25 32 1900 http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d9de4ce1293865dba3879f614e26a32a.pdf 05db4cb7b8d88a4800d8e5e62efcdd7d PDF Text Text SEAFARERS # LOG  •  aFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   ii  a  Feb  77;  Outports—Feb  25  ­Story on Page 3  •  V­A  • ' vl I  m  M  i  (New  York  Dally  News  Pboto)  Iff  Pictured  /esting  on  bottom  in  Newark  Bay  during salvage  work,  thef  sand  dredge Sandmate has since been raised  up. and dry­ f  • •  • • (locked    after  eight  months  in  the lap of  Davy Jones.  The huge boxlike structure on her  decks, a  cofferdam, "fenced in" hatches  iuid  superstructure, enabling  pumps  to empty  water  from her;  The Sandmate^ one of several similar  craft manned by Seafarers, went down last May.  No lives were lost.  She had been used to carry fill for  the  NJ  Turnpike  and  Newark  Airport  extension.  (Story  on  Page  5.)  ­''• i  .  • M  :  �.Tace/Tw*'  A­;:.'  tr  !• ;  Jit. .• •   te­ Br.:. •  If: 5F  >. • •­   M:,.  r  SEAFAtt  LOG  lFiU»T, F^kriury  S,  19M  Labor, Indusfry Support  S11J  Annoimees 1st  Bill To Stabilize Maritime  Annual Art Contest  (The  following  is  a  special  article  on  the  proposed  long­range  shipping  hill  currently  All  budding  artists  who  have  been  hiding  in  a  foc'sle  can  before  Congress.  The  article  was  prepared  to  acquaint  Seafarers with this  highly important  now  come  out  into  the open.  The first  annual Seafarers  Art  measure  which  h«Ls  a  direct  beariny on  the  entire  future  of  our  merchant  marine  and,  of  Contest  is  underway  and  entries  are  open  to  all  Seafarers  course, the  jobs of  Seafarers.  The  SIU  supports  the  bill,  but  with certain  reservations  noted  who  have  shown  any  artistic*  in the  article.)  leanings.  giving  ample  opportunity  for  en­ The  Art Contest covers four dif­ trants to win  a prize.  Against  a  background  of  strong Congressional  opposition  to  tax  benefits for  limited seg­ categories — oil  paintings,  In  order  to  allow  enough  time  ments  of  American  industry,  and  threatened maritime  probes,  American  shipowner­opera­ ferent  watercolors,  sketches,  and  miscel­ for  competitors  to  send  their  en­ tors, the SIU and other  sections of  maritime labor, are attempting to secure passage of  the so­ laneous,  which  includes  carving,  tries in,  whether  they  be in  Brook­ called  Long­Range  Shipping­*  ^  ^  sculpture,  model  making,  or  any­ lyn  or  Singapore,  the  deadline  for  Bill  (S. 241).  Admittedly, this  u.g  in  the  foreign  trade,  without  routes, .are  entitled  to  the  con­ thing  else  of  a  creative  nature.  A  entries  has  been  set  back  to  May  measure is the most important  regard  to  the  "essential  trade  struction  aid);  (2)  provide  nonre­ panel  of  professional  judges  will  10,  1952.  The  judging  will  take  piece  of  maritime  legislation  route" theory (only  American ships  course  loans  on  American  pas­ pass  upon  the  entries  and  will  place  on  May  20  and  awards  will  introduced  in  Congress  in'the  now  operating  on  essential  routes,  senger vessels,  with  the balance of  award first,' second and  third prizes  be  announced  at  the  headquarters  or to  be operated on essential trade  in  each  of  the  categories,  thus  membership  meeting  of  May  21.  . (Continued  on  page 14)  last 15 years.  An  exhibit  of  winners  and  also­ Just  what  is  this  "long­range"  rans  will  be  held  at  headquarters  shipping  bill,  its  history,  present  for  a  week  thereafter.  All  entries  status,  and  prospects  of  ever  re­ will  be  well taken^ care of  and  will  ceiving  Congressional  approval?  returned to  Contestants.  The  bill  ini­ Widespread Talent  tially  was  devel­ The  idea  of  an  art  contest: grew  oped  after  a­, se­ out  of Abe fact that a  good  number  ries  of  meetings  of  Seafarers  have  been  sending  With  the 1952 March  of  Dimes campaign  coming to  its end.  between  Ameri­ sketches and  other  art  work  to the  c'a n  subsidized  Seafarers'  contributions  are  beginning  to  roll  in  from  ships  LOG from  time to  time. It  was' felt  and  non­subsi­ paying off  in all ports.  The official conclusion of  the campaign  that  for  every  Seafarer  bold  dized  stetamship  is  January 31,  but  for  Sehfar­'*'  ^  enough  to step forward  there must  lines  and  members  of  the  former  ers  it  continues  for  several  behind.  Paying olF in  Wilmington,  be  at  least  half  a  dozen  bashful  Maritime  Commission,  several  weeks afterward  as ships  con­ California,  they  contributed  a  to­ fellows  whose  work  is  equally  as  years  ago.  A  primary  purpose  of  good.  tal  of  $92.  The  Trinity,  a  Carras  tinue to reach home ports with  the  measure  is  to  strengthen  the  tanker  ­ piled  up  a  $52  kitty  in  Up until  now,  a  lot  of  these  tal­ competitive  position  of  the  Ameri­ their  contributions.  Philadelphia, while  the crew of  the  ented  Seafarers  have  probably ­ Judging  from  reports  covering  can  lines  on  a  long­range  basis,  Evelyn  (Bull)  totaled  $51.10.  been  hiding  their  canvasses  un^er  and  not  merely  for  the  immediate  the first  three  weeks  of  January,  Many ships still at sea, or in for­ the  mattress "or  ihside  their  sea  future,  and  to  allow  for  more  or­ the  drive  will  go  over  the  top  of  eign  ports  throughout  the  world  bags.  It  is  hoped  that  the contest  derly  replacement  of  the  present  previous  years.  will  smoke  these  fellows  out  and  sent  in  ships  minutes  telling  American fleet  when  the  ships  be­ The  March  of  Dimes  is  the  only  have  give  them  the  recognition  wh)ch  of  the  crew's  decision  to  take  up  come  obsolete.  One  of  reasons  the  fund­raising  campaign  which  has  a  many of  them  justly  deserve.  collection  for  the  March  of  SIU  supports  the  legislation  is  be­ been  officially  endorsed  by  the  Dimes..  While the  contest  wifi  be  judged  It  will  be  some, weeks  yet  cause  it  would  bring  greater  em­ membership.  With  the  member­ before  all  returns  are  in  from  by  professionals,  that,  shouldn't  ployment  stability.  ship's  approval;  an  appeal  letter  these  ships  as  the  money  will  not  sqare  anybody  away.  It  is  fully  Because  of  the  divergent  views  and  the March  of  Dimes scroll  was  be  received  from  them  until  they  understood  that  this  is  a  contest  of  the  different  segments  of  the  mailed  out  to  all  SIU  ships  late  touch  a  US  port.  for  amateurs,  and  nobody  expects  industry,  it  took  many  months  in  in  December.  The  question  of  '  Seafarers  are  urged  to­remem­ any  Winslow  Homers  or  Rdm­ executive meetings  at the  old Mari­ contributions  was  then  taken  up at  ber that  the March  of  Dimes is the  brandts to show up, so that any.one  time  Commission  before  a  bill  was  shipboard  meetings  with  crew­ only  fund­raising  campaign  which  entry  has  as  good  a chance' as in­ finally  agreed  upon  as  being  the  members  deciding  on  the  extent  has been  officially  endorsed, by the  Seafarer  Eugene MllanesI, vis­ '  other  to hit  the  jackpot.  most  acceptable  to  the  industry  as  of  their  ship's  participation  in  the  membership  and  which  is  author­ Those  versatile  seamen  who  iting SIU Hq. this week.  MUa­ a  unit.  After  this  beginning,  the  campaign.  ized  to  collect  funds  from  Sea­ nesi  was  stricken  with  polio  paint,  draw, sketch,  sculpture  and  bill  was  introduced  in  Congress,  Men  who  wish  to  contribute  ep­ farers  aboard  ship.»  early last year  while on  a ship.  (Continued  on  page  15)  and  was  the  subject  of  extensive  ter  their  names  and  the  amount  public  hearings  by  the  House  Mer­ given on  the scroll.  The funds col­ chant  Marine  and  Fisheries  Com­ lected  are  turned  over  to  the  pa­ mittee  and  the  Senate  Interstate  trolman at the payoff.  He issues an  and  Foreign  Commerce  Committee  official  Union  receipt  for  them.  in  the  Seventy­ninth,  Eightieth,  Single  Check  Issued  Several  wedcs'after  the  National  Maritime Union'pfoudly announced it  had licked the.  and  Eighty­first  Congresses.  The  When  all  returqs from  the ships  "inequity  problem"  the  union's  official  publication  has  come out  with  a  new  list  of  gains  same  measure  was  reintroduced  in  are  in,  the  Union  makes  out  a  under  the  heading  "Mtnre  Progress  On  Inequities."  These  inferior  contract  provisions  the  Eighty­second  Congress,  was  single  check  which  it  turns  over  :  ^  reported to  the Senate on  Afilril  24,  to  the  National  Foundation  for  In­ which  that  paper  had  for­4  1951,  and  passed  by  the Senate  on  fantile  Paralysis.  ­Last  year.  Sea­ merly  referred  to  as  "petty"  catching  up  to  the  SIU  on  many  cdntribuUon for  the  NMU  WeHare  August  21,  1951.  Ever  since,  it  farers  contributed  a  total  of  $4,­ now  turn  out  to  be  even  contract  provisions.  Included  Fund.  These  provisions  had  been  has been  resting at the House  Mer­ 738.57  to  the  campaign.  Funds  greater  and  more  extensive  among  the  latest  inequities  which  obtained  by the SIU in  its contract  chant  Marine  Committee  which  collected  by  the  foundation  are  than  previously  indicated.  the  NMU  has  finally  eliminated  negotiations  in  October  of' last  must  consider  this  Important  bill  used  for  research  into  the  causes  Examination  of  the  new  provi­ are  the  increase  in  maintenance  year.  and  pass  on  it  before  going  to  the  and  cures  for  polio  as  well  as  aid  sions  obtained  by  the  NMU  shows  and cure rates from $6  to $8 a day,  Further "admission  of  SIU  pace­ Houses­ to  the victims  of  the disease.  that  it  is  still  in  the  process  of  and . the  additional  25  cents  a  day  (Continued  on  page  22)  The  long­range  shipping  bill  Included  among  some  typical  would  accomplish  the  following  ships  contributions  received  thus  things:  (1)  extend  the  benefit  of  far  was  $104  from  the  24  man  construction­differential  subsidy  to  crew  of  the  Sand  Captain.  Peter  many  more  American  lines operat­ Lint,  Jr.,  handled  the  appeal  on  this vessel.  The crew  of  the Ponce  DeLeon  (Waterman)  was  not.  far  Striking insurance agents of  the  Prudential Life  Insurance  Company,  showing  bulldog  Feb.  8,  19S2  Vol.  XIV,  No.  3  tenacity,  are  still  on  the  picket  As I See It  .... Page  11  lines  as  the  strike  enters  its  11th  Burly  Page  21  week.  The  company  thus  far  has  Crossword  Puzzle  .  Page  10  persisted  in  its  union­busting  tac­ Did  You  Know.... ....  Page  16  tics  and  has  refused  to  sit  down  Editorial  ....  ....  Page  11  and  negotiate  an  agreement  with  Inquiring Seafarer.  Page  10  the  Insurance  Agents  Internation­ In The  Wake...... .... Page  10  al  Union­ (AFL).  *  Labor  Round­up...  Page  21  Despite  the  company's  attitude,  Letters  Pages  19,  20  Balloting  among  the  member­ the  insurance  agents  are  holding  Letter Of  The  Week. .•  Page  11  ship  of  the" Sailors  Union  of  the  firm  in  an  unusual  demonstration  Maritime  ....  Page  21  Pacific  during  general  elections  of  militancy  never  before  seen  in  Meet  The  Seafarer  Page  10  amended  fhe  constitution  regard­ the  ranks  of  white­collar  workers.  On  The  Job  .... Page  21  ing  frequency  of  branch  meetings.  The strike  began on  December 1  Personals  ........ • ...  Page  23  Henceforth,  SUP  will  hold  branch  and  picket  lines  have  been  main­ Ships'  Minutes.... ....  Page  23  meetings  every  second  Monday  in­ tained  continually  since  that  date.  Ten  Years  Ago.. .. ....  Page  10  stead  of  weekly  as  before.  The  company  has spent  many  mil­ Top  Of  The  News. ....  Page  6  In  the  event  a  holiday  falls  on  lions  of  dollars  of  advertising  in  Washington  News  a  meeting  night,  the  gathering  an  attempt  to  break  the strike  but  .  Letter.  ....­Page  4  will  be  held  the  folowlng  evening.  has  not  yet  made a single offer  to­ Welfare  Benefits..  ..  Page  22  The  meeting  time  will  still  be  wards  settlement  of  the  dispute.  7^M,  As  reported. in  preylous  issues  Pubtishad  biweekly  et  the  headquarteri  ef  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  At­ The  first  session  under  the  new  of  the  LOG,  the  SIU  membership  lantic  A  6ulf  District,  AFL,  t75  Fourth  insurance striker picks up a handful of  free amtrites donated by Seaf  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  M.  Y.  Tel; STerllns  set­up  was  held  Feb,  4.  Next  bi­ approved two cash donations to the  S­ffZI.  Entered  as  second  class  matter  weekly  dates  are  Feb.  18,  March  Insurance Agents  to help them  out  farers  before  going  out  en  picket  line  before  company's  head|  at  the  Post  Office  In  Braoklyn,  N.  Y.,  3,  17  and  31.  quarters In  Newarib  .  .  under  the  Act  of  August  34,  1912.  in  their  pace­setting fight.  Crew Response Ta Polio Appeal  Indicates New Record Donation  NlifU  Still  Seeks  Inequity'  End  Striking Insurance  Agents Dig  In  SEAFARERS  LOG  X'' ­ •  m­:  'reJlV'  .M ', '  l'"'  .­i  •   f'­ ''  •  SUP  Meetings  On  Biweekly  Schedule  Now  '• J.­.  1  1  �­Friday, ­iPebnury  t, 195t  Pace  Tlurae  SEAFARERS  LOG  SlU Set For Vacation Pay  Seafarers Plan  Isf To Guarantee  Vacation Cash  I  ­vyj  The SIU's revolutionary vacation payment plan, first  of  its kind in maritime, kicks oft in New York on Mon­ day,  February 11.  Headquarters  will  start  accepting  applications and making  payments on that date.  Applications  will  be  accepted  in  the  outports  effec­ tive February 25.  Go's  Speed  New  Pact's  Back  Pay  , This  delay  is  made  neces­ vacation  plan  was  first  negotiated,  has  become  a  precedent­setter  sary  by  the  fact  that  head­ it  for  all  of  maritime,  with  . other  quarters needs time to  handle  unions  in  the  field  following  suit  the first  rush of applicants and  and  signing  similar  agreements.  get  its  payment  system  in  The  SIU,  however,  will  be  the  smooth  working  order.  Also,  first  maritime union  thus far  to ac­ a  certain  amount  of  delay  is  in­ tually  pay  money  out  of  a  central  evitable  because  all  applications  vacation fund.  will  have  to  be forwarded  to  head­ Since  the  Vacation  Plan  covers  quarters  from  the  outports,'and  a  all  SlU­contracted  operators  with­ out  exception,  every  man  on  SIU  A  sample  vacation  fund  appli­ ships  is  eligible  to  get  vacation ,  cation  form,  and  instructions  on  money  provided  he  has  served  up  how  to  fill  it  out  and  meet  re­ to  a  minimum  of  90  days  sea  time  quirements can  be found  on page  and/or  port  time.  The  plan  pro­ vides  benefits  up  to a  ma'^imum  of  15 in  this issue.  $140 for  a  year's  sea  time.  It  was  The  big  job  of  clearing  up  approved  by  the  operators  in  May,  retroactive wage payments for  check  covering  the  amount  in­ 1951, and  went  into effect  on.June  volved  has  to  be  mailed  back.  Seafarers,  is  beginning  to  get  1.  Therefore ft  covers a  littie more  under  way  in  earnest.  Several  of  Headquarters  will  make  every  at­ the smaller companies have already  tempt  to  speed  up  this  procedure  than eight  months so that  the max­ paid  the increase,  while  the larger  so as  to cut  down  the  time  interval  imum  that  a  Seafarer  could  col­ lect  as  of  February 11 would  be  in  operators  have  set  the  machinery  involved.  the  vicinity  of  $90.  The  minimum  This is  the first  time in  maritime  in  motion  for  handling  the  back  (Continued  on  page  15)  history  that  seamen  wiii  get  vaca­ wages.  tion  pay  based  on  the  actual  num­ Retroactive  wages  back  to  No­ vember 1 are  provided  in  the  con­ ber  of  days  worked  aboard  ship.  Business May  tract  signed  last  October  between  Previously,  only  a  handful  of  scj^­ the  SIU  and  its  operators.  Pay­ men  had  over  been  able  to  collect  Interested  Seafarers (top  photo)  take an  Inspection  tour  of  newly­ Lauds SIU  Hall  ment  of  the  new  wage  scale  was  vacation  money  because  they  had  opened  Sea  Chest  in  New  York  hall.  Store  managrer  Lou  Bush  to  have  months  of  continuous  em­ The  widely­distributed  na­ held  up pending  approval  of  it and  (above) shows  a  pair of  shoes to  » prospective customer.  the  40  hour  week  by  the  Wagd  ployment  under  one  shipowner  to  tional  magazine.  Business  Stabilization  Board.  The  Union  re­ qualify.  Week,  devoted  a  two  page  In  the ordinary course  of  events,  ceived  notice  of  the  WSB  decision  spread  of  pictures and  text  in  a  seaman  normally  works for  many  on  the 14th  of  January.  In  practically  all  instances,  the  different  companies,  thus  making  its  February  2  issue  to  the  new  SIU  headquarters.  The  shipping  companies  have  paid  the  it  difficult  for  him  to  collect  vaca­ new  scale  at  the  payoff  to  ships'  tion  money  from  any  one  of  them.  magazine,  which  is  one  of  the  coming  into  port  since  that  date.  Therefore,  the  SIU  originated  Another  Union­operated  service  to  the  membership,  the  The  problem  on  retroactive  wages  this  revolutionary  plan  in  which  most  important  of  its  kind,  Sea  Chest, is now  open  in  N6w  York  headquarters.  Located  consits  of  paying  men  who  had  operators  pay  into  a  central  fund,  has  a  very  large  circulation  on  the  ground floor  of  the  headquarters  building  the  new  paid  off  ships  at  the  old  rate  be­ and in  turn  the fund  pays  the Sea­ among  industrialists  and  man­ tween  November 1 and  the 14th  of  farer  for  actual  time  worked,  agerial  personnel  throughout  facility,  like  the  cafeteria,  is­*;  whether put  in for  one company  or  the  country.  also  open  to  the  general  pub­ .weather  gear  will  also  be  stocked.  January.  Although  the  stress  of  the  100.  The  method  whereby  several  of  In addition,  the store stocks drug  lic.  It  carries  a  full  line  of  article was on  maritime hiring,  As  was  predicted at  the  time  the  (Continued  on  page  22)  (Continued  on  page  22)  haberdashery  items as  well as  the  publication  came  to  the  cigars,  cigarettes  and  shaving  SIU  for  its  information,  and  devoted  all  of  its  photo  space  accessories.  Prices  for  most  to  operations  of  the  SIU  hir­ items  are  below  the  prevail­ ing  hall.  It  described  the  ing  retail  level.  headquarters  as  a  "snazzy  The  new  store,  on  a  par  with  new  union  hall"  which  "has  other  facilities  in  headquarters,  is  deluxe  facilities  for  relaxa­ a roomy,  airy and  attractive layout.  "Full speed  ahead" is  the word for  the Seafarers  deck  training school  at  New  York  head­ tion,  recreation  and  training."  It contains far  more space than  the  quarters.  Three  classes ­have  already  taken  their  Coast  Guard  examinations  and  success­ average  men's  haberdashery.  All  ful  graduates  from  the first  two  classes  are  now on  the high seas, manriing SlU­contracted I  items  carried  by  the  store  are  on  ships with the AB's they need.  display  on  open  racks  or  under  Class  No.  3  completed  the  two  men  on  hand  in  New  York  head­ glass­shelyed  counters  for  easy  in­ day  Coast  Guard  examination  for  quarters.  Since  the  government  is  spection  by  the  purchaser.  lifeboatman  and  AB  yesterday.  pleading  for  skilled  manpower  to  Included  in  the  store's  stock  are  The  men  passing  the  examination  man  GAA ships,  the message  urged  work  clothes  made  by  such  well­ and  getting  their  AB  tickets  wili  the  Maritime  Administration  to  known firms  as Lee  and Sweet  Orr,  register  with  the  dispatcher  Mon­ take  steps  to  utilize  manpower  and  dress  wear  made  by  Manhat­ day  morning.  The  fourth  class  is  available  in  the  SIU  on  these  gov­ tan,  Jayson  and  other  leading  ha­ already  underway  with  a  new  ernment­owned  vessels.  berdashers.  All  merchandise  will  The message  pointed out  that de­ be first  quality  with  none  of  the  For  the  picture story of  one  spite  the  shortage  of  seamen  else­ seconds  or  rejects  with  which  wa­ SIU  trainee  undergoing,  his  where  in  the  industry," SIU  branch  terfront  peddlers  and<»store­owhers  Coast  Guard  examinations, see  halls  in  other  ports  as  well  as  in  have long  been  victimizing seamen.  this  issue's  centerfold.  New  York  have  a  supply  of  skilled  Whenever  possible,  union­m a d e  manpower  in  excess  of  current  de­ products  will  be  carried.  group  of  ordinaries  on  tap  for  mands  made  on  the  Union  by  its  Complete  Toggery  classroom  instruction  and  practical  contracted  operators.  Other  Schools  Planned  Among  the  many  items  carried  training.  are  sport  and  dress  shirts,  dress'  With  the  school  having  gotten  Meanwhile  arrangements are  b^  shoes.  Jackets,  ties,  ­underwear,  over  its  early  growing  pains  and  ing  pushed  for  the  opening of  dress  socks  and  similar  items.  now functioning  smoothly. The Un­ schools in  the stewards  and  Engine  Work  clothes  carried include shirts,  ion  has  notified  the  Maritime  Ad­ departments  so  as  to  train  ratings  slacks,  gloves,  shoes and^boots,  and  ministration  that  the  Seafarer's  in  these  categories  as  well.  While  socks.  A  supply of  luggage  will  be  training  and  upgrading  pro'gr'am  is  shortages  of  AB's  have  been  the  Three Seafarers of 1st deck dept. class rig a stage  under the watch­ ful eyes  of  a Coast  Guard  examiner, during  AB test.  addgd  in  the  near  future  and  foul  adding  to  the  pdol  of  skilled  sea­'  (Continued  on  page  22) ,  Cigs  To  Sou'westers  —Sea Chest  Has 'Em  ,|l  3 Trainee  Groups Now  ABs  i  • $\  • a  �V>'  Page  FOOT  Friday,  Febmary  8,  19SX  SEAFARERS  LOG  Isles Owners  Seek  Li mil On Damage Pay  Owners of  the ill­fated  Southern  Isles which  sank  on Octo­ ber 5 with the loss of  17 lives  are seeking  to limit  their finan­ cial  responsibility  for  damages.  A  petition, filed  January  25  in  the  US  Eastern  District •   Court in  Norfolk  by  the ship's  acceptance  or  rejection  of  the  owners,  has  temporarily  held  petition  is  whether  the  owners  up 24 damage suits for  a  total  knew  that  the  ship  was  defective  of  $1,847,400  filed  by  relatives  and  overloaded.  Should  this  be  proven  the courts  would  be certain  of  the  dead  seamen,  and  sur­ to  deny  the  petition.  vivors of  the sinking.  SIU  NEWSLETTER  from WASHINGTON  Be Sure to Bet  Dues Receipts  Headquarters  again  wishes  to  remind  all  Seafarers  that  payments  of  funds,  for  what­ ever  union  purpose,  be  made  only  to authorized  A&G  repre­ sentatives  and  that  an  official  Union receipt  be gotten at  that  time.  If  no receipt  is offered,  be  sure  to  protect  yourself  by  immediately  bringing  the  mat­ ter  to  the attention  of  the sec­ retary­treasurer's  office.  The  union's  word  of  advice  is  to  insure  that  all  monies  paid  are  credited  to  your  SlU  record.  Insistence  on  an  offi­ cial  receipt  will  prevent  "can  shakers"  from  soliciting  funds  for unauthorized  purposes, and  will  bar  any  foul­ups  later  on.  '  I  '  —a  In  the  absence  of  an  upheaval,  very  f^ more  Government­owned  ships will  be  withdrawn  from the  reserve fleets  for agency  operation  in  connection with  the Mutual  Security Agency  (ECA)  program.  This pro*  gram  has  about  reached  its  top  level,  shipwise.  An  interesting  angle  is  that  simultaneously  with  the  decreasing  ship  needs  of  the Mutual  Security  Agency,  cargoes  being  carried  by  vessels  under  contract  with  the  Military Sea  Transportation Service  have  been  increasing at  a  rapid  pace.  The  result is  that  from  here  on  out,  many  ships  now  operating  under  control  of  the  National  Shipping  Authofity  and carrying  MSA cargoes  gradually will  be released so that they" can be  transferred  to  the  carriage  of  military  support  items for  MSTS.  Should  the  courts  accept  the  Further  delay  in  the  case  arises  petition, it  would mean  that a  limit  from  the  question  of  where  the  4"  4>  4"  would  be  placed  on  the  amount  petition  should  be  brought.  Of  the  24 damage  suits, 13 have been filed  '  In  the  American  merchant  shipbuilding field,  work  was  maintained  that  could  be  collected  in  law­ at  a  steady  rate  throughout  1951  and  should  be  sustained  during  1952,  suits.  It  is  expected  that  such  a  in  Delaware  and  11  in  Norfolk  when  most  of  the  ships under  construction  will  be  delivered.  At  least  limit  would  probably  be  in  the  which  raises  a  question  of  court  97  merchant ships  of  1,000 gross  tons and  over  were  under  contract for  vicinity of  $250,000 which  would be  jurisdiction  over  the  case.  construction at the  close of  1951.  split  up  among  the  plaintiffs.  The  17  lost  in  the  disaster  in­ Shipyards  in  seaboard  states.  Great  Lakes,  and  inland  points,  were  cluded  eight  Seafarers,  the  eight  fairly  busy during  the past  year.  ship's  officers  and  the  radio  op­ However, the outlook for new  construction, over and above that  sched­ erator.  The  SlU  men  who  went  uled for delivery  during 1952,  is not  good.  Private operator  are  some­ down  with  her  were:­  Simeon  what  afraid  to  contract  for  new  ships  in  the  absence  of  further  incen­ Delacruz,  AB;  Hal  WiUiams,  AB;  tives to do so, and  because of  the current difficulty of  Government agen­ Marion  Gorman,  OS;  Cecil  cies and  Congress in  agreeing on  a formula  as to  construction­differen­ Vaughan,  OS;  William  Asble,  oil­ tial  subsidies.  A  number of  American ship  lines have  obligations  with  er;  Joseph  A.  Miller,  oiler;  Tolon  the  Government  to  replace  their fleets  in  the  near  future,  but  these  Shumake,  wiper,  and  Richard  As  if  a  three­week  ordeal  aboard  a  ship  foundering  in  an  obligations will be  seriously hindered not only because  of  the absence of  Meejdns,  messman.  Sole  survivors  were  Seafarers  Italian bay  with a cracked  bottom and  water in  three hatches  an  agreement  as  to  construction  subsidies,  but  because  of  the  contin­ James  Childress,  AB;  Samuel  A.  weren't  enough,  a  party  of  crewmen  off  the  SlU­crewed  uing critical  shortage  of  certain  materials.  Lynn,  DM;  Howard  Bastenbeck,  ^  i  4^  '  Lilica  almost  woundf  oiler;  Wilson  H.  Deal,  steward;  coaler  Senator  Pat  McCarran,  Democrat  of  Nevada,  and  Chairman  of  the  make  minhnSl  repairs  to  the  dam­ Charles  Perkins,  and  Raymond  up in an  air crackup while be­ ages  on  the  bottom  to  enable  the  Senate  Judiciary  Committee,  will  put  forth  strenuous  efforts  in  the,  Holden,  second  cook.  coming  weeks  to  have  legislation  passed  dealing  with  employment  of^  ing  flown  back  to  the  states  ship  to  proceed  into  drydock.  Meanwhile  there  has  been  no  communists  in  labor  organizations.  Specifically,  the Senator  wants  to  Though  within  sight  of  land,  the  make  it  unlawful  for  a  Communis^  to  be  connected  with  any  labor  word  from  the  Coast  Guard  as  to  after  the  sea  mishap.  when  its report  on  the  case  would  The  way  Seafarer Stanislaw Hei­ Lilica's  lifeboats  hung  outboard  at  organization,  and  also  to  allow  the  discharge  by  employers  of  persons  be  issued,  and  the  concensus  of  ducki  told  it,  although  he  wasn't  all  times since  it  was expected that  whO'  are  members  of  organizations  designated  as  subversive  by  the  opinion  is  that  the  report  will  not  on  the  disabled  plane  himself,  the  the  pounding  on  the  shallow  bot­ Attorney  General  of  the  United  States.  tom  might  crack  her  in  two  and  be  forthcoming  for  i^me  time.  workings  of  fate  seemed  strange  add  to  the  misery.  Earlier,  able  »  »  ^  Claim Overloading  indeed.  Failing to  be swallowed  up  to  go  ashore,  crewmembers  trans­ Just  as soon  as the  current  shipping  boom  is over  and  the  merchant  The  six  Seafarers  who  survived  the  disaster  which  took  place  in  a  by  the  sea,  the  eight  men  on  the  ferred  their  luggage  to  land  lest  fleets  of  the world  get  back  to a  normal competitive  stage, a  number of  American­flag  lines  can  be  expected  to fight  vigorously  for  permission  gale off  Cape Hatteras  testified that  plane  came  plenty  near  to  it  a  a  further  mishap  occur.  Feverish  activity  by  local  divers  to  transfer  some  of  their  ships  to  foreign  operation.  However,  there  the  converted  LST  was  laboring  second  time,  but  their  plane  man­ badly  and  had  an  unusual  amount  aged  to  coast  in  for  an  unsched­ finally  patched  cracks  in  four  is  now  pending  in  Congress  a  bill  (S.  1704),  sponsored  by  Senators  places permitting  the vessel  to pro­ Magnuson,  of  Washington,  and  O'Conor,  of  Maryland,  both  Democrats,  of  vibration.  Other  testimony  was  uled  landing  off  the  US  coast.  to  the  effect  that  the  ship  was  The  events  leading  up  tp  this  ceed  north  to  La  Spezia,  a  short  which  woulcTput  much stronger  teeth in  e^dsting  law,  and make'it  very  overloaded,  carrying  4,000  tons  of  air­sea  tale  started  off  with  a  rou­ distance  from  Genoa,  where  the  difficult  for  American  owners  tp  transfer  their  tonnage  abroad.  iron  ore  which  was  200  tons  over  tine  coal  voyage  from  Norfolk  Lilica  put  in  for extensive  repairs.  Generally,  the  American  shipping  industry  is opposing  this measure,  her  limit,  and  that  she  had  only  bound  for  Civitavecchia,  Italy,  a  She's  expected  to  sit  there  four  or  along with  some of  the  Government  departments such  as  Navy  and  the  one  athwartship strap  as compared  port  about  an  hour  from  Rome.  five  months,  Heiducki,  who  was  Maritime  Administration,  but  the  hill  is  being  strongly  indorsed  by  with five  on  one  other  LST  oper­ Christmas  eve  and  slipshod  navi­ steward's  delegate  on  the  voyage,  maritime  labor.  reports.  The  vital  coal  cargo  was  ated  by  the  company.  gation,  according  to  Heiducki,  4"  4­  4'  Shortly  after  the  hearings  con­ found  the  Lilica,  a  Liberty  owned  taken  off  by  barges.  Discrimination  by  foreign  governments  against  American  merchant  cluded,  the  Coast  Guard  ordered  by  the  Dolphin  Corporation,  wal­ A  month  after first  going  shipping  is  nothing  new.  However,  in  the  past  year,  American  lines  the  remaining  LST's  operated  by  lowing  in  shallow  water  right  off  aground,  on  January  25,  the  crew  have  been  complaining  bitterly  to  the  US  State  Department  and  gov­ the  company  into  drydock  for  Civitavecchia.  was  paid  off  and  secured, transpor­ ernment  shipping  agencies.^  American  companies  serving  Latin  further  strengthening.  tation  in  three  separate ^groups:  America  have  been  particularly  bitter  in  their  denunciation  of  such  A  principal  factor  in  the  court's  The  side­to­side  bobbing  of  the  The first  group ran into air  trouble  vessel  didn't  aid  yuletide  festivi­ somewhere  off  the states  and  bare­ discriminatory  acts,  but  their  denunciation  has  been  "off  the  record."  ties  any  and  three  days  later,  the  ly  managed  to  make  an emergency,  That  is,  they  are  reluctant  to  protest  publicly  and,  thus,  have  been'  weather not being on the  good side,  landing at  a  nearby airfield, he  ex­ urging  the  State  Department  to  do  something.  the  ship  still  awaited  assistance  plained.  Part  of  the  second  shift,  Unfortunately, State  has been slow  in acting  in the  matter.  The rea­ and  repairs.  No  personal  injuries  Heiducki  noted  that  his  air  trip  son  is that  State and  the  American  shipping lines  are  afraid  of  retalia­ were  suffered  however.  was without  any tod  moments, and  tory action  by foreign  maritime  pourers.  Expected  Crack­Up  he  reached  New  York,  without  One  answer  to  the  American  complaints  is  to  have  the  discrimina­ A  power  failure  necessitated  a  trouble.  The final  aggregation  of  tions  aired  by  IMCO  (Inter­Govemmental  Maritime  Consultative  Or­ tug's  standing  by  throughout  to  crewmembers  took  the  slow  way  ganization).  The  one  thing  that many  foreign  nations can't  stand  (even  supply  the  juice  for  normal  ship­ home,  and  arrived  here  this  week  though  they  may  be  able  to  withstanding  State  Department  "notes")  Washington — The  evident  em­ board  operation,  and  eventually  after a  leisurely  voyage home  on a  is  international  adverse  publicity.  barrassment  of  the  Maritime  Ad­ five  divers  set  to  work  trying  to  plush  liner.  4"  ,  ministration  when  it  found  it  was  One  interesting  situation  that has developed  within the  past  12  to  15  unable  to  award a medal to Captain  years is the  shift of  more  American­flag vessels  to foreign  trade  routes.  Henrik  Carlsen  of  the  ill­fated  There has  been  a  gradual,  but  substantial,  expansion  of  the  American  Flying  Enterprise  has  prompted  merchant fleet  trading  foreign.  Up  until  last  year,  and  carrying  over  Congressional  activity  to  fill  the  into  this  year,  about  three­quarters  of  US  shipping  was  employed  in  gap.  the  various  foreign  trading  routes  (in  1939  only  one­third  of  our fleet  Senator  William  Langer,  Repub­ was empioyed  in foreign routes).  lican  of  North  Dakota,  has  intro­ In  contrast,  American  lines  in  the  coastwise  and  intercoastal  trades  duced  a  bill  Which  would authorize  have  had  a  much  more  acute  problem  recapturing  their  shipper  con­ the  commission  to  award  medals  tacts since  World  Wiar  11,  much  of  this traffic  going to  transcontinental  to  members  of  the  nation's  mer­ rails  and  trucks.  Whereas  in  1939  nearly  45%  of  the  American fleet  chant  fleet  force  for  distinguished  (excluding  tankers)  was  eniployed  in  these  domestic  trades,  today  only  service.  The  maritime  agency  about  12%  of  the fleet  is  used  coastwise  and  intercoastally.  had such  authority  during the  war,  but  legislation  empowering  con­ 4  4  4"  tinuance  of  the  practice  ran  out  After a stormy  background dating  over a  period of  many years, it  can  and  never  was  renewed  by  Con­ be said  that the  year 1952  is a  year of  critical  decision for  this country,  gress.  in  connection  with  the  much­disputed  St.  Lawrence  Seaway  Project.  Still  in  the  works  this  session,  Politically,  it' is  still  very  much  a  hot  potato  in  the |JS  Congress,  but  meanwhile,  is  a  measure  recom­ Canada  has served  notice  that she  will finish  the  job alone  if  not  aided  mended  by  Democratic  Senator  by  this country  in  the  near future.  Warren  G.  Magmison  of  Washing­ The question  before  our  Congress,  therefore,  is  not  whether  the  sea­ "  ton  authorizing  a  war  ribbon  for  way  should  be  constructed,  but  whether  the  US  is  to  participate • i  n!  seamen  who  have  seen  service  in  the  project, and  thus maintain  joint  operating  control.  Construction  of  ,  the  Korean  war  area.  Senator  the  seaway  would  result in  a  deep  water channel  connecting  the  Greai  Magnuson,  chairman  of  a  Senate  Lakes with  the Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence.  Merchant  Marine  subcommittee,  urged  the  award  to  all  seamen  and  officers  of  American­flag  ves­ Sitting  like  a  squatting  duck  in  the  bay  off  Civitavecchia.  Italy,  sels  who  have  been  in  the  combat  the  Lilica  founders  in'shallow  water  as  shore  craft  try  to  repair'  cone  during  hostilities.  :  damages.  Crane from  barge  may  be  seen in  rear.  Unhurt  In Ship Mishap,  Just Miss  Air  Crash  Merit  Medal  m'  Is  Proposed  For  Seamen  „  •  ..  •  (  I »'  •   •  I  ­li'  ,  *  �Fridlay,  Febnury f >  IMt  Pare  Five  SEAFAREkS  LOG  'Jinx0(l'  Applegate  Reaches  Boston Crew  Pact Ideas  Rolling Into Hq  Suggestions  on  new  contract  demands  requested  by  the  Union  are  beginning  to  come  into  headquarters  from  SIU  ships.  Over  two  dozen  ships  that have held  meetings on  the  subject  have  returned  their  suggestion  forms  to  head­' While it is not  possible to eliminate  quarters  with  their  ideas  on  every  difference  of  contract  inter­ revision  of  the  new  contract.  pretation  that  may  arise,  revision  The suggestion  forms  were  mail­ of  the  rules  will  answer  some  of  ed  out  to  SIU  ships  along  with  the  questions  that  have  been  aris­ three  copies  of  the  existing  con­ ing since the present set of  working  tract.  The  purpose  of  the  survey  'rules  was  put  into  effect.  is  to  give  the  Union  negotiating  committee a basis on which  to draw  contract  demands.  Negotiations  with  the  operators  will  begin  on  July  30  and  the  Union  intends  to  be  fully  prepared  with  its  "bill  of  fare" to  be  presented  to  the opera­ tors.  Crews  Satisfied  In  the returns  that  have come  in  thus  far,  crewmembers  have  ex­ pressed  their  satisfaction  with  the  over­all  basic  contract  provisions.  The  bulk  of  suggestions  submitted  As  an  aftermath  of  the  disas­ deal  with  specific  clarifications  of  trous  sinking  of  the  SUP­con­ '  ^  (Photo'by  New«day,  Garden  City,  L,  I.,  N.  Y.)  working rules, or certain  shipboard  tracted  Pennsylvania,  Representa­ Pictured  from  the  air  oil  Montauk  Point,  Lony  Island, the yhost­like SS Jesse Applegate is seen inch­ practices which  are  not spelled  out  tive  Gordon  Canfield  (Rep.  N.J.)  ing  its  way  to  Boston  under  tow.  Fresh  out  of  the  boneyard,  the  vessel  proved  to  be  a "death  ship"  fully  in  the  existing contract.  announced  that  the  Coast  Guard  for two  members of  the riding  crew.  She is  now drydocked  for  refitting.  Judging  from  suggestions  sub­ has  ordered  lifeboats  to  be  Saddled  with somewhat of  a  "jinx" even  before  she  goes  to  work,  the SS  Jesse  Apple­ mitted  up  to  now,  crewmembers  equipped  <^'ith  portable radio trans­ have  been  taking  this  task serious­ mitters.  gate is expected  to be in a  Boston shipyard for refitting until early next month  when a Sea­ ly.  Most of  them have  been serious  The  Pennsylvania  sank  in  the  •  farer crew  will take her out  for a  maiden  run.  and  practical, worthy  of  considera­ stormy  North  Pacific  on  January  ' Pulled  oiit  of  the  James  River­f  tion  by  the  negotiating  committee.  with  the  loss  of  45  lives,  14  of  In  most  instances  the  number  of  whom  were  SUP  members.  As  far  boneyard""  for  operation  by  the  such  suggestions  has  been  small,  as is  known  some  of  the  crew  took  feastern  Steamship  Company,  the  indicating  the  soundness  of  the  to  lifeboats  which  were  blown  far  Applegate,  a  liberty  ship,  ran  present  contract.  from  the  original  site  of  the  sink­ into  all  sorts  of  trouble  on  her  ing  by  the  storm  and  were  not  lo­ These  suggestion  forms  have  tow­trip  from  Norfolk  to  Boston.  cated  by  search  planes  until  they  been filed  pending.receipt  of  addi­ A  powerless  ship,  she  was  being  tional  returns  from  other  SIU  were  swamped.  Equipping  1 i f e­ towed  northward  by  the  tugboat  ships.  As  soon  as  a  representative  boats  with  radio  transmitters  will  Obvious  waverings in  policy  and  a  dollar  and  cents loss  of  Peter  C.  Gallagher  when,  more  number  of  returns  is  in,  the  ne­ enable  search  planes  and  shigs  to  thtin  midway  in  the  trip,  rough  $100  brought  home  to  Seafarer  Erich  Pedersen  some  incon­ gotiating committee  will go through  locate  such  boats  with  greater  seas  took  hold  of  her  and  caused  sistencies  in  policy  practiced  by  the  US  Customs  Bureau.  the  forms, to  seleet  points  whieh  speed.  the  towline  to  part  about  10  miles  The  new  regulation,  which  was  best represent  the expressed wishes  in  Germany  recently,  Ashore  off  Montauk  Point,  Long  Island.  supported  by  the SIU,  will  go  into  of  the  men  aboard  the  ships.  '  Manned  by  a  seven­man  riding  Pedersen  made  a  legitimate .pur­ prohibition  against  allowing  them  effect  on  November  19,  1952  on  all  It  is  likely  that  in  fortheoming  into  the  country.  crew,  two  of  whom  died  at  sea,  chase  of  a  Zeiss­Ikon  camera  from  negotiations  the  Union  negotiating  dry  cargo  vessels  of  500  gross tons  apparently  overcome  by  fumes  one  of  the  homeland  distributors  Pedersen,  meanwhile,  will  have  eommittee  will  attempt  revision  of  or  more.  to content  himself  on  his  next  trip  from  a  sto"Ve  in  their  sleeping  0 f  t h e  product,  with  imagining  the  pictures  he  the  existing  working  rules so  as  to  While  the  Coast  Guard has taken  quarters,  she  anchored  In  open  which  has  drawn  might  have  taken  if  he  had  the  bring  them  more  in  line  with  this  step  to  insure  greater  safety  seas  when  the  tug had  to put  in  at  a  conside r a b 1 e  changing  practices  in  the  industry.  for  ships  at  sea,  the  Maritime  Ad­ camera  to  take  them  with.  New  London  to  wait  out  the  following  from  ministration  has  denied  a  request  weather.  A  Coast  Guard  cutter  amateur  and  pro­ by  the  AFL  Radio  Officers  Union  later  took  off  the  bodies  of  the  fessional  lensmen  and  the  SIU  to  install  a  high  fre­ two  men.  quency  transmitter  aboard  the  Jo­ who  became  fa­ seph  Priestley,  an  SIU  manned  Due  to  the  weather,  several  at­ miliar  with  it  tempts  to  resume  the  tow  failed  during the  war.  ship  now  going  on  the  Far  East  until the  fourth day  when two  tugs  A  declr mainte­ run.  got  lines  aboard.  The  lack  of  nance man aboard  Equipment  Insufficient  pedersen  power  on  the vessel  precluded  any  the Cecil  N. Bean  The  ROU  declared  that  present  attempt  to  raise  the  anchor so that  iDry  Trans),  he  returned  with  the  radio  equipment  on  the  Priestley  Raised  up from  her  resting  place on  the bottom  of. Newark  a  cutting  torch  had  to  be  brought  prize  to  the  States,  where  a  Cus­ was insufficient for the vast reaches  into  play  to  cut  the  chain  and  al­ toms  inspector  picked  it  up  as  he  Bay  after  an  eight­month  tussle,  the  sunken  sand  dredge  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  having  a  low  the  tow­trip  to  proceed.  left  the  ship  in  Galveston.  The  Sandmate  will  undergo  extensive  repairs  before  going  back  maximum  range  of  500  miles  in  The  remainder  of  the  trip  pro­ official  reason  was  a  "trade  mark  into service  again.  the  daytime  and  1,000  ­miles  "at  The  salvaging  of  the  ill­fated  emptying  of  a  swimming  pool,  as  night.  Fred  Howe,  secretary­ ceeded  without  incident,  according  restriction,"  but  the  little scrap  of  to  Eastern  officials  and  the  ship  paper attesting  the fact  is tiare rec­ sandsucker,  formerly  manned  by  14  pumps  were  brought  into  play  treasurer  of  the  Union,  explained  is  now  being  "demoth­balled"  ompense  for  the  ensuing  trouble  a  Seafarer  crew,  marked  another  to float  her  to  an  even  keel.  that  all  C­type  ships.  Victorys,  "pridr  to  re­entering  service.  She  or  his  personal  loss  of  100  bucks  colorful  chapter  in  her  20­odd  She  is  now  due for  an  estimated  T­2"s  and  the  vast  majority  of  Lib­ years  of  harbor  activity.  She  six­month  drydocking  to  refit  her  ertys  built  during  World  War  II  is  part of  a  recent allocation  by the  in  hard  cash.  sank  after  losing  a  bout  with  the  and  scrape­  off  a  thick  crust  of  were  equipped  with high frequency  National  Shipping  Authority.  The  situation  is  magnified,  he  tricky  currents  off  Bergen  Point,  marine  growths  which  attached  to  transmitters,  but  shortages  of  such  beefed  to  an  SIU  headquarters  of­ New  Jersey,  last  May  24.  the  hull  during  her  stay  on  the  equipment  resulted  in  its  being  ficial,  because  the  ship's  second  A  former  Army  dredge,  she  was  bottom.  left  off  some  of  the  wartime  Lib­ mate  brought  an  identical  camera  ertys.  in Germany and  went through  Cus­ converted  by  her  present  owners.  He  declared  that  the  equipment  toms  later  on  in  nearby  Port  Ar­ Construction  Aggregates  Corpora­ was  plentiful  today,  was  relatively  thur  without  a  snag.  Texas is  big,  tion,  to  scoop  up  sand  from  Am­ inexpensive  and  could  be  installed  Pedersen  commented  wryly,  but  it  brose  Channel  and  deliver  it  via  in  one  day.  It  would  assure  that  Balloting  by  the  membership  of  isn't  so  big  that  Customs  officials  an  intricate  pumping  apparatus  to  fill  in  swampland  for  the  site  of  the  Priestley  could  maintain  con­ in yie port  don't know  what's going  the  United  Marine  Division,  Local  the  now­completed  New  Jersey  tact  with  shore  stations  and  other  on  in  the  other.  333,  of  the  International  Long­ Turnpike and an  extension of  New­ ships from  any  point  in  the  Pacific.  Others  Beefing  ark  Airport.  Her  less­fortunate  shoremen's  Association  returned  Company  Okayed  It  Moreover,  Pedersen  is  not  the  The  Bloomfield  Shipping  Com­ the  entire  administration  slate  first  to  suffer  unaccountably  from  sister  ship, the  Sandcraft, was  lost  a  year  earlier  in  a  collision  with  A  third  freighter, tne  Steel  Mar­ pany,  operators  of  the  vessel  un­ headed  by  Captain  William  Brad­ the  failure  of  the  Customs  Bureau  the  coal  ship  Melrose  in  the  Nar­ iner,  has  been  sold  by  the  Isth­ der  NSA  charter,  also  supported  ley  for  another  term.  Local  333  to publicize  the existence  of  an' im­ rows  off  the  Brooklyn  shore.  No  mian Steamship Company  to an  Is­ the  request,  but  the  NSA  turned  embraces  New  York  harbor  port  restriction  against  the  partic­ lives  were  lost  in  either  ausnap,  raeli­flag. operator  for  service  be­ it  down  on  the  grounds  that  "it  is  workers.  ular  camera,  providing  there  actu­ however.  tween  the  US and  the  middle  east.  not  the  policy of  the National Ship­ In  addition,  Louis  Ziegler,  sec­ ally  is  one.  Mounting  complaints  The  salvaging  operation,  after  Like  the  earlier  two,  the  9,400­ ping Authority  to  assist  in  the bet­ retary, and  Captain Joseph O'Hare,  of  similar  losses  have  reached  thousand  tons  of  sand  were  re­ ton  Steel  Mariner  was  built  in  terment  of  existing  radio  equip­ secretary­treasurer,  were  renamed,  headquarters.  moved,  utilized  a  cofferdam,  a  pre­ 1921, is steam­turbine  powered and  ment  on  Liberty  vessels  unless  re­ as  were  delegates  Mike  Jensen,  An  SIU  official,  meanwhile,  has  fabricated  wooden  structure  like a  has  accommodations  for  six  per­ quired  by  the  FCC  or  dictated  by  Danny  O'Mahoney,  James­  Murray  taken  up the  ball, notified  Customs  rectangular  fence  which  was  low­ sons.  The  purchaser,  the  Dizen­ special  operating  requirements."  and  Larry  Nelson.  Steve  Murphy,  of  the obvious inequity in  a camera  ered  on  to  her decks  and  attached  goff  Shipping  company,  will  re­ Howe  indicated  that  he  would  Canal  and  Lakes  delegate,  and  the  ban  in one  port and  not in another,  by  divers  to  make  a  watertight  name it  the  Abraham  Graetz, after  not  let  the  matter  rest  but  would  seven­member  executive  board  and  has  since  applied  to  the  com­ connection  after  damages  below  the  father  of  the  new  owner's  go  after  the  Maritime  Administra­ were also  reelected  by the tugboat­ pany's  outlet  in  New  York  which  the  waterline  were  repaired.  The  president.  The  Mariner  had  been  tion  to  get  them  to  make  this  in­ lien.,  :  .  can,  in  cei­tain  inst^ces, relax  th^  operation  then  proceeded  like  the  in the  round­the­world cargo trade.  (Continued  on  page  22)  CG  Orders  Radios  in  Lifeboats  Any  Port  In  A Storm  —But  Not  For Cameras  Raise  Sandmafe  From Newark Bay  ILA  Tugboatmen  Rename  Bradley  Isthiiilan Sells  Third Ship  To  Israeli Outfit  m  �fc­;  Pare  Six  SEAFARERS  LOG  Friday,  Febrnary  8,  1952  Seafarer, 76, Can't Cut SI U Ties  Sailing off  and on since  the nineties, John C. Hopkins has seen immense  changes  wrought  in  the  life  of  the  sea­going man.  Laying no  claim  to  any  title  for  longevity,  Hopkins  can  A  HOT TIME  IN THE  OLD  TOWN—^After  several  weeks  of  guerilla  still  look  back  on  a  pretty  full  lifetime  in  his 76  years.  warfare  between  British  troops  and  Egyptian  police  and  irregulars,  A  member  of  the  SIU  since  De­ *  large­scale rioting  broke otit in  the  city  of  Cairo.  With  police in  many  cember  7,  1938,  he  saw  many  sea­ eteria  in  Brooklyn  headquarters,  impression  though  that  the  differ­ cases  refusing  to  take  action,  the  Egyptian  Army  had  to  be  called  out  men's  unions  arise  and  then  fall  he  recounted  how  the  food  was  ence  was  sort  of  "astronomical"  as the  mobs put  over 100 foreign  business buildings,  hotels, night  clubs  by  the  wayside  since  the  earliest  aboard  ship  in decades  past.  and  left  it  at  that.  To  one  who  and  other  hangouts  to,the  torch.  All  Americans  have  been  evacuated  days  of  organization  by  marine  The worst crew  mess today ranks  has  sailed  as  long  as  he  had,  it  from  the  town  proper  and  are  under  heavy  guard  in  the  suburbs.  As  workers.  "I've  sailed  as  a  Sea­ way  better  than  anything  the  probably is.  farer,"  he  declared,  "because  I've  "swells"  on  passenger  runs  used  What's  he  going  to  do  next?  a  result of  the riots King Farouk  fired the  Egyptian premier for failing  always  gotten  a  fair  break  from  to be  served, he  stated.  As for the  "Well,  son.  I'm  only  going  to  be  to  keep  order  and  appointed  a  new  one.  While  things  have  quieted  the SIU.  Too many  of  these young­ pay,  he  could  provide  little  in  the  77  this  September.  How  far ahead  down since,  the basic  issues, British  occupation of  the Suez  Canal  Zone  and  of  the  Sudan,  still remain  to  be  solved.  er boys  don't know  what is was  all  way  of  accurate  data.  He  left  the  do  you  think  I can  plan?"  about  In  the  beginning."  Still  spry as  he  totters up  to the  dues  counter,  Hopkins  has  given  DEMOS GET INTO THE  ACT—With the Republican pre­election Une­ thought  to  retiring  his  union  up  pretty  well  set—Taft,  Eisenhower,  Warren,  Stassen  being  the  four  book,  but  he  still  hasn't  taken  the  candidates—^the  Democratic  party  nomination  contest  is  shaping  up.  I  plunge.  There's  Thus far  Senator Kefauver is  the  only  announced  candidate  and  is be­ a  long  line  of  ginning  to  make  inroads,  as  President  Truman  seeks to  bind  delegates  seafaring  tradi­ to him.  until he  announces his  intentions.  At  present he  himself  seems  tion  behind  him  undecided about  running again.  At first Supreme Court  Justice Vinson  i  which  somehow  Crewmembers  of  the  Puerto  Rico,  backing  up  the  three­ was  mentioned  as  his  hand­picked  successor  but  that  idea  has  cooled  week­old  longshore  beef  in  San  Juan,  paid  off  the  ship  in  impedes  every  off  rapidly.  Now  the  president's  choice  as  possible  successor  is  sup­ attempt  at  sever­ San Juan as a result  of  a decision voted  at a special shipboard  posed to  be  Governor Adlai  Stevenson of  Illinois.  Supreme Court  Jus­ ing  the  ties  that  meeting  on  February  4.  The^—  tice William  Douglas, and Illinois Senator Paul Douglas have both taken  bind  him  to  his  action of  the crew  ties up that  tain  in  accordance  with  the  Union  themselves  out  of  the race.  former  ship­ vessel  until  such  time  as  the  contract.  ' mates.  His  dad  longshore  strike  is  settled.  Hopkins  and  uncle  were  The  longshore  tieup  in  the  port  The  shipboard  meeting  was  ad­ deepwater  men  way  back  in  the  of  San  Juan  has  been endorsed  by  dressed by officials of  the ILA  who  WIRETAP EVIDENCE  KILLS COPLON  CONVICTION­^udith Cop­ recalled  the SIU  tradition  of  back­ early  nineteenth  century.  the  SIU  previously  as  a  legitimate  ing  all  legitimate  longshore  beefs  Ion,  the  former Department  of  Justice  employee  who  was found guilty  Now a  little hard of  hearing, and  economic  strike  on  wages.  At  last  and  the  reciprocal  action  of  the  in  New  York  for  espionage  for  the  Soviet  Union,  had  her  conviction  suffering  from  an  old  knee  injury  report,  stevedoring  companies  and  ILA  in cases  where the  SIU had  to  thrown  out  by  the  Supreme  Court.  The  court  ruled  that  her  con­ viction was illegal  because of  use of  evidence obtained  by  wire  tapping  as  well  as  a  mouth  infection—^the  the  ILA  were  four  cents  apart  in  hit  the  bricks.  her  telephone  as  well  as  her  arrest  by  FBI  agents  without  a  warrant.  infirmities  of  advanced  age  come  their negotiations.  In  recent  months  the  Puerto  Miss Coplon  will  be remembered  as the girl  who  was tried for  stealing  rapidly  now—Hopkins  was  last  on  Rico has  been in  the  center of  sev­ government  documents  Special  Meeting  to  give  them  to  her  boy  friend,  Valentin  Gu­ the  Evangeline  (Eastern)  in  1949,  According  to  a  communication  eral  longshore  tie­ups  in  the  ports  bitchev, a Russian who was working for the Soviet delegation to the UN.  when he  shipped as  a bellman.  of  San  Juan  and  New  York,  forc­ Running  coastwise  the  greater  received  from  Quentin  Remand  of  ing  three  cancellations  of  sailings.  The  Supreme  Court  decision  means  that  she  is entitled  to a  new  trial,  the  Puerto  Rico's  engine  depart­ which  the government  announced it will  seek as  soon as  possible.  part  of  his  life, he  has  made  a  lot  of  friends  in  the  many  ports  that  ment,  a  special  meeting  was called  dot  the  Atlantic  seaboard.  Born  in  by  Jimmie  Stewart,  the  ship's  Baltimore, he now makes his home  delegate,  when  the  vessel  arrived  WHO  INSPECTS  THE  INSPECTORS?—That  age­old  problem  of  in  New  York  because  his  native  in  San  Juan  and  found  the  strike  keeping  the  government's  law  enforcing  agencies  honest  has  come  to  on.  city  just  isn't  what  is  used  to  be.  the fore  again.  The Judiciary  Committee  of  the  House  of  Representa­ When  crewmembers  were  in­ Friends and  shipmates in the Mary­ tives has ordered  a full­dress  investigation of  Attorney General  Howard  land  metropolis  have  long  since  formed  that  the  SIU  considered  McGrath  and  the  Department  of  Justice  as  an  outcome  of  the  tax fix  the  strike  a legitimate  dollars­and­ taken final departures.  cases In  the Bureau of  Internal Revenue.  At the  same time, the  Justice  cents  beef,  they  were  unanimous  Sailed Three  Wars  Department  is  itself  conducting  an  investigation  of  corruption  in  gov­ in  their  feeling  that  they  would  Though  he  sailed  through  three  rather  leave  the  ship  than  cross  ernment.  In  Boston,  one  of  the  tax  collectors  who  was  dismissed  in  major  wars  since  the  Spanish­ an  ILA  picket  line.  Twenty­four­ The  long­awaited  launching  of  the ­course  of  the  tax fix  investigation,  Denis  Delaney,  has  received  a  American fracas  in  1898,  and  with­ hoiu:  notice  was  given  to  the  cap­ the first  Mariner­type ship  now be­ two­year jail term for accepting bribes.  in  hollering  distance  of  U­boat  ing  built  for  the  government  will  traffic  during  the  last  two,  his  take  place  February  29.  The  Key­ closest  scrape  was  on  the  steamer  stone Mariner,  first of  35 such ves­ William  Morris,  more  years  back  vels  will  be  launched  at  the  Sun  THEY  HAVE  TO  TAKE  T­HEIR  MEDICINE—With.^ Britain's  re­ than  he  cares  to  remember.  The  Shipbuilding  Company  yards.  Mrs.  armament  costs  zooming,  the  government  has announced  new  "auster­ Morris  sank  the  Decatur  H.  Miller  Edward  L.  Cochrane,  wife  of  the  ity" restrictions  on an  already  lean  and hungry  country.  Among  other  Seafarers  on .the  payroll  of  head  off  the  Atlantic  coast,  but  Hopkins  of  the  Maritime  Administra­ things,  Britons  will  now  have  to  pay  one  shilling  (about  14  cents)  for  a  ship  while  in  port  should  tion  will  do  the  honors with cham­ all doctor's  prescriptions  which  they formerly got free  of  charge  under  survived the  encounter  without  in­ make  sure  to  get  discharges  pagne.  the  national  health  service,  as  weil  as  charges  for  hearing  aids,  wigs  jury.  and  surgical  appliances.  The  Conservative  Government,  however,  has  Oldtimers  who  were  on  the  Fall  from the  skipper for port  time  Completion  of  the  first  Mariner  River  Line  may  remember  how  as  well  as  for  the  time  spent  ship  comes  after  lengthy  delays.  made  no  move  to  repeal  the  popular  Labor  Government­established  conditions  were  back  when  the  at  sea.  Construction  was  halted  on  14  of  medical  program.  Ten  thousand  government  workers  will  be  laid  off,  Failure  to  get  such  dis­ New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hart­ the  Mariners  for  several  months  and imports  of  tobacco, canned  goods, fish,  meat, coal and  other staples  ford  Railroad's  water­borne  sub­ charges  will  mean  that  the  due  to  lack  of  steel,  but  was  re­ will be reduced.  Britons going abroad will only  be allowed $70 traveling  sidiary  was  the  vogue  for  summer  Seafarer  won't  be  able  to  get  sumed  recently on  the  basis  of ­ an  allowances.  pleasure­seekers.  Hopkins  put  in  credit for the  port time  toward  increased  steel  allocation.  There  ^  ^  a  long  stint  on  those  old  paddle­ his vacation  money. This  could  are  21  ships  actually  on  the  vyays  mean  that  a  man  would  lose  with another 14 authorized  by Con­ HE'S  INDIA'S  EISENHOWER—General  Eisenhower  Is  not  the  only  wheelers.  silent  candidate  for  political  ojflce  these  days.  In  India,  a  Hindu  A  familiar figure on  picket  lines  out  on  some  of  the  vacation  gress.  In  New  York  during  SIU  beefs,  dough.  Such  being  the  case,  The  Mariners, successors to  war­ religious devotee  who has  taken an  oath never to  speak, is running for  he's  taking  it  easy  now  that  his  every Seafarer  owes  it to  him­ time  Victorys will gross 12,900 tons  a  seat  in  the  Indian Parliament  against  Prime  Minister  Nehru.  Like  active  seagoing  days  are  over.  En­ self  to get  a  discharge for  port  and  have  a  speed  up  around  25  Eisenhower,  he  may  be  silent  in  his  own  behalf,  but  he  has  plenty  of  assistants thumping the  tubs for him at political meetings.  Reports have  joying  mealtime  at  the  Union  caf­ time  worked.  knots.  it that the silent politician has attracted  quite a follo\(ing  who no |joubt  consider  his  verbal  restraint  something  to  be  admired  in  these  days  of  windbaggery.  The big  question is, will he  be able to  keep his mouth  'Bottoms Up' Is Launching Toast.  Tanker Does it!  closed if  he's elected?  PR Crewmen Pay Off,  Back  San  Juan  Beef  Set Feb. 29th  For  Launching  Of 1st Mariner  Get That Port  Time Discharge  K'  t­'V,  ^v:­ PK  CLOAK  AND  DAGGER  MYSTERY  OPENED­~The  government  of  Italy has filed  a request  with the  United States for  extradiction of  two  former  American  Army  men  on  charges  of  killing  their  commanding  officer  while  on  a  secret  mission  behind  the  German  lines  in  North  Italy.  The  men  involved,  former  Lieutenant  Aldo  Icardi  and  former  Sergeant  Carl  G.  LoDolce  have  been  accused  of  poisoning  Major  Wil­ liam  V.  Holohan  and  stealing  $100,000  that  was  to  have  been  used  to  finance  Italian  underground  fighters.  The  men  involved  had  been  parachuted behind the  German lines in  1944 on  an OSS  mission.  Overturned  IBce  the  lifeless  form  of  a  giant  whale,  the  480­ton  Italian  tanker  Piero  Rlego  Gambinl  tirwi  during its  launching ceremony.  Work­ ers  astride  the  keel  look  on  as  shipyard  authorities  and firemen  survey  the  damage.  Only  minor  injuries  were  reported  although  abftui  .80 ^persons,  wives  and  children  of  workerVwere  aboard. ­ THEY  MUST  HAVE  RUN  LAST—Two  of  Chicago's  better  known  restaurants, one  of  them  being  the Blackhawk,  have been  closed by  the  Board of  Health on  charges of  selling horsemeat  in  place  of  beef.  The  health commissioner says  that this  is only the beginning  of  an investiga­ tion  of  widespread  horsemeat  sales  in  Chicago  eating  places.  Boot­ legging of  horsemeat in place  of  beef  has been  on the  increase through­ out  the midwest  because  of  the  extravagant  price  of  beefsteaks.  Since  horses  arc  rapidly  disappearing  from  the  nation's  farms  and  streets,  we  can  only  assure  that  the  boys  in  the  horsemeat  racket  have  been  picking  up  worn  out  platers  in  claiming  races  at  local  tracks.  With  the  average racehorse  weighing  about  half  a  ton on  the hoof, they can  get  more  for him as pseudo­beefsteak  than  he  could ^ver  earn  at  the  tr^k.;,,,  ,ji|.  .  ..  'i­. 'A fii.­v  �SEAFARERS  LOG  WaiDm t, U52  rage  tenm  Govt To Raise Sunken Tankers Ship  One  Happy  Clan;  ­Yep! The Captain's  That old expression about family relations, "blood is thicker  than water" really applied with a vengeance to the Strathbay,  a Liberty run  by  the Strathmore Shipping  Company of  New  York.  The  ship  paid  off  in­^  New  Orleans  recently,  and  also signed  on  as a  junior assistant  among  other  things,  boarding  purser,  and  the  chief's  three  year  patrolman discovered  that the  old son  was carried  as a  passenger,  no  doubt  because  they  could  not  skipper  and  chief  engineer  find any  job classification  in  which  had  signed  on  their  family  a  three­year­old  would  fit.  members  as  members  of  the  All  of  these  relations  were  not  crew.  around  at  the  original  sign  on  in  In  the  course  of  an  eight  month  voyage,  during  which  the  ship  Torpedoed by  German subs in World  War II, the Halo  Is  one  of  two  Cities  Service  tankers  resting^  on  touched  at  nine  or  ten  ports  in  the bottom of  the Gulf  of  Mexico off  the Louisiana  Coast. She is the target of salvage operations through  Europe,  South  America  and  the  which the  Maritime Administration hopes to recover  badly­needed  scrap  metals  and  possibly  cargoes.  West  Indies,  the captain  signed on  his  wife  as  a  junior  assistant  purser  and  his  13  year  old  son  Salvage  bids  for  11 tankers  sunk  in  World  War  II  have  been  opened  by  the  Maritime  and 15  year  old  nephew  both  were  Administration  in  the  hopes  of  recovering  the hulls and  cargo. . The tankers are in  addition  classed  as  ordinary  seamen.  to  some 125  dry cargo ships on  which  similar bids  were opened earlier.  The  chief  engineer's  wife  was  The  Administration's  action  was  spurred  by  the  shortages  of  steel,  scrap,  copper,  tin  and  other  ores  and  vital  materials  which  the  ves­ sels  were  carrying,  as  well  as  any  tankfuls  of  oil  that  might  have  Another  in  a  long series  of  mishaps  which have affected shipping  in recent  weeks beset  survived  the  sinkings.  Some  of  the dry  cargo  ships  up­ the SlU­manned  Alaska  Cedar  out  of  Seattle.  The Cedar suffered a  cracked hull in a storm  on  which  bids  were ' previously  off  the coast  of  Alaska,  but  succeeded  in reaching  the  port  of  Delia  Bella  safely.  Ominously  enough,  before  the­f  opened  were  known  to  have  car­ ried  such  relatively  scarce  ores  as  Alasjqa  Cedar  left  on  this  voyage  manganese,  tungsten,  cobalt  and  on  January  1,  it  was  docked  right  other  industrial  raw  materials  which  have  grown  increasingly  ex­ next  to  the  ill­fated  Pennsylvania.  pensive  partly as  the  result  of  the  That  ship  sank  with  the  loss  of  cut  in  trade  ties  between  the  45 lives  just  nine days  later, a  few  United States, China and  the Soviet  hundred  miles  north  of  Seattle,  in  Union.  a  severe  North  Pacific  gale.  She  Several  bids  have  already  been  too, in  her last  radio  messages,  re­ received  by  the  Maritime  Admin­ istration.  The  government  is  not  ported  that  she  had  suffered  a  announcing which ships carried the  cracked  hull.  more  valuable  cargoes  in  order  to  The  full  story  of  the  damage  is  discourage  selective  bidding.  not  yet  known,  but  the Alaska  Ce­ Two  of  the  eleven  tankers  in­ dar,  after  being  thoroughly  exam­ volved  are  Cities  Service  ships.  The Cities Service  Toledo, a  World  ined  by  the  authorities  in  Alaska,  War  I  ship  of  12,000  deadweight  has  been  pronounced  seaworthy.  tons  was sunk  about  40  miles due  At  last  word  has  left  Delia  Bella  south of  Marsh  Island oil  the coast  bound  for  home.  Just  to  be  on  of  Louisiana,  in  three  fathoms  of  water.  The  CS  tanker  Halo  was  the safe side, the ship will  take the  sunk  about  110  miles  to  the  east  inland  route  back  home, and  is ex­ of  the  Toledo,  southwest  of  the  pected  to  reach  Seattle  without  main  stream  of  the  Mississippi  further accident.  delta.  She  was  built  in  1920  and  The  Alaska  Cedar,  and  her  sis­ rated about 11,000 deadweight  tons.  ter  ship,  the  Alaska  Spruce,  are  Other  tankers  involved  are  the  motorships  operated  by  the  Ocean  David  McKelvy,  Wm. 'C.  McTar­ Towing  Company  m  the  coastwise  naham, Benjamin Brewster, Aurora,  trade.  ­  They  run  regularly  be­ Virginia, Rawleigh  Warner, Shehe­ tween  the  port of  Seattle and  vari­ razade,  and  R.  W.  Gall.agher,  All  ous  Alaskan  cities.  The  SIU  was  of  them  were  victims  of  German  victorious on  these vessels  in a  Na­ Alaska  Cedar  loads  up  topside  with  antes  and  tractors  In  Seattle  subs  in  the  same  region  of  the  tional  Labor  Relations Board  elec­ before  leaving  on  trip on  which  her  hull  was  cracked.  Gulf.  tion  held  just  a  few  months  ago.  New  York  but  met  the  ship  after­ wards  and  rode  it  until  the  payoff  in  New  Orleans.  Big­Four  Payoff  This  and  other  practices  by  the  skipper,  including  that  of  paying  different  rates  of  pay  to  different  crewmembers,  made  for  quite  of  bit  of  overtime  figuring  and  other  tangles.  It  took  four  patrolmen  to  pay  off  the  ship  beginning  at  2  p.m.  and  ending  past  midnight  of  the  same  day.  But  that  wasn't  the  end  of  the  story.  The  next  day,  one  of  the  crew  that  paid  off  the  previous  night came to the hall and reported  that the  captain had  refused to  pay  him  79  hours  overtime  which  had  been settled  at the pay  off  the day  before.  Further, he  threatened  the  crewmember  with  jailing  if  he'  didn't  leave  the  ship  before  he  moved  her  to  Baton  Rouge.  The  result was  a  patrolman took off  for  Baton  Rouge  and  collected  the  79  hours  from  the  dismayed  skipper.  Practically  every  member  of  the  crew  had  a stack  of  disputed over­ time at  various wage  rates depend­ ing  on  how  the  skipper  liked  the  man  involved.  Alaska Cedar Cracks Hull  Cartoon  History  Of  The  SIU  For  many  years  seamen  sailed  without  legal  pro­ tection against  the whims of  skippers and  mates.  It  was  not  until 1895  that  the  Maguire  Act  was  passed  followed  in 1898  by  the  White  Act.  This legislation  was  the first  "Bill of  Rights" for seamen, abolishing  corporal  punishment  and  increasing  allowances.  Dawn of  A New Day  Sailing  vessels,  long  masters  of  the  sea,  were  on  their  way  out  in  the  early  1900's.  Steam  replaced  sail  all  over  the  world  just  as­oil  has  now  replaced  coal.  Although  new  ships  came  in,  union  organize­­ tion  crept  forward  at  a  slow  pace.  Still  the  early  unionists stood  fast,  aiming  at  100  percent  unity.  Olde Photos  Wanted by LOG  The LOG is interested in col­ lecting  and  printing  photo­ graphs  showing  what  seagoing  was  like  in  the  old  days.  All  you  oldtimers  who  have  any  old  mementos,  photographs  of  shipboard  life,  pictures  of  ships  or  anything  that  would  show  how  seamen  lived,  ate  and  worked  in  the  days  gone  by,  send  them  in  to  the  LOG,  Whether they  be steam  or sail,  around  the  turn  of  the  cen­ tury,  during  the first  world  war  and  as  late  as  1938,  the  LOG is interested  in  them  all.  We'll  take  care  of  them  and  return  your  souvenirs  to  you.  No. 4  With  the passage of  the 1915  Seaman's Act  a  new  era  dawned.  Although  seamen  still  worked  under  miserable conditions, they were  now on a parity with  other  American  workers.  Andrew  Furuseth  called  this  act  the  dawn  of  a  new  day.  The  hiring  hall,  contracts,  and  legal  rights  were  now  facts.  I  I  �SBA PAREUS  toG  Pace  Eliiii  ;  Friday;  Febnuyy 8,' 1958­1?;­:^^,^,^,,  PORT  RRPQRTSl...  •  over because of the strike in  Puerto  Boston:  the  Union  op  Who  haven't  been  Galvesfon:  Rico;  and  the  Florida  (P&O).  We  cleared  through  the  Union  hall.  One of  the  worst offenders  here  is  expect  the  Alcoa  Pegasus and Part  ner  (Alcoa)  and  the  Southern  an  owner  who  is  part  of  the  Mar  Trade Corporation.  States  (Southern  Trading)  in  Tam­ pa  next  week.  Ship's  delegates  should  take  the  Everything  here  is  as  rosy  as  We  have  a  few  oldtimers  here  The only  thing islower  than ship­ precaution  of  checking  each  new  We  have  slowed  up  quite  a  bit  could  be, but  we have  had so  much  such as  Frank Land,  Bill Warmack,  ping around  here these  days is  the  member of  the crew coming aboard  In  Port  Galveston  at  present  with  rain  that  the  main  drag  looks  like  Johnnie  Ficcarrotta  and  N o 11 i e  temperature.  It  refuses  to  budge  and if  he does  not have  a bona  fide  not  too  much  action.  There  were  the Mississippi River  at high  water.  Townes.  They  came  down  to  en­ much  higher  than  the  low  twen­ dispatch  card from  the­hall, notify  five  payoffs  and  sign  ons  which  During  the  past  two  weeks ship­ joy  that  Florida  sunshine,  but  the  ties,. and  at one  point  settled  down  the hall at  once so  that  we  can  put  isn't  bad,  but  our  ih­transits  ping  has  really  been  on  the  fast  weather  man  played  a  trick  on  to  a  nippy  one  degree,  which  has  a  stop to  this  practice.  dropped  off  quite  a  bit  down  to  side  and,  bless  'em  all,  every  ves­ them  and  sent  us  some  cold  air  us  all  yearning  for  the  Gulf  and  We  had  quite  a  big  beef  on  the  an  even  dozen.  points  south  generally.  sel  calling  here  has  taken  any­ from  the  North.  SS  Gulf  Water  (Mar­Trade).  The  We  paid  off  and  signed  on  the  where from  one to  a  dozen  men  off  Panama  Ships  But  slow  as  it  is  for  shipping,  captain  on  ,this  ship  decided  he  Liberty  Flag  (Gulf  Cargo);  Cecil  our  hands.  On  my  last  trip to  Miami,  I took  we  did  have  a  bit  of  Activity  from  wanted  to  go  down  into  the  hold  5:  Bean (Dry Trans);  Cities  Service  oil  wagons  pro­ a  look­see  at  the  Silver  Star,  a  six  payoffs  and  one  lone  sign­on,  and direct the  men in  the cleaning.  Marie  Hamil  vided  the  bulk  of  the  business,  luxury  passenger  ship  which  will  the Amberstar  (Triton).  Calling at  Informed  by  the  bosun  that  if  he  I (Bloomfield);  and  with  the  Lone  Jack,  Fort  Hoskins,  operate  between  Cuba,  Ciudad  this  port  for  the  payoff,  in  addi­ did  not  leave  the  hold  and  let  the  I Bertram  G 0 0 d­ Chiwawa,  Winter  Hill,  Government  Trujillo  and  Mexico.  It  is  crewed  tion  to  the  aforementioned,  were  bosun  work  the  men  as  he  should  1 hue  (Mississippi).  Camp,  Bents  Fort,  Cantigny,  with  French  and  Germans  and  is  the  Michael  (Carras)  and  a  Cities  the  serang  would  leave  the  hold,  Our  in ­ transits  French  Creek  and  another  one  registered  under  the  Panamanian  Service  quartet,  the  Abiqua,  Can­ the  old  man  took  the  bosun  up  to  1 were  the  Sea­ due in  Beaumont, that's Texas, suh.  flag.  tigny,  Bradford  Island  and  Lone  his  room  and  broke  him  down  to  :£  trains  New  York,  All  of  the  above  were  in  good  It's  too  bad  that  these  American  Jack.  an  ordinary  seaman.  New  Jersey,  shape,  with  a fine  bunch  of  men  owned  ships  are  permitted  to  go  There  were  no  really  hot  and  The  captain  then  acted  as  bosun  Georgia  and  and delegates  on  them.  under  foreign flags.  She  docks  heavy  beefs  on  any  of  these  ships,  for the remainder of  the voyage and  Texas;  the  Lib­ Davis  One  of  the  brothers  we  ran  into  right  next  to  the  P&O  docks  in  except  for  the  Michael,  which  had  had  the  chief  mate  work  on  deck  erty  Flag,  Cecil  while  the  Gov­ Miami  and  has  a  swimming  pool  a  big  enough  load  to  carry  the  most  of  the time.  Well, at  the  pay­ Bean,  Marie  Hamil  and  Bertram  ernment  Camp  and  three  bars  on  her..  ball on  that score for all  the rest.  I  off  we  forced  the  company  to  pay  Goodhue;  the  Cabins  (Mathiason);  was  here  was  went  along  with  the  patrolman  to  the  bosun  his full  bosun  wages for  Alawai  and  Andrew  Jackson  (Wa­ Ray  White  Jimmy  Parker,  Tampa  Port  Agent  this scow and  boys, that  wagon was  the  entire  voyage,  and  have  now  terman);  and  the  Julesburg,  (Ter­ her  ship's  dele­ beef­laden.  I  couldn't  blame  the  been  successful  in  getting  them  to  minal  Tankers).  gate.  He  was  4  4  4  crew  one  bit  for  yelping  either.  pay  the  serang  overtime  for  every  With  the  end  of  the  shipyard  quite  an  active  On  the windup,  we  succeeded  in  hour that the  mate and captain  put  strike here, the  Del Mar which  was  Norfolk:  boy  in  organizing  getting  rid  of  a  load  of  South  in on  deck  and  in the  hold.  in  drydock, finally  got  out  and  the fleet.  During  American  sausage  and  meat  which  Payoff  Lineup  went  over  to  New  Orleans  to  pick  the  war  he  sailed  the  weevils  were  playing  tag  with  Getting  back  to the statistics  for  up  a  full  crew  for  her  South  to  all  zones,  and  Parker  and  cleaned  that  whole  mess  out.  the  period,  our  payoffs  were:  Bea­ American  run.  in  one  more  trip  We  also  got  all  our  overtime  dis­ trice,  Frances,  Evelyn,  Elizabeth,  One  of  the  men  who  just  payed'  will  be  able  to  get  his  endorse­ putes  paid  to  the  satisfaction  of  Jean, Suzanne  and  Puerto  Rico,  all  ment  as  machinist.  He  has  had  A  slight  lull  in  shipping  was  ex­ those  concerned  and  got  a  chuckle  Bull  Line  ships;  Seatrains °  New  off  the  George  Gipp  is  Brother  perienced  this  past  period  but  it  Leon  F.  Davis  who  has  been  ship­ several  years'  experience  in  lathe  when  they  had  to  pay  the  pump­ Jersey,  Texas,  Georgia  and  New  work  ashore,  but  under  Coast  looks  to  be  only  temporary.  We  man  on  her  for  about  50  hours'  York;  Steel  Flyer,  Steel  King  ping  out  of  Galveston  for  the  past  three  years.  A  member  of  the SIU  Guard  rules  must  have  six  months  had  14  ships  in  for  payoff  and  14  work  the  mate had  done.  (Isthmian);  Joseph  Priestley,  Alice  since  1943,  Brother  Davis  ships  as  signed  again  pronto.  The  outlook  as  a  wiper.  Brown  (Bloomfield);  Sand  Chief  a  messman.  He  was  at  sea  during"  New  Sacks  Parker  says  the  conditions  for  the  future,  in  the  matter  of  (Construction  Aggregates);  Stony  the Isthmian  strike and  was one  of  coming  payoffs,  is  good.  By  the  by,  we  got  new  mat­ gained  by  the SIU  cannot be  foimd  Creek,  San  Angelo  Victory,  Gulf  the  boys  on  the  bricks  in  New  tresses and lockers,  plus repairs on  Our payoffs  were mostly clean  as  anywhere  else in  any  Union  and  is  Water  (Mar  Trade);  The  Cabins  York  during  the  1946  general  very  proud  to  be  with  us.  (We're  a  whistle  with  no undisputed  over­ the  port  hole  gaskets  before  she  (Mathiasen);  War  Hawk,  Hurricane  strike  beef.  Brother  Davis  was  on  sailed.  Wo  gave them  time enough  time  or  beefs  pending.  We're  try­ happy  to  have  you  aboard,  (Waterman),  and  Government  the  Gipp  for  two  months  and  is  ing  to  rouse  all  companies  signing  to  do  this  and  caused  no  delay  in  Jimmy!)  Camp,  French  Creek  and  Logans  waiting  for  another  SIU  ship  her  sailing.  on  to get  on  the  ball  and  bring re­ Rock  of  Trafalgar  Fort,  for  Cities  Service.  James  Sheehan  pairs  up  to  date,  according  to  the  where  he  can  enjoy  those  good  Trafalgar  Steamship  Company's  Signing  on  were:  Eastern's  J.  SIU  conditions.  Boston  Port  Agent  Federal  is  running  between  the  crew  repair  lists  that  were  turned  Printz;  Steel  Admiral,  Steel  Ar­ Keith  Alsop  4  4  4  mouth  of  the  father  of  the  waters  in.  chitect  and  Steel  King  for  Isth­ Galveston  Port  Agent  (the  Mississippi,  you  Yankees)  and  The  ships  which  dropped  in  to  New  York:  mian;  Bull  Line's  Marina  and  Fort  Arthur,  Texas,  and  is  with  visit  included  the  following;  Rich­ Angelina;  Mother  M.  L:  for  Eagle  4  4  4  us  every  four  days.  The  boys  on  ard  M.  Johnson  and  James  K.  Ocean,  and  Bloomfield's  Joseph  her are  really  coining  the cabbage,  Walker  (Bloomfield);  W.  S.  Jen­ Baltimore:  Priestley.    but she  doesn't take  on  a  new  man  nings, William  Harper and  William  We  are  still  having  a  lot  of  too  often.  The  good  ship  Cata­ T.  Page  (Waterman);  Henry  Bald­ trouble  with  some  members  of  win  and  John  Mosby  (Eastern);  houla  (National  Navigation)  will  Shipping  and  business  through  the  ships'  crews  while  .in  port.  also  be  in  Port  Arthur  so  we  will  Daniel  Lownsdale  and  E.  A.  Bur­ the  headquarters  branch  continues  Some  of  the  crew  members  still  nette  (Isthmian);  Alanson  B.  pay  her  a  visit  too.  to  be  good.  We  had  25  ships  pay  persist  in  getting  drunk  and  fail­ On  the labor front,  the  AFL  Of­ Houghton  (Alcoa);  Nicos  and  Nik­ off  in  the  past  two­week  period  ing  to  turn  to,  and  on  coming  The  shipping  picture  here  has  fice Workers  are organizing  for the  lokis  (Dolphin);  Mankato  Victory  and  nine sign­ons.  back  they  perform  aboard  the  been  vei*y  good  for  the  past  two  AFL  Retail  Clerks and  in  the J. C.  (Victory  Carriers),  and  Benjhmin  Activity  for  the  coming  period  ship.  It  looks  like  we  are  going  weeks  with  no  beefs  to  speak  of.  Penney  store  a  picket  line  was  Silliman  (Seas  Shipping).  looks  favorable  according  to  our  to  have  to  take  more  drastic  ac­ We  had  23" ships  pay  off,  two  shy  slapped  on  the  store  when  the  We're  sure  the  brothers  will  be  reports  from  the  operators.  We  tion  than  we  have  been  on  this  of  that  signed  on  and  seven  ships  manager fired  one  of  the clerks for  happy  to  leam  that  there's a  regu­ hope  this information  is correct  as  in  transit.  joining  the Union.  They  called  all  lar parade of  crates to  the ships  so  there  is  quite  a  surplus  of  men  on  matter  as  it  takes  two  or  three  Of  the  handful  of  beefs  that  did  patrolmen  to  cover  these  ships  AFL  unions  to  help  out,  so  in  the  that  washing  machines  can  be  the  beach  at  the  present  time.  and  straighten  out  these  perform­ pop tip,  there were  none  that  were  true  tradition  of  the  Seafarers  we  placed  on  vessels  that  haven't  had  There's  been  quite  a  bit  of  trou­ ers  in  order  to  take  care  of  other  not  handled  at  the  payoff  or  sign­ responded  by  sending  15  pickets  a  them  previously.  ble  with  a  couple  of  our  operators  Union  business.  on  withi  the  exception  of  the  Ore  day  to  the  line.  Our  boys  would  Ben  Rees  who  have  tried  to  put  men  aboard  Steamship  Company  and  Calmar  Claude  Simmons  ship in  the morning, stand  a  picket  Norfolk  Port  Agpnt  the  ships  who  are  not  members  of  Lines,  who  persist  in  working  the  Asst.  Sec'y­Treas.  watch  and  then­ head  for their  ves­ eight to 12 watch  on Saturday  with­  r  sels.  So far the line  has been  very  out  paying overtime. This  has" been  effective  and  will  keep  up  until  a  noted  and  brought  to the  attention  settlement  has been  reached.  of  headquarters,  from  whom  we  Leroy Clarke  are  expecting  a  favorable reply  re­ Lake Charles  Port Agent  garding  the  overtime  in  the  very  near  future.  .  4­  4  The  buses  and  street  cars  are  Tampa:  Shipping  from Janudr^  16  to January  30  once  again  rattling  through  the  streets  of  our  fair  city.  After  18  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIP.  SHIP.  SHIP.  TOTAL  days  of  a  complete  tie­up,  the  PORT  DECK  ENGINE  STEW.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  STEW. SHIPPED  Union  and  company  got  together  on  terms.  In  the field  of  wages,  29  17  19/  65  38  24  76  the  employees  received  a  total  of  14  The  state  of  Florida  has  had  a  Boston  204  slight  pickup  in  shipping  in  the  New  York.  197  111  512  147  143  393  21 cents an  hour more,  nine of  that  103  last  few  days  due  to  several  ships  Philadelphia  45  38  36  119  52  56  167  immediately  and  six  cents  each  59  touching  Miami  and  Boca  Grande.  year  for  the  following  two  years.  Baltimore  175  184  109  468  154  96  374  The  signing  was  for  a  three­year  124  Things  aren't  booming,  but  are  .........  203  moving  along  somewhat  better  Norfolk  145  98  133  130  333  agreement  proposed  by.  the  com­ 481  105  than  they  have  been  recently.  Savannah  22  19  24  65  25  33  93  pany.  3p  We  had  the  Sea  Comet  (Sea­ ,  We  don't  know  whether,  this  Tampa  6  .  6  20  8  11  13  36  long­term, contract  is acceptable  to  12  traders)  in  Miami  for  a  very  pleas­ ant payoff.  There  wasn't  a  beef  on  Mobile  61  58  52  59  171  66  45  170  the  average  union  guy,  but  the "  her  with  all  hands  including  the  New  Orleans .'  96  72  66  96  84  127  307  transit  workers  votgd  overwhelm­ 234  stewards  department  doing  a  good  ingly  for  it  and  they  are  the  ones  70  52  39  63  239  to  be  pleased.  We  wish  them  a  lot  52  16l  124  job  and  very  satisfied.  We"  gave  Galveston  her  three  men  as  replacements.  West  Coast  52  36  49  122  of  luc.k  for  the  next three  years.  49  48  137  25  Also in  Miami  we  had  the Morn­ Earl  Sheppard  ing  Light  (Waterman)  stopping  TOTALS  Baltimore  Fort  Agent  963  837  833  2,433  ­  925  r764  m  2.310  • rt.­ lake Charles:  Moreury, LIko Shipping,  Pratfy Slow on Pick­up  Union Backs Up Clerk  Strike at J. 0. Penney  •!.; ­ I&"'  m  io:  • Port Hit by Slackoff;  Mar Oaf of Drydock  Payoffs Go On Without  A Hitch, Mora to Como  Bncko Skipper Learns  He Can't 'Play' Besnn  Trolleys' 3­Year  Pad  Has'Em Clanging Again  tmcoBo  Shh! It's Been Pretty  Geld  Down In Florida  j  an  . L  i  I, b  . u  f  J  t ^  L  . I'll  yr'.i".  ttnoi'i  ID'l. ...'li.ji  /  ..  jfeii  I  )  i;  /  C  ­r  :U."  �• '^r­­ Friday.  Febmair  8,  1952  POMtT  ItEPORIv  iel  Crosby  (Bloomfield),  and  Paine  Savannah:  Wingate.  A  load  of  in­transits,  22  !h  all,  came  in, as  follows:  Pennant, Clip­ per,  Ranger,  Roamer  and  Corsair  (Alcoa);  Steel  Executive  (Isth­ mian);  Del  Campo,  Del  Mar  and  The  shipping  outlook  in  these  We've  got  no  kick  on  shipping,  •   parts look  like it  will  be very  good.  Del  Alba  (Mississippi);  Kyska,  An­ as  it's generally  good,  but  we  wish  Business  generally  has  been  pretty  drew  Jackson  and  Alawai  (Water­ the  yankees  would  come  around  godd  and  beefs  few  in  number.  man);  Seatrains  Louisiana,  New  and  take  their  cold  weather  back  That's  the  way  we  like  to  see  it.  Jersey  and  Georgia;  Anne  Butler  with  them.  It's spoiling  our  repu­ Ves.sels  paying  off  in  thjs  port  (Bloomfield);  Lone  Jack  (Cities  tation.  totaled  ten  and  our sign­ons  added  Service);  Cecil  N.  Bean  (Dry  Had five  ships  pay  off  and  sign  up to seven,  which is a  lucky figure  Trans); Sea  Comet  (Zenith); South­ on  right  away  so  we've  been  keep­ em  Counties  (Southern  Trading);  no  matter  how  you  look at  it.  ing  pretty  busy.  The fivesome  in­ The  payoffs  included  the follow­ Nathaniel  Silsbee  (South  Atlantic),  cluded:  Jonathan  Trumbull  (Mis­ and  Catahoula  (National  Naviga­ ing roster: Las Vegas Victory,  since  sissippi);  Southport  (South  Atlan­ returned  to  the  government  by  tion).  tic);  Thomas  J.  Rusk  (Alcoa),  and  Outlook  Is  Fair  Isthmian;  Alawai,  Stonewall  Jack­ Alexander  H.  Stevens  and  Monroe  The  outlook  is  pretty  fair,  too,  for  Bull Line.  son,  Monarch  of  the  Seas  (Water­ ^  man);  Nathaniel  Silsbee  and  Wil­ with  seveu  payoffs  scheduled  and  ^  liam  H.  Aspenwall  (South  Atlan­ now  that  Todd's  strike  is  settled,*  Our  in­transits  are  our  Seatrain  namesake, the Savannah;" South At­ tic),  and  the  Ranger,  Corsair,  we  should  entice  additional  ships  lantic's High  Point  Victory and  the  Roamer  and  Cavalier  (Alcoa).  All  into  the  port.  Carolyn  (Bull).  The  Teamsters  are  still  having  but  the  Alawai,  Cavalier  and  Cor­ There  was  quite  a  beef  on  the  an "unfair"  beef  with  the company  sair  signed  on  again.  Monroe.  Seems  they  have  a  chief  A  duo  of  in­transits  due  here.  putting  out  Holsum  bread  and  engineer  who  ws  trying  to  out­ They  are  the  Alcoa  Pegasus  and  cakes­and  our  meeting  went  on  Bligh  the captain  by  that name.  He  John  Ringling.  record  supporting  the IB  of  T  and  knows  all,  brothers,  and  doesn't  A  first  tripper  to  the  new  SIU  urging  all  hands  not  to  use  these,  need  any  old  agreement  to  "clut­ hall  in  this  city  recently  was  products  on  their  ships.  ter up"  the ship he's  on  because he  brother  James  C., Dial,  a  member  Lindsey  J.  Williams  runs  things  to  suit  "himself.  to  our  brother­ New  Orleans  Port  Agent  Well,  at  the  pay­off  in  Jackson­ hood  since  1942  ville,  Fla.,  he  found  out  that  our  t.  t.  who's  been  sail­ men  gained  29  hours  overtime  for  Seattle:  ing in  all  ratings.  his  stupidity.  He  had  the  half­ He  claims  he u;as  cocked idea  that when  you  run into  amazed  to  walk  a  port  where  there  is  freezing  into  the  place.  weather  you  don't  need  an  oiler  to  "When  I  last  4ake  care  of  the  winches  and  be­ sailed  out  of  Shipping  is  mighty fine  out  here  sides,  he'd  rather  pay  his  night  Mobile,"  he  stat­ in  the  northwest  country.  We  can't  engineer  overtime  for  this  work.  ed,  "the  hall  was  Dial  Two­Time  Losers  brag  about  the  weather  here  like  at  7  St.  Michael  Street,  and  without  a  doubt  was  a  our  southern  cousins  (they're  not  This  wound  up  causing  the  com­ rat  hole.  I  remember  when  it  bragging  either—Ed.),  but  we  can  pany  to  have  to  pay  twice  for  the  rained  the  roof  leaked,  and  the  use  some  men  who  aren't  scared  same work,  but I  guess that as  long  sewers  used  to  back  the  water  up  by  a  little  (?)  frost  and  want  to  as  the  company  can  afford  to  have  move  off  the  beach.  this  type  of  engineer  aboard,  we  to the  hall.  "Well, when  I came  back  heilF; I  The  way  shipping  is  out  this  can  still  go  to  the  trouble  of  see­ couldn't believe my eyes. There  was  way,  the  weather shouldn't  make  a  ing  to  it  that  our  men  get  paid  for  the  work  that  belongs to  them,  this  beautiful  building  with  the  mite  of  difference.  name of  the SIU across it. I walked  The  Seamonitor  (Orion)  was  in  but  is  done  by  officers.  in  to  register,  and  sure  enough,  it  here for payoff  and  signed on again  That  strike  at  the  New  E&W  was  the  right  place.  Then,  after  with  hardly  a  beef  on  her.  Alcoa's  Laundry  is  still  going  on.  just  hanging  around  with  my  old  ship­ Walker  K.  Hines  also  paid  us  a  about  a  month  short  of  a  year  on  mates,  I  went  up  to  'rec'  deck  and  visit  for  payoff  and  came  in  clean  the  picket  line  for  those  workers.  They're  out  to  get  union  recogni­ we  had  pool  tables  there!  too.  tion  and  a  decent  wage  to  bring  We're  getting  a  couple  of  in­ 'Here  'Til  I  Ship*  home  to  the  wife  and  kiddies.  transits  soon,  so  they  should  keep  "Well,  brothers,  being  a  pool  We're  all  behind  them  in  their  things  busy  for  a  while. ­ Expected  plajjer,  that's  my  spot,  and  you'll  effort.  in  this  port  are  the following:  Ala­ have  no  trouble  finding  me  there  untii  I ship.  Boy,  things sure  have  mar  and  Yorkmar,  for  Calmar;  Getting  back  to  the  weather,  changed  since  my  first  trip!  I'm  Fairport  and  Beinville,  for  Water­ however,  we  don't  expect  this cold  man;  Bluestar  (Triton),  and  Re­ spell  will  continue.  We  are  look­ very  proud  it  was  an SIU  ship."  ing  far  and  near  for  rated  men,  public  (Trafalgar).  That's  eloquent  testimony,  for  There've  been  reports  of  men  particularly  ABs,  FWTs  and  oilers,  which  we thank  brother Dial.  Only  other  item  of  interest  in  who  insist  on  piling  off  the  ships  so  if  any  of  you  men  want  to  take  town  is  that  all shipyards  are  back  in  some  of  the  outports  out  here  a  fast  trip  to  England,  Scotland  at  work  again.  The  AFL  strike  without  getting  the  proper  relief.  or  Ireland, shed  your overcoat  and  which  was  in  effect  at  the  last  re­ Men  who  keep  up this  practice  are  head  for  this  port,  where  you'll  be  port  has been  settled.  It  broke out,  going  to  get  their  tails  burned, un­ welcomed  with  open  arms.  Plenty  you  will  remember,  right  after  the  less  they  let  us  know  in  time  to  of  ordinary  seamen,  wipers  and  CIO shipbuilding  workers returned  get  a  replacement  aboard  their  messmen  around  though, so  we  ad­ vise  they  stick  where  they  are.  vessel.  to  work  from  their walkout.  By  the  way,  we've  gotten  notice  Jeff  Morrison  Cal  Tanner  Seattle  Port  Agent  the  Coast  Guard  that  anyone  from  Mobile  Port  Agent  Mobile:  All Shipyards Working  Finally as AFL Returns  Rated Men Can Escape  Fresl, Head for Soulli  If You're Quilling Ship,  Lei Hall Hear About it  ­  ^  New Orleans:  Paffc  Nine  SEAFARERS  LOG  ^  Fori Business Hopiiing  'N Outlook's Good Too  We're  pleased  to  report  that  as  far  as  the  Crescent  City  is  con­ cerned,  shipping  is  good  and  the  affairs  of  the  port  generally  are in  very  good  shape.  No  beefs  are  pending  and  few  were  encountered  with  the  excep­ tion  of  the  SS  Strathbay,  Strath­ more  scow,  which  came  in  with  more  headaches  than  all  the  pay­ off,  sign  on  and  in­transit  ships  put  together..  Seven  vessels  paid  off  here,  in­ cluding  the  Pegasus,  Partner  and  Patriot  (Alcoa);  Del  MontO  (Mis­ sissippi);  Fort  Hoskins  (Cities  Service): Paine Wingate  (Bull), and  the  Strathbay.  Signing  on  were  the:  Del  Campo,­  Del  Alba  and  Michael  Moran  (Mississippi);. Pe­ giasus  and  Patriot  (Alcoa);  Nathan­ not  holding  validated  seaman's  pa­ pers  by  February  15  will  not  be  able  to ship  on  any ship  under  any  circumstance's.  That sort  of  makes  it  official.  E, B. TUley  Savannah  Port  Agent  Wilmington:  Blood Donors llluslrale  Brolherbood In Action  There  is  nothing  to  boast  about  in  the  way  of  shipping  out  of  this  port,  what  with  no  payoffs  at  all  in  the  past  two  weeks  and  only  one  sign­on,  the  Ponce  De  Leon  for  Waterman.  But  we  can  really  be  proud  of  the  way  our  SIU  boys  turned  out  to  help  one  of  our  Brothers,  Thomas  G.  Lyons,  who  This  port  is  experiencing  its  worst  shipping slump  in  the last 17  is  fighting  for  his  life  in  the  hos­ months.  Only  six  ships  hit  here  pital.  We  got  a  call  from  the  hospital  during  the  last  two  weeks,  all  of  for  blood  donors  for  him.  I  passed  them in  transit.  However,  they  did  it  on  the  boys one  morning  and  in  take  the  usual  number  of  replace­ no  time  we  had  ments so  we  got  some  men  off  the  three  carloads  of  beach  anyway.  men  on  the  way.  The lonely  six included  the Jean  In  fact  I  had  to  Lafitte,  Bienville,  Ponee  DeLeon  turn  some  of  the  and Fairport, all  Waterman vessels,  boys  away  be­ plus  the  Clarksburg  Victory  for  cause  there  were  Mississippi,  and  Alamar  for  Cal­ so  many  volun­ mar.  None  of  them  signed  on  or  teers.  All  in  all.  paid  off.  Brother Lyons got  Prospects  for  the  next  period  Hill  20  pints  of  blood  look  equally  dim,  as  only  four  in­ all  of  which  will  tercoastals  are  scheduled  for  the  port.  In  the  meantime,  we  have  be  available  to  him  if  he  needs  it.  made  arrangements  with  agents  in  It's  just  another  example  of  the  both  Wilmington  and  Seattle  to  true  brotherhood  that  exists in  the  have  them  notify  us  if  shipping  SIU.  picks  up  for  them  so  we  can  get  Getting  back  to the  shipping  pic­ some  of  the  guys  stranded  on  the  ture,  we  had  a  few  in­transits  to  help  us  out;  the  Republio  (Trafal­ beach  here  to get  up to  them.  With  business  being  generally  ger);  Raphael  Sempies,  Fairport  slow,  we  are  rehiinding  the  mem­ and  Robert  B.  Ingersoll  (Water­ bership  that  the  USPHS  maintains  man); Clearwater  Victory and  Steel  a  blood  bank  for  seamen,  and  urg­ Designer  fltshmian); Yorkmar*(Cal­ ing  all  hands  who  can  donate  a  . mar);  and Justo Arosemena  (Missis­ pint  of  blood  to  go  out  to  the  sippi).  There  were  no  difficulties  marine  hospital  and  do  so.  In  the  aboard  any  of  these  ships  except  event  anyone  wishes  to  go  and  on  the Yorkmar  where  I  had  to  re­ can't  get  transportation,  he  can  move  one  man  for  excessive drink­ contact  the  hall  and  we  will  see  to  ing and  fouling  up.  Vacation  Queries  it  that  he  has  round  trip  trans­ With  things  going  slow  here  and  portation  to  the  hospital.  In  the  past this  blood  bank has  been  valu­ men  on  the  beach,  we  have  been  able  for  our  membership  and  it  is  getting  many  inquiries  about  the  up  to  us  to  see  that  none  of  our  vacation  plan.  The  men  seem  anx­ brothers  go  wanting  for  lack  of  ious  for  it  so  that  they  can  have  some  money  while  on  the  beach  plasma.  here.  Suggestions  Wanted  Now  is  the  time  for  all  hands  We  noted  a  piece  in  the  news­ who  think  they  have  worthwhile  paper  that  the  Coast  Guai'd  is  con­*  suggestions for  changes in  the con­ sidering  permitting  Guamanians  to  tract  to  get them  in for  the  negoti­ sail  on  American  ships.  The  article  ating  committee's  use  when  they  sa.ys  that  they  will  let  them  clear  start to  work  on  the coming  agree­ through  registry  to  avoid  safety  regulations  that  are  standard  US  ment.  Everything  is  quiet  on  the  local  procedure.  This  is  one  thing  our  labor scene.  The MFOWs  are pres­ Union  will  have  to  fight  since  it  ently  in  negotiations  trying  to  get  threatens to  bring back  cheap labor  their  overtime  on  parity  with  the  and  substandard  conditions  which  SUP,  but  we  guess this  "follow the  we  have  all  but  eliminated.  Our 'man  of  the week'  here is  Ed  leader"  routine  must  be  old  stuff  to  them  by  now. The AFL  has been  "Chuck" Hill,  who  has  been  sailing  blazing  the  trail for  these  guys  for  with  the SIU  since 1947.  Ed  is one  some  time.  At  this  writing  they  of  those  who  likes  the  Far  East  are  working  on  a  day  to  day  con­ run,  and  he  has  been  on  it  for  the  pafst  three  years.  He  believes  that  tract  pending  negotiations.  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mule, over­worked  pack  animal  of  the  land.  • V :  .•   SEAFARERS  LOG  .:  • '  Friday, February  S,;  1951  MEET THE  SEAFARER  brew  made  from  yeast,  molasses  and  sugar  by  Alaskan  Indians.  CHARLES  HENRT,  messman  There  are  few  active  seamen  active  in  the  famous  1919  general  4"  t  t  around  who can  say that  they  have  strike.  He  was  on  the  bricks  on  That  mock  sun  sometimes  seen  Question:  What  luck  have  you  sailed  before  the flrst  World  War;  New  York's  West  Street  for  about  at sea, appearing at  a  point  in  the  had  for souvenirs  in for­ fewer  who  can  claim  ah  unbroken  a  month  until  the  strike  was  sky  opposite  to  and  at  the  same  eign shopping  record  of  union  membership  for  settled  with  significant  gains  for  ports?  altitude  as  the  sun  is  called  the  35  years.  One  of  this  dwindling  American  seamen.  i1.­ anthelion.  Believed to be produced  handful  is  Charles  Henry,  who  at  Coastal Sailor  E.  M.  Newman,  pumpman:  I  by  the  reflection  of  sunlight  from  the  age  of  62  is  still  saiUng  SIU  Although tie  has been  sailing for  ice  crystals,  it  comes  from  the  haven't  been  in  any  foreign  ports  ships  regularly.  so  many  years,  Henry  is  not  one  Greek  anthelios,  or  anti­helios,  for  six  months,  In  his  day,  Henry  has  held  all  of^  those  seamen  who  has  been  opposite  to  the  sun.  Helios  was  the  last  ones  be­ ratings in the  stewards department,  round  the  world  dozens  of  times.  the  mythical  Greek  sun  god  who  ing  in  South  but  failing  eyesight and  ill  health  He  has stuck  pretty close  to home,  America.  I  have  France  does  not  have  a  coast  was  represented  as  driving  a  been  going  to sea  have  compelled  him  to  give  up  preferring coastwise and  intercoast­ guard  service  in  the sense  of  that  chariot  across  the  heavens.  work as a  cook  and  accept  less  de­ al  runs  to  ships  going  to  foreign  for  42  years,  and  4i  4'  4)  maintained  by  the  US. and  Great  manding  jobs such  as messman  and  ports.  The  farthest  away  he  has  my  souvenir­buy­ Britain  but  maintains a  niunber of  A  pelorus, a  navigational instru­ ing  days  are  all  utility  man.  been from  the United States  is one  semaphore  stations  manned  by  ment  similar  to  a  mariner's  com­ over.  I have  seen  *  A  native  of  the  Virgin  Islands,  trip he took to Australia.  During all  experienced  navy  men,  called  pass  but  having  no  magnetic  all  the  gadgets  Henry  came  up  to  Baltimore  in  the years of  World  War  II  he rode  guetteurs  semaphoriques  ... A  needle,  was  named  after the  sailor  and  gimmicks  1907  looking  for  work.  The first  one  ship,  the  George  Washington.  chocolate gale seldom is as "sweet"  of  the same  name  who  piloted  the  there  are  in  practically  every  port  jqj)  he  got  was  aboard  the  Ala­ This  ran  between  the  West  In­ bama,  one  of  the  Old  Bay  Line  dies  and  New  Orleans,  Miami  and  as  it  sounds.  It's  a  sailors'  collo­ ship in  which Hannibal  sailed from  there is.  quialism  for  those  brisk  northwest  Italy  after  defeating  the  Romans  ships  that  ran  between  Baltimore  New  York  carrying  migrant  farm  4)  4>  ^  in  approximately  210  BC  . . . The  winds  around  the  West  Indies.  and  Norfolk,  Va.  carrying  passen­ workers from Jamaica, Puerto  Rico  WUliam  B.  Rutkowksi,  AB:  I  slopchest  aboard  ship  is  supposed  gers.  The  Alabama  has  long  since  and  other  West  Indian  Islands  to  ',lr­:^r..  4"  4"  t  to  come  from  the  loose,  baggy  haven't any desire to buy  souvenirs  been scrapped,  but  both Henry  and  help  meet  the  labor  shortage  on  in  foreign  ports  The Alaska­Siberia  water bound­ breeches  or  hose  chiefly  worn  by  the  Old  Bay  Line  are  still  going  American  farms  during  the  war.  as  I  have  found  strong.  ary, the Bering Sea and Strait,  was  sailors  in  the  16th  and  early  17th  Having  had  his  torpedo  experi­ that  we  have  named  after  a  Danish  navigator  centuries,  known  as  slops  and  Once  a  sailor,  always  a  sailor  is  ences  during  World  War  I,  Henry  everything  y b u  and  explorer  of  the  northern  Pa­ which,  along  with  bedding,  were  want  cheaper  Henry's  story.  Since  that first  job  was  fortunate  that  the  George  cific  area  named  Vitus  Bering.  first supplied  for  sale  on  the ship.  he  has  sailed  continually,  and  has  Washington escaped  unscathed dur­ here in  the states.  never  (Wonder  if  Bering  was looking  for  held  any  kind  of  job  on  ing  her  four  years  of  shuttle serv­ 4"  4"  4"  There  used  to  be  herring?) . . . Formations of  cirro­ shoreside.  Anglo­Saxon  and  Old  Norse  are  bargains  once  After  working  the  Old  Bay  Line  ice,  although  it  had  its  share  of  cumulus  clouds,  made  of  small  combined  to  produce  the  word  sub  scares  in  the  Caribbean.  but not any more.  globular  masses, white flakes with­ starboard, for  the right  side of  the  a few  years, Henry  got  his  baptism  One  of  the  chief  attractions  of  Besides,  if  you  out shadows, or showing very slight  ship,  from  the  words  for  rudder  don't  buy  any­,  as  a  deep  sea  sailor  during  World  a  seaman's  life  as  far  as  Henry  shadows  were  dubbed  "mackerel  and  side.  This  wac  originally  the  War  I.  In  1915  he  got  aboard  the  concerned  is  the flexibility  it  sky"  by  old­time  sailors.  Though  steering  or  rudder  side  in  early  thing, you  keep out of  trouble with  Armenia  of  the Leland  Line  which  is  offers."  "A  seaman's  life  is  a  good  the  customs  authorities.  arranged in regular waves covering  types of  ships . . . Changed  by  law  sailed  out  of  Newport  News  with  one,"  he  said.  "You  can  work  a  4"  4  4i  *the  sky,  but  showing  blue  sky  in  a  cargo  of  horses  and  ammunition  in  England  (1844)  and  in  the  US  I  ­ of  months  and  take  it  easy  I  the gaps,  they prompted  the verse;  Navy  (1846)  to  port,  larboard  may  Frank  Thamin,  OS:  I  have  for  England.  There  were  subs  couple  a  couple  of  months.  That's  what  brought  back  quite  a  few  things,  ; iC:­''  aplenty  in  the first  war  too.  One  I've  been  doing  all  my  life,  and  have  come  from  lade,  the  side  of  nothing  very  un­ I if,: • • • ­ I : .'Vt' •  Mackerel  sky,  mackerel  sky.  night  the  Armenia  was  split  by  that's  why  I  like  the  coastal  runs.  the  ship  on  which  cargo  was  re­ usual though. I've  Never long wet and  never long dry.  ceived.  a  torpedo in  the  North Sea.  Henry  gotten  cuckoo  was  in  a  group  of  36  that  got  in  "You  can  save  your  money  if  The  belief  was  that  they  brought  4"  4i  4"  clocks  in  Ger­ a lifeboat  but  when morning came,  yoi^  want  to,  and  can  manage  to  fair weather for  that  day,  but  rain  There  was  plenty of  imagination  many,  umbrellas  there were  only 11 left to be  picked  pile  up  much  more  than  you  ever  a day or two later.  working  when  seamen  who  sailed  and  stuff  like  can  on  a  shore  job.  Or  you  can  up  by  a  Belgian fishing  boat.  along  the  Malabar  coast  of  India  that.  I've  never  spend  it  if  you  are  looking  for  4>  4>  4i  Always  Union  Man  coined  the  word  elephanta  for  the  had  any  trouble  While  in  New  York  in  1917,  a  good  time."  Fishes that  live at  the  bottom  of  south­southeasterly  wind  of  gale  with  the  customs  Illness  Ended  Henry  joined  up  with  the  Inter­ the  sea,  such  as  cod,  haddock  and  force  that  blows  there.  It's one  of  when  it  came  to  national  Seamen's  Union,  which  Recently,  Henry's  life­long  rou­ halibut,  are  in  a  class  by  them­ the  major  haunts  of  the  Ivory­ bringing  stuff  in.  selves.  They're known  as demersal  tusked  giants  by  the same  name.  If  there  was  a  duty  I  paid  it  and  was  actively  organizing  along  the  tine  of  a  couple  of  months  at  sea,  New  York  waterfront  at  the  time.  a  couple  ashore,  was  interrupted  fish,  distinguishing  them  from  t  4)  t  .  "I've  been  a  union  member  ever  by  a  long  siege  of  diabetes.  Now  'their finny brothers  who stay  close  First  American  ship  to  circum­ that  was  that.  4  4"  4"'  since, first  with  the  old  union  and  he's  back  at  the  hall  looking  for  to  the  top  . . . The  word  harbor  navigate  the  globe  was  the  Colum­ John  Blair,  wiper:  On  miy flrst  now  with this union, the  SlU, with­ another  dry  cargo  coastal  run,  as  stems,  rightly  enough,  from  older  bia,  a  sailing  vessel  built  in  Scitu­ trip  out  I  went  down  to  the  out  a  break since  that  time. There  the  money  languages'  equivalents  for  shelter  ate,  Mass.  The  voyage,  from  1787  short  during«his  Panama Canal.  It  wasn't  a  single  month  in  those  nine  months ran  of  illness.  or inn.  In  France, it's  auberge,  an  to  1790,  was  skippered  by  Captain  was  a  big  kick  more  than  30  years  that  I  haven't  "I'll  keep  on  shipping  as  long  inn ... In case you  ever wondered,  Richard  Gray  and  promoted  by  for  me  seeing  been  a  union  man  in  good  stand­ as I can," he concluded.  hooch, for home­made  or  just plain  Charles  Bulfinch,  early  American  "Maybe I  what  I  had  ing."  can  reach  50  years  before  I'm  bad  liquor,  is  a  contraction  of  architect  who  designed  India  learned  about  in  As  a  union  member,  Henry  was  through."  hoochinoo.  This  was  a  very  potent  Wharf  in  Boston.  sclipol.  I  bought  scarves  for  my  sisters  and  pho­ nographs  of  the  canal  which  I  showed  off  to the  ACROSS  DOWN  The first  American  offensive  ac­ in  Donets  Basin  and  moved  on  the  21. Salt  37. AtoU  at  176»  31'  fellows at school  when I  went  back  l. The  SIU.  for  1. Initials  of  our  22. Compass  point  W.  tion  of  the  war  began  when  a  US  Ukraine... OPA  revealed  plans  to  the  next  term.  instance  ships  24. It's  used  as  bal­  33. An  export  of  S. An  outstanding  task force  attacked  Japanese  bases  ration  sugar.. .Favored  to  repeat  2. The  HaU  is  this  last  4  4  4  Spain  paper  3. Where  Cobh  is  26. Golf  mounds  A.  Fedele,  cook  and  baker:  I  in Marshall  and  Gilbert  Islands...  earlier  win,  Ray  Robinson  kayoed  39. BrazU  port  ». Port  'O  CaU  in  4. Racetracks  27. River flowing  the  HaU  5. Roman  tyrant  into  Gulf  of  picked  up  a  German  police  puppy  Nazis  began  build­up  for  spring  ex­welterweight  boxing  champ  41. Female  buffalo  U. SIU  officers  do  6. Means  of  board­ Lions  43. SaUors'  drive  in  Europe... Texas  coast  Fritzie  Zivic  in  the  tenth.  in Germany about  "  this  ing  ship  29. Fish  Uke  the  Harbor  blacked  out'as Navy  searched Gulf  13. A  constellation  7. Lakers'  cargoes  a  month  and  a  snapper  44. Ship  pests  14. Port  on  Guana­ 8. Windy  talk  4  4  4  31. Man  from  Reno  46. Great  Inlet,  half  ago  when  it  of  Mexico  for  U­boats...A  new  bara  Bay  9. Graft  money  32. Grow  old  N.  J.  Japanese  invasion  of  Bataan  was  US  Navy  sank five  Japanese  19. Take  an  oath  10. Pointed  a  gun  33. Negative  was  only  three  48. S­curve  Ifl. Island  in  Naga­ 11. Places  to  anchor  35. Heights  of  saUg  49. Observe  smashed  by  Corrcgidor's  guns...  troopaiiips,  three  more  vessels.',  months  old.  I  saki  Harbor  17. Where  Le  Cap  is  Sv;­ Tokyd  forces  pounded  Singapore,  right  off  Yokahama.. .Malta  at­ 18. They  insure  have  been  train­ 19. Belonging  to  Puzzle  Answers  on  Page  23  • hips  you.  moved  Into  the Solomons.  ing him and  he Is  tacked  by  air  seven  times  in  one  SO. Gone  to  sleep  S'­r  21. The  Baltic  and  learning  fast.  I  10  II  day..;RAF  checked  blasted  Rom­  4  4  4'  f:5i'  the  North  am  taking  him  ir.  23. Wind  of  the  Hush­hush  Washington  talk  of  mel, helped check  German drive  in  Faroes  with  me  on  all  labor  unity  between  the  AFL  and  Libya... Inquiry  headed  by  Jus­ 24. German  tonga  my  trips.  He  29. Cape  ,  Mass.  CIO fizzled after a  plan formulated  tice  Roberts blamed  Admiral  Kim­ makes  a  big  hit  with  the  crew.  by  UMW  chief  John  L.  Lewis  was  mel  and  General  Short  for  Pearl  26. Housing  for  big  guns  ­  4  44.  28. What  a  book­ rejected  in favor of  joint «ction to  Harbor  disaster,  asserting  warning  John  Tarko,  bosun:  I  go  in  for  police  jurisdictional  feuds  and  to  defend  Hawaii  was  not  heeded  keeper  keeps  30. Island  off  China  buying art objects in Germany  and  strikes..  FDR 60  years old.. .Con­ .. .Australian forces  moved  to halt  34. Put  new  shoes  Italy, like  carved  gress  adopted  a  "watered­down"  Rising  Sun  armies  in  Malaya.  on  horse  .36. SeH  wooden figures,  price  control  bill.. .A  Gallup.  Poll  37. Windfall  from  4  4  4  'paintings and  survey Indicated  nationwide  belief  the  Welfare  Fund  similar  itemsi  the war  would end in  two years.  James ­fcandis  became  chairman  40. Upon  The  last  time  I  of  Civil  Defense  Office,  assuming  41. Swear  42. Wolfhound  4  4  4  was  in  Italy  I  post  held  by  New  York  Mayor  La­ 43 .  Leone,  in  bought  two  Sentiment  gained for  a  clear­cut  Guardia.. .Although  baseball  Yan­ Africa.  49. Little  cats  carved  wooden  armament  policy  for  merchant  kees  whipped  Dodgers  in  previous  47. Mountains  in  S.  mosSlcs  which  ships  ias  ieleventh  Vessel  went  to  fall's  world  series,  4­1,  each  team  / merica  90. Girl's  name  .  were,  done  by  a  bottom  from  submarine  attacks..  placed  three' on  All­Star  team.  91. Strait  blind artist.  They  Nineteen of  21 Latin  American  re­ Dodgers  stare  were  Pete  Reiser,  92. Annoy  93. Hetative!  Abbr.  showed  mountain and skiing scenes.  publics  broke'with' Axis  following  Dolph  CamilU,  Whit  Wyaft;  Yan­ 94. Racehorses:  CoUeciihg  is a sort  of  Rio  pMlpy.^. .JRMsssian. tfjtr eaith  keea  placed  Joe.  DiMaggio,  Jtfe  ­ Slang­  "'  M. Meaning  gaihed  as  army  tobk, vital  rail city  /li.j  t  !  )n­\..  Puzzle  HHP"  rmn  tMAmM  jmb  '  rr  r  ^  �­TT­^  ^  • V  • /.  Friday,  Febnuty  t, 195t  Pj^re  Eierem­ SEAFARERS  LOG  'Where'd You Loarn'fo Drive?!!'  SEAFARERS 0 LOG  February  t, 1952  Vol.  XIV  No.  S  Published  biweekly  by  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District,  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  N.  Y.  Tel.  STerling  8­4671.  PAUL  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurer  '  Edttor,  HERBERT  BRAND;  Managing  Editor, ^AT  DENISON;  Art  Editor,  BERNARD  SEAMAN;  Photo  Editor,  DAMUX  NXLVA;  Staff  Writers,  HERMAN  ARTBCR,  IRWIN  SnvACX  ISO  LEHER  of  the  i  WEEK  ­ Conversion  Fout^llp  'm  Late in  1950  when the US  mobilization  program  got  under­ way,  we  were  told  by  the  "dollar­a­year"  businessmen  in  New  Hq Mahes  charge  that  defense  output  would  be  booming  in  1952.  The  Big Hit  Abroad  "experts"  said  that  we  would  face  a  terrific  labor  shortage,  To  the  Editor:  that  armaments  would  be  pouring  but  of  our  faqtories  and  I have received the  SEAFARERS  the sacrifices  involved  would  be ^evenly  shared  under  a  sys­ LOG  of  November  30  for  which  I  do  thank  you  very  much.  I  have  tem of  wage, price and  profit controls.  been  getting  it  now  for  four  years  What  actually  has  happened  is  quite  different.  While  un­ and  consider  it  one  of  the  best  told billions have been spent, our rearmament is lagging badly  union  papers  in  the  world.  This  issue  contained  in  my opin­ and  unemployment  and  wage  cuts  are  cropping  up  in  in­ ion  the  best  news  ever  in  the  ex­ dustry.  istence  of  the  LOG,  about  your  new  headquarters  building  which  Out  in  Detroit  for example,  the "arsenal  of  democracy" of  is  a  monument  to  free  seamen.  World  War  II  days  is  faced  with  mushrooming  unemploy­ To  my  knowledge  no  other  sea­ ment  among  auto  workers—120,000  jobless  and  the  figure  men's  union  in  the  world  has  ac­ .growing  daily.  Yet  there is no  lack  of  defense contracts  for  complished  something  like  your  auto  manufacturers.  The  profit­swollen  tycoons  of  this  in­ headquarters  building,  despite  the  dustry  prefer  to turn  out  arms in  new  plants,  built  in  other  fact  that  your  union  is  only  13  areas  at  the  taxpayer's  expense,  instead  of  converting  their  years  old.  (I've  been  around,  so  that  I  know  what  I'm  talking  auto  assembly  lines  to  defense  work.  about).  Therefore  you  fellows have  In  textiles  the  story  is  equally  gloomy.  Wage  cuts  up  to  a  real  reason  to  be  proud  of  your  25  percent  have  been  instituted  for  20,000  union  hosiery  outstanding  building.  by  PAUL  HALL  workers.  Other  firms,  paced  by  the giant  American  Woolen  Your  building  is  a  spiritdal  for­ Conipahy,  are  assaulting  hard­won  gains  with  demands  for  tress  against  Stalinism.  It  is  a  IGGEST  NEWS OF THE WEEK  Statue  of  Liberty  of  free  labor  wage  cuts  and  speed­ups.  demonstrating  that  real  freedom  —from  the  standpoint  of  Sea­ The SIU, too,  has been  affected  by short­sightedness.  With  and  liberty  is the  objective  of  real  farers'  welfare,  at  least—is  the  the  government  crying  for  skilled  seamen  to  man  its  ships,  trade  unionism.  announcement  that  the  Vacation  the  SIU  has  a  pool  of  ratings  on  hand,  while  government  SIU  Seen  Spearhead  Plan  goes  into  operation  on  Mon­ ships are  delayed for lack  of  these very  same  ratings.  Seamen  in  Europe  and  other  parts  of  the  world  consider  the  day.  On that  day,  the vacation  pay  What it  boils down  to is a mad  rush for  the dollar  by busi­ SIU  the  spearhead  we  must  fol­ accumulated  by men sailing  aboard  ness and  the devil take the hindmost.  The men  running gov­ low  as  to  withstand  the  ideological  SlU­contracted  ships  will  begin  ernment affairs are not helping  by  tolerating these conditions  warfare  of  S^lin's stooges  and  the  rolling across the counters at Head­ or  worsaiing  them  through  mismanagement.  It's  time  for  pressure  they  are  putting  on  sea­ quarters '  Branch  into  the  men's  vigorous and effective direction to straighten out  this foul­up.  men  here  and round  the  world.  •  As 1 See It  B'  In  the  world  of  seamen  you  fel­ lows  are  considered  as  statesmen  in  dungarees  who  are  defending  seamen's  rights  to  live  as  human  beings.  By  doing  this  you  are  The" welcome announcement  that the SIU  will start  paying  building  up  communities  of  free  out Vacation  benefits brings into sharp focus  the fact  that  the  and  satisfied citizens who will never  SIU has  once again  been  proven  the  pace­setter for all mari­ swallow  the  line  Stalin's  stooges  trying  to  smuggle  in.  time.  Fpr  the first  time  ever, seamen  will  have a  real  vaca­ are  No  brasshats,  high  ranking  offi­ tion  plan  providing actual  payments for  actual  time  worked.  cials  or  politicians  have  been  able  Here again,  just as it  was  with the Welfare Plan  and other  to  bring  the  bacon  home  as  you  gains,  4t  was  the  SIU  which  blazed  the  trail  for  others  to  did  it  for  the  US seafarers.  There­ follow.  It  is  no  accident  that  the SIU  is  consistently  up  in  fore  you  fellows from  the  SIU  are  front  of  the  pack.  These  gains  have  been  made  possible  by  better  statesmen  than  most  of  the  in  striped  pants.  the  existence  of  a  militant  and  thoroughly  united  member­ gentlemen  Someday,  we  here  in  Europe  ship  operating  through  democratically­elected  officials  who  hope  to  have  the  same  conditions  are  responsive  to  the  membership's  needs.  that  you  American  seamen  are  en­ The  SIU, first  to  win  a  union­operated  vacation  plan,  and  joying  today  through  the  weapon  first  to  pay  but  benefits  under  such  a  plan,  would  have  had  of  free  trade  unionism.  With  a  the  money  in  the  pockets  of  the'membership  months  ago  good  living standard  we  can  main­ were it not for the necessity  of  havjng the government  exam­ tain seamen  free from  the shackles  a  dictator  as  we  have  experi­ ine  and  okay  the  set­,up.  Once  approval  had  been  received  of  enced  in  the  past  and  as  Stalin  from  the  government, the Union  lost  no  time in' putting  this  and  his  stooges  are  trying  to  put  revolutionary plan  into effect.  All details  had  been  arranged  over  right  now,  „  beforehand.  It  was  merely  a  matter  of  waiting  for  the  American  Seamen  "Tops"  green  light.  I  suggest  that  you  fellows  from  What  has  been  done  in  the  past  can  be  duplicated  in  the  the  SIU  show  your  headquarters  future.  The SIU intends to stay right  up there at  the head of  to  seamen  of  all  nationalities  com­ with  their  ships  to  New  York.  the maritime parade.  It will do  so  provided  it  has  the same  ing  Let them  take  a  look at  the  monu­ staunch  and  alert  membership  support  and  participation  it  ment  of  free  American  seamen  has  received  in  the  past.  who  are  tops  in  the  world.  I  also  suggest  that  you  ask  other  ITF­ affiliated  seamen's  unions  to  have  their  papers  sent  to  your  building  so  seafarers  belonging  to  other  unions  may  be  able to pick up their  It  will  be  scant  consolation  for  the  parents,  widows  and  newspapers  at  your  place.  children  of  45'dead  seamen  of  the  ill­fated  Pennsylvania  to  All  this  will  bring  us  closer  to­ learn  that  by  this  fall  lifeboats  will  be  equipped  with  radio  gether,  which  we  want,  in  order  to  transmitters.  Seamen can  be thankful that  their lives will be  defend  a  free  world  arid  the  prin­ safer  in  the  future,  but  it  took  45":dead  men  to  bring  action  ciples  of  free  trade  unionism,  to  from  the  Coast  Guard  on  this  score.  The  sad.dest  part  of  it  the  end  of  establishing  a  real  Brotherhood of  the Sea f or.:all sea­ all is  that lifeboat  radios were  called  for  in  the international  farers  in  order  to  make  a  decent  convention on safety of  life at sea, which this country  signed  living and live peaceably  with  their  in 1948.  If  this was in an agreement  signed, by  the US, why  neighbors.  "  was<it  necessary  to wait  for  those men to die before  putting  V  .  Fletaak  i ­ Slioivinff  The  Way  Again  Too  Late  For  Them  the requirementl'iitaljS  I'C  lili/ Jwt  e* IM  I  hands.  Within  a  week  or  so  later,  processing of  applications for vaca­ tion  pay  will  begin  in  the  A&G  District Branches in all  other ports.  At  the  outset  at  least,  the  task  of  processing  the  applications  and  paying  out  the  money  will  be  a  formidable  one.  However,  the  Union has set up  a system  designed  to  pay  the  men  llie  money  they  haye  coming  with the utmost speed.  Additional  personnel  has  been  enlisted  to  meet  the  expected  de­ mand.  We  want  no  man  to  be  delayed  needlessly  in  getting  his  vacation  money.  The  Union  will  do  its  part  to  keeps  things  moving  smoothly.  But  the  cooperation  of  all  hands is  essential, as  in any  job  involving  the  general  welfare.  Therefore,  Seafarers  are  urged  to  fill  out  their  applications  with  due  care  and  to  otherwise  follow  in­ structions,  which are  outlined else­ where  in  this  paper.  It is  not impossible that  here and  there  a  kink  will  develop  in  the  initial  phases  of  the  operation.  When and  where they  do,  improve­ ments  will  be  made  as  soon  as  possible.  Overall,  a  very  efficient  administration of  the vacation  pay­ ments  appears  a  certainty.  Head­ quarters  has  made  careful  and  thorough preparations  to insure the  success of  the SIU's  Vacation Plan,  first  of  its  kind  in  the  marititrie  industry.  equities  in  the  NMU  contracts,  as  compared  to  the  SIU's.  We  ara  glad  to  note  that  progress.  Naturally  our  Union  is  pleased  with  its record  of  setting  the  pace  in  achievements  for  the  American  merchant  seaman,  as  has  been  the  case  in  the  establishment  of  the  Welfare  Plan,  the  revolutionary  Vacation  Plan,  a  multitude  of  gen­ eral  and  working  rules,  penalty  cargoes  and  transportation  clauses,  to  cite  a  few  examples.  The  function of  your  Union,  and  the  job' to  which  its  officials  are  dedicated,  is  to  improve  the  eco­ nomic  status  and  working  condi­ tions  of  the  SIU  membership.  However,  we  are  also  anxious  to  see the  benefits won  for our  people  extended  to  seamen  everywhere.  We  hope  that  the  NMU  can  make  further  progress  in  wiping  out  its  contract  inequities.  J)  4­  4­ N WASHINGTON,  ONE OF  OUR  affiliates,  the  Cannery  Workers  Union,  is  in  the  forefront  of  a  battle  to  protect  the  tuna  industry  and  its  workers  from  being  put  on  the  rocks  by  the flood  of  cheap  tuna  being  imported  into  this  country.  With  the  backing  of  the  inter­ national,  Jim  Waugh, ^president  of  the  Cannery  Workers  Union,  and  Lester  Ballinger,  secretary  of  the  San  Diego  section,  have  been  presenting the  union's viewpoint  at  hearings  in  the  nation's  capital.  If  their  efforts  are  successful,  the  smashing  of  an  important  do­ mestic industry,  providing work  for  thousands of  peopie, will  have been  averted.  The fight  our  Brothers  of  the  fish  and  cannery field  are  making  is  a  tough  one.  They  are  facing,  terrific  opposition,  and  their  ex­ perience once  more emphasizes  the  VER  IN  THE  CIO  NATIONAL  incalculable  value  of  representa­  '  tion  by  a  trade  union  that  is  ^  Maritime  Union,  progress  has  constantly  alert  in  behalf  of  its  ma||tersl\ip'si  and  the  .*9  • remen, v|i«dlifiiryt>({rMtaii  O I �"  '  .  •/  Fare Twehr*  SEAF AREItS  LOG  v.­  ­  Friday. Febmary  8, 1958  i' I  ^• .;  ­H'  jlo<  I  Mow  5IU  ­  ^  'I  III  illlll*  I  '  5f  J  ;  j  j  I  f  I |||  f  '  u  liilil  I  ^  I  \  K'"  '  I  I  J  I  • Siii­iip;:;::;;;;:;;;:!  /I  «  '  I  iiiliif  Pass Govt  AB Exams  'Mr  mmmmmmrn'msmr  mmimw  I  I  I  f  BMlBi®  *  Seafarer  applicants  stand  by  with  parti;,  taken so far.  Requirements include  visioi  plus  general  physical  and  mental fitness.  Answering  the  government  plea  for  skilled  man­ power  to  soil  essential cargoes  all over  the  world,  the  SID  set up  a  union­operated deck  school as  part of  its  program  to  meet  US  requirements  for  rated  seamen  end,  at  the  same  time,  provide  the  opportunity  for  Seafarers  to  boost  their  earning  power  by  sailing  with  higher  ratings.  An initial function  of  the  school,  in  its  brief  lifetime,  has  been  to  upgrade  ordinary  seamen, • l owest  rung  on  the  rating  ladder  for  men  in  the  deck  department,  to  able  seamen  by  training  them  in  the  requisite  skills  end  seamanship  problems  faced  by  an  AB'aboard  ship.  The  school provides  the  training needed  to meet  the  government  arid  Coast  Guard  requirements  before  a  seaman  can  qualify  for  on  AB  ticket.  As  a  means  of  illustrating  the  procedure,  the  LOG  • has prepared the pictorial review on  these pages, show­ ing  the  passage  of  a  typical  Seafarer  through  the  Coast  Guard  examining  unit  in  New  York.  Pictured  in all  photos,  among  other  Seafarers  taking  the  exam­ inations  is  QS  Benjamin  Fischman,"24,  one  of  the  first  ,SIU  members  to  make  the  grade  and  attain  a  higher  rating  via  the  Seafarers  Training  School.  WM  I  IW!'­'"  A member of  the first group of  Seafarers applying for AB  SlrfS hirnLSif  V.  Walter  Sunnuck,  who  checks his papers  and discharges.  mm.  9:30  AM  Water­borne,  AB  aspirants  ready  oars  to  move  off  CG  testing  dock  and show  what  they've learned.  if'"  mmmsmmf  ­  ­­ J  j  tiiiii  J  I  PR  §ipi  P  ^  • *  • i­p¥:'vp::'  iPa  ?  i  *  fV '  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A.M.—Completing  boat  test, seamen  with  sweep  oar  to  move  boat  away  from  dock.  Each  man  must  prove  watched  by  coxswain  Fred  Scholl  who  apply  strain  to  line  in  order  to  take  up  ability  to handle  oars and  obey commands.  will  pass on fitness  for  lifeboat  ticket.  boat  and  secure  it  on dockside davits.  ­ pSSliilsg;­ '  '  Pv'  1  '  1.  ­1  From  beginning  to  end,  the  upgrading  of  on  OS  to  AB  requires  at  most  two  weeks'  time,  in­ cluding  a  week  to  10  days  for  training  in  the  SlU  deck  school.  This  time  can,  of  course,  be  cut  in  half  or  less  for  men  who  need  only  a  re­ fresher  course  in  the  subjects  covered  or  who  have  taken  advantage  of  shipboard  instruction.  CG  tests  require  a  minimum  of  three  days.  Preliminary  processing  and  o  physical  before  the  actual  testing  can  be  done  take  up  one  morning,  according  to  present  operations,  the  lifeboat testing  o second  morning ond the  written  and  remaining  practical  seamanship  examina­ tion  and  completion  of  processing  the  best  part  of a  full day.  This amount  of  time  would be  nec­ essary  in ony  cose, it  should  be pointed  out.  The  Union,  therefore,  has  and  will  continue  to provide  the  training  facilities  for  unrated men  seeking  ta  better  their  earning  power  and  im­ prove  themselves  at  their  jobs.  But  it  cannot  take  the  test  for  you.  It  is  up  to  every  ordinary  seaman  seeking  advancement in  his  job  to make  the  proper  move  himself.  Moreover,  the  SlU  has  plans  underway  for  Jmilor  training  for  en­ gine and steward ratings.  ProcedOres for getting  these  ratings,  though  substantially  similar,  will  olso be  given wide  publicity in  the LOG.  jicess of  exam.  3:15 PM.—  [PM. —^P'roG^ssinjg  is  com­ �SEAFARERS  LOG  Fare  FonrtecB  Ill  Whale Hunters Bag Albino,  Friday,  Febroary  t, IWt,.  No Overtlmo Smile  There  Prove Tale of 'Moby Diek'  'il'* ­ ip,  F.  !'  •  ;:r­—  .y­.  •   .  k •  Elizabeth,  N.  J.—legendary figure  of  the sea,  "Moby  Dick,"  the  white  whale,  has  been  proven  real by  the whahng ship  Anglo  Norse. . This  ship,  on  a  whaling  expedition  off  the  coast  of  Peru,  killed  a  56­ton  albino  sperm  whale,  pure  milky  white  in  color.  None  of  the  veteran  Norse  whalemen  on  the ship  had eyer  seen one  based  on  the  existence  of  rare  pacity,  an  old  time  whaling  ship  like  it  in  their  years  of  Whal­ white  whales,  whom  superstitious  was  lucky  to  hold  a  few  hundred  ing  service.  The  story  was re­ seamen endowed  with supernatural  tons  of  whale  oil.  With  modem  harpoon guns the Anglo  Norse took  ported  this  week  when  the  powers.  3,066  whales  on  its  trip,  going  as  Profitable  Business  ship  reached  port  here.  Whaling  has  changed  a  great  high  as  73  in  one  day.  The  old  Those  who have  read  the famous  time whalers  considered it  a stroke  classic  "Moby  Dick"  by  Herman  deal  since  Melville  wrote  his  now­ of  extreme  good  fortune  if  they  famous  book,  but  one  fact  still  Melville  will  remember  that  the  could  land  more  than  one  whale  book relates  the  story of  a whaling  remains—whaling  is  an  extremely  in  a  given  day.  ship  captain  who  is  obsessed  with  lucrative  business.  Risky  Operation  the  idea  of  killing Moby  Dick,  the  Many  a  New  England  family  Harpooning  a  whale  in  those  mysterious  white  whale  ­of  the  fortune  was  established  in  the  South  Pacific.  Moby  Dick  was  en­ early  1800's  by  whaling  expedi­ days  was  an  extremely  risky  busi­ dowed  with  super­strength,  even  tions  out  of  Nantucket  and  New  ness.  If  you  managed  to  get  your  for  a  whale,  and  almost  human  Bedford, and  today is no  exception.  harpoon  in  a  whale  it  was  like  cunning.  Captain  Ahab's  pursuit  The  Anglo  Norse  came  home  from  catching  a fish—^you had  to  let  out  of  the white  whale leads to disaster  a  seven month  trip with  a cargo  of  line  when  the  whale  sounded,  and  when  Moby  Dick  turns  and  de­ 8,000  tons  of  sperm  whale  oil  take  in  slack  when the opportunity  Reminiscing  over  past  history,  SIU  Patrolman  Louis  Coffin  dug  stroys  the  whaling  ship  and  all  its  valued  at  $2  million.  Previously  it  arose.  All  the  while  the  boat  was  up  his  20­year­old  photo  froin  the  Saugerties,  a  Mississippi  SS  crewmembers, with  but one  surviv­ had  transferred  8,700  tons  of  oil  being dragged  far from  the mother  Company  Hog  Xslander.  That's  Louis  (over  the  side,  far  right),  ing  to  tell  the  tale.  into  a  tanker  which  emptied  the  ship,  sometimes  miles.  part  of  the deck  gang painting  while  the  ship  was dockside  in  BA.  While  Melville's  story  has  long  vats  of  the  ship  while  still  on  the  In  contrast,  the  Anglo  Norse's  These were  days when an  AB earned $55  a month  and overtime  was  been a classic, among otherreasons,  hunting  grounds.  The  total  value  killer  .boats  are  110­foot  motor­ Just  a  pipedream.  (The  LOG  is  interested  in  reprinting  your  old  for  its  excellent  reporting  of  life  of  the  expedition's  catch  eaiiie  to  driven  vessels  with  a  harpoon  gun  photos of "days  back when..Send them in, we'll return 'em.—^Ed.)  in  the  bow.  The  gun fires  a  160­ aboard  a  whaling  ship,  nobody  over  $4  million.  regarded  Moby  Dick  as  anything  Of  course,  the" 10,000­ton  Anglo  pound  harpoon  with  an  explosive  more than a symbolic figure created  Norse  has a  tremendous advantage  charge'tn its  head—in  other  words  drifting.  is  cut  up  and  dumped  into  boilers  The  killef  boat  then  tows  the  for  rendering  its oil.  '  by  the  writer's  imagination.  The  over  the  old  wooden  whaling  ship  the haiftbon is a  small cannon shell  feat  of  the  Anglo  Norse  in  killing  both  in  size  and  in  the  destructive  with  line  attached.  The  explosion  whale  to  the  mother  ship  and  it  International law  prohibits whal­ an  albino  sperm  whale  leads  one  power of  its  armament.  Compared  kills  the  whale  and  spreads  barbs  is  drawn  on  deck  via  a  ramp  in  ing  vessels  from  taking  sperm  to believe  that Melville's  story was' to  the  Anglo  Norse's  8,000­ton  ca­ inside  its'carcass  to  keep  it  from  the stem.  From there on the  whale  whales  less  than  38  feet  long.  ;>rr;  Ship Bill Seen As Stability  Aid  Is  ;  }:  tr­ • ty  mr  t  k  w  the  subsidy  contract,  the  $25,000  bill.  They have  in  mind  that  as  a  quirement  of  any  sound  tax  sys­ of  annual  requests  for  direct fi­ (Continued from  page 2)  result  of  world  rearmament  and  tem  is  that  its  burdens  be  equit­ nancial  aid  to  the  shipping  indus­ payments  on  new  ships,  after  the  limitation  shall apply.  revival  of  world  trade;  the  indus­ ably  distributed  among  all  tax­ try  recurring  specific  Congression­ The  bill,  of  course,  contains  down  payment,  to  be  secured  by  a  other  features,  but  the  above­enu­ try  is  realizing  substantial  profits  payers.  However,  tax  adjustments  al  approval.  The  Department  of  first  preferred  mortgage  and  the  merated  items  are  the  most  Im­ and, therefore, should not  ask Con­ and  concessions  ara  not  restricted  Commerce  knows  that  the  tax  obligation of  the piurchaser,  in case  portant.  gress at  this time  for an  extension  to  the  shipping  Industry  but  are  benefits  under  the  1936  Merchant  of  assistance diming  such  a  period  extended  to  other  segments  of  Marine  statute  have  been  reduced  of  default  in  payment,  being  dis­ Assistance  Needed  of  sustained  prosperity.  American  industry,  and  that fig­ from  "tax  exemption"  to "tax  de­ charged  by  surrendering  the  ves­ sel  and  all  rights  therein  to  the  Those close to  the merchant fleet  The  SIU  disagrees  with  this  po­ ures  reported  by  Treasury  itself  ferment"  and  that  no  one  can  say  Government;  (3)  reduces the  mini­ are arguing,  in connection  with the  sition,  for  it  well  remembers  the  seem,  in  themselves,  to  be  a  pow­ what  the  situation  would  have  mum  age  from  17  to  12  years  in  long­range  shipping  bill,  that  Gov­ talk  durl'jg  World  War  II  of  sup­ erful  demonstration  of  the  results  been  without  the  tax  benefits  of  determining  the  eligibility  of  "ob­ ernment  assistance  to  American  porting  a  large  merchant  marine  achieved  under  the  1936  Merchant  this  law.  solete  vessels"  for  tum­in  by  shipping, in the form  of  both direct  during  the  postwar  years,  yet  the  Marine  Act,  particularly  for  the  Indicating  its  opposition  to  the  owners  to  the  Government,  for  an  subsidies  and  tax  benefits,  is  nec­ American  merchant fleet  was  al­ American subsidized  portion of  the  Treasury  stand  in  the  matter,  the  allowance  of  credit  to  be  applied  essary  if  this  country  is  to  main­ lowed  to  deteriorate  in  the  years  maritime  industry.  Department  of  Commerce  states:  upon  the  purchase  of  a  new  ves­ tain an adequate  merchant fleet  on  1946­1950.  Only  the  outbreak  of  Although  Treasury­ believes  that  "There  is  no  ground  for  assur­ sel,  and  extends  this  benefit,  now  a  long­term  pull.  Just  such  as­ hostilities  in  Korea  halted  the  tax  benefits  should  not  be  extend­ ance  or  even  assuming that an ade­ confined  to  foreign  trade,  to  in­ sistance  is  provided  in  the  pend­ downward  trend  of  US  shipping,  ed  to  special  groups,  it  cannot  es­ quate flow  of  private  capital  into  clude  vessels  engaged  in  the  do­ ing  shipping  bill.  llhe  nation  and  Congress  too  cape  attention  that  there  are  de­ While  from  a  competitive  stand­ quickly  forgets  its  merchant  ma­ pletion  allowances  Jn  many  cases,  the  industry  for  replacements  and  mestic trades;  (4) extends the  privi­ for  necessary  additional  competi­ leges  of  reserve  fund  monies  kept  point  our  present  merchant  cargo  rine and  the time  to plan  for keep­ such  as  ores,  minerals,  deposits  of  tive  units  can  be  maintained  with­ by  steamship  lines  under  Section  fleet  is  in  a  fair  position,  foreign  ing  the  merchant  marine  strong  is  sand,  gravel  and  clay.  Railroads,  out  some  such  benefits, as  the  tax  511  of  the  Merchant  Marine  Act,  construction  of  new  ships  is  tend­ during the  time all  of  the nation  is  during  the  last  major  war,  were  provision  in  operation."  1936, by  allowing the additional  de­ ing  to  make  our fleet  obsolete.  being  made  aware of  its  vital  role!  able,  with  Congressional  sanction,  The  main  stumbling block  to en­ Subsidy  Dangers  posit  in  the  funds,  on  a  tax  de­ to  write  off,  during five  years  of  Treasury  Opposed  ferred  basis,  of  "earnings"  from  actment  of  the  long­range  ship  high  war  and  postwar  earnings,  Dangers­seen  by  the  SIU  in  a  Other  than  the  President,  the  over  a  billion  dollars  of  capital  in­ operation  of  vessels.  The  author­ measure  is  the  opposition  of  some  policy  of  greafer  subsidization,  of  the  executive  agencies  and  the  main  opposition  to  enactment  of  vestment.  ized  uses  of  these  reserve  funds  either  through  direct  tax  exemp­ President  to  the  tax  features  of  this  bill  comes  from  the  Depart­ also  would  be  extended  to  make  tions or  through  appropriated  sub­ As  to  the  very  important  prob­ them  available' not  only  for  the  the  bill.  Just  what  is  this  op­ ment  of  Treasury  and  the  General  lem  of  the  necessity  of  eventual  sidies,  are  the  possibilities  of  cer­ position?  Accounting  Office.  Treasury  is  construction  or  acquisition  of  new  President  Truman,  along  with  particularly  opposed  to  tax  fea­ replacement  of  the  American fleet  tain  large  steamship  companies  vessels  as  under  existing  law,  but  because  of  obsolescence.  Treasury  becoming the  "favored carriers"  in  also  for  the  construction  and  re­ the  Treasury  Department,  is  tak­ tures  of  the  measure.  This  de­ holds  to  the  position  that  shipping  foreign  trade,  and  through  their  ing  the  position  that  tax  benefits  partment  of  the  government  takes  conditioning  of  vessels and  for the  companies  have  been  enjoying  an  vast  operations  being able  to  elim­ liquidation  of  purchase­money  in­ do  not  represent  the  most  suitable  the  position  that,  to  use  their  own  unusuaT  period  of  prosperity  not  inate American  competition  by  the  means  ot  providing  necessary  as­ words,  "the  greatly  improved  debtedness;  (5)  extends  the  privi­ contemplated  when  the  tax  bene­ .smaller  ship  operator.  Prominent  leges  of  the  construction  reserve  sistance  to  the  American  merchant  profitability  of  the  shipping  indus­ fits  were first  provided  in  the  1936  in  the  bill,  the  SIU  feels,  should  marine.  The  Chief  Executive  try" already  has "contributed  to  a  funds  to  vessels  operating  on  the  Merchant  Marine  Act,  and that  un­ be  machinery  to  "bird  dog"  the  Great.Lakes  and  the  St.  Lawrence  agrees  that  Government  assistance  substantial  strengthening  of  its fi­ der  present  and  prospective  con­ operation  of  the  plan's  construc­ River;  (6)  provides  for  accelerated  is  necessary,  but,  along  with  the  nancial  position."  ditions,  such  as  depreciation  al­ tion  and  operating  subsidies.  depreciation,  allowing  American  Treasury  Department, believes  this  This,  of  course,  is  all  well  and  lowances  and  reinvested  earnings,  Before  the  Committee finishes  owners  to amortize  the cost  of  ves­ should  be  in  the  form  of  "direct"  good,  but  the  prime  question  re­ together  with  potential  outside fi­ with  the  measure  the  Union  ex­ subsidies  and  not  "hidden"  tax  sels  in  an  amount  for  any  taxable  mains—what  measures  can  be  nancing  from  sale  of  stock  and  pects  to  present  its  full  position  year  not  exceeding  10%  per  an­ benefits.  taken now, at  this time, to help the  borrowing,  funds  made  available  on  the  matter  in  hearings  before  Tax  Question  num  of  the  adjusted  tax  basis  of  American  operator replace  his  ob­ from  internal  resources  of  Ameri­ the  Committee.  the  vessels;  (7)  permits  the  recom­ Therefore,  a  main  question  for  solete tonnage  in the future.  Mari­ can  companies  should  be  adequate  putation  of  the  "life  expectancy"  Congressional  consideration  is  the  time  experts  feel  that  tax  conces­ to finance  new  investment  in  The  bill  now  pending  at  the  House  Merchant  Marine  Comihit­ of  a  reconstructed  vessel,  in  use  effect  on  the  merchant  marine  re­ sions  are  necessary  to  help  in  the  fleets.  tee  is  in  the  nature  of  a  compro­ under  an  operating  subsidy,  with  sulting  from  the  possible  complete  eventual replacement  of  the fleet  mise  measure, having  been  amend­ Commerce  Dept.  View  such  ship  to  be  computed,  for  tax  elimination of  tax  benefits,  and  the  and  to  offset  tax  advantages  en­ ed on  the Senate  side in  a  number  purposes,  on  the  redetermined  life  development  of  alternative  forms  joyed  by  the  foreign­flag  competi­ Conflng  to  the  aid  of  the  posi­ of  respects  to  coincide  with  the  expectancy  instead of  the usual  20­ of  Government  aid  to  insure  the  tors.  The  long­range "bill  merely  tion  taken  by  those  intelrested  in  year  life  basis;  (8)  allows  subsi­ maintenance  of  an  adequate fleet,  says  in  effect—lets  plan  NOW  the  merchant  marine,  the  Depart­ views of  the  Treasury  Department.  It  stands  a  good  chance  of  beings  dized  operators  to  increase  de­ through  thick  and  thin.  for  the  uncertain  future,  lets  plan  ment  of  Commerce  asks  the  ques­ passed  by  this  Congress,  but  only*  posits in  capital reserve  funds; and  This  is the  type  of  very  formid­ at  this  time  for  the  maintenance  tion  as  to  whether  the  defects  of  through  Joint  efforts  of  all  con  (9)  provides  for  payment  of  sal­ able  opposition  that  the  American  of  the  merchant fleet  in  years  to  the  maritime  tax  benefits  method  cerned.  aries  to subsidized  operators in  ex­ shipping  industry  must  overcome.  coma.  outweigh  the  practical  advantages  It's  now  up  to  the  House  M  cess  of  the  present  limitation  of  Within the  past few months some  The  position o? the  Treasury De­ of  relatively  permanent  aid  provi­ chant  Marine  Committee  to re;  $25,000  per  annum,  with  a  proviso  American owners have  taken to the  partment  can  be  stated  simply,  sions Involving  no  direct  appropri­ the  bill  out,  and  for  the  House  that  for  the  purpose  of  determin­ belief  that  this  is  the  Wrong  time  namely,  that  this  department  be­ ation.^ iun^ asi^contrasted  with  ing  the  Government*a  rights iimd«»~  «»  that  tho  most  .essentWirf^'  Ihf  : .ik  •  .  "SvK­ �m  Friday.  February  8.  1958  m  r»ge  Fiftcea  SEAFARERS  LOG  Need Discharges For  Vacation $s  Dates Set  For  Seafarers  applying  for  payment  under  the  SIU  Vacation  Plan,  applications  for  which  will  be  ac­ cepted  at  headquarters  on  Feb.  11  and  in  the  out­ ports  on  Feb.  25,  will  have  to  meet  three  basic  re­ quirements;  (1)  Ninety  days  worked  (2)  since  June  1,  1951,  starting  date  und«r  the  contract,  as  evidenced  by  (3)  presentation  of  official  ITS  Coast  Guard  Certificates  of  Discharge.  It  is  estimated  by  headquarters  officials  that  the  processing  set­up  for  Seafarer  applications  will  en­ able  payment  at headquarters  the same  day  they  are  presented if  they fulfill  the requirements above,  and  a  week  or more  depending^on  the  speed  with  which  they  are  received  at  headquarters  for  processing  from the  outports.  The  sample  form  printed  below,  which  may  not  be  used  as  an  application,  calls  for  the  following  information:  your  name,  the  port  you  apply  in,  book  or  permit  number,  z­number  (from  seaman's  papers),  social  security  number  and  a  listing  by  company,  vessel  and  actual  time  worked  as  given  on  CG  ^scharges,  plus  your  signature.  If  presented  at  headquarters,  it  is  expected  the  application  will be  verified on  the spot'within  a few  hours  and  payment  made  the  same  day.  If  you  apply  at any  SIU hall  in the  outports,  the  same  pro­ cedure  will  be  followed,  except  that  your  applica­ tion  will  be sent  with your  discharges and  processed  at  headquarters.  Payment  will  then  be  forwarded,  when  the  in­ formation  is  verified,  to  the  same  port  where  the  application  is  made.  It  is  important  then,  if  you  wish  payment  as  soon  as  possible,  to  apply  at  a  port where  you  will  be  shipping  from  so  that  pay­ ment  can  be  made  to  you  there.  The  90  working  days  must  be  accumulated  since  June  1,  1951.  Your  discharges  will  show  how  many  days  you  have  from  the  dates  you  shipped  and  date  you  were  discharged.  Therefore,  port  time  must  be  entered  on  the  discharge  as  well  if  you  want  credit  for it "toward  your vacation  pay.  A  supplemental  dis­ charge  can  be  obtained  for  port  time  from  the  companies.  The  discharges  themselves  should  be  kept  carefully as  they  are  your  working  record.  If  you  do  not  have  the  requisite  90  days  yet.  do  not apply  until you have  them and  they are  Recorded  on  official  discharges.  Sample:  Brown,  AB,  has  discharges  shov^ing  150  days  worked  since  June  1,  1951.  He  can  apply  and  collect  for  those  150  days  starting  Monday.  He  can  apply  again  provided  he  has  accumulated  at  least  another  90 days  since  the  period  when  the  previous  payment  was  completed.  You  may  apply  as  often  as  you  wish,  providing  you  have  a  minimum  of  90  working  days  since  the  last  time  you  applied.  Vacation  Payoff  a  dime.  There  are  men  with  more  ((Continued  from  page  3)  amount  based  on­the  minimum  re­ than  30  years  of  seatime  who  have  never  had  a  single  paid  vacation.  quirement  of  90  days  is  $34.99.  "The  new  vacation  plan  will  $2.5  Million  A  Year  change  the  existing  inequities  and  Once the  Vacation Plan  gets roll­ ing,  it  is  expected  that  it  will  pay  as a  result SIU  men  will  collect the  out  a  total  of  $2.5  million  in  the  money  they're  entitled  to,"  the  first  year  of  operation.  Handling  SIU  official  said.  of  these  vast  sums  of  money  and  Originally, the  Vacation Plan  ini­ all  the  paper  work  involved  has  tialed  by  the  operators  on  May' 15,  been  expedited  by  the  establish­ 1951,  called  for  payment  of  35  ment  of  a  special  vacation  fund  cents  per  day  per  man  for  each  staff  in  New'  York  headquarters.  day  worked.  This  set  the  vacation  Headquarters  has  been  preparing  pay  rate  at  $115  maximum  for  a  for this  for several  weeks now  and,  full  year.  once  the  first  rush  is  over,  ex­ Last  October,  through  Union  pects  to  process  claims  and  have  negotiations wHh  the operators, the  dhecks  ready  a  few hours  after  ap­ vacation  payments  were  increased  plications  are  received.  Collection  to  50c  a  day,  and  the  maximum  in  outports  will  necessarily  take  allowable  to the  present $140  limit.  longer  because of  the time  lapse  in  The  Vacation  Plan  operates  un­ mailing  applications  and  checks  der  the  supeiwision  of  a  board  of  back  and  forth.  six  trustees,  three  of  whom  are  At  present,  headquarters  is  pre­ Union  representatives  and  three  pared  to  cash  vacation  checks  on  designated  by  the  employers.  In  the  spot  for  Seafarers,  although  addition,  there  are  three  Union,  this  service  will  not  be  available  and  three  employer,  alternates,  THIS STUB TO BE RETAINED BY FORT AGENT.  in  the  outports  for  the  time  being.  i  Union  trustees  are  Paul  Hall.  Bob  Reserve  Built  Up  Matthews  and  A1  Kerr,  with  Lloyd  The  delay  in  instituting  the  ;  Gardner,  Joe  Algina  and  Lindsey  SEAFARER'S  VACATION  PLAN  Vacation  Plan  arose  for  several  Williams  serving  as  alternates.  reasons,  the  most  important  one  One  of  the  unusual  features  of  NMM af  AppBeaat.  JBook  or VFoxk  Farmit.  being  the  necessity  to  build  up  a  the agreement  is  that if  a  Seafarer  large  reserve  so  as  to  be  able  to  dies  after  becoming  eligible  for  Data  AppBeatioa HaUad  LL.  J>ata  AppBad...  pay  out  the  money  when  applica­ vacation  pay,  his  benefits  will  be  tions  were  presented.  The  plan  paid  to  his  widow  or  other  desig­ Nnadbar  of  Days Woricad  ..Vazifiad By..  was  delayed  still  further  by  the  nated  beneficiary.  This  is  over  need  for  winning  approval  from  and  above  the  $2,500  death  benefit  the  Wage  Stabilization  Board  for  for  the  beneficiaries  of  Seafarers  DATE CHECK RECEIVED..  ..CHECK NO..  • DATE  CHECK DEL.  increase  in operator's  contributions  contained  in  the  Union's  Welfare  and  securing  clearance  from  other  Plan.  governmental  agencies.  mS SECTION  OF FORM  TO  BE SENT  TO  HEADQUARIERSt  The idea of instituting a Union­op­ erated  Vacation  Plan  was  brought  up  in  May  of  last  year  when  the  SEAFARER'S  VACATION  PLAN  Union­operated  Welfare  Plan  was  proven  to  be  a  highly  successful  To tha Seafarer's bitamational Union of Notth Amaric^^ Atlantic and  Calf  Diatiict:  method  of  operation.  The  Union  I, hardly nuka application for aB the vacation pay dna ma from the Seafarer'a Vacation Flan. I am listing bdow tha ships  had  been  aware  for some  time that  existing vacation  plans  in  maritime  I have sarrad on for the  period for which  I am claiming  vacation  pay.  contracts  were  outmoded  and  un­ Continued  from  page  2)  fair.  Fait  Dau  As Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  Hall  make  decorative  objects  of  art  on  put  it  at  the  time  the  plan  was  the  side,  can  send  as  many  entries  negotiated  with  the  operators.  as  they  want  in  any  one  category,  LaN Raarn  FInl  NaM  Book or  Woik Ponalt  No.  "The  standard  vacation  setup  is  a  or in all categories combined.  Natu­ swindle  as  far  as  seamen  are  con­ rally,  the  more  entries  a  competi­ Z­Nawbor  Sodal Saearitf  cerned.  A  man  would  work  prac­ tor  makes,  the  better  is  his  chance  tically a  full year  and never  collect  to  walk  off  with  one  of  the  prizes.  1—Company  VaamL.  While  the  panel  of  judges  has  Employed Fkmn­ No. Of Days­ not  yet  been  completed,  it  is  \  planned  at  present  to  have  four  8—Company  I  judges,  one  of  them  being  the  art  editor  of  the  SEAFARERS  LOG.  Employed FriML.  No. Of Days.  The  other  judges  will  probably  consist  of  two  professional  artists  S­Company  ^—  and  an  art  museum  representative.  Employed From..  No. Of Days  Although  the deadline  is May  10,  don't  hold  on  to  your  stuff  until  4—Company  VemaL  the  last  minute.  Send it  in as soon  Employed Fbona­ .To..  . No. Of Days­ as  you  c­Jn  to  the  Art  Editor,  SEA­ The  problem  of  Camden,  NJ's  FARERS  LOG.  You  can  rest  as­ drinking  supply  is  throwing  kinks  S­Company  VasaaL  into  plans  for  deepening  the  Dela­ sured  that eveo'thing  will be  stored  Employed Fiem­ .No.OfDays­ .Tn.  ware  River  channel  from  Philadel­ in  a  safe  place.  It  would  be  best  phia  to  Trenton.  Mayor  George  E.  to  send  the  enti­y  by  registered  d^­Company  VaamL  Brunner of  Camden has asked  Con­ mail  to avoid  any  possibility of  the  Employe4|Wim­ .To..  . No. Of Days­ gress  to  block­  the  preject  on  the  entry going astray.  grounds  that it  will  peril  the  city's  The  art  contest,  as  the  name  shows,  will be  an  annual  affair.  In  7—Company  fresh  water  supply.  VeaaoL  The  river  dredging  project  will  the  future  additional  contests  will  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re^s­ i  Union Opens  Uirst  i%nnnal  Art  Uontest  Deep  Dredging  Of  Delaware  River  Fought  Aliens  Must  File  Reports  ..'J  :4\  •  ^ I  ­4\  51  '  ' Al  21  •  I  j  m  '  • :Jl  ..xvsl  .'..k  '•   �Paee  Sixteen  SEAF ARERS  LOG  FHdajr,  February  8,  1952  Uprising in North  Africa Stirs  Memories of  Second World War  That  only one  US  President  was  • births?  One, set  of  twins  is  born  a  bachelor?  James  Buchanan,  for  every  87  confinements,  one  set  (The  following  are  remembrances  of  a  Seafarer who served  on the shuttle  run between  American  chief  executive  who  pre­ of  triplets for every 87  sets of  twins  Lincoln,  was  unmarried  and  one  set  of  quadruplets  fot  North  Africa  and  Italy  during World  War. II.  The current  unrest and  rioting in Tunisia have  ceded  throughout  his  term  of  office.  every  87  triple  births.  Theoreti­ inspired  him to  write  of  his  memories  of  that country.)  cally,  the  ratio  should  hold  for  4"  t  A  sure sign  of growing  older  is  the importance memories begin to have  to an individual.  That  September  is so  named  be­ quintuplets,  although  only  47  au­ I remember  ... is  the  introduction  to  a  reverie  enjoyed  by  the gtory  teller  and  only  some­ cause it  once was seventh  month of  thentic  sets  are  on  record.  Quin­ times  by  the  listeners.  But  Seafarers  who  shared  some of  the same  experiences  I did  dur­ the  year?  It  is  derived  from  sep­ tuplets  should  occur  once  In  every  tum, the  Latin word for seven.  The  57,289,761  births.  ing  World  War  II  may ­find^  Roman  originally  had  only  10  4  4  4  with  me  something  in  com­ seem  as  a  period  when  the  world  like  raw  meat  and  the  burned  skin  months, year  beginning  with  March.  That  kissing  in  public  is  forbid­ hung  in  tatters.  The  pain  must  stopped  normal  activity  and  put  mon  in  recalling  those  days  January  and  February  were  added  den  in  Egypt  between  people  who  gone  now  almost  ten  years  on  a  macabre  drama  for  its  own  have  been unbearable,  yet he  made  later.  are  not  related  by  blood  or  mar­ no  outcry.  amusement.  ago.  4  t  t  riage?  Violation  of  the  law  by  too  The  army  medics  did  what  they  I  wonder  if  those  ten  graves  I remember  Bizerte, that bombed  That  a  carat,  used  for  weighing  ardent  young  men  means  a  stiff  could  and  took  him  to,  a  French­ marked  by  maltese crosses  are  still  out  port  town  near  Tunis.  Bizerte  precious  stones,  was  originally  the  fine  and  possibly  a  jail  sentence.  was  no  place  to  come  after  enjoy­ at  the  road  intersection near Ferry­ run  hospital  ten  miles  away.  The  weight  of  the  seed  of  the  carob  ambulance  returned  later  with  the  4  4  4  ing  a  few  days  in  Naples  on  the  ville?  tree  in  the  Mediterranean  area?  native  still  aboard.  The  hospital  That  Bob  Fitzsimmons  weighed  Camel  Tiains  shuttle  run.  Not  a  soul  lived  in  It  is also  used  as a  measure  of  the  that  bombed­out  shell  of  what  was  I  wonder  if  the  "Ayrabs," as  the  had  refustd  him—^he  was  an  Arab.  purity of  gold alloy,  indicating how  only  167  pounds  when  he  was  once  a  peaceful  coastal  town  on  GIs  called  them,  still  trudge  the  The  man  made*  no  protest,  he  ac­ many  parts  out  of  24  are  pure.  heavyweight  champion?^  Fitzsim­ the  Mediterranean.  Lake  Bizerte,  roads  at  night  leading  their  camel  cepted  the rebuff.  His legs wrapped  Eighteen  carat  gold,  therefore,  is  mons  fought  at  that  weight  when  he  knocked  out  James  J.  Corbett  trains to  nowhere.  The  nights  were  in  bandages  he  walked  out  of  the  in  14  rounds  on  March  17,  1897.  often  bitter  cold  there,  yet  the  na­ camp  through  the  olive  grove  and  only  three­quarters  pure.  4  4  4  Fitzsimmons  gave  away  39  pounds  tives still shuffled  along barefooted  into  the  hills,  never  to  be  seen  That  the  government's  "manu­ to  James  J.  Jeffries  when  he  lost  and  ill  clad.  "They  can  take  it," I  again.  was told.  Yet  why did  those  pitiful  I  wonder  if  that  Arab  is  part  of  facturer's  excise  tax"  on  matches  the  title  to  him  two  years  later  in  funeral  processions  occur  with  the  shouting,  screaming  mobs  that  is  two­tenths  of  a  cent  per.  1,000  Coney  Island!  4  4  4  such  regularity?  Along  the  mud  are  demanding  that  the  French  get  for  ordinary  ones  but  .055  cents  per  1,000  for  wooden  ones?  All  of  That  the  koala  "bear"  never  roads  they  marched  with  the  body  out  of  Tunisia?  of  the  lost  one  lying  on  a  board  I  wonder  how  Bizerte  looks  to­ which  is  lots  less  than  the  tax  on  takes  a  drink  of  water?  This  Aus­ carried  on  their  shoulders.  They  day?  I'll  probably  never find  out  cigarette  lighters  which are treated  tralian  animal,  which  looks  like  the  toy  teddy  bear,  obtains enough  buried  their  dead  in  deep  narrow  unless  I  happen  to  make  one  of  like  jewelry.  moisture  from  the  leaves  of  the  4  4  4  holes  in  a  standing  position,  I  was  those  very  rare  trips  that  hit  that  part  of  the  world.  That  there  is  a  mysterious  sci­ Eucalyptus  tree  to  make  quaffing  told.  Bill  Luce  entific  "rule  of  87"  governing  any  brew  unnecessary.  The  natives  were  such  fatalists  that  it's  hard  to  believe  that  they  could  be  part  of  the  current  re­ volt  in  Tunisia.  They  lived  in  ab­ solute  poverty;  they  died  young;  they  resigned  themselves  to  their  miserable  existence.  No flame  of  smouldering  rebellion  showed  When  Seafarer  Van  Whitney  was  a  boy,  he  probably  toldf  across  their face.  Ragged  Arab  boy  frolics  near­ I  remember  once  when  an  Arab  the  kids  next  door,  "My  dad  can  lick  your's  anytime,"  with  by  as  ship  unloads  in  a  North  workman  was  badly  burned  while  a good deal of  self­confidence.  The boast could  still hold good  African  port of  call.  I  was  visiting  a  friend  at  a  nearby  the  convenient  Inland  port  for  army  camp.  The  man's  legs  were  today  in  the upper  age  brack­ shipping  safe  from  prying  subs,  ets. For  his father, Dr. Cephas  also  a  dentist  in  Illinois,  suggested  was  a  comfortable  haven  for  ships,  Whitney,  former  cycle  cham­ physical  culture  as  a  cure  for  his  but  what  else  was  there?  pion,  gymnast,  trapeze  artist  ailments.  He  took  to  It  "like  a  No Fish Story  The  French  were  attempting  to  and  all­around  strong  man,  is  duck  to  water"  and  by  the  age  of  build  an  army  on  the  plains  out­ still  leading  a  vigorous  and  17  was  so  accomplished  as  a  tra­ side  the  city  and  the  Allies  used  peze artist  that he  considered turn­ active life at  the age  of  82.  the  rolling  hills  as  storage  for  am­ ing pro.  Instead,  he went  to dental  munition.  Everywhere  one  looked  Dr.  Whitney,  who  will  celebrate  college  and  received  his  license  at  there  was  nothing  but  components  his  83rd  birthday  this coming  May,  the  age  of  20.  Nevertheless  he  of  the  war  machine;  war  mate­ has  been  a  practicing  dentist  for  continued to  participate  actively  in  rials,  barrage  balloons,  anti­air  the  past  63 years  and is  engaged in  sports  and  gymnastics.  craft  emplacements,  soldiers  of  all  his  profession  Trapeze  At  60  Dr.  Whitney  strikes  a  strong  nations.  down  home  in  Dr.  Whitney  moved  from  the  man  pose  fer this  photo  taken  That  was an unreal time in every­ G  e  0  r  g  etown,  states  at  an  early  age  settling first  at  the  age  of  !^1.  one's  life.  To  everyone  that  must  British  Guiana.  in  Jamaica  and  then  in  1900  mov­ Dentistry  . is  no  ing  to  British  Guiana  He  became  the  house  was  built  were  made~  in  mean  feat  for  a  cycle  champion  of  Jamaica  while  the  doctor's own  block  factory.  man  of  his  age,  he  lived  there,  and  on  moving  to  While  not  active  personally  in  requiring  as  it  Georgetown  became  active  in local  the  sports field  the  way  he  once  does  considera  sport  organizations.  Up  until  the  was.  Dr.  Whitney  serves  as  presi­ Readers  will  note  that  ships  ble  muscular  age  of  60  he  used  to  exercise  reg­ dent  of  the  British  Guiana  Ama­ minutes  in  recent  LOGS  are  strength  and  co­ ularly  on  bars,  mats  and  trapeze  teur  weight  lifting  association  and  Whitney  printed  in  smaller  type,  en­ .ordination.  The  holds  several  other  positions  in  rings.  age  79  abling  the  use  of  much  more  doctor  has  been  Just  a  couple  of  years  back.  Dr.  various  sport  clubs  and  organiza­ news  of  shipboard  meetings.  an  enthusiastic  physical  culturist  Whitney  found  himself  in  need  of  tions.  As,part  of  the  effort  to  make  all  his  life  and  attributes  his  un­ a  permanent  home  and  office.  He  His  son  Van  is  currently  work­ the  LOG  a  bigger  and  better  usual  vigor  to  his  life  long  devo­ sat  down  and  designed  a  three  ing in  the  Puerto  Rico's engine  de­ paper  in  every  way,  Seafarers  tion to  sports  and  exercise.  story  concrete  block  establishment  partment.  A  member  of  the  SIU  are  urged  to  be  sure  to  send  Luby  O'Neil,  deck  engineer  of,  Like  other  physical  culture  en­ with  a  roof  garden  containing  liv­ since October,  1943, he recently  re­ ships  minutes  to  headquarters  the  Chilore,  shows  off  samples  thusiasts,  from  President  Theodore  ing  quarters,  dental  laboratory  and  ceived  his US naturalization  papers  so that  they can  be reported  to  of  his fishing  prowess in  Vene­ Roosevelt  on.  Dr.  Whitney  was  a  operating  room  and  other  facili­ and  is  now  going  out  for  an  engi­ the  full  membership.  zuelan  waters.  sickly  child.  His  father,  who  was  ties.  The  concrete blocks  of  which  neering  license.  Seafarer's 'Strongman' Dad, 82  Still Working As Dental Snrgeon  iJt  T­ Wanted: Your  Ship Minutes  ^Country Boy'  E AMD THOSE LONELY NIGHTS  ^NDDAV5AT5EA­yOU  HAVE BEEN ON MY MIND  "ALWAYS,MY VENUS  I  Wf^  Contributed by John Boss  AVE,yOUR LAUGHTER 15 AS  MUSICAL AS  APOLLdS  OWN'  aUTE ­ DOLL YOU'RE  ­ ^^ERRIFIC L  YOUR HAIR IS LIKE CORNSILKl  SHINING IN THE  SUNLIGHT.,  ,YOU HAVE  GlAMOUa  AND CHARMj^  r. IF I'M THAT  WONDERFUL  WHAT  AM i DOING WITH  JERK LIKE YOU  �FtMay. iFebraaiT  S,  19SS  me serentcea  SEAFARERS  tOG  Hold On Tight, Shifty  LOG­A­RHYTHMS;  ' I  Who's A Sailor?  m  By  E. Wiley  Carter  Seafarers,  and  people  are  we.  The  SIU's our  Union, and  I'm sure  you'll  agree.  We  are  the  best, and  for  the  best  from  sea  to  rolling  sea.  By  SEAFARERS  LOG  Photo  Editor  Practically  all  cameras  manufactured  today,  from  the  simple  box  camera  to  the  most  expensive  contraption  come  equipped  with  some  means of  using flashbulbs.  The flash  mechanism  may  be  built  into  the  shutter  of  the  lens  or  a  means  for  attaching  a  magnetic  solenoid  to  trip  the  shutter  is  supplied.  Let's  examine  this  versatile  and flexible  tool:  There  are  lots  of  A  little  over  20  years  ago  the  photoflash  lamp  was  introduced.  It  folks  that  just  consisted  of  a  bulb containing  very  thin  aluminum  foil  and filled  with  don't  know,  oxygen  under  pressure.  The  lamp  had  a filament  covered  with  a  about  us  sailor­ primer  that flashed  and  ignited  the foil  when  the filament  was  heated  men.  by  the  passage  of  an  electrical  current.  But  I am  here  to  This  photoflash  lamp  proved  to  be  very  attractive  for  two  kinds  of  tell  them  all,  service.  First,  for  the  amateur  where  the  camera  shutter  is  opened,  we  come  from  the  lamp flashed  for  taking  the  photo,  and  the  shutter  closed;  second,  such  as  them.  for  taking  pictures  where  the flashing  of  the lamp  and  the  opening  of  the camera  shutter are  synchronized  by  an  apparatus  called  a  synchro­ You'll  find  rig­  Carter  nizer or flash'  gun.  gers,  mainte­ The narrow  time intensity  peak  of  these foil­filled  bulbs did  not  allow  nance  men,  construction  bo's  as  much  leeway  for  variation  in  the  operation  of  the  lamp,  the  synchro­ well;  nizer  or  the  camera  shutter.  For  instance,  if  the  lamp flashed  a  few  Carpenters  and  plumbers,  and  thousandths  of  a  second  slow,  or  the  camera  shutter  opened  a  few  salesmen  who  really  sell;  thousandths  of  a  second  early,  a  properly  exposed  negative  would  not  There's  bakers, cooks  and  waiters,  be  obtained.  yes  you'll  find  barkeeps, too  If  one  considers  also  the  possible  variation  in  the synchronizer,  it  is  And  nurses,  doctors,  lawyers,  my  evident that  some  leeway  is  needed.  To  solve  this  problem  an  attempt  was  made  to  broaden  the  peak  of  the flashlamp,  that  is  to  make  the  friends  its  all  so  true.  flash  last  longer.­ Technical  Problem  We have  a  great  community  within  Attention  was turned  to a flash  lamp filled  with  very fine  pure  alumi­ our  mass  of  steel;  That  grim  look  on  the  face  of  Shifty,  Warhawk's  second  cook, is  So  whenever  you  get  to  talking,  num  in  place  of  foil.  Difficulty ­ here  was  the  problem  of  drawing  more than just concentration oh potatoes.  He's trying to keep balance  the  aluminum fine  enough  for flashing  purposes.  This  was finally  remember ... we  are real.  as ship bounces around in a North Atlantic storm.  Photo by Jay Beck.  licked with  the development  of  diamond  dies tliat  could  draw  aluminum  wire  as fine  as one  ten  thousandth  of  an  inch.  Due  to the  higher  temperature of  the  burning wire  as compared  with  the foil,  the  wire filled flashlamp  gives  more  light for  the same  amount  of  material  in  the  bulb.  With  the  greater  light  output  of  the  wire filled  bulbs  their  size  was  reduced  considerably  and  the  No.  5  bulb  was  introduced.  (About  the  size  of  a  walnut.)  It  was  designed  and  timed  the  same  as  the  former  (Editor's  Note:  The  following  collection  of  stories would  have to be  seen to be  believed.  flash  lamps so that the  peak  of  the flash  comes 2Q  milli seconds after  the  We  wonder  if  any  of  you  oldtimers  could  outdo this  set  of  yarns.  Any  takers?  The  LOG's  current  is  turned  on  thru  the filament.  • The burning  of  the  wire  in  the  No.  5  bulb  did  not  last long  enough  always  willing  to  print  them.)  ^  with the miniature camera  with  a  focal plane shutter.  The  No. 6  When  they  yell  "coffee  time" on  an  SIU  ship,  no  seafaring  man  belonging  to  the  SIU  Tor use  bulb was  introduced  to  take  care  of  cameras  with  focal  plane  shutters.  will ever  turn  down  the chance  to have a  good  cup  of  Joe, followed  by  the most  interesting  By  making  a  lamp  containing  two  sizes  of  aluminum  wire  in  pi­oper  stories.  Sometimes,  though,  these  sea  stories  are spiced  with, shall  we say,  "bull"?  proportions  it  was  possible  to  so  control  the  burning  of  the  aluminum­ Often when  I walk into  the mess­ **  —  wire  that it  is satisfactory for  this  use.  hall  with  my  boots  on,  or  with  my  size  of  a  great  dane,  sitting  on  the  in  a  French  port  after  a  40­day  Flatness  of  light or  the splash  of  light  on  the  subject  generally  asso­ pants  legs  rolled  up  in  order  not  side  of  the  highway.  As  I  rode  by  trip.  With five  seconds  to  live  I  ciated  with flash  photos  need  not  be  so  if  precautions  are  taken.  If  to  mess  my  Salvation  Army  dun­ he  tried  to  beat  me­across.  We  could  already  picture  myself  an  possible,  the flash  gun  should  be  held  off  the  camera  so  that  the  light  garees,  the  boys  look  bewildered  had  a  head­on  collision  that  scat­ angel  standing  gangway  watch  at  striking the subject  comes from  a  slight angle  instead  of  head on.  Hav­ at  me.  I  feel  depressed,  because  tered  motorcycle  parts  and  bones  the  pearly  gates.  It's a  good  thing  ing the  light  bounce off  a  nearby  wall  and  then on  to the  subject elimi­ I  can  notice  that  no  one  believes  all  along  the  highway.  I  was  be­ I  woke  up  the first  time the  bosun  nates flatness  of  lighting.  what  the  other  man  is  talking  ginning to  lose consciousness,  lying  called  me  to  turn  to  before  my  Pi­oper  exposure  for flash  is  down  to  some  elementary  arithmetic.  about,  and  maybe  that  is  why  I  as I was in a  heap of  mangled limbs  plane  crashed  in  an  infernal  mass  Flashbulbs, of  different  sizes  have  numbers  assigned  to  them  at  differ­ never  tell them  about  my very  nar­ in  a  muddy  ditch.  But  never  will  of  flames.  I will  have to  put it  this  ent  speeds  and  with  different films.  Just  divide  the  distance  between  row escape, the  time I  well remem­ I forget the sight of  that  big fright­ way,  because  if  I  really  tell  you  camera  and  subject  into  the  assigned  number  and  you  have the  proper  bered.  ened  jack­rabbit  limping  and  hop­ how  I  survived  you  would  never'  opening  to  set  the  lens.  Until  you  become  expert  in  the  use  of flash,^  believe  me.  It was a roman:  ping  across  the  prairie  horizon.  stick  to  a  medium  speed film  like  plus  X  and  a  shutter  speed  of  one  ...  tic desert night of  Dove  For Treasure  To  verify  this  story  I  will  drop  hundredth  of  a  second  for flash  work.  Below  is  a  table  for  this  ver­ moon  and  love  around  the  hall  one  of  these  days  Say,  did  I  ever  tell  about  the  satile  No.  5  bulb  and  Plus  X film.  that  is  only  and  show  the  members  my  plastic­ time I  was a  deep sea  diver during  Shutter Speed  Exposure  Guide  Number  known  io  those  kneecap  and  four  artificial  ribs.  the  depression,  working  under  the  1/50  second  140  that  have  made  At  the same  time I'll  pick  up some  dark, perilous  depths of  the ocean?  1/100  100  aii  Isthmian  trip  fantastic fiction  novels  that  I  just  I was  trying to  get  at the "Titanic"  1/200  80  to  the  Orient.  I  love  to  read.  treasures—a  fortune  in  jewelry,  All you  have to remember  in  using  the  above  at  the speeds  indicated  was  escorting  an^  Come  to  think  of  it,  I  haven't  gold  and  the first  issue  of  the  and with Plus  X film  is to  divide the  subject distance  into the  Exposure  Arabian  maiden  told  the boys  about the time I tried  LOG."  When  all  of  a  sudden  .  .  .  Guide  number  and  the  result  is  the  opening  of  the  lens.  For  example  home  down a cob­ to  work  ashore  as  a  test  pilot  at  Did  I  hear  someone  yell, "coffee  at  1/100  of  a  second,  the  subject  is  12  feet  away—divide  12  into  100  Iberra  blestone  alleyway  Muroc Field.  One day  I was testing  time?"  Sorry, I will  have to huxTy,  and  the  result  is  8.  Set  the  camei­a  opening at  f­8  and  you  are all  set  when  all  of  a  sudden  out  of  no­ a  super  job  at  30,000  feet  when  it  roll  my  pants  legs  up,  put  on  my  for some  excellent results.  where  appeared  four  of  her  hus­ blew  up  and  tore off  my  left  wing.  boots  and  fall  in  line.  bands.  They  surrounded  us  with  I  was  falling  like  a  T­2  anchoring  Ernest  H.  Iberra  silver  daggers  hutched  in  their  hands,  hashish  on  their  breath,  ready  to  tear  out  my  jugular  vein.  But,  as  you  know,  any  SIU  man  (1)  A  light  year  is  a  measure  of  (intensity),  (distance),  (time),  can  handle  himself  in  the  most  (velocity)?  awkward  situation.  So  I  got  real  mad  like  a  dog  when  there  is  no  (2)  Compared  with  a  land  area, a  water  area  (heats faster  and  cools  faster),  (heats  faster  and  cools  moi­e  slowly),  (heats  more  slowly  and  other  way  out,  and  beat  them  all  off  with  a  big  fat  pork  chop  that  cools  faster),  (heats  more  slowly  and  cools  more  slowly)?  I  was  carrying  around  in  my  back  (3)  Who  holds the  record  for  the  most  consecutive  years  as  manager,  pocket.  When  they  saw  that  pork  of  a  major  league  baseball  club?  they cringed  for fear of  contamina­ (4)  How  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skullduggery  along  nothing  but  a  pleasant  thought  on  the  Barbary  Coast  in  the  Mediteri­anean.  True  or false?  my  mind  about  my  peaceful  haci­ (9)  What  union  label is  shown  most  often  on  movie  screens  all  over  enda  in  California,  the  beautiful  the  world?  girls  strolling  in  summer  shorts  Happy capitulation is shown  by M.  E; Watson, electrician  (2nd, left),  (10)  You  be  the  judge.  Can  a  wife  claim  mental  cruelty  in  a  divorce  and lots of  pure grape  wine for the  at his  marriage in  Emporia,  Va.  Bridal party  includes Clyde  Cum­ action  because her  husband  is  unable  to make  enough  money  to satisfy  mings, deck  engineer, as  best man; Mrs. Malinee Watson,  the bride,  asking.  ­ her?  ,  Suddenly  I  saw  an  overgrown  and  Miss Geraldine  Jennings, bridesmaid.  Watson  writes, "This is  (Quiz answers, appear on  page 22.)  what  happens whfep  a  bachelor  on a  coastwise  run hits  Tampa."  Texas  jack­rabbit,  not  quite  thb  mmmd  I  .  .  .Jji. Sik;.  ' W, —  ^  sa • «  i.. ­il« • •    ­ ­ ­ • ­ ­ ­ ­    ­ i\  m  car:  ;?l  • '^1  • • II  Tall  tales  From  The  Pacific  Add  Luster  To Coffee  Time  Another Bachelor Surrenders  •   V  .  k,  .  .  �ncii«ee«  SEAFARERS  LOG  Friday, Febnuvy fl.  19St  Safe and Sound Aboard The Southland  li  I:!'?..  <•.' , m­ isi  .•   .  ¥"•   By  Spike  Marlin  TV  is  a  great  educational  Insti­ "Well  somebody  upstairs­  must  tution.  We  have  a  friend  who  has  have  a  piece  of  him"  our  friend  been  highly­educated  about  the  agreed.  "But  gettin'  back  to  the  fights  through  the  medium  of  a  Minelli fight,  this  was  a  100  per­ TV  screen.  He finds  it  more  con­ cent  buildup  job because  Minelli is  genial  at  home  than  at  the fight  quoted  at  one  to five  with  no  tak­ eiubs,  and  the  blood  bothers  him  ers."  less  that  way.  "Now  Minelli  he's  no  puncher,  We  met  our  friend  the  other  but  he's  the  best  backwards  run­ day  and  found  him  highly  indig­ ner  since  Bill  Robinson.  When  nant about  a fight  which took  place  they  get  in  the  ring,  Minelli  starts  at  Madison  Square  Garden.  "You  hookin'  and  duckin'  and  clinchin'  see,"  he  says,  "the  IBC  is  buildin'  and  tappin'  Saxton  in  the  belly.  up  this  kid  Johnny  Saxton  to  be  Then  when  Johnny  starts to  throw  a  welterweight  contender  so  they  his  buckshot,  Minelli's' got  his  el­ throw  him  in  against  this stiff  Liv­ bows  in  the  way.  They  took  more  io Minelli  in  a  main event  that  you  punches  than  any  honest  pair  of  could  smell  a  week  before  they  elbows  should­expect.  Every  time  went  on."  Saxton  gets real  close, Minelli  taps  We  interrupted  to find  out  what  him  gently on  the chin  with  a right  is this  IBC and  what  does he  mean  cross;  not  hard  enough  to  make  they  are  building  up  Saxton?  him  mad,  but  just enough  to throw  "The  IBC"  he  explained,  "is  to  him  off  stride.  boxing  what  DuPont  is  to  nylon.  "Me,  I'm  enjoyin'  this display  of  You  want  nylon  you  gotta  go  to  boxing  skill,  but  the  fans  in  the  DuPont.  Understand?"  Garden  are  howling.  They  like  We  said  we  understood.  plenty of  ketchup  splattered  on  Passengers,  bottom,  and  crew  of  the  Flying  Enterprise  pose  with  men  of  the SlU­manned  Southland  Buckshot  Puncher  their  meat.  It's  the  seventh  round  in  front  of  the  lifeboat  that  picked  them  out  of  the  Atlantic.  Southland's  crewmembers  are:  (1.  to  "Now  this  kid  Saxton"  he  went  already,  and  I  got  Minelli  ahead  r.,  top  row), B.  E. Swearinger,  AB;  H. Brazell,  2nd  mate;  D.  C.  Dulmage,  2nd  engineer;  H.  Nungezer,  on,  "is  plenty  strong  and  fast  with  four  rounds  to  two.  All  of  a  sud­ AB;  M. Swisher,  3rd  mate;  Captain  W.  P. Lawton;  W.  Crawford,  AB;  L.  Blizzard  (with  lifering).  his  hands  an.d  feet.  But  he's  a  den  the ref  stops the fight,  because  buckshot  puncher.  He  would  do  in  his  opinion  Minelli  is no  match  swell  against  the  side  of  a  barn  for  Saxton."  but  he* doesn't  land  more'n  one  in  Well  what  does  it  all  prove?  we  20  on  a  guy's  kisser  where  it  asked.  counts.  As  for  building  him  up,  a  • By A  Knockout'  year  and  a  half  ago  when  the  kid  "It  proves  that  these  buildup  only  had  about  18  pro fights  they  boys  get  all  the  breaks,"  he  said.  threw  him  in  against  Tough  Tony  "Here  the  IBC  was  settin'  Minelli  As  a Seafarer  who  has  sailed  with shipmates from many  states and backgrounds I have  Pellone  in  a  Garden  main  event.  up  for  Saxton  like  a  hunk  of  cold  Tough  Tony,  who  knew  his  way  turkey,  and  the  turkey  is  beatin'  long  been  convinced  that  we  seamen  come  from every  possible  walk of  life and  every "^art  around  a ring  when  this  kid  was  the  butcher  boy.  Now  the fight  of  the  nation.  (See  Log­A­Rhythm  on  page 17.)  Here  aboard  the  Noonday  I've satisfied  playin'  marbles,  left  hooks  Saxton  goes  into  the  records  as  a  knock­ my  curiosity  by  conducting  a­*  all  over  the  place  for  ten  rounds.  out  for  Saxton.  Some  knockout!  little  informal  poll,  and  be­ Cooper,  who  posed  for  clothes  overlook  "Two  Ton"  Valois,  who,  Guess  who  got  the  decision?"  You  watch  in  a  few  weeks  they'll  lieve  me  I've  come  up  with  sold  by a  well­known  firm;  and  an  you  guessed  it,  used  to  be  a  We guessed  right.  Saxton it  was.  throw  him  in  against  another  tur­ We  said  that fight  promoters  had  key.  I'm  layin' odds  that  when, the  some  interesting  conclusions.  ex­Air  Force  fly  guy,  former  cap­ wrestler  by  trade.  tain  Ben  Tolbert.  been  known  before  to  develop  a  announcer introduces  him  he'll say  Going  on  and  To  begin  with  on  this  one  ship  on,  we  have  an  strange  interest  in  the  prosperity  that  he  knocked  out  Livio  Minelli  we  have  guys  from  26  different  Talking  about  flying,  Billy  in  his  last fight."  ex ­ oil  geologist,  of  certain fighters.  states.  This  has  posed  quite  a  McGlinn  is  a  pigeon  raiser  when  Clarence  Haun,  problem  for  our  stewards  depart­ he's  ashore.  A  couple  of  boys  an  ex ­ professor,  ment .which  has  had  to  satisfy  all  have  the  salt­water  background,  Irvin  P a r b u s  the  variety  of  local  tastes  in  food,  too.  Tommy  Pappas  used  to  pad­ (what  university  but  believe  me  they've  done a  fine  dle  the  gondolas  in  Venice  and  Irv?)  an  ex­coal  joh.  While  there's  plenty  of  local  John  Markkehane  is  an  ex­Finn­ miner,  Robert  The death  of  two  more Seafarers  quest  of  his  mother,  the  body  is  pride aboard,  everybody gets  along  ska  mate.  Eddie  White  has  had  a  lot  of  experience  navigating  a  bus,  Burton, an  ex­ aboard  ships  at  widely  scattered  being sent to  Maryville, Mo.,  where  in  fine  SIU  style.  bank  employee,  points  has  been  reported  to  the  the funeral  will  be  held.  But  what  really  gets  me  is  the  while  yours  truly  used  to  run  a  Mace  Bemie Mace;  and  LOG.  unusual  occupations  I  have  turned  motion  picture  projector  for  a  Brother  Joseph  Mauer,  a  mess­ even  an  ex­baby  sitter  (blond, red­ up.  For  example,  we  have  one  living.  An  unfortunate  accident  aboard  man  aboard  the  Seastar  (Triton)  young  man  named  Roger  Sullivan  We also  have an  ex­businessman,  head  or  brunette)  Chan  Kwang.  the  Potrero  Hills  (Mar­Trade)  in  died,  apparently  from  a  heart  at­ who  at  one  time  or  another  has  E.  A.  Martell,  who  used  to  owa  a  Gh, I  mustn't  forget  our  ex­hill­ the  port  of  Buenos  Aires,  Argen­ tack  aboard  ship,  off  the  island  of  been  vocalist  with  several  big  bakery;  an  ex­newspaper  reporter,  billy  singer.  Curly  Garland,  the  tina,  took  the  life  of  Burl  E.  Mc­ Formosa,  south  of  Japan.  Mauer,  name  bands.  Also  in  the  glamor  George  Hauser;  an  ex­politician,  former  brewmaster  (home  brew)  Donald.  He  fell  over  the  side  of  who  was  45  years  old,  is  survived  field  we  have  an  ex­model,  Cecil  Zeke  Zitto,  and  of  course  we  can't  D.  Jones,  and  our  ex­diesel  spe­ the  ship  and  was  drowned  in  the  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  Theresa  Mauer  cialist,  Frank  Crider.  harbor.  He  is  survived  by  his  of  New  Orleans, La.  At  last  report,  There  are  many  others  too  nu­ mother,  Mrs.  Edna  McDonald  of  merous  to  mention,  but  I  will  Kansas  City,  Kansas.  At  the  re­ burial was  to  be  held  on  the island  of  Formosa.  close  by  noting  Nolan  Guidry, who  has  just informed  us  that  he is  the  disher­outer  par  excellence  of  crawfish  bisque,  Louisiana  turkey,  swamp seed.  Mobile  ice cream  and  The  government, when  it  under­ failed  to  get  a  constitutional^ ma­ the Guidry  style  of  poor,  poor  boy  took  the  tremendous  shipbuilding  jority  of  votes.  sandwiches.  program  of  World  War  II, named  4  4  4.  With  all  the  classy  boys  on  this  its  Liberty  ships  after  famous  Barbara  Freitchie  (Liberty  Nav­ scow,  the  operator  of  the  slop  Americans.  Below  are  the  names  chest states  that  there  must  not  be  of  a  few  SIU­contracted  Libertys  igation).  A  resident  of  Frederick,  Md.,  during the  Civil  War, she  was  a  single  Lothario  or  Casanova  and  thumbnail  sketches  of  the  per­ said,  according  to  legend,  to  have  aboard,  as  he  has  not  made  a  sale  waved  a  union flag  at  the  retreat­ of  hair  tonic,  face  lotion,  face  sons  whose  names  they  bear.  ing  armies  of  Stonewall  Jackson  cream  or  talcum  powder.  following a  military defeat  in 1862.  William  Brightwell  Joseph  Priestley  (Bloomfield).  Despite  historical  doubt  on  the ac­ Ship's  delegate  Clergyman and  chemist (1733­1804).  curacy  of  the  legend,  she  was  im­ A  native of  Leeds, England, he  was  mortalized  in  a  poem  by  Whittier.  a  minister,  tutor  and  lecturer  on  4  4  4  ^  scientific  subjects.  His  researches  into  the  nature  of  air  resulted  in  William  James  (Bull).  Educator  his  discovery  of  dephiogisticated  and  philosopher  (1842­1910).  Born  The  membership  is  again  air,  now  known  as  oxygen.  He  in  New  York  City,  he  attended  cautioned to  beware of  persons  emigrated  to  the  US  in  1794,  set­ Harvard and  graduated from  medi­ tling  in  Northumberland,  Pa.,  and  cal  school  there  in  1869.  A  lec­ soliciting funds on  ships in  be­ half  of  memorials or  any other  became an  active figure  in the  Uni­ turer  on  anatomy  at  Harvard  and  later  a  professor  of  philosophy,  he  so­called "worthy  causes."  tarian  church  movement.  was founder  of  the  pragmatic theo­ No  "can­shakers"  or  solici­ ry  of  philosophy  and  author  of  h=TT  ­ .  ­ h­rr­ tors  have  received  authoriza­ Richard M. Johnson  (Bloomfield).  many essays  and  books expoimding  1  —  tion from  SIU  headquarters to  —  collect  funds.  The  National  US  Vice  President  (1781­1850).  his  ideas.  pL  4  4  4  Foundation  for  Infantile  Born in  Kentucky, he  was admitted  Bt n3  eavsr.". STAR ns *  Zane  Grey  (Isthmian).  Novelist  Paralysis is the only charitable  to  the  bar  in  1^2 and  two  years  TJSf  • ' JXfXASS* X.­3S.  later  elected  to  the  state  legisla­ (1875­1939).  Born  in  Zanesville,  organization  which  has  re­ T  I  1  ture.  He  commanded  a  company  Ohio,  he  attended  the  University  ceived  membership  endorse­ ment.  Funds  for  this  cause  of  riflemen  in  Canada  during  the  of  Pennsylvania and soon  after em­  ,  are  collected  through  normal  War of  1812  with  England, and was  barked en  a  prolific writing  career.  Union  channels  at  the  pay­off.  later  named  to the  US Senate.  In  His  most  famous  novel  was  his  Receipts are issued on the spot.  1837.  the  Senate, elected  him  US  first.  Riders  of  the  Purple  Sage  vice  president  when  all  candidates  (1912).  Crewmembers'  Variety Spices  Shipboard  Living  on Noonday  t  Two Seafarers Pass Away  1?^  [• h     I'«'''  How Libertys Were Named  r­fe­ Jr: ­: •   r .  I  to';  k".'­ Boards are deferring seamen.  Most skilled seamen ufho comply  luitli Selective Service rales are  being deferred. In ttiis; local  boards demand that seamen  keep them informed of  their'  a/hereaboats. The Maritime  Administmrion has provided  formsjbr seamen to use­for  , this purpose. Get the  forms from S.I.U. dis­ rpatcbers or yourdiip.  "Can'Shakers^  Have No OK  r  > J ;  �­f>­«s  Friday^  Febnury  8,  1982  Pace  Nfaetem  SEAFARERS  LOG  Expects 'Newshop  ToHawhSiULOG  L  E  TIER  S  Calls New  Halh  Personnel ^Tops^  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  After  visiting  the  new  hall  in  I cannot  contain  my  pride in  our  Brooklyn  for  the first  time,  I find  new  streamlined  SEAFARERS  that  it  reminds  me  of  51  Beaver  LOG.  Street—it's  so  different!  I  was  es­ To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  Having first  been  informed  of  To the  Editor:  I  would  like  to  express  my  I  wish  to  express  through  your  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  pecially  curious  to  see  the  hall  changes  in  the  SIU  paper  in  a  let­ ter  the  crew  received  overseas  on  thanks  for  being  put  on  the  LOG  paper  my  deepest  heartfelt  grati­ letter  which  was  drawn  up  by  the  because  I was  down  here  in  April,  the  Paoli,  we  naturally  expected  mailing list.  Ditto for  the  wonder­ tude  on  behalf  of  my  husband  and  crew  to  Captain  Tortenson  who  1951,  picketing  the  Blackchester  improvements.  Our  Union  has  ful  job. that this  paper is  doing for  I  to  the  Boston  port  agent  of  the  was our  skipper until illness  forced  lines  while  the  builders  were  re­ been  improving  ever  since  it  was  organized  labor  the  world  over,  SIU  and  to  the  members  of  the  him  to  leave  the  ship.  As  you  can  modeling  the  place.  Since  then  I  chartered in 1938, and  especially in  plus  the  fact  that  it  also  makes  us  Boston  hall  who  so  quickly  an­ see  from  the  letter, we  on  the Sea  haven't  seen  it,  as  I  was  shipping  recent years.  one  of  the  best­informed  member­ swered  my appeal for  blood donors  Comet are  really going  to miss  him  around  here and  there, and  was on  last  week.  Our  baby  son,  Stephen  because  none of  us have  sailed  un­ a  Cities  Service  tanker  for  the  •   But  Brother!  When  we  arrived  ships  in  the  world.  I  also  noticed  an  article  inquir­ James,  now  has  a  much  better  der  a  better  one,  and  some  of  the  last  six  months.  in  Beaumont  and  got  some  long­ Now  that  I've  taken  a  good  look  ing  of  the  procedureMn  applying  chance  to  recover  from  his  illness  crew  have  been  sailing for  quite  a  awaited  mail,  we  thought  someone  at  the  place,  I  sincerely  believe  for  a  discharge  from  the  Army.  and  to  come  home  to  us  from  the  while.  We  hope you  can  forward  a  had sent Uo  a cou­ This  information  would  be  very  hospital.  During  treatment,  15  copy of  the LOG  with  this letter in  that  the membership  can  really  be  ple of  copies of  a  much  appreciated  in  my  case  too.  pints  of  blood  were  given.  it  to  the  captain  at  his  home  in  proud  of  our  new  headquarters  as  big  New  York  the  best  building  of  its  kind  any­ I have 40­odd  months as a  seaman,  I  pray  that  the  good  Lord  will  Hampton  Bays,  L.  I.  daily  newspaper  ^  at least 37  of  these  in  the capacity  bless  these  men  who  have  given  The  text  of  the  message  is  as  where.  Besides  its  beauty  and  its  by  mistake!  fine  architectural  design,  I  was  of  able  seaman.  I  was  a  member  him that chance.  I can truly  under­ follows:  I  wouldn't  be  very  pleased  with  the  efficiency  of  the crew  of  the SS Wild  Ranger  stand  now  the  meaning  of  your  "Sir:  siurprised  to  see  and  business­like  manner  shown  when  called  for  my  pre­induction  union  slogan  "Brotherhood  of  the  Brooklyn  kids  "The  whole  SIU  and  SUP  crew  by  the  people  who  work  here.  physical, and a member of  the crew  Sea"  and  why  my  husband  has  al­ peddling  S E A­ Of  the tanker  W.E. Downing  at  the  ways  been  so  proud  of  his  mem­ of  this vessel, to a  man, having  just  They  are  all  really  on  the  ball.  FARERS  LOGS  learned  of  the critical  condition  of  A1  Fabricant  actual time of  my induction.  bership  in  that  brotherhood.  He's  on the city streets  Lewis  I  have  been  an  active  member  now  aboard  the  Puerto  Rico  as  your  well­being and  the imperative  XXX  at  a  nice  profit  necessity  of  your  leaving  us,  wish  of  the  Seafarers  International  except  for  the  fact  that  the  LOG  Union  throughout  my  entire  sea­ Quartermaster. .  to  bid  you  Godspeed,  an  early  Mrs.  John  Hunt  recovery  and  the  best  of  luck  for­ is  published  for  the  membership  time,  since  approximately  July,  Dorchester, Mass.  of  the  SIU—^the  Brotherhood  of  1944.  When  my  seagoing  career  ever.  XXX  the  Sea.  "Quite a  few of  us are  oldtimers  To the  Editor:  was  ended  abruptly  in  September,  and  wish  to  go  on  record,  along  I  want  to  let  all  my  brother  We  were  absolutely  astonished  1950,  my  book  was  put  in  retire­ with  the  younger  ones,  that  of  all  members  know  that,  because  of  at its size, its many varied features,  ment  in  good  standing.  skippers in  our experience  you  are  illness,  I  am  forced  to  retire  my  Any  information  or  assistance  its timely  news, its  readability and  outstandingly  the fairest  and  most  book  for  a  time,  but  I  do  hope  I  its utter  interest!  To  top it  all off  you  can  pass on  to me  in  this mat­ To the  Editor:  shall  be able  to return  if  the situa­ and  proving  that  it  wasn't  merely  ter  will  be  greatly  appreciated.  I  What  with  the  many  new  men  understanding one.  a special issue or a flash  in the pan,  also  have  a  dependent  mother  and  starting  in  on  deck,  some  things  "Rarely  does  a  man  coming.up  tion  permits.  the  Lake  Charles  Agent  came  father,  who  would  equally  ap­ are  bound  to  happen.  Take  the  before  the  mast  like  yourself  re­ Presently  I am  recovering  from  aboard  with  earlier  issues  we  had  preciate  any  possible  assistance.  OS on  my  watch, for example.  He's  member  what  things  were  like  in  injuries  received  Cpl.  Russell  Grantham  on  his first  trip  to  sea  and  is  try­ their  younger  days.  But  you,  sir,  missed,  and  some  later  issues,  all  aboard the Algon­ (Editor's  Note:  Headquarters  ing  hard  to  start  out  on  the  right  seem to  have done  so and this crew  in  the same  marvelous vein!  quin  "Victory  •   which  led  to hos­ I  Just­finished  working  the  Sea­ will  send  you  the  information  you  foot.  It took  a  little doing,  but  we  appreciates it, and  gives  you, along  requested).  finally  got  him  straightened  out  on  with  the  above  good  wishes,  the  pitalization at the  farers  Puzzle  and  I  missed  out  on  the  ship  bells:  one  ring  for  star­ credit  you  deserve.  USPHS  Hospital  i>  X  X  the first  letter  "s"  in  lobscouse,  board,  two  for  port  and  three  for  "May  there  be  more  skippers  in  Staten  Island.  meaning  a  kind  of  ship's  stew—  dead  ahead.  like  you  in  the future.  .  I  got  pretty  well  but stew  is  not  served  as often  on  banged  up  in  the  The  other  night  there  was  a  "Signed  on  behalf  of  the  whole  SIU  ships  as  it  was  in  the  days  leg  and  back  and  spray coming  over  the  bow,  so  the  crew."  before SIU.  And as for the abbre­ To  the  Editor:  Joseph  E.  Carendier  also  underwent  viation  "ors,"  meaning  owners  Rneda  We're  all at  sea  on  the Seacoral  lookout  vras  shifted  to  the  bridge.  Ship's  delegate  treatment  in  the  risks,  I  guess  I  seldom  look  at  and  at  the  rate  we're  going,  we'll  When  he'relieved  me  on  lookout  psychiatric  ward  there  due  to  the  •   «  things  from  an  owner's  point  of  have long white  beards by the  time  I told him  not to  worry  much about  XXX  fact  I  was  shaken  up  quite  a  bit.  the  lights  on  the  stai­board,  but  to  view  anyway.  Not  that  Seafarers  we get home. The crew is all agreed  I  would  like  to  say  at  this  time  shouldn't,  of  course,  because  most  that this is the slowest moving ship  be sure to  repoi­t  all blinking  lights  that  the  SIU  has  done  and  con­ of  us  realize  that  contracts  work  under  contract  with  the  SIU.  We  on  the  port  side.  "How  do  I  do  tinues to  do a  wonderful  job on be­ both  ways.  cut  through  the  water  with  the  that?" says  he.  I  showed  him  the  To  the  Editor:  speaking tube  when  he yelled over,  half  of  all  of  us.  It made  me  very  I prophesy  that  If  kept  up  to its  speed  of  a  tired  turtle.  Since  you  ran  that  article  on  The  SS  Seacoral  will  never  be  "Whafll  I  do,  yell  down  'ding­ tattooing, a lot  of  people  have been  proud  and  happy  this  past  Christ­ present  standards  there  will  be  ding'?"  mas  when  I  was  able  to  make  the  journalistic  prizes  awarded  the  known  as  a  greyhound.  As  a  mat­ writing me on  the subject.  I never  holiday  a  happy  one  for  my  wife  W. "Woody" Whitford  LOG  in  the  near  future,  and  if  it  ter  of  fact  its  the first  ship  we  realized  that  people  would  be  so  XXX  and  children  through  the  Union  keeps  on  improving  who  knows  ever  sailed  where  the  pistons  interested  in  having  tattoos.  I  Welfare  Fund.  flipped  coins  for  a  rest  between  what  to expect?  think if  there Is space in  the Union  The  $15 sick  benefit  plus the  $25  Thurston  Lewis  each  revolution  of  the screw.  hall,  it  might  not  be  a  bad  idea  to  extra  for  the  holiday  to all  men  in  It may  take us long to get  where  put in  a tattoo  shop.  the  hospital  enabled  me  to  go  out  we're  going  but  at least  we're eat­ To the  Editor:  When I'm  on the  beach, which  is  ing well  on the  way.  The stewards  Having  received  the  gift  from  more  often  than  not,  I  could  lec­ and  buy  a  little  something  for the  department  from  top  to  bottom  is  the  crew  of  the  Joseph  Priestley  ture on  the art  to all  the would­be  family  which  I  knew  I  would  not  have  been  able  to  do  otherwise.  doing a fine  job and Herb Knowles,  I  would  like  very  much  to  extend  customers.  Other  men  in  the  hospital,  from  our  steward,  rates  high  praise.  my  most  heartfelt  thanks  and  ap­ To the Editor:  Incidentally,  that  "Newsletter"  other  unions, were  not as fortunate  ­  Terry  Paris  preciation  for  both  myself  and  the  and the "Foc­sle  Fotographeri' sure  I see in the LOG that  the sellout  as  the  Seafarers.  Ship's  delegate  baby.  are  hits  in  the  new  LOG.  artists  in  the  NMU  are  getting  It  is  gracious  and  both  kind  of  If  some  of  my  former  shipmates  XXX  Luis A. Ramirez  ready to  pull another  double­cross,  the  crew  to do  this  nice  thing  for  get  a  chance  to  write  to  me,  I'd  by  asking  the  government  to  open  XXX  like  to  hear  from  them.  I'll  be  at  us  at  home.  schools  and  turn  out  seamen.  It  Please  extend  a  coffee  invitation  home  at  67  East  106  Street,  New  doesn't  surprise  me  because  these  to  the  crew  if  they  are  ever  in  York  29.  N.  Y.  same  characters  gave  us  the­shaft  To  the  Editor:  Tampa.  Juan  S.  Rueda  in  the  last  war,  when  they  let  the  Just  wanted  to  say  hello  to  my  Thank you  ever so much.  To  the  Editor:  government  walk  ihto  their  head­ old shipmatesi and  I know the LOG  X  X  X  Mrs. Pauline Cone  At our  last shipboard meeting on  quarters and  open a  recruiting and  is  the  best  way  to  do  that.  (Editor's  Note:  The  crew  of  the  the Fort  Hoskins the  brothers took  manning  office.  They  may  have  I'm confined  to the  hospital here  Priestley,  as  reported  in  the  Jan.  note  of  the  fact  that  there  were  changed  their  colors  but  it  smells  since  June  with  my  ailment  that  25  LOG,  took  up  a  collection  for  quite  a  few  men  aboard  this  ship,  like  the  same  old  NMU  to me.  only  time  will  cure,  if  luck  and  Mrs.  Cone  upon  the  death  of  her  making  their first  trip  to  sea.  To  the  Editor:  Sometimes  the  younger  seamen  God  are  on  my  side.  I'd  like  to  husband  aboard  ship.)  Some  of  them  are  a  little  green  Just  a  few  lines  from  the  Gene­ hear  from  some  of  my  old  good  I  sail  with  ask  me  what  I'm  on  seamanship  and  also  do  not  vieve Peterkin,  which is  still afloat,  down  on  the  NMU  for.  I'm  glad  buddies  if  they  get  a  chance  to  know  much  about  how  things  are  although  she's  a  considerably  bat­ this  story  appeared  because  it's  write.  tered  lady  thanks  to  the  mean  run  aboard an  SIU ship.  George  Vourloumis  just  the  kind  of  thing  that  the  It  was  agreed  among  the  crew­ storm  we  ran  into  on  our  way  USPHS  Hospital  NMU  is  famous  for,  letting  some­ iiiiiiili  members  that  the  older  hands  across  the  North  Atlantic. We  have  77  Warren  St.  one else  do  the  job for  them, even  should  put a  little effort into  show­ to  get  our  port  holes  and  Water  nil"'  '  Brighton,  Mass.  at  the  expense  of  their  own  mem­ ing the  new  men  the ropes  so  that  tight  doors  repaired  as  a  result  bers.  XXX  they  can  help live  up  to SIU  slup­ of  the  dirty  weather  we  had.  When you  see the SIU opening  a  board  standards and  maintain  con­ j  I  want  to  warn  all  brothers  go­ training school  and  going  down  to  ditions as  well  as do  their  work  in  •  ing  to  France .to  make  sure  and  I  have  any  dry  cleaning  and  press­ Washington  to  tell off  the  govern­ a  proper  manner.  ment  boys  on  how  they're  giving  To  the  Editor:  With  many  new  men  going  to  I  ing  done  before  they  leave  the  out  ships,  while  the  NMU.  sits  on  sea  these  days, it  would  be  a  good  ;  States.  From  what  we  xperienced  I've  been  reading the  LOG since  Its  fanny  and  does  nothing,  who  its first  publication  and  think  it is  idea  for  this  policy  to  be  followed  : in  the  port  of  Brest  it  takes  your  would  you  say  is  doing  the  right  a  wonderful  piece  of  work.  aboard  all  SIU  ships.  "There  will  i  right  arm  to  have  i  suit  dry  kind  of  job  for  seamen?  always  be  new  men  coming  into  '  cleaned  here.  They  charged  us  My  husband  shipped  out  and  so  our industry,  perhaps  not  as  many  t  $3.25  to  have  a  suit  cleaned  and  That's  why  I'm  down  on  the  I feel bad  thinking it won't be com­ ­ as now,  and its  up to  the oldtimers  pressed  and  $3.00  for  a  topcoat.  NMU  and  I'm  not  bashful  about  ing  into  my  home  each  week,  un­ ^ j  to  make  siure  that  every  man  That's  a  pretty  stiff  price  for  re­  'letting some of  the boys, who  never  less  you'd  be  kind  enough  to  put  aboard an  SIU ship  comes  through  moving  a  couple  of  stains  from  set  foot  on  an  NMU  ship  or  had  me  on  your  mailing  list.  your  clothes.  Shipmates stand at attention at  in  true  SIU  style.  any  e.xperiences  with  that  crowd,  Mrs. Marie  Saline  T. C.  Deal  Albei­t  Mitche!  find out  what  the score  is.  tEditor's  Note:  Those  LOGs vAll  last rites for Seafarer Clarence  .   .,,^,,.ship's  delegst.  i­V  SWp's  delegate  Cone aboard  pave  Repettq  kjeep  coming;),  Joseph  fricstlnrji,,  Soldier Wants Out, Bouors Thanked  Crewmen Laud  Asks Information  For Aiding Baby  Sick Shipper  III  Seafarer  Betires Booh  Novice OS  Proves  Beal Bellringer  Somebody Should  Get Out and Push  Tattooing Shop  Proposed in Hq  Seaman^s Widow  Thanhs Crewmen  ^  x.  Says tt^s Same  Old NMtf  Selloat  Mail Welcomed  Oy ill Brother  Give New Men  Help9 He Urges  This Port Takes  "Em To Cleaners  liiiillliii  The Lady Tosses  Us a Bouquet  �Par* Twen^  r­:  is­'.  I'.f/;'.  [i  lil^  h ^•  K ;• .  yp­ Iv: ^  V».>­  • •   fc"  L  E  I  T  E  R  S  Friday,  February  8, 1952  Graham^s Skipper.  CaUed^TheBest^  To  the  Editor:  To the  Editor:  Just  a  line  or  two  to  let  all  of  We Seafarers have  accomplished  Wilmington Hotel  Insurance Agents  Draftee Seeking  the  brothers  know  of  the  best  a  great  deal  in  the  last few  years,  and  chief  mate  sailing  to­ Disserved  Help  Mail From Pals  skipper  tout the  question  is  now,  where  do  Nice to Seamen  day.  They  are  Captain  H,  T.  Hall­ To the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  we  go  from  here?  As long  as  the  To the Editor:  man  and  Mr.  Bernard  Alidor  of  We  feel  one  good  turn  deserves  Here's  one  Seafarer  who's  all  Haying  just  been  drafted  into  membership  uses  the  good  judg­ the  William A. Graham.  they're  ment  that  they  have in  the past  in  another, so here's our  pitch.  for  any  help  we  can  give  the  in­ the  Army,  January  9  to  be  exact,  not  the  best,  they'll  do  If  until  the  Whenever  the  brothers  are  in  surance  agents  who  are  out  on  I  am  in  Texas  now  for  my  basic  best  get  here.  They  are  strictly  electing  officials  whose  considera­ tion  for  the  Seafarers'  welfare  is  Wilmington,  Calif.,  let  them  stop  strike.  I  think  the  membership  training  and  will  be  here  for  the  good  Joes.  We  have  been  on  hero  paramount^ to  all  other  thoughts,  at  the  Wilmington  Hotel  on  East  did  the  right  thing  by  voting  $500  next  16  weeks.  I  would  appre­ since  she  was  brought  out  of  the  "C" Street  and  cooperate  with  the  and  then  $750  as  they  did  at  the  ciate  getting  the  LOG  and  some  boneyard  four  months  ago  and  it  then  we  can  only  go  forward.  last meeting.  I know  from personal  letters  from  former  shipmates.  The  untiring  efforts  the  various  owner, Lube Plant.  only  seems  yesterday.  port officials  have exerted  to  make  She  has  been  cooperative  and  experience  what  it  is  to  be  an  in­ Since  the  LOG  is  the  only  way  We  are  on  our  second  trip  now,  the members' stay  nice  to  two  brother  seamen  and  surance  agent,  not  that  I  ever  was  I  can  let  in  touch  with  Leon  having  gone  to  good  ole  Norway  on  the  beach  as  myself.  I'm  sure  she'll  continue  in  the  business  myself  but  I  have  "Killer"  Hane,  Danny  Kaim  and  last  trip.  We  had  two  well­known  pleasant  as  possi­ to  help  us,  as  she  has  in  the  past.  a  cousin  who  is.  Ben  Pritiker,  I  would  be  thankful  brothers from  the  Gulf  with  us  on  Richard  Abbey  ble can't be  prais­ The  poor  guy  doesn't  have a  life  if  you  would  print  my  address.  that  voyage.  One  of  them  was  ^  ed enough.  Take  he  can  call  his  own.  He's  running  Pvt. Gene  R.  Sinclair  Percy  Boyer,  a  very  good  pal  and  this hall,  the Mo­ Army Vet Finds  around  day  and  night  taking  care  US  51146380  running  mate  of  Moon  Koon.  He  bile  SIU  Branch:  of  his  sustomers  and  looking  up  BAH A  10th Trng. Bn.  quit  us in  Houston,  claiming  it was  If  some  one  had  Amazing Change  prospects.  If  he  has  a  bad  month,  AAA  RTC  too  long  a  trip  to  India.  But  he  told  me  in  1938  To  the  Editor:  that's  just too  bad for him,  because  Fort  Bliss,  Texas  wasn't  fooling  us.  We  know  he  that  I  would  be  Having  just  b ee n  discharged  the company  he works  for isn't any  '  4>  4>  wanted  to get  back  to  the Crescent  sitting  here  writ­ from  the  Army  after being  in serv­ better  than  Prudential;  they  just  Manley  City  so  he  could  be  by  his  old  pal  ing  this  in  an  ice  for  a  year and  a  half,  I got  the  don't pay him  anything to speak of.  Korea Gl Craves  Moon.  easy  chair,  at  a  glass­topped  writ­ surprise  of  my  Jife  when  I  walked  .  When  I  see  him  and  tell  him  The  other  brother  was  going  to  ing table, in  an air­conditioned  hall  into  the  new  headquarters  build­ about  the  conditions  and  protec­ Mail From Pals  stay on  with us but  he had  an acci­ owned  solely  by  the  membership,  ing  for  the first  time.  For  a  min­ tion  we  have  in  the  SIU  he  can  To  the  Editor:  dent.  He  is  Charlie  (Whitey)  Tan­ I  would  have  asked  the  agent  to  ute  I  thought  that  I  must  be  in  hardly  believe  it.  He says  that  the  After  being  in  the  Army  for  a  call  the  paddy  wagon.  That  citi­ the  wrong  place, as  I had  been  out  white  collar  guys  should  go  out  while  over' here  in  Korea  I  would  zen  would  certainly  be  considered  of  touch  with  things  in  the  Union  and  get  the  same  thing  because  if  like  to  hear  from  some  of  my  old  off  the  beam.  and  had  no  idea  that  such  a  beau­ the  sailors  can  get  it,  so  can  they.  shipmates.  Not  only  that,  we  have  our  own  tiful  place  existed.  Maybe  they  will  soihe  day  and  if  I've  been  sailing  with  the  SIU  All  you  can  say  about  it  can  be  they  do,  they'll  have  the  SIU  to  since  pool tables, a shuffleboard set, com  1946  and  made  a  ­lot  of  fortable  chairs  to relax  in, couches  summed  up in  one  word  "phenom­ thank  for  part  of  it.  friends.  Please  say  hello  to  all  of  to recline  on, card  tables and  vari  enal!"  It  is  a  real  monument  to  John  Morrissey  my  pals  on  the  Delta  Line,  espe­ ous  table  games. .  Best  of  all,  our  the  accomplishments  of  the  SIU  cialy  to  Monk  Kelly.  Also,  send  j.  ^  brothers  show  pride  in their  prop  and  I  don't  believe  that  there  is  my  best  regards  to Moon  Koons  in  erty  by  behaving  soberly  and  in  any  seamen's  headquarters  any­ Oceanstar Has  the  New  Orleans  hall.  responsible  manner  in  our  recrea­ where  in  the  world  quite  like  it.  Pvt.  Paul  Magro,  When  you  compare  it  with  what  Nice Trip Over  tion  room.  R.A. 14371816  we  had  before  over on Stone Street  To  the  Editor:  Misses  Oldsters  E Co  14 Regt  25 Inf  Div  I  only  wish  that  Brothers  Oldin  and  Beaver Street  the  difference is  Just  a  few  lines  to  say  hello  to  APO  25, c/o  PM  amazing.  Banks  and  Scotty  Ross  were  here  Some  of  my  old  friends  in  the  one  and  all  back  home.  We're  on  San  Francisco  the  Oceanstar  which  belongs  to  to  see  the  gains  we  have  made,  4"  4  4'  SIU  will  remember  me  as "Stacy."  Triton,  out  of  Houston.  We  left  call  it  "From  the  pine  bench  on  I've  been  with  the  Union  since  the  19th  of  December  for  Pireaus,  Conception Street  to the easy  chair  Bosun  Speaks On  on  S.  Lawrence  Street  in  13  years  1943  working  in  the  steward's  de­ Greece,  stopping  at  the  Azores  on  partment,  and  sailed  on  the  shut  the  way  for  bunkers.  After we  got  Shipboard  Duties  Overtime  smiles  wreath  Curly  of  hard  struggles."  tie  run  aboard  the  Thomas  Wolfe  Cottrell,  (left)  and  Bill  (Pol­ our  bunkers  we  set  sail  for  Gran  All  these  gains  come  with  wages  To  the Editor:  with  Marty  Breithoff,  and  Red  lock) Kavitt  after  painting  2nd  for  the  rest  of  our  stores.  We  ar­ four  times  what  we  received  in  I  want  to  express  my  congratu­ Campbell  among  others.  I  got  to  mate's  room  on  Wnfl" A.  Gra­ rived  here  in  Pireaus  January  19.  1938,  and  with  officials  proven  to  lations  to  Charles  Hartman,  whose  be  more  honest  than  our  own  gov­ know  quite  a  number  of  the  boys  Weather  was  pretty  good  on  the  letter appeared in  the December 28  ham.  when  I  served  as  organizer  on  way  oyer.  ernment  officials.  I  say  thanks,  Cities Service, something I've  been  We  received  the  new  agreement  issue  of  the  LOG.  I  think  he  has  nehill  who  is  a fine  man  and  all­ fellows,  for  a  job  well  done.  fully  expressed  the  views  and  around  union  brother.  Brother  proud  of  ever  since.  W.  H.  (Bill)  Manley  and  copies  of  the  LOG  and  have  a  thoughts  of  every  SIU  member,  Tannehill  was  elected  joint  patrol­ i  was  drafted  into  the  Army  question about  Article 3,  Section  4,  especially  those that  remember the  man  for  Galveston  for  1951,  but  tit'  after  the  Korean" War  broke  out in  "work at sea  and  men standing sea  old  days  and  conditions.  he's  got  so  much  sea  in  his  blood  September 1950 and was discharged  watches."  The  agreement  states  There  is something  else  I  would  he  gave  it  up  before  his  time  was  He^s Expecting  just  a  couple of  weeks ago  because  men  standing  sea  watches  shall  be  like  to  see  appear  permanently  in  up  to  go  back  to  sea.  He  did  a  of  a  broken  leg.  I got  it in  a  foot­ paid  overtime  for  Sundays  and  A Long Voyage  ball  game  of  all  places  and  spent  holidays.  It  doesn't  say  anything  the  LOG;  that  is,  a  space  or  col­ fine  job  while  he  was in  Galveston  To  the  Editor:  and  we  lost  a  good  patrolman  Just  a  few  lines for  the  LOG  to  quite  a  few  months  in the  hospital  about  Saturday's  watches.  Do  we  umn  devoted  to nondenominational  when  he  started  back  to  sea.  portrayals  or  sermons  on  religion.  with  it.  let  all  my  old  shipmates know  that  get  Saturday's  overtime?  Car  Crash  T  have  signed  life­long  articles  on  When  I fiirst got  into  the  Army  The stewards  department  on this  After  all,  the  Lord  is  the  one  we  have  to  thank for  our  health,  hap­ they  put  me  with  the  heavy  artil­ The  accident  happened  when  the  vessel  of  matrimony.  The  ar­ really fine, including  a won­ piness and all our gains.  I am sure  the mate  gave the gang  Wednesday  ticles were signed  Jan. 2 in Galves­ lery.  Then  I  was  transferred  to  ship is  derful  baker  who  just  Cfin't  be  that all  will  agree  with  me  on  this.  and  Friday  off  during  Thanksgiv­ ton, Texas. _The  skipper is  the for­ the  Fort  Bragg  post  band,  because  beat.  He  is  William  Walker,  our  I would  like to comment on  your  ing  Week  while  in  Houston.  I  was  was  a  professional  musician  be­ mer  Miss  Dorothy  Willis  of  Gal­ ship's  delegate.  Our  other  dele­ recent  letter  of  the  week.  I  do  driving  Tannehill  and  Curly  Cotr­ veston.  gates  are  Allen  Ellis  for  the  en­ not  agree  with  trell  to  New  Orleans,  and  just  as •   Although  I  intend  to  continue  gine  department  and  Hugh  Rough­ some  of  Brother  we  were  coming  into  Baton  Rouge  shipping  we  expect  to  have  a  very  ton for­ stewards.  Santiago's  opin­ a  sharp  curve  sneaked  up  on  me  prosperous  and  enjoyable  voyage  The  officers  on  the  ship  are  a  ions  as  to  the  and  we  turned  over  three  times.  through  life.  Who  knows,  we  may  good  bunch  from  the  old  man.on  crewmen's duties.  It  threw  Curly  and  me  out  of  the  even  have  additional  members  in  down  and  things  have  been  run­ The  bosun  espe­ car  and  broke.  Tannehill's  neck.  our  crew  some  day?  ning  smoothly.  Best  wishes to  all.  cially  should  not  My  car  was  completely  demolished  Oh  yes, could  you  send the LOG  J.  A. (Speedy)  Rusheed  be  elsewhere  but I was very  Jjucky  I didn't  break  to  me  at  my  new  address?  Thank  Deck  delegate  you.  when  raising  or  my  neck  again  as I did  once  before  securing gear.  All  in  1948.  We  all  want  Tannehill  to  (Editor's Note:  With the 40  hour  Daniel  C.  Robinson  know  we  send  our  deepest  sympa­ hands  possible  {Editor's  Note:  Congratulations!  week  in  effect, overtime  has  to  be  Braxton  LOG  is  on  its  way.)  should  be used  as  thy  and  best  wishe^  for  a  speedy  paid  for  Saturday's  watches).  per  the  agreement.  I  do  agree,  recovery.  i  t  4"  4'  however,  with  his  statement  that  ^nother  well  known  brother  some  fellows  that  do  not  from  Gulf  on  here  with  us  is  Red Cross Fails^  Las Veyas Cdp^n  there are  hold  their  own  on  board  ship.  I  • Brother Bill  (Pollock)  Kavitt.  He  Crew Fills  Bill  Gets High Praise  do  believe,  too,  that  cooperation  is  a fine  shipmate  to  sail  with.  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  and  safety  are  most  important  Just  a  few  words  of  praise  to  I  wish  to  offer  my  heartfelt  We  were  out  on  a  scheduled  52  points.  the  staff  of  the  LOG  for  the fiiie  Cirignano,  in  uniform  thanks to  the crewmen  and officers  day  trip,  on  Isthmian's  Las  'Vegas  I  wrote  to  the  LOG  before,  on  job  they  are  doing  in  making  our  of  the  Madaket  for  their  generous  fore  I  started sailing.  After  I  suf­ Victory,  but"  due  to  the  MEBA's  September 7, 1951, on  the best  way  Union  paper the  best in the  world.  help  to  me  on  the  occasion  of  my  fered  my  injury  I  was  transferred  tactics on  the West  Coast it turned  to get  along as bosun.  I have  been  We went  on record at  the last ship­ wife's  death.  The  entire  crew  to  special  services  and finally  dis­ into  slightly  less  than  a  six  sailing  bosun  for  over five  years  board  meeting  to give  them  a  vote  pitched  in  and  donated  money  so  charged  late  in  January.  month's  voyage.  However,  we're  and can  remember  when I got  paid  of  thanks.  that  I  could fly  home  for  the  fun­ I  met  quite a few Seafarers while  happy  to'report  that  the master  of  less than $100 a month  for the  job.  As  you  can  see from  the  picture  eral.  All  I  can  say  is  I  have  in  the Army, and all  of  them  seem  this  scow,  Mark  Suglian,  and  the  I  know  many  oldtimers  and  mem­ there  is  plenty  of  overtime  on  this  never  sailed  with  a finer  bunch  to  keep  up  that  attachment  to  the  chief  engineer,  W.  C.  Dunn, ­  a  bers  that  will  agree  my  letter  is  ship.  We  have painted  every room,  of  men.  SIU,  even  though  they  are in  serv­ BME  member,  are  tops  that  any  well  spoken.  What  I  said  in  my  passageway,  head  and  shower  on  I  would  like  to  say  that  when  ice.  They  are  looking  forward  to  one  of  us  have  ever  sailed  with.  letter  about  cooperation  of  deck  here with  plenty of  work to  do yet.  the  chips  were  down  and I­needed  getting  out  and  getting  back  on  They  are both  t'­o  oughly  coopera­ and  bosun  duties  may  help  some  WeU  enough  for  this  trip.  We're  help  the  American Red Cross failed  those  good  SIU  ships:,  tive, congenial, and  in our opinion,  of  our  brothers  to  get  along  and  hoping  for  all  of  us  to  be  home  to  come  through.  When  I applied  Incidentally,  the  only  thing  that  there  are  none  better.  understand  the  best  way  to  get  soon.  for  aid  to  their  Yokohama  office  I  can  see  that's lacking  in the  new  We  would  be  most  happy  to  work  done  aboard  ship.  G.  B.  (Tex)  Gillispe  was  told  that  they  were  not  there  headquarters is a  piano.'  But  may­ meet  either  or  both  the  captaiin  I  hope  to  be  sailing  soon,  aiid  •  4  4  4  to  help  seamen.  It's  another  il­ be  I'm  a  little  prejudiced  in  that  and  the chief  engineer  aboard  any  wish  happy  sailing  and  a  Happy  •: (Editor's  Note:  Seafarers on the  lustratio., that as always. Seafarers  direction  because  I've  been  a  mu­ Isthmian  ship  or  any  6t  our  SIU  New  Year  to all  my  old  shipmateit  Wnu  Graham will  be  glad  to  leant  have  to, and  do,' help their  own.  sician.  contracted  vessels.  and friends. Thanks  for yotir cards;  that  Tannehill  has  recovered  from  Ma*  Byers  Louis  N. Clrlgnano.  Crew,  LM  Vegas  Victory  his  injuries J  Gordon,Brax^  J  I  1­1  We^ve Gone Far  fit Only 13 Years  SEAFARERS  LOG  �Friday,  February  S,  1952  Pare  Twenty­one  SEAFARERS  LOC  THE  Continuing  where  we  left  off  in  the  last  issue,  we  will  discuss  some  of  the  functions  of  lifeboat  equipment,  and  handling  of  same.  One  of  the objects  which  was mentioned  in  passing,  but  which  plays  a  very  important  role,  is  the  sea  anchor.  This  is  a  cone­shaped  canvas  bag  with  openings  at  both  ends.  The  larger  end  is  fitted  with  a  bridle  formed  by  the  bails,  and  swivel  for  attachment  of  the  holding  line.  The  tripping  line,  which  is  at  least  two  fathoms  longer  than  the  hold­ ing line,  is spliced  into a  loop  in one  of  the  bails  near the  smaller end.  The  sea  anchor  has  four  Important  functions,  which  can  best  be  re­ called  by  remembering  the "word  "hold."  These  functions  are:  (1)  H  .  .  .  headed.  The  sea  anchor  will  keep  the  boat  headed  into  the  sea  and  wind  when  the  holding  line  is  secured  to  the  bow.  In  utilizing  the  anchor,  the  holding  line  is  fastened  to  its  swivel.  The  anchor  is  placed  in  the  water  and  the  holding  line  paid  out.  ­Ideally,  the  anchor  should  rest  in  dead  water  at  the  time  that  the  sea  begins  to  lift  the  boat.  Therefore,  the  amount  of  line  paid  out  depends  on  the size  of  the  seas.  (2)  O  .  .  .  oil.  When  the  seas  are  very  heavy  the  sea  anchor  is  used  to spread  oil.  The  cone­shaped  storm  oil container  is  inserted through  the  mouth  pf  the  sea  anchor  with  the  pointed  end  extending  through  the  opening.  The  container  is  attached  by  two  rings  to  the  two  lan­ yards provided at  the apex  of  the  sea  anchor.  When  the  cocks  at  both  ends  of  the  oil  container  are  slightly  open  they  will  spread  oil  on  the  water.  This  is  usually  vegetable  or  animal  oil.  Since  the  anchor  Is  to windward,  the oil  helps prevent  the seas from  breaking and  spraying  into  the  boat.  (3)  L..  .  . landing.  When  making  a  landing  on  a  beach  where  there  are  heavy  swells  or  breakers,  the  sea  anchor  may  be  attached  to  bow  or  stern,  depending  on  how  the  landing  is  to  be  made.  Judicious  use  of  the  sea  anchor,  will  prevent  the  boat  from  broaching  and  being  swamped  by  broadside  seas.  (4)  D  .  .  .  drifting.  The  sea  anchor  keeps  the  boat  from  drifting  rapidly  by  acting  as  a  drag  when  secured  anywhere  to  the  boat.  Whether  the  sea  anchor  is  attached  to  bow  or  stem,  the  point  to  remember  is  that  the  holding  line  is  secured  to  that  part  of  the  boat  which  it  is  desired  to  keep  into  the  wind or  sea.  If  there  is  no  sea  anchor  available,  an  emergency  substitute  can  be  rigged  up  from  other  lifeboat  equipment.  A  bucket,  a  provision  tank  full  of  water  and  properly  bridled,  several  oars  lashed  together  and  weighted,  or  anything  else  that  will  serve  as  a  drag,  can  fulfill  the  purpose.  ^  The  two signaling  mirrors  called  for  in  the  lifeboat  supply  list, make  possible  a  directed  beam  from  the  reflection  of  the  sun.  They^are  a  simple  refinement  of  the  hand  mirror  that  small  boys  like  to  annoy  passersby  with.  One  of  the  signaling mirrors  has  a  small  P  hole in  its center.  This is spotted  /  on the  sun and  the second  mirror  held  underneath  it  on  a  direct  /  line  with  the  sun's  rays.  Moving  /  the second  mirror  back  and forth  /  gives  off  a  bright  flashing  signal  /  which  is  visible  to  search  air­ craft.  ^  $>  The  mast  and  sail  carried  by  a  lifeboat  must ­be  kept  in  a  can­ vas  cover  and  have  proper  gear  for  rigging.  Usually,  lifeboats  are  equipped  with  square  sails  known  as  lugs.  To  set  the  sail,  a  yard  attached  to  its  head  is  hoisted  by  a  halyard  on  the  lee  side  of  the  mast.  The  halyard  Use  of  Signaling  Mirror  is  fastened  to  a  strop  located  about one­third  the distance  from  the  forward  end  of  the  yard.  Stays are  provided  in  the  kit for  setting  Up  the  mast.  %  t  4.  .  Provisions  carried  by  a  lifeboat  consist  simply  enough  of  hard^ck  or  equivalent  emergency  ration  in  sealed  containers,  two  pounds  for  each  person.  On  passenger  ships  there  is an  additional  ration  of  one  pound  of  condensed  milk.  Of  far  greater  importance,  however,  is  the  supply  of  drinking  water  which  amounts  to  one  quart  per  person.  Water  is  carried  in  sealed  cans  which  are  specially  treated  inside  to  keep the  water fresh.  If  the outside  of  the  can is  covered  with a  coat­ ing  of  petroleum  jelly,  the  water  in  it  will  be  good  for  an  indefinite  period  of  time,  as much  as eight  to  ten years.  UBOR  ROUND­UP  A  French  court  has  fined  two  Cleveland  companies  $500,000  as  an  outgrowth  of  a  disastrous  ship  explosion  in  Brest  almost  four  years  ago.  The  blast,  from  a  cargo  of  ammonium  nitrate,  which  killed  22  and  injured  400,  paralleled  a  similar  disaster  in  Texas  City,  Texas,  a  few  months  earlier  .  .  .  An  enterprising  New  York  department  store  had  a  new  lingerie  item  on  its  counters a  few  days  after  Captain  Carl­ sen  of  Flying  Enterprise  fame  was  feted  upon  his  arrival  in  the  city.  "Caliing all  damsels  who  dare  to  be  different" was  the  pitch  for "ship­ Coal  Safety  Hearings — Repre­ wreck  pajamas  in  a  gay  fiour  sack  print,  ..."  sentatives  of  two  coal  producers  4  4  4  associations  have  opposed  passage  Four  ILO  agreements  setting  minimum  working  conditions  for  sea­ of  a  feder^d  mine  safety  law  in  men have  been  approved  by  a  US Senate  subcommittee.  They  provide  hearings before  a senate  labor sub­ certain  basic  standards  in  food  preparation  and  service,  experience  committee.  The  United  Mine  ratings  for  cooks,  medical  exams  for  all  seamen  and  standards  for  Workers  is  pressing  strongly  for  able  seaman  certification  ... No  injuries  were  reported  when  the  sudi  legislation  in  the  light  of  the  US  freighter  Thomas  Sim  Lee  hit  a  mine  in  the  Elbe  estuary en  route  recent  disaster  in  West  Frankfort,  to Hamburg.  She proceeded  to port  under her  own power  . . . Two  new  111.,  which  took  119  lives.  The  Italian  Line  vessels  are  being  built  with  prefabricated  superstructures  UMW  says  that  present  state  in­ made elsewhere  to  speed  up  construction  time.  One  superstructure  is  spection  laws  are  inadequate  and  already  well  along,  although  the  liner  has  progressed" only  as  far  as  do  not  have  the  teeth  needed  for  enforcement  of  safety  provisions:  the keel  in  her hull  construction.  4  4  4  Brass  Blocks  AFL — The  US  Army  in  Japan  has  rejected  an  AFL request  that  Richard  Deverall  be  admitted  to  that  country  as  an  AFL  representative.  Deverall  has  worked  with  unions  in  the  Philip­ pines  and  Thailand  on  behalf  of  the  Free  Trade  Union  Committee.  The  AFL  feels  that  trade  unions  in  Japan  have  been  losing  ground  and  need  help  to  combat  increas­ ing  government  restraints  and  the  growth  of  communist  power.  AFL  officials  are  taking  the  matter  up  with  General  Ridgway's  office  in  Tokyo.  4  4  4  Rail  Dispute  Still  On^—Recom­ mendations  of  a  Presidential  emergency  board  for  settlement  of  their  two  year  dispute  with  the  nation's  railroads  have  been  turned  down  by  the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Firemen.  At  stake  in  the  dispute  are  wages,  hours,  and  working  rules  covering  some  52,000  union  members.  The  rec­ ommendations  include  increases  from  231^  cents  to  38  cents  an  hour.  Center  of  the  dispute  is  on  the  40  hour  week  provision  and  working  rules.  4  4  4  We  Ride  Again—The  18  day  old  strike  of  streetcar  and  bus  work­ ers  in  Baltimore  came  to  an  end  with  an  agreement  for  a  21  cent  increase  spread  over  a  three  year  period.  The  strike  began  when  the  company  offered  the  union  four  cents  an  hour  as  its  "top  offer."  4  4  4  Round­the­clock  quarantine  service  for  New  York  and  other  ports  is again  being  urged  on  Congress,.based  on  claims  by  major  operators  that  turn­around  time  would  be  speeded  for  vessels  arriving  from  foreign  ports.  The  industry  would  absorb  overtime  expenses  in  the  operation,  since  admittedly  these  would  be  minor  compared  to  the  costs  of  delay  between  6  PM  and  6  AM  when  USPHS  inspections  are  not  available  .  .  .  US  Naval  technicians  were  among  observers  on  the  experimental  voyage  of  the  Shell  tanker  Auris,  the  world's  first  mer­ chant  ship  powered  by  a  gas  turbine.  Successful  performance  of  the  turbine  was  reported  on  the  maiden  run.  4  4  4  A  30­year  peak  was  reached  by  British  shipyards  during  1951,  with  40  percent  of  all  the  world's  new  tonnage  under  construction  in  the  yards  of  Great  Britain  and  Northern  Ireland.  Though  the  US,  as  late  as  September,  had  been  fifth,  it  finished  a  poor  second  for  the  year  as  a  whole.  American  yards  have  a  quarter  of  the  work  underway  last  year  in  the  British  Isles  .  .  .  The  Cunarders  Andria  and  Alsatia,  inaugurating  regular  freighter  sailings  from  England  Feb.  14,  both  have  captain's  quarters  in  the  ship's  stack.  The  dummy  stack  also  houses  the  pilot  house,  radio  shack  and  an  observation  platform  from  which  the old  man can  command a  full view  of  the ship.  4  4  4  Houston,  Texas,  maintained  its  position  during  1951  as  the  nation's  second  port  for  the  third  straight  year.  It  again  surpassed  previous  figures  in  total  tonnage,  foreign  trade,  dollar  value  of  cargo  and  ship  movements  .  .  .  Reports  of  a  "floating  mine"  sighted  near  the  mouth  of  Choctawatchee  Bay  at  Pensacola,  Fla.  have  been  unconfirmed.  A  Coast  Guard  warning  was  flashed  to  all ships in  the Gulf  area  pending  a  search  ... A  $30,000,000  contract  has  been  awarded  by  the  Navy  for  conversion  of  two  heavy  cruisers  into  guided  missile  ships.  Suc­ cess  has  already  been  obtained  in  test  firings  of  guided  missies from  shipboard,  according  to  Navy  sources.  4  4  4  Traffic  officials  for  one  major  line  solved  a  bothersome  problem  —the  freight  tariff  for  transporting  rhinoceroses—in  the  absence  of  a  specific  schedule,  by  posting  it at  the  same  rate  as "elephants  under  six feet  high."  The  tab  will  run  $1,726.50  for  two  of  them  on  a  40­day  junket  from  Singapore  to New  York  .  .  .  Seventy­three  years  of  steam­ ship  service  between  Toronto,  Queenston  and  Niagara­On­The­Lake  has  been  suspended  by  Canada  Steamship  Lines.  It  was  a  32­mile  trip  for  the  1,850­passehger  Cayuga,  in  recent  years  the  only  vessel  on  4  4  4  Here  'n  There—Building  Service  the  run.  Workers  in  Manhattan  office  and  4  4  4  •   loft  buildings  have  accepted  an  Company  officials  placed  the  blame  for  the  death  of  one  man  and  increase  of  $3  for  a  40  hour  week  injury  to  eight  more  during  a  routine  lifeboat  drill  aboard  the  liner  ...CIO  Textile  Workers  have  re­ Lurline  dockside  in  Wilmington  harbor  to  accidental  shifting  of  a  re­ jected  requests  by  several  New  lease  lever  which  freed the  boat  from  the  cables,  lowering  it.  The  ac­ England  companies  that  they  ac­ cident  occurred  when  the  boat  was  being  lowered,  and  somewhere  be­ cept  wage  cuts  up  to  11V6  cents an  tween  C  and  D  decks  dropped  away  and  smashed  hull first  into  the  hour... Both  AFL  and  CIO  unions  harbor,  caving  in  the steel  bottom.  in  Alcoa  factories  have  postponed  4  4  4  strike  action  pending  Wage  Stabil­ ization  Board  recommendations  on  A  ghost­like  band  ofi robbers appeared  out  of  the  jungle near  Bogota,  a  new  contract. .. Amalgamated  Colombia,  boarded  the  Magdelena  River  steamer  Napoleon  and  made  Clothing  Workers  have  increased  away  into  the  jungle  again  with  $300  stolen  from  the master  .  . .  More  hospitalization,  surgical  and  dis­ substantial  "ghosts"  were  apparently  at  work  in  the  Mobile  Bay  Ship  ability  benefits for  100,000  workers  Channel.  When  a  tug  being  towed  from  New  Orleans  sank  in  10  feet  in  cotton  garment  industries  ..  of  water the Coast  Guard tied  a flag  to the  wheelhouse  protruding from  AFL  Paper  Makers  have  added  to  the  water  and  returned  two  days  later  to  mark  the  spot  with  a  buoy.  the  insurance  strikers  kitty  with  a  The  tug  was  gone,  however,  and  the  bay  has  been  dragged  for  over  three  weeks  now  with  no  sign  of  the  vessel.  $500  donation.  �Back Pay  Sieh'^dules  Announced  By  Co's  mi  H'  p  I  i  "','1'  Friday. FAniary 8,  1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  p«(« TweBtsr4ir»  WELFARE  BENEFITS  Board Posted  REPORT  NO.  21  •   By Robert  Matthews, Asst. Secretary­Treasurer  Period  covered  by  this  report—Jan. 13­Jan. 26  Cash  on  hand  US  Government  Bonds  754,023.44  Estimated  Accounts  Receivabie  150,000.00  Hospitai Benefits  Paid  in  Period  4,490.00  Total  Hospital  Benefits  Paid  Since  July  1,  1950............  115,692.00  Death Benefits  Paid  in  Period  8,066.67  Death Benefits  Paid  Since  July 1,  1950  181,733.33  SIU  Headquarters  urges  all  draft  eligible  seamen  to  be'  sure  they  keep  their  local  Se­ lective  Service  boards  posted  on  all  changes  of  address  through  the  use  of  the  post  cards  furnished  at  all  SIU  halls and aboard  ships.  Failure  to  keep  your  draft  board informed  of  your where­ abouts  can  cause  you  to  be  listed  as  a  delinquent  and  be  drafted  into  the  services  with­ out  a  hearing.  The  Union  in  such  cases  can  do  nothing  to  aid  Seafarers  who  fail  to  com­ ply.  be  handled  by  mailing  checks  to  (Continued  from  page  3)  home  addresses.  For  further  in?  the  larger  shipping  companies  are  handling  their  payments  was  re­ formation  contact  company  at  7th  ported in the  last issue of  the LOG.  and Chestnut. Streete, Philadelphia,  Additional information  we have re­ Pa.  Strathmore  Shipping  Co.:  They  ceived  since  then  is  as  follows:  have  made  all  paymelits already.  Alcoa  Steamship  Company:  Pay­ Shipenter  Lines:  Will  be  ready  USPHS  HOSPITAI.  ment  will  begin  when  the  entire  to  pay  at  end  of  ship's  current  STATEN  ISLAND.  NEW  YORK  retroactive  payroll  is made up.  The  voyage.  Anybody else  should apply  15.00  Vincent  Assanto  "$15.00  Frank  T.  CampbeU  15.00  Melvin  BaCs  15.00  James  B.­  Ford  order of  payment  will  be  the  same  In  writing  to company  at 19  Rector  15.00  Joseph  Bennett  15.00  Lonnie  Hall  as  the  order  in  which  their  ships  Street,  N.Y.C.  Roger  W.  Horton  30.00  Joseph Barron.  30.00  Jlerald  McCarthy  ,30.00  Lawrence  Bond  15.00  paid  off.  Applications for  payment  Trojan  SS  Co.:  Only  money  due  1.5.00  Thomas  Caffrey  15.00  Leonard  Murphy  should be made  directly to the  New  is  for  those  aboard.  Men  will  be  15.00  Sture  Chrlstlansson  30.00  Willie  L.  Outer  Frank  L.  Craig  ...  15.00  George  K.  Owens  15.00  York  office,  17  Battery  Place.  paid  off  at  new  scale.  Joseph  R.  Cuelles  30.00  Shirley  E.  Roundtree  60 00  Checks  will  be  mailed  out  or  paid  Western  Navigation  Co.:  They  Ian  Cummings  15.00  Clyde  Vickers  15.00  Charles  DeRoule  15.00  Brantley  Young  60.00  in  person.  have  taken  care  of  payments  al­ Henry  Foy  30.00  Mississippi  Shipping  Co.:  They  ready.  Joseph  Farrell  30.00  $300.00  Frederick  E.  Farrell  45.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  expect to  begin  on March  1.  Retro­ Roy  M.  Green  15.00  GALVESTON.  TEXAS  active  pay  form's  will  be  sent  to  Hans  R.  Hanssen  30.00  Nolan  Fontcnot  30.00  John  T.  Hawley  15.00  the  Union's  halls  to  be  filled  out  J.  H.  Hammer  15.00  Rosco  Hoby  15.00  Charles  Scherhans  45.00  and  signed  by  men  hnd  then  mail­ Valton  E.  Jordon.  30.00  John  W.  Keenan.  30.00  ed  back  to  the  company's  main  of­ $90.00  Charles  Kerstens  15.00  USPHS HOSPITAL  fice,  Hibernia  Bank  Building,  New  Sylvester  Kettunen  15.00  SAVANNAH.  GA.  George  Kitchen  30.00  Orleans,  La.  Checks  will  be mailed  3o!oo  Thomas  Kustas  .'  ......'.  30.00  Von  R.  Beverly  out  within  48  hours,  exclusive  of  15.00  Robert  Larsen  15.00  Carl  D.  Loweiy  L.  C.  MUler  15.00  A.  AlcGuigan  30.00  weekends.  The  company  em­ in about  two  months.  This  will  in­ Perfecto  ManguM  (Continued from  page  2)  30.00  15.00  J.  T.  Moore  phasizes  that  no  payments  will  be  setting is contained  in assurance  to  clude  all  the  adjustments  which  Clifford  Middleton  J  J.  C.  Musgrove  30.00  15.00  30.00  15.00  John  C.  Palmer  made  on  personal  applications,  the  NMU  membership  that  any  in­ the  NMU  has  made  so  far  as  to  Vic  Mllazzo  Domenico  LiUo  ;  ~  30.00  Alfred  Mueller  30.00  only  through  the  mails,  and  no  crease  awarded  to  unlicensed  per­ catch  up  on  the  many  inequities  Lawrence  O'Connell  ..............  15.00  Lorace­ Cowart  .10.00  payments  will  be  made  until  sonnel  of  any  other  union  on  the  which  heretofore  existed  in  the  Wirnam  Osmudsen  15.00  $190.00  John  Parra  30.00  March  1.  ST.  AGNES  HOSPITAL  Joseph  Prindezis  30.00  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coasts  (the  SIU  NMU  agreement.  PHILADELPHIA.  PA.  William  F.  Quigley  15.00  South  Atlantic  SS  Lines:  The  is  the  only  other  union  involved)  Sam  Foss  $15.00  James  A.  Ray  15.00  company  has not  yet  set a  date 'or  would  open  up  the  NMU  contract  Juan  Rivera  15.00  VETERANS  HOSPITAL  Sergio  Rivera  15.00  ­  LONG  BEACH.  CALIF.  payment,  but  will  mail  wage  "for  an  immediate  wage  review."  Juan  Rueda  15.00  E.  L.  Pritchard  $30.00  vouchers  to each  man's  address,  to  J.  P.  Schuler  15.00  Contract  Caused  Shortages  SEASIDE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL .  Ralph  Sigler  15.00  be  signed  and  returned.  When  the  An  editorial  in  the  same  issue  WILMINGTON.  CALIF.  Emerson  Spaulding  30.00  ..  $15.00  signed  voucher  is received  a  check  Earl  Spear  15.00  Mcrvin  Shipley'  of  the  newspaper declared  that  the  HARBOR  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  '  August  Steinman  45.00  will  be  mailed  out.  If  the  voucher  TORRANCE,  CALIF. ­ Albert  Sylvester  154)0  comes back  because of  an  incorrect  admitted  inferiority  of  NMU  con­ $15.00  Henry  Woods  15.00  Julius  E.  Parks  tracts  was  responsible  for  that  C.  Tsambis  30.00  address,  the  company  will  hold  It  USPHS  HOSPITAL  union's  inability  to  man  its  ships.  BALTIMORE,  MD.  for  several  months  and  then  for­ $1,005.00  Warner  Allred.  45.00  ward  a  list  of  unclaimed  wages  to  The  editorial,  ditcussing  the  nego­ USPHS  HOSPITAL  Thom.­is  L.  Ankerson  30.00  MOBILE,  ALABAMA  Roland  R.  Bell  45.00  the  Union.  For  further  informa­ tiations  with  shipowners,  declares:  30.00  R.  H.  Aldrlch  30.00  Nelson  W.  Blades  tion  contact  South  Atlantic  at  the  "The committee  placed  the cards  (Continued  from  page  5)  15.00  Franklin  T.  Andrews..  15.00  Frank  Blues  on  the  table  some  weeks  back  by  Pedro  DeFranca  30.00  Tim  Burke  30.00  Savannah  Bank  Building,  Savan­ pointing  out  that  many  difficulties  stallation  which  would  be  a  rela­ J.  H.  Jones  30.00  30.00  Donald  DuvaU  nah,  Ga.  40.00  Allen  B.  Lynn....;  15.00  Harry  Gerle  in  recruiting  top  ratings  for  ships  tively  inexpensive  safeguard  for  C.  30.00  Partello  30.00  Theodore  Halenda  Actium  Shipping,  Kea  SS  Corp.:  on  all  coasts  could  be  traced  to  valuable  cargoes  and  for  the  lives  15.00  W.  H.  Stokes.;  15.00  Eugene  R.  HaU  Payments  will  start  at  the  end  of  various  inequities  that  crept  into  of  crewmembers.  15.00  Harold  Westphall  15.00  Thomas  J.  Hoar  Charles  I.  Ingram  30.00  next  week.  Vouchers  will  be  mail­ contracts  completed  in  past years. '  Meanwhile,  the  SUP has released  $180.00  Anthony  Korsak  15.00  ed  to  last  mailing  address.  Upon  In  other  words,  rated  men  re­ the  names  of  the  14  deck  depart­ Edwin  Licber  '.  15.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Earl  McKendree  1.5,00  BRIGHTON,  MASS.  receipt  of  signed  vouchers  from  turning  to  the  industry  preferred  ment  men  who  were  lost  in  the  30.00  R.  P.  Bownam  15.00  Lloyd  Miller  the  men  involved  a  check  will  be  to  sail  with  unions  that  gave  them  sinking  of  the  Pennsylvania.  They  C.  Jack  D.  Morrison  30.00  R.  Collett  15.00  15.00  forwarded.  Edward  A.  Cooley...:  15.00  Charles  Paynb  top  conditions  rather  than sign  on  are:  Fred  Krahn,  carpenter;  Lynn  W.  Julius  Prochownlk  15.00  S.  Connors  30.00  Seatraders,  Ocean  Carriers,  NMU  ships inferior  contract terms.  Pointexter,  bosun;  Henry  Lems,  J.  J.  Kavanaugh  15.00  15.00  George  Schmidt  Leonard"T.  Spivey  60.00,  Zenith,  American  Merchant Marine  In  order  to lay  at  reist  any  mem­ DM;  Lawrence  W.  Jeannin,  DM;  Anthony  D.  Leva  30.00  John  Stanley  30.00 '  Lewis  15.00  Corp.:  Most  of  their  employees  bership  suspicions  that  the  NMU  Donald  R.  Wilkins,  DM;  Lloyd  D.  James  55.00  WiUiam  J.  McKeon  15.00  William  Wallace  30.00  have  been  paid  off  already.  Any­ might  have  overlooked  something  Lignitz,  AB;  Pedro  D.R.  Magtulis,  George  Vourloumis  15.00  Walter  Warner  Wallace  Wellersdlck  30.00  one  who  has  money  due  should  in  its  attempt  to  catch  up,  that  AB;  Eino  H.  Haisanen,  AB;  Knut  45.00  $165.00  Albert  L.  WillU  Fred  Mertinke  85.00  contact the  office, 17  Battery Place.  union  is  assigning  a  committee  of  Gatzwiller,  AB;  Gardar  Johanns­ '  USPHS  HOSPITAL  .  James  Troutner  30.00  SAN  FRANCISCO. CALIF.  Blackchester  Lines:  Men  should  officials  to  supply  its  research  de­ son,  AB;  Akira  lida,  AB;  Eugene  John  J.  O'Connor  75.00  Gee  Cheng  30.00  make  application  to  company  of­ partment  with  the  principle  fea­ J.  Jacobsen,  OS;  Einar  O.  Nord­ Carl  E.  Erlckson  30.00  $945.00  fice,  139  Broadway.  30.00  tures  of  all  other  maritime  con­ ness,  OS;  and  Melvin  D.  Mullins,  Sul  Harb  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Burley  Nankivil  15.00  OS.  SAN  JUAN.  PUERTO  RICO  Dolphin  SS  Co.:  Checks  are  now  tracts.  The  purpose  would  be  to  Charles  Robertson  30.00  Robert  Harris  15.00  Peter  Smith  30.00  Luige  lovlno  being  prepared  and  will  be  mailed  publish  a  study  of  all  such  con­ 85.00  Frank  M.  Stone  15.00  Eugene  G.  Plahn  55.00  to  seamen's  homes.  If  the  checks  tracts  to  show  that  the  NMU  is  Quiz  Answers  $180.00  coine  back  they  will  be  sent  to  the  now  on  a  par  with  the  SIU  in  its  $155.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  (1)  Distance.  Used  for  meas­ USPHS  HOSPITAL  men  care  of  the  Union.  contract  benefits.  SEATTLE.  WASHINGTON  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA  urements  in  interstellar  space,  it  The  NMU  is  also  in  the  process  Gulf  Cargo Carriers,  Tramp  Car­ Francis  Gibbins  30.00  Vincente  Arjona  $15.00  45.00  Philip  Bommarito  30.00  go Carriers:  Checks will  be mailed  of  editing  a  consolidated  agree­ is  the  distance  light  travels  in  a  George  Lecher  J.T.Bryant  v..  30.00  ment  which  it  says  will  be  ready  year  at  the  rate  of  186,273  miles  out  to  the  men's homes.  $75.00  WUson  O.  Cara  30.00  per  second.  FIRLAND  SANATORIUM  James  D.  CardeU  30.00  Liberty  Navigation:  Payment  SEATTLE,  WASH.  Oliver  Celestine  30.00  (2)  Heats  more  slowly  and  cools  Emil  Austad  will  be  taken  care  of  at  the  pay­ $60.00  J.  H.  Chapelle  30.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  more  slowly.  off  as  most  of  the  men  involved  Stephen  Conner  30.00  NORFOLK.  VA.  Rogelio  Cruz  30.00  will  be  aboard.  The  Union  will  be  (3)  Connie  Mack,  who  piloted  H.  Alexanderlan  15.00  Martino  DeSalvo  30.00  Bernard  B.  Bartow  30.00  Arthur  Fivek  notified  if  there  is anyone  else  en­ 15.00  the  Philadelphia  Athletics  through  James  H.  Brandon  30.00  Henry  Gerdei  15.00  titled  to  money.  half  a  century  (1901­50).  Albert  Brickhouse  30.00  E.  E.  Gross  30.00  National  Navigation:  Lists  are  Clyde  W.  Kales  r..  30.00  (4)  Only  four,  all  in the  Truman  Leo  H.  Lang  30.00  already  made  up.  Payment  will  be  Rene  LeBlanc  15.00  administration.*  The  office,  cre­ made  at  the  payoff  in  most  cases.  Paul  Malarkey  15.00  ated  in  1947,  has  been  held  by  John  Mayrbst  30.00  Others  should  apply  by  mail  or  in  James  Forrestal,  Louis  Johnson,  Sam  McDonald  15.00  person  to the  company at  11 Broad­ J.  H.  MeElroy  30.00  George  Marshall  and  currently  by  .Thomas  McLees  45.00  way,  Room  1631.  (Continued  from  page  3)  Lawrence  C.  Melanson  30.00  Carras  Agency:  Payments  are  greatest  of  any  rating,  FOW's have  Robert  Lovett.  M.  V.  Mobley..;  25.00  not  ready  yet.  The  new  wage  scale  also  been  in  tight  supply  over  the  (5)  Seven.  L.  S.  Osma  30.00  W.  A.  Perry  15.00  is  being  applied  to  all  ships  com­ past  few months.  Establishment  of  (6)  China.  The  Boxers  were  a  K.  Raana  30.00  ing  in.  They  will  notify  the  Union  the  engine  room  school  waits  upon  Chinese  secret  society  who  prac­ Claude  A.  Ray  ­30.00  Basil  Savois  15.00  when  they  are  ready  to  start  pay­ arrangements  now  being made with  ticed  a  ritual  posture  known  as  Foster  B.  Shedd  30.00  ments  to"  men  not  on  their  ships  SlU­contracted  operators  to  use  boxing.  .  N. Straton  15.00  (Continued  from  page  3)  Fred  O.  Summerlin  30.00  and  will  mail  cheeky  to  home  ad­ engine  room  facilities  aboard  their  (7)  48.  Four  plus eight  is; 12,  or  Lomte  R.  Tickle  30.00  ships.  dresses.  15.00  one­fourth  the  number.  84  is  36  store  supplies  like  hair  tonic,  lo­ Horace..H.  Tostet  15.00  tions,  pipes,  tobacco  and  tobacco  P.  E.  Walsh  Omega  Waterways  Corp.,  Pacific  Entrants into  the  AB  classes  are  plus 48.  A.  WUlls  30.00  products,  shaving  kits,  candies,  Louis  Waterways  Corp.:  All  men  have  being  supplied  by  the  Union  with  A.  J.  Woniger  30.00  (8)  False.  If  they  did  any  at  toothpaste  and  similar  items.  Joseph  W.  Wread  15.00  been  paid  as  far  as  they  can  tell.  a  food  and  lodging  allowance  dur­ Present  planning  calls  for  the  Anybody  left  should make  applica­ ing the  course.of  their training.  All  all,  it  is  only  in  the  minds  of  the  $040.00  tion  to  their  office  (Boise  Griffin)  candidates  must  have  at  least  one  audiences  who  watch the Gilbert  &  Sea  Chest  to  be  open  six  days  a  VETERANS ADMINISTHATTON HOSPITAL  CORAL  GABLES.  FLA.  90  Broad  Street,  New  York.  year's  sea  time,  and  be  at  least  19  Sullivan  operetta  by  that  name.  week  from  9  AM  to  6  PM.  On  $15.00  (9)  The  label  of  the  Interna­ meeting  nights  the  store  will  stay  John  J.wLawton  Palmer  Shipping  Co.:  AU  pay­ years  of  age.  They  have  to  be able  BAYONNE  HOSPITAL  BAYONNE. N.  J.  ments  not  disposed  of  at  payoff  to pass  a  physical  examination  and  tional  Alliance  of  Theatrical  Stage  open  later  to  accommodate  Sea­ .;... $25.00  will  be  ready  at  the  end  of  Febru­ an  eyesight  test  as  well  as  a  test  Employees "(AFL)  usually  appears  farers  attending  the  membership  Raymond  Frye  DEATH  BENEFITS  Melvin  Brown  $500.00  ary.  Money  can  be  picked  up  at  for  color  blindness.  Candidates  along  with  the  "credits"  in  Holly­ meetings.  Mauer  2,500.00  office,  17  State  Street,  N.  Y.  Suggestions as  to  the  type  of  ar­ Joseph  with  one  year's  sea  time  are  enr  wood  flickers.  Clarence  Cone  ...................  2,500.00  Mathiasen:  They  have  been  pay­ titled  to "blue  tickets" if  they pass  .(10)  No,  becaufJe  all  husbands  ticles  to  be  carried  by  the  Union­ Donald  E.  Sammon.............  2,500.00  .  66.67  ing off  on  the ships  that have  come  the  exam.  Three  years'  sea  time  'S  suffer from that  fault,_the Supreme  operated  slop  chest  will  be  wel­ Remie  Doucette.  .In  recently.  Other  payments  will  required  for  a  "green  ticket"  AB.  Court  of  Michigan  declared.  $8,066.67  comed.  NMUContinuesWork  To End  Inequities'  Radios  In All  Lifeboats:  CO  Requirement  1^  ; •   Third  Group  Of  Trainees  Pass  AB  Test  _,  i ­ I f:  11;  Sea Chest  Opens  In  New  Hq  �Friday,  F«l»niary  8, 1958  SE AF AREKS  LOG  Fac«  Tweniy­thrca  M ; DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS...  SSACOMIT  (CelenUI),  Jan.  11—Chair­ foc'dea and  passage  ways and  mess  halls.  HalL  All  repairs' were  taken  care  of  at  into the  fund  to be  used for  Xmas extras  tary,  Allison  Hobart.  Treasurers  report.  man,  NIal  Narrla;  Sacratary,  Frad  Briia­ Cooperation  asked  In  keeping  washer  New  Orleans.  Suggestion  made  to  check  Discussion  on  sheets  Brbich  are  too  short  $73.  Motion  made  for  each  member  to  clean.  steam  in all  showers  as  water  is too  hot.  for  bunks.  .Steward  is  willing  to  cooper­ Water  tight  doors  should  Be  fixed  on  ate  by  issuing  an  extra  sheet  to  cover  ex­ DANIEL  H.  LOWNSDALE  (Isthmian),  main  deck. ~  All  hands  were  asked  to  posed  part  of  the  bunk.  bring  soap  and  soap  powder  boxes  out  Jan.  i—Chairman,  P.  Mlllecan;  Secretary,  E.  Salvador.  Delegates  reported  every­ of  the  laundry  after  using.  ALCOA  PENNANT  (Alcoa),  Jan.  4—  thing  in  order.  Ship's  delegate  read  lit­ Chairman,  Tommie  Tucker;  Secretary,  erature  from  headquarters  on  new  con  DEL  SUD  (Mississippi  Shipping  Co.),  Glenn  A.  Lanier.  Delegates  reported  no  tract  gains  on  wage  increase.  Mr.  chair  Dec.  23—Chairman,  Tom  'Gould;  Secre­ beefs.  Suggestion  made  to  stay  out  of  WINFIELD  S.  STRATTON  (Bull),  Nov.  man  made  a  suggestion  that  the  lifeboat  tary,  L.  Brown.  S38  was  donated  to  the  the  mess  hall  with shorts.  Chairman  says  13—Chairman,  R.  Diaz;  Secretary,  Willlann  be  checked  by  ship's  delegate.  All  hands  ship's  fund.  Motion  made  and  carried  mess  boy  has  improved  but  is  still  lack­ Forney.  The  ship's  delegate  is  to see  the  were  asked  to  cooperate  with  the  mess­ that  the  ship's  delegate  contact  the  edi­ ing  in  keeping  mess  room  clean.  There  captain  about  having  the  stewards  depart­ man  in  keeping  the  messhall  and  recrea­ tor  of  the  LOG  and  request  that  at  least  was  a  discussion  on  fans.  ment  foc'sles  painted.  Members  decided  tion  hall  clean.  24  copies  of  the  LOG  be  sent  aboard.  to rotate  in  cleaning  the  laundry  and  the  Motion  made  to  start  a  baseball  fund.  STEEL  KING  (Isthmian),  Jan.  23—Chair­ recreation  room.  Urged  that  all  cooper­ MONROE  (Bull),  Jan.  13—Chairman,  T.  Discussion  on  the  new  pay  scale  and  man,  J.  Hoggie:  Secretary,  Frederick  Ott  ate  in  keeping  both  clean.  benefits  and  all  agreed  that  the  SIU  is  Smith;  Secretary,  Jamet  Maguire.  Stew­ Delegates  reported  everything  okay.  The  still  and  always  will  be  the  best  in  mari­ ship's  delegate  asked  all  mender  to  help  CAPE  HORN  (Mississippi),  Nov.  S—  ard  reported  stalling  By  company  on  re­ time  industry.  quest  for  Hobart  Mixer  200­A  for  galley.  the  permits  in  teaching  them  what  the  Chairman,  Lao  Hamilton; Secretary, Frank  Stewart's  Utility  states  that  the  chief  en  SIU  ^tands  for  and  to  help  them  out  in  L.  Bartlatt.  Some  disputed  overtime.  gineer  is  outspokenly  anti­union  and  has  ANNISTON  CITY  (Isthmian),  Dec.  14  —  their  work.  There  was  a  talk  on  the  Suggestion  made  to  make  use  of  the  made  ccn­tain  statements  to  that  effect.  Chairman,  Steve  Kopuk;  Secretary,  W.  SIU  and  what  it  has  done  in  the  last  shower  curtains  when  taking  a  bath.  All  Ship's  delegate  asked  that  the  crew  co­ Fogarty.  Chairman  read  in  full  the  new  few  years  for  the  membership.  departments  will  take  turns  cleaning  operate  and  abide  by  the  agreement.  gains  in  contract  effective  Nov.  1.  Sug­ laundry.  gestion  that  ship's  delegate  see  the  chief  AMES  VICTORY  (Victory  Carriers),  Jan.  ALAMAR  (Calmar),  Jan.  13—Chairman,  mate  in  regard  to  putting  the  ship's  hos­ 9—Chairman,  F.  Moyer;  Secretary,  A.  ROBIN  KIRK  (Seas  Shipping),  Jan.  pital  in  an  orderly  condition.  Motion  Batcho.  Ship's  delegate  says  milk  is  be­ Chairman,  Swanson;  Secretary,  Samset  E.  Hogge;  Secretary,  C.  Yearwood.  Let­ There  was  a  discussion  on  the  menus.  ter  from  New  York  on  the  March  of  made  and  seconded  that  a  contribution  ing  wasted.  The  gear  ruined  by  seas  is  Steward  was  told  not  to  pat  two  sec­ Dimes  was md  and  agreed  upon.  A  mo­ for  seamen's  friends  society  be  filed  and  to  be  checked.  Request  for  new  locks  on  doors  In  toilets.  Literature  on  the  March  onds  on. the  same  menu.  Ship's  delegdte  tion  was  made  that  no  one  should  come  discussed  on  the  voyage  home.  of  Dimes  was  read  to  the  crew  and  a  la  to  see  the  captain  about  washing  to  meals  without  a  shirt  of  some  kind  on.  ROBIN  MOWBRAY  (Robin),  Dec.  22  —  donation  was  agreed  upon.  A  request  was  made  by  the  chief  steward  Chairman,  Slick  Storey;  Secretary,  Jack  that  the  crew  cooperate  in  taking  care  of  the  gear  In  the  mess  room,  such  as  Ross.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  An  PURPLESTAR  (Triton),  Jan.  4—Chair­ aerial  is  to  be  installed  for  the  crew  ra­ man,  cups,  glasses,  dishes,  and  so  on.  Oneal  Sikcs;  Secretary,  Frank  C.  dio.  SI  to  be  collected  from  each  man  Connon.  Motion  made  and  carried  to buy  and  money  to  be  taken  up on  first  draw,  a  new  iron  STEEL  VOYA'CER  (Isthmian),  Dec.  2­^  homeward  from  the  ship's  fund  and  the  Money  is to be used  for  money  to  be replaced  Chairman,  Joseph  A.  Heckl;  Secretary  the  benefit bouifd.  by  each  member  of  Tony  Comman  of  the  crew.  F.  Qulntayo.  A  motion  was  made  that  the  crew  at  the  payoff.  A  very  good  talk  Your  wife  is  anxious  trying  to  each  crewmember  donate  a  sum  of fifty  was  given  by  Steven  Barry  to  the  SIU  cents  toward  the  ship's  fund  and  reim­ brothers  about  the  Union  and  what  it  get  news  of  your  whereabouts.  burse  the  electrician  out  of  it  for  the  means  to  all  men  now  going  to  sea.  A  Write  3119  Baldwin  St.,  Los  An­ $4.50  owed  to  him.  The  carpenter  re­ point  was  made  for  each  member  to  look  ported  that  the  manually  operated  pro­ over  the  old  issues  of  the  SEAFARERS  geles  31,  Calif.  peller  in  number  1  lifeboat  is  not  in  LOG  and  see  just  what  the  Union  has  workable  operation.  The  ship's  delegate  gained  for  the  men  going  to  sea.  Repair  said  he  would  speak  to  the  captain  about  lists  are  to  be  made  up  and  sent  in  to  Samuel  Torina  putting  it  into  shape.  JAMES  K.  WALKER  (Bloomfleld),  Dec.  the  Union  and  the  company.  The  port  Get  in  touch  with  your  sister  20—Chairman;  A.  C.  Flynn;  Secretary,  H.  holes  are  broken  and  have  been  put  on  list  for  the  last  three  trips.  Bunks  Betty,  at  2666  Philip,  Detroit  15,  CANTICNY  (Cities  Service),  Jan.  7—  Krohn;  Motion  made  to  prefer  charges  the  Chairman,  C.  Calllano;  Secretary,  An­ against  a  membeV  for ,  deserting  ship  are  brojcen  and  the. lockers  need fixing.  Mich.  —  tqnla  Gohcalves.  Motion  made  and  car­ without  notifying  the master  or  the  stew­ MARINA  (Bull),  Jan.  4—Chairman,  ried  that  each  department  delegate  see  ard.  The  engineer  and  deick  depart­ to  it  that  all  members  of  their  depart­ ments  will  take  care  of  the  laundry  and  Johnson;  Secretary,  J.  Hunsucker.  Dele­ Joseph  Lee  ­ ments  attend  meetings.  A  clarification  of  the  stewards  department  will  take  care  gates  reported  no  beefs.  Drains  need  to  the agreement  was given  to all  new  mem­ of  the  recreation  room.  There  will  not  be fixed  in  the  passageways  as  they  are  Your help is  being sought in  con­ bers..  A  suggestion  was  made  that  ship's  be  any  performing  allowed  and  severe  stopped  up  at  present.  Members  want  a  nection  with  accident  to  Herman  delegate  and  steward's  delegate  see  the.  pqnalties  will  be  initiated  for  refraction  new  kind  of  soap  powder  oA  the  next  about  having  a  better  grade  of  of  this  rule.  trip.  Side  springs  for  bunks  being  or­ Uriarte on­Tuskegee  Victory. Write  steward  dered  by  the  steward.  milk  put  on  board.  E.  E.  Emmons,  Jr.,  1095  Market  JUSTO  AROSEMENA  (Mississippi),  Jan.  ROSARIO  (Bull),  Jan.  4—Chairman,  CASIMIR  PULASKI  (Eastern),  Dec.  29  15—Chairman,  C.  W.  Doggette;  Secretary,  St.,  San  Francisco,  —Chairman,  Joseph  Carello;  Secretary,  J.  Arnold. Talk  made  on repairs made nec­ Fred  Serrahn;  Secrelary^f.  Latorre.  The  essary  due  to  long  period  of  idleness  water  tastes  bad.  The  chairman  says  Paul  E.  Miller.  The  ship  sailed  short  without  a  bosun  from  Norfolk  to  Copen­ while  ship  lay  in  boneyard.  Delegate  there  is a  very  good  baker  on  board  and  J. "Smokey" Sceviour  hagen.  The  captain  put  an  AB  to  act  as  reports  such  repairs  are  being  made  sat­ asks  the  steward  to  make  something  else  isfactorily^nd  with  as much  haste  as  pos  besides  cakes  and  pies.  Contact Mrs. T. C. Ballard  at 606  bosun  untU  ship  arrives" in  Copenhagen.  sible.  Chief  cook  reported  on  the  non  A  motion  was  made  and  carried  that  one  Conti  St.,  Mobile,  regarding  your  man  QUARTETTE  (Carras),  Jan.  13—Chair­ from  each  department  clean  recrea­ cooperative  attitude  of  skipper  concern­ Insurance.  tion and  laundry  room , and  that  all  broth­ ing  the  ordering  of  stores  in  California  man,  W.  J.  Smith;  Secretary,  P.  Fentress.  and  unwillingness  to  have  laundry  done  AU  book  members  stressed  to  new  mem­ ers  take  on  the  responsibility  of  keeping  there.  Electric  iron  to  be  left  with  chief  bers  the  reading  the  new  1952  SEA­ the, ship  clean  in  port.  cook  when  not  in  use  for  safe  keeping.  FARERS  LOG,  up­to­date  literature  and  h  Francis  Farley  organization  material  and­pamphlets  from  RICHARD  UPJOHN  (Waterman),  Jan.  (  HEYWOOD  BROUN  (Victory  Carriers),  headquarters  in  the  ship's  library  and  Write  your  brother  Hubert  at  Chairman,  J.  Green;  Secretary,  C.  String­ Jan.  6—Chairman,  Frank  t^ncent;  Secre­ on  the  bulletin  board.  A  vote  of  thanks  48th St.,  Union City, N. J.  fellow.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Dis­ tary,  L.  Martin.  Motion  made  that  a  was  extended  to  the  steward's  depart­ cussion  on  men  not  performing  their  proper  gangway  watch  be  maintained  at  ment  for  a  job  well  done.  Men  leaving  proper  duties.  No  one  will  be  paid  off  all  times  in  foreign  ports  and  that  no  ship  were  asked  to  make  sure  that  their  until  all  beefs  are  settled.  All  crewmem­ unauthorized  persons  be  allowed  aboard.  foc'sle  is  left  in  clean  and  ship­shape  Frank  Rakas,  Jr­ Deck  engineer  offered  to  make  any  me­ condition.  Get  in  touch  with  your  mother  bers  are  tg  be  sober  at  the  pay  off.  chanical  repairs  necessary  for  the  bene­ as soon as  possible.  Write Pennsyl­ fit  of  the  crew.  gnar.  A  letter  was  sent'  to  Robert  Mat­ thewa  on  agreement  clarification.  Report  sent  to  headquarters  on  men  who  missed  ship.  Recreation  room  to  be  left  In  a  clean  condition  and  all  hands  should  carry  their  cups  to  the  sink.  Repair  list  drawn  up.  PERSONALS  t  4"  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  vania Hotel,  250 Water  St., Br()wns­ ville. Pa.  il  CITY  OF  ALMA  (Waterman),  Dec.  23—  Chairman,  J.  Morten;  Secretary,  Smoky  Grabenauer.  Delegates reported  no beefs.  Discussion  on  galiey  clock.  Motion  made  WiUiam  R.  Parks,  Jr.  to  order  new  one  on  arrival  in  States.  NEVA  WEST  (Bloomficld),  NOV.  25  —  Contact  Mr.  Lee  at  313  W.  28th  FELTORE  (Ore),  Dec.  14—Chairman,  Discussion  on  laundry  which  is  to be  kept  Chairman,  Buzelewski;  Secretary,  Paschal.  St.,  concerning  your  mother's  ill­ David  R,  Johnson;  Secretary,  G.  Williams.  clean  by  all  hands.  Suggestion  made  for  the  radio  speaker  to  Delegates  reported  all  is  well.  The  beef  EVELYN  (Bull),  Jan.  19—Chairman,  A.  be  moved  away  from  the  12­4  bulkhead.  ness.  was  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  crew  All  hands  were  asked  to  close  watertight  about  keeping  the  laundry  clean.  The  Anderson;  Secretary,  E.  Dacey.  .A  sug­ doors  if  seas  start  coming  over  before  settlement  was  that  the  sanitary  man  in  gestion  was  made  that  all  crewmembers  passageways  get  flooded.  New  men were  who  haven't  put  their  name  on  the  list  Riley  Carey  each  department  take  weekly  turns  clean­ for  the  March  of  Dimes do  so  right away.  asked  to  read  all  SIU  pamphlets  aboard  Write  Frank  Reeves  at  SIU­SUP  ing  ib  for  the  crew  that  uses  it  to  clean  A  general  suggestion  was  made  that  each  the  ship,  also  advised  to  read  the  agree­ up after  themselves.  Complaints of  a man  watch  keep  messhall  clean.  Ship's  fund  ment  before  jumping  at  eonclusions.  New  York  Hall,  675  4th  Ave.,  going  in  crew's  lockers,  but  no  one  can  was  read  aiJd  accepted.  put  the finger  on  him  so  far.  Brooklyn  32.  BINGHAMTON  VICTORY  (Bull),  Dec.  JOHN  LINO  (Isthmian),  Jan.  1—Chair­ 23—Chairman,  V.  J.  Stefanick;  Secretary,  WILLIAM  A.  GRAHAM  (Waterman),  man,  W.  Reid;  Secretary,  E.  Telan.  Mo­ C.  Backman.  A  discussion  was held  on the  Viggo  Holton  Jan.  S—Chairman,  Robert  Foreman;  Sec­ tion  made  to  order  new  (toasters  in  addi­ proper  way  to  conduct  a  meeting,  ship­ Your  sister  in  Brooklyn  wants  retary,  J.  W.  Rfelly.  Delegates  reported  tion  to  a  juice  extractor.  Fresh  eggs  for  ping  rules,  union  constitution,  the  organ­ no  beefs.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  the  next  voyage  are  needed.  ization and  history of  Seafarers. Questions  you  to contact  her.  Write  S. Soren­ send  vote  of  confidence  to  editing  staff  were  asked  on  these  subjects  to  test  the  of  the  SlU  LOG  for  their  success  in  hav­ sen,  5718  Ft. Hamilton  P'way.  AMBERSTAR  (Triton),  Jan.  6—Chair­ knowledge  of  both  new  and  old  mem­ ing  the LOG  reach  this ship  in  every  port  man,  Pete  Sorano;  Secretary,  Thomas  J.  bers.  of  call.  Esposite.  Motion  made  to  notify  chief  CHOCTAW  (Waterman),  Dee.  23  —  William  Edward  Kain  engineer  to  .fix  drains  and  showers  on  starboard  side.  Motion  made  to  send  Chairman,  G.  Frank;  Secretary,  L.  Pep­ OCEAN  STAR  (Triton),  Jan.  13—Chair­ Your  brother is  now  sailing, and  man,  Aba  Ellis;  Secretary,  J.  McGoldrick.  ship's­delegate  to  captain  for  clarification  per.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  the  is  trying  to  get  together  with  you.  Motion  made  to  draw  a  few  rules  and  of  ship's  articles  that  v^re  signed  by  the  negotiating  committee  for  the  benefits  crew.  Discussion  on  the  condition  of  the  the  Seafarers  have  gained  in  the  new  any  member  found  guilty  breaking  these  Contact  him  via  Seaman's  Church  rules  be fined fifty  cents,  and  this  money  ship.  It  was  stressed  that  the  galley  and  contracts  with  the  steamship  companies.  Institute, 25  South  St.,  NYC.  be  donated  to  the  March  of  Dimes  at  the  the  ship  in  general  was filthy  before  the  STEEL  ADMIRAL  (Isthmian),  Jan.  5  —  present  crew  boarded  her.  payoff.  Suggestion  made  not  to  put  Chairman,  J.  Crawley;  Secretary,  C.  Hor­ clothes  that  you  are  washing  in  showers  ANN  MARIE  (Bull),  Doe.  8—Chairman,  rath.  Men  complaining  about  the  food.  to  set.  J.  HIgglns;  Secretary.  F.  Johnson.  Ship's  Drains  should  be  opened  in  the  deck  de­ fund "e'xhausted,  as  money  was  used  for  partment  showers.  Motion  made  that  the  DAVID  JOHNSON  (Mississippi),  Dec,  22  patrolman  be  notified  of  fhe  —Chairman,  Georga  Howard,"  Secretary,  a  new  radio  purchased for the  crew  mess­ steward's  B.  Blackman.  The  steward  extended  a  room.  Suggestion that  libraryvbe  changed.  lack  of  stores  for  the  full  voyage.  The  following  men  have  been  welcome  the  new  crewmerabers  who  Steward  and  his  department  were  given  McCARVER  (Waterman),  Jan.  classified 2A  by  their draft  boards;  joined  the to ship, at  Wilmington.  He  also  a  vote  of  thanks  for  the fine  food  they  4  MARTIN  —  Chairman,  L.  VIner;  Secretary,  T.  stated  that  too  much  coffee  was  being  have  prepared.  James  Vincent  Vitale,  until  July  wasted.  Beams.  Discussion  on  India  shore  crews.  bosun  was  complimented  on  JOHN  B.  WATERMAN  (Waterman),  Discussed  sending  a  letter  in  apprecia­ 21,  1952;  Leo  Emanuel  Linam,  un­ the  nice The  job  he  did  on  the  broken  coffee  Jan.  3—Chairman,  Frank  P.  Votto;  Sec­ tion  of  the  new  LOG.  The  steward  asked  that  the  recrea­ til  July  22,  1952;  Peter  Mqreni,  pot.  tion  room  be  used  for  bull  sessions  and  retary,  Edward  Leahy.  Motion  made  by  EVELYN  (Bull),­  Jan.  4—Chairman,  Hen­ member  to  have  catwalk  erected  over  until  July  16,  1952,  and  Charles  not  the  mess  room.  deck  cargo  before  sailing.  Suggestion  son;  Secretary,  E.  Dacey.  Motion  made  John  Hilbert,  until  July  24,  1952.  made  to  have  all  members  contribute  do­ to  have  wiper  donate  $10  to  the  LOG  for  ANNISTON  VICTORY  (South  Atlantic),  nation  towards  the  ship's  fund.  Motion  missing  ship  in  New  York.  The  ship's  Jan.  i—Chairman,  W,  Brown;  Secretary,  made  to have  the  patrolman  increase  per­ delegate  explained  the  "March  of  Dimes"  James Carr  Phelan  L.  Harris.  Delegates  reported  everything  centage  of  fresh  vegetables  and  fruit  and  asked  the  crew  to  put  there  names  in  good  standing.  Motion  made  that  no  on  both  ends  of  the  voyage  in  order  on  the  chart  and  the  amount  they  wish  James Leo  Bain  one  shall ^ be  allowed  to  carry  garbage  to  eliminate  subsequent  shortage;  to  give.  Collection  to  be  made  at  the  You  haveJbeen  classified  lA  by  from  the  pantry  or  galley  except  the  next  draw.  department.  Motion  made  and  WALKER  D.  NINES  (Alcoa),  Jan.  your  local  draft  board  and  board  steward's  carried  that  If  an.vone  killed  any  rats  Chairman,  John  Thompson;  Secretary,  JOHN  S.  MOSBY  (Eastern),  Jan.  13—  of  appeal.  during  this  voyage  aboitrd  ship  they  Robert  D.  Niedemeyer.  The  patrolman  Chairman,  E.  Glbbs;  Secretary,  C.  Jones.  should  be  kept  for  proof  so as  ship  could  will  straighten  out  the first  assistant  The  crew  wishes  to  thank  the  negotiating  be  fumigated.  engineer  about  overtime  and  other  mat­ committee for  bringing  the  scale  of  wages  Marcus S. Johnson  ters  concerning  the  engine  room.  The  up to  the  cost of  living.  A  stationary  can  Pick  up your discharge from  the  MONROE  (Bull),  Dec.  23—Chairman,  J.  steward  with  the  help  of  the  delegates  opener  should  be  Installed  in  the  mess­ Oquendo,  Jr.;  Secretary,  C.  Lablosa.  A  will'  check  all  mattressei  and  aprtngs  hall.  SS Alice  Brown  at the Welfare Of­ letter  was  written  to  headquarters  in  on  the  ship.  The' quarters  and  the  pas­ fice in  Headquarters.  BENTS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Dec.  23—  New  York  giving  the  names  of  the  two  sageways  will  be  sougeed  Bbfore  enten  Chairman,  Dan  Veard;  Secretary,  Allison  meg  who  were  in  a  fight.  The  fireman  ing  port.  Hebert.  Meeting  called  to  elect  a  new  was  hurt.  A  deck  engineer  Is  badly  ' Andy  A.  Gowder  NMDAKET  (Waterman),  DM.  17—Chali^  ship's  delegate.  Beef  on  no  fresh  fruit  needed  aboard  the  Monroe.  Max  Byers);  Secretary,  Alonxo  Sis­ drinks  with meals.  Discussion  on keeping  Your discharges and papers are  be­ ALCOA  PURITAN  (Alcoa),  Jan.  «  —  man.  $13.70  reported  in  ship's  ­fund  messhall  chairs  and  tables  clean.  ing  held "for  you  in  New  Orleans.  Chairman,  R,  Tulvoli  Secretary,  Vernon  trunk.  Dec.  30—Chairman,  B.  Shuler;  Secre­ Men  voted  unanimously  to  pay  «  dollar  4  4  4  44  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  NOTiiis  donate  $1 to  the  March  of  Dimes.  Motion  made  and  carried to  give  the SIU  officials  a  vote  of  thanks  for  the  great  work  achieved  this  year  and  hope  that  the  new  year  brings  as  great  a  success.  LAS  VEGAS  VICTORY  (Isthmian),  Jan.  4—Chairman,  Joe  Spina.­  Secretary,  Mon­ roe  C.  Gaddy.  Ship's  delegate  reported  everything  shipshape.  Suggested  that  the  patrolman  contact  company  officials  in  re­ gard  to  getting new  fans  and  windscoops  aboard  this ship  and  also  having  ali  fresh  water  tanks  thoroughly  cleaned  and  ce­ mented.  Dec.  21—Chairman,  Joe  Spina;  Secre­ tary,  Monroe  C.  Gaddy.  Ship's  delegate  saw  the  captain  about  opening  the  slop­ chest,  but  no  dice  until  south  of  Long  Beach.  Considerable * conversation  about  beef  between  chief  and  the  cook,  how­ ever,  all  was  squared  away  to  everyone's  satisfaction.  PUERTd  RICO  (Bull),  Jan.  27—Chair­ man,  Thurston  Lewis;  Secretary,  Jim  Murphy.  Quite  a  bit  of  discussion  cjn  whether  donations  to  the  ship's  fund  are  voluntary  or  obligatory.  It  was  pointed  out  that  Chester  Jancowizctz  needs  $15  more  to finish­ship"  model  for  the  hall.  Chief  steward  reported  that  he  is  now  responsible  for  all  ordering  of  food  and  supplies.  Any  beefs on  these  items  should  be  called  to  his  attention.  ROBIN  LOCKSLEY  (Seas Shipping),  Dec.  23—Chairman,  T.  Tobiassen;  Secretary,  W.  Pepper.  The  captain  told  the  men  to  paint  their  own  foc'sles  on  weekends  and  put  in  for  overtime.  Men  on  watch  told  where  coffee  and  sugar  could  be  found;  also  men  in  the  engine  department  told  about  having coffee  for  the  men  relieving  them.  ALCOA  PATRIOT  (Alcoa),  Jan.  25—  Chairman,  Jack  Cosse;  Secretary,  N.  Sedgeway.  Motion made  that  logs  be  sent  to  the  Port  of. Spain,  Trinidad,  so  that  the  crew  could  be  informed  on  Union  literature  and  educational  programs.  AU  hands  agree  that  the  standard  of  meat  in  Trinidad  is  not  good.  KATHRYN  (Bull),  Jan.'  11—Chairman,  John  O'Rouke;  Secretary,  S.  Wcilsen.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  One  crew­ member  was  asked  to  leave  by  the  chief  mate  because  of  his age.  Wipers and  deck  department  have  agreed  to  sweep  out  the  wash room  daily,  taking  turns  weekly.  COE  VICTORY  (Victory  Carriers),  Jan.  8—Chairman,  E.  Bell; Secretary, L. Brown.  Rooms  of  the  unlicensed  personnel  need  sougeeing  and  painting.  Lockers  in  stew­ ard's  department  need  repairs.  There  was  a  suggestion  that  all  hands  donate  enough  money  to  buy  a  new  washing  machine.  BRADFORD  ISLAN&  (Cities  Service),  Jan.  12—Chairman,  H.  Gordon;  Secretary,  J.  Leiinskl.  Treasurer  reported  $59.17  in  the  ship's  fund.  $52.50  donated  to  the  March  of  Dimes.  Donations  to  be  collect­ ed  at  payoff.  FRENCH  CREEK  (Cities  Service),  Jan.  23>—Chairman,  S.  Holden;  Secretary,  J.  Thompson.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Suggestion  that  everybody  pay  up  dues  and  assessments.  $47.60  in  the  ship's  fund.  Suggestion  that  more  coffee  and  more cups  be  left  out  at  night.  ELIZABETH  (Bull),  Jan.  20—Chairman,  H.  Robinson;  Secretary,  B.  Toner.  The  ship's delegate  read  a  letter  that  was  for­ wa'rded  to  the  New  York  hall  about  the  refrigerator,  also the  correspondence  con­ cerning  the  March  of  Dimes.  THOMAS  J.  RUSK  (Alcoa),  Jan.  20—  Chairman,  W.  McCarthy;  Secretary,  S.  Solskl.  Delegates  reported  all  well.  All  members  should  get  to  know  their  jobs.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  the  chief  cook  and  steward  department  for  the  crew's  dinner.  Motion  made  that  all  alien  work  permits  be  allowed  to  make  one  trip  only.  This  was  discussed  and  the  membership  agreed  that  it  was  best  for  the  benefit  of  the  Union.  E.  A.  BURNETT  (Isthmian),  Dec.  17—  Chairman, G.  Reglsto; Secretary,  J.  Noldc.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  move  wash­ ing  machine  up  amidship.  Members  de­ cided  to  make  up  a  Ust  of  the  things  needed  in  the  slopchest  on  the  way  back  and  turn  it  over  to  the  nest  gang.  Jan.  14—Chairman,  H.  Taylor;  Secre­ tary,  G.  Reglsto.  Motion  made  and  car­ ried  for  a  committee  of  three  to  get  to­ gether  with  the  port  purser  to  see  if  a  better  variety  could  be  obtained  for  the  slopchest.  AU  men  who  failed  to  go  in  watch  in  France  wiU  be  reported  to  the  patrolman.  Puzzle  Amawer  4  4  4  ffliaosiia Disii  gsiis  SSISiBil  QSQ  QDS)  SCSSSO  QilSCaOSSlGI!  oiDiaQss  Qmsis  mmm  as  ansi^s  4  4  4  [Sf3DiS!3[S  4  4  4.  •  SBHSi  anasiaa^  iaiiDDSsigi  aoBss  mvm  isBD  osass  s@B  aamsB  ­J)  w  �LOG  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   .  I  r  'r­f;­ ­i;  •••••  I  • • .;•1­. ,  '  I  I  FIRST  ANNUAL  I  •  • .II  seafarers art contest  I  I  I  open  to  all  members  of  the  SIU  firslp second,  and  third  prizes  in  all  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Title A name given to the resource February 8, 1952 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIV, No. 3 Description An account of the resource VACATION PAY BEGINS LABOR, INDUSTRY SUPPORT BILL TO STABILIZE MARITIME SIU ANNOUNCES 1ST ANNUAL ART CONTEST CREW RESPONSE TO POLIO APPEAL INDICATES NEW RECORD DONATION NMU STILL SEEKS INEQUITY END STRIKING INSURANCE AGENTS DIG IN SUP MEETINGS ON BIWEEKLY SCHEDULE NOW SIU SET FOR VACATION PAY CO'S SPEED NEW PACT'S BACK PAY CIGS TO SOU'WESTERS-SEA CHEST HAS 'EM 3 TRAINEE GROUPS NOW ABS ISLES OWNERS SEEK LIMIT ON DAMAGE PAY UNHURT IN SHIP MISHAP, JUST MISS AIR CRASH MERIT MEDAL IS PROPOSED FOR SEAMEN JINXED APPLEGATE REACHES BOSTON CREW PACT IDEAS ROLLING INTO HQ CG ORDRS RADIOS IN LIFEBOATS ANY PORT IN A STORM--BUT NOT FOR CAMERAS RAISE SANDMATE FROM NEWARK BAY ISTHMIAN SELLS THIRD SHIP TO ISRAELI OUTFIT ILA TUGBOATMEN RENAME BRADLEY SEAFARER, 76, CAN'T CUT SIU TIES PR CREWMEN PAY OFF, BACK SAN JUAN BEEF SET FEB. 29TH FOR LAUNCHING OF 1ST MARINER GOVT TO RAISE SUNKEN TANKERS SHIP ONE HAPPY CLAN; YEP! THE CAPTAIN'S ALASKA CEDAR CRACKS HULL CONVERSION FOUL-UP SHOWING THE WAY AGAIN TOO LATE FOR THEM HOW SIU TRAINEES PASS GOVT AB EXAMS WHALE HUNTERS BAG ALBINO, PROVE TALE OF 'MOBY DICK' NEED DISCHARGES FOR VACATION $S DEEP DREDGING OF DELAWARE RIVER FOUGHT ALIENS MUST FILE REPORTS UPRISING IN NORTH AFRICA STIRS MEMORIES OF SECOND WORLD WAR SEAFARER'S STRONGMAN DAD, 82 STILL WORKING AS DENTAL SURGEON TALL TALES FROM THE PACIFIC ADD LUSTER TO COFFEE TIME CREWMEMBERS' VARIETY SPICES SHIPBOARD LIVING ON NOONDAY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/8/1952 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1952 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/55e53e09a4fda0b98fb45d37f5958d4b.PDF 436a10621777e769dd24c6f5b6c46e34 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS#LOG February 8, 1963 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO New Bill Would Tighten 50-50 House Proposal Seeks Boost In American Cargoes Story On Page 3 MTD PROTEST SPURS RR RATE STUDY -Story On Page 3 Shipping Resumes. Back to normal with the end of the dock strike in Atlantic and Gulf ports, SIU shipping resumed last week as Seafarers returned to idled ships up and down the coast. In New York, one of the first Sea­ farers to return to work was Robert Brennan, steward, who shipped to the Hastings (Waterman), after he picked up his shipping card. Below, Frank Korven, wiper on the Steel Designer (Isthmian), is pictured signing on that vessel as it crews up again. 'Columbus Ship' Gets SIU Assist. Seafarers aboard the Alcoa Pennant had an unexpected meeting in, the Caribbean with the tiny Nina II (right), a replica of one of the three ships led by Christopher Col­ umbus on his first trip to the New World in 1492, and assisted the vessel in obtaining stores and water during its long voyage from Spain. The Nina later arrived in San Salvador, setting off festive celebrations. (Story on Page 7.) �Paee Two SEAFARERS LOG Febniaiy S. 196S SlU OF CANADA ASKS HEAD DP COMMISSION TO DISQUALIFY SELF OTTAWA—The Seafarers International Union of Canada has moved that the Commissioner conducting the inquiry into the Upper Lakes shipping dispute disqualify himself on the technical ground that he'*-^ — had served previously as coun­ official transcript of the after­ noon proceedings of February sel for one of the parties in­ 1, 1963, in which the SIU posi­ volved. tion was set forth, and the dis­ The SIU motion pointed out cussions that followed, are that Mr. Justice T. G. Norris, printed in a supplement in who had been appointed by this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG). the Minister of Labour to inquire into the dispute and into the in­ - The dispute between the SIU of ternal affairs of the parties, had Canada and the Upper Lakes Ship­ Newest arrivals in family served as counsel for the SIU in ping Company arose after the of Seafarer Ben Mignano 1953 and 1954. company evaded its contractual are identical twin boys held Counsel for the SIU of Canada, obligations to the SIU, locked some Mrs. Mignano as the rest George H. Henderson, in making 300 SIU crewmembers out of its of their children gather the motion, said "it is based on fleet, and began to recruit scab the factual matters that existed in crews through the Canadian Broth­ around. The 'family now 1953 and 1954, and it is made on a erhood of Railway. Transport and BELLPORT, NY—Seafarer Ben Mignano has his own lit­ numbers eight youngsters technical legal ground based on General Workers, and the Cana­ tle "Brotherhood of the Sea" these days, topped by the birth all together, including (l-r) those facts." The SIU counsel dian Maritime Union, which was Karen, 7; Edward, 12; of identical twin boys on January 5. The proud dad and cited legal precedents and opin­ set up by the CBRT and the Cana­ his wife, Velma, now have-* ^ Dahlia, 15; Mitchell, 9; dian Labour Congress. ions in support of his motion. Giselle, 4, and Deborah, 8. eight children. Their new ar­ a safety consultant Due to the effectiveness of SIU (The verbatim text ot the Mignano's brother Anthony, However, since Ben's boys ar­ picketing action against the com­ rivals were the first twins of a former Seafarer, had his pany, supported by the AFL-CIO 1963 to be bom at Brookhaven rived in the midst of the long­ Maritime Trades Department and Memorial Hospital here on Long shore strike, the double SIU ma­ own double event—identi­ ternity benefit he received came in its affiliated unions, the CLC Island. cal twin girls—recently, group, including the CBRT, last As far as the Mignano family is handy. The $400 in welfare cash and also has eight kids. July engineered a boycott of SIU concerned, the "Brotherhood of plus $25 bonds from the SIU in ships which led to the closing of the Sea" idea is something very the name of the twins, Benjamin, the St. Lawrence Seaway. This ac­ real. Ben's brother Anthony, a Jr., and Frank Anthony, was a tion was avowedly taken by the former Seafarer, became the fa­ bonanza. Mignano is now on the CLC and CBRT in order to force ther of identical twin girls a few Losmar (Calmar) as bosun. WASHINGTON —The AFL-CIO the Canadian government to move months ago, which gave him a For the record, when the twins Maritime Trades Department is against the SIU and to bring pres­ family of eight youngsters too. He weighed in, Ben, Jr., was an even keeping a close watch on the pro­ sure on the US Government. The lives out in Garden Grove, Orange 5 pounds at birth and Frank An­ thony tipped the scale at four posed "Merchant Seaman's Health boycott led to the establishment of County, Calif. Safety Act" proposed by Rep. the Norris Commission, which be­ Ben didn't know about An­ pounds, 12Vi ounces. They were the 45th set of twins Herbert C. Bonner (D.-NC) last gan Its hearings last August. thony's double event until he The SIU has maintained, during called a sister in Brooklyn when for which the SIU Welfare Plan month. The bill is the latest at­ tempt to give the Coast Guard light the entire course of the dispute, his boys were born at Brookhaven. has paid out double the usual $200 control of all US merchant seamen. that the pattern of activity through­ Letters telling about his Cali­ maternity benefit. The list of mul­ (See Editorial, Page 11.) out clearly points to a conspiracy fornia event had never reached tiple SIU births also includes two WASHINGTON—Adding to its spearheaded by the company and him because the family had moved sets of triplets among the more record of opposition to US ship­ It would authorize the establish­ short time ago. Anthony no than 5,100 SIU maternity benefits ping and transportation interests, ment of "physical qualifications for the CLC group, in which the CBRT longer sails, and works ashore as paid to date. all positions on vessels of the has played a major role. the Department of Agriculture is United States" and provides for now reported to be making a small "such rules and regulations as may venture into the transportation Merchant Marine Forum be necessary to insure that each business on its own hook. The seaman shall meet at time of sign­ planned operation would compete ing articles the physical qualifica­ directly with a private operator. tions established. . . The report indicates the depart­ The bill provides for fines of up ment intends to build a ferry to transport its employees to and to $100 on shipping companies that from an animal experimental sta­ hire seamen who fail to meet the tion located on Plum Island in unspecified physical standards, and for equal penalties against seamen. WASHINGTON—^Participating in a forum chant Marine Act was adopted, and that the law Long Island Sound. If the plan comes off. Agricul­ In seeking to give the Coast discussion of the American merchant marine, was therefore Ineffective in meeting the needs of Guard military control over the SIU of North America President Paul HaU US shipping today. In 1939, he pointed out, some ture would join the Military Sea livelihood of civilian seamen, the declared that runaway-flag shipping, the inequitable 80 percent of all US foreign trade was in the form Transportation Service, for many of package cargo, while bulk cargo represented 20 years a major competitor for mili­ bUl amounts to a warmed-over ver­ subsidy program, outdated maritime policies and sion of a "profiling" program the role of Government agencies were the prin­ percent. He contrasted this situation with the pres­ tary cargoes with private US ship­ which the CG sought to impose in ciple factors contributing to the decline of this ent situation, where package cargoes constitute 13 ping, as another Government agen­ percent of US foreign trade and bulk cargoes have cy in the transport field. 1954. The "profiling" system was country's merchant fleet. soared to 87 percent. an effort to set up Government In doing so, the department Hall was a member of the panel participating in The SIUNA president also cited the inadequacies would displace a commercial oper­ standards of "fitness" without the forum sponsored by the "Reader's Digest" at of the subsidy program, through which only 15 ator, New London Freight Lines, which a seaman could no longer the National Press Club here on February 5. The companies receive operating subsidies. Hall quoted saiL forum discussion arose out of an article in the from "A Report On The Ocean Freight Industry," which has serviced the Plum Is­ February, issue of "Reader's Digest," entitled "Our by Rep. Emanuel Celler's subcommittee of the land route for about five years. The company has indicated that Strike-Strangled Merchant Marine," which cited House Judiciary Committee, that only six of the loss of the run means it will prob­ seamen's wages and benefits as the cause of the companies had captured some 76 percent of all ably have to close down all of its industry's shrinkage. operating differential subsidy payments during the common carrier operations servic­ Victor Reisel, nationally-syndicated columnist, entire period of the subsidy program. ing the public. Seafarers and SIU families acted as moderator of the panel. Participants In Rapping Government agencies for their failure to who apply for maternity, hos­ the panel, in addition to Hall, were Thomas (Teddy) The department has already no­ protect the American merchant fleet. Hall singled pital or surgical benefits from Gleason, executive vice-president, International tified the company that it will no out the State and Agriculture Departments as ene­ the Welfare Plan are urged to Longshoremen's Association; Joseph Curran, presi­ mies of US shipping, and the Interstate Commerce longer have any need for its com­ . keep the Union or the Wel­ dent, National Maritime Union; John Weller, presi­ Commission for favoring the railroads at the ex­ mon carrier service, which not fare Plan advised of any dent, Seatrain Lines; Ralph Casey, president, Amer­ pense of the domestic shipping industry. only offers stops at Plum Island changes of address while their ican Merchant Marine Institute; Alexander Chopin, Hall said the decline of the American shipping but also at other points along the Connecticut shore and on the applications are being proc­ chairman. New York Shipping Association, and industry could be reversed by: essed. Although payments are Edward Silver, counsel for the Tanker Service • Updating the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 in Sound. According to the freight line, which has protested the plan often made by return mail, Committee. Sterling Fischer, of the "Digest" staff, line with today's trade patterns; to the President, the department changes of address (or illegible presided. • Overhauling the subsidy program; return addresses) delay them Hall denied that high wage scales of American • Revamping the ICC to include shipping rep­ is now building a boat with a ca­ pacity of 350 passengers. when checks or "baby bonds" crewmen have driven away US shipping business. resentation; are returned. Those who are He pointed out that some 1,500 ships operate During the last Administration, • Absolute enforcement of the Cargo Preference moving are advised to notify under runaway flags, "mainly to avoid taxes," and Act by all Government agencies; the department tried to pick up a SIU headquarters or the Wel­ that about 1,000 of these sail under Liberian regis­ • Eliminating MSTS competition with private Navy surplus vessel and wanted to fare Plan, at 17 Battery Place, try, which in 1939 did not have any ships registered. shipping. build its own harbor so that it Hall said that the character of US foreign trade • Closing of tax loopholes for runaway ship could operate its own ferry. This New York 4, NY. had changed radically since 1936, when the Mer­ operators. effort was sidetracked by protests. Seafarer's Family GrowsWelfare Gets Twin Bill Afro Sets Fight Over Bonner BUI Agriculture DepL Eyes Ferry Biz HALL HITS RUNAWAYS, ICC, GOVT ROLE IN SHIP DECLINE Moving? Notify SIU, Welfare �y^- ^Kbnurr 9, U6f SEAFARERS LOG Shipping in New York Paee Thref House Bill Urges More 50-50 Aid For US Shipping WASHINGTON—A much-needed boost for the US merchant fleet is in the offing under a proposal to ex­ tend the 50-50 law by allotting a larger share to Ameri­ can ships when the country receiving the cargo has no ships of its own available to haul it. The legislation would give US vessels preference over vessels of so-called "third party" countries not directly in--*' volved in the cargo trans­ centum of such gross tonnage also shall be carried on privately-owned action. Atlantic and Gulf SlU shipping returned to normal last week, with the end of the monthThe bill was offered in the United States-flag commercial ves­ long strikd by the International Longshoremen's Association. The dockers went back to House last month by Rep. Ed­ sels . . ." work on Saturday, January 26, and ships began recrewing and calling for men. The scene Waiver provisions are included ward Garmatz of Maryland, a here at the SlU hall in New York shows Seafarers picking up their shipping cards at the member of the Merchant Marine so that Congress, the Presiden* or early job call on Monday, January 28, which began a busy week for all hands. Committee. If adopted, it would the Secretary of Defense may set provide a considerable amount of aside the special proviso in "emer­ cargo tonnage now barred to gency" situations. Seafarers On 2-Year Indian Ocean Trip American vessels by the strict in­ Cuba Embargo terpretation given to the 50-50 law Meanwhile, in a related deve'opin many Government agencies. • ment, the long-awaited embargo All segments of the maritime in­ dustry, both unions and manage­ on Government cargo shipments can be expected to support aboard vessels engaged in the WOODS HOLE, Mass.—The SlU-manned Anton Bruun, first oceanographic research ment, the legislation when it comes up Cuban trade has been announced by the President. However, it cov­ vessel to come under a union contract, is now enroute to Aden from Gibraltar on her way for consideration. out to Bombay. The Indian port will be her headquarters for the first five of nine explora­ The bill provides that in addition ers only ships in the Cuban trade since the first of this year, and tory cruises scheduled to last-*to the normal 50 percent portion allows them to bid for US-financed until Christmas, 1964. ence fleet have cross-hatched the later and then returned to work. of an overseas-bound Government cargoes anyway if they pledge not The Anton Bruun, named after cargo allocated to American ships to carry on further trade with ocean area into multiple squares The Bruun is part of a 40ship fleet from 20 nations manning like a crossword puzzle. Each ship a famous Danish scientist, was for­ "if flag vessels of such foreign na­ Cuba. the Indian Ocean International has an assigned ocean track for merly the Presidential yacht Wil­ tion are not available at fair and The embargo move watered Expedition that will chart the each of the cruises assigned to it. liamsburg during President Harry reasonable rates for such vessels, down the program indicated last any tonnage in excess of 50 per Originally scheduled to leave Truman's administration. Indian Ocean floor and study fall, at the heat of the Cuban crisis, Its marine life. Leaders of the sci- Bombay for Puket, Thailand, Feb­ when it was expected an immediate ruary 18 for her first research ban on Government cargoes for cruise, the Bruun's late departure Cuba trade ships would go into ef­ from home port is causing her to fect. It also only covers the ships push ahead all future sailing dates. which have actually traded with From Puket, she goes to Ran­ Cuba, and does not apply to other goon, spending nine days on sta­ vessels under the same ownership. tion cartographing seabottom and The action by the President up­ classifying marine life. Her sched­ holds the stand taken by the AFLule calls for 20 days on station CIO Maritime Trades Department WASHINGTON—^Yielding to protests that a railroad rate after a running time of ten days in initiating the crackdown on between Rangoon and Vizagapa- cut on transcontinental tinplate cargoes would further ships trading with Cuba and seek­ tam, India. After two days' repro- weaken the remaining intercoastal water carriers, the In­ ing to ban them from obtaining US visioning, the Bruun heads for terstate Commerce Commis- •*• Government cargoes as well. SAN FRANCISCO—The new Madras and then back to Bombay. sion has agreed to study the last December is an attempt to re­ The latest White House action Military Sea Transport Union of The first cruise is planfied to last latest railroad rate mane- gain some of the traffic lost ten also came at a time when several thfe SIU Pacific District has gained 391^ days, will cover an ocean euver but is allowing new rail years ago when the rails first be­ proposals were being offered in the another victory in its widespread track of 4,740 nautical miles, and and water rates to go into affect. gan cutting rates for tinplate House to invoke a crackdown on organizing drive among seamen of is due to end the middle of May. shipments. Only a handful of lines Cuba trade shipping via legisla­ Steamship operators had also are still left in this trade. the Military Sea Transport Service, Second Cruise To Ceylon tion. cut their rates in a calculated winning exclusive bargaining The Bruun's second cruise, runs move to regain lost cargoes. Both rights and jurisdiction in Honolulu from Bombay to Ceylon, thence to for the Hawaiian Command of Port Louis in the Mauritius Is­ new rates went Into effect on February 1. MSTS. lands. On the latter run, she will The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades This follows its earlier success remain 18 days 911 station, logging Department and steamship op­ In gaining formal recognition from 5,400 miles. the Federal Government as Unlicensed crewmembers of the erators had challenged the rail­ bargaining agent for some 1,600 Bruun seeking SlU representation road cut on the ground that it was unlicensed seamen on 21 MSTS and union conditions for their long a "flagrant example of discrimina­ vessels operating out of the US stay in the Indian Ocean struck tory rate manipulation." An MTD protest pointed out West Coast. A few days after re­ the ship last Christmas Day, while ceiving notification of its bargain­ she was in Brewer's Shipyard at that the railroads "are maintain­ ing status, the union filed docu­ Staten Island, New York. Denied ing existing rail rates for the com­ ments seeking exclusive represen­ their , demands foi SlU representa­ bined water-rail transportation" of tation rights covering the same tion, they were successful two days tinplate, while cutting the all-rail rate in order to woo tinplate group. shippers. The recognition given to the The union appeal to. the ICC to union in the Hawaiian Command set aside the reduced rate called is expected to provide a substantiai Vol. XXV, No. 3 the new all-rail rate "a transparent boost to similar drives among Feb. 8, 1963 maneuver on the part of the rail­ Government seagoing personnel in roads to eliminate competition of other agencies. intercoastal shipping." A new organization was chart­ Both the unions and the domes­ ered to service MSTS personnel PAUL HALL, President tic shipping lines welcomed the in order to provide the men with HERBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK. a union structure of their own Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN. Art ICC decision to conduct an investiwithin the SIUNA and the Pacific Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYEH, gatfon of the rate cuts. The inquiry District. Organizing in the MSTS ALEXANDER LESLIE, PETER MCEVOY offers an opportunity to spotlight the efforts of the rails to wipe fleet began after a Presidential HOWARD KESSLEH, Staff Writers. executive order gave all Govern­ Published biweekly at the headquarters out intercoastal shipping by selec­ Aerial view shows Swedish tanker Thuntank VIII (left) ment employees the right to join of the Seafarers International Union. At­ tively slicing rates on canned goods being towed to port at Rotterdam, Netherlands, after it Gulf, Lakes and Inland Walers and other commodities that pro­ unions of their choice. The pro­ lantic, District. AFL-CIO. 675 Fourth Avenue was found drifting upside down in the North Sea last month. gram allows for full representation Brooklyn 32, NY Tel HYaclnth 9-6600 vide most of the cargoes usually Second class postage paid at the Post Members of the towboat crew are standing on the over­ rights and grievance procedures Office In Brooklyn. NY. under the Ac moved by water. turned vessel. The fate of the crew of the 499-ton Thuntank after majority support among the of Aug. 24. 1912 The special rate introduced by workers involved is clearly es­ remains a mystery. The ship at right is part of the Rotter­ the water carriers to retaliate for tablished. the cut in railroad rates announced dam Port Authority's fleet. Research Ship Bombay-Bound MTD Protest Sparks Study Of RR Rates Pacific SlU Signs MSTS Hawaii Ships Swedish Ship Turns Turtle SEAFARERS LOG �SEAFARERS ^gt Prar .Mrm 9, an LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) } . January 1. Through January 15, 1963 SIU shipping was relatively slow, as expected, during the first half of January, since the dock strike was in effect for the full two-week period. A total of 673 jobs was dispatched in all ports, or approximately half of what could be considered "normal" shipping activity. New registration amounted to 1,543, due to the small number of ships moving in and out of port. As a result, the number of men listed as registered on the beach at the end of the period, on January 15, was up to 5,456. This figure indicated that between 1,800-2,000 SIU men were idled "in US ports during the course of the longshore beef up to that time. Despite the general drop in shipping, Baltimore, Nor­ folk, Mobile and San Francisco were kept a bit ljusier than in the previous two weeks. All of the remaining ports were slow. However, the shipping situation did not entirely eliminate the job chances of class C men, who filled ten percent of the total jobs shipped, so there appal-ently were jobs in many ports that Seafarers in higher seniority groups were willing to pass up. The ship activity (see right) was also light in most of the ports, since many ships managed to load for foreign destinations just before the strike began on December 23. There were just 22 sign-ons in all throughout the Dis­ trict for January 1-15, a good indication of the slowdown in activity. With resumption of cargo-handling in Atlantic "and Gulf ports beginning January 26, when the strike was called off, the figures for the coming period should re­ flect the recrewing of most of the idled vessels and the return to normal shipping once again. Ship AcfiVif/ Pay SIga la Offa Cos Trooa. TOTAL Bettoa New York.... PUIodelphla.. BoHfinore .... Narfelk Jaekienvllle .. Tonipo ...... Meblie New Orleaoa.. Hoeateff Wflmingtea .. Son Franelsce. Seattle — 11 8 4 3 8 — 2 4 8 0 3 4 TOTALS ... 53 — 1 8 8 4 2 8 2 8 8 4 4 22 f 28. 8 IS 0 4 2 • 4 13 — 4 4 6 ' 12 20 28 7 7 8 15 4 12 71 144 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 S ALL 5 2 2 1 36 61 13 110 5 11 3 19 13 25 11 49 2 7 5 0 3 15 1 19 2 2 46 18 22 6 57 19 28 10 49 19 27 3 5 1 2 2 17 7 9 1 20 6 12 2 Port Boston New York Philadelphia. Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville.. Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Registered Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 13 16 31 5 22 9 0 5 5 3 0 5 9 7 19 6 6 12 1 14 0 6 2 2 4 7 9 0 7 7 14 0 6 6 2 — 2 0 0 0 7 6 1 6 0 21 9 29 3 4 12 13 14 9 0 8 4 12 3 19 9 4 0 1 5 2 7 3 5 8 1 14 8 19 8 0 8 3 4 4 8 17 131 220 54 I 4051 9 64 79 I 152 41 81 37 | 159 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 14 0 1 1 2 2 3 5 10 2 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 4 1 2 5 8 1 3 '5 1 0 0 3 3 6 7 1 14 0 1 3 2 24 38 I 71 3 12 TOTAl SHIPPED CLASS A B C 2 0 0 22 14 5 9 2 3 14 10 1 9 7 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 21 4 1 14 8 2 5 1 19 7 3 1 19 14 2 17 3 4 7 1 22 159 71 22 I Registered On CLASS A GROUP AI.I. 123 ALL 2 0 20 7 27 41 112 238 47 397 14 21 26 10 57 25 77 104 30 211 The Beach CLASS B GRQUP 12 3 ALL 0 2 6 8 5 41 70 lis 0 6 11 17 0 14 30 44 1 6 14 21 0 16 19 35 0 3 2 5 1 7 20 28 9 52 77 138 2 38 40 88 15 2 10 3 3 9 10 22 1 11 ' 12 24 17 16 20 0 36 7 15 26 2 43 1 6 11 3 20 26 51 78 16 145 24 103 160 37 300 25 69 108 18 195 11 13 14 4 31 35 18 25 4 47 24 18 20 4 42 252 519 850 182 115511 24 215 314 1 553 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shioped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 25 60 11 96 6 16 20 42 4 20 28 4 1 11 0 9 1 3 7 1 4 4 0 5 5 19 0 24 0 16 1 8 8 5 2 8 6 1 2 9 1 0 0 3 1 1 4 8 2 0 11 2 9 5 5 12 1 6 0 7 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 12 3 18 0 6 2 8 2 10 3 15 10 45 59 3 4 37 1 15 19 8 0 9 12 32 5 49 2 12 18 32 6 15 25 4 0 3 1 4 2 6 9 1 1 2 2 5 5 8 2 15 0 5 10 3 5 6 2 11 2 9 2 13 0 8 0 5 3 6 4 10 67 217 31 1 315 16 82 87 1 185 21 87 24 132 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 6 0 4 7 8 19 0 2 4 2 0 3 2 5 2 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 10 5 1 3 8 12 0 7 4 3 1 5 6 12 0 1 1 2 8 33 38 79 TOTAl SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 AI.I. A C ALL 1 B 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 8 0 5 4 9 1 2 1 4 28 19 51 63 192 23 278 20 4 55 56 131 0 1 2 3 5 4 3 27 12 3 5 35 1 7 8 16 0 3 5 1 4 8 4 17 14 113 14 141 2 67 29 36 0 2 0 2 8 4 2 14 5 18 2 25 3 9 8 26 « 7 0 1 1 2 2 11 3 18 3 24 4 13 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13 16 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 1 15 2 18 20 1 1 71 11 102 0 21 16 37 0 0 0 0 9 10 0 .19 49 151 14 214 7 80 71 158 0 0 3 25 12 3 3 40 31 92 10 133 8 45 44 97 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 12 12 6 1 19 4 8 5 17 0 0 1 11 1 12 26 1 24 10 6 42 0 6 6 12 0 1 2 10 1 2_ 2 14 4 17 1 22 1 11 5 17 1 11 10 22 131 80 22 '233 210 757 92 11059 50 291 :270 6n STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A I-s Poif Bos N Y .... Phil Hal Nor .•••. «lac eaee Tam..... Mob .... NO .... Hou .... Wil SF Sea .... TOTAfS 2 16 3 3 2 4 0 3 10 14 3 3 5 68 Registered CLASS B V Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 1 3 ALL 2 0 6' 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 34 22 45 117 2 0 20 22 1 8 3 4 16 0 1 5 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 0 2 3 10 6 12 31 1 0 14 15 3 4 2 1 .10 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 4 6 3 0 5 12 1 1 3 5 2 2 0 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 12 29 0 0 7 7 1 2 2 6 11 10 3 27 50 2 2 24 28 2 3 2 2 9 5 65 1 9 37 2 12 15 3 0 1 6 10 1 2 3 9 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 7 7 6 12 28 2 2 2 6 1 3 1 3 8 1 3 6 15 1 3 4 -8 2 0 1 3 6 82 56 161 1 367 12 12 95 1 119 17 24 14 39 1 94 Shipped JCLASS B GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 10 9 1 0 2 3 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 13 1 11 1 0 0 9 9 0 0 2 2 0 3 4 1 1 0 10 11 6 62 1 70 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 231 24 1 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 A C ALL 1-s 1 3 ALL B 2 7 1 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 3 4 0 4 97 47 205 401 4 16 10 10 36 52 69 2 63 6 11 38 1 6 3 3 12 3 8 IS 16 2 51 30 58 153 3 10 2 36 5 4 19 14 41 3 4 19 3 6 2 8 7 4 5 12 0 5 9 2 4 19 4 2 7 13 7 1 0 8 4 19 1 3 12 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 17 54 118 0 0 26 26 0 11 7 18 14 57 28 137 251 5 8 91 104 9 13 2 24 29 6 40 50 10 19 30 67 168 4 9 2 21 52 25 3 2 5 7 0 6 7 2 12 11 3 3 53 2 12 7 28 8 13 6 4 16 22 4 1 5 17 0 17 4 5 9 22 1 23 6 11 4 "94 70 24 1 188 208 300 185 600 11293 32 37 320 1 389 SUMMARY DECK ET'CINE _ REWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 131 220 54 I 405 67 217 31 I 315 150 56 161 ) S67, 348 493 246 110871 Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 9 64 16 82 12 12 37 158 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 7¥1 152 41 81 37 87 1 185 21 87 24 95 | li9 41 14 39 261 j 456 103 182 100 ALL I 159 1 132 I 94 1 385 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 9 24 38 I 71 8 33 38 I 79 62 62 I 70 23 59 138 I 220 Registered On The Beach TOTAL Shipped CLASS B CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS C CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL ABC ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 12 7 I 22 159 jn ^ ^2 ^19 850 182 |15» M 215 314 I 553 1 11" 10 1 22 131 80 22 233 ^0 757 92 |1^9 50 291 270 I 611 1 0 23 |_ 21 94 70 24 188 508 185 600 [1293 32 37 320 I 389 5 23 40 j 68 384 221 68 673 12371792 874 |3903 106 543 904 |155^ �Vibnuurr t. 19tS SEAFARERS Notify Union On LOG Mail QUESTION: Ara movies or TV shows about the sea true to life? Ed Tappy: The movies are defi­ nitely exagger­ ated. They don't show the condi­ tions we lived under in the old days. I remem­ ber walking out on the old "Mu­ tiny On The Bounty," and the new version Is not much better. The actors do a job, but they have to foliow a script that doesn't make sense. Clarence L. Cousins: I remem­ ber a movie with Rock Hudson in which he was d e 1 i V e r ing a yacht to San Francisco during a storm. There was a crew rep­ resentative who came up to him like a union pa­ trolman would and set out the conditions under which the crew would stay aboard. I felt the un­ ion-type episode was true to life. ^ Clarence Ayers: In Hollywood they flower up sea movies by making things seem a little bet­ ter than they actually are, though we have it pretty good these days. It's ten times better than it used to be. The boys back in the old days had it pretty rough. it t Winford H. Powell: They fiction­ alize a lot, but they're based on things that are real. "The Long­ est Day" por­ trayed life on a troopship which was true to life, with all the col­ or about life on a ship, the crap games and so forth. Some of the men who were really there were acting in the movie. D-Day there seemed just like the day in 1944. "Turkey" Jones: They make up a lot of it. They make it look harder for the seamen and the mates than it really is most of the time. The captain in one movie I saw had a heai't - to - heart with a seaman and told him rough it was before he asked if he really wanted a job. To­ you just go to the hiring hall. William talk how him day, R. t Dolores Ramos: think they're true for the most part. I watch a lot of sea movies on TV and I don't see much difference between them and real life. The only part that's not true is about all the beautiful women who are always making sea voyages. If you could really meet all those women then everybody would be a seaman. As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG Involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mall is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. Baltimore SIU, Food Unions Start Council BALTIMORE—^The SIU has joined with other local affili­ ates of the new AFL-CIO Food & Beverages Trades Depart­ ment in forming the first Food & Beverage Trades Council in the country. A local coun-"^ cil charter was issued here the origial convention, which named Harry R. Poole, executive on January 30. vice-president of the Amalgamated AFL-CIO unions in the food and Meat Cutters, as its first president. culinary trades set up a structure Poole made the charter presenta­ for the new department in Decem­ tion here last week to a gathering ber, 1961, at the time of the last of local representatives of most of national AFL-CIO convention. The the unions involved. department represents some 800,The department plans to issue 000 workers engaged in the manu­ charters to councils in a number facture, processing, sale and dis­ of cities during coming months. tribution of food and beverage They will serve as coordinating products. bodies for member unions in the Nine international unions, in­ same manner as the AFL-CIO's cluding the SIUNA, took part in other official departments, such as the Maritime Trades Department. Approximately a third of the SIUNA's total membership is af­ filiated with the department. Among the other unions covered are the Hotel & Restaurant Em­ ployees, Bakery & Confectionery Workers, Distillery Workers and Retail Clerks. ICC's Report To Congress Misses Boat WASHINGTON—A new report of the Interstate Commerce Com­ mission is full of information about the state of transportation but again offers no new ideas to improve it. Instead, it merely renews a series of le^slative recommendations made unsuccessfully one or m.ore times in the past. In its latest report to Congress, the ICC again offered its proposal to eliminate the shipping indus­ try's exemption from rate regula­ tion on bulk commodities. The sug­ gestion would accomplish a similar purpose as the Administration's plan last year to extend the ex­ emption to the railroads. New Proposal The only new proposal the ICC makes is an attempt to get rid of one of its present jobs. ICC wants to be relieved of the duty to set standard time zone boundaries be­ cause, it says, "transportation problems are only a small part of the complex matters which must be considered in fixing or changing the boundaries of the zones." Its report also notes that al­ though mergers are the trend cur­ rently among railroads, the reverse has been true in the motor carrier industry. Expansion programs un­ dertaken by motor carriers in the 1950's have about been completed, the agency says. US domestic water carriers last year strongly attacked two trans­ portation bills that would have provided the railroads with a dis­ tinct edge over shipping. They cited past actions of the railroads in selectively cutting rates as a means of wiping out water com­ petition, and said the same thing would occur if the railroads gained a new exemption. SIU MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS NEW YORK, January 7—Chairman. Earl Shapard; Secretary, Edward X. Mooney; Reading Cierk, Angus Campbeil. Minutes of all previous port meetings accepted. Executive Board minutes of December 17 presented. Port Agent's report on shipping accepted. Due to presence of the President in Canada, the chairman gave his report covering Upper Lakes Shipping beef. MSTS and MTD organizing, ILA strike, oceanographic vessels and other new companies. Report carried unanimously. Secretary-Treasur er's report on SIU financial affairs was carried unanimously. Welfare services report presented. Meeting excuses re­ ferred to Port Agent. Auditor's reports accepted. Seven-member appeals commit tee elected on appeal of John Cole from findings of trial committee in the Port of New York dated October 9. Total present: 365. t J* Pare Fir* LOG S" PHILADELPHIA, January 6—Chairman, Frank Orozaki Secretary, S. Zubovlch; Reading Clerk, Charles Stansbury. Pre vious port minutes accepted. Port Agent reported on shipping. ILA strike, blood bank, Christmas dinners, petroleum workers' strike. Report accepted. Presi­ dent's December report accepted. Audi­ tor's reports accepted. Discussion in good and welfare on meal books and on member laid off during ILA strike. Total present: 112. BALTIMORE, January 9 —Chairman, Rex E. DIckay; Secretary, Ralph Nay; Reading Clerk, Tony Kastlna. Minutes of previous port meetings accepted. Port Agent discussed shipping and strike con­ ditions. Report accepted. President's re­ port for December accepted. Communi­ cation from headquarters regarding ex­ tension of shipping cards during ILA strike accepted. Meeting excuses referred to dispatcher. Auditor's reports accepted. Total present: 312. (OrnVTI^BlDO^k Six New SIU Pensioners Total 200 Years At Sea Taboda Zohiii Bogren Howell Six SIU oldtimers are the first to join the ranks of Union pensioners for 1963, bringing the total number of-SIU men receiving benefits of $150 per month closer to the 300 mark. The new pensioners have a"*" combined total of nearly 200 36 years at sea. Born in Norfolk, Howell joined years at sea. the Union 17 years ago in New Seafarers in the latest group of York and sailed in the deck depart­ pensioners include: Algot Bogren, ment. He paid off his last vessel. 60; William H. Howell, 71; Andres Juan Menendez, 67; Juan Patino Taboda, 67; Edward J. Taylor, 60, and John Zohill, 66. Bogren was born in Sweden where he became familiar with the sea. He began shipping with the SIU in 1941, signing up in Balti­ more, where he now makes his home. Sailing with the deck de­ partment, he paid off his last ship, the Marore (Ore Navigation), last Menendez Taylor May and ended a career of over the Antinous (Waterman), In November, to complete over 50 years on the seas. He lives with his wife. Ruby Marie, in Ports­ mouth, Va. A native of Spain, Menendez joined the SIU at Tampa in 1947 in the engine department. A vet­ eran of more than 50 years of seatime, he was on the Niagara WASHINGTON —Higher prices (Sea Transport) his last time out for services were the major factor in November. He now resides in in the 1.2 percent rise in the con­ Texas City, Texas. Taboda is another native of Spain sumer price index in 1962, accord­ ing to the Labor Department, al­ who started shipping with the SIU though higher food and used car over seventeen years ago in the engine department. He paid off prices were contributing factors. The 1962 price picture showed his last ship, the John C. (Atlantic an average rise of one-tenth of one Carriers), in November. Now liv­ in Brooklyn, he had been going percent a month, with about half ing to sea nearly 30 .vears. the total Increase occurring in the Born in South Carolina Taylor first four months of the year. started sailing in the steward de­ For December, the index regis­ partment after joining the SIU 20 tered a two-tenths of one percent years ago. He last sailed aboard drop due primarily to lower prices the Vivian (Intercontinental) and for fresh fruits, poultry and pork. resides with his wife, Gertrude, in However, the December drop in the Bronx, NY. food prices was probably wiped Zohill was born in Austria and out in January because of the started sailing in the steward de­ severe cold weather in Southern partment after joining the Union fruit and vegetable areas. in 1947. His last ship was the Mt. The December drop in the index Vernon Victory (Mt. Vernon), was the sharpest In four years for which he paid off last August. A a month-to-month change and was veteran of more than 50 years at the second monthly decline in sea, he now makes his home in 1962. Philadelphia. Living Cost Upped 1.2% Last Year Girls Moving Topside? New Bill Would Make Nurses Staff Officers WASHINGTON—^The Staff Officers Association is mak­ ing plans to organize professional nurses in all Atlantic and Gulf passenger ship fleets, in line with a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on January 17. Plans of the SIUNA pursers union were being developed following the introduction of legislation that would register professional nurses as staff officers in the US merchant marine. The measure would amend 1939 law to make the ladies who qualify into "officers and gentlemen." There are no lady officers on US merchant ships today in any ship­ board department. It's still a man's world topside, although many women do serve in the steward department aboard ship as stewardesses, waitresses and beauticians as well as nurses. The SIU currently counts two retired Delta Line stewardesses among its active pensioners. Under the prosposed legislation, applicants for registry would not be required to take an examination to qualify, but would have to furnish the Coast Guard with various proofs of experience, minimum periods of service, citizenship, good character, etc. �SEAFARERS race Sis New Domestic Trade Bill Invites All Foreign Ships Vacation Time By SroNET MARGOLIUS WASHINGTON—A bill that could remove all barriers against Ihe use of foreign-flag ships in US domestic trades was submitted to the House of Representatives on Januar;' 31 by Rep. Jack Westland* Union of the Pacific, said it would of Washington. If passed, it would em­ be remembered when she comes power the Secretary of Com­ merce to waive all protective clauses for domestic US shifiping under the Jones Act, providing an American industry can prove that It is losing a substantial portion of its business to foreign competitors. The bill would amount to a wholesale extension of the recent­ ly-voted amendment to the Jones Act in favor of US Pacific North­ west lumber producers. The amendment, which has already been allowed to cover Southern lumber growers also, permits the use of foreign shipping in the Puerto Rico trade if space on American ships is not "reasonably available." The first lumber ship­ ment to be transported under the Jones Act suspension is due to move from the West Coast on a Japanese ship, the Taian Maru, next month. Meanwhile the Maritime Trades Council in Portland, Oregon, home state of Sen. Maurine Neuberger, who sponsored the legislation that led to the Jones Act revision late in the last session of Congress, has sharply criticized her action. Frank Fellows, MTD council presi­ dent and port agent for the Sailors up for reelection in 1966. The council's protest came In the course of its annual election meeting, at which officers were named for 1963. Besides Fellows, others reelected were Hugh "Pat" Keogh, Marine Cooks & Stewards, financial secretary; and G. W. Royer, Laborers, and Harry Wil­ liams, Firefighters, delegates to the County Labor Council. R. N. "Bob" Sweeney, Marine Firemen's Union, was elected vice president. The council has 15 affiliated unions in the Portland area. Beware The Racket in Seat Beits Big payoff for Seafarer Kenneth E. Sterner, AS off Coastal Crusader (Suwan­ nee), is $917.27 SlU vaca­ tion check covering over a year on the same vessel. All Seafarers now qualify at annual rate of $800. Exam Deadline Looms For '63 SlU Awards Seafarers or their children who are eligible to compete for one of the five annual $6,000 SIU scholarship awards may still be able to get in under the wire for the 1963 awards if they act right away. | is March 2, but those who There is one more college date are otherwise eligible and can Entrance Examination Board get the necessary documents test given before the 1963 awards processed in time may still be are made this spring. The test able to take the exam. The test is given throughout the country. The SIU scholarship program, SIXT SOCXAXi SECVAUTV regarded as one of the most gen­ erous in the US, Is open to Sea­ farers who have a minimum of three years of seatime or to SIU youngsters whose fathers meet the seatime requirement. Winners are chosen on the Cash Benefits Paid — December, 1962 basis of high school records and AMOUNT PAID other scholastic activities plus CLAIMS $ 58,651.03 their score on the CEEB exam. 6,641 Hospital Benefits 52,944.66 One scholarship of the five given 19 Death Benefits 52,800.00 each year is reserved for an ac­ 352 Pension-Disability Benefits 8,012.85 tive Seafarer who qualifies. Those 41 Maternity Benefits interested should contact the near­ 59,269.60 est SIU hall promptly. 470 Dependent Benefits 3,921.29 350 Optical Benefits Qnall^ing Exam 30,177.00 3,831 Out-Patient Benefits Meanwhile, theAFL-CIO depart­ 381,786.25 ment of Education advises that 1,495 Vacation Benefits the National Merit Scholarship TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION Examination will be given on $647,562.68 13,199 BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD .... March 5 in most US high schools. This exam must be taken when students are juniors in high school in order to qualify them for the annual AFL-CIO scliularships and December, 1962 for the more than 1,000 other scholarships given by the Nation­ TOTAL Children Wives Seamen Port al Merit Scholarship Corporation. 131 15 28 Baltimore " " In some schools the test will 108 3 2 Houston not be administered exactly on the fifth of March but within a 9 49 5 Mobile few days before or after that date. 262 6 11 245 New Orleans • • Students should check with their 408 36 21 351 New York •••• school counsellors for information. •:f.- BTyuj:Tiw BOARD SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans SIU C//nic Exams—All Ports Philadelphia *'»••••## 20 10 59 TOTAL 98 68 1,017 SIU Blood Bank Inventory December, 1962 Port Boston ....... New York .... Phfladelphia .. Baltimore .... Norfolk Jacksonville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleano . Houston Wilmington .. San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Previous Balance 7 24 47 62 15 34 6 12 86 > o o « •• a I •• • 7 10 15 826^ Pints Credited 0 2m Pints Used 2 4 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 P 14 TOTAL ON HAND 5 481/4 49 62V4 15 34 6 15 89 1V4 , 7 5 16 3531/4 Wtlbnuxr 8» 196S LOG Apply For S&A Within 60 Days Seafarers are reminded that in order to be eligible for $56 weekly Sickness & Accident welfare benefits they must sub­ mit their S&A claims within 60 days of the date their in­ jury or illness is incurred. They should also make certain they have filled out their ap­ plications completely, making full mention of the circum­ stances involved in their case. This will simplify checking and processing of applications whether a Seafarer applies at headquarters or in the out. ports. All payments are han­ dled in the same manner as SJU Vacation Plan benefits. High-pressure sellers In a number of areas are exploiting the grow­ ing interest in car safety belts by selling substandard belts for as little as $3. The substandard sellers trying to take advantage of the belt boom include at least one heavily-advertising auto-accessory chain, and also some Independent cut-rate service stations and accessory shops. One of the major tricks, this department has learned, is that the substandard sellers label their equipment as "Meets SAE Standards,** when actually only the bolt or other components may meet the SAB standard, and not the webbing itself. The situation threatens to get worse now that low-price Japanese buckles and complete belts are being offered to American sellers to sell for $2.50 to $3. A number of California distributors, as well aa those in other areas, are reported in the seat-belt industry to be pre­ paring to sell, or are already selling, the low-priced Imported belts, or belts using cheap imported buckles. The problem of substandard "safety" belta that aren't really safe has arisen because of the lack of adequate policing, although a number of states now have laws that belts must meet adequate standards. The Queens County, New York, district attorney also has moved against sellers who advertised children's restraining harnesses as "seatbelt" harnesses. A bill recently introduced into Congress by Rep. Ken­ neth Roberts, of Alabama, would | set standards for seat belts shipped or sold in interstate commerce. Seat belts, on the whole, have been recommended by most au­ thorities as a valuable safety de­ vice. A number of consumer co-op organizations similarly are en­ couraging use of the belts. By 1965, all new cars registered in New York State will have to be equipped with at least two safety belts in the front seat, and other states are expected to enact similar requirements. All 1962 and later cars already are equipped with threaded holes for receiving the seat-belt attachment fittings, al«ui.n though the belts themselves still are optional equipment at an extra cost. Until the Roberts bill is passed, and even after because of policing difficulties, ear owners who want to install belts need to make sure that belts meet standards set by GSA (General Services Administration) and SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). What's important to check is that the package speclfiea that the entire equipment including the webbing meets these standards, not merely one of two components. The SAE standard specifies that the webbing should be able to wlithstand stress of not less than 4,000 pounds, and should not be less than 1% inches wide. The belts should be attached with 7/16-inch bolts using reinforcing plates. These are the basic specifications. But most of the good-quality belts on the market exceed these specifications, and are tested to ex­ ceed 5,000 pounds of strain. All-nylon is considered the superior web­ bing. Some of the cheaper belts are made of a blend of nylon and rayon or other fibers. Not only should the webbing be at least IH inches wide, but it should be at least .065 inches thick. You can't measure this without a micrometer but, in general, the standard manufacturers advise, the belt should have body and be hard to crinkle. Avoid any belt that seems limp or soft. (Rub a dampened white handkerchief against the belt to make sure color doesn't come off—not as a safety device but to protect your clothing.) Two types of buckles are available—metal on metal, and the camtype in which the belt is threaded into the buckle. While some good belts do have the cam-type, in general the experts we consulted consider the metal on metal superior. This type is considered stronger and also provides for quick release with one hand. In the cam-type you would need to thread the webbing out ef the buckle in an emergency. There is some possibiliW that the teeth of the cam-type can Jam into the webbing, and also can serrate it from continued use. Because some belts have been criticized as inferior, the American Seat Belt Council also has instituted a testing program, and belts made by its members are labeled accordingly. However, some manu­ facturers ol good-quality belts do not belong to the Council. Their belts will not carry the Council seal but will be labeled as meeting the GSA and SAE specifications.. Can you really get adequate seat belts installed for as little as $3.33 each, as one chain recently advertised? Most experts we consulted think otherwise. Most of the standard-quality belts cost In the neigh­ borhood of $10 plus installation. A few large sellers offer belts meet­ ing the Government and SAE specifications for as little as $6. Installation, even in pre-1962 ears, preferably should be done by professional mechanics, to make sure you don't drill into a brake line or wiring, and also to make sure, on older cars, that there is a sizable amount of uncorroded metal available- for secure anchorage. While one industry representative-found service stations charging anywhere from $2.95 to $12.95 for Installing two front-seat belts, the time in­ volved is less than 15 minutes per belt for pre-1962 cars and only a couple of minutes for the newer cars. One of the largest manufacturers advises that installation should cost only $1.50 to $2 per belt, including fittings, for pre-1962 models, and $I to $1.50 on 1962 and '63 cars. Prices charged by car manufacturers for seat belts ordered as op­ tional equipment are reasonable. Even if you pay fuU list, the price usually ia $17 - $18 for two front-seat belts, or about $33 for four belts, including two in the rear seait. Thus belts ordered with a new car usually cost less than buying and installing them later. �1^- fWtowcr 9, IMS SEAFARERS Fag» Serea LOG Pennant Aids Tiny Nina II SEAFARERS GIVE 'COLUMBUS' A LIFT Joseph B. Logae, MD. Medical Director Animal Diseases Are Our Problem, Too Some of the more tronblesome animal and plant diseases seem far removed from man, but have very serious effects on millions of humans all over the world. The "Navy Medical Newsletter" details some of these problems, which are not as remote from our interests as they might seem. For example, DID YOU KNOW . . . That foot and mouth disease, or aftosa, is one of the most ruinous of animal diseases? It has ravaged herds all over the world, afflicting cattler buffalo, camels, sheep, and goats. Losses incurred in Europe as a result of the great outbreak in 1951 amounted to over $600 million. In many countries, the massive slaughter of animals in infected areas is the usnal method of stopping the spread of the dis­ ease. This is often combined with vaccination for control. Man is mainly affected by the loss of animal protein in the diet. That ticks can spread a large number of virus and bacterial diseases among animals, particularly sheep? Some of these diseases, such as Q fever, can also be transmitted to man by infected ticks. Spraying with insecticide will destroy ticks and so limit the spread of the diseases. That due to the virus disease known as African horse fever, from two to three hundred thousand horses died in 1960 in an area stretch­ ing from Turkey to India? A vaccine exists, but the preparation of 5,000 doses requires as many as 350 white mice, and some 13 million horses and mules would have to be vaccinated to halt the disease in the infected territories. The horses of wandering nomadic tribes are often responsible for distributing the infection. That swine fever, a virus disease, is fatal for about 95% of the of the animals affected? This fever, introduced from Africa, cost Spain the amount of 500 million pesetas in 1960. One hundred twenty thousand pigs had to be slaughtered in Spain last year. The Portu­ guese and French borders are strenuously guarded, as the virus can be introduced into neighboring countries by stray dogs or cats, and even by a casual or Illegal piece of sausage. Slaughter is still the only available method at the moment to limit this disease. That a virus disease, known as Newcastle disease, attacks hens, leav­ ing no survivors? In the past 20 years, hundreds of thousands of hens had to be destroyed and mass vaccinations were performed in order to keep this disease under control and avoid the complete loss of national hen stocks in many countries. A new vaccine has been tried out in Thailand and appears to be holding some promise. That coconut palms are being attacked by a disease, coco fever, about which very little is known? First, the coconuts fall to the ground, the leaves turn yellow and drop, trunks dry up, and all the trees become petrified. Is it due to bacteria, or to a microscopic mushroom? Is it transmitted by wind, by water, by insects, by man? Solving these questions is essential because the disease is highly contagious and millions of human beings depend on copra for their livelihood. (•Comments ond suggestions are inmted by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) If any SlU-crewed ships had been around when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, they would have undoubtedly given him a hand, just like the SlU-manned Alcoa Pennant did for the 40-foot Nina II, replica of the smallest caravel in Columbus' three-ship fleet, last December, Seafarers who talked with Catholic church in Cockburn San Juan to drop supplies by hellher crew of eight Spaniards Town, San Salvador, the crew of copter. This was ultimately done. and one American at that time will be glad to know she made it on time to San Salvador, which was her destination "by Christ­ mas." The Nina berthed Christ­ mas night and was met at the dock by several hundred San Salvador­ eans crying "Viva Espana." The crew came ashore dressed in 15th centiuy seamen's costumes, carrying ancient muskets, and were offered wine-skins to toast the commemorative occasion. No one managed to drink any of it, although plenty was spilled by those who tried. Following a Mass at an ancient SIU Stewards' Program Hears 2nd 'Graduation' NEW YORK—The second group of chief stewards to enroll in the SIU's Steward Department Recertification Program are well over the halfway mark in the new six-week refresher course for stewards ttentative schedule of courses is as and are scheduled for "grad­ follows: uation" on February 12. The February 25-April S next course is due to begin Feb­ ruary 25. The refresher training is de­ signed to upgrade the skills of SIU chief stewards and acquaint them with new developments in the fields of food processing, pack­ aging and cookery. It involves six weeks of training sessions covering 30 working days devoted to class­ room and field work. For the remainder of 1963, the Port San Francisco Keeps Busy On Young America (Waterman), Seafarers Dove Poshoff and Roy Jones, ABs, are pictured (foreground) at payoff, as SIU Port Agent Frank Boyne (left) checks on beef by crewmembers concerning voyage. Sea-Land's containership Eliiobethport, shown at Oakland, will be joined in EastWest run by sistership Son Francisco. Framed by tank valves, trio on Notional Defender (National Transport) includes W. J. Tracy and George W. Hording, ABs. In Elizabethport gal|ey (l-r) are Food Plan rep. D. Nunn, Seafarers S. Jensen, R. Martin, T. Thompson, R. Corrolralio. : ?!;, ia i !• the Nina was further wined and dined. After a weeks' rest, they left the Nina there, and came to New York, where they were feted on January 20 by local Hispanic societies. When the Nina was sighted on December 18 by the Alcoa Pen­ nant, which was San Juan bound, the SIU vessel carried on a mega­ phone conversation with the Span­ ish crew that lasted over an hour. The Nina reported a dwindling food supply, mostly rice and beans and drinking water. Since she car­ ried no radio, she asked the Pen­ nant to advise the Coast Guard at April IS-May 24 June S-July 15 July 22-Ang^ 30 September 9-October 18 October 28-Dceember 18 The sessions involve classroom instruction and study, implement­ ed by field trips to meat packers, produce plants and similar loca­ tions. Developed over many months, the new stewards school is the result of recommendations by a rank-and-file committee of stewards subsequently approved by the Union membership at SIU port meetings. The first group of "students" completed its work last December. Varied Duties Instruction covers the varied du­ ties of a steward aboard ship in­ cluding the preparation of menus, sanitary food preservation, keeping Inventory, proper storing and over­ all supervisory details in the cul­ inary department. The program received its impet­ us as a result of the feeding pro­ gram initiated in some SIU fleets as far back as 1954 and introduced across the board on SlU-contracted vessels in 1959. SIU steward de­ partment personnel who have at least three years of seatime in a rating above 3rd cook can get further details on taking the course by contacting SIU head­ quarters. US To Abandon 'Texas Towers' The Air Force is abandon­ ing its two remaining "Texas tower" radar stations in the Atlantic off Cape Cod, it an­ nounced last month. Inspec­ tions have shown "extensive erosion" of the sand and rock around the $14-million-towers, it said. A similar tower off the New Jersey coast collapsed in 1961 during an Atlantic storm with a loss of 28 lives. The job of providing radar protection against low flying planes will be taken over by radar-equipped US aircraft, the Air Force said. According to Seafarers Charles Misak and Francisco Cornier of the Pennant's deck crew, the Nina's personnel seemed in "good shape." Cornier was able to take pictures of the crew and their lit­ tle ship during their brief en­ counter. The Pennant first sighted the Nina about ten miles directly ahead, but the freighter had to make three passes at the tiny ship before it was able to pull along­ side. Prior to her meeting with the Pennant, the Nina had last been reported seen on December 12 by search planes from the Roosevelt Roads Navy Base. She was spotted then about 300 miles northeast of San Juan and 714 miles from San Salvador. The Nina left the Can­ ary Islands last October 10 to try to duplicate the voyage Columbus made across the Atlantic in 1492. San Salvador was the first place Columbus landed in the New World. The Nina is now up for sale in Nassau, after completing her special mission. Radar Gear Too Slow' For Space The top and bottom of the amazing world we live in today are highlighted in two "routine" scientific announcements. At the top is an infra-red track­ ing device to guide orbiting space ships in "docking," as developed by the Martin Marietta Corp. It is a small two-part tracking unit that may become a possible chal­ lenger to radar for contacting two vehicles orbiting the earth at some 17,500 naph. Called Mirtak, the 15-pound unit consists of an infra-red light source and an infra-red sensitive tracker. The tracker responds only to its mating light source, is highly ac­ curate, and almost invulnerable to jamming. With the tracker on one vehicle and the flashing light on the other, the tracker should be able to make necessary guidance correction to bring both together, including "blind landings" for air­ ships. At the bottom, trying to pin down the effects of radiation waste dumps on sea life, and indirectly on man, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council recently studied the dis­ posal of packaged, low-level waste radioactive materials off the Pacific Coast. They found offshore Pacific waters can take a lot more low-level radioactive "junk" be­ fore contamination of sea life even becomes remotely dangerous, as long as recommended limits are ob­ served in salting away radioactive materials. Some of the dump sites are over 2,200 fathoms deep, but the scientists suggested monitor­ ing systems should be set up any­ way, for safety's sake. ^ KnowI - ' rofUBWS' �SEAFARERS nee Beat Fcbmanr 9, IMS LOG One-Way Sea Lanes Asked For English Channel Tralfic Joe Algina, Safety Director LONDON—proposal has been advanced by a working group from several Euro­ pean maritime countries to set up a system of traffic regulation in the busy Dover StraitEnglish Channel area by establishing one-way sea lanes to separate the main streams of Use Your Head—Wear Safety Gear! Personal protective equipment is chosen to given reasonable protec­ traffic heading north and tion for the conditions under which It is to be used. To be effective, tributed to an increase in maritime of traffic, would allow for south­ personal protective equipment must be worn. Aa with false teeth, south. The lanes would be dotted traffic, a ship's ability to navigate bound traffic oneway along a spe­ eyeglasses and hearing-aids, it may take time and effort to get used to with navigational and buoy mark­ ers at specified intervals, accord­ ing to a report in "Fairplay," the British shipping journal. The pro­ posal has been offered as a means of reducing the hazard of colli­ sions in the area. Study Cited "Fairplay" cited a study showing that half of the world's shipping collisions take place in an area be­ tween the English Channel and the Elbe River, and that most of the accidents involve vessels meeting head-on, or nearly so. The number of collisions is at- Gov't Jobs Boom Yard In Mobile MOBILE—Two US Government contracts totalling nearly $3 mil­ lion have been awarded to the Mobile Ship Repair Company here. The work is expected to keep members of the SIU United Industrial Workers at the repair yard wjorking for many months ahead. The larger of the two contracts is for $2.5 million and will go to­ ward the construction of five miv cellaneous US Navy vessels. The other contract, for $499,556, was awarded to Mobile Ship Repair by the US Coast Guard for the con­ struction of a 100-foot, 600-horsepower, twin screw buoy tender. Work Started Work on the tender started at Pier C, Alabama State Docks on the first of January and is ex­ pected to be completed in seven months. The vessel will have a beam of 22 feet and will be con­ structed of steel and aluminum. When completed, the buoy ten­ der is to be assigned to the Great Lakes area. Last year. Mobile Ship Repair was awarded another large Gov­ ernment contract covering postshakedown work on the US Navy tanker Kaskaskia, a fleet oiler. Work on the vessel was completed several months ago and it Is now in service supplying fuel for large Navy tankers. at will and the misinterpretation of radar signals. At the same time, the added accuracy of vessel navi­ gation has altered the pattern of traffic and produced smaller areas where shipping routes join together. Two solutions to the problem of collisions were proposed. One sug­ gestion was the creation of several two-way lanes. The second, which received almost unanimous accept­ ance, would designate onr - way channels as the best means to avoid collision. The recommended tracks, de­ signed to separate'the main streams Win New Pact At Yankee Plant SIU shop stewards are pictured at Yankee Plastics Com­ pany plant in Shenandoah, Pa., where SIU United industrial workers completed new contract talks this week. New agreement climaxes 55-3 vote for the Union in National Labor Relations Board election. Pictured (l-r) are Sam Lombard, Tom Mundy, chief steward John Cuff and Robert Muscovoge. STEEL ARCHITECT (isthmian), Nov. 23—Chairman, James O. Bruso; Sec­ retary, Egbert W. Gouidlng. Ship's delegate reported one man left in Calcutta due to illness. George Mattalr elected new ship's delegate. $30 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks ex­ tended to steward department for the spread put out on Thanksgiving Day. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), Dec. 16—Chairman, James B. Lee; Secre­ tary, Ray H. Casanova. Ship's dele­ gate reported some men were logged for not performing duties. Need an­ other deck maintenance so that chief mate wiU not have to work on deck. Ship has not received LOGs nor any library for five months. No patrolman aboard at sign-on in New Orleans. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment for job well done. Ship's delegate reportejl no major beefs. Discussion on ship being sougeed. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for nice Thanksgiving din­ ner. IN mriiMiRB J;'i 5.1^I-I J1 BARBARA FRiETCHIE (Liberty Nav­ igation), Sept. 9—Chairman, C. Quinnt; Secretary, J. H. Shearer. Ship's dele­ gate reported that most of the repairs were taken care of. Vote of thanks to entire steward department for the best Thanksgiving dinner and to the captain for favors and privileges dur­ ing the voyage. Received no LOGs or communications during this ZVi-month voyage. Discussed leaks in the boat deck and need of a new refrigerator for crew mess. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Nov. 4—Chairman, Carl Lawson; Secretary, C. R. Wood. Ship's delegate reported crew deeply grieved to learn of the death of Brother Claude Simmons. Member of crew hospitalized in Hono- wearing some items for personal protection. The time and effort aro worthwhile, however, when you consider the severity of the injuries that can be prevented by wearing this equipment. Eye protection may prevent loss of an eye, and a face shield can forestall severe burns. HEAD PROTECTION. Protective hard hats especially protect the skull from falling materials, tbols, and other objects. They also pre­ vent injuries from raising the head and hitting it against sharp edges and pointed corners. This gear is often made of a composition mate­ rial which is water-resistant, nonconductive and has a high resistance to impact. Metal hats are also available, but should not be worn where there Is danger of electrical contact. The hat is supported away from the head by an adjustable cradle or hammock attached to the headband. This arrangement cushions blows and prevents injury to the head or neck. Without it, the hat is of little value. Hats also may be fitted with liners for warmth dur­ ing cold weather. Protective caps are sometimes preferred for working in confined spaces. In addition, reflecting material is sometimes attached to the hats to increase the visibility of the wearer in darkness. EYE PROTECTION. Eye injuries from flying chips of metal, rust, nails, abrasive grits and similar objects can be avoided. The follow­ ing kinds of eye and face protection have been developed for various needs; Cup goggles are worn for protection against the heavy impact of large particles. The hardened glass lenses give protection ^rom flying materials and must withstand the impact of a steel ball weighing 1.56 ounces dropped from a height of 50 inches. Safety glasses are commonplace aboard ship these days, and are very suitable for protection against small flying particles both from the front and sides. They are available with filter, lenses for protection against reflected light, harmful rays, and glare. They also come with prescription lenses for those who wear glasses all the time. One of the principal problems involved in the use of safety goggles of all types is keeping them clean and free from fogging. Soft tissue and a ^ot of cleaning liquid can take care of this, since the glasses are of limited value if they don't give you proper visability all around. FACE PROTECTION. Plastic face shields provide the same protec­ tion as plastic eye shields and in addition protect against splashing liquids. Face shields are made of. transparent plastic, have adjust­ able headbands, and are designed so that the shield can be pushed up away from the face. Combining all three elements, welding helmets, shields and goggles protect against light particles, molten metal and harmful radiation, such as are encountered in welding jobs. Safety glasses with side shields should be worn under the helmet to protect the eyes when the helmet is raised. (Comments and stiggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) lulu and is recovering. Movie pro­ jector repaired in Honolulu at a cost of $53.80. $9.60 in ship's fund. Crew­ men wiU donate $f each to cover cost of repairing projector. Vote of thanks to steward department for a fine job. Johnson. Ship's delegate suggested that the patrolman have a talk with the captain regarding repairs. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Crew requested to keep laun­ dry room clean at aU times. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Line), Nov. 10—Chairman, Willie Waikeri Secrafary, Gerald Hebert. $29 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Suggestion that board­ ing patrolman see company about getting coffee mugs for crew. OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas), Dec. 8—Chairman, Bill Howe; Secre­ tary, S. Rothschild. No beefs re­ ported. Discussion on locking pas­ sageways in foreign ports to try to keep longshoremen out. Motion to have patrolman from San Francisco board ship on arrival to check items short in steward department ROSE KNOT (Suwannee), Nov. ItChairman, W. H. Harrell; Secretary, Wesley Young. $1.83 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in stewards depart­ ment. No LOGs nor communications received during this seven-month voyage. Discussion regarding ship's ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Nov. 35— Chairman, C. L. Strlngfeiiow; Secre­ tary, Ralph Taylor. Few hours dis­ puted OT in engine department. Mo­ tion for allotments to be made for the next voyage. Captain not giving enough money on draw. Vote of thanks to steward department for the good service and food. GLOBE CARRIER (Maritime Over­ seas), Nov. 25—Chairman, Joseph McAndrews; Secretary, W. J. Williams. : WRTC/CALL cified route paralleling the English shore, and for northbound traffic to work along the French coast. More ships apparently use the Eng­ lish side in preference to the Con­ tinental side of the Strait because it is better marked. Remarking of the area and shifting of naviga­ tional aids would be a necessary part of the entire traffic scheme. The report is now to be sub­ mitted to the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization of the United Nations for consid­ eration by its maritime safety com­ mittee. TAMARA G U I L D E N (Transport Commercial), Nov. 11—Chairman, Irvin Glass; Secretary, Joe Powers. One oiler missed the ship in Houston. $8 in ship's fund. The entire crew gave the chief steward, chief cook and the steward department a vote of thanks for the good food and service. BULK LEADER (American Bulk), Nov. 18—Chairman, John Zlerels; Sec­ retary, M. F. Kramer. Two men in deck department missed ship in Santos, and one in engine depart­ ment. M. F. Kramer was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reportd. ,1 . K'l iviiij'fia delegate calling hall upon arrival In regard to being relieved or paid off. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Waterways), Dec. 12—Ciiaiiiiiaii, Frank Adklns; Secretary, S. U. Johnson. Ship's dele­ gate thanked all members for the services rendered to the children from Orphanage at St. Nazaire, France. Damage caused by sanitary line break in steward department quarters to be taken up with board­ ing patrolman. NATALIE (Maritime Overseas), Nov. 35—Chairman, Robert W. Ferrandiz; Secretary, Jerry Miller. $11 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Jerry Miller elected new ship's delegate. An extra vote of thanks to the steward department for' the excellent Thanksgiving dinner served under very adverse conditions. PENNMAR (Calmar), Dec. 7—Chair­ man, Walcy Thomas; Secretary, J, U. . ; i f i 5i ORION PLANET (Orion), Nov. 23— Chairman, Tony Novak; Scretary, J. A. F. Denais. Discussion on writing a letter to headquarters regarding meat purchased in Singapore. Re­ quest someone to meet ship in Ha­ waii to check shortages and quality of meat. $12.35 in cash in ship's fund and $1.25 in stamps. One man in engine department hospitalized in Karachi. Poor slopchest aboard. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Nov. 18 —Chairman, S. Steeber; Secretary, F. Cornier. Department delegates re­ ported everything running smoothly. Mariano Arrayo was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discussion on shortage of fruits during trip. Matter of steward department man being switched to be taken up with patrol­ man in PhUadelphia. FANWOOD (Sea-Land), No dateChairman, Johnnie Hoggle; Secretary, Ralph TIndeli. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything running smoothly. t f S t » .(•< • 5 s 4 ' Two men missed ship. Discussion re­ garding no mail being delivered to ship by agent in Puerto Rico. Motion to see about having a phone on ship in Newark so that members can check on sailing time. Discussed col­ lection for the family of Sonny Simmons. NIAGARA (Sea Transport), Nov. 34 —Chairman, A. Milne; Secretary, C. Shirah. Ship's delegate reported on contaminated water and stated that bad meat boxes are causing loss of meat. No • beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks to steward department. SHORT HILLS (Sea-Land), Dec. 1— Chairman, Art Gilliland; Secretary, Lee • de Parlier. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything running smoothly. Crew requested to clean up in the morning. Took up mail service with patrolman in San Juan. Gangway beef still unsettled. Longshoremen to be kept out of messroom, and sign will be posted to that effect. PENN EXPLORER (Penn), Nov. 35 —Chairman, M. J. Weils; Secretary, W. R. Gammons. Crew asked to keep all doors locked while in Port Said and India. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done and also to the baker for the fine pastry.^ Fresh water to be checked. See what' can be done about salty water for bathing and washing of clothes. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Dec. 23—Chairman, Roberto Hannibal; Secretary, L. Hopkins. Ship's delegate reported one man missed ship. $20 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly. Poor LOG distribution to this ship. MT. RAINIER (American Tramp), Dec. 15—Chairman, D. Hartman; Sec­ retary, S. Sink. Motion made to have clothes dryers on all contracted ves­ sels. Motion to ask captain to have draw money ready on arrival. New icebox needed for crew messroom. PEtlN VANGUARD (Penn Shipping), Nov. 4—Chairman, William O'Connors; Secretary, H. E. Rosecrans. $4 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. �/ PtWoaiy S. INS SEAFARERS Page Nfn« LOG SS Mankato Victory Home From EuropeSailing To Far East Returning from a trip to Itoly, Spoin and France, the SlU-manned Mankato Victory (Victory Car­ riers) had to wait out the end of the longshore strike in the Bay Ridge flats before she was able to dock at Erie Basin, Brooklyn, lost week. Seafarers reported a pretty smooth trip back from Europe when they paid off January 30 and the vessel was finally able to unload her cargo. The Mankato left again on February 3 heading south, with a couple of stops scheduled first at Philadelphia, Norrolk and then in San Francisco when she hits the West Coast. She'll then head out for several Far Eastern ports this time, including Yokohama, Japan, and Pusan and Inchon, Korea. Visited in engine room, Bob Michoels. oiler, was on the job checking and securing valves. Securing lines, Seafarer James Flonogon, AB (left), gets assist from Joe Qirarteraro, OS, out on deck. Longshoreman looks on. Scene in galley on Mankato pictures (l-r) Cervondo Costro, MM; Anthony Schiovone, chief cook; Regino Vosques, pantryman, and Joseph M. Goiiiord, 3rd cook. SlU Patrolman Charlie Scofield brought crewmembers up to date on Union news during ship's meeting held while Mankato was at Erie Basin. Foc'sle confab features (l-r) C. Mozok, Joe Jomes, M. Kerngood, C. O'Brien. Joo Quorteroro, OS (left), signs payroll receipt, while (at right) J. R. Andolsek, oiler; J. Meeks, FWT, and other Seafarers wait their turn. �Febnuiy t. un SEAFARERS LOG Seas^ Loose Cargo Mar Maiden Run Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director HALIFAX—Heavy Atlantic seas took their toll of cargo aboard the Temperatures In The Vegetable Box The days when scurvy was the terror of the sea are long past duo Sru-manned freighter Bridgehampton (Bull) recently, on her maiden to the use of fresh fruits and vegetables to round out seamen's diets and provide the vitamins necessary to prevent this disease. trip bound for Iran and Indie. Refrigeration has been the answer to the problem. With the The 15,947-ton vessel was forced proper refrigeration, enough fresh fruits and vegetables can be stored to put in at this port after her cargo of 400 jeeps and steel girders to supply the crew with sufficient vitamin C for the longest voyages. Fruits and vegetables are susceptible to damage from either too broke loose and she had to return here for the safety of the ship and much or too little refrigeration, however. If too high an average tem­ perature is maintained in the vegetable box, the commodities will tend its crew. to ripen too rapidly and then rot. Under too low a temperature they Jeeps Crushed will freeze and become damaged, some beyond future use. The jeeps, to-be delivered to the These provisions vary in their susceptibility to cold damage. Some, Imperial Iranian Army, hurtled for instance, are hardy enough to withstand repeated freezings with­ about the hold as the ship rolled out too much damage being done. Others, such as tomatoes, will be and tossed in the big ocean swells, ruined by even one slight freezing. becoming crushed and twisted. For simplicity, most fruits and vegetables can be arranged into Steel girders, sharp and deadly as three groups, as determined by their ability to sustain refrigeration Pictured on deck of deep-sea barge Patricia Sheridan, SlU huge knives, were tossed and damage and still remain edible and nutritious. thrown against the sides of the boatmen who served as negotiating committee for new • Those likely to be injured by one light freezing are asparagus, ship. avocados, snap beans, berries, cucumbers, eggplant, lemons, limes, agreement in Norfolk included (l-r) Theo Jackson, cook; J. When unloading operations be­ sweet peppers, white potatoes, Tinker, Jr., OS; Martin Watson, mate; Walter Pascball, firegan at Pier 31 here, the extent of summer squash, sweet potatoes, water drip or in a wet spot. Ar­ ^man, and Earl Willis, OS. the damage was estimated to be tomatoes. range items so that they easily many thousands of dollars. As • Commodities that will recover can be identified. more of the crushed jeeps were from one light freezing are such During the voyage, cull all fruit unloaded, the hold began to take items as apples, sprouting broccoli, and vegetables regularly, as neces­ on a battle-look. The damaged new cabbage, celery, cranberries, sary, to minimize spoilage. Be sure jeeps' will be repaired at army grapefruit, grapes, lettuce, onions, that empty boxes and cartons are oranges, parsley, peaches, pears, promptly removed. Inspect all workshops in Iran. peas, plums, winter squash. Loaded In Lakes items daily and be sure to use first • The group that can be lightly those that appear to be deterio­ The Bridgehampton loaded the NORFOLK—One of the last coastwise barge operations in jeeps at US Great Lakes ports and frozen several times without serious rating. the Atlantic-Gnlf area was brought under contract by the took on remaining cargo at Mont­ damage includes beets, brussel Keep a daily record of tempera­ SIU Inland Boatmen's Union January 24 via a thr^year real. She was one of the last sprouts, old and savoy cabbage, tures and report excessive changes through the St., Lawrence Seaway carrots, caulifiower, kale, parsnips, to the chief engineer for his at­ agreement covering boatmen t before it was closed for the winter, rutabagas, spinach, turnips. manning five ocean-going had a union as their bargaining and then ran into heavy seas and The best temperature condition tention. Never keep bananas under re­ barges owned by the Sheridan agent. trouble as she entered the Gulf recommended for the vegetable frigeration. To obtain the best re­ Transportation Company. Local 333, United Marine Divi­ Stream, east of Newfoundland. box, from all standpoints, is 33 to sults from the cold storage of other The agreement calls for month­ sion of the National Maritime Un­ An oil tanker until last summer, 36 degrees F. This is nearest the fruits and vegetables, it is highly ly base pay ranging from $275 for ion, lost an election on these tugs the Bridgehampton underwent a ideal temperature for most com­ important to keep the temperature an ordinary seaman to $330 for six years ago. Another Sheridan rig reconstruction job in Hamburg, modities stored, with the exception in the place of storage fairly con­ cooks, and up to $655 for barge vessel, a Philadelphia harbor tug, Germany, converting to a bulk car­ of potatoes, which require slightly stant. captains. It provides for an addi­ the H. J. Sheridan, has been un­ rier. She is described as "four- special treatment. Variations can usually be pre­ tional $15 per month increase ef­ der contract since 1960. If stored at these temperatures, vented if the storage rooms are fifths a new ship." fective in August, 1964. The com­ potatoes will gain in sugar content weU-insulated throughout, have pany will also pay the costs for at a faster rate than is necessary adequate refrigeration and if traf­ complete SIU pension and welfare or desirable. To prevent this, they fic into these spaces is kept at a coverage for the boatmen and their should be stored at 70-80 degree minimum. families. temperatures for from one to three (Comments and suggestions are In addition, crewmembers aboard weeks before being placed in the invited by this Department and the five barges will be entitled to vegetable box. Potatoes should not can he submitted to this column 15 days of paid vacation under the be placed near mild fruits such as in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) terms of the contract. apples, or the apples will acquire Pact talks covering crewmen an unpleasant earthy taste "and aboard the company's non-self odor. OYSTER BAY, NY—^The HS Denison, first open-ocean On vessels where storage facili­ propelled barges were begun here on January 18 aboard one of the hydrofoil ship is berthed at a shipyard here following a deci­ ties are limited and temperature vessels, the Patricia Sheridan, with sion of the Maritime Administration to postpone indefinitely ranges are not ideal, it may be the crew of the barge serving as a putting the craft into an ex-4 necessary to choose conditions that > negotiating committee. are the most favorable and to perimental commercial opera­ Vikhr has gone into service be­ takenot The committee won its demands these particular storage con­ In five days and then submitted tion. MA officials say that tween Yalta and Odessa, following ditions Into consideration when re­ the contract to crewmembers improvement of propellers, foils trial sails on the Black Sea. quisitioning and, storing. Certain Cruises At 50 Knots aboard the other barges. Its terms and machinery would be more ad­ basic precautions can still be taken The Vikhr can carry 300 passen­ however, to keep waste and spoil­ WASHINGTON — A Congres­ were ratified and have gone into vantageous than the commercial gers in three compartments and age to a minimum. sional study group has called on effect. Crewmembers on the five demonstration of a single craft. A hydrofoil vessel is built like has a cruising speed of 50 knots vessels designated the SIU-IBU as Before storing, be sure the box, the Government and the US oil in­ their bargaining agent last year. an airplane and literally files and a 500-mile range. The hull is including deck, shelves and grat­ dustry to take steps against a So­ Besides the Patricia Sheridan, across the water on two foils or of aluminum magnesium alloy. ings, ,is well cleaned. Move old viet oil offensive that'has captured Hydrofoil ships first took hold stock to the front of the box so a big share of Western European the other barges involved are the legs that ride on the water. in Italy and more and more are that it may be easily reached and markets in recent years. Margaret Sheridan, Kathleen Sixty Knots Sheridan and Winifred Sheridan. The group, composed of five The Denison is said to be far being used in Russian ports. In used up first. Be sure the diffuser They transport bulk cargoes such ahead of similar vessels, now op­ Hungary, a service has started on fan has been defrosted and is in members of the House Foreign as coal and fertilizer to ports rang­ erated by Russia and Italy, in the Danube River using two 64- good working order. Affairs Committee, made the state­ During storage, keep potatoes ments in a formal report on its ing from Houston, Texas, to Maine speed and power. She is said to passenger craft, and plans are be­ and Puerto Rico. have hit speeds of 60 knots an ing made for a hydrofoil service and other odor-bearing vegetables European tour last year. It issued The vessels are converted deep- hour, according to a Government between Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and away from fruits. Don't store a preliminary report in December. fruits or vegetables under any «ea cargo ships towed by three announcement, in tests in Long Vienna, Austria. In 1950, the report said, the deep-sea tugs owned by the Sheri- Island Sound. The ship was orig­ Soviet Union was importing petro­ dan-affUiated Tug Management inally scheduled for a tryout in leum. But by 1961, the Russians Corporation, which signed a first- April on a run between Port Ever­ were exporting 800,000 barrels a . Aspirin Prices—A Big Headache time SIU-IBU contract covering the glades, Fla., and Nassau in the day, or 24 percent of all oil they WASHINGTON—-The American Medical Association has issued men aboard the tugs last August Bahamas. produced. a formal announcement through its offices here that all aspirin is to follow up a unanimous Union It said the success of Russia's the same no matter what price it sells for. The statement was in Now MA says that since the ves­ victory in a National Labor Rela­ drive could be attributed to three reply to inquiries made by Sen. Pat McNamara (D.-Mich.) during sel was originally designed as a tions Board election. The contract factors—abundant oil supplies, dic­ a hearing by a Special Committee On the Aging. The Senator represented the first time that test vehicle, it would not be suited tated price policies, and the will­ told AMA spokesmen that the committee had investigated aspirin to commercial passenger service Sheridan deep-sea tugmen have ingness of some Western govern­ prices and found that brand-name aspirin sell for as much as three without extensive conversion. This ments to barter their industrial and a half times the price of less-known brands. is estimated to cost about $600,000, Oliver Field, director of the American Medical Association's goods for cheap Soviet oil. and an additional 12-month test­ Department of Investigation, said all aspirin must meet the same "The Soviet oil offensive, being ing period is reported to be on requirements in order to be sold and people might as well buy the politically directed, requires a re­ the schedule before the Denison cheaper product. Many large manufacturers of aspirin spend sponse on a governmental as well can be demonstrated to the pub­ large sums on advertising in an attempt to make the public believe as a private level," the report said. lic. that their aspirin is better than another. In many cases you can buy "The private oil industry, in­ Meanwhile, the Russians, who 100 tablets of an unadvertised brand for the same price that you cluding the Western oil compa­ claim firsts on just about every­ pay for 25 tablets of an advertised product, although both aspirins nies, thus far has done little to thing, may have something this are exactly the same. blunt the impact of that offensive time by way of the world's largest in Western Europe." hydrofoil ship, the Vikhr. The Coastal Barges Under SlU Pact US Hydrofoil Trial Put Off -Back To Drawing Board? House Panel Urges Curbs On Red Oil I �Mnunr t, Ittt SEAFARERS COPE REPORT •• r/v - .j-f' ' -'Ml «iiiii Pace Blevca LOG 'Surrender^ You Civilians!' J With little fanfare to alert tiie public, a major national organization of state legislators has declared war on the US Supreme Court. It has launched a three-pronged campaign to; • Create a super court, or "Court of the Union," made up of chief Justices of state supreme courts, with power to over-rule US Supreme Court decisions involving states' rights; • Reverse the Supreme Court decision in the Tennessee reap­ portionment case by declaring Federal courts have no authority to rule on arguments concerning apportionment of seats in a state legislature; and • Give state legislature more power in amending the US Consti­ tution. The campaign was formulated, and is being waged, by the potent General Assembly of States, comprised of legislators from the 50 states. The organization apparently is under ultraconservative domi­ nation. Senates in at least two states already have approved one or more of the three resolutions. Goal of the General Assembly' is to have them introduced in all 50 states. Each of the three proposals is loaded with dynamite. The first would sabotage the authority of the Supreme Court in almost ail controversial issues, notably school desegregation. The second would destroy whatever potential gains may result from the historic reappor­ tionment decision of last spring, and would commit most state govern­ ments to eternal horse-and-buggy status by perpetuating rural domi­ nation. The third would practically assure state control of constitutional amendments. Presently, amendments must be proposed either by a two-thirds vote of Congress or by a national convention called by Congress at request of two-thirds of the states. Amendments then must be approved for final adoption by three-fourths of the states either through state legislatures or state conventions. The General Assembly of the States wants to change this to by-pass Congress or a national convention any time two-thirds of the states propose the same amendment. It all sounds very technical, but in prac­ tice it could create havoc. One example of what could happen: Sev­ eral years ago two-thirds of the state legislatures approved a resolution to amend the US Constitution by clamping a 25 percent limit on tax­ able income, obviously a windfall for the well-to-do. They were rebuffed on a legal technicality, but such a proposal, or something like it, could well become law before anyone knew what was happening if the present resolution to by-pass Congress or a national convention ever received approval. 4" t 3^ Giving way to the driving urge for power that seems to characterize all government bureaucracy, the United States Coast Guard is at it again. It is reaching out to grab tightfisted control over the jobs and livelihood of civilian merchant seamen, an objective it has always sought to attain. The device used this time is like an ice­ berg, whose small exposed surface belies what's hidden from the eye below the water line. Coast Guard officials certainly know about is involved In « consilidation . . . icebergs, as the agency has manned the In­ The Hollywood AFL-CIO Film Council has been meeting Holly­ ternational Ice Patrol for many years on this wood producers on the possibilities side of the Atlantic, and has served a vital of increased motion picture pro­ function in protecting ships and seamen from duction in the United States. Job opportunities in feature-length icy disaster. This, of course, is what the films have been reduced in recent Coast Guard should continue to do, as one of years by heavy production of American films in foreign coun­ its many safety chores, and as part of its Fed­ tries. eral Government role and its responsibility * « Over 50 illegally-fired union to protect water commerce. members who were employees of Where the Coast Guard admirals overstep Ozark Dam Constructors are en­ their bounds is in seeking to extend and titled to $55,000 in back pay from their former employers. In its broaden their role, bit by bit, until they can third decision since the dispute reach in and check the quality of every sea­ started in 1948, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis also man's dentures to see if he's fit enough to gave Its approval to a National handle a mooring line. Labor Relations Board formula This, essentially, is what the Coast Guard under which back pay is figured. The workers are members of build­ is now out to do, in its fashion. It is asking ing trades affiliates of the Fort Smith, Little Rock and Springfield for a grant of power through a so-called (Ariz.) Joint Council . . . The "Merchant Seaman's Health Safety Act," American Federation of Govern­ that would give it absolute control over ment Employees has won exclusive every seaman's right to go to sea. bargaining rights by big majorities The proposed legislation, introduced in the in elections at Social Security pay­ ment centers in Philadelphia and House of Representatives by Rep. Herbert C. Chicago and at a Marine Corps Bonner, would obligate the Coast Guard as base in California. Units totailing the agency to set the physical qualifications 2.500 workers gave the AFGE a for civilian seamen, and to make sure that 4-1 margin in the balloting. The everybody conforms as "Government Issue" West Coast vote covered civilian employees at the Marine base in —GI, in short. A sailor who didn't conform to (Government standards would be penal­ Twentynlno Palms, Calif. Sen. Barry Goldwater's blueprint for turning back the clock includes a fancy new twist on phony "right-to-work" laws. His latest proposal Is to enact a national scab law and permit individual states to super­ cede it with laws allowing the union shop. This is a-180 degree turn-about on the present Federal law under whi(^ the union shop is legal, but which encourages states to pass harsher legislation in the form of so-called "right-to-work." The Arizona Republican's next idea may be to repeal the Federal Bill of Rights, then let states pass them individually if they choose. States' rights, you know. Massachusetts Shoe Workers have won a new two-year pact cov­ ering 10,000 workers in 45 plants following a two-day walkout. Be­ sides a ten-cent package increase, one of the two main provisions recognizes the union's right to strike if any company becomes de­ linquent in meeting pension fund payments. The other welcome ad­ dition protects displaced machin­ ery operators by granting them preference to work on new or modernized machinery ... A five day strike of New York millinery workers forced an end to employer resistance to Hatters Union con­ tract proposals. Seeking a wage boost for low-scale employees in the trade, the union also secured a $2.50 raise for salaried employ­ ees and a management guarantee of $100,000 a year for the promo­ tion of union label hatwear. 4> 4* 4> The ITS Circuit Court of Ap­ peals in New York has reversed a lower court ruling that District 65, Retail, Wholesale and Depart­ ment Store Union, could not com­ plete arbitration of issues after Interscience Publishers merged with the John T. Wiley Company in 1961. The court ruled that work­ ers' rights under a collective bar­ gaining agreement continue and are subject to arbitration even when the employer under conti'act ized. The shipowner who hired him likewise would be fined. The whole idea is a rehash of an old scheme that was introduced by the Coast Guard back in 1954, when it sought to do the same thing on its own hook that the Bonner legislation would enable it to accomplish. It set out 60 pages of standards of "fitness" for merchant seamen, and asked the industry to swallow it. At the time, nine years ago, union and management protests over the whole un­ workable scheme caused it to be abandoned. The idea of trying to fit seamen into a Coast Guard-determined mold of physical, mental and emotional standards was ill-considered, to say the least. It offered the means to blacklist virtually any civilian seaman in the US merchant fleet via Government edict. Ih its mass of detail, with a numbering system of standards for each shipboard rating, it would probably have washed out a good many Coast Guards­ men, plus half the Navj', with a little effort, if it had been applied to the men in those military forces. The "word" military is the clue to what the Coast Guard tried in 1954, and is again seeking to put over. The idea of private citi­ zens, civilian seamen, not being subjected to a military type of control seems to upset the Coast (Guard admirals every now and then, and then they make their move. The Bonner bill is the latest effort, but the SIU, with other unions in the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, will watch closely the course of this proposed legislation. All maritime unions recognize this pro­ posal as a calculated attempt by a military group to spread its control, and to throttle the rights of individuals and union men in the process. �SEAFARERS Page Tirelve LOG All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name, representing a total of $5,400 in maternity benefits and a maturity value of $675 in bonds: Jemina Johnson, born December Robin Elaine Young, born De­ cember 6, 1962, to Seafarer and cember 9, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Clinton M. Webb, Baltimore, 21, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Knoxie L. Johnson, Jr., Mobile, Mrs. Marshall B. Young, Mobile, Md. Ala. 4 4 4 Ala. 4 4 4 Cynthia Hudson, born December 3» 4Tina Marie Eagleson, born De­ 29, 1.962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Benjamin & Anthony Mignano, cember 3, 1962, to Seafarer and Louie E. Hudson, Mobile, Ala. born January 5, 1963, to Seafarer Mrs. Charles B. Eagleson, Houston, and Mrs. Benjamin Mignano, Bell4 4 4 Texas. Robert Morrison, born December port, LI, NY. 4i 4* 4* 23, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. C. A. 4 4 4 Melinda Kay Carter, born No­ Morrison, Seattle, Wash. Martin Ponquinette, born De­ vember 20, 1962, to Seafarer and cember 27, 1962, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. Edward E. Carter, Savannah, Michael Kelley, born January 3, Mrs. Ernest A. Ponquinette, Los Ga. 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. J. F. Angeles, Cal. 4> 4< 4i Kelley, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Stanley Mesen, born November Lawrence Anthony Beraacki, 4 4 4 11, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mark E. Holley, born December born September 13, 1962, to Sea­ Fernando Mesen, New Orleans, La. 30, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. John farer and Mrs. Walter F. Bemackl, 4> S" 4' Edison, NJ. S. Holley, Whistler, Ala. Andrea Samuels, born December 10, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. John The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reEverett Samuels, Mobile, Ala. poi'led to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of 4' 4" 4 $9,500 in benefits was paid (any apparent delays in pay­ Louis Garcia, born December 12, ment of claim is normally due to late filing, lack of a 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Louis beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposi­ A. Garcia, Houston, Texas. tion of estates): 4' s 4 4 Lori Ann Worley, bom October Nicholas Yacishyn, 51: Pneu­ Pilutls, of Brooklyn, survives. 3, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. monia was fatal to Brother Burial was at St. Charles Ceme­ Richard S. Worley, Mobile, Ala. Yacishyn at the tery, Farmingdale, LI, NY. Total Manhasset Medi­ benefits: $1,000. 4 4 4 Jacaueline King, born Septem­ cal Center, LI, ber 28, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 NY, on Septem­ Royal King, Chalmette, La. ber 23. 1962. He Thomas C. Riley, 52: Pneumonia joined the SIU in was fatal to Brother Riley at the 4 4 4 Herbert McCaskey, born Decem­ 1941 and sailed Galveston, Texas, ber 2, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. with the deck de­ USPHS hospital Earl P. McCaskey, Houston, Texas. partment. A sis­ on December 30, ter, Betty Wen4 4 4 1962. He had Rudy Moreno, born December 6, ger, of Great been sailing with 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pedro Neck, NY, survives. Burial was at the SIU since Moreno, Galveston, Texas. Holy Road Cemetery, Westbury, 1953 and shipped LI, NY. Total benefits: $4,000. 4 4 4 with the steward James Richard La Fleur, born 4 4 4 d e p a rtment. A December 8, 1962, to Seafarer and Vyrl E. Williams, 53: A blood friend, Orlund Mrs. Hennesson La Fleur, Oberlin, ailment caused the death of Scarpelll, of Seat­ La. tle, Washington, survives. Burial Brother Williams 4 4 4 was at Lakeview Cemetery, Gal­ at the Baltimore, Janet Reno Sego, born Decem­ Md., USPHS hos­ veston, Texas. Total benefits: $500. ber 21, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. pital on Decem­ Lloyd Sego, Savannah, Ga. ber 21, 1962. Sail­ 4 4 4 ing with the en­ Sharon Kaye Wroton, bom De­ gine department, cember 17, 1962, to Seafarer and he joined the Mrs. Norman Wroton, Norfolk, Va. SIU in 1947. His To the Editor: 4 4 4 The increase in the number of wife, Daisy Mae Clayton Link Fillingim, born Williams, of SEAFARERS LOGs has been October 15, 1962, to Seafarer and Union Town, Pa., survives. Burial noticed immediately with your Mrs. Tommy Fillingim, Sr., Chick­ was at Sansom Chapel Cemetery, first increased shipment. We asaw, Ala. Farmington, Pa. Total benefits; shall wait for a month or longer 4 4 4 $4,000. before we can better judge Debra Bonefont, born October whether the increase will suffice 25, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Pilutls, 48: Brother Pi­ to meet the demand. Felix Bonefont, New York City, lutls died of natural causes at his The Yokohama USS Center NY. home in Brook­ serves approximately 7,000 sea­ 4 4 4 lyn, NY, on Janu­ men each month, the largest John Stringfellow, born Decem­ ary 14, 1963. He ber 24, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. percent being members of the started sailing Charles Stringfellow, Mobile, Ala. SIU and the Sailors Union of with the SIU in the Pacific, among them numer­ 4 4 4 1940, shipping in Elisa Jean Torres, born January ous tankermen who miss the the engine de­ 2, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. AsLOG most. Then, too, copies are partment, and cenciou R. S. Torres, Baltimore, had been I'eceivtaken to the men in the hos­ Md. in g disability pitals and the Immigration cen­ 4 4 4 benefits since ter each month. Robert Charles Webb, born De­ 1953. His mother, Mrs. Barbara Incidentally, a statement in the LOG ccmcerning our new location in Yokohama would be deeply appreciated. Our new address is: 84 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. We are in our own building, which is centrally heated and airconditioned. Jack Graf United Seamen's Service Yokohama USS Center Moves 4 4 4 Yuletide Spirit Cheers 'Frisco I SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN To the Editor: After having a big Christmas dinner here aboard the Elizabethport in Oakland, Calif., most of the crew felt so lazy from eating So much that many Febnuuy t, 196t Seafarers are urged at all times when in port to visit their brother members and shipmates in the hospitals. •Visit or write whenever you can, as you'll appreciate the same favor later when you may be laid up. The follovnng is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals around the couiitry: USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Samuel Anderson Terral McRainey Orvllle Arndt James Meeks" Francisco Antonetti Arnold Mldgett Samuel Bailey Charles MitcheU Charles Baker Vincent Monte Paul Barton Rosinda Mora Donald Brooks Alfred Norman William Brooks Troy Pardue Weldon Casey Kenyon Parks Mallpry Coffey Santos Ramos Ewal Crawford Edwin Ritchie Robert Creel Aubry Sargent Thurston Dingier Vernon Sawyer Leroy Donald Clarence Scoper O. H. Dowd Wade Sexton Harry Emmett Danny Shaper Natale Favaloro Couie Shartzer Eugene Gallaspy Albert Short Raymond Franklin William Simmons Melvin Spirer Clarence Gardner Bernard Graham Michael Sporich Frank .Tames Richard Stewart Jesse Green Claud Stroud John Guidry Lucien Therlot Frank Halem Harvey Thomas Leo Hannon Donald Thompson Walter Harris Robert Trlppe Samuel Hurst Joseph Vanacor Daniel Hutto Lambert Waldrop Ramon Irizany William Walker James Jones William Wade Steve Kolina Clinton Ward L. Laffaraque John Ward Koa Lim Roy Washburn Kenneth MacKenzle Howard Waters Cornelius Martin Roland Wilcox, Jr. William Mason Wm. W. Williams Anthony Maxwell Harry Willoughby Robert McClusey Anthony Zanca USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Edward Boyd Earl Javins Isham Beard Jerome Jaskolskl Thomas Boland Howard Lovelletta Francis Coggins Rafael Molina William Davis Pedro Moreno Peter Dyer Alvie Rushing OlRdio Esquirel Emerson Sparldlng Robert Forman Joseph Springer Lawrence Floyd Emanuel Vatls Allison Hebert Raymond Habeck David Hurd USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Ernest Bell Charles McNunca John Brown A. J. Murden Herman Carney Norman Power z^-thur Cox Ollie Purdy Robert StopUn Herbert Fentress William Howell USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Stokes Ayers Joseph Roy Arthur Caruso Jack Stewart Gerald Kennedy Luis Williams Charles Lane Paul Wilkinson Milledge Lee Calvin Wilson Truman Palrlquln Robert White Charles Rozea USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA T. Beatrous George Felnman Henry Chemel Malcolm Foster John Epperson Harris Gizzaro hit the sack early. But Johnny Johnson, our 3rd cook, put some of us in his car and took us over to San Francisco to "Con­ nies," which put out a big Christmas dinner for many of the guys on the beach. Since It was an SIU hangout, I met quite a few guys I hadn't seen in years. "Smiling bosun" Mike Rossi was there with a Editor All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. big grin and handshake for his old shipmates, Matty Bruno, who is retired now, and Pat Ryan who was on pass from the hospital, were also there. In all, a big vote of thanks is due to Phil and Maxine who made it possible for the boys to get in the holiday spirit. Tommy Thompson Ship's delegate 4 4 4 Backs Strikers On NY Papers To the Editor: As a reader of the LOG who lives outside of New York City, I know what the newspaper strike must moan to the people of New York. I know that if we missed an issue of the LOG, my Carl Jones Manuel Slira A. Kitchens Tony Sosa P. Lee George Warner J. Miller James Woods USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Arthur Kavel Levi Middlebrook Stefan Kostegan Daniel Murphy Thomas Lowe Nicholas Trovato Llndley McDonald Charles Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Charles Adams Jr, James LaGosh Paul Bailey Edward Lamb Joseph Bartlett Robert Lipscomb Alfred Bllksvar Jose Lopez Gorham Bowdre Edward Mello Luther Bredell Charles Most Jacob Bryan James Payne Elmer Carter Henri Robin Russell Clymer John Ross Edward Denchy Toylo Salo Theodore Drobins George Schammel Crittenden Foster A. Skalamora Gorman Glaze Bela Szupp Arthur Hiers Samuel Tate Danis Higgins Addrian Torres Walton Hudson Chester Wilson John Kennedy USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Anibal Albe Frank Liro Angelo Aronis William Logan John Barone J. Maldonado Conway Beard Ramon Maldonado Joseph Bolmarlch Isaac Miller Henry Bursey Jack Olsen A. Conquemano Ozer Oscar James Cooper Metro Palubniak Thomas Cox Theodore Phillips Adrian Duracher Thomas PUklngton James DeVito E. G. Plahn Victor Doca John Rea. Jr. Daniel Doheny F. Reyes George Duffy Howard Rode C H. Flowler Phillip Salino Percy Foster Ellis Samia Arthur Frangle James Samuel Frank Gallich N. Sasloglous Henry Gordon Walter SirorsM Demetrios Grivas Joseph Smith Walter Grohulski James Thomson Emilio Isaac Ilcadlcy Whna Edward Jones Dale Williams Cecil Leader Yu Song Yee Harry Ledbetter Edward Zukowskl USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Warren Alderman Arthur Madsen Benjamin Diebler Max Olson Abe Gordon Willie Young Joseph Gross Charles Slater Thomas Lehay USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE William Roberts SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny Thomas Isaksen Ernest Webb VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manlon US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON. DC William Thomson husband and I just wouldn't know what was going on in the Union and among his many friends. It seems to me a strike that's going on for so many weeks is a pretty serious affair to every­ body, but it must be toughest on the workers and the businesses that count on newspaper adver­ tising to make a living. I think the New York publishers are pretty calm about the whole thing, if they can lock up the rest of the papers after the printers strike only some of them. The publishers don't get any sympathy from me at all be­ cause they can't complain about financial problems and then shut down their papers to spite everybody. It's no wonder the printers went on strike. The publishers group must really be something to deal with if they can get away with that. Mrs. Agnes Thomkins 4 4 4 Writes Congress On Bonner Bill To the Editor: I have just completed a letter to my Congressman voicing my strong opposition to the "Mer­ chant Seaman's Health Safety Act" that I read about in the last issue of the LOG. Alone my words aren't so much, so let's let all our Con­ gressmen hear from "all the ships at sea." Gordon S. Schofield �FetinuuT 9, U6t SEAFARERS Pace Thirteen LOG Robin Hood's Cook There was a switch aboard the Young America (Waterman) from the usual routine of a crew thanking the steward for a job well done. In this case, the steward, Donald For­ rest, passed on his thanks to the crew for keeping the messroom the cleanest he had ever seen in his whole sailing ca--^ reer. The Young America sistance to help them oil their spurred the formation of a safety on board the Penn crew also received a message way. The Henry thus became the committee Challenger (Penn Tanker). It was of thanks from Mrs. Milton Reeves, who expressed her appre­ ciation for a floral piece it sent and for the consideration extend­ ed to her on the death of her hus­ band, Seafarer Milton Reeves, a recently-departed SIU shipmate, t It looks like a tempting roast beef dinner is in store for the gang on the Robin Hood (Robin Line), as cook James Hens operates on the beef and steward Tony Neroso (right) stands by with a platter. Make ours medium rare, fellows. Seafarers'Pets Enliven Titan's Cruise To India Life on board the supertanker Titan (Overseas Oil) is go­ ing to the dogs lately, according to ship's reporter James M. "Red" Fisher, Jr., but that's okay with all hands, including the dogs. The dogs in question are it was all over, both dogs were again in short order. two Doberman pinschers—a themselves The Titan Is hauling grain to male called "Titan" and a female hnown simply as "Dog." They be­ long, respectively, to chief steward Raphael Maldonado and Bill Jones, AB, and both came aboard In Mobile. Room To Play One thing about a supertanker, Fisher says, is that a dog has FishM' Ringo plenty of room to play. "Titan," who often stays in the captain's quarters midships, has a huge playground consisting of the pas­ sage ways and the weather decks where he can enjoy his freedom except when the ship is rolling from side to side in heavy seas. "Titan" doesn't like bad weather at all, it seems. He curls up on the captain's bunk until things settle down. The female has a special friend in the dayman Tex Ringo, who enJoys playing with her by the hour. "Dog," who is a real lady, lost her composure only once. Fisher re­ ports, when she was frightened out of her wits by the noise of water and loose gear rolling from side to side on the deck during a little bad weather they had. Once Pakistan, and has had fair weather for the most part so far, which has kept the canines happy too. However, bosun Jack Ryan, with the chief mate and dayman, managed to get a salt water bath with all their clothes on at 4 AM one morn­ ing while secur­ ing two grain Ryan evacuators on the well deck near the midship housing. Stfwy Time The rough weather sparked a session of tall tales among the men in the messhall. "Red" told some stories .about the "old days" when the sea was so rough it ran over the whole ship from port to star­ board, and even washed over the smokestack into the boiler, com­ ing out in the hreroom. Once, he said, a ten-foot fish was washed down the stack with the water, went through the boiler and came out on the fireroom floor plates already cooked and seasoned to eat. The sea must be calmer now than it was in the old days, the crew agreed, because things like that just don't seem to happen anymore. But as time goes on, and 1963 becomes "the old days," they all felt they might be surprised at all the wild things that happened on their ships which they somehow missed noticing at the time. (pUFf-PUF!^ H|,0UKLY/ Atl THB(3M6 ,J IT J' t The Henry (Progress Steam­ ship) has joined the ranks of SIU ships who have rescued refugees from Castro's Cuba, reports D. Wagner, ship's delegate: The Henry picked up 14 Cubans about 40 miles north of Cuba in the Crooked Island I'assage. They were carried to Miami where the Henry's officers and crew did all they could with money and as­ Seamen's Home Moving To NY To The Editor: This is to notify you that our organization, the Christian Sea­ men's & Immigrants' Home, in Hoboken, NJ, went out of busi­ ness on September 1, 1962. As you may know, we've been on your mailing list of the SEA­ FARERS LOG for quite some time, and I herewith want to All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Karnes will be withheld upon request. thank you on behalf of the many seamen for the splendid service ail those years. The main reason for the above-mentioned is to discon­ tinue sending your paper, at least for a while, until we are located at a place on the New York side. This is all in connection with the moving of the HollandAmerican Line to the new Pier 40 at West Houston Street and tlie North River, New York City. M. Vanderpot 4i Seeks Buiid-Up Of Merchant Fleet To the Editor: ^ Although I am not an SIU member, I subscribe to your bi­ weekly because for seven years preceding my draft into the service I'd been trying to go to sea. I am as aware as any, of the fifth SIU ship to report a mercy mission on behalt of escapees from Cuba. ^ ft Seafarers on the Pan Oceanic Faith (Pan Oceanic- Tankers) had a bad time of it in the Red Sea when both boilers burned up. The crew managed to make temporary repairs to get one of them going again, and headed for Aden, a trip that was expected to take about Forrest Whiriow ten days. With the boilers down, crewmembers were hoping to col­ lect for lodgings and meals in suggested at a meeting that nonAden, writes James A, Pamell, skid paint be used on the decks to prevent further mishaps. The ship's delegate.. committee is looking into the matter. Several falls on slippery decks it if if apathetic regard the American public has toward the merchant marine and of the consequences. We who have tried to skip all want to see the merchant fleet strengthened. It would create jobs for the unemployed and, even more important, would en­ gender an unequalled instru­ ment for the world peace that seems to be universally prayed for but never realized. With this in mind, I have written the Hon. Herbert C. Bonner of North Carolina and requested him to send his rele­ vant results of the Hodges in­ vestigation, together with any of his suggestions, to your or­ gan. In this way perhaps we can all see the problem and hov to solve it. PFC Robert R. Honser Fort Carson, Colorado (Ed. note: Private Houser is ap­ parently referring to the Mari­ time Evaluation Committee study of the merchant marine, now being completed under the auspices of Luther H. Hodges, US Commerce Secretary. Rep. Bonner is chairman of the Com­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries in the House of Rep­ resentatives.) 4. 4 The crew on the Overseas Eva (Overseas Carriers) goes on record with this tip for Seafarers who hit Tripoli. They advise paying the local taxi drivers only after you reach your destination, and not at the beginning of tne drive, to avoid a lot of possible trouble. The information was passed along to the LOG by the ship's delegate Panl L. Whitlow. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Seafarer Wife By Mrs. C. Daniels moon shines bright over yonder skies. The stars are brightly shining; The ocean with its roaring tcaues— For you my heart is longing. The To stand and watch the rippling waves. So beautiful to see. And wonder just where you are, So far across the sea. Yet time stands still when we're apart. So many miles between us. But even the sea, to you and me. It cannot separate us. t Says Wife Finds SIU LOG Best To the Editor: I think it would be a good idea if you sent the LOG to my house, as I am away a lot of the time and my wife loves to read it. I have been getting the Elec­ trical Workers newspaper also for many years but although they send one every month my wife really likes the LOG. She says it's the best newspaper if you want to learn anything about world affairs and mother things. B. D. Elliott A lonesome life, a sailor's wife. Here today and not tomorrow. But then one thinks of his return—• It's then worth all the sorrow. And if we were to stop and think. We can't all be together. For someone has to take the task To make this great land better. Our rivals here or there, it seems. They try hard to defeat us. But with our worthy crew aboard Trust in the Lord will lead its. So when I pray to God each night I know He hears my pica. To watch and guide and bless the ship. That brings you home to me. �r*g9 Fonrfeeo SEAFARERS On The First Day Of Xmas LOG-A-RHYTHM: My Country By Henri Peroikow . From distant lands The people came— They kissed the soil And sealed a vow For man's freedom. Memories Awaken Idnship For men who carved From the wilderness. Freedom. Christmas Eve found Naomi Cruz and her pet collie, Lassie, waiting for Santa to make his appearance with more goodies to put under the tree, h'lr dad, Seafarer Virgilio Cruz, is now on the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa), in the steward department. The family lives in the Bronx, NY. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (CItiM Service), Sept. 30—Chairman, A. C. Wilson; Secretary, W. F. Walker. One man missed ship in Linden. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), Sept. 30— Chairman, Harry Huston; Secretary, Phil Reyes. Motion that no unauthor­ ized persons be allowed aboard at all since the petty thievery in Houston. Visitors are to get passes from ashore. No beefs reported by department delegates. Phil Reyes elected new ship's delegate. Request for better attendance at shipboard meetings. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Oct. 28—Chairman, George T. Chandia; Secretary, C. A. Collins. No beefs reported. $21.11 in ship's fund. F. Gustav, ship's delegate, resigned and W. T. LaClair elected. Discussion on water taken aboard at Texas City. Men complain of illness from drink­ ing water. Suggestion that It be inspected. ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), Oct. 2« —Chairman, Waiter Zaieski; Secre­ tary, T. J. Lewis. Ship's delegate re­ ported no major beefs. One man missed ship in New Orleans. VENORE (Marven), Dec. 2—Chair­ man, Stanley M. Woiton; Secretary, H. Buckner. No beefs reported. Tele­ vision repair fund is now $25 and open to contribution from anyone. Motion to see boarding patrolman in regard to chief engineer's lack of cooperation in making minor and emergency repairs in the galley. Vote of thanks to steward department for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and good food generally. ELIZABETH (Bull), Doc. 2—Chair­ man, J. A. Oisen; Secretary, J. A. Waiien. Ship's delegate reported two men hospitalized. No beefs reported by department delegates. Ship needs to be fumigated. Vote of thanks to steward department for a job well done. VIVIAN (Maritime), Dec. 9—Chair­ man, Gilbert Trosclair; Secretary, J, Micheli. $7 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Beef in engine department regarding 2nd electrician doing welding and repair work without OT. Few hours disputed OT. Crew advised to be sober at payoff. CHATHAM (Waterman), Dec. 9— Chairman, Anthony B. Barnes; Secre­ tary, E. Canoniiado. No beefs re­ ported except some disputed OT for Election Day, which was legal holiday. Vote of thanks to all delegates and steward department for job well done. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Line), Aug. 20—Chairman, W. Walker; Sec­ retary, J. Hartman. George Murphy elected new ship's delegate. $31.25 in ship's fund. Money stolen from crew quarters. One baker fired and replacement quit one hour before the ship sailed. Messman went as baker. Crew requested to be quiet in laun­ dry and to close fidley door. DEL MUNDO (Dalta), Oct. 30 — Chairman, J. W. Craft; Secretary, P. Johnson. $6.20 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. C. Dickey elected as new ship's delegate. More pressure needed on shower and water cooler. TRANSCLOBE (Hudson Waterways), Oct. 26—Chairman, A. Paiino; Secre­ tary, S. U. Johnson. Ship's delegate r"norted everything running smoothly. 850 In ship's fund. No beefs reported. t...Lcr jicuation to be looked into as there have been traces of rust and oil. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Oct. 12 — Chairman, John P. Filer; Secretary, R. White. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. Check with captain regarding port payoff and dating of articles. Motion that clariRcation should be published in LOG about length of time on ships of regarding vacation. Crew requested to use its own ice box. SANTA EMiLA (Liberty Navigation), Oct. 21—Chairman, Clarence Jacks; Secretary, George Hair. Vote of thanks given to ship's delegate for a job well done. Vote of thanks also to entire steward department. $6.03 in ship's fund. |No beefs reported. HEDGE HAVEN (Hedge Haven Farms), Nov. 12—Chairman, Malcolm Launey; Secretary, William D. Maiey. Problem of restricted OT to be taken up with patrolman. Department dele­ gates requested to have repair Usts ready before arrival in port. They germinated a crop Of immortal sons; A people unsung. Who lived and died With unbent knee. department delegates. Ship's crew will donate $1 each for a new TV antenna. Vote of thanks to steward department. EMILIA (Bull), Nov. 2S—Chairman, I. Calindez; Secretary, L. A. Webber. One man failed to join ship in Ali­ cante, Spain. One man hospitalized in Turkey and one in Bombay. Some disputed OT in engine department. Crew requested to be sober at payoff. TRANSEASTERN (Transeastarn), Nov. II—Chairman, Harold F. DuCioux; Secretary, Thomas T. Kirby. Brother Bobbins elected new ship's delegate. Discussion regarding meat going bad due to faulty refrigeration. Ship's delegate to contact Union and captain regarding payoff procedure. Discussion on heat being turned on and off during the night. Crew re­ quested to leave valve in one position. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), no date — Chairman, Miller; secretary, Tuckington. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Oct. 28—Chairman, Gil Borge; Sec­ retary, Roberto Hannibal. $20 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. James B. Lippincott was elected as new ship's delegate. Everything running smoothly on this ship. ROBIN HOOD (Robin Line), Oct. 27^ —Chairman, R. Sadowski; Secretary, R. Nelson. $50 in ship's fund. A. Thomas elected new ship's delegate. Deck department requested to be more cooperative on day of securing. Crew's messroom will be locked up in port and gangway watchmen will hold key. EAGLE TRAVELER (United Marltime), Nov. 22 — Chairman, R. L. Huddieston; Secretary, C. Bogucki. $26 in ship's fund. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Motion made to have all re­ placements hired and sent from the United States. Report submitted re­ garding crew trading food items in Ras Tanura. Special meeting to be held regarding same. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), Nov. 11—Chairman, Paul Carter; RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), Oct. Secretary, Garland M. Bennett. Tex 30—Chairman, V. Weils; Secretary, Strickland was elected ship's delegate. Manuel F. Caldas. Frank Gasper • $4.79 in ship's fund. Crew requested elected as new ship's delegate. No not to throw cigarettes on deck. beefs reported. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), Nov. 1 — Chairman, Harry Huston; Secretary; Phil Reyes. Ship's delegate reported to captain and chief engineer regard­ ing the bad water condition on board. No hot water In galley and pantry. Messman and ordinary missed ship in Houston. Garza elected new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to Reyes for a job well done. PENNMAR (Caimar), Oct. 28—Chair­ man, Pater A. Ucci; Secretary, James A. Johnson. No beefs reported by February S. 19M LOG ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Line), Dac. 12—Chairman, Rscco Aibansse; Secretary, Maximo Bugawan. $20 in ship's fund. New ship's delegate elected. Brother Elwell. Motion to have the steward and ship's delegate check all subsistence stores coming aboard In foreign ports. Suggestion that membership meetings be held at 1830 or 1300 so that steward depart­ ment has a chance to attend. Steward and ship's delegate to see chief engi­ neer about more hot water for the galley and also about installing more racks for pots. Transindia Doubles Utopia For Crew Shangri-La, Paradise, Utopia. Whatever you choose to call your idea of the perfect spot on Earth, Seafarer "Red" Darley still votes for Transindia (Hudson Waterways). He tells why in the follouHng article sent to the LOG from Port Said, Is there such a thing as a Utopia? • Although the question is highly debatable, we say yes, definitely and emphatically, and in this case the Utopia is our floating home, the Trans-^ agement relations. Unlike the cold india. operators of some lines, this com­ Just in case there are any pany seems to take an interest in doubters around, we cite our Christmas dinner. The bill of fare carried 56 separate items, ranging from oyster and shrimp cocktails to seven entrees. An even dozen goodies graced the sweets depart­ ment. The impressive menu, which would make the most swank shoreside bean houses drool with envy, evoked such comments as: "The very best Christmas menu I've ever seen, shipboard or . shoreside," "man, she's a feeder," and "we've found a home at last." Remarked bosun Otto (Pete) Pedersen, an SIU oldtimer and vet­ eran of passenger ships: "I never saw a Christmas menu like this on the passenger ships. They were hungry by com­ parison." The man re­ Dariey sponsible for coming up with the magnificent Christmas package was chief stew­ ard George Flint, a native of the Tarheel state who now resides and ships out of New Orleans. Han­ dling the galley chores v/ere chief cook Alton (Boots) Booth, baker Robert J. Aumiller and 3rd cook Raymond F. Devine. The steward and galley gang received a round of well-deserved thanks from all hands. Captain John E. VIsvikis personally com­ plimented each member of the Steward department for preparing the "out-of-this-world" Christmas repast. Besides the first-rate groceries, the Transindia is a fine ship in all other respects. Rel'ations between the topside and unlicensed per-' sonnel are tops. Much of the credit for the excellent employer - em­ ployee relationship can be given to Capt. Visvikis. He apparently is carrying out company policy because the own­ ers, Hudson Waterway Corp. of New York City, have a reputation for believing in good labor-man­ Sea Life' the welfare of crewmembers. Stores are tops on this ship, and the com­ pany has given us everj'thlng we've requested. This is in happy con­ trast to the quibbling and runarounds many steamship operators are noted for, even over the most minor requests. We would like to see other opera­ tors adopt the same attitude towards labor-management rela­ tions. We think it's good business. After all, a happy crew makes for more productivity and a better allaround ship. The skipper has his own philos­ ophy for getting along with people and he states it in this simple terminology: "1 assume that crewmembers are men and they deserve to be treated like men." By showing respect and human dignity to the men under-his command, the cap­ tain Is rendered the same treat­ ment in his turn. The captain is also proud of his record of good relations with SIU crews and officials. He boasts of having "been with the SIU since1952," which means that he has commanded SIU - contracted ves­ sels for 10 years. Chief mate Jimmy Carciow also has a reputation for being a fair man and a square-shooter. Both he and Visvikis have been aboard the Transindia , (formerly the Marore, operated by Bethlehem Steel) since she was taken over by Hudson Waterways some 18 months ago. The veteran SIU crew presently aboard the Transindia is doing its part to make the vessel a happy ship. Crewmembers include such proud oldtimers as Joe Maloney, a member of the Union since 1938, Serving as delegates, and doing' a very fine job, are Charlie "The Parson" Johnson, ship's delegate; Roy "Rabbit" Theiss, deck; James F. George, engiile, and Aumiller, steward. The Transindia, alias the Utopia, signed on December 10 in Neiy Orleans to go out to Bofnbay with a 22,000-ton cargo of grain. Ten­ tative plans call for returning from India via South Africa and Brazil, — By Jim Motes Get Polio Shots, PHS Urges The Public Health Service urges Seafarers who have not already done so to get their polio shots as soon as possible The shots can be gotten at any PHS hospital without charge. Plenty of vaccine is available so there is no delay in the admin­ istering of the shots. The few minutes a Seafarer takes to in­ sure himself against the crip­ pling disease by getting the shots are well worth the saving of time, money and, most of all, the avoidance of suffering and possible disability 'Oh, no, Johnson, not again! Remember all the trouble we had getting you out the last time?" �Febrnitr 196S SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG Hassan, Jas. W. Higgins, Frederick Utosh, Alvaro Vega. V. Walrath, ing, Seattle 1, Wash., or the SIU Herbert C. Wilson, P. V, Wygerden. hall in Seattle regarding an acci­ E. Lillard. dent a year ago involving Antonio J. H. Maxey, Bernard Morillo, J. 4 4 4 B. Penor: Ex-SS Ames Victory Pasinosky, Thomas M. Purcell, J. Vincent L. Stankiewick, Ismael The following-named men who W. Robertson, J. W. Romanwicz, W. Ed McMaster are asked to make arrangements E. Scott, E. C. Shaffer, T, Simonds, were in the deck department of Nazario, Peter Lypen, Roland Don't forget me! A1 Hills, 3_74 to pick up same as soon as pos­ Frank Clark Smith, William C. Sol­ the above vessel are asked to get Dean, Albert Edward McKinstry, Shedaker St., Philadelphia 44, Pa. sible: omon. J. L. Springer, C. W. Stover, in touch with J. Duane Vapce, at­ Peter Wedrogowski, Charlie FeCharles W. Jordan, John J. Adolph Swenson, John Trost, W. G. torney, 1411 Fourth Ave., Build­ diw, Fred T. Miller. 4. i it Schwabland, James Seeds, J. MisFelix Cardona akian. Ex SS Del Alba 4 4 4 Your sister, Frances Cardona, asks you to get in touch with her Lost Property at home in the Bronx, New York, Miscellaneous papers, wallets, as soon as possible. documents, discharges, etc., are being held for the following-named 4; 4. men by the Records Department, Earl J. Fuller, Jr. FIKANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SHI Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and InContact your mother at Route SIU headquarters, Brooklyn: land Waters Distirict nakes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's L. M. Allen, Richard H. Allen, 2, Berryville, Va., as soon as pos­ money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit W. N. Ballance, P. Barclay, A. R. sible. every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the memBender, F. P. Bentley, G. Bur­ bersblp. 'All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. 4> 4> 41 Should any member, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right to in­ roughs, Riley D. Carey, C. B. CoJoseph Pendelton spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return Get in touch with Edmond L. burn, Modesto Dyron, J. Fanning, receipt requested. Eriksen at 1563 Taylor Ave., Ferdinand Forte, Claude Garnett, Francisco Gianicco, Michael Goins, iliii Bronx 60, New York. Very im­ Stanley Hansen, H. H. Harper, R. portant. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds Of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland 4" 4' 4> 4' 41 LesUe J. Brilhart Your mother asks you to write her at San Antonio, Texas, regard­ ing Robert. Urgent. 4> 4 4> Thomas Vaughn Personal papers, discharges, etc., are being held for you at the SlU hall in Baltimore, and can be ob­ tained by sending a forwarding address. 4. 4 4 Personal Gear Gear belonging to the seamen listed below is being held by Isth­ mian Line, Pier 39, San Francisco, Calif.: Harry King, Donald O'Brien, Horace Ledwell, Lloyd McElroy, J. H. Cravens, James Ackerman, Ted­ dy Clay, Oscar Cooper, Joe Carr, H. E. Wright, Anthony Beck. 4 4 4 James Hale Contact Hewey Howard, PO Box 3043, South El Monte, Calif., or call collect EDgewood 7-2276, Bald­ win Park, Calif. 4 4 4 Gustaf W. Johnson Contact your wife at 32-55 Steinway Street, Long Island City, NY, 4 4 4 Clyde Greeson, Jr. Your mother asks you to get in touch with her at 937 South Urhana, Tulsa 12, Okla. 4 4 Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management represent­ atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied information about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. 5 Charles Carson Mrs. J. Culver asks you to send your present address, as she has some important news for you. 4 Personal Gear The following-named men who were on various Isthmian ships have left various personal effects at the company's Erie Basin Ter­ minal, Brooklyn, New York, and SIU HALL i DIEECTOBY SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner .qHTPPTWn RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclus­ ively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all.Uhion halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. Ihe proper address for this is: Max Harrison, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1630, New York h, NY Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at Union headquarters by certified mail, lotum receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. ?;SSSi VICE PRESIDENTS LIndsey Williams A1 Tanner SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart Earl Shepard III- 11 •1 BAcriMURE 1216 E. Baltimore St Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOS'I'DN John Fay, Agent DETROIT 276 State St Richmond 2-0140 ® 10225 W. JelTerscn Ave VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS 675 4tb Ave., Bklyn HVacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON Paul Drozak, Agent 5804 Canal St WAlnut 8-3207 iS;5! MOBILE LOUIP Neira EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally,^refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. 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Agent 2505 1st Ave MAin 3-4334 312 Harrison St. . 229-2788 ScAecfu/e Of SIU Meetings West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued an advance schedule through June, 1963, for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in ac­ cord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle February 18 February 20 *February 21 March 18 March 20 March 22 April 22 April 24 April 26 May 20 May 22 May 24 June 17 June 19 June 21 . •Scheduled early due to Washington's Birthday. C® iiii PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no cir­ cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. If in the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and given an official receipt, but feels that be should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBI.IGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as ta familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member .so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. WILMINGTON CalH 505 N Marine Ave George McCartney. Agent TErminal 4-2528 SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: Detroit February 8 New Orleans .... February 12 Houston February 11 Mobile February 13 iii'l wm. JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE., Ja* William Morris. Agent ELgin 3-0087 MIAMI Ben Oonzales. Agent CONTRACrrS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard • ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent, in addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene,fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may he discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to wliioh he is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquctrters by certified mail, return receipt requested. iiil �Vol. XXV No. 3 SEAFARERS^LOG Nbruory 8, 1963 • OFFICIAL 0RGAN 08 THi S6AFAIHR3 INTEftNATIONAl UNION • ATLANTIC AND eULP DISTRICT • AFUCIO • LA Opens Central Liner Pier; SF May Be Next Off To Hunt Alaska King Crab iliW Pennsy Drive Wins 3rd in Row PHILADELPHIA —Racking up its third straight National Labor Relations Board election victory in two months for this area, the SAN FRANCISCO—SIU Pacific District seamen may find SIU United Industrial Workers has just won an overwhelming themselves shipping out of one centralized passenger vessel vote of support from employees of terminal here one day soon, if discussions now underway the Philadelphia Laboratories, bring about necessary im--^ Inc. The count was 55 for the ger-cargo Installations in the world, provements, UIW against 14 "no union" ballots. A leader of the local port and consists of two large buildings, The vote was held on January authority has long advocated a berths for five ships, and a large 23 among the 75 workers at the central passenger terminal at Fer­ open area for container and other plant eligible to cast ballots. There ry Park, but American President cargo operations. were four challenged votes, which Located on the San Pedro side Lines questions the practicality of could have no affect on the out­ the idea, since it would require a of the main channel, the terminal come. ship to go there to take on or will be formally dedicated on Await Certification discharge passengers and then hit March 20, when the first passenger The union is awaiting labor another pier to handle cargo. At ship to use its facilities, the Presi­ board certification as bargaining the same time, APL would like dent Cleveland (American Presi­ representatives for the company's dent), arrives. to see its big Pier 50 at Mission eiQployees, and will then com­ Normal freight and passenger Rock improved with an upper level mence negotiations for a first con­ bookings will continue to be han­ Manned by SlU-affiliated Alaska Fishermen's Union, Reefer for passengers and a glassed-in tract. There are now 78 employ­ dled by the Individual offices of 11 is factory ship taking part in one of the largest Alaska observation deck. ees at the plant. the steamship companies. The com­ A central terminal has basic king crab expeditions in years around Kodiak Island. She Philadelphia Laboratories manproblems on getting APL, Matson bined operation is designed to do factures Injectible medicinal cap­ carries an ii-man AFU crew and is equipped to process away with overlapping cargo-han­ Lines and the Peninsular and Oc­ sules and tablets for use by doc­ and freeze in sections some 2,000 king crabs per day. The cidental Lines together. British- dling and passenger terminal fa­ tors and hospitals. The company cilities of the three West Coast king crab is a lobster-like delicacy fished with giant steel owned P&O is one of APL's and lines. has jiist moved into a newly-con­ i pots connected to buoy lines at depths of 30 to 125 fathoms. Matson's biggest competitors in structed building on a 50,000the trans-Pacific trade. square-foot plot located at Roose­ At the same time, APL and two velt Avenue and Blue Grass Road other SIU Pacific District-contract­ in this city. ed companies have started opera­ The victory at Philadelphia tions as permanent tenants of a Labs followed up two previous central passenger-cargo terminal WASHINGTON—Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the pro­ election wins in a row in the in Los Angeles. Newly-completed posed merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads are due to resume here Pennsylvania area. Employees at for $16 million, the terminal on February 11 in the face of continuing opposition from organized labor, Congressmen, state the Yankee Plastic Company of houses American Mail and Pacific and local governments and> Shenandoah, Pa.^ and the Peters Far East Lines along with APL. Sportswear Company of Philadel­ within the ICC itself. Hearings that began in Washing­ Central managed to pay dividends The terminal is being operated phia recently voted to have the ton last August have continued in ICC has already cleared the to stockholders in the past two SIU-UIW represent them as their by a jointly-owned corporation known as Consolidated Marine, way for one important, rail merger major cities serviced by the Cen­ months. bargaining agent. Inc., which will serve each of the that will enable the Chesapeake & tral and Pennsylvania and wound lines independently without cut­ Ohio to take over the Baltimore & up in New York and Newark, NJ, ting competition between them for Ohio. Stock transfers to start the last week. State and local officials passengers and cargoes. It is touted consolidation of the roads began on in both areas argued that the mer­ ger merns impaired service, loss of as one of the most modern passen­ February 4. The SIU Railway Marine Region business, mass joblessness and suf­ and other unions in the Railway fering for many communities. Labor Executive Association have Earlier, efforts by the Justice taken a strong stand against the Department and other agencies to Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director trend to railroad mergers, as moves have the ICC put off its okay of to maintain profits by wiping out the g&O takeover until it dealt jobs, eliminating competition and with all three pending applications The news has reached the home district of Rep. Wilbur Mills cutting back services. The Cen- were rebuffed. However, two of (D-Ark.), that Britain's government-supported National Health Service tral-Pernsy merger alone would the eleven ICC commissioners dis­ is working out pretty well, on the whole, contrary to what the Ameri­ HOUSTON—A new channel that mean the loss of 7,800 jobs to rail­ sented, pointing to the fact that no can Medical Association says. railroad opposed the C&O's move will divert ships from the treacher­ road workers. Mills is chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, which in Three Big Mergers for B&O control. One commis­ the last Congress bottled up the Administration's program of hos­ ous str.iiits of Pass Cavallo is in the The proposed Central-Pennsy sioner said "self-interest" made pitalization insurance for the aged under the Social Security system, works here, as US Engineers pre­ pare to award a $2 million dradg- merger and the C&O-B&O consoli­ the other roads reluctant to op­ a program far less complex and comprehensive than the British plan ing contract that will eliminate one dation are two of the three giant pose the deal because any evidence and not subject to the same system of government control. The ot the oldest marine hazards in the rail combines that would serve the they produced might be used "Arkansas Gazette," largest daily in the state, which is published in entire East if plans succeed. The against them in later cases. Texas Gulf area. the largest city in Mills district, recently printed an article reviewing The railroads have been basing the first 14 years of the British plan and concluding that "on the The plan to eliminate this me.i- other would be formed by a com­ • ace to shipping involves dredging bination of the Norfolk and West­ their merger drive on cries of whole, it appears to be succeeding." a 300-foot wide, 38-foot deep chan­ ern, NY, Chicago, St. Louis (Nickel "poverty" and deficits but, despite "Most of all," the story stated, "the National Health Service has this, both the Pennsylvania and the succeeded in the high purpose it set out to achieve in the aftermath nel across Matagorda Peninsula Plate) and the Wabash. linking Matagora Bay directly with of World War II. Nobody Is disbarred by lack of means from receiv­ the Gulf, thus enabling ships to ing proper medical attention. With the state picking up most of the bypass the dangerously swift cur­ bill, Britain's 52 million people can at last afford to be ill." rents of Pass Cavallo. The new The article cited criticism of the plan from a number of doctors, channel will terminate at Port but noted that it was directed chiefly at obtaining changes, not com­ Lavaca and will cost a total of $20 plete elimination of the NHS. million when completed. "Only a tiny minority of the medi­ cover only persons 65 and older and An existing shallow-draft chan­ cal profession would like to see the would be limited to hospitalization nel from Port Lavaca will intersect NHS scrapped," it reported, noting and nursing home care. It would the deep-draft channel leading to thaj; only about 600 of'Britain's be financed largely from increased a large turning basin at Port Com­ 35,000 physicians had remained in Social Security contributions during fort, where the Aluminum Corpor­ private practice rather than partic­ the beneficiary's working life. ation of America maintains its ipate in the plan. 4" . 4" 4' plant. Another shallow-draft chan­ Some interesting figures on the It found, too, that the British nel will connect the Matagorda public overwhelmingly supported state of the nation's health come Ship Channel with Palacios. the plan. A national poll showed from a US National Health Survey To the qorth of Houston, con­ that 89 percent of the public evalu­ report that, in an average year, struction continued on a 32 mileated it as "satisfactory" and 81 per­ nearly 20 million Americans are long barge channel that will extend cent felt they were getting value discharged from hospitals, for a from Victoria to the Gulf Intrafor their money. As for the doctor- rate of 115 patients per every 1,000 if any SIU ship has no coastal Waterway, just west of Pass patient relationship, which the population. The number of hos­ Cavallo. Begun in 1958, the barge library or needs a new AMA says would be destroyed by pitalized days per year totaled 167 channel is scheduled to be com­ the Administration's medicare pro­ million for the total population, supply of books, contact pleted late in 1964, about the same gram, it hasn't happened in Britain. with the average length of hospital any SIU hall. time the ship channel Is expected One doctor declared that his rela­ stay numbering 8.4 days per per­ to be finished. tionship with his patients had son. Women were hospitalized When both of these shipping "never been better." more frequently than men but lanes are completed and terminal Actually, there is little compari­ stayed for shorter periods of time. facilities erected, the whole of son between the tax-supported (Comments and suggestions are south-central Texas will be constate-run NHS and the health-care invited by this Department and nectea with the major shipping program for the aged proposed in can be submitted to this column ports of the world. the United States. The latter would in care of the SEAFARERS LOGJ HEARINGS BLAST NYG-PENN LINK Texas Job Seeks New Sea Route British Nationai Heaith Pian Works EVERY MONTHS YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY �• U- ; f •- • > " , Of Industrial Inquiry Info Great Lakes Shipping Dispute ^ Offklai Transeript Of Proceedings In Y/hieh The SlU Moved For Disquaiificafion Of The Commissioner .rr.' t - In the spring of 1962, in the midst of contract negotiations with the Seafarers International Un­ ion of Canada, the Upper Lakes Shipping Com­ pany arbitrarily broke its 10-year contractual rela­ tionship with the SIU and signed a contract with the Canadian Maritime Union, a puppet union set up by the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers. The CMU at that time had no membership but began to recruit and supply the company with scab crews. As a result, some 300 SIU crewmembers employed by the company were locked out of their jobs. Due to the effectiveness of SIU picketing action against Upper Lakes Shipping Company vessels, the CLC and CBRT last July engineered a boycott of SrU-manned ships which led to the closing of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The CLC and CBRT clearly indicated that the Seaway boycott was effected in order to force Canadian government action that would halt SIU picketing of the Upper ••-J , H-i- '-fi* J?, Lakes Shipping Company vessels. As a result of the boycott, the Canadian Minister of Labour es­ tablished a one-man commission to inquire into the dispute and into the internal affairs of the organizations involved. The hearings of the com­ mission began last August. On February 1, 1963, the counsel for the Sea­ farers International Union of Canada submitted in the hearings a request that the Commissioner conducting the inquiry disqualify himself on the technical ground that he had previously served as counsel to one of the parties involved. The Commissioner, Mr. Justice T. G. Norris, had served as counsel for the SIU in 1953 and 1954. The verbatim text of the official transcript of the afternoon proceedings of February 1, 1963, in Ottawa, during which the SIU request for dis­ qualification was presented, is reproduced in its entirety in this supplement. The text is from volume 91, pages 13,717 to 13,796 of the official transcript. THE INDUSTRIAL INQUIRY COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act and IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry pursuant to Section 56 thereof into shipping in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River System and connecting waters. HON. MR. JUSTICE T. G. NORRIS Commissioner G. Gordon McLeod, Esq. Secretary G. H. Quinn, Esq. Administrative Officer APPEARANCES: Charles L. Dubin, Esq., Q.C. Senior Counsel to the Commission Jean Pierre Beaulne Junior Counsel to the Commission Maurice W. Wright, Esq., Q.C. For the Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Maritime Union, Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport & General Workers, National Association of Marine Engineers, Inc., Canadian Merchant Service Guild, Inc. John C. Ahern, Esq., Q.C. G. H. Henderson, Esq., Q.C. K. E. Eaton, Esq. Joseph Nuss, Esq. B. A. Thomas, Esq. Michael Ogilvie, Esq. Jean Richard, Esq. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) For Seafarers International Union of North America John A. Geller, Esq. ) For Upper Lakes Shipping Limited L. A. Couture, Esq. D. Q. Patterson, Esq. ) ) For the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Ottawa, Ontario, Friday, February 1, 1963 Nethercut & Young, 60 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario. Official Reporters THE HEARING RESUMED AT 2:00 PM. Mr. Henderson: Mr. Commissioner, I am making a sub­ mission to this Commission that the Commissioner con­ sider disqualifying himself from acting further in respect of this investigation. The application or submission is being made on the technical legal ground that the Commissioner had acted as solicitor and as barrister—counsel for one of the parties directly involved in the Inquiry and named specifically in the terms of reference. The Commissioner: And in the years 1953 and 1954. Mr. Henderson: In the years 1953 and 1954. The Commissioner: And there is no suggestion of bias in fact? That is to say that in the conduct of this Inquiry the Commissioner has not been biased? Mr. Henderson: Yes, and I repeat what I said Mr. Com­ missioner, that this application is not being made in any way relating to the conduct of this Inquiry; it is based upon the factual matters that existed in 1953 and 1954, and it is made on a technical legal ground based on those facts. The Commissioner: And do you say that your clients were advised by counsel from the beginning of the hear­ ings of this Commission in the month of July— Mr. Henderson: As the record establishes, that is so. The Commissioner: And the question has not been raised before? Mr. Henderson: May I take advice on that? I do not believe it has been raised before. It has not been raised before. Those were my instruc­ tions and they have been confirmed now. The Commissioner: I may say it is amazing to me that these proceedings should be taken after ail these weeks of hearings, and that your clients have not raised the matter before. Mr. Henderson: This, Mr. Commissioner, may be a fac­ tor for you to take into consideration. I say that in law, in the absence of what would be de­ scribed as a waiver, it is better that it be made now, better now at least than after a report has been made and the whole proceedings at a further time be rendered void. I submit, Mr. Commissioner, that this Is a matter of (ConHnuvd On Following Pago) �Bnpplement—Pace Two SEAFARERS tOG FebniaiT 8, 1961 {Continued From Preceding Page) as counsel and you were successful in having the applica­ held, as I recall, in the way in which, Mr. Commissioner, ' you advised. •ubstance that should be considered by you in relation to tion for injunction dismissed. this Inquiry, The Comminioner: And whatever the challenge was, The Commissioner: This was all in Vancouver? there was no attenUon paid to this challenge? You called The Cominissioner: I will ask other counsel how they Mr. Henderson: This was in Vancouver. it a challenge. •tand with regard to this motion. The motion is that I The Commissioner: And all these matters were in Van­ disqualify myself on the grounds that I have been solicitor Mr. Henderson: Well, as far as I am concerned the couver? and counsel for the SIU in the years 1953 and 1954. allegation of impropriety was unjustified. There was no Mr. Henderson: All these matters were in Vancouver. follow-up. I merely say it did confirm this allegation of Mr. Wright? Mr. Wright, how do you associate yourself? The Commissioner; All right. impropriety. I do not want to hear an argument; I simply want to know Mr. Henderson: In respect of the services performed, are you supporting this motion or otherwise? When I made the statement that the land is still held Mr. Wright: I oppose the motion. I see no validity to there was the requirement of attendance on SIU execu­ in the manner in which your Lordship then advised as tives to advise them on their legal position, and it also counsel, I may have gone too far. I do not know how it is it at all. involved the instruction relating to the preparation of an now held but I do know that your opinion was followed The Commissioner: Mr. Geller? affidavit or affiidavits, because affidavits were prepared at the time and the land was taken in the way in which {•• Mr. Gelier: My Lord, I oppose the motion, I see no for Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Pearson., These affidavits you advised. 1 merit to it at all. were filed on the application. The services Included a re­ I say here that this transaction involved more than I have been in touch with Mr. Jean Brisset, represent­ port to Mr. Banks when he was advised, according to the merely a purchase and sale, that it involved a policy ing the Canadian Shipping Federation, and who was also material which appears—and this appears as the bottom decision in respect to the manner in which this Union solicitor for the Saguenay Companies, one of which I be­ of page 2. could hold land and the manner in which this Union lieve was involved in the matter in question in 1953 or The Commissioner: Of the legal affect? operated in respect to one aspect of its internal organiza­ 1954. Mr. Brisset has asked me to assure your Lordship Mr. Henderson: Of the legal affect as to the issue re­ tion and its internal operation. that although you were acting against his client at that lating to the legality of the strike. This was one of the Those were the three matters. I submit that by reason time— matters which Mr. Justice Coady commented upon. of those three matters a relationship was established, The Commissioner: And was successful, I might add, The question that arose was whether the strike was il­ which relationship in law puts a gloss on the appearance on behalf of the SIU. legal or legal, and the services performed (according to of independence, and that this is sufficient to justify you, Mr. Geller: And were successful, yes. The possibility the material) included a report to Mr. Banks when he was Mr. Commissioner, in considering that you disqualify of a motion such as this was, as he put it, somewhat advised relating to the legality of that strike. yourself from further participating in this Inquiry, on laughable, and he disassociated himself completely from On October 10th, 1953 a letter of report appears where three legal grounds. The first is the appearance of bias. any suggestion that your having acted in that matter your opinion is given, Mr. Commissioner, different from The Commissioner: You mean bias of law? should disqualify you in the present proceedings. the decision of Mr. Justice Coady. Mr. Henderson: I was just about to add to that that of The Commissioner: Mr. Couture? The Commissioner: Not a decision but some remarks he course I mean the appearance of bias in the legal sense. Mr. Couture: I will oppose this motion, my Lord, and made. The second is that a conflict exists between two duties, I might add that my instructions— Mr. Henderson: Those remarks which appear in his de­ which puts you in a position of contradiction. The Commissioner: You are speaking on behalf of the cision in respect to the legality of that strike. At the same The third is perhaps an aspect of the first, which is the St. Lavirence Seaway? time, those services included advice in connection with appearance of the independence of those who decide or Mr. Couture: On behalf of the St. Lawrence Seaway the Shipping Act and involved an opinion as to whether the appearance of Independence of the judiciary. Authority my instructions, if they could be adduced later those who had left the ship were deserters within the I submit that the matters upon which you acted for the on, do contain what I deem to be rebuttal material going meaning of the Shipping Act, Section 251. As I under­ Union were neither trivial in respect of the Union nor stand it that is a summary of the nature of the services trivial in respect of the internal affairs of the Union. I directly against the motion made today. The Commissioner: Any other counsel? There are none, on the first occasion. submit that they are matters which are not unrelated to The services on the second occasion appear in a detail the issues in this hearing, and I would particularly refer I think. All right. You are appearing for the SIU of Canada, of an account of October 27th, 1953, which is in the ma­ to paragraph 3 of the terms of reference. terial. Here an application was made by you for certifica­ are you Mr. Henderson? The material paragraph of the terms of rWrence reads: tion of the Seafarers International Union relating to the Mr. Henderson: I am, Mr. Commissioner. Black Ball Ferries in Vancouver. The services were ren­ "Now, therefore, the undersigned, the Minister The Commissioner: And for Mr. Banks? dered over a period of time from July 22nd, 1953 to Sep­ of Labour for Canada, pursuant to Section 56 of Mr. Henderson: I am appearing for the Seafarers Inter­ tember 14th, 1953. They also involved in addition to the the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation national Union. application for certification, the settlement of what Is de­ Act, hereby appoint The Honorable Mr. Justice T. G. Now, Mr. Commissioner, may I file formally the affi­ fined as a labour relations matter with the Company. Norris of the City of Vancouver, in the Province davit of Mr. McLaughlin which has attached to it the of British Columbia, as an industrial inquiry Com­ The Commissioner: I think that was the provincial factual matters relating to the three occasions upon which Board, was it not? mission to inquire into the following matters and you, Mr. Commissioner, acted as solicitor and counsel to report thereon to the undersigned:" Mr. Henderson: Yes, Mr. Commissioner, as I read it. for the Seafarers International Union? Then paragraph 3 reads: The Commissioner: That is my recollection. The Commissioner: One of them as counsel for the "The activities and internal operations of organi­ Seafarers International Union against the Saguenay Ter­ Mr. Henderson: This is the way I would read the account. zations of employees acting on behalf of employees minals, Mr. Brisset's client. That was a case in which I The third occasion is described in three exhibits par­ engaged in shipping and work affecting shipping was successful in opposing a motion for an injunction. ticularly, which will be found in the material which is operations in the Great Lakes system including with­ The second, as I understand it, was in connection with the filed—and I have handed a copy to Mr. Wright—and par­ out restricting the generalities of the foregoing Sea­ acquisition of the building of the Seafarers International ticularly in Exhibit 18 (which is a letter May 12th, 1954, a farers International Union of Canada." Union of Canada in Vancouver when my firm was acting letter to Mr. Banks), Exhibit 20 (dated August 25th, 1955), as solicitor. Thirdly, it was in connection with an agree­ Exhibit 21 (which is a further report), and Exhibit 22 I submit that there is, therefore, a duty imposed under ment which I negotiated on behalf of the Seafarers In­ (which is the final account). Section 3 which requires an investigation into the internal ternational Union of Canada with the Black Ball Ferry operations of the Union, of unions in this sphere, and par­ In this connection what was involved was the purchase ticularly the internal operations of the SIU. This creates people. Is that it? of real estate in Vancouver by the Seafarers International Mr. Henderson: Essentially that is it. I would put ad­ Union. But in my submission to you, Mr. Commissioner, a duty to the public, but the conflict arises because, Mr. ditional items in those categories, Mr. Commissioner, and this involved more than merely a purchase and sale. In Commissioner, there is a duty to the SIU which arises by 1 wouid put them in a different timing. this purchase it was necessary to advise the Union as to reason of the confidence in a solicitor-client relationship. The Commissioner: Which arises out of a what? ' I believe the timing is a little different in the sense the manner in which a union could hold property in Brit­ that they occurred at different times. What I mean by ish Columbia and how it should, on this occasion, be held. Mr. Henderson: Which arises out of the confidence in­ that is that they were not in the same order. herent in a solicitor-client relationship. In other words, It involved, as I read the material, a request by you of the Union constitution, a copy of the rules of the Union there is a duty to keep in confidence all those matters The Commissioner: The order that I put it? communicated to you on a solicitor-client relationship. and a copy of the rules of the local branch. These all were Mr. Henderson: As I have them, they were in a differ­ ent order. But may I put them this way, Mr. Commis­ required to be considered in formulating the opinion as Those matters which are given to the Commissioner in sioner, that you will find that Exhibits 1 to 3 of the to how land should be held by the Seafarers International confidence as a solicitor relate to the matters in issue in this Inquiry. Therefore, Mr. Commissioner, I submit that material which accompanied Mr. McLaughlin's affidavit Union. in reflecting on these two duties, if you find, as I submit show that the first matter in which you were associated The Conunissioner: Or any trade union. would appear to exist, a contradiction in that relationship, with the Seafarers International Union was one that took Mr. Henderson: As well as any trade union, but more place during the period October, 1953—that is, October specifically how it must be held and how it was held on then you would give effect to the submission I am making. This is not an unreal submission, Mr. Commissioner. It 7th, 1953 to October 23rd, 1953^—and at that time the this particular occasion. This opinion, a comprehensive services were those of counsel appearing on behalf of opinion, was given on August 25th, 1954, and a further has its foundation in public policy. There must be public the Seafarers International Union in an application for an report— confidence that there can be no likelihood, in the consid­ Injunction by the solicitors for the Saguenay Terminals. eration of a reasonable man, of a conflict between these The Commissioner: I hope you consider it wils a good two duties. That application was to prevent the Seafarers Interna­ opinion. tional Union port agent in Vancouver and the members The Commissioner: Who is he? Mr. Henderson: Let me put it this way, Mr. Chairman: of the crew of the "Sunjewel" from further picketing. Mr. Henderson: The law has been searching him for The complete detail of the services appears before you I have no quarrel with the opinion at all and I see no years, just as the economists have, perhaps, the represen­ in Exhibits 2 and 3 which represent a statement of ac­ reason why the opinion should be considered anything tative man. But the reasonable man, whatever he may be count. There is in the statement of account a complete but accurate. as defined by the Courts, Mr. Commissioner, is the test, statement of all the services that were performed. The Commissioner: I would have thought that any com­ and whether a reasonable man would consider a likeli­ plaint your clients might have would be that I had ad­ hood of bias or a likelihood of such a situation where The Commissioner: Yes, all right. vised them badly or lost their action. The Secretary: Excuse me, my Lord, is this to be filed there is a conflict between two duties. I submit this ii Mr. Henderson: There was however a newspaper chal­ not unreasonable in these circumstances. It may well be as an exhibit? lenge on the transaction. I think it was not a newspaper that the public would consider that by reason of someone The Commissioner: Yes. of any repute, as I recall. But you may remember that having acted at one time for one of the parties, he would The Secretary: This will be 0-330. there was a challenge of impropriety in respect of the bend over backwards to be fair, and bending over l^ackEXHIBIT NO. 0-330: transaction. wards would mean that he would be unfair to someone. Statutory declaration by Leonard He could not help it, in those circumstances. The Commissioner: I do not remember. J. McLaughlin, dated Ottawa, Mr. Henderson: Well, it does appear in the correspond­ The Commissioner: But is there not the great possibility February 1, 1962, with accom­ ence. This is found in Exhibit 23—that there had been a that he might tread the straight and narrow line between panying "Exhibits" number 1 to challenge as to the propriety of the proceedings or the the two? number 24. purchase. Mr. Henderson: When you put it in terms of possibility, of course there is. So it is my submission, Mr. Commissioner— Mr. Henderson: This involved, as I read the material, The Commissioner: And there is even a probability, is . The Commissioner: Can you say, so that I will know and Mr. Commissioner, an attendance tipon Mr. Justice Wilson. the story will be complete, whether my advice with re­ there not? That would appear however to have been an informal one. Mr. Henderson: Of course there is a probability that he . r>.7 But there was a full hearing before Mr. Justice Coady, gard to that holding was followed? and dm that occasion, as >the material shows, you acted Mr. Henderson: - Yes, it was fbllowed and the land la '' •• i(Cbntinu'edOafell6wingPageJ- �Febnuur S> IMS (ContinutJ From Frtetding Fag») may, but there is also a probability that he may not, and this is sufficient. It is not enough that he is a man of the highest possible integrity. This is not the test. The test is not bias in fact; the test is whether or not a reasonable man would consider there is a likelihood. The Commissioner; You said "po.ssibility." Do you mean "possibility" or "likelihood"? Mr. Henderson: I mean "likelihood." I think "possibllity"was a word I had picked up from you, Mr. Com­ missioner. The legal test is not the basis of possibility. The Commissioner: It is likelihood. Mr. Henderson: It is whether that likelihood is consid­ ered by the reasonable man, and he may well consider that there is a leaning backwards to be fair and that this, too, is an attitude—whether there is a likelihood of there being an attitude for it, or whether there is a likelihood of there being an attitude against it, but merely the likeli­ hood is sufficient, having regard to the circumstances. I submit that by reason of public policy the Courts have imposed a very strict rule to ensure that the public will have confidence in the judiciary or in anyone deciding right, or in anyone who is making a determination of is­ sues such as are being determined here, and I submit tbat this is fundamental from the point of view of the indepen­ dence of the judiciary which, it is a truism to say, is a cornerstone of our freedom. The Commissioner: I am not asking you for an argu­ ment, but would you tell me what you say my position is here. Mr. Henderson: I say that your position here at this moment is one of contradiction. The Commissioner: Oh, no, no. Mr. Henderson: You mean, what you should do? The .Commissioner: I mean, sitting as Commissioner. Mr. Henderson: I say you are sitting as a Commissioner, under Section 56 of the Statute, with the obligation to act judicially. The Commissioner: All right. Mr. Henderson: And that the obligation to act judicial­ ly brings in with it all the requirem.ents of natural justice and all the requirements of acting independently, of acting without bias, and I submit it is no more—let me put it this way. Suppose Mr. Wright were in your Lordship's position today? Suppose Mr. Geller were in your lord­ ship's position today? It is unthinkable, and I submit it is unthinkable ten years from now, just as it is unthink­ able today. And this is the position in law. So I submit that on the basis, then, of public policy, on the authorities and the requirement that there be complete public confidence in the administration of justice, this motion should be adhered to, should be given elTect. Mr. Commissioner, the rule as to the disqualification of Judges because of the appearance of interest or the ap­ pearance of bias is one that goes 'way back. It goes back to the canon law and is one which was incorporated into the common law in the early formative stages of it. It has a very old and continuous history. If I may first refer your Lordship to a "text book on this subject, it is a work by S. A. de Smith entitled, "Judicial Review of Adminis­ trative Action," published in 1959. I am referring par­ ticularly to page 137, although there is a—the chapter goes from 137 to 165 dealing with this matter. May I ex­ tract merely the parts of two pages in this regard. I will read from the bottom of page, 137: "Bracton wrote that a judge was not to hear a case if he was suspected of partiality"— And "suspected" Is sufficient: "—suspected of partiality"— The Commissioner: "Suspected"—^you are not talking about bias in fact. ~ Mr. Henderson: That is right; but I say that one is sus­ pected if there is a relationship, if there has been that relationship. I will continue reading this quotation; "—suspected of partiality because of consanguinity, affinity, friendship or enmity with a party, or be­ cause of his subordinate status towards a party or because he was or had been a party's advocate." Mr. Commissioner, that is as old as de Legibus, the ex­ tract that I have read. The Commissioner: Would you disqualify all our judges on that ground because at sometime in their careers they have acted for parties? Would you go that far? Mr. Henderson: It may well be. I have heard— The Commissioner: Do you go that far? Mr. Henderson: No, I do not. I have to add, in a matter that has a relationship to the matter in hand, some rela­ tionship to the matter in hand, yes, I go that far. The Commissioner: All right. Mr» Henderson: I do not go so faj- as to say that merely because he had acted in some way, any way, that that is sufficient. There must be some relationship to the matter in hand, and I say here there is that relationship because it involves the internal working of a union, it involves a matter in which a union—that is, it involves confidential matters relating to the union and since this is a broad investigation of all internal aspects of the union, there is that relationship that the law requires. No, I do not go so far. as to say that every possible time, every time there has been a solicitor-client relationship this automatically disqualifies I itVOhld dqt, go that far. SEAFARERS LOG The Commissioner: The quotation from the text book goes that far. Mr. Henderson: It does Mr. Commissioner; it goes that far. I have heard it said that some judges as a matter of practice do go that far. But I have not, in my submission to you, gone that far, because I think the recent authori­ ties require some connection and a connection to the point that there would be considered to be a reasonable likelihood of bias. I was about to read a second part of this work which appears at page 154. The Commissioner: You do not say, "a reasonable likelihood of bias"; you say, "a suspicion of a reksonable likelihood," or something of that sort? Mr. Henderson: I put it this way, that there is the ap­ pearance of bias to a reasonable man. The Commissioner: All right. Go on. Mr. Henderson: At page 154 of the same work, under the heading, "Professional and Vocational Relationship," we find this passage: "A reasonable apprehension of bias may arise because of the professional business or other voca­ tional relationship of an adjudicator with a party before him." I submit, Mr. Commissioner, that perhaps the most well known expression on this aspect of the matter is found in Rex v Sussex Justices (1924) 1 King's Bench Division, 256, at page 259, where Lord Hewart, Chief Justice, made his famous statement; that is: "It is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done." This rule was first applied to judges in courts, but has, in my submission, be extended to apply to tribunals that are either obliged by statute to act judicially, or to ad­ ministrative tribunals having the attributes of a judicial tribunal. Mr. Commissioner if I may just state the facts of that case very shortly. The Commissioner: Which case is that? Mr. Henderson: I am on the same case, Mr. Commis­ sioner, Rex V Sussex Justices. That was a case where a summons was taken out by the police against the appli­ cant for having driven his motor vehicle in a manner dangerous to the public. The motor vehicle had been in­ volved in a collision between the applicant and a person who was called W. At the hearing of the summons the acting clerk to the Justices was a member of the firm of solicitors who were acting for W. in a claim for damages against the applicant for injuries received in the colli­ sion. The acting clerk retired with the Justices in case they should desire to be advised on any point of law. He was merely in attendance. The Justices convicted the applicant and it was stated on affidavit that they came to that conclusion without consulting the acting clerk, who abstained from referring to the case. The acting clerk was merely present. It was held that the conviction must be quashed as it was improper for the acting clerk, having regard to his firm's relation to the case, to be present with the Justices when they were considering their decision. So, Mr. Com­ missioner, his mere presence was sufficient to put a gloss on the independence of the tribunal making the decision, and Lord Justice Hewart then made the statement which I have just read. The Commissioner: Hi.s firm being interested in one of the matters that was before the Justices? Mr. Henderson: But the point of that case was that it could have had no effect on the decision. The Commissioner: No. Mr. Henderson: But it was the appearance, and the appearance was sufficient. The Commissioner: You are just stating the facts? Mr. Henderson: That is correct, Mr. Commissioner. Then on page 259 Lord Hewart stated: "_but while that is so, a long line of cases shows that it is not merely of some importance but it is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and un­ doubtedly be seen to be done. The question therefore is not whether in this case the deputy clerk made any observation or offered any criticism which he might not properly have made or offered; the question is whether he was so related to the case in its civil aspect as to be unfit to act as clerk to the Justices in the criminal matter. The "answer to that question depends not upon what actually was done, but upon what might appear to be done. Nothing is to be done which creates , even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course of justice." Then Lord Hewart, Chief Justice, continued: "Speaking for myself I accept the statements contained in the Justices' affidavit but they show very clearly that the deputy clerk was connected with the case in a capacity which made it right that he should scrupulously abstain from referring to the matter in any way, although he retired with the Justices; in other words, his one position was such that he could not, if he had been required to do so, discharge the duties which his other position involved. His twofold position was a manifest con­ tradiction. In those circumstances, I am satisfied . this cpqvicitiQn ijipsl^ihe quasljqd, vipless,U,caq Sapplement—Vnge Three be shown that the applicant or his solicitor was aware of the point that might be taken, refrained from taking it, and took his chance of acquittal on the facts, and then, on a conviction being recorded, decided to take the point." The Commissioner: What was that last point? Mr. HendersoF*: The last point, Mr. Commissioner, is that if he was trying to take advantage of both worlds by waiting until— The Commissioner: Read the last part. Mr. Henderson: Yes, Mr. Commissioner: "In those circumstances, I am satisfied that this conviction must be quashed, unless it can be shown that the applicant or his solicitor was aware of the point that might be taken, refrained from taking it, and took his chance of acquittal on the facts, and then, on a conviction being recorded, decided to take the point." That is, Mr. Commissioner, decided to take the best of both worlds by waiting until the decision had come down, and then taking the point. That is, as I read it, what he is referring to there, and this is the point I was making on waiver: "On the facts I am satisfied that there has been no waiver of the irregularity and, that being so, the rule must be made absolute and the convic­ tion quashed." Perhaps the most authoritative statement is that of Dimes v Grand Junction Canal— The Commissioner: Dimes v Grand Junction? Mr. Henderson: Dimes v Grand Junction Canal, Mr. Commissioner. The Commissioner: That refers to the McPherson case, I think. Mr. Henderson: It is, as I understand it, the leading authority on the— The Commissioner: What is the citation? Mr. Henderson: It is 1852, 3 House of Lords Cases, 759. A public company established for constructing a canal was incorporated, and bought some land for the purpose of making the canal; a person claiming adversely an inter­ est in such land covered the property by ejectment. The corporation then filed an appeal against the claimant for the purposes of having their title confirmed. The Lord Chancellor had an interest as a shareholder in the com­ pany in the amount of several thousand pounds which was unknown to the defendant, and the Lord Chancellor granted the injunction and the relief sought. The question put to the Judges was: "Was this a case in which the order and decree of the Lord Chancellor were void on account of his interest, and of his having decided in his own cause?" Baron Park speaking for all the Judges, at page 785 said this: "We think that the order of the Chancellor is not void; but we are of the opinion, that as he had such an interest which would have disqualified a witness under the old law, he was disqualified as a judge; that it was a voidable order, and might be questioned and set aside by appeal or some appli­ cation to the Court of Chancery, 'if a prohibition would lie'." Then, they went on to say after hearing the advice of the Judges given by Baron Parke, Lord Campbell, one of their Lordships in the House of Lords, said: "I must say that I entirely concur in the advice which they (the Judges) have given your Lordships. No one can suppose that Lord Cottenliam (The Lord Chancellor in question) could be in the remot­ est degi-ee influenced by the interest that he had in this concern; but my Lords, it is of the last impor­ tance that the maxim that no man is to be judge in his own cause should be held sacred. And that is not to be confined to a cause in which he is a party, but applied to a cause in which he has an interest. Since I have had the honour to be Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, we have again and again set aside proceedings in inferior tribunals be­ cause an individual, who had an interest in a cause, took a part in the decision. And it will have a most salutory influence on these tribunals when it is known that this high Court of last resort, in a case in which the Lord Chancellor of England had aa interest, 'considered that this decree was on that account a decree not according to law and was set . aside. This will be a lesson to all inferior tribunals to take care not only that in their decrees they are not influenced by their personal interest, but to avoid the appearance of labouring under such an influence . . . '" There is a case, Mr. Commissioner, in the Supreme Court of Canada dealing with the position of arbitrators, and it contains some statements that I submit are per­ tinent to this proposition, and this is the case of Szilard V. Szasz, 1955 Supreme Court Reports, page 3, and in this case the question to be determined was whether one of the arbitrators, a man by the name of Sommer, was disqualified by reason of the fact that he had had a busi;) Onj^lpw^ FagtJ , �Bapplement-^are F< 'fCenh'nuMi from Procoding fa$m) feess relationship with one of the parties, unknown to fti* other. R was found that there was no doubt that there was luch a business relationship, and the question was wheth> Ir or not that business relationship.jvas sufficient to dis­ entitle the arbitrator from being an arbitrator in the proceedings. Mr. Justice Rand at page 4 stated as follows: "From its inception arbitration has been held to be of the nature of Judicial determination and to entail incidents appropriate to that fact. The ar­ bitrators are to exercise their function not as the advocates of the parties nominating them, and for­ tiori of one party when they are agreed upon by all, but with as free, independent and impartial minds as the circumstances permit. In particular they must be untrammelled by .such influences as to a fair-minded person would raise a reasonable doubt of that impersonal attitude which each party is entitled to." It is that proposition which I urge is equally applicable here; that there must be no appearance of influence which, to a fair-minded person, would raise a reasonable doubt of that impersonal attitude to which each party is entitled. Then: "This principle has found expression in enumer­ able cases, and a reference to a few of them seems desirable." I would like to refer to only one of a long list of cases to which he referred, and it is Sumner v. Barnhill, which is found in (1879) 12—and 1 apologize for using this— NSR 501. The Commissioner: 1875? Mr. Henderson: 1879, 12 NSR, and 1 am not—1 am frank to admit 1 don't know what "NSR" stands for. It is page 501. The Commissioner: 501? Mr. Henderson: Mr. Justice Rand referred to that case where an award was set aside on the ground that one of the arbitrators was disqualified by the fact of having been regularly retained as solicitor of the Estate of which the Defendant was the executor, although he had not been engaged as counsel or attorney in the matter referred, and did not concur in the award; that was sufficient to disentitle him. He had acted as solicitor. Then, Mr. Justice Rand concluded, after referring to a good many other cases that are listed: "These authorities illustrate the nature and de­ gree of business and personal relationships which leave such a doubt of impartiality as enables a party to an arbitration to challenge the tribunal set up. It is the probability of suspicion of biased appraisal and judgment, unintended though it may be, that defeats the adjudication at its threshold. Each party, acting reasonably, is entitled to a sus­ tained confidence in the independence of mind of those who are to sit in judgment on him and his affairs." Then, at page 7 Mr. Justice Rand made this statement: ". . . nor is it that we must be able to infer that the arbitrator would not act in an entirely impartial manner; it is sufficient if there is the basis for a reasonable apprehension of so acting." This, of course, was the same principle that was referred to at page 154 of de Smith's work; a reasonable apprehen­ sion. Another case, Mr. Commissioner, that 1 would ask you to consider is that of Frome United Breweries Company Limited— The Commissioner: What is it? Mr. Henderson: Frome United Breweries Company Limited v. Keepers of the Peace and Justices for County Borough of Bath, (1926) Appeal Cases, 586, and here the licensing Justices of a County Borough referred an appli­ cation for the renewal of a license to the compensation authority of the Borough. At a further meeting the licen­ sing Justices resolved that a solicitor should be instructed to appear before the compensation authority and oppose the renewal on their behalf. The solicitor appeared and the compensation authority refused the renewal subject to payment of compensation. Now, three of the licensing Justices who sat and voted as members of the compensation authority had been parties to the resolution of the licensing justices author­ izing a solicitor to appear on their behalf. It was held that the three Justices were disqualified from sitting on the compensation tribunal on the ground of bias, and the decision of the tribunal was set aside. Viscount Cave at page 590 stated as follows: "My Lord, if there is one principle which forms an integral part of the English law, it is that every member of a body engaged in a judicial proceeding must be able to act judicially; and it has been held over and over again that, if a member of such a body is subject to a bias (whether financial or other) in favour of or against either party to the dispute or is in such a position that a bias must be assumed, he ought not to take part in the decision or even to sit upon the tribunal." The Commissioner: That is not this case here, of course, ^t must be assumed— Mr. Henderson: That is true, but the principle is whether SEAFARERS LOG ' there is this reasonable apprehension, and in this case—in other words, as long as there is a reasonable apprehension, then the principles of this case, in my submission, are equally applicable. It goes on: "This rule has been asserted, not only in" the case of courts of justice and other judicial tribunals, but in the case of authorities which, though in no sense to be called courts, have to act as judges of the rights of others." So, the point in this case is that the principle is equally applicable whether it is in a court of law or in a judicial tribunal, or any such tribunal that is impressed with the obligation, in my submission, to act judicially by the statute itself. At page 591 Viscount Cave continued as follows: "From the above rule it necessarily follows that a member of such a body as 1 have described can­ not be both a party and a judge in the same dis­ pute, and that if he has made himself a party he cannot sit or act as a judge, and if he does so, the decision of the whole body will be vitiated." Proceeding a little further on page 591, it says: "The Bath Justices when sitting as the compen­ sation authority under the Licensing Act of 1910 may not be a court; but they are performing a ju­ dicial act, for it is their duty after hearing evidence and listening to argument, to pronounce a decision which may vitally affect the interest of the persons appearing before them. This being so, the Justices who are members of the authority are bound to act judicially and not to sit if they are subject to that which in Reg. V. Rand was referred to by Blackburn, J. as a real likelihood of bias; and I cannot doubt that In the case of those three Justices who took part in instructing a solicitor to oppose the renewals of the license of the Seven Dials, such a real likelihood of bias existed." I will now give your Lordship another citation where the same principle is asserted. It is King v. Justices of Sunderland, (1901) 2 KB 357, where at page 364 the then Master of the Roles, A. L. Smith, said: "It appears to me that, in cases where the deci­ sion of Justices is impeached on the ground of a bias such as is suggested in the present case, the decision must really turn on the question of fact, whether there was or was not under the circum­ stances a real likelihood that there would be a bias on the part of the Justices alleged to have been so biased." And then he quotes again from Reg. v. Rand, which I have referred to earlier; "Wherever there is a real likelihood that the judge would, from kindred or any other cause, have a bias in favour of one of the parties it would be very wrong in him to act: and we are not to be understood to say that, where there is a real bias of this sort, this court would not interfere." Now, 1 have one more, Mr. Commissioner, the case of King V. Essex Justices (1927) 2 KB 475, and in this case a solicitor acted as clerk to Justices who entertained a summons for.maintenance by a lady against her husband. The husband sought to quash the decision of the Justices on the ground that the clerk to the solicitor acted on be­ half of his wife in the preparation of a Deed of Separation. The decision of the Justices was quashed, and Mr. Justice Avery, at page 488, in applying the case of Rex v. Sussex Justices and the principle earlier pronounced by Lord Hewart, said this: "We have here to determine, however, whether or not there might appear to be a reasonable like­ lihood of his being biased. If there might, then justice would not seem to the applicant to be done, and he would have a right to object to the clerk acting as such." This is the case which 1 asked your Lordship to take in the matter of waiver. Mr. Commissioner, you have men­ tioned the matter of waiver— The Commissioner: You mentioned it; 1 followed it up. Mr. Henderson: Well, the matter was raised. The Commissioner: 1 will tell you that so that you have the facts straight. You know, Mr. Ahern knew about this months ago; he was told about it. Mr. Henderson: 1 am instructed that he did not know of the extent of the transaction or the detail of what was involved. The Commissioner: He knew, though, that 1 had acted for the Seafarers International Union of Canada in Van­ couver in 1953 and 1954. John Ahern knew that. Mr. Henderson: That may well be; 1 have certainly no reason to say anything to the contrary. The Commissioner: And Mr. Banks, of course, knew it and knew all about it. Mr. Henderson: Of course, there is a difference between knowledge of the facts and knowledge of the rights which flow from those facts. The Commissioner: All right. He had been advised all that time. Go on. It is important to bear that in mind, and in fairness to you 1 mention that. Mr. Henderson: 1 appreciate thai. I have been unable to communicate, wjth Mr, Ahern;, J,don't know, what he WtthTBMn t. INI knew. I merely sar this, that this Is a matter that I-can only deal with as from, I.think, around towards the end of. December, and it was at that time I asked that tha facts be made available to me and the law be examined. I would ask your Lordship again to look at the Nova Scotia case of Rex v. Handley (1921) 61 Dominion Law Reports 656 and a judgment of Chief Justice Ritchie at page 657 where he again deals with the requirement of reasonable apprehension of bias. The Commissioner: What is that, Ritchie? Mr. Henderson: Ritchie at 657 and 658. At Page 657 jic says: "If the magistrate"— Perhaps I should give your Lordship a rundown of the facts. The decision in Nova Scotia arose out of an applica­ tion for a writ of prohibition to prevent a magistrate from proceeding with the hearing of an information against a defendant for an alleged violation of the Nova Scotia Tem­ perance Act. The information was laid against the de­ fendant on March 22, 1921, and an affidavit was filed. The magistrate, according to the affidavit evidence, the magistrate earlier than the 22nd March had been involved in a fight in respect of this very matter, and Chief Justice Ritchie said: "If the magistrate has any pecuniary interest no matter how small, he will be disqualified; in such cases the mere suspicion of bias from pecuniary interest is sufficient to disqualify. In this case, there is no pecuniary interest and, in my opinion, the question which the court has to decide is one of fact, namely, is there substantial reason for reaching the conclusion that the magistrate is like­ ly to be biased, or is there a reasonable apprehen­ sion of bias." Then I will mention page 658, where Chief Justice Ritchie continues: "1 understand the duty of the court to be to decide the question of fact as to whether there is any real likelihood or reasonable apprehension that the magistrate will be biased either consciously or unconsciously." Now, I submit therefore that the legal principle is clear, and that a reasonable apprehension of bias is in law treated as sufficient to disentitle or to disqualify anyone who is obliged to act in a judicial manner, and I should in passing refer to the Bill of Rights which confirms these old existing rights of the individual. I know you are familiar with it, Mr, Commissioner, but it is found in the Statutes of Canada, (1960) Volume 1, Chapter 44, Part 1, Section 2 (e), and this is as follows, that every law of Canada shall, unless it is expressly de­ clared by an act of the Parliament of Canada that it shall operate notwithstanding the Canadian Bill of Rights, be so construed and applied so as not to infringe on any of the rights of freedoms herein recognized and declared, and in particular, no law of Canada shall be construed or applied as to deprive a person of the right to a fair hearing in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice for the determination of his rights and obligations. So, these pre-existing rights have now been protected or preserved in this Bill of Rights. Mr. Henderson: Now, Mr. Commissioner, you asked me on what basis 1 consider you are sitting. The Commissioner: 1 said without argument; I mean, what do you say? You say 1 am acting in a judicial capac­ ity? Is that what you say? Mr. Henderson: I say that this is so by reason of Section 56 and Section 33 and Section 34 of the Statute. That it of course the Industrial Relations & Disputes Act. Section 56 is divided into two parts. By Section ,56 (1) the Minister can hold an inquiry, can make the inquiry himself or cause it to be made. Section 56 (2) is a different type of inquiry, and 1 submit that you, Mr. Commissioner, are sitting under Section 56 (2) with all the obligations that are imposed in that section. Section 56 (2) reads that: "For any of the purposes of sub-section 1 or where in any industry a dispute or difference be­ tween employers and employees exists or is appre­ hended, the Minister may refer the matters in­ volved to a Commission." So by the very nature of this section, it contemplates that there is a lis pendens. By the very nature it contem­ plates that there is a dispute or difference that mu^t be resolved. The Commissioner: Read on, Mr. Henderson. Mr. Henderson: . . may refer the matters involved to a commission to be designated, as an industrial inquiry commission, for investigation thereof, as the Minister deems expedient, and for report thereon"; The authorities 1 submit are clear that merely because a report is being made does not deprive the Commissioner of the obligation to act judicially, and that this is so from the time of Rex v Electricity Commissioners, 1924, 1 King's Bench, at page 171, and I have in mind particularly the statement made in Rex v Commissioners at page 198. The Commissioner: All the authorities are reviewed extensively in a number of Supreme Court of Canada Cases, and I remember in particular the judgment of the President of the Exchequer Court in the Pure Springs case. He made a long review of all the authorities on the matter. (Continued On Following Pago) �Wtbrman 9, IMt ' (CanfiiiuMf From Frocodlng foga) < Mr. Hendenon: As i understand It, that was whether-or •' not Judicial discretion has been exercised in allowing or disallowing a deduction from income tax. The Commissioner: It went into the nature of these inquiries? Inquiries are referred to. Mr. Henderson: I am on a narrower point here,. Mr. Commissioner, and this narrower point is that merely because a report is made which requires somebody else to act on it—as in the Electricity Commissioners case where a report was made by the Commissioners to be confirmed by someone else, that that is in itself not suffi­ cient to say that the tribunal is other than a judicial tribunal. The Commissioner: Mr. Henderson, you have a misun­ derstanding of the section. My report is not a report to be confirmed by the Minister. It is a report in respect of which he may advise. I advise him and he may advise the government or he may not advise the government. It is not merely a matter of confirming what I say. Mr. Henderson: This is exactly the situation that arose, . in my submission, in the recent case of the Board of Broadcast Governors which is found in 1962 Ontario Re­ ports, page 190, and on appeal— The Commissioner: 1962? • Mr. Henderson: 1962, Ontario Reports, page 190. It was over-turned at page 657. But in my submission on the facts, not on the law, not on whether the Board was amen- able but on whether or not there had been in fact a denial of substantial justice—and I should tell your Lord­ ship that leave to appeal in that case was denied to the Supreme Court of Canada, this is the end of it. But in that case of the Board of Broadcast Governors, under that , statute the Board of Broadcast Governors were to make a report to the Minister. The Minister did not have to act on it; he did not have to do anything; he did not have to grant a license; he did not have to accept their recom­ mendation at all. The Minister could ignore their recom­ mendation; he could file it in the waste paper basket, but that did not acquit the courts from requiring— The Commissioner: That is not the position here at all. Mr. Henderson: I submit it is. The Commissioner: There is no question of anyone not getting substantial justice. You have expressly disallowed any attack from the manner in which this Inquiry has been conducted. Mr. Henderson: We are defining "substantial justice" in different ways; I am including in "substantial justice" the right to a hearing or appearance. I am including in that that aspect of the matter. In the Board of Broadcast Governors case the matter of whether or not a report was being made was dealt with by the Chief .Justice of the High Court in Ontario, and he held after a lengthy review of the authorities that merely 'because a report was being made was not sufficient to deny the right of certiorari against the Board or to deny the writ of prohibition against the Minister in respect of a regulation made by the Board. That is all that the Board of Broadcast Governors under the statute is re­ quired to do—make a report. So the mere fact that a report is required to be made and to be acted upon by others does not mean that these principles upon which I rely can be ignored. I would urge upon you, Mr. Commissioner, the reason­ ing of Mr. Justice McRuer in respect of that portion of the judgment which deals with the proposition as to whether or not the Board of Broadcast Governors was amenable, because I hasten to say that on the facts Mr. Justice McRuer's judgment was over-turned, but not on that proposition. He rested his case, or relied strongly on the case of Rex v. Electricity Commissioners which he holds still to be good law. So the mere fact, I submit, that a report is to be made ' does not mean that the principles which I have been urging can be disregarded. Then in reading on in Section 56(2): ". . . and shall furnish the Commission with a statement of the matters concerning which such inquiry is to be made, and in the-case of any in­ quiry involving any particular persons or parties, shall advise such persons or parties of such ap­ pointment." So that we find in this statute impressed upon whatever commissioner is appointed statutory obligations, and in my submission those statutory obligations are those ob­ ligations which adhere to or which are impressed upon one who is required to act judicially. Therefore it follows that this Commission is obliged to act judicially and to appear to all those aspects of what I submit are the prin­ ciples of natural justice. Let us examine some of the requirements. Section 56 (2): Notice to parties involved. Section 56 (3): An obligation to enquire which requires the holding of a hearing. So there must be notice and there must be a hearing. Section 56 (5): Full opportunity to all parties to pre­ sent evidence and make representations—and opportunity to be heard, another one of the attributes of natural Justice which anyone who decides rights must adhere to. But these are written in; these do not have to be imposed upon the tribunal by a court; they are imposed upon a tribunal by statute, which I consider makes it clear that it is intended that this tribunal should be guided by all the principles of natural Jqstice. SEAFARERS LOG •Section 56 (4): The parties entitled to a copy of tho ceport. -Section 56.(5): Makes applicable certain other sections such as Sections 33 and 34. Section 36 (5): By making Section 33 and 34 apply makes it clear that the tribunal is being given the powers of a court, and not only are the attributes of natural Justice written into the statute but the tribunal is given the powers ordinarily reserved to a court. Section 33 (1): Power to summon witnesses and re­ quire them to give evidence under oath. (Section 33 (2), sub-section 1 again: Power to require witnesses to pro­ duce documents). Section 33 (2): The commission has the power to re­ quire attendance of witnesses and compel them to give evidence as vested in any court of record in civil cases. Section 34: The commission has power to inspect and view premises, buildings and the like. All these powers are those ordinarily reserved to a court of law, so I submit that when one— The Commissioner: Why do you say that? They are not reserved for a court of law. Any inquiry board might be given power to inspect premises and all those things, whether it was a judicial body or not. When you said "reserved" you did not mean "reserved." Mr. Henderson: I would put it this way—reserved in the sense that they are matters which are always found in courts of law. When I said "reserved"— The Commissioner: I am not so sure about that. I am not so sure about the right to inspect and so on. Mr. Henderson: The right-to inspect premises? The Commissioner: Yes. They are given that power, but it is not one of those natural powers that they have. It is not one of those things that is an attribute essentially of a judicial body. Mr. Henderson: If considered in isolation - perhaps, Mr. Commissioner, that would be so. If this were the only one, then one could segregate this and say it is not enough, but it is a facet of the over-all picture, the over-all picture being that these are rights that are— and I think I should not put it higher than this—ordi­ narily associated with a court. So I say the statute has created powers and has created obligations which make this tribuanl a tribunal that is required to act judicially. May I give you other authori­ ties on this particular point, Mr. Commissioner? I have already given you a case of Rex v Electricity Commis­ sioners, 1924, 1 King's Bench, page 171, and this is the judgment particularly c-f Lord Justice Banks at page 198. I would like to cite the case of Imperial Tobacco v McGregor, 1939 Ontario Reports, page 627, and par­ ticularly the ramarks of Mr. Justice Riddell in dealing with this aspect of the matter as follows: "And it may be that it will be considered that a wrong view has been taken by some judges of the language of Atkin, L. J. 'Whether or not any­ body or persons having legal authority to de­ termine questions affecting the rights of subjects and having the duty to act judicially act in excess of their legal authority. They are subject to the controlling jurisdiction of the King's Bench Divi­ sion excercised in these writs' that is the Writs of Prohibition and Certiorari.' The Lord Justice does not say these are the only persons who are so subject. He does not say 'only' "; that is, only those that affect the rights of subjects. Merely because the rights are di­ rectly affected does not mean that the tribunal is free from being amenable to the prerogative rights or that these principles of natural justice are not applicable. Another recent case in Ontario, Mr. Commissioner, is that of Regina v London Committee of Adjustment, Ex Parte Weinstein. This is found at 1960 Ontario Reports, 225, and I would adopt as part of my submission to you, Mr. Commissioner, the argument of counsel which ap­ pears at page 226 to 229, but particularly the submission made at the top of page 228. I will adopt as part of my submission the submission made by counsel there where he details Rex v Electricity Commissioners and cases associated with it. The late Mr. Justice Morden, at page 234, after dealing with Rex v Electricity Commissioners says: "There is no doubt in my mind that committees of adjustment are given the power to affect the rights of persons."— That was one aspect of it, and then he went on: "Their decisions under Section 18 of the Plan­ ning Act, 1955, affect the rights of the owners and occupants of the lands which are the subject of applications before them, and the rights given by Section 497 of the Municipal Act to rate payers to take action to restrain the contravention of restrictive by-laws. The appellants did threaten such an action before the committee entertained the application. If the committee's decision stands, the appellants have no longer any right to re­ strain the opposed use of the land in question by the Commission." Then the second aspect of this decision: "As the committee has authority to affect the rights of others, it follows that it is under a duty to act judicially, re Napman and Salt, 54 Ontario •qpplanent—Face FIv* Reports, as affirmed In 1966 Supreme Court Re­ ports, 877." Now this is the second aspect: "However, In the case at bar we do not need to draw the inference that the committee is bound to act Judicially. As Gail, J. said in the Napman case, such a duty is in plain terms imposed upon it by Section 17 (11), (12) and (13) as enacted by 59 Chapter 7, Section 2 and by Section 18, sub-sections 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10 of the Act and by the rules of procedure of the London Committee which were approved by the Minister. In my opinion, committees of adjustment are subject to order of prohibition and certiorari, and their decisions when made following proceedings which contravene the provisions of the Act and the rules of procedure or which exceed their statu­ tory powers, may be quashed by an order of the the High Court." So that in my submission a tribunal may be amenable either on the ground that they affect rights or that the principles of natural justice have been written into the statute—on either basis, whether they accept rights or not. In my submission here the statute conains terms which impose upon a Commissioner appointed under Section 56 (2) the obligation of adhering to thg principles, all the principles of natural justice by reason of the fact that so many of them have been oulined specifically in the statute. There is a recent case, Mr. Commissioner, on this point. It is Guay v Lafleur. This is the subject, oddly enough, of an editorial in the Globe and Mail today. This is a case that must have just been released, although it is dated December. It is the case of Philippe Guay • Rene Lafleur and it is a judgment of the court of Queen's Bench in Ap­ peal in the Province of Quebec. Although it bears a date in December, I believe it has just been issued. The num­ ber in the docket of the Province of Quebec, District of Montreal, is No. 7505. The court divided three to two. The Commissioner: You can supply a copy of that to me, can you? Mr. Henderson: I have a copy which I will make avail­ able. The Commissioner: To me? Mr. Henderson: To you, Mr. Commissioner. The only part I wish to read—and I apologize for my very poor French—is the first part of Mr. Justice Rinfret's decision, which reads as follows. He is quoting here from the text of the submission made to him and then he denies this statement from the text of counsel: "... 'Ce n'est que lorsquil'il s'agit de definir ainsi ses droits et obligations qu'une personne a droit a une audition impartiale'; cette phrase, tiree textuellement du factum de I'appelant, denote a mon avis, de la part de celui qui I'a ecrite, une fausse conception de ce doit etre la justice, meme en matiere administrative." In other words, that it is not necessary that rights be affected directly by the decision of the tribunal before it is amenable to these prerogative rights, and a fortiori, it is not necessary where a Commission is considering its position in relation to the obligations imposed upon it by the authorities in respect of natural justice. Mr. Commissioner, you expressed surprise that this ap­ plication was made as of this date, and I submit that hav­ ing regard to the important nature of this inquiry it is imperative that the matter of—that this matter be one that is considered by you, notwithstanding the period of time that has elapsed. The Commissioner: All I said about that was that it is amazing that, after these months of hearings and all the money that has been spent by everybody in having these hearings proceed, when to the knowledge of your clients these circumstances existed, that at this stage, on February 1st, 1963, this application should be made in respect of matters that occurred over ten years ago. That is all I say. Mr. Henderson: Yes, I agree, Mr. Commissioner, that it is unfortunate that this should have happened. I merely submit that there is no waiver in law of the position which I am urging. The Commissioner: That may well be. Mr. Henderson: If that is so, the submission I make should still be entertained. In that regard, Mr. Commis­ sioner, you may wish to consider the cases of The King V Sussex Justices— The Commissioner: I know them. Mr. Henderson: — and also expression contained in Szilard v Szasz, So I submit, Mr. Commissioner, that the tribunal is a tribunal that ought to consider the principles of natural justice including the matter of the appearance of independence, and I submit that this appearance of independence is fundamental in the administration of jus­ tice and the administration of this particular statute which will affect such a substantial segment of our community. I submit that it is absolutely essential that there be full public confidence in respect of this particular matter and that public policy imposses the necessity of such public confidence, and that this is so fundamental that I would submit to you, Mr. Commissioner, that it is the foundation of the rule of law. The Commissioner: Thank you, Mr. Henderson. As I (Continued On following Page} �SEAFARERS Supplement—^Paire Six (Continuud From Preceding Poge) i; understand it, just putting it shortly, your proposition Is this, that there is a reasonable apprehension in the eyes of a reasonable man and in the mind of a reasonable man that I am acting improperly because in 1953 I acted for the Seafarers International Union of Canada in respect of an injunction matter, in regard to which I was successful on their behalf? Secondly, that there is such reasonable apprehension that I will act improperly because I acted for the Sea­ farers International Union of Canada some ten years ago in respect of the acquisition of their building in Vancouver, because I did the solicitor's work in connection with their building and advised them as to how buildings should be held by unions? Then, thirdly, that in certain matters in respect of the certification of the Seafarers International Union of Canada, I was successful some ten years ago on behalf of the Seafarers International Union in bringing about an agreement with the shipowners? Mr. Henderson: Yes. When you say "improperly," I say that, of course, is in respect of legal principles. The Commissioner: In law. Mr. Henderson: Yes, in law. The Commissioner: And you do expressly state that there is no bias in fact? You are not alleging that? Mr. Henderson: I am not alleging bias in fact. The Commissioner: All right. I do not know whether other counsel want to be heard on this question. This matter has been heard for such a length of time that I think we will adjourn for a few minutes and then I will decide whether I want to hear other counsel just now, or not, or what I am going to do about this matter. We will adjourn for about ten minutes. —Short recess The Commissioner: Mr. Wright, have you got something you wish to say? Mr. Wright: My Lord, I would like to speak very briefly on this matter. The Commissioner: I know you are being crowded, but go ahead. Mr. Wright: Although my reply must, of necessity, be somewhat incomplete, I would like to make a brief sub­ mission to your Lordship. 1 would like to read first, only from the headnote, because I have not had an opportunity to read the judgment in full, from Regina v Camborne Justices. The Commissioner: What is the case? Mr. Wright: The case is Regina v Camborne Justices and another. Ex parte Pearce, my Lord, and jt is reported in 1955 Queen's Bench Division, Volume 1, at page 41. In this case I woiiifl like to read from the last paragraph of the headnote. It is a judgment of the Divisional Court which consisted of Lord Goddard, Mr. Justice Cassels and Mr. Justice Slade. The headnote reads: "Per curiam. The frequency with which allega­ tions of bias have come before the courts in recent times seems to indicate that Lord Hewart C. J.'s reminder in Rex v Sussex Justices, Ex parte Mc­ Carthy (1924) 1 King's Bench, 256, 259, that it 'is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubt­ edly be seen to be done' is being urged as a warrant for quashing convictions or invalidating orders up­ on quite unsubstantial grounds and, indeed, in some cases, upon the flimsiest pretexts of bias. Whilst in­ dorsing and fully maintaining the integrity of the feels that the continued citation of it in cases to principle reasserted by Lord Hewart, this court feels that the continued citation of it in cases to which it is not applicable may lead to the erroneous impression hat it is more important that justice should appear to be done than that it should in fact be done." My Lord, I would like to say at the outset that I knew your Lordship had acted for the SlU sometime ago. I was not the least bit concerned about it, and neither were my clients. But I had no idea what the nature of your Lordship's work was on behalf of the SIU. I knew it involved something about an injunction proceeding and I did not bother going into the matter. I knew that your Lordship had also sat on a case involving the SIU, be­ cause it is referred to in one of the Exhibits that has been filed in this Inquiry. But the SIU knew better than I, or better than any of my clients did, that your Lordship had acted for them, and if anyone's suspicions should have been excited, I should think that it would have been the SIU who would have been concerned if, in fact, there was an element of bias that might have occurred to them. They knew the full extent of your Lordship's partici­ pation when you were counsel, much better than 1 did. Mr. Banks knew it. Your Lordship has indicated that Mr. Ahern, who is leading counsel for the SIU, was also aware of it. I think it is against this background that this mo­ tion must be considered. My learned friend Mr. Hender­ son has stated to your Lordship that they raise no objec­ tion as to the manner in which this Inquiry has been conducted. Generally speaking, in any case that I have been interested in, or that I have read about where the issue of bias was raised, it is one tha^ is raised prospec­ tively;, it is one that is raised before the litigation com­ mences. Fcfjtqnaieiy,^,,i)iy, Lord,. IA this case we\are all more / LOG than six months older today than we were when the In­ quiry began. The Commissioner: You mean, in terms of days and months? Mr. Wright: Yes, my Lord. The Commissioner: I do not know how much older we are in our own years. Mr. Wright: Yes. We have now something to fall back on historically, as it were, retrospectively, to assess the validity or the merits of the motion. Having stated that they raise no objection as to the conduct and as to the manner in which this Inquiry has been conducted—hay­ ing stated that to your Lordship, it seems to me that they have left themselves hardly, if not completely, any argu­ ment upon which they can rely. We have at least this much to say. We can look back to what happened between the 7th August, 1962 and the 1st February, 1963 and examine the transcript, the rec­ ord, to see whether or not there is anything there that reveals any conduct on the part of your Lordship which would indicate bias or prejudice. It seems to me that my learned friend has misconceived.the basis of the business which is being transacted in this Inquiry. He says that your Lordship owes a duty to the parties, and he says that one of those parties is the SIU. I say that this is the basic misconception of Mr. Henderson's argument. There are no parties; there is no litigation; there Is no lis, and therefore there is no lis inter partes. Your lordship cannot compel any of the parties to ap­ pear before you day after day. Your lordship, under Sec­ tions 33 and 34 of the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act, has the power to summon witnesses and to enforce attendance, but once that evidence has been given the parties are free to leave. I may leave tomorrow; the SIU may leave tomorrow. We are not parties before your lordship. We make no claim of any kind; no pecuniary rights are affected; no property or proprietory rights are affected. All your lordship has power to do is to submit a recommendation or recommendations to the Minister of Labour. The Minister of Labour may or may not take action as a result of what your lordship may or may not recommend. Now, my lord, I think the important matter to consider here is this, and Mr. Henderson obviously agrees with me. It is that mere suspicion of bias is not enough. There must be a likelihood of bias. This is indicated in the judgment of The Queen v Rand, reported in Volume 1— The Commissioner: What is the year? Mr. Wright: The year is not stated in this case, my lord. It is an old report. It is Volume 1. Queen's Bench, at page 230. I refer specifically to page 232, at the bottom of the page: Febmair t, 19(t involves a lis, which involves a right, a pecuniary and • proprietory right which stems from an application or applications made to the BEG. I see no similarity between a situation of that kind and the situation presently before your Lordship. I must make this assertion; I respectfully submit that the application by the SIU is not made in good faith. I say they cannot be heard to make this application moire than sbt months after the establishment of this Inquiry; more than six months of their constant participation in the Inquiry before your Lordship. I say it is not made in good faith because there are Exhibits filed before your Lordship which accuse your Lordship of bias. There are Exhibits that are filed before your Lordship in which Mr. Banks and Mr. McLaughlin have stated that you are guilty of bias. Mr. Henderson has admitted— Mr. Henderson: With respect, this is the third time I have mentioned this. I said at this time that conduct is irrevelant. The Commissioner: You said more than that—^just a minute, listen to me; what you said was that bias, in fact, was not alleged. Mr. Henderson: That is right, but that is not what my friend is saying. The Commissioner: I will not take it any further than that. . Mr. Henderson: If my friend will stick to my submission. The Commissioner: What he is now saying, Mr. Hender­ son, is that if you have suggested a suspicion of bias,' then -you couldn't say that you can't be heard to say that unless there is bias alleged— Mr. qenderson: That is one thing he said, and that is not what I am raising; my friend has misstated my posi­ tion three times, and I say that the matter of the conduct of this hearing is irrevelant to my submission. The Commissioner: That is not what you said. You said, Mr. Henderson, that bias in fact is not alleged. Mr. Henderson: That is right. The Commissioner: That is all I want you to say. Mr. Henderson: That is right. The Commissioner: You may not go any further than that. Mr. Henderson: If my friend will stick to that and go no further, that is fine. But let him make it on my state­ ments and. not on his exaggeration of them. The Cpmmissionen I will not have these words. Mr. Henderson: I haye been accused, or my client has been accused of bad faith, and I submit that this kind of an allegation— "Whenever there is a real likelihood that the The Commissioner: You are not accused of bad faith, judge would, from kindred or any other cause, have your clients are accused of bad faith because they haven't . a bias in favour of one of the parties, it would be very wrong in him to act; and we are not to be un­ made the application until a lapse of six months. Why derstood to say, that where there is a real bias of shouldn't Mr. Wright, if that is right, accuise you of that? Mr. Henderson: It is evidence of delay, not bad faith. this sort this Court would not interfere; but in the present case there is no ground for doubting that The Commissioner: That, I think, may be inferred from the justices acted perfectly bona fide; and the only this. question is, whether in strict law, under such cir­ Mr. Henderson: It is not for your Lordship to determine, cumstances, the certificate of such justices is void, as it would be if they had a pecuniary interest"— I submit; there is a great difference between delay and bad faith, and I understand there is no evidence of that. Obviously, therefore, my lord, there must be a likeli­ The Commissioner: You heard me, Mr. Henderson, and hood of bias on the part of your lordship. If ever this is­ sue can be discussed in practical terms, such is the case you must accept my statement. You heard me; I said that. in the form in which it now comes before your lordship. Mr. Ahern knew about this months ago. We have, as I have said, some 9l days of hearings to look Mr. Henderson: I do accept your statement, Mr. Com­ back to. We have the concession that there has not been missioner. any act of prejudice or bias on the part of your lordship Mr.' Wrightj I say that the motion is not made bona shown towards the SIU. I say that once they have ad­ fide. I will riot agree, then, my friend does not allege mitted that, once they have made that concession, nothing that there is any bias in fact. I think I am entitled, my remains of their motion. Lord, to assess that statement in the light of the Exhibits . In fact, bias is really a state of mind. Generally speak­ that have been filed, and when I hold those two state­ ing, as I said at the outset, a Court when it is confronted ments side by side, as I think we are entitled to do, and with a motion of this kind must attempt as best it can to to examine whether pr not these statements in fact have' explore into the possible state of mind of the adjudicat­ any meaning— .. ing official. In this case your Lordship's attitude towards The Commissioner: Which statements? the SIU, if this is what they fear, is evidenced by your actions in the last six or seven months, and we do not Mr. Wright: The statement of accusing your lordship have to investigate the matter prospectively. of bias, as evidenced in the Exhibits, and the statement 1 see no similarity whatever between the issue involv­ by my learned friend Mr. Henderson, that he says he ing the Board of Broadcast Governors and this Inquiry. alleges no bias in fact. The Board of Broadcast Governors is a body, a quasi-ju­ The Commissioner: I am not interested in that. I accept ^ dicial body, and at one and the same time an administra­ Mr. Henderson's statement. , • -i tive tribunal which acts on the strength of applications Mr. Wright: And so do I. that are made to it by interested parties. The parties submit applications for licenses; they submit briefs in The Commissioner: Let us go on from there. . ' v'- • • • support of their applications. There are proprietory and Mr. Wright: However, I say that in view of the delay pecuniary rights involved. Although I am not familiar, or not sufficiently familiar with the proceedings of the and in view of everything that has transpired in this hear-^ . Board of Broadcast Governors as to whether or not they ing, this application is not made in good faith and should have the right to issue licenses, or to recommend the be dismissed. I cannot elaborate on the matter now, I am not fully prepared to make a full submission. issue of licenses— The Commissioner: All right. The Commissioner: You are going too quickly, Mr. Mr. Geiler: If I might make a brief submission. I don't Wright. The Reporter may be having trouble. have a second team so I could do my preparation, but I Mr. Wright: I am sorry, my Lord. Whether the Board of think, my Lord, there are two basic points made by my Broadcast Governors actually issues a license or recom­ learned friend Mr. Henderson with which I would like to mends to the responsible Minister that a license be deal. issued— Firstly, that your lordship is an amenable tribunal, a. Mr. Henderson: They do not issue licenses. tribunal which is amenable to the rights of prohibition Mr. Wright: My learned friend Mr. Henderson says that and certiorari, and ray friend says a tribunal is amenable they do not issue licenses. The fact is that they then make if it affects righ(,s or interferes with natural justice-rrecoiumead«ttjoi}», fqg iHiep.,iS9daPi:e, of licenses,, whiph , I fCmin'quH^;po /oifonWng - RogaJ I �Febniary 8> 1981 (Conh'nuad from Prof ding Pago) The Commissioner: I thought you were going to say that I was an amenable person! Mr. Geller: You are one of the most amenable tribunals 1 have ever had the privilege of appearing before. The Commissioner: I have earned the reputation of a crusty individual, but I am not open to flattery, you know. Mr. Geiler: I support my friend Mr. Wright's submission to your lordship, knowing what you are empowered to do by the statute or how your Commission can affect the rights, and I know that you will merely make recommenda­ tions to the Minister which may or may not be acted upon. The Broadcast Governors case has no application what­ soever. As regard the statement of my friend Mr. Henderson as to the principles of natural justice being written into the statute, his basic proposition for this is that your lordship has the rights not only of Section 56 but of Sections 33 and 34. Sections 33 and 34 are not the rights of courts, as my friend Mr. Henderson has indicated. They are the rights of conciliation boards. They are bodies which not only may not make reco'T<mendations, but where the reports are not even acted upon to the extent that your lordship's report may be. They are powerless bodies. They have the power to conciliate, and that is all, and these are the powers which Mr. Henderson relies upon to make your lordship a tribunal which is amenable to prohibition. Now, I say the second branch of his argument, my Lord, even if there is any merit in the first, must fail in my respectful submission, in that your lordship's tribunal does not affect rights because your lordship may merely make recommendations which may or may not be acted upon at all. It is a matter for the executive to determine and not for your lordship, and that there is nothing in the statute which makes your lordship, as my friend would say, or would have your lordship, as my friend to the principles of natural justice by virtue of what is written in the statute. Sections 33 and 34 do not give your lordship the rights of a court; they give your lordship the rights of a conciliation board. Your lordship, of course, has somewhat broader rights under Section 56, but, I say again this is only in con­ nection with an investigation for the purposes of making a report to the Minister which may be or may not be acted upon, depending upon executive determination, and, in any event, the reprt does not deal with the rights of litigants or parties. Now, with respect to the first branch of my learned friend Mr. Henderson's argument; basically it works itself down to whether there is a reasonable apprehension of bias which disqualifies the person who is obligated to act in a judicial manner. Even if your lordship is obliged to act in a judicial manner, there must be a reasonable apprehension of bias, and here I think that my learned friend Mr. Wright's point is very important, and that is that this apprehension is a prospect, there must be something in prospect. The decisions which my learned friend relied upon are dealing with arbitration boards, they deal with inferior tribunals of various sorts, and also deal very largely with matters where there is a pecuniary' interest involved, and I think,'iny Lord, that we must disregard all decisions where there is a pecuniary interest involved as this is an entirely different thing. My Lord, a reasonable apprehension of bias after 90 odd days of hearing, is almost, or to me, with respect to my learned friend, a ridiculous proposition to put before your Lordship. Your Lordship Is in a position and was in a position, when you embarked upon this matter to know to what extent you had acted for any of the parties. I was not, although, my Lord, 1 did know that you had acted for one of the parties; this was known to me and to my clients. We do not feel that a solicitor or counsel acting for a party some ten years before the event is disquali­ fied from acting. Whether we feel this way or not is irrelevant and evi­ dently, my Lord, Mr. Banks of the SIU did not feel this either when the matter first came before them. Your Lordship's appointment was announced in July and Mr. Ahern's firm appeared before your Lordship in August. On August 7, my Lord, a representative of Mr. Ahern's firm appeared before your Lordship. Your Lordship ad­ vised, or Mr. Ahern as well as Mr. Banks was fully aware of the extent of your Lordship's advice to Mr. Banks in his union some years before this. Certainly the doctrine of laches must have some relevance here and the doc­ trine of waiver must have some relevance here and cer­ tainly the fact that the SIU waited for 90 days before coming before your Lordship with this allegation, must be given some weight in your Lordship's consideration. I think my learned friend Mr. Wright, my Lord, in my submission had every right and every reason and every justification for suggesting bad faith. I suggest more than that; I suggest that this motion is frivolous and is only put before your Lordship for the purpose of further attempting to delay the proceedings of your Lordship's inquiry. This is not the first time that matters have been at­ tempted to be delayed by the SIU, and I think that it is against that background that your Lordship should con­ sider this motion. Just to mention a couple of instances, my Lord: there was a reading of financial reports into the record for a whole afternoon, and allegations made before of certain types and various motions which were made and repeated agaih and .again at great consumption of time. My Lord, SEAFARERS Supplement—^Paye Seven LOG it is my respectful Submission that neither branch of my learned friend's argument is sound but, more than that, it seems to me that the important factor is that the SIU —the party which one would have thought would be least concerned because you acted for it—should not be per­ mitted to wait 90 days and then come before your Lord­ ship and say, "Just because you acted for us, you must be biased against us." It seems to me, my Lord, that the SIU's position is that anybody who knows anything about their matters must automatically be biased against them. The Commissioner: Mr. Couture? Mr. Couture: My Lord, I would think, sir, that if the objection of my learned friend Mr. Henderson is well founded that it is frightening to think of the idea of potential future disqualifications on the basis of SIU business. However, the point I believe, my Lord, which I think I ought to make to support my opposition to the motion relies in part on W. A. Robson on Justice and Administra­ tive Law, which hasn't been referred to yet, my Lord. I would like to refer to that chapter— The Commissioner: What edition is it? Mr. Couture: I would like to refer to page 60, amongst others, my Lord. The Commissioner: What edition is it? Mr. Couture: It is in the 1928 edition, my Lord. As I read Robson, an objection based on the appearance or suspicion of bias, or a challenge to the favour, must rely on bias or favour of a substantial nature and not on mere technicalities. The Commissioner: What page is that, page 60? Mr. Couture: Page 60, my Lord. That chapter dealing with disqualification starts at page 58. Then, not dealing any further with the points which my learned friend Mr. Geiler has dealt with with respect to the nature of the powers given to your Lordship in the conduct of this Commission, but merely going to one of the points raised by my learned friend Mr. Henderson, he referred to the entry and inspection of promises given to a Conciliation Board and also to a Commission under Section 56 as being one of the attributes of the judiciary, and I would merely bring this to your Lordship's atten­ tion, that as a matter of principle this entry or visiting of promises is prohibited to courts or judges in the province of Quebec. I would also point out that the rules which my learned friend Mr. Hepderson referred to, together with the cases as to the appearance in court or at a hearing of a dis­ qualified person, does not apply here because that would undoubtedly beg the question or the issue. I would finally, my Lord, refer to the textbook quoted by my learned friend Mr. Henderson, de Smith, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, and reference has been made to the first sentence on page 154, which reads as follows: "A reasonable apprehension of bias may arise because of the professional, business br other voca­ tional relationship of an adjudicator with a party before him." And there is a footnote number 6 after the word "pro­ fessional," and this refers, my Lord, to an article by Frank entitled "Disqualification of Judges" which appears in (1947) 56 Yale Law Reports at page 605, and I believe in making reference to this article written by Frank, my Lord, that you will take particular note of his statement relative to Bracton as read from de Smith by Mr. Hen­ derson, because the origins are described as follows, my Lord: "Although Bracton tried unsuccessfully to in­ corporate into English law the view that mere 'sus­ picion' by a party was a basis for disqualification, it was Coke who, with reference to cases in which the Judge's pocketbook was involved, set the stand­ ards for his time in his injunction that 'no man shall be a Judge in his own case.' Blackstone re­ jected absolutely the possibility that a Judge might be disqualified for bias as distinguished from interest." Subsequently we had cases which determined the law on the subject, and the law appears to be quite clear— and again with reference to de Smith at 'page 162—where we find this: "Moreover, because the disqualifications do not of themselves render the proceedings a nullity, a party may waive his objections to that. Objection is generally deemed to have been waived if the party or his legal representative knew of the dis­ qualification"— "the party or his legal representative"— The Commissioner: What page is that? Mr. Couture: At the bottom of 162, my Lord, and going on to top of 163: ". . . knew of the disqualification and acquiesced in the proceedings by failing to take objection at the earliest practicable opportunity." ^ Then the cases: I believe I am reading de Smith— rightly and properly when I take it this way, my Lord, that there is a presumption of a waiver if prompt action is not taken and the onus is on the party formulating the objection to prove that in actual fact he did not waive. In this particular case I would submit that this onus has not been met in the presentation of this objection. because reliance has been placed on a different presump­ tion and the onus has not been met of showing that the presumption did not apply. Mr. Henderson: Mr. Commissioner— The Commissioner: Mr. Henderson, in reply? Mr. Henderson: Yes, in reply. My first reply is to Mr. Wright's statement that there are no parties here. In this he has not read Section 56 (2) which speaks about parties. You will see that in Section 56 (2) the obligation under the statute is to furnish the Commission with a statement of the matters concerning which such inquiry is to be made and ih the case of any inquiry involving any particular person or parties shall advise such persons or parties of such appointment. So clearly the legislation denies Mr. Wright's submis­ sion that there are no parties here; there are parties here. I submit— The Commissioner: There are? Mr. Henderson: This is parties to the dispute, because in Section 56 (2) they speak of a dispute. The Commissioner: I am saying about a question as to whether or not there is a lis. We have had that over and over again, as you know. Mr. Henderson: I agree. The Commissioner: It is a very uncertain and nebulous ground on which to proceed. However, I want to hear you. Mr. Henderson: The ninety days of hearing have established that the parties are at least at arms' length, that here there is a clear—I submit, a clear—area in which there is a lis and that there are parties to that lis. Mr. Chairman, in respect of the matter of bias in fact, I am not going to get into this as I submit this is entirely irrelevant, and I will leave it there. I would like to give you one case, however, that of Shraeger v Vasle Dighton Limited, and it is in 1924, 1 King's Bench Division, 274. Lord Justice Atkin made this comment on the importance of this principle. My learned friend Mr. Wright rather casts— 'I'he Commissioner: This is on what point? Mr. Henderson: On the importance of the principle I urge. The Commissioner: Is this reply? Mr. Henderson: This is reply to the point my learned friend Mr. Wright makes. The Commissioner: All right, go on. Frankly I do not think it is, but 1 am going to let you go on anyway. Mr. Henderson: Well, I will be fair with your, Mr. Commissioner— The Commissioner: I have never been fussy on matters of reply. Go on. I have had it argued against me. Mr. Henderson: "Next to the tribunal being in fact impartial is the importance of it appearing so." The Commissioner: Page ? Mr. Henderson: Page 284. The Commissioner: Weil, that is the same proposition. Mr. Henderson: My learned friends have somehow mis­ conceived the submission I am making because they seem to treat this as if this was a motion for certiorari, and whether or not you are amenable in that sense. This Is not the purport of my submission. The Commissioner: I know what you are saying. The proposition is this, that I should disqualify myself because of this, and often—and I say "often"—a judge does not disqualify himself on a motion to prohibit him on cer­ tiorari; the same argument is being made before you as is made before a judge. Mr. Henderson: That is right, but in considering your position the question as to amenability is not a binding factor as it would be on a judge hearing a certiorari mo­ tion. The Commissioner: I do not understand that. Mr. Henderson: Let me put it this way. You have, Mr. Commissioner, to consider your, position in relation to the kind of tribunal that we have discussed. The Commissioner: I know. ^ Mr. Henderson: But whether you are strictly amenable in law or not is not, I submit, the deciding factor. The deciding factor ought to be the public interest. The Commissioner: Look, Mr. Henderson, that has been the sole interest in my life since I have been on the bench, and I do not need argument here on that. Mr. Henderson: My learned friend Mr. Geller spoke of a reasonable apprehension of bias, and said that there must be something prospective. Well, certainly the report of the Commissioner is something prospective, and cer­ tainly this is a matter of considerable importance to the public as well as to the parties themselves. My learned friend Mr. Couture on the matter of waiver made reference to page 163. On the matter of waiver I submit that cannot arise unless there is some indication of knowledge of the rights. There must be a knowledge of the rights of the parties and—I will not take time to read the full passage now, but as my learned friend Mr. Couture said he was summarizing it, and I would urge you, Mr. Commissioner, to read the whole passage. ' (Conlinuod On following Pago) �giqipIeiiieiii-Pacs Ufiil SEAFARERS (Cwirinoad from frotoding fogoj The Commissioner: Mr. Henderson, with regard to knowledge of the rights, your client may not shut his eyes to the possibilities. It is not the case of my father sitting in his chair with blinders on his eyes, you know. Mr. Henderson: I can only speak from the particular state. I do not think it is fair to say that Mr. Ahern was fully aware of all the circumstances. I do not know that he was, and I do not know whether there is evidence. The Commissioner: I know how much he was aware. Mr. Henderson: Then I think you are in a much better position to pass on that than I am to comment on it. I do not know, because I have not spoken to Mr. Ahern in this matter at all, and I cannot answer. But I merely say that when one reads the passage in context to which my learned friend Mr. Couture has referred, and the two pages which I have read, there can be here no waiver in the sense that there is no indication that there was in fact an intent to abandon any rights. The Commissioner: All right. Is that all? Mr. Henderson: That is my submission, Mr. Chairman. The Commissioner: Thank you. Now I said once before that I am not going to deal with this at the moment. I will give it consideration over the weekend. I do not suppose anybody would expect me to deal with it at once. I will consider the law. As I said before, what is not lacking is variety on this hearing. One day we had cat sand at a dollar twenty-nine and then we had income tax of $08 million. Now we have a motion that I disqualify myself because ten years ago I was successful in obtaining results for the party making this submission to me that I should be disqualified, be­ V^monr S, 1961 LOG cause I was successful and gave advice which learned counsel thinks was good advice—I will not put it any higher than that. I am not passing on the matter at all; I am just pointing out the variety of things one is up against in an inquiry of this sort. I would not have thought in all my life that there would be a suggestion that I should disqualify myself because of a legal bias, not bias in fact, because some years ago I was successful for the party alleging the suspicion of bias in litigation and had given good advice. It is a strange situation. These are very strange matters. Mr. Wright: What will the procedure be on Monday morning? The Commissioner: On Monday I propose to start with one of the companies, the Hindman Transportation Com­ pany, and Mr. Durand will be available during the week. We are going to try to get some of the companies back next week. I will consider this motion over the week end. Mr. Nuss: On that point, do I understand that Mr. Jodoin will be available the following week? The Commissioner: He will be available to fill in as we go along. I am trying to get these companies in and be­ cause learned counsel from out of town are engaged I am trying to meet their convenience. I have to fix dates for them in advance. Mr. Nnss: But I will be able to continue my cross-exami­ nation of Mr. Jodoin? The Commissioner: It depends on how we get on on Monday with Hindman Transportation. Mr. Nuss: Some time during the Inquiry, I mean. The Commissioner: Oh, of course, yes—^unless I accede to Mr. Henderson's motion. The Secretary: Mr. Henderson offered certain papers for your Lordship.. Do you wish them to go in as exhibitsT Mr. Henderson: This is the judgment. The Commissioner: That is just for ^ information. Are these copies, Mr. Henderson? Mr. Henderson: They are different reasons for judgment. There were five reasons. The Commissioner: All judges of the same court? Mr. Henderson: All judges of the same court. The Commissioner: Very good, Mr. Henderson. That happens in some courts, you know, and British Columbia is no exception. We will meet at 10:30 on Monday. That will give me a chance to give this matter some consideration. Mr. Wright: My Lord, Mr. Jodoin is in a very difficult position on this. He has been standing by since January 9th. He was originally subpoenaed for that date. He has re-arranged his schedule several times in the last few weeks and he has quite a heavy agenda. The Commissioner: What do you say to me now? Mr. Wright: Would it be permissible for me to teU Mr. Jodoin that he is released for this coming week? The Commissioner: I do not know. What I will say Is that I will consider that matter and will communicate with you over the weekend. I want'to discuss with Mr. Dubin our proceedings for next week, but I do know we are going to proceed with Hindman Transportation Com­ pany on Monday. ADJOURNMENT; • • rf.c I' i' . -• •V. • -i > - \ .. V- \ i /vK- : � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource February 8, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NEW BILL WOULD TIGHTEN 50-50 MTD PROTEST SPURS RR RATE STUDY SIU OF CANADA ASKS HEAD OF COMMISSION TO DISQUALIFY SELF BALTIMORE SIU, FOOD UNIONS START COUNCIL NEW DOMESTIC TRADE BILL INVITES ALL FOREIGN SHIPS SEAFARERS FIVE ‘COLUMBUS’ A LIFT SIU STEWARDS’ PROGRAM NEARS 2ND ‘GRADUATION’ ONE-WAY SEA LANES ASKED FOR ENGLISH CHANNEL TRAFFIC SS MANKATO VICTORY HOME FROM EUROPE – SAILING TO FAR EAST COASTAL BARGES UNDER SIU PACT LA OPENS CENTRAL LINER PIER; SF MAY BE NEXT Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/08/1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXV, No. 3 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/885820453db0d96daa1f65a3035de55e.PDF 458c6184f86a1eb350b0ada6033fa783 PDF Text Text • r­TT"  Stalinist Stodges Attempt To Frame - Up Uundeberg Harry Lundeberg, Secretary of  the SUP and  acting  Internationai  President  cf  'he  SIU, has been hailed  into court  on  the  fake  ch^ges of  misappropriation of  Union  funds —  the REAL  charges against Lundeber g are  that  he  is defending  the  seamen  of  his  Unions against  attacks on  their  living  standards and bargaining rights by  the  preditory shipowners and  their Stalinist  allies.  Thomas E.  Hampson (a notorious  Stalinist  stooge),  Gertrude  Houseman  and  Leila  Nolando, all SUP  and SIU  members, have  filed suit  in  a San Francisco  Court  charging Lundeberg,  not  only  with misappropriation of  funds, but  with the use of  goon squaHs  and  of  generally subversive  activities  (no less)!  The  suit  was  brought  by  Attorneys  George  R.  Andersen  and  Herbert  Resner—a firm  that  has defended  many  a  Stalinist  when  they  got  in  a  tight  spot.  The  cry  of  "thief"  vvas  immediately  taken  up  this  week  by  the  labor'hating San  Francisco  Chronicle,  The  Pilot,  The  Daily  Worl^er,  and  all  the  reactionary  shipowner  circles.  The  real  story  beliind  this  move  is  that  during  the  past  two  months the  West  Coast shipowners  have  been  trying to  chisel  on  their  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT,  contracts  with  the SUP.  With  sham  patriotism,  the owners  have  been  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  demanding that  the seamen  make "sacrifices in  the interest  of  the war."  What  the  owners  really  want  is  for  the  seamen  to  make  sacrifices  in  the  interests of  their  (the shipowners')  profits.  266  NEW  YORK.  N.  Y..  MONDAY.  FEBRUARY  9.  1942  No.  5  Lundeberg  has  fought  every  move  to  break  down  the  Union  con'  VOL.  HI IV  tracts that  the SUP  has  won. He  has insisted  that  the shipowners shell  out  part  of  their  huge  war  profits in  the  form  of  living  wages  for  the  seamen.  He has refused  to  be  frightened  or  intimidated  or  stampeded.  His  Union  has  backed  him  100  per  cent.  Unable  to  beat  Lundeberg  down  by  head'on  collision,  the  eih'  ployer  interests  revert  to  an  underhanded  knife'in'the­back  attack.  In  this  new  tactic  they find  the ^  Stalinists  their  v^illing  tools,  cause  they figure  that  by  sabotag­ Revealing  its  true  aim,  which  is  ing  the  SUP­SIU  they  may  obtain  to  break  the  SUP'SIU  labor  organizational  gains  for  Jthe  Secretary­Treasurer  John  Hawk  received,  this  Unions,  the  complaint filed  by  the  NMU.  But  second,  and  more  im­ week,  a  letter  from  Captain  Edward  Macauley,  Partyline  attorneys  tries  to  drive  portant,  they  are  against  anybody  wedge  between  the  Lundeberg  who  places  the  interests  and  wel­ Chairman., of  the  Maritime  War  Emergency  Board.  and  the  rank  and file  seamen.  The  fare  of  the  American  workers  Captain  Macauley  levels  some  serious  charges  of  complaint  appeals  to  lynch  spirit  above  the  interests  of  the  Stalinist  misconduct against  the seamen and warns that  the  and  calls  for  a  SUP  convention  clique  in  Moscow.  Navy  is  ready and  eager  to  place  the  entire  mer­ for  the  purpose  of  "removing  Joe  Curran,  Harry  Bridges  and  After  chant  marine  under  its  control.  Washington,  Jan.  29. —  Lundeberg  from  office."  Thomas  Hampson  (small  fry)  wran­ close  to  seven  months  of  Macauley's letter  may  be the opening  gun in  a  The  suit  attempts  to  create  a  would  attempt  to  sell  out  every  war  hysteria  by  charging  Lunde­ worker  in  America  if  they  gling  and  horse­trading  while  liv­ campaign to rob the unions of  their hiring halls and  berg  with  being  "anti­democratic"  thought  it  would  help  Joe  Stalin.  ing  costs  jumped  with  every  week  all  collective  bargaining  rights.  The  letter  should,  in  his  activities,  of  sabotaging  the  As  a  matter  of  fact,  that  is  just  —^Congress finally  passed  a  much  therefore,  be  studied  carefully  by  every  brother.  war  effort  against  the  Axis  by  what  the  Stalinist  waterfront  frac­ amended  and  rather  battered  price  The  text  follows:  fighting  labor  unity  "between  the  tion  has  been  attempting  to  do  control  bill  and obtained  President  Navy  under  Naval  conditions  and  Mr.  John  Hawk  ever  since  Hitler  and  Stalin  broke  Roosevelt's  signature.  CIO  and  AFL.  discipline.  I  have  consistently  op­ As  it  stands  now,  the  bill  pro­ Atlantic  and  Gulf  District,  Striped  of  their  devious  Stal­ up  their  beautiful  friendship.  posed  such  action.  If  we  are  to  vides  for  a  administrator  who  has  Seafarers  International  Union  inist  logic,  these  charges  add  up  Step  by  step  the  NMU  has  re­ authority  to  license  dealers  and  retain  the  manning  of  our  ships  to  the  fact  that  Lundeberg  is  be­ treated  from  its  previous  (fake)  buy  and  sell  commodities  to  pre­ 2  Stone  Street  by  American  se.Hmen  chosen  from  ing  put  on  the  spot  because  his  position  of  trade  union  militancy.  serve  price  levels,  but  who  must  New  York,  N.  Y.  union  membership  through  the  first  interest  is  in  seeing  that  the  Since  the  entry  of  the  Soviet  share  authority  with  the  Secre­ Dear  Mr.  Hawk:  hiring  halls  and  are  to  make  our  seamen  receive  the  wages and  con­ Union  into  the  war,  and  Stalin's  tary  of  Agriculture  over  ­  farm  "The  Commission  is  in  receipt  ship.s  efficient  and  of  the  greatest  ditions  they  deserve.  reliance  on  American  industrialists  prices,  and  for  power  to  control  of  many statements  reporting loose  use  to our  far  effort, steps must  be  for  help,  the  NMU  has  attempted  rents  in  arms  production  areas  discipline  on  board  U.  S.  Mer­ taken  to  control  those  elements  The  Stalinist  have  been  after  (Continued  on  Page  Four)  Lundeberg  for  years.  First,  be­ chant  Marine  vessels and  improper  that  have  given rise  to  the  com­ if  local  authorities  fail  to  act]  Farm  prices  will  be  set  not  low­ behavior  of  American  seamen  in  plaints  above  referred  to.  "D o n't  .misunderstand  me.  er  than  110  per  cent  of  parity,  foreign  ports.  I  am  often  forced  Having  spent  a  great  part  of  iriy  to defend  my  belief  that  our  mari­ which  is  an  improvement  over  the  life  at  sea  and  on  board  ship,  I do  time  personnel  are  capable,  self­ inflationary  amendment  proposed  not  expect  seagoing  men  to  Ije  re.specting  .seagoing  men  who  are  by  Senator  O'Mahoney,  that  angels,  but  they should  be  depend­ performing  their  duty  properly,  would  have  caused  food  price  able,  competent  and  obedient  to  creditably  and  bravely.  The  com­ rises  up  to  25  per  cent  and  more.  Here  is some  more  dope  on  the  1941  income  tax  payments  which  Labor's fight  for  the  bill  began  plaints  are  frequently  reiterated,  orders  from  proper  authorities.  arc  Bue  this  coming  March.  The  information  wa­s  submitted  to  the  months  ago  in  the  House.  Wage  and  there  seems  to  be  considerable  "One  or  two  cases  of  bad  coiji­ Log by  Joseph  W. Finver,  a certified  public accountant.  freezing  was  defeated  in  the  evidence  that  some  of  the  masters  duct  will  get  more  publicity  and  An  American  citizen  or  a  resident  alient  residing  in  the  United  House  bill,  though  their  bill  so  "and  other  licensed  offiers  on  our  do  more  harm  to  our  efforts  to  States  who  earns  his  income  as  a  seaman  must  pay  a  tax  on  all  the  emasculated  the  original  that  ad­ merchant  ships  are  unable  to  con­ prevent  the  taking  over  of  the  ­^money  which  he  has  earned  in  ministration  leaders  announced  trol  members  of  their  crews  be­ merchant  marine  by  the  Navy  that  capacity  with  one  exception,  they  would fight  it  to  the  end.  cause  of  threats,  real  or  implied,  than  the  favorable  effect  of  100  which  is,  the  income  which  he  Average  commodity  prices  were  and  fear  of  reprisals  or  pressure,  cases  of  exemplary  behavior  which  has earned  outside  the  territory  of  which  make  their  work  more  diffi­ are  not  conspicuous.  It  is  there­ (Continued  on  Page  Four)  the  United  States,  if  he  has  been  cult  and  might  eventually  cost  fore of  the utmost  importance that  outside  of  the  United  States  for  them  their  jobs.  the  unions  cooperate  to  the  full­ more  than  six  (6)  calendar  "Last  week  I  attended  a  meet­ est  extent  in  the  maintenance  of  ing  of  the  highest  officers  of  our  that  discipline  that  is  necessary  to  months.  It  is  not  necessary  that  the  six  Navy  at  which  it  was  again  urged  the  proper  and  efficient  handling  Some  time  during  this  past  months  be  consecutive.  Fractional  that  the  entire  Merchant  Marine  of  ships.  Another  coastwise  operator  has  be  taken  over  and  operated  by  the  week  the  3,627  ton  freighter,  San  parts of  a  month  may  not  be add­ (Continued  on  Page  Four)  Gil  was  torpedoed  and  sunk  off  ed  to  make  a  calendar  month.  given  up  the  ghost—this  time  it  is  the  Bull  Line  which  announced  the  Maryland  coast.  Two  mem­ Only  full  months  count.  bers  of  the  crew  were  killed  and  ELECTIONS RETURNS IN NEXT ISSUE Income  is  considered  earned  in  the  suspension  of  "what  remains  40  were  saved.  The  exact  time  the  place  or  places  where  the  per­ of  our  coastwise  service."  and  place  of  the  attack  has  not  son  was  employed  and  not  neces­ The  SIU  elections  for  all  Union  officers  It  is  indicated  that  several  of  been  released  by  the  Navy.  sarily  the  place  where  has  was  the  Bull  ships  will  be  taken  over  ended  January  31.  Most  of  the  Branches  have  The  San/Gill  was  owned  by  paid.  An example would be: where  by  the  Maritime  Commission  and  tabulated  their  votes  and  forwarded  them  to  tlie  Balboa  Shipping  Company  a  man  was at  sea  for three  months  be  placed  on  other  runs.  headquarters.  However,  election  rules  require  but  was  being  operated  by  the  and  was  paid  upon  his  arrival  in  Bull's  subsidiary  line—Insular  double  check  before  the  ballots are  accepted as  United  Fruit  Company.  a  United  States  port;  all  that  in­ ­­will  continue  running  to Puerto  The  survivors  were  landed  at  come  will  be  considered  as earned  Rico,  the  Virgin  Islands  and  San­ official.  The  final OK*ed  tabulation will  be  fin­ Lewes,  Delaware.  This  latest  vic­ outside  of  the  United  States.  Ter­ to  Domingo,  it  was  announced.  ished  in  time  to  appear  in  next  week*s  issue  of  tim  of  the  East  Coast  U­boat  ritorial  waters are,  of  course,  con­ Bull  and  InsUlar  ships  are  the  LOG.  (Continued  on  Page  Four)  sidered  part  of  the  United  States.  manned  by  SIU  crew.s.  WAR BOARD THREATENS  MARITIME  UNIONS  Battered  Price  Bill  Finally Passes  Things  You  Should  Know  1'^  About Seaman  Income Tax  San  Gil  11th  Ship Lost  on  Eost  Const  Bull Line Gives Up the Ghest j  .'irv'­iS  .  ­  •  .  •  ^  ... .  '  ".  '  ­.wv.  �THE  SEAFARERS*  LOG  Mondayr^ February  9,  r­^l"  Published  by  the  *  A  WORD  WITH  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF NORTH AMERICA  Atlantic  & Gulf  District  Affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor  HARRY  LUNDERBERG,  Acting  Injemational  President  110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  Son  Francisco,  Calif.  2>ilto4t ADDRESS  ALL  CORRESPONDENCE  CONCERNING  THIS  PUBLICATION  TO:  "THE SEAFARERS'  LOG"  P. O. Box 25,  Station  P,  New  York, N.  Y.  Phone: BOwling  Green  9­8346  I  made  a  special  trip  over  to  St.  Mary's  Hospital  in  Hoboken  this  week  in  order  to  see  Brother  Fennell.  Remember—he  was  the  oiler on  the  City of  Atlanta  whiclj  went  down  last  month.  Well,  the  doctors  wouldn't  let  me  in  to  see  him.  They  didn't  want  him  dis­ turbed.  They  say  that  he  is  get­ ting  along  O.K.—so  that's  all  that  matters.  I  hope  that  Brother  Fen­ nell  knows  that  we  have  been  try­ ing  to  see  him.  He  shouldn't  think  that  the  Union  has  deserted  him.  We'll  never  forget  our  he­ roes  of  the  deep—^both  living  and  dead.  Facts  for Labor  Baiters  (West Coast  Sailors)  •   Since June . . . 1940 . . . Labor  has increased  the  output ... of  airplanes by 300 per  cent. .. shipping  by about 1200 per cent... and all tanks by 1500  per  cent—^reports (Zlhief  Biemiller of  OPM Labor Division!  Now what we'd like  to know  is  that  the Famous  Five Per Cent of  the American People, who own and  control all the natural resources of  the country have  I ve  been  pretty  busy  over  the  produced,  excepting  screaming  headlines  and  ti­ counter  this  past  week.  All  the  rades against  Union  Labor—the  Truman  Report  on  brothers  are  now  rushing  to  get  their  port  identi^cation  cards.  It  the  profits  these  anti­labor  forces  have  reaped  al­ seems  the  boys  even  have  trouble  ready is one which is causing a furor in government  in  getting  up  the  dough  for  the  circles.  pictures  that  go  on  the  identifica­ tion  cards.  You  know,  last  week  The Financial  Section  of  the New  York  Times of  they'll  off  with  a  roll  big  Jan.  22  states:  "SHIP  LINE'S  PROFIT  IS  ALMOST  SHIPOWNER: I guess you wish you were in my shoes, enough  pay  to  choke  a  horse,  and  this  eh Jimmy? DOUBLED: $10,018,362  cleared  by  American  Export  week  they  can't  get  up  two  bits  OFFICE BOY: Like Hell! The SIU Committee is outside, j in the nine months ended Sept. 30."  to  have  their  mugs  mugged.  I've  been  slipping  the  boys  a  quarter  We call this to the attention of  the weeping ship­ here  ^nd  there  to  take  care  of  the  owners who scream like panthers at having to pay a  picture  expenses.  And  I'll  lay  poor  seamen  $150  for  loss  of  his  clothes  when  his  big  odds  that  I  get  paid  back  ship  goes  down  under  him;  who  fail  to  acquaint  too!  the  General  Public  with  the  fact  that  he  gets  no  Our  New  York  Agent,  Arthur  war bonus,  pension or other renumeration from  his  From  now  on  organised  labor  doesn't  have  to sit  idly  by  and  take  Thompson,  resigned  this  week  to  government for risking his life going to sea; that the  all  the slander  and  mud  dished 'out by  the  pen  prostitutes of  the  daily  go  back  to  sea|  We  all  hate  like  only compensation he can get out  of  it is his wages  press.  Next  time  Pegler  opens  his  foul  mouth,  or  William,  Randolph  hell  to see  him  go. Those  that  have  with  "Tommy"  know  lie's  which  he  earns,  plus  added  compensation  for  the  Hearst  mumbles in  his grey  beard—labor  can slap  a  libel  suit  on  them.  worked  a  square  shooter.  He's  no  crack­ Whether  or  not  the courts  will  uphold  the  unions  remains  to  be  seen,  additional danger during war times which a govern­ pot,  just  a  good  decent  union  man.  but  at  least  they  have  the  legal  ment  board  had  to  set,  because  the  selfish  ship­ right  ficials  may  sue  when  a  libelous  bring  suit.  You  read  in  the  Log  last  week  owners force  the  seamen  to  fight  for  every  penny  This to decision  was  handed  down  • Statement  omits  their  names  but  about  Brother  Mack  falling  into  he can wrest from  thdir  over­stuffed coffers,  by  the  New  York  Court  of  Ap­ refers  to  "'officers  of  the  union."  an  empty  hold  on  the  Mary.  I  peals.  The  vote  of  the  Court  was  The  lower  courts,  which first  haven't  been  able  to  ^e  him  yet  Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public: think this over when  6  to  I.  •   heaf  this  case,  ruled  against  Local  on  account  of  his  condition,  but  next you see the headlines in the papers that  "Mer­ The  decision  of  the  Court  was  3's  suit  on  the  grounds  that  labor  I'll  make  another  try  this  week.  chant  Seamen  'are  not  patriotic"—or  the  equal  handed  down  in  the  $1,000,000  unions  are  unincorporated  and  He  fell  from  the  Shelter  deck  into  charge of  some  other  comrat  that  the  secretary  of  libel  suit  brought  by  Local  3  of  therefore  have  no  standing  in  the  empfy  hold  and  lit  on  his  head  and  shoulder.  He's  pretty  one of  the Seamen's Unions is "holding  up the war  the  International  Brotherhood  of  court.  Electrical  Workers  and  its  16  of­ Justice  Charles  S.  Desmond  badly  broken  up.  effort" . . . because  he  carries out  the orders  of  his  ficers  the  McClure  News­ read  the  Court  of  Appeals  Deci­ member^ip and  refuses to  be stampeded  into  giv­ paper against  Syndicate.  The  McClure  sion  and  said,  "Labor  unions  play  Brother  Clarence  Norman,  New  ing up all to the shipowners.  articles  accused  officers  of  Local  3  a  large  and  important  role  in  York  Patrolman,  is  on  the  sick  UNIONS WIN THE RIGHT  TO  SUE  FOR  LIBEL  i  TRADE UNION NEWS of  conducting  a  racket  in  passing  out  jobs  on  the  1939  Worlds  Fair  work.  While  the  newspaper  stories  failed  to  mention  ahy  specific  of­ ficer, the  court  held  that  union  of­ modern  life.  We  should  not  re­ quire  them  to  a.ssume  the  form  of  corporations  in  order  to  be  recog­ nized  as  possessing  reputations  which  the  laws  of  libel  will  pro­ tect.  NO RADIO COMMUNICATION  EXCEPT  IN EMERGENCY  UNITE b  AUTOMOBILE  will  ask  for  $1  a  day  pay  boost  WORKERS and  the Mack  Manu­ and  a  union  shop  in  the  coming  1^'  facturing  Company  have  settled  negotiations  with  General  Mo­ their  dispute  over  wages  by  ac­ tors. ..  .  .•   There  is  a  deadlock  be­ cepting  the  recommendations  of  tween  the  STEEL  WORKERS  Philadelphia,  Feb.  2.  —  Ra^io  Delaware  Capes  desiring  to  trans­ the  War  Labor  Board.  .  .  .  The  ORGANIZING  COMMITTEE  last  issue  of  the  CIO  NEWS  did  and  "Little  Steel"  which  will  traffic  at  sea  is  prohibited  to  all  mit  traffic  via  radio  relative  to  .• not contain  any  criticism  of  John  probably  be  given  to  the  War  ships  other  than  public  vessels  of  port  business  only  (docking  ar­ L.  Lewis's  peace  proposals.  .  .  .  Labor  l^ard. .  .  .  The  TEXTILE  the  United  States  arid  allied  Men­ rangements)  may  do  so  by  per­ Detroit  stockyard  workers  reject­ WORKERS  UNION  OF  of­war,  except  for  distress  traffic  mission  of  the  boarding  officers  or  ed  Dan  Tobin's  INTERNA­ AMERICA  won  a  maintenance  and  enemy  sighting  reports,  it  was  immediately  prior  to  passing  the  TIONAL  BROTHERHOOD  OF  of  membership  and  a  check­off  announed  today  in  an  order  of  station  ship.  TEAMSTERS  as  their  collective  in  its  new  contract  with  the  Mar­ Commander R.  P. Guiler,  Jr., port  "The  master  of  any  vessel  may  bargaining  agent.  .  .  .  The  AFL  shall  Field  Company  plant  in  director.  Fourth  Naval  District,  to  in  case  of  emergency  break  the  BUILDING  TRADES  will  in­ Spray,  N.  C.  .  .  .  The  National  all  shipmasters,  owners  and  oper­ seal  of  his  radio  to  send  messages  concerning  distress or  enemy  oper­ stall  new  defense  machinery  in  War  Labor  Board  has  settled  the  ators.  Ford's  River  Rouge  plant.  .  .  .  dispute  between  the  MARINE  "The  radio apparatus  of  all  ves­ ation.  Whenever  such  action  is  The  Royal  Typewriter  Company  AND  SHIPBUILDING  WORK­ sels  arriving  from  sea  at  the  Dela­ taken  by  the  master  he  will  re­ has  signed  its first  union  contract  ERS  and  the  Robert  Jacob  sljip­ ware Capes,"  the order said,  "shall  port  this fact  to the captain  of  the  be  sealed  by  the  boarding  authori­ port ^ or  local  naval  authority  as  with  THE  UNITED  ELECTRI­ CAL,  RADIO AND  MACHINE  yard  at  City  Island,  granting  the  ties  or  after  passing  the  statjbn  soori  as  possible  and  include  a  statement  of  the  necessity  for  hav­ WORKERS.  .  . .  THE  UNITED  union  its  demand  for  maintenance  ship.  "Commercial vessels entering the  ing  broken  the  seal."  AUTOMOBILE  WORKERS  of  membership.  ,  .  .  ?  i­v"  •   kk£­.,:­"  ­ i,­.­fj.­'i" • ­ ]  list.  He  is  having  trouble  with  an  old  wound  which  he  received  in  the  last  war.  He  is  too sick  for  me  to  visit  him,  but  I  hear  that  he  is  making  some  progress.  I'll  go  see  hipi  this Saturday  and  report  back  to  you.  I'm  sure  we  all  wish  him  thej  best  of  luck.  Brother  Williams,  who  was  aboard  the  Seatrain  Texas  and  helped  rescue  the  survivors  of  the  City  of  Atlanta,  came,  into  the  office  this  week  and  I  showed  him"  the  pictures  that  the  New  Y'ork  Daily  News had  taken  of  him.  He  complained  that  the  pictures"  made  him  look  old.  What's  tlie  matter  Frank,  you  wanna  look  like  Gable?  P.S.  I  just  heard  that  Brother  Williams  was  married  last  week.  Maybe  he  does  look  like  Gable  after  all.  Give  the seomen—  GUNS  and  RAFTS  �aa  Moiiday,  February  9, .1942  jr~jh  Page Three  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  What^s Doing • •  ,  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  ATLANTIC  &  GULF  DISTHICT  Around The Ports  Secretary­Treasurer's  Office  Room  213  —  2  Stone  Sreei, Now  York  City  P.  O.  8ox  25,  Station  P  Phone:  BOwIin?  Green  9­8346  DIRECTORY  OF  BRANCHES  BRANCH  NEW  YORK  ­  ADDRESS  PHONE  2  Stone  SL  BOwIing  Green  9­8346  are  hard  to find.  Any  of  fellows  PHILADELPHIA  fleet.  Through  the  militant  action  holding  Despafcher's  Office  BOwling  Green  9­3430  these  ratings  who  are  now  of  the  crew  we  succeeded  in  get­ By  BOSTON  330  Aflantio  Ave  Liberty  4057  standing  around  in  ports  where  ting  the  life  raft  shipped  in  ifs  H.  J.  COLLINS  PROVIDENCE  465  South  Main  SL  , Manning  3572  customary  place  with  the  auto­ the  cold  breezes  are  blowing  on  BALTIMORE  14  North  Gay  SL  Calvert  4539  The  old  port  seems  dead;  we  matic  releasing  gear  attached  to  jobs  in  these  departments,  should  PHILADELPHIA  6  North  6th  ­SL  Lombard  7651  had  the  Dorothy,  Panama  City,  same;  also  automatic  controlled  drift  on'  down  to  Savannah  where  NORFOLK  25  Commercial  PI  Noiiolk  4­1083  and  the  Evelyn  here  last  week,  switches  installed  in  the  messroom  therp's  spring  in  the  air  and  jobs  NEW  ORLEANS  309  Chartres  SL  ­MAgnolia  3962  and  we  had  a  tough  time  getting  amidships.  When  the  doors  are  on  the  board.  SAVANNAH  218  East  Bay  St  Savannah  3­1728  replacements for  them,  and  at  that  opened  the  lights  go  out.  This  is  Had  the  S.S.  City  of  Birming­ JACKSONVILLE  ..136  East  Bay  SL  .ilacksonviUe  5­1791  we  sailed  them  all  short­handed.  a  very  good  improvement  as  the  ham  of  the  Savannah  Line  here  TAMPA  .,.,206  So.  Franklin  SL  ....,Tampa  MM­1323  MOBILE  ..55  So.  Conception  St.  ... Dexter  1449  As  I  write  this  we  have  only  one  men  have  lights  instead  of  kero­ all  this  week,  trying  to  get  men  TEXAS  CITY  105  —'4th St.,  N  Texas  City  722  AB  on  the  list.  sene  lamps,  and  at  the  same  time  with  these  ratings  to fill  jobs  on  MIAMI  .1348  N.E.  First  Ave.  ...Miami  2­2950  I  miss  a  lot  of  the  super  mili­ there  is  no  danger  of  any  lights  her,  and  I  am  expecting  two  more  SAN  JUAN  A.... 8  Covadonga  SL  San  Juan  1885  tants  that  used  to  hang  around  being  visible  from  the  oQtside.  ships  of  this  company  in  the first  the  hall—you  know  the  kind—al­ Well,  it  seems  that  their  black­ of  next  week.  So,  some  of  you  ways  blowing  off  at  the  mouth  outs  were  more  or  less  successful,  fellows  who  want  to  go  to  work  TAMPA  telling  everybody  that  would  lis­ with  the  exceptions  of  the  smoke  and  who  hold  oiler,  watertender  By  ten  to  them  that  we should  do this  stack  that  sparked  and  flared,  or  AB certificates,  beat  it on  down  D.  L.  PARKER  and  we  should  do  that,  and  when  which  in  itself  made  it  a  very  here  to the  port of  Savannah.  the time  comes to do  it, they  could  good  target.  The  company  is  in­ not  be found.  But  we  know  where  stalling  a  steam  jet  in  the  stack  to  This past  week  has  been a  hum­ ' i  they  are  at  this  time;  they  are  eliminate  this  condition.  NEW  ORLEANS  dinger.  It  seems  to  me  that  all  of  working  ashore,  feathering  their  the  Waterman  and  Bull  Line ships  By  little  nests.  When  all  the  big  are  coming  in  at  oiicc,  and  bring­ Miami.—An  injunction  charac­ "ARMY"  NEW YORK  money •   is  over,  they  will  come  ing  all  the  beefs  here.  Oh  well,  terized  by  a  union  lawyer  as "in­ By  back  and  squawk  some  more.  But  we  do  tlie  best  we  can  with  the  voluntary  servitude"  has  been  is­ ARTHUR  THOMPSON  During'the  present  time,  with  ools  we  have  at  hand.  Goat  Head  sued  by  Circuit  Judge  George  F.  I  think  that  the  membership  as  a  whole  have  a  squawk  coming.  Sub  scares  from  all  over  the  Simmons  and  I  are  working  about  Holt  against  Negro  longshoremen  They  are  staying  on  the  ships,  This  is. my  last  week  as  an  of­ coasts,  the  peak  was  reached  the  eighteen  hours  a  day,  trying  to  who  conducted  a  sympathy  strike.  getting  conditions  that  we  never  ficial  and,  if  I  have  my  way,  I'll  get  replacements  for  these  scows.  The  Florida  Supreme  Court  has  other  evening  when  one  of  our  had  before,  and  also  they  are  sac­ be  out  at  sea  before  this  is  pub­ And  then  they  go  out  short­ denied  a  union  petition  to  stay  rificing  there  very  lives  to  obtain  lished.  I'm  being  pressed  by  the  better  known  gas  hounds  saw  one  handed.  enforcement  of  the  writ,  and  an  1/ those  From  what  I  can  understand,  appeal  has  been filed  by  Carring­ conditions.  So,  now  is  the  Draft  Board  and  so  far  they  seem  floating  around  in  his  mug  of  the  Bull  Line  is  discontinuing  the  ton  Grambling,  attorney  for  the  time  to  start  squawking  to  keep  to  think  I'm  needed  more  in  the  suds.  service  down  here.  The  Navy  is  workers.  those  super  militants that  are  stay­ Army  than  in  the  Merchant  Ma­ Who  was  it  that  started  this  ing  ashore  and  making  all  this  big  rine.  I  can't  understand  why  they  question "When do  we collect our  taking  over  most  of  their  ships.  The  writ  orered  the  longshore­ .  money  from  stepping back  into the  adopt  the  attitude  they  do,  hut  bonus?"  It  has  been  a  real  tough  Well,  that  will  be  a  relief  to  us  men  to  load  trucks  of  the  non­ UNION  with  a  book  that  is  from  many  of  our  brothers  who  are  job  for  the  various  accounting  de­ here,  as  we  can't  ever  get  anyone  union  Collins  Transport  and  six  months  to  a  year  or  better  in  badly  needed  on  ships  are  now  partments  to  get  caught  up  on  to  ship  out  on  them.  Trading  Co.  After  union  team­ in  the  Army.  Well,  fellows,  the  election  is  arrears.  the  payments of  this  dough.  Down  sters  (AFL)  had  established  a  Those  same  super  duppers  have  Maybe  when  they  get  our  ships  here  they  are  just  now  getting  over  and  I  suppose  that  you  will  picket  line  in  front  of  the firm,  hear  quite  a  lot  of  wailing  and  not  even  taken  time  out  to  retire  manned  with  enough  green  horns  caught  up  on  it.  and  Hoffman  Island  stiffs,  they  gnashing  of  the  teeth  from  the  the  longshoremen,  who  belong  to  their  books.  They  also  froget  that  No  more  bookkeeper  in  this  ones  that  did  not  go  to  the  hall  the  Intl.  Longshoremen's  Assn.  a  dollar  bill  each  month  out  of  will  realise  that  it  still  requires  a  (AFL),  refused  to  touTi  the  com­ their  big  bundle  would  remedy  all  little  experience  to  hold  a  ship  on  port,  so  look  out  for  squalls  for  a  and  vote,  condemning  the  officials  pany's  trucks.  their  troubles,  and  when  they (did  its course,  and  it  requites men  who  while  till  we  get  all  the  loose  that  were  elected.  The  only  thing  Holt first  issued  an  anti­picket­ feel  like  coming  back,  there  would  have  been  on  ships  to  meet  the  end  that  are  lying  around  that  I  can  say  is  that  they  had  ing  injunction  against  the  team­ be  no  questions  asked.  Yes,  it  is  emergencies  which  may  arise  in  squared  up.  Manuel  is  working on  two  months  to  do  their  duty  to­ sters  and  then  commanded  the  times  such  as  these.  However,  I'll  his  new  .job  and  must  be  doing  wards  voting  for  the one  that  they  a  small  price  to  pay.  longshoremen  to  load  the  trucks.  Speaking  of  life  boats,  rafts and  know  soon  enough  what  my  fate  O.K.,  as  we  have  heard  iioLliing  wanted  in  office.  As  soon  as  the  Florida  high  court  Well,  lads,  here  is  some  good  from  him.  other  equipment,  it  appears  to  the  will  be.  refused  to  lift  the  second  injunc­ writer  that  blood  should  never  be  During  the  three  years  I've  It  is  getting  around  to  the  time  news.  The  Commie  Hall  here  has  tion,  Holt  imposed  30­day  jail  bought  with  dollars,  but  good  life  been  in  office  I've  acquire ,an  edu­ where  all  members  will  have  to  closed  due  to  the  fact  that  they  sentences  and  $500 fines  for  con­ saving  equipment  should.  I  was  cation  that  money  couldn't  buy.  get  their  Coast  Guard  passes.  Re­ have  no  ships  coming  in  here.  tempt  of  court  on  Local  ILA  aboard  a  ship  not  long. ago  and  I've  learned  a  lot  about  people,  member  to  get  yours,  so  that  you  That's  to  damned  bad,  eh?  Pres.  Judge  Henderson  and  Busi­ this  particular  ship  had  the  old­ such  as  the  ones  we're  making  the  won't  have  to  run  around  at  the  You  know  something,  this  Flo­ ness  Agent  Charles  Lockhart.  rida  sunshine  must  have  a  queer  lashioned  wooden  life  boats  profits  for,  and  I  think  that  when  last  minute  trying  to  get  it.  I  get  back,  I'll  be  better  able  to  effect  on  the  boys  that  come  down  aboard.  I  examined  it  carefully  The  beef  of  the  week  was  on  from  the  North,  or  maybe  it  is  stand  up  for  the  rights  seamen  and  found  that  it  had  been  sitting  the  Alcoa  Mariner.  When  the  this  Block  and  Tackle  whiskey  or  on  the  boat  deck  baking  in  the  should  have  and  are  doing  their  ship  was  in  Mobile  the  crew  was  beer  that  they  drink.  For  the  last  sun  so  long  that  the  seams  were  best  to  get.  promised  that  when  the  ship  got  three  weeks  every  ship  that  comes  I'll  he  sorry  to  leave  the  many  wide  open.  When  I  confronted  here  that  the  water  bubbler  which  the  responsible  party  aboard  said  friends  I've  made  while  here,  but  was  taken  ashore  there  would  be  in  here,  the  Black  Maria  does  a  ship,  they  started  to  give  me  an  I'll  be  glad  to  get  away  from  the  waiting  on  them  here,  ready  to  be  land  office  business giving  the  boys  Washington,  D.  0.—Acting  argument,  bluntly  telling  me  that  many  headaches  and  beefs  which  re­installed.  Upon  arrival,  no  a  free  ride "to  the  Jug  with  unaccustomed  speed.  Chair­ The  Madison  Square  Garden  it  was  none  of  my  business,  that  are  a  part of" this  job.  And  maybe  smoke  The  deck  gang  got  peeved  man  "Vinson  of  the  House  Naval  when  I  return  I'll  give  my  head­ has  moved  from  New  York  to  the  that  was  up  to  the  Steamboat  In­ Affairs  Committee  this  week  of­ and  gave  their  notice  to  quit.  Sat­ aches  to  some  one  else  to  take  Anchor  Bar  here  in  Tampa.  If  spectors.  fered  a  bill  in  Congress  provid­ urday  night  the  sailors  walked  off  you  don't  believe  that,  come  down  Well,  the  outcome  of  it  was,  care  of.  ing  for  federal  registration  of  la­ the  ship,  and  local  Port  Captain  here  and  see  for  yourself.  Looks  with  a  slight  bit  of  pressure  the  bor , unions.  called  the  Navy  down  to the  ship.  as  if  this  war  has  started  the  lads  boat  in  question  was,flooded  with  SAVANNAH  Vinson,  a  southern  poll  taxer  I  got  back  there  around  eleven  to  practicing  on  each  other.  But  water  from  a fire  hose  and  after  By  elected  by  a  fraction  of  the  resi­ o'clock  to find  the  aforesaid  gent  then,  a  little  workout  keeps  the  pumping  water  in  her  all  after­ dents  of  his  district,  expressed  CHARLES  WAID  blowing  his  top.  After  talking  to  boys  in  condition.  noon,  all  night  and  half  the  next  alarm  at  the  growth  in  trade  the  sailors  into  going  back  aboard  day,  she  was  still  leaking  like  a  union  resources—which  are  actu­ NOTICE FOR  ALL  ally  seeve  Of  course,  we  as  seamen  Shipping  in  the  port  of  Savan­ the  scow,  this  guy  seemed  to  be  a  drop,  in  the  bucket  com­ trying  just  as  hard  to  talk  them  know  all  about  these  type  hulks  nah  is still good  and  from  the way  pared  to  the  super­profits  bared  ORE SEAMEN  back  off.  If  we  hadn't  happened  and  also  that  they  should  be  it  looks  now  it  will  stay  that  way  by  the  Naval  Affairs  report.  Labor  soaked  occasionally.  But  when  a  for  sortie  time.  This  port  is  cry­ to  have  a  good  gang  on  deck  on  has  opposed  registration  of  unions  The  Ore  'Seamship  Company  ship  leaves  the  dock  now  and  ing  for  oilers,  watertenders  and  this  packet,  it  would  have  been  on  the  basis  that  it  will  be  used  something  happens,  there  is  damn  A.B.'s  Jobs  are  plentiful  in  these  just  too  bad,  because  with  the  set­ has  transferred  all  records  to  its  to  curb  the  rights  of  workers,  little  time  to  be  soaking  life  boats  departments,  and  it  really  takes  up,  there  would  have  been  a  real  home  office.  Any  back  wages  or  Vinson's  bill  was  so  worded  as  to swell  the  seams  up, so  I  believe  plenty  of  running  around  town  squawk  that  might  have  cost  more  bonuses  should  be  collected  at  to  come  under  the  Constitution's  tban  we  could  ever  get  over.  it  is  in  order  that  when  we  come  to find  men  to fill  them.  Sparrows  Point,  Baltimore,  Md.  commerce  clause,  thereby  remov­ So  here  to  you,  until  all  beefs  across  one  of  these  conditions,  we  Every  day  it  is  the  same  thing,  ing  it  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  are  the same  as  the  Pan  Orleans—  should  take  immediate  steps  to  jobs  on  the  board  and  me  on  the  House  Labor  Cqmmittee  and  giv­ which  wants  to  know  how  come  telephone  and  the  streets  trying  Give the seomen­ eliminate  same.  ing  it  to a  more  reactionary­ group  they are  forced  to  take  hens  in­ Back  to  the  good  old  Panama  to find  men  to fill  these  jobs,  and  for  consideration.  GUNS ond  RAFTS  stead  pf  fryers.  City—the  prise  rust  bucket  of  the  believe  me  when  I  say  the  men  Southern  Court'  Reyives  Inj unf­ion  Agomst  Strikers  I  i;  Vinson  Bill  to  Register  Unions  • •  \  • "'•  ;  ?  'M •   . A;;''  • (  'r  :i  m �Page Four  T(HE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  Mates  and  Engineers  Lost Ships  Held Conventions  MORE  ABOUT  hri'  Monday,  February  9,  194J  MORE  IIVTERNED  MORE  FREJVCH  SHIPS  ARE  SEIZED  ABOUT  Stalinist  campaign  brings  to  eleven  the  number  of  American  ships  lost.  The  Maritime  Commission  an­ Frome­Up  The  MEBA  and  the  MM6?P  have  just  concluded  their  annual  The  eleven  ships  had  an  aggre­ nounced  today  that  eight  French  conventions,  held  this  year  in  Washington,  D.  C.  gate  tonnage  of  74,896  and  the  (Continued  from  Page  One)  Each  organization  reported  encouraging  membership  gains  last  total  number  o^ lives  lost  reached  merchant  ships  laid  up  in  Amer­ year,  and  the  planting  of  the  union  banner  on  many  ship  lines  that  349,  57  of  which  were  SIU  men.  ican  ports  would  be  operated  by  to  suppress  any  seamen  demands  had  been  non'union  before.  The  organizations  laid  plans  for  further  According  to  the  survivors  th^  Americaif  companies.  Under  the  ships  requisition  act,  that  might  bring  them  in  conflict  organizational  drives  during  1942  ship  sank  at  night  after  having  the  commission"  will  acquire  poS'^  with  the  employers.  The  new campaigns will  be pressec  MORE  ABOUT  been  hit  by  two  torpedoes  and  session  of  the  idle  ships  and  use  The  NMU  officials  have  even  on  all  coasts,  on  the  Great  Lakes  eleven  shells  from  a five­inch  gun.  them  on  a  charter  basis.  Since  gone  so  far  as  to  attempt  to  im­ and  on  inland  rivers.  The  sqrvivors  also  agreed  that  French  funds  m  this  country  are  pose  compulsory  labor  upon  the  At  the  Masters,  Mates  and  Pi'  they  owed  their  life  to  Radioman  frozen,  the  charter  fees  will  be  seamen!  lots  meeting,  both  of  the  union'  Robert  L.  Thorp.  When  his  nor  impounded  and  turned  over  to  The  recent  revision  of  shipping  (Continued  from  Page  One)  .veteran  chiefs—President  J.  J.  De  mal  antenna  came  crashing  down  the  French  owners  at  some  future  rules  forced  through  the  NMU  by  up  26  per  cent  above  levels  laney  and  SecretaryTreasurer  with  the  impact  of  the first  ex  date.  the  Stalinist  leadership,  requires  '  J.  Scully—were  re­elected,  ,an  July,  1929,  in  the  Week  in  which  plosion.  Thorp  managed  to  rig  up  Six  of  the  vessels  are  freighters  NMU  men  to  immediately  re­re­ their  new  term  was  extended  to  the  bill  was finally  passed.  a  temporary  antenna  on  deck  anc  and  two  are  tankers.  The  ships,  gister  for  shipping  when  they  hit  Reaclionaiy  newspapers  sought  then flashed  the  SOS  signals  be  two  years  as  against  one­year  their  gross  tonnage  and  present  the  beach  after  a  trip.  They  are  to  make  it  appear  that  the  new  fore  the  ship  sank.  terms  in  the  past.  location,  follow:  Fort  Royal,  given  a  graduated  leaway of  a  few  Vice­presidents  elected  are:  H  lavMiis  worthless  because  it  makes  The  skipper  of  the  San  Gil  tolc  3,485,  New  York;  Michigan,  days  rest,  depending  upon  the  F. Strother,  San  Francisco  (for in  no  attempt  to  regulate  wages,  but  reporters  that  only  two  life  boats  6,419,  New  Orleans;  Touraine,  length  of  their  last  trip.  Failing  to  land  members);  0.  F.  May,  San  the  facts  disprove  these  conten  were  able  to  get  away,  the  others  6,589,  tanker.  New  Orleans;  She­ ship  out  again—almost  immedi­ having  been  smashed  by  gun fire..  herazade,  13,467,  tanker.  Mobile;  ately—the  seamen  are  to  be  Francisco  (for  off­shore  mem  tions.  The  American  Federation  of  We had  just  pulled  clear  when,  Vannes,  2,609,  Los  Angeles;  Wis­ brought  up  on  charges  and  must  hers);  Denis  McCarthy,  Boston  H.  Martin,  New  York;  B.  T,  Labor  has  repeatedly  demonstratec  the  submarine  began  to  shell  the  onsin,  8,062,  Los  Angeles;  Alen­ defend  ^themselves  before  a  Sta­ Hurst,  Norfolk;  J.  T.  Thompson  that  higher  wages  represent  only  vessel  from  a  range  of  about  con,  2,327,  San  Francisco;  Ne­ linist  trial  committee.  minor  proportion  of  the  in  1,000 feet," the  skipper said.  "We  Savannah;  Stanley  Barr,  Detroit  This  amounts  to  compulsory  creased  cost  of  production  and  ay  there  while  the  sub fired fif  mours,  673,  Cristobal.  and  George  Haviland,  New  York  labor!  Several  other  French  ships,  in­ (for  apprentice  members).  In  ad'  that  productivity  of  workers  teen  shells.  Four  missed,  but  the  cluding  the  liner  Normandie,  No  employer,  should  have  the  dition,  C.  B.  Dibble,  Philadelphia,  more  than  makes  up  for  such  other  eleven  made  a  wreck  of  her.  were  taken  into  protective custody  right  to  tell  a  seaman  he  has  tcr  and  George  Healy,  Buffalo,  were  wage  boosts  as  industry  has  been  t  was  just  about  12:50,  almost  • >y  the  Coa.st  Guard  some  time  work.  It  is  the  inalienable  right  forced  to  yield.  an  hour  after  the first  torpeoo had  ago.  The  Normandie  has  been  ac­ of  all  working  stiff's  to  knock  off  named  trustees  From  the  beginning  the  Arner  stRick.  Finally  the  ship  began  to  quired  by  the  Navy.  There  has  when  tliey  want  to.  Yet—here  is  Delegates  also  voted  a  drive  for  ican  Federation  of  Labor  took  the  quivver  and  sagged.  Then  she  Teen  no  announcement  as  to  the  an  outfit  that  calls  itself  a  trade  standard  agreements  on  all  ocean  ead  in'advocating  enactment  of  a  slipped  under."  going  vessels  on  each  coast—At  union  pulling  the  same  Fascist  disposition  of  the  other­ships.  Both  victims  of  the  attack  were  lantic.  Pacific  and  Gulf.  Now,  price  control  bill  as  a  protection  tricks.  contracts  are  being  entered  into  or  the  nation's  wage  earners  members  of  the  black  gang.  They  No  wonder  the  Stalinists  hate  against  runaway  prices.  It  was  were  Beaumont  Barbe  and  Secon­ with  individual  lines.  Lundeberg.  It's  pretty  difficult  tf>  Limeys  Are  to  Get  Other  resolutions  called  for:  shown  that  each  jump  in  the  cost  dino  Castro.  impose  this  straight­jacket  on  the  of  living  amounted  to  a  pay  cut  Congressional  legislation  to  place  Sick  Pay,  But—  rank  and file  NMU  seamen  when  diesel  and  power  boats  under  the  or  workers  since  their  pay  enve­ Notice  for  they  see the  SUP­SIU  men still en­ same  Federal  inspection  regula  ope  dollar  would  buy  less.  (ITF)—British  seamen  who are  joying  trade  union  democracy.  tions  as  steam  vessels;  a  raise  in  At  the  same  time,  the  Federa­ • he Crew  of  orced  by  illness  to  leave  ship  in  Lundeberg  leads  the fight  against  membership  dues,  and  a  change  tion  bitterly  fought  all  moves  to  S.S.  Ponce  De  Leon  breign  ports  will  receive  special  the  shipowners  for  the  seamen.  from  annual  to  biennial  conven­ fface wages  under  Federal  regula­ payments  fqr  a  maximum  period  The  NMU  bureaucrats  lead  the  tions,  the  next  to  be  in  San  Fran  tion  or  control  on  these  grounds:  Members  of  the  erew  who  paid  of  twelve  weeks,  according  to  an  fight  against  the  seamen  for  the  1.  The  labor  of  human  beings,  Cisco  in  1944.  agreement  just  approved  by  the  shipowners.  as  existing  law  recognizes,  is  not  off  in  Norfolk,  November  7,  have  At  the  Marine  Engineers'  meet'  national  Mantime  Board  of  Great  The  framc­up  charges  against  irst­elass  transportation  and  sub­*  commodity  or  article  of  com­ ing,  no  elections  were  held  in  ac  !  ritain.  The  special  payment  con­ Lundeberg  were  scheduled  for  a  sistenee  coming  to  thenr,  provid­ cordance  with  the  union's  "skip  merce.  ing  they  did  not  return  to  work  sists  of  the  regular  wages  of  the  hearing  before  Superior  Judge  stop"  practice  of  naming  officers  2.  Wage  increase  do  not  mate­ lefore  November  12.  men  and  an  additional  "differ­ Schonfeld  of  San  Francisco  last  rially  affepp  production  costs.  at  alternate  conventions.  ential"  amout,  W^r  risk  bonus^es  Friday  morning.  As  the  Log  goes  To  get  the  money,  write  to  3.  Pay*  envelopes  still  have  a  President  Samuel  J.  Hogan  and  ong  way  to  go  to  catch  up  with  aptain  Steward,  Waterman  and  health  insurance  payments  to  Press  we  have  received  no  Secretar>'  Albert  L.  Jones  auto­ increased  living  costs.  Steamship  Company,  Mobile,  Ala.  are  excluded,  however.  word  of  the  results  of  the  hear­ matically  continued  in  office  and  ing.  Whether  Judge  Schonfeld  each  was  voted  an  increase  in  sal­ upholds  Curran­Bridges­Hampson  MORE  ABOUT  PERSONALS  ary.  Reports  were  approved  laud­ fe? Company  or  not,  the final'*de­  ,  ing  their  stewardship  of  the  union  cision  will  not  be  written  in  that  ROBERT  J.  WEEKS  during  the  past  year.  court  room.  It  is  the  rank  and file  Write  to  your mother  as soon  as pos­ In  deciding  upon  redoubled  or­ seamen  themselves  that  will  even­ ganizing  efforts  during  1942,  the  sible  and  let  her  know  if  you  are  OK.  tually  hand  down  the  verdict. The  (Continued  from  Page  One)  convention  voted  to  keep  full­time  Address:  Mrs.  Georgia  Reeves,  437  "Ships' delegates should  be most  Conference  held  in  Wasliington  NMU  phoneys  may  get  away  Ga.  representatives  on  the  job  on  the  Barnard  Street,  •Savaimah,    •  •   carefully  chosen  and  impressed  during  December,  the  agreement  with  things  for  a  time,  but  the  *  Great  Lakes  and  inland  rivers,  as  GEORGE  PARKIN  with  the  importance  and  respon­ by  the  unions  not  to  strike,  their  men  will  catch  up  with  them  (r  well  as  on  all  coasts.  Many  ore,  faithful  observance  of  this  pledge,  sooner  or  later.  Seamen  have  a  coal  and  grain  boats  on  the  Lakes  You  have  failed  to  fill  out  the  ques­ sibility  of  their  positions.  By  ex­ and  their  continued  and  deter­ habit  of  dumping  false  leaders.  ample  and  advice  these  delegates  are still  unorganized,  and  attempts  tion  blank  as  required  by  your  draft    f  ves­ board.  Take  care  of  it  as  soon  as  you  should  influence  and  control  re­ mined  courageous  sailing • o are  to  be  made  to  extend  the  sels  into  the  danger  zones  are  rec­ Will  Lewis Quit  hit  port.  calcitrant  or  non­cooperative  indi­ union  flag  to  these  ships  hundred  viduals  who  by  thoughtless  or  ill­ ognized  and  appreciated  by  the  per  cent.  chosen  conduct or attitude may  re­ Maritime  War  Emergency  Board,  CIO? He Refuses  Delegates  voted  to  seek  revi.sion  leports on  Strikes  flect  discredit  on  the  maritime  la­ by  the  Maritime  Commission  and,  To Tip  His Hand  of  Federal  regulations,  so  that  ci­ Washington,  D.  C. — Prelimi  bor  movement  to  the  detriment  of  I  believe,  in  great  measure  by  vilian  engineers  on  vessels  of  the  nary  estimates  of  the  Bureau  of  your  fellow  countrymen.  U.S.  Engineers'  Corps  receive sub­ ­abor  Statistics showed  there  were  its  independence,  progress  and  "It  is  important  that* a  reply  to  sistence  and  quarters  without  re­ 75  new  ^rikes  in  December  in­ perpetuation.  Washington,  D.  C.—Will  John  "If  the  Maritime  Commission,  this  letter  should  be  received  at  L.  Lewis  attempt  to  lead  the  duction  in  pay,  as  is  the  practice  volving  35,000  workers  with  500,­ the  earliest  pos.sible  date.  on  all  privately  owned  vessels.  000  man­days  idleness  in  all  the  Maritime  War  Emergency  United  Mine  Workers  Union  out  Your  sincerly,  Next  year's convention  was also  strikes  during  the  month,  accord­ Board,  and  the  Maritime  Unions  EDWARD  MACAULEY,  of  the  CIO?  set  for  Washington—beginning  ing  to  a  report  by  Secretary  of  are  to  cooperate  successfully  in  Chairman,  Maritime  That  is  the  question  stirring  la­ the  third  Monday  in  January.  abor  Perkins.  The  man­days  of  these  critical  times,  as  we  should,  bor  circles  ever  since  the  CIO  War  Emergency  Board."  idleness  during  all  strikes  in  De­ then  you  must  exert  every  effort  trampeled  all  over  the  Lewis labor  cember  amounted  to  about  0.08  to  put  the  organized  maritime  la­ Give the seamen­ peace  proposal..  CIO  ranks  also  DO  NOT  SHIP  per  cent  of  the  total  time  worked  3or  movement  in  the  high  posi­ GUNS and RAFTS  were  agitated  by  these  additional  tion  in  which  I  believe  it  belongs.  questions:  If  we are to preserve  the improved  SEAFARERS'  LOG  PERMITS  REVOKED:  working  conditions  and  advan­ Will  Lewis  stop  paying  per  ca­ Joserth  B.  Foulenelle  No.  3983  tages  the  maritime  unions  have  Stonlon  L.  Grive  No.  3829  pita  tax  on  the  U.M.W.  to  the  gained  in  the  past five  years,  it  is  John  P.  O'Donohue  No.  4140  CIO,  amounting  to  $360,000  a  up  to  you  to  see  that  not  only  George  Van  Dick  No.  3953  year?  Will  he  demand  immediate  some  but  all  of  its membership  are  repayment  of  U. M. W.  loans  amounting,  perhaps,  to  several  W.  Bielevich  $1.00  responsible  and  disciplined,  a  MONEY  DUE  millions?  Will  he  continue  to  pay  W.  Miller  1.00  credit  individually  and  collectively  to  that  movement  and  to  our  na­ Philip Murray  $18,000 a  year as  a  J.  Colo  1.00  Earl  Mansfield  and  Leslie  Jackson  U.M.W.  vice­presient?  W.  Brown  1.00  tion.  "The  adherence  of  the  Mari­ have $8.55  coming  from  Eastern  Steam­ A.  Kazikowsky  (Cigarettes  Fund)  8.00  Lewis  remained  strictly  silent  time  Unions  to  the  Statement  of  ship  Company,  Pier  25,  North  River,  and  deaf  to  all  such  newspaper  TOTAL  $12.00  Principles  agreed  upon  at  the­^ Ulew  York.  queries.  Price Bill  1.  t: "  WAR BOARD LETTER  '  m  HONOR  ROLL  •  '  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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AB FAIRWEATHER, PAUL OS FEURTADO, JAMES HEADLEY Bosun GALLIGAN, WILLIAM THOMAS Messman JORDAN, SHERMAN LESTER OS KATRENICK, EMIL JOHN Oiler KENT, RAY PANNEL, Jr Messman LYON, LEE BYRON Utility MAGEE, VINCENT PATRICK Fireman MALPASS, CHARLES AB MEARS, ERNEST NEAL 2nd Cook MURPHY, JOHN BENJAMIN Steward McCULLOUGH, DANIEL PATRICK AB McGALL, EDWARD JOSEPH OS NELSON, ERIC Carpenter NORRIS, WILLIAM PATRICK AB PABON, JOSE ANTONIO Utility PEARSON, MAX MURRAY Wiper PETERSON, WAYNE RUSSEL Fireman RADOLIFFE, CARL LEWIS AB RICHARDSON, AMITHMAN C 2nd Ass't RODE, FRED Messman ROGG, RAY Messman SALAMONE, NICHOLAS Fireman SCHLUBECK, FRANCIS Messman SHANOWER, MAYNARD AUSTIN 2nd Cook STROEMPLE, GEORGE LEONARD Oiler THARP, LEO GERALD 2nd Cook TURZAK, JOSEPH CHARLES OS WATSON, HUGH Deck Eng. No. 6 U-Boats Are Striking Again In The Atlantic AFL Presses Fight Against May Bill MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 6—After studying reports on the man­ power situation, the executive council of the American Feder­ ation of Labor holding its winter session here pronounced the gen­ eral war production picture "ex­ cellent" and called upon all its affiliates to rally behind the ef­ fort to defeat the May National Service Bill in the Senate. President V/illiam Green an­ nounced that the 108 interna­ tionals, forty-eight-State federa­ tions and 1,000 central bodies af­ filiated with the federation have been asked to wire all members of the Senate to vote against the May bill and for the Taft sub­ stitute, which provides for the retention of the principle of vol­ untary service and the control of civilian workers by the civilian agencies. The May bill has been denounced by the AFL as en­ tailing "compulsion and involun­ tary servitude" and as subjecting civilian workers to military con­ trol. German claims of sinking 43,900 tons of Allied ship­ ping in the Atlantic, plus two large destroyers, focused attention on recent developments which may indi­ cate that the U-boat has taken a new lease on life. The U-boat of today is faster, more efficient, and harder hitting than that with which Germany# opened the battle of the Atlantic. range. All of these technical advances The ingenuity of German design­ add up to the fact that the ers has done much to offset the U-Boat menace is not ended in advantage of aerial reconnais­ the Atlantic. If any proof of this sance and radio location devices. were needed, look at the SIU Some naval commentators be­ casualty list printed on the left lieve no one factor has done more There are 37 testiments of the to increase the submarine men­ danger merchant seamen con­ ace than the "schnorkel," a float­ tinue to face. ing lung enabling a submarine to Let no man tell the seamen remain submerged 20 to 30 days, that the war is over, and they are riding the gravy train. according to a German claim. The Germans also have boasted of the success of a new towing device called a "water donkey," a small, specially equipped sub­ marine which tows a full-sized U-boat at the end of a long cable. The Nazis have indicated that the donkey is supposed to conceal the presence of the big one by calling attention to itself. An­ other German "secret weapon" is described by Stockholm as a "submarine eye." It is reported to be a motorless, collapsible, one-man autogyro air-borne from a submarine deck at the end of a 300-yard steel cable. It is said to enable the crew to spot prtential victims within an hour's f • -n Insurance Rates Are Halved for Seamen WASHINGTON, Feb. 6— Re­ duction of premium charges on individual war risk life insur­ ance covering the lives of sea­ men from $1 per $1,000 to 50c a $1,000 for each month of coverage, regardless of the voy­ age involved was announced by ihi Was Shipping Adminis­ tration today. The new rate, effective March 1, 1945, will apply to all new lines written as well as renewals and will continue in force until further notice. The Rap Is A Stiff One Electrician Boost; Passport Deadline;Agent's Conference By JOHN HAWK The War Labor Board has approved the increase in wages for Chief Electricians from $18 5.00 to $207.00 a month effective, February 3, 1945 for "C" type vessels operated by the Bull & Alcoa Steamship Company. The rank and file committee that was elected at last Monday night's meeting to assist the officials here to draft and their State Department Seamens negotiate wages and working Passport or who cannot show conditions to cover reefer engin- proof that they have filed an ap­ fcr eers did not show up, therefore plication for same will not be al­ . nothing was done on that mat­ lowed to sign on a ship. If you don't have a passport ter. However, a meeting is schedor have not filed an application ;T uled with the Bull Line next for one, it is advisable to visit Thursday to negotiate on same, so if any of you i-eefer engineers room 507, Customs House and have any suggestions to make, apply for same before you are as­ drop into my office or see Bro- signed to a ship by the dispatch­ , ther Hall N. Y. Agent or Brother er. This will save you a lot of , Volpian, Engine Patrolman, be­ useless running around New York. fore next Thursday. While in this country black markets boom, unchecked by light penalties, the army takes a more Customs Inspector Cawley I received wires from all dropped into my office and noti­ Branch Agents except Savannah grim view of looting of war supplies for the European black markets. Above, an officer at a courtfied me that from now on Mer- that the Tally Committee report martial in Paris reads verdicts of imprisonment up to 50 years for 182 enlisted men and officers con­ victed of stealing military supplies for black markets. (Federated Picture^ • chant Seamen who cannot show (Continued on Page 2) • V . .-.rj.I'.V.'' ;• • 4- �r \m Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Money Due SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tJje Atucrican Federation of Labor ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - SS EDWARD EDWARDS Bull Line Robert k. Cuberson, AB; W. D. Bradshaw, AB; Joseph A. Von Doltern, AB; Nealcom W. Pervis, OS. No overtime due for security watch—was paid in the regular pay-off on 12/30/44. - - Washington Rep. 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D, C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16).. CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE....... MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS PHONE 91 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St 68 Society St 220 East Bay St..... 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St HAnover 2-2764 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-123 I Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 (V! m w PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Educational Program Is Projected By N. Y. •267 By PAUL HALL A Letter From The N. Y. Labor War Chest To all AFL unions in Greater its services. All authorized of­ New York. ficers of AFL unions in the City of New York are therefore urged Greetings: to feel free to confer with the The New York Labor War bureau regarding the problems of Chest, AFL section, opened its any of their members or prob­ Service Bureau at 10 East 40th lems of veterans that come to Street, New York 16, N. Y. on their attention and affect their February 1, 1945 . trade. The AFL Service Bureau is un­ We ask your assistance in mak­ der the direction of Miss Sarah ing known to your membership E. Marshall who, for many years, the establishment of the bureau. has been director of the Informa­ Please fill out the enclosed selftion Bureau and Social Service addressed post card and return Exchange of the Welfare Council it to us at your earliest con­ of New York City. venience. This Service Bureau will help Fraternally yours. all AFL members and their fam­ JAMES C. QUINN ilies in metropolitan New York Secretary to secure proper assistance from health and welfare agencies, pub­ lic as well as private. In addi­ tion, it will assist honorably dis­ charged veterans with employ­ ment problems in trades organ­ on Elections of Officials and ized by our unions. The effective­ Constitutional amendments was ness of these services for veterans concurred in, so accordingly 1 - and civilians wiU depend upon have notified all our Agents that the cooperation and interest of the duly elected officials will the unions. take office Feb. 5. 1 also notified This communication and the all Agents that today is the last tached Bulletin No. 1 of the Ser­ regular meeting to be held on vice Bureau should be turned Monday. In other words there over to your Sick Committee, will be no meeting next Monday Welfare Committee, or officers in night, the next regular meeting charge of these activities and re­ will be a week from next Wed­ sponsibilities in your union. nesday, February 14, 1945. It should be clearly understood It has been customary to call that this bureau, which is mada an Agents Conference yearly to possible by the contributions of formulate future plans and pol­ all of our unions to the New York icies of the union. Also to dis­ Labor War Chest, is at the ser­ cuss the problems of the union vice of all of our unions. This in general and the local problems ijs«, bureau belongs to all AFL unions of each Branch and to acquaint in Greater New York, and no the Agents with one another for charge will be made at any time the purpose, of effecting better to unions or members utilizing cooperation and coordination be- Hawk Report •KI S-CTji- i MV HILLSBORO INLET L. A. Johns, $142.10; J. B. Burkette, $75.45; J. Bloss, $29.72; B. Mins, $142.49; G. Dunham, $107.22; R. Brew, $235.37; J. R. Wag­ ner, $266.10; J. Tomerlin, $84.26; G. S. Lawrence, $142.87; D. Besscher, $49.10; H. Ender, $116.52; G. Garrett, $193.25; R. Moe, $42:90; C. Neal, $143.98; M. HatMaway, $145.97; R. Toturnicld, $48.32; G. Vourloumis, $22.57; O. Sturtevant, $75.84; J. Mers, $73.12. Collect at Moran Towing Com­ pany offices, 17 Battery Place. Published by the HARRY LUNDEBERG Friday, February 9, 1945 SS STURDY BEGGAR Voyage No. 4 ^ Louis G. Skibinski, $5.51; Ar­ thur Major, $2.75; Samuel C. Trager, $3.44; Marian 1. Trzcinski, $2.75; James Rogers, $2.75; Orrin Brockelbank, $2.75; Henry C. Gerdes, $5.51; Charles Raymond, $5.51; Lawrence M. Fuchs, $5.51; Harry Huot, $5.51; William H. Hodge, $5.51; Fritz W. Hofer, $5.51; Stephen Vasilchik, $5.51; William R. Brown, $5.51; James Minnis, $5.51. Collect at Mississippi Shipping Company Office. SS TALISMAN Within the next few weeks the New York Branch Voyage No. 5 intends to present to the membership a fully rounded edu­ Henry M. Ward, $4.13; Nils H. cational program—a program aimed primarily at the young Lundquist, $4.13; Anthony J. new members of our union. We believe that this is neces­ Mikolasovich, 4.13; Eugeniwcz J. Hamot, $4.13. sary, not so much because the new members are not union Collect at Mississippi Shipping;' conscious, but rather because* they must be more than that in the coming period—they must be union leaders. On the founding of the SIU, the membership consisted only of few thousand of the most mili­ tant and union conscious seamen the entire martime industry, 'oday, the big majority of these oldtimers are at sea, while many others have died in action in this war. So, in the past 3 years, our ranks have been augmented by thousands of new members, many of whom never heard of unionism before except through scare lead articles in the papers and the slander columns of some of the labor hating shipowner stooges. As a result of their member­ ship in the Seafarers, and their daily contact with the problems of unionism, ouc younger mem­ bers have formed an entirely new concept of the rights and priveges of the working man. The d timers in this union, as well as the union itself, owes a duty to these new members—a duty affording them every oppor­ tunity to learn the basic princ­ iples of unionism and organiza­ tion in order that they may pre­ pare themselves to become the leaders of our union, tomorrow. This issue has been raised time tween the Branches in order to provide better representation and service to the membership. Now is the time also to discuss and lay down plans for the post war period. Therefore 1 recom­ mend that an Agents Conference 3e called in New York on Mon­ day March 12, 1945. . and time again on the floor at Company Office. various union meetings. There is SS GEORGE POINDEXTES no one who wants to see the new Voyage No. 6 membership educated to the re­ Theodore Fortin, $2.75; Lloyd sponsibilities of leadership more McGee, $2.75; Xheron Chase, than the old timers. A program $2.75; Marvin S. Cox, $2.75; of this nature, aimed at prepar­ Chandless Talbert, $2.75; Charles ing and educating these young B. Young, $2.75; Richard J. men is not something that could Thornton, $2.75; Nicholas Kontis, be put over with a motion and $2.75; Mario Travaglini, $2.75; put in the minutes and then car­ Nicholas Sachuk, Jr. $2.75. ried .out in full effect in a few Collect at Mississippi SS Com­ weeks. Rather ,it is a program pany Office. that requires planning so that its success may be assured. SS ROBERT M. HUNTER Vouchers for overtime hav» Since 1 assumed office as Agent in the Port of New York a year been sent to the home addresses ago, this has been one of the of the following men: William questions which this Branch has Kennedy, 8 hours; Robert Vance, worked on continually and given 9% hours; Leo Wallace. 9 hoursi, much thought. In the minds of sure going to move heaven nnd the old timers, and this also ap­ hell- to smash -all forms of plies to myself, there has always unionism. been a question of "who will With this thought in mind, the some day take the place of the New York Branch has been present leadership and preserve working for sometime preparing the future of the union?" a program designed to give every To that question, there is only member a chance to know the one answer—the new member— whole score. A chance so that the young fellow of today who, each individual member may in a few years, will himself be prepare himself to assume any an old timer. Make no mistake-^ job or responsibility in the union the post war period will be a at a moments notice so as to tough period and unless we have strengthen our front". a capable union conscious mem­ The details of this program,,/ bership, as well as a strong, vig­ which shall be known as the orous leadership, then the road Educational Program, will be an­ is going to be twice as tough. nounced shortly. It is being We have a big job ahead. drawn up with the thought in The organization of the unor­ mind that this past year in the ganized sections of this industry Seafarers has been the most pro­ alone is a gigantic task. This is gressive in its history, and with a task we must accomplish if we also the thought that unions do are to survive. If Mr. Shipowner not stand still—they either move can run a section of this industry forward or backwards. There ns as an unorganized, scab, open- no happy medium—LETS GO shop proposition, then he is damn FORWARD 111 �Friday, February 9, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG PHILADELPHIA Page Thxeo^ SAVANNAH WHAT'S DOING Things have been quiet around . Every one knows that we have this port this last week. Had had a very slow week in the port some replacements on a West of Philadelphia. Paid off one ship, Coast ship that came in here and the SS James Miller, which was finished up the crew on one that one hell of a boat and extreitiely was in dry-dock and got her out filthy. There was little overtime OK. Will ship a deck crew for a disputed.,One messman had sixty aged to talk a member into tak­ hours overtime coming. The cooks ing the job and the ship got Brother Michelet, I have been recor^l of men charged in addi­ new West Coast ship the first reading your column in the Log tion to the penalty for the cur­ part of the coming week and will , had division of wages due be­ away full handed. So much for I think that it is grand. For the rent charge. have a new Liberty out the last cause there was one man short. the phoney tactics of the WSA. last two trips I've been using All Brothers should remember part of the week. Have plenty The Captain agreed to pay it all. They don't seem to want to un­ your recipes. For the last two that in filing income tax reports, of men registered at the hall at The building committee has derstand that once we have given trips I've been kicked off the do not include as income any the present time so shouldn't been working very diligently a man a chance to join and he trying to secure a suitable build­ doesn't that we. will not accept ship for being hungry. This has money earned in 1944 if your have much trouble getting them never happened before. I don't ship paid off in 1945. This should ci'ewed up. Unless something ing for us to move into, as we him again. know what is wrong. What do be regarded as 1945 income and comes in unexpected don't have may be evicted from the building you advise?" you will be taxed for it next year. anything in view for this port Shipping around here has been we now occupy. It would be an Michelet not being here I sent good and the above two jobs are JOE VOLPIAN any time soon. asset to the SIU to have more Patrolman CHARLES WAID, Agent members like those on the build­ the first that we have had to call this answer to the new member: Michelet always calls the crew WSA for in quite a long time. ing committee. They are sincere workers and have only the Several of the boys who stayed together before the end of the ashore too long received "Greet­ voyage and says, "Boys this is union's interest in mind. It was a great shock to .the ings" during the past week but my last trip I am quitting the members present when Brother so far we managed to get them sea." This not only saves Frenchy Harry Collins dropped into union out and squared away with their the embarrassment of being hall on Friday afternoon. This various boards. But for pete's kicked off, but it always gets was the first time he had entered sake' Brothers, watch your stay Frenchy a big hand. By STEELY WHITE The Pan Crescent is in port the hall since his resignation from ashore or the Army might get Strenuous efforts are being made by the firm of Huberand at last Waterman has gone office. He explained that he had you. to work to better the condition man and Obermaier, "Professors" of publicity and what L. J. (BALDY) BOLLINGER. shut down the "Chicken Coop." Agent on her (must be going to sell have you, to sell the idea of their^ "leadership" school now I believe this is an indication her to Russia). that Brother Collins is about functioning thruout the Communist controlled National The SS James Porter of the ready to resume office. Maritime Union. *der the loose and undefined NMU BOSTON Smith & Johnson paid off here About twenty-five or thirty of our good SIU members dropped, Shipping has been very slow without a beef. The Crew com­ The recent expose' in the na­ Constitution. HAM HEAD IN THERE into Brother Higdon's Patrol­ the past two weeks with expec­ mended the skipper and skipper tional press regarding the alien was pleased with the crew. He Hamhead Ciuran plays his role status of Ferdinand Smith and man's apartment Saturday eve­ tations for the coming week very hurried out to telephone his wife as a shill and confidence man on the fact that he was holding of­ ning. There was plenty to eat good. that all was well and he would behalf of Finky Smith by put­ fice unconstitutionally in the and drink and a wonderful time Not much to report this week be home soon. He never saw his NMU for 8 solid years, is an in­ ting up a show of opposition and was had by all. Evidence of this except that if any of you fellows was their remaining until three- lose your papers, try and get du­ wife. He died of a heart attack dication of the democracy pre­ howling that "hands must be vailing in these top circles and kept off this election." By the thirty Sunday afternoon. Brother plicates elsewhere but Boston. in the telephone booth. So long Captain Lanstrom. the chances that the dopes who fact that the Communists are ac­ Higdon went to bed at five o'clock Reason: the Coast Guard, (I am Here is happy sailing on the big take the Huberman-Obermaier tively engaged in campaigning Sunday evening and did not rise informed) will send you to the ship. There are a number of skip­ "leadership" course have of for Smith and Party control in until 8 A.M. Monday morning. WSA (Psycho) doctor who in turn pers that we would have missed achieving leadership. Smith, with the NMU ports, and Curran When there are many ships in will give you the bug-eye before less than you. the others, maintained himself on knows this, any plea to keep port certmn members become they will OK you for duplicates. Most of the SS Companies are the ballots unopposed in every "hands off the election" weakens quite choosy about the ship and paying off before night in this "election." Only when the bubble the opposition to Smith in the The way this set-up is being the run. They refuse to accept port and that is a great help to broke and he was exposed— ranks and strengthens the hands worked it is obvious that the the available runs. After the con­ the patrolmen and the crew. when his guilt was proven be­ of the active agents in their drive WSA doctors are or will super­ voys depart these same men com­ yond the shadow of a doubt did to reelect Smith. cede the Coast Guard in all mat­ It is well to be remembered plain to the dispatcher and agent he resign. As Secretary of the How is it that Curran did not ters pertaining to seamen. that a good union man stands by because of the lack of jobs. So NMU this man passed upon qual­ think of prefering charges his job until properly relieved, When over the other side it don't cry boys and just remember ifications of aU candidates who against Smith? You guessed right whether he be Captain or messwould be a fine gesture for the the number of HMO kids we had Brother. That would have dyna­ aspired to run for office. man. crews of our ships to donate a to ship. mited Smith and even forced his J. P. SHULER, Patrolman few packages of cigarettes to the "BUCK" NEWMAN DISHONESTY expulsion on two counts—1. He enlisted men in the Army. I , ED. HIGDON Yet, such is the dishonesty of was in office iUegaUy, 2. He did know they will be appreciated. We are still holding our own the hierarchy in the covering up LEO GILLIS not ship out as called for under JOHN MOGAN, Agent in defending our members before of Smith over this long period of the rules laid down by the hier­ the Merchant Marine Hearing years during which he drew a fat NEW ORLEANS archy themselves which apply to Units. However, second and third salary as a NMU "leader," that NEW YORK all non-Communist members of offenders may expect to get sus­ these facts were uncovered and the NMU. Had a very busy week ending pensions instead of admonitions disclosed by outside anti-labor COVER-UP The port of New York had its and probations in the future. forces and sources. If this had •-troday. Had a coffee wagon in How does it happen that the from South America and paid off slowest week for quite a time These people have been building not happened Smith would have remarks of Curran regarding in good shape. Had the good with 33 ships signing on and 27 records against seamen for a been covered up and continued to Smith were ordered struck from paying off and 784 men shipped ship Pan-Orleans in this week, couple of years and their sent­ function as an official until the the minutes of the January meet­ in all departments. There are no jobs on her as the boys hold ences are based upon the past end of time or the NMU. In this ing of the NMU membership by still a number of trip card men her down stead. We still have a covering up process none of the the manipulation of the Com­ shipping, but most of them are few free-loaders show up and try top officials can escape guilt for munist chairman William McCar­ to get by but no dice, the in­ coming to the hall on their own Keep A "Log" they all profited by Smiths ac­ thy and his comrades who con­ vestigating committee doesn't accord to get trip cards and ship tivities in hatcheting all bona fide trolled the packed meeting? Yes, In Your Pocket out. This is making it unneces­ miss these donkeys. candidates who might have the you see it again. One of these free-loaders had sary to call the WSA shipping temerity to dare to run against How does it happen that Cur­ a fine story to tell the boys. He hall for men. the control group of the union. ran was sent to London pronto There was not a beef brought said that on the first trip he made Having been exposed beyond right after this meeting and will on an SIU ship about three and back from a ship's payoff the the hope of saving, having re­ be gone long enough for the a half months, he didn't make past week. All of them were signed, did this faker obey the Party to put over the reelection enough money to join but if we settled at the point of production, dictates which he^ took part in of Ferdy the Fink? Yes, you are would give him a job which was which shows progress in the sys­ formulating for the rank and file right once more. on board (this was only about tem used in this port of not pay­ of members, and ship out or suf­ Such then is the "leadership" three weeks trip) he would be ing off until all beefs are set­ fer expulsion? You are right. of the NMU, their democracy and glad to "join. The committee tled. The crews of all ships are Smith stayed ashore. Their slo­ fair play. And it is in this light to be commended for their co­ couldn't see it that way. gans of "Win the War" or "We that the suckers are asked to Had a little set-to with the operation on this issue. Keep 'em Sailing" did not apply attend a "leadership" school run There have been quite a num­ WSA about a guy we rejected. to the hierarchy. His flag wav­ by arch parasites dragging down This donkey had made one trip ber of logs hung on some of the ing speeches stopped short there. heavy sugar from the dues paid under SIU contract and failed to crew members paying off lately, His shadow, let. alone the cor­ by the membership to poison join, so when we had to call but patrolman Joe Volpian has poral body of Ferdinand the their minds and bolster up the WSA for a man, up he came been successful in getting most Fink, did not cross the gang­ tottering and unscrupulous Com­ and back he went. Then the of these lifted or reduced to a plank. munist hierarchy. WSA local Big Shot started to minimum. Such is the phony opposition Instead he applied for citizen­ There came a letter from a holler that we were holding up by this trade union racketeer ship. This opens the way for his a ship OI.XF altho axuxxu this wxxo ship x.xxxix wasn'.t wcxoxx.M-lPW member (who ships as cook) Joseph Curran. return to his former position un­ .leaving for some hours. We m£^^,this week which states: "Dear Around the Portis NMU Leadership School Revealed As A "Front" �I: \ Page Four THE SEAFARERS Friday, February 9, 1945 LOG BEACH-HEAD RUN BRINGS WHITE HAIR TO SIUBROTHER STRAIGHT^ •nm me If anyone thinks that merchant seamen don't go through hell, that person should take a look at the two pictures below of brother Michael Mikulas. The photo on the left was taken just before he shipped on the deep sea tug Sankaty Head on May 16, 1944. The photo on the right was taken eight months later when he paid off on January 20, 1945. In that eight months period he lost every hair on his body, and after a period of complete baldness finally grew a* thin white fuzz on the top of his head. He now shaves once every three weeks. Here is what happened to Bro­ ther Mikulas during his eight month trip. His tug worked all ports in England, and was in Dover during its last shelling. The tug then helped build the break-water off the Normandy beach-head, and was under con­ stant shelling for days on end. Mikulas finally got a few days off and went to London to relax. The V-1 rockets came over and a building collapsed on top of to come in—pure white. him. By this time his body was com­ Apparently medical science has pletely v/ithout hair, although he no explanation for this shedding. felt well enough otherwise. It Mikulas has been to see doctors was only after getting out of the in practically every port in Eng­ war zones that his hair began land and the United States. Editor's Mail Editor of the Log Dear Sir and Brother; Believe it or not, there's still one port in this otherwi'se gummed-up world that's unspoiled. And that's the one-dock harbor of Guanta, Venezuela, which has only recently been opened to off­ shore traffic, due to the develop­ ment of a new oil field. Not since a ship your correspondent was aboard called at Media Luna, su­ gar central in Cuba, has he touch­ ed upon such a (well, nearly) virginal theatre of operations. In appearance, the place is the embodiment of that sailor's hea­ ven Frenchy Michelet has been dreaming out loud about lately. The ship rounds the headland, squeezes in between: two small islands and there ahead, 'twixt the sparkling blue waters and a grove of waving cocoa palms, is Guanta. No modern buildings piar the romantic view except the dock warehouse, the customs and a government building—all else is untouched (and unwashed). The houses of the benighted na­ tives are mud walled, thatch roofed affairs, and the one openair movie has barbed wire strung between its three different-priced sections. So much for generalities. Guan­ ta is too small to support more than two pleasure resorts—one of which we proceeded to call the Stork Club and the other, Roseland. The former was more ele­ gant, having a dance floor out back (dirt floor, that is, and no music except when s^me Don Juan showed up with a guitar). Except for a thatch overhang on one side, it was open to the stars. : An Indian maiden present would nonchalantly go to one of the corners every so often and pump her bilges—in full view of all comers. But what's that -between amigos? ' Then too, the Stork Club had a whole electric light all to itself (the juice was cut off at mid­ night), some fringed paper dec­ oration (it being Christmastide), and home-made tables and chairs. The'chairs weren't made to fold but they did anyway, and without previous notice. The Roseland had as an added attraction a small zoo—of pigs. Out back was a mama pig with a brand new litter, and as we .sat on beer cartons imbibing, a pet shoat would stroll in and out of the roonn ;Their refrigerator, while not electrified, was neverthe-less serviceable, being a rusty oil drum. And it was while help­ ing to empty it of its bottles of beer that our chief cook, liuis Cohen, ran out of Venezuelan currency. But being a resource­ ful gent and bound to drink his quota for the night, what does he up and do but sell his khaki jeans to the madame and then amble back to the ship clad only in his •shirt and shorts ... a spectacle we will long and fondly cherish. As for those Indian maidens! AUEY ^ iilll "•••I iiiiilll They all shake their heads sadly and admit complete helplessness. Only one saw-bones said that he knew the cure. "What you need my boy," he said, "is a nice long sea voyage in the salt air." By "FRENCHY" MICHELET Now that the Navy is reducing the personnel of the gun crews on a number of SIU ships the quarters formerly occupied by these men should be made avail­ able to th'e unlicensed personnel to relieve the present overcrowd­ ed condition. The delegates on all vessels where the gun crews have been so reduced should im­ mediately contact an accredited representative of the union to as­ sist them to secure these badlyneeded quarters for our own men. Any undue delay in tackling this problem may afford some shoreside screwball with nothing bet­ ter to do, an opportunity to dis-^ play his ingenuity in utilizing these quarters for other purposes. Every steward department man should familiarize himself with the provisions of the supplement agreements to the agreements between the union and the vari­ ous contracted companies. Very few brothers are familiar with these agreements. We have just been given a beef involving five members of the crew of the Delta's Thomas B. Robertson which recently paid off in Charleston. The steward department delegate on this ves­ sel had lumped together meals served to persons from ashore with those served to persons car­ ried on the vessel and served as passengers and had arrived at a grand total of 1672 meals. Under certain conditions this is the cor­ rect proceedure, but in breaking down the beef we found that the vessel had carried an augmented steward department and conse(innocent, you may be sure) games of hide and seek. A coffeetime like no other that ever was, that one! All in all, even Frenchy could ask for n<; more. And by tiie way, if you're lucky enough to call at that paradise port of Guanta down Venezuela way, give our regards to Maria Elena and say that when we get back again we'll have something nice, very nice for her. E. Z. DUZZIT They were as amiable as a May­ or's Reception Committee, only more so. Once you got on friend­ ly terms with thern, money was no object. And don't picture all of them as pickle-pussed and mis­ shapen, not by any means. Other and less printable shenanigans aside, three of us spent an idyllic morning with a trio of them. When coffee time came one morn­ ing and no coffee made we three Assessment Deadline decided to go ashore, paint-splat­ tered as we were, and grab a beer All assessments, including instead. When we got to the the 1945 Strike and Hospital Stork Club, we ran into the girls assessments, are to be paid be­ bound for the nearby stream with fore April 1. 1945 if you want bundles of laundry balanced on to remain in good standing. If their conk?. So we decided to these assessments are not paid, give them a hgnd and went along. and you lapse into bad stand­ There followed three hours of ing. all rights and privileges of good clean fun, a little of it spent membership in the Atlantic in helping the girls wring out and Gulf District will be with­ their assorted dresses and panties. drawn. The rest of the time we idled Remember. April 1 is the away by cracking cocoanuts open deadline—so get it paid if you with rocks, by splashing around want to stay in good standing. in the stream, and by playing quently came under the provis­ ions of supplementary agreement covered by the 100-149 manning scale. Under this scale a combination 2nd Cook and Butcher, Baker's Utility and one Utility for every 12 persons over 100 is carried, thereby eliminating the extra meals that woyld normally havebeen payable when an eleven man steward department is car­ ried. All that was payable as extra meals under these circum­ stances then, was 225 meals that were served to persons from ashore. In questioning the broth­ ers who brought in the beef it was brought out that two men were short the required steward department complement during periods of the voyage, so a divis­ ion of the wages of the absent members is apparently collect­ able. As we are to shortly take over the, agent's post in the port where the company has its headqi^arters, we propose to go over th'e whole affair. However, this beef never would have arisen had the men involved been familiar with the provisions of the supplemen­ tary agreements. In our forth­ coming "Hints to Cooks & Stew­ ards" we are devoting a chapter, to a clarification of these provis­ ions. If all steward department men will carefully peruse this chapter it will give them a clear­ er picture of the whole emer­ gency wartime setup. CWe hope!) Here are some excerpts select­ ed at random from our "Hints, etc." Remember: Never stick a knife or fork into a roast while cook­ ing—^^the meat will "bleed" and be less juicy. Turn . the meat when necessary with two galley spoons. In making cream of tomato soup a pinch of bicarbonate of soda should be added to the to­ matoes before the milk is added to prevent curdling. To skim sauces, push the sauce­ pan to the edge of the range, throw in a spoonful of cold water and the grease will rise to the surface where is can be readily removed. Flour raisins before adding them to a mixture to prevent them from settling to the bottoip. Run fruit fritters for breakfast often. They are just as easy 'co make as hot cakes and they do much to insure a happy and con­ tented crew. Ship style fruit fritters simply call for a sweet batter spiked with the juice of three lemons and containing pine­ apple, bananas or apples chopped fine. Don't forget the melted butter—it marks the difference between a good and an excellent fritter. . li ., > it?,4;^,- -.1. 1, I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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LABOR WAR CHEST HAWK REPORT NMU LEADERSHIP SCHOOL REVEALED AS A "FRONT" BEACH-HEAD RUN BRINGS WHITE HAIR TO SIU BROTHER Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/09/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/dcd2f0b40037df0c66896f797b87d00e.pdf 520f41091c1b2c7b39d67675505e4b49 PDF Text Text ''• • '• SJtT...  ."'.  hi  Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf  District, Seafarers International Union of  NA  VOL.  XIII  No.  3  NEW  YORK.  N.  Y..  FRIDAY.  FEBRUARY  9.  1951  Navy  Praises  SS  Seawind  Crew  The  following  letier  was  forwarded  to  us  by  Seatraders,  Inc.,  operators  of  the  SS  SOawincL  whose  crew  carried  out  the  tradition set  by SIU  men in  World War  II.  (A  iull  page' of  pictures  of  the  Seawind  crew  appears  on  page  8.)  December  30.  1950  Master  SS  Seawind  Dear  Sir:  \  '  It  is  with  sincere  pleasure  that  the  expression  on  the  part  of  Commander  Naval  Forces,  Far  East,  Vice  Admiral  C.  T.  Joy,  U.S.  Navy,  is  quoted  below  for  your  in­ formation  ind  the  information  of  your  officers  and  crewmembers,  whose  loyal  per­ f^ymance  has  contributed  to  this  accomplishment:  j  "My  most  sincere  congratulations  on  a  job well done.  Your performance  through­ out  the  Korean  campaigx^  has  always  been  notable.  In  the  successful  redeployment  of  ground  forces  from  Northeast  Korea  your  initiative  and  yojir  enthusiastic  and  prompt  response  to  all  demands  indicate  that  your  organization  is  at  its  best  when  the  chips  are  down.  The.  merchant  mariners  who  performed  for  you  did  so  silently  but  their  accomplishment  speaks  loudly.  I find  it comforting  to work  with such  team­ mates.  C.  T.  Joy.  ^  The  cooperation  and  assistance  of  the merchant  marine  in  the  above  mentioned  operation  adds  but  one  more  page  of  glory  in  merchant  marine  history,  and  I  de­ sire  to  add  my  own  congratulations  to  those  of  Admiral  Joy.  A.  F.  JUNKER  Captain,  U.S.  Navy  Deputy  Commander,  MSTS  Western  Pacific  Senate  Blasts  Calls  For  Probe  strongly,  denouncing  employ­ serious  unfair  labor  practices  er  "crimp  shops"  in  the  mari­ which  were  disturbing  the  entire  time  industry  as  representing  a  tanker  industry,  the  Senate  Sub­ threat  to  national  defense  and  conunittee  on Labor­Management  to  labor­management  relations in  Relations  ordered  its  staff  to  that field,  the  Senate  Committee  make  a  thorough  investigation  of  on  Labor  and  Public  Welfare  labor­management  relations  be­ has  recommended  that  Congress  tween  SIU  and  Cities  Service,  authorize  an  exhaustive  investi­ SIU  STABIUZING  FORCE  gation  into  maritime  employ­ "Generally,"  the  report  states,  ment  practices.  "relations  between  the  SIU  and  "Ways  and  means  must  be  its  employers  have  been  excep­ found,"  according  to  the  report  tionally  good  and  the  union  is  adopted  by  the  Committee,  "to  recognized  as  a  responsible  one  ferret  out  and  eradicate  the  which  acts  as  a  stabilizing  force  crimp,  to  stabilize  and­ promote  in  the  industry."  wholesome  and  efficient  mari­ time  hiring  practices,  and  there­ The  report  points  out  that  the  by  to  help  insure  the  existence  oil  tanker  operators  constitute  of  a  strong,  healthy  competent  the  only  large  segment  of  the  (Continued  on  Page  5)  merchant  marine."  BASED  ON  PROBE  The  investigative  recommenda­ tions,  contained  in  a  report  of  the  Subcommittee  on  Labor­ Management  Relations,  were  adopted  February  2  by  the  Sen­ ate  Committee  on  Labor  and  Public  Welfare.  The  report  has  been  ordered  presented  to  the  Senate,  and  now  is  in  the  pro­ cess  of  being  printed.  On  receiving  charges  from  the  Seaarers  International  Union  of  North  America  that  Cities  Ser­ vice  Corporation  of  Pennsyl­ vania,  and  particularly  its  mar­ ine  division,  had  been  guilty  of  SIU To Set Up Stewards Department Scheel  In  a  determined  'effort  to  ple  bunks,  etc. —all  separate  and  gram  formulated  when  our  new  periences,  or  frorn  cooperating  in  evolve  a  practical,  workable  distinct  units  designed  to  help  building  is  ready  for  occupancy  other  ways  with  the  committee.  Any  Seafarer  who  has  an  idea  program,  tailored  to fit  the needs  our  membership  become  masters  within  the  next  few  months.  peculiar  to  shipboard  Stewards  or  their  respective  jobs  under  While  the  official  committee  to  offer  is  invited  to  get  in  was  purposely  held  to  a  small  touch  with  one  or  more  of  the  Departments,  and  to  prevent  the  actual  shipside  conditions.  government  from  saddling  the  WILL  MEET  REGULARLY  number to keep  it from  being too  committee  and  pass  on  his  sug­ cumbersome,  it  does  not  mean  gestion,  or,  if  he  is  not  in  New  maritime  industry  with  another  The  committee  will  continue  that  other  Stewards  Department  York,  to  put  it  in  writing  and  SHeepshead  Bay fiasco,  a  com­ mittee  of  SIU  Chief  Stewards,  to  convene  regiAarly,  in  or­ men  are  prevented  from  offering  send  it  to  Frenchy  Michelet,  Cooks,  Bakers  and  other  Stew­ der  to  have  the  complete  pro­ suggestions  based  on  their  ex­ care  of  the  New  York  Hall.  ards  Deparment  personnel  met  recently  to  set  up  the  machinery  for  a  program  to  increase"  the  efficiency  of  SIU  Stewards  De­ partments  and. to  train  new  per­ sonnel  to  .man  our  ­rapidly  ex­ panding fleet.  Inside  Stuff  This  issue  of  the  LOG  is  the  biggest  ever—20  pages  of  stories  on.  Union  activities  and  maritime  in  general.  Among  all  the  other  items,  however,  we  call  your  at­ tention  to  the  following  two  articles:  1.  The  story  on  the  Sea­ farers  Welfare  Plan,  based  on  the  report  of  the  audi­ tors.  on  page  3.  2.  The  section  devoted  to  the  SIU's  Candian  District,  on  pages  9  to  12.  particular­ ly  the  article  by  T.  G.  Mc­ Manus.  ex­commie  and form­ er  top­flight  official  of  the  Canadian  Seamen's  Union.  As  Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  Hall  put  it. "This  is  the final  proof  —  if  any  more  was  needed—^that  all  the  charges  made  by  us  through  the  years,  that  the CSU  was con­ trolled  lock,  stock  and  bar­ rel  by  the  coxximies.  were  true  in  all  respects."  But  read  it  for  yourself.  Architect's Drawing Of New Headquarters —  New York Hail  COORDINATOR  Frenchy  Michelet,  Headquar­ ters  Representative,  was  named  permanent  Chairman  of  the  group;  and  was  designated  to  • c  oordinate  the  diverse  activities  of" the"  committee,  which  would  change  constantly  as  the  men  Shipped.  Members .present  at  the first  meeting  Monday,  February  5,  . were: . Jack  Ryder,  Pete  King,  S.  G.  Zahimith,  W.  Dunham,  A.  J. Snyder, Joe Pacheco,  A. Boyle,  •  Peter  Patrick,  Joe  Prisament,  Joe  Arris,  Reginald  Gooden,  Roman  Harper,  George  Kitchen,  James  Boykin,  DeForest  Fry,  .arid  Frenchy  Michejet.  The  committee  pointed  ojft  that,  with­ the  completion  of  our  new  building  in  the  = Spring  of  this  year,  the  SlU  will  possess,  the  facilities  calculated  to  train  Stewards  Department  personnel  sufficient  for  any  eventuality.  It  v/as  pointed*  out  that  the  new  building  will  boast  a  com­ plete  bakery,  butcher  shop,  gal­ ley,  cafeteria,  private  dining­ • room, class­rooms,  ship­style sam­ Arehitects:  Lama,  Proskauer  and  Prober  TPtis  Is  what  the exterior  of  the new  Hall  in. Brooklyn  will  look  like  when alterations  are completed, and  itll be  quite  an  improvement  over  the  drab,  old  it  ife  replacing.  Sidewalk  superintendents  and  kibitzers  are  wel­ comch^but  widch  out  for  falling  plaster  and  swinging  girders.  \  �Page Two  Friday.  February  9.  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  : ' •  •   •  "  I  •  1'  MM  •  SEAFARERS  LOG  Mi­­ '• B l!,  Published  Every Other  Week dry  fhe  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  ^F NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic and Onlf'©istrict  MBA  i J  Affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor  ­.1  . • ­( (  At  51 Beaver  Street,  New  York  4, N. Y.  HAttover  2­2?84  •  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  August  2,  1949,. at  the  Post  Office  in  New  York,  N.Y.,  under  the  Act. of  August *24,  l9l2.  • f|  # u  267  The  Right  Course  As  is  the  case  whenever  a  national  emergency  opens  the  tap  of  national  expenditures, a heavy­handed  group  is  already at  work planning a  scheme that  would enable  them  to ride  at  the  helm  of  another  gravy  train.  Specifically,  we  are  referring  to  those  elements  who  are knocking  on Washington doors in the  hope of  peddling  a plan for recruiting,  training and  manning of  the nation's  ships.  1'  S;  These  professional  bureaucrats,  who  come  out  of  hiding  periodically  for  a  short  dash  to  the  public  trough,  ought  to  be  told  the  simple  facts.  There  is  absolutely  no  need  for  siphoning  vast  sums  of  money  badly  needed  else­ where  for  projects  that  merely  duplicate  the  job  that  can  be  done  more  efficiently  and  less  expensively  through  existing  mediums.  On  the  question  of  manpower,  the  seagoing  unions  are  fully  capable  of  meeting  the  needs  of  the  emergency.  We  can  speak  with  authority  only  of  our  own  organiza­ tion,  so  we'll  point  up  the  way  the  SIU  has  been  prepar­ ing  for  the  contingencies.  Several  months  ago,  when  it  became  obvious  that  the  communists  were  determined  to  continue  the  Far  East  conflict,  the  SIU  set  up  manpower  committees  in  all  ports,  quietly  building  up  a  reserve  of  skilled  seamen,  largely  former  members  who  indicated  a  desire  to return  to  sea  if  they  were  needed.  The  results  of  this  program  have  been  highly  successful,  and  are  sufficient  to empha­ size  the  fact  that  the  unions  can  handle  the  manpower  problem,  without  the  aid  of  boondoggling  bureaucrats.  IifANIfATTAN  BRACK  Peddlers of  the government­controlled manpower pool  FRED  W.  GRUMES  JOSE J3E  JESXiS  are  not  without  support,  however.  The  shipowners  are  E.  LOPEZ  always  among  the first  to  back  such an  idea,  because  they  H.  TUTTLE  J.  H.  ASHURST  wish  to  create  a  tremendous  pool  of  unaffiliated  seamen,  £.  ¥ERRER  who  could  conceivably  serve  as  a  vast  union­busting  JOHN  T.  EDWARDS  JOHN  DRKCOLL  machine  after  the  emergency  is  over.  'VIC  M1LA22ZO  The training  and upgrading  phase of  the bureaucratic  PETER  VORKE  scheme  would  even  be  more  costly  and  less  productive  :R.  A.  BIAI^  J OHN  PADZIK  than  the  manpower  recruiting  plan.  A. LOM^  R.  F. LARSEN  American  seamen  are  among  the  most  skilled  in  the  T.  P.  SULLIVAN  world.  With  few exceptions,  they  acquired  their  skills  on  B.  T.  KNEW  9>  • I'ii  A  the  job,  aboard  ship.  As  a  result  they  know  why  they  are  FORT  STAHTQW  required  to perform  their  jobs  in relation  to the  operation  SILVESTSat  WALKKR  WILLIAM  J.  of  the  vessel  as  a  whole.  A.  MeGUIGAN  TBfJSmm  The  idea  of  trying  to  teach  men  shipboard  jobs  by  HARRY  GIDLOW  WOODS  :rote  in  land­locked  classrooms  rates  a  loud  raspberry,  DONAU)  F. MCDONALD  • 4>  %  '• %  especial]^ from  the  taxpayer  who  will  be  required .to  foot  STATIC  ISLAND  the  bill.  L.  BUZZAMD  J.  SLA&MN  Far  more  realistic  —  and  less  expensive  —  than  the  EUG35NE  E. JMILANBSI  would­be  bureaucrats'  scheme  for  meeting  the  maritime  s. GLYPTK:  PRON  manpower  needs  is  the  program  offered  to  the  govern­ p.  G.  BRAXTON  ment  by  the  SIU  and  other  seagoing  unions  at  the  recent  K.  C.  CROWE  T*.  CONNELL  Washington  conferences.  C.  COLLETTI  Among  other  things,  here's  what  the  unions  recom­ F.  CHRISTNED  R.  GUZMAN  mended:  S.  C.  CUNNINGTON  ­ "(a)  The  Union  Hiring  Halls  to  recruit  all  entry  B.  ZIELINSKI  FRANK  B.  STRELITZ  ratings needed  from  personnel  not eligible  for  the draft.  J.  B.  GARRISON  J.  FIGUERAU  " (b)  An  upgrading  and  training  program  actually  K.  SKARI  carried  out  through  increased  manning  scales  which  will  R.  PELASOJA  RAMOS ^  insure a supply  of  competent men for  key  ratings  as  they  C.  R.  CONWAY  C.  HUNEYCUTT  are  needed."  •  A  • 'St  All  that  is  needed  to insure  efficient  manning  of  the  BALTIM<»E  merchant  marine in any  emergency is  the  official coopera­ JOHN  MC CARTHY  A.  PILUTIS  tion  of  the  government  in  carrying  out  the  union  pro­ JOSEPH  FRANCIS  R.  O'BRIEN  gram.  In  that  way  only  will  the  public  be  getting  100  LUDVIG  KRISITANSEN  WILLIAM  D.  WARMACK;  cents  worth  of  efficiency  put  of  its  tax  dollar.  HAROLD  W.  SHSaCWIN  .  I  ­•   3  •   MtWILE  TIM  BURKE  CHARLES  L.  KNIGHT  S. PINER  D.  SAXON  .  4  %  t  GALVESTON  A.  MACIEL  E.  VANNEWEAHUIZE  J.  J. LOCKLER  W.  C.  BROWN  «  .  :»  •  F.  DIBKfflMBYER  A. D. LEVA  R.  LUFLIN  A.  FERRIE  NEW  ORLEANS  J.  R.  ALSOBROOK  C.  A.  BROWN  WILSON  O.  CARA  LOUIS  COHEN  ROGELIO  CRUZ  GEORGE  W.  DUNCAN  E.  H.  FAIRBANKS  ALBERT  W.  GATEWOOD  L.  A.  HOLMES  E.  E.  GROSS  E. P.  JANOSKO  D.  D.  KELLY  GE<HIGE  KRETZER  HUGH  F.  LAGAN  LEO  LANG  ESTEL O. MA^EY  E.  C.  MAYFIELD  M.  MCDONALD  C.  A.  NEWMAN  B. PINO  KARL RAANA  CLAUDE REY  D. O.  RILEY  CHARLES H. SANDERSON  P.  J.  SNIDER  ROBERT  W. THOMPSON  S.  S. SCHIEFFLER  h. TICKLE  A.  J. ZAICH  ' %  SAN  FRANCISCO  RUSSELL  E.  MORRISON  R .H,  PITZBR  WILLIAM  J.  SULLIVAN  • PAUL­GAY ­  • •   •  • ..,,.• 0­^  CHARLES  JOHNSON  L  i .  JAMES  R.  LEWIS  E.  L.  PRITCHARD  C.  L. MOATS  HARVEY  HILL  E. ROBINSON  EDWARD  DANBACH  %  .X  • WELFARE  ISLAND  THOMAS  COYNE  —  Si;'  Men In Hospitali  Seafarers who want  to  ^  be  eligible  for  tbe  Wei­  ­ fare  Plan's  weekly  boa­ piial benefits sbouldnaake  sure  tbey  bave  tbeir  Un­ ion  books,  seaman's  _pa«  pers  and  cppies  of  tbeir  i  last  disdiarges witb tbem  upon  watering  the  hos­ pital.  '  Union  Patrolmen  wtU  pay  tbe  seven­dollar  ben­ efits  to ibe eligible, mem­ bers  for  each  full  we^  of  boapitalization  during  their  weekly  visits. Pail­  .  ure of  a  hospitalised  Sea­  • •   •  • '• U  ­  •!  farer  to  have'  the  above­ mentioned  papers  with  ''  ­ biim  vdll  prevent  the Pa­  '  irolman from  making  the  l>enefit  payments.  Hoqpltalized  members  I  who  have  not  yet  filled  put  benefidary  cards  for  the .Welfare Plan can  ob­  j  tain  Ibem  from  the  Hoi­. '  T>iM  Patridilmenr  •  •  I I  if: II  �Friday,  Februuy  9. 1951  *  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pago  Three  '  Because  of  the  careful  plan­ While  the SIU  concentrated  on  The Union firmly  held  that mem­ tiins and  prudent policy followed'  making  aH.  Seafarers  eligible  for  bers  who<  were  in  the  hospital  in  the  iratial  adtniiiistration  of  before  the  plan  was  executed  benefits,  other  organizations  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan,  the  were  fully  entitled  to  all  bene­ : sought  to  start  with  higher  pay­ Fund  has accumulated  a  $600,000  fits,  inasmuch  as  they  were  suf­ ments  by  setting  up  stiff  eligi­ Mobile,  Ala.  cash  reserve  in  the first  six  fering  from  ailments  peculiar  to  bility  requirements.  Words  are  inadequate  to  express  my  apqpreciaiion  the  maritime  industry  and,  con­ months  of  operation.  As  a  re­ BIG  DIFFERENCE  sult,  the  Seafarers  possesses  the  for  the  $500  check  in  payment  of  the  WeUaxe  Plan  rsequently,  were  a  responsibility  To  be  eligible  for  the  seven­ most  successful  all­around  wel:  beneSts. 1 also  want  to  thank  you  for  the  SHronqitBess  of  the  industry.  dollar  weekly  hospital  benefits  fare  plan,  with  the  greatest  po­ As  a  result  of  the  solid finan­ and  the  $506  death  benefits,  an  with, wklch  il was  handled. Others  said  they could  not  tential, in  the maritime  industry.  do  anything,  until  after  the  bod.y  of  my  lato hiuband,  cial  status  of  the  Welfare  Fund,  ;SIU  man  need  only  have  work­ ­,1  The Fund's  sound financial  po­ the  trustees  are  now  ex^oring  ed  one  day  a  year  on  any  ex­ sition  and  its  compai'atively  low  OtHe  W.  Tomkins,  was  relumed  to  the  United  States  possibilities  for  expanding  the  tracted  ship.  A  study  of  the  i»»  .  9ost  of  administration'is revealed  for  burial.  benefits.  As  pointed  out  when  surance  company ­ administered  in  a  report  just  issued  by  the  Tbo fact thai I had  no money  to live on, or io ke^  the Plan, went  into operation,  the  plan  of  another  maritime  union  '  auditing firm  of  Arthur  Ander­ up payments on o)xr  little, house  was ol no  interest  ie  amount  of  the  payments  was  set  shows  that  a  man  must  work  .  sen  and  Company  of  New  York.  conservatively,  so  that  the  es­ at  least  20  days  fw  a  company  Covering  the  six­month  period  them.  But  the  good  old SIU  (that  my  husband  iepc^  timated  needs  over  a  particular  within  a  six­month  period  be­  ,  for  in its infancy)  very  pronxptly  came  to  my  rescue  period'  could  be  studied  and  to  from  July  1,  wh«i:  the  plan  be­ fore  he  can. receive  hospital  pay­ came  operative,  to  December  91,  in  tioM  el  need  eliminate  any  danger  of  the  ex­ rment.  i95fi,  the  report  is  based  upon  penditures  exceeding  the  in­ May  God hless  you  alwayn  Under  the SIU plan  there is no  an  examination  of  receipts,  ex­ come.  limit  on  the  length  of  time  a  (Mrs.)  Ida  Tompkins  penditures  and  assets  of  the  WIDE  COVERAGE  man  may  draw  his hospital  ben­ Fund.  efits.  However,  payments  under  The  terms  of  eligibility  are  al­ Cash  assets  at  the  end  of  the  the  plan  of  the  other  maritime  i)eriod  tbtaUed  $457,578.62;  How­ The  Union  trustees,  found,  were paid  every  week  since July  ready  broad  enough  to  permit  union  are  limited  to  13  weeks;  ever,  there  was  outstanding  at  however,  that  the  Plan  could  to  60  men  who  had  been  hospi­ concentration  on  the  increasing  after  that  they  cease,  until  the,  talized  throughout  the six­month  and  expanding  of  the  benefits  the  same  time  more  than  $150,­ be  operated  much  cheaper  by  main  accumulates  another  20  period.  themselves.  In  fact,  a  compari­ 000  in  contributions  due.  A  sub­ not  resorting  to  the  insurance  days  of  work  within  a  six­month  companies.  The  auditing firm's  Some  of  these  60  are  among  son with  other  plans  in  the mari­ stantial  portion  of  this  amount  has  since  been  paid  into  the  report  proved  the  correctness  of  those  appearing  on  a  special  list  time  industry  show  that  the  period.  this  position,  with  only  3  per­ of  men  to  whom  eligibdity  was  Seafarers  Plan  allows  for  parti­ INCREASED  BENEFITS  Fund.  cent  of  the  total  expenditures  granted  even  though  they  did  cipation ' with  the  least  restric­ SIU  Headquarters  summed  up  EXPENDITURES  going  for  administrative  costs  not  work  the  one  day  required.  tions  of  any  in  the field.  the first  half­year  of  the  Wel­ Benefits  paid  to  Seafarers  and  under  the  Seafarers  Plan.  fare  Plan's  operations  this  way:  their  beneficiaries  in  the  six­ In  addition  to  the  saving  of  "First  things  come first.  At  the  moritM  period  totalled  $31,733.  Of  money,  another  factor  which  the  outset  we  made  the  base  of  this,  $21,773  was  in  the form  of  Union  trustees  held  against  in­ participation  as  broad  as  pos­ hospital  benefits  to  Union  mem­ surance  company  administration  sible,  while  we  proceeded  cau­ Manhattan  Beach  Hospital  bers,  and $10,000  was  paid  out  as  of  the  Plan,  was  that  such  a  tiously  on  the  amount  of  pay­ death  benefits  to  beneficiaries  procedure  was  "cold"  and  in  ...Everything  is  running  along  smooth  here.  The  ments.  Now  that  the  fund  is  in  of  deceased  Seafarers.  volved  red  tape  and  delays  NMU  members  here  are  all  up  in  the  air  over  their  a  good,  healthy  condition,  we  The  aggregate  of  administra­ which  reacted  to  the  disadvan­ welfare  plan.  It  leaves  out  everybody  that  is  a  patient  can  seek  further  benefits  for  our  tive  expenses  was  $23,316.63,  a  tage  of  the  welfare" applicant.  membership.  substantial  part  of  which  went  in  this hospital.  "It  is  beginning  to  look  as  into  setting  up  the  offices  and  The  Union  was  particularly  I don't  blame  them  for  acting  that  way. Joe  Curran  though  our  dreani  of  taking  care  desirous  of  maintaining  personal  business  equipment  of  the  fund,  and  are,  therefore, non­recurring.  contact  with  its  hospitalized  should  be  congratulated  for  the  wonderful  job  he  did­ of  SIU  men—and  we  mean  all  of  them—through  a  welfare  plan  Percentage­wise,  the  total  of  members  through  its  Patrolmen,  on  the  welfare  plan—for  the insurance  companies.  rather  than  leave  these  men  vir­ second  to  none  is  gradually  be­ iall  expen(Mtures,  including  pay­ Matthew  Bruno  tually  isolated  and  without  ac­ ing  realized."  ments of  benefits and  adminislxa­ tive  costs,  represented  only  11  cess  to  advice  and  information,  as  would  be  the  case  under  in­ percent  pf  the  Fund's  income.  surance  company  administration.  ,  Administrative  costs  by  them­ selves  amounted  to  a  little  more  MANY  ADVANTAGES  than  3  percent  of  the  income,  Thus, the  human factor and  the  fo  other  words,  only  about  financial  consideration  prompted  three  cents  of  each  dollar  paid  the  Union  to  push  for  a  self­ into  the  Fund  was  spent  ad­ administered  welfare  plan.  And  minister  the  Plan.  Inasmuch  as  the  advantage  of  the  Seafarers  SAN  FRANCISCO —Continu­ pacts.  West  Coast  manning scales  its own  membership. They  wouldi  part  of  the  administrative  costs  method  of  administration  will  ing its recently­laimched organiz­ would  be  lowered  to  the  level  elect  their  own  officers  andf  went  for fixed  items  necessary  become  more  and  more  apparent  ing  drive  among  rank  and file  of  the  NMU  scale.  Another  ma­ handle  their  own  business,  but  members  of  • the Marine  Cooks •  jor  objection  raised  by  members  would  have  the financial  and  to get the  Plan  under  way, these  as  time  goes  on.  of  the  MC&S  is  that  by  going  moral  backing  of  all  districts  of  • CTpenditures are expected  to  de­ Even  more sigpiflcant,  perhaps,,  and  Stewards  Union,  the  Sailors  into  the  NMU  they  would  be  the  Seafarers  International  Un­ crease  in  relation  to  income  as  than  the  dcllcos  and  cents  as­ Uni«m  of  the . Pacific  has  noted  giving  shipowners  a  free  hand  ion.  time  goes! on.  pect  of  the first  ^ months  of  substantial  opposition  to  Joe  in  the  selection  of  men  in  sev­ Cuixan's  cut­rate  plan  for  tak­ CUT­RATE  CUSTOMERS  WISE  COURSE  operation  is  the  human  side  of  ing  over  the sea  cooks  organiza­ eral  ratings,  a  privilege  extended  Two  elements  on  the  West  The  costs  of  administration  the  activities  of  the  Seafarers  tion.  to  the  operators  in  NIVIU  con­ Coast  that  appear  to  favor  the  point  tip the  wisdom  of  the  Un­ Welfare  Plan.  tracts. .  1  capture  of  the  MCS  by  Curraa  ion's  insistence  that  the  Welfare  In  the  July  to  December  pe­ Currants appeal for  MCS mem­ Furthermore,  they  point  out,  are  the  communists  in  the  MCS  bers  to  come  into  his  NMU  Flan  be  operated  by  an  Admin­ riod;  676­ SIU  men  received  the  th^ would  lose  the  right  to  run  istrator  acting  for  a  Board  of  hospital  benefits totalling $21,733;.  seonds  hollow  to­ a  large  section  their  own  affairs  according  to  land the shipowners. The  commies  hope  that  they  will find  refugtf  T^nistees,  composed of  Union and  Death benefits were  paid to bene­ of  the  Marine  Cooks.  the  best  interests  of  their  own  in  the  NMU,  while  the  ship»  ^ipowners'  representatives,  ra­ ficiaries  of  20  Seafarers  who  '  NM|J  BAIT  men.  owners  look  forward  to  the  ther  than  by  ab  insurance  com­ died  during  the six  months  cov­r  First  o?,  they  know  that  if  These  are  among  the .principal  "free ­ rein,  bargain ­ basemeni;,'*  ered  in  the  auditing firm's  re­ pany,  as  is  the  ease  with  other  Curran is succes^ul, it  will mean  reasons  why  there  is  growing  ; pacts  that  can  be  worked  out  marine  vmion  welfare  setups.  port.  Before  deciding  upon  the  me­ A  supplementary  report  issued  the  beginnirtg  of  the  "bargain  interest  in  the  plan  proposed  to  with  Curran.  Almost  all  observers  on  this  ^od  of  administration  the  Un­ by  Max:  Harrison,  Administrator  basement"  contracts  for  which  MCS  members  by  the  SUP.  the  NMU  president  is  noted  on  coast  agree  that  the  entry  of  The SUP would  grant  an  AFL  ion  hustees  studied  the  bids  of  of  the  Plan,  showed  that  the  the  East  Coast.  The  NMU  is  Curran  into  the  West  Coast  charter  to  the  group  and  set  it  several insurance companies, who  average  number  of  SIU  men  in  currently luring  new  companies  shipping  picture  would  prove  up  as  an  autonomous  affiliate,  felt  that  11  percent  of  total  ex­ hospitals  to  whom"  payments  with  these  cut­rate  agreements.  disruptive  to  the  prevailing  sta­ which  would  function  freely  and  penditures  was.  the  fee  they  were  made  each  week  was  126.  bility  of  the industry.  purely  in  the  best  interests  of  He  also  reported  that  benefits  As  a  result  of  the  cut­rate  slmuld  get  for' their  services.  IHnniient  Was Prompt  NMU Men  Are  Bitter  Currants  Cut­Rate  Contracts  Leave  West  Coast  Cooks  Cold  Seafarers  shditld  apply  at  once  to  the  Coast  Cuard for the yalidated seamen's papers. Remember^  you  are  not  required  to  turn  In  your  old  papers^  late  ypiir  own  personal  property.  �Page Four  Friday, February  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  1951  5SSSSS^^^^SSIS!!Z  Mobile  Future  Looks  Brighter  For  Next  Period  By  CAL  TANNER  MOBILE—From  all indications,  The true attitude of  Soviet  Russia  towards  'the  prospects  are  that  the  com­ ing  two  weeks  will  be  very  good  the  laboring  man  was  shown  the  other  day  ones  for  shipping,  with  two  off­ when  they  used  scab  labor  to  install  emer­ shore  ahd five  coastwise  vessels  gency  hosing  in  it's  embassy  building  in  scheduled  fof  payoffs  and  re­ Washington.  What's  thai­eld  saying  about  placements.  ,  Two  Libertys  will  be  crewed  giving  somebody  enough  rope?  , . . During  up  this  week  in  this  port.  One  an  interview  over  NBC,  Joe  Curran  admit­ is  a  Carras  ship,  the  other  is  a  ted  a lot  of  stuff  we have  claimed for  a long  Gulf  Cargo  Carriers  vessel  that  time,  including  the fact  that  the  Committee  came  ou^ of  the  layup fieet.  for  Maritime  Unity  was  set  up  to  swallow  i;  Ships  are still  being  pulled  out  '  of  the  boneyard  in  line  with  the  all  maritime  unions.  We  didn't  fall  for  that  ;  present  emergency  preparations  line,  and  told  the  commies  they  could  have  and  we  expect  to  get  our  share  unity  if  they  expelled  all  the  communist  of  them  out  of  this  port.  In  fact,  officials first.  Today  Joe  admits  he  "was  it  looks  as  though  we  will  be  pretty  naive"  about  this.  needing  rated  Engine  and  Stew­ ards  Department  men  in  the  Installation  of  Loran  sets  aboard  ship  is  adding  one  to  three­and­a­half  knots  of  very  near  future.  In  the  two­week  period  just  speed  to  the  Seatrain  Texas,  according  to  ended,  shipping  was  fair.  Two  that  ship's  Captain,  John  Wenzel.  Hourly  ' ships  were  crewed  up,  the  Chris­ readings  are  taken  to  maintain  a  course  in  tine  and  the  Antinous..  the  high­velocity  current  within  the  Gulf  Applications  for  the  validated  ' seamen's  documents  are  now  Stream. . . . Friend  of  mine  sells  insurance.  available  at  this  Branch  and  Ran  into  a  lulu  the  other  day.  Sold  a  man  members  are  urged  to fill  them  fire  insurance  but  couldn't  sell  him  hurri­ out  as  soon  as  possible.  cane  insurance.  Customer  claimed  he  didn't  .  We  would  also  like  to  remind  the  men  in  this  port  who  have  know  how  to  start  a  hurricane.  Now  what  enough  time  on  their  papers  to  could  he  mean  by  that?  . .  . Violators  of  make  them  eligible  for  upgrad­ G.O.  39,  recently  ,revised  by ­the  Maritime  ing  to attend  to  this  matter  right  Administration,  are  subject  to  a five­hun­ away.  There  is  no  reason  why  dred­dollar fine.  Now,  what  does  G.O.  39  men  with  the  proper  qualifica­ tions  should  not  sail  in  the  rat­ provide  for,  and  furthermore,  so  what?  ings  which  they  are  capable  of  Isthmian­ Steamship  Company  is  going  to  handling.  get  rid  of  their four  oldest  freighters, which  Quite  a  few  of  the  men  who  left  this  port  for  ships  on  the  are  only  thirty­one  years  old.  That  would  West  Coast  to  make  the  run  to  be fine,  if  they  were  replacing  them  with  Korea  are  now  back  in  Mobile.  C­2s  or  C­3s.  ... Alcoa  has  added  Puerto  There  are  also  a  number  of  old­ Rico  as  a  regular  port  of  call  for  its  ships  timers  here,  among  them  Broth­ operating  in  the  Carribean.  . . .  Since  the  ers  M.  Morrison,  W.  Tracey,  J.  end  of  World  War  II,  American  steamship  Crawford  and  C.  Avera,  companies  have  paid  the  government  a  bil­ ­  Seafarers  in  the  MobUe  Mar­ ine  Hospital  as  of  this  writing  lion  and  a  quarter  dollars  for  the  purchase  are  C.  Knight,  Tim  Burke,  S.  and  charter  of  surplus  war­built  vessels. At  Finer  and  D.  Saxon.  They  all  the  same  time,  foreign  interests  have  paid  ,  would  appreciate  a  visit  from  their  Union  Brothers.  If  you  nearly  a  billion  dollars  for  the  1113  ships,  have  a  little  free  time,  why  not  bought  from  us.'. . . Matthew  Brimo—Your  stop  by  and  say  hello  to  the  letter  has  been  received  and  shortly  you  hospitalized.  should  start  receiving  what  you  asked  for.  By  "SAILOR  RAGS"  $avannafi  Getting Bare, As  Shipping  Booms  By  E.  B.  TILLEV  Good  luck—I  was  hospitalized  for  the  same  SAVANNAH—  Shipping  has  been  on  the  upgrade  in  this  port,  thing.  thanks  to.  a  few  payoffs  here  We  received  a  note  from  a  seaman  seek­ and  in  Jacksonville.  ing  employment.  He  writes,  "If  you  have  The  most  recent  of  the  pay­ any  pier­jumping,  'please  let  me  know."  offs  took  place  aboard  the  SS  Sorry,  mister,  we're  in  the  shipping  indus­ Southport  and  the  SS  Mother  try, and  do not  need  any  pole vaulters right  M.L.  There  are  not  many  merf  now. . . . Received another letter from'Mick­ on  the  shipping  list  as  of  this  ey  McFaul  aboard  the  Coe  Victory,  heading  moment  and  that  is  always  a  pretty  good  barometer  of  con­ for  England. He writes that  the crew  aboard  ditions.  are  all  good  Joes,  and  then  adds,  "at  this  We're  hoping  to  crew  up  one  writing."  You  can't  fool  me,  Mickey.  Who's  of  the  vessels  that  recently  was  writing  your  letters  for  you?  Sir  Charles?  taken  out  of  the  boneyard.  She's  Oh,  yes,  Sir  Charles  is  on  the  same  one,  a  Liberty  now  being  towed  here  holding  those educational  meetings  as  usual.  from  Wilmington,  N.C.,  for  re­ conditioning. Currently  known as  That  article  by E. Vlodek  in  the last  LOG,  the  Frank  Stockton,  she'll  be  about  unnecessary  noise  aboard  ship,  hit  given  a  new  name  by  her  pres­ the spot.  Have  received  a  few  comments  on  that  subject  since  the article  was  published.  One  guy  says  drowning  is  too  humane  a  method  of  disposing  of  these  "gigolos." . . .  James  Romano,  formerly, of  the  Royal  Oak  —the  organizers  are  holding  a  check  for  $14.74 from  Cities Service. .. . Howie Weber,  AB  aboard  the  Steel  Artisan,  reveals  that  he  and  Bill  Evans  and  Whitey  Tesko  have  been  aboard  that  ship  for  fourteen  months.  The Bosun  has been  aboard for  twenty­three  months.  When  you  do  get  aboard  another  ship  Howie  you'll  really  mean  it  when  you  ent  owners,  the  South  Atlantic  Steamship  Company,  which'  say, "On  the  last  ship  I  was  on,  etc."  bought  the  ship  from  the  Mari­ The  dx­hundred­thousand­member  Ma­ time  Administi­ation.  chinists  Union  has  re­affiliated  with  the  The  company  has  announced  American  Federation  of  Labor.  They  have  that  thg  vessel  will  be  rechristr  quit  the  AFL  three  times  and  have  come  ened  the SS Southwave.  It  is ex­,  "home"  each  time.  Must  be  something ­  to  pected  that  the  ship  will  be  it. . . .  Have  you  noticed  how  easy  it  is  to  placed  on  the  United  Kingdom  and  continental  run­ sometime  in  pick  up  a  nickname  aboard  ship—and  keep  the  latter  part  of  February.  it.  We  have  Fearless  Fosdicks,  Dangerous  The  reconditioning  job  will  be  Dans,  only  one  Sloppy  Creel,  hundreds  of  done  at  a  local  shipyard  where  Blackies  and  Whiteys  and  numerous  guys  the  No.  2  hatch  will  be  double­ with  nicknames  which cannot  be mentioned  rigged  to  expedite  the  loading  here,  lest  we  lose  our  second  class  mailing  and ­discharge  of  cargo.  privileges. ... Have  you  noticed  that  there  South  Atlantic  had  previously  operated  the  ship  under  bare­ are  twenty  pages  to  this  issue  of  the  LOG?  boat  charter  for  the  Government  Like  it  better  or  not?  Let  the  Editor  know.  back  in  1947  and  1948.  Others  died  in  a  manner  even  more horrible. Swift­flying  hawks  '  October  20  (Sailing  day  from  or  falcons  would  catch  them .in  Rio)—^Peter  and  I  went  out  with  mid­air,  hence  their  haste  to  two  sisters  last  night—at  least  seek  a  measure  of  safety  on  •   they  said  they  were  sisters.  The  SEAFARERS  LOG  is  proud  to  be  able  to  reprint  this  excellent  piece  by  a  the  ship.  When  I  awoke  in  the  morning,  One  oldtimer.  tells  the  tale|  finding  myself  in  a  strange  place,  Seafarer  who  hides  bis  identity  under  the  pen  name  of  "Sailor  Rags."  "From  a  Sea­ that  once,  when  he  was  standing  I  at first  ­ simply  could  not  fath­ man's  Diary"  was  originally  published  by  the  Del  Norte  "Navigator,"  one  of  the  on  deck,  such  a  falcon  was  chas­ om  my  whereabouts.  Then  I  best  SIU  shipboard  papers,  which  is  ably  edited  by  Thurston  Lewis.  ing  a  little  bird  which flew  remembered.  straight  into  his  bosom,  choosing  ­  While  waiting  for  the  girls  broke  its  neck  without  further  surveyed  us  for, ^moment. Then  In  line  with  this  idea,  I  be­ the  doubtful  safety  in  the  hands  to  decide  whether  or  not  to  go  ado.  This  was  apparently  break­ he  laughed  as  clearly  as  I  do  lieve  that  very  good  sailors  (if  of  a  human,  rather  than rertain  back  to  town  with  us,  I  walked  fast  for" herself  and  whatever  when  the  Bosun  orders  us  to  any)  become  goony  birds,  for  destruction  in  the  talons  of  thg  across  the  road.  We  had  stayed  family  she  had.  '  paint  the mast  and  it starts  rain­ they  are  certainly  better  long  hawk.  in  a  small  hotel  typical  of  La­ Behind  the  hotel  where  we  ing.  distance flyers,  more graceful  and  I  skw  one  such  unhappy  crea­ tin  American  countries.  (The  stayed  the  hill  rose  even  higher  I  could  not  help  but  think  of  have  a  better  set  of  wings.  ture  carried  through  the  air  in  first  thing  I'd  seen  in  the  old­ and  much  steeper.  I  expressed  Brother  Nils  Lornson's  state­ The  bosun  bird,  of  course,  is  the  talons  of  a fierce  carnivor­ feishioned  patio  was  a  black  cat  a  desire  to  climb  it  but  no  one  ment  that  sailors  do  not  go  to  so  named  ^ because  he  has  a  ous  falcon.  The  little  one  was  ji  and  a  snow­white  goat.)  felt  quite  so  ambitious.  Indeed,  Heaven;  they  turn  into  seagulls.  couple  of  marlinspikes  sticking  crying  most  pitifully.  I  lo­oked  down  the  steep  hill­ neither  did  I  at  the  moment.  Whenever  I  see  one  of  these  This  toplofty  bird  (according  out  from  his  behind.  |j side  to  the  sea  far  below,  break­ It  was  almost  a  thirty­minute  to  superstition)  would  be  the  Coming  down  the  coast  of  raiders, I do my  utmost  t­o fright­ ing  over  smooth^  worn  stones.  ride  back  to  the  ship.  soul  of  some  bid  Bosun, laughing  Brazil,  we  saw  many  small  can­ en  him  away  from  the ship.  The  •   mm  Spray  would  rise  slowly  into  at  the  lot  of  us  for  not  being  ary­like  birds  who  ventured  little  canaries  I  seldom  bother,  the  air  like  the  ghosts  of  dead  All  afternoon  we  have  been  able  to  replace  the  thing  when  quite  far  out  to  sea­for  such  allowing  them  to  roam,  the  ship  sailors  and  some  of  its  vapor  trying  to  get  that  damned  ele­ it  was, as'  simple  as  taking  a  fragile  creatures.  They­  would  at  wilL  Let  the  hawks  catch  the  L  would  disappear  into  the  atmo­ vator  at  number­three  hatch  sounding  at  six  fathoms,  if  one  dart around the ship  keeping out  flying fish,  which •  have  a  much  'sphere.  back  into  the  shaft.  It  came  out  only  knew  the  right  thing  to  do.  of  our  way,  but  never  seeming  better  chance  of  escape.  .  Small  houses  of  some  colored  easily  enough,  but  it  refuses  to  This  laughing  seagull  . appar­ imduly  afraid  of  us.  They  could­ Sea  gulls,  like  longshoremen,  folk  were  clinging  to  the  side  of  go  back  in.  I  suspect  it  weighs  ently  thought  he  knew  the ­ an­ be  caught,  but  lived  not  long  in  I  hardly  ever' communicate  with,  t^ hill.  A  woman  was  walking  a  ton. We  tried  replacing­it from  swer,  but  he  was  happily  in  a  captivity.  unless  it  is  necessary  to  do  so.  II barefoot  with  a  pail  of  water  in  all  angles,  but  I  have  a  sneak­ state  in  which  he  had  only­to  These  might  have  contained  Sometimes  one  must" dump  gar­ each  hand.  She  shooed  a  black  ing  hunch  that  it  will  not  go  in  follow  ships  and  make  his  own  the 'souls ^  of  infants;  for.  their  ­bage,  and  Ihem  I  say,­  ­'tGome  cfiicken  out  of  her  path  and,  at  an'  angle, ­  but  level  and  choice  of' delicious­  morsels:,  of  very, hmocehce' and ­lack. of. wis­ and  get­itj you.bastards! All'you  j Jeaving  the  water .  inside  the  straight.  Better  luck  tomorrow.  garbage.  dom *  caused ' their  deaths.  They  do  is  eat,  and  aquat,  and  .;  cabin,  emerged  trying  to  ooax  .  While  jwe  were  trying  vainly  I  wonder  if  it' ist  the' good  or  would, fly for'ard. of  the .midship  squawk!'! .  ­ ...  • >  ^;|he  chicken : to  come  near  her,  to  get  it­below  the  hatch  comb­ bad  sailors  who: become ­ seagdll^  • housO 'and 'the'force of  the 'wihd  But,  after  all,  if' they  were ,  ||J[t  made  the  niistakeof  foUowr  ing,  a.  gull> flew  over.'! the  ship  or if  all of  us  are  doomed  to the  would­  dash ­them  • ^' against  the  once:, seamen; they  are. doing little. •   ling  her;,,  and  she  caught  it ;and  and.  11  \i  I  *  1  i' 'I  •   li  '• !  J  I  • r  V  '  1  ''i  hi  •  •  IJ  i»i  i j  jj  i!  i|  ^  1  4  from  a  seaman's  diary  >; ,1  y  ­n,'  •   j;  j:  I  '­ ii 1  II  • ui  4 y  li  •   I'j  I  �Friday#  February  9,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Fire  Welfare  formulate  legislation  (1)  {Continued  from  Page  1)  making  labor  espionage  in  com­ maritime  industry  which  is  not  merce,  as  defined  in  Ahe  Labor­ thoroughly  organized,  and  adds  Management  Relations  Act,  a  that  according  to  SIU,  the  tank­ A  bill  to  ban  labor  espionage  in  Interstate  Commerce  has been  introduced by six  misdemeanor  punishable  by fine  er  operators  always  have  oppos­ Senators,  following a  Senate  committee  report  on  Cities  Service  Oil  Company.  and  imprisonment;  and  (2)  rnak­ ed  such  union  organization.  ing  provision  for  vigorous  en­_  The  measure  would  authorize  the  prosecution  of  anyone  who  accepted "any  ver­ After  citing  the  organizing  campaigns  relating  to'the  Cities  bal  or  written  report" intended  to "coerce"  an  employee  in  regard  to  his  labor  rights.  forcement  by  the appropriate  ex­ ecutive  departments.".  Service fleet  by both  the  Na­ The  maximum  penalty  upon  conviction  would  be  a  $5,000  fine  and  two  years'  im­ In  another  part  of  the  report,  tional  Maritime  Union  and  SIJJ,  prisonment.  it  was  stated  that  Congress  can­ the report­ said:  Those  sponsoring  the  measure  are:  Senators James E.  Murray  (D., Mont.),  Matthew  not  regard  with  complacency,  "The  anti­union  efforts  of  the  M.  Neely  (D.,  W.  Vk,),.Hubert  H.  Humphiiey:  (I>»  Minn.),  Paul  H.  Douglas  (D.,  111.),  the  activities  of­  crimps  in  the  Cities  Service  Corp,  followed  maritime  industry,  , aiid  added:  ^  three  types  of  strategy,  namely:  Herbert  H.  Lehman  (D.,  N.  Y.),  and  Wayne  Morse  (R.,  Ore.).  In  a floor  speech,  Murray  said  it  had  come  "as  a  great  surprise  and  shock"  to  (I)  Delaying  tactics  made  pos­ "The  subcommittee  has  evi­ sible  by  provisions  of  the  Labor­ dence  that,  in  sharp  distinction  him  to  learn  that  such  legislation  is needed. He  said the  need was uncovered by  hear­ Management  Relations  Act,  1947;  ings  of  the  Senate  Labor­Management  Relations  Subcommittee  which  he  heads.  from  the  crimp,­ there  are  priv­ (II)  an  extensive  system  of  la­ ate  shipping  masters  of  high  in­ "Most  decenf^employers  have  long  since  abandoned  it  for  the  loathsome  thing  it  bor  espionage  accompanied­  by  tegrity  who  doubtless  perform  is,"  he  said. "But  in  some oLour  industrial  byways,  it  still  sprouts  and  poisons  labor­ discriminatory  hiring  and firing,  a  useful  and  valuable  service.  and  other  unlawful  acts;  and  management  relations.  "The  subcommittee  feels  that  (III)  the  organization  and  sup­ "We  have  foun<| it  in  the  textile  industry,  in  the  furniture  industry  and  else­ it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  port  of  a  company ­ dominated  where.  The  most  sacking  systeni  of  labor  espionage  we  discovered  in  the  marine  that  an  exhaustive  investigation  union,  Citco  Tankermeh's  Asso­ be  made  of  employment  prac­ divisions  of  some  of  our  great  oil  tanker  companies."  ciation,  which  wa^  set  up  to  tices  in  the  maritime  industry,  compete  for  members  with  SIU.  so  that  Congress  can  wisely  and  firing;  rampant  company  union­ could  occur  in  spite  of  all  the  characterized  the  certification  of  intelligently  legislate  with  re­ ANTI­UNION  EFFORTS  ism;  character  assassination  of  legislating  Congress  has  done  to  representatives  in  the  textile  and  Following  a  full  explanation  union  leaders  and  organizers;  insure  the  right  of  employees  to  other  industries  studied  by  the  spect  to  this  matter  of  para­ mount  importance  to  the  na­ ­ of  each  of  the  above  "anti­union  wholesale  anti­union  propaganda;  self­organization.­  . ^  .  subcommittee."  tional  economy  and  defense.  efforts"  Used  by  Cities  Service,  on­the­job  discrimination  and  The  report  attacked  the  prac­ Ways  and  means  must  be  found  T,H  NEEDS  REVISION  the  report  said  that  the  evidence  persecution,  and  so  on  through  tices  of  "labor  espionage"  to  is  dear  and  \mcontradict.ed  that  the  whole  gamut  of  union­bust­ "The  subcommittee  feels  frustrate  and  prevent  self­or­ to  ferret  out  and  eradicate  the  strongly  that  the  whole  subject  crimp,  to  stabilize  and  promqte  Cities  Service  "Resisted  the  elec­ ing  techniques,  old  and  new."...  ganization,  and  said:  of  the  determination  of  employee  wholesome and  efficient maritime  tion  and  went  to  great  lengths  "It  is  amazing  that  any  union  representation  should  be  care­ "In  interstate  and foreign  com­ hiring  practices,  and  thereby  to  to  prevent  its  consummation."  could  sur­vive  this  carefully  co­ fully  studied  ­with  the  view  to  merce  it  menaces  the  general  help  insure  the  existence  of  a  The  report  declares  that Cities  ordinated,  heavily financed,­ law­ simplifying  and  perfecting  the  welfare  and  imperils  the national  strong,  healthy,  competent  mer­ Service­  ^'resorted  to  notorious  yer­led  attack;  it  is  Shocking  pertinent  provisions  of  the  La­ defense.  The  subcommittee  feels  chant marine.  Therefore,  the sub­ crimp  shops  in  an  effort  to  in­ that  a  company  of  the  high  bor­Management  Relations  Act  that  it  is  the  duty  of  Congress  committee  ' recommends  to  the  sure  anti­union  employees,"  and  standing of  Cities  Service  should  and NLRB procedures.  The Cities  to  make  every  effort  to  eradi­ Senate  Committee  on  Labor  and  added  that  investigations  "have  plan  and  execute  it,  in  violation  Service  case  is  not  an  isolated  cate  labor  espionage,  and  to  that  Public  Welfare  that  such  an  in­ proved  conclusively  that  crimp  of  State  and  Federal  laws;" it  is  example;  ­intolerable  delay  and  end  recommends  that  the  Senate  vestigation  be  undertaken  at  an  shops  are  operating  and flourish­ disillusioning  to  learn  that  it  confused  administration  have  Committee  on  Labor  and  Public  early  date."  ing  along  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  and even  companies  of  the  indis­ putable reputation  of  Cities Serv­ ice  frequently  resort  to  them  to  obtain  employees,"  and  that  the  Members  of  the  committee  crimp  shops  "serve  anti­union  composed  of  Stewards  Depart­ employers  as*a  screen  to  exclude  ment  personnel  acquaint  them­ union  sympathizers.'^  Continuing  selves  with  layout  of  galley  • the report  states:  section of  the SlU'a new Head­ •   "Indeed,  during  the  long strug­ quarters^  as  chaizman  Frencfay  gle  of  Cities  Service  to  prevent  Michelet  pdints otti'features­on'  the  unionization  of  its fleet,  that  blueprint.  Present, foe  the  ini­ company  frequently  obtained em­ tial  meeting' tO'  discttss  means­ ployees from  crimps. The  vicious­ of  utilizing  th» bulldhig^s  mo­ xfess  of  the  crimp  shop  arises  dem  galley:  fadliiies  tor  in­ from  the  facts  that  there  is  no  crease  Stewards  D^partme^'  feasible  method  of  imposing  up­ efficiency  and  to  train  new  on  the  crimp  responsibility,  for  personnel  for  shifdward­'duties  the  selection  of  qualified  person­ were  Jack  Ryder^  Pete  King,  nel;  that  the  crimp  can  have  no  S.  G.  Zammilh,  W.  Dunham.  effective  means  of  distinguishing  A.  J.  Snyder,  Joe  Pacheco,  A.  between  competent  and  incompe­ Boyle,  Peter  Patrick,  Joe  Pris­ tent  personnel,  or  of  identifying  ament,  Joe  Arris,  Reginald  even  subversive  agents;  that  the  Gooden. Roman  Harper, George :  crimp  shop  is  usually  operated  Kitchen,  James  Boyldn, DeFor­ in  conjimction  with  some  other  est  Fry  and  Michelet.  venture,  such  as  a  saloon  or  rooming  house  of  dubious  char­ acter;  and  that  the  crimp  is  un­ der  strong  economic  compulsion  As reconstruction  of  the  new  to fleece  unemployed  seamen  jby  Headquarters­New  York  Hall  the  use of  his  control  of  jobs;...  goes  on.  Union  members  have  been  visiting  the  site  daily  to  CRIMP  PERIL  observe  the  progress  and  get  "Certainly  the  existence  of  an  idea  of  what  things  will  these­  crimp  shops  constitutes  a  lock  like  upon  completion.  In  constant" threat  to  labor­manage­ photo  at  left,  Frenchy  Mi­ ment  relations  in  the  maritime  chelet,  the  Union's  on­the­spot  industry.  It  is  also  a  peril  to  na­ custodian,  explains  the  plans  tional  defense  .  .  .  It  is  also  to  a  couple  of  visitors,  Stew­ ­manifest  that  the  existence  of  .  ard  Joe  Prisament  (center),  the  crimps  constitutes  a  chal­ and  oiler  Tom  Delaney.  lenge  to  Congress,  which  is  in­ Said  Prisament: "I  can hard­ vested  with respmisibility  for  the  ly  wait  until  the  big  day."  To  safety  and  efficiency  of  our  mer­ which  Brother  Delaney  added:  chant  marine."  "ir  almost  looks  too  good  to  In  its  recommendations  and  be  true,"  Concluded  Brother  findings,  the  L­abor  Committee  Michelet:  "Yep,  but  it's  get­ report  notes  that  throughout  the  ting  truer  every  day."  entire  period  involved  "SIIJ  was  !l  is  expected  that  the  new  subjected  by  Cities  Service  to  Headquarters  will  be ready for  what  can  be  ucscribed  as  a  war  occupancy  by  the  Union  some­ of  attrition;  delay  and  stalling;  time  in  the  late  spring.  That  illegal  labor  espionage;  unlawful  will  be  a  big  day.  especially  • hiring through  crimp  shops  ^d  for  the  oldtimers; who  remem­ ahti­union  collusion  with  E^so;  ber our  first offikes  at Stbne St.  ; blatkiisting  knd­  diseriminatdry  Senators  Introduce  Labor  Spy  Bill  Meet the faculty  Casing the Hall  �Page Six  •  ­  ­ • '­  ­  •  ­ THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  2 Perish, 1 Hurt Badly  As  Explosion  Rocks  Tanker  Logans  Fort  Friday,  Fabxuary  9,  1851  wi  Ex­Seafarer  Commissioned  in  Army  Transport  Corps  i  i  .t  One  crewmember  is  dead,  another  missing  and  a  third  is  in  critical  condition  as  a  result  of  art  explosion  which  rocked  the  Cities  Service  tanker  Logans  Fort  the  I  night  of  January  20,  as  kerosene  was  being  unloaded  onto  barges.  The  dead  man  was  the  tank­9  er's  Third  Mate,  Basil  Cubitt­  Bossert,  an  SIU  oldtimer,  suf­ Smith  of  New  York.  He  died  of  fered  burns  caused  by  flames  third  degree  burns  in  the  Ma­  shooting  through  to  the  shelter  deck.  rine  Hospital  in  Norfolk.  Coast  Guard  officers  boarded  The  missing  crewman  is  Jo­ the  Logans  Fort  shortly  after  seph  Sheldrick,  Pumpman,  aged  the  tragedy  and  began  an  in­ 26,  of  Galveston.  vestigation  into  the  cause  of  the  In  critical  condition  is  Fred  blast.  Hearings  aboard  the  ship  Huffman,  AB,  of  Houston.  He  is  being  treated  at  the  Norfolk  got  underway  on  January  22  Sporting  his.  newly­won  bars,  Ll.  Joseph  Badger  greets  with  testimony  being  heard  from  Marine  Hospital.  Frank  Bose,. a former  shipmate,  during  visit  to  New  York  Hall.  A  fourth  crewmember,  Ernest  crewmembers.  The  following  day  Bossert,  Bosun,  suffered  minor  was  devoted  to  the  taking  of  Ex­Seafarer  Joseph  Badger  is  one  man,  at  least,  who  Lt.  Badger  tills  out  change­ testimony  of  persoimel  of  the  burns.  of­address  card  so  he  can  get  The  10,000­ton  tanker  had  ar­ barge,  which  took  the  kerosene  has  found  his  proper  niche  in  the  Army.  his  LOG  promptly.  As  officer  Joe  retired  his  SIU  book  in  pectsi  to  be  Assigned  to  an  Army  rived  in  Norfolk  on  January  19  from  the  tanker.  in  Transportation  Corps,  he's  from  Lake  Charles,  La.,  to  dis­ Coast  Guard  hearing  officers  January,  1949  to  enter  the  serv­ Port  of  Embarkation.  still  vitally  interested  in  mari­ charge  a  cargo  of  oil.  When  the  visited  Huffman  at  the  Marine  ice  and  until  July  1950  was  at­ As  has  been  his  custom  when­ time  activities.  blast  occurred,  the  Logans  Fort  Hospital  and  took  as  much  testi­ tached  to  an  anti­aircraft  bri­ ever  he  has  time  off,  Lt.  Badger  was  anchored  at  the Cities  Serv­  mony  as  he  was  able  to  give,  gade.  Then  the  Army  sent  him  visited  SIU  Headquarters  last  ice  terminal  a  half  mile  off  the  Because  he  was  unable  to  con­ to  Officer  Candidate  School  in  week  to  say  hello  to  his  old  US  Naval  Base  at  Norfolk.  tinue  further,  the  interview  was  Fort  Riley,  Kansas.  Joe,  of  friends  and  shipmates.  ,  Crewmembers  were  unloading  postponed  until  sometime  next  course,  made  the  grade  ahd  was  He  recalled  that  he  last  sailed  ' kerosene  into  a  barge  when  the  week,  depending  upon  the  pro­ commissioned  a,  Second  Lieuten­ as ­  a  Seafarer  aboard  the  Ra­ explosion  rocked, the  tanker,  and  gress  of  his • r  ecovery.  ant  in  the  Transportation  Corps,  phael  Semmes,  culminating  a  was  followed"  by  a flash  fire  On  the  basis  of  the  inquiry  to  which  handles  the  Army's  trans­ career  as an  AB that^began  back  which  ignited  the  clothing  of, date, nothing  has  been  offered  to  port  over  water.  Now  stationed  in  November,  1943,  when  he  got  The  dread  disease  which  Cubitt­Smith,  Sheldrick­  and' indicate the  cause  of  the  blast.  at'  Fort  Eustis,  Va.,  Badger  ex­ his  SIU  book.  Union  menibers  have  been  Huffman,  the  only  men  who  fighting  through their  March  : were  in  the 'immediate  area.  of  Dimes  contributions  Huffman  and  Sheldrick  jump­ ed  over  the  side.  Huffman  sur­ struck  down  a  Seafarer  faced  quickly,  caught  a  line  The  collision  of  the  SS  Del  Mar  and  the SS  Moormacstar  which occured short­ aboard  an  Isthmian  ship  at  thrown  to  him  by  his  shipmates  sea  recently.  and  was  hauled  back  aboard  the  ly  before  midnight  January  25  off  the  Brazilian  coast  caused  "extensive  damage"  to  Gene  Milanesi,  2 3­year­ vessel.  Sheldrick  did  not  come  both  vessels,  according  to  a  preliminary  report  dispatched  to  the  LOG  from  Santos  old  AB,  was  stricken  with  up  and  despite  a  continuing  by George  H. McFall,  Ship's Delegate  on  the  Delta  Line  ship.  The  only  reported  casualty  oft  search  by  the  Coast  Guard  has  polio  on  the  SS  Steel  Ap­ the  crash  was  a  crewmember  ofi  Delegate  McFall  reported  that  returning  to  New  Orleans.  Just  prentice,  while  the  vessel  not  been  found.  Cubitt­Smith  remained  on  the  Moormacstar.  He  suffered  "the  Del  Mar  crew  rose  to  the  how  much  of  a  delay  the damage  board.  The flames  enveloping  bad  cuts  on  both  feet.  The  in­* situation,  quickly^  and  calmly,  would  cause,  McFall  was  unable  was in  Near East  waters. He  him  were  beat  out  by  shipmates.  jured  man,  a  member  of  the! Within  seconds  after  the  crash.  to  determine  at  the  time  he  was  taken  ashore  in  Beirut,  He  died  at  4  AM,  several  hours  National  Maritime  Union,  was' everything  was  under  control  dispatched  his  report.  However,  where  he  was  placed  aboard  divers  were  at  work  inspecting  a  plane  bound  for  the States.  ell  passengers  calmed."  after  he  and  Huffman  were | transferred  to  the  Del  Mar  on'  rushed  to  the  Norfolk  Marine  a  stretcher  for  treatment  by  the'  In  his, report,  McFall.said  the  the  ship's  hull  the  morning  fol­ The flight  nearly  ended  in  I  ship's  doctor.  |  Del  Mar  would  be  delayed  in  lowing  the  collision.  Hospital.  disaster  when  the  plane  caught  The  Del  Mar  Delegate  was  fire  and  crashed  in  the  Medi­ particularly  interested  in  allay­ terranean.  All  hands  were  saved  Cameraman  Active On  The  Seatrain  New  York  ing  the  fears  of  relatives  and  and  brought  to  Malta,  where  friends  of  his  shipmates.  "All  Milanesi  was  put  on  another:  is .^well,' and  there  is  absolutely  plane.  no  need  to  worry,"  he  said.  After  several  delays  in  Eng­\  Typical  of  the  reactions  of  Del  land  and  Iceland,  the  polio  vie­ ­ Mar  crewmen, to  the  blast  were  tim finally  arrived  in  the  United  ,  the  following:  States.  He  is  now  undergoing  Erling  Hansen,  Bosun's  Mate  treatment  in  the,  US  Marine  —"I  was  in  my  foc'sle  talking  Hospital  at  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.  to •  the  Storekeeper  when  I  felt  Although  Milanesi  is  on  the  the  full  astern  and  then  the  road  to  recovery,  he  will  not  be­ crash.  I  knew  we  had  hit  some­ able  to  sail  again.  The" disease  thing,  because  I had  run  aground  has  paralysed  his  righf  leg  and  before '• and knew  this  jolt  had  it  is  believed  that  he  will  have  a  different  feeling."  to  wear  a  brace  on  it  for  the.  Jimmie  Robinson,  AB—"I  was  rest  of  his  life.  in  bed  when  the  crash  came.  I  Brother  Milanesi  is  not  down­ knew  we  hit  something.*I  grab­ hearted,  however.  He's  facing  bed  a"  life  jacket  and'  ran  on  the  ordeal  with  the  cheerfulness  deck."  "  ­•   that  medical  men  hold  so . essen­ Joe  Vaccaro, •   Bartender—  "I  tial  to  speedy  convalescence.  was  on  duty  in  the  bar  when  the  According  to  word  reaching  crash  came.  Passengers  were  the  LOG,  Milanesi  is  expected  drinking  but  the^  reniained  sur­ to  have  recovered  sufficiently  to  prisingly  calm.  I  to'ok  the  cash  go  home  in  about  two  months.  Engine  Utility ­ man  R.  W.  out  of  the  register  and  hurried  Meanwhile,  time  is  hanging  a •   Glen  Vinson  took  this  photo  of  "a  galley  qupjlet"  aboard  Sweeney  went  sight  on  with  to  my  emergency  station  to  help  bit  heavily  on  his  hands.  So  his  painting  down  below,  as  direct  and cahn  passenger;^. Later  Gene  asks  that  his  friends  and*  the  Seatrain  vessel.  Front  row,  left  to  right:  John  Monast,  Vinson's  flash  bulbs  popped  I  served  brandy, to  the  passen­ former  shipmates  drop  him  a  Steward,  and  Julius  Bocola,  3rd. Cook.  Rear,  Winston  Vickers,  away..  Chief  Cook,  and  Lloyd  Zimmerman,  Utility.  ospit  SI(7 Crewman  Stricken  By  Polio  At  Sea  Del Mar Damaged In Collision Off  Brazil  1  ^  i  �Friday.  February  9,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page Serea  Digested  Minutes  Of  SlU  Ship  Meetings  WINTER  HILL  (Cities  Ser  ed  document.  Motion carried  that  STONY  CREEK  (Mar  Trade),  Tiee),  Jan.  4—Chairman,  Ralph  crew  back  up  crew  Messman  in  Jan. 7—Chairman.  R. Bauer;  Sec­ Perry;  Secretary,  Percy  Mays.  his  attempt  to  get  a  Pantryman  retary,  O.  Payne.  Discussion  on  Beef  between  2nd  Cook  and  Chief  Cook  complained  of  insuf­ the  dissension  beihg  caused  Steward  reported  square^  away  ficient  milk  at  each  port  and  the  among  crew  by  one  member.  by  Philadelphia  Agent. Cook  had  lack  of  any  bread  only  twp  days  The  whole  issue  brought  out  in­ been  fired  for  refusing  to  make  out  on  a  six­day. trip.  to  the open  and  the  man  respon­ applesauce  from  rotten  apples.  Jan.  12—Chairman,  W.  Trade­ sible  was  censured.  Ship's  Dele­ Man  was  reinstated,  and  later  well;  Secretary,  F.  Robertson.  gate  to  ask  Captain  for  regular  promoted  to  Chief  Cook.  Deck  Captain  reported  that  only  men  fire  and  boat  drill.  Beef  regis­ Department  told  to  report  any  who  have  been  on  the  ship  a  tered  on  chipping  on  deck  with  rotten  fruit  or  vegetables  that  long  time  and  emergency  case^  steel  hanuners  around  the  vent  come  aboard.  Crew  voted  to  in­ will  be  paid  off  down  South.  pipes  while  tank  tops  are  open.  quire at Headquarters  on  various  Chairman  pointed  out  that  the  Men  called  before  Captain  for  questions  raised  concerning  the  members  should  be  well  familiar  any  reason  are  to  be  accom­ with  the  Union  contract  and  Welfare  Plan.  panied  by  Department  Delegate  Jan.  16—Chairman,  James Hal­ know  their  own  department  and  Ship's  Delegate,  so  as  to  pin:  Secretary,  Percy  Mays.  rules  by  heart.  Complaint  regis­ have  two  witnesses.  Steward  was  Ship's  fund  now  standing  at  tered  on  inferior  quality  of  sand  thanked  for  the  wonderful  job  $26.44.  Delegates  reported  dis­ soap.  Beef  registered  on  short­ he  had  done  during  Christmas  puted  overtime.  Motion  carried  age  of  milk,  fruit,  juice  and  the  and  New  Year's.  to  check  with  Patrolman  to  see  overabxmdance  of  lamb on  menu.  "4.  4.  4.  if  120  quarts  of  milk  can  be  BLACK  EAGLE  (Nat'l  Cargo  ^  X  t­ placed  aboard  ship  in  each  US  PAOLI  (Cities  Service),  Dec.  8  Carriers),  Jan.  7—Chairman,  T.  port,  because  present  80  quarts  —Chairman,  A.  Slaybaugh;  Sec­ Henkle;  Secretary,  F.  Winters.  are  insufficient.  Men  yrearing  retary,  C.  Peters.  Delegates  re­ Delegates  reported  all  okay.  tank  cleaning  clothes  to  be  bar­ ported  no  beefs.  Motion  carried  Ship's  Delegate  reported  that  red  from  the  messroom.  mail  service  is  very  poor.  Mo­ that  cleaning  of  recreation  room  tion  carried  to  mail  repair  list  be  rotated  by  departments.  Sug­ t  %  i  CANTIGNV  (Cities  Service).  gestion  made  to  make  out  repair  back  to  States  ahead  of  the  Nov.  17—Chairman,  J.  Trudeau;  list  before  ship  hits  Baltimore.  ship.  Crew  cautioned  to  keep  Secretary^  P.  Marinelli.  Ship's  Jan.  2—Chairman,  John  Mit­ laundry  clean  as  Captain  may  Delegate  reported  $55  collecteds  chell;  Secretary,  C.  Peters.  Deck  close  it  up.  fop  Hank's  Fund.  Delegates  re­ Delegate  reported  disputed  over­ 4.  4.  4.  ported  on  number  of  books  and  time  on  sailing  board  time.  Edu­ JULESBURG  (Malhiasen  permits  in  their  departments.  cational  material  put  out  for  Tankers),  Jan.  1  —  Chairman,  Beef  raised  on Second  Mate's  use  members,  and  crew  was  asked  reported  all  in  order,  except  injured  in  the  poor  light.  Sug­ Tom  Clark;  Secretary,  Red  Con­ of  profanity.  Repair  list  to  be  to  read  it and  raise  any questions  Deck  Delegate  who  reported  gestion  made  to  see  Patrolman  nor.  Delegates reported  standings  taken  up  with  Captain.  Deck  at  the  next  meeting.  Letter  on  some  disputed  overtime.  Sched­ about  Chief  Mate's  habit  of  re­ of  all  members.  Deck  Delegate  Delegate  spoke  on  men  missing  wage  increase  and  welfare  plan  ule  drawn  up  for  each  depart­ fusing  to  turn  men  to  on  over­ to  speak  to  Mate  about  having  ment  to  follow  in  keeping  laun­ time  if  they  have  refused  over­ overtime  divided  equally.  Ship's  their  watches.  Delegates  instruct­ read  and  accepted.  dry  clean.  Vote  of  thanks  given  time  work  once.  ed .to  make  a  draw  list.  Delegate  reported  $33  in  ship's  »  »  »  for  the  airmailed  LOG.  Ship's  .  Jan.  13—Chairman,  J. Trudeau;  GOVERNMENT  CAMP  (Cities  fund.  XXX  Secretary,  J.  Teicher.  Delegates  Service),  Dec.  1—Chairman,  H.  Delegate  reported  that  Bill  Mor­ SOUTHERN  DISTRICTS  reported  all  okay,  except  Ship's  Lucas;  Secretary,  Billy  Jarvis.  gan,  former  SIU  member  who  (Southern  Trading),  Jan.  5  —  Delegate  who  reported  some  dis­ Delegates  reported  all  okay.  was  Mate  on  the  ship,  had  died  Chairman,  H.  Macpilda;  Secre­ puted  overtime.  Chairman  read  Treasurer  reported  ship's  fund  in  Frisco  after  being  removed  tary,  Frank  Bonner.  Ship's  Dele­ report  concerning  wage  increase  as  containing  $54.  Motion  carried  from  the  ship  in  Okinawa.  gate  reported  on  books  and  per­ XXX  and  welfare  fund.  Deck  Delegate  to  purchase  an  electric  iron.  mits  in  each department.  Motion  EDITH  (Bull),  Jan.  7­^hair­ carried  to c^y, out  Philadelphia  COE  VICTORY  (Victory  Car­ spoke  on  the  importance  of  ad­ "Thanks  extended  to  Arnold  Va­ hering  to  contract.  Chairman  lente  for  leaving  his  radio  for  man,  Reid;  Secretary,  Nelson.  Agent's  request  to  take  action  riers),  Jan.  14  —  Chairman,  Pat  Delegates  reported  on  th^  num­ one  way  or  another  on  crew­ Fox; '  Secretary,  Red  Brady.  read  repair  list,  which  included  the  recreation  room.  Ship's  Delegate  reported  that  re­ ber  of  books  and  permits  in  request  for  replacement  of  all  GOVERNMENT  CAMP  (Cities  their  departments.  Ship's  Dele­ member  who  was  drunk  at  the  pair  list  had  been  submitted  and  inferior  life  jackets.  Service),  Jan.  7—Chairman,  J.  gate  reported  that  work  request­ time  of  the  crew  walk­off.  •   approved.  Under  Good  and  Wel­ 4>  41  4>  Annal; Secretary,  C.  Allen. Ship's  ed  at  the  last'  meeting  had  been  fare,  almost  the  entire  crew  Delegate  reported  that  all  per­ complied  with.  Motion  carried  ROBIN  KIRK  (Seas  Shipping).  took  the  deck  to  report  on  his  formers  be  turned  over  to  Pa­ for  each  man  to  donate  25  cents  Jan.  16—Chairman,  Moon;  Sec­ likes  and  dislikes  during  the  retary,  PettingilL  Ship's  Dele­ past  trip,  whether  it  be  fellow  trolman.  Steward  to  be  asked  per  trip  to  the  ship's  fund.  gate  reported  that  Captain's  at­ crewmembers,  officers,  or  the  for  coffee  pot  for  crew  mess.  XXX  titude  was  hostile  to  crew.  En­ ship  itself.­  Few  crewmembers  Treasurer  to  collect  unpaid fines.  ANDREW  JACKSON  (Water­ »  »  »  gine  Delegate  reported  660  hours  were  spared  some  criticism,  man),  Jtui.  1—Chairman,  Frank  ^  4^  t  BENTS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  of  disputed  overtime.  Motion car­ Dec.  3—Chairman,  S.  Freilich;  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (Cities  Albore;  Secretary,  Bud  Cousins.  ried  that  charges  against  two  which  was  taken  in  the  spirit  of  Union  brotherhood.  Delegates  reported  disputed  ov­ Service),  Jan.  14—Chairman,  E.  Secretary,  R.  Fink.  Delegates'  Brothers  be  dropped.  Motion  ertime  in  all  departments.  Mo­ Goodman;  Secretary,  R.  Cham­ XXX  reports  accepted.  Motion  carried  carried  to  donate  washing  ma­ LAKE  GEORGE  (US  Petro­ tion  carried  to  have  double  bot­ berlim  Delegates  reported  no  that  performers  be  dealt  with  by  chine  money  to  the  LOG.  Vote  leum),  Jan.  14  —  Chairman,  M.  toms  cleaned  as  the  water  is  beefs.  Crew  asked  for  more  ham  their respective  departments. Mo­ of  thanks  given  Stewards  De­ McCoskey;  Secretary,  James  tion  carried  that  milk  be  served  on  menu.  Condition  of  the  ship  rusty  and  oily.  Motion  carried  partment  for fine  job  done.  Weik.  Delegates  reported  on  twice  daily  for  the  benefit  of  the  in  general  described  as  being  to  have  ship  fumigated.  Motion  books  and  permits  in  their  de­ carried  to  have  Patrolman  in­ poor  with  nothing  being  done  12­4  watch.  Motion  carried  to  partments.  Suggestions  made  to  vestigate  the  rationing  of  cigar­ about  it  by  the  company,  cooperate  with  Messman.  paint  foc'sles  and  passageways.  ettes.  *  '  tit  Dec.  31—Chairman,  A.  Case:  Ship's  fund  stands  at  $22.  4.  4.  ALCOA  CLIPPER  (Alcoa).  Secretary,  R.  Fink.  Delegates  re­ TRINITY  (Carras),  Dec.  31  —  ^  4i  4.  ported  all  okay.  Trea^surer  're­ Nov.  19—Chairman,  R.  Roberts;  BINGHAMTON  VICTORY  ported  that  the  ship's  fund  owes  Secretary,  S.  McDonald.  Dele­ Chairman,  John  Lane:  Secretary,  (Bqjl),  Dec.  24  —  Chairman,  A­ $65  on the  new. washing machine.  gates'  reports  accepted.  Motion  Pete  Piascik.  Ship's  Delegate  re­ XXX  Sislrunk;  Secretary,  E.  Stams.  ported  on  the  old  beef  with  the  Motion  carried  to  contribute  $3  carried  to  send  movie  projector  SEA  CLOUD  (Amer.  Merchant  Delegates  reported  on  books  and  Captain  and  Mate.  Motion  car­ toward  the  fund.  Motion  carried  to  factory  to  be  repaired.  Sug­ Marine  SS  Co.),  Jan.  7—Chair­ that  if  Steward  wants  to  use  gestion.  made  to  see  sick  crew­ ried  to,  back  up  Bosun  100  per­ man,  J.' Barron;  Secretary,  Ro­ permits  in  their  departments.  crew's  washing  machine  he  must  member's  wife  and  to  take  her  cent  in  any  beef  with  the  Chief  bert  McCuUoch. Delegates report­ Motion  carried  to  assess  each  his  clothes  and  see  that  she  is  Mate.  Thanks  given  the  Stew­ ed  number  of  books  and  pernuts  member  $4  toward  purchase  of  contribute  $5  to  ship's  fund.  washing  machine,  the  remaind­ ards  Department  for  a fine  holi­ Jan.  7—Chairman,  (not  given);  financially fixed.  in  their  departments.  Motion  er  to  be  put  in  the  ship's  fund.  day  meal.  Secretary,  A.  Case.  Vote  of  carried  to  see  about  having  cig­ Crew  asked  to fill  out  Welfare  XXX  thanks  given  A.  Panton  for  the  CLARKSBURG  VICTORY  arette  ration  increased.  Weekly  Plan  beneficiary  cards.  new  supply  of  books  obtained  (Mississippi),  Jan.  14  —  Chair­ schedule  arranged  for  cleaning  XXX  for  ship's  library.  Ship's  Dele­ ship's  laundry.  BALTORE  (Ore  Line),  Jan.  7  man,  Orval  King;  S^etary,  R.  gate  reported  beef  on  chill  box  Jan.  18  —  Chairman,  Joseph  —  Chairman,  D.  DiMeuo;  Secre­ Whitley.  Ship's  Delegate  report­ not  being  locked.  Stewards  De­ Barron;  Secretary,  Robert  Mc­ tary,  F.  Baker.  Delegates  report­ t  t  t  ed  a beef  on  laimch service.  Cap­ partment  reported  42  hours  of  Cullough.  Ship's  Delegate  report­ ed  no  beefs;  number  of  books  ALCOA  ROAMER  (Alcoa),  tain's  refusal  to  send  sick  crew­ disputed  overtime.  Booklets  dis­ ed  he  had  been  logged  by  Cap­ and permits  in thdr departments.  Nov.  19 — Chairjnan,  E.  Evans;  member  to  a  doctor  and  the beef  tributed  to  crewmembers  by  Ship's  Delegate,  who  asked  crew  Secretary,  C. Garber.  Engine  De­ on  attack  Jbonus  for  time  in  tain.  He  read  log  to  crew  to  Repair  list  mad^  up  and  ap­ to  become  familiar  with  all  as­ legate  reported  51  hours  of  dis­ Hungnam.  General  discussion  on  show  how  it  could  not  stick.  Re­ proved.  ported  he  had  asked  Captain  for  XXX  pects  of  the  Union  by  reading  puted  overtime;  other  4,epart­ gashounds.  increase  in  crew's  ration  which  CHICKSAW  (Waterman),  Jan.  ments  okay.  Suggestion  made  XXX­ the  booklets.  that  LOG  be  left  in  messhall  so  GATEWAY  CITY  (Wliterman),  was  refused,  though  Captain  of­ 6  —>  Churman,  J.  Williams;  Sec­ ^  4  Jan.  7  —  Chairman,  B.  Kosaw;  fered  to  increase  his  alone.  En­ retary,  Jim  Byrne.  Crewmem­ ROYAL  OAK  (Cities  Service).  all  Willi  be  able  to  read  it.  Secretary,  F.  Hubper.  Delegates  gine  Delegate  to  have  drinking  bers  asked  that,  a  variety  of  t  t  t  Dec.  28—Chairman,  H.  Zirkel;  reported  no  beefs.  Motion  car­ water  tested  in  Trieste.  Discus­ vegetables  be  added  to  menu.  Secretary,  E..  Robertson.  .Ship's  WARHAWK  (Waterman),  Dec.  ried  to  have  lights  placed  on  the  sion  on  penalties  should  anyone  Crewmembers  with  beefs  not  to  •   Chairman,  Charles  Price;  Delegate  reported  thai  forms  31  afterdeck,  as  on^i  riijin  has  been  foul  up  during  trip.  (Continued  on  Page  16)  were  aboard  for the  new  validat­ Secretary,  Leon  DaviSi  Delegates  �TH  E  SEAFA'ntekS  L FfO  tiyimr*  rttotwirir  Si  iw  '  One  of  the  SlU­contracted  ships  that  has  been  kept  ;:^©n  the  go  in  the  Far  Eeast  is  the  SS  Sea  ^intl,  whose  '  i^afaters  ^ave  been  witnessing  ­solh^  heavy  sheliihg  of  enemy  installations  in  Korea  by  United  Nations  forces.  f9,­ On  page  one  appears  a  letter  of  commendation  for  the Sea  Wind  crew  from  US  Navy Captain  A. F. Junker.  In  forwarding  this  letter,  Captain  Ffenry  Scurr,  Master  of  the  Sea  Wind,  wrote:  I  "I  wish  to  go  on  record  in  praise  of  my  crew,  for  they  worked  in  the  freezing  weather  whenever  called  on  for  cargo,  and  the  ship  was  commended  .for  getting  things  done  in  a  better  than  ordinary  manner.  It  became  I  necessary  for  the  sliip's  crew  to  handle  the  cargo  and  in  •   .my  case  we  acquitted  ourselves  to  the  entire  satisfaction  I  of  the  Army."  "  Scenes  of  some  interesting  moments  during  the  Sea  Wind's  current  voyage  were  submitted  to  the  LOG  by  j  ;  E.  A.  Boyd.  They  are  reproduced  on  this  page.  A  statesiife  fakeu  in  Wilmington,  California/shows  John  Hisbeck,  Spud  FoMado  axAl  Willard' in  the  front  row,  and  Chuck  Allen  and  Ralph  GroseclosO'bringing  up  the  rear.  Brother  Boyd,  who  apparently  serves  as  the  Sea  Wind's  society  reporter,  says  that  this  photo  was  taken  in  the  Seven  Seas  Bar,  Kobe,  Japan,  and  shows  Baothers  Bankhead.  Allen  and  Risback  and  three  local  society  girls.  There's  no  complaint  about  the  gaUey  gang, aboard  the  SS  Sea  Wind,  a  Seatraders,  Inc;.  ship.  And  most  hands.  Brother  Boyd  for  one,  attributes  this happy  sfate of  affairs  to the  smooth­ ly  coordinated  Stewards  Department  aboard  the  vessel.  This  trio,  from  left  to  right.  Lory  Ed­ strom, Second  Cook;  Doxningo  Ortiz,  third  Cook,  and  Frank  Mitchel,  Chief  Cook,  certainly  looks  as  though  they  get  along  wHh  each  other.  ABOVE—Shades  'of  Rudolph'  Valentino!  The  guy  with­ that  '^Burtung  Sands"  look  is  old  John  Risbeck,.rigged  up  to  look  like  Sheik  "AU  John"  Bananas.  Says  Risbeck:  "If  Bananas  can  do  it,  so  can  I"—Grow  a  beard,  he  meaiis.  K  t  j­i  HfGHT—Seafarers  «f  the  Sea  V^nd  were  in  thete  dlose  c .ring  the  shelling  of  Inchon  by  United  Nations  forces  On  January  4,  TWs  photo  <nms  i{dceh  by  of  the fifes  that  ravaged  the  pdrt  idiy  ai^" pifiniia  the  skies  bverfaead  ui  billowing  blaclr  ;  ihtles'  ^'/  �Fri^axr  9,  )9^  T^E  SE4P4^]^RS  LQ^G  Pa^e  Nina  Hade  Gieat  Strides  Yeais  The  SIU's  newly  reorganized  Canadian  District recorded  its  tremendous  strides of  the past  two  years  in  a  week­long  Montreal  convention,  attended  by  40  delegates  representing  more  than  6,00©  Canadian seamen from Halifax to Vancouver. The  Extent  of  the  District's progress  was summarized  by  Director  Hal  Banks,  who  reported  at  the  opening  session  on  January  15  that the membership had grown from 20©  in late 1948 to 6,200 as of  convention time.  The  delegates  also  heard  Banks  announce  pie signing  of  an agreement  with  the major  Great  Lakes  shimiing  companies  for  a  $12­per­month  wage  increase, retroactive  to  November 1, 1950,  for all unlicensed  personnel.  This  achievement  marked  the  first  time  in  Canadian  inland  shipping  histor^  that such  an agreement  had  been  concluded  between  a union  and  the  shipping  companies.  The  convention  delegates,  from  Canada's  East  and  West  Coasts  and  various  sections  of  the  Great  Lakes,  were  wel­ bomed  by  Claude  Jodotyi,  vice­president  of  the Trades  and  Labor  Congress of  Canada  and president of  the Montreal Trades and  ~  "* Labor Council.  Delegates  To  Canadian  District  Convention  Jodoin  paid  tribute  to  the  SIU's  work  in  re­ organizing the labor picture on  Canadian ships and  said  he  hoped  the  SIU,  in  the  near  future,  woul^  join with the Congress to become a powerful factor  in  bettering  conditions  for  all  Canadian  workers.  It was in 1949 that the SIU expanded its operas  tions from  Canada's  West  Coast to the East  Coast  and  Lakes  area  in  response  to  requests  for  repro^  sentation  from  hundreds  of  Canadian  seamen  who  were  disgusted  with  communist  control  of  the  Canadian  Sea­ men's  Union.  At  that  time,  CSU  commie  leaders  had  called  a  "strike"  to disrupt  British  and  Canadian  shipping  as  a  means  of  blocking  American  aid  from  pouring  into  the  democratic  countries  of  the  world.  Aided  by the seagoing  sec­ tions  of  the  SIU,  the  Sailors  Warning!  Don't  miss  the story  by  T.  Union  of  the  Pacific  and  G.  McManus.  exposing  the  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Dis­ role  of  the  commies  in  the  trict,  the Canadian  District  open­ ed  its  doors  to  the  anti­commu­ CSU.  on  the  following  two  nist  rank  and file  of  the  CSU,  pages.  Some  of  fhe  delogaies  to  the  Cimariian  District  ConyeiUion.  Seated  in  front  are  Hal  Banks,  and  eventually  routed  the  com­ i  Canadian  pirecior,  A1  Bojuistein,  SIU  International  Represeniative.  mies  from  the  waterfront  after  a  bloody  and  protracted  battle.  Since  that  time,  the  Canadian  District  has  grown  until  it  now  holds  agreements  with  practical­ ly aU  of  Canada's lake  and ocean  steamship  companies.  Banks  told  the  delegates  thai  there  are  still  many  small­fleet  •  The  all­out  aid—^physical,  mor­ District,  and  they  were  continu­ years  after  it  started  its  or­ It  is  completely  autonomous,  companies  —  "whom  nobody  al  and financial—given  the  Ca­ ing  the' fight  against  the  com­ ganizing  campaign,  the  Canad­ and  runs  is  own  affairs.  It  has  knows  anything  about"  —  and  nadian  District  by  the  Seafarers  munists  that  the  SIU  was  wag­ ian  District  is,  with  the  excep­ paid  pff  the  debts  occurred  in  that  the  SIU  planned  to  bring  tion  of  a  handfull  of  small  com­ its  organizational  drive  and  now  them  under  its  banner  as  soon  International  Union  and  its  com­ ing  on  a  world­wide  scale.  ^  ponent  Districts  was  the  perfect  On  the  international  front,  the  panics,* the  only  seamen's  union  is  at  peak  strength  organization­ as  possible.  ally,  structurally  and financially.  example of  how the  International  SIU  enlisted  the  aid  of  the  AFL  in  Canada.  STILL  MORE  operates  once  one  of  its  Districts  International Longshoremen's As­ As he  outlined  the strides made  sociation,  the  American  Federa­ is  involved  in  a  beef.  by  the  membership  since  the'  When  a  request  for  help  from  tion  of  Labor,  the  AFL  Mari­ District  began  organizing  on  a  the  Canadian  District  was  re­ time  Trades  Department  and  the  large  scale.  Banks  said  the  Un­ ceived  by  the  Fourth  Biennial  International  Transportworkers  ion  was  still  "by  no  means  sa­ rConvention  of  the  SIU,  meeting  Feder.ation,  with  which  the  SIU  tisfied.  There  are  still  some  .  in  Baltimore  in  April,  1949,  the  is  affiliated.  changes  we  want  nrade  to  im­ "International  immediately  set  in­ COMMIES  EXPOSED  prove  the  life  of  the  man  who  to motion  a  series  of  actions  that  Through  these  orgamzations,  spends  his  working  day  at  sea."  Iflnally  culminated  in  a  complete  as well  as  through  its^pWn  pub­ In  this  connection  the  conven­ .victory  for  the  Canadian  Dis­ lications,  the  SIU  succeeded  in  tion  adopted  a  resolution  calling  exposing  the  complete  domina­ . trict.  .  for  a  campaign  to  win  a  40­ hour  week  in  all  ports.  '  First  of  all,  the  entire conven­ tion  of  the  Canadian  Seameh's  As  part  of  its  continuing fight  tion  voted  to  advance  funds  to  Union  by  the  international  com­ to eliminate  communists from the  help  the  Canadian  Brothers  to  'munist  movement.  Through  the  waterfrdnt  and  remove  the  daij­ %age muemitting warfare against  ITF  the  International  was  able  ger  of  sabotage,  the  Canadian  the  commies,  who  were  seeking  to  put  an  end  to  the  sympathy  convention  delegates  amended  ­to  tie­up  Canadian  shipping  at  strikes  that  the  coniununists  had  their  constitution to  exclude sub­ .the  bequest  of  the  communist  been  able  to  call  in  foreign  countries  by  falsifying  the issues  versives  from  membership.  international.  to  the  militant  dockworkers.  Then,  because  they  were  more  FULL  SUPPORT  'personally  involved  than  the  The  Canadian  District,  on  its  Following  a  discussion  on  in­ cnon­seagoing  Dbtricts,  the  At­ own,  could  never  have  fought  ternational  problems,  the  dele­>  lantic and  GuH District,  the Sail­ the  international  conspiracy  that  gates  threw  the  full  support  pf  (iprs  Union  of  the  Pacific  and  the  is  the  communist  international.  the  Canadian  District  behind  th®  .^reat  Lake  District  gpve  addi­ But  through,  the  International,  Canadian  government  and  tha  Ltipn^l  aid  in  the;  form  of  ad­ the  other  seafaring  Districts  of  United  Nations  in  face  of  th®;  ^9cG  ^ sriul<3s  as  ho  visors,  organizers  and financial  the, SIU,  and  the  various  nation­;  threat  posed  by 'commxmist  ag­l­ accopts  a  clieck  for  $8t0Q0  from  Canadian  Director  Hal  > Bank8,  'irid.. As  was  pointed .out  at  the  al  and  internatlonar  affiliates,  gression.  repaying loan  ina4o to Canadian  District  during 1949  organizing  ^convention,  i^'nther  Seafarers  ­the  Canadien  District  cjcpe  In a  resolution offered  by Dick;  drive,  for  it  was  positive  proof  that  the  Canadian  District  'fsere  invpjyed  in' a  hgef  that  thcp^l^  hsmdsomely.  (Cmtinuei  on  Page  12)  would  Effect  the  very  lifp  of  the  Sd  it  Is  now,  Idss  than  two  was ­on  its  financial  feet.  •   Canadian  Beef  is  Perfect  Example  Of How Our International Operates  Proof  Of  Maturify  i  I  •   :(l  mM­1  �1  Pag* T«n  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Fddar, Febnuor ft  1961  %  Five  years  ago  the  Canadian  Seamen's  Union  had  nearly  10,000  members.  It  held  contracts  on  more than  300  ships sailing  the Great  Lakes, the  salt­water  coasts  and  the  high  seas.  Its  revenue  was  $30,000  a  month.  On  the  cold,  bloodstained  North Atlantic the men who carried its cards had  finished fighting  their  share  of  a  war  in  which  no  combatant  won  more  honor  than  the  mer­ '­•  i  chant  seaman.  No  union's stock  was ever  higher.  Today  the  Canadian  Seamen's  Union  has  no  more  than  600  members.  Its  crews  are  working  on  barely  a  dozen  ships.  The  union  has  been  expelled from  the Trades  and  Labor  Congress of  Canada  and  from  the  International  Transport  Workers'  Federation.  The  respect  in  which  it  once  was  held  by  employers,  governments  and  other  unions  has  turned  into  hostility  and  con­ tempt. In every way that matters to a labor  union  the Canadian  Seamen's Union is dead.  The  primary  cause  of  its  death  is  already  known  or  strongly  suspected" by  most  of  the  people  who  saw  it  happen  or  have  read  about  it.  Only  a  handful  know  the  details  and  I  am  one  of  them.  Until  last  July  I  was  secretary­ treasurer of ,the union, a position  second  in auth­ ority  only  to  that  of  the  president.  I  was  also  >.{:  r '  ;U',  V'l  ( '.  a  member  of  the  Canadian  Commimist  Party  which  dictated—at  every  atep  and  in  every  par­ ticular—the  events  which  led  to  the  union's  bitter, inglorious  ruin.  Obviously  I  could  not,  even  if  I  wished  to,  evade  my  own  full  share  of  the  responsibility.  tr  In  every  one  of  the  series  of  strikes  from  1946  through  1949  which  culminated  in  the  CSU's  downfall  I obeyed  the  Communist  Party's direct  and  specific  orders,  both  in  helping  to  call  the  a;  strikes and  in helping  to nm  them. Even  though  X  thought  the  last  of  these  strikes  (called  in  March, 1949,  at  the secret  request  of  the British  I'  Communist  Party  to  create  an  artificial  strike  issue  for  the  dock  workers  of  London)  was  tac­ tically  insane,  it  wasn't  because  of  this  that  I  quit  the  party  four  months  ago.  I  quit  because,  after  nineteen  years  as  a  dedicated  and  well­ disciplined  Communist,  I  found  I  could  not  stomach the pro­Russian  and anti­Canadian  party  line on Korea.  I  will  not  pretend  that  the  allurements  and  visions  which first  led  me  into  the  party  and  kept  me  there  in  the  face  of  many  doubts  have  altogether  lost  their  power. Politically  I am  still  a union  man. Spiritually  I am  still a  union  man.  I  believe  in  trade  unions  as firmly  as  I  have  always  believed  in  them.  I believe  that  it  is  the  job  of  trade  unions  to fight  as  hard  and  intelli­ gently  as  they  can  to  win  the  highest  possible  Standards  of  living  for  the  working  man.  If  I thought  it would  hurt  the cause of  union­ ism  I  would  not  be  saying  the  things  I  shall  have to say  here. But  it's my  earnest  belief  that  not one Canadian  union  man in  a hundred has  a  clear  picture  of  how  a  "Commimist­dominated"  union i^  run  and 1 thii^ it  is vital  to their own  interests  that  union  men  should  have  such  a  picture.  '  In strict  accuracy  there is  no such  thing  as  a  Conununist­dohiinated  union. Once it falls  under  Communist  domination  a  tinion  ceases  to  be, a  I  The  story  on  these  pages  is  reproduced  by  special  permission  of  "Maclean's  Magazine/'  which  controls  the copyright.  The  SEAFARERS  LOG  wishes  to  thank  "Macleans  Magazine"  for  its  courtesy  in  permitting  us  to  reprint  this  very  illuminating  article.  Throughout the Canadian  beef  — and  after  the  SIU  had  won  —  the  Union  pointed  out,  quoting  chapter  and  verse,  that  the  Canadian  Seamen's  Union  was  thoroughly  control!^ and  manipulated  by the communist party of  Canada to further  the  aims  of  the  international  communist  movement.  Here,  once  again,  is  corrobora­ tive proof  that the SIU's charges  were based on facts, in an article by a man who was  the number­two  person  in  the  CSU  and  who,  as  a  member  of  the  communist  party  of  Canada, carri^ out the dictates of  the party  within  the CSU at all  times. To  the  commies,  McManus  is a traitor  but  thus  far his story, aside from the typical commie  vituperation, has  not been  disproved.  Nor,  being  true  in  all  particulars,  can  it  be,  either by the commies or their do­gooder, "liberal" spokesmen.  union.  It  becomes  a  branch  of  the  Communist  every  CSU  meeting  I  have  attended.  Since  the  Party.  Often  the  party  will  lay  down  objectives  CSU  was  founded  by  the  party  and  has  been  a  for  it  and  prescribe  courses  of  action  which  hre  party  captive  throughout  its career  I  believe  it's  perfectly sound  and valid  from  the point  of  view  safe  to  assume  the CSU  has  never  held  a  meet­ of  the  union's  rank  and file.  But  where  the  in­ ing  that  followed  any  other  pattern.  terests  of  the  party  and  the  interests  of  the  Officially,  the  officers  for  the  next  year  were  union  diverge  it  must  be  the  party's  interests  elected  at  a  meeting  of  some  eighty  CSU  dele­ that  prevail,  even  though—as  in  the  case  of  the  gates  and  officials. Actually  they  were appointed  Canadian  Seamen's  Union—  this  means  that  the  at  a  party  caucus  held  the  night  before.  The  union  must  die.  only  CSU  members  who  attended  this  prelim­ The  CSU  was  founded  in  1936  at  a  meeting  inary  meeting  were  the  eighteen  or  twenty  in  the  Communist  Party's »"«^tional  he&dquarters.  union  delegates  and  officials  who  were  members  At  its peak  90  percent of^its members were non­ of  the  Communist  Party.  The  meeting  was  run  Communists,  but  most  were content  to  leave  the  by  J.  B.  Salsberg,  a  well  known  Ontario  Com­ union's  control  in  the  hands  of  the  Communist  munist  politician who is a  member of  the party's  leaders.  It  was  their  belief  that  the  union's  ob­ Political Bureau  and  its  trade  union  director.  Salsberg went  over  the slate of  officers  in  the  jectives  were  honest  and  legitimate,  as  I believe  CSU,  commenting  on  the  work  of  each  man.  they  were  until  they  conflicted  with  the  party's  objectives. When they did the union was wrecked.  Then  with  the  offhand  assurance  of  a  baseball  I  joined  the Canadian  Seamen's  Union  in 1945.  manager naming his starting line­up he  announc­ Neither  the  union  nor  I  had  anything  to  do  ed  the  new  slate.  "Sullivan  will continue in  office  as  president,"  with  my  joining.  When  the  war  ended  I  was  a  medical  sergeant  in  the  Canadian  Army.  I  had  he  said.  "Davis  (Harry  Davis,  now  CSU  presi­ enlisted  on  the  Communist  Party's  instructions  dent  and  the  man  who  eighteen  months  ago  in 1942 and  as I waited for  my discharge in Mon­ dealt  the  CSU  its  coup  de  grace)  will  be  first  treal  I  took  it  for  granted  that  my  next  job—  vice­president.  Cyril  Lenton  will  be  treasurer.  like  every  other  job  I'd  held  for  nearly  fifteen  Gerry  McManus  will  be  secretary."  All  we  keynrtn,  of  course,  were  party  mem­ years—^would  be  on  assignment  from  the  party.  (Now  it's  called  the  Labour­Progressive  Party,  bers. A few members of  the CSU executive—men  like  Theodore  Roy  and  Eddie  Reid—who  were  but  the  old  name  is  the  only  accurate  one.)  When  my  discharge  came  through  I  reported  THIS  IS  WHAT  THE  to the party's Montreal  headquarters. Fred  Rose,  CO/v/VEA/TlOAl  WILLPO.. .  the federal  member  of  parliament  who  was later  to  go  to  jail  as  a  leader  of  the. Commimist  spy  ring,  instructed  me  to  go  to  national  headquar­ ters  in  Toronto  and  gave  me  transportation  and  expense  money.  In  Toronto  I reported  to  Sam  Carr,  then  the  party's  national  organizing  secretary,  now  also  serving  a  prison  term  for  conspiring  to  forge  a  passport  for  a  Russian  agent.  Carr  told  me  the  not  party  members  but  who  had  not  opposed  Political  Bureau,  the  party's  eleven­man  inner  the  party  in  the  CSU,  were  approved  by  Sals­ cabinet,  had  already  decided  my  future.  A  few  berg  for  re­election.  members  of  the  bureau  had  suggested  that  I  The  next  day,  although  we  were  outnumbered  return  to  political  work  in  Saskatchewan  where  nearly  four  to  one  by  the  non­Communist  dele­ before  the  war  I  had  been  the  provincial  leader  gates,  those  who  had  attended  the  party  caucus  and  had  served  as  an  alderman  in  Regina.  The  got  Salsberg's  slate  through  the  CSU  convention  P.B.  finally  ruled  that  I'd  be  more  useful  in  without  a  casualty.  Salsberg  naturally  didn't  trade  union  work.  at^nd  the  meeting  for  he  is  not  and  never  has  I ran an  election  campaign  for  Buck  and  then  been  a  member  of  the  CSU.  Carr  sent  me  to  Ottawa  where  I saw  Pat  Sulli­ At  the next  convention—or  rather at  the  party  van,  then  president  of' the  Canadian  Seamen's  caucus  Salsberg  called  the  night  before  the con­ Union  and  secretary  of  the  Trades  and  Labour  vention  —  I  was  "elected"  secretary­treasurer.  Congress.  Sullivan,  who  broke  with  the  party  From  then  until  July  of  this  year  I shared  with  three  years  ago,  was  then  a  member  and  had  Harry  Davis  the  job  of  running  the  CSU  to  been  instructed  to give  me  a  job.  Salsberg's  and  the  party's  satisfactions.  I  worked  for  a  few  months  oh  the  Montreal  In  each  of  the three  years  from  1946  through  docks as a  patrolman, equivalent  in  a shore­side  1948  the  CSU  went, on  strike. I don't  propose  to  union  to  a  union  steward.  I  worked  hard  both  go  into  the  issues  or  the  details.  It's  not  that  I  for  the party  and  for  the union. I was appointed  wish  to  hide  anything.  I simply  tHiiik  the  posi­ a  delegafe  to  the  1946  convention  of  the  union  tion laid down for  the union by the  party in «3n.cix  in  Montreal.  of  those  strikes  was  a  good  position—a  fair  and,  This  meeting  followed  the  exact  pattern  of  reasonable position  for a trade union  to follow.  �Friday. Fabruazy  8,  S951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  EleTen  ^ffpymey Communist­ oEficial of CSiX revealsr  PTtlie complete control exeircieed over ilrie  CStl by  Cbmmunist ParlyoECanada,  tfatitaa.  on­benalf o£ Iniernaiiona.1 Comraunisni  Contrary  to  general  belief  it  was  not  at  the  party's  instigation  that  a  wave  of  violence  and  '  lawlessness  accompanied  the 1948  strike  on  the  Great  Lakes.  Even  now—with  the  advantage  of  the  second  guess  and  freed  of  the  blinding  nec­ essity  of  telling  myself  over  and  over  again  that  the "party  is  always­ right"^! cannot  remember  that  the  party  asked  me  to  do  anything  which  a  conscientious  trade  union  leader  would  not  have  done.  ^  •   I  see  now  that  the  1948  strike  was  a  tactical  *  mistake. It  played  straight  into  the  hands of  Pat  but  not  to  allow  any  decision ­to  be  made  until  ^he came  back  his  face  was  grave. "It's  too  late,  Sullivan,  who  had  quit  the  party  and  the  CSU  Davis returned.  boys,"  he  said.  "The  owners  have  just  signed  to form the rival  Canadian Lake Seamen's  Union,  with  the  Seafarers  International  Union."  We  were  in  session  when  Davis  arrived.  He  It strengthened  the hand  of  the large shipowners  was  jubilant.  He  had  attended  two  major  meet­ We  broke  up.  Davis  was  beside  himself  with  who  had  invited  the  strike  by  locking  out  CSU  ings  in  Europe—^ne  a  meeting  of  the  executive  elation. "I  told  you  there  had  to  be a strike," he  ,  crews. And, although  the union  still had so  much  members  of  the  Communist­controlled  ­World  said. "The  strike  is  on!"  support  in the  trade union  movement  that Frank  Federation  of  "Trade  Unions;  the  other  a  special  Davis telephoned  the Ottawa Press Gallery and  Hall  suffered  a  total  dbfeat  in  his  first  attempt  meeting  of  the  dock  workers'  faction  of  the  to  have  it  read  out  of  the  Trades  and  Labour  British  Communist  Party.  He  had  been  assured  announced  the  CSU  was  striking.  Then  he  tele­ Congress,  even  the  most  easy­going  non­Commu­ that  if  we struck  we  would  get  fighting  support  phoned  CSU  representatives  at  the  Canadian  ports  and  ordered  them  to, call  all  men  out.  He  nist  labour  leaders  were  beginning  to  wonder  if  in  virtually  every  deep­sea  port  in .Europe.  wired  the men  he  had  met  at  the  Paris  meeting  we  weren't  getting  "strike­happy."  "We  can  strike  the  world!"  Davis  said  exult­ of  the World Federation. He had  already appoint­ BRUISED BUT  NOT  BEATEN  antly.  ed his brother, Jack  Pope (the family's real name  All  these  points could  be  argued  interminably.  is  Popovich),  a  member  of  the  British  CP,  as  a  I got  up. "Wait  a  minute," I said. "What  about  J  The reason  I'd rather  not argue them here is that  Canada?  If  we  strike  again  I  don't  think  we'll  walking  delegate  for  the  CSU  in  London.  He  I want  to  make  this  a  statement  not  of  opinion  get  support  from  any  important  section  of  the  wired Pope to  report  the situation  to  the London  but  of  fact.  The  fact  is  that  the  party  ordered  Canadian  trade  union  movement."  Without  the  dock  workers.  and  ran  the  strike.  As  secretary­treasurer  I  re­ support  of  Canadian  labour  I  felt  any  support  What  happened  from  then  on  is  a  matter  of  ,  ported  daily  to  Joe  Salsberg  on  the  progress  of  we  might  get  in  foreign  ports  would  be  mean­ public  record.  When  the  CPR  ships  Beaverbrae  the strike  and  took  my  orders from  him.  In  the  ingless.  and  Agramont  arrived  in  London,  Pope  called  early stages of  the strike  I moved  my  headquar­ We  adjourned  and  took  our  disagreement  to  the  crews  out.  True  to  its  promise  to  Davis  the  ters from  Montreal to  Toronto so  that  I could  be  Joe  Salsberg.  Salsberg  asked  Tim  Buck  to  come  dockers' faction  of  the British  CP induced  thous­ in  constant  personal  contact  with  Salsberg.  down  from  Toronto.  The  next  day  the  Commu­ ands  of  British  dock  workers—both  Communists  TTie  CSU  came  out  of  that  1948  strike  badly  nist  members  of  the CSU  executive  dumped  the  and  non­Communists—to  go  on  strike  as  a  dem­ bruised  but  by  no means  beaten. It  was the 1949  question  in the lap  of  the party's  top man.  onstration  against  the  "black"  ships  from  Can­ strike which  sealed  its doom—completed  the dis­ I  was  still  holding  out  for  peace.  Davis  was  ada.  Strikes  and  disorders  flared  briefly  but  persal  of  rnost  of  its  members  to  the  Seafarers  very  persuasive.  He  repeated  his  assurances  of  violently  across  half  the  world.  International  Union  and  brought  the  CSU's  ex­ support  from  the  party  and  from  party  unions  Davis's  star  soared.  He  had  called  the  strike  pulsion  from  the  Trades  and  Labour  Congress.  all  over  the  world.  He  said  he found  in  Britain  without  even  going  through  the empty  formality  I want  to tell  what  I know  about  this strike  in  not  merely  support  for  a  strike  but  an  urgent  of  consulting  the  union  executive  or  asking  f<a?  isome  detail  for  it  was  the  first  strike  in  which  demand  for  a  strike.  Even  since  the  Labour  a  vote from  the members.  He  had  not  even wait­ even  I—still  a  staunch  toe­the­party­liner—^had  Party  had  come  to  power  in  Britain,  Davis  re­ ed for an official  go­ahead. This  could  have  been  difficulty  in  persuading  myself  that  the  party  minded  us,  British  labour  had  lacked  "militant  an  unforgivable  offense.  In  fact  it  became  a  tri­ had  the nation's  interests  at  heart.  leadership"—^in  simpler  terms,  the  British  Com­ umph when the official  journal of  the Cominform  In  the fall  of  1948  we  began  negotiating  for  a  munist  Party  had  difficulty  in  promoting  strikes  and  bible  of  Canadian  Communists,  Democracy  new  contract  with  the  shipping  companies  that  on  domestic  issues.  A  strike  on  the  waterfronts  and  Lasting  Peace,  applauded  the  strike  as  an  control  Canada's  deep­sea  merchant  fleet.  A  of  Great  Britain  might  arouse  the  whole  British  example  of  "international  working­class  soli­ . three­man  conciliation  board  brought  down  a  trade  union  movement.  Davis  made it  clear  that  darity." But  that  strike broke the  CSU.  report  in  April,  1949.  The  report  suggested  con^  the  co.st  to  Canadian  seamen  was  irrelevant  in  •  Today  the  CSU  stands  ruined  and  repudiate®  cessions  on  both  sides.  I  personally  considered  it  the  eyes  of  the British  Communist  Party.  in  the  eyes  of  everyone  except  the  party.  And  as good  a settlement as we could  reasonably hope  Buck  finally  ordered  a  saw­off.  The  Canadian  even  the  party  knows  the  CSU  is  dead.  But  the  to  get  in  the  prevaiUng  atmosphere.  I  was  in  National  Steamships'  Lady  Rodney  and  Lady  party  does  not  mourn  its  corpses.  favour of  accepting its  basic recommendations on  N61son  were  in  or  bound  for  Halifax.  Buck  told  Labour  has  made  a  start  in  the  fight  against  wages  and  working  conditions  and  trying  to  us to tie up  those two ships,  and  those two  ships  Communism.  But  it's  only  a  start.  At  the  level  bargain  further  on  a  question  involving  union  only, as  a  sign  to  the  Government  (their  owner)  where  it  really  counts,  down  in  the  locals,  the  hiring  halls.  party is still strong.  that  we meant  business.  Davis, the president, was in England  when  the  During  my  last  few  months  as  a  party  mem­ Davis  ordered  the  ships  struck  and  at  the  conciliation  board  brought  down  its  report.  I  same  time  wrote  a  letter  in  the  union's  name  ber one of  my  assignments  was  to  get  signatures  called  a  meeting  of  the  executive  in  Montreal  flatly  rejecting  the  conciliation  board's  report.  for  the Stockholm  Peace  Petition  demanding  the  and  wired  Davis  to  come  back  right  away.  The  This  was  farther  than  the  party  had  authorized  banning  of  the  atom  bomb.  One  of  the  locals  I  meeting  followed  the  customary  blue­print.  Joe  him  to  go  and  Buck  and  Salsberg  were  plainly  worked  on  is  affiliated  with  the  international  Salsberg  didn't  attend  the  CSU  sessions  but  he  worried.  They  were  afraid  a  strike  would  hurt  railway  brotherhoods  who  have  spearheaded  the  took  a  room .in  the  hotel  in  which  they  were  the  party's  position  in  Canada  and  they  were  fight  to  kick  the  Reds  out  of  labour.  This  local  being  held.  The  night  before  the  CSU  executive  afraid  if  there  was  no  strike  it  would  hurt  the  has  more  than  150  members  but  not  more  than  met  the  Communist  executive  members  reported  Canadian  party's  position  abroad.  They  ordered  eight  card­holding  Communists.  I  called  in  two  to  Salsberg's  room.  Davis  to  go  to  Ottawa  and  try  to  work  for  a  of  the Communist  members,  gave them  copies o£  settlement  with  Arthur  McNamara,  deputy  min­ the  petition  and  told  them  the  party  wanted  a  TO  STRIKE  THE  WORLDI  For  once Salsberg  wasn't  prepared to lay down  ister  of  labour,  and  Percy  Bengough,  president  ICQ  percent  response.  That's  exactly  what  they  a final  directive.  That  w'asn't  altogether  surpris­ of  the Trades  and  Labour  Congress. I went  with  got.  This,  remember,  was  in  a  union  whose  top  leaders  are  implacable  anti­Communists.  ing.  Deep­sea  sailing  is  an  international  activity.  him.  Within  that  union  Communism  was  receiving  On  the  chief  issue  of  hiring  halls  we  began  A  deep­sea  strike  by  the  CSU  would  have  ram­ ifications in  many  countries outside Canada. The  making  progress.  We  worked  out  a  complicated  direct  and  powerful  aid  from  many  members  Canadian  party  wasn't  anxious  to  take  a  stand  formula  that  looked  satisfactory.  Some  features  who are not  Communists but  who are still listen­ without  having  the  views  of  the  party  in  other  of  the  formula  required  government  assent.  Mc­ ing  to  their  Communist  stewards.  That's  what  I  parts  of  the  world.  It  was  to  get  those  views  Namara, mi able negotiator who will  try^o work  mean  when  I  say  that  labour's  ultimate  fight  that  Harry  Davis  left  Canada.  Salsberg  told  us  with  anybody  if  he  thinks  it's  In  the  public  in­ against  Communism—the  fight  in  the  union  to go ahead  with the union meeting  as scheduled  terest, agreed to lay it  before his superiors. When  locals—is  stiil  to  be  won. ,  �I  F(ri»wqr 8.  185}  T^E  S  E  4 F  A  R  P  M  S  L 0€  W.  Canadian  Seamen  Wanted Trade Union  Not  Political  Yoke  I  iS,'.­ Aft«r  The  Brawl  Chrer  •  ; The  organizing  drive  launched  agreements  in  behalf  of  the  Ca­ by  the  SIU's  Canadian  District  nadian  seeunen.  This  was  what  in  re^onse  to  the  hundreds  of  the  seamen  of  Canada  had  been  ;^uests  for  representation  from  waiting  for  and  they flocked  to  ^gusted  anti­communist  mem­ the  banner  of  the  SIU.  Startled  bers  of  the  Canadian  Seamen's  leaders  of  the CSU  then called  a  Union  smashed  the  dreams  of  "strike"  —;  without  consulting  the  communist  international  for  their  membership.  Hiey  invoked  control  of  a  vital  portion  of  the  aid  of  commimigt  elements  the  North  American  waterfront.  in  British  ports  in  an  effort  to  provoke  a  general  stoppage.  Af­ The  SnJ's fight  against  com­ ter  a  few  wildcat  actions  by  munist  domination  of  Canadian  communist­led  groups,  the  move  seamen  had  its  beginning  in  in  Britain  failed  and  the  CSU's  1944,  when  the  CSU,  which  had  "strike" finally  collapsed.  been  granted  an  SIU  charter  in  1939,  was  expelled  from  the  in­ CONDEMNED  BY  ITF  ternational.  The  expulsion  took  The  powerful  International  place  at  the  1944  biennial  con­ Transport  Workers  Federation,  vention  in  New  Orleans,  after  world  organization  of  anti­com­ the  CSU  leaders  refused  to  re­ munist  maritime,  transportation  pudiate  their  communist  lean­ and  allied  workers,  condemned  ings.  the  CSU  action  as  purely  a  com­ A  year  later  the  SIU's  Cana­ munist­conceived  political  man­ dian  District  was  reformed  with  euver.  Subsequently,  the  Cana­ its  nucleus  in  the  British  Col­ dian  Trades  and  Labor  Congress  jumbia  Seamen's  Union.  Head­ suspended,  then  expelled,  the"  Seeing  their  membership  slipping  away  from  them  and  joining  the  SIU  in  droves,  the  quarters  were  established  in  CSU  for  adhering  to  the  com­ commie .CSU  leadejrs  resorted  to  their  principal  weapon—goon  squads. But  the  Canadian  Scafax­.i  Vancouver  However,  an  East  munist  party  line.  ers,  both  the old  and  the new,  were  not  to  be intimid.ah»d.  Abpyp is the CMW  of  Canadian Steam­  ^  Coast  Branch  was  maintained  in  Repudiated  by  its  owh  mem­ ship  Lines  Lady  Rodney  after  the  men  had  repelled  a  raid  by  the  conunie  musclemen.  Montreal.  bership,  the  Canadian  trade  un­ ion  movement  and  responsible  CP  CAME  FIRST  labor  organizations  abroad,  the  Following  their  expulsion from  CSU  collapsed.  Crew  after  crew  the  SIU,  leaders  of  the  Canadian  of  the  Canadian fleet  came  into  Seamen's  Union  proceeded  to  the  Sllf's  Canadian  District,  carry  out  the  cwnmunist  line  of  which  immediately  began  pro­ ­making  the  union  serve  the  po­ viding  the  genuine  trade  union  litical  ambhions  of  the  party.  representation  which  the  men  Trade  imion  objectives  were  amplified  by  a  report  to  the  ionists,  including  Frank  Hall,  had  been  deprived  of  for  so  (Continued from  Page  9)  made  secondary  to  the  party's  long.  delegates  by  the  Committee  on  vice­president  of  the Brotherhood  Deeley,  resolutions  committee  political  purposes.  CSU  leaders  Finances.  The  report  said  that  of  Railway and Steamship  Clerks  chairman  of  Vancouver,  and  fommted  a  series  of  disruptive  The  SIU  began  reaching  into  the  District  was  now  operating  and  negotiating  chairman  of  the  adopted  unanirtiously  by  the del­ hnaneuyers. calculated  to  weaken  the  xmorganized  sections  of  the  on  "an  unusually  soun<i finan­ 15  international  railway  brother­ egates,  the  convention  went  on  the  role  of  Canadian  shipping,  Canadian  shipping  industry  and  cial  footing."  hoods.  record  to  sail  SlU­contracted  and finally  all  maritime  activity,  laid  out  a  continuing  program  of  ships  anywhere  to  support  the  The  SIU's  Atlantic  and  Gulf  In  the  course  of  the five­day  to  further  the  interests  of  the  organizing  which  has  resulted  in  cause  of  peace  and  the  UN.  District  was  represented  by  AI  meeting,  the  delegates  heard  ad­ agreements  with  all  of  the  ma­ world  commimist  program.  jor  Canadian  deepsea  and  lakes  The  solid  position  now  held  dresses  from  a  large  number  of  Bernstein,  International  Repre­ During  this  period,  Canadian  by  the  Canadian  District  was  prominent  Canadian  trade  un­ sentative.  The  A&G  representa­ operators.  seamen  on  the  East  Coast  began  tive  assured  the  Canadian  Dis­ to show  evidence  of  growing dis­ trict  of  its  continuing  support,  • satisfaction with  their  leadership,  and  congratulated  the  delegates  although  they  were  unable  to  on  the  notable  progress  of  the  develop  a strong  opposition with­ Union  in  the  pa.st  two  years.  in  the  union.  SIU  COOPERATION  The  seeds  of  disgust  biu­st,  He  also  outlined  the  current  however, in  March  of  1949,  when  activities  of* the  A&G  District,  the  CSU  leaders'  disregard  of  and  urged  Canadian  Seafarers to  ­their  membership's  welfare  make  better  use  of  the  facilities  Txeadied  a  highpoint.  At  that  availgble  to  them  in  SIU  Halls  :time,  the  CSU  communist  pup­ in  the  United  States.  ^  pets—in  line  with  the  party's  .  He  said  it  is  essential  thait  jprpgram  of  creating  chaos  and  the  men  of  both  Districts  get  to  confusion  within  the  democracies  know  each  other  better,  in  o»­ ­—induced  the imion  membership  der  to  work  out  their  comihpp  ^o  reject  an  arbitration  award  to  problems.  _  .  jwhich  the CSU  representative on  the  arbitration  board  had  pre­ "There  is  no  reason  why  Gp­ ^viously  agreed.  They  falsely  re­ nadian  seamen  cannot  some  d^  ported  that  the  award  consti­ have  the  same  kind  of  contracts  ­tuted  a  wage  cut.  that  their  American  Brothers en­ joy,"  he  said.  "  :  WANTED  CONFUSION  Another  speaker  was  Joseph  ­  ^  Eejection  of  the  board's award  Godson,  labor  attache  of  the  ­'m?Jicated  clearly  that  the  CSU  United  States  Embassy  at  Otta­ Teaders  were  not  interested  in  wa.  He  congratulated  the  dele­ ai^ving  at  an  agreement  which  gates  for  their  ^'positive  stand  :wouid  ensure  the  trade  union  against  communism."  ^  objectives  of  their  membership,  ­  The  convention  delegates  wejje  4)Ut  were  anxious  to do  the com­ olected  by  district­wide  referen­ tnunist  international's  Wddiugby  dunx  balloting.  Observers  noted  "plun^ng  Canadian  east  coast  that  this  was  in  sharp  contract  ­ports  into  confusion.  to  the  WAV  t  Tremendous Strides Made  By  SIU  Canadian  District  G>mmies  Get.  Their  Minds  Changed  i  r.  'j;  �Friday,  Fabxuary  9,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pas* Tfairtee»  /  Grew  Relaxes  In  Style  i;:'  •  ­  'i  drewmaitibCirs  of  fhe  SS  RoBin .Shferwood  lilco  a  good  steak,  of  course,  but  they  also  appreciate  a  tine  seafood'din­ itir,  especially  arhen  they  make  the  catch  themselves.  This  group  is  cleaning  and  preparing  fish  iti  aii  improvised  galley  aft. The  lads  are  Brothers  Kirkpatrick..  dones.  Mills,  Ed  Pollse.  George  Grable,  Bob  Zulauf  and  Tom  Tooma.  Right  behind  fishing  as  one  of  the  Sherwood's  pastimes  comes  Softball.  Plenty  of  opposition  pops  up  for  the  squad  whenever  the  Sherwood  hits  South  African  ports,  but  not  enough  to  give  the  hoys  a  hard  time.  In  fact,  here's  part  of  the  team  in  the  midst  of  a  little  celebration  at  Mombasa's'  Regal  Hotel.  The  boys  just  finished  racking  up  a  15­2  win  over, a  local  opponent.  ^  ~  ^  ­  Bringing  in  the  New  Year  at  sea  is  not  the  rousing  celebra­ 'tlon  that  it  is  ashore. Being  far  out  at  sea  during  the  holiday  (Season  is  one  of  the  tougher  .aspects  of  shipping,  but  Sea­ farers,  like  all  good  seameii,  take  the  occasions  in  stride.  And  the  crew­  of  the  Robin  • Shsmood is  no  exception,  as  ^the  photo  at  right  bears  out.  These  men  spent  their  New  Year's  by  paifticipating  in  a  singing  session  in  thp  No.  4  hatch.  Millie  it  was  nothing  to  write  home  about,  they  all  agreed,  it  was  at  least  worth  a  pictiup  for  the  LOG,  just  in  case  any  of  the  home  folks  have strange  notions  about sea­ men's  revelry.  The  singers  are  identified  as  Frenchy, Edmond­ son.  Bloom,  Mills,  Cable,  Browm  two  unidentified  Bro­ thers,  Reed  and  {mother  un­ Just  to  prove  they  meant  what  they  were  doing,  tluT'  Sherwood  men  submitted  this  shot  of  a  superb  fish  dinner  being  put  away  in  typical  style. The  diners  are  Polise,  Tooma,  Johnny  Trust,  Zulauf,  Jim  Colder,  Kirkpatrick. and  Jones.  Colder  (third  from  left,  back  to  camera) •  look  all  photos  but  this  one  and  two  at  left  below,  which  were  taken  by  Meyer  Black.  •  •   ­They'll  look  at  them,  but  that's as  close as  the Sherwood  men  care  to  come  to  snakes.  Meyer  Black  says  he  kepi  his  distance  when  taking  this shot  at  Port  Elizabeth  snake  farm.  Black  also  took  photo  at  left.  Not  exactly  in  s^[uence,  but  worthy  of  exhibition,  is  this  view  of  the  fiSh  fry  in  the  pre­eating  stage.  The  trio  standing  watch  over  the  frying  vittles  are  Jones,  4th  Engineer,  Tom.  Tooma,  Steward,  and  Ed  Polise,  Oiler.  The  fry  lasted  from  10  PM  to  midnight.  Colder  reports.  �is^ap^fippSS  v '­?^'T[5JSJT!S?5!Sg^  Friday,  February  9,.1951  TRESEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Fourteen  • "  ­  ' •   THE  MEMBEBSHIP  SPEAKS  Performers Seen As 'Stones  Around Necks Of Shipmates'  Leisure Moments On The  Stony  Creek  upon  arrival  in  port,  leaving  the  delegates  to  hold  the  sack  are  A" few  issues  back  of  the SEA­ also  of  the  kind  I  am  referring  FARERS  LOG  had  a  letter  on  to.  the  subject  of  performers  aboard  You  also  run  into  guys  who  ship.  call  an  Engineer  a  no­good  SOB  The  type  of  performer  that  because  he  won't  let  them  work  gives  me  a  pain  is  the  Brother  night  and  day.  Trying  to  explain  who  iit  ship's  meetings  will  get  to  these  birds  that  overtime  is  up  and  give  a  big  spiel'  about  a  safeguard  against  exploiting  the  duties  of  a  Union  Brother  them  beyond  eight  hours  a  day  during  the  voyage  who  at  the  is  just  a  waste  of  breath.  first  port  of  call  turns  out  to  be  Then  there's  the  type  that  the  biggest  offender.  bitches  but  hasn't  the  nerve  to  Then  there's  the  guy  who  get  up  at  a  Union  meeting  and  thinks  Union  rules  were  made  explain  to  the  members  the  too  stiff  because  they  interfere  reasons  for  such  noise  and  who  with  his  personal  pleasures when  go  back  to  playing  the  same  old  it's  time  to  obey  them.  And  the  record  when  the  meeting  is over.  Jimmy  Wajicostas.  Stony  guys  who  stagger  back  aboard  Creek  Chief  Cook,  appears  RECALLS  OLD  DAYS  ship  and  mess  up  the  crew's  satisfied  with  shark  he  caught  Sometimes  I  wish  it  were  pos­ messroom,  leaving  it  as  a  pig­ These  lads,  now  in  the  fifth  month  of  shuttling  between  in  Kuwait.  In­background  are  sible  to  turn  back  the  clock  and  sty.  Walter  Stevens,  Ship's  Dele­ give  these  performers  a  taste  of  the  Persian  Gulf  and  Sguthem  France, find  coffee  time  relax­ ing.  The  trip  is  going  as  smooth  as  could  be  expected,  the  PERSONAL  PACTS  gate.  and  John  Spirtonus,  conditions  that  existed  aboard  Delegates  report.  Purser.  There's  also  the  type  that  tries  ship  20  years  ago.  Any  Union  to  make  a  contract  with  the  of­ Brother  who  went  through  the  ficers  that  entirely  contradicts  mill  in "this  seafaring  game  ap­ the  original  contract  of  the  Un­ preciates  conditions  he  enjoys  ion,  and  calls  you  an  SOB  be­ today.  If  he  doesn't,  then  he's  cause  you  stop  this  kind  of  ac­ a  damn  fool  in  my  opinion.  "tion.  My  advice  to  these  types  of  And  the  guys  who  don't  mind  Brothers  is  that  you  don't  open  To  the Editor:  that  if  you're  going  to  be  a  ment  and  with  their  assistance  spending  fifty  dollars  on  some  your  mouth  unless  you  intend  to  ditchdigger,  or  whatever  you  set  Scotty  has  put  out  good  and  haybag,  but  cry  like  heU  when  go  all  the  way  in  backing  up  I  have  been  reading  many  ar­ out  to  be,  make  sixre  you're  a  tasty  food.  I  am  getting  so  fat  they  have  to  pay  dues.  Too,  wliat  you  say.  Remember  your  ticles  in  the  LOG  about  home­ danmed  good  one.  since Scotty  became  our Steward  there's  the  guy  who  misses  Union  book  is your  badge  of  sol­ steaders.  I  am  not  a  company  I  chose  to  be  a  seaman  and  that  I'Jl  soon  have  to  go  on  a  three  or  four  watches  and  idarity toward  your Union  poth­ stiff  nor  wiU  I  ever  be  one.  an  SIU  member  and  I  want  to  diet  or  begin  exercising.  Guess  screams  that  he  is  being  framed  ers.  I  have  been  on  the  SS  Del  be  a  damned  good  one.  I  believe  when  a  fine  is  slapped  on  him  Every  man  must  do  his  share  Monte  for  18  months  and  the  so  strongly  in  our  Union  that  I  I'll  sign  off  ^ere.  Emest  C.  de  Boutte  for  such  performances.  in  carrying  out  the  rules  of­ the  only  reason  why  I  am  still  rate  it  above  any  other  consid­ No  one  expects a  Ujiion  Broth­ contract.  Failing  to  do  so,  you  aboard  is  that  I  am  trying  to  eration.  er  to  be  perfect.  We  all  have  become  a  stone  around  the  neck  pay  off  a  $9,000  debt  on  my  When  the  time  comes  that  I  habits  and  faults  that  annoy  of  your  shipmates.  I've  . often  home.  can  no  more  act  as  a  member  of  other  people,  but  we  can  try  to  wondered  how  long  these  men  I  don't  think  that  I  should  be  this  wonderful  organization  then  control  them  by  a  bit  of  self­ would  last  in  a" "shoreside  job.  called  a  homesteader.  There  are  I'll  turn  my  book  in.  This  is  the  Respect  for  your  Union  book is  lots  of  guys  who  only  make  one  way  I  feel  and  if  any  of  the  To  the  Editor:  discipline.  The  Brothers  who  promise  respect  for  yourself  and  to  all  trip  who  are  not  a  credit  to  the  Brothers  think  I'm  wrong  I wish  Just  dropping  a  line  to  the  faithfully  at  a  ship's  meeting  to  your  Union  Brothers,  who  are  Union.  My  dad  always  told  me  they'd  set  me  straight.  LOG  to  let  some  of  my  ex­ship­ back  up  their  delegates,  but  who  part  of  this  organized  body.  T  have  never  been  logged  and  mates  know  that  I'm  still around  Joseph  S. Buckley  are  the  first  ones  to  haul  ashore  I  have  never  had  charges  pre­ and  plugging  away  the  days  in  ferred  against  me  in  the  Union  the  Army  and  hoping  that  it  or  anywhere  else.  won't  be  very  long  until  I'm  I  don't  like  staying  on  one  back  on  a  ship.  ship  for  any  extended  length  of  It sure is  a  big'difference when  time.  The  only  thing  that  keeps  you  haven't.got  a  union  behind  cated  in  the  engine  room.  Wip­ To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  me  here  is  the  $9,000  debt.  you  as  you  h^ve  aboard  ship.  ers  clean  these  strainers.  I  worked  for  rhy  book  as  an  You  never  realize  how  well  I  was  FOW  aboard  the  SS  I  think^  a  clarification  of  this  The  LOG  readers  may  be  in­ organizer  and  I'm  proud  of  my  you've  hfid  it  aboard  ship  until  Fairport,  which  paid  off  in  New  matter—as  to  whether  an  FWT  terested  in  an  artiqle  about  the  past  record.  It's* not  a  case  of  you're  away  from  it.  York  on  January  4  of  this  year,  or  a  Wiper  is  to  deem  the  par­ Cities  Service  fight  against  the  homesteading.  I  have  stated  this  after  completing  a  complete  ticular  strainer  —  would  help  SIU's" organizing campaign  which  strongly  because  I  want  to  im­ I  hope  the  men  will  stand  up  appears  in^  the  December,  1950  press  my  feeling  upon  my  Broth­ for  it  and  fight  for  it  so  that  roundtrip.  As  a  result  of  an  ex­ avoid  confusion.  This  is  not  a  issue  of  Fortune  magazine.  some  of  us  in  here  can enjoy  the  perience  while  on  the  ship,  I  gripe,  it's  just  that  I  would  like  Entitled  "Cities  Service  Big  ers.  agreement  again  when  we  get  to  know  who  is  supposed  to  do  If  I'm  wrong,  I want  to  be  set  out.  think  it  would  be  very  helpful  the  job.  Mistake"  (pp.  48­52,  Labor  News  straight.  I  don't  want  anyone  to  to  all  hands  if  a  clarification  in­ Van  Whitney  section)  the  article  is  definitely  give  me  anything  that  I  haven't  I  wish  that 'you'd  publish  this  volving  overtime  work  were  to  unsympathetic  to  Cities  Service,  worked  for  or  earned.  I'd  like  to  letter  so  some  of  my  buddies  (Ed.  note:  Cleaning  of  the  will  know  where  I'm  at.  be  made.  Here's  what  happened:  fuel  oil  suction  strainers is  the  The  company, says  Fortune,  used  hear  from  the  Brothers  on  this.  Pvt.  Charles  Buleca.  The  First  Assistant  Engineer  Fireman's  job  and  he  may  be  every  ifrick  in­  the  book,  but  As  for  the.  ship  itself,  it  sure  U3­51020776  instructed  me  to  clean  the  fuel  required  to  do  so  without  the  couldn't  keep  oiil  the  union.  is  a  good  feeder.  Our  Steward,  Battery  C.  44th  F. A.  B'xu  oil  suction  strainer  located  in  payment  of  overtime.)  OUT­OF­DATE  RELATIONS  Scotty,  is  swell.  We  also  have  4th  Division  the  engine  room.  In  order  to  Summarizing  the  testimony  of  a  darned  good  Stewards­Depart­ Fort  Benning.  Ga.  clear  up  in  my  mind  whether  Paul  Hall  before  the Senate  sub­ this  job  was  overtime  or  not,  I  committee,  Fortune  concludes  went  to  the  Union  Hall  upon  that  the  company  had  been  arrival  in  port  for  an  interpre­ No  SIU  Crew  is to pay  off  "generally  conducting  itself  ac­ tation. I  was  given  to" understand  any  ship  untU  the  crew's  All  letters submitted  to  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  for  cording  to  a  pattern  that  was  that  it  was  good  overtime.  quarters  and  equipment  are  elsewhere  obsolete  in  American  publication  mtist  be sigfued  by  the author,  and show  his  When  the  voyage  ended  I  as clean as any Seafarer  likes  labor  relations."  Book  number,  although  names  will  be  withheld  upon  turned  over  my  disputed  over­ to find  a  ship  when  he first  After  describing  £(11  of  the  request. The  letters pages  of  the LOG  are open  to  all—  time  to  the  boarding  Patrolman  goes  aboard.  Patrolmen  have  company  tricks  and "^stalling  as  non­members  as  well  as  members.  However,  communi­ as  I had  served  as  Engine  Dele­ been  bstructed  that  the  described  in  the  hearings,  For­ gate  on  the  trip.  The  Patrolman  crew's  quarters  must  be  ab­ tune  concluded  that  "the  two  cations  are occasionally  received  from  persons  claiming  told  me  that  the  job  in  question  Bnlutalv  elnan  hefore  a  nav.  davs  of  testimonv  nomnrispd  iiiat  hA  Tnamkava  nf  tfia  TTninn.  t>it4  wlineA  namAa  nnt  To  the  Editor:  t>  :  Crewmember Says Length Of Stay On Ship  Doesn't  Affect  His Staunch  Union  Spirit  Buleca  Singing  'No  Union  Blues'  ll.>  |i ­'  Magazine  Carried  Fireman  Asks  Who  Cleans  Yam Of  OS Fight  Fuel  Oil  Suction  Strainer  On  Union  Drive  Notice To  Crews  Good Faitfi Is Tbo  Yardstick  �­  BUPMP  i:'  ­  ^1  Fridar*  Fabruazy  9.  1951  T  H  E  S  E  A P  AP E  R'S  L 6 G  Tugboat Operator  Plugs MAW Crews  In Business Ads  • (X.  Sailing In Korean  Waters  '  b '  Page  Fifteen  Seattle  P 0 E  Pass  System  Smacks Of Snafu, Crew Says  To  the  Editor:  was  an  ad  in  the  Seattle  paper  To  the  Editor:  for  three  hundred  seamen  for  We,  the  crew  and  officers  Attached  is  a  clipping  from  aboard  the  Bessemer  Victory,  MSTS.  It  was  told  later  that  the  New  Orleans  Item  Jan­ men  who  were  applying  for  un­ Port  of  Embarkation,  Seattle,  uary  9,  1950  in  regard  to  the  emplosanent  insurance  were  be­ Wash.,  have  just  seen  and  been  Crescent  Towing  and  Salvage  ing  sent  to  MSTS  for  a  job  and  under  one  of  the  Gestapo  sys­ Company  here  in  New  Orleans.  that  they  had  better  take  same.  tems  being  used  in  this  port.  The  company  is  one  of  those  So  Brothers,  this  is  the  good  old  i  imder  contract  to  the  Marine  When  you  enter  you  are  is­ American  Story.  Allied  Workers.  sued  a  pass,  which  you  must  Bill  Hendershot,  Bosun  Crescent  operates  six  tugs  in  have  at  all  times. Should  the  Bo­ and  Entire  Crew  New  Orleans  and  they  are  the  sun  have  any  work  to  do  oVer  best­equipped  of  any  tug' outfit  the  side  such  as  ship  stores,  here  for  the  handling  of  river  painting  draft  numbers,  putting  Gets  A  Fair  Shake,  work.  The  SIU  started  to  or­ on  rat  guards,  you  must  have  So  He  Speaks  Highly  ganize  this  company  in  1945  and  your  pass,  also  a  guard  with  you  Of  West  Coast  Spot  finally  signed  a  contract  in  1948.  at  all  times.  CONTRACT  TOPS  This  photo is  a  reminder to  Carl  Lawson  (left)  and  Jimmie  Then  to  top  that  off,  when  To  the  Editor:  Since  then  We  have  had  the  Sheehan  of  their  participation  in  the  invasion  of  Inchon  last  best  of  relations  and  receive  fall.  They're  working  cargo  on  deck  of  the  SS  Frederick  you  go  ashore  you  must  have  a  Every  once  in  awhile  I  read  guard  to  take  you  safely  to  the  in  the  LGG  where  some  Brother  higher  wages  and  better  working  Collins.  gate,  which  is  only  done  every  writes  about  some  place—bar,  conditions  than  prevail  anywhere  hour  on  the  hour.  When  you  hotel,  club,  etc.—that  gives  sea­ else  on  vessels  doing  harbor  come  back  to  the  gate,  should  men  a  fair  shake.  So  I'd  like  to  work  here.  you  arrive five  minutes  after  the  recommend  very  highly  the  Edi­ I  am  sending  this  clipping  as  hour,  you  have  the  pleasure  of  torial  Bar  in  Frisco.  Everyone  it  mentions  the  tugboat  William  waiting  55  minutes  in  the  beau­ should  know  where  it  is,  even  if  S.  Smith,  the  largest  tug  on  the  tiful  waiting  room  under  an  they  have  not  been  there  be­ river,  which  is  the  newest  ad­ To  the  Editor:  the  membership  gain  by  having  armed  guard.  fore—it's  located  at  85  Third  dition  to  the  Crescent  fleet.  I  would  deeply  appreciate  it  these  mattresses  on  the  ships.  I  would  like  to  point,  out  the  if  you  would  allow  me  spdce  in  If  and  when  it  is  entered  into  Wc  had  occasion  to  call  for  Street,  which  is  where  we  had  last  paragraph  of  the  clipping,  the  LOG  to  express  the­  all­ our  agreement  that  these  inner­ our  Agent,  •   Brother  Gates,  to  our  old  Frisco  Hall.  which  was  used  by  the  company  around  importance  of  having  in­ spring  mattresses  are  part  of  a  come  down  to  the  ship  for  the  The  place  is  owned  by  a  swell  as  an  advertisement.  The  last  nerspring  mattresses  aboard  our  ship's  gear,  I  say  it ^should  be  purpose  of  checking  our. stores  couple,  Plato  and  his  wife,  Edith.  sentence  says:  mentioned  that  if  a  mattress  is  and  slop  chest.  Brother  Gates  They  are  fair  and  square  with  ships.  "As  is  the  case  with  other  tugs  We  have  and  always  will  willfully  destroyed,  the  offender  was  stopped  at  the  gate  and  in­ seamen,  and  realize  the  troubles  in  the  fleet,  (the  William  Smith)  strive  for  constructive  adjust­ should  be  made  to  pay  for  it  at  structed  to  make  application  for,  a  man  might  have  after  spend­ is  fully  insured  and  manned  at  ments  and  improvements.  I  feel  the  price  the  company  paid.  a  pass  to  enter  the  yard.  He  ing some  time on  the  beach. They  all  times  by  competent  and  cap­ that  by  having  innerspring  mat­ After  all,  $26  for  a  mattress  for  was  then  told  that  this  applica­ don't  allow  any  rough  or  funny  stuff  in  their  place,  and  have  able  crews."  tresses  aboard  all  of  our  vessels,  about  a  year  and  a  half  is  darn­ tion  would  be  sent  to  Washing­ cnased  all  the  B­girls  out  of  the  Thomas  Doyle,  Rep.  we  the  membership  gain  more  ed  cheap.  It  costs  more  for  the  ton,  B.C.,  for  approval  and  Marine  Allied  Workers  satisfactory  rest  and  feel  better  others  considering  the  waste  of  should  it  be  approved  they  joint.  There  is  no  chance  of  get­ ting  clipped  there.  able  to  do  the  work  we  have  to  time  bending  the  port  Steward's  would  have  it  ready  within  10  I  was  out  on  the  coast  for  ear,  etc.  or  15  days.  perform.  about  six  months,  and  was  in"  I  should  also  like  to  mention  Now,  we  the  crew  of  this  THEY'RE  SOLD  their  j)lace  quite  often,  and  I  here  that  there"  is  a  bedspring  vessel,  wouldn't  resent  this  sys­ What  happens  to  Seafarers  Cities  Service,  Waterman,  Mis­ talk  from  experience.  on  the  market  that  is  rust­proof.  tem  if  it  was  applicable  to' every  while  taking  the ships  to  the  sissippi  and  several  other  com­ Joseph  (Mickey)  McFaul  far  flung  ports  of  the  world  panies  on  whose  ships  I  have  These  springs  would  be  of  great  one  in  this  yard,  but  the  civilian  ""ll  been  aboard  apparently  are  un­|^®^P  preserving  the  matr.es­ personnel  such  as  your  MSTS  makes  interesting  reading  to  Rocky  Milton  seamen,  and  the  longshoremen,  the  rest  of  the  membership.  der  the same  impression  for  they  ses.  Xmas  Gift,  Hospital  warehousemen  and  women  do  You  don't  have  to  be  a  carry  this  kind  of  mattress  on  Galveston  Hospitalized  not  have  passes  or  guards.  They  Service  Please  Piliitis  Jack London to  knock out the  their  vessels.  can  come  and  go  at  will.  Now  To  the  Editor:  details  of  the  experience.  Not  only  do  we  gain  from  Thank  Xmas Givers  Brothers,  it  looks  to  me  like  Just  give  us  the  facts  and  having  these  modern  mattresses  the  MSTS  resents  union  men  Just  a  few  lines  to  let  you  well  do  the rest.  but  the  companies  that  have  put  To  the  Editor:  Pictures,  too  make  a  story  them  aboard  their  ships  will  The following  is a  letter  which  for  sailing  union  ships  with  know  that  I  wish  to  thank  the  more  interesting.  If  you,  or  find  that  their  expenses  are  appeared  in  a  recent  issue  of  a  army  cargo  into  the  war  zone,  membership  for  the  ten  bucks  I  a  .fellow  crewmember,  are  about  cut  in  half.  With  the  old  Galveston  paper.  Would  you  although  we  sailed  plenty  of  received  at  Christmas.  I  also  tons  last  war  and  so  far  I  have  wish  to  let  the  Brothers  know  lucky  enough  to  have  a  type  mattresses  there  has  to  be  kindly  publish  it  in­the  LOG:  of  the  wonderful  service  here  in  never  heard  any  complaints.  camera  along  —  send  your  about  four  of  them  a  year,  while  "There  is  only  one  way  the  snapshots  to  the  LOG.  Well  it  has  been  proven  that  an  in­ seamen  and  other  patients in  the  A  short  time  ago  Brother  the  Baltimore  Marine  Hospital.  take  care  of  the  developing  nerspring  type  will  last  approx­ Galveston  Marine  Hospital  can  Gates,  our  Agent,  was  called  by  As  I  expect  to  be  here  for  and  printing  and  the  return­ imately  one  and  a  half  years.  show  their  heartfelt  thanks  and  MSTS  for  50  ABs  to  sail  MSTS  a  while  I  would  like  to  hear  ing  of  the  negatives  and  Aside  from  this,  the  transporta­ appreciation  for  the  slippers  and  ships.  Brother  Gates  told  them  from  the  following  Brothers:  Eu­ prints  to you.  tion  bill  is  cut  a  staggering­de­ other  gifts  presented  to  us  by  he  would  gladly  furnish  them  gene  Ceccato,  Robert  Sojka,  Send  your  bits of  news and  gree.  Mrs.  Alice  Knowlton  and  her  with  300  if  they  agreed  to  our  Francis  (Red)  Wonsor  and  Steve  MUTUALLY  BENEFICIAL  snaps  to;  SEAFARERS  LOG.  .  gracious  friends.  That  is  to  wish  union  working  agreement  and  Massaros.  I  don't  want  to  sound  like  a  them  all  God's  blessing  and  a  War  Bonus  and  Insurance  plan.  51  Beaver  Street,  New  York,  Joseph  Pilutis.  seagoing  salesman  but  facts  are  Merry  Christmas.  N.  Y.  He  was  told  they  would  let  him  US  Marine  Hospital  facts.  Both  the  companies  and  Jack  Synnott"  know.  But  the  next  day  there  Baltimore.  Md.  Innerspring Mats Best Deal  For Crews And Shipowners  Reporters Wanted  •  Club  Hailed  As  Welcome  Refuge  For  Coral  Sea  Cre'wmen  In  Korea  ^ Ihe  Editor:  a  week,  so  we  start  on  a  canned  job,'  not  only  for  us  seamen,  6ut  and  a  lunch  room  where  sand­ serve  at  times  (course  they're  meat  diet.  in  this  so­called  ­"police­action"  wiches  and  coffee  may  be  had.  only  fooling)  to  get  a  copy  of  the  :  ,  This ' story  of  what  to  do  and  for  the  many  thousands® of  ref­ In  normal  times,, meals  are  serv­ LGG  any  oftener  than  once  in  Avhere. to  go  for  some  relaxation  The  Coral  Sea  has  been  in  ugees  fleeing  from  the  North  ed, . too.  two  or  three  months  around  while  in  the  God­forsaken  hole  Pusan  for  over  a  month  and  Korean  commies.  Food,  medical  these  waters.  The  way  our  ships  many  ships  have  come  and  gone.  Free  games  are .supplied  for  of  open  sewerage  and  pestilence  care ,^and  lodging  were  given  to  the  boys  but  the  most  popular  have  been  pulling  into  Pusan  Most  of  them,  by  far,  have  been  called  Korea  will  never  make  these  people  cheerfully,  without^  one  requires  a  nominal  fee.  It  100  copies  per  issue  would  be  my  good  friend  "Fore  'N  Aft"  SlU­contracted  ships.  We  meet  charge.  many  of  the Union  Brothers from  is  known  by  many  names  in  about  right.  If  these  are  sent  Johnnie  Arabasz  turn  green  with  When*  the  US  Army  first  en­ many  climes  but  no ­  one  should  to  Edward  Bartham,  APG  59,  time  to  time.  en"vy,  but  it  will  give  the  mem­ tered  Korea,  the  SGS  set  up  a  c/o  Posti;­ster,  San  Francisco,  bership  the  facts  as  I  have  seen  The  one  and '  only  sure  place  24­hour  food  service  for  the  of­ fail, to  understand  that  good  old  Calif.,  he  informs  me  he  will  be  where  a  seaman  can  run  across  American  term  "bending  the  them.  glad  to  issue  these  copies  to  the  his  own  kind.in  this  port  is  at  ficers  and  men,  without  discrim­ elbow."  This  old  rustbucket,  the  Coral  the  SGS  —  Seamen's  Overseas  ination  as  to  rank,  religion  or  membership.  I  know  from  per­ Sea,  under  the  command  of  that  Service  —  club  house,  presided  race,  an  estimated  4,500  meals  Among  the  Brothers  we  joined  sonal  experience  that  Eddie  bet­ well­liked  son  of  Mobile,  Cap­ over  by  the  genial  Edward  Bart­ a  day.  All  of  this  gervice  was  in  this  pastiriie  were  Mike  Reed,  ter  stand  behind  a  counter  when  without  charge.  Remember  also,  Red  Kirk,  Van  Dyke,  and  the  he  does  issue  them  or  he'll  be  tain. "Red" Tolan,  left  New  York  ham.  on  August  25,  1950  and  has  been  the  Sealnen's  Gverseas  Service  boys  from  Philadelphia:  Red  trampled  in  the  rush.  Many  of  you  guys  will  I'e­ was  the  only  seamen's  organiza­ Whidden,  "Mac"  McCuistion  (the  Sitting  across  from  me  as  I  bouncing  around  ever  since.  Gn  member  Ed  from  when  he  was  tion  in  Korea  and  it  stood  in­ Deck  Engineer  who  refuses  to  bring  this  to a  close  is  our Ship's  this  extended  trip,  we  are  tiding  connected  with  the  doghouse  tact  in  the  present  crisis.  .  ,  grow  old),  Marty,  Gus  Thobe  Delegate  and  Bosun,  the  one  to  stretch  what  suplies  we  had  aboard  and  what  we  could  get,  down  on  South  Street,  or  as  it  Gther  facilities  for  relaxing  (Here's  a  cook)  and .many others  and  only  Hon.  John  (Bananas)  so  that  we  won't  look  like  the  is  called  in  polite  society,  the  supplied  by  this  organization  for  from  the  Gulf,  East  add  West  Zeireis,  tall­tale spinner  supreme,  skeleton  in  the  family  closet.  Seamen's  Church  Institute.  He  the  use  of  merchant  seamen  are  Coasts  who  we  know  by  such  muttering  through  his  "no­tie  Two  eggs  per  day  are  what  We  knows  the  practical  side  of  sea­ free  books and  magazines, stamps  nicknames  as  Blackie,  Whitey,  necessary"  beard.  "Yuh,  John  are  now  serving  and  very  soon  men's  life  from  his  old  tugboat  and  letters  mailed  Without  cost.  Chuck;  Shorty,  Blondie,  Slim,  raised  another  one,  only  this  we  will  be  eating  those  oh­so­ days,  at  which  time  he  was,  on  Tiiere's  a  PX  where  local  mer­ Chico  and  so  forth.  time  it's  whitq®"  chandise  and  souvenirs  can  be  It's  been  as  tough  as  some  of  delicious  powdered  eggs.'  We  several  large  salvage  jobs.  George  Dunn  have  a  supply  of  fresh­meat  for  The  SGS  is  doing  a  wonderful  purchased  at  reasonable  j prices,  the  steaks  tlie  bws  tell  me  I  •  Sievrardu  SS  Coral  �f  t'  E  Pafltt SixtMB  THE  SEAW  ARERS  LOG  Friday.  February  9,  1951  Digested  Minutes  Of  SiU Siuii  Meetings  STEEL  SURVEYOR  (Isthmi­ to  when  they  were  already  on  ceived  concerning  motion  car­ {Continued  fronp  Page  7)  an),  Jan.  7—Chairman.  Arthur  '  take  them  topside  but  to  report  Sunday  overtime.  Suggestion  ried  to  purchase  a  record  play­ I:i2  them  to  Delegates.  Majority  of  Theriot;  Secretary,  H.  Nicholson.  made  that Ship's Delegate handle  er.  Delegates  reported  on  books  crewmembers  voted  against  the  Delegates  reported  no  beefs  or  repair  lists  in  conjunction  with  and'  permits  in  their  depart­ purchase  of  a  radio  for  the  rec­ disputed  overtime.  Ship's  Dele  one  other  Delegate  so  two  men  ments.  Delegate  to  take  up  mat­ reation  room.  Secretary  report­ gate  reported  that  Engineer  had  will  be  present  when  it  is  hand  ter  of  Wipw  who  was fired.  Dis­ ed  that  crew  and  officers  have  assured  him  that  salty  drinking  ed  to  Captain.  cussion  on  heating  system  in  worked  together  to  make  the  water  would  be  corrected.  Sug­ foc'sles.  Dry  cleaning  in  port  .  Ill  ship  one  of  the  finest  he  has  gestion  made.to  rotate  meeting  RAPHAEL  SEMMES  (Water­ reported  as  being  a  problem  be­ hours  so all  crewmembers  woulc  ever  been  aboard.  man).  Jan.  20  —  Chairman.  Sam  cause  of  the  short  turn­around.  be  able  to  attend  meetings.  Bailey;  Secretary,  Jack  RiMs.  Dec.  29  —  Chairman.  John  lit  ALCOA  CORSAIR  (Alcoa),  Delegates  reported  no  disputed  Thompson; Secretary,  M.  Mullina*  Ill  Jan.  1  —  Chairman.  A.  Landry;  FAIRLAND  (Waterman),  Dec.  overtime.. Ship's  fund  has  $24.36  Delegates'  reports  accepted.  Secretary,  P.  Ehanblers.  Dele­ 23  —  Chairman.  Louis  Pepper;  following  the  Christmas  party.  Ship's  fund  reported  as  contain­ gates  reported  all  okay.  Motion  Secretary.  Ted  Lindbery.  Dele­ Recommendation  niade.  that  ing  $73.  Motion  carried  that  a  carried  to  take  money  from  gates  reix)rted  all  books  and  Ship's Delegate visit  Union Head­ record  player  be  purchased;  del­ ship's  fund  for  renting  new  permits  in  order.  Motion  carried  min. Delegates  reported  on  need­ quiarters  concerning  the  ventila­ egates  to  decide  on  make  and  movies.  Discussion  on  overtime  to  buy  a  washing  machine.  Dis­ ed  repairs  and  disputed  over­ tors.  Suggestion  made  vouchers  model.  Captain  to  be  seen  con­ cussion  held  on  history  of  SIU  time.  Motion  carried  unanimous­ be  put  out  with  pay,  at  payoff.  cerning  a  laundry  '  and  dry  being  disputed  by  company.  and  Union's  support  of  otoer  ly  that  Steward.  be  removed  Ill  Ill  cleaners '  to  nfeet  the  ship  in  from  the  ship  as  being  incompe­ ALCOA  PURITAN  (Alcoa),  Norfolk.  ANGELINA  (Bull),  Dec.  5  —  unions.  Three  dollars  to  be  paid  tent.  Crew  recommended  leni­ Chairman,  W.  Lopshas;  Secre­ by  each  crewmember  toward  ency  for  crewmember  who  foul­ Jan.  2—Chairman.  Bill  Turner;  Ill  tary,  Richard  Kalz.  Delegates  re­ purchase  of  new  washing  ma­ ed  up  in  the  Far  East.  Delegate  Secretary,  Rufus  Carrington.  Mo­ ANN  MARIE  (Bull).  Jan.  13—  tion  carried  to  s,end  a  letter  of  ported  no  beefs.  Vote  of  thanks  chine.  reported  an  acute  shortage  of  protect  to  the  New  York  Agent  Chairman,  Joseph  McPhee;  Sec­ Ill  given  the  Stewards  Department  retary,  George  Cook.  Delegates  SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY  dishes,  and  asked  crew's  coope­ concerning  the  increase  in  prioes  reported  no  beefs.  Discussion  on  for fine  holiday  food.  (Seatrain  Lines),  Chairman.  Ju­ ralicn  in  keeping  intact  those  of  slopChest  items.  Motion  car­ buying  a  new  washing  machine  Ill  remaining  until  new  dishes  can  ried  to  have  Captain  notify  men  and  tlie  request  for  a  new  cof­ STEEL  WORKER  (Isthmian).  lius  Thrasha;  Secretary^  Bill  be  put  aboard.  in  advance  when  a  draw  is  be­ fee  um.  Discussion  on  article  in  Dec.  27—Chairman.  E.  Anderson;  Frederick.  Delegates  reported  all  Ill  ing  put  out.  .  LOG  concerning  the  savings  Secretary.  A.  Gasper.  Delegates  okay.  Newspaper  clipping  relat­ AZALEA  CITY  (Waterman),  ing  to  NLEB  decision  on  ousted  Ill  that  StdWards  and  Cooks  can  reported  number  of  books  and  Jan.  15  —  Chairman.  NolKe  GOLDEN  CITY  (Waterman).  bring  about  with  no  cut  in  food  permits  in  departments.  Crew  members  of  two  unions  read  Secretary,  Frank  Puthe.  Jan.  14  —  Chairman,  Walaska;  to  crew.  thanked  ,  the  Seamen's  Church  saA.  commented on by  crewmem­  Towns;  Delegates  seported  no  beefs;  trip  Secretary.  Engelhard.  Delegates  Institute  for  Christmas  packages  bers.  called  the  smoothest  ever  had.  reported  no  beefs.  Discussion  on  received.  Letter  to  be  sent  to  Motion  carried  to  ipayoff  on  needed  repairs.  Motion  carried  the  Hall  concerning  the  dirty  coastwise  articles  before  the  ship  to  contact  Hall  before  making  water  on  board.  gets  in,  providing  there  are  no  a  donation  to  the  Library  Asso­ Ill  beefs.  ciation.  Ship's  fund  reported  as  ROSARIO  (Bull).  Jan.  8  —  %  X  %  $16.  Ill  Chairman.  Joe  Merkel;  Secre­ LASAL1.E  (Waterman),  Jan.  BEATRICE  (Bull),  Dec.  23  —  14  —  Chairman,  Gil  HoUoway;  tary.  Nick  .Urdoljak.  Delegates  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  (Sea­ reported  no  beefs.  San  Juan rep­ Chainnan,  Charles  Scofield;  Sec­ Secretary,  Frank  Kustura.  De­ train  Lines),  Jan.  IS^—Chairman,  111  resentative  to  report  to  Head­ retary,  L.  Yoimg.  Ship's  Dele­ partmental  Delegates  to  make  STEEL  AGE  (Isthmian).  Jan.  S.  Garcia;  Secretary,  J.  Rawlins.  quarters  the  name  of  the  man  gate  reported  excellent  coopera­ out  repair  lists  and  turn  them  Discussion  on  crew  working  car­ 26  • —  Chairman,  Mont  Menarb;  who  missed  the  ship.  Disctission  tion  between  all  crewmembers  over  to  Ship's  Delegate:  Chairs  go.  Discussion  on  LOG  article  Secretary,  Oscar  Blain.  Delegates  of  shipping  rules  and  Welfare  and  all  departments.  Delegates  in  messroom  to  be fixed.  Dis­ reported  no  beefs.  Special  meet­ v­>  Plan.  reported  all  in  order.  Motion  cussion  on  two  men  who  missed  concerning  saving"  of  food  by  ing  called  to  discuss  HQ  com­ carried  to  give  a  vote  of  thanks  ship  in  Newark.  Men  to  be  Cooks  and  Stewards.  Crewmem­ munication  on  imloading  cargo  Ill  bers  going  ashore  in  Texas  City  ALCOA  PILGRIM  (Alcoa),  tc  the  Stewards  Department  for  brought  up  on  charges  in  San  asked  ,to  cooperate  in  taking  and  denial  of  time  ashore.  Crew  Jan.  4  —  Chairman.  Henry 'Bi­ a  swell  job  done.  Francisco.  Crewmembers  urged  ashore  the  LOG  volumes  on  the  voted  unanimously  to  back  Un­"  Ill  on's  suggestion.  Discussion  on  shop;  Secretary.  Floyd  Mitchell.  not  to  leave  cots  on  deck.  ship.  BULL  RUN  (Mathiasen).  Jan.  purchase  of  new  washing  ma­ Motion  carried  that  no  one  pay­ Ill  chine.  Steward  commended for  off  until  Patrolman  is  present.  19  —  Chairman,  M.  Pyk;  Secre­ OLYMPIC  GAMES  (US  Petro­ feeding  crew  "like  the  Ritz."  Joint  discussion  with  Patrolman  tary,  J.  Kavanagh.  Delegates  re­ leum  Carriers),  Jan.  7 —Chair­ and  Steward  to  be  held  concern­ ported  number  of  books  and  man,  James  Rose;  Secretary,  A1  Ill  ABIQUA  (Cities  Service),  Jtui.  ing  new  innerspring  mattresses,  permits­in  their  departments;  no  DeForest.  ^ip's  Delegate  re­ ^alk  by Ship's  Delegate on  Union  beefs.  Beef  raised  on  running  ported  that  a  compile  slopchest  14—Chairman,  Harry  Byrd;  Sec­ retary,  K.  Skonberg.  Ship's  fund  activity.  Electrician  asked  to  out  of  Tnilk  two  days  after  will  be  put  alteafd  at  Trinidad.  Ill  check  galley  range  after  shore­ leaving port,  and having  so much  Ship's  Delegate  also  urged  that  MANKATO  VICTORY  (Vic­ reported  as  having  $55.28  with  gang  makes  repairs  to  insure  paik­  that  it  is  on  the  menu  £tU  men  be  back, aboard ship  an  tory  Carriers),  Dec.  24 —vChair­ money  given  Workaway  being  two  times  a  day.  Treasurer  re­ hour  befqre  sailing,  as  bond  of  man.  Quint;  Secretary,  deParlier.  retiuned. .Thanks  given  crew  by  that  it  is  in  good  ordw.  Jan.  25—Chairman.  J.  Thomp­ ported  $31.61  in  ship's  fund.  10,000  j^os  must  be  posted  in  Delegate  spoke  on  working  car­ Workaway  for  aid  given  him  by  son;  Secretary.  Wilbert  Miles.  Members  warned  against  smok­ ^gentina.  Suggestion  made  that  go.  Deck  Department  to  have  crewmembers.  Discussion on  copy  of  airmail  LOG  be  passed  first  .choice  on  all  longshore  switch  of  roasting  chickens  to  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  ing  on  shelter  deck.  1  1  ih  work.  Delegates  reported  no  dis­ fryers.  .  around  among  entire crew.,  Memoranda  from  SIU  Headquar­ puted  overtime.  Suggestion  car­ ters  on  unloading  cargo  and  PONCE  DE  LEON  (Water­ Jan.  21—Chairman,  A.  Hubert;  111  shore  time  read  and  accepted.  man),  Jan.  7  —  Chairman,  A.  LOGANS  FORT  (Cities  Serv­ ried  that, each  department  rotate  Secretary,  C.  Kraush.  Port  En­ Steward^ to  write  letter  concern­ Kuberski;  Secreiary.  W.  Flah­ ice),  Jan.  18—Chairman.  Thomas  cleaning  of  PC  mess.  gineer  to  be  consulted  on  bring­ ing  scupper  and  flooding  of  erty.  Discussion  on  the  repairs  Wilson;  Secretary,'  VElUam  Mor  ing  of  new  washing  machine  on^  Ill  that  were  not  made  while­  ship  ris.­ Delegates­ r­^mrted­ no­ beefs.  MADAKET  (Waterman).  Jan.  board.  Captain  has  signified  that  ,  passageway.  was  in  port.  Delegates  reported  Discussion, on  Ihe  new  overtime  14  —  Chairman.  C.  Catee;  Sec­ the  move  is  okay ­  with  him.  AIN,  ail;  okay.  Each  crewmember  to  sheet handed  put  by the  Captain,  retaryr  H.  Guinier.  Delegates  re­ tide­ in LOG op new Coast  Gusurd  donate  $1  hywards  ship's  fund.  Sldp's  Delegate  to  speak  to  Pa­ ported  all  going  well.  Ship's  papers  brought  to  the  .  crew's,  Discussion  on  use'and'Cftre  of  trolmaA  about  the  in  the  Delegate, contacted  Captain about  attention.  Motion  carried  to .servn  washing  machine.  shortage  of  fresh  meat  and  vege­ more  milk  at  each  meal,  instead  ;payoff.'  tables and  was told the fault  was  of  the" present idnce  a  day,  1  l" 1  '1  "i  ANN  MARH: IBull}.  Dec.  30—  DEL VALLE  (Mwrierippi). Jan.  that  of  the  MSTS,  which  did  1 'l  1.  .  ­ Chairman.  J. McPbee;  Sem«tBry>  7  Clmirmam  Fred  Sec­ not  order  the  supplies  in  time.  DEL  MAR  (Mississippi),  Jan.  b  Christopher  Karas.  Delegates  re­ retary,  Louie  Meyers.  Delegates  Ship's  Delegate  to  contact  Cap­ —Chairman.  McFall;  Secretary^  ported  no  beefs.  Discussion  on  reported  all  okay.  Crew  asked  tain  and  get  a  breakdown  of  CaidwelL  Delegates  reported  no;  buying  washing  machine.  Dis­ to  write  down  needed­  items  wages  for  each  man  covering  beefs.  Ship's  Delegate  thanked,  cussion  on •   keeping  messroom  now  for  mailing  to  company  of­ overtime,  cargo  overtime,  bonus  the  crew  .for  the fine  coopera­;  and  pantry  in  order  while  *61?  fice.  Library  to  be  kept  in Ship's  and  penalty  time.  tio'n  given  him,  and  asked' the'  meal  homs.  Motion  carried  to  Delegate's  room  and  all  books  to  creW  to  report  their  beefs  to  the;  Ill  see about  buying new  mattresses.  be  signed  for.  ANDREW  JACKSON  (Water­ Delegates  instead  of  writing  to  man),  Jan;  21—Chairman.  R<d}­ the  NO  Hall.  New  Stewardess in­ Ill  1  1  1  BETHORE  (Ore  Line),  Jan.  11  BESSEMER  VICTORY  (South  ert  Barrett;  Secretary,  P.  Car­ troduced  to  crew.  Chief  Steward;  Ill  SALEM  MARITIME  (Cities  —Chairman.  Jack  Denley;  Secre­ Atlantic),  Dec.  28—Chairman,  C.  bone.  Repair  list  to  be  taken  thanked  for  securing  Christmas,  Service),  Jan.  21  —  Chairman,  tary.­  Mark,  Delegates  reported  Aycock;  Secreiary,  W^  Hender­ care  of  in  Frisco.  Suggestion  trees  for  each  lounge.  Thanks  Harvey  Shero;  Secretary.  John  no  disputes.  Report  in  LOG  on  shot.  Delegates'  reports  accepted.  made  thkt  slopchest  be  bpten  at  also  gi'ven  thi  men in­the  galley  Stout.  Delegates  reported  some  working  in  foreign  ports: when  All  departments reported  as run­ a  more  convenient  hbm*.  Discus­ for  jheir fine  work . in  preparing  disputed  overtime.  Motion  car­ necessary  read  and  concurred  in  ning  smooth  with  no  beefs.  Dis­ sion  on  new  man,  taken, on  in  the  holiday  meals.  Letter  sent,  ried  to  check  with Organizers  as  by  all  present.  Vote  of  thapte  cussion  on ­  needed  repairs  for  GOlvestOn,  who  stole  ­  ship's  to  passenger  thanking  him  for  stores.  Matter  referred  to  New  sending  beer  to  the  crew  on;  to  why  Cities  Service  doesn't  given  the  Stewards  Department  niessroom.  York  for­action.  •   "  place  120  quarts  of  milk  aboard  fbr  the  excellent  Christmas  and  Christmas  eve.  Letter  from  HdP  Ill  Year's  dinners.  FELtOHE  (Ore  Lino),  Jan.  14  as  is  done  on  other  SIU  ships.  1  1  1'  •  ^  •  read  which  thanked'the  crew for,  "  —  ChairUuin,  Llewelym  Secre­ LONE  JACK  (CTities  Service),  the  S70  doiiated  for  the  Christ­ Steward  reported ttiere  were  1  1  1  not  enough  cots  Jo  go  around  STEEL  SEAFARER  (Isthmi­ tary,'E.  Abies.  Delegates  report­ Dec.  11­^Chaimlan, ' Prick '  Will*  rrfas  dinner  at  the  Kali.  "Mar  ate  oughyr  Secfeiaity,  John  ­Tiptoni  Log"  reported  as  having  $100  in  for  all  men. Ship's  fund  rej^rted  an).­  Jan.  7  ­rr*  Chairman,  Peter.  ed  no  beefs.  Discussioh  on  Mate  tch  Clariflcatibtr  asked:  for: 8Mid;^he* ^its  ftlnd:  •   ^  ^  attempitin^>it§l||ro;.::^  .jbaving., .$59.'.:  '  ­!• =;  �'Si;'­:  Friday,  Fabruary  9,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page Sevenleen  WHAT  ^ITWIIK..  3  m  I  f'i  QUESTION:  Several years ago, the Union  began  an  all­out  campaign  against  those  few  performers  and  gashounds  who  were  fouling  up  things  for  the  rest  of  the  membership.  Do  you  think  that  this  anti­performer  campaign  was  in  any  way  responsible  for  the  SIU  getting  higher  wages,  bettering  condition^  and  signing  new  companies  to  an  SlU­contract,  and  should  this  policy  be  continued?  G.  DACKEN,  Ch.  Steward:  LEONARD  JONES.  MM:  J.  SPREITZER.  Carpenter:  BUDDY  BENSON.  Bosun:  FRANK  NAGY.  AB:  The  anti­performer  campaign  Certeunly.  I  believe  we  have  The  anti­performer  campaign  Seeing  as  how  we  would  This  campaign  has  been  one  has  brought  benefits  to  all.  so  accomplished  much  more  in  the  was  the best  thing we  ever could  jeopardize  our  Union  contract  of  the  best  things  the  Union  has  Ve  should  keep  at  it.  Gashounds  way  of  higher  wages  and  better  Tiave  done.  Not  only  gashounds.  and  our  jobs  by  permitting  gas­ done  and  it  should  be  enforced  wiU always give  everyone  a hard  but  weedhounds  and  performers  hounds  and  performers  to  get  even  more  rigidly  than  it  now  time,  especially  if  you're  not  working  conditions  as  a  result  of  all  kinds  can  make  it . miser­ by  without  discipline,  the  anti­ is.  I  believe  it  is a  credit  to  the  one  of  them.  I  think  all  per­ of  the  campaign  to  eliminate  able  for  everybody.  Ever  since  performer  csunpaign  certainly  Union  that  most  of  the  perform­ formers  should  be  eliminated  performing  aboard  SIU  ships.  we  began  pushing  these  charac­ should  be  continued.  A  foul­up  ers  and  gashounds  have  been  from' the organizeition.  That's  one  And  I  believe  we  should  con­ ters  out,  we  have  been  more  does  more  than  put  himself  on  weeded  .out  of  our  ranks.  As  a  way  shipping  conditions  can  be  tinue  this  campaign,  if  we  want  respected,  and  being  more  re­ the  spot.  He  fouls  up  his  ship­ result,  the  operators  are  satis­ made  better  for  everybody.  I've  spected  we are  able  to get  better  mates. 'A  man  who  doesn't  carry  fied  with  the  work  they  are  get­ noticed  an  impro^'ement  since  to  continue  to  be  in  a  position  contracts.  Today,  we  have  a  out  his  share  of  a  bargain  by  ting  because  they  know  they  are  (he  Union  started  its  campaign  to  win  more  improvements.  finer­;type  membership  than  ever  not  turning  to  properly,  hurts  getting responsible men to  hemdle  there  are  still  a  few  of  these  Sometimes  you'll  find  some  before.  Guys  are  serious  and  his  Brothers.  We  fought  for  our  their  ships.  The  benefits  to  the  Characters  around.  They  hurt  younger  guys  who  will  try  to  competent.  We  must  keep  this  present  high  wages  and  condi­ membership  are  that  we  find  it  Ihe  membership  because  they  emulate  some  bad  actor,  just  as  up.  All  men  who  run  into  per­ tions  and  won  them  the  hard  easier  to  negotiate  better  agree­ I't  do their  share  of  the  work,  youH  find  others  foUowing  the  formers  should  prefer  charges  so  way.  The  anti­performer  action  ments.  and  improved  wages  and  harm  the  Union's  relations  pattern  set  by  good  Union  men.  that  proper  action  can  be  taken.  helped  strengthen  our  position.  conditions.  When  an  operator  'yrith  the  operators  and  there­ Although  the  bad actors are  only  This  is  the  duty  of  every  man  We  must  preserve  our  gains  by  has  no  beef  with  the  kind  of  iore  make  it  tough  to  improve  a  few. fiiey  can foul  up  the  deal  to  himself  and  to  his  Union  weeding  out  those  who  endanger  crewmen  he  gets,  he's  easier  to  conditions  for  all  of  us.  for  the  membership.  Brothers.  deal  with.  them.  i  •  li'  It  CYRIL  LOADES,  DM:  JAMES  NORRIS,  MM:  PAUL  PETAK,  MM:  COYLE  GRAHAM.  Chief  Cook:  L.  WAREHAM.  Rm.  Steward:  This  caxnpaign  against  per­ I  think  it  was  a  swell  job.  I  think  the  campaign  to  wipe  Yes.  it  should  be  continued.  I  think  we  should  go  right  formers  has  done  a  lot  of  good.  The  benefits  of  this  campaign  out  performing  on  SIU  ships  has  There  are  some  guys  who  make  on  with  the  campaign  against  It  is  a  simple  fact  that  a  com­ were  especially  noticeable  back  produced  good  results.  Perform­ a  specialty  of  getting  a  load  on  performing.  Guys  who  drink  to  pany  that  has a  ship witli^ good  ing  on  SIU  ships  is  now  at  a  and  they  are  the  ones  who make  the  point  where  they  cannot  at'*  Union  crew  on  it,  is  bound  to  in  1946  ahd  1947.  when  a  lot  low  point.  However.  I  think  that  it  tough  on  a  whole  department.  tend  to  their  job  and  create  im­ advertise  it  in  some  way.  New  of  performers  who  had  come  sometimes we haven't  pushed this  In  carrying  out  this  anti­per­ necessary  disturbances  are  cer­ operators that  hesitate  to sign up  into  the  Union as a  result  of  the  hud  enough.  We  let  a  few  men  former  policy.  I  think  all  de­ tainly  not  a  benefit  to  the  Union  with  union  crews  would  change  war  and  postwar  shipping  boom  go  a  little  too  far.  A  man  de­ partments  should  work  together  or  to  the  membership.  Their  (heir  minds  a  lot  easits]^.  It  helps  were  straightened  out.  We  must  serves  a  break,  if  he  foiUs  up  to  eliminate  gashounds  for  the  conduct  is  detrimental  to  the  thai  way  and  it  also  helps  the  continue  to  be,careful,  now  that  once.  But  when  a  guy  shows  benefit  of  all  concerned.  When  overwhelming  majority,  and  tniunbership  by  ridding  the  field  we're  getting new companies and  that  he  is  a  chronic  performer,  the  Union  is  organizing  a  new  hampers  the  progress  of  the  of  drunks,  and  performers  who  a  lot  of  new  guys  are  coming  he  shows  that  he­is  not  capable  company,  or  attempting  to  bet­ Union  in  negotiating  better  are  only  out  to  have  &  good  aboard SIU  ships.­We  must show  of  working  with  his  shipmates  ter  a  contract  with  an  old  one,  wages  and  conditions  with  the  (iqie  at  the  other  guy's  expense.  the  new  guys  that ­  performing  and  sharing  their  responsibilities.  the  companies  will' immediately  operators.  A  performer  cannot  be  These  few:characters  do  not  go  doesn't  go  aboard  SIU  ship.  A  And  we  must  all  share  the  re­ use  the  fact  that  performers  foul  allowed  to  weaken  the  chances  lO  sea  to  make  their  living  in  guy  that  fails  to  live  up  to  our  sponsibilities­  just  as  we  share  up  work  to  beat  down  the  Un­ of  his  shipmates.  The  Union  ca9  a .  competent,­,  edrious' ^annerv  contractual  ­ obligations  is  un­ the­benefits of  our  contracts.  We  ion's  demands.  The  way  to  do  more  when  there  are  no  per­ They^re  ­ not­ ­ ­rspresentative  of  dermining  the  position  of  his  want  np. one  to  jepp^din  eu7  straightep  out  a  habitual  per­;  formers  who give shipowners  ar­ �­­V­}  |­ s^­ Page  Eighleen  »• .•   ...V­­  ,'';_^v  '­;•   •  •  By  JOE  ALGIMA  NEW  YORK  —  Shipping  has  been  good  in  this  port  for  book­ men  and  aflfairs  of  the  port  are  in fine  shape.  Only  one  beef  is  hanging fire  from  all  the  payoffs  of  the  past  two  weeks.  This  beef  concerns  overtime  on  an  Isthmian  ship  and  we  hope  to  have  it  settled  very  shortly.  About  30  ships paid  off,  includ­ iixg^  those  on  fbreign,  coastwise  aaod  intercoastal  runs.  During  the  same  period,  we  had  about  IS signrons.  A  number  of  these  ships,  are  headins  for  Meditor­ ranemi  ports,  s fact  which  made  ^me  of  the b^ quite  happy.  CG  LACKS  DOUCSR  "We  notice  that  the  Coast  Guard  has  complained  that  it  lacks  sufficient  funds  to  set  up  adequate  patrols  off  the  Long  Island  coast.  Since  patrolling  of  vital  areas  along  the  coast  is  one  of  the  principal  functions  of  the  Coast  Guard,  it  appears  that  this  duty  would  be  given  prior­ ^ by  the  agfeney.  It  seems  that  the  CG  has  plenty  of  funds  to  operate  throughout  the  world,  particularly  in  keeping  on  the  necks  of  seamen.  What  the  CG  might  do  is  di­ vert  some  of  its  activity  against  seamen  to  the  guarding  of  our  coastlines.  •   .  .  .  •  '• • ^i'riri'"'  Fridar,  February  9,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  New York Branch  Hasn't Any Beef;  Shipping Ite Bood  .  The  Battle  Of  Wall  Street'  Still  Shewing  Tc PBOMtfn  ras Diranto w AU  vTUnn  AND TO OBGAmS.'  t  Idaho State Federation of Labor  A. W.  GAUPBAV.  • • 'ri • •   X >  tHimMury  19«  1950  •  .1  ^ptMaAtieit]  y  '  •   • OA  • XATO TOAMCa  A. P.  OP ft.  OrsanUed Itendt aft. tttA  OPPICB:  Labw TMWII»  • ISMabo^nct  Boise. Idabo  PhoneSlftS  • ZaCUnVB BOABD  A.  W.  GAUPEAU  President  Coeur d'Alene  ELMER  F. McDntRB  Seeretair­TreMorer  • IS  Idaho St.. Boise  MARTHA  THOMAS  Director of Union LabeM  Pocatello  A.  KIHKE  WALKER  let Dist. VIce­Pres.  P.O. Box 28. Wallace  Wm  Ale  BernatelN  e/e SocKforeg's*  loterwtloBiiX  Btatwar  51 BaaTOr Stre^  Bsir  Torka  Se» Terfc  Deetr  Sir mad  Brothers  .  Sr.  I. y  .  .  I innt  te eoi^rattdAte year  ors^aiiiAttQB  on  the exeell*  eat  niai "The Battle amkll Strae^f  mad  maagr  tfaanlTH  for allcni^  log  US  the use  of Jbhis  fisa  flljiw  There are  a  good  many aoa and  wonen  Sn  the  lahor  meift  today who  haron^t  been  taught  the  fUadaaaeBtal  prineiplee  of  what  organized  labor really  does  and  wj)iat  It  stsuoda  fbr»  aad  what  unitjna  have  gone  through  in order  to  maintain  their  ri^sta#  We  have  shown  this  film to  approximately  fifty  local  unions  in  the  state and  had  fine  Eesponse*  Some  meeting  were  very'well  attended,  while  others  were  not  so  good*  FRED  H. MeCABE  WRONG  SLANT  2nd DlsL Vice­Fres.  It  is my  honest  opinion  that  we  are  going' to  have  to  613 Idaho St.. Boise  i  There's  been  a  lot  of  material  carry  on  an  educational  program  and  most  of  through  filas  „  in  the  newspapers  on  the  rail­ BONNIE McCULLOUGH  Srd DlsL VIce­Pres.  road  workers  strike.  The  papers  such as  yours*  ^  ,  P.O. Box 884. Pocatello  have  been  criticizing .the .strikes  for  acting  in  the  present  so­ JIM  ROBINSON  In  sincere appreciation  for  the  use  of  this  fine  film*  called  emergency.  What  has'  not  4lhDlst. VIce­Pres.  P.O. Box 854. Idaho PaHs  been  pointed  up  is  the  fact  that  Fraternally,  the  employers  have  been  taking  SIG  A.  SANDVIK  advantage  of  this  situation,  to  SthDlsLVice­Prea.  P.O. Box 786. Twin EaUs  ignore  the  just  demands  of  their  Idaho state Federation of Labor employees.  They  have  been  ca­ HOBART D.  BURNS  pitalizing  on  the  situation  in  the  6th DlsL VIce­Pres.  412 Main St.. Lewlstoa  hope  that  public  opinion  would  go  against  the  railway  workers,  E. J.  JtmnRKi.L  and  the  papers  have  been  help­ 7th DlsL Vlce­Prcs.  Elmer F* Mclntire, Exee* See*, ing. them  in  this  regard.  P.6. Box 631. Coeur d'Alene  FUs  jp  The  men  have  been  working  W. C.  PLETO^it  six  and  seven  days  a  week  Vice­Pres. In Chwgeof  Apprentleeshfp  without  overtime  pay.  They  26i7MadlseaSt..]  want  a  40­hDiur  week  and  there  ; )  seems  to  be no  reason  why  the  rafliroaifc  cant  imt  this  into  ef­ fect.  The  rail  outfits  are  doing  bett^ ^an fhey  have  for  years.  This leitar is tY^ad of  iTift  Tiiiediaili  lliiii  tbft  SffiS has BooalTOd on  its first BftsiloBr  pielur* pre" '  ^  SUGGESTION  dttctkm.  "Ths  Battle  of  Wdl StreeaT mro l»w Saaiiren,  ths nqnaiife  of  the AFU  wont  to  the aid of  the  HerieTs  a  suggestion  that  no  Uhhed  f%iaiictal  Empkresr  who were uiiggaoimi  the gBOBfest  cwfteowftftatitae of  ww^th in the world, the film was  onsr  sSackdd  have  any  reason  to  conceived mer^ as a parmaBant siMacdl oi  oi tihe STOTe asthrttlaw.  HewoMor^  ae  tho  piekotHnaa  hrict  cea­ bSposK Until recently, the money  wa^lWneidfigom crewmembmrs  who  trary to  the eocpectaBooa td Bfte fiftianrtat  wfaeftdftr fte  tfceee*  tunnmt,  te vialamw  net  by  their  own haada. of  h»d  1iec9B  logged  went  to  the  courser  b^  Ibe maifittm of  the Haw  Todt policot. phro firopl^UTO haramo morwJhan.a lorasal BftRwri,'  Maris^ Bo|^itids. Since  the  Go\r­ B twmad out to be a  sfhrbag afatOm —T—**  »•   MII*H  jhon^ AeaSrihe wiae TOD and aiiowAii^ aome of  the Bdhge  exmneht  sto|q}ed  this  procediurej  Bmt sfrihecs am apt  to irimi  ftilm pcilliro  vtoyanna  amd dodeioch nawitwpar  daviaw  amoag  oBwr  ibiage.  B  baa  f be mnn^ has been going to  the  be«a dwwn  before several  hndrnd feeada mihma  fraiarnai organiTafHwaBft and achaelir.  afong wBh its compaoSamv  cmpautes.  A  good  and  proper  place  this money,  it seems  to  ptclure. "ThU  ia  Bte  SHT."  uid both  aro diB  avaiiaUa  to raqpooaibla orgaafaatiipna  at  ae diarga.  us,  would  be  the Welfare  Fund.  A lesson in how not  to  get in­ fo.  the  merchandising  business  comes  from  a  recent  experience  of  a  crewman  aboard  the;  Robin  Sherwood.' This  guy  took  neck­ Committees  of  vigilance,  dedi­ maritime  and  dock  unions,  will  London,  is  Pierre  Ferri­Pisani,  Avoiding' mass  actioir,  in  fa»  fies  ashore  in  South  Africa  and  cated  to  the  use  of  the  commu­ be  that  "for  the  first  time  the  head  of  the  French  Workers  vor  of'shock  methods  by  snndl  sold  some.  He  was  caught  and  ni.sts'  own  strong­arm  methods,  agents  of  terror  will  have  a  Force  maritime  union,  who  re­ groups,  the  vigilance  commrb­ his  ties  were  confiscated.  He  al­ to  combat  the  letter's  attempts  taste  of  counter­terror."  cently  visited  SIU  Headquarters  tees  will  be  roughly  equivalent  so  was fined.  Aboard  the  ship,  at  sabotage  in  ports  and  aboard  "Twenty­^ix  delegates  from  the  in  New  Yoric.  to  communist  celfe  aboard  shipi  the  Skipper  had  the  man  bring  ships,  have  just  been  organized  leading  ports  of  France,  Italy,  It  is  Expected  that  unions  in  and  iir working  teams  on  docks.'  the remaining  ties  to  him.  on  an  international  basis  in  the  North  Africa  and  Greece  set  up  Israel,  Turkey  and  Egypt  will  Brown  cited  the  hypothetical  "  When  the guy  asked  the  Skip­ Mediterranean  area  and  will  be  a  Mediterranean  committee  that  eventually  join.  •   case  of  a  ship  proceeding  on 'tibie  per  to  return  the  ties  to  him  at  extended  to  the  North  Atlantic  will  control  the  activities  of  al­ Brown  said  that  plans  are  high  seas,  with  a  war  ill  pro*»  the  payoff,  the  Old  Man  answer­ and  the  Baltic  Sea.  ready  existing  local  vigilance  now  being drawn  up for  the for­ gress  between  the  Soviet  Unioat,  ed  that  he  had  thrown  them  According  to  Irving  Brown,  committees  in  the  various  coun­ mation  of  similar  committees  in  and  Western  powers.  An  attempt  away.  So  this  business  venture  European  representative  of  the  tries,  the  North  Atlantic  and  the  Bal­ by  a  few  communists  to  seizfti  ended  up  as  a  total .loss.  The  American  Federation  of  Labor,  The  chairman  of  the  commit­ tic,  taking  in  non­communist  moral  is:  If  a  guy  wants  to  sell  the  result  of  meetings,  held  re­ tee,  which  is  affiliated  with  the  dockers  and  seamen  of  Britain,  the ship,  he declared,  would be^i  {ites,  he should  open  up a  haber­ cently  in  Marseille  by  represen­ International  Traxispoii,  Workers  Belgium,  the  Netherlands,  West­ be  dealt  with  by  a  four  or five  Ifc­.  diashery.;  • '  headquarttgrs  In  em  Germany  and  Scandinavia;  man vigilance  committee  aboai^.  tatives  the  non­communist  Federation, •  • ^h  ;•   •   '  • ::• '• •M.­   ITF Squads Oppose Commie Coons  �Iltiila7'  Febntoi^ 9.  1991.  TME  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Nineleeti  Brief  NORFOLK  —  Chairman,  Ben  tary­Treasurer's financial  report  Rees, 95; Beeording  Secretary,  J.  accepted.  Agent  reported  that  Bullock,  4747.  shipping  for  the  next  two  weeks  No  regular  meeting  held  due  looks  good.  Two  offshore  and  to  the  fact  that  there  was  no  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  TOTAL  eight  intercoastal  ships  were  due  PORT  ENG.  DECK  STWDS.  REa  DECK  ENG.  STWDS,  SHIPPED  to  hit  the  port  and  all  members  quorum  present.  A  special  meet­ ing  was  held  to  check  the  ship­ Boston.  17  16  13  46  25  18  6  49  were  urged  to  take  jobs  off  the  ping  cards.  Agent  reported  that  New  York  .  125  115  97  337  107  96  115  318  board,  as  all  ships  crewed  up  shipping  had  been  very  slow  but  Philadelphia  promptly  insured  our  (diances  of  (No  Figures Received)  (No  Figures  Received)  that  under  the  program  which  Baltimore  getting a  large  share  of  the  Lib­ ­ 64  69  62  195  62  58  52  172  is soon  to be  started  by  the .gov­ Norfolk.  erties  that  are  being  pulled  out  ­ 9  12  25  4  6  4  1  11  ernment  it  should  pick  up.  AH  Savannah  of  the  laid­up fleet.  Informed  8  2  6  16  7  6  4  17  requests  for  excuses  were  re­ Tampa  membership  to' file  for  validated  .....  15  12  38  3  U  2  5  10  ferred'^o  the  Dispatcher.  seamen's  papers.  Patrolman  paid  MobUe  58  36  31  125  42  39  29  110  off  10  ships  and  signed­on  10  $.  it.  New  Orleans  58  66  81  '  205  50  56  73  179  ships.  One  minute  of  silence  ob­ NEW  YORK  —  Chairman,  J.  Galveston  36  16  >  26  78  44  39  28  111  Arabasz,  29836;  Recording  Secre­ West  Coast.  64  203  71  68  151  123  107  381  served  for  members  lost  at  sea.  Meeting  adjourned  at  7:45  PM  tary,  Freddie  Stewart,  4935;  426  GRAND  TOTAL.  452  390  1,268  '503  435  420  with  38  members  present.  1,358  Reading  Clerk,  A1  Kerr,  29314.  /  XXX­ Motion  carried  to  accept  Sec­ retary­Treasurer's financial  re­ bership  to  go  on  record  in  full  retary­Treasurer'^  report.  Assist­ port. Three  ships  coming  in  over  PHILADELPHIA—No  meeting  port  as  read.  Minutes  of  other  support  of  the  SUP  in  its  organ­ ant  Secretary ­ Treasurer  Ear  the  weekend.  The  SS  Warrior  held.  XXX  Branch  meetings  read  and  ap­ izing  drive  in  the  MCS,  which  Sheppard  reported  that  affairs  was  coming  in  from  Europe  and  G.ALVESTON  —  No  meeting  proved.  In  Headquarters  report,  the  NMU  is  now  attempting  to  of  Headquarters  Branch  are  in  going  to  Mobile  to  payoff.  held.  swallow  up.  The  Secretary­Trea­ good  shape.  All  beefs  but  one  Secretary ­ Treasurer  mentioned  XXX  XXX  the  Washington  conferences  surer  announced  that  Assist^mt  have  been  ­settled  and  that  one  BOSTON—Chairman  T.  Flem­ which  he  had  attended  with  Secretary­Treasurer  Earl  Shep­ will  be  squared  away  by  next  ing,  30821;  Recording  Secretsury,  SAVANNAH—Chairman,  E.  B.  other  representatives  of  the  In­ pard  and  Morris  Weisberger,  meeting.  He  urged  members  on  H. JTaynes,  143;  Reading  Clerk.  Tilley,  75;  Recording  Secretary,  E.  M.  Bryant,  25806.  ternational  for  the  purpose  of  East  Coast  representative  of  the  newly­contracted  ships  to  carry  Ben  Lawson,  894.  drafting  a  program  for  the  mari­ SUP,  had  been  doing  a  good  job  out  their  duties  to  best  of  their  Boston  minutes  of  January  17  No  regular  meeting  held  due  time  unions  iii  event  of  a  con­ in  the  past  weks  signing  up  sev­ ability.  Motion  carried  to  accept  accepted  as  read.  Headquarters  to  the  fact  that  there  was  no  flict.  He  referred  the  member­ eral  new  companies  to  A&G  communication  from  Paul  San­ report  to  the  membership  and  quorum  present.  A  special  meet­ ship  to  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  contracts,  although  they'  were  ford  and  assist  him  in  getting  Secretary­Treasurer's  weekly fin­ ing  was  held  to  check  the  ship­ of  Jan.  12  and  26  for full  reports  severely  hampered  by  the  fact  admitted  to  hospital  as  he  re­ ancial  reports  dated  January  6  ping  cards.  .All  excuses  were  re­ on  the  conferences.  Secretary­ that  NMU  is  offering  cheaper  quested.  Meeting  adjourned  at  and  13  accepted.  All  outport  ferred  to  the  Dispatcher.  minutes  accepted  as  read. Agent's  Treasurer  pointed  out  that  no  contracts.  He  also  announced  7:45  PM,  with  723  present.  XXX  report  accepted.  One  minute  of  NEW  OFtLEANS  —  Chairman,  blanket  deferment  had  been  giv­ that  West  .  Coast  representative  XXX  en  seamen,  but  that  local  boards  Lloyd  Gardner  had  been  sum­ TAMPA—^No  regular  meeting  silence  observed  for  members  Lindsey  J.­  Williams,  21550;  Re­ cording  Secretary,  Henry  Gerdes,  have  full  discretion.  He  advised  moned  to  Headquarters  to  dis­ held  due  to  the  fact  that  there  lost  at  sea.  23362;  Reading  Clerk,  Buck  all  draft  registrants  to  keep  in  cuss  problems  in  his  area  as  a  was  no  quorum  present.  Agent  XXX  touch  with  their  draft  boards  result  of  increased  shipping.  White  reported  shipping  the  BALTIMORE—Chairman  Leon  Stephens,  76.  regularly.  He  asked  the  mem­ Motion  carried  to  concur  in  Sec­ slowest  in"  the  history  of  the  Johnson,  108;  Recording  Secre­ New  Orleans  Branch financial  tary,  G.  A.  Masterson,  20297;  reports  dated  January  20  and  27  Reading  Clerk,  A1  Stansbury,  accepted  as  were  Secretary­ 4683.  *  Treasurer's  weekly financial  re­ af  All  Branch  minutes  accepted  ports.  All  Branch  minutes  ac­ as  read.  Headquarters  report  to  cepted.  Headquarters  Report  ac­ the  membership  and  Tallying  cepted  as  read.  Agent  reported  Committee's  reports  accepted and  that  business  affairs  of  the  port  concurred  in.  Secretary­Treasur­ were  in  good  shape.  All  beefs  er's  weekly financial  reports  dat­ settled  either  at  the  payoff  or  ed  January  6  and  13,  accepted,  sign­on.  Reported  that  the  SS  as  were  Baltimore's financial  re­ Del  Mar  will  be  a  week  to  ten  HARRY  (Buddy)  ^ENSON  WESTON  B.  HOWE  LAURENCE  ELROY  McCUNE  Get  in  touch  with  your  wife.  Your  mother  is  ill.  Phone  your  Contact  your  brother  in  Min­ ports  dated  January  20  and  27.  days  late  due  to  the  fact  that  ­All  reports  were  accepted  and  she  collided  with  a  Moore­Mc­ father:  Aberdeen  4­6308.  eola.  all  excuses  were  referred  to  the  Cormick  ship  in  Santos  and  is  BERNARD\. MCNEIL  X  %  XXX  Dispatcher.  Under  Good  and  now  in  drydock  in  Rio  under­ TOM  FLYNN  ' Get  in  touch  with  your  local  JOHN  P. WILLIAMSON  Welfare  .several  members  spoke  going  temporary  repairs.  When  Contact  Rocky  MUton;  who  Get  in  touch  with  Frederick  draft  board  at  once.  pro  and  con  on  the  Ore  Steam­ she  gets  here  she  will  have  to  was  aboard  the  Catahoula  in  Graves, 220 Broadway,  New York  X  X  %  ship  Company  Agreement  re­ drydock  for  an  indefinite  period.  Corpus  Christi  on  Decomber  7,  City,  He  has  important  informa­ PAT  FLAX  (FOX)  garding  changes.  One  minute  of  There  have  been  a  few  minor  JPlease  get  in  touch  with  1950,  at  2316  Avenue  G,  Galves­ tion  on  your  case.  silence  observed  for  members  beefs  here  since  the  new  stand­ ton,  Texas.  Penny.  XXX  lost  at  sea.  Meeting  adjourned  at  by  rate  went  into  effect.  Any  CLAUDE  O.  STROUD  8:10  with  304  members  present.  members  requesting  a  relief  has  "Please  let  me  know  where  to  to  pay  him  the  regular  rate  of  XXX  write  you.  Address  me  105  Main  MOBILE—Chairman,  L.  Neira,  pay  the  same  as  the  companies  St.,  North  Little Rock,  Ark.  Urg­ 26393;  Recording  Secretary,  J.  pay.  For  straight  hours  he  must  ent.—Etta  Mae."  Carroll,  14;  Reading  Clerk,  R.  pay  $1.64  and for  overtime  hours  XXX  Jordan,  71.  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  holidays  SIDNEY  RAUSS  Headquarters  Report  to  the  he  must  pay  him  time  and  half,  Steve  Vargo,  $16.'74  S.  Beattee,  Contact  your sister,  Mrs.  M.  A.  membership, accepted as  was  the  regardless  of  what  the  company  DAVID  DIXON  $19.45;  Thomas  Waller,  $19^5;  Littman  at  2010­  Powell  Ave.,  Secretary ­ Treasurer's  wee­kly  pays  the  men  because  they  have  LEO  WALZAK  i  financial  reports. .All Branch  min­ to  be  put  on  the  payroll,  so  he  These  men  from  MV  Great  C.  N.  Lewis,  $19.45;  O.  H.  Sapp,  New  York  61,  N.  Y.  $19.20;  William  Costello,  $19.20;  XXX  utes  accepted  as  read.  Tallying  must  pay  the man  the differejice.  Isaac,  which  salvaged  SS  John  Joseph  Sharpe,  $16.74;  Angelo  GEORGE  MILES  EVERETT  Committee's  report  accepted.  This  is  done  so  that  the  relief  Dickinson  in  1947,  can  collect  Camarote,  $22.16;  V.  E.  Burzak,  Agent,  reported  that  shipping  man  is  covered  by  insurance  in  Communicate  with  A1  Stans­ their  salvage  money  from  Mr.  $20.19;  T.  Martinez,  $16.74;  P.  R.  looked  good  for  the  coming  two  case  of  an  accident.  Stated  that  bury,  care  of  the  Baltimore  SIU  Miller,  42  Broadway,  Room  1539,  Arteago,  $16.74;  O.  P.  Oakley,  weeks.  He  reminded  the  mem­ Mississippi  Shipping  Company  Hall,  as  soon  as  possible.  Very  New  York  City.  $16.74.  bership  that  applications ­for  the  has requested a  discussion on  the  important.  4.  Kroo  Boy  situation  so  that  some  validated  seamen's  certificates,  X  X  %  XXX  ANTHONY  MESHEFSY  agreement  could  be  reached  re­ SS  WILLIAM  H.  CARRUXH  which are  to  be  used  during  this  RED  SHEA  ,  Yom  disputed  overtime  claim  (Voyage  No.  DC­6)  national  emergency,  are  now  garding  this.  Recommended  that  for  _spray  painting  in  engine;  The following men have  money  Contact  Ted  Simonds,  116­40  available  and  should  be filled  a  committee  of  5  or  more  mem­ room  of  SS  Steel  Navigator  has  waiting  for  them  at  the  Trans  148  St.,  South  Ozone  Park,  N.Y.  out  as  soon  as  possible.  Agent  bers  be  formed  to  meet  and  dis­ been  settled.  You  can  collect  at  Fuel  office,  25  Broadway,  New  Phone J­Amaica  9­2451.  concluded  his  report  by  telling  cuss  this.  One  minute  of  silence  the  Isthmian  offices  in  New  York  City:  XXX  the  members  who  have  enough  observed  for  members  lost  at  CHARLES  A.  J.  GEDRA  York.  time  to  get  a  raise  in  grade  on  sea,  Agapito  Asenci  took  the  Roy  W.  Clark,  $7.58;  $5.02  is  X  X  %  due  all  of  these  others —Peter  Contact  Raymond  H.  Kierr  at  their  seamen's  documents  to  do  Oath  of  Obligation.  Under  Good  SS  ANDREW  JACKSON  Christopher,  W a 1 t­e r  Cousins,­ Canal  Building,;,  New  Orleans,  so.  One  minute  of  silence  ob­ and  Welfare  a  discussion  was  served  for  members  lost  at  sea.  held  regarding  the  amount  of  following  men  can  collect  John  M.  Frontries,  Bernard  F.  La,  X  X­  X  Meeting  adjourned  at  7:45  with  discharges  a  man  should  have  ^oney  due  them  by  writing  Graham,  Richard  L.  Hardeman,  ARTHUR  EDWARDS  to  sail  as  Boatswain.  Some  Bro­ 200  members  present.  Waterman  SS  Company,  61  St.  Joe  W.  Kusmerski,  Joseph  N.  thers  felt  that  there  were  some  Joseph  Street,  Mobile,  Alabama.  McGill,  Fred  MiUer,  Walter  F.  Money  is  being  held  for  you  XXX  good Boatswains that  hadn't  been  Wm.  J.  Kramer,  $24.68;  Robert  Mueller  and  Horace  Williams.­ by  Ben  Sterling. ­Please  contact  SAN  FRANCISCO—Chairmam  going  to  sea  a  long  time  and  H.  J.  Fischer,  59:  Recording  Sec­ him.  Kennedy,  $20.43;  W.  L.  Grab­ XXX  some  ABs  that  had  been  going  '  retary,  J.  Wread,  27822:  Reading  MATHIASEN  CREWMEN  ber,  $20.43;  M.  G.  Lopez,  $20.43;  XXX  for  quite  a  few  years  and  .still  IVAN  HARADON  Clerk.  P.  Robertson,  30148.  Charles  Nicholson,  $19.45;  John  Those  who  have  money  due  Bilinski,  $19.45;  E.  C.  Hill,  $19.45;  them  on  account,  of  the  6.38  per­ Write  to  James  McDonough,  All  Br8T?ch  nunutes  accepted  were  not  good  sailors.  Meeting  ­Robert  Mills,  $19.45; Juan Nieves,  cent  increase,  effective  Octbbdt'  7412  Normal  Avenue,  Chicago,  as read, as  was Headquarters  Re­ adjourned at  8:05  with  170 mem­ $19.45  Henry  Marhenke,  $18.74;  laih,  write  to company  for same.  Illinois.  Phone:  Aberdeen  4­0SO8,  port  to  the  membership.  Secre­ bers  present.  Shipping  From  Jan.  17 To  Jan,  31  �I" ^  Friday,  February  a 1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Twenty  K­:  i©n Januaay 12, the fbllourinp letter luas sent  to all SIU  ships at sea, asking) the ensure to  discuss tlioroaphiy tHe tujo questions of  policy contaiined in it and to vote ttieiv  opinions; and to return the results —^  to  headquarters at once.  That these tuJO points orere very ojell  taken, by Seaihrers is indicated in partial  returns thus dEhr received.  I  • W' •S'.'    •.  •  5r:­  ..  fer \  Ship^'s Delegate: Call a special meeting and read the following missage and excerpts f!r<Mi  the SEAFARERS LOG to your orew. Make sure every men understands the importance of these  matters to him as an individual. Vote and return this sheet in the enclosed envelope at  once. The Union expects a reply from evexy ship wherever it may be in the world.  • *  ­,  .  '.•  "•>' \ .  .  •   .  •   '• .• .    ­ • • VJI*'  •  '  ry%  '• • •   S­'  •  •   .  v.. ).  iv'.  '  •   •  .  f  : ^  Fellow Members:  i!  il­'v  >'v>  The Union has always prided itself in living up to its contracts with the shipowners, who,  in turn, are expected to abide to the letter. In the last two issues of the SEAFARERS LOG  the Union has made statements stressing the importance of sticking to the contract. Both  appear below. However, there are also times when crews feel the oompangr is violating the  contract and take matters into their own hands. In these situations, the welfare of the  entire Union is jeopardized; the members involved often find themselves facing Coast Guard  discipline.  ..i­ 1  .:/ v R  ; •  ;f'1  In these hectic times, when the enemies of maritime labor are capitalizing on every shipboard incident as an argument for putting the ships under complete control of the military,  the vigilance of every member is vitally important.  .  St­:  The  following  very  important  matters  should  have  the  careful  stucfy  9f  every Seafarer. Read  them,  discuss  them  and  register  your  crew*s  vote. Return  the  reply  to SIU  Headquarters  at  once.  The  Union  wants  a  record  from every  ship and  every  crew.  Take  action  powl  • t  Votes  Cast  I  I  I  I  YES­1385  I  i  NO  ­2  I  I  On  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  L.  Cargo  It  hat  been  brought  to  Ihe  Union's  attention  that,  in  at  least  one  instance  within  the  |»ast  few  months,  there  was  a  small beef  aho^d an  SlU­contracted ship  about  the ausiber of  crewmemhers  who  were  to  turn  to  in  unloading  cargo  ip  a  foreign  port.  Such  unloading  was  made  necessary  due  to  an  emergency.  Due  to  the  graveaess  of  the  pres&ut  international  situation,  and  the  necessity  of  getting  food  and  material  not  only  to  the  democratic  aatioas  all  over  the  world, hut  to our  Armed  Forces  as  welL  SIU  crews  are  advised  to  turn  to  at  once  in  any  numbers  the  Skipper  or  the  Mate  in  charge  may  require  in  such  operations  in foreign  ports.  The  SIU  contract  makes  provisions  for  this  type, of  cargo  work,  and  every  SIU  crewmember  should  be  aware  of  the  fact  thai  refusal  by any crewmember  or  crew  to do such  work  is  not  only  in  violation  of  the  Union  contract  but  of  out  SIU  constitution  as  welL  This  message  should  he  read  and  acted  on,  in  the  next  regular .ship's  meeting  held  on  your  vessel.  Let  your  regular  ship's  minutes show  such action as  taken by  the crew.  r"  ­1  Denial  Of  Time  Ashore  I  V.vM I  I  YES­1385  I  I'lt'V' tc»i  I  1  NO  ­2  I' I:'.  1  l'  "  .  I  I  I  During  these  days  of  national  emergency,  some  crews  in  war  areas  may  feel  thai  they  are  being  deprived  of  some  of  their  traditional  rights—^for  ex(unple,  that  of  going  ashore.  If  this beef—or  others of  that  nature—should  occur, crewmein^>er8  are urged  not  to take  off  on  their own,  or  to make  a big  ship­*  hoard beef  over it. Have  the ship's  delegates discuss It  with the  Skipper in the  usual manner. If  no satisfaction is received,  then  document  the  case  in  its  entirely  and  send  it  in  at  once  to  Headquarters.  If  any  overtime  is  involved,  according  to  the  terms  of  our  contract,  it  will  be  ejected  In  the routine  man­ ner—at  the  payoff.  If  the crew  attempts  to  t^e action  on  its  own,  contrary  to  the  Skipper's  orders—even  though  the  crew  believes and  knows  that  the  Skb>P*r  is  wrong—they  will  only  Jeopardise  their  seamen's  papers  and  make things  toughsr  lor  the  rest  of  the  membership.  r  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  ;  I  Ships  Voting  DEL  SUD  LASALLE  ANDREW  JACKSON  JEAN  LAFITTE  STEEL  ARCHITECT  STEET,  DTRECTOR  YORKMAR  STEEL  AGE  ALCOA  PILGRIM  GOLDEN  CITY  DEL  VALLE  ALCOA  POINTER  SOUTHERN  CITIES  CATAHOULA  STEEL  APPRENTICE  CUBORE  BENTS  FORT  KATHRYN  COUNCIL  GROVE  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  ABIQUA  CHILORE  WILD  RANGER  FORT  BRIDGER  ALGONQUIN  VICTORY  MONTEBELLO  HILLS  BULL  RUN  DEL  NORTE  WINTER  HILL  VENORE  ®  ALCOA  PENNANT  FAIRISLE  MAIDEN  CREEK  CLAIBORNE  ALAWAI  LAFAYETTE  STEEL  ADMIRAL  ^RORE  :FRANGES  • 'J  I  I  I  I  I  I  1  I  I  I  I  I  I  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource February 9, 1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIII, No. 3 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SENATE GROUP BLASTS CRIMPS, CALLS FOR PROBE NAVY PRAISES SS SEAWIND CREW SIU TO SET UP STEWARDS DEPARTMENT SCHOOL THE RIGHT COURSE REPORT PROVES SOUNDNESS OF WELFARE PLAN NMU MEN ARE BITTER CURRAN'S CUT-RATE CONTRACTS LEAVE WEST COAST COOKS COLD MOBILE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTER FOR NEXT PERIOD SAVANNAH BEACH GETTING BARE, AS SHIPPING BOOMS FROM A SEAMAN'S DIARY 2 PERISH, 1 HURT BADLY AS EXPLOSION ROCKS TANKER LOGANS FORT DEL MAR DAMAGED IN COLLISION OFF BRAZIL BETWEEN BATTLES ON SS SEA WIND SIU CANADIAN DISTRICT MADE GREAT STRIDES IN TWO YEARS CANADIAN BEEF IS PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR INTERNATIONAL OPERATES CSU LONG EXPLOITED BY REDS CANADIAN SEAMEN WANTED TRADE UNION, NOT POLITICAL YOKE SHERWOOD CREW RELAXES IN STYLE NEW YORK BRANCH HASN'T ANY BEEF: SHIPPING IS GOOD ITF SQUADS OPPOSE COMMIE GOONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/9/1951 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1951 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/71369757b96127212ae39643233506b5.jpg 2bb6f9480e5bf71f05be1131f45da5e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1948 United Financial Employees Wall Street Strike Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Seafarers International Union Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Brand Historic Files Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/29/1948-4/30/1948 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13, 36-14, 36-15 Description An account of the resource 1,100 United Financial Employees members marched on Wall Street to protest working conditions at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the spring of 1948. The SIU provided around 500 of its own members as security. Many of the UFE employees were office workers and women who needed protection from police violence. The strikes lasted a month, from the end of March 1948 to the last day of April. Although UFE was able to get the concessions they sought from the Curb Exchange, the Stock Exchange bosses refused to compromise with the union. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Financial District Wall Street New York Stock Exchange New York Curb Exchange Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Finishing up picket signs for the Stock & Curb strike Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Description An account of the resource At SIU headquarters, SIU and UFE members decorate their signs for the strike. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Digital Copies Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-14-002 1948 Strikes and Beefs United Financial Employees http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d42abf731216954534e0e702f8ac60fe.jpg b05e574cad11af187e90b592fb46513d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1948 United Financial Employees Wall Street Strike Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Seafarers International Union Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Brand Historic Files Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/29/1948-4/30/1948 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13, 36-14, 36-15 Description An account of the resource 1,100 United Financial Employees members marched on Wall Street to protest working conditions at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the spring of 1948. The SIU provided around 500 of its own members as security. Many of the UFE employees were office workers and women who needed protection from police violence. The strikes lasted a month, from the end of March 1948 to the last day of April. Although UFE was able to get the concessions they sought from the Curb Exchange, the Stock Exchange bosses refused to compromise with the union. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Financial District Wall Street New York Stock Exchange New York Curb Exchange Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fireman John Ward nurses his injury during Log interview Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Description An account of the resource John Ward ices down his fractured ankle while giving his account of the UFE strike to the Seafarers Log: "When the first upsurge ended, I found myself lying on my stomach in the middle of the group. I was about four men from the door of the Exchange. In the noise and turmoil I couldn't hear anyone yell at me, and I'm sure no attempt was made to do so. The first feeling of what was going on came when I felt someone beating me about the back and legs. Some cop rapped a tattoo on my back and I felt a sharp stab when his stick cracked against my ankle bone. I don't think I could have risen then if I'd wanted to. Finally four cops grabbed me and dragged me to the wagon." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Photographic Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/2/1948 Relation A related resource Seafarers Log Vol. X, No. 14 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13-004 1948 Strikes and Beefs United Financial Employees http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/111ce2becc6620aa65b8df3e07c9fe92.jpg ab395172be84c4df73b1ee9da9f3d8d8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand Historic Files Description An account of the resource Herbert Brand was Chairman of the Transportation Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in maritime industry research and promotion. The Institute directs its major efforts toward the preservation and promotion of a strong maritime capability in the United States. Mr. Brand assumed the position of chairman of the Transportation Institute when he retired as its president. He was instrumental in developing the Institute since 1967 when the organization's board of trustees named him to an administrative position. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Brand was associated with the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, where he carried a wide variety of functions including Director of the Departments of Public Relations and Organizing. Brand joined the SIU in 1946, and was a close confidant of the union's late president, Paul Hall. Born in New York City on September 3, 1913, Mr. Brand was involved in the maritime industry for almost fifty years. He was honored by the U.S. Navy League, a 68,000 member patriotic civilian organization dedicated to maintaining America's sea power. Mr Brand received the Navy League's Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award for contributing substantially to an increased public awareness of the vital defense and economic role of a privately owned American-flag merchant fleet. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-1988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand addressing Louisiana boatmen Subject The topic of the resource Educational conference Transportation Institute Description An account of the resource A group of boatmen from Louisiana, who were delegates to the May educational Conference in Piney Point, visited the Transportation Institute in Washington, D.C. There, they met with T.I. President Herb Brand who is sitting at the head of the table. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log, May 1977, p. 22. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 1977 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Image http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/dc5ac37fc88937e5f8eadf9c192cb489.jpg 06bbf77d87d5736a869674a9c519dc6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand Historic Files Description An account of the resource Herbert Brand was Chairman of the Transportation Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in maritime industry research and promotion. The Institute directs its major efforts toward the preservation and promotion of a strong maritime capability in the United States. Mr. Brand assumed the position of chairman of the Transportation Institute when he retired as its president. He was instrumental in developing the Institute since 1967 when the organization's board of trustees named him to an administrative position. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Brand was associated with the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, where he carried a wide variety of functions including Director of the Departments of Public Relations and Organizing. Brand joined the SIU in 1946, and was a close confidant of the union's late president, Paul Hall. Born in New York City on September 3, 1913, Mr. Brand was involved in the maritime industry for almost fifty years. He was honored by the U.S. Navy League, a 68,000 member patriotic civilian organization dedicated to maintaining America's sea power. Mr Brand received the Navy League's Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award for contributing substantially to an increased public awareness of the vital defense and economic role of a privately owned American-flag merchant fleet. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-1988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand with SIU delegates Subject The topic of the resource Educational conference Description An account of the resource Brand addresses delegates from ports of Baltimore, Norfolk, and Philadelphia on the role of the Transportation Institute. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log, January 1978, p. 17 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 9, 1978 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/802e254874f7e7e16d44c0512c19ff10.jpg ce9283b0a488803823401c88f55b1501 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand Historic Files Description An account of the resource Herbert Brand was Chairman of the Transportation Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in maritime industry research and promotion. The Institute directs its major efforts toward the preservation and promotion of a strong maritime capability in the United States. Mr. Brand assumed the position of chairman of the Transportation Institute when he retired as its president. He was instrumental in developing the Institute since 1967 when the organization's board of trustees named him to an administrative position. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Brand was associated with the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, where he carried a wide variety of functions including Director of the Departments of Public Relations and Organizing. Brand joined the SIU in 1946, and was a close confidant of the union's late president, Paul Hall. Born in New York City on September 3, 1913, Mr. Brand was involved in the maritime industry for almost fifty years. He was honored by the U.S. Navy League, a 68,000 member patriotic civilian organization dedicated to maintaining America's sea power. Mr Brand received the Navy League's Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award for contributing substantially to an increased public awareness of the vital defense and economic role of a privately owned American-flag merchant fleet. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-1988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand, Paul Hall at 11th SIU Convention, 1963 Subject The topic of the resource SIUNA Conventions Hall, Paul Brand, Herbert "Herb" Description An account of the resource From the 11th SIU Convention: Paul Hall seated next to Herb Brand Leon Hall in foreground Bill Hall in back right. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Image http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b34c99e91fb6fc196125b1a2134dba9e.jpg d2bbd8cbf2fa4b8e8404830b83b8a355 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand Historic Files Description An account of the resource Herbert Brand was Chairman of the Transportation Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in maritime industry research and promotion. The Institute directs its major efforts toward the preservation and promotion of a strong maritime capability in the United States. Mr. Brand assumed the position of chairman of the Transportation Institute when he retired as its president. He was instrumental in developing the Institute since 1967 when the organization's board of trustees named him to an administrative position. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Brand was associated with the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, where he carried a wide variety of functions including Director of the Departments of Public Relations and Organizing. Brand joined the SIU in 1946, and was a close confidant of the union's late president, Paul Hall. Born in New York City on September 3, 1913, Mr. Brand was involved in the maritime industry for almost fifty years. He was honored by the U.S. Navy League, a 68,000 member patriotic civilian organization dedicated to maintaining America's sea power. Mr Brand received the Navy League's Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award for contributing substantially to an increased public awareness of the vital defense and economic role of a privately owned American-flag merchant fleet. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-1988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand, Will Chasen, Stanley Kubrick during filming of 'The Seafarers' Subject The topic of the resource Brand, Herbert "Herb" The Seafarers Description An account of the resource A shot of SIU members during filming for Stanley Kubrick's short film, The Seafarers. Herb Brand and Will Chasen at front, Kubrick at back right. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Image http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/044fe027a57c8e7fa40f43dd63622c62.jpg b822303734e3726d5078977d3aec8913 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand Historic Files Description An account of the resource Herbert Brand was Chairman of the Transportation Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in maritime industry research and promotion. The Institute directs its major efforts toward the preservation and promotion of a strong maritime capability in the United States. Mr. Brand assumed the position of chairman of the Transportation Institute when he retired as its president. He was instrumental in developing the Institute since 1967 when the organization's board of trustees named him to an administrative position. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Brand was associated with the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, where he carried a wide variety of functions including Director of the Departments of Public Relations and Organizing. Brand joined the SIU in 1946, and was a close confidant of the union's late president, Paul Hall. Born in New York City on September 3, 1913, Mr. Brand was involved in the maritime industry for almost fifty years. He was honored by the U.S. Navy League, a 68,000 member patriotic civilian organization dedicated to maintaining America's sea power. Mr Brand received the Navy League's Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award for contributing substantially to an increased public awareness of the vital defense and economic role of a privately owned American-flag merchant fleet. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-1988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herbert Brand, Chairman - Board of Trustees, Transportation Institute Subject The topic of the resource Transportation Institute Brand, Herbert "Herb" Description An account of the resource Herb Brand's headshot Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1975 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Image http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/65f66c59a3c16add5f9f17a2ea5c8eb1.jpg 62324198f4731c8d2d376037d8c0e483 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand Historic Files Description An account of the resource Herbert Brand was Chairman of the Transportation Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in maritime industry research and promotion. The Institute directs its major efforts toward the preservation and promotion of a strong maritime capability in the United States. Mr. Brand assumed the position of chairman of the Transportation Institute when he retired as its president. He was instrumental in developing the Institute since 1967 when the organization's board of trustees named him to an administrative position. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Brand was associated with the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, where he carried a wide variety of functions including Director of the Departments of Public Relations and Organizing. Brand joined the SIU in 1946, and was a close confidant of the union's late president, Paul Hall. Born in New York City on September 3, 1913, Mr. Brand was involved in the maritime industry for almost fifty years. He was honored by the U.S. Navy League, a 68,000 member patriotic civilian organization dedicated to maintaining America's sea power. Mr Brand received the Navy League's Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award for contributing substantially to an increased public awareness of the vital defense and economic role of a privately owned American-flag merchant fleet. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-1988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource IUMSWA officials Subject The topic of the resource Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA) Description An account of the resource Shipbuilders' union organizing rep William McCaffrey (left) with Chairman of IUMSWA Local 13 Fred Mesita and Nicholas Lamb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Image http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/443e645e1399356457012e89cb7882f0.PDF ff220b9d1ca3400adaefff88a6453281 PDF Text Text •r-^^--':-yr-^ > • .' - ., • .^^•'^' ' "w^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA No. 1 NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1944 Vol. VI, NMU Begs War Labor Board For Seafarers' Conditions Read The NMU "Demands" Read This Break Down Of Comparative And Compare With SIU Conditions And Then Decide For YourContract On The Right Self Who Works For American Seamen ;m Ml \\ CONTRACT - NATIONAL CONTRACT - SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION MARITIME UNION Hiring Hall and Medical Exams: Here IsH^at The Union Wants (Prepared b.y Vice-President Howard McKenzle, Chairni'aa NeKotiating Committee) I. GENERAL CONDITIONS ' h' through the Union "Hall for all ratings. ,2. No more physical examinations by company doctors but by the U,^, Public Health'Service. ^ f * 3. Increase, in subsistence allowance to $7.50 per day for rooifa and meals. • II. OVERTIME 1. Deck Department a) 85c per hour to be paid after 5. p.m. and before 8 a.m. oh week days for rigging up, handling or securing cargo gear, b) Over­ time for laying dunnage, including first layer, c) Overtime for chipping, scaling, priming or painting! enclosed alleyways, midships or paralleling crews • quarters,-, messrdoms, pantry or laundry in all focsles, lavoratories, washrooms, lockers and storerooms not usqd'byDeck Department, d) Overtime for handling Stewards or Engine Room stores on dock or aboard ship, e) Bosun's pay to be increased to that of Assistant' Electrician. 2. Engine Department , , a) Overtime to Oilers, -Firemen, IVatertenders aiid Electricians : on watch in_ port after -5 p.m: and before 8 a.m. on .week days while cargo is being worked, b) Wages'of the Deck Engineer and Ma1 chinist placed in the same bracket as Assistant Electiician. . 3. Stewards Department a), 8 hours in 12 pn passenger and troop ships.' b) An additional J man placed on Liberty ships as Night Cook and Baker.' c) Manning I scale to be increased on ships carrying troops, d) The different wage j scales in different companies on passenger ships or troop ships to be 1 checked on and a proper scale set that will apply on all ships in all I companies. This an example of equal pay for equal iwork. > 4. Overtime applying to all Departments a) Overtime at sea for everybody required to "work on Saturday I afternoon, Sundays or. holidays. ia WAGE INCREASES TO EVERYBODY BASED ON INCENTIVE PAY PLAN 1. $450 to be paid to each member of the crew for a year's con­ tinuous service qn the same vesisel, to be computed as follows: a) $45-extra for the first 3 months, b) $90 extra for the next 8 months, c) $136 for the. next 3 months^ d) $180 for the final 3 months of the year. » . . . V J IV. MAINTENAN<:E OF UNION MEMBERSHIP In order to maintain union membership in wartime and to insure .that in the shuffle aboard ships caused by wartime conditio^A we don't have thousands of new people in. the industry taking a tree ride on the backs of those who are paying their dues to the Union, we are requesting that the dues be deducted from- the payroll at thio tlnie of pay-off and forwarded to the Union by the company. This will insure thjttt every member pays his dues and will, enable the patrolmen to detote all of' their time to settling beefs instead of devoting most of their time collecting dues and the rest of their time chasing chiaelers and company stooges who are trying to get a free ride at the expense of flie members who do pay their does. "pieae are ^ main issues and should be sufficient for all new] members to know what we are seeking. Will all officials b«trdlBg •hjP" please^ STO that these simpIiCed demands are placed on every i ship 80 dont toot^nrselres«at saying the same thing over and 1 Terjgg^n in the PILOT. t ' ' Lanford to Persian Gulf Captain Lanford, New York Port Captain for the Mississippi Line, has been assigned to Persia by the War Shipping Adminis­ tration. Lanford is a toiigh bargainer with the unions—a fair one. He always deals the cards above the table. We wish him luck in his new post. The Employer agrees that only members of tho Union shall be employed in all unlicensed person­ nel ratings. The Employer agrees to secure all unlicensed personnel through the offices of the Union when said personnel are available. The Union agrees that the Company shall have the right of rejeciien of personnel Ihey consider NMU asks for SIU provisions. See "General unsuitable with the understanding that if the Union considers the cause of rejection unjust the Conditions" of McKenzie's demands, reprinted Company agrees to endeavor to reach a satisfac­ from Dec. 17th Pilot on the left. tory settlen^t with the parties involved, namely, the Executive of the department involved, t£3~ Business Agent of the Union and the member or members in question. If an amicable settlement cannot he reached by this method, the medier is to he immediately referred to the Port Committee prescribed for in section 5 of this agreement for final settlement. In the event any decision of the Company Phy­ sician is challenged b yihe Union as to the physi­ cal fitness of a Union member, said member shall be re-examined by a Public Health Physician and his decision shall be binding. Overtime (all departments) .85 per hour Room and Meal Allowance: .90 per hour When hoard is not furnished unlicensed mem­ •When board is not furnished, unlicensed mem­ bers of the crew shall receive the following B1« bers of the crew shaU receive the following al­ lowance: lowances: Seventy-live Cent {7Sc) per meal. (a) in lieu of breakfast $.60 When men are required to sleep ashore. Two (b) in lieu of dinner 60 Dollars ($2.00) shall he allowed tor room. (c) in lieu of supper 60 When men are i-equired to sleep ashore, two dollars ($2.00) shall be allowed for room. Working Cargo Gear: Rigging up or securing cargo gear shall he dono by the watch on deck between the hours of 8 A.M. Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (a), of and 5 P.M. weekdays and 8 A.M. to 12 Noon Sat­ Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping on urdays without payment of overtime. Overtime col. 1. shall be paid to the watch on deck tor such work performed after 5 PJM. and before 8 A.M. and on Saturday afternoons. Sundays and holidays. {Continued on Page 2) {Continued on Page 2) THE FAKERS ARE EXPOSED The NMU officials own records show that they have tried to saddle the seamen with compulsory medical examinations so stiff that the average man over thirty years could not pass t. There is a reason for this. The NMU doesn't want the old-time seamen in its ranks -and it doesn't want them in the industry! For the NMU officials have plot­ ted to deliver the newcomers— the trainees — and the younger seamen into a Government-ship­ owner controlled labor front for a price: That the NMU is made the only "representative" of the seamen. To this end they have man­ euvered and connived with the , politicians in Washington and with certain officials of the WSA {Continued on Page 2) fl �iB : ' Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the Affilcaled with the Americm Federation of Labor ------- Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stons St BOwHng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) .,321 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH ,218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA .423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO.. 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 »267 Dushane's Report MARITIME !> WAR EMERGENCY BOARD Decisions made during the month of November are as fol­ lows: - C. Hsher — SIU, Patrolman. ^N.Y.—S.S. Winfield Scott—Crew claimed bonus for Oran on and for Gela, on Board has ruled that vessel was in Selerno Bay on and that bonus was paid for this date. Vessel was not at Gela on , board is now trying to get more informa­ tion on this case. A. C. Dynarski—SIU, Patrol­ man, N.Y.—S.S. Grace AbbottCrew's claim for bonus is the Thames Estuary. Board ruled that there was no enemy attack Ion this date. Jack Dwyer—SUP. Patrolman, N.Y. — S.S. James V/bitcomb— Crew claimed bonus in Algiers for attack during to Board ruled bonus payable. S.S. Lewis Morris alleged attack for Oran, Board states that from the information that they have there was no attack on this date, therefore no bonus is pay­ able. J. H. Volpin—SIU, Patrolman, .N.Y. — S.S. Pepperell — Crew claimed bonus while in London : and Board ruled no bonus payable for or on this vessel, as it did not ar­ rive in London until A. C. Dynarski — SlU, Patrol­ man. N.Y.^S.S. George Oendleton—Crew claimed attack bonus for Thames Estuary, on Board ruled that there was no attack, on this date, no bonus payable. J. H. Volpin—SIU, Patrolman, N.Y. — S.S. Kofresi — Crew claimed bonus for attack on Bone To Board ruled that there was an attack that occured outside of the harbor limits, and therefore no bonus is payable. Having the board check further on this case. Friday, January 7, 1944 NMU Begs War Labor Board NMU CONTRACT Laying Dunnage:. Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (b) of Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping. ------ "President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK LOG {Continued from Page 1), SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District HARRY LUNDEBERG SEAFARERS SIU CONTRACT {Contimied from Page 1) When the crew are required to actually lay dunnage fsr cargc, Ihcy shsl! be paid at the legular overtime rate for such work. This does not mean handling dunnage in order to clean holds, but only refers io actual flooring off with dun­ nage for cargo. Chipping, Painting, Etc.: ,..if (a) In all ports, members of ihe Deck Depart­ ment may be required to chip, sougee, scale, prime and paint the vessel over sides. (b) Overtime shall be paid when sailors are required, either )n port or at sea, to chip, sougee, scale, prime or peiint galley, pantry, saloon, living quarters, forecastles, lavatories and wash rooms which are not used by the Unlicensed Deck De­ Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (c) of partment. This shall also apply to all enclosed Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping on passageways amidships with doors or bulkheads Col. 1. at both ends, but does not apply to passageways regularly used as part of quarters by Unlicensed Deck Personnel, or passageways used as part of quarters jointly by Unlicensed Deck Personnel and another department of the Unlicensed Per­ sonnel. (c) In ports where the Company employs a reg­ ular shore gang for the purpose of performing this work, this practice shall not be interfered with. Handling Stewards or Engine Stores. Sailors may be required to handle deck stores both on the dock and on board ship during their ; i.LliJi'l Ijjitl i.iiii (. regular hours without payment of overtime. Reg­ ular hours are defined to mean 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. weekdays and 8 A.M. to 12 Noon Saturdays. When sailors are required to handle Stewards' Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (d) of or Engine Room stores, both on dock and aboard Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping on ship, they shall be paid overtime at the regular overtime rates. Col. 1. Daily supplies of fresh provisions, such as milk, bread and vegetables shall be brought aboard by sailors when required to do so without payment of overtime. Ship's officers shall determine the number of sailors to be used in handling ship's stores. The Company reserves the right at any time to use shore gangs to handle ship's stores. L. J. Bollinger — SIU, Patrol­ man, N. Y.—S.S. Thomas Reed— Crew claimed bonus for attack on London, Board ruled that this vessel was not in London on this date, therefore no bonus is payable. J. Sheehan — SIU, Patrolman, N.Y. — S.S. Lawton B. Evans — Crew claimed bonus for attack Bosun*s Pay: on Gela, on following date Coastwise $105.00 to to , to Deepsea $112.50 Board has ruled that an attack occured at Gela between and , and .company claims A.B.*s Pay: bonus was paid. Vessel was at Coastwise . $ 92.50 Bizerta to , company Deepsea ..... $100.00 claims bonus was paid. R. W. Sweeney — SIU, Patrol­ Overtime for Blackgang: man, N.Y.—S.S. Marymar—Crew claimed bonus for alleged attack on London, Board has ruled that there was an attack on this date, and states that the vessel was in the Thames Estuary on this date, therefoi'e no bonus is payable. P. Maniscalco — SUP, Patrol­ man, S.F.—S.S. Cape Romaine Crew claimed bonus for alleged attack on the port of Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Board has ruled that they have been unable to get confirmation of an attack on this date from the Navy, Com­ Asking SIU conditions-L-see subsection (a) of pany or the Officers. Therefore Engine Department demands in Pilot clipping. no bonus is payable. J. Sheehan — SIU, Patrolman. N.Y.—S.S. Oremar—Crew claim­ ed bonus attack for alleged at­ tack on London between and also attack bonus in Thames Estuary, Board has ruled that crew is entitled to attack bonus for while in London, however, board has rul­ ed that crew is not entitled to an attack bonus for the Thames Estuary as the vessel left the Estuary on P. Maniscalco — SUP, Patrol­ man, SJ".—B.S. Charles G. Curtis —Crew claimed bonus attack while in anchorage off of Catania, {Continued on Page 4) {Continued on Page 3) Majority of SIU contracts provide Bosun with Minority of SIU contracts provide $117.50 $112.50 Majority of SIU contracts Minority of SIU contracts $110.00 $100.00 VESSELS CARRYING DECK ENGINEER: When cargo is being worked with ship's winches after 5 P.M. on arrival day, the deck en­ gineer shall oil winches and look after the deck machinery until Midnight: after Midnight an oiler shall be detailed to oil winches and look after deck machinery until 8 A.M. On other than arrival days a deck engineer shall oil winches and look after the deck machin­ ery between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. In the event a deck engineer is not available or obtainable an oiler may be assigned to his, duties. If an oiled is not available Or obtainaMe any member of the Engine Department, with oiler's qualifications, may be assigned by the en­ gineer in charge. It shall be the duty of the deck engineer io turn the steam on deck and prepare the winches for working cargo. Either the wateriender or fireman, but not both, shall receive overtime while cargo is being work­ ed with ihe ship's winches at all times between Ihe hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. and on Saturday afternoons. Sundays and Holidays. In port, firemen or watertenders, but not both, shall maintain a regular donkey watch between the hours of live (5) P.M. and eight (8) A.M. with­ out payment of overtime except as provided in this section. On Saturday afternoons. Sundays or Holidays, they shall receive the regular overtime rate. Donkey watches shall be maintained for. the purposes of keeping • steam for ihe auxiliaries,, winches, and the safety of the ship. When vessel arrives on Saturday before Noor 4 hours shall constitute thte K^lar day's wbxk foi| all members of the Engine Department. {Continued on Page 3) �Friday. January 7. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG NMU Begs War Labor Board II I NMU CONTRACT (Continued from Page 2) NMU Asking SIU Conditions SIU CONTRACT (Continued front Page 2) VESSELS CARRYING 3 FIREMEN OR 3 FIREMEN-WATERTENDERS AND 3 OILERS AND NO DECK ENGINEER: On days of arrival, if cargo is lo be worked with ship's winches after five (5) P.M., firemen and oilers shall remain on sea watches until Midnight. The oilers shall take care of the winches at all times while in port, if being used to work cargo, and the firemen shall lake care of the entire plant while the oiler is on deck attending winches. When watches are broken and cargo is worked with ship's winches after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., it shall be the duty of the oilers, as assigned by the chief engineer, or engineer in charge, to put in lime in addition to their regular day's work for the purpose of oiling winches, and they sh^ be paid at the regular overtime rate while per­ forming such work after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and Holi­ days. In the event an oiler is not available or obtain­ able, any member of the Engine Department with oiler's qualifications may substitute for the oiler. It shall be the duty of the oiler to turn the steam on deck and prepare the winches for work­ ing cargo. Both the oiler and the fireman shall receive overtime while cargo is being worked with the ship's winches at all times between the hours of five (5) P.M. and before eight (8) A.M. and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and Holidays. When vessel arrives on Saturday before Noon, four (4) hours shall constitute the regular day's work for all members of the Engine Department. In port, firemen shall maintain a regular don­ key watch between the hours of five (5) P.M. and eight (8) A.M. without payment of overtime ex­ cept as provided in this section. On_Saturday af­ ternoons, Sundays or Holidays, they shall receive the regular overtime rale; donkey watches shall be maintained for the purposes of keeping steam for the auxiliaries, winches, and the safety of the ship. ELECTRICIAN'S OVERTIME: While cargo is being worked with electrical winches after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., after 12 Noon Saturdays and on Sunday and Holidays, overtime shall be paid to electrician on duty. Longshore Work: NMU asks for SIU provisions. But NMU has the following finky clause: In those outports where there are no regular longshoremen available, members of the crew may. be required to drive winches for handling cargo, or may be required to handle cargo. For such work performed during their regular work­ ing hours, they shall be paid in addition to their regular monthly wages, at the rate of 70c per hour; and for such work performed during over­ time hours they shall be paid at one and one-half times the overtime rate. The phrase "regular working hours" means men on regular straight time and is not restricted to men on sea watches. This section shall not be so construed as to be applicable to any work "where longshoremen are not available due to labor trouble. IHeal Hours: The meal hours for the Unlicensed Personnel employed on vessels of the Company shall be as follows: Breakfast ; 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. Dinner 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Supper 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. These hours may be varied but such variation shall not exceed one hour either way, provided that one unbroken hour for meals shall be allow­ ed. This paragraph, however, shall not apply to men on watch. Where the full njeal hour as provided in the agreement cannot be given owing to navigation of the vessel, particularly tying-up and letting go, extra compensation at the overtime rate will be allowed for the portion of the meal hotu not granted. For example, if a man is given fifteen thihutes to eat he will receive extra compensation •for forty-five minutes in lieu of the full meal hour. (Continued on Page 4) In those ports where there are no longshoremen available, members of the crew may be required, for the purpose of handling cargo, to drive winches or may be required to handle cargo. For such work performed, they shall be paid in addi­ tion to their regular monthly wages. One Dollar ten cents ($1.10) per hour for their watch on deck and One Dollar and Sixty-five Cents ($1.85) for the watch below. ' After 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays or Holidays, the rate shall be Three Dollars ($3.00) per hour for all hands so engaged. This section shall not be construed as to be ap plicable lo any work where longshoremen are not available, due to labor trouble. Paga Threa Fakers Are Exposed (Continued from Page 1) as well as with some of the ship­ owners! In order to do this, however, the NMU officials and the Stalin­ ists have tried to introduce the "check-off" of union dues from their membership. Note demand Number 4 in Pilot clipping. This is one of their greatest confes­ sions of weakness. They have no real union strength because no sentiment for unionism remains within their ranks. The Pilot has pleaded that the "check-off" is necessary because the NMU patrolmen are unable to settle beefs. For the NMU patrolmen and delegates have been reduced to combination Pilot peddlers and book sales­ men, who shake the collection can on the side for causes the Stahnists deem "worthy" at any particular moment. AND IN THE PROCESS THE SEAMEN ARE MILKED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! It is fast becoming a by-word on NMU ships that "If you look under your bunk out will pop an NMU delegate with a (so-called) 'ship's library' and a collection can to shake John seaman down." The delegates' "shop-talk" in the NMU headquarters is about how many of the so-called "li­ braries" they've sold and how it left them no time to settle the beefs. It's small wonder the NMU wants the "check-off" — but for what? It will aid their Pilot peddling; book selling; can shaking, and what-have-you—but it won't set­ tle the seamen's beefs under the NMU's cheesecloth pacts with the shipowners. Because they pro­ vide nothing. The shipowners run through 'em and get satisfaction and countless millions in profit; the NMU's sickly Port Commit­ tee gets the beefs; and John working seamen gets exactly— NOTHING! any man on the job it is Trade Unionism upside down — with the worker on the bottom! And getting it in the neck!" On the other hand the SIU's agreements fully protect their members. The-rules as shown by the table.s herewith provide many conditions in the industry that the fast-failing NMU has never been able to obtain. And through their failure to gain conditions of overtime for the seamen they have put mil­ lions into the pockets of the ship­ owners in unpaid overtime; as well as countless more millions into the shipowners' coffers through lower wage scales—and therefor lower war bonuses. Fur­ ther they have saved the oper­ ators other millions through lack of job conditions on ships under contract to the NMU. And in passing it might be said that while Curran and his misfit outfit have blasted the old ISU, the ISU as far back as the > year 1920 had conditions which the NMU has never been able to approach. For the working rules of an ISU agreement of 1920-21 provided overtime for OT hours, weekends and holidays at the overtime rate. Here's an ex­ ample: 5. While vessel is in port and members of the engine room department are standing don­ key watch, no work shall be performed which is not part of their, regular duties; between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. or vessel is working cargo or solid ballast, extra compensa­ tion to be paid at the overtime rate. When cargo winches and engine room auxiliaries, other than feed pumps or injectors, are being used an oiler, watertender or engineer will also be on watch. On steamers not carrying a donkeyman, the work to be performed by a fireman. 6. No unlicensed employee in the engine department shall go on watch unless he shall have had six hours off duty immedi­ ately preceding the setting of watches. If sea watches are set at 12 midnight, the unlicensed employees in the engine de­ partment, required for the first watch, shall not be work­ ed later than the -previous noon. Curran, like the rest of the Stalin phobes in the NMU is a man with the unique talent for always being wrong. And the further wrong he goes the loud­ er he screams and reflects the desperation of the NMU in gen­ eral. For Curran has the Pilot with which to howl loud and long and run a line character as­ The AFL unions are the only sassination and turn the NMU's consistent defeats into slyly group which have lived up to The meal hours for the Unlicensed Personnel written headlines which would the aims of these pioneers of employed in'the Deck and Engine Departments give the seamen the impression marine unionism. The NMyers and the Stalinists for all their of great victories. shall h( as follows: high-powered blasting and prop­ Breakfast 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. But the seamen know better! aganda have never been able to Dinner 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. No one can fool them because equal these provisions—and they Supper 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 PJd. they work on the job and know never will be able to! (a) At sea the 4 to 8 Watch shall relieve itself the conditions and wages under for supper. But since they cannot, they (b) The 12 to 4 watch on sailing day is to be which they live! scream loudly of "their" achieve­ One ex-NMU member, while knocked off at 11 A.M. in order to eat at 11:30 ments for the seamen, thump A.M. and to be ready to go on watch at 12 Noon. turning his book in for an SIU their chests and call oiu*ses upon book the other day, summed up ....(c) These hours may be varied, but sUch varia­ the AFL and the officials of its tions shall not exceed one hour either way, pro­ the Pilot rather neatly. Said he: affiliated marine unions which vided that one unbroken hour shall be allowed at "I'm tired of reading about have done a job instructed by all times for dinner and supper when vessel is in the 'great victories' in the Pil­ their memberships. port. When watches are broken, if one unbroken ot's headlines. Victories the hour is not given the man involved shall receive members never get! That's The NMU pact has some fairly one (1) hoiar's overtime, in lieu thereof. This pen­ why I'm joining a real union, decent conditions which the AFL alty hour shall be in addition lo the actual over­ the AFL's SIU. The Pilot is a unions pioneered and standard­ time worked during the meal hour. continual education in ignor­ ized in the industry and which (d) When crew is called to work overtime be­ ance: Ignorance of the sea­ the shipowners had to concede to fore breeikfast and work contin aes after -7:30 A.M. men's problems; ignorance of the fast-failing, misfit NMU offi­ a full hour shall be allowed for breakfast and if the Trade Union movement as cials to enable them to ram the breakfast is not served until 8:00 A.M. overtime a whole, and ignorance of hu­ NMU-shipowner combine's rot­ shall continue straight through until breakfast is man beings." ten working conditions down the served. "The NMU officials call it 'trade unionism.' But to me or (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) J . . .'c fj �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 7, 1944 l;V" I'-' Begs War Labor Board Washington Report NMU NMU CONTRACT SIU CONTRACT (Confintied from Page 2) flaring and Board has ^ated that the company paid an jattack bonus during this period. The above cases wind up all .bonus claims that have been set­ tled for the month of November. It is interesting to note that sevieral of these claims were settled by the board with statements •that the vessels were not in the areas on the dates submitted in the disputes. I am of the opinion that the crews could be able to give the union further assistance in getting prompt settlement if they could get newspaper clip­ pings of the areas where the at­ tacks occur. We would then be in a position to prove to the Ijoard that an attack actually oc­ curred, and we would not have to rely on government or Com­ pany officials. If a newspaper account of any attack can be se­ cured, send the complete page in­ to the agent's office so that he will have the date line, and city of the paper's establishment. TRANSPORTING CREWS The KMC has sent out the fol­ lowing communication to all their port representatives. Dated tlecember 24, 1943: "1. When a maritime labor union recognized in Instruction No. 32 is unable to supply a spe­ cific number of men in specific ratings for a specific ship, you are, upon request of the union, to provide transportation for ex­ perienced men of that union from the nearest port. "2. The above provision is ap­ plicable to men in the entry ratings. "3. The men referred to shall be secured from the port nearest to the one at which they are to be utilized. "4. The handling of such or­ ders shall be cleared through the regional office in accordance with instruction No. 25." It should be noted that the above order limits the transpor­ tation of men to the nearest port where the shortage may occur. This is contrary to our agree­ ments. The Union is to supply me nto all ships that the Union has contracts with. In the event that the union cannot supply the required amount of men and it will cause a delay of a vessel. The operator then has the right to secure the men needed to fill the shortage. Our contracts do not limit us to the nearest port only, the Union has the whole coast at its disposal to get the men. If we do not stick to this proposition, it will only be a short time when our vessels will be completely manned by non­ union men. Fakers Are Exposed I IJ'JV {Continued from Page 3) of the seamen still adher­ ing to the NMU. The NMU "agreement", if it can be called that, is not remai-kable for what it says—^buit it is remarkable for WHAT IT DOES NOT SAY, and for the overtime jmd general conditions sacrificed to shipowners. For in these provisions the SrU betters the NMU pacts by 'having it on the line—in black and white — as to what their members shall be paid for. In other respects the agreements with the shipowners throughout the industry are pretty much the same on general and department­ al conditions not shown, with the exception that where over­ time is provided the SIU OT rate is better in all cases. Because of this and the NMU's ioud howls that "their contracts Were the best in the industry" ihe NMU officials ^vere forced lately into a corner by the re­ maining NMU membership — they must put up, or else . . . Their scream was frantic! What could they do! They appealed to the shipowners and found "no soap" as well as having "no cof­ fee time." Thus they started the .old pattern all over agaia and jfittaeked the opposition unions, the AFL, accusing them of all the acts that they, themselves, were ^ilty of. But the seamen know better! They are not being fooled a bit. ^hey know that the SIU is the extension of the SUP of the AFL •^^ne of the oldest marine -unions in the Nation, which was found­ ed by Andrew Furuseth: the man the shipowners couldn't buy and feculd not use because of his .Trade Union principles, and be,cause. he would not let them de­ fame his name while he yet lived, Jifc.;' {Coniinned from Page 5) Division of Wages: When members of the Unlicensed Personnel are required to do extra work because a vessel sailed without the full complement required by the ves­ sel's certificate, under eircumstances where the la*r permits such sailing, the wages of the absent seaman shall be divided among the seamen who perform his work, but no overtime shall be in­ cluded in such wages. Uniforms: When quartermasters are required to furnish their own uniforms, they shall be paid three dol­ lars ($3.00) per month in addition to their regular wages. Paint Spray Guns: No Provisions Docking and Undocking: Relieving Helmsnum: No Provisions ^ ARMAND RIOUX Please communicale with Rich­ ard M. Canton, 51 Chamber St., Arrivals and Departures (ov^time) N.Y.C., immediately in regard to Commencement of Port Time for tne Engine settlement of your case. Department on freight and passenger vessels, at the next half hour or hour after the vessel is properly secured alongside the dock, or when the vessel anchors for the purpose of loading or dis­ Deck-Engine Dept. who lost charging cargo, and "Finished with Engines" is Personal effects on SS Samuel rung. Griffin can now collect claim at termination of Port Time for the Engine De­ 99 John St. See Mr. Paulson, partment on freight and passenger vessels, when WSA Claim Dept. "Stand By" is rung. MONEY DUE (a) When members of the Unlicensed Person* nei are required io do extra work because the vessel sailed without the full complement requir* ed by the vessel's certificate, under circumstances where the law permits such sailing, the wages of the absent members shall be divided among the men who performed their work, but no overtime shall be included in such payments. (b) At sea, when day men are switched to see watches and promoted for the purpose of replac* ing men who are injured or sick, they shall re­ ceive the differential in pay and overtime for all watches stood on Saturday afternoons, Sundays* or Holidays. (c) When men standing sea watches are pro­ moted for the purpose of replacing men who are injured or sick, they shall receive the differential in pay only. (d) But in no event shall any member of the Unlicensed Personnel work more than eight (8) hours in any one day without the payment of overtime and when overtime is paid for mora than eight (8) hours' work because of absent mem­ bers, there shall be no division of absent members' wages. In cases where uniforms are required by the Company for the Unlicensed Personnel, they shall be furnished and paid for by the Company; or in the event a man is required to furnish his own uniform, he shall be paid an additional Ten Dollars $10.00) per month for same. When members of the crew are required to use paint spray guns they shall be paid at the regu­ lar overtime rate during straight time hours and at the rate of time and one-half the overtime rata during overtime hours. Yet, the Stalinists in the NMU and a few charity fakers in the Umted Seamen's Services have tried to usurp his name and memory by naming a so-called When members of the watch below are called "club" after him under semion to assist in docking or undocking the vessel Government auspices. they shall be paid for such work at the regular The old seamen are not fooled. overtime rate. The young seamen are learning. The trainees lately come into the industry are taking advantage of the real Trade Union principles offered by the SIU. Thousands of them have joined the AFL unions for their ability to fight for con­ ditions on the job. Thousands Carpenter Work: more are coming. How about you. Brother? For this is the answer to the No Provisions NMU's cry for "stabilization" of which they couldn't get through li.iuiii iiiifiiiiilii !tli llui illi union strength; this is the an­ swer to the NMU's flash public­ ity job: "The NMU—What it is Bosun or Carpenter Standing Watch ^ —^What it Does." The seamen see the answer to No Provisions the first "What it is?" and reply "NOTHING"; to the "What it does?" they also reply "NOTH­ Sounding Bilges: ING." But the SIU in the estimation of all seamen, young and old is No Provisions SOMETHING that will fight the seamen's battle here on in. HSOH«/S {Continued from rage 5) When men off watch are called upon to assist in docking or undocking, they shall be paid for such work at the regular overtime rate. All hands in the Deck Department are to be used in docking and undocking when available. The watch on deck shall receive overtime for docking and undocking after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. weekdays, and on Saturday afternoons, Sun­ days and holidays. When it is necessary to put sailors on the dock to catch or let go lines, those actually going on the dock shall receive One Dollar ($1.00) for each instance. This is in addition to overtime if they are on overtime at the time. When members of the Deck Department are re­ quired to do cjtrpenter work, they shall be paid af the rate of eighty cents (80c) for watch on deck and One. Dollar and Twenty Cents. ($1.20) per hour for watch below. On vessels where no car­ penter is carried, only boatswain shall handle ground tackle. If the Boatswain or Carpenter are required to stand watch due to shortage of men, they shaU receive overtime for all watches stood on Satur­ day afternoons, Sundays and holidays* When members of the Deck Department are re­ quired to sound bilges after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays, they shall be paid for such work at the regular overtime rate. Any seaman covered by this agreement assign­ ed to regular wheelman's duties shall not be re­ lieved for sougeeing, chipping, painting, shining brass and cleaning work during the regular wheel j watch. ./I A'Hvals and Departures, Saturday Afternooz Sundays, and Holidays: Vessels arri'ving in on Saturday afternoons, Sundays or Holidayil Overtime shall begin when "Finished with En-{ gine" bell is rung. Vessels departing for sea on Saturday after­ noons, Sundays or Holidays: Overtime shall be paid up until the "Ahead or Astern" bell is rung. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 07, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NMU BEGS WAR LABOR BOARD FOR SEAFARERS' CONDITIONS LANFORD TO PERSIAN GULF THE FAKERS ARE EXPOSED DUSHANE'S REPORT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/07/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9b65f172b5d4ca6321418300b323b3b1.PDF a4b0c5b6832649147b1eb2bd0da450fb PDF Text Text m Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 10. 1947 VOL. IX. No. 2 SlU Asks Recognition As Bargaining Agent For Tidewater Seamen COUNTING THE VOTES NEW YORK—Representation of a substantial ma­ jority of the 254 unlicensed men employed on tankers op­ erated by the Tidewater Associated Oil Company was claimed this week by the Seafarers International Union when it petitioned the National Labor Relations Board -r-'-TA Hard at work counting the votes cast in the election for 1947 officials, the camera catches the Balloting Ccmmitice on the Fifth Floor of the Ne v York HalL Left to right, standing. Isaac Miller and Louis Salvatore, Seated, Sam Luttrell: Hi I Higgs, Bob Jones, and Bob Hillman. P&O Signs New Contract^ With SiU; SS Florida Sails dustry, barring none. P&O immediately resumed pre-war operation, and the SS Florida has already started on the first trip from Miami to Cuba. A new SIU Hall has been es­ tablished in Miami, under the supervision of Acting Agent Charles Starling, The new contract is to remain in effect until September 30, 1947, and can be automatically renewed each year unless any party to the agreement gives notice of its desire to amend or terminate the contract. This notice must be given at least sixty days prior to the expiration date of the con­ tract. Nine holidays are lecognized by the Company, and if VE day NEW YORK, January 9—The or VJ day are observed as nat­ complete tallying of what is al­ ional holidays, they will be added ready known to be the greatest to the list. Any day that is a recognized number of votes ever cast in an holiday for longshoremen in con­ SIU election was finished late to­ tinental United States ports shall day by the Ballot Tallying Com­ also be counted as holidays for mittee, elected at the last New the crew while in that particular York membership meeting. The port. results of this election will de­ The only significant changes termine the officers of the Atlan­ between the contract signed by tic and Gulf District for 1947. This tally, plus a report of the Missi.ssippi and the one signed by activities of the committee, will P&O are in the wages of Bosun, be submitted to the next mem­ Carpenter, Chief Steward, and bership meeting on Wednesday, Second Steward. Under the P&O agreement, the Bosun will receive January 15. The members of the committee $225.00 per month, the Carpenter are: Deck Dept., Sam Luttrell, $225.00, the Chief Steward $325, Bob Hillman; Engine Dept., Bob and the Second Steward $220.00. The Union Negotiating Com­ Jones and Louis Salvatoi-e; Stewmittee which won these new ards Dept., Isaac Miller, Bill Higgs. Although the final results were' gains consisted of John Hawk, not obtainable, the committee Secretary-Treasurer; J. P. Shuler, states that more votes were cast Assistant Secretary - Treasurer; in this eelction than in any pre­ and Robert Matthews, Engine vious balloting for officers in the Department Special Representa­ tive. history of the SIU. NEW YORK —Culminating negotiations that began more than a month ago, this week a contract was signed between the Seafarers International Union, and the Peninsular and Occiden­ tal Steamship Company, covering wages, manning scales, and work­ ing conditions for the Deck, En­ gine, and Stewards Departments. This agreement is very similar to the Mississippi passenger ship contract which, as is well known, is the best in the maritime in- SIU Vote Tally Ends; Committee To Report To Branch Meetings Isthmian Meeting NEW YORK. January 9— The informal meeting sched­ uled for Wednesday. January 8. between the SIU. the NMU and the Isthmian Steamship Company, has been post­ poned. Instead all the parties will meet today at the New York offices of the National Labor Relations Board. The LOG will have gone to press before the results of that meeting can be obtained, so all information coming out of the conference will be car­ ried in next week's Seafarers LOG. for an election in that conipany.*The petition was filed on Jan­ uary 3, 1947, and requested thai a poll be taken of the unlicensed employes, not including Pursers or Radio Operators, to determine a bargaining Agent for the men. This move climaxes an organizing drive of five weeks duration. A majority of the men work­ NEW YORK—With but four ing on Tidewater tankers have hours remaining before the Sat­ already signed pledge cards auth­ urday midnight strike deadline, orizing the SIU to represent them, and now that the machin­ an agreement was reached be­ ery has been set in motion to tween the Tugboat operators and hold an election, it is expected the 2,800 New York Tugboatmen, that there will be a rush to sign averting a tie-up uf New York cards on the part of men who Harbor. have not done so as yel. The Union's committee, headed The petition to hold an elec­ by Captain William V. Bradley, tion in the Tidewater Associated President of Local 333, United Oil Company follows close on the Marine Division, ILA, hailed the heels of another petition filed with the NLRB in the case of the agreement as an important vic­ unlicensed personnel sailing the tory for the tugboat workers. The tankers of the Cities Seiwice Oil new agreement calls for the longfought for 40-hour week, 11 per­ Company. The move to force an election cent increase in pay, and time in the Tidewater Tankers was and a half for Saturday and initiated with a letter to the Sunday work. The new agreement, which (Continued on Page 6) will run for one year, was reach­ ed after nearij' ten hours of al­ most constant sessions in New York City Hall, and brought to an end negotiations which had been in progress .since early No­ vember. consisting of close of to six hun­ MEMBERSHIP VOTE dred pages, 1 took the matter up with our International President. While the new agreement must Harry Lundeberg. We discussed still be ratified by the memberhaving it analyzed by a compe- ship, it was regarded as acceptable to the rar^k and file. tent attorney on maritime laws Ballots will begin going out affecting seamen. We wanted this done in order that the Union to the membership Jan. 8, and would be well equipped to appear will be returned by Jan. 29. If before Congress to combat the accepted by the membership the shipowners' and bureaucrats' new wage increase will be retrosuggested revisions of the law, active to Jan. 1. and also to take up the seamen's The operators up until the last ideas on amending the laws af- meetings had stuck to their offer fecting them. j of ^ 44-hour week and an eight Brother Lundeberg approved percent increase, but as the time of my suggestions, and delegated ran out they brought up their me to go ahead. 1 offer until is was acceptable to the I committee representing Local I have started work on this al­ 333. ready, and I would appreciate The new agreement raises the suggestions in writing from any­ one of the members with respect wages aU along the line lifting to changes that are believed the lowest-paid deckhand to 96c necessary in the way of improv- an hour and the highest paid, Captains to $1.71 an hour. ing laws affecting seamen. SIU Takes Action To Prepare For Changes In Shipping Laws NEW YORK — Word has just been received from Secretai-yTreasurcr John Hawk, that an attorney is being retained to an­ alyze the proposed changes to the Federal Shipping Laws, changes which are now before the proper House of Representatives Com­ mittee in Washington. Brother lining the farers is rights of Hawk's statement, out­ action which the Sea­ taking to protect the seamen, follows: 1 was recently informed, in­ directly, that there is now before the House of Representatives, Committee on Revision of Laws, a preliminary draft of the pro­ posed revision and codification of the Federal Shipping Laws. WELL PREPARED I communicated with the Chair­ man of this Committee, request­ ing a copy of same. Upon receipt of this document. NXTugboatmen Win 40 Hr. Week; Tie-Up Averted �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 10. 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Plib!/shed Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor J;f' At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. HAnover 2-2784 t 4. i 5. HARRY LUNDEBLRG ------- Presidci/t 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. p. O. Box 25, Station P, New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. The Plain Facts There are few workingmen in the United States who ido not know that our Congress is controlled from top to bottom by industrialists and big business men. Although ,we elect the Congressmen, they rarely, if ever, represent us. If they are not already bound heart and soul to big business before they reach Washington, it does not take Itoo long for them to find out which side is the most profit•able, and they soon start dancing to the tune called by the men who control most of the wealth of this country. There are very few laws introduced in either House ,.pf Congress that are of real benefit to the workers. Instead, year after year, and bill after bill, we see special preference being given to those who are few in number, comparative­ ly, but who wield power far in excess of their size; Right now we see the way big business operates, chrough its willing servants in the Halls of Congress. For a long time the industrialists have been wanting to chop down the Wagner Act, and to take steps to out. law the closed shop. The National Association of Manu­ facturers has had these two items high up on its lists of ^things to be done for the past ten years. Now the Senate of the United States, and the House of Representatives, are starting the action to put through both of these changes. Hospital Patients When entering the hoBpftal notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals Labor in the United States has worked hard and long These are Ihe Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, f.jd- the closed shop, and for the various provisions cmas reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging bodied in the Wagner Act. Yet, at the word from a group heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ ' of men who want to grind down the workers so that they ing to them. can enjoy more power and better living for themselves, BALTIMORE HOSPITAL "CHIPS" ^EILSEN H. BELCHER the Congressmen are willing to take away the fruits of our MICHAEL LUCAS L. L. MOODY JR. THOMAS WADSWORTH long years of struggle. C. KOLSTE It is no secret that most of the bills which are intro<iuced in Congress, designed to limit labor, are drawn up by corporation lawyers and others skilled in battling against Labor. What is really horrible about the whole thing is that Congressmen are elected to protect il:e many, not the 'few. When a group of men who are the elected representa­ tive^' of 140,000,000 people go out of their way to do the bidding of a fraction of one percent of that number, then they lay themselves wide open to the charge of not carryfitig out the honorable duties that are expected of thern. The picture is now plainer than it ever was before. •'Big business maps the plans, and the members of Congrctss •carry out the dirty work. It will continue to work out that ,way until Labor is strong enough to match its strength against the power of big money. There is only one course open to Labor in the struggle ;to achieve such strength. All workers must be organized land the men who lick the boots of big business must not be allowed to continue in their mis-representation of the ^^ecent, hard-working people of the United States. PETER LOPEZ HARRY WALSH RUSSEL REDDERT JOHN DUDDKO SEBASTIAN AMENTA ORPHA JOHNSON JEFFERSON MORRISON EMILIO DI PIETRO FRANK DOLAN FRANCIS O'BRIEN JAMES DAVIS ERNEST TILLEY LOUIS SCHACKLEFORD CHARLES HAHN S. & 1 STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL J. L. EAKIN E. F. SPEAR P. J. WILKINSON R. G. MOSSELLER D. HUTCHINS M. J. QUINN W. B. MUIR J. S. WOOD W. G. H. BAUSE MOSES MORRIS J. GRIFFIN L. A. CORNWALL P. STEWART 4- i -i NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL H. G. DARNELL LIONEL ROTHERHAM J. W. DENNIS W. BROCE JR. E. J. RIVIERE J. P. BROOKS . JACINTO NAVARRO RALPH EWING CENTRAL MASON R. M. NOLAN JOE CAMBLOR JOHN (DUTCH) SERCU F. BURGLAND THOMAS BAIER EDWARD CUSTER KARL PETTERSSON E. B. BUCKLEY H. GRAY t t X SAN JUAN HOSPITAL P. FELECIANO E. LARKIN W. TROLLE B. AGUILAR F. APUNTE J. BERGERIA You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. -m, (on Ist and 2nd floors.) NEPONSIT HOSPITAL LINDER CLARK J. FIGUEROA L. L. LEWIS H. SELBY H. BURKE J. S. CAMPBELL J. T. EDWARDS B. LUFLIN G. F. McCOMB E. FERRER R. BLAKE J. R. HENCHEY » » » BRIGHTON HOSPITAL H. SWIM E. JOHNSTON E. DUNPHY G. BONDI E. MAY E. DELLAMANO R. BAASNER G. VICKERY 4" ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL D. MCDONALD J, KOSLUSKY �Friday. January 10. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Rip Van Curran Finally Wakes Up; Finds NMU Officials Are Gemmles The most recent issue of thetNMU Pilot, dated January 3, 1947, contains some very revealing in­ formation for NMU members, in­ formation which they would al­ ready know by heart if they fol­ lowed the Seafarers Log. Joe Curran, president of the Communist line changes in this country during the past several By PAUL HALL NMU, and now engaged in an all- years may definitely be separated into three distinct periods. These out struggle for his job, has three periods in turn are related to certain policy changes laid down Curran's fight against the communist party in the National some plain facts to pass along in in Moscow, and concurred in by all commie front outfits or by any Maritime Union may yet prove to be of great help to the bona his column, "Passing the Word." outfits in any way controlled or dominated by the communist party. fide seaman. There is no question but that Curran is right in his For the first time since Joe has As proof, if further proof is needed, that the NMU has been con­ accusations that the top leadership of the NMU has been members been doing the bidding, and trolled by commie misleaders throughout these years, the record of of, and followers of, the communist party (the record proves that dancing to the tune of the com­ several NMU-commie functionaries is given so that it can be com­ easily, as a glance across the page will bear out), and that the munist party, he lashs out in pared with the Moscow line. CMU was a creation of the CP forces in maritime to consolidate print against the other members their hold on the smaller unions. of the NMU Executive Board. Hitler-Stalin Love Feast This was the period from August, 1939, until June 22, 1941—the Others connected in any way with As a result of the failure by the CP to capture maritime, we timeof the Hitler-Stalin love feast—during the life of the Nazithe waterfront, have known that have a right to take pleasure in the cracking of the CMU. The Soviet peace pact. At that time, the Moscow line opposed U. S. in­ Joseph Stack, NMU vice-presi­ AFL unions steadfastly refused to join or cooperate with it, be­ tervention into World War II, and classed it as an "imperialistic war." dent; Howard McKenzie, another cause we knew it for what it was: another attempt to control the The line was definitely anti-government and anti-Roosevelt at the vice-president; and Ferdinand maritime unions, just as was their first attempt, the west coast time, also anti-shipowner. Smith, national secretary, are ac­ Maritime Federation of the Pacific. Here's what Howard McKenzie, NMU Vice President, had to say tive members of the communist This is not to say that unity among all maritime unions is not party, and have been carrying out in the report of the National Council meetiqg appearing in the NMU necessary. As a matter of fact, it was never more needed that it the orders of the party in the Pilot of Jan. 26, 1940: "Another reason is that there are certain ele­ is today, with the threat of anti-labor legislation hanging over our NMU. ments in the present Administration in Washington which are trying heads, the proposed recodification of maritime laws, and the Coast to force this country into war ... It is our belief that these elements LISTEN, NOW Guard determined to exercise its coytrol over seamen^to mention in Washington advise the operators to take it easy and sign the Joe Curran has consistently de­ only a few. agreement. They still hope that if war is declared, they can hook the nied this, and has maintained union up to the war machine and destroy the hiring hall along with that his actions, and the actions First Real Chance wages." of all the other members of the Ferdinand Smith, NMU National Secretary, had this to say in Now that the disruptive CMU has been thoroughly discredited NMU executive board, have been for its raiding and political tactics, there is a great possibility that dictated solely by the desire to a Pilot article of February 9, 1940: "The manacing M-Day plan for for the first time there is a chance for real unity among all seamen strengthen the union. Listen to industrial mobilization, twin product of the War Department and labor-hating financiers, is ready for operation the minute war is based on a common program. what he has to say now. declai-ed. "They were in no position to Recently all maritime unions, AFL, CIO and independent, have -"Maritime workers, naturally, bear the brunt of any war-time been invited by Vincent J. Malone, president of the MFOWW, to to do so (criticize in a construc­ attacks on labor. Ouis is a basic, strategic industry. Our organiza­ meet in Washington to discuss joint action on problems affecting tive manner Curran's resignation tions are considered a menace to war profiteering (especiaUy in all seamen. It would be a great thing for the seamen if this ma­ from the CMU) because they munitions and shipping) and are bound to be the first victims of terialized. There is need for a move of this kind now. Action, and knew that the statement made by the drive on trade union rights." fast action at that, should be taken if any of us is to survive the myself was correct and that our Frederick Myers, former NMU Vice President and Field Or­ Union was in danger. The simple .attacks of the shipowners and the government bureaucrats. ganizer, stated in the Pilot of February 9, 1940: "We in Marine reason they did not, is because Let us not be super-optimists, however. Such a conference their loyalties and their motives object to the transfer of American vessels, the corruptness in the would not end jurisdictional lines between the various unions. This have not been for our Unioh Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, the Maritime Commis­ we know is impossible at this time. The lines are drawn too deeply first. They have openly made it sion's shipowner-policy. President Roosevelt's utter disregard for for us to throw aside overnight. clear on the floor that they spoke seamen obtaining social security and general welfare. We support We should be able, however, to unite on a specific program, officially as members of the com­ Lewis in condemning these Government officials who are more in­ and combat all common enemies: the shipowners, government bu­ munist party and for the com clined to make political porridge of the labor movement rather than to help better wages and working conditions and improve the con­ reaucrats and the communits party. One of the first things we have munist party." ditions of life of Labor in this country." to face with joint action is Coast Guard regulation, and unless we COMMIE POLICY do so we all stand a good chance to be enslaved by the hooligans. A few paragraphs further, Joe Pro-Govt. and Shipowner Period / goes back into the NMU record The second period was that which ran between the invasion of Four-Watch System during the war to prove that Ru.ssia by the Nazi.s on June 22, 1941 and the expulsion of Earl Next—if indeed it is not the first thing—is to coordinate the NMU policy was dictated by the Browder as head of the American communists in the early part of contract expiration dates of all seamen's unions, and then, going communist party all that time. 1946, to be replaced by William Z. Foster. This was a period of full He says, aU-out, by strike if necessary, for the four-wateh system. cooperation with the government, collaboration with the shipown­ "Just as two years ago when ers, and agitation for all-out war against the Nazis with full-support This type of program is a simple one around which all seamen Myers was vice-president,^ Mc­ could rally without going into the ticklish problem of jurisdictional Kenzie, Myers, and Smith at­ for Russia. Fi-ederick "Blackie" Myers stated in the N. Y. NMU meeting beefs. Just so long as there are unorganized outfits left, there will tempted to promote the idea that of March 12, 1942, "When we gave up our right to strike we did so naturally be some very hot beefs while organizing is going on. How­ the shipownei- was 'our friend' with the prime intention of guaranteeing to the nation that our ever, these beefs can be controlled and handled. and that we should not worry vessels were going to move, and that we were going to move them The big thing will be to show that seamen can and will unite about wage increase.s—the ship­ on schedule . . . The proposal we made today—whereby we would on a simple program against general, common enemies. In fact, owners would give them to us out establish a "Keep 'Em Sailing Board," composed of representatives we must write a working program or the entire propaganda of the of the goodness of their hearts. from the Unions and the operators and the government—would con­ communist party will be proven true—that only through the CP can That was the same time that the tribute the maximum effort toward working out a joint program to working unity be achieved. We must prove it to be what it is—a lie. communist party promoted col­ iron out all the wrinkles that now exist." laboration with the employers Howard McKenzie declared at the same New York meeting Eliminate Communist Party and so it had to be pushed into (March 12, 1942), "The first responsibility of every loyal American our Union." is to contribute his or her maximum contribution to winning the At the same time, definite steps should be taken, agreed to by All of the statements made by war. It is the duty of every patriotic American, it is the duty of all unions, to eliminate from maritime the communist party as an Curran about Stack, McKenzie, the shipowners as well as the Union." organized group. In the face of their terrible wartime record this Smith, Myers and others, are Later, in his report, McKenzie asserted, "We also proposed a should not be difficult to do. (rue, but nowhere does Curran joint statement with the shipowners that they join with the union It must be pointed out to all seamen that should the occasion admit that he accepted all of in supporting the government for an effective price control, ration­ arise, the commies will once again sell-out to the bosses, just as they these policies until the split over ing consumer commodities and eliminate war profiteering." did during the war, when—to give but one example—they whole­ the CMU. At a special New York membership meeting on July 7, 1941, heartedly supported Coast Guard dictatorship over seamen. One statement in Curran's col­ NMU National Secretary Ferdinand Smith, in discussing the NMITs The time has come when something can be done about these umn sticks out like a soi'e thumb statement of policy on the suddenly changed international situation, and the other enemies of maidtime workers. We should not let it to anyone who believes in trade said "I want it stated here, although some of you say we should not union democracy. Here is what get away from us. give any aid to the Soviet Union in particular, it is not a question of Curran has to say about the us, as a trade union, preserving our own interests, and our interests way decisions are made by of­ are the defeat of fascism. The defeat of the Soviet Union would only ficers of the NMU. This is from mean potential invasion by the forces of fascism." a report of the National Council Committees, and was suppressed CP Super Militancy Again from the membership: The third period, the one we are now in, called for the re­ "The records we examined surgence of CP super-militancy once again. After the collabora­ show that Vice-President Myers, tion of Browder, the CP decided that in order to capture the popu­ Vice-President McKenzie, and lar labor fancy once more that they would have to replace Browder Secretary Smith did make indi­ with the more militant Foster. So, the next line change. This one vidual decisions on organization, called for anti-bureaucracy, anti-shipowner policies, and pro-Sovietnegotiations and personal ques- ism, as usual. {Con tin lied on Page 6) (Covfinued on Page 4) Re<5ord Shows NMU Leaders Follow Changes In CP Line �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 10, 1947 Curran Finds NMU Leaders Are Commies WRAT ttwiiK (Continiied from Page 3) tions at Variance with union policy." The report further state.s that QUESTION:—In your opinion, what was the greatest SIU victory during 1946? ". . . The New York Agent, Joe Stack, had on occasions exceeded FRANK DUNKLEY, Cook: CLIFFORD BROWN. FOW; his authority as agent and taken All the victories last year were As far as I am concerned, and unto himself responsibilities I think this goes for most sea­ important. That includes the new which properly belonged to the men, the new contracts are the contracts, the General Strike, the national officials." most important single victory the victory over the WSA Compe­ NOT RED-BAITING Union won all last year. It meant tency Cards, and the way we Curran makes the very good Kliiii quite a big increase in wages, and stopped the commies every time. point that in the past, in the also better conditions. For years Don't forget the way the SIU NMU, it has been difficult to seamen have been sailing under took the lead in setting up the criticize the officials who follow­ poor conditions, and with wages AFL Maritime Trades Depart­ ed the commie line because "they that shoreside workers would ment, either. However, if I have always made the plea that they laugh at. Now we are getting to pick one outstanding event, were being criticized because paid a little better for the risks I'd say the new contracts are the they were members of the com­ we take and for the work we do. most important. The advances munist party and that this was We still are not earning all we made in these new agreements red-baiting. Since that time, how­ deserve, but that will come, too, mark a long step forward for all ever, McKenzie himself spoke for through the SIU. seamen. the communist party at the Na­ tional Council, stating that the communist party and/or its mem­ bers can and must be criticized, whenever in the opinion of any­ KYLE BASHAW, AB: one, they do wrong and it is not HYMAN PITKOFSKY, MM: red-baiting." Winning the General Strike was I firmly believe that the new In bringing to a close his reve­ the main event for our Union last contracts weie the most outstandlations of what the communists year. It showed that we have a Rng victories of last year. The have done in the NMU, Curran lot of power, and that we are SIU has always had higher wages says definitely that the commun­ not afraid to go to bat for what and better conditions than any is rightfully ours. All seamen, ist party is seeking to maintain other seamen's unions, but the even those in other unions, bene­ full control of the NMU and its contracts we signed last year put fitted from our actions. The Gov­ policies. us e\'en further ahead. All sea­ FACTS DISTORTED ernment was used to pushing la­ men look to the SIU for leader­ "Their deliberate distortion of bor around, and they expected us ship, and we gave it to them in the facts concerning our rela­ to fall down and play dead when extra good measure last year. tions with. the CMU," he says, they ruled against our new wage Winning the Isthmian election is "is desperate action on their part increases. Well, we showed them also a victory, although the stal­ to keep the NMU captured and different, and the other unions ling around that the NMU is do­ under party control; the same followed our lead, and won the ing is holding that one up. tactics, attempts to create panic same increases. through lies, slander, packed meetings, are clear in this pic­ ture now and the members should he fully aware of if." The record is very clear on the role the communists have played in the labor movement, and in the National Maritime Union. Noth­ ing that Curran or any other By EARL SHEPPARD dition.s are concerned, the letter these Atlanta City seamen. Here's to say, "Pile off." But it takes a NMU official has been able to continued, the crewmembers a case where a number of men real Seafarer with real guts to say has changed the plain facts Two militant Isthmian crewthink that by the time they re­ on an unorganized ship went out stick on a ship like that, and fight that the NMU has been domin­ members, Alfred D. Pereira and turn from their current voyage and did the kind of a job that things through to a successful ated by the communists, and has Pete Blume, proved recently that everything will be fairly ship­ any Seafarer could be proud of conclusion. They did it, and so taken its ideas and line from the it just takes a little of that old Daily Worker, the organ of the shape. having done. The fact that the could anyone else. Seafarers fighting spirit to get communist party in the United ship lnvas an unorganized one decent conditions aboard an Isth­ It's men like these fellows from States. READ AND LEARN makes the job that much more the Atlanta City that make the mian ship. Now that Curran has come out commendable. Brother Pereira went on in his These two boys along with SIU the strong and militant un­ against his former comrades, it their fellow crewmen got fed up letter, "I would like to have this Too many times, fellows are ion that it is today. And, it's men makes the picture that much with the intolerable and unsani­ beef mentioned in the Log if it ready to pile off a ship when the like these that are going to make more plain to the naked eye. The tary conditions on board the At­ is at all possible, because I think coffee isn't perked properly, or the Seafarers into the biggest and NMU has been under the influ­ lanta City, and as a result raised that the Seafarers should read if they only get one kind of meat strongest maritime union in the ence of the CP, and now the bat­ a little hell with the Isthmian aad understand about a situation instead of two, or for a number world. Always remember, it's tle is on to rescue that union like ours. Port Captain. your Union, Brother, and you from the clutch of the red fas­ of other trivial reasons. "Sometimes, it is better if the Before they got back to their make it what it is! cists. When you're trying to organize ship, the company akeady had a men would stay aboard an unor­ an unorganized ship or company, shoregang cleaning out the filthy ganized ship with bum conditions you have to put up with some heads. Later, new mattresses and work to better those condi­ hardships in order to do a job for were delivered aboard for the en­ tions," declared Pereira, "and in the Union and yourself. Those that way it would be a better ship tire crew, also a new toaster. Switching his raiding tactics companies serving Alaska order­ conditions will always be im­ You see, it does pay to squawk for the next crew. When the sea­ to the frozen north, Harry Bridges ed Ketchikan-bound freight to proved considerably when the about the living and working men pile off a ship with plenty is once more attempting to muscle be restricted to only one hatch ship is finally unionized. conditions, even on an unorgani­ of beefs and when things look in on SUP jurisdiction and jobs and to be limited in amount. zed (but, not for long!) Isthmian bad, they are not helping them­ by ordering his longshoremen to NOT DISCOURAGED Although the CIO Longshore­ ship like the Atlanta City. Of selves or the next guy." usurp winch-driving work on an men have been badly beaten in Take the men on the Atlanta SUP ship in Ketchikan, Alaska. In concluding his letter, Pereira course, the fact that these men similar attempts to raid our con­ had the backing of the SIU in stated, "These conditions aboard City as an example. Those guys tracted jobs, they seem to be ask­ The center of trouble, the SS their beef was an additional club the Atlanta City would never had filthy heads on their ships, ing for trouble again. The SUP North Sea, reports that the ILWU for bargaining purposes. have been looked after if we, the improperly working, and many has served notice that infringe­ According to the letter from crew, hadn't beefed so much. Of other sub-standard conditions as members have demanded to take ment on its juristictional rights, over winch-driving work for Deck Delegate Pereira, men are coui-se, half our battle was won compared to an organized ship. by commie-inspired raids, will which Sailors Union of the Pacific working on the Deck and Engine with the splendid support we had Were thety discouragted? Hell, not be tolerated. deck crewmembers have a con­ room heads, installing new valves, from a crew which was strongly no! They went out and did a job The Seattle Branch of the SUP, and getting everything in work­ sprinkled in the three depart­ through beefing aboard their ship, tract. which is handling the beef, has REDUCING CARGO ing order once again. In addi ments with some good Seafarers, and having their elected dele­ gone on record as condemning tion, a load of new fans also ar- and the balance made up of sea­ gates take up their complaints As a result of this action, the this action and has instructed its with the Port Captain. -rived, so that conditions on the men friendly to the SIU." Northland Transportation Com­ members to protect their con­ JVtlanta City have improved con­ They got results. And so could pany, operators of the North Sea, tract rights by refusing to move LISTEN HARD siderably. you, if you came up against the have ordered immediate drastic any ships where the ILWU has Although the ship is still not Seafarers should listen to ad­ same kind of a situation on an restrictions on cargoes from Seat­ encroached upon the rights of what it should be as far as con- vice such as that coming from unorganized ship. Sure, it's easy tle. Also the three steamship the SUP. Jiiii Atlanta City Crewmen Show How SIU Tactics Can Win Improvements On Isthmian Ships Bridges Tries New Raid �-T-ra^F—TTiT" Friday, January 10. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG CRACKERJACK CREW Wm. Clay Is Kept On The Ball By A Crackerjack SlU Grew NEW ORLEANS—Even though the William Clay, Alcoa, was shorthandcd in'the Stewards De­ partment on Cljristmas Day, the crew of the Liberty did not suf­ fer in the eating line. The whole Department, under the able direc­ tion of Chief Steward Bill Oliver, pitched in, and the result was a meal fit for SIU members to eat and cat and eat. Here is the menu that they went to town on: Russian Fruit Salad Consomme a-la Florentine or Louisiana Chicken Soup Roast Young Tom Turkey and Giblet Sauce Old Plantation Dressing Crcuiberry Sauce Stuffed Round Steaks a-la Caillu Virginia Baked Ham with Pineapple Sauce Boiled Filet of Sole a-la Levantine Glazed Sweet Potatoes Asparagus De Hoj^t Four Watches First Among Seafarers Goals Page FivA Anglaise Sweet Peas Souffle Sweet Corn Mashed Potatoes Dauphinose Potatoes Augustin Pumpkin, Mince Meat and Canadian Apple Pies Layer Lemon, Fruit Marble and Pound Cakes Candies and Nuts Assorted Fresh Fruits Hot Coffee or Tea Hot Parker House Rolls • The William Clay is on the bauxite run, and it is' a good, clean ship. Most of the crew, including the Bosun, A1 Guanire have signed on for another trip. Eksewhere on this page is a picture of Al." Although he looks like he had a losing fight with a meat grinder, the explanation is much more simple than that, and also much more interesting. Al had a senorita on each knee when the chair broke under him, throwing him against the table, and giving him a black eye. At least that's Al's story and he sticks right to it. The crew of the William Clay brought in a clean ship, and most of the crew signed on again for the same run. This is the Deck Gang. Left to right, front row, Arrid Gylland, AB; Chad Hagbred, OS; Al Guanire, Bosun; Paul Knipp, AB; and Tony Moshak, AB. Back row, William Siesfeld, OS; Al Dolce, OS; James Van Sant, AB; Carson McCoy, AB, and John Heacox, AB. By HOWARD GUINIER NEW YORK—The Seafarers In­ ternational Union is embarking on its ninth year with a remark­ able record of success in secur­ ing benefits for its members. Those of us who were instru­ mental in creating the organiza­ tion can well be proud of its rec­ ord, and the manner in which it was constituted. In the past year, the SIU by its militant action leaped to the forefront, assumed and gave leadership in the maritime field that has left its rivals gasping and the shipowners wondering what will come next. I feel safe in making the flat statement that foreiiiost among our contract demands will be the establishment of the four-watch system. We should, therefore, discuss and explore all angles of the question so that when the time comes we shall be able to make concrete recommendations as to just how it shall be in­ stituted. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE There is no doubt that the war interrupted a program of organ­ ized labor that would have re­ sulted in the establishement of the six-hour day. We can, there­ fore, look forward to that as the primary objective of labor in the coming negotiations. This will not be handed to us on a platter. We must tighten cur ranks and see to it that the few performers still with us learn the facts of unionism. There is no place for disrupters (intention­ al or otherwise) in our Union and it is my opinion that the .sooner we unload these people the bet­ ter off we will be. Union members have a respon­ sibility to their organization to conduct themselves as such, and it is every member's duty to see to it that this is*.done. It is interesting to note that many crews have adopted a sys­ tem of fines for infractions of rules that has resulted in cleaner •jnessroms and quarters. This should be encouraged, thereby teaching our new members that an SIU ship is a clean ship. The black eye that Al Guan­ ire, Bosun, is sporting, did not come as the result of a tight. He says he got it when a chair collapsed under him when he had one girl on each knee. That's a good way to get hurt, in any case. On this page appears the menu served to the crew of the Clay on Christmas Day at sea. Tho | Stewards Department, above, is responsible for the swell feed. Left to right. Bill Oliver, Chief I Steward; Clarence Lyons, Chief Cook; Jimmie Williams, Night Cook and Baker; Gettis Light- i foot. Third Cook, and Leonard Jones, MM. Merchant Seamen Are Eligible To Buy Surplus Small Vessels may inspect them without ooltgation. Lists of vessels being offeieSt for sale will be issued from i.-mo to time by the Maritime Commia^ sion. Seafarer's who wish ro bo placed in the mailing list shouf^ write to the United States Mari­ Sales of the craft will be limit­ time Commission, Room 2410, 'V/ ed to veterans and to merchant Building, Washington, D. C. seamen who have received, or are eligible to receive, a certi­ i ficate of substantially continu­ ous service. Merchant seamen are eligible to purchase Government surplus small vessels 65 feet and under in length, according to terms of an announcement just released by the United States Maritime Commission. NOTICE! Seamen who are interested in inspecting the vessels for .sale are advised by the commission to contact the nearest office in their district. This is the Engine Department, lined up from left to right for this picture. Paolo Pringi, D. B. Moller, Tommy O'Shea, Al Freund, Alfred Medina, and Boleslaw Czeck. Like the other members of the crew, these men have done a swell job of keep­ ing the William Clay on the ball. Smooth sailing fellows. The Commission's latest an­ nouncement lists some 80 small craft of varying types and speci­ fications, ranging from 30 to 65 feet in length. Prices range from $100 for a Higgins Landing Craft (personnel) to $20,000 for a sea­ going tug. Several motor launches and speed boats are listed. The vessels are located at var­ ious naval and shipbuilding es­ tablishments throughout the na­ tion, where prospective buyers Jack Balson shipped aboard the Benjamin R. Milam on a run from rbo boneyard at Wilmington, N. C. to New York, where the ship was delivered to the French Government. Hf> claimed to be an SIU member and gave two different num­ bers, 234 and 2234. Investi­ gation proved that neither of these numbers is his. Agents in all ports and ships dele­ gates are urged to be on tho lookout for this man, and see that his book is clear be­ fore he ships on an SIU ship. J f J { 1 �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Six Defense Of Bilbo Bleeding Hearts Comer Blocks Host Of Anti-Labor Bills :^£CO<L SiixtmAAip Gympxi/ru^, //vc. WASHINGTON — By an ironic twist of fate, one of Labor's worst enemies, Senator Theodore Bilbo, is responsible for staving off temporarily the flood of antilabor bills waiting for introduc tion into the new congress. Bilbo, who is being threatened with denial of his Senate seat for graft in war contracting, and for intimidating voters in his dis­ trict, has the backing of a small group of southern senotoi's wlio have pledged a filibu.ster until he is seated. If the Biblo group makes good its threat, the rcactionarie.s with their briefcases bulging with antilabor bills will have to cool their heels outside the senate chambers, and weep bitter tears over the fact that labor is being granted a reprieve by one of their own boys. Among the bills slated for first consideration by both houses are those aimed at strangling the rights of Labor. They are taking various shapes and forms, but all have the same purpose; the destruction of unions. One is the infamous Case Bill, with its outlaw of boycotts and sympathetic walkouts; another is a proposal to prohibit strikes in basic industries and for compulsary arbitration. Also there is no ddubt but revisions of the Wag­ ner (NLRA) Act, calling for the Open Shop, will come high oil the agenda. These are but a few of the anti-labor bills that will be in­ troduced in the 80th Congress, to be rushed through committee, and passed on to the President quick­ er than the bill that raised the salaries of Congressmen. There will be more of them. Gadsden Crew Gives To Baltimore Brothers In Marine Hospital By RAY WHITE BALTIMORE—This week the crew of the SS M. B. Gadsden do­ nated thirty dollars to be di­ vided among the hospitalized SIU members at the Baltimore Marine Hospital. The hospital committee headed by John Taurin reported that the money given by the considerate crew of the Gadsden was divided equally, giving $3.00 to each of the following hospitalized Sea­ farers: Manuel ^S. Romero, M. H. Walsh, W. L. Gillespie, Francis R. O'Brien, Emilio DiPietro, S. J. Amento, Joseph Ramieri, Peter Lopez, John Fitsimmons and Orpha Johnson. ATTENTION SIU, SUP CREWS When your ship comes in­ to the port of Tampa, do not buy one single thing from any of the Ships' Chandlers there. Those men. with the help of policemen, crashed our picketlines during our General Strike. Keep those finks off your ships, and re­ member to pass the word to other seamen. This is action thai has the backing of the entire membership of the Seafarers International Union. PieR*K" WCCHAWKCN. N.J •e«. LO»«oAe«»c »••«*> • T IOOO Kov60b«r 19th 1946. He regret to Inform you that you ire not entitled to vecatlon or transportation money for the time you hare been working as Chief Steward for t hie Company. The anion has ruled that there be no more TacatloRj, they feel that by paying vacations. It will Mice company men cut of you. In other wordi, any man, who one year» eervlco with the Company, prior to the eigning of the arjeen'^nt on Auguet 4, 1946, has forfeited hla vacation. This haa nothing to do with the caspany'e feeling but le ilrlclly ths 0 land taken by the Union. Regarding tranoportatlcn, again It eeeme to the writer that the Union haan't doneeiaotly the right t hlng towarde the Crew. As you know, the artlcleo were not terminated wnou vou arrived In the Port of Mobile, Eowever. the Union forced the men to sign off on mutual conoent and, when that happened, no transportation had to bo paid. The writer, for' one, regrets having to explain thle to you. as ws would very much like to see you getting paid for both vacation and tranaportablon, but, ae you can readily understand, the Company cannot do for one and net for another and, therefore, we have to live up to our agreement with the Union. Hoping you ere In the best of health, wo are Very truly yours, yaCQA STEAKSHIP COBPAWC, IMC. O.-'ICKAMSW-— Comiciesary Supt. GHHxCBA Friday. Janoary 10, 1947 AICDB CDDperates With SIU; Sends Stewards Cute Netes A slimy, finking technique em­ ployed by the Alcoa Steamship Company's commissary superin­ tendent to alienate Chief Stew­ ards from their shipmates by means of subtly worded letters was exposed this week by the Seafarers International Union as part of a vicious anti-union campaign. The Union's expose was sub stantiated by one of these letters sent recently to an SIU mem­ ber who has worked as Chief Steward aboard Alcoa vessels The Steward recognized the let­ ter's purpose and turned it over to the Union. The letter 'was written on of­ ficial company stationery at its Weehawken, N. J., office's Drip­ ping with syrupy friendship, it sought to convince the Seatarer that the company was his great benefactor. Any shortcomings which the Steward found in the company's treatment of him, the letter al­ most tearfully pointed out, were not the company's desire. OH. HARD LIFE Very few Stewards ar* duped by the crocodile tears shed by such good Samaritans as Hansen for the "poor unprotected Stewards." One of the questions in the minds of the Stewards is why the self-styled "chcunpion of the cause" never thought to pay them overtime at sea on Sundays and holidays, and in port on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. They are astounded at the idea that a man who had their interest at heart as much as Hansen says he does, never thought to raise their pay. They often wonder how long Hansen had to plead with the Union to let his company give the Stewards an increase of 3S cents an hour for fheir overtime. They can hardly understand why Hansen never thought of easing their work by putting on an adequate manning scale. Although Hansen's interest in their problems is appreciated, the majority of the Stewards prefer to string along with the Union as long as the SIU continues to he "influenced" by him to sign agreements such as the one recently signed. Hansen, nor any other company stooge, can never sell the Stewards, or any other Union man. the idea that their best iriends are the companies or their commissary superintendents. In fact, the company would like to do more for the Stewards than the agreement calls for—it says in the tear-jerker—but it wouldn't be living up to its agreement. "The Company cannot do for one and not for another and, therefore, we have to live up to our agreement with the Union," the letter concludes. The end of the letter, quoted above, reveals its true purpose, which is to pilay the Stewards against the other crewmembers. The SIU has known for a long time that various companies have been trying to pry away from the Union the selection of Chief Stewards when calling for crews. Stewards for freight vessels are shipped off the board. For pas­ senger ships, the Union clears Stewards through the Hiring Hall, SIU Asks To Be Recognized As Bargaining Representative For Tidewater Seamen (Continued from Page 1) Company, and at the same time the petition was submitted to the NLRB. Here is the text of the letter to the Company: Mr. R. K. Kelly, Vice-President Tidewater Associated Oil Co. 17 Battery Place New York, Nev/ York Dear Mr. Kelly: Please he advised that we are the authorized representatives of a sufficient number of the unli­ censed personnel now employed in the Tidewater Tankers to qual­ ify us as the Bargaining Agent for Ihe unlicensed personnel in your company. This is to further advise you that we have petitioned the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board for an election in these tankers as of this dale, copy of which is en­ closed. Sincerely, Paul Hall, Director Tidewater Tankers OrgcUiizing Committee The letter to the NLRB fol­ lows: Mr. H. LeBarron, Director National Labor Relations Board but the companies would like to give these jobs to their specially selected men, free and clear of the Union. These supposedly friendly, per­ sonal letters, plus the many other overtures made by Alcoa pur­ porting to show the company as good Samaritans to the Stewards, form a definite pattern. The SIU has definite reasons to believe that the primary pur­ pose of the campaign is to drive a wedge between the Chief Stew­ ards and the other crewmemher.s. OLDTIME FINK It was pointed out at Unyjn headquarters that the signer of the letter, Commissary Superin­ tendent Hansen, has a notorious finking record, and finked on the SIU during the 1941 bonus strike. The fact that the Alcoa com­ pany allows an official to openly employ finking tactics leaves open to question their announced desire to deal with the Union in good faith. Calling upon Alcoa to back up it.s pronouncement to deal in good faith, the Seafarers recom­ mended that the company de­ monstrate its intent by not using Hansen to continue his anti-un­ ion devices. Crime Wave Hits Waterfront In Port Galveston A wave of crime is sweeping the waterfront in the Port of Gal­ veston, Texa.«!, witli seafaring men the chief victims of holdup and sluggings. One SIU member is in the Marine hospital reported­ ly suffering from a skull fractui-e a.s a result of a beating ad­ ministered by thugs in the latest of the series of attacks. The incidence of waterfront crime in Galveston was reported to the Log by John D. McLemore, a Seafarer. Brother McLemore said that "the highwaymen's fra­ 120 Wall Street TcUiker Corporation of same, as ternity in this port has been con­ New York, New York of this date. We are, therefore, centrating recently on the sea­ Dear Mr. LeBarron: using ihe facilities of your office men." in order to make preparations The Seafarer hospitalized with This is to inform you thai the for an election to he held within the skull injury, "Fats" Wolfe, Seafarers International Union of was in the company of C. A. North America represents a suf­ this company's tankers. Hancock when the two men were This letter also was signed by ficient number of ihe unlicensed attacked following the payoff Paul Hall. personnel now employed on aboard the SS Hastings on which Tidewater Tankers fo qualify us The drive to organize Tide­ thej^ were crewmembers. as the Bargaining Agent for this water is another step in carrying company. out the Seafarers pledge to or­ The two Seafarers were beaten We have advised Tidewater ganize all unorganized seamen. and "rolled" for over $500 each, according to Brother McLemore. Seafarer Hancock received a less severe beating than did Wolfe, and did not require hospitaliza­ tion. (Continued from Page 3) NMU Leaders Followed CP Line In the Pilot of April 5, 1946, Secretary Smith declared in an ar­ ticle on maritime unity, "By virtue of their huge profits and their importance in world trade, the shipowners today are in an extremely strong position. This position is buttressed by many friends in Congress and in government agencies related to the maritime industry." The article continued, "They (American and British tories) want to break up the Soviet Union and smash labor's organizations, so that they can depress wages and working conditions at home and continue to exploit the colonial peoples." Vice President McKenzie declared in a Pilot item of April 26, 1946, "The employers of this country are determined to smash the labor movement. The employers, including the shipowners, are trying to prepare the groundwork for a Third World War against the rising democracies of Europe, against tKe liberation movements and against our great ally, the Soviet Union." rsf? Within the past week there have been four other cases of as­ sault and robbery, McLemore re­ ported. McLemore warned Seafarers to "watch their step" while ashore in the Port of Galveston. He urged particularly that they ex­ ert exti-eme caution in handling and displaying their money in public places. "It's no fun to work for four or five months for your money only to learn that you'll never get the use of it," McLemore said. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 10, 1947 \<m- V Pag* Saraa study In Contrasts—Okay Skipper And Bucko Mate—In Marcus Hook By BLACKIE CARDULLO ... MIMM Check The Ship Before Sign On NO For Stores And Needed Repairs By C. J. 'BUCK* STEPHENS Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: get about being black balled be­ CHARLESTON cause the new agreement covers HOUSTON you so that the Union protects NORFOLK you completely. As far as having JACKSONVILLE to kow-tow to the cOiripany Port PHILADELPHIA Steward, those days are gone, too. PORT ARTHUR Remember you are a member SAN JUAN of the SIU, and bear in mind that MOBILE your Union is the strongest in GALVESTON the industry and will definitely CORPUS CHRISTI take care of you in a beef with The deadline for port re­ the Port Steward. ports. monies due, etc., is the If the Port Steward claims that Monday proceeding publica­ you are feeding too much, then tion. While every effort will you are solid with both Union be made to use in the current and crew. But don't waste food. issue material received after On the other hand, if you are that date, space commitments hungry, and the crew brings you generally do not permit us to up on charges because you are do so. trying to chisel on their grub, then all the Port Stewards in the whole country will not be able to help you sail another SIU ship as Steward. Remember, when you are at sea, your Delegate is your gobetween with the Skipper and yourself. If the Skipper cuts By JOE your store list, repoi't it to the WATCH SIGN-ON NEW YORK—A couple of the I would like to take a blast Delegate so he in turn can call boys in the Baltimore thought at the crews that sign on in one a meeting of the crew to .see to it they were getting a real break port and then go to another port that you are not to blame. when they went down to Wil­ to have repairs made, additional DEPT. DELEGATE mington, North Carolina, to take stores put on, etc. Recently we have had ships a ship out of the boneyard and This is definitely not a good coming in without a report on sail it to New York. practice and should be stopped. the disputed overtime, beefs, re­ They were taken aboard the Once the companies get you on pairs, etc, as a matter of fact SS Benjamin Milam, Waterman articles they give you the old run without even electing Delegates Steamship Company, and they around. They say that no one on the ship. sailed the vessel right into this told them there were stores need­ This practice .should stop. It hai-bor. ed or no one put in a repair list is the duty of each and every So what happened? The com­ or what have you. crew to see to it that there is a pany tells the boys it was all a We have two ships tied up here reliable member of the crew in mistake, and that they were as­ now that were supposed to have each Department elected as Dele­ signed to the wrong ship. The signed on yesterday. Both ships gate. ship they were supposed to bring came from other ports, but the The Union rules gives this au- up here is still resting quietly in crew had used savvy enough not Ihe boneyard. (Continued on Page 8) to sign on foreign articles with a promise, and the ships are hung alongside until the stores are put aboard and repairs are made to the satisfaction of the crew. It makes it easier for the crew to get plenty of stores aboard a By HENRY W. CHAPPELL •ship, especially when she is fully loaded with pay eargo and ready TOLEDO — Although activity the NMU is "finished with en­ to sail, if the crew is not on ar­ in this Great Lakes port is pretty gines." ticles. The December 27 issue of the But, Brothers take it from me, much at a standstill, Lakes sea­ "Pilot" gave a fairly accurate if you are signed on foreign ar- men are taking advantage of the description of Wisconsin and tcles, it's mighty damn hard to slow season by coming into the Michigan's new ship the Chicago force the company to come across Hall to get the real dope on the Clipper. and usually you are up the well But after going to all the trou­ SIU. As a result every week new known creek without a paddle. ble of procuring and printing the Besides we still have the won­ members and former NMU men data giving all the dimensions, derful boys in blue, the Coast are being signed up in the SIU. cost, passenger and crew accom­ Guard Gestapo Unit. Now that the entire structure modations, etc., the writer for­ of the NMU is crumbling, both got to mention the main item of FOOD A PROBLEM Another beef on the list is ends against the middle, the SIU, interest to Lakes sailors—which against those Siewards who do which has proven itself to be the is that the ship will be crewed not confide in the crew and hol­ only sailors' Union, can exert and operated by SIU seamen. No doubt just a slight over­ ler to high heaven that the com­ more energy in fighting the sea­ man's common enemies, the ship­ sight on the part of the "Pilot" pany will not give them this or owners and their government reporter. that or the other thing until they 1947 BIG YEAR are out to sea, and there "aint no agencies. With 1946 stowed away in the "FINISHED WITH ENGINES" more." history books, the coming year The feeling of resentment These Stewards should confide should be one of great advances in the Delegates and not tell them among the rank and file of the in maritime despite the anti-la­ at sign-on time that they hav/ NMU, coupled with the fact that bor bills that will come up before enough for two months and then Joe Curran can no longer endure the new congress. the complete domination of the two days out begin to run short. One thing is sure—it will be a Some of these Stewards are afraid communist party officials and year that will see the SIU lead­ members in union policies, veri­ that they will be black balled by ing the maritime field again in fies the predictions and opinions the company. Brothers, for Pete's sake, for- of SIU officials and members that 1947 as it did in the past. NEW ORLEANS — Things are really booming in the Crescent City, with all hands that wanted to ship before the holidays able to pick their own jobs. Prospects for the next couple of weeks do not look so good, so the members that wanted to spend the holi­ days home may have a lonjger stay than they expected. Shipments of grain out of this port have really been going strong and so much has been com­ ing here that the railroad had to put an embargo on grain for this port, so they would not have too many railroad cars tied up here waiting to unload. There is so much grain here in the elevators that they are not even putting in any more, but are loading the ships directly from the barges and also from the elevators at the same time. We have the SS James Smith and the SS Zezulon Pike loading out at the present time and three more ships waiting. MARCUS HOOK — In many years of sailing, on practically every kind of a tub, I have heard of good Skippers and bad ones. You sort of get used to them after a while, and so it takes either a real bad one, or a very excellent one to arouse any in­ terest. Last week we paid off the SS Carlsbad, Pacific Tankers, and met Captain F. H. Bishop, a Skip­ per who doesn't have to take a back seat to anyone when it comes to taking care of his own crewmembers. Some of the Cap­ tain Bligh's who are sailing in command of ships should take a lesson from him. There were no beefs on this ship, and I never heard a crew praise an Old Man like they praised Captain Bishop. He set­ tled each beef on the spot, and the ship came in clean and ready for payoff. If more Skippers would follow his example, there would be more cooperation between the men and the officers. The unlicensed personnel does not expect any favors, but they do insist on be­ ing treated like decent men. And when they are treated that way, they go out of their way to show their appreciation. We wish Captain Bishop many more years of happy sailing, with SIU and SUP crews, to add to hia 20 years of sailing time. BAD ACTOR And now as contrast, let me show you how another char­ acter operates. This one was a Chief Mate whom we met when we paid off the McKettrick, Pa­ cific Tankers. This officer, who was called a "joker" by all the members of the crew, tried to give orders to the Deck Gang without going through the Bosun. Soon the men were so mixed up that they didn't know whether they were coming or going. Then he laid down the rule that there was to be no whistling on deck. Now that used to be a superstition in the days of the old sailing ships, but it no longer holds true, and the men laughed themselves sick over that one. But the one that really took the cake was his order that the men soogie without putting it down as overtime. When the crew asked about this, he told them that ALGINA unless they did as he ordered, Well, the boys shrugged their he would take it out on them shoulders, and admitted that it when he became a Skipper! was too bad, but what were they GOOD AND BAD expected to do about it. The com­ pany wanted them to payoff, That kind of fellow would have which they were willing to do, been able to get away with a lot but refused to pay them trans­ of that stuff if he hadn't been up against a militant SIU crew. Some of the boj-s were on the picketline right here in Marcus Hook during the General Strike. I know that they mind their own business, but if anyone steps on them, they fight back hard. So, as I said in the beginning of this report, you meet all sorts of officers, good and bad. Last week we met both kinds, but usually the good are more fre­ quent than the poor ones. Unions, for both imlicensed and licensed portation back to Baltimore, the personnel, have done plenty to bring about better understand­ port of signing on. Needless to say, the company ing between the two sections of finally came through with trans­ the crew. portation dough, and the men are Organizing work at Sun Oil all happy. Come to think about Company is still going on strong, it, I guess the company is the and we are still having the same unhappy party to this whole deal. old trouble. The SIU Tanker The Topa Topa, another Water­ News comes out regularly, and man ship, came in from a three from the way people grab for it month trip, and paid off in Phila­ and read it, I'm sure that it is delphia. This ship was crewed more popular than the Marcus by a bunch of oldtimers, and the Hook dailj' papers. trip was very successful from all points of view. Most of the men came back to the New York Hall to ship out again. Business and shipping continue The Log wants at once* Iho fair in New York, but we really names and addresses of bars, expect things to pick up next clubs frequented by seamen, week. Have you heard that one particularly in foreign ports, before? so that they can be put on Robin Lines has three ships the Log mailing list. With coming in from the South African the postal delivery to ships run next week, and that will be snafued, this remains the only like a shot in the aim to us. If practical way of getting the other companies show the same Union paper into the mem­ kind of improvement, we will be berships hands. kept hopping for some time to So do it today—send us the come. names and correct addresses Still and all, there are a good of your favorite places all many jobs appearing on the over the world, with an esboard each call. With the good estimation of the number of weather we are enjoying lately, Logs they can use. and with jobs available, what else can a sailor ask for? Wrong Ship But Right Crew (SIU) Takes Trip From Boneyard To N. Y. NMU Is "Finished With Engines;" Lakes Seamen Gome To Seafarers Let Us Have 'Em �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eight Friday, January 10, 1947 Weather Reroutes Freight Ships But Tankers Keep Boston Busy Check The Ship Before Sign On For Stores And Needed Repairs By JOHN MOGAN beefing to him that you are going to report him to the Union. Call a meeting of the crew and tell them to keep track of every phony move he makes, then when you come in you have it on the bird and it will be very easy to The elected Delegate should have him removed. keep a list of all the men in his Make .sure that your nose is department when they are paid, and when a.ssessments, etc, are clean though, before you request the Union to have the company paid. wipe the nose of one of its of­ He should keep track of all beefs ficers. Get the deadwood on him and at the time the beef takes and have it in black and white. place he should make a detailed report so that the Patrolman pay­ NO REAL BEEF ing off will know what the score Recently we had a company it. beef that the Union was not co­ He should see that regular meet­ operating with it in trying to sail ings are called so new members its ships on time. can be taught the principles of I would like to remind this Unionism and can be told of the company that in the future, as great struggle that the unions well as in the past, we will not went through to make the preswork on a promise and have a ent wages and conditions possible. ship signed on before all repairs, The Delegates 'should keep stores, etc., are okay. track of all disputed overtime, and The same company that cries above all, not argue with the to high heaven for unity between head of the department because the Union and it, waited until he disputes overtime as he is only the afternoon of December 24 to pay off a ship. Even a seaman should have been on his way home for Christmas Eve. {Continued from Page 7) thority to the shore Patrolmen, but even they do not know the man that is capable of being a Delegate so they leave it up to the crew. was no good anyway. There was a swell gang on the Klamath Falls; but possibly it wasn't real­ ized by the crew that Boston Patrolmen cover Providence, also. SEE PATROLMAN Quite a lew of the unorganized By JOHNNY JOHNSTON tankers are hitting up this way now, with the prospects of a When Mount Pelee, the naked greater trafTic in the very near mountain on the Isle of Martinfuture. que in the West Indies, erupted Everything appears in good on May 8, 1902, it completely shape, though the turnover on wiped out the city of St. Pierre these scows is terrific. And, also, and killed forty thousand people. it is becoming increasingly diffi­ When rescue parties arrived in cult to make contact. St. Pierre next day they found a SIU men on these vessels dead city and no one to rescue. should make a special effort to For four days the town was Set ashore and contact the near- searched for survivors, and two est Hall, even when docked at men hunting through the debris out-of-the-way ports up around heard a faint cry which seemed to hei-e; or, even more important, come out of a crack beneath their at refineries where Patrolmen feet. Other members of the party cannot get aboard. were called, and they started To sum up, shipping and busi­ digging through the rock and ness is just about fair in Boston. lava. Hours later they discovered a Improvement of the situation is MOSTLY TANKERS hopefully looked for, but even criminal, who was in his cell We had a Mississippi ship (SS at pre.sent there are times when when the eruption started, and Tarleton Brown) in Portland last it is a struggle to get the sixth had thereby e.scaped the fate of week, expect another to pay off book-member AB for a full deck the others in the citj'. here within a couple of days department. S. 4. J. (weather permitting her to got And as far as business is con­ Did you know that the song down from Portland). cerned we are keeping above "O Bury Me Not On The Lone Except for these and a Moran water, so this department isn't Prairie" was first sung and writ­ lug, it was the tankers which too bad, either. But we are still ten by a sailor who had left the kept us busy, one of which paid ^ looking for some improvement, sea? off in Providence a few days ago, | and no doubt it will be Eastern He was driving cattle up the and another of which is scheduled , that will provide it — toward the Old Chisholm Trail during the to pay off in Portland tomorrow.' end of January. great cattle boom after the Civil The SS Klamath Falls paid off War, and he was homesick for on New Year's Day without, a the sight and smell of the sea. Patrolman. This is something So he started singing a song well that shouldn't occur again, and it known to seafaring men of that a member of the crew and he has is up to the Delegates to notify time. instructions to go by. Keep track the Hall and to await the Patrol­ The song was "O Bury Me Not of it and bring it in to the shore man's coming before starting to In The Deep Blue Sea," but since Delegates and if its okay they payoff. It is quite possible to lose he was on the open range, he will get it for you. good money by not waiting. changed the words to suit the lo­ However, when the Patrolman The Delegates on various ships cale. arrived at the ship and checked have beefed against the Skip­ The song became very popular, the disputed overtime, it develop­ per, Mates, etc., and wanted and has been translated into ed that all the questionable stuff them pulled off the ship. In some many foreign languages. Wher­ cases they had good beefs, and ever you go today, you can hear in some they had bum beefs, so the lone.some words and tune of a few words of advice. a song that started with the sea If you have a phony on the but which has become the cowship, don't put him on guard by punchers' song. BOSTON — My last report, it seems to me, was chiefly about the weather up this way. I could easily fill up a couple of columns this week about the same thing, fur it is still mighty tough going up this way. There apparently is a direct connection between the weatlier and shipping. The daily papers have been replete with news of shipping accidents, groundings, etc., occurring in the immediate vicinity, which may or may not be the explanation as to why most of our steamship companies are shifting their base of oper­ ations to the south. Judging from the reports of our Agents in the Gulf area, shipping and business is really good. Just by way of example: four Waterman ships were scheduled to payoff and crew up here this first week in January. Every one of the four was cancelled and other ports got the business. New Branch Opened in Miami By Seafarers Calmar Ships Given To Bull And Overlakes By W. H. SIMMONS SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping around the Gold Coast is better than it has been for .some time, but it still isn't what one can call too good. But we are looking for ship­ ping to pick up in the near fu­ CHARLES STARLING ture with jobs for all the men on the beach. To facilitate the handling of The ACA Radio Operators' beef union business in the Port of with Calmar Steamship Company Miami, the Seafarers Internation­ has been settled, with the WSA al Union has opened a new reallocating the Calmar ships to branch office in the Florida re­ Bull and Overlakes Steamship; ^^rt city. The office is located at Companies.. This switch is okay, 1355 N. E. l.st Ave., Miami, Fla. with us as both these companies Charles Starling, former Patrolreceiving Calmar ships are con-1 man in the Port of Baltimore is tracted to the SIU. handling the business of the new The crews of the four ships branch. which turned over to Bull and Brolhei' Starling was tempo­ Overlakes came out okay on the rarily appointed by Secretaryswap, and everything is smooth Treasurer John Hawk, and he at present. This eliminates a will fill the post until such time headache which has been plague- as he is replaced. ing us for some time out here. The installation of -an office in At the moment there is little Miami was nece.ssitated by the to report from the Gold Coast flow of SIU business in that port. wth everything running smooth. Seafarers signing on, paying off Maybe something will pop in the and calling at Miami are now near future to make a big story assured of on-the-spot Union rep­ from the west coast, but until resentation in line with the SIU's then the Gold Coast reporter policy of giving its membership will sign off. the best possible representation. 4. 4. S. The 31900 ton Mauretania, an English passenger ship, will live always in the history of shipping. Built in 1907, she set an Atlantic crossing record in 1909, steaming from Cork Harbour to Sandy Hook in 4 days, 10 hours, and 41 minutes. This i-ecord was not beaten for twenty years, and during that time she was the fastest ship afloat. 4- 4. 4. As long ago as 1879, the first ship with electric lights was al­ ready afloat. True, she only had six electric lamps in all, but she caused a sensation wherever she went. The ship was the City of Berlin, belonging to the Inman Line, and was the talk of the maritime woHd. 4. 4. The horsepower rating of a ship is an important factor in gauging the maximum spei-d the ship can be expected to give For instance; 12 knots requires 45000 HP 16 knots requires 11000 HP 20 knots requires 22000 HP 24 knots requires 39000 HP It is obvious, therefore, that to double the speed, you cannot just double the horsepower. Re­ sistance increases three times as quickly, as speed does. This same outfit can never get a company official down when the Patrolman makes a paiticular ship, but when it's tied up or the payoff stopped then they find time to get there. They cry for unity. Well, in the coming year they will got all they want, but first they had better get squared off. And above all, when a payoff is set for 1:00 p. m. let them make it one, and not five. This outfit should remember that the war is over and no of­ ficials of the Union need to won-y about being drafted or being threatened with being reported to the army, for now it is the Company and the SIU, and the army is a past issue. So to this company I wish a happy , and a prosperous New Year, for they can really have one if they want it that way. The Patrolmen Say,.. Gold Coast Invites I the old SIU banner in a militant manner. SAN FRANCISCO — After a MORE TRANSFERS two week vacation on the East Coast I have returned to the old This fact has begun to show Gold Coast to find everything on the Gold Coast, as every day moving along in fine shape. we have men coming in want­ There are a few ships out here ing to transfer from other stuffy that are moving slow due to the unions to reap the harvest SIU fact that the CIO Radio Opera­ members have been enjoying. To the men who have been tors have been trying to raise a coming in to join the SIU, I fuss just to get their names in would like to impress upon you the papers. that this is one union you can That is about all the hulla­ brag about. This is one Union baloo ever amounts to as I fail that you do not have to apologize to see /here they have ever for. Every SIU man holds up his gained anything for their mem­ head arid is proud of the pin bership. he wears. While I was in the East, I visit­ PASS THE WORD ed the Port of Tampa, and the day I arrived it was so foggy I Out here on the Gold Coast we don't believe any one recognized like to hear from the Brothers me nor did I recognize the port. wherever they may be. After the mist cleared, I found Once in awhile a few Brothers that Brother Simmons and his staff hit the beach here and we get a have done, and are still doing, chance to chat, but as it is impos­ some fine work around that port. sible to chat with all we would He has made a good start in like you to drop us a line once making it one of the finest ports in awhile. on the mainland. Keep up the Brother Simmons is still taking good work. Brother Simmons, for good care of the port, so write it's officials such as you that us, or when in town come in and make the Seafarers International get acquainted. Union members proud to carry E. H. Teague �Friday, January 10. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Frenchy Pens Open Letter To Membership Dear Brothers: , , , . am going o e caving you fellows in a few months to devote all of my time to a shoreside busi­ ness. But there are a few things that I would like to call to your attention before I drift along. and I find that I have paid less than two hundred dollars, dues assessments included, during the full six years that I have en­ joyed the benefits of this organi- Let's .see if we can't be a little more tolerant with the Johnnycome-Iatelys. Some of us have a habit of sneering at 'ern as "young punks." To be young i.sn't r.eces.<-'anl7 For practically as long as he When I consider what this to be a punk. The hope of thi.i. could remember, John Dugina al­ Union has done for me and then organization lies in the type of ways wanted to go to sea. Stuck First, I would like to thank the read some boss' stooge's account new blood it can attract to its in the s)nall coal mining town of Seafarers International Union for of what a racket unionism is, banner. Clairton, Pennsylvania, the lure the economic security and the de­ then I am forcibly reminded of We've ail .-ailed with guys who of the open sea was something cent working • conditions that I how little organized labor has were thirty years in the business that he had to fight to resist. have enjoyed during the six years blown its own horn. and all they had learned was to Some of his boyhood friends that I have been a member of The next time you read a blast become expeit at turning out a had already graduated from high the organization. at organized labor in the nation's botched up job. It was the young­ school and were sailing ships into I've gotten so much more out press just remember that the er element of this organization, the war zones as merchant sea­ of this Union than ever I put in­ press is wholly supported by the under the firm guiding hand of men. to it, and so many of my friends bosses and that the scribblers real big-time know-how, that did When they came home on in­ tell me that they have enjoyed who edit the papers are not about the magnificient job of organizing frequent leaves, they told him of the same experience, that I feel to bite the hand that feeds 'em. what will prove to be the bal­ their adventures, and of their that it would be a good idea to Brothers, the financial reserves ance of power in the m.ai'itimo Union, the Seafarers International review them biaefly. of our organization has been dan­ union field—the Isthmian Steam­ Union. He couldn't wait to grad­ gerously depleted during our re­ ship Compan,y. I think it especially desirable uate from high school himself so cent successful strike. The Union to remind you of these benefits The next lime you feel your­ that he could join his friends and was foj'ced to lay out an enorat this time because the press self burning because .'^ome ordin­ share their adventures. has been enjoying field days/"ous .sum., to feed and flop the ary .seaman can't tic a bowline, But when he did receive his lately telling us what rackets membership and to conduct the just remembei- that you couldn't diploma from the local high school unions are. business of .striking. So I want splice a line 'til you were kneehis mother put her foot down to sail out on an unorganized I went to sea in the twenties opportunity to urge high to a grown goose yourself. firmly on the idea of his going to tanker. and I can tell you that it was all of my brother members to acsea. She claimed that he was too So, steady as she goes, fellows. "I've noticed the bad conditions tivelj' work for a ten dollar vol­ young, and that she would not on unorganized tankers berthed rugged. The bosses were in the Give her head and play her fair. untary rehabilitation assessment. saddle then with no union standsign the necessary papers. And W'hen t.he long rough voy­ near us," he recalls, "and I want I've learned the hai'd way that So John made the best of a bad to do my part to bring good con­ I ing by to make 'em let up on the age is over and the Master calks only a strong union can win and us topside for our pay, why, may­ situation, and went to work in ditions and decent wages to tho.se spurs. one of the local steel mills. He men." Brothers, they drove me hard. maintain decent wages and work­ be there'll be an old smoothie became a member of the CIO Sometimes I was forced to ship ing conditions. And the only way like Joe Volpian .standing by to SEA HIS LIFE Steelworkers Union, and al­ workaway in order that I might a union can be strong is for it square the "iogs" for the likes of though he has the highest admir­ be standing by to get a chance at to be financially sound. you and me. Following the sea is not just a I know that there are many ation for that union, neverthele.ss, a job. Frenchy Michelei temporary job for Brother Du­ men in this organization who feel he firmly believes that the SIU is And what a job it was. They as I do, and who would like gina. He wants to continue sail­ cleaner and more efliciently run. worked me from kin to kaint, nothing better than to have this ing because he "meets a fine SIU FOR HIM flopped me crumb-bum style and opportunity to contribute ten dol­ bunch of fellows, likes to travel, Soon he was old enough to go and gets good Union protection on fed me swill the swine would lars to a voluntary fund that they swear off of. to sea on his own, and he did as SIU ships." might even in this small manner fast as he could. Fiivst he enroll­ Ye.s, and they paid me the show^ their appreciation for all Like all seamen, John has his ed with the Maritime Service, but favorite port.s. His are all in the magnificent sum of $37.50 for a that this Union has done for as soon as his training was over, British Isles: Glasgow, Liverpool, month's wages. Oveidime? Why, them. So let's all actively peti­ he made arrangements to sail and Hull. And his reasons are the there wasn't any such word until tion for this voluntary assess­ with the SIU. same as those of other seamen in the union coined it a few years ment. The SS Mello Franco, center o;l' The war was still going on in naming their favorite ports of ago. Finally, a word to the oldfull force, and the North Atlantic the controversy which precipi­ I have just checked my book timers. {Conlinucd on Page 14) was still dangerous territory for tated the Coos Bay tie-up last convoys. Here is where John got July, has finally sailed from that his baptism of fii-e, on a run that Oregon port after ••ilmost six had its share of submrnane at­ months of idleness. tacks, air alert.s, and other ex­ citing happenings. The following named trip card and/or permit member applications have now been approved, and The dispute, which made tne In all his war service, and that these members are eligible for probationai-y membership in the Seafarers International Union of Mello Franco known up and includes trip-S in the Mediterran­ North America upon payment of the initiation fee, etc., as outlined below in any Atlantic and Gulf down both coasts, began whon ean also, Brcjther Dugina, who by Han-y Bridges' longshoremen re­ now was sailing as an AB, was District Hall: fused to load or unload any car­ John Dugina SS Mello Fransi Leaves Coos Bay With Memories Permit Men Eligible For Pro Books never huid. The buzz bombs of Antwerp were frightening, the submarines and dive bombers the same, but he was never in­ jured as a result of enemy action. As he puts it, 'T was lucky during the war, but as soon as the war was over, I got mine." Name Z Number T.C. or Permit No. Init. Hosp. 1946 $25.00 $2.00 TCA-5478 Atchin.son, Joe N 567628 2.00 25.00 TCA-4360 Christopher, Peter 673166 2.00 25.00 TCA-4006 Craddock, Edwin C. .' 567312 2.00 25.00 TCA-9151 Clement, John R 569959 2.00 25.00 TC-15662 Costello, Joseph A 56622 25.00 2.00 P-3-42G0 Di.xon, James B 567123 CALMAR CHISELS 25.00 TCA-4463 Dunne, Joseph E 673518 2.00 John was on a Calmar ship. Dworanczyk, Edward B. 334647 25.00 2.00 TC-21423 2.00 the William Packer, at sea, when' Dziondzielewski, A. 367416 . 25.00 TCA-9675 he was injured in a shipboard, Emory, John H 285345 25.00 2.00 TCA-5532 accident. He was laid up for ^ Folia, Joseph M .5.58255 2.00 25.00 TC-15611 2.00 twenty-one days in the Staten Graham, Harvey L 567368 25.00 TCA-5102 2.00 Island Marine Ho.spital, and then Habighorst, Charles F 517287 25.00 P-3-2547 2.00 was convalescent for another Hernandez, Silverios 569462 TCA-9170 25.00 month. 2.00 TCA-5278 25.00 Howard. Charles W 112028 Big-hearted Calmar then offer- Hunt, James W 573142 TCA-7074 25.00 2.00 ed him $82.50 in full settlement King, Eden E 136217 2.00 TC-18786 25.00 of his claim. Dugina held out, Layton, John L 323217 2.00 TC-18870 25.00 and was rewarded with a settle- Lea, James 573083 2.00 P-3-3429 25.00 ment of $200.00, which was not Leslie. Edward J 690767 P-3-4046 2.00 25.00 nearly enough to pay for the time Mahou, Louis J 2.00 TCA-1G91 25.00 275936 he lost, and for his injur.v, but McClain. Eugene 25.00 2.00 366586 TCA-315 which was better than the origin­ McNeil, William J 25.00 2.00 TC-18759 573285 al offer. 2.00 Menendez, Andres J 300918 P-3-549 25.00 John has been elected Delegate Murphy, George 673377 TCA-4443 2.00 25.00 of practically every ship he }ias Nugent, Simon H P-3-5100 572576 25.00 2.00 been on during the pa.st tv/o Rice, Howard E 25.00 674341 P-3-3686 2.00 years, and was a Picket Captain Richards, Paul J TCA-4433 25.00 2.00 430868 in Houston during the 1946 Gen­ Robillard, Joseph A 181448 P-3-4437 2.00 25.00 eral Strike. Sanders, Eugene B 123956 TCA-I382I 25.00 2.00 "The SIU is the finest thing for ScuUy, John 2.00 675214 P-3-4516 25.00 seamen," he says. "I've been on Snow, Thomas 2.00 815075 TCA-7904 25.00 tough ships, with tough Skippers Wells, Raymond J 2.00 260013 TCA-290 25.00 and Mates, but the Union alw^ays Williams, George 567528 TCA-5417 2.00 25.00 straightened things out." The above named applicants may pay their initiation fee, etc., in any John sails mostly on tankers, and after his next trip he intends tify this office where the member wishes his book sent. 1946 A.O.A. 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 port. 1947 A.OJIL. 1947 A.S.A. $5.00 $3.00 3.00 3.00 3,00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.0C 3.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 go until the SUP ship was crow­ ed by an CMU crew. The SILi^-SUP in return threw picketlines around all NMU ships tied up in New York as a warn­ ing to Bridges to discontinue his raiding tactics. After this demon­ stration of SlU-SUP strength, arbitration of the dispute was agreed upon and as a result Bridges was .slapped down. BEATEN IN RAID liDcige.s, seeing liie handwrit­ ing on the wall, ordered his men 5.00 to handle the Mello Franco and 5.00 ended iiis attempted raid upon 5.00 American-Pacific ships. 5.00 The Mello Franco, renamed the 5.00 SS Bayeinx. left Coos Bay with 5.00 j a load of lumber destined for 5.00 ' Calloa. Peru, and it was with 5.00 mingled feelings that the crew 5.00 took her out to sea, for during 5.00 their long stay they had begun to 5.00 feel like permanent guests of the 5.00 town. 5.00 The Skipper married a local 5.00 girl and other crowmembers were 5.00 in town .so king they began to 5.00 feel like solid citizens and started 5.00 making speeches at the Lioni". 5.00 Ciub. 5.00 5.00 With the unfreezing of the port 5.00 of Coos Bay. the large piles of 5.00 lumber accumulated on the docks began to move to the paper com­ The Agent wiU nopanies which rely on this port for their .«^upply of woodpulp. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Fao* T»n Friday. January 10, 194T ' SmPS' MIMUTES AND NEWS MEN AT WORK — AND HAPPY, TOO \ >. .. J. .. . N >. Ch. Engineer On Emerson Has Foul Line ^ y All Missed The Skipper's Object Things were popping in New York harbor one day last week— that is, they would have been popping if the object which a ferryboat captain saw turned out to be what he thought it was. Going about his daily business of plying his ferryboat between 69th Street, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, the vessel's captain sight­ ed an object floating in the quar­ antine area off Rosebank, S.I. It resembled a floating mine, and in a harbor like New York—or any­ where, for that matter—a thing like that left around loose could raise plenty of hell, the captain opined. ALL EXCEPT THE MARINES He immediately notified the authorities. Before you could say "dmigod," the area was alive and screaming with harbor police and the Coast Guard, in addition to the Army and Navy units which were sent to dispose of the explosive. Swabbing the deck evidently is an enjoyable task for Red Hanson, crew member of the MV Coastal Defender. Anyway, that's a right pretty smile Red has for the cameraman. Photo at right shows the Defender's Bosun, Milton Williams, directing cargo loading when the vessel put in recently at Frobisher Bay, Canada. Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings No Percolator No Coffee A few percolators would go a But no mine was found. The long way toward making all ferryboat captain went back to hands a bit happier on the SS Evelyn, according to the Dec. 22 minutes, just received. vwyooth-i At the meeting, held at sea, the lads passed a motion to obtain coffee-makers for the officers' lounge, the crew's mess and the engine room. In case you're won­ dering how come the request was broadened to include the officer's lounge, here's the explanation: As things now stand the coffee has to be transported from the galley to the bridge, via one of the crew members. Since bad weather is now in abundance at his ferryboating probably won­ sea, it makes things pretty tough dering if the whole thing was for the coffee-carrier, in fact, the operation calls for a human cen­ worth all the noise. Later, the captain's eyesight tipede to insure safe footing and received & clean bill of health, safe arrival with his cargo. If no percolator is forthcoming but his knowledge of naval war­ for the officers' lounge, no coffee fare weapons was dropped down will be brought to the bridge a peg or two. The Coast Guard during bad weather, the crew reported that a private buoy that decided. broke away from its mooring at Seems fair enough to us. Pier 22, Staten Island, and an 4. i 4. empty oil drum had been found MAYFIELD VICTORY. Dec. in the vicinity where the ferry­ 16—Chairman L. Graniham; boat captain first was panicked. Secretary H. Figley. Deck PROBABLY IT Delegate reported the matter of , It was believed that either of using the laundry and washing Action postponed these two objects might have machine. pending investigation. Steward been what the captain saw. Delegate reported to have Pa­ Anyway, it is hoped that the trolman contact company re­ skipper will keep right on re­ garding steak. None is on hand porting what he thinks he sees, in current meat supply and pre­ even if the Coast Guard does get vious requisition for same has annoyed. Better to be wro.ng on been denied by company. New the ferryboat than to be right in Business: Motion carried for heaven. levying the following fines: Two, dollars for sitting on tables, one dollar for feet on chairs; one dollar for refuse on floor, and one dollar for leaving cups on table. All fine money col­ lected to be turned over to the Seafarers Log. Toaster Terror Loose On The Argonaut Some guys—if you read your comic strips—are always hitting a poor little kid. XMAS PICKINGS GOOD ABOARD LAREDO VICTORY First of the tempting menus of Christmas dinners served to Sea­ farer crews to come to the Log, is the one from the SS Laredo Victory of the South Atlantic Steamship Line. Prefaced with a wish for a Men-y Christmas for all hands, the menu follows: Chilled Tomato Cocktail S/iiffcd Celery with Salmon Flakes Mixed Pickles and Olives Sal/inc Crackers Soup Consomme a la Royal Broiled Fillet Spanish Mackerel de Hotel • Duchess Potato Roast Maryland Turkey with Giblet Gravy Oyster Dressing Cranberry Sauce Imperial Sweet Potatoes Buttered Early Green Peas Parkerhouse Rolls Butter Coffee Tea Hearts of Tomato de Laredo Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie Mincemeat Pic Fruit Cake Assorted Nuts Fresh California Mixed Fruits C. H. FYFE, Steward On the SS Ai-gonaut it's not quite that bad, but, say the ship's minutes, some guys are always "abusing" the pantry toaster. The minutes don't amplify what is meant by "abusing" al­ though it should be fairly ob­ vious. It might be that some im­ patient crew member is using the unfortunate toaster to dry his socks. Then again it could be that some hungry hands are us­ ing the toaster for a sandwich grill. Anyway, the crew ruled, the toaster isn't getting the care it deserves, and anyone caught abusing" the toaster is going to get a roasting himself—and fined to boot. That oughta learn him. The Chief Engineer, who work­ ed aboard the SS Frank Emerson during Voyage No. 10 is a throw­ back to pre-Union sailing days. His anti-Union philosophy was sumemd up in a remark to the effect that he would take a pay cut if he could see the crew mem­ bers working for $50 a month. In the ship's minutes and the Engine department Delegate's re­ port, the Chief Engineer was the subject of the crew's censure. Be­ sides the fact that this character yearns for the "good old days," he was reported to have expressed a callous indifference for the wellbeing of his department members. The Engine Delegate's report reveals that when a FWT hurt his shoulder ashore in France, the Chief Engineer stated that the in­ jured man "might as well be paid off" as he was of no further use to the engine room officer. NO OVERTIME, EITHER When it came to overtime he disported himself just as would be expected. He was completely consistent in every detail. When the Oilers were turned to aid the Second Assistant with water and' the lines in Mobile, Ala., the Chief Engineer disputed the over­ time involved. The overtime was later approv­ ed by the Emerson's Skipper. "The Emerson's Black Gang ap-. proved for Union membership one permit card man, Clarence Schroeder. Another man travel­ ing with a permit card was not recommended for membership as he has consistently shown an attitude not becoming a Union member," according to the Dele­ gate's report. Pointing out further the rea­ sons for membership refusal to 4. 4. it YAKA, Dec. 15 — Chairman Smith; Secretary Mitchel. Min­ utes of previous meeting read and accepted. Delegates of the departments gave their reports which were accepted. List of repairs submitted by the Dele­ gates, four copies made and given to each delegate. Broth­ er Thompson asked the chair that if he were to be on watch in port at any time and he was to be called in on a beef and had to go to the Hall to have it settled, would one of the Oilers volunteer to do his job until he returned. The Oilers agreed to do so. List of items missing from the menus submitted to Steward with advice that if he couldn't procure them to so notify the crew, so that they could lend their aid in obtain­ ing them. "When he was told to do sani­ tary work," the report continues, "he was 'finished' and in the messhall at 8:15. When a person would try to set him right, the impression would bo given that you could go fly a kite." Another crew member aroused the displeasure of his shipmates on Voyage No. 10. The Chief Steward was ciiticised for sever­ al alleged shortcomings in both (Continued on Page 11) (Continued on Page II) the man In question, the report says "he is under the impression he came aboard for the ride, and that he has to have someone on his tail all the time" before he gets any work dune. INDIFFERENT �Friday. January 10. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings {C(ynt'wued fro7n Page 10) (Name of ship not given). Chairman J. Hanson: Secre­ tary K. Leonard. Crew agreed to drop all charges against Third Engineer on the grounds that he was warned and he stopped painting when told. His Union will not be notified, as it may be possible that they will lake up charges and crew does not wish this to happen. Crew to ask for statement of wages, accounts, etc. Motion carried that the company be approach­ ed in regards to a decent form of bed to be put aboard. Letter to be written and sent to them explaining the poor condition of the last ones sent to the ship. Motion passed to have the ice box inspected and cleaned. Al­ so that the delegate have the flour inspected for weavels. and have the old stuff dumped. Patrolman to see the same on arrival in port. List of repairs made and attached to minutes. Crew resolved that all men will be sober at the payoff as to help both the Patrolman and themselves get away quickly. ALOCA PEGASUS. Oct. 2— Chairman P. J. Avera; Secre­ tary A. P. Fertitta. Motions carried: that Ship's Delegate see the Captain about provid­ ing a cat-walk over the deck load; to contact the Union to require company to rig jury toilets for stevedores. After dis­ cussion a motion was carried to have company get services of another doctor in Montreal to care for sick men aboard the vessel cit present time. One minute of silence observed for Brothers missing at sea. Ch. Engineer Has Foul Line (Contimied from Page 10) Ihe Dock and Engine Delegate's reports. The ship's minutes like­ wise pointed up the crew's dis­ satisfaction with the Steward de­ partment head. According to the minutes, the principal charge was that the Steward "refused to let the Dele­ gates check the stores." He was credited with saying that he took his orders from the Port Stcwai'd. The crew charged that the ves­ sel was loaded with inferior sup­ plies, and that if the Stewai-d had allowed the Delegates to check the oncoming stores prior to sail­ ing, a complaint could have been registered in the States and -ac­ tion taken thereon. MEALS POOR It was also alleged that the Steward put out food for meals that was below the usual stand­ ards of messroom quality for SIU ships, and that he put out night lunches at varying hours de­ pending on his whims. At the shipboard meeting there was considerable pro and con dis­ cussion as to possible disposition of the Steward's case, ranging from motions to allow him an­ other chance to redeem himself to one recommending that he sail as a Chief Cook for a period of six months. The latter motion added that if the Steward proved efficient in the capacity of Chief Cook, he would'be restored to his former rating at the end of the pi-obationary period. John Santos served as chair­ man, R. J. Ingraham as secretary of the shipboard meeting. ters, and fans checked. Motion carried instructing Deck Dele­ gate to see Patrolman about collecting Deck Maintenance pay. Minutes are to be posted in messrooms and one copy sent to the Log. Motions carried: that all beefs be settled before any man pays off; to inquire about tripcarders being pulled off before 60-day trip. Agreed that Skipper is the best the crew has ever sailed with. 4 4' JOHN MILLEDGE. Oct. 15— Chairman F. D. Russell; Secre­ tary J. L. Early. Meeting call­ ed for the purpose of further ac­ tion on accepting tripcard men as future members in the SIU. Motion made that present tripcard Chief Cook be given an­ other chance to sail as Chief Cook. Amendment: that the Chief Cook retain his tripcard but he is not to ship at any rating higher than Second Cook and 'Baker for at least three trips. With amendment motion carried. Five other tripcarders were approved for ad­ mittance into Union. S. 4. Garbage Gets Crew's Goat SE^yll?8?SWS;flVS TALK FOR TOUR J^ SUPPER! 4 CARLSBAD, Dec. 23—Chair­ man Candler; Secretary LaBrosse. All Department Dele­ gates reported everything in order. Good and Welfare: It was agreed to remain out of each others foc'sles unless in­ vited thus relieving anyone from suspicion should articles be reported missing. Depart­ ment delegates requested to have complete repair list for Patrolman at next payoff. Bro­ thers were asked to cooperate with messmen to keep messhall clean. It was suggested that men going on watch be served first. 4 4 4 HORACE SEE, Dec. 25— Chairman Lester; Secretary Messenger. Good and Welfare: During meeting following were discussed: try to get new tank­ er contract; delay payoff until Patrolman gets aboard; radio repairing, parts sent ashore in Wilmington; Delegates make out copy of repairs to be sub­ mitted to Chief Engineer and Captain. Crew agreed not to take milk aboard in Mexico be­ cause of low standard of food laws. Vote of thanks to Stew­ ard Department for splendid cooperation during trip. All crew members who are being fired desire to know ahead of time. Request to see Captain about it. Also wish delegates to see Patrolman about trans­ portation back to port of en­ gagement which is Key West, Florida. Fair warning that further im­ proper disposition of the garbage aboard the SS Ouachita "Victory would result in notification of the proper authorities was sound­ ed by the crew at a shipboard meeting Dec. 8. The crew recommended that the garbage disposal be watched, and that if the method is not re­ garded as proper, the Public Health Service be notified. Supplies also incurred the crew's wrath, with potatoes head­ ing the list of shortage items. This supposedly plentiful food­ stuff was, up to meeting time, ab­ sent from the menu for a week. A motion passed saying that there be no signing of articles henceforth until the Steward okayed the supplies for the en­ tire trip. Under this motion was 4 4 4included an addendum to the ef­ fect that a Patrolman be present CAPSTAN KNOT, Dec. 12— at the next signing of articles. Chairman L. B. Brown; Secre­ It was also suggested that the tary E. Davis. New Business: Steward order a variety of meats Motion carried to have all in order to break the monotony watches keep the messhall of a daily diet of sausages served clean and a 25 cent fine impos­ for the night lunches. ed on any violators. Motion carried to have crew's laundry 4 4" 4 cleaned by those who use it, CAPE HATTERAS. Dec. 10— and a fifty cent fine be imposed Chairman Torres; Secretary on whoever leaves it unclean. Hamson. Minutes of previous Such money from lines when meeting read, discussed and ac­ collected to be given to the cepted. Department Delegates Patrolman in the first U.S. port gave their reports. Suggested towards the SIU Hospital Fund. that Steward order new toaster Good and Welfare: Motion car­ upon arrival in New York. Also ried that no tropical animals or that shower heads be ordered birds be brought aboard at any for all showers, and air-condi­ time. tion be repaired. Crew wants better coffee for next trip. Recommended that Mate be advised to obtain keys for pad­ lock on foc'sle doors. Steward department's foc'sles need pajnting; coat hangers should be installed. One minute of si­ lence observed for departed brothers. 1. S. 4. (Name of ship not given), Oct. 28—(Chairman not noted); Secretary William McKeon. No beefs in any department. Stew­ ard department commended for fine work by Deck and En­ gine crews. Repairs needed: new rubber gaskets on port holes, gears on port hole fans, overhaul of lockers in all quar­ Page Elev«« W6Aie VouR SIU PI A •— fue SATOe OF A FKStfUMS UNION... (/WR UNION ! MAUE SURETHAT SUFF!C!ErrrSlDRES ARE PUTON 60ARD BEFDRENtoClSkSWOfi. YOU (2Ai^'T EAT COMfAMY Pf^MlSES/N MID-OCEAH. CUT and RUN By HANK Four of the best examples of SIU militancy just blew in from a trip to Bremerhaven aboard the Topa Topa, which brought over a cargo of those rare Dutch tulip bulbs. The men are; Johnny Weir, the prolific thinker and talker: "Red" Whidden, the best militant Seafarer; Mike Rossi, the Smiling Bosun, with his faithful mustache, and Johnny Ward and his mustache . . . "Blackie" Vince Kane, who has always been faithfully answering the call of the islands, is m town ri^ht now, staying on his intercoastal run to Baltimore and Philly. "Blackie" says; "I have to stay away from those isl.ands. That's why I'm heading for the West Coast and stay there for a year. At least I'll get me a stake there.'' Taking a vacation, eh, Vince? . - . Brother "Happy" Harper just sailed in recently after a trip to Ant­ werp. "Happy" just registered for .shipping and announced that he was still celebrating the arrival of the SS Happy New Year tha* just came in. Brother George Freshwater, a volunteer organizer, is in town right now with sensational news about what the NMU is doing. Well, up in Boston and down in Lake Charles, the NMU has been selling books for membership for the sweet little sum of ten dollars to unorganized seamen. The NMU must be so de.sperate and distrustful of their phony organising thai they have to sell their books so cheaply instead of leaving the unor­ ganized seamen figure out the strength, the progress, the hon­ esty, the militancy and the big things accomplished by a union for the benefit of seamen—so that such unorganized seamen can willingly choose the best union and know themselves whal union is best for them . . . Any unorganized seaman who chooses ihe SIU to be his union, will not only be a proud American but also a proud union seaman on any waterfront of the world. The SIU never has and never will obey any Communist dreamers, Washington politicians or bureaus, phony Coast Guard decisions or steamship company chiseling or trickery. 4 4 4 4 Brother John Santos says that his wife up in Massachiisetts enjoys reading the Log, even more than he doe.s—especially the sea slang in articles now and then. etc. Well, for a wife who has been practically all over the country with :-ou. Bixuhcr Santos, and al­ ways reading the Log, she should enjoy and understand all the things the SIU has accomplished . . . Look at Brother Jantcs Hand. Ho says hi.s wife down in Tampa, Florida, keeps blowing her wifely top because he don't write her letters. Brot'ner Hand, however, realizes psychologically, that as long as she keeps getting and en­ joying the Log she'll know that he's okay—becau.se the hospitaliza­ tion or other ne\ts of any Seafarer is always pu'oli.shed. Pleasant reading to you, Mrs. Hand, indeed . . . One of our best shipmates, a big, young Seafarer named Gordon Ellingson, just came as passen­ ger from Port Said where he was anchored several months for hos­ pitalization. But he recovered so well that he wont ahead and spliced himself. Congratulations, Gordon, and good luck to you and the bride when you start living and working in your home town of Minneapolis. Minnesota. 4 4 4 4 Brother Arthur King, who is soon going back to his home town of Tampal confessed that he, the Captain and the pilot had a tough time getting their ship into Providence, Rhode Isl­ and recently. Brother King also remembers some electrician who wouldn't eat anywhere but with the scrambled-egged officers. Such glory must have gone to his head and short-circuited it— but good . . . One anonymous Seafarer wants to know why Skippy Gusczynsky, now spliced for a year and a half, can't ship out because of his lovable ball-and-chain? �Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 10, 1947 THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS The Colabee Enjoyed Good Weather On Northern Trip Brother Differs With Bause On Food In Marine Hospital Dear Editor: In Ihe foreground is Ihe North Gape of the Canadian coastal trade, while the SS Colabee idles in the background. Photo taken by Seafarer Luis A. Ramirez at Baie Comeau, Quebec. The Colabee was recently dispatched on a mercy mission from the point at which she is pictured above to the St. Law­ rence river to rescue survivors of a disabled plane. The victims were rescued from treacherous ice floes by airplanes before the Colabee reached the scene. I have just finished reading the Log, issue of Jan. 3, and I must object to the article "Christmas and Mystery Cheer Seafarers abed in Staten Island Marine Hos­ pital." I'm a bed patient and have been for several months and I have experienced the treatment and attention one receives at this hospital. I'm afraid Brother Bause ex­ aggerates somewhat when he speaks of conditions in the hos­ pital. When he wrote, "The food has improved considerably and is still on the upgrade, also up here in B-5 we have some nice nurses, orderlies and a top notch medic­ al staff," I'm afraid he must have been thinking of the food he ate while on a pass, because what I've been eating sure isn't on the upgrade. ATTENTION LAX The nurses are not to blame, many of them do their duty sat­ isfactorily, the orderlies do not do too much for the bedpatients, and the top notch medical staff— well, you don't have much trouble with them as they are seldom around. The doctors might be in the office in the morning and issue passes for some patients who are healthy enough to go out, but that's about all. All in all I don't think there are many patients with Bause's feelings around here. (Although I'm not in B-5, I'm still on the fifth floor). I have read the Log for a long time and like it very much and I will continue to read it when­ is under charter for transporting The year 1946 was kind to all of newsprint to the Daily News in New York. of us. Besides the numerous vic­ I really did enjoy a nice trip, tories which we won on the wa­ though it was short. I got back terfront, we. also had some pretty good weather for shipping . In in time to enjoy the Christmas holidays at home. support of this contention, I offer At present, I am standing by the enclosed photo which I snap­ as a FWT aboard the SS Peters­ ped of the freighter Colabee on burg Victory, at the Erie Basin, Dec. 15, 1946 at Baie Comeau, with a view to spending the first Quebec, Canada. few days of 1947 with my wife As you may know, it is rather and son. unusual to see such clear, beau­ Even if it may appear too late, tiful waters in this region during I'm wishing all Seafarers the best this time of the year. of luck, and especially to those Dear Editor: I was a crewmember aboard who never hesitated to help me The new Congress convenes this old Hog. It is a 5,517-ton learn the little I now know about this week and there is not the freighter operated by a subsid­ ships, I send my best wishes. slightest doubt what its inten­ Luis A. Ramirez iary of the Chicago Tribune, and tions are. It is just itching to go to work on the unions. Senator we will have to swing again, and Ball has a little gimmick ready soon. If it is to have peace on to outlaw the closed shop. Right now is a good time to the waterfront, I think the boys figure how we will handle these will go for it. anti-strike laws. If you analyze But believe me, they want no Dear Editor: just what a strike is, it becomes Perhaps you don't know it, but part of the CMU or the CIO. They obvious that it is not merely I have been reading your Union are most bitter against it. You wrong to try to abolish strikes. are also aware that we have some paper all the time and it is pret­ commies in our ranks, but they It is just impossible. Well, what is a strike? It is ty good. It also gives this old- don't get to first base trying to the simplest thing in the world timer a kick to see your young— bore from within. —you just go fishing. And if and I should say militant—^Union I will be coming east sometime, everyone else happens to pick the going places. Believe me, the and plan to stop in at the Hall. same day to go fishing that you way they are going you should I predict your good Union is go­ do—well, you can't help that. be able in the near future to lead ing places. Best regards to all. Maybe the fish are biting. the waterfront on all coasts. —S. Y. I suppose you know our rivals LET'S GO (Editor's note: The correspon­ are on their way out. Their na­ If 50,COO seamen decide to go dent's name has been withheld tional council members are fight­ for obvious reason.) fishing, what can they do about ing among themselves. There's it? Shoot them down in the too much politics, and the "di­ streets? Run them into jail? vide and rule" boys will know it You'd have to build an awful very soon. Most of the rank and lot of jails. filers we know are getting out in Any law designed to prohibit disgust, and this oldtimer doesn't strikes would be an absurdity. blame them. After all, a law is only a resolu­ I have been in the Firemen's tion, words on paper. It doesn't unioD sometime now and it is a change the actual situation. It good union but it looks as though doesn't create or take away any­ they will have to go AFL again. thing that doesn't exist already. Your Harry is a smooth and fast You still have the power to strike; worker. It is in the cards that it just says you can't use it. But Dear Editor: ever I can obtain a ' copy. Al­ though I'm not a SIU member, I am a seafarer (SUP) and I still find the rag of interest. I read the recent article in the Log about a Brother seafarer, and the treatment he received at the Galveston Marine Hospital. During my hospitalization I have seen many cases like that. It is a shame when a seaman happens to be sick and in need of hospit­ alization he must land in a Marine Hospital. As for myself, I have given up all hope. For three or four months I complained about my condition, but to no avail. I believe they have forgotten I am here. I could write more, but as I am writing in bed I will close wishing the Log and all the read­ ers a Happy New Year. (SUP member's name withheld) U.S. Marine Hospital Staten Island, New York (Editor's note: We think it only fair to mention, for those who are not familiar with Brother Bause, that Bause has been confined at the Staten Island hospital for almost a year, much of ihe iime which he spent in bed. He has been one of the most consistent and militant advocates of better food and conditions at that institution. In the Seafarers Log of May 3, and May 31. 1945. Brother Bause had letters de­ nouncing the food served up to patients in Staten Island. Since that time, he has made critic­ isms. both favorable and un­ favorable, as he saw it. Log -A-Rhythms Balderdash By JESSE A. MILLER With time on my hands the other day. By a travel bureau I did chance, I picked up some folders on places I'd seen. Supposedly loaded with ro­ mance. One said, "Egypt—the Land of Mystery, The wonderful land of the Sphinx." But to me Egypt isn't a mystery; To me Egypt plainly—stinks. There was a picture of Italy's Appian Way, Built some two thousand years ago. But they haven't repaired Italy's other roads For three thousand years or so, India, too, has the 'Taj Mahal. Where a stately princess lies. But India can keep the Taj Mahal, With India's filth and flies. And so the folders ramble on About lands of honey and cream; Let's exile the jerk who wrote that trash. To one of the lands of his dream. Steamboat Goes A-Fishing For An Answer To Threatened Anti - Strike Legislation DIVISION AMONG THE 'DIVIDE AND RULE' BOYS what's going to stop you from using it, it neglects to explain. What can they do? Create a gestapo to wake you up every morning and whip you with a cat-o-nine tails? Chain you to the steering wheel? Lock you in the fiieroom? DID IT BEFORE To mean anything, a law must be enforceable. And in all the bull and blarney about stopping strikes I have yet to hear any­ one explain just how they are go­ ing to do it—except "pass a law." I would really like to see the law that would tell me I could not quit working. In the famous words of Shakespeare, "You don't gotta do nuthin but die." And, mister, I will die before I let anyone teU me that I can't quit my job any and everytime. I, feel like it. Hell, Americans have been dying since 1776 for nothing more than that. Seems to me a few died just recently to prove it all over again. Can they prohibit the right to advocate going on strike? Can they stop a union leader from saying, "I think it would be nice to go fishing next Tuesday?" Not while there's free speech they can't. Can they prohibit the closed shop? On paper, yes, but I won't work with a fink. I doubt if any other union man will either. Theer are 15 million union men in this country. Where will they get 15 million finks to replace them? Wliere, outside of Washington, D. C. that is. WANNA HAT? Can they prohibit picketing? All right, so the cops arrest you for carrying a sign. Wear a panama hat instead. If the long­ shoremen go fishing, and I see a lot of guys in panama hats walk­ ing down South Street you won't have to draw me a diagram. Or maybe they will pass a law against panama hats? You see how quickly this all becomes an absurdity? Let the professors play with their theories. Let the billionaires buy full-page ads. Let the Congressional baby-kis­ sers pass their resolutions. Let them—we'll go fishin! Steamboat O'Doyle �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 10, 1947 HO-HUM, WHAT A LIFE This MV Cap­ stan Knot crew member puts in some rugged sack duty "after the night be­ fore," writes Seafarer Dean T u s o c k, who took this picture in Trinidad. The sack hound is unidentified. Brother Tusock says these two crew mem­ bers became know lEiter as the "Cannon-ball K i d s." Locale here is St. Croix, Islands. Virgin The "Kids." who prefer the cannonball designa­ tion, insist those are cannonballs — not coconuts, which don't pile so neatly. CHIEF STEWARD DIFFERS WITH COMPANY ON OVERTIME My question is whether Sunday (in port or at sea) is overtime for excess of hours woi'ked. Hank Serves Up Recipes On Bellyrobbers, Advises Taking Them With Grain Of Salt Dear Editor: Now, brothers, I am not in any way qualified to safely and suf­ ficiently talk about Stewards, be­ ing that I have never had the de­ sire or courage to enter the food department and try to live under the inventory thumb of any un­ fortunately gifted artist of a sea­ man called the Steward. And I also never associated my­ self, by choice or chance, with any such homo sapiens of the sea life, like for example—drinking out of his private medicinal bot­ tle in his foc'sle while listening to his troubles or dreams—or sticking my face with his face into the oven to see what's cook­ ing so he could make me under­ stand his ever-changing opinion of his men or his own inherited sanity. TAKE IT WITH SALT Anyway, take a few pinches of salt and you'll most likely be­ lieve what I have to say, which will be mostly in defense of such a genius and now and then against him, too. Of course, if you're a self-analyzed type of a Steward, you won't believe my imaginational pot-wash. Well, some how indeed, when I think how much a Steward means to a ship and a trip, I will easily be­ come maudlin, especially if some beers are fresh and handy for me and a Steward happens to be close by looking like he lost his worst cook, or because the gal­ ley stove blew up in his face just when he knew he could straighten out the darn contrap­ tion. Of course, I have beefed with one or two Stewards in the messhall about the food being cold— or old—or served too slow—or not sufficient enough for a sea­ gull and the new-born baby, gull just starting to sail over ships for left overs. Sometimes I had the horrors thinking that the Steward was really trying to win the war by starving us—and sav­ ing all that fruit juice, etc., etc. YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT. But to really understand a man you have to live under his thumbs, even if you get pains in the stomach or not enough over­ time. Well, that's like everything in life, but with a Steward it I have worked my Cooks on Sundays on several different oc­ casions on jobs that had to be done on that particular day. The company says that that work is overtime on overtime. I can't see it. Will you please clarify this matter for me? Jim Sharp, Chief Steward ANSWER: We're not exactly certain thai we understand the question since you do not specify the type of work perform­ ed. However, on the basis of the information which you give, we got the following answer from the Patrolmen: You cannot pyramid overtime on top of overtime. A man performing a job which calls for overtime rates cannot get ad­ ditional overtime pay for doing the job during overtime hours. He would be entitled, however, to straight overtime compensa­ tion for the time involved in the work. It was pointed out that a man is to get overtime pay for Sunday work whether he puts in one hour on a job or twenty hours. Should this answer still not clear up the question in your mind, we should be glad to hear from you further. We'll do our very best to see that you get a satisfactory reply. Page TUztaen the Steward of a ship is the most i important, the most tortured and the most dangerous sailor doom­ ed aboard ship for any voyage. Nearly every Steward I've seen has been either short and wornout thin, or big, and barrel-shap­ ed. Most of them, or I should say all of them, smoke cigars and drink a little to keep in good hu­ mor with the voyage and the daily incidents, which are usual­ ly stormy like a couple of eggs and a slice of bacon getting all hot and bothered in the early lazy morning. ANOTHER TYPE If a Steward is bald-headed and whispers, then he has always had plenty of nerve-wracking beefs and complicated shocking inventories to make. If he is big, jolly, and has no shiny naked armor aging his brains, then you know he always had good cooks or the best line of convincing baloney for the crew so they wouldn't boil over into mutiny over their bacon and no eggs. But if a Steward is an amateur, then the crew keep blowing their tops and the Captain mumbles to QUINN THANKS SEAFARERS FOR XMAS GIFT Dear Editor: In behalf of Brother Bause and the rest of the SIU members I want to express my sincere ap­ preciation to all the Union Broth­ ers for the generous Christmas gifts we received at the Staten Island Marine Hospital, and also the Christmas card we received from our swell agent Paul Hall. With all his headaches he did not forget to send a word of good cheer. Also to our good and able Hos­ pital representative, Joe Volpian, and to all our brothers and former shipmates, we send our sincere appreciation. We would enjoy a visit from them if they get around Staten Island way. I guess I will be here for some time as I have about six fractures and such things usually take some time to heal. My best regards to all the boys and my good friends Jimmy Stewart and Paul the Dispatcher. Also to the editors of the Log who are doing one swell job in the old SIU tradition. Best wishes to all the boys and a more prosperous New Year for the SIU. Michael J. Quinn, Staten Island Marine Hosp. himself up in his airy castle. He can't sleep, the ship gets off course too often, and he brings the draws too late in all ports. An amateur Steward is one who reads too many novels in his bunk, doesn't know where the canned carrots or the baking powder is, and keeps himself ridiculously devoted to the pre­ sumably important and intellec­ tual people for days and nights, whether it be playing cards or chewing over deep conversations and having plenty of cigarettes and coffee. HE NEVER KNOWS Such a fool never knows how the crew gets along; whether the cooks are boiling their fingers or dropping the potato peelings into the soup; how much of this or that is left in the dry stores or whether the messhall stays clean every day. Ah, but a good Steward is one who makes sure he knows all, sees all, hears all and when he should, he literally does all—in every­ thing concerned with food, etc. And he knows that the crew is the most important part of his life, although some Stewards will scream that some crews are the worst calamities of their lives, and sometimes they are right. Well, one old timer said last week that a Steward should be a diplomat. Well, I say, that not only does he have to be a diplo­ mat, but a good shipmate, and es­ pecially the best cook of all the cooks aboai-d (but not just in theory) with a tough but fair, understanding bi-ain. "Cul and Run" Hank (Editor's Note: Wheit do the Stewards have to say about Hank's observations?) Wanted: Tips Ships are again on the roll, plying the seas to the four corners of the earth. You Seafarers who man these vessels will be popping into ports of call in Africa, Asia, Australia. You'll be hitting the Near East, Middle East and the Orient, and you'U be making the high spots and the low in the islands, and down South America way. Your experiences in these places, the characters you meet both ashore and aboard ship as you wend your way, make interesting stories. Surely, you'll run into strange gals and guys, clip-joints. WIFE TRYING TO LOCATE BOB RUTLEDIGE really is too much sometimes. And sometimes you think that some certain Steward was born and raised in a blind alley or something. Especially if he is of the dreaming type, torn right out of some exciting love-soaked sea novel, mingling with the scrambled eggs topside and try­ ing all his language and services to calm and delight the nervous­ ly excited passengers who de­ finitely are of the opinion that they will die during the trip, sooner or later, either from eat­ ing the Steward's food, the sea sickness traveling all around in­ ternally or the monotonous scen­ ery of sea and sky. I don't think any of the novel­ ists ever did say in their poetic and romantic, foolish novels that Dear Editor: I am trying to contact my hus­ band, Robert MacDonald Rutledge, age 43, light brown hair, five feet, eleven inches tall, ro­ bust and weighing about 175 pounds. You may put my address in the paper for Bob does not know where I live at 1718 Girard Ave­ nue, Philadelphia, Pa. At this time I should like to wish the SIU continued success, for I know many Seafarers. If there is ever anything I can do to benefit your organization, I shall be glad to do so. I am a waitress belonging to an American Fed­ eration of Labor union, and I am very much interested in labor unionizing. Mrs. Mary Rulledge dives, and points of historical interest. Maybe you'll have a beef on the way, or a lip to pass along to your Broth­ ers that might save them some trouble. We want to hear about any and all of these. Just jot them down and mail them to the Seafarers Log, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4. N. Y. Enclose pictures if you have any, well return them. �Page FourieeR Friday, January 10, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Snug Harbor Rejects Official Investigation; SlU To Push Case NEW YORK — SIU Special ject to the right and duty of the were not up to the same standard Eepivsentative Joseph H. Vol- State Department of Social Wel- as provided on SIU ships, and were, in fael, considerably sub­ pian this week rereiverl nntire farr^ to inspect and to suggest. standard. from the Snug Harbor Trustees The State Department of So­ A letter outlining these com­ that thej- would not permit a two cial Welfare has inspected the inan SIU Investigation Commit­ Sailors' Snug Harbor from time plaints was sent to the Snug Har­ tee to visit Snug Harbor and to time, and its reports have bor Governor by SIU Special check on conditions existing shown that conditions are satis­ Service Representative Volpian there. According to the letter, factory and the food is good. In on December 4. An exchange of the Trustees think that the in­ j these circumstances we do not letters ' between various Snug spections conducted by the State I believe it appropriate to open the Harbor officials and Volpian fol­ Department of Social WeKare, Sailors' Snug Harbor to private lowed, with the letter from Mr. from time to time, are sufficient. agencies to inspect it. Visitors Peter Grimm being the latest in Reference is made in the Trus­ arc welcome at the Sailors' Snug the scries. Each letter, up to the present, tees' letter to the fact that they Harbor between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 'do not believe it appropriate to daily except Sundays. We do has been pidnted in the Log in open the Sailors' Snug Harbor to not believe there is any proper order to keep SIU members fully basis for concluding from this informed of the developments in private agencies to inspect it." reply that the Trustees have any­ the Snug Harbor beef. Who should know better what thing to conceal. conditions are favorable for aged "It is the full and considered Yours very truly .seamen than representatives of intention of the SIU to continue Peter Grimm. the Seafarers International in an endeavor to check up on President, Union? Certainly, the SIU can Snug Harbor conditions," declar­ Board of Trustees determine whether the retired ed Volpian. "Due to the Trustees' •seamen ai*e being fed, housed Original action on the part of refusal of permission for a special and cared for properly much bet­ the Seafarers regai'ding Snug two man SIU investigation, this ter than the N.Y. State Depart­ Harbor was taken as a result of survey will now have to be con­ ment of Social Welfare or the certain, complaints reaching the ducted on an individual basis in Trustees of Snug Harbor. SIU Special Services representa­ accordance with the Snug Harbor tive in New York. rules for visitors. The results of the Dated January 6, 1947, These complaints were to the that investigation and any other complete text of the letter foleffect that food and other condi­ developments will be printed in lows: tions prevailing at Snug Harbor the Log." Seafarers, Int'l Union of N.A. 51 Beaver Street New York 4, N.Y. Att: Mr. Joseph H. Volpian Gentlemen: Receipt is acknowledged of your communication of December (This article is not an interpre­ delegates and the unlicensed 27th, addressed to Governor tation of the agreement as it cov­ crew. Flynn, which has been forward­ ers the Stewards Department, but In this respect, it is suggested ed to the Board of Trustees, and merely makes suggestions to that that the Chief Stewai'd work di­ i have been requested to advise Department in answer to> many rectly with the crew delegates ^.•ou that the responsibility for questions raised by members. instead of taking complaints to the Sailors' Snug Harbor rests Each week an article will be run the Captain or the company, and with its Board of Trustees, sub­ in the Log making suggestions to in this manner command the re­ each of the ratings in the Stew­ spect of the delegates and crewards Department. This week's is members. for the benefit of the Chief In making up the daily menus Stewards.) the preparations should be work­ BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. The first suggestion is that, af­ ed out between the Chief Cook Calvert 4339 and Chief Steward. BOSTON 276 State St. ter boarding a ship for the first Boudoin 4455 time, the Steward should make a Before sailing, the Chief Stew­ BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Cleveland 7391 complete check of all linens and ard should notify all members CHARLESTON 68 Society St. workable and perishable stores that any overtime, other than Phone 3-3680 routine overtime, be brought to CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. aboard the ship. Superior 5175 Also all requisitions and con­ him for an okay before the actual CLEVELAND ...1014 E. St. Clair Ave. firmations should be ehecked, work begins, thus eliminating a Main 0147 CORPUS CHRISTI ..1824 Mesquite St. j and, if there are any articles source of dispute if the work is Corpus Christi 3-1509 I missing or required, they should dune before the Chief Steward DETROIT 1038 Third St. Cadillac 6857 be ordered at once from the com­ has been notified of the job. 0ULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. pany purchasing agent. i Melrose 4110 WEEKLY CHECK The Chief Steward should call i GALVESTON 305 22nd St. All departmental overtime 2-8448 a meeting as soon as possible of; HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. the entire Stewards Department should be checked at least once S8777 and explain just what each mem-^ a week by the Steward Depart­ HOUSTON 1515 75th Street Phone Wentworth 3-3809 , ber's duties are, and just what is ment Delegate, and any ovei-JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Phone 5-5919 expected of them during the trip time that might in the future be MARCUS HOOK W. 8th St. I to coroe. disputed be placed on a separate Chester 3-3110 sheet and turned over to the Pa­ MIAMI 1355 N. £. 1st Ave. , COMPLETE CHECK trolman boarding the ship at the MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 Immediately the Chief Steward payoff. **• NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. , should check all storerooms, gal­ By bringing overtime up to Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. ley, quarters, linen lockers, and date each week any di.sputed HAnover 2-2784 iccbo.xes as to their cleanliness work is fresh in mind and can be NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street 4-1083 and condition. While making the handled more easily than when PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. check, a list of necessary rer-alrs all the overtime of the trip is Phone Lombard 3-7651 handled at one PORT ARTHUR . .909 Fort Worth Ave. and changes should be drawn up. piled up and Phone: 2-8532 If, after making a check of the time. PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. .storeruonis, it is found that there A final suggestion: When the Beacon 4336 iRICKMOND, Calif 257 Sth St. is a shortage of stores, or if the Chief Steward requires work 2599 company has failed to produce done that is payable as overtime, SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. Douglas 5475-8363 the stores requisitioned, the mat­ he should ask the Delegate to SAN JUAN, P. R 252 Ponce de Leon ter should . be reported to the select a member or members of San Juan 2-5996 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. •ship's delegates so that they can the Department for this work. 8-1728 take the necessary action to cor­ This is for the purpose of insur­ SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. rect the condition. ing equal division of overtime. Main 0290 When the ship's delegates call TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. In this manner no member of M-1323 Union meetings, the Chief Stew­ the Stewards Department can TOLEDO 615 Summit St. accuse the Chief WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. ard should attend all meetings rightfully Terminal 4-3131 and take part in the discussion. Steward of discriminating against VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. The Chief Steward should never him. Garden 8331 VANCOUVER ....144 W. Hastings St. be t6o busy to listen to a good (Next week the duties of the Pacific 7824 beef, and at all times make for Chief Cook will be brought up cooperation between himself, the for discussion.) What To Do: Some Departmental Suggestions For Chief Stewards SIU HALLS •k By JOSEPH VOLPIAN On December 31, 1946, the Maritime Commission's Second War Risk Insurance Policy, which insured Merchant Seamen against injuries and death due to enemy action, was terminated. In announcing theii- decision to bring to an end the life of this policy, the Commission stat­ ed, "As practically all insurance required by American shipping interests is now being supplied by the commercial markets, it is not anticipated that serious dis­ turbance will be caused by this action." The terms of this policy limited the beneficiaries to $5,000. It was supposed to be a protection aganist loss of life, injury and loss of personal effects caused by the risks of war and arising out of maritime disasters. The title of this coverage would lead one to believe that the in­ surance coverage under it was much broader than was actually the case. To start with, intei-pretations were placed upon the policy both by way of forms and procedure which beneficiaries found diffi­ cult to comply with. At different times during the life of the insurance, various di­ rectives wore handed down which limited it in scope, so that as time went on the coverage, not broad to begin with, became so very narrow tliat the chances of a beneficiary collecting the pro­ ceeds were improbable. NARROW POLICY An example of the narrowness of the policy was in the case where a seaman off a torpedoed Meet The Seafarers (Cot!tinned from Vagc 9) call. John says that the women, the liquor, and the food, in those places is the best in the world. "But 1 might change my mind after this trip," he grins. "My ship is headed for Buenos Aires, and 1 hear that that is a fine port also." Although John Dugina has only been a member of the Sea­ farers International Union for a short while, he has already taken up the traditions of militancy and honest trade unionisyn that arc part and pai'cel of the Seafarers code. With men like him in the Union, both oldtimers and new­ comers, the Union is sure to grow and to go on to more and bigger victories for all seamen. PERSONALS FREDERICK DUNN Your sister, Miss G. Dunn, reque.sts that you write to her at 20 Black Marsh Road, St. John's, Newfoundland. 4. t t RALPH E. GRIFFIN Your remaining gear from the SS Sirocco was left at the SUP baggage room in San Francisco. vessel, after weeks in life boats and makeshift quarters in war areas, turned up with tuberculo­ sis. The ruling of those administer­ ing the policy was that tubercu­ losis claims had to be filed with­ in 90 days after the disaster. Naturally these torpedoed sea­ men, very often, had no idea that their experiences were causing their health to be undermined until after the 90 day period had passed. When they did find it out and tried to put in their claim, they were informed that they could not recover benefits, not because they did not have tuberculosis or that it was not caused or aggravated by the torpedoing, but rather be­ cause more than 90 days had passed before they put in their claim for allowance under the Second Seamen's War Risk Policy. The writer has been told by many .seamen, who tried unsuc­ cessfully to recover benefits due to enemy action, that they had been assured that in time, a Seaman's Bill of Rights (similar to the G1 Bill of Rights) would be enacted, which would give them benefits in lieu of the bene­ fits under The Second Seamen's War Risk Policy. To date even a very shallow Seamen's Bill of Rights is still so much smoke. Information com­ ing to the writer is that, at pres­ ent, The Seamen's Bill of Rights is somewheie in Congress; and it has been watered down to where the only possible benefits these men may get is continuous treat­ ment in Marine Hospitals, but no cash. PASSING THE BUCK The Second Seamen's War Risk Insurance Policy, in com­ bination with the usual P. & I. policy carried by ship operators, can be used to slough off legiti­ mate claims. An example is where a blackedout ship had a hatch cover miss­ ing which caused injury to a member of the crew. Such claim could be found to come under the War Risk Policy or under gen­ eral P. & I. insurance, depending upon the hairbreath distinction whether the injuries resulted from the open hatch cover or from the blackout. The importance is apparent when it is recalled that the limit of recovery under The Second Seamen's War Risk Policy is $5,000. In addition, the two policies administered by different organ­ izations resulted in the accept­ ance of very small settlements by an injured seaman after a period of Ijeing shuttled back and fourth between The War Risk people and the P. & I. Companies, each telling him that the risk came under the other organiza­ tion's insurance policy. ' In the writer's opinion, the seamen, as a class, are not losing a whole lot by discontinuance of The Seamen's Second War Risk t % % Policy. After all, it was little DAVID B. ALBRIGHT more than mere window-dressing Write to your father. He wants for recruiting and soothing mer­ to hoar from you. chant seamen in wartime. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 10. 1947 Page Fifteea miijjiiTiiN -w - 11 ®K7- : U-A /•_" TAX REBATES Mississippi Shipping Con^pany Seafarers who were employed on Mississippi Shipping Company vessels and have credit balances in their unclaim­ ed wage account covering overdeductions of Social Security taxes for the years 1943, 1944 and 194S, can now receive money due them by writing to the Mississippi Shipping Company, 1300 Hibernia Building, New Orleans, La. When writing the company mention the money is due for Federal Old Age Benefit overdeductions, and give your Social Security number. Those entitled to rebates and the amout due are listed below. I Old And New Wage Scales Of Seafarers Compared The new contracts which the SIU has signed with the various companies have aroused a furor INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS G. Medlicott. $2.00; C. L. Parr. $9.00; that is even yet being felt in the lives of seamen. L. E. Blackslone. $6.00; J. Nelson, Jr., Even if the other unions have benefitted by the $1.00; W. R. Findley, $10.00. same gains, following the successful General Strike PHILADELPHIA of the SIU against Government interference, still the leadership in this advance is generally accreditINDIVIDUAL DONATIONS M. Nobles, $1.00. ted to the SIU. The original contracts have been printed in the NEW ORLEANS LOG at the time each one was signed. This, how­ SS ELEAZOR WHEELOCK ever, has not answered all questions, since many 7.42 Deck Dept.: letters still come into the New York Hall asking Ehmenn. $2.00; Molina. $1.00; Boyle. 14.57 $1.00; Wolff. $2.00; Lee. $1.00; Wal- for copies of the new wage and overtime rates. .53 rath. $2.00; Green. $1.00; Doldcn. $2.00; Therefore, for the benefit of all men sailing .35 Cambura, $1.00; Roberts, $1.00; Simer26.20 man, $1.00. on ships contracted to the SIU, the LOG prints the Engine Dept.: .29 comparative wage scales, showing the wages pre­ Staples, $2.00; Weimer. $2.00; Sla1.68 horc, $1.00; Fiomrmons. $J.00; Ra- vious to the new agreements, the new wages, and 4.14 mrier, $2.00; Pinero, $2.00; Iglesias. the amount of the increase. Cut this out of the 13.65 $2.00. Stewards Dept.: paper so that you can refer to it whenever you wish. 22.10 Marciniewicz, $3.00; Quanico, $4.00; .25 These wage rates are for freighters only. Sapolinski. $3.00; Schondeck. $1.00; NAME Adams, Eloon R Ahlsti'om, Ellis NORFOLK AMOUNT Booth, Lionel $ 1.25 30.07 Bordelon, Thomas A. .12 Botona, Santiago V. ... Alexander, Benjamin 36.96 Boubede, Albert H Almerigotti, John .35 Bouzan, William J. Andrade, Carlos 5.36 Bradford, W. C. .... Ander.son, Arthus .32 Brady, Edward W. Anderson, Fred M 2.59 Anderson, Henrick M 5.17 Andrews, Edgar C 45 Antoniau, C 10.86 Branquilo, Vincent T. 4.41 Ewing. $2.00; Hayes, $2.00; Williams. DECK DEPARTMENT Apiki, A. K 1.00 Bremen, Earl E 6.02 $2.00. (This crew also donated $5.00 to the SIU Amount SIU SIU Aronson. Leon .60 Brennan, William E. 2.19 New Wage Of Wage Old Wage Ashworth, H 3.32 Brokjob, Peter : 2.09 boys in the hospital.) Increase Scale Ayres, Robert E 35.40 Scale 6.74 Rating BOSTON 94 Babala, Loyola 1.05 Brooks, Richard A $205.00 $42.50 Bosun $162.50 SS MONTAUK POINT 90 Bacon John A 40 Brown, Paul H 192.50 Bosun's Mate—Day Work Bill Rowe. $2.0; Roy Cuthrill. $2.00; 1.12 Bacon, John A 21 Brown, T. E 180.00 13.10 Dewey Bordeaux, $2.00; Joseph Thomas, Bosun's Mate—^Watch Bain, Chas. Jr 13.69 Bryant, Joseph P $2.00; C. Harris, $2.00; K. Q-Briant. Carpenter 42.50 205.00 162.50 6f68 $1.00. Bain, Chas. Jr 19.90 Bulaga, Raymond J 40.00 197.50 Storekeeper 157.50 4.06 Baker, Ernest J 1.36 Burger, John 32.50 187.50 AB Maintenance 155.00 NEW YORK Banks, Harold C 3.38 .01 17.50 172.50 Quartermaster = 155.00 Barrett, Thomas G 68 .28 SS GERVAIS 17.50 172.50 AB Seaman 155.00 10.35 Barton, Charles B 21 Butler, Robert G Harrnld I,. Parrish, $1.00; Clyde Watchman 22.50 172.50 150.00 Beaufort, Paul T 18.58 Callan, Cyril .40 Roders, $1.00; Elbert Chatham, $1.00; 150.00 17.50 OS Seaman 132.50 4.99 Calpitts, L Becker, Theodore 4.02 J. Robinson, $1.00; C. M. Houchins, 16.66 Campbell, John . .04 $1.00; Edward Brezina, $1.00; \V. Kraus, ENGINE DEPARTMENT 18 Cappelin, J. M. Belcher, Lawrence ... 8.09 $1.00; J. P. Cross. Jr.. $1.00; Robert F. Grant. $1.00; D. H. Roszel, $1.00; A. 294.50 42.50 252..P0 Bellins, Warren G. 1.25 37.74 Brunelle. $1.00; H. Goering, $1.00; R. Chief Electrician 2nd Electrician 9.80 Caracausa. Albert Bennett, William J. .83 L. Toler. $1.00; G. W. Rrickley. $1.00; 45.00 227,50 182.50 16 Benoit, R. S 1.73 John J. Dugina, $2.00; R. Hutchinson, Asst. Eleetrieian 42.50 230.00 . 187.50 Unlic. Jr. Eng.—Day Work... $1.00; Peter Vargo. $1.00. .23 Carroll. Paul S. .. .47 17.50' 205.00 187.50 Unlic. Jr. Eng.—Watch SS VAKA Bentel, Henry P 1.97 Casey, Robert F. 8.93 42.50 237.00 194.50 E. Ghcrman, $1.00; L. Bugajcwski. Machinist-Plumber Berg. Thowald 19.52 .72 42.50 205.00 162.50 Deck Engineer Bergeron, Druby J 32 Castanel, Patrick R. 2.06 $2.00. 17.50 269.50 252.00 Chief Reefer Engineer' SS HILTON 1.91 Celmayster, S 15.68 17.50 237.50 220.00 1st Reefer H. C.mfield. $1.00; J. Gross. $2.0(1; Berman, Henry .54 Chagistamatoloa, E .24 17.50 218.50 201.00 2nd Reefer 11 Bu-ser, $2.00. Bei'nay, Harry A 1.14 2.86 197.50 Engine Storekeeper SS HORACE SEE Biggers, EaH G 3.71 Chandler, Wor.sham S. 6.34 50.00 205.00 1.55.00 1 lorracc Coriielius. $1.00; Elzie I laves. Engine Utility 9.11 .30 17.50 190.00 172.50 Evaporator Maintenance $1.00; P. C. Johnson. $1.00; L.' E. Bi.>i]iop, Archibald C 8.15 Chauncj', Howard 2.44 Price, $1.00. 40.25 195.25 155.00 Oiler-Diesel 1.25 Blodgett, Donald C 18.30 Chi'isman, John 22.50 177.50 155.00 Oiler-Steam SS GOLDEN FLEECE 33 12.25 Christiansen, James C 177.50 22.50 155.00 Watertender A. Begg. $1.00. Blonce, Manuel .14 Christiansen, Gerhard A. .. 23.25 177.50 22.50 155.00 Fireman-Water tender INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS Blossfield, Paul 4.91 17.79 167.50 22.50 145.00 J. Arras, $2.00; John A. Weiss, $2.00; Firemen Boiohada, Edward W 12 .55 175.00 42.50 132.50 1.23 R. B.ascombe, $1.00; Ben Miller. $11.00; Wiper Bolger, Joseph 1.94 Clark, Carlton D •A. Gold.smit. $7.00; Lester D. Yoder. 11.15 $2.00; Bolton, S. F 1.28 Coll, Andrew STEWARDS DEPARTMENT W. H. Williams. $3.00, Jue A. .25 .01 Ecock. $2.00. 17.50 220.00 202.50 Chief S 22.50 205.00 182.50 Chief ( 22.50 205.00 182.50 Night C 17.50 185.00 167.50 Second 17.50 175.00 157.50 Asst. C Seafarers who have left gear aboard Seas Shipping Company vessels can now re­ 17.50 150.00 132.50 Messma claim their belongings if their name is included in the list below. All gear is being helc Utility 17.50 150.00 132.50 Unclaimed Baggage — Seas Shipping Co. for claiming at the offices of the Seas Shipping Company, 39 Cortland Street, New York 7, N.Y. M. Armando C. Albury Frank Becker H. Benter G. Castro G. L. Crews R. A. Chastain H. A. Campbell Frank Durdeen P. Fember S. Goldenberg E. H. Hopka R. Kosmicki ; 1 Seabag 1 Seabag & 1 suitcase 1 Seabag Papers 1 Zipperbag Papers 1 Seabag Papers 1 Zipperbag 1 Suitcase 1 Parcel Papers 1 Suitcase W. Jackson W. La Bauer C. Mockl.v Mai J. Pranible C. Snackers E. Stanzcack H. Taylor J. F. Thompson R. Sullivan R. C. Valandingham H. C. Yates L. Wuestner All members of the Stewards Department will be paid over­ time for all Sunda.vs and Holidays at sea and for all Saturdays. Sun­ i Suitcase days and Holidays in port. No member of the Stewards Department i Seabag will be laid off Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays at sea or in port. 1 Seabag OVERTIME RATES Papers l Seabag SIU New SIU New SIU Old i Bag Over $200.00 Under $200.00 1 Box & 1 Seabag a month a month 90c j Box i Zipperbag $1.25 per hour $1.00 per hour 90c j Suitcase \ Pay rise of $17.50 is retroactive from April 1 to June 14. June 1 Seabag & 1 Zipperbag Papers 15 is the retroactive date for the remainder of the increase. All i Seabag overtime is retroactive to June 15. aji �m. Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 10. 1947 TANKEI?MEN/f/ How Jo (fpa wanth^cfourjob? Under cm SIU conttact pick qour ghip -tmpjck Company -^ou pick goar run —and. ndbodg can sag no! I 'uHT'''.?, v> / The Seafoters IntemJtbrual Onicncf ^JbrttiAmetioa -AEatL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 1, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 2 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU ASKS RECOGNITION AS BARGAINING AGENT FOR TIDEWATER SEAMEN N.Y. TUGBOATMEN WIN 40 HR. WEEK; TIE-UP AVERTED P&O SIGNS NEW CONTRACT WITH SIU; SS FLORIDA SAILS SIU VOTE TALLY ENDS; COMMITTEE TO REPORT TO BRANCH MEETINGS SIU TAKES ACTION TO PREPARE FOR CHANGES IN SHIPPING LAWS THE PLAIN FACTS RIP VAN CURRAN FINALLY WAKES UP; FINDS NMU OFFICIALS ARE COMMIES RECORD SHOWS NMU LEADERS FOLLOW CHANGES IN CP LINE ATLANTA CITY CREWMEN SHOW HOW SIU TACTICS CAN WIN IMPROVEMENTS ON ISTHMIAN SHIPS BRIDGES TRIES NEW RAID WM. CLAY IS KEPT ON THE BALL BY A CRACKERJACK SIU CREW FOUR WATCHES FIRST AMONG SEAFARERS GOALS MERCHANT SEAMEN ARE ELIGIBLE TO BUY SURPLUS SMALL VESSELS DEFENSE OF BILBO BLOCKS HOST OF ANTI-LABOR BILLS ALCOA COOPERATES WITH SIU; SENDS STEWARDS CUTE NOTES GADSDEN CREW GIVES TO BALTIMORE BROTHERS IN MARINE HOSPITAL STUDY IN CONTRASTS--OKAY SKIPPER AND BUCKO MATE--IN MARCUS HOOK WRONG SHIP BUT RIGHT CREW (SIU) TAKES TRIP FROM BONEYARD TO N.Y. NMU IS "FINISHED WITH ENGINES" LAKES SEAMEN COME TO SEAFARERS WEATHER REROUTES FREIGHT SHIPS BUT TANKERS KEEP BOSTON BUSY NEW BRANCH OPENED IN MIAMI CALMAR SHIPS GIVEN TO BULL AND OVERLAKES FRENCHY PENS OPEN LETTER TO MEMBERSHIP ALL MISSED THE SKIPPER'S OBJECT CH. ENGINEER ON EMERSON HAS FOUL LINE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/10/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2d32df9cbcb445320d3f8bea176fc199.PDF 35b4def52b722d42ae52d47bbe66e1af PDF Text Text Foundation · Begu~: ·.: •t t ar n' - . . . ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - Story On Page 3 ,. , - - - - - - - - - - - - Story On Page 3 SIU -Benefit-Totals ·Nearly $20 ·Million ' - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 2 ' Plan. Senate Shipping At . Quiz ·01 ICC · ·3-Yr.-Peak · ~ - - - - - P a g e. 3 -----Page4 - ~. APL Buying No-Pay Ship· SS· LeiiOn~i ·Peddled Off ., ., . . . - - - - - -·-Page 11 ) t -----Page5 �·,. .... . · .., . . : ,, • "'". In a letter ~nt to each member of Congress, it was pointed out that only 12,000 members affiliated with the Department .are now 'en-· gaged in shipQuilding. ·Foreign shipyards, he noted, now hav~ 130 subsidy" tankers under construction on or'!" -;._,_______________ . der from American companies. The . G companies, he said, are "running Lo S£ AFARERS · . · away". from an hourly wage aver-'.i"an. 1, .1960 ·. Vol. _XXll, N_o. 1 aging $2.67 ih Am.erican shipyards, to· 79 .cents in the United Kingdom, ·· ~ · and 30 cents· in Japan. ~ . The latter, ·Country is ,building ·. P:A.111. HALL. secretaT'fl·Treasuret" severa1 super tankers for American ,_ firm~; and with yen invested ·by ' ' JbRB£R7 BRAND. Edftof'. BERNARD 8 .E A ••,N .. Ar~ Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, lRwm the Japanese. The cost of .labor SPIVAK, AL ~MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL. AR1'11Ull d ter1a . 1s j s " negl'1gibl e,". an d' BERGER. CHARLES BEAUMET. <;tall Writers. an . ma BILL MooDY, Gui/ 4rea Rep,r esentative., the fnvestmenf and profit ·1s quick-. PuDllshed Dlweek1y 111 the headquarters ly returned :under these arrai;igeof t.he Seafarers International Union, At· ments · lantic & Gulf District. AFL·CIO. 675 Fourth • ' • • Avenue Brooklyn 32; ,.Y Tel. HYaclnth The-}'Unaway construction is fur- · fi600~ . · Second class· postage paid th ' d b · u 'g · it:. et th• · Post Office 1n .Brooklyn, NY. under er encour~ge Y · mar ime :~ . A·• of Au~ :24· 19~2;;· ., p·q~jcy wlJ.icli supports use. of Li~er,. ~ ... ' ·~·J20 -ia,n . "~g-stry to . ev,itd.e tp:es .an~;· c,• · ..1· ~ , ... w~se1; _ _. ;-rv . i 'i '" ·• i· 1 ~£ ~ ' v: \ .. ' - ,., ... /:[ ... 'fr. • SCHEDULE ..O_f~'. .SIU MEEllrtGS, . ·s1u ·meinbe.rship me~t'"'" ·ings are .held regulady · ever.y two wee's 'on Wed• nesdtty nishts at 7 PM in all -SIU :po.rts. AU Secrfar-~n a_re. exp.e cted t'o atten~· . -; ·· ., · , those w,ho w.ish ·to · ·'°•'~·~xcused ~ho~lcr request. - ·P.irmi~sion by · . telegram · ·; (be' · ~ure ·ro 1 include,:. t'egis• tra·t.ion ·numberc}. Tfie next · ~~O· m.~e!i6gs ~r~.~ ~e~ · .i;·" · ~roup ~t gro,und~l;>reakil\g· ~-~~mon_ie~ tn~u~e~:(~ont ~~l ~IU o!d"' b timer Eric Eklunc;I, Ma..yor\ltpr~1son, Se~~~~er 1 J::~9.~h<!''F In,rea~ . . ...c1' i.:~ ,u~c'~ ·' ~· ~$! ~. , ·· .' (1-rl ·are Port Agent W.iU.(aniv, :fred, C~s~1l>ey,' anCIJPcM..• ur~~. N~w "· 9ry 6 f.{ ,i; .'/ r. o .. r 8ifal\5 1c:.~,ra':n.cP.Ulrl!'en, .~ ~~,.·~~~tin ;C~gq~. ~mp.1~-l'r , 'ru~~~·'\.~ •r -.. ·. ~ ~p!{~~p~,;· 5e~ arer1 .,,, , ~~.fl :P~~ . ~ ,,,,:i, . , ·in,,,.., :. ., . !~' \·:· .1· ''" .. ~ ·~ • J.'' ,;·,: ·..i.· .. ·.'":-""31~~~~·~~~~~ "" . .· ,_ . . ' \ T ·J,q.. 9 ': ~ . , . ,. : .., . .. •• ~ . ;... ,i.>~ �P•1e Three 1966 ·shoWHOWn Year On.:Sev·eral_,; M ·a rilime ·1.-ss'Ues • •• . ' ~ ,J ' t . • • • • With the ,year 19S9 oShowing SIU progres~ in m;ny ·important areas, 1969 now looms as year of, special sigriiflcance f~r seamen and . maritime workers•. That;s because a number· of 'developments bearing diredly on the livelihood of seamen are scheduled to.+·--·- - · - - - - -··- -----,.---.-----fleets. The steel strike and the and pay rates for containers will d this year come t O . a hea . • resultant lay-up of most Great undoubtedly be followed by the · Certainly, a maj~r Union Lakes ships retarded the conclu- conversion or many conventional activity in 1960 will be the si?n of this organizing drive, but it freightships for container purposes. will be reiiumed full force n~xt While the coQtalner ships will . . . stepped-up organizing pro· spring: have more immediat.e and practical gram on runaway ships. Some. time next summer then, effects on seamen,. atom-powered a f· .I Workf)'len look over plans be~ore proce'e ding with construction o~ interior of new Philadelphia hall. _Shown here is the main entrance. Circular design on floor is layout for compass which will be decorative moti~ in l~bby floor. · .• LA W ' raps up . . ..-. .•, A t . reemen s g GU th·1s connection the SIU se~men in a m~mber of large non'd . th union comp.antes on the Great . and ~MU are rea ymg e Lakes will be voting on- whether machinery of the newly- they will ·unload their -company I ·n formed / "International Maritime union set-ups in favor · of repreWorkers Union to deal with this sentation by legitima~ maritime ' · • project. , unions. Just recently: crewmem,. Tire legal rights of unions to hers in the Reiss fleet voted for organize and sign up crewme~bers Great Lakes SIU representation. ot ~naway-ftag ships are likely rt' t h . to be resolved in the course Of . 1mpo. ant ec no1O~Ical developthe disposition of a number · of ments I~ maritime will !lso come cases now pending before the into their own next year. Seamen · courts and the National Labor can exp~ct to see a large number As always; Washfngton will be . · · ' Relations Board. Runaway ship- of contamer-type vessels in opera· au arena· of crucial importance to NEW ORLEANS - Members of ihe International Long:.. owners are fighting with all re- tion be~ore the year is out. The :7::enth~h~s ~~alarg~~~:~~::; . ted "safety __dire.ctor of the J'oint •SIU-Industry Safety sources to prevent extension of the completion ~fa contract agreement apppm , now-famous SS Florida precedent betwe~n shipowners and, the I~- must make an all.:important deciwrapped up_~heir contract business on C.hristrpa~ E,v.e w~en. to the runaway ·field generally.. .. ; tE:rni~tlonal Longshoremen s Associ- sion as to the ·future, of its subsidy employers agiieed to the same · It .was' in the Florida case. that a~iQn, . on t_he East Cuas~ at least prngrain for shipping. For some • three-year pact terms as on began wh~n· southern .employers the National Labor .Relations Board .on th.e ~ongshore .manm.ng scales cc~mtinued on page 7> ·th'e North Atlantic. ~ . refused to agree to tempotary ruled in favor· of SIU organizing ---;-.-:-,-.---''----:--_ -_-:------.- ---------....::..__ __ The agreement p·rovides for a contract extension involV.mg r.etro- rights because the ship operated in 1 • · ' · · · ,_ • ~. . 41-cenf package of which 19 cents activJtY. benefits to tti,e Octooer 1 Ameriean commerct? ·und~r · ultiwill be in the form of pension and date. The longshorepi~n w,e nt . back. mate .control of American owners. ., . welfare contributions. lt is retro- to· work un~er court , ~njuncti.on The, Florida , issue,, the Se.a Level · 1, . • , ; : • . active to Ocfober l; the date of eight qays l'ater.. . . case, the Yarmou~h case :and. a expiration of the ol'd contraet. ' . Automation Agreem~nt. numbe1· of others :like these .in the . Longshoremen In the North AtA key item. in the ion . shore set- courts. are expected to define just · .· : lantic ports had .vote'd two weeks tlement is the agreement reached what · can be done in 1the · way of "before to acc.ept the 41-cent pack- on "automatioh". It has been bringing· the~e sliips under unlon ·wAsurNGTON Th' · · · age, putting it ihfo effect in all agreed that . companies operating contrads. ' • .q e .pers1~tent fight waged ag-ainst the · equally-important organizing Interstate Commerce Commission by the maritime un1·ons and port s f rom P or ti an d • M a i ne, to confainer ships will not cut the An Norfolk, . Virginia. However, the size of existing gangs. The question showdown should take place on the by the comparative handful of domestic ship operators still Soutttern employers, . whose posi- of premium pay for handling con- Great Lakes next spring in the in business is finally begin-+ • tion had been responsible for the tainers is to _go- to arbitration for second season of Seaway opera- ning to pay off. As a result of The position of the marine unw eight-day coastwide dock "sttlke in final settlement,. . tions. Throughout the 1959 ship- the success of the domestic ions and domestic shipowners has October , balked at the provisions. . As a result of the settlement, a ping season, the· SIU Great -Lakes ship- indµst ry in attracting supbeen greatly-strengthened in reof the North Atlantic agreement. number of companies which had District and other unions affiliated port for its plea for fair treatment, cent weeks by support from mari· Since the longshoremen were been studying the possibilities of -with the Maritime Trades Depart- the outlook is bright for a back to . woi;k under terms of a container operation are reportedly ment had- been laying the grouµd- thoroughgoing investigation by a time state governments and local Taft-Hartley injunction which- was speeding plans to convert tqeir work for a series of representation Senate committee of the relation- port authorities. Among groups expiring December 27, refusal of ·Ships for that purpose. elections in non-union Great Lakes ship between the-ICC and the rail- which are putting pressure on in the south~rn group to meet the roads . northern terms would undoubted- ' · · · - ' · · · ' ·· · · The Senate· group is expected to Washington for a halt to ICC practices are port authorities from Bally have resulted in a Gulf port tie111 · ·. ·e · :.;ff ~ ·e'; look into ~he mechanism whereby timore, Boston, Seattle, Savannah up. . . ~ u-~ the tailroads, with the approval of _,, Under · pressure of tpe strike s • the ICC, juggle long ;ind sho.rt and 12 Calit'Ornia ports. As pre• viously reported in the LOG, the deadline and the fact that the longs· ".·P ·. I haul rates to destroy shipping com- governor of Georgia has already shoremen were getting the ' fu11 pdition. rn the process, thousands of job opportunities for merchant intervened on behalf of the SIUsupport of the SIU and other marltime unions, the New Orleans ~ seamen have been eliminated over contracted Seatrain Line to keep the railroads from monopolizing · stevedoring gropp caved in on SIU Assistant Se(fretary-Treasurer Jo·e · Algina has been the years. Evidence of a change of attitude the paper trade out of the Savan· December 23 .. Other po.rts quickly appointed safety director ·of the joint SIU-Industry Safety nah area. foilowed suit in a matter of hours. Program. As di.rector he will be responsible for the aqmin- was .th~ ICC's refusal last week to The latest sample of the rail• allow the railroads to put into efLending 'on-the-spot support · to the longshoremen were SIUNA js_ t ration of .the program on feet new transcontinental rates .on roads' rate-cutting devices comes President Paul. Hal.I and William SIU-contracted.ships. patrolman, New York port agent, anned goods. The ICC's failure from the West Coast. In this inPerry, assJstant to NMU President ~s result of .his ··appoint- headquarters representative and to · act on this matter was all the stance, the Coastwise Line, under Joseph Gurran. The SIU and ment, Algina is resigning from his ~ssistaµt "Secfetary-treasurer..more unexpected because the Unit- contract to the SIU Pacific District, ed · States Supreme Court had has a thriving trade going in beer NMU 'made it clear to ·southern em- post · ot as1?is,tapt secretary-treas< ployers t at th~ ILA had their full urer for the deck department and turned down a bid by the Lucken- hauled from Los Angeles to Seatbacking. 'is taking a ·l eave• of absenc·e ·from bach Steamship Company to enjoin tle. To take the freight away, the railroads chopped their proposed ILA President William Bradley his membership in the SIU. · The the proposed rates. Had the ICC put the new rates rate on be~ between the two credited Hall's participation ln con- leave. was approved ·at the last tract talks as bringing about. headquarters memberi;hip ·meetinto effect, which it was legally- points. The new rate from LA to prompt and sa£isfactory.settlement ing ·· - / · ...... _ .. ·empowE;.red to do by the Supreme Seattle is cheaper than the rate of the dockworkers' beef. .As per the provisions of th~· Court's action, it would have taken between LA' a.net .~ortland, Oregon, about- 75 percent of Luckenbach.'s even though Portland is 300 miles The -October longshore - strike SIU constitutfori, the secretary.:. treasurer_ h~s." a"ppcinte<t Bill Hall traffic · -away and undoubtedly closer to the Southern California successor to Algina. The. appointee would have wreck~d the company. city. Although Coastwise Lines · prowill hold office until the Union's . The failure of the ICC to give the new rates a final okay .is seen tested the new rate as illegal and .next' general election in the _au -' , ' · as reflecting the agency's· fear of the railroads admitted it was so, of 1960. · . Alglria has been active- Union stirring up a thorough .investiga- the ICC Suspel)sion Board refused tion. The SIU and other maritime to suspend it. Sub~equently, on affairs since the end .of W.orld War II, a~ter.i . sai\ing durin_g __t he unions · have charged that the ICC appeal from the Suspension Board, w41'. ff\ .the, deck, · depa1:tmenb in · is a completely railro~d-Cloiriinated Coastwise 'Line won a rever(!;al of (both llpen~ed, ~~d~ unu&.ns~d:cap_~f . ' ' ag_ency 'and, 'consequently, makes the decision and the railroads were ·rate decisions ,on the basis o'f what ordered to file ciUbsJ At various' tlmes he has ...::J9e Algina,· new director amended rate .Sfrved the Unlo'n ·as· - qrgJnize~, · the 1afety program. • ·,, • · the railroa~s want. · wbich would conform with us law• ICC Ra.1•1· .c·omb•·1ne Faces Iho·' roug•hsenate· Inqu1ry • a )· .. .. ship.p ing is ·sure to get most of the attention.- The United ·States' first commercial atom-powered -ship, the NS Savannah, is scheduled to make her maiden voyage sometime durlng next summer, ushering in a pew era in Ship P,OWer which. may be as significant as the transition from sail to steam. In the offing arl' tentative plans by a number OJ major operators to build some• kind of, atom-powered tanker. Al91·n;a tla' .iJi. 01' s"1'·u-. a·f ·e·,· '. ,. ~y·. . J -. • ' ad. la ' ·n~. . a ... ln an .. I·· . .. �• The usual Christmas Eve shipping rush hit SIU ports with a considerable fillip as the Union· dispatched 1,486 jobs off the board .in the la.st two-week period. This represented a very healthy boost over the 1 ~169 shipped two weeks before that and was better than 200 jobs over · t~e 1,253 shipped before Christmas, _1958. As such, the results follow the consistent pattern of improvement over ·the :1958 recession year that llas characterized SIU shipping throughout 1959. · Checking back through the records, the ~igures . show t}!at it was bftck in March, 1957, nearly three years ago, .that shipping surpassed this week's 'totals. That was because of the Suez .Canal being closed at that time. , By and large, you would ha~ e to go back to t he boom shipping days . d th· k " d f h" . b f US h" War t o f m ot f th te K orean 1s m o s 1ppmg, e ore s 1p operaf d th . h" f . . h 0·1 . 1 10 t ors ~ans ~rr: eir s Ips oreign m w :sa e s. . . . While WIJ'!.di.n_g up the year o~ a very ~ohd note, sh1~p,mg is no.t exp i;cted. t~ ~ontmue along these Imes.. 1:he .w~eks fol.low11J.? the hohdays are .tra~1honally slow o.nes fo~ _sh1ppn:1g, what with wmter we~ther C!uttmg mto cargo-handhng activity except f<?r the tanker op_era~lODS. Registration also tends to mount in January as Seafarers wh!?.h'ave ¥.one . home f~r the holidays return to bid for ber~hs_.Qff the boar_,d. · • Aside from the usual heavy pre-holiday (urr1over, shipping. benefited considerably from an upsurge in ship ·calls. ·The total of 256 ships . . ' ~ DECK DEPARTMINT -· - . Registered Cl.ASS A ·- I .. Registei-ed CLASS=B GROUP Po rt - Bosto11 . . . . . ..•••••••• N ew York . . .....• • • • . Ph iladelphia ....•••.•. :Ba ltimore . ....•••• •• . N orfolk . . .Ja cksonville . ....•.••. ... ........ M iami . . . . . .•••••••••. .. ............ Ta mpa J\1 obile . . .... .•••••••• - N ew Orleans . .....••.. --31 10 2 8 51 8 42 3 10 .23 8 - ; ~ - 3 ALL 3 H 16 90 4 20 7 59 2 15 8 - 7 1 2 (i Shipped CL4S$·A ...... .... i 2 - 3 ALL 1 2 2 7 10 12 25 14 1 2 3 5 3 .. 6 16 25 8 ' 1 - 2 3 1 1 .1 2 - -10 - - - -2 31 20 4. 9 84 1 '7.7 12 31 16 56 - -·1· - 3 1 2 1 -1 - 3 3 ALL 1 2 13 19 4 9 11 17 ~ , 1 ·1 3 33 · 13 31 2 - -4 . __:. - -1 - 1 3 15 1 8 32 13 '74 1 . 18 12 . .7 3 2 ·4 1 8 1 11 9: 4 19 177 55 I 330 10 - - " 8 17 4 1 Registered CLASS A 1 - Boston .... .......•. .• . 5 New York . ..... ·...... Philadelphia ....•••••. 4 Baltimore .: ....••••••• Norfolk : ... ; ...••.••• 3 1 Jacksonville . ..•••.••• Miami . ... . .••••••••• . · Tampa . . .. . ....•..••. . 1 Mobile . ... ....•• ~ .••. 1 New Orle~ms . ...••.••. -16 Houston ...... ••.•••• ; 8 Wilmington ...•••••••. 3 San . Francisco . .• . ••... Seattle. . .. ·.'· . . . .... ~ " - 2 2 59 10 39 5 2 - 13 55 31 3 8 ·10 42 237 TOTAlS r 3 ALL 1 1 3 1 9 , 73 1 1 11 8 . 51 . 1 · 1 9 1 . 4. 1 - - 1 1 9 6 - Bpstoµ .. .. . . . ....•..• New York .. ....••••••• Philadelphia ....••••• .• Baltimore . ....••••••• Norfolk . . . ...•••••••• · .Jacksonville .•• ·••••••• Miami .-.. - ........... .. Tainpa . . ... , ..•• • •••• Mn bile . . .. . ·.•.••••••• New Orleans. ~ .••••••• Houston . . : . .. .' •••• ·' ·. Wilrtiington . ......... . San Francisco . ...••••. Seattle . .. . ... .... , .. . 101ALS ' ·, - 18 3 16 3 1 - 2 - - 3 ALL 1 .. '28 ,6 ' 3 15 . 32 7 .10 . 1 3 . -9 41 I 320 1 I 13 31 34 .. . GROUP 3 ALL - 1 1 1 67 2 11 14 2« 1 6 39 1 1 1 4 - - - -1 ·-- -1 7 17 8 ' 2 8 7 2 38 33 - -' ,:-' .. Shipped CLASS C ' ~ 2 - 23 ~. 1 Registered CLASS B . • GROUP . - - .. ' 5 2 ', - ·· - ~ ( ... - Shipped .CLASS .A Shipped CLASS a - GRPUP .: Shipped .Cl.Ass· c - GROUP - - i GROUP - - - - - - - - · - - o ......-.,0-__,...._ 1 ! 1 1 -..., 23 3 2 . 18 18 5 30 53 13 .., a 28 1 1 1 :. ro~ ·. 1~ 6 ; 4 . 3... 13 ·87 · 36· ·1os- I' 231 sl r· _ :: l • 4 ' 1 _ · J. ., 1 . .' - - 'f - •• .:..... - 1· - · '"' u J ' 16 40 ., JI , 7 ;- 7 . 4 Totals :......... 78 - - ' ' . 17 --r-- 145 33 •I. 256 ,. GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 .i ALL 5 25 1 3 1 31 42 33 328 4 77 11 1 1 33 · ~ 11 26 , 39 16 119 2 8 H - -.-. 6 1 3 1 1 14 : ;.· 2 ...l . l'1 _., .33\ 3 , I S 10 43 . 5 84 16 21 3724 169 5 12 20 14 80 3 5 2 '3 21 7 7 2 3 41 2 7 . ·1 '4 2 2 22 123 1... 969 11 116 131 I 2-58 f, ' z --- - - - - -- ... • ~ Registered Qri The Beach · · CL~~S A . CLASS ;a .. GROUP - -3 ·. l -12 ,, GROUP· · . 3 1· ALL 2 3 ALL 7 .2 29 191 . 6 34 ' ~618 2 ,· 4· 2 25 t " 12 14 11 91 1 !1 15 . l _ - 3 5 9 ., ·7 ..1 . 1 I . z - - · - -.. -· 3 • • ·- 1, -1 --1 ' ·~ ... 13 86 10 '23 10 53 75 39 90 9 104 11 . - 2~ 2 10 4 .3 _;, 20 ·4 ' 71 .6 . ·5 32 I· 499120 460 ' 62 I . TOTAl SHIPPED 2 .. 3· Al,L ( - 2 3 ALL . l 2 · 3 ALL . A . B _., - ..,1 - ·1 ~·- -:.._ ·2 ·2 - ·· 1 2 s .2 4 ._55 .;·...;, . . ~ ·. 2~ .-. 31 2 - .io' ) 2 55 s1 ' l . 3 . ·.11 ....., .3 3 .- . 8 8 11 . ·3 6 9 27 - ·--::- ,.·-·1 '7 6 ',9 12 . 21 27. 7 i 3 ..i<... 1 i .4 f 3 '1. 1 3 ' - • ·22 ... ·1·: 1. 2. 3' 2. 1 2 13 J 4 6 26 25 ' __. _ 2 14 198 10 70 .4 8 2 6 ~ . 12 21 39 - 40 92 92 53 40 92 26 11 8 10 20 13 14 40 !j, ' 12 I 554.314 . 532 2 10· 3 - GROUP · ' ·3 7 I Wll!'llngt!" ··· · San Firancfsco .. Seattle .. .. :.. ·:· 4 JI 11 ' - New Orlee•!s .. 7 Hou1to• ........ 1 1 17 6 125 97 40 12 84 33 7 7 -6 6 c 53 ·.19 .3 46 32 ' 26 2 3 ... -.5 2 ·5 8 124" 285 . 139 75 . ............ Tampa ........... ! 1 · Molllle 1 · .......... .. 2 ALL · 1 7 4 107 37 125 20 37 1 80 _9 . 71 1~ .22 .5 2 . 8 1 . 14 2 3 9 , l 6 1 30 ·10 3· '.AL~ · '.l 1 .. 2 , . 2 . 14 · 16 .23· 2 2 '6 2 ·9 1112 2 2 '2 2 . - 11 79 GJtOUP A B ; . GROUP TOTAL SHIPPED 2 3 ALL · 1 . 2 3 6 .t 12 29 65 1 4 10 ill 12 15 2 3 10 1 1 4 - 2 - - - • 1' - 2 --1 -l .-2 '· 17 4 2 - · - -- ·- - . - · 2 5 20 '1 - 2 . _;_ 1 1 ·. 2 . 2 · 4 :·.:...... 9 , : 19 . 1 3 7 53 ,2 . : 8 - ·/ 2',. 8 26 6 16 1.6.· . · 32 3 .. 15 46 2 1 ;3 5 .2 ·' ~ ·~ 2' ..' ..2 5 . . · 2 ........ ·;:24 :5 2 ~. 4 8: -:-·' '· - · ' '59 285 7 . 84 ,48 I 139 . 5 . .37 . 33 1·' .75 - -2 - - 3 ALL 2 1 2· 5 . 10 67 l " . . 3 · 24 .7 22 39 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 -5 -ao1 -1 -4 2 10 2 15 8 19 10 2" 3 1 '1 - - laltlmore ...... 11 Norfolk .......... J Jacbonvflle .. · Miami C ALL 1 3 33 14 13 9 15 38 , 31 15 1 · 4 ·2 1 _.. 5 1. - GROUP 3 ALL ·a A ' 1 13 14 78 9 18 4 4 2 15. 5 74 13 5 .. 20 47 · 25 1 1 4. 6. 11 2 11, 19 10 35 I · 79 330 145 r ·STE-WARD .DEPA'RtftfERT e ·. ,,.. .. . . . . 2 l 49 2. ' 8 4. 29 - ·. 1 1. 2 3 2Q 6 · -6855TI29 33 ' 193 .1 ·2 2 - 5 5 2 20 27 5 5 26 4 65 · 95 26 . 26 14 6 9 29 · 4 13 n 2 3 . -. 5 ·-21 ~ -...:.. 5· 9 3 3 ,.. "4 .· 3. • :·io - ·1 ·r. : 1 · · 3 , s u1 , ·s i t66 l 328 : ~1 ~cr-;91: _-_. ..-----'- 1_ - - -- -- · 3 ' - .. · . Reglster~d. : ::, . ,,: .i~9lstered .. ·. "' . · CM.SS , 4 ... -> ~ · ·CLASS - - ---·:·__·._·. GROUP ·. .. ; .. G~UP' . ·f~(ilNf· 1 -'J -1 -12 7 203 6 7 13 . ~5 6 - ". 4 4 3 11 2 3 .-5 4 - 10 . 1 · 3 15 80 GROUP 1 - 1 24 5 14 5 2 2 - 6 8 .. • 1 -7 -- . shipped CLASS a. GROU~ GROUP Registered CLASS A - Port • Shipped CLASS A Registered · CLASS a GROUP' •Port 10 -~ z--3. 4 5 1 1 25 2 6 2 6 ~' ~ ; 10 . } 67 68 I H5 10 I 3 ALL - ....., - - - - -2 '4 --1 13 ;1 3 - 1·- ' >f~ 2 1 2 3 3 1 -2 -4 GROUP Par Sit• I• Offs Ou Trans. TOTA&; lostoa · ....... :.... 4 . I t New_ Yor:k ...... 20 I 17 40 Phffaclelphla .. I 2 10 17, . '. ' Registered-On Tlie Beach CLASS A CLASS 8 TOJ'Al S"11PfED GRO.UP E·.NGINE. DEPARTMENT ' · J . ' ,... 3 ALL 2 13 9 78 3 18 5 38 1 4 2 5 - · 5 4 H 29 1 9 9 19 17 1 4 5 2 1 2 . 3r 2 2 1 3 6 .10 ' 44. 551:.109, .98 Shipped CLASS ·c GROUP 2 4 55 .10 25 . 2· 1 - -3 - ..... Shipped CLASS B· - GROUP GROUP 2· 2 16 28 45 11 H ouston . . . . ...••••• • • 15 40 22 w ilmington .. ....••••. 6· ~ 6 S ·10 Francisco . ....... . 10 15 6 S eattle . .. . . 4 9 3 120 259-,7- 14 I!lTALS ."iii.CK. touching A&G ports (see t ight) was 51 more than in the previous two·week period. · · '. W:ith such linpressive figures it is no surprise to find that shipping was up praciically ac~oss-the-board. The notable exception was San Francisco which . dropped off sharply from an unusual bulge in the earlier tw~-week period. .B iggest gains were. registered in Phil,adelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, while Houston .continued to enjoy h n h' h h' i g f th at . port · P enom~na Y- 1g s 1PP n . or : .- Also to be expected in a b~om shipping period· is. heayy shippmg in the class C group. As tp~ figures show. 254 .class C men got be~ths .in the t:wo-week period, just under 18 percent of all jobs shipped. In the pr evious two weeks, the class C men accounted for 7Y.t pe~cent of shipping. Class. B registrants took a shade under 25 percent of the . . htl . bl . b t f "A" · Th 11g ava11a e JQ s,. 1eav1ng s_ . _y qver 57 . percen or men . e figures show "C." rµen .shipping at the expense of top seniority class A Seafarers who wanted to spend the holidays ashore. · As for the f uture outlook, ,most ports exp'ect reduced shipping, New Orleans in particular cautions it has a very heavy- register and all Seafarers would be well-advised to steer clear of that port. Houston's rf!gistration, on the other hand: is very light in relation to the shipping figures for that port. In fact, scanning the total rl!glsfration lists, it would appear that Houston -is the best bet for a short stay on the beach. · ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Activi~y Ship December 9 Through December 22, 1959 j ·4 - I -:"' z .,., 5 - 19 4· 138 1 43 '42 1 · 6 1 I 12 4 1 5 3. 3 311 2. 8 ,4 5 ,..,.....2 2 642 23 115 66 I 2H I I - '· Registered On The Beach ·CLASS A CLASS' a GROUP .c GROUP ALL 1 2 3 .ALL 1 -3 · ,,7 7 4 18 1 · 12 J8105 ·40 114 · 259 3 · 8 . 22 11 2 10 23 27 ' 61 46 15 37 98 1 4 ' 8 7 . 5 3 15 .2 7 .. 6, . 3 • - 9 1 1 -=-· 1 - 2 3 ALL - .·2 14 77 et' 6 .• 3 18 2Z ,5 , 3 • -:• -.- - - 2 2 - ·~· - \ - · ..... _,. . ·2 . - . 2 .7 3 7 17 ·"1 '. -1~ 2 ·· -. 23 · .2 · 25 41 · '15 ' ·f11} IH . --.:. · 20 . 2L 1·.. 1: - 9 \"11 53 '2 i 11 85 : 52 ·15 . 94 · '"181 I° 2 1 ·-16 21 · " ·2·· 1s . .z4 ·2s · 21 -24 73 1s 10 11'. 2 1 '-.::. 1 . 2 ~i. .. 1 1 ~ 2 1 .. 4 ..5 2 3 . lCI - ~- · __ :- 3 . . l ' ~ 1 ·...,..~ 7--'. · ~ A2 ;,: ·3 ·- ~ .;·:~5 1;; 22 ·~" ~"·.1~ · . J~•o .:::.... 3 . l'- -. 3 · .5 · '•,_3: t;. ·1· ,, · 7.• ., It :-'13 .··.:.J S ~1 :-.·~9 •: .1.• " .3-. :· .~'" -;. u ,·; :!;<!" .2 9 ·'8s~·-! 10~ " u~ :. "13 ~,70 ~1 :i.• 0 ·2 3r-:, '.l:oi J oo .., -~•ft -3a·s -.-12"3 ·36.1.j ·Sti ~ ~9 - ·,:so 1 ·a9 a· - - 1 .. 10 18 42 ' '5 12 1s 1 1 5· , 1. ,..._ '4 1'78 1 211 ... ..,. .' �, ..~1.b1t SE..4P..4RERS £OC '. Pqe PIH Seafarer Leading lriquois ·Fight _Fo'r Tre~ty Rights . , -.... •.. I Po •• ----- ( ii ,~ ,. • - Taking a· break from his strenuous activities on behalf of the Iriquois Confederation, · Seafarer Wallace Anderson is now back on an SIN ship for the next few months; However, Anderson, who prefers to be_: called by his Indian name, Mad Bear, expects ·to return to bigger and better campaigns groups have established liasion for Indian·rights in the spring. with Mad Bear, including the Now. acknowledged as the leader of. the six Nations which make up ~ the Irlquois confede!;'acy, Mad Bear is becoming· increasing(v-promiT1ie SIU blood l>ank rupplies Seafarers or member1 .of their families nent as a rallying-point for all with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarer• can donate to Indians in the US who seek to the bank at the SU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the preserve their tribal identity, prote~ their landholdings and ke-ep Seafarers and other¥ who hava donated to the blood bank. their customs. Meehan·, Vincent L. BleliDI', Arnold Mad Bear's latest exploit, which' McBride, William Bennett, Georl'e attracted a .good deal of attention, Kerr, RObert L. Wagner, Donald was· his success in keeping the May,""Georce · Conway, Thomas New York State Power Authority Ward, L. C. Wood, William A.from' invading and taking over a Gural, Julius McDonald, Andrew T. section of the Tuscarora ReservaVanderwerker, John W. Hyde, Michael E. tion near Niagara Falls. The Power Si.nin1, Michael E. Pritchett, Claude W. . Authority, which is headed by Kuluiapfel, Carleton Gavin, Joseph P. Robert Moses, . sought to build a Balley, Leonard R. .- Braneoceln, Domlnfok reservoir on Tusearora land which Gambie, James E. Berkenfeld, Herbert would have flooded a sizable porKunnapas, Arnold Flnrow, Paul L. tion of the reservation. "We orWhite, Charles D, Ramos, Alejan"'ro H. Mad Be~r is shown at Union ganized civil disobedience tactics," Nunez. Emilio A. Haskell, David c. Mad Bear said. "Indian. men, hall before shipping out on Emanuel, Clifford LaCu:e, Alvin women and children would surthe Rose Knot (Suwannee SS). Campo,· John A. Solano, Victor D. round and lie down in front of . . I Karttunen, Leo A. Landry, Joseph Power Authority bulldozers and arrested and hauled off to jail, Spanso, Luke M. Whack, James, Jr. other equipment. When they were others would take their place.'' Through tactics such as these, <Mad Bear himself was arrested seven times in one day>, a few other hassles and legal maneuvers. the Indians have succeeded thus far in blocking efforts by the State of New York to take over their land. The entire legal question has been · Tentative efforts by the Bureau ·of the Budget to feel out sentiment on abandonment argued before the Supreme Court of the Uriited . Sta't~s · merchant marine have drawn th~ fi;e of the SIU and' NMU. A joint and a decision on the matter Is statement by Presidents Hall and Curran of ·the two umons blasted proposals to do away expected sometime this winter. , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __::.._ _ _ _ _ _.:_ At stake before. the Supreme completely 'Yi~h-..all .operating.-,.-----;Court, Mad Bear explained, is the and construction subsidies merchant fleet into a runaway- Ing conditions of seamen. and to turn the .entire ·us type operation under the American · In their joint statement, Hall sanctity of treaties the Iriquois flag. · and Curran declared: · "What the tribes' signed with the United The ·Budget Bureau feeler was Bureau of t~e Budget is reillly States Government back in George put out in the course of a National advocating is ·the lowerirlg of our Washington's day. The Indians ·Academy of Science study of marl- present standard of living for the hold that the treaties recognized time policy. The Academy was people who have to work for a them as separate nations and gave them rights to their lands forever, retained .by the MaritltDe :Adminis- living. that such rights supersede the and tration to . look into us· maritime . They pointed out that there are power of New York State to conprograms. Tne spokesman for the aboi!t 225,000 workers employed demn and seize private property ~udget · Bureau s·uggesteil that all directly by the US merchant for public purposes. -. US-flag ships be . built overseas, mar.Joe, both shoresi4e and afloat. ·Mad Bear's activities at Niagara some 1,653 members' of the . brought back here for registcy "Without a merchant marine, these have attracted a good deal of atSailors Union of the Paclftc ·have under the American flag and people • -. • would be without a job. tention. Among other developcast their ballots during the first manned by foreign seamen under These people will n~t now or ever ments, Edmund Wilson, ~ welltwo weeks . of voting in the SUP's ·tne goihg wage scales paid on receive any . consideration from known writer and literary critic, annual election for 17 official fcrefgn ships. • the bureaucrats in the Bureau of has written a book which will be Under such a system, the Bu~get the Budget. Th~ re.ason Is clear published shortly, entitled "Apolounion posts and five trustee. slots, it was reported from the West Bureau envisions doing away· with cut; tQeir interests are to be sac- gies to the 'lriquois," dealing Coast. The voting c on t !.n u e s aJJ Government. aid. to 'mai:itfme:-: ~iftced so · that the big oil and big largely with the Tuscarora's sucand In the process, destroying steel companles 'c an make larger cessful ' campaign against the through the end of this month. Power Authority. Other Indian t t t wage scales, CQ1!_tracts and work-. a~d larger P1'.oflts." Budget· Bureau's Proposal: 'Wreclc. Who·/e u·s Ma.r itime' •, •' .. .• '· Air.tmf ·Our Affiliates ,. . The SIU Canadian District " has won representation rights for the rail workers .of ~he Lake Erie Coal Company, Ltd., whose members have · bee?! working on: the docks at Thorold, Ont., for more than ·a decade. Repeated attehlptE by the Canadian Broth~rhood of Railway . Transport a·n!l General Workers to ·woo the . r1ail waY. workers were "' thwarted by the efforts pf SIU Canadian organizers. .. An agF~e­ ment is in the final stages · of ratification by the membership. t 4 ·i t The survivors of the 33 se.amen who perished aboard the Carl. D. Bradley on November 18, 1959, will share a settlement of · $1,250,000; or $37 ,878.78 ~ach, les" attorneys' fees, · for each man who lost his life. The SIU Great Lakes District came to the aid of hat'd-pressed st.trvivors in Christmas, 195a, by . . . . giving to each 'family for their :mmediate needs; SIU cr!!w.s - .a.ls.o. . .Gathered in tr'ai~ing · school loft for "graduqfion ·p hoto" is · 19th class of Andrew Furuseth Training do,nated some $3 000 1 to · the fam1- · · S " 1- · t·a. · · (~ ). ·a·1i ·o k • . · · c hi I' -G· B • · · T Es 't R H L .l~S. :•'l'~e s0.,ttle~ent ~ teiimeci ll I • C~00 •~ 1 n_ey ·ar~ !~ _f ' .~ • Oa ~ ,·ln!~~U_Cl?r;. • ' ). ~ 1ng5, i' • • rdton, • p051 01 • afffi~ftl 0G~ . ,op:e' ~f :the speediesi· iii; mafi~lJt.uf- , , . ¢ h1p-g ,{s~an~1n}l, ;f~ ~gro~n4), F. Ro~r1guez, i T.· C0:1~er!1 L. iSm1_th, L. ·Odom, R. ~olfe (holding i1ne) h,isto~y: , _- :. ... · -·· ·.,. ·' ·. ahd WtJ Ch·ae. · · • ~ • was. , ' Lifeboat' Trainee Class No. 19 Seminoles in the Florida Everglades, as well as In~ians in ~laska and . in Latin America. Future plans, he said, call for the establishment of school systems on the· ·reservations run by Indians and the writing of textbooks for these· schools. "We want ~o get rid of the New York State textbooks," he said, "because they give a false picture of the relations between Indians and white men in the state.'' The defeat of Robert Moses, a rare event in itself, is only one of many feathers in Mad Bear's bonnet. Another was the :rout of tliti Canadian Moun~ed Police from the Six Nations Indian Reservation at Grand River, Canada. "The Indians at Grand River had run their own affairs until 1924," Mad Bear explained, "but in that' year, the Mcunties took over. the reservation on behalf of the Canadian government, ousted the Indian chiefs and <Continued on page 10> Runaway_ls Peddled Off For $21,500 DETROIT-The runaway freightter, Theodoros A, a 5,000-ton deadweight vessel abandoned by its owners early in November, was sold at auction recently for $21,500. The vessel, which was built in 1918. was seized by the ·us marshall 1n Lake St. Clair on the complaint of creditors, including the crew who are after some $50,000 in unpaid bills .and wages. The SIU Great Lakes District came to the aid of the officers and crew of the ship, filed a suit !n their behalf for wages, and gave them financial assistance so that they were assured of food and shelter until their situation was resolved. The money from the sale of the Theodorous A will ·go to the crew after the US Marshall takes out $6,000 in costs. The balance will go to the crew and will cover their wages, but not their transportation costs, or anything else due them. The men left their home addresses with Mr. Vic Hanson, attorney for the SIU Great Lakes District and he has been given full power to act in their behalf: Remaining in Detroit are the captain, chief engineer and first mate, who will handle the details of dividing up the money. After the ship was seized, an effort was made to trace the owners of the vessel, but this was not s1lccessful. The crew, mostly Greek, . was sent to New York or returnt>d t.o their natiye country, to ~d · new jobs. The Theodoros A was bought by Thomas M. Lane, a Detroit business broker and his partner Capt. , Jack D. Lyons at an auction in the US Marshal's Office. They · own ) the National Sand &· Gr!vel Co. of Lorain, Ohio. " �. Waiting At The.Chrlstma• Tree, UNION;? · 1T~s ALE. IN THE CO'RT·R·Acr~ (Ed. note: The following item entitled f·, Small Rules. Make · Big Change" was taken in its entirety from . the December 5, issue of the "Federation News," official publication of the Chicago Federation of Labor. It was written by Irwin E. Klass, · editor of the newspaper ..and deals with matters often taken for granted, bu& which many_$eafarelf's · consider vitally important. , ;\. i t ''What makes a union? . Is it the leader who is tapped for spokesmanship on television? ·Does "the shadow cast by . a pi'cket line obscure the substance of the organization's solid performance .for its members? . "Go beneath the headlines but hair, straw or excel- • and ·the laws and the postursior shall not be suitable. ·ing to find the essence of what the As mattresses now on boar() .wear out, tbey shall union means to the member. Cast aside the slogans and find the · realibe repla~ed , by Innerties that will keep nien off the job, sp,ring mattresses. without pay, · to show the · world they are. men. Magnificent versions • .'!• All dishes provided for of a new socie~y? - S.oapbox so' Ui¢. us~ of the Unlicensed · journers selling 'isms' wr~pped in Perso~el sb~I ' be . ~f shiny ·tinsel? . f , . crockery. "Some]low the prim prose o a union c~ntract makes the point 8. Qne cake of laundry soap, .one. cake of lava soap, properly~ Pl.itin stuff you can ·touch and· taste ~fid 'smell . . . rules to one box of washinr powwork by and to live with ... der weekly. "Take the Seafarers InternationAny member wilfully dam- · al Union's agreement with freight aging or destroyin&" lineU:, shall shippers. You won't find much of b.e held accountable for same. the poetry and glamor of sea-going in these phrases, but they're chockWhen (u'I linen is not issued,'-:full of meaning to the men who men shall receive· $2 each keep the ships plying between week for washing their own ports. · line~. The Steward shall not · issue clean linen lo any individual crewmembet: until such "Crew equi_p ment: The .folmember bas turned .in his lowing items shall be supplied soiled linen. ·' the lJnlicensed P e r s o n n e I i , i ... i employed on board vessels of "These details of housekeeping the company: and creature comfo'rts sound like 1. A suitable number of women's work, but there's lots of blankets. lore in the lives of tl~e men who fought for these prosaic d.ecencies. %. Bedding consisting of two Giants of labor and government white sheets, one spread, fought for the :.little things~· .iistea two white pillow slips, in the Seaf~rers' contract. . which shall be changed_ "The fibre of unionism -is evlweekly. dent in the big difference made in I. One face towel and one job conditions. Let no ·one s:peak lightly of 'work rules.'- They are bath towel which shall be written in the blood and brawn changed twice week~y. and bravery of generations· of men C. One cake of standard face and women whose. vision of betsoap, such as Lux, Lifeter day wa,s as simple _as towels, buoy or Palmolive s-Oap, sheets and crockery. · with each towel change. "You have to live and work on I. One box of matches eAch a ship to know that these simple day. comforts symbolize seaman's tran8. Suitable mattresses and sition from boss-ridden slum-fed pillows shall be furnished itinerant to solid citiz~n. . a . .. NEW YORK-Shipping bit · a brisk pace during the last period. but indications are' that it will drop off during the coming two weeks, reports · Bill Hall, port agent. · Hall noted that class A ' and B ·men appe_a r to be laying back w/te.n they could be taking sto~s as they ·appear on the shippiQg lioar~. This, he warns, could jeo~ardlze .. , their seniority, He suggests . it's best to take 'em as they come·. · The new disp8tchh1g system con. tinues . to work smoothly-thanks to the coope.ration of all bands. Once again, all qualified men are urged to take · advantage of the Lifeboat Trainltlg Scll'ool and upgrading possibilities. · ,Twenty · vessels paid off here during_ the · preceding · p'er1ott. These were: Alcoa· Patriot, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa · Pennant (AlcoaJ; Kathryn, Evelyn; · France·s <BulIJ; Ames Victory CVictofY>; ·Steel Artisan, Steel Wo~ker, Steel Ad..~ vocate · (Isthmian>; Robin Hood (Robin); Raphael Semme~ Beauregard · <twice), Azalea City <-P an· Atlantic); Ocean Eva (Ocean Clip. pers>; S.eatrain NJ <Seatrain); Andrew Jackson <Waterman), ' and Rockland· Cllocfiland.>. " Three ships signed on:- Suzanne <Bull); · Robin , Sherwood <Robin), and · Steel Advocate <Isthmian). The 14 ships "in-transit - were: Sea.t rain Georgia; Seatrain Texas CSeatrain); Steel VoYager · <Isthmian>;~ Losmar, Calinar, Bethcoaster .(Calmar>; Arizpa CWaterman>i Fairland, Gateway CitY,, Bienville (Pan-Atlantic); 'Chiwawa <Cities Service); The Cabins <Texas City); Angelina <Bum, an'd Mankato VJctory <Victory): · 0 . . Apparently impressed by Christmas tree decorations in headquarters · are children of Seafarer and Mrs~ Anthony ·suarei (I to r) Antonio, Rosie -and Raymond. · 'Don't 'Buy Amoco~ Oil Workers ·: ·As/c. , TEXAS CITYb; T~xaS:-On strike . fo~ ·s!~ fuU months now against a union.:. u~ting move by the J\me~ican 0 il Company, the Oil, ChemicaI·and Atomic Workefs Union is starting a national campaign urging union+--~--------~-­ members not fo buy .Amoco of a drive by m\lny major compaproducts. ... . nies to downgrade work rules and . The American Oil Co~pany re- contract standards. finery ·in Texas City, is a major 1,250 Men On Strike source of ·Amoco gasoline. AlThe Union, Local. 4-449 ~ of -the though the strike has been on ·Oil, Chemical and Atomic ,Wbrksince Ju1y 1, the company ·has been ers, has ·persist~~tly refused . to operating . 'the refinery behind sign this )dnd of ·ali agreement. picket lines. American Oil con- 'There are 1,250 men on strike at ·tinues to deipand a contract giv- the refinery. · lug it the right to change job In its b'id for national support, classifications and ' the method of the Oil Workers Union is asking making job ~ssignments at any_ all Americans not ' to buy AmQcQ time, without prior notice. This products' until the company settles wouid mean ~a downgrading of ~the the strike. . · contract and would subject the The oil workers are also involved refinery workers to lq,ss · of hard-: in a inajor strike beef against a~­ won union· gains; · other pet.roleum giant, Standard Amoco's •propo~als a~e o~e phase Oji of Indiana. ..... - '" · ·S ign Name .O n _ . LOG Lette~s For ·obvious reasoris the LOG cannot print any , letters or other communihations 's ent . in by Seafareni, unless. "the author ' 1jgns his name. . Unsigned anonymous letters will only wind up in the waste-basket. If . circumstances j.,Ustlfy, the. LOG will with~old a signature on request. .. .. .. '' ·• . ' ·wHEN a fire hose is und.e r pressure, It's .. nolning to toy around wit·h, be~ause · if it ~br$aks loose it can do considerable ·iniury to an¥ men i~ the ·~icinity. / 'that's why it's ·essential to ~bs~r'le the basic rule dealing ~ with ship's fire ;hoses-"two men to a ho$e. Then when tl1e water presiu.r& comes on they wjll be able to ,cope · . with[ it and ' ·dtrect the .·stream Qf ...water properly. - · . ' .... '· .. - 11 . ~'""""!"------------~----:-:----------· , .. _· A Bose Two Men·· 0 ·' .. • ·- �•••• Sn• ·10UR DOLLAR'S WORTH S.e veral ,Major M clritime Seararer'g Goi~e To Better·Bliyi~g Issues-In '60 s11·awdown • •1 l"" t ...... ... > · ·' , . . .- (ContJ.ll~ed from page 3>: could~ very well become far bigger' effects on shipping. Since, at the time now, several major non- and more significant than it is now. present time, the United States has subsidized· ' steamship companies, Indications are. that the United no modern, large bulk car~o caramon·g them Waterman, "'Isthmian, States ~s going to come 'to some riers at all, a long-range grain shipT. J. McCarthy, ·Isbrandtseri and agreement with - the Government ment program· of this kind might Never in jh~ past 25 years have moderate-income familie8 been so States Marine; have been passing of India, subject to Congressional stimulate the construction of snch guUed by sellers, advertisers and . moneylenders, with serious- damage through' the procedures . required not only to ydur own budget but to the national economy . . ln past for receiving a subsidy, However, approval, which would provide for ships, or their transfer-back from shipment of tremendous quantities the runaway flags so as to qualify weeks new scandals have been on the fro~t pages dally. · ·• lf and. when they win final apPeople are being short-weighted at the .meat .. counter ail«! short-· proy~, . tliere is 00 guarantee that of grain and other food products to for this cargo unaer "50-50." Huge tanked at the gas station, -as the -current' exposures in. sev.e ral states· tlie Ad'm mistration will. be agree- that country on a long-range basis supertankers now navrng difficulty catching a . charter might also _1how. They. ~re befog deceived by advert'ts~rs and overcharged heayi- able ~to a subsidy program for the covering sever~! years. It appears certain that the .US hustle into this trade. ly for medicmes. When they seek to buy· auto insurance on a group e ·m: clianf marine and not basis to trim some of that high cost, th~y.'re blocked by ~ta(e l~ws. J:st ~hat"~ent · of the industry will take some action· in this area These are just a few of the fore. They are also being charged the highest interest rates ln 25 ·years. h" h h -d t k fi b to bolster India at a time when It seeable developments in the comto. finance cars, app~nces and . hous~s, and.,_!lt the sa~e - tim.e . are ic_ftrs:.ppe~~ - _0 _a_s : . or_a ~ - ls facing a serious military and eco- ing year. In these areas and in nomic threat from Red China. any Qthers the Union will be out ~ . . . going into hock for the biggest debts they, have .ever shouldered;"The A heavy cargo movement of this to protect the interests and well'rccesssion of 195~ w;as hardly over ')>ef~~e· installment debts star ted O~viously. t~en, t?e pendmg soaring again. They have Increased six i:.tllion dollars in just the ·past subsidy ap~hcations ra1s~ the whole kind could well have interesting being of Seafarers. year, to a record .total of fifty billion dollars., . _ . question of just how big _a merThe latest blow to your buying POWflr ls t~e a<.'tion of the US Agrj- ~~ant i:narin~ . the United S~ates culture Departinent tn·. suspending Fedelial · grading o_f lamb.- This want~ · under i_ts ftag. comes at ' the very tii:n e th.lit investig~tibni( ar~· re~aling that· not ~o~l! . Related to-;- the -subsidy ~estion are buyers - often cheated on amQunts, but S'ometimEls · lower grades · is. the attempt by States Marine to are passed off as. higher. . ·· · · · · ii:in. approval of its for~~gn-flag Federal grading is voli.mt!lI"Y, 'tiot ml!ndatory: Some packers ..and ~ies un~r Liberian and . ~uropean retailers never made. It available to you•at all. - . : ' .. ;.- ' . : ' J;eglstries. The outcome ot. tlils But among those ~tore~ that"dli:I ·-~~m--!an;i~ ~n _t~e basis-:of Federal , .~ue ls also -critical for US 11~~11u~n _ _ ·_ . _ _ _ 1r.ad flS; and continue to iell graded - l>ff1, tlie gi·ades m~rRi~gs assur.e smce; if States Marine should be . . . , · you of. aettiag the -quality you pay · successful, there would be a Tus1" · Sh1ppmg companies under contract to the SIU have _b een · ::""'\ . · for. W:~en a cut. of meat carries t-·y US-flag subsidized companies to supplied with a helpful meat-buying guide as part of the ~ ~ . the US "Good'~ stamp, you inow se_t up foreign subsidµlr_ies. Atlantic and Gulf Food · program's effort t 0 · h" -this ·is a satisfactol'y- but lower Another area in which Washing• . l~prove s .I Pgrade, and you expe~t to pay less ton action will vitally affect Sea- board feedmg. The -gurqe,_ en-+--~.- - - - - - - - - - than for· the ·~choice" grade. With- farers concerns the· tanker in- titled, "Suggested Meat Speci-1 specifications it would go a long Clut Fed_e ral grades, . you . may, be ~ustry. Several developments are fications for Shipboard Use" y;ay towa!d standardi~ing the qualsold the "Good" grade · and be of great interest here. One . is the was put out by the A&G Food Plan i~y of shipboard feeding, and getcha~ged the "Ch(>ice'' price, or be bid by the in.d ependent tanker to assist personnel of steamship tmg the most for the company's sold the even lower "Utility" grade operators, supported by the mari- companif;?S in .th ir purchasing of food dollar as well . and pay the price of the "Good". tim ·unions, for a "50-50" rule on shlp supplies. . \ An example Of the type of inBoth consumers and· small in- US ·"oil imports. This petition ts Aid Small Companies formation supplied is as follows: dependent meat paclcei's · wa~ted before the Office of Defense MobiIt's felt ·that this guide will be Under the heading, ·"Hams, to keep Federal lamb ~rades. The lli.ation. If approved, . it , would of particular ·u sefulness to smaller s~nned 12/16 pound average," the big packers have been working mean that many large supertankers shipping. companies which do not guide counsels that hams under - for 15 years to get rid ·of Federal- under the runaway· ftags would have a food specialist hanilling this category shall be "skinned, grades altogether. If there are undoubtedly transfer back to the . commissary prQblems. In many short cut, ~hank on, ham produced none, the big packers ;have.. ~n ad- US flag in order to meet the need . such companies a port captain or by. sep~~u?n from the side at a vantage:· They can push_their o~n for tanker space. Many other tank- ~ther port employee does the pur- ~omt ' ~angi_ng from 214 to 234 fl 0 brand na1:9es with· heavy adverbs- er!. now in lay-up, or carrying grain .chasing, since the operatfon is not mches mterior to the exposed knob ing. You'll be 'l eft -with no guide to stay. active, .would return to the large enough to utilize the services at the end of the aitch bone. The but such meaningless brand names oil trade. of a port steward, However, the fo_ot sh~ll be removed at, or or your own knowledge of how to Consequently, . a ruling in this publication is being distributed to shghtly above, the hock joint but ten. meat quality. . area would be of considerable ben- all shipping companies as a stand- ·not b~yond the stifle joint. . . . Ironically, when Agriculture Secretary Benson last summer first efit throughout maritime as it ard ·guide for such purchases. "The ham shall be skinned, disclosed the· possibiUty of suspending lamb grading, · there were so would relieve . the tanker pressure The specifications, which are leaving a well · rounded skin collar many protests from consumers and small packers that the Agricul- 011 dry cargo ships in terms of based on those used by the Depart- not exceeding 45 percent of the ture Department said it would continue grading lamb. In DeceD)ber c'lmpetition for.. farm surplus ment .of Agriculture, include data entire back (skin side) surface of the Department made · a complete turn~b~ut and an~ouiiced it had ·c argoes. on Processing of meats, inspection, the ham m~asured lengthwise from suspended grading for a year. Whether or not the grades are ever reThe farm surplus cargo trade payment packaging and prepara- the approximate center,at the edge stored, the l~rge packers now have an · opportunity to corner the lanib tion. They c?ver the follow,ing of t~e butt .to tne tip of the shank market: , · '· . · meats and theu- l?Y-products: Beef, port~on of the ham as delivered. C~nsumer ; organizations and individual families are protesting . th'e veal, lamb, n;mtton, pork, luncheon The fat remaining on the s~inned suspension .o f lamb grades by writing to Secretary of Agricu~ture Ezra meats, lard and shortening. ~urface shall not exceed 114 inch T. Benson, and to the Director of the Livestock .,Divislo~ Agric~tural _, If ship~ing companies .were to m depth," th~ document notes Marketing Service, Agricultural Department, Wash~gton ~. DC. base their purc;hases on , ~hese among other thmgs. Beef still ·is ·being graded by the Government, and it will pay you to look for these markings hi stores, and buy on that basis. Pork never HOUSTON-Shipping was tirisk has been Fede.rally-graded. In buying lamb you n.ow can depend only on the store's honesty or y_o ur own knowledge of quality. In view ot here during the period just ended, the exposures of gouges, it would seem safer •to expand :;tour own and calls wer~ made to other p~rts : knowledge. · ·• · · · ,· · -. 1' - . to help fill some vacaneies, re-: l . The higher grades of lamb have creamy-white firm fat; ,Pink, fiim, ports Charies Kimball, · acting. velvety · meat with streaks Of fat ~!i Jkddish bone. The interspersed agent. streaks of fat, called "marbling", give These ships paid off: Alice (Th e bro th ers d escri"bedb e zow are receiving the $150 monthl·y SIU dis. higher grades juiciness, flavor and tenderness. Such grades can be roasted or broiled. Brown (Bloomfield); Alcoa Pointer ability-pension benefit.) • , The lower grades of lamb generally have thin, yellow fat, and the (Alcoa); John c :(Atlantic . Carr.); lean may be dark, soft and without fat. · · Mount Whitney (Tramp Shipping); .Joe Pilutis ••• 44 •.• retired in _1952 after sailing for many yea~s The short-weight scandals also confirm that you have to watch Jackie Hause· (NH Shipping); Sea- with · tl~e SIU. Subsequently he _was placed on the disability list as a . weights. Large-scale frauds have been reported in both New )'ork and ,garden (Peninsula); Penn Explorer ~~~~""".""·".."!~ ,., r,esult of .a le_g condition of unknown origin. Spent '. N~w Jersey. In Michigan, state authorities told 'this department, most (Penntrans); and Interocean (Inter· '?;{~~ ·. conitiderable . time in hospitals after several .opera' short weights found ther.e are in pre-packaged ·self-servi~e meats. ocean (Inter-Ocean Co.). :~<.' · ~ th>J1$, now just_ taking it easy. Preferred Southeast The situation has gotten to- the point where i;ellers seem to _regard Signing on were: --Del Aires, Del f-i~ ... ' Afd~an runs When .'he was shipping and put in consumers with contempt, and co,nsumers / theniselves 1'1!'e. 'being 'too Valle (Miss.); Jackie Hause <NH ....... ·n,iaqy trips on· the Robin line vessels. Now an out~ ti;usting. A New Jersey woman suspec'ted · tha~ a- meat package was Shipping); Valiant Force <Force~,, .:. patient at St. ,Vincent's ~ospital, New York City, lighter than the markeq .weiglit and weig~e~ it on the v.egetable scale. and -Wacosta (Waterman); ' .' }'iiutis gets down : to. -the headquarters hall occa1 . When s_h e complained, she · was told, ' 0f course if weighs light on a, In transit~ Chiwa~a~ Council .. sionally and keeps in touch ,with several of the :· vegetable s<;~le. You should have used a· i:ne~t scale." She accepted Grove, Cantjgny, cs N~rlolk," cs ·'.·.':New York SIU regulars. He makes his home in : Brooklyn. :. this explanation. . Baltimore ~radford Is1and Miami Some ·c ities require itbat a· seal~ be available nearby wpen meat qr _ Fort ' Ho~kins and Wint~r liill 1 !· cheese is packaged in ad.v ~nce, s.o . y~ti c~n ct,.eck wei~bts. . B~t even. (Cities service); Ocean Deborah ,_ . · .1;.::; / · • , : -~-~ · t. t • :.- where this is the law, ·so·m e stores ignore. it ·and consider the s~ale (Ocean Trans.}· Chickasaw -Yaka •. {(ow!lrd J. Abelll . ~ ~"'.65 .•• shipped in the deck department, be1: in the veg~table departme,nt sufficient. You can judge stores' scrupu- <Waterman>; Petx:ochem (valen- e_apie :an SIU man in'·1942, and retired last July. Brother Abell is now lousness · by whe,t her ·they ~o provide a handy scale. tlile); Bethex <Ore: Nav.>;· Ma~ iri Ar izona for his h ~alth , and must stay there for •. · The investigations · also confirmed that .11.o me supenrisors compel (Bull); Seatrain New Jersey. Sea- at' 'least a year, a~corqing to doctors. Unlike many ' emplo.yees to give sb_ort . weight; and also t.o .wrap ~meat in ex.tra fat. train Georgia" Seatrain Tex~. (Sea- · oldtimers wh·o think that · Arizona sunshine is. the .. Anoth~r frequent c9mpl1Pnt ~ been that s~or.es pµt .J:>est chops .on itrain); Azale• '.City (Pan .Atlantic); gr«lat~st, he hates tQ be away from the waterfront; ~ top and those. w ·t h a lot of ,bone and fat .at th~ bottom. · , Atlantis (Petrol Shipping); Elemir longs for the ocean, the seas; iaxes. Would like .. ~ . -,S.e rvice stores, · esp~cl~ - in - .l~w-inc.o.J1?e n£tghbor:hoodS~ ·.flso ;· ~!l~ (Atlanti C;1rr.);,, Capt.' Nicholas nothing better than to hear from former -shipmates. . ~- .watching. · ":ariqUJ~feY ~1~·".U¥~ ·~ · tS1ft1 :iwe~: by:) • . iqlic~ .a '" 'tJitte. ~itfril~ -. ('l'~f~P ~:S,~P~ing>; Atlas His address: 838 North. Euclid- Ave., Tucson, Ari. . ,qu11ces- 't0>.rf pou~,. ·fuCIQ¢e. w,etgh'tng ~~~t ;:Qlf :• platter th~ iiH IJead · .(-Tiii~e.rs: an( I IDra:111ps)'l'"Steel 'Ven~ :Zonar which•-is a .. long ,way frc;am ~_altwater in, any .Vefghts,. tuggi!ll'.O.n the ~waxed · p~per .to,.pull down the' .s ealtl, and .wen dor -tlsthmia1 '· and ,Bienvllle (Pan• direction; pretty far from fres-h water too for that . fl\VltebJna a~·liP.teP chicken for • - heavier one"'._· !:•'··~-.. , · '. · · , ·: :;.._,-, "Atlant·i&)i; · ,, . . · . matter. " BJ/ Sidnw ·Marg~liua · · That's No Innocent Lamb < Ur :i ·- A&G Food Plan Publishes New Mea.t·•Buy1ng • GUI•de 1 ., ·-· ', • •' r'· Jobs :Bo.om 1·n·· Ho· u·s't o:· n PENSIONERS~ ·~"COR. NER ,., ,_. • .6,f : · ' , 1 ·~. �• > ~. - • •• ... I ' Five World Tramp Ship~ ,$ old;.. More Vessel -Auctions PlaiJned . pay· - .. ~ . SIU ·efforts to gain · back and allqwances for SIU crewm~mbers-j)n vessels operated hy the:Wqrld Tr-_a mping agencies are stifl continuing, with five of the ships already sold t(> satisfy crew wage claims and other credit:ors. · The sale of a sixth vessel, the Pacific Star, is slated for Union attorneys . have attached send by mail to · establish their Januarv 5 in Norfolk and an- liens and begun court action on claims for wages or other monies, other ship, the w estport, has yet behalf of crewmembers of all ves- Seafarers are urged ·to submit their to arrive back in the States. One vessel, the Pacific Wave, has ·been abandoned .•outside the breakwater at Haifa, Israel; a_nd the Union .has retained an attorney there to attempt to collect monies due .if the ·ship is sold. ,_ Of the 12 ships involved, the Pacific Carrier, Pacific Navigator ·sels . which failed to pay off the crews or which defaulted on pa~ments made by check. In addition, the·-vessels hav~ been libeled to s~cure .~ulJ 'payment of amounts owed by the operators . to the welfare an.d .vacation funds. Along with any documents they Sea:farers • Z-numbers, Social Security numhers and an, accurate malling add1·ess where they can be reached. Any monet~ry errors in the documents they received should ·al,so be noted so that they can obtain full credit when payment ls eventually · made: · - , ~;~~eE;~~~r~~ at~~ ~~~~~c i~i~o~~~~ . . . . - ,. . .. .·. I I 11 . 1 bers' wages are the primary claim on these funds. · The remaining ships- are the P<icific Ocean, Waldo, Pacific Venture and the Pacific Ranger. Union attorneys have slapped ....liens on the first three . and the· ·Ranger is now being ol?erated by another SlU-contracted company and has scitisfied previous claims for wa~~s:· Seafarers who have wages· due cr unpaid allotment 'checks ·a,. re urge~ tQ contact - the offis.e of Miller & Seeger, Union attorneys, et 26 court Street, Brooklyn 1, NY, and to forward pay vouchers and unpaid checks with full details of any amounts· due them. Acci,irate pay records are not available for any of the vessels mentloned. & - . ·· · . ;\; ;\; ;\; A Federal Court in Seattle, Wash., has ruled that the International Typographical Union's financ~al support ·of a newspaper competing with a struck publica.tion was not a violation of anti· trust laws. The struck paper instituted the lawsuit initially in 1955 against the Union's · locals, its executive officers and the Allied Printing Tr-ades Council of Seattle. . ;\;_ ;\; ;\; The United Auto. Workers and Studebaker-Packard Corp. have reached an agreement on ·a plan that assures Packard retirees lifetime pe'nsions e·qu·amrig 85 percent of the level prov.ided at the time when" the Pa'c kard plant shut down in 1958. At that tirpe the. company split a $25 million retirement fund into two part~. · one covering Studebaker workers, and one _covering Packard employees. A typical Packard r~tiree with "3,0 years' service gets about $57 a month ·pl'us his~Social Security benefits. . · ;\; ;\; ;\;. Garb~4 as St: .-Nick for t~e pur- , pose c;f passing out handbills In· fol'ming the public that the manageme~t of an En4ic'ott, NY, dress 1h9p• was using non-union .builders for , a'· restaurant·motel project, Dominic· Parro(ti of' the.Building & Cenikuction Trades Council was ~;.,~ ' {/ ii ... 1.. ...... 1-.· :. • ~ .\ •ii ~ti '.'fi-~·· , ,,, •· ~fr~ u ~ ·~l°IJ •,1 t~ ~t, . 't.'~ 1 J • , ' •1 • \1 ~ :J • ' ~ I ;,1 , , ;\; ~ I I I I I I .,I .1 -I . .Seafarers or children of Se~farers who ~uaJ. ify for the SIU's $6,000 four-ye.ar schofarships are urged to complete their applications now -,o as to b1 eligible to take forthcoming College Entrance examinations. The -next ex.. a,;.lnations are given on January 9, February 6, and Match 12•.The latter date is the last possible examinatjbn ttlat can be taken.b•fore the awards are giv,n. Since 9pplicGtions for the. examin.ation have to h4P .completed ohout a month ahead of tlie eJcamination date, it ls urg•rif '11t'at candidcites acf n~~. All applications are handled l>y t~e Seafarers Welfare Plan, I J B~oadWay, New ;\; '' I , "". ~---. ' •h " In p ' ortian d st,,•k·· e· t ; , "• • . ·,, .,. , ~ .. rr·.v . .. .;r, •• ,! I . ~ (Qu . Workers for almost 40 years, steps do.wn ·from his position early -this year to be succeeded by the Un'" ·io~s . Vice President, Thomas -Ken- . he.dy, who has L~wjs' blessi,ngs. , .,, . s · .L · R1n9 •· p.. ·o ps up ·· John C. Lewis, colorful, buspy- ;~ < .N: i' bro~ed head · of the United Mine ..,(; . • • , • ., .. P.,,.''~· ~ ' ability to Russian unions which Yorlc City. ; are not unions but Soviet govern-.. ,.... ment mechanisms for controlling the nation's labor force. The ILWU delegation also parSEAFAllERS WELFARE PLAN . .,. roted the standard Soviet line-that • there were "excellent" possibilities . 11 BROADWAY for trade between the United NEW YORK 4, ·Y. States and the Soviet Union. The Russians have long expressed eagerness to. buy · machine _tools, chem!cal p~oeesses and oth17r industrial devices which would boost 'L . .- - - - -. - ..... _- - - - - .... . their industrial output and help them catch ·UP with US technology. The latest v)sit is one ·~f a series of contact!! between Bridges and .. 1 the top lea4ership ·of the Soviet world. Last · winter Bridges went _ taken to police headquarters ·and to .Moscow and then, in the spring, . . . . . shown a copy of an antiquated or· a .. conference of proPO~TLAND, Ore.-Fresh · . lroni a .strikebreaking operation headed ·up ·diflance outlawing the distribution Communist maritime organizations in Reno, Nevadar a group of professional s. cabs is nc>w work_-.. of handbills on pul;>lic sidewalks. in Tokyo in the course of which But because similar ordinances he blasted us policy. ing behind picket lipes at the "Portland Or~gonian" and ''Portwere outlawed in neighboring comIn September, when Khrushchev land Journal," two struck•·---------....---munities, police decide<t-to charge visited the · United States, the newspapers in this. city. have refused requests by both him with "meter feeding"- leav- IL WU headquarters in San FranUnion sources in Portland Republican Governor Mark .. Hating his car parked for more than cisco was the only union hall he · charge that the strikebreakers ar"e field and Democratic Senator Rich. an ~our and continuously putting visited. He received an enthusiastic being paid $2.50 a week for their ard Neuberger that they .mediate the coins in· as necessary. He was personal reception there . from services, plus an · allowance for the dispute. · fined $5=-which was paid for by Bridges and the faithful. Khrush- housing, food and transportation. While operating with strikelocal unionists-and -went back to chev had previously denounced the The two struck pape~s are putting breakers, the owner of the "Orehanding out his handbills. rest of America's trade union out a combined publication, in ·an gonian," Samuel Newhouse, head - ;\:. ;\; t leadership as "c~pitalist· lackeys."· efforts 'to break the strike. They of a national -newspaper chain, -Is collecting on ·a 50-day strike'-insUrThe United Packinghouse Workance policy. The insurance system ers are scheduled to open negotia: Stack-Of A ·Superta.nker has been set up .by newspaper pubtions with Wilson & Co. with .t he lishers to compensate strikebolmd assistant of "the Federal Mediation l newspapers. . and Conciliation Service following.: Last M.?Y. the New York ~tate the recent shutdown by Gov. · Or-· Labor Department complete<! henrville Freeman of the firm's Alberti ings on organized strikebreakibg• Lea, Minn., plant. "The Governor the Macy · newspaper chain in 'by sent some 200 National Guardsmen · W~st~hesier . County. The -chain · into the•area to restore order after also imported -s trikebreakers from outbursts continued against strikesuch faraway places as Florida and breakers at the plant. The UPWA paid them up to $400 a· week in. has filed a num'ber of unfair. labor some instances. · protests against the firm. . rhe handl~ng ' Of thes~ p~ofes- . ;\; --. ;\; :' t . .> 1 sional strikebreakers has been ·, '. traced to · a · single agency . fn ·in.:. Typographical Union"' Local 619, diana run by a midwest attorney, at Sapulpa, Okla., has been charged ·Bloor Sclileppey · in conjunction by the NLRB with picketing the with _a Miss Shirley Kleiri. 'T he "Sapulpa i>'aily H~rald" for ."a·n Schleppey•19ein group has aP- I unreaso~able p·erid of time" (15 parent}Y 'established business reladays) without filing .f or -a representions with publishers . all over the tative election. . The action was US to supply them with -scabs termed <as "outrageous'~ · "by ITU ·· whenever desired. General Counsel Gerhard P. Van / Arkel, who said this situation "showed the extremes to which the Landrum-Griffin Act can ,and is being pushed." LABOR ROUND-UP Four AFL-CIO unions, ol>erating as two separate bargaining units have won a National Labor Relations Board election the North Carolina Pulp Co. The· election was held on management's petition in order to define the bargaining units after a dispute with ·the unions - over the status of several so-called ''supervisory employees." Involved fn the .vote were the Pulp, Sulphite & Paper Mill Workers; Papermakers and Paperworkers; Operating Engineers, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. · . Continuing to establish open tieS: w-ith the top Communist . hie;rarchy, Harry ?ridges' International bongshoremen•s· ai:id ~ Warehousemen's Union sent· a three-man delegation to Mos- : cow .Jast week to meet with++-----~=-------­ Soviet·· · Pre mi er Nikita rejected by AFL-Cio Pres(dent Khrushchev. The ILWU dele- George Meany as giving respect,.. gation was led by Bridges'. secondin-conimsnd, Louis Goldblatt, secrefary::treasurer'" of the west coast longshore group. The three-man group had a pri· vate audience of one hour with the Russian dictator, during which the latter was quoted as calling for "US-USSR trade union exchanges," in which rank and filers should take part. · The ·Khrushchev move has been ' .--------......;.-------------------, - _S;c,b.ol·a --shi:Ps •'·-· er·,·dges Un1·on oe·1e·gates· !':i~ ~~: ~~: ~!i:;,~~~-.i~r:~2!~;~ Co: ...y ·-Up-·Jo ·Khrus·hc'hev·· ~i~~s~~er:;~~~~dT::~~~~.wi~::;:~ I r• \ ·4' J. ~ , j~: "') ~ 1 • ' '' • •• ., >- �........ ... · Any ship that Seafarer Ben ' Gr~ham · is on is l·i able to be well-decorated with his humorous ·comments' on shipboard li¥ing. Reproc;luced or:i this page are just a few of his caftoon obser:yations on seafa~ing. A native of· Massachusetts, Graham started sailing with the back in 1942. He put in' half-a-dozen years with. the U.nion, went back ashore as ·a t.ruck-jockey ·in 1949·and then, ,in 1·955, decided to return to sea. · ·· Graham, who sails in th~ d~ck department, is the father of four ch.ildren and tile 'proud grandfath~r of six. He · makes. hi~ home .in Cambridge, Mass., and is . well-known to Seafarers ship- ' ping out of Boston. s1u· "' · Seafarer _-Ben Graham, pictured ashore out of his working gear. "That's enough on the chipping, bosun. Throw . a l~ttle red lead on and wrap it up." "Did.I see Gibraltar ·as we passed by? How ,, could I? I was oµ lookout!" "I wish to report a .leak, sir." "Roughly . speaking, I'd sa)T you mi:;sed it by two martinis."· ,.·. . . ~'Have you · a nice long ·Persian Gulf. run for a .. lousy dishwasher?" ' . .' - .·. �' Holiday Rush In N'·Orleans Wilt .·Stacken .. US Retired To Get Gov't .Health Plan ' William C. ~th, eng. dept.: Seven months, in 1942, but it was · . the longest seven NEW ORLEAN~hlpping has months I can. been very good 1here, -with reJis· recall. We were lrations also on the_heavy side due cai:rying an. ~x- to tfie layoffs of crews aboard plosive . cargo to three ships-twQ of, which are ex· the Persian Gulf pect~d to ~e crewing µp again ~ea In It i a 1.1 y. shortly. The-c~ing period never· R~mors ha<;l · · ·~t t~eless, looks slim, reporbi :. Lind· th•t. there were sey wunams,, .gor.t· agent. . 20 ships in our Ceremonfes marfctng·the ground· . ,group, :- t w.o of breaking for a-·new hall here were wbicli were sunk~ Afterwards, we held just before· the holidays. At· headed for Brazil to pick up · ~ ~e~ding the ·fete were the mayor · non-:explosive cargo-coif.ee. .. · and local ·officials. <For' details, see , ~ · ~ ot. · •*°ry on Pase 2.> .BenJam4a Mlcnano, deck: Twelve · All members .shipping · out of ~onths was my longest from S':p· the port were urged to ~aJCe part in the upcoming state elections Dan Butts, bosun: About l.l 1t2 tember :195~59, Williama· announced. There Will be months was·. the longest. This was a board the Orion Comet. We .shul.a rµnoff fn. the·· contes~ ior Jover· back in '51, when lr.!"'.'""'-!!""~~-- tied back and nor of · Louisiana. , ... · · 1 was aboard the f o rt h between . . Ships -that paid ; off - during the ·sea 'Magic. · We Japan and - . the pr~eding shipping span were: hit Rio, Belem, P e r s i a h Gulf. Del Sud, Del Oro Del Mundo Del Recife, the Ca· N~rte, Del · Sant~s <Delta') ; Steel Though ~here was nary Isles, Cape a good cr e w "Surveyor (Isthmian>, and ·Wacosta Verde, Barcelona, aboard, oge (Waterman> : and West Africa; · •Signing on were: Del Sol, Del couldn't say too too name much for the . food · preparation as Sud . (Delta> :· .· Mal'garet · Brown, ,,.-- a 'few ports. When we a couple of cooks a~d ji baker 1 A)Jce ·Brown (Bloomfield); Chicka· got, b~ck ' to New · ·.. didn't know the score.· The · ~<?n- sa"'. . <Waterman); , Maxton (TransYork, .there were only seven left soons and typhoons made things ocean· Pet.) ; and Gulfwater (Metro out of the original 31 men who tough all around. ·Peq. 1;. to to In 1.ransit were: AJcoa Corsair, started. Charle. Connors: engine dept.: Alcoa Ranter ..(twice>; Alcoa Cava1, was out a _year I'll ·never forget: lier, Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Sea· Ricardo Barcelona, AB: I haven~t · · .. 1943. · We ·'were train Georgia, Seatrain Louisiana carryln~ explo- 1 Seatt_:ain S; Del Sol, · D~l Aires, been on too- many long trips. In sives ·from NY to Del Sud (Delta) ; Ines, : Beatrice, fact·Jour months , · Murmans~. ·. En- Suzanne,, · Elizabeth · <BulU; 'Mar· : wa's the.:Jongest. route we ' were garet Brown, ..,.lice Brown (Bloom; ThlS' was' a, coal 11nder heavy · at- field> ; Ste~l Vendor <Isthmiin >; run froni :Norfolk tack' by subs and Monarch of the Seas, Topa Topa, fo Brazil a ·n d planes f 0 r 13 Yak a, C.h i ck as aw, Claiborne, back. JI ' didn't days. · Forty-two (Waterman); Gateway City, min'd the length · ships started out; RaP,h~el Sem~~s «Pan ~lantic); of the .trip be22. or 23 . made lt. Qcean Eva ( Oce~n Clippers). and .cause .we .had a good crew aboard, Then we headed for Cardiff, Wales, John C <Atlantic Carr.). good food, . and but only met up with a few torpedo sailing both. ways. boats which didn't damage th~ ship. . �SE .A.PA..RERS ... .. 'lhe . Velvet Glove' ·_:· .. I LOC Pare Elna APL Purchases leilani. For Trans-Pacific Service ' \ ... . . , . WASHINCTON-Th~t orphan of the passenger shipping business, the SS Leilani, has found a new home and: will soon have another name. American President Lines, a West Coast company under contract was undoubtedly conditioned by to the SIU Pacific District, the failure of Congress to · approwill purchase the ship from priate funds for a new trans- -----..... .:.:.,.,,,'t·i: · . ::..·· '~•o· -..::~1 " ' '·;:.·.0··i···~J;;:; , .. -~ - ..1 ~. · ' . . ire . elng B . WASHINGTON :- 'J'he US- and .... ~ . . Canada are try..ing to work out a aatfs!actory Great Lakes' Pil!>tage plan to present to Congre~s for consideration ne~t -session, which gets under way ·sometime 1:his week. .Still unresolved is the question: 11hould qualified piiots, 8t considerable cost,. be required to be on duty throughout a V~Ssel's. Stay in t.he G~eat Lakes-even m open 1 ~a!~~~~r~!: ;~~s~~~~;r~e~:~: -has taken an affirmative stand. Supporting the service are the Masters, Mates· & Pilots. AFL·CIO. Canadian officials have taken a negative attitude in the matter, and they appatently have State Depar~ment . agreemen!, .too. A possible ~ompromise, however, might be to a!lowthe Coast Guard to use its discret.ion by in1isting. pilots be aboard ships in ,,. open watef.S-C??JY.,.if· traffic eonditi6ns or .we~ther ~arrant. .A~. to re-. having ,, .Pil~ts ~board in .atr/cted water~such as .the Detroit .and ~t. Mary rivers Oanada's.. legislation requires theii' aervices · anY,\vay, · so · ther e's. no - . eC>ntro~ersY, over this point. , . .... ..... ... ~ · ... '·. """'... ·. , ... ":,. ~..:~--·"""!"·""II . Pacific . supe.rliner. The conipany1· had been planning · to construct a ne~ 50,000-ton supership for Pacific service, but the funds were not forthcoming and the cost estimates kept rising from year to year. It is expected that once the remodeling is completed, the Leilani \'.till join APL's Presidents Cleveland, Wilson and ·Hoover on the transPacific route. The P~esidents Cleve1and and Wilson are also basically P-2. designs modified for luxury passenger service. . of 'DOD --t Buy .Amoeo' _ · ': -· . up- Atlantic Run MONTREAL-The first Ca.iadian vessel since the mid_-twenties to ·engage in North Atlantic trade has just completed her maiden crossing, arriving in London November l, following _a 91h-day trip. The M/V EskiJTln of Canada Steamship Lines, under contract to the SIU Canadian District, will have a winter run operating from Quebec City, and in the summer will ply the Lakes and work in the Arctic service. It was designed by Davie Shipbuilding Limited in . cooperation with the owners and the ~anadian Government Departme.1t of Transport. It was charted to the Department of Transport for the midsummer months to operate in the far north; servicing Frobisher Bay, F"ox Inlet, and other Arctic areas. The vessel is 335 feet · long and had a deadweight of 6,500 tons. It has three cargo holds and is reinforced for navigation in •ice. In the spring and fall it will be used principally to carry grain and newsprint and in the winter for deep-sea or coasting operations. Canadian - deep s ea • operations have been a rarity in recent years because of the wholesale transfet of Canadian ships to the British ilag. · New orIeans- seafarers Back Mor·rison·For La Governor runoff primary ·.campaign by former Governor Jimmie Davis who From another quarter, one-close to ·seafaring, comes an. . ap- served from 1944. to "1948. ·p eal .by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Ul)ion. not to .Morrison was high man in the patronize' Amoco gaimline ~nd other products. The U:Qion has first pri!'llary by nearly 70,000 bee~ -o.n stri).te fQr six months at the American Oil ~q:rppany's vot~s,. but lacke~ the . necessa.r: refinery in Texas City to preserve a voice inJ'ob classifications· ma3or1ty for a first primary v1c . d ·· k . • t , T. h . f. . b . . ed b h. d tory. . . an_ .~o! .ass~gn.men. s. . .e re mery IS emg operat e m IQ endorsin,g Morrison, - SIU a un,~e.n p~cke.t_ lme. - . . _ --~. ·" members here took recognition .o f . The ~ct1on of .t\meric~n Oil, Standard 011 o.f Indiana (also the great contribution he has made . · :.. _ -strikebound) . the . major steel ~0t1cerns, ·the z:ailroads and as mayor of New. Qrleans toward otbers-alLshow a pattern of,s~eking t<> destroy u~ion protec- ·development of thi.s port as a cen.. tion .of member _by demolition of contract -working rules. ter of Latin American t~ade, New · e::::::> · ir "' . ~ 11: T . ·h , A ' 'k- · h·t· 1·; · d h ' f. · · .Orleans Port Agent Lindsey J. · " ~IY~r1 ·1 IMi;.. , . e nmoco st~1 ~, -~ 1 e -ittl~ notice .t. us al' I~ c;ompa.rison Williams said. · .<e~!r~ IL~ 1(Y, ... ' '. to, the. st~el b~~f, l~ . of,~o~s1d~~bl~ . ~mi;><?l"!~c~· to ·ref1~ery ."The trade union moyement in 1 ~A·~~llirl.-tw..orker.s,,, sea~en ~n~~melilca~-ijag tarilF~rs 1!f!d :tQ Amer~cJm \New ·or1eans has prospered greatly ·--~~, ': '·'~'. UIM .· · W<?rJ:tet~~e*·~r~Ut~· .Th~··~f!~ese~vati9'n -Af ilill~n ·workinfr~les du.ring Mbrrison's administrat.ion,:• 1 1 . • ' ever~}V:.\ler~ i.s ~.at 1s.ta~e~~1~ bee~§.i,o,(.JtP,.1~ ·~D:l!~W,'e..~ ... ,, , _ . W1llia~~ - s,aid.: "A . Public. W~Ji~~ · I'~ ' ) - ......,,.,.m:..?1.1.0"'",..r. ~- !J *¥o I " (t ,; t,, • : • ~ttt ~ r.~JI, .': ~.. > - m'r~i1fli.111;;:::l!;.; I 1 · _. ""':' , • ... Canada Ship .Makes-First 52 It should come as no ·g ' -r. e.at surprise to Union. membe~s that 1& · . Recalled from the boneyarrl . . . . . several years later, she was conorgamzed· str1kebreakmg is .far from dead m the Umted .verted for the Pacific serv.ice beStates. On the contrary, w;hat is emerging today in some .i n- . tween West Coast ports and tl'ustries is a far slicker, ~ore highly-organized form of strike- Hawaii. Operated firs_t by Hawaiian breaking_. than Pearl Bergoff and :other notorious finkherders Steamship and later by Hawaiian of -the"' 1920's and 1930's ever dreamed of. Textron, slie was repossessed by Your old-time strikebreaking opei:a~ion usually consisted Martime early this year when the of smashing a' picket line with clubs and other assorted weap- owners defaulted on her mortons, going into a plant and putting out the work for the boss gjlges .. .while the union men were left out in the cold. This kind of Originally put up for sale with · t s, b ut a l ongsi'd e of it' ·" h prici!tag of $4.4 million, she s t ri·keb r.ea k..mg stl·11 ex1s as grown up ·adrt:w. one "unresponsive • bid from a more-efficient, gold-l?looded system which. has serious· iin- a Mexican corporation. The sale plicatiOns for · unions in certain industries. ·· . was not completed because the To d a t e the maJor · t argets of t h e stri'keb reak.mg . operation · prospective buyer was - a foreign have been unions in the printing and publishi.n g industry. corporation. The Leilani _had also ~~ the past year· alone, the Il)diana agency· which specializes failed .to attract much interest in scab-recruiting fcir this industry has participated jn strike- when offered for bareboa.t charter breaking _operatitms in such far-flung areas. as New York. a few ?1onth~ _ago. State's W-est,ehester County; Reno, Nevada, and currently in ~PL s dec1s1on. to purchase the Portland, Or.egon. . ship; once the price was dropped, . Today's professional strikebreaker thinks nothing flying - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - scabs huDidreds of miles to a struck plant, setting them in focal hotel's and· SUpplying employers With_ Specified· SkillsI just what is being done in Oregon. The ·wages of today's scab• her~ repor~edly rang~ from $250 to $400 weekly plus free transportation and mamt~n~nce. ii That employers are willmg to go to such lengths rather.... . . than sit down and settle a contractbeef with a union should NE.W ~RLEANS.-Seafarers at the regular ~embership serve as fa~r warning to ev~ry u~ion and every union. mem- meetmg m the New Orleans SI'£! hall voted; unammously Deber. It .points up the need to maintain an effective, solidly- cemb~r 23 to endorse the candidacy of Mayor deLesseps S. knit union operation to meet threats of this. nature. Morrison of New Orleans for . · · - ' · t,: i .- t · · govei.'no.r of Louisiana. program second to none in the • . Morrison is opposed in a South and insistence by the city .reaI Lakes G . • . ts' ·Plan · 0 PI1 -• All ·d · · ' . •:.'!""- the Maritime Administration for $3.2 million and use her in the ·trans-Pacific passenger service. A few days earlier, th~ keel was laid in San. Francisco for the first of two new APL cargoliners, the President Lincoln. Construction will start next month on her sistership, the President Roosevelt. Both vessels are of the new "Searacer" type, which is a modified Marinerclass design adapted for APL service. · One unusual feature will be a container hatch just forward of .the house, with a 25-ton gantry crane riding above the hold. Both ships are to be ready by the summer of · 1961. In itddltion to the purchase price, the Leilani fransaction will mean an APL outlay of about $5.5 mill.loo for another complete remodeling job on the vessel. Part of the remodeling cost, probably about half, will be paid by Maritime as a construction subsidy. · The APL purchase will .b e the fourth attempt to ope+ate the Leilani on a commercial basis. Built i:1 1944 as the P-2 - transport Gen. W. P. Richardson , she was completely rebuilt· after the war ·a nd operated on charter by American Export as a tourist-class ship in ME'diterranean service. Then known·· as the La Guardia, she operated in this trade until in administration on the' employment of union labor in this construction program has- ·resulted in a high standard of. living and one of the South's highest combined wage rates. A by-product has been the recognition of New Orleans as ·· center of progressive trade-unionism and- one of the fl!stest growing industrial areas in the South." The SIU has eri'joyed cordial relations with the various departments of city government throughou_t ~orrlso!1's 14 years in o~f!ce, Wllhams pomted out. In add1bon, the administration's heavy empha,sis on ).development of foreign trade through the port has resulted in the· advancement Qf Sea!arers' ,J~b .an.d ~arn~gs'oppoFtvntties,. . .· �.... TwelH SB~-l'.4RBB.S ' SEIFHERS IN DR·YDOCK , ~ -- ._, . . Brother James J. Kelley, who last sailed as an oiler on the Seatratn Georgia ·is hr the Public Health Hospital on Staten Island for a check-up on ·a high blood pressure condition. He is reported to be In good shape and improving nicely -Also in the hospitals are Seafarers Phillip W. ·pron, a former m.essman on the Elizabeth and Robert W. Bunner, also a messman, who was last on the Cities Service. Norfolk. Brother Pron underwent ·a special · Mancino Pron eye graft operation at the Lenox Hill Hospital but is recuperating at the Staten Island USPHS Hospi• tal. Brother Bunner is in for a check-up. Three other Seafarers at the same hospital are ·Seafarers Claude L. Davis, who last sailed on the Westport: Carmine Mancino. a former AB on the Robin Hood; and Frank Mazet, who was a FWT on the Robin Gray his last time out. Brother Davis was hospitalized in the Colpetty Clinic, Colombo, Ceylon and is now recovering here Kelley Ca.vis from gall bladder trouble. He expects to be discharged soon. Brother Mancino was involved in an accident aboard the Robin Hood his first day of work. Seafarers on the beach, or off their ships on shore leave should take time out to visit or write a letter to their brothers in the hospitals. The following is the latest available list of hospital patients: USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Charles Derick James Macunchuck Grover Cobbler Anthony Maiello Roscoe Conklin Johan Nordstrom Leonard Davis George Rival E. Gherman Herbert Shartzer Gorman Glaze George Sizer Robert Godwin Jose Soares Bruce Hartford Charles Taylor Wm. K. Kehrwieder John Zobll USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Bartolo Cruz Chas. A. McCar thy Dalton A. Gabriel Raymond L. Per ry Peter King USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Joe N. Atchinson Jonnie McCree William ( :, Brown Jame1 E. McGut'Cey Herman A. Carson Sieve Moust~kas Charles Hill ' Paul L. Painter Herbert Jackson Roy C. Pappan Robert D. Jones Charles F. Ries Herbert Kennedy Jose J. Valenzuela Thomas McCarthy .Tolin W. Ward VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Maurice Flynn . USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Glenn. R. Adams Andrew Sproul Clarence Dees GJen R. Adami William Hamilton Ernest Bryant James B. Henley Cleo Copeland T. F. Johnson David McCollum . 'USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Arturo Alderete Edw. H. Huizen11a Hilarion A. Aquio Charles F . Hyde Eugene W. Bent Richard R. Kohli Richard A. Carter A. H. Manden James M. Davis .Jerome Pine Norman W. Dubois Frank Schembri .James W. Eccle1 Fred Shala D. H. Gemeiner Frank ·Soriano Charles Harris Robert R. Yonce · • VA HOSPITAL FORT MILEY, CALIF Howard J. Watts USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. , Thomas ~E. Andrews Edward Knapp Alton M. ~ell Norman L. Krumm Salvador Blanco Leo H. Lang Colon Boutwell Clyde R. Legutt R . R. Brooks Rudolf Michalek Richard B. Carrillo Michael Miller ·Melvin Chilton Arthur Opsal Leroy Clarke Anthony Pisani Lavern Coats Francis M. Regan J :imes J. Connon · Edwin C. Reynolds Wm. T. Counts M. J. Rodriguez Averil F. DeGrushe Antonio Santiago Hugb Dick Cyril Sawyer Harry Duracher Joseph W. Stocker Charlie A. Gedra David L. Wllllams . .James C. Glisson James E. Wllllford Walter L. Griffin Nelson J. Wood Wade B. Harrell Anthony Zalch , Harry R. Hebert 0 USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROQKLYN. NY Matthew Bruno Ludwig Kristiansen G. Caraballo Thomas Lehay Leo Carreon Primliivo Muse Wade Chandler Jeremiah O'Byrne Joseph Cox George Phifer John Driscoll Henry Smith Otis Gibbs Almer Vicker• Bart Guranlch R. Water1ield Talb Hassan Luther Wing John Hazel Pon Win& Wllllam Kenny USPHS HOSPITAL _ SEATTLE, WASIDNGTON J. P . Balder ston Olus J. McCann Joseph Barron Joseph Prabech Fay W. Langley Salvador Santos US SOLDIER'S HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, DC . Wm. H. ThomS0'1 VA HOSPITAL CENTER HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA Clifford C. Womack VA HOSPITAL KECOUGHT AN. VA. Joseph Gill • · MT. WILSON STATE HOSP. MT. WILSON, MARYLAND . George Davis · VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS R. J. Arsenault SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Victor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen USPHS HOSPrrAL WINDMILL POINT DETROIT, MICH. ' John C. Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL. FORT WORTH, TEXAS R. B. Appleby · All>ert L. o,ietree B. F . ·Deibler Max Olaon Woodrow Meyers Leo Watt1 John C. Mitchell Joaeph. P. WIM USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Oscar J . Adams Ernelt G. Manie)' Alte E. Anderson Frank Mazet Ivar Anderson Marco11 Medlpa Allie Androh Fell1t Muniz Chai • .0. Bergagna Ray Noack Thomas H. Bubar Eugene Ojeca Robert W. ·Bunner Chao A. Pao Arthur J . Camara Wallace .Perdue Joaquin Cortez Wm. R. Phlllp Claude L. Davis Philip w. Pron Wllllam Drew Angel Reyes Jesus Fernandez Peter Richter Michael Flloaa John L. Roberti Walter Gustavson Frank A. Rout Luis E. Gutierez Manuel Sanchez Alfred Kaju · Juan Soto D. Kambanos ' Thl!Qdore Spencer James J. K-elly Fernando Tlaga Chas. A. MacDonald John Ulla Edward J. Lane Claude Virgin Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruet LONGVllW VICTORY <Vlctery Ca,_ rlen>, Nov. U-Chalrm11u a. H. llm~ 10n1 secretary, I', Fullbrl1ht. c. White elected llhlp'a dele•ate. 17 In lhlp'1 fund. Cub donated to Merchant Marin• Ltbra17 f• ~1>0oka and maia•' :dnea broqht aboard' In New Orleana. Shlp'a trealW'er to bUJ' loda, for Thankqivtn& · Day,...dfnner. Lall trip ran 1moo~. No beefa at payoff. Sui•ut boldin& lhl.P•a meetlnU after 8:30 PM. Galle:r ranee to be brought to· att~tlon of patrolman. Request ..pantry door ·and 1creen to be repaired. Looi1hor eme11 eaUng all of ni.ht lunch. None Ien for the crew. Compliment.· to the steward department. Everyone la very well Atllfled. STEEL DISIGNER <Isthmian>, Nov. 1S.-C:halrman, J. Farrand1 Secretary, V. P. Dltlmcomo. Bad locken In 8·12 1eamen'1 quarter1. and messman'a quarters. Repair list · to be turned In . to ·chief mate. Clarlflcatlon of ' over· time mentioned when 1ea watchl!s are broken for les1 than 24 houri. 118.45 In 1hlp'1 fund. ·CALMAR <Calm1Wl, Nov. 7--\:hal,_ men, liarl HarrlSOftl Secretary, C. Glll../Shlp's delegate elected. Delegate to see about keys for foc'1le. Stew· ard reports that dan,. box 11 not up to . par. No 'cooperation from chief engineer for repa}r to AmeROBl N KIRK · <Moor•Mccvmackli Nov. 22-Chilrman, A. Pal1•1 Seer• tary, H. Curran. ShJp'a delegate elected. Fund now at S4.2S,i Repair lists to be turned · tn by mree de· partments. Beefs that were neglected due to shJp laying up are to be straightened out in Gulf. · ATLAS <Tanker and Tramps), Nov; 1a-chalrman, "· S., Paylor, Jr.1 Sec• retary, . I. Slmos. ShiP.'• fund Wal S282.35 on beglnnlng of voyage. 128.74 spent for books and S122.85 for Co.~• Cola. Some one ls taldn« cokes fronl machine without deposltlng" money. Request liafety 'lights to be put In tanks while cleaning •ume and hel· met. are requested for men down In the tanks. Crew· to cooperat'e with pantryman to keep pantry clean at nl&ht. No beefs~ dlspu}B,d OT. f11Dd. EnOaeen to cbeclr ull ci.an an 11ra1m became ol bad. odon. eomPllm•ntl to llteward department for •ood lbod..f.Dd aervlce. ' · · ANTINOUI <Waterman), Nov. 21-Cllalrman. L. Doucette1 lecretah, I. Ray. .EYel')'tlllq In 8De llhQe. No beefa. 119.U Ila llhl)fi fund. Hann. ThaDklliYln& dinner on WednOlday becau.. · of arrival In Canblanca on Thurada:r. Tbankl to 11hlp'1 dele1ate for the Job well done. ALCOA CORSAIR <Alcoa>, Dec. 6Chalrman, J. Naylo" Secretary, M. J. Phelps, Fun4 ltandl at 1215. 'No beef1, Few houri · of disputed OT. One crewmember flown home due to death In famlb'. Sug1e.Uon made· to take up a collection for the doctor for hla Digest_. Of SIU Ship Meetings Interest In the crewmemberi. Steward department rtve1 vote of · thanks to ·plumber, electrlclan8 qd carpenter for their cooperation. Alao · a vote of thanks from· crew tor a fine Tbanks&lvlng dinner. pted eve17 trip. U crew permitted to eat earb"when ' necelAfJ', Vote llf.. tllank.I to steward department for< a Job well done. Have photOI to be \ 1ubmitted to the LOG. Dllhlfectant •hould be lnatalled In all t 0lleta. More water preAIU'e needed on back af~ on tolletl. Havln& trouble with water re&ulator. Crew oppo19d to houslD& pro;lect. JEAN LAFITTI <Waterman), Dae. 1 Chairman, Nlchol11 Hatglmlslo11 Secretary, Ronald Iden. Captain will p ay ol! anyone who want!! to pa:r off o n the west coast. All dele1ate1 In· · 1tructed to make repair l.latl. Few hours OT d.laputed. One man 1011ed. Thankl to Steward and the .steward department for a wonderful Thank• &lvlng dinner. Dele•ate to see captain about irettln1 room1 10ugeed and to 1ee If after llPts -to after deck ·can\ remain on at nlfbt. Tbankl to deck department for Aving life of chief mate after a heart attack when ahlp was leaving . Yokohama. Regret that the 'c hief mate did not acknowl· ed&e thJ1 ac~. COE VICTORY (Victory CarrlerJ), Nov. 23-Chalrman, Joe Tuarh Secretary, John Coyle. Great Improve· ment in crew'• conduct while In port. Everything runnln& smoothl:r. Gan&· way 1Yatch now In chJ,r mate'• handl. Anyone ml1slng nme will be logged. Chan11!1 will be m ade · ·at Jean al1ht hour.a In . advance. Quality of meata and produce received ·1n An'Wel'P, was· very poor• .water ' In llotterdam and Bahrein very salty. , Many ('DMD became Ul. Crew•1 palitry rel rl&erator needs replacln1. Food from ' &alley 1erve'd cold. a few tlme1. Action to be taken. STEEL VOYA~IR <Isthmian~ . Nov. 23-Chalrman, David Dlckln1on1 lec:.retary, I. Fulfoitl. Wire •ent to Joe BAL'.l'ORI! <Marven), Dec. 6-Chalr· .,,... Alglna concer~& , penalty . car10. man, Kosta Hatglmliloll Secretary, ·· Elected new. ahlp 1 dele~ate tor next Paul M Meth Received new wallhlnl trip. Be1an a new ship 1 fund. New • • men to donate at port pay oft. S18 machine. · M~ber1 requested not to collected •nd 17 pledged for 1hlp's · leave clothiri& In machine too Joni; f ,.,. · Steward reiiuested that crew bring " ___., In their coll. · No beef1. Some disPENN ·SHIPPERS <Penn Transl, Dec. puted OT. ~Chairman, A. LandrY1 Secretary, Duke Gardner. Recommendation . made HILEN (Olympic Trans.),, Dec. 6. STEEL TRAVELER <lsthm!_anl. Nov. to have 1teward department clean Cliilrft\111, P. McAn1n1v1 secretary, 21~halrman, c. E. Owen11 Secretary, recreation room and · blacqarig and Albert Espeneda. One man who D. Mlsslmln. Edward Se~erko elected deck departments to clean laundry missed ship the last trip joined at ship's delegate. Held dlscu~slon 011 room. Repair list not completed In Tarragona. Spain and left at Bermuda malling addres~es. Seafarer Sylvester shipyard. Vote of thanks for the ltew· with captain's permllsion. Cre1' col· Frizzell was burled at sea on No.vem· ard department. One man Ill. ShJp'a lected 1145 for plane farl! to NY. ber 20. P. F. Walsh. master, p~r· fund S3.10. No beefs. · Captain will pay tramportatlon and · formed ceremony. All hands paid two days• subsistence. Members dotheir respect1. natinB 50 cents to 1hlp'1 fund . 'l'ltre. SUZANNE (lull), Dti:. l--c:t1alrman, men fired. Patrolmen to lie notlfled · OREM.AR <Mnvenl, Nov. 23-Chalr· Angel .Sed11 S-ecretary, D. c. Hardhell: by ship's deleiate regardlnJr flrlD&, man, M. H. Jones; Secretary, P. G. Some disputed OT. Ship'• fund 11&.50. Requesting patrolman to aee that 'auf· McNabb. Ship's delegate to contact Suggestion WH made to have evenr &clent food supplle1 ore put aboard patrolman regardlnc meat. A new man clean hi• room and dispose of for next voya1e. ship'• delerrate elected. Some repair• dirty linen. Vote of thanks given to made tn shipyard. More needed. Re· , 1hlp'1 delefate for flne Job and also to quest more wind chutes. · Foc'sles steward dept for the' preparation and VALIANT POWER.. <P.owar Steam· need painting. Boi;iks · should be re· aerving of meals. ship), Nov. 20-C:halrman, none 1lv1ftl turned tQ recreation room. Vote of Secretary, Curtis Veazlo. Problem thanks to ateward department. No OT concernln& draw1 and medical atten· ALCOA RANGl!R <Alcoa> Dec. 6disputed. No fttaJor beefs. tton for members. Draw1 given only Chalrman, W. J, Barne11 Secretary C. when master feel• like lt. Amount of A. Crabtree. No beefs. Disputed OT · VENORI! <Marven>. Nov. 26-Chalr· draw 11 set re&ardleu of amount on will be taken cai'e of b:r, patrolmen In man, Hygln Starry1 Secretary, Henry book1. Chief engineer drunk and dJa.. Mobile. It 111 requested that all men Girard. No betif1. Everything running orderl,. ID crew meu hall. Gave. sign papers that are put on bulletin • smoothly. Captain contacted regard· . trouble to 11hlp'1 delegate•and crew· board for that purpo1e. S1111ested that In« rusty water tn the after peak member1. Ten men donated· one dol· llne1 be kept clear of 'dry . cloth11. and the possibility of nbtalning com· 1ar to fund. Master neilected to ltore Remove bulleUns from board that pound to clear Ame. Ship In need of proper julcea and meata. Few prov!· have been there ,lpng enough. new coffee pots. Vote of thank• to Ilona boUlht after ordered by Amert· the steward department. Thanksglv· can consul. Captain refused to fly JOHN B. WATERMAN <Waterm11n), Ing dlpner well taken care of. crewmember home ~after doctor speNov. 23-Chalrman, /If. Tremefl leer• cifies man ii unfit for duty. tary, N. Matthey. Captain hH i,een ST.EEL MAKl!it{j'dhmlan), Nov. i 14 refusinf draw; also ti.-YIDI to force -Chairman,. H. c. Hutchensoftl leer• steward off ship. · Patrolman , to be BENTS FORT CCltle1 Service), Nov. tary, H. L. Bennett. Make up more contacted In Tampa upon arrival to , 2t-Chalrman, J. lwnney1 Secretary, • arrival 110011 and . build 1hlp'1 fUncl ..tl!ke .care of beef1 • . up. S10 contributed by Norton to ' H. I. Oasklll. New delegatea elected· for engine and steward dep~ment1. fund after :w.lnnlng pool. No beefa. KATHRYN ·<lull), Dec. 11-Chalr• One· man milled llhlp ID Lake Charle1. Everything running amootbly. Shit>'• man, none1 Secretary, Leon Hall, ·Jr. Another was fired for a legitimate meinbera took up a c1>llectlon for St• Some. OT disputed. Patrolman in San- · reason. Molt repalr1 taken care of. . Marra Orphange for ChflstmH party. Juan uid !t wa1 iood OT. No. beefs. Some d.laputed OT. ,. . To contact headquarter• for an m care! to be used as ]>&11 at itate so H ALCOA POLARIS <Alcoa), Dec. 12not . to use seaman'• 11apera. VALIANT\ HOPI (Hope steamship); Chalrman,' W. Messen1e'1 Secretary P. Nov. 22-Chalrmin, L. Them111 Sec-. Miranda. No beefs. All repalr1 to ~ ROBIN SHIRWOOD (Robin), Nov. retary, A. Elllngsan. No beefs. Few taken care of. All handl put In for 15-Chalrman, R. v. Ander1on1 Seer• houri of d.laputed OT. Reque1t a delayed saUlng, Solled. linen to be better variety In niaht lunche1. 'Would · tary, P. Devine. Three men went to thrown to the aide of the Iadchr and hospital. S18 In ship's fund. To check like cooperaUon from steward con· not at the ~ foot of ume. It wa1 re· · .with ·patrolman In . New York regard· . cernlnl 1tore1"': Albatro11 and other quested that Union contract commit· Ing launch service In Trinidad. Sug~ / blrd1 paid vlllt to ship; They did tea try to get alr·condlUonlnl . on all .,est St be collected from each maa~ not remain because of chow lituatlon SIU-contracted ships. at payoff· for ship's fund. Messman and no draw. Didn't blame the blrdl. broke eyeJ]a111es. Paid for a new VENORE (Marven), ·Dec. 1-Chlllrpair. To 1ee If he can ciollect from man, R. Noren1 Secretary, H. Starry. , JOHN c. '<Atlantlc Carriers>, Oct. 2 company. No beefs. · Chief enllneer consulted concerning -Chairman, non11 Secretary, J, T. excelsive a~ount of rust tn wash Lelln1kl. Ship's fund la 111. - Repair ATLAS CTanke" and Tramps), Oct. water. To be cleaned and painted llat of Jut trip taken care of. Made , when 21-Chalrman, 51.m . Vatl11 Secretary, ship goes Into shJpyard In Janu· new repair JJ.st. I. llmo1. Refused to sign on without ary. Steward ordered new coffee pot1 a patrolman In Houlton. Finally re· and rubber mats for sink top. One celved an OK .from New Orleans. One MANKATO VICTORY <Victory), Nov. man mlised ship In Baltimore. All man left In hospital In New Orleans. 21-Chalrman, J. c. Hoey1 lecretaey, delegates are to turn In repair llsta Captain did not want to get sufficient Dan Cherry. Repof t sent .to headquar· pfior to payoff, Attempt .ls to be milk In New Qrleans but did so In ter1 concerning man ho~ltalized. tn made to obtain more books and other Panama. Ship's fund has a balance- of Honolulu. Aho wrote letter concernreading material. Vote of tfianks to 1282.35. Some OT "disputed. One Dian ing ·r epair• not made on last tr ip. No steward dept. • The crew waa also getting off for .·hospitalization In beefs. No disputed OT. To check 4-8 complimented for cooperating with Pedro. Need a patrolman to settle foc'sle& -for leakl. Short of· linen. the s~eward dept. beefs before sailing, Request that Vote of thanks to the 1teward depart· crewmembers do not overload . wash· ment. Request clarlflcatlon on beet Ing machine. s. Slmos elected shlp'a concerning rigging Jumbo during boll· · treasurer. · day shift without payment of OT. FEL TORI <Marven), "'ov. 22-Chal,_ man, · R. E. Jones1 Secretary; J. Polu•. chovlch, No major beefs. Delayed Piling t o be . put tnto · all overtime . sheets. crew requestln« better qual· . tty aJl1I more •food. Would like to. have more fresh bread -on board. Dis· cussed the roac~· · sltuatloQ. . WINTER HILL <Cities service>, ~ov. t T 26-Chalrman,. ~· .Johns1 Se~re ary, ; Faulkner. Everythlnit. running smooth· ly. No beets." No disputed OT.--four men paying off. ..., . ,• _ _ · ALCOA- PLANTER <Alcoa), Nov. 15 -Chairman, Haroid Dycluxi seer• tary, Z•• Yunt 'Ching• .:-c r ew prepared to spend holidays ' a~ . na outslcte of United States. schedule may give i a &ood chance to be hp,me for, Chr18$·. mas, , Most repairs done lh ,,. Pol't of , New Orleam. 160 on hand In 1hlp'1 or BiENVILLE <Pan·Atlantlc), Nov. 2t l....Chalrman; ErnHt Kolenov1hy1 Sec· retary, A. S. Parson1. · Everything nin·· rung smoothly. No beefs and no dJa.. puted OT • THE CABINS <'fexai ·city Refining>, Nov. 29-Chalrmen, JamH C. What• ley1 Secretary, Jesse -W. Maloney. Re· ceived "thank you" note from famlly . of Mr." 'Fhomas/ first assistant, ""ho died -aboard shJp. sla In ship's fund. Necessary to report -on fight which took t;>lace bet ween t wo m embl!rs of the crew. · E. Gordon ; left. ship tn _Bridgep!>rt, Connectlcu! because wife ta seriously ill. · No · beefs. No d~ . puted OT. FAIRLAND (Pan At11ntlc), Nov. 22 -Chairman, J11hn Crew11. Secretary, ~rvllle Wahlln. Sblp still betni _ fufnf.. ,. • < <) {\ • Jr .,, " .. " .. - , t. �IDUIT I, IHI , l•A,ARERS £00 W.lth th• S~I Surveyor ...... ·~ .... *' l '" ·_Tony's lr,dian. Adventures • . By Seafarer William Calefato On the fantail of · the ihip, where many stories were being swapped, Tony .. Seafarers adjusting cable on the Steel Surveyor, just back from a Pacific ho~ to Pakistan, are IL to R). . "Ski," Ray Patorski," William Nelson, Michael Simms, and Leo LoSoya, bosun. ' ... Baseba1·1 In Pakistan overheard a shipmate complain to a watchman and 11ome natives that he was robbed of $20 in town. "I wanted -to buy/ one of those gadgets made out of jade, and a · nke guy took me • shopping to ftnd one," he said. This guy told me it would be better if a native bought it as he could get it cheaper . . • "Well, this guy- ha-d my money with him all the time • . . I know because I saw it ·in his hands au · the timeplaying_with it and tossing it up ·and down. He had $20 in rupees. Finally he said he couldn't find one but would come with me the next day to the other side of town where he was sure he could get one . . . He handed me back the roll of money which I stuck in mx pocket. But wherr I looked at it later, it wasn't the $20 but a wad of paper with just one rupee note wrapped around it. I'd sure li~e to get my hands on that guy." "You know what. he looks like so he should be easy to find," the watchman consoled. "Yea, that's,. dght, he looked just like Nehru." "But neay;Jy everyone in · India looks like Nehru," he was Informed. ' · For Tony some of the mysteries of India began to unravel. He had met gypsies ·in Brooklyn from · whom he learned the secrets of the power1 of suggestion. The Indiana used the same ones, yet they were ·much more successful in hoodwinking seamen once they detected the slightest suscepti· bility of the will. What the Indians did with theµ- secret was to mix it with the simple psychology and their· main tool for survival, . the well known, potent, gift-ofgab. This tool, Tony noted, helps magicians on · the . stage, and without It, be, and the Indian merchants, would be lost. A guide had told Tony that even if he came to India for 10 years he would still not understand the. customs. and traditions of the merchants. Maybe so, ·Tony thought, but he might go the other way when someone says: "Just look ,Joe, no money, just look." Members of the deck gang relax around the table before arriving at Norfolk. They are rear, left to right: B. M. Romanoff, F. Israel,' R. Frazer; third ·row: J. Bruso, Capt. Meyer, H. Swarties; second row: Adam Kosinski and W. Feil; front row: Alexander Daniluk, and Charles Misak. f)cean Evelyn Va.-Bound The crew of the Ocean Evelyn, the New York to Northern Europe "Atlantic Express," pose in tlie ship's recreation room before pulling in to Norfolk . .Many of the men will be getting off after this voyage because they want to spend the holidays with their families. The men rate the, ;ship cine of the . best feeders in the SIU. Photos at right, by Alex Janes, steward utility. "Peek-a-boo" says one of the members of the engine room gang, J. Torr.es, as he looks through a life ring. With him are, from left to _, . right, N. W. Joregensen, J. J. Look, E. Flecha, C. Johnson, E. Anagostou, ·and A. Aciego. Yov Stao G1{?:L :-~: WHY. 010 · </dv TAi<-£ ·'(ouR: . St.ST~~ : . · . ·:~os~·s ..~olie:~(r.. >·.. :~ . . . �...Ce 't'ouiieen Asks Revision Oce•n· Eva Says Me.;ry Christmas In .DlsablUty P•an Sn•k• ~charmer , ·irm®M. . . ··1t'Wl! · ~oolltP~ To the Editor:' . . As ship's delegate on ·tlie. Robin Gray,. I . woµld_like . to ask .~ headquarters for · a · revision · of · the present disability compensa- . tion .~plan. It is 'my belief th:tt . a less demanding disability plan ~ . ALCOA CORSAm then the pre~;ent one which asks . Seafarers ·o n the Alcoa Corsair twelve years of sea time ser-vice · ~ere so pleased· 'with ·the Interest before one is entitled to sµch · ' and. the care giv.en to 'th~m by :Qqcbenefit~. be drawn up. tor Lunt, the ship'sphysician, that is a t,errific amou~t of time ·· tttey : to·ok up a ~ollectian to .be a men:iber has to serve at ·sea given as a to.k~n of ~heir appreciato ~ati~fy present qualifications. tion: Tlie steward, on behalf of the steward department, thanked If se'a time could be broken the ship's plumber; carpenter and down as follows, benefits could electrician for their help in fixing be distributed to seamen with up the galley, "and the whole crew less 'time at sea: Exampie-12 gave a vote of thanks for a fine years' sea time. $150 monthly; Thanksgiving dinner. V. T. Mcnine years' sea time, $90 month.: Kleray the ship's delegate and ly; six yearS' sea time, $75 Roscoe Alford the ship's reporter. monthly. All Letters to the editor for . t t . t " ' publication in ' the SEAFAR· It's my feeling that any seaVE~ORE . . _ ERS LpG must be signed men performing his duties for Coffee lovers on the Venore have .by the writer. Names will - a period of six years should ~e the luxury of new. coffee· pots in be withheld upon request. covered by this plan in case which their beloved brew fg being such member becomes disabled made . . . But there is the probports and finally to New York during his services within the lem of an excessive amount· of rust · SIU and the respective contracfor the payo!f. in the wash water. The chief enting co'mpanles involved. We want to extend to the gineer has been alerted and this Rocco Albanese chief steward and his departmatter should be. ironed out soon and c~wmembers ment a real hearty vote of reports John A. Smith, sliip's delethanks for· a wonderful job done i .~ ~ . Seafarer Octavies Coleman poses with ·a rare gate and W. J. 'Barnes, meeting in the culinary line. I don't captured by a Swiss collector of rare animals t . · t -i think anyone· can say that we . ALCOA RANGER haven't been fed very well this Gourmets aboard the Alcoa voyage. To the Editor: Ranger, led by Johnny Holley and The deck department is very The crew of the Steel Maker ig A. R. Velasco, tired of -the coffee smooth-running and there are one of-the best that I have ever being served aboard the sh(ps, no major beefs there. Everyone had the privil~e to ::;ail with. PORTLAND .. .. . ...•• ; .. 211 SW Clay St. have moved to .change brands of SIU, A&G Distrid . . CApltoI 7·3222 In the deck department is to With a mate like Dividsen and a coffee and get Chase and ·Sanborn SEcRETARY-TREASURER SAN FRANCISCO.' ..... 850' Fremont St. be thanked for a job. well done. bos.u n ·like Keefer, the · .dJ?ck . EXbroo'k '7·5800 instead of the. cqrrently-qse~, brand ASST. SECRt:Xk~¥REASURERS We all had ·a most ' enjoyable gang gets plenty 'or' breaks,' and S~TJ'I.£ ,"; .... . ......... asos - lit .Av•. . , . HencefQrth, jf ttiey h . JV,. their -r W. · Hall, Deck ··MAln 3-0088 stay in Yokohama, Japan. works ·_ together like - ~ wellway, their java wi11··11e good to the c. Simmons, En1. •· WILMINGTOI'' . •••• : • ••• . 505 Marine Ave. The men of the Ocean Eva trained' team. last drop. . ·IC. Mooney,.Std.' J. IVolplan. Joint TErmlqJJ 4-3538 woul~ · like to ·extend their -4.4-" .... IBALTIMORE ... .,..... . 1218 E. Baltimore St. .. Everyone is happy in the • 1 . "' Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern '1-4900 Great Lakes District 1 "' , . ·"'- • , wishes for a very ha'ppy Christ- blaclc gang; Big .J:tutch. the chief ALCO.\ PO.LARIS , ' BOSTON .... : .•... ........ . 278 ·s tate St. ALPENA .. mas and a pro.s perous New Year electrician, and his able assist· ·· jG. Dakin, Actlriir Agent Richmond 2-0140 · · • • • • · • • •• • • •r,. '.. . 12'1 ruver SL · h · b· S f : ea .arers . av;~ e~n unwittingly ·HOU.STON .. .. , , •..•...... . 4202 Canal St. · ELmwood 4·3618 to all the Seafarers. ant ~oore, help us ,in the light. stompmg _on tbe1~ sheets and pillow 'R. Matthews, Agent- CApital 3f4Ci89; 3-408( BUFF.ALO, ·NY ............. . 914 Maln st. Cruz Negron cases aboard the Polaris •. . • be- · Louis MIAMI . . . ' ...... .. , • '- .'144 w. ~ Flacler st. ' GRant 2'128 With Brother . Bennett, chief Neira, Acent FRanklln '1·3564 CLEVELANJ;> •• •• •• •••••. 1420 W. 25 St. t ~r ~ steward, and his abie depart~ause som~ men have been dump- MOBIJ,E . . .... ... ... 1 South Lawrence st. · .. .MAin 1-0141 mg their dirty laundry at the foot' Cal Tanner, Agent , HEmlock 2·1'154 DULUTH .. · .... •• ·· . 621 W. Surierior St. ment we get pJmity of good of the ladder. instead of at ;the. sjde. · Lindsey N~WJ eRLEANS .. . .. : . : ·V:S, BiehvWe st. FRANKFORT Photte i Rando P~ 2-fllO food. Its served. by a cQJJple of Williams, Agent · Tulane 8626_ • Mich. - · . .. .. . . PO Box 287 . first class messmen; J. Buckley . . . T hey have been ~ requested to NEW YORK ...... : e75 4th Ave .• Brooklyn ELgin 7-2441 To the Editor: ' avoid treading upon the sheets they . · HYacinth 9-6600 MILWAUKEE · · · • · · ._, 633 s. Second Ave. and Johnny Newman. I have received the most eventually sleep on nightly NORFOLK . . . . ...•• , •••• •416 Colley Ave. RIVE · - . BRoadwaY 2·3039 All . of Brother Huff'.s friends J. Bullock, Agent MAdlson 7-1083 R ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave • · gracious letter and check, for around the Gulf will be glad to PHILADELPHIA . .•••••••. 337. Market St. Mich. ' Vinewood .3-474i S. Cardullo, Aaent Market '1·1635 SOUTH CHICAGO;,,, ..... 9383 Ewing Ave. which I heartily thank you. I know that he is now a "papa SAN FRANCISCO . . . .. . . . 450 Harrison St. SAginaw 1-0733 am ·so r~lieved and grateful t:o san," a proud father of. an eight. . Marty ·Bl'elthoff, Agent Douglas 2·54'15 TOLEDO . ···· .....•.•.•.. 120 Summit St. you, coming at this ti'me of "yea'!", pound, fourteen-ounce boy. -$ ' .$AN'rURCE, PR .. 1313 Fernandj!z Juncos. • · 8·2431 " Stop 20 . C · d• 0 . CHerry which makP.s it doubly-assuring The guys around New Orleans Seafarers 15eing; admitted to a . Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. . l,'bone 2-~996 ana Ian 1str1ct . that it-will help me in my big about January 24 will get a Public Health . h_ospital are J~CKSONVILLE . . 920 ' MaJn St .• Room 200 FORT WILLIAM ....... . . 408 Simpson St William Morrill, Arent ELfin 3-0987 Ontario ·. Phone: 3-322i loss. bn~ak if many of this gang piles. urged to carry·· with .them their . sEATl'LE . .......... . .. ,... . 2505 lit ' Ave. HALIFAX N .s .......... , i28~ Holli• st It is so hard to believe my off. Union book pi us proof of eli- Tea ' Babkows.kl, Agent .. Main 3-4334 Phone 3-89ti husband is gone. I was so deibility for SIU be n e fits·, TAMPA . .. .... .'.1809·1811 N. Frariklln St. MONTREAL .. • • , . 634 St. James St West The Steel Maker wishes Union g B. Gonzalez, Acting Ag~nt Phone 2-1323 . Vfctor" 2-8161 pendent upon him, but I ~uec;s brothers everywhere- a Merry namely, a record that they have WILMINGTON, Calif . . . : .:505 Marine Ave. QUEBE<;: · · · · · ...•.. . 44 Sauit-au-Matelot I must realize the situation and t 1 t 90 d ti Reed Humphries, Agent · Terminal 4-2528 .Quebec . LAfontalne 3·1569 Christmas and a prosperous a eas - ays , s~a . Die .during HEADQUARTERS .. . 675 4th Ave .• Bklyn. THOROLD, Ont_arlo .••• .'. 52 St. David St. bear up. Mv kinfolk, a sister New Year. the • previous year ' and .at least SU p · CAnaI '1-5212 and two brothers live in Great Johnny Johnston one day 'during tlie previous sl.X TORONTO•. Ontario . •••. . 272 King St. E. Britain. so I am alone, but ·wm months. . ·J!'.ailq~e t?.: h.!lye ' the_ H9NOLULU .... 61 Sout~ N~'W~~e~~~~~~ ST. JOH~. NB ~ .. . 177~Prln!~~~lll...:7::.. ~ t t . do mv best to carry on. proper credentials will cause ·~ ~ NEW ORLEANS . ...... . 523. Bienville st. . · ox 2-5431 ·I thank the Union for its svmdelay in payments to the Sea.~ Jackson 5·7428 'VANCOUVER, ·e c · · · · .. '. ... .298 Main st. .. pathy and respect, and I apprefarer · NEW YORK . .•••• , . 675 4th Ave .• Brooklyn . • MFOW " · . HYacinth 9·6605 ciate its offer of assistance, if If. the Seafarer is, adm.i tted to PORTLAND ......... .'.. 211 SW Clay St. BALTIMORE . .. .. 1216 Eaat BalUmore St. needed. in the near future . :r' To the Editor: a hospital which is not a PHS · CApltoJ 3-A336 EAstern 7·3383 feent has not only set my fears· To our · officials, to the editor institution he should contact SAN FRANCISCO . •••••• . t5o Harrison st. HONOLULU .. . . 56 North Nimitz Highway • . _ Douglas 2·8363 PHone 5·6077 at rest, but also the soul of my and his able staff, to the broththe Union immediately. The SEATl'LE . ................. 2505 1st Ave. NEW ORLEANS ....... . 523 Bienville St. dear husband, may his soul rest ers in the hospitals and the Union will arrange with the M;ln 2·0290 MAgnolla 0404 at peace. . membei:ship in general, I ex·WILMINGTON . ...••• ... 50li Marine Ave. NEW YORK ••••• : •• . . 130 Greenwich St. 'or a rans er o a Uu· Terminal 5-661'1 Cortland 7-709f f t P USPHS f t Happy holiday season to you tend my heartiest gre~ttngs and . lie Health hospital in his vicin~ MC&S PORTLAND ....•.••• . ~22 NW Everett 'st. and yours. Mav God bless you salutations for a very Mer1·y . b PHS "11 t i k. • • • . CApltol 3-7297·8 ity. ' T e WI no PC up · HONOL;QLU ... . 51 South Nimitz Highway, SAN FRANCISC0 . ....... 240 · Second St. for helping at .this time of need. Christmas and happy and .prosthe hospital tab .for "private , . PHone 5·1'114 . : Douglas 2-4592 Again, a million thanks. perous year for our great Union. hospital care, . unless it is notf- NEW ORLEANS · · ; · · · .523· Bienville St. SAN PEDRO. , ••••••••. . 296 West '1th ·St. ·. Mrs. Claire Franson George H. Seeberger fled in advance. . . RAmond '1-428 ' . TErmlnal 3-4485 NEW YORK .... >.. 675 fth Ave:, Brooklyn ' SEATTLE ............. 2333 Western Ave. To tlie Editor: This is Cruz , Negron writing from South .A.rrierica on the West Coasf port of Guayaquit, Ecuador, enroute to New York. Just want to say that · we've had a real nice trip this far. We've not made much overtime, but we have had a lot of port time. We've been to Japan, Korea, San Francisco and now we are off to Equador, then to the Gulf ~mA:\. It Letters· To The Editor is ·Steel· Maker's Yule Greet,i ngs SIU HALL DIRECTORY Renefnt t:heck Brine:s Thanks .. • ., .... . r--------------__;-. P rove E lf•gib1•11•ty For HO$pital Sends LOG Seasons' Best ' .• , . • NOW FOR THEM . NEWYEAR~ R,i;:goLUTIONG ••. ---· · H~aclnth1 9·6600 • · MAln 2-6328 ,, ··J �. .. .Juiuar1 1, 198t . . . ·B lame ·Biz Cheats For -HCL Increase _ • • f • . WASHINGTON-One of President · Eisenhower's closest. advisers has placed ~.· good deal of the blame for 'inflation .$quarely on the shoulders of busiriess. Speaking at a conference of · 47 org·a nizations . ~ called to protect the public the Market Place" was called .by from business cheats, Dr. Ray- the Federal Trade Commission to niond J. Saulnier, the President's . alert buyers on the decepti\'.e sellchief ·economic adviser~ criticized Ing techniques of "gyp''. sellers. It business m~n for not cutting drew. representatives from 47 prices. major civic, . professional and welwhen I walk farf: agencies. · . /'Sometimes tllrough the shops, l wonder If I'm · Earl w. · Kintner, chairman of being asked to buy something or the FTC, s~id that the conference purchase an equity in ·the· busi- would perform a great service if it ness," he said-1he oniy significant removed "the blissful blindfold of reductions in the · cost-!lf-living ignorance ·from the ·eyes" of index have co~e frqm lower food susceptible "sucker-buyers/' · prices, he noted, Dirly Competition . Saulnier's re~'1'ks came in the . · 1 . course of two..day confereri e set He claimed that reputab.l e bu~-9 up by the us ·G overnment seeking ness.men w~lcom~d the c~mm~s­ to infohn the buying public of the sioL s ~ampa1gn because it was d1smany frauds and· phony "bargains" couragmg to hone~~ bus~ess~en . utilized by businessmen to extract tft - see. customers flockin~ to a -Seafarer Steve Carr points out some of the features of Cities cash from the unwary. competitor . whose .mo~.als are. as Service tanker ';nodel to son, Steve Jr., during visit to Union hall. The ' conference on "Trickery in rotten as his b~gains. Mr. Kmt- _ _ _ __:..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ner said that hlB agency intended to ·be vigilant in' tracklng down J1shonest merchants but called for business itself to take the lead in ·. self-discipline ·and self-:.-egula~ion. -----~-~_. Buyers were warned to be es'· , , ·lOHPh Leslie pecially wary ,of:. Magazine· soliciCharles W. Ely tors who go · from 'door to door, AU of the following SIU ·familie.s have received a $200 mateT;nit11 ex-SS Flortda claims of storm door and window Contact Dick Irving a~ · Rassnet:, salesmen on " how much their benetit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the babJ('s name: Miller and Roth, 20 ~E First Ave- product will save in fu~l bills, Mary Joan Casarez,'born NovemSandra Dee Banlio, born Decemnue, Miami 32, Florida. · sal~smen who want to use private ber 4, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs . ·b er 15, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs-. t t t homes as a "demonstration" house Joaqu1n C. ~ai:nio, Houston, Tex. Calizto Casarez, Houston, Tex. to sell items such as siding, roof; : t t .t ' Rudy Maple1 .. · ;t. . t t · ''Write - Floyd Williams, 1170 Ing or carpet~. an~ . signing coni Michele Violet De Boissiere, Steven· R07 Butts,. born NovemUnion, ·Memphis, . Tennessee, 01" .tracts or ·promissory notes. ·for ber 23; 1959, to Seafarer. and Mrs. born Novtmiber 20, 1959, to Se~~ products sold from door-to-door. c~Ii Blt 5-8143. farer and ·Mis: 'Rudy P. De BoisThe President's . chief economic Hermon B. Butts, Mobile, Ala.. : siere, Lexington, .Va. t t ;t. adviser, Dr. Raymond J. ·S aulnier t ;\:. t . "t t . t . Charles P. Moore Joyce Ann .Carver, born October addressed the conference apd critiJohn Joseph Ferreira, Jr., born Es-Chfokasaw 11 1959 to Seafarer and Mrs. cized the reputable busin.e ss men November 1,, 1959, to Seafarer. and Your gear is at the Mobile SIU !or !J.Ot lowering prices. N~ah c. 'carver, Richmond, Calif. hall, • • · Mrs. John Ferreira,' Baltimore, Md. a \, 'I .. ,. Personals ·---'"!'. . t I I ;t. ;\:. Harry L. Cheatham · . Contact Mrs. Addie Chalmers Harris, 469 W. 163 Street, AJjartment LE, New York 32, NY. t t . t Crewmembers ... SS Steel Advocate Feb: 6-May 15, 1958 Contact Seafarer Perry Martin · Federson as soon as possible: Urgent. He can be Teached at 356 55th Street, Brooklyn 20, NY. t t t <:!hecks from Suwannee Steamship Company are being held in New York for the following Seafarers: .K enneth K. Kemmis, James McMahon, Raymond Buckman, Paul· E. Harper, Desire ~e Berre, Ernest T. Squire, William M. Murphy. · Cleveland J. Vincent Call GRanite 6-2537 or wr.ite F. Akers, 5355 Delancey Street, Philadelphia 43, Pa. It concerns your mother's .illness. . SIU BABY ARRlVALS . •.. t . Your Gear ••• _for ship • • • for shore \ Whatever you need, in work or dress gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at substantial sa'{ings by buy·ing at your Union-owned · and Union· · operated Sea Chest store. t ;\:. Angela Regina Foster, born December '1, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs•. Floron Foster, Mobile, Ala. . t t t Anna )faria Greaux, born October 22, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Louis Greaux, Texa~ City, Tex. · t t t t t t . ' t .t ;\; Marli: Nicholas Holm, born November 30, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. . Dolph E. Holm, North Babylon, LI, NY. Michael Patrick Parsons, born November ·4, 1959~ to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank E. Parsons, Mobile~ Ala. Catherine Comella Richerson, born Qctober 27, 1959, to Seafarer · and Mrs. Berli,n H. Ricl~erson, Prichard, Ala. NEWS H. EADLIN~S IN REVIEW �t Vol. ·XXll No. ·1 • • 0 FF I C I AL 0 R G A N 0 f · TH E S·eA FA"R E·R S l,N TERN~ T Ip N Al ·..0 N I 0 N GU .L F . DIST RI C.T ' • AFl-CIO~ • · The s~tu And 'Marilim_ e In J~9.5~9; .,,- • If~ • 'f f lifeboat school and upgrading trainlng cent SIU . affiliate the New . ~.e.dford for ordinaries aµd wipers. - As a result, . ·Flshermen•S' · Union; established · itself almost~50 Seafarer~ have successfully . firmly . IJl... it_S . !Jldustry. obtainlpg:j olid passed the Coast Guard's life boat test contract be.nefits pfus '\Yelfare protection. in New York alone. . _ Another group~ the );sso Tanker M~n·s Anoiher program affecting the wellUnion, aftiU,a ted · dI,.ectl~.~1wl~li3.tll'e.1,SI.'9 , being of Seafarers, the Atlantic and Gulf of North Anj~ca -io ,.gahl , IRll>P.Or~ tn its Food Program, got underwtiy this . year, · figl!t to. free Ess!> . mei,i from ~ompany unto·n domination,. . , . ., ., , " bringing the benefits of the SIU fe~ding plan to virtually all SIU·contracted ships. Whlt's in~the oUing for 1960? Coming A group .of field supervisors representup in' the year fo.r ,sure are the openings ing the program have. been servicing SIU-contracted companies helping to 'install standards of feeding, · storing and service. Formerly, individual companies had their own food consultants who could not be utilized by other companies• .In the Washil:igton aren11. th.e major issue dealt with by the Union involved the actions of the Interstate Commerce • '°. CommissioD ag~inst domestic shipping• Over 300 Seafarers marched in Labor Day parad~ in · New York syf!lbolizing As a result of a consistent ICC policy favoring the railroads, the domestic snipUnion's role in New York labor movement. ping industry was in a serious decline with se'Veral major cases pending in and was threatened with e"1inction. The · Another eventfulyear iJ?. the turthe courts or at the National Labor. ReSIU fought successfully against extenbulent maritime industry has c·ome· lations Board involving the SS FIOrida, sion of ICC authority to cover Alaska to a close. Despite the continuSS Yarmouth and· S Sea Level, among shipping and on behalf ,of fair treatment ation of a slump in US-flag mariothers. for shipping and seamen at the hands qf time activity which saw the US the ICC. At the year's close, · there in Al~o~ · fle;t~ ·helped privately-owned merchant fleet sink to were ldications that the ICC was sltift· cor:tf pa,ny win , National Safety a postwar lpw, Seafarers enjoyed imIng its policy to meet some of the ob· ~ouncil . a ward. · ' proved shipping over the previous year. jections raised by the Union and ship Other gains for SIU men were obtained of new halls for Seafarers in the ports operators. · . particularly in the area of improved o( Philadelphia and New Orleans, with In the welfare area, important addi· Tlie SIU also went to bat with the protection. Philadelphia due -to be ready ' Irt a 'few tions were made to the benefits and.proCoast Guard on the issue of Coast 'Guard. The most significant development in weeks. Also scheduled is the first" sail· hearing procedure: A set of proposed tection enjoyed by· SIU men. and their 1959 was the agreement between the ing of the atom-powered : passenger· Coast Guard regµlations covering disfamilies. A new service, · the SIU Blood SIU and the _National Maritime Union cargo ship Savannah. · Sevqral steamship ciplinary measures ·against seamen drew Bank, was set up. Through an exchange to resolve their differences and work tocompanies,, including t he· Sl'.U-contracted arrangement it assures Seafarers and Union f.ire. The Union arg.u ed that these gether on tLe crucial iss~s facing Bull Lines" are plannl~g to make inoves their families anywhere in the US of hearin. g procedures sh. o uld conform as . American seamen. The formal agreeclosely a~ possible to thpse in a court of , toward conta~ner operations· by ..convert:. adequate supplies of blood for trans· ment reached in · January was the outing their existing conventional""ship$; . fn fusion when necessary. In addition, • law, because the. Coast Guard has the growth of successful joint action th!! the offing 'ltlso' is a renewed orgaiiizlng power to take 'a seaman's livelihood tl)e_ Welfare ·P lan's optical benefit was previous December against run-awaycampaign· on the Greal Lakes .next the V1dications are that away. Here too, shipping. During the course of 1959, spring with the l\iTD drive lia~ing- bright. the ·Coast Guard will revise - its ·regula· the SIU and NMU expanded their activprOSP.eCtS o_f lllO!:e s'ignifi'c~n~ .,flCJOfie9. tions. to meet some ,of the objections ities in this a·r ea on a number of fronts. Here, ,briefly, are a few 9f th.e o~her ._,, · , · ,. .. raised. · developments of· the past year: ••• .,i, 4 ' 11 • - ' Added SIU Welfare Benefits Union o ·rive On Runaways Activities Of ' ""' Affiliated Unions , Among the developmel}ts were ~dop­ tion of a new policy by the maritime unions pf the world in the. International Transportworkers Feder11tion. The new . position, which was proposed initially by. the US unions, recognized that the own;; ership or control of a runaway-flag ship is the key to which country's maritime __ union had organizing rights on a given ship. The o1d ITF policy determined organizing rights accQrding _to the nationality of the crew. As a resu!t, US maritime .unions have established their right to sign up seamen on runaway ships own·ed . or controlled by American operations. To further that end, they have established a new union, the International Matitime Workers Union; which will concentrate on runaway-ship crews. At the same ·time, a number of gains were made by the SIU in its fight to obtain full legal jurisdication over American-controlled runaways. This battle - has not yet been fully-resolved, '4ews Roun. d~U:p: In Brief ... .· , ' 1 ' 1 : ••• \ • ' _There , were . notable developin~nts·, in organizing and contract . galns amortg ·afTh~ 'Mtssiss~ppl ' ShJpplng :...Coµipany . oi:der'ed . three new....-:,.•air..-conditioned filial;ed unions. Out .pn the Great Lakes, freight sship~ ,as-:- P,_aft o( its_.. reP,lacement a coordina.teci- multi-union· drive. through the Maritime· Trades D,e partment' made program ... Siniilar~.Y" t'1e On;t~.is inter· considerable h'eagway among non-union ests finally got a.round to ordering three Lakes seamen. It was crowned . by the new sup~rtan~ers, incl\Jding .one 104,000· Great Lakes Distr'ict's stunning election _ ton mQnster, for V:~ctory parriers •.• The victory in the ·1'2~ship Reiss fleet' as the SIU conventiori met in Montreal in MaJ Four liv~s were lost when Santa and drafted a program dealing· with ma• . -Lakes shipping season closed. Important Rosa sheered off Valchem s~ack, gains wer& recorded as well by- the ·jo.r pr,o~lems faci'!' · its a.ffiliates , " •• SIU's il~x:b,!)r ,;mdJnland Waterways DiHarry Bridges· ~ent ·first to Moscow, ripped into· midship house. :vision, Marine Allied Workers Division ~ then to . Tol<yo to! rally. -Asian unions extended to Philadelphia arid ·· · · against· the .vs and then ·embraced ,,, San Fran•· · •• and the PuE!'rto }liCo Division._ A re··~ cisco, and the Medical Department, .of :Khrushchev . as .,"comrade" ii;i · San l'.ran· , cisco ., · •• Five more $6,000, four.:Year tile Welfare Plan opened another diag:schol.a rships: were· awarded S~afarers and , nostic and examination .clinic, this one . , . Statistics . for the caMnqar year ln Houston. ~J.959 were not conwlete .as the SEA· children of Seafarers • . . the Maritime Substantial improvements were made · F ARERS LOG went to press but they · Administration began the sale of. some also in benefits provided Seafarers' deshowed some in.teresting develop- ~ . 1,200 boneyard Libertys· for scrap • . • ments and progress. · independent tanker operators 'pressed for pendents and retired old timers under the hospital-surgical-medical plan. Tpe In the co'\!J:se-of tne year, the· Sea· a ,gual'.anteed i;hare of the n~tioi.i.:s oil lm· allowance for daily hospital payment~ . farers. Welfare Plan received..-reports ports for US-flag ships. ... the LOG won of the. deaths of, 106 SIU men. In the' Labor Press award -for. the ·best leawent up from $10 ·to. $15 and the total . hospital extras allowance 'was boosted .to " the same'' periodi the Plan· reported ' ture .. •' The Great La~es SIJ!. w9n agree•I $400. ·· . , · · · ·· ·"" ' 326 cliildren born to the · families of ment on comprehens.ive welfare coverage Seafarers. These are remarka)lly and a seniorl.ty sy.stem • •• Several SIU The SIU's shipboard sa-fety progr~ ships entered tl~e $e~way' ti~de empha· ·· , received· a boost when the Nationai Safeclose to the ·s tatis,tics of 1958 witJl ·' ty Council awarded the SIN~manned 103 deaths .ind 326 births respective:-· sizing ,tli'e iJilpor.tance of the,new art~ry " ly .for .the ·f.u ll. year. to Seafarers ~ •• ·the Maritime AdminlsiAlcoa Steamship Company the·first: prize in · the marine - industfy. ·safety,, contest . On the shipping side, figuring the tra!ion showed .o·ff , a . new, ~esi~n for · · '' ; : snips' foc'sles which made extensive use and several individQal S)U'.fihi_p's :scored ·· year from1 mid-December, 1958 . to ,...\ ot1'tstan4ing- saf~ty. r~cor~s in tpe yeru;, , i>ecember ' 9, 1959, 29,62'1 ' jobs., had of ".'baked' ih" color~ ••• Italian seamen, been shipped/ in . all ·~1u PQrtii, ~n t · went on strike,.Jor' sP< w':,e,k8,·tci .wj{l, ~. · On the other si4!e· pf' tliei ~oin;- there was ~ one ser.iyus ,shjp -~ollision involving ~P... '· average of~ s~glitly les~ · than_ _1,200 I ' • • nine percent " focreas.e-- o~et. thei): ~ !$60 . . ~:\ SIU-manned ·vessel; That was when ..the. _t'.t' ' J9b"s·; e~ery . two ·w:~eks. Tliis was a monthly- base "p.ay. r . ~ 115, OQO..New 'V.orl&: Grace ·liner Santa Rosa coliided with th'e ~cp)lsia~rable. ..hnpi;ovement ovei: · the ' · ' unJon .member~, · includinl~M· 'SJ?afare~ tanker Valchem '. o..Ef, the Jer~e? coa~. ·· · _. 26~01)7 ' .jo~s SltlPpt.~.. dttffug ~he 1958. . p~rtici~a,te~: in ·th.e fir'sfJ.a~or ,DilY" P~· . : . Three Seafarers and an. engin!!er "On the : year. It r~flects in "par.t the partial·. ra.de in m~ny years ,• •• the. Int~rpa,~to~l ,, ' Valchem were .killed: , $ubsequently, th~ " 'ii.. reeovery· o( th~ 1"Sbipping ..in~ustf·Y , - -Longshoremen's Ai;soclation111erged.:w1th . . Coa_st:. ~uard tiroug~:~- ~n~gh~~nce: charges. ~~om the ~'*-st~ ofi t}Je~~~5B ii'ec.~ssl<!~• ' .: , ihe ~tntepiat~o'~a~ Bi;othe~hqod ... ~f--.Long-: ·· 1 ...... · agamst the skippers ·a.nd is.econ~ mat~ 9£·; .-J ,as....well as; ') \~81}Uliion~sr1spcp~S,S ; 1, , ' ~ shoieme1' ·a~· r~o~ned ~he, 4FL-~IO .•1•• • l. ' ·both v~ss.~ls. ,, · . ., .; . .' : .. ·1 , • r 1 .,. • brfn~l~~ ad~tiona~ ishlps unl'ler. ~c6n~ ~.tec~e.rs ~ ~lflllte~:t: to demo~;h ~hi\':' old {;, , Additional tralni.ng fJ¢11iti~~ :~ot . se~-:,.: · ;.~fl•«:~•).l!\t~h;.as, ,.tJte\yfSuw~n~~r S~am:- . , ; ·~t~ne ~t~eet l!jJ.la~l. ,f~J;''!1' ~'-P:l~4~i:n: ·iq~~ce-' , .' farers were ·~ad_e- ay~itab~ at ,,head9tiar• ' ;i.:ft: s_hip·fffi~sslle ··flee.t 3·amqng .·othe1:'•: · '. , •l· ..,, · ; ~ten~.,s~ree.~ liiJl.~Qe11e SJU: ~ ~ad ·1t9· : .• < 1 ' I+" . ! ~ · · · •; . tera. · These ·new ficillties .ihclude4 • " · :. 1 ·' ' • • •· . J!ead~ua ersf · '· · ·· llf .: · ·~. :.·"i.. ~ " +. ' I I .. . gra~uatJ'd 2~ classes of SIU ' men . . ~ ' '.. ~ 'J. • ,. ,1 ~ .m , •• - ' J " • ' ,. ' -.. ~ r[.."+ .f' ·;:: r:/lr'4 .•. . ~ ... ; .•. ·~ _. ~ > ·1~(, ' -. ~ • '• • ;t# 1' ;:-. ' f'o .,., _,.... ''tl .~ "'°"' 1';!1.""" • t' 1•f • I '.,-' , i' 'I I' • ~ •.~ ·U '- U1.i1 ~jJ· ~ , • r- •, Jr f ~I ~ . ·~ • 1/ I ,! 1r'f-.~, ! , ' I ,_ •,, . ) • ft 1j ~!' ~ll · I ., t1•14 ';(~ •J "1'1 w l•i'» ·• . l ;f ._.. ·~, .. du. r ~·· t *"' , .. . I > '-r- ; .• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 1, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: START WORK ON HALL IN N’ORLEANS ILA WRAPS UP GULF CONTRACTS SIU BENEFIT TOTALS NEARLY $20 MILLION PLAN SENATE QUIZ OF ICC SHIPPING AT 3-YR. PEAK APL BUYING SS LEILANI NO-PAY SHIP PEDDLED OFF PHILA. PORT TESTS SHIP RADIOPHONE METAL TRADES ASSAIL RUNAWAY PRACTICES 1960 SHOWDOWM YEAR ON SEVERAL MARITIME ISSUES ICC-RAIL COMBINE FACES THOROUGH SENATE INQUIRY ALGINA NAMED HEAD OF SAFETY PLAN BUDGET BUREAU’S PROPOSAL: ‘WRECK WHOLE US MARITIME’ RUNAWAY IS PEDDLED OFF FOR $21,500 SEAFARER LEADING IRIQUOIS FIGHT FOR TREATY RIGHTS NY PRDICTS DROPOFF IN NEXT PERIOD A&G FOOD PLAN PUBLISHES NEW MEAT-BUYING GUIDE FIVE WORLD TRAMP SHIPS SOLD; MORE VESSEL AUCTIONS PLANNED BRIDGES UNION DELEGATES COZY UP TO KHRUSHCHEV MEDICINE $ BEEFS FLOOD KEFAUVER DRUG PROBERS APL PURCHASES LEILANI FOR TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE GREAT LAKES PILOTS’ PLAN BEING AIRED THE SIU AND MARITIME IN 1959 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/01/1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 1 1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/abc1196d19931d2f7bf5a7ac3ad707ba.PDF d043718b97ae510df0ad633e7b3ba4ad PDF Text Text w  ­rrr  • ir  u  !AKERS JOQ  OFFICIAL ORGAN  OF THE  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF NORTH AMERICA  VOL.  in  440  NEW  YORK,  N. Y.,  FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1941  No. 1  NAVAL  RESERVE  BILL  THREAT  TO  SEAMEN!  Check This S.f.U. Bonus Rider  Move in Congress to Dragoon  Merchant Marine Personnel into  With Whot the NMUShips Get  Navy Endangers Union Standards  Here  is  a  sample  Bonus  Rider  atlached  to  articles si{j:ned  on  all S.I.U.  ships  go­ ing  from  Atlantic  and  Onlf  ports  to  the  Orient  and  other  foreign  waters.  IT  IS  THE  BEST  BONUS  PAID  FOR  THESE  RUNS!  Call  the  NMU  officialdom—which  hollers a  lot  abont  getting an  adequate  bonus,  boa.sts  of  its  great  "power"  and  remains  content,  arms  folded,  with  the  miserable  25 per cent  paid on  its ships—show anj'thing  comparable?  We  challenge  them  to  pub­ lish  ANY  .similar  Buiius  Rider  attached  to  articles  on  NMU  ships!  Bonus Rider Attached to Articles on SW Ships "The  owners  agree  to  pay  a  bonus  to  crew  personnel,  from  the  last  LOAD­ all  members  of  the  unlicensed  person­ ING  PORT  in  tlie  ORIENT  and/or  INDIA  through  all  PORTS  in  AU­ nel  in  the crew, $1  (one  dollar)  per  day,  STRALIA  and/or  NEW  ZEALAND  in  addition  to  the  regular  wages,  begin­ and  until  the  vessel  crosses  the  160th  ning  the  date  the  vessel  crosses  the  IbOlh  Meridian  West  Longitude  west­ Meridian  of  West  Longtitude  east­ bound. ...  bound  to  all  ports  in  the  Orient  and/or  "In  the  EVENT  the  sliip  goes  to  any  India  and  shall  be  in  effect  until  the  PORT in  Europe as allowed  by  law, via  date  the  vessel  crosses  the  160th  Meri­ the  Panama  Canal,  a  BONUS  of  Fifty  dian  of  West  Longitude  east­bound.  . .  Dollars  ($50)  per month  shall  be  paid  to  "In  the  EVENT  the  SHIP  goes  to  the  unlicensed  personnel  of  the  crew  Australia  or  New  Zealand  from  any  from  the  Panama  Canal  to  any  such  ORIENTAL  and/or  INDIAN  PORl^  PORTS  in  EUROPE  and  back  to  the  a  BONUS  of  Fifty  Dollars  ($50)  per  first  PORT  in  the  United  States,  inclu­ sive."  month  shall  be  paid  to  the  unlicensed  Instead  of  phoney  "unity" talk,  instead  of  foul  slander  about  the  "racketeer­ ing  officialdojii  of  the  SlU," the  membership  of  the'National Maritime Union .should  de­ mand  of  its  leaders  similar  militant  action  on  the  bonus  question.  That's  the  REAL  j'oad  tOAvard  a  common  front  ot*all .seamen!  Philadelphia  Reports:  Chicago Tied Up In A.F.L. Strike Against Cuts U.S. Vessels  in  Pacific  Relieve  British^ipping  According  to  all  reports,  the  plan  to  have  American  vessels  relieve  British  ship­ ping in the  Pacific in  order to  release  it  for  trans­Atlantic  traffic  is  already  in  full  oper­ ation !  A  N,  Y.  Times  dispatch  last  Sunday  from  Philadelphia  can ied  the  following  information:  "An  increasingly  large fleet  of  American  cargo  vessels  is  bringing  goods  from  British  Empire  points  to  Philadelphia  and  other  Atlantic  ports  for  transhipment to  England aboard  'British  ships, according  to local  • shipping men.  "An*  rican  ships  are  carrying  ^  wool  and  grain  across  the  Pa­ cific from  Australia, dairy  prod­ ucts  from  New  Zealand,  rubber  from  the  East  Indies  and  tea.  and  cotton  from  India,  with  many  other  products  coming  from  various empire  areas.  "In  this  way,  it  was  said,  the  British  merchant  marine  was  enabled  to  concentrate  in  the  Atlantic. In  the'oplnion of  some  oiBclals,  It  might  enable  Brit­ ain  to  withdraw  warships  from  the  Paclflc."  As Is well-known, the route be: Ing taken over by American ves(Contimicd on Page 4) Washington  News:  Under a  heavy smoke­screen  barrage of  red­ baitings  Congressman  Everett  M.  Dirkson,  an  Illinois  Republican,  announced  this  week  that  be  is  introducing  a  bill  to  "make  all  crews  on  American mercbant ships members of  the active  Naval Reserve." The bill is intended, be said, to  "militarize  commercial  shipping  in  event  of  a  national emergency."  This  announcement  follows  closely  a  statement  made  re­ cently  by  Frank  J.  Taylor,  president  of  the  American  Merchant  Marine  Institute,  that  fully  four­fifth  or  80  per  cent  of  coastv/ise  and  inter­ coastal  shipping  would  soon  be  brought  under  the wing of  the  Navy  for  the  same  "na­ tional emergency."  Phoney Argument  Acting  to  prevent  heavy  pay  cuts  for  electricians,  painters,  plumbers  and  other  mechanics  and  laborers  em­ ployed  by  the  municipal  Organized  labor  voiced  administration,  twenty  ­  six  alarm  this  week,  says  "La­ American Federation of  Labor  bor,"  organ  of  the  railroad  unions called  a strike  of  5,000  brotherhoods,  over  possibly  Chicago  workers  last  Thurs­ dangerous provisions  in sever­ day  which  tied  up  all  indus­ al  so­called  "model"  anti­ trial  operations  in  the  mid­ sabotage  bills  which  ^re to  be  Western  Metropolis.  introduced in  43 state  legisla­ Tlie  unions  involved  had  been  tures  during  January.  negotiating  with  the  city  admin­ These  meaaures were  drafted  by  istration  for  weeks  in  order  to  the  Federal­State  Conference  on  avoid  wage­slashing  as  well  as  Law  Enforcement  Problems  in  the  walk­out. The city's solons  in­ National  Defense,  which  was  set  up  by  organizations  of  state  of­ sisted  that  the  budget  must  be  ficials,  the  Interstate  Commission  cut  and  economies  effected.  The  on  Crime  and  the  United  States  unions'  representatives  proposed  Department  of  Justice.  a  plan  of  economizing  on  the  Two  committees  of  labor  lead­ budget  without  reducing  the  pay  ers  are  at  work  analyzing  the  of  the  employees.  After  the  City  bills  to  learn  whether  they  con­ tain  "jokers"  that  might  be  used  Council  rejected  this  plan  out  of  to  curb  the  rights  of  labor,  the  hand,  without  discussion,  the  paper  eays.  unions  felt  they  had  no  other  al­ Among  clauses  believed  to  be  ternative  of  preventing  misery  perilous  to  labor  are  those  which  for  the  thousands  of  their  mem­ would  permit  local  authorities  to  bers  involved  than  to  bring about  shut  off  streets  and  highways  ad­ joining  industrial  plants.  This  a  stoppage  of  work.  could  be  used  to  break  strikes;  it  FLASH—The  strike  was  set­ was  declared.  Another  bill  con­ tled  in  six  hours  when  the  City  tains  a  clause  which  woul J make  Father  agreeJ  to  negotiate  the  "home  guards"—the  bodies  now  unions'  demands  and  to  forget  replacing  the  mobilized  National  about  their  threat  to  fire  workers  Guard  units—subject  solely  to  for  "striking  against  the  govern­ military  law  and  not  ans'werable  menti"  to  civil  law  courts.  ,  Railroading  Measure  From  his  whole  promliire  it  is  clear  that  this  gent  is  only  using  a  red  scare  as  a  smoke  screen  in  order  to  railroad  the  seamen  into  the  Naval  Reserve  under  scab  wages  and finky  working  condi­ tions.  »  move  was  revealed  wheii  the fig­ ures  in  Naval  Reserve  recruiting  were  made  public  this  week.  For  the  last  four  years  the  brass  hats  of  the  Navy  had  set  themselves  the  goal  of  building  a  30,000­man  merchant  marine  Naval  Reserve  on  American  vessels  as  their  pro­ gram  for  the  ominous  "national  emergency."  Why  the  Alarm?!  TO DATE ONLY 339 (THREE  HUNDRED AND THIRTY­NINE)  SEAMEN HAVE ENROLLED IN  THE NAVAL RESERVE!  Representative  Dirksen,  in  In.  That's  the  real  reason,for  the  troducing  his  measure  In  Con­ alarm  and  for  the  rush  of  Mr.  gress  alleges  as  its aim  "to break  Dirksen's  legislation!  the  Communist  grip  on  the  Amer­ ican  merchant  marine.'  How  Press­Gang  Methods  phoney  this  alleged  aim  is  and  Instead  of  trying  to  understand  how  serious  this  "choice  of  the  the  seamen's  abhorrence  for  Na­ peepul"  was  in  investigating  the  val  Reserve  scab  wages  and  regi­ background  of  the  situation  on  mentation—instead  of  introduc­ which  he  is  acting  can  be  gath­ ing  union  wages  and  collective  ered  from  his  charge  that  Joe  bargaining  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Ryan's  I.L.A.  adheres  to  the  —so  that  seamen  will  feel  that  "revolutionary  party  line  of  Mos­ they  can  preserve  their  bad­won  cow"  along  with  the  N.M.U.  and  union  conditions  within  it,  the  the.  American  Communications  brass  hats  are  out  to  introduce  Association  (C.I.O.  radio  opera­ the  hated  and  antiquated  press­ tors).  gang  methods  of  the  Britisli  Ad,  Labor Distrusts  Phoney Clauses  InSabotagelaw  '"J  A-- I  miralty  of  Captain  Bligh's  days!  They  are  out  to  get  Congrqs­ sional  sanction  in  order  to  legal­ ly  shanghai  American  seamen  Into  the  Naval  Reserve!  Shipowners  Approve  .  It  goes  without  saying  that  shipowners  totally  approve  of  Real  Background  the  brass  hats'  little  plan.  Their  The  real  background  of  the  (Continued on Page 2) This  Is  Ihe  Naval  Reserve  Wage  Scale:  Able  Bodied  Seamen  .$54.00 Per Month  Ordinary  Sefiraen  .$21.00 Per Month  Firemen  „.$60.00 Per Month  Oilers  and  AVatertenders  $84.00 Per Month  Cooks  $72.00 to $84.00 Per Month  Bosun  and  Quartermaster  ..'.$72.50 to $84.00 Per Monht  #  #  # «  No provisions are made  for overtime  pay!'  >  No  bonus  is  paid  for  war zones  runs!  No  ship's  delegate,  no  collective  bargaining  agency  whatsoever  is  allowed  aboard  these  ships  to represent  the  men!  •   •  •   Is It Any  Wonder ..  ONLY  339  SCABS  VOLUNT.EERED  IN  POUR  YEARS!  Is It Any  Wonder ...  THAT  THE  ADMIRALS  COULDN*T  RAISE  THEIR  QUOTA  OP  30,000  ANY  HIGHER?  -vr. i • ti  'I­ m �T H  E  S  E  A  F A R  E  R  S '  L O  G  Friday, January  10,  i94i  Administrator  Points  to  Profits  Naval  Reserve  When Overtime Is Calied.' Unearned"  More  About  Published  by  the  •  ­  <•  ATLAPmC  &  GULF  DISTRICT  of the Seafarers' International Union of North America Affiliated with the American Tcderation of Labor HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  Acting  International  President  110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  fiili Tlireatens  Anf^vvering  dire tl)reat,s  from  employer,s  that  unless longer  hours  are  instituted  at  onee,  inflation  and  other  forms  of  catastrophe wonld  overtake  the country,  Col. Philip  P>.  Piem­ ing,  adniinistrator  of  the  Wage  and  Hours  Division.,of  the  Depaidinent  of  Imbor  cited figures  to  show  that  50  c^etits  l)rofit  was  made  by  employers  on  every  (}(]  earned  by  work­ ers  under  tlie  forty­hour  week  in  force  a^ in­esent.  (Continuedr from.  Page  1)  bottoms  aie  not  to  be  regimented  ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS into  the  Naval  Resei ve.  They  are  Wjyat  Longer  Work­VSTeek  PUBLICATION TO: The  administrator  refeired  spe  ment  shows  a  total  payroll  of  bought  arid  paid  for  by  the  Ma­ ?.386,()()0,0()n  and  shows  proflt,a  of  "THE SEAFARERS'LOG"  ritime Commission  a*t  a  handsome  ciflcally  ­to  a  letter  he  had  re­ $183,(100,000.  For  '  every  dollar  profit  that  wipes  out  all  deficits  ceived.  from  Alfred  P. .Slogn,  Jr.,  P. O.  Box  522,  Church  S.t.  An.ixex,  New  York,  N.  Y.  paid  out  in  uagts  and  salaries  al­ chairman  of  General  Motors.  In  and  takes  care  of  all  dividends!  ^  Phone: BOwling  Green 9­3437  most  50  cents  was  re.ulized  in­ it  that  leading  industrialist  rec­ ,  , Why  Not?, They  Qain!  profits.  ^  '  Why  should  the  shipowners  ob­ ominended  that  "the  penalty  for  "Which  is  the  more, inflation­ ject?  with  80  per  cent  of  the  overtime  should  be  canceled  dur­ ary,"  Col.  Fleming  asked,  "an  ships  under  the  Naval  Reserve,  ing  the  emergency  to  encourage  eight  per  cent  increase  for  the  I  they  would  have  to  go  plum  loo­ a  longer  work­week."  He  based  workers  or  pi'oflts  almost  Jis  large  A polk:)/ of no strikes- in the metal iiuUistries irorlcinf/ on ney  to  pay  union  wages  on  the  his  reeommendation  on  the  fol­ as  the  total  payroll?"  notional defense," we read in Tuesday's papers, "was adopted remaining  20  per  cent.  And  they  lowing  contentions;  here (in Waslriiujton) today by the chief officers of thirteen in. Our  Own  Question  are  as  crazy  as  foxes!  ternational unions in the metal trades affiliated with the Metal "Spmething for  Nothing"  The  Colonel  did  not  ask  From  the  point  of  view  of  the  "Now,  if  we  increase  the  work  Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor. The, Sloan  a  question  which  we  would  shipowners,  nothing  seems  as  ' policy is eontinyeyt upon an ayreement by employers to arbU week  and  pay  a  penalty,  the  re­ have  liked  to  ­put  to  him.  It  is:  God­sent  as  this  move  of  the  irate all disputes." sult  is  to  Increase  wages  about  "Which  is  'something  for  noth­ \ow,  quite  ol'teii,  faced  \yltli  a  di.s^troiis  situation  ahead,  brass  hats.  They  have  been  buck­ eight  per  cent.  We  get  nothing  ing,'  the  dollar  earned  by  the  labor  unions  in  tlie  past  have  on  oiie  or  another  occasion  i)een  ing  the  seafarers'  unions  for  for  this  eight  per  cent  because  ef­ worker  at  the  sweat  of  his  brow,  forced  to  settle  a  strike  by  agreeing  to  arbitration.  Even  in siwdr  years  and  they  might  as  well  ficiency,  manifestly,  is  not  in­ or  the  50  cents  on  this  clolim*  cases,  arbitration  has  worked  out  to  the  great  xletrinient  of  the  have  been  bucking  a  stone  wall  creased,  therefore,  the  result  is  a  cashed  in  by  the  shareholders  nuions  involved.  In  Maritime,  this  has  been  especially  evident  to  Along  comes  this  Naval  Reserve  step  toward  inflation.  That,  in  that  occupy  the  Morris  chairs .in  ,  lab«M­  ill  till­  coursi'  of  iiiaiiy  t­vperieiice.s.  Bill,  at  least,  iliere  was  busine­ss  and  if  everything  goes  part,  is  why  I  think  the  penalty  the  Union  League  Club?"  aVvays  tbe  consolation  that  arhitralion  \va.s  FOUOEI)  upon  tlip  well  with  the  little  plan—why  should  be  waived  during  the  "but Of  Tune" . . .  niiioiis  in  point.  At  the  very  first  opportunity  they  sought  to  get  the  brass  hats  will  just  smash  emergency  period.  Frankly,  I  do  Mr. Sloan  and  his co­"thinkor3"  those  troublesome  unions  for  out  from  under.  not  believe  in  'something  fo­ are hot  only "out  of  tune  with  the  But  to  agree  VO.LUXTAKILY  to  arbitration  and  to  bind  the  them  at  one  fell  blow!  ­ nothing.'  I  am  quite  out  ef  tune  general  thinking  of  the  moment"  union  not  to strike?:  AVhat  is  that  hiit  labor  putting its  owm  heck  Seamen  WilJ  Fight  with  the  general  thinking  of  the  but  with  thinking  In  general.  Ac­ into  a  strangling  noose?  That,  it  appears,  is  what  the  Metal  But  both  the  Admii'als  and  moment  on  this  subject."  cording  to  them,  eight  per  cept  Trades  Department  is actually  doing.'"' Xo  one  forced  them  into  it,  (heir  shipowner  pals  have  an­ "Fantastic  Profits"—Earned?  collected  on  stock  while  warming  no  govet­niiient  agency  demanded  it.  Xor  are  even  the  employers  other  think  coming  if  they  think  To  which  Col.  Fleming  retort­ an  easy  chair  is  "efficiency."  affected  falling  all  over  themselves  to  cooperate  in  this  boon  to  that  the seamen" will  take  this oil­ ed:  "Mr.  Sloan's  opinion  is  im­ Eight  per  cent  overtime  collected  slauglit  on  their  unions  lying  "national  defense."  portant  because  he  is  former  on  the  belt  sweating  overtime  is  is  what  tjie oi­gan  of  the  industrialists  has  to say  on  the  down.  The  seamen  have  fought  president  ^and  present  chairman  "something  for  nothing!"  suh.jeet:  too  hard  and  lost  too  much  Ijlood  ... Is  Right  ,  "The  metal  trades  departmeiit  of  the  American  Federation  in fighting  for  the  wages and  con­ of  America's  eighth  largest  cor  poration.  His  stewardship  o!  Mr.  Sloan's  "thinking"  and  lon­ of  Labor  has  set,  a  desirable  precedent. . . The'use  of  ai­biti ation  ditions  they  have  established  at  the  stockholders'  interest  has  ger  hours  of  labor  and  mass  un­ to settle  dispnte.s  oyer  the  interpretation  of  agreements  has  been  so  much  sacrifice,  just  to  give  been  conducted  so  brilliantly  that  employment  are  ^^ut  of  tune"  niajcing  rapid  headway.  . . The  most  liotable  recent  agreements  tliem  up  without  a  squawk  when  profits  have  been  fantdstioc  Gen­ with  the  needs  and  interests  of  of  the kind  in  industry are  those  between  the United  Automobile  some  brass  hats  set  their  mind  eral  Motors'  last  annual  state­ the  ­American  working  stiff;  ^  to  it.  WoiivVis  (CIO)  and  the  General  Motors  Corporation  and  other  automobile  companies.  Even  the  (Bridges­run)  International  AR  hands  in  the  marine  unions  Longshoremen's  and  Warehousemen's  Union  agreed  to  an  arbi­ will  unitedly  oppose'  the  Dirksen  tration  clause  in  a  recent  agreement  reached  with  employers  on  Bill  and  work  for  its  defeat!  The  the  West  Coast.  seamen  will  know  how,  and find'  "In  the  interests  of  etneient  management,  guch  arbitration  measures,  to  preserve  and  main­ provisions  must  except  matters  that  are  strictly  the  concern  of  tain  the  union  wages  and  condi­ to vote  can  we  determine how  the  management,  such  as  pi­oduction  schedules  and  the  choice  of  tions  wrested  ^rom  the  shipown­ membership  feels.  Voting  by  a  se­ supervisory  employees.  Also,  union  leaders  must  make  a  reason­ ers  after  years  of  struggle!  cret  ballot  is  guaranteed  you  by  able  use  of  the  right  to  arbitrate,  and  not  bi­ing  up  a  host  of  January  7,  1941  the  democratic  procedure  of  your  .  controversies  in  the  hope  of  gainin.g  a  maximum  number  of  con­ Editor,  Seafarers' Log  Union,  and  you  should  take  , They Can't ce.ssions  through  a  sufficiently  large  number  of  ai'bitration  pro­ Dear  Sir  and  Lrother;  enough  interest  In  your  organiza­ ceedings.  In  effect,  this  means  that  unless  there  is  thorougii­ This  port  was  rather  handi­ tion, to  go  to  the  Union  haiLarid  BayUnion ff^ages —  gcing  cooperation  between  management  and  labor  ,  .  . arbitra­ capped  the  past  week  due  to  the  cast  your  ballot.  ­ To the Se&nien! tion  provisions  alone  will  not  assure  peaceful  and  sound  indus­ fact  that the Agent,  Olden  Banks,  Brother  Gretcher  has  vo.icsd  aff  ,  strial  relations.  —(Journal  of  Commerce,  Jan  7,  1941)."  and  I  were  both  laid  up  with  in­ While  the  Admirals  won't  fluenza  for  most  of  the  week,  but  appeal  to  the  membership  as  a  AVhat  tlioy  arc  saying  l.s  that  aihiti­atiqii  will  work  if  labor's  vifhole  to  start  writing  in  articles  budge  an  inch  to  bring  wages  we  are  back  on  the  job  now.  repre.seiitative.s  do  not  intei'fci|e  with  the  employer's  speed­up  to  the  "Log"  and  I  hope  that  you  in  the  Naval  Reserve  up  to  drives  and  the  lenglhening  of  hours  and  if  union  officiaLs  do  not  *  *  *  members  ahswer  his  appeal  by  a  .make any  attmnpt  to get a  "mavimmn  nninher  of  conce.s,sion.s"  for  union  levels,  things  stand  en  There  were  quite  a  few  ships  deluge  of  correspondence,  it  tfrely  on  another  level  when  it  labor—Avhicli  is  their  .job!  And  that  is  precisely  what  the  em­ in  the  past  "week  and  Brother  ployers  expectr­^nd  ii.siia.lly  get—from  arbitration!,  They  are  foi  comes to  their dealing  with  the  Stevens  with fiis  usual  efficiency  makes  no  difference  what  you  write  in,  but  write  something.  shipowners.  Thus,  from  an  "cooperation,"  hut  they  keep  tlieir  powder  dry.  took  care  of  them  to  the satisfac­ Tqli  the  other  members  aiboi^  ifepi. in  the  New  York  "Sunday  If  lahoi­  is to learn  from  its own  past  expei­ieiice  and  from  the  tion: of  all  involved^  The, ELWIfN  what  is  being  done  In  your  sfiip|8  example  s«»t  by  the  employers^  it  will  not  follow  in  tlie  tracks  of  News"  of,  january  5,  1941  wi  C.  HAL^  of  the  Alcoa  has  been  meetings,  abdgt  any  gains  in  liv­ learn:  the  Metal  Trailes  Department.  It  will  not  go  in  for  gridtratipn.  changed,  to  the  Alcoa  Transport  ing  conditions  or  working  condl­ "It  was  reveidecl  today  It  will  keep  Its  powder  dry  top.  It  will  regard  national  defense  and  is  at  present  on  another  run  tipns.  Let  us  hear  about  what  tha^t  high  prices  hiaye  from  its  own  interests as  the  majority  of  the  nation,  in  the  same  to  the  Islands.  The  AFOUNDRJA,  ypju  think  of  the  different  agree­ brought  the  rjavy's  ahxijiaiy  way  that  the  oiiiployeis  regard  it  as  a  ruling  minority,  it  will  tOPA  TOPA,  and  the  FLUOR  ments  or  the,  different  a,ffgirs  of  purchase  program  to  an  end  begin  II  it.s  program  of  "national ^lefcnse"  by  tenaciously  defending  SPAR  were  the  other' ships  in  the  union. So  far there,  hav/s  been  1'9  ships  short  of  the  goal.  labor  r's  own  rights  and  gains."As  a  majority  of  the  nation  it  wiR  during  the  week.  only  a  few  of  the  officials and  txo  "All  but  $150,000  has  been  be  far  more  jiistifiable  in  its  actions—and  far  more  democratic  The.  pa.8t  few  days  Brqtfier  rank  and filers  wh,q  have  b,e)5.n  spent  of  the $75,000,OOo  Con­ In  spirit—than  the  greedy  group  of  war  profiteers  who  use  the  Biggs  was'oyer  here  from,  Nqw  sending,  in  communications  fpr  gress  provided  for  buying  emergency as  a  means of  cashing in  anew.  driea'ns  for  the  purpose  of  nego­ the  "Log,"  '  ^  the  tankers,  the  supply  and  P.S.—'''b.®  fnct  tliat  the  Metal  Trades  proposal  is  coupled  in  tiating  an  agreement  for  the  :  One  cbnce­ssion  we,  obtained  repair  ships  vital  in'  main­ the  above  quotation  with  Harry  Bridges'  Iktesit  piece  of  infamy,  year  1941  with  the  Waterman  from  the  company  in  the  new  should  serve  "  '  maritime  ­  •   ­ serve  to  enlighten  workers  .siiffieientry  as  to  its'  ­  taining  the  battle  force  at  S.^  Co.  The,  negotiating  commit­ • a  greement  was  to'  the  efffi^t  sea.  The  Navy  expected  tri  fllVA?  ­  •  ­.1  .  true  nature!  egn^St;lug  of  Brgthey  StC;  ;deck  engineers  would • h   e' cairiied  '  get  53.  large  ships  with  this  yfnS'  apd  niyseiG  on  all  the  ships  of  the  comrisny,  money.  Only  34  big  vessels  together  with  the  Agent riiid  and  it  is  back­firing  b^arise'T^e .  were  acquired,  it  was  learn­ Brrither  Biggs^  met  with  the  com­ haVe  not  been  able'  to  'get  any '  •   ed.  Aij  authoritative  source  pany  and  qfter  a  total  of  eleven  deck  engineers.  We  had  tp 'sdir'to  Item  from  the  Journal  of  Commerce,  January  7, 1941  said  that  the  Navy  bad  hoAirs  we  h.ad.  the,  agreement  Topa  Topa  short­handed; for Tacit  '''  found  that  the  prices  for  "American  shipowners  are  anticipating  increased  demand  Signed,  sub^eqt  Ifo  tfiq  ratiflcaUop  of  'a  deck  engineer  fo ' take' ftie  '  these  boUoiDS  had  suddenly  from  Great Britain for  boats at favorable prices.  Advices from  of  the  membership.  ship out.  In  fact  we  are still  vefy  ''  (I)  akyrocKeted,''  Boston  indicate  tliat  negotiations already  have  begun  between  AYlthout  a  doubt,  this  new  ishort­handed  for  all  raffngs  iff  T  British  interests and  the Eastern  Steamship Lines  for  the sale  Wb??,  jolff  agreement  is  as  good  as  any  this  port  and  would ffprireBats  of  at  least  one,  anti  probably  two,  of  that  ciunpany's  ships  the  N.aivai  Reserve  to  work  Eastern  ha.s  a  total fleet  of fifteen  boats,  Including  seven  Wages  aaA  qqnb't'ons  RAR  agreqmefit. thgt .hfts, ey.er  been  ob­ some  new  faces  down  this ririyr­l  ,  freighters,  with  a  combined  tonnage  o^  slightly  over fiO.OOO  tApfa  *hey  are ,aecu»­ tained  from  a^^Qi^amship  Gpnipa,  I'm  a  little  late  but  aiiyhpiy  T  '  tomed.  to  as  union  merij  the  ny  by. any  unionl  would  like  to  take  fhis  opportu­ tons.  Tln^  sale of  some of  these  lioats,  it iri'aspwted,  wUl  per­ Up'to the present  time, we havp,.  mit  Wqaidatlon  of.  outsi^inding^ M^  loaas,  and  primps  hiW hata  back  legislation  to  nity  of  Wishing  each  and' every  therp,  ' Vyhen  shipovm.­ vofed  a  total  of  134  members'  iri  one  of, you  a  most  prosperous  the eventual  retirement  of  its small  issue of  preferred  stock."  All  aid  to  Britain,  by  all  means!  ers:  prjces  for  y««ao.li!j  P.^eded  the" ballot  for  officfalB.  I  woul^_  New  Year.  That's  all" for  thi1(  •   like  to remind  thd mguiherk  th!5  ««t  s^man  who  as  naYal  a^xJJiaries.  V«"ddenfy  that  this  election  should, itriegft  q  yfpek;,  »? TW, f»ekt  time,  ibng.  skyrocket," the  brass fiats  .  v ^  makes  fhelr  divldenas  In  the  cause  of  ".defehdins  deqiocraey!"  Fraternally  ycurg,  great  deal  to' you,  Oniy  Hay­ express­surprise!  J  Pfefcrred"£^oc.k ,iis  defiriitoly ; patribti^^^^  ' f  ?  :  ^  A, filiifthswt,  ing  the  majority  of  the  members  '^'  Mobile  Engine  Patrolman  •   •  •  '  ­­  cv  iVolaniqry Self'Sf,ratiga,lation Gulf Ports Negotiate for New j^greement with Waterman l,ine MOBILE -Preferred Stock Is Patriotic! �ss  !  y  iFriday, January 10,  1941  .. '.i  I,  .J'­ryaWWrrr'iT  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  „  '  W,hat* 8  Doing —  The 'Ports SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH. AMERICA  ;  Atlantic & Gulj District HEADQUARTERS Room  918,  Washington  Loan  &  Trust  Co.  Building,  9th  and  F Street,  N.W.,  Wa.shington,  D.  C.  P.  O.  Box  6180  Pho^e:  District  5963  down  tiie  line  getting  the  best  possible  for  the  members,  and  the  NMU  is  still  leading  the  way  DIRECTORY  OF BRANCHES  December  28,  1940  y  December  26,  1940  back  to  the  shipowners'  fold.  As  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  fedlfor, Seafarers  Log  BFANCH  ADDRESS  PHONE  long  as  the  men  that  sail  the  Dear  Sir  and  Brother: '  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  ships  will  put up  with  this sort  of  NEW  YORK  2  Stone St  BOwling  Green  9­3437  Christmas  is  over.  Maybe  now  thing,'file  sellouts  will  continue.  Activities  in  the  port  of  Savan­ BOSTON  330  Atlantic  Ave.  ...LIBerty  4057  PROVIDENCE  .. 465  South  Main  St.  ..Manning  3572  ve will  be able  to  get  men  for  the  On  the  coast  the  Commies  jocked  nah  have  been  fairly  good  this  BALTIMORE  ... 14  North  Gay  St.  ... Calvert  4539  ships.  I  don't  mind  having  to  the steamschooners,  so  that  if  the  last  week.  We  are  still  having  a  PHILADELPHIA  ,6  North  6th  St  Lombard  7651  hunt  men  up,  but  when  they  get  SUP  and  the  MM&P  get  a  raise,  hard  time  finding  A.B.S  to  replace  NORFOLK  60  Commercial  PI.  . .Norfolk  41083  a  their  holes  and  then  cover  the  they  will  also come  in  for  it  with­ the  men  who  are  getting  off  the  NEW  ORLEANS  309  Chartres  St  MAgnolia  3962  lole  up,  it  makes  it  kinda  tough.  out  having  to  go  to  bat.  Here  on  ships  for  the  holidays.  Have  also  SAVANNAH  218  East  Bay  St  Savannah  3­1728  W  •   >1'  JACKSONVILLE  .136  East  Bay  Rt  Juck.sonville  5­9724  the  East  Coast  and  the  Gulf  we  shipped  a  number  of  men  for  en  TAMPA  206  So.  Franklin  St.  .Tampa  M­1323  Sailed  the  Glare  from  Beau­ in  the  SlU  have  to  make  the  gine  room  jobs.  at.  *  *  MOBILE  55  So.  Conception  St. Dexter  1449  mont  2  A.B.'s  short  last  week.  wages and  also  it seems as  though  TEXAS  CITY  ... 195  ­  4th  St..  N  Texas  City  722  ­'Mi  ­ l  l  Had  the  S.S.  Caroline  in  last  The  Bayou  had  to  lay  over  for  we  will  have  to  devise  ways  and  MIAMI  1348  N.E.  First  Ave.. Miami  2­2950  20  hours  while  I found  men  to  fill  means  for  oui­  own  protection  to  week  and  had  a  number  of  A.B.  SAN  .JUAN  8  Covadenga  St  San  Juan  1885  her  up.  Established  some  sort  of  get  them for  the NMU  members.  and Engine  room  replacements on  a  new  record  on that  ship:  A  man  Of  course,  there  is  one  way  her.  Also  had  some  replacements  paid  off  the  Raphael  Simms  in  that  will  eliminate  all~  the  on  the  S.S.  West  Kiska.  The  Sa­ Houston  had  his  dough  in  one  squawks and  fusses  that  are  now  vannah  Line  ships  were  the  only  hand  and  his  bag  in  the  other.  on.  This  is  for  the  members  that  ones  in  port  this  week  and  they  .icial  I  shanghaied  him  so  fast  that  he  are  going  to  sea  to  make  a  living  have  been  calling  the  hall  regu­ larly  for  men.  Everytime  one  of  didn't  even,  get  a  cKgnce  to\drink  to  come  into  the  SIU.  Leave  the  one  beer  before  I  put  him  on  the  great  mis­leaders  of  labor  along  these  ships  are  in  port,  we  have  dations  for  tlie  division  of  the  Bayou  and  watched  her  headed  with  Jog's  disciples  on  Hoffman's  one  or  two  replacements  on  it.  $3,500;  tlierefore  icc  are  mailing  Had  fourteen  (14)  replacements  out  for  Galveston.  Januajy  3,  1941.  out  eheck.s  of  equal  amount.• i  to  Island  or  some  such  place,  where  on  the  S.S.  City  of  Chattanooga  eucU  member  listeil  below  incases  Editor,  Seafaierfs'  Log  the  plow­jockeys  and  spud  pickers  Now  I  know*  there  was  no  might  be  in  the  mood  to  listen  to  including  all  three  departments.  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  where  we  Itave  tlielr  addresses.  *  *  *  drinking  going  on  over  the  holi­ their  spoutings.  During  the  latter  part  of  No­ However,  in  case  your  name  is  days,  but  I  would  like  to  know  Another  way  would  be  for  all  Most  of  the  calls  we  have  are  vember  and  the first  part  of  De­ listed  below  and  you  fail  to  re­ who  won  the  footrace  on  the  hands  to  take  the  West  Coast  for  A.B.'s,  and  I  have a  hard  time  cember  theie  appeared  in  the  ceive  your  check  within  a  reason­ tracks  amongst  the  crew  of  the  (Bridges)  peace  plan,  sign  it  for  trying  to fill  the  vacancies  but  I  Seafarers'  Log  a  list  of  names  able  length  of  time,  please  notify  floating  freight  yard.  Also  would  two  years,  sit  back  and  watch  all  always  manage  to  find  a  man  be­ which  we  thought,  were­entitled  tlie Seafarers' International  Union  '  I ike  to  know  where  that  green  you  fouglit  for  go  down  the  skup­ fore  sailing  time,  ..J  to  divide  the­money  awarded  the  at  309  Chartres  Street,  New  Or­ *  *  *  \'lephant  got  that  battleship  it  pers.  By  doing  this  you  will  gua­ men  in  tlie  P&O  case.  We  also  leans,  La.,  and  your  check  will  be  as  pulling  around  town  yester­ rantee  the  shipowneis  another  '  Shipping  should  pick  up  even  stated  in  this  article  that  we  mailed  out  promptly  to  the  ad­ • Si  .?lay.  chance  to  treble  profits  by  cutting  more  next  week  a­s  there  will  be  would  like  to. hear  from  all  men  dress  given  us.  *  *  *  Vr:­"­ wages, chow  and  increasing work­ other  ships  in  port  here  besides  listed  in  the  Log  as  well  as  any  We  realize  tliat  it  was  impo.ssi­ the  Savannah  Line  ships.  ­ The  S.S.  Francis  Salmon  had  a  ing  houis.  others  who  felt  that  tliey  were  ble  for  these  men  to  distribute  *  *  H!  lose  call,  the  inspectors  looked  entitled  to  a  share  of  this  money.  this  money  to  the  satisfaction  of  Still  another  way  i?  for  all  er over  and  she  has been  in  dry­ haiuLs  to  make sure  we  hold  what  Hoping  everyone  enjoyed  a  Since  that  date  we  have  received  all,  but  we  have  spent  three  • ­lit •  ^ock  2  weeks.  Loading  again  this  we  have.  Keep  the  machinery  of  good  Christmas  and.  wishing  you  letters from  practically every  man  months  arriving  at  this  decision  'X.IVI.  So  all,  ships  stay  clear,  our  orjganizatioii  full  ahead,  and.  all  a  Happy  New  Year.  on  the  list  and  in  addition  num­ and  feel  certain  that  it  will  be  . ,'t  hat  wheezing  you  will  be  hear­ steady  as  she  goes.  erous  other  members  who  felt  satisfactory  to  at  least  95  percent  Charles  Waid,  Agent,  ing  will  be  the  Serang  trying  to  that  they  weie  entitled  th  a  share  of  the  men  who  were  deprived  of  Armstrong.  Savannah  Branch.  lean  up  after,  the  shoreslde  work  by  the  P&O ­Steamship  of  this  money.  rkers.  Company  after  the  strike  termin­ 'i;  Florida  Branches  Act  *  *  *  ­  "  Due  to  the  fact  that  a  large  ated.  This  is the  first chance  I've  had  Changes  in  List  majority  of  all  the  men  involved  his  week  to  drop  you  a  liuCi  and  were  in  and  around  Miami  and  You  will  notice  by  this,new  list  'm  signing  off  now  as  the  agony  Tampa,  Florida,  or  are  on  the  that  a  few  of  the  men  who  were  ipx  just  rang.  So, Dalveston,  fiere  P&O  boats  at  the  present  time  listed  in  the  original  list  pub­ come.  As  soon  as  the  longshoremen  we  sent  all  correspondence  from  lished  in  the  November  and  De­ «  «  «  heard  of^Jthis,  they  came  out  of  various  members  as  well  as  all  cember  issues  of  the  Log  have  The'  score  on  the  men  burnt  the  holds,  hitting  the  docks  at  the  information  the  NLRB  and  been  left  off  the  new  list  entire­ Jn  the  oil fire  novw  stands  at,  five  Deperober  27,  1940  their  own  request,  no  one  intimi­ the  Union  had  received  in  this  ly  and  numerous  other  men  have  Ijead,  and  still  some  of  them  in  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  dating  them.  What  a  splendid  case,^  to  the  ports  of  Tampa  and  been  added  who  were  left  out  at  critical  condition.  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  the  beginning.  This  can  be  ex­ Show  of  solidarity  they  showed  Miami.  «  «  e  s  We  instructed  the  agents  there  plained  ;hy  the  membership  at  The  S.S.  Plow  City  arrived  when  their  brothers,  the  seamen,  Yours  till  I  have  a  man  for  Sunday,  the  22nd,  at­8:00  A.M.  were  in  trouble.  The  longshore­ to  call  committees  together  and  either  the  Tampa  or  Miami  • ach  job,  not  as  now  ­three  jobs  • 11  and  at  about  8:15  A.M.  contacted  men  then  declared  the  ship  hot,  make  a final  decision  of  who  they  branches,  and  reviewing  the  com­ nd  no  men.  J  her.  The  crew  informed  me  that  and  proceeded  to  throw  a  picket­ felt  was  entitled  to  share  in  the  mittees'  reports and  recommenda­ Armstrong.  tions  in  every  case  we  feel  that  a  meeting  was  being  called  at  line  of  their  own.  And  this  division  of  this  money.  These  two  branches  with  over  they  were  entirely  justified  in  9.30  A.M.  to  straighten  out  a'few  picket­line  was  maintained  by  "  .  December  30,  1940  difficulties  which  have  beeli  ex­ the  longshoremen  until  the  re­ eighty  percent  of,  the  men  in­ either  dropping  a  man  from  the  \  volved  in  tlie  P&O  case  have  list  or  placing  new  names  on  thq  isting on  that ship  for  some  time.  quests  wbre  granted.  Iditor,  Seafarers'  Log  The  crew  paid  off  the  ship  at  sent  in  the  following  recommen  final  list.  After  the  meeting  was  over,  the  lear  Sir  and  Brother:  Things  have  been  really  boom­ crew  presented  a  list  of  neces­ 1 P.M.  on  Monday  and  proceeded  List  of  P &  0 Men  Entitled  to  Checks  Hale,  G.  Holcomb,  R.  ng  down  here  for  the  last  week,  sary  requirements  to  place  this  up  to  the  hall  in  an  orderly  man­ Childers,  J. L.  Jacobs,  J.  Abreu,  R.  C.  )ut  now  It  seems  as though  there  ship  in  a  sanitary  and  liveable  ner.  Leonard,  F.  Along  about  6.50  P.M.  on  Mon­ Sawyer,  C.  Valesquez,  A.  t going  to  be  tiine  to  draw  our  coi]iditlon,  Dampier,  E.  day,  the  Captain'got  a  hold  of  Stone,  H.  Sheppard,  A.  F.  breath  till  the  next  rush.  Outside  On  refu.sal  of  the  Master  to  con­ Gordon,  H.  Delgado,  F.  Campion,  H,  J.  if  stragglers  there  is  nothing  due  sider  any  of  these  requests,  .the  me  at  the" hall,  and  t,old  m«  a/|  Tattle,  J.  L.  >  Sheppard,  E.  (Rull)  Cabaera,  D.  II  the ftrst,  and  then  the  rush  crew  then  decided  to  give  the  the  requests  vvould  be  granted,  Smith,  B.  Smoke,  W.  <Carri  C.  ill  start  over  again.  Shipped  so  Master  24  hours  notice  that  they  and,  would  like  to  have  the  same  Boyd,  E.  crew  back.  He  called  m.e  up  Segrest,  E. A.  Ardoza, ^ M.  lany  nien  that I  don't  know  who  were  quitting,  Landy,  A.  The  Master  then  went  on  the  again  at  7.2$  P.M.,and  asked  me  Barbarossa, L.  C.  Bradley,  H.  Timms,  O.  ent  where or  v(by.  dock  an(^.  got  hold  of  the  locuj  what, the  membership  thought  of  Bado,  C.  Pedro,  J.  Abrams,  O.  this, a,ncl  I tojd him  he  could  have  Hyde,  A.  Beyo,  N.  In  Houston  last  week  the  S.S.  Agent, and  called  me o:n  the  dock,  the  same  crew  back, if  he wishe.d.  Delaney,  H. W.  Saffos,  P.  Ellii  N."  ...phael  Simmes  w^  laying  aft  and  logother  witli  myself  and  the  'Tlie  majority  of  the  same  crew,  De'Vane,  G.  McCranie,»J.  Masters,  Al,  Sr.  if  the  Scottflhurgh.  The  gang  of  local  agent  pr(^eeded  to get  a  Mr.  went  back,  but  the  ship  did  not  King,  J.  Quinpnoes,  F.  Trainer,  M.  Ihe  ^pttsburgh  came  back  to  Allwine,  an  ofhciai  of  the  Range  sail  until  the  following  day  at  Garcia,  A.  Gregory,  j.  Garcia,  M.  [heck  the  rider  the  gang  had.  Line  In  Phila.  After  tie  Master  2:30  IP.M.,  not  thrpuglii  the  fault  Stevens, C.  F.  and  I  gut  aboard  the  ship,  the  Coleman,  W.  P.  LePevre,  C.  D.  Tregler,  J.  Ihe  NMtJ  ship  was  loading.  HI  of  the  union,  but  on  account  qf  it  Capote,  A.  M^llloughby. W.  B,  est  gas  for  the  prient  under  a,  Master, theq  told  the  crow  what  raining  so  hard,  the  longshore­"  White,  R.  Schuler,  J.  P.  Masters,  Al,  Jt. •   Waterman,  A.  {3  pe^  cpnt  bonus  and  the  gang  had  transpired  over  the  phoh.e.  men  could  not  unload  the, ship.  Reddish,  O,  CosteJlo,  M.  Mr,  Allwine  declare^  that  he  At  this  time  of  writing,  I,  Yelvington,  E.  fU)  sQuawklhg  about  it. The  Sim­ Peglpw,  L  J.  Burns,  G.  was  loading  salt  under  the  had  never  heard  of, thesq  requests  yanked a  permit,'as some  of  them  Tritt, L.  DeVan®,  N.  Morrison,  B.  jgular  SiU  bonus clause,  and  the  before  arid  said  be  didn't  car®  think they  are  running the  union,  Honi^an,­ L.  Barber,  J.  •   ICnisdit,  Red  Jen  of  the  Sootteburgh  couldn't  whether  this  rust­buckel  atgyed  ahd  can  do  as  they  please.  Thls.^  Hqllner, "C.  Roberts. J.  qiark.  H.  B­ te the  :why  and  wherefore.  Next  alongside  the  dWk  or  not. •   The  man's  name  Is  6.  C.  Barndt,  Joy,  j­ DeShong,  R.  E.  ­ Tesc.hke,  W.  Flpneran,  J. J.  lay  the  local,  papers  came,  opt  Master,  then  asked  eabb^  member  P,38Q4,  and  this ,  mqp '  was'  ex­ Borrejjson,  O,  Pauley,  R.  C.  Ith  th^e,  beef,  but  they  stated  whether  they  wan.ted  tft. pay  off  peired  out  of  the  N.iyi.U.  tor  39,  Dowell,  G­  Ri  Hainmond,  P.  Rudnick,  N. Ri­ jat  /was  o6'wuawk  about  or  not.  The  crew  told  him,  they  year's  for  stealing  from  his  ship­­ Rivodes,  S.  S.  Cpipmb,  S.  Smith.  W;  }|u>ney^  How  long  will  it  last  be­ were  giving  hloji  2i ioura  notice  mates.  i«  hot  to  be  shipped  Shaw,  E.  Stewart,  J.  Shaw,  L.  Sheppard, R.  C,  ire  the  men  on  the  shipd  Bet  a  that  they  ilvere  p^ihg  off'  and  oiit  any  8.I.U.  hplfs. unrfer 'any  Submitted  by  —  iy­full  of  this  sort  of  stuff?  that  they  couldn't  live  under  cl'rcurnstahoes.  J,  S.  White,  Gordon  Hale,  M.  E.  Biggs,  these­ulthy  boiiailloua  aboard  this  Steady  as  she  goes.  Tampa  Agent  Gulf  District  Representative  Miami  Agent  S.!;!  "  Fred  Lauritano.  'he SIU and the SUP  are going  ship.  SAVANNAH TEXAS CITY iiiJi  New Orleans Lists Men Sent Checks for P& O Back Pay NEW ORLEANS • I|  ­U­ • ff  3  tabor  For  Wins Ship's Beef  Conditions  JACKSONVILLE f ­41"  �Friday^  January 10, 19^  THE  S E A F A R  E R  S '  L O G  Secretary­Treasurer's  Report  r"  "  V  I­,  ' .­• ,  Fli''  '"  iir U ­ ft .;.  January  3rd, 1341.  Brothers:  Opening the  Books  Shipbuilding  Supreme  Court  Decides  Empioyei  Program to Cost Must  Sign  Contracts with Union  350  Miiiion  WASfflNCfTON,  D.  C.—The  Supreme  Court  uphel'd  tj  .Nfitiortkl  Labor  Relatron .Board'.s  decision  in  the  H. J, jTIeil  Company  ca.se;  where  the  company  wa.s  required  to  sign!  written  agreement  with  a  union  after  both  sides had  arrh|  .1i.")o0,000,000  will  be  siiont  at  an  oral  understanding.  '  For  the  past  few  weeks  I  have  been  studying  the  feasibility  of  suggesting  to  the  membership  that  they  go  on  record  to  open  the  books  for  new  members.  I  have  noticed  in  various  reports  from  the  Branches  that  there  is  a  shortage  of  men  and  quite  a  number  of  by  the  government  on  Pre.si­ Di.scussing  the  company's  re  (National  Labor  Relations)  acjl  permits  are  being  issued  each  week  by  most  of  the  Brahches,  and  dent  Koosevelt's  .shipbuilding  fusal  to  sign  a  written  agree­ Pointing out  that  a  written  c|  because  there  is  the  necessity  for  us  to  ship  outsiders^  by  issuing  tract  is,  in  fact,  the  object  of  ment,  the  court  said  among  other  program,  Washington,report­ them  permits,  then  that  is  all  the  more  reason  we  should  be  mighty  things:  collective  bargaining  in  order  careful  whom  we  take  in.  That  is  why  I believe  we  should  not  lower  ed  thi.s'  week,  it  is  to  be  nsed  "It  is  conceded  that  ^although  establish  union  recognition,  l|  the  requirements  that  all  permit  men  must  first  put  in  six  months'  in  the  main  for  200  prefabri­ petitioner  had  reached  an  agree­ court  ruled;  sea  service  on  their  permits  before  they  are  eligible  for  member­ cated  A^essols.  An  additional  ment  with  the  union  concerning  "Petitioner's  i­efusal  to sign  wi  ship.  I  believe  that  by  retaining  the  six  months'  sea  service  re­ $36,000,000  has  been  allocated  wages,  hours  and  working  condi­ a  refusal  to  bargain  collective  quirement  we  will  be  protecting  the  organization,  and  when  a  per­ tions  of  the  employes,  it  has  and  an  unfair  labor  practice  tjl  mit man  has  sailed  for  six  months  with  regular  SlU  members  It  can  for  the  creation  of  new  faeili­ nevertheless  refused  to  sign  a  fined  by  Sec.  8  (5)  of  the  Natl(|  then  really  be  ascertained  whether  or  not  the  permit  man  will  make  ti|;s  and  the  rehabilitation y)f  contract  embodying  the  terms  of  al  Labor  Relations  Act.  a  good  member.  I  am  quite  sure  that  any  new  member  admitted  ways  to  he  n.sed  in  the  vnsf  The  decision  Is  lujiled  in  labj  the  agreement.  The  board  sup­ into the  organization  will  more  or  less  really  appreciate  the  fact  that  .ship­construction  venture.  circles  as  marking  an  importaf  ports  Its  order  directing  petition­ he  has  become  a  member  after  having  put  in  six  months  sea  service  Tlie  ships  being  built  are  de­ er,  on  request  of  the  union,  to  step  in  the  development  of  colle  on  a  permit  before  being  allowed  to  join.  He  certainly  will  value  signed  to  replace •  tonnage  being  sign  a  written  contract  embody­ tive  bargaining  procedure  undt|  his  membership  a  whole  lot  more.  lost  In  the  course  of  the  war.  ing  the  terms  agreed  upon  on  Ihe  the  NLRB.  It  sets  a  preceder  Opening  the  books  for  new  members  will  not  in  any  way  remedy  'With  60  many  ships  going  to  ground,  among  others,  that  a  re­ which  will  solve  many  simiW  the  situation  of  there  being  a  shortage  of  men  to  sail  our  ships  for  the  bottom,  anfi  the  probability  fusal  to  sign  is  a  refusal  to  bar­ cases  which  unions  now  hail  it stands  to  reason  that  if  the  men  are  not  available,  and  all  of  our  that  at  the  end  of  the  war,  soon­ book  members  and  perm.it  men  are. sailing,  the  mere  issuance  of  er  or  latei',  there  will  be  a  world  gain  within  the  meaning  of  the  I  pending  before  the  Board.  membership  books  to  permit  men  obviously  won't  solve  the  shortage  shortage  of  tonnage.  President  of  seamen  problem,  nor  will  the  lowering  of the  sea  service  require­ Roosevelt  told  his  press  confer­ ment on  permits  from  six  months to  three  months  solve  the  problem.  ence,  we  have  taken  the first  The  seamen  are  not  to  be  had  and  that's  all there  is  to  it.  steps  towai'ds  a  pi'ogi'ain  of  However,  six  months  have  now  elapsed  since  the  installation  building  about  200  merchant  (From West Coast Sailor) of  the  new  permit  system  and  since  the  first  permit  was  Issued;  ships  at  a  cost  somewhere  be­ The  dentil  of  six  seamen  from  carbon  dioxide  poisoning  and  due  to  the  fact  that  some  of  the  permits  were  back­dated  for  tween  300  and  850  million  dollars,  ported  by,the  Maritime  Gommission  in  Washington  due  to  inadc  the  reason  that  a  certain  few  men  we^e­shipped  on  trip  cards  prior  in  a  number  of  new  plants.  iliiale  ventliatlon  is  a  piece  of  criminal  negligence  that  explaii  to  the  issuance  of  the  new  permit  cards,  therefore,  there  are  now  why  union  crews  have  "beefs"  with, the  shipping  companies.  some  permit  men  who  have  put  in  their  required  six  months  sea  Time and  again  efforts  are  made  to  place  the  unions  In  a  haj  service  on  their  permits  and  I  believe  the  membership  should  show  light  because  of  their  endeavor  to  correct  abuses  aboard  ships,  faith  in  these  men  by  opening  the  books  and  admitting  all  permit  is  made  to  appear  tliat  the sailors  are unreasonable  and  their  d^  men  who  have  put  in  six  months  sea  servioe  on  their  permits.  The  mands  trivial.  One  does  not  have  to  go  fai*  to  hear  good  be<  viewpoint  as  taken  from  here  in  Washington  leads  me  to  believe  ridiculed  as a  stupid fight  for  a clean  pair  of  sheets.  and  recommend  the  following  to  the  membership:  S.S.  William  J.  Salmon,  Sometimes  it  can  even  be  conceded  that  overzealousness  hil  "Tliat.  the  membership  go  on  record  to  open  the  books  and  Bucksport,  Maine,  not  been  tempered  by  tlie  best  of  judgment.  But  wiien  s|  admit  to  membership  all  permit  men  who  have  performed  the  January  3,  1941.  men  pay  witli  their  live.s  needlessly  as  tlie  present  case  shov  required  six  months  sea  service  on  their  permits,  and  that  the  Editor  Seafarers'  Log,  then  one  cannfit  only  understand  "beef" eagerness  on  the  part  books  remain  open  until  such  time  as  the  membership  decides  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:;  the  men  but  sympathize  with  it  all  the  way.  that  enough  members  have  been  admitted  and  they  see  fit  to  The  crew  of  this  ship  must  If  the  shipowners  want  to  i­educe  "beefs"  to  a  minimum  at  close  the  books  again.  And  that  all  such  permit  men  must first  again  call  to  the  attention  of  put  an  end  to  endless  loss  of  time  and  good  energy,  they  shoulj  file  application  for  membership  on  one  of  the  attached  official  the  S.I.U.  body  a  repeated  at­ first  of  all stop  chiseling  on  the agreements  and  live  up  to  ther  "Membership  Application"  forms,  and  then  both  the  applicant  tempt  by  a  clothing  dealer  at  And  if  tliey  gave  tlie  attention  that  should  be  madi;  compulsoil  and  his  application  must  be  Investigated  by  an  investigating  Portland  to  ship  some  replace­ toward  protecting  the  lives  of  the  seamen,  it  would  he  a  slio/  •   committee  elected  from  the floor,  who  in  turn  will  either  accept  ments  aboard  this  ship  after  a  time  only  before  the causes  for  "beefs"  would  vanish.  or  reject  the applicant  by filling  in  the  reverse side  of  the "Mem­ resolution  had  been  made  at  If  the  six  lives  lost  unnecessarily  can't  wake  up  the  sliij  ber.ship  Application"  form  known  as  the  investigating  commit­ Boston, on  first  hearing  of  this  owners and  make them  much  more  mindful of  their  responsibilit|  ' tee's  report.  Before­ the  applicant  is  admitted,"  a  membership  practice,  to  put  a  stop  to  it.  then  it is about  thne  tliat  they he  told  in  no  uncertain  terms  th;  meeting,  either  regular  or, special,  must  concur  in  the  investigat­ This  man  is  known  as  Myer  tlie  Sailors'  Union" will  see  to  it  that  the  seamen  are  given  tl|  ing  committee's findings  and  recommendations.  "Whem  the  appli­ Jacobson,  an  obsequious  indi*  protection  they  have  coming  to them.  cant  is accepted  by  the  investigating committee  and  the  commit­ vidhal  wearing  glasses,  not  to  Let  us  hope  that  the  six  dead  sflamcn  have  not  died  in  vai,  ­  tee's  report  pn  the  applicant  is  concurred  in  by.,the  membership  be  confused  with other  dealers  assembled  in  meeting,  then,  and  only  then,  is  the  local  Agent  there.  •   authorized  to  sign  the  applicant  up  for  membership  upon  collec­ We  suggest  that  you  inform  ;  tion  of  the  necessary  initiation  fee,  dues  and  assessments.  All  the  members  of­the  S.I.U.  to  applicants for  membership accepted  or  rejected  by  the investigat­ prevent  ,  his  coming  aboard  ing  committee  shall  be  sent  to  Headquarters  for filing  and  ref­ ships at  Portland in  the  future.  .  erence  work  along  with  the  usual  forms  now  used.  Editor, Seafarers'  Log,  . December  30,  1940:  His  actual  moves  on  this  issue  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  consisted  in  coming  on  the  ,  In  line  with  the aljove  recommendation  that  the  membership  If  possible  I  wish  you  would  print  this  enclosed  mail  list.  Salmon  on  our  docking and  in­ ' go  on  record  to  open  the  books,  I  further  recommend  that  the  forming  the  officers  that  he  These  are for  men  that  I've  lost  track of.  If  they  will  drop  me  books  be  orficially  opened  on  January  20.  and  not  sooner,  in  order  a  card,  I  will  forward  same  to  their  preseiit  address.  would  supply  the  needed  re­ that  your  offleials  will  have  time  to  set  up  the  necessary  ma­ placements,  testified  to  by  the  Walter  G.  Allen  John  Cox  Jack  Kingham  chinery  for  admitting  new  members,  in  a  proper,  efficient,  and  accountable  manner."  Chief  Engineer  of  this  ship.  Everett  Adams  Chas. P. Conquinel  A.  R.  Robinson  Harry  Billington  Carl  C.  Couvillion  Alton  O'Berry^  Fraternally,  In  checking  over  the  permits  already  issued  I  can  assure  the  .Toe  C.  Broussard  Norman  S,  Curry  S.  J.  Flaherty, iNo.  5211  membership  that  by  opening  the  books  for  new  members  and  leav­ Let's get  this mail  squared  up, to start  with  a  clean  slate.  Deck  Delegate.  Idg  them  open  for  an  indefinite  period,  the  organization  will  be  only  Armstrong.  William  L.  Wallace,  No.  3823  taking  in  approximately  about  100  members  a  month,  and  the  way  Engine  Delegate.  the  membership  situation  now  stands,  with  many  of  our  members  Deaths Due to Negligence The Crimp Is At It Again Texas  City  Mall List  either!  retired  or  simply  dropped  out,  the  organization  can  stand  quite  a  few  new  members  providing  they  are  not  all  taken  in  at  once.  Not  all  of  the  present  holders  of  permits  will  be  eligible  for  membership  at  once  IJ,  the  six  months  sea  service  requirement  Is  retained;  they  will  be  eligible  for  membership­on  a  gradual  basis  with  about  ICQ  members  being  admitted  each  month. .  I  Would  like  to  have  the  membership  thoroughly  discuss  this  recommendation  of  mine  and  I  sincerely  hope  that  they  wi|l  see  flt  to  concur  in  it  for  I  have  carefully  weighed  the  whole  situation  aiid  I firmly  believe  that  the'policy  recommended  abdve  is  tbe  best  for the  organization.  U.S. Vessels in  Pacific  Relieve British Shipping  (Continued  from  Page 1)  sels  from  the  British  is  strewq  with  raiders  and  mines.  Yet,  tho  shipowners  expect  American  sea­ men  to  make  these  runs  under  cohditions  and  at  pay  which  they  are  getting  on  normal.  runS  In  home waters.  Writing  for  the  LOG  trhion Safeguards  •  In  looking  over  the  latest  is.sue  of  the  "LOG,"  I  notice  tliat  It  is  clear  that  the  seamen  on  • both, the  membership  and  many  officials  are  neglecting  to  write  these  shipl  are  faced  with  two  and  send  in  articles  and  opinions  for  publication  in  our  official  majdl­  problems  to  meet  the  dan­ organ.  Like  everything  else  in  the  Union,  the  "LOG"  should  be  gers  on  this  route:  One  is  to  get  OP and  BY,  as  well  as  FOR  the  seamen.  Not  only  local  officials  but  rank­and­fila  members  .should  write  in  regularly.  If  there  is  an  adequate  bonus  commensurate  Anything  in  the  paper  they  disagree  with,  they  ought  to  write  in  with  the  risk. The  other  is to  get  and  it  sliall' be  printed.  If  there  is  anything  left  unsaid  that  aufllclent  armed  training  for  pro­ should  be  said  in  its columns,  they should  {mint  out  in letters  to  tection  against  the  raiders,  who  the "LOG" exactly  what it is.  The "LOG" should  be at  its best­«  "will  not  stop  because  of  the  source  of  useful  maritime  and  labor  information,  an  exchange  of  change  in flags  to attempt  accomr  fqrinion  on  vital  matters  affecting  the  men  who  sail  the ships,  a  pllshmmit  of  their  aim  to  block  clearing house for suggestions on how best  to iqake common  head­ shipments  to  Britain.  In  both  cases,  strong  union  supervision  way;  in short,  the  VOICE  of  the seamen.  alone  can  guarantee  the  safe  ;  ,  Fraternally,  guarding  of  the  seafarers'  inter­ SYDNEY  GRETCHEE,  Sea­Tre^.  ests.,  .  '.i.y,1­. •  Honor Roll •  S.S.  SCHODACK  $15.00  S.S.  SEATRAIN  NEW  ORLEANS  .  Deck  Dept.  ...  13.20  •   Engine  Dept.  . ..  ...  y  8.00  Stewards  Dept.  5.00  S.S.  DELSUD  ........ ..   ...,...... 16:75  ^.S. CASSIMIR  ..V.100  S.S.  DELOELEANS  Deck  D6pt.  5.05  Stewards  Dept.­  .'  •  7.00  S.S.  CATAHULA'  ; .515  J. Bryant  1.00  F.  Peinart  1.00  A.  Gatewodd  .............................  '  1.00  A.  W,  Lee  ;... A  1.60  Robert  White  ............  .............  1.00  A. K. Anderson ...........  ...........  1.00  S. Day  .. ... i . V.................. . .  ..;.;  1.00  L. 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Title A name given to the resource January 10, 1941 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: NAVAL RESERVE BILL THREAT TO SEAMEN CHECK THIS SIU BONUS RIDER WITH WHAT THE NMU SHIPS GET U.S. VESSELS IN PACIFIC RELIEVE BRITISH SHIPPING CHICAGO TIED UP IN A.F.L STRIKE AGAINST CUTS LABOR DISTRUSTS PHONEY CLAUSES IN SABOTAGE LAW VOLUNTARY SELF-STRANGULATION ADMINISTRATOR POINTS TO PROFITS WHEN OVERTIME IS CALLED "UNEARNED" GULF PORTS NEGOTIATE FOR NEW AGREEMENT WITH WATERMAN LINE AND THEY CAN'T PAY UNION WAGES TO THE SEAMEN! PREFERRED STOCK IS PATRIOTIC! NEW ORLEANS LISTS MEN SENT CHECKS FOR P&O BACK PAY LABOR SOLIDARITY WINS SHIP'S BEEF FOR SANITARY CONDITIONS SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM TO COST 350 MILLION SUPREME COURT DECIDES EMPLOYER MUST SIGN CONTRACTS WITH UNION DEATHS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE THE CRIMP IS AT IT AGAIN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/10/1941 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. III, No. 1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1941 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d41fbdec67a30dfade597b4fb94ac316.PDF 3e907c296f28ae3f5cf8a04023380b99 PDF Text Text Text Of 51U Shipping Rules .Supplement In Centerfold SEAFARERS "mm°r LOG January 10 1964 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT > AFL-CIO ' MTD HITS STATE DEPT. ON BLACKLIST SWITCH Sees Tie Vfifh Red Wheat Sale -Story On Page 3 SIU Lifeboat School Training Lauded In Greek Liner Rescue Seafarer Joseph Larity is the "man of the hour" highlighted in these two photos token less thon four months oport. At right, Lority, (circled) is pictured coming down the gongwoy of his ship, the SlU-monned Rio Gronde, helping survivors of the Greek liner Lokonio go oshore in the Modeiro Islonds on December 24, ofter he ossisted 24 hours eorlier os port of the boot crew which soved them. Below, Lority with his closs ot SIU lifeboot school in NY on August 27 in o "groduotion" photo. SIU troining drew credit from severol crewmen os oid in rescue effort. (Story on Poge 3.) FTt-rFf rn>n ri rr H 11hf=T»PITtf 11 R tt w+i FI R w �SEAFARERS Pagre Two ICC Again Nixes Chance To increase Ship Cargoes WASHINGTON—Final decision has been rnaae by me Interstate Commerce Commis­ sion, rejecting a move by the SlU-contracted Calmar Line designed to recapture some of the cargo lost by intercoastal water carriers through selective rate-cutting by transcontinental railroads. unutilized capacity," the shipping lines have repeatedly lost seg­ The turndown, which vivid­ company ments of traffic to railroads said. ly points up the need for The board said that it viewed through rate cuts that were justi­ balancing the railroad-minded ICC to include representation of ship­ ping interests, was announced here late in December, 1963, by the ICC's Rates and Practices Review Board. The Calmar rates had been under ICC suspension as a result of protests filed by transcontinen­ tal railroads. The board ruling bars Calmar from introducing a reduced freight rate for a "deferred service" on shipments of book matches and steel casings, commodities which occupy a large amount of space in comparison to their weight. The lower rate would have been for a service under which a ship­ ment could be held up by the carrier until there is an excess of space aboard a vessel after reg­ ular cargo had been loaded. Calnfiar noted in proposing the de­ ferred rates that this arrangement would promote greater utilization of shipping capacity. Rails Oppose Plan The other set of tariffs proposed by Calmar were on a level gener­ ally on par with rates of the com­ peting railroads and were not challenged by the transconti­ nental lines. The board okayed those rates. But the lower rates proposed under the deferral plan met opposition by the rails because they were substantially under the rail rates on the traffic, and were vigorously objected to by the rail lines. Hence, the rail-oriented ICC declared the deferral rate un­ lawful. Calmar's justification of the lower rate structure, the board said, was that through them "the water carrier shares with the shipper the reduction in cost per ton which results from arrange­ ments which permit the carrier more fully to utilize the carrying capacity of its vessels." Calmar pointed out that its op­ erations were held to strict sched­ uling, and often they were unable to load a ship to its full capacity, forcing it to sail with a short load. "This means that the vessels fre­ quently, but not always, sail with Bloomfield Drops New Subsidy Bid WASHINGTON — The SlU-contracted Bloomfield Steamship Company has withdrawn its bid for an operating differential sub­ sidy to oiperate on Trade Routes numbers 13 and 22. Bloomfield presently holds a subsidy on Trade Route 21, The company's president, B. M. Bloomfield, has advised the Mari­ time Administration that it wishes to withdraw its application to op­ erate on TR 13, which covers an operation from the US Gulf to the nkditerranean, and on TR 22, frcOithe US Gulf to the Far East. Prior to Bloomfield's withdraw­ al, the Maritime Subsidy Board had extended its subsidy of Bloomfield's operation on TR 21, which covers shipping lanes between the US Gulf and the United Kingdom/ European Continent for one year. The board advised that the exten­ sion was granted so that it could study in greater detail its present subsidy contract with Bloomfield. the Calmar plan as "an attempt to fill unutilized space for some additional revenue over and above the costs of transferring the freight from the dock to the ves­ sel and from the vessel to the dock." In proposing the deferred rates, Calmar noted that intercoastal fied on the grounds that they per­ mitted lower cost transportation by a fuller use of rail equipment. "The intercoastal carriers can expect to maintain their present traffic or to attract new traffic only if they can provide the ship­ per with a lower cost for the transportation," Calmar argued. Gets Assist On Hearing Aid SIU oldtimer John Rekstin (left), retired on pension since last February, gets information from SiU Welfare rep. John Dwyer at headquarters on applying for a hearing aid as a supplemental benefit. Program pays for cost of special equipment required by Seafarers to assist medical treatment. Latin Anti-US Ship Bias Rapped By SIU Operator WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted Delta Line has called upon the Federal Government for assistance in counter­ acting discriminatory regulations against American-flag ship­ ping which a number of Latin- ^ American dountries are re­ Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. ported to be planning. The Delta Line appeal, pre­ sented by its president, John W. Clark, was made in con­ cert with three other majo.r com­ panies serving Latin-American ports in a recent meeting with John Harllee, chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. The US companies asked Admiral Harllee to seek State Department assistance in meeting the proposed restrictive and discriminatory regulations under consideration by nine countries that are mem­ bers of the Latin-American Free Trade Association. They said that they would have an adverse effect on their opera­ tions and revenues and urged that strong diplomatic representations be made to the countries involved to impress upon them that the US would not take kindly to the re­ ported discrimination against US shipping. In the meeting with the FMC chairman, the shipping represen­ tatives said that the Latin Ameri­ can association was scheduled to hold a meeting this month and that restrictive regulations far more serious than any applied in­ dividually by some South Ameri­ can countries in tlie past were likely to result from the meeting. The nations that comprise the trade association are Argentina, Jumatf lO; 19<4 LOG Some Latin American countries have already applied restrictions in trade, although in recent years a number of them have been eli­ minated with the aid of US federal intervention. These restrictions took the form of extra consular fees on goods and higher port costs. US Can Retaliate The United States has retaliatory weapons authorized by General Order 88 of the Maritime Com­ mission and if it so desires can deny the right of a discriminatory nation to enter United States ports. Although some of the LAFTA members do not have enough ships to compete with United States or European shipping lines, they can charter tonnage. In addition, several LAFTA nations have built up fairly large merchant fleets since World War Two. The chief fear of the United States shipping lines is the pros­ pect of finding group restrictions by all the LAFTA member coun­ tries, in addition to those already existing individually in each country. United States shipping would be at a severe disadvantage if, for example, the Latin nations decided to place protective re­ strictions on trade moving from one LAFTA member to another. Pfexidmis Pepod By Paul Hall It's tough enough for those of us who are concerned with the preser­ vation and possible expansion of US shipping without having to worry about what a Government agency VFHI do next to weaken the Industry. But the conduct of Government agencies continues to be a key problem in searching for ways and means to improve the US maritime picture. A case in point is the recent announcement of the State Department with respect to the blacklist of ships in the Cuba trade. Since Febru­ ary of 1963, pursuant to the terms of National Security Action Mem­ orandum No. 220, the US had maintained a policy that provided that Government-financed cargoes would not be shipped from American ports on foreign-flag vessels engaged in trade with Cuba. But by a seemingly curious coincidence, that policy was amended just at the time when the proposed giant wheat sale to Russia was about to be sealed. The amendment said in effect that if the foreign shipowners promised Jo quit doing business in the Cuba trade when their charters expire, they can remove their vessels from the blacklist. This, of course, would mean that they could become eligible to carry Government-financed cargoes—and anything they carry would obviously be at the expense of US-flag ships. Again, this is a matter of great to concern to all American seamen and to the welfare of the shipping industry upon which they depend for their livelihoods. We have therefore advised the State Department of the Maritime Trades Department unions dlssatisfication with its amended policy on the blacklisted ships in the following telegrams sent January 6 to the Secretary of State: The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department was shocked by the issuance through your department of an amendment to National Security Action No. 220 which has the effect of whitewashing ves­ sels previously blacklisted by our government for trading with Cuba. We have repeatedly been assured that the interests of American seamen and the American maritime industry would be protected in the development of US shipping policy, but these assurances are not consistent with the record. We submit that the latest action with respect to the Cuba black­ list ships was not made to protect US'interests, but represents State Department responsiveness to pressures by foreign-flag op­ erators. It is rather a strange coincidence that the procedure to free Cuba blacklist ships comes at a time when various foreign operators in the dwindling Cuba trade have excess tonnage avail­ able to handle US wheat shipments to Russia. Since policies of this nature are among the gravest threats to the security of Ameri­ can seamen and to the future of the American-flag fleet, the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department is vitally concerned with the effect of such policies. Consequently, the action of your depart­ ment is being studied and will be dealt with by the executive board of the MTD at its February meeting, at which time it is our intent to develop a positive policy for dealing with the impact of such developments. Paul Hall, President AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department This matter will be given very careful consideration by the MTD Executive Board at its meeting on February 14. The well-being of thousands and thousands of maritime workers, including those of SIU men, as well as the security of our nation and the vital maritime in­ dustry, are too entwined in the effects of the State Department ruling for us to ignore its impact. If nobody else will, the labor movement must be the force that will exercise vigilance whenever strange deci­ sions are made that affect the security of us all. US Strike Losses Reach Record Low WASHINGTON—"There will have been the fewest man hours lost from strikes in the last three years of any three years in the history of this country," Secretary of Labor W. Wirtz told a national televi-"*" herited through the personal genes, sion audience recently. through the economic Wirtz was one of four inherited genes in this country, of slums, of members of the cabinet inter­ viewed on a program entitled "John F. Kennedy—View from the Cabinet." He said the "record on strikes is without parallel" and he attributed it to "a new matu­ rity as far as labor-management relationship is concerned. "It's important to realize that this is going on, because the coun­ try sees this whole picture in terms of a few major disputes—^the rail­ road dispute, the newspaper strikes, the dock strike, and—that's most unfortunate." Wirtz also declared that the big­ gest problems in his field in the new year are unemployment and poverty. "I'm talking about the fact that 30 million people in this country still live in families whose income is $3000 a year or less. That's poverty, regardless how you de­ scribe it. "I'm talking about the fact that increasingly, lack of education, poverty, unemp'loyment, are in­ herited characterlstioi — not in­ inadequate education and that sort of thing." Wirtz also placed racial discrimi­ nation high on the list of things that must be solved, but added, "weU'e getting that problem licked." SEAFARERS LOG Jan. 10, 1964 Vol. XXVi, No. 1 PAUL HALL, President HEBBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SFTVACR, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, ' ALEXANDER LESLIE, THOMAS LAUGHLIN, Staff Writers. Publlihed biweekly at the haadquartera of tha Saafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Wateri District, AFL-CIO. 675 Fourth Avenua. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at tha Post Cftlce In Brooklyn, NY. under the Act of Aug. 24, 1912 �Jamurr It. Itti SEAFARERS Pace Ttoea LOG 1 State Dept. Policy Attacked MTD Raps Switch On Cuban Blacklist In Red Wheat Deal WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department has informed the State Department that it views the agency's freeing of foreign-flag ships from the Cuba blacklist as a "shocking" development, particularly since it comes in the midst of a scramble to participate in the carriage of US wheat to Russia. Rapping State Department policies which "are among the gravest threats to the security of American seamen and to the future of the American-flag fleet," the MTD said that "whitein a telegram sent to Secretary of The MTD message suggested washing" of the Cuba State Dean Rusk by MTD presi­ that the State Department policy blacklist ships and other dent Paul Hail last Monday, Janu­ switch resulted from "responsive­ ^ ' ' < An injured woman who survived the burning of the Greek cruise ship Lakonia two weeks ago is helped down gangway of SlU-manned rescue ship Rio Grande after it docked at Funchai, Madeira, on December 24. The woman wears man's clothing and Is being aided by firemen. Rio Grande rescued almost 80 persons from disaster ship. ness to pressures by foreign-flag State Department actions ary 6. would be dealt with at its Hall said that "We have repeat­ operators" at a time when many Executive Board meeting edly been assured that the inter­ "foreign operators in the dwindl­ which convenes on February 14, "at which time it is our intent to develop a positive policy for deal­ ing with the impact of such devel­ opments." The MTD position was contained ests of American seamen and the American maritime Industry would be protected in the development of US shipping policy, but these assurances are not consistent with the record." SIU Training Lauded In Rescue NEW YORK — Arriving here after paying off in Baltimore early this week, crevvmernbers of the SlU-manned freighter Rio Grande credited proper lifeboat training with a large part of the success their ship had in recovering nearly 80 survivors of the burning Greek liner Lakonia. Still-incomplete reports list^ ited their successful participation renzo Alvarado, ordinaries; Ber­ 96 dead and 31 missing of the in the rescue mostly on the train­ nardo Mariani, E. Napoles and 1,027 passengers and crewmen James P. Begenheimer, ABs, and aboard the liner when it burned and was abandoned in the Atlan­ tic on December 23. A 12-man lifeboat crew com­ posed primarily of Seafarers made three trips through the disaster area to recover 76 persons, mostly woman and children. Two of the SIU men in the boat crew had completed SIU lifeboat training classes at headquarters as late as September 10, and two passed the previous exam on August 28. 900 Saved The Rio Grande nad been re­ turning from a voyage to India last month when it Joined the ar­ mada of ships that converged on the area whore the Greek liner was on fire. Six other ships par­ ticipated in the rescue maneuvers, which saved some 900 passengers and crewmembers of the Lakonia. The liner had just been refitted for a cruise schedule out of South­ hampton, England, when the fatal mishap occurred, reportedly due to faulty electrical wiring. All of the vessels which partic­ ipated in the rescue brought their passengers to Funchai, Madeira, on December 24, from which they were transhipped on other vessels or by air back to England. The passenger list on the ill-fated cruise ship was almost all Brit­ ish. The crew was mostly Greek and West German. Charges of panic and faulty safety equipment on the Lakonia were cited by a number of the ship's survivors, and are being in­ vestigated by the Greek govern­ ment. Heimer The rescue role by the Rio Grande, which was the only American ship on the scene, was highlighted in news reports at the time as well as in subsequent ac­ counts telling of disputes among the ship's officer's. The Rio Grande was previously known as the Dear­ born and prior to that was the old Kathryn of the Bull Line. Seafarers Bayard Heimer and Joseph Larity, who were pari; of the Rio Grande's boat crew, cred­ ing they had received in the SIU. Both had received their lifeboat tickets last August 28 after wind­ ing up boat-handling classes which are part of the SIU training aird safety programs. They also had particular praise for SIU ship's deiegate Paul Magro, who called out the boat crew, and who later Joined 3rd mate Ed O'Donnell and 3rd assist­ ant engineer Finn V. Grested, by leaping into the water to help as­ sist survivors in the Lakonia's swamped boats. Two other recent graduates of the SIU lifeboat school who were in the Rio Grande boat crew were Trevor Roberts and William Cosgrove, both messmen. The balance of the boat crew included Julio Evans, bosun; Magro, Christos Vassilious and Lo­ How's Shipping? Checking on shipping doings In Baltimore, Seafarers Wil­ liam T. Rose (left) and Edward Noitoii (right) get latest news on ships in port from SIU Patrolman Paul Gonsorchik, located behind the counter. Both Rose and Norton sail In the galley. E. C. Groething, chief mate, com­ manding. Balloting On Dues Increase Begins Jan. 20 Voting on the proposed increase in SIU membership dues by refer­ endum is scheduled to begin Jan­ uary 20, 1964. Under tei-ms of the constitution and the report of a six-man rank-and-file committee, the secret balloting will continue through February 18, 1964. The proposal for a dues increase orig­ inated in the form of a resolution adopted at the regular SIU head­ quarters membership meeting on Decemiber 2. It then was carried at subsequent meetings at other ports. On December 13, after the windup of voting at the Mobile meet­ ing, a six-man committee of Sea­ farers was elected at headquarters to study the proposal and prepare a report with its recommendations, including voting procedures foa- a secret referendum ballot of the SIU membership. In issuing its report, the com­ mittee cited the applicable pro­ visions of the constitution and the finding that the proposal for a dues increase secret referendum has been accepted by the member­ ship. The committee report was adopted at special meetings in ail constitutional ports on Decem­ ber 1& The resolution proposes an in­ crease in dues of $10 per quarter from the present $20 to $30 per quarter, effective January 1, 1964. It cited the need for an increase due to the higher cost of Union operations and services to provide maximum Job security and protec­ tion for SIU members. ing Cuba trade" are anxious to handle US wheat shipments to Russia. In the interim between now and its Executive Board meeting, the MTD, along with the SIU and other member unions, is keeping a weather eye on the method of awarding cargoes to shipping com­ panies in the $90 million sale of US wheat to the Soviet Union that '"'as negotiated last week. The MTD weather eye will be sharpened because of the experi­ ence in the recent Hungary wheat shipments. The suspect manner in which foreign bottoms were usetT in preference to US ships, despite requirements that the latter be used when available, caused the MTD to place a picketline around the West German ship SS Posei­ don in Albany last month as a protest against the manner in which US ships and seamen were bypassed. Cargill, Inc., the grain broker handling the Hungary deal, was able to obtain a court injunction in Albany, halting the MTD picket­ ing. but as a result of the Union action. Government agency offi­ cials met with SIU representatives and assured them that the inter­ ests of US ships would be pro­ tected against any recurrences. The $90 million wheat sale to Russia is the first since the late President Kennedy authorized such sales last October. It will act­ ually cost the Soviet Union $78.5 million, plus shipping costs. The price which the Russians will pay is the world market price plus the cost of transporting the wheat from American ports. Completion of the wheat trans­ action had been stalled for sev­ eral weeks over the Russians' protests about additional costs that might be involved in meeting the requirement that at least 50 percent of the grain shipments be made in American-flag ships, if they are available. The first bid for American ships to carry the grain was made today by the Continental Grain Company, which is selling the en­ tire amount of wheat involved in the first transaction, although other concerns have already been issued licenses to sell to the Rus­ sians. About 175.000 tons are to be shipped between Feb. 1 and March 16, with 100,000 tons to go to Black Sea ports from US Atlantic and Gulf ports, and 75.000 tons to Siberia from the Pacific North­ west. Shipping circles in New York indicate that sufficient American tonnage is available to handle the 175,000-ton shipment. �PIC* Imiaurr 19, IfM SEAF ARER» LOC (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) December 21, 1963—January 3, 1964 Shipping slowed up some more during the past two weeks, as two holiday periods (Christmas and New Year's) produced a decline in SIU job activity. There were only 1,170 jobs shipped during the entire period, unlike previous holiday seasons when SIU dispatchers have cleared as many as 2,000 men for shipping. Registration was also low for this period, down to a fig­ ure of 1,108, so that the number of men shipped actually stayed just ahead of those coming in to register. Com­ pared to the other two departments, shipping was best in the black gang, which showed the smallest decline in job activity. Among the ports, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Wilming­ ton and Seattle were the only ones showing a net gain in jobs shipped. The three West Coast ports actually shipped more men this time than in the previous period, but the Atlantic area ports shipped the largest number for the District. Last time, the Gulf ports had the heaviest ship­ ping. Fewer ships moving from port to port and a lot of pay­ offs without a comparable number of sign-ons produced the relatively quiet shipping results. There were far fewer in-transist listed this time than there have been for months. The seniority totals stayed about the same as in the previous few weeks, with class A shipping hovering at 49 percent of the total. Class B shipping dropped a point to 35 percent of all the jobs, and class C picked up a point, rising to 16 percent. Ship Activity Sign In Ons Trans. TOTAL Pay Offt Boston 2 Now York .... 20 Philpdelphfa .. 4 Boltimoro .... 4 Norfolk 2 Jocksonvillo .. 2 Tompo 0 MoNIo 5 Now Orleans.. 3 Houston 12 Wilmington .. 1 San Francisco. 1 Seattle 3 TOTALS 59 0 5 0 6 3 0' 0 4 5 5 0 1 2 31 3 18 2 9 4 3 4 2 10 20 3 5 4 5 43 5 19 9 5 4 11 18 37 4 8 9 88 178 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Pliiladelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa ]Y-»bile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 10 0 6 2 2 2 2 4! 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 63 2 20 30 13 16 22 40 28 62 5 22 21 48 29 5 9 0 5 2 61 5 10 1 5 3 2 2 4 4 1 9 10 2 19 0 7 5 14 , 13 34 3 3 7 13 9 17 4 8 1 5 1 3 2 1 3 5, 1 0 2 0" 1 2 1 5 0 8 1 3 8 14 2 7 0 6 5 5 5 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 4 2 0 7 10 0 9 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 54I 2 37 2 40 1 10 11 11 22 ! 14 15 9 24 2 22 48 1 23 7 55 2 34 18 11 17 29: 21 27 7 14 18 0 3 5 4 5: 0 3 6 9 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 10 0 11 21 3 3 5 11 5 2 3 9 1 4 1 1 7 10 21 1 8 6 14 3 23 0 5 12 5 6 3 12 73 74 1 160 67 86 1 164 101 129 29 1 2591 13 92 162 35 ! 289! 11 TOTAL Shipped 1 Registered On The Beach CLASS A > CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 3 1 5 6 1 1 16 5 27 0 3 4 7 27 62 14 12 1 48 27 137 108 112 35 255 10 44 58 112 2 4 10 1 1 9 4 23 13 17 7 37 0 5 12 17 2 1 4 34 1 13 4 51 .37 53 12 102 0 13 37 50 0 0 4 4 2 3 4 9 16 18 0 34 1 2 11 14 0 7 0 0 0 11 0 18 3 5 0 8 1 8 5 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 18 11 2 0 1 3 4 0 1 2 10 1 2 2 14 31 34 74 9 0 4 13 17 0 0 8 8 40 22 8 70 86 108 19 213 4 29 73 106 0 5 8 13 55 34 13 102 54 69 17 140 1 24 20 45 0 0 1 1 5 2 1 8 12 14 3 29 0 3 10 13 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 13 28 36 67 3 4 15 18 37 0 1 1 2 21 12 35 20 2 17 5 42 0 12 11 23 3 31 33 1 67 259 160 67 1 486 4.19 510 117 1 1046 21 163 275 1 459 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York. Philadelphia . Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville . Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wil'Ti'ngton . . San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 123 ALL 123 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 13 1 41 0 2 0 0 43 7 20 12 39 45 12 26 15 22 12 49 19 15 11 10 0 5 3 2 5 0 5 3 2 5 1 0 2 26 1 17 7 9 9 5 18 10 5 12 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 2 4 0 51 0 3 1 2 2 5| 0 3 2 3 5 3 0 G 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 8 0 3 0 5 0 6 9 0 5 2 5 26 3 13 10 26 28 5 20 14 13 26 36 1 8 20 15 37 18 24 2 23 14 12 27 3 4 28 1 4 1 2 4 6 1 3 1 6 8 1 0 3 3 8 9 0 1 2 10 0 16 20 1 3 6 18 0 3 8 5 13 9 3 4 12 16 1 2 73 62 1 149 14 77 54 I 157! 33 121 23 40 132 27 I 199 26 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 3 ALL A 2 B 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7 4 11 43 39 0 3 2 5 10 5 0 2 0 17 2 26 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 3 3 6 26 26 10 24 1 4 5 37 0 3 1 4 4 4 0 0 2 3 2 9 1 0 1 2 18 8 26 20 1 47 177 149 1 Registered 0 CLASS A The Beach CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL 3 0 1 8 9 2 1 4 5 11 93 45 116 12 173 17 11 37 52 106 5 20 1 24 6 31 0 6 8 14 2 45 11 55 8 74 1 26 20 47 7 2 2 10 3 15 1 7 5 13 10 3 2 2 0 5 0 3 2 5 1 1 1 13 0 14 0 3 2 5 0 11 6 26 6 38 0 16 6 22 6 58 28 85 14 127 3 46 61 110 10 71 15 53 3 71 4 23 30 57 4 12 5 14 2 21 2 13 5 20 2 14 12 42 58 4 2 7 12 21 2 28 6 30 3 39 2 6 4 12 47 1 373 135 478 62 1 675 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor...... Jac Xsni Mob. ,. , NO. Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS 1-s 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 2 5 2 23 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1-s 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 ~ 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 32 2 33 11 4 12 4 13 7 5 17 8 1 13 0 3 1 0 4 6 7 0 1 4 1 3 16 1 4 9 3 4 3 10 20 9 4 4 2 3 1 0 11 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 1 5i 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 4 1 i 3 9 15 0 38 0 18 4 6 11 8 3 25 0 18 1 22 18 1 16 3 10 2 7 22 6 0 15 5 4 10 3 3 0 1 4' 2 0 0 2 1 2 4 5 19 1 7 0 3 0 1 1 5 2 4 9 14 3 3 15 21 7 1 8 18 2 7 2 3 io3 ! 193 13 106 12 81 1 25 34 21 60 I 140 42 25 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 3 2 11 16 0 1 4 5 3 2 13 8 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 21 4 16 21 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 8 0 2 6 8 8 19 73 1 100 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16 21 33 16 0 0 10 10 6 5 0 1 10 20 9 13 0 1 4 5 2 4 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .7 1 0 3 1 4 22 21 0 8 22 1 7 21 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 5 5 4 8 1 1 0 2 18 8 5 8 58 1 71 140 100 C ALL 1-8 0 0 0 70 28 21 10 21 5 10 43 10 5 11 6 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 4 47 39 8 51 13 2 7 9 18 10 5 28 5 2 71 1 311 138 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B 1 GROUP 1 2 3 3 4 5 50 28 90 4 8 13 25 17 31 3 3 4 0 1 4 3 2 12 7 13 24 24 21 72 26 14 17 5 4 3 15 12 20 7 6 11 171 134 306 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 6 6 5 22 8 35 1 7 9 1 2 3 22 27 17 0 3 14 2 5 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 11 1 12 2 1 74 77 23 0 0 23 2 3 6 1 2 14 17 1 57 1 5 26 1 29 2 33 1 749 20 25 225 1 270 ALL 12 196 30 83 16 5 17 57 1 156 1 70 1 21 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS GROUP ' 123 ALL 92 162 35 289 ~40 132 27 199 65 25 103 193 Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 86 |164 101 129 29 I 259 .54 | 157 33 121 23 "I77j 81 I 106 59 21 60" I 140 221 ) 427 193"~271 112'1 576 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 11 67 26 77 13 12 r97~319 165 1 681 50 156 SHIPPED CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 13 73 74 I 160 14 73 62 I 149 8 19 73 1 100 35 "165 209 1 409 SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 123 ALL A C ALL 1 B 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 31 33 I 67 259 160 67 486 419 510 117 11046 J63 275 459 1 26 20 I 47 177 149 "47 373 y.5 478_ 62 675 "34 197 212 i 443 5 8 58 I 71 140 100 71 I 311 309 134-306 749 "20 25 225 I 270 • 9 65 111 I 185 576 409 185 |1170,863 1122 485 |2470 '75 385 712 11172 �tammr 10, 1M4 SEAFARERS (^iir Pace rire LOG US Probing 'Conspiracy' Deal In Foreign Grain Shipments WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is now involved in the investigations concern­ ing the diverting of US surplus grain earmarked for Austria to other European countries, including East Germany. ilob Security-Met Gain For '63 grain elsewhere and barter with was noted, meant that loss would The interest of the Justice the US. No other Western Eu­ now be turned over to the,Justice Every man who goes to sea aboard American-flag ships knows that our industry is continually In rough condition. The economics of the Department was disclosed in ropean country was, at the time, Department for a thorough investi­ gation. Both the Austrian and shipping business is such that you have to keep up a constant struggle a report of a House Appropii- eligible for such an agreement. By Cal Tanner, ExeeuHve Vice-President Just to hold your own. American shipping is battered from every side ations sub-committee. The Con­ —the runaway-flag operations, the failure of our own Government to gressional group named several enforce the 50-50 cargo law and its favoring of foreign-flag shipping US commodities dealers who, fol­ over our own, the practice of many Government agencies to regard lowing an investigation, are con­ sidered to "at least have had know­ US ships as unnecessary and all the rest. All of this means that the jobs and job opportunities of American ledge of the diversion, if not an actual party to the conspiracy." seamen are affected. • Despite this unhappy and un­ allowed to seek out foreign-flag The "great grain robbery" appa­ favorable picture, it seems very ships to haul the cargo. If this rently began with a wholesale col­ signiflcant that in the SIU we con­ practice is adhered to, it will mean lusion on the part of various Aus­ tinue to maintain the job security that grain exporters will not be trian and German grain dealers of Seafarers. able to engage foreign-flag ships when the US made arrangements For example, there were more to haul American flnatnced wheat with the Austrian Government to than 33,000 jobs shipped from cargoes to Soviet bloc countries ship surplus grain to them in ex­ SIU halls in 1963. In 1962, we when American-flag ships are change for strategic minerals. shipped a little better than 30,000 available to haul the tonnage. If The cost of the grain to the Ausjobs. So that despite the decline the government does what it says trians was to be slightly under the of US shipping, 3,000 more jobs it will, the result could mean world price of grain. were shipped in SIU halls last added jobs for SIU men and other It was an "open-end" agreement, year than in the previous year. American seamen. so that Austria could purchase the There is another fact of im­ portance which shows the effec­ tiveness of SIU job security. Even with the ship losses suffered as a result of the Kulukundis-Bull Line operations, our Union has not only been able to maintain the job and job opportunity ratios for Seafarers, we have actually improved them. By Ai Kerr, Secretory-Treasurer As a result of our Union's con­ SIU men have Just wound up the first full year in which they've been tinuing organizing activity and search for new job 'Opportunities able to collect vacation pay at a rate of $800 annually. The $800 rate for Seafarers, we did more than covers all seatime since October 1,1962 aboard SlU-contracted ships and just offset any ship losses — we therefore became collectible for the first time at the beginning of 1963. For the 11 months through the end of November, 1963, Seafarers have produced a net gain in the num­ ber of ships under contract and received the total of $4,916,666.42 in vacation benefits. The $5-million thus increased the number of jobs mark was passed early in December, but we don't have final figures on last, month's payments yet. available for SIU men. The record shows that we have It's interesting to consider that the figure for the vacation benefits a net of 13 more ships under con­ paid in one single year nowadays amounts to almost 20 percent of all tract than a year ago. This rep­ the vacation money paid out by the SIU since the whole program began resents almost 400 more shipboard years ago. Of course, the $800 rate payable today actually is more than jobs, and additional job security 5 times the $140 annual vacation rate we started with in 1952. for every SIU man. The SIU "Welfare Plan is also paying out more than ever before In As you may recall the MTD tied cash benefits, to the tune of just over $300,000 per month for the 11 up the West Gorman vessel Posei­ don in Albany on December 9 for months that ended in November '63. Total cash welfare-pension pay­ three hours before an injunction ments to members and their families for January-November last year -f against the picketing was issued. amounted to $3,357,301.32. plan did not contain a provision $9 Million Paid The Poseidon was in the process of While many of us tend to dis­ agreed to between the bank, the loading American wheat for Ger­ many before MTD pickets hit the count the importance of these ben­ trustees for the bankrupt compa­ bricks and halted all loading efits, you can't too easily disregard nies, and their attorneys. In addi­ activities. what will probably amount to $9 tion, the Chemical Bank and Trust The reason for the picketing million in cash payments for aU Company objected to the plan be­ was that the Federal Government of 1963 from these programs. The cause it was not furnshed a copy was not enforcing the 50-50 law figure of $9 million Is a lot of until just a few hours before the and had let foreign ships grab up money and benefits in any man's court proceedings. Its represent­ atives were therefore unable to 91,000 of the first 100,000 tons of language. check with the German bondhold­ wheat being shipped to Hungary. 4" 4" 4" ers in Germany on whether the As a result of the picketing. The plan for the reorganization plan was acceptable. Commerce and Labor Department The attorney for the Bull Lbie officials asked SIU representatives of the bankrupt Bull Line compa­ to meet and discuss the waiver nies is stili very much alive, de­ stockholders took the same posi­ policies of tlie Federal Govern­ spite obstacles that have devel­ tion, as not having had sufficient ment as far as the 50-50 law is oped from time to time. It is still time to study the plan. He also concerned. The result of this meet­ hoped to get the rest of the idled had some doubts as to whether the ing and other pressures building ships back in operation under a amount of money being made up within American maritime in­ trustee arrangement. Most of the, available was sufficient to carry terests, was that the Commerce other ships have been taken over out the terms of the proposed plan of reorganization. Department has notified all ex­ l>y various SIU operators. New Plan Studied porters that they must give 30 This week, at a court hearing in days public notice that they are New York on January 7, the Ma­ Based on these objections, attor­ seeking American-flag transporta­ rine Midland Bank objected to tlie neys for the trustees are to confer tion for an American financed proposed plan of reorganization, with the attroneys for the objec­ wheat cargo before they are namely for the reason tliat the tors to see if an agreement can be reached by the next hearing on January 14. At that time, the new plan of reorganization will be sub­ mitted for approval and, if agreed to by the ereditoi-s present, would Cash Benefits Paid — November, 1963 then be sent to the Securities & CLAIMS AMOUNT PAID Exchange Commission in Wash­ Hospital Benefits 8,283 $ 73,037.53 ington for its approval, which is a Death Benefits 16 29,710.30 requirement under the law. After this approval the plan Pension-Disability Benefits 509 76,350.00 would then be submitted to all the Maternity Benefits 52 10,009.60 creditors involved for tliem to vote Dependent Benefits 1,136 77,899.53 for either acceptance or rejection. Optical Benefits 355 4,476.33 All of these steps are part of the Out-Patient Benefits 3,133 24,978.00 long process we have been assist­ Vacation Benefits 1,313 429,138.92 ing, with a view to getting the bankrupt ships back to work TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION where they can do all concerned BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 14,797 $725,600.21 the most good. SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Although the first suspicions of the conspiracy, which saw 10,000 tons of US grain diverted to East Germany, came from an agricul­ ture attache in Vienna, the SIU and other unions has repeatedly charged that there were abuses in the bidding procedures and chartering of vessels for the grain shipments. "The attache in Austria, Norris Ellerton, noted both that Austrian figures for grain received did not tally with figures issued by the Agriculture Department as repre­ senting the amount of grain shipped by the US; and that the amount cited by the USDA—1,010, 380 tons —was far too much for the Aus­ trian population of some 7 million to consume. He reported his findings to the Department of Agriculture here, but an investigation was slow in coming. Finally the House stepped in, and now the names of five US companies who possibly either knew of, or were themselves in­ volved in the grain conspiracy have been named. The companies held to be possibly implicated are the C. B. Fox Co. of New Orleans, Cargill, Inc., of Minneapolis, Louis Dreyfus of Baltimore, and Bunge Corp., Continental Grain Company and Garnac Grain Company—all of New York. The sub-committee finding, it German Governments are investi­ gating several grain companies in that area which have been charged with selling the grain—most of it in West Germany. Johnson Aims To Uphold US Ship Strength WASHINGTON—President Lyn­ don Johnson has expressed his in­ terest in a strong American-flag merchant fleet. The chief executive requested that the Navy and Commerce De­ partments provide him with a re­ port and recommendations to the end that there be no depreciation in our maritime strength. He said that he "recognized the obso­ lescence proolem in ships." President Johnson's attitude was made known as a result of a let­ ter he had sent to the chairman of the Board of the New York Shipbuiiding Corporation, Robert Har­ vey, who had stressed the aging character of the US shipping fleet and the need to maintain a strong merchant marine. QUESTION: Do you think a seaman should stay single or get married? Vincent Josephs: If a seaman Leo A. Karttunen: I'm a married gets the right kind of woman man and I know that my wife gets there's no prob­ very lonely when lem. My wife I'm away at sea. understands that My daughter is being a seaman only two months is my life, so old so there's no there's no prob­ real problem lem when I'm now, but I think away. This under­ when she gets standing should older I'll have to be made before a give It more seaman marries thought I've a woman or else he may be in been a seaman for 25 years now trouble later on. I think every­ and it's the only livelihood I know. body should get married. 4 4^ 4 Paul Butweli: I think going to 4« 4" 4John Vargas: It's rough for a sea is a good occupation for a seaman to be married because he single guy who has to be away wants to build up from his family a little nestegg for such long before he gets periods. My chil­ mai-ried. Once he dren are very gets married, the small now, so It's job creates a lot not too much of of problems and a problem. But I is a hardship on imagine when all those in­ •they get a little volved. But I older they'll be guess if you have the right woman calling for daddy when I'll be on a this can be worked out all right. ship a couple of thousand miles 4 4 4 away. Samuel G. White: Marriage is a 4» 4" 4* wonderful institution for any man. Joseph A. Keslar: I don't think If a man and a seaman should get married. woman have What kind of good intentions, family life can it doesn't make he have when any difference if he's away from he's a seaman or his family so not. I think that much. Your kids the mother is the don't get to know trainer of the you when they're children and the young, and when father is the pro­ you go home vider. If a man makes a living for after a long trip his family by going to sea, then it i u're a total stranger to them. A should be understood that he's nan's life is just for a seaman. providing for the family in the By the way, I just got engaged. best way he knows. �Tm* ax SEAFARERS iis LOG Jum It. UM Rail Unions Fight Train Crew Cuts By Al Tanner, Vice-President, Great Lahes Area By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Representative With the close of the 1963 shlppinsr season, the Great Lakes SIU Another "first" got underway on this coast last month, when the membership can look back upon an.extremely good year. Shipping was containership Ellzabethport sailed from Oakland to Puerto Rfco with ALBANY — Railroad unions of good from the first day of fit-out to the last day of lay-up. Jobs were the first successful haul of California produce directly to Puerto Rico available in all ratings in all departments, with rated men spending no the AFL-CIO will intensify their under controlled atmosphere conditions. The experimental shipment more than one or two days on the beach. The turnover of jobs was efforts to block repeal of the full- consisted of two vans of mixed produce including both fruits and leafypartly attributed to a greater number of men taking advantage of crew law, which specifies the vegetables. minimum size of crews operating mid-season vacations guaranteed them under their SIU contract. Both of the vans had mechanical refrigeration, but one of them also During the 1963 season, deep-sea vessels paid off and signed on in railway trains in the State of New utilized liquid nitrogen for a completely-controlled atmosphere within Duluth, Chicago, Toledo and Detroit. We are looking forward to an York. the container. Both vans arrived in Puerto Rico in good shape. The In pressing their all-out fight to produce in the van with the con-4 even greater nun ber of deep-sea 4 ships to appear on the Lakes in Bill, which was led by the SIU, is keep the law, the railroad brother­ trolled atmosphere was of such agent, is the president now, and hoods will have the backing of the high quality that Sea-Land has 1964. Bill Buttram of MEBA is vicea heartening signal of this union's Shipping In Ail Ports, 1982-1963 strength. The SIU's fight against New York State AFL-CIO. announced plans to make con­ president. The other officers are The unions' efforts to block trolled atmosphere service avail­ Bob Nelson of NMP and Al Wear­ PORT 1962 1963 the proposed legislation, which Alpena 434 569 would have curtailed the right of repeal of the full-crew law was able to Puerto Rican importers ing of the SIUNA's IBU of the Bulialo 680 610 maritime unions to strike, ended announced after Governor Nelson and exporters on a regular basis. Pacific. Chicago 426 455 successfully when the Bonner Bill Rockefeller revealed that he will An AFL-CIO organizing con­ The Iberville took on a full Cleveland 435 451 died in the House of Representa­ urge that the law be removed from crew in Portland on January 4 to ference will be held in Los Angeles Detroit 2,365 2,818 tives. It seems likely that if any the statutes. Gov. Rockefeller resume its regular Far East run on February 1, under the sponsor­ Duluth : 274 292 similar legislation is proposed. made a similar proposal in behalf to Japan, Korea and ilso some West ship of the LA County Federation Frankfort 1,481 1,846 Seafarers will be able to meet it, of the railroads and against the Coast ports. The Long Lines also of Labor. John W. Livingston, who Total 6.145 7,041 and beat it, with the same ability railroad unions three years ago. left for Honolulu the other day is the director of the Department New Contract Signed. With the they have demonstrated in the Wants RRs to Call Shots and will start laying an $18 mil­ of Organization of the AFL-CIO, signing of a now standard Great past. In his annual message to the lion cable in three stages. In the is going to be one of the main Lakes contract, effective July 15th, The long-awaited aid to the legislature here this week. Rocke­ first stage the ship will lay a speakers. 1963, the Great Lakes Seamen's Great Lakes merchant fleet, in the feller said that a National Arbitra­ 2,000-nule section from Oahu to Shipping in Seattle is moving Welfare Plan was merged with the form of Federal subsidies, may tion Board decision calling for a a point beyond Midway. Then the along pretty well, due to the moveSeafarers Welfare Plan. The new finally be here. A detailed study of gradual reduction in the size of ship will return to Honolulu for -ment of a lot of grain through welfare plan gives ereater cover­ Great Lakes shipping problems has train crews could not be imple­ another 2,000-mile section of cable Portland. The Longview Victory age to members and their families, already been submitted to Repre­ mented unless the railroads could to be put down as far as Guam. has been taken over on a longembracing hospitalization, pension, sentative James Roosevelt, (D- specify the size of the crews for The third section of the cable will term charter by Pacific Navigation sickness and accident benefits, in­ Calif.) in the House. It is hoped themselves. be picked up in Yokohama to cover for service to Guam and the Far creased maternity benefits, a new that before too long Congress will However, four of the railroad the final 1500 miles from Guam to East. The Longview was laid up optical program, along with a new take notice of these problems and unions—the Brotherhood of Loco­ Japan. for several months, but recently scholai-ship program. Recently the solve them in a way that will motive Engineers, the Brother­ The San Francisco Maritime took on a full crew out of Seattle. "in-hospital" benefit procedure was create more job opportunities for hood of Locomotive Firemen & Trades Port Council will conduct The Antinous, Lisa B and the revised permitting all eligible Seafarers on the Lakes. Enginemen, the Brotherhood of its elections here on January 15. Zephyrhills are laid up in Port­ members to be paid $56.00 per The same action is taking place Railroad Trainmen and the Switch­ SUP Secretary - Treasurer Morris land, but will be crewed out of week in cash while laid up as in­ in the US Senate. The Bartlett men's Union of North America— Weisberger is at the helm of the Seattle. The Zephyrhills paid off patients. Bill, sponsored by Sen. E. L. Bart­ have filed a joint suit in Federal port council now, and it is as­ in Portland on January 3 after an Closing Halls For Winter. The lett (D-Alaska), calls for ship con­ Court, challenging the legality of sumed he will continue in that eight-month voyage. This is the Duluth, Alpena and Cleveland halls struction subsidies for vessel own­ the arbitration panel's decision. capacity. ship that laid on the hook at The decision could eliminate 90 have been closed for the winter ers as a way for the Great Lakes The word around the San Fran­ Yokohama for some 70 days, and months, and will be reopened for maritime industry to compete with percent of the firemen from diesel cisco hall is that "Chuck" Allen is nobody knows just why. Some of registration prior to fit-out in 1964. low-grade foreign labor and ship­ freight yard service. The court is still in the hospital with a hernia, the oldtimers we've seen on the expected to announce a decision and Slxto Escobar, whom a lot of beach in Seattle are chief steward Arrangements have been made in yard materials. on the rail unions' suit within ten the fellows remember as an old- John Hauser, bosun Jack Ryan these ports for winter meetings Michigan's Sen. Phillip A. Hart and for servicing the members on is doing his part in insuring the days. The railroads contend that timer in the steward department, and "Shorty" Lniigldes, deck the great majority of the men are welfare problems. prosperity of Great Lakes Sea­ not needed to operate the trains is still unfit for duty and is now engineer. Organizational. The Great Lakes an outpatient. "Whitey" Lewis, farers in 1964 by starting an in­ District has been assisting the vestigation of the "rate war" which but the unions maintain that they the ex-New Orleans electrician, are necessary for safe operations. also is in the hospital here and was SlUNA Transportation Services & he says is slowing the growth of Allied Workers' organizing drive supposed to be operated on American ports on the St. Law­ in the Detroit area. At the City rence Seaway. If Hart's investiga­ January 8. Cab Company, some 200 taxi driv­ Other news here is that "Red" tion proves successful, discrimina­ ers won an NLRB election, but Bent is sitting for his 3rd en­ tory rate policies of shippers will could only bring the company to gineers' license,, and that Gene the negotiations table by calling a end and, simultaneously, new jobs Flowers, deck maintenance, just strike. The negotiations broke off will open for our Great Lakes signed aboard the Steel Admiral NEW YORK — The Commander members. after the company's refusal to for a round-the-world voyage. That of the Third Coast Guard District agree to hospitalization coverage leaves such oldtimers on the here has upheld the sentence for its employees. City Cab also beach as bosun John Spuron, who handed to Coast Guardsman Hairy refused to agree to a fair per­ hails from Baltimore and makes D. Lane, 22, by a recent court centage of bookings for the drivers. San Francisco his home; Tony martial. Lane, of Poughkeepsie, Checker Cab Company drivers Lain, that chief cook of renown; New York, was jailed for sinking still are anxiously awaiting their Harold King from "Newfie," who his own ship. NLRB election, while an NLRB sails as oiler, and Vic (Scotty) Rear Admiral Richard M. Ross election order is held up by the Harding, bosun. ordered Lane to begin serving the courts. The case is now being ap­ We have nothing to complain nine-month sentence the court had pealed in the 6th Circuit Court in about in San Francisco because ordered. Cincinnati, Ohio, and will involve shipping has been fairly good, and In its finding, the court had 2,000 drivers. TSAW Local 10 at the outlook is fair for the next charged Lane with negligently present holds NLRB certifiication couple of weeks. causing $750,000 in damage to the for all of the Checker Cab Com­ Shipping also is fairly good in 205-foot ocean-going tug Tamaroa. pany garage workers. Wilmington, where we've got quite He had been additionally charged Tug & Dredge Section. The a few well-known oldtimers on the with causing $220,000 damage to Great Lakes Tug & Dredge membeach, including bosun Bjom a floating commercial drydock by bers'hip has wound .up a very good Granfoerg, Pat Powers and Pat opening valves controlling its year, with Chicago a focal point. Connolly. A number of the fel­ floodgates. The new Job Security Program has lows on the beach had a sad duty While serving the nine-monthgreatly improved the job oppor­ to perform in attending the funeral sentence. Lane will receive no pay, tunities and job security of the of SIU pensioner William Hender- and will emerge from the US membership. During the 1963 sea­ shot, who died at the USPHS hos­ Navy's Disciplinary Command at son the following new companies pital in San Francisco on December Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as a signed contracts: 31 after a brief illness. Bill just seaman recruit. He had been a Allied Dredge, Toledo; Ameri­ went on pension, as reported in bosun's mate, third class. can Dock Construction, Cleveland; the last issue of the LOG. Although there will be no appeal Earnaby Towing, Chicago; Con­ Some of you fellows probably of the sentence. Lane's case will struction Aggregates, Chicago; Hur­ read in the newspapers about receive still another review, this ley Construction, Minneapolis. Harry Shonning, an SIU fireman- time by either the General Coun­ Latest SIU lifeboatmen's training class proudly poses tor Contract negotiations are in watertender, who was killed in a sel of the Treasury Department or progress with Sinclair Refining spectacular auto accident that by a three-man board of Coast "graduation" memento at SIU headquarters in New York. Corp. of Chicago and a new con­ sheared off a power pole. The ac­ Guard legal officers in Washing­ Successful class includes (front, l-r) John Coates, William tract with Great Lakes Towing cident maae all the papers in the ton. Cooper; middle, Rufino Lara, Richard Rodgers, Edward J. Company caliing for a pay increase Los Angeles area. The Coast Guard announced the Cleary, Chen Rung Zai, Horace Davis, Jr.; rear, Sydney C. In a couple of days the elections opening of bids soon on work to retroactive to April 1, is pending NelsoR, Carlos Rodriguez, Manuel Piiito, Albeit Mallory and for the Southei-n California Marl- restore the Tamaroa to full com­ membership ratification. instructor Ami Bjornsson. The class is the 98th to complete time Port Council will take place. missioned service. She is valued Legislative Activities. The vigor­ the training program for safety in boat-handling. Gordon (Blackie) Ellis, the SUP at $1.1 million. ous opposition against the Bonner CG Upholds Sentence In Tug Sinking Lifeboat Class No. 98 �M, liM US Consumer Aide Named By President JOHNSON CITY, Tex. —Presi­ dent Lyndon B. Johnson believes that American consumers need a better break and he has named Assistant Secretary of Labor Es­ ther Peterson to represent them as a special aide at the White House. The job comes as a signal honor to organized labor, since Mrs. Peterson, who was named Chief of the Women's Bureau and As­ sistant Secretary ot Labor by President John F. Kennedy, comes from a labor background. Originaliy a teacher, Mrs. Peter­ son worked for the International Ladies Garment Workers, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, represented the American trade union movement abroad where her husband was stationed as a member of the State Department, and worked closely with the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions and the International Con­ federation of Free Trade Unions. Mrs. Peterson's last position with the labor movement was as legislative representative of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union De­ partment. Her husband, Oliver A. Peterson, Is a labor adviser In the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs. While retainigg^ her preacnt post In the Department of Labor, Mrs. Peterson will direct a consumers affairs office in the White House in order that the Johnson Admin­ istration will be in a position to give the consumer prompt gov­ ernment protection when he needs it. As director of the Women's Bu­ reau, Mrs. Peterson has been deep­ ly concerned with women's problenns and has represented the Department of Labor at Congres­ sional hearings on legislation of interest to women in general and consumers in particular. SEAFARKKS Pat* SercB LOG Bars Jailing Of Dockers Backing Canada SIU Beef CHICAGO—-The US Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the jailing of 244 members of ILA Local 418 who had refused to handle vessels of Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. of Canada. Outlook For Shipping Holds Good Judge John S. Hastings is-"*^ New York shipping was exceptional over the past month and at this sued an order staying a dis­ concern, because the company is point indications are that there will continue to be good shipping out trict court judge's order using scab crewmembers of the of headquarters. Daring December we shipped as many as we registered, By Earl Shepard, Viee-Presidenl. AfkHitie Area and for the two-week period up through January 3 we paid off 20 ships, signed on 5 and had 18 vessels in transit for a total of 43. During the month pickets were used in Albany by the Maritime Trades Department to tie up a West German ship, the Poseidon, which was loading American wheat for Hungary. Although an injunction was served against the picketing, it did result in a tightening of Government procedures for the grain movement to Communist bloc nations. Our fight with Jimmy Hoffa does not mean that we do not have friends among the Teamsters. We gave Teamster Local 813 our full support in the recent strike of sanitation drivers here in New York. We also worked with the Retail Clerks in their fight to win contracts with employers in the New Jersey area. Some of the men on the beach in New York include Fred Hartshorn who paid off the Thetis last October and says that if every ship was like her, "all Seafarers would be living in Paradise." Fred says that the food was great and that there was good cooperation between officers and unlicensed personnel. We've also been seeing a lot of John Nash around New York. John signed off the 4 ^ Beauregard last month and says seen around the Baltimore hall that on the way to Puerto Rico they lately. He was on the Bethflor in picked up two Cuban refugees. October when the vessel picked up Bobby Edwards, who sails in the three Cuban refugees from a drift­ engine department, paid off the ing boat. Another frequent visitor Midland around Christmas time to the SIU hall in Baltimore is and says the ship was a real good Red Harris, who had been on the feeder and that the trip to Alex­ Venofe for months. Red says they andria went very smoothly. had an uneventful trip to Egypt, but that engine trouble brought Baltimore Reports Shipping was active in Baits the Venore to a halt for a day and more during December and tba a half near Gibralter. Shipping was on the slow bell in future looks even bettor AA alO ship, the Rio Uranoe, rescued over Philadelphia for December but 75 survivors from the Greek ship chances look good for an upsurge Lakonia when it caught fire In the in future months. SIU port rep­ Atlantic. The Rio Grande paid off resentatives were present at the in Baltimore on January 6 and SIU funeral of Cong. William Green members on the vessel had plenty who died last month. The SIU also of stories to tell about the rescue. offered its assistance to the Op­ Men on the beach in Baltimore erating Engineers who are on include Ray Schrum who paid off strike in nearby Camden. There the Natalie recently and said that were no beefs reported from this port. it had "one of the best steward Many compliments are being departments that I have seen heard around the hall about the in some time; especially the bak­ ing." Roland Muri has also been welfare and pension plans. Esterban Oquendo, who has been a full bookmember since 1944, was in the Phiily hall recently and com­ mented on how the SIU was "con­ stantly upgrading its welfare programs." In Boston, shipping has re­ mained on an even keel, with quite a few pensioners seen around the hall reminiscing about the old NEW YORK—^Russell H. Brandon, a trustee of the Seafar­ days. Sam Bayne, who has been ers Welfare Plan and other Union benefits plans for many on pension since last November, years and Industrial Relations Director of the marine divi­ still comes around to the hall for his daily game of cards. sion of Cities Service Oil New Norfolk Hall Company, died in New York New Jersey. SIU representatives on January 1 at the age of 54. attended the funeral services. Seafarers who have been to the A resident of Woodcliff Lake, Brandon had for many years New Jersey, Brandon is survived new Norfolk hall have really been been one of the company trustees by his wife Freida, two daughters, buzzing about the beautiful facili­ on the joint SIU- Mrs. Peter Solona and Beth Bran­ ties there. The SIU has been ship­ shipowner don, a brother Illard, and a grand­ ping out of there since the begin­ ning of November, and there are boards of trust­ child. complete recreational facilities and ees for the vari­ a 40-car parking lot in case you're ous SIU benefits thinking of dropping by. Among plans and had the oldtimers who have been ship­ participated with ping out of Norfolk recently are Union represen­ John Harris, who's been sailing SIU ship's delegates, meet­ tatives in devel­ with the SIU for 20 years; William ing chairmen and secretaries oping the pres­ Kuhl, who last signed off the who forward the ship's min­ ent-day welfare, Brandon Monticello Victory, and Bill Mceutes to headquarters are urged pension and vato make sure they fill out an han, who's been sailing oh SIUcation programs that were origi­ important section on the back contracted ships for the last 17 nated over a dozen years ago. of the form. This portion, lo­ years. It could be that these oldHe had been employed at Cities cated at the bottom on the timers can smell good shipping, Service Oil Company for the past left, relates to the ship's because Norfolk has been a pretty 34 years. He started at the com­ itinerary and the mail situa­ active port for the last month. pany's East Chicago refinery in tion, including packages of the Any of you SIU members who 1929, rose through the ranks and SEAFARERS LOG sent to all have been reading the Puerto Rico was appointed the marine divi­ ships when each issue is pub­ newspapers know about the comsion labor director in 1951. lished. Seafarers who fill out plimentry remarks that were made Brandon was born in Wayne, the minute's form can provide about the automation conference Okla., and attended Oklahoma A. headquarters with a handy the SIU co-sponsored in San Juan. and M. University. means of checking the SIUNA President Paul Hall spoke accuracy of mailing lists by Services were held at the First at the conference which was at­ completing this particular Congregational Church of Park tended by labor, government and section before sending in Ridge, New Jersey. Intennent business officials from the US, tiieir meeting report. took place at the George Wash­ Puerto Rico and all over ttie ington Memorial Park in Paramus, Caribbean. Russ Brandon Dies At 54; Headed CS Labor Relations File Complete Minutes' Form while the longshoremen's case is appealed to the higher court. Last month. District Court Judge James B. Parsons ruled that if Local 418 of the International Longshoremen's Association did not pay a fine of $41,800, or post an appeal bond of the same size, he would order the arrest of all of its members. In setting aside Judge Parson's order indefinitely. Chief Judge Hastings gave the National Labor Relations Board, which is prose­ cuting the case, until January 9 to submit an answer to the union's appeal for an indefinite stay. The situation is the result of the longshoremen's continuing refusal to touch ships of the Upper Lakes Canadian Maritime Union in place of the crews of the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of Canada. The SIU of Canada previously had a contractual relationship with the company. The longshoremen's support of the SIU led to hearings by the NLRB, which sought an injunction to force the longshoremen to load the Upper Lakes vessels. Judge Parsons issued the injunction ordering the men to load while the board held its hearing. ILA officers have requested the individual longshoremen to load but the men refused right on through the end of the Lakes ship­ ping season. The entire case is presently on appeal. ma By Lindsey Wiliiaiiis, Vice-President, liulf Area Big Snow Blankets The Gulf Area New Year's week was the week of the "Big Snow" in the East Gnlf. A freak storm moved in on the last day of the old year and covered the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts with a blanket of white. The storm established a record for the heaviest snow of this century in many coastal areas. In New Orleans, snow started falling shortly be­ fore 3 AM on December 31 and continued until 9 PM of that date. The snowfall was measured officially by the US Weather Bureau at 3.8 inches. A six-inch fall was reported at Slidell, La., on the north shoro of Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. Mobile reported 2.5 inches of snow. Those who watched the telecast of the Sugar Bowl game in New Orleans which, incidentally, was won by Alabama 12 to 7 over Missis­ sippi, witnessed the strange sight of a snow blanket around this area. The attention of Seafarers on the beach in New Orleans has been focused on the Democratic runoff primary in which former Mayor and US Ambassador Chep Morrison is seeking election to the. Governor's office over John J. McKeithen. The election is scheduled for January 11. Vic Miorana is whiling away time on the beach profitably by driving a sound wagon for one of the legislative candidates from the district that includes the French Market, 4which is Vic's old stamping ground. Orleans are Keith (Honolalu) WinsHenry St. Germain came over ley, Blaekie Foster, Bob Creel, Jack from Tampa before the holidays Procell and Francis Peredne. just in time to hit the biggest The news from Port Arthur via daily double of the season at the Houston is that the SIU Inland Fair Grounds ($1,194.00) and ship Boatmen's Union won an NLRB out on the South American run via election giving the Union repre­ Delta Lines. sentation rights in Texas Marine Some of the other oldtimers Fueling Company. As this column ready to ship out after spending was written, certification had not the holidays on the beach in New yet been received from the Labor Board, but this should be a rou­ tine matter. This company operates two tugs in the Port Arthur area. Election Win A couple of veteran Seafarers who are now making the job calls at Houston and are ready to catch the first ship out are W. D. Yarbrough, who sails chief steward, and J. E. Parks, who. is looking for a bosun's job. Mobile has settled down to the usual routine after a pre-Christmas surge in shipping. Charlie Stringfeliow, who has made many friends during the many years he has sailed as chief steward, is on the beach con­ valescing from a heart condition. He is waiting for a report from the doctor on whether he can get a "fit for duty." Although Charlie has plenty of seatime for retire­ ment, he likes the active life and would prefer to keep shipping al­ Discussion on union pension though he is happy to have the plans at Monday's SIU sense of security afforded by the headquarters membership SIU pension program. meeting included oldtimer Another well known Mobilian, James PurceH as a partic­ A1 Eby. says he is ready to grab ipant. Purcell recently re­ the first fireman's job that hits the tired on SIU pension. board after enjoying Ciiristmas. On Deck �Pare Eight SEAFARERS /aanaiy !•> 1N4 LOG House Group Will Resume Hearing On Medicare Bill WASHINGTON—Hearings on a bill to provide medical care for the aged through Social By Bill Hall, Headquarters Representative Security are scheduled to reopen January 20 before the House Ways and Means Committee. and Robert Matthews, Vice-Presicilent, Contracts The hearings were adjourned on November 22,1963 upon news of the assassination of Presi­ Transportation, Port Of Eiigagement dent Kennedy, The bill is • This column will be a regular feature of the LOG dealing with con­ health Insurance firms to pool all citizens over 65 under Social strongly supported by the their risks in providing care at tract matters and Job Issues in the SIU and maritime that develop from Security financing and in the case AFL-CiO. minimum cost, and also provide Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (DArk.) said the committee would hear only the witnesses who were scheduled to testify in November. They will have the same time al­ lotted to them. The shorter hearings were urged by Sen. Stephen Young (DOhio) in a speech in the Senate. He declared that there are already four volumes of testimony compiled and additional hearings would be a stalling tactic. Young urged the committee to report the laborbacked bill to the floor whether it was approved by the committee or not. This would give the House its first chance to vote on the proposal. Meanwhile, a group of six Re­ publicans, headed by Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY), is planning to introduce a medical care program of their own combining the Social Security and private approach to hospital and medical insurance for the aged. In the announcement of their plans, the group said that their bill will be based on the recom­ mendations of the National Com­ mittee on Health Care of the Aged which reported to President Kennedy only a week before his death. The proposed legislation would provide for hospitalization, skilled nursing care and home care for of those not under Social Security, from general tax funds. Medical, surgical and other health care needs, supplemental to Social Se­ curity benefits, would be provided under a private insurance pooling arrangement. "The plan," according to Its proponents, "would make full use of the private sector, by allowing the opportunity for state and pri­ vate organizations to help adminis­ ter the program. "We feel that the health' care needs of our 18 million citizens over 65 have been too long ne­ glected and that the Congress must resolve this problem In 1964," the announcement said. San Juan's The Place Deck delegate A. Henning (right) huddled with SlU Port Agent "Red" Campbell in San Juan aboard Sea-Land'i containership San Juan while the big ship was in Puerto Rico last week. The scene was recorded by lensman J. Coyle. m OT,T, A -R'fi WOmTH By Sidney Margolius Ciorox Is Gooci Brainwasher; Ads Keep Price Up High For a long time this department has been trying to tell readers that all the liquid chlorine bleaches are the same. If you look at the small print on the label, you will see that they have the same active ingredient of 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite. Yet most people buy Ciorox and pay 11-20 per­ cent more for it than the identical other liquid bleaches on the market. This is a startling example of the psychological effect of advertising. Several times wage-earners have told us that they tried to tell their wives Ciorox was the same as the lowerpriced bleaches. But their wives insisted that Ciorox is better. Among its other uses, Ciorox has been an effective brainwasher. Now the Federal Trade Commission has issued an unprecedented anti-trust decision ordering Proctor & Gamble to dispose of the Ciorox Company, which it had acquired in 1957. The FTC declared that the mass advertising for Ciorox had served (1) to dom­ inate the bleach market and impair competition, and (2) to keep the price high. In other words, the heavy advertising made pos­ sible by a dominating big company (one of the two biggest-spending advertisers in the country), had given Ciorox a virtual monopoly on the sales of this type of product. It could not even be claimed that the monopoly or domination of the market benefited the public by effecting economies in distribution. Ciorox costs more, not less, than the identical other liquid bleaches such as Purex, Rose-X, Co-Op, Bright Sail and other various regional brands. Ciorox, of course is only one of many examples of similar products costing more /under a welladvertised name than under a retailer's own brand name, or other less-known brand. Several surveys have shown that moderate-income people, especially, tend to select products with highly-advertised names. Our experience is that wage-earners rely on ad-vertised brand names because they often do not trust their cv.-n judgment in choosing among dif­ ferent products, as much as do more well-to-do fam­ ilies or those with more education. The moderateincome families unfortunately do not even seem to take as much care in reading labels on products, or don't understand the obscure language of the labels. For example, the amount of "active ingredient" is all that counts. "Inert ingredients" merely means the vehicle or carrier for the -active or useful ingred­ ient; often, merely water. Another notorious example of domination of a market by a heavily-advertised brand name, even at higher prices, is our old friend Bayer Aspirin. This example needs to be brought up again because Bayer currently is advertising over and over on TV that Government tests showed no other products is more effective than Bayer. What the TV ads don't say is that the tests also showed that Bayer is no more effective than the others. The tests, which included Bayer, St. Joseph, Bufferin, Excedrin and Anacin, found no important differences among them in either speed or duration of pain relief. The price of aspirin and aspirin products ranges all the way from 15 cents per 100 tablets, to $1.50 per 100. One of the most ludicrous examples of a manu­ facturer claiming special value for a product under one name is the recent incident involving the FTC and Borden's evaporated milk. Borden has been charging retailers more for canned milk sold under the Borden name than for milk of like grade and quality sold to retailers for resale under the store's own brand names. The FTC said, in effect, no, you can't charge one dealer less than another for the same product. But Borden insists that although the two brands of evaporated milk "physically were the same," they were not really the same; that the Borden name altered the "grade and quality." But the Federal Trade Commission refused to be Cloroxed. Perhaps the most devastating recent example of how ads raise prices is TV-advertised toys, as many parents who just went through the Christmas shop­ ping season must realize. Art Linkletter, a toy merchandiser as well as TV star, reported, according to "The New York Times," that television advertis­ ing costs are so "tremendous" that toys costing the manufacturer $3 or $4 to produce, go on the market for about $18 or $20. We've got "Pay TV" any way you look at. it. time to time. Seafarers should write directly to the Contract Department at headquarters regarding any comments or suggestions on these issues. Wd recently received a letter from Brother Charles W. Lane, ship's delegate on the tanker Orion Hunter, which posed several questions that arl.se from time to time. Question No. 1: In the sentence "However If you are paid off in Japan, the crew will be repatriated to the original port of engagement, as per contract," does the "original port of engagement herein stated refer to . the time and place the vessel signed the original articles (Dec. 28, 1962, in New York) or to the port where the individual seaman was hired to engage the vessel? Answer: The port of engagement would be the original port that the seamen actually shipped from to go aboard the vessel. In other words, if you shipped on a vessel at the port of San Francisco and signed foreign articles in the port of Wilmington, your port of engagement would be the Port of San Francisco. Reference: Standard Agreement, Article II, Section 56—Return to Port of Engagement—sub-section (b): "The port of engagement of the seaman is the port in the con-4 tinental United States where he another company, he shall be given was first employed by the com­ not less than second class passage. pany for the vessel involved. It is In the event he is given less than agreed that where a seaman quits second class passage on a vessel and a replacement is obtained in of another company, he shall be the continental United States port, given the cash difference between the replacement's port of engage­ the passage afforded and second ment shall be the same as the class passage. The seaman shall seaman he replaced except that have the option of accepting re­ the replacement would be entitled patriation by plane if such trans­ to transportation to his port of portation is offered. Repatriation engagement If the ship is laid up under this section shall be back to and he is laid off." the Port of Engagement." The delegate raises a second Question No. 4: In cases where question by stating the following men are replaced after the original example: articles have been signed, must Example: Seaman John Doe is the decision and the amount of hired at his home shipping Port of San Francisco on June 1, 1963, transportation paid depend upon replacing an original crewmember circumstances under which the re­ seamen have been paying off at mutual consent. He placed repatriated? is flown to Japan to engage vessel Although the Persian Gulf has and at the termination of the articles is repatriated to an east not been mentioned as a possible coast port (NY). Is he entitled to port of payoff it must be given serious consideration. The previous transportation to San Francisco? Answer: Yes, his original port of articles expired, and the replace­ engagement would be San Fran­ ments were flown to join the ship cisco inasmuch as he replaced a there. The doubts expressed at man who left the ship in a foreign this point in the discussion are port instead of a continental most pronounced. Answer: No. The time aboard United States port. Question No. Z actually is this: the ship would not be a factor as In the event the ship pays off in to the amount or type of transpor­ Japan and the crew is repatriated tation he would receive, regardless to San Francisco, is John Doe en­ of what port he was flown to in titled to transportation to the order to join the ship. His trans­ ship's original port of engage­ portation would be governed as to his original port of engagement ment (NY)? Answer: Yes. As his original port when he was flown from the US. Reference: The same as above. of engagement was New York, he Kennedy Funeral would have to be brought back to There have been questions noted that port. in various ships' minutes and sev­ Reference: The same as above. Question No. 3: Must crewmem- eral letters have been received at bers at the termination of the headquarters regarding the follow­ articles in a foreign port accept ing: Question: Is November 25, 1963 the company's means of transpor­ tation, if a seaman decides to stay (day of the funeral of the late abroad for an extended vacation, President Kennedy) considered a etc., and has necessary documents contractual holiday ... (a) at sea? to satisfy all authorities? Can the . . . and (b), in continental US ports man demand cash in lieu of where longshoremen were knocked off or did not work? transportation? Answer: The answer to both (a) Answer: No. They are not re­ and (b) is no, as this day is not a quired to pay you cash. All the regular holiday that is repeated company is required to do, as per each year. Therefore, no over­ the contract, is to bring you back time is payable for performing the to your original port of engage­ regular routine duties outlined in ment in the US, either by nothing the contract. less than second class passage, if repatriated on another vessel other In addition to the above, some than one owned by that particular of the other brothers who were company, or nothing less than the sent contract clarifications during equivalent to a regularly-scheduled the past few days were: Frank flight by plane. The member has Gonzalez, SS Eagle Voyager; his choice. Joseph I. Briant, deck delegate, SS Reference: Standard Tanker Niagara; Robert J. Goldy, SS Orion Agreement, Article II, Section 14 Planet; Albert A. Spanraft, engine Repatriation, Upkeep and Trans­ delegate, SS Aldlna; Richard J. portation, sub-section (a), second Brown, SS Pennmar; James H. paragraph: If repatriated on a ves­ Maxey, ship's delegate, SS Pondersel of the company, he shall be osa; James Morrison, SS Columbia^ signed on as a non-working work­ and Otis Hardin, ship's delegate, away. If repatriated on a. vessel of SS Warrior. $1 $> �Auiiurr 19,1994 y I SEAFARERS LOG rage Nine - The children of SlU-affiliated Transportation Services & Allied Workers taxi men really had • romp at their yule party In Chicago. TSAW President Dominick Aisota looks on (left) as tw« little girls chat with Santa. Later, at "twist-time," youngsters put on a show of their own. Seafarer Urho Saarinen brought neighborhood youngsters Dennis (left) and Kyle Burgess as guests at New York. Seafarer D. Militar and his wife (far side of table, extreme right) entertain their guests at the Sailors Union Christmas Day dinner in San Francisco. Smiling Ivtrs. Militar is hold­ ing son Roy, Jr. on her lap, as all enjoy the traditional turkey and fixings. At Chicago, Santa made the day complete by distributing prizes to the kids, who clutched them happily. Seafarer Delmer Hynn was at tea on Christmas Day, but he was represented at the New York festivities by daughters Janet and Marlene. Others enjoying the holiday spread In headquarters cafeteria are (l-r) Philip Rondon, Inez Rondon and Albert Choreas. Christmas dinner was a family affair for Seafarer and Mrs. Ramon Olivero at the San Juan hall. There wasn't the slightest chance of having a snowy Christmas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but the SiU made it a festive occasion anyway, included here at the San Juan hall are Seafarers Tony Acosto, Johnny Rios, Roberto Eseobor, Ferdinand Pricto and Ramon do Jesus. SIU hall in Norfolk sported a gaily-decorated tree and a real Santa for the delight of the youngsters, one of whom couldn't wait to have his picture taken with Santa. �Pare TM SEAFARERS AFL-CIO Disputes Plan Effective Report Shows NEW YORK—The internal disputes machinery established by the 1981 AFL-CIO convention has demonstrated the value of mediation in settling disputes between unions, the Execu­ tive Council reported to the-*' Federation's fifth convention drawn and one referred to the council. The subcommittee also here. Janaarr l*. tt64 LOG Would Abolish Burial At Sea Visitors In New York NAPLES—An officer of the Italian Navy has asked for abolition of the practice of committing dead seamen to the deep, calling it a "cruel burial." Capt. Francesco Tolomeo con­ tended that sea burial may have been necessary in the days of sailing ships when ves­ sels were at sea for months at a time, but that today the practice Is no longer justified. Fast ships and frequent port stops ntake the difference, he said. Noting that nearly 69 percent received 14 complaints of non­ of the 222 cases filed under the compliance with the umpire's de­ disputes article since Jan..l, 1962 cisions. It achieved compliance in have been settled in mediation, the six cases, found non-compliahce in Council said a similar proportion four, with four cases still pending. of settlements is expected for the cases now in mediation. Disputes mediation has been handled by a panel of 60 leaders of affiliated unions, with David L. Cole as impartial umpire in cases referred to him. The Council A recent visitor to SIU headquarters, Seafarer Jerry Pow noted that of the 222 cases filed, brought along his wife and two of their children, Susie, 8 128 have been settled in mediation; By Jotc >li B. Loque, MD, Medical Director (left), and Rose Marie, 5, from their home in Long Island 29 are still in mediation; 58 were decided by the umpire, who also City. Pow ships in the steward department. issued five fact-finding reports, With the New Year here. Seafarers are reminded that the SIU and four cases still are pending. During the operation of the clinics are now open six days a week to serve thetr medical needs plan, three unions were found in while they are ashore in major US ports. The new Saturday hours are non-compliance and sanctions re­ designed for their comfort and convenience, and should be utilized as quired by the pian were put Into much as possible. A selection of medical news briefs is offered below, since much of ei'fect. One union, the Bookbinders, placed itself in compliance and this information is directly applicable to Seafarers and their families. SMALLPOX ALERT: Foreign quarantine stations throughout the sanctions were removed, the coun­ By Fred Sfewart and Edward X. Mooaey cil reported. Sanctions are in ef­ United States have been alerted to be especially vigilant in clearing fect against the National Mari­ travelers arriving from Budapest, Hungary, which was declared infected Headquarters Representatives time Union and the Journeyman with smallpox on August 31, 1963, as announced by the Public Healtb Service. The source of the outbreak has not been determined nor has Stonecutters. The effectiveness of the internal the number of cases been reported. The tragic burning of the Greek passenger ship Lakonia last month In addition, a case of smallpox, believed to have been contracted has again pointed up the ever-present danger of fire at sea. The La­ disputes plan is attributable, the report noted, "to a high degree of in Africa, has been reported in Zurich, Switzerland; another case in konia fire reportedly was started by. a short circuit in overloaded elec­ cooperation among Federation af­ Budapest has been reported in Vienna, Austria. Hungary is the third trical wiring. By a strange coincidence, the problem of electrical filiates in settling oases at the European country to be struck by a smallpox outbreak in 1963. An safety aboard ship was dealt with in the December 13, 1963 issue of mediation level, and the high outbreak in Stockholm, Sweden a few months ago took four lives; the LOG, just ten days before the fatal fire. degree of competency" of tihe medi­ the current outbreak in Poland has, so far, resulted in seven deaths. Too much care can never be given to fire prevention aboard ship. Both the Swedish and Polish outbreaks were traced to Asia. ators. Among causes of shipboard fires, one of the most difficult to detect, Surgeon General Luther L.4 The Executive Council subcom­ and therefore one of the most dangerous, is the fire caused by spon­ mittee received 21 appeals from Terry has cautioned that Ameri­ past two years have been about 10 taneous combustion. the umpire's determinations, of cans who are planning trips aboard to 12%. Although the process of spontaneous combustion is seldom seen, which 19 were denied, one with­ With the exception of the New either during its developmental stages or even the final stage when should make sure they have re­ cently been successfully vaccinated England and West South Central a fire suddenly flares up from some soiled rags, spontaneous combus­ States, all geographic regions re­ tion is far from a myth—especially aboard ship. Generally it develops against smallpox. He has also rec­ ported more eases during the pe­ in closed areas and is only observed when smoke seeps out of ventila­ ommended that anyone who has riod January-July, 1963 than for tors, hatches, or stowage lockers. recently returned from a smallpox- the similar period of 1962. The de­ Under the right conditions, spontaneous combustion can create a infected area should see his physi­ crease in reports of infectious serious fire hazard. Aboard ship a spontaneous combustion fire usually cian at once if he suddenly be­ syphilis in the West-South Central starts when a rag soiled with vegetable oil, paint or linseed oil is dis­ comes ill. The symptoms to look States is accounted for primarily carded or stowed in a warm place. for are fever, aching, malaise, or a by Louisiana where the 348 cases The oil soon starts to oxidize, that is, to combine chemically with HOUSTON, November 12 — Chairman, rash. reported during January-July, the oxygen in the air. Heat is produced from this chemical action Lindsay Williams; Secretary, Paul Dra­ Public Health Service quarantine nk; Reading Clerk, Marty Breithoff. Ac­ regulations require all travelers 1963 are less than one-half the which, in turn, hastens the oxidization and generates more heat, and 736 eases reported for the same so on. The cycle continues until the rag eventually bursts into flame. cepted minutes o£ previous port meet­ ings. Executive board minutes of Sep­ entering the United States to pre­ period during 1962. (The fore­ Then if there is something else around that will burn, you have a tember 25 presented and read. Port sent a validated international cer­ going is as reported in "Navy real fire on your hands. Agent's report on shipping, local elec­ tions. retail clerks' dispute, holiday din­ tificate of vaccination against small­ Medical News Letter.") The best way to prevent this type of fire is to keep things clean, ners and blood bank was accepted. Octo­ pox within the past three years. In ber reports by the President and Secre­ VENEREAL DISEASE: Dr. Ern­ neat and shipshape at all times. Soiled rags which might ignite spon­ tary-Treasurer were acceepted. Auditor's addition, USPHS physicians and est Claxton, Assistant Secretary of taneously should be discarded after use. A general cleanup should reports accepted. Total present: 330. inspectors examine all arrivals for the British Medical Association, include all materials that might feed a fire, such as wastepaper, oilsymptoms of the disease. Any has expressed concern that the use soaked dunnage and old rope. Clean rags should be kept in a metal 4< JNEW ORt.EANS. November 12—Chair­ traveler suspected of having small­ of oral contraceptives could start a container. Store paint thinners and solvents in closed containers. man, C. J. (Buck) Stephens; Secretary, pox can he detained for a period Particularly dangerous and susceptible to spontaneous combustion Tom Gould; Reading Clerk, Bill Moody. of medical observation until the venereal disease epidemic. "Oral Minutes of all previous port meetings contraception gives no protection are rags, clothing or fabric impregnated with oil of almost any kind, accepted. Executive Board minutes of danger of smallpox has been ruled against the disease, and if it comes but especially linseed oil which is extremely dangerous. If such items September 23 presented and read. Port out. into widespread use there could be are to be stored aboard ship, they should be thoroughly dried and Agent's report on shipping, local elec­ INFECTIOUS SYPHILIS. One a dangerous epidemic," he said re­ stored in metal containers. Ventilation is also a good idea, if possible, tions and ILA sugar workers' beef was accepted. President's report for October thousand eight hundred and 90 cently. to dissipate any heat that may be generated spontaneously, so don't and Secretary-Treasurer's October report were accepted. Meeting excuses re­ cases of primary and secondary in­ SAVE TEETH: A child who has store such items in a heap somewhere in a corner, if this can be ferred to dispatcher. Auditor's reports fectious syphilis were reported for presented and accepted. Total present: the month of July, 1963. This rep­ a tooth knocked out in an accident avoided. 410. should immediately put it in a jar Many commodities common on board ship either as cargo or as ship's resents an increase of 12% as com­ of water. A dentist may be able stores are possible sources of trouble in this area. Among those to be A. 3. MOBILE, November 13—Chairman, pared to July, 1962, when 1684 to replant the tooth in the child's on the lookout for are fish meal, which can be dangerous if over-dried Lindsey Williams; Secretary, Louis Neira; cases were reported. The rise is mouth if he is reached soon or exposed to excessive heat; tung oil, which should not be allowed Reading Clerk, Robert Jordan. All pre­ vious port meeting minutes were ac­ consistent witli the upward trend enough. If it takes hold, it may to soak into rags, cotton or fibrous materials; and peanut red skins. cepted. Executive Board report for Sep­ of reported cases of infectious live as long as 20 years, claims Dr. Among those commodities considered moderately susceptible to tember 23 was presented and read. Port sypliilis, a trend which has been Sidney Kupfer, an instructor of spontaneous combustion are: ground feeds, metal powder, paint con­ Agent reported on shipping prospects and holiday dinners. Report accepted. evident in the United States for pathology at the New York Univer­ taining drier, roofing felts and paper, scrap rubber, soap powder, soy President's and Secrctary-Trea.surer's Oc­ the past six years. The national sity. tober reports accepted. Auditor's re­ bean oil, wa.ste paper, wool wastes. per annum iiicrcascs during tiio ports accepted. Total present: 147. ACNE: A Boston University Among items considered susceptible to a lesser degree are burlap dermatologist reports "marked bags, copra, grains, hides, jute, powdered eggs, sawdust and sisal. success" in using female sex hor­ mones to treat women who suffer from acne. Dr. Peter Pochi told a meeting of the American Academy November, 1963 Now that the cold weather is here. Seafarers are reminded that • of Dermatology that the treatment heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if Seamen Wives Children TOTAL Port works because male hormones, the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer 126 34 18 178 Baltimore present in men and women, stimu­ and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmem82 12 6 100 late oil glands. Female hormones Houston bers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait counteract excessive oil production, 7 7 72 three or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ Mobile which causes skin eruptions. Dr. sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. 7 14 274 295 New Orleans Pochi said the amount of female The same applies when shipyard Workers are busy around living 25 35 482 422 New York •••••• hormones needed to be effective quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was 29 188 27 Philadelphia '" causes feminization in men. (The done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts available in order foregoing is as reported in the to. make a determination. 107 114 1,315 '•••'1,094 TOTAL • • "Health Bulletin.") A Reminder About Saturday Hours 'Sooi'd Danger Signs For Fire At Sea I SIU MEMBERSHIP IKIMEETINGS SIU Clink Exams—A// Ports Don't Delay On Heat Beefs �If. IMt SEAFARERS Fv Bevem LOG The Big WheeP MOVES TO SPUR VOTING—A blue-ribbon cominissioii named by the late President Kennedy has recommended sweeping changes in state registration and voting laws to Increase citizen participation In elections. In Italy, it emphasized,.voter turnout in the last four elections "has topped 92 percent," in West Germany has ranged between 78.5 per­ cent to 87.8 percent, during the last 15 years, in Canada has surpassed 80 percent in the last three general elections. But in the US, voter participation since the turn of the century has never reached 50 per­ cent in Presidential elections, and has ranged from a low of 30.1 per­ cent to a high of 48.9 percent in 1962. The 11-man conunission held that nonvoting could be attributed to "voluntary" and "involuntary" causes, and that failure to vote could be attacked effectively no matter wh.at the reasons for non-participation. The cure for nonvoting that arises from apathy, the commission re­ ported, is "a register-and-vote campaign" carried on by "political par­ ties, civic, business and labor groups, public bodies and officials" em­ ploying tested technique of publicity and persuasion. So far as "involuntary" failure to vote is concerned, the commission blamed restrictive state laws that impose unduly harsh residency re­ quirements, unjustified literacy tests and "complicated and inaccessi­ ble" registration procedures. Three commission members split from the majority on the literacytest issue, arguing in two separate opinions that a "bona fide" test is not unreasonable, and that a state should not be deprived of the right to require voters to "demonstrate ability to read the language of our ballot." A separate opinion was filed, signed by six members rejecting the doctrine that inability to read and write is a valid reason for bar­ ring a citizen from the polls. The commission made these major recommendations to the states on revision of their election laws; 9 Registration should be made easily available to all citizens through house-to-house canvas procedures, deputy registrars, precinct and mo­ bile registration, extension of the time of registration until three or four weeks before an election, and absentee registration. • State residence requirements should not exceed six months and local residence requirements not more than 30 days, while new state residents should be allowed to vote for President if he would have been qualified under the laws of his previous state of residence. • Polling places should be equipped to eliminate long waiting periods and they should be open throughout the day and at least until 9 PM. • Every possible protection against election fraud should be of­ fered, candidacy should be open to all, the right to vote should be extended to persons living on Government reservations, the poll tax should be eliminated. • Election Day should be proclaimed a national day of dedication to our American democracy so that "the privilege of a free ballot would be underscored," and absentee voting as well as absentee registration should be legalized. Roy L. Reuther, registration coordinator of COPE and a member of the commission, commented that "it was easier to buy a gun at a neigh­ borhood hardware store than to register and vote." - A 25-year fight to unionize the Weldon Pajama Company ended in victory for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers when 750 em­ ployees ratified a first contract giv­ ing them wage boosts and improve­ ments in working conditions and fringe benefits. One of the nation's largest manufacturers of pajamas, Weldon has its plant at Williamsport, Pa. The first pact was the climax of organizing drives that dated back to 1935, and included an unsuccessful year-long strike for recognition by the cutters in 1951. The employees finally won recognition of their union last November, after the anti-union former management sold the busi-. ness. Nearly 500,000 union members in the postal service will be able to pay their dues through payroll de­ ductions under an agreement nego­ tiated with the Post Office Depart­ ment, which on the basis of in­ dividual authorizations, will de­ duct dues for members of 13 national organizations at a service charge of 2 cents a month. The two biggest unions taking part in the progi-am are the Letter Car­ riers and the Postal Clerks. The voluntary checkoff plan will go Into effect in April tor most postal workers. AFL-CIO Metal Trades Councils have won exclusive recognition as bargaining agents for workers at two more Navy installations. This brings the total number of Federal "blue collar" workers covered by metal trades recognition grants to 85,000. More than 9,000 workers are now represented by metal trades groups at the Mare Island NaVal Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif., and the Oceana Naval Air Station at Virginia Beach, Va. Councils have been granted recognition at 10 of the 11 Naval shipyards around the country. An election is due late this week for the 11th yard in Boston. 4 4 i Last-minute bargaining produced an improved new pact including wage boosts to end the threat of a strike by 13,000 Machinists against United Air Lines. The agreement climaxed 20 months of negotia­ tions, and was ratified in secret ballot votes by a margin of nearly two to one. The Machinists pre­ viously had rejected a less-satisfac­ tory company proposal. The com­ pany then announced unilaterally that it would try to keep its planes flying by putting into effect work­ ing terms recommended by a Presi­ dential emergency board and in­ viting members of the Machinists to continue work. Hardly a day goes by without the people of our country being reminded of a creep­ ing, sinister threat to their individual and collective security. It is difficult to pick up a newspaper and thumb through its pages without seeing some mention of automation somewhere in our giant economy. For the most part, only those who feel, or are about to feel, the impact of automa­ tion are sensitive to this relentless force that is gathering alarming momentum but which, like the weather, is only being talked about. Not too many years ago automated ma­ chinery was confined to relatively few areas. But today there are few areas of human endeavor which do not stand in the path of this great destroyer of jobs. In shops and office-s-blue collar and white collar—all are similarly affected. Everywhere machines are replacing men and women on the jobs or are getting ready to replace them. Some people like to take comfort in the fact that the automation revolution will pro­ duce benefits that will ultimaely offset the hardships it inflicts upon American workers. They point to the Industrial Revolution of an earlier age which, while it threw vast numbers of people out of employment, ulti­ mately created new areas for employment. But there is nothing on the horizon to in­ dicate that the automation revolution pos­ sesses the same potential. The Industrial Revolution created new industry and, with it, new jobs. The automation revolution de­ stroys jobs without opening up any new areas to absorb those whom it renders unemoloyed. You cannot stop automation because it is an inevitable result of progress which we can only hope will provide a fuller life. But be­ fore it does there could be serious national consequences if our country, with all of its components—industry, government and la­ bor—does not prepare itself to cushion the effects of the automation blow. AFL-GIO President George Meany told the Federation's recent convention that automa­ tion was becoming "a curse to society" which could lead to a national catastrophe. He said there was no sign that it has an ele­ ment of blessing in it. The frightening thing about automation is its impact, and the advantages machines seem to have over man. In one recently-re­ ported instance involving a machining op­ eration in an engine block plant, five men had been turning out 38 pieces per man-hour before automation. After automation, one worker was able to produce 750 pieces per man-hour, freeing the other four workers for other jobs or, as is often the case, for the unemployment line. But with the endless cycle of such develop­ ments, as more machine processes are auto­ mated, the big question still remains: Who is going to buy the end-products of this kind of mass production, and with what, if ma­ chines keep replacing human workers who are unsuited or untrained for other work and are unable to obtain other jobs? Seamen, of course, have felt the effects of automation, in fact, for a long time. Sophis­ ticated modern power plants and machinery have replaced the old wood and coal-burn­ ers; self-loading containerships and large, speedy super carriers have reduced and trimmed employment in maritime. And this is a problem which constantly has to be dealt with by all of the agencies involved. But the experience in maritime is minute compared to the impacts of automation on the broad national level. Obviously, worry­ ing about the problem, talking about it or ignoring it will not provide an answer. Action on the problem, on the other hand, does offer some possibility for coping with the insatiable drive of automated machinery. Yet, as with everything else, there is little to be gained by waiting to lock the barn after the horse is stolen. A bold national program to ready our­ selves as a nation to cope with this great problem is urgently needed now. At least, that's the way it looks to those of us who believe in preventive medicine. �SEAFARERS P«e Twelve SUT AXIItTVAX.S and Union Service Is Appreciated All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Randy Paul Farley, born Sep­ tober 1, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lohr, born October 8, 1963, to Sea­ tember 27, 1963, to Seafarer and Marshall C. Cooper, Robertsdale, farer and Mrs. Marvin James Lohr, Jr., Lake Charles, La. Mrs. Alfred M. Farley, Manistique, Ala. Mich. ^ % i, James Garcia, born September it it i Michael Kenneth Shannon, born Susan Santoro, born October 4, 1, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Trini­ September 9, 1963, to Seafarer and 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Domi- dad Garcia, Jr., Galveston, Texas. Mrs. John R. Shannon, Philadel­ nick J. Santoro, Cleveland, Ohio. phia, Pa. i it i Gall June Grotti, born Septem­ it ^ it it i Christopher Michael Monahan, ber 2, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Margaret Valladarea, born born November 6, 1963, to Sea­ John David Groth, Baltimore, Md. August 6, 1963, to Seafarer and it it it farer and Mrs. Harry Monahan, Mrs. Claude Valladares, Jamaica Jersey City, New Jersey. Argelia Miranda, born July 25, Plain, Mass. 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hevlit it i Susan Lynn Bryan, born Septem­ Andres Lopez, born November berto Miranda, Miami, Fia. it it it ber 11, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 7, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. LauPatricia Ann and James Patrick Jacob A. Bryan, Baltimore, Md. reano Lopez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been re­ it i i ported to the Seafarers Welfare Flan (any apparent de­ Edward Carter, born August 20, lay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the E. Carter, Savannah, Ga. disposition of estates): i" 4» Olifidio Esquivel, Jr., born Au­ William Christian Luth, 51: Ac­ Ciement Stann, 44; Brother gust 11, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. cidental drowning took ihe life Olifidio Esquivel, Wharton, Texas. Stann died of natural causes of Brother Luth aboard the SS on September 29, it it i Transhudson on 1963 at Green­ Rebecca Jean Patty, born Sep­ September 14, wich Township, tember 25, 1963, to Seafarer and 1963. He had New Jersey. He Mrs. Ely Levi Patty, Orange, Texas. sailed with the had sailed with SIU in the stew­ it i i thb SIU since ard department Milo Zwerling, born October 22, 1938 in the deck since 1959. There 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Louis department. Sur­ were no sur­ Zwerling, New York, NY. viving is his vivors listed on wife, Mrs. Mar­ it i it the death notice. garet Luth, of Philadelphia, Pa. Michael Alan Cooper, born Oc­ Burial was at New Orleans, La, Burial was in Philadelphia. it i it John Mundra, 50: Brother Mundra died aboard the SS Steel Re­ corder of natural causes on Sep­ tember 2, 1963. He had shipped with the SIU All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and since 1961, sailing visits whenever possible. The following is the latest in the engine de­ available list of SIU men in the hospital: partment. He is USPHS HOSPITAI, James MitcheU J. Watkins survived by his NEW ORLEANS. LOUISANA Jose Sanchez mother, Mrs. So­ Edward Achee Duska Korolla USPHS HOSPITAL James Lala James Alexander phia Mundra, of NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Theodore Leo Richard Barnes Jerry Allen Joseph Howell Kingston, Pa. Burial was at HazJames Benolt Tinerman Lee John Burke. Jr. Darius Jones Daniel Bishop Claude Lomers James Dalsey Sveno E. Kristeiuen let. New Jersey. John Burchunal. James MarshaU John Fitchettl James Marks it i it Wilbert Burke Carl Messer Bernard Geerman Wm. Mason George Burleson Evangelos Nonls James Swoboda, 60: Brother Thomas Hill, Jr. Harry Overton, Jr. Claude Norton James Childress Swoboda died of a heart ailment USPHS HOSPITAL Mallory Coffey Kenyon Parks GALVESTON, TEXAS in the John HopSteve Crawford Charles Parmar Raymond Anderson James Hodges Edward Crelan George Perez k 1 n s Hospital, Henry Bortz Roy Justice Edward Poe Joseph Culles Baltimore, Md., W. W. Baclh John Lager John Raines Frederick Davis Leslie Dean James Mallard Harold Robinson Sidney Day on October 23, Lucien Elie Abraham Mander Salvatore Detrio Anthony Rodriguez 1963. He had Cecil Gates Ralph Palmer Salvatore Fertitta H. Leonard Shaw Monroe Gaddy Roy Peebles sailed with the George Flint Finis Strickland Hugh Grove Q. Zambrano Eugene Gallaspy Ruffin Thomas SIU since 1938 Sanford Gregory Michael Toth USPHS HOSPITAL in the engine de­ Earl Whatley Jessee Green BRIGHTON. MASS. Robert White Seifert Hamilton Harry Dav's Robert King partment. He is Ned Hlnson Roland Wilcox. Jr. Aifred Duggan Donald Watson survived by a George Hudson William Woolsey USPHS HOSPITAL friend, V. SchoStanley Wright Walter Johnson SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. USPHS HOSPITAL enberger, of Baltimore. Burial Charles Allen Joseph Graves STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Edward Brezlna Manuel Lopez was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Bal­ Effrey Manuel Stanley Derelo Charlie Gedra timore. Anson Blower Jose Morales USPHS HOSPITAL $1 $1 "Evaristo Aldanodo Albert MartinelU William Morris Corneel Amelihck Isidore Nappi Samuel Bailey Joseph Obeza William Barnctt George O'Rourke Felix Bonetoiit Eugene Plahn William Brabham Floro Regaldo Robert Burton Charles Dougherty Jacques Rion John Roberts Thomas Duncan Mohamed Said Ramon Galarza Miguel Tirado Thomas Gray I'rancis Tokarcliuk Richard Green Eladlo Torres Edwin Harriman Sol Vecchione Ralph Hayes Frank Villacorta Charles Hylen Julain Vista Carl Kendall Ernest Vitou Sulo Lepisto Weldon Wade . Paul Liotta Lester Sturtevant Dennis Lloyd tJSPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Francis O'Lauglin Louis Baxter Frank Ortiz Allen Boone Bryon Ricketts Charles Burns Dayid Rudolph Chapman Clayton Myron .Smith James Doyle David Sorensen Freidof Fondila Richard Waters John Hannay Laurence Halbrock Wilbcrt Wentling Benjamin Leon Joseph Williams Harry Muches Harry Willoughby Salvatore Messina Martin Wlttig Corbert Myrick Martin Yager Frank Novak MT. WILSON STATE HO.SP1TAL MOUNT WILSON, MARYLA.iP Hector Duarte USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Laurence Ames Edward Bates If Atkins Perry Lee SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Fox Lewis C. G. Snodgrass Antonio Penor Vernon Williams William Stephens USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Charles Boyle John Reed Raymond Kersten Rufus Volkman Gordon Lierman USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerald Algernon Thomas Lehay Colon Boutwell Billy Lynn Benjamin Deibler George McKnew Abe Gordon Samuel Mills Charles Hooper Willie A. Young SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLA.ND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Lsak.sea Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny VA HOSPITAL WE.ST ROXBURY, MASS. Raymond Ar.senault MONTGOMERY TB SANITARIUM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Herman Hickman USPllS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Leon C. Brown James McGee Archie Lykiardopol PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NEW YORK Arthur Nelson US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON, DC William H. Thomson Junuan 19, 1964 LOG here in Studio Electrioiana Looal 728, but its benefits don't com­ pare to SIU benefits. To the Editor: I a™ very proud to have beea We, the undersigned, wish to * member of the SIU. God blesa express our thanks to the Wei"P this great orfare Plan in general and espe- Kanlzatlon, and long may It dally to our welfare represenHarold Row* tatives in New York who have shown great concern along with i i quick and courteous care to the patients at the Staten Island marine hospital. As there are no short-trippers To the Editor: in this ward, the average stay I want to bring HR220 and Is around six months and, as is the 15 other measures to your normal, we beef about every- rttention.TMs'^^^sTat^ . - „ . , allow World War 11 and Korean * I I War veterans a chance to con­ vert or excliange their National Service Life Insurance policies to a new modified plan. .e Editor 1 would like to ask that this paragraph be added to the measures: All letters to the Editor for That the effective date for publication in the SEAFARERS permanent policies be allowed LOG must be signed by the one change. writer. Names will be withheld Will you write Senators Javits upon request. and Keating and your repre­ sentative in Congress to help thing, anything and nothing. have this paragraph added to Yet the service we've received these measures? Alert officers and the SlU from welfare and from the ... Union is above reproach, even menibership at meetings about jg gg this legislation and get them to All of us send our greatest action. David W. Heaven thanks to all associated with the i it it welfare department at head­ quarters. George O'Rourke adds his special thanks for the prompt and wonderful care given to his To the Editor: wife during her own illness. He At our last ship's meeting, the sincerely appreciates the quick subject of a union pension plan action taken on handling the was strongly brought and dis­ expenses of her treatment. cussed by all hands. Thomas Stratford We of the SS Del Santos, hav­ W. Derry ing read numerous pension George O'Rourke plans that have been written in James D. Gillian by other brothers to the LOG, Lester Sturtevant would like to submit our version of a fair pension plan. it it it It was unanamously agreed upon by all members that to be able to qualify for the pension, a member should have 20 years To the Editor: of union time. Within this 20 1 retired my SIU book at years, he should have no less Wilmington, Calif., on May 9, than 12 years of seatime. 1963. At this time 1 am working It was also agreed that to as an electrician in the movie build this pension fund, tho studios in Hollywood. Union officials should, at the 1 miss the sea and the fine next contract negotiations, figlit times I've had on SlU-con- for a fund to be set aside by tracted ships, and would like to the companies of a specific keep receiving the LOG, which amount per day for each active is my favorite reading material, member, instead of a raise in On numerous occasions while wages, working on studio sets, the We of the SS Del Santos repractical knowledge I gained at quest that this letter be pubsea has come in handy. It is iished in the LOG and that surprising how this world of other brothers aboard their make-believe can be so realistic, ships send in their opinions on During conversations about a fair pension plan. This letter ships and the sea, 1 never hesl- was signed by myself and 31 tate to let all know about our other members of the Del great union and the benefits we Santos crew, receive. We have a good union John W. Alstatt Gi insurance Bills Supported Del Santos Asks Added Pension $ Former Seafarer Misses The Sea in The Tradition Of The Sea Full honors of the sea were accorded to Seafarer Russell E. McLeod recently, dur.ing a brief burial ceremony in the Pacific. Capt. Alfred P. Jump conducted the rites aboard the Alcoa Mariner, then committed Mcleod's ashes to the deep in the best shipboard tradition. McLeod died at the Seattle USPHS hospital after having sailed with the SIU in the steward department since 1955. �JamHay M. IfM SEAFARERS LOG Pac« lUrtecB The skipper on the Chilore (Marven) earned warm thanks after he demonstrated his concern for the welfare of his crew. Capt. Frost was credited with doing a wonderful job in turning around and wiring all nearby ports for assistance when Seafarer C. Copper suf­ fered a heart attack and had-*^ to be taken off the ship De­ extended by the gang on the Seacember 21 for hospitalization train Louisiana to relief skipper at Algiers. The skipper's arrange­ ments made sure that a doctor was waiting on arrival, reported dele­ gate Basile Polamo, so that Copper could get the best possible care. 4" 4- From the Steel Rover (Isthmian), crewmembers forward the cryptic note that they have "really learned to appreciate the pride of Greece —Metaxas brandy"—which is a beverage of some renown in many parts of the world. Meeting chair­ man Ed Keagy and secretary W. M. Hand provided no further de­ tails on their terse announcement. 4 4" 4" Ship's delegate Francis Wherrity on the Globe Progress (Ocean Cargo) rightly wants credit to go where it belongs, regarding the steward who went through the trouble of getting the movies. TADDEI VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), Nov. 11—Ctiairman, Prin­ cipe; Secretary, LIpkln. R. Barnes was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Inside of ship badly in need of cleaning and painting. Water cool­ er needed for crew mess. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Nov. 29—Chairman, W. J. Miies; Secretary, H. W. Spillane. SIS.OS in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks given to steward de­ partment for fine Thanksgiving din^ ' .iiiiii] m I iw,i "ft ^ CyWWtytPW JRT Keogy Gleim bringing them to the ship and showing them during the voyage. Wherrity says the steward's name is Nicholas Hatgimisios, also known as Pete Hoggie, and that an item previously printed (LOG, Nov. 15) about this was incorrect. Hatgimisios has also been lauded for the excellent feeding offered by his department, including spe­ cial holiday meals. 4" 4« 4" A "bon voyage" wish has been Spain were sent registered mail to the Union hall in Seattle. Crewmem­ bers contemplating paying oil by mu­ tual consent requested to make their intentions known before entering Persian Gulf so that replacements can be ordered. $1.90 in the red on the ship's fund. Motion made that a leter be written to headquarters for clarification on transportation from Yokohama to ship, and clarification on subsistence and lodging. Crewmembers voted unanimously to be placed on record as desiring repre­ sentation by a permanent patrolman in the Far East. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), Nov. 10 ' —Chairman, W. Young; Secretary, Ship's delegate reported everything is running smoothly. Motion made to have all water tanks ' Cleaned. Vote of thanks extended to : the steward department for a Job ' ' ^ • well done. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Waterways), Dec. 7—Chairman, Eugene Ceccato; Secretary, Frank Napoll. One man .Kvx;-;.::.;.::v:v::v;-:wx missed ship in St. Nazaire, France. Vote of thanks extended to steward ner. Suggestion made to have plat, department for a Job well done. No form buiit for gangway. beefs reported by department dele­ gates. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), Dee. 1—Chairman, E. J. Wright; DEL MAR (Delta), Nov. 5—Chair­ Secretary, E. K. Nott. No beefs re­ man, James L. Tucker; Secretary, Ed­ ported by department delegates. Dis­ ward Ell Zubatsky. Ship's delegate cussion on holiday arising from Presi­ reported that he will see company dent's death. Suggestion made that representative in New Orleans regardnegotiating committee handle the ing the dr.ver. Few hours disputed matter. Launch service problems to OT in deck department. $211.25 is be taken up with patrolman. Exter­ balance in movie fund. Recommenda­ minator needed for roaches. Rusty tion to have medical clinic show type water still in tanks. of blood on medical card, and also if man Is able to give blood. Sal Buzali BONANZA (Transasla Carriers), was elected as new movie director. Nov. 2C—Chairman, Melvin H. Jones; Secretary, William J. Anderson. Ship's delegate to see captain about the repairs not being done. Disputed OT in deck department.' Motion made te change the retirement plan so that the members who have 20 years in Union, even if they only have 10 years' seatime, can retire, Motion to have OT for' watches at night like the engineers and mates have. Ship's delegate resigned and Melvin H. Jones was elected to serve In his place. Letter to be sent to. headquarters regarding no shore leave in the Port of Chittigong. .. , STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Oct. 2< —Chairman, Domlnick Orslnl; Secre'••'V' Robert Mooney. James Mahoney elected to serve as ship's dele­ Department delegates reported ever.vthing is shipshape. Delegate to check about washing machine and '"ckers for 12-4 watch. New washing machine needed for crew. ... .... ALMENA (Marine Carriers), Nov. 17 —Chairman/ E. J. Riviere# Secretaryg Schaeffer. No beefs reported by department delegates. Smooth trip so far. $6.50 in ship's fund. Crew requested to keep Indians out of ROBIN TRENT (Robin), Nov. 24— crew quarters. It waa suggested to keep handrails clean of oil and Chairman, Andrew A. Thompson; Sec­ retary, Gilbert J. Trosclalr. No beefs grease. reported. Motion made to write to ALAMAR (Caimar), Nov. 24—Chair­ headquarters regarding closing of baggage room. All hands requested man, Tony MichalskI; Secretary, John to help keep outsiders out of crew P. Flfer. "Jiggs" Jeffers was elected quarters in all ports. Request that to serve as ship's delegate. Quite a headquarters clarify status of nation- few mattresses are in bad shape and kTToliday7 NoC^mber l5r%he day"of replaced as soon as possiPresident Kennedy's burial. B®^® jj® "'Sht cook and baker a vote of thanks for putNORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic- Chairman, gxEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Nov. C. J. Oliver; Secretary, A. TeUn. 33—chairman, James Peterson; Secy®®h. Few retary, Paul Pettlpas. $44.41 in ship's hours disputed OT in deck and en- funj. Modesto Duron requests to gine departments. Water leaks were why and how his watch as ® ^®'®Bat® fireman-watertender can be changed and engine delegate to see patrolman by department head from 4 to 8 to 12 about dispute between firemen. 4 ^hen he has been on this watch since 1962. Ru.st In fresh water TRANSEASTERN (Transeastern), tanks. Some crewmembers request Dec. 1—Chairman, F. Otto; Secretary, more cigarettes over the standard L. Strange. Ship's delegate reported ration of two cartons per week. that everything is running smoothly. Motion that the Company install PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), Oct. TV set in crew's messhall. The crew 13—Chairman, Paul Cox; Secretary, unanimously recommends a raise in Warren Weiss II. No beefs reported, wages and OT rates. The crew fur- Paul Cox resigned as ship's delegate, ther recommends that the retirement Vote of thanks extended to him for a requirements be lowered. ^ Job well done. Brother Distill was elected to serve as new ship's dcle.. . .. TRAVELER (United Mart- pate. Discussion about the purchase Hme), Nov. 3—Chairman, W. Saltarez; of fresh milk in Holl.and. Ship has Secretary, E. Perry. Ship's delegate only one washing machine operating reported that personal papers of to be u.«ed bv all three departments crewmembers who missed ship In alternately. Mario A. Zanelli, who is taking over his first comniand. Zanelli is a former SIU man who sailed out of the foc'sle some years ago and is now calling the shots from the bridge. Meeting chairman James M. Glenn also passed along word on how the Louisiana is going to pay back everybody Who put something extra in ship's fund so they could pay off the TV early and save interest charges. Each man will be refunded his contribu­ tion as profit comes in from the Coke machine. 4 4> 4. A suggestion from the ship's delegate on the Taddei Village (Consolidated) to his shipmates is straight and to the point: If you must throw fire crackers around, throw them over the side, not in the passageways. The noise is a little aggravating, and so's the smell, says R. J- Edwards. Besides, July Fourth is still a long way off. 4 4 4 Every day is "Navy day" aboard the Anton Bruun (Alpine) from now on, as far as the bosun and dayman are concerned. They asked the steward if they could have beans for breakfast, since they got used to them in the Navy, and the steward readily complied. He said they could have all they want, if that's their pleasure. . . . Added "tharik-yous" for feeding generally were voted to the galley on the Mankato Victory (Victory Car­ riers), Orion Planet (Colonial), Steel Vendor (Istbnvian), Seatrain New York, Northwestern Victory (Victory Carriers), Transerie (Hud­ son Waterways), Madaket (Water­ man), Midland (Clearwater), Hast­ ings and Hurricane (Waterman). Snapshot records trip to India on the Hudson (Victory Transport) (above, l-r) for L. Porodeou, deck engineer; D. Simmons, wiper; C. Dei Voile and L Corronzo, FWTs. They're enroute to Calcutta. Below, a New Orleans-style shrimp boil highlights time in Brazil for the Dei Mar (Delta). George Perdreouville made the party possible by stocking up in New Orleans before the trip. Pictured here are Louis Anderson, C. Vlfood, Leslie Murphy, L Swvem, PedreouviUe and Kori Bookon, all in the engine department. LOG-A-RHYTHM: A Tribute . By Mrs. Perry Burnette. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, A man of fame. Even all letters of his name. Joy was his to behold. Obligations he had untold. Honor was his fame. Nations all knew his name. Friends of every denomination. International throughout the nations. Tree of life, from every strife. Zeal for all to feel. Good in every fiield. Enjoyment he did yield. Reason for all to appeal. Always making things real. Loyal with every wheel. Deeds without a deal. Kindness that is seldom found. Entirely without a bound, Necessity without a sound. Noble with every town. Enormous for all around. Duty beyond compare. Yielding God's love everywhere. John Fitzgerald Kennedy What more can we say. Our President, has gone away. Jacqueline lit the eternal flame. To light the way. So we'll all meet someday. In that promised land, far away. And, as the angels sing, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Will be made a King. A couple of weeks ago the deck gang on the supertanker Orion Planet (Colonial) was in the spotlight, so now the engine and steward contingents are in focus. At top are P. Choikios, wiper; L. Almedio, 2nd pumpman; W. Jocobson, FWT; J. Morrinio, oiler, and P. Wolf, wiper, in the rear. Below (seated), J. Pitetto, 3rd cook; A. Soiom, pantryman; standing, T. J. Reilly, V. Orencio, messmen. �Page PourtccB SEAFARERS Aurnarr 19, U6« LOG Fresh Meat Seafarer's Easy Plan On 'Ground' For Tools By Seafarer Anthony Noitagre, Book N-110 Chief Electrician For many years, electricians have been searching for a sim­ ple, practical way to ground portable electrical equipment aboard ship, so as to protect the lives of everyone who op­ erate and come into contact The black and white wires are with such equipment. A method that we have connected to their respective Ready to tune in on a faraway fellow ham, Seafarer Bud Henson is shown at his radio set aboard the Florida State. He's been a ham operator about four years. Seagoing Radio Ham Waves Welcome Mat Seafarer Bud Henson would sure like to QSO with a few SWLs — preferably fellow Seafarers — who may be CQing around the 20 and 40 meter band at frequency 14230 any day around 1630 EST. -t It's not Greek, fellows, just They write in from far-off places a special sort of language par­ to verify the transmission and to ticular to the devotee of the ham radio. All the gobbledegook simply means that Henson would like to communicate (QSO) with some short wave listeners (SWL) who may be trying to contact (CQ) other hams around Hensen's maritime mobile unit designation area on the radio (20 and 40 meter band at frequency 14230), and that he is there almost every day at, of course, 4:30 P.M. Henson operates a 150 Heathkit transmitter DXlOO and an HQ 160 Hammarlund receiver. He main­ tains a 20 meter quad antenna aboard the Florida State (Ever­ glades) on its runs between Florida and Ponce, Puerto Rico, according to ship's reporter Roy Elford. One valuable service Bud per­ forms—which his shipmates will attest to—is his non-profit "phonepatch" service. By contacting a fellow ham and friend in his home town of Dania, Florida, Bud sets up a contact station so that crewmembers are able to talk to their wives and friends over the tele­ phone while miles out at sea. It's part of his motto: "You are only a microphone's distance away from home." But his happiest moment, Bud recalls, was the day the late Presi­ dent Kennedy sent him a personal letter thanking him for relaying, via his radio, a poem from an admirer in Colombia, South America. Henson has been "haming" it up for over four years now, and finds that his hobby puts him in touch with other radio amateurs all over the world. He receives a stack of postcards every time he returns to port from people who have listened in on his radio con­ versations. send a "73" to K4NXV. The "73" means "best regards" in ham talk. K4NXV is the official designation for Henson's seagoing radio unit. tried out on the Choctaw (Water­ man) with good results was dis­ cussed and demonstrated at a re­ cent safety meeting, whe^re we dealt with the use of chipping hammers, senders, etc. Here Is a simple, practical way to "ground" this typo of equip­ ment; First, you need an oceanic ma­ rine plug, two-wire type #852. This la the typo with the brass shoulder. Natur­ ally, three - wire electric, rubbercovered cable la to be used. Before making any connections, drill a hole about W in diameter Nottaga just below the threads and next to the shoulder of the brass plug. This stops It from entering the receptacle all the way. Through this hole, the green wire (ground wire) is In­ serted from the Inside of the plug. PENN TRADER (Penn Shipping), Oct. 27—Chairman, 5. Emerson; Sec­ retary, D. E. Edwards. Repair list taken up and majority of repairs have been completed. Disputed OT for crew while in Chittigong to be turned over to patrolman. AU mem­ bers requested not to enter messroom in underwear at any time. Ship's delegate to see captain and engineer about having refrigerator placed In messroom. Balance in ship's fund is $3.61. STEEL DIRECTOR (isthmian), Nov. 3—Chairman, C. M. Rice; Secretary, William Hart. One man left at Cal­ cutta in hospital. One man paid off in Calcutta to return to the States. Union to be contacted about having draws in India put out in checks In­ stead of rupees. The matter of Chinese-Americans not being allowed ashore in India will be taken up with Union. Vote of thanks extended to ail delegates. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Waterways), Nov. 7—Chairman, A. Hamm; secre­ tary, E. Hansen. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything is running smooth­ ly. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a good job. Contact Union about library, and ways to get library when in New York. Request Union to send two men for payoff. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Robin), Nov. II—Chairman, Arveli Bearden; Secretary, Luther Gadson. $20 in ship's fund. More than this amount was donated to the seaman's library and for the support of an ambulance for Port Elizabeth. Eaeli member to lonate to the ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in each department. Food committee should see company officials and get letter for captain re­ garding purchase of miik in Africa, if needed. OVERSEAS EVA- (Maritime Over­ seas), Nov. 11—Chairman, John J. Gates; Secretary, Paul L. Whitlow. Steward hospitalized in Malta and has been flown home. Motion made to have food plan man notified about the food on this ship, standardization of menus, cleanliness and service. Mo­ tion that boarding patrolman's atten­ tion be called to the condition of the lifeboats where they have been patched. New batteries should be furnished to the men on watch when batteries go out. Suggestion made that a letter be written to headquar­ ters regarding the filthy condition of this shit>. CITY OP ALMA (Waterman), Nov. 3—Chairman, Mike Read; Secretary, E. C. Cox. $51.10 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. A total of $300 was contributed by all hands for film rental and projector repairs. Discussion on duties of galleyman and 3rd cook relative to Icebox, and on messman's and baker's duties. A & J MERCURY (Pacific Seafar­ ers), Oct. 27—Chairman, J. Homeni secretary, J. Hammerstone. One member in deck department was hurt IvAJliJU A during fire when the electric motor to the steering gear shorted out, leav­ ing the ship without steering power in heavy seas. Crewmembers re­ quested to keep down noise in pas­ sageway. Locks In foc'sles to be re­ paired. STEEL ADVOCATE (isthmian), Nov. 3—Chairman, R. Hail; Secretary, R. Hernandez. Two men left in hospital In San Francisco. H. G. Peek, Jr. was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Advantages of having a ship's fund cited. Donations will be ac­ cepted from crewmembers. No beefs reported. MADAKET (Waterman), Nov. 3 — Chairman, Leon M. Kyser; Secretary, Albert G. Espeneda. $12.30 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. Food committee to see if fresh canned milk can be dis­ continued, so fresh milk can be pur- AMD Mow; WB'LL HFAS gtlRLVfe ill screws on the plug. Nexit, the shoulder around the hole previously drilled must be cleaned and the green wire has to be soldered. The surplus solder and wire Is then filed away, so that the outer shoulder ring that screws to the receptacle box will clear same. The other end of the "Green Conductor" is connected to the frame of the power tool. Caution must be taken to screw the outer ring of the marine plug to the receptacle box hand tight, so that it will carry the ground connection to the frame of the re­ ceptacle box, which Is naturally fastened to the frame of the ship. Any extensions used In connec­ tion with this equipment must also be grounded In the same manner, using the frame of the receptacle box on the extension as the ground. For easy means of identification, it Is recommended that the cable be painted green six inches from the top of the plug on one end and six inches from the other end, whether it be an extension or tool. chased in foreign ports when avail­ able. R. M. Boyd elected new ship's delegate. SANTA EMILIA (LiDerty Naviga­ tion), Nov. 3—Chairman, Robert Pope; Secretary, George Hair. Everything running smoothly except for disputed OT which will be taken up with pa­ trolman. Seventy cents in ship's fund. MANHATTAN (Hudson Waterways), Oct. 13 — Chairmaa, J. D. Barnett; Secretary, A. A. Ueile, Jr. Repair list has been submitted for immediate attention. Captain has reassured the crew that there will be sufficient funds available for draw upon arrival in Chittigong. All crewmembers en­ couraged to contribute to the ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. NEVA WEST (Bioomfieid), Oct. 2$ —Chairman, Waiter R. Geis; Secre­ tary, John W. Keito. $16.50 In .ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partment. Ship's delegate asked to request chief engineer to install pip­ ing over spare washer to facilitate rinsing clothes. Gangway man re­ quested to watch all the people who come on board. Everyone to keep rooms locked while ship is In port. No major beefs reported. Contact items to be taken up with patrolman on arrival in Mobile. W. Tatum re­ signed as ship's delegate and a vote of thanks was extended to him for a job well done. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Tank­ ers), Oct. 26—Chairman, E. C. Caudili. Brother J. Petrusewicz was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. One man missed ship in Wilmington, Calif. $2.38 in ship's fund. One man in hospital in Guam. Some disputed OT for restriction to ship in deck department as well as disputed OT in engine and steward departments. TRUSTCO (Commodity Transporta­ tion), Oct. 27—Chairman, F. L. Swanson. Captain has Bolivars for draws and will try to exchange for Ameri­ can money. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Request food plan man to board ship. Food is not up to SiU standard in qaulity and quantity. DEL MONTE (Delta), Oct. 18 — A vacation in Now Hamp­ shire produced lots of steak on the hoof, after Seafarer Leonard Ells went to work with a Remington 35. He downed two deer that weighed about 150 pounds each. Ells last shipped on the Transglobe Hudson Waterways Corp.) where he sailed the deck gang. Chairman, Lee Snodgrass; Secretary, Daniel Robinson. Henry Lopez v/as elected to serve as ship's delegate. $10 in ship's fund. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck department. ANJI (Seafarers Inc.), Oct. 23 — Chairman, A. Yarborough; Secretary, R. Wheeler. Ship's delegate resigned and Ronald Wheeler was elected to serve in his place. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Motion made to feed native watchmen aaer crew has been fed. CRANAPOLIS (Marine Traders), Nov. 26—Chairman, Roy Meffert; Sec­ retary, Edison Walker. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Mo­ tion made to have ice machine and electric water fountains installed in both messhalls, in lower passageways and in engineroom. Vote of thanks given to steward department for a job wcii done. STEEL FABRICATOR (isthmian), Nov. 13—Chairman, James M. Mas­ ters; Secretary, none. Ship's delegate reported' two men in hospital ashore and one man with broken arm on ship will be repatriated to States by company vessel. Some disputed OT in steward department to be taken up with patrolman upon return to the States. Electricians suggest that when men use the outside marine fe­ male plugs, covers should be closed when finished as there is danger of getting electrocuted while washing down. It was suggested that the ship's delegate see the patrolman about rupees being issued in Cal­ cutta one day and travelers checks being issued the next day. Some crewmembers took a big loss in rupees on the understanding this would be the only money issued. PILOT ROCK (Columbia), Oct. 27— Chairman, B. D. Ciemente; Secretary, Frank Kustor. Ship's delegate re­ ported that the captain is satisfied with the crew. No beefs reported. Messhaii and pantry to be kept clean at night. Ail hands asked to coop­ erate. Captain to give blanket draw in Aden, and draw at port of entry in US. Vote of thanks to steward department for fine -food. Vote of thanks to Captain Morris. WA9mt49MA04lsiB \ "STlLL MOT REPAIREDSOMB COMPLAimS THATPRJED ' EidiRyniiiieli SMIPfe FUMD^9,80 k?om)BS ARE SOSSV...CAPTA/A) RUAIMINS , iMTHEdOLE... \\ fiOTHeLPm.WnHDRAWs..A OT DISPOIES ^^11 OF S/Z© /M rsiii SMKZiS Alor A)A)tA8t£ IM SLOP CHEST... Eia., ETC., ETC.. . �JiniMiT SEAFARERS ScAecfufe Of 51U Meetings 8IU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: Detroit January 10 New Orleans January 14 Mobile January 15 Houston January 13 West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through June, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmington Seattle San Francisco January 20 January 22 January 24 February 17 February 19 February 21 March 18 March 16 March 20 April 20 April 22 April 24 May 20 May 18 May 22 June 15 June 17 June 19 Lonnie M. Ethridge Blank, c/o S. W. Rowe, attorney, Your wife, Mrs. Jennie Ethridge, 175 Main St., White Plains, New requests that you contact her at York. 305 W. Somerset St., Philadelphia 4. 4. 33, Pa. Richard C. Mason 4" Contact your wife, Marie C. Leonard Carl Waiberg You are asked to contact Wil­ Mason, at 304 Chestnut Ave., Tren­ liam P. Driscoli, c/o Ten Oaks ton, New Jersey. Trailer Sp. 22, 5735 Los Angeles Ave., Santa Susana, Calif. 4» i Guy Trasher Get in touch with Steve Szanto at 2024 Marigny St., New Orleans 12, La., as soon as possible. t t Salvatore Barbara Your sister, Frances Curto, of 1816 Holland Ave., Bronx 62, New York, is anxious to hear from you as soon as you have a chance. 4« 4" 4Daniel Francis Dunn The above - named or anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to contact his stepfather, Ray G. Haynes, Sr., c/o Ray G. Haynes, Jr., 1445A Alokele St., Honolulu 17, Hawaii. 4. 4; Income Tax Refunds Checks for the following men are being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Har­ rison St., San Francisco 5, Calif.: Joseph A. Alves, L. E. Ecker, V. W. Fox, Eigil E. Hjelm, John Misakian, Elmer J. Moe, Waldo M. Oliver (2), Arthur D. Payton, Jorgen G. Pedersen, William Saltarez, Henry R. Smith (2). 4i 4i i Fat (Leonard) Murphy Eugenius Woods of 69 NW 20 26th Ave., Miami, Fla., would like to contact you about repaying a loan. 4> 4> 4> Anders E. Johansson Get in touch with Philip B. ..... SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cat Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williama Robert Matthews A1 Tanner SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Hooney Ered Stewart BALTIMORE me E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Asent EAstem 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 DCTROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS....ins 4tb Ave.. Bklyn HYaclntb 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Morris. Asem ELgln 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Onnzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6800 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent 622-1692 I.ULADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 •SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Frank Boyne, Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE, PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos. Stop 20 Eeitb Terpe. Hq. Rep. Phone 724-2648 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski. Agent MAln 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff atllette. Agent 229-2768 WILMINGTON, CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave George McCartney. Agent TErminal 4-2528 Page ritteea LOG New Zealander Seeking Facts Proves LOG Knows Porpoises MOBILE—A controversy stirred up in this port by a story in the SEAFARERS LOG (Sept. 20, 1963) about a porpoise which acted as an unofficial pilot for many years to ships traveling a dangerous channel near New Zealand, has finally been decided. The decision came after an exchange of letters between a Mobile resi­ Seafarers in the area. preached the Pass and guide it dent and a pen-pal in Well­ According to the LOG story, through deep water until it was ington, New Zealand. The debate and its resolution was reported in the "Mobile Press." The writer admitted he had some doubts about the story when it first appeared in the LOG and was brought to his attention by titled "Telorus Jack'—The Por­ poise Pilot," Jack served as a guide for ships through the dangerous French Pass near t!ie D'Urville Islands off New Zealand faithfully, for 40 years, from 1871 to 1912. He would meet each vessel as it ap- Red Wheat Buy Makes Gems Of Liberty Ships Anybody who invested all his cash last year in AT&T, Ford Motor and US Steel made a horrible mistake. The real prize of the investment market in 1963, according to an emi­ nent international currency authority, were plain old Lib­ the world of culture and collectors erty ships . . . yes . . . Liberty no longer led the price rise." His ships. According to Dr. Franz Pick, who is a financial consultant. Lib­ erty ships were the best invest­ ments you could make in 1963, better even than stocks or bonds. The value of Liberty ships rose 80 percent in value in 1963, reports Dr. Pick. Those who bought a Liberty for $125,000 last January could sell it for $225,000 in December, he said. He attrib­ uted the sudden rise in value to the prospect of shipping American wheat to Russia. Dr. Pick described the situation as "quite an unexpected trend." He said that it was "the first time in many years that specialties of Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) 4- 4< 4« II. 1. Siege! "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) 4" 4' 4* "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) 4" 4" Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4" 4' 4« Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4" 4" 4" J. R. Simpiot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4" 4« 4» Kingsport' Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) comments were made as part of his annual report on inflationproof places for money. For those who may be inter­ ested in cornering the market on snuff boxes, Dr. Pick reports that a Louis XV oblong gold and enamel snuff box brought $39,200 on the WOT-ld market during 1963. A rise of 25 to 30 percent from the previous year, by the way. safely through. His services were considered so vital to a safe passage that when a drunken passenger shot and wounded Jack from the deck of a ship one day in 1903, a law was passed to protect him. A statue was later erected in his memory. As the controversy grew, a Mobile lady wrote to a friend in New Zeali^ and asked if she knew anything about this unusual story. Finally, last month, back came a letter confirming not only the location of the statue, with the promise of a picture to follow, but also a photostatic copy of the actual law passed in 1904 to protect Jack. The law reads in part: "1. ... It shall not be lawful for any person to take the firii or mammal of the species commonly known as Risso's dolphin in. the waters of Cktok Strait or of the bays, sounds and estuaries adjacent thereto. "2. Any person committing a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds nor more than 100 pounds." Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. AU these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able in aU Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Max Harrison, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in ail SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other C.nion official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in ail constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Us ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, hut feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SE.^FARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies arc available in all Union halls. All members •should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time ,vou feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as aU other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they arc encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of tlie SIU. Tliese ilglits are clearly set forth in tire SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Uni,.n has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify 'headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is tlie right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Safarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities arc conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tima a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violeted, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, ho should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. ^ �SEAFARERS^ LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNjON • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO The Runaway-Flag Menace Still A Major Obstacle To A Strong US Fleet NOTHER source of conflict with the runaway operators - is the profitable use of the runaway flag as a tax dodge. US tax law loopholes make the for­ eign flag operation virtually taxfree. The savings are so great, that they far outweigh the advan­ tages gained by the use of foreign crews. During a hearing on tax recommendations in 1961 in the House of Representatives, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment pointed^ out "that the wage costs of these runaway-flag fleets represent a negligible por­ tion of their income, so small that wages do not even enter into the incentive which entices them to seek tax havens." A INCE the end of World War II the floundering condition of the US maritime industry has been marked by the phenominal growth of runaway-flag shipping operations. Many American shipowners have found they can almost halve operating costs by transferring ves­ sels from the registry of the United States to that of one of the run­ away so-called flag-of-convenience registries—Panama, Liberia, and Honduras — otherwise known as-*the "Panlibhon" fleet. There have been two spurts in seafaring employment since 1948. Panlibhon registry offers the American shipowner the opportu­ The Korean War produced one in nity to ship a non-union, foreign 1951, and the Suez incident was ' crew at wages roughly one third responsible for 1957's rise. During of what an American crew would these critical periods, temporary The MTD statement was backed be paid. Inadequate control ma­ expansion capacity was provided up by comparing the costs of a chinery of the Panlibhon govern­ by activation of government re­ typical voyage by a US-flag ship serve vessels. Much new govern­ ments allow shipowners to make ment-assisted construction was and a foreign operation. The further savings by cutting corners ordered in response to extremely wage saving on a crude oil run on crew accommodations and safe­ high cargo rates. The crises passed, from Iran to New York amounted ty standards. Other inducements and with them, increased demand to $17,920. But the tax saving offered to shipowners under run­ for seafaring personnel. Appear­ was a whopping $92,601. Whereas away registry are: ance on already dormant markets the wage saving was only 7.5% of newly completed construction of the total cost of the operation, Big Attraction depressed rates and employment the tax dodge amounted to 19.35 1. The country of registry al­ still lower. With the excption of percent. Thus, even if runaway lows ownership and/or control of these considerations, runaway ship operators were to match its merchant vessels by non- operations represent the main American wages and conditions cause of seafaring unemployment they would still be way. ahead of citizens. the game through their ^ tax eva­ since 1948. sion. 2. Access to the registry is easy It was to close this tax loophole No Change (generally at the consul's office that the Maritime Trades Depart­ abroad). Moreover transfer from Only twice since 1925 has sea­ ment last year called for legisla­ the registry at the owner's option faring employment been less — tion to provide that runaway-flag is not restricted. during 1938 with the Neutrality 3. Taxes on the income from the Act restrictions, and during 1942 ship are not levied or are low. when the government construction Registration fee and annual ton­ program had not yet caught up nage tax are normally the only with inroads made by the German U-boat fleet. charges made. S Another union complaint is the of registry is a no national re­ absence of union conditions and any forseeable safety standards aboard runaway all the shipping vessels. A major study of this claim was conducted by the Inter­ national Labour Organization in For these and other reasons, the 1950. This investigation examined Panlibhon fleet increased from 157 charges of the International Trans­ vessels in 1939 to some 1,500 bot­ port Workers Federation that con­ toms in 1983, a third of which are ditions on vessels of Panama American owned and controlled, (which was then the chief runaway with most of the rest chartered to registry) were chaotic due to no uniform legislation or agreement giant U. S. companies. covering conditions of employ­ ment, and that many ships transLiberia At Top fered to Panama were very old Liberia, which has the largest and not up to recognized safety number of runaway ships in its standards. And there is nothing to registry—^approximately 900—^had indicate any change In the basic none in 1939 and 15 ships in 1949. deficiencies in the period since. Also, these vessels for the most No Union Conditions part represent newer, faster types, so that the actual tonnage involved Seamen working aboard run­ in the Panlibhon fleet growth is away ships are denied almost indeed phenominal. During the every protection and condition same period, except for the spurt which American seamen enjoy. in shipbuilding brought about Among other things, there are no during tlie war years, the US-flag regulations to give effect to the fleet had declined steadily till Safety of Life at Sea Convention today it is not only small, but com­ and the Loadline Convention; posed of old, slow vessels rapidly tliere are no regulations concern­ approaching obsolesence. ing crew accommodation, manning requirements, hours of work and Job Killer overtime in sea transport, food ^-vNE of the most pressing and catering on board ship, cer­ I I causes for maritime labor's tification of ships' cooks or in­ V.r concern over the growth of spection of seafarers' conditions Panlibhon operations is that in the of work; there are no remedies period 1948 to 1960 alone, over for enabling seamen to recover 30,000 jobs for American seamen arrears of wages; there is no pro­ disappeared.- Crews of the Pan­ vision for the maintenance of sea­ libhon fleet are, almost to a man, farers when repatriated. There is nationals of countries other than not even a slight suggestion of the United States. It is for this union protection, grievance pro­ reason that the SIU and other cedure or welfare, vacation and maritime unions are so actively pension- benefits as US seamen know them, fighting the runaway operations. 4. The country sma^l power with quirement under circumstances for in its registry. the company does deal in trade with the country whose flag it flies, very little is contributed to the overall economy of that na tion. Taxes are negligible in these countries, and wages are so low there is little bolster to the econ­ omy. But, as far as the defense of our nation is concerned, the most important consideration of the runaway problem is the question of who really controls the ships when they are suddenly needed for national defense. Down through history it has been proven that the country with a powerful and smoothly run merchant ma­ rine was and is a world leader. The effective sea force of the United States is now split up, sail­ ing under several different nation­ al flags, with crewmen aboard rep­ resenting almost every nation. T HE SIU maintains that the U.S. theory of effective con­ trol is a myth. There exist no intergovernmental agreements be­ tween the US and the Panlibhon nations concerning either Ameri­ can-owned vessels on their "effec­ tive control." Any control arrange­ ments in existence are between the US and the citizen-corporation owners. stries in 1961 were under no such agreements. This group includes the b"ulk of the newer and more valuable flag-of-convenience ton­ nage. Ships in this category were constructed in foreign yards and registered initially directly under flags of convenience. They have never been under the US flag, and the owners are under no contrac­ tual obligations to the US govern­ ment restricting their transfer or sale. It is this group that contains most of the modern super-tankers and bulk ore carriers. The SIU and other maritime unions have continually voiced strong objections to the use of runaway shipping as a subversion of America's defense position. In spite of continuing support oi these operations by the State and Defense Departments as "our fifth arm of national defense," the SIU holds that effective control over a ship can only be exercised by the power which has control of the crew. During times of relative peace, an American corporation may well exercise strict control over movements of its vessels in international commerce. If an armed conflict were to arise, how­ ever, it might be anyone's guess where an American-owned super­ tanker with Swedish officers and Italian unlicensed personnel might end up. Ships under formal contract to this country make up about half An example of the merely hypo­ the number, but only about 37 per­ thetical nature of effective control cent of the tonnage of American- was provided in 1960 when an American-owned, Liberian-registered tanker carried a cargo of Russian oil to Cuba. Determining the loyalty of a vessel crewed by foreign nationals, 5,000 miles away from the US seems to be a matter of conjuecture, at best. as more and more iseek the de/% vice, known as using the flag of convenience, more and more is our national defense, our economy, and the lives of our own working men submerged to grant a priviledged few that big break: a fatter dividend check. US Government At Fault vessels owned or controlled by US citizens would not be exempt from US taxes If the vessel's in­ come was derived from commerce of the United States. Such a bill was later introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Thomas L. Ashley of Ohio, who said that "the main incentive of foreign registry of an American-owned or controlled ves­ sel was—and continues to be—ex­ emption from income tax . . ." Furthermore, since the flag of convenience is merely a handy gimmick to escape higher US costs, operators care little to what country they go to obtain such flags. Often the runaway ship is engaged in traffic wholly outside the sphere of the tiny country it supposedly represents, and never even sees that country's ports. The argument that the runaway operations contribute to the econ­ omies of these countries, our al­ lies, doesn't stand up especially when it is obvious that, even if And more and more, the SIU and other groups in the forefront of the fight against the outrage are curtailed in their efforts to allevi­ ate the plight of the American working man by the Federal Government. The SIU, together with the MEBA, won the right in 1961 to board these vessels and try to organize them under the banner of an American union, offering decent working and living conditions. It was a major break­ through in the fight, but a Supreme Court decision in February of 1962 barred the organizing effort and restricted the Unions' activity to informational picketing. But the fight of the unions continues in every other possible area. owned, Panlibhon-registcrcd ves­ sels. These are ships that were previously under, the US flag or were built in US yards for foreign account, on which there is a written contract between the owner and the Maritime Admindstration. Such a contract requires the owner to make the ship avail­ able to the US upon request in the same way a US-flag ves.sel would be made available under the re­ quisitioning provisions of the Merchant Marine Act. Close to 174 If a lesson is to be learned of the 224 ships under contract through the rise and fall of na­ are war-built ships, mostly Liberty tions in the history of the world, dry-cargo vessels and T-2 tankers. it must be obvious that the break­ down of a strong merchant fleet No Assignments invariably heralded the downfall It is clear then, that a consider­ of world powers. The United able number of vessels over which States, in attempting to remain as the US has contractual control are a leader and showplace of the free quite old, and nearing bloc world, must take the initiative in curtailing the wholesale sell-out obsolescence. of our great sea power by forcing The rest of the 456 American- the runaway operators—^tbe archi­ owned vessels which were regis­ tects of US ruination—^back under tered under the Panlibhon regi­ the flag of the United States. �SEAFAR£RS#LOG 1^^ fjanuar m4 OFFICIAL OROAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNI.ON • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO i: KNOW YOUR SHIPPING RULES Complete Text of the Shipping Rules Under the Contract between Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO J .i-' and • ^ Contracted Employers �Sapplment—Paure Two SEAFARERS Jumrr It. lft« LOG SHIPPING RULES Every seaman shipped through the hiring hails of the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District, hereinafter called the "Union," shall he shipped pursuant to the following rules: 1. Seniority A. Without prejudice to such other legal conditions and restric­ tions on employment as are contained in the agreements between the Union and the Employers, seamen shall be shipped out on jobs offered through the hiring halls of the Union in accordance with the class of seniority rating they possess, subject, nevertheless, to the other rules contained herein. B. Seniority shall be determined in the following manner: A class A seniority rating, the highest, shall be possessed by all unlicensed personnel who have shipped regularly, up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1051. On and after October 1, 1956, a class A seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen with ratings above ordinary seaman, wiper, or messman, who have shipped regularly, up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1952, subject, however, to rule 0. On and after September 1, 1958, a class A seniority rating shall also be possessed by all seamen who have shipped regularly with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, either (1) up to December 31, 1955, since before January 1, 1953, or (2) up to December 31, 1956, since before Janu­ ary 1, 1954, subject, however, to rule 9. On and after June 15, 1981, a Class A seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen who have shipped regularly with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, either, (1) up to December 31, 1957, since before January 1, 1955; or. (2) up to December 31, 1958, since before January 1, 1956: or, (3) up to December 31, 1959, since before January 1, 1957. A Class B seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen who have shipped regularly up to December 31, 1957 with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1958, and who do not have a Class A seniority rating, subject, however, to Rule 9. On and after September 1, 1958, Class C personnel who possess a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of the Andrew Furuseth Training School course, and who. after obtaining such a certificate of satisfactory completion, have completed 60 days of seatime with any of the companies set forth in Appendix A, shall be entitled to class B seniority rating. A class C seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen who do not have a class A or class B seniority rating, subject, how­ ever, to rule 9. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no seaman shall be deprived of the seniority to which he would be otherwise entitled by virtue of service with the armed forces of the United States. C. A seaman will be deemed to have shipped regularly with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A if he has been em­ ployed as an unlicensed seaman no less than ninety days (90) pgr calendar year on one or more American-flag vessels owned or op­ erated by the said companies, subject, however, to rule 3(A). This latter provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's seniority if the requirements therein were not met during the first calendar year in which the seaman commenced to ship but, if not met, the said calendar year shall not be counted insofar as seniority upgrading is concerned. D. Employment with, or election to any office or job in the Union, or any employment taken at the behest of the Union, shall be deemed to be the same as employment with any of the companies listed in Appendix A, and seniority shall accrue accordingly during the period such employment, office, or job is retained. E. A class A seniority rating shall be the highest, class B, the next highest, and so on, and priority as to jobs shall be granted accord­ ingly, subject, nevertheless, to the rules contained herein. F. Wfthin each class of seniority, a seaman shall be shipped in accordance with the length of time he has been unemployed, the one unemployed the longest to be. shipped the first, subject, nevertheless, to the rules contained herein. C. It shall be the responsibility of each seaman to furnish proof of seniority and length of the period of his unemployment. Notwith­ standing any other provisions herein, the failure to produce adequate proof of seniority or length of unemployment shall be grounds for denial of the job sought. An appropriate seniority rating card duly issued by the Union shall be deemed sufficient proof of seniority, for the purposes of shipping, without prejudice to the right of any seaman to furnish different proof of his seniority in reasonably legible and easily ascertainable form, such as official Coast Guard discharges. Unemployment periods shall be ascertained solely from shipping cards issued by the Union. H. Seniority rating cards will be issued by the Union only upon written and personal application made and accepted. These will be valid only for the calendar year in which issued. No seniority rating card will be issued after October in each calendar year, unless the remaining time is not needed to preserve the seniority rating of the applicant, or is mathematically sufficient to enable him to retain his seniority. Each seniority rating card shall be based upon entitlement as of tiie date applied for. Shipping cards Issued by the Union shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of issue subject to the other rules contained herein. If the 90th day falls on a Sunday or a holiday, national or state, or if the hall in which registration has been made is closed on that day for any reason, the card shall be deemed valid until the next succeeding business day on which the hail is open. The period of validity of shipping cards shall be extended by the number of days shipping in a port has been materially affected as a result of a strike affecting the industry generally, or other similar circumstances. Shipping cards shall be issued to all those requesting the same, provided the seaman has ail the necessary documents and papers required by law and is otherwise eligible. I, Seniority shall be calculated on the basis of employment without regard to department (deck, engine, or steward), without prejudice, however, to the application of any other rule contained herein. A seaman may not change the department in which he usually ships without permission of the Seafarers Appeals Board, which permission shall be granted only upon proof, deemed satisfactory by the Board, that medical reasons, insufficient to prohibit sailing altocther, war­ rant the change. J. Seamen with a ciass B or ciass C seniority rating may be shipped on a vessel for one round trip, or sixty (60) days, whichever is longer; in the iatter case, the sixty (60) day period may be extended, where necessary to insure practicability insofar as leaving the ship is con­ cerned. This rule shall not be applied so as to' cause a vessel to sail shorthandcd. No transportation shail be due by virtue of the applica­ tion of this rule. The words "round trip" shall have the usual and customary meaning attributed to it by seamen, whether it be coast­ wise, intercoastal or foreign. On coastwise voyages, if the schedule of the vessel is such that it is to return to the area of original engagement, a seaman shall not be required to leave the vessel until the vessel reaches the said port or area, On intercoastal and foreign voyages, where the vessel pays off at a port in the continental United States other than in the area of engagement, if the vessel is sched­ uled to depart from the said port of payoff within ten days after arrival, to return to the port or area of original engagement, a seaman with a seniority rating of less than class A shall not be required to leave the vessel until it arrives in the said port or area of original engagement. 2. Shipping Procedure A. No seaman shail be shipped unless registered for shipping. Nd seaman shall register for shipping in more than one port of the Union at one time. No shipping card issued in one port shail be honored in another. B. No seaman may register for another, or use another's shipping card or seniority rating card. All registration must be in person, and seamen must be present, in person, when a job is offered them. C. In those ports where the Seafarers Welfare Plan maintains a clinic and to the extent that the facilities of such clinic are avail­ able to a registrant, no seaman may register, for a job without having presented a clinic card prior to registration, D. No seaman may register for a job so long as he is employed on any vessel.E. No seaman shall have the right to reject more than two jobs, after throwing in for them, within the period of validity of his shipping card. Rejection of more than two jobs during this period wiii require re-registration and the taking out of a new shipping card. F. Every seaman who accepts a job, and who' quits or is fired after one day, shall not be permitted to retain the original shipping card on which he received his job, but must re-register to ship. If he quits or is fired within one day, he must report back to tha dispatcher on the next succeeding business day or else give up the originai shipping card on which he received his job. C. No seaman shail be allowed to register on more, than one list (department), and in not more than one group, as hereinafter set forth. No seaman shall be shipped out on a job off a list (depart­ ment) other than that on which he is registered, except under emergency circumstances, such as insuring against a vessel sailing short in a department. No seaman shall be shipped out on a job outside the group in which he is registered, except as specifically set forth herein. The following are the groups within the lists (departments), in which classified seamen may register. Within one list (department), those possessing a higher seniority rating may take priority in the obtaining of jobs over those with lesser seniority rating even when not registered in the same group, subject, however, to the provi­ sions of rule 4 (C). The following is a breakdown- of the list (department) group: .'w a .(i-. These ru DECK DEFARTMENT Group I—Day Workers Bosun Bosun's Mate Carpenter Deck Maintenance Watchman—Day Work Storekeeper Croup II—Rated Watch Standers Quartermaster Car Deckman Able Seaman Watchman—Standing Watcheg Croup HI Ordinaries on Watch ENGINE DEPARTMENT Croup I Chief Electrician 1st, 2nd, 3rd Ref. Eng'r. 2nd Electrician Unlic. Jr. Eng'r.—Day Work Uniic. Jr. Eng'r.—Watch Plumber-Machinist Chief Ref. Eng'r. Chief Storekeeper Evap. Maintenance Man Pumpman, 1 and 2 Engine Maintenance Croup 11 Watertender Fireman-Watertender Fireman Deck Engineer Engine Utility Oiier—Diesel Oiier—Steam Croup III Wiper STBWARD DEPARTMENT Croup 1 (S)—Rated Men Chief Steward—Passenger Steward 2nd Steward—Passenger Croup 1—Rated Men Chef Night Cook and Baker Chief Cook 2nd Cook and Baker Croup M 2hd Cook and 3rd Cook Croup HI Utility Messmen Messmen H. No seaman shall be tendered any Job unless he Is qualified therefor in accordance with law and can furnish, on demand, the appropriate documents evidencing this qualification. I. No man shall be shipped while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. J. Ail seamen shipped through the Union shail be given two assignment cards. One of these cards shall be given by the seaman to the head of his department aboard ship, the other to his depart­ ment delegate aboard ship. K. Subject to the other rules contained herein, a seaman receiving, a job shall give up the shipping card on which he was shipped. L. Nothing contained in these shipping rules shall create any in­ demnity obiigation on behalf of the Union and/or the Seafarers Welfare Plan. 3. Hospital Cases A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the period of employment required during each year to constitute reguiar shipping, or for the maintenance of class B or class C seniority without break, shall be reduced, pro rata, in accordance with the proportion of bona fide in- and out-patient time to each caiendar year. Ebiample: If a man has been a bona fide in- and out-patient for four (4) months in one caiendar year, the yearly employment required for seniority purposes shall be reduced by one-third for that year. B. A seaman who enters a bona fide hospital as an in-patient and remains there for thirty (30) days or more, shall be entitled, if otherwise qualified, to receive a thirty (30) day back-dated shipping card. If he has been such an in-patient for less than thirty (30) days, he shall be entitled, if otherwise qualified, to a shipping card back-dated to the day he first entered the hospital. This rulb shall not apply unless the seaman reports to the dispatcher within forty-eight (48) hours after his discharge, exciusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and produces his hospital papers. 4. Business Hours and Job Calls A. Ail Union haiis shali be open from 8:00 AM until 5:FM. On Saturdays, the halls shall be open from 8:00 Aivt to 12:00 Noon. On Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holidays, the hours of business shall be determined by the port agent, upon proper notice posted on the bulletin board the day before B. Jobs shail be announced during non-holiday week days, includ­ ing Saturday mornings, on the hour, except for the 8:00 AM and Noon calls. On Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holidays, or under exceptional circumstances, the job may be called out at any time after it comes in. In no case shall a job be called out unless it is first posted on the shipping board. C. There shall be a limit of eight (8) job calls in which the prior­ ity of ciass A and ciass B personnel may oe exercised in obtaining a particular job. If the eighth job call does not produce a qua'lfied seaman possessing either a class A or class B seniority rating (In the �tnuurr It, lff«4 8EAFARERM •at^Mwnt—Par* nre« LOC ^es inlcude the rules previously printed and distributed, together with amendments thereto, decided upon by the Seafarers Appeals Board, up to and including December 26,1963. order prescribed herein), that seaman with a class C seniority rating, otherwise entitled under these rules, shall be selected for the job. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a vessel to sail shorthanded or late. D. The four major ports are declared to be New York, Baltimore, Mobile and New Orleans. In balls other than those therein loeatea. If three (3) caiis for a job do not produce a qualified seaman posessing a ciass A seniority rating, the job shall be placed in suspense, but only with respect to class A and class B personnel who are registered for shipping, and not with respect to class C personnel. The nearest major port shall be immediately notified, and the suspended job offered there for the next' two (2) job calis. A qualified class A seaman in the major port so notified shall have the right to bid for these jobs but only within the said two (2) Job calls. In the event these jobs are not so bid for, the major port shall so immediately advise the notifying port. Thereafter that seaman with a class A or B seniority rating, otherwise entitled under these rules and registered in the notifying port, shail be assigned the job. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a vessel to sail shorthanded or late, and shall not be deemed to require any em­ ployer to pay transportation by virtue of the transfer of the Job call. The provisions of the rule 4 (C) shall be subordinate hereto. 5. Special Preferences A. 'Within each class seniority rating, seamen over fifty (50) years of age shall be preferred in obtaining jobs of fire watchmen. B. A seaman shipped on a regular job, whose ship lays up less than fifteen (15) days after the original employment date, shall have restored to him the shipping card on which he was shipped, provided the card has not expired. C. If a ship lays up and then calls for a crew within ten (10) days after layup, the same crewmembers shall have preference, providing they are registered on the shipping list. Such preference shall be extended by the number of days of layup resulting from strikes affecting the industry generally, or other similar circum­ stances. D. A seaman with a ciass A seniority rating shail not be required to throw In for a job on the same vessel after first obtaining a Job thereon, so long as he has not been discharged for cause or has quit. E. Class C personnel with a certificate of satisfactory completion from the Andrew Furuseth Training School shall be preferred over other class C personnel. F. (1) Within each class of seniority, preference for the job of bosun shall be given to those seamen who possess a Certificate of Recertification as bosun from the Deck Department Recertification Program, or in the event there are no such recertified bosuns avail­ able, then preference shall be given those bosuns who cither have actually sailed as AB for at least 36 months in the deck department, or have actually sailed in any capacity in the deck department for at least 72 months, or, have actually sailed as bosun for 12 months, in all cases with one or more of the companies listed in the afore­ mentioned Appendix A. (2) Within each ciass of seniority, preference for the job of chief electrician shall be given those seamen who have actually sailed for at least 36 months in the engine department, Inciuding at least 12 months as second electrician, with one or more of the companies listed in the aforementioned Appendix A. (3) Within each class of seniority, preference shall be given to thos. stewards and third cooks who possess a Certificate of Re­ certification in their rating from the Steward Department Recertifica­ tion Program, or, in the case of a steward, in (he event there are no such recertified stewards available, then preference shall be alven to those stewards who have actually sailed at least 36 months In the steward department in the rating above that of third cook, or whe have actually sailed as steward for at least 12 months, in all caaesi, with one or more of the companies listed in the aforemen­ tioned Appendix A. f® Within each class of seniority in the deck department, the Mgine department and the steward department, preference shall be Blven to all entry ratings who are indorsed as Lifeboatman in the United States Merchant Marine by the United States Coast Guard. The provisions of this rule may be waived by the Seafarers Appeals Board in, those cases where, in its judgment, undue hardship will result, or where other extenuating circumstances warrant such waiver. S. If an applicant for the Steward Department Recertification Rrogram or the Deck Department Recertification Program for bosuns is employed on a vessel in any capacity when he is called to attend such program, such applicant, after his successful com­ pletion of the respective Recertification Program, shall have th. right to rejoin his vessel in the same capacity on its first arrival in • port of payoff within the continental limits of the United States. H. 1. On or after December 26, 1963, the Seafarers Appeals Board shall, in its discretion, and in accordance with its authority under Article 1 ("Employment") Section 8 of the collective bargaining agreements and relying upon the several factors set forth below, upgrade to class A seniority rating unlicensed personnel possessing class B seniority rating whom It deems qualified for same. The factors to be utilized in determining whether an applicant shail be so upgraded are as follows: (a) An endorsement from the United States Coast Guard as a Lifeboatman in the United States merchant marine; (b) Possession of a certificate of satisfactory completion of the Andrew Furuseth Training School course; (c) Possession of special aptitudes; (d) Possession of special skills; (e) Employment record; (f) A minimum of 12 months of seatime with any of the com­ panies listed in Appendix A of the collective bargaining agreements. Factor (b) may be waived by the Seafarers Appeals Board in those cases where undue hardship will result. 2. The Seafarers Appeals Board shall continue to so upgrade ap­ plicants for a period of time not to exceed six months from the date of this action, at which time it shall terminate such upgrading and shall publicize such termination in the hiring halls of the Union and in such other places as will give notice thereof thirty (30) days prior thereto. Thereafter, when It deems necessary, the Sea­ farers Appeals. Board may reinstitute such upgrading program for additional periods of time not to exceed six months duration and shall publicize the termination of same as required by the collec­ tive bargaining agreements. I. The contracting companies recognize that the aforementioned preferences shall obtain notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary contained in these rules. 6. Standby Jobs standby jobs shall be shipped in rotation, within each class of seniority rating. No standby shall be permitted to take a regular Job on the same vessel unless he returns to the hall and throws in for the regular Job. His original shipping card shall be returned to the standby when he reports back to the dispatcher unless it has expired in the interim. 7. Relief (1) Except for recertification, when an employed seaman wants time oil and secures permission to do so, he shall call the hall and secure a relief. No reliefs shall be furnished for iess than four (4) hours or more than three (3) days. The one asking for time off shail be responsible for paying the relief at the regular overtime rate. Reliefs shall be shipped in the same manner as a standby. This rule shall not apply when replacements are not required by the head of the department concerned. (2) Any employed seaman who has been called to attend the Steward Department Recertification Program or the Deck Depart­ ment Recertification Program for bosuns -may be temporariy re­ placed by a relief man until his successful completion of the respec­ tive Recertification Program. The registration card of any such relief man shall remain valid during such relief assignment unless it expires because of the passage of time. 8. Promotions or Transfers Aboard Ship No seaman shipped under these ruies shail accept a promotion or transfer aboard ship unless there is no time or opportunity to dispatch the required man from the Union hall. 9. Change in Seniority A. Unless otherwise specifically entitled thereto by these rules, all those who possess a class B seniority rating shall be entitled to Class A seniority rating eight (8) years after they commenced to ship regularly with the companies set forth in Appendix A, provided they maintain their class B seniority without break. B. All those who possess a class C seniority rating shall be entitled to a class B seniority rating two (2) years after they commenced to ship regularly with the companies set forth in Appendix A, provided they maintain their class C seniority rating without break. C. Shipping with one or more of the companies set forth in Appen­ dix A for at ieast ninety (90) days each calendar year is necessary to maintain without break a class B or class C seniority rating, subject, however, to rule 3 (A). This latter provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's seniority if the requirements therein were not met during the first calendar year in which the seaman commenced to ship but, if not met, the said calendar year shall not be counted insofar as seniority upgrading Is concerned. D. The same provisions as to military service as are contained in rule 1 (B) shall be analogously applicable here. E. In cases where a seaman's shipping employment has been inter­ rupted because of circumstances beyond his control, thereby pre­ venting the accumulation of sufficient seatime to attain eligibility for a higher seniority rating, the Seafarers Appeals Board may, in its sole discretion, grant him such total or partial seniority credit for the time lost, as, again in its sole discretion, it considers war­ ranted in order to prevent undue hardship. For purposes of Board procedures, whether a matter presented to the Seafarers Appeals Board is an appeal as a result of a dispute over shipping or seniority rights, or is an appeal for the exercise of the Board's discretion, shall be initially determined by the Chair­ man, who shall thereupon take such administrative steps as are appropriate in connection with this determination, subject, however, to overruling by the body hearing the matter. If the Chairman is overruled, the matter'shall be deemed to be a dispute appeal, or a discretionary matter, in accordance with the determination of the said body, and it shall thereupon be subject to disposition under the rules corresponding to the type of case it has thus been deter­ mined to be. The applicant shall, at his election, have a right to be heard in person, but only at the place where the Seafarers Appeals Board is meeting to consider the same. The Chairman shall insure that the applicant shail receive fair notice thereof. 10. Discipline A. The Union, although under no indemnity obligation, will not ship drunks, dope addicts, and others whose presence aboard ship would constitute a menace or nuisance to the safety and health of the crew. Anyone claiming a wrongful refusal tu ship may appeal to the Seafarers Appeals Board, which shall be a board of four (4), two (2) to be selected by the Union, and two (2) by that negotiating com­ mittee, representing Employers, known and commonly referred to >is the Management Negotiating Committee This Board shall name a Hearing Committee of two (2) to sit in the port where the refusal to ship takes place, if practicable, and. if not, at the nearest available port where it is practicable. This latter Committee shall arrange for a prompt and fair hearing with proper notice, and shall arrive at a decision, unanimously, to be binding and final. If a unanimous de cision cannot be reached, an appeal shall be taken to the Seafarers Appeals Board. Where a specific company is Involved In the dispute, a representative thereof must be appointed to the Committee by the Board unless waived by the said company. 9. Where a seaman deliberately fails or refuses to join his ship, or is guilty of misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, he may lose his shipping card for up to thirty (30) days. For a second offense, he may lose his card up to sixty (60) days. In especially severe cases, or in case of a third offense, he may lose bis shipping card per­ manently. Before a seaman may lose his shipping card under this sub-paragraph B, a complaint shall be filed, by either the Union or an Employer, with the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon name a Hearing Committee, which Committee shall arrange for a prompt and fair hearing thereon, with proper notice. The manner of appointment of the Hearing Committee, and the procedures to be followed by it, shall be those specified in the last paragraph of section 9 (E) and section 10 of these rules and, without limiting the effect of any other provision in these rules, hearings may be con­ ducted, and decisions reached, whether or not the seaman is present. Pending the hearing and decision, the seaman may register and ship in accordance with his appropriate seniority and registration status. Appeals from decisions of the Hearing Committee may be taken to the Board, and shall be mailed by the seaman to the Board within fifteen (15) days after written notification of the Committee's de­ cision. The Board shall have the power to extend this time for good cause. Such appeals shall be heard by tne Board at the next regular meeting after receipt thereof, provided the appeal has been received in sufficient time for the Board to give five (5) d .ys' notice of the meeting to the seaman of the time and place of the meeting. Pending any appeal or decision thereon by the Board, the decision of the Hearing Committee shall be effective. C. The Board of four (4) shall be a permanent body, and each member shall have an alternate. The selection of the alternates, and the removal of members or alternates shall be set forth in the agree­ ments signed by the Union and the Employers. Members of the Board may serve on a Hearing Committee, subject to sub-paragraph A. The Board shall act only if there participates at least one Union member and one Employer member, while the collective strength of each group shall be the same, regardless of the actual number in attend­ ance. The decisions of the Board shall be by unanimous vote, and shall be final and binding, except that. In the event of a tie, the Board shall select an impartial fifth member to resolve the particular Issue involved, in which case, a majority vote shall then be final and bindi.ig. Where no agreement can be reached as to the Identity of the fifrh member, application therefor shall be made to the American Arbitration Association, and its rules shall then be followed in reaching a decision. D. All disputes over seniority, and transportation disputes arising out of seniority rule applications, shall be dealt with in the same manner as disputes over shipping rights. E. It is the obligation of the one aggrieved to initiate act'on. No particular form is ncessary, except that the complaint mu. be in writing, set out the facts in sufficient detail to properly identify the condition complained of, and be addressed to the Seafarers Appeals Board, 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930. New York 4» N. Y. 11. Amendments These rules, including seniority classifications and requirements, may be amended at any time, in accordance with law, contracts between the Union and the employers, and to the extent permitted by law and contract, as aforesaid, by the Seafarers Appeals Board. �SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these con­ tracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Max Harrison, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1630, New York 4, N. 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ON BLACKLIST SWITCH ICC AGAIN NIXES CHANCE TO INCREASE SHIP CARGOES LATIN ANTI-US SHIP BIAS RAPPED BY SIU OPERATOR US PROBING ‘CONSPIRACT’ DEAL IN FOREIGN GRAIN SHIPMENTS RAIL UNIONS FIGHT TRAIN CREW CUTS BARS JAILING OF DOCKERS BACKING CANADA SIU BEEF RUSS BRANDON DIES AT 54; HEADED CS LABOR RELATIONS HOUSE GROUP WILL RESUME HEARING ON MEDICARE BILL AFL-CIO DISPUTES PLAN EFFECTIVE, REPORT SHOWS THE RUNAWAY-FLAG MENACE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/10/1964 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVI, No. 1 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/52e7ef84a60cf0abe986780a630f7d4c.PDF ee81733f853980067599642292f19384 PDF Text Text I t Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf uietrict. Seafarers international Union of North America Vol. VIII. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 11. 1946 THEIR FATHER WILL NEVER COME HOME No. 2 Comparison Of SlU And NMU Contracts Proves Seafarers Has Top Wages In Maritime Field By JOHN HAWK The six young children of Huey Miller can'l quite comprehend that their father is buried two miles deep in the mines in which he worked near Pineville, Ky. Miller, 31, was one of the 24 miners trapped by explosions, raging fires and choking gas deep in the bowels of the earth. The 24 members of the United Mine Workers, who left 23 widows and 135 children, were murdered because of the mine owners time and time again ignored warnings by stale and Federal authorities that the mine was unsafe and ready for just such a tragedy as occurred. (LPA) day wages stack up against the Proof that the Seafarers' wages are the highest in the NMU wages for the various rat­ industry—a fact commonly known to all seamen—can be ings carried on C-1, C-2, C-3 type troop vessels. Liberty and Vic­ indisputably pfoven now that the National Maritime tory type troop vessels. Union has displayed enough courage (and folly) to pub­ Note that only for one rating, lish the wage scales it negotiated for its stev/ard depart­ that of Chief Steward, does the ment personnel aboard troopships. A simple comparison NMU get a higher wage. Four of the two wage scales is enough to make the point, which ratings—2nd Steward, 2nd Baker, Utilityman, and Messman — get the NMU "Piloi," through lying headlines, tried to disguise.! the same pay under both con­ The National Maritime Unior.^ tracts. in th^ January 4, 1946 issue of only for the shipowners and not But the SIU men get more their official rag, "The Pilot," for the seamen, because the NMU money in 13 ratings than do the has the lowest wages in the in­ states in bold face type "NMU NMU men-who perform the same dustry for seamen sailing troop Troop Pact Tops in Industry." work. The wage scales quoted Well, their "Pact" is tops, but ships. Let the facts* speak for for the NMU were taken as pub­ themselves. lished by the "Pilot." Here's how the SIU present, Coast Guard Is Responsible For Shortages In Certain Ratings HERE'S THE PROOF Present Present SIU Scale NMU Scale Ratings $245.10 Chief Steward $257.50 207.50 211.75 2nd Steward Storekeeper Crew Cook An acute shortage in certain ratings, together with a"®""—T 182.50 211.75 2nd Crew Cook 182.50 167.50 slight surplus in others this week exposed inconsistencies in ^ AnotL^- man' ^luard, 1 TT • J C.U /J 1i! • • i I Another man, appealing to the 3rd Crew Cook 157.50 ' 167.50 the United States Coast Guard policy of issuing endorse- ^ union for aid in changing his Army Cook 182.50 211.75 ments, as well as War Shipping Administration conniving endorsements, told a story of Army 2nd Cook 167.50 182.50 in getting their "trainees" placed on ships in positions they weeks spent in the WSA Cook 2nd Cook to work nights 167.50 182.50 are incapable of filling. ' J Baker school, after which he Baker 197.50 211.75 were reporting back was issued 2nd Cook and Baker Butcher 167.50 Attempting to break the bottle- veterans 200.25 , . J i_ u i. c that they stood in line for hours, papers. "After weeks there at Asst. Butcher 145.00 neck created by a shortage of _ J u u j u ..i. 172.50 ^ TT . One said he had been there nine the taxpayers' expense," he said, Storekeeper 142.50 Chief Electricians, the Union was 172.50 hours only to be turned down. "I've got to admit that I can't Pantryman 145.00 sending Asst. Electricians for up­ IdT.oO Meanwhile, possibly by coinci­ cook and I can't bake, regardless 2nd Pantryman 137.50 grading endorsements so that 147.50 dence, the War Shipping Admin­ of what these papers say. Please 2nd Stewai'd 185.00 they could ship as Chiefs. De­ 185.00 istration was sending its boys help me ship as an Ordinary, and 2nd Baker 182.50 182.50 spite the fact that many of these down in droves to fill whatever throw these endorsements in the Utilityman 132.50 men had been doing Chief's work 132.50 jobs they could. One man, with waste basket." Messman 1.32.50 right along, the Hooligan Navy 132.50 Oiler endorsements, said the In the meantime, the costly The NMU "Pilot" said "After the NMU had won this agreebureau was refusing the higher WSA had promised a waiver in radio and newspaper propaganda endorsement. ment, the SIU-SUP appeared before the War Labor Board in an order for him tp ship as Chief effort to get the same provisions." (Continued on Page 3) Assistant Electricians who had Electrician. In at least one case, FROM THE RECORD been sailing as Chief under a the WSA sent a man for Chief Steamboat Commission waiver, Electrician Just to keep the record straight, endoi'sements al­ some of them for a year or more, though he had no seamen's papers I repeat and quote in part my were being turned down as not whatsoever. report in the December 21, 1945 meeting the requiiements — al­ issue of the "Seafarers Log." WASHINGTON ^ President whether or not we shall devote NO DICE though in other ports, such as "The SIU paved the way in In another case, the . Coast Truman last- week devoted the our strength to reaching the goal Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia November, 1943" said the report, major part of his year-beginning of full production and full em­ and Norfolk, the Assistants were Guard refused to suspend its report to the nation to a defense ployment." "and increased the wages for being issued Chief's endorse­ regulations in order to change a of his program for fact-finding, Truman reprimanded those certain ratings in the stewards ments with little or no opposition. Messman into Cook and Baker cooling-off legislation to stop members of Congress, members department on troop ships. The despite the man's obvious ability EXPERIENCED MEN in that work. He had served as strikes. He also appealed to "the of powerful committees v/ho have NMU blasted the SIU for sign­ ing this agreemnt charging it Faced with a tie-up unless a cook and baker in the United most powerful pressure group blocked any floor consideration in the world," the American peo­ of such important bills as those was a Sweetheart Agreement ne­ Chief Electricians would be States Aiiny and had his honor­ ple to let their Con^essmen and for supplementing unemploy­ gotiated in the middle of the found, the Union was even send­ able discharge to prove it, but Senators know where they stand ment insurance benefits, for re­ night. However, the NMU did ing ex-shipyard' expert electri­ got Messman papers through bum on a whole series„of "must" legis­ newal of the Price Control Act. nothing to increase the wages cians to get the endorsements, advice. lative items. "Time is running out," he as­ for their stewards department on Another veteran was turned but the men reported back that troop ships, and their members serted. "Nineteen forty-six is our year they had been turned down. Sev­ down when it was found that his were compelled to sail for ap­ In the second section of his eral of them became disgusted Navy discharge, although listing of decision," he told his nation­ proximately one year for less speech, devoted to the dangers of when the Coast Guard, ignoring five different U. S. vessels on wide radio audience. "This year wages on troop ships than SIU inflation, Truman pleaded with the need for these ratings, was which he had served, failed to we lay the foundation of our membei's were receving." citizens to tell their Congress­ adopting a policy of "veterans state the dates he was aboard the economic structure which will Then the NMU adopted an infirst." Apparently even this was ships. This error on the part of have to serve for generations, men to renew the Price Control Time Running Out, Says Truman just for public consumption, for • the U. S. Navy was not overlook- This year we must decide (Continued on Page 3} (Continued on Page 12) �Page Two THE SEAFdRERS Friday, January 11, 1946 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - - President 105 Market Sci'cct, San Francisco, Calif. JoEiN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 2 5, Statioii P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in Nev.' York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. >^^267 'rJ Mail Snafu Merchant seamen as a group, and as individuals, are bitterly complaining over the fact that many of them have not heard from their families since Thanksgiving, as a result of government orders which prohibited Fleet Post Offices from handling seamen's mail as of December 1, 1945. They have been cut off from all home nev/s since the ruling diverting their mail from the naval setup to civilian channels (which are non-existent) went into effect. Under the present setup, it has been estimated that letters to merchant seamen in most cases will take v/eeks or months to reach them. Even though there may be no commercial planes operating in the area where the mer­ chant ship is going, such mail may nof be carried by planes of the armed forces. Government explanation that letters would get civ­ ilian delivery is a far from satisfactory solution, as many parts of the Southwest Pacific area have no regular mail service, and ordinary postal communications have not been re-established to the Japanese Islands. Hospital Payments Hundreds of merchant ships are still operating in the Western Pacific with little or no information regarding their next port of call, and under the new mailing system, or lack of system, they are virtually without a mailing ad­ dress. Inasmuch as many members of the Seafarers are sailing on ships which visit areas with no regular civilian mail ser­ vice, we are of the opinion that both government and com­ mercial planes should handle seamen's mail so that these boys who help maintain the American lifeline can receive letters from their loved ones at home. Too long have seamen docilely accepted the role of forgotten men in their country, but in the present sit­ uation they refuse to continue that acceptance, and actively febel against it. Bureaucratic redtape and brasshat carelesness should not be allowed to prevent American seamen from receiving just consideration in this acute problem, and certainly some decent method of assuring our boys of reasonably steady mail service should be devised by our tax-supported jtublic servants. Government brasshats, including all figureheads of any agencies even remotely concerned with mail handling, dispatching and delivering, should sit down, pool their collective thinking power, talk this entire matter over carefully, and arrive at some equitabje solution. If it is not possible for their collective brainpower to devise some method of solving the merchant seamen's mail problems, then we urge thafno time be lost in turning back that mail delivery to the Fleet Postoffices, plus any commercial airline assistance which may be possible. This is an urgent problem, and not one which should be tossed around like many political footballs. Merchant seamen are up in arms, and will not be satisfied unless the mail situation is immediately settled. Men Now In The Marine Hospitals STATEN ISLAND M. J. FIELDS L. A. CORNWALL D. E. SEBOLD J. J. HANLEY V. SHAVROFF D. J. MONTELEONE J. L. WEKKS TIMOTHY HOLT J. L. CAMPBELL C. E. HASZ H. OLUF J. S. NEAL J. C. CARSON H. L. GILLOT R. POWELL L. R. KATES C. MIDDLETON L. L. MOODY" L. R. BORJA D. CARRILLO W. B. MUIR M. JOHN i, X i, NEPONsrr E. VON TESMAR R. A. BLAKE BERTEL-BRYDER J. F. CLARK PABLO CORTES E. V. FERRER PORT OF NEW ORLEANS F. W. MURPHY J. E. WARD J. A. SCARA J. E. McCREADIE Jr DENNIS C. T. WHITE J. P. SABERON % % % BRIGHTON, MASS. G. PHINNEY J. HOWARD A. RAMOS J. SILKOWSKI H. SWIM F. KINFILD D. KRUG C. KRIZLIC A. MORSE, ATTENTION! If you don't find linen when you go aboard your ship, notify the Hall at once. A telegram from Le Havre or Singapore won't do you any good. It's your bed and you have to lie in it. Members of the Seafarers are entitled to a weekly payment from the Union if they are laid up in a hospital. Be sure to get what is coming to you: Notify the Union of your ward number so that there will be no delay in your receiving the money due you. E. JOHNSTON P. CONOYER G. PITLEKETLY ELLIS ISLAND D. MCDONALD J. KOSLUSKY % % tBALTIMORE HOSPITAL GERALD BOWMAN GLADE WRIGHT WOODROW MOORE WILLARD BANKHEAD JR. ELDON CULLERTON BERNARD BUSTER FRED DAY JACK WALKER JOHN VILIVA I ^ t, NORFOLK MARINE HOSP. JOHN N. CONNOLLY CHARLIE MIZELL FRANK HOLLAND J. H. SMITH SAVANNAH HOSPITAL B. R. PETERMAN VINCENT SAN JUAN R. C. GRIMES JOHN W. GREGORY �THE Friday. January 11. I94ft SEAF ARERS smpmm OUT THE .EASY WAY Page Three LOG Operators Make Things Tough For Thomsolvos By Reneging By J. P. SHULER The New Year started off with the wages of a missing Utility a bang in the Port of New York Man. They have now roncgged with 36 ships paying off in the on the beef and are passing the last week and 34 signing on. buck to the WSA. Meanwhile, There have been plenty of book such type vessels are laying members registering after the around in port waiting for a Christmas Holidays. Shipping is stewards dept., as no one wants still good, and a number of trip- to sign on them with an inade­ card men are having to be taken quate complement for the stew­ in in order to keep the ships ards dept. unless they are reim­ crewed up. All the members bursed for doing the work. should realize that every tripcard UNION PRESSURE man that has to be taken in to In the past, it has been the. fill a ship on which a book man custom of the Merchant Marine can ship will eventually be one Hearing Unit to send Examiningmore member that will have to Officers aboard the vessels with be bucked on the shipping list instructions to stop the men from when shipping gets tough again. paying off until such time as There has been a number of they have appeared before the beefs in all departments, but Merchant Marine Hearing Unit most of them were settled before of the United States Coast Guard. the ships paid off and the few The Merchant Marine Hearing that were held over have now Unit maintains that they only How io gei a job wiihoui slraining youreelf could be Ihe caption of ihis. p/eiurc. These mem­ been settled. prefer charges against a seaman's bers in the New York Hall are saving- their strength for the job. The Brothej^ on the right is catch­ papers and not his person or PASSING THE BUCK ing up on his sleep now, so that he will'have more time, when he hits those foreign ports. Some of the steamship com­ property. This beef was taken panies to which we are contract­ up by the Union with Command­ ed make an agreement and break er Dugan, who is in charge of it the next day. They are only the Mei-chant Marine Hearing hurting themselves because these Unit, and he has promised that WASHINGTON — AFL Presi­ to industrial unrest. We join ships on which the agreements in the future this practice will be Once again we remind you dent William Green last week President Truman in appealing are made and then broken gener­ discontinued, and that the Exam­ about the. need for protect­ ally lay around uncrewcd after ining Officer will not stop the took issue with President Tru­ to the American people to urge ing your rights in regard to their representatives in Congress all other ships have been crewed men from paying off the ship. compensation for injuries man's assertions on labor laws to vote for these measures." During the rusk of shipping and sailed. and medical attention. and on the state of collective bar­ here, some of the companies have One of these agreements was Whenever the case war­ gaining in his "State of the Na­ started the practice of recruiting between the Waterman Steam­ rants it. active seamen should tion" radio speech, ship Company and the Union men from sources other than the check into a Marino Hospital wherein the company stated that Union and sending them aboard "We do not agree," Green said, for medical care. When in they would pay enough over­ SlU-contracted ships without "with the President's recommen­ doubt about your rights un­ time to the Second Cook aboard clearing them through the Union dation for compulsory coolingder the law, check with your (Confitmed; from i) the M'V-type vessels to make up Hall. It is the duty of every off and fact-finding machinery SIU officials. union member aboard the ship to to , deal with labor-management Act "as soon as possible and in Seamen should see to it see that no man signs on a ves­ disputes. We consider this cure advance of its expiration date, that any injury or health im­ sel without a dispatch slip from worse than the disease. This leg­ June 30, 1946," He also asked pairment is recorded by the the Union. islation would be unworkable that Congress again extend the ship's Master, or your de­ Calmar has been the worst of­ and dangerous. It would make Second War Powers Act, recent­ partment head, regardless of fender in this case, having sign­ wage-fixing a permanent Gov­ ly extended for six months in­ how small the case may seem ed on at least a half dozen men ernment policy, it would subject stead of a year as he req.uested. to be at the time. on the SS Eleanor 'Wheelock MIAMI, Fla.—Legislative prob­ labor and management to control He urged the people to bring Failure to follow such a without clearing them through lems vital to labor's interests will by Government boards, it would pressure for a "satisfactory" con­ procedure often results in form the principal topics of dis­ the Union Hall. Alcoa SS Comjaullify the safeguards of the Nor- ference report on the Full Em­ financial loss and inferior cussion at the annual winter panj' also partly crewed several ris-LaGuardia Act by reviving ployment Bill. Conflicting ver­ medical attention if the case meeting of the Executive Council ships in the same manner. This court injunctions against labor sions have been passed by Sen­ develops into something of the American Federation of is something which should be and it would subject labor unions ate and House. more serious. Labor, which opens hero Jan. 21. watched closely if we intend to once more to the vicious doctrine The President reiterated his op­ Another question which may maintain closed shop shipping in Protect your rights! of conspiracy. position "to the anti-labor bills come up before the meeting and these companies. Anyone who takes ill, or in NEVER EXISTED now pending in the Congress which has aroused wide public BAD PRACTICE any other way is unable to "It is not accurate to say that which seek to deprive labor of the interest is the possible reaffilia- It should be brought to the at­ sail after taking a ship collective bargaining and volun­ right to bargain collectively, or tion of the United Mine Workers tention of the stewards depart­ should notify the dispatcher tary arbitration have broken which seek to deprive a union of Union with the American Federa­ ment that sail aboard passenger at the Union hall as soon as down in major industries such as its ultimate right to strike." He tion of Labor. No official an­ ships that thej' are hired on here possible so that another man automobiles and steel. The plain claimed his measure "will have nouncement as to whether this for the purpose of giving the pas­ can replace him. facts are that real collective bar­ none of the evil effects of some subject will be considered has sengers service and not to enter­ gaining and voluntary arbitration of the legislation now pending." been forthcoming. tain them. There have been a have never been put into practice First among the legislative is­ number of beefs lately on the SS in these industries." sues confronting the AFL lead­ George Washington in regards to The AFL head did express the ers is the Norton-Ellender Bill, the members of the stewards AFL's hearty endorsement of based upon a proposal by Presi­ department mingling with the hamstringing the operation of the (Continued /row Page 1) Truman's "demands for legisla­ dent Truman for the authoriza­ passengers. This is a very bad nation's shipping. tion to protect human needs dur­ of the War Shipping Administra­ New York papers of January 9 tion of fact-finding disputes to practice and will cause the Union ing reconversion. We believe tion continues. The theme of tlje carried a story of 74 ships "tied prevent strikes and make recom­ a lot of trouble. The oldtimers that the failure of Congress to barrage is that there's a shortage up yesterday in east coast ports mendations for settlement after are not implicated in this, as they enact adequate full employ­ of seamen, but the facts are that because of shortages of crew collective bargaining has broken know that the less familiarity, ment, unemployment compen­ the shortage is WSA manufac­ members." The story reported down. llie more money. Any man asation, minimum wage, housing tured and that the government "357 unfilled requests for crew­ The AFL already has come out board a passenger ship who fra­ and health insurance legislation, agencies concerned with the men," 4)ut the propagandists against this bill on the ground ternizes with the passengers has contributed in large measure maritime industry are effectively make sure to announce "five that it infringes on the right to should have charges placed tankers and a cargo ship" were sti'ike and would lay unions open against him by the rest of the moved by the WSA yesterday. to penalties through court in­ crew in order to protect them­ Therefore the reader is to con­ junctions and damage suits. selves from a lot of trouble "Clearmg The. Deck," by Paul Hall, which usually appears clude that without the WSA'even j On the positive, side, the AFL caused by some Johnny-comeExecutive Council is expected lately. in the LQG eajph weeb, ia. abaant Ihis issuje, since Brpther HaU those six vessels would have still to. pre^ Congress for adoption of been in port. The SS Clarence King has paid is touring. SIU ports in, connection whOt th!% IsjOuxdPih^ thrive. Often accused of seeking to per­ full employment legislation, an off. Claude Fisher, the Boarding As well as being New York Agent, Brother HaU. ia; Uirector of petuate themselves in soft arm­ imemployment compensation bill, Patrolman for the stewards dept., Organizing, and as the Isthmian campaign swings into high chair office jobs, the WSA bu­ minimum wage legislation and settled a beef coming to 246 hours for the 7 men involved. geax; with the, yoting commencing very shortly, it is necessary reaucrats seemingly are out to health insurance. Support for the efforts of afprove the accuracy of those The men collect their money by for bixn to coQrdinaia, aXrii'vilieB fha various pprts,, so that chargas. Their, actual obstruction filiateil unions to obtain wage in- calling Mississippi SS Co., at 17 all effpjrte a?® cctncentj^etf on tbie inH^gtanii; igMppalan, of ship movements speaks much creas<?s unquestionably will be Battery Place, New York. An election. louder than their propaganda voted and a new organizing cam­ itemized account will be run in paign undertaken. machine. . the Money Due List In The Log. ra AFL Takes Issue With Truman Prateet Yourself Time Runnuig Out, Says Pres. Truman Big Problems Face AFL In '46 6G Responsible For Shortage ^'CLEARING THE DECK" �I THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 11, 1946 Answers To Some $64 Questions thumbs-down on prostitutes, More fairy tales concerning the hold Irue for everyone, male or free girls, pick-ups, and any female, white or colored, old venereal diseases abound than other such form of promiscu­ or young, rich or poor. any other infection. This has ous sexual relations. been so mainly through the upWhy can't inanimate objects What are the symptoms of to-now-successful campaign of spread veneral diseases? the bluenoses and self-appointed There is a simple scientific syphilis? Of gonorrhea? A hard sore on the parts of censors tb keep any mention of reason for this. These disease the body exposed to infection is syphilis and gonorrhea out of the germs thrive inside the human the usual first symptom of sy­ daily press. That this taboo has body, but quickly die outside philis. However, in some cases been defeated is due to the cour­ the body. Heat, cold, light, dry­ this sore may be so small as ageous campaign of progressiveing, soap and water or any not to be noticed or is located minded men and women all over disinfectant instantly kill them. where it cannot be seen. Fur­ the country. Dead germs don't spread di­ thermore, even without treat­ It is because of them that the sease! ment, the sore disappears. But pendulum has swung the other Are syphilis and gonorrhea the syphilis germ is still in the way, and that the great publicity the same? body. Later on. a rash usually campaigns warning of the rav­ No. They are different di­ appears on the body. That too, ages of these two killers have seases. Syphilis is caused by a goes away after a while. But been possible these last few germ known as a spirochete. the disease is still present. The 5'ears. Among the organizations Gonorrhea is caused by a germ usual first symptoms of gonorr­ fighting this ignorance and re­ known as a gonococcus. hea are a burning sensation on action has been the American passing water, followed by a What is the best way to pre­ Social Hygiene Association. discharge within 2 to 10 days vent the spread of veneral di­ We print below a series of after infection. Following its seases? questions and answers on the acute stage, gonorrhea tends Since these diseases are venereal diseases which the to pass into a qviiet period; of­ spread mainly by sex relations, ASHA has gotten up, which may ten leading to the mistaken be-disciplined personal behavior is help clear up some popular lief that the danger of infec­ the best preventive in the case doubts and misconceptions: tion has passed. Only a doctor of the venereal diseases. That's How do people catch syphilis one of the many reasons why after thorough tests, can tell and gonorrhea? whether gonorrhea or syphilis girls and women must take no Syphilis and gonorrhea are has been cured. chances and men must turn spread almost exclusively by sex contact, even if acquired innocently from an infected husband or wife. Infected mothers can pass the disease on GRAYDON "TEX" SUIT, AB to their children at birth. —Provided the Army and Navy have evacuated Puerto Rico, I'd Is there a danger that syphilis like to go back to the Isle of and gonorrhea can be caught by Paradise. That would really be those working alongside infected the life of Riley, to stay on the people? beach for a couple of months, ab­ No, men and women in in­ sorb a little liquid sunshine, and dustry need not worry about chat with the gay senoritas. May­ catching syphilis and gonorrhea be I'd meet a few of my friends while working on their jobs. who'd probably be doing the They need not fear that they same things, and we could shoot can get these diseases from the breeze around the old "Grass" such objects as cups, drinking Hotel. There's really a lot of glcisses, knives, forks, wash ba­ nice scenery in that vicinity in­ sins, towels, toilet seats, tools cluding the numerous gin mills and machines handled by in­ and hot spots. Members of President Truman's fact-finding board for the fected people. Of course, or­ dinary rules of good health and General Motors strike: (L. to R.) Chief Justice Walter R. Stacy, of sariliaiion require thai eating the N. C. Supxeme Courl; Lluyd K. Garrison, chairman; Milton utensils, wash rooms and so Eisenhower, president of Kansas State College. GM walked out forth should always be clean. when Truman directeS that ability to pay should be considered However, medical experience by the board. has proved that, except pos­ sibly in extremely rare cases, syphilis and gonorrhea are not acquired through contact with The following letter was sent and it is time we took our rigiitobjects like those just listed. to the Log Office. The issues ful place among other organized These are medical facts, which raised by the Brother are im­ labor; we of the SIU enjoy the portant and pertinent enough for best conditions and agreements the Editors to lift it put of the of any maritime union, but even Letter Page, and present it here we have far to go, in order to where it cannot be missed. What obtain the benefits granted to do you think of these proposals? many industrial organizations (not including unemployment in­ Let us know. surance and pensions, unfaiidy At a meeting held on this ves­ NEW YORK—All three bran­ sel, a resolution was introduced withheld from those who delivei'ches of organized labor are united to ask the membership of other ed the goods). What we ask is not unreason­ in support of the 1946 March of SIU ships to concur in a motion Dimes drive conducted for the requesting our able representa­ able. I defy anyone to name a Natl. Foundation for Infantile tives to make every effort to ob­ business or corporation, other Paralysis Jan. 14 to 31. Thomas tain for us overtime for Satur­ than a shipowner, that would re­ C. Cashen, Philip Murray and day afternoon at sea, and eight quire its employees to work 56 FRANCIS BRETT, FOW -- William Green are co-chairmen hours overtime for those who hours or more per week, without My favorite spot now that the of the Labor Division of the are required to work on legal hol­ payment of Overtime. I have tip war's over? Well, I'd like to re­ March of Dimes fund, represent­ doubt that a careful study of the idays or Sundays at sea. visit the island of Cuba. They ing the Railroad Brotherhood, If the above suggested clause law would reveal that it is a vio­ really have a beautiful, mild cli­ CIO and AFL. could be inserted into all new lation of the Peonage Act, and mate wtih lot's of relaxing acti­ Proceeds of the fund, which and renewed agreements it cc'tainly a violation of many vities, I prefer the smaller ports would be equavalent to an addi­ State laws, which probably ex­ as there's less competition there. supports the foundation set up tional increase of $10.80 per week plains why overtime is paid only Prices are cheap, and they have eight years ago by President or approximately another $45.00 during the vessel's brief stay in plenty to drink. That native mu­ Roosevelt, go to meet its pledge port. per month take home pay. sic, danced to with Cuban belles that "no victim of polio shall go We request that this letter be Labor ashore has been paid — samba, conga, and rumba — untreated for lack of funds, re­ read at the next joint meeting, > overtime for decades when re­ really makes your bones tingle. gardless of age, race, color or and with grateful appreciation to quired to work weekends or legal The American Bar at Navajas is creed." The Foundation has ap­ our repre.sentatives, we trust that holidays, usually a"^t rates of time a typical Cuban spot with that propriated more than $7,600,000 the matter will be given their and one half or double time. For old friendly atmosphere and lots for scientific work on polio, in too long merchant seamen have attention. addition to giving emergency aid of friendly females. Thomas F. Lynch to communities hit by the disease. been treated as 2nd class citizens. ITHWK QUESTION:—Now that the war is over, what favorite spots do you wish to revisit? EARL "SNUFFY" SMITH, AB —I'd like to ship out on a vessel headed for the world's best rec­ reation spot. Havana, Cuba, and see some of my old girl friends, if they're still around. Then I'd drop in on some of my favorite night spots such as the Two Brothers, Sloppy Joe's and Los Marinas. Prices are a lot cheaper down there, and there's plenty of lovely ladies and liquor available. My number one drink is Cuba's national favorite — the Cuba Libre. Boy, they really hit the spot; even thinking about them makes my mouth water. GM WALKED OUT ON THEM ws . vw JOSEPH DAMES, FOW — I want to return to Europe now that the war is concluded, «and see for myself what the Euro­ pean postwar world is coming to in England, France, Italy and other countries. A new world is in the making and every sea­ man has a chance to secure a ring­ side seat to watch developments. I'd like to see at first hand how the nev/ English Labor govern­ ment is managing things, what changes they've made, etc. In France, one should be able to see the effect of communist treachery within the coalition government. Ask Extension Of Overtime Pay Labor Heads Back Polio Drive �THE Friday. January 11, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fire THE MEMBEBSniP SPEAKS CONGRATULATIONS FROM AN SlU LOG READING WIFE Seafarers Log, Congratulations from an SIU wife on the fine way in which the Log shows its democratic spirit, and that of the swell union it represents. The Log is the most demo­ cratic piece of literature in cir­ culation, for my money. It cer­ tainly emphasizes equality and justice for everyone regardless of rank. Aside from all this the Log is very interesting. When I finish rny copy I always pass it along to friends and, although we are landlubbers, we all agree that if we were to ship to sea it would be SIU. Good luck with Isthmian and a Happy New Year. Mrs. Hans lives SEAMEN SUFFER FROM EXPOSURE AND WSA RED TAPE Dear Editor, Our ship, the SS Kenmar a Calmar tub, was run on a reef off the Italian coast on Decem­ ber 10, 1945. We abandoned ship almost immediately and after some time in the lifeboat we were picked up by an Italian fish­ ing boat which happened upon us by sheer chance. We were brought to Barletta, Italy where the people did with­ out to give us food, wine and blankets. The WSA phoned up and ask­ ed about the ship, the crew evi- y WRECKED out tilCgf SHINY dently didn't matter. The room in which we were sheltered was very cold and had a marble floor. This wasn't the people's fault for it was the best they had to offer. After waiting here six hours, shivering and hun­ gry, the Red Cross sent us cof­ fee and donuts. True they were welcome but we were all suffering from ex­ posure and the waiting didn't improve our condition. Finally U. S. army trucks came and packed us off to a British Army Camp, The WSA apparently forgot about us then. The British treated us wonderfully with food, shelter and clothing (British Army clothes, new). Since then we have been in the dark about our future. We were told today that we are to remain here two more days and then go to Naples by truck for further orders. This is just another thing to chalk up against the WSA. The Crew Editor's Note: The letter is signed by twelve members of the Kenmar crew. MILITANT UNION MEN WILL DO DEMOCRACY'S JOB The Editor. I see by the papers that the NMU is leaking badly at the The deck department didn't have any beefs but the engine and stewards departments were snafued on their overtime. The Chief Engineer disputed over­ time for Oilers relieving for meals but this was collected on board at the payoff. The stew­ ards department overtime was held up a little but it will be collected—it's all legit. The Old Man on the ship is no good. He pussyfoots around the ship trying to cause trouble. He didn't even want the stew­ ards department to get a breath of fresh air on deck during working hours. He chased me below down in Georgetown when the temperature in the galley was 115 degrees. Charles "Red" Langiey RUMMAGING AT NORFOLK HALL FINDS WSA JUNK seams: a few sticks of dyna­ mite well placed might help the disintegrating process. It will come, of course, be­ cause the U. S. is going to re­ main a democratic nation, a na­ tion of free men where we all have equal opportunity. Of course, opportunity itself isn't enough and won't do the job. It takes men, militant union men, to get the job of democracy done. John Campaigne THANK SIU, CRANSTON AND EVARTS CREWS Dear Brothers, Your letter of December 18 with the $143.60 donation check from the SIU of North America and the crews of the Cranston Victory and the William S. Evarts received and each of the five brothers here received $28.72 as his share. I enclose a sheet with the signatures of each member re­ ceiving a share. (Filed at N. Y. headquarters). We are sincerely appreciative of this generous gift and we will surely put it to good use. We respectively request that you thank the donating brothers for us. Fraternally yours, Nick Gaminin, Hospital Delegate U. S. Marine Hosp. Fort Stanton, N. M. LOW DOWN ON ISLANDS RUN OF DIAMOND HITCH Dear Brothers, I thought it would be a good idea to give you the lowdown on the ]\4V Diamond Hitch. We had a nice trip down the Islands and to British and Dutch Guiana. We sailed from New York Nov. 16 and we hit five islands including Port au Spain and Trinidad. They were all lousy liberty towns. Then we went to Georgetown, B. G. which was the only decent port we hit. Dear Editor; Recently, with the Sea Fid­ dler drydocked at Newport News, I had a chance to visit the new Norfolk hall. They moved out of the old waterfront dive and into the staid and sturdy ex-Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank which the RMO had occupied during the war. My curiosity got the better of me and I went up to the third deck (the attic). It has a glass roof to improve the lighting and I spent an odd half hour rum­ maging through abandoned WSA files and leaflets plus some banking records dated back to the early 1920's. At least the building has a history behind it but I havn't found out if the bank crashed in '29. Some of the fellows off the Sea Fiddler stopped in to look the place over and expressed their appreciation of the SIU hall. Pardon the WSA stationary, I found it in the attic. Benjamin Taflewiiz DONATE MONEY TO HOSPITALIZED SIU MEMBERS The Log. The following crewmembers of the SS Tristan Dalton have donated money for hospitalized SIU men. Earl Biehr, Edwin Larson, Joe Gi-annini and anonymous, fifty cents each; Charles Bauer, Chester Startz, Frank Moshal, Earl Huebner, Jim Lyons, George Bass, Chips, Forzano, W. M. Mulevicz, Wm. Amiliasso, Don Presser, Wm. Falkner, G. Hasko, Henry F. Hendon, Thomas Franzone and Joseph Mazzocchi one dollar each; A1 Yarborough, A. McKennon, I. P. Lossoph and Joe Traub, two dollars each and Jim Kelby, five dollars. A receipt for this money, amounting to $31.00 (thirty-one dollars) has been given to me. Charles Bauer. WANTS INFO ON BILL OF RIGHTS FOR SEAMEN The Editor, I have just returned from an eight month trip in the Pacific and I'm now planning on going to college. In the Log there was something said about a GI Bill of Rights for seamen. If you have anything on the edu­ cation program I would like for you to send it to me, for I would like to start school the first of January if possible. I am enclosing two dollars as' a donation to the Log, Thomas E. Goodwin. Editor's Note. The brother's letter has been answered and the donation to the Log properly recorded. plus what we have seen our­ selves remind us all of concen­ tration camp stories. Can all this continue under the Stars and Stripes? The Crew Editor's Note—The letter car­ ries 14 signatures. MEN ON DOBBS LAY CLAIM TO RECORD 114 DAYS ON HOOK Seafarers Log: We on the Dobbs read in the Log where the Gibbs had laid claim to a record when they lay at anchor in Samar for 55 days. We of the Calmar Line's Luck­ less Liberty SS Arthur Dobbs Seafarers Log, Today I received the latest is­ claim a greater record. We sue (of the Log) and wish to have been on the hook here in Guiuan, Samar for 114 days as state how it has helped me. I of January 1st, and see no early have been shipping in the rating " prospects of leaving. of Steward or Chef on trans­ Not only can we claim a rec­ ports. ord in days but also in poor The new issue of the very in­ formative Log showed nie at a conditions. We don't have movglance that the Chef rating has been eliminated and therefore f THIS IS A necessitates a change in my I LOUSY TUB plans, so I'll be in the Hall in a I LET'S PILE OFF.'/ few days and get right up-todate on the changes. My family all read the Log and enjoy reading how our Un­ ion fights for us and collects our money from an often reluctant paymaster. Louis S. Rizzo ELIMINATION OF CHEF CALLS FOR CHANGE IN PLANS SKIPPER AND CHIEF ENGINEER COMMENDED Dear Brothers: We on the SS John P. Mit­ chell are for the Captain and Chief Engineer 100%. The Chief cooperated with the crew in the case of an Oiler sent to the ship in Leg­ horn, Italy by the WSA. Captain Simpson went to bat, together with the department delegates, for shore leave for all the crew when it was re­ fused by the army Colonel in '' charge at Leghorn. The Skip­ per's discussions with the Col­ onel resulted in three army trucks which took us to Pisa. Unity was what we needed at the time and we sure found it. We brought back four hun­ dred prisoners of the American Army and the tales they told v ies on board, we don't get ashore, we don't get beer, and we didn't even get any dough until, after two months, we forced the Captain to' give us a draw. Our lifeboats don't run, we don't got mail anymore, we don't have matches, we don't have toothpaste or toilet soap and to crown matters they tell us they're almost out of toilet paper, of all things, Is this a record or aint it? Jim A. Golder NOTICE! W. E. O'Sullivan is in the Good Samaritan Hospital at Suffern, N. Y., and would like to have some of his friends drop in to see him. �THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 11, 1946 IE SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS *1 JACKSON STEWARD CHARGED BY CREW OF ANTINOUS Warn Of Trouble Brewing On SS Abel Stearns Alex. H. Stephens Minutes Are Praised By Master When the delegates of the SS Alexander H. Stephens present­ Conditions are . so acute ed a list of suggestions to the ship's Master in accordance with the aboard the Bull Liberty, SS position taken by the crew at their shipboard meeting, they not Abel Stearns, according to word only received a written answer but the crew was complimented An un-named member of the received here, that the crew "on the minutes of your meeting." Captain Roy L. Wilder, in will use every effort to care Seafarers International Union fears a showdown will be pro­ replying to the delegates, took for equipment. Stands charged by the crew of voked by the ship's officers the opportunity to point out It is requested that port fans the SS Antinous, (Waterman) of despite their appeal to the ship's that, in his opinion, reduction be swung in, clear of water, impersonating a Waterman Line when taking spray and rain­ in financial allotment to the Master to alleviate the situa­ official and damaging the cause ing. Water will ruin these WSA required certain reduc­ tion created by the licensed per­ of the crew of the SS Jackson fans. tions in waste and extra care of sonnel. when they refused to sail the Regarding water glasses and The crew announced their in­ equipment. latter ship because of an 800 lb. ice trays: we are not permit­ Minutes of the meeting show tention of holding the Captain meat deficit. ted to buy supplies in foreign responsible for any disturbance that the members asked for, The charges, according to the ports, except fresh vegetables. among other things; water which m.^y rn.sult from the IL Anliiiuus liiiiiutcS, stem from the However, we will try to get censed personnel's efforts to glasses, ice trays and ice, paint­ alleged actions of the Jackson's water glasses. ing of cnew's quarters, toilets, Steward during the time ac­ foment trouble. tion was being taken by the Ice trays and ice in Rio will Following repeated attacks showers, and messhalls, wind crew in Hoboken, New Jersey upon the union, the crew urged chutes and screens for the not be permitted by the WSA. on December 2nd when they the Skipper to request his of­ messhalls and all quarters, Toasters, percolators, wind demanded that the food supply ficers to stay out of the crew's checking of fans, and bunk chutes, ice trays and screens be made up. The Steward, messhall in an effort to avoid lights, toaster, percolator and will be ordered at New Or­ state the minutes, appeared further dissension. Showing re­ hot plate. leans. among the men, none of whom markable patience under the ' (The minutes state "The ra­ SKIPPER'S ANSV/ER recognized him, and declared circumstances the SIU men dio in the messroom does not The text of the Skipper's re­ posted a notice telling the li­ work. Sparks has said that if censed personnel that they were ply, as it was posted on the COOK UP the crew would pitch in 50c or Bulletin Board, reads: A MESS OF not welcome in the crew's quar­ a buck apiece he would fix This vessel is owned by the ters unless on ship's business TROUBLE/ same." Suggest the delegates U.S. War Shipping Adminis­ but the Master refused to back go to the Captain and find out tration. Repair and replace­ them up. "His orders were if the crew has to pay for ments cost the taxpayers, that they could come in for radio to be fixed.) which are you and I. coffee at any time" despite the Sparks has worked on the fact that "they have their own The WSA allotment of mon­ radio for some three days, coffee pot and hot plate in their ey has been radically reduced. without good results. • It is my saloon." It is requested that all per­ belief that he was kidding in With six months aboard the sons on board will endeavor to asking that crew pay. The ra­ that he was" the Port Steward vessel filled with various beefs reduce waste, and that they dio will be put up for repairs and that the 800 lb. of meat and arguments the crew de­ at New Orleans. had been put aboard. He im­ cided, at their shipboard meet­ The sougeelng of crew's pressed the crew with the fact ing, that the officers were sit­ the point where the men want quarters and messrooms is a to fight with their fists, and that that their demahd had been good idea. Also the painting, would probably be called mu­ complied with and it was okay if needed. The stewards de­ tiny. to sail. Upon questioning, how­ partment will attend to mess"So we all decided to keep ever, he admitted that he was rooms, and each department not the Port Steward but claim­ all officers out of our messhall to their respective quarters, from getting our coffee. They ed membership in the SIU. when convenient to depart­ "We demand," read the An­ have their own coffee pot.and ment heads. tinous minutes, "that his name hot plate in their saloon. ' Try to cooperate. The war be found out and that charges "We stopped them, put a sign is over. You are to be compli­ be put against him for inter­ up and told the Captain about mented on the minutes of your fering with our actions which it. But there was a big kick meeting. were sanctioned by the Union." about it. The Captain would Roy L. Wilder . Another motion made by Bo­ not let us stop them from com­ Master sun Nels Larsen, called for an ing in. Called to order at 2:15 on Oct. inevstigation of the 800 lb. meat "His orders were that they 14, the meeting was chaired by shortage which was supposedly could come in for coffee at Sidney Dolese. George Stevens stolen but which "Myers of Wa­ ting on a powder keg determ­ any time. was recording-secretary. Other terman admitted had never been ined to light the fuse. The SIU "All we can say is if we have matters taken up by the crew put aboard." The Bosim also men adopted the following: any trouble on board this ship, dealt with cleanliness of the urged adoption of a motion re­ "To whom it may concern: or fighting, it's the Captain's messrooms, wearing of aprons quiring the Union to check all "This is to certify that after responsibility. We, the crew, by Cooks, proper clothing at supplies- and slop chest inven­ six months (6) aboard this ship did all we could to stop it to mealtime and removal of steam tories before allowing the crew (SS Abel Stearns) without any this date (Dec. 21, 1945). line from which "a man gets to sign on. liberty from the ship, different "Please keep this on file in The meeting of the Antinous, beefs and arguments have come case of further difficulty be­ chaired by Red Carolan and up. tween the men and officers. with M. Daire as secretary, dis­ "In order to try to avoid This is for the protection of the cussed shipboard beefs and trouble the membership called union and crew." other conditions. Most of the The statement is signed by meeting issues centered around a meeting of the unlicensed per­ sonnel. In the meeting it was the entire crew as far as can the stewards department and moved and carried the follow­ be determined. food shortages but it was ap­ ing'; To prevent and stop Veteran seamen were quick parent that all hands were co­ trouble on board this ship be­ to point out that by virtue of an operating to their best ability unwritten law the crew had and the beefs aboard were not tween the men and officers. "The deck men and engine every right to keep, the licensed caused by the crewmembers gang have heard a few remarks, personnel out of their quarters themselves. from topside, against our fine unless on ship's business. "Un­ The meeting concluded with union. These officers would licensed men. are not allowed a talk by the chairman on the come into our messhall for cof­ in the officers* saloon," said one merits of the SIU and the his­ fee and open their big yaps mah^ "and by the same token burned' every time he .goes to tory of hardships and suffering against our union. licensed personnel only enter take a bath J' compared With the fights sea­ With twenty-eight mernbers "That would start some hot the crew's niesshall on business . men enjoy today as a result of present, the meeting heard the * arguments. Now it's getting to or as guests," • organization. James G. Blaine Notice On Pets And Ammunition This notice was posted by Skipper C. B. Davis of the SS James G. Blaine. It deals with taking live ammunition or pets aboard ship. NOTICE There is to be absolutely no live ammunition of any kind aboard this ship. There are strict regulations and laws gov­ erning the restriction of live ammunition aboard ships. Therefore anyone found with live ammunition in his posses­ sion will liuve to sulfur the pen­ alty. These restrictions include all firearms arid guns as well as ammunition. Also there is to be no pets of any nature brought aboard. The troops are also restricted from bringing pets aboard: therefore do not, under any circumstances, accept a pet from one of the troops because the pet will only be chloroformed and disposed of over the side. (signed) Captain C. B. Davis Master of SS James G. Blaine delegates report 11 Full Books, (SIU), 4 SUP men, 6 Pro. Mem­ bers and 7 trip card men among the crew; ' r It was noted that some of the men had not been present at the last Fire and Boat drill and that this was a serious offense for which the Skipper could log them. "So let's see every man hit the deck to his station when­ ever we have a Fire and Boat drill," the minutes conclude. LAST MEETING Nov. 29 — The meeting open­ ed with the reading of the last meeting's minutes, after the election of a chairman, secre­ tary and reading clerk. S. Dolese, A. L. Stevens and E. Swope were elected for the re­ spective posts. Swope read the Skipper's communication in re­ gards to the last meeting and the crew voted to turn it over to the Patrolman in New Or­ leans. Two Wipers who were on watch were excused from the meeting. A motion "to find out from Hall in New Orleans, what rigbt has the WSA to break a Union contract by not allowing the Steward to buy milk in a for­ eign port" was adopted unani­ mously. Another motion adopted by the meeting called upon the delegates to remain aboard the ship until the new crew came on "so that the same thing that happened to us will not happen to them (taking an unstored wreck to sea)." The delegates reported no disputed overtime in stewards dept., 36 hours in deck crew and only. 2 hours in the engine department. Engine delegate stated: "We tried to get the-, (Continued: on Page 7) �^ THE Friday, January 11, 1946 SEAFARERS 4. S. JOHN P. MITCHELL. Dec. 3—Chairman John Lopez. Sec­ retary Ray Alexander. Motions passed: that all hands cooperate in keeping rooms clean and use own heads and showers, ask Chief Mate to have crew messhall door repaired, ask Chief Engineer to have port fan in messhall repaired. The Isth­ mian organization drive wa.s discussed and the chairman urged all new members to help the union and thereby help themselves. i 4. t CHARLES W. STILES, Nov. 16—Meeting called to order by J. Longfellow. Chairman Ed­ ward Johnston. Secretary Ar­ thur Pontoni. Motions carried: election of ship delegate, each dept. to have man to clean ship's laundry each week, re­ quest door and steam heat for wheelhouse. James Mann was elected ship's delegate by a ma- Charles Conrad Skipper Praises Union Seamen High words of praise from the Master of their ^ip usually indicate mutual respect between him and the crew. Such is the ease aboard the SS Charles M. Conrad (Seas Shipping) which recently encountered typhoons in the South Pacific. In two messages, one to the crew and the other "To the Union Delegates," Skipper E. J. Morgan sings words of praise for the crew's seamanship, team play and "exemplary courage" during the emergency. "The very satisfactory condi tion and appearance of the SS Charles M. Conrad," he writes to the delegates, "is the best evidence possible of the good work performed by the crew aboard this vessel. In the re­ cent typhoons, the exemplary courage, seamanship and teamplay, succeeded in bringing us through with practically no damage. It is a pleasure to work with a crew such as you are." In the letter to the crew Cap­ tain Morgan says, "No word of praise can be too strong con­ cerning your high caliber of courage, performance and team­ work during the typhoons. Proof is in the results accomplished: we have suffered negligible damage to the vessel, and we continue to be safely anchored. Most of all, we are each and every one of us here, and all in one piece. And so I say, thanks, to the good Lord, good seanru'snship, and good luck, we have eomfr thrpugh in: good shape." Page Seven ANOTHER CREW GOES SIU DIGEST OF MINUTES FROM VARIOUS SlU SHIP MEETINGS JOHN P. MITCHELL, Dec. 9 Chairman John Lopez, Secre­ tary Ray Alexander. Motions passed for "men coming into messhall for meals, must have at least a T shirt on" and that more aprons be carried aboard hereafter. Agreed among all hands that anyone leaving a dirty cup be reminded by any­ one seeing the offense. Mem­ bers bowed their heads in trib­ ute to departed brothers. LOG jority vote. Suggested that meetings be held every two weeks also consideration of members off watch by not mak­ ing unnecessary noises. Crewmembers were: Longfellow, Maney, Dacey, McGinnis, Gal­ lagher, Steward, Curry, Hornbeck, Johnston, Sills, Redrosa, Goll, Seekman, Brady, Carter, Williamson, Cherlburg, Curry, Mann, Butler, Johnson, Laskowski, Hohlo, Rathbone, DeVrics, Pontoni, Carmellino and Scott. X X % RUSSELL JONES. Dec. 16— Chairman Byron Taylor. Secre­ tary Donald Powers. Meeting called to discuss beefs. Motions carried: that no crew member break articles until all beefs are settled (made by Macomber), that if passengers are car­ ried sufficient stores be put aboard for theni (by Walker). The crew recommended the fol­ lowing for membership: Har­ old Young, Vincent McCloskey, Wallace Chrisam and Culse Copeland. The four watch sys­ tem was thoroughly discussed. The meeting stood in silence in tribute to departed brothei-s. 4. 4. 4. WILLIAM MACLAY, Oct. 13 —Chirman John Aydinian. Sec­ retary Teodor Skrypel. Motions caiTied: list of shortages to be drawn up and presented to Cap­ tain, vote of thanks to Purser Frank Dietlsin for his helpful­ ness and excellent medical at­ tention. Delegates were: John Aydinian, O. Joceao and R. Vicira. XXX JOSEPH S. EMERY, Nov. 16 —Chairman Sammy Fama. Sec­ retary Pat Fox. Motion by McAdoo to fine those leaving messroom or midship house untidy, carried. Other motion carried: Fine to be turned over to brothers in Baltimore Marine Hospital. Full attendance at meeting with exception of those on watch. Delegate were Sam Fama, Pat Fox and Frank Muscalli. Alex. H. Stephens Minutes Are Praised By Ship's Master . (Contimtcd from Page 6) rooms painted but, as you know, the Chief would only allow eight hours. As the condition of the rooms was bad, the paint­ ing alone couldn't have been done in that time so I advised the gang to turn it down. On the milk question. I went to see tlie Skipper in Rio and he showed me a letter from the company and a telegram from the WSA to the effect that only $500 worth of fresh vegetables were to be brought. This amount to be spent between Rio and Santos." After reporting for his depart­ ment the deck delegate said, he was resigning "as there are a lot of petty beefs in the depart­ ment" (this from the minutes). George Stevens was then elect­ ed as delegate. 29 members were present and the meeting, which had lasted 55 minutes, adjourned at 2:50. Crewmembers of an Isthmian ship, gather around Tex Tannehill as he gives them a spiel on the advantages of Seafarers style trade unionism for seamen. Brother Tex has done a swell job among a good crew and, although many of them are young, they look like the kind of seamen any union man will be proud to have as union brothers. Soap Blamed For Skin Disorder On Robin Sherwood Memnon Officers Play Game With Disputed Overtime Playing football with disput­ Dermatitis, or some other skin ed overtime may eventually disorder which causes itching, throw the "sports" on the SS among several members of the Memnon for a loss at the payoff, stewards department aboard the SS Robin Sherwood. was attrib­ say the engine department men uted to the type of soap the aboard, the vessel in their writ­ men were using and the crew- ten report to the Log. members at their Dec. 25th Referring to "the Captain, the meeting demanded that another Chief Mate and the Hitler En­ brand be substituted at once. The motion was adopted when gineer aboard" the crew charges Brother Blakeley brought the that they "consider our Union complaint to the attention of and its agreements a big joke." the Steward. Another complaint "The Captain, F. A. Tupper," regaraing the stewards depart­ they say, "discriminates openly ment was brought up by Dele­ against the engine department gate Bause. This one concern­ and Chief Engineer Dana is ed proper cleansing of eating % running a contest with 1st Ass't utensils. As stewards depart­ McCormack to see who can ment delegate he declared that give the phoniest, excuses and there were no rinsing facilities the biggest run-ai-ound." The aboard and the utensils were contest has apparently been go­ washed and rinsed in the same ing on since the start of the five basin. The Steward "promised and a half month trip. that both conditions would be Replying that the Wipers remedied when the ship hit were needed below, the 1st' port. Ass't refused to have the black Other business at the Dec. gang's quarters painted despite 25th meeting involved the ques­ the fact that they had been un­ tion of vouchers before the pay= touched with paint " since the off (motion by Dougherty) and ship was built almost two years cleaning focs'les before leaving ago. Floor plates, he implied, the ship "so that the new crew were much more important and coming aboard won't have to the Wipers couldn't be spared do it." (motion by Smigelski). for even qpe day. The delegates were instructed When the other departments (motion by Bause, seconded bj' had compleled' their painting of Myers) to inspect the focs'les of quarters, the Skipper, nicknam­ their re.spective departments at ed Fish Oil Tupper by the men, payoff time. made one of his infrequent in­ Another motion adopted at spections. The Wipers asked the meeting struck the minutes about painting their quarters of the previous meeting from but, according to the report the record. Both Bause and "Fish Oil Tupper replied that Drury spoke on the question the engine crew would only get and the vote was 21 for to 6 them dirty again." Continuing, against. No reason is given for the report.„states, "he later told the action. the deck delegate that the en­ Delegates aboard the Robin gine department men on all Sherwood are: William Bause ships were a dirty bunch and (stewards), John Dougherty should have a separate mess­ (engine) and R. S. Pribben hall so they could keep their (deck). Secretary is Joe Freed- •filth to. themselves." man. "The Captain, the Chief and the 1st Ass't have another game.' They play football with the en­ gine department overtime. When the 1st gets tired marking up disputed overtime, he makes a lateral pass to the Chief who can always- find a few more hours h ere and there to dispute. The Chief then passes to Cap­ tain Fish Oil Tupper who man­ ages to find still more to dis­ pute. "What these sports -don't know is that the Union agree­ ment is going to throw them fui- a loss on the payoff. Com­ pany stooges like these have boon chiseling right and left during the war. They think they can- still get away with it. "If they don't change their attitudes fast, they may have to' change their jobs." The crew members report to the Log which contained these allegiations was ordered at the December 2nd shipboard meet­ ing on the Memnon when a mo­ tion was introduced, and adopt­ ed, "that the engine depart­ ment draw up an article for the Log exposing discrimination against the engine department by officers." Blackgang delegate was John Brown. Library Lore Junior—What is a "rare vol­ ume," Daddy? Father—Well, son, it's a book that is returned after being loaned. XXX Naval Technique Girl—I'm telling you for the last time that you can't kiss me. Sailor — Fine! I knew you would weaken, sooner or later. XXX Old Acquaintance Cora — Did you .meet your aunt at the railroad station? Dora—Oh, no, I've known her for years. �THE Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 11, 1946 •ht Duluth Gets Ready For New Year By WILLIAM STEVENSON Hands Bouquet To Emerson Crew NO NEWS?? By ARTHUR THOMPSON •Kjg WAAIT fwtryt til# SAVANNAH — We made two trips to Charleston last week. Rumors were going around on the Frank C. Emerson that she would not payoff, but would make another trip on the old ar­ ticles. The crew even sent a dele­ gate over to see us on Sunday to tell us what they believed. It was all a misunderstanding, however, as we discovered when we got to Charleston. It seems that government em­ ployees got a holiday New Years EVe, and no one was available to payoff the ship. This led to the belief that the ship would not payoff at all. While we were there we checked up on all the disputed overtime so that when the payoff came we'd be able to handle it in record time. We had some good help on the ship. The delegates, John Bedard for the deck and Thomas Ryan for the engine departnient, had all their disputed overtime lined up and we went through it with­ out any difficulty. There were no disputes in the stewards de­ partment at all. Most of you oidtimers, especial­ ly those from around Boston, will remember Sam Bayne. He used to be an official in Boston, and he has a knowledge of the agree­ ments which is hard to beat. He was, and still is, the Steward on the Emerson and there were no beefs in his department. There was quite a lot of overtime for extra meals, shortage of person­ nel,, etc., but he had it all down and it was okayed by the skip­ per and we didn't have to do any­ more than collect dues in his de­ partment. GOOD BUNCH The deck and engine delegates were also very helpful. We had all the books made up and squared away so that no one had to wait after the payoff for any­ thing. This was fortuntae be­ cause it was on Wednesday and v/e wanted to get back to Sa­ vannah in time for the meet­ ing. We did get back but had no meeting due to the lack of a quorum. Nevertheless we had a committee to count the ballots and another to audit the books and still another to check on * some members who wished to be reinstated. ^ When the crew of the Emerson sent a man over to see us, they collected some money to pay his way and the money whicR was left over was turned in to the Log, The entire crew was sober for the payoff and,"" considering the fact that they paid off the day after New Year's, these boys deserve a hand. We had an accident on our first trip last week. While wait­ ing for a red light in Charleston, a Buick slapped us in the stern and shoved our bow into another Buick which was also waiting for the light to change. The dam­ age was not serious, nor did it put us out of commission. The party who hit us is insured, so we can get fixed up without any trouble or cost, and no one was hurt which is also lucky. We had our day here in Sa= vannah when there were no ships Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: BOSTON MOBILE SAN JUAN NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS GALVESTON JACKSONVILLE DULUTH—Now that the holi­ days are over, we can get back to business again for another year. Your Agent spent a couple of days with his family for a change in a little Indian town in Michigan called Pontiac, and had a swell time. The only thing wrong was the weather. I thought that when I got away from this North country I would get warm. But actually I didn't get warm until I returned back here again. I celebrated Christ­ mas watching a tall, dark and^ handsome waitress trimming the tree. I don't remember seeing the job completed, but my wife, a good Samaritan, got me in shape for a nice Christmas din­ ner. I just received a notice from Philly Will Move To New Hail our Chicago Agent, and con­ gratulations are in order: A bouncing baby boy, another can­ didate for the Seafarers Inter­ national Union. The Duluth Hall is operating under new hours, so all of you please take notice. The Hall will now be open from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. every weekday, and from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. on Sundays. " The old gin mills in Duluth are still doing a landoffice business; so if any of you want the best -M't' By LOUIS GOFFIN in the harbor whatsoever. Noteven a foreigner. This was the first timd' in three years the harbor is empty. Shipping is slow in Savannah again, but still fair in Charleston. We don't know yet what the future holds in store but we're hoping for the best. PHILADELPHIA — Tempor­ arily holding down this branch for the past couple of weeks gave us plenty of opportunity to watch the port in action. Yes, the City of Brotherly Love is really hum­ ming and shipping couldn't be better; and any of the boys who would like to ship through here can help eliminate the acute shortage of rated men. Come to Philly where you'll be welcomed with open ai-ms. The Branch is preparing to move to a new location and, with- in a week or so, the new address will be available to all branches. The new quarters are now being renovated and fitted in accor­ dance with SIU policy of having clean and decent halls where the members can hang their hats and feel at home. When the work is completed the Philadelphia hall will be one of the finest on the East Coast and will meet the ap­ proval of even the most critical Seafarer. CHANGES MADE The business set-up of the Branch is being changed to con­ form with the more efficient me­ thods now in effect at the New York Branch, and should guar­ PARKER antee proper and complete rep­ resentation aboard all SIU ships suggestions to these people, and in the Philadelphia area. it is our opinion that they will The last few weeks have seen win their beef. As most of the Seafarers know, this State is a number of ships paid off and really tough on organized labor, it looks as though the amount of and unless each union helps the business will continue for some other in beefs then it means that time. Tampa Helps AFL Officeworkers By D. L. TAMPA — Business picked up sornewhat the past week in this port and, believe it or not, there were pobs on no less then five ships at one time on the board. They were taken, however, by some of the local beachcombers, and things are now back where they usually are here—sort of slow. From present nidications, several operators will have scows running in here regularly now, and things will be on the up­ grade for this port. The need for a decent hall in Tampa is becoming more ob­ vious all the time. All you fel­ lows who have seen the hall in this port know what I mean— those of you who don't know, stop in some day and see for yourselves. This joint is a dis­ grace to the Seafarers. The whole place is about the size of one of the toilets in the Nevs£ York Hall, and the only difference is that the New York toilets are a little better equipped then this Hall. We are now scouting around for a new spot, and we may come up with something soon. I sure as hell hop eso anyhow. HELPING HAND There is a little action on the labor front in this port. The AFL office work^ union is striking a local business firmthe Spencer Auto Electric Com­ pany—and has asked the Sea­ farers' assistance in the way of a few suggestions as to the con­ ducting of picket work. Need­ less to say they are going to get it from us. We have offered On the wrong side of the ledger for the port is the an­ nouncement of the loss of an SIU Brother who had assisted us in the tugboat beef and in various other Union matters. The Broth­ er's name was Joe Sofi and we wish to extend our deepest sym­ pathy to his family. We who knew him will surely miss him. He was a good Union Brother. N. Y. Meetings in Webster Haii a tough time, indeed, is ahead New York Branch meetings for all of the workers in this area. are held every other Wednes­ This brings us back to the day evening, 7 P. M. at Web­ need for a decent union hall in ster Hall. 119 East 11th Street, this port. Once when we have a between 3rd and 4th Avenues. respectable place here it will make" it easier for us to help To get there take the 3rd Ave.. all these other unions in their Elevated and get off at 9th St., problems, and most important— or the East Side IRT Subway it will help us a hell of a lot. ^ and get off at Astor Place. There aren't many guys on the No cards will be stamped beach here. Among the old standhys of the local scene we after 7:30 P. M. NEXT MEETING WILL BE have with us now—Johnny Wil­ liams, AI Ortega, Chelo Vega, ON JANUARY 16th. Harold "Canteen Slim" Wilson (with new choppers), Ralph Tindell, Tony Sosa, and Frank Villar. If any of you fellows would like to help these lads with the surplus of good rum and fair maidens in the old Sunshine State—come on down. of beachcombing corhe to this Port and look us up. We can ship you down to where ship­ ping is really good. Even though it may be a little late by the -time you fellows see this, I want to wish you all the best of luck for the coming year. i Baitlmore Changes Improve Efficiency j.'he Seafarers' Baltimore Hall is now much more efficient, and provides better service for the members since improvements have been made throughout the building, say SIU members. New fluorescent lights have been in­ stalled so that it's really a pleas­ ure to workj read or write under them. With the walls and ceiling newly decorated, it is now easier to see than with the old dingy paint job, and makes a much cleaner appearing hall. , A simplified filing system has been installed, and the office equipment rearranged for more efficient service. Three new shipping boards have been set up, and the dispatching counter moved aft of the baggage room. With a window cut in the bag­ gage room to take care of regis­ trations, mail, tripcards, agree­ ments, baggage, overtime slips, beefs and dues payments, the setup provides much better serv­ ice for the members than form­ erly. EASY DOES IT Comfort has not been over­ looked, Leather easy chairs have been moved down from the third deck to the second, and the water cooler has been changed to a more convenient location. Many .new information and or­ ganization. posters have been put up, and a partitioni enlarging the head and increasing privacy has been built. Curly Rentz, Baltimore Agent, was tickled pink at the many improvements made, but con­ cealed his pleasure under a blast at Paul Hall who aided Curly in making the changes. "Paul Hall will never be invited to re­ turn to Baltimore," declared Cur­ ly. "He caused too much dis­ ruption while he was here." Whether the Baltimore Hall was disrupted or not. Brother Rentz was the first man to brag about Baltimore now having the best hall in the SIU! 14 �Friday, January 11, 1946 THE SEAFARERS NOT THE UAISY CHAIN LOG Page Nine Safest Place Is Under The Ocean WASHINGTON (LPA) — "The safest place on this tortured planet should an atomic war break out will be deep below the surface of the ocean," the Senate Atomic Energy Commit­ tee was told last week. Dr. Alvin M. Weinberg, chief of the theoretical physics section of the Clinton Laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and one of a series of scientists who liave been heard by the committee, once again posed the terrible choice between using atomic energy for warfare or devoting its fabulous power to human welfare. Atomic energy, he said, can be used, for example, in treating 100 persons at a time for certain types of cancer. Industrial development would be possible in vast regions devoid of waiter power, and set­ tlement of the Arctic would be feasible. Things are popping Ihese days in the Seafarers' Halls. Here is part of the lineup before the Another scientist, Dr. John A. registration window in the New York Hall. There are ships waiting. Brothers, so come on in. Simpson, a member of the Nu­ clear Studies Institute, Univer­ sity of Chicago, declared that peace requires international con­ trol of the bomb, and Dr. Clarke Williams, of the Manhattan Pro­ ject, advocated "a complete in­ spection system carried on by some international agency," ad­ ding that scientists and engineers contend that an international inspection organization is tech­ nically feasible. Simpson warned that "in any atomic armament race the U. S. in the long run will find itself in a very unfavor­ able position, due to highly con­ centrated population and indus­ try. No nation can withstand a large scale atomic bomb attack. It may lose a sizeable portion of its population in a few hours of warfare. In the immediate fu­ ture, before other countries also have bombs, the U. S. must take the lead," he concluded, "in re­ shaping international affairs to obtain world security." Deplores Labor's Apathy DETROIT — Lack of initiative by the labor movement in draw­ ing up a program to eliminate the roots of fascism at home is de­ plored by Victor G. Reuther, him­ self a union official of the United Automobile Workers, in a recent issue of Common Sense magazine. "In the short time that has passed since V-J Day, the need for a labor program has been ex­ pressed with unusual prominence in the public press. Unfortunate­ ly, the initiative has been seized by partisans of the status quo— like Senator Vandenberg — who have called for. a conference of labor, industry and government to iron out the industrial prob­ lems arising out of conversion to peacetime production. OLD STUFF "This initiative from the right for the formulation of a labor pro­ gram is unfortunate because it proceeds on the antiquated theory that government can persuade la­ bor and capital to join hands and work like bi-others for the com­ mon good. It is unfortunate that some labor spokesmen have agreed to the theory that labor must depend upon the 'free en­ terprise' system to provide the bulk of the sixty million jobs that everyone is talking about. • "The recent strikes and threats of strikes for necessary wage in­ creases reveal the real danger in this supposed get-together pro­ gram of labor, industry and gov­ ernment, The danger is that un­ der any such get-together pro­ gram as may occur today, a twothirds majority of the conferees —namely, industry and govern­ ment—will gang up on labor in an effort to compel it to accept a labor pi-ogram designed to maintain the status quo. REAL BOTTLENECK Unearned income — profits — is the bottleneck in the road to full production and full employ­ ment, Reuther declares, and it does labor no good to scrap with management and government "for larger shares of scarcity un­ der a system of 'free enterprise'." Instead, he proposes a political program of independent action by labor, farm, liberal business­ men and cooperatives. Basic to such a program is the replace­ ment, Reuther says, of "private ownership of monopolistic indus­ tries by forms of social owner­ ship, such as TVA and coopera­ tives, all fundamentally deinocratic in character." THE FACE OF GM SS FLUORSPAR (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$19.00. SS WM. B. GILES (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$15.00. SS RUFUS PECKHAM (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$12.00. SS JOHN BLAINE (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$8.00. SS OUACHITA VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$17.00. SS KING WOOLSEY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$19.00. SS WILLIAMS VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$9.00. Here is what Gen. Motors looks like when it tells the U. S. Gov­ ernment that the world's richest corporation is frightened stiff at the idea of opening its books to public scrutiny. GM Counsel Walter G. Merritt (above) sounds off to President Truman's fact­ finding board to the effect that GM would pull out of the pro­ ceedings and wreck the whole negotiations if the bpard decided to consider profits and prices. But President Truman decided that "ability to pay" is a legitimate base for a union to bargain on wages. (LPA) SS BABCOCK (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$43.50. SS T. DARLTON (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated--^31.00. SS LINCOLN VICTORY (Paid off in Boston) Amount Donated—$24.50. SS BLUE RIDGE VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$56.00. SS WARD HUNT (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$40.00. SS SMITH VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$57.00. SS J. MITCHELL (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$42.00. SS WAYCROSS VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$24.00. SS K. JOHNSON (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$9.00. SS FINLEY P. DUNNE (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—-$6.00. SS JOHN MARSHALL (Paid off in Baltimore) Amount Donated—$15.00. SS RAPHAEL SEMMES (Paid off in Baltimore) Amount Donated—$18.00. SS HONDURAS VICTORY (Paid off in Baltimore) Amount Donated—$26.00. INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS Amount Donated—$113.00. SS JOHN MERRICK (Paid off in Bo.ston) Amount Donated—$50.00. SS CORNELIA (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$19.00. SS J. STEVENS (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$23.00. SS COCHRAN (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$14.00. SS IRVIN S. COBB (Paid off in Boston) Amount Donated—$28.00. SS WESTINGHOUSE (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$9.00. SS MILLEDGE (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$16.00. SS MADAWASKA VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$46.00. SS WILLIAM YOUNG (Paid off in New Yoi'k) Amount Donated—$35.00. SS NEGLEY D. COCHRANE (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$1.00. SS GEORGE WASHINGTON (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$26.00. SS ROCKLAND VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$17.00. SS G. H. PENDELTON (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$19.00. SS ROBIN SHERWOOD (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$18.00. SS FROSTBURG VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$41.00. SS CLAYMONT VICTORY (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$4.00. SS R. PECKHAM (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$17.00. SS GEORGE WASHINGTON (Paid off in New York) Amount Donated—$16.00 LOG DONATIONS TURNED INTO NEW YORK BRANCH Amount Donated—$210.00. �THE Tw S,EAEAKEKS, LOG Friday, JtmuKlC 1946/ THE WEEK'S MEWS IN REVIEW CURRENT EVENTS . BANS IMPORTS^ SPORTS m m AT HOME GIANTS BUY COOPER In the most lavish deal in N. Y. Giants history, they forked over $175,000 in cold cash to the St. Louis Cards for catcher Walker Cooper. The Giants are gambling on Cooper being available for the 1946 baseball season as he is still in the Navy, and lacks enough points for release at present. President Stoneham was jubi­ lant over the Giant's acquisition of the 6 foot, 3 inch slugging catcher, and declared, "Cooper is the greatest catcher the Giants ever owned." The deal showed proof of the Giants' willingness to shell out ready cash to build up last sea­ son's 5th place club, and reward, the more than one million faith­ ful fans who stuck with the Giants through their poor season last year, and whose dough is now being paid out to rebuild the club. Tuesdaj*- morning saw some expected in Washington soon. seven thousand Western Union He is not expected to return to workers on N. Y. picket lines the Soviet Union. The Pearl Harbor Livestigating ... In Detroit the Autoworkers announced the signing of an Committee, sarcastically referred agreement with the new Kaiser- to as a permanent Congressional Frazer auto company calling it Committee, was told that the late the "best ever" in the industry. Secretary of the Navy Frank Observers see a possible effect ,Knox put the blame for the fiasco on the Army and Navy com­ in the General Motors tie-up . RINGSIDE CHATTER manders at Hawaii. Western Electric strikers in After flattening Morris Reif in Kearney, N. J. tangled with 1,000 A radio commentator chargedthe fourth round of a scheduled salaried employees and execu­ that the Army carried 20,000 lbs. 10 round headliner. Beau Jack is tives who attempted to crash of bottle caps—yes, we said bot­ ready for Johnny Greco on Feb. picket lines. About 65 pickets tle caps—on the same priority 8. Jack appeared to be much are reported to have routed the as GIs going home on leave. In Because he fears use of foreign improved over hiS; last bout with crashers, but the show was con­ addition he charged that they music will deprive American mu­ Willie Joyce, although there were sidered as a deliberate attempt were consigned to the San Miguel sicians of jobs. Pres. James C. some claims that Reif was the by the company to provoke vio­ Brewery in the Phillipines owned victim of a flu attack as well asPetrillo of American JFederation lence. by Col. Andres Soriano, a close Beau's fists. of Musicians (AFL), has ruled President Truman intervened friend of General MacArthur, a Beau appeared headed for in the steel controversy and CPA Colonel on his staff and person­ that radio stations- in this, coun­ trouble as he gradually cleared was reported reads'- to grant price al repre.sentative of Spanish Dic­ try must ban music programs or­ HERE AND THERE up the field of welters. Yes, increases to the corporations . . . tator Franco in the Phillipines. iginating abroad, except in Can­ trouble in capital letters awaits Arthur Devlin of the Lake Oil companies are said to be ne­ Madison Square Garden is to ada. (Federated Pictures) Placid Sno Birds, ex-AAF war Jack when the time comes that gotiating with the unions . . . be the scene of another prohero, returned to ski jumping he faces Sugar Ray Robinson.' The meat packing industry will fascist demonstration, under by winning the Toger Tokle He hasn't looked bad in his two use the National Conciliation sponsorship of the FFF. Dubbed the atomic- control program memorial at Bear Mountain with fights since being discharged Service in an attempt to settle as Front For Franco, the FFF adopted by the Moscow confer­ successive jumps of 141 and 148 from the Army, but when Beair the wage dispute. (Friends of Frank Fay) is being ence of Foreign Ministers. feet . . . Billy Conn, recently re­ meets Robinson—well, don't say. The President went on the air backed by "every reactionary, Although General Morgan de­ leased from the Army, is getting we didn't warn you. Robinson, in a direct appeal for the peo­ vicious, un-American publica­ clared in Frankfurt that he had ;into shape for his June heavy­ is without doubt the cream of ple to pressure their congress­ tion" which has "joyously hop­ not resigned, UNNRA headquar­ weight match with Champ Joe the welters today, although a guy men into speeding his labor and ped aboard the Fay bandwagon" ters announced his dismissal fol­ Louis at Little Rock, Ark. . . . named Freddy Cochrane is the reconversion proposals. Response according to War Correspondent lowing his Hitlerlike statements The AAU announced that its an­ recognized champ. by the citizenry was "indifferent" Quentin Reynolds. Fay's fight regarding Europe's remaining nual track meet will be held at NEWS AND VIEWS according to a survey . . . Secre­ against the Actors' Equity (the Jews . . . The Anglo-American Grunt and groan promoters ap­ tary of State Byrnes left Wash­ actors' union) is being supported Committee opened its inquiry in­ pear perturbed over the new, ington to attend the United Na­ by the Hearst press and nazi to Palestine, in an effort to pro­ wrestler's union ju^t formed un­ tions Organization Assembly in friends such as Joseph P. Kamp, vide a home for the comparative­ der the leadership of King Kong London where Republicans Van- John Eoghan Kelly, Harry A. ly few who escaped the nazi Cox. Promoters, like all coupon denberg dnd Dulles were report­ Jung and Joe McWilliams, Kamp slaughterhouses. clippers and profiteers, don't ed out of harmony with the rest and Edward Atwell, the FFF Testifying that the wholesale want anyone checknig up on. of the U. S. delegation. Byrnes press agent, are regarded their take and demanding a; took pains to reassure the U. S. as the two out.standing leader.s slaughter of Europeans had been that the atomic-bomb secrets of pro-fascist political forces in ordered by the Nazi hierarchy, a larger share of the proceeds in high German officer declared wages. It ain't kosher sez they. would not be disclosed prema­ America. The N. Y. Rangers appeared on. turely. (Meanwhile scuttlebutt Thousands of angry letters that his "conscience troubled saysj that the Russians have dis­ from GIs stationed all over the him." The U. S, representatives the comeback trail as they suc­ covered an even more potent world are pouring into Washing­ at the Nuremberg war criminal ceeded in winning two games in. atomic bomb) . . . U. S. Am­ ton protesting the reduction in trials opened their drive to have a row by defeating the Boston the German General Staff and bassador to Russia Harriman is Army's demobilization rate. Bruins 4-2 before the season'sHigh Command convicted for San Antonio, Texas . . . 1946 largest crowd at Madison Square planning aggression as early as racing season in N. Y. Stats' will Garden . . . Clarence Rowland, INTERNATIONAL 1919. Captured documents quoted open at Jamaica on April 6 ac­ Pacific Coast League prexy, de­ In the Phillipines GIs demon­ General invited thirty U. S. edu­ Field- Marshals von BJpmberg cording to approved schedules of clares the PCL will become a strated anci booed Lt. Gen. Styer, cators to cojne to Japan and help and Blasko.witz as. among those jthe N. Y. State Racing Com­ major loop in the very near fu­ who was trying to explain the revise its educational system to who plotted to plunge the world mission. ture, and says the meeting in Sarj, slowness of the Army's demo­ conform with democratic prin­ into war; Other documents and Battle lines were drawn on the Diego will concern itself with, bilization program. Demanding ciples . . . General Marshall, as witnesses will seek to prove that pro football scene as the new these plans . . . Dixie Walker of the immediate evacuation of well as communists and national­ many of the. atrocities were pro. grid loop—^All America Foot­ the Dodglprs and Nick Etten*, China, the Phillipines and all ist -spokesmen, reported "good sponsored or condoned by the ball Conference—laid claim to al­ Yankee.s first, basemap, promisei 'overseas garrison with the ex­ :progress" in their first meeting Gernian rnili,tary men. The most 200 National Football to. be important holdouts iu Lire, ception of Germany and Japan designed to end the civil war . . . American plan is. to strip, the old League players. The new loop coming baseball sea,son. -proper, the GIs denounced the i Shanghai authorities protested cloak of "just a soldier in the also planned a tentative 14-game According to recently compiled; .use of U. S. ships as transports the removal of six persons aboard Iservice of his country" from the schedule with the leagiie split irecords, right hander Les Web­ to China and Indonesia, and de­ [a French warship as a violation German Junkers backs. ipto Eastern and Western Divi­ ber of Moiilreal led the Inter-; manded that the demobilization iof Chinese sovereignty. Inflation and a tidal wave of sions . . . Tony Cuccinello, recent- national League in earned runs be taken out oI the hands of the ; Although the country is to unemployment with the worst ily released by the Chicago White with 1.81, and had a winning per-; ."vested interests." Similar de­ remain under control of the Al­ economic, chao?. in. years was re­ Sox, is being offered the man­ centage of .786.. . . Henry Frnka, monstrations took place on Sai- lied council, Austria's govern- ported from It£d:^. Butter i^ $6 agership of the. Richmond Colts of Tulsa was named new head pan, in Guam and, according to jment has received diplomatic a pound and other ijrices up 150% ink the Piedmont League . . . coach of the Tulane U. football Stars and Stripes, in Belgium. 'recognition by Russia, Britain, to 200% oyer last year's infla­ Jockey George 'The Ice. Mian" squad ... A baseballer's dream The Japanese Cabinet may dis­ ; France and the U. 3. . . . The tionary prices. Like niany other Woolf, one of America's, top rid­ ~a double no-hiter—took place, solve because of- MacArthur's Rumanian government was "re­ Europeans, Italian children were ers with almost 20 yeajrs, racing at Manila when the Okinawa ruling; that no Jap who helped organized'' with the appointment without toys, and were, lucky, in behind him, died as a result of team, defeated the Leyte Base K: promote totalitarian idjeas mgy of two, opposition njenibers to fact, tbftt theyj- had any. clothing injuries sustairysd in a track team in- the. Army Olympic dite hold office . . . Meanwjiile the minor posts.. . . ITance approved at all. spill. trict championships. : I 'Y ^ �Friday, January 11, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven :rr^= BUIJ^ITIN ENGINE DEPARTMENT — A — Adams, Donald R., Anamatoros, Nicholos, Arnold, R. A. • Ashton, W. Bagziewicz, Edward, Baptist Richard, Beckman, Harry G. Billings, Frank J., -Black, J. Blacksher, Robert L., Blume Martin, Borovicka, Frank, Buck Theodore A., Burt, Leroy. Unclaimed Wa&es Shepard Steamship Company Unclaimed Wages Are Open On Books Of Shepard Steamship Company As Listed. — P — Page, Charles M., Panter, Bruce A., Pariani, Albert, Par­ sons, W., Paul, Richard R., Pedersen. Christian, Portain, John, Peters, Glen A,, Posey, Ottis, Powers, R., Procetto, Ralph. _ Q _ Quinette, Wayne. — R — Rahm, Theodore, Ramsey, W., Rastard,Harold, Rawlins, James H., Revill, Frank, Reeis, .Jules, Riddle, Walter M., Rickles, Fran­ cis, Rizzo, Anthony, Roberson, Richard, Rohari, Jauies L., Ryan, — Z — — I — Zouchi, Vernon. Ingram, Clayton H., Irwin, Daniel P., Rye, Carl B. Frank, Igaz, W, — S — Sadlowski, John E., Saiss, Otto DECK DEPARTMENT W., Sardella, Joseph J., SavoJacome, W., Jacome, Walter lainin, L. P., Schrimer, Robert, — A — Adamonski, Joseph, Adams, N., S., Jacobsen, Ernest E., Jaffe, Scoffone, Peter, Scarberry, Hugh Alder, Edwin E., Allen, Carey P., Charles, Jarrell, Paul E., John­ E., Schwab, Andrew, SkanleAlsonetsky, Morris, Anderson, J. son, Albert, Johnson, Donald R., gaard, H. M., Smith, George R., E., Anderson, Lourilis, Anderson, Johnson, G. C., Johnson, George Smith, Raymond, Smiechowski, W. C., Anderson, Walter R., An­ R., Johnson, H. W., Johnson, Theodore, Sperry, Wendell E., Thomas M., Jones, James A., Jor- Stam, Kornelius, Strantmanvis, drews, Don K. gensen, A., Joyce, David. Otto, Stromme, Earl, Sullivan, _ B — Stephen, F., Suozyr, Joseph, — K — Baker, Robert, Barker, James Sunada, Jack, Swahn, James, J., Keenan, Robert A., Kielski, E., Bauer, Robert G., Beech, Rus­ Swanton, Joseph J. Marion S., Koltoniak, Henry, sell, Belles, John, Beyer, Richard — T — W., Bianchi, Constantine, Bil- Kostric, Adolph, Kozel, Alexan­ Trusz, Edward, Tucker, Rob­ der, Krichtiak, John. lingslea, B. V., Bishop, Lowell, J., _ F — — S — ert W. Blanchard, Philip, Blanchardm, — L — Felser, Edward C., Fitzpatrick, Sabo, Roland U., Samselski, Richard F., Berth, Charles W., — U — James J., Flowers, Charles B., John, Sawicki, Sigmund J., Lehew, Harry E., Lorher, Ray. Urbans, Oswald. Bosworth, Caluin, Brandon, Ar­ Floyd, Edward I. Sayer, Frank, Schmidt, Joseph thur, Brink, J., Branum, James — M — _ V — T., Scolt, Martin R., Serrato, M., Brock, Bobby L., Burroughs, — G — Madson, Hans A., Majik, P. J., Valentz, Paul, Van Laeven, Ed­ Louis, Shaver,' Neal S., Sisney, Robert. Gallagher, Arthur J., Garris, Mailing, Lewis M., Mangels, Ru­ ward. Ernest, Smyth, J. A., Smythe, James, Gentry, Lloyd B., Ghormdolph W., Mansell, Cecil A,, _ C — James F., Stumph, Harold N., — W — ley, Thomas A., Goglas, Walter, Mann, George, Marchewka, Ed­ Suscavage, Joseph P. Cain, C. O., Cain, P., Calafato, Wade, Lloyd, Watson, Cecil, Gomez, Edward, Gomez,^asquine ward, Marshik, Walter, Martin, Weaver, Russell C., Wells, John Luigi, Caramellino, Fred, CarleM., Gomzales, Elias, GBabowiec, James, McCarthy, Joseph B., Mc— T ^ A., West, John R., Williams, ton, George S., Casada, G., CasWajciek, Griffin, F. Taylor, Waller J., Techan, J., toro, Paul A., Church, Wilbur L., Nellage, John. Berge C., Williams, C., Williams, Melder, Albert, McLoo, E., Theweatt, Walter B., Thompson, Carmond L., Williams, Luther B., Clegg, H., Coley, William H., — H — Robert, Trinks, K. L., Tronnes, E. Compos, Abelino, Cori, James M., Mickler, Charles B,, Miller, Her­ Williams, Thomas E., Willard, Hall, William C., Hallet, Ron­ Corrigan, Charles E., Coutant, mit, Miller, R., Mills, Milton, M., Wallace G., Witham, Wesley, J., ald E., Hanna, Guy K., Hannac, — V — Wilbur E., Cronen, Robert J., Mitchell, W., MiHer, William J., Wood, Charles. H. J., Haney, Howard S., Hatch, Vechi, James. Melvin, Moffett, Curtin, Cornelius, Cushing, Da­ Moellinger, Otto, Hatley, Cecil E., Hobson, — Y — Isaac R., Moher, John, Mooy, vid, Czerwinec, Joseph. — W — W. P., Hoffman, John, |lougen, Young, Frank G. James J., Morgan, William A., A.. O., Houk, H. J., Hort, John W-, Walton, William H., Ward, _ D — Mosei, Donnelly S., Murphy, — Z — Eugene, ,Warfe, Walter W., Humphrey, E. Zajac, Charles. Davis, Earl, De Souza, Henry, John J. J., Mushill, Paul. Del Rizo, Octavio, Dennis, Don­ — I — — N — ald, Deimy, Williard M., Dodd, Isaacson, Howard J. Napolitano, Joseph, Nelson, Frank B., Doyle, Thomas G., Drehmer, George, Drever, Robert. Harold W., Newberry, William, — J — NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. HAnovor 2-2784 Newell, Linton A., Nielson, Claus SS OSCAR UNDERWOOD Jacobs, Gerald, Jacobsen, H,, BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. — E — (Voyage No. 3) J., Norris Sourgeun D. Liberty 4057 Jakir, J. P., James, Jack, Johnas, Edmunde, Maryld A., Edson, BALTuClORE 14 North ^ay St. Those crewmembers who work­ John, Johnson, John A., John­ __ O — Calvert 4539 Chester, Eiser, Edgar L., Elrod, ed the complete voyage from son, John E., Joyce, Donald. PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6lh St. Oakes, William S., O'Brien, J. Lombard 7651 Norman D., Elwood, Lonnie E., October, 1944 to July, 1345 have J., Oden, Richard, Ogiba, Theo­ NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street Estby, Fred, Ellis, Dale F. — K — a week's wages coming to them. 4-1083 dore, Ogiba, Walter J., Orelli, Kaucher, Elmer, Keller, Wal­ NEW ORLEANS Communicate with or call at the 339 Chartres St. — F — Rinaldi, R., Otis, Joseph Scott, Canal 3336 New York HaU. ter M., Keating, Timothy V., Kim­ SAVANNAH .220 East Bay St, Farley, Robert, Fee, Ward B., Ots, Harold. ball, Edgar M., Knutson, Etui H. 3-1728 4> 4. 4. MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. Ferranido, Anthony, Fimovicz, SS JOSIAH PARKER 2-1754 Bernard, Fisher, Harry, Frank, _ L — The crew claim for Explosive SAN JUAN, P. R 45 Poncc de Leon Lacey, ohn, Lancaster, L. E., San Juan 2-5996 Harold W., Frazier, Willie. Cargo Bonus for voyage No. 10 305'/i 22nd St. Latham, James P., Le Queiie, K, UALVESTON can be collected from the New — G — 2-8043 Leahy, Daniel V., Lee, Ray, Lew­ RICHMOND, Calif. Will the ivitnesses who know Orleans office of the Mississippi 257 5th St. GaUagher, Richard A., Garlind, about the case of Joseph Walton is, Richard R„ Lichty, Richard, SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Elmer, Gerhardson, Wilhelm, who lo.st his life on the SS Shipping Co., Hibernia Bank 86 Seneca St. Lile, Robert S., Lindsay, Ernest SEATTLE Ill W. Buraside St. Gerke, Philip A., Graham or Phineas Banning please contact Bldg. •H., Lipton, Milton, Lloyd, John L. PORTLAND WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. Gahran, H. C., Grebenack, Jo4" 4. 4. Sol C. Berenholtz, 1102 Court HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. — M — SS FLOYD GIBBONS heph, Groll, Frederick J., GjirSquare Bldg., Baltimore 2, Md. BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Disputed overtime can be col­ •Magnus, Steen E., Manning, CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. sten, Maurice W., Gjirsten, Mau­ He represents his widow and in­ lected by writing to South Atlan­ 1914 E. St. Clair St. ri tz. William P., Martin, Richard, CLEVELAND fant child. 1038 Third St. tic SS Co. in Savannah, Ga. Mathews, E. A., McGinnis, Ar­ DETROIT 4" 4" i" DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. — H — thur, McGrath, Maurice, Mc- VICTORIA, B. C. 602 Boughton St. CHADWICK HAGBERG . Hagan, Sigried L., Hall, John Guire, Charles McMahon, John, VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. ATTENTION! Your gear is in the New York *.842 Zack St. E., Halvorson, James, Hammonds, Mikalik, George, Miller, Joseph, TAMPA M-1323 Eddie R. Hansell, John C., Har­ hall baggage room except for Holder of receipt No. 36608, Miller, Willie J,, Moore, Henry JACKSONVILLE 020 Main St. please contact the Galveston boots which the 2nd Mate got rison, Charles T., Harrison, Wm., 5-1231 C., Morley, Macfarlane, MuhleiBranch. Hauger, Charles A. Hawkins, Message from Ernest Bonner. son, Fred G,^ — N — Natho, (Edward, Negri, A., Neese, Thaddeus G., Nelson, — C — Fred L., Newman, Robert F., Campbell, J. D., Carlson, Chris, Newman, William H., Nieri, Cassada, J., Centeno, Carlos, Louis. Ciine, Donald, Comack, James, Cooper, John Jr., Cox, Ronald W., — O — Crowley, Grover G., Crwon, R. Owens, Charles R. A., Curley, John, Curran, Bert. — P — Palmer, James F., Panno, Char­ Dalgety, J. B., Daniel, Billie B., les C., Parson, W., Paul, Ray­ Davekin, George J., Day, James mond A., Peevey, Jack ' Gray, R., De Jarnett, Dannie, Delano, Petersen, Delbert, Pierce, Harry George, Denison, Albert, Der- P., Porkey, William D., Porter, shuck, Alfred E., Deysenroth, Al­ Elmo, Pouchie, J. A., Pyne, Earl bert M., Diehl, Russel, Dixon, W. Robert D., Dominic, William J., — R — Doonan, Peter, Dowhower, Frank­ lin A., Doyle, Robert E. Rondeau, Fred Jr., Reilly, Wil­ liam J. Jr., ^ice, Thomas B., Ross, — E — Robert, Rudder, Roscoe R., Emerson, Evreett, Eser, M. Rusher, Clifford. Waugh, William V., West, Ar­ thur, White, Robert H., Willardson. Christian, Willett, Clifford J. Jr., Winter, William, Wiseltier, Richard B. Donald, Heger, Frank M., Henkleman, Norman L., Homer, John, Hoogeriwerf, Jan, Horst. Edward, Howard, Donald, M., Hughs Pat­ rick, J. MONEY DUE StU HALLS PERSONALS / �• :.'• ' v'h- |. K r., • THE Page Twelve SlU Action Keeps Militant On Ship The operator's stooge tried, but couldn't keep a militant Sea­ farer from signing on. After se­ curing a job as Junior Engineer aboard the Claymont Victory of the Eastern SB Co., SIU member John Marciano was refused the right of signing on by the First Asst. Engineer, who claimed that Marciano hadn't performed his work properly while sailing un­ der him some five years prev­ iously. However, as a i-esult of speedy action by the Seafarers, Brother Marciano was quickly signed on the Claymont. Back in March, 1941, Johnny had sailed on the Evangeline as a Fireman, and was elected as ship's chairman by the members. This same First served on that ship in another licensed capacity, and no doubt didn't want to be bothered with any union hot shots, so he decided that he didn't want Marcy. Due to the efforts of the SIU representative, a letter was sent by the company to the Chief En- ife-. IsP-' gineer directing him to hire Mar­ ciano as nothing on his previous record indicated that he had not fjerfui'ined the duties required of iiim on the job. This the Chief complied with, by signing him on at once. The value of membership in the Seafarers was clearly illus­ trated in the prompt settlement of this beef, and makes evident •how SIU union membership pays off in job protection and other numerous benefits. SIU wage scales are the highesl in the industry. This is so because 60,000 fighting men under the Seafarers banner inspire A healthy re­ spect from the shipowners. SIU wage scales will continue to be the highest in the years to come because 2V2 million dollars in the treasury means union stability, and because no considerations, political or otherwise, are allowed to stand in the way of the day by day, week by week, month by month struggle for better wages and better conditions, fc- Friday, January II, 1946 LOG ON THE FRONT SIU Organiser Gene Dauber is talking to a group of Isthmian Seamen. According to Gene, they are listening very carefully to the Seafarers' story. They told Dauber not to worry—that Isthmian would go SIU. We're not worrying, but just as insurance, we could use some more volunteer organizers. How about you? Crew Of The Anniston City Denounces 'Pilot' Story As IklC Crew members of the Anniston City of the Isthmian Line de­ nounced as entirely untrue a statement appearing in the "Pilot" of November 9, .1945. The lying story appeared under a picture of a group of men cap­ tioned "Anniston City", and pur­ ported to reveal pro-NMU feelings of the crew plus certain anti-SIU sentiment. The entire story, according to Anniston brothers, is a tissue of lies from start to finish, and is apparently the figment of some cokie's dreamy mind-like most NMU utterances. Truth and journalism are so far apart in the commie's lexicon as dis­ played by the "Pilot", that the truth seldom finds its way into that rag. (Continued from Page 1) ferior version of the SIU "Sweet­ heart Ag^-eement" which they had previously blasted and sign­ ed it with their operators, in Sept. 1944. "The SIU at that time," the report continued, "was trying' to increase still further the wages in our Troop Ship Supplement Agreement arid had this case be­ fore the War Labor Board. The job to win increases from the War Labor Board was made much tougher for the SIU be­ cause the operators, WSA and WLB were striving to stabilize wages and conditions for sea­ men. The WSA and WLB achieved their objective when the NMU voluntarily signed with their operators a troopship supplement agreement similar to the one , the SIU had then, but knowing full well that the SIU was before the Board demanding still higher wages on troopships." The SIU succeeded in increas­ ing the wages on troop ships in spite of the troopship "Pact" com­ monly called sellout. Compare the wage scales for yourself. Normally, one would not ex­ pect the NMU to make their so obviously fake claim to the best contract, except that in printing the SIU scale, we did not include full well that the Isthmian sea­ men of the Anniston were pract­ ically all Seafarers or SIU pledge card signers, the disguised com' mies were very careful ot make no mention of the NMU or any other commie-front organization. SIU ship's organizers Stanley Bukowski and Thomas Benson laugh at the Wild claims of NMU dis-organizers regarding the An­ niston City, and express complete confidence in the election's out­ come as being a sweeping SIU victory. Indignation among Anniston seamen ran high over belittling remarks in the commie rag, and accordingly these lies will haye the ultimate effect of turning any doubtful Isthmian men to the Seafarers for union represent­ ation. MISREPRESENTATION Members of the Anniston crew were presuaded to pose for the picture by a man and gii'l sup­ the $45 blanket increase of Oct. 1st, That should teach them to posedly conducting a survey on read more carefully — among the Seamen's Bill o'f Rights and Organizing aboard the SS other maritime legislation. Knov/- Lynn Victory, Isthmian vessel, is other things. proceeding apace, and Deck Del­ egate Charles W. Hall reports THE SIU ABROAD that this ship is now one hundred percent SlU-pledged with the ex­ ception of three misguided mem­ bers of another "union." These guys noted with great dismay how the Isthmian buys signed pledge carris for the Seafarers, and themselves received only one —that from a lad who signed it to keep his two watch-partners placated, and not because he wanted the other "union," The Lynn Victory Bosun, L. B, Mack, is a good fellow and knows the score. He has. been sailing Isthmian for the past four years, according to Brother Hall, and very willingly signed an SIU card. "In case any other members run into him," says Hall, "They can't find a better Bosun to sail with. "Seamen sailing on the Isth­ mian ships are really learning the score," Hall declared, "and they're getting so they can smell phony propaganda a mile away." Concluding his report. Brother Chai-les Hall feels confident p? This picture — showing the Isthmian Anniston City docked victory for the Seafarers in th^ at a Freeport. Sweden, and SIU volunteer organizers Stan­ election to be held in the very ley Bukowski and Thomas Benson on the dock alongside—appear­ near future, and says that it ed in a Swedish paper, which hailed these two Brothers as typical won't be long before Isthmian men are fighting side by side representatives of American union seamen. under the protective influence of a Seafarers' coiitiact for the same wages, working and living conditions as are now enjoyed' by SIU members. long-delayed election for bar­ the Alamo Victory to the long list of Isthmian ships which are gaining agent to begin. The Alamo Victory left New swinging to the SIU — ships York recently on an intercoastal which have become dissatisfied To all seamen applying for run to Mobile and points beyond with the present unorganized original or duplicate Sea­ to Seattle. The Isthmian seamen status of Isthmian, and want to men's papers in New York aboard her are a swell bunch of bring that company under the City: Beginning December OK Joes, according to the ship's terms of 17, 1S4S, all seamen's papers Seafarer's contract organizers, and will be a very will be issued at the Barge which will insure better working, welcome addition to the Sea­ office located near the Ellis wage and shipboard conditions farers membership roster. Island Ferry at South Ferry, So, we can add the name of to all Isthmian men. Prove SIU Has Better Contract "PACT" A SELLOUT JOHN MARCIANO SEAFARERS Lynn Victory Joins Up With SiU Parade pO ' ' I ' , t,i ll'-. "J Organizers Report Alamo Victory Strongly SIU ' SIU volunteer organizers Yulin Blomgren, Frank Fromm and Edward V. -Welsh of the SS Alamo -Victory, Isthmian Line, report that excellent proga-ess has been made by the Seafarers organizational drive on this ship. 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Title A name given to the resource January 11, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 2 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource COMPARISON OF SIU AND NMU CONTRACTS PROVES SEAFARERS HAS TOP WAGES IN MARITIME FIELD COAST GUARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHORTAGES IN CERTAIN RATINGS TIME RUNNING OUT, SAYS TRUMAN MAIL SNAFU OPERATORS MAKE THINGS TOUGH FOR THEMSELVES BY RENEGING AFL TAKES ISSUE WITH TRUMAN PROTECT YOURSELF BIG PROBLEMS FACE AFL IN '46 ANSWERS TO SOME $64 QUESTIONS ASK EXTENSION OF OVERTIME PAY LABOR HEADS BACK POLIO DRIVE CHARLES CONRAD SKIPPER PRAISES UNION SEAMEN SOAP BLAMED FOR SKIN DISORDER ON ROBIN SHERWOOD MEMNON OFFICERS PLAY GAME WITH DISPUTED OVERTIME SIU ACTION KEEPS MILITANT ON SHIP CREW OF THE ANNISTON CITY DENOUNCES 'PILOT' STORY AS LIE LYNN VICTORY JOINS UP WITH SIU PARADE ORGANIZERS REPORT ALAMO VICTORY STRONGLY SIU Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-11-1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b38ec80cbe0aa5007bbe96816b96af83.pdf 58fcad99a013e096ab1f146fb6b4ed3c PDF Text Text SEAFARERS  LOG  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  U NI ObN  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   SlU OPENS SCHOOL  Story on Page 3  Crews  to  Be  Polled  on '52 Pact  Story  on  Page 5  :  X  1  CAM I  A MMVAIFMI  Having  completed  their  count  of  Of  >ipprOrCIf#  ballots,  tally  committee  members  sign  official  report  on^ Union  election.  (Story  on  page  3.)  '  \  •  C#Arv#AllAr  i'SSTi X •   • •   Drake,  (1.),  BME  mefti­ ber,. relates  his  rescue  from  "  Flying Enterprise to twoSeafarers. IF I  vy nnpage 30[,;  CAfnlkMMa'ifl  ITMMW.IIMUV  Attentive  students  listen  as  SIU  instructor  OflfpOOCirCI  AflOir  now*  Eddie Parr (center, fur collar) describes method  iV  of  handling  lifeboat  to first  deck  dept. training  class,  .  .  (Story  on  page 3.)  rnSm  �SSAfAMERS  LOG  CG Appeal Board Sef­ IMhr. Jauwr 11. ISSf  Clarified Crew  Blasts  Coast  Guard  Security  Law  Protects  Rights  of  Seamen  Panama  Pool  Offer  of  Men  A potential  threat  to  union  The  big  job  of  security  clearance  of  America's  merchant  seamen  was turned  up by  the^  seamen,  which  got  imder  way  at  ihe  beginning  of  1951,  is  alert  crew  of  the  Raphael  .rapidly nearing an end.  Latest word from Washington is that  Semmes  and  its  wide­awake  approximately  225,000  vali­­*"  delCjgates,  Bill  Hare,  John  dated  documents  have  been  treason, sedition,  esqpionage  or sab­ Powers and Frank Judah. The  issued  by  the  Coast  Guard,  otage,  aiding  or' associating  with  crew  notified  the LOG  that  a  with an additional 45,000 com­ people  committing  such  acts,  dis­ pool  of  non­union  seamen  has  ing  through  shortly. With  the  closure of  confidential  information  been  organized  in  the  Canal  to  foreign  governments,  past  or  backlog  almost  eliminated,  present  Zone, and is attempting to get  membership  or  participa­ validation  will  soon  involve  tion in an organization deemed sub­ these  men  aboard  American  only  newly­issued  seamen's  versive  by  the  Attorney  General,  ships.  papers. All  seafarers  have  be­ and  similar causes.  The  outfit,  which  betrays  its  come  familiar  with  the  pro­ A  man  who  is  denied  clearance  New  York  Appeals  Board  Chairman  Julius Rosen  writes to  Wash­ origins  by  stating  that  it, has  no  ington  for  secret file  on  seaman  prior  to' calling  hearing  on  the  connection with any union, is called  cedure  of  securing  validated  will  receive, a  letter  stating  that  man's appeal for security clearance.  the  Atlantic  Side  Merchant  Bee­ papers,  but  unless  they  ran  the  government  has  strong  basis  men's  Pool.  Its  headquarters  are  into  difficulty  getting  clear­ for  believing  that  his  presence  on  in  Colon  and  it  has  shown  great  ance, few are aware of  the se­ merchant vessels is contrary  to the  eagerness  to  get  aboard  National  interests  of  the  United  States.  At  curity  law's  appeal  set­up  Shipping  Authority's  Libertys  this  point  the  appeals  procedure  which . assures  them  protec­ comes  into  play.  which  have  been  running  ioto  tion  from  arbitrarily  being  difficulties  in' getting  experienced  14  Chairmen  barred from  US ships.  seamen  in  various  ratings.  The  Actually,  every  seaman  has  the  An  appeals  board  representative  organization  claims  that  it  has  right  to  appeal  denial  of  validated  explained  that  there  are  14  local  1,000  seamen  on  tap  to fill  vacan­ Crew  members  of five  SIU ships  who  distinguished  them­ papers  to  a  local  appeals  board  board  chaimten  in  various  port  cies,  composed  of  civilians,  and  beyond  areas.  These men,  all civilians, are  selves for gallantry  during World  War II are entitled  to cita­ . So  anxious  is  this  outfit  to  get  that  to  a  central  board  in  Wash­ selected  for  their  background  in  ington.  The  regulations  governing  maritime  and  in  judicial  proced­ tion  ribbon  bars awarded  by  the government. The  Mafitime  a  toehold that it  has contacted  the  Associated  Press  in  Washington  this  procedure  were  set  up  origin­ ure.  Each  chairman has a  panel  of  Administration  has  asked, thd"*  ^  ally by executive order of  the Pres­ industry  and  labor members  at his  SIU  to  help  locate  men  to  Mills,  Samuel  Parker  and  informing  the  news  service  that  it  was  eager  to  make  up  vacancies  ident  on  January  15,  1951.  There  disposal from  which  he selects  one  whom  the  award  has  been  Schoharie.  on  the  Libertys.  have  been  a  considerable  number  of  each  to hear a  particular  case.  ^iven.  SIU  ships  covered  by  At least five active Seafarers and  of  successful appeals which  re­ Keep  Eyes  Open  When  a  seaman  wants  to file  an  the  award  are  the  Virginia  eight  inactive  ones  are  on  the  list  sulted  in seamen winning the clear­ for  the  award,  which  consist  of  a  (Continued  on  page  22)  Dare, William Moultrie, Cedar  The Raphael Semmes crew warns  ance  which  was first  refused  them.  ribbon  with  a  tiny  silver sea  horse  all SIU  men  to  keep a  sharp look­ '  ,  Labor  Represented  in  the  center.  A  complete  list  of  out  for  any  seaman  who  might  be  The  crux  of  the  appeal  system  ships and  men  involved is on  page  affiliated  with  this  organization,  is the  fact  that  industry  and  labor  14..  The  active  SIU  members  are:  particularly  when  passing  through  representatives  participate  in  the  John  W.  Carlson,  Stanley  Gelak,  the  Canal, as  some skippers  might  hearing  boards/ so that  it is  not an  Henry  Lanier, Robert  C. Sheppard  try  to  get  these  men  aboard  as  exclusive government  operation. In  and  Earl  H.  Young.  ­ replacements.  New  york,  SIU  Secretary­Treas­ urer Paul­Hall is  a  member  of  the  The  ships  and  seamen  cited  in  In  the  shipboard  discussion  on  panel,  and  there  are  SIU  repre­ the award contributed to the Allied  the question, Hare pointed  out that  sentatives  participating  on  these  cause  during  the  war  by  helping  these  scab  seamen  could  never  ^  panels  in  the  other  potts  around  fight off  enemy attacks and deliver­ get  a  footing  on  SIU  ships  if  \  the  country  where  local  appeals  ing, vital  cargo  in  the  face  of  ex­ Seafarers in busy ports would  take  '  boards  are  located.  While  the rec­ treme danger.  Three  of  the  ships,  the jobs as they come off  the board,  ommendations of  these local boards  the  Virginia  Dare,  William  Mo^­ instead  of  staying  around  on  the  are not  binding, they  usually  carry  trie, and  Schoharie were in convoy  beach.  considerable weight  in the final  de­ PQ:18  to  Murmansk,  in  1943.  This  cision.  followed  the  famous  "Fourth­of  When  a  man  applies  for  vali­ July" convoy, PQ­17,  which  lost  22  dated  papers,  lie fills  out  a  form  of  its 33 ships to dive  bombers and  in  his local  port  of  call.  The form  subs  after  it  was  deserted  by  its  is  then  forwarded  to  Washington  escort  vessels.  where the  man's record  is checked  One­Third  Lost  against  confidential  information  in  Convoy PQ­18 also  took a fearful  government files.  Clearance  may  lacing, losing 13 dut of  the 40 mer­ be denied for  any one. of a  number  chant ships in the  group. The three  of  reasons under  the terms of  Pub­ SIU vessels  were in  the thick  of  it  lic Law  679  passed  by  Congress  in  Approval  of  the  recent  contract  and  helped fight  off  sub  and  tor­ August, 1950.  Such  reasons  would  pedo plane attacks during  the trip.  negotiated  by  the. Sailors  Union  ­include:  Commission  lOf  acts  ..of  Two  sup  ships'  crews  are  also  of  the  Pacific  has  come  throuilh  included in  the  HSt  for  the award.  from the  Wage Stabilization  Board  These  are  the  Marcus  Daly,  and  in Washington. The government OK  the  Adoniram  Judson.  The  "Ad"  covers  the  wage  aspects  of  fhe  Jon. II, 1952  Vol.  Xn^Ne. 1  Judson  won  its  spurs  during  the  contract  only,  with,  the  newly­ As I See It..  Page 11  invasion  of  L^yte  by  delivering  negotiated  SUP  Welfare  Plan  still  landing mats and  high  octane avia­ held  up.  Burly  Page 21  tion  gas to a  captured  Jap airfield  ­  There  are  several  tecbnicalitie*  Crossword  Puzzle  Page : 10  at  Tacloban. and  then  standing  by  which  may delay  the  SUP Welfare  Did,You  Know  Page  16  to  provide  air  protection  for  sev­ Plan  for. several  weeks,  But  it  is  Editorial  Paie 11  eral  days.  The­ Marcus  Daly  won  expected­that  it  too  will  win final  a special commendation  from  Gen­ approval from  the government.  Inquiring Seafarer  Page  10  eral  MacArthur  for shooting  down  The  SUP  contract  provides  for  In The Wake.  ^.  Page  10  three  Jap  bombers  and  defending  increases in  wage scales, overtime,  Labor Round­up  / ; .Bage  21  the docks at Leyte during the same  penalty  time,  meal  and  lodging  Letters  Pages  19,  20  invasion.  allowances,  and  other  provisions.  Letter Of  The Week...  Page  11  The latter ship suffered a suicide  The  entire  contract  is  retroactive  Maritime  .......i Pagf  21  attack  from  a  Japanese  kamikaze  to October 1, 1951.  Meet  The  Seafarer..,.  Page 10:  b om bq,r  on  Christmas  Day  1944:  The  Masters,  Matei;  and  Pilots,  Oh  The  Job... .  ..   .. Page  21  which  killed  and  wouiided  some  representing  all  deck  officers,  an­ nounced  that they  too had  won  ap­ 200  soldiers  aboard  her.  Personals  . ..  Page  23  proval  of  the  WSB  for  their  new  Slups'  Minutes........  Page  23  An  additional  group of  SIU men  contract.  The  agreement  pro­ Ten  Years Ago, ..­....i  Page  10  is entitled  to receive  the Meritori­ vides  for  wage  increases,  addi­ Top  Of  The  News  Page  6  ous Service Medal  which  is award­ tional  daily vacation  payments and  Washington  News  ed  to  all  crewmembers  who  were  other  improvements.'  Like  the  ifeUP,  the MM&P  contract  is  retro­ Letter.  ..  Page  4  commended  by  the  War  Sliipping  active  to  October  1, 1951  and  was  Welfare  Benefits .. .. .. Page  22  Administration  of  the  Maritime  negotiated during August and  Sep­ PublisbMi biwMkly  at tho hcadquartaf^a  Pounded  viciously  by  the  Jreldntless  Atlantic  storm  the Norwegian  Administration  for  conduct­ of  a  tember  of  last  year,  although  the  • f  Hie  Seafarers  triternaOenal  Union,  At*  tanker  Osthav  split's  in  twb  off  the  Spanish  coast  in  the  Bay  of  vacation  aspect  of. the  agreement  lanflc  a  Golf  District.  AFL,  *75  Fdtirth  Biscay.  Dramatic  photos  show  the  forepart  (below)  going  to  the  meritorious nature. Names  of  these  was  not  settled  imtil  November,  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32, N.  Y.  Tel.  STerlins  bottom of  the sea while­stern  (top)  lied helplessly  in the  surf  after  men .and the  ships  they  served  oni  IbllowiiK  concliision  of  the  long­ • • 4«71.' Entered  at  second  class  matter  being  driven  aground  by  winds.  A  Swedish steamer  r^cu^ ^  are  published  alcmg  with  the  bth^;  shor^nea's  wRdeat  strike  in  the  at  the  Post  Office  in  Brooklyn,  N.  V«  survivors  off  the  stem  sectio^.  . under  the  Act  of  Auflust  34,  1*13.  fist  in  this is5u4«if  the LOG.  of iKNfW  ¥<HPk.  5 SIU Crews Named  For WW  II Citations  'Death of AT anker'  WSB  Gives  OK  To  SUP,  MMP  On Oontracts  SEAFARERS  LOG  �^  ...  mW'­''"  ifrUMT. Jtmmar  11, l§g»  VMTC  Thre*  BEAFARERS  tOG  V"  As SIU Launches  Training Program  M  The first  of  three  projected  upgrading  schools  for  Seafarers  is  now  operating  in  Headquarters  with  the  opening of a class for deck department hands.  Sessions  are now being held both in the Headquarters classroom  and aboard ship for  the purpose of  qualifying men for  their  AB  certificates  and  also  going  ahead  for  engine  de­ other deck ratings.  partment  classes,  which  will  make  In  addition  to  the  deck  use  of  the  engine  room  facilities  department  classes,  the  Sea­ aboard  SlU­contracted  ships  while  they are in port. The Union  is mak­ Crewmen  of  the Southland,  an  SIU  Slip sailing  out  of  Savannah,  played  a  major  role  farers  Training  School  will  ing  arrangements .with  representa­ ln 4he now­famous  tale of  the Flying  Enterprise  and  her  skipper  when  they  were  Johnny­ have  facilities  for  instruction  tives  of  its  contracted  companies  on­the­spot for  rescue  operations.  The Southland  picked  up eight  crew  members and  seven  of  steward  and  engine  department,  for  use  of  these  ships'  facilities.  personnel.  The  steward's  depart­ Refreshers Later  passengers  who  had  aban­"t  ment school, which  will  get  under­ doned  ship at  the  height  of  a  vicinity,  had  one  of  its  lifeboats  eral  Greeley  also  had  a  lifeboat  way  in  the  near  future,  will  have  The  course  of  instruction  in  the  vicious  North  Atlantic  storm  swaihped  and  was  lucky  to be  able  disabled,  and  in  turn,  the  lifeboat  full  use  of  all  facilities  in  the  deck  department  includes handling  which crippled  the Enterprise  to  get  its  own  crewmembers  back  crew  was  rescued by the Southland.  Union­opercted  cafeteria,  galley,  lifeboats,  seamanship,  safety  prac­ (Continued  on  page  14)  butcher shop and  bakery. Plans are  tices and  requirements for  upgrad­ and  caused  her final  sinking.  on  board. The army  transport Gen­ ing.  It is planned to add  a  refresh­ The decision of  her skipper  to  er course  in  seamanship  at  a  later  remain  with  his  ship  wrote a  date  for  men  already  holding  AB  new  chapter  in  the  annals  of  and  bosun  ratings.  The  stewards  men  against  the  sea  and  cap­ department  school  will  cover  such  tured  the  imagination  of  mil­ With  the  shortage  of  trained  seamen  growing  severe,  the  Maritime  Administration  has  subjects  as food  handling,  storage,  lions.  Among  those  rescued  invited  all  AFL  sea  unions  to  confer  on  the  problem.  The SIU has accepted  the invitation  food  preparation,  garbage  disposal  by the  Southland  were two  of  and  will  participate in  the conferences  which  open  in Washington  the week  of  January  21.  and  sanitation.  As  announced  in  the  secretary­ the  vessel's  engineers,  mem­ In  his  letter  of  acceptance. Sec­ treasurer's report  to the  headquar­ bers  of  the  SlU­affiliated  retary­Treasurer  Paul  Hall  points  ship,  no  SIU  contracted  vessel  has  L.  Cochrane,  Maritime  Adminis­ out  that  while  the  manning  prob­ ever  been delayed  for lack  of  man­ trator, who  declared  that  the  man­ ters  membership  meeting  of  De­ Marine Engineers.  cember  19,  the  entire ­training  So severe  was the storm  that the  lem  is  industry­wide  In  nature,  power  in.  the  unlicensed  ratings  ning  problem  threatens  to  get  school program  will  be 100  percent  SlU­manned  Warhawk,  also  in  the  affecting  all  classifications  aboard  covered  by  the  Union.  worse  because  more  ships  are  be­ Union  operated  and financed.  In­ ing  withdrawn  from  the  boneyards  structors for the  three departments  Can Man  All Ships  "We  further  point  out,"  Hall  by  the  Natiohal  Shipping  Author­ will  be  drawn  from  the  ranks  of  stated,  "that  we  are  in  a  position  ity.  He  is  certain  that  there  will  Seafarers  and  will  be  men  with  now  to  man  any  and  all  vessels  be  a  growing  demand  for  ship­ long  experience  and  thorough  fa­ which  may  be  contracted  to  this  ping  in  the  coming  months  and  miliarity  with  the  subject  matter  that  the  present  tight  manpower  of  the  courses.  Union."  might  suddenly  become  Thanks to  the facilities  available  The SIU secretary­treasurer  sug­ situation  much  worse.  in  New  York  Headquarters,  and  to  gested 'that  at  least  part  of  the  the  operational  setup  of  the  train­ Steps Fall  Short  manning  difficulties  which  have  Officials  elected' to  serve  the  A&G  District  in  1952  were  arisen  in  the  past  resulted  from  The  admiral  stated ..that  steps  ing schools, it  is  expected  that  tlie  announced  this  week  following  the  District­wide  vote  tally.  allocation  of  vessels  to  companies  taken  up  until  now,  such  as  re­ Union  will  be  able  to  train  men  at  The annual  election for  officials ended  on December  31 after"  contracted  by  unions  other  than  cruiting  additional  men  from  considerably  less expense  than  the  60  days  of  balloting.  the  SlU.  These  vessels  have  suf­ shoreside,  deferring  needed  men  cost  of  similar  training  in  govera­ Announcement  of  the  voting  re­ ing  of  January  2  to  count  votea  fered  delays  in  sailing  due  to  the  from  the  draft,  relaxing  Coast  ment­maintained  schools.  sults  was  made  by  the  headquar­ cast  and  prepare  a  report  on  the  inability  of  those  unions  to  man  Guard  manning  requirements  and  It  has  been  roughly­ estimated  ters  tallying  committee  elected  at  election.  The  committee's  report  the  ships.  A  more  realistic  allo­ other  measures  have  fallen  short  that  it  will  cost  the  Union  about  the headquarters membership meet>­ and  complete  voting  tally  will  be  cations  program  which  would  of  meeting  the  need.  "Certain  $50  to  upgrade  a  seaman  to  AB.  submitted to  the membership meet­ take  into  account  the  manpower  legislative measures  are also  being  Of  course,  government­maintained  ings  of  all  branches  on  January  available  to  the  various  shipping  advocated,"  he  said;  "though  the  schools  are financed  by  taxes  16.  Upon  approval,  the  newly­ companies  would  have  averted  at  processes  are  necessarily  slow  whereas the SIU  will  be  supplying  elected  officials  will  assume  office  least  part  of  these  unnecessary  and  therefore  without  immediate  skilled  seamen  for  the  US  mer­ at  once.  chant fleet  at  no  cost  to  the  ta.x­ delays.  effect."  The  results  show  six  changes  in  The  invitation  to  the  confer­ Under  the  circumstances  he  payer.  All  hands  are  urged  to  take  ad­ the  ranks  of  SIU  officials  as  com­ ence  came  from  Vice­Admiral  E.  said,  "It  is  obvious  that  an  ex­ vantage  of  the  opportunity  offered  pared  with  last  year's  election  re­ pansion of  the emergency measures  by  the  training  school  to  improve  sults.  Among  them  are:  Lloyd  presently  employed  will  hot  meet  their skills and inerease their earn­ Gardner,  elected  assistant  secre­ manning  requirements  of  even  the  powers  accordingly.  With  the  tary­treasurer;  Earl  S h e p p a r d,  early  future."  He  is hopeful  that  ing  demand for skilled seamen running  chosen  Baltimore  Port  Agent;  W.  a series  of  meetings  with  AFL  sea  as  heavy  as  it  is  today,  men  with  Only  a  few  weeks  old,  the  SIU  unions  will  help  the  government  headquarters building in  New York  P.  Gonsorchik,  elected  Baltimore  has already set other unions on.the  Stewards  Patrolman;  James  Shee­ come  up  with  a  solution  to  the  ratings in the deck department  will  it  much  easier  to  secure  jobs.  road  to  revising­^heir  facilities.  han,  elected  Boston  Port  Agent;  problem  of  providing trained  man­ ­find  This  will  generally  hold  true  in  Herman  Troxclair  as  New  Orleans  •S   everal  unions in  the metropolitan  power for  American shipping.  Stewards  Patrolman;  and  C.  Kim­ (Continued  on  page  22)  area  have  shown  interest  in  pro­ viding  similar  comforts  and  con­ ball as  Galveston  Joint  Patrolman.  Three  additional  Libertys o^t  of  The  total  vote  cast  in  all  ports  veniences  for  their  members.  a  total  of  18  withdrawn  from  the  added  up to  4,676.  One  union  in  New  York  which  honeyard  have  been  assigned  to  60­day  Vote  has'taken  steps  to  construct  its  SlU­contracted  operators.  They  own  building  is  Bartenders  Local  Voting  got  underway  at  all  SIU  will  be ere wed  up by  Seafarers for  15.  The  membership of  that  union  branch  halls  on  November  1 and  companies  operating  under  Gen­ voted  to invest  part  of  the  union's  ran for  two  months.  There were  a  eral  Agency  Agreements  with  the  defense (strike)  fund in.the  uniSn's  total  of  37  nominees  for  the  29  government.  elective  posts,  which  include  one  The  National Shipping Authority  property.  secretary­treasurer,  one  assistant  announced  that  with  these  alloca­ President  Jack  Townsend  of  the  secretary­treasurer,  three  head­ tions the  total number  of  ships im­ union  told  the membership, "Using  quarters representatives,  nine  port  der  the  GAA  bharter  is  now  469.  defense  funds  for  such  a  purpose  agents  and  fifteen  port  patrolmen.  SIU  operators  receivirig  one  ship  is  not  a  new  idea.  The  Seafarers  each  are the  Bloomfield  Steamship  International  Union,  AfL,  which  has  a  reputation  for  democratic  The  report  of  the  tallying  com­ Co.,  Mississippi  Shipping  Co.,  and  procedure  second  to  none  in  the  mittee is on page six.  The election  South  Atlantic  Steamship Co.  An­ labor  movement,  recently  trans­ figures begin  on  page seven  of  this  other  ship  is  going  to  the  Orion  ferred  close  to  half  a  million  dol­ Issue,  Special feature  on  balloting  Agency and  consequently  mifiht  be  a s s i g n e d  to  an  SlU­contracted  lars  from  the  strike  fund  into  the  is in  center  section.  shipper  operating  through  that  general  fund  so  that  a  building  ,  The tallying committee  consisted  agency.  could  be  bought."  The  bartenders  union  is  one  of  of  two men  each from  deck, engine  Most  of  the ships,  14 in  all. are  the  largest  of  its  kind  and  em­ and  stewards  departments.  In  its  being  withdrawn  from  West  Coast  Deek upgrading  class gets  down  to sclioolroom  work for first  time  braces  bar^riders  in  MahMttan's  report  the committee  states  that it  boneyards,  but  two  each  are  com­ in headquarters elassroom under  the tutelage of  Eddie Parr, who is  expounding on  the  rules of  navigation.  ing out of  Mobile atid  Beaumont.  taverns  and  restaurants.  (Continued  on  page  22)  Slightly  tippy  to say  the least,  the  Flying  Enterprise wallows heavily on  her side in  the North  Atlantic  waiting for the British  tug "Turmoil" to take her in  tow.  Sea  Manpower  Parley  Called  Results Of  A&G Voting  For Officers  Announced  Unions  Follow  SIU Pace  In  Building Hqs  Seafarers  Will  Crew  Up  Three  More  Libertys  I  �• f^^r^'r­u,/,:.    ­^y ifii­ ;  ­•   Pag• FOOT    Miyv l^0>«iiy It im  SKAFAREKS  LOG  Get That Port  Operas  Are  Models  Time Discharge  SIU  NEWSLETTER  For  Seafarer­Artist  from WASHINGTON  Seafarers  on  the  payroll  of  a  ship  while  in  port  should  make  sure  to  get  discharges  from the  skipper for port  time  as  well  as  for  the  time  spent  at  sea.  Failure  to  get  such  dis­ charges  will  mean  that  the  Seafarer  won't  be  able  to  get  credit for the port time toward  his vacation  money. This could  mean  that  a  man  would  lose  out  on  some  of  the  vacation  dough.  Such  being  the  case,  every Seafarer  owes it to  him­ self  to get a discharge for port  time  worked.  Mario  Gonzalez  shows  off  the  latest  product  of  his  paint  brush,  a  copy of  one  of  the scenes from  the opera  "Carmen."  Bunker  Lack  Held  Threat  To  Shipping  V  ?;•   :i  I:  '  '  '  '  '  "  '  i'  Another  booming  year  for  the  U.  S.  merchant  marine  Is  es^ected  during 1952.  Maritime Jobs will be  plentiful and  the U. S. Government  will continue  to  pour some  expenditure  into  development  of  the fleet,  particularly  via  the  rearmament  program.  In  the  next  month  or  two,  maritime  employment  will  reach  new  peaks.  A  big  war  could  change  this  picture,  and  your  guess  on  that  is  as  good  as anyone's.  However,  in  the  absence  of  an  ail­out  confiict,  the  nation's  merchant  marine  will  be  busily  engaged  during  the  coming  New  Year  in  hauling  materials  and  supplies for  the rehabilitation  and  rearmament  of  European  nations  participating  in  the  North  Atlantic  • Treaty Organization  (NATO).  The trans­Pacific ships under  the Ameri­ can  flag,  and  those  trading  to  South  American  nations,  will  be  less  heavily  engaged.  Not  too  much  change  is  expected  in  the  financial  plight  of  those  lines  trading  coastwise  and  intercoastally,  with  transcohtinental  rail­ road  competition  and  Interstate  Commerce Commission  inactivity  con­ tinuing  to  loom  as  the  dark  clouds.  •   1.  4;  ^  Many thousands  of  American  seamen  operating  on  vessels  owned  by  The  latest  shortage  to  plague  the  Government  and  managed  by  agents  for  account  of  the  National  shipping  out  of  the  East  Coast  is  According to Winston Churchill, dabbling with paints is the  in  bunker  oil.  At  least  one  coal  Shipping Authority  will  be  directly affected  by  a  bill  (H.  R. 3974)  now  best  possible  relaxation  from  the  cares  and  worries  of  the  ship  to  Europe  has  been  held  up  resting  in  the  House  Merchant  Marine  Committee.  The  bill  will  be  day's work.  That being the case, Seafarer Mario Gonzales has  for  several  days,  and  others  may  the  subject  of  lively  hearings  within  the  next few  months.  discovered  the  most.pleasant'  be  delayed  in  the  coming  weeks  time­killer  for  olf  duty  hours  because  of  a  lack  of  sufficient  The  primary  purpose  of  the  measure  is  to  specify  that,  although  crude  oil  for  the  ships'  engines.  the  large  group  of  seamen  sailing  on  the  Government­owned  ships  aboard  ship.  Government  officials  say  that  shall be  deemed  to be  Government  employees during  that service,  that  Gonzalez, who  has never  had any  there  are  several  reasons  for  the  they  nevertheless  will  not  be  deprived,  by  reason  of  such  status,  of  kind  of  formal  art  training,  paints  shortage,  among  them  being  the  the  enjoyment  of  their  customary  rights,  benefits  and  privileges  in  in  oils as his  hobby.  If  samples of  heavy  demands  from  Korea,  the  connection  with  the usual  private employment.  work  he  has  shown  are  any  crite­ rapid  growth  in  the  size  of  the  The bill is  being sponsored,  among the  Government  agencies,  by  the  rion, he  has a real flare for handling  world's  merchant fleets,  and  a  Department  of  Commerce  (Maritime  Administration),  and  the  reason  color in  vivid  and startling hues.  greater  industrial  demand  for  this  agency  wants  masters,  officers  and  seamen  to  be  "Government  A  member  of  the  SlU  for  the  lighter  grades  of  fuel  oil  which  employees"  while  serving  on  the  NSA  vessels,  is  to  accord  to  them  past  ten  years,  Gonzalez  has  been  Steps  to  protect  America's  tuna  has  caused  oil  companies  to  con­ the  right  of  sovereign  immunity  in  United  States  and  foreign  ports.  pursuing  this  hobby  for  almost  as  fishing  industry  from  a fiood  of  centrate  on  their output. The  clos­ Although  Congress  is  expected  to  pass  the  legislation  and  thereby  long as he  can  remember. He  usu­ cheap  ing  of  the  giant  Abadan  refinery  preserve  the  private  rights  of  seamen,  considerable  trouble  will  de­ Japanese  imports have  been  ally  does copies of  photographs and  taken  by  the  SlU­affiUated  Can­ in  the  Persian  gulf  is  a  contribut­ velop  on  the  proposed  legislation  before  final  Congressional  action.  other  illustrations  although  he  has  nery  Workers  &  Fishermen's  Un­ ing  factor.  For  instance,  one  provision  in  the  bill  would  provide  that  State  Un­ tried  his  hand  at  turning  out  a  ion.  The Union  is appealing to or­ Should  the  current  tight  situa­ employment  Insurance  coverage  shall  be  made  retroactive  to  March,  couple  of  original  paintings.  His  ganized labpr  to help  it in  its fight  tion  get  worse  during  the  cold  latest  work consists  of  scenes from  for  equalizing  tariff  on  all  types  weather  months,  which is  possible,  1951,  and  the  Commerce  Department  will  take  the  position  that  this  is  impracticable,  particularly  in  those  States  requiring  contributions  popular  operas,  "Carmen"  and  canned  tuna,  and  for  removing  it  could' mean  a  cutback  in  the  from employees  to  be deducted from  wages.  "Madam  Butterfly"  being  among  of  tuna from  the coverage  of  the  Ice­ shipment  of  ECA  coal  and  grain  Most  of  the  interested  Government  agencies  will  go  along  with  the  those  he  has  done.  cargoes  in  Europe.  This  in  turn  landic  agreement.  Although  purely  an  amateur,  The  Cannery  Workers  point  out  would  have  serious  repercussions  idea  that  seamen,  in  shifting  from  private  to  Federal  employment,  should  be  assured  of  unemployment  insurance protection  and  will  sup^­ Gonzalez  has  done  a  little  bit  of  that  the  tariff  for  tuna  packed  in  on  Europe's  economy.  professional  work  as a  sign  writer.  brine  is far  less  than  tuna  canned  Basically,  the  oil  problem  arises  port this  principle before  Congress.  "I  put  my  hobby  to  use  for  the  in  oil.  As  a  result,  brine­packed  out  of  the  fact  that  many  ships  4.  t  3)  Union  too  when  I  lettered  strike  tuna  is  being  widely distributed  at  have  been  broken  out  of  the  bone­ The  extent  to  which  this  Government  will  actively  support  the  signs"  he  recalled.  Nor  does  he  a  price  with  which  American fish­ yard  in  recent  months.  As  ships  maintenance of  American flag  passenger services  in  the foreign  trades  have  any  idea  of  trying  to  make  a  ermen  could  not  compete.  are  sent  to  sea,  more  tankers  are  will  be made  known  within  the next  few months.  All those  interested  career  out  of  the  art  work,  pre­ The  SlU,  acting  In  support  of  needed  to  supply  them,  and  right  in  the  continued  development  of  the  merchant  fleet  are  looking  for­ ferring to  make his living as a sea­ the  affiliated  cannery workers,  has  now  there is a  shortage of  tankers.  ward  with  much  interest  to  the  final  outcome  of  current  probes  by  man.  written  to  President  Truman  ask­ The  ECA  cargoes  would  tend  to  the  Federal  Maritime  Board,  involving  operations  of'  some  five  Gonzalez's  only  complaint is that  ing him to  take­the necessary steps  be  the chief  sufferers In  the event  companies.  the  high  cost  of  living  has  hit  the  to  have  tuna  removed  from  the  of  a  severe  shortage  as  steamship  The  actual  future  existence  of  some  of  these  services  could  well  art  materials field  too.  "The  can­ scope  of  the  Icelandic  agreement,  companies  would  not  be  expected  be  at  stake.  Specifically,  the  Government,  at  the  insistence  of  the  vas  keeps  getting  more  and  more  and  to  promote  legislation  de­ to  divert  fuel  oil  from  their  regu­,  General Accounting  Office  (watchdog of  the  public  purse) is reviewing  expensive," he said, "and  that goes  signed  to  protect  the  American  lar operations  to the  Government's  the extent  to which  the following  American flag  services are,  and  have  for  the  brushes  and  paints  too."  tuna fish  industry.  ships.  been  since  January,  1947,  subject  to  substantial  foreign­flag  com­ petition, and the extent to which  they are entitled to continue to receive  Government  aid:  ­ No Christmas Snowman in Savannah  (1)—American  President  Lines'  trans­Pacific  service  from  Cali­ fornia  to  Far  East,  involving  the  operation  of  passenger  vessels;  (2)—•   Mississippi Shipping Company's combination passenger­cargo ship opera­ tion  between  U. S.  Gulf  and  East  Coast  of  South America;  (3)—Missis­ sippi's service between U. S.  Gulf  and West  Coast of  Africa; (4)—Grace  Line's  operation  of  passenger­cargo  ships  between  U.  S.  Atlantic  and  West  Coast  of  South  America;  and  (5)—^Farrell  Line's  combination  passenger­cargo  ship  service  between  U.  S.  Atlantic  and  South  and  East  Africa.  In  effect,  the  GAO  has  expressed  doubt  as  as  whether  sufficient  foreign­flag  competition  exists  of  the kind  to  warrant  the  continuation  of  the above  American flag services  under  Government  aid.  However,  your  reporter  believes  that  the  Federal  Maritme  Board,  upon  com­ pletion  of  its  study,  will  find  that  a  combination  of  circumstances  involving  foreign­flag  competition  (such  as  foreign­flag  cruise  and  foreign­flag  freighter  competition)  is« sufficient  to  warrant  the  con­ tinuation  of  the  present  U.  S. Government  aid  being  extended  to  the  American  operators.  4"  4)  4i  If  some  elements  in  Congress  proposed  complete  elimination  of  all  restrictions  upon  compulsory  unionism  in  the  maritime  industry,  look  for  Senator  Taft,  Ohio,  Republican  Presidential  candidate,  to  fight  again  for  enactment  of  legislation  to  regulate  the  internal  affairs  of  labor  organizations.  Although  Taft takes  the position  that maritime employers,  as a  prac­ tical  matter,  cannot  exercise  the  right  to  reject  seamen  sent  to  their  ships  by  the  union, a  majority  in  Congress  undoubtedly  will  rule,  and  pass  legislation,  recognizing  that  the  union­operated  maritime  hiring  hall is  the  best means  yet  advised  to man  mierchant  ships.  SlU  Canners  Seek  Higher  Tuna  Tariff  ir  *  Christmas  in  the  Savannah  SIU  hall  had  everything except the snowman  as ^hese happy faces attend­ ing  the  Umon  Christmas  party  will  attest.  The  affair  was held  on  December  21 to  give  all  those  on  the be.ach  a chance to  at.'iend and then  to get away  to  visit  their  families  for  Christmas  Day  proper.  �.inuii.yi  SEAJARERS  LOG  Tate Tire  Crews  To Be Polled  On '52 Pact  Crews of  SIU ships  around  the world  will soon  take  a  hand  in  formulating  1952  contract  deniands through a  survey of  the membership's  opinions  which  has  just  gotten  underway.  Beginning today,  the SIU is mailing copies of  the present  contract, plus suggestion  forms and  return  envelopes  to  every  ship  under  SIU  contract.  portunity  to  go  over  the  present  mands  to  be  presented  to  ship­ The  purpose  of  the  survey  is  to  contract  thoroughly  with  the mem­ owners  accordingly.  While  the  prepare  the  Union  fully  for  con­ bers  of  their  respective  depart­ present  agreement  does  not  expire  tract  negotiations  when  they  get  ments.  Suggestions  can  then  be  until  September  30,  negotiations  underway  in  July. The  survey  will  taken  up and  opinions  that  the de­ will  open  60  days  before  that,  or  enable  the  Union  to find  out  just  partment  members  have  as  to  con­ on  July  30.  and  the  Union  intends  what  points  of  the  contract  the  tract  proposals  can  be  put  on  the  to  enter  negotiations  fully  pre­ crews  think  should  be  improved.  suggestion  forms  and  mailed  back  pared.  As  the  communication  to  all  to  headquarters  in  the  s e 1 f ­ The  Union  welcomes  all  serious  ship's  delegates  puts  it,  "The  SIU  addressed  return  envelopes.  and  practical  suggestions  as  to  has  at  all  times  enjoyed  the  In  this  way,  the  Union  will  have  shipboard  improvements,  changes  best  agreement in  the  maritime in­ a  good  solid  cross­section  of  mem­ in  working  rules,  and  all  other  dustry.  This  does  not  mean,  how­ bership  opinion  on  the  contract  matters which  fall within  the scope  ever,  that  we  can  be  satisfied  with  and  will  be  able  to  formulate  de­ of  the  agreement.  present  conditions.  Therefore,  if  Headquarters  receives  from  each  SIU  membership­authorized  $500  strike  aid  for  AFL  Insurance  department  aboard each" ship  ideas  as  to  contract  negotiations,  your  Agents on  strilre against  Prudential Co.  since December 1 is turned  over  by  Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  Hall  (I.)  to  Frank  H.  Booth,  Headquarters  Negotiating  Commit­ tee  shall  then  be  able  to  improve  Brooklyn  Local 19,  member  of  the  strikers'  negotiating committee.  the  present  agreement."  Happily  accepting  the  check.  Booth  asserted  "It  will  sure  help  to  Three  Copies  keep  us going.  It's terrific to  see how  many friends  we have.  Our  To  make  sure  that  all  depart­ Further  evidence  that  Cities  Service  has  the  best  tanker  •   membership  is  determined  and  is  becoming  more  determined  to  ments  will  get  in  on  the  survey,  conditions in maritime is contained in the pay  voucher of  Sea­ win  as  the strike  continues."  three  copies  of  each  item  will  be  farer Bernard Kimberly.  Sailing as an OS on the Government  sent  to  the  ships,  one  each  for  the  Camp,  Kimberly  collected  a^"  delegates  of  the  deck,  engine  and  total  of  $206.54  before  taxes,  ice clarifications  was in  effect. The  stewards  departments  respectively.  for  a 12­day  voyage from  De­ Union  recen^'y  reached  agreement  The  envelopes  will  contain  the  on  a  second  set  of  clarifications  cember  15  to  December  27,  proper type of  contract for the ship  which  will  add  still  more  in  the  1951.  in  question,  that  is,  ships  covered  Kimberly's  jackpot  breaks  down  way  of  overtin e  provisions  for  by  the  general  agreement  will  get  copies  of  that  contract,  tankers  to  $93.81  in  base  pay,  $7.50  in  men  sailing  the  company's  ships.  The  widow  of  a  Seafarer  who  faced  eviction  at  Christmas­ will  be sent  the  tanker  agreement,  clothing  allowance  and  $105.23  in  Nor  are  these  contract  changes  time  with  her  four  small  children  has  been  bailed  out  by  a  and  so  on.  overtime.  This  covers  a  period  in  complete  yet,  as  discussions  will  Delegates  win  then  have  an  op­ which  only  one  set  of  Cities  Serv­ get  underway  shortly  for  further  $2 500  death  benefit  check from  the SIU  Welfare  Fund.  revisions  in  working  rules.  c  ' Vhe  death  of  Seafarer  John­t*  CS  ships  are  righi  up  there  too  iviikolajunas  on  December  13  left  with  the  feeding,  Kimberly  said­ his wife, Anna, destitute.  She owed  He  had  high  prai.se for  the Govern­ four  months  rent  for  their  apart­ ment Camp's steward,  who, he said,  ment.  Grocery  bills  and  other  put  out  a  very  fine  Christmas  din­ debts were  piling up.  To top things  ner,  and  kept  the  boys  well  stoked  off,  a  dispossess  notice  was  re­ up throughout  the voyage.  ceived  from  the  landlord  ordering  "As  far  as  I  am  concerned,"  the  family  to  move  out  the  day  Kimberly  declared,  "I'll  take  a  after  Christmas.  The  timely  pay­ Seeking  to  further  its  long­ Cities  Service  ship  any  time  it  ment  of  the  death  benefit  made  it  range plan for intercoastal  trade  on  comes  along.  Some  of  the  fellows  possible  for  her  to  settle Outstand­ "a  fully­rounded  basis,"  the  who  knew  what  it  was  like  before  ing  bills  and  keep  her  apartment.  "Believe  me," she  said, "I  didn't  Waterman Steamship  Company  has  the  SIU  came  along  might  be  a  know  where  to  turn  until  the  SIU  applied  for  government  permission  little suspicious  about  sailing  these  Welfare  Fund  representative  got  to  revise  its  operating authority  to  ships.' I  can assure  them  that  con­ in  touch  with me.  It's a good  thing  run  to  ports  north  of  Baltimore,  ditions  are  right  up  there  with  all  other  ships  under  contract  to  the  that  the  benefit  came  through  to  and  from  the  West  Coast.  SIU."  when it  did, otherwise I don't know  The  SlU­contracted  company  al­ what  I would  have  done  to  get  out  ready  has  been  granted  the  okay  of  the fix  I  was  in."  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com­ Mrs.  Mikolajunas  still  isn't  out  mission,  through  its  subsidiary,  of  the  \t'oods, as  she  has  the  prob­ Pan­Atlantic  Steamship,  to  resume  lem  of  what  to  do  about  securing  service  between  Galveston,  Texas,  maintenance  for  herself  and  her  and  Atlantic  coast  ports.  Water­ four  children.  Nevertheless  the  man  is now  restricted from  serving  funds  from  the  death  benefit  are  The  widow  of  Seafarer  John  Mikolajunas holds  Anthony  (two),  on  ports  north  of  Baltimore  in  inter­ assurance  that  she  will  be  able  to  her  lap  as  Michael  (six),  and  John, Jr.,  (four)  look  on.  Carol, the  coastal  traffic.  shelter  herself  and  her  children  oldest,  was  not  at home  at  the  time.  It  dropped  a  request  for  unre­ Stirrings  of  activity  in  planning  and  meet  their  needs  in  the  im­ stricted  authority  in  July,  1950,  ship  construction  to  help  meet  fu­ mediate future.  because  of  problems  imposed  by  ture  needs  are  reportedly  under­ Mikolajuna.s,  who  was  only  32  the  Korean  war  which  broke  out  way  in  the  Maritime  Administra­ years  old  at  the  time of  his  death,  a  month  earlier.  The  company  tion.  Included  among  plans  under  had  been  a  member of  the SIU  for  now  wants  to  carry  all  commodi­ consideration  are the  conversion  of  the  past  ten  years,  joining  up  in  ties  eastbound  from  the  Pacific  existing government  ships into high  New  York  on  December  4,  1941.  coast  to  Eastern  seaboard  points  speed  bulk  cargo  carriers.  The  children  he  left  behind  range  Chinese  seamen  sailing  with  the  SIU's  Canadian  District  north  of  the  Maryland  metropolis  These  plans  are  conditioned  by  in  age  from  two  to  seven;  the  have  been  caught  up  in  the  ransom  squeeze devised  by  Red  and  westbound  between all  the At­ the  fact  that  tire  government  ex­ oldest  being  the  girl,  Carol  and  lantic  and  west  coast  ports  it  now  the  others,  all  boys—^Michael,  six;  China's  government.  Several  men  have  received  pleading  serves.  This,  the  Waterman  pe­ pects  heavy  movements  of  coal,  —  tition asserts,  would  permit greater  grain  and  other  bulk  commodities  John  Paul,. Jr., four; and  Anthony,  letters  from  family  members'*  in  China  asking  for  money  to  which  preys  on  the  lives  of  their  economy  in  operations  and  "more  to continue  for  the  next  few years.  two.  In  addition  to  this  program,  and  "My  husband  liked  the seaman's  save  them  from  prison  and  relatives,  but  little  hope  is  held  fully  establish  its  service  on  a  the  completion  of  new  Mariner  life" she  said.  "He always  used  to  torture.  that anything  can  be accomplished.  secure  and  permanent  basis."  class  ships  now  being  held  up  for  say  that  the  sea  was  in  his  blood  A  Chinese  cook  on  a  west  coast  lack of  steel,  the Maritime  Admin­ and  he  couldn't  do  any  other  kind  ship  told  a  Canadian  .district  istration  would  like  to  get  started  of  work.  patrolman  in  Vancouver  that  he  on  a  tanker  building  program. The  "I hope you can continue to send  has  been  receiving  such  letters  need  for  additional  tankers  is  es­ me  the  LOG  because  my  husband  from  his  brother  and  sister­in­law  The  SIU  membership  is  proud  of  Its  Union  as  a  group  of  hard­ pecially  acute  with  a  world­wide  was always  proud of  his SIU  mem­ asking  him  to  send  large  sums  of  working  responsible  Seafarers  v/ho  know  the  importance  of  doing  shortage  of  these  vessels  now  ex­ bership and  I would  enjoy keeping  money  to  save  their  lives.  Other  their  job  well  in  order  to  protect  their  contract  gains  and  safe­ isting.  in  touch  with  the  Union  he  was  a  Chinese  seaipen  have  reported  guard  themselves  on  the  job.  member  of  for  ten  years."  One  of  the  steps  that  would  be  similar  experiences.  The  membership has  long  been  on  record  to  weed  out  the small  An  SIU  headquarters  official  Many  of  them  have  been  pay­ minority  of  pilferers,  junkies,  performers  and  other  undesirables.  taken  in  the  conversion  program  said  that  because of  situations like  ing  this  kind  of  blackmail  to  the  We  cannot  tolerate  these  disrupters  aboard  our ships,  nor  can  we  for  existing  Liberty  and  Victory  this  one,  additional  stress  will  be  Red  Chinese  government  to  save  permit  them  to  drag  down  the  good  name  and  reputation  of  our  ships  would  be  to  provide  them  placed on  the pUght  of  widows and  their  relatives  from  an  unkind  Union.  with  larger  hatches  so  that  me­ children  of  Seafarers  when  con­ fate  at  the  hands  of  the  Chinese  chanical  unloading  devices  could  With  the  many  newcomers  entering  the shipping  industry  today,  be  used  to  speed  turnaround  of  tract  negotiations  are  reopened  in  Communists.  Others  have  reported  ­Seafarers  must  be  vigilant  to  detect  and  expose  irresponsible  coal  and  grain  ships.  the  fall.  that  property  they  owned  back  characters who  think  that they  can  get  by on  SIU  ships  with  these  Any  Seafarers  who  wish  to  help  home  in  China  has  been  confis­ Also  under  consideration  is  the  undesirables'­practices.  We  hereby  serve  notice  that  charges  will  out  in  this  unfortunate  case  can  cated  and  their  homes, have  been  possible construction  of  a new  type  be  placed  and severe  penalties  will  be imposed  and  all  men  guilty  send  their  donations  into  head­ looted,  supposedly  for  payment  of  of  troop carrier  that  could  be  con­ quarters.  An  official  Union  receipt  taxes.  The  Chinese  are  appealing  of  performing  on  the  job,  or  having  marijuana  or  other  narcotics  verted  for  commercial  passenger  in  their  possession  on  board  an  SIU  ship  or  in  the  vicinity  of  will  be issued  by Headquarters for  to the  Canadian  government  to try  an SIU  service  when  the  current  emer­ hall.  auch  donatloDsi,  to do  something to  stop this  racket  gency is  over.  • :4",_  'S  »;•   • • 'Ji ;;|  12­Day Trip Wifh CS  Nefs  OS Tidy  Total  Death  Benefit  Saves  Widow From Eviction  Waterman  Seeks  New  OK  To Serve  'Coastal  Trade  US  May  Convert  Cargo  Vessels,  Build Tankers  SIU  Seamen Victimized  By  Red China Extortion  Foul­ups Wurued: Keep Out!  r  �AFL  Trounces  Bridges'  Union  In Two  Votings  11. u«  '  Wg stick'' Keeps Suez Peace  San  Francisco — The  Harry  Bridges machine,  still reeling  from  the  effects  of  the  election  defeat  suffered  in  his  home  local,  took  two more  whacks on  the chin  from  the AFL.  The International  Chem­ ical  Workers  Union  (AFL)  soundly  ti­ounced  the  International  Long­ shoremen's  and  Warehousemen's  Union  when  Bridges  boys  tried  to  move  in  on  several  industrial  plants.  Merchant  ships  in  Port  Said  dock  under  the  shadow  of  British  At McFarland  in the San Joaquin  Navy guns, as tension between British and Egypt  continues.  Heavily  Valley,  the  Chemical  Workers  won  armed  British troops and  naval vessels  are keeping  watch through­ a  collective  bargaining  election  at  out  the  zone  and  in  surrounding  waters  to  pfbtect  all  shipping.  the  Camp  and  Felder  Compress  Company.  The second  AFL victory  came  by  a  resounding  margin Jn  the  California  Compress  Company  plant  in  Fresno.  Bridges'  organizers  started  their  move  into  Fresno  and  Kern  coun­ ties  following  similar  lickings  in  'plants  in  Stockton,  San  Francisco  With skilled seamen  hard  to find, the Coast  Guard is look­ and  Los  Angeles.  Following  the  ing the other way as far as manning regulations for merchant  loss  of  an  election  at  Montgomery  ships  are  concerned.  The  regulations  have  been  drastically  :  Ward  in  Stockton  to  AFL  Ware­ relaxed,  practically  down  to^  house  Local  12,  ILWU  organizers  the level of  World War  II.  jobs  for  the  duration  of  the  cur­ showed  up  in  Bakersfleld  putting  At least  43 ships have  been held  rent  shipping  emergency.  In  jurisdictional  claims.  They  put  up on  the Atlantic  coast  in the last  Former  deck  officers  and  engi­ themselves  on  the  ballot  in  the  couple of  months because  of  a lack  neers  who  want  to  renew  their  li­ Phillips  Foundry  election  in  oppo­ of  ratings  or  licensed  personnel,  censes have  found that they  can do  sition  to  the  AFL  Metal  Trades  qone  of  them  SIU  ships.  Conse­ so  by  passing  a  relatively  simple  Council.  Results  of  the  voting  are  quently, new emergency rules have  written examination.  In many cases  still  pending.  been  issued  covering  officers,  un­ these  men  have  renewed  their  li­ The  Local  10  longshoremen  in  licensed  seamen,  alien  ratings  and  censes  by  mail.  San Francisco administered  a  solid  men  seeking  seamen's  papers.  For  rebuff  to  Bridges,  one  of  its  own  example,  the  Coast  Guard  is  per­ members, when for the second  year  mitting  deck  and  engine  officers  in  a  row  a  Bridges­backed  slate  to sail  one grade  higher than  their  was  defeated  in  local  union  elec­ license  permits.  It  is  also  renew­ ing  lapsed  licenses on  the  basis  of  tions.  a  quick  once­over  of  the  licensee,  and  is allowing  aliens  with foreign  officers  licenses  to  sail  on  US  ships.  In  addition,  a  large number  of  men  who  never  went to sea  be­ Far  from  slowing  down,  US  ex­ fore , are  being  permitted  to  sail  ports  of  coal  to  Europe  are  ex­ after i­eceiving  security  clearances.  pected to  increase in 1952  over the  previous  year.  Approximately  34  Appeal To  Oldsters  No  injuries  were  reported  fol­ At  the  same  time,  the  govern­ million  tons  of  coal  will be  sent to  lowing  a  collision  in  Delaware  Bay  ment is  conducting regular appeals  Europe  this  year  as  against  the  26M  million  ton  total  which  went  Involving  the  Bull  Line  freighter  to  men  who  left  the  sea  after  out  of  US  ports  in  1951.  World JV^ar  II, asking them to  come  Dorothy  and  the  Tidewater  Oil  back  to  maritime and  man  the  While  coal  export  is expected  to  Company's  tanker  Tydol  Flying  A  ships.  The  difficulty  arises  in  that  taper  off rffter  this  year,  all  indi­ during  a  heavy  fog.  few  men  are  willing  to  throw  up  cations  are  that  the  European coal  The  collision  impact  touched  off  their  shoreside  jobs  for  an  uncer­ shortage  will  persist  at  least  a  flash  fire  on  the  tanker,  which  tain  future  in  maritime.  Attempts  through  1956  at  which  time  it  will  suffered a  gash in her  plates above  are  being  made  to  secure  legisla­ amount  to  about  20  million  tons  the  water  line.  Quick  work  on the  tion  which  would  guarantee  reem­ annually.  AM  of  this,  of  course,  flames  extinguished  the  blaze  and  ployment  rights  on  shore  jobs for  will  not  come  from  US  sources.  both  ^hips  anchored  Inshore  to  such  men.  If  this  could  be  done  The  expected  coal  deficit  in  Eu­ await  better weather.  The Dorothy  the  government  is pretty  confident  rope  is  based  on  anticipation  of  was  not  reported  as  sustaining  that  it could  lure large  numbers of  further increases  in  industrial  pro­ damage.  men  away  from  their  shoreside  duction  every  year.  CC  Whittles  Sea  Rules  To  Ease  Crew  Shortages  Coal  To Europe  In '52 To  Total  34  Million Tons  Tanker  Rammed,  Dorothy  Unhurt  Tallying Committee's  Report  We, the undersigned Tally  Committee, duly elected  at  the  regular  business  meeting  of  Jan.  3,  1952,  at  Headquarters,  submit  the  following  report  and  re­ commendations:  All  used  ballots from  all  Ports  were  counted  and  the  cprrect  tally  is  submitted  herein.  An  asterisk  Is  placed  besides  the  names  of  the  candidates  that­ were  elected  to  office.  The  ballots  used and  unused  In  each  Port  were  checked  and  the  correct  check  is  submitted  herein.  It  is  to  be  pointed  out  to  the  membership  that  this  Committee,  upon  checking  various  Ports'  tally  sheets,  found  that  all reports  submitted  by  all  out­ ports  committees  were  correct  and  in  nearly  every  case  checked  exactly  with  the  New  York  Head­ quarters  Committee's final tallies.  In  a  few  isolated  Instances  where  the findings  of  the  various  com­ mittees differ,  the  differences  were  slight and  made  Arrys  Gray  Campbell  Book  Number,  28491  Charles W.  Palmer  Bopk  Number,  34610  WtUv.  SEdFAREttS  IOC  Pace Six  no  cfiange  whatsoever  in  the final  results  of  the  election  for  any  office.  It  is  to  be  further  pointed  out  that  the  Port  of  Phil'adelphia Tallying  Committee  did not  report any  ballots as missing.  However, when  the Headquarters  Tallying  Committee  received  the  ballots,  we  found  that  Philadelphia  had five  (5)  ballots  missing.  As  the loss  of  these five ballots would  not have  changed  the  results  bf  the  election  in  that  Port,  the  Head­ quarters  Tallying  Committee has  accepted  the  vote  from  Philadelphia,  with  our  count  being five  (5)  less than the count  of  the Philadelphia Branch  Tally­ ing  Committee.  In  addition  to  the  lost  Philadelphia  ballots,  the  Port of  Galveston reported one  (1)  ballot as missing.  Your Headquarters Tallying Committee has accepted  the  Galveston  Branch  ballots.  Full  copies of  the  reports contained  in  this docu­ ment  with  the  original  signatures  are  on file  in  Headquarters  Office  of  this  Union.  Raffaello  Garofalo  Alotuo  M.  Milefakl  Book  Number,  7352  Book  Number,  48345  A.  E.  Anderson  Pat  McCann  Book Number,  47417  Book Number^  30273  ^  HIGH  COST  OF  SHOOTING—^In  the  next three  years  ending  July,  1954,  the  United States  and  Western European  countries  are  expected  to  spend  $66^  billion  on  military  expenditure  in  Europe  alone,  a  good part  of  which  wijl come  from  the  US.  SomS idea  of  the problem  ahead  can  be  gained  from  the  fact  that  it  costs  five  times  as  much  to outfit  an infantry division  today  as  it did  in  World  War  II.  A  war­ time  division  then  cost  $19  million  to  equip.  Today  the  figure  is  $91  million.  An  armored  division  is  more  than  seven  times  as  expensive  and  a  single  B­36  plane  costs  3V^  million  dollars  as against  the  $680,­ 000  for  a  B­29  of  World  War  II  vintage.  WORLD'S  BIGGEST  JUNKHEAP—If  you  are  worrying  that  your  old  jalopy  is  about  to  fall  apart,  don't  think  your  plight  is  unusuaL  More  than three  million autos  were  hauled off  by  the  junkies in  1951,  which  makes  it  the  largest  mass  destruction  of  cars  on  record.  With  all  that,  there  are  still  18  million  cars  on  the  road that  are  ten  years  old or more,  proving that  old autos  die hard.  With scrap metal  in high  demand,  it  is  expected  that  a  considerable  number  of  old  car  owners  will  let their  sentiment  melt  at  the  sight  of  hard  cash  from  the  junk­ yard.  it  ^  i,  MARSHALL  PLAN IS  HISTORY—The  ECA,  more  popularly  known  as the Marshall Plan,  passed out  of  existence at midnight,  December 31,  1951,  after  3i^  years  of  aid  to  Europe." It  has  been  replaced  by  the  Mutual Security  Agency which is in  charge  of  both economic and mili­ tary  assistance  to  Europe.  ­  The  Plan  was  first  suggested  by  General  George  Marshall  (then  Secretary  of  State)  in a  speech at Harvard  University on  June  5,  1947  and  went* into  effect  in  March  of  the  next  year,  as  an  economic  aid  program.  Few  people  remember  that  all  of  the  Iron  Curtain  coun­ tries  were  invited  to  participate  in  the  plan.  Several  of  them,  includ­ ing  Poland,  Czechoslovakia  and  Yugoslavia  expressed  keen  interest,  only  to  change  their  minds  when  Russia  blasted  the  program.  That  was  the  open  declaration  of  the  "cold  war"  as  we  now  know  it.  $  ^  ORGANIZED  DOGNAPPING—^The  Atomic  Energy  Commission  ad­ mits  that  it  has  been  paying  as  high  as  $35  apiece  for  "bootlegged"  dogs  that  are  used  for research  purposes  in  its  Brookhaven  plant  and  at  the  University  of  Rochester.  With  several  hundred  thousand  un­ wanted dogs being put  to death  every  year in  city  pounds,  the  AEC is  trying to  work  out  arrangements  to secure  these  dogs  instead  of  buy­ ing  "strays."  The  animals  are  used  to  help  determine  the  effects  of  radiation  and  bacteriological  warfare  on  human  beings.  it  i  it  A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM  THE SPONSOR—Republican and Demo­ cratic  conventions  which  Vill  be  held  next  July  in  Chicago  will  be  televised  courtesy  of  two  commercial  sponsors.  The  cost  of  the  pro­ gram  coverage  vdll  run  pretty  high,  from  two  to  3V&  million  dollars.  Evidently  the  sponsors  believe  that  housewives  will  rush  out  and  buy  a  new refrigerator  after  the  program  for  no  other reason  than  to  put  some  of  the  politicos  in a  deep freeze.  They  are counting on  an  audi­ ence  of  18  million  television  sets  to  exercise  a  profound  influence  on  the  voters' choices  both  at  the  polls  and  in  the  appliance  stores.  ^  ^  s.  KEFAUVER  FOR  PRESIDENT—President  Truman,  who  has  thus  far  declined  to  say  whether  or  not  he  will  run  again,  may  soon  be  snvoked  out  by  the growing  boom  for  Senator  Estes  Kefauver  of  Ten­ nessee.  Ohio  Democrats  have  informed  the  President  that  unless  he  lets  them  know  where  he  stands  by  February  6,  they  will  file  on  be­ half  of  Senator Kefauver  in that  state's primary.  The Tennessee  Sena­ tor is actively campaigning for delegates in  several other states.  Demo­ crats  figure  that  Kefauver,  who  "starred"  as  chairman  of  the  Senate  Crime  Investigating  Committee,  would  be  a  very  popular  candidate.  More  than that,  he  would  offset  Republican  plans  to campaign  against  corruption  and  crime  in  government,  as  he  has  been  a  leader  of  the  anti­crime  movement.  KOREAN  PROGRESS  REPORT—With  Korean  truce  talks  in  their  sixth  month  here's  how  things  shape  up  to  date  (subject  to  change  without  notice).  Firet,  a  truce  line jrunning across  the  peninsula  has  been  agreed  on.  While  there  have  been  many  local  attacks  since  the  line  was  set,  no  important  changes  have  taken  place  and  the  line  is  likely  to stand  up when  and  if  final  settlement  is agreed  on.  Second,  both sides have  accepted the principle  of  inspection by a  neutral nation  to  enforce  the  truce,  and  to  assure  against  a  buildup ofjnilitary  force  over and above truce  levels.  Third, both  sides have exchanged  prisoner  lists.  Still  to  be  settled  are  the  important  questions  of  how  the  truce  inspection system  will  work,  and  what  will be  done with the  prisoners.  Beyond  that  is the  long­range  problem  of  a  permanent  settlement.  At  the current rate of  negotiations it  will be  many weeks,  or even months,  before  an  armistice  is finally  agreed  on.  DICK  TRACY  ESTABLISHES  A  BEACHHEAD  —  British  school­ teachers are  on  the  warpath  against  US comic  books.  They  c\um that  the  publications have  damaging  effects  on  young  people "morally  and  culturally"  and  are  trying  to  get  the  government  to  ban  them.  Con­ ferences have  been held  between the  teachers and Scotland  Yard,  with  the  latter  agency  politely  informing  the  indignant  schoolmasters  that  they only  have rights  to seize obscene literature.  Actually most  of  the  comic  books  do  not  come  directly  from  the  United  States,  but  are  im­ ported  via  continental  Europe.  t  3^  NEW  GOLD  DISCOVERY—Stung  by  hot  and  heavy  criticism,  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau  is  putting  the  heat  on  gamblers,  racketeers  and other  gentry who have  been absent­minded when it came  to paying  taxes on  their incomes.  Internal Revenue  Commissioner John  B.  Dun­ lap reports  that  an  eight­month  drive  by  Treasury  agents  has  smoked  out  $27,360,000  in  unpaid  taxes  with  more  to  come.  A special  2,300­ man racket squad is handling the drive.  �Friday. Jamiarr 11. If St  VMge  Setem  SEAPAREKS  IPG  Complete  Tabulation Of  Vote  In A & G Election For  Officials  Candidates witii  an asterisk  (*)  after their totals are  those  who  were  elected.  Bos  NY  Phi  Bal  Secretary­Treasurer  P.  HaU,  190  103  1399  228  676  No  Votes  13  109  1  3  Voids  0  7  0  0  Write  Ins........  0  6  0  0  SubrTotal  116  1521  229  679  Asst. Sec.­Treas.  L.  Gardner,  3697.  «64  1277  218  649  No  Votes  22  232  11  30  Voids  0  9  0  0  Write  Ins  0  3  0  0  Sub­Total  116  1521  229  679  Hdqs.  Representatives  (3)  J.  Algina,  1320...  95  1172  219  627  R.  Matthews,  154.  83  1216  203  595  J.  Volpian,  56....  78  1076  210  567  No  Votes...  92  1061  55  239  Voids  0  32  0  9  Write  Ins  0~  0  6  0  Sub­Total  348  4563  687  2037  Boston  Agent  '  £.  Dakin,  180  51  313  29  101  T.  Fleming,  3821.  16  233  12  89  J.  Sheehan,  306..  48  729  179  444  No  Votes........  1  232  9  40  Voids  ..........  0  14  0  5  Write  Ins  0  0  0  0  Sub­Total  ..... 116  1521  229  679  New  York  Deck  Patrolman  (2)  L.  Goffin,  4526...  87  1123  210  555  G.  Ruf,  23724....  82  1125  195  533  No  Votes  63  775  53  260  Voids  ...;  0  16  0  10  Write  Ins  0  3  0  0  Sub­Total  ..... 232  3042  458  1358  New  York  Engine  Patrolman  (2)  T. Babkowski, 7391  53  802  176  396  E.  Eriksen,  50495.  52  534  67  198  C.  Simmons,  368.  74  946  190  563  No  Votes  53  734  25  195  Voids  0  0  24  6  Write  Ins  0  0  2  0  Sub­Total  232  3042  458  1358  New  York  Stewards Patrolman  (2)  H.  Guinier,  478..  86  1130  215  544  F.  Stewart,  4935.  78  1200  213  575  30  230  No  Votes  68  688  Voids  0  20  0  9  0  Write  Ins  0  4  0  Sub­Total  232  3042  458  1358  Philadelphia  Agent  S.  Cardullo,  24599  ­ 94  1293  223  636  No  Votes........  22  215  4  40  Voids  0  12  0  3  Write  Ins  0  2  0  1  Sub­Total  116  1521  229  679  Baltimore Agent  E.  Sheppard,  203  93  1319  220  674  No  Votes  23  167  7  5  Voids  0  34  2  0  Write  Ins  0  1  0  0  Sub­Total  116  1521  229  679  Nor  Sav  Tarn  Mob  No  Gaiv  SF  WU  Sea  Total  169  4  0  0  173  89  5  0  2  96  •   157  16  0  0  173  89  6  0  1  96  135  143  126  115  0  0  519  83  82  80  43  0  0  288  25  13  132  3  0  0  173  12  12  68  4  0  0  96  140  142  64  0  0  346  85  77  30  0  0  192  103  0  0  0  103  456  972  2  4  0  0  0  0  458  976  129  0  1  0  130  64  1  1  1  67  84  3  0  0  87  41  4513*  0  145  0  9  9  0  41  4676  98  5  0  0  103  426  940  32  33  0  0  0  3  458  976  127  2  1  0  130  63  2  1  1  67  79  8  0  0  87  41  4258*  0  399  0  11  0  8  41  4676  .  99  400  841  95  "  406  870  97  391  804  18  177  412  0  0  1  0  0  0  809  1374  2928  122  125  120  20  3  0  390  61  54  54  29  3  0  201  75  70  67  49  0  0  261  40  3969*  36  3978*  36  3706*  11  2321  48  0  0  6  123 14,028  0  1  101  1  0  0  103  27  13  17  98  3  0  458  121  72  721  44  18  0  976  15  6  100  266  3  0  130  13  5  38  11  0  0  67  19  10  49  9  0  0  87  3  729  1  483  37  2963*  0  458  0  43  0  0  41  4676  92  97  17  0  0  206  381  793  375  789  160  370  0  0  0  0  916  1952  125  120  13  2  0  260  54  58  20  2  0  134  68  72  34  0  0  174  38  38  6  0  0  82  121  40  150  35  0  0  346  66  96  3  24  85  102  17  .  5  0  '  0  0  0  192  206  323  727  38  192  341  852  211  177  3  4  0  0  916  1952  95  20  105  40  0  0  260  39  22  45  16  12  0  134  52  26  66  30  0  0  174  29  16  33  4  0  0  82  156  145  45  0  0  346  82  87  23  0  0  192  89  93  24  0  0  206  393  393  130  0  0  916  124  125  9  2  0  260  51  &3  27  2  1  134  70  74  30  0  0  174  35  41  6  0  0  82  166  7  0  0  173  90  6  0  0  96  100  3  0  0  103  388  867  70  109  0  0  0  0  458  976  126  57  3  5  1  1  0  •   4  130  67  79  8  0  0  87  40  1  0  0  41  163  10  0  0  173  89  100  7  8  0  0  0  0  96  ­103  445  930  13  45  0  0  0  1  458  976  128  1  1  0  130  79  41  0  ,0  0  41  791  796  364  0  1  1952  64  1  1  1  67  a  0  0  87  (Continued  on  page 14)  Cartoon  History  Of  The  SIU  Out of  the foc'sles emerged  the early leaders  of  sea­ men,  chief  among  them  Andrew  Furuseth,  a  young  Scandinavian,  who  devoted  himself  to  amalgama­ tion  of  two  existing  unions  into  one  organization,  the Sailors Union of  the Pacific,  His. pioneering laid  ;ii 4 i  i  ,, ^^e  j^pl for  today's  powerful Seafarers Hnio^.  ^  ,  Two  out  of  nine,  Frank  (left),  and  Jose  Reyes  pose  on  behalf  of  their seven  other  brothers who sail  with  the SIU.  Nine Brothers  Claim  Biggest  SIU  Family  The word  "brother" was  never  better applied  to Seafarers  than in  the Reyes family.  This extraordinary group  consists  of  nine  brothers  who  sail  SIU  ships,  to  say  nothing  of  11  other  brothers and sisters still  living  out  of  a  family  of  24  of  them  following  in  his  footsteps  children.  in  succession  as  they  grew  old  Genealogical  data  on  the  Reyes  enough.  Govt  Split  'em  family  was  supplied  by  the  oldest  brother Jose  Reyes, 41,  a  crewman  During World  War II  an  attempt  on  the  Dorothy,  and  the  youngest  was  made  to  have all  the  brothers  one  sailing  under  the  SIU,  Frank  who  were  then  seamen,  sail  to­ Reyes,  who  is  a  veteran  of five  gether  on  the same  ship. The  plan  years  at  sea  at  21.  In  order  of  was  vetoed  by  the  War  Shipping  age, the  other seven Seafarers are:  Administration  as  too  risky,  par­ Jose  C.  Reyes,  Calmero,  Luis,  ticularly  in  the  light  of  the  loss  2975*  Federico,  Conrado,  Rafael  and  of  the  four  Sullivan  brothers  on  1232  Mike.  There  are  seven  other  a  Navy  vessel.  3552*  The  Reyes  brothers  had  their  brothers  and  four  sisters  not  ac­ 1542 .  share  of  wartime  experiences  counted  for  in  this  tally,  all  of  49  nevertheless. Jose C.  Reyes, second  2  whom are children  of  Mr. and  Mrs.  9352  Federico  Reyes.  Mike  Reyes  will  in  age,  was  one  of  those  aboard  be  put  out  of  circulation  soon  as  the  ill­fated  Robin  Moor, first  American  merchant  ship  to  be  he  is  going  into  the  Army.  3766*  sunk  by  German  U­boats  during  3873*  The Reyes family  originally came  World  War  II.  He  spent  19  days  1674  from  Puerto  Rico,  but  all  the Sea­ in  a  lifeboat  before  rescuers  33  faring  brothers  now  live  in  New  picked  him  up.  Jose  Reyes,  the  6  York.  Jose  was  the first  to  go  to  oldest,  has  three fingers  missing  9352  sea,  at  the  tender  age  of  11.  He  on one  hand,  the result  of  machine  sailed  a  few  years  on  old  two­ gun  attack  by  aircraft  on  the­run  masted  and  four­masted  lumber  4159*  schooners  which  ran  from  Jack­ to Murmansk.  493  sonville,  Fla.  to  San  Juan  carrying  While  none  of  the  Reyes  has  17  railroad  ties.  In  the  mid  twenties  come  near  to  duplicating  their  7  he  switched  over  to  steam  freight­ parents  in  size  of  family,  there  4676  ers  and  has been  sailing them  ever  are  more  grandchildren  in  the  third  generation  than  they  can  since  as  AB  and  bosun.  Jose  is  a  count.  Jose  C.  Reyes  is  the  leader  4345*  veteran  union  man,  having  been  with  seven  children.  There  is  just  290  a  member  of  the  old  ISU.  He  one  great­grandchild  to  date,  but  38  joined  the Seafarers  Union in  1938  as  Jose  put  it,  "My  brother  Jose  3  when  it  was first  organized.  C.  has several  daughters approach­ 4676  Jose was  responsible for  the rest  ing  marriagable age  and  they'll  be  of  the  brothers  going  to  sea,  all  some  more  before  long."  3751*  3703*  1865  30  3  9352  A Leader  Arises  Seamen  met  then  on  pier  heads,  quay  sides  or  in  back rooms,  "t'olsom Street  Wharf  in San  Francisco  was  headquarters  for  Furuseth.  Buoyed  by  his  fa­ mous slogan  "tomorrow is  also  a  day" seamen  held  fast in  the face  of  difficulties with Furuseth  at their  , ^ipd  9a(  ap^pwledged  leader.  No, 2  Andy  is  dead,  his  ashes  scattered  at  sea,  but  his  wori^  live  on.  A  monument  erected  by  seamen  in  his  memory  stands at  the foot  of  San  Francisco'i  Market  Street,  but  more  symbolic  than  this  is  the  strength  of  the  unions  he founded.  Today  we  have  the "tomorrow"  for  which  he fought.  •  ^  ^  • • ­­'I  �•­ ,,­^,im­|­.  .1.  •   u  ­1,^^  '• • '  "•  '' '  '  . • J'.r  SEAFARERS  toe  Pace Eiflit  TtUkii JTaaimy il, 1952  PORT ttEPORIS..  1  IS  as  good  as  they  are  has  everyone  attitude, but  fast.  Shortage or not,  Galveston:  we  want  to  keep  those  SIU  ships  happy.  We  have  no  major  beefs,  as  clean  and  shipshape  as  they  as  all  ships  paying  oft  here  were  ever  were.  in  good  shape.  I particularly  waht  There  were  a  few  minor  beefs  to single  out the  crew  of  the  Steel  aboard  the  Israel  Putnam  which  were  straightened  out.  The  com­ We've  got  the  ships here  in  Mo­ We slowed down  quite a  bit from  Director for bringing in a  ship that  With a lot  of coal ships going out  pany  agreed  to  put  on  additional  the pace  of  the previous two  weeks  any  patrolman  or  official  is  proud  bile  and  the  men  to: supply  them  of this port  things have been boom­ but  shipping  continues  to  be  good.  to  call  an  SIU  ship.  She  was  in  too,  which  is  a  happy  situation  all  ing in Philadelphia in every respect  stores  to  cover  all  her  needs.  except  in  the  number  of  rated  Otherwise  things  have  quieted  There  were  two  payoffs  and  sign  better shape than  any ship we have  around.  Shipping  is very  good  and  all  indications are  that  it  will  con­ men.  We  had  expected  to  have  down  after  the  holidays  which  ons,  the  Henry  Meiggs  (Mississip­ paid  off  here  in  quite  some  time.  tinue  that  way  for  the  coming  two  plenty  of  men  after  the  holidays,  were  full  of  cheer.  The  weather  pi);  and  William  Richardson  (Wa­ but when  the celebration  was over,  has  turned  colder  than  Stanford  terman),  which  was  a  considerable  That's  saying  quite  a  lot  consider­ weeks. With  the holidays over  now,  all  we  could  muster  was  31  book­ U.  after  the  shellacking  they  took  drop  off  from  the  middle  of  De­ ing  we  have  many fine  pay  offs  in  the  beach  is  loaded  and  we  have  in thp Rose  Bowl game.  New  Year's*  cember.  men.  this  port.including  the  passenger  enough  men  to  meet  all  expected  This  was  enough  for  us  to  hold  Day.  The  in­transits  also  declined  ships.  But  the  Steel  Director  was  needs.  Sam  Cohen  our first Jjranch meeting in the last  with  11 coming  in  to  this port,  in­ a  patrolman's  dream,  and  I  say  Payoffs  and  sign  ons  were  about  Wilmington  Port  Agent  equal  with  eight of  the former  and  six  weeks,  but  made  it  tough  for  cluding  three  Seatrains,  the  New  us  to  get  the  necessary  replace­ 4.  4"  4"  York,  New  Jersey  and  Texas;  the  "hats  off"  to  t|ie  entire  crew  from  seven  ships signing  on.  We  crewed  ments  as  well  as  supply  the  three  Bradford  Island,  Royal  Oak  and  the  skipper^^ on  down.  Its  a  good.,  up  the  Fairland,  which  is  back  in  ships  we  had  crewing  up  the  day  Baltimore:  Archers  Hope  (Cities  Service);  Dei  example  of  what  can  be  done  by  active  service  for  Waterman,  and  before  Christinas. •   Sol  and  Henry  Meiggs  (Missis­ all  members  working  together  on  the  Knute  Rockne,  a  boneyard  job  being  run  by  Alcoa.  Other  sign­ We spent  the  best part  of  Christ­ sippi);  and  the  Fairland,  William  ons  were  the  Alcoa  Roamer,  mas  Day rounding  up nine  replace­ Richardson  and  Beauregard  (Wa­ a  ship.  Our other paypffs were  the Alcoa  Ranger  and  Patriot;  the  Beaure­ ments  for  a  Cities  Service  tanker.  terman).  Pilgrim  (Alcoa);  Del  Sol  and  Del  gard  (Waterman) and  Charles  War­ We  had  to raid  a  couple  of  Christ­ Shipping is still  jumping and  jiv­ All  things  considered  it  was  a  mas  parties  before  we  could  turn  ing  in  the  Port  of  Baltimore,  so  pretty  good  period  for  us  as  we  Sud  (Mississippi);  Carabulla  (Cuba  field.  Our  payoffs  were  the  Alcoa  the  trick.  much  so  that  we  are  doing  even  didn't  expect  the  mid­December  Distilling);  and  Ocean  C  (Ocean  Roamer,  Ranger,  Clipper,  Patriot  Tales  Of  The  Deep  better  than  in  the  past  few  weeks,  rush  to  keep  us  at  that  high  rate.  Trans.),  Coming  out  of  the  bone­ and  Corsair;  and  the  Beauregard,  yard  and  crewing  up  were  the  Monarch  of  the  Sea  and  Morning  We have  a constant  visitor to. the  which  were  very  good  indeed.  Among  the  SIU  men  we  have  Robert  Ingersoll  (Waterman);  and  Light for  Waterman.  hall  now  due  to  the  fact  that  one  Since  the  last  report  we  have  had  of  the  local  bistros  changed  hands  22  ships  pay  off,  18  sign  on  and  had  recently  in  this  port  is  Wil­ the  Justo  Arosemena  (Mississippi);  Among  the  many  men  we  have  and  laid  off  Reds  Healey  who  was  several  ships  making  our  port  in  liam  E.  Aplin  who  joined  the  in  addition  to  which  we  signed  on  on  the  beach  here  who  have  come  Union  in  Mobile,  the  Del  Sol,  Del  Viento,  Del  Sud  back  'after  enjoying  Christmas  manager  for  the  old  owner.  Reds  transit.  in  1947.  Aplin  and  Del  Santos  (Mississippi);  the  holidays  with  their  families  is'  can  be  seen here  every  day  with  a  Considering this  great  big chunk  participated  in  Pilgrim,  Carabulla  and  Ocean  C.  R.  A.  (Scotty)  Eden.  Scotty  has  crowd of  younger men around  him,  of  shipping  we  have  had  little  th  the  1946  gen­ mouths  wide  open  in  awe,  as  he  trouble  as  the  delegates have  been  been  sailing  as  chief. electrician  Boneyard Jobs  eral  strike  as  a  unfolds  a  tall  tale  of  the  briny  doing  a  very  good  job  on  these  since  1946.  Since  coming  ashore  permit­man  and  We are expecting  two more bone­ he has been giving us a hand by  re­ deep.  ships.  has  been  sailing  yard  jobs  to  crew  up  here  in  the  placing  a  member  of  the  balloting  Also on  our shipping  list looking  Our  brothers  in  Baltimore  are  under  the  SIU  next  couple  of  weeks,  the  Henry  committee  who  has  shipped  out.  for a run  to Italy  is former middle­ enthused  over  all  the  reports  they  banner  ever  L.  Meeks  for  Mississippi  and  Rob­ weight  "• tender Roxie  Foregione.  have  been  receiving about  the  new  This  is  pretty­ since.  He  is  now  ert  E.  Clarkson  (Bloomfield).  In  Roxie,  who  has  Headquarters  building  in  New  typical  of  Scotty  serving  as  chief  addition  we  have  a  lot  of  the  Apau  fought  such  out­ York.  Naturally  they  are  all  anx­ who  is  always  pumpman  on  the  homesteaders from the  Del Mar  on  willing  to  serve  standing  middle­ ious  to  see  similar  buildings  in  on  any . and  all  weights as Jimmy  all  major, ports  with  comparable  Cities  Service  tanker,  French  the  beach  sweating  it  out  until  Creek.  she comes  out of  (he shipyard.  She  committees  while  Jones, Frank  Bat­ type  of  facilities.  At  our last  mem­ Keith  Alsop  is due to take off for South America  he  is  ashore.  tagni,  Walter  bership meeting  here,  they  warmly  Galvestan  Port  Agent  on  the  31st  of  January  and  will  Eden's  last  ship  Woods,  C 0 1  e y  greeted  the  agent's  recommenda­ crew up  on the  23rd and  24th.  The  4i  4"  4"  was  the  Alcoa  Welch,  Frankie  tion  that  a  similar  type  building  gang  is  beginning  to  hang  around  Runner,  and  at  Caras  and  Babe  be  established  in the  port  of  Balti­ New  Orleans:  yours  truly  asking  the  usual  ques­ present  he  is  Risko  says  none  more  when, feasible.  Eden  tions.  When  is  the  Mar  due  out?  waiting  for  an­ of  those ring  bat­ Transit Problems  Foregione  When  will  she  crew  up?  Will  she  other one so he  can enjoy  the good  tles was as  tough  A  large  percentage  of  the  more  take  a  crew here?  and  so  on.  conditions  that  prevail  aboard  all  as  crossing  the  North  Atlantic  in  than  a  million  people  in  this  city  Getting  back  to  the  New  Year's  SIU  ships.  the  winter  aboard  an  empty  are  liable  to  be  hoofing  it  soon  if  celebration,  it  seems  that  the  ban  Scotty  feels  that  he  is  very  for­ Liberty.  the  transit  workers  go  through  We  had  a  hot  holiday  season  In  Roxie campaigned  in the middle­ with  their  proposed  strike  for  more  ways  than  one  here  in  the  on fireworks  put  more  people  into  tunate  in  being  a  member  of  the  V. eight class  for ten  years,  1932  to  higher  wages  and  conditions.  All  Crescent City.  The temperature  on  business  selling  firecrackers  than  SIU  fpr he  can  still remember  the  1942,  After retiring  from  the  ring  the  big  brass  in the  political  world  New  Year's  Day  was  a  nice  warm  it put  out of  business.  There  were  old  days  at  sea,  and  doesn't  wish  he  promoted fight  shows  in  Allen­ are  chewing  their  thumbnails,  if  84 degrees, to  add to  which we  had  85,000  fans  at  the  Sugar  Bowi  to  to  have  them  come  back  again.  town, Pa., but  then got restless  and  the  reports  we  have  are  correct.  one of  the biggest and noisiest  New  witness  Tennessee  take  on  a  little  We  have  quite  a  few  other  old  decided to  go  to  sea.  From  all  re­ Both  Governor  McKeldin  and  hiz­ Year's  that  New  Orleans  has  ever  too much  Maryland, to  say nothing  timers  on  the  beach,  among  them  ports, he is  just as good a  shipmate  zoner the  Mayor came  out  with  an  witnessed.  It  seemed  like  every  of  ali  the  basketball  fans  who  saw  being  S.  P.  Morris,  E.  Bailey,  J.  as  he  was  a  fighter.  His  last  trip  appeal  that there  must  not  be  such  Tennessee  and  Maryland  fan  was  St.  Louis  set  up  Kentucky  for  the  Crawford,  V.  Hayes  and  J.  Chand­ to Italy was aboard  the David Starr  a  strike.  What  with  only  a  thou­ here  for  the  Sugar  Bowl  to  say  fourth  straight  time  winning  by  ler.  Jordan  of  the  Mississippi  Steam­ sand  cabs  in  the  city  to  service  a  nothing  of  ali  the  snow  diggers  one  point  61­60.  Cal  Tanner  ship Co.  Mobile  Port  Agent  At  our  last  regular  meeting  we  million  people,  and  with  the  city  who  got  tired  of  the  cold  and  That's  about  all  from  this  fair  sprawled  out  over  the  entire  coun­ headed  south.  We're  hot  on  the  elected  our  tallying  committee  it  4>  4i'  city  for  now.  and  in  closing  we  ty,  some  ankle  supporter  company  shipping  end  too,  what  with  seven  consisting  of  Whitey  Tannerhill,  would like  to wish  the' entire mem­ should do  a  lot  of  business.  Every­ pay  offs  and  nine  sign  ons,  two  of  Rubber  Biehl? Steve  Stephens,  Bill  Boston:  bership  a  Happy  New  Year.  body  will  have  to  be  shinning  to  them  being  boneyard  jobs  crewing  Frederick, "Vic Miorana and Frenchy  A.  S.  Cardullo  Michelet.  A  total  of  976  ballots  work  from  the  far  flung  suburbs  up  here.  Philadelphia  Port  Agent  that  make  up  our  metropolis.  was  cast  in  this  port.  Salute  to  Director  Earl  Sheppard  3^  4­  4­ Well  its  been  an  exciting  couple  Lindsey  J.  Williams  Baltimore  Port  Agent  of  weeks, and business affairs being  New  Orleans  Port  Agent  Wilmington:  Our  port  continues  to  hold  up  fairly nicely  with four  payoffs  and  two  sign  ons  being  the  record  for  the  past  two  week  period.  Payoffs  were  the Michael  (Carras);  Federal  After  the  terrific  load  of  ship­ (Trafalgar); W.  E. Downing  (Mathi­ ping  we  had  earlier  in  December  ason);  and  James  Whitcomb  Riley,  things  dropped  off  considerably  in  Shipping  from December  19 to  January  2  this  port.  There  were  no  payoifs  We  signed  on  th»  W..E.  Downing  or  sign­ons,  but  we  had  a  few  in­ REG.  REG.,  REG.  TOTAL  SHIP.  SHIP.  SHIP.  TOTAL  and  F.deral.  transits  which  took  some  men  off  The  only  beef  of  any  conse­ PORT  DECK  ENGINE  STEW.  REG.  DECK  ENG,  STEW. SHIPPED  the  beach.  quence  was  on  the  Federal  where  Our  in­transits  were  the  Israel  Boston  40  28  14  82  52  91  oilers  working, in  the  fireroom  on  2jf  13  Putnam  and  Yaka  (Waterman);  New  York  .*....  249  184  147  580  171  379  138  .70  day  work  had  an  dvertime  claim  Calmar,  Portmar  (Calmar);  Clear­ 47  37  22  water  Victory,  Las  Vegas  Victory  Philadelphia  106  100  54  235  disputed.  This was finally  paid r".  81  There  hasn't  been much  new  on  and  Steel  Apprentice  (Isthmian);  Baltimore  165  124  116  405  151  371  the  Steel  Flyer  situation  to  date.  100  120  Republic  (Trafalger);  and  Barbara  Norfolk  ....... r..  175  .  131.  121  427  141  96  341  The  longshoremen  are  meeting  104  Frietchie  (Liberty).  31  16  14  1 had  a  little  trouble  with  three  Savannah  • 61  20  20  18  58  with the  ship operators  on the sul>  ject j)ut as yet no decision has been  performers  on  the  Yaka  whom  I  Tampa  27  —  13  15  12  17  53  13  42  react  hed.  had to  remove  off  the  sliip.  These  MobUe  70  56  68  62  194  175  61  52  Among  some  of  the men  in  port  foul­ups,  all  i»  the 'stewards  de­ are  Bill  McNeil,  Don  Hodge, Char­  .  partment,  were  drinking  continu­ New  Orleans..  .84  7if  50  213  •  110  • 89  76  275  lie  Dwyer, Red  O'Brien,  Bob  Mur­  •  ously,  failing  to  turn  to,  and  caus.­ Galveston  58  i  48  49  :  52  148  phy,  Larry  Campbell  and  54  /  42  155  Toni ^  ing  difficulty  on  the  entire  ship.  West  Coast.37  27  '  37  47  107  Hubner.  27  ­  101  33  •  They  had  the  idea  that  beca  t of  .James  SlieejHin, .;.­.  • ­• • • p  the  manpower  shortage  they  could  Boston  jP^irt  Ageiitl!  • '2222  ^ 983  ^  ^  iwjijflidattwit a J. jitiaHg»A^tbat4^  • TOTALS  Philadelphia:  H«t Pace Slaclcens Off,  Outloolc Is Good  Agent Spends Holiday  Digging Replacements  Botli Ships and Seamen  Are In Ample Supply  Stiips Moving, But  City May Hoof tt  • I  r  Hew Year's Celebration  Blows Off the Reef  Shipping Doing Hloety  As Year's End Conies  Qaleic Heave­Ho Given  Stnpboard Periormers  |(.  G  SHtPPme RECORD  •   •  •  ••••V  �Frtiar. Imawf It. !• «  SEAFARERS  LOG  rtmmlBmm  PtUtTBEPORTS  lake Charles:  Weather and Shipping  Are On the Warm Side  for  a  while  after  ridiifg  the  W.  E.  Downing  for  two  months.  He  said  he  needed  a  rest  and  thought  the  boys  were  yearning  for  him.  One  of  our  local  boys  who  rides  the  Cities  Service  tankers. has  a  baby  "seven  foot"  alligator  for  a  companion.  He  wanted  to  get  a  letter  for  seaman's  papers  for  it,  saying  that  it  was  a  good  OS.  He  feels  that  with  a  little  training  it  will  make  a  fine  FWT  or  even  a  bosun.  We  told  him  that  we  would  do  everything  possible  to  ship  the  gator  as  bosun,  for  after sailing  as  bosun  ourselves  we  guessed  that  the  gator  could  do  as  well.  Leroy  Clarke  Lake  Charles  Port  Agent  Savannah:  Laundry Strikers Get  Aid From Local Unions  It  was  a  good holiday  season  for  Good  shipping,'  warm  weather  the  men  of  the  SIU  in  this  port.  and  fish  biting  out  of  season  are  Shipping is  doing  well  and  we had  our  New  Year's  portion  down  here  a  very  nice  Christmas  party  on  in  the  swamps  and  water  lilies  of  December  21  at  which  all  hands  Louisiana.  We  hope  our  less  for­ enjoyed  themselves.  tunate  brethren  don't  turn  purple  We paid  off  the Anniston Victory  (South  Atlantic);  Mary  Adams  with  envy.  (Bloomfield);  and  William  James  Three Cities Serviqe ships helped  (Bull), and  signed these  same ships  bring  in  the  New  Year,  the  Chi­ on  during  the  two  week  period.  wawa,  Cantigny  and  Government  We also  bad the  Seatrain Savannah  and the  Bienville  (Waterman)  pass­ Camp,  and  all  were  in  good  shape  ing  through.  starting  the  year  right.  We  took  The  local  unions  here  put  on  a  little run  over  to  Port  Nueches,  Seattle: quite  a  show  for  Christmas  and  Texas,  to  visit  the  Del  Sol  (Missis­ also  chipped  in  to  provide  a  good  sippi)  and  clear  up  a  little  misun­ Christmas  for  laundry  workers  on  Santa  In Savannnah  wears a  union  label  as he  dispenses Christmas  derstanding.  There were some real  strike  at  the  New  E&W  Laundry.  cheer to needy  families in the  Christmas Day  celebration sponsored  These  people have  been out  on the  by  the city's  trade unions.  oldtimers  on  her  including  Frank  "Red  Sully"  .Sullivan  as  serang  Up here  in the  Northwest we are  picket line for ten months;  fighting  for  union  recognition  and  a  wage  with  "Dirty  Mouth"  Chapman  as  doing  ourselves  proud  by  the  SIU.  scale  that  is  more  decent  than  the  tion.  Our  in­transits  were  the  cerest  sympathy  to  the  family  of  his  partner.  That's  a  good  pair  of  We  continue  to  have  a fine  run  of  miserabiy  low  pay  they  are  now  Yaka  and  Raphael Semmes  (Water­ Brother  Moats.  H.  J.  Fisher  man);  Steel  Navigator  (Isthmian);  men  nn  a  ship.  shipping with  one  payoff  and three  getting.  West Coast  Representative  Marymar  (Calmar);  and  John  B.  The  Seacomet  (Colonial)  was  in  sign ons  as well  as the usual  bunch  • In closing  I  just  want  to  put  in  Waterman.  t  l"  4­ a  word  of  praise  of Jhe Southland.  Port  Arthur,  Texas,  and  took  one  of  in transits.  New York:  Outlook Poor  We  had  her  in  port  recently  for  a  man.  The  Republic,  a  Trafalger  The only  sour note  in a ^ood  pic­ payoff  and  I  must  say  that  it  was  The  outlook  for  the  next  two  tanker,  was  there  too  and  ordered  ture  are  the  handful  of  foulups  one  of  the  best ever  in the  port  of  weeks  is  nothing  to •  get  excited  two  men  from  the  Lake  Charles  who  insist  on  paying  off  without  Savannah.  about,  but  you  can  never  tell  as  E.  B.  Tllley  we  do  not  get  any  schedules  on  hall.  We  also  had  the  Isthmian  securing  proper  replacements.  The  least  a  man  can  do  is  have  enough  Savannah  Port  Agent  the  government­operated  ships  un­ Steel Director  in here  for 41  couple  interest  in 'the  Union  to  make  sure  The  past  two  weeks  have  been  til  they  come  in.  While  there  are  t>  ^  if  of  hundred tons  of rice  before sail­ that  proper  replacement  is  made  busy  ones  for  this  port,  but  alsc  no  payoffs  scheduled  right  now,  quiet and  peaceable  as  we  handled  ing  for  New  Orleans  for  the  pay­:  by  the  hall,  before  paying  off.  It  San Francisco: they might  come in  a  bunch. That's  a  very  good  load  of  shipping  with  makes no  difference  whether  he  is  off.  Shj was  really a  credit  to  the  the  way  it  is  with  this  port  any­ practically  no  beefs  of  any  kinc  on  articles  or  not  as  this  simple  way,  boom  or  bust.  SIU,  clean  as  could  be  with  no  coming  up.  We  paid  off  a  load  of  precaution  is  the  safeguard  of  our  There's  quite  a  lot  of  conversa­ 25  ships  and  signed  on  five  durinf  beefs.  existence  as  a  Union.^  tion  about  the  pending  approval  of  the  period.  The  only  trouble  we  Sheriff  Endorsed  We  paid  off  the  Rice  Victory  We  slowed  down  considerably  the  new  increa.ses  and  the  vaca­ had  of  any kind  was  with the  Taga­ On  the  local  labor  frdht  we  are  (South  Atlantic);  and  signed  her  over  the  holidays  here,  paying  off  tion  plan  by  the  Wage  Stabiliza­ 1am,  a  Mar­Trade  tanker,  and  that  expecti  a  showdown between  the  on  again  along  with  the  Alaska  just one  ship,  but  what  with  every­ tion  Board.  Along  this  line  of  was  quickly  straightened  out.  Wc  Central  Trades  Council  and  con­ Cedar  and  Alaska  Spruce  (Ocean  body  going home  for  Christmas  we  thought,  the  decision  to  send  Bob  saw  to  it  that  she  was  fumigated  tractors in  C  ey,  La,  Otherwi.se  Tow).  Our  in­transits  were  the  had  our  troubles  supplying  re­ Matthews  to  Washington  and  en­ and  necessary  repairs  made  before  all  is  still  here.  The  political  pot  Clearwater  Victory  (Isthmian);  placements for  the usual  run of  in­ large  our representation  there  met  she  went  out  again.  with  a  favorable  response.  The  Our  payoffs  were  the  Seatrains  is  really  boiling  however  with  the  Madaket  (Waterman.);  Raphael  transits  coming  through.  boys  feel  that  in  these  times  the  New  York,  New  Jersey.  Louisiana.  unions  endorsing  one  of x the  can­ Semmes  (Waterman);  and  Portmar  Our  payoff  was  the  Strathcape  didates  for  sheriff  of  this  parish  and  Pennmar  (Calmar).  of  the  Strathmore  Co.,  which  more  representation  we  have  down  Tex^s  and  Savannah;  the  Fairport.  When  the  Clearwater  Victory  signed  on  for  a  voyage  to  the  Per­ in  Washington,  the  better  off  we  Wild  Ranger.  La  Salle,  Gateway  (county).  His  opponent  helped  to  break  up  a  local  union  of  the  ma­ ifirst  came  in  we  had  the  usual  sian  Gulf.  She  was  in  pretty  bad  will  be.  City  and  Andrew  Jackson  for  the  chinists  a  few  years  ago,  and  now  MEBA  trouble.  The  longshoremen  shape  in  the  crew's  quarters so  we  The  new  hall  in  New  York  is  Waterman  Steamship  Co.;  the  wants  labor  to  back  him,  but  got  at. first  refused  to  work  her  but  made  sure  to  get  a  written  order  also  coming  in  for  quite  a  bit  of  Bents  Fort,  Government  Camp.  when  she  got  into  Portland  ­they  from  the  company  that  all  foc'sles  comment.  The  men  who  helped  Bradford  Island.  Chiwawa,  Can­ a  quick  co'd  shoulder.  One  of  our  gubernatorial  candi­ worked  her  down  there  after  an  would  be  painted  and  the  ship  make  this  hall  and  all  its fine  fa­ tigny  and  Abiqua,  ail  of  Cities  injunction  was  issued.  cleaned  up  on  the. way.  We  also  cilities  are  sure  entitled  to  a  vote  Service;  Bull  Line's  Suzanne.  dates  promises  that  everyone  50  Otherwise  there  hasn't  been  too  got  them  to  put  a  cquple  dozen  of  thanks  from  all  hands.  As  for  Kathryn,  Beatrice  and  Jean;  twc  years  old  or  over  will  get  $100  per  month  (that  will  Include  this  writ­ much going  on  as  we had  no meet­ extra  fans on,  the Persian  Gulf  be­ our  Welfare  Plan,  the  boys  in  the  Isthmian  ships,  the  Steel  Scientis"  er)  if  he  is  elected.  We  wonder  ing  due  to  lack  of  quorum  as  per  ing  the  hot  box  that  it  is,  and  this  hospitals  were  really  enthusiastic  and  Steel  Fabricator;  the  Heywood  ship  likely  to  be  put  there  quite  about  it.  Those  $25  Christmas  Broun  (Victory  Carriers);  Tagalair  where  he  will  g^t  the  dough­ray­ usual.  ,  presents  certainly  came  in  handy  (Mar­Trade);  and  Western  Farmei  Just  a  word  to  those  who  know  a  while.  me  because  he  claims'^'he  will  cut  him,  F.  I.  Gibbons  (Gibby  the  The  in­transits  hit  this  port  just  helping make  it a  merry Christmas  (Western  Nav.).  taxes  i  and  in some  cases made  it  possible  We  found  one  of  our  real  old­ Bosun)  has  gotten  himself  in  a  about  on  the  holiday  and  we  had  for  family  men  to  send  gifts  home  We  signed  on  the  La  Salle  and  Gateway  City  (Waterman);  Robir  rough  deal  as  he  has  come  down  quite  a  time  replacing  men  who  timers,  Walter  "Dutch"  Hoepfner  to  their  wives  and  children.  Goodfellow;  Amber  Star  (Triton!;  with  the  TB  germ.  He  is  now  in  were  hospitalized  or fired.  Mem­ on  tl,e  Petrolite,  a  Mathaisen  and  Seamagic  (Sea  Traders).  The  membership will  be  sorry  to  Seattle  Hospital  and  all  hands  are  bership  should  be  reminded  that  tanker  that  came  With  the  holidays  over,  we  art  ': in  during  the  urged  to  drop  him  a  line  now  and  they  must  wait  until  their  replace­ hear  of  the  death  of  Brother  all  settling  back  to  work  and  look­ Charles Moats,  who passed  away  in  then.  ment  arrives  before  they  can  pay  past  week  from  off  an  intercoastal  run,  unless  of  this  city  during  the  holidays.  The  ing  forward  to  a  bigger  and  bettei  Jeff  Morrison  a  21^  months  course,  it  is  a  case  of  hospitaliza­ San  Francisco  branch  extends  sin­ year  than  ever  before  for  the  SIU.  Seattle  Port . Agent  trip  to •   Japan.  This  year  has  certainly  gotten  ofi  Hoepfner  has  to  a  good  start  here  in  New  York  been going  to sea  with  branch  affairs  runninr  since way  back in  smoothly  and  no  problems  facing  1908  and  joined  us  at  the  present  time.  the  old  ISU.  He  Claude  Simmons  sailed  during  the  Hoepfner  Asst. Secy­Treas.  war  to  all  zones  WILMINGTON,  Call£....440  Avalon  Blvd.  PORT  COLBORNE  103  Durham  St.  SIU,  A&G  District  .  Sam  Cohen,  Agent  Terminal  4­2874  Ontario  Phone: 5591  and  has worked  on  organizing  sev­ 86  Colborne  St.  X4  North  Gay  St.  HEADQUARTERS  .  675  4th  Ave.,  Bklyn.  TORONTO.  Ontario'!  eral  lines.  After  being  on  the  BALTIMORE  SECRETARY­TREASURER  Elgin 5719  Earl  Sheppard,  Agent  Mulberry  4540  Paul  Hall  VICTORIA.  B.  C  61714 Cormorant.St.  Petrolite  for  eight  months  he  in­ BOSTON  278  State  St.  ASST.  SECRETARY­TREASURERS  Empire 4531  tends to  stay on  her until  the sum­ James Sheehan. Agent  Richmond 2­0140  Robert  Matthews  Claude  Simmong  VANCOUVER,  B.  C......565 Hamilton  St.  The  membership  is  again  Dispatcher  Richmond 2­0141  HEADQUARTERS  REPRESENTATIVES  Pacific 7324  {nertlme  and  then  knock  off  for  GALVESTON  SOB'A  23rd  St.  Joe  Algina  Joseph  Volpian  cautioned to  beware of  persons  SYDNEY.  N.S  304  Charlotte  St.  Phone  2­8448  '  some  fishing  on  his  vacation  Keith  Alsop,  Agent  Phone 6346  soliciting funds  on ships  in be­ SUP  LAKE CHARLES.  La........  1 419 Ryan  St.  BAGOTVILLE,  Quebec  20 Elgin St.  money.  LeRoy  Clarke,  Agent  Phone  6­5744  HONOLULU  16  Merchant  St.  half  of  memorials or  any other  Phone: 545  Phone 5­8777  1  South  Lawrence  St.  He  says  it  certainly  is  a  long  MOBILE  THOROLD,  Ontario  37  Ormont  St.  so­called "worthy  causes."  Cal  Tanner,  Agent  Phone  2­1754  PORTLAND  Ill  W.  Burnslde  St.  ,  Phone:  3­3202  cry  from  1908  to  what  we  have  NEW  ORLEANS  Beacon 4336  QUEBEC..  523  BienvlUe  St.  No  "can­shakers"  or  solici­ 113  Cote  De  La  Montague  RICHMOND,  CALIF..  257  5th  St.  today,  all  of  it  gained  the  hatd  Lindsey  WlUlams,  Agent  Quebec  Phone:  2­7078  tors  have  received  authoriza­ Phone 2599  SAINT  JOHN  Magnolia 6112­6113  177  Prince  WUliam  St.  way.  He  is  very  anxious  to  get  to  NEW  YORK  675  4th  Ave.,  Brooklyn  SAN  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  tion  from SIU  headquarters  to  N.B.  Phone: 2­3049  Douglas 2­8363  •   STerUng 8­4671  headquarters  and  see  the  com­ collect  funds.  The  National  2700  1st  Ave.  NORFOLK  127­129  Bank  St.  SEATTLE  Great  Lakes District  pleted  building  as  he  saw  it  in  Ben  Main 0290  Foundation  for  Infantil*  Rees,  Agent  Phone 4­1083  133  W.  Fletcher  440  Avalon  Blvd.  ALPENA  337  Market  St.  WILMINGTON  October  before  leaving  for  Japan.  PHILADELPHIA  Paralysis is  the only  charitable  Phone: 1238W  Terminal 4­3131  S.  CarduUo,  Agent  Market 7­1635  ISO Main St.  675  4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  BUFFALO,  N.  Y  organization  which  has  re­ Also  with  us  if  the  past  two  SAN  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  NEW  YORK  Phone:  Cleveland  7391  STerUng 8­4671  Gardner,  Agent  Douglas  2­5475  ceived  membership  endorse­ days  is  Brother  Dugan  who  Sports  Lloyd  CLEVELAND  2602  CarroU  St.  SAN  JUAN,  PR  252  Ponce  de  Leon  Phone:  Main  1­0147  Canadian  District  ment.  Funds  for  this  cause  one  of  the  largest  beards  in  the  Sal  Colls,  Agent  1038  3rd  St.  ,...463  McGiU  St.  DETROIT  2  Abercorn  St.  MONTREAL  ara  collected  through  normal  SIU.  He  is  waiting  for  aiiother  SAVANNAH.......  Headquarters  Phone:  Woodward  1­6857  MArquette 3909  E.  B.  Tllley.  Ageiit  Phone 3­1728  531  W.  Michigan  St.  Union  channels  at the  pay­off.  Cities  Service  tanker.  Our  old  SEATTLE  ;... 12814  HoUis St.  DULUTH  2700  1st  Ave.  HALIFAX.  N.S  Phone:  Melrose  2­4110  Phone: 3­8911  Jeff  Morrison,  Agent  Seneca 4570  Receipts are  issued on the spot.  friend  brother  "Ding­Dong"  Bell  TAMPA  SOUTH  CHICAGO  3261  E.  oand  St.  FORT  WILLIAM....118V4  ­Syndicate  Ave.  ..1809­1311  N.  Franklin  St.  :\k.  «WFW>  has  moved  wer  t0''New  Orleans  Ray  i  om^TiPi;  t.j i  Fhont; ,8­3221  Don't Pay Off  Vessel  Withenf a Replaeemeni  All Is Peaeefal In Port  With Plenty of Ships  • '11  Men Eagerly Awaiting  Go­Ahead on Vacations  SiU  MAtt  OIRBCrOKY  ^Can­Shakers^  Have iVo OK  m  �SEAFARERS  LO€  Pare Tea  IN  THE  WAKE  The  relisrious,.  though  mischie­ vous  nature  of  sea­going  men  is  well  illustrated  by  the  designation  of  angel's  footstool  in  cli|>per  ship  days  to  denote  any light  sail above  the skysails.  This was  also  called  a  heaven  disturber  or  star  shifter.  lowed  to  drip  so  as  to  form  a  film  on  the'water  and  prevent  the  waves  from  breaking  over  the  vessel.  wam^ Jimutr it 19SS  MEET THE  SEAFARER  HARRY  L.  FRANKLIN,  steward  Pearl  Harbor  Day  was  one  of  yery heavily laced with rum.  Frank­ those  earth­shaking  events  that  lin was  "feeling no  pain" for  quite  Questipn:  Why  do  you  sail  out  of  changed  the  lives  of  a  lot  of  a  while  after  getting  that  mixture  i  i  i  The barnacle  is basically a small  Baltimore?  (Asked  of  Seafarers  in  Americans  to  greater  or  lesser  de­ down  his­ gullet.  One  trip  out  and  one  sinking,  primitive  marine  animal  which  the  Baltimore  SIU  hall).  gree.  Harry  Franklin  was  one­  of  he  went  aboard  the  Antinous,  a  spends  its  adult  life  attached  di­ 3.  >  4  Arthur  Butler,  wiper:  I have  no  the  many  people  who  had  his  life  Waterman  vessel,  for  his  second  '  Quarantine,  meaning  the  period  rectly  by  its  base  to  foreign  ob­ jects such  as a  ship's hull  or wharf  particular  reason  for  shipping  out'  radically  altered  by  the  war.'  He  voyage.  She  got  the  sub  treatment  during  which  ships  coming  from  of  here.  It's  has  never  gotten  back  to  his  mode  off  British  Guiaiia.  This  time  infected ports  are held  incommuni­ piles.  As a  young'animal,  it is free­ Franklin  went  over  the  side  in  a  swimming  for  as  long  as  two  or  purely accidental.  cado, or  the akual  inspection point  of  existence as  it was  on  December  lifeboat  and  rescue  ships  from  I  w a s  working  itself, gets  its name  from the  origi­ three  months,  then  it  attaches  it­ Trinidad  picked  them  up  within  a  for  Bethlehem  7/>1941.  nal  period  of  40  (quarante)  days  self  to  a  suitable  surface and  com­ Steel  and  took  a  When  Pearl  Harbor  came.  few  hours.  Covered  by  the  earliest  quaran­ mences  to  secrete  the  shell,  which  grows  both  in  diameter  and  height  notion  to  go  to  Franklin  had  been  established  for  After  that  the  law  of  averages  tines.  as  the  aniro?'  matures.  After  it  sea.  I've  been  at  several  years  ,in  the  advertising  broke  in his  favor, as  it  was bound  it  ever  since.  I'll  and  sales  promotion  field,  hav­ to.  He  continued  to  sail  through­ A  bull's­eye  squall,  usually  oc­ has  formed  this  shell  house,  toxic  out  the  war  on  SIU  ships  but  es­ ship­bottom  paints  will  not  affect  continue  sailing  curring  oft  the  coasts  of  South  Af­ ing  been  associated' with, newspa­ caped  further  sinkings.  By  the  it.  Immersion  in  fresh  water  for  out  of  this  port  rica,  is  such  because  it  is  charac­ because  I  have  pers  and  other  publications.  Like  time  the  war  ended  he  had  ad­ terized  by  the  appearance  of  a  48  hours  will  kill  the  animal,  but  the  sheil_can  only  be  removed  by  my  home  here  now,  although  I  many  others,  his  first  ­impulse  vanced  through  the  ratings  in  his  small  isolated  cloud  which  marks  when  the  bombs  fell  on  Honolulu  department  to  his  present  classifi­'  the  vortex  of  the  atmospheric  dis­ continued  scraping  of  the  surface  wasn't  born  here.  cation as steward.  to  which  it  is attached.  4"  4"  d)  •   turbance.  .  .  .  On  the  other  hand,  was  to  join  up  with  the  armed  4.  i  Stayed  At  Sea  Ruby  Oneal,  deck  engineer:  aboard  ship,  the  cow's  tait  is  the  Sea­slang  for  casting  the  hand  ship out  of  here  because  I like  this  forces.  But  at  39  years  of  age  be  A  lot  of  people  at  war's  end  frayed  end" of  a  rope.  ^  lead  is  to  "fly  the  blue  pigeon,  town  and  make  was  too  old  for ttie  Army  or  Navy,  tried  to  go  back  to  what  they  had  i*  i  4<  though  the  term  was  not  originat­ it  my  home  now  and  was  turned  down  by  both.  The  been  doing  before,  picking  up  the  The  word  filibuster,  which  is  a  ed  by  sailors.  In  the  late  1700's,  it  although  I'm  not  one  thing  left  was  the  merchant  old  threads.  Franklin  thought  of  political  term  ashore  meaning  to  was  the  slang  used  by  London  a  native  of  the  •   marine.  Franklin got  his­seamen's  giving  up  the  life  of  a  Seafarer,  hold  the  floor  in  a  deliberative  thieves  for  robbing  metal­roofed  city.  I got tiTUal*  ­ body  to  prevent  action  on  legisla­ churches  of  the  sheet  lead  used  to  timore  in  the  papers  and  went  over  to  the  SIU  but  decided  against  it.  He felt  that  a  seaman's  job  was  more  interest­ tion,  was actually  a sea­term  mean­ cover  them.  It  may  have  come  to  first  place  haul­ hall  then located  at 2  Stone Street.  ing  and  gave him  greater financial  ing  to  run  contraband  of  war. to  the  sea  when  the  church­robbers  ing  coal  here  Two  days  later  he  shipped  out  as  security  than  he  could  get  ashore  revolutionaries.  found  themselves  within  reach  of  from  Norfolk.  I  a  messman  on  the  Seattle  Spirit,  where  he  had  been  out  of  touch  the  law  and  shipped  out  to  avoid  looked  around  a  an  old  Hog  Islander  run  by  the  with  the  field  for  the  duration  of  imprisonment.  Robin  Line.  A  "slush" fund,  money  used  for  little  bit  and  de­ the  war.  He  continued  to  sail  as  a  4"  i­ cided  that  it  was  a  good  place  to  bribes  or  to "grease"  the  path of  a  First  Ship,  First  Sinking  steward  and  has  been  at  it  ever  job  aspirant  or  pet  measure,  stems  A  type" of  sailing rig  used  on  stay.  This  was  in  February,  1942,  and  since.  As  far  as  he  is  concerned,  from  bygone  days when  cooks used  racing  craft,  a  double­clewed  jib,  4  4i  Franklin's  baptism  under  fire  was  after  ten  years  at  sea  he ­would  waste faji  from  the  galley to  grease  is  also  called  a  Greta  Garbo.  .  .  .  T.  W.  King,  quartermaster:  This  not  long  delayed.  The  Seattle  not  go  back  to  any  shore  job  now.  the  wooden  masts  on  deck.  This  When  yachtsmen  refer  to  Annie  port  happens  to  be  closest  to  my  Spirit  was  on  the  Murmansk  run  As a  man  who has a  varied back­ produced  easy  vertical  movement  Oakley,  they're  talking  about  a  home,  which  is  which  in  those  early  days  of  the  ground  both  in  business  and  as  a  of  the  parrels,  the  "collars"  by  saii  pierced  with  small  holes  to  in  West  Virginia.  war  was  a  graveyard  for merchant  seaman.  Franklin  has  long  been  which  a  running  yard  was  kept  let  out  dead  air.  Annie,  immortal­ I  have  been  shipping.  The  convoy  she  was  in  impressed  by  the  SIU's  mode  of  ized  on  stage  and  screen in "Annie  against  the  mast.  working  on  the  was  under  attack  continually  up  operation.  "I  have  never  seen  Get  Your Gun,"  was a  lady marks­ Ore  Line  boats  the  coast  of  Norway  and  back  any organization," he said,  "formed  i  t  man  handy with  a  pistol.  for  the  past  but  the  Seattle  Spirit  survived  with  better  business  procedure,  To  heave  a  tub  to  a  whale,  or  4"  4"  4'  three  years  now,  without  damage.  Just  as  she  was  and  practicability  in  methods  of  to  try  and  distract  someone's  at­ Among  many superstitions of  the  and  manage  to  nearing  the  North  American  coast  operation  as  this  Union  has  been.  tention,  is  from  the  old  whaling  sea  was  one  concerning  birds.  It  get  home  about  and  the  crew'was  congratulating  I'm  very ­ proud  of  being  an  SIU  custom  of  giving  a  frightened  or  was  always  considered  an ill  omen  twice  a  year,  themselves  on  a  safe  voyage,  the  member  and  the  Union  has  done  a  ugly  whale  something  besides  the  to  kill  a  bird  that  followed  a  ship  When I  do get  in,  ship  was  torpedoed  off  New­,  lot  for  me.  Certainly  I  have  live"d  boat  on  which  to  vent  its  rage  at  sea.  The  gull  and  the  stormy  don't  want  to  waste  too  much  foundland.  Franklin  was  dunked  a  lot  better  since  I've  become  a  when  harpooned.  Jonathan  Swift,  petrel  were  supposed  to  be  the  ^  in  saltwater  but  managed  to  get  Seafarer  than  I  did  before.  in  his Tale  of  a  Tub,  refers to  this  souls  of  seamen  lost  at  sea,  while  time  traveling.  aboard  a  life  raft.  He  was  pieked  "I  particularly  like  the  progres­ practice.  4"  4"  4"  the  albatross  was  the  bringer  of  i  t  i  Patrick  Lynch,  oiler: As  far as  I  up  shortly  afterward  by  a  British  sive  methods  the  Union  has  used  winds  and  of  fogs  and  mists.  The  to  establish  itself,,  the  political  Another  land  borrowing  from  Ancient  Mariner  in  Coleridge's  am concerned  Baltimore is the  best  corvette.  This  grim  experience  was  not  know­how  it  has  displayed  and  its  the  sea  is  the  phrase  to  pour  oil  Rime  of  the  Ancient  Mariner  was  hipping  port  without  its  humorous  sidelights.  allied  union  activities.  It  is  a  on  troubled  waters,  meaning  to  at first  condemned  for  killing  the  there  is.  I  make  The  officers  of  the  British  ship  good  feeling  for  a  Seafarer  to  soothe or  quiet down.  In extremely  bird  that  brought  the  wind,  but  my home  in  Phil­ insisted that  every rescued  seaman  know  that  he  is  a  member  of  such  heavy  weather,  a  bag  of  oil  was  later  was  praised  for  destroying  adelphia,  but  I  drink  a  cup  of  coffee  that  was  a  wide­awake  organization."  sometimes  hung  outboard  and  al­ the  bringer  of  the  fog.  like  to  sail  out  of  here  because  you  can  go  any­ where  iii  the  jyorld  ifrom  Bal­ timore,"  and  at  the  same  time  its  ACROSS  Do you remember the beginnings  front to  take  charge of  things him­ DOWN  19.  Single­mast  rig  34.  Pert,  to  air­ 1.  Capital  of  Nor­ 1.  Eight:  comb,  easy for me  to get home  from here.  of  1942?  . .  . The  American  public  self  .  .  .  In  Africa,  Rommel  was  21.  Headpiece  craft  way  form  23.  Port  N.  W.  of  35.  Where  5.  Curve  4)  4i  4i  got  used  to  the  idea  that  the  pushed  back  to  El  Aghelia  .  .  .  2.  Ill­tempered  Natal  wrestlers  meet  8.  Strike­breaker  3.  Kipd  of  ship's  24.  Plead  37.  Blocks  to  guide  E.M.  yillapol,  oiler:  I  used  to  Japanese  weren't  going  to  be  such  Chinese  forces  on«the  mainland  12.  He  works  in  stew  25.  Smaller  running rigging  galley  4.  Marks  of  ap­ ship  out. of  Galveston,  but  I  pushovers  as  the  forces  of  the  claimed a  total of  52,000  casualties  26.  Hang  loose,  as  38.  Waste  time  13.  Away  from  proval  a  sail  40.  Breathe  noisily  switched  to  this  Rising  Sun  went  on  the  rampage.  in three  days of fighting  at  Chang­ wind  5.  Place  to  wor­ 27.  Fall  to  win  42.  Light  breezes  14.  Without  color  ship  port,  .because  I  Manila  and  Cavite  fell,  as  the  sha,  and  made  gains  near  Canton.  28.  Old  Dutch  43.  Thin  board  15.  Old  boats  6.  Behind  measure  44.  Flat­topped  have  found  that  fight  in  the  Philippines  moved  to  .  .  .  President  Roosevelt  went  to  16.  Kind  of  bene­ 7.  100  years  31.  Freed  a  ship ­ buoy  fits  won by  SIU  8.  PUe  shipping  is  usu­ Luzon  and  Bataan  . . . The  British  Congress to  urge  a  sweeping, long­ by  paymVnt  of  45.  Man's nickname  18.  Owners' risks:  9.  Taxi  duties,  etc.  46.  Decay  ally  very  good  adopted  the  "scorched  earth"  term war program  involving a  $56,­ Abbr.  10.  Everything  92.  Corrode  47.  Edge of  dress  19.  Price­fixing  11.  Honey  maker  here.  I  make  my,  policy,  burning  everything, behind  000,000,000 outlay  with nine  billion  monopoly  17.  Adventure  Puzzle  Answer  on  Page  23  home  here  now,  them as  the Japanese  kept gaining  in  new  taxes.  20.  Burn  .22.  Helpful  and  another  im­ in^ Malaya  and  Borneo  .  .  .  Hawaii  4>  4"  4>  26.  Ride  on  water  imrtant  item  I  was sbelled by  subs ... Jittery San  Auto  production  was  halted  in  28.  Painting,  in  general  have'to  consider  Francisco  was  blacked  out  for  42  the  US  .  .  .  Twenty­six  nations  at  29.  Lake  boat  '  is  that  my  girl  minutes  when  unidentified  planes  war with  the Axis signed a  declara­ cargo  30.  Bumpkin  friend,  Eileen  Thompson,  lives  were  reported­ nearing  the  coast.  tion  pledging unity  of  purpose ...  31.  Low  reef  L'­r'^:, ­ • .  here  too.  Draft registration  of  the  20­44  age  *  4>  41  41  32.  Units  of  en­ f';»4iM' ­t.  ergy  1 • ^'*:' '  Britain's Gen,  Wavell was  named  group  was  set  for  mid­February."  K.  t  4  33.  Beast  of  btir­ den  Harry  Collyer,  quartermaster:  unified  commander  in  the  south­ ... A  Marine  Ship  Scalers  Union  34.  Bit  of  charity  I've  been shipping  out  of  this  port  west­Pacific  area  ... A  new  and  was  chartered  in  New  Orleans  by  39.  Deck  officers  amended  edition  of  the  SIU  con­ the  SIU  .  .  .  The  Maritime  Com­ below  captain  for  the  last  20  36.  Mr.  Reese  of  stitution  and: by­laws  was  made  mission  was  given  the  go­ahead  years  now  and  the  Dodgers  available  to  all members .. . Navi­ with  a  $40,000,000  fund  to  insure  haven't  given any  38.  Facts  39.  Noah's  landing  gation  through  the  port  of  New  shipowners  against  war  risks  since  '  thought  to  trying  place  York  became  more  of  a  game  of  private  rates  had  jumped  too  high  another  one.  My  41,  Palmas.  in  Grand  Canary  hide  and  seek  as  the  Coast  Guard  for  profit.  home  is  in  Hag­ I>.  removed  Scotland  and  f'ire  island  erston,  Md.,  jiist :  Ifii:,  44.  Souad  leader  4"  iiif  4i  •  47.  German  shout  Lightships  from  their  moorings  as  Football  bowl  games  went  on  as  '  hours ;trip  48.  Tilted  a  "security"  measure.  .  usuat New Year's  day, with  Oregon  from  thie,  hail  49.  Cloth  measure  50.  Book  of  Old  State,  Alabama,  Fordham  and  .  ;  w h lcti  m^ans  I  •   ­  ''"fe  S4'  ­  it'­;,  ,  '  Testament  Russian  power  ^ihouoted  as  (xeorgia  taking­Duke,  Texas  Ag­  •   i  can  get; :  hp m e  61.  Fish  snares  it­ v  .  82.  Algerian  ruler  pretty  often and  se^rmy itoily in  Stalinljst armie.s  retook Kaluga  and  gies, Missouri  and  TexSs .Christian  S3.  Vcr'''­al  pole of  .  betweeu'itripfc  :  ,  ^  Hitler was reported ipmtfae Eastern' k»«jR^yglysia ithcin^  ci­ane  �..  •   '­.i  • ',/ <• '  ^  9EAVARKRS  LOe  SEAMKERS^LOG  ^• NMnr 11.1VS1  Val.  XIV  lf«. I  Published  biweekly  by  the  l^afaren  International Union,  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District.  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  Bvooklyn  32.  N.  Y.  TeL  STerling  8­4671.  PAVI.  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurer  Editor,  HCKKBT  Btum;  Managing  Editor,  BAT  DCNISOH;  Art  Editor.  BoNAn  • BAMAH; Photo Editor,  DAMBL  NILTA; St<tf/  Writor*. HDIHAN  AaiRini,  IBWIM  STIVACK.  laa  LETTER  of  the  WEEK  Lonff'Range Outlook  The 82nd  Congress is  back  at  its old  stand  in  Washington  with  one of  the prime pieces  of  business facing  it  being  the  Cooperation Vital  much­discussed  long­range shipping  program.  The Uniorf  is  For Deeh Hands  hopeful  that  for  the first  time since 1936  Congress will  take  To  the  Editor:  constructive action on  behalf  of  America's maritime.  What  I want'to  say  is  addressed  Seldom  has  a  program  been  presented  with  such  unani­ mainly  to  the  brothers  sailing  in  mous support  from all concerned.  There may be portions  of  the  deck  department,  but  it  is  the bill with which  thS Union could disagree,  but nobody  can  something  that  should  be  put  for­ find fault with the over­all objective  of  planning for  a sound  ward  to' SIU  men  in  ail  ship's  de­ and efficient  merchant fleet­ partments.  It  is  unfortunate  that  the only  time  that  Congress applies  • Why anyone  wants  to  make  it  Itself  to the problems of  the industry is when  a crisis  is upon  tough  for  the  guys  bunking  with  us.  We  can't  help  but  wonder  if  the  nation  would  be  as  him  is  a  mystery  to  me  because  interested in the future of  our  merchant fleet  if  lives did  not  working together on the ship would  hang in  the balance in Korea and  elsewhere.  It seems that it  is only  in­times of  crisis  that  the  American  people  realize  seeni  to  me  to  make  things  easier  how  vital  the martime industry  is  to  the security  and  well­ for  ail  hands.  A  great  trip  could  being  of  each  and  every  citizen.  But  crisis  periods  tend  to  be  had  by  all  at  the  same  time  if  produce, short­range, improvised solutions  to meet  the imme­ the  men  in  the  deck  crew  would  diate need  rather  than  the long  haul.  The immediate  needs  work  together  like  one  big  family  of  World  War  II  and  the  current  international  fever  may  instead  of  making  it  harder  for  have been  met  by hasty improvising. But  that is  the curse of  their fellow members  of  the Union.  our  maritime  industry.  Its instability  is so  great  due  to  the  Had  Experience  lack  of  interest  shown  in  its  peacetime  development  that  when  an  emergency  does arise it  requires a  lot  of  tightrope  As a  bosun  (my last  ship was  the  HE  LAUNCHING  OF  THE  walking  to  get  the  necessary  ships  and  men.  Planning, for  Michael),  1  have  had  experience  SIU  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Dis­ the  long  haul  means  planning  for  a  merchant  marine  that  with  this  sort  of  thing  too  often.  operates  in  peace  as  well  as  during, wars,  hot  or  cold.  It  It  would be  best for many hands  to  trict's  Training  School  Program  means having  good  ships and  trained  men functioning at  all  wise  up  and  not  go  around  half­ should  be  good  news  all  around.  times, not  just in fits  and spiurts.  It's up to Congress to  take  cocked,  making  the  trip  miserable  Of  particular  interest  is  the  fact  the necessary  steps  to  produce the kind  of  legislation  which  for  some  Just  so  they  can  take  it  that those  of  our members who  are  will have constructive effects on the maritime industry.  easy.  seeking  the  know­how  to  obtain  T HE  UNION'S  CURRENT  agreements expire  this year—  on  Sept.  30.  However,  the  Union  will  present  its  new  demands  to  the  operators  sometime  aroimd  August  1  and  negotiations  should  be  underway  shortly  thereafter.  ­While  no  definite  demands  have  been  decided  upon  at  this  early  upgrading  now  can  have  the  When  most  of  the  feUows  are  date,  the  Union  is  determined  to  benefits  of  competent  instruction  working to  secure  gear for  sea and  at  our new  Headquarters  building.  keep  SIU  contracts  the  best  in  the  bosun  is  busy  working  else­ This  development  comes  as  the  the  industry.  Our  contracts,  in  The  workings  of  a  huge  and  complex  chunk  of  govern­ where  and  a  result  of  considerable  planning.  fact,  are  widely  acknowledged  as  mental  machinery  are  sometimes  hard  for  an  individual  to  brother  asks  you  The  deck  department  training  the  tops  in  maritime.  In  this  connection,  the  Union  fathom.  When the seaman files for  his validated  papers with  to  give  him  a  courses  have  already  gotten  un­ is  anxious  to  hear  from  crewmem­ the Coast Guard, his application is swallowed  up in the maze  hand  pulling  a  derway  in  the  Headquarters  class­ bers  in  the  three  departments  of  governmental  apparatus, to  emerge some  time  later  with  rooms.  Classroom  work  and  lec­ line,  don't  give  suggestions  for  contract  timprove­ *'0K" or "Reject"  on it.  It is imderstandable  then,  that sea­ him  a. hard  time.  tures  will  be  supplemented  by  in­ ments.  They,  of  course,  should  'men approach  the process  with considerable misgivings.  When  you  give  struction  under  actual  working  be  reasonable  and  practicable  sug­ him  a  nasty  an­ conditions  aboard  vessels  of  our  gestions.  Mail  them  to  the  Secre­ Consequently it is our  pleasant duty  to r^sport  that  within  swer and tell him  contracted  operators  at  piers  close  tary­Treasurer's  Office,  SIU  Atlan­ the limits of  the law, the appeals system, as set  up by execu­ he's  not  the  bos­ by  our  Brooklyn  headquarters.  tic  and  Gulf  District,  675. Fourtt  tive order  of  the President,  offers  every  break  possible  to  a  un,  so  where  The  stewards  department  train­ Ave.,  Brooklyn  32,  N.  Y.  Santiago  seaman  denied  security  clearance.  The  local  appeals  board  does  he come  off  ing  program,  which  will  start  Incidentally,  fresh  copies  of  our  setup  is a  civilian  operation  entirely,  with  your  Union  par­ telling  you  what  to do,  you're  just  shortly.  Will  also  offer  to  our  ticipating fully  in  the program.  Representatives  of  the SlU  fouling  up  the  whole  set­up  for  Union  brothers  Excellent  facilities  current  contracts,  including  the  are  serving  on  the  lo<^  appeals  board  panels  all  over  the  everybody.  for  acquiring«  additional  knowl­ amendments  won  by  the  SIU  in  the  contract  reopening  last  fall,  country.  As described in  this issue  of  the LOG,  the appeals  After  all,  he's  just  trying  to  do  edge  of  their  jobs  and  for  obtain­ are  now  being  mailed  to  all  ships.  system  gives  a seaman  the fullest  opportunity  to  clear  him­ a  job and  if  you're  not  busy  at  the  ing  up­grading.  The  full  appara­ Seafarers  should  study  them  and,  tus  of  our first­rate  cafeteria,  gal­ self  of  any  taint  of  subversion.  It  thus  assures him  that  he  time,  it  can't  hurt  you  to give  him  of  course,  work  by  them.  Respect  bakery  and  butcher  shop  will  will  not  be  denied  his  right  to  earn  a  livelihood  because  of  a little help to make the  job easier.  ley,  be  used  by  these  men  to  supple­ for  current  contract  provisions  is  some unsubstantiated, crackpot  accusation, or  because he un­ Some fellows walk  around think­ ment  their  classroom  work.  the surest  way of  winning improve­ wittingly  joined  some  organization  ten  years  ago.  Nobody  ing they're  prima donnas  and  don't  Plans  are  almost  completed  for  ments  in  the  next  negotiations.  relishes  having  to  go  through  these procedures,  but  as  long  know  the  meaning  of  cooperation.  engine department  training classes.  4"  $•   i  as they are  necessary, the appeals  board set­up  makes things  Cooperation  goes  a  long  way  to  This instruction,  too, will  be  facili­,  HE  TRAGIC  SITUATION  make  a  trip  pleasant  for  all  hands  as fair and as pleasant  as possible  for the Seafarer.  surrounding  the  death  of  one  and  it  doesn't  hurt  you  or  anyone  tated  by  on­the­job  techniques  of  our  members  who  left  a  wife  aboard  ship.  else  to  give  your  brother  a  lift  on  and  four  children  recently,  very  a  job,  whether  he's  the  bosun  or  The  SlU's new  training  program  strongly  points up  the Union's  con­ will  prove  of  inestimable  value  an  ordinary  on his first  trip.  hot  only  to  our  Union  brothers  tention  that  one  of  the  most  im­ Give  A  tut  Now  and  then  the  Union  runs  across  an  incident  which  who  are  anxious  to  improve  their  portant  areas ' for  exploration  is  proves again  our  boasts of  an  alert, on­the­ball  membership.  Sure, we  have  to  watch  our con­ shipboard know­how—and  increase  the field  of  welfare.  A story  in  this issue reports  that  thedJnion  was  notified  by  tract  and  do  only  the  work  that  is  their  earning  capacity—^but  it  will  Deprived  of  her  husband's  earn­ power,  the  widow  and  her four  the crew  of  the  Raphael  Semmes  that  a  pool  of  non­union  up  to  us  but  not  giving  somebody  also  have  a  much  broader  effect.  ing  youngsters,  ranging  from  two  to  seamen  (formally known as the Atlantic Side Merchant Sea­ a  lift  in  hauling  a  line  won't  hurt  Our  contracted  operators  will  seven  years  of  age,  faced  eviction  anyone  but  you  and  your  brother  have  access  to  personnel  whose  men's, Pool)  had  been  set  up  in  Panama  with  the  avowed  in the  long  run.  experience  has  been  augmented  at  Christmas  time..  A  dispossess  purpose of  using  the tight  manpower  situation as a  Iqver  to  I  don't  want  to  sound  as  if  a  by  competent,  qualified  instruc­ notice  had  already  been  served.  ­ get  aboard  American  merchant  ships.  bosun's  work  is  the  hardest  thing  tion.  Consequently,  the  operators'  Fortunately,  the  SIU  Welfare  .  The  boys  on  the Raphael  Semmes deserve  high  praise for  on  a  ship,  but  cooperation  among  should  note  an  increase  in  the  op­ Fund's  $2,500  death  benefit  pro­ being  right  on  the  beam  in  sjwtting  this case  and  reporting  all  the  fellows  will  help the  bosun  erating  efficiency  of  their  vessels,  vided  the  timely  and  much­needed  it  to  the  Union.  As  good  Union  men  they  were fully  alert  and all the men  to keep out of  each  which,  it  should  be  said,  already  relief.  Though  not  by  any  means  to the danger implicit in  this kind of  setup.  They know that  other's  way  and  still  get  the work  are  manned  by  extremely,  capa­ solving  the  bereft  family's  prob­ and responsible  seafaring  lem,  the  death  benefit  at  least  the enemies of  the Union can  be found not  only in  the US in  done.  By  the way,  when  1 say  this  ble, alert  men.  wolf  from  the  door.  rm not  speaking of  the Michael  in  the ranks of  shipowners, but  also everywhere  that SIU ships  particular, but  many ships that  I've  All  hands  are  encouraged  to  drove. the  This  is  one  of  the  ever­present  touch port.  That is understandable, too,  because the SIU has  sailed  as  bosun  and  seen  the  same  participate  in  the  Union's  new  problems  which  your  Union  is de­ established  conditions  and  there  will  always  be  those  who  thing, going  on.^  It's  just  time  the  training  program,  which  the  SIU  voting  time  and  effort  to  solve.  will want  to undermine them for  selfish reasons.  So here's a  boys woke up to the dama.ge  they're  is  determined  to  put  on  as  an  The  spectre  of  destitution  must  big  pat  on  the back for  the crew of  the Raphael Semmes, a  doinft  efficient  operating  basis  as:.il;s  not  be allowed .to  plague  our  peo­ .group­ of twidcrawake  Seafai^rs. who  reaf^.­knair ^  scoire.  MaredMag'ItarilafB  various  bther­ facilitiesk  •  • •    ­.  ple >iMid  their  families.  Safeguarding Seawnen  ( Ou­thO'ttaH  t'reiE  �fx­ pn­'".  1  ^  V  ­  Pare Twelve  Friday, January  II, 195S  SEAFARERS  lOG  fi#  mtx­ Down through the years, the SlU has always encouraged  wide  and  direct  membership  participation  in  all  Union  affairs.  This continuing effort is  nowhere better illustrated  than in  the  vigorous emphasis placed on  a  free ballot  for  Union officials.­ One  of  the  few  labor  organizations  holding  elections  every  year, the  SlU  is  often  asked  why. The  operation in­ volved  in  annual  polling—like  any  democratic  proc­ ess—Is  cumbersome  and  heavy  with  safeguands.  But,  as set forth irr the  Union's constitution, procedures for  year­ ly  voting  insure  fairness  to  all and  are  iron­clad  against  fraudulent, handling of each individual ballot.  Once  elected  and  declared  in  office,  the  officials  as­ sume  their  duties  for  a  full  year; however,  they  must  con­ stantly  be  on  their  toes.  Little  more  than  eight  months  after  they  take  office,  the  election  machinery  rolls  into  gear  again.  This  constant  check  wielded  by  the  mem­ bership  through  the  secret  ballot  necessitates  conscien­ tious,  ever­alert officials,  keyed, to  respond  to  the  chang­ ing needs  and,demands of  the  rank'and file.  Nominations  for  office ore  made at all branches  In At­ lantic  and Gulf  ports at  regular meetings  during Septem­ ber.  Any qualified member can nominate himself  as well.  Nominating  statements  must  reach  the  Secretary­Treas­ urer's  office,  as  per  SlU  by­laws,  by  mid­October,  to­ gether  with  a  biographical  sketch  of  100  words  and  a  passport'photo  of  the  norninee.  The  wh'ole js published  and  circulated  via  the  LOG,  the  official  Union  news­ paper, to  familiarize the  members with  the candidates.  General  qualifications  for'office  pfescribed  by  the  constitution  include:  American  'citizenship,  active  SlU  merfibership  in  good  standing  for  two  years,  no previous  rniscohduct whild  employed as a  Union officer^ dn aggre­ gate of  three years sea  service;plus  four months  sea serv­,  ice  for  the  current  year,  the  last  waived­in  the  case  of  •  incumbents.  > V  \  1 A credential committee (above)  com­ •   posed  of  two  members in  each  de­ partment is elected by headquarters mem­ bership  to  determine  whether  nominees  meet  qualifications  required  in  union  by­ laws and prepare official ballot. Candidates  for each office are arranged alphabetically  on  ballot  with  provision  for  write­in  candidates.  .  ,  2 .  Insuring  check  against  fraudulent  •   handling, all  ballots are perforated  With stub numbered in sequence, enabling  a daily  check.  Record must  be kept of  all  numbered  ballots,  forwarded; to  variou^  branches.  Each  ballot  must  be  accounted  for whether properly  used, disqualified, or  blank.  These  safeguards  are  enumerated  in  the Union  constitution.  Balloting  is  secret  (left)»and  con­ •   tinues  each  day  during  November  and, December,  Only  members' in  good  standing may  vote.  By­laws  further  pro­ vide that only ink or indelible pencil  may  be  used  to  mark  ballot.  A  daily  vote  re­ port is made by committee elected to serve  that day (below)  by checking stubs against  remaining ballot  numbers.  ­  '  3 notarized  by  sig­ nature  and  records  secured  under  4seal • in  All operations are  a  locked  ballot  box.  The  disposi­ xtion  of  each  ballot,  as  required  constitu­ tionally, is  reported  at each  branch  meet­ ing during the.polling period.  At  the con­ clusion  of  the ^60­day  voting  pdriod, tally­ ing committees are elected at each  branch  meeting  to  check  ballots  and  record 'out­ port count for each candidate.  These find­ ings  are  forwarded  under  seal  by  regis­ tered inail to headquarters where a similar  imit  is chosen  to  recheck  branch  reports,  Tallying  committee  (above)  is  chosen 1^ .  yqte, at  headquarters  meeting  follqwmg;  . ^ectiph P?Ti6(^  �Friday, Jannaty 11,19St  Pace Tbfrteea  SEAFARERS  LOG  / m ACTION  J  The  elected  headquarters  tallying  • >   committee  is  responsible  for  a  re­ port  showing  the  number  of  ballots  cast,  the votes received by each candidate at all  branches, plus the  total number  of  ballots  and  votes  and  the  disposition  of  same  if  disqualified  for  any  reason.  Ballots  from  each  outport  are  kept  separate  as  are  all  tally  sheets.  Constitutionally,  all  ballots  must  be  kept  for  3  months  after  election  to allow inspection at any time.  The ballot  box  is  opened  (right)  for  first  count  by  headquarters tallying unit  and  procedures  expljained  (far  right)  by  headquarters  staffer  for  making  ­count  and  checking  against  misuse  of  ballots.  Sealed  package  nf  ballots from outports (below)  is opened  by two committeemen.  5 Headquarters  tallying  unit  begins  •   work of  checking stubs against bal­ lots^  cast  (right)  to  insure  numerical  sequence  has  been  followed  and  that  no  unofficial ballots have been used. Working  in teams of  two, committee mem.bers make  canvass of  votes cast  (below, left) for each  candidate.  As  further  safeguard  against  mishandling  of  ballots,  the committee  re­ checks  votes  and  correlates  tally  sheets  (below).  Where  the choice  of  a  voter for  any Office  cannot be determined with  cer­ tainty,  the  vote  for  that  office  is .not  counted.  This  may  arise  in  a  case  where  a  inember  voted  for  more  than  the  des­ ignated number of  candidates to be elected  to  a  particular  office.and .his  preferences  cannot  be  fairly  ascertained.  6 •  1­.^.  >s..  'The  candidate  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  for  each  office  is  declared  elected  and  assumes  office  within  30  days.  If  no • candidate  meets  this  requirement,  the  office  is  declared  vacant  and  is  filled  by  appointment  of  the  secretary­treasurer  until an  election  can be held.  The  membership  is  constitutionally  given  power  of  suspension  and  recall  over  all  officials  in  the  event  proper charges  against  him  are upheld  by  a  membership  meeting.  the  workability  of  thb  entire  process  is  con­ clusively  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  no  SlU  election  has  ever  been  challenged  or  a  recount  de'manded.  Thus,  annual  elections,  cumbersome  qs  they  ore,  have  proven  their  merit  time  and  time again.  Moreover,  the men are  constantly being urged  to . run.  The  infusion  of  new  blood  via  yearly  balloting  has  helped  immensely  in  the  stride  toward  broader  benefits  for  the  membership.  Proper  use  of  a  free ballot  can never  be over­ emphasized,  nor  can  the  power  of  the  rank  and  file  be  underrated.  The  freedom  of  choice  en­ visaged  by annual  elections is  the cornerstone  of  the  democratic  prpcess.  ..­'M  �Fare Feurleea  1#;;  m'  SBArAnERS  Loa  n.  VMmf,  Names  Of  Sebmen Cited  Complete  A&G Election Tally  For Wartime Gallantry  In Annual  Voting For  Officials  ­  4  The  following men,  whose  names  are­listed  below are eli­ (Continued from page 7)  •   gible  for  World  War  II  citations  but  have  not  yet  obtained  Boa  NT  Phi  Bal  Nor  SaT  Tarn  Mob  No  OalT  SF  WU  Sea  Total  them.  Men  whose  names are on  the list  should  get  in  touch  Baltimore  Deck  Patrolman  with  the  Maritime  Adminis­f  L.  Johnson,  lOfr..  96  1290  217  661  165  89  100  383  855  128  63  80  40  4167*  Stephen  Hopkine;  Price.  Carl  W.,  Marcus  tration,  U.  S.  Department  of  Daly;  20  218  11  15  8  7  3  75  121  Pujol,  Anthony,  Marcus  Daly; Bako­ No  Votes  3  1  7  1  488  Commerce,  Washington  25,  vickt,  John.R.,  Adoniram  Judson;  Reed,  Voids  0  14  0  3  0  0  0  '  0  0  1  1  0  0  19  Aubray  D.,  Marcus  Daly.  D. C. for their awards.  (Story  Reedman,  Joseph,  Nathaniel  Greene;  Write­ins  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  on page  2.)  Sub­Total  116  1521  229  679  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  87  41  4676  Reese,­August,  Stephen  Hopkins;  Roches­ ter,  Elvy  L.,  William  Moultrie;  Romero.  The  following  men  have  been  Leonardo  L.  (deceased),  Stephen  HopMnsz  • warded the  gallant  ship  citation  Rottman,  Thomas  J.,  Marcus  Daly:  Rous­ Baltimore  Enrine  Patrolman  sella,  Joseph  L.  G..  Adoniram  Judson:  A.  Stansbury,4683  89  1270  216  665  ribbon tar, awarded to officers  and^  Rupinski.  Stephen.  Virginia  Dare:  Sarra­ 27  237  13  12  seamen  who  served  during  World  zin,  H., Stanvac  Calcutta: Sca'mbler,  Percy  No  Votes  0  13  A.,  Marcus  Daly: Schad:  Wallace  M.,  Ado­ Voids  0  2  War  II  on  a  ship  which,  at  the  niram  Judson.  Write  Ins  0  1  0  0  time  of  such  service, was  cited for  Scott,  Malcolm  Boice,  Nathaniel  Greene;  Sub­Total  116  1521  229  079  Luigi, Samuel  Parker:  Sheppard,  gallantry  by  the  Administrator  of  Servidio,  Maurice  G., Virginia  Dare: SHieppard,  Rob­ the  War  Shipping  Administration:  ert  C..  Virginia  Dare:  Simpson,  James  Baltimore Stewards  Patrolman  Thomas.  Nathaniel  Greene:  Smith,  Harry  Addison,  Roy  G..  Marcus  Daly;  Ander­ Sr.,  Nathaniel  Greene;  Smith  W.  P.  Gonsor­ son.  WiUiam  W.,' Virginia  Dare;  Baze­ Levering,  Veatis  C.,  WiUiam  Moultrie;  Steele.  Fred  more. Jred  F..  Virginia  Dare;  Binlcowslti.  A.,  chik,  749  60  1168  170  461  Marcus  Daly:  Stenman.  Justaa  Anton,  Sigmund,  Nathaniel  Greene; Bonafe. Bene,  Nathaniel  48  136  Adoniram  Judson:  Bouchey, Larence, Ado­ Hopkins.  Greene:  Stilson,  Ford,  Stephen  E. V. Smith,  48961  36  188  20  niram  Judson:  Brennen.  James  V.,  Wil­ 154  10  75  Thames,  James .Roy,  Cedar  MUls;  Trif­ liam  Moultrie:  Bryant,  Rnssel  H.,  Cedar  fltt,  0  11  Robert,  Nathaniel  Greene  Voids  i  7  MiUs:  Carlson.  John  W.,  Virginia  Dare;  Tritt, Benton  Euclid  James,  Virginia  Dare;  0  0  .  0  0  Clarke.  Stanvac  Calcutta.  Troches,  Jack  G.  (missing),  Stephen  Hop­ Colin.  Irwine  Richard  (deceased),  Na­ Sub­Total  116  1521  229  679  thaniel  Greene:  Corbett.  William  J.,  AdO'  kins:  Tsiforos,  Gus  E.  (missing),  Stephen  III'  I?s  ' ^'•'•<'•   1,'  .  164  88  100  381  848  128  60  83  38  4130*  9  8  3  77  128  6  4  3  528  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  17  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  87  41  4876  103  71  75  178  769  47  39  45  18  26  48 "146  12  14  25  7  2  229  48  70  0  0  0  0  3  13  1  14  0  0  0  « 0  0  0  0  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  57  30  3228*  26  10  753  4  1  645  ­6  8  50  0  0  0  87  41  4676"  Hopkins:  Tsigonis.  Andrew  B.  (missing),  niram  Judson:  Crawford,  Alvin  R.  (de^  Stephen  Hopkins:  Valdez.  Pedro  (de­ Norfolk Agent  ­ ceased),  Marcus  Daly;  Davidson,  Erving,  ceased),  Stephen  Hopkins;  Vallar,  Edward  Marcus  Daly:  Delorio,  Raymond  V.,  Mar­ Luke,  Nathaniel  Greene;  Van  Nostrand,  C.  Lee,  70  36  333  '  79  180  39  29  41  47  218  10  21  27  10  1070  cus  DaljUb DeLafayette,  William  J.,  Ado­ William  H.,  Nathaniel  Greeme;  Vickers.  B. Rees, 95  61' 957  141  429  131  59  60  179  725  40  38  54  31  29054>  niram  Judson:  Demetriades,  Athanasies  George  A.,  Nathaniel  Greene.  (deceased).  Stephen  Hopkins;  DeShields,  Walker.  R.  J.,  SUnvac  Calcutta:  Webs­ No Votes........  19  217  9  65  3  8  2  228  30  79  8  6  0  674  Jack.  Virginia  Dare: Dickie.  David.  Natha­ ter,  S.,  Nathaniel  Greene;  WU<  Voids  .'  0  14  0  5  0  0  0  4  3  •  1  niel  Greene;  Dougherty,  Joseph  G.,  Vir^  liam, Thomas  0  0  0  27  Floyd  James,  Virginia  Dare;  WU<  ginia  Dare.  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Ralph  C.,  Adoniram  Judson: Yar­ Write Ins  0  Drake.  James  F..  Marcus  Daly:  Dykes,  Uamson,  berry,  Lawrence  W..  Adoniram  Judson  Sub­Total ..... 116  1521  229  679  173  ­96  103v 458  976  130  67  87  41  4676  Marcus  M..  Virginia  Dare: Elliot.  L.,  Stan­ Young,  Earl  H.,  WiUiam  Moultrie;  ZieseL  vac  Calcutta:  Finley,  Gordon  E.,  William  Moultrie:  Folsom.  Gerald  B.,  William  Jean  (missing),  Stephen  Hopkins.  SaTannah Agent  Moultrie;  GaUe,  Larenzo,  Virginia  Dare;  The  following  men  have  been  Galley,  David  Henry,  Nathaniel  Greene:  awarded  the  meritorious  service  E. Tilley,, 75  ,  97  1264  216  633  ­ 162  92  99  382  863  127  62  80  41  4118*  Gelak.  Stanley,  Virginia  Dare:  George,  .  19  241  12  41  8  4  4  76  113  2  4  7  0  531  Harry.  Cedar  Mills: Gianattasio,  Vincenzo,  medal,  which  is  awarded  to  any  No Votes:.......  Voids  0  15  1  5  0  0  Nathaniel  Greene.  0  0  0  1  0  0  23  1  Gibbons.  Robert  Ingyal,  Nathaniel  master,  officer,  or  member  of  the  .Write Ins.  0  0  0  3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  Greene:  Goff,  George fi..  Marcus  Daly;  crew  of  any  United  States ship  oj;  Sub­Total .....  ,  116  1521  229  679  173  96  103  458  976  130 . ­ 67  87  41  4676  Gould,  Delmar  G.,  Marcus  Daly;  Green,  any foreign  ship operated  by  or for  Herman  F.,  Samuel  Parker;  Grupo,  Bias  Japson.  Samuel  Parker:  Hand,  Calvin  the  United. States  Maritime  Com­ Tampa  Arent  Hutcherson.  Nathaniel  Greene:  Handley,  mission  or  the  War  Shipping  Ad­ R.  White.  57.,  Billy  G.,  Marcus  Daly: Harris,  BMward  A.,  90  1283  218  640  167  91  100  383  870  127  65  82  41  4157*  Cedar  MHls:  Hethcoat,  Fred.  Virginia  ministration  during  World  Wair  II  26  228  11  35  6  5  3  75  105  2  5  0  502  1  Dare:  Johnson,  Ernest  L.,  William  Moul­ who  was  commended  by  the  Ad­ Voids  ...  0  10  0  4  0  0  0  0  0  trie.  0  1  0  16  1  Johansson,  Gunnar  Ivar,  Nathaniel  ministrator  for  conduct  or  service  Write  Ins.,  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  Greene:  Johnson,  Paul  A.^  Marcus  Daly;  of  a  meritorious nature,  but  not of  116  1521  229  679  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  87  41  4876  Keenan,  Peter,  Adoniram  Judson;  Koka­ fcis.  Nicholas  George,  Stephen  Hopkins;  such  character  as  would  warrant  Knowles,  H.  (deceased),  Stanvac  Calcutta;  award  of  the Merchant  Marine Dis­ Mobile  Af^nt  '  Kounelis,  Gus  Nick,  Virginia  Dare:  La­ Monica,  Albert,  Cedar  Mills;  Lanier,  tinguished  Service  Medal;  C.  Tanner,  44  91  1296  220  647  165  ­  94  100  454  930  129  64  81  41  4312*  Henry,  Virginia  Dare;  Lawton,  Vincent'  Aratt.  Genara  C..  Melville  E.  Stone;  No  Votes  25  212  9  30  8  2 '  3  4  46  0  2  6  0  347  Paul,  Samuel  Parker;  Lowe,  Herbert  Ed­ Atkinson,  P.  W..  Mormacwren:  Baler,  ward  (deceased),  Stephen  Hopkins.  0  12  0^2  ­0  0  0  Charles,  WiUiam  T.  Coleman:  Berkowitz,  Voids  0  1  0  1  0  0  16  Madsen.  Rasmus, Virginia  Dare; Makrea,  Morris  (deceased).  President  Grant:  Bry­ 0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  ­6  I  Nick  (missing),  Stephen  Hopkins:  Maly,  ant.  RusseU  H..  Cedar  MUls;  Byl,  Adrian  Write  Ins  Sub­Total  ..... 116  1521  229  679­  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  87  41  4678  Fred  L.,  Cedar  Mills:  Martella,  Francis  J.,  C.,  Brooklield: Caneda,  Santiago  A.,  Bush­ Adoniram  Judson:  Maslany,  Frank,  Wil­ rod  Washington:  Champagne,  J.  (de  liam  Moultrie;  Mattiesen.  Richard  (de­ ceased),  Stanvac  Calcutta;  Chapman,  Mobile Joint Patfotman  ceased).  Marcus  Daly: .  Miller,  Jesse  C.,  George.  Saint  Mihiei:  Chapponi,  Robert  Virginia  Dare:  Moore,  Donald  W.,  Cedar  W..  Juan  CabnUo.  R. Jordan, 71  61  908  190  537  138  77  100  311  801.  106  52  61  38  3380*  Mills;  Moore,  Kenneth  Bud,  Nathaniel  Chung.  Alfred.  Ruth  Alexander:  Ciegg,  G. Kimbrel, 45925  30  428  64  151  26  ­11  3  11  177  1  14  23  5  954  Greene:  Nelson.  Oscar,  Nathaniel  Greene.  Harold.  Lyman  Abbott; Cox,  Ralph  S., Ed­ .  70  845  184  505  144  86  100  311  804  106  49  64  39  3307*  Ohman.  Werner, W.,  Adonii^am  Judson:  ward  P.  Costigan:  Dalmasse,  James  R.  Wm. Morris, 264  Orr,  Daniel  J.,  Adoniram  Judson:  Padr  Brookfield:  Danielson,  Alfred  T..  Juan  de  No Votes....  71  834  20  160  38  18  3  280  154  34  13  26  0  1651  dock.  John  H.,  Adoniram  Judson;..  Pa­ Fuca:  Davidson.  Fritz  E.,  Kate  Douglas  0  25  0  5  0  0  0  3  16  quette,  William  A.,  Adoniram  Judson;  Wiggin:  Delong.  Alvin  Eugene.  Stanvac  Voids  3  6  0  0  58  Parks,  William  Roy,  Nathaniel  Greene;  Calcutta:  Dickinson,  Robert  E.,  Kittan­ Write Ins  0  2  0  0  0  ­ 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  ,2  Phelph,'  Allwyn  Davenport  (missing).  ning:  Dodd.  Claude  R.,  Harper's  Ferry;.  Sub­Total ..... 232  3042  458  1358  346  192  206  916 1952  260  134  174  83 9352  Drevas.  Peter,  Matt  W.  Ransom.  Farrow.  Ednest.  MobUoU;  Fernholr.  Al­ bert  F..  John  S.  Copley;  Fetter.  WUUam,  New Orleans Aseni  Juan  de  Fuca;  Fleming,  Thomas  H.i  Ar­ thur  Sewall;  Fox.  Charles  G..  Bushrod  L. Williams, 21550  93  1282  224  645  167  89  101  450  935  ­129  62  81  41  4299*  Washington;  Gardner.  Edward.  Schpharle;  No  Votes......:.  23  224  5  30  6  2  8  41  L  4  6  0  358  Gillis.  Joseph  R..  Schoharie;  Godfrey,  Ra­ 0  15  0  4  0  0  0  leigh  (deceased),  CapiUo:  Graham,  Wal­ Voids  0  0  0  1  0  0.  20  ter  F..­  Solomon  Juneau;  Gresham,  Otis  Write  Ins..  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0 • 0    0  0  0  0  1  E.,  Mathew  P.  Deady.  Sub­Total  116  1521  229  679  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  87  41  4678  Harrington.  James  (deceased).  Ruth  Alexander;  Harvie.  Alan  Lewis,  Honomu:  Heath,  Philip  (deceased),  Stanvac  Cal­ New  Orleans Deck  Patrolman  cutta:  Hensley.  Everette,  Bushrod  Wash­ ington:  Herbert,  John  T.,  James  W.  Mar­ L.  Clarke,  23062.  91  1211  216  631  167  89  97  379  874  129  61  79  41  4065*  (Continued  fl:om  page  3)  shall:  Holm.  Martin,  Joel  R.  Poinsett:  No  Votes  25  293  13  49  6  7  6  79  100  0  5  8  0 •  587  Holten.  Pat  (deceased),  CapiUo:  Hunnie­ John  Drake,,,first  assistant  engi­ 0  15  cutt,  Laurens  W..  John  Howard  Payne:  Voids  0  3  0  ^0  0  0  0  1  0  0  20  I  neer of  the stricken vessel, told  the  Ing,  Albert.  President  Grant:  Jorgensen,  Write  Ins.........  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  4  LOG  this  week,  "The  only  thing  Laurence.  Clevedoii.  Sub­Total  116,. 1521  229  679  173  96  103  458  976  130  6^  87  41  4678  Kacocha.  Charles  Albert.  Juan  CabrUlo;  that  probably  saved  the ship  from  Lanes.  Sol  Sehg,  Francis  C.  Harrington;  going  undfT was  the  cargo  of  pig  Larsen,  K.  (deceased),  Stanvac  Calcutta;  New Orleans Eneine Patrolman  James  E..  Anson  Burllngame;  iron  she  carried,  which  shifted  in  Lawson,  Lewis.  Wallace  N..  Schohtfrie:  LiU,  Ralph  C.J.Stephens,  76 .  93  1226  218  641  169  90  383  933  127  62  80  41  4161*  the course of  the storm and formed  M.,  Jr.,  Benjamin  Holt;  McAlister,  Louie  No  Votes  23  277 ,  11  35  '  4  6  5  75  42  2  4  7  0  491  Wales,  Jeremiah  M.  Daily;  McCarthy,  • second keeL"    Thomas  Francis,  John  C.  Calhoun;  Mc­ Voids  0  16  0  3  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  21  Reviewing  the  course  of  events,  Cord,  M.  D., Irving  M.  Scott:  Manice,  Ar­ Write  Ins........  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Drake  said  that  the  Flying  Enter­ thur  James.  Knute  Rockne.  Sub­Total  ..... 116  1521  229  679  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  87  41  4676  ­  Matkowski.  Emilian.  Yellow  Tavern:  prise  suffered  a  steady  battering  Mazonson,  Morris.  Fort  Moultrie:  Meis­ ner,  Walter  P..  Edwin  T.  Meredith;  MU­ New  Orleans.  S tewards  Patrolman  .  for  three  to  four  days  prior  to the  Jack  Arthur.  Samuel  Parker;  Mur­ time  she  was  abandoned.  She  was  som.  99  232  53  23  9  20  185  IS  29  35  13  1355  phy.  John  E.,  President  FiUmofe:  Oben­ A.W.Gowder,36884  56  585  shain.  G.  P..  James  Buchanan;  Okander,  H.Troxclair,6743.  38  667  120  384  114  66  93  205  763'  40  31  in distress  on  Friday, December  28  43  28  2592*  Nelson  W.  (deceased).  Stanvac  Calcutta;  when  the Southland came up  about  OUver,  Robert  R..  Lebaron  Russel  Briggs;  No  Votes.  22  247  10  60  6  7  1  231  21  73  3  9  0  690  Parker.  James  F..  David  F.  Barry:  Par­ Voids  5:30  in  the  afternoon.  ......  0  22  0  3  0  0  0  2  7  1  4  0  0  39  George  Robert,  Gus  W.  Darnell.  On  Saturday  morning.  Captain  sons.  0  0­ 0  0  0  0  0  0  9  0  0  0  0  Powell.  Hamilton.  Sea  Sturgeon:  Reed,  Write  Ins—...».  0  Carlsen  gave  the  "abandon  ship"  • L. Stanvac  Calcutta:  Risk,  James  L..  City  Sub­Total  ..... 116  1521  229  679  173  96  103  458  976  130  67  87  41  4676  of  Omaha: Romero.  Angel.  Bushrod 'Wash­ order. Each  of  the first  seven crew­ ington:  Rounds.  Allen  (deceased),  CapiUo;  Galveston Agent  members  went  into  the  water with  Rusk,  Frederick  H..  Kate  Douglas  Wiggin;  Ryan.  Joe.  Harper's  Ferry;  Sarrazln,  J.,  K. Alsop, 7311...  93  1219  220  641  166  89  100  379  857  129  62  79  .41  4075*  one passenger  apiece, the BME  en­ Stanvac  Calcutta;  Seymour,  Charles,  Un­ No Votes­......,.  23  284  9  35  7  7  3  79  119  0  4  8  0  578  gineers  being  in  the first  batch.  known:  Sbipman.  Calvin  G.,  Tachira.  0  16  0  3  0  6  Smithers,  George  W.,  Coast  Farmer:  Voids  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  21  The Southland  put  out  a  boat  and  Sorenson.  Selmer  T.,  Clevedon;  Styles,  Write Ins  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  *2  picked  up  this group  of  14  people,  Julius,  Schoharie:  Sullivan.  Charles  E.,  Sub­Total ......  116  1521  229  679  173  96  .103  Honoluian;  Thames.  James  R.,  Cedar  976  130  67  87  41  4676  plus  one  other  crewmembm­, after  Mills:  Tolliver,  George  L.,  ^hoharie:  they  had  been  in  the  rough  water  Truiett,  Fritz.  James  Buchanan:  Valentin,  Galveston Joint Patrolman  Mariano,  Francis  C.  Harrington;  Verhey,  about  15  minutes.  77  218  8b8  56  : 48  51  34^ 3102*  Dick, Unknown:  Neison,  A.  V/.  (deceased),  C. EimbaU, 52...  63  906  161  451  130  "Considering the weather  condi­ Jordan  Valiey.  M. Shipley, 36213  31  356  51  191  31  12  :''4: 7  123  2  15  29  7  Walker.  WUlie  E..  Schoharie:  Warner,  tions," he concluded, "it was a  mir­ John  Edwin,  Bushrod  Washington;  WMt­ No Votes.:......  21  242  17  35  12 V  T:  'tt 231  37  71  0  7  0  680  acle  that  the  Southland  and  t}ie  torn,  Roland, Esso  Little  Rock:  Wood, Krt­ Voids  .....i.k..  0  18  0  2  0  Z­\:  1  4  0  0  33  itransport  were  able  to  pick  all  of  sey,  Castillo;  Worthington,  R.  P.,  James  Write  Ins....,.y,i : T  :  <1  SS Southland  Rescues Crew  Of  Enterprise  6  a  '^• upRlive.­^­*  ' ^  m  t  0  Sub­Total .116  153d  (T  mr  98  103  W 978  130  M  0  07  6  2  41  4678  *  �Friday. Jaiaanr 11, !• «  Taee Fifteea  SEAFARERS  LOG  /­J  F LAS B B AS  When  old  seamen  get  together  the taHc  will, on  occasion,  turn to  how it was "when I first went  to sea."  Memories of  the bitter  old days  have a strong attraction, so from time to  time  the  LOG  will  reprint  old  photographs  such  as  these  which  catch  a  good  deal  of  the flavor  of  how  things  were.  We will  try to show how seamen worked  and lived, as well  as  picturing  the ships  they  worked  on.  But  ships  will  be  secondary  to  the  men  whose  work,  too  often  overlooked,  helped  build our great industrial  civilization.  Steamboats were used in the early 1800's, but the sail hung  on stubbornly for a century more.  Experienced sailors knew  better than  to trust the temperamental steam engine to bear  them  safely  to  port.  Engines could  (and  did)  break  down  with  unhappy frequency.  A ship  without  sail  in  those cir­ cumstances was at the mercy  of  the seas.  So for  many  years, a  strange hybrid  rode  the ocean,  half  sail and  half steam.  When no  breeze stirred, the ship would  depend on  its engines.  But if  a favoring wUid  sprang up, or  the engines became troublesome, the sails would be unfurled.  The change  was  not  necessarily  an  imjgrovement  for  sea­ men.  Stoking  the fires  was  a  man­killing  job.  Coal  made  ships  and  men  dirty,  hot  and  uncomfortable.  And  before  unions came, the bucko skipper and the ham­fisted  mate still  ruled uncontested.  A seaman's life on  the coal burner could  be  just  as  hard as under sail.  Slushing the  bowsprit, crewmembers  of  a  sailing  vessel  carefully  go  over  the  rigging,  before  their  ship  leaves  New  York's  South  Street  for  the  long  voyage  to.China.  Deep  down  in  the  hold,  seamen  (above)  relax  in  the foc'sle as best they can.  Note  the  traditional  "tin  cup"  on  the  right.  Laun­ dry  and  possessions  hang  off  pieces of string. Seamen  sit  on  their  beds  or  the  floor, as chairs are a luxury.  Mealtime  was in  the foc'sle  on  a  dirty, littered  wooden  table.  The men  help  themselves out  of  a  common  pot.  Fresh  water  (right)  is  rationed  severely.  With  hardly  enough  to  go  round,  these seamen  pool  a  little  of  their  precious  reserve  to  do  their  laun­ dry in a common tub. The  tight  water  supply  was  especially  tough  on  the  black  gang.  Old  Photographs Wanted  The LOG  is interested  in collecting, and printing  more  photographs of  this  type  showing  what  the sea  was like  in  the  old  days.  AH  you  oldtimers  who  have  any  old  mementos,  photographs  of  shipboard  life,  pictures  of  ships, drawings,  or  anything else  that  would  be interest­ ing to  your brother Seafarers, send them in  to the LOG.  !We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you.  *  ^  ^  *74­1  i'"­­i V­  • •   n­ t,  »  ^ •   "»  '• •   V­­­''''• ',  H..  �Pac* Slxtem  SEAFAREttS  LOG  VMiar. Attwity 11. IMt  StU  Ship Rams  French Coast;  Pleat In Deck  No New Vogue  That  Governors  Island  in  New  That  one  of  the  best­known  York  harbor  south  of  the  Battery  houses  in  the world.  No. 10  Down­ (The  account  below, in his  own words, is  from a crew member of  the SS James B. Rich­ was the  home of  Wouter van  Twil­ ing  St..  home  and  office  of  the  ler,  second  director  of  New  Neth­ British  prime  minister, i bears  the  ardson  (Alcoa)  which ran  aground  within sight  Of  Cherbourg, France, on Dec.  16  with con­ erlands  (1637­38)?  In  1698  it  was  name  of  an  American?  George  siderable  damage to the vessel.  After a  week  of  pounding, the  ship  was  towed  three  miles  set  aside  for  the  benefit  of  "His  Downing, son  of  one of  the earliest  into  port  Dec. 23, discharged  the  remainder  of  her cargo  and  has since  gone into drydock. No  Majesty's  Governors,"  and  for  this  settlers  of  Massachusetts,  became  reason is called  Governors, without  a  successful  bhsinessman  in  Lon­ injuries were  suffered.—Ed.)  an  article  or  apostrophe.  don  and  Downing  Street  waS'  named for him.  One  jolly morning Frenchy  Auger, Red  Gargas and myself  shipped aboard  the good ship  4"  t  J. B. Richardson.  The ship  was held  up awaiting an  engineer,  which  started  us  off  with  a  That a  pretty  accurate  guide for  4  4  4  forecasting the weather  by yourself  That  you  can't  fold  a  piece  of  •   loused­up sailing.  is  by  observing  changes  in  the  paper across  the middle  more  than  After  a  rough  trip  across  the  wind's  direction?  If  the jchange  is  seven times?  The size  of  the paper  North  Atlantic,  we  hit  the  English  in a  clockwise direction, the  weath­ makes  no  difference;  it  works  with  Channel on  a  Saturday night.  Sun­ er  will  improve.  If  it's  counter­ a  newspaper  page  or  a  postage  day  morning  the  crew  was  spruc­ clockwise,  keep  your  slickers  stamp.  ing  up  and  looking  forward  to  a  handy!  4  4  4  gay  time  in  France,  with  Cher­ 4  4  4  That  the  love  of  smoked  meat  bourg our first  port.  That  the expression "someone is  was why  the pirates of  the Spanish  About  eight  I  started  on  watch,  not  worth  his salt" stems  from an­ Main were dubbed buccaneers?  The  and  the deck  gang was  at its  usual  cient  times,  when  every  Roman  word  "buccaneer"  was  derived  task  of  raising gear.  About  coffee  soldier going  to the wars  was  pro­ from  the  French  "boucaner,"  .time  I  relieved  the  wheel.  Good  vided  with  a  bag  of  salt  or  a spe­ meaning  to smoke  meat on a bucari,  old  "Coastwise"  Jones  was  on  cial  sum  of  money  for  its  pur­ a  grill  for  drying  and  smoking  lookout.  chase?  This stipend  was  called  the  meat.  About  10:45  A.M.  all  hell  broke  soldier's  salarium.  The  modern  4  4  4  loose.  Brothers, hell  might  be  be­ English  word  salary  also  springs  That  the  pastime  of  kicking  a  low,  but  we  were  sky­high.  When  from  this  practice.  ball  around  goes  back  beyond  the  the mist finally rose, we were shak­ limits  of  recorded  history?  There  4  4  4  ing  hands  with  the  Frenchmen  on  That  when  the  Georgia  Federa­ was  a  sort  of  football  played  by  the beach, who  were digjging clams.  tion of  Labor's wartime  bond drive  Athenians,  Spartans  and  Corinth­ ,  This  was  only  the  beginning,  went  over  the top  and  two  Liberty  ians  2,500  years  ago  called  "epis­ however.  ships were named  for AFL leaders.  kuros."  Most  likely  the  gridiron  Like  vultures  a  bunch  of  sal­ Seafarers  crewpd  them  up  right  sport  we  know  today  goes  back  vage  tugs  tore  down  on  us  next  Neatly  pleated  fold  in  deck  of  Richardson  shows  part of  damage  out  of  the Savannah  hall?  only  as far as  English  rugby.  morning at  high tide,  trying to tow  after .she  ran  aground.  Engineer  Allan  Sarg  is  taking  soundings.  us  off  the  rocks.  The  seven  of  them  represented  four  different  were dirty.  We thought of  a poem,  gan  as  they  began  to  dump  our  countries.  After six fruitless  hours  "The  Rime  of  the  Ancient  Mar­ cargo overboard.  But the ship  had  they gave it  up.  iner,"  about  "water,  water,  every­ already  broken  her  back.  Two­thirty  that  afternoon  where,  and  not  a  drop  to  drink."  It is  really nefrve  wracking  wait­ Frenchy  was  on  the  bow  working,  All  we  could  do  was  sit  and  wait.  ing so close  to shore without  leave.  when  suddenly  things  began  to  Lifeboats  were  readied  in  case  of  The  whole  crew  feels  for  the  happen  again.  'After the  shock  he  emergency. The  ship  was  expected  skipper,  Carl  Shutz,  who  was  one  realized  that  the  ship  was  break­ to  break  all  the  way  in  half  any­ hell  of  a  good  Joe.  The  bottom,  ing  up,  and  he  made  a  mad  dash  time.  Sleep  was  impossible.  The  steering  gear,  rudder,  screw  and  for  the  midship  house  to  warn  the  big  hope  was  that  the  weather  all  the  holds  are  badly  damaged.  crewmen  who  were  asleep.  Deck  wouldn't  worsen.  We  are  all  hoping  thibgs  better  engineer Allan Sarg,  taking sound­ Towards  morning  things  began  themselves  before  long.  The  sal­ ings at  the time, found  he was sud­ to  brighten  up,  as  the  weather  did  vage  crew  is  working  like  mad  to  denly  rising  skyward.  He  stood  hold  up.  A  salvage  crew  came  save  the  ship.  there  for  a  minute  frozen  stiff,  aboard  and  a  major  operation  be­ Bob Garrod  then  broke  all  track  records  run­ ning  for  the  midship  house.  (Up  to  this  point,  I  had  been  catching  a  little  sack  time.)  All  of  a  sudden  the  ship  gave  a  lurch and  there was  a loud crash.  A  hell  of  a  turmoil  broke  loose.  I  made  a  dash  for  my  lifejacket  and  headed  for  the  door.  When  I  hit  Of  all  the  dances  that  the  slaves  brought  from  Africa—.  the  passageway,  a  scramble  had  war, hunting, sexual and marriage ritual, funeral and religious  started  among  the  crew.  Saloon  rites—dances that  accompanied every  important act  or occa­ messman  Willie  White  streaked  past  me  headed  for  the  deck  aft  sion  of  tribal  life,  it  was"*  .tishistic  dance  of  the  them  practiced  long  before  they  In  his  shorts  and  carrying  a  suit­ the  '  case  and  lifejacket.  Macumbas  that  exercised  the  gained  popularity in  the States.  Only  one  thought  bothered  this  The  Samba  in  Rio,  Bahia  and  crew,  and  that  was  how  to  get  off  greatest  force  in  Brazil.  As  tne ^uizomba  of  the  Ango­ Pernambuco  was  known  under  at  the ship?  But, assured  by the cap­ tain  that  there  was  no  immediate  lians or  Batuque  of  other  tribes, it  least 16 other names in other  parts  danger, the men stood by. The ship  was  the  forerunner  of  the  Samba  of  the  country.  And  since  any  was almost  cracked in  two and  the  that  is  sweeping  the  world  as  a  number  of  dancers  could  join  the  evening tide  was coming  up.  Tokohama  hit  parade  favorites—the  Melody  Sisters'  Trio  Supper that  evening was  a mess.  popular  dance  today.  Many  crew­ circle  and  dance for  hours on  end,  while one individual  at a  time took  There  was  no  water  and  dishes  men  off  the  Delta  Line  ships  saw  Yokahoma,  because  of  the  many  seamen  and  GI's  passing  the  center  to  demonstrate  his  through, is  one of  the closest  cities in  appearance  to  any  big  particular artistry, it was admirably  stateside  metropolis  you  can  name.  The  local  citizenry  has  Make Yule  Sick Call Cheerier  suited  for  all  occasions.  endeavored  to  please  their^t  Sometimes the man  dancing solo  American  trade in every  way.  The  USS  building  offers  a  res­ would  challenge  a  woman,  or  a  taurant,  souvenir  shop,  bar  and  woman  a  man.  Then,  surrounded  The  Bessemer  Victory  crewmen  cocktail  lounge,  barber shop,  hotel  by the dancing,  shouting, stamping  considered  it  rare  fortune  to  turn  accommodations,  photos,  money  circle, they  woifld  stage  a  dancing  up  in  town  after  a  run  to  Korea  exchange,  shoe  shine  and  post  of­ duel.  just  on  Christmas  Day  because Jt's  fice among  other flourishing  enter­ Meeting  European  and  Indian  a good  place to  be for the holidays.  prises.  No  Waldorf  Astoria,  of  dances  in  Brazil,  the  Samba  ac­ One  of  the  bright  spots for  Sea­ course,  but  a  pleasant  spot  to  be  quired  other  characteristics,  grad­ farers  were  the  attractions  of  the  when  you're  10,000  miles  from  ually  becoming  generalized  and  USS club  which offers  many enter­ home.  simplified.  But  though  it  lost  its  taining and  recreation facilities for  Here  since  1947  is  L.  W. 'Sned­ primitive aspect, it always  retained  travelers  through  the  port.  aker  and  his  wife,  who  were  for­ its African  rhythms.  A  highlight  was  the  appearance  merly  with  the" USS  in  Kobe,  and  With  the Negroes  from  the vari­ of  the  Melody  Sisters,  an  aggre­ they  really  give  the  men  a  good  ous colonies about Rio, it descended  gation  of  six  girls,  who  feature  deal,  visiting  many  in  the  hospi­ to  the  Praca  de  Junio  during  Hawaiian  music  and  are  rated  tals  and  providing  similar  kind­ carnival  for  the  three­day  festival  among the  top  entertainers in  that  nesses  otherwise  unavailable.  the  Negroes  hold  there.  Thus,  as  field.  New  Year's  was  a  lot  like  The  beauty  of  it  all  is  that  all  native  and  urban  civilizations  home at any nightspot.  Their most  are treated alike with  no favors for  mingled,  the  dance lost  more  aii0  solicited  number  is  the  "Japanese  licensed  men as against  unlicensed  more  of  its  character  as . a  tribal  Rhumba,"  which  is  probably  a  personnel.  And  nobody  presses  dance  and  began  to  be  stylized  as  leader  in  the  local  hit  parade.  you  to  buy  lots  of  liquor,  food  or  Trio of  hdspitalized  Seafarers  at  Savannah  USPHS  happily waves  we  know it  on  the  ballroom floors  There's also  a  male musical  group,  the  other  sidelines  customary  in  925  sick  benefit  bonus  after  getting  it  Christmas.  Pictured  of  today.  the Gambollers,  which  provides  a  other  spots.  •  ­ tt­r): fl.  S. Neidljai^r, John TravagUni, and E­ L. Hodges..  >  "Mar­Log"  good, variation of  American, ttmesi  Luis A,  Ramlre*';'  7  ».  v'i (i  ­ri/.U,  ixieii i  Yokohama's Melody Girls  Help Chime In Crew's '52  Samba? An Old Ritiial  To Delta Line Crews  S,  ;S'..17v..  �Del Siidders Nine Wins;  LOG­A'RHYTHMS:  Credo  Now Tops Caucho League  By  Jimmie  C,  Arnold  ("I  must  confess  my  hands  are  more  accustomed  to  a  marlinspike  and  a  paintbrush  than  a  typewrit­ er," Brother  Arnold  notes with  ap­ parent  misgivings.  We  think  his  poem  exceeds  his  expectations.—  Ed.)  Back  again  'tween  sky  and  sea  Where  always  I  long  to  be,'  Solitude like the  rarest  wine  Creeping  through  these  veins  of  mine.  ­ By  SEAFARERS  LOG  Photo  Editor  Next  to  the  pin­hole  camera  that  can  be  made  with  cardboard,  a  razor  or  a  pin,  the  box  camera  is  the  simplest  to  operate  and  get  ex­ cellent  photos.  Get  one  whose  film  size  makes  a  sizeable  negative.  If  you  are  trying  to  save  aoney  there's  no  point  in  getting  a  35mm  job  and  spend  a  fortune  making  enlargements so  that  you  can  see  what  you've  taken.  Stay  away  from  anything  that  gives  you  a  negative  smaller  than  2VAX2V4  inched unless you  have  the  money  to  blow  up  each  nega;  tive.  If  the  camera  takes  other  than  a  2V4­inch  square  negative  make  sure  that  it  can  take  both  Horizontal  and  vertical  photos.  This  meajjs  that  it  must  have  two  view  finders,  one  for  the  horizontal  and  one  Sick  of  shore, its worry 'n'  strife  for  the  vertical  view.  Use  the  horizontal  and  longer  side  of  your  My  mistress,  the  soothing  sea,  film  area  for  large  groups  and  views  and  the  narrow  side  for  photos  Restores  my  ebbing  life.  of  individuals  and  small  groups.  Your  negatives  area ­ will  thus  be  utilized  more  efficiently.  Never  may  ships  cease  to  ply  Some  box  cameras  have  means  for  varying  the  opening  in  the  lens.  Those  near­forgotten  trails.  This  is  usually  in  the  form  of  a  small  plate  with  holes  of  different  The  world  is  slowly  passing  by  Where  you  find  simple  pleasures  sizes  in  it.  The  plate can  be  moved  so  that  different  sized  holes  come  before the  lens.  This is  necessary  when  using films of  different speeds  Victorious Del  Sud nine after  rame with  SS Brazil, latest in  strinx  That  never  will  change:  and  under  varying light  conditions.  If  the small  plate  has three  holes,  A cheerful  glass,  friendly  maid  of  .wins  piled  up  by. Delta  line  crew.  The  charming  young  miss  the  largest  is.  usually  marked  f­16,  the  middle  one  is  f­22  and  the  Then back  to sea  again.  in  foreground  is  the' good  luck  charm  of  the  SIU  team.  smallest  is f­32.  Under  average light  conditions  use  the  largest  open­ Buenos  Aires—The  undefeated  add  a  little confusion  by  talking  it  When  my  last  articles  are  broken  ing,  the  middle  one  under  very  bright  conditions,  and  the  smallest  under  brilliant  light  on  water  or  beach  where  reflected  light  is  being  Del  Sud  "Rebels"  baseball  team  up  in  Spanish  to  throw  the '"Reb­ And  stiff  and  cold  I  lie.  added  to the  subject  you  are shooting.  continued  its  winning ways  by  tak­ els"  off,  but  it  was  to  no  avail.  Sew  me  in my  canvas  shroud  If  the camera  is, so constructed  that ­filters can  be  attached, so  much  After the  game, a  large smorgas­ And  gently  lower  me  overside.  ing a determined SS  Brazil (Moore­ Mac)  aggregation  over  the  jumps,  bord  was  set  up,  and  needless  to  Shed  rio  tears  for my base  remains  better.  A  medium  yellow  filter  known  as K­2 is  fine for  general  work.  A  filter's  major  purpose  is  to  absorb  some  of  the  blue  of  the  sky  so  14­9.  Scene  of  the contest  was  the  say,  a  merry  time  was  had  by  all.  Have  a  drink, say  a  toast  that  the  whiteness  of  the  clouds  stand  out  b#tter.  At  some  later  date  plush  Gimnasia  y  Esgrima  Club  at  The  thanks of  both  teams goes  out  If  but  this  I  can  claim  we  will  devote  more  space  to  the  use  of  filters  of  other  colors.  For  Palermo.  to  Alberto  Kaufman  of  the  Gim­ "As he  lived, so  he  died  beginners  the  medium  yellow  will  do  fine.  The "Rebels"  who,  just the week  nasia  y  Esgrima  Club  who  handled  "In  a  seamanlike  manner  "Bolstered  by  a  seaman's  pride."  If  you  can  afford  an  extra  buck  or  so,  it's  a  good  idea  to  have  a  befote  had  edged  the  powerful  all  the  arrangements.  built  in  flash  attachment  in  the  box  camera.  The  flash  gun  does  not  Gimnasia  nine  in  extra  innings,  have  to  be  purchased  immediately.  Master  the  camera, without  any  7­6,  were  off  form  but  managed  to  gadgets  before  you  start to  fool  around  with  flash.  coast  in.  ;  •   Off  to a fast start  by scoring four  Make sure  that  the  camera  has  a  threaded insei't  in  the  body  of  the  markers  in  the  first  inning,  the  box  so  that  the  camera  can  be  mounted  on  a  tripod  when  a  steady  Del  Sud  squad  never  lost  the  lead  rest  is  needed  for  time  exposures.  thereafter  by  maintaining  a  com­ It is  important  that  the  camera  can  take  time  exposures  for  indoor  fortable margin  in  the run column.  shooting  without  flash.  There  are  times  then  j'ou  may  want  natural  Hal  Ebby,  veteran  southpaw,  lighting,  as  weak  as  it  may  be  for  special  effects.  A  camera  thus  started  on  th^'mound  for  the  Del  The  call  of  the  sea­4s­getting  Mercado is tired of  woi­king ashore,  equipped  will  either  have  "Bulb"  or  "Time"  marked  on  the  shutter.  Sud and  put in  an effective  job de­ louder  for  one  brother.  George  we  hear.  He  first  worked  as  a  On  the  bulb  setting  the  shutter  remains  open  as  long  as  the  shutter  spite  some  loose  playing  by  his  John,  who  sailed  out  of  New  Or­ driving  instructor  and  then  as  a  lever  is  depressed  and  when  you  release  the  lever.  On  the  mates.  He  got  into  trouble  in  the  leans for  several  years, is  now  liv­ cabbie.  But  he  says  the  public  is  time  setting, one  push  of closes  the lever  opens  the shutter  and  it stays  open  fifth  frame,  however  and  the burl­ ing  one  block  from  Broadway  and  too  hard  to  please,  so  back  to  sea  until  another  push  closes  it.  Time  on  the  camera  makes  it  possible  ing  chores  were  taken  over  by  attending  college.  He's  soon  to  he  goes.  to  leave  the  camera,  and  this  is  very  handy  for  very  long  exposures.  Harry  "The  Cat"  Hastings,  man­ receive  his degree  . . . Dick  Grant  if  if •  if  Some  night  shots  may  run  as  long  as  30  seconds  and  longer.  ager  of  the  Delta  vessel's  nine.  is  no  longer  on  the  Puerto  Rico.  Tom  Keenan  made  a  resolution  Hastings,  although  off  form,  and  He's  the  new  manager  of  the  SIU  for the new year. He's through with  Let's  review  these  points.  A  serviceable  box  camera  should:  further  thrown  off  by  additional  cafeteria  at  headquarters.  love and that goes for  the senoritas  1.  Use 120  to  620 film  giving  8 photos  2l4x3l^  or 12  photos  that  are  miscues  behind  lilm,  managed  to  in  the islands  too  . . Vic  D'India  21,4  square.  keep  the  Brazil  batters  in  'Check.  back  the "Sea  Beach  Express,"  2.  Have  time and  bulb  for  making time  exposures.  The  losers  utilized  three  twirlers.  Those  having  difficulties  with  which on  is  a  sand  dredge  operating  their  speech  (stuttering  and  stam­ "The  Cat," incidentally,  was  the  3.  Have  adjustable  openings  for  controlling  the  amount  of  light  out  of  Newark  to  Coney  Island.  mering)  might  take  a  crack  at  the  hero  of  the  previous  week's  con­ entering the  lens.  The N.Y. hall is packed with men  test  by  bla'sting  a  game­winning  training  offered  at  the  School  of  now but there's no trouble shipping  Speech Correction, 61 Irving Place,  4.  Take  both  horizontal and  vertical  photos  and  include  view  finders  homer over  the  left  field  fence.  Ray Jones  and "Sonny"  Catalano  N.Y.C.  A  good  deal for  those who  out. "Mush" Siegal leaving his ship  for  accurately  viewing  what  is  included.  alternated  behind  the  plate  and  at  need  it . . . Mike  Rossi  paid  us  a  for a check­up.  He's having a  little  5.  Have  means for  attaching  and using  a  flash  gun.  trouble with an old  head wound ...  first  base  in  order  to foil  the  heat  visit recently and  Allan  McDonald  and  the  missus  6.  Have  a  way  of  placing  filters  in  front  of  the  lens.  of  the day.  Both  are equally  adept  he  said  we  have  played  shuffleboard  here  in  the  7.  Have  a  threaded  insert  so  that  the  camera  may  be  mounted  on  at  either  position  and  dangerous  everything in  the  new hall dui­ing a visit and  the fair  a  tripod.  men  up  at  the  plate  as  well. "Son­ building  except  a  sex came  out  best.  swimming  pool.  ny"  made  a  bid  for ­a  four­bagger  "Tiny" Mease  blew  his top  \.'hen  by pulling a  powerful drive  to deep  The  next  time he  he  had  four  blowouts  on  his  car  left  center  which  was  literally  comes  around,  within  an  hour  recently  ^  . . After  snatched  right  off  the  far  barrier.  we'll refer him  to  working  ashore  as  a  scrap  dealer  Although  the  "Rebels"  defense  the  Hotel  St.  in Boston for a couple of  years, and  played  a  choppy  game  in  the  in­ George.  (Test  your  wits on  these  pu^ers.  Answers on  page  22.)  doing very well, Walter Rigby  must  field,  the  boys  in  the  outer  pas­ if  if  ir  Rossi  have  caught  a  whiff  of  salt  air.  (1)  The name  of  the airplane  used  by  Charles Lindbergh  in  his 1927  tures  did  well  for  themselves.  Joe  Pacheco  He's  back  at sea  on  his way  to the  solo flight across the Atlantic  was the  (Kitty Hawk),  (Spirit of  St. Louis),  "Frenchy"  Blanchard  and  „Ken  and Myles Stern back  on the island  (Winnie  Mae), (Independence)?  Candetta  played  a  bang­up  game,  run. Myles was showing  the charm­ Far East.  Salty  Dick  pulling  down  some  really  hard­hit  ing  Mrs.  Stern  around  the  new  (2)  You  be the  judge.  If  the husband  of  a flirtatious  wife sees a  wolf  balls.  making  passes at  her,  must  he  warn  her of  her danger?  building  . . . Ray  Usera  a  proud  In  contrast to  the  Mooremac  father.  He  expects  the  Safety Squad  (3)  Only  one  member  of  a  college  class came  up  with  the  answer  to  squad,  which  had  little  success  in  expectant  bundle of  joy sometime in June .. .  this poser in one minute. Try it! Tom said to Jack, "Give me one  of  your  its attempts to  pick  up extra  bases,  For  10  months  Edward  Glazder  cows and I'll have twice as many as you." Jack replied, "It would be fairer  the  Del  Sud  men  again  played  an  stayed  on  the  Government  Camp  for you to give me one of  your cows, for  then we'd  be even."  How  many  aggressive  game  on  the  basepaths,  with stopovers  at Iceland  and  Ger­ did  each have?  pilfering  bases  almost  at  will.  A  sidelight  to  the  contest  was  many.  The  rest  of  the  time  was  (4)  Who is the  former world's  heavyweight champ of  the  thirties who  the  effort  by  the  Brazil  hands  to  coastwise.  is  stil  making  headlines  today  as  a  wrestler?  The Del Mar  has had  a streak  of  bad  breaks in  the past.  Let's hope  (5)  Where  is "Anna"  not  a  girl's  name,  but  a unit  of  money  (Brazil),  1952 will  bring  her smooth  sailing.  (South  Africa),  (India),  (Denmark)?  . . . Bob Garn,  bosun  on  a  Liberty,  (6)  A  man, when asked  whose  picture  he  was looking  at, replied:  stopped  over  in  the  N.y. for  a  few  "Brothers  and  sisters  I  had  none  days,  but  he's  pining  for  the  wife  But that man's father was  my father's son."  Readers  will  note  that  ships  back  in  New  Orleans.  Who  was  the  person  in  the  picture?  minutes in  this issue  are print­ if  if  i>  ed  in  smaller  type,  enabling  (7)  The islands in the  Paciflc  named  originally after the Earl of  Sand­ Pete De Vries has  just  joined the  the use  pf  much  more  news of  wich  are  now  known  by  what  name?  shipboard  meetings.  As  part  crew  of­  the  PR.  Pete  left  l^Tew  (8)  A and  B can complete  a piece of  work in  three days.  A can  do it  of  the effort  to  make  the LOG  Orleans  and  went  to  Pennsylvania  alone in  four days.  How many  days would  it take B to. do it alone?  to  see  his  teen­age  daughter.  He  a  bigger  and  better  paper  in  brought  her  up  to  New  York  for  every way. Seafarers are urged  (9)  Low, formless  dark  clouds  (himbo­stratus)  usually  indicate  (clear  to be sure to send ships minutes  the  holidays  and  showed  hcK  a  weather),  (a  possible  thunderstorm),  (continous  rain  or  snow),  (cold  to  headquarters  so  that  they  grand  time  by  staying  ­at  one  of  front)?  can  be  reported  to  the  full;  the, swankiest  hotels  and  seeing  Safety's  the  keynote  on  YOung  (10)  The point  O' latitude and O'  longitude is  roughly near  (Uberia),  sqmU'  top . shows.v  £h?  was  the  America.  J. Fisher and M.  Tindell  memberdiip.  .:  happiest  kid, in  town  « .  . Brother  help  emphasis  it  for  the  crew.  (Marshall  Islands),  (Cape  Horn),  (Newfoundland)?  The Call Of The Sea  Is Bringing 'em Baeh  :3  I  i  Quiz Coriiir  Wanted: Your  ShipMiinuteo  :  �• ­J­:,  Fair* Sicbteca  Fcldar. Jnniy 11. IMt  SEAFARERS  IOC  Can Whistia it Sanoritas In  Thalr Own  Languaga Naw  By  Spike  Marlin  It's  a  good  thing  that  there's  a  Who  wouldn't  want  to  swap  him  hot stove league, because January's  for  Musial?  a  bum  month  for  sports.  Football  With Ray  Robinson  beginning to  fade.  Kid  Gavilan  looms  as  the  is a  thing of  the past, baseball  just  cream of  the boxing crop—^when he  a  warm  weather  dream.  The  box­ feels  like fighting.  The  Cuban  ing promoters are talking big about  could give Ray a very  good run fo*  outdoor  bouts  in  the  spring  and  his  money  right  now.  golfers  are  practicing  new  swings  Brooklyn's  Duke  Snider  is  one  behind  locked  bedroom  doors.  All  of  the  most  overrated  players  in  baseball.  Tommy  Byrne  of  the  there  is  to  do  is  watch "the  elon­ Browns  has  the  best  cuiwa  ball  gated  rubber  bands  bounce around  anywhere.  the  basketball  court  or  hockey  The  guy  who  should  be  welter­ players  battle  their  way  to  the  weight  champ,  but  isn't  is  Tony  usual  tie.  Some  ambitious  people  Janiro.  He has the most  talent, but  least  resistance  to  beef  and  are  out  on  skis,  fracturing  ankles  the  bourbon,  especially  the  latter.  and coccyges  in  the process  (that's  Billy  Pierce  of  the  White  Sox  the tail  end of  your spine, son).  is our  best  bet for  winning twenty  Things  being dull  all over, we'll  scan  the  sports  scene  for  some  games  next  year.  You  would  be  personal  observations  and  proph­ hard put to find a better lefthander.  "Repita  Usted"  is  the  by­word  these  days  aboard  cruise ship  Del  Norte, whose  crewmen have  pooled  ecies.  Here's a few samples:  When  all is said  and done  about  talents  to learn  the  language  of  their  Latin  ports  of  call.  With  chief  steward  Bill  Kaiser  (the  three­ Sports writers  should  have  their  scholarships  and  under  the  table  striper)  as  prof,  and Spanish  linguaphone  records,  the  boys  in  the  class  have  made  dandy  progress.  heads  examined.  The  last  three  payments  etc.  to  football  players,  years  running  they've  selected  the  you  really  gotta  enjoy  the  game  wrong  man  for  the  American  to  play  it—all  the  money  notwith­ League's  TMost  Valuable  Player  standing.  award.  In  1949  Rizzuto  was  the  We  often  wonder  who  supports  best  but  Williams  got  the  duke,  (The  following  short  story  was written hy  a  Seafarer  who, though he  enjoys  seeing  his  although  he  helped  kick  away  the  tennis  players  while  they  swat  the  ball  around  in  England,  Egypt,  work  in  print, prefers  to remain  anonymous^)  pennant  the  last  two  days  of  the  Australia,  the  Riviera,  India  and  season.  Rizzuto grabbed  the award  She  was  heading  intcJ the  wind  at  a  slow rolling pace,  while the lights of  the great city  a  year  late  in  1950,  when  he  was  other  assorted  places.  were shining  bright  against  the  morning sky.  well  below  his  '49  form.  Berra,  We've  never  seen  the  Olympic  anything but Inter­ I guess  no  one,  including  myself, slept  very  much  that  night.  Here  was  the  city,  here  who deserved  it, was shut out.  The  games produce  national  ill­will.  Yogi was  a big disappointment  last  was  America.  '  so  they voted  him  the award,  The  60­yard  dash  rated  as  the  The Brickside,  as  I will  call her,  chored  out  in  the  harbor  awaiting  blanket.  I pulled the  blanket down  y«!ar,  while  Allie  Reynolds,  the top  man,  "Most  Idiotio  Pastime"  until  the  a  berth  and finally  that  afternoon  and  told .him  outright:  Come  on,  was  one  of  those  ships  the  Navy  didn't  even  come  close.  Perhaps  roller  derby  came  along.  never  dared  build;  but  this  was  she tied  up portside to, to America.  kid, spill  it.  What's  wrong?  Come  the players or the  managers should  Who  remembers  when  people  •   ' war,  an  all­out  war,  and  because  The first  section  of  a  three­section  on  talk.  "I was  dead set  on going  home,"  select  the  MVP  from  here  on  in.  had  arguments  about  Medwick  vs.  of  this  the  Brickside  was  drafted  leave  group  was  posted.  Steve's  face  beamed  when  he  Steve  began,  "when  I  arrived  at  Ralph  Kiner  hits  lots  of  home  DiMaggio?  Or  for  that  matter,  Into  the  Naval  Service.  was  included  in  the first  group,  the  depot,  I found  I  had  a  couple  runs,  but  what  else  can  he  do?  Gordon  vs.  Doerr?  I was talking to  Steve the  morn­ ing  we  were  coming  into  port. He  starting  the  next  morning  at 11:30  of  hours to wait  and decided  to see  was  just  relieved  of  his watch,  and  and for  twelve days afterwards.  He  some  of  the city.  I walked  in  this  came  up  on  deck  to see  the lights  was  soon  ready  to  go,  but  before  bar for  just one  beer.  I'm drinking  ^arid  how  much  farther  we  had  to  he did  he came  to bid  me goodbye.  my  beer  when  I  see  her  at  the  With  a  sharp  salute  off  he  went  other  end  of  the  bar.  She's  nice*  '4fo.  down  the  gangway. The  days  went  looking,  real  nice  but  I  never  "Steve,  you  must  have, a  pretty  by fast  and the  day came  when the  The  advent  of  the  new  year  ward  his  body  still  had  not  been  good  sum  coming to you.  I noticed  first  group  was  due  back  and  the  fooled  around  like  some  of  the  marked  the final  departure  of  two  found.  most  of  your dough  was­left riding  second  to  leave.  I  noticed  Steve  other  boys.  So  I  turn  the  other  Searfarers, reports  to the  LOG  re­ A  member  of  the  SIU since  De­ on  the  books.  I  can  assure  you  a  coming  up  the gangway  and  I  was  way  because  I start  feeling  funny  cember,  1938,  Sammon  made  his  vealed.  lot  of  others  wish  they  had  done  rather  anxious  to  ask  him  how  he  all over."  home  in  Sarasota,  Fla.  He  is  sur­ X­Ray  Eyes  Donald  Emory  Sammon,  32,  and  vived  by  his  mother.  the  same.  Almost  two  years  with­ had  spent  his  leave.  I called—but  "I know  the  type,  Steve.  Those  Otto  Lorey,  56,  both  passed  away  The  departure  of  Brother  Lorey  out  a  decent  liberty  and'some  of  no  response.  babes  with  the  X­ray  eyes.  She  aboard  their  respective  ships  in  was  no  less  tragic.  Aboard  the  them  are  coming  home  broke."  I caught  up  with  him  and  asked  Ames Victory  (Victory  Carriers) as  The  morning  air  was  becoming  what  was  the  idea  in  pretending  saw  right  through  your  wallet  and  December.  a  bit  chilly,  and  Steve  pulled  on  not  to  hear  me.  He  said  he  was  started  working  her  way  closer  to  Brother  Sammon,  AB,  born  in  a  bedroom  steward,  he  had  passed  Florida,  was  last  on  the  Ocean  C  away  during  the  nght,  a  fact  dis­ the  collar  of  his  Jacket  closer  to  sorry  and  wasn't  feeling  any  too  you.  Am  I right?"  "Yes,  Red,  but  how  did  you  (Ocean  Transportation)  tied  up  at  covered when  he failed  to wake  up  his  neck.  well  and  was  going  to  bed.  I  know?"  the  bauxite  docks  in  Baton  Rouge,  with  the  rest  of  the  stewards'  de­ "The  only  reason  I  saved  that  noticed  something  was  wrong  and  money was  to be sure I could make  begged him  to spill it,  but no  dice.  "Forget  it,  keep  telling  your  La.  With  pay­off  due the next  day,  partment  when  awakened  by  the  he  went  ashore  with  some  friends  4­8 standby the  morning of  Decem­ it  home  when  we  got  back.  My  I  couldn't  hang  around  much  story."  mom  kept  telling  me  to  hurry  longer  for  I  had  my  own  bags  to  "It's not long before we  are talk­ December  23  and  apparently  re­ ber 4.  home  in  every  one  of  her  letters  pack.  I,  too,  was  anxious  to  get  ing and  I tell her  how it's my first  turned  to the  ship about  midnight.  An  SIU'member  since  1947,  he  and  that's  what  I  intend  to  do."  off  this  bucket  of  rust.  Before  I  Statewide  liberty  in  almost  two  Crevnnan Stanley White, ship's del­ also  had  been  sailing  in  engine  After that she cracks one  of  egate, reports he heard a noise like  rates prior  to becoming  a Seafarer.  Straight  Course  did,  I  thought  I'd  better  take  an­ years.  those  jokes  that  makes  you  forget  something  heavy  falling  into  the  He  was  buried  at  sea  that  same  "That's  the  spirit  kid,"  I  told  other  look  at  Steve.  I  was  along  train  schedules.  I'm  not  going  to  water  and  later  learned  a  seaman  day in  accordance with  the request  him.  "Don't  you  listen  to  any  of  side  of  his  bunk  and  talking,  but  go  into  details,  but  no  doubt  you  was  overboard.  A  search  between  of  his sister.  His survivors  also in­ those  would­be  old  salts.  Keep  no  answer.  can  guess  the  rest.  dock  and  ship  produced  no  clude  a  brother,  William,  of  Rock­ clear of  the  joints and  you'll be  all  The  kid  was  faking  a  sleep  but  "She keeps talking, I keep drink­ the  trace  of  him  and five  days  after­ land, Long  Island.  right.  I'm  going  to  hit  the  sack.  I  knew  he  couldn't  be  because  I  ing  and  before  long  she  suggests  See  you  later,  Steve."  was  dead sure  I heard  a  couple  of  That  morning  the  Brickside  an­ sobs  coming  from  under  that  her apartment.  I wake up  the next  day with an  awful headache,, alone.  I feel for my wallet, pull it out and  find  she  was  rotten  enough  to  leave  me  a  couple  of  bucks.  Tdo  The  government, when  it  under­ Mexico,  he  was  presjident  of  the  broke to get home and too ashamed  took  the  tremendous  shipbuilding  convention  urging  annexation  with  to  return  to  the  ship,  I spent  my  "Brotherhood of  the Sea" takes in a lot of  territory for Sea­ leave  at  the  USO  and  canteens,  farer  Joe  Sodolski.  An  AB  on  the  Cities  Service  tanker  program  of  World  War  II, named  the  US and  later a  US Senator.  mostly  crying  my  heart  out."  Royal Oak, Joe carries the  brotherhood theme  all over—even  its  Liberty  ships  after  famous  I  was  worried,  for  I  knew  the  to a dusky cigar store Indian stand­ 4  4  4^  Americans.  Below  are  the  names  of  a  few  SlU­contracted  Libertys  Nathaniel  Currier  (Waterman).  kid  would  never  be  the  same  and  ing  guard  in  a  Texas  bar.  The  proprietor  and  patrons  of  and  thumbnail  sketches of  the  per­ Lithographer  (1813­88).  Born  in  another trip out  would  go  hard  on  Having  sailed  for  over  20  years,  the  ginmill  have  attested  to  Joe's  him.  I patted  Steve  on  the  shoul­ Roxbury,  Mass.,  he opened  a litho­ Joe  has picked  up a  lot of  friends.  noble spirit  whenever  he  meets up  sons  whose  names  they  bear.  graph business in New  York and  in  ders and  told  him  not  to  worry.  I  iiii  not  the  least  of  with  this Indian  friend. Some have  Augnst Belmont (South  Atlantic).  1834 issued  the first of  what is now  spoke  ta  the  Executive  Office.  which  is the  stol­ been  shocked  on "occasion  to  see  Banker  (1816­1890).  Austrian­bom,  known as the  Currier & Ives prints,  Finally  after  arrangements  were  id  Chief  who  him  chatting amiably  with  his  pal,  he  established  a  banking  concern  titled  "News  of  Merchant  Ex­ made,  where I would  take oyer all  graces  the  por­ but  onlookers  insist  that  Joe  al­ after coming  to  the  US in  1837.  A  changes."  (Ives  was  a  partner.)  of  his  duties,  I  had  it  fixed  for  tals  of  the  Long­ ways  treats  the  timber  Redskin  naturalized  citizen,  he  was  consul  Steve to take  his leave.  horn  Bar  in  Gal­ like a gentleman.  He may  of  course  4  4  4  general for  Austria  in  the  US  and  "Look Steve, here's  some  money  veston.  use  the  Indian's  skull  for  a  hat­ later  American  minister to  the  Adoniram  Judson  (Alcoa).  Cler­ • to make  it  home.  Be  certain  your  Known  near  rack,  but  this, is as  far  as  he  goes  Netherlands.  gyman  (1788­1850).  Bora  in  Mai­ on  that  train  and  give  my  regards  and  far  by  the  in  overstepping  the  line  of  pro­ den, Mass.,  and  educated  at Brown  to  your  Mom."  4"  4"  name  Joe  Toma­ priety.  Thomas J. Bosk  (Alcoa).  States­ and  Andover,  he  was  a  founder  of  That afternoon I sent a telegram.  toes,  Sodolski  re­ Sodolski  man  (1803­57).  Bom  in South  Car­ the  American  Board  of  Commis­ —^Leave  which  was expected  has  cently  won  men­ It is further agreed  that Joe,  be­ olina,  he  became  an  outstanding  sioners  for  Foreign  Ministers  and  been  cancelled.  Sorry  I hurt  you.  tion  in  the  Galveston  News  for  sides  being the  sole patron  to treat  figure in Texas  history  until it  be­ a leading figure  in the  early Chris­ Dear.  Fray  it  won't  be  too  long.  his yeai%  of  kindness to  the  Chief,  the  Indian  gently,  believes the  came  a  state.  Secretary  of  War  tian  missionary  movement  in  Asia.  I love yoy.  whose five­feet,  11­inch  frame  has  Chief  is alive.  If  you had  seen  him  and  commander  of  an  army  group  He  was chiefly  known for  his work  Your  loving husband,  Red.—  been  marred  by  the  pranks of  talking  it  up  with  the  Chief  the  fn  the  war  for  independence  froiji  as  a  Baptist  missionary  in  Burma.  (Name withheld.)  0|aiw  an  imbiber.  ypiu:4  it ^QiO.  .  .  (^tjipr  Twelve­Day Leave • ..  ^ Short  Story  Jki'­ I  :i:­'  Tragic End tor 2 StV  Men  Seafarer  Blood  Brother  To Texas Wooden Indian  How Libertys Were Named  \  �••  FrMay,  11. Uit  MJnele Otto *Omo  Wonderiui Man'  ' ''  ­M­ SgjfFilJIgKS  £OC  LETTERS'  Turkey Day Feed  Was a Whopper  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  Coast Guard and  police.  The Coast  It  sure  was  a  pleasure  to  ship  I  am  very  proud  to. read  the  earnings  are  posted  in  the  main  New iOG a Bit  Guard said  we had  to  pay  because  on  the  Bradford  Island  (Cities  LOG as my son  is a member of  the  hall  for  inspection  anytime.  it's  the  law  and  the  only  way  to  Service)  the  last  trip.  We  have  a  SIU.  I  read  about  Uncle  Otto  Our  welfare  fund  is  growing  Aboard Trinitg  beat  this  thing  is  to  have  our  un­ swell stewards department, and be­ (Dec.  14)  and  am  very  sorry  to  every  day  and  we  all  hope  it  will  To the  Editor:  continue to grow, so  that all can  be  The first  new  LOG  has  been  re­ ions  protest  against it.  hear  of  his  trouble.  lieve it or not, a  perfect chief  cook  Uncle  Otto  was  at  my  house  on  protected  to  even  greater  extent  ceived  aboard  the Trinity  (Carras),  This  officer  claimed  he  was  try­ and  an  excellent  second  cook  and  two  trips  he  made  to  Charleston  than  now.  and speaking for  the crew and  my­ ing  to  do  away  with  the  law  and  baker.  ,  *  and  what  he told my son  was right  All  the  benefits  that  we  have  self, let me  say that  the new  paper  needs  some  outside  help.  He  said  Stew  and  his  entire  department  if' we  would  yell  loud  and  long  . because  Bill  has  been  going  at sea  achieved,  as  to  wages,  contracts,  is  a fine  conception  of  what  the  really  went  all­out  for  Thanksgiv­ enough  we  could  have  this  law  ing.  At  10  AM  coffee­time,  they  for five  years now  in the  stewards  vacations  and  welfare are  the part  fellows  want.  done  away  with.  Well,  we're  yell­ put  out  an  eggnog that  couldn't  be  of  the  Union  that is  the  memorial  department.  Particular  praise  has  been  made  ing.  I'd  like  to  remind  Otto  about  of  the SIU.  change in  port  reports, that  So  If  you  want  to  be  $5  richer,  beat  in  any  bar,  plus  a  smorgas­ the  good  times  we  had  here  in  That  is what  the  building stands  on the  is, the briefing of  port minutes into  don't  lose  your  pass  in  Germany  bord  to  go  with  it.  Charleston  (Boston,  . Mass.)  be­ for.  As  for  the  marble,  tile  and  an  interesting  account  The  day's  menus  included:  as­ things  while they  have  this phony law.  cause  I  think  he  is  one  of  the  stone,  they  have  no  life,  no  wel­ happening  in  the  ports of of call and  sorted  nuts,  hard  candy,  stuffed  Frank  J.  Shandl  celery,  olives,  radishes,  green  on­ nicest  men  I  have  met  in  a  long  fare,  no  benefits,  nothing  except  not  the  dull  routine  that  used  to  Ship's  delegate  the union  which they surround and  time.  ions, oyster stewi  roast turkey  with  make  them  un­ During the war I asked him  what  protect.  I  hope  that  in  the  future  giblet  gravy,  oyster  stuffing,  cran­ interesting.  The  he  would  do  if  the  ship  got  tor­ the  walls  of  today  are  too  small  berry  sauce,  roast  prime  ribs  of  change  in  the  All's Well With  pedoed  and  he  said  he  would  lock  for  the  union  of  tomorrow.  beef  au  jus,  baked  Virginia  ham,  i  presentation  of  Charles  J.  Hartman  himself  up  In  the  refrigerator.  parkerhouse  rolls,  cloverleaf  rolls,  ship's  minutes  is  The Seathunder  Then  at  least  he  would  have  candied  yams,  buttered  broccoli,  also  a  welconfe  To  the Editor:  enough  to  eat  down  there, he  said.  one  because  it  I'm  a  crewmember  of  the  SS  whole  corn,  mashed  potatoes,  Care tor Injured  He must  have  loved  the sea.  permits the publi­ Seathunder  (Colonial)  and  I'd  like  pumpkin  pie, mince  meat  pie, coco­ Please  print  this  letter  if  you  Wiper Applauded  cation  of  more  of  to take  this opportunity  to tell you  nut  cream  pie,  plum  pudding  with  can.  I  had  to  say  a  word  about  a  To  the  Editor:  these.  These  are  a  little  about  our  wonderful  ship  rum sauce,  chiffon  cake, fruit  cake,  wonderful  man.  The  children  and  The  crew  of the  Steel  Chemist  ice  cream,  assorted  cookies,  the  import ant  b e­ and  crew.  Milton  I send  him  our very  best and  wish  (Isthmian)  Highly  commends  Chief  cause many of  the  And  we  really  have  a  wonder­ whole  works  and  then  some.  him  and  all  of  you  a  happy  new  Engineer  Leonard. Wilson  for  the  brothers  come  up  with  some fine  ful  crew.  The  same  goes  for  the  After reading this, we  hope some  year.  and  ideas  through  them.  officers  above and  below  deck, the  of  our  Union  brothers  \vill  take  Martin  Cosiin  devotion  and  care  given  to  Homer  changes  Gills,  wiper,  who  was  Injured  Personally  speaking,  I'd  like  to  black  gang,  the  deck  department,  heed and  try to  do likewise.  If  this  t,  K,  aboard  ship.  Gills  was  struck  in  see  a  section,  not  too  large,  about  and last  but  not least  the stewards  can  be  done  on  a  CS  ship,  it  can  the eye  wrench while  clean­ educational  books such  as the "En­ department  headed  by  Charlie  be  done  on  any  of  our  contracted  Seamar StewArd  ing  the with a  ships.  floor  plates  with  an  elec­ cyclopedia  of  Fancy  Rope  Work,"  Jackson.  Crew,  Bradford  Island  Does a Fine dob  tric  brusher.  by  Raoul Graumont  and John  Hen­ We've had  some wonderful  times  ft ft ft  To the  Editor:  The  chief  gave  up  his  bed  to  sel.  Ditto  for  something  like  "The  aboard here  also. My  mouth  is still  Having  just  made  the  coastwise  the  wiper  and  did  everything  pos­ Mature  Mind"  by  H.  A.  Over­ watering  at  the  thought  of  the  Hails Crackdown  run  and  back  on  the  Seamar,  one  sible  to  make  him  comfortable  street.  There  are  a  good  many  of  fine  Thanksgiving  dinner  we  had  of  Calmar'g  ore  boats,  I  want  to  until  he  could  be  put  off  in  the  our  fellow  seamen  who  like  this  while  we  were  in  the shipyard  for  On Ships' Agents  type  of  deep  reading  and  most  al­ repairs  in  Baltimore.  say a few words  Azores  for  hospitalization.  ^  To  the  Editor:  of  praise for the  A  small  fund  was  collected  ways  ask  the  ship's  delegate  to  We  are  now  in  the  Mediterra­ I  read  about  the  Union's  crack­ ship's  crew  and  within  the  engine  department  for  have  them  added  to  the  ship's  li­ nean,  one  day  out  of  Genoa.  We  down  on  company  agents who  give  especially  for  a  missionary  nurse  on  board  who  brary  since  the  American  Mer­ passed  the  Rock  of  Gibraltar  two  the business  to the sick men  in for­ the steward who  also  administered  medical  aid  to  chant Marine  Library Assn. doesn't  days  ago  but couldn't  see  the  Pru­ eign  ports and  all I can say  is, "hit  was  a  100­per­ the  injured  man  day  and  night,  in  seem  to carry  books of  that nature.  dential sign as it was kind of  foggy.  'em  again, harder."  I had  the  mis­ cent  union  man.  addition  to  feeding  and. washing  I  think  if  the  members  came  Our  ship's  delegate  is  Frenchy  fortune to  be stranded on the beach  Wecre wed  him  to  make everything  easy  until  across  them  in  the  LOG,  we'd  LeBlanc,  with  Red  Imnan,  deck,  once  a  long  way  from  home.  Be­ have  the  book stores working over­ Jacob A. Otreba,  engine, and  Smit­ lieve  me,  once  those  company  up  this  ship  he could  be  put ashore.  time. Many  thanks for the kindness  ty  Smith,  steward,  the  department  agents get out of range of  J.  D.  Croker  from  Baltimore,  the Union  Ship's  delegate  of  the  brothers  who  sent  the crew  representatives.  went  through  patrolman  they drop  that "we  Wright  season's  greetings  from  Port  Ar­ I'd  also  like  to  add  that  you  the  Union"  stuff  quick,  and  love  the canal and up  L  L  givovj  thur, Texas. We'll be back  that way  couldn't find  a  better skipper  than  you  a  worse  kicking  around  than"  the  West  Coast  and  back,  getting  Smoking on  Oil  again  real  soon.  Captain  J. E.  Mosely.  He  not  only  off  In  New  York  just  in  time  to  they  would  to  a  hound  dog  who  Rocky  Milton  has  great  ability  in  seamanship,  lost  wish  everybody  at  headquarters  a  Ship is No Joke  on  a  fat  raccoon.  but  he  is  very  understanding  as  It the scent  Happy  New  Year.  It  was  a  good  To  the Editor:  just  goes  to  show  that  these  trip  with  a  fine  crew,  and  that  Had  a  little  discussion  aboard  Gi Doesn't Want  far  as  human  nature  is  concerned.  guys  only  behave  when  the  Union  Best  wishes from  this crew.  goes  for  the  mate  and  the  engi­ the  Seathunder  (Colonial)  which  breathing  down  their  necks  like  Abe  Rosen  is  neers,  too.  The  steward  did  a  can't  be  repeated  often  enough  on  To Lag on News  the  old  schoolteacher  I  once  had  ft ft ft  swell  job  and  made  it  a  pleasant  an  oil  ship.  To  the  Editor:  back  home.  It's  a  good  thing  that  trip for  all  hands.  we  have  the  kind  of  Union  that's  The  subject  of  smoking  on  deck  I'm  enclosing  my  address  as  I'm  The Lady Finds  Archie Wright  came up and for  the benefit  of  new  hoping  you  will  send  the  LOG.  I  right  in  there  with  these  broken  field artists and  got them  taped  be­ t  ^  men,  the  rules  were  strongly  em­ don't  want  to  get  too  far  behind  New LOG Swell  To the  Editor:  fore  tliey'd  start othenvise  they  on  the  news.  Besides,  I expect  to  phasized  once  again.  New  men  Real  Memorial  were  cautioned  to confine  smoking  be  back  at  the  SIU  hall  to  get  a  I am  writing to tell  you  the new  %vould  run  hog­wild  over  you  and  me  and  everj'body  else  that  sails  is SiU  Record  to  oil­clear  areas  of  the  ship  and  shipping  card  as  soon  as  I  get  my  LOG  is swell.  for  a  living.  Brother,  when  I  was  discharge.  Of  course this  is only  a  woman's  to  steer  away  from  spaces  where  •  To the Editor:  over  that  other  side  with  a  bum  They've  got  me  working  in  a  view,  but  I am  sure  the  Seafarers  gas  fumes  might  make  a  spark  I  wag  looking  over  our  head­ leg so that I could hardly  walk  they  port company,  so I meet  some SIU  all like it  as well.  quarters  building  and  I  came  to  somewhat  dangerous.  had  me flat  on  ihy  back  and  would  ships  in  here.  I've  met  a  couple  Thank  you,  by  the way, for  pub­ The  membership  has  voted  that  this  conclusion.  It  is  a  wonderful  do  me  a  big favor  by  throwing me  of  buddies  I used­ to sail  with  and  lishing  the "personal" I  requested.  memorial  for  the  members,  both  this  subject  be  treated  at  every  Mrs. Gabrlelle Umsted  a fiver  even  though  I  had  money  present  and  past,  and  proves  that  shipboard  meeting  so  that  new­ it  sure  felt  good  to  get  a  couple  coming  to  me.  of  good  meals  for  a  change.  comers to the trade will become  ac­ all our  struggles  were  not  in  vain.  T.  J.  Sugsbee  Pvt.  Edgard  Nelson  quainted with  the proper  places for  To  describe  the  new  hall  on  Hail  Boston SIU  US  51104898  ft ft ft  smoking on  tankers.  paper  is  really  something  impos­ 14th  Transport  Bn.  C.  R.  Jackson  Blood Donor Aid  Abiqna Chow Has  sible; if  has to  be seen to­be  under­ APO  59,  c/o  PM  To the Editor:  S*  4"  stood  and  enjoyed. True it  is  very  San  Francisco,  Calif.  We  had  a  heartwarming  experi­ Harry Drooling  modern and  beautiful, but it stands  Union Newcomer  (Ed.  Note:  Brother  Nelson's  letter  ence  here  in  Boston  which  I'm  To  the  Editor:  as a  memorial  to what  union  labor  bore  a  Munsan,  Korea  dateline.  Owes  Big  Debt  sure all the  boys would  like to  hear  Who  was  it  said  that  "the  way  and  management  can  achieve.  He'll  get  the  LOG  pronto.)  to  a  man's  heart  was  through  his  about.  We  all know  the  trouble we  had  To  the  Editor:  i ft  It  all  started  with  Mrs.  Sarah  stomach?"  Brothers,  this  dood  it!  obtaining  our  present  day  con­ The  new  LOG  speaks  for  itself.  Molloy  being  in  the  hospital  and  We've had  some real  humdingers  tracts,  welfare  protection,  vaca­ It's  greatly  Improved,  easier  to  Don't Lose Pass  needing  blood.  Her  daughter,  mar­ for  holiday  meals  on  the  Abiqua  tion  plan  and  other  benefits  and  • read and  shows  a  professional  When in  Germany  ried  to  one  of  our  men,  called  to  (Cities  Service),  but  Tony  Fran*  now  they  are  down'in  black  and  touch.  We  of  the  Seacomet  (Col­ To  the  Editor:  find  out  if  we  could  help  her  out  really  outdid  himself  this  trip.  white.  How  did  this  come  about?  onial)  like  it.  Well, we are  a  democratic  union  Our Union is new, too,  and  came  I  would  like  to  bring  to  your  in  any  way.  Easy  as  pie,  we  asked  This is  the best  feeding ship out  of  and  we  crew  the  ships  with  men  into  its  position'of  leadership  be­ attention  the  situation  regarding  the  men at  the hall  and got five  to  Skeeter  Gulch.  Harry  R.  Crabirse  that  try  to  run  the  ships  to  the  cause  its  foundation  was  laid  by  passes in  Germany.  We aboard  the  go.  Seems  only  three  were  needed  Ship's  delegate  best  of  their ability, and  live up to  the unlimited  sacrifice of  men  with  Western  Farmer  (Western  Naviga­ so  we  got  them  in  a  cab  and  sent  ft ft ft  the  law  and  order  of  the  sea,  as  know­how.  If  is  therefore  up  to  tion)  havo found out  the  hard  way  them  to  the  hospital.  well  as the  contracts  of  our  Union  those  who  have  found  top  pay,  that  if  you  lose  them,  the German  Well,  when  the lady  got  out  she  Oceanstar Crew  that  we  work  under  by  our  own  hbmeJike  atmosphere  and  tops  in  police  tag  you  with  a fine  of  20  sent  us  a  nice  card  and  donation  for the LOG. She  also called  me to  Lands Shipper  choice.  working  conditions  without  any  marks  or five  bucks.  We  don't  profess  to  know  it  all.  personal  effort  to  hold  SIU  stand­ The  wiper  lost  his  and  after  the  tell  how  thankful  she  was,  and  To  the  Editor:  and  we  don't  try  to force  the  will  ards high  and  with  respect and  ap­ old  man  called  him  up to  pay  the  from  her  voice  I gathered  she  was  The  crew  of  the  SS  Oceanstar  fine, he came  to  me  and  asked  me  a  "youngster"  in  her  70's.  I  told  'Triton)  wishes  to  commend  the  ,  of  a few on  the backs  of  the many.  preciation.  But  we  do  respect  each  for  his  The strength of  the Union  lies in  what  could  be done.  I saw  the old  her it  must  be the  Irish in  her that  skipper  on  this  vessel  as  a  pretty  good  guy  ability to act as  a man  and conduct  the  efficiency  of  its  men.  To.  err  man  and  asked  how  come  you  can  keeps  her  going.  himself  as  such,  not  as  a  tool  of  is human, but  to not  do  as well  as  be fined  if  it  doesn't  say  anything  She  tells  me  she's  not  Irish.  We especially  appreciate the  way  some foreign  dictator or  other hid­ you  know  how  is  unpardonable.  It  on  the pass about  it.  He explained  Well she's part Irish now. I replied,  in  which  Captain  Pierres  has  as  two  of  the  blood  donors  we  treated  all  the  men  aboard.  We  is  up  to  all  of  us  to  be  motivated  it's a  German  law^  den  power.  We  have officials who  help us  in  not  only  by our  own initiative,  but  I told  the wiper  to  refuse to  pay  sent  up  were  Irishmen.  She  had  have  found  him  to  be  ji'st  in  all  any  capacity  within  their  means  by our intelligent  understanding of  as  I  think  this  is  some  kind  of  quite a  laugh  out  of  it  and  is  well  his  dealings  with  us  on  SIU  and^  other  matters.  the  improvements  sought  by  our  racket.  The  agent  went' ashore  on the mend  now.  when help is most needed.  Charles  F.  Dwyer  James  Sheehan  then,  as  we  were  to "sail soon,  but  Our rank  and file  brothers  audit  representatives  and  leaders.  Ship's  delccat*  Port  Agent  John S.  Williams  showed  up  in  the  locks  with  the  the  books,  and  the  reports  and  • • L   %  �Fare Twentr  Hated  Seafarer  Seeks Diseharge  Friday,  Jaauiy 11,  1982  S EAFAKERS  LOG  L  E  T  IE  R  S  Had  Amor Galore  In Old Singapore  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editors:  =  where  I  spoke  to  the  Captain  in  Noticed  an  article  In  the  LOG  how it originated, when, the people  charge.  He  told  me  that  about  to It seems like the crew sure hated  (Nov.  2)  on  an  AB  who  was  dis­ who  participate and so on.  The in­ leave  Singapore.  With  all  the  25%  of  the  ships  coming  to  lovers  on  this  ship  the  town  was  charged  from  the army.  I'd like  to  formation  would  be  applicable  to  Trieste  had  currency  trouble,  but  rocking  and  the  boys  had  one  merchant seamen,  mem of  the  USN  To  the  Editor:  know  the  procedure  necessary.  the  other  75%  were  issued  US  swell  time.  I  was  drafted  in  November  '50,  and fishermen.  Here  I  am  way  down  in  India  though  sailing  at  the  time  on  a  I  should  be  most  grateful  for  amongst  all  the  Hindus,  some  money  and  could  avail  themselves  The  Steel  King  (Isthmian)  sure  N4vy  tanker  hauling  jet  fuel  to  any assistance you  can give  me and  10,000  miles  away  from  New  Or­ of  the  Army­owned  and  operated  is  an  overtime  ship  this  trip,  but  Japan.  My  endorsements  include  I offer  yoii  my  thanks in  advance.  leans where  we signed  on  the good  PX.  Sugar  Bowl,  and  Club  24,  what  the  next  one  will  be  no  one  which  by  arrangement  with  the  F. C. Rhodes  electrician,  oiler,  fireman,  and  wa­ ship  James  Caldwell  (Alcoa).  We  Maritime  Commission  and  the  US  knows.  You  slave all  day  with  this  (Ed.  Note:  Seafarers  can  contact  tertender.  My  total  sea  time  is  30  mate—he  wants  your  blood,  it  arrived  in  Ohka  after  about  44  months,  24  as  a  rated  man.  How­ Mr.  Rhodes  directly, c/o  The  Cos  days  at  sea  with  a  load  of  grain,  Army  has  been  made  available  to  seems.  All  he  wants  you  to  do  is  ever,  I  don't  have  a  "continuous  ford  Times, P. O.  Box 71, Oosford,  and  rumor is  we'll  be here  another  merchant  ship  personnel.  He  added  that  apparently  the  work  every  time  he  looks  at  you.  service"  discharge.  Please  advise.  NSW,  Australia.)  two  weeks.  captain  didn't  have  the  crew's  wel­ He  gives  out  overtime  but  brother  Cpl.  Gerald  Heiner  Brother,  what  a  port  to  be  in!  fare  in  mind  when  he  issued  us  how  you  have  to  do  that  work.  US  56080991  There is  nothing  whalsovever.  No  nothing  but  Lire,  as  it  was  impos­ All  members  on  these  runs  out  Co.  H,  34th  Inf.  dames, no movies,  sible  to  buy  anything  at  the  Army  in  Far  East  had  better  be  careful  APO  50,  c/o  PM  no souvenir shops  facilities  unless  you  had  scrip.  with  their cigarettes in Saigon. The  San  Francisco,  Calif.  To  the  Editor:  —^nothing  but  a  This  can  only  be  obtained  with  customs  boys  come  around  after  a  (Ed.  Note:  Your  letter  has  been  village with about  US  money.  day  or  so  and  they  grab  the  butts  .  This is  the first  time I've  written  turned  over  to  headquarters  and  1,500  people.  He further stated  that it  was  not  and  whack  you  with  rough fines.  to  the  LOG,  but  I  believe  it  is  a  they  will  inform  you  of  the  proper  There  is  another  illegal  to  have  US  money  provid­ In most  ports you  can­ do well  with  good  practice  to  let  our  member­ procedure.)  town  about  16  ing  it  was  brought  to  the  Army  your  cigarettes  and  not  have  to  ship  know  the  importance of  keep­ 4"  3^  3»  miles  froml here  Finance  office  for  exchange  into  make  a  draw.  Hold  on  to  all  your  ing  our  Union  spirit  alive.  (I  am  with  about 10,000  scrip  and/or  Lire.  American  money  because  you  can  on  the SS John  S. Mosby.)  people  that  is  get  a  good  deal  in Singapore.  The  I  remember  years  ago  when  I  C.  E.  Miller  supposed  to  be  a  best  two  ports  to  hit  out  here,  by  joined  the  SlU  the  pay  and  work­ Korolla  t  4.^  4>  little  more  civi­ To  the  Editor:  the way, are Singapore and Penang.  ing  conditions  were  miserable.  At    know about  that yet.  Everything's  running  in  order  the present  time, however, we  have  lized. • I don't  Well,  everyone  says  hello  to  the  We  were  supposed  to  go  to Cal­ with  the  DePauw  Victory  (South  the  best  contract  in  the  whole  in­ membership  and  officials  and  a  Atlantic).  We  had  a  grand  Christ­ dustry,  thanks  to  the  officials  and  cutta  but  our orders  were changed  happy  new  year to  all.  There is  no  mas  dinner  which  the  boys  are  all  general  membership  who  have  and  we  were here  for the  holidays.  To  the  Editor:  other  Union  that  can  do  what  the  writing  home  about.  helped  build  this  strong  organiza­ That's  the  same  as  being  out  at  .1  am  writing  this  letter  to  let  SIU ,has  d p n e  for  its  members.  sea.  you  all know  that  I am  thinking of  We're all glad  about the way  things  Jack  Denley  tried  his  hand  at  tion  of  ours.  This  ship  is  a  pretty  clean  ves­ you,  and  hope  my  old  shipmates  are  turning  out  for  all  of  us.  poetry  in  a  little  verse  about  our  Therefore,  we  are  all  under  an  mess  boy,  George  Smith,  to  wit:  obligation  to  help  and  give  full  sel,  more  than  most  of  these  I've  are  in  the  best  of  health.  Johnnie  Hoogie  He  is  a  good  joe  support  to  our  Union.  It  is  impor­ been  on.  Before  crewing  up,  the  I'd  have  written  before" but  I  Ship's  delegate  And  never  slow,  tant  that  every  individual  do  his  whole  ship  was  painted.  It  still  haven't  had  the  chance  until  now.  4"  4'  4'  needs a  lot  of  chipping though  due  Anyway,  I expect  to  be  going  back  best.  By  doing  so,  we  are  all  gain­ When  he gets your  order  He  is  ready  to  go.  ing  greater  respect  for  ourselves  to  the  fact  it  was  laid  up  in  the­ to  sea  soon,  and  would  appreciate  boneyard.  All  in  all,  we  are  run­ hearing  from  my  old  buddies.  He's  not  tall  and  for our  organization.  But  he's  sure  on  the  ball.  Whenever  some  one  fakes  un­ ning  this  ship­ in  true­ SlU  style  ""  If  possible,  how  about  putting  We  had  steward  George  Dackn  authorized  time  off  or  turns  to  with  all  hands  helping  out.  We  me  on  the  mailing  list  for  the  To  the  Editor:  to  thank  for  the  gassed  up,  he  is  creating  danger  have  the cleanest  laundry  that  I've  LOG?  You  sure  bowled  me  over  when  Louis  Keiiar  # 86953  fine  y u 1 e t i d e  for  all  hands.  Good  discipline  and  seen  in  a  long  time  because  every­ I read the last  LOG. Probably  most  one  works  to  keep  it  clean.  After  Box  69,  spread,  in  addi­ correct  watch standing  are also  im­ of  us  forget  or  lose  track  of  what  all  it  is  our  home  as  long  as  we  London,  Ohio  tion to" chief  cook  portant, as bad  practices in  this re­ the  Union's  been  doing  during the  (Ed. Note:  You're on!)  Mike  Sorensen  gard  should  be  stopped.  Too  ?)flen  are aboard  her.  year's  time  and  I  guess  I  was  one  Blackie's  the Whip  and  baker  Carl  irresponsible  chai'acters  go  ashore,  •  4/  4­  4"  of  those.  Jordon.  We  also  tank  up  and  forget  to  come  back  Among  the  brothers on  this  ves­ We  just know  what  we're getting  had  a  Xmas  tree  to relieve  a  watch. They don't real­ sel,  we  have  Blackie  Bankston  in  our  pockets  most  of  the  time  cared for by chief  ize  that  their  union  brother  has  popping  the  whip  as  bosun  and  and  if  we  miss  the  LOG  for  some  electrician  enough  to  do  standing  his  own  ship's  delegate.  Dusty  Espalla  as  reason  once  or  twice,  we're  really  To  the  Editors:  George  Wass and  watch  without  having  to fill  in  for  deck  delegate,  Whitey  Nelson, "Tex  Dackn  his  helper,  Nick  him  as  well.  McCullock,  plus  brothers  Tucker  It  pays  to  share  your  experi­ out  of  touch and  don't know  what's  Leone,  and  "sparks"­  gave  us  all  ences,  boys,  andl having  been  on  been  happening.  It's  a  good  idea  The  guy  who  pretends  he  don't  and  Gomez  on  deck.  the  news  about  the  new  year.  Our  understand  the  contract  or  worse,  In  the  greasy  department,  we  this  packet,  the  Shinneeock  Bay,  to  run  that  feature  of  the  year  in  little  feline  mascot  even  had  an  don't  give  a  damn  about  it, should  have Eddie  Blackman  squirting the  for  two  trips,  it's  really  been  an  review  (Dec.  28)  because  it  gives  extra  feed  for  the  holiday,  so  wise  up.  There  are  better  times  to  oil  can  and  Handle­Bar  Cassidy,  experience.  Hear  my  tale  of  woe.  us  a  chance  to set  back  and  reflect  things  are  going  really  well.  come.  But  we  must  give  full  sup­ who  it  is  rumored  will  try  to  raise  This  scow  had  been  on  the  coal  on  what  those  12  months  have  Felix  Aponte  port  to  our  Union  by  doing  our  a  mustache  as  long  as  the  ship.  run  out  of  Newport  News  and  had  meant  to  us,  not  just  for  today  or  job  well  and  observing  our  con­ Blackie  Mason  is  with  us  as  bull  really  gone  to  pot.  Little  by  little  tomorrow  but  for  many  years  to  4)  it  4i  come.  tract  very  closely  for  the  benefit  wiper.  we  got  things  done.  We  got  the  and  welfare  of  all  of  us.  Steward  Woody Perkins­does  the  messrooms and  some of  the foc'sles  Things  like  tjie improvements  in  Evaristo  Rosa  honors,  followed  by  Tommy  and heads painted but they wouldn't  that  welfare  fund  of  ours,  for  ex­ 4"  4»  3l>  '  Beatty,  a  darn  good  cook,  and  do  any  more  as  it  involved  over­ ample.  Hell, I never  knew  half  the  To  the Editor:  Jesus Fernandez as  third.  We  also  time.  At  the beginning of  this trip  things  about  that­or  the  leaps  and  I  am  endeavoring  to  assemble  have  one  of  the  best  bakers  in  the  we got  new mattresses and  checked  bounds "with  which  the  benefits  material  on  the origin  and  observ­ Gulf  on  here  as  night  cook  and  the stores.  As a  result, we had  bet­ have  been  improving  in  the  quiet,  ance of  sea  tradUions and  am  writ­ baker,, Ed  Buckley.  Yours  truly is  ter  chow  this  trip  than, has  been  efficient  way  the SIU  operates.  All  ing  to  ask  if  you  could  help  me  in  To  the  Editor:  holding down  his  end as  BR.  put  out since  Mar­Trade took  over.  that in a  year?  my research.  Just  a  line  to  let  my  shipmates'  Quite  a  few  new  men  aboard,  Why,  I  bet  some  unions  are still  The  chief  mate  is  really  a  whip­ Thus,  I  would  like  to  bring  my  on  the  Southstaf  (South  Atlantic)  quest  to  the  notice  of  your  read­ know  that  my "leg  is  pretty  well  dong  a  bang­up  job  to  make  this  per  from  the  old  country.  He  had  trying  to  get  one  of  those' funds  the  watch  on  deck  stowing  lines  for the  puny  benefits  we  had  when  ers.  I  am  an  ex­member  of  the  mended  and  that  I'm due back soon  a  pleasant  voyage.  Spider Korolia  and  the  stowaways  doing  overtime  the  program  started.  Sure,  I don't  British  Merchant  Service  and  was  in  Jacksonville  aboard  the  Annis­ 4'  4"  4'  work.  The  engineers  were  using  expect  I'll  have  to  woryr  about  a  in  the  air­sea  rescue  branch  of  the  ton  Victory.  the  stowaways  for  overtime  work  death  benefit  for  a  while  yet.  But  Royal  Australian  Air  Force  during  A.  R.  Gordon  the  last  war.  on  Sundays  and  had  the  wiper  it's good  to know  the wife  and  kids  Note:  Gordon,  messman,  in­ can count on  a $2,500  lift when  I'm  paint  during  sanitary  work."  As  a  matter  of  fact,  I  was  in  (Ed.  jured  his leg  in  London.)  gone.  It  used  to  be  a  thousand,  I  charge  of  the  rescue  launch  which  To  the Editor:  We've  stopped  that  alright,  but  know.  4"  4'  4"  picked  up  40  members  of  the crew  We  have  just  returned  from  a  I have a  feeling they are  only wait­ of  the  US ship  Coast  Farmer,  tor­ trip  to  Trieste  on  the  James  Mc­ ing for'a chance  to start  something  Well,  brother  members,  I  know  pedoed  off  Jervis  Bay,  New  South  Henry  (Bloomfield)  and  while  else.  Most  of  this  crew  are  new  when  this  Union  makes  strides  it  Wales,  in  July,  1942.  We  picked  there  picked  up  some  information  men  and first  trippers  who  don't  makes  them  where  they  count."  Keep  letting  us  know  what's  going  up  the  men  about  35  miles  off  the  To  the  Editor:  that  may  prove  helpful to  some  of  savvy the  score.  on  because It's so  easy to  lose sight  coast,  38 of  them  In  a  lifeboat  and  So far  we are  having a  very good  our  brothers.  So,  on  a  ship  like  this,­every­ two  on  a  raft.  Before  I  went  to  trip.  There  has  not  been  much  As  ship's  delegate  I approached  thing  depends  on  the  few  regular  of  things  out  here.  Gil Schap  sea  I  was  a  journalist  and  re­ rough  weather  except  for  a  few  the  captain  ^bout  a  draw  a  couple  members  setting  a  good  example;  turned  to  journalism  when  I  came  occasional  squalls and  showers. Wc  of  days  before  arrival.  He  said  he  Well,  we  had  a  bosun  who "really  ashore.  I still  have  a  deep love  of  are  trying  to  get  the  Robert  Low­ had  no  US  money  and  that  he  set  an  example.  He  had  a  man  the  sea.  ery  (Bloomfield)  in  good shape  and  would  have  to  get  lotcal  currency  painting  while  the  gang  was  top­ Impressed  by  Sea  by  the  time  we  get  to  Bombay  we  from  the  agent.  I  informed  him  ping  gear  and,  as  far  as  he's  con­ In  the  past  coUple  of  years  I  hope  to  have  a  good  bit  done.  The  this  was  a  contract  violation  and  cerned,  coffeetime  never'  wasj.  In  have  been  impressed  at  the  little  captain  and  all  the  officers  are  a  he  said  "That's  too  bad, take  it  up  fact,  while  leaving  Bermuda,  he  To  the  Editor:  that  is  known  about  the  traditions  swell  bunch  to  work  for,  and  we  with  your  union  when  you  get  rushed  out  to  take  in  the  lines  as  I  would  like  to  thank  the  Sea­ and  customs of  the  merchant  serv­ hope  that  the  trip  will  continue  back."  He  seemed  to  think  he  soon  as  called  without  taking  any  farers Union  and  all the gentlemen  ices  and  I  thought  I  would  en­ this  way.  could  make  up  for  his  deficiency  coffee  time  at  all.  And  the  new  "who  made  it  possible  for  the  chil­ dren  and  I  to  receive  a  Christmas  deavor  to  collect  this  information.  We've  been  having  a  little  dis­ in  stature  by  throwing  his  weight  guys  trailed  right  after  him.  There  are  also  countless  port  tra­ cussion  on  the  food  aboard,  and  around.  Anyway,  we  have  tried  our  best  basket  this  year.  ditions—^I  would  draw  your  atten­ our chief  cook  has  promised  to  do  A  couple  of  days  after  arrival  to  make  this  an  SIU  ship.  I  hear  .  We greatly  appreciate your  kind­ tion to  English  port customs  in this  better. Stewards  delegate  Hugh  D.  he  informed  me  it  was  US  Army  the  whole  deck  gang  and  "black,  ness. "Tm  sure  you  have  made  a  regard­^and  it  is  most  likely  that  Terrill  noted  that  the  third  cook  regulations  that  no  US  money  be  gang"  are  getting off for Christmas,  great  many  people  happy  this  past  US  seamen  and  US  ports  observe  and  chief  steward were  willing and  issued  in  Trieste.  But,  since  US  so  it's  going  to  be  up  to  the  new  Christmas.  I'm  sure  sorry .this  traditions  of  which  little  is  known  ready to  give  him  a lift  on  prepar­ naval  vessels  and  other  merchant  gang  to  keep  pushing.  thank­you  letter  was  delayed.  My  in other  parts of  the  world.  Good  luck  and  greetings  to  all.  aunt  passed  away  on  December  26.  ing  some  menus  and  meals.  No  ships  were  being  issued  US money  The information  I seek is the  na­ kicks , here  otherwise.  in  port  I  decided  to  investigate.  I  Allan  S.  Thorne  I'm  sure  you  understand.  ture  of  the  traditional  observance.  Terrell  McRamy  went  to  the  US  Army  Finance  HQ  '  Mrs.'Theresa­James  Ship's  delegate  :  India Port Same  As Reing at Sea  4.  $  a­ Doing Work Weil  Very important  De Pauw Victory  A Happy Family  How About Some  Mail  for Louis?  Many SIU Gains,  '51 Review Shows  Shinneeock Ray  Trip IV o Joy ride  W­r  WL'  Reader Asks Data  On Sea Customs  Soutkstar Man  On Voyage Home  |l>"  I ^­• •   Must Change $s  When in Trieste  Life on  Lowery  Running Smooth  Family Hails SIU  For Xmas Rasket  fe:'  S­.­'.  liK­'  �Vriday, laniiaiy 11. WSH  * On the Job  THE  LABOR  ROUND­UP  There used  to be a  time when the  adjective "little" was automatically  attached  to  cargo  carriers.  That  still  holds  true  to  a  great  degree,  but  new  developments  in  shipbuilding  promise  to  change  all  that.  Freighters,  and  to  a  lesser  extent,  tankers  and  ore  carriers* were  limited  in  size  for  various  reasons,  among  the  most  important  being  the  problem  of  propulsion.  The  big  ships  were  all  luxury  passenger  liners,'which  could  afford  to  devote  as  much  space  as  was  needed  to get  the necessary  power  and. speed.  Modern  marine  engines,  giving  more power  in  proportionately  iess space, are  helping to  make  possible  Formula  Making—In  World  War  expansion  in the size of  cargo ships.  II it was  the "Little Steel" formula  that  for  many  years  determined  t  4  the  size  of  wage  increases  Ameri­ While  we  don't  have  any  cargo  ships  under  construction  which  can  match  the Queen  Mary, the  trend  today is  toward  much  larger vessels,  can  workers could  obtain.  Now  the  or faster ships, sometimes both.  In both cases  the shipowners' objective  Wage  Stabilization  Board  is  hold­ is plain—to carry  more  ing  hearings  on  a  "Big  Steel" for­ cargo at  less cost. Even  mula  which  will  have  the same  ef­ if  no  greater  speed  is  fect.  The  hearings  are  on  wage  built  into  these  vessels  and  other  contract  demands  pre­ the  increase  in  cargo  sented  by  the  United  Steel  Work­ carrying  capacity  ers  (CIO)  to  United  States  Steel  means  a  considerable  and  other  major  companies.  Hear­ saving  for  the  opera*  ings  opened  January  7  after  the  tor.  union  called  off  its  proposed  New  The  shipowner  will  Year's strike  of  700,000 workers  on  save  in  another  way  a plea  from President  Truman. The  too.  The  size  of  the  WSB's  recommendations  will  not  crew  does  not  increase  be  binding but strong  pressure will  in  proportion  to  the  be on  both sides to  accept them.  greater  size  of  the  ship.  Bigger  ships,  4  4  4  and  faster  ships  could  Breadline  Looms — Detroit  un­ pose  an  employment  ions, including the­United  Automo­ problem  for  seamen.  bile  Workers,  are  worried  over  a  At  the  same  time,  the  big  rise  in  unemployment  in  the  smaller  Libertys  and  area.  Reductions  in  automobile  other  ships  in  our  output  due  to  lack of  steel,  copper  merchant  fleet  are  and  other  vital  materials  has  rapidly  becoming  ob*  caused  large­scale  layoffs. The  city  solete  and  if  US  ship­ of  Detroit  had 120,000  out ­of  work  ping  is  to  (survive  at  in  December,  and  these  totals  are  all  in  tough  interna­ expected  to  rise to  190,000  by  next  tional  competition  it  summer.  Union  officials  and  com­ has  to  face  up  to  the  pany  representatives have been try­ modernization  of  its  ing  to  get  the  government  to  in­ vessels.  Then  again,  crease  allocations  of  needed  mate­ new  ships  will  provide  rials so  that  production  can  be  ex­ far  better  sleeping,  AcMng  feet  of  helmsmen,  caused  by  panded.  A  great  many  of  the  un­ eating  and  recreational  employed  have  already  exhausted  standing  on  steel  decks,  can  be  re­ facilities for  the crew's  their unemployment insurance ben­ lieved  by  use  of  this  neoprene  mat.  comfort,  as  well  as  in­ efits.  corporating  new  de­ 4  4  4  velopments  which  will  help  make  maintenance  and  navigation  easier.  It  is  well  known  that  the  Mariner  class freighters  now  on  the  ways  Strike Slowdown—The  year 1951  are  larger  and  faster  than  the  wartime  Libertys  and  Victorys  which  was  a  quiet  one  as  far  as  strikes  make  up  so  large  a  part  of  our fleet.  They  are  supposed  to  develop  were  concerned.  The first  ten  up  to  25  knots  and  weigh  12  to  14,000  tons  deadweight.  But  these  months  of  the year saw  almost  400  general  cargo  ships  are  dwarfed  by  tankers,  under  construction  or  fewer  strikes  than  in  the  previous  planned,  which  will  go  as  high  as  35,000  to  40,000  tons.  They  shrink  year,  with  considerably  less  time  further  in  comparison  to  proposed  ocean­going  ore  boats,  which  may  lost.  Among  the  bigger  strikes  of  some  day  be  built  as  large  as  50­,000  tons,  putting  them  in  a  class  the  year  was  the  walkout  in  the  with  the  very largest  of  passenger  liners.  copper  industry  and  the  wildcat  walkout  of  longshoremen.  The  4  4  4  Giant  tankers  are  under  construction  in  several  countries.  Japan  basic  indust^s;  coal,  automobile  has some  38,000  tonners in  the process.  British shipyards  are  working  manufacture,^steel  and  transporta­ on  several  behemoths  of  28,000  tons  and  two  such  monsters  are  under  tion,  had  industrial  peace.  construction  in  this  country  at  the  Sun  Shipbuilding  yards.  The  4  4  4  American  vessels  are  640  feet  long  and  have  a  cargo  capacity  of  250,­ 600  barrels  of  oil.  Their  speed  will  be'around  16  knots  which  is  Get  Going  Boys—^AFL  Secre­ more  or  less  standard  for  tankers.  These  ships,  despite  their  huge  tary­Treasurer  George  Meany,  size,  will  get  by  vith  a  crew  of  31 to  34  men  (unlicensed  personnel).  back  from  a  European  trip,  says  Among the more interesting accommodations for the crew are individual  that  Europe's'unions are  not  show­ sleeping rooms, recreation  rooms, ceramic  tile  baths and  air  condition­ ing  enough  "get­up­and­go"  in  ing  systems.  fighting  Communist  influence  in  As far as  ocean  going  ore  boats are  concerned,  all developments  are  trade  unions.  Meany  also said  that  still  on  the  planning  boards,  but  the  newer  Great  Lakes  ore  carriers  the  AFL  would fight  the  inclusion  show the  distinct trend  to greater  size, speed, tonnage, and  cargo carry­ of  Yugoslav  upion  representatives  ing capacity  with  each  passing  year.  in  the  International  Confedera­ tion  of  Free  Trade  Unions  on  the  4  4  •  ­ One  of  the  most  ingenious  shipboard  gadgets  we've  come  across  is  grounds  that  the  Yugoslav  unions  an  Australian  development  to  reduce  smoke  from  ship's funnels.  The  are  dominated  by  the  government.  gadget  consists  of  an  electric  eye  beam  rig in  the sides  of  the funnel.  TL.!  AFL  has  indicated  that  it  When  the smoke  reaches  a  certain  density, the  beam  Is  broken, throw­ might  withdraw financial  support  ing  a  switch.  The  switch  starts  fans  moving,  supplying  extra  oxygen  from  the  ICFTU  if  it  does  admit  to the furnace and helping to burn  up the gases  which cause the smoke.  the  Yugoslav  unions  to  member­ It's a  very  clever  method  of  keeping  down  that  shipboard  soot.  <^6hip.  Burly  P«g«  SEAFARERS  IPG  The 52,000­ton  supefliner United States, the largest  and fastest vessel  built  in  this  country,  is  expected  to  be  put  through  trials in  May and  make  her maiden  run  July 3  to Le  Havre.  Capable  of  speed  in  excess  of  30 knots, according  to the ship's operators, she  will also  he the safest  vessel  on  the seas.  Special  defense  features  will  enable swift  conver­ sion  of  tha  liner  into  a  transport  for 14,000  troops . . . Ships  running  too close  to  the Massachusetts  shore  may  go  mountain  climbing  if  they  don't stay  on  course.  Geologists have  discovered  an underwater  moun­ tain there  more than a  mile high and  extending for more than five  miles  off  the  Bay State.  4  4  4  A  makeshift  rudder  apparatus  rigged  up  for  a  Norwegian  freighter  while it  was out of  control for  three days in  a North  Atlantic hurric. ne  utilized an 18­foot, 1,400­pound steel hatch  beam as an  emergency tiller.  Lacking  proper  tools  and^  working  on  ice­coated  decks,  crewmen  fas­ tened  the  beam  to  the  rudder  post  as a  temporary  repair  and  steered  the  vessel  by  cables  running  to  deck  winches.  Deckmen  took  in  or  let out cable  on  orders by  megaphone from  the  bridge for 10  days.  A  salvage  settlement  which  observers feel  should  not  be  regarded  as  a  precedent  encouraging  naval  vessels  to  seek  similar financial  gain  was  made  by  the  Isbrandtsen  Co.,  operators  of  the  SS  Flying  Arrow,  which  was  attacked  in  1950  by  a  Chinese  Nationalist  gunboat.  The  crew of  a British  destroyer claimed that its aid to the American freighter  saved  the ship  and  cargo.  Settlement  was $10,000  . . . Ship arrivals in  Boston  during  1951  dropped  sharply  from  the  1950 figure,  a  decrease  attributed  to  "labor  difficulties"  last  fall  by  that  city's  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Last year's  total of  2,217 vessels of  1,000 gross tons or more  was  almost  500  below  1950.  A  26­foot steel  boat for  use as  a  patrol or  utility craft  has been  dem­ onstrated  to  be  "unsinkable."  Despite  three  feet  of  water  inside  the  hull, the  boat still floated  on an  even keel.  The secret to its "non­sink­ able"  powers  iies  in  three  buiit­in  air  vaults  below  deck  that  can  be  made  watertight  by  closing  a  bulkhead  door.  Even  underwater  engine  operation  is  possible  since  the  power  plants  are  encased  in  a  steel,  watertight compartment . . . November  tonnage  at  the  port  of  Houston  pushed  an 11­month  total above  the previous  year's record  high.  4  4  4  Norfolk  tugboatmen  ended  a  four­day. strike  which  snarled  harbor  operations  last  week.  Members  of  the  Marine  Division,  AFL  Long­ shoremen's Union,  the  men  accepted  a  general  pay  increase  amounting  to  about  25  cents  hourly  plus  a  40­hour  week  with  half­time  extra  on  Saturdays and Sundays . . . Dock workers  at Georgtown, British  Guiana,  walked  off  the  job  when  a  pay  adjustment  they  received  fell far  short  of  demands.  The six  percent  wage  increase  was  "insufficient" in  light  of  living costs,  the workers  asserted.  4  4  4  Regular  service  to  Europe  and  the  Mediterranean  with  Detroit  as  home  port  will  be  inaugurated  next  April,  the first  transatlantic  sail­ ing from a  Great Lakes port  by US flag  vessels.  Cargoes will  be mainly  auto  parts  and  machine  tools  from  the  surrounding  industrial  area.  Nine  freighters  will  make  the  more  than  30  sailings  scheduled  during  the season.  4  4  .  '  4  A  total  of  80  new  ships  hit  New  York  on  their first  voyages  during  1951.  Japan  with  15 and  Great  Britain  with 11  led  the  parade  of  new  vessels from  foreign  nations.  US newcomers  entering the  port for  the  first  time were  an even  dozen, including  two Seatfains,  the Georgia  and  Louisiana  . . .  Longshoremen  in  ILA  Local  791  refused  to  unload  a  consignment  of  Polish  hams aboard  a  US Lines'  freighter, a  gesture  of  retaliation  for  action  of  Hungary  toward  four  American flyers  forced  down  in that country and  "ransomed" by the  US for $120,000.  4  4  4  Some  $19,000,000  in  claims  arising  from  a fire  hazard  aboard  the  cruise  ship  Noronic  in  Toronto,  Canada,  during  1949  have  been  met  with an  offer  of  $2,150,000  from  the company  as full  settlement, in  or­ der  to  void  "probable" years  of  court  action  to  reach  an  accord  on  all  claims.  The fire  aboard  the  vessel,  manned  by  the  SIU  Canadian  district, brought  death to  119  persons . . . New ship  orders during 1951  set a  new high in  Great Britain.  The more  than 1,000 orders represent  between  three  and  four  years'  work,  worth  $1,540,000,000,  for  British  shipyards.  4  4  4  American exports of  wheat are  running at the highest  rate since 1948,  the  record  year for  grain shipments  to Europe.  Movement  over a five­ month period  more than  doubled the  total during  the comparable  period  the  previous  year.  Nearly  half  of  it went  to Europe  and  about  30  per­ cent  to  Asia,  mainly  to India  and  Japan . . . Shipments of  coal, the  ma­ jor  ECA  cargo  moving  abroad,  should  run  about  40,000,000  tons  for  last  year,  although  spokesmen  hope  that  increased  coal  production  in  countries now  receiving it  will cut  that figure  in  half  by  mid­1952.  Folloir  Burly  Every  issue  in  The  Seaiarers  Ley  XHATE&A5ESAU.­( l.HATC^  1  AN' APPLE PIE^­  WOM6A/­1  K  �!•   1'^ ­•   K­ I  I  ''1^1  •  'P«*e Twenty­tw*  Security  Screenout  SEAFARERS  i&h '  IMiar. immuf  U.'fl«iS  ''  .WELFARE  BENEFITS...  J.  L.  Bryant  95.00  REPORT  NO.  19  Wilson  O.  Cars  95.00  By  Robert  Matthews,  Asst.  Secretary­Treasurer  James  Cardell  95.00  (Continued from­page  2)  clear  him^  the  Coast  Guard  Com­ Oliver  Celestine.­.  55.00  Period  Covered  By  This  Report­>Dec. 16­Dec.  29  J. H.  ChapeUe..,,  95.00  appeal,  he  goes  to  the  chairman  in  mandant  is  not  bound  to  follow  Cash  on  hand.  1220,191.59  Lawrence  Cook......  95.00  Rogelio  Cruz  95.00  his  district  and notifies him accord­ that  vote,  although there have been  US  Government  Bonds  :  754,023.44  Martin  DeSalvo  ...»  55.00  150,000.00  N.  Fayaloro  ingly.  The  chairman,  who  has  no  many  cases  in  which  such  recom­ Estimated  Accounts  Receivable  40.00  Hospital  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  9,980.00  Arthur  Fivek  connection  with  ^the  Washington  mendations have  led  to reversal  ..............a  85.00  F.  H.  Garretson  ;, i,  55.00  Total  Hospital  Benefits  paid  since  July  t, 1950  102,616.00  procedure,  then  secures  the  secret  the original  decision to deny  a man  Gerdes  95.00  9,000.00  Henry  file  from  Washington  and all  other  his  validated  papers.  The  Coast  Death  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  E.  E,  Gross  a  55.00  Death  Benefits  Paid  since July  1, 1950  '  157,666.66  Donald  J.  Ikerd  ..........a  53.00  information he  can get  on the  man  Guard  commandant  will  tend  Daniel  D.  Kelly  13.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  He  examines  the  file  thoroughly  give  considerabie  weight  to  an  ap  Daniel  H.  Hunt  .  40.00  Leo  H.  Lang  59.00  NORFOLK,  VA.  James  B.  Lewis.,,.  25.00  John  J.  MaUoy  100.00  and  then  writes  the  man  notifying  peal  board  recommendation  be  WUliam  Armstrong  55.00  Frank  Martin  40.00  $25.00  William  McKeon.....  him  of  the  reason  he  has  been  cause  the  board  has  seen  the  man  K.  M.  Bymaster  40.00«  John  Mayrbat  59.00  '  25.00  Leo  Strange  George  Votu­lourais.  1  55.00  Sam  McDonald......  95.00  Bernie  Coin  55.00  denied  clearance.  He  also  notifies  and  has  had  an  opportunity  to  Eaward  •  55.00  Thomas  McLees  40.00  Costin  15.00  Steven  Williams....  the seaman  that he  has  the right  to  judge  him  at  first  hand.  David  McMullen  55.00  Alphonso  DeSouza...  30.00  $335.00  M.  V.  Mobley  15.00  Roscoe  J.  Hampton....:  15.00  Second  Appeal  be represented  by  a  lawyer, to  pre­ L.  F.  Padgett  15.00  Robert  L.  Harrell  45.00  sent  witnesses,  affidavits,  letters  Should  the  appeal  board  recom  Percy  Ray  Hunt  W.A.Perry  55.00  65.00  NEW  ENGLAND' HOSPITAL  Francis  J.  Petipas  40.00  Frank  H.  Post  53.00  BOSTON. MASS.  and  any  other  material  he  thinks  mend  denial  of  a  seaman's  appeal  S.  Raana  53.00  £.  Rountree  40.00  30.00  K.  would  help  Hirfi  secure  clearance,  he  can  make  a  second  appeal  to  John  Stout  Claude  A.  Ray  55.00  25.00  Ernest  Cornell  Brentley  Young  40.00  Foster  B.  Shedd  55.00  another  three­man  board  in  Wash­ *"  This notification  is sent  well in  ad­ SEASIDE  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL  N.  Straton  55.00  L.  G,  Wade  25.00  vance  of  the  hearing  date  to  give  ington.  This  board  also  consists  of  George  LONG  BEACH. CALIF.  Warren  60.00  F.  M.  Strickland  55.00  one  labor  member,  one  industry  J.  P.  Synott  55.00  Robert  Layko  65.00  the  seaman  time  to  prepare  his  C.  M.  TannehUl  53.00  $495.00  member and  a  Coast Guard  officer  appeal.  Horace  H.  Tostet  55.00  VA  HOSPITAL  who  serves  as  chairman.  Ther  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Lomie  R.  Tickle  55.00  LONG  BEACH.  CALIF.  Challenges  Permitted  PHILADELPHIA.  PA.  Torres  40.00  EMward  Pritchard  have  been  occasions  in  which  such  John  Brady  55.00  E.  25.00  Arnold  J.  Valenta  40 00  In  addition,  the  seaman  is  noti­ appeals .  over  the  adverse  recom­ Jay  Flaherty  60.00  Louis  J.  Willis  55.00  .  USPHS  HOSPITAL  fied  of  the  names  of  the  panel  mendation  of  the  local  board  have  John  Tingle  .­  45.00  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF.  $2,080.00  members  who  have  been  chosen  to  been  successful.  40.00  $130.00  JPercy  J.  BaUon..  hear his case. The seaman  can chal­ Garth  A.  Broad  55.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  In  the  New  York  area,  there  are  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Gee  Cheng  45.00  lenge  the  choice  of  any  one  labor  currently  three  appeals  chairmen,  STATEN  ISLAND.  N.  Y.  BOSTON.  MASS.  Joseph  T.  McNulty  55.00  JosSph  Bennett  55.00  representative,  or  industry  repre­ Julius Rosen, Francis  Coughlin and  John  Boneck  25.00  George  Nagel  55.00  83.00.  70.00  WiUiam  Burck  40.00  Burley  Nankivll  sentative,  without  cause,  in  which  Walter  Lawlor.  From  January  of  Edward  A. Cooley  Maurice  Bumstine  13.00..  Charles  Robertson  45.00  Caffrey......ii85.0<F'j>i.  case another  panel  member will  be  1951 until  June, the  chairmen were  Louis  Ross....;.....  15.00  Thomas  A.  R.  Carrasqaillo  '  40.00  Peter  Smith  150.00  appointed.  Subsequently,  the  hearing  cases  without  the  use  of  Walter  Chalk;  83.00  :  Frank  Stone  40.00  seaman  can  challenge,  with  cause,  panel members, as  the panel  mem­ Sture  Chrlstianson.....i...  55.00  .^':  Ted  Thompson  25.00  13.00  Herman  Urlarte  ;...,  5.00  Christopher  Cooney  as  many  panel  members  as  he  bers  themselves  were  in  the  proc­ 40.00  SUvester  Walker  25.00  Joseph  CueUers  wants.  If  he  can  show  sufficient  ess  of  being  cleared.  Since  June,  Yanas  Dailal.t  53.00  Glenn  W.  Williams  15.00  William  DeArmon  40.00  cause  that  they  might  be  preju­ however,  the  panels  have  been  DeMarco  30.00  $640.00  Carl  diced  against  him  personally,  they  functioning  in  the  port  of  New  John  P.  Doyle  95.00  John  Eliasson  15.00  will  be  replaced  by  others  who are  York,  although other  ports are  still  USPHS.  HOSPITAL  Samuel  Erlltz  13.00  SEATTLE.  WASH.  acceptable  to him.  Joseph  P.  FarreU  40.00  (Cpntinued  from  page  3)  in  the  process  of  organization.  Francis  t.  Gibbons  53.00  Francisco  Farina  70.00  At  the appeals  hearing itself,  the  checked  all  ballots,  used  and  un­ A.  D.  Sistrunk  25.00  Angelo  P.  Ferrie  30.00  Time  Element  Donald  Gilbo  40.00  burden  of  proof  is  on  the  seaman  In  practice,  the  appeals  boards  used,  and noted  the figures  accord­ 53.00  $80.00  Edwin  F. Grows  that  he  has  not  been  guilty  of  the  tend  to  make  considerable  allow­ ingly  in the  tally report.  The  com­ Roscoe  Hobdy  25.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Joe  Humphreys  55.00  acts  of  which  he  was  charged.  ance  for  the  time  element.  A  man  mittee  further  stated  that  "this  SAVANNAH.  GA.  Velton  E.  Jordan  40.00  The  spokesman  stressed  that  the  might  have  been  a  member  of  tHe  Committee  upon  checking  various  Sylvester  Kettunen  55.00  Von  L.  Beverly  40.00  appeals board  hearing is not  a trial  Communist Party  during the  World  ports'  tally  sheets,  found  that  all  Carl  70.00  S.  Coppedge  15.00  Olie  A. Kisiah.  George  Kitchen  93.00  E.  L.  Hodgea  95.OO  in  which  witnesses  appear  for  the  War  II "honeymoon  period" or had  reports  submitted  by  all  outports'  13.00  D.  Lowery.  40.00  WlUiam  Klopmeyer  government.  The  man  has  already  been  a  member  of  one  of  a  group  committees  were  correct  and  in  Carl  Frank  Kubek  45.00  James  T.  Moore  70.OO  55.00  30.00  T.  J.  Kustas  been  adjudged  guilty  of  being  a  of  front organizations  several  years  nearly  every  case  checked  exactly  James  H.  Nelson  :...  70.00  H.  C.  Neidlinger  40.00  Robert  F.  Larsen  security  risk  in  Washington,  in  ac­ ago,  but  has  since  dropped  out.  In  with  the  New  York  Headquarters  John  Travaglini  55.00  40.00  Haroik  Lunt  A.  McGulgan  5.5.00  cord with  information on  file there.  such  a  case,  the  board  could  make  Committee's  final  tallies.. In  a few  Perfocto  Mangual  1  40.00  • 330.00  It  is now  up to  the seaman  to clear  favorable recommendation,  being  isolated  instances  where  the  find­ E.  Mattson..;  40.00  Vic  Milkzzo  70.00  himself  of  the  judgment  that  has  that  the  man  is  no  longer  asso­ ings of  the  various committees  dif­ USPHS  HOSPITAL  John  J.  Munno  40.00  GALVESTON.  TEX.  been  made  against  him,  just  as  a  ciated  with these  organizations and  fer, tlie  differences were  slight and  Emil  A­ Oppici  40.00  Fred  Aderhold  55.00  Norman  R.  Petteraon  40.00  man  appealing  a  court  conviction  obviously has no sympathy for  their  made  no  change  whatsoever  in  the  Charles  Berkelew  40.00  James  A.  Ray  40.00  to  a  higher  court  has  the  burden  present  day  objectives.  What  the  final  results of  the  election for  any  Claude  Davis  59.00  Vincente. Remolar  40.00  J.  H.  Hammer  ;.....  15.00  .Tuan  Rueda  55.00  of  clearing  himself  of  the  lower  board, and  the Coast  Guard, is  con­ office."  Floyd  1.  Kelly  40.00  David  Sumulong  40.00  '  court's  judgment.  Earl  Pradat  40.00  Stanley  SwienckoskI  95.00  cerned with  in  the main  is that  the  Tallying  committee  members  Charles  Scherhens  55.00  George  Thumer  30.00  Following the  hearing, the  board  seaman  should not  be currently,  or  were:  A.  G.  "Red"  Campbell,  S.  B.  Tribble  40.00  Samuel  L.  Vandal  53,00  Wilson  60.00  Henry  members  will  vote  on  whether  to  recently,  active  in  such  organiza­ Charles  W.  Palmer,  Raffaelo Garo­ Joe  .99.00  Charles  Savant  40.00  WUliam Watson  WUUs  40.00  recommend  that  the  man  be  tions.  This  would  place him  under  folo,  Ake  E.  Anderson,  Alonzo  M.  $440.00  granted  his  clearance­or  not.  In  suspicion  as  being  a  member  at  a  Milefski and  Patrick J. McCann.  $2,169.00  the  overwhelming  majority  of  time when the­organization's  policy  USPHS  HOSPITAL  USPHS HOSPITAL  MOBILE.  ALA.  cases,  the  votes  have  been  unani­ was  very  strongly  inimical  to  the  MANHATTAN  BEACH,  N.  Y.  Btyant  6./BoutweU.  70.OO  mous.  Should  the .board  vote  to  government  of  the  United  States.  25.00  J.  L.  Buckeley  70.00  Robert  Atmore  Fliiisli  Tally  Of  A&G  Vote  fe  J ^  1  •  Jnion Opens  ,  Seaman School  OME SVCIPPERS HAVE DEKIEP  '1HEIR MEN  SHORE LEAVE  IN  FOREI&M PORTS, CLAIMING  THE ORDER C2AME  FROM THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT, IF  YOUR  CREW  IS DENIED  SHORE LEAVE FOR THIS  R^^ON, DEMAND TO SEE  A  WRITTEN ORDER PROM  THE GOVERNMENT TO  TMAT EFFECT.  IFNONI  IS PRODUCED,  You  ARE ENTITLED TO  OVERTIME FOR THAT  PERIOD.  \f  t­v  Tim  Burke  Roscoe  B.  Dearman  Aden  C.  EzeU  Joseph  Holsenbeck  J.  H.  Jones  T.  A.  Lewis  D.  W.  Manley...'.  Lawrence  L.  Myatt  Donald  E.  Pool  Tage  Roslund  Joseph  Saxon  (Continued  from  page  3)  good  times  and bad,  as  the  higher  the  rating  a  man  has  the  more  will  he  be  in  demand.  USPHS  HOSPITAL  The  institution  of  the  training  BALTIMORE.  MD.  schools  is  one  part  of  the  SIU's  A.  All.  Wa  arner  A.  Allred  long­range  objective  of  bringing  Ankerson  strength  and  stability  to  the  mari­ Thomas  John  Barron  time  industry.  By  supplying  the  Nelson  W.  Blades..  Callan  skilled  seamen  to  meet  the  need,  Henry  BUly  Coleman  and  manning  the  ships  with  effi­ Pedro  DeFranca  W.  Dodds  cient,  capable  and  experienced  Edgar  Donald. Duvall  men,  the  Union  feels  it  will  im­ T.  Halenda  ;  L. JloKman  measurably  add  to  the  quality  and  John  James  L.  Jones  competitive  resourcefulness  of  US  Frank  P.  Kelley.,,,  George  Keplch  shipping.  A.  Lopez  Quiz  Angwerz  (1)  Spirit  of  St.  Louis.  (2)  He'd  better  in  New ^Jersey!  "A  husband  acquainted  with  his  wife's  weaknesses  is  ­required  to  shield  her from  temptations  which  she  may  underestimate," said that's  state's  Court  of  Chancery.  (3)  Tom had  seven; Jack, five.  (4)  Primo  Camera.  (5)  India.  A  rupee  is  16  annas.  (6)  His  son.  (7)  Hawaiian  Islands.  (8)  12  days.  (9)  Continuous  rain  or  snow.  (10)  Liberia.  It's  actuiilly  in  the  Atlantic  Ocean  off  the  coast  of  Africa.  55.00  55.00  55.00  25.00  65.00  13.00  40.00  30.00  23.00  55.00  55.00  9605.00  Rupert  A.  Blake.­.  Claude  F.  Blanks  Edmund  C.  Blosser  Matthew  Bruno  Jack  M.  Dalton  John  J.  DriscoU  John  T.  Edwards.................  Thomas  P.  EzzeU  J.  Espinoza  E.  Ferrer  Robert  E.  Gilbert  Fred  Grimes  :  John  W.  Keenan  Frederick  Landry...'.­  James  Lawlor  David  Mcllreath.....  Arthur  Lomas  Constantino  Makris  George  Moore  R.  A.  RatcliSE  G.  E.  Schumaker  • '  Timothy  SuUivan.....  Albert  Thompson  23.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  23.00  25.00  23.00  23.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  23.00  2.5.00  25.00  23.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  25.00  15.00  25.00  35.00  70.00  55.00  15.00  15.00  53.00  $600.00  40.00  55.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  70.00  NORFOLK,  VA.  35.00  Samuel  Merkerson  10.00  40.00  25.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  ,  55.00  FORT  WORTH.  TEX.  40.00  60.00­ Horace  McCordy  40.00  J.  H.  Ashurst  Earl  McKendree  55.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Raymond  Miller  70.00  .  BALTIMORE,  MD.  Paige  Mitcholl.  25.00  Jack  D.  Morrison..  85.00  Joe  Goude.....  45.00  John  D.  Norris.  ..v....  40.00  VA  HOSPITAL  Charles  N.  Payne......  W....,  25.00  /  .  BRONX,  N,  Y.  Ben  Price  40.00  Graham  Pulssegur.  25.00  Vernon  Derry.  115.(M  Ruperto  Rivera  .  55.00  Claude  Scott....  55.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Corrle  Shartzer  40.00  CHICAGO. ILL.  ' i  Ashby  Southera  55.00  Jack  Thprnburg...;...,  J45.00  John  Stanley  40.00  Paul  Strickland..  55.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Robert  Thomaa. .1,".  .vi?.,....  55.00  CLEVELAND.  OHIO  A.  G.  Trezos  iv.'.,.... ..v.....  55.00  WiJUam  CaroU  15.00  WUllam  Wilcher....  13.00  Albert  Willis  55.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Chester  B.  Wilson  ,  40.OO  PORT  STANTON,  N.  BL  Norman  Wrye,...40.00  Bomar  R.. Cheeley.  • 05.00  John  ZohUl  13.00  DEATH  BENEFITS.  81.663.00  David  Bahr  $2,500.00  • Tohn  Bloodgood  1,500.00  USPHS HOSPirAt.  WUlie  Lamb.  2Ji0CJ)0  •   'NEW  ORUISANS.  LA.­ ^  =  John  Wynn....  2.300.00  J.  E.  Ball  ,i...;53.00  Frank  Breck.55.00  $8,000.00  �Vrltar. tammanr H. MKI.  SEAFARERS  IPG  » . DIGEST M SHIPS' MEETINGS ...  aiip'i  delegatp  reported  that  TOPA  TOPA  (W«t*rm«n),  Nov.  11  —  CiMlmMii.  A.  M.  • ronconli  Soerolarv,  Uw  captain  waa  very  well  pleaaM  with  J.  M.  Molondox.  Delegates  reported  no  bMfs.  Thero  was  a  suggestion  that  sMp's delegate  take  the  repair  list  to  the  captain  and  go  over  all  the  work  not  repaired.  <37  of  the  ship's  fund  turned  over  to  the  ship's  delegate  to  be  put  liK  safe  keepings  in  captain's  safe.  A  vote  of  thanks  was extended  to  the  stew­ ards department  for  their good  work  and  fine  ehow.  the  crew's  workmanship  and  actions.  Mo­ tion  made  the  bookmen  give  messmen  a  trial  after  the  meeting.  Firenun  stated  he  was  logged  for  being  sick  at  tea  and  stated  that  it  was  unfair  and  should  be  lifted  by  the  commissioner.  All  hands  were asked  to leave  the rooms  in a  clean  condition  and  put  the  dirty  linen  in  the  linen  locker.  JOHN  EVANS  (MlislsslppI),  Oct.  SANTORE  (Ore),  Dec.  17  —  Chairman,  Chairman,  Robert  Maloy; Secretary,  Theo­ 4elin  R.  Talbot;  Secretary,  C.  E.  Taylor.  dore  Mangut.  Deck  department  short  f.  Ddegates  reported  no  beefs.  Discussion  .on the  ship's fund.  Ship's fund  voted  for  and  is  to  be  taken  care  of  by  the  ship's  delegate.  Cots,  wind  shoots,  mattresses,  etc.,  were  discosaed.  two  men.  one  ordinary  who  misted  the  strip  on  sailing  day  and  the  AB  who  Jumped  over  the  side.  Motion  mtde  the  recreation  room  be  cleaned  in  rotation  by iCach  department.  BEATRAIN  SAVANNAH  (SMtraln),  Dac.  24—Chairman,  R.  Nawalls;  Sacratary,  Reaca. Olivar.  A  couple  of  beefs  to  ba  turned  in  to  the  patrolman  at  payoff.  Mo­ tion  made  and  carried  that  patrolman  contact  Mr.  Chapdelaine  in  regard  to  putting a  washing  machine  on board.  Sug­ gestion that  crewmembers keep the  water  cooler  free  of  cups  and  cigarette  butts.  GATEWAY  CITY  (Waterman),  Dec.  IS  —Chairman,  M.  Rlchardsons;  Sacratary,  E.  M.  Watts.  Motion  was made  that  three  members be  elected to  go to  the  haU and  get  in  contact  with  the  negotiating  com­ mittee  in  regard  to  the  working  rules.  Discussion  on  the  heating  system  in  the  crew's  quarters aft.  HEYWOOD  BROUN  (Victory  Carriers),  Nov,  11 — Chairman,  Glllli;  Sacratary,  FORT  HOSKINS  (CIHds  Sarvlce),  Dae.  9  William  Alvaro.  Laundry  room  to  be  SEATRAIN  TEXAS  (Seatrain  Lines),  '  DK. f—­Chaltman,  F.  Walaska;  Secretary,  —Chairman,  J.  FItipatrIck;  Secretary,  T.  cleaned  by  wiper  and OS  every  week  and  E.  Jones.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs,  everything  going  smooth.  A  vote  of  thanks  extended  to  the  negotiatihg  com­ mittee for  the  good  work  th^y  have  done  on  the  Welfare.  Vacation  and  the  wage  agreement.  Harrell.  Delegates reported no  beefs.  Sug­ gestion  made  that  anyone  paying  off  without  a  patrolman  be  brought  up  on  charges.  The  dangers  of  smoking on  the  weU  deck  were  pointed  out  to  the  new  men.  pantry  mess to  keep  spare  messhall  clean  and  crew  to  help  keep  it  clean.  Dele­ gates  reported ^ in  good  standinsb  no  beefs.  ^  a  TRANSATLANTIC  (PacHie  Wafsrwsys),  DEL  NORTE  (Mississippi),  Dae.  1  —  Chairman,  Bob  Foster,  Secretary,  BUI  Dec.  2—Chairman,  C.  Locke;  Secretary,  new,  a  motJon  was  made  to  discuss  any  WARRIOR  (Waterman),  Nov.  25  —  new  business at  the next  meeting.  Chairman,  T.  C.  Ballard; Secretary,  H.  F.  Webber.  The  new  memorandum  agree­ CLARKSBURG  ­VICTORY  (Mississippi),  ment  was  read  to  the  crew  and  a  vote  was taken.  The crew  was advised  to keep  Nov.  14—Chairman,  J.  Wads;  Secretary,  A.  A.  Kessen.  Delegates  reported  every­ the  laundry  cleaner.  Permitmen  were  thing  okay.  Amount  in  ship's  fund  t4.92.  briefed  on  the act  of  throwing  cigarettes  Motion  made  and  seconded  that  all  crew­ on  deck.  A ntnnber  of  repairs  were men­ members  donate  to  the  ship's  fund  for  tioned.  the  upkeep  of  the  washing  machine  and  to  buy  reading  material  for  the  crew.  STEEL  ARCHITECT  (Isthmian),  Dec.  4  Suggertion that  all crewmembers  be  prop­ —Chairman,  Anselme  Melandez;  Secre­ erly  dressed  when  eating  in  messroom  at  tary,  F.  V.  Fromm.  Delegates  reported no  meal  times.  All  repairs  to  be  turned  in  beefs.  Chief  mate  refused  man  a  slip  to  to  the  department  delegate  as  soon  as  the  dentist  saying  he  was  busy  and  had  possible.  other  things  to  take  care  of. , Motion  made  to  fumigate  the  ship  holds  and  quarters.  Rats  and  roaches  were  seen  MANKATO  VICTORY  (Victory  Car­ riers),  Dee.  14—Chairman,  W.  L.  Burch;  by  the  crew.  Suggestion  to  keep  the  washing machine  clean.  There  was  a  mis­ Secretary,  Frank  Hall.  .Ship's  delegate  re­ ported  that  everything  is ftnning  along  understanding  in  the  steward's  depart­ smoothly.  Any  additional  repairs  are  to  ment.  be  added  to  the  repair  list  which  will  be  turned  in  to  the  department  delegates.  MADAKET  (Waterman),  Dee.  • — Chair­ The  ship  needs  fumigating.  Quite  a  few  man,  Freeland;  Secretary,  Cridlcy.  Dele­ cockroaches  were  seen  in  the  living  quar­ gates  reported  no  beefs.  Discussion  on  ters.  man  who  missed ship  in  Yokohama.  Com­ plaints  on  bad  stores.  The  ship  is  not  GATEWAY  CITY  (Waterman),  Dac.  2—  being  supplied  as  it  should  be.  Slopchest  Chairman,  M.  Rlchardsons;  Secretary,  E.  on board  is sadly depleted.  M.  Watts.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  steward  was  requested  to  put  out  GULFWATER  (Mar­Trade),  Nov.  25—  more  cheese  for  the  night  lunch  so  that  Chairman,  E.  M.  Cerlane;  Secretary,  J.  the  crew  could  make  toasted  cheese sand­ Mcdwed..  Delegates  reported  misunder­ wiches  on  the  toasting  machine  that  was  standing  about  cleaning  the  passageways.  purchased  out  of  the  ship's  fund.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  the  delegates  for  their  capable  handling  of  SUZANNE  (Bull),  Nov.  25—Chairman,  ship's  affairs.  The  steward's  department  J.  Pacheco;  Sacratary,  G.  Boncfont.  Com­ was  complimented  on  the  good  food  in  plaints  of  too  much  noise  by  chipping  spite  of  the  equipment  to  work  with.  and scaling  while  the ship  is at  sea  which  disturbs  the  12  to  4  watch.  The  crew  quarters  will  be  painted  this  trip,  includ­ ing  messroom  chairs  and  tables.  Mess­ room  locker  out  of  order  to  be  renewed  on ToUowing  trip.  H.  Bradshaw.  Delegates reported no  beefs.  The  crew  was  reminded  that  the  chow  on  board  is  theirs  and  they  are  free  to  ask  for  changes  in  menu  at  any  time.  Dec.  f—Chairman,  L.  Gllllt;  Secretary,  AU  crewmembers  are  to  clean  laundry  L.  Cwalthnoy.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  the  trays  after  using  them.  steward's  department  for  their fine  meals  SEAPEARL  (Colonial),  Nov.  IS—Chair­ during  the  trip  and  for  the fine  Thanks­ man,  Clayton  Conlcy; Secretary,  L.  FloycL­ giving dinner.  The  remaining ship's  crew  Educatlon  bulletins read  to aU  hands, and  that  is  staying  aboard  agreed  to  make  a  newcomers  were  told  how  the  Union  got  voluntary  donation  to  the  ship's  fund.  FURPLESTAR  (Traders),  Now.  4  —  where  it  is today.  Everyone  seems to  be  MARTIN  McCARVER  (Waterman),  Dae.  Chairman,  Tom  Lowe;  Eecretary,  Xhuck  pleased  with  the  new  contract.  The  Sea­ pearl  broke down  at sea  and  while it  was  15—Chairman,  G.  VInerz;  Sacratary,  G.  being  repaired  the  crew  had  a  good  time  Delgado.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs and  catching  sharks  and  they  had  a  big. one'  a  few  disputed hours  overtime. The  mess­ on  the  line  but  you  know  the  story.  It  man  is  not  dumping  garbage  at  the  ABIQUA  (Cities  Service),­  Nov.  27—  proper  place.  Unnecessary  noise  in  the  Chairman,  John  Giancola;  Secretary,  R.  got away.  passageways  and  aU  hands  were  asked  Lafferty.  Ship's  delegate  reported  that  RObERT  ELLIS  LEWIS  (Bloomfleld),  to  close  doors  quietly  and  stop  the  loud  the  washing  machine  js  beyond  repair.  Dec.  14—Chairman,  Walker  T.  Loclalr;  talking.  Discussion  about  the  Indian  A  new machine  will  be^iut aboard  by  the  Levi  Walker  S.  Butlar.  Delegates  reported  watchman  and  longshoremen  to  be  taken  company.  Several  members  at  the  meet­ ­  Contact  Silas  Axtell,  15  Moore  Secretary,  no  beefs.  Two  men  missed  ship  in  Ger­ up  at  next  meeting.  ing  had  complaints  about  the  poor  mail  many.  Vote  of  thanks  to  the  steward's  service  given  to  the  crew  by  the  com­ St.,  New  York.  LONGVIEW  VICTORY  (Victory  Car­ pany.  The  door  to  the  crew  messroom  department  for­a  pleasant  and  a  good  riers),  Nov.  'II—Chairman,  James  H.  feeding  trip.  The  slopchest  will  be  needs  repairs.  checked  to  see  if  cold  weather  gear  is  Boylet,  Jr.;  Secretary,  Beniamln  F.  Gordon Chambers  Nov.  15—Chairman,  Rocky  Milton;  Sec  Trottle..  Delegates  reported  no"  beefs.  retary,  Robert  Lafferty.  The  question  of  aboard  for  the  next  trip.  Please  get  in  touch  with  your  Discussion  by  the  steward  on  the  merits  overtime  for  delayed  sailing  time  will  he  of  the  new  bakers  that  were  coming  left  up  to' the patrolman  in the  next port.  mother,  Mrs.  Annie  Chambers,  at  aboard  and  the  bakers  who  are on  board  The  messman  complained  that  the  mess­ 1076  Teller  Ave.,  Bronx,  N.  ¥.,  as  at  the  present  time.  room  is often  dirty  in  the  morning  after  Dec.  18—Chairman,  James  Boyle,  Jr.;  the  previous  night's  card  games.  The  rec­ soon  as  possible.  Secretary,  Benjamin  TroHle.  Delegates  ord  player  in  the  recreation  room  needs  reported  everything  in  fair  running  or­ repairs.  Cranks  on  some  of  the  lifeboat  der.  The  chair  chaUenged every  member  davits  slipped  during  a  drill.  The  ma­ Charles  Gedra  CHRISTINE  (Carfai),  Dec.  23—Chair­ present  to  blow  his  top  but  there  wasn't  chinist  reported  that  they  are  being  re­ Robert  Brosh  man,  A.  KuberskI;  Secretary,  E.  Beatty.  even  a  little  squeak  out  of  anyone.  All  paired.  Delegates reported everything  okayi  Stew­ hands  were  asked  to  leave  the  washing  Get  in  touch  with  your  local  ard suggests  that  aU hands  help keep rec­ machine  in  a  clean  condition  in  the  fu­ YOUNG  AMERICA  (Waterman),  Dec. 9—  draft  boards  immediately.  reation  room  clean.  Steward  is  issuing  ture.'  Chairman,  Nets  Larson;  Secretary,  Ralph  cots  and  suggests  that  aU  hands  take  Tindell.  Delegates  reported  everything  care  of  them.  JOHN  F.  APPLEBY  (Eastern),  Dee.  • —  okay.  Motion  made  and  carried  that  the  Duane  Clausen  Chairman,  Herman  Whisnant;  Secretary,  steward  make  sure  that  in  the  future  he  BERTRAM  GOODHUE  (Mississippi),  Dec.  W.  D.  Canty.  Delegates reported  no beefs.  You  have  been  classified"  2­A  If—Chairman,  C.  R.  Thurmond.  Delegates  The  crew  was asked  to leave  the  washing  has  enough  linen  for  the  entire  voyage.  by  your  local  draft  board.  No.  5,  reported  everything going  smoothly.  Mo­ machine  in  better  condition  after  using.  Suggestion that  one  of  the  brothers check  ,  tion  carried  to  have  educational  meeting.  Ship's  fund  stands  at  $15.56.  The  deck  on  books  for  the  ship's  library.  in  New  York  City.  Discussion  on  proper  attire  for  messhall  and  engine  department  wiU  take care  of  STONY  CREEK  (Mar­Trade),  Dec.  13—  it  t  4»  and  the  recreation  room.  Discussion  on  the  laundry  room  and  the  steward's  de­ R.  Sinclair;  Secretary,  Holt.  keeping  laundry  room  and  the  recreation  partment  will  talce  care  of  the  lounge  Chairman, G.  Thomas  Galvtn  Gaskets  in  need  of  replacing  on  port­ cleaned.  room  keeping  it  clean  in  SIU style.  holes.  Broken  glass  in  portholes  due  to  A  very  important  letter  is  be­ room  Dec.  23—Chairman,  J.  Mahoney;  Secra­ bad  weather.  Washing  machine  needs  ing  held  for  you  at  the  office  of  tary,  C.  R.  Thurmond.  Motion  made  to  ANTINOUS (Waterman),  Dec.  14—Chair­ attention;  it  was  left  unclean.  Suggested  write  a  letter  to  Lindsay  Williama,  New  man,  L.  Allen;  Secretary,  Eugino Oecato.  to  post  instructions  on  operation  of  the  the  SEAFARERS  LOG.  See  the  Orleans  Port  Agent,  if  the  ship  goes  to  There  was  a  discussion  on  a  Christmas  machine.  Crew  voted  to  thank  union  for  the  Gulf  concerning  the condiUon  of  mat­ party.  Delegates  reported  everything  editor.  the  use  of  the films,  "Wail  Street"  and  tresses.  pillows,  and  bunks  aboard.  Crew  okay, no  beefs.  "This  is  the  SIU."  Congratulatious  go  voted  to  approve  the  new  contract  gains  to  the  steward  and  chief  cook  for  their  listed  in  a  letter  from  Headquarters.  John  J. Leskun  ANNISTON  CITY  (Isthmian),  Dec.  3—  fine  cooperation  at  all  times.  Kaiser.  The  athletic  director  reported  that  five  baseball  games  were  played  this  trip  not  including  the  scrub  game  with  the  stars.  The  editor  of  the  Navi­ gator  reported  that  this  is  his  last  trip  and  he  would  like  to  get  someone  to  take  over  the  editorship.  Walter  was  left  In  Uontevideo  with  some  sort  of  heart  trouble.  We  gave  him  <100  from  the  ship's  fund.  PERSONALS  I  4"  t  t  STEEL  ROVER  (Isthmian),  Dec.  2—  Chairman,  E.  G.  Tesko;  Secretary,  H.  Newton. $32.50  in  ship's  fund.  Chief  engi­ neer  said  that  too  much  water  is  being  consumed  as  the  rate  of  consumption  is  far  above  normal  and  it  must  be  con­ served  or  rationed.  Captain  asked  crew  to  guard  against  theft  from  men  in  port.  4"  4­  ,  COUER  D'ALENE  VICTORY  (Victory  Carriers),  Dee.  2—Chairman,  Walter  J.  Walsh; Secretary,  Gerald  Hoeschen. S25.4S  reported  in  the  sliip's  fund.  A  few  re­ freshments  will  make  the  holiday  away  from  home  more  cheerful.  A  new  elec­ tric  iron  • wUl be  purchased.  Your  sister,  Anne  Leskun,  is  ALAWAI  (Waterman),  Dec.  23—Chair­ anxious  to  get  some  mail  from  man, J.  Fedesovlch;  Secretary, J.  DuBose.  you  at  38  So.  Catherine ^t.,  Suggestion made  to keep  the  washing ma­ chine clean.  Memorandum  was discussed.  Shenandoah,  Pa.  Repair list  to be  made out.  Delegates re­ Chairman, A  Stout; Secretary,  W. Fogarty.  Delegates  reported  everything  okay.  A  suggestion  was  made  :  deck  engineer  that  a  fresh  water  line  run  out  on  deck.  Some discussion  as to  the time  of  the day.  the'  slopchest  should  be  opened.  The  steward  said  he  would  open  it  up  any  time  the  men  needed  anything.  BARBARA  FRIETCHIE  (Liberty  Naviga­ Hon),  no  date—Chairman,  Red  Morgan;  Secretary,  Th.  Moller.  Delegates  reported  everything  okay,  no  beefs.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  start  a  ship's  fund  on  a  volimtary  basis.  The  ship's  delegate  will  see  the  captain  about  following  repair  list  before  leaving  La.  A  vote  of  thanks  was extended to  the steward's  department  for  the  good  job  they  did  and  for  the  good  food  served.  Everybody  is  satisfied  and  happy.  OCEAN  C  (Ocean  Transportation),  Dee.  14—Chairman,  Vernon  Bryant;  Seeretary,  W.  Roma.  1)010  taken  on  the  new  mem­ orandum  agreement.  Each  department  to  get  up a  repair  list  to  turn  in.  New  mat­ tresses needed.  Steward  will  order  them.  WESTERN  TRADER  (Western  Nav.),  Dec.  24—Chairman,  T.  Hirsh;  Secratary,  T.  Wasiluk.  The  crew  crtnplained  about  '4  4'  ^  ported  a  couple  of  hours  disputed  over­ the  shortages  of  stores.  T.  Hfrsh  ex­ time.  One  man  logged.  Louis  W.  Boren  plained  to  the  members  the  Union  motto  an  SIU  ship  is a  clean  ship.  He  told  the  CECIL  N.  BEAN  (Dry  Trans),  Dee.  14  Anyone  knowing  his  where­ SEAGARDEN  (Orion),  Dec.  «—Chalr^  —Chairman,  Ely;  Secretary,  Lcif  Hope.  crew  when  they  leave  the  ship  leave  it  man,  Pete  Walsh;  Secretary,  N.  E.  Roun­ abouts  please  notify  his  wife,  trea.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  It  was  the  way  you  would  like  to find  it.  Beatrice  Boren,  Box  714  Paw­ Headquarters  report  and  memorandum  agreed that  the last  man  on standby  clean  DEPAUW  VICTORY  (South  Atlantic),  was  read  and  accepted.  Discussion  on  the  messhall  and  the  recreation  hall  at  Dec.  huska,  Okla.,  or  his  mother,  Mrs.  23—Chairman,  P.  Constan;  Sacrotary,  ship's  repairs  will  be  turned  over  to  the  night.  Dunley.  Delayed  sailing  discussed.  Sug­ Minnie  Washabough,  Box  233,  It  would  be  appreciated  if  ship's  delegate  for  action.  Medical  sup­ WILLIAM  JAMES  (Bull),  Nov.  4—  gestion to  have ship  fumigated  of  roaches  plies  will  be  checked  sometime  in  the  Pawhuska,  Okla.,  or  have  him­ get  anyone  knowing  whereabouts  of  near  future.  Chalman,  Vic  Dindia;  Secretary,  Nell  L.  in  foc'sles.  Lockers  to  be  repaired  in  in  touch  with  his  family.  Floyo.  Delegates  reported everything  run­ messhall.  George  Malinofsky's gear  taken off  SEACOMET  (Colonial),  Dec.  23—Chali^  ning  smoothly.  Each  man  is  to  wdkh  his  CAMAS  MEADOWS  (U.  S.  Petroleum),  man, M.  Harris; Secretary,  Homer  Renge.  cup and  place  it  on  the, drain  board  after  the SS Petrolite in New York would  John Bober  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  repair  using.  All  hands  were  asked  to  cooper­ Dec.  23—Chairman,  E.  J.  Lane;  Secretary,  return  his  Army  discharge  and  B.  Robblns.  Everyone  asked  to  turn  off  will  be  turned  over  to  the  patrolman  ate  with  the  steward  changing  the  linen.  Get in  touch  with Wanda  Bober,  other  papers  to  him  c/o  SIU  list  in  Tampa.  Discussion  on  performii^  All  crewmembers  were asked  to  keep the  the  switch  on  the  washing  machine  when  233  East  32nd  St.,  N.  Y.  aboard  ship.  It  will  not  'be  tolerated.  messKall  and  the  recreation  room  clean  finished  withiit  and  also  to release  pres­ headquarters  in  Brooklyn.  sure  on  wringer.  Crewmembers  were  Brother  Lee  gave  a  talk  on  the  impor­ at  all  times.  asked  not  to  leave  towels  around  in  the  tance  of  delegates  aboard  vessels  at  sea  4>  41  4^  Lopez,  AB  and  advised  all  new men  to contact  them  COUNCIL  GROVE  (Cities  Service),  Nov.  pantry.  Woolard.  FWT  on  any  matters  they  were  in  doubt  of.  2*—Chairman,  V.  D.  Kicklrillo; Secretary,  Ex­Gateway City  Ex­Zane  Grey  Brother  Lingo  explained  the  principles of  A.  Fabrlcant.  Chairman  suggested  that  BENTS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Dec.  II  Lost  your  address.  Shipping  on  our  organization  and  importance  of  our  OS.  wiper  and  BR  take  care  of  the  linen  —Chairman,  Dan  Board;  Secretary,  Alll­ Check  Baltimore  hall  for  gear  slogan,  "Brotherhood  of  the  Sea."_  Mott  Hehert.  Motion made  and  carried  to  for  each  department.  There  was  a  dis­ Western'Farmer.  Please  contact  if  it  hasn't  arrived  at  home.  cussion  on  the  night  lunch  and  milk.  increase  mdlr  supply  from  120  quarts  to  n»  c/o  Brooklyn  Hall.  W.  BULL  RUN  (Mathiasen),  Dec.  JBb  quuts.  Crew  was asked  to  cooperate  Painting  of  crew's  quarters  requested.  ^ 4i  4  Chairman,  Jack  Groentr;  Sacratary,  Jack  Dec.  11—Chalratan,  Johnson;  secretary,  with  the messman.  Discussion  on  increas­ Thompson.  Hanhay..  Delegates  reported  one  man  A.  Fabrlca.  Delegates  reported everything  ing  the  ship's  fund.  Richard  Parmer  missing in engine  department.  The ship's  in  order.  Deck  department  showers need  Gilbert  Maurice  delegate is  to see  the' captain about  shore  repairs.  Complaints  on  the  coffee.  Soap  Cpl. Gordon Feck  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  (Seatrain),  Dee.  You  must  sign  hjneflciary  cards  and  a  draw  in  Arabia.  The  men  and  matches . are  to  be  obtained.  Hot  R.  Sweeney;  Secretary,  C.  Saw your  letter in  LOG.  Please'  to be  eligible for  Welfare benefits.  leave  were asked  to participate  in the meetings.  water  supolv  to  washing  machine  is  dan­ 3G—Chairman,  Geidstein.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  menu  shoiil,}  be  arrangsd  to  please  gerous.  write,  Cpl.  Gerald  Heiner,  US  Treasurer  reports  $105.52.  The  crew  was  all  crewmembers.  .  given  to­'Understand  that  some  overtime  86080991, Co.  H, 34th  Inf., APO  30,  ARCHERS  HOPE  (Cities  Service),  Dac.  money  was being  held  over  into  the  ne.xt  WILLIAM  JAMES  (Bull),  Dee.  IS—  c/o PM,  San  Francisco.  payoff.  The  crew  did  hot  want  any  over­ Chairman,  William  Jones;  Secretary,  Nell  12—Chairman,  William  Ivlnsf  Secretary,  time  money  to  elapse  into  the  new  year.  Johnson.  Letter  to  Headquarters  was  ex­ 4^  4  4i  L.  Floyd.  Motion  made  that  the  ship's  plained.  The  ship's delegate  was  instructed  to  see  Explanation  of  proper  psoccdure  stores he  checked thoroughly  for the  next  T. J. Stafford  captain, and  have  him  call  the  office  voyage.  If  there  are  any  shortages  the  to  follow  at  payoff.  A  motion  was made  the  Get  in  touch  with  Terrell  "  lie  •   "  be  informed  of  such  and  and  accepted  and  a  suggestion made  that  to  straighten  this  matter.  delegate  shall  the  Union  take  action  toward  seamen's'  wlU  notify  the  union  haU.  McRamy  at  Galveston  Hall,  SOSVii  families  receiving  benefits  in  Marine  BEAUREGARD  (Waterman),  Nov.  23—  23rd  St.  STONEWALL  JACKSON  (Waterman),  Hospitals.  Crewmembers  of  ­the  Archers  Chairman,  Brown;  Seeretary,  V.  Harding.  Dec.  9—Chairman,  J.  King;  Secret­iry,  Hope  wish  to  give  a ,,word  of  praise  to  Suggestion  that  more  night  lunch  to  put  L  t ­  4^  John  Murphy.  A  wiper  and  a fireman  the  captain  for  bis  kindness  and  coop­ out.  Juices  to  be  tdillled  before  serving  in  the  morning.  Suggestion  made  to  use  Tony Comman  missed  ship  and  a  letter  was  made  up  eration.  ash  trays  on  tables  Instead  of  deck.  to  send  to  Union  headquarters. a'bout  it.  Urgent  you  contact  Mrs.  Mary  CATAHOULA  (Cuba  Distilling),  Dec.  12  Motion made  to keep the  wasliroom  clean.  DEL  MUNDO  (Mississippi),  Dec.  Cornman,  3119  Baldwin  St.,  Los  Anyone  caught  leaving  the  washroom  —Ctiairman,  Adolph  Capote;  Secratary,  dirty  will  pay  a  small  fee  to  the  ship's  B.  E.  Phillips.  Letter  read  from  Head­ Chairman,  Charles  Muree;  Secretary,  Den  Angeles.  quarters  regarding  steward's  department  Collins.  The ship's  delegate  reported  that  fund.  beef  on  m^ight­..lunches  li^ight­..'  served.  Siig­ a  mattress  was  burned  and­  that  the  per­ SEAMONITOR  (Excelsior),  Dee.  S—  gestion  made  to  get  a  new  library  for  son  would have  to pay  for  it.  Del  Mundo  John  W. Allstali  Chairman,  John  Zackowskl;  Secretary;.  the  recreation  room.  Suggestion  that  a  goes  on  record  100%  for  the  new' con­ Get  in  touch  with  Lawrence  William  Bauta,  Delegates  reported  every­ communication  be  drawn  up  by  the  dele­ tract  gains and  a  vote  of  thanks  was  ex­ thing  in  good  shape.  Motion  made  to  gates  and  turned  over  to  the  agent  in  tended  to­ the  negotiating  committee.  Dis­ O'Counell  at  Staten  Island  Marine  alternate  in  cleaning  the  recreation  room  ­New  Orleans  for  membership  action  cussion  on  ship's  funds.  Suggested  that  everypne donatg  $2 at  payoff.  Hospital.  and  the  laundry  room.  This  crew  beinff  against  the performers  during the  trip.  NOTICES  t  :  »  4^  4  ^  JPazztm  Anztver  aaaa  HBS  scDia  Qfflaa flEGsaaBcia  !  )  FAIRHOPE  (Waterman),  Dec.  Chair­ man,  A.  H.  Re  Asko;  Secretary,  A.  Brindly.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Motion  made  for  the  ship's  delegate  to  see  the  patrolman  about  the  mate  not  putting  out  medical  supplies.  It  was  sug­ gested  that  each  department  delegate  take  up  a  voluntary  ship's  fund.  4^  4^  4^  afflSEO  EBe  sss  Hsmo  BEn  ESS "  EHD'  [2DQC§a  Bgaaaa  BEOE  HBEBEO  HES  BSaaBBEffl ffiUBIH  Edsa  saa  SSBE  fflaoa assa  ­csEHn  • f  �iA^;l  ­iftivs:;  .ir  SEAFARERS  LOG  /  *  OFFtCJAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFt  r'^'  The World's  Most Alert  Union Man'  ilr  Membership  ratification  of  all  contracts  nego­ tiated  by  the SIU  is  a  l/nion  procedure  provided  for  in  the Union's  constitution.  Contract  ratifica­ tion  is  just  one  aspect  of  the  membership's final  say  on  all  important  matters, "including  reports  of  officials,"finances,  communications,  and  other  business  that  comes  up  in  the  course  of  a  mem­ bership  meeting.  The regular shoreside  meeting has last  word on  this score.  But  owing  to  the  nature of  the mari­ time trade, only  a small part  of  the total member­ ship can be  present at any given  time at shoreside  meetings.  The large majority of  Seafarers will be  aboard  ship.  Thi$  makes for  a  difficult  problem,  but  the  Union  is  determined  to  sound  as  many  Seafarers as  possible  on  any  given  issue, so  as  to  get  the  broadest  possible  membership  response.  In  this  way  the  Union  can  avoid  the  danger  of  an  unrepresentative  response  that  might  arise  if  the  membership  on  the  beach  alone  passed  on  a  particular  question.  ; Consequently,  an  important  issue  like  a  new  contract  is  submitted  to  the  entire  membership  for approval.  The polling  of  the men  aboard ship  must  of  necessity  be  unofficial,  but  it  is  a  good  barometer  of  the  feelings  of  the Seafarer  who  at  the  moment  will  be  closest  to  the  contract  prob­ Seafarers  in  the  midst  of  a  typical  shipboard meeting  hear a  delegate's  report.  lems.  The vote  gives  these men  a  voice in  Union  affairs  which  they  would  otherwise  lack  because  they  were  at  sea  at  that  particular  time.  It has been found that the opinion of men aboard  ship  on  a  given  issue  tends  to  follow  the  same  pattern as  that of  men  participating jn  the shore­ side  meetings.  The  meetings  then,  have  been;  proven  representative  of  the  entire  membership.  In  accord  with  this  policy,  the  SIU  submitted  its latest contract, already approved by  the shorer  side  meetings,  to  the  members  at  sea. .The table  listed below is a random sampling of  early returns­ received  from  SIU  ships  and  demonstrates  the  overwhelming  acceptance­of  the  new "agreement.  Submitting  the  contract  to  the  men  at  sea  is  just one way in  which the Union attempts to keep  in  close  touch  with  the entire  membership.  It  is  the  SIU's, standing  policy  that  the  best  member­ ship is  an  active and  informed  membership.  This  method of  Submitting issues  stimulates discussion  and  as  a  rfesult ,helps  keep  the  membership  alert  and  informed  on  the  issues  of  the  day.­ It  is  the  Union's  belief  that  the policy  has been  carried  to  the point  where the membership of  the SIU is the  best­informed  of  any  union  membership  in  the  world.  Partial  List  Of  Shipboard  Voting  n­"''  Meeting  Ship  Company „  Chairman  Date  . Calmar  . Calmar  ... 11/  6/Sl  ..... . W.  Ekins  ..,  Latf  Vegas  Vic.  ... ,. Isthmian  ... 11/12/51  ..., .T.  Finnerty  Dei Valle  ,. Delta  ... 11/18 51  .... .J.  McGuSen  Ponce  ,. Puerto  Rico  ...  ..11/16/51  .... ,  T.  Viera  ,  Edith  ..BuU  ... 11/18/51  ..., . L.  Rizzo  .  Aicoa  Puritan  .... ,. Alcoa  ... 11/11/51  .... .B. Maye  Chilore  ..Ore  ...11/  9/51 ­..., .C.  KeUogg  .  Chiwawa  .. Cities  Service  ... ... 11/25/51  .... .J.  PhUlips  .,  .  Antinous  ..Waterman  ... 11/18/51­.,.. . B.  Vara  Cubore  ..Ore  ... ll/14,/5t  ..,. :C.  Davii  ....  Stonewall  Jackson  ..Waterman  ... 11/18/51  .... .J. Smith  ....  ,  Santore  ... I  . .. Ore  ,.. 11/18/51  ...; • ; P.  Allgeler  : .  .  Bradford  Island  . .. Cities Service  ... ... 11/18/51  .... .F.  Lambertl  ­  Beatrice  ..Bull  ..;  ... 11/27/51  .... .W.  Rhone  ..  ,  Alcoa  Pilgrim  ... .. Alcoa  ... 11/19/51  .... .R.  Mullins  .  Bethore  ..Ore  .. 11/13/51  .... .D.'  Cherry  ,  Seatrain  N.Y.  .... .. Seatrain  :..11/18,'51  .R.Sweeney  ..  Madaket  .. Waterman  ....;. ...11/10/51  .... .A.  Sistrunk  Steel  Apprentice  . .. Isthmian  ...11/14/51  .... .J.  Bilko  ....  iloyal  Oak  . Cities  Service  ...  . E.  Duxbury  ,  Sweetwater  ..... .. Mar­Trade  ... 11/18'51 ... .R.  Bridge  ...  .  Oremar  .. Ore  ...11/15/51  .L.  Brilhart  Harry T  .. Palmer  '.. ... 11/25 51 .."  .N.  Swokla  ..  Yorkmar  .. Calmar  ...11/18/.51 ..  . E.  Luzier  ,...  Golden  City  .. Waterman  ..... ...11/26'51 .. '  .J. Sinunons  .  .. Agean  Peconic  Bay  ... 11/25/51 .. ' .  A.  Crichton  Thomas  Caldwell  . ..Alcoa  ...11'25/51 ..  • "  . T.  Beatty  ..  Steel  Director  .... .. Isthmian  ... 1122/51 .. ' .W..Fahm  ...  P.  P.  Barbour  .... ..Waterman  ..... :.. 11/25/51  • '  . C.  Murray  ..  ;  Robin  Tuxford  ... ., Robin  ...11/2451 . "  . D.  Bassy  ;  Montebello  HiUs  . .. Western  Tanker  ...11/20/51  . R.  Blake  . ..  Logans  Fort  —... .. Citier Service  ... ... 11/30/51  .M.  Hitchrock  ;  Lafayette  . .Waterman  ...11/18/51 .  . H.  Borwn  "  W.  E.  Downing  .".  ..­State  Fuel  • • • 12'  3 51­...: . T. "Fleming  PaoU  ..Cities  Service  ...  • •12/ 1/51 ..    . V.  Whitney  ..Waterman  ..... ...12/ 2  ^  City  of  Alma  51 ..  . L.  Marsh  Del  Oro  ........ ..Mississippi  ...12/11/,51 ...: . J.  Procell  Maiden  Creek  ... .. Waterman  .. 11/25/51 ..  . B.  Kinter  ..  Binghamton  \iq.  . ..BuU  .. 12/ 1/51 ...  . V.  .Stefanick  Alcoa  Cavalier  .'.. ..Alcoa  ... 11/25 51 . •  . E.  Meyd  ...  Couer  d'Alene  ... .. Victory  Carriers  .. 12/ 2/51  . N.  Walsh  ...  So. Districts  ...... ,. So. Trading  .... ... 11/25'51 ..  . T. Cornick  .;  N.  B.  Palmftr  . Palmer  ... 11/17/51  . G.  Bauer  .....  D.  S.  Terry  ....... .. Eastern  ... 11/20'51 .  "  .R. Murphy  . .  .Isthmian  ....... .. 11/28/51..;  ­  Zane  Gray  .,..  Seatrain  Georgia  ,  , Seatrain  ...12' 8 51 ..  .B.  Frederick  .  J.  C.  Harper  ....'.  . Seas  Shipping  .. 11/25/51 ..  . E.  Hall  Southstar  ........  . South Atlantic  .  ..12/ 2/51...; . C.  McDowell  .  ' Sliinnecock  Bay  ..'.  . Mar­Trade  *­.... ...11/17/51 ... . A. ­ Thome  ...  iBuU  Elizabeth  ...12/11/51...; . A.  CampbeU  ,  G.  A.  Lawson  ....  . Pacific  Range  ..  .. 12' 2'51 .A.  . J.  Spuroii  Kyska  .Waterman  ....; ... 12/ 9 51  .M.  Reges  .  ...  . Ore  Venore  .  12/ 9/.51 ..  .E.  Thompson  .Calmar  ........  11/20/51 .... i L.  Naipo  Pennmar  Charles Carroll  ... ..Bull  12'09/51  .J.  Poo' .......  .Colonial  Seacomei  ...12/14/51 .... .J.  WilUams  ..  . South  Atlantic  .  '. ,.. 12/03/51 ... .J.  Charrereau  Rice  Victory  '  Bents  Fort  .'Cities  Service  ... 11/22 51 .... .H.  Kelly  ....  Mae  ....i.  .BuU  ,.. 12/ 6/51 .... .C.  Cibbs  Dorothy  .BuU  ........... ...12/16/51 .... ,  M.  Brightwell  Archers  Hppe  . Cities Service  .. ...12/12'51 ....  Warrior  . Waterman  ... 11/25/51 .,.. ;T.  BaUard  Steel  Rov«  .  Isthmian ­ ;. 12/ 2/51 .... .E.  Tesko  ....  Cecil  Bean\  .Dry­Trans  ... 12'16/51 .... .C.  Ely.  Jr.  .  Del  Campo  .Mississippi  ..... ...12/ 9/51 .... . H.  Tennant  W.  B.  Yates^  . Isthmian  ....... ... 12/16/51  .c.  Carniel  ..  Steel  King  .Isthmian.  .,  .  12/10/51 .... .J.  Hoggie  ...  Seagarden  .Orion  ........... ... 12/ 9/51 ..., .P.  Walsh  ...  Annlston  City  . Isthmian  ... 12/16/51 ..,. ,S.  Prokopuk  Ocean C  can Trans.  ...­..,w/i6/5i  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Title A name given to the resource January 11, 1952 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIV, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CANNERS SEEK HIGHER TUNA TARIFF BUNKER LACK HELD THREAT TO SHIPPING CREWS TO BE POLLED ON '52 PACT DEATH BENEFIT SAVES WIDOW FROM EVICTION 12-DAY TRIP WITH CS NETS OS TIDY TOTAL WATERMAN SEEKS NEW OK TO SERVE 'COASTAL TRADE SIU SEAMEN VICTIMIZED BY RED CHINA EXTORTION US MAY CONVERT CARGO VESSELS, BUILD TANKERS AFL TROUNCES BRIDGES' UNION IN TWO VOTINGS CG WHITTLES SEA RULES TO EASE CREW SHORTAGES COAL TO EUROPE IN '52 TO TOTAL 34 MILLION TONS TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT COMPLETE TABULATION OF VOTE IN A & G ELECTION FOR OFFICIALS NINE BROTHERS CLAIM BIGGEST SIU FAMILY AGENT SPENDS HOLIDAY DIGGING REPLACEMENTS SHIPS MOVING, BUT CITY MAY HOOF IT HOT PACE SLACKENS OFF, OUTLOOK IS GOOD BOTH SHIPS AND SEAMEN ARE IN AMPLE SUPPLY NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION BLOWS OFF THE ROOF SHIPPING DOING NICELY AS YEAR'S END COMES QUICK HEAVE-HO GIVEN SHIPBOARD PERFORMERS WEATHER AND SHIPPING ARE ON THE WARM SIDE DON'T PAY OFF VESSEL WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT MEN EAGERLY AWAITING GO-AHEAD ON VACATAIONS ALL IS PEACEFUL IN PORT WITH PLENTY OF SHIPS LONG-RANGE OUTLOOK SAFEGUARDING SEAMEN ON-THE-BALL CREW SIU DEMOCRACY IN ACTION NAMES OF SEAMEN CITED FOR WARTIME GALLANTRY FLASHBACKS... WHEN STEAM REPLACED THE SAIL SIU SHIP RAMS FRENCH COAST; PLEAT IN DECK NO NEW VOGUE YOKOHAMA'S MELODY GIRLS HELP CHIME IN CREW'S '52 DEL SUDDERS NINE WINS; NOW TOPS GAUCHO LEAGUE THE CALL OF THE SEA IS BRINGING 'EM BACK TWELVE-DAY LEAVE TRAGIC END FOR 2 SIU MEN SEAFARER BLOOD BROTHER TO TEXAS WOODEN INDIAN SEAMEN CAN APPEAL SECURITY SCREENOUT THE WORLD'S MOST ALERT UNION MAN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/11/1952 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1952 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a9a0933de48806e85d0ded1561d2065e.PDF 9dae84b2bd00678164429a6425693251 PDF Text Text 1· v~~~ • - • :S BUARBRS :•:-LOG _____... .ianuary 11, I ..,_ , OFFICl.AL ORGAN OF tH.£ SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, . ·~ • ,Siu .FlrS • ·~ if •· ... .... ...... .... : ........ ~. .... .... !..-.. ... ~- ....... . Crewmembers on the Anton Bruun, first oceonographic research ship under union contract, have won an SIU agreement after a three-day strike. 1HI ~ ~ 1963 , LAK~S A_N_D_l_N-LA_N__D_W_A_T_E_R_S_D_l_S_T_R_IC_T_•_A_F_L--C-1-0 .SIU Strike Wins First Union Pact· On Research Ship - - - - - - - - - - - - = - - - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 3 /LA Dock Strike In Atlantic~ Gulf Nears 3rd Week Picketing ILA longshoremen at Bush Ter~i­ nal docks in Brooklyn gather around MTD coffeewagon for some coffee refreshment. The strik_e is in its 20th day. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 2 Coffee Brea". . . Laid up at the New Orleans USPHS hosO~pl 0 . pita! for the holidays, Seafarera S. Schnitzer, F. McQuagge, P. R. Cook, T. McRaney and G. Masterson received extra $25 hospital benefit and gift of smokes from SIU welfare rep. H. Tro~clair. · All ports followed annual tradition. ff . .., / Ch eer. LI•1e b00 f men• Start of new SIU training program at San Francisco is marked by presentation of first lifeboatmenis tickets to Seafarers Larry Couch, OS (left), and David Day, OS, by SIU Port Agent Frank Boyne (center). School uses established facilities of the SIU-affiliated Sailors Union of the Pacific. SIU B_lood Bank: Begins FoUrth_Year Of Service Agriculture ·Dept. Snubs US Ships~ Gov't Policy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r y On PageI 3 ;..__--..---------------Story On Page 16 �.Name.-New ILA Dock:~,Strilte Enters·3td :week :· tOreigR-_A.iif Study Group Supported by . all maritime unions, dockers in the International Longshoremen's Association are in the 20th day of a strike affecting all ports from Maine to Texas. Longshoremen res u m e d - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ait last report, more than 275 picketing on December 23 after an 80-day Taft-Hartley US and foreign ships are at berth Act injunction · expir ed. They originally walked out at midnight, September 30, when t heir old 'agreement ran out, with the New - York Shipping Association still - pressing its demands for a ;reduction in the size of work gangs. The earlier picketing lasted f-Our days, as the Government invoked Taft-Hartley within ten hours and the men were back at work on October 6. Fact-Finder On Scene A Harvard labor relations specialist who was a member of the two-man fact-finding pan.e l which helped end last spring's West Coast seamen's strike was asked· last week to lend a hand in an effort to bring about a settlement. Prof. James Healy was given the task of finding areas of agreement between the ILA and the NYSA, which is bargaining agent for 145 domestic and foreign shipping and stevedoring firms. or riding at anchor in at least four major Atlantic and Gulf· ports-in · New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans. Figures are vague on the number of vessels idled in other ports. Numerous ships and cargoes have been diverted to the West Coast pending conclusion of negotiations here, which are pr esently Gov~rnment stalemated with mediators meeting separately with each side. The SIU and other member unions· of the A~'L-CIO Maritime Trades Department are giving full support to the ILA"' strike. The only ships on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts not tied up are . tankers and those with military. cargo, which have been given clearance by the union. At a meeting yesterday, representatives of the SIU and all other maritime unions reaffirmed their backing of the ILA in the dispute. ·SS New Yorker Scores Another Rescue, Saves 4 MIAMI- Another rescue was chalked up by the SIUcrewed New Yorker (South Atlantic & Caribbean) on December 14 when she picked up four Americans adrift in a fiberglass boat about 90 miles us. A tanker signalled us, but it from here. kept on going. The waves were 20 The four had planned a to 30 feet high, and we were day's fishing aboard a 20-foot cruiser, the Mark III. Instead, they spent three days helplessly adrif.t in the Gulf Stream after the boat's ignition switch was turned on accidently and burned out a coil. Last summer, the New Yorker rescued three Cuban refugees adrift in a small boat and landed them in this port. According t o S e a fa r e r Phil Pron, who reported the latest exploit of t h e .New Yorker to the LOG, the Cuban trio still visits . the ship when it docks in Miami and has made · f r i e n d s with several SIU crewmembers. Two of the Cubans· are now going to night school to learn English, he said, and the third has gone into small business for himself. Pr on noted ·that in both cases the disabled boats were spotted by the New Yorker's 3rd mate, Harry Rovig; and that crewmembers have . dubbed him "Eagle Eye" for his efforts. Landed In San Juan After being picked up by the SIU ship, the . ill-fated fishing party was landed in San Ju~n and then airplaned home in time f.or Christmas. The operator of the fishing craft, James R. McMullen, whose boat had to be abandoned, had a party of three men from South Carolina aboard when their vessel foundered. They had drifted about 100 miles east in the Gulf Stream, met with 40-45 mile-an-hoiir winds .and were helpless after breaking their anchor line. McMullen said he saw several other •ships,, but "they didn't ~otice • • , • J a J hoping the boat wouldn't capsize. "The · others had never been on a small _boat before, and they became sea-sick. We had only a half gallon of water, a can of spaghetti and beans and about 12 candy bars. We became not so much hungry as thirsty. Adrift Three Days "On the third day adrift we spotted the New Yorker. · We waved white and yellow flags, and the vessel dropped a ladder to us. We - went from the depths of despair to be treated like kings on board the New Yorker." · Pr.on, who has shipped in the steward department with the SIU since 1946, said the men were well fed on steaks, eggs and coffee and recovered pretty well from their mishap by the time the New Yorker reached San Juan. "But they swore off fishing in small boats," he added. Ne)V York Maritime Port Council coff~ewagon is pictured during stop at Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, to provide ILA strikers with a hot cup and pastry for their picketing· tour. US Coastal Ships Open Fire On RRs WASHINGTON-Seeking to recapture some of ·the traffic lost due to the selective rate-cutting practices of the railroads, US domestic shipping. lines opened 1963 by slashing their own rates on tinplate+------------cargoes and announced simi- Seatrain Lines, as chairman of the He will be assisted in lar plans for other important committee. the legislative drive by top-ranking comm..,dities. The · all.:.water ~ rate for intercoastal shipments of tinplate was cut $3.20 a ton ,on January 3 in a retaliatory move countering an earlier railroad rate reduction. Railroad rates on tinplate transcontinental shipment were cut from $1.16 to $1.00 per 100 1 pounds last month. Taking the offensive, the shipping companies dropped their rate, effective February 1, to 82 cents per hundredweight for a minimum of 36,000 pounds, and to a lower rate of 72 cents per 100. pounds for a minimum of 500 tons. Tinplate Major Product Tinplate is one of the most major steel products moving by water between Atlantic and Pacific ports, and the shipping lines are going all-out to keep a share of the traffic for the remaining ships in the trade. . Earlier, a similar move involving cross-country rail and water rates on canned goods was halted by the Interstate Commerce Commission pending further study of the sharp maneuvering for East-West traffic. The Ameri11an Maritime Association is meanwhile completing details of legislation it will forward to the new Congress to strengthen coastwise and intercoastal shipping. The AMA program, which ls oemg mapped now by companies in the domestic trades, is designed to halt a further decline in the coastwise and intercoastal shipping industry. AMA President Max -Harrison said the Association's Coastwise and Intercoastal Committee has e!ected John L. Weller, presiden.i , for ---------------------------- officers of Sea-Land Service, Calmar Steamship and States MarineIsthmian . Lines, who operate all of the 25 ships still engaged as coµunon carriers in the coastwise and intercoastal "trades. Seafarers man most of the ships involved. MTD ·Plclyed Key Role In Cuban Prisoner Swap MIAMI-The SIU and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Departn:ient played a key. role irt. hasty arrangements that led to the dramatic exchange of Cuban invasion prisoners on Christmas Eve. The American+---------.;___ _ __ Red Cross. had requested Von . Hamburg, the ship proposed union help and the response as the exchange vessel at the time. was immediate. Aided by a ·-contribution of both money and- manpower by MTD unions, the i,113 Cuban prisoners arrived here just 'time for Christmas after a relay of air flights from Havana. The prisoners were exchanged for some $53 million in food, drugs and medicines supplied by US firms and shipped into Port Everglades for delivery to Cuba. Due to the considerable amount of confusion In the arrangements, it was not known until the last few days wqether the exchange would be by plane or ship. , Accordingly, the Red Cross communicated a request to AFL·CIO President George Meany to try to have a standby crew of ship's cooks available for use on the Wappen in ·· Seafarers who were flown to MiamL on standby to assist in feed_ing of Cuban invasion prisoners are shown at the airport, where they were met on arriv.al by SIU Port Agent Benny Gonzale~ (~rd from right). Group includes. vetera·n SIU cooks Mike Shultz, Walter ·Mattirm, Earl Cain, John Muehlich, Felipe Lugo, Charles Carey. and Cecil Leader. . \ ~- WASBINGTON- A new Government study designed to examine US foreign aid policies with "complete objectivity" has been announced by General Lucius . Clay, hl!ad of a recently-appointed Presidential committee that will look into operations of the foreign aid program. The committee expects to · de: liver its first report to the Presi- · dent on March 1. The contents of the report are of great interest to the American maritime industry for, under law, 50 percent of for• eign aid cargoes 'must be shipped in American bottoms, anp any cutback would have an affect on the already-wobbly position of· the shipp~ng industry. · Officially called the "Committee to Strengtlien the Security of the Free World," the study group will not investigate the specific actions of the Agency_ of International Development, according to Clay, but is out to make sure that expenditures on foreign aid are handled properly. . Opponents of foreign aid have been loud in their critici·sm of its administration in some areas. Better than $50 billion has been spent in various aid programs overseas, apart ,from n~ect military assistance, since World War II. The German vessel had . been offered to transport the prisoners it the swap went through and the transfer was to be done by ship. Meany then contacted SIU President Paul Hall, president of the-MTD, who promptly arranged to have volunteer . Seafarers flown to Miami from Atlantic ana Gulf ports for the standby assignment. They began arriving here D,e cember 20 and werf? on hand to help staff the, galley and smooth out the feeding arrangements on the exchange vessel. As events turned out, the Von Hamburg was not used and an emergency air-lift brought the Cubans back. although Seafarers· were ready and on hand in case they were needed. · MTD unions also raised a $15,000 fund used to cover the cost of longshore labor supplied by the International Longshoremen's Association to work round the clock at straight time in order to accomplish the loading of a second vessel ultimately used. to r un the first 'shipment of drug, medical and food supplies into Cuba. ILA nien also helped to load a'nd unload the planes flying prisoners back from Cuba after ILA officers agreed .that the loading and unloading work sho_u ld go on des,Pite the strike in progress by the union. The support of the MTD and its affiliates-dr ew th~ praise of Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz who thanlced the Federation and the MTD for its "full cooperation" on the project. The MTD's "generous contribution" in providing long- · shoremen for the cargo oj:>eratiQn and the "tremendous effort put forth by the gangs of longshore! men helped insure the success of the project," he noted. �. . SIU Strike Wins First Union Pact On Research Ship The SIU has won the first union contract.to cover crewmembers of an oceanographic research vessel, ending a three- day strike late last month on the newlychristened Anton Bruun. Now manned by Seafarers, the ship is the former Presi- Stack on Alpine Geophysical Association's ·Anton ·Bruun spells out its resea;·c h role as part of the lndi~n Ocean International Expedition.• Now under S.IU contract, the vessel is due to head out soon for a two-year stay. dential yacht Williamsburg and will soon be leaving on her first expedition into the Indian Ocean area. · Seeking SIU representation and union conditions to cover their expet:ted long stay in the Indian Ocean, unli.:. • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - censed crewmembers s·truck mothballs only la¢: August. delphia and remained there until the vessel on Christmas Day, The Ant on Brunn carries 22 called on for the current oceanoDecember 25, while she was in unlicensed men, plus a full com- graphic project. Conversion work was completed Brewer's Shipyard, on Staten plement of supervisory personnel and licensed officers. She also will at the Maryland Shipbuilding and Island, New York, after the company refused to acknowledge have some 30 additional oceano- Drydock Company, Baltimore, fast +their demands for representation graphic researchers and scientists fall. Changes in the vessel con. by the SIU. The Masters, Mates & ab-0ard when she leaves to take sisted mainly of renovations in the the Indian - Ocean quarters to a 'commodate the 30 Pilots, Marine Engineers Benefi- part in expedition. scientists and a crew, plus arrangecial Association and the Radio ments for laboratories and data Officers Union also struck the comNew Contract Provisions processing. A $350,000 contract for pany and won union contracts. The new SIU contract with Althe conversion job was handled by The SIU had earlier presented pine Geophysical provides for the Woods Hole, (Mass.) Oceanopledgecards showing majority rep- full Union ree<>gnition, with graphic Institute. resentation on the vessel, but had specialized wa.ges and working Honor Danish Scientist to take the strike route to conv.ince rules to cover the new tYpe o.f Over 1,800 pints of blood have been distributed by SIU the Alpine Geophysical Associa- operation. The agreement includes · The ship is named the Anton Brunn in honor of a Danish bioloblood banks in all ports as the program begins its fourth year tion, operators of the ship, that the full SIU deep-sea welfare, pension gist and marine scientist who died crew was determined to achieve and vacation coverage for the unof supplying life=saving emergency benefits to Seafarers and union conditions. a year agQ. Brunn was the first licensed SIU crewmembers. their families. .+ SIU recognitio.n was achieved by Well known for many years as chairman of ihe IntergovernThe far-flung activities of Seafarers . in all ports are urged noon, December 27, and the crew- the President yacht Williamsburg mental Oceanographic Commisthe Union's blood bank appa- while ashore to contact SIU port members ret urned to work. The during the administration of Presi- sion, which is sponsoring the Inratus got underway on January 5, officials about the procedure for ship then sailed for Philadelphia, dent Harry Truman, the ship was dian Ocean research effort. The 1959 when Seafarers at New York making donations, which take only where she received her new name originally built as a pleasure Brunn will shortly rendezvous J1eadquarters .b egan building up a a few moments' time. The banks on Saturday, December 29, in craft, was used by the Navy as a with some 40 other research craft supply of blood through donations operate through the Red Cross or ceremonies at the Phi1adelphlia gunboat during World War II and from 20 nations to explore, map handled by the SIU clinic in major hospitals in each port area . Naval Shipyard. She was originally then became the White House and chart the Indian Ocean floor, Brooklyn. _Since the inception of Donors may be any age from 18 to part of the Navy's mothball fleet yacht. She was declare<l surplus and to study the marine plants in Philadelphia, and came out of in 1953, put in mothballs at Phila- and animal life throughout the the Brooklyn bank, banks have 60. area. been established in all SIU ports. She is expected to be away from The local banks are designed to Georgia Gets Into 'Jones Act' handle the basic blood needs in the States for two years after an initial shakedown cruise and a each .port area, while the bank at final check on her scientific equiPheadquarters is employed as a ment at Woods Hole. stopgap measure in case the local supply is not adequate to meet a special emergency. . WASHINGTON-Hearings were held this week by a Maritim~ Administration examiner on a move by a Sav~nnah, Georgia, lumber concern to use foreign-flag shipping to haul Any SIU M~mber Eligible Any SIU member can avail hjm- its product to Puerto Rico. + self of this supply by contacting the Seven Pacific Northwest I Simpson Timber, both of Seattle, Puget Sound and Columbia River nearest SIU hall where the neces- lumber shippers have already ' Wash., and Heidner and Company ports. sary arrangements will be made gained authority to use for- and its subsidiary, the Windsor Georgia-Pacific, first shipper to promptly. be granted the Jones Act suspeneign shipping in the Puerto Rico Company of Tacoma, Wash. The original bank in New York trade if space on American ships · Lumber cargo~s will be moving sion, has arranged to move one was established when it became is not "reasonably available." to the Puerto Rican ports of San million board feet of lumber on clear that haphazard arrangements Backed by the Maritime Port A "first refusal" procedure has Juan, Mayaguez and Ponce from the Taian Maru,. owned by Japan's worked a hardship on Seafarers been established whereby Ameri- Grays ·Harbor, Wa~h.; Coos Bay, Kawasaki Kaisen Kaisga., Ltd ., be· Cquncil of Greater New York with and their families needing large can shipping companies have five Ore.; Eureka, Cahf., and other ginning in March .. SIU support, city drivers who amounts of blood quickly, particu- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.. ended a ten-day strike on Decem• larly in locations distant from SIU business days to match or better - - - - ' space offerings by foreign lines alher 6 won a 37-cent hourly pay ports. An arrangement with a naboost and welfare improvements tional clearing house provided the ready optioned for the lumber movement. in a contract settlement last month. best answer to this problem. A hearing began here January 7 Blood has been flown offshore The drivers , who are members from New York to Puerto Rico in on an application by the Warsaw of Vehicle Oper<:itors Local SIU representatives attended funeral services last week for 983Motor some instances to meet special Lumber and .Trading Company of , of the State, County and Savannah for similqr authority. emergencies. The outport program the late Roland C. -Chapdelaine, one of the early veterans of Municipal Employees, agreed on Amend Jones Act was launched in the summer of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast seamen's union movement and December 20 to accept the findings Pacific Northwest lumber men head of marine personnel at SIU-contracted Seatrain Lines since 1939. 1960 to avoid depletion of the headof a special three-m an panel quarters bank due to a large drain ga ined an amendment to the Jones He died in New York December 30 at the age of 52. named to resolve the strike issues. Act in the closing days of the last from unusual cases. Well known to Seafarers who ship on Seatrain vessels, Chapdelaine . At a meeting in Manhattan CenCongress opening the domestic was director of industrial relations and head of marine personnel ter, union members ratified the trade to foreign shipping for the · since he joined the company many years ago. He panel's recommendations calling first time in 42 years. The amendwas a former merchant seaman and had been active for more than two and a half times ment provided for a one-year trial in the late thirties as an organizer with the old what the city originally proposed Jan. 11, 1963 Vol. XXV, No. 1 of the plan, as a means of giving AFL seamen's union. · to give them. They wound up with the lumb er producers 'a better Taken ill suddenly at his home early Sunday, ·a contract package worth an esti· chanc!? to compete with Canadian December 30, he was rushed to the hospital where mated $650 compared to the $250 growers. he · died later that same day. Services were held the city offered prior to the walkEfforts of the lumber companies PAUL HALL, President on January 4 at St. Luke's Catholic Church in the out. to get blanket authority in advance HERBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK. Bronx, New ·York. Sixteen drivers who were susto solicit space on foreign ships Managing Edit.or; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Chapdelaine had for many years been one of the pended by Police Commissioner Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, and run them into Puerto Rico Chapdelaine company trustees on the joint SIU-shipowner Michael Murphy for going out on ALEXANDER LESLIE, PETER MCEVOY, were successful when the Maritime HowARD KESSLER, Staff Writers . boards of trustees for the various SIU benefit strike are back at work for other Administrator and the Secretary of plans and had participated with Union repre entatives in developing city departments after requesting Commerce · approved this gambit Published , biweekly at the headquarters the present-day welfare, pension . and vacation programs that were transfers. through next October 23, first anniof the ·Seafarers International Union, At· originated for Seafarers over a dozen years ago. He was a familiar lantlc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters versary of the law 's passage. SIU and MTD Port Council pkkDistrict, AFL·CJO- - 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, · NY Tel HYaclnth 9-6600. The seven shippers for whom the figure at Seatrain's Edgewater, New J ersey, terminal during hundreds ets joined with other unions in Second class postage paid at the Post of ship payoffs for the company's six-ship fleet, and had a first-name backing the striking drivers at a Office In Brooklyn. NY under the Act Jones Act has been slfspended are: relationship with many Seafarers who rode the Seatrains regularly. of Aug. 2'4. 1912 mass rally at City Hall on Decem· Georgia-Pacific, Dant and Russell A resident of the Bronx, he is survh,\:Od by his wife, Dorothy, and a ber 3, whkh prompted the fi nal and Or egon L umbe1·, all of Portsettlement and return to work. · ' land, Ore.; Seaboard Lumber, son, Roland Jr., 5. Blood Bank In 4th Year Of -Service To ·Seafarers I Co. Seelc.s Foreign Ship Deal SIU Assists NY Drivers' Pact Win Seatrain's Chapdelaine Dies . - SEAFARERS LOG '· �(Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping ~niy In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf,. Lakes and Inland Water.- District.) - December 1 Through December 15, 1962 Ship Activity . ' delphia and Houston practically matched their shipping · for all of November. Baltimore apparently" didn't have jlS m.a ny ships -moving in and out as the others, and was .about "average0 for the two weeks. The West Coas.t, whose ship movements were not affected by the expected strike, was relatively quiet. · AnJicipation of the longshore walkout on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts produced a 15usy -two-week shipping period for Seafarers during the first half of December, when a total of 1,478 men were dispatched to jobs in all ports. The figures for December 1-15 compared favorably to a full-month total of 2,796 jobs shipped in November, which was the be~t shippi~g period reported for 1962. Registration was higher, on the average, for the first two weeks in December, as matched to the November total of 2,860. The partial December figure was 1,52.8 new registrants. With the year-end holidays still coming up at the time of this report, the number of- men still registered on the beach at the end of the period also showed an increase. Busiest ports .during the period were New York, Phiiadelphia, New OrJeans and Houston. Both Phila- ,.., ...... Sip •• OIS O•i Tra111. TOTAL lo1to• New Yerli •••• PhHaclelpM• •.• laltf•ore •.•• Norfolk ••••• Jacbo•Yllle •• Tampa ••.. , • Moblle· ..•••• New Orlea••··' Hoasto• .• ••• Wlhlll11fhl• •• S- FruclK•. s..ttl• •••••• The · ship activity for the first half of December showed no marked change in payoffs, but the number of sign-ons and in-transit ships rose ~onsiderably in the obvious effort by shipperS to get theµ- vessels out of ports.' In-transit ship visits were 159 for a two-week period"compared to 239 for all of. November. With many class A and class B seniority men . hanging back and staying on the beach for the holidays, their portion of the total shipping ·fell off somewhat. Class C men took up all the slack in filling 17 percent of the jobs. 5 0 5 11 ' 's 9 2_ 2 ' 4 - 2 2 0 5 31l. 13 11 23 17 7 31 3 5 ·O I 11 1J I 13 35 - 46 6 10 I 159 263 ' 17 ' 34 ' ' ' o. 2 8 s 10 0 0 20 - -44 TOTALS • .. 60 " DECK .DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS 8 GROUP RegistPred CL.ASS A GUOTTP Port I 2 3 ALL I 2 7 0 Boston . .......... . 1 4 90 2 New York • I• a • I• •I 20 ·- 56 14 Philadelphia . .. . .... . . 22 0 11 5 6 57 0 Baltimore ....... ... 20 30 7 Norfolk ... . . . . 4 0 H 1 10 1 Jacksonville .. ... .. ... 8 0 3 4 Tampa . ....... . .... 0 2 2 0 0 Mobile ....... .... 6 14 1 21 1 New Orleans . ..... . .. 25 75 3 39 13 Ho us Lon ........ . 16 42 8 66 5 Wilmington . .. ..... . 2 2 5 0 1 San Francisco .... . .. 6 7 4 17 0 Seattle ..... ... . 9 8 3 20 0 118 227- 59 -1404! 12 TOTAl-S 2 0 20 3 9 3 8 0 1 16 16 2 0 4 82 & 3 ALL 1 I 1 21 I 49 5 2 I · 12 I 21 10 I 14 5 I 13 11 1 5 I 7 19 38 32 11 2 4 3 3 4 - 0 98 I 1921 Shipped CLASS A GROUP Shipped CLASS 8 GROUP Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 3 I 0 2 4 1 -1 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 , 3 1 0 1 25 14 0 2 7 1 5 0 . 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0... 0 0 4 0 . 3 2 6 3 ·o 0 0 1 0 1 1 49 31 8 23 2 . 3 - ALL 2 5 0 93 49 21 13 9 1 14 2 27 2 1 7 4 5 l 2 2 0 3 13 9 74 41 •9 62 30 13 1 0 0 1 18 13 2 13[ . 8 3 11 4 0 0 1 24 19 1 4 3 96 183 54 1 333 . 16 z- 3 ALL 2 2 0 -33 15 ,16 12 2 6 6 6 · 13 .1 4 2 1 5 3 1 1 0 2 4 ---6 28 11 ..J.5 25 8 13 1 0 1. 2 11 13 6 4 1 55 76 I 149 - -~ R~glstered 10TA1 SHIPPED CLASS ALL A B 2 2 . 5 39 93 33 10 13 12 10 27 13 3 7 4 I 5 5 0 2 1 0 13 6 74 28 11 62 25 . o' . 1 1 3 18 13 6 2 13 I 88 333. HD , I On The Beacli CLASS A GROUP CLASS 8 GROUP C ALL l ' 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 9 4 15 25 0 6 2 39 165 66 134 34 ZM 2 23 10 35 10 14 6 30 0 4 50 45 10 55 13 113 1 10 H 12 19 1 32 3 2 2 11 11 1 14 2 27 12 1 0 3 6 17 9. 2 0 3 0 19 22 31 58 5 1 2 7 109 71 105 23 199 33 7 11 98 44 96 18 158 5 39 0 2 15 2 32 3 15 9 3 34 17 21 4 42 3 10 2 21 24 ·13 42 5 12 0 ss I 510 347 541 121 11009 25 161 - 3 ALL 2 4 52 '17 5 9 16 2'1 17 21 22 9 25 n H 50 90 83 39 10 22 23 10 9 21 232 I 411 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered Registered CLASS A GROUP I .... Po_n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1_ _ 2 Boston · -· .......... o 5 New York · · · · · · : · · · · 8 36 Philadelphia . · . - · · . · · . 2 R Baltimore · · · · · · · · · · 3 26. Norfolk ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 1 13 Jacksonville.·· · · · · · · 1 4 3 ALL 5 2 461 11 1 6. 35 Tampa ··········· O 3 O Mobile ·········· 2 10 13 4 3 0 9 38 47 5 8 8 New Orleans· · · · · · · · · Houston ·········· Wilmington . . . . . . . . . o O 14· 6 1 1 I 51 4 2 1 1 I 3 12 53 64 · 11 12 9 CLASS 8 GROUP 1 1 2 2 -4 36 6 12 3 2 O 0 O O 1 6 25 11 0 3 2 o 4 o o O o o Shiooed CLASS . A GROUP Shipped CL.ASS C GROUP Shipped CLASS 8 GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 1 5 1-0--.,,0--=o--.----=o 1 25 65 11 43 4 58 -· 7 4 10 1 9 2 12 o 12 25 O 13 · 1 14 O 5 10 O 4 1 5 O 3 3 1 2 O 3 O O 1 O O O 0 O 6 12 4 7 3 H O 23 56- 10· 31 6 C7 O 16 I 27 · 10 41 5 56 O 1 lf 0 2 0 2 0 2 51 2 3 2 '1 O O 2 2 6 O 8 O I I TOTAL Registered On 1he lead1 CLAS~ 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B c ALL 11 21 71-0--2--0---2 -0--7--2-·· 9 49 3 22 20 21 14 ~ 38 58 49 38 H5 4 11 1 2 1 f 12 11 4 27 7 8 7 15 0 6 4 10 14 15 · 10 39 2 2 {. O 1 1 2 5 4 2 11 1 O 1 O O 3 3 · 31 3 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 i O. 1 O i 4 1_ 5 0 2 1 3 4 5 3 22 30 20 50 O 9 5 14 47 50 14. 111 18 - 20 38 2 5 0 7 56 38 7 101 1 0 1 0 oi 001 201 ·827 ;1 0 3 1 1 · 2 O 2 11 2 2 4 O 1 13 2 4 I San Francisco ·. · · · · · · SeatUe ······ ·· ~-O~JA_L_S______-_n_·_ ·-~21_0_~~4~1~~~i~~9~1~~~9~8~-~ 1 ~21~6~4~1~1~"~~u~1~2~u~.:~s~~~9~s~s~2~1~i~8~8~6~ ~ ~I CLASS A GROUP SHIPPED "226 us "I 1 2 30 1 5 5 2 2 7 27 -24 6 10 6 ~01~ 3 ALL 1 12 2 9 110 · 14 16 2 53 ·10 17 1 14 2 7 1 35 1 84 10 69 7 13 . 4 28 4 24 1 ft9 ~ f 154 19 t:LASS 8 GROUP 1 1 Z 3 AtL 4 3 I 35 34 .82 ~3 6 2 15 19 6 9 · 18 13 8 1 i 10 6 43 0 7 .4 121 · 4 . 50 51 100 · 7 46 49 9 8 23 4 42 3 . 7 4 31 1 5 !5 ff4 39 204 197 68 23 6 1 4 1 8 35 lt zz z 11 105 102 21 I 14 11 ff.I· -STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUP Port 1 Bos ... NY ... . Phil. . .. . Bal . . ... . Nor . . .•. . Jae . ... . Tam . ... . Mob . ·~· NO ..•. Hou . .•. Wil . , ... SF . . : .. Sea · . . _. TOTALS 1-s 1 1~ 4 0 0 0 1 5 . 1 3 2 0 1~ lg 8 9 3 3 5 1 2 1 4 3 17. 5 ~ 1~ 1~ CLASS 8 GROUP 3 ALL 0- 1- 4 I ~~ 1~ 11 11 1 6 6 35 32 7 7 9 14 62 2! I :i 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 o 4 .1 5 I 10 2 3r8155120-T ·293 15 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 15 Shipped CL.ASS 8 GROUP Shipped CLASS A · GROUP Registered 3 ALL 1 I 2 20 18 5 7 12 14 1 6 & 3 0 0 14 14 29 32 16 20 4 5 6 6 10 3 112 I 142·1 1-s 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 8- 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 0 1 I 3 0 2 18 10 34 65 10 1 1 5 3 5 , 5 10 22 3 2 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 ' 01 1 10 5 7 r 4-5 11 11 22 I 46 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 6 0 2 0 3 2 59-3Dofl 223 14 2 (> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2~ ~I 4 3 ALL 1 0 0 0 15_- 18 4 '1 0 6 10 0 7. 2 2 0 5 l - 4 0 0 0 6 ... 0 6 29 , 1 22 22 23 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 ' 6 o4 93 I Shipped CLASS C GROUP I 111 6 z 3 0 2~ 3 () 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ·o 3 ~ 6 3 1 1 8 5 0 CLASS ALL A 8 c ALL 2 3 0 2 5 18 _32 · 112 32 . 62 3 . 10 20 7 3 9 22 rn 9 41 6 • 14 6 6 2 4 ~ 5 4 9 0 1 3 1. 2 1 1 7 6 14 9 46 29 9 84 5 46 23 74 5 0 4 1 5 1 6 4 11 1 4 11 6 218 11174 1 403 I 74 I ,. rI 65 Registered On The 8eaclt · 101AL SHIPPED r1 CLASS A GROUP CLASS 8 GROUP 1-s I 2 .3 ALL 1 10 0 1 2 2 5 29 53 26 75 183 2 10 4 11 31 0 6 20 19 22 68 3 7 5 5 4 3 17 6 3 1 0 11 2 7 1 4 3 10 20 3 5 11 44 0 8 20 16 34 17 97 164 3 17 108 189 59 373 15 27 4 7 5 8 7 5 8 7 23 43 2 2 12 I 22 1 5 3 104 275 291 343 1101'31 39 - z 3 ALL 2 ---3 1 2 - 46 50 2 10 8 2 21 26 ·4 3 13 '6 4 . 12 2' 1 4 18 0 18 5 58 66 90 121 226 10 0 6 1 .14 1'1 1'1 4 12 11s 315 I 472 SUMMARY Registered · CL.ASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL Registered CLASS 8 GROUP 1 2 Shipped CLASS A GROUP ~ I Shipped-CL.ASS 8 GROUP . Shipped CL.ASS C GROUP 3 ALL 1 l 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 3 2 I 192 96 183 54 I 333 16 55 78 I HS 8 49 31 I 216 41 161 24 I 226 8 98 82 I us 6 so 30 I 14·2 ·~39 10'? 223 14 4 93 I 111 6 3 65 l 550 214 383 185j'J82 -38 157 253 l 448 20102 12& DECK - - - - - - - 118 227 59 I 404 12 s2 .. 98 ENGINE - - --=-- -- - 47 210 24 I 2s1 9 109 98 STEWARD 118 5512oj 293 15· 15 112 - - -- - - - - - - 2s3 492 203 T978 36 . 20s 308 GRAND TOTALS 101AL SHIPPED Registered On The ~eacIi CLASS A GROUP CL.ASS 8 -..... CLASS GROUP ALL A 3 ALL I C ALL l 2 2 3 ALL 8 I 88 ,333 149 88 I 510 ,341 541 121 11009 25. 161 232 1. 418 188 86 I 500 127 479 58 I 664 39 204 197 fMo I I 14 21s Ul 74 I 4·os 379 291 343 11013 39 118 3 15 I 4'72 I 24s 111 448 248 j14'13 8531311 5?2 12686 103 483 7 44 ,-11330 •t•• �New Gov't Pact For Canada SIU MONTREA~The SW of Canada has concluded an agreement with the National Harbours Board, a branch of the Canadian Government Department of Transport, described as the "best ever" pact negoti-_ ated with the government Described as the most F-atisfac- . QUESTIONr Have you made any resolutions for 19637 Robert James Goldy, engineer: My biggest aim .is to get on one of the big supertankers, if I can. That's the best way to salt away some oough and catch UP. pn all your bills. There~s no . use making any other resolutio~ until the first o n e comes out. It will set up everything for the year. .t. ;\:. ;\:. Hans Gottschlicb, deck: I'm saving my money to buy a car wash place or p a r t ownership in a cigar store. A friend of mine has a store thait I can get a halfinterest in with a couple of thousand dollars. I'm about halfway to the goal now, and figure it will take about another six or seven months w make it. i . ;\:. i George Bruer, dec'k: I'm not making any New Year's resolutions because I don't think I'll keep them. I've never been able to keep them in the pasit, even in school. I e,njoy most of the things p e o p l e consider vices, including cigarettes, so w h y should I swear off? I'm not going to kid ~yself with good intentions. "' i i Marcel Romano, engine: My New Year's resolution is to bring my parents and two s m a 11 brothers, aged 15 and 17, to this country. I came to the States in 1957, and have tried to bring them here since then. I'll have enough in another year or two to do it. In the meantime, I hope to become an American citizen. John Flynn, deck: My resolution is to stop drinking and save money. I spend rn o r e money on drink than I do on anything else, and could really save a bundle. I'm off liquor now for two weeks, but I dow't know how long it's going to last. I've made resolutions many times, but I've already broken them. Most people do. Jose Gonzalez, steward: I'm going to buy a house in Puerto Rico, by saving up some money. If I can hit the lottery, I won't have to wait-but I don't think I can count on that. If I don't hit the lottery, I c a n make a down · payment on a place anyway, so my wife and two . daughters can get settled. tory clause in the new contract.. and Meanwhile, the Norris Commis- one th•at may very well i::et a precsion hearings into the Great Lakes edent in future contract negotiashipping dispute resumed last Mon- tions is a provision for regular payday, Jaimary 7. The hearings had days every week. Beginning April recessed on December 20, the same 1, 1963, all crewmembers aooard day that the SIU of Canada and 1'1rIB ves~els will be paid each the government concluded the new Friday. contract. The weekly payday clause is a Two of the striking SIU taxi 9ara9e workers at Checker Hal C. Banks, president of the significant step forward for all _SIU SIU of Canada, began direct testi- members employed with comp·anie3 Cab's Navin Held Garage 9et some encoura9ement on the mony before the Commission this where the payment of weekly salapicketline from one of Checker Cab's drivers. The drivers week on the dispute between the ries in feasable. The SIU here are also seeking representation by the SIU taxi union. SIU and Upper Lakes Shipping pioneered the clause and its inserCompany: The dispute arose when -t ion into the new Nationa1 Harthe company broke its ten-year col- hours Board contract is a progreslective bargaining relationship with sive step forward. It marks the the SIU, locked out some 300 em- first time that such a. cl-ause has ployees and signed a contract with been negotiated in a contract cova paper union having no members ering government employees. and no organiza ion of rany kind. SIU members overwhelmingly DETROIT-SIU taxi garage workers hitting the bricks at The new contract with the Na- ratified the new pact by a vote Checker Cab garages here since -December 12 had their cause tional Harbours Board gives Oan- of 29 to one. It was negotiated SIU seamen a wage increose October 30 and finally concluded in boosted by a City Councilman who called a $1.15 hourly wage ada of four percent in 1962 and four the office of the Montreal Port "repulsive." + and one-half percent in 1963. Wei- manager for the harbour board Many of the 72 workers at hours without payment of over- fare plan contributions are to be~ last' month. the Checker garages were be- time. A thitd of them have more increased 15 cents per man per im? paid $1.15 ner hour before the than 15 years of service with the day and overtime rates are also boosted. walkout. A limited number of cab company. skilled C-'lli repair men received $1.45 to $1.85. The cabmen struck when the company came up with an offer of a dime more in wages after three months of negotiations on a firsttime contraot. Their beef was given additional emphasis bv Citv Joe Algina, Safety Director Councilm1m Will.i am T. - Patrick, who · stated: One of the biggest attempts by "The idea o! paying $1.15 an A winter vacation can be fun. hour for labor is absolutely re- Skiing, spending cozy evenings with during the day to melt patches of Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters to raid pulsive to me, with all due resped friends or romping in the snow snow, and then drops sharply at an AFL-CIO union t urn,ed into a night. complete bust when some 17,000 to .Priva'le enterprise." He was with the kids is a great way to Make &ure that the heater, wind- Western Electric installers voted commenting at the time on a bid spend some time while you're on by a non-union concern to provide the beach. But winter weather and shield wipers, defrosters, lights, 3-1 to snub the Hoffa union in guards for city's housing projects. conditions can be tricky and some- etc. in your car are all working nationwide balloting conducted by The city's welfare department pays times dangerous. Don't let an ac- properly. You may need them in a the National Labor Relations hurry. If you do have trouble with Board. $1.50 to persons on relief and do- cident to you or a m~mber of your the car, get safely off the road to int? part-time city work. The AFL-CIO Communications family spoil your stay ashore. A The garage workers, who voted bit of precaution at this time of make repairs. Don't take chances Workers of America won the mail or depend on other cars to be able 54-2 for Local 10 of the SHJNA the year will go a long way. to see you or stop in time because balloting by a count of 11 ,388 to Transportation Services & Allied Shoveling snow should offer no they have the same difficulty stop- 4,000 when the results were countWorkers last August, are also getproblems to the average Seafarer ping as you do. Don't try to ed a week ago. The turnout among ting full support from 1,600 Checkwho is usually in pretty good change a tire with the car half on the inslallers was the heaviest in er drivers, for whom tlie SIUphysic-al condition. But iit could the road and half off. If you can't the history of the unit, according TSA W is seeking a separate Nalead to danger for some of his do it yourself safely, go for help. to cw A officials. tional Labor-Relations Board elecCW A's smashing triumph over I.oved ones, especially the older Use snow tires and skid chains tion. the Hoffa union was keyn'oted by members of the family. ShoveHng whenever necessary. With the garage strike on, the P resident Joseph A. Beirne, who is hard work and should be apAnd remember~if you drink, non-union drivers are using outproached carefully by older people don't drive! If you had a few with congratulated · the installers for side facilities to service their cabs. or those with heart conditions or friends and get right into your car having "stood up to the heavy The company's· offer of a tenpropaganda and the heavy raiding back ailments. · to go home, it may turn out to be cent hourly increase across the of the Teamsters machine." He A good rule to remember here is your last ride. board was conditioned on having said the union was "deeply apt t t the garage employees work longer not to tire yourself out. Don't load preciative of the strong vote of so much snow on the shovel that Winter sports are fun, but don't confidence" given the CW A by you can hardly lift it. Take fre- take chances. When ice skating, for Western Electric workers. quent rest periods. Remember instance, heed any signs which may The attempted Hoffa in vasion there's no rush and if the job takes have been put up for your safety. of CW A began early last year when a few minutes longer the snow If the sign says "thin ice" it means the Teamster president indicated Will· wai•t. Dress warmly-but don't just that, even if the ice looks solid CHICAGO - The formerly his objeclive was to take over overdress so that you will become to you. Whoever put up the sign freeloading Chicago Bears bargaining rights in the entire overheated. Winter life is much either tested the ice first or knows communications industry. Using an the only holdout in the Napleasanter without a cold than it the area well enough to recognize tional Football League Players expelled CW A national director, is with one. If you're shoveling be the dangerous spots. Association's organization Kenneth A.' Silvers, as the man careful of your footing. A fall on Don't show off on skis, or with a "heading up a full scale campaign" drive-has finally joined the slippery pavement can cause seri- sled. Skis are potentially danger- to organize telephone installers, gridiron '.'union," making the ous injury, especially with a he·a vy ous and you will tend "to be care- Hoffa petitioned the NLRB for NFL 100 percent organized for the first time · in its history. ,.,.. shovelful of snow in your hands. ful. But don't forget that a sled an election in November. runner can crush a finger very Since 1956, the association is t ;\; ;\; Although the installers were al~ said to have won a minimum The automobile is important to easily. ready covered by a CW A contract Last, but not least, beware of that could have barred an elecpay scale of $5,000 a year, $50 most people during the winter a . game for pre-season games when a great deal of visiting is the sunburn. The winter suri isn't as tion, CW A pressed for an early and a pension fund totaling rule. Remember, however, that strong as the-summer sun, but you decision on the issue. $600,000. Until now, the Bears winter driving is not at all like get a d<>uble dose of it from the have borne none of the responsummer driving. Di:ive slowly be- sky and in reflections ·from the sibilities of union membership cause you can't stop as quickly on snow. Add to this the increased but have reaped all the benesnow or ice as you can on dry sensitivity of the skin due to cold fits, according to an association pavemrnt. Even if the pavement and wmd, and you can .get a bad official. The football "union" looks clear, beware of icy spots burn. A good suntan lotion applied has also been establishing which may appear suddenly, espe- before you start your day should closer contacts with organizacially on curves when it is easy to be sufficient protection. tions representing professional go into a dangerous skid. Icy spots (Comments and suggestions are players in baseball, hockey, are apt to develop on the shady invited by this department and basketball and golf. side of hills or almos t anywhere nan b S1L°hmitLed to this column when the temperature rises enough in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Cab Strilc.eis' Pay Ca·llecl ~Repulsive' SJ:U SAFETY DEPARTMENT Play It Safe On Winter Vacations Football League Now 100% Union HoffaPhone. Union Raid Flops 3-1 �SIU Steward School Starts New Course . NEW YORK-A new group of veteran stewards convened The .following is a digest of SIU regula.r membership meetings during the month of November, 1962, in all constitutional ports. This feature will be carried each issue in the SEAFARERS LOG: for classes on January 2 to take a six-week course under the. MOBILE, Nov. U-Ch1lrman, Lindsey BALTIMORE, Nov. 7-Ch•lrm•n, Rex E. Port Agent reported on 1hlpplnf and SIU's new refresher program for chief stewards. "Gradua- Dickey; Secretuy, Relph Nay; RHdlng MTD picketing of foreign ships which J. Wllllam11 Secretary, Louis Nelru RHdCle rk, Anthony Kastlna. Minutes of pre· caused foreign a id cargoes to be reas· lng Clerk, Robert Jord•n. Minutes of all tion" for the first class t o + - - - - - - - - - - - - - vlous meetings In all ports approved. signed to US, UIW and mu actlvltle1 and previous port meetings accepted. Por* Port Agent 1·eported on shipping, con· holiday dinners discussed. Report ac· Agent's report covered thanks for mem· complete its work as part of menus, sanitary food preservation, tractual disputes, need for donors t o cept ed unanimously. President's report bers' support of .MTD picketing action. the Steward Department Re- keeping inventory, proper storing :Blood Bank and holiday dinner schedule. and Secretary-Treasurer's report ca rried November election results and shipping. t carried unanimously. Pr esident's una nimously. Trial committee report car· Report carried unanimously. Presi!fent'I certificaition Program was held on and the overall supervisory de- Repor report accepted. Secretary ·Tr easure.r 's ried. Auditor's reports accepted. J. C. report approved. Secretary • Treasurer'• . December 17. tails in the cooking and serving report accepted. Trial committee report Cohen unanimously elected to quarterly report accepted. Trial committee's report accepted. Auditor's reports accepted. EdMeeting excuses re!erred to fin1mcial committee. Total present: 310. department that the job entails. approved. ward Kelly elected to quarterly financial dispatcher. Auditor's reports accepted. The refresher training is de;\; .t. ;\; The program received its im- George Litchfield elected to quarterly ORI.EANS, Nov. 13-Chalrman, eommlttee. Total present: 179. signed to upgrade the skills of petus as a resuM of the feeding financial committee. Total present: 150. C. NEW ;\; _;\; ;\; J. "Buck" Stephens; Secretuy, Clyde chief stewards and acquaint them program - initiated in some SIU Lanier; Reading Clerlt, Don.Id Colllns. NEW YORK, Nov. 5-Chalrman, lul with new developments in the fleets as far back ·as 1954 and in- DETROIT, ""'Nov. ""'t-Ch•lrm•n, Jack Minutes of previous port meetliigs ac· Shepard/ Secretary, E. X. Mooney/ RHd· ""' Bluitt; Secretuy, Gulllermo GralalH. No cepted. Port Agent's reports on shipping, Ing Clerk, A. Campbell. Minutes of all fields of food processing, pack- troduced across-the-board on SIU regular meeting held due to lack of a COPE and Shell Oil strike accepted. Pr es· previo~ s port meetings accepted. Port aging and cookery. It involves six quorum . -Special meeting called t o select ident's report carried .unanimously. Sec· Agent's report on shipping accepted. contracted vessels in 1959. SIU r~ tary-Treasurer's report carried unanl· Chairman read President's report, 'as Pres• weeks of training sessions cover- steward department personnel who a member of the quar terly financial com· mously. T rial committee r eport re John ldent is In Montreal. Report covering mittee. Guillermo Graj ales unan imously Cole accepte.t. Meeting excuses r eferred hearings Involving SIU of Canada, delay ing 30 working days devoted to have at least three years of sea- elected to serve on quarterly financial to disp atcher. Auditor's reports accepted. In printing October LOG, success of SIU committee. Total present: 6. classroom and field work. Philip O'Connor elected to quarterly_fln an- position in Robin beef, progress in other time in a rating above third cook clal committee. Good and weltare dis· contractual disputes, new $800 vacation pay ;\; ;\; Four Stewards Enroll can get further details on taking HOUSTON, ""' Nov. 13-Chalrman, Lindsey cuasion on COPE activities, necessary ship rate for all Seafarers, SIU assistance In Wllll•ms; Secretuy, Robert L. Wiiburn; repairs and by a brother who thanked MTD boycott of Cuban shipping, MTD SIU stewards Raymond Aguiar, · the course by contacting SIU head- Reading .C lerk, Paul Drozak. Minutes of membership for accepting charges against executive board meeting in Montreal, Transhatteras (Hudson Water- quarters. previous meetings In all ports accepted. John Cole. Total present: 290. death of SIU Vice-President Claude Sim· ways); Nick Nomikos, New Orleans - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mons, new policy on penalty cargoes. steward recertification program, new hall (Sea-Land); Robert Hutchins, SeaIn Norfolk. Report carried unanimously. No report by Secretary-Treasurer due to train Louisiana (Seatrain), and his presence In Montreal. Welfare serv· Jacob Jakubcsan, Cathy (Sealees report presented. Trial committee report re John Cole cal'ried una nimously. tramp ), are enrolled in the curMeeting excuses1 referred to Port Agent. rent six-week training session. NEW YORK-Sea-Land's new SIU-manned· carferry got under way for the first time Auditor's. reports accept ed'. E. Johnsen to quarterly financial committee. Their graduation is due to take during Christmas .week, just before the start of the longshore strike. She will be on a steady elected Total present: 358. place February 12. ten-day turnaround schedule between Port Elizabeth and San Juan when service resumes. ;\; ;\; PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7 - Chairman. The second session will follow The vessel, a converted C-3 Frank Drozak; Secretary, Thomas Gouldl · the .same pattern as the first, with type that had served formerly company will be .able to load auto- apart and inserting special midbody Reading Clerk, Charles Stansbury. Minutes ol previous meetings in all ports classroom instruction and st udy mobiles on to the ship directly.from sections .The new midsections add accepted. Port' Agent reported on ship· being implemented by field trips as the Navy seaplane tender railcars positioned on tracks adja- 127 feet to the length of the vessels ping, SIU support in local elections. Re· · Tangiers, made the trip to Puerto port carried unanimously. President's fo meat packers, produce plants cent to its terminal bulkhead. and ten feet in the beam. The Los and Seeretary-Treasurer's October report11 and similar locations. In addition, Rico with 400 automobiles. She has without opposition. Trial com· The ship was purchased from a Angeles and the San Franciscc(,'Hke accepted m lttee report re John Cole presented and United States Public Health Ser - a capacity of 500 vehicles. their sisterships, are being fitted to approved. dealer who obKearney, NJ, scrap AuditOr's reports accepted. Meanwhile, two more of the comvice inspectors will make classEdwal'd Dacey elected as member of handle 476 loaded truck trailers in it at . .auction from the Navy. tained quarterly financial committee. Total room appearances to review such pany's specially-converted trailera fast all-container service. present: 52. subjects as food sanitation , grad- ships are nea,ring completion, and The ex-Tangiers had been in the both of them should be in opera- Government reserve fleet previ- 0 ing, preservation and storage. tion by spring. They are sisterships ously. ' I , SJ:U SOCJ:AL SECURJ:TY ··'· ." Developed over many mont hs, Work on the remaining two Esso the new stewarcts' school is ' the to the Elizabethport (ex-Esso New -; ': BULLETJ:N· BOARD -:•: result of recommendations by a Orleans) and the San Juan (ex- tankers that Sea-land is rebuilding 0 "' rank-and-file committee of stew- Esso Raleigh), which are currently into containerships involves jumboby cutting them izing the ships ards two years ago and subse- in the intercoastal service. quently approved by the Union Puerto Rico Run membership at SIU port meetings. The former T-2 tanker Esso Cash Benefits Paid N~v.ember, 1962 Instruction covers the varied Bethlehem is due - to start on Puerto Rico run within the the duties of a steward aboard ship, CLAIMS AMOUNT PAID including the preparation of next five weeks as the container- • 10,248 $ 15,603.21 Hospital Benefits • · • • • • • • • • · · · • ship Los Angeles. She will . be fol18,393.61 12 Death Benefits · · · · • • · · • · • · · · · • lowed a few weeks later· by the San 51,600.00 344 Pension-Disability Benefits ..... Francisco (ex-Esso Chattanooga). Hialeah Touts 8,364.31 42 Maternity Benefits · · • • · · · · · · • • Completion of work on the new 77,106.09 598 Dependent Benefits • • • · · · · · · · · No-Scab Law carferry Detroit at Todd's · shiP4,544.36 399 Optical Benefits · · · • • • · · · · · · · · yard, Hoboken, NJ, enables the ship HIALEAH, Fla.-They're off 70,310.00 11,659 COOS BAY, Ore.-The salvage Out-Patient Benefits • •·· · · · · · · · to handle heavy lifts such as road and running with a winner at 400,094.25 1,536 graders, truck!l and tractOrs as well of 700,000 feet of lumber off the Vacation Benefits · · • • · · · · · · · · · Hialeah. This industrial town as livestock on deck. Autos are doomed coastal carrier Ala::;ka TOT AL WELFARE, VACATION of 80,000 persons, famed for loaded aboard the vessel by a spe- Cedar is continuing here despite BENEFITS PAO) THIS PERIOD its race track, has become the $646,015.83 24,838 cial sling, and when placed in the dirty weather . first city in the South to pass hold are fastened by special securA power failure aboard the illa Citizens' Job Protection Oring devices. dinance, outlawing importafated lumber schooner that develSpecial facilities of the vessel in- oped in heavy seas grounded her tion of strikebreakers. Printclude a 35-ton crane used to move on the north jetty at the entrance ing unions led the fight for the November, 1962 heavy vehicles that are carried in to Coos Bay with 2 million board ordinance. Hialeah is a suburb addition to passenger cars. The feet of · lumber in her hold. Five of Miami. Seamen Wives Children TOTAL Port days later, pounding seas separated 71 10 3 58 Baltimore the entire afterdeck and pilot Reunion Of The Sorensen Men house from the ship's midsection. 140 8 4 128 Houston Shortly thereafter, the hull broke 52 3 3 46 Mobile mto three parts that are now e352 11 7 334 New Orleans • · · · · · · · 1-orted on the "north side of the 418 34 39 34$ New York .......... jftty, and are completely free of the ship channP.l. 125 43 28 54 Philadelphia ... When the hull broke ape.rt, 1,158 102 91 thousands of board feet of lumbei · 965 TOTAL \\ere salvaged from the b <!ach oJY beachcombers. Private guards and sheriff's officers wete stationed nt the site to prevent turther salvage. All claims ag'.'.linst the vessel November, 1962 have been relinq j .i.:;hed, ac'·<Jrding TOTAL Pints Pints Previous to a US Army Cor ps of Engineers ON HAND Used Credited Balance Port spokesman in Portland. He said the 5 . 2 0 7 Engineers would accept re:;ponsi- Boston . ...••... . ....... , 24 251;2 34 32lh bllity for the hull only if it be· New York . . .. ., . ... . .... . 47 0 0 47 comes a menace to navigation at Philadelphia ...... . .... . . 62 2 0 64 Baltimore ..••... ·. . ..... . the mouth oi the harbor. ,. 0 15 0 15 All 24 SIU Pacific District crew- Norfolk . ...••.... . . ..... 34 2 0 36 Jacksonville •... . .. . ..... members got ashor e via· helicopter 6 0 0 6 and breeches buoy when the vessel Tampa . . . ......... . .. . . . 15 0 3 12 Mobile ... . .. ..... .. ... . . grounded on December 3, ano 0 111~ 4 86 5 85 minor injuries were reported'. The New Orleans . • ..... . .... The sun i.s out in New York, so Seafarer Eivind Sorensen llh 0 llh Houston . . .. .... . . . . . . . . 0. Cedar's owner, the W.R. Cha1r.hcrand his two good-fooking youngsters try to make the most 2 5 7 .Wilmington .. .... . . . ... . 0 lin Company, paid transportation 10 1 of it between job calls at the New York SIU hall. Sorensen 8 3 back to Portland for the crew, plus San Francisco .......... . 15 1 16 0 visited headquarters with Tommy, 3 (left), and Peter, 4, to $500 each for loss of personeil Seattle . . . . . ... . ....... . . ' 'l"{)TALS ........ . •. 336 37~ 52 321~ ahow t hem off a bit to some of bis fell~ w Seaf a te rs. " effects. NEW SEA-LAND CARFERRY UNDERWAY Alaska Cedar Salvage Job Nears End SIU Welfare, Vacation -Plans· SIU Clinic Exams-All Ports ... ....... ............ ............. ........ ............. SIU Blood Bank. Inventory· / �• Doctors·~Still ·l:.~ad. . Early -.epalr Lis~ Helps ·f lS Wafle Earners WASHINGTON-When America's oldsters battle the ~merican Medical Association on medical care for the aged, ~hey are battling the best-paid segment of. American lifedoctors. Latest statistics from the men in the same groups earned. Bureau of the- Census show The repol't shows also that the that male doctors, dentists and lawyers ranked in that order as "the top earners in the · Uni·t ed States during 1959." The report shows that 135,000 of the 211,000 male doctors in the country--or 64 percent--earned $10,000-and-over during 1959, indicating that the median income · of men in the professi<>n was cons iderably above the $10,000 mar k. Median represents the amount that 50% of the group earns. Dentists were second with 60 · percent of the 80,000 dentists in the $10,000-and-over brack~t. Lawyers were third with 53 percent of the country's 203,000 lawyers in that bracket. In contrast, median income for all 44 million men Jn the "Experienced Civilian labor force" was less th~m half, at $4,621 .00. Median earnings of salaried managers i n manufacturing plants were $9,156 and aeronautical engineers were $9,059. Earnings of women in most categories trailed those of men. Women dootors, for example, showed median earnings of $5,517 and women lawyers $5,199. Median income for 20 million women in the work force was $2,257. These figures were roughly about half of what ILG Nabs Blouse Shop Runaway NEW YORK-A runaway blouse maker has paid $25,301 in partial damages for breach of contract with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. An additional $83,460 in damages 'is also pending under various arbitration rulings. The, Judy Bond blouse firm sent a check for the first payment to the union after an arbitrator sustained charges brought by the IDGWU against the company for closing its plant here and moving all production to a new plant in Brewton, Ala. The $25,301 represenrtis money due because shipping clerks were requir ed to work a 40-hour week inst ead of the 35-hour week called for in t he 1961 contract between t he u nion and the blouse industry. Court a ppeals on mot ions by union attorneys for or ders comp elling paymen t of two other damage findings have been filed by t he company. These orders cover $61,000 for work channeled to nonunion production in violation of the contract, and obligations of $22,460 owed the industry healt h and welfare fund becau'se of this non-union production. _The arbite r's finding that J udy Bond must make its fou rth quarter 1961 records availabl ~ to the union also was appealed. The Supreme Court of New Yor k County recently refused the company's motion for a stay. J udy Bon d broke away from t he manufactu..rers' assoc iat~o ~ a ye·a r ag-0, while labor and management were preparing to complete negot iations on a contract renewal. Later the firm resumed production in Alabama. The union is conductlng a Df\tional " Don't Buy Judy Bond" campaign. 11. . . . . . 11u11•111•111•111a111ammm1mm~111~111mm1~1. .m111. .1111 number of "Professional, Technical and Kindred Workers" increased 47. percent between 1950 and 1960. This contrasts with an overall g.ain of only 15 percent for the total experienced labor force. One added sign of the times was a 147 percent relative increase in the number of psychologists among professional ~orkers. Seafarers are reminded to _ be sure that vessel repair lists are made out and submitted ··to department heads early enough ta. allow time for ordering supplies and necessary replacements before t he ship hits port. In this way, many essential repairs can be completed during the time a vessel Js in port or in t he course of coastwise voyages before going offshore. Early completion of repair lists will also enable SIU patrolmen to check on the progress of repairs and replacements as soon as they come aboard a vessel. •• • O A - 0 . .. - • ~ "' • .. .. .. • PaSsenger Ship Reshuffle Leaves 2 In Lakes Trade DETROIT-Despite a "reshuffling of Great Lakes passenger ship operations, Lakes SIU members can count on continued service by at least two of the four remaining vessels in this trade. First to act were the owners land, has termin ated h er operaof the North American and tions and switched to Lake Michi- gan. She will take over t he run of the Milwaukee Clipper, operated by the Wisconsin Steamship Company. The Capper is not expected t o operate again, and is up for sale. Primary reason for putting the Aquarama into the MuskegonMilwaukee trade is her greater speed and larger car-carrying capacity. The Aquarama will carry 190 cars and 2,500 passengers in a four-and-a-half h our trip. The Clipper carried 105 cars and 900 passengers in a six-and-a-half hour trip. The Clipper firs t went into servJoseph Volplan, Social Security· Director ice in Lake Michigan in 1941 after her conversion from the former Juniata, which was built around a 8 88 S OrCe p tate aXeS 1900. While the question of a cut in Fed~ral taxes this year reaches the In their nearly half-century of dimensions of a national debate, changes in taxes on the state level operation, the two Georgian Bay deserve far more attention than they have received. Some· of the passenger ships have carried more than 500,000 passengers, vacationdeveloping tax trends indicate -that most states have serious financial ers anp honeymooners. problems and that a larger and larger tax burden is being placed upon During season, the ships operthe individual, particularly the low-income person. ated from early May through Sep· State tax collections reached an all-time high of $20.6 billion in 1962. tember. The North American ran This is quite a jump from 20 years ago, 1942, when state taxes totaled between Chicago and Buffalo; the only $3.9 billion. In the last three years state revenues have jumped South American between Duluth $5 billion. and Buffalo. The line says the "With regular legislative ses- I upped in five states • . . MassaSouth American will continue that sions convening in 47 states early chusetts raised· the ·corporate exrun with stops at Detroit and in 1963," according to a report by cise tax base ... income taxes and Cleveland. But Chicago is out of the Commerce Clearing House, withholding passed in Virginia. luck. For the first time in nearly But the legitimate demands for " the state tax . trend is expected 50 years it will not be served by a to continue upward. More than 25 more.state as well as local revenue PHILADELPHIA - Heading cruise ship. percent of an estimated 90,000 continue to rise. It's needed for south for the Gulf again thiLJ week, the SIU-manned supertanker bills introduced in the big Oddyear sessions will involve taxes, current operation, for education, Montpelier Victory (Montpelier) with 2,500 becoming law." ffor highways, for public welfare, spent a day aground on a DelaIncreases in state taxes move at or health, police and fire protec- ware River mudbank near here a far greater rate than rises in tion, natural resources, unempLoy- December 26 while enroute to a Federal taxes. This trend is ex- 0mfentthcompensatioTnh, and in a lot Paulsboro, New Jersey, refinery. 0 er wh areas. ere P ected, for despite the charge by roJ'ect ' h . a re t many h' . Barges worked through the night . conservatives of Federal encroach- PFederals andic state reqmre c mga to lighten cargo so !hat the 46,000fundsmaand ments and Federal domination, the b f . ton petroleum earner could move individual state continues to be a nlim er o 1ow-mcome states are finding it increasingly · difficult to off the flats. She was returning vital governmental unit. Actually, t k d t f h fr.om the G.u lf at th.e time, loaded the Federal government has been aT e a van age 0 t ese opportu- with fuel 011 and high octane gas. Sty mied by Congress from meet1'ng m ies. She suffered no serious damage, HONOLULU - Interim air-conmany responsibilities, so that more Most states are facing something although there were some reports and more states are being forced approaching a financial crisis. of steering gear trouble "when she ditioned q u art e rs at Pier 10 will be used as joint offices to to move in to fill the need. Higher revenues are essential but went aground. service members of the Sailors The big question is where they the burden should fall on shoul. 1 • She rode onto the mud at Pea Union of the Pacific and the will find the revenues to do the d ers oth er th an th e 1itt e guy s. . ob. It is thi·s - complex problem Patch Island, off Delaware City, J (Comments and suggestions are Del., about 36 miles below Phila- Marine Cooks & Stewards here. Future facilit ies in the King's which resulted in the overturn of i nvited by this department and delphia. She was due to leave Port so many governors in the 1962 can be submitted to this column Reading, NJ, yesterday for an- Grant Building, n ow under construction, will service all three i n care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) other trip to the Gulf. elections. Pacific District unions, the SUP, Ironically, those who make a MCS and the Marine Firemen's battle cry of "states rights" when Union. opposing needed Federal domestic Joint SUP-MCS offices were legislation _ilre usually found in the form erly at Pier 8, part of which forefront of those who oppose is sc heduled for demolition to state action. Many governors who make way for an a uto pa rking were defeated recognized the state location. The new site is on t he responsibilities and were fo rced to second fl oor at Pier 10. r aise taxes t o pr ovide th e revT he address '"Pier 10, Honolulu" enues to meet t hem. h as long been adequate fo r mail T he CCH r eview of state taxes from all parts -0f the ,,,·orld to ind i.cates t hat the trend toward reach crewmembers employed by hidden taxes and sa1es taxes is acMatson Navigation Comp a n y , celerating. Some of these hidden which has used t he pier for mnny taxes appear to be borne by busiyears. ness and industry b ut they are K ing's Grant B u i 1 d ing, a usually passed on to the consumer. mod ern , 17-story struct ure, is Here are some of the significant being built on the site of the ol d actions taken in 1962: 'Michigan Seame n's Ce nter. The property imposed a 4 per~e n t use tax on mu st be u ed for the benefit of intrastate telegraph and telephone seamen under a gra nt made by service ... Mississippi temporarily King Kalakaua and reaffirmed by upped sales taxes on cotton ginQueen L i 1 i u o k a l a n i in 1892. ning from 15 cents to 30 cents a Enough space in the new build in g bale and on contracts to 2 percent will be allotted to seamen to confrom 1.5 percent ; .. West Virginia for m with the pro111s1ons of extended its additional 1-cent sales Hawaiian laws governing royal and use tax to June, 1963 . . . grants. The District of Columbia increased Meanwhile, the space on Pier 10 its general sales and use tax from On hand to give the children a regular head-to-toe medical will be sufficient on a temporary 2 to 3 percent. check-up, Mrs. Margar-et Reinosa and family are pictured basis to meet the requirements of Cigarette taxes wer.e increased at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. The youngsters are Margaret, the SUP and MCS. The present in Michigan, Mississippi, New Jer5, and Rose Marie, 17. Dad John Reinosa is in· the Far East location of the MFOW port office sey, West· Virginia and Kentucky is 56 North Nimitz Highway. as steward on lsthmian's Steei Advocate. • • • taxes on alcholic spirit.s were SOC:IA:t. SECUB:l:TY REPORT St t N d F U 5 T South American, veteran Lakes SIU-manned passenger ships which have plied the Lakes to Buffalo, Chicago and Duluth · for decades.· A sever e cutback in business during 1962 caused the North American to cut short her operations and lay up before the normal end of the season. The stockholders of the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Line, after considering liquidation of the· company, have decided to operate the South American in 1963 and hope for an increase in bookings to make it possible for the North to sail. It is doubtful, however, if the North will .operate again. · Separate action involves the Aquarama and the Milwaukee Clipper, which employ 750 crew personnel during the peak of operations. The Aquarama, operated by the Michigan-Ohio Navigation Company, . between Detroit and Cleve- Supertanker Gets Stuck In The Mud SU p MCS 7 h•t s I t HaII In HonoIuIu It Doesn't Hurt A Bit �I I ' '. t ( •\ New Orleans Hollday Affair Transport Panel·Reaches Pact On Container Sizes • WASHINGTON-A "giant step" in the long evolution -of containerized cargo movement. has been taken by a joint committee representing the entire. US transportation industry. ' A 71-man group has agreed+------,------·on standardized container according to an ASA committee sizes to permit · complete in- s?okesman. He . ~aid that eve~ terchangeability of c o n t a i n er s time the _DS saves ~ dollar m among water, highway, rail and air tr~ns~ortabon, a foreign country carriers. with its lower cost scale saves only 25-30 cents. ' . The accord , announced J anuary- s· . 3, climaxes five years of work to . 1~1 1ar savmgs are expected in simplify container use in both shipping and all forms of transdL·mestic an :l foreign tr:i.de. On port. . . New Year's Day, Europea:i rail- . Th~ quest10n of umform pallet roads ind!~ntf::d approval of the sizes 1s next to be tak.en up by the American container stand1rcls so transport group here m the US, as . that full development of t.i1e u -. i. well as steps to implement us~ .... form size natgo boxes can proceed. and manufacture of the new diWorking rhrough the Ar.1erican Standards Association, shipping iind other transportation industry cfTicials have .evolved fonr basic ··container sizes of iengtn.s slightly less than 10, 20, 30 and 40 feet, resp~i!tively; uniform widthE and heights of slightly less t!1:m eight feet and doorways at least 5 · inches high and 90 inches wide. BalJoting on dimensiv"1 3 for two of the ,tc.ndard cont .. iners,. the 10 -arid :~O-foot sizes, will be held shortly by the Internatiopal 0!'. ganization for Standardization :n Geneva to determine the position of 4!i In"mlu·r nations. The move towards complete standardization of container.s in US transport involved agreement by · representatives of ship organi· zatior:s, railroads, truckers, barge operators, container manufactut· ers, freight forwarders, steve1lores, SIU Chris-tmas holiday dinner at New Orleans hall was a airlines and shippers groups. 1''or the first time, manufacturers, carfestive one and Seafarer and Mrs. Parker "Jack" Holt riers and users all joined to de· (above) are among those who enjoyed it. At top (far right) velop what will become the is table group including ( 1-r) Lawrence Von Loftin, Sea"American standard" container. farer Larry Yon Loftin, Mrs. Von Loftin, daughter Deborah Transportation cost saving; afVon Loftin, Seafarer Manfred Osborne, Mrs. Osborne, Benjy forded by use of contain~rs has often permitted American proOsborne, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cupit, parents of Mrs. ducers to beat foreign competition, Osborne. · Textile Striker's Son In School College Dream Comes True HENDERSON~ NC-A boy's dream of college, which never quite faded even during one of the Souths longest and most bitter textile strikes, has come true for Ernest Barham, now a freshman at the University of North Carolina. A scholarship and a lgan •--------------:----~=~---............ ear n e d by high grades- n?rmally good grades took a sharp after serving the legal minimum despite the necessity of work- dip, but an understanding history sentence. =-- ing afternoons, evenings and summers - m.)lde college possible for Ernest, a youngster who had to grow up fast after a union-busting employer forced his workers to strike to preserve their union. Both of Ernest's parents - Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Barham - were , among the members of the Textile Workers Uuion of America wh o walked out in November of 1958 just two months after their son en~ tered high school. Between them they had a total of 43 years servic~ · at the Harriet-Henderson Mill. Ernest's father, in poor health, was one of dozens of strikers arrested in a swe eping crackd own on picket line activities. He spent most of his term in the prison ho spital -and has been bedridden muth of the time since then . His mother, too, has had lon g periods of illness. Understandably, the youngster's teacher-Harold House, himself the This followed disclosures that son of a Harriet-Henderson striker the. star witness against them, a -P r o vi d e d the encouragement state undercover informer, was which helped the youngster shake l'iimsNf involved in a Virginia gun the slump and get back on the aca- charge. · demic track. He won a trip to the United Nations for a speech he wrote and delivered, and took a separate prize in an essay contest during his senior year. TWUA strike relief plus his own part-time earnings enabled Ernest to continue in high school. College still seemed out of the question until he was chosen for the Davis scholarship - a $700 a year grant plus a $300 loan, named after the founder of a Henderson department store. Additional help has come from what Ernest ter ms the "many wonderful union people" who have rejoiced in the youngster's success. During the course of the lengthy strike, which ended in 1961 , the If any S_IU ship has no SIU and many other unions prot"'Jf'1?M.WiWNf#Xff/J@W.W.1'Y.GW@·,j;;iit'.W.l'!f%!ft<f!fo;Jt vided cash and other assistance to library or needs a new the strikers on several occasions. supply of books, contact rype Minutes The bitter di spute was heightened any SIU hall. When Possible at times by a National Guard callIn order to assure accurate up, wh olesale import o! pr ofessional strikebreakers and rigged · digests of shipboard meetings "conspiracy" charges that caused in the ,.. LOG, it is .desirable that the jailing of key union official s. !he .bepot_rts dof 'fsh1tpbollard ~ebel t- , The last three textile union offimgs e ype 1 a a possi e. cials in · prison on the "conspiracy" ~w~~t"'®'~t.ofttffJJ:lif.&.ff(il'?ff%~M$:WtJ.mi'%~ indictment were released on parole, J EVERY THR·EE MONTHS' YOUR Sl't.1 MBDJ:CAL DEPARTMENT Joseph B. Lorue, MD, Medical Director Yawning Also Has Its Function Yawning is a form of behavior which has defied all attempts to explain it, according to Ashley Montagu, PH.D., writing in the "Journal" of the American Medical Association. His explanation may not be any more successful than others which have attempted .to explain this very common condition, but he does give a comprehensive reason for this condition. A yawn is a long deep inspiration with the mouth wide open, followed by a slow expiration. It is known that certain species of mammals such as apes and monkeys _and probably others yawn.+ . Whether the yawning of mammals blood. · At the same time: the moveis the sophisticated variety that ments of the jaw stimulate the man attains is not definite, as it flow of blood in the adjacent armay be based on a more functional teries and veins to the brain. This basis and to serve some real or- movement of the jaw also probably ganic need. stimulates the caratid bodies and The · conditions under which probably other adjacent structures. yawning occurs in man may give all of which assist in the supl>lYsome clue to the' cause. Yawning ing of more blood, thus oxygen to occurs in both sexes, ana at all the brain, thus stimulation of cereages under the following condi- bral activity and contributes to the tions: sleepiness, weariness, on lightening of consciousness. awakening from unrefreshed sleep This, he suggests, constitutes the and boredom. adoptive value and principal funcAll these ·conditions, according tioning of yawning. The stretch. to Dr. Montaru, have in common a ing of the muscle of the jaw 'in lowered state of critical conscious- yawning gives the same stimulatness. "Critical consciousness" here ing and revitalizing feeling as that means the state of normal active of stretching the muscles of exawareness of and relatedness to tremities and body when there ii the environment. Any significant a lower body tone. lowering of critical consciousness One has to be conscious to yawn; may lead to yawning. This is often however, anything which tends to associated with the increase in lower the normal conscious level C02 of the blood. may cause yawning. Thus, sitting in a close stuffy room may cause Yawning, by its massive inspirayawning which emphasizes both tion of air through the wide open the lack of external stimuli and the mouth ' and nos.!fils, tends to rereduction of oxygen. store the depleted oxygen of the Monotonous situations may lower the conscious level sufficiently to ·produce yawning. The monotony may lead to a decrease in the oxy-_ gen in the blood, due to decrease in the depth and slowing of .r.espiration. Everyone is familiar with the contagiousness of yawning. Here again, the yawning associate is under the same reduced critical consciousness. Perhaps this phenomena may be a biological urge to increase consciousness, thus increasing the sociability of the situation. Yawning, then, which most people consider an embarrassing_ situation, is no doubt a beneficial physiological function. It warns one of the reduction in critical consciousness whether it be from weariness, sleeplessness or boredom. If from weariness, one should rest, if from sleeplessness, one should sleep, and if from 'boredom, then something should be done about that. SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY f 1' (Comments and suggestions are invited 1 by this department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS _ L OG.) �Cool< On ·Canadian Tug· Stumps Television ~anel CEM:B ER STARS ON '' WHAT'S MY LINE? '' SIU of Canada member Pauline · Letendre, with "What's My Line 7" panel moderator John Daly. A glamorous French-Canadian Seafarer stumped the experts on the TV show "What's My Line?" last month. Now a celebrity in her own right, Pauline Letendre, 32, is one of three women cooks in the SIU of Canadacrewed tug fleet operated by McAllister Towing of Montreal. When the panel failed to guess her occupation after the usual series of questions, she walked off with the $50 in prize money awarded to successful contestants. Miss Letendre cooks aboard the tug Felicia in Montreal . harbor for a crew of six men, and has naturally received special attention because she is young, single and quite attractive. . She works eight months out of the year, seven days a week during the · shipping season, and was invited to become a guest on the Sunday night CBS-TV show after a program researcher spotted a two-page, illustrated article featuring her unusual vocation in "Canadian Weekly". A member of the SIU of Canada since she joined the union during a 1953 organizing drive, she will be seen on TV again in . the Canadian version of "What's My 11 Line7 on Jarwary 28. McAllister Towing's 900-horse. power tug Felicia is shown i11 Montreal harbor. Pauline . Le• tendre is queen of the galley aboard the SIU of Canada-contra cted vessel. ' ' ". ,::;;:;;.:~~ ~~'<:>~ . ., . -.:':}, ,,, ,, . . ' ~:~- , After the show, all hands posed for LOG photographer. Seated ( 1-r) are panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, columnist: Alan King, comedian; Arlene Francis, TV personality, and fsennett Cerf, publisher; standing, program moderator John Daly and Miss Letendre. Besides $50 prize money for her TV stint, she enjoyed a whirlwind sightseeing tour of New York before returning home • �..,...,,1 1· !",.,.~ ~ ~ / ~' t Pace Tea Wins $15_0 Back Pay,.· MA Sets Up $peeial .Office . To Boost· Domestic Shi,Jpin9 WASfilNGTON-The Maritime Administration has finally' gotten around ta creating a specialized office to promote domestic US shipping. . Although MA has had, under the -Merchant Marine Act of 1936 the responsibility for seeing to it that the US has ' adequate merchant shipping this period she has been engeged Atlantic and Gulf coasts. of all types, there have been in matters relating to ship trans· - A Tecent ~ort by the ICC's no domestic shipping promotional fers. ' Bureau of Transporj; Economics, programs and the present disMaritime's announcement of the which ~urveyed domestic shipping jointed reguJation is split between new domestic shipping. post re- traffic from 1951-1960, did not de-al the Federal Maritime Commission viewed the .decline in the domestic with figures on numbers of ships at and the Interstate Commerce Com- fleet from 428 vessels in 1938 to an. It cited, however, a 20 percent mission. 102 in 1962. Jn te'i-ms of dead- loss in domestic dry cargo tonnage ICC rulings in many instances weig~t ship tonnage, the di-op has movements matched to a 16 perpaved the way for the decline in been from 2.8 million to l .1 million cent grain in tanker cargo movecoastwise and intercoastal shipping tons, oand the 102-ship figure for ments over the ·same period. Anna Hernandez (3rd from left I receives check for $150 to the advant-age of the railroads, 1962 is largeJy made up of tankers 'Tanker traffic was almost eight from Jay-Kay Metals, Long Island City, NY, after SIU since many ICC aides and officials in domestic service between the times tbe dry cargo figure. United Industrial Workers went to bat and won back wages ovsr the years came directly out owed to her. Pictured 11-r l are Lydia Serrano, shop stewo! railr0rad management. ard: Marie Dodson; Enoch Lloyd, chief shop steward, and -· N1:>w, a new MA specialist posl· · tion has been established to deal Macfeline Rodriguez, SIU-UIW representative who had the with· Great Lakes, inte-rcoastial, happy chore ·of presenting check. coastwise and the non-contiguous domestic trades of Puerto Rico, the Virginia Islands, Alask"'t(l and - By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Hawaii. The specialist who will fill ~anage the new post has not been named. Giving with the . one hand end One of onr. readers says he is worried that his soon-toemarry son taking. away with the other, the and future daughter-in-law have little understanding or even much MA, in an earlier develo.p ment, also concern about how to manage money. gave new stature to its ship transHe's not the only one who's worried. Young couples are the backfer operations by elevating the bone of our bankruptcy courts today. Again in 1962, wage-earner bankW~SHINGTON-Over 30 American ships .are included in official in charge. to the post of 611' ruptcies reached another new peak, and several bankruptcy referees Secretary of the MA. have reported that young people comprise the majority of their cases. the total of 300 vessels now blBrcklisted. by the Arab League's Assistant Ruth Holmes, chief of · the ForThe fact is, children today are more demanding and expect more Israel Boycott Office, according to a recent news agency eign Transfer Branch, Office of than our own generation did. report from the Middle E a s t . + - - - - - - - - - - - - Ship Operation, has been desigIncreasingly, parents are asking for guidance in teaching even The list of ships blacklist- Imposition of the blacklist nated an Assistant Secretary for younger children the value of money. For th-e ir part, · teen-agers tend ed for dealing with Israel in- against the Kern Hills !ed t'O a purposes of executing and signing to complain that parents fail to tell them about money matters. . elude 33 American vessels, 63 renaming of the vessei and touched ship transfer orders and. similar Here are methods· family experts recommend for teaching children British, 26 Greek, 25 Italian, 25 off a series of incidents as addi- legal documents. the value of money. Success is surer if you use all these tools rather Miss Holmes, who handles the Norwegian, and 16 Swedish ships. tional US vessels and ships of than rely on just one: At the same time, the agency other flags were barred from Suez agency's work relative to the trans- . • Let children participate In budget talks. This will help them announced that the Boycott Office for doing business with Israel. fer oi US-owned ships to foreign understand why the family must pick its goals when funds are limitedcontrol or registry, has been with in AJexandria had lifted the The Cleopatra action followed and lVIA for 29 years. During most of and win their cooperation in achieving-these goals. When a child sees blacklisting of the Norwegian ship continued for 24 days. his family making choices among a number of ne~ds and goals, ·and Tove Lilian and the Greek ship discussing what is most important, he himself begins to develop a sense Verdin after the owners had promof values. ised to halt dealings with Israel. At least one survey found that teen-agers themselves want their Primarily directed at Israeli parents to let them join in family money discussions, especially those shipping, the boycott movement concerned with planning furniture purchases and vacations. ~ronically, has affeded ships of many nations many parents do not explain -money matters to their child~en, a survey which trade with Israel and has of ninth-graders by Cornell Univ.e rsity home economists found. denied them access to the Suez The Cornell survey showed that at least this group of teen-agers Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director Canal in violation of traditional did handle money quite wisely. Over 90 percent saved. None expected maritime law. , parents to hand over· money whenever .they needed it, but felt they Arabs Still Blacklist 33 American Ships Teach Youngsters To Money SJ:'U FOOD a:n.d SHJ:P ·S ANJ:TATJ:ON DEPARTMENT td:;.~~~e 0Jf;.~e~ig~~ t~h~r!~ac~k~~: . Have You Tried Making Soup Lately? jobs and rights of American seamen in the Middle East area made big news in April, 1960, when Seafarers and members of the International Longshoremen's Assedation picketed the Egyptianflag SS Cleopatra in New York Harbor. The unions protested mistreatment of seamen and loss of job opportunities due to the u AR bliicklist. An earlier blow for freedom of navigation was struck by an SIU ship in April, 1957, shortly after the Suez War, when the SIUmanned Kern Hills pulled into Elath, Israel, at the head of the Gulf cf Aqaba. The tanker was the first ocean-going vessel to pass into the Gulf to deliver cargo to Israel. Moving? Not~fy SIU, \YeHare Seafarers and SIU families who apply fop maternity . hospital or surgical benefits from the Welfare Plan are urged to keep the Union or the Welfare Plan advised of a·ny changes of address while their appJications are being processed·. Although payments are often made by . return mall, changes of address <or illegibJe return addresses) · delay them when checks or "baby bonds" are returnPd. Those who are moving are advised to notify SIU headquarters or the Welfare Plan, at 17 Battery Place, New York 4, NY. should provide their share of their expenses. When. asked which expenses they expected parents to pay, the youngsters listed clothes, haircuts, scliool expenses and lessons and, if more money is available, sports equipment in the case of the boys, and cosmetics and jewelry among the girls. . The boys were found to spend more· than the girls--$2 a week com. pared with less than $1. But the boys also got larger allowances and did more outside work for pay. • Give regular allowances. Even a small allowance gives children a sense of responsibility, family experts advise. For pre-teens the allowance m·ay be from 50 cents to $1 a week, not including lunch money, and for high school students, $1 to $2. By the mid-teens, a clothing allowance cart be added (except for the more expensive items). But you make little headway in teaching the value of money if you hand it out simply on request, or because a child complains that some of his friends receive larger allowances. · The recommended way to determine the amount of allowance is to work out with your child how much he actually needs for school and other expenses, and the amount he can spend as he chooses. For illustration, but not for imitating, a young teen-ager might be allowed 75 cents a week for school expenses such as stationery supplies, 50 cents for Scouts. or other organizational expenses and 75 cents for personal spending money. A girl in her mid-teens might be allowed an additional $1 for personal toiletries and small clothing purchases. Church contri- . butions and other gifts also need to be provided for, depending on how the family handles these, and 'a lso any transportation expense to school. • Encourage them to earn money. Psychologists feel that the money a child earns is the money he values most. Too, part-time work for others is a useful experience which gives a child an understanding of different kinds of jobs. • Show them how. Children are genuinely interested in learning efficient ways to handle money, sometimes more so than grownups. Counselors advise teaching these actual methods: (1) how to plan a budget (how much t.hey wm spend for what, how much they will save out of their combined allowance· and earnings); (2) how to keep a continuing record of their spending in a notebook so they know where their money goes. Such a record provid!:s a factual basis for plannin'g a budget, and also encourages controlling ·unplanned spending for the sake of more-important goals. Children are likely to save if they have definite goals in mind. But avoid laying down the law on how the child is to use hi; money. Let him share in the decision-. · • Practice money planning yourself, The way you handle mon~y i~ a big factor in ~eaching children the value or' money. Children of parents who have no plan for spending-and for saving, and habitually buy <C,om"!ents and ~uggestions are· invited by this. Department and can on installme~t plans, tend to adopt this lackadaisical attitude them· be submitted to this column in care of ·the SEAFARERS LOG.) . · 1 selves, · consultants ·point out. · Soup is good at any time of the year. A tasty soup not only stfmulates the appetite but is also high in nutritional content. In cold weather, its warming qualities give it a special value. Soups are basically of two kinds: thin or clear, and thick or heavy soups. The clear variety is generally served with a heavy meal and during hot weather. Thick soups and chowders are served with lighter meals and in colder climates. During really hot weather, soups which are served cold, like borscht, should not be overlooked. Borscht is a beet soup, usually served cold with sour cream if it's available. A bowl of borscht is guaranteed to tempt the most jaded hot-weather appetites. Any good soup requires a good stock, which . is the 11quid that remains after meat, bones and vegetables are simmered in water. The stock resulting from use ·of only one type of meat makes a broth. A very st~ong, clear stock of one or more meats or meat and vegetables· combined is known as consomme. · To prepare your stock, start with fresh, cold water. Bones should be cut up into pieces that are as small as you can make them. If meat is used, it should· also be cut small and added in with the bones. Bring the stock to the boiling point slowly, and then place it to one stde of the range to simmer. Make sure during the simmering process that the meat, bones and vegetables are kept completely submerged in water and that you allow sufficient time for a good stock to develop. The entire simmering process should take about twelve hours. Scum and fat will form on top of your liquid and should be removed. The clearness and quality of the stock depends largely upon the thoroughness with which the skimming has been carried out. Chicken stock is made by simmering poultry in water with vegetables and seasoning. For this purpose, a fat hen is best. The meat is tenderized during the long process of simmering and may b'e used later in such dishes as chicken a la king, chicken pie, fricass~e. etc. Chicken broth is chicken stock after it has been well strained and clarified. It may be served clear or with rice, noodles or vermicelli. Remember that stock is perishable. If it is not used immediately ~fter being prepared, it should be allowed to cool, be strained, poured mto a cov~red container and placed in the refrig~rator. Before it is served agam, the stock should first be brought to a boil for sterilizing purposes. It should then be allowed to simmer at a lower temperature until .served. . Keep in mind that the ftavo1· and nutritional value of soup can be mcreased by adding the juices of canned vegetables or the cooking v.:ater. of fresh .vegetables to meat or chicken stock, thus salvaging ~1taI?ms and mmerals which would otherwise be lost. There are an mfimte number of variations once you have a good stock to work with. �. . r.ce.. BleT~ , I B ~ P,':.4._11..E,ll. I . £ O G CO'E IE,OllT Brass Knuclc.les up Froun, Ice-cloned Washington Is heAtlnc as the 88th Congresa opens Its first session with critical legislative · issues at stake. Many of the issues, such as medical care and Federal aid to education, are retreads from the 87th Congress, victims of a coalition of conservatives. They will be reintroduced in slightly modified forms. Whether the 88th Congress will see the same roadblocks scuttling high-priority domestic legislation this year will be determiried by the outcome of the rules fights taking place In both the House and Senate. Especially in the House, if the Rules .Committee continues in position to pigeon-hole bills which fail to meet right-wing approval, the Administration's program is in jeopardy. The Senate rules fight largely involves civil rights, but the entire Kennedy domestic program is on the line in the House. The highestpriority item among his pro~sals will be a one-package tax cut, · tax r eform measure which it is hoped will bolster the economy and enable it to grow faster and open new jobs which will help reduce the high level of unempoloymen--i. The total tax reduction Is expected to be between $8 and $10 blllion. It will be staggered to ease its impact on the budget with the first income tax reductions scheduled for July 1. Additional reductions are scheduled over later months. This is expected to be an across-the-board tax cut, possibly 10 percent, but the average reduction for a person amin g $5,000 or Jess ann ually, for example, would be only about $27 a year. The AFL-CIO has stated emphatically that a tax reduction should be concentrated almost entirely in the lower income group. ;t, ;!. ;t, When the American Medical Association uses phony doctors-namely TV personalities such as Dr. Casey and Dr. Kildare-to build up its Image even some newspapers find this hard to take. Both the "Baltimore Sun" and the "Wall Street JourQal" note that the AMA is now advising both NBC-TV and ABC-TV not only on the medical techniques but also on the plots for the two television programs. The "Journal" reported: "Through a little-known but powerful committee of 13 doctors, the AMA is 'reviewing• almost all the scripts for the growing number of medical shows on TV." Not stopping with assuring that the programs are using accepted medical techniques, the AMA committee has gone so far as to demand a change in script. This was more than the "Baltimore Sun" could take. "People in other professions might like to have the same power," it editorialized. ''But when it comes to deliberate distortion of the intent of a plot, to refusing to admit that ~my doctor can be badly motivated, by trying to use a form of entertainment for political purposes, the AMA qiust be regarded as treading near the skirts of propriety. "Is it not, in any ca~e. vain endeavor? Whatever they see on the One way to de~l with a threat to one's sescreen, people are apt to judge real life by real life. They think well of doctors when they are well cared for by them, badly when they feel curity and freedom is to turn aside and make they have been treated badly. If the AMA confines itself to doctoring patients and leaves the doctoring of p.Jots alone, it will more easily win believe the threat does not exist. This kind friends for its point of view." · of a head-in-the-sand attitude is almost a guarantee that enemies of democratic institutions will succeed in achieving their poisonous objectives. Three AFL-CIO unions are working Jointly to recruit 5,000 Milwaukee clerical employees of the Gimbels-Schusters d e p art men t 1tore chain. Working together are organizers from the Retail Clerks, Building Service Employees and Office EmpJQyees, backed by shop committees of workers from the cpain's seven local stores, preparing for an NLRB vote Jan. 31 11nd Feb; 1 . . . Utility Workers Local 1-2 in New York has won a pact providing about $30 million in benefits for 21,000 employees of Consolidated Edison Company. The workers will get wage hikes of up to 35 cents an hour and pension increases aver aging 25 to 28 percent. Racist propaganda released by Sewell Manufacturing Company at two Georgia plants just before a representation election has again caused ·the National Labor Relafi ons Board to set aside t he voting results since the company· tactic "impeded a reasoned choice." The Amalgamated Clothing Workers had lost the vote. The NLRB called the firm's propaganda "the same type of appeal .. . u.r: on which the board set aside the first elections" . , . American Bakery & C<mfectionery Workers have kept strikebound Hart's Bakery from using the union label by obtaining a ternporary court restraining order. Hart's Memphis and Greenville, - Miss., plants have been operRting since June 21 with strikebreakers. The International Brotherhood of Bookbinders has made Sister Mary Oswaldine, who supervises a nonprofit bindery at the Felician College in Chicago, an honorary life member. A nun for 40 years, Sister Oswaldine worked in the bindery before joining the Sisters of St. Felix and opened her present shop in 1954 ... No slacks, no contract, 400 lady strikers of Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Local 6-717 told Smead Manufacturing Company of Hastings, Minn., which promptly agreed the workers should resume their jobs wearing slacks while the matter was studied. OCA W had just won seven- and six-cent hourly wage hikes this and next year, plus other benefits, following a 16-week strike. Such cannot be the attitude of strong, militant trade unionists who are concerned about the prese.rvation of personal liberties and the right to work under decent conditions for decent wages assured by a collective bargaining process in which the worker is protected again.st unscrupulous employers. So it is that the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions are girding for a stepped-up offensive against the dangers inherent in the insidious, so-called "right-to-work" movement. The "right-to-work" movement is everything but what its name implies. It was conceived by industrialists and groups representing them, like the National Association of Manufacturers, and by right-wing groups of the lunatic fringe dedicated to the destruc;t, ;t, ;t. Machinists Lodge 830 won a tion of the democratic process. union contract for 1,700 workers at the US Naval Ordnance plant in Louisville, Kentucky, despite the opi:osition of the Navy Bureau of Weapons. The contract includes strong grievance procedures, guarantee of a standard workweek with overtime for weekends, and improverrients in working conditions . . . Twenty-eight unions of the AFL-CIO Marion County Council chipped in and raised $1 ,000 that enabled the Ben Davis High School Band of Indianapolis, Ind., to march in this year's Tournament of Roses parade at Pasadena. The labor gift topped off the $22,000 needed to send the 168-piece band to the California spectacular. . r I A primary objective of such groups is to rob workers of the protection of trade unions «tnd to create a slave labor force that would be at "the mercy of management. The method. is simple. Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, an outspoken advocate of an open shop law. Says Prof. Decker: "It would weaken unions at the collective bargaining table. That is one of the purposes of the right:-to-work propos~l." The roster of 01<ganizations which have poured time and money into the "right-towork" effort reads like a dossier of "do,w nwith-democracy" activists. They include everything from strong-arm s',dkebreaking organizations for hire anywhere to out-andfascist associations so reminiscent of prewar Italy and Germany, where the rights of working people and civil liberty were stamped out and millions of workers were herded into slave labor forces . It is inter esting to note that in those states that have "right-to-work" laws, wages and income are falling behind the national pace. According to a study conducted by Dr. Milton J. Nadworny, P r ofessor of Commerce and Economics at the University of Vermont : "A closer look at wages actually paid shows conclusively that hourly and weekly wage rates and per capita personal income in 'right-to-work ' states have steadily decreased in r elation to wages paid in states in which management and labor conduct their relationships under provisions of Federally-r ecognized free collective bargaining." Under the guise of concern for every one's Let there be n o mistake about it. right to work, these groups ar e attempting So-called "righ t-to-work" is plain and simto hav~ legislation passed in the var·ous ple union-busting. states which would, in effect, outlaw the union shop, and thus seriously weaken the Union-busting is democr acy-busting. trade union movement and its ability to barThe "right-to-work ' movement is the r oad gain effectively in behalf of these worker s. Take the word ~~ Prof. Ru~sel~ !)ecker of · to slave labor. • t �The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reAll of the following SIU ported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $20,-families have received a $200 500 in benefits was paid (any apparent delay in payment maternity benefit, plus a $25 of claim is normally due· to late filing, lack of a beneficibond from the Union in the ary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of baby's name, representing a estates): rtotal of $2,200 in maternity benefits and a maturity value Milton R. Reeves, 42: Brother Alfredo O. Aaron, 46: A kidney o( $275 in bonds: ailment was fatal ta Brother Aaron Reeves died of cancer on NovemEdwin David Silvestri, born September 23, 1962, to Seafarer and M1·s. Angel R. Silvestri, Brooklyn, New York. "' August 16, Deborah ;\:. Perez,t born 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pedro Lopez, Puerta De Tierra, Puerto Rico. ;\:. t t Lori Ann Guarino, born August 22, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Bennie Guarino, Harahan, La. "' ;\;. born .\:. SeptemJames R. Davis, ber 9, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Thomas H. Davis, Crestview, Fla. ;\; ;!. ;t. Maria Velazquez, born August 20, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Velazquez, Lomas Verdes Bayamon, Puerto Rico. .t. Warden, "' ;\'. born July Susan Ann 16, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard M. Warden, South Portland, Maine. ;\; ;\:. ( ;\:. John Cronan, born November 2, 1962, to Seafarc!r and Mrs. William P. Cronan, Philadelphia, Pa. "' on November 23, ber 28, 1962 at the USPHS hos19 62 at the USPHS hospital, pital, .San FranS a n Francisco, cisco, Call. He began shipp.ing Calif. He began shipping with the with the SIU in SIU during 1949 1955 and sailed in the steward in the steward department. His department. Surwife, Jean viving is his widReeves, of San ow, Mrs. Alberta Aaron, of Mobile, Alabama. Burial Francisco, survives. Burial was at was in Mobile. Total benefits: Olivet Memorial Cemetery, San Francisco. Total benefits: $4,000. $4,000. . i Louis Holliday, 40: Brother Holliday was lost at sea off Madras, India, on September 13, 1962 while aboarl the SS Hudson. He began shipping with the SIU in 1947 and had sailed in the deck department. His father, Frank L . Holliday, Sr., of Raymond, Miss., survives. Total benefits: $4,000. ;\". November William Ortiz.;\; born 4, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Samuel E. · Joseph, 38: Heart Guillermo Ortiz, Santa Rosa, failure was fatal to Brother Joseph Bayamon, Puerto Rico. on November l, ;\:. ;\:. ;\:. Barbara Lynn Todd, b o r n 1962 at the September 22, 1962, to Seafarer • USPHS hospital, and Mrs. Ralph K. Todd, Ovett, S a n Francisco, Miss. Calif. He started shipping in 1952 ;t. ;t. ;t. Irene Waldrop, born November with the SIU in 6, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lamthe deck departbert Waldrop, Mobile, Ala. ment. His brother, Patrick Jo.t. ;\; ;\:. Mark Anthony Broadus, born seph, of New November 13, 1962, to Seafarer York City, survives. Burial was at and Mrs. Johnnie Broadus, Mobile, Salem Memorial Cemetery, San Ala. Francisco. Total benefits: $'500. Appreciates New Readiness Period To the Editor: · I would like to take this time to say thanks to all who had a hand in getting us tlie new halfhour readiness period in the contract. Men who have been on .waterman's C-2s know what it is getting up from a sound sleep, getting dressed and getting midships for a cup of coffee in 15 minutes time. Some captains even have the habit of calling the deck department out just about the time the tugs are ordered. It was pretty r"ough on the North Europe run. I have written letters concerning the readiness period and also the 40 gallons of fresh milk to be allowed on sailing day, but I was beginning to . tti\llk that it was just a waste ot Ume and paper. Now it looks liJ • this might have done some g• id. More members should write a .d express their beefs. The nP.w canned milk put aboard st.Ip through our Food Plan has solved the problem. Anyone with an agitated stomach like mine can certainly appreciate having fresh milk when he wants it. There are some who don't care for it, but I think that it is wonderful, especially I if the steward has plenty of chocolate syrup on hand. I would like to point out another beef that has come up often, namely the cleaning of holds on cargo ships that have carried grain. The company pays us 50 cents an hour. Myself, I would rather "muck" the dirtiest tank on a tanker than clean a cargo hold, and forget about getting paid double 'time for "mucking." t. i Louis W. -Boren, 38: Brother Boren died of injuries in- an accident on Novem18, 1962 in Iowa, La. He had been sailing · with the deck department since joining the SIU in 1955. His w i f e, Henrietta F. Boren, of Lake C h a r 1 e s, La., s u r v l v e s. Burial was at Pawhuska Cemetery, Pawhuska, benefits: $4,000. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Harry Acosta Daniel Hill · George Baker Walton Hudson .Joseph Bartlett Thaddeus Lobods Allred Bliksyar Leo Koza Gorham Bowdre Max Marcus Luther Bredell Roy Newberry Marco Calgaro Clarence Parka · Jiimes Payne .Tar Chong Charles Crockett Henri Robin .Jeff Davi.I Charle1 Taylor and began sailing . when I was 5 years old. I have four brothers who sail, two topside and two in the foc'sle. In closing I would like to say that our retirement plan is good but by the same token I think that a person who has the full 12 years of discharges 's hould be able to collect t!len, instead . of waiting until he has one foot in the grave. Morris J. Danzey t t. SIU Cash Benefits Are Appreciated I also think that we should be paid straight time on watch and time and a half for the watch below. The companies probab1y would go along with this, as I have been a delegate many times and have talked with a lot of captains and mates who think the same as I do on this subject. We have the h<>d "'lion afloat and the best conditions. 1 was practically born into the SIU It's a busy time, with lots of good feeding ahead for Seafarers on the Trans• eastern (Tra nseastern), as (above, 1-rJ Young McMil· Ian, baker; Albert Hen• dricks, BR, and Grant Mar• zett, chief cook, mix up a few pastry and culinary surprises~ Back from a foreign voyage, the ship was docked in the Bron·x at the time. At right, fresh coffee is on the way for a javahungry crew, with Edward Singleton, pantr_y -utility, doing the honors. Seafarers are urged at--all times when in port to visit their · brother members and shipmate-s in the hospitals. Visit or write whenever you can, as you'll appreciate the same favor later when you may be laid up. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals around the country: ;\:. All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withhP.ld upon request. ·Feeding Time On Transeastern To the Editor: · I want to express my grateful appreciat•on for the nice letter and also the check I received from the SIU Welfare. Plan on October 17th. As a widow for six years with a small income per month, you can imagine how much this means to me. During the long illness of my son, Seafarer Charles Earl Ray, my expenses were more than I could ever have been able to meet. Thanks again to the won-derful, good people we have in this world who are willing to come to the rescue at a 'time such as this one. Mrs. Alma Ray <Ed. note: Brother Ray died on August 5, 1962). Donald Eyestone Fred Donaldson Robert Fravel Edgar Grove .Joseph Wllauak .Joseph Wllllam1 Chester Wilson VICTOR CULLEN STA.TE HOSPJTAL CULLEN. MARYLAND .John Steglefort USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Stefan Kostegan Charles Robinson Daniel Murphy tlSPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Will Beasley Vincent Kuhl Herman carney August Princen Herbert Fentress Ollie PUrdy William Howell USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON John Cormier Robert Konglebak Richard Green Antonio Penor Carl Hargrove• .John Risbeck Harvey HJU Richard Schaffner Pedro .Julio William William• USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Paul Arthofer Eric .Johnson Chalmers Anderson Truman Patriquin Stokes Ayers Calvin Wilson Raymond Boston Edward Olsson Charles Coburn Robert White Charles Hlppard Paul Wilkinson USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Isham Beard Emelio Lerma Edward Boyd George Litile John Brady .John Magie Mike Chandoha Henry Newberry Orville Collins William Odom Ray Coffey William 'Pusslnsky J. C. Clevenger George Peteusky Leslie Dean John Rawza Lawrence Floyd Arthur Sigler Clayton Frost Frank Schutz James Grant Emanuel Vatis Allison Hebert George Drine George Hunter Charles Wynn Earl .Tavins Steven Zavadison USPHS HOSPITAL SA VANNAH. GEORGIA Martlli Linskey Robert Menser s. Butler Clarence Page John Epperson Harvey Rhoden Hanis Grizzard Willie Sanders George Feinman W-. T. Shierling Malcolm Foster· Manue l Silva Grover Maddox USPHS HOSPlT AL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Conway Beard William Logan Arne Boekman George Meltzer Benny California Sam Merkerson · John Campo James Moyles James Case Oscar Ozer Evanglos Chalaris · John Rekstin Thomas Cox Howard Rode Inn Cumming F rancisco flodri1,'Uez Fernando Dacanay Bernard Rosenski Fideleon Damian George Danleb Oscar Figueroa Ismael Galarce .Jose Gomez .Jesse .Toy Charles Kavanagh Timothy Less Paul Liotta .Jose Rou Sherman Shumate Walter Sikorski James Strlpp Walter Stucke William Van Dyke Dale WJlllams Yu Song Yee USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Joe Aµisworth George Johnson Samuel Anderson Koa Lim F. Antonette Kennelh MacKenzie ~harles Baker F . G. McQuagge C:>.r?.; Billo Wllllam Mason Joseph Boucher G. ·Masterson Weldon Casey Anthony Maxwell Mallary, Coffey Mortimer Morria William Coggins .Joseph McPhee Paul- Cook Terral McRainey Thomas Deale Arn914 Mldglltt William Doyle Mitchell MobleF .John Dunne Roslnda Mora Harry Emmett Clifford Nickerson Natale Favalo1·a John Pielryzak Carl Feary Tage Roslund Nolan Flowers Stanley Schnltzney Eugene Gallaspy E. Stelnkclfer Enoch Gaylor Emil Stevens Jesse Green ···Harvey Lee Thomas John Guidry Ruffin Thomas Charles Hickox R. C. Trippe Daniel Hutto Joseph Vanacor George Hudson Raymond Vaughan Sidney Irby J,eo Watls ·, Ramon Irizany .Johnny Youna Verlon 'Jackson William York Frank James Anthony Zanca SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Alberto Gutierrez Wiiiiam Kenny Thomas Isaksen Emerst Webb USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerald Algernon Arthur Madsen Benjamin Deibler Max Olson Abe Gordon Charles Slater Joseph Gross Willie A. Younir Thomas Lehay · USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Joseph Berger Wm. E. Roberti VA liOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY. MASS. Raymond Arsenault VA HOSPITAL TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA Jacob Buckelew VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manion PINE CREST HA VEN ~OVINGTON. LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS' HOM& WA5HINOTON. DO William Thomson · �. . Pace Tldrteem' Funeral ~ervices were held recently in Kangla, India, for Seafarer Arthur Swan'ton of the Elimir (Marine Carriers). Swanton was drowned on the morning of November 26 in the river at Kandla. Swanton's body was pulled from the river by crewmen of the. British ship Ganges, who took turns and applied artificial respiration for about three hours. They gave up their efforts to save hJs life only after the doctor arrived and pronounced Swanton dead. Kenneth Collins, steward on the Elimir, arri\fed at the British vessel about five minutes after the recovery of the body and aided in the efforts to r~vive him. . The body was later positively identified by ColIJns. and other members of the Elimir crew, accord- ' Ing to ship's delegate Melvin_ Smith, who reported the mishap from Aden. Swa1ton Swanton was b\lried in Kamlla at the request of his wife, Mrs. Yvonne Swanton. In addition to .. the Elimlr crew, the funeral at .the KharJrohar Christian Cemetery was attended by crewmembers of two othP.r vessels in the port of Kandla at the time. Swanton was 42 years n1d and a resident of New Orleans, La. He had &hipped with the SJU for tlie past' year and a half In the steward department. - SIU crewmembers from the Elimlr (Marine Carriers) and two other ships in port attend late evening funeral services for Seafarer Arthur Swanton at Kandla, India. -Appreciation for wonderful Thanksgiving Day dinners is being voiced by many SIU crews in communications to the LOG. Aboard the Barbara Frietchie (Winchester), the crew voted thanks to the entire steward department for an unselfish effort to put fofth one of the best Thanksgivings a n y + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SIU crew could enjoy. The the head. Lanyards can be made Agency. The article recommended gang also wishes to express its fast to the guard rails and used to that cargo light cables should be thanks to the captain for favors and privileges during the voyage, according to C. Quinnt, ship's delegate. A vote of thanks also went to the steward department of the Nl]_t~lfe (Maritime Overseas) for the excellent Thanksgiving dinner that was served under very adverse conditions due to an early sailing, writes ship's delegate Jerry R. L. Miller. ;t. t. t. Procedures during lifeboat dr1lls were a topic for discussion at a recent ship's safety meeting aboard the · Iberville .<Waterman>. Deck delegate E. Anderson suggested that the turnbuckles attached to the foreward end of the life),Joat keels to steady the boats in the davits should be arranged so that they do not drop down during drills and possibly hit someo~e on secure the turnbuckles and prevent them from falling, Anderson said. It was decided to put thJs method into practice. At the same meeting, electrician A. F. Nottage took exception to an article published by the US P & I replaced when broken rather than spliced. Nottage gave the crew a demonstration of a method of joining broken cables which he feels is as strong as a new cable. ;t. ;t. ;t. With a great many new men on board the Hurricane (Waterman), Seafarers on there feel it's their LOG-A-RHYTHM: duty and also in line with SIU pol-:. icy to hold their own safety meetings as often as possible. Thi• would allow all crewmembers to have a say on safety matters and enable everyone , to participate in By )lenri Pereikow the safety program along with the / A toothles$ man, delegates and representatives. A bundle of aching bones ~ ;t. ;\;. Slumped on a chair Raymond R. Obidos, chief stewIn a bric-a-brac room, ard on the Losmar (Calmar), wants Sits waiting and waiting to steer Seafarers toward some For his bell to ring. good eating on their next Philippine run. Two particularly good Years are tallied, eating places, he writes, are in Memories are sifted,lloilo City, Philippines. They are A woman's embrace, a child's hand, the Haba Haba Inn and the 69 PaWorkers and their songs. suk. Ask anybody on the Isthmian Forgotten Alone he waits For hi~ bell to ring. Through the framed glass, Slabs of cement, his stage, The curtains rise and fall. People hurry along; He waits For his bell to ring. Trapped by a.ge, Lonely for companionship, He shrivels, forgotten In the city of millions. Waiting, waiting . . 'Sea Life' WILD Ill.ANGEil <Waterman), Oct. :l~halrman,. M. C. Barton1 Seer• tary, L. F. Lewl1. Sblp'a delegate reported two men were left 1n bo.spltal at Honi Koni. Four houra d.Uputed OT for captain workina on deck. No beefs reported ln engine or ateward department•. 115.72 in ahlp'a fund. Motion that the ateward be allowed to purchase milk in countriea that have atandard homoienized milk. Complaint about the Bluff Hospital In Yokohama, .Japan, 1lvlng inadequate medical treatment. Boat aebedule bas not been aatilfactury to aome crewmembers. Union and company .itould work out a aebedule. JACQUELINE SOMECK Cl"enlnsular Navigation>, June 23-Chalrman, Roland . Birnes; Secretary, David B. Sicltii'. No major beefl reported by delegates. Crew asked to take better Clare of cots and to help keep natives out of inidsblp house. Aug; I-Chairman, G. G. Glenno"1 Secretary, D. 8, Sacker. -Ship's deleJlate will see patrolman regarding shortage of US money ln India. SugJlestion made to see patrolman about company not forwardlni mail. "OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas), Aug, 5-Chalrman, K. Wlnsley1 Sec· retary, J. Heacox. 57.00 left in ship'• fund. No major beefs reported. Motion made to send letter to headquarters about new contract. C. Hughard · elected ship's delegate. Motion to get Coast Guard to inspect lifeboats. Need better first-aid kit in engine room and better cooperation from the mate on medical treatment. Resolutions sentto headquBl'ters regarding food plan. MONARCH OF THE SEA CWater• man>, Aug. 12-Chalrman, R. N. Kelly1 Secretary, C. Caruso. Ship's delegate reported that one wiper aboard ship refused to perform his duties. Re· ferred to patrolman In Mobile. No beefs reported by department dele· gates. HASTINGS (Waterman), Aug. 12Chalrman, Jeff Sawyer; Secretary, John Wells. Ship's delegate had nothing much to report as things are going along :fairly smoothly. Crew asked to keep peddlers out of pas· sageways. Mate told crew there would be no time off In port. NEW ORLEANS CSea-Land), Oct. 24 -Chairman, none; Secretary, Fazll All. $5.00 In ship's fund. No beefs by department delegates. Vote of confidence was unanimous for President Kennedy's action on Cuba. Vote of thanks to steward department and former ship's delegate. STEEL WO RKER <11thml•n), Oct. :11-Chalrmin, · I. Tlrellll Secretary, 1111 St1rk. Ship'• deleiate reported that one 1alleyman miased mhip in Djibouti. No major beef• reported. t13.00 in llhlp•a fund. Crew aaked to leave room• ln JIOod condition, to atrip bed• and turn in all llilen. · NEW JIRSEY (Statraln>, Aug. 2tChalrman, Nick Marki Secretary, J. Rlelly. Ship'• deleiate reported that men that were on 1blp last month hive two daya' lodaing comlnc. Water· tender• getti~ off are n~ Jl~I replaced. Coke machine and TV to be repaired, IMILIA Clum, Aug. 12-Chalrman, I. Gelendez1 Secretary, Ill.. Wendell. Ship'• delegate reported that the 2nd Cook was hospitalized in Suez Canal. Motion made not to have :food plan representative check atorea and atore list in first port. Company to be noti· fled that no safety meetings are being held on tbia ahlp. MAROR! <Ore), Aug. t-Chalrman, Harold B. ThomH1 Secretary, Frank Pleczykola. New 1hlp'1 delegate elected is H. B. Thomas. No beef• reported by delegates. Motion to have headquarters send new amendments and clarifications on contract to ship's delegate. R.equest blackboard in crew's recreatfon room. Contact Union hall to get library for ship. ROBIN HOOD (Robin Line), Aug. 12 -Chairman, George Stanley; Secretary, Walter Fitch. Ship's delegate reported that all repairs are being done. Eve1·ything else running smooth· ly. $36.00 In ship's fund. One man In engine department hospitalized in Manila. All members of steward de· pa1·tment asked to carry garbage back a ft. to rlrnrns i;et up for same. MORNING LIGHT <Waterman), July 12-Chairman, James Jones; Secret1ry, Michael Engelstel1_1. Ship's deleg'ate reported that sanita1·y condi· tiol)S iii the area of crew's passage· ways and below decks around refrigerator space is very poor. Painting needed in majority of crew's quarters. Ship's dell'gate believes that the re· pair list of thl1 ship ls not being carried throu1h. Many men leaving ship agreement be revised concerning port time for ateward department 10 that it reads the same as the tanker agreement. Vote of thanks given to ateward department, and to the ship's deleiate, .J. Jonea, for a job well done. Ship needs to be fumigated. KENMAR (Calmar), Aug. 12-Chalr· man, Elmer King; Secretary, Virgil T. Brown. Ship's delegate reported one wiper ho1pltalized ln Emeriency Hospital at Aberdeen, Wash. $16.55 in &hip'• fund. No beefa reported by department delegates. Elmer King elected ship's delegate. Crew asked not to slam doors, to fiush heads afler use and to turn in linen eacb Monday. BRADFORD ISLAND <Cities Service), Aug. 15-Chalrm•n, R. E. Voss; Secretary, A. Capote. Request for patrol· man at payoff. Thirty-minute call went into effect July 27 and all back time will be disputed. Some dispute d OT to be taken up with patrolman. Motion to see patrolman about two new fans for messroom. Crew re· quests clarification on transportation to be paid when joining a vessel. Ship need• to be fumigated. HUDSON (Victory Transport), Aug. 19-Chalrman, G. T. Busclgllo1 Sec· retary, none. Ship's delegate reported smooth sailing.' Boarding patrolman to -check slopchest before next voyage. FRANCES (Bull), Aug. 26-Chalr· man, Don Nelson1 Secretary, Wllllam Nesta ~- Everything running smoothly. SB.40 in ship's fund. No major beefs reported by department delegates. Chief electrician reported that the rails on the topside deck are loose and some are missing. Ship should be fumigated. Vote of thanks to stewa1·d department for good job. ROBIN SHERWOOD <Robin Line), Aug. 25-Chalrman, John Patino; Sec· retary, Edward J. Wright. No money in ship's fund. No ·beefs reported. Request that old stores in storeroom be checked by steward. Crew asked to ke!lP messhall clean at all times. Members asked to donate to ship's 'treasury as they see fit at the time of the fkst drnw. · Palino Line sh,ips, Obidos says. and they'll tell you the seafood is of the best quality at fair prices. He offered his choices in commenting on a LOG feature last summer. By Jim Mates ahip. Motion made that the freight· PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn), Aug. · 19-Chalrman, A. H. Schwartz; Secretary, W. J . Ander son. A . H. Schwartll: elected ship's delegate. No beefs reported, except on draws, which will be given in travelers checks. Dele· gate to see patrolman about having the messhall chairs replaced or re· i>alred before next sailing. Quinnt "What do you ·mean I'm late for watch 1 I wasn't even called." The Transglobe (Hudson Waterways) played host to the children from an orphanage at St. Nazaire, France, on a recent voyage. The kids were aboard the Transglobe for a visit and lunch, both of which . they enjoyed mightily. Ship's delegate Anthony Palino writes that all concerned were very appreciative for the many wonderful services rendered by the SIU crew to make the day one the children will remember for a long time . ;t. ;t. -s. The Orion Clipper. (Colonial) came in for its share of piaudits after a fruut-office inspection at Perth Amboy, NJ, recently, which drew this comment: "Structure, storerooms, etc.-General appearance and condition of the ship is considered "EXCELLENT" . . • Quarters - Appearance, condition and neatness rated EXCELLENT, with special mention of crew living quarters." Don Bartlett, bosun, rates an assist, from all accounts, for helping to keep the vessel in top condition. �Veteran · Officer Warns The Young .Of . Pitfalls .. . . ' LOG-A-RHY1HM1 He Remembers The Old Days A Toast BJ' Mal'J' E. TippiDll The following article wiu ~ubmitted bv Capt. R. J. PeteTson w1io Here'• to mv pop has hacfl many years of experience at sea, both in sail and steam. ' The world's gr~atest gui,r. The young and brassbound "Johnny-come-lately" masters and mates strutting op the bridge of some ships these days throw their weight around like the newly-rich. This 'is often · the cast of young masters and+ mates riding the ships of the the lofty ship, all white and shin· highly-subsidized lines. ing, IOoked like a phantom. On the He's good at the bop, Or baking a pie. And to prova what I think, I'm writing this verse. For 1 know that this d'rink wm not be your first. Many a "Johnny" has come from foc'sle head stood the mate with Kings Point, schooled at the ex- chest out and arms akimbo, delightpense of the taxpayer to the tune ed at the thought that soon the Have a big blow-out, "Old Man" would And when you are through, of $40,000 a head. They'd better go quit the sea. Give a great big shout; easy on the megaphone on shoutThen it would be Have one hullabaloo! ing orders while shifting a ship in he pacing the calm, and start to realize that the poop to and fro-sailors in the bow and stern are master of all he Ando while you are blasting, not deaf and dumb. Think 'happily?' of me. surveyed :-- t h e I recall a mate of a lofty ship, master of a· I too, · will be ca.sting who had a voice that carried to .MY life to the sea. splenQ.id ship. the main skysail yard in a gale. But a week Tall, dark and handsome, he was 1 a t e r '811 the A seaman is my sweetheart. Peterson young and ambitious. For his 24 sailors were gone. That makes him twice as great. years, he ~ad climbed the ladder They had run away, leaving fast and high-already the mate of three months' pay behind them. For a seaman was my start; . So--a. seaman for a mate. a fine big slrip of double gallant The mate smiled to himself, sails, with royals and a main sky- but this just made the "Old Man" sail of dizzying height. So there. I know you're proud; angrier. In port, before sailing, he had "Damn you, mister Mate!" he Just as I am proud of you. · gotten word that the "Old ·Man" bellowed. "You overworked the Hey! Climb doum off that cloud would be quitting the sea in 'Frisco, men, drove them off the ship. And I'll blow a kiss · to you~ and would give him the command. Where am I now to get new men? On that voyage 'round Cape Horn Sailors are scarce, and their pay he happily visualized himself as is high. And now I must pay the I'll see you in m11 dreams. master, with his word of command boarding-house master $45 a man. the law of the ship. So sure of Blood money, damn it!" himself he was. · The mate opened his mouth, but Running through the trade winds, not a word came, as though he had he drove the sailors hard. He lost '1is voice. He went to the gangworked them from sunrise to sun- way where the stevedores were set sweating up on the halyards coming to unload the ship. This in the dogwatches, as he stood with kept him too busy to think about chest out and arms akimbo to sing his "command," which was so near, out in his forced basso, "Belay any time now, maybe tomorrow. He was in terrible suspense. It's no fun to be stranded in a There!" At the end of a week, the "Old strange country, ·far from home and In this manner, running gear was overhauled, the standing rigging Man" called the mate into his cabin friends with no was tarred , masts and yards painted and told him the ship was 'Qeing money. But Seafarer B a r t o 1 o white, teakwood scrubbed, decks ·sold, that she would be dismantled Cruz, in just such holystoned, and the brass handrails and become a coal hulk. Then and shined so they glittered like gold there the mate let out a groan. It a situation, found in the sunshine. Then the anchor sounded like the anchor chain that a Seafarer is seldom far , from chain was hauled up, and chipped grinding in the hawsepipe of a friends who will and redleaded under -the foc 'sle coal hulk swinging to the tide. That night, with seabag on his help out willingly head by the watch on deck at night. in time of need. They began the work by the light shoulder and sextant in hand, he Cruz, 32; sufof a hurricane lamp, but the mate stole ashore, hugging himself forCruz fer~d an attack of did not finish that job. Out 120 lornly like an outcast. It was !! sad and bitter time for such a young appendicitis while aboard the Robin days, the ship made a landfall. In the rising sun, under full sail, hearty. Goodfellow in July and was taken off the Robin Line ship in Capetown , South Africa , for the necessary medical attention. After spending two weeks in the Monastery Nursing Horne in Capetown plus A poem which appeared in the December, 1961 issue of another two weeks recuperating, he the SEAFARERS LOG became a popular song this year was well enough to-go home but Jn after being published under the title "Give Me An Old- poor condition financially. It wasn't long until the Robin + Fashioned Christmas." Locksley hit port, however, bound The poem, written by Roy Santa ~own the chimney for New York, and Cruz found that Fleischer, was printed in the And reindeer in the snow; he was no longer alone. Arrange-. LOG a year ago as a "Log-AAlso tinsel in silver, rnents were quickly made to take Rhythm" under the heading "OldAnd some in shiny gold, him aboard for the trip home. On Fasbioned Christmas". Fleischer No pastel shades or modern art, learning of the pair's financial is a regular contributor to the Just colors bright and bo(d. plight, the Locksley's SIU crew LOG, where many of his poems took up a collection and raised have appeared. Anyone interested in getting over $40 for the two men. • The song which follows the the sheet music can contact SongBrother Cruz, who lives in New original poem closely, goes in Hit Music Publishing Co., 1650 York with his wife and two chilpart: Broadway, New York, NY. And. re- dren, wants to give his unrestrained Give me an old-fashion ed member, if you hear it on the air thanks to the Robin Locksley men Christmas, someday-you saw it first in the who were so kind and generous to With holly and mistletoe, LOG. him when he needed it most. Seafarer Hails Locksley Crew Helping Hand LOG PoeTn ls A Song 1ubject that would be of benefit to all handa. It would be ideal if the Union 'could work out some arrangement to have Tb the Editor: · MY daughter was in the inovi~s shown abo.a rd shtp on. hospital with a serious opera- a regular basis, especially· on tion and·, between running from the offshore vessels. the hospital and her apartment, I believe it would ·be possible as her husband was out of town, to have some kind of rotary I just got the chance to write. film library main_tained Jn all . First I want to say I am ter- the SIU branches so that the ribly sorry to hear about ship's delegate' could · exchange' Brother Claude Simmons. He the films each trip when a veswas such a young fellow, too, sel hits port. In other words, lmd may his soul rest in peace. the delegate could bring back one film and exchange it for another right there at the Union hall. A discussion on1 a 'p lan of · this type to make it generally known to the membership might be started at an SIU headquarters membership meeting. This plan would be just' All Letters to the Editor for publication in theJ EAF ARERS the thing for long voyages at LOG must be signed by the sea, especially in the Tropics . writer. Names wm be withheld It would be very useful for exchanging safety and educaupon request. tional Jilms also. Gus Lopez I also do want to ' congratulate at. at. at. . Brother McKay on the fine article he put in the LOG <October, 1962) about our great Union. Believe me. I heartily and I mean heartily agree with him To. the Editor: . in every respect. The dues we In answer to the letter by paid when I was in the SIU I William J. McKay in the Ocagreed with ·100%, and I always believed in paying my share; tober LOG, I believe higher dues . would not be suitable at that was money well spent. You show me or anyone show this/ time unless the amount me where you get so much for paid per quarte1 were all-incluso little. Some of the ones who sive. This would do away with did squawk spent more money over a bar. When it was the nuisance of assess11Jents gone, the joint they spent it in which pop up from time to time, sure as hell didn't pay up the though I know we can't figure dues for them. All they ever got in advance how some beefs will from the owner was, "Boy! He go. sure is a swell guy ~ · Our rich welfare plan is not Yes, I am retired, but certhe result of present dues .anytainly didn't want to be. The doctors made me drop anchor way. It was wise investments for keeps and believe you me I in the form of US bonds and was in a hell of a way for a long such which keep paying dividends like a snowball rolling brne. I sure hated to quit. · I started to sea in 1912 and down hill. wages and conditions were If anything, our quarters pretty bad in those days. You aboard ship - should be made can imagine if Brother McKay more · functional, comfortable even started before me. I often and sanitary due to the fact that wondered if some of the young active Seafarers spend a large fellows of today would of stuck chunk of their lives aboard ship it out in th.o se days. {all shipbuilders please note). Of one thing I am proud to Also, all attempts should be boast. I never turned down any made to tailor our dues set-up beef cmr great Union called me to be as reasonable · for each to serve on, whether it was individual member as possible, New York, Baltimore, Philly even if we have to copy the best or any place they sent me be- features of other competitive cause I know it was for a great unions to bring the greatest cause: Our Union. general good to all individual I say not a million votes, but 'members in non-partisan form. a hundred million and 10 votes, Most of all, we should be for all our officials from the ever-vigilant to keep our Union president on down. And now honest, so as not to be involved once again I must heartily add in the ·nasty publicity ..yhich has holiday greetings and salutation been the lot of other labor to all. unions that are in effect just George H. Seeberger professional fupd-raisers or worse. at. ' at. at. Morally, the past is a thief which robs you of the future. So let's quit looking back and look ahead to better conditions to come. To the Editor: C. L. Cousins I would like to mention a Sees No Need For Dues Hike Suggests Union Movie Library MOWA~OUT GLOVE~~ f WM.~..V , �Schedule Of S1U Meefing_s SIU membership meetings are held .regularly once a month on da)'& indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM 1n the listed SitJ ports below. All Seafarers are expected to. attend. Those who wtsh to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to Include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: Detroit .......•.. January 11 Philadelphia .... February 5 Houston .. .. .••.. January 14 Baltimore ..••.• Febraury 6 New Orleans .... . January 15 Detroit . . . • • • • • February 8 Mobile : . . . . . • • . . January 16 Houston . .. .• • .. February 11 New York ...... February 4 New Orleans .... February 12 Mobile . . . . . . . • . February 13 FUJfDS. All trust fund• of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters DJ.8trict are adllinistered in accordance with the proviaiOIUI of varioua tl')lat fund agreements. All these asre119ents apecify that the trustees in . charse. of theae funda shall consist .ec,iually of union and manag0111ent representati vea and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a -jority of tho trustees. · All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied information about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU Preaident Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. West Coast SIU Meetings TRUST SIU headquarters has issued an advance schedule through June, 1963, for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expecte(l to attend these meetings,' in accoi-d with an Executive Board reso:utioµ adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, .San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows. San Francisco Wilmington January 21 January 23 February 18 February 20 . March 18 Mar.ch 20 April 22 April 24 .... May 20 May 22 June 17 June 19 •Scheduled early due to Washington's Birthday. FIKANCIAL REPORl'S. The constitution of. the SIU Atlant'ic, Guff, Lakes and Inland Waters District aake8 specific provision for safeguarding +he aeaberahip'• aoney and tJDion finances. The constitution require• a detailed CPA audit every three ~ontha by a zank and file auditing c0181111ttee elected by the aeaberahip •. ·All Union records are available at SIU headquarter• in Brooklyn. Should any .ember, for any reason, be refuaed hi• constitutional risht to inspect the•• records, notify SIU Prosident Paul. Hall by certified 11ail, return - receipt reque•ted. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected excluaGet to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all . Union halls. / If you feel there baa been any viola.tion of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first not.ify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, retlll'.I\. receipt requested. '.lhe proper ad.di:ess for this is: Max Harrison,. Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1630, New York 4, NY Also notify SIU President Paul Ball at Union ·headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Full ·copie• of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Un1on or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. Seattle January 25 •February 21 March 22 April 26 May 24 June 21 i~ely by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. •··::..· · ·.;.;.;...., ·:· ·· ... -~=·w.:~·::-.:::::··z•..,.;.:;.· · ~. J. Von Losberg, 3 Willowbrook Leslie J •. Brilhart . Your mother asks that you write ·Ave., Bayshore, Long Island, NY. her at San Antonio, Texas, regard~ ;t. ;t. Walter C. Losiewski ing Robert. Urgent. Contact Mrs. D. McVicker or t "'- t Mrs. Walter C. Losiewski at 2925 Bob Schaefer You are asked to return the $50 Delaware Ave., Baltimore, Md .• ;t. t t · ~Sgt. J. Hand. Howard R. Hilse .- t ~ Contact W. C. Lightcap, insurWilliam M. Drew Get in touch with Bernard Rol- ance manager: Self-Drive-It Corp., 20 South 23rd St., Philadelphia 3, nick, attorney, 320 Broadway, New Pa. York 7, New York. :. t ;\'. t t Joseph A: Brazden Jerry King Your mother urges you to get Barbara King as)fs you to con.: in touch with her on an urgent tact her on. a legal matter c/o Mrs. matter at -182 West 8th St., South Boston 27, Mas·s. t SIU Atlantic, Gulf lakes & Inland Waters District ""PRESJDENT Pali.I HnJI EXECtrrlVE 'JICE-PR~'SIDENT C!!I Ttnner VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsey •Williams Earl Shep;u-d Al Tanner SECJ.tETAR Y-1'REASURER AJ• Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BW Hall Ed Mooney · Fred Stewart BALTIMORE . .1216 E. Baltimore St Rex Dickey, Agent £Astern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St Rlchmi>nd 2-0140 JohD Fay, Agent DETROIT 10225 W Jefferson Ave. Vlnewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS .. 675 4th Ave .. Bklyn HYaclnth 9·6600 HOUSTON . . ... . . . . •..... 5804 Canal St. PauJ Drozak, •Agent . . ... .. . W Al nut 8·3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl Sl .. SE. , Jax ET.gin 3·0987 William Morris. Aaent JKIAMI .. . 744 W Flagler ·St. Ben r.onzales. Agent FRanlclin 7-3564 MOBILE . .. . J South Lawrence St. Louis Neira Agent HEmtork 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS : 630 Jnclcson Ave. Buck Stephens. Age nt . . . . Tel 529·7546 NEW YORK . . . .. . 4th Ave .. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK . . . . . 416 Colle:v Ave Gord ~n Spencer, Aeling Age'1t 625·6505 PHlLADELPHIA .. . 2604 S 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCt> . . 450 Harri. on St Frank J3oyne, Agent DOUlllas 2·4401 E . 8 . McAuley, West Coast Rep. SANTURC.E. PR 1313 Fernande7 Juncos, StOD 20 J(eltb fll!rpe , Hq. Rep. Phone 723·0003 SEA'rl'LE , . .. . 2505 lit . Ave Ted BJ!bkowskl, Agent MAID 3-4334 TAMPA · ..... ... . .. . . 312 Harrison St. Jeff .Gillette, Agent 229·2788 WILMINr.TON r.aUf 505 N Marine Ave G.e~~~.¥~~eyt .,.gent · 'f.Epni~at 4-2JS28 675 t t Alex W. Weir Mother moved to New Jersey. Aunt Kath and Ellen m-0ved to 129 North Avenue, NE,, Atlan·t a 8, Ga. Write as soon as possible. ;t. ;\; ;\; Manuel Aguas Contact Dr. Robert F. Moore, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Department of Mental Health, 15 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass., re~ garding Mary Aguas. ;t. ;t. ;t. Jack Gervais Contact the office of Schwartz & Lapin, attorneys, 817 Main at Walker, Houston, Texas. They. have a settlement check for you. t t ;t. Harry Shaw Contact Mrs. Jane B. Hurt or Mrs. Margaret C. Boze at Department of Public Welfare, Social Service Bureau, Municipal Building, Portsmouth, Va. t ;\; ;\; George Flynn The above-named, also known as "Michael !Mike) Fiynn," or anyone knowing hi~ whereabouts, is asked to contact Dickson & Creighton, attorneys, 51 Newark St., Hoboken, NJ. This is regarding the disposition of his wife's estate. Mr. Flynn is said to have been 56 years of age and a resident of Union · City, NJ, in 1931. :t ;t. :'t. Viktor Svendsen The above - named or anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to contact his daught$!r. Harriet Svendsen, at 1207 Urban Way, Baltimore 24, Md., or call ME 3-6596. ;\; ;t. t Jacob Hixon You are asked to contact Robert F. Ferguson, Relocation Site Manager Baltimo1 . U:rl;>.a n Renewal & " .. ., - • _. .... 'W • • .·-:, • ,-nk.•:.:·-:;:::-:·······:<····;;,.:....· :.:-:·:·»-,.:« ....;.;.:.....· ,.;.· :w.·:'.o:.x:· .-::?::x·.·x:fW/#=~7*%::.: ~~~~·:;:-{~·~..~::.X··...· .~ ::~~::..~.~;:::~~~:?;:':?#,i;::'~k~:-?7.»?':'~ . ·.,.-.;.-.a:·» -: r.:.:~~t~f~i:.lfjJf:~@~~ .~~~;§~~~~:~g;;:~~~~~~f~~~~~~~~l:~~~i~~~'.:~:~ ·1 contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent II! addi t Ol\ , notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified m~il, retur~ receipt requested. .-.·u-:.;.:-,. N.,.,::;.:.;; ,.,.,.,....,. ·n,..,.w.'.X/_•".';• .-...-u. • • · ·.-:-: • ·.(.:;.::;.:.-.- ...,,. ·. ·, -.:-:;-,...... •• ,. ••• •;.·.;-:~vX>:·.;:~;:.O:~~'.'•'•u.• •.• .,., •• The LOG has trad~tionally_refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any incli vi dual in the Union, officer or member, It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its .collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 19GO meeti ngs in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranlcs, one individual to carry out this responsibility. . ...... ......,... ......... ..................... . . . .. ... .. ........ ...... ........ . ·. ·.:.;.~ ,.,. .,,,.,.,,.,,,,., .... .. .. ;. . _,, . .:..... ~................ -:-;.:(>:····· C) ...... :-;· :·~ ...~- ...•.,..:.:.,:.:...;.-.;.;.•.-•.·.-.· P~YMEm' OF MONIES. No monies · are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. If in the event· anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a r~ceipt, or if a member is required to make a payment O· ::~=~~:~~~~:~~::~~~f~?.~~~~~· ~I the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. - In addition, copies are availa~e in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constit~tion ao as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constituticruil right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member .so affected· should irnniediately notify SIU President Paul Hgll by certified mail, return receipt requested. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to contlnue their union activities, including attettdance at membership meetings • . And like all other SIU members at these Union meeti"ngs, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffir11ed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All· Seafarers are guarMteed equal rights i n e mployment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts wh1cll the union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated ~ainst because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Housing Agency, 1313 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore 17, Md., about reimbursement due you for your moving expenses. ;t ;\:. ;t. Joseph R. Tellis Your brother, Ken L. Tellis, would like to hear from you. He is aboard MV Ganges, c/ o Mackin- non Mackenzie & Co., PO Box 122, Charlie Brinton 4 Ballard Rd., Ballard Estate, BomGet irt touch with Rosalie Goodbay, India. win, PO Box 1455, Norfolk, Va. Important. t t ;t. Samuel Kenneth Ford Douglas K. McLeod Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hodge Contact your wife, Beverly Mcof 2832 Magnolia St., New Orleans 15, La., are anxious to hear from Leod, at 524 W. 15th St., HQuston, Texas. you. �January 11,· 1963 Vol. XXV No. 1 • AFL-CIO · Charters Another Cuban T~acler " . llWillii!llliilllllllil!il!llllliiiii!lll!ll!i!lllllllliillillllllllillliilllllllll . PHS Clln.l c Asks Advance Notice Agriculture Dept. Snubs US Shipping Seafarers seeking other than emergency care at the US Public Health Service outpatie111t clinic in New York have been asked to telephone, wire or write in advance for an aPPOintment ·to assure better care and avoid long periods of waiting. The USPHS facility, at Hudson & Jay Streets, -NYC, says it .is being swamped by "walk-in" patients, who have ample time lo. make ad::. vance appointments. Unless they require emergency care, Seafarers are asked to write the clinic at 67 Hudson S.t., , New York 13, or call BArclay 7-6150 before they come in. WASHINGTON-Openly 'flouting American foreign policy as well as US shipping interes-ts, the Depattment of Agricul- ture last month approved a charter for a second foreign ship that had engaged in Cuban trade and enabled the vessel to sail just before the start of the longshore strike on December 23. The ship was the Pearl ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.-~~~~~~~...,......,~~~~ Haven, a Greek-flag vessel vessels. The Department granted a the Japanese Minister of Agricul- fense and Agriculture Departments and cited use of "subterfuge" to which had been ·!o Cuba twice credit to the Japanese to purchase ture and Forestry. Agriculture Department policies bypass 5Q-50 and other US shiplast year and was cited as 300,000 tons · of grain sorghums here with no 50-50 requirement at were the basis for sepafate pro- ping laws and policies. such in a report made. public all. The study developed out of the tests by the SIU and the Marine by the Maritime AdmmistraAgriculture spokesmen, in an- Engineers Beneficial Association 23-day SIU-MEBA picketing of the tion on October 2. The Pearl Haven sailed from Norfolk with a Government-financed grain cargo for the United Arab Republic. Agriculture D e Part m e n t approval of the charter came about while a protest was pending with the agency over an authorization that allowed the Nonvegian-flag Nora to carry a cargo of tallow to the UAR. The Nora, whose charter was okayed by Agriculture on December 17, had also beef! engaged in the Cuban trade. A strong protest has been sent to President Kennedy by the American Maritime Association, representing SIU-contracted shipowners, over the manner in which Agriculture is handling its c h art er policies. The AMA reiterated its position that formal regulations should be issued to prevent foreign-flag vessels from carrying US aid cargoes if they have. engaged in Cuban trade. It said the regulations should also cover vessels which have carried cargo for Communist China and the Soviet Union. Citing other US foreign policy abuses by the Department, in the midst of the recent Indian-Chinese border war, AMA noted approval of a charter for the Greek-flag Profitis E1ias so that it could carry US Government cargo from the US Gulf to India. The same vessel had previously carried cargo for Communist China. Anot her ship, the Norwegian-flag Sneland I, which made a trip to Communist China last September, .b.as also been approved by the Department to carry aid cargo to India between January 10 and January 31, 1963. On another issue, Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, Senate Commerce Committee chairman, has sharply criticized the Department for its failure to require that at least half of a $17 million US grain cargo to Japan should move on US-flag Soviet Seeks More Tonnage TOKYO - Russia's merchant shipping build-up showed further signs of expansion, as Japan's leading ship'builders and trading companies received an inquiry from the Soviet Union involving the building of ships worth approximately $100 million. If the Soviet U:nion places t he order, this would be t he second big contract between Japan and Russia in less than a year. A deal was concluded by the Japanes e Economic Mission in Moscow in August for $96 million wor th of ship.ping. Although the Soviets were believed to have sent similar inquiries to shipbuilders in the Netherlands, Sweden and other West European nations, Japan feels the chances are good that its builders will get the orders. swer to union and shipowner protests of this abuse of the 50-50 law, said the cargo movement was really a _private commercial transaction. However, it was evident that all the arrangements were made possible by discussions on an intergovernmental level between the us and Japan. The transaction was announced December 5 in a summary of trade talks held by Secretary of · Agriculture Orville L. Freeman with just one year ago, when the unions hit out at charter practices favoring foreign vessels against the "IDterests of US seamen. The union protests helped spearhead a Senate rommittee investigation of procedures by Government departments and specialized agencies in moving US-financed cargoes. , A report by the Senate Commerce Committee on its findings, issueCI a few weeks ago, listed a long string of abuses by the De- Brittsh-flag freighter Salvada at Lake Charles, La., in December, 1961, protesting the award of a cargo which should have been moved on an American ship. ~atin· Maritime Unionls.t S Visit SIU SIUNA Cannery ·Worker Stars In Rose Parade LOS ANGELES-The leading personality on the rosebedecked fl.oat promoting this port in last week's Rose Bowl parade was a member of the SIU-affiliated Cannery Workers Union of the Pacific, Isabel Ramirez, 28. Awarded a Carnegie Hero Medal last month for jler rescue of a fellow union member a year ago, Miss Ramirez is a cannery worker on Terminal Island. During her appearance in the Rose Parade festivities, she was in costume representing Latin America, one of the major trade regions of t)le world served by the port area. She received a Carnegie Medal and $1,000 for saving the life of Ausencio Vigil in December, 1961, while driving to work at the StarKist tuna plant. Miss Ramirez was heading over the bridge from the mainland to Terminal Island when she saw Vigil's car plunge off the bridge. Stopping her own car, she stepped out of her shoes and dove into the harbor's Cerritos Channel. Grabbing Vigil, she held his head above water until help arrived. He is an employee at Van Camp Sea Food and is also a member of the Cannery Workers Union. Los Angeles' Rose Bowl float was a 55-foot-long affair boosting the port's shipping and waterfront facilities. Visiting SIU in NY, three South Amerjcan maritime union -officials attending AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Developm_ent discuss training with SIU rep. Jose Perez (right). The trio I 1-r) includes A. Franco, Seamen's Union, Ecuador; A. Mariduena, Checkers, Ecuador, and P. Arredondo of Chilean Longshoremen. Six More Seafarers Retire 83_SIU Men Pensio.n ed In '62 A total of 83 SIU oldtimers joined the ranks of Union pensioners last yea~, with the addition of six more veteran Seafarers to the pension list last month. The active list of SIU pensioners now includes almost 300 men retired on lifetime $150 monthly benefits. The last group approved in+ . 1962 includes Percy J. Batson1 South Oaro~ina, he now makes his 62; Ralph Dickens, 67; Samuel home in Hamilton, Georgia. G. Howard, 65; Thomas H. McLees, 65; Jesus F. Otero, 65, and Manuel R. Traba, 66. Four of them were oldtimers in the steward department and two shipped on deck. Brother Batson beg.an shipping with the SIU in 1945 and sailed in the steward department. A native of Minnesota, he paid off his last ship, the Steel Seafarer (Js.thmian), las-t April. He now resides in New York City. A native of Louisiana, Brother Dickens joined the SIU twentyfour years ago and also shipped in the steward department. · His last Howard Traba Mclees Otero ship was the Jean <Bum, which he paid off in Sept ember. Now Uving in Hollis, New York, his sailing career spanned a period of 35 years. Born in Mississippi, Brother Howard started sailing in t he steward department on SIU ships in 1938. He paid off his last ship, the San J uan (Sea-Land), in November and r esides with his wife, Bertha, in Brooklyn, New York. B.rother McLees· j_oined the SIU at Tampa in 1949 and 'is also a veteran out of the steward department. He last sailed aboard the Del Sol <Delta) in October. Born in Born in Spain, Brother Otero joined the SIU at Miami in 1939 and · sailed in tlie deck department before paying off his last vessel, the Raphael Semmes (Sea-Land), in November. Now resic;ling in Miami, he completed a total of 35 years aboard ship. Brother Traba, another native of Spain, began his career at sea 29 years ago. He joined the SIU at New Orleans in 1945 and sailed on deck. His last ship was the Del Mar (Delta) in October, and he now lives with a niece in New Orleans. • • Labor Racket Sheet Nailed WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade· Commission has issued a complaint charging the publisheri of a bi-monthly tabloid calling itself "United Labor Management Press" with falsely representing itself as having connections with labor in it~ advertising solicitat~ns. The complaint grew out of an FTC investigation which ~ollowed up information supplied by the International Labor Press Association, the organization composed of publications of the AFL-CIO and' its affiliates. The FTC scheduled a hearing Feb. 5 at its offices here in Washington. · Boundbrooke Publishers, Inc., of New York City, and officers of the firm are na~e d in the FTC complaint. They are accused of selling advertising by representing that the paper is "endorsed by, affiliated with or an official publication of a labor union," claims which the complaint says are "false, misleading and deceptive.'" Unauthorized Ads The complaint further charges the paper with publishing unauthorized ads from various industrial and business con.c eriis and then seeking to e~act payment from the companies for t he advertisements. One of t he officer.s of the paper named · in t he present complaint was reported to be a former staff members of the "Trade Union Cow·ier," a similar p4blishing venture fined $60,000 in 1960 for continuing to 'misrepresent itself as an official labor paper in violation of a "cease and desist" order. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 11, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU STRIKE WINS FIRST UNION PACT ON RESEARCH SHIP ILA DOCK STRIKE IN ATLANTIC, GULF NEARS 3RD WEEK SIU BLOOD BANK BEGINS FOURTH YEAR OF SERVICE AGRICULTURE DEPT. SNUBS US SHIPS, GOV’T POLICY MTD PLAYED KEY ROLE IN CUBAN PRISONER SWAP SS NEW YORKER SCORES ANOTHER RESCUE, SAVES 4 BLOOD BANK IN 4TH YEAR OF SERVICES TO SEAFARERS NEW GOV’T PACT FOR CANADA SIU SIU STEWARD SCHOOL STARTS NEW COURSE NEW SEA-LAND CAREFERRY UNDERWAY PASSENGER SHIP RESHUFFLE LEAVES 2 IN LAKES TRADE TRANSPORT PANEL REACHES PACT ON CONTAINER SIZES ARABS STILL BLACKLIST 33 AMERICAN SHIPS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/11/1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXV, No. 1 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/95eaca7f63ae27fc1e73ee6b7aeb1b5c.PDF bba663cb435fb1dc6095a07a0d41f47e PDF Text Text y, f • •y • V-"'"; !' ^j^^iKERSjoQ OFFICIAL OBGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTEICT. EXAFABESS' INTEBNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VII. je •ivV'- NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 12. 1945 ''irt Don* With Mirrors'' No. 2 Administration Is Forging New Chains For Organized Labor Organized labor faced another home front fight in defense of its rights this week as the Administration and Congress joined in laying plans for a "national service act." The proposed legislation, if enforced, would smash the closed shop in many industries, nulify attempts to win wage increases, and so cripple the union movement that it might well take years to recover. This squeeze against labor started two weeks ago IN STORMY MEETING MEMBERSHIP DEMANDS NEWS FROM THE PORTS No Convoys Were Missed r !j R. Crew Finds Mail Order Skipper Is No Bargain By ROBERT RUNNER J." > I, l5" The chain store-Sewell Avery influence has invaded the merchant shipping field. But in this case the system worked in reverse. XX'^here Avery refused to accept the advice of the Army, Captain C. R. Ecke, skipper of the "Waterman Steamship Company's SS Lamar, called upon the Coast Guard for assistance in every re­ ported "diciplinary beef," accord­ ing to the brothers who paid off the ship last week after a four and half month's trip to the front. Capt. Eche, who just took over the duties of skipper after a long session of employment with Sears-Roebuck, used every op­ portunity to log the men and in some cases attempted to have a brother receive penitentiary terms. Chief among the victims of the 'lit^^le dictator's' wrath was Bro. Samuel Charles Foster on whom charges of hitting an officer could not be proved. Apparently the company men did not get togeth­ er on their stories before the Coast Guard because the rnate claimed the first assistant had been hit in the gunner's me'ssroom while the first said he was hit in the crew's mess. The crew faced a multitude of charges. The chief beef, accord­ ing to Johnnie Morris, boatswain, was that the boys would be log­ ged for being drunk and to these charges they sometimes pleaded guilty. Then the dictator would (Continued on Page 2) Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board Tho heat's on, and make no mistake about it. Draft Boards throughout the coun­ try have received increased quotas for February, and they are combing their rolls for new GI's. As long as you are an ac­ tive merchant seaman they can't touch you. But if you lay on the beach beyond your allotted time, then they will try to jerk you into the army. The union is ready to go to the aid of any brother who gets in a jam with his Draft Board. But you might as well know that there is little we can do for you if you have a bad shipping record. Don't take a chance—^keep on the ships if you want to stay out of the army. And remember, you are allowed 2 days ashore for each week at sea. But the shore time is not to exceed 30 days at any one time. NEW YORK—Those pie-cards who fail to keep the membership informed of the happenings in their ports through the medium of the LOG. came in for a work­ ing over at the hands of the membership last Monday night. In a long and heated discussion, member after member took the Hoor to demand that regular news from all ports be sent to the LOG by the branch agents. No merchant ship missed con­ voy during the holiday season as thousands of American merchant seamen and officers voluntarily returned to the sea to maintain the unbroken supply line of ships sailing to the fighting fronts, the War Shipping Administration an­ One brother even went so far nounced thi.s week. Men on shore as to move that all agents be leave responded to urgent ap­ fined $25 each time they missed peals carried in the newspapers sending a weekly report to the and broadcast over the radio and LOG. A chorus of approval sacrificed opportunities to spend greeted his motion, with several the holidays with their families. amendments boosting the fine to In previous years the departure $50 and $75. The sentiments for of some ships was delayed by the fines was defeated only after the shortage of experienced person­ New York officials rose to the nel during the holiday season, defense of their brothers in the WSA said. out-ports and remarked that such "The response of these men to financial penalties were beyond the appeal that they return to the ability of the Agents to pay. duty immediately was magnifi­ And if such a motion were passed cent," said Captain Macauley, by the membership, we might Deputy War Shipping Adminis­ find ourselves without any agents. trator. "They are civilian volun­ teers and are not subject to comThe membership finally com­ p u 1 s 0 r y curtailment of their promised on a motion instructing leaves. Few, if any of them, spent the'Editor to place the name of Christmas day with their famil­ each port in a special box in the ies, though there was absolutely LOG when that port was delin­ no means of compelling them to quent in sending in news. return. Many of these men had not seem their families in months. What was revealed at the New They realized that their return York meeting was the fact that was necessary to avert a crisis in the rank and file members thirst manning ships and they report­ for news from their home ports, ed; they came from the Midwest, and the only way they can get from the South, and from port that news is thi'ough the colu^ans cities. They acted in keeping of their union paper. It is" strict­ with the traditions of the ser­ ly the responsibility of the Agent vice." in each port to see that the men who sail out of their ports are "We are training thousands of kept informed of events in their recruits and schooling other men and officers for higher gi-ades. absence. But we must have the services of Following the installation of the veterans who left the sea for new Agents for the 1945 term, shore jobs in the mistaken belief the practice of publishing the that their emergency duties were names of delinquent ports will over. They must also answer the be adhered to—as per the in­ call, if we are to 'keep 'em sail­ struction of the membership. ing'," Captain Macauley said. Y r .A. « \ when War Mobilization Director I James F. Byrnes demanded that manpower be dragooned for war production. In his message to Cpngress last week President Roosevelt endorsed Byrnes pro­ posals, and there has now been introduced in the House of Rep­ resentatives the "May-Bailey Mo­ bilization Bill." This bill vests manpower channeling authorif>v with Byrnes and Selective Ser­ vice. While the details of the bill have not been published, it's gen­ eral outline is clear. Byrnes anH: the Draft Boards would have authority to allocate every man to a specific job—and \ve can be certain that the rights of organ-^ ized labor will not be protecUt... in the process. Should Byrnes decide, for in­ stance, that 400 additional men are needed in a certain war plant, he would have authority to force men to work in that plant on pain of draft into the army. And we can be sure that these men would not be required to joixi any union holding a contract in the plant. This would result in splitting wide open the contract, would-1 mean that the union would not only be unable to fight for better conditions, but would be power-^ less to protect its existing condi­ tions against the employer off en-j sive certain to accompany the Byrnes ukase. ^ In short, labor would be in chain.s—stripped of its po\^ to improve its conditions, or evei. to defend its present meager liv­ ing standard. ^_ Byrnes and Congress attempt to cover this essentially unionbusting move with a lot of pa triotism and false figures on pro duction needs. The facts are thai labor has already performed a miracle of production, and is ca­ pable of even greater records if given the proper plantment. The tip off as to Byrnes' real motives in demanding labor drafi was a remark dropped by hi last week at a press conferenc He said that there was "overj whelming proof" that wage ra increases had "outstripped" ris­ ing living costs. In other word? he intends to prohibit any (Continued on Page �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliafed with the American Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President lOy Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 1th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m Directory of Branches ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave.. 14 North Gay St.. 6 North 6th St.. .. PHILADELPHIA 2 5 Commercial PI.. NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16).,. 339 Chartres St.. . 68 Society St CHARLESTON (9) 220 East Bay St... SAVANNAH 423 East Piatt St.. TAMPA 920 Main St JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St... MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R.. 45 Ponce de Leon. PUERTO RICO 219 20th St GALVESTON BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 405 7 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-1231 Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galvestoix. 2-8043 (•I PUBLICATION OFFICE; yi BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. 267 A Page From Hitler I i , ^'Assistant President" James F. Byrnes, in his role of H'director of war mobilization and reconversion, opened the New Year with a surprising demand for more shackles for the nation's workers. In a 20,000-word report on conditions on the home front, he exaggerated the crisis in war production-—a form of overstatement which has become characistic—and in­ sisted that workers must be put into a straitjacket to get the job done. He called for legislation to drive into war factories 4-F workers who have been rejected for military service because of physical or mental disqualifications — though most pf them, as a matter of fact, are already in war jobs or other occupations classified as essential. Byrnes' clamor for compulsion comes in face of the fact that by voluntary means workers have set a record of . production that has amazed the world. At the same time, Byrnes demanded additional legis­ lation to restrict unions in the name of "treating the Petrillos and the Averys alike." The kind of law he proposed has ' he.^ opposed by the National War Labor Board as a hin,.iice rather than help to speedy settlement of war-time industrial disputes. Byrnes was assisted in his vicious assault on labor by .^Senator Joseph H. Ball (Rep., Minn.) who in a bid for the headlines also came out for a "law against union defiance" ^ on the pretext of reaching "Petrillos as well as Averys." All this talk of coercion has spread confusion, suspicion f and resentment thereby making our job all the harder. We have in the past licked labor shortages voluntraily through our own unions and through labor-management .CQQp.eration, and we can continue to do so, if the authorities ' will stop yelling "wolf" and stop threatening to put work­ ers in chains. •' American workers do best by democratic, voluntary TTiethods. They have demonstrated that by a production record during the past three years that has been almost universally labelled a "miracle." Nazi methods will not work in this country. —Labor SEAFARERS LOG Mail Order Capt. Is No Bargain Friday, January 12, 1945 ''Ceiling Zero" (Continued from Page 1) ring in charges of misconduct, overstaying leave, inciting trouble among the crew and any­ thing else that happened to oc­ cur to him at the time. The payoff came in Cherbourg, where Bro. Francis Pashang, deck delegate, went up to argue a beef and suddenly found himself un­ der arrest and thrown into jail. In Pashang's absence. Brother Tanskey acted as delegate and on his appearance before the skipper, found himself also in jail. The boys spent three days in the bastile before being re­ leased. Capt. Ecke endeavered to have the boys tried in a foreign port but here the Coast Guard stepped in and reminded him of an agree­ ment that no seaman could be ti'ied in a. port where he did not have a representative. The brothers registered all sorts of complaints when arriving last week. They told of days of drinking water containing 20 grains of salt, days without food, especially bread. Water was turn-! ed off in the crew showers but the officers still had fresh water over on the brothers was re­ for their baths. Bro. Wilfred stricting them to the ship while Roux, black gang delegate, told other members of the crew got of going to the skipper to get shore leave. Bro. Morris notified buckets for the crew to use for him that any man forced to stay washing. The benevolent ex- aboard would put in for overtime Sear-Roebuck man, gave Roux a for the amount of time he was two quart bucket for the use of kept aboard. The Coast Guard nine men and then wondered bore Johnnie out in this state­ why he beefed. ment and the captain backed Another thing that puzzled the- water. boys was the fact that they left Capt. Ecke seems to be bene­ the States with about 10 cases of! fitting from his long service with cigarettes, no razor blades, no| labor - hating Sears - Roebuck, candy, yet they seemed to havej where Waterman got him. plenty when ever the slop chesti So that the brothers will rec­ opened. [ ognize him in case they ever There was no love lost for fhei make a ship he is skippering, his 22-year-old mate either. An ex-1 ex-crew members describe him' mess boy, making his first trip as as being a short heavy set per­ mate, he thought of peculiar du^ son who will stand for any| ties for the deck crew. One of the amount of noise when he is not best was ordering them to polish flanked by a bunch of stooges the dogs on the portholes. Art who will fight his battles. ordinary seaman was sent aloft Meanwhile a bunijh mf good to secure the guys for the safety seamen are suspended or placed of the ship. The same ordinary under probation at this time sounded bilges after 5 p.m. with­ when experienced men are hard out overtime, again for safety of to get. Instead of making life the ship. agreeable, captains like, ^Icke, are Another thing he failed to put making it miserable. —Justice Editors Mail Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir and Brother; Necessity is the mother of in­ vention, is the old saw that hasparticular emphasis in regards to the latest Stalinist NMU de­ mand. Having failed in their ef­ forts to foist the checkoff on the NMU membership and the mari­ time industry as a whole; having met disastrous defeats at every effort at gaining organizational strength, the parasites are driven to the point of desperation. They are confronted by the facts of life, and the cold and bitter realization that the work­ ers are not fools. A bitter reali­ zation indeed for the C.P. to swallow—that the maritime in­ dustry is essentially and basical­ ly 'Ainion conscious, given the op­ portunity, and knows the differ­ ence between political parasites and real union men. In the face of necessity to win an organizational victory, the first in lo these many years, they must work diligently for survival and the continuation of their dic­ tatorship and the maintainence of their inflated political claims in Washington. "Big Business" is doing very well. The Securities and The Konimical Kommissars Exchange Commission reports that 1,271 of the leading must invent more slogans to ad­ corporations added $803,000,000 to their working capital vance their interests. With the in the first six months of last year. They did somewhat bet­ Esso elections in the offing, in ter in 1942 and 1943, but in 1940 and 1941 the annual which the C.P.-NMU will seek a victory, a propaganda campaign increase was only $512,000,000. is deluging the industry. "Full For the four and one-half years from December, 1939, Employment in the Post War to June 30, 1944, these same corporations increased their Period" and "$200 per month for working capital by $6,374,000,000. The total is now AB's", etc. $17,449,000;000. , Yet, in case John Shipowner • These are astronomical figures. The human mind can­ should become nervous and might take them at their face value, the not grasp their significance. Yet they constitute just one NMU Pilot of December 29, 1944 "straw" revealing the tremendous prosperity of "Big Busi­ carries an elaborate cartoon and ness" during these days of "tears and sweat and blood." editorial on Shipowner - NMU "cooperation" with bigger and In addition, there are other "assets" and tax credits and better cooperation for the future other mysteries of expert accounting which give "Big promised. In fact, the CP-NMU Business" 40 or 50 billions, or maybe more. Unfortunately, insists upon cooperation with the many of the beneficiaries of this unexampled prosperity shipowner. loudly protest when American workers demand that they Thus they stand exposed as too shotdd have a post-war "nest egg." (Continued on Page 3) Billions For Business 1 �i •\ • ;( I ^ }] Friday, January 12, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG WHAT'S DOING for all departments. On. several ships that have come into this port lately the Shipping is still good in this men have failed to keep indivi­ port, especially for AB's and dual overtime records. It is hard Firemen. 812 shipped in all de­ to collect overtime when you partments this past week with have no record of when, where, the board full of jobs. or why, it was worked, and you The Marino Dragon, a C-4 be­ can not trust the head of your longing to Waterman, crewed up department to keep a complete here last week. It was quite a record. job to get the manning scale set There are a number of men up. But she finally crewed with coming in here to see about a larger scale in all departments money that was set up on various than any ship of her type has vessels after the payoff. Mostly carried before. Being the first these men come from other ports. .i: C-4 that the Seafarers have man­ Generally the men reach port ned it will probably take a trip days or weeks before the ship's ( or so to get everything straight records get here and on a few ' for a permanent set-up. We have occasions steamship companies a first class crew in this job and have revex'sed their decision and they should bring her in a credit refused to pay overtime that was to the union. okayed at payoff time. There­ The Bull Line is giving the pa­ fore it is advisable to wait an ex­ trolmen here a headache by pay­ tra hour or even a day for your ing off ships late. It seems as if pay rather than jeopardize your they never know when the ship chances of collecting. Once more is to payoff until a couple of we repeat that a drunk at pay­ hours before the payoff and that off time is not only a pain to the generally happens after 5 p.m. patrolman, but often causes con­ The crews are beginning to get fusion that results in the loss of wise to this and I am afraid that money for himself and his ship­ very soon the men will be leav­ mates, and is a damned poor ex­ ing the ship at the end of the ample of unionism to the new day and showing up at the com- members. j pany office the next day for the Twenty-nine ships paid off and payoff. 25 signed on last week. With this We are having some ships with and a number of out port beefs long payoffs behind them and the patrolmen here have not been ) most of them have a hell of a lot able to catch their wind from the J- of beefs and when a company holiday rush. The New Year representative is aboard with looks like an active one for the authority to settle beefs, they Seafarers, with a number of new generally payoff clean. But when ships coming out and it is up to <X ship like the SS Kossuth pays the membership to see that they joff with a ten-month trip behind arc properly manned and put in ^er and no representative from good condition by the companies the company aboard it makes and kept that way by the union. good for no one. All crews should J. P. SHULER, Patrolman remember that they have the » « • ;right to demand that the comf'pany furnish some one with authI should like now to mention I'ority to settle beefs at the payoff. the Stewards' Department dele­ I The SS John G. Hibben of the gate on the D. 3. Brady. His y Seas Shipping Company came in name is L. Collins and he did ex­ y Saturday with a broken watch cellent work as a delegate. He ' beef. It seems that some of these brought the ve.ssel into poxd in skippers just can't decide when good shape after a rough voyage they are in port and when they of seven and a half months. He are at sea. The crew held the overtime pay • over and with the cooperation of the company and the good work of Patrolmen Sheehan, Hart and Stone, the overtime has been sot up to the SS ROBERT M. HUNTER tune of approximately 350P hours Voyage No. 5 M NEW YORK I I- was not gassed, up at time of pay­ off and he handled his depart­ ment with the utmost efficiency. I say that brother Collins is a credit to the SIU, and any crew that sails with him can be sure of getting the overtime that is due them. WM. HAMILTON. Patrolman New Chains For Labor (Continued from Page 1) increases now demanded by la­ bor to meet living costs. Should the proposed legislation be pass­ ed, the counti-y's workers would receive no consideration from Byrnes—nor from any one else since their unions would be in­ capable of forcing a hearing from Washington. The employer-controlled politi­ cians in Washington are becom­ ing bolder and bolder in their anti-labor maneuvers. They are now attempting to adopt openly Fascist methods to enslave the workei's. While both the CIO and AFL leadership has expressed opposi­ tion to this latest attack upon the workers, it is time for them to do more than express disappoint­ ment and pious hopes for "a sounder and more workable pro­ gram." It is time for labor to make a stand in defense of its fundamental rights. If it doesn't —it will face years of slavery. •Only One Out of Five Can Count on .a Job Under Selective Service Rules; Unions Protect All MONEY DUE *• » » SS RUFUS PECKHAM Voyage No. 7 E. Elliott, 92 hrs; Nick Tala, 36 hrs; C. R. Henry, 28 hrs; Wm. Chadburn, 96 hrs. All hands have 2 meals money payable. Collect at Bull Line Office. Following men contact Agent Waid in Savannah for overtime vouchers: Leo L. Wallace, Oiler, 9 hrs; Robert Vance, Oiler, 9V2 hrs; and William Kennedy, Oiler, 8 hrs. • • • SS CAPE CORWIN SS WILLIAM B. GILES T. Shore, 29 hrs. Collect at Glen Grimshaw collect 8 hours Bull Line Office. • « « overtime from Mississippi Line office in New Orleans. SS SAMUEL MILLER • • • Voyage No. 6 Paid off in Philadelphia, Pa. SS HIBBEN Extra meal money payable at Crew has 3500 hours coming from broken watch beef. Appear Waterman Office, 19 Rector at New York hall 9:30 A.M. Jan­ Sti-eet.' Chief Cook, 2nd Cook, Robei't Osborne, Harry Erwin. uary 17, 1945. •» • " c Collect at Waterman Office. If » SS JOHN HOLLAND Deck Dept. of above vessel can TRAMELL WARD 2nd Baker on SS Bienville, collect ovei'time by writing t6 the American President Lines, 29 Voyage No. 2: You have been Broadway, New York. I paid all overtime due. h' i'-i. U-Boat War Intensified During December; Allies Admit Increased Losses * Around the Ports ] Page Three JA: Gas Turbin Found Efficient In Ships WASHINGTON. Jan. 9—A gas turbine is being devel­ oped as a means of ship pro­ pulsion. the Maritime Com­ mission disclosed today. It was described as "inherently more efficient" than steam, but experiments have not gone far enough to determine whether a changeover to the new motive power might be in prospect in the near future. More War Bonds Bought By SIU Ten thousand dollars worth of U. S. war bonds arrived at head­ quarters this week from the Treasury Department, and were taken to the union's safety deposit vault by a committee and depos­ ited with those bonds previously purchased. The latest purchases, paid of the union's participation in the 6th War Loan Drive, brings the union's holdings in bonds to the grand total of $213,500. This is an extremely high figure for a union of the size of the Atlantic & Gulf District of the SIU. The latest purchase was carried out in accordance with a coast­ wise resolution passed by the membership two months ago. The resolution follows: WHEREAS: The Atlantic & Gulf District of the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of North Am­ erica has in the Hospital, Burial and Shipwi-eck Fund more than sufficient cash to meet the ordin­ ary disbursements required of these funds, and WHEREAS: This cash is lying idle in the bank, and WHEREAS: United States De­ fense Bonds constitute the safest investment in the world, the en­ tire integrity of the government being their guarantee, and WHEREAS: The Government has urgent need of this money to finance a war in which our mem­ bers are front line fighters, there­ fore be it RESOLVED: That the Secrelary-Tx'easurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District be instructed to withdi-aw $10,000 from the Hos­ pital, Burial and Shipwreck fund, and with this money purchased War Bonds, and be it further RESOLVED: That a banking Committee of 3 men be elected at the New York branch meeting to go with the Secretary-Treasurer to deposit these bonds in the safe deposit box. These bonds shall be examined by each quarteidy fin­ ance committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 — Uboat warfare "flared into renew­ ed activity" during December,. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill reported to­ night, describing the increased activity by German submarines as "but another index that the European war is far from over." They said that Allied losses of merchant shipping had increased, but despite the losses "the United Natioixs are regularly continuing to supply their expanding armies over the world, enabling them to resist the attackers or drive back the foe." "The Allies continue to sink the enemy undersea craft in widely separated parts of the world," the monthly joint state­ ment of the Anglo - American, leaders said. The announcement of the re­ cent landing of enemy agents from a U-boat on the Maine coast is yet another indication that the menace of Germany's xmdersea fleet is real and continuing. Increased U-boat activity had been forecast by the President and the Prime Minister in their joint statement on submarines and anti-submarine actions dur­ ing November. They said at that time that Germany had "by no means aban­ doned the struggle" and had in­ troduced new devices such^s an extensible air intake and ex-' haust to enable U-boats to re­ main submerged for long periods. They said that reports that Gei-many had abandoned U-boat construction were "probably Gei-man-inspired" and untrue. A dispatch from Berlin said that in the last ten days forty Allied merchantmen and five destroyei's were sunk. Editor's Mail (Continued from Page 2) agents of the shipownei's and the NMU is the self-proclaimed com­ pany union. And they are tne' men who wish to destroy the Eastern Tankermen's Association company union. An AMMI company union (the NMU) attempts to destroy the Standard Oil company union (ETMA). Such is the scoi'e. Such are the schemes behind the NMU slogans of $200 per month for AB's. But they assure us that the demand is only a post war demand and is not to be enter­ tained at present. "Cooperation with the shipownei's" is the word. Shades of Machiavelli. What pfofit the seamen which companyunion wins the election? Such is the depth of depravity to which these labor parasites have descended. Or does water always find its own level? And parasites a body to cling to and feed upon? H. A. TOMLINSON. No. 26348 Fraternally yours, DONALD WEST. No. 32059 PUMPMAN ALEXANDER KERR. No. 29314 (Continued on Page 4) �THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Florida Law "On Ice;" Foes Blocked In Calif; Texas Law Is Voided WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 — A Texas law requiring labor organ­ izers to obtain registration cards before soliciting for members is unconstitutional and infringes on the rights of free speech and free assembly, the Supreme Court de­ clared today in a 5-to-4 decision. The decision reversed the con­ tempt of court conviction of R. J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, who went to Texas in September, 1943, to test the law by addressing a la­ bor rally at the Humble Oil Company in Felly, Tex., without obtaining an organizer's card from the State. The 1943 Texas law on which the conviction was based was un­ constitutional, Justice Wiley Rutledge, who wrote the major­ ity opinion, said today because "a requirement of registration in order to make a public speech would seem generally incompa'^ble with an exercise of the jrights of free speech and free assembly." His opinion made clear the couiT's view that the membership soljcL-t'ations, made part of the speech in this case, were "insep­ arable incidents" of the occasion, and of all "that was said or done." / J. SAN FRANCISCO. — A new anti-union drive to outlaw the union shop in California has col­ lapsed because of the failure to interest enough citizens to sign petitions to get the proposed measure on a referendum ballot in 1945. The abortive anti-labor legisla­ tion was proposed by the "Wom­ en of the Pacific," a reactionary organization seeking to mask its evil purposes by hiding behind women's skirts. The organization will continue collecting signatures, however, under plans to bring the measux'e before the Legislature in 1947. An anti-closed shop initiative was defeated at the Nov. 7 elec­ tion 1,893,589 to 1,304,418, but those soldier ballots which were counted separately showed a ratio of more than 2 to 1 in favor of the measure. The measure proposed by The Women of the Pacific is more drastic than the one on the 1944 ballot. It would only end the compulsory closed shop in the State, but would require that all officers of labor organizations be American citizens and residents of the State for at least a year, would compel unions to have "secret" elections by ballot, would require them to make public annual financial state­ ments and would prohibit officers from using union funds for pol­ itical purposes "unless first ap­ proved in great particularity or detail by secret ballot votes of a majority of all members." FORE 'N AFT By BUNKER 1 We rode the Oriental, Robin Line C-2, over to Cardiff on a re­ cent trip and enjoyed everything buf the Cardiff rain. Almost the entire unlicensed crew were book members and many of them old-timers. And we doubt if any, hundred other ships had a crew with as many war veterans on board—men who have seen this war at sea at first-hand—and up close. Ernesto Torres, F-W of Brooklyn, has had two ships torpedoed from under him, but he hasn't spent more than two weeks ashore since the war started. First ship he lost was the Bull Line "Clara," torpedoed in '42 off the coast of Cuba. His second sinking was the old "Penmar," which was stalked by a sub for several days after'she lost a Russianbound convoy and was finally sunk one cold night in the North Atlantic. Torres spent three days on a raft before being picked up. Oiler John Reilly was on the receiving end when the Japs bombed Colombo early in the war. In World War 1 he was tor­ pedoed on a transport in the Irish Sea. He has a son in the sub­ marine service. Brother Oscar Grimm, night cook and baker, also sailed during the first war, and is one of the few men who saw the French muni­ tions ship "Mont Blanc" blow up in Halifax during World War I and lived to tell about it. Grimm lost two ships during the first war and ' was on the SlU-manned Robin Moor, first American merchantman torpedoed in this war. Fireman-Watertender L. K. Welch of Cleveland, rode the Chiliore on'her last trip when Nazi subs sent her down in the Caribbean. •fBut they sure had to use a lot of tin fish," says Welch. "We saw nine hits. They must have put at least a dozen into her."- The Chillore was one of the biggest ships in our merchant marine. Among other veterans on the Oriental (sorry we can't mention them all), were Steward Frank Gardner of Brooklyn and AB Har­ old Butts of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Brother Gardner was on the Hastings, old Waterman freighter, when a sub wolf pack attacked his States-bound convoy in February of '43. The Hastings went down in ten minutes. .TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State Attorney General Tom Watson announced he would not attempt to enforce the recently adopted State Constitutional Amendment banning the union shop until the measure is tested in the courts. The labor-baiting state official said he would not undertake prosecutions under the amend­ ment because he had discovered that a bona-fide difference of op­ inion exists "in the minds of citi­ zens in and out of organized la­ bor regarding the operation and legal status" of the amendment. What Watson did not reveal, however, was that he had made unsuccessful efforts in Washing­ ton to induce Federal agencies to go along with him in his anti­ union drive. He wanted them to agree that the Florida law, and the desires of the foes of labor in that state, wer.e above the government's war-time powers in settling labor disputes. Their response was an emphatic negative. As a result of this Watson pull­ ed in his horns when he got back here and let it be known he would "not force the issue" on the new law until the courts had ruled on it. He declared he was convinced the measure was valid, but ap­ parently was none too confident about being able to prove so on his own, because he launched a campaign for funds to hire pri­ vate lawyers to help in the liti­ gation. Friday, January 12, 1945 STRAIGHT Tffm ALLEY By "FRENCHY" MICHELET The prepared mixes that we view of interpreting our contracts have been raising so much hell with the various operators. We about will soon be going aboard propose to have this committee SlU ships. We had several old- issue bulletins from time to time time bakers make up small sam­ on such puzzles as the proper ple batches on several ships re­ distribution of meal money and cently and their reactions have etc), so that all agents and pa- .• convinced us that even good trolmen can follow a concerted bakers who know ship work will policy in deciding contested is­ welcome the mixtures with open sues. This committee will func­ arms. So all you brothers who tion permanently through the of-, have been blowing your corks fice of the Food Representive. about poor baking can begin Whoever the sucker is who takes looking forward to smoother our place when we answer the trips. If there's any shoemaker ever-lounder call of the open in the business who can manage road (roadstead!) will act as pei*to turn out poor cakes with these manent chairman of the com­ mixes, we give the guys that get mittee. screwed full leave to punch us in the schnozzola. (If we're not in, why just leave it with Shuler!) We were trotting on home to Brooklyn the other night when the comforting neon lights of a neighborhood gin mill loomed up in the icy night. Resolutely put­ ting Satan behind us, we were The early establishment of a" forging on past the door when residential club for American" from out of the corner of our eye we saw the bartender pouring merchant seamen on- Leyte, Phil­ Johnny Walker (Black Label ippine Islands, by United Sea­ yet!) into a customer's glass. men's Service and the War Shl| Thinking that our eyes were ping Administration was madi playing tricks on us, we retraced known last week by Douglas our steps and went inside to Falconer, executive director ol check. We ordered a slug just to the Service. make sure that the guy wasn't bamboozling the public by serv­ Mr. Falconer said that the Sf recreatioi ing a rot gut from a genuine Klang, USS floating (Coiifinued from Page 3) December 14, 1944 Johnny Walker bottle. Never, we club, is now proceeding to Leytl believe, has a New Year's resolu­ from another point in the Southl Seafarers Log: tion been broken from a more west Pacific and is scheduled tc| A few lines to let you kfiow selfless motive! arrive there this month. The that 1 am still alive and kicking Klang • will supply emergency* as usual and things out here are The warmth of the stuff mel­ services to seamen at Leyte xintil' not what they are cut up to be, lowed us deep down inside and one or perhaps two shore clubs, we got to feeling in the mood for that is in the E.T.O. a little music. We dropped a coin for which supplies have been sent 1 signed a contract with the in the juke box and punched a from the United States, can be Government for one year, of button at random. It proved to set up. He believes that at least course the contract called for be a recording of Crosby singing one club will be operating be­ overtime and all conditions ac­ Adeste Fideles as only Bing can. fore the end of the month. cording to Maritime Laws, well Singers may come and singers "USS services to American do they live up to it, NO., NO, but may go, but Der Bingle goes on they want and force you to live forever. We have heard his rec­ merchant seamen in the Pacific," up to it. No overtime, no linen, ords played all over the world Mr. Falconer said, "have already been established at Honolulu, no soap, in fact nothing at all. and they never fail to bring Noumea, New Caledonia; Bris­ 1 am telling you all this in the smiles to the face of his hearers. bane and Sydney, Australia; Finhope that you can stop some of It's a ray of hope in a war-torn chaven, Milne Bay and Hollanour brother members from mak­ world to know that a good-natur­ dia. New Guinea, and at Suva in ing the same mistake 1 did, al­ ed crooner has been taken to the the Fiji Islands. Throughout the though 1 have met quite a few of hearts of all the earth's peoples world they number 126." our men here ip the outfit and while the conquorex's have stood they are ashamed to write and outside and knocked and knock­ tell you about conditions here. ed in vain. 1 can have my sister send you All chief stewards' who take my contract to look over and to jobs in the New York area now see just how phoney it is. Of pass through our office. They are HAY NOACK course the NMU has shipped out given hints for the laying out of some of these men from their the work on the type of vessel WILLIAM G. COLE halls to this job. they are assigned to and other H. H. JESTER j Please be so kind and answer helpful suggestions. As soon as JOHN M. KAFKA , this letter as soon as possible. Do our literature on this subject is Please communicate with At­ you think anything can be done completed it will be sent to all torney Sol. C. Berenholtz, Balti­ about collecting my overtime? 1 the out ports for distribution. more, Md. have my Chief Engineer O.K. all We have called together a per­ my overtime. manent committee of all New Keep In Touch With Fraternally, York steward, patrolmen and A Seafarer other intex-ested parties With a Your Draft Board Leyete To Get USS Club For Merchant Seamen Editor's Mail ^tsonals .u; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/12/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/be1bd17440eec12828b03696ebbe01a3.pdf 6e640f5c3096c43d65493bb334865959 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America VOL.  XIII  p',''  IH  \, .  No.  1  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y„  FRIDAY,  JANUARY  12.  1951  Sea  Unions  Drnit  War  Role  Seafarers  Help  Beat  Marcantonio  «JA.MES  G. DONOVAJ^  ATTOXUTBY A^I> COI7I7SEI.OR A.T ZJCW n870 BRQADWAT, NEW TC2UC 7, N.Y.  t­if­­ TELEPHONE RECTOR  2­^767  November  22nd, 1950  Mr»  Paul  Hall,  Secretary­Treasurer,  Seafarers  International  Union,  51  Beaver  Street,  New  York,  N.Y.  *  A  program  outlining  the  minimum  require­ ments essential to full mobilization of  the maritime  industry in  the event of  war has been  presented  to  Admiral  E. Cochrane,  Maritime Administrator,  by.  representatives of  the nation's seafaring  unions.  The  unions,  including  the  Seafarers  Interna­ tional Union, urged  the Maritime Administrator  to  take  immediate  action  on  their  program,  formu­ lated at  meetings held  in Washington  last week, so  that no time would  be lost  in effecting the machin­ ery  necessary  for  the  nation's  defense.  The meetings grew out of  a request by Admiral  Cochrane  for  the  viewpoint  oft  '  the  seafaring  trade  unions  in  readying  the  American  merchant  mai'ine  for  emergency  activity.  Uear  Mr.  Hall:  Participating  in  formulation  of  the  program  in  behalf  of  the  .  Thanks  very  much  for  the  aid  and  help^  SIU  were  Harry Lundeberg,  Fred  given  by  members  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union  in  Farnen,  Paul  Hall  and  Morris  Weisberger.  Earl  Sheppard,  new­ my  campaign  in  the  18th  Congressional  District.  ly­elected  Assistant  Secretary­ As  a  result  of  representations  Treasurer  of  the  A&G  District,  made  by  the  Washington  repre­ ^  Tell  the  men,  all of  them,  that  I»m  was  unable  to  attend  the  ses­ sentative  of  the  Seafarers  Inter­ proud  of  their  work  and  the  stand  they  took  with  union  sions  due  to  the  press  of  Head­ national  Union  in  behalf  of  its  men  throughout  the  district  against  the  menace  of  affiliated  unions,  the  Coast Guard  quarters'  duties.  Bolshevism  in  America.  security  ruling  has  been  altered  The  Marine,  Cooks  and  Stew­ to  permit  seamen  to  retain  their  ards  union,  recently  kicked  out  Sincerely,  of  the  CIO  for  being  commie­ present  papers  when  applying  dominated,  was  represented  at  for  the  new­type  emergency  doc­ the first  meeting  at  which  Ad­ ument.  miral  Cochrane  asked  for  the  Under  the  original  ruling,  the  JGD/rd  labor  program.  When  the  unions  Coast  Guard  made  it  mandatory  Glad  io  have  been  of  help,  Congressmanl  Seafarers,  who  have  been  fighting  the  went  into  conference,  however,  that  a  seaman  seeking  issuance  the  MCS  representatives  were  of  the  "specially  validated  mer­ communists  wherever  they  find  them,  found  it  a  pleasure  to  help  defeat  Vito  Mar­ barred  by  the  non­communist  chant  mariner's  document"  had  cantonio,  one  of  the  commie's  major  spokesmen.  Incidentally,  the  commies,  sensing  groups.  Thus,  the  program  does  to  give  up  the  papers  he  carried  that  the  tide  was  turning  against  them,  used their  well­known goon  tactics, in a futile  not  represent  the  views  of  the  at  the  time.  attempt Jo  scare  their  opposition.  One  of  the sound  trucks used by  the volunteer  Sea­ The  SIU  and  SUP  found  this  MCS.  farers  had  its  tires  slashed  by  Marc's  goons,  and  some  of  the  men  were  roughed  up  The war role program drafted provision objectionable and so  in­ formed  their  Washington  repre­ —^but  the  Seafarers  weren't  deterred,  and  their  man  won.  fContinued on Poge 4) sentative,  Matthew  Dushane. Fol­ lowing  several  conferences  be­ tween  Dushane  and  Coast  Guard  officers,  the  agency,  on  Decem­ ber  29,  announced  the  revision  The  29  elected  officials  who  ship  last  October,  the  post  of  Mooney,  Alonzo  Milefski  and  lot  embraced  only  those  Union  which  will  enable  seamen  to  keep  their  present  seaman's  pa­ will  serve  the  SIU's  Atlantic  and  New  York.  Agent  did  not  ap­ George  Steinberg  (alternate).  installations  in  the  Atlanic  and  pers.  Gulf  Coast  areas.  The  West  Gulf  District  in  the  current  pear  on  the  ballot.  The  duties  of  Stewards.  that  office  will  be  handled  by  Preparation  for  the  election  of  Coast  offices  in  San  Francisco,  In  regard  to  the  appeals  year  were  announced  this  week  one  of  the  Headquarters  Repre­ officers  for  1951  got  under  way  Wilmington,  Calif.,  and  Seattle  boards,  which  are  to  fimction  in  by  the  Headquarters  Tallying  sentatives.  last  fall,  with  the  adoption  of  are  operating  on  a  temporary  cases  of  seamen  screened  out  Committee,  in  its  report  on  re­ The  Tallying  Committee,  elect­ the  customary  resolution  calling  basis  and  consequently  are  not  by  the  Coast  Guard  and  who  (Continued  on  Page  4)  sults  of  the  annual  balloting  ed  at  the  regular  Headquarters  for  Union­wide  nominations  and  regular  elective  jobs.  designating  the  positions  to  be  membership  meeting  of  Janu­ which' ended  on  December  31,  ary  3,  was  compssed  of  six  men,  filled  in  the  balloting.  The  complete  vote  tabulation  two  representing  each  depart­ Of  the  38  nominated  before  is.  revealed  in  the  Committee's  ment—Deck,  Engine  and  Stew­ the  deadline  date,  four  were  dis­ During  these  days  of  national  emergency,  some  crews  in  qualified by the  Credentials Com­ war  areas  may  feel  that  they  are  being  deprived  of  some  of  report,  which  will  be  submitted  ards.  mittee  for  failure  to  meet  re­ their  traditional  rights—for  example,  that  of  going  ashore.  If  to  the  membership  at  the  regu­ quirements  for  Union  office  es­ this  beef—or  others of  that  nature—should  occur,  crewmembers  lar  meetings  in  all  A&G  District  The  complete  list  of  suc­ tablished  by  the  Union  consti­ are  urged  not  to take  off  on  their  own,  or  to  make  a  big  ship­ ports  on  January  17.  cessful  candidates,  the  of­ tution.  board beef  over it. Have  the ship's  delegates discuss  it  with  the  Voting  began  on  November  1,  ficial  vote  tabulation  and  The  resolution  setting  up  the  Skipper in the  usual  manner. If  no satisfaction  is received,  then  with  the  ballot  listing  38  can­ the  Tally  Committee's  report  election  procedure  also  provided  document  the  case  in  its  entirety  and  send  it  in  at  once  to  didates  for  office.  Elected  were  for  the  opening  and  staffing  of  Headquarters.  If  any  overtime  is  involved,  according  to  the  appear  on  pages  3  and  4.  a  Secretary­Treasurer,  an  As­ additional  branches  by  the  Sec­ terms  of  our  contract,  it  will  be  collected  in  the  routine  man­ sistant  Secretary­Treasurer,  three  retary­Treasurer  .  should  they  ner—at  the  payoff.  If  the  crew  attempts  to  take  action  on  its  Headquarters  representatives,  Committee  members  and  the  be  needed  to  efficiently  conduct  own,  contrary  to  the  Skipper's  orders—even  though  the  crew  nine  Port  Agents  and  15  Port  d^artments,  they  represented  the  ITiiion  business  and  give  believes  and  knows  that  the  Skipper  is  wrong—they  will  only  Patrolmen.  were  Roderick  Smith  and  Frank  proper  representation  to  the  jeopardise  their  seamen's  papers  and  make  things  tougher  for  In  accordance  with  the  reso­ Douglas,  Deck;  John  Hanson  and  membership.  the  rest  of  the  membership.  lution  adopted  by  the  member­ Dominick  Chirichella,  Engine;  E.  The  positions listed  on the  bal­ SIU  Wins  Change  in  CO  Papers  Tally  Committee  Anneunoes  1951  Officials  I'­'  '  T^>'  i;  i\  r  |r.  #• '"  >  w I  Denial  Of  Time  Ashore  �Page  Two  THE SEAFARERS 14) G Fpday, Jaauai^r  12, 1951  SEAFARERS LOG Published  Every  Other  Week  by  the  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  U^ION  OF  NOR­m  AMERICA  Atlantic and  Gulf  District  Affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor.  At  51  Beaver  Street,  New York  4,  N. Y.  HAnover  2­2784  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  August  2,  1949,  at  the  Post  Office  in  New  York,  N.Y.,  under  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912.  267  Proceed With Caution After  years  of  collaboration,  indecision  and  inaction,  some  of  our  bureaucrats  in  Washington  are  joining  the  swelling  mob  of  ex­commie  labor  officials  in  the  mo5t  • stupendous case of  commie  horrors  in the nation's history.  They are sallying  forth in  all  directions,  virtually  busting  a gut, making  wild speeches  and  trying to convince every­ one  that  their  previous  actions  of  playing  ball  with  the  commies  never  happened.  As one  of  the earliest—^and  one of  the most  efficient  —foes  of  the  communist  party,  the  SIU" applauds  these  "honorable"  gentlemen,  bureaucrat  and  ex­commie  labor  official  alike,  for  their  earnest  if  tardy  activity.  All  that  we  ask  is  that  these  gentlemen  do  not  let  their  zeal  carry  them off  the deep  end, and  "inistake"  (honestly or  other­ wise)  those  militant  trade  unionists,  who are  carrying on^  the fight  for  improved  conditions  in  their fields,  for  communists.  We  make  this  point  seriously,  for  some  bureaucrats  suffer  from  exceedingly  narrow  vifion  and,  once  f(blow­ ing a  prescribed  line or  idea^ look  neither  to right  or  left.  We  remember  the  disheartening  days  during  the  war,i  when  the SIU  was  practically  alone in fighting  the  com­ mies  with  no  aid—indeed,  with  plenty  of  discouragement  —from  government  agencies,  some  of  whom  were  carry­ ing on  violent  love  affairs  with  the  cwnmunist  party.  As  a  matter  of  fact, many  of  these  fellow­travellings  agencies  were  practically controlled  by  the commies.  Who  can forget  the days  when  the RMO­WSA  was  practically  ;an  annex  of  the­communist  party?  When  officials  andi  employees of  the RMO went  to pains  to slander  the SIU?  FORT  STANTON  K.  RAANA  That  such  things  were  done  by  communist  party  SILVESTER  WALKER  CLAUDE  A.  RAY  EDWIN  E.  RITCHIE  members  was  to  be  expected.  That  it  was  done  by  noii­ WILLIAM  J.  MEEHAN  A.  McGUIGAN  CHARLES  SANDERSON  Communists—and  by  people  who  were  really  anti­com­ HARRY  THURMAN  ROBERT  W.  THOMPSON  LONNIE. TICKLE  munist  at heart—can only  be explained  by  the  peculiarity  GIDLOW  WOODS  DONALD  P.  MCDONALD  ' t  »  »  of  the  bureaucratic  mind:  Russia  was  "our  gallant  ally,  ^  %  BOSTON  ^d so deserving of  every help. Therefore it  followed  that  j<MiN  F.  MCLAUGHLIN  NEW ORLEANS  E.  w. HASKINS  the  commies  in  this  country,  who  wanted  Russia  to  win  JOHN BARRON  A.  REMOS  CHARLES A.  ^ROWN  so desperately,  were equally  deserving  of  aid  and  comfort  B.  P.  BURKE  R.  LUFLIN  O.  CARA  A.  D.  LEVA  ­—so  put  them  in  positions  of  authority. The  country  has  WILSON  ROGELIO  CRUZ  %  %  %  heard  of  commies  in  only  a  few  government  agencies—  GLEN  M.  CURL  STATEN  ISLAND  G.  W.  DUNCAN  P.  MANGUAL  the  State  Department  and  the  WSAf  for  example—^but  GEORGE  HARDING  P.  PRON  m  truth  they  were  in  many  government  agencies,  and  RALPH  HERALD  FRANK  KUBEK  L.  A.  HOLMES  R.  GUZMAN  many  of  them  in  positions  of  authority.  E.  P.  JANOSKO  GEORGE­  RIDECK  And now  these birds have gone and  got them religion.  D.  D:  KELLY  EUGENE  E.  MILANESI  G.  KRETZER  LEO  KODURAND  As a  matter of  fact, some of  these bureaucrats remind  HUGH  F.  LAGAN  FRED  OESTMAN  L.  HOGAN  us no little of  some of  the current  marine industry  "labor  LEO  H.  LANG  ESTEL  O.  MASSEY  EARL  R.  DIXON  leaders"  who,  after  having  slept  in  the  sanie  bed  with  M.  L.  MCCARTY  JR.  FRANK  B.  STRELITZ  S.  C.  CUNNINGTON  the  communist  party,  and  accepting—no,  seeking—their  JAMES  T.  POWERS  support,  saw  the  handwriting  on  the  wall  and  dumped  "enlightened  indijstrialists"  who  trade  with  Russia  and  the  poor,  old  red  bag,  and  now  go  around  posing  as  the  satellite  countries,  giving  them  much  needed  dollars.  'experts"  on  the  comrades.  We  mean  men  like  the  West  Coast  shipowners  who have  .These  were  the  same  guys  who  purged  their  unions  supported  JEiarry  Bridges—and  still  work  hand­in­glove  of  every  one  who  dared  criticize  the  commies  and  their  with  him;—who  have  supported  him  in  dl  of  Bridges'  unions'  support  of  communist  organizations.  These  were  attempts  to  raid  the  SUP.  (By  the  way,  gentlemen,  the guys  who  supported  the  commie  line  of  "bring  our  shouldn't  these  men  be  investigated,  too?)  boys  back"  from  Europe  and  the  Far  East,  so  that  these  However,  we'd  like  to point  out  to  these  crusaders  countries  could  fall like  ripe  plums  right  into Stalin's  lap  respectfully,  of  course—that,  while  the communists  must  —which  is  the  one  reason  why  we  are  up  to  our  necks  be  purged frcmi every  post and  every industry  where they  in  Korea  today.  These  are  the  guys  who  are  still  busy  can  menace  the  security  of  this  country,  there  are  hun­ expelling anyone  who opens  his  mouth in honest  criticism  dreds of  thousands of  honest,  patriotic  and  militant  trade  of  policy.  I  unionists,  who  will  yield  their  hard­won  ciyil  and  trade  These  reformed  bureaucrats  also  bring  to mind  those  union  rights to no one.  peculiar  people,  the  business  tycoon,  whose  b3.ttlecry  is  We  wishr  you  luck  in your  job—for  the  job must  be  ["free  enterprise,"  who fight  trade  unions  (when  they  dpne—but  spraying  the  landscape  with  buckshbt  to  get  F can)  up and  down  the street, yet  who,  through some  u i­ your skunk  is no way  to do it. Get  out your .30­.30,  aim  '  fathomable  thought  process,  give fikmeial  moral  aid  well  and  hit  your  i^rget,  and  leave' the  proverbial  inno­ to^  the  conuaaiesj  both  here and  abr<^^  mean  those  cent  bystandier unharmed.  .  '14­' #4  i­i­j  J.  SLAMAN  E.  McLIN  K.  C.  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PhL  Bat.  Nor.  Sav.  Tarn.  Mob.  NO  Galv.  SF  Wilm.  Sea.  Totalt  Secretary­Treasurer  P. Hall, 190  No Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  162  1536  232  704  63  70  176  445  1095  102  133  60  65  70  176  0  16  11  57  4  6  1  1  2  1  3  173  1593  236  710  63  86  177  103  135  61  68  Assistant  Secretary­Treasurer  E. Sheppard, 203  No Votes—^Voids—^Write­ins  Sub­Total  140  1459  223  621  33  134  13  89  173  1593  236  710  Headquarters  Representatives  (3)  J. Algina, 1320  140  R. Matthews,  154  ­  114  J. Volpian,  56  98  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  167  Sub­Ttoal  519  1302  1146  1154  1177  4779  63  70  166  102  132  59  62  0  16  11  12  32  1  3  2  6  63  86  177  177  448  1100  103  135  61  68  208  627  63  69  131  10"^  186  560  63  55  146  102  179  546  63  57  131  345  693  100  0  77  123  256  1067  135  397  5  708  2130  189  300  133  53  129  57  129  54  14  19  405  183  58  48  45  53  204  Boston  Agent  B. Lawson, 894  No Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Ttoal  165  1281  213  627  63  68  145  378  807  103  133 .  58  60  8  312  23  83  0  18  .32  70  293  0  2  3  8  103  135  61  68  173  1503  236  710  63  86  177  New York Deck Patrolman (2)  102  131  55  55  L. Coffin, 4526  •  129  1215  189  588  63  66  140  63  563  210  60  100  130  53  52  132  G.  Ruf,  23724  127  1231  0  46  82  193  698  73  269  4  9  14  29  No  Votes—^Voids—Write­ins  90.  740  126  1420  472  206  270  122  136  172  Sub­Total ­  346  3186  New  York  Engine  Patrolman  (2)  T.  Babkowski,  7391  129  871  154  540  59  32  147  384  726  99  1  22  37  5  2  10  50  1  V.  D'India,  20875  11  215  32  73  2  16  4  23  134  0  E. Eriksen, 50495  12  238  0  7  7  15  63  2  24  52  P.  Salvo,  24342  6  160  29  68  3  17  11  29  118  0  C.  Scofield,  21536  27  262  61  98  162  537  837  59  168  419  C.  Simmons,  368  132  916  0  36  15  16  272  6  49  113  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  29  524  Sub­Total  346  3186  472  1420  126  172  354  896  2200  206  105  6  16  4  19  115  5  270  42  5  10  6  11  42  6  122  23  7  12  9  11  50  24  136  New  York  Stewards  Patrolman  (2)  6  .42  34  08  373  TO  57  26  36  F.  E.  Gardner,  21057  43  534  109  246  H.  Guinier,  478  129  967  150  484  60  38  137  375  744  95  100  44  30  F. Stewart, 4935  143  1012  161  548  60  50  148  401  800  95  110  43  43  52  142  0  42  35  22  283  6  3  9  27  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  31  673  472  1420  126  172  354  896  2200  206  270  122  136  Sub­Total  346  3186  Philadelphia  Agent  A. Cardullo,  24599  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  132  1300  222  630  41  203  14  80  173  1593  236  710  63  70  148  374  814  103  133  57  63  0  16  29  74  286  0  2  4  5  103  135  61  68  63  86  177  Baltimore  Agent  ^  W.  Rentz,  26445  No  Votes—^Voids—^Write­ins  Sub­Total  143  1337  30  256  173  1593  222  14  236  700  10  710  63  0  63  71  165  1*5  12  86  177  70  273  Baltimore  Deck  Patrolman  L.  Johnson,  108  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  142  1305  31  28ff  173  1593  214  22  236  682  28  710  63  0  63  71  161  15  16  86  177  103  130  56  62  0  5  5  6  79  287  103  135  61  68  Baltimore  Engine  Patrolman  A.  Stansbury,  4683  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  134  1288  211  683  39  305  25  27  173  1593  236  710  62  1  63  69  146  17  31  86  177  103  132  58  64  0  3  3  4  84  323  103  135  61  68  Baltimore  Stewards  Patrolman  135  1279  206  676  J.  Hoggie,  23434  38  314  30  34  No  Votes—^Voids—^Write­ins  173  1593  236  710  Sub­Total  62  1  63  68  149  359  765  103  129  57  58  0  6  4  10  18  28  89  335  86  177  448  1100  103  135  61  68  Norfolk  Agent  B.  Rees,  95  W.  Beyeler,  25919  ­  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  155  971  9  312  9  310  173  1593  62  1  0  63  40  168  419  830  90  107  51  40  4  28  7  24  34  7  23  165  0  0  3  4  12  2  6  105  103  135  61  68  86  177  448  1100  Savannah  Agent  A.  W.  Gowder,  36884  E.  Tilley,  75  J. L. Tucker,  2209  ^  No  Votes—Voids—^Write­ins  Sub­Total  4  202  17  59  157  854  182  563  4  224  22  39  8  313  15  49  173  1593  236  710  167  52  17  236  617  65  28  710  103  133  57  62  0  2  4  6  103  135  61  68  1  8  3  5  0  3  16  85  0  .  61  74  162  393  756  94  112  53  51  5  10  1  4  7  36  195  4  13  5  3  64  4  2  0  2  1  .8  86  63  177  448  1100  103  135  61  S8  (Continued on Page 4) f':"V'" t iiiuy  4843*  110  4953  HQ  Committee  Submits  Report­ To  Membership  4601*  Printed  below  is  the  report  352  of  the  Headquarters  Tally  Com­ 4953  mittee,  which  will  be  read  for  membership  action  at  the  next  regular  business  meeting  of  the  4057* A&G  District,  Not  given  below,  but  to  be  read  at  the  meeting,  3718* is  the  breakdown  of  the  used  3594* and  imused  ballots  in  each  i>ort.  3490  We,  the  undersigned  Tally  14859  Committee,  duly  elected  at  the  regular  business  meeting  of  Jan­ uary  3rd,  1951,  at  Headquarters,  submit  the  following  report  and  4101*  recommendations:  852  4953  All  used  ballots  from  all  ports  were  counted  and  the  correct  tally  is  submitted  herein.  An  as­ terisk is  placed  besides the names  3812* of  the candidates that  were elect­ 3847* ed  to  office.  The  ballots  used  2247  and  unpsed  in  each  port  were  9906  checked  and  the  correct  check  is  submitted  herein.  It  is  to  be  pointed  out  to  the  3311* membership  that  this  Commit­ 372  tee,  upon  checking  various  ports'  tally  sheets,  foimd  that  all  re­ 572  ports  submitted  by  all  outports  355  committees  were  correct,  and  in  605  nearly  every  case  checked  ex­ 3596* actly  with tiie  New  York  Head­ 1095  quarters  Committee's final  tal­ In  a  few  isolated  instances  9906  lies.  where  the findings  of  the  var­ ious  committees  differ,  the  dif­ ferences  were  slight  and  made  ­ 1614  no  change  whatsover  in  the fina*  3353* results  of  election  for  any  office.  3614*  It  is  to  be  further  pointed  out  1325  that  the  Port  of  Philadelphia  9906  Tallying  Committee reported  one  ballol^  as  missing.  Upon  checking  this  port's  ballots,  it  was  found  4109* that  actually  there  were  four  (4)  ballots  missing.  Inasmuch  as  844  the lost  ballots  would  not  change  4953  the results  of  the election  in that  port,  and  they  may  have  been  lost  in  mailing,  we  therefore  4261* have  listed  the  actual,votes  cast  692  in  Philadelphia  as  236  votes cast.  4953  In  addition  to  Philadelphia,  Galveston  and  New  Orleans  re­ ported  lost  ballots.  Galveston  only lost  one  ballot, and it would  4171* not  have  affected  the  results  of  782  the election  in  that  port. In  New  4953  Orleans,  where  the  one  ballot  was  stolen  or  lost,  it  was  noted  on  that  particular  day's  voting  4091* envelope.  Inasmuch  as  this  one  862  ballot  would  not  have  changed  the  results  of  the  election,  the  4953  eight  (8)  ballots  that  were  cast  that  day  in  New  Orleans  have  been  counted  in  that  port's  tally.  4046*  The  Committee  would  further  907  like  to  report  that,  the  Port  of  4953  New  York  had  two  (2)  ballots  that  were  reported  as  lost,  al­ thought  these  ballots  were  never  3726* received  from  the  printer,  as  his  numbering  machine  had  missed  731  two  numbers..  496  Full  copies  of  the  reports  con­ 4953  tained  in  this  document  with  the  original  signatures  are  on  file  in  Headquarters  Office  of  403  this  Union.  E.  Mooney,  46671  3512*  Dominick  Chirichella,  38237  564  Roderick  Smith,  26893  474  Frank  Douglas,  10841  4953  John  Hanson,  23220  Alonzo  Milefski,  49345  �Page Four  THE SEAFARERS Friday,  January  12,  1951  LOG Tabulation Of  The Votes  (Continued from Page 3) Bos.  NY  SF  Wilm. $ea.  Tampa  Agent  K.  White,  57  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  145  1324  215  619  28  269  21  91  173  1593  236  710  63  0  63  75  170  380  823  133  59  63  11  7  68  277  2  ' 2  5  86  177  448  1100  103  135  61  68  Mobile  Agent  C. Tanner,  44  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  134  1403  213  607  39  190  23  103  173  1593  236  710  63  0  63  73  167  441  1055  103  133  59  62  13  10  7  45  0  2  2  6  86  177  448­ 1100  103  135  61  68  Mobile  Joint  Patrolman  (2)  R.  Jordan,  71  W.  Morris,  264  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  122  1140  187  542  63  65  149  409  735  103  129  58  107  1104  195  533  63  70  141  402  664  102  128  58  0  117  942  90  345  37  64  85  801  13  6  346  3186  472  1420  126  ,172  354  896  2200  270  122  New  Orleans  Agent  L. J. Williams, 21550  No  Votes—Voids—Write­ins  Sub­Total  146  1421  223  610  27  172  13  100  173  1593  236  710  New  Orleans  Deck  Patrolman  L.  Clarke,  23062  F,  Sullivan,  2  No  Votes—Voids—^Write­ins  Sub­Total  128  808  119  34  545  108  9  11  240  173  1503  236  493  175  42  710  57  5  1  63­ New  Orleans  Engine  Patrolman  C.  J. Stephens,  76  142  1304  212  No  Votes—^Voids—Write­ins  31  289  24  Sub­Total  .  173  1593  236  601  109  710  63  71.  150  130  59  61  0  15  27  77  38  0  5  2  7  63  86  177  448  1100  103  135  61  68  New  Orleans Stewards  Patrolman  137  1276  210  B.  Gonzales,  125  36  317  26  No  Votes—^Voids—Write­ins  173  1593  236  Sub­Total  ~  592  118  710  63  70  ^166  368  829  135  57  59  0  16  11  80  *271  0  0  4 •   9  63  86  177  448  1100  103  135  61  68  Galveston  Agent  K.  Alsop,  7311  I:;.No  Vote&­Voids­ ­Write­ins  ­  Sub­Total  Galveston  Joint  Patrolman  C. M.  Tannehill, 25922  No  Votes—Voids—^Write­ins  Sub­Total  51  51  34  136  63  72  163  439  1067  132  58  63  0  14  14  9  33  0  3  3  5  63  86  177  448  1100  103  135  61  68  J  143  1269  30  324  173  1593  213  606  63  23  104  0  236  710  63  131  1273  42  320  173  1593  214  599  22  111  236  710  22  136  355  748  100  95  43  17  50  29  86  329,  1  35  14  45  14  12 '  5  4  6  . 7  23  2  86  177  448  1100  103  135  €1  68  72  155  377' 827  14  22  71  273  86  63  0  16  63  Maritime  Unions  Draft  Program  For  War  Role  in  World  War  H  by  the  discrim­ (Continued  from "Page 1)  by  the  unions  covers  almost  inatory  regulations  issued  by  the  every  aspect  of.  shipping.  SIU  RMO  (Recruiting  and  Manning  representatives  said:  "Obviously,  Office)  ..."  if  we are  to  effect successful mo­ The  program  caUed  attention  bilization  the  seafaring  unions  to  the  need  for  maintaining  the  must  participate  on  all  levels."  reserve  of  skilled  seamen  now  Points  in  the  program  drawn  on  hand  in  the  Union  Hiring  «p  by  the  unions  include  a  rec­ Halls.  ommendation  that labor  be given  Expressing  concern  over  re­ equal  representation  on  the  pro­ cent  moves. to  curtail  facilities  posed  policy­making  National  of  the  Marine  Hospitals,  the  un­ Shipping  Authority.  ions called for  expansion  of  these  The  unions  also  asked  for  full  institutions  to  meet  normal  ; : protection  of  the  Union  Hiring  needs  of  seamen  and  to  ieady  p  Nail,  protection  of  union  coUec­ the  Pubhc  Health  Service  for  rive  bargaining  agreements,  im­ cases  which  might  grow  out  of  f; mediate  formulation  of  a  policy  a  war  situation.  .  ­ of  defenhent  for  active  seamen  Organizations  which  partici­ to  prevent  further  loss  of  skilled  pated  in  drafting of  the  program  manpower,  and  cutting  back  of  include  the  Seafarers  Interna­ operations  of  the  Military  Sea  tional  Union,  Sailors  Union  of  ^Transport  Service.  the  Pacific,  Masters,  Mates  and  TWO  FROM  EACH  Pilots,  National  Maritime  Union,  In­  regard  to  the  NSA,  the  Marine  Engineers  Beneficial  As­ ­  unions  are  seeking  appointment  sociation,  Radio  Operators  Union,  by  the  director  of  two  deputies  American  Radio  Association  and  from  labor  and  two  from  man­ Marine  Firemen's  Union.  agement.  The  labor  deputies  The  union  conferees  also  took  would  "be  active  administrators  cognizance  of  the  fact  that  many  in  charge  of  all  matters  govern­ vessels are  presently  iU­equipped  ed  by  the  NSA  which  afifect  to  handle  emergency  medical  maritime  personnel  in  aU  rat­ needs  of  crews  in  time  of  con­ flict.  ings."  In the securing  of  trained man­ They  recommended,  therefore,  power  in  the  event  of  an  "all­ that  men  withr pharmacist  mate's  out  war,"  the  union  program  ratings  be  carried  on  each  ship,  states  that  "the  Union  Hiring  and  that ;the  "US  Public  Health  Halls  must  not  be  hindered  by  Service  be  authorized  to  train  any  regulations  in  their  efforts  capable  men for  this rating."  to  secure  men  for  an  expanding  The  full  text  of  the  program  industry,  as  they  were  hindered  appears  on  page  5.  17  79  280  129  58  62  6  3  6  135  61  68  129  58  62  6  3  6  135  61  68  SIU  Wins  4171* Change  in  782  4953  CC  Papers  ^  Total  (Continued  from  Page  I)  4513* wish  to  protest  such  action,  the  440  SIU  and  SUP  have  submitted  4953  the  names  of  their  appointees  tq  Secretary  of  Labor  Maurice  J.  Tobin.  3753*  The  appointees,  who  were  3618'^  named  for  each  of  the  ports  in  2535  which  the  two  SIU  affiliates  •  9906  maintain  Branches,  are  cm­rently  being  ­screened  by  government,  agencies  and,  as  soon  as  this'  4560* process  has  been, completed,  th©  393  boards  wUl  begin  functioning.  '  4953  FREE  OF  COMMIES  Although  the  SIU  and  SUP  3121* feel  there  is  little  likelihood  that  1456  any  appreciable  number  of  their  members;  wiU  be  found  harmful  376  to  the  nation's  security,  they  are"  4953  determined  to  get  the  boards  on  a  working  basis  as  soon  as  poS'r  sible,  tb  protect  the  membership,  4329*. against  the  possibility  of  any  un­ 624  just  or  illegal  treatment  by  the  4953  screening  agencies.  In  fact,  it  was  at  the  SIU­SUP  representatives'  insistence  that  4065* the  machinery  for  making  ap­i  888  peals  was  incorporated  into  the­ 4953  waterfront  security program,  for­ mulated  two  months  ago  at  d  joint  conference  of  government  4077* and  seafaring  union  officials.  876  At  that  time  the  SIU  pointed  4953  out  unless  seamen  had  an oppor­ tunity  to  appeal  unjust  rulings;  of  Coast  Guard,  they  could  4051* be  the  denied  the  right  to  make  a  902  living  in  the  jobs  for  which  they;  4953  had  been  trained.  Sitting  Down  For  The  Full  Count  Results  of  the  annual  SIU  A&G  District  election  were  announced  this  week  by  the  Tally  Committee,  five  of  whose  members ­ are ahcwn  in  photo  above.  From  left  to  right  around  the  table  are  John  Hanson,  Book  No.  23220  (Engine);  Frank  Douglas,  Book  No.  10841  (Deck);  Eddie  Mooney,  Book  No.  46671  (Stewards);  Dominick  Chirichella,  Book  No.  38237  (Engine),  and  Roderick  Smith,  Book  No.  26893  (Deck).  The  sixth  member  of  the  committee,  Alonzo  Milefski,  Book  No.  49345  (Stewards),  who  was  not  present  when  group  shot  waa  taken,  appears  in  photo  at  right.  The  Tally  Committee  was  elected  to  the  job  of  vote  tabulation  at  the­regular  Headquarters  membership  meeting  of  January 3,  and turped  to on the  task  the following  morning.  Officers  who  were  chosen  to  serve  the  Union  during  the  coming ­year  ­were  elected  in  balloting  which  began­  on  No­ vember  1 and  continued  through. December  31  in  aill  ports. :  �' TiASa­fi  JomiMrr 12.  ItSl  THE  SEAP­ARERS  LOG  Page Fhre  T  Statement Of  Policy By Maritime Unions  I'  i V  • i; • ;;  VJ:,:  fg:­:­ Hi  At  the  request  of  Vice  Admiral  Edward  L.  dition  to  carrying  supplies  to our fighting  forces  shipowner  in  the .country.  It  further  shows  it  is  Cochrane,  Maritime  A<hninistrator,  the  Ameri­ and  bases,  are  continuing  to  deliver  arms,  car­ totally  disregarding  private industry  and  trained  can  Trade  Unions  representing  the  AFL,  CIO,  goes  and  other  material  to  our  allied  nations.  available  seamen  manpower.  All  this,  in  addi­ and  Independent  Unions  in  the  Maritime  Indus­ Skilled  seamen  must  be  available  to  man  these  tion  to  disregarding  private  industry  and  leglti­  ;l  try,  have  met  in  Washington,  D.C.,  to  make  vessels  immediately.  mate  loyal  American  seamen.  The  MSTS  is  also |  known  our  views  on  the  problems  now  affecting  In  view  of  the  foregoing  we  strongly  urge  in  violation  of  the  Federal  Classification  Act  of  the  Maritime  Industry,  resulting  from  the  pres­ that  the  experience  and  skill  required  of  mari­ 1949.  This  Act  provides  that  the  wages  of  crews |  ' ent  crisis,  and  the  problems  which  will  confront  time  personnel  be  utilized,  and  because  of  the  of  Government  vessels  be fixed  and  adjusted  as.  •   the  Industry  in  the  event  of  a  full  scale, war.  essential  nature  of  jobs  in  our  National  Security  nearly  as consistent  with  the  public  interest, artd  Admiral  Cochrane  requested  the  assistance  of  Program,  that  a  policy  of  deferment  for  skilled,  in  accordance  with  the  prevailing  rate  and  prac­ ' the  Maritime  Unions  in  mobilizing  the  Industry  merchant  seamen  be  set  up  immediately.  tice  in  the  Maritime  Industry.  This  violation  of  ' for  any  eventuality.  In  making  this  request,  Ad­ Such  a  policy  would  insure  an  adequate  num­ the  Federal  Classification  Act  was  established  •   miral  Cochrane  specifically  asked  that  Maritime  ber  of  skilled  men  being  available  for  the fleet  by an official  indictment  against  the MSTS  hand­ ' Labor  draft  a­ program  for  the  present  crisis  or  nee^s,  and  would  be  in  the  best  interests  of  our  ed  down  in  a  decision  by  Mr.  Donald  Gilson,  any  future  expansion  thereof.  Further,  that  the  National  Defense  effort.  Referee  for  the  Department  of  Employment  for  ' Maritinie  Unions  furnish  top  personnel  to  assist  the State of  California. This indictment  held  that  MANPOWER  AND  TRAINING  ' in  the  formulation  of  policy  and  program,  and  the  MSTS  is  violating  the  laws  of  the  country  In  the  current  crisis  and  in  the  event  the  em­ and  is  paying  its  seamen  wages  and  imposing  ' its  administration  by  the  National  Shipping  Authority.  In  making  this  request.  Admiral  ergency  develops  into  all­out  war,  the  facilities  conditions  below  the  standards  in  the  Industry.  Cochrane  recognized  that  such  full  scale  cooper­ and  trained  manpower  available  in  the  various  In  view  of  these facts  we  call  upon  the  Chair­ •   ation  was  essential  to  the  efficient  utilization  of  Union  Hiring  Halls  shall  be  utilized  to  the  full­ man  of  the  Federal  Maritime  Administration,  ' the  Merchant  Marine  in  our  defnse.  The  com­ est  possible  extent.  Vice  Admiral, Edward  L.  Cochrane,  and  upon  plete endorsement  of  Admiral  Cochrane's  request  The  Union  Hiring  Halls  must  not  be  hindered  Secretary  of  Commerce,  Charles  Sawyer,  and  by  Secretary  of  Commerce  Charles  Sawyer  is  by any  regulations in  their  efforts  to secure  men  other  Government  Bureaus  interested  in  effici­ additioifal  encouragement  for  us.  for an expanding Industry  as they  were hindered  ency  and  in  a  proper  utilization  of  manpower,  to  The  minimum  program  which  we  believe  nec­ in  World  War  II  by  the  discriminatory • regula­ take  immediate  steps  to  correct  this  deplorable  essary  to  the  successful  defense  of  our  Nation,  tions  issued  by  the  RMO  of  the  WSA,  which  situation.  and  in  which  we  deem  it  our  duty  to  participate  prohibited  the  Union  Hiring  Halls from  securing  It  is  therefore  necessary  that,  men  in  the  entry  ratings  except  through  RMO.  is as  follows:  (1)  The  MSTS  be  limited  by  law  to  only  ,  During  World  Wsr  II,  thousands  of  new  Mer­ NATIONAL  SHIPPING  AUTHORITY  operate  troopships  in  the  event  there  are  no  chant  Seamen  were  brought  into  the  industry.  privately  operated  ships  available.  .  The  Director  of  the  NSA'  shall  appoint  as  The majority  of  these men  in  entry  ratings were  (2)  All  supplies,  war  materials  and  liquid  Deputies,  two  persons  from  Labor  and  two  from  cargoes for  the  Armed  Forces,  be  carried  by  Management.  The  two  Deputies  appointed  from  subject  to  draft.  Extensive  as  well  as  expensive  training  was  giving  these  entry  rating  men  in  privately  operated  ships  manned  by  regular  Labor  shall:  the Maritime  Training Service,  Such  recruitment  bona fide  civilian  seamen.  (a)  Be  nominated  for  such  appointments  by  (3)  The  MSTS be required  to  live up to  the  William  Green, President  of  the AFL,  and  Philip  and  training  of  these  entry  ratings  was  a  waste  of  Armed  Services  personnel,  and  the  taxpayers'  laws  of  the  land  and  deal  with  bona fide  Murray,  President  of  the  CIO.  loyal  American  Trade  Unions,  by  negotiating  (b)  Assist  the  Director  of  the  NSA  in  determ­ money,  and  actually  delayed  proper  on­the­job  ining  all  policies  and  programs  to  govern  all  training  of  competent  seamen  in  the  entry  'and  signing  Collective  Bargaining  Agree­ ratings.  ments.  functions  of  the  NSA.  In  the  event  there  is  a  greatly  increased  need  It  is  the  unanimous  contention  of  the  Sea­ (c)  Be  active  administrators  in  charge  of  all  for  martime  personnel  which  may  call  for  more  •   men's  Unions  representing  98  percent  of  the  • matters governed  by  the  NSA,  which  affect  mar­ itime  personnel  in  all  ratings,  as  well  as  other  men  than  the  Union  Hiring  Halls  can  furnish,  American  Seeimen,  that  this  deplorable  condition  line functions in keeping  with  their ability. While  the Unions,  Management  and  Government  should  inaugurated  by  the  MSTS  must  be  stopped,  and  serving  as  Deputies  they  shall,  at  all  times  be  immediately  devise  a  program  for  this  purpose  stopped  promptly  in  order  to:  and  they  should  be  guided  by  the  following  (A)  Avoid  waste  of  manpower;  responsible  to  the  Director  of  the  NSA.  basic  points:  (B)  Effect  more  efficient  and  economical  :  CX)LLECTIVE  BARGAINING  AGREEMENTS  operation:  [  (A)  The  Union  Hiring  Halls  to  recruit  all  The Collective  Bargaining  Agreements,  and  all  (C)  Utilize  the  skilled  know­how  of  the  ;  entry  ratings  needed  from  personnel  not  functions  and  rights  growing  therefrom  shall  re­ American  Shipping  Industry.  eligible for  the  draft.  main in  full force  and  effect. The  NSA  shall  not  (B)  An  upgrading  and  training  program  MARINE  HOSPITALS  interfere  with  the  provisions  or  operation  of  the  actually  carried  out  through  increased  man­ Vie  look  with  concern  on  moves  to  curtail  bona fide Agreements in  any  manner  whatsoever.  ning  scales  which  will  insure  a  supply  of  Marine  Hospital  facilities.  Our  contention  is that  ALLOCATIONS  competent  men  for  key  ratings  as  they  are  present  facilities should  be  retained  and expand­ Allocation  of  Merchant  vessels  under  the  Na­ needed.  ed.  tional  Shipping  Authority  shall  be  made  to  pri­ During  World  War  II, out­patient  and  recuper­ MILITARY  SEA  TRANSPORTATION  SERVICE  vate  US  Flag  Companies.  ation  facilities  were  provided  by  private  organi­ Labor  and  Management  have  serious  griev­ Such allocation  of  vessels shall be  on a  fair and  ances  against  the  MSTS in  its  declared  policy  of  zations.  These  facilities  did  not  meet  the  need.  impartial  basis.  by­passing  the  bona fide  American­  Merchant  Seamen  whose  nerves  were  shattered  by  enemy  CIVILIAN  STATUS  Marine. Since the inception  of  the MSTS in  Aug­ attack  whose mental and  physical  health  reached  The operation of  merchant  vessels ­shall be  car­ ust  1949,  thisorganization  has  endeavored  to,  the  breaking  point  from  exertion  and  exposuref,  ried  out  in  a  manner  which  will  preserve  the  and  has succeeded  to a  large degree  in encroach­  •  require  special  care.  The  present  curtailment  of  mvilian  status  of  Merchant  seamen  and  all  their  ment  upon  private  shipping  companies  and  dis­ these facilities  is  dangerous.  We  need  a  two­way  expansion  of  Marine  Hospitals  now  to:  rights intact.  placing  skilled  civilian  merchant  seamen.  (1)  Meet  the  normal  health  and  hospital  During  the  past  few  months  the  MSTS  has  DRAFT  needs  of  merchant  seamen;  i  Competent  seamen  are continually  being  draft­ taken  over  a  large  number  of  American  ships.  (2)  Ready the Service for  cases which  grow .  5  ed off  ships. Local  Draft  Boards have  no uniform  Ships  formerly  operated  by  private  operators  out  of  the  war  situation.  •  policy  for  this  depletion  of  manpower  in  the  with  civilian  crews  are  now  being  operated  by  PURSERS­PHARMACIST  MATES  Maritime  Industry.  Conferences  to  discuss  train­ the  MSTS  with  temporary  Civil  Service  crews.  That  a  staff  officer—Pharmacist's  Mate  be  car­ ing,  recruitment  and  other  manpower  problems  These  crew  members  used  by  the  MSTS  are  not  ried  on  each  vessel,  and  the  US  Public  Health  bona fide  seamen.  They  are  picked  up  in  any  are  being* suggested.  It  is  absurd  to  attempt  to  solve  the  Industry's  manpower  problems  sd  long  old  place,  with  total  disregard  for  their  com­ Service  be  authorized  to  train  capable  men  for  petency  and  loyalty.  With  thousands  of  loyal,  this  rating.  ^ competent  seamen  are  being  drafted.  We  feel  that  while  all  eyes  are  centered  on  The  role  of  the Merchant fleet  in  our  National  bona fide  American  seamen  on  the  beach  un­ employed  in  some  areas,  this  policy  is  deplor­ the  problems  of  coping  with  our  communist  en­ Defense  efforts is daily  assuming  greater  propor­ tions.  A  considerable  numT)er  of  ships  have  rer  able.  This  is  a  terrible  waste  of  manpower  so  emies  overseas,  the  question  of  communists  at  i  home  should  not  be  overlooked.  y i  cently  been taken  out  of  the  mothball fleet.  In­ sorely  needed  by  our  country.  A  policy  statement  on  MSTSi dated  October  3,  We  urge  in  this  regard  that  immediate  stepa  !]  dications  are '  that  more  of  these  reserve  ships  1950,  was  sent  to  Congressman  John  Shelley  of  be  taken  to  clean  out  all  commimists  from  th6  will be  reactivated  almost  daily.  It  is  vitally  important  that  the  reserve,  of  California  by  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  American  waterfront.  This  program  is  imperative  to  the  successful  iskilled  sesunen  now  on  hand  in  the  Hiring  Halls  Navy,, John  T. Koehler.  This statement  bears out  our  contention  that  the  MSTS  has  adopted  a  mobilization  of  the  maritime  industry  in  thd  of  the  ^lia fide  Unions  be  maintained  at  all  timea to man  our  merchahf  ships^  which,  in  ad­ long­range  prograrn  to set  itself  up as the largest  defense  of  our  nation.  ^  I  I  ­I  �THE SEAFARERS Page Six  LOG Friday,  Janulury  12,  1951  Bookmen Have No Trouble  Shipping  From New  York  It  By  JOE  ALGINA  NEW  YORK—The­  end  of  the  Gulf  area  for  a  bit  of  shuttling  year  wound  up  pretty  good  for  —  about  18  months'  worth  —  us  in  New  York  with  shipping  aboard  the  Camas  Meadows  and  \\nien  and  if  those  fifty  new  cargo  ships  Curran. Remember  when the CMU,  of which  moving  at  a  pretty  fair  clip.  It  the  Sweetwater,  two  tankers.  was  nothing  like  the  dear,  gone  On  ships  coming  in,  the . mem­ approved  by  Congress  ever  come  out,  you'll  the MC&S was a  stalwart, was going to take  days  of  awhile  back,  but  book­ bers  are  now  required  to  pay  be  seeing  helicopters,  torpedo  tubes  and  over  the  NMU,  Joe?  —  That  incidentally  men  weren't  having  any  trouble  the  1951  assessments  which  are  permanent  guns,  with  the  necessary  per­ should  be a lesson  to  us. Watch  your  Union,  in  shipping  out  right  away,  as  due  and  payable.  Those  who  sonnel to  handle same—shades of  the Armed  or  one  of  these  days  you  could  have  the  long  as  they  weren't  too  fussy  fail  to  pay  up  will  find  them­ Guard!—They'll  make  twenty­two  knots,  same  thing  happen  to  you.  about  the  run  or  ship.  selves  in  bad  standing.  which  is  almost  as fast  as a  Liberty  can  go.  The  New  York  waterfront  is  Crew  of  the  Catahoula  wishes  the  rest  READ  THE  OATH  a  pretty  big  place,  but  this  week  . Congress has  been  urged  by fifteen  sea­ of  the membership  to realize  that  while you  we  outdid  ourselves.  We  shipped  Incidentally,  while  the  mem­ faring  Unions  to  defer  active  seamen  from  are  under  quarantine, even  if  fired, you  are  a  crew  out  to  a  ship  4,000  miles  bers  are  out  on  these  trips—long  away  in  Palermo,  Italy.  The  or  short—it  wouldn't  hurt  to  military  service—^but  remember  that  no  stili  a  member  of  the  crew  and  shall  per­ men  were  sent  to  replace  the  read  the  Union  Oath  of  Obliga­ action  has  been  taken  as  yet.  Be  sure  to  form  your  duties  as  usual.  . . . One  of  our  crew  of  the SS  McKettrick  Hills,  tion  at  the  shipboard  meetings  notify  your  local  board  every  time  you  esteemed  members  was  sitting  at  an  oval  whose  articles  had  expired.  The  now  and  then.  change  your  address,  quit  a  ship  or  board  bar,  across  from  a  sweet  looking  gal,  when  old  crew  flew  back  aboard  the  Maybe  it  would  help  to  another  one.  There  have  been  a  few  cases  his  wife  walked  in  and  batted  him  flush  in  same  plane.  We  made  arrange­ straighten  up  some  of  the  guys  where  men  were  sent  notices  of  temporary  the  head.  When  Charlie  picked  himself  up  ments  with  the  company  and  who  forget  the  guys  working  both  crews  were  covered  by  with  them  are  their  Union  Bro­ deferment,  but  were  no  longer  using  that  and asked  what was  the whack for, she said,  thers  and  get  out  of  line  now  address,  and  as  a  result  the  deferment  was  for sitting across the table from that woman,  $10,000  insurance,  r  The  SS  Tini,  Carras,  went  and  then.  This  Union  is  still  a  revoked.  You  can  use  the  Union  Hall  as  an  you  cheat—what  an  imagination!  . . . Who  aground  several  weeks  ago  in  brotherhood  of  the  sea  and  it  address  only  until  you  ship,  then  you  must  is  the  member  frpm  Boston  that  married  a  Cherbourg.  She's  in  a  LeHarve  wouldn't  do  any  harm  to  reread  notify  the  board  of  this change.  Texas gal and is now wearing  cowboy  boots?  drydock  now  and  her  crew  was  the  Oath  all  bookmembers  took  Even  Einstein  will  have  trouble  with  this  when  they  became  members,  Is  that  what  they  meant  all along,by  "Bos­ flown  back;  they,  also,  were  I  hope  all  members  have  read  Dit  of  wisdom  offered  by  Gov.  Sherman  ton  Cowboys."  covered  by  $10,000  in  insurance.  We  bid  so  long  to  about  sixty  the  article  in  the  SEAFARERS  Adams  of  New  Hampshire: "I  believe  if  we  This  may  be  getting  monotonous  to  some  of  otm  members  this  week.  LOG  of  December  29th  written  all  would  decide  this  year  to  give  a  half  a  of  you,  but  it  nevertheless  is good  durn  ad­ They're  headed  to  the  Persian  by  Frenchy  Michelet.  Frenchy  dollar  more  work  for  the  dollar  we  receive  vice.  Go  up  for  higher  endorsements  if  you  did  a  god  job  of  outlining  the  we would  all come  pretty  near  getting  back  qualify.  This  is  important  to  your  future  duties  of  the  men  in  the  Stew­ ards  Department  and  how  they  he  half  a  dollar  we  are  losing  because  our  welfare,  both  as  an  individual  or  Union  can  operate  their  department  dollars  are  only  worth  half  as  much.".  . .  member. Bear­in mind that there are certain  efficiently  and  economically.  The  The  House  Merchant  Marine  Com|nittee,  groups  in  this  country  who  are  opposed  to  article,  I  understand,  has  been  investigafing  the  South  Amboy  blast  which  our  way  of  life  and  thinking,  who  would  well  received  by  all  who  have  read  it.  I  haven't  heard  from  killed  thirty­four  workers,  blamed  everyone  like  an  excuse  to  open  training  schools  J.  P.  Shuler  yet.  including  the  Coast  Gunrd  for  the  disaster.  where  they  could  indoctrinate  people  with  By  LINDSEY  WILLIAMS  One  point  more  before  signing  The  report  mentions  companies,  corpora­ their  crummy  ideas.  The  best  excuse  they  NEW  ORLEANS—Business  af­ off.  Men  sailing  tankers  should  tions,  and  other  inanimate  bodies,  but  does  could  have for such  schools  is a  shortage of  fairs  of  this  port  are  in  good  go  after  their  Pumpman's  en­ not  mention  living  things.  rated  men.  You  can  prevent  this  shortage,  shape,  with  all  beefs  arising  on  dorsement  as  soon  as  they  have  If  you  are  an  alien  and  have  not  as  yet  help  fulfill  our  contractual  obligations,  in­ the  necessary  requirements.  On  the five  payoffs  and five  sign­ons  registered  under  the  new  alien  registration  these  ships  the  Pumpman  is  the  crease  your  earning  capacity,  protect  your  since  the last  meeting  being  set­ tled  aboard  the  vessels  involved.  key  man,  and  there  always  is  a  law,  get  the  lead  out  of  your  britches  and  Union,  which  provides  your  wages  and  liv­ In  the  coming  two  weeks,  we  need  for  good  men  .in  this  rat­ do  so.  January  tenth  was  supposedly  the  ing  conditions,  and  kill  any  idea  that  the  have five  payoffs  scheduled  so  ing.  Right  now  the  Union  is  deadline. Head  for the nearest  post  office. . .  bureaucrats  may  have  about  opening  train­ far,  one  of  which  is  a  passenger  getting  more  and  more  tankers  Two  MC&S  crews  have  asked  the  NMU  to  ing  schools,  by  going  out  for  those  higher  ship  and  another  an  Isthmian  under  contract,  and  capable  men  take  over  their  Union,  according  to  Joe  endorsements.  vessel  coming  in  off  a  long  trip.  are  needed  for  these  jobs.  The  arrival  of  these ships  should  ease  shipping,  a  little.  The  Christmas  dinner  given  at  the  Hall  here  was  a  great  suc­ cess,  and  our  thanks  go  to  all  All  aliens  residing  in  the  Uni­ by  Immigration  and  Naturaliza­ sion  has  not  yet  expired  and  it  that  the  card  is  forwarded  to  who  helped  make  it  possible  ted  States  are  now  required  to  tion  Service  follows:  who  have  not  violated  any  of  the  Commissioner  of  Immigra­ to  those  who  gave  their  time  report  their  current  addresses  to  the  conditions  of  their  admis­ tion and  Naturalization.  DO  NOT  REQUIREMENTS  to  preparing  and  serving  the  the  Immigration  Commissioner  sion.  MAIL  THE  ADDRESS  REPORT  The  Internal  Security  Act  of  dinner,  and  to  those  who  do­ within  10  days  after  the first  CARD.  If  your  naturalization  proceed­ nated  food  and  refreshments.  of  each  year,  in  accordance  with  1950  provides  that  every  alien  It  is  very  important  that  the  ings  have  not  been  completed  (Pictures  of  New  Orleans  din­ the  provisions  of  the  Internal  who  is  required  to  register  under  and  you  do  net  yet  hold  a  Cer­ address  report  card  is  treated  the  Alien  Registration  Act  of  ner  appear  on  page  13.)  Security  Act  of  1950.  1940  and  who  is  residing  in  the  tificate  of  Naturalization  you  are"  with  care.  DO  NOT  BEND,  A special  vote of  thanks should  FOLD,  CREASE,  TEAR,  OR  IN  required  to  report.  go  to  Herman  Troxclair  and  his  The  Act  says  that  "every  alien  United States  on  January 1,  1951,  who  is  required  to  register  un­ and  on  January  1  of  any  suc­ IF  YOU  HAVE  ANY  DOUBT  ANY  WAY  MUTILATE  THE  galley  crew  for  a  bang­up  job.  CARD.  One  of  our  former  members  der  the  Alien  Registration  Act  ceeding  year,  shall  report  his  CONCERNING  YOUR  STATUS  WHEN  TO  REPORT  now in  the Army  visited  us dur­ of  1940  and  who  is  residing  in  qurrent  address  to  the  Commis­ AS  AN  ALIEN,  SUBMIT  AN  the  United  States  on  January  Within  10  days  after  January  ADDRESS  REPORT.  sioner  of  Immigration  and  Nat­ ing  the  past  week.  He  is  Bro­ 1,  1951,  and  January  1  of  any  1,  1951,  and  during  the  same  uralization  within.  10  days  of  ther  Terry  Aghoff  and  he  re­ HOW  TO  REPORT  succeeding,  year,  shall  report  his  period  each  year  thereafter.  such  dates.  (See  below,  "How  to  The  Immigration  and  Natural­ ported  that,  out  of  the  60  men  current  address  to  the  Commis­ Report.")  who  went  into  the  service  with  ization  Service  has  prepared  a  him from  this area, 40  were mer­ sioner  of  Immigration  and  Na­ In  the  case  of  any  alien  under  form  for  submitting  the  address  turalization  within  10  days  of  the  age  of  14  years,  whose  reg­ report.  The  Address  Report  Card  chant  seamen.  such  dates."  istration  under  the  Alien  Regis­ (Form  1­53)  may  be  obtained  at  From  all  indications,  the  Army  Every  member  making  a  will  beat  the  Coast  Guard  out  Forms  for  submitting  the  ad­ tration  Act  was  applied  for  by  a  any  post  office  in  the  United  donation  to  the  Union  for  of  controlling  the  seamen,  as  dress  report  may  be  obtained  at  parent  or  legal  guardian,  it  will  States.  The  Form  1­53  must  be  any  purpose  should  receive  .they  are  taking  the  men  in  at  any  post  office  in  the  United  be  the  responsibility  of  the  par­ filled  out  carefully  and  correctly.  an  official  receipt  bearing  States.  a  very  fast  clip.  One  Brother  ent  or  legal  guardian  to  submit  Be  sure  to  read  the  instructions  the  amount  of  the  contribu­ says  he  was  told  at  the  induc­ Seamen  aboard  US  ships  on  the  address  report  to  the  Com­ at  the top­of  Form 1­53.  tion  center  that  they  liked  to  January  1,  are  regarded  as  re­ missioner  of  Immigration  and  Be  sure  to  indicate  your  alien  tion  and  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  made.  induct  seamen  because  they  are  siding  in  the  United  States.  Naturalization.  registration  number.  Your  num­ If  a Union  official to  whom  good fighters  and  make  good  ber  appears  on  your  official  reg­ Alien  members  of  the  SIU  Failure  to  comply  with  the  re­ contribution  is  given  does  istration  receipt  card.  If  you  soldiers.  quirements  of  the  Internal  Se­ All  kinds  of  rumors  concern­ who  were  at  sea  during,  the  10­ curity  Act  relating  to  address  are  a  permanent  resident,  it  is  not  make  out  a  receipt  for  day  period  for .  reporting,  are  ing  the  reactivation  of  laid­up  notification  will,  upon  convic­ prefixed  by  the  letter  "A."  If  the money, the matter should  ships  are  floating  around.  One  urged  to  report  to  the  nearest  tion,  result  in  a  fine  or  impris­ you  are  a  visitor,  use  the  num­ immediately  be  referred  to  ^  of  these  has  it  that  300  ships  post  office  as  soon  as  they  get  onment  or  both.  ber  on  your  Form  257a  or  Form  Paid  Hall.  Secretary­Treas­ off  their  ships.  After filling  out  are  going  back  into  service,  and  1­94,  prefixed  by, the  letter  "V'f  urer,  SIU,  51  Beaver  StreeL  the  forrtl,  the  seamen  should  WHO, MUST  IMPORT  that  25  of  these  wUl ,com,e  from  or, the letter  "T," .  ,  , , ,  haiid  it  to  a  po^al  clerk  who  All  ''aliens, Presiding,  in  the  IVIobile.  Ho­w  the  rumor,  started  Print, (in  ink,  prj  dark  or  lip­ In ,advising,t)iie  Spcretary­t <  wiU'forward  it' to  the Immigra^  United  States on  January 1,  1951,  no  one  knows,  as  we  don't  have  delible  pencil)  the  information  Treasurer  of  such  transac­  .  except  (1)  aliens  temporarily  ad­ requested  on  the  card,  then  sign  tions,  members  should^  state  anything official  as to  ships com­ tion  Commissioner.  ing  out  of  lay­up.  If  anything  Failure  to file  a  report  of  cur­ mitted  to  the  United  States  who  it.  Be  sure  that  the  entries  are  the  name  of  the  official  and  official  does  come  through,  we'll  rent  address  can  result  in  a fine  have  not  overstayed  their  auth­ correct.  Take  the  completed  card  the  port  where  the  money  ^  orized  period  of  admission;  (2)  to  any  post  office  and  hand  it  was  tenilered.  let  the  membership  know  as  or  imprisonment.  ,  ^e text of  the notice  as issued  students  whose  period  of  admis­jto  a  postal  clerk  who  will  see  to  soon  as  possible.  Everything  Is  h Good  Shape  In  Now  tkloans  Aliens Must  Register  Under  Security  Act  6et A Receipt  I �Fiidaj. J«Bu«]qr  12'  1251  • •   "  .V'>  THE SEAFARERS LOG .  ' •   ''Miffed­'  .''f  QUESTION:  In  the  previous  issue  of  the  SEAFARERS  LOG,  Frenchy  Michelet  advanced  some  suggestions  for  improving  Stewards  Department  efficiency.  What  do  you  think  of  Brother  Michelet's  suggestions?  a DONOVAN.  Steward:  JOSE  VELASQUEZ.  Steward:  A.  J.  SINCLAIR.  Steward:  FRANK  SORIANO.  Steward:  DeFOREST  FRY.  Steward:  I  think  the  article  contained  Michelet's  article  in  the  pre­ I  agree  with  the  statement  The  Steward  must  get  the  full  If  Michelet's  article  increases  many  excellent  suggestions,  in  vious LOG  on how  Stewards can  made  in  the  article  referred  to.  cooperation  of  the  Chief  Cook  shipboard  harmony—as  I  think  zhaz  it  stressed  cooperation  with­ make  their  job  easier  and  more  that  the  Steward  and  the  Chief  in  order  to  get  the  most  out  of  it  will—U  is  a  very  worlhwhUe  efficient  had  many  worthwhile  Cook  should  work  together  in  effort.. If  the  article  is  read  care­ in  the  department,  and  particu­ suggestions.  It  is  my  opinion  setting  up the  menus in advance,  the  meats  available.  Menus  are  fully.  and  the  suggestions  fol­ larly  between  the  Steward  and  that  as  long  as  Stewards  De­ so  that  there  can  be  a  minimiim  not  made  from  a  book,  but  from  lowed.  there  will  be  more  un­ the  Chief  Cook.  If  these  two  partment  men  work  together,  of  waste. The  Steward, of  course,  the  stuff  in  the  icebox.  The  derstanding  and  more  efficiency  would  get  together  and  draw  up  nothing  can  go  wrong.  When­ has  the  final  say.  but  coopera­ Steward,  of  course,  is  the  head  in  the  Stewards  Department  and  suitable  menus  based  on  the  ever  there  is  sincere  cooperation  tion  can  produce  good  results.  of  the  department,  and  running  in  the  other  departments.  Miche­ there  is  real  brotherhood.  I  Advance  working­out  of  the  it  is  his  job  and  responsibility,  let  gave  good advice  on handling  meats  and  other  foods  actually* 'think  that  a  Steward  must  know  menus  can  utilize  left­overs,  but  he  should  consult  with  the  of  waste.  Wasting  or  spoiling  oh  hoard  ship,  it  will  do  much  each  type  of  ship  and  the  prob­ which,  despite  the  sound  of  the  Chief  Cook  on  the  menus  and  foods  is  certainly  not  something  to  promote  shipborurd  harmony  lems  arising  on  each  of  them,  word,  can  be  made  into  very  other  things  that  come  up—^who  that  can  ultimately  result  in  and  cooperation.  Of  course,  once  so  that  he  can  lay  out  his  work  tasty  meals.  It's  all  in  knowing  knows,  he  may  get  some  new  more  take­home  pay.  which  is  the  menus  have  been  drawn  up.  properly.  Conditions  existing  on  how.  like  seasoning,  preparation  ideEus  or a fresh  sleuit.  And again,  cur  constant  objective.  So  we  it  is  up  to  the  Chief  Cook  to  one  vessel  may  not  exist  on  an­ and  so on.  Efficiency  is the  thing  working  with  the  rest  of  the  should  see  that  wastage  on  follow  them,  since  the  Steward  other.  It  is the  Steward's  respon­ Stewards  should  work  for.  and  department  is  one  sure  way  of  SIU  ships  is  put  at  an  absolute  is  the  head  of  the  department  sibility  to  see  that  the  work  is  the  article  offers  some  good  tips  making  the  whole  department  minimum.  The  Steward  and  and  carries  the  responsibility.  laid  out  and  followed.  on how  to do  it.  run  smoothly.  Chief  Cook  can  work  this  out.  JOE  MILLER.  Ch.  Steward:  ­'V,  T.  E.  MAYNES.  Stewaltl:  GEORGE  KITCHEN,  Steward:  W.  GIRADEAU.  Steward:  PETE  KING.  Steward:  I  have  been  going  to  sea  for  It  is  a  gOod  article  for  the  Michelet's  article  had  swell  The  suggestions  made  in  the  I  think  Michelet's  article  is  35  years,  during  which  time  I  reason  that  crews  that  don't  ideas — the  thing  is  to  follow  Michelet  article  in  the  last  LOG  timely.  I  think  that,  the  more  have  sailed  in  every  capacity  in  know  what  the  Steward  is  up  them.  If  the  Steward  will  sit  were  logical  and  practical.  If  attention  that  is  devoted  to  the  the  Stewards  Department,  and  against  are  given  the  score  com­ down  with  the  Chief  Cook  and  Michelet's  article  contains  the  pletely.  Some  crewmen  think  work  out  menus  for  several  they  were  carried  out  to  the  problems  of  the  Steward  and  best  suggestions  for  Chief  Stew­ that  any  little  thing  they  don't  days,  so  that  the  meat  can  be  letter,  a  good  deal  of  confusion  his department,  the  smoother  the  „  ards  to  follow  thai  I  have  seen  like  should  be  tossed  over  the  properly  butchered,  it  will  make  would  be  eliminated  and.  natur­ whole  ship  will  run.  Actually,  yet.  If  more  material  could  be  side.  This  cannot  be.  To  keep  the  work  easier  for  the  Cook,  ally,  the  shipboard  efficiency  of  the  problems  of  the  Steward  added  to  this  article,  it  would  the  benefits  of  our  present  con­ insure  the  men  of  well­planned  the  Stewards  Department  would  finally affect everyone  aboard  the  serve  as  a  wonderful  guide  for  tracts  and  to  improve  them,  we  meals  and  cut  down  on  wastage.  vessel.  Michelet  has  put  every­ the  Stewards  Depi^n^pL  Since  must  operate  the  galley  as  effi­ Such  a  meeting  needn't  take*  be  increased.  Because  of  the  na­ thing  down  in  simple,  straight­ fl^^  Stew­ forward'  comdiohsense  language  food 'is rhe  bitoest' mpt^e­build­ ciently  ' as  ;^'ssible. .'By  lettihb^  more  j^hc^fan^­a^half.  tnifej  p{  iif  er  aboard  ship,  I  thixik  \t sbduld  crews  know  wbai  the  ' vari<Jus'  The Steward, ma^ehtally.  should  ard%  Department  gehs  praclicpjly  (aid  it  would'pay  every' SteW^d^  receive '  tdmditt'' atflehiion.  fodds  are ' ahd^ thd ^probleniS  Of  go  into  thC mealbox' ^ith  the  every kind ^ kidc­thai  is made.  • ^ik ~fact.  every' Wl^Vmanilfo­ When  I  go  aboard  a  ship  X  psoviding  good  meals,  the  Stew­ Cook  to see  just  what  meats  are  The  functions  of  a  Steward  are  read  his  suggestions  carefully.  bring  the  department  together  ard  will  be  able  to  get  greater  there  and  in  what  quantity,  so  numerous  and  he  has  plenty  of  If  his  suggestions  are  followed,  to  explain  their  duties  to  them  cooperation.  If  everyone  on  the  his menus  will n^^t  call for meats  opportunity  to  improve  opera­ 1  think  a  lot  of  problems  in  and  wrsie*  them  to  the  best  of  ships  will  understand  the  Stew­ that are not  available. Saving fat  tions.  To  do  this  he  must  work  feeding  will  be  eliminated  and  my  ability.  It  pays  off  in smooth  ard's  problems.  they  will  be bet­ for  lard  is a  good  idea­«­<you  get  at  it.  MicheM's  article  might  Stewards  Department  efficiency  ter  ships.  running.  better  sauces  and  graeies.  help him  to do  this.  will  be  increased.  �Page  Eight  THE SEAF AREmS LOG Friday,  January  12,  1951  w Grill, Lounge, Showers Top  Miorana's  New  Hall  Ideas  Ponce  Seafarers  At Shipmates'  Funeral Rites  Indicative  of  the  interest  being  shown  by  the  mem­ bership  throughout  the District in the  New  Headquarters  building  is  the  letter  received  from  a  New  Orleans  Sea­ farer  this  week.  telephone  booths  so  a  Brother  Vic  Miorana,  writ­ member  can  place  a  call  without  ing from  New  Orleans,  offers  his  rimning  all  over  town."  suggestions  for  facilities  in  the  new  building  that  would  be  For  the  reading  room  he  sug­ "beneficial  to  the  Union  as  an  gests  a  complete  display  of  mag­ organization  and  the  membership  azines  and  newspapers,  and  in  as  individuals."  Typical  of  the  the  reading  room,  stocked  with  close  attention  being  given  the  abundant  stationery  would  be  new  set­up  by  the  members,  an  instrument  to  give  out  with  Miorana  outlines  his  ideas  for  that  most  elusive  of  all  —  the  mMftlng  the  new  Headquarters  postage  stamp.  '  Those  are  the  Brother's  sug­ offices  a  complete  apparatus.  Several  of  the suggestions  em­ gestions,  and  it  looks  like  he's  bodied  in  his  letter  have  already  readying  himself  for  some  com­ been offered  by  members and  in­ fortable  hours  on  the  beach  if  corporated  in  the  plans,  such  as  he  hits  New  York.  a  restaurant  and  bar  for  hungry  What  are  your  ideas?  and  thirsty  men  of  the  sea.  Speaking  of  the  bar,  Moriana  notes:  "Seamen  look  for  the  nearest  tavern  to  meet­  old  friends  and  to  down  a  few  cold  Crewmembers  of  the  MV  Ponce flank  the  coffin  of  the  lale  Ernesto  Gonzalez,  who  was  killed  by  a  hit­and­run  driver  while  ashore  in  Port  Everglades,  Fla.  From  left  to  right:  P.  Miranda,  F.  Larrauri,  G.  Meirtinez,  F.  Singleton,  Captain  Owens,  S.  Crespo,  R.  Goxizalez,  R.  Vargas,  E.  Tonto,  P. Torres,  R.  Rivera,  L.  Carbone,  J. Ayeda,  G.  Gonzalez,  E.  Erazo,  L. Medina,  M.  Cortez,  E.  Aharey,  D.  Solis,  J.  Collados  and  J.  Vega.  Sepulveda Quits  Bachelordom; Wed  To Sao Paulo Miss Ernesto Gonzalez Killed By Hit-Runner The  ranks  of  the  bachelors  Florida Port; Was Veteran Seafarer aboard  ships  sailing  out  of  the  In Gulf  for  South  American  ports  Ernesto  Gonzalez,  who  was  killed  by a  hit­and­run driver  on the Federal  High­ continues  to  thin  out.  Latest  of  the Seafarers  to sign  way  in  Port  Everglades,  Fla.,  on  November  6,  has  been  laid  to  rest  in  a  Salines,  Puerto  matrimonial  articles  is  Brother  Rico cemetery,  according  to a  letter  received'from  his shipmates  aboard  the MV Ponce.  Edmundo  G. Sepulveda,  who was  A  veteran  Seafarer,  Gonzalez*  married  to  Miss  Terezinha  Bruno  had  been  a  member  of  the  SIU  All  hands  were  present  at  the  Brother  Gonzalez,  the  Ponce  in  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil,  recently.  since  July 3,  1940.  He  joined  the  funeral  services,  which  were  crew  said,  is  survived  by  his  Among  those  present  at  the  Seafarers  in  the  Port  of  New  held  in  Port  Everglades,  from  wife  and  three  children  of  Sa­ wedding  ceremony  were  mem­ Orleans,  where he  received  Book  where  the  body  was  shipped  to  lines.  bers  of  the  crew  of  the  SS  Del  No.  184.  He  sailed  in  the  Deck  Puerto  Rico  for  bmrial.  News  of  Gonzalez'  untimely  ones,  so  we  should  install  a  Sud,  on  which  Sepulveda  sails  Department  and  was  Deck  Main­ The  Ponce  crew's  letter  said  death,  which  apparently  came  as  neat  bar  and  cocktail  lounge  as  Printer.  tenance  on  the  Ponce.  that  the  men  wished  "to  ex­ he  attempted  to  cross  the  high­ where  a  member  can  bring  his  Following  the  ceremony,  a  re­ Gonzalez,  who  was  41  years  press  appreciation  to  Captain  way  at  about  11:45  AM,  cast  better  half  or  girl friend."  Right,  ception  was  held  at  the  bride's  old, also  served in  the US  Armed  Joseph  Owens,  Master  of  the  gloom  over  the  ship.  Brother,  and  so  ordered.  home.  Later,  the  guests  attended  Forces  and  saw  action  in  the  Ponce,  for  his  understanding  as­ Crewmembers  took  up  a  col­ Continuing,  Miorana  feels  that  an informal dance,  given  in hon­ last  war,  the  Ponce  crewmen  sistance  in  arranging  the  fun­ lection  which  was  turned  over  the  building  could  do  well  in  or  of  the  occasion.  said.  eral  service  for  Brother  Gon­ to  his  family.  "May  we,  through  incorporating  additional  services  zalez  .  .  .  and  for  his  attempt  the LOG,  extend  to the  surviving  to  the  membership  under  one  to  bring  a  measure  of  security  members  of  his family  our  deep­ roof.  For  instance,  he  suggests:  to  his  widow."  est  sympathy."  "Rent  out  a  certain  section  of  the  building,  or  if  insurance  regulations  prohibit  this,  operate  on"  a  profit­sharing  basis  such  installations  as  a  barber  shop,  High  praise for its  job in support  to American  forces  one­day  laundry  service,  a  sec­ currently fighting  in  Korea  was  given  the  SIU  crew  of  tion  of  coin  lockers,  and  a  sec­ By  "SALTY  DICK'  the  SS  Robin  Goodfellow  recently  by  the  commanding  General  Praises  SIU  Crew  For Snappy Troop Loading:  SS  Abiqua  Crew  Votes Donation  To Hank's Fund  Voice Of Oke Sea general of  the 7th  Infantry Division.  The  Goodfellow,  currently  ufi­*  Greetings  from  New  Orleans!  who  went  ashore  in  BA  wearing  der  charter  to  the  Military  Sea  of  the  7th  Infantry  Division  on  Del  Dean  has  quit  a  ship  to  a  straw  hat  and  a  heavy  over­ Transport  Service,  was  assigned  your  vessel  was  largely  due  to  remain  at  home  with  the  Mrs.  coat?  to  c^ry  xmits  of  the  7th  Divi­ the  assistance  rendered  our  em­ and  his  newly­arrived  heir  .  . .  Tage  Nilssen  walking  around  sion  to  the  port  of  Wonsan,  far  barkation  officers  in  promptly  Congratulations  to  Bill  Champlin  minus  his  big stomach.  He  claims  north  on  the  eastern  coast  of  loading  yom:  ship  within  the  re­ on  the  new  edition  of  his  Mar­ he  lost  it  by  working  in  the  The  fund  set  up  to  benefit  the  Korea.  In  carrying  out  the  ope­ quired  time  and  with  a  maxi­ Log,  shipfloard  newspaper—^He's  engine  room  . . . Whenever  you  infant  daughter  and  elderly  par­ ration,  the  Commanding  Gen­ mum  of  efficiency.  This  assist­ one  man  who can't be idle  either.  see  a  fire  cracker  go  off  you  Ifcents  of  "Cut  and  Rxm"  Hank,  eral  praised  the  crew  for  doing  ance  involved  continuing  long  Steve  Silvestrin  worked  on  a  can  bet  your  last  dollar  Candella  ^ weU­known  Seafarer  who  died  its  job  with  a  "maximum  of  ef­ hours  of  "hard  work  until  the  Delta  passenger  ship  for  two  is  around  . . . Moses  Milano  wor­ last  fall  was  swelled  by  $25  this  ficiency"  and  being  of  "material  ship  was  ready  to  sail.  The  ef­ years  and  then  he  boarded  her  ried  sick  over  his  falling  hair.  week  through  a  donation  made  assistance  in the  accomplishment  forts of  you  and your  ship!a  com­ as  a  passenger  to  go  home  to  He  tries  everything  that  is  sug­ pany  were  of  material  assistance  Brazil  .  . .  Stanley  Hawkins  on  gested  to  him.  Last  time  I  saw  by  the  crew  of  the  SS  Abiqua.  of  the  mission."  The  crew  of  the  Abiqua,  as  The  praise  was  delivered  to  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  the  Del  Sud  but  Uncle  Sam  may  him  he  was  eyeing  the  toupe  on  i;  reported  in  the  shipboard  min­ the  crew  in  a  letter  from  Major  mission  of  the  7th  Infantry  Di­ give  another  job  soon  . .  .  Vin­ a  store  window  dummy.  ,  I  utes  of  December  26,  voted  100  General  David  Barr,  command­ vision.  cent  Chavez,  Baker,  will  send  I  hear  it's  easier  to  get  a  call  "David  G.  Barr  anyone  his  hot  cake  recipe  if  through  from  Buenos  Aires  to  •  percent  to  donate  the  money  ing  officer  of  the  7th  Division,  "Maj. Gen.,  USA  you  send  him  a  self­addressed  New  Orleans,  than  it  is  from  ^  from  the  ship's  fund.  The  min­ whose  letter  is  as  follows:  "Commanding"  utes  reported  the  occurence  and  "I  should  like  to  express  my  envelope.  BA  to  a  spot  in  the  Argentine  I stated,  "the  membership, of  the  appreciation  to  you,  yom*  offi­ The  GoodfeUow  has  since  re­ Pretty  soon  the,  wedding  bells  interior.  S i^iqua  takes  pleasure  in  donat­ cerSj .and .l^e  members  of  your  turned  to  the. West  Coast  and  will  ring  for  bid  bachelor  Al­ By  the  time  you  read  this,  crew  for  your  outstanding  as­ is  once  more  in  the  Pacific  area.  fredo  Duarte,  down  in  Santos,  Charlie  Bradley  sliould  be  on  ing  to  this  fine  cause."  sistance  and  close  cooperation  Delegates  aboard  the  ship  dur­ Brazil  . . .  Many  took  chanced  the  Del  Sud  heading  for  BA.  "Cut  and  Run"  Hank,  whose  during  the  embarkation  of  the  ing  the  Wonsan  action  were:  B.  on  the  Argentine  lottery  but  Charlie  has  bought  more  shoes  real  name  was  Henry  Pieketow­ J  ski,  for  several  years  prior  to  7th  Infantry  Division  on  the  Ro­ Llanez,  Ship's  Delegate;  G.  Her­ none  like  Nicky  Bastes.  Some  in  Argentina  than  anyone  I  his  death  wrote  a  column  of  bin  Goodfellow  during  the  first  man,  Deck  Delegate;  Ed  Barron,  day  he'll  hit  the  ­jack  pot  and  know  . . . Max  Fabricant  telling  humor  and  Seafarer  chit­chat  week  of  September,  1950.  Engine  Delegate,  and  Joe  Gam­ then settle  down  in Buenos  Aires  me  where  to  go  for  a  good  fried  "The  successful  embarkation  blich.  Stewards  Delegate.  K for  the  SEAFARERS  LOG.  .  . Who  was  the  Third  Cook  oyster  dinner.  •   ,  �V'­'#• • ­• • • •   TttE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January  12,  1951  Page  Nine  Digested  Minutes  Of  SiU  Ship  Meetings  DEL  NORTE,  Nov.  26—Chair^  Port  Steward  and  Steward  get  reported  everything  running  man.  Bill  Higgs;  Secrelar^  together.  smoothly.  Each  man  urged  to  Lewis.  Delegates  reported  on  present  a  repair  list  to  the  dele­ XXX situations  in  their  departments.  SEATRAIN  HAVANA,  Dec.  16  gate  of  his  department  to  insure  Ship's  Treasurer  reported  $208.36  —Chairman,  Seay;  Secretary,  W.  a complete  repair list  being  turn­ in fund.  Athletic  Director  report­ Cahill.  Delegates  reported  no  ed  in  at  end  of  trip.  ed  that  crew  should  buy  cheap  beefs.  Steward  asked  to find  out  XXX iVH YOU Sie/MFP YOU/?  balls  for  use  on  deck,  and  save  if  he  can  get  buttermilk  as  weU  ALCOA  PENNANT.  Dec.  12—  the  good  ones  for  the  baseball  as  sweet  milk.  Crew  letter  writ­ Cheurman,  Edward  Fields;  Secre­ games  in  BA.  Suggestion  made  ten  to  ask  company  to  dock  tary,  J.  Stringfellow.  Delegates  that  football  pool  be  organized,  ship  in  Texas  City  on  Christmas  reports  accepted.  Motion  carried  with  a  share  of  the  proceedings  Day,  if  possible.  to  buy  a  new  washing  machine  going  to  defray  the  expenses  of  in  Canada.  Warning  giyen  to  »  »  »  , the  ship's  newspaper.  Sugges­ GATEWAY  CITY,  Dec.  16  —  crewmembers  who might foul  up  tion  made  that  members  donate  Chairman,  L.  Collins;  Secretary,  when  ship  hits  port.  something  toward  Christmas  din­ B.  Rosaw.  Delegates  reported  on  XXX ner  for  the  Brothers  on  the  number  of  books  and  permits  in  FORT  HOSKINS,  Dec.  22  —  beach.  their  departments.  Motion  car­ Chairman,  Frank  Throp;  Secre­ ried  that  the  three  delegates  get  tary,  Alfred  Gregory.  Delegates  X % i SEAMAR, Dee. i — Chairman, together  and  check  stores  com­ reported  ship  running  smoothly.  Larry Savior; Secretary, John ing  aboard.  Steward  promised  to  Motion  carried  to  send  in  ap­ Fish. Delegates reported all in correct  food  situation,  otherwise  plications  for  Coast  Guard  pass  order, except Engine Department crew  will  ask  for  a  new  Stew­ and  to  notify  Union  of  crew's  which has 2 hours of disputed ard.  action.  overtime for delayed sailing. MoXXX tion carried to turn in all repair JULESBERG,  Dec.  19—Chair­ lists before the ship reaches man,  Joe  Bums;  Secretary,  John  Panama. Vote of thanks given Caporale.  Delegates  reported  all  Stewards Department for splensmooth.  Steward  reported  that  did quality of food and service. Captain  would  not  let  him  order  XXX fruit  juices.  Fireman  reported  SEA WIND. Dec.  z. i. S. 20—Chairman.  PAOLI,  Dec.  2—Chairman,  C.  1st  Assistant  hit  him  when  he  J.  Reisbeck;  Secretary,  E.  Boyd.  complained  about  the  lack  of  Steward  reported  thaat  ship  is  Peters;  Secretary,  R.  Lapointe.  pressure  in  the  boilers.  Captain  running short  of  supplies because  Motion carried to reimburse said  he  is  calling  in  the  Coast  trip  has  been  longer  than  ex­ Ship's Delegate for cab fare to Guard  when  the ship  hits port.  pected.  Motion  carried  that  Un­ Quebec and purchase of records. Ship's Delegate to see if water the  poor  service  by  Messmen.  has  put  out  during  trip.  Discus­ XXX ion  be  advised  of  poor  mail serv­ Steward  promised  to  personally  sion  on  Captain's hostile  attitude,  ALCOA  CORSAIR,  Dec.  17  —  ice  to  Korea.  tanks will be cleaned out. supervise  meal­serving.  Electri­ which  is  in  sharp  contrast  to  Chairman, M.  Costello; Secretary,  t X * CLAIBORNE,  Nov.  1—Chair­ cian  agreed  to  overhaul  motor  the  attitude  of  the  rest  of  the  J.  Roberts.  Delegates  reports  ac­ AFOUNDRIA,^Di.  13—Chair,  man,  Grimes;  Secretary,  J.  Fer­ on  washing  machine,  and  give  officers.  A  warning  given  to  gas­ cepted.  Motion  carried  to  com­ man,  J.  Harners;  Secretary,  J.  mend  Cooks  for  good  work.  Re­ Higham.  Delegates  reported  no  reira.  Delegates  reported  no  a  report  on  its  condition  at  the  hounds  to  straighten  up.  pair  list  made  up  and  approved.  beefs.  Motion  carried  to  give  beefs.  Ship's  fund  stands  at  next  meeting.  XXX BENTS  FORT,  Nov. 12—Chair­ $57.50.  Motion  carried  for  Dele­ XXX XXX Steward's  Department  a  vote  of  gates  to  check  stores.  Steward  KATHRYN,  Dec.  17 —Chair­ man,  Manuel  Joao;  Secretary,  BRADFORD  ISLAND,  Dec.  13  thanks  for fine  work  and  coope­ asked  to  order  new  mattresses.  man,  A.  Ogindo:  Secretary,  A.  Thomas  Caffrey.  Delegates  re­ —Chairman,  H.  Benson;  Secre­ ration  given  the  crew.  Motion  Suggestion  made  that  crew  back  MacDonald.  Delegates  reported  ported  on  books  and  permits  in  tary,  H.  Swann.  Motion  carried  carried  to  keep  the  white  table  Steward  in  getting  stores;  Dele­ no  beefs.  Motion  carried  to  have  their  departments.  Delegates  dis­ to  take  repair  list  to  Chief  En­ cloths  clean.  gates  to  be  notified  if  there  is  a  emergency  panels  replaced,  as  cussed  the  privileges  of  white­ gineer  and  see  what  can  be done  during  the  war.  MacDonald  re­ card  men.  Delegate  asked  to  now.  Motion  made  to  repair  BINGHAMTON  VICTORY,  shortage  in ­stores.  minded  the  crew  that  the  men  speak  to  the  Patrolman  about  messhall  chairs.  i X X Dec.  2 — Chairman,  Ray  White;  AZALEA CITY, Dec. 19 — should  vote  during  the  ship's  getting  more  than  the  120  quarts  Secretary.  P.  Fernandez.  Dele­ Chairman, George Leideman; stay  in  New  York,  as  the  next  of  milk  now  issued.  gates  reported  a  few  hours  of  Secretary, D. Clark. Ship's Dele- time  will  be  too  late.  Steward  XXX overtime  in  each  department.  gate spoke about late sailing asked  men  to  take  only  fair  DEL  VALLE,  Nov.  12—Chair­ Delegates  instructed  to  draw  up  overtime dispute. Bosun warned share  of  fruit.  Crew  asked  to  man,  Fred Shaia;  Secretary,  Leo­ XXX a  list  of  needed  repairs  in  their  crew against throwing cigarette cooperate  in  keeping  laundry  nard  Munna.  Delegate  reported  SALEM  MARITIME,  Dec.  22—  departments.  butts out of messhall porthole room  cleaner.  the  failure  of  the  Chief  Engin­ Chairman,  Ray  Arnold;  Secre­ and putting feet on chairs. eer  to  install  the  fans  that  were  tary,  George Smith. Delegates  re­ COE  VICTORY,^ Nov.  26  —  promised.  Discussion  on  manner  ported  number  of  books  and  per­ Chairman,  Pat  Fox;  Secretary,  XXX ABIGUA,  Nov.  5 — Chairman,  to  be  used  for  distributing  books  mits  in  their  departments.  De­ W.  Flaherty.  Delegates'  reports  Julius  Moore;  Secretary,  K.  and  playing  cards.  Suggestion  to  partments  reported  total  of  11  accepted.  Motion  carried  that  Steinberg.  Delegates  reported  donate  money  to  the  boys  at  hours  of  overtime.  Suggestion  the  Patrolman  give  a  couple  of  XXX Fort  Stanton  tabled  until  next  made  to  buy  an  iron  and  board  topsiders  a  heart­to­heart  talk.  number  of  books  and  permits  in  GOVERNMENT  CAMP,  Dec.  meeting.  from  the  ship's  fund.  Members  Ship's  Delegate  suggested  that  their  departments.  Each  depart­ asked  to  discuss  their  problems  the  new  crew  purchase  a  wash­ ment  asked  to  take  turns  in  14—Chairman,  H.  A. Luhrs;  Sec­ XXX cleaning  passageways.  Ship's  retary,  H.  Goodiried.  Delegates  COUNCIL  GROVE,  Nov. 27  —  with  the  delegates  and  not  the  ing  machine,  as  the  present  one  Delegate  reported  crew  happy  reports  accepted.  Treasurer  re­ Chairman,  E.  Callahan;  Secre­ department  heads.  is  worn  out.  Crew  reminded  to  XXX over  pay  increase,  and  asked  ported  $50.22  in  ship's fund  after  ttiry,  G,  Abundo.  Delegates  re­ take  care  of  equipment.  Ship's  crew  to fill  out  Seafarers  Wel­ magazine  subscriptions  had  been  ported  repairs not  yet  taken care  OREMAR,  Dec.  24—Chairman,  Delegate  informed  men  that  fare  Plan  beneficiary  cards  in  purchased.  Motion  carried  that  of.  Crew  voted  to continue  pools,  C.  Gibbs;  Secreteiry.  L.  Reeves.  whatever  ship  they  get  on  in  the  Ship's Delegate see  Captain about  sale  of  cokes  and fines  in  order  Delegates  reported  no  disputed  Lake  Charles.  making  up  payroll  to  the  day  to  increase  ship's  fund.  Discus­ overtime.  Motion  carried  to  see  future  headed  for  the  war  zone,  the  ship  docks,  in  the  future.  sion, on  reimbursing  Brother  for  Patrolman  in  regards  to  Deck  they  should  see  that  there  are  sufficient  stores  aboard.  XXX the  use  of  his films  and film  Department  standby  overtime.  BALTORE,  Nov.  13  —  Chair  equipment.  Crew  was  asked  to  Discussion  on  keeping  quarters  man,  C.  Kemp;  Secretary,  M.  keep  phonograph  covered  when  clean  and  on  importance  of  mak­ Bunker. Motion  carried  that food  not in  use,  so  as  to prevent  dust  ing  up a  repair list.  Cooks  given  stores  on  Ore  ships  be improved.  and  moisture  from  ruining  it.  a  vo*te  of  thanks  for  improve­ Motion  carried  to  send  a  letter  ment  in  food  over  last  trip.  to  delegates  of  all  ships  asking  XXX XXX their  cooperation  on  working for  ARCHERS  HOPE.  Dec.  17  —  CITY  OF^ALMA  (Date  not  OLYMPIC  GAMES,  Dec.  3  —  Chairman, S. Emerson; Secretary,  given)  —  Chairman,  C.  Wilson;  Chairman,  Stanley  Stigen;  Sec­ better  fo­od.  Steward  promised  that  the  night  lunch  would  be  Sidney  Lipschilz.  Motion  carried  Secretary,  Walter  Wise.  Dele­ retary,  A1 DeForest.  Delegate  re­ improved  in  the  future.  that  all  delegates  get  together  gates  reported  on  the  number  of  ported  a  Cook  had  paid  off  and  and  see Steward  about  taking  on  books  and  permits  in  their  de­ XXX XXX a new  one was  being fiown  down  supplies  in  England.  Motion  car­ partments.  Motion  carried  to  YAIU^,  Dec.  19—Chairman,  C.  ROBIN  MOWBRAY,  Dec.  3—  from  New  York.  Engine  Dele­ ried  to  set  up fines  for  men  who  present  the  Skipper  with  a  wrist  Magnan;  Secretary,  A.  Gonzales.  Chairman,  J.  Buzelewski;  Sec­ gate  reported  dispute  concerning  watch.  Steward  to  collect  money  unequal  division  of  overtime  on  retary,  A.  Baum.  Delegates  re­ Delegates  reported  all  running  miss  meetings.  from  each  man  and  buy  watch  XXX breaking  of  sea  watches  in  port.  ported  some  disputed  overtime  smoothly.  Motion  carried  to  hold  in  Japan;  the  balance  of  the  The  Galley  Utility  was  thanked  in  each  department.  New  library  meeting  on  day  of  payoff  with  TRINITY,  Nov.  15—Chairman,  money  to  be  donated  to  the  M.  Lorenzo;  Secreleury,  Pete  Pia­ for  his fine  work  during the  nine  to  be  put  aboard  before  next  Patrolman  in  attendance.  LOG.  scik.  Delegates  reported  number  trip,  Poor  quality  of  night  lunch  X XX days  the  ship  was  in  port.  '  X  X  X  of  books and  permits in  their  de­ LAKE  GEORGE,  Dec.  2  —  'to  be "taken  Up  with  Port  Stew­ X  X  x'  '  Chairman,  Chairman,  John  Parsons;  Secre­ partments.  Steward  suggested  PAOLI,  Dec.  16  STEEL  DESIGNER,  Nov.  25—  ard.  John  E.  Mitchell;  Secretary,  donations  be  made  to  build  up  tary, George  Fargo. Delegates  re­ Chairman,  S.  Beames; Secretary,  XXX Charles  Peters.  Delegates  report­ ship's  fund.  ANNISTON  CITY,  Nov.  29  —  ported  no  beefs;  reported  on  Hector  Conrad. Delegates  report­ ed  no  beefs.  Ship's  Delegate  re­ XXX ed  number  of  books  and  per­ Chtdrman,  Lanier;  Secretary,  number  of  books  and  permits  in  ported  that  all  crewmembers  WILLIAM  CABRUTH,  Dec.  12  mits  in  their  departments.  Dele­ Jolws  Fisher.  Delegates'  reports  their  departments.  Disr ^i.^lcn  on  gates  elected for  all departments.  accepted.  Steward  thanked  for  what  can  be  done  to  improve  —Chairman.  Frank  Goaxin;  Sec­ should  hold  onto  their  seamen's  (Continued on Page 12) Complaints  registered  concerning  the fine  meals  his  department  food.  Suggested  that  Patrolman,  retary,  John  Stefanik.  Delegates  MS: BENEFICIARY  CARD  /er ? ASK FOR THEM  D  r  I  ...  1  "  AT SiGN­O/^S ,4N1>  FAYOFPS, OR AT  ­THE A/EAREST  OH\ON  HALL.. IT  IS  IMRPRMNT THAT^v^Rf  NAN  F/aoA/Eoi;r,i£>  \tevrTossieLF  martHa  lAiMS ;N THE'  i  kFOTi/AE"  �Winter  Hill  Breezes  Along  In  True  Seafarers  Style  En Route To liidia  Draft Article  !  Hit Bull's Eye,  .  SIU Dad Declares  he  piles  off  this  trip  in  Philly.  In  the  Steward's  Department  To  the  Editor:  This  is  my first  ietter  to  the  we  have  Mike  Michalik,  Chief  LOG  and  I  know  that  you  will  Cook,  who  is  knocking  out  the  I  want  to  congratulate  you  on."  agree  that  it  is  for  a  very  good  chow  in  true  SIU  style.  The  your  stand  in  the  article,  "End  purpose.  I  want  to  thank  the  Steward,  M.  Marcus,  who  is  a  Draft  Confusion,  SIU  Tells  Dr^t  organizers  and  patrolmen  ashore  good  joe,  is  trying  his  best  to  Board," as this  article  will  be  an  wjho  have  beep  .  making  the  get  decent  stores  aboard  and  eye  opener  to  many  an  ex­sea­ Cities  Service  ships  religiously  make  this  tub  the  best  feeder  man—and . there  are  many—who  for  the  past  year.  read  this  article.  in  the  Cities  Service  Fleet.  .I'm  on  the  SS  Winter  Hill,  It  was  right  to  the  point,  and  running  between  Philly  and  Outside  of  the  Bosun  and  the  the  thing  to  do  is  give  it  to'  Steward  we  have  100  percent  Lake  Charles,  and  there  isn't  a  them  straight  from  the  shoulder, ^  SIU  men  in  the  unlicensed  per­ trip  that  goes  by  that  we  have  otherwise  our  seamen  are  not  not  had  the  Patrolman  to  come  sonnel  aboard.  going  to  get  any  recognition  at  Closing  this  letter  I  wish  to  down  and  meet  us.  On  Christ­ aU  from  the  new  draft  act,.  mas  Day  we  had  Steve  Cardullo  again  thank  all  those  who  help­ which  is  now  being  written  in  on  the  ship  to  square  our  beefs  ed  bring  the  Cities  Service  ships  Washington.  and  get  us  a  fast  pay­off,  when  under  the  SIU  banher  and  to  Frankly,  1  think  that  Public  Among  the  Seafarers  aboard  the  Alcoa  Puritan  when  she  he  could  have  been  with  his  wish  them  all  a  Happy  and  left  New  York  on  December  29  were  the  gaUey  men  shown  Law  87,  as  of  the  78th  Congress,  wife  and  kids  on  this  Holiday.  Prosperous  New  Year  for  they  above.  Left  to  right:  Sam  Howard,  Nathan  Dixon,  Gladstone  should  be  re­instated,  setting  up  Then,  there  is  Keith  Terpe  on  stire  deserve  it.  I  remain  Ford,  William  Smothers,  Leroy  Williaims,  Rufus Carrington  and  a  discharge  procedure  for  every  Joel  Anderson  the  Lake  Charles  end  of  the  seaman,  and  thus  in  black  and  James  Armstrong.  line  who  makes  the  ship  at  all  white,  when  a  man  serves  his  *  hours  of  the  night  giving  com­ time  in  foreign  sailing  he  should  petition  to  Steve  Cardullo  and  be  exempt.  Don  Hall  in  Philly.  Now  I know  that the  American  REAL  SIU  Legion and  the VFW  are fighting  any  recognition  for  seamen  and  As  to  the  set­up  on  the  SS  thus  our  organization  of  the  SIU  Winter  Hill  at  present  I can  say  should  get  busy  on this  matter.  that  she  now  has  the. earmarks  To  the  Editor:  If  the  proper  sources  of  the  of  being  a  real  SIU  ship.  At  present  we  have  as  Skipper  the  SIU  will  contact  the  Hon.  Lyn,  I regret  at  this  time  to  inform  former Chief  Mate, E.  Monoghan,  the  crewmembers  of  the  SS  don  B.  Johnson  of  Armed  Ser.  who  is  a  bang­up  Mate  and  a  Puerto  Rico  that  this  trip  we  vices  Committee,  along  with  thflj  good  joe.  This  trip  to  Philly  are  losing  a  very  fine  member  Hon.  William  M.  Colmer,  Hon. '  we  wUl  pick  up  our  regular  of  the  Black  Gang,  Kenneth  P.  Tom  Connally  and  otheVs,  I;  think  we  wUl  get  action  on  this [  Captain,  A.  B.  Schermer,  who  mGoldman.  in  the  January  session  of  Con­ is  rejoining  the  ship  after  a  He  has  been  on  this  ship  for  gress.  The  seamen's  organiza­ '  weU  deserved  vacation.  13  months  and  has  earned  for  tions  must  not  faU  on  this  deal  The  Chief  Engineer  and  the  himself  the  righest  respect  of  for  the  present  draft  act,  accord­ ^  ­ black  gang  are  okay,  too.  The  all, including  the  Engineers. Per­ ing  to  information  I  have  re­ only  guy  on  here  who  has  been  The  Puritan's  photographer,  Juan  Colpe,  caught  this  trio  sonaUy,  I sailed  with  him  in  the  ceived,  is  to  be  conceived  for  a  trying  to  give  us  a  bad  time  is  fireroom  for  four  trips,  and  he  the  relief  Chief  Mate  who  is  as  of  Deck  Department  men  as  they  were  turning  to  on  some  impressed  me  so  much  that  10­year  basis  and  surely  our.  phony  as  one  of  those  Japanese  pre­voyage  tasks.  The  lads  are,  left  to  right,  Clemente  Flores,  deem  it  a  privilege  to  sit  down  seamen  deserve  a  setup  the same  '  cuckoo  clocks  that  they  try  to  Bosun;  Emilio  Sierra,  OS,  and  Luther  Myrex,  DM.  and  append  a  few  words  of  as  Public  Law  87.  heist  on  you  in  Yokohama.  But  praise  for  him.  ^  Those  holding  Certificates  of  our  troubles  wUl  be  over  when  Kenny  was  an  ideal  worker  Continuous  Service  as  signed  by '  and  it's  impossible  to  find  a  President  Truman  from  1946  to  better  shipmate.  For  a  yoimg  1948;  inclusive,  should  have  ex­ ,  man  of  only  23  years,  he  was  emption  and  a  definite  program  feeding  and  when  the  SIU  is  very  mature  and  not  the  least  as  imder  the  above  law  worked  To  the  Editor: ­ happy  the  commies  are  un­ bit  conceited.  I  am  sure  that  he  out  to  protect  our  seamen  who  •  Here  is  a  little  item  I  would  happy—and  all  is  well.  will  be  missed  greatly  by  the  carry,  supplies  to  our  armed  appreciate  having  run  in  the  forces.  '  John  (Scotiy)  Clark  men  in  the  Engine  Department.  LOG  as  food  for  thought.  It  is  Why  am  I  interested?  I  have  Joseph  (Paddy)  Farrell  SS  Del  Sud  TQ  the  Ediloz:  in  regard  to  the  efficient  job  a  son  who  is  a  member  of  the '  To the Editor:  Goldman Gets  Big Send­Off  From Shipmates  Readers Ask  Mar­Log Writer  To Continue Yarn  Brother Dishes Out Praise To Competent Galley Men Please  mail  the  LOG  to  my  being  done  by  the  best  maritime  Capable Cantlgny  Crewmen  home  address  so  that  I'll  have  union  in  the  world,  namely  our  several to read on my  trips there.  own  Union,  the  SIU.  I  very  seldom  get  to  read  one  Thanks  to  our  shoreside  ^­ aboard  ship  until  it's  weeks  old  ficials,  we  are  enjoying  the  best  and  it  has  been  passed  aU  over  conditions  of  any  Union  ashore  or  afloat  as  a  result  of  their  the  ship.  If  you  have a  LOG  of  Novem­ competency  in  negotiations  of  ber  10,  please  mail  me  that  is­ contracts.  sue  also.  But  to  be  efficient  in  keeping  Pm  trying to  write a  story  for  up  the  good  reputation  of  our  . cur  LOG  each  trip,  or  rather  I  Union,  one  must  have  a  well­ say  our  shipboard  news­ nourished  body  and  that's  where  k should  paper,  the  Mar­Log,  published  a  good  Stewards  Department  by  the crew  of  the  SS  Del  Mar.  comes  in.  A  well­fed  crew  is  a  The  articles  are  called  "A Stew­ happy  crew.  ardess  Goes Shopping."  BEST  ANYWHERE  So  many  have  liked  it  that  they  have  asked  me  to  continue  We  have  in  the  SIU  the  best  them,  which  I  hope  to  do.  The  Cooks  and  Bakers  to  be  found  articles,  of  course,  wiU  concern  anywhere,  and  yet  one  can  al­ the  ports  at  which  we  stop,  ways  find  a  few  that  will  con­ j  I wish  to  thank  the  LOG  edi­ tinue  to  beef  about  the food;  and  t\)k Ui­ ?l|kmg;  Story  enough  |;he 'Way  it  Is  haridlfed.'  ''  The  dities  Seihiic4 ' tUttkbi  bWas<s' ;a fii'sl­tafef  to, publish  it  in  the  JToveniber  ihe'^bip­'  10  issud.  ilbping  ^ir&iy' Mother  'flon't  forget  the  niembers'  oi  SIU 'cc^W^  Itdz^  itV ibme'of'ike idcte't^ponsible'  and  Sister  members  will  enjoy  the  Stewards  Department  are  shape  condition  of  the  vesseL  Kneeling,  left  to right:  J.  Ara­ the  efforts  I  so  humbly  make  also  Union  members  and  our  basz,  MM;  E.  Celkos,  AB;  T.  Daly,  AB;  M.  Muniz,  Wiper.  toward  adding  good  fellowship  Brothers.  Give  them  praise when  Standing:  J.  Kovachic,  QS;  V.  Williamson,  Oiler;  J. Trudeau,  and  goodwiil  wherever  the SEA­ it  is due,  for  then  they are  happy  AB; J,  Nortisi  J, gterlsnci  Al; J. Anido; FWTj Sd MosakdwgkL  and  they  will  keep  us  all  happy  DM.  Standing  behind  lift  ring is ^ Kxug.  Photo  by  FARERS LOG  is read.  by  taking  more  interest  in  the  salves, .BR.  .  RoMlie  SIU  and  proud  of  it,  and  so  the  '  above  recommendation  for  what­ ever  it  is  worth  in  the  effort  to .  help  our'seamen.  T.  J.  McGill  Vernon,  T^xu  New Seafarers Thank  ILA  Men  For Strike Aid  To  the  Editor:  In  view  of  our  appreciation  o#  the  recent  action  qf  the  Jong­ shoremen  of  Chester,  Pa.,  we,  the  crew  of  the  recently­organ­ ized  vessel  SS  Southern  Cities,  would  like  you  to "print  in  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  a  vote  of  thanks  to  these  men  for  their  aid  in  our  very  successful  strike  held  in­ Chester,  Pa.,  on  Mon­ day,  Nov.  20. .,  y  ^  We  regret  the  fact. that!  don't  know  the  number  of  "t^e  .  ifA Local  there,  biii  I  kmi'if 'it  is  necessary,  our  PhUadelphia  Agent,  Steve  Cardullo,  will  be  more  than  glad  to  give  yoir  any  further  details.  .  Bob  Brown  • i'­ 88 Southern  CiHes;  •  •  ii.#;  �•   4;.­ Friday. JTanuaxy  12>  1951  THE SEAFARERS Just Befpre  The Trip Started  LOG Page  Eleven  Nothing Wrong With The Steel Fabricator  Except  Ports  Of  Call,  Sprano  Observes  To  the  Editor:  J.  E.  Bell,  ship's  treasurer  aboard  the  Archer's  Hope,  turned  to  with  his  camera  as  the  CS  tanker  prepared  for  the  run  to  the  Persian  Gulf.  Here  he  shows  (left  to  right)  Joe  Selby,  AB;  Tony  Tosado,  DM;  C. Wiggins,  OS;  Red  Bowe,  DM,  and  Red  O'Roiuke.  Wiggins  and  Bowe  paid  off  before  ship  started  out,  "but  we  all  miss  them,"  says  Bell.  BEEF  SETTLEMENT  ON  DEL MUNDO  SCORES BIG  HIT  To  the  Editor:  We,  the  crew  of  the  SS  Del  Mundo,  thank  and  praise  Paul  Warren  and  Buck  Stephens  for  the  efficient  way  they  handled  a  beef  on  this  ship.  From  the  time  the  beef  was  mailed  into  'the  New  Orleans  Hall,  to  the  time  it  was  settled  in  the  commissioner's  office,  i  was  a  remarkable  job.  It  took  poise  and  experierice,  which  were  certainly  not  lacking  in  Paul  and  Buck.  As long  as we  have men  of  the  caliber  pf  Paul  and  Buck  there  Tony  Tosado  was  on  the  heed  not  be  any  worry  or  any  job  when  Brother  Bell's  cam­ obstacles  to  stand  in  the  way  of  era  came  his  way  again.  a  greater  SIU.  Signed  by  14 crewmembers  Yalentis  Spread  Cheer  SS  Del  Mundo  I  never  had  the  time  to  write  to  the  LOG  about  a  trip  before  but  since  I  had  to  get  off  my  ship,  the  Steel  Fabricator,  to  take  my  physical  for  the  Army,  I  have  plenty  of  time  as  they  found  out  I'm  4F.  Well  enough  of  that.  My  trip  to  India  aboard  the  Isthmian  scow  was  more  exciting.  The  ship  itself  was  a  very  clean  one.  The  Steward  was  a  six­foot­ five  stump  jiunper  who  came  from  New  Orleans.  Higgenbot­ tom  is  his  name.  And  he  has  a  heart  as  big  as  he  is  himself.  Any  guy  who  would  give a  crew  seedless  grapes  and  chocolate  milk  every  chance  he  had  is  okay.  His  grub  was  darn  close  to  that  of  the Waldorf.  The  Chief  Mate  is  another  king, but  his nam'e  is R.  K. Wing.  "Tex"  (left)  Fireman,  and  C.  Greenwood,  Chief  Electrician,  If  you  ever  sail  under  him  treat  lean  on  the Steel  Fabricator's  rail  and  turn  on  smiles  for  the  him  square, as  he  is  one  of  those  camera  of  Brother  Sprano.  chiefs  who  appreciate  a  gO'Od  crew.  to  talk  about  but  not  to  go  to,  camel  after  eight  days.  If  that  We  left  the  States  in  August  especially  if  you're  Jewish,  in  isn't  dry  enough  then  get  the  and  hit  Beirut  first,  where  the  which  case  they  might  try  to  back  of  an  unlicked  postage  boys  got  some  liquid  sea  stores. j  part  your  toupe from  your  shoul­ stamp.  Then  off  to  Alexandria,  where  ders.  Jibuti  is  where  they  get  Colombo  and  Madras  must  be  we  gave  the  guides  a  hard  time,  their  longshoremen  from  the  places  where  the  Captain  sends  so  hard  they  didn't  take  any  woods.  They're  still  wearing  the  back  a  post  card  to  the  company  money  out  of  us. So  one  of  them  bones  in  their  noses,  and  they  to  let  them  know  that  the  ship  tries  to  pick  my  pocket.  I  guess  have  that  soup  pot  look  in  their  is  still  afloat.  At  last  we  hit  Cal­ they  are still  trying  to straighten  eyes.  cutta.  Ah!  It  was  a  sad  day  his  neck.  After  we  caught  a  few  sharks  when  we  left,  as  the  buzzards  Then  we  headed  east  through  we  picked  up  the  hook  and  lost  a  good  meal.  We  arrived  the  Ditch,  but  not  until Joe  Mur­ headed  further  east.  Karachi  was  back  in  the  States  in  November  phy  got  a  few  skins  out  of  the  good.  We  stayed  there  three  all  safe  and  sound—an  act  of  boys.  Jedda  and Jibuti  are places  hours.  Bombay  is  as  dry  as  a  God  was  performed.  Cornelius  (Conn)  Sprano  Dons  Khaki, Seeks  Mail  From Shipmate  To  the  Editor:  In New Orleans Hospital  Send  'Em In  Don't  hold  your  pictures  and  stories  of  shipboard  acti­ vities.  Mail  them  to  the Sea­ farers  Log,  51  Beaver  St.,  New  York  4,  N.  Y.  If  you  haven't  the time or don't  feel  in the  mood,  just forward  de­ tails.  We'll  do  the  rest.  Pic­ tures  will  be  returned  if  you  wish.  To  the  Editor:  Would  you  please  put  a  no­ tice  in  the  LOG  regarding  the  cindness  shown  to  SIU  mem­ bers  in  the  New  Orleans  Marine  lospital  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pete  Valenti  at  Christmas  time.  The  Valentis  distributed  gifts  and  good­wishes,  which  I  am  sure  were  deeply  appreciated  by  all  who  were  recipients  of  their  generosity.  George  Harding  Brother  Sprano  holds  one  of  the  Fabricator's  monkey  passengers,  while  his  fellow­travellers  peer  out  from  their  accommodations  in  the  rear.  Report On Israeli Ships 'Distorted,' Says Unionist; Conditions Due To Poor Representation, SIU Man Finds To  the  Editor:  I  entered  the  Army,  on  No­ vember  20  and  so  will  not  be  going  to  sea  for  awhile.  Will  you  please send  the LOG  to me  while  I'm  in  the  Army.  I  joined  the  Union  in  March  1945  and  hav€|  Book  No.  40856.  I'd  appreciate it  if  some  of  my  old  shipmates  would  drop  me  a  line.  I  hope  to  get  out  jn  21  months  so  that  I  can  go  back  to  sea.  Thanks  a  lot,  I'll  drop  over  to  see  the  new  New  York  Hall  when  I  get  a  chance.  Ret.  Lewis  P.  Talarvini  Co.  I,  39th  Inf.  Reg'i  Fort  Dix,  N.  J.  ^  Aids  Science  ada.  Blazer,  a  retired  Seafarer,  To  the  Editor:  am  quite  sure  that  the  Union  was  aboard  the ship—^Ed.)  The  sequel  mentioned  in  the  men  will  not  be  the  ones  to  re­ Kindly  put  us  on  your  mail­ By  doing  so  a  distorted  picture I letter  above  never  reached  the  ceive  the  most  benefits from  any  ing  list.  In  return  we  Will  gladly  is  given  to  your  readers  who  contractual  agreements  entered  mail  you  our  periodical,  which  might  justly  think  that  this  is  LOG  office  because  it  was  lost  into.  I  have  heard  a  union  rep­ in  the  mails  qnroute  from  Is­ might  give  you  an  idea  of  what's  our  standard  on  Israeli  ships.  rael.  In  answer  to  the  letter,  resentative  tell  an  engineer  that  Our  conditions  in  general  com­ however,  I  would  like  to  inform  if  he'worked  for  another  com­ going  on  in  our  union.  pare  favorably  with  those  in  any  the  writer and  the LOG's  readers  pany  he  would  never  return  to  1  In  your  newspaper  (SEAFAR­ progressive  maritime  country,  the  company  he,  was  working  ERS  LOG)  of  September  1,  1550,  taking  even  under  consideration  that  I  boarded  more  than  one  for  at  the  present.  I  have  seen  Israeli  ship  and  spoke  with  the  there  appeared  a  letter  written  the  fact  that  our  shipping  in­ crew  members.  I  also  worked  men  with  ratings  on  the  beach  by Walter  Blazer,  describing  con­ dustr;^  is  the  youngest  in  the  aboard  another  ship  when  I  left  for  months  because  they  had  dis­ Israel  and  the  conditions  in  gen­ putes  with  the  man  in  charge  of  ditions  on  an  Israeli  ship.  A  se­ world.  Not  knowing  exactly  the  rou­ eral  were  very  much  the  same.  shipping  and  I  have  seen  men  quel  was  promised,  but  unfor­ tine  of  Israeli  ships,  it  is  strange  If  conditions  are  so  good  on  shipped  because  they  had  a  let­ tunately  that  was  the  only  num­ ter  from  the  company.  m>­­: •  ber  of  your  newspaper  that  fell  to  compare  them  with  the  SIU  Israeli 'ships  why  was  an  inde­ mr  ships  and  to  point  up  our  ap­ pendent  efficiency  expert,  who  I  am  well  familiar  with  the  into  my  hands,  so  I  can  only  parent  inequities.  was  a  swell  guy  but  knew  noth­ routine  of  the  Israeli  Merchant  dwell  on  the  first  ^art  of  tjie  ;  Blazer  should  have  written  his  ing  about  ships,  hired  by  the  Marine  and  I  am  sujre  that  the  letter. :  \  iettqr.  after  learning  thoroughly  union, to  x^ort  on  working  con­ seamen  would  benefit  .  much  ' It  is  not  iaiij',  jn  my  opiniph.J  ithe , conditiohs  of, ppfk  existing  ^^tiqns,  aboard  the  ships? ,  The  more  if  they  were  to  have  better  Pete Salvo,  who recently left  to  describe  conditions  on  a  par­ on  Israeli flag  ships.  His  im­ answer  is  that  too  many'of  the  representation.  I grant  the  writer  Baltimore  Marine  Hospital  af­ ticular  ship  which  had  just  been  pressions  then  would  have  been,  men  were  griping  and  this  fel­ that  not  aU  ships  are  in  as  ­ter  participating  in  a  10­day  taken  over  by  the  Israeli  crew.  more  exact.  low  was  called  in  to  investigate.  chaotic  a  condition  as  was  the  medical  project  to  develop  a  (Blazer  described  a  voyage  to  Dan  Giland  When  the  Labor  Federation  SS  Akko  but  many  of  them  plasma  substitute,  is  gradually  Haifa  of  a  vessel  thai  was  taken  Israeli  Seamen's  Union  and  the  company  are  one  or­ come  pretty  close.  getting  back  is  natural  color  over  by  an  Israeli  crew  in  Can­ Haifa,  Israel  ganization  behind  the  scenes,  I  Walter  Blazer  and  says  he  feels fine.  �Page  Twelve  T H E S E A F.A E, E R S LOG I  , Calradars Issued  By Circl® Bar  Were Union Made  I i  lUdty, Jmifxy 1%  1951  Big Brass' Small Talk Irks  Advocate  Of  Strong  Flc^  Part Of  The  Happy Family'  sailed Jately.  If  he  has  he  ought  to  get  out  his  statistics  and  look  To  the  Editor:  Herewith  I  send  you  an  ar­ them  over,  because  the  Merchant  ticle  from  the  New  Orleans  Marine  has  one  of  the  lowest  I  received  a  letter  today  from  Times­Picayune  of  December  13,  records  in  accidents  for  hazard­ our  Agent  in  Savannah  remind­ from  which  I  quote  a  tin­can  ous  industries  in'the US,  regard­ ing  me  that  my  1950  calendars  Admiral,  who  said:  less  of  the  fact  that  each  Man  did  not  have  the  union  bug  on  "The  Merchant  Marine  is  not  in  the  Merchant  Marine  does  composed  of  the  type  of  men  what  is  considered  a  three­man  them.  I  would  appreciate  it  fi  necessary  for  both  peace  and  job in  the Navy. If  by his  remark  you  would  print  my  answer  in  war,  especially  for  war."  And  that  some  of  the  unseaworthy  the  LOG,  as  follows:  "we  do  not  have  the  Merchant  men  are  suffering  from  psyehon­ The  Circle  Grill  and  Club  at  Marine  the  public  thinks we  do."  eurosis  he  means  that  some, of  2327  Avenue  F, Galveston,  Texas,  And  from  Captain  E.  C.  Hol­ us  are  nuts,  I  agree  with  him.  through  a  very  serious  over­ den, Jr.,  USNR  and  Master  Mar­ sight,  mailed  calendars  to  var­ iner,  we hear, "The  accident  rec­ There's  nothing  we  can  do  but  ious SIU  Halls  that  did  not  have  ord  aboard  ships  is  aggravated  get  nuts  when  we  see  American  the  union  bug  printed  on  them.  by  many  unseaworthy  men ..." ships  all  over  the  world  under  This  was  no  fault  of  mine.  I  think  that  is  a  heck  of  a  foreign flags,­  and  government  way  for  an  Admiral  or  anyone  officials  who  want  to  give, our  The  local  agent  that  I  ordered  else to  talk,  especially since  they  ships  away,  2,000  ships  in  layup,  my  calendars  from  promised  to  are  sujiposed  to  know  the  job  merchant  seamen  trained  for  reimburse  me  with  the  same  their  jobs  being  put  into  the  number  of  calendars  that  I  or­ G.  D.  Dowlas, sutoutied  this  photo  to  shew  some  of  the  these  same  men  did  in  the  last  Army,  etc.  iginally  ordered.  lads who  make up  the "happy  family" aboard  the SS Portmar.  World  War.  All  I  can  say  is  we  Yes,  Captain  USNR,  some  of  They  will  have  the  union  bug  Front  row  (left  to  right):  BedelL  MM:  Harris.  Deck  Eng.;  carried  the  GIs  and  the  sup­ us  are  nuts,  but  we're  not  the  plies  over,  there  and  back  and  Wright.  Oiler.  Second  row:  Tingley,  AB;  Layko,  Wiper.  Rear:  on  them.  only  ones,  not­  by  a  damned  we'U  do  the  same  in  World  War  WaUer  Brightwell  Johnson,  OS;  Orlando,  Wiper.  sight.  I  sure  wish  somebody  HI,  that  is  if  the  trained  per­ would  stop the  small  brass  from  sonnel  of  the  Merchant  Marine  talking  so  much  and  put  them  is  not  put  into  the  Army.  to  work  on  something  to  stop  As  for  not  having  the  Mer­ those  Russian  schnorkel  subma­ chant  Marine  the  public  thinks  before sailing.  Second  Electrician  for  all  hands.  Crew  asked  to  co­ we  do,  wjio  is  responsible?  It  rines,  when  they  come.  {Continuei from  Page 9)  papers  and  not  turn  them  over  thanked  the  crew  for  sending  operate in  keeping laundry  clean.  certainly  isn't  the  public  or  the  By  Gad  if  these  guys  With  the'  to  the  Coast  Guard.  Ship's  fund  him  cigarettes  while  he  was  in  Steward  complained  that  his  re­ seamen  but  guys  like  the  ones  gold  in  their  caps  will  do  their  quisitions  are  being  cut  and  is  quoted  above  v/ho  are  looking  jobs,  we'll  do  ours.  And  if  thby  reported  as  standing  at  $59.95.  the  Hospital.  always  running  short. "  4  4  4  Punching  bag  to  be  made  by  for  saboteurs  and  letting  the  don't,  we  psychoneurotic  mer­ Dayman;  Messman  to  buy  box­ FELTORE,  Oct.  17—Chairman,  chant  seamen  still  will  do  our  ships  rust  in  the  boneyard.  4  4  4  J.  Arnold;  Secretary,  E.  Abies.  STEEL  AGE,  Dec.  24—Chair­ As  for  the  Master  Mariner,  jobs  when  they  start  yelimg  for  ing  gloves.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Mo­ man,  H.  Fowler;  Secretary,  W.  USNR,  who,  incidentally  is  man­ men,  oil  and  guns.  We'll  be  out  3.  3^  PONCE  DE  LEON,  Dec.  12  —  tion  carried  that  crew  is  in  fa­ Steurk.  Fines  determined  for five  ager  of  a  P  and  I  Agency  and  there, with  or  without  Navy  pro­ Chairman,  Frank  McGuire;  Sec­ vor  of  an  immediate  boycott  of  men  who  fouled  up  during  trip.  actually  .  represents  insurance  tection,  too.  '  William  J. Blanco  retary.  O. Jones.  Ship's  Delegate  Panamanian  shipping.  Vote  of  Motion  carried  to give  the Union  companies,  I  don't  think  he  has  reported  on  logs  against  men  in  thanks  given  Stewards  Depart­ a  vote  of  thanks  for  the  raise  in  Deck  Department.  Motion  car­ ment  for  excellent  preparation  pay.  Also  asked  that  an  eifort  be  made  for  a  imiform  draft  ried  to  have  Steward  noti^  of  food.  regulatimi  concerning  seamen.  three  delegates  and  check  stores  of  food  coming  aboard  the  ship.  4  4  4  Motion  carried  to  have  the  com­ CANTIGNY,  Dec.  10 —Ch^r­ pany  install  stainless, steel  sinks  man,  C.  Aschon;  Secretary(  not  To  the  Editor:  Truman  has  been  sold  by  "ex­ in  the  pantry  and  galley.  Stew­ given).  Delegates  reported  on  perts"  the  false  bill  of  goods,  ard  volunteered  to  get  new  rec­ books  and  permits  in  their  de­ On  September  6  I  wrote  a  "the  push  button."  ords  and  library.  partments.  Motion  carried  that  letter  and  mailed  it  to  you  when  We  are  in  for  bad  weathei:.  anyone  missing  watch  be fined  the  show­down  with  Asiatic  Bol­ 4  4  4  4'  i  i  Not  today,  but  tomorrow.  What  CATAHOULA,  Dec. 10—Chair­ $10,  the  money  to  be  given  to  shevism  was  not  as  apparent  as  will  happen  tomoirow  when  we  DEL  VALLE.  Dec.  24—Chair­ • .  «nan,  Leonard  Munna;  Secretary.  man,  Rocky  Milton;  Secretary.  the person  who stands  the watch.  it  is  now.  The  letter  at  the  time  shall have  to  meet  on  the battle­ Fred  Shaia.  Delegates  reported  L.  Stephenson.  Ship's  Delegate  Short  talk  given  on  the  import­ was  ahead  of  time  and,  conse­ fields  of  Europe  some  500  divi­ disputed  overtime  in  all  three  to  ask  for  Patrolman  to  meet  ance  of  the  shipboard  meetings  quently,  you  did  not  print  it.  sions?  —  let  Senator  endenberg  departments.  Motion  carried  that  with  port  steward  and  ship's  and  the  necessity  to  be  on  time.  Today,  however,  you  might  give  answer  the  question.  "We  don't  it  youjp  consideration  when,  in  an  arrival  pool  be  made  up.  Steward  concerning  shortage  of  •  4  4  need  an  American  Merchant  Ma­ meats  in  ship's  stores.  Motion  Ship's  Delegate  to find  out  from  DE.  ­ W  VICTORY.  Nov. 1—  view  of  the  crisis,  the  seamen  rine,"  said  he,  the  "expert"  on  Agent  if  a  man  can  be fined  for  carried  to  write  company  re­ Cbairmn*.  L.  Vanlofton;  Secre­ should  have  also  their  say.  And  Foreign  Policy.  not  arriving  aboard  ship  an hour  questing  innerspring  mattresses  tary,  Gmorge  A.  Allen.  Delegates  here  is  the  letter.  FAR.  FAR  AWAY  reorted  everything  okay.  Motion  Starting  with  Taft,  who  is  No.  1  enemy  of  labor,  most  Sena­ The illustrious Senator will aiot  carried  to»send  a letter  to  New  tors  who  claim  to  be  super  pa­ have  to fight  the  war.  He  will  Orleans  regarding  the  mail  sit  triots,  generally  take  care  of  be  out  of  the  reach  of  V­bombs  nation.  their own  interests first,  last,''and  fired  at  us  from  a  schnorkel  always.  This  explains  why  the  and  quite  safe  also  from  the  To  the  Editor:  There  is  nothing  to  prevent  RECRUIT  LONSKI  Senators,  who  sounded  off  as  if  atom  bomb  dropped  upon  tis,  the  same  from  occurri|ig  ­today.  HAS  RUSTBUCKETS  surprised,  shocked,  and  astound­ New  Yorkers,  from  an.  enemy  We,  the  crew  of  the  SS  Mass­ How  can  a  minority  of  good  ed  at  the  tone  of  President  Tru­ plane.  Those  who  went  aboAt  mar,  feel  it  is  time  to  bring  the  Union  men  aducate  a  majority  IN HIS HEART  man's  reply  in  his letter  to  Con­ the  country,  peddling  the  "push  issue  of  the  draft law  before  the  of  anti­union  men.  From  past  gressnTan  McDonough  requesting  button"  did  that  in  the  interests  tnembership  for  the  good  of  our  experience  we  know  as  Union  To  Ihe  Editor:  representation  for  the  Marine  of  their  own,  and  will  keep  out  tJnion.  men  we  stand  on  dangerous  Under  the ^  present  law,  we  ground.  Therefore,  we  feel  our  I am  stationed here  in  a  heavy  Corps,  seemed  not  to  see  and  of  harm's  way,  quite  safe  at  understand,  no  merchant  seaman  Union  should  get  behind  the  automotive  maintenance  com­ savvy  that  Truman's  tone  was  home.  Only  those  who  will  have  to  is exempt  from  military  training  representatives  of  our  states  in  pany.  I  ran  into  quite  a  few  of  a  man  righteously  angry.  ,  NO  MEN,  NO  SHIPS  do  the fighting  and  those  who  ­no  matter  what  his  rating  is.  Congress  and  make  an  amend­ ex­seamen,  one 'in  particular  be­ We  feel  that  this  is  detrimental  ment  to  the  law  which  would  ing  Norwpod  (Duke)  Barbour,  Having spent  $50,000,000,000  on  will  have  to  deliver  the  goodB  who  entered  the  Army  last  No­ to  our  Union  in  this  respect:  armaments  and  having,  conse­ and  keep  the  ships  sailing,  will  at  least  partially  exempt  mer­ vember  15  in  North  Carolina.  quently,  ordered  police  action  in  have  to  leave  home  and  go  out  Under  the  newly  declared  chant  seamen.  emergency  we  all  realize  in  due  We  ask  the  membership  not  to  They  drafted  me  in  Chicago  Korea,  our  President  has  neither  in "convoy,  and  face  the  schnor­ time  that  our  merchant  marine  confuse  this  statement  with  an  on  November  13.  We  were  both  the  trained  reserves  of  men  nor  kel­infested  Atlantic.  It  is,  there­ Will  be  expanded.  We  will  need  attempt  to  prevent  us  from  be­ on  the  Bull  Lines'  SS Arlyn  and  the  merchant  ships  ready  to  fore,  that  the least  our  Senatois  competent  personnel  to  man  the  ing  drafted,  but  to  consider  it  would  appreciate  it  if  you  would  transport  them  to  Korea  in  order  could do for  those who  will  have  give  the  gang  our  regards  to  do  the  ojb­  there,  as  beconi.es  to  cross  the  Atlantic,  is  to  equip  Ships..  in  the  light  of  being  for  the  through  the  LOG.  officers  of  the  law  and  perform  the old  ships with  new life  boats.  With  the  drafting  of  merchant  best  interest  of  the  Union.  If  it's  possible  I'd  like  to  have  in  a  manner  compatible  with  the  The  tin  tubs  of­  the  last  war  seamen  today,  their  places  must  signed  by  25  crewmembers  the  LOG  sent to  me  so  we could  honor  and  dignity  of  the  United  were  unseaworthy.  Some  2,000  be  filled  by  newcomers  to  our  seamen  drpwhed  in  the  last  war  keep  in  touch  with  the  Union.  Union.  As  a  great  number  of  (Ed.  note:  The  Union  has  States.  Far  from  it.  Our  Brothers  are  in  the  draft  been  in  contact  with  selective  They  tell  us  we'll  be  here  . a  Our  "policeman"  has  failed  to  becatise  the  tin  life  boats  were  age,  they  stand  to  be  called  for  service directors  in all  48 states  long  time,  but  we  "hope  to  be  arrest  the  Korean'culprit.  Worse  unseaworthy.  The  clinker"  buHt  military ;  training ; at  any  time.  and  has  been  told  that  mer­ back  in  August  1952  to  help  atill. For  tiwo  months,  the ScraW'^  wWodefa'life  boat,  built  on  the  We  all  know  the  WSA,  RMO,  chant  seamen  with  certain  keep  those  rustbuckets  sailing  in  ney  coolie  has  been driving  back  lines  of  a  whale  boat,  will  ride  the  "policeman"  in  a  manner  to  out  the  gale  on  rough  seas.^^  It  and  Maritime  Commission  in  the  specialities  and  men  on  ships  SIU  style.  Ret. G.  L. (lionnie)  Lonski,  make  our  faces  red.  Already  we  is  time  to  build  the  new  liie  last  v/ar  attempted  to  fill  these  in  certain  operations  are  bping  have  lost  face  in  Asia.  We  are  boats  now.  55044861  tmcancies  with  men  ill­trained  exempted,  but  no  blanket  de­ losing  face  in  Europe  and  fast,  There  is  not  much  time  left  9941h  Ord. H.  A.  M.  Co.  in  their  duties  and  well  trained  ferment  could  be  given  sea­ R. J. Peleraoitt ­'  men  yet.)  too.  And  just  because  President  Camp  Rucker,  Ala.  in  anti­unioism.  To  ihe  Editor:  Digested Minutes  Of  SIU Ship  Meetings  Adequately­Equipped  Ships  Seen  As  Vital  To  Defense  Massmar Men Hold Draft Sweeps Skilled Off Ships �. f7r V,yL,y?.­.­ Friday,  January  12,  1951  y "BE SEA F ARERS LO G Pag* Tluxx*«a  Report  Of  Seafarers'  Activities  Chzislmas  was  a gala  occasion  for  men  on  the beach in  Ihe  Port  of  New Orleans.  More  than  400  dinners,  topped  by  the  customary  roast  turkey  and  baked  ham,  were  served  to  members  of  the  SlU  and  SUP,  as  well  as  members  of  the  Marine  Fhemen's  Union  and  khiOci­clad  GIs.  In  photo  above  holiday  diners  are  drinking  a  beer  toast  to  good  sailing  for  seamen.  Christmas  guests  at  the  New  Orleans  SIU  Hall  included  crewmembers ­ of  the  SS  Sunrell,  a  vessel  contracted  to  the  SIU's  Canadian  District. Shown  with  the  Canadian  Brothers  is  New  Orleans  Agent  Lindsey  Williams, fourth from  left, stand­ ing,  who  welcomed  the  visitors.  All  hands  proclaimed  the  holiday  affair  a  huge  success.  ABOVE—Guests  at  the  New  Orleans  Hall's  holiday  dinner  put  away  the  sumptuous  meal  in  relatively  short  order,  but  the  planning  and  preparation  took  days  of  hard  work.  Here  are  some  of  the  people  who  pitched  in  on  the  job  that  was  executed  so  perfectly;  1%:  LEFT—Seafarers  aboard  the  SS  Coimcil  Grove  lower  stores  to small boat from  the SS Four  Lakes,  which  hailed  the  Cities  Service  tanker  in  mid­Atlantic  to  borrow  needed  engine  parts.  The  lads  were  also  without  cigarettes  until  the  Seafarers  came  on  the  scene.  RIGHT—^Following  the  good  will  job,  two  members  of  the  Council  Grove  paused  for  the  cameraman.  Weeiring  smiles  of  satisfaction  are  Tommy  Train­ or  (left)  and  Manfred  Oschit­ xky.  1  1^­.  ­  >•   L  ­ �V :• • 'i  •   j  • :#l  Page Fourteen  THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January  12,  1951  The ITF And The 'Battle Of The Ports'  In  the  last  two  years,  two  im­ On  the  arrival  of  the first  ves­ portant  international  events  have  sel  /carrying  American  arms,  relieved  the  grim  economic  and  communist  women  invaded  the  political  tension  of  postwar West­ docks  to  distribute  tracts  calling  ern  Europe.  The  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan,  which  went  into operation  last  fall, is functioning  with  for  a  workers*  barricade  against  The  first  was  the  laimching  of  maximum  efficiency.  All  claims  for  weekly  hospital  benefits  and  death  payments  are  American  arms  shipments.  the  Marshall  Plan,  which  has  being  made  promptly.  Signatories  of  the  Welfare  Plan  agreement  number  61  contracted  These  were  ignored  by  the  Cherbourg  dockers  and,  despite  given  Europe  stability,  employ­ outfits,  whose  Seafarer­employees  are  thus eligible  for  the  benfits.  The  companies  are:  a  "mass  demonstration,"  called  ment,  industrial  progress and  the  the  same  day  by  the  communist*  hope  of  paying  its  own  way  Actium  Steamship  Company  Mississippi  Shipping  Company  controlled  General  Confederation  again.  Alcoa  Steamship  Company  Ore  Steamship  Company  —  of  Labour  (COT),  over 100  dock­ Palmer  Shipping  Company  •  The  second  was  the  Atlantic  American  Eastern  Company  ers  proceeded  to  unload  the ship.  :  Treaty,  conceived  by  the  leaders  American  Tramp  Shipping  Company  Pan  Atlantic  Steamship  Corporation  • When the  next  arms  shipment  ;!  of  the democracies  as a  defensive  Baltimore  Insular  Line  Petrol  Tanker  Industries  arrived,  communist  demonstra­ alliance  of  the  people  of  West­ A.  H.  Bull  Steamship  Company  Philadelphia  Marine  Corporation  tors  were  driven  away  by  mem­ ern  Europe  and  North  America,  Cabin  Tanker  Industries  Ponce  Cement  Corporation  bers  of  the  free  dockers'  unions.  and  designed  solely  to  prevent  Calmar  Steamship  Corporation  Peninsular  and  Occidental  Steamship  Corporation  Strikes  and  go­slow campaigns,  Cities  Service  Oil  Company  Seas  Shipping  Company  or  repel  possible  aggression.  which  were  organized  persist­ Seatraders,  Inc.  The  Treaty  has  given  demo­ J. 1^.  Carras,  Inc.  ently  at  La  Rochelle  and  several  cratic  covmtries  new  confidence  Oro  Navigation  Company  Seatrain  Lines,  Inc.  smaller Fiench  ports,  called  forth  Shipenter  Lines,  Inc.  that  they  will  not  be  left  de­ Standard  Steamship  Company  sharp  denunciations  by  Force  fenseless,  to  fall  one  by  one  to  Construction  Aggregates  Corporation  South  Atlantic  Steamship  Company  Ouvriere.  communist  direct  or  under­cover  Coral  Steamship  Company  State  Fuel  Corporation  EXPOSED  COMMIES  National  Cargo  Carriers'  St.  LaWrence  Navigation  Company  ^  invasion.  Its  Ports  and  Docks  Federation  Cuba  Distilling  Company  Strathmore  Shipping  Company  DEEP  INTERESTED  (affiliated  to  the  ITF)  exposed  Tanker  Sag  Harbor  Corporation  Dianex  The  International  Transport­ Dolphin  Steamship  Company  the  communist  motive—which, it  Terminal  Tanker  Industries  workers  Federation  has  been  Dolphin  Steamship  Corporation  declared,  was  not  love  of  peace,  U.  S.  Petroleum  Carriers,  Inc.  closely concerned  with  both  these  Dry  Trans  Corporation  but  a  desire  to  dislocate  France's­ U.  S.  Waterways  Corporation  important  events  of  the  postwar  Trans  Fuel  Corporation  economy  and  keep  its  army  im­ Victory  Carriers,  Inc.  years.  der­equipped.  Eagle  Ocean  Transportation  Company  Waterman  Steamship  Corporation  '  The  ITF  was  the first  trade  Eastern  Steamship  Company  The  only  result  of  the  com­ Waterman  Airlines,  Inc.  union  international  to  welcome  Epiphany  Tankers,  Inc.  munist  action.  Force  Ouviere  •   White  Range  Steamship  Company  the Marshall  Plan, and  has stead­ Federal  Motorship  Corporation  pointed  out,  was  the  diversion  Pacific  Tankers,  Inc.  ily  supported  its  aims  during  its  Isthmian  Steamship  Company  of  ships  to  other  ports,  and  un­ Waterman  Shore  Gang  two  years  of  operation.  And  Intercontinental  Steamship  Company  employment  for  the  dock  work­ Colonial  Steamship  Corporation  transport  workers  have  been  Maine  Steamship  Company  ers  who  had  to  bear  the  whole  Southern  Trading  Company  more  involved  in  the  success  of  Mar  Ancha  Corporation  brunt  of  the  communist fiasco.  Trafalgar  Steamship  Corporation  the  Atlantic  Pact  than  any  other  Metro  Petroleum  Corporation  In  the  Netherlands  the  com­ American  Merchant  Marine  Steamship  Corp.  group  of  workers.  munists  had  some  preliminary  Tini  Steamship  Corporation  A  major  provision  of  the  success.  At  Zaandam,  commim­ .  Treaty  promised  American  arms  ists  induced  dockers  to  pass  a  to  European  democracies.  By  en­ 5.  The  militant  history of  dock­ was  so  badly organized  that  even  The first  arms  cargo  ship  for  resolution  against  the  unloading  suring  that  these  arms  have  ers'  unions  throughout  Europe  those  willing  to  take  part  were  France  arrived  in  Cherbourg  on  of  armaments.  This  was  used  by  ­safely  reached  their  destination,  gave  the  communists  some  hope  confused  about  its  purpose  and  April  12.  During  the  previous  the  communists  for  extensive  transport  workers  have  made  a  that,  of  all  industrial  groups,  its  time  schedule.  two  months,  the  French  com­ propaganda  in  other Dutch  ports.  big  contribution  to  the  cause  of  dock  workers  would  be  most  64  volunteer  dockers—members  mimist  unions  had  been  bitterly  The  Dutch  Transport  'Workers'  peace  and  the  defense  of  the  easily  persuaded  to  strike  action.  of  the  free  trade  unions — un­ attacking  the  wage  negotiation  Union  pointed  out  that Zaandam,  West.  But  in  all  this  the  commun­ loaded  the  ship  without  incident.  policy  of  the  democratic  Force  a  small  inland  port,  was  not  The  need  for  the  quick  and  ists  reckoned  without  the  dock  The  whole  communist  action fiz­ Ouvriere  in  the Cherbourg docks.  one  where  trans­Atlantic  vessels  safe  delivery  of  anns  placed  the  workers'  profound  faith  in  dem­ zled  out  miserably.  The  communists  were  prepar­ bringing  arms  aid  would  caU.  It  European  ports  in  the  front  line  ocracy  and  hatred  of  dictatorship  The first  round  was  lost  to  ed  to  play  into  the  employers'  organized  another  ballot  and  the  of  the fight  to  forestall  commun­ of  any  brand.  the  disrupters,  and  they  never  hands  by  linking  the  wage  issue  resolution  was  rescinded.  ist  aggression.  recovered  the  initiative.  They  with  their  campaign  against  the  This  led  to  personal  violence  The  battle  was  not  easy.  The  They  underestimated,  too,  the  subsequently  attempted  several  Atlantic  Pact  in  a  proposed  by  the  communists  against  some  Oominform  saw  that  the  success  vigorous  leadership  which  the  local  strikes,  but  it  was  clear  dockers'  strike.  free  trade  union  leaders  and  the  of  the  Atlantic  Defense  Pact' International  Transportworkers'  that  the  commimist  unions  did  Such  action  would  probably  loyal  dockers.  But  the  commun­ would  end  its  chances  of  a t Federation  would  be  able  to  not  have  sufficient  support  in  have  brought  the  government  in­ ist  aims  were  exposed,  and  at  "walk­over"  in  a  defenseless  give  its  affiliates  through  the  Central  Southern  Italy  to  cause  to  the  fray  on  the  employers'  the, big  ports  of  Rotterdam  and  trying  six  months  of  the  "bsttle  West.  any  stoppage  that  cotdd  be  call­ side,  and  forfeited  all  chances  of  Amsterdam  ships  were  unloaded  of  the  ports."  ed  "general."  a  pay  increase.  I  (CofttiHued  on  Page  15)  WRECKING  ORDERS  The  ITF  had  welcomed  the  It  ordered  the  communist  par­ Atlantic  Pact  and  declared  its  ties  and  communist ­ controlled  resolve  to  help  carry  out  the  unions  within  the democracies  to  provisions  of  the  Treaty.  This  launch  a  vicious campaign  of  dis­ support  for  the  Treaty  was  ruption  and  deception,  directed  unanimously  endorsed  at  its 1950  especially  to  dock  and  port work­ Congress.  ers.  In  a  resolution  on  the  trans­ ,. ._The  communists  chose  to  con­ port  of  arms,  the  ITF  Congress  centrate.  their  propaganda  bar­ voiced  "its  confidence  in  the  de­ rage  on  the  dockers  for  very  clarations  of  the  democratic  gov­ good  reasons:  ernments  and  endorses  the  At­ 1.  They  believed  that  their  lantic  Pact.  greatest  chance  of  success  lay  in  OKAYS  ARMS  GARGOES  making  trouble  at  the first  point  of  entry  of  American, arms.  "It  approves  the  action  which  2.  They  knew  that  by  foment­ is  being  carried  on  by  the  ITF  •   'll  ing  strikes  and  disturbances  in  to  ensure  the  transport  of  arms  the  docks—ostensibly  to  prevent  sent  by  the  United  States'  of  the  unloading  of  arms  —  they  America  to  Western  Europe;  would  also  upset  economic  prog­ "Approves  further  the  action  ress  especially  in  the  seafaring  of  the  Vigilance  Committees  set  countries  of  Norway,  Nether­ up  by  the  ITF  who  frustrate  the  lands,  and  the  United  Kingdom,  communist  endeavors to  sabotage  t?;  3.  By  playing  on  the^Westem  the  fulfillment  of  the  Pact;  fr  peoples'  genuine  hatred  of  war,  'Calls  upon  the  members  of  the commimists  attempted  to link  the  ITF  to  continue  the  carrying  up  their  opposition  to  the  entry  and  handling  of  all  arms  and  of  defense  material  with  their  ammunition,  the  purpose  of  world­wide  "Peace  Campaign."  which  is  to  prevent  or  xepel  an  4.  In  port  areas  where  com­ attack  against  free  peoples."  munist  political  strength  is weak,  The  'battle  of  the  ports"  open­ the  Stalinists  thought  that  by  ed  in  earnest  when  the first  Am­ As  Shipping  Conunissioner  Thomas  J.  Kiernan  checks  off  name  of  prospective  crewmem­ exploiting  the  dissatisfaction  erican  vessel  to  arrive  in  Italy  ber.  Seafarers  await  their  turn  to  sign  articles  for  an  18­month  stint  aboeurd  the  McKetlrick  over  wages, and  working  condi­ with  a  cargo  of  arms  tied  up  in  Hills,  US  Petroleum  Carriers  tanker.  The  sign­on  took  place in  the New  York  Hedl  on  January  tions  that  from  time  to  time  Naples  on  the  evening  of  AprU  2,  and  the  men  were  flown  to  the  vessel  in  Palermo  by  a  TWA  Constellation  plane  the  next  flares  up  in  European  ports,  they  11,  1950.  day.  The  following  day  the  com­ would  be  able  to  disguise  their  The  new  crew  replaces  one  thai  signed  off  in  the  Sicilian  port  after  serving  12  months  on  political  aims  by posing as  cham­ munist­dominated  Naples  Cham­ a  shuttle  run.  Also  flown  to  the  McKettrick  Hills  was  a  complete  slopchest  to  make  sure  the  pions  of  better  industrial  condi­ ber  of  Labor  called  an  eight­ hour  general  protest  strike.  This  men  have  suitable  stores  available.  tions.  Companies  Under  SlU  Welfare  Plan  Signing  On  For  Long  Trip  �• Friday,  Jaauary  12,  1951  Minutes THE SEAFARERS LOG ­'m  ,,  Page  Fifleen  Brief  Free Unions Winning  'Battle Of  The Ports'  PHILADELPHIA  —  Chairman.  ner  as  being  a  big  success  and  dows  and­  the  Sweetwater,  had  A.  S.  Cardullo,  24599;  Recording  the  coming  two  weeks  looked  gone  out  on  an  18­month  trips  Seerefary,  D.  C.  HalL  43372;  fairly  good  for  shipping.  .Ml  He  recommended  the  reading  of  {Continued  From  Page  14)  into  the  powerful,  democratic  in­ 'Ifoading  Clerk,  Eichenberg.  hands  were  reminded  that  ap­ the  Oath  of  Obligation  at  ship­ in  normal  fashion  with  only  Minutes  of  meetings  held  in  plications  were  available  for  the  board  meetings  at  least  once  small,  ineffective  opposition  ternational  union  of  transport  workers.  Other  Branches  read  and  accept­ new  Coast  Guard  document  and  trip.  Minutes  of  all  Branches  demonstrations.  During  the  "battle  of  the  they  can  be  filled  out  at  any  read  and  approved.  Motion  car­ ed.  Balloting  Committee  elected.  In  Belgium,  the  commimists  ports," ITF  headquarters  was the  time.  A  letter  was read  from  the  ried  to  accept  Headquarters  Bal­ Secretary­Treasurer's  financial  attempted  to  camouflage  their  report  and  Headquarters  report  Teamsters  Union  concerning  its  loting  Committee's  and  Rein­ determination  to  prevent  the  un­ "command  post"  of  the democra­ ^ the  membership  read  and  ac­ strike  gainst  the  Crescent  City  statement  Committee's  reports  loading  of  arms  by  engineering  tic  unions.  cepted.  Requests  for  excuses  Funeral  Directors  Association.  Motion carried  to accept and  con­ a  strike  (employing  terror  meth­ It  received  and  Retransmitted  ' Were  referred  to  the Dispatcher.  Motion  carried  to  pledge  full  cur  in  communication  from  Bos­ ods)  at  Antwerp,  over  an  unset­ news  from  the  trouble  centers.  All  affiliated  dockers'  unions  'Meeting  adjourned  at  7:45  with  support.  Trial  Committee .elected  ton  Agent  clarifying  New  Busi­ tled  wage  issue.  .  were  kept  posted  on  the enemy's  to hear charges against five  mem­ ']©  members  present.  The  strike  lasted five  days  and  tactics.  bers.  Motion  carried  to  discon­ ^  4.  t  ended,  as  it  was  bound  to  do,  Assistance  in  the  organization  MOBILE—Chairman,  L.  Neira,  tinue  the  practice  of  allowing  with  the  unconditioned  retiun  to  of  Vigilance Committees was fur­ 'S8393;  Recording  Secretary,  J.  extensions  on  shipping  cards.  work  of  the  strikers.  nished  to  localities  that  needed  Carroll,  14;  Reading  Clerk.  R«  Motion  carried  to  elect  Tallying  The  motives  of  the  strike  lead­ it,  and  ITF  leaders  were  avail­ Committee.  Two  men  from  each  Jordan,  71.  ers  were  denounced  by  the  two  able  for  whatever  was  asked  of  Minutes  of  other  Branches  department  were  elected  to  Belgian  trade  union  federations.  them.  ^read  and  accepted.  Secretary­ serve.  Many  of  their  men  were  brutal­ The  ITF  proved  conclusively  ft ft ft  Treasurer's  report  accepted.  ness  of  November  29  meeting.  ly  attacked  by  communist  thugs  in  a  few  hectic  months  in  1950  Headquarters  report  accepted.  GALVESTON —Chairman,  Charges  read  and  motion  carried  during  the  episode.  that  international  trade  union­ Alsop,  7311;  Recording  Agent  Tanner reported  that  eight  Keith  Secretary.  R.  Wilbum,  37739;  to  refer  them  to  an  elected  trial  A  month  later,  another  appeal  ism  is  one  of  democracy's  strong­ ships  were  due  'in  for  payoffs,  committee.  Oath  of  Obligation  by  communist  spokesmen  to  the  est  bulwarks.  sign­ons  or  in­transit.  Tanner  re­ Reading  Clerk,  C.  TannehiU,  taken  by  four  members.  Motion  dockers  of  Antwerp  to  stay  That  the  good  work  will  go  ported  that  various members  had  25922.  (by  J.  Algina)  carried  that  all  away  from  the  docks  was  com­ on  was  made  clear  in  Septem­ Minutes  of  other  Branches  a§ked  questions  concerning  vali­ members  familiarize  themselves  pletely  ignored,  and  work  pro­ ber,  1950.  dated  papers,  and  they  are  urg­ read and  accepted. Tallying  Com­ with  Oath  of  Obligation  to  pro­ ceeded  in  normal  fashion.  Meeting  in  Naples  under  ITP"  ed  not  to  take  out  validated  mittee  elected.  The  following  mote  spirit  of  brotherhood.  Tal­ In  Norway  and  in  Great  Brit­ auspices,  representatives  of  sea­ men  elected  to serve:  F.  Pedraza,  papers  until  Headquarters  gives  lying  Committee  elected:  Deck—  ain—though  the  commimists. are  men and dockers of  eight nations  the  word.  Tanner  also  reported  R.  Williams,  L.  McDonnell,  W.  Roderick  Smith,  Frank  Douglas;  persistently  striving  to  foment  created  a  Mediterranean  commit­ Reagan,  E.  Wallace,  R.  Foreman,  Engine—John  Hanson,  Dominick  dock  strikes  by  playing  up  in­ that  he  had  been  named  to  rep­ ft ft ft  Chirichella;  Stewards—^E.  Moon­ dustrial  issues — they  have  not  tee  of  action to fight  any further  resent  the  Union  in  the  port  of  communist  attempts  to  close  the  NORFOLK—^Because  a quorum  ey,Alonzo  Milefski  and  G.  Steift­ been  able  to  arouse  any  body  of  Mobile  in  the  security  program.  ports.of  Europe  to  Atlantic  De­ He  concluded  his report  by  stat­ was  lacking,  no  regular  meeting  berg.  Alternate. Meeting  adjourn­ support  for  their  appeals  to  re­ fence  Pact  or  Marshall  Plan  was  held.  A  specdal  meeting  was  ed  at  8:25  PM,  with  927  mem­ fuse  to  unload  arms  shipments.  shipments.  ing  that  three  Libertys  were  scheduled  to  come  out  of  the  held  for  the  purpose  of  checking  bers  present.  In  these  two  coimtries,  with  Representatives  of  trade  im­ lay­up fleet;  one  is to go  to Car­ shipping  cards.  their  deep  democratic  traditions,  ions  in  France,  Italy,  Greece,  ft ft ft  ft ft ft  ras  and  the  other  two  will  prob­ BALTIMORE—Chairman,  Wil­ there  are  no  illusions  among  the  Great  Britain,  Belgium,  Holland,  ably  also  go  to  SlU­contracted  SAVANNAH  —  Chairman,  E.  liam  Rents,  26445;  Recording  workers  about  the  traitorous  in­ Malta,  and  the  United  States,  companies.  Tallying  Committee  Tilley,  75;  Recording  Secretary,  Secretary,  G.  Masterson,  20297;  tentions  of  the  communist  participated.  E.  Stankovich,  25472;  Reading  elected,  with  two men  from each  Reading  Clerk,  A.  S|ansbury,  troublemakers.  Pierre  Ferri­Pisani,  Secretary  department  serving.  Balloting  Clerk,  J.  Whitt,  27824.  In  fact,  when  in  London  some  of  the  maritime  unions  of  the  4683.  Balloting  Committee  elected:  committee  reported  448  ballots  dockers  did  strike  a  few  months  French  Force  Ou­vriere,  was  cast  in  Mobile  during  the  elec­ E.  Stankovich,  J.  Whitt,  J.  Mor­ Minutes  of'^riieetings  held  in  ago,  against  the  advice  of  the  chosen  Chairman  of  the  Medi­ tion  period.  Meeting  adjourned  ris,  F.  Garcia,  J.  Moore,  J.  other  Branches  read  and  accept­ leaders  of  the  Transport  and  terranean  committee.  He  said  at  ed^  Headquarters  report  to  the  at  7:45  with  225  m«nbers  Hughes.  Minutes  of  meetings  General  Workers  Union,  they  the  time:  membership  and  Secretary­ held  in  other  Branches  read  and  present.  quickly  returned  to  work  when  "The  creation  of  this  commit­ accepted.  Agent  Bryant  reported  Treasurer's  financial  report  read  t  i. ft  they  realized  the  communists  tee  results  from  the  recognized  TAMPA—Mb  regtdar  meeting  that shipping had  been slow,  and  and  accepted.  Motion  carried  to  were  trying  to  make  a  political  necessity  of  establishing  in  those  held,  because  of  a  lack  of  a  that  the  future  looked  dark.  He  elect  Tallying  Committee.  The  ssue  out  of  their  industrial  dis­ countries  where  the  communist  following  men  were  elected  to  reported  on  the  progress  of  the  quorum.  influence  is  still  strong,  a  COOTL  serve:  Steward:  J.  C.  Howard,  pute.  Special  meeting  held  to  elect  Retail  Clerks'  strike  against  the  D.  M.  Dovosa;  Engine:  R.  Dru­ By  the  middle  of  the  summer  dination  of  all  the  democratib  Bargain  Comer,  and  brought  the  Committee.  The  fol­ ary,  C.  M.  Bowdre;  Deck:  R.  of  1950,  the  ITF  was  able  to  forces  which  aim  to  liberate  the  r'  •   ^''allying  lowing  members  were  elected  to  membership  up  to  date  on  the  Gibbs,  L.  Koza.  report  that  the  only  result  of  working  classes  from  the  coia>  Yellow  Cab  strike.  Motion  car­ six  months'  communist  campaign  munist  yoke.  *  ft ft ft  ried  that  the  man  with the  most  against  the  Atlantic  Treaty  was  "The  seamen's  organization  ol  pickettime  in.  the  clerks'  strike  SAN  FRANCISCO—Chairman,  the  affiliation  of  two  more  dock  the  Mediterranean  will  not  con­ have  preference  in shipping.  Mo­ H.  Fischer.  59;  Recording  Secre­ workers'  unions  to  the  ITF.  fine  itself  merely  to  defense.  We  tion  carried  to  elect  a  committee  tary,  W.  Norris.  51018;  Reading  They  were  the  Italian  Dockers'  are  passing  to  the  offensive.  We  to  handle  the  strike  work.  Three  Clerk,  J.  Brandon,  23997.  ,  Federation  and  the  American  In­ accept  all  the  responsibility  and  men  excused  from  picket  duty  Tallying  Committee  was  elect­ ternational  Longshoremen's  As­ obligations  which  may  come  up^­ because  of  medical  reasons.  ed  to  total  the  San  Francisco  sociation,  which  together  have  on  us  in  the  struggle  of  freedom  Meeting  adjourned  at  8:10  with  votes.  The  following  men  were  brought  another  60,000  members  against  totalitarianism."  serve:  M.  Patterson,  J.  Polaski,  29  members  present.  elected:  Ray  Queen,  Carl  Law­ E.  Frost,,  A.  Martinez,  A.  Ortega,  son,  Joseph  AUard,  Charles  Ritz,  ft ft ft  P.  Brinson.  NEW  YORK—Chairman,  L.  J.  John  Graves  and  James  Bran­ Williams,  21550;  Recording  Sec­ don.  Minutes  of  meetings  held  in  ft ft ft  NEW  ORLEANS  —  Chairman,  retary,  Freddie  Stewart,  4935;  other  Branches  read  and  accept­ Johnny  Johnston,.  52;  Recording  Reading  Clerk,  A1  Keir,  29314.  ed.  Agent  reported  on  the  im­ Secretary,  Herman  Troxclair,  Motion  carried  to  accept  Sec­ portance  of  all  draftable  men  to  6743;  Reading  Clerk,  Buck  Ste­ retary­Treasurer's financial  re­ keep  in  touch  with  their  draft  phens,  76.  port  as  read.  Headquarters  re­ boards. He  also notified  the mem­ Minutes  of  meetings  h^d  in  port  to  the  membership read  and  bers  of  the  coming  conference  WILLIAM  F.  BAKLEY  LEO  J.  COOPER  other  Branches  read  and  accept­ motion  carried  to  concur.  Port  n  Washington,  wlierein  the  SHJ  Get  in  touch  with  Federal  Na­ Contact  Robert  F.  Reynolds^  ed.  Patrolman  Buck  Stephens,  Agent,  said  that  shipping  had  will  be  represented  by Paul  Hall  tional  Mortgage  Ass'n,  44  Pine  1303  Hobart  Building,  San  Fran­ acting  in  behalf  of  Agent  Will­ been  fair,  with  bookmen  choos­ and  Harry  Lundeberg.  Under  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.  cisco.  iams,  reported  that  the  affairs  of  ing  their  own  jobs  if  they're  not  Good  and  Welfare  there  was  ft ft ft  ft ft ft  the  port  were  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STancisco.  St.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.  i;  C  A&G  it't*  From Dot, 26 To Jan. 3 �Page Sixteen  :  THE SEAFARERS lOa Friday, January  12,  1951  Heller Asks Probe Of Waterfront Commies  A  resolution  authorizing  Con­ heritage  of  freedom  for  the  in­ they  would  shoot  to  kill.  He  knew  a  war  between  the  owners  who  yielded , to  Bridges.  gressional  investigation  of  com­ dividual.  .  The  attackers  were  recruited  AFL  seamen  and  his  pro­Soviet  He know foreign seamen would  . munist  activities  on  the  water­ The  transportation  system  and  on  the  waterfront  by  Bridges'  longshoremen  could  freeze  many  refuse  to  sail  vessels  into  thos^  front  and  in  transportation  in­ the  ports  are  key  factors  in  our  specialists  in  rioting.  The  feud  key  ports.  western  United  States  porti  dustries  has  been  introduced  in  defense.  They  must  not  be  con­ started  when  Bridges,  for  rea­ But  our  loyal  AFL  sailors'  where  Bridges  might  win.  Such  the  lower  House  by  Represen­ trolled  by  Communists  and  fel­ sons known  to  the convicted  per­ chiefs,  lanky  Harry  Lundeberg  pledges  have  been  cabled  in  jurer  himself,  suddenly  decided  and  husky  P§ul  Hall,  refrained  from  London.  tative Louis  B. Heller, Democrat,  low  travelers.  ;  Sincerely,  to  challenge  the 65­year­old  right  from flying  in  their  own  special  Bridges  knew  what  he  wa9  . of  Brooklyn.  Louis  B.  Heller  of  sailors  on  certain  coastwise  protective  squads.  They  did  not  starting.  That  lefty  railroad  HeUer's  proposal,  which  has  Member  of  Congress  vessels  to  unload  lumber  from  want  waterfront  civil  war  dis­ union  leader  who  signed  one  oil  been  referred  to  the  Committee  decks  to  the  docks.  on  Rules,  would  set  up  a  seven­ jointing  activity  at  ports  which  Moscow's  peace  petitions  is  in  Whatever  else  he  is. Bridges  is  man  committee  to  probe:  face  the  Orient.  the Pittsburgh  area. Those south­ INSIDE  LABOR  not  stupid.  He  knew  that  at­ 1.  Communist  goon  squad  ac­ Comrade  Bridges  understood  western  comrades  lead  a  section  By  Victor  Reisel  tempting  to  seize  jurisdiction  of  the  international  implications  of  of  Bridges'  new  pro­Russian  la­ tivities  among  merchant  seamen  and  their  unions,  designed  to  (From  the  New  York  Daily  that  bit  of  work  could  come  off  his  maneuver,  knew  sailors'  bor  federation.  Arizona  phone  hinder  the flow  of  supplies  to  Mirror  of  December 18,  1950)  • only through  bloody  violence.  He  union  officials  the  world  over,  records  will  prove  they  used  our  armed  forces  and  their  allies  I  can  produce  for  the  Federal  knew  his  roving  action  commit­ especially  in  London  and  West­ their  union  headquarters  as  h  intelligence  agencies  a  band  of  tees,  with  from  25  to  300  sMg­ em  Europe,  would  rush  to  the  communications ­Jink  in  a  abroad.  2.  The  degree  to  which  com­ merchant  seamen  who  had  to  gers  assigned  each  detachment,  defense  of  the  American  AFL  international  network.  mies  and  fellow  travellers  have  arm  themselves  recently  with  would  breed  counterviolence  as  waterfront  workers;  that  the  Ail  this  as  we  strive  to  meet  infiltrated  transportation  indus­ shotguns  and  stand  off  a  night­ he  sent  them  chasing  sailors  as  European  dock  wallopers  would  a  crisis  that  threatens  our  na­ tries  to  the  detriment  of  the  na­ long  siege  of  Communist  action  far  up  as  Oregon.  boycott  ships  of  United  States  tional  existence.  squads,  500  strong,  operating  tional  defense  effort.  Terming  US  ports  and  the  European  style  right  in  these  transportation  industry  as  "key  United  States.  factors  in  our  defense^"  Heller  And  I know  other  good  water­ J.  C.  HAIRB  P.  A.  OUNTKR  C.  H.  RADPORO  JULIA  9,  HALL  WM.  8.  WILSON  tST VieC­PRStlDCNT  INO VieS­FimiDKNT  introduced  his  resolution  follow­ front  union  Joes  whom  we'll  FRKSIOCNT  ano vies­pRKaiDKNT  • KCIirrAIIV.TRCAaURKfl  have  to  visit  in  the  hospital  if  ing  an  article  in  the  New  York  ­  Mirror,  in  which  columnist  Vic­ we  want  to  talk  to  them.  They  TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY OF SAVANNAH  tor  Reisel  cited  several  instances  got  their  ribs  smashed  by  a  25­ AFFILl.TtO WITH  THE AMERICAN  FEDERATION OF  LABOR  AND GEORGIA  FEDERATION  OF LABOR  of  communist  activity  which  he  man  Red  goon 'squad.  said  arise  "as  we  strive  to  meet  There's  a  method  in  all  this  mauling.  If  it  continues  we  may  a  crisis  that  threatens  our­  na­ MEETS FIRST  ANO  THIRD  MONDAY  NIGHTS  IN  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEKS  yet see  hundreds of  ships  tied  up  EACH  MONTH.  LABOR  TEMPLE.  34  DRAYTON  ST.  tional  existence."  between  our  west  coast  and  Among  the  commie  maneuvers  H.  H.  aiMMONt  London,  when  we  need  every  • . A.  ROOKS  POST OFFICE  BOX  372  referred  to  was  the  imsuccessful  WARRCN  OUPPy  cargohold  to  carry  arms  to  the  SAVANNAH.  GEORGIA  attempt  to  storm  the  SUP  Wil­ December  29,1950  mington  Hall  by  500  followers  of  world.  There  is  also  a  group  of  rail­ Harry  Bridges  last  month.  Four­ teen  SUP  members  held  the  way  workers  who  say  they  can  Hall  in  an  all­night  battle.  The  prove one  of  their  regional chiefs  Mr.Paul  H&llySec.­Treas*  signed  the  Cominform's  inter­ arrival  of  additional  SUP  men  in  the  morning  ended  the  seige.  national  Stockholm  peace  peti­ *  ?'•   In  addition  to  his  resolution.  tion.  They'd  like  to  know  why  51  Baaver  Street  he's  still  in  a  spot  from  which  New  York,N.r.  ^  )  Congressman  Heller,  in  a  letter  •  '• '  to  J.  Edgar  Hoover,  Director  of  he  can  paralyze  the  hauling  of  steel,  destined  for  emergency  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investi­ Dear  Sir and  Brother;  gation,  called  Hoover's  attention  items.  My  labor  friends  can  point  out  to  the  article  by  Reisel,  and  some  southwestern  Communist  It  07 pleasure  along  with  other  delegates and  mged  upon  him  "the  necessity  leaders  who  used  their  union  officials of  the  Trades  and  Labor  Assembly  of  Savannah  ­  •  of  taking  immediate  action  to  headquarters  as  a  secret  com­ on  Decefflber  21^1950  to  be  the  guest  of  the  Savannah  Branch  apprehend  those  persons  respon­ sible  for  endangering  the  nation­ munication  link  with  Mexico,  of  the  S.I.T7*on  the  occasion  of  the  annual  Christmas  party  Cuba,  Los  Angeles,  etc.  al  security."  In  that  night  siege  by  500,  held  for  the men  on  the  beach®Because  of  the  hig^ily  efficient  Heller  likened  the  communist  they  were  Harry  Bridges'  hus­ meumer  in  idiich  the  affair  was  handled and  the  well­rounded  goon  squads  to  the  actions  of  kies.  The  sailors  they  hemmed  program  of  interest  in connection  with  the  party,I  take  ­this,  Hitler's  Brown  Shirts,  in  the  in  a  wild  night  of  window  opportunity  to  extend  congratulations  to  yoii  and officials  Nazi  seizure  of  power,  and  said  if  they  were  not  checked  they  smashing, car  slashing, and  brick­ of  the  Savannah  Branch  for a  job  well  doneBit  was  indeed an  would  pose  a  threat  to  our  na­ bat  slinging  belonged  to  the  affair of  mhich .the  S.lBUBcan  truly be  proud®  AFL's  tough,  but  clean.  Sailors  tional  life.  The  text  of  Heller's  letter  to  Union  of  the  Pacific.  They  were  Two  movies  were  shown  nafflely,"This  Is The  S.I.U.^fand  Hoover,  and  of  Reisel's  column,  caught  in  their  union  hall,  440  which  were  reproduced  in  the  Avalc!!  Boulevard,  Wilmington,  "The  Wall  Street  Strike"®The  subject matter  of  the  two  film  strips  was  cause  for pride  in  the  hearts  of  every  member  suid  "Congressional  Record,"  follows:  Calif.  Through  a  night  the  14  men  their  family  present  as  well as  those  of  us  who  are members  Extension  of  Remarks  of  and  their  leader  stood  guard  HON.  LOUIS  B.  HELLER  with  shotguns  at  windows,  while  of  other  organizations  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor®  Of  New  York  Red  squads  smashed  the  front  I  have  often  said  that  if all members  of  organized  labor  Dear  Mr.  Hoover:  Your  atten­ of  the  building,  rushed  to  the  were  as  ready  and  willing at  ail  times  to  accept  their  resp­ tion  is  invited  to  the  attached  adjacent  parking  lot  and  cut  up  onsibilities and  to  aid  sister organizations  as  are  the  photostatic  copy  of  a  clipping  tires,  and  gave  up  breaking  into  ."Men  Who. Go  Dovn  To  Sea  In  Shipsythen  many  of  our  trials  taken  from  the  New  York  Daily  the hall  when  the sailors  shouted  and hardships  in relation  to  labor's  aims  and  ideals  would  Mirror  entitled  "Inside  Labor,"  be  eliminated and  our  objectives  obtained  surprisingly  easy®  by  Victor  Riesel.  It  would  ap­ Men In Hospitals  Ihe  films  ^own  at  the  Christmas  party  in  Savannah  Were, proof  pear that  Communist goon  squads  Seafarers  who  want  to  be  conclusive  of  the  accuracy  of my  belief®  are  operating  in  our  city  streets  f  ­  •   '  in  a  manner  reminiscent  of  Hit­ eligible  for  the  Welfare  ler's  seizure  of  power  in  Ger­ Plan's  weekly  hospital  bene­ The  food  was  most  excellent  as  were  the  liquid refresh­)  many.  If  permitted  to  continue,  fits  should  make  sure  they  ments®nie  entire  evening  was  dedicated  to  ecSucation  of  those  this  movement  would  sabotage  a  have  their  Union  books,  sea­ vital  part  of  our  labor  force,  man's  papers  and  copies  of  present and  the  promotion  of  brotherly  love  and  frienddiip  fasten  a  stranglehold  upon  the  their  last  discharges  with  among  the members  of  the  SvI.U.,their  families,and  friends  of  other A.F.of  L.  organizations®To  say  that  the  affair  was  means  of  logistical  support  of  them  upon  entering  the  hos­ our  troops  and  allies  abroad,  and  pital.  successful  is truly an understatement®  •  Union  Patrolmen  will  pay  pose  a  threat  to  our  national life.  I caimot  urge  too  strongly  up­ the  seven­dollar  benefits  to  I  consider  it a  distinct  honor  to  have  been  present®I  on  you  the  necessity  of  taking  eligible  members  for  each  feel  that  the  films  and  spirit  demonstrated  by  your members  immediate  action  to  apprehend  full  week  of  hospitalization  those  persons  responsible  for  en­ during  their  weekly  visits.  was  an  inspiration  to me  and  the  other members  of  the  A.F.  dangering the national  security. I  Failure of  a  hospitalized  Sea­ of  L®  present®  am  introducing  a  resolution  in  farer  to  have  the  above­ the House  of  Representatives for  mentioned  papers  with  him  Again  extending  congratulations  and  best  wishes  to  the  creation  of  an  investigating  will  prevent  the  Patrolman  committee.  It  is  intended  that  from  making  the  benefit  you  and  the  S.I.U.during  the  year  1951,1  remain.  the  committee  study  the  situa­ payments.  Hospitalized  members  who  d^Fratemally  Yours  tion  and  recommend  to  the  have  not  yet  filled  out  bene­ House  such  measures,  in  addi­ tion  to  those  now  on  the statute  ficiary  cards  for  the  Wel­ books,  as  are'  necessary  to  safe­ fare  Plan  can  obtain  them  .ayton  Haire,President  guard  the  national  interest  and  frpm  the Hospital  Patrolmen.  &i  the  same  time  preserve  our  A  Letter  That  Speaks  For  Itself  ',^1  i  j  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 12, 1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIII, No. 1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEA UNIONS DRAFT WAR ROLE SIU WINS CHANGE IN CG PAPERS TALLY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES 1951 OFFICIALS PROCEED WITH CUATION HQ COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT TO MEMBERSHIP STATEMENT OF POLICY BY MARITIME UNIONS BOOKMEN HAVE NO TROUBLE SHIPPING FROM NEW YORK EVERYTHING IS IN GOOD SHAPE IN NEW ORLEANS ALIENS MUST REGISTER UNDER SECURITY ACT GRILL, LOUNGE SHOWERS TOP MIORANA'S NEW HALL IDEAS SEPULVEDA QUITS BACHELORDOM; WED TO SAO PAULO MISS GENERAL PRAISES SIU CREW FOR SNAPPY TROOP LOADING ERNESTO GONZALEZ KILLED BY HIT-RUNNER IN FLORIDA PORT; WAS VETERAN SEAFARERS SS ABIQUA CREW VOTES DONATION TO HANK'S FUND HELLER ASKS PROBE OF WATERFRONT COMMIES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/12/1951 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1951 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/526ff77b92437ad7a39dad68fccee29b.PDF 4f1ff7fe1831e6512f9fa6a3d1f5a2a2 PDF Text Text 73m  Br.,asfletiipl£6i$8*WasiTZjrre..­ ::i­irT.rs»fs­,r'a  Polls Close Jan.31st—Vote At Any Brandt .  ­ ti ­ ^.iRBRSjoQ  OFFICIAL ORGAN  OF THE  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  VOL. IV  NEW  YORK,  N. Y., TUESDAY,  JANUARY 13,  1942  Shipowners Find Way to Dodge Heavy War Costs While  the  sc.'unen  risk  their  liycs  to  transport  munitions  • *IK1 supplies  to the  Allied  forces all  over  the  world,'the ship  ownor.s  not  oidy' sit ­back  and  take  in  a  neat  profit,  not  only  collect  a  nice fat  insurance check  if  their  ships are  sunk,  but  now  are  assured  of  a  very  low  premium  rate  on  the  insur­ ance  they  take  out  to  protecl®  their  investments.  "LOG" TO  APPEAR  WEEKLY  NEW  FEATURES  PLANNED  Gov.ReportBlames Bosses  For  Majority of  Strikes  Refusul  by  employers­to  abey  law.s'guaranteeing  worker­s  1  the  right  to  organize s^ili gpustitutcs  one  of  the  major  causes  of  strikes.  Tliis  faet­iva­s  revealed  last  week  in­a  signitiegnt  ­study  publisbed  the  Department  of  Labor.  i  Half  the  >iy^kouts  during  the  first  eight  montbs  of  1941,  the  stud.V'*showed,  arose  priiiei­"  palj^  ^t of­'"wori^ersl  demands  or  reccrgnition  and  union  seeur­ ity—to  which, they  ai*e  entitled  by  law*^—or  against  efforts*­by  bosses  to  intimidate  unionists,  in  violation  of  the  Wagner  Act.  In  other  words,  if. employers  Brother  James  Lee  signed  on  in  these  instances  had, abided  by the nation's  laws, 50  per'cent  the  Antinois  on  Dfecember  9,  of  the  work  stoppages  for  the  1941.  On  his  way  to  report,  he  period  might  have  been  averted,  met  with  an" accident  which  he­ believes  was  attributable  to  the  Contrary  to  the  claims  made  negligence  of  the.  ship  operator.  in  propaganda  by  foes  of  labor,  Brother  Lee  is  seeking  com­ only  two  per  cenjt  of  the  strikes  during  the  eight  months  in­ pensation  from  the operator  and  volving a  mere  fourteenth of  one  needs  witnesses  from  the  crew.  per  cent  of  the  workers  who  Any 'brother  that  was  aboard  walked  out—were  caused  by  ju­ the  Antinois  en  December  9  risdictional  disputes, the  report  should  get  in  touch  with  Silas  disclosed.  Sympathy  s t ri k e s  B.  Axtell,  IC  Moore  Street,  New  York  City.  (Continued  on  Paoe  4)  Notice  for the  Crew of  the  S.S.Antinois  I  ®  W'  ­.1  ­4>  Notice  to All Ship's  Delegates  New York Mine  Fields Widened  It  is  the  U. S.  government  it­ .self  that  has  stepped  hi  to  pro­ tect  the  poor  shipowner  from  being  gouged  by  the  insurance  companies.  When  the  war  broki '  Ai'cording  to  an  official  Navy  out,  the  insurance  underwriters  announcement,  the  mined  area  boosted­  the  rates,  and  the  ship  in  the  entrance  to  New  York  owners  began  to  yell.  harbor  has  been  extended  and  So,  jipparently  more  con­ mariners  have  been  warned  that  cerned  about,  the  shi|)owners'  "it  migitf  be  necessary  at  any  profits  than  the  seamen's  lives.  time  to  close  without  previous  Congress  passed  a  ­law  which  warning  the  channels  tempora­ gavp  the ;AIaritime  Commission  rily  left  open."  authority  to  insure  the  ship­ The­  mined  area  has  been  owners  directly  in  case  the  pri­ broadened,  the  Navy  said,  to  vate  insurance  rates  became  take  the  area  north  of  a  line be­ "cxhorbitant."  tween  Hoffman  Island  and  Nor­ I'he  Maritime  Ccnnmission  .lo.ii  Point,  and  witldn  ,  lines  "~11as  set rip  a  $40,000,000  revolv­ drawn  between  Hoffman  Island,  ing  fund  which  will  be  used  for  Port  Wadsworth  Tight,  Fort  thi.s  purpose  once  ^the  program  Lafayette  light  and  Norton  is  launched.  Point  Light.  Ships  arriving  in  or  leaving  Remember  the  screams  from  tlie  sliipoAvners'when  the  seamen  New  York  liarbor  are  instructed  asked  for  life  inauranee?  It's  to  carefully  note  the  open  lanes  different  when  the  operators  whicli  will  be  marked  by  buoys.  want  insuranee­r­not  for  their  No  vessel  will  be  permitted  to  aneiior  in  the  channel  area.  lives—bu"­  for  their  profits.  It  all  depends,  pf  course,  Sliip.s  j\re  also  instructed  to  en­ whethet  you're  riding the  foc'sle  ter  the  port  (luring  daylight  hours.  or  a  .swivel  chair.  No. 1,  The  Union  no  longer  re­ ceive! advance  Information  on  Third  Anniversary  Occasion  For  Expansion; Paper  Will  Be  Published  Every Monday  This  issue  of  the  Log  is  th^ first  one  for  the  new  year.  But  this  occasion  is  even  more  than  just  the  beginning  of  ; agents  mak4  every  effort  to  another  year, it  is  the  Log's  third  birthday.  The  very first  cover  pay­offs,  but  war­time  issue  appeared  in  January 1939.  censorship  makes  it  impos­ A  lot  has  happened  since  January  1939.  These  past  sible  to  know  exactly  when  three  years  have  seen  the  SIU  grow  tremendously  in  size  youp  ship  will  dock.  If  you  and  bring benefits  to  the seamen  that  in  the old  days would  have  beefs  that  require  the  have seemed  impossible.  But_they  were  possible!  And  it  was  not  because  John  help  of  a  patrolman,  you­  can  Shipowner  suddenly  got  soft—it  was  because  the  sean\pn  hurry  things  up  by  telephon­ had  the  guts  to fight  for  what  they  were  entitled  to—and  ing  the  agent  the  minute  you  because  they  had  an  organization  that  knew  how  to  lead  dock  and  notifying  him  of  them  to  victory.  your  arrival.  It has  been  no insignificant  part  that  the  Log  has  played  in  the  three  year  battle  for  the  wages  and  conditions  SIU  men  novv  enjoy.  Knowledge  is an  important  weapon m  the  struggle  with  the  employers.  It  has  been  the  Log's  job  to  give  the  membership  knowledge  of  what  the  rank  and file  members  were  thinking,  of  what  the  leadership  was  doing  and  planning, and  all  important, what  the shipowners  were  up  to.  A  poorly  informed  union  is only .half  a  union.  The SIU  has  not  been  poorly  informed.  So  mueh(  for  patting  ourselves  on  the  back.  Now  to  go  to  work  on  future  plans.  The  Seafarers  International  Starting  with  this  issue  the  Log  will  appear  weekly.  Union  has  chartered  a  branch  (Continued  on  Page  2)  of  Marine  Scalers  in  New  Or­ leans.  The  following  letter  sent  to  the  Log  bj'  the  Agent,  asks  for  support  which  he  shall,  of  course,  receive  from  all  SIU  men.  sailing  schedules.  The  branch  SIU  Chartered  in  New  Orleans  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  wish  to  inform  our  brother  members that  are sailing on SIU  ships  coming  into  New  Orlcan.s  that  we  have  a Scalers  Union  in  this  port.  The  charter  was  granted  to  us  by  Brother  Harry  Lundeberg,  acting  International  President.  The  name  of  the  charter  reads:  Seafarers  Inter­ national  Linitin  of  North  Aiuer­ iea, Marine  Ships Scalers  Union  of  New  Orleans  and  Vicinity.  So  Brothers,  when  you  sec  any  men  coming  on  bn.ard  your  ship  to  do  any  scalers'  work,  be  sure  they  have  Dispatchers  Slips from  our  hall.  Thanking  all  our  brother  sea­ men  for  their  help,  I remain  Fraternally  yours,  L.  E.  WESSELS,  Agent  Marine  Ship  Scalers  Union.  /  Cabbie  Finds  Waterfront  Is  No  Longer ''Peaceful"  If  anybody  think.s  that  the  war  hasn't  come  to  the  New  York  waterfront,  all  they  have  to  do  is  to  talk  to  Mas  Fried­ man.  He'll .set  them  straight  in  a  hurry.  Friedman  is  a  cabbie  and  usually  cruises  around  lower  Manhattan.  Last  Monday  night  he  picked  up  a  faVe  pretty  'l^vvcll  uptown;  the  pa.sscugcr  told  him  to proceed  to  Pier  18.  (Pier  18  is  where  Alcoa  ships  dock).  When  he  hit  Montague Street,  lie  noticed  a  "No  Trespassing''  sign,  but  his  passenger  said  that  Seafarers  Intel­national  Union  lie  was  a  member  of  the  crew  of  2  Stone  Street,  New  York  some  Alcoa  rustbucket  and  tliat  Dear  Gentlemen;  the  cabbie  sliould  drive  right  on  I,  Cesar  Aenna,  brother  of  down  to  the  pier.  Albert  Acuna,  who  passed  away  Well,  vou  know  how  it  is.  and  was  a  member  of  the  SIU,  ...  •   »  ,  express  my  most  profound  gra­  Anything  a  passenger  says. And  titude for  so noble,  generou.s and  besides,  the  meter  might  jump  spontaneous  act  of  the  brothers  another  nickel.  So  Friedman  wlio  contributed  their  blood  on  drove  on  past  the  sign.  Zing!  Friedman  wasn't  sure,  behalf  of  my  decea.sed  brother.  God­  bless  their  lives  ever.  but  it  sounded  like  a  wasp  had  flown  past his  head  at about  500  Thank  you  all.  miles  an hour.  Siiioerelv  yours,  CESAR  ACUNA.  Zing!  Another  one flew  past.  Permits  revoked  for  conduct  Friedman"" turned  around  to  P.S. I  should  like  to know  the  unbecoming  a  memb^er  of  the  names  of  these  brothers,  so  I  see  if  his .  passenger  was  also  SIU.  can shake  hands and  thank  them  bothered  with  hornets  —  and  INSTANCE  L.  MCDONALD  (Continued  on  Page  4)  personally.  JOHN  CORENZO  % r ^  Letter of  Thanks  For Blood Donors  111:  DO NOT SHIP  ^ 'i '' ' 1,^  ^  I  �T H  H  S  H  A  F A  R  E R  S '  L O  G  Tuesday, January  13i  Ij  ^ORE  ABOUT  Published  by  the  Seafarers  Log  ATLANTIC  &  GULF  DISTRICT  of  the  A  WORD  WITH  SIA let  {Continue^ froja  BaUe  i)  This is  a. big  step  forward*  It means  that  instead  of  26  is­ sues  in  a  year,  as  previously, 1942  vvill  see  52  i.ssues.  In  other  words,  the  membership  will  receive  twice  as  much  'Affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor  news.  :  This  is  my  very  first  coin...,  HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  Acting  International  President  Plans  are  noVv  under  way  for  a  more  extensive  cover­ 110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  I   brothers, .so  give the  "little gir  age  of  Union  affairs.  The  Branch  Agents  pledged  them­ selves  at  the  Savannah  Conference  to  write  a  weekly  re­ a  break  and  don't  juclge  it  t  ADDREB8  ALL CORRESPONDENCE  CONCERNING THIS  PUBLICATION  TO'.  port  for  the Log.}  This will  jteep  the  men  posted  on  what's  liarshly.  Things  wijl  get  bettJ  as  I  go  along  and  get  into  tl  "THE SEAFARERS'  LOG"  going  on  in  the different  Atlantic and  Gulf  portSi  swing  of  punching a  typewrite  P.  O.  Box  25,  Station  P,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Sister  Mae  Dillon  is  going  to  conduct  a  column  in  Who  knows,  I  might  even  hi  Phone:  BOwling  Green  9­8346  which  the  news and  gossip  about  the  hospitalized  brothers  come  another  Eleanor Rnosevel  will  appear, as well as news  of  the stewardesses.  ­^though  I  grant  you  that  i  Brother  Goulding  promises  to  keep  us'posted  weekly  isn't  likely.  on  the happenings  in  the  third floor  Stewards' Department.  Seriously,  though,  when  th  //  The  Secretary­Treasurer  will,  of  course,  issue  iall  offi­ editor  asked  me  to  start  a  regii  cial  statements  in  the  paper  and  will  continue  to  report  lar  column  I  though  he  was  kid  ding. 1  can't  wrife,  I  told  him  plans  and  activities  of  the  Union's  executive  officers.  He  informed  me,  however,  that|  RESOLUTION  Weekly  issues  will  also  mean  that  more  general  trade  he  didn't  expect  any  lilerar.^^  ^VHEREAS;  a  state  oi war  exists  between  our  country,  the  union news  cpn  pe  carried;'  news of  the  shipyard  workers'  mastcrpfeces  out  of  my  type  struggle  with the  employers, news of  the  longshoremen, of  writer,  Init  only  the  news  aui  United States  of  America, and  the Axis  Powers, and  the  auto  workers,  the  miners.  In  short,  everything  and  gossip  of  our  brothers  that  nr«l  WREREAS,  the  Seafarers'  International  Union  of  North  anything  of  interest  and  benefit  tq  SIU  mep  will fifid  jts  laid  up  in  the  hospitals.  Whe  America  is  and  always  will  be  an  AMERICAN  Union  of,  he  put  it  that  way,  I  couIdn'L  way  into  the  Log.  by  and  for  seamen,  and  very  Well  refuse.  After  all,  the"  And finally,  and  by  no  means­the  le^st  importapt,­ the  boys  that  are  lai<l  uj)  do. deserv e  WHEREAS,  as true  Americans  we  have solemnly  pledged  to  fight for  our  country,  individually and  collectively,  and  rank  and file  seamen  will  receive  more  space  for'their  a .  break  in  the  paper—­and  WHEREAS,  the  United  States  Merchant  Marine  is  our  na­ beefs  and  ideas.  The SIU  is  a  rank  and file  union  in  the  that's  whu,l  I'll  irv  to  give  thei  besit  sense  of  the­word.  Jt  is right  and  necessary  that  the  from  now  on.  '  tion's most  important  second  line  of  defense,  and  Log  be  a  rank  and file  paper.  WHEREAS,  we  fully  realize  our  responsibilities  and  our  And  dun't  thiirk  they  don'  duty  to  our  country and  its  people,  and  So  much  for  tjie  plans.  No  one  can  foresee  what  will'  read  the  Lot/  from  cover  to  coy­j  WHEREAS,  we  know  it  is  our  duty,  like  all  others,  to  roll  beset  the  Uqion  in  the year  to come,  But one  thing  is cer­ er.  It's  their  only  contact  wi  up our  sleeves  and  do  our share to  win  this war, and  tain;  the Seafarers  Log  will  continue to  keep  the member­ the  Union,  aside  from  secit  WHEREAS,  no  sacrifice  is too  great for  the  preservation  of  ship  informed  as  tb  the  activities  of  both  our  friends  and  my  face oiicc  a  week  (aiid  tjiatj  not  mucli  o'  a  treat),  and  thej  '  our  country,  its  people,  and  the  four  fundamental  free­ our  enemies.  certainly  look  forward  to  c.aci  doms  which  have  existed,  and  we  have  enjoyed,  since  we  i.ssuc.  When  I  told  them  the 1,4  became  a  free nation,  now  therefore  be  it  Wa.s  going  to  come  but  ever;  RESOLVED,  that,  as  individuals,  and  collectively  as  t^e  week  they  were  deliglite(!L  membership  of  the  Seafarers'  International  Union  of  Everytimc  I  visit  tticnr  tbc first  North  America.  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District,  an  organization  thing  they  ask  for is  the  representing  true  American  seamen,  we  unequivocally  even  before  they  ask  fbU  'thcTS  The  following"  brothers  are  give bur government,  and those  upon  whose shoulders are  delinquent  in  registering  with  'weekly  dollar  ijcncfit 1  That'  placed  the  responsibilities  of  the  conduct  of  this  war,  their  Seleptive  Service  Boards.  the  truth.  our full support  and  cooperation  in order  that our nation  It  is  necessary  that  they  take  Well, to  begin  with:  I  visitcs  our freedom, and our democracy will be  preserved through  The  new'and  amended  edilion  care  of  this  immediately  upon  all  the  hospitals  the  day  hefor  total  victory in  this  war,  and  be  it further  of  the  SIL;  'Constitution  has  hitting  port,  otherwise  there  may  Christmas  and  di.stribiitcd  c.iga  RESOLVED,  that  we  solepinly  pledge  and  resign  ourselves  l)e.en  printed  and  is  now  avail­ develop  serious  complications.  reltc.s  to  all  the  brothers,  ercii  to  whatever  action  may  be  required,  on our  part,  to  help  able  to  all  members  of  the  JOSEPH  RAVMpND  JACKSON  those  in  had  standing.  Also  Union.  The  Constitution  comes  ROBERT  LEE  ACKFORD  each  brother  received  from  tin  win  this war,  and  be it  still further  in  booklet  form,  small  and  eom­ LAVMGN  R.  SEAY  Christmas  fund  a  eselvm  df  I,  RESOLVED,  that  we  do  everything  within  our  power  to  favorit^  brand  of  cigarettes  he  keep  our  organization  and  the  United  States  Merchant  paet  to  fit  in  a  shirt  pocket,  and  JOHN  EDWARD  COLE  is  hound  in  a  serviceable  stilf  sides  the  i­egular  benefits.  Thi  Marine  free  of  all  subversive  elements,  fifth  columnists  cardboard  cover.  looked  mighty  good  to the  boys  and  saboteurs,  and  be  it finally  I  can  tell  yon,  and  they  sem  RESOLVED,  tbat  we  call  upon  all  organized  labor  to  take  This  booklet  contains  all  the  their  thanks  tq  the Union.  It  he  similar  action  to  give, our  government  full  support  and  rules  and  regulations  governing  ing Christmas time,  I  didn't  jns  cooperation  in  these  trying  times,  and  keep, their  ranks  the  conduct  of  the  Union, and  it  stick  to  SIU  hoys, but  gipc  ci  is  the  duty  of  every  member  to  free  of  all  subversive  elements, fifth  columnists  and  arettes  to  MFOW  ami  The  tciTuination  of  a  success­ obtain  a  copy  and  read  it  from  saboteurs.  brothers,  too.  Were  they  sui'^  ful  drive  for  Christmas  presents  Seafarers^ International  Union  of  North  America  I r'­v".'"­ Unanimous  Seafarers  to  Dillon  es  Victory"  Constitution  Now  Ready  Selective Service  Delinquencies  NORSE  SEAMEN  RECEIVE  GIFTS  cover  to  cover.  /"  for  Norwegian  seammi  is  an­ prised.  I  wish  you  could  liav  Do  you  want  tp  know  abput  nounced  by  the  Norwegian  Sea­ seen  their  faces  when  tficy  re  parliamentary'  procedure.^  The  men'.s  Christma.s  and  Relief,  oerVed  their  cigarettes  and  th4  duties  of  the  Agents  and  the.  Inc.;  acting  as  central  office  for  Locj iiiiid  the West  Const  Sailors^  Patrolmen?  The  rules  for  elec­ I  vvffpt  to  mention  especialIj  the  Norwegian  Seamen's  tions?  The  method  of  recalling  iChurche.s.  The drive  was  intend­ Brother  vYiliam  Watts,  Nq.,.UR  an  official?  puneral  and  hospi­ ed  to  provide  the  seamen,  who  207.  He  hfWv,^lost  his  cye.sigh|  tal  benefits?  AH  these  and  many  are  cut  «)ff  from  their  home  and  has  been  tf  more  rules  are  printed  in  the  eoiuitry,  with  Christmas  gifts.  U.  S. 'Marine  new  Constitution.  Everything  is  The  sailprs,  25,000  in  num­ ten  Island.  He  sure  wbuT  indexed  for  eonvenieilce.  ber,  man  the  jarge  Norwegian  to  hear  from  any  of  his  The new  Constitution  is avail­ tuerchant  marine.  It  is  estimat­ shipmates.  ^  able  free  of  charge  to  all  mem­ ed  that  '10  per  cent  of  the  oil  Brother  Harry  Patchcll,  No  bers.  Ask  your  agent  ot; ])atrol­ supplies'  for  Bri{:uin  and  the  2892,  who  had  been  at  Eljis  Isj  mnn  for  yonr copy.  fighting  fronts  are  carried  hy  land,  has  been  transferred  tj  Norse  tankers.  the  New  Jersey  State  Hospital  •   The  total  funds  collected  That'!?  abdut  iill  the  tran.sfpr|  Marine  School  Head  amounted  to  $32,500,  made  up  for  now.  I'll  keep  you  infqrmej  of  donations  ranging  from  $1  to  about  any  future ones.  Before  I. close,  I  \yould. likj  The  .Seamen's  Chureli  Insti­ .$5,000.  to  list  the  groups  that  contrili  tute  announced  yesterday / that  uted  money  to  the  Christmal  Capt.  Robert  Huntington,  prin­ IN  MEMORY  cigarette  fund:  eip.al  of  the  Merchant  Mariqe  Brother  School  at  the  institute  for  over  Crew  of  8.S.  Robin  Goodfcl  ALBERT  JACKSON,  #4990  2.5  years,  has  been  made  prin­ low,  $26;  Crew  of  the  S..S  Died  at  Newark  Hospital  cipal  emeritus.  Capt.  Frederick  Washington,  $10;' members^  i|  on  December  13,  1941  Ju8t>  who  has  beem serving with  the  New  York  hall,  $14;  ani  Brother  the .school  in  the capacity  of  na­'  New  York  Delegat'e.s  aind  bffi{|  HORACE  FREENjAN,  #G­37  vigation  'instructor  since  1938,­ staff,  $12.  Thanks,  brothers.  Died  at  Pritch^rd,  AlabSma  was  named  as Captain  Hunting­ ­That'.s  all  for  this  week.  SRI|  on  December  9,  194,"I  ton's  successor  as  principal.  you  in  tlie  next  issue.  THINGS  TO  REMEMBER  {From  West  Codsl  SdiJor)  Meeting  steaniei­.s  do  not  dread.  When  you  see  three  lights  ahead.  Port  yo.ur  helm  and  show  your  red.  For  passing steamers  you  should  try  To  keep  this  maxim  in  your  eye:  Grpen  to  Green  —  or  Red  to Red  —  Perfect, safety  ­  go  ahead.  Both in  .safety —  and  in  doubt,  Always  keep  a  good  lookout;  '  Should  there be  no  room  to  turn.  Stop  your  ship  and  go  astern.  |5;:4­"  _  lr'^­­is  i>  • ­  ­iiy.  B­/  iiiit  If  to star])oard  Red  appear,  'Tis  your  duty  to  keep  clear;  Act  as  judgment  says  its  proper.  Port  or  starhoa' d  —  back  or  stop  her.  But  when  on  your  port  is .seen  ' A  Steamei­with  a  light of  Green,  '  There's not  much  for  you  to  do  —  The  Green  light  must  look  out for you.  .'i • ­ "W i­  "  �JSt.^ Tuesday, January  13,  1942  W. h a t* 8  D o i n g —  'tr THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic  & Gulf  District  Secretary­Treasurer's Office  Room  213  —  2  Stone Street. New  York  City  P.  O.  Box  25,  Station  P  Phone:  BOwling  Green  9­8846  to  have  the  idea  that  we  have  a  ter  we  have  fought  for  and  ob­ reserve  supiily  of  men  here.  tained  better  working conditions  «.v  DIRECTORY  OF  BRANCHES  Brother  King,  the  Mobile  dis­ and  wages  than  they  ever  had  AKTHIJK  THOMl'SOX  patcher,  called  here  for  three  before,  they  want  to  bite  the  BRANCH ADDRESS  PHONE  men  at  one  time  last  week.  At  hand  that  gave  them  this.  ..2 Stone St.  NBW YORK ,  BOwling  Green  9­8346  T  had  a  screwball  ease  this  '  J  Dispatcher's  Office  . , BOwling  Green  9­3430  It  would  be  a  good  idea  if  M'eek.  Some  of  these  shipowners  the  time  we  had  88  jobs  on  tjie  BOSTON . 330  Atlantic  Ave.  ... LIBerty  4057  board  and  two  men  in  the  hall.  they would  stop  and  think  that  .  must  think  the  seamen  arc  a  ?R5VIDBNCS  . , 465  South  Main  St. .  Manning  3572  Tish, tisli,  Gliarles.  after  this  war  is  over  and  they  BALTIMORE  .. . 14  North  Gay  St.  .., Calvert  4539  • Inineh of  knneklc­heads.  PHILADELPHIA  ,6  North  6th  St,  ..... Lombard  7651  The  beefs  of  the  Week  were  continue  to  give  us  hell  for  pne  Here's  what  ha])pened.  Our  . 25  Commercial  PI.  .. Norfolk  41083  NORFOLK  new  agreement  with  the  Cuba  of  the  usual  run  without  any­ thing  and  another,  there  will  309  Chartres  St.  .... MAgnolia  3962  NttW  ORLEANS  Distilling  Company  called  for  a  thing  special,  getting  several  come  a  day  when  they  will  nped  SAVANNAH  ... . 218  East  Bay  St.  ..., Savannah  3­1728  JACKSONVILLE  ,136  East  Bay  St. ...  Jacksonville  5­1791  wage  incrcasi;  which  was  to  he  calls  a  day  from  the  boys  who  us  again.  Then  we  can  remind  . 206  So.  Franklin  St.  ,  Tampa  M­1323  TAMPA  "retroactive  to  October  .'D.  Weil,  claim  that­  they  ain't  doing  some  of  tlicm  of  lots  and  lots  . 66  Sor Conception  St.  Dexter  1449  MOBILE  '  this  week  when  the  company  right  by  our  Nell  regards  the  that could  have  been  avoided  by  TEXAS  CITY  .. , 105 ­  4th  St..  N  Texas  City  722  ,1348  N.E.  First  Ave., Miami  2­2950  made  up  the  payrolls,  it  only  sailing  board.  They  will  get  not  taking  advantage  of  mili­ MIAMI  tant  union  men  on  board  ships,  SAN  JUAN  .... . 8  Covadonga  St. ­ San  Juan  1886  made  the  increase  retroactive  to  used  to  it  in  the  near  future.  at  tins  time.  Xpvcmbcr  I. In  other  words, the  I  wish  all  ships'  crews  upon  From  scanning  the  daily  pa­ lioys  were  one  day  short  on  arrival  in  New  Orleans  would  BOSTON  pers,  it  .seems  that  the  brothers  •   their  dough.  When  I  called  the  demand  the  books  of  the  shore­ By  on  the  West  Coast  coastwise  company's  attention  Lo  this  fact,  side flunkeys.  Don't  forget,  we  .lOHX  MOG,\X  ships  arc  getting,  the  Bgom­ they  Were  surprised  and  went  arc  the  sponsors  of  an  SIU  ])aek  to  have  a  look  at  tlie  Scalers  Union  here.  Check  up  Bobm  from  the  Yellow  Bellies  Had  a  vcrj'  busy  week  erew­­ of  the  Rising Sun.  Wc  will  I\ave  agreement.  on  it, boys.  ing  up  the  Alcoa  Ranger  at  their  sun  setting  in  golden  west,  There  it  was  ii]  black  and  I  wish  I'  knew  what  makes  Portland,  M«hie.  Also  the.  Jo­ but  will  be  of  a  very  reddish  white—"the  increase  shall  be  Curranski  think  we  are so  dumb  sephine  Lawreiiee  at  Ports­ The  war  has  blacked  out  two  'color.  retroactive  to  Oct.  31,  ID­il."  as  to  go  for  his  cheap  publicity  mouth,  N.' H.  Had  to  inake  two  Well,  this  comjiany  stiff  says  stunt  of  share  and  share  alike  more  lights  in  New  York  har­ That's  all  for  this  week.  trips  t()  the  Ranger  and finally  to  me:  bor,  long,  used  by  seamen  to  aboard  .ships;  his  sweet  little  got  her  under  way.  Saw  to  it  "I  certainly  hate  to  ask  the  si hcme  of  any  book  is, a  pass­ that  the  articles  had  riders  pro­ guide  themsch'fs  when  entering  office  staff  here  to  go  to  all  tlic  port  to  any  .ship.  Wouldn't  it  PHILADELPHIA  tecting  the  crew  against  being  and  leaving  the  port.  ' Vork  to (pake  out  a  new  payroll.  look  nice, to  have  the  unorgan­ By  paid  off  in  the  Gulf  without  • ^I)o you  suppose  you  could  talk  ized  .ships  such  the,  the  Missis­ Captain  Raljili  W.  Dempwolf,  H.  .1.  COLIJXS  ti'ansjiortation  back  tq  port  of  •   the  hoys  into  forgetting  about  sippi,  Waterman,  etc..  'which  .signing  on.  everything  gaineil  sepior  Coast  Guard  officer  in  the  that  day's  pay.^"  have  the  best  conditions  in  the  '  Well,  here  was  are.  doing  to  be  retroactive, etc.  New  "i ork  Distriet.  annoiineed  Hah!  Imagine  any  agent  try­ industry,  to  be  turned  over  to  business  at  the  same  old  place.  Quite  a  few  ships  are  bitting  the  radical  ehanges  in  harbor  ing  to  sell  the  members  a  bill  of  the  boys,  off  the  organized  As  usual,  tilings  are  pretty  slow  Portland  and  all  that  we  have  goods  like  that.  Sword  Line,  ships.­ YE  GODS,  here  in  tlie  City  of  Brdtlierlv  agreements  with  are  being  cov­ markings.  He  revealed  the  Scotland  Liglitship  and  the  Fire  Love. Shipped  13, registered  11,  ered  out  of  this  office.  Needless  to  add,  the  com­ YE  GODS.  on  the  beach  ()3.  Last  week^was  pany  iiiially  got  around  to  III ! Boston  we  have  to  e«ivei­ Island  Liglitship  off  ­  Long  the  woivst  week  that  tliis'brkrieh  ls  miles  qf  waterfront  each  Isjand  shore  will  henceforth  be  making  out  new  payr^dls.  and  T4MPA  ever  Iiail.  but  we  have  hopes  morning  to find  out  if  any  of  black.  the  boys  all  eoUcctcd.  By  that  this  week  will  he  better.  Voting  here  in  Neu­  York  has  our  ships  are  in,  as  wc  can't  get  Iff  li.  PARKER  The  vessels  are  being  re­ Casey  .Jones,  one  of  tlic  old  any  information  otherwise.  ,  proceeded  slowly.  Only  abqut  original  Four  Horsemen,  has  From  now  on  AVC  must  in­ moved  as  a  war  measure,  alqng  1350  ballots  cast  so  far.  H<>w­ December  23,  jbU  come  to  roost  and  the  wild  and  struct  our  ship's  delegates  to  with  the  reiiunal  of  oilier  lighl.s,  evijr,  there  is  still* a  month  to  Shipjung  has  been  very  good  wollic  stories  he  has  to  tell  are  contact  the  Union  Hall  upon  ar­ huoy.s^  and  markings  that  are  ,  go, .so  things should  pick  up. All  this  past  week.  It seems  that  fof  jiatrolmen.  should  make  every  a  port  of  thill size  that  we  could  really  bowlipg  the  boys  over.  rival  in  each  port,  so  we  won't  pot  absolutely  essential  to  iiqvi­ effort  to get  the  crews  up  to  the  have  enough  members  to  supply  Grapefruit  .1.  A.  Keller  is  still  overlook  any  ships.  gation.  squawking about  the  Cuban  Dis­ halls  for  voting.  the  ships,  but  'so  far  we  have  Thy  Fire  ­Island  Ljghtship  fallen  behind. ' I  shipped  thirty  tilling  Cmnimny.  Hv  vows  that  Shipping on Pacific  has  been  atieliored  in  sixteen  fa­ lie  will  never  sail  on  those %liips  last  week  and  could  have  NEW  ORLEANS  again  until  they  put  a  eliamber  Coast Reported Normal  thoms  of  water  about  ten  miles  shipped  ten  .more  in  the  three  B.V  southwest  of  Fire  Island  Us'R"  maid  aboard  to  keep  tlic  boys  departments.  '  "ATIMY"  Coastal  merehant  vessel  traf­ house,  and  almost  due  south  of  happy.  We  Imve  ' voted  5­t  members  But  seriopsly  speaking,  the  fic  has  retiicned  to  normal  "af­ Fire  Island  Inlet.  Its  red  hull,  so  far,  and  I  think  that  is  very  December  30,  ipil  last  four  ships  that  left  this  ter  a  rather  inefl'eetive  suhma­ with  the  words  "Fire  Island"  Our  dispatcher  is  about  to  go  good  fo.r  this  port.  This  past  port Imyc  sqilcd  short  handed—  rine  campaign  by  enemy  under­ ]iainted  on  the  sides,  and  its  two  oil  trial  for  disturbing the  peace,  week  one  of  the  Waterman  and  with  63  men  on  the  beaeli.  sea  craft," the  Thirteenth  Naval  blaek  masts  bearing  circular  for  creating  a  riot  pp  the  main  ships  was  detained  for  about  There  i­s  very  Ijttle  excuse  for  IJistriet  announced  today.  gallerii'S  have  lieen­  familiar  It  reported  "eiftremcly  satis­ sights  to  .\tlantie  and  coastwise  drag,  for  cndangcrjug  the  life  five  hours,  due  to  the  fact  that  that sort  of  thing,  H  this hfeeps  and  limb  of  the  citizens  of  the  one  of  the  oilers  that  was  dis­ up,  Uncle  Sam  will  he  manning  factory  coordiiiation"  among  the  seamen.  t!resccnt  City.  All  this  came  ]iatelie(i to the  ship  was  refused.  the ships,  and  where  in  hell  will  forces  of  British  Cqluinhia  and  Scotland  Lightship  lias_  been  jj  about  while  he  was  walking  his  • It seems  that  the  Chief  and  1st  we  be  then.?  In  order  to  hold  the  United  States  Army.  aiieliored  for  many  years  at  a  • wife  down  Ganal  St.  Sunday  .\.s.si.slarit  did  not  like  tjm  way  what  we  have  won.  we'd  better  point  east  of  Sandy  Hook  and  ;. night,  and  he  suddenly  .saw  a  this  brother  parted  his  hair.  So,  get  together  and  sail  these ships  Puts Radio Seamen  generally  south  of  Ambrose  real  live  A.U.  that  wasn't  on  a  the  other  two  oilers  did  hot  like  and  cut,out  the  baloney.  Channel  Lightship.  It  is  also  Under  Navy  to  take  the  ship  to  New  Orleans  ship.  red­bulled,  with  one  word,  • y^ell boys,  I  gues.s  that  this  During  the  resulting  confu­ on  a  Six  and  Six  basis  and  is  aboiit  all  we  can say  fqr  now.  This  last  week  saw  Congres­ "Scotland."  in  large  white  let­ sion,  caused  by  the  savage  ef­ walked  off.  I,  did riot  have  an­ So, in  behalf  of  tlip inemhersliip  sional  action  on  a  hill  giving  ters  on  each  side.  llie  Navy  control  over  radio  op­ forts  of  tile  A.B.  to  escape,  ho  other  oiler  to  replace  this  inan.  gf  this  port  I  will  close.  erators  in  the  merchant  marine.  The  blaek­out  of  these  two  After  some  time  Bro.  Biggs  snared  three  oiler  but  lost  the  Designed  to  cqmbat  "subversive"  lights  indicates  that  seamen  will  A.11.  At  the­present  time  he  is  called  mfi,  lAid  it  was  decided  influence  among  operators.  It  Iiave  less  and  less  aid  in  enter­ working  out  in  the  local  gym  to  that  it  would  be  to  our  advan­ would  permit  the Spcretary  of  the  ing  and  leaving  the  port.  Hqr"  SAVANNAH  .speed  lip  tlie jjuppies,  .so  tha.t  tage  to  let  the  ship  go  to  New  Navy  to  forbid  any  operator  to  bor  officials  have  often  cppa­ By  Orleans  and  put  this  matter  in  sail  on  any  ship  over  any  trade  there  can  he  no  more  escaping.  plained  that  there  were  too  CHAS.  WAID  route.  Representative  Bland  of  Sunday  morn  he  had  to  call  the  hands,  of  a  Port  Committee  many  lights  in  this  area.  'The  Shipping  for  the.  Savannah  the  Merchant  Marine  Committee  for  help  to  get  a  ­man  to  go  to  adjust.  difficulty  is  that  most  of  the  •   aboard  a  ship  as  relief  oiler  at  It  seems  that  nowadays  the  district  is  still  fairly  good.  Fig­ told  the  House  tliaf  about  200  op­ lights  are  automatic  and  there­' ,  $1.35,'as the  man  that  was  there  Engineers  and  Mates  are  taking  ured  that  after  the  holidays  erators  were  under  "coneiderabie  fore  unattended.  It  would  be  suspicion."  had  put  in  28  hours  and  was  advantage  of  the  war  and  rid­ things  might  quiet  down  in  re­ difficult  to  extinguish  tlierp  in. a  played  out. It took  the combined  ing  the  onlicensed  personnel  tq  gards  to  shipping,  but  so  far  hurry  in  ease  of  an  air  rqid.  CORRECTION!  efforts  of  the  Engine  Patrolman  hell  and  back.  I  suppose  that  Oilers  and  ABs  arc  still  in  de­ line  of  experimental  buoys  mand  and  hard  to find.  and  the  Di.spatcher  plus  the  mo­ they  think  in  that  way  they  can  It  was  incorrectly  reported  have  now  been  set  up  bet\yfeen  The  only  trouble  down  here  ral  support  of  the  rc­st  of  the  break  the  j[JniQh,  and  we  will  be  In  the  last  issue  of  the  LOG  Ambrose  Channel  and  E^^st  ])ie  cards, and  even  with  this,  it  at  their .mercy  as  before  1984.  at  the  present  time  is  trying  to  that  DNLY  the  Steward'^  De­ took  a  couple  of  hours  of  dili­ I  can  well  remember  wbon  find  oqt  what  ships  are  coming  partment  of  the  S.S.  Majory  Roekau^y  Inlet. "All ships piust  gent  gin  mill  sleuthing  to  get  Mates  and  Ist  Engineers  were  in.  So  far  as  we  can't  get  qny  had  $2  linen  money  coming.'  avoid  this  area  and  pass around_  it  to  the  south  of  Apobrose  the  man.  working  fpr  ilje, ioosy, .v^um  qf  information  in  regards  to  the  This  $2  applies  to  ALL  de­ Lightship."  the  Coast  Guard  This  above  .should  allay  the  .$105.00  per  month  and  ­were  moving  of  ships.  Shipping  fqr  partments  of  the  ci­ew  that  announce  signed  off  on  Deo.  8,  1341.  fears  of  those  ports  which  seem  damned  glad  to get'it.  Now,, af­ next  week  looks  good.  ^EW  YORK  L  War Blacks Out  Harbor  Lights  l  il  d  !  t  J;  •  r  •   m  ­it  ^  ­ J;!  ­'ii  l!  ­  "rs,  •  !  4  ..;i]  .'X­  •   • Y,  �Tuesday, Jantsary  13, 19^  ^  T H  E  SEA F A  R  E R S*  L O  G  Navy  RaceiveS  SE^J'ABEBS' LOG  Honor  Roll  CREW  OF  S.S.  ROBIN  GOODFELLOW:  Deck  Department  F.  C.  Arnsean,  carpenter  J.  T.  Brady,  A.B  N.  Yacishyn,  A.B  W.  Saville,  A.B  C.  Sloan,  A.B  Anderson,  A.B  B.  Devlin,  O.S.  E.  Rubin,  O.S.  Engine  Department  H.  Stone, fireman  V.  Ruggeiro, fireman  Barnes, fireman  ....  J. Salmon,  wiper  J.  Wells,  oiler  T.  Webster,  oiler  Stewards  Department  J.  Moulton,  steward  ...  V.  Rodriguez.  2nd  cook  r^.  .  H.  Hurst,  mess  V.  Sila  r  ..*  yofife  Pier 83 Bums;  The  'Lafayette'  Lancaster Cargo  Lost  • '/  •  '  i  .  A fivo­ahirm firo  of  "unknown  origin"  .SAvopt  Pier  8l|  last  Thursday  and  ltd't  the  niunieipally­OAvnod  struetui'i  a  total los.s.  "  '  The  pier  is  located  at  the foot  op  West  4:ird  street  in  Ih  North  River  and  Avas  being  used  by  the  American  South  The  United  States  Navy  lias  just  received  a  new  83,000  ton  auxiliary  §Idp,  which  h.as  l)cen  named  tfie  U.S.S. . Lafayetjte.  .\etually  tlie  name  is  new.  h'tit  .African  Line. At  the  time  of  thc.f*  .  ­­ tlie ship  isn't—she is  the French  fire,  the  freighter  Lancaster  was  gating  the  po.ssibility  that  tlMj.'  •   luxury  liner  "Normandie."  unloading  copra.  fire  was  war­time  sabotage.  After  preliminary^  inA­cstigg­ The fire,  which  started  at  The  Normandie  Avas  .seized  by  the  Coast  Guard  on  Dec.  12,  4:4.5  A.M.,  was  discovered  by  tion  Chief  Fire  Marshal  Thomas  and  since  then  has  "Oeen  under­ longshoremen  Avho  were  engaged  P.  Brophy  said  llial  uoLhi'ag  going  repairs  and fieing  refitted.  in  unloading  the  cargo. Sudden­ suspicious  had  been  foAind.  Fur­ The  Navy  has  not  yet  revcalcil  ly  they  saw  a  wall  of flame  thermore,  the  entire  cargo  was  Avhether  she  Avill  be. used  as  an  .sweeping  doAvii  the  pier  toward  sueh  that  the­  slightest  spark  them.  The  oily  copra  furnished  could  Jiave  set  it  afire.  The  co­ aircraft  or  a  troop  transport.  a  ready  and  highly  inflammable  pra  Avas  packed  in  burlap  l>ags  Traffic  in  New  York  harbor  fuel  to  aid  in  spreading  the  that  were  fuzzy  and  streaked  can  see  her  getting  a  camouflage  with  oil.  blaze.  coat  of  dark  grey  paint.  This  pier fire  AA­as  the  third  The  pier  Avas  valued  at $310,­ ^.00  If  the  Lafayette  is  to  be  used  000  by  the  city, and  Avas  a  total­ serious  Avaterfront fire  in  New  1.00  as  a  troop  tran.sport,  she  would  loss,  nothing  remaining  after  York  in  recent  months.  Thirty­ be  capable  of  carrying  more  the fire  but  a  mass  of  twisted  three  men  lost  tlieir  BA'CS  when  1.00  than ­10,000  troops  at  one  time.  steel  girders.  The_gargo,  whicli  the  Cuba  Mail  Line  freighter  1.00  had  been  unloaded,  Avas  also  Panuco  burned  at  its  Brooklyn  pier  last  August.  The  same  TOTAL  $25.00  lost.  month  the  Finnish  freighter  When  the fire  broke  out, fire­ Aurora,  anchored  under  the  j  boats  and  tugs  raced  to  the  pier  George  Washington  Bridge, i  from  all  sections  of  the  harbor.  burned  with  the  loss  of  one  sea­ The fire  jumped  from  the  pier  President  Roosevelt  has a.sked  man's  life.  Congress  for  an , appropriation  to  tlic  Lancaster  and  the  copra  of  $980,380,000  for  the  United  that  hadn't  been  unloaded  began  More  About  ­ States  Maritime  Commission's  to  burn.  Seafarers  Log  The  crew  immediately  cut  the  ship construction  fund  and  other  Dear  Editor:  lines  and  tugs  pulled  the  ship  commission  activities  for  the fis­ At  this  erlticnl  time  in  the  history'  of  our  country,  when  cal  year  lO­IS  and  planned  to  away  from  the. pier  and  into  the  all the  unions have  gone down  the line  to prorfiise our  Presi­ follow  this  up  Avith  additional  middle  of­' the  river.  Once  iii  (Continued  from  Page  1)  dent  not  to  .strike,  so  that  defen.se  will  not  be  impeded,  we  appropriations  for  the expanded  mid­stream,  the fire  boats  Avere  Avere  less  than  one  per  cent  of  able  to  bring  the fire  in  the  the  total.  program.  suddenly find  disrupters  Avithin  our  union.  holds  under  control  and  prevent  Wage  and  liour  controversies ­ The  amount  sought  for  the  Tliese  disrupters  will  strive*^  any  .serious  damage  to  the  ship.  Avere  responsible  for  35.8  per  to  do  all  within  their  power  to  not  take  to  each  other  because  agency  at  this  time  is  an  in­ None  of  the  crcAV  Avas  injured.  cent  of  the  strikes.  Ip,,mo.st  in­ make  ns  strike,  so  that  Uncle  Brother  McLeod  didn't  pull  his  crease  of  $121,540,000  over  the  Once  the fire  Was  extingu­ stances,  tlie.sc  walkouts  resulted  appropriations  of  the  Purrent  Sam  c^n  take  over  the  merchant  punches  on  beefs.  ished,  the  FB.f,  the  Navy  Intel­ from  jvorkers'  efforts  to get  pay  marine  and  blow  all  marine  One  day  oiit  of  Phill}­,  Mc­ fi.scai  year  and  compares  Avitli  ligence,  the  District  Attorney's  boosts  in  line  with  .the .  rising  unions  sky­high.  ;  Leod  asked  the  Old  Man  fcr  a  the  1941 fiscal  year  outlay  of  office  and  the  NeAA|  York  Fire  cost  of  living.  only  $498,190,000,. wliich  was  I don't  mean  we  should  stand  hospital  slip  in  front  of  tlie  Department  all  started  investi­ Another  important .disclosure  gang in  the  foc'sle,  and  the  Old  at  the  start  of  the  program  of  by  meekly  while  everytiiing  Ave  was  that  by  far  the  greatest  building  the  "bridge  of  ships."  haA'c  gained  up  to  date  is  taken  Man,  in  a  nasty  Av&y,  told ­him  More  About  number  of  strikes  took  place  in  aAvay  from  us  under  ij^ne  pre­ he  would  have  to  .submit  a. Avrit­ qon­defense  industries,  Avith  the  text  or  another.  Wiiat  I  mean  ten  request  for  it.  hIcLcod  said,  textile  industry,  Avlikh  is  one  of  is  that  there  are  other  Avaj­s  twc  "I've  been  going  to  sea  for  18  the  loAv­wage,  sweatshop ,  fields,  can  achieve  our  ends  Avithout  years  and  this  is  the  first  time  having  more.­  tlian  i^&ny"  other  SIDNEY  K.  SAVILLE  sti'iking  or  violefue;  nainely  to  L ever heard of  a  sick  man  being  Your  father  is  very  ill  and  branch  of  production.  stand' firm  and  pay  no  heed  to  made  to  submit  a  Avritten  re­ wSuld  like  to  get  in  touch  with  the  breed  of.  "SAiper­militant  quest.  I'm  not  goin^  tp  set  any  you  immediately.  He  is  at  932  '  (Continued  from  Page  1)  union  men  who  are  suddenly j  Delaware  St.,  Detroit,  Mich.  then  lici .Cammed  oil  his  brakes!  and  mysteriously  cropping  up |  eques  .  .  ­ Ten  yards  aAvay  there  Avas  a  FolloAving  men  are  . due  on our  ships.  ­  '  Ujjon  arrival  at  Philly,  the  soldier  on  one  knee. Iiis  rifle  had  AvUges  Avhile  serving.: aboard  Old  jNIan  called ^lel.eod  to  his  PETER  W,  RYDZEWSKI  This  type  aUvays  terminates  a  bead  on  Friedman's  head.  His  S.S.  Oarrabulle  from  Qctobei:.­ room,  but  McLeod,  knoAving  You  are  a  key  _witness  in  the  had'  merely  31,  1941:  his  remarks  with, "and  Ave  don't  AA^iat  Ava.s  up,  took. some  mem­ suit  brought  by  Brother  Morris  let  the  ship  .sail  unless ,  this  is  Donald  A.  Ho|rn'  bers  of  the  crcAV  along  as  Avit­ Chertov  against  ,  the  Calmar  passed  through  the  Avindshield  taken  care  of!"  And  invariably  as a  Avarning.  The  third  one  was  William  A.  Bade  Steamship  Company.  It  is  impor­ ncsscs.  When  McLeod  got  into  the  beef  actually  came  from  a  scheduled  for  the  business.  tant  that  you  get  in  touch  with  Charles Olson  blabber­riiouthed  Aviper  Avho  had  the  Captain's  quarters,  the  cap­ Brother  Chertov's  attorney.  Con­ Friedman'Avas. out  of  that  cab  Clyde  Watson  lain  tried  to  pick  a figlit,*but  beeu  going  to  sea  for  six  years  tact  Milton  G.  Winston,  305  and  liad  his  hands'in fli'fr  air  be­ Frank  Revill  Brother  McLeod  Avas  too  smart  and  never  tried  for  a fireman,  Broadway,  iNew  York  City.­ fore  you  could  say i  "no'  coffee  to  fall  for  it.  He  kncAV  that  if  William McKe'e  Avatertender  or  oilers'  rating.  time."  '  '  they  started  throAving  miisole  in  Otto Stegnr  This  super­miiitaiit,  I'm  think­ The  soldier  advanceAl  toAvard  the  Old  Plan's  quarters,  he  William  Canrpbell  ADAM  KARPOWICH  ing of,  hadn't  been  on  the  ship  hhu.Avith fixed  bayonet  and  de­ Avoiild  be  on  the  hot  scat  plenty.  John  MogandhljB  four  days  Avhen  the  Captain  Your  original  book,., papers  and  So  he  ran­out  on  deck  and  jjist  discharges  were  found  and  are  manded  lo;. know . why „he  had  Alfred  Jutchess  started  telling  him  in  a  stage  ,.;v'  then  ran  into  tlie  Public  Healtli  on  file  in  the  Secretary­Treasur­ driven  i n,.t o  the ,  "protective  whisper  bout  some  A.B.  AVIIO  Joseph  Alfoenio  zone"  that  had  been. thrown  Officer.  er's  office  in  New  York  City.  had  gotten  off  in  Philly.  I  WoodroAv  W. Moore  about  the  entire  New  York  wa­ didn't  hear  Avhat  tbe ,01tl  Man  •  The  health  officer  .sent  him  to  iFrancis  Polando.  ;  terfront.,  J  told him  because  I  walked  aAvay.  the  main  office  and  la^t  I  heard  It  took  Friedman  a  full  half  Warren  Buckman  FOSTER  MERRILL  MITCHEL  But  the  next  thing  I  knew,  I  McLeod  had  stirred  up  a  hor­ hour  to  talk  himself  out  of  that  Thomas Hippie;  i  Your  Seaman's  Certificate  of  heard  Blabber  Mouth,  the  Avip­ nets  ne.?>t.  I  believe  he  is  now  one. And  Avheii  the  Army finall}'®  Kurt  Gonstea  Identlficatfon  has  been  turned  er, say  out  loud,  "Why,  in  Or­ bringing  suit  against  the  steam­ Into  the  Secretary­Treasurer's  let  iiim  hi.s  knees  Avere  play­ HoAvard  T.  Wilsofi­^l :  ship  compauA'  for  having  re­ leans  we'd  pull  the  mah';s  book  ing  castonets  so  fast  that  he  office.  William  A116va 'y''"  fused  him  medical  attention.  •   •  •   for  that!"  could, hardly step  on  Uie starter.  .  David C.  Fair •   '  ­ This  is  the  truth  of  the  case  Swell  talk  for  one  union  man  NoAvadays  when  people  hail  JAMES  DOBBINS  James  Johnson  '  that  the  Blabber­Mouth  Aviper  to  make  about  a  member  of  his  Your  seaman's  papers,  Union  Friedman's  cab  and' ask  him  to  Avas  blasting.  Thomas  J.  JoneS'  'J  : :  •   union  Avlien  he didn't  even  knoAV  book  and  two  personal  letters  drive  them  to  Pier  18,  he  give.?'  So,  to  sum  up,  let  us  not  be  Edward Youngsblood  the facts  of  the  case.  It so  hap­ are  in  the  office  of  the Secretary­ them  a  nickel  for  bus  fare.  too  ready  to  knock  or  judge  Treasurer.  Jose  Cacheo  pens  I  know  the  facts  of  the  Oh  yes,  what  happened  to the  each  other  by  what  anyone  tells  James  P.  DaAdeS:.;i;:>:'r  «  *  *  case  and  I'm  going  to  wise  seaman  that  AA'SS  in  Friedman's  us.  And  also  let's  be  on  pur  ­ Whitney  Rankin  i  ­ Blabber­Mouth  and  a  few others  taxi.''  He  simply  staggered  HARRY  C.  JEWELL  guard  against  all  super­militant  Benjamin  Goldstein  up  a  bit.  Your  father  has  not  heard  ^abhar^^lship'^'^AyhiltS:  ^thp,  cabbie  disrupters.  An  AB  named  McLeod  came  William  Doyle  from  you  since  last  April  and  is  wai. sucking his  guts away  from  Fraternally  yours,  on  in  Porto  Rico  and  right  off  worried  about  you.  Write  him  at  ithe cold .steel.  Nobody ever pays  Helmer  0. Peterson  '  • '  J  the bat  the Old  Man  and  he  did  S.  T.  NBVOLA,  No.  5170  Freeport,  Li  I.  any...a|Krati6p  to.;»eanaen,5  CliqordTwiss  $2.00  2.00  1.00  1.00  1.00  1.00  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Title A name given to the resource January 13, 1942 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SHIPOWNERS FIND WAY TO DODGE HEAVY WAR COSTS "LOG" TO APPEAR WEEKLY NEW FEATURES PLANNED NEW YORK MINE FIELDS WIDENED NOTICE TO ALL SHIP'S DELEGATES SIU SCALERES CHARTERED IN NEW ORLEANS GOV. REPORT BLAMES BOSSES FOR MAJORITY OF STRIKES CABBIE FINDS WATERFRONT IS NO LONGER "PEACEFUL" NOTICE FOR THE CREW OF THE S.S. ANTINOIS LETTER OF THANKS FOR BLOOD DONORS CONSTITUTION NOW READY SELECTIVE SERVICE DELINQUENCIES NORSE SEAMEN RECEIVE GIFTS THINGS TO REMEMBER WAR BLACKS OUT HARBOR LIGHTS SHIPPING ON PACIFIC COAST REPORTED NORMAL PUTS RADIO SEAMEN UNDER NAVY NAVY RECEIVES THE 'LAFAYETTE' NEW YORK PIER 83 BURNS; LANCASTER CARGO LOST 900 MILLION FOR MERCHANT MARINE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IV, No. 1 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/13/1942 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1942 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3df30c09d2cbcffad639c2a191071f3a.pdf 545af2b388c529682d1834175a835801 PDF Text Text Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf  Disiricf, Seafarers International Union of  NA  VOL.  XII  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y.,  FRIDAY,  JANUARY  13,  1950  No.  1  Talfyb^ Committee Cheeks Votes SlU Welfare Plan;  Pattern Is Set  NEW  YORK—The  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Oistrict  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union  became  the  first  seamen's  organization  on  the  East  and  Gulf  coasts  to win a company­financed  welfare plan  foY  its  members  in  an  agreement  signed  with  nine  steamship companies on December 28.  Although  Seafarers  will  not  contribute  to the  welfare fund,  the agreement  calls for  joint admin­ istration  by  a  committee  representing  the  Union  and  the  operators.  "  Under terms of  the contract, each operator wi!!  contribute  into  a  common  fund®­ the  sum  of  25  cents  per  day  for  pany,  Seatrain  Lines,  Waterman  each  man  employed  aboard  its  Steamship  Corporation  and  Sea­ vessels.  Payments  to  the  fimd  traders,  Incorporated.  oecame  pay&ble  as  of  January  After  representatives  of  the  nine  companies  had  signed  on  I  of  this  year.  Subcomjmittees representing the  the  dotted  line,  the  Unim  Ne­ Union  and  the  shipowners  wfll  gotiating  Committee  pointed  out  meet  within  the  next  few  days  that  the  ice  had  been  cracked  to  work  out  details  of  the  plan,  (ProTlsIcns  of  the  recently­ including  the  types  of  benefits,  signed  welfare  plan  agreement  method  of  administration  and  and  the SIU  Negotiating  Com­ eligibility  requirements  for  ben­ mittee's  analysis  begins  on  eficiaries.  page  3.)  Companies  which  signed  the  welfare  agreement  are  the  Alcoa  Steamship  Company,  A.  H.  Bull  and  that  the  rest  of  th^ SIU's  Steamship  Company,  Construc­ 52  contracted­companies  could  tion Aggregates  Corporation,  Cu­ be  expected  to  follow  the  pat­ ba  Distilling  Company,  Seas  ton.  Shipping  Company(  Robin  Line),  Arrangements  have  already  South  Atlantic  Steamship  Com­ been  made  with  the  remaining  companies  for  further  meetings  on  the  Union's  welfare  plan  de­ In  photo  left,  taken  at  the  mand.  The  Negotiating  C(»nmit­ January  4  meeting.  Stewards  tee  will  donand  that  all  pay­ Department  nominees  line  ments  will  have  to  be  retroac­ stage  as  tilers  count  raised  tive  to  January  1,  so  thqt  <^)e­ books  'for  Jack  (Ausisie)  rators  will  have  no  incentive  to  Shrimpton,  who  identities  him­ delay  in  agreeing  to  the  plan.  self  by  holding  up  his  hand.  Basing  its  estimate  on  the  The  same  procedure  was  fol­ number  of  jobs  now  being filled  lowed  for  each  department,  as  by  the  SIU,  Headquarters  said  commiiiee  was  elected  from  that  close  to  $1,000,000  would  be  among the  13  nominees.  paid  into  the  fund  by  the  end  of  the  current  year.  The  agreement  signed  by  the  nine  companies  stipulates  that  »•   Members  of  the  TaUying  Commitiee,  elected  from  Ihe floor  of  the  regular  Headquarter!  membership  meelng  on  January  4,  as  they  checked  over  ballots  In final  of  annual  A&G  District  election  results.  Around  the  table  from  left  to  right:  M.  Colucd  (Deck),  Charles  Kimball  (Deck),  Lars  HiUerts  (Engine),  Donald  Mease  (Stewards),  Edward  Mcteney  (Stewards)  and  Frank  Rose  (Engine).  ­ft  A&G  District  Backs Annual  Polio  Drive  •   The  SIU  is  again  backing  the  annual  March  of  Dimes  drive  of  the  National  Foimdation  for  In­ fantile  Paralysis,  and  has  joined  '  J  vvcuuc:  lij 'iG  rt^if^in''  iuciiib6i.ahip support  of  the Foun­ effect  for  not  less  than five  dation's  appeal  for financial  con­ years.  tributions.  In  announcing  the  new  agree­ A&G' District  Secretary­Trea­ ment,  members  of  the  Negotiat­ surer  Paul  Hall  is  a  member  of  ing  Commitee  repeated  a  belief  the  Foundation's  Labor  Commit­ expressed  earlier  that  the  ship­ tee,  in  the  campaign  which  con­ owners  obviously  were  satisfied  tinues from  January  6  to 13.  with  the  efficient  handling  of  their  ships  by  SIU  crews  and  Last  year's  record  epidemic  therefore  offered  no  major  op­ has  virtually  exhausted  the  position  to  the  welfare  propos^  Foundation's  funds  in  caring  for  infantile  paralysis  victims,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  drive  will  be  sufficiently  successful  to  en­ able  the  important  work  to  be  carried  on.  NRW  YORK,  Jan.  11  —  The  Secretary ­ Treasurers,  10  Port  membership  meeting  of  Jan.  4.  not  have  been  as  widely  known  The  Foundation's  Labor  Divi­ elected  officials  who  will  admin­ Agents,  and  15  Port  Patrolmen.  Thirteen  nominees  competed  for  as  others.  sion  informed  the  SIU  that  it  ister  the  affairs  of  the  SIU's  At­ Among  the  incoming  office­ the  six  committee  posts.  Preparation  for  the  election  of  maintains  a  year­round  sbrvice  lantic  and  Gulf  District  were an­ holders  %re  one  new  Assistant  officers  for  1950  got  imder  way  Committeemen  and­the  depart­ for  members  of  organized  labor  nounced  today  by  the  Tallying  Secretary­Ti­easurer,  three  new  last  September,  with  the  adop­ and  their  families  in  the  event  Committee  in  its  report  of  re­ Port  Agents  and  five  new  Port  ments  they  represented  were  tion  of  the  customary  resolution  Charles  Kimball  and  M.  Colucci,  polio  strikes.  sults  of  the  election  concluded  Patrolmen.  Deck;  Lars  HUlertz  and  Frank  calling  for  Union­wide  nomina­ This  service'  includes  paying  on  December  31.  Bose,  Engine,  and  Donald  Mease  tions  and  designating  the  posi­ for  hospital  costs,  transportation,  Of  the  29  Union  positions fill­ and  Edward  Mooney,  Stewards.  tions  to  be filled  in  the  balloting.  (The  complete  list  of  suc­ purchase  of  equipment,  medical  ed  in  the  election,  nine  will  be  cessful  candidates,  the  of­ Of  the  54  men  nominated  be­ treatment,  wheelchairs  and  other  taken  on  by  men  who  replace  Continuing  the  practice  start­ fore  the  deadline  date,  seven  "  orthopedic  appliances.  ficial  vote  tabulation  and  the  ed  several  years  ago,  the  SEA­ present  officeholders.  Calling  for  increasing  financial  FARERS  LOq  of  October  21  were  disqualified  by  the  Creden­ Tally  Conunittee's  report  be­ The  committee's  report,  which  help  for  the  Foundation,  AFL  printed  the  biographical  sketch­ tials  Conimittee  for  failing  to  gin  on  page  6.)  will  be  submitted  to  the  mem­ President  Green  cited  the  fact  es  and  photographs  submitted  by  meet  the  Constitutional  require­ bership  at  all  Branch  meetings  that  the  number  of  polio  victinrs  the  candidates  for  office.  Tliis  ments  for  candidates.  on  January  18,  contains  the com­ had  skyrocketed  in  the  past  Serving  on  the  Tally  Commit­ feature  was  adopted  ar a  means  Throughout  the  elections  the  yeai'j  with  "many  of  the  chil­ plete  vote  tabulation.  tee  were  six  i*ank  and file  Union  of  aiding  the  membership  in  ac­ SIU  urged  menib^  to  exi>r«;isfr  dren .of  working  people"  among  Polling  began  on  November  1,  members,  two  from  each  of  the  quainting  themselves  with  the  their  voting  rights,  so  that  the  the  afflicted.  with  the  ballot  listing  47  candi­ three  departments  —  Deck,  En­ candidates  and  their  qualifica­ final  results  woul^  as  near  as  He  said  "the  need  is.. very  dates  for  office,  The  ballot  called Igine  and  Stewards — who  were  tions,  particularly  those  who  possible,  indicate  preferences  great"  to  help  the  victims  of  this  for  the  aiectibff  of  one  Secre­ elected  by  a  "sho\y­of­book vote"  were  running  for  office  for  the  of  the  majority  of  the  active  disease.  tary ­ Treasurer,  three  Assistant  at  the  regular  Headquarters  first  time  and  consequently  may  member^p.  Tally Committee Annouaces A&G Officials For 1950 I.  A'.­, ­V.­?vV  :  �rrg:,; "vi"• ­.  "'St  .  Two  SEAI'ARERS  LOG  Published  Every  Other Week  by  the  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  Atlanticr and Gulf  District  Affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  o£  Labpr  . At  51  Beaver  Street,  New York  4,  N. Y. '  HAnover  2­2784  Reentered  As  second  class  matter  August  2,  1949,'at  the  Post  Office  in  New  York,  N.Y.,  under  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912.  267  Building  Together  No trade  union  can  build  a  strong  organization  cap­ able  of  paying  o|F  for  its  membership  in  terms  of  good  wages,decent  working  conditions  and  increasing  job  Security,  unless  these  same  members  are  interested  and  active  in  building  a  better  future  for  themselves.  Sure,  a  union  can  muddle  along  from  year  to  year,  picking  up  a  gain  here  and  one  there  without  the  active  help of  its members.  Maybe  that  kind  of  "progress" suits  some  but  it  is  an  injustice  to  the  membership,  and  most  certainly  hoc  in  strict  accordance  with  the  needs  and  purposes  of  a  labor  organization.  Under  such  policies, la  union  membership  must  eventually  say:  "Just ^ where  are  we  going—^if  we're  going  anywhere?"  ^  When  a  union  membership  reaches  that  state  of  bewilderment,  they're stagnating. Brother.  In  the  Seafarers,  our  policies  are  based  on  the  in­ disputable  fact  that,  unless  a  union  is  alive  and  kicking,  it's  not  going  to  be  able  to  build  anything  in  the  shape  of  a  better  living  for  its  members.  In  short,  we  Seafarers  believe  that  a  union should  be dynamic.  And  we  not only  believe,  we  also  know,  that  it  is  the  membership  that  is  ultimately  responsible  for  building  the  dynamic  machine  a  union  should  be.  Anybody knows  that  a  Skipper, can chart  a  beautiful  course,  but  that's  as  far  as  he'll  get  to  anyplace,  unless  he has a heads­up crew  to move his ship.  /  Getting  right  down'to it,  wc  of  the  Seafarers  have  ­tv the kind  of  membership  which  sees  to it  that  their ^Unioh  NEW  ORLEANS  HOSPITAL  J.  G.  HARRIS  eRIACQ  ESOLAN  C.  BISCARL  C.  MARTttEE^  J.  J.  O'NEILL  goes  ahead  and  in  the  right  direction.  E.  ACHiLLEa  DUSAN  DE  DinSIN  We are endowed  with a  membership that  ranks at  the  J.  PENNIS  F.  CAMPELL  M. J. LUCAS  LANDRY  top of  any  list  of  hep  trade  union  people.  Our  member­ F.  E F. MeGOWAN  jbSEPH  F.  GAMBLICH  H.  LAGAN  .  V  ­ %C;MELOY  NICHOLAS  CORATTI  ship  is  a  smooth  blenp  of  alert,  aggfessiv^ yoimgsters  and  D.  LANG  .  i  H.  L.  SOUZA  L. E ROZUM  •  seasoned,  sharp  oldtimers—both  vitally  interested  in  pre­ L.  WILLIS  C.  W.  GOODWIN  CHAR7JSS  HAW\^R  serving  and  developing  the  Union  that  is  their  comipon  P.ROBERTS  P.  E.  DARRQUGH  H. J. OUT  A.  MAUFFRAY  :  "  bond.  V.  J. RIZZUTO  'G.L.HAND  N.  I WEST  ­­ • p vrvPTrA'TTKr  _  And  our  guvs  believe  in  oaviog  more  than  JTA.mrPg  P  • MAPIK­PT  rvicft  W.  J,  HACKETT  EUGmE  LADHIIRE  to  the  principles of  trade  unionisAii.  X^y  m  a»»d  dsy  out,  O.  HOWELL  E.  F.  PAUL  HENRY  WATSON  they give  evidence  of  the  fact^ that  they don't  want  poli­ J.  JUSTUS  /  ­ HENRY  JOHNSON  R.  C.  PIEHCE  R,  HOLLAND  cies*  of  the  muddling  kind  that  get  you  nowhere  in  a  JOSEPH  ARRAS  *  %  burry.'They  wa^it  to  move  ahead  themselves^and  they  lA  LACHAPELL  L D.  DIEUDONlfE  MOaaE  HOSPITAL  MINKLER  want  the  rest  of  the  trade  union  movement  to  move  Hr  ft. ft  W.  HUNT  O.  THOMPSON  ahead so  the sledding will  be easier  for all  working  men.  NEPQNSiT  HQSPn'AL  W..­LAMB  J.  STEWART  If  you  need  any evidence of  the Seafarers'  conviction  F.  SHIMELFEING  WILUAM  PADGETT  /  P.  BURROUGHS  MATTHEW  BRUNO  :  that they're hitched up with the destiny of  organized labor  J.  TASSIN  R.  FOSTER  JOSE  DB JESUS  L.  HOWARD  OYerywhere,  just  take  a  look  at  their  record  of  support  of  S.  L.  GRICE  J. M.  LANCASTER  K.  LEE  H.  WESTPHAL  other unions  in  New  Yorkj'Tampa, Mobile,  New  Orleans,  L.  TICKEL  B. E,  LUFLIN  ^ ­ T.  BURKE  pn  the  West  Coast,  in  Canada  and  elsewhere ­r­ unions  L.  DANTIN  " •   •  EST^^ P.  LOPEZ  "  A.  BRYANT  wliose  affiliation  they don't  question, eitheir,  be  they CJQ,  R.  MORTON  CHARLES L,  MOATS  :  i  .  %  DANZEY; •  "  PEDRO  G.  ORTIZ  AFL  or  independent.  W.  ROBERTS  ft  R. REDDEST  J.  MCELROY  And  if  you  need  any evidence  of  Seafarers'  penetrat­ SAVANNAH  HOSPITAL  R.  A. RATCLIFP  W.  MAUTERSTOCK  ing interest  in their  own Union,  just  look at the way  they  J.  J.  J.  CERDA  THOMAS  WADSWORTt  SYNNOTT  A.  T.  MOLAN  have stepped  up participation  in  all  phases of  the  Union's  J.  P.  PHUGH'  •   R. A. BT«Alh>JB<  W/ GENTY  a^airs  in  the  past  few  years.  L<wk  atf  the  pages, of  the  H.  FLUENCE  L. BALLESTEBO  CLYDE  LASETER  JOHN  T. EDWARDS  J  SEAFARERS  LOG  and  see  how  members  are  discussing  C.  LYONS  ft ft ft  E. FERRER  the  issues  aflfecting  the  general  welfare,  discussions  that  SAN  FRANCISCO  HOSPITAL  lir  L H. FRENCH  •  •   • •   ..1  ultimately  provide  the  base  for many  union  policies.  .  BALTIMORE  HOSPITAL  J.  KEENAN  JOSEPH SPAULDING  Or observe an even more accurate indicator—the vot­ E.  HARRISON  J.  BARNHART  JOSEPH  SILLAK  ing results, always  a good  barometer of  membership inter­ W.  A.  BREWER  A.  CAUDRA  UHS  TORRES  ii  T.  ISAKSEN  L; TULL  est.  New  Orleans,  for  instance,  this  year  registered  more  G.  W.  VINER  .  ­ FRED  ZESIGER  T  ^  ft ft ft  XJnion voters in the recently­concluded election  than  were  A.  WRIGHT  *  STATEN  ISLAND  HOSPITAL  '  .  L.  HIGHSMITH  •  .  ft  Z, ft  •   •   ­ polled  in  the  entire  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  back  in  F.  JUDAH,  JR.  • I  f  MOSES  MORR  I S  1944.­­  '  W.  D.  WARMACK  H.  E.  LOQE  MARTIN  BLUM  ^  ^  ^  Maybe Seafarers are not always  aware of  it but, in the  D.  H.  BRIJNIE  ^  J.  J.  O'CONNOR  JOSEPH  LIGHTFQOT  •   ^  course  of  expressing  their  day­to­day  interest  on  immed­ a MATTSSON  C.  E.  SANCHEZ  ::WILLMM  ­ J.  MALINOWSKI  ,  SAMUEL  JONAS  iate  issues,  diey  have  been  budding  the  kind  of  union  CLARENCE  D.  SKILLY  F CHRISTY  L.  F. BARNA  '  :  P. SMITH  that is  strong enough  to bring  them  the economic  benefits  A.  V/ATEMVIAN^  •   D.  P.  GBUNAS  CHDLOW  WOODS  that are tops in the maritime industfy.  >  •  :G: . A^ CARROLL: •  ^  FRANK' NEAKNG^^'  DONALD MsdaONALD  ^  ­  It's  no  wonder  that  Seafarers^are  mnving  aherdl  •   ,  'MASTERS:?:;:  ''RICHARD' QRALlCKr  "• A; McGUICfAN  '  :  '  .  Htm In The Marine Hospitate  r.  .;.t'r .  •   r' ;•   ' 1,'.  �2rilf­s«4f 4I8|^«S  lHTROO.yCTiQN:  If  ^ fp.  ij^f  P^i9ff4  tfcfff  f|ie ffa#  eMl^ed woM on IAIS Welfare P/oe end Aos finally negotiated «fc»?es  o/  Me  V^/fore  Pteii  9^19^99%  ^cus$ed  9f  o«r  fba t^^yfin,^ r^on,frasf,. - l^r b.ryyify, as wall as for clarity, this report shaH be Ififoraoflonai Cenireafi'on >  o#  fW,  dealf y^lfb seriafum, and each secflon of the contract itself If  wee egreed  by  ydri^J^tM^p, gi o«f  felereg^iigf  shaU be falliowed by. an anakysh by the committee. The committee emphasizes the fact that the Welfare Maf  we  would ooiqmeeee  MN  ew  «e«P  le<||Mle«  Plan Is to b^ entirely paid for by the companies. Not one In  //no  with  this  pro^||^,  CominlMee  cent Is contributed by the Union or the membership. PPNTRACT  resentatives  of  the  Union  will  meet  at  regular  Agreement  made'this  28th  day  o£  Deeember  "«®'wal»  »»  times  and,  phtees  mutually  ^tlsfac­ 1949  by  and  between  Seafarers  Int^tati,^  SrtieLtT  ?v. T rf  ,'n  P, ''  °1  U^iion  of  North  America,  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Dis­  Pa^ticipatrng  in  the  Plan;  how  the Flap  shall  be  %ict,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  "Union,"  and  administered,  i.e.,  through  a  trust  agreen\ent,  or  company;  provteions  Alcoa  Steamship  Co.;  A.  H.  Bull  Steamshin  Ca­  a  trust  or  insurance  aimpany;  provBion  for  __  Baltimore­Insular  Line;  Cuba  Distilling  Co.;  Seas  non­^«Pli<»tion  of  benefits;  and  such  other  mat­ Shipping  Co.;  Seatraders,  Inc.;~Seat?air'Lkie7  necessary  and  appropriate  for  the  South  Atlantic  Steamship  Co.;  and  Waterman /  ^  Welfare  Plan.  Steamship  Co.;  hereinafter  jointly  and  severally  COMMITTEE'S  ANALYSIS  '  9aj[led  "Company.'  It  is to  pointed out  once again  to  the member­ COMMITTEE'S  ANALYSIS  ship  that  your  Negotiating  Committee's  fl^t  ob­ The  membership  will  note  thai  this agreement  jective  in  these  negotiations  was  to  have,  the  shipowners  agree  to  the  actual  payment  of  a  ds  Signed  with  onl^  nine  SIU  contracted  cgm­ Vy^lfare  Fund.  panlMr  even  though  the  UnSpn  has  under  con­ XW  Committee  felt  that  once  we  had  estab­ tract  approximately  5ft  off­shore  steamship  com­ lish^ the  principles of  a  Welfve  Fund  and  the  ly "panlea.  The  membersh^ is  toj be  made awa?re.  of  bad  actually  commenced  paying  into  Aa fact  that,  in  line with previous l^nl^a action  ­.U,  th,^ the  details of  the  Welfare  Ftmd,  Le.,  the  when  negotiating  with  steamship  cony^l^  COMMITTEE'S  ANALYSIS  ^ay  shall  not  be  frosen  for  the  Hee­year  term  of  the  Welfare  Plan.  T*  It  means,  instead.,  that  the  25c  shall  only  remain  frozen  until  Sept.  30,  1951,  On  that  day,  we  shall  be  able  to  re­negotiate  on  the  matter  of  the  25c  if  we  at  that  time  desire  an  increase  in  same.  In  any  event, ^regardless  of  the  fact  we do have the right  to re­negotiate  ihe  25c on  Sept. 30,  1951,  the  Welfare  Plan  itself  and  the  benefits  derived  from  it.  shall  remain  in  ef­ fect  for  the  full  5­year  term.  The  last  seulencf  in this clause means  that  once the  Union and  opr  erators  heve  agreed  that  certain  items,  such  aa  death  benefits,  etc..  shall  be  paid  from  the  Wel­ fare  Fund,  that  the  Union  will  not  in  addition  attempt  to  force  the Company  to pay  other  Wel­ fare  matters  direct  from  the  Company  itself*  I  CONTRACT  Ota. th. Vnlon  ha. .«««d  tha  flra  a«i»B  .f  .?  ^  4.  In  the  event  a  Welfare  Plan  is  not  agreed  cnpanlo.  uadn  Igaatu,.  «. a»lle«^TSt,«.  upon  before  April  30,  1950  the  services  of  the  ftactual  and  mowlary  n»««a,  fh, >«f  of  the  '""''"4 <>»«  • » deUIl  at  lalar  negollalu,n  penoffa.  Federal  Mediation  and  Conciliation  Service  shall  Sm  contracted  operators  generafty  follonr  fhe  CONTRACT  be  requested.  If  a  Welfare  Plan  is  formulated  same pattern.  prior  to  September  30,  1950,  contributions  there^  ­ Your  Negotiating  Committer,,  a<dV>»^  by  Plan  shall  be  for  a  period  of  to  by  the  Company  shall  be  retroactive  to  Jan­ the membership on this report snd  Welfare Pion  subject  to  the  lim­ uary  1,  1950.  Within  thirty  (30)  days  of  the  sign­ i^tion;^  herein,  shall  contain  provisions  for  in­ ing  of  tins  agreement  the  Company  shall ­post  shall  then  preeenf  the  same  conisaci  la  other  creasing  or  decreasing  the  amount  of  ai^  pi;e­ a  bond  for  the  payment  of  its  obligations  hereip  sm operators  for  agreemmit.  smbed  Ipenefit.  ^e Pl^  shall  contain  4  P?9^  set  forth.  vision  for  npn­d.uplication  of  benefits  for  wWch  CONTRACT  the  Compgaifty  majy  d^ectly  or  indirectly  con­ COMMITTEE'S  ANALYSIS  WHEJIEAS,  there  is r^pw  in existence  between  tribute,  but  non­diipUcation  of  benefits  shall  not  This clause  of  the contract  is  to be  interpreted  ^  par^.^s  a  yahd,  gollective  bvgaining  ag^ee­  bjj.  construed  to  mean  any  benefits  which  are  as  a  guarantee  to  the  Uni^.  In  other  words,  if  ^  IS  not  dpe  to  expire  until  Septem­  or  may  be furnished  solely  by  the  Union,  y feer 30,  1950.  and  the  actual  details  of  the  Welfare  Plan  arc  not  WHEREAS,  the  Union  has  formally  notified  the  COMMITTEE'S  ANAL YSIS  agreed  to by Sept.  30,  1950,  then  the  Union shall  Company  9f  its  desire  tp  negotiations  for  he iu, the position of  being able to force  the  Vifql­ To  hav,a  a  succaimfni­ WaHarA  Plan,  vnur  Gam­ Vtkn  to  a  successful  con^i^^oh '^^^  mittee  feSSt  that  the  longer,  within  reason,  ihe  the  said  agreement,  and  of  economic  action  on  and  after  Sept.  30,  1950.  /WHEREAS,  the  Umon  hps  proposed  that  the  term  the  Welfare  Plan  itself  ran,  the  greater  The  membership  will  note  that, under  Section  Company  grant a  Wefiare  Plan  in lieu of  a  wage  the  period  of  time  to  work  it  out  to  perfection.  6  of  the  Welfare  Contract,  as  signed,  there  is a  Therefore,  it  was  decided  that  a  five­year  plan  WiCf?ase,  and^  provision  that  once  we  sign  a  Welfare  Fund,  the  (JJompany  has  consented  to  ne­ would  provide  such  necessary  time.  The  nomduplication  of  benefits  referred  to  in  then  the  collective  bargaining  contract  is  ex­ gotiate  regarding  %  Welfare  Plan  ip  Uep  of  ne­ this  clauise  shoidd  be  interpreted  to  mean  that  tended  to Sept.  30,  1951.  In  the event  that  we  do  gotiating  in regard  to. a  change  in wages,.  inasmuch ^s the operators  are now  paying  m^in­ not  successfully  complete  the  negotiations  of  fenance  apd  cure  of  $6.00  per  day  to  a  Union  this  Welfare  Fund,  then  the  collective  bargain­ COMj^ITTEE'S  ANALYSIS  member  who is injured  aboard a  vessel,  the Wel­ ing  contract  will  expire  Sept.  30.  1953.  This  y As was previously  reported by  the  Negotiating  fare  Plan  would  not  either  accept  this  respon­ would  therefore  in  turn  put  us  in  the  legal  pos­ Committee,  the XTnion,  although  desirihg'to open  sibility  of  the  payment  of  the  $6.00  per  day  ition,  if  necessary,  to  use  strike  action  to  force  aogotiations  for  a  Welfare  Fund,  was  restricted  maintemrnce  and  cure  or,  for  that  inatter,  dup­ final  settlement  of  the  Welfare  Plan  itself.  by ^ the terms of  our contract  to wages and mone­ licate  the  same  payment.  This,  in  effect,  would  Your  Committee  feels,  however,  thai  this  will  tary  matters  only.  prevent  abuse  of  the  Welfare  Fund  and  provide  not  be  necessary.  It  is  felt  that  the  hardest  part  Therefore,  in  order  to  legally  open  negotia­ for  a  greater  protection  of  the  money  oq  hai^  of  this entire  Welfare  Plan  was  to  get  the  oper­ tions  for  a  Welfare  Fund,  your  Committee  com­ in  the  Welfare  Fund.  ators  to*  agree  to  the  payment  of  the  money.  plied with  the terms of . the contract  by first  pre­ This  they  have  done.  The  negotiations  of  detail  CONTRACT  senting  a  wage  demand  and  then  upon  meeting  to govoyrp  the  fuud should be  simple.  with  tho,  operators,  informed  then^  Hie  Union  '3. During  the  t^rm  of  the  (^lective  b^­gsdn­ preferred  a  Welfare  Fund  in  preference  to  a  ing  agr^ment  the  per  capi^ contributioii  of  the  CONTRACT  \  wage  increase.  This plan  worked,  as  tlm  Welfare  Company  toi,  the  Plan  shall, be  a  maximum  of  5.  The Welfare  Plan herein  contemplated shall,  Agreement  itself  proves.  25c  per  day  per  unlicensed  seaman  employed  on  when  formulated,  be  submitted  to  the  Bureau  CONTRACT  '  vessels  mapned  by  the  Company  and,  actually  of .  Internal  Revenue  and  shall  not  become  ef­ working  thereon.  In  formidating  the  Plan,  negor  .NOW,  THEREFORE,  IT  IS  MUTUALLY  tiations  shall  include  consideration  of  all  l^fte­ fective  until  the  contributions  thereto  by  the  AaHREP  AS  FOLLOW?:  ­ fits  of  aU  descriptions  and/there^'ore,  it  is  spe­'  Company  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  said  1.  That  immedla,tel^  upon  ratification., of  tips  cificaily  agreed  that  duriii^. t^e  •   «istence  o^  the  Biureau  "as  jiroper  current  deductions  for  tax  a^^nient  negotiatimis  wrli ibe  started ­ for ­  ihe  Plan  ho  demand  shall .be  made  upon  the  com­ pvuposes. ;^he  Company  and  Union  agree  to  j»rmulation  of  a  ihutuaRaf  sAt.is|ai^ry  /,pany .for; pejnsions  or  aiiV  other  welfare  benefits .  work hut a  Plan  that  will receive such approval.  II  Plan.  Representatives  of  the  an^ r^.^..^7|  in  the  said  Plan.  . v /  �THE  SEAFAkERS  LOG  Steady  Shipping,  Minor  Beefs  Mark S­Week Period In New York  .  «• :'.  '.• .  CHRISTMAS DINNER IN  FRISCO  By  JOE  ALGINA  l9if^ 13.  1930  In­Transit Vessels  Keep  Pert Savannah  A  Going Concern  By  JIM  DHAWI^  NEW  YORK—This port  sw\mg  question of  who makes the  coSee  SAVANNAH  —  Thanks  to  a  Into  ihe New  Year  with shipping  at  10  AM  coffee  time.  few  in­transit  ships  during  the  holding  at  a  pretty  even  keeL  This  is  the  Stewards  Depart­ past  couple  of  weeks,  shipping  In  fact  there  has  been, little de­ ment's  job  and  the  honors  gen­ was  saved  from  the  dead  slow  belL  Th% few  jobs  that  came  in  viation  in  job  activity  here  dur­ erally  go  to  the  crew  Messman.  At  3  PM  coffee  time,  the  java  were  from  these  vessels  alone.  ing  the  past  four  to  six  weeks,  is made alterhatingly  by a  Wiper  ,  There'  were  no  beefs  aboard  t  .Outside ^ of . a'couple  of  minor  and  an  Ordinary  Seaman.  any  of  these  callers,  which  were  b^fs  aboard  two  Cahnar  ships,  ­  At . any  rate,  this  should  not  the SB Jean, Bull; SS Strathcape,  which wa% subsequenUy squared  be  a  difficult  matter  for  tie  Strathmore,  and  SS  Steel  King  and  SS  Stwl  Flyer,  both  of  aw^,  there  was  nothing  to  mar  crewmen  to  get  straightened  out  among  themselves.  Isthmian. ;  .  the  paydSs  and  sign­ons  during  Talk  about  the  radio  give­ the two­week  period  juk ended.  MATTER  FOR  PAYOFF  away shows,  some of  our nation's  These  bee&  involved  disputed  Several  men  aboard  the  Steel  overtime  for  the  Carpenters  on  lawmakers  don't  do  bad  them­ Seafarers  dig  into an  enticing  menu,  topped  off  by  turkey  King  had  been  logged,  but  this  selves.  Senator  Brewster,  for  in­ the  SS  Yorkmar  and  the  SS  and  all  the  trimmings,  vditch  graced  a  neatly  set  table  on  matter  will  be  settled  at  the  Seamar,  but^  were  settled  on  stance,  the  other  day  suggested  payoff  in New Orleans.  that  ships  in  our  layup fleet  be  Christmas  eve  in  the  A8tG  District  Hall  in  San  Frandsco.  l^ursday  at  a  meeting  betv^een  given  to  Germany.  Four  of  our  men  are  in  the  company  representatives and  As­ Savaimah  Marine  Hospital  this  That may  be aU  well and  good,'  'Sistaht  Secretary­Treasurer  Rob­ week.  They  are  Brothers  J.  Ji  • ert  Matthews,  Patrolman  Carl  but  while  he's  showing  concern  Cerda,  A.  T.  Molan,  Clyde  Lase­ (Red)  Gibbs  and  myself,  repre­ for  that  country's, merchant  ma­ ter,  and  W.  Genty,  rine,  how  about  getting  inter­ senting  the  UnioxL  By  JEFF  MORRISON  The  weather  here  right  now  ested  in  our  own.  MONEY  COMING  these  hospitalized  men.  a  line  is  what  the  Yankees  call  Indian  S.^  FRANCISCO — Although  The  Arnold  Bernstein  Ship­ siunmer.  The  hunting  season  is  As  a  result  of  the  successful  ping  Company  has  been  trying  shipping  has  been  fair  here  for  now  and  then.  over  and  the  men  on  the  beach  Christmas  for  the  Seafarers  on  the  past  two  weeks,  the  best  session,  the  Carpenters  of  the  for  a couple  of  years  now  to  get  are  looking  for  jobs  to  hold  the  beach. was  a  gala  event.  A  we  can  report  for  the  coming  two  vessels  may  collect  their  going  with  two  passenger  ships  them  over.  ^  period  is  that  It  looks  lousy,  v  money  at.  the  company's  office,  by  purchasing  two  former  iarmy  The  SS  Jeff  Davis,­  a  Water­ on  the  thirteenth  floor  of  25  transports.  We  don't  hear  Sena­ Broadway,  in this  city.  tor  Brewster,  or  anyone  else  for  man  scow  paid: off  here  and  the  The  ships  paying  off  in  the  that  matter,  saying  that  Bern­ SS  Yomig'America,  of  the  same  past  two  weeks  were  the  Clii­ stein  ought  to  be  given  some  company,  signed  on  after  paying  Because  of  previous  com­ bomo,  Bessemer  Victory,  Gate­ help  in  accomplishing  his  ob­ off  in  Seattle.  jective,  which,  by  the  way,  In  addition  to  this  activity,  we  milment.  Roosevelt  Auditor­ way  City,  Bienville  and  City  of  would  produce badly  needed  jobs  had  calls  from  the  Topa  Topa,  ium on­  East  17th  Street  will  Alma,  Waterman;  Kathryn,  An­ John  B;  Waterman  and  the  Fair­ gina,  Elizabeth  and  Puerto  for  Americai^ seamen.  not  be  available  to  the  SlU  '  land,  all  of  Waterman,  and  the  Rico,  Bull;  Anniston  City  and  for  the  next  regular  New  WORTHY  ­CAUSE  Steel  Designer,  Isthmian.  Steel  Ranger,  Isthmian;  Lilica,  'York  membership  meeting  One  word  on  the  March  of  What  beefs  existed  on  these  Dolphin;  Mankato  Victory,  Vic­ on  January  18.  The  meet­  ^  tory  Carriers;  Seatrains  New  Dimes  drive  beii^ conducted  by  ships  were  only  of  a  routine  ing  wiU  therefore  be  held  Jersey,  New  York  and  Texas,  the  National  Foimdation  of  In­ hatiu­e.  fantile  Paralysis.  We  don't  go  and  the  Robin  Trent  in  the  Branch  Hall.  51  Bea­  *  AROUND  TOWN  flne  holiday  dinner  was  served  «  .  Signing on were  the Steel Voy­ for  any  can­shaking,  but  this  is  GU3^  interested  in  knowing  in  the  HaU,  and  with  the  help  ver  StreeL  ager,  Steel  Architect  Anniston  one  cause  that  rates our  support.  who  among  Seafarers  is  on  the  of  many  of  our  friends  on  the  All  hands  are  urged  to  City,  Mankato  Victory,  Seainar,  The  Fotmdation's  Labor  Divi­ Frisco  beach  this  week  should  beach  and  smne  of  the  Brothera  ' make  a  note  of  this  change  Calmar,  Bienville,  Steel  Survey­ sion  offers  year­round  ^ervic^||^  cast  on eye on  this list:  M.  Bum­ the  affair  was  something  to  be  in  meeting  places.  The  time  or  and  the  Robin  Kettering,  members  of  organized  labor  and  stine,  W.  McCuistion,  Pete  Dre­ proud  of.  will  be.  as  usual,  7  PM.  The  iilong  with  the  Bull  Line  ships  their  families,  including  pay­ vas,  A.  HeUmuth  and  C.  Mize.  place,  again,  the  New  York  President  Lundberg  came  over  ment  for  hospital  costs,  medic^  Of  course,  several  of  the  lads  and  joined  in  wishing  all  hands  HalL And  the  date^  Wednes­ that  had  paid off.  services,  wheelchairs,  transpor­ are  in  the  local  Marine  Hospital,  a  Merry  Christmas  and  he  gave  day.  January  18.  COFFEE  TIME  tation  and  other  aid  needed  in  they  be^ J.  Keenan,  J.  Bam­ out  somo  spirits  that  were­weU­ The  fbllowing  session.,  on  •   One  of  the  beefs among  crew­ the  event  polio  hits  them.  h­Trt,  A.  Caudra  and  T.  Isaksen,  taken.  It's  an  understatement  to  February  1.  will  take  place  members  that  appears to  be con­ Do  whatever  you  can  to  keep  Brothers  interested  in  cheering  merely  say  that  everyone  had  a  in  Rposevelt  Audiloriiun.'  stantly  brewing  centers  on  the  this  excellent  seryice  going.  them  up  would  do  well  to  drop  good  time.  la>:>  "i- . 2 Good Weeks'For San Francisco  New  York  Meeting  t Nea^t'Stisss CsnssHittm's And (Continued  from  Page  3)  COMMITTEE'S  ANALYSIS  ,  The reason  your  Negotiating Committee  agreed  io  submit  this  negotiated  Welfare  Plan  in  its  final  draft  to  the  Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue  is  due  to  the  fact  that  the  funds,  which  are  con­ tributed  by  the  steamship  companies,  should  be  Jkandled  in  a  manner  so  as  to  be  tax­exempt.  If  ihls is not  done, then  the  tax  will  be  taken  from  Ihe  2Sc  contribution.  This  would  result  in  less  benefits for  the  members.  CONTRACT  the  parties  hereto  shall  be  extended  to  Septem­ ber  30,  1951.  ^  COMMITTEE'S  ANALYSIS  Your  Committee  felt  that  by  extending  our  present  colloctive  bargaining  agrsement  to  Sept­.  30,  1951,  it  would  allow  for  a  period  of  contract  stability  in  the  industry,  during  which  time  the  tinion could  use  a  greater  part  pf  its stren^h  to  iron  out  ^ny  beef  arising  from  administration  of  the  Welfare  Fund.  The  administration  of  th^  Welfare  Plan  itself  thus  could  be  perfected  more  quickly.  •   6.  Upon  the  adoption  of  a  Welfare  Plan  the  It  should  be  pointed  out  to  the  membership  existing collective  bargaining agreement.between  that  the  operators  proposed  to  the  Union  at  one  hiB Plm  point  during  negotiations­Ihat  the  existing  agree­ ment  be  extended" to  Sept.  30,  1952.  This,  your  Committee  did  not  do,  believing  that  by  extend­ ing  the  contract  to  1951,  it  will  be  of  greater  protection  to  fhe  membership  in  the  event  the  membership desires  that  date  to change  any  part  of  the  regular  SIU  contract.  Further,  it  is  to  be  pointed  out  to  the  ipein­ bership  that  although  the  collective  bargaiaiiig  agreement  itself  is  extended ^ to  1951,  we  Stfll  have  Qur  clause  in  effect  in  th^  contract  to  re­ open  wages  at  any  time  we  desire  during  the  life  of  ^he  SIU  contract.  This,  as  all  Seafarers  are  aware,  is  a  clauTO  in  the  maritime  industry  that  only  the SIU  has.  CONCLUSION: The Committee feels that this Welfare Plan Therefore, this Committee recommends to the membermarks a big step forward for the membership of our Union, ship that they concur In this report and all recommendation^ - 0 if marks a big step forward not so much qs fa what If will contained therein. ' -'it mean Immediately for our membership, but what If will mean In the long run. Although we have gorren the shipowner to fraternally  submitted,  '•   agree fa the payment of the fund Itself, there still remains the PAUL HALL, Secretary'Treasurer  ^381  lab of negofrating the details of how the funds are to be handled. There Is still a lot of work to be done on this matter. LLOYD GARDNER, Assistant Secretary'Treasurer Once this report Is acted an and concurred In, the bulk ROBERT A, MATTHEWS, Assistant Secretary^reasurdt^...  df the detail work Is still left. Nevertheless, we can be sure that we: have taken a step la the right gf/recffon—o step that JOSEPH VOLPIAN,  Assistant Secretary'Treasurer  wH! eventually mean the freeddm of seamen from fear of JOSEPH  ^  kmecqrifY fo thaMe of us who may gef put out of because of InluHes, or of aid age. tmuskr WfLUAMkWmcfot  Org^imidn  ^  ­'• nm  9m:­ 'i"  �T  B IE  S  B  AT  Ak E  R S  10^  iSAN  FRANCISCO—Chakman.  cent,  R.  Williams  and  R.  Rough­ Jafi  Morrison,  34213;  Recording  ton.  Motion  to  adjourn  carried  Seereiary.  P.  M.  Roberison,  at  7:45  PM.  30148:  Reading  Clerk,  2257,  ^  4  4  4  Motion  carried  to  concur  in  NEW  YORK—Chairman,  Lind­ REG.  REG.­ REG.  TOTAL  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  TOTAL  Headquarters  report  to  member­ PORT  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  SHIPPED  sey  Williams,  21550;  R^ordihg  ^ip 'as  read.  Minutes  of  Branch  20  47  16  ir  9  10  5  24  Secretary,  Freddie .rStewart,  4985;  meetings  read  and  approved.  Boston.  ;  107  101  335  96  69  85  250  Reading  Clerk,  Robert  Matthews,  Agent  reported  that  shipping  New  York.  29  88  32  27  14  15  9  38  154.  hadn't  been  too  bad  for  the  past  Philadelphia  Minutes  of  meetings  in  other  Baltimore.  111  99  .  92  302  ,  56  50  32  138  two  ^weeks,  as  the  Jeff  Davi$  Branches  read  and  approved.  —  Norfolk.,;.  49  45  36  130  '  1  1  ?  came  in  for  an  unexpected  pay­ Port  Agent  stated  that  shipping  —  6  ­ 11  5  22  7  4  11  • ^off.  Several  vess^  are  expect­ Savannah.....  was  fair  in  the  port, and  th^|  Tampa.  .............  14  15  37  '  8  11  13  11.  35  ed  to  call  in­transit  during  the  most  ships  were  coming  m  ship^j  49  Mobile  34  30  119  17  26  12  55  next  two  weeks! although  on  the  shape.  A  Union  committee,  ...  76  76  89  '  241  81  88  102  271  whole shipping  does  not look  too  New  Orleans.....  said,  would  nieet  tomorrow  wi1  Galveston.....!....  22  13  12  47  54  12  19  85  good­ ahywhere  on  this coast,  he  representatives  of  Calmar  over  West  Coast..!  39  ,  40  34  113.  35  42  31  108  said.  Motions  carried to  accept  a  beef  regarding  Carpenters  ott|  Headquarters Reinstatement Com­ GRAND  TOTAL  547  483  451  1,481  381  325  311  1,017  a  couple  of  the  company's ships*|  mittee's  report  and  Branch  Bal­ Otherwise,  he  said,  there  loting  Committee's  report.  Mo­ no  beefs  pending.  He  also  spoke'  tion  on  Trotskyites  and  commie  to  vote  in  their  home  communi­ this  port  recommend  to  Head­ said  he  fejt  that  at  least  the  on  the  March  of  Dimes  drive!  groups  read  for  second  time  and  ties  during  election  time  as  this  quarters  Reinstatement  Commit­ sum  of  $1,900  should  be  allowed  to aid  victims  of  polio  and  ihen­ '  was  concurred  in.  Election  of  is  a  big  year  for  congressional  tee  thkt  Pat.Van  Millican,  Book  to  take  care  of  the  termites  in  tioned  that  it  was  a  worthy  ' tallying  committee to  count  bal­ balloting  and  it  is  our  duty  to  No.  28838,  be  reinstated  and  al­ the  top  part"  of  the  building.  cause  because  every  working  lots  cast  in  port  during  A&G  defeat  anti­labor  candidates.  Mo­ lowed to  pay  due  assessments  Unless  this  is  done,  he. said,  we  man  and  his  family  would  be  elections.  Communication from  tion  carried  to­concur  in  Head­ after  making  one  trip.  Motion  will  have  to  spend  more  in  the  taken  care  of  by  the  foundation  Secretary­Treasurer  on  election  quarters  communication  regard­ (by  Leslie  Jackson,  Book  No.  long  run.  The  Agent  added .that  if  polio  should  strike.  He  point­ <rf  balloting  committee  was  ac­ ing  election  of  tallying  commit­ 912)  that  we  extend  time  on  all  labor  here  is  getting  closer  ed  out  that  the  A&G  Secretary­ cepted  as read.  Meeting  adjourn­ tee.  A  six­man  committee  —  shipping  cards.  Amendment  to  together  as  the  days  go  by  in  Treasurer  is  on  the  AFL  com­ ed  at  7:25  PM,  with  31  mem­ George  Kelly,  Louis  Nrara,  D.  L.  motion  by  A.  J.  Brown,  Book  pushing  for  the  reelection  of  mittee  of  the ­fund.  Secretary­ Parker, Tom  Goul^,  Charles Fos­ No.  43364,  that  extension  of  30  Senator  Claude  Pepper,  the  best  bers  present.  ter and  James  Naylor—was  elec­ days  be  made  on  shipping cards.  friend  of  labor  in  the  state.  He  Treasurer's financial  report  read  t  t  and  approved.  The  Secretary­ NEW  ORLEANS —Chairman,  ted.  Headquarters  report  to  the  Amendment  carried  by  vote  of  Treasurer  announced  that, nine  39  to  28.  Motion  carried to  elect  James  Tucker,  2209;  Recording  contracted  companies  had  agreed  tallying  committee.  Electei  were  Secretary,  George  Allen,  . 114;  to  the  Union's  demand  for  a  Glennious  Lawson,  J. R.  Wilson,  Reading  Clmrk,  Buck  Stephens,  welfare  fund,  paid  for  solely  by  J. •   W. • T   aylor,  Dennis  Cahoon,  7®­ the operators.  He  said  the  other  Cyril  Newman  and  Allen  Burke.  Secretary­Treasurer's  report  companies  were  being  lined  up  Under  Good  and  Welfare,  it  was  and  Branch  minute.«ii  of  ­previous  and  that  meetings  would  begin  recommended  by  Allen  Burke  meetings  accepted  as  read.  Ag­ next  week  to  work  out  details  that  Headquarters  be  notified  of  also  said  that  the  SIU  is  now  ent  reported  that  shipping  had  and  discuss  nature  of  benefits^  ^  the fact  that  Milliken, for  whoqi  not  been  too bad  since last  meet­ 'Inembership  read  and  approved,  reinstatement  is  recommended,  an active  part of  the labor  move­ etc., to  be  included  in  the  plan.  ^ing.  There  were  10  payoffs  and  as  was  Secretary­Treasurer's fin­ went  blind in  Aug. 1948,  but that  ment  in  the  state  and  that,  it  He said  the time  had  come  when  i>six  sign­ons,  and  the  usual  num­ ancial  report.  Meeting  adjourned  he had  been  pyaid  up  to  date and  will  be  kept  that  way.  Motion  Seafarers  no  longer  need  worry  ber  of  in­transit  callers  dm­ing  at  7:50  PM,  with  314  members  was  in  good  union standing,  and  carrid  to  accept  and  concur  in  about  being  destitute  when  they  Headquarters  recommendation  in  the  past  two­week  period.  So  present  had  been  active  in  all  strikes.  regard  to  counting  of  ballots.  wore not  physically  able to  work  far  only five  ships are scheduled  ^ %  t.  Meeting  adjourned  at  8:45  PM  Under  Good  and  Welfare  there  and  that  the  welfare  fimd  was  to  come,  into  this  port  for  pay­ a  step  in  the direction  of  great­ SAVANNAH —Chalxman.  Jim  with  140  members  present.  was  much  discussion  on  the  ne­ er  security.  The  Secretary­Trea­ offs,  he  said.  However,  the  Al­ Drawdy,  28523;  Recording  Secre­ ^  »  it  cessity  of  reelecting  S^ator  surer  added  that  the  Union  is  coa  Runner  and  the  MV  Del  tary,  S.  M. Lake,  51C26;  Reading  BALTIMORE—Chairman,  WU­ Claude  Pepper.  Meeting  adjourn­ continuing  with  its  plans  in con­  j  Viento  will  be crewing  up some­ Clerk,  J.  H.  Babson,  31845.  time  between  now  and  the  next  Secretary­Trd'asurer's financial  liw  Renlz,  26445;  Recording  ed  with  87  members  in  attend­ nection  with  the  Cities  Service •   meeting.  Motion  carried  to  sus­ report  accepted  as  read.  Agent  Seereiary,  G.  A.  Maslerson,  ance.  beef.  He 'stated  that  the  drive  p^d  regular  order  of  business  reported ^that^since  last«tneeting,  20297:  Reading  Clerk,  652.  for  funds  now  being  conducted  4  4  4  to  elect  tallying * committee  to  the  Southland  payed  off  coast­ by  the  Labor  Division  of  the  Charges  were  read  and  com­ PHILADELPHIA  —  Chairman,  count  ballots  cast  in  elections  wise  articles  and  signed  on  for­ mittee  recommendations  accepfc­ man,  James  Sheehan,  306:  Re­ Infantile  Paralysis  Foundation  is i  • lor 1950  officials.  Committee  of  eign  in  Charleston."1*fo  beefs  on  ed.  Minutes  of  Branch  meetings  cording  Secretary,  Paul  Dayton,  the  (Hie  worthy  cause­which, the'  six  was  elected,  two  men  repre­ the  ship.  Several  vessels  called  in other ports read  and approved.  43889;  Reading  Clerk.  William  Union  lends  its  name  to.  Al­ though  the  SIU  does  not  go  in  Bwiting  each department. Excuses  in­transit  Shipping  for  the  next  Communications  from  members  Click,  48741.  for, can­shaking  this  polio fight;  from  absence from  meeting  were  two  weeks,  he  said,  looks  bad.  seeking to  be excused from  meet­ referred  to  the  Dispatcher.  Wil­ The  charters  for  the  Cape  Race  ing  were  turned,  over to  the  Minutes  of  previous  meetings  is  the  concern  of  aU,  he  said.  ham  E­ . Roberts. Book  No:  51300.  Di­spatcher  MofiOP,  o"­ in  other  Branches  read  and  ac­ Motion  carried  to  apoont  TT^nd­ took  the  Union  oath  of  obliga­ and  they  are  being  turned  over  cept  Headquarters  report  to  the  cepted!  Agerii" cepbrtecf  on  uie  quarters  recommendation  that  tion.  Meeting  adjourned  at  8:10  to the Isbrandtsen company. Mm­ membership  and  Negotiating  state  of  shipping.  Negotiating  tallying  committee  be  elected  PM,  with  380  members  in  at­ utes  of  other  Branch  meetings  Committee's  report  on  the  pro­ Committee's  report  read  and  ap­ at  tonight's  meeting  to  count  proved.  Motion  by.  .Johji  Bron­ tendance.  read  and  approved.  Motion  car­ gress  of  talks  on  the  welfare  son  to  elect  tallying  commiftee  ^ballots  of  1950  election. ­^Elected  were  Donald  Mease,  Lars  HiU­ ried  to  concur  in  Headquarters  carried.  The  following  were  el­ ertz,  Ed  Mooney,  Blackie  Col­ MOBILE  —  Chairman,  D.  L.  commimication  regarding  elec­ ected:  Deck—A1  Vandyke,  Leo  lucci,  Fi­ank  Bose  and  Charles  Parker, 180: Recording Secretary.  tion  of  tallying  committee.  Mo­ GiUis; Engine—John Shaffer,  Bob  Kimball.  Committee  is  to  begin  Jauhes L.  Carroll, 50409;  Reading  tion carried  to accept  negotiating  Graff;  Stewards==Dan  Piccorelli,  task  toihorrow  morning.  Charges  Clerk,  Harold  Fischer.  59.  committee's  report  on  progress  Bill  Forney.  Motions  carried  to  read  and  referred  to  trial  com^  Minutes  of  previous  meetings  of  welfare  plan  negotiations.  concur  in  Secretary­Treasurer's  in  all  Branches  read  and  ac­ Committee  elected  to  count  bal­ plan.  Port  Hospital  Committ^'s  report to  membership  and finan­ mittee.  Meeting  adjourned  at  8:30  PM.  cepted.  Agent  reported  on  the  lots' cast in general  election,  with  report  accepted.  Motion  canried  cial  report. Andrew  Flaherty  and  to elect  tallying  committee,  with  men,  representing  each  de­ 4  4  4  • prospects of  shipping in  the com­ Raymond  Cresiski  took  Union  BOSTON­—Chairman.  M.  Noi­ ing  two  weeks.  He  informed  p&tmeht  as follows:  Deck—:E.  F.  following  members  elect^  to  oato  of  obligation.  Meeting  ad­ inembers  that  Hall  had  been  McGregor,  W. ft.  Lee;  Engine—  serve:  P.  Lawrence,  J.  Kerrigan,  journed  at  8:30  PM,  with  250  xis,  5725;  Recording  Secretary.  B.  Lawson,  894;  Reading  Clerk.  broken  into  on  night  of  Jan.  1,  A.  Dawning,  D.  McDUffie;  Stew­ J. E.  Fisher,  J. T,"Morton,  R.  R.  members  present.  C.  Dwyer,  46198.  1950,  and  master­  was  reported  ard—J.  T.  Moore,  H.  W.  McMa­^  Wingert  and  M.  W.  Smith. Com­ 4  4  4  to  police  the  following  morning.  hon.  There  were  85  members^  mittee  instructed to  report  to  Minutes of  other  Branch  meet­ GALVEBTO N — Chairman,  Hall  tomorrow  morning  at  9:30  A  careful  survey" show^  that  present  when  meeting  was  ad­ ings  read  and  approved.  .Port  AM.  Meeting  was  adjourned  at  Keith  Alsop,  7311;  Recording  ^  200  letters  had  been  stolen from  journed  at 7:49 PM.  Agent  discussed  shipping  which,  ;;  ar;05  PM,  with 357  members pres­ Sedrelary  and  Reading  Clerk,  the  mail  box  and  that  nothmg  :  t  i i  during  the  past  two  weeks,  kept  Hugh  Roughton, J51121.  else  had  been  tampered  .with.  NORFCHJC —Chahrman,  J.  S.  ent.  about the same pace  as  previous­ '  »  k  4­ Secretary­Treasurer's  report  ly.  Headquarters  report  to  the  The  burglars  entered  the  build­ While,  56;  Recording  Secreia^.  Ben  Rees,  95;  Reading  Clerk,  TAMPA  —  Chairman,  R.'  W.  and  Headquarters  report  to  the  membership  and  SecretaryTTre®^  ing  after  throwing  a  brick  HaU,  26060;  Receding Secretary,  membership  read  and  accepted.  surer's financial  report concurred  !  through  the  glass  door  at  the  4747.  •   I'^r  of  tlie.  Hail.  Postal  au­ Minutes  of  previous  meetings  Paul  Carter,.  48287;  Redding  Minutes  of  oth^  Branch  meetr  in.  Motion  cai i ied  to  accept  ings  approved  as  read.  Agent  Headquarters  recommendation  thorities  are  working  on  the  in  all  Branches  read  and  ?,c­ Clerk,  Ray  White,  57..  case with  FBI  as tampering  with  cepted.  Agent  discussed  state  of  Minutes  of  other  Branches  discussed  shipping,  which  turn­ that  tallying  committee  be  el­ mail  is  a  federal  matter.  The  shipiHng  in  this  port  Headquar­ read  and  di^roved.  Agent  re­ ed  over to  be  pretty  good  dur­ ected at  this meeting.  These  Agent  urgedv  aU  members  who  ters  report  to  the  memberriiip  ported,  saying  th?t  it  was  re­ ing,  the  past  two­week  period.  were  elected:  S.  Greenridge,  S.  had  mail or were expecting mail>  read  and  approved.  Motion  car­ grettable  that  Headquarters  Communications from  Headquar­ Bayne,  J.  Murphy,  H.  Isaac,  R.  :  especially  with  chOcks,  money  ried  to  concur  in  communication  meeting  recommended  that Tam­ ters  recommending  election  of  Lee,  D.  Fitzpatrick. Charges  read­.­ orders  or  other  valuables  to  re­ from  Headquarters  recommend­ pa's  request  for  funds to  alter  tallying  committees  in  all  ports  and  motion carried  to refer  them  port  to  ­  the  Dispatcher,  who  ing  that  tallying  committee  be  Branch  Hall  be  rejected. He said  at  tonight's  meetings  read  and  to an  elected  trial committee.  123  wotild,  in  turn,  nmify  the  post­ felectcd  at  tonight's meeting.  Ex­ that  if  that  was  the  m«nber­ concurred  in.  Elected  to  com­ members  were  present  wheft  al  inspector.  He  conclud^­  His  cuse referred  to Dispktoher.' Mo­ ^p's  wishes  then  it  is. okay  mittee  were  Bob  Hunti  Whiter,  motion  carried  to  adjourn  ­at  ii&igort  by  advisi^  ^ ir,^||ibeys ition  carried  that  of  with  us., However,  the  Agent  hurst,  J.  Hammond,  Sam,  Yin­ 8  PM.  IV  V­i:­ ;• • .'• '• •   .*„  /•   .Page  Five  1—1  V  ASt C Shipping  From  lh€*  21  To  Jan.  4  • W:  ...  s«s5"  �THE  S­E  A  FA REk lS  LO G  Complete Tabttlatlon Of  tAsteriks  (*)  denote  elected  candidates.)  'Elrotioneering'  Builds  Interest  Of  Membership  Bos.  NY  Phi.  Bal.  Nor.  Sav. Tam. Mob. NO  Galv.  ­  SF  Wilm.  .  $ea.  Secretary­Treasurer  ll#v  P. Hall, 190 '  ' ^  '  174  1700  281  847  161  .144  173  497  1115  No Votes  22  58  50  24.  12  9  ­1  2  16  Voids  0  7  3  4  0  0  2  1  1  Write­ins  1  8  1  1  0  ' 0  0  0  0  A  letter  from  the  SS  Del  Mar  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  173  153  176  500  1132  /  in  which  the  crew  takes  issue  Assistant Secretary­Treasurers  with  the  practicie  of  members  in  116  1452  265  793  149  105  118  423  994  boosting  candidates  for  office  in  L. Gardner, 3697  annual  SIU  Sections  and  which  R. Matthews, 154  140 •  1463  217  754  147  126  117  420  961  criticizes' the  accepted  pro  J. Volpian, 56  116  1197  211  772  147  106  110  382  936  cedure  of  providing  sample  bal­ No Votes  219  1180  309  297  76  122  177­ 272  500  lots  to  the  membership  was  re­ 0  15  3  12  0  0  6  3 ^  3  ceived  at  tJnion  Headquarters  Voids  Write­ins  0  0  12  0  d  0  0  0  2­ this  week.  Because  of  its  broad  Sub­Total  591  5319  1005  2623  519  459  523  1500  3396  implications,  the letter  was  turn­ ed  over  for  comment  to  the  .  Headquarters  Tallying  Coihmit­ Boston  Agent  192  1388  280  832  tee,  then in session in  New York.  B.  Lawson,  894  .  4  371  52  40  In  A  meeting  held  at  sea  on  No  Votes  December  7  the  crew  of  the  Voids  0  6  3  3  Del Mar—six  members requested  Write­ins  18  0  1  that  they  be  registered  in  oppo­ 197  1773  335  878  sition  to  the  motion—voted  to  Sub­Total  condemn  "the  practice  of  sample  New  York  Agent  balloting  qnd  electioneering  in  J.  Algina,  1320  169  1430  291  838  i|.. the  haUs."  No  Votes  28  334  41  33  The  full  text  of  the  crew's  Voids  0  •   7  3  3  letter  is  as  follows:  0  2  0  2  "At  the last  ship's meeting  the  Write­ins  practice  of  sample  balloting  and  Sub­Total  •  197' 1773  335  876  electioneering  in  the  Halls  was  thoroughly  discussed.  A  motion  New  York  Deck  Patrolmen  L.  Goffin,  4526  122  1322  233  795  ­ was  passed  condemning  it.  "The  crew  would  like  to  go  Haymond,  98.^  129  1386  235  799  on  rword  in  the  LOG  as  op­ No  Votes  ­  "  143  824  198  154  posed  to  this.  Realizing  that  it is  Voids  .  r  0  12  4  4  not  unconstitutional,  nor  against  Write­ins  0  2  ^  0­ 0  any  by­laws,  the crew  feels  that  Sub­Total  394  3546  .670  1752  the  practice  should  stop."  jEhcai^nation  of  the  crew's  i  .  complaint  was  made  by  the  New York Engine Patrolmen  T. Babkowski, 7391  140  1101_  140  648,  Headquarters  Tallying  Commit­ tee—a  rank  and file  group  elec­ T. Clark, 25027  ^47  975  84  576  ted  from  the floor  at  the  Janu­ V. D'India, 20875  ­10  177 '  34  38  ary  4  membership  meeting—and  J.  Purcell,  7802  43  538  169  245  the following  statement  released:  ft  C. Seofield, 21536  38  247  •  .j  179­i, 141  51  51  4.^  7  3  2  0  •   2  2  0  0  1  1:  0  183  151  57  53  149  143  147  110  0  0  549  133  137  134  32  15  2  453  5514*^­^  210'  22  ..  , .V'  •  ' 13' •   5759  •  ­  .  40  47  46  .49  36  46  43  17  6  0  0  0  171  159  4784*  47201  . 4340*  . ..3354;.  •   •  63­ • •   .^^16  17277  165  137  103  406  1038  147  142  ­49  49  8  16  66  93  89  36  1  5  4  0  0  2  1  2  0  8  2  0  0  0­ .  0  0  3  0  0 ,  1  0  173  153  176  500. 1132  183  151  57  53  . 4933*  785  27  14  5759­ 162  140  115  413  1050  147  142^  48  ­ 50  11  Xl3  59  86  63  36  1  5  3  2  1  19  0  0  '  0  8  2  0  0  0  0  0 ­  0  0  0  2  0  173  153  176  500  1132  183  151  57  53  ^4995*  713  ­ 5759  .Jpl  142  142  62  0  0  346  4551*  4713^  2210'­ 42  2  11518  154  154  9  16  72  112  11  165  85  0  6  48­ 2  0  0  0  670  1752 . 346  112  122.  72  0  0  306  106  385  956  127  410  991  115  203  315  4  2  2  0  0  0  352  1000  2264  150  153  63  0  0  366  141  134  19  8  0  302  38  162  416  • 796  123  69  156  406  747  125  10  6  8  38  3  87  11 V  108  351  " 51  42­ 7  45  171  25  60  6  5  141  37  0 '  4  12  20  2  0  0  0  0  0  306  ^52 1000  2264  366  113  111  9  28  11  22  8  0  302  40 .  44  24  6  0  114  0  ,0  106  22  16  5  33  17  17  4  0  114  27  14  3  34  18  10  0  0  106  47  41  18  ­ '  • 4  5 • .  '  1  .  3880*  3580*'  350  1714  816  .  1005  172  1  11518  We,  the members of  the Head­ No Votes  10  447  quarters  Tallying  Committee,  Voids  6  60  welcome  the  invitation  extended  0  1  to  us  by  the  Editor  of  the SEA­ Write­ins  394  3546  FARERS  LOG  to  answer  the  Sub­Total  M  question  as  to  whether  or  not  STew  York  Siewcirds  Patrolmen  the  practice  of  "electioneering"  70  689  .200  32  105  281 141  425  66  30  34  39  shcHild  be  allowed  to  continue.  R.  Gonzales,  174  2210  H.  Guinier,  478  .  158  1178  149  152  59  158  424  850  131  121  33  23 '  4075* ;­l  DISCUSS  ISSUES  F.  Stewart,  4935  144  186  673  158  1217  86  155  424  885  144  123  31  27  4253*  .  In  our  opinion,  this  so­called  ­  .  19  395  129  79  4  56  7  7  80  21  20  12  17  "electioneering"  should  be  en­ No  Votes  846  "  I,V  couraged,  as  the  record  clearly  Voids  2  i.q9.  66  0  0  4  4  24  4  6  10'  , ' 8  4  0  siiovirs  uiac  uie  iiicipase  in "exec­ Write­Iris  '  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  ­  2 ,•   tioneering"—^that  is,  the  discus­ Sub­Total.  394  3546  670  346  306  352  1000  2264  366  302  106  114  • .  11518  ­ siop  of  issues  and  the  recom­ mending  of  one  candidate  or  an^  ?|^iladelphia  Agent  other  by  individuals—^has  bene­ A.  CarduUo,  24599  136  1084  113  598  151  54  165  402  730  143  123  31  32  3762*  fited  our  Union.  Let  us  see:  J.  Sheehan,  306  58  499  207  256  21  88  8  • 87    334  19  35  23  20 .  1655  . r  A  check  into  past  records  2  150  5  8  0  10  3  37  3  1  1  1  0 •   shows  that  in  the  1944  A&G  No  Votes  221  General  Elections,  the ­number  Voids  ­  •   1  38  8  14  1  1  2  8  31  2  8  2  1  117^  of  full  book  members  was  ap­ Write­ins  0  2 ­  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  •  • 4;r«  proximately  18,000.  The  total  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  153  173  176  500  1132  183  151  57  53  •   ^5759.  • 'V  vote cast for the entire A(^G  Dis­ trict_that  year  was  only  1,117.  It  Baltimore  Agent  .  /  soun^  almost  imbelievable  tliat  W.  Rentz,. 26445  160  1433  281  847  161  132  138  401  1084  146  141  48  ­49  4971* K  just  about  one  man  in  18  was  No  Votes  ,  '  •   37  329  ­48  18  12  21  36  98  94  37  1  7  4,  742  taking  an  active  part  in  the  0  6  4  6  0  0  2  14 0  8  2  0  Union  elections,  but  it's  in  the  Voids  3^  records at  Headquarters for  any­ Write­ins  0  5  2*5  0  0  0  •  0  0  0  1  0  9  ­  13  one'to see.  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  '  173  153  176  500  1132  183  151 .\ 57  53  5759  In  the  years  following  1944,  the  membership  was  encouraged  Baltimore  Deck  Patrolman  to  take  a  more  active  part  in  R.  Dickey,  652  16  24?  79  121"  11  43  ­  2  34  147  14  12  21  12  '  •• • •   • ­760''H||i  v  the  elections.  Steps  were  taken  C.  Gibbs,  2341  20  506,  113  '96  12  45 \ 3  52  219  28  15  ^21  19  ­ 1149  . ?  to  whip  up  the  proper  interest  150  L.  Johnson, 108  108  606  150  ,­  777  50  167  711  137  116  ii  19  ­  3394*  '•   in  this  important  balloting  and  No  Votes  '  7  0  167  22.  6  15  1  3  32  2  0  0  1  256  ­ for  the first  time  the  candidates'  .  0  3  19  23  ,4  75  13  47  0  pictures  and  their  biographical  Voids  2  8  4  2  ­  V  200  sketches  were  run.  in  the  LOG  Write­ins  0  ­0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  •   with  a  sample  baRot  in  order  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  173  153  176  500  1132  183  151  57  53  ^^• 5759"ilif:  to  better  acquaint  the  members  with  those,  running  for  office.  Baltimore  Engine  Patrolman  .  ,  The  result  of  the  change  was  A.  Stansbury,  4683  150  1324  273  845  150  138  86  373  1007  121  141  ,50.  • "47  ,:,|705*­'^^?­ amazing.  No  Votes  47  440  57  24  23  15  88  126  122  62  2  5  6  • ^K)lt  In 1950 our  Union has  approxi­ 4  Q  Voids  0  6  4  0  2.  1  3,  0  8  2  0  mately  10,000  full  book  mem­ ,  0  3  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0­*  0  0  0  vJbersr­'The  total  vote  cast  in  the  Write­ins  ­7  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  173  153  . 176  500  1132  183  151  57  53  (Continued  on  Page 7)  m  f  �EldM  Ti^ry  i3»  iSSS^  ­r HE  St! AP A R ERS  LO G  Page Seven  For  Bos,  NY  PhL  BaL  Nor.  Sav.  Baltimore  Stewards  Patrolman  J.  Hatgimisios,  23434  137  933  128  725  150.  49  G.  Hazen,.  4075  .'  52  586  167  1^  22  83  No  Votes  8  225  36  6  0  21  Voids  /  0  27  4  19  1  0  Write­ins ­  ,  "  0  2  0  0  0  0  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  173  153  Norfolk  Agent  D.  Jones,  116  21  414  149  186  17  63  B.  Rees,  195  iv  168  'll09  152  663  149  , 84  No  Votes  .  ­  6  222  30  21  0  6  Voids  ;  •   2  ,27  4  6  2  0  ,Write­Ins  ' '  0  1  0  0  5  0  r  Sub­Total  '  ^  197  1773  335  876  173  w  L.  Johnston,  53  E.  Metros,  299  No  Votes  Voids  •   '  Write­ins  175  1245  7  285  13  213  2  29  0  1  • I  QV.  17'79  N®w  Orlaans Engfse  PaSrolman  C.  Stephens,  76  150  1459  47  303  No  Votes ­ 0  Voids  10  Write­ins  0  1  Sub­Total  197  1773  New  Orleans  Stewards  Palrolntian  A.  Capote,  66  26  345  A.  Gowder,  36884  ­ .  34  354  H. Troxclair,  6743  128  803  8  240  No  ­Votes  • m;  ­ l.  3r  ­  Voids  .  0  0  Write­ins  197  1773  Sub­Total  Galveston  Agent  >  •  •   127  934  K.  Alsop,  7311  57.  626'  ­R.  Sweeney,  20  13  191  No  Votes  .  0  22  Voids  r  p  I'  0  0  m  Wrjte­Ins  197  1773  Sub­Total  ­ Galveston  Patrolman  9  154  C.  Allen,  21795  23  211  F.  Holcombe,  151  4  102  P. , Shauger,  48325  916  "  147  C.  Tannehill,  25922  9  170  J.  Tucker,  2209  181  A­ '  No Votes  ,  •  .  ;  :­• 'jU.'  ••  • • ' 1  38  Vo^ds  0  1  Write­ins  yy.,,'  197"  1773  .  Sub­Total  209  78  45  3  0  752  84  22  18  0  .«7«  157  15  0  1  0  275  800  151  57  70  22  0  3  5  0  0  1  335  876  173  108  125  21  109  138  7  74  558  144  30  0  41  3  24  T  0  1  0  335  876  173  '  105  .627  154  197|  223  19  30  20  ^  0  3  S "  b  •   0  0  0  "335  876  173  Wilm. Sea.  24  16  26  35  4  2  »  3  0  0  0  57  53  Totah*­ 'Electioneering'  Buiids  Interest  Of  Membership  3687*  1623  366  81  2  5759  140  164.  460  1102  138  13  10  ­ 39 '  25  45  0  2  15  0  .0  0  0  0  0  153  176  500  1132  183  (Continued from  Page  6)  recently­Concluded  election  was  21  13  1273  5,759—more  than  'five  times  as  120  33  37  4077^  much  as  in  1944!  1  1  3  336  Now,  let  us  take  the  case  ot  7  2  0  67  New  Orleans,  the  only  Ameri­.  0  0  0  6  can  port  the  Del  Mar  hits:  57  53  5759  The  record  shows  that  in  the  1944  General  Election  the  entire  118  12  18  3633* vote  cast  in  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  amounted  to  the  unbe­ 23  42  35  1711  lievably  low  number  of  139.  1  1  0  335  In  1950,  the  total  vote  cast  ins  9  2  0  60  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  was;  0  0  0  0  1,132.  In  other  words,  in  the  151  57  53  ^  5759  election  concluded  on  December­ 31,  1949,  New  Orleans  nst  more  votes  than  did  +he  entire  mem­ 4^43  48  50  5148*  bership  of  the  A&G  District  in.  0  7  3  580  1944.  8  2  '0  26  So  while  some  of  the  fellows  0  0  0  5  may  not  agree  with  the  time­ 151  57  53  5759  honored  American  custom  of  'electioneering"  for  candidates,,  it  142  49  52  5187*  is  clearly  shown  that  it  has  stimulated  greater  interest  in  1  6  t .1  ­  544  the­  Union,  its  official  elections  8  2  0  26  and  its  policies.  0  0  0  2  To  curtail  "electioneering,"  as  151  " 57  53  5759  suggested  by  the  Del  Mar  men,  would  knock  out one of  the prin­ cipal  features  of  the  democratic  130  39  42  4492*  electoral  process.  It  would  favor  138  47  38  4415* the  incumbent  officeholders  and  18  22  20  2527  make  it  extremely  difficult  for  16  6  2  78  new candidates to  become known  0  0  4  6  to  the  membership  and  thus  win  \  302  114  106  11518  election.  This  healthy  condition  should ­,  continue  and  be encouraged.  The.  142  50  50  5199* membership  should  be  allowed"  :  •   ".'3:  1  5  3  524  to  continue  full  open  discussion  8  2  0  34  of  all  vital issues,  including  elec­'  0  0  0  2  tion^  which  are  so  important  a  151  57  53  5759  part  of  our  democratic  setup.  110  34  .9  0  0  131  10  1  9  0  37  15  3  2  0  tsi  so  153  Savannah  Agent  E.  Bryant,  25806  V  157  903  130  619 ­ 150  J.  Drawdy,  28523  32  '  626  162  236  .  23  No  Votes  6  224  38  0  13  8  0*  Voids  .  '  2  20  5­ 0  Write­ins  0  0  0  0  Sub­Total  .  197  1773  335  876  173  Tampa  Agent  ­  " •   R.  White,  57  .  " r ^ i  '  163  1502  285  831  160  47  40  13  No  Votes  ,  h  265  0  4  3  3  0  Voids  1  Write­ins  •   0  2  0  2  0  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  173  Mobile  Agent  .  J  C.  Tanner,  44  , ­  '  152  1539  282  821  159  No  Votes  45  229  50  52  14  Voids  ,  '  0  4  3  3  0  Write­ins  '  0  1  0  0  0  Sub­Total  »  '  '  197  1773  335  870  •   Mobile  Joint  Patrolmen  R.  Jordan,  71  128  127?  217  775  156  W.  Morris,  264  .  124  1230  221  737  148  42  No  Votes  142  1014  224  230  10  Voids  ^  0  24  8  0  0  Write­ins  0  1  0  0  394  3546  670  1752  346  Sub­Total  ^  ^  New  Orleans  Agent  ,  E.  Sheppard,  203  155  ^541  286  818  153  No , Votes  42  222  46  53  20  Voids  0  9  3  4  0  Write­ins  0  1  0  1  0  Sub­Total  197  1773  335  876  173  New  Orleans  Deck  Patrolman  Tarn.  Mob.  NO  Gab  / /  166  399  700  138  122  5  98  363  41  19  1  1  56  4  2  4  2  13  0  8  0  0  ,  0  0  0  176  500  1132  183  Officials  .­7  84'  251  24  167  409  832  154  0  1  40  5  2  6  9  0  0  0  0  0  176  500  1132  183  20  156  430  785  132  15  64  280  1  3  0  61  0  2  6  6  0  '0  0  ^  0  153  176  500  ^ 1132  135  41  7  0  0  183  139  171  443  1052  161  13  3  56 ' 77  22  0  2^  1<  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  153  176  500  1132  183  137  164  480  1063  147  16  10  19  65  36  0  2  1  3  0  0  0  0  1  0  153  176  500  1132  183  «6  120  88  2  0  115  113  120  4  0  454  937  126  459  907  133  84  418  105  2  2  2  1  0  0  306  152  1000  2264  366  166  449  2*  43  5  8  2  0  1  0  snn  17R  830  160  260 ­ 13  26 .  8  16  •   2  0  0  1 ISO  f  138  15  0  0  153  120  451  1100  135  139  54  48  48  29  4  8  2  ­  1  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  176  500  1132  183  151  ,  40  5  37  207  19  11  58  5  59  122  24  11  49  162  389  769  125  121  6  26  0  2  3  14  0  8  2  11  '8  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  153  176  500  1132  , 183  J51  39  12  '  1  1  0  .  .. KO  49  . 51  6  2  2  0  0  0  57  53  \  15  12  20  23  18  13  5  •   2  2  0  0  0  57  53  V  63  168  381  767  89  346  82  7  14  1  11  5  1  3  19  0  0  0  0  153  176  500  1132  /•  172  123  17  11  0  3  8  0  0  0  183  151  86  8  54  8  7  68  19  4  6  82  79  3  7  33  2  J8  121  3  30  •   5  33  21  4  3  7  1  67  553  147  37  162  378  739  ,  136  119  5  65  55  144.  7  54  6'^  46  4  0  40  5  20  0 ­ 10  6  8  1  8  51  5  0  3  13'  22­ 1  2  0  0  1  ^  1  0  1  0  0  335  876  173  153  176  500  1132.  183  151  16  36  2  3  0  57  23  28  2  0  (k  53  9  10  5  ,  22  .  7  1  3  0  57  8  12  3  14  13  3  0  0  53  .  4460*  858  354  85  2  Report  Of  A&G  Tally  Committee  We,  the  undei­signed  TaUy  St  " niij  regular  business  meeting  of  Jan­ 5018*  uary  4,  1950,  at  Headquarters,  submit  the  following  report  and  705  recommendations:  34  All  used  ballots  from  all  ports  2  were  counted  and  the  correct  5759  tally  is  submitted  herein.  An  as­ terik  is  placed Jaesides  the  names  of  the  candidates  that were  elect­ 971  ed  to  office.  964  It  is  to  be  pointed  out  to  the  3353*  membership  that  this  Commit­ .  377  tee,  upon  checking  various  ports*  92  taUy  sheets,  found  that  all  re­ 2  ports  submitted  by  aU  outport  were  correct,  and  in  5759  committees  nearly  every  case  checked  exact­ ly  with  the  New  York  Head­ 3660*  quarters  Committee's final  tal­'  1735  lies.  In  a  few  isolated  instances  294  where  the findings  of  the  vari­ 70  ous  committees  differ,  the  differ­ ences  were  slight  and  made  no  0  change  whatsoever  in  the final  ,  5759  results  of  the  election  for  any"  office.  Full  copies  of  the rep>orts  459  contained  in  this  document  with  627  the  original  signatures  are  on  221  file  in  .Headquarters  Office  of  3437*  this  Union.  585  D.  MEASE,  100258  L.  KILLERTZ,  48392  279  E.,MOONEY.  46671  147  M.  COLUCCI.  38519  4  F.  ROSE,  43481  5759  C.  KIMBATA^  52  �Page Eight  '^'f'jst  S^lEA  fARMRS  too  '  1945  Salvage  Claim  Nears  layoff  For  Hugging Crew  FridarrJanuttry 13.  I3i»  PR  Advocate  Editor  Gets  Crew  Award  J ;f<r  1­^:  Ti  Perseverance, pays  off  and  the  never­say­die  Seafarers  who salvaged  a  French  freighter  back  in  1941  when  they  were  crewmembers  of  the  SS  Willard,  a  Galmar  scow,  are , the  ones  to  prove  it.  "  "  t­ ship  also filed  a  salvage  claim,  Beset  by  a  maze  of  complica­ an(3  that's  where  the  complica­ tions,  a  ^oup  of  the  Willard  tions  began.  meh  have  been  doggedly  pul­ As  Lee  put  it,  that  placed  a  ing  their  salvage  claim  for  more  salvage  claim  upon  a  salvage  than  four  years,  but  it  wasn't  claim,  although  the  Willard  men  imtil  last  month  that  the  pros­ had  a  prior  claim  by  several  pect  of  reward  began  to  look  months.  ;real.  The  WUlard's  claim  was  also  j  .  The  story  of  stick­to­it­ive­ complicated  by  the  fact  that  the  .'jness  came  to  light  without  fan­ de  Champlain  was  an  American  if^e last week,  when  retired Sea­ ship  under  Frepch  registry  and  ifarer  WilMam  Lee,  who  has been  since  she  was  turned  over  in  iworking  shoreside  close  by  SIU  good  shape,  the  US  was  not  iieadquarters  since  1946,  came  liable.  Kenny  Eckholm.  SS  Puerto  Members  of  the  SS  Puerto  Rico's  Black  Gang  present  pen  to the LOG  office and  asked  that  and pencil set to  Kenny Eckholm  in appreciation  of  his services  a  notice  be  run,  teUing  the  old  The  Willard  crew  had filed  its  Rico's  Storekeeper  and  Editor  as  editor .of  the  shipboard  newspaper.  Left  to  right:  Weaver  Willard  crew  that  their  claims  claim  with  the  War  Shipping  of  the  Advocate,  ship's  publi­ Administration  and  the  crew  of  cation,  knocks  out  copy  for  will  be  paid  shortly.  Manning,  Eckholm,  Vic  D'India,  Harry  Rowe  and  Ed  Saul.  the French  rescue ship filed  with  Photos  by  Jim  Colder.  A  few  probing  questions  and  the  French  govemm^t,  in  ac­ a  forthcoming  issiie.'  Lee  sketched  the  history  of  the  cordance  with  an  agreement  In  a  simple  ceremony  in  the  crew's  messroom,  his  studies  at  the  University  of  Georgia.  claim. this  way:  worked  out  by  the  US Sfate De­ the SS  Puerto Rico's  Black  Gang  presented  Ken­ Gnder  the  new  editor's direction,  the  Advocate  In  mid­September  of  1945  the  partment­ neth  Eckholm  with  a  pen  and  pIncU  set  in  was  expanded  and  the  Christmas  issue  featured  "Willard  sailed  from  Pensacola,  appredaticm  of  his  imtiring  services  as  editor  of  for  the first  time  a  fuU  page  of  pictm­es  taken  Bla.,  bound for  Algiers. En  route,  The  case  dragged  on  and  it  the shipboard  newspaper,  tha^ Advocate.  by  staff  photographer  Jim  Golder.  The  Advocate  the  Willard  met  the  SS  Samuel  was  not  tmtil  early  in  last  No­ Presentation  of  the  award  was  made  during  also  runs  a  page  of  advertisements.  ven^ber  that  any  heartening  pro­ de  Chanjplain,  an  American­ the  last  voyage  by  Vic  D'India  as  spokesman  Eckholm  attributed  much  of  the  success  of  the  owned ship operating under  bare­ gress  was  made  by  Lee  and  the  for  the  Engine  Department.  other  WiUard "crewmen  who  had  shipboard  publication  to  the  assistance  he  has  iboat  charter  to  the  French.  In­ been  pushing  the  claim  for  the  received  from  the staff.  Hi<fa  Revesz,  Stewardessi  Eckholm,  Storekeeper  on  the  Bull  Lines  pas­ ternational  code  pennants  were  four  years  that ;had  elapsed.  At  is  associate  editor,  and  Jimmie  DuBose  and  Jim  senger­ship,  txx>k  over  the  editor's  job,  when  strung  up  on  the  de  Champlain  that  time  Lee  communicated  Golder  serve  as  managing  editors.  George  Boney  left  the  vessel  last  faU  to resume  " indicating  that she  needed  assist­ i  • .'­• •••  ance.  The  vessel  had  been  com­ with  all  the  WiUard  hands from  ^  '  the  skipper  on  down,  teUing  I^Tj  pletely  disabled  as  a  result  of  • a  broken  shaft  and  was  at  the  them  to  get  their  Congressmen  to  appeal  to  the  Maritime  Com­ 'mercy  of  the  seas.  '  The  Willard  towed  the  French  mission  to speed  bp  the  process­ By  "SALTY  DICK"  ship  to  Ponta  Delgada.  The  ing  of  their  claim.  Lee  wrote  to  his  Congressman,  Rep.  James  Skipper,  Hugo  Kotch,  then filed  a  salvage  claim  for  himself  and  Mmphy,  a  member  of  the  House  Herb  Knowles  has  changed  to  in  New  Orleans  recommending  sel  and  shaking  it  down. . .  .  the  Black  Gang  after  20  years  a  committee  of  six,  two  from  Ayala,  already  the father  of  twi^v!^  the rest  of  the  crew  and  in  No<­ Merchant  Marine  Ccanmittee.  Murphy  got  in  touch  with  the  vember  1945,  the  .WiUard  sailed  of  sailing  in  the  Stewards  De­ each department,  to  study  plans  expects  an  addition  to  his family  of  ships  to  be  buUt  in  the  fu­ within  a  few . months.  Commission,  which  explained  back  to  Philadelphia.  By  the  time  you  read  ture.  In  other  words  to  check  m:  Meanwhile,  the  tug  Blackmoor  that  only  a  limited  personnel  partment.  this,  he'll  be. on his  way  to South  the  blueprints  and  suggest  to  What  well­known  character  'S­ began  towing  the  de  Champlain  was available to process such  ap­ America.  (age  65)  was  found  in  the  veg­ .  .  Gary  Myrick  is  not  back  to France for  overhauL  But  pUcations  and  the  delay  was vui­ only  bplning  Paul  Wflrren  on  a  the  .companies  the  advantages  etable  box  eating  carrots  during  ^voiuab.Lti.  •   tliii  iiivt»!>iun  or  ine  Normano^""  ^she  broke" loose  in  a  sibfm'  very  important  mission,  he  has  it  wasn't  until  another  French  Shortly  after,  however,  John  started  'a  band­'of  his  own  at  ;Fred  Edgett  finally  changed  beach?  He's  called  Uncle  —" . .  flag  ship  came  along  that  ^e  Webb  of  Lake  Park,  Fla.,  an­ the  Club  BaUerina  in  New  Or­ his  mind  about  going  to  Iran.  George Foley  stayed on  the beaCh  Was  agam  put  under  tow  for  otha*  Willard  veteran,  wrot^  to  leans. . .  Let's  give  credit  to  He  missed  his  ship  in  Long  for  over  a  year  but  ^how  hq'c  France.  The  crew  of  the  rescue  Lee  and  told  him  that  Charles  the  New  Orleans'  HaU.  i would­ Beach,  Calif»  and  has  return­ going  back  to  sea.  He  spent  his  MarshaU  of  the  Maritime  Com­ ed  to  the  Gulf. . . During  the  time  picking  potatoes  on  his  mission  recently  informed  him  n't  hesitate  to  say  it's  about  the  last  war  I  sailed  with  an  AB  farm  in  Maine.  He  refuses  to  within  a  very  short  time  they  most  progressive  one  we  have.  who  came  from  Tahiti.  He  touch  a  spud,  how.  would  receive  payment  of  their  I  understand  some  ships  have  claimed  there  were  no  other'  Clyde  Bernard  having  trouble  the  same  delegates  trip  after  claims.  trip.  May  I  suggest  the  rotation  ports, but  this "island  of  love."  with  this  stern  and  the  doctors  So  Lee,  who  retired  his  §IU  I'd  like  to  get  in  touch  with  may  have  to  operate.  . Brother  book  a few  months  after he paid  of  these  jobs.  Let  everybody  him ^again.  ^  .  Robertson  lost  his  happy  horhe  off  the  WiUard  and  later  got  a  take  a  chance  at  shipboard  re­ and  he's  in  the  market  for  h  ticket  as  Third  Assistant  Engin­ sponsibility. . . I'd  like  to  state  Reports  are  coming  in  of  Bra­ long  trip.  His  last  ship  was ­the:  •   Seafarer William H. Dean,  eer,  asked  the  LOG  to  spread  that  I'm  not  anti­homesteaders,  zilian  customs  men  getting  Seatrain  New  Orleans.  It  .has  1­­  ^24, died in Charity Hospital,  the good word to his former ship­ I'm  pro­SIU.  tough,  especially  in  Santos.  They  been  suggested  that  all  relief  A  motion  wgs  passed  recently  have­a  habit  of  boarding  a  ves­ jobs  should  go  to  permit  men.  I  New  Orleans,  on  December  mates  and  co­claimants.  |  t 16,  shortly "after  being  ad­ What  do  you  think  of  this?  Pete  Hammel  and  Tony  Alleman  both  mitted  with  injuries  suffer­ in  Lake  Charles  doing  a  good  '  ed  when  the  motorcycle  he  job  for  the  SIU. . .  A  certain  was  riding  cracked  up  on  'Voice  Of  The  Sea'  '  I  Wm. Dean Killed  In New Orleans  Motorcycle Crash  Crewmembers  of  the  iSS  Cape  Nome, South  Atlanpic,  went  on'record in  favor  £guh°^wajs plays'VMule TraS"  of  compulsory  vacations after one  year  of  employment aboard  a vessel, following a  full  on  the  juke  box. And  he's  ready  to  ship  out.  Wow!  His  body  was  sent  to  Galves­ discussion  of  the  question  at  the  Dec.  24  shipb^rd  nieeting  at sea.  • t  bn  for  burial  in  Memorial  Park.  The  SS  Monarch  of  the  Sea;  one of  the city's streets.  stay  on  for  Results  of  the  Voting  were  22  now  known  as  the  "RockpUe  A native of  New Orleans, Dean  Opponents  and  backers  of  proposed  rule  gave  the  reasons  for  the  rule,  two  against.  One  Special,"  seemed  t3  be ,  a  good  the  fuU  year.  lived  with  his  mother,  Mrs.  Una  ntian. abstained  from  voting.  CHhers  declared  that  the  rule  ship.  I  understand  it  is  seldom  M.  Dezin  at  2314  Avenue  O,  for  their ? stand .  on  the  issue,  The  Cape  Nome  vote,  how­ that  anyone  quits  this  shipi  would  prevent  cliques,  from  de­ Galveston.  which  is  being  widely  debated  veloping  ajjoard  ship.  Both  the  ever,  has  no  bearing  on  the  which  plies  between  New.  Gr­ ; He  joined  the SIU  in  that  pOrt  throughout  the  Union.  advantages  and  the  '•   disadvan­ final  disposition  of  the  rule  ledns  and  Puerto  Rico. ; ;  Scotl^  oh  March  29,  1948,  and  held  According  to  a  report  reach­ tages 'of  the  rule  to  the  family,  which  would  be  made  by  the  Robertson  going  to  Baltimq^ ^  Book  No.  50587.  He  was_ first  issued  a  permit  in  the  Port  of  ing  the  LOG  this  week  from  the  men  and  others  with  obligations  entire  ipiembership  in  referen­ for  a  gall  bladder  operation.'7.1 '  dum  voting.  The  decision  of  the  Every  chance  Kenny  Eckhol^;  Cape  Nome,  some  crewmen  ex­ were  discussed  fully:.  New  York  oh  June  1947.  Brother  Dean  sailed  as  Ordi­ pressed  the  view  that  making  The  effect  of  the  compulsory  Cape  Nome  Seafarers merely "in­ gets to eat  his favorite  dlSh,  pig's  f  nary  Seaman,  and  was  in  good  the  acceptance  of  vacations  com­ ruling  on ­ present  job  "security  dicates  th«»ir  sentiment  in  the  knUckjes  and  sauerkraut, he  Union  standing  at  the  tiine  of  pulsory  would  encourage  men  came  in  for  considerallle  dis­ current  Union­w.vde  debate  ofi  to  an^  uatery'­.near7,fir7;3i^^'7^  the  etiir"u2syry  vacation  issue,  Street.  • .  v"'  •  ^  who  now  get  cff^a  ship  after  cussioig'  the  iepOii.t  stated.  S/ .  Bis  death.  .'li  �Friday,  Aauaxy  IS*  1980  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page Iniw  . y pgested Minutes Of  SIB  Ship Meetii^  ANTINOtfSL  (no  dale)—E.  S.  to  instruct  Brother  GuUloi  to  nSgdon,  Chairman:  Kenneth  Lo  round  up  missing  members;  one  pel.  Secretary.  Delegates  report­ man  excused  to  work.  Under  ^ all  in  good  order. • E   ddie  Hig­ Good  and  Welfare  necessity »pf  don  elected  Ship's  Delegate  by  members  keeping  alleyway  clean  acclamation.  Motion  carried  to  was  discussed.  Brother  W.  Higgs  notify  all  Halls  of  Inability  to  pointed  out  that  annual  SIU  aecure  seamen  in  Baltimore,  as  ielection  is  on  and  that  eveiy  bompany  didn't  give  half  enough  member  should  vote.  Ball  game  time  to  get  jr  new  man.  Motion  and  picnic  were  discussed.  Af­ carried  to  get  waste  baskets  for  ter  ^ne  minute  of  silence  in  ^oc'sles.  Motion  ­trarried  to  have  i memory  of  departed  Union  Bro­ Water  fountain' replaced  so  tha'  thers, ­meeting  was. adjourned  output  of  water  will be  adequate.  XXX  IJnder  Good  '  and  Welafre  the  DEL  NORTE.  Dec.  8—Ti  Ban'^  following suggestions  were made  ning. 'Chairman; C.  Bradley. Sre­ pbtain  sufficient  lighting  for  mously  endorsed  plan  whereby  retary.  Ship's  Delegate  reported  Mter  deck, ,^have  cots  put  into  Brothers  on  4­8  watches  will  be  that  there  had  been, no  loggings  storage,  keep  washing  machine  able  to  attend  one  of  two  ship­ on  current  trip;  he  wished  all  board  meetings  per  trip.  dean.  hands  a  Merry  Christmas.  Sum  9 mihrcan-'slusfck^ t,  X  ­  XXX  IBERVILLE.  Oct.  26—Charles  of  $162.89  is  in  ship's  fund.  ELIZABETH.  Nov.  27 —Anio­ nic  Gonzalei.^ Chairman;  Pedro  Halla.,  Chairman:  Walter  Gros­ Hancock requested  Brother  Brad­ 6er^e^ ihS isnioxt pel  Valle,  Secretary.  Delegates  venor.  Secretary.>  Delegates  re­ ley  to  read  minutes  of  special  meeting  held  Friday  night  in  reported  everything  smooth  in  ports  accepted.  Motion  carried  to  ioll  departments.  Motion  by  Bon­ request  volunteers  to  look  after  connection  with  performance  by  yairalsiSis na^ a tfear­roim^ prgAtsswH  • fant to  change  all  mattresses.  ship's  library  in  recreation  room  crewmember.  Motion  by  Pere­ dne  carried  that  charges  be  aft for  one trip.  Palmer  and  Per­ Motion  by  Ortiz  to  ask  Patrol­ man  to  instruct  Mate  not  to  in­ alta  volunteered  for  job.  Tom  dropi>ed  as man  is first  offender.  Bradley  asked  all  men  having  stall  chipping  machine  around  Crane  elected.  Ship's  Delegate;  ship's  athletic  gear  to  return  house  when  watches  are  set  and  vote  of  thanks  given  to previous  them  to  .  locker  where  Dondnicis  men  below  are  sleeping.  Motions  delegate  for  job  well  done.  All  will  check  them  in.  More  recre­ earned:  That  Steward  put  in  a  hands  requested  to  take  good  ation  gear  is  to  be  purchased  requisition  of  new  linen;  that  care  of  crew  equipment  which  out  of  ship's  fund  for  use  on  crew's  messrooms,  foc'sles  and  will  make  it  easier  for  Union  next  trip.  Men  warned,  that  no  showers  be  painted  and  keys ob­ and  representatives  to  negotiate  one  is  to leave  ship  unless  prop­ improved  conditions.  tained  for lockers.  erly  relieved  or  ex^sed  by  de­ X  X  %  partment  head.  DEL  MONTE.  Nov.  20  —  D.  Korolia,  Chairman;  H.  Gerdes.  Secretary. Motion  carried  to rend  by  Hank  air­mail  letter  to  LOG  Editor  expressing  appreciaticm  for  over­ seas  news  bulletin. .Motion  by  Every  now  and  then  there's  an  SIU  ship  in  the  news.  Recent­ E.  deBaulte  carried  to  seek  ly  it  was a  Seatrain  ship  and  just  last  week  it  was  the  Antinous.  %  X  means  of  continuing  ROU  news.  However,  no  casualties  .  .  .  Prom  Port  Said  Egypt,  Brother  V,  CUBORE,  Nov.  20  —  W.  M.  Suggestion  by  Brother  C.  Habi­ XXX  Perez,  the  oldtimer  writes  from  the  SS  PetroUte,  which  is  on  a  Fields.  Chairman;  W.  A.  House.  ghorst  that  in  future  any  mem­ SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY,  Persian  Gulf  shuttle  and  says  he  woxdd  like  to  write  to  a  ship­ Secretary.  Motion  carried  that  ber  found  guilty  of  going  top­ Nov. 22—John  Jellete. Chairman;  mate  by  the  name  of  "Ropeyarn"  Justice  whom  he  remembers  new rules  be drawn  up and  post­ side  with beefs,  instead  of  taking  H.  V.  Newbrery.  Secretary.  ed  in  lounge:  feet  to  be  kept  them  through  proper,  channels,  Ship's  Delegate  said  he  will  since  1926  ... Bill  Gray  and  others  aboard  the  SS  Seatrain  Nevjf  off  chairs,  no  spitting  on  deck,  be  asked  to  make  a  sizeable  check  with  New  Orleans  Agent  Jersey  regret  to  see  their  happy  ship  lose  a  good  man,  Brother  John  Jellette,  the  Steward  with  a  mustache  who  was  aboard  ten  coffee  shack  to  be  kept  clean,  OG  donation.  Crew  was  in  fa­ /to  ascertain  length  of  extension  happy  months  and  now  is  heading  for  the  Oregon  trail.  Bill  also  etc.  Delegates'  reports  read  and  vor  of  this  proposal.  /  of  Messman,  as  voted  on  at  mentions  a  hospitable  place  in  Edgewater,  New  Jersey,  called'  accepted—there  were  no  beefs.  XXX  ^  meeting  in  New  Orleans.  Dis­ John's  Bar  and  Grill  which  receives  a  bundle  of  LOGS  and  is  a  Jack  Denby  elected  Ship's  Dele­ ALCOA  PILGRIM.  Novi  27—  cussion  on  Brother  Matt  Fields  favorite  lendezvous  for  all  Seatrain  crewmembers.  gate.  Crew  went  on  record  to  Clyde  Lewelyn.  Chairman;  BiU  report  from  Seatrain  Texas  by  XXX  inform  LOG  that  this  is the  best  telephone  to JShip's  Delegate  Bill  Mitchell.  Secretary.  Motion  car­ Here  in  New  York  Jack  Duffy  says  he^s  heard  from  big  feeding  sliip  in  the  Ore  Line.  Gray  that  Fields  had  been  over­ Motion  carried  to  start  ship's  ried  to  have  Delegates  check  charged  at  Spotlight  Tavern  in  Dulchy  Bolz  who  is  still  aboard  the  SS  Trinity  and  looking  fund  for  purchase  of  washing  slopchest  before  sailing  on  next  Belle  Chasse.  Joha^JeUele  read  better  than  ever  . . . Gtorge  Metting  is  on  the  SS  Del  Norte  machine.  Delegates to collect  two  trip.  Delegates  repoi­ted  every­ an  excellent  Thanksgiving  Day  and  she  too has  a softball  team,  we're  informed  Well,  perhaps  the  twain  shall  meet  between  the  SS  Puerto  Rico's  softball'  dollars  from  each  man  in  their  thing  okay  in  all  departments.  message,  which  was  well­receiv­ Under  Go^  and  Welfare,  there  gang and  the one on the SS  Del  NoHe... We're asking  Kenneth  departments,  with  machine  to  ed.  was  discussion  on  linen,  sanitary  Eckholm  and  P.  San  Migueh  Who  are  aboard  the  SS  Puerto'  become  property  of  present  and  • vv  '­i*'  rrrcss*  • "  •  '4«  4"  ~  iiico.'ib  give  us  the  name'ox  iue~"'wooit.  w^to  aij^  'AUC.'  future  jcrews.  Brother  Lswelyn  gave  a  short  YAK A.  Nov.  14—nafOld  Du­ fancy  sauces  and  dressings.  For  example,  making  antipastry  XXX  MANKATa  VICTORY.  Nov.  talk  on  the  Union  and  asked  all  Cloux,  Chairman;  G.  L.  Lonski.  (oops,  we  mean  antipasto)  and  other  similar  items.  FLASH  13—^Bbb  Brock.  Chairman;  Mai­ Brothers  to  perform  their  jobs  Secretary.  No  beefs.  Motion  (by  NEWS—^We  have  been  informed  that  none  other  than  one  of  the  best  Cooks  in  the  SIU.  Pete  Gonzales,  makes  the  fancy  Lonski,  seconded  by  J.  Thomp  lie  Lakan.  Secretary.  Delegates  to  the  best  of  their  ability.  .  /  son)  carried  to  go  on  record  as  stuff  aboard  the  ship  as  Chief  Cook.  repoitod  that  outside  of  some  opposed  to  seamen's  anchorage  XXX  disputed  overtime'^ there  were  no  as  proposed  by  Brother  in  let­ Jot  Prisament  grabbed  the  Steward's  job  on  the  Waterman  beefs.  Motion  carried  that  cop­ ter  to  LOG.  Motion  (by  Storey,  scow,  SS  LaSalle  heading  for  Far  East  ports... When  the  SS  tes  of  repair  list  be  given  to  seconded  by  Myers)  carried  not  Lojtola  Victory  had  Steward  Frank  Gardner  aboard  the  crew  had  Patrolman,  department  headS  to  use  laundry  opposite  Deck  the  following  unusual  items  on  their  Thanksgiving  menu­^stuffed  and^one  posted  on bulletin board.  Maintenance foc'sle  between 0000  Utah  celery  (what  in  the  world  is  that?),  dysteo:  dressing,  cafe  Suggested  that  books  and  maga  hours  and  0600—17  for,  three­ noir,  poached  Alaska  black  cod... Congratulations  to  Everisto  and  rines  in  ship's  library  be  chang­ against.  Discussion  on food,  with  Filomena  Jimenez  who  were  njarried  New  Year's  eve  here  in  X  XX  (fid.  Shjp's  Delegate  O'Connell  Steward  agreeing  to  try  and  New  York... Saying  the  crew  is  happy  in  continuously  getting  STEEL  EXECUTIVE.  Nov.  20  Volunteered  to make  the arrange­ remedy  matters  on  potatoes  and  those  air­mailed  Overseas  Bulletins,  Eddie  Eriksen  aboard  the  L.  Walberg.  Chairman;  A.  D.  ments.  Suggested  that  one  of  SS  Southland  says  they  spent  Christmas  in  Charleston  and  New  the  crew  go  to'New  York  Hall  Brodio.  Secretary.  Minutes  of  night  lunch.  Year's  in  Savannah  and  are  bound  for  Glasgow,  Liverpool,  Ham­ to  see  if  they  have  available  a  last  meeting read  and  approved.  .XXX  burg,  Bremen,  Rotterdam  and  Antwerp.  ,  Washing  machine  taken  off  an­ Beef  about  taking  care  of  wash­ ALEXANDRA.  Dec.  4—A.  W.  other  ship.  Brother  Brock  volim­ ing  machine  was:  reported  set­ Gowder. ..Cheurman;  Truman  Pa­ XXX  teered  to handle  this  assignment.  tled.  Delegates  had  no  beefs  to  troqidn.  Secretary.  Minutes  of  Waller Gardner,  who has  a mustache  and recently  received  Motion  to .  purchase  a.  washing  report. Brother  Keely moved that  last  meeting read  and  posted  on  a  telephone  call  asking  for  thirty  dollars,  says  the  dredge,  the  repair  list  be  started  now  in  all  bulletin  board  Disputed  over­ machine  was  defeated.­  m  Sandchief. has two excited  treasure­htmters named  Pat Coponiti  departments so they can be ready  time  in  Engine  Department;  no  and  Bill  Williams  who  are  grabbing  all  those  coins  found  in  XXX'  CAPE  MOHICAN,  Nov.  27—J.  for  Patrolm'an  on  arrival  in  New  beefs  in  other  departments.  Mo­ the  sea  bottoms.  Although  the  coins  are  in  such  bad  condition  jSoUers,  Chairman;  Mel  Brown.  York.  Bosun  will  see  Mate  about  tion  carried  to  instruct  Ship's  that  they're  not  worth  anything  it  seems  George  Harding  still  Secretary.  Ship's  Delegate  re­ having  messhalls  painted  so  that  Delegate  to  see  Captain  about  wishes  he  was getting  some  of  those  coins,  anyway.  ported  "*that  conference  with  Stewards  Department  can  take  loggings.  Brother  Pqtriquin  vol­ XXX  ,  .  Mate proved  favorable and  Puer­ care  of  it  if  Deck  Gang  doesn't  unteered  to  try  to  get  a  library  The~  SEAFARERS  LOG  will  be  sailing  to  the  homes  of  the  Rican shoi­e  gang's coffee  time  have  time.  One ­minute  of  sil­ put  aboard  ship.  Sn^h  suggest­ following  Brothers:  Albert  Hellmuth  of  California,  CJeorge  Peter­ departed  ed  that  we  all  keep  close  watch  son  of­Texas,  Anthony  Guiliano  6f  New;  Jersey,  J.  Taylor  of  had  been  settled  satisfac­ ence  in  memory  ,  ,  No  beefs  in  any  of  the  Brothei­s.  when  near  othel*.  ships  in  port  Pennsylvania,  Walter  Conner  of  Virginia,  Jack  Brown  of  Floridk,  departments.  Brother  J.  George  XXX  '  \  to  §ee  if  we  xan  trade  books  William  Meyer  of  New  York,  William  Mackin  of  Maryland,  W.  R.  yolunte^  to, purchase  parts to  ALCOA  CORSAia  Dre.  with  thiMn  in  event  Patriquin  Wllkihs  of  Texas," Thomas  Hendricks  of  South  Carolina,  Thomas  Impair  Brother  L.  Clarke,  CBiflnnan:  J.  Reb­ is  vmable to  get  library  in  New  Hankins  of  Georgia... Brother  Henry  Bonk,  vdio  just  shipped  out,  Stopanian  will  order  a  new ­  U­ firit,  "All  delegates  York.  Steward  asked  all  lapn  to  is  plenty  happy  that  hisl.baby  is  just  two  months  old  and  weighs  wvy.  After  discussion  by .  Bror  rnisde their  reports;, IVtotion  car­,  cectoerate; by  turning  in aB  •  Qvec  i^ouatoen  pwutos dlrredy;...'fRed''­R  is  here Jn  town  and  tli<?r'  j;  Emtoidci  criew  .unani­ rii^; to  call  roll.  Motion  carried  ed  linens.  his shipmate  Red Stams  is­ too  since  the  Beatrice' has  been  laid  upw  c^i£ill'hei&n%eF&­for  or^cmi/ied la\foraifid'H%e»'­G»miUe&,  surfp^r THP M4iac/f OF OtMiBS s  CUT  L.  and  ""  RUN  • iiwi«igiassr  �wamm  T9.  EdJIw:  a  Ipng  foul,  and  then  another  ceeded  to  shellac  the  topside  screaming  strike.  The  next  one  jgang.  ^  On  page  11  oi  the  December  came gating up  like a  big clpud  Nov?  that's  going  back  pretty  16  issue  of  the  SB^^ARERS  and,  i couldn't  have  hit  it  with  far  but  1 can  stilt  remember  a  LOG  h»,  A feom  Brpther  a  tennis  recquet.  few  of '  the  gang  who  played,  ^rank  claiming  the  Rob­ namely  Kep  Ellsworth,  a  guy  %  Hood  crew  to  be  the  softball  THAT'S  ALL  named  Jones,  both  Oilers;  Bill  champft  o;f  the  i^t. I'm not  dis­ The  ump,  who  happened  t®  Churchill,  AB;  Third  Engineer  puting  t^  i>b.t  Brother  he  Fred  Latrave'rse,  a,  Wipcr  Pete  Constas  and  First  Engineer  'filer's  claim  that  the  Robin  from  our  crew,  called: it  a  strike  jpood  crew  was  the  hrst  to  put  and  yours  truly  slimk  back  to  Matt  McDonough.  I  met  Mcr  Donough  about  two  years  ago  ; tt  team  on  the field  in  formal  the  ship,  the  object  of  mujh  in Capetown  and  he still  remem­ competition  is  so.'  mi^. malark­ ridicvile  and  pointed  remarks  ^r  bered  the  game.  ey  and  nothing  else.  many  weeks  after.  Am  enclosing  a  photo  of  the  l^rother­ Teller  is  so.  far  be­ We  next  engaged  a  tqam  in  Robin  Locksley  team.  That's  all  hind  the  times  that  he  qualifies  Morhbasa  which  subsec^uently  for  now,  Ed.  ^ a  claimant  to  the  title  "Fifil  became  the  Mombasa  Softball  Hope  Brother  Teller  reads  this  Hare  arp  some  pf  the  Robin  Line  ship's  players  who  intern."  Leave  me  square  him  Club.  That  was  in  August  194^7.  and  also  hope  you  can  get  it  all  shared' Don  Lindex's  grief  whep  he  fanned  in  the  ninth,  with  away!  two  put.  ip  mempr^le  contest  with  Robin  We  played  a  couple  of  games  on  in.  Incidentally,  I'd  like  to  hear  l^ses  loaded  QoodfeUow squad  back in 1947. Gop^ellow  team, thus squeak^  from  any  of  the  fellows.  the.  ne;xt  trip,  too.  But  wait,  HERE'S  HOW  through  'wifh  a  30  to  29  victory.  Linder  says  he  and  other  Don  Lindef  that's  not  all.  He claims  the  Robin  Hood first  l^cdafers  a^ard ihe Sea  Tarppn  introduced  softball  in  South  206­06  42nd  Ave..  put  a  team  in  action  in  Septem­ Previous  to  the  Locksley,  I  ip 194^  Bayside,  New  York  '^r 19^. la  jCune  1947  I  signed  was  on  the  Robin  Sherwood  as  on  the  Rohhi  and  I  an  FWT,  vmder  ''Terrible  Tex  made  two  piMn^  off  in  the  Young,  the closest  thing  to  Padr  piiddle  of  Qa ,dy  Brennan  ^at  ever  sailed.  the first  voyage,  team  from  Oh  yes,  we  had  a  team  on  the  the  Locksley  engaged  the  teant  Sherwood,  too.  Two  Brothers  th?  i^bin  Goodfellow  in  who  can  verify  this  ai*e  Toby  Torbick  and  A1  Hammity,  who  To  the  Laurenco  Marques.  the  SIU­  and  it  is  my  intention  the  principles  of  our  trade  un­ A  memorable  occasion  it  was,  are  both  probably  hoipesteadlng  to  live  up  to  this  obligation.  You  ion? '  '  too.  We  were  losing  36  to  29,  qn  a  Rqhin  Line §^pow.  l^ore yet,  It  had  been  my  hope  Uiat  people  claim  that  an  oath  of  ob­ You  "emancipators"  should  re­ ,  upon  my  public  statement  of  ligation  is  nothing  but  capital­ twa outs, last of  the  ninth,  bases  <^n't  go  ?^way,  my  resignation  from  the­Marine  istic  trickery  to  snare  the  work­ meipber  that  no  man  cap  obey; <  were  loaded  and  yours truly  was  ANOTlffiR  TEAll  two  masters.  He  must  hate  W  •  • •  *  Trauspprt  Workers  of  the  IWW  er  in  a  trap  of  exploitation.  at  bat.  destroy  one.  You  claim  that  1 wa^ op  thu Flying  Arrow  lAe  (Ipternatlonjd  Workers  of tike  ^e enemy pitcher  threw  three  I  am  suri^rised  that  uniop­ lying  a red  card  does  pot  ma^e ;  last  trip  she  made '  un^et'  WorWi),  that  these  sorcaUed  de­ baUs,  then  a  fast  one  which  was  cqnscious  workers  as­you  pro­ you  a  dual  unionist,  but  it  fiug  Vapk  i» thp  feuders  of  indiyidual  rights  fqss  to  be  would  involve  your­ eventually  give  you  a  dual  PB^0:  of  1946.  We_had  one  pf fep.  bi^t  would  allow  me  the  privilege.  selves  in the  snares  of  capitalism  sopality  and,  with  time,  piaib*^: "  81U  •   crews  I  ei^r  sailed  with  find  The  past  few  weeks  has  and  permit  yourselves  to  be  ex­ you  a  detriment  to  the  Uniqj^  they  played,  ^oftball  also.  in  SfcaRtQn  brought  to  light  the  fact  th^  ploited.  whoge  purposes  you  promise^'  ­ But  the  clincher  in  this  argu­ though  many  of  these  "eman­ Thank Ship's  to  uphold.  Must  we  workers., of  the  SIU  ment  gges. way  bgtdf  to  lfi4S,  jugt  cipators"  shout  loudly  for  free­ To  the  Editor:  after  the  war  was  over.  I signed  dom  they  fail  to  permit  the  in^  apd  SUP  asspme  that  when  you  Ip  my  personal  opinion  it  dividual  to  enjoy,  such  rights,  entered  our  union  ranks  you  wopld,  be  a  gopfi  idea  tq.  d^qp  The  m^bers  of  the  SIU  at  on  an  Alcoa  shijP'  pom  She  made  the  South  Afri­ 'When  I  carried  a  card  in  that  perjured  yourself  in  taking  the  ope  or  the  other  card  before  Foct  Eftanton  Hospital  wish  to  tlhibn  oath  of  obligation  and  find  yourself  biting  your  owp  thank  the crew  of  the  SS  Twin  can  run  that  trip,  chartered  to  outfit  (IWWX  and  believed  in  had  no  intention  of  defending  tail.  Jqiioph  Buddf^  Fa^  Victory  for  their  Christ­ either  the  9obin  Line  or  the  its  program'as  the  only,  means  American  South  Afriean  Lin,e.  whereby  a  worker­  could  ac­ mas  donati<»i^  Ope  day  whne  we  were  in the  hieve  solidarity,  I  could  do  no  :  At  the  «me  time  we  wish  tq  tropical  hole  of  Beira,  we  nrade  wrong  in  the  eyes  of  these  1  A  cdmes­ine­r^,vdimtiU" °  pfeopieT  m:.  for  a  ha^py  Ivfew  Year  up  two  teams,~tne  crew"'^wfsus  thq  officers.  Out  we  paraded  to  But  wUPh  t  ren.'^h^  U  decision  ar^  pleasant  sailini^.  a field  that  was,  nqthipg  but  whqroih  I  ^plt  IhhV  ^bqy  were  A*  McGuigan.  soft  sand.  In  the  broiling  sun,  detriniepl 'to  %e,  welfarq,  of  the  by  RayOTo'iid  J. Marcii\iRk,  Book  No; 289flf4  Hwp.  DeL  before,  a  crowd  oP  enthusiastic  rank  and  file  and  openly  pfo­ J. B.  LigbifMjt  but  astounded  natives,,  we  pro­ ciainaed suchl  thou these sp­.caiied  2fi5t  W­  Belden  Avenue  defepdP^.  ei  speech  b.egan  To  the  Editor:  Chicago  47,  Illinois  d,eno\mcipg  me  for  dartpg  to  MIXING  IT  UP  As  a  retired  seaman  I  look  forward  to  getting  the  .SEA­ • use. that  ireedopi.  So  agaip  1  aifi  teUipg  these  FARERS  LOG  every  week.  Circupistances  keep  me  ashore  but |  RepBle:  pleau  own  house  still  faHq  ap,  active,  interest  in  the  seamen  and  how  things  arq  .  belpre  yp.U  darp  point  the  finger  gqing.  It filk  me  with  pride  when  I  see  the  gains  made  in, the '  of  seorp  against  the  actions  of  past  few  years for  the  Union.  I  would  like  to  express  my  thanks  the  ­SfU  and  ^;UF,  Tell  your  for  receiving  the  LOG  and  enclqse  an  original  poem  I  wrote,  if  membership,  thut. wprkers'  solid­ yqu  thmk'if  is.  good  enough  to  print  in  the  LOG  at  some  futun^ ,".;|g 1  '  y  J  arity  eannqt  he  created  by  men  date i shall  be  honored.  who  fill  themselves  with  bpqze  Where  15  adventure,  Oh  where  can  it  be,  and  insist  upop  forcing  their  '  if  no  where  else  thari  on  the  sea.  ideas  on  workers  who  are  not  interested  in  the  babble  of  a  ­  is  life  cheerfuU  and  sad  ^ c^n  be,  drunken  mah.  Clean  your  ranks  tbqix  'ifotirxditlie.point  and  ou;t  on  sea.  of  those  who  scream  about  ItEe,  Oh­when  do  I  miss  you,  my  dearest  heart,  ' i,.  ,  liberty  and  the  pursuit ,  of  in­ then  when  miles  of  o^ean  hold  us  apart.  .;  dividual  priyi^ges  land  deiny  How much do I miss you  while ori foreign shore,  . ^  ^  those  principles  to  all  workers  who  seek  such  privilege.  .  as  each  passing  day mahes  m«:  Want  foxi inore.  J  A<%ording  to  the  • c  ohstitutipp  Athowie bncc  again.gaze ont.^ijo  »pa,  :  • ij  of  your  organization,  it  states  and it shalbbe  w^iting,^^!^;  t^^ fcw  mel  that  no  one  but  a  wage' earaer  What  is  this  power  that  takes  me  away,  may  be  a ­member.  To  abide  by  aivif  brea^ the  promisje  I make  every  day, '  the coHstitfrthm  why­ not  remove  firom­yoUr  raoke the. petty  (X>ck­ A  once ,mbre" fawT­  out on j;he,sedj^;  roa^'  businemnwp  who  live  o|£  thq:. eamiBga  e^.; the  wa^ slave.  iPMi^  liMd  lb  ihat . caution  sign  op  the  buUthoad  I  took  ao.  oath  of  qbh^a^qp  'WtgW'­  ZygpEWSfe!^'  oudt ihA  €?hief­  Ttaiibame  to  the  Upion  and  the  member^  Ba^ h;i,.hia  yeuth  was.a  ship  thatf  I  would  uphold  thh  I ­­vu!:^4t­lbecausef that ­on' th^,''sea3i^.'­:v­'v:>  ia iire 1W  ^  prhiciples  and  the  interests  of  €>­hoji:d^ are^^i^;'tp:^  Buckley  Asserte  'Emancipators'  Neglect  lai  SEA  BREEZE  :'r Mii  �p;.­SBT<f*r'r­r;*;v~­i~^  • '  •  r'  • 'i^r^r^rr^Tp^  3"'?  .  "'  '­{r't  ,  TME  S'E  AF 4  R E n S  10 G  Second  Mate,  Now  Page  E3*wan  Says Homesteading Violates  Intent  Of  Rotary  Shipping  To  the  Editor:  his  dependents  of  the  necessities  ­Rotary  shipping,  the  basis  of  of  life.  DOUGLAS  (SmUey)  CLAUSSEN  JIMMY  SANTELLO  our  Union,  is  predicated  upon  I've  heard  some  Brothers,  say  Your  mother  is  about  to  go  Ray  Needen  of  Durban  would  the  assumption  that  seamen,  un­ that  it  is only  "one­trfp  perform­ to  the  hospital,  and  asks  that  hke . you  to  get  in  touch  with  like  shoreside  workers,  will  after  ers"  who  are  opposed  to  home­.,  .you  write:  Mrs.  E.  E.  Smith,  you  concerning  your  gear.  Write  a  period  of  time  get  off  a  ship  steading.  This  is  saying,  in  ef­'  1118  Gaieninie  Street,'New  Or­ to  him  at  1610  Bushwick  Ave.,  and  take  a  well­earned  vaca­ feet,  that' the  Brothers  in  the  ,le%ns,  Louisiana.  tion,  permitting  someone  on  the  ports  of  Mobile,  Galveston  and  Bro^lyn,  New  York.  Savannah,  who  overwhelmin^y  beach  to  ship.  S.  t>  t  ^  4  1  MRS.  MARY  RAKAS  If  homesteading  becomes  the  favored  anti­homesteading  res­ WHITEY  HARRIS  .  This  woman  has  moved  and  Harry  Judson,  your  shipmate  rule—anything  being  possible—  olutions,  and  the  hundreds  of  ..^ks  that  her  son  get  in  touch  on  the  Fort  Bridger,  asks  that  rotai­y  shipping  will  be  a  mean­ Brothers  in  the  port  of  New  Ch­­ ;V.w  her  at  250  Water' Street,  you  write  him  at  James  Strf»et,  ingless  phrase;  there  being  no  leans  who  have  recently  signed  a  similar  resolution,  are  all  per­­ iBfownsville,  Texas.  jobs  to  rotate.  Rosendale',  New  York,  about  the  formers.  Today  we  are  making  good  tit  money  that^e  owes  you.  Brother  Tex  Suit  believes  this^  JESS  DAVIS  money  apd  ­a  man  who  works  4,  4,  4.  is  a  minor  issue  not  worth  the  Get  in  touch  with  your  law­ a  year  on  a  ship  should  be  able  JOSEPH  KOZLOWSKI  yer,  38  Park  Row,  New  York  7,  Contact  the  Cortina  Academy,  to  save  enough,  plus  the  vaca­ r^ecessary  referendum vote,  which  New  York..  Like  many  oldlimera,  Mike  tion  money  he'll  get,  to  rest  costs  money.  Brother Suit  should­ r05  West  40  Street,  New  York  talk  to  more  of  the  member­ Balleslero.  retired  member  pf  awhile.  t  t  t  18,  New  York.  ship,  particularljr  key  men,  to'  ELWOOD  BARNES  the  SIU.  stUl  ttopc  by  the  We  realize  of  course  that  some  $•   i  a>  understand  how  keenty  they  feel •  .  Coi^tact  Benjamin  B.  Sterling,  New  York  Hall  every  time  he  of  us  have  responsibilities,  and  J.  CALDERON  VIVAS  about  shipping  in  their  rating.  '  42  Broadway,  New  York  City.  Write  to  Eduvigis  Montanez  hits  port.  The  one­time  Quar­ the  previous  paragraph  assumes  1  know  one  key  man  on a  pas­'  termaster  sails  as Second  Mate  that  the  present­day  seaman  has  ^t  t  t  Rexach,  43  Jorge  Bird  Leon  JOSEPH  B.  KIDD  and  holds  a  book  in  the  sufficient  intelligence  to  avoid  Sanger  ship  who  is  making  he  Street,  Fajardo,  Puerto  Rico.  '  "Write  to  Norman  A.  Smykow­ the  pitfalls  that  would  deprive  forty­fourth  trip.  That's  right—>  MMAP.  >  4.  4.  t  forty­four  (44)!  "?ski,  in  care  of  New  York  Hall,  WALTER  ROBERTS  • 51 Beaver  Strejpt."  RESOLUTION  HAS  MERIT  Get  in  touch  with  Mrs.  Allen  t  t  t  •  Any  resolution  sufficiently  im­ Miller,  50  Clark  Street,  Orchard  .  JAMES  P.  CUNNINGHAM  portant  to  be  accepted  in  three,  Park,  New  "i^ork.  .  ­Write  to  Mrs.  C.  Haussman,  ports  and  which  prompts  the  4.  a>  4  ­ T719  N;  Lindenwood Street,  West  JOHN  WESLEY  PATERSON  LOG  to  ask  for  pro  and  con  'Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  discussion  on  it,  has  plenty  of  Your  father  wants.^  to  hear  To  Ihe  Bditor:  to  do  this  one  must  get  off.  the  t  t  t  "  from  you  at  Roosevelt  Hotel,  1  am  cne  of  the  many  Sea  ship. J  hope  our  next  agreement  merit  and  should  be  brought  to  ROBERT  L.  MORGAN  • . Pittsburgh  22,  Pennsylvania.  a  vote.  farers  who  seldom  write  to  the  will  provide  for  vacations  with  The  constitution  represents  the  *  Write  your  father.  New. Haven,  4  4.  4  .  LOG  because  we  feel  our  pen­ pay  every  six  months,  even  if  wUl  of  the  membership  and  can  Kentucky.  CHARLES  A,  J,  GEDRA  cils  can't,  spell  out  the right  it  is  only  one  week.  And  let  t  t  t  Write  to  Joseph  E.  Gedra,  words.  However, for  the past  two  everybody  take that  vacation and  be  amended  as  the  membership  •  MICHAEL ^EGLEN  desires.  Church  of  the  Immaculate  Con­ Write  to  your  parents,  2639  ception,  N  ,  Street  at  Eigh^,  months  1  have  been  reading  I am  sure  there  will  be plenty  of  A  vote  to  discontinue  home­ many  interesting  articles  (in­ jobs  for  all.  _G]fand  Street,  NE,  Minneapolis,  NW,  Washington  1,  DC.  steading  will  actually  stiengthen  cluding  some  ,  from  Oldtimers  1 know  of  many  Brothers  who  the  constitution  by  reinforcing'  Minnesota.  4  4  4  like  "Ropeyam,"  who  1  hope  is  have  never  had  a  vacation  be­ rotary  shipping  which,  in  the  t  t  t  JOSE  GONZALES  the  man  who  was  my  Bosun  ih  cause  they  never  cared  to  waJit  final  analysis,  is  the  foundation  ^  LAWRENCE  .E.r BROWN  Herbert  H.  Winston,  1214  Ful­ !­  Write  to M.  H.  Walker,  Master,  ton  Street,  Brooklyn  16,  New  1927,  Flynn  and  others)  on  the  out  the  time.  They  always  look  of  our  entire  Union  structure,  to  the  guy  on  the  beach  and  including  the  constitution.  'SS  Longview  Victory,  c/o  Gen­ York,  asks  that  you  write  him.  question  of  vacations.  Let's  look  back  a  few  years  then  get  off.  1  am  now  on  the  'eral  Steamship  Co.,  San  Fran­ Edwin  Weslphal  4­4  4  and  remember  what'  we  had  Persian  Gulf  run,  but  if  this  '• eisco, California.  W.  J.  McNULTY  then.  Hardships,  abuses  and  ship would get  back  to the States  t  t  t  Contact  S.  L.  Wilson,  1705  damned few dollars.  Yet  as  little  now,  you'd­see  Mr.  Serang  smil­ "  WATSON  W.  STOCKMAN  Belmont  Avenue,  ,  Seattle  22,  money  as  we  made,  how  many  ing as he  walked down  the gang­ :  Get  in  touch  with  Albert  Washington.  I  'M  stayed  a  year  on  one  sjiip­  Few,  plank  looking  for  the Union  Hall  Michelson,  1650  Russ  Bldg.,  235  4  4  4  if  any.  During  years  1939­ and  home.  Montgomery  Street,  San Francis­ JAMES  ANTHONY  DOODY  40 we used  to make two  or  three  Yes,  I  too  have  a  family,  but  co,  Calif(»nia.  Phone:  Yiikon  6>  Will  anyone  knowing  where­ tidps  of  abcHit  40­50  days  and  haying*a  family  is no  excuse for  6816.  abouts  of  this  Brother  tell  him  then  get  off,  90  another  Brothe­ homerteadin_£.  To  ihe  Edizor:  '  ^  t  t  t  to  get  in  touch  with  his  grand­ could  make  a  few  dollars.  Here's  wis'ung  all  hands  in  DAVID  SAUNDERS  mother,  154^ Manor­, Road,  Staten  Then  ow  Negotiating^ Commit­ our  Union  ^  Happy  New  Year  Well,  Christmas  is  over  ami  I­"  Contact  J.  May,  President,  Island,  New  York.  '  '  tee  sat  down  with  the  shipown­ and  a  Happy  Vacation  with  pay.  want  to  take  this  opportunity  to  Morgan  Plan,  P.O.  Box  394,  Mo­ 444  ers  and  dropped  all  anchors  to  Get  off  that  ship,  Brother  and  express  my  deep  ai^ueciation  to  bile,  Alabama.  BILL  HOWELL  get  vacations  with  pay.  We  were  take  the  vacation  you're  entitled  the  members  here  in  New  Or­ *  *  t  leans  who  so  readily  vohmteered  l^elvin  (Jack)  Hartl^,  311  happy  that  the committee got  for  to.  RENE  WAUTERS  their  service  in  making  the  South  Main  Street.  I.exington,  XT  t>,  "  •   1"  wuci*  WTUx  uUilll  •  il,.  North  Carolina,  would  like  to  few  homesteaders  are  destroying  (Ed.  Note:  The  LOG  would  Christmas  ihimer~that  was  hl^  Roach,  Franklin  Savings  Bank,  hear  from  you.  that  work.  Homesteaders  stay  liko  all  Seafarers  to  express  here  in  the  Hall  such  a  greak  8th  Avenue  and  42nd  Street,  4  4  4  year  in  and  year  out  becaiise  tiieir  dpiuions  on  any  subject  success.  New  York,  New  York.  As  chairman  of  the  Food  and  FRANK  BRUNSON  they  are  able  to­ get  a  few  days  of  Union  interest.  The  compul­ ,  t  S  »  Your  old  shipmate  on  the  off  in  their  home  ports  from  the  sory  vacation  issue  is  a time­ Refreshment  Committee,  I would  '  . CHARLES  G.  PETERS  Steel  Advocate,  Chris  J.  Clarke,  heads  of  their  departments  by  ly  one,  so  why  not  let  the  like  to  report  that  we  fed  500  Write  to  your  mother.  asks that  you write  him—­25  Ger­ saying  "Yes  sir"  morning,  noon  Brothers know  how  you think?  members,  their  wives,  and  chil­ at  ^ fc  ard  Street,  Woodmoivt,  Connecti  and  night.  As  long  as  they  have  We  don't  caxe  whethw  you  dren.  There  wras  turkey,  baked  :  ;  CLAYTON  B.  FROST,  JR.  cut  a  job  and.  a  pocket  fiill  of  sea  are  for  or  against  such  a  rule:  ham  and  all  the  txinunings.  Your  wife  is  at  216  King  4  4  4.  grass  what  the hell  do  they  C€u:e  we're,  just  interested  in  en­ There  was plenty  beer for every­ Street,  Charleston,  South  Caro­ A.  HANSEN  about  the Brother  on the beach.  abling  the rati  '0*  the  mem­ one,  and  everyone enjoyed  theni­ lina,  and  asks  that  you  write.  Iter.  Mejrz,  Triton  SS  Co.,  80  The 'word  vacation  means' rest,  hefritip  to  get  as  many  view­ selves  and  there  wasn't  a  gas­ .  .  .4  hound  in  the  entire  place.  Broad  Street,  New  York  City,  get  away  from  everything,  and  points  as  possUde.)  MARTIN  SALVADOR  Cooks  did  a­  wonderitul  job,  and  asks  that  this  Brother  (Book  Mrs..; Anna  Collins,  1114  N.  number  34642)  get  in  touch  with  several  members  , donated  theijr  American  Street,  Rear  7,  Phila­ him,  ­ time  and  autos  for  the  tedious  delphia  23,  Pennsylvania,  wants  job  of,making  all  the  ships  ip.  4  4  4  you  to  get  in touch  with  her.  port.  R.  H.' COOTE  My  appreciation  extends  to  Write  to  Joe  Ventuuiglia,  2052  the  LOG  was  the  announcement  two  ex­SIU  Brothers,  Lionel  and  KendaU,  Detroit  6,  Michigan.  To  the  EdiUq*!  For  about  two  months  I  have  that  several  ships  notified  the  Joe  Acy,  who  are  now  in  the  4  4' 4  been  receiving  the  LOG  at  my  Union  that  they  had  received  retail  meat  busine^  Ihey  gave  THORES  DICKENB  Get  in touch with  Irving  (jrold­ home.  When  I  came  home  from  the  air •  mail  bulletins  and  en­ us  access  to  their  deep­freeae  berg,  Asst.  case  Supervisor,  Spe­ a  trip  recently  I  found  aU  <he  joyed  thgm  a  great  deal.  My  box  so  that  our  turkeys  and  cial  Unit,  630  9th  Avenue^  New  back  issues  waiting  for  n».  1  last  ship  was  the  Del  Aires,  hams  would  not  spoil.  read  them  from  cover  to  cover  where  we  received  the  bulletins  It  is  heartwairning  to  see  anid  York  19,  New  York.  and  enjqyed  them  very  much.  about  three  times  during  our  realize  the  clcee  concern  ex­  ­ I :  Crew,  SS  Daniel  Willard  4  4  4  In  the  latest  LOG  I  noticed  voyage.  They  were  posted  on  pressed  by  Ihe  Brothers  vriim  RU8SEL  LUND  $ee  story  page  8  of  this  issue.  where  the  insurance  companies  the  bulkhead,  where  everyone  were  aboard  ships  in  this  port,  Your  mother  asks  thnt  you  4  4  4  and .  the  shipo^nei^  are  trying  got  a  chance  to read  jbhem;  Keep  for  their  less  fortunate  Brothers  write:  2082 Golden Gate  Avenue,  :  W  holders  of  receipts  num­ to  get  the  war  bonuses  removed.  up  the  good  work.  ­ who"were  broke  and  away  from  San  Francisco.  CaliAxtnia,  bers  34218,  34221  and  34233  is­ TlwA's  about  all  for  now.  I'll  1 think  if  the shipowners %nd in­ home  on  this  Christmas.  It's  sued  by  S." Garcia  in  Galveston,  4  4  4  please  send  fiill  naimes,  book  KRISTIAN  (Tbw)  THQMSEN  surance  brokers  were  to  sail  on  be  waiting  for the  LOGs  as they  brotherly  love. and  understand­ been  mention^  numbers  and  receipt  numbers  to  Write­to  your  aunt,  Diha.  To­ the  shi]^ that  go in^ the  mined  come off  the press.  Incidentally, I  ing  such  as  SIU  (Joe  Alginia,  ^1  Beaver  Street,  biassen,  Vigen  Spind  Per  Far­ areas, they  would quickly change  pass  the  LOG  on  to  other  Bro­ above,  that nuOtes ^  ship­ their  nundsi  about  the f  whole  thers  aroiind  here  and  we  have  it  is  today­'­the  hrue  Rrotbif?­ New  York  City, so that  your  rec­ sund,. Ncrv/ay.  Any  of  some  iffeut  discusskms.  Kood  of  the  Sea.  ords  may  be . properly  aecredir  mates  knowing  his  wheceabmts,  deal.­ Ciuymn Canltr  Jt.  a n. McFaB  are  asked  to  write  to  hi$  punt.V;  .  pother  mutter  I  noticed  in  ted  with  the  dues  you  paid;  !v  Brother Bids Homesteaders  Quit  After  Year Ou Vessel  Christmas Party  M New Orleans  Was Big Success  LOG, Bulletin Give Conley  Score At Home And At Sea  l.i'.t;  �.frm  l^age  Twelve  I  TME  S  E  AFAR ERE  to G  '  1^  .13,  1050  /  SBT­ tise Of Sailing Ships As Training Ites^ls  By  IpHN  BUNKER  more  thap  1,500  future  pfficerd  at the  five state and federal  mari­ time  academies!  1^:3:­ This,is  another  of  a  series  of  articles  on  current  .marl  time  issues  by  John  Bunker,  retired  Seafarer,  who  is  pres­ ently maritime  reporter  for  the "Christian  Science Monitor,"  i­ one  of  America's  greatest  papers.  His  next  article  will  deal  £:•   with  the  importance  of  coastal  and  intercoastal  shipping  to  the  American  economy.  Slated  for  early  publication  is  a  three­  or  four­part  story  dealing  with  the  famous  Fourth  of  July  Convoy,  something  that  all  Brothers  will  want  to  read.^  ^  LOST  CHANCE  Incidentally,  not  all  of  us  will  at  all  times^ agree  with  Brother  Bunkers'  viewpoints  on  any one  topic.  But  for  that  there  is  one  solution:  Take  pencil  in  fist  (a  typewriter  is  even  better)  and  a  clean  sheet  of  paper  and  tell  us  what  you  thinki  It's  as  easy  as  that—and  how  about  starting  off  on  this  article—the  value  of  sailing  ships  for  training  saHors?  A stirring  sight  as she  gets underway  is  the  j295­foot  Eagle,  which  is  used  by ^ the  US  Coast  Guard  as  a  training  ship.  Formerly  the  German  Horst  Wessel,  she  was  acquired  by  the  government  from  the  nasis  as  war' reparations.  The  Eagle  carries  200  cadets,  and Jhe  Skipper  claims  that,  after  a  week  of  sea  duty,  a  tremendous  improvement  can  be  noted  in  the  seamanship  of  the  green  cadets,  Sad  to  say,  the  Maritime  Com­ mission  had  .an  opportunity  to  make  use  of  a  good  sailing  ship  for  training  purposes  a  few)^  years  ago  when  John  A.  Far­ rell,  of  the  Farrell  Lines,  gave  it  the  bark  Tusitala,­which  he  had  kept  running  between  New  York  and  Honolulu  with  coni*­'  naercial  cargoes  out  of  a  senti­ mental  attachment  for  the  age  of  sail.  This  irop  bark  was  scrappe<^  however.  Many  seamen  will  re­ member  having  seen  this  tall­ masted  ship  during  the  "depres­ sion,"  when  she  lay  at  a  berth  near  the  ferry  slips  on  Stateh  ­ Island.  ­ In  addition  to  the  Eagle,  thertf  are  now  a  number, of  other  sail­'  ing  ships  being  used  for  training  purposes.  The  recent  arrival  in  England  She  has  made  several  cruises,  ef  the  Finnish  barks  Pamir  and  including  two  to  the  United  Passat,  with  the  accompanying  Kingdom  and  northern  Europe,  since  being  acquired  from  the  OTHER  FLAGS  offer  of  their  owner  to  sell  them  Germans  as  war  reparations  in  ...  ^  The  Portuguese  Navy  has to®  for  any  purpose  other  than  1946.  bark .Sagres,  an  impressive  big  scrapping,  arouses  the  interest­ •   ship  that  paid  a  visit  to  New  . ing  possibility  of  these  vessels  Captain  Miles  Imlay,  master  of  being  acquired  for  use  as  mari­ the  Eagle  during  her  sqmmer  berg,  was  a  great  enthusiast  for  dination  of  every  man  aboard,­ it  York,  Boston  and  other ;  porta  voyages  and  head  of  the  De­ last y  year  pn  a,  trans­Atlantid  time  training  ships.  partment  of  Seamanship,  Avia­ the  value  of  training  in  sail.  He  is'  possible  to  arouse  a  sense  of  cruise  with  cadets.  It  also  brings  up  the  old  argu­ tion  and  Navigation  at  the  Coast  was  very  right  when  he  said,  eooperation  .. and  coordination  The  full­rigged  ship  Danmarhi  ment  whether  or  not  the  best  Guard  Academy  in New  London,  "You  can't  make  sailprs  in  a  without  the  military  system  be­ ing  employed.  now  back  home  after  wprking  way  to  train  a  young  man  for  is  enthusiastic  about  the  Eagle  year."  life at  sea  is by sail  or by  steam.  as  a  training  medium.  ' The  cost  of  acquiring  two such  for  the  United  States  (lurhig  the  SCHOOL  OF  SAIL  training  ships  and  operating  war, is  training men  for the  Dan­ wS.'.  ^  IRON  BARKS  He  maintains  that  a  square­ All  advocates  of  windjaihmer  them  for  the  benefit  of  the  Am­ ish Navy.  She was  built  in 1933.  rigged  ship  develops  the  ability  training  for  both  lic«ised  and  erican merchant  marine  could  be  Back  home,  too,  is  the  full­ Both  the  Pamir  and  the  Pas­ sat  are  old  ships  but,  being  iron  of  future  officers  to  think  clearly  unlicensed  newcomers  agree  that  covered  by  a  reductioiT" in  the  rigged  Norwegian  training  ship  barks,  they  have  plenty  of  years  in  the  face  of  danger.  By  going  the  quickest  way  to  turn  out "a  present  officer  training  program,  Christian  Radich,  carrying  a  left  in  them,  considering  that  aloft  on  dark  and  windy  nights,  sailor  —  a  sailor  who  has  an  both  in  the  number  of  men  be­ complement  of  99  cadets.  ThJa  the  purchase  price  would  prob­ laying  on  to  the  thin,  swinging  instinct  for  his  job  and  is  some­ ing  put  through  the  schools  at  192­foot,  all­steel  training  shii^  ably  be  small.  It  wotild  seem  to  ropes  high, above  the  deck,  they  thing  more  than  a  glorified  deck  government  expense  and  in  the  :s  only  12  years  old,  and  she  ia.  be  a  good  way  of  acquiring  get  a  sense  of  conhdence  and  a  hand  —  is  through  the  school  number  of  schools  being  em­ the^ pride of  the  Norwegian  mer­.  training  ships  at  a  reasonable  feeling  for  the  sea,  he  says,  that  of  sail.  ployed.  There  are  at  present  chant  miarine.  no  other  kind  of  training  can  price.  It  seems  to  this  writer  that  a  impart.  sailing  ship  like  the  Eagle  or  ' Many  of  the  world's  maritime  NO  BETTER  WAY  perhaps  even  two,  with  one  sta­ nations  before  the  war  kept  to  »  the  windjammer •   method  of  Captain  Imlay  also  claims  that  tioned  on  each  coast,  could  pro­ training  merchant  marine  offi­ no  better  way  can  be  found  vide  a "fine  basic  training "ior  all  cers  in fundamentals  of  seaman­ than  aboard a  sailing  ship  t6  de­ newcomers  to the American  mer­ ship,  despite  the  virtual  disap­ velop  the  basic  skills  of  seaman­ chant  marine,  whether  they  be  pearance  from  the  seas  of  the  ship,  the  innate  instinct  that  a  unlicensed  men  seeking  an  AB  sailing  ship  as  a  cargo  carrier.  good  sailor  has  about  the  winds  license  or  future  deck  officers.  ^  Before  the  war,  the  booming  and  the  weather,  and  a  pride  Any  youngster  seeking  a  cer­ Japanese  merchant  marine  had  of  profession  —  a  pride  in  the  tificate  to  Work  oq  deck,  or  anv  cadets  entering  ^the  state  and  "TSSfee*"bievi  oavKS  spreauing  id  seaman's  calling.  square  sails,  three  jibs  and  12  There  are  many,  including'of­ federal  nautical  schools,  could  • staysails.  ficers  in  the  Coast  Guard,  who  well  spend  a  six  or  eight­month  These  were  really  big  ships  argue  that  a  man  at  sea  these  course  aboard  one  of  these  train­ and  the  writer  well  remembers  days  does  not  have  to  /snow  ing  ships,  undergoing  identical  seeing,  one  outside  New  York  much  about  marlinspike  seaman­ schooling  in  knot  work,  splicing;  IS'­'  harbor,  standing  to  sea  with  a  ship;  that  science  and  mechanics  canvas  work,  smallboat  handling  swarm  of  Nips  on  her  yards  have  made  all  but  a  few  phases  and  the  other  elements  of  "old  spreading  her  canvas  to  the  of  seamanship  hopelessly  out­ fashioned"  but,  withal,  .still  very  effective  windjammer  training.  wind.  Each  of  these  ships  car­ moded.  ried  120  cadets.  TIME  CREDIT  However,  it  was  found  true  time  and  again  during  World  After  this  primary  schooling,  FAIRLY  NEW  • War II  that  men  who  had  sail­ the  future  officers  could  go  on  The,  Japs  also  had  a  big  2,500­ ing  ship  experience,  or  at  least  ton  steel  barkentine  called  the  a  sound  background  of  training  to  the  nautical  academies  for  Skintoku  Maru.  All  of  these,  ves­ in  the  elements  of  seamanship,  their  specialized  training,  and  sels  were  built  in  the  1930s  ex­ came  through  "on  top"  when  th,e  unlicensed  men  could  go  out  pressly  for  the  purpose  of  train­ ships  were  torpedoed  and  in­ as ordinary  Seamen  through  their  respective  union  halls,  with  the  ing  merchant  marine  men.  genuity  was  required  to  take  time  they  have  spent  at  the  Germany  was  another  nation  the place  of  engines and  mechan­ school  being  credited  toward  with  a  big  merchant fleet  that  ical  aids  of  one  kind  and  an­ their  AB  license.  ­­ gave  its  cadets  extensive  train­ other.  ^ system  could  be worked  out  ing  in  sail  before  they  could  sit  IMPROVEMENT  MARKED  whereby  the  maritime  unions  • for  officer's  licenses.  xj,ike  the  could fill  the  unlicensed  and  Jap  ships,'  these  training  vessels  The  Eagle  carries  200  ca\lets,  were  also  relatively  new.  They  and  its  officers  say  that  even  port  of  the  licensed  quotas  for  were  the  Albert  Leo  Schalgeter,  after  a  week  of  sea  duty  neo­ such  a  training  course."  the  Gorah  Foch,  the  Schulschiff  phytes,  who  have  never  before  Sailing  ship  training,  it  might  Deutschland  and  the  Horst  Wes­ trod  the  decks  of  a  vessel,  show  be  emphasized,  accents  discipline  an amazing  improvement  in their  without  the  use  of  military  drills  sel.  know­how  about  ships  and  the  and  regimentation.  The  295­foot  Horst  Wessel  is'  I  sea.  Fore  and  main  masts  on  When  men  mow  the  American  training  ship  are  at  sea,  depend­ Ker  sails  furled,  the  Eagle  shows  her  graceful  lihee  in  Eagle  belonging  to  the  United  the  Eagle,  incidentally,  reach  ent  entirely,  on . their  own  re­ more  than ^50  feet  above  the  silbouHe  against  the  sky.  Whether  or  not  one  agrees  that  Staites  Coast  Guard  and,  of  all  sources  for  the  progress  and  na­ deck.  ships  under  sail  today,  none  pret  vigation  pf  the  lihip,  with  the  windjammers  provide  the  best  traiidng  for  green  seamen.  Captain  Maimberg  of  the  Swe­ maneuvering  of  sails  and  yards  there  can  be  no  question  as  to  their  beauty  pf  form  and  a M  aehts  a  more,  stirring  sight  at  dish  training ship  Abraham  Ryd­ 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Title A name given to the resource January 13, 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XII, No. 1 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: 9 OPERATORS SIGN SIU WELFARE PLAN; PATTERN IS SET TALLYING COMMITTEE CHECKS VOTES A&G DISTRICT BACKS ANNUAL POLIO DRIVE TALLY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES A&G OFFICIALS FOR 1950 BUILDING TOGETHER NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON, AND ANALYSIS OF, A&G WELFARE PLAN STEADY SHIPPING, MINOR BEEFS MARK 6-WEEK PERIOD IN NEW YORK IN-TRANSIT VESSELS KEEP PORT SAVANNAH A GOING CONCERN 2 GOOD WEEKS FOR SAN FRANCISCO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE'S ANALYSIS OF A&G WELFARE PLAN MINUTES OF A&G BRANCH MEETINGS IN BRIEF 'ELECTIONEERING' BUILDS INTEREST OF MEMBERSHIP 1945 SALVAGE CLAIM NEARS PAYOFF FOR PLUGGING CREW WM. DEAN KILLED IN NEW ORLEANS MOTORCYCLE CRASH CAPE NOME MEN FAVOR COMPULSORY VACATIONS USE OF SAILING SHIPS AS TRAINING VESSELS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/13/1950 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1950 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/da6da32487a77f166cb01b43498cc9da.PDF b5fe0707f299e82a888a076456c5500c PDF Text Text Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. XI NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14. 1949 No. 2 Bland Readying Bill To Close Loophole In EGA The SIU's campaign to block ECA Administra­ tor Paul G. Hoffman's attempt to move Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in foreign ships began to bear fruit this week. On Wednesday, it was reported that Representative Schuyler Otis Bland, Chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, was preparing a bill absolutely guaran­ teeing that at least 50 percent of all dry cargoes, and perhaps of all tanker cargoes, go under the American flag. Presumably the bill would not have the loophole that exists in the^ ing the low labor standards on present law. foreign vessels. Judge Bland already had in­ Members of Congress have dicated his support of the SIU's maintained that they meant that, position in the fight to save the if American ships were available American merchant marine and at American rates, at least 50 the jobs of American seamen in percent of all cargoes must go several letters to the Union and in American ships—and no non­ in a strong protest to Senator sense about it. Representative Styles Bridges, retiring chairman Bland's bill is expected to be of th^ Joint Committee on Econ­ worded beyond misunderstand­ ing. omic Cooperation. In his letter to Bridges, which Under the "Hoffman Plan" it released to the press last was estimated that somewhere month. Judge Bland showed between 120 and 150 Maritime that Hoffman's plan would not Commission ships, now chartered save the American taxpayer any to private companies, would be money and might in the end laid up. This would be "finished constitute an economic loss. He with engines" for the American used many of the same argu­ marchant marine. What is more, ments which the LOG employed Hoffman would not be saving the government the money he in the issue of January 7. claimed. FLOOD OF PROTESTS NO SAVING While Judge Bland was pre­ paring his bill, hundreds of let­ As the LOG pointed out on ters from Senators and Con­ January 7, the United States gressmen continued to pour into government would lose the char­ Headquarters and into SIU ter hire on these ships—some Branches up and down the coast, $7,500 or more per month per indicating wide Congi-essional in­ ship, and would also forego mil­ dignation at Hoffman's wilful lions of dollars in federal taxes and ruthless scheme. At the which ship operators would pay same time, thousands of letters on their income from the ships. and telegrams continued to pour In addition, the government into Washington condemning the would have to pay $10,000 per "Huffman Plan" which would (Continued on Page 15) throw 10,000 seamen out of work. Many of these protests came from the seamen themselves. But many more came from the hun­ dreds of international and local unions, CIO as well as AFL, in non-maritime fields whose mem­ The oil business is a pretty slick game. Under the circumstances you bers have rallied to the SIU's WASHINGTON—A bill to ex­ empt merchant seamen who sail­ certainly wouldn't expect an amateur performance from the people who head side. On pages eight and nine of ed through the war from the up one of the largest petroleum outfits in the world. this issue of the LOG are quo­ draft was inti'oduced into the But expectations to the contrary, officials of the Cities Service Oil tations from some of the letters House of Representatives last Company are still straining to make a success of a sorry little spectacle they which members of Congress have week by Congressman William addressed to the SIU, and from M. Colmer of Mississippi. call the Cities Service Tankermen's Association. And a rank performance some of the communications which the various unions sent Colmer's bill would exempt all they're making of it, if we ever saw one. to President Truman, Cabinet those who sailed between Sep­ By now everybody who wasn't born yesterday knows that CTMA is a members. Senators, Congressmen tember 16, 1940, and June 24, company-inspired and company-controlled puppet organization—and nothing and Paul G. Hoffman himself. 1948. The proposal has been re­ ferred to the House Committee more. Everyone knows that Cities Service masterminds blew breath into CUT-RATES on the Armed Services. Eight CTMA. other similar bills are being in­ The Marshall Plan beef began troduced into Congress and also on December 3 when ECA Ad­ Nevertheless, Cities Service officials persist in running CTMA across will be referred to committees ministrator Hoffman announced the stage in a futile attempt to convince their tankermen that they're seeing that after January 1 he would for preliminary consideration. the real thing. Perhaps these Cities Service oil men have a sense of humor not ship any more bulk Marshall Meanwhile, despite rumors to Plan cargoes in American ships the contrary, merchant seamen as out of date as the conditions aboard their ships. because American freight rates are still eligible for the draft. , If Cities Service officials want to continue this masquerade to delude were too high. There was an Their only recourse is to present the company's stockholders into thinking they're getting something for the immediate roar of protest from their case so well to local draft the SIU. boards that they are granted de­ dough they're sinking into CTMA, that's their business. Hoffman admitted that under ferment on a local basis. But for the record—and in behalf of Cities Service tankermen, who dare the law he was supposed to send However, there is a fair chance not open their mouths in CTMA—we want to remind the guys who are back­ 50 percent of the bulk cargoes that one of the bills now in Con­ and all other cargoes in Ameri­ gress may become law before ing this flop that it's performance that counts. can ships, but qualified this by many more seamen are. drafted. As an organization of, by and for seamen, the SIU is a genuine trade saying that if American ships This week, it was announced that union with a glowing record of accomplishment for maritime workers. This were not available at "competi­ the rate of enlistment in the tive rates," the law allowed him Army was so high that during is a fact Cities Service men already recognize—just as they recognize the to use cut-rate foreign tramps. February and March nobody Apparently Hoffman was endors­ would be drafted at all. figure of Cities Service even when it Is rigged out as CTMA. No One Is Fooled Bills To Exempt Seamen From Draft Introducod In House �Page Two THE SB 4 PA RERS LO G FHdUiy, January 14,, 1949 SE^AFARERS Published Weekly, by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affilialed wilh the American Federation of Lahor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 EJntered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 The Union Builders When the organizers of the SIU, A&G District, first became active in the Isthmian fleet in 1945, they touched off a campaign in which the Union has racked up a virtually unbroken string of victories. The Union's permanent organizing staff cannot be praised too highly for the list of achievements they can show. The expansion they have made possible has carried us to our present position at the top of the industry. They know, as all of us know, that as long as an unorganized ship sails the sea there is a chink in the armor of organized seamen. But praise for the organizers cannot be limited to the members of the permanent organizing staff. At least as much must go to the volunteer organizers from the r^nk-and-file. No amount of planning by the permanent staff can bring a single vessel into the SIU fold if the volunteer organizers do not go out and get the jobs, running what­ ever risks are necessary. Isthmian was organized by the rank and file, and so was every other company we have gained. When Cities; Service is finally brought under contract—the time is not far off now—we will owe another debt to the volun­ teer organizers who have been sailing those ships, endur­ ing the bad living conditions, eating the bum chow, taking the brutality of. the Mates and Engineers, and foregoing legitimate overtime. When enlering the hospital notify the delegates by i^t« card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Organizing at sea is a tough job. Let those members who never sailed Isthmian in the pre-contract days, or who have not sailed Cities Service or other ships we have organized since, consider what the volunteer organizer is up against. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Mnrm Hospitnk You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., (on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 pan. (on 3rd and 4lh floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 pan. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) In a degree, a volunteer organizer is a soldier operat­ ing behind enemy lines. No matter how ready he finds These'are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, the majority of the crew to swing to the SIU, he must as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers Gnd time hanging always be on the alert against company stooges. heavily on their handK Do what, you can to cheer them up by He must size up his shipmates. For as soon as he is writing to them. spotted by the company stooges, licensed or unlicensed, MOBILE MARINE HOSP. MASTANTUNO C. B. VIKEN he is finished. He will be fired and blacklisted, and will be V. E. PETERS C. BOGUCKI D. MC KINNIE W. PETERS of no more use in the organizing campaign. G. MESHOVER % t. E. B. McGUFFY Nevertheless, his wariness of company stooges must W. R. ROSS GALVESTON HOSPITAL W. GARDNER A. BLAIS not make him over-cautious. A volunteer organizer who L. J. WECKS J. GIVENS E, DEAN W. WESTCOTT C. R. SIMMONS 'does no organizing might just as well be on the company D. POICA D. HUTCHINGS J. E. NORDSTROM blacklist. An organizer's job is to bring the ship to the J. YOUNG J. J. O'CONNOR M. HANKEE SIU. So caution must be mixed with daring, diplomacy H. 4. t S. R. PARIS E. SMITH and a keen sense of timing. An organizer must know E. JARRETT STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL M. POSTER MOSE MORRIS when to make his move as well as when to keep quiet. R. B. DEARMAN M. MAYNARD W. HUNT S> t Meanwhile, he must do his work aboard ship for a Sea­ t. % I, J. HERNANDEZ NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL farer is an expert seaman, a fact which all the companies BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL N. DORPMANS S. C. FOREMAN admit. FRANK ALASSAVICH A. C. SIMPSON A. N. LIPART VIC MILAZZO E. SOTO ^ ^ In paying tribute to the volunteer organizers for JOSEPH E. GALLANT HARRY J. CRONIN W. NORRIS J. DENNIS their past and present deeds, we must not lose sight of » » & F. STOKES P. L. SCHUQUE the task still remaining. BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. J. BLANCHARD '. E. SOTO H.'V. NEILSEN ^ L. THOMAS B. MALDONADO There are thousands of American seamen sailing J. STEPANCHUK • i G. ROTZ American ships today without the benefit of real trade J. SWOBODA J. GRANGAARD " ; M. DAVIS O. HOWELL union protection. Particularly is this true in the tanker O. J; HARDEN P. O. FONDULA ^ : • V. P. SALLINGS field. S. WILSON CHANG SENG :;4 H C. MURPHY M. J. LUCAS HA; A. WARD We must break down the wall which the companies J. B. PURVIS G. A. CARROLL A. BORRERA v^ e. IVEEHL have erected between those, men and us. This is a difficult, J. BROWN G; MALONEY » t but far from impossible goal. Accomplishing it will call W. C. HALL SAVANNAH MARINE HOSPi.A P. BIVINS A. C. McALPIN '• for the best this Union's volunteer organizers can give. B. FREY L. MILLER , L. MARSH L. CASE W. PERNHOUT The security of all American seamen depends on the •' r H. R. BELL •' D. RUSSO determination with.which they go about their assignments. L. EVANS E. VITEK . R. ANDERSON ; - -A ; B. W. BIGGS ,Thcy have already shown that they have the guts to do T. A. CARROLL R. FLAGLER " v H. SWANN jhe job. r/. M: PLYER E. C. LAWSON S; LB BLANC h �Friday. January 14, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Histadrut Is Bulwark Against Communism By CHARLES G. RAYMOND Wherever in the world you find an honest, progressive, democratic anti-communist . trade union movement you find an organization which deserves the respect and support of its trade union brothers, in all countries. No false issues must be allowed to hamper us in the global struggle against communist expansion and the tyrannies in many lands which are virtual in­ vitations to communist agents. Histadrut, the cooperative labor movement to which 80 percent of all the workers in sorely beset Israel belong, is an organization which merits a friendly hand froin American labor unions. Histadrut's 300,000 members are the men and women who are toiling mightily to build a stable economy in the new state of Israel, and an economy which will support a high standard of living. Already Histadrut, the only labor organization of any consequence in the Middle East, has raised Israeli wages to a level several hundred percent above those paid in the neighboring Arab nations, and working conditions have been cor­ respondingly improved. EFFECTIVE BUFFER But until the British and the other big powers, including the United States, force an end to the present war with the Arabs by proposing a decent settlement for the Israelis, Histadrut will be handicapped. A sound economy cannot be built if Arabian oil and the strategic military position of the Suez Canal are held to be more important than the progressive development for the common good of Israeli and "other Middle Eastern resources. To make matters worse the communists might discover a way to take advan­ tage of the situation if the strife continues. , Histadrut members find themselves in a plight somewhat similar to that of the Indonesians iri the struggle against Dutch imperialism and that of the people of Indo-China who are trying to throw off the yoke imposed by the French. The possibility of a communist-dominated China makes the situation in Indo-China critical, a fact to which the French imperialists are just awakening. In the East Indies, where the Dutch are using troops in a ruthless "police action" to oust the Indonesian Republic, the situation is, if anything, worse. In French Indo-China. in Burma, in British Malaya and in the East Indies, communist agents roam far and wide and many who are not com­ munists listen to them. In their misery, they will listen to anybody who offers a cure, how­ ever false, to their economic ills. A powerful, progressive Histadrut in the Middle East can be an effective buffer against the commies, and American unions would be doing both themselves and the world a huge service by supporting the Israeli workers. MORE THAN UNION The backward-looking, labor-hating imperial­ ists who control Dutch, French and Britisl^ colonial policies are fond of excusing their fail­ ure to free the peoples of Malaya, Indo China and the East Indies by maintaining that those peoples are not yet ready for independence and self government. At best they offer phony forms of freedom. The British and the rest who are allowing the Charles G. Raymond, author of the article on this page, was the author of articles in the LOGs of November 12 and November 26. 1948, analyzing the national elections and their effect on the Taft-Hartley Act. Those articles attracted wide attention inside this Union and throughout' the trade union move­ ment. His account of Histadrut, the new state of Israel's powerful and progressive labor federation, will also be widely read. Ordinarily, this Union does not carry articles which can be interpreted as political in nature. However, the importance of labor's role in the November elections made Raymond's election analysis imperative for the information of the membership. At the present juncture, with the continent of Asia threatened by the communists because of the short-sightedness of European governments, an understanding of the labor movement in strategic, anti-communist Israel is equally imperative. Of course, Histadrut is a feder­ ation of trade unionists not a political or­ ganization. But it is so powerful a force in Israel and the whole Middle East that any discussion of it is necessarily concerned with politics on a world scale. for the aged. It runs agricultural and industrial cooperatives, housing projects, public markets, banks, vacation centers, schools, theaters, a sports organization, an aviation company and an infant merchant marine plying Mediterranean waters. In addition, it publishes newspapers and magazines including one paper in Arabic for the thousands of Arab members who work in perfect harmony with the Jewish members. Outside employers contribute to only the welfare pro­ gram. AMERICA HELPS Because of Histadrut's efforts, the contrast be­ tween conditions in Israel and those in the feudal Arab countries is tremendous. In Israel, a skilled Arab worker can make close to five dollars a day, a princely wage by Middle East standards, and even an unskilled worker can count on about two dollars. The same Arabs Israelis—and the Arabs, for that matter—to be working in the Arab states—in Egypt, Syria or destroyed in war can voice no such excuse. The Iraq—would be lucky to make 80 cents and 45 members of Histadrut are Europeans. They are cents respectively. Presumably the Arab leaders not by any stretch of the imagination a colonial have no love for Histadrut. Their own people people, although many of them have endured might get the idea. Much of Histadrut's recent progress has been more than 10 years of slat^ery and torture under the fruit of the current campaign to raise money the late Adolf Hitler. Actually Histadrut is something more than a^ in the United States, a campaign which has the labor union, or even a group of labor unions. full support of both the AFL and the CIO. This Technically it is the General Federation of help is necessary for the present because of the Jewish Workers in Israel, and is roughly the war, and because of the thousands upon thou­ Israeli equivalent of the American Federation sands of immigrants who arrive every day. The war damage must be repaired and many of of Labor. But it is a complete economic and the newcomers must be trained and fitted for social organization which controls vast enter­ new jobs so that they can find their places in the prises. Israeli economy.- For the present, these two ORGANIZED ECONOMY tasks are too much for Histadrut's resources. Histadrut grew along these lines because it had to. It was founded in the early 1920s when Israel, then known as Palestine, was under a British mandate. There was no Israeli govern­ ment, nor were there any social laws providing for hospitalization, workmen's compensation and the like. Histadrut provided an organized econ­ omy and became the greatest economic force in the area. The present Israeli government leans heavily on Histadrut as,a going concern of nearly 30 years standing. But Histadrut can be expected to be the main Many members of the present Israeli govern­ bastion of a free democratic labor movement in ment came from Histadrut, which is playing the Middle East. Staunchly anti-communist, it a leading role in the tragically unnecessary con­ should resist all attempts by the communists to flict with the Arab nations. In illustration of infiltrate its ranks. Its strength and the wellthis is the story of Abba Hushi, the Histadrut being of its members should be so great that leader who visited SIU Headquarters a year communist blandishments will have no effect. ago. Last fall Abba Hushi, a onetime dock GUARANTEE worker and a member of the Histadrut executive The sooner the British government, the same committee for the port of Haifa, was wounded government which u.sed troops to break the in the leg by an Arab sniper. He was inspect­ ing Israeli fortifications when the bullet struck London dock strike in 1947, realizes this fact the better. By the same token, the sooner the Dutch him. government realizes that the Indonesians basi­ Histadrut organized the workers, fought for the eight hour day, and won the right to bar­ cally want nothing but freedom and a chance to gain collectively for wages and conditions. What utilize their own resources, the less chance com­ if did not get from the outside it provided from munist agents will have to win the Indonesian within itself. Belonging to it are skilled and people to their side. unskilled workers, manual and white-collar A strong, free labor movement in progressive workers, scientists, engineers, doctors, teachers, Israel, and the kind of freedom in Indonesia that longshoremen, farmers, building workers, quarry- will allow a labor movement to grow in the men, factory workers, needle-workers, seamen eastern islands, can save the continent of Asia and others. "The list is as long as the list of from communism. By insisting that such occupations in Israel. movements be encouraged and allowed to Histadrut provides health insurance, medical flourish, American unions can do much to guar­ care including" hospitalization and a pension plan antee their own future. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS Shipping is Good in Baltimore And Prospects Are Even Better LOG Friday, January 14, 1949 SIU VOLUNTEERS IN BOFFJEAN PLAN FIGHT By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ ' BALTIMORE—Although ship Man to be ready to leave at an ping slowed. down a trifle here, hour's notice. The Old Man had we can get the men out pretty no choice but to restrict the men to the ship which was in the easily. And we expect shipping stream and ready to go, although to be very brisk in the near fu sea watches had not been set. However, it took The Army six ture. Recent payoffs included six days to get around to sending Ore Line ships, three Bull Line the ship on its way. That's the ships and three Waterman ships Army for you. The crew of that ship can The sign-ons in the same period were distributed in about the keep track of their beef in the same way—six Ores, four Bulls LOG. We'll let them know how three Watermans and one Isth­ the overtime turns out. mian. BEAT HOFFMAN It is easy to see that Ore ves­ The "Paul Hoffman Plan" is sels are the solid basis of ship­ ping in Baltimore. This is the something for us to fight hard only port in this country which to defeat. Certainly that guy they hit, so we always can Hoffman is out to hurt us as much as he can, just why we count on them. The others may come here or don't know. We hope that Hoffman doesn't they may payoff and sign-on The all-important battle waged by the A&G District to halt the EGA poUcy switch which somewhere else. We like to see believe we will take this scheme would ditch American ships in favor of foreign flag vessels required plenty of willing workers. of his to smash the merchant ma­ them all, though. Here are some of the Seafarers who enthusiastically volunteered their services as Headquarters Incidentally, Ore ships sure rine and the maritime unions lyalerted Congress and, organized labor of the dangers of the plan. Around the table from left to have changed since the old pre- ng down. If he does he has an­ SIU days. Ask an oldtimer if other think coming. right; Mike Cristaldi, AB; Liudley Ritch, AB; Charlie Sexton, Wiper; Charles Oppenheimer. After what we went through you don't believe it. Wiper; Ernest Koons, Oiler; Tony Randazzo. OS; John Ziereis, Bosun: Clarence Lohne, FWT; to win our wages and condi­ ^om Williams, Oiler; Gus Rener, AB, and Frank Chamberlayne, AB. J. R. Gonzalez, AB; Lucky SAME OLD ARMY tions we are not going to let Gillis, Steward, and John Flynn, AB, were out of camera's range when photo was taken. We had a sign-on beef on our jobs be tak«n away from us. Hoffman can be sui-e of that. Watennan's Governor Sparks and we still are working at Other than the Hoffman Beef squaring it. It's a good beef, everything is running well in but we couldn't blame either lis port. During the holidays the the company or the Master for men had a swell Christmas din­ the way it began. The only one ner at the Hi Ho Inn. By JOE ALGINA prowess on the Second Electri- much more difficult. we could blame was the United The boys in the hospital are ciam. He figui-ed wrong on that For one thing the company NEW YORK — Another fair States Army for whom the ship oing fine and hope to be out one as the Second Electrician would have called for a replace­ was carrying cargo when she so'on. They say there is nothing week for shipping in this port emerged the victor. Being a sore­ ment. A man would have been signed on. that can stop the SIU and we ended with the signing on and head who couldn't take his beat­ dispatched to the ship and then The Army ordered the Old agree with them. paying off of the usual lot of ing and forget it, he told the the beef would have come to ships, most of them in from for­ Second Electrician he was fired light. In the end the Seafarer and the Chief Electrician could would probably get his job back, eign runs. pack his gear, too. but the SIU man sent down as Next week may bring a slight The men ignored his phony or a replacement would have been dip in activity to this port, be­ der and went about their busi­ put to a great inconvenience. cause of the sale of one ship to ness. A short while later the En­ The quicker the beef is report­ another company and the return gineer brought up his reserve— ed the quicker it will be settled. the Skipper. The Skipper repeat • By CAL TANNER There is no word yet on Bern­ of another to the Maritime Com­ ed the "hit the road" order. The stein's application to operate two mission. MOBILE — Activity here dur Isthmian scow back from the Electricians, this time, called the Anyway, the line-up for this SIU Hall and a Patrolman hied passenger ships to Europe. Ru­ ing the past week was highlight­ Far East and headed for the mor has it that he has a 50-50 down to the ship. The windrup: chance of receiving Maritime ed by several clean payoffs ab­ East Coast for loading; and the week went like this: Del Mundo, Mississippi, in from In the payoff column we hand­ oard ships manned by capable around the coast. All of these led the Steel Ranger, Kenyon both men stayed aboard the ship. Commission approvaL There are A similar case came on the a lot of bigwigs against Bern­ * "^lU crews. There were six sign- ships were in good shape. Victory, Isthmian; the Bessemer Governor Graves. There the stein's move, and they're trying ons, including three vessels on There is a possibility that Wa­ Victory, John B. 'Waterman, Gov- Chief Engineer decided he didn't to block him. ccmtinuous articles, in addition terman may pull six Liberties vernor Graves, Waterman; the like the Fireman-Watertender out of the lay-up fleet in the Helen and Beatrice, Bull; the Al­ and ordered him off the ship. A NATIONAL DEFENSE to;'five payoffs. exander Woolcott, Alcoa; the near future. This wUl be a boon Patrolman was aboard the ship jrhe Alcoa Corsair paid off and If the Maritime Commission is Colabee, American - Hawaiian; went back on her usual 17-day to shipping and we have the The Cabins, Mathiasen. The last at the time and nipped the "get hep they'll approve his applica­ off" order in the bud. That set­ tion. Atithorities in the maritime passenger run to the Islands. men to fill the jobs. named is a new tanker added to tled the Engineer for the mo­ field have been moaning for Her heads-up crew paid a visit TUG RELIEF JOBS the Mathiasen string. ment, but he had ideas. Late in months about the lack of tankers to the local marine hospital and The ships to hit here this week the evening, when he was sure distributed gifts of three dollars A gratifying source of jobs for topped off voyages to just about no Patrolman was available he and passenger ships should a na­ our members this week were the to each of the Seafarers con­ tional emergency arise. Here's a fined. The money was donated tugboats. We shipped approxi­ every port in the world. The Col­ nailed the FWT again. This time guy who wants to put two big mately sixty men to tug boat abee came from Quebec, The he told him to get off the ship, passenger ships into operation, from the ship's fund. Cabins from coastwise, the Steel or he would have the watchman relief jobs. The Monarch of the Sea and but they say no dice. It doesn't the Morning Light, two of the On the list of patients in the Ranger from India and the Far toss him over the side. make sensed Waterman C-2s on the Puerto Mobile Marine Hospital at this East, the John B. Waterman fi-om Another item that doesn't make OUT OF THE DARK Rican fun, also paid off in good time are the following Seafar­ Europe, and the Helen from the sense is the radio report that Caribbean. clean fashion, and then signed ers; V. E. Peters, W. Peters, E. The Fireman got to a telephone corporation profits were 31 bil­ on crews for the voyages to B. McGuffy, W. R. Ross, L. J. and notified the Hall. In no time lion this year, an aU-time high, OFF THE LIST Weeks, C. R. Simmons, J. E. PR. two Patrolmen went down to the. but because the dollar isn't Nordstrom, H. M. Hankee, E. The Govemoi Graves and the ship. The Engineer almost passed worth much anymore, the value TWO MORE Smith, E. Jarrett and R. B. Woolcott are the ships scheduled out when he saw tlie Patrolmen of the profits is really 21 billion to leave the SIU fleet. The coming aboard the ship late in Also paying off very cleanly Dearman. bucks. If 10 billion of their dol­ were the Daniel Lownsdale and Around the beach are several Graves has been sold to another the evening. A quick consulta­ lars are worthless, I know what the Governor Kilby, both Water­ oldtimers. Among them are Tom company, the Woolcott is to be tion, a few words of advice to they can do with it. I'll take the man jobs. The Lownsdale came Bernsee, Elmo Bailey, T. R. returned to the Maritime Com­ the Engineer and the Fireman dough off their hands anytime. stayed aboard. off the coastwise run and signed Stanley, Clarence Nail, Jimmie mission. One bit of good news out of For sign-ons we^ handled the The point in giving these two "Washington this week is the an­ on for a trip to Europe under Moore, S. W. Ghale, Joe and Charlie Stringfellow, C. R. John B. Waterman, Beatrice, Col­ examples is not just to point out nouncement that the draft has an Army time charter. Steers, B, P. McNulty, Ernest abee, Steel Designer, Azalea City that the Patrolmen will protect been suspended for two months Ships in transit this week Hannon, E. R. Smith, Dusty Es- and Robin Grey. Over these we a crewmember against a hot­ due to heavy enlistments. were the Fairisle, Claiborne, Wa­ palla and Slim Sweetser. squared away several in-transit headed Mate or Engineer; it is It's not much consolation to the. terman ships in from New Or­ vessels and filled the gaps in also to remind men that when Brothers who are sweating out The Mobile Branch has re­ leans; the Marquette Victory, an beefs of this nature arise a quick the man with the khaki suit, but if ceived several very encouraging their crews. communications from Senators Almost all the ships that were- call to the Hall can save a lot of the eager beavers keep joining in and Congressmen promising then- visited by the Patrolmen were headaches all around. large enough numbers they may support in our fight against the squared away with little diffi­ If the men in these cases had leave the seamen alone for switch in Marshall Plan policy. culty—all except two, however. piled off and then waited five or awhile. Meanwhile, we are keeping the On the Kenyon Victory the six hours before informing the Maybe, in the meantime. Con­ campaign fo save seamen's jobs Chief Engineer felt his muscle Hall of their beef, the untangling gress will take action to exempt going strong and steady. and decided to demonstrate his of the mess would have been seamen from the draft. New York Winds Up Fair Week Of Shipping Mobile Hears Waterman May Pull Six Liberties Out Of Lay-Up is?:i; x �I^ay. January 14» 1449 Year's Shipping Reaches End For Port Coihourne TISEStA PA RBRS LOG FRISCO WATERFRONT FRIENDS !;<s 5 • • Page Five Shipping Hoids Steady In PR With Deckmen Still Favorites By SAL COLLS SAN JUAN—Shipping may not two or three more such vesselshave been exceptional here in the Other ships to touch Puerto past week, but it certainly was Rico in the last week weie the steady. It still favors the deck SS Jean, SS Kathryn, SS Monroe PORT COLBOURNE, Ontario department over the other two. and the SS Wild Ranger with —Shipping in this Lake Ontario There is always a job or two just a few minor beefs cropping port stopped for the winter, as on board for the book or permit- up. Nothing serious, really, and ,of December . 15. But the last man who is so short on brains all beefs were settled to the sat­ crew did not payoff until the that he wants to leave this sunny isfaction of all hands. One thing, however, that has and tropical nest for the wind first week in January. This was been happening and which re­ and rain and snow in the States. the after crew of the Midland quires severe disciplinary mea­ When the MV Ponce .steamed sures, is the px-actice of men pay­ Prince, Canada Steamship Lines, into Ponce a few days ago to ing off their ships over the week­ which did not complete its lay-up payoff, we had to scramble to end and, like as not, in some job until after New Years. send her necessary replacements: island poi't as far distant as 70 five men for the deck, four for or 80 miles from the city of San There are 19 ships laid up in the engine room and four for Juan. this port. This is comparatively the stewards department. few since in other years we have RULING S.2LYS NO. The only man who really had 25 to 30 wintering hei-e. In­ seemed joyous to ship was big For some time, now we have cidentally, most of them always "Red" Whidden, the oldtime had a ruling in this poi-t, which Father Matthew Conolly and Seafarers Ed McLaughlin and have storage cargoes of grain. shellback from Tampa. He prac­ states that a man cannot pay off David Bell stand outside Catholic Maritime Club, where many tically ate the Bosuns job right his ship on Satui-day afternoon seamen were fed and entertained during recent West Coast During the lay-up period, SIU off the blackboard, he was so or Sunday, unless ho can present strike. representatives were busy on the glad to get it. organizing front. We wore a qualified Union replacement They really can't be • satisfied and proof that the officials at the mighty pleased with the recep­ unless they have a rolling deck Hall have been informed of the tion we got, too. We are looking under their feet and, for lads change. forward to a new contract in the ike them, a bar deck won't do­ spring, and we are going to show This port i-uling. of late, has it's got to be a genuine steel been mistreated and action has the men a better one than they (The SIU does not endorse Brothers, feasted on a turkey plate with scuppers. ever have had before. been taken against offendei'S. political, religious or fraternal dinner with all the trimmings. Ships sailing with short crews At this point, Canadian seamen WELCOME SHIP organisations. It does recog­ The bulk of support for the are a violation of our Union con­ are enjoying finer conditions nize, however, that there are clubs comes from Catholic or­ The arrival of the MV Ponce tract and this practice must stop. than they had in the past. But groups within these categories ganizations, and some help is is always looked forward to and Let this serve as a warning to all we hope to improve them itill which perform services in the given by passenger and freight we could think of nothing bettor who come to Puerto Rico in the more. interests of seamen. It is for outfits. to start the New Year with than future. this reas<m that the following Founded in England in 1923, by CANADIAN BABY article, written and submitted a Catholic priest, this organiza­ The Port Colbourne office is by a mendier of the SIU, is tion is definitely for the seaman the baby of the Canadian Dis­ published.) and his enjoyment while on the trict, not having been opened beach. Everyone is welcome, re­ It is a rare daj"^ when the LOG By WILLIAM M. KIERULF tmtil last November 1. Al­ gardless of color, religion or na­ takes note of the i-epiesentatives though the season was almost The SIU membership in San tionality. The only question ask­ of shipowners; there is little, if over when we started here, we Francisco who were on the beach ed by the swell people .who op­ any, common ground between have accomplished a lot. for three months as a result of erate the club is, "Are you a maritime labor and the employ­ Normally shipping is good—as the West Coast shipping strike .seaman?" ers. The shipowner is well known The history of the San Francis­ in labor's lecord as being one long as the navigation season will not soon forget the hospital­ lasts. In fact, we sometimes suf­ ity of Father Matthew Conolly co branch of the Apostleship of the most vicious and oppres­ fer from a shortage of men. and the Catholic Maritime Club dates back to 1932. Temporary sive of all bosses. headquarters were established at However, Captain Hilmer Some of our members, who did at 320 Harrison street. 5 Pacific street and a year later "Andy" Anderson, until this This organization, one of ten not manage to save up enough a center was opened at 226 Em- week operating manager of Wat­ money to keep them through the all over the country and better barcadero, which was the scene erman's New Yoi-k office, is so winter months, have had the known as the Apostleship of the of much activity in the winter of unusual among shipowner offi­ good luck to finds jobs right here Sea, provided a real home at­ 1933. Food, shelter, clothing and until shipping starts again. Most mosphere to all strike-bound and medical care were given to the cials that his record desei-vcs comment. He's an honest guy. of them visit the office from locked-out seamen, serving them two meals a day and a special men who were victims of the A good many, if not all, ship­ time to time. terrible conditions on the water­ Members will be sorry to hear Sunday dinner. There, were also front. During the 134 strike, an owners in the business today that Brother Harry Melling had regular Friday night dances and average of 1,700 men were fed could take a lesson from him. "Andy" always kept his word. a fall on the icy deck of the SS Wednesday night card games, every day. with cigarettes as prizes. There That's something Seafarers know Stadcoma, injuring his knee so ON RINCON HILL were also recreational features well from bitter experience that CAPT. ANDERSON badly that an operation was . Since 1936, the flag of the few shipowners bother to do. to help us while away the long necessary. Apostleship has been flying from months ashore. This week, after 48 yeai's in found the Union fair to deal He is in the Montreal General atop famous Rincon Hill, in a maritime, Andy retii'ed from his with." He also voiced high The club also donated litera­ Hospital. Brother Melling has building at Fremont and Harripraise for the men of the SIU. been Port Agent in Toronto since ture to our SIU library here in .son streets that foi*merly housed post as operating manager for who lie felt are the "most com­ Waterman in New York, a posi­ the beginning of this Union in San Francisco. St. Brcndon's Church. petent crews sailing Ameiican tion he held for several years. BIG DAY Canada. Always a source of joy to both vessels." By retiring, he brings to a Incidentally, we have taken Thanksgiving Day was one of seamen and sponsors are the an­ By the same token, a ixxembef: considerable interest in the fight the really memorable <lays at the nual Christmas tree parties at close a career which included of the SIU Negotiating Commit-, our American Brothers are wag­ dub. If it hadn't been for the the club's recreation hall and the shipping aboard Swedish square tee spoke of Captain Ander.«on ing against the shipping of all club many SIU men and other Marine Hospital. Last Christmas, riggers, service as a seaman on as being a "hard man, but fair to Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in seamen would have had a dull more than 500 gift-packed stock­ all types of American ships, duty deal with, and most of all, a man foreign ships. We wish them holiday. Nearly 900 seamen, ings were distributed to shut-ins as a ship's officer during and fol­ whose wox'd is his bond. We lowing the first World War and hope Andy's position will be among whom wore many of our in the hosital. every success in their battle. fourteen years as Poi't Captain taken by a man having an equal for Lykes Brotheis. understanding of maritime prob­ When he came to Watei-man as lems." operating manager. Captain An­ The best wishes of the SIU are Now, as we sit typing out this By FRENCHY MICHELET 2. Three Far East scows due derson brought first-hand knowl­ extended to Captain Anderson in report, we get word that a full in the Seattle area within the edge of the life led by seafaring SAN FRANCISCO—Shipping crew must be found for the SS next 20 days and which also. men. In his years of serving as his retii-ement. continues to be a permitman's Young America, which has just must be crewed. intermediary' between the com­ dream on this coast. come in from the Far East. pany and the SIU, he demon­ 3. Continuous calls for replace­ The SS Fairhope, a Waterman strated undei-standing of the ments from the intercoastal C-2, came out of the Oakland JOBS APLENTY Membership rules require problems facing seamen. S;hips. , shipyard this past week and took every man entering the Throughout his work, he showed These tribulations, coming on So shipping is plenty good for a full crew aboard for the Puerto Union Halls to show hia a desire to work out all eompanj' Rican loop run. This took every top of the following prospects all hands on this coast. In view and union problems in a manner Union Book. Pro-Book, perman we could beg, borrow or have all combined to give the of this situation, we again urge fair and satisfactory to both mil or whitecard to the door­ placards on this coast a case of all permitmen, who find them­ steal. man. This is for the mem­ parties. Then out of a clear blue sky wartime jitters. This is what is selves stranded in other ports, bership's protection. Don't ahead of us: to get out here in the best way PRAISE TO CREWS Waterman grabbed the Monroe waste the Doorman's — or ' they know. 1. Crewing up four more Wat­ In commenting on- his years of Victory that had been laid up your own—time by arguing ' Permitmen coming out here dealing with the SIU, Captain this point. Observe the rules for awhile, and we had cme hel­ erman C-23, which are yet in the luva time racing around to put a shipyard, but are soon due to will be assured of jobs for a long; Anderson remarked: "We've had you make. take full crews. long time to come. plenty of differences, but I've crew together for her. By NORM CUNNINGHAM and JOE McNEIL frhto CathoBe Maritime Chb Has Proved To Be Seaman's Friend Gap't Anderson,Waterman,Retires Imeo Has Tbe Sh^, Smids (ht CaH Far Men Membership Rules �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 14, 1949 £SSO Tankers As Rugged As Cities Service It's all sweat, blood and teais standard maneuver to keep them definite part of company strategy, Union contracted ships is gener­ lacked only ten days when he for seamen sailing aboai'd Esso slaving away was the fact that since the rules of the phony Esso ally a period for friendly dis­ paid off. The Esso AUentown experience Tankers. These much-abused the Mate tried to pacify the men Tankermen's Association,, a com- cussion and good fellowship, the tankermen are victims of the by saying that things would be pany-controUed organization, "re- AUentown men were glum and convinced Hagan more than ever company's slick strategy of "di­ easier when they got to the ship­ quh-e" that a man receive a silent. If anyone spoke at all, that unorganized tankermen are yard in Jacksonville. That, too, warning before he is fired. With Hagan said, it was only to gripe. the most abused seamen in the vide and conquer." It was at one of these sessions maritime industry and that their that formality attended to, the With the men in a continual turned out to be a snare. While the AUentown was in Mate was then free to give the that Hagan told his shipmates on only salvation lies in organiza­ state of jitters because they fear loss of their jobs, Esso has been the yard, the men had to put in axe to anyone he found objec­ the Esso tanker that they were tion—under a contract that will falling into the company's trap give them decent conditions and able to keep its employes from five days a week. Hagan pointed tionable. by distrusting each other. He guaranteed security, HIGH TENSION presenting a solid front against out that the custom caUed for Threatened with the loss of warned them they would never "If any group of sailing men intolerable conditions, every one four daj'^s of work and one day of which is a sound reason in it­ off. That was the schedule fol­ their jobs, overworked and get anywhere under such a ever needed the benefits of an self for the protection of a Union lowed on three other tankers in abused, the AUentown crew was handicap. , Hagan advised them SIU contract, it is these tanker­ a setup for the company strategy, to walk off the ship in a group. men. And they're in the same the yard at the same time. contract. But they had no heart for such boat as the men aboard Cities Esso's rotten policy of holding This discrimination brought the Hagan pointed out. "The chow was terrible—even action, since they knew they'd Service tankers. They're abused, first rumblings of dissatisfaction the unlicensed personnel under a in the shipyard," Hagan said, be blackballed for good. among the crew. The Mate browbeaten and disgusted." whiplash wielded by cold, cal­ At this stage, Hagan decided Hagan has sailed Cities Service culating topside characters was answered by driving them even and as a result of all these con­ revealed to the LOG this week harder than before. Then he ditions, evei-yone was under great he had enough. Before he left ships, too, so he knows what he's by Edward J. Hagan, who got a started snooping and forced the emotional strain. Tension was the ship, he told the Mate that talking about. bellyfull aboard the SS Esso Bosun, who Hagan said was a high and as would be expected, he saw clearly what he was up "At least the Cities Service decent guy, into acting as his dissension broke out among the to. men are better off than the Esso AUentown. Hagan, who sails as an AB, tankermen," Hagan pointed out. crewmembers. "I've never seen a more dis­ personal lookout. "The company's scheme was piled off at a personal sacrifice. "They're going to have a chance As his next step in the cam­ contented crew than the one obviously to play the crewman He had been hoping to get to vote for SIU representation paign of intimidation, the Mate aboard the Esso AUentown in against one another — and it enough time aboard the AUen­ very soon. They won't have to started handing out warnings to all time I've been going to sea," town to make him eligible for live in constant fear of losing worked," Hagan said. the men he suspected of talking Hagan said. At coffee time", which aboard a gi-een ticket, for which he their jobs much longer." too much. This, too, was a He paid off the tanker in a Jacksonville shipyard after a coastwise voyage, which began in New York on Dec. 8. The Allentown was scheduled for a long trip and conditions were such WHAT itwim.. QUESTION: The membership of the SIU is currently debating the question of the trans­ portation rule now in effect. What are your views on this rule? EDWARD J. HAGAN CY MAGNAN, Oiler: The Iransportation rule should not be considered only on the way it affects personal finemces. The conditions and wages which we have won through the years were not achieved without con­ siderable hardship and sacrifice on the part of many members. As all good Union men know, the rules the membership pre­ sents and ratifies at meetings are in the interests of the general welfare. Brothers .on the beach today are sailing ships tomorrow. The transportation rule has ac­ celerated shipping for you and me and is a fine "builder-upper" for union solidarity. that the crew looked forward to nothing but misery. Hagan said he had enough and got off. ' Hagan paid tribute to the Allentown crew as he recounted the nerve-wi-acking experience from the time he boarded the ship until he signed off. "We left New York with a good crew, as hardworking a bunch anyone could ask for," he said. On the second day out all hands in the deck department turned to cleaning the tanks. The tanker had just returned from a four-month trip in the Persian Gulf and her tanks were in rugged shape, Hagan said. FOUL TANKS The deck men sweated out 16 and 17 hours a day on the job. Even the men on the wheel and lookout turned to. On the l ^t day of the cleaning job no one was on the wheel or lookout, Hagan said, which was a viola­ tion of the law which requires JOHN A. ZIEREIS, Bosun: that these watches be main­ Several years ago when the tained from sunrise to sunset. shipowners were in habit of Men on board the AUentown, dumping seamen in various ports wno had been sailing for years, in the USA it became necessary told Hagan they had never seen to. take job action on each indi­ tanks in such foul condition. vidual ship to get them to pay They said the cleaning job was transportation to return a man long overdue. to the port of sign-on. Seamen Despite the back-breaking job I who were dumped in strange because of the company's failure ports with little or no money to order the cleaning earlier and in their pockets, and who were without regard for the men who anxious to ship again, became were working long stretches, the easy prey for crimps. If the Mate charged all hands with present rule were relaxed in any way, the seamen could again be­ loafing. come prey to these scaveagc/.*s. But proof that this was only a JIMMY HIGHTOWER. Cook: I very definitely feel that if a man accepts transportation mon­ ey he must get off the ship. However. I do not feel that a man should be compelled to get off a ship, if he has only been aboard for a comparatively short time and he still wishes to work. Speaking of my own personal experience, I have accepted transportation and have gotten off the ship in accordance with the present rule, ,but I would have preferred to remain aboard. Personally, I would rather not have the rule, but as a Union . man I accept the will of the majority. IlilSiilgMlllieii - PERCY BOYER, Bosun: ERNEST BUCHSER, AB: The present rule was adopted I agree that if a man accepts by the membership after con-, transportation he shoiild get off sideration at meetings up and the ship. But I also think that down the coast. Since its adop­ he should be allowed a period of tion, there have been some men time aboard a ship before being saying they are against it be­ required to payoff. Naturally, a cause they have had to accept man who has spent anytime at transportation and get off the aU on the beach is bound to be ship. Yet when they got off some broke or in a hole by the time other man got a job. The rule he catches a ship. He ceVtainly will work in the same way for wouldn't be able to get even or their interest. The rule should get ahead of the game, if he finds not be discarded solely because himself on a ship that pays off a few men find it inconvenient. in four to six weeks. iliilH; ^4^ CHARLIE BUSH, Bosun: I think the transportation rule should be revised by putting in­ to effect a time limit during which a man may remain aboard' a vessel before paying off. If a man happens to be oii the beach for about three months, catches a ship and then finds he has to pay off after five weeks, he isn't exactly getting a break. There­ fore, a compromise should be worke4'out. If a man doesn't accept the transporation let him stay on the ship for, let's say, about six months. That will eli- > minate the difficulty. �i; ."*-iiT'j|rrt Friday, January 14. 1848 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Sjgn-Oil Proves Value Of SlU Contract There is a world of difference between the activities preceding the isign-on aboard jan SlU-contracted ship and one aboard an unorganized ship. The reason for the differ'Cnce is the Union enforced contract. Before any SIU crew signs articles, a Union Patrolman goes aboard to perform a multitude of functions, all in the interest of the crew's welfare, security and comfort. The Union Patrolman checks the ship's stores, the slopchest, the repair lists. He •inspects the linen supply, and sees that comfortable mattresses are provided in foc'sles that aren't overcrowded. Also, he. makes certain that the Union manning scale is ob­ served by the company, that the articles are proper and contain no phony riders. On an unorganized ship, the crew climbs aboard and simply signs the articles. No one is there to protect their interests. Any checking is done by a Port Engineer of Steward, who act solely in the company's behalf. The sign-on, like the one pictured on this page aboard the Robin Goodfellow, em­ phasizes one of the many advantages held by men sailing under SIU contract: • mm All hands were in good mood at. the sign-on ceremonies aboard the Robin Goodfellow. In photo abov^ the doctor (left). tells Bosun A. Thome he's a husky specimen fit for duly. ' >.f'r .. > ' . 'A.- . At left is a typical Union pre-sign-on conference. Crew-: members pay close attention as Engine Delegate V. Meehan (holding repair list) informs Patrolman Jim Sheehan (wearing glasses) of conditions on Robin Goodfellow. Steward Delegate , Jake Longfellow is at Sheehan's left. This kind of procedure is something unorganised seamen never see. v_ The Union way is the se­ cure way. In photo above, the Union Patrolman checks the ice boxes with members nf the Robin Goodfellow's .Steward Department — left to right, Bernard Mace, Messman; Pa­ trolman Sheehan; Steve Stoveland, Second Cook, and Bro­ ther Longfellow, Chief Cook. The beefs have been squared away, the stores have been checked, the necessary repairs have been made—in short, the crew is satisfied that every­ thing is now in order for Sf smooth voyage. The sign-on can now proceed. Crewmen get ready to put their names on the dotted line (photo above) in presence of Goodfellow's Captain T. Frith (left) and Shipping Commissioner F. W. McGrath. Engine Deleigate Meehan stands by. Because stores are checked before the voyage, SlU-coniracted ships do not come home on half-rations. The sign-on must wait, if necessary, while this Important matter is takencare of. Chow beefs on unor^gai^ed ships are* largely trace­ able to fact that crew has no « >Union representative to check Stores, ^ Christy Mantages, ^ight Cook and Baker, is the first to sign the Goodfellow's articles, while Anthony Pedicini, DM, waits his next. On unorganized ships, the actual signing of the articles is the total activity. That's why unorganized seamen are paid less than SIU members and sweat out voyages without any security. �Page Eight THE S E A P A R E R S LOG Friday, January 14. 194S Congressmen Reply To SiU Protest On EGA Rep. Otto E. Passman (D^ La.): Rep. Charles P. Nelson (Rf, Maine): "Let me assure you that the subject "Thank you for... giving me the The statements on this page are excerpts from Congress­ facts matter will have my earnest considera­ with regard to the shipping of tion and I will do everything in my men's and Senator's replies to the Seafarers in answer to the Marshall Plan cargoes by the ECA on power to protect American interests." foreign ships, 1 shall be glad to give Union's protest against ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman's this matter every attention." S" 4" S" Rep. Overton Brooks (D., La.): 4 4 4 plan to torpedo the American merchant marine. Rep. Fred Marshall (D., Minn.): "I am asking the Econopiic Coopera­ "Feel assured that this matter will tion Administration for a complete writ­ .receive our serious consideration. After ten report on this subject. I assure you further study we will be able to give Sen. Owen Brewster (RM Maine): of my continued interest in this vitally Sen. William Langer (R., NJ>.): "You can count on my support." "You may be sure 1 shall have 3mur you a more definite reply." important, matter." views in mind when this matter comes 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4up on the floor of the Senate for con­ Rep. John McSweeney (D„ Ohio): Sen. Herbert R. O'Connor (D» Md.): , Rep. James J. Heffeman (DM N.Y.): "1 am very grateful to you and your "You can rest assured that 1 will not sideration." "In an effort to be of assistance I union for acquainting me with the support any legislation designed to put have taken this matter up with the 4 4 4 conditions as expressed in your letter. American seamen out of work." Sen. John C. Stennis (D., Miss.): Economic Cooperation Administration 1 can assm-e you that when the matter "1 am confident that this matter wiU and just as soon as I am in receipt of 4 4 4 is being discussed 1 shall give it my receive the early attention of the Con­ a report I will notify you." Rep. Ernest K. Brambleli (R., Calif.): mo.'t serious consideration." gress and you may be assured of my "1 agree with your stand in this 41 4> 4> 4 4 4 Rep. Hale Boggs (D., La.): matter, and expect to do all 1 can very real interest in the matter. I have been benefited by your view­ Rep. Hal Holmes (R.. Wash.); "It is my feeling that Mr. Hoffman is toward stopping the same." "This is to acknowledge receipt of point and shall be delighted to hear acting illegally, and is flouting the will 4 4 4 your letter...1 appreciate very much from you in the future." of Congi-ess. I am quite certain that this Rep. Leonard W. Hall (R., N.Y.); having this information from you..." matter will be one of the first -things "Many thanks for your message en­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 on the agenda for the approaching Con­ closing a copy of the SEAFARERS Sen. William F. Knowland (R.. Calif.): Daisy Goad, Adminislrative Assistant gress, and I am equally certain that LOG. 1 am particularly -interested in "It may be of interest to you to to Senator Thomas (D., Okla.): Congress will insist upon the 50 per­ your editorial "The facts, Mr. Hoffman." know that the amendment which is "1 am sure the Senator will appre­ cent provision regardless of the type of 1 am certainly hoping that there will now in the ECA Act of 1948 requiring ciate having the benefit of your sug­ cargoes." be a thorough-going investigation by that at least one half of all cargoes gestions and advice." 4> 4' 4> the appropriate committee of the House, from the United States move in Ameri­ 4 4 4 Rep. W. Kingsland Macy (R., N.Y.): so that this whole question may be can ships was introduced by me. 1 shall Sen. Leveretl Sallonstall (R., Mass.): "Of course, I am in agreement with definitely clarified. 1 have felt right oppose any attempt to repeal the con­ "1 have been looking into this situ­ you as to the desirability of using our along that the act meant exactly what gressional policy set forth at that time." ation and am glad that you also have own ships to the maximum." it said. Mr. Hoffman's position was 4 4 4 brought it to my attention." 4" 4" 4" certainly puzzling to me." Rep. Charles A. Wolverton (R., N.J.): 4 4 4 Rep. James J. Murphy (D.. N.Y.): "1 am fully in accord with the news Sen. Irving Ives 4 4 4 (R.. N.Y.): "I am fully in accord with your pro­ Rep. Emanuel Celler (D., N.Y.): you have expressed. I will be glad to "Your thoughtfulness in furnishing test against Paid Hoffman's decision "You may be sure 1 am giving serious so vote if and when the matter comes me with the views of your organization., and will do aU in my power after study to this proposal and will take before Congress for action." with respect to this problem is appre­ • Jan. 3 to see that the Marshall Plan's earnestly into consideration your point ciated, and 1 know it will be of as­ 4 4 4 original program of shipping 50 per­ of view." Sen. WiBrren G. Magnusoii (D., Wash.): sistance to me when this matter is cent of bulk and general cargoes is "1 am glad to have your expression before Congress." 4 4 4 carried out." in this regard. My personal interest Sen. Lister Hill (D., Ala.): 4 4 4 4. 4 i dates well ahead of the time the leg­ Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D., N.Y.): "Am doing all in my power to pre­ Rep. John J. Rooney (D., N.Y.): "Be assured that the matter will con­ "Heartily agree with your stand pro­ vent diversion of bulk cargo from islation was presented on the floor, at which time a few of us succeeded in American bottoms and will certainly tinue to have my very careful study." testing proposal Economic Cooperation having the stipulation written into the continue my efforts." Administration that all bulk cargoes basic legislation. This outcome was not Sen. Styles Bridges^ (R.f N.H.): sent under Marshall Plan move in for­ 4 4 4 anticipated and I now have an oppor-' "Appreciate your correspondence with Sen. John J. Spaxkman (D., Ala.): eign ships. Shall do everything pos­ tunity to go into the matter." reference to the Hoffman announce"1 have been taking matter of Hoff­ sible (to) block adoption of such a man directive up with appropriate offi­ 4 4 4 dangerous move, and have wired Paul 4 4 4 G. Hoffman, Administrator, strongly cials .., Shall continue doing my best." Rep. William T. Byrne (D., N.Y.): Gilbert J. Fortier, Administrative As­ "1 have been receiving a number of ^ ^ urging the rejection of such a pro­ sistant to Senator Allen Ellender telegrams and letters from my district Sen. Spessaxd L. Holland (DM Fla.): posal." (DM La.): concerning this, proposal, and you may "Thank you for your letter...My 4. 4 4 "Senator Ellender has received num­ be assured that I am giving this matter people in Florida have already been ' Rep. Prince H. Preston (D., Geu): erous letters of protest... Accordingly, my very serious attention at this time." in touch with me. 1 shall help." ' "Unless sentiment has changed con­ he contacted the Administrator of ECA." siderably it is unlikely that the ECA 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Rep. John A. Blatnik (DM Minn.): Rep. Harris Ellsworlh (R., Ore.): law will be amended to eliminate the "As you point out in your letter, the "1 appreciate the interest of the mer­ Rep. James G. Polk (D., Ohio): fifty percent cargo provision. I will "1 am very glad to have this informa­ certainly oppose any effort to amend ECA Act clearly stipidated that at least chant seamen in this problem and am half of all cargoes shipped would move glad to have your comments. Your let­ tion and appreciate your courtesy in it along this line." in American ships. 1 gave this provision ter will be kept in mind in connection sending it." 4 4 4 4 4-4 of the bill my full support, and shall with any action which may come be­ Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D., Va.): "Will bear in mind the strong ob­ certainly support the efforts whiph are fore the Congress on this matter...I Sen. Ralph G. Flanders (R„ Vt.): jection of your union to the proposed being made by your imion in coopera­ am sure that any abridgement of the . "My point of view is not that the policy of the ECA...I recognize the tion with other labor groups to keep , Act of Congress will receive the early freight should be diverted but that the importance of maintaining an Ameri­ this policy in force. Unemployment attention qf the proper committees and extra cost of shipping the 50 percent on^ can merchant marine for defense and among our skilled seamen must be recommendations will be made for re­ American vessels should not be taken out of Marshall Plan funds but should medial action;" other needs and 1 shall devote my best avoided at all costs." be directly appropriated." dfforts toward that end." 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R., N.Y.): Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D., La.): 4 4 4 "1 have carefully noted the points "I have already contacted Adminis­ Rep. W. G. Sligler (D., Okla.): Rep. Henry D. Larcade (D., La.): "You may be sure that when this "You may be assured that I shall made, and you may be sure that I will trator Hoffman protesting this action, important matter comes up before, the do everything in my power to have have them very much in mind in the and assure you of my full cooperation Congress it will receive my conscicincourse of the consideration of this ques­ American ships utilized to the fullest in an effort to have this proposal with­ tious attention." , U extent by the Economic Cooperation tion in Committee and by, the House." drawn." • 4 4 4 Administration." 4 4 4 4 '4 4 Rep. Clark W. Thompsqn (D., Texas): Rep. Eugene J. Keogh (D., N.Y.)i Rep. M. G. Burnside (D., W. Va.): 4 4 4 "Being a member of the House Com­ "1 appreciate very much having your teeman Anderson, Administraiiv© As­ "You may rest assured that your let­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fish- . sistant to Sen. Richard B. Russell experienced expression of opinion and ter and article will receive my prompt eries, this is a matter in which I am want you to know that I propose to and sympathetic consideration." (D., Ga.): fiarticularly interested, and you may "Your telegram received in absence give to this... my earnest consideration. 4 4 4 be sure that I wiU continue to do We are hopeful that we may be able of Senator Russell. Have been glad to Rep. William T. Granahan (D., Pa.): everything within my power to pro­ communicate with ECA officials in Sen­ to come forth with satisfactory solu­ "You may be assured that I will ator's name urging use of American tions." keep in close touch with the proper tect the interests of our Merchant. Ma­ Ships in sending Marshall Plan cargoes authorities in the matter, as I think rine and those manning our vessels. 4 4 4 Sen. Walter F. George (DM Ga.): the protest is justified, and that it It is my sincere hope that we can abroad." "1 am glad to have the Information would be a great blow to 'the merchant prevail upon the ECA to entirely with­ 4 4 4 you furnish relative to the ECA Ad­ marine if the order were carried out. I draw the order so that Marshall Plan Rep. Sol Bloom (D« N.Y.): "Let me assure you that the matter ministrator's proposal regarding ECA bitead to try in every way to have the shipments will continue to be carried in which you are interested is receiv­ bulk cargo. 1 have taken this matter order rescinded, so that American ship­ on the '50-50 basis now in effect." ing my most careful attention and con­ up with Mr. Hoffman." ping and American seamen may not 4 4,4 Lamar Cox, Secretary to Rep. E. E. suffer." 4 4 4 sideration." Cox (DM Ga.): Sen. Milton R. Young (R., N.D.): 4 4 4 4 4 4 "Congressman Cox is out of the city "Several others have written to me- Sen. Eugene D. Millikin (R., Colo.): Rep. Schuyler Bland (R., Va.): "I have been doing and shall con­ on this matter and I have taken this "Please be assured that this subject ...but your message will receive his tinue to do what I can in this connec­ problem up with Mr. Hoffman, Director will receive my most careful attention personal attention." of ECA." whenever it. comes before the Congress." tion." (Conthmed on Page 15) . �Friday, January 14, 1949 THE S.E A F A R E R S LOG Page Nine US LaborBacksSeafarersOn EGA Cargoes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: "I urge you to use your good office to assure the American workers that in spite of the increased cost of bulk car­ goes, such as coal, wheat, that they will not be penalized for attempting to raise their standards of living and at the same time aid the Marshall Plan." B. F. McLaurin Field Organizer 4. i. J. International Brotherhood of Black­ smiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers: "Your order will cause removal from service of American ships and take away employment from American citi­ zens, both of which tend in the direc­ tion of reducing living standards by having this work done by citizens of other countries. We, as a responsible labor organization, protest your deci­ sion in the matter and urge you to reconsider your action." John Pelkofer President 4. 4. Baltimore Federation of Labor: "This federation of labor and its 160 affiliated AFL unions join with our maritime imion affiliates in urging your intervention in a situation deemed to be gi-ossly unfair... If we are to par­ ticipate and cooperate with our Gov­ ernment in successfully carrying out the ec'onoinic recovery program, we urge that the program be extended to the recovery of earning opportunities for American workmen." Harry Cohen President 4 ifc Local 20499, American Federation of Rubber Workers: "We feel that you should exert every effort of authority bestowed upon you to do justice to seamen... We are an-. xious to see the Marshall Plan accom­ plish its pm-pose but still think that charity should begin at home." George Schmidt Business Representative 4 4 4 Local 45, Sign, Scene and Pictorial Painters of America: "Protest proposal of Paul Hoffman ... We believe the Marshall Plan should succeed but not at the expense of American Workers." Stanley Beyers Secretary 4 4 4 Lodge 678, International Association of Machinists: "We believe that it is a clear viola­ tion of the law... and request that it be discarded." William C. Duncan Secretary 4 4 4 International Photo Engravers Union: "Object to any change in Marshall Plan shipments which will transfer cargoes from American to foreign ves­ sels." Edward J. Volz President 4 44 Region 9, United Automobile. Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Work­ ers: "Urge assignment of EGA shipments to foreign vessels be reconsidered. This action...is particularly discriminatory against hard won gains of Amex'ican merchant marine unions." Martin Gerber Director 4 4 4 International Brotherhood of Boiler­ makers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers: "Here we are on one hand rebuild­ ing Europe and ostensibly the stand­ ards of living of its people; however, in order to accomplish this avowed pimpose we are now being called upon to make further sacrifices and tear down, the standards of living of our own people. Does thiia make sense?" Charles J. MacGowan Inlemational President 1 Oil this page are excerpts from some of the scores of com­ munications protesting the Hoffman plan sent by organized labor to President Truman, cabinet members, Congressmen, Senators and EGA Administrator Hoffman. Local 177, Building Service Employees Local 62, Brotherhood of Painters, Dec­ orators & Paperhangers: Inlemational Union: "We are spending millions of dollars "Such a plan is without a doubt the most outrageous and un-American act in keeping up our defense forces. We of consideration for our fellow Am­ feel that the paying of higher rates to our American shipping firms is also ericans." justified in keeping our merchant ma­ Maurice Zuckerman rine sti'ong in case we should meet Secretary another emergency." * 4 4 4 Frank W. Cernik Local 924. American Federation of Recording Secretary State, County and Municipal Em­ ployees: . 4 4 4 "Members of this local voted unani­ South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District. International Longshoremen's As­ mously to urge you to do all in your sociation: power to prevent this unjust action to "Yom- decision in this matter is most the American seamen." disappointing to the maritime trades in John J. O'Brien this country and we ask that you Secretary-Treasurer rescind your action and that the fifty 4 4 4 Local 301. Brotherhood of Carpenters percent rule be kept in effect so that we can keep our merchant seman and Joiners: "Such a proposal, if adopted, would working." Frank Yeager not only give our merchant marine a District President serious set-back bu^ would also deprive many American seamen of their jobs." 4 4 4 Local 702. International Alliance of WiUiam T. McClintock Theatrical and Stage Employees: President "Protest the threat of Paul Hoffman. 4 4 4 Loczd 627. Brotherhood of Carpenters We urge you to use your influence to block any such threat that would de­ and Joiners: "Protest the use of foreign bottoms prive American seamen of their jobs." George Waugh to ship Marshall Plan cargo. This will Secretary-Treasurer cai&e unemployment of American sea­ men and tie-up over 50 percent of our 4 4 4 Miimesota Stale Federation of Labor: ships." ' "When this matter comes before Con­ John Maxim gress we trust you will agree with us Financial Secretary that there should be no change in the 4 4 4 original stipulation in the Marshall Local 1292, Brotherhood of Carpenters Plan as to the amount of cargoes to and Joiners: "Protest Hoffman proposal as this be moved by American ships." George W. Lawson constitutes serious threat to American Secretary merchant marine and shipping." Arnold Cocker 4 4 4 New York State Association, United Recording Secretary Association of Journeymen & Ap­ 4 4 4 prentices of the Plumbing and Pipe International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sul­ Fitting Industry: phite and Paper MiU Workers: "Paul Hoffman's proposal will throw "We carmot afford to decommission thousands of highly skilled American hundreds of American ships and their seamen out of work (showing very more than ten thousand skilled men." little appreciation for services rendered Joseph Tonelli in the past World War II), also reduce Vice President the American merchant marine to a 4 4 4 skeleton, imperil our national defense International Ladies Garment Workers and sweep a large percentage of the Union: seamen from the high seas, to say "Consider Hoffman Proposal injurious, nothing of the harm done to our econ­ unfair to American seamen and mer­ omy." chant marine. Respectfully urge you use John L. Costello your influence to bring about rejection Secretary-Treasurer of his proposed plan." 4 4 4 David Dubinsky North Dakota State Federation of President Labor: 4 4 4 "We feel that this plan would break Local 892. Brotherhood of Painters, down our national defense, that it Decorators and Paperhangers: would increase the unemployment rolls "If this threat is carried out it will of our nation, and we also believe that be a detriment to the seamen and to it would only be employing foreign our merchant marine.'' labor, as we understand that the United Gus Miller States, under the Marshall Plan, would Recording Secretary be compelled to finance this venture." 4 4 4 W. W. Murray Local 1244, Brotherhood of Painters, President Decorators and Paperhangers: 4 4 4 "Our organization wishes to protest Local 947. American Federation of State. the action of Paul Hoffman. At pres­ Coimty and Municipal Employees: ent, 50 percent of this cargo is shipped "We do not want Mr. Hoffman's pro­ in American flag ships, and, after all, we, the taxpayers, are paying the posal carried out if it means throwing freight and should be given first con­ American seamen out of work." Harry J. Hobkirk, Jr. sideration.'* Freincis Tardy 4 4 4 Radio Officers' Union: Business Manager "Mr. Hoffman's proposal not only 4 4 4 takes away our livelihood but also imMichigan Federation of Labor: "Protest the action of Paul Hoffman. dermines our country's defenses in case We r^uest your support in rescinding of an emergency that from all indica­ tions exists at this time." such ofder." Lester F. Pamell 1, Robert P. Scott Representative ' y'*Secretary-Treasurer International Chemical Workers Union: "It seems to be just common sense to say that inasmuch as American wage earners are in a very large measure . financing the Marshall Plan, they have every right to expect that goods pur­ chased under the plan shall be trans­ mitted under American workingmen's conditions and rates of pay." H. A. Bradley President 4 4 4 South Dakota State Federation of Labor: "This federation believes in patroniz­ ing home industries, goods and serv- ; ives; this should also apply to the business of the U. S. Government. We protest the use of foreign ships in trans­ porting Marshall Plan supplies to Eu­ rope." Albert J. Maag President 4 4 4 Local 79. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse­ men and Helpers: "This expresses our disapproval, of plan to use all European ships in Mar­ shall Plan shipping. Urge you use all influence to stop this action that would result in thousands of American sea­ men losing their jobs." R. I. Vam Business Agent 4 4 4 Troy (N. Y.) Federation of Labor: "Paul Hoffman's threat constitutes a deadly peril to American seamen and the American merchant marine." Joseph R. Quinan Secretary-Treasurer 4 4 4 "Tampa Central Trades & Labor As­ sembly: « "Request you use all possible influ­ ence to stop Hoffman action on ship­ ment of Marshall Plan goods. This program is detrimental to livelihood of thousands of American seamen." R. 1. Vam President 4 4 4 Local 8. United Hatters. Cap and Mil­ linery Workers International Unions "Urge proposal to send aU Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in foreign ships be dropped. If carried through this means that 10,000 American seamen would join the rank.? of the unem­ ployed." Hyman Goldstein President 4 4 4 United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipeiitling Industry: 'Wish to protest this action and to request that you do everything pos­ sible to have such shipments made with American ships and seamen." Martin P. Durkin . General President 4 4 4 Union of CARE Employees: "This union, interested in overseas re­ lief, protests your statement concern­ ing the shipping of EGA supplies in foreign bottoms. We urge you to re­ consider your position and make avail­ able to the Amex'ican merchant marine at least 50 percent of EGA shipments." Nat Klein Chairman 4 4 4 West Virginia State Federation of Labor: 'There is some growth of unemploy­ ment in this counti-y and by adding more to the ranks it certainly will not help this country in can-ying out the Marshall Plan, because what is gained in one way- is more than lost by un­ employed workei-s. We trust that when this new Congress convenes you will be on the lookout to protect labor­ ing seafaring people." Volney Andrews Secretary-Treasurer (Continued on "Page 11) • �Page Ten i'day^ Jwuary 14, 1^49 THE SEAFARERS LOC Philly Seafarer Captures Crew's Year-Old Excursion To Paris City Golden Gloves Title Still Bright In Brother's Memory By dint of his victory in the make the 118 pound bantam­ contest sponsored by the Phila­ weight class. By ROBERT BEALE delphia Daily News, the newlyIn the meantime, he'll continue crowned Golden Gloves feather­ to sail aboard SlU ships in the With a tug fore and aft the American freighter Lyman Stewart slid weight king of Philly is Seafarer Stewards Department. Despite his ability with his dukes, alongside her berth in St. Nazaire, France, bumped once or twice against the Jackie Smith. The 18-year old Seafarer, Brother Smith is known to his dock, and settled down comfortably beneath the giant over-hanging cranes. weighing in at 112 pounds, fought union brothers as a quiet fellow On the journey up through the? and a good shipmate. When the his way to victory over all com­ river and succeeding locks we several bottles of the indispen- No. 5; one park almost com­ ers to^ain undisputed title to Pennsylvania State title holder is pletely devoid of trees; another had passed the famous U-boat sable red wine. the Golden Gloves crown in the determined, there will be a solid pens, built of solid concrete and All too soon Paris was reach­ bar; a public convenience; se'v- Quaker City. block of Seafarers on hand to eral sidewalk cafes, where we still intact after years of bomb­ ed, whereon we took it upon lend moral and vocal support. ogled the New Look, the New Possessing a record of 48 wins ourselves to continue the jour­ ing. His shipmates are sui*e they're The town was a rubble-strewn ney to Montparnasse. This dis­ Length and several other addi­ in 58 fights, 18 by knockouts. backing a winner. tions to the oldest shape in the Brother Smith in gaining the trict compares favorably with the shambles. But, in spite of an title, climaxed two years of acute shortage of life-giving ne­ Bowery, New York; China Town, world. leather tossing, all squeezed in Rotterdam; and lower Govern­ All good things can't last for­ cessities, there was no acute between trips _on SlU vessels. ment Street, Mobile. ever. So, completely exhausted shortage of bars, bearing such and reduced to penury, we re­ LODGING, PLEASE Jackie's next step, toward the nostalgic names as American turned to St. Nazaire, two days national Golden Gloves wind-up, Bar, Texas Bar, Joe's Place and After an interminable period older and two years wiser. which will take place in New sundry others. This fact is a trapped in a maze of subway, material tribute to the concerted we split forces and decided to Today, as I write, marks the- York in February, is the Penn­ efforts of the French towards call it a night. Joe and Blackie first anniversary of my week­ sylvania state finals. A victory economic recovery, disappeared into the depths of end in Paris; but neither time, here would put him well ,on his In the midst of this havoc Pigalle, known to GI's as Pig deliriiun tremens, nor congenital way toward realization of a pro­ Seafarer Frank Becker, who and ruin, gaunt skeletons of Alley. Doug and I wandered insanity, can ever dim the mem­ fessional ring career. His un- died on his 45th birthday in the timate aim is to turn pro when Baltimore Marine Hospital, was what must have been imposing from flop-house to flop-house, ory. he picks up enough weight to buried December 21 in Evergreen structures reared themselves like With the unfortunate combina- Paris! I luv ya! lone sentinels against a bleak tion of a late hour and a busy Cemetery, New York City. week-end our difficulties proved sky. Stricken while aboard ship last Came Friday, four of us de­ manifold, but finally we suc­ April, Brother Becker was re­ cided' to visit Paris for the week­ ceeded in obtaining the almost moved to a hospital in Honolulu end. By - dint of selling shoes, impossible room! when.the vessel docked there. He pants and sundries, we man­ And the way we got it was to was transferred to the Baltimore aged someliow to scrape to­ whisper sibilantly into the pro­ institution in June. gether five or six thousand prietor's unwashed ear the open ' Brother Becker was born in francs apiece, two bottles of I sesame, 'Cigarettes!' His face New York City on December 17, Vermouth, and, of course, our changed from a negative blank 1903. Originally a member of Parisian - pipe-dreams. to a benevolent grin wearing the SlU's Great Lakes District, UPPED CLASS more wrinkles than a prune ever where he held Book No. 4012, The train journey itself was dreamed of. He caUed, "Garcon! Becker transferred to the Atlan­ a classic in train journeys, lei!'' In one second there was tic and Gulf District in the Port starting at 4 p.m. on Friday assembled before him innumer­ of Baltimore on April 19, 1947, evening at St. Nazaire, and end­ able assistant managers, bell­ when he was issued Book No. ing in Bienvenue, Paris, at mid­ hops, porters and chambermaids. 34654. He sailed in the Deck night. Half-way there a mer­ The manager's arm swung in departmeht. cenary ticket collector entered dramatic dispersal as he shouted DAUGHTER SURVIVES our first class compartment and a munber, and the gathering A wrdowet, Becker is survived denianded the difference between vanished in a flurry of bodies. by a daughter, Mrs. Lois Vetter Two seconds later a semithe first class fare and our third of New York. Also surviving are naked Frenchman wearing a hair class tickets. his mother, Mrs. Louise Becker; ' Rather than concede to his net was escorted to the door four sisters, Mrs. Louise Mc­ greedy, grasping exhortations, gesticulating wildly and panting Donald, Mrs. Ann Hughes, Mrs. myself and Joe Slaughter (now volubly in rapid Franch. Every­ Catherine McGregor, and Mrs. pushing a hack in that Marin­ body politely ignored him, be­ Betty Stauder; and three broth­ er's Mecca, Mobile) repaired to cause the French believe impli­ ers, Eugene, Joseph, and Harry the rear of the train and suc- citly in courteous service. The Becker, all of New York City. ciunbed to an uncomfortable manager then placed a weUBrother Becker was in good Photographed in his dressing room inunedi£dely after his standing at the time of his death steerage. Doug Murrell and timed kick in the appropriate Golden Gloves victory, Jackie Smith. Philly Seafarer, is winded and burial benefits were paid by Blackie Stevens, wilting under quarter, forcibly but dignified the cold official eye, parted with and said, "Pour one day you and tired but bears no marks of his opponent's gloves. the Union. the required simoleons and re­ 'ave pay no rent. Git!" tained their dignity. Joe and 1 The idiomatic expressions in French are much the same as later rejoined them. in American, only different! AH. GUI SAW THE TOWN . My companion on the left was By SALTY DICK a boy of some seven summers. The next morning the four of In conversation with him 1 was us got together and invaded the iTuly. amazed at the remarkable subway. Some two hoxurs later extent of my knowledge of (our fault, not the subway's) we The other night after work all is still worse. You received last time I.saw him was when :^ench which 1 had hitherto de­ broke surface in a remote corner the waiters in'vited the cooks your information from Coro­ he blew his top because the plored. Except that the young­ of the Champ Elysees. We tramp­ and a few others to a champaigne net. I got mine from Reader's portholes were open and the ster did not know a word of ed that cosmopolitan boulevard cocktail party. A good time was Digest and from talking to air conditioner was going on the bum. Louis Peed is on more than one syllable or three until we came to the Arc de had by all... Angelo Gonzales dentists. the coffee run. I think he in­ Claude E. Parker comes from letters and could speak only his Triomphe and the Tomb of the says he's going on a vacation to tends to stay there awhilei the red hiUs of Mississippi. He own language, we understood Unknown Soldier. There, com­ He's Chief Electrician on the still feels lost in the big city of Cuba. His job is open for a each other perfectly. Our friend­ plying with prescribed tourist Del Norte... Emory Harfield New Orleans... This takes the beachcomber . . . Felix Amoura, ship was sealed by the time- behavior, we purchased the us­ is firing on a Delta ship and cake—One of, the boys is buying Waiter, uses the vacuum cleaner honored custom of changie-for- ual penny picture postcards likes it. a trailer to torn: the coimtry. for something besides cleaning which we subsequently forgot to changie. 1 gave him a slug of the rugs... Whatever became of The. bad feature about aU this Frank Vivero is back sailing Vermouth for two cookies and post. The rest of the day and most the Portuguese AB from Glou- is that "^he has no automobile... again after taking a long vaca­ a hard-boiled egg. The rate of exchange would have been high­ of Sunday we spent in the fol­ chester? He was known as the There's a man around who says tion in Puerto Rico. He's waiter er, but those were all he had. lowing order at the following "Star Gazer," and knew more he's like Robin Hood. His aim is on the Alcoa Clipper. Ralph to make people happy. He can Dominici is also oh the Clipper. Nobody in France travels with­ places: The Eiffel Tower; a bar; about stars than most mates. start on me. / To Irene Lukacs: Thaiiks for out a basket of hard-boiled eggs, two motor exhibitions; "The He's slinging hash... When a Anthony Djnarski, known as crew is ready to elect a delegate and some of the fairer sex travel Picture of Dorian Grey" at the your interest in my column, with hard-boiled characters, in local Bijou; two bars; perfume but I still insist cola drinks "Ski." has Idft us and no one they rfiould pick the most cap­ addition of course to cookies and establishments pricing Chanel are bad for one's teeth. 7-Up knows his whereabouts. The able man and then back him up. Frank Becker Dies, Burial In New York 'The Voice Of The Sea^ �Friday, January 14, 1S49 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven US Labor Backs Seafarers On EGA Cargoes United Hebrew Trades of the State of Local 32-J, Building Service Employees International Union: New York: "If the policy Mr. Hoffman recom­ "We cannot affor-d to decommision hundreds of American seamen of jobs." mends becomes a reality, it might very well be a precedent for the U. S. Gov­ William Wolpert ernment employing foreign help to the Executive Secretary exclusion of American help, for the 4. 4. purpo.se of economy.- .Such a course of International Jewelry Workers' Union: action could destroy American stand­ "Opposed to proposal that all aid to ards of living by setting an example Europe be carried on foreign ships. We of all American industry." I demand that the law calling for 50 Albert E. Perry percent shipment on American ve.s.se].s President be carried out." Joseph Morris 4, 4, Central Union Label Council of Greater President New York: 4» 4, i>' t % % "Mr. Hoffman's proposal will mean Region 9-A, United Automobile, Air­ Joint Board. Dress and Waislmakers that the wages of Amei'ican seamen will craft, Agricultural Implement Work­ Union, ILGWU: be lowered in order to meet the com­ ers: "Tlie American seamen have earp.e/l petitive bids of foreigti'shipowners. Do the respect and admiration of the en­ "Protest the proposal that Manshall not think that was the purpose of the tire American public for their heroic" Plan bulk cargoes go in low standard Marshall Plan." efforts during the war years and it foreign ships. Proposal is contrary to Moe Rosen would be.highly un-American and un­ law." Vice-President patriotic for the EC.\ to lender some Charles H. Kerrigan 6,000 of these heroes unemployed." Director t 4. t Julius Hochman Association of Catholic Trade Unionists: General Manager "Common sense dictates the need for Local 15. Hotel and Restaurant Em­ a strong merchant fleet to ensure ful­ ployees and Bartenders Interna­ 4. 4. 4. fillment of important commitments of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and tional Union: our citizens and their families, who in Enginemen: "We strongly protest your proposal turn spend and help pay the taxes es­ "For many years the American sea­ If we decommission these hundreds sential to all foreign relief plans." men have been striving to better their of American ships as you suggest we Roger K. Larkin conditions to bring them on a par with will deprive thousands of skilled sea­ Executive Secretary the living conditions of American men of jobs." people. Before the advent of the LaJack Townsend * % ^ Follette Act, conditions on board Am­ Local 60, Hotel and Restaurant Em­ President erican ships were scandalous. Natural­ ployees International Union: i & i ly, it follows in turn that to impro\-c "While we desire to help our Euro­ New York State Journeymen Barbers' living conditions on board .ships flying pean friends, we must insist that our Association: the American flag, it required an in­ primary obligation is to our own Amer­ "We fully sympathize with the needs creased expenditure of money which, ican seamen and workers." of assistance to the Marshall Plan in turn, was reflected on freight rate Joe Decker countries but we think that this help charges." Secretary-Treasurer should not be given at the sacrifice of Frank S. Columbus American workers." » 4> $ Chairman, Legislative Board Local 202, International Brotherhood of Fred Scatidi Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse­ Secretary 4, 4- 4. Local 471, New York Newsboys Union: men and Helpers: i % % "We protest the proposal to ship "While we are in sympathy with the Local 10, Bakery and Confectionery Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in low purpose of the plan to aid in the recov­ Workers: standard foreign Ships. The pniposal is ery of Europe, we do not feel that "If Mr. Hoffman's proposal is carried contrary to law which calls for half of American ' labor should suffer in the out it will mean that thousands of all cargoes to go in American ships and process. Directly and indirectly a skilled American seamen will be it will throw 10,000 American seamen severe blow will bo dealt many labor thrown out of work, the American mer­ out of work. We urge the proposal be unions." chant marine will be .swept from the diopped." Joseph C. Papa high seas and the national defense im­ Irving Kanior President periled." Secretary-Treasurer Arthur Borrman 4> 4> 4> Empire Typographical Conference: Secretary-Treasurer 4* 4* 4* Newspaper Guild_of New York: "We believe the plan would be dis­ i "While the Ncw'sp.-ipcr Guild of New astrous to the seamen in the United Local 17^ Bakery and Confectionery York, representing 7,500 newsmen, Slates and create a condition of critical Workerii: wholelieartedly supports the Marshall unemployment among the members of "We urge you to support the 50-50 Plan as the means for economic recov­ maritime unions." provision and see to it that the Amer­ ery for war-torn nations, it opposes and Basil J. Hillman ican merchant fleet has a guarantee condemns the plan to ship bulk cargoes Secretary-Treasurer that it will get its share of Marshall by foreign shipping. Hundreds of Am­ Plan shipping. 4^ 4« 4* erican seamen already are on the beach Fritz Helling Local 94, Uniformed Firemen's Associa­ and diversion of caigoes to foreign bot­ tion of Greater New York Secretary toms will further imperil their liveli­ "We strongly urge that no change be 4. t hood and a major bulwark of American made in the Marshall Plan. At least Local 1658, Brotherhood of Carpenters economy." 50 percent of cargoes should be on and Joiners: Thomas J. Murphy American ships to prevent thousands of "We wish to raise our voice in pro­ Executive Vice President American .seamen from being forced test to a proposal of this kind. It into unemployment." would be unjust to the American 4> 4> 4< Metal Polishers. Buffers, Platers & John P. Crane worker and would be an un-Amer'cau • Helpers: President act by sweeping the American mer."This unwarranted abandonment of cliant marine from llie high sea." 4" 4< 4» the policy of shipping one-half of such Local 200, United Association of Jour­ L. P. Burdick supplies in American ships in favor of > Recording Secretary neymen and Apprentices of the using foreign ships entirely is an af­ Plumbing and Pipe Fitting In­ 4. 4. S. dustry: front to American workmen, and places Local 302, Hotel and Restaurant Em­ in serious jeopardj'- the jobs of those "Protest the recent decision on the ployees International Union: w-ho are employed directly in the carrying of Mai'shall relief car-goes in "We strongly urge the return to the shipping industry." foreign bottoms, as this would lead to original bill requiring 50 percent Amer­ R. Muehlhoffer ican ships. Plans will, cause unem- , the unemployment of a great number of Ameripan seamen who regard very President ployment to ten thousand American Irighly and have always considered one seamen. Is it your plan to aid Europe 4. 4* 4* of the branches of the fighting men who Local 153, Office Employees Interna­ by starving Americans?" Joseph Fox preserved the Amer-ican way of life tional Union: which we enjoy today." ^ Secretary-Treasurer "Paul Hoffman's propo.sal is a viola­ J, ^4# Criss, Jr. tion of the intention of Congress and, 4. 4. 4. Business Manager Local 143, International Chemical if followed through, could have disas­ trous effects. It might destroy an im­ Workers: t New York Organizing Committee, Na­ "Primarily the success of the Mar­ portant industry. The American mer­ tional Federation of Insurance shall Plan in restoring foreign econ­ chant marine is respected throughout, Agents: omies and bringing faith in democracy the world. Its exploits are history. To "Cannot see sense in reviving Euro­ . to foreign peoples is most important. do what Mr. Hoffman proposes would, pean economy by wrecking an impor­ But it must not be successful to the in effect, be a blow at the American tant par-t of our own." people." detriment of American workers." Edna Rose S. J..ZebrBuskas I Howard Coughlin F • President Organizer Business Manager (Continued from Page 9) Local 16, Holel and Restaurant Em­ ployees International Union: "The Hoffman proposal will cripple an industi-y that this country has had to build up at such great expense during the war because it had been crippled previously by neglect. To use foreign ships because they are cheaper can be carried to the ultimate absurdity; ap­ point a European administrator to head ECA because he would probably work for less salary than Mr. Hoffman." David Siegal President Local 38, Melal Polishers, Buffers. Platers and Helpers: "In these troubled times nothing should be done to reduce the effective­ ness of our merchant marine." Albro Fessenden Recording Secretary 4, 4, 4< Local 802, American Federation of Mu­ sicians: "Should Mr. Hoffman's proposal be adopted, thou.sands of American sea­ men will be thrown out of jobs and one of our best American trade unions will be severely injured." Charles R. lucci Secretary i 4. i Local 141, Office Employees InternalioHcd Union: "While the Marshall Plan is complete­ ly and wholly favored by this local, we do not feel that the American working man should be prejudiced against in its operation." A1 Bookman President i 4, i District Council 9, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators 8c Paperhangers: . "We urge that at least fifty percent of these cargoes be moved under the American flag as provided by law." Martin Rarback Secretary-Treasurer 4. 44. Local 58. International Printing Press­ men's and Assistants' Union: "Members of this union have raised their voices in protest to the Hoffman proposal. Inasmuch as the Marshall Plan involves American labor and money, it should also include Ameri­ can ships and be manned by American seamen." Sylvester S. Hoffman Secretary-Treasurer 4. 4 4. Local 4, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers; "Hoffman's outrageous scheme will put thousands of skilled, worthy Ameri­ can seamen out of work ... It will im­ peril our national defense, and the sea­ going unions of the AFL will be greatly reduced." A. King Zeigler Secretary 4, 4- 4. Retail Clerks International Association: "Vigorously prot^ your pi-oposa). This is contrary to law and will disemploy many thou.-^ands of American sea­ men." Samuel J. Meyers Vice President 44. 4. Local 380, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees: "Urge that ECA shipping not be transferred to foreign ships. This would be a body blow to tlie American mer­ chant marine and American seamen." Bernard G. Brophy President 4. 4. 4. Local 1478, Sugar Refinery Workers Union, ILA; "The members of this local went on record against the Hoffman piioposal to drop American ships from carrying of Marshall Plan Bulk cargoes. We are in favor of at least 80 to 90 per cent of the Marshall Plan cargoes being carried in American ships." Mae Sanderson Secretary-Treasurer .1. .V4 New York State Council, Sheet Metal Workers: "The proposal by Paul G. Hoffman to lower rates by American steamship owners who carry goods to European countries will seriously curtail employ­ ment of seamen in this country and lower wage .standards. Our council is opposed to such proposal." M. Rosen Secretary-Treasurer �Pag« Twalv* T a E SEAFARERS Advocates Club For Seamen In ChUe As 'Safety Valve' IOC A COOL ONE IN THE FAR EAST To fhe Editor: Januarr 14, 1949' • wm pare it with other trips, but most guys quit a ship after a long I am running down to Chile voyage. on one of the Ore Line express The point I'm driving at is wagons, twenty-six days round this: trip. It's not as bad a run as it is often painted. Anyone that Couldn't the operators of the By WANDERING SEAFARER has ever made the trip tx> Chile Ore Line build some sort of He's just a young seaman club within the confines of the knows that it is a money mak­ With girls on the brain— ing deal because you come back Ore plant, such as the one in There's Margie in England. with your whole pay intact. Ras Tanura in the Persian Gulf? Dolores in Spain; Money isn't everything, how­ They would be operating on a His brain is agog sound money basis. They could ever. And his heart is in pain, feature such items as coke, beer This is the fourth time that I in limited quantities, a juke bh, what girl will pity have been down here, but some­ Our poor s^or lad. thing is still lacking. The twen­ box, magazines, writing mater­ So full of romance. ty-six days on the type vessel ials. There could be concessions When there's maids to be had; I'm aboard, the Marore, or the where seamen could pick up Yet as soon as he finds 'em thirty-six days it takes on the handicraft items. There's parting so sad. old ships of the Steelore type A set-up like this would be seem awfully long when there a great help towards keeping up He hardly gels settled is no shore leave. The only time the morale of the men on this When his ship whistle blows. the crew gets ashore is when run. I've seen such a place op­ It's back to the billows the ship returns to its United erated on a profitable basis is And the life sailor knows. States port, usually Baltimore. Caripito, Venezuela, and but for Where his girls are but dreams Even there it's rough. In Bal­ it, we would have blown our When the foc'sle tale flows. timore crewmembers get about tops in that steaming Venezuelan So here's to our hero. twenty to twenty-two hours jungle. May his soul find its rest. ashore, hardly enough time to I would like to get some com­ May his heart find its peace go uptown and back. I can only ments from other fellows on the In the dreams of the blessed. Bearded Seafarer Donald Short attempts to combat the add up the liabilities as there Ore run and see what they think May his sweethearts of fancy Far Eastern heat by quaffing a idt of Iced tea. When the San are no assets. about such a plan. Grace his far tossing nest. Angelo Victery returned to the States recently he dotmed a True, a guy can quit if he For lo* in this world Dennis G. Saundera shirt and doffed the beard. doesn't like the run, but there All we own is a dream, are those aboard with the neverOiir lives are but motes say-die spirit who stick to the In the light of a beam. nm. Their's are the sentiments And a human ntust ponder and opinions I'm voicing. And the stars be the theme. To the Editor: speak for one section of the in-1 ^charge cargo, navigate and On the Chilean end we only dustiy, the short-haul tankers steer the So dreams of a Margie ship in and out of stop for four hours—no shore I am employed on a tanker in leave. It seems that with a little the New York, New Jersey and and the oil barges. Yet speak rivers and harbors by night as Or Dolores in Spain. cooperation from the company Long Island Sound areas. We they do, although towboat crews well as by day, in cold and fog Chiquita from Rio With the sailor remain— ' they would get men to make this are facing a strike situation to are not trained to man the oil as well as in good weather, Think of this re^onsibility for The ports of the world rtm if the crew could get ashore better our conditions to a level ships—and vice versa in most cases. a ship worth half a millinn dol­ Are in memory's chain. in South America. in line with those of other sec­ Inland water oil tankers re­ lars and a cargo of 7,500 barrels, STRETCH GAMS tions of the maritime industry. quire men with special knowl­ not to mention the rest of the O Mistress Mine Anyone who has been to sea Our union (Local 333 of the edge and training. Special cer­ men aboard. The closing or knows that during the period a International Longshoremen's As­ tificates are issued after exams opening of a wrong valve can 'AXrSSlE' SHRIMPTON man spends at sea emotional sociation, AFL) has made very by the Coast Guard for men cause thousands of dollars of stress builds up and nothing can proper demands. But we are manning the tankers and oil damage to pump or oil lines. Is Now years ago when I was relieve that stress better than to confronted by a united group of barges that run in coastal waters. $1.06 an hour adequate pay for young, stretch his legs pn good old tug operators. These special certificates are not I Jiankered for the sea, lads; To hear the operators talk you required for towboat operations. a job that requires years of ex­ terra firma. perience? To climb the ladder rung It's true that twenty-six days would think that the men who Let us see what truth lies be­ Sailing these vessels in fey rung, is not very long when you com­ man the towboats, short-haul hind these cries we hear that tankers and oil barges were harbormen's wages are too high, crowded harbors or inland waters jAnd wear the dungaree, lads. studded with rocks, reefs, and brigands robbing the helpless e^cially those of the vital oil bars and beset by currents, tides I sailed far on every sea. shipowners. men. and rips is no child's play. A And many a. mile logg'd, ASKS FOR LOG The diehard, profit crazed in­ These men have had no sub­ man needs a full knowledge of lads; terests are maddened by the stantial raises in years; Today To the Editor: charts, and he must be painspower of the AFL Maritime • I am a fcxmer member of the they are for, wages far below takin^y watchful, as well as I loved the gals and spat to SIU, but have quit going to Trades Department. Recently those paid on union-contracted technically expert. lee. sea. At present I am working for they witnessed a paralyzing deep-sea tankers. And learnt to hold my grog,_ . KtGH TIME ibe Missouri Pacific RR, where strike conducted on a huge scale. An AB and rated tankerman is lads. I am a member of the Railway The towboat operators now real­ paid an hour—while he It is time the wages aind condi­ and Steamship Clerks Union. ize that their wages and condi­ works. A chief mate and navi­ tions of the harbor boatmen on I cared for no man — no, Would it be possible to have tions are far out of line with gator for coastal waters draws the tankers, the oil barges and not I, my nan» placed on the mailing the rest of the industry. Never­ $1.48 an hour. A captain gets the tugs were brought into line And no one cared for me, list of the SEAFARERS LOG? theless, they do not want to meet $1.98. A lay-up means that the with the rest of the industry. lads; Enclosed you will find a do- labor even half way in this sec­ crew goe.s off, and lay-ups are And it is time that the Mayor of xtotioa to- the LOG. In my opin­ tion of the industry. New York, and the rest of the I thought that I was the frequent. toughest guy. THE FACTS ion it ^ the best publication put The writer is now on a tanker people who are butting into, the out by any Union today. Having Incidentally, this section of the in coastal waters operating from tugboat picture investigated the That sailed the salty sea, lads. sailed with the SIU for two industry has long been ignored. New York. The two-watch sys­ archaic "Battery to Battery" sys­ yesas, I have no doubt but that The public has become familiar tem, six on and six off, is- in tem by which the .towbOat com­ But came the time when oft I'd pine. it is a far better Union than with the longshoremen and the effect. The crew, working two panies make their biggest profits. deep sea seamen, but few people any I have se«i yet This system, by which the New For wife and kids and home, men to a watch must load and I would appreciate any infor­ know much about the harbor York towboat companies charge lads; mation that you may have on boatmen. everybody on a Battery-to-Bat^ tery basis even if the tug moves For kindred kind that were fhe -status of former merchant A man named Frank Taylor, as Tbanks Brothers not mine. seamen under the new draft act. head of the American Merchant For Ho^. Visits onty.from one dock to another, Walter W. Love Marine Institute, speaks of bet­ To ihf Edifo»! is a real economic cancer in the And .1 had never known, lads. (Ed.. Noler As carried in a ter labor relations in his annuah -Kindly give this some i^ace in maritime industry. Jzenl page-article of the Ho- report. Better and smoother re­ the LOG: The towboat operators would But then I found it could .v«ad»r 19 LOG, the latest lations at this point could only I wish to . thank the Union of­ drop their opposition to the hon­ not be. emwd is-that no consideration mean acceptance of the starva^ ficials and members who visited est demands of the , men like a -wiiatever is being given for­ tion wages now being offered by me during the time I was a hot potato and concede 100 per­ No matter how I'd strain, lads; mer seamen for wartime serv­ the companies. patient in the U. S. Marine Hos- cent to the Union rather than ice on merchant ships. The What are the facts? The facta Ditjal. have, their system and their pro­ My mistress was the open LOG is being sent to your are that the towboat operators fits investigated.. Claude Fisher sea, have no moral or legal right to address.) New York City Wandering'Seaiaibr |byk I'd go again, lads. Rhyme Off Watch Says Tugboat Heads Ignore Men's Needs FORMER MEMBER • �Friday, January 14, 1949 THE SEAFARERS Near-Fatal Diving Accident Keeps Seafarer Shorebound To Ihe Editor: Any of my shipmates and friends who may have wondered what happened to me will find the reason for my disappearance here. I'm lucky to be alive after the accident that befell me while I was home after paying off the SS Charles Lanham in Septem­ ber at Baltimore. Before jumping into the story I'd like to ask the brothers of the Lanham to whom I loaned money to get in touch with me and repay the favor I did them. Write mo at Route 1, Box 214-A, Orange, Texas. After I paid off the Lanham I caught a plane out of Balti­ more and got home on a Sun­ day. I had a wonderful time at home for seven days and then it happened. The Sunday fol­ lowing my arrival home we went swimming. We went to a place that is considered dangerous be­ cause of the sandy, shifting bot­ tom. There are four or five per­ sons killed there yearly. This particular spot that we went to had always been my favorite. As soon as we got there, I got up on a stump that stands ten feet from the water and dived in—that ended the swimming party. I would have to wear the brace until around the first of next April. Even if I had to wear it a year or a lifetime, I consider myself lucky to even be alive. The doctor told me that this was the worst broken neck case he had ever seen where the pa­ tient lived through ft and wasn't left paralyzed for life. He told me that in a year or so I would­ n't even feel that my neck had been broken. That about winds up the tale. Recuperating hasn't been too bad, but I want to ship out so bad I can taste it. I hope to be sailing before too long. In the meantime a letter from any of you guys wUl be more than welcome. Here's hoping ^ for smooth sailing for all of you. G. B. (Tex) Gillispie LOG Getting Tlie News It isn't so strange, but the only people who are against our pol­ icy of helping other trade unions are the vicious labor-haters. Anyway, our excellent record in helping out other unions is paying dividends now. In our present all-out fight to maintain the 50 percent clause for Mar­ shall Plan shipments, hundreds of trade unions are backing us. They have protested strongly and effectively to proper officials in Washington and have made our fight a much stronger one by their support. GOOD POLICY If nothing else, this demon­ stration of trade union solidarity PARALYZED LIMBS Instead of plunging deep into the water I stuck up to my shoulders in sand. The water wasn't even knee deep. When I came to, I tried to get up, but both my ai-ms and legs wore paralyzed and I was speechless. The others in the party half carried and half dragged me to the car and took me to a hos­ pital twenty miles from the swimming hole in Beaumont. When we got to the hospital I was able to move my legs a little and had recovered my WARRIOR CREW speech. We told the hospital ENJOYED TRIP. people what had happened. They x-rayed my neck and found it TAKE ENCORE was broken in three places. To the Editor: It doesn't seem possible that a person could live after break­ Here we go for another Far ing his neck in three places, but Egst trip on the good ship War­ I guess it just wasn't my time rior, Waterman's pride and joy. to go. After the X-ray they Nearly 95 per cent of the rolled me into the operating original crew have signed on room and shaved my head. again—a real bunch of Seafarers. I couldn't imagine at the time On this ship, it's unity and un­ what they were shaving my head derstanding above everything for, but I soon foimd cut. After else. shaving my head they put two We are looking forward to a screws through my head. The pleasant, but long long trip. We screws were three inches long would like you to send to the and had eyes, some way they enclosed address the Seafarers were rigged to the top of my LOG for Nov. 26 and Dec. 30. head. Thank you for attending to After that they removed me this matter and best wishes to to a room and placed me in a you aU. bed. They tied a line in the eye F. A. Delapenia and ran it through a block that (Ed. Note: Tho LOGs will hung behind my bed. They then meet you: they're already on tied twenty-two pounds of the way.) weights to the block. The weights puRcd my head back with great tension. RETIRED MEMBER All this was designed to pull KEEPS IN TOUCH my neck back into place and hold it there until the bones re- To the Editor: knitted. I laid like that for a Although it has been over a month and four days. They then year since I paid off my last ship removed this rig and put me in and it appears that I'm becoming a cast which reached from my a permanent shoreside seaman, waist line all the way up and I certainly appreciate receiving over my head. It weighed about the LOG and keeping up with twenty five pounds. I had to the doings of my Brotheis. learn to walk again. I wore the cast for six weeks, after which I would appreciate your chang­ they removed it and put me in ing my mailing address to the one attached. 'a brace, which I now wear. Congratulations to the Sea­ EXTREME CASE farers on the progress made dur­ My arms were paralyzed for ing the past year. BiU Robinson seven days and then slowly their use returned. The doctor told Glondole, Calif. SIU Membership Continues Boosts And Bumps Of Rules Below are letters from the membership giving their views on the Union transportation rule. In line with the SIU policy of full discussion on all matters of policy, the LOG for the past several weeks has devoted space to the opinions of the member­ ship, both pro and con. All letters on the matter of transportation will be printed in the LOG during the coming weeks to give the membership ample time to form opinions on the rule. All possible steps are being talcen to devote equal space to both sides of the controversy. In brief, the rule calls for men to lake transportation money and pile off their ship when it pays off at a port other than the one in which the crew signed on. This applies in cases where the vessel does not start for the sign-on port within ten days. The LOG gels around. An unidenlified young lady in Santos, Brazil, absorbed in a story which interests her, is caught in a candid photo. The name of the photographer also was not given. Says Labor's EX!A Beef Aid Shows Value Of SIU Policy To the Editor: Page Thirtean for the SIU's cause should prove the value of our policy of help­ ing other unions in every way we can. Labor-haters are not in­ terested in the reason for this policy, which is to obtain and maintain improved working and living conditions for working niCn and women throughout the country. Every fight of this kind in behalf of one group of work­ ers is a fight for the interests of all. It should prove to aU Seafarers that by sticking together in sup­ porting other groups of union people, we are helping ourselves, too. Because of our reputation for being willing to give a lift to other guys in a beef, the or­ ganized labor movement was quick to j,ump to our support at a time when every bit of help is important. Our policy there­ fore, has made us much stronger. And it is just as important that all unions stick together. Be­ cause of their solidarity, it looks like the Taft-Hartley law is on the way out. Gus Breilweg POLARIS CREW REPORTS GOOD TRIP, STEWARD To ihe Editor: Just a few lines from Port of Spain to let the boys in the Union know that the crew of the Alcoa Polaris is still thinking of them. We are having a fine trip down here. The Chief Steward, Robinson, is tops—^we could ask for no better. Here is one of our fine menus (inclosed) to show you how well we eat. Hope your mouth doesn't water I Best of everything for the Union. Leo Bruce (Ed. Note: We're drooling.) Send Those Minutes Send in the miniites of your ship's meeting to the New York HaU. Only in that way can the membership act on your recommendations, and then the minutes can be printed in the LOG for the benefit of aU other SIU crews. Hold those shipboard meet­ ings regularly, and send those minutes in as soon as posdble. That's the SIU wayl PRO: Asks Ceasefire CON: Reject Rule To the Editor: To the Editor: I will explain my viewpoint in We, the_ undersigned crewregards to the transpoi'tation rule members of" the SS Andrew Jack­ that is now in effect and has son, strongly oppose the new been passed by the membership amendment to the transportation up and down the coast. This rule agreement whereby crewmem­ has proven itself to be the best bers must accept transportation that we have ever had since the money and pile off the ship. beginning of the SIU. We feel that this is in direct Since the rule went into effect contrast to good Unionism, for the membership can take note of job security is one of the basic the great turnover in jobs by principles of Unionism and of merely looking in the LOG from our Union. The SIU is the ac­ week to week. I recommend knowledged leader in working that we cease all this criticism for these conditions, and such of the rule and accept it as it policy is contrary to the SIU now stands, for when shipping tradition. gets tough we will appreciate a We all realize that shipping is quick turnover in jobs. bad, but it is equally bad for us; Now that the year of 1948 has so let us weather it out in the passed, I would like to give a usual manner. hearty vote of thanks to the offi­ cials for the way they have The new ruling boils down to this: A brother may be on the handled the Union's affaire, par­ ticularly the winning of the two- beach for two or three months before shipping. When he finally year contract with the top wages makes a ship (in New York for in the industry. Thanks for a example) for a short European job well done. nui that pays off in MobRe, he D. D. Story must pile off and look forward Alcoa Pioneer to another lengthy stay on the beach. This we feel again is directly in contrast to job security. We To the Editor: sincerely urge that his ruling be abolished. At a genex'al meeting held 28 Crew members aboard the SS Del Mar at sea it SS Andrew Jackson was moved, seconded and carried without a dissenting vote among the 95 members present that we write to you in reference to keep­ ing the transportation rule as it To the Editor: is now for the following reasons: A meeting was held aboard the 1. It creates a larger turnover SS William R. Davie, dt^jdng in shipping. 2. It helps outports where which the matter of the new transportation rule was disi^issshipping is sometimes slow. ed. 3. It gives each member great­ A motion was passed unanim­ er union security. 4. It gives some of our newer ously to send you a letter ex­ members a chance to visit our pressing disapproval of said rule union halls and see rotary ship­ in its present form. None Were* opposed. The reason put forthi ping in action. 5. It gives our negotiating for our disapproval are in Une, committee a better discussion with the various opinions sent point in future negotiations, as to the LOG by the many Broth-that will be less for the ship­ ere who are opposed to this un- . popular ruling. owners to want to cut out. Crewmembers 28 crewmembers SS Del Mar SS William R. Davie Push New Rule Uphold Cons •; South Of Border Hospital Gets OK To the Editor: I am writing this from Tampico, Mexico. I met with an ac­ cident while employed aboard the SS W. E. Downing, a Mathiasen Tanker. My thanks go to the members who packed my gear when I went to the hospital—I would like to sail with them again in the future if things per­ mit. IncidentaUy, I have read pre­ vious LCXIS where SIU mem­ bers have reported being treated like dogs in hospitals in various countries, so I would like to com­ ment on this hospital: The staff seems to think that they are never doing enough for the patients, and do a little more. Here one is treated with the re­ spect due a gentleman. Things ere so pleasant here I actuaRy hate to leave. As for the nurses —tliey're beautiful! If ever have to be hospitalized again, this is the one for me. Frank Pinkowski �THE SEAFARERS Page Fourteen LOG Friday, January 14, 1949 . t- Brother Suspects Job 'Leak' In Crewing Canal Vessels SEAFARERS ON THE STONY CREEK Shoreside Job, Brown-Eyed IdaMember Quits Sea report once a day, while I was trying to catch a ship. All fr, I recently relumed from Pana hands are kept in this quarantine To the Editor: ?;,ma after a few weeks in the hos station. Just a few lines to. let my for­ pital there and I'd like to call the But the beef is this; mer -shipmates know that I'm • Brothers' attention to some retiring my book. I've been on DAY'S NOTICE strange doings in Balboa. the beach here in Canton, Ohio, OS, At Balboa I was removed fi'om Ships coming into port radio a since July and got myself a job o the Kyska on November 23 and day before if they need any men as a plant engineer. Besides, •' isent to the hospital. After being Then the company agents would there's a sweet little thing nam­ discharged I was placed in the call the quarantine station for ed Ida who has big brown eyes quarantine station where I had to what men were needed and tell —well, you know how it is. I wish all the shipmate friends them to stand by. But two I've sailed with in the past eight hours later, the agents would call years would write me a letteragain and say the job—or jobs or drop me a card from wherever had been taken. they are. I'd really like to hear In the three weeks I was in from the guys, because tliey're the quarantine station, I saw this a swell bunch of- fellas, and I'm happen many times—a call for proud to call them friends. If .i y. men, then another call cancelling they're ever around this neck To the Editor: the standby order. I also heard of the woods, I wish they'd drop from other men who had been Crewmembers aboard the T-2, which recently came into in and see me. If it is proper. I would like there longer that they had ob­ to say a few words on the role Besides wishing all of you a the SIU as a result of the organizing drive being conducted served the same thing. '^ seamen played in the war. My in the tanker field. Under the Union banner, they now are lot of smooth sailing I would No one seems to know the rea­ ' son became a merchant seaman among the industry's highest paid tankermen and enjoy top like to wish you all a belated fin July, 1941. and, of course, son for the sudden cancellations, very Merry Christmas and a working conditions. "was sailing when Pearl Harbor but it is suspected that there is Happy New Year. This photo was submitted to the LOG by John Wunderlich, was attacked. All thro'ugh 1942 Donald R. Short when the subs were sinking a leak in Cristobal. Some one Bosun, who recently paid off the Stony Creek after what he 722 18th Street N.E. described as a "first-rsite trip." ships by the hundreds, our fam- apparently gets wind of the jobs Canton, Ohio ' ily was kept in suspense as to and succeeds in placing their own I'Whaf was happening to our boy, men. "^Uusy sailing the troop ships, the '•amniunition ships, tlie tankers. It's a leak that ought to be In our minds v/e could sec the ;topped up. •tankers exploding, the boys I was fortunate in finally get­ swimming in fire while the subs ting out via the Daniel Hugcr, To Ihe Editor: , my hand I expect to go Fax- , regular season starts there's to machine-gunned them. East this time. In case I'm not be a Pennsylvania State Champwhich paid off last month in New Year's Eve was pretty hei-e for the baseball openers, ' ionship. There will be a three I made a trip to Washington Mobile. tough on some of the Seafarers. I wish my Pirates the best of game play-off between the Philato see my Congressman about Izzy" Levy drank .so much luck. They're improving annu­ jdelphia Phils and the Philadel­ Joe Ruszel the matter and wrote him sev­ Southern Comfort he's got cot­ ally. Remember '46 and '47. They phia Athletics—the winner will eral letters, all aimed at getting recognition from the govern- BEREAVED MEMBER ton-covered tonsils. He's now were so far down under they play Ralph Kiner. acting as chief organizer for a played the last 10 games in As my job is due on the board 'menU for their war .service;_the group of boll-weevils. However, Austrialia ... I'll swear they had any minute, fellas, I'll say soTHANKS HAVANA benefits of the G.I. Bill of last week most of the brothers a kangaroo playing center field. long. So, to all who sail, bring Rights. Nothing happened. CREW FOR HELP returned to the hall to ship out. iThe team was in the cellar so us back safe, sound, and single. They carried their heads high— long the management put a fur­ NO CREDIT To the Editor: Red Campbell some carried two or three. While ships were being sunk My family and I wish to ex­ For me, 1949 started with a nace in the dugout. Just a case of too many bags under the eyes and crews machine-gunned, the press our sincere thanks to all rousing greeting from Water­ and not enough under the feet. editor of the local newspaper the members of the crew and man: "Happy New Year, Red— I'm not saying the players were wouldn't even publish my boy's officers of the Seatrain Havana If you don't find linen address along with the names for their kindness and aid giv­ we hope it's your last." Water­ old but Pittsburgh was* the only man's overtime cry for 1949: when you go aboard your team that received Serutan in­ of the other boys in the armed en us during my wife's illness "Keep it as close as two coats ship, notify the Kail at once. stead of Wheaties for home-runs. services. Lots of the servicemen and death of our baby. of paint." A telegram from Le Havre or But Crosby's changed things. were home every week-end and As soon as the CTew heard of Singapore won't do you any He'll keep the boys moving. No At the last board meeting the many were never sent out of the my. sorrow they had a large good. It's your bed and you more Serutan, no more Wheaties, stockholders were up in the country. The editor even pub­ donation of money collected. "We have to lie in it. —Ex-Lax, he'll keep the boys air. Probably swallowed their lished an insulting article to shall always be grateful to all the effect that merchant seamen of those who were so kind and bubble-gum. - This year they in­ mo-ving. This year before the tend to open new ports of entry were not patriotic. helpful to us when we needed —^should be easy the way some DEL NORTE SIDELIGHTS BY E, REYES I believe the merchant seamen it mdst. of their skippers navigate. One of that period should be honored. Gustav S. Carlson of their geniuses has been, ag­ They should receive the same Mrs. J. B. Barlow round so much he may have his rewards as the service men. license revoked for lack of sea Mrs. J. A. Manis time. Yesterdav's New York Mir­ Frank Anderson Mr. J. H. Manis ror said: "Russians Claim First Stewardson, 111. Anna Ruth Carlson Air Flight." They can't claim To the Editor: J Member's Father Blasts US Stand On Seamen Eights Red Tosses Out A Few Warm-Up Pitches AHENTION! Skipper's Mush Sours Mosoil Crew To the Editor: We left Baltimore November 19 after spending six weeks on the beach. We were sure we had the real thing. November 20 the next day we were back in Baltimore having broke down. The Captain told us boys, "it was just one of those things." She's an old ship, but a good s'lip. On November 21 we took off again but not for long, she broke down again on November 24th. This time tiie wliole plant went dead—no lights, no nothing. We went shark fishing. Even the sharks wanted no part of the Mosoil. She's an old ship, but a good ship. To get the steam up again the Chief Engineer had Blackie (Scherzer by name, he requested the identification), the Bosun, col­ lecting our benches, chairs and whht not. After fourteen days we finally reached our destina­ tion, Tampico, Mexico. The Pilot came aboard, and after a while asked the Captain how fast we were going. The Captain replied, "We may not be going fast but we are moving." We run out of fuel oil with the first heaving line. She's an old ship, but a good ship. We are now headed for Texas but we still break down about every 24 hours. As the Captain says, she's an old ship, but she is a good ship. The Steward Department headed by Chief Steward Daniel Lippy, Chief Cook Jacob Cook, 2nd Cook Doi sey Faugh and the rest of the boys gave us unheard of cooperation. Without this co­ operation it would have been a pretty miserable trip. Thanks, boy^ P. S.: We ran aground at Housto. She's an old ship, but a good .ship. George Weldon Earl E. Kelley the first steamship—^Waterman's got it. I was on it. I'm not say­ ing which way we were going but that's the first ship I was ever on where the wake was on the bow. The Waterman crews make the best sailors. No matter what happens we've seen worse. With an old shipping card in ff)IN HBUD OP CfeEW ASKS NEW SAN JUAN HALL To the Editor: We, the undersigned members of the Seatrain New Orleans, be­ lieve that some arrangement should be made to secui-e a larger and better Hall for the port of San Juan. If we are to keep a hall in this port, it certainly should be large enough to accommodate the membership. We also believe that some form of recreation room and library should be pro­ vided for the members on the beach. Signed by 22 Crewmembers Seatrain New Orleans SfJTfiYMW ; ^or^ef? FlYNN 'AO6HT A 'THROUbH P0fiT»Ot-f>' • 1 I!".;,:; r J >.v-'l �fHOkr. Jknuarr W XSXS T B E S E AP A RE R S L O G Pag* Flftaan Congressmen Reply To SlU Protest On EGA Carl L. Weicht, Administrative Assist­ (Continued from Page 8) ant to Senator Thye (R» Minn.): Rep. Leonard Irving (D., Mo.):. "Fm sure that Senator Thye will be "While I am a new member of Con­ gress, you n^ay be sure that I shall interested in the views you expressed support all proposals against the use concerning the new ruling promulgated of foreign ships and likewise will do by the EGA in connection with the what I can to see that as much of this shipment of supplies overseas." cargo (as possible) is placed in Am­ 4- - t Sen. Bumet Maybank (D., S.C.): erican bottoms." "I appreciate your writing express­ i 4. ing your, views on Mr. Hoffman's pro­ Rep. Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D., Neb.): "If the facts are as you portray posal regarding EGA bulk cargo." them I think Mr. Hoffman should be 4 4 4. sharply criticized and his plans tossed Sem Russell B. Long (D., La.): "I have taken this matter up not into the wastepaper basket. I assure you that if a vote is taken I'll be only with Mr. Hoffman but with Presi­ on the side of justice. I feel I owe dent Truman. I share your feelings and am very hopeful that something can my election to union labor." be done to rectify the great damage 4. 4. 4. already done and which would continue Rep. Charles E. Bennett (D., Fla.): "I do not want our ships to be put if Mr. Hoffman's proposal is allowed off the seas by such a procedure even to stand. You may rest assured that I if the result is a reasonably increased will always be vitally interested in tax burden to the American taxpayers." whatever affects our merchant marine, including the fine body of American seamen which mans our ships." Rep. Charles R. Howell (D.. N.J.): "I am impressed with the arguments 4 4 4 here set forth and will study them Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson (R., N.J.): "The information contained in your carefully. Let me know of anything letter and the paper will be of great that I can do to be helpful." help to me when the matter of ship­ 4, 4, it ping imder the EGA comes before the Rep. William Lemke (R., N.D.): Senate for consideration in the 81st "I shall do all I can to block Mr. Hoffman's proposal, and shall take the Congress. Please be assured I shall matter up further with the Department keep the contents very much in mind of State and Department of Commerce." that time." SlU HALLS William C. Simms, Administrative As­ sistant to Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D., bBnn.): "Senator Humphrey has asked me to reply and to assure you that he intends to do everything possible to prevent the action mentioned in your telegram. You may be sure that he will do everything possible to protect the job rigiits of* American seamen." 4 4 4 M. McMahon, Secretary to Senator Scott Lucas (D., IlL): "The matter will be brought to the attention of Senator Lucas at the first available opportunity." 4 4 4 Sen; J. Melville Broughton (D., N.C.): "I have noted the expression of your views in connection with EGA and at such time as any legislation on this subject comes to my attention I will, bear in mind your position." 4 4 4 Sen. Claude Pepper (D„ Fla.): "I have been in contact with the EGA Administrator concerning this mat- • ter, and you may be sure I will con­ tinue to do all I can to be helpful." 44 4 Rep. Harold C. Hagen (R., Minn.): "When the matter of movement of EGA cargo in American ships comes up before the House, I will support retention of the original stipulations." PERSOHALS Sen. Millard Tydings (D.. Md.): "I am bringing your views to the at­ tention of the Administrator, and upon receipt of advices will let you hear further from me." r 4 4 4 Rep. Porter Hardy, Jr. (D., Va.): "You may be sure that I shall do everything I can to prevent action which will further weaken our mer­ chant marine." 4 4 4 Rep. Henderson Lanham (D., Ga.): "I am taking this matter up with Mr. Hoffman in the hope that he will see fit to use American ships in the future." 4 4 4 Rep. Jimmy Morrison (D.. La.): "The matter is receiving my utmost attention." 4 4 4 Rep. Abraham J. Mulier (D., N.Y.): "Congressional intent is directly to the contrary of the proposed regulation and I am sure that as soon as Congre^ convenes we will make that evident to Mr. Hoffman." 4 4 4 Sen. Edward Martin (R., Pa.): "Have been in touch with Mr. Hoff­ man regarding proposal to ship foreign aid cargo in foreign ships. Am glad to forward your telegram to him for consideration." Bill Will Plug Loophole In EGA with Margie or Johnny Dreisch, MAX E. MOORE JACKSON WOOTEN Your mother is anxious to hear 1175 Evergreen Ave., Bronx, Please get in touch with Andy New York City. from you. BALTIMORE 14 North Cay St. Lorier at once. Important. (Continued from Page 1) William Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4S40 ts, 8, 4 4 4 4 4 4 ship every year to maintain the BOSTON 276 Stats St. MICHAEL R. BAAL STANLEY GRIFFITHS HOY A. GRUNDNER E. B. TiUey, Agent Richmond 2-0140 laid-up vessels. Thus any savingGet in touch with your wife, in Hoffman's books might be baL Contact the local Draft Board Your mother is anxious to hear Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 as an accident has occurred. GALVESTON 908%—23rd St. from you. Her address. Box 483, in Scranton, Pa. anced by losses in the books of Keith Alsop, Agent Phono 2-8448 ejus, Fla. ts, 4 4 4 other government agencies. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence SL EUGENE PHILIP KELLY LOUIS W. PEPPER 4 4 4 Moreover, foreign ship opera­ Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 FREDERICK JOHNSON Your children are ill, write Contact your wife at 4204 tors have been raising their NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville SL Your wife is anxious to hear your wife at Route 3, Box 332 Barnes Ave., Bronx 66, N. Y. rates in anticipation of a monop­ B. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 from you. Tampa, Fla. 4 t oly. As some observers have NEW YORK 51 Beaver SL 4 4 4 ALEXANDER MENDICINI 4 4 4 Joe Aigina, Agent HAnovor 2-2784 pointed out, the bill for carrying KARL O. H. STROM LUIGI GALLO Your mother, 132 J/i 16th St., the Marshall Plan cargoes in NORFOLK 127-120 Bank SL Mrs. D. G. Strom, 3597-A Mis­ Contact your aunt, Mrs. Rose Brooklyn, is worried about you. foreign ships might in the; end Ben Reel- Agent Phone 4-1083 sion St., San FTancisco, Calif, Pisaniello, 36 Joralemon Street, PHILADELPHIA. ..614.16 No. 13th St. t i be bigger than if American ships Brooklyn. Lioyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 asks that you write her. CHESTER SKAKUN carried them exclusively. SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Important you contact your The fight is not yet over. The Steve Carduiio, Agent Dougias 2-5476 EDWARD DIAZ. JR. RUSSELL E. BASKERVILLE Local Draft Board in Paterson, new bill is stiU in an embryo SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce da Leon Imperative you contact your Your wife has moved to the N. J. stage. The SIU will press for its Sal Coils, Agent San Juan 2-5996 local Dx'aft Board at 501 Vz Frank­ following address: St. Stephens % 8, % passage when the membership SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. lin St., Tampa, Fla. Road, Black Rock, St. Michael, IRVIN J. GORGAS is satisfied that its pa-ovisions Phone 3-1728 Barbados, BWI. 4 4 4 See your local Draft Board im­ offer full protection to the jobs TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. RICHARD J. CLAUSSEN mediately. 4 4 4 •; H. Hall, Agent Phone M-1323 of American seamen. Your mother asks that you GUNNAR GUSTAF WILMINGTON, Calif., ADOLF LINDVALL 227% Avalon Boulevard write her. Write the Seamen's Church In­ HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. 4 4 4 HAnover 2-2784 ALVIN L. HARRELL stitute, 25 South St., New York. SECRETARY-TREASURER Get in touch with Mrs. Ros­ .4 4 4 The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ Paul Hail aline Harrell, 3004 Central Ave., GEORGE RAYMOND BROWN DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION farers International Union is available to all members who wish ' Tampa, Fla., regarding illness in Formerly aboard the SS Gov­ Lindsey Williams the family. ernor Dixon. Please get in touch to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoymeilt of ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have Robert Matthews J. P. Shuier Joseph Voipian the LOG sent to you each week addi-ess cards are on hand at every SIU branch for this purpose. ' SIU, A&G District Notice To All SIU Membors SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant SL Phono 5-8777 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnoido St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Douglaa 2-8363 SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Main 0290 WILNilNGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 Canadian District MONTREAL ..1827 Philips Square Plateau 6700—Marquette 5909 PORT ARTHUR. ...63 Cumberland St. Phone North 1229 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. . Phonei 5591 TORONTO 11 lA Jarvla Street Elgin 5719 VICTORIA, B.C 602 Boughtoa St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER B68 Hamtlton SL Pacific 7824 NOTICE However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU The following books are being Fred W. Keenan, 40657; John hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG^: held in the Mobile HaU. If not Henry Kennedy, 33224. which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 5l' picked up in the near future they Richard J. McCafney, 45580; Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. will be sent to headquarters. Lawrence Mclnnes; 44311; Thom­ Theodore Bratsos, 50535; Hem-y as L. McBrayer, 24568. PLFASF PRINT INFORMATION Barber, 34709; Aime Belanger, Robert W. Morriss, 23427; Carol 45895; Orual Burks, 27487. E. Martin, 42371; Stilanos MavroLouis Cay ton, 34802; Herbert michalis, 47220; John Paul Mor­ To the Editor: G. Capps, 49508; Frederick G. riss, 34305; A. N. Mulder, 107-G. I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the, Carpenter, 49033. James J. Ohare, 35489; Andrew address below: Leray Davidson, 44517; Leon F. L. Oliver, 39198. Davis, 28870; Michael Daravich, Richard F. Ransome, 50920. 44485. Name Conrad D. Shirley, 36227; J. C. John H. Edlund, 50449. Stennett, 45515; Herbert L. Raymond Ferreria, H7G. Smith, 31919; Wm. N. Satchfield, Street Address J. H. Grady, Jr., 33275; Earl C. 22875; Frank M. Schell, 34870; W. Gilbert, 37495; James DeWitt R. Simpson, 100108. City ZoneState Guy, 14-G. Benedict Veiner, 49499. Dew^ D. Howard, 2289; A. M. Deward C. Wilson, 49820; Signed Ham, 34707; Homer G. Harris, James O. Wentzell, Jr., 34711; 48906; William H. Harriss, 51016. John R. Williams, 31628. Book No. Lewis Jackson, 47176. John William York, 45742; Wil­ Albert G. Kimberly, 48973; lie A. Young 9-G. . �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG j f JErtto^ Jta««*T 14, 1949 ; •i • • • • 5-7 &tie9 S^vice Seaifien / • QMtitCMAefimi>an.A'Cou»feau§ uduAu ^ ^ • Jms altua:y$ paidL ilie lotuest tuaiges 3113. overtune in, iJie industry ? and, lilacKballs anyozLe zultohas tbe couzrs^^-bo speafc upe^nsl'intoleralple cojxoaiions ? pz^tices discrxminatiort dttdenoour^ a^s a|>pZe-polislwu^ ? anUyottdepeudoH.: JobSecarihtf BeneSfls SHiPP)l4c 1= JU.rr ifputrpam S VDTESIU :»,• . •" - . I fee'7. "• • R: • We-: p.- -• • •"M-- - eelti:.,; 'li/r: • ••ee:;.7h:S.v-' «7'- " '• ••• pipe • • |;ep,:.,e ',. • 7'e • 5^7r.f rv., A.,: ;;/7.--.. •'"''•v. iSfeSxViisX. .7r7fe.''7.75??!i^b7s: w; . .>.:'v'.'"'.-'.'1'I'' -;e';7.v.,-/. •,'. . ;.•• • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 14, 1949 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES BLAND READYING BILL TO CLOSE LOOPHOLE IN ECA BILLS TO EXEMPT SEAMEN FROM DRAFT INTRODUCED IN HOUSE HISTADRUT IS BULWARK AGAINST COMMUNISM SHIPPING IS GOOD IN BALTIMORE AND PROSPECTS ARE EVEN BETTER NEW YORK WINDS UP FAIR WEEK OF SHIPPING MOBILE HEARS WATERMAN MAY PULL SIX LIBERTIES OUT OF LAY-UP YEAR'S SHIPPING REACHES END FOR PORT COLBORNE FRISCO CATHOLIC MARITIME CLUB HAS PROVED TO BE SEAMEN'S FRIEND CAP'T ANDERSON,WATERMAN'RETIRES ESSO TANKERS AS RUGGED AS CITIES SERVICE SIGN-ON PROVES VALUE OF SIU CONTRACT CONGRESSMEN REPLY TO SIU PROTEST ON ECA US LABOR BACKS SEAFARERE ON ECA CARGOES CREW'S YEAR-OLD EXCURSION TO PARIS STILL BRIGHT IN BROTHET'S MEMORY PHILLY SEAFARERE CAPTURES CITY GOLDEN GLOVES TITLE FRANK BECKER DIES,BURIAL IN NEW YORK US LAOR BACKS SEAFARERS ON ECA CARGOES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/14/1949 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XI, No.2 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1949 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/059cacd103027088dd5c148556e53c38.PDF 73dd61ca45b786b1b62788501a04d7b0 PDF Text Text Ja.n. 15, 1960 -· - . • OFFICl~L OR&AN OF -TH.E S -~AFARERS INTERNATIONA.i .. ,, AND GULF DISTRICT• AFL-CIO • . . S,IU ·Pr.o tests .C utback In Service I • --------------------------------~--------Srory0nPage3 .. . -All Seafarers .- Rescued I.. .In:Valley Forge·Sinking . -- . ; ' . . - Story On Page 2 \ Sl·U Sef$ Pay' Talks --__;._---:-~----------Srory US-FlagTanke(s Submit Case-For Import Quotas; . - AMMI, ·Big Oil Hostile On ~age 3 . " - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r i e s On Page 2 �- ... ,... £0C SB.AP"4RBR·S .T ank er. ·GrouP.~·-:Pr.eSel1fS;_:. · -case-For US-FJOg lntpf;,rfS; Defense Offiee Sludi1is Bid American-flag independent tanker ·operators, backed' solidly by the SIU and the NMU have put in their detailed bid for a 50 pe~cen.t quota rule on oil imports. · As requested b; the Ojfi£e of Defense Mobilization, the Joint Committee of American Flag Tankers has submit-led a 91-page detailed · 1;tatement as· to why a 50 per- annually now, are expected to ships of their own registry. France, C!ent quota rule is essential µiore-than-double by 1969. ~or example, requires two-thlr~s of both for an American tanker • DeSpite our growing ·dep_end- her imports to come in on Frenchindustry and {he nation's se- ence ·on outside oil, only 4.6 per- flag tankers. · . curity. cent of imports were carried by In lig~t of the a}?ove, and other The tanker group baa submitted its initial plea to the ODM last fall. After considering the bid, the ODM requested additional suppol'ting data including statistics, which have now been turned in. · In its presentation, the tanker 'committee brought forth the following facts: • The United States is becoming increasingly dependent on foreign oil to supply essential fuel for its industrial machine. US imports, American-flag tankers in 195s:·and the percentage will continue to shrink year by year, without a quota rule. · • 'the long-term trend is · to leave the United States industrial economy 'ntlrely at· th~ mercy of foreign-flag and runaway-flag tanker operators. • The lack of an adequate· tanker fieet is recognizeCI by both milltary and· civilian authorities as a danger to US security. ad!q:.~uot~n~~~e ;:~lda~e~:r~:s~ data, the ·commitee has requested th~ President to issue a ruling that at least 50 percent of all imports ·be carr,ied on American-flag vessels ·: which hav~ coastwise priviliges. _ Should sucb a ruling be ·put Into effect, the t1nited States · would need a minimiam of 1,860,000 deadSeafarer Frank CanneHa accepts vaeation I-benefit" che·d for . weight tons of tanker capacity to $343.-23 from dispatcher Ed Mooney. Th• disbu"rsement"represents handle 50 percent of American the $20 millionth SIU benefit-aollar paid OL!t under Vacation ·and needs_,_ At present, all tankers unWelfare Plans. . . - · ' (Continued on page 10) -"""-------_;_-::---------------....::..-----------""'-------- SS ·Val·lev B . _. U 0 · . ,..,e ·/ rea"s . p Fo~- •~ . .ke· ::!~~"::.~··~~:."·::;.-·!~ N · . . · .· 1 Men St'rl . d :;;~~~:::::~:~::·:::d :: ear Singapore; Crew- afe . :::!::d~~~~::a!~~~~ :/n~~:!ii!;, Us•b•0wne • .sh•. L1 erla IP running at a.tiout 80 million tons . would bring In additional revenues, 1 PHILADELPHIA-A runawayflag Liberty ship, the Madison Bell, was hung up here by her crew on Wednesday, January 13, ;(s an initial step by the recently-fGrmed International Maritime Workers Union to win decent conditions on escape flag ships. The Greek crew of the vessel, which is owned by a New York company, World Seas Shipping of ·17 Battery Place, walked off the ship in protest against unsafe working conditions, inadequate wages and other mistreatment. The ship was formerly the SIUmanned Christine. Norma\ly, a Liberty ship under the American flag carriers a. manning sca~e of 28 crewmembers in the unlicensed capacities. The Madison Bell had only· 17 unlicensed men, 15 of· whom have signed pledge cards. The excessive undennanning renders the ship dearly unsafe in the view of the IMW:µ. . . The IMWU was formed through jo;nt. action by the . SIU and National Maritime Union for the purpose of organizing among runaway ship crews. It is expected that the owners of the ship will challenege the right of IMWU to organiie in the Federal Courts. The Madison Bell was loading ecrap iron, eventually destined for .Japan. • Seafarers. who were aboard the freighter Valley Forge, which br-0ke up on a reef ·in . · · AMMI, .Big Oil Gan9::Up :t~;;:;.~~~£·!=:~ US-Flag -T(Jnl<er F_ l eet ,;:r:~~:::~::-:.r:~::;: on - - · and a representative of Per)inaular M · ·1 · h' h I · ' " ·· · According to the company's own . a}or 01 com~ai:ues w 1c . op~rate. .arge numbers of runaway-flag Ships are .now moy- crew list, here is an alphabetical mg to destroy ex1stmg Amer~can-flag mdepe~dent tanker operators with the•help and ap- listing of· the unlicensed personnel proval of the American Merchant Marine .Jnstitute. - · · ·_ _ ab oard : • The oil companies have . . Ande~n. Rlcihar( w., oiler moved against American-flag into . bankruptcy and "if . for any tors' as an oreanized aroup. By"so Baker. Clarence J •• deek .eDll'. tanker operators in two areas reas.on, the vessels are not· sold by doing; th . e oil com!Panies would ' •~ -w.a w AB 50: Hant.' " .1 ,· . have to be additions to the fleet to the. South. <;hma Sea off Singapore, were pajd off in Seattle last week and reunited wi~h carry half of America's oil imports. their fam1hes after undergoing a. New Year'~ holiday which will ·s tand out in their mem•In periods of 'emergency, the ories -for years to--come. • . US consumer now has to pay It began Thursday, Decem- the sa~ day. :A -tug, the . Griper~ rendezvous with any of .t he rescue through the nose for oil~witness ber 31, after the ·vessel ran reached the scene _as the Valley ships -its occupants ended up on wha.t happened during th~ Suez hard against Barlang Kap. Rock-a Forge . . began to break up. A life a re~f 8 few hundred yards from crisis of 1956 when tanker rates reef .which, according to the ship·s ·boat manned by four seamen was · , · went up 300 percent. . skipper Peter F. Petrone,- was not lower.ed despite the ' angry seas, nearb)' . . Bintan Island, Indonesia. . ·· ~nd transferred eight' men to the Reports have it that the. men swam • The US has no way of assur- listed on his charts. SOS messages were transmitted waiting tug. It returned, picked ashore safely, and received a food· ing that the operators of runawayflag tankers would place their ship~ to the·' effect that five holds were up 18 more crewmei;i, but couldn't. and clothing drop New Yea;'s Day at US disposa_l' in the ' event of awash and the hull was splitting make 'It back to the tug. Later, from a British military aircraft. emergen·cy. They can be freely- (probably due to the expansion of .however, they were .rescued by tbe transferred, in most instances, to the wheat cargo as it became wet).' British mine-sweeper Fisherton. No . lnjurl~ · ather flags. . _. A~ the_time, the seas were -mo~m- Meanwh!le, back at t-he ship, an- There' were no . reported i°iijuries • All other maJor nations have tamous and winds had reaghed otlier lifeboat with seven aboard- among th~ 37 aboard-. The men taken steps to assure that th.e ir oil gale force. including the skipper-went over later· were - moved to hotels in n_eeds are.· met in large part by Rescue operations got 'Underway the side. Apparently· unable_ to Sfngapore and given fresh clothing and foo~. . .• A chartered plane ·fiew the crew the Government .after foreclosure Beaton, ,..,n_ ·• as f o11ows: ~lim!nate the possibility of ·a Belerl-, Fr~iik .L. Jr•• n • A meeting of the tanker com- they should; be placed in . the re- percent quota on oil imports ever #mittee of ;AMMI on November 24, ser\re fleet and not withdrawn from being imposed by the VS. Such a Brady, John, OS 1959, including representatives of the fieet-for oper.ation ·or charter quota would compel .the· oil com~ Bi:own, Artbar. W. aUll&y such companies . as Sinclair, Atlan- except in the cast of a national panies elther_io charter AmericanDatuo, WIWam, - bd~r tic Refining, Tidewater, Esso, emergency." , f lag .tankers for their import busiDelmen"cto, Tranqulllao A., ·MM. StandJlrd of California-, Amoco, · The mortgage moratorhnns -by· ness or transter shipa. back tcf the Texaco, Socony, Gulf ._and Cities Maritime. involved Government Ameri~an. flag from the runaway. Dyer, Charles 'J'.·• oiler · . Francilleo, .O.and~ .m""'aa · Service, has gone on record to mortgage guarantees to new tanker flags. ,, ~itb~i;, ltep would me•n a Hemen, Paul t'>., decik' lhlnt. force newly-built tankers into ·constx:~ction.:· , 'llhe newly.~built sharp ~incriase in the ·employment SEAFARERS LOC bankruptcy and Government·lay-up Americ~n-flag s~ips, up.on c·~ming of Ainericaii tarikermeil. Haya,'ix~nneth··a.• 14ewud fleets. out of the ,. yards; ·have had diffiThe ·oil c9mpanies..ire int~r.ested . 'H ierro, Perfect4; II{., FWT Jan. 15, 1960 · Vol. XXll, No. 2 e The tanker committee and the culty in ioa~ng ~JldS meet. Co{!- in maintairiing the "smallest posJ, ~hn c., chief oooll AMMI are fighting hard to prevent s~queptly the Government IJlOVJ?d sible fteet · \(pder ·the US· flag for any build-up . of American-flag to get ·a postponenient on their "coas.twise· purposes. .T hey want to Karman, Per, AB tanker operations by imposition of mortgage payments so as to enable carry, alL of the ~owing Im.port Kolf~hotea, John Jr., wiper • ' "'" a 50 percent quota rule on US oil the OVl.ners t~ -ke!W' t!te ·ships . v olume o~ IJl~a\f~Y • ships. · · . ~Krlel', Stanley, AB PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer imports. The proposed quota- operating und_er the American .(l~I· . . . ~OW!DCH ,Cite.I_.·~ · . . Llind, Pred K., wiper HEllllEllT BRAND, Editor. BDNARD SEAAmong· the -objectlv~ of the m.a- · T!te' most. ironic ·-a~pe~t 9f } he twciDevH•• .Tames T.~ :AB MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTKtJR, would call for half of all imports ~1~~ ·. Mesaros Earl E. oiler !RWIN SPIVACK, AL MA.SKIN, JOHN BRAZIL, to. come on American-flag tankers. jor oil cop.ipanies in opposing the ·:whole,$ftuatJori, ttom. the SIY, ARTHUR BERGER, CHARLES BEUMflT, StafJ • ' · The November 24 meeting, in moratorium ts their liope of buy- of, view is ·that. the 011· coml>lnie~ .. Writers, Blll. MOODY, · Gulf Area Repre- which the officers of AMMI partic- ing the ships at bargain price11 and tbe .l\MMI whtqh ~re protest- . Mltc!ot.~l, James C., bosun aentattve. ipated, reiterated and approved an after they have .been forced io!o ing any k,in,d of' Gov~rn.ment assl~-:MHsl1, Nlkola'oe; 3d. cook,. PuDllsneo DtwHkty ., tn• nHdqu.rters action by the AMMI board of di- bankruptcy, ' or" e'l~e keepiilg them apce to . hJdepeJide~t ~JMlrato11 are . ·. Petterien, Norman R., OS f:nt'i'c• a5~~~r~~:,~.~~i:;r~~. ff~C:.':;u~t rectors denouncing Maritime Ad- in lay-up 1nde"fini~e1Y; so· as to de-;;: tli;emselves •.t}1e· recipients o.f all'- 111, Sharp Jos. FWT ·.' ··' ~:G.· ar~"Jl;/2'ct~s~ ~:!t.~:·~~f~ ministration assistance to operators s~roy a~l .co~~it'it-fo~ to their ,copi- kinds ' of special prMlege, .. f.nclud.. sriead~ Del~s,' me8sman pany-.owned fleets. ·· , . ·• Ing' oil- deP.letlon:..allowances. On ·•' · . ··.-.- 1 et tne Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under of newly-built US-flag tan'rters. ·'99 Mt°' Au9 24• 1911. ,The resolution called upon 'Tkese objectives are sec,o ndaty · the dli;.cargo .side, th~ ·Al\JMI . re.P··,. ~~er, ~-e~ald• ~.; , ~i:;\' "'i4., • ~ 121 Maritime to disr.ontinue mortga~e to the oil cqmpanies' desire to re~~ts ·~~~d1zed ~eric~ste~- ·, ;·lJ/,~~qwl~: ·K~~: ;~ ~·~ • r .J;...~:.!i. ~?r,atoriums, ,, ' ·1 ·deth~. ta~ke~ . p.tt;~~'.~ ~~f~~t.!i·. ~~!:i p~i~r ,;tlii~t:~~~: i~~. •' ' ~iJ. , :. •. • , . ,· . _1 c ,,;c !: '8 : va1~~~~., ~1~J.'tlf~~~~,~ , .t �l1B1WT 11, 19.. PQ'e Three SE .4 P ..f·R ER S L 0 G :Bu·dget .AX .Hits TB Hospital . ' SIU S~hplarshlp Candidates Can Stlll Make Applications There la still time for Seafarers or children of Seafarers to applf for an SIU 1ebolarsbip, the Seafarers Welfare Plan Jiu announced. WHh two more Collece Entrance-. Examinations slated for February 8 and March 12, candidates for the scholarship who cet their appllca&lons in now will be able to compete for five four.-year $6,000 SW . .oollece· scholanhlPfi; . · _ The baste reqdtreinent for a scholarship candidate Is three years' , ' seatlme for a Seafarer on SIU ·ships, or for the father of a echolarlhlp applicant. · . . Interested - appl~an&a -should contact the Seafaren Welfare Plan now at n .Broadway, New York 4, NY, so as to be able to complete all requirements in time for the March 12 .examination. Those applicants 1\'hO have _not submitted all their qualifications yet are urged to~~ .. . . . The five winners "of the acholarshiP& are selected by a &'l'OUP of university adminl.stra&On on the basis ot qualifications and College Entrance t~st J:ellUlb; The latter is elven considerable weirbt in the final determination.· · · Since the Scholarship Plan baa been functioning, a number of SIU men and children of Seafarers have completed their studies and are now en&'a&'ed In medicine, dentistry, teaching and other professions. . 11 ··' ., '· 1- Manhattan Beach To Close; SIU Protesting Cutbacks WASHINGTON-The annual attack by budget-cutters on the Public Health Service facilities .for seamen is already underway. The Pµblic Health Servic~ has already announced plans to close the Manhattan Beach TB hospital and ship the patients elsewhere, possibly cline is ·attributed to improved the others would have to go to contract~g them out to methods of treating TB. It is ex- outside hospitllls. New York City or other pected that by June 15 the pattent Both the patients and the Unpopulation will be down to around ion are emphatic in opposing any private hospitals for care. 150. contracting-out to New York City The closing.of the hospital Manhattan Beach has been at a hospitals. The quality of medical disadvantage since the Air Force care given at city hospitals is ad .. is set for June 15. closed its adjoining base. 'Ehat mittedly inferior to that of the In addition, it is unofficially left the hospital with the full ex- Public Health Service. As everyreported that the Savannah pense. of maintaining Us heating one in the city administration· Public Health hospital, long and power plant which it formerly agrees, there is not enough money the target of the budget-cutters, is due for the ax. · The news is expected in the forthcoming budget which is to be published shortly. The projected closing of Manhattan Beach has brought prompt reaction both from the patients and the SIU, demanc;ling in the event this h~s to take place, that the patients get appropriate care at another PHS facility. "We would like Manhattan Beach to be kept open if at all nossible," SIUNA President Paul Hall declared in a communication to the surgeon general of the Public Health Service, "but whatever the final. decision, we emphatically oppose any plan which would give second-rate medical care to seamen by contracting them out to institutions where they will suffer a loss in quality of treatment and attention." Hall noted that, "if there is room, as we believe there is, elsewhere i!l the Public Health system to care for . these patients, then that room should be made available to the men at Manhattan Beach. If there is no room for them, then that proves there is a definite need for keeping the · Manh~ttan Beach hospital open." He pointed out that there are a number of beds available at the Staten I!iland hospital which could be used to accommodate TB patients. Many of these beds, in fact, are in an unused wing formerly utilized for that purpose. The Savannah hospital, he noted, had approximately 300 beds all told, and here too, some of them could be set aside for TB purposes. The reason given by the service for closing Manhattan Beach't is a decline in the patient count from .339 in 1955 to 185 today. Th·e de- shared with the Air Force. The General Services Administration has declared the area surplus property and would undoubtedly peddle it off to a housing developer or for similar purposes once the hospital is closed. As far as the patients themselves are concerned, the general consensus is that if the hospital is to close they would be better off in a general PHS hospital such as Staten Island because of the availability of general care and surgical treatment. Patients now at Manhattan Beach who need surgery have to go over to Staten Island for it. . _ · The service has indicated that a limited number of patients could be accommodated at other PHS tiospitals such as Seattle, S.an Francisco and New Orleans, all of which handle TB patients, but that available to properly staff city hospitals. In fact, the situation in city hospitals is such that last February Mayor Wagner appointed a committee to find ways to improve patients care and cut costs, and on June 19 this past summer, a committee of . internes and resident physicians at the city hospitals assailed th~ quality of care given and the severe shortages of both docAn 'outstanding record as a top feeder· in a good-feeding tors and nurses. fleet has been credited to Seafarer William R. Stone, chief The interne shortage is such that city hospitals have been forced to steward aboard the Margarett Brown until recently. Stone, rely upon medical trainees from who was on the ship for a l - + - - . . - - - - - - - - - - foreign countries who do not have most a year until he got off. ages he made, the crew had fresh medical education on a par with in December, was hailed by milk almost every. day. The ship that in the United States. the crew for running one of the also gained a perfect score of 100 • In addition, the city has been best-feeding ships afloat. This was percent from the US Public Health actively cutting down on its treatdone through ·his adhering to the Service, winning a sanitation cerfeeding· plan set up by the Union tificate. 1 men~ of .TB patients in hospitals, seeking mstead, as a money-savwith its contracted operators aad This is quite an achievement ing measure, to treat them as outhis use of the SIU steward ·depart- since there were only five freightpatients whenever the disease has ment guide. • ers which have ever scored 100 ~ · been arrested and the patient can To top off Stone's accomplish- ~~rcent on the sanitary inspecsafely stay home without danger ~. . ment, he was hailed by the com- boo. to his family or neighbors. In the pany for having done a remarkable Stone's outstandi~g per{ormance process, it has been closing down job of top-notch feeding while at s~ows that, • workmg in ao_cord its facilities at Seaview hospital, the same time keeping waste down with the feeding plan, he can k:eep one of the hospitals mentioned as to a bare minimum and getting the the men well fec;I at a saving in a,, possibility for the TB patients. most o,u t of the food dollar. cost to the companies. The feedContracting-out the patients has The gourmets and chow-hounds ing plan, which was designed to several other disadvantages. The aboard the Margarett Brown are cater to the individual tastes of SIU-contracted companies have (Continued on page 10) reported to have Seafarers, replaces the .. institubeen notified by the Union of its watcheci Stone's tional style, "big-pot" school of desire to reopen the existing agreedeparture with cookery with "to order" food great d ism a y. preI?aration. The res~lt is f~esher, ment for the purpose of discus~ing when he left the t;1sber food plus ~hminabon of increases in wages and overtime . the waste involved i~ mass cookship to be with rates. · his -family for· the Ing. The SIU agreement has proviChristmas vaca· The feeding plan and _steward's sion for such reopeners during the tion. guide are all part of· the program life of the contract. Stone spent alto brlng professional food preparaA negotiation meeting has been most a year ·o n Ston'e tion and good food to shipboard BALTIMORE - Shipping has set up for February 3 at Union been good here during the prethe Margarett Se:~~rers. headquarters · to discuss proposed vious two weeks, with some 227 Brown, and during the six voy" mce ~he feeding plan was developed, an ever-increasing number contract changes. Details will be men getting. berths and expectaof shipping compan.ies have been carried In future issue1 of the tions for mo.l'e job opportunities using it. · SEAFARERS LOG. being available with the possible crewing of five more ships. The membership was strongly urged at the last meeting to make appointments for their wives' and children"s annual medical check-up. It was also reported that Union The British have had "spectacattorneys are hopeful of obtaining ular · succ~ss·" with a system for back monies very soon-perhaps carry~ng dangerously expfosive by the middle of this month-for metha11e gas>: after experimenting the crew of the Pacific Carrier. for one year. As a result, the chairThe ship was sold at auction here man of the British · Gas Council for back debts. soon will seek permission to build The follo·wing ships paid oft a 20,000-ton tanker or two 10,000 during the preceeding shipping pe- · tank~rs to carry the cargo, thereby riod: Emilia, Mae, Jean Carolyn capitalizing on their efforts. . and Angelina (Bull); Bents . Fort, During 'the course of one year; CS Baltimore (Cities Service); Balthe British tanker' Methane Piotore, Chilore, Marore <Marven). Signed on were: Marore, Sanneer, capabl~ o~ carrying 2,000 tons tore, Chilore, Venore (Marven); · of the gas-which is lowered to a . Edith (Bull). temperature of about minus 258° In transit: Ames Victory (VicFaren~eit dur.i ng transportatio~ tory Carr.); Steel Advocate, Steel thereby increasing greatly the' Worker <Isthmian); Calmar, Bethsafety margin. - reported highly coaster (twice), Flomar (Calmar); successful -results. Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Pofaris (Al. The British theorize that a 20,coa); Oremar (Marven); Afoundria ooo:ton tanker m~king 14. trips a Workmen are shown in ·process of paving lot up .the block behind SIU headquarters hall to provide (Waterman); Mt. Evans (Tramp year would carry the equivalent of additional parking space. Job has now beeri complet~d and 75 spaces marked off for convenience ' Ship.); Irenestar <Traders), ' and the bousehold gas made from 2,. OQQ,OOO·'tchts..bt toal." ;• .;:. ~' ~ of Seafarers. [bwer· parking ' ldt"(not sh6wnt handles: 55' vehicles. ' ' " - · · - • -· ·· · ·' 1 • ' · · / · 1 Robin Gray '-<Rilfin). He Proves· It: · Better Chow Via Food PlaD · British Push Plans For. ·" Gas· Tanker \. J I SIU Set S · T lk Pay a S I JObS Surge I In Baltimore \ �'> SEAFA8EBS . . ROTARY ·SHIPPING· BOARD : December 23, 1959 Through.January 5, l960 Ship Acli,iIJ ,\ 1 As has been the trend in the ·past, everything slowed down over ' the their ships to spend the holidays with their families will be registering Par lft• .. Jong Christmas and New Year's holidays, 'including shipping from SIU for berths ·again. · Offa 0.. Tra11s. TOTAL ))orts. The end of the holiday~ ·saw only 929 men being shipped, a Most of the hQliday decline can be !lased on the fact that there has lolfo• .:.......... J - . 1 6 11 sizable decline from the prior period;s 34-month record high of 1,486 been • drop in the number .of ships calling at por~. Many ports re- New Yori! ...... 20 . ~ 'J 7 ·'"'JI ported little or no ship acf:!vity for the period. · . Phffadel-"I• .. 1 1 1o 1.1 men. How.ever, a shipping slump after a long holiday has been ~e There was a total of 195 vessels ca•Ung at SIU ports o~er the past I 13 general trend in past years and· it is expected to be short-lived. period. Of this total, 48 paid off, 25 $lgned on and the remaining 122 ~ltlmoro ...... 11 ...., 1 All of the -major SIU ports with the exception of Baltimore reported were in transit. As compared JP the pre-holiday report, this is a de- Norfolk ·.. .. ..... · I ., · 1• · big drops in their shipping totals for tlie past two weeks. However, cline of , 61 vessels. • · · .. Jecll....Ule . ... -:11 11 there were four ports, Boston, Balthnore, Norfolk and Tampa, all reLeading the list in ship activity was the port of Houston which re- Ml..a .... ~....... I 2 i porting improved shipping for the period. · ported 3~ ships, with New York and Baltimore close behind. These , _ , . ...... ,..... .... I 6 Hardest hit in the slump were .New York, Mobile,' New Orleans and p'o rts serviced 30 and 29 vessels respectively. There were two .ports, MOW.. .. ........ . 6 .· I ' 1~ Houston , shipping only 454 men among them. This represents a de- Jacksonville and Tjmpa, with no v.essels signing on or paying off, and New .. Orlea••.. .1 · 11 , ·21 Cline gf over 850 men from the previous two wee:ts. Even the West one port, Wilmington, with no ships slgnl.ng on. . • Homsto• • • . . .1 21 Jl · _ Coast ports, which have been enjoying fine shipping for some time. Percentage-wise, class A men picked,.UP an a.ddltional one percent · wu.a~ _. -.~·'1. 1 6 now, felt the holiday dec~ine. Seattle, for exam~le, shi~p_ed only 48 of the t!)tal n~mber ~f .jobs shipped. Oo~ ~f tJt~ 929 jC?bs, 'dass. )!. ICllt Fr ci .. ~· · _.. , 4. I 1 men as compared to. 110 Just befor e the start of the hohdays. accounted for 553, which ·ls 59 percen~ of the total, class II for a10,-· • IC · •. • ,., 4 . ~I While registration remained fairly . constant, .it Is . expected . to ·in- or over 23 percent, ·a nd class C for' 168, just under Ill pe'r~nt-a llHttto • • • • • • J crease somewhat in the c~ming weeks as many' Seafarers who got off ·healthy .figure for class C men. " . ·ret~I~ .. ; •• :. ~ 41 HS >, . -zi· ·w · ' ~- . ,, • . I ·~ ·DECK DEPARTMENT • Registered CLASS A ='o_rf...,-_ _ _ __.._ , Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York ... .. ... .. . . Philadelphia.. ... .. . . Baltimore .. .......... Norfolk .. .. . . . . .. . . . ~i~~~~~-i~l~.. :::: _::: : : . Registered CLASS 8 GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL l · z -:-2 - 3 3 8 1 19 42 17 78 16 3 9 1 13' 1 9 36 14 59 3 3 3 9 2 ' H .. 4 23 63 2 151 Tampa . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 4 %9 New Orleans ........... 15 21 . 13 49 1 Houston .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 16 31 8 55 2 Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 t San Francisco . ... .. .. . 1 6 3 18 1 Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 3 9 IOTALS ,-95 -1u- '10 IU9 7 1 Sltlppecf CLASS 8 Sltlpfied CLASS A · . GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 s ALL - 1 . 2 1 2 2· 3 1 8 1 3 14 30 8 34 5 t7 1· 4 1 3 2 2 '1 3 14 20 15 36 10 81 4 7 3 7 5 6 11 1 1 21 .1 1 2 2 8 8 : 21 "' 3 ti · 9 18j 9 t· 1 41 3 ti 3 52 - 21 . 4 3 •7 4 14 16 3 3 2 4 1 Sltlpped GROUP ., GROUP GROUP 3 ALL I I . I ALL A • ALL 1 I 3 ALL 1 .5 2 3 2 7 6 5 7 18 4 14 7 25 6 ll 5. 8 13 47 11 13 '11101 · '202 48 351 2 5 1 I 7 5 1 I u · 14 14 9 37 14 H 8 5 1 I 61 .- 25 · 9 95 28 74 17 llt 2 C 4 t 11 4 4 11 10 15 2 ... t'f c 181 . . I 7 1 3 4 1 %01 39 ti WI 1 Rqlstered On T,,, .l eac6 CLASS A ' 1 CLASS I ·1 1".0TA1 SHIPPED . CLASS C '- 1 2 9 2 1 1 6 ·= - = - -= - "~I 6 19 .3 1 I - - 2 1 - 8 2 3 .1 2 1 ° 3 1 ....-51 ·1Tul61~347Tt3llt'i-Zs-..-o...;.--n 8 - 4 1 2 4 3 --~ ~. 8 7 ·1! 20 t 39 I 4 -8 · 'I 8 =~ . .:!. _.! . 1~ =·.:~~ = -- = = - 2 8 19 3 1 1 - 12 · 4 .2 1 II ·11 st. 13 I tlUI _GROUP ' 1 · z I ALL 1 ·1 I 2 41 52 95 2 2 3 6 22 31 . t ·"· .6 · 8 11 I 9' -:-~' . H ·:__.. :· 1 ' ·JI 5 t, 44 · 4~ 7 Br 76 33 Si82i 35 . 51 .14 9 10 9 · 3 t · 15 23 5 18 12 5. 2 11'.37' 512-1.M C Ito _ ;; · 1 14. , 11 IH _3 , 8 21 H -lH . 1 - 7 · 10 11 ft ' 3 i 1 & ' ' ._2 4 1 'J 19 '3 3 .t lt7S 11 i3 1u .1129 /· ENGINE DEPARTMENT legllfered CLASS 8 Registered CLASS A "'lfROUP 1 -~ 3 ALL Port Boston ............... New York .......... .. Philadelphia .......... Baltimore ....... : .... Norfolk .. . . ·' · . .. ... .. Jacksonville .... .. .... Miami .. .....•.. ..... Tampa . ......... .. ... Mobile ..... .. . .. . .... New Orleans .. . . ...... Houston .. ....•.•..... . Wilmington ... . ....... . San Fr'ncisco ..... .... . . .. Seattle .. .. . JOT~H 14 1 3 3 1 -1 3 5 8 -1 5 49 15 24 8 5 .1 3 16 28 30 2 4 2 11 -4Z-ztl -:· I 91 -3 2 -2 .3 3 -1 - 23 i 72 11 31 13 GROUP I 2 2 16 1 ~ 1 .9 - •·--- . -- 2 I f 21 36 ti .z 8 13 Zlfi - ~ 2 2 6 -1 . 14 1 3 - -4 -' Sltlpped · CLASS A Sltipped CLASS I -- 2 6 9 2 -4 · U~H 1 1 3 1 2 3 25 6 33 6· ----- - - -- - GROUP 1 I ALL 2 3 ALL Port _ G°'BOUP 1 z •- Registered CLASS 8 ' - Sltlpped . CLASS A . . 11 5 . ,. .' -~#tipped GROUP . · . 1 ·z . ALL - -. H - . 6 ~j· .e 1.7 : · Ii - , 1 ·1 ' I - • ·1 2 ·f - . · ...:.. - · '3 ,, ___ _ . _ 1 2· 11 - • _ ,. 3 s.' 3 10 11 2 ..,2 1 1 ~ - 1 · 1 . s ., - , . ..,..-. .2 .'· 1 . . -:11 ' '· ' 1 . . 1: : .s · I•' - -:-. a .$7E.,ARD Sltipped - '; ~ .. ,--- . r· 1'.0lAL . SHIPPED. . "'• - - ,. .. · • :·s!!~~3!. ,,- . . . .·.• ' .GROUP ,,,. ~c•. ' " CLASS ·a . • ·' Gao."UP · ·1 · 2 1 ALL -11 · ·: -2 2 --·-1;-9 ·· 5 ·~·,- :It : i ., - s· il°L 1 -·-1 2 - t,°"':3 )· 1 .• ~ z 1 4 4 7 'J· 38; · ~ .1 . .:'7.110 44 ' 133 'U7 ·.,»2•~ 14" as· ' lH 1 . 1 .1 I ' 7 ..1 . 1 . : . : l:i. . . 4 . ·7, . 26 ...,, .. .$: .' -8 11; ~ .2 10• 11 39. · 12 · 12 -.83: 49 . ·15 44 ' 108 l ·1 --8 .- 10 2· S 1 . ~ 6: . .2 . 3 · ·7 . 11. ' 6 . "·5 3 · ' H 1 ~ 'f 1 - :.::.:_ : • ·1 - ' . . ::..:_ . ~ ~ 4 · f 4 - ~ · ·4· I 4'• " !3 - · " ·'11· 1 · 1'· · z - 1- · -,· _:::: 3 : ' I ..::., r 1 1 1 . , . . ....... - . - • • 1_ -- - . ~ 5 ·3 ..11 1. 1 s •" ..., ...... . _ ,... - 5 . ·8 ·7 11 42 13 · 10 es - ~· "-- 13 · 1s s ~ · · 1 ,, ~ ... 2 · ·s. 14 , .- s --s ~: · 58= 10.,1a.3 :·. 2• 1 9, l ,J """'.' ,, .1. 3" -. c . 21 ia·, 4,, ., 11, ~ii . . u ··. u .se .•. 1 . 1 1a., 15 ..:ii. 1 - . 1 - 1 .· ·I 7 3 4 -rt1 1 . 1. z _;;.; ·- ~ ..- . -~ . 1 ·.,,:_: - .. ,,'2 !i, . • f -24:, .. · ~ · 1 2 : e . ·• 1 1 2 ·1 a · .. 11 s . 1- "u . ·u ~3 _.2 " 1: ..22 · 1 . ·2 , ti I ,..a 1, , 1 ·'·u ..- 1~uue·- ,· u " 5!}1u'li51-·, 121~.D-1~ I 1i2.''1 l , 21 1u'. 1,ni :·'I . lt8fll~ted On .'CLASS A .GJWlJP . . . -: GROUP . · 1 · z ·s ALL A ·• ' . c M.L 1 -ii - -.. .' is .SUMMARY·f CUSS A · CLASS C - leglstered CLASS 8 -· I CLASS 8 1: -3 . _ l8 • ~ - · ·.Shipped GltOUP . - - ·1 , z 1 ALL - - - -- STEWARD . DEPARTMENT · Boston . ... .......... . -6 r 2---::-t -= -2 New York .. .. .. . .. .. . 23 11 35' • · 1 - 4 8 131 15 Philadelphia ......... . 5 3 4 12 4 t 1 Baltimore ........ .. . . 18 4 ·211 t3 . 1· 1 . 10 12; 16 Norfolk . .. .. ..... . .. . 1 1 .. I 1 · 1 2· t · 1 Jacksonville ....... . . . 2 1 1 t 1 . 2 Miami. ............. . 2 I - Tampa ....... . . . . .. . 2 1 . 9 12 3 s. 1 Mobile ....... . .. . ., .. . s 2 14 zt 7 · 71 ·2 New Orleans . . ....... . 14 ·4 37 55 1 1 .. • · 3. Houston . .......... . ·.. 12 5 6 n 3 · 12 151 a Wilmington . .. . ...... . 1 1 3 5 - San Francisco ........ . s 1 s • 1 1~ 1 ~ 1 Seattle .... .... ~ . . .... & . 2 .3 11 2 -2 i JOTALS 1o3~71H 1z11 -::1--rl-sa ·,-7 53 DECJC . &Uss ·a ... CLASS A - - - . • -.: -- -- - - - - - - . -- -- · - - . • •• ' ' ... --- - - , . -- -- -· -, - . ' -- ul GROUP - 3 ALL · 1 z 3 ALL Registered CLASS A . lf•llfere4•p• Tlee' . . . -• - · - - ' Regidered CLASS A r,orAi SHIPPED GROUP · G~UP GaOUP ' GllOOP t · I _.u. 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'. ~··· • t•H . · . -It •1· ·.,. ,. ·.r , . • . •• �Hid ·Esso Men's Finance Data: - Law ff ifs· Collins, Anti-Union Front Man.,n Oil Fleets . ' , The New York State Supreme Court has ordered John Collins, professional promoter and operator of "independent associations" in the tanker field, to surrende~ financial z:ecords, cancelled· checks and similar.------------, . data which he has been with- ETMA cancelled checks in h!s posholding from the Esso Tanker session Cthe Esso union had forMen's Union, aµ autonomous affili· merly been known as Esso Tanker ate of the SIU of North America. Men's Association). The court action was the outcome During the questioninl', Collins ... of a suit by ETMU demanding that suffered a sudden loss of memory Collins give Esso tankermen their when as~ed bow much ETMA paid property back. Collins has been him for his services, but did. recall withholding the records for over ih~* Mrs. Collins prepared his paya year and a half, ev~ since he was checks on occasion. fired by the tankermen back in the Another admission by Collins summer of 1958. concerned his failure to pay within another development, the Na- holding and Social Security taxes tional Labor Relations Board New for employees of the so-called York regional office has thrown "ETMA office" for the year 1957. out an election petition for the He conceded !hat he had personalEsso fteet by a Collins-created "in- ly paid some of the penalties Independent association," _ the Esso volv~d for failure .to pay the taxes. Approximately $8,500 ·was paid Seamen's Association The office involved was supposon the out by the. SIU Welfare Plan in ground that it . is :'supervisor- edly operated by Collins' string of Christmas benefits, a tally of the tainted." The ESA was created by "associations" including groups in benefit 'figures show. Christmas Collins in an effort to deprive. Esso Texaco, Socony, Tidewater, Esso bonuses of $25 given ·to Seafarers tankermen of their control of their -and Cities Service. When not running the affairs of · fn the hospitals, · totaled approxi- own union affairs and force them mately $4,000. A similar amount back again into a Collins-domin- all these so-called "independent associations" Collins serves as a prowas spent for men who are on dis- ated "association." The successful ETMU ..suit fessor at Fordham University ability-pension, each man getting $25. Another $415 went for cigar- against Collins came about when where he teaches labor history and ettes distributed in the hospitals. Collins, after being ousted by the labor law, among other subjects. tankermen, refused to turn over ' Seafare.rs will remember Collins Christmas Dinners all of the tankermen's records. as the man who tried to set up a Also, as is the long-established Among the many items missini company union in Cities Service to custom , within the SIU, S~afarers, were financial reports and financial block SIU certification in the fleet. their families and friends all over data for two fiscal years, 1951-52 His effort failed when the Collini the country were gue,s ts of the ,and 1954-55. In both years, ETMU association was found to be comUnlion at Chrbistmas dinners in the rep~rts there' were ·unexplained pany-dominated by the NLRB. , h a ls or near y restaurants. Sev' . eral ports provicfed gilts for chil- heavy de~lines in accumulated surplus totaling some $18,000. . dren distributed by fully-equipped Q • 1·n tiie course of th e sui·t , ETMU S anta Clauses. AU told, mo!-'e than learned that Collins had a secret • 3,000 guests were served, with New agreement - providing him with a York, Baltimore, New Orleans and rr t~ . b d pe . ell Houston accounting for two-thirds i_ e ime JO an ~ nsion as. w • . . h d th his salary to continue after his ref th t 0·t 1 B lti ~ a· a ~ore a. e tirement. The costs of the pension argest turnout, 615 ~iners, fol- were paid fo~ by ETMU at the rate lowed by New Orleans; 475; Hous- of $l ,500 annually. Apparently, ETMU said, Collins had moi;e than . WASHINGTON - The SIU has ton, 4.39 and New York 435· Of course, many· of the-diners in one such arra.ngement in the string joined four other AFL-CIO unions · A&G halls included men from of "independe.n t associations" he in urging the-Government to count other SIUNA affiliates. Similarly, controls in the tanker field. tips as a part of wages jn cornS eaf arers on t h e West Coast were During the pre-trial examination, puting Social Security benefits. te b en rtained y ijie SIU Pacifiic Collins made several damaging adUnder the present set-up, Uncle Dis t r ict. missions under oath. He conceded am takes · an income tax bite out Probably the most unusual din- that he had no written agre~ment of the money a worker gets in tips. ner was the one held in Tampa for for years as to the amount of But these same tips don't count 100 guests. It was at the Las Nove- money he took from Esso men for toward Social Security benefits, das Restaurant, · which as Port his services; ·that he kept various and it is this double standard to Agent Bennie Gonzalez noted "is union books and records in the eel- which the unions object. the only Spanish restaurant to ever Jar of his home; that the Esso men's With Social Security benefits win the academy award for · fine office rent was paid in his name getting bigger and broader, Seacooking." Naturally, the menu 'had and the lease was in his name al- farers and other union members a Spanisn tinge to it, being a de- 'though he maintained that it was who draw gratuities are losing out partute from the standard Amer!- no~ .his office. in ever-increasing · amounts as the cap Christmas menu. He also conceded that he had years roll by. · The five ,unions tnvolved estimate that counting tips toward Social Security would ·benefit about l lh million of their members. I e These include hotel and restaurant employees, bartenders, building · · service employees, barbers and Hospitalized,.. seamen at the Manhattan Beach TB, h_ospital beauticians, as well as seamen 1 have expressed thanks to the Union for the SIU's contriburepresented by the SIU and Na• · · . . · tional Maritime Union. -t1ons durmg the ChristmB:s season. A; letteJ" frOIJl Thomas _ Meanwhile, President George Daisey, . head of the patien.t 's• Meany, of the AFL-CIO, has dicouncil stated the patients' ap- Daisey, who fa a shipyard rected the AFL-CIO legislative de. . · - . worker, expressed bis "sincere partment to press for Congresprec1ation for flora~ decora- thanks for _the contribution made sional adoption of a bill that would • tl.ons placed in the hosp1-tal for the by · the Seafar~rs International permit Social Sec.,urity credit for holidays. Union toward brightening the tips in one of two ways~ Seafarers at the hospital re- Christmas season •. . • I know of I-Workers would report their · ce-ived $25 hospital bonuses as course that the· SIU has been do- tips to their employer, _who would voted · by the trustees .of the Sea- Ing humane and friendly .things then deduct their share of the farers Welfare Plan plus cigarettes. like this for years; not only at Social Security tax and match it In addition, as Dai.s ey's letter Manhattan Beach hospital, but at with his own share. _ 2-Iu the absence of a direct renoted, the Union arranged for an points throughout the world." 18-foot · decorated C.hristmas tree, Thanks also came from Seafarer port by a worker on his tips, his wreaths for the front of the build- John Driscoll on behalf of the employer would use a fixed forming "and plants for the hospital's SIU riien at the hospital. <See 11la tQ determine his tax deduction, "Letters to the editor" page 14.) and then match it. chapel- SIU Holid~y BeRefits Up To $8,500 Seafarer Bill Mitchell (top photo) does the honors as Santa Claus-in the New ~rleans hah, distributing toys to chilClren of SIU men. Above, Seafarer Jack Meyer and family relax after dinner at hall. Around tabl~ are Brenda, Meyer, Mrs. Meyer, , Rickey, Eddie. urge 1 /I y # O·f T1eps For i . i. s· Baltimor~ Sci~tcl ,Cla~1 (top) was Seafare.r.. Chest•~ Wilson. Above, Seafarer )os,ph L1nfiart1 ·off the Bethtex, enjoys dinner with Miss Catherine Nicely. Below, cafeteria gang consisting of L Walthroup, H. Wheel.e r mnd W. Minton prepare tht food. Age Benef1·1s ff o.. s-p,-,·a/Pat1ee· ntsApple1ud • s ·ch r1s f mas Ch eer Un1oli .. �..... SB.4.l.4.RERS ,. £0C Right·To-Work.Promoter Feeling US Tu Heat - SS . Oe·l .M undo-Way Baek In 1938· . . . ~ ' One of the leadfog advocates of the National Right to Work Committee is in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service because they claim he failed to pay taxes on property acquired ill~ 1954. . E. S. Dillard, a "champion was involved in some transactions of the compulsory open shop" with the Brown Dynalube Company from which tne Government says he owes more than $92,000 in back taxes. A claim has been filed against him with the US Tax Court . in Wash_ington. In 1954 when he purchased. the Brown · Dy.nalube Co. he also ob.tained the outstanding common stock and accounts payable, for a dollar. He advanced $1,800 to the The Marine Section of the Na- firm and accepted from them $85,tional Safety Council is expected 000 in bonds payable in 20 years. to announce the winners soon of · .Government Claims the 1959 Beet safej.y contest awards. Last year, the . contest was won by The Govetnmerit claims these the SIU-contracted Alcoa Steam- bonds were worth their face value ship Company. and should have been reported as The awards are given in several income and been taxed. · Dillard ~ategories. One category consists says they 'Yeren't worth anything. of priyately-owned d.rY cargo ships, The situation is complicated by · another of privately-owned tank- the fact that .Dillard donated $10,ers, since accident rates on tankers 000 to a church, which then sold are ~ually less because of the ab- the bonds for the same amount, sence of cargo-handling gear. A receiving cash for them. He dethird category consists of Govern- ducted this· from his taxes as a ment-owned opE:rations. Awards ,$10,000 contribution; as well as anare also given in shipyard, tug other $20,000 which he donated to and b'arge · operations and other the Dillard Foundation, Inc., a taxgroupings. exempt charitable foundation Awards are based upon the which be incorporated himself. amount of time lost in accidents in He donated another $10,000 to relation to the number of hout s the same church and half of this worked, rather than on actual accident totals, since many minor mis- was purchased by a Minor Founhaps do not cause any loss of dation, Inc., a foundation incorwork time.porated by Dillard's tax lawyer. - Dillard says · the bonds were worth their full value When he Sign· Name On contributed them, though they were worth nothing when he LOG Letters acquired them. The ' Government For obvious reasons the LOG believes the opposite is true; that cannot print any letters or they were worthless when ~on­ other communications sent in tributed (and so the tax credit for by Seafarers unless the author the contributions should be voided) signs his name. Unsigned but were worth the full face value anonymous letters will only when acquired. wind up in the waste-hasket. The tax court judges will have If / circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature to decide who is right about the value of the bonds at each stage of on request. the various transactions. S.e. a Safety Awards Due For 1959 Ex-Seafarer Fred' Farmer submitted this photo frotn his. scrap book showing the first . baseball team on an SIU ship. This gang was off the old 8$ Pel Mundo on Thanksgiving Day, 1938.. Fourth ffom left, standing, is the late Eugene Nobles, whom Farmer describes as a "real Union man." He adds, "Men like him and several others in this picture helped make the SIU strong." Standing second from right is John Clark, then deck cadet, but now president of Missis~ippi Shipping Company. Farmer is at. right. See_Early- ApprovQI Of P/Qrl For English Channel Tunner . I •· • ... LONDON-The way has been cleared for . a long-dreamed-of and controversial tunnel project, which the tunnel would be constructed under the English Channel, connecting England and France. The project, a 3~-mile engineer's "dream problem" has been tentatively approved by the British Minis·· · try of Transport. · Also, the construction of' such a tunnel authority, providing fop the link would be a major political working out a number of legal de- It had to overcome the objec- step signifying the desire of · the tails_and other matters. 'fhe Suez .canal company, looktions of the Defen~e ,Ministry, British to draw closer to Europe which didn't want the tunnel for strategic reasons, and the Ministry of Finance, which had reservations about the financing of the tunnel. The project was supported by the Board of Trade, for economic reasons. With the amalgamation of Western European countries into two large trading blocks, severe strains have been put upon the British economy, and the · increased transportation facilities of the tunnel will be important. · politically, Announcement of the official accepta·n ce of the plan is being 'delayed for political reasons, it is believed. France An:s.loua The French have· wanted··a tunnel to England for a long time, and when the expected approval is announced, will no doubt, enter into immediate negotiations wit.h the English. A treaty between the two countries will be drawn up_ estlblishing some kind of a joint ing for a significant undertaking in which to reinvest its enprmous assets (fr~<;I by the Egyptian riationalization of the Suez Canal), has a 30 percent interest in the tunnel combine. · The ventilation problems wlll bar automobile traffic. Cars will have to be transporte(\t on railway flat cars while the passengers _ride up ahead in a lounge car. It is estimated that the construction of the dual ..rail tunnel will take six yetil'8. '· < ·Keep ., • The 'L ad.derS· Clea-r .,, ' ~. ~ " . r . • Engine room ladders are usually steep enough · . to require cautious navigation, particularly when the weather is acting· up. Consequently, ·it g~es ·· ·without saying tha~ obstructions are an operi ·:- ·invitation to accidents. : Ke~p ladders clear-both the· railing~ C.nd . ---' ·· ·}h~ step~o_ ,that your ·shipmates have a fair · chance of getting up and down them. in one p_iece. ' . . ; ----- - - ·- _,. _ ..... '· •• •-4 >- .• ' ,r . .' �,Steelworkers' Victory Stifles. YOUR DOLLAR'S rWORm Big Biz Union•Crippling Drive ·hfarer's Gme·To Better Buying Settlement of the steelworkers' contract.beef last week for an estimated 40 percent more than it would have cost the companies six months ago marks·a severe setback to a big busiB1I Sidnev MargoHua ness drive to cripple union contract conditions-specifically, work rules and grievance proC!'etiures. The United S t e e 1 . - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Phony Ad Champ Workers of America won a tive is to destroy long-standing celled business contracts. The A spokesman for television challenges this department's recent package that will add up to 41 work rules. company eventually broke away report that 'JV advertising has become ~he No. I deceiver of t~e buy- cents' an hour by 1962. The "inflation" argument falls from the leash, defying retribn- W is ing public.' In effect, -says Louis Hausman, <Ur¢ctor of the Tele'lision 'fhe_ Irony of the situation la flat on its face every time bu·sinesa tion. The pact Kaiser settled for • lnfotmation Olfice of ·the National ·Association of.Broadcasters, this such that if the ste.el companies concerns jack .up their rates above involved less cost than the rest of ta·, a.n· unfair charge; other forms or ,,,f'.lvertising ~uch as newspapers had "offered tbe µnion last spring and beyond increases in labor the industry now has to .pay. The collapse of the steel com·carry the s~me misleading claim$ ,for which we critJcized TV. , - · just what they spent in advertising cost&, and widen their profit mar. .Hausman sb.ould have &-.chance to tell his side. But there is growing the "inftation"-issue, the bitter 116- gins. A. steel price hike is a cer• pany's "inflation" · posi-tion is also evidence that.-1 false TV ·Mis bave ,. be~ m0$t effective 1.n- misleading day steel strike - probably never tainty within three months or so, underscored by the fact that a far many, families Into. _unnecessary ·expenditures, especially for patent would have occurred. As it worked although the mills are operating smaller cash offer would have produced a settlem~nt without a out the responsibility for any infla- at th~ir peak, and profitably. medicines, c08tnet1Cs and tol,l etrles. Prlees Didn't Drop strike in the first instance_ Hausman writes: '"''The Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation report tion that result.s from the steel Ironically enough, it is widely While the companies yielded a strike can be placed ·squarely ~o whlch-_y.ou referred : • made ··i t cl~ar that. 'all forms of media were to the lfnion, it was done upon the companies for their ob- agreed that·if the steelmakers had round used extensively'. . in part with . an eye to future ·adstinate a·ttitude before, during and any detr.ee of sincerity In their . · ".Yo'<'r co~entl ..m,ake no disti~ction' between advertisements ·!or after the strike. "inflation" pitch they could have Yant~ge. At stake in ~ quick ~et­ pro4ucts· or services which tile . report describes as .'not harmful in convinced the public simply by .tlement was. the prestige of Vicethemselves, and may even give :t~mporary rellef: and 'those which are · 1''or Seafarers, the agreement the tiniest drop in steel prices. President Richard Nix~n, who had means no likely Interruption of worthless and may l>e harmful, and 'for which patently false and misoffshore or Great Lakes oreboat Such a move would have sand- personally-i?terve~e<J. in the conleading claims are made.' · · movements tor the next 30 months. O.gged the union's wage demands tract talks m thei~ late stag~s. . · "You quo'te - Dr. Hlllenbrand of the American Dental Ass0ciatlon This Is particularly significant Jn 'without a strike. The unwilling- . Appare?tly convmced that their as saying that television toothpaste commercials are rigged and mis- light of the drive· by the SIU Great ne88 of the . firms to make any ~!erests. ca~ be adva.nced by the leading. He did aay ..thia but he · 'Yent on tp- say 'unsupport-ed adver- Lakes District to sign u~ non- price concession exposed the total n~ht kind of Preside~t In th.e White H~u~, the s~eel mdll;8try • tising claims continue to give television viewers as well as readers union Lakes ore fleets. Tlie drive fraud of the "inflation" tactic. • sudden wllhngness to make sizable a false sense of security'. No one can defend misleading advertising. was hampered by the lay~up of Another totally-deceitful tack· concessions to the union can i>e But it is important to remember that advertising claims' are not mater,i- shiPs during last summer's strike, employed by _the steel companies regarded as a huge campaign conally changed· from one medium to another. 'fhe . same claims are em- although,. the Lakes Union did suc- was to ~omplaln ab_out union in- tribution. l'h~ companies may bt!t ployed as copy themes in ·All media which are used. If, In · fac~ they ceed in winnin_g a signal election dustry-wide bargairiin1. At the looking forward to reaping somtt are false 1lnd mlslea1Hng, they are equally so in all mecJ:ia. · victory In the l~ship Reiss fteet. same time, the major producers dividends not only in the form of Th• lesson of .the strike for the exerted treme~dous ~ressure on a new Republican President, but It's true that newapa~r.s an~_, other medJ.a·- al.so publish misl,adlng adf4 But the Arthrit1s & Jtheumatism Foundation survey did show that steel companies Is that you can't smaller steel comparuec to keep more importantly, a possible swing ,. of the arthritis sufferers who had bought falsely-advertised products, holler "inflation" to keep down them In line. This repfy of the old to the right In Congress. Such a 23 ·percent did so because of TV, 21 percent through newspaper · ads, workers' wages ·and at the same Army game known as-"do-as-1-say- Congress might be calJed upon to time refuse to reduce your own not-as-I-do" was exposed when a fetter union bargaining strength · 1~ percent th.r ough _maguines; 10 percent through radto. ln general, advertising of drugs and toiletries has become one of prices while S>our profits are boom- smaller producer, Kaiser Steel, All of the statements following th~ the inost deceptive .areas. No less ~ an experf than ·Kenneth Wlllson, ing and ev"1')' management exec- moved . to settle on its own With settlement took pains to point up Nixon's role and to emphasize the president of the National ~etter BQsiness Bureau, has said that the utive la pulling down a siX-figure the union. salary plus fancy stock options Kaiser was browbeaten into line boost the settlement gave hi• · current use of adv~rtislng "to further medical quac)fery is a serious and bonuses. by US Steel with threats .o f can- Presidential prospects. 1etback". · ·· · -· The mislead1Jig . nature of the. TV commercials showing one aspirin The shrieks C)f alarm about "lnI\ dissolving quicker, and givliig "faster relie~·~ -than others, has just fJation" were also viewed with a ·beeri criticized . by an •rticle in the New York County ~Medical So- certain amount of skepticism beciety's mag;;azlne. If one type -or brand takes only one second to dis- cause of the· failure of the indus1olve, and an<>ther as much a's ·four; there's no practical difference. try. to cu~ .its prices d~ring the TV ads can be. especially ·misleading because they are dramatic, can _1958 recession, wh~n mills. were show pseudo-scientific demonstrations, can ,rig demonstrations, and running at about half capacity. can "doctor" products to make them look better. TV commercials '~flation' is Cry present actors who convincingly talk like docfors, dentists and scien· The industry's calculated stratSoaring increases in hospital costs in t_he New York area · tists; General ·Motors and Libby-Owens-For~ could claim in other ads egy was to use . the "inflation" cry that "the view through thefr car 'windows is clearer. · In TV commer- as a cover for its move to tear the may prompt unions within the- city to activate programs to cials tliey were. able to "prov~" it. But, the Federal Trade Commission heart out of contract -work rules establish their own hospital and medical care systems. The 1ays, they first' r(!lled down the windows before showing the "clearer" and seniority protection This Id t . '"'few. · . forced the strike. : op e r a e " combination The programs wou · Other advertisers have been reported using . shaving cream instead only resurt was that the strikers · through uniqn-negotiated_wel- Last week, Blue Cross announced is thinking of boosting the cost of icing to make the!r cakes look better, salt tablets to make their ;recouped all their wage losses out fare plans. For s ever a 1 it of its insurance each" year for the beer foamier; 'hot wine in · the cup of just one contract clause, which months now, New York City unnext four years. The increases ' instead Of the coffee they're actU• assures .each work~r a cash pay- ~ODS have been studying a proposal will run rates up 58y~'-95 percent aliy selling, and bleach,.not cleans- ment of $1,300 to $1,500 upon re- to build and operate hospttals for higher during this period, accordIng· powder, UJ!der the sponge· that tii'ement. · ,t he benefit of union members and ing to the firm. wipes away tlie hard-to-clean spot. 'f.h.e insincere "Inflation" pitch their families. · Outline Reasons Nor is anything more. convinc- of the steel companies is also be-.. This proposal was discussed by Though the hospital · associatio11 fng than the annoucer protected by Ing soun.ded by the railroads now, New York unions last September, an "invisible shield" in the TV bringing up a full-scale rail strike when hospitalization insurance let it be known that no final de· -· commercial for Colgate's Gardol. this April. Here, too, the objec- rates were boosted 26.IS percent. cision had been made yet on the rate increase, there was littl• . The combination ·of sight and doubt that the company would pe· sounci on TV' has· proved to be . al" tition the State Insurance Depart- · . most.. hypnotic in its power to perment for high~r rates. suare. Dr. Arthur Shapiro, a Pro. Blue Cross gave several reasons . -~es1Jor of Med-kine at the State for the proposed increases. These .. ,University for ~esearch hi lfypnowere: the need for increasing \ sis, has said that "the · smoking wage and salary scales of hospital habit is . being established and reemployees; rising cost, and hospiestablished all the time in adver- · tals' requests for increases in Blue tisernents everYWhere ... The man <;_!oss payments. selling cigarettes on television ·1s · · · While rate hikes were being a spellbinder. His 'si)iel is 'repe!l' being contemplated, so were ex. tious, suggestiv.e, _ mo·n otonous, tensions of benefits, according to -soothing, reassuring." . · the hospital service. One prn. . More evidenie. _Qf the power of posal brought forth was that room TV ads . has come. ·from the - Bureau. of Labor Statistics· Its price ' . and board allowances for a semieheckers liave reported greatly-increased consumptJon of ·deodorants, . private patient be extended to 120 nail polish,· lipstick and. other toiletries, which ·they· attrib~ted tO · days at full credit from a present heavy TV adver'tisipg; , .:.. . .. . · .. · " · · :::- . · - • -' -, 21 days at ~till pay and 180 days , Nor · can the ·public-.}be · satisfied ~f. ·so~e of the medical product~ at half rate. 1old tlirough --TV and· other ad\iertisf-Qg · pt"edia, are· not ·a~tually li-ar.m-: , f.ul al)d· "may. _ev~ ,gl~e ~~l!lPOf~ry relief" . .It's .harmft.U to, the pc)ck~t"I · ~ i book to pay $3 -for ,an "arthritis· m~dicine"·· which is basically aspirin. . ;1 The aspiriil-its_e lf ls available for as .uttl'e,as;li5 cents for a bottle of 1007· ·_ F; .EveQ , ~ine ~dv~rt~sin~ lne,n 'ihems~lv~S:-''i~e..getti.n~ _cri.tl~al~ ol the . If a crewinember -quits while" • •. 1, , Jfti~leadin~ cla~~· .; cutr~n~l~ ·l>~lnlJ°~'n,tade.:..,..J:!ot. ~~ly . i~- ·TV:~ ads, of· : a ship is In porf, delegates ~ 4iQune;.•JFaiPf.X ~e«>ne; ,91;:the ..Jbt1.::Foot~i· ,con'e· •&. Heidi.DJ .advei;tis!ng. are asked to contact the ball · . · / ~ agency, · ---~~gtlY,-... sai4. ;tbA( - ~~'ewai)ap~i@,,..gi-a~zlnes;-' -~ _~d- :radt.o : : immediately fo_r a replace. "' . . --~ ,foJild; c...~n: u~ -,aa!~s~~·~!th~.tne~~¥,eacJ~l~ea· sl~~;, ·.~y7 ~~Jrl~n" ~"· .m~nt. Fu~ actioq on their part .·cft, .clatms>:''- :, .. .,.,"' 1rr .., .. ~ ..,. . '· .. . • . . ''"'-·' ..... ~,- . ' T. ..v '" 1., ,. . ". ~ ..:t\''"l' . .. ' ,(.. . tng. .proOf . . .. , '. r . ·will teep all jobi aboard ship: ·. . ,,_. · ~-,,.. ...,- €One- -aslu-....'.!Jiow.~c'ag/· :101'!-i.:dl.fter~~..,.. cigagtt•· all.;."b'e· "lo~at;·1n, ·' - ,.-...,. ·-' -- ~-~ - ' "~ .. · · · · · ,._.. · 1-: -- ; · _ • - • •· : · :,,ailed .at alf times and elimi.:· .-~, . -~·.; ..: : ~cotlaer~ ·~)~4. ..~f~"'11--:W~·ihWt1•.. < •J.Wift.i:Ro.clr.~:•~~!fatitily ·~-pi~ed;ln ~ ,S_lU .hall. ~· nat• ih- 'ebm!ca·· ilie lhip ~'· -~·~ ..-·.:' T.he.·-!PV,...in~u1tcy.'•;~ 1atoP· ,411• "'.(lri{idbiD,~-e~l.tw··•~ · ~W . . · ~· · -~ ..11e·rWir~-r-R~•••;· an~ hil·.-. '!.ife ~. ......: . IMa~ - Ev~~- · . -Utllnc lhorlhanded. • , · ·-·~ · , " • ;> • ••• ·~.:- • : ,,.;. -- ~•• '< ~)' ~._ _.• .~\,,.i;)'alrfas.;Goae,;-ad~ 1''' ''·1·/ ,iu-..~· · ·~ ~ ·};).>- · j•'-;' :>< I J.•, , ': ..,) ~><~ . . . . .~-t " 1e •'-' '" ' \ . ; · ~ "'"".f.: , i-. ,, , , .... I ·" . . '-• Blue C·rOS"'S· Rate M'oves Spur· -Un1·on Hosp1·tal Plans A Famlly Affair Short;hanchtd? ., ~ i, , ~,,.., .. ..... ... ~ ..... ~ .uit11ihMi. or O• • • ,: • ~ J~ ' , ·. .. ,,.. • -: ~ ,:- ~· . • t ' - :· ~ ,, J • ~ ) ~.~ ~~... • ,. ' - __ fM 0 .-:: 0 ' i .. .- ....... ·- ..... .:. • .. �, ·1 ...U, II, IHI MDs Serenaded··-·Viil Records, Dreulns Up For Holldays .SenOtf! D.r ug Piobers Report , . Senate investigators looking into price-fix~ng and "payola" pr'a ctices in. the drug industry have come up with something that beats everything yet-in this case to · three-quarter time. One ,drug company has taken to sending out phonograph records to physicians with music· on one side and adverto control appetite, on the other. ucts, the firm, which markets Miltising on the other. - For the benefit of those not familiar with the song, "The Tweiv·e Days of Christmas" is ·a carol about some · lavish gift-giving. The drug company bas not come out. with anything like "Music to Prescribe Our Medications By," but this expected shortly. The musical advertisements were mailed to physicians by Wallace Laboratories, a division of Carter Pro.d.:. Sil)ging Violins One such record has the noted Russian violinst David Oistrak.h playing a concerto on one side and a ·blurb for Miltown, a brand name tranquili.:zer on the other. Another one of these "freebies" (a disk-jockey term for a ..gift") features the "Twelve Days of Christmas" on the one side and a message from "Appetrol," a drug town. The investigations are peing conducted by a Senate subcommittee under the direction of · Sen. Estes Kefauver. The group is trying to show that high drug prices . are caused in part, by the expensive promotion campaigns used by· drug companies to inQ_uce doctors to prescribe by brand name rather than technical name. The technical n·a me is' the scienl ific name given ·to the drug; .. .ppers St1.ll Ta. lk · :~:r::rd t~:n:i~u~. :.~ ~~n:i~~~r;; ILA Shl n ·Pirem'1·um ·car·go ~·a·te ~:p~~:s~~~:in~ot~: ;:~~;~::r~~~~~ N.Y Suffe_rS l/sual • ' . much more expensive. For exampie, if a physician said "Take two - 0. Although longshoremen are now working again all along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts under the terms of their new t~re.e-year contracts, tI:ie lntern~tional Longshoremen's Assoc1abon and the New York · · Shipping ·Association are con- with their. plans for new containtinuing fo ·negotiate on the ership operations. major issue. left unresolved by tlie agreement. . This issue is the payment of premi um rates on cargo shipped through the port_in containers that are loaded or unloaded away from the docks. . The longshoremen's contract with tile NYSA, which also served as a model for contracts in the South Atlantic and Gulf p'orts, stipulated that premium rates t;hould b~ paid on container cargo, but left the amount of _the payments to· future negotiation or pos13ible arbitration. Union Research The union is now doing research _to determine how many men are likely to be displaced as container cargo expands in volume. Meanwhile a number of shipping companies, apparently heartened by the signing of the . new longghore contracts, are going ahead PANDORh <Epiphany) Dec. 6Chairman, Luke J . Wynbu Secretary, John Jellette. John Jellette was unanimously elected ship's delegate. Delegates from each department will submit repair lists to ship's delegate who will, in turn, submit them to cap· tain . Wringer needed for washing machine . Steward will fssue linen piece by piece on linen "day. Cleaning of laundry and recreation rooms agreed upon by delegates. The SIU-contracted Bull' Lines, for instance, plans to expand its containership service to Puerto Rico next spring, and has ordered 196 ah,1minum · cargo containers and 166 tandem chassis trailers for aelivery next March and April. The containers-ao of which will be refrigerated-wiil be used on the company's six c- 2 freighters operating between New York, Baltimore and the island Grace Line also is. kicki~g off its new- "Seatainer" service with the Santa Eliana, which will sail from New York on January 29 for :Venezuela. The Santa· Eliana, formerly a standard C-2 freighter, has been converted to a containership and will be the first US ship of kind to engage in foreign trade. Next month the· Santa Eliana will be joined in the Venezuelan trade by the Santa Leonor. its closed, Steward will look into the matter of steaks twice a week. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine job. nical name. If he said, however, two two 'Bayers' and go to . bed," he wi11Id be prescribing by brand name. Medical investigators have proven that all aspirin is tile same, and the least expensive brand of aspi~in is just as good as .t he . most expensive brand. · Kefauver Pryinr Sen Kefauver est1·mated that · "one-third" of the ret.ail price of drugs is spent for "advertising and promotion." The . money spent ·by the companies does not make the· market any larger. "It just gives ~hem a larg~r sh?re of the exist.mg market, if it is successful. The new hearings, ~hich ar~ to start Januar~ 21s!, wil~ .be .solely concerned · w1~h. tranqmhze~s. Although tranquilizers were originully develop_ed for use in mental hos'pitals, they have lately become very popular with people who are suffering from anxiety tensions and emotional disturbances. Curr.ently, at the manufacturers tevel, $Bl.es amount to sQme 200 million dollars per year. Retail sales proeably push this figure up to around a half-billio·n dollars. The subcommittee is trying to find out whether prices are comp'e tative, ·or whether new anti-trust legislation is needed. not completed ln shipyard. thanks for steward dept. Vote of Alcoa Ra~ger. saloon gets ll~rgl dec:oration as Seafarer Richard . · McAll, saloon m·essman, does the honors. Photo ·;.vas taken on ., ·· eve of C~ristm~s sailing. . ' NEW YORK--:Shipping dropped quite a bit during the last .period, yet de~pite the .decline, many ~'A" men didn't . grab jobs :off.the .board as they were postep; accordi~g to ~ill- Hall, port agent.. .: There :were .yery few beefs fo~k, Council ·Grove <Cities. ~erv• f · ice; Thetis <Rye Mat1ne>; Steel Ex. rom men who were paid ?ff ecutive (Isthmian> and Afoundria here last we~k, with the exce_p bon <Waterman). of an OT discrepancy aboard· the , Sig~ on: · Robin Hood <Robin); ~obin Gray, - w~ere $200 of o~e~- Steel Woi~ker (Isthmian) and time pay .was disputed, but eventu- · Kathryn (Bull). ally doled ouL The. money colIn transit: 'Azalea CitY. (Pan-At· lected involved a restnction-to-ship !antic); Seatra1n New Je.:sey (Sea• beef. . trai'nl; Alcoa Pointer <Alcoa); Long. NLRB Hearin&: · . view Victory (Victory Carriers), an4 Hall reported that the upgrading Ga.pt. N. Sitinas <Tramp _Shipping).: school is coming along well . He also noted the. Marine Allied WorkH~s ers Division has . National Labor · Relations Board hearing coming up oµ the 20th. This involves' some Seafarers~ "verseas who. want 450 employees of a company now to get in· .touch with hel\dquar· '. under organization. ' ters in ·a hurry can do so by . The following ships paid off: cabling the Union- at tts ·cable · Robin Gray <Robin); Kathryn, Bea.··t?ss, 'SEAFA&ERS NEW .trice; Carolyn, Elizabeth, Dorothy YORK. (Bull); Seatrain Texas, · Seatrain Use of this addr.~ss will assure Louisia.na, Seatrain Texas, Seatram ::>eedy transmission on all me~ : Savannah (Se~train); -1'"'airland, sages and faster -~ rvice for· the Bienville, .-Raphael Semmes, Gate- men 1m·-'ved. way City <Pan-Atlantic>; cs Nor-· ·- Union Cable Address Charles. Agreed to make coffee in the urn only for morning meals. Steward department given a vote of thanks. ·was elected. A suggestion was made that the ship be equipped with new mattresses and pillows. PatrohTI., n commended the manner In which the last payoff was conducted. Captain informed the ship's delegate to tell the crew that the slop chest wlllbe paid in cash on your last draw., Ship's fund ls Sl9. One man missed ship. Nb beefs. ZY~HEllHILLS <l"enlnsular Nav. Ce.) Nov. 21-Chairman, c. Martin, SecrePENN VANGUARD lPenn Marine tary, L. D. l"ierson. Charles Martin VENORI <Marven), . Jan. 5-Chalr· Co.l Nev. 29-Chalrman, H.""Zern; sec· elected ship's delegate. Lists should . man, R. J. Brown; Secretary, M. Klel· retary, A. J. Nelson. Dave Miller · be made up of things needed from ber. New repair list made up and ,,·- 'NJ •hin's dele)!ate. Deck dept.. slop chest in Honolulu. · List will 'be presented to captain. Ship's delegate lockers to be repaired and all othcu maQe up ef men that did not get resigned, Stanley M. Wojten elected. l v .:~ cllecked. Need clotheslines for transpertatlen. Crew extends thanks to the steward DEL SANTOS (Mlsslsslpp.I), Oct. 20 department ,for an excellent New lower passageways. Guards for radia· - • ELIMlll <Marine Carrler.s>, Dec.2'-Chairman, L. Antoine; Secretary, Year'• meal. · tors to be fabricated. Men shipped on Chalrnian, P. Shauger; Secretary, G. Zlellnskl. 112 in ship's fund. No food 25th to receive Hnen all,ewance 9f S6 . FORT HOSKIN CCltles Service> Dec. ts to be given kroo boys and any COALINGA HILLS <Marine), Jan: ' each. Launch schedule. to be arranged ' Hair. ' Two men failed .to :loin ship. I-Chairman, R. T. Gazle; Secretary, One missed . Jn Norfolk, the . othei:- · -Chairman, Peter' DI Capua; Seer..: memb~r doing so ls to be brought up before arrival to coincide with various J ~ mes Roberts. 1st assistant to repair after getting ltls job asslgnmeht . from _tary, Albert W. Dykes. Special vote on charges. · departments' working hours. wa ~ erti g ht doors. J,Jala nce in ship's Houston. Mack D. Brenple resigned of thilnJts to steward department~ es· fund $20. lt was suggested that transas shlp:s delegate, M._ Welcli elected ' peclally chief cook and baker, for COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY . <Vlcpor~ation clause be clarified by patrol· JOHN B. WATERMAN) Dec. 13ship's delegate. Locker broken splepdld service and best df foud. :.._ tor.yl, ~ec. 5-Chalrman,. R. Lay· man at payoff, a nd also to check ArChalrman, Howard Berglne; Secreta ry,' · new int• Dec. 13 and SlOO stolen. Have liad trouble with galley, range ton; Secretary, ' F. G. McQuagge. .Re· t icle 2, Section 55, No. 2 Ca). Jt was L. A. Brown. Repairs progressing. and captain will not take proper steps pair lists submitted. Chief cook's room . requested that eoi;ppany notify crew VAKA <Waterman>, Dec. 27-Chalr· to get it reJ'iilred. No money on needs painting. same lor deck' maln· 24 hours in advance ·of foreign trip. m;i,n, W. It. Mcllveen; Secretary, How· board for draws in Midway. Captain tenance. Fight between wiper and The majority of crew voted that the ward F. Mem:. Repair work requested only allowed $5, claimed he had no oiler to be handled by shore authos:l· food needs imprq,ving. was done: .ship sprayed, hospital . mqney, ~uinps discharge gas, they ties, very little cooperation from cbiet painted, medicine chest checked and leak so baoly, and almost killed the engineer witR deck department. i MARYMAR <Calmar) Dec. 6-Chalr· in good order, new washing machine pumpmari. who was sent down with· ' aboard, all beefs squared away. Coffee . out a ga's mask to' set valves. AB DEL SANTOS (Ml;';ls~l~pll, b,c: 20 man, Guy Walter; Secreta"ry, Elmer . cups not to be left on deck. To ' be -Chairman, L. Antoinei Se:cretilr.y, .went down to get him and gas was so Barnhill. Elmer Barnhill elected ship's brought back to pantry and pantry _,,strong, he co~ld11't do so. ReqlJired Mont. McNa!lb. $12 In ship's fun,d,, tfew . delegate. Christmas decorations were left clean. · ·," . · • special medical equipment .fr11m Mid· hours of OT dlsp'uted. .Mutibn .. .nuUle discussed. Attempting to get a library -'way to save his life . .· Captain wouldn't to have ship lumlgated. to get new ,· from one of the West Coast halls. ANTI NOUS , (Waterman>, Ja!I. 3giye men a hospital slip or allow a gangway as present port side one 11-. Ch-airman• Fre~ . Travis; Secrfitary, . doctor ' aboard. Later ordered men rotten.: _ Lifeboat ·situation ·to be ELIZABETH <Hum Dec. 6 - Chair· Eugene itay. I. B. Ducan, wiper. taken off the 'shil>' so that gas leakage could brought to attention of pat rolman. man, Vellinga; Secret•ry, R. H·e rnan· m. paid off in Genoa. One man· in· 'be • ,fixe<f. ·: When "meri 'returned they Starboard boat hasn:t been able to be dez. Minor repairs should be reported jured in mess hall ·fight. Crew m:ess· .were -restricted tii -shlp for ·r 'e malnder lowered in two·· trlps. Very unsafe. so as to allow sufficient time for the man logged one.. day.+ $tew&..rd depart- ," ,of ahip•s 1tay ln "Midway. -. · - - .., · engineers or mate to order require· ment thinks its unf'ustlfied. Men gei; _. . . '."'· . --,;--; ., . , , · JOSEFINA <L.'I be.rt Y Na\'.lgetl(!.!i), men ts while the ship ls at sea. Two ting off are • requested to strip all . BAL T-ORE <Marven>,· Dec. 31 Dec. 19-Chalrman, J. E. Tann.,, lee• · men were 111iid off at P'uerto Rico. bunks and. leave rooins clean. - ' , Chalrmafi, Stanley' H!>14erv ~.~itcretary, r~tafY1 .. Yf• D. Loma?': ' Due ·to lhe Vote of thanks to t he steward dept, · :,.._...,;.. ~ B. We!'ltworth. »i:erythl.ni Tunnln& , re.fusal of the captal~. to issue a draw for job well done. ,. WINTER HILL 'CCltlH Service), Jan. smoothly. No beefs, •one man· was ·- in Ceuta. the crew ')>Ut in ' for ' OT for • ~Cti_alrman, w. R: James; Se~retary, hospltal,ized 1n· Ven~uela. Cr.ew · ex· • tlie, watc.h l>l!low, ·alnce no . dral( t• . A. frl. f>letrowskl. '.Drain under coffee tend• a vote of thanks ; to t~e chief equal to~ restrlctlon aboard the vessel. , CS MIAMI <Cities Service>; Dec. 1Ship's · fund 16.25. R. F. · Kennedy urn to be le~t open ~Ince It. cl~gs .up · cook for donatlng ·· oysters which were A: few hours '.o f ' iUaput~d Q'l!. Be.ef _ Chalrman, D. E. Shields; Secr.etary, elected as new ship's delega te. Bosun and has to be taken apart. Qne man . 1erved. l\t the .Chtlstmaa dinner: · on 'enelne.er's worklne without 11· call· . H. C. Wirtz. Joseph Bldzllya :elected · 1uggests all members contribute to mls11ed, ship in· Lake . 'Charles. .sailed . ··. ;• - . -· .• . out {>f unlicensed ,Pe/:'sqnnel, and chief ship's delegate. Messroom and laundry purchase necessary Ingredients for thre~ men short last · two trips, be· DEL AL:BA ' (Mi11l11lppll; ·Dec. 1s.:-· · and Jti'lt llsst. - yellhll at wipers. 'Res~ . eggnogs a•Chrlst;naa ,md New Year. are t'o be kept clean. · " cause no rei!lacements came frem Chalrm11n~ Jr. E. barvllle1 . Secretary, .· ' l~tlon :· made that·· a · draw shollld .b e' .i Dayman's gear should be packed and ,/' ; ~· Houston. Stores discussed ,and atew· 0. · O. l"arker. · R •• G: Schram ,wll.9 · Juued •an)!tJme p.n IJfU ehlp dqcks ·and' •· left at the hall. ' DEL AIRES • <MlssJsslppl) Nov • . 22.....,; ..,,ard ha~ order~il •plenty of' everythln& !!Iected -•~P . de~egate, ~oir).e, ~lls~ute_!!' . -;ahore l~~v~ 'i• :1rlinted. ~.ant !o. 'have · now ·• ~ · • · . • ." · OT • . It. ,,a1, au11e1te4 ttiat leach mem· ·~ ·• -,rept enntatlve ofi' • tl)e Food Plan• Chalrm~n, A. ·F. potY'< '5ecr•l.11ry, .John . PE_NN SHIPPER <Penn Shipping c~} .. ·· ·.,:~ ·:A' 1 ·~,· ~~·· ,.~ • .~. .11 _b'e~ 'o t, _th,e · crew. :c1etu,i r(the w'~~ check_ t!J.e ,_,lt,or.ef. •: .l;l!totJ! sal!Jn'g:; to .. ~.' WlilJed. One • ·man ~ ;b,ospltallzed • ;in . ,'; < , .make·. aur-~ of *!te quality and quantlt:r Buenos- Aires.' .Some.· disputed · ;OT. ' It • Dec. '-;-Chairman, A. · Landry; s.,ci:• -_ .., 'r.HI,. CA•JHl ·l't~1·1 . Clt.~m _Jan~ J.::io' - .ina_5hlne •ttei; . U¥.:~ : ·~ " tar~!. D.uke Gardner. Sh!p's fund ,13.10., . • ~palri,lan, ;JH1e · w. Mll.loney1 leer• ·~ · ... - · · x, - - . ' ' : of prOYlldone. Seat in llbrari '1eedJi . . was 1uggcsted that a b.uzzer be ·Jn· tar_y, Jo~ph s. "'°ore. ,Ship;•. i!Uid '" -~L,Cp~ ~ION.lilll- <Alco~>, Dec.. U"'T r.~!'alr. Weevlla rn ·chow.01no ~w:eet · · .~sta'tled in / cre.w.s '!'es~room for stand· ; No b'eefs. steward dep't tq clean recreation room: black gang apd ~~ek ·126,44, S~p"I .deleeate want•. h~ve.-~ ~C:hlilr"!•n, t1(• •w. ~~llil ~cret.a~,. . ,P,,lck) e.1.. _or hot n.iustar,d. nl11ht-~u.n.c!J , · by man and to initall a whl1tle which 1 meet~ •the ablpI .. 1n J, l.lil(e · • ; Cancml~do~ ·A new · 1hlp'1 .<delepte . ·Of. f poor ' quality." · ' ' ' • · • .-:in b• hear«l_ when · · porthole. lire , to clean laundry room. Repair ll1t , a patrolman • • I • ' ' ~ w. Digest Of SIU Ship Meetings ¥ a -· .. t" . ( Post-Holiday Decline .. - 'r. ., ..... �. llatinT 11, IHI' SE .4 P .4 B. E B..S .£ 0 C . ,. .- j ' .. Recently three Isthmian ships were berthed in one day of the Erie Basin terminal in .Brooklyn. He're are some of the crewmen in action aboard them. Six Seafarers take a coffee breather aboard the Steel Architect while ship is at Brooklyn dock. A pair of deckhands wave greetings from their lofty perch aboard S•teel Surveyor. Nobotj.y seems to be diz~y up there. Steel Age pantryman Frank Stirk taps a cup for Hubert Goley, DM. .. L; . )3 r,a,c e; oiler, gets '!needle.d" py: Dr. ·L. LiPpe~t .aboard Architect. Ralph J. Smith, messman, pours for Angel Valdez (left) and John Bo9in, Steel Surveyor. ~hip's delegate. �• :TB Ho~pitalS~t : T'! ,Cl~se; /_- INQUIRING .-SEAE!RER SIU ff1,fs 'Contraet1ng-Out' Are , you waiting for a 'particular run at this time Ti -Houston.Still Prosperou~ �Pase Blena 'Let -'Em .Leatn .fo,Swim' •, . •• .. .. ' ,/ ' .< _R eds May Hunt Own Nose Cones S~afarers manning Suwannee missile ships in the South Atlantic may soon have Russian counterparts hunting nose cones in the Central Pacific. This is one of the implications of. a recent announcement in which the Soviet Union said missile range which would lie on it would fire a ser.ies of new the other ~ide of the globe, and "powerful" space rockets into the Central Pacific sometime between now and February 15. Another factor, as far as Seafarers and other US seamen are concerned,- is· the Soviet's warning to all ships and planes to steer clear of the designated area during the test period. Although the US-with Seafarers playing a prominent r ole_:_has recovered a number of nose cones and data capsules fired from Cape Canaveral, the Moscow announcement did not specifically say that Soviet ships in the area would attempt to recover rocket sections. The Reds did say, though, that after each launching a special fleet of Soviet ships would cruise into the target area to make "necessary measurements." This increased the likelihood that some attempts at recovery might be mal:ie, wtth the . possibility that Red seamen may soon be engaged in their own rocket-recovery competitions, just as Seafarers now are. No Official Prohibition The Soviet announcement urged all governments· to instruct their air and sea craft to stay ·out of the target area, but so far there has been no official US Government prohibition. On . previous occasions, during its own tests in the Pacific, the G o v er n m e n t has warned ships and planes to stay out of the test areas. The target area delineated in the Soviet announcement is about 1,000 miles east of the Marshall Islands, where the US has' also tested nuclear devices.. It is about halfway between Hawaii and New Guinea and about 3,000 miles from the nearest Soviet territorythe port of Vladivostok and the Kamchatka Peninsula north of Japan . . The announcement did not identify the launching site for -the tests, but it was generally believed that the launching site would be somewhere in eastern Siberia. This would give the Soviets a Vote Benefit To Andersen ,- Lakes Outfit Asks OK On Ore Haulage • WASHINGTON - The T. J. McCarthy Steamship Company, a Great Lakes District contracted operator, is asking the Federal Maritime Bo·ard to allow it to continue hauling ore on the Great Lakes until present contracts have expired. McCarthy. is seeking a Federal subsidy enabling it to operate in the Lakes-to-Europe trade which the FMB holds would conflict with its ore-hauling rights in domestic service. -The Maritime Board had earlier decided that, in light of the subsidy request, the firm should stop hauling ore for the Wilson Transit Co. McCarthy, however, argues that the domestic trade in which the firm is engaged is not competitive with other non-subsidized domestic operators on the Lakes. Some time back, the SE.AFARERS LOG suggested that the The steamship operator also American Merchant Marine ·Institute chapge the "A" (for stated that it has an agreement with the Wilson firm whereby the American) in its name to "R" (for· Runaway) in view of the latter won't insist on full perfor· Institute's constant support of runaway operators. Just remance of the contract and won't - NEW ORLEANS-Shipping ' was cently the Institute showed once ag.a in that it is inimical to exercise its option to keep the agreement in effect provided that in the doldrums duririg the previ- an American merchant piarine and is serving as the catspaw· McCarthy performs under the con· ous period, with only 90 men get- of the major oil companies. tract during the open seasons of ting regular jobs, though some of , 1960 and 1961. ~ the~e were · "B" and "C" men. A 'meeting of the AMMI's tanker committee, which conIt was noted by the FMB, howPayoffs reached an all-time low, . ~isted of representatives of virtually all the big 4.mericanever, that McCarthy had purchased but the -Outlook for the coming period is much better. owned international oil companies and officers of the AMMI, four ore ships from Wilson to handle the trade, and if . M<;Carthy One · ship paid oft during the called upon the Maritime Administration to deriy any ~ind of can't contin.ue to carry. the cargo. previous shipping period: tha An- assistance to financially-troubled independent tanlrer operadrew Jackson <Waterman), ~ then Wilson will be obligated to do Two ships signed .on: Alcoa Puri- tors under the American flag. Instead, the group asked that so. Thus the ore carriage in question will not be available to other tan <Alcoa> and Andrew Jackson the independents be driven into bankruptcy and their ships carriers, the Maritime Board stated. (Waterman). b l · h fl d b k t · In iransit were: Alcoa Puritan, e ·put ~to t e reserve eet an .never ro en out. excep m McCarthy is seeking operating . '.• Alcoa Corsair <Alcoa); Seatrain cases. of extreme emergency. (For details, see story on subsidies for 16 to 24 sailings a Georgia, Seatr~jn Louisiana, <Sea- page 2.) y·ear to the United Kingdom and train); Steel Worker, Steel Fabri" the Continent. It has already won cator, Steel Artisan, Steel Vendor Further, just this week, th~ AMMI made it known that it is approval for continuance of its (.Isthmian>; Gateway City, Raphael unalterably opposed to any administrative ruling which Seafarer Lawrence Andersen, 59, auto-ferrying operations. Semmes · <Pan Atlantic>; Suzanne would give American~flag tankers a reasonable share of a charter member of the SIU and a (Bum: Andrew Jackson, Monarch of the Seas, wacosta, Madaket, America's oil impor~. At present, that share is down to less sea-going man since-1931, has been Pick Up 'Shot' Claiborne <Waterman); Ames Vic- than five percent. Dozens of ~S-flag tankers are in lay-up or approved by the SIU ·Welfare Plan tory and Mankato Victory <Victory carrying grain cargoes to keep out of bankruptcy. Card At Payoff Trustees for a disability pension, Carr.>. ' effective retroacSeafarers who have taken the The irony of the situation is !hat the companies squawking tive to January 3, series of inoculations required about minimal G~vernmen_t assistance to.American-flag tank1960. for certain foreign voyages are Andersen will reminded to be sure to pick up ers are the very 1ame outfits which have all kinds of buil~-in receive the $35 their inoculation cards from the special"privilege provided by that same Qovernment. AmQng we e k 1 y benefit captain or the purser when they them are the·special on depletion ·allowances, whch cuf their check, as ap- pay off at the end of a voyage. proved by the taxe~ far below those of oth~r industries; free hand to bring The card-should be picked up trustees at the oil imports lnto the States on tax-free, low-wage r\Jnaw~y by the Seafarer and held so that last meeting. it can be presented when sign- sh~ps "plus insurance guarantees from the US in the event Andersen The veteran ing on for another voyage where of emerge~cy and ·proteetion of the · US Na\,y and US State . Seafarer, who ships as AB, last went to sea aboard the "shots" are required. The Departµient for their ships. the Wacosta . <Waterman). Ill inoculation card is your only For that matter, ')the l~stitute represents to large degree health prevented him from return- proof of having taken the rethose companie$ which are the most heavily-subsidized by ing to his job; as a result he was quired shots. .. . ~ . ' · Those men who forget· to pick unfit /or duty. - Consequentthe US, both as to construction and operation,_yet they would found· ly, he applied for the disability up tlieit' inoculation card when they pay off may find that they deny moves.to s~rengthen an Ameri~-flag tanker fleet at po pension. The .retired Seafarer resides in are required to· take all the cost wpatso'evei: to .the _taxpayer. - . . Ala. Down through the "shots" again when they want -: In · the last . analysis,- its clear that · the AMMI executives Mobile, years he · had· shipped on a wide to sign on for_another s~ch voyand major oil ~ompanies BJ."~ among ~he nu~Jler one enem~eS variety of SIU "\tessels, sailipg age. throughout World War II. of !. .strong merc~ant marine; . _. . ·. . N'-Orleans In Doldruins t • but which would almost exactly parallel the US missile range running from Cape Canaveral to · Ascension Island. a ps ' '· �To the Editor: I have read 'Mlke Gottschalk'• article. and 'several ·about I . othen . the homesteaders and I thought I'd add -a few of my own, personal ideas. ·I would like · to ask what a married Seafarer who has a famui to support, a home, chil· dren in school, etc., Is to do?· And what about the : Seafarer who might ,be tryµig to ·save . SfomaCh trouble sent Seafarer Michael "Mike" Miller to 'the USPHS Hospital in New Orleana, and no·w it looks like he'll have to have an opera"tion. Mike. la~ sailed as ·a .cook and steward on llie SS Alice Brown, and before that shipped• on the Atlantic.. Very stoically, he says "What is to be, will be." . _ . _ - Also down New Orleans are Seafarers Leroy Clarke, Jtlchfr4 Carillo, Accurso Bontl and Nelson Wood. Brother Clarke's last · ship ·was the Del Norte-. He's doing fine after having a 16-lnch cut on his stomach for an operation, and ls up and· around talking about being an outpatient soon. · Letters -·To· ,The Editor, Bonti _ Wood Clarke . In for a thorough examination after having taken sick on his last voyage is Seafarer Richard Carrillo. His last ship was the SS Del Mar. An oldtimer, he has sailed mostly on passenger ships with tJte exception of trips on freighters during the American Coal beet As Brother Carrillo s·ays: "It's probably the mileage." . A broken leg sent Seafarer Accurso Bontl to the hospital. His· last ahip was the Waldo. "Things wouldn't be too bad if I get Inl> :Jst payoff from the Waldo ... but its a W~rld Tramping ship." The payoffs have been delayed by US seizure of the ships. Seafarer Nelson Wood, whose last ship was the Steel Admiral, had a heart attack but is now doing fine. He looks forward to being able to get UIT"and around soon. Seafarers on the beach or on shore leave are asked to remember their buddies in the hospitals and visit them, or drop a line to say hello. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard Davis .John Nordstrom S . Fauntleroy Dennis Pierce Eusebie Gherman Edgar Smith Gorman T. Glaze .Jose Soares Robert Godwin A . Stracclollnl James Macunehuck John ·Zohll Anthony Maiello VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. · Maurice J . Flynn · USPHS HOSPITAL • llRIGHTON. MASS. . Bartolo Cr11. ~ William McKenna Elmer Grose Raymond ,Perry Peter King USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS William Brown George Trapeza1 Lawrence Floyd .JOR Valenzuela George Howard .John Ward Herbert Kennedy USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Ernest Bryant David McCollum Cleo Copeland Andrew Sproul Carl Hargraves JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MI.\j'fU, FLORIDA . · Arthur King · . USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Cecil Batts . Edwin Thomas Farris M. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Hilarlon Aqulo Roland Hicks Edward Atkins Edward Hulzenfa Eug ene Ben( Richarll Kohls Richard Carter Abraham Mander1 Norman DuBois Frank Schembri :""!'.\Diel Gemeiner Norman West USPHS HOSPITAL SF..ATI'LE, WASH. I. P. Balderston Cornelius Meher USPHS HOSPITAL FT. WORTH, TEXAS Richard Appleby Max Olaon B. F . Deibl~r Joseph P. Wi.M Woodrow Meyers Peter W . Sotlre Albert Ogletree . HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL TORRANCE, CALIF. Edward 0. Johnson US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL W A~HINGTON, DC · Wm. H . Thomson VA HOSPITAL CENTER HOT SPRINGS. SO. DAKOTA All lette'l'1 to · the editor fO'I' publication in the SEAFAR· ERS J.-OG 'm wt be afgned b11 the writer. Names t.Oill be withheld upon f'~quelt. Calvin Cr.a.btree, pantryman aboard the Alcoa Ranger, loolt1 after something on the range. Seafarer- Crabtree lives in Mobile, Alabama, when he's not shipping._ in)urles, both Internal and· external, af •the USPHS .hospital · on Staten Island, wJ)icli has all the faclllties forrauch ·an exami lfation. _ In the meantime I want o take this opportunity to thank :Brother Skaggs for visiting me . in the hospital overseas. Honorable mention should also - go to all my shipmates on tbe Suzanne for their many kind:nesses~ Brothers Horace Mobley and Israel Echeverria iri particular, were especlaHy helpful. Also, thanks to·-the crewmemhe.rs who had the rare pr~sence of mind, to-. take candid shots at the scene of th~ accident. , Most of all I want to wish all my brother Seafarers i Very Merry Christmas· and a 1fappy New Year. L. Co~ Clarence ,, . wliile. ; t t ' Broken Wrli&t Stops.Seafarer · To the _Editor: ' .1 ! ' My New Years ,Resolution ls enough money to buy. a home or to stay· 'out of bori"e war!!s; ·a1' small business or some money ' tbougli we are all well treated for a few comforts after re-. here.. The feeding .plan leans tirement? pretty heavily on fats, - gravies No one, who stops and glv~11 and pretty waitresses. th_ought to the matter, would Whil.e carrying a mo'tol' and ,. . say that a man is not entitled to pump frame, I slipped on a the above if he - ls wlHlng to ladder. ·I was okay but ·the work and sav~ and not hurt his- frame and 1ngle·lron came down brothers while · accomplisliing across my forearm and wrist. I . his aim. broke one wrist bone and "disloWell you sure can't accom- cate somi;} others. ·Fortunately, plish any of the above if you I am ht-aling nicely. · USPHS HOSPrl'AL MANHATI'AN BEACH have to pile <5ff a ship every few The plaster cast Is no ·handlBROOKLYN. NY months. Can It be that a l:Jnion • c·ap and I am now able to write Matthew Bruno Ludwig Kristiansen brother is ~rying to trump up a letter with my right band. G. Caratlallo Thomas Lebay Leo V. Carreon PrimlUvo Muse something to knock eyery m!ln The df>Ctor 1nlbts that wrist .Jeremiah O'Byme Wade Chandler • In the cotirse of a little more off a ship after - ~ year? There ·bones recluire more time to . .Joseph D. Cox George G. Phifer than a month, we have,. 11:1 rapid .John .J. Driscoll Henry E. Smit h are Instances, but ~hey are very · heal than straight bone breaks Otis L. Glbbs Almer S. Vicker1 rare, in which a man should be so unless I knit unusualiy fast' succession, celebrated Tha11ksgivBart E. Guranick Lu&her .E. Wlnf taken off a ship, ~~ I'm quite the doctor says I'll be . In he~ Taib Hassan Pon P . Wi.ilg ing, Chris~mas and the New Yef!!'. John J. Hazel R. E. Waterfield sure th"at H it is legiti~ate , and for two ·months. The accident William D. Kenny_ The LOG has rece.lved a large . properl:y handled by the crew . occurred ·10:30 AM at Bremer· USPHS HOSPITAL number of menus from well-stuffed · use~,-the Union ~ffic.als wlll go haven, while the s.h.lR w~B ~ady-:-· _ STATEN ISLAND, NY Seafare~s with requ~sta to reprint · along with Sl!~h. • Ing itself for its c!epartua:e to Ake Anderson Frank .llazet Allie Androh Marco. E. Medina said menus for the benefit of all In the SIU, 10· an~ port in the New Orleans. The port captain Oscar J . Adams Felix Muniz · to see. ·East or; West coast, or Gulf, a~y said tha~ I wiU be able to return Charles Berpgna Ray 0. Noak Robert W . Bunner_ Eugene OJeca member can make one, tw.o or on a company ship. Needless to"'.' Unfortunately, there are so many .Joaquin Cortez Chao A. Pao any number of trips, pay off and say th.iS hospital business is a Claude L. Davis Wallace Perdue :Jr. on · hand now that if they were William M. Drew William R. Phi}ip register, !lnd sjtip wi~ln a few ne.; experience. printed they. would make In edi· Wm. P . Driscoll · PhWip Pron weeks, or eve~ a few days if lie John P. Forsette . , tion larger than the New York Jesus Fernandez Angel Reyes .. · .. .. .is lucky. . Michael A. Filosa Peter Richter telephone directory. So as the nex~ Walter Gustavson John L. Roberts Personally; I :be 11 e v•e our - . . ... -:: ... ... best measur-e, we are .,r, h iting the Luis Gutierez Manuel Sanchez who1e set-up•1s the best, as ·far. . Penn Voyager Alfred Kaju Juan "Jll. Soto names of some · of the ships that D. -Kambano1 . T. A. Spencer . as shipping rules, 8 hip p Ing- H ••. 'ste . ... sent ·in outstanding 'menus. James Kelly Fernando Tiaga . turnover, benefits, vacations a1 • war-us Edward Lane Benjamin Trot&le Th~ menus were q~i~. similar ana everythiiig else is con- To ~he Editor: -_, ·chas. A. MacDonald Claude A . Virgin Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruef ... turkey and roast beef were Jn- · cerned. I see no reason for any I am the ship's delegate and Ernest G. Manley cluded on all of them • • • and chang~ whatsoever. , am· writing this letter on behalf USPHS HOSPITAL fr.om the '"looks and size of the Dick SimPIOD of the crew and myself. We : NEW ORLEANS, LA. shipboard ·feasts, from the· shrimp would like to praise itie steward Thomas E . Andrews Leo Lang Edward P. Avrard Clyde P. Leggett cocktails to the ·after dirtner minti, ·~ ~ t depar:tment for being' tops . in Accurso Bontl Irvin mtthew1 the .)!Q.Oks . ~ust have , pro.d'!ced Praise~ Ne11YS, l their field and for J)eing wonRoderick Broqlts Michael MUJer monum~ntal dinn~ that would be Sevando .J. Cll'nale1 Amtel Mitchll:e <ie'l'ful, not onty at c'hristmas Cleo Mixon R. B. Carrillo the envy of patrons of the more Sends·R•gards and. Thanksgiving, but throughG. W. Champlin _ John Naugle e~pensive restaurants ashore .. Leroy Clarke George Pease To the Editor:' out the whole trip. Lavern -Coats Francis Regan I wish to 'thank you very ·The members of the stewar.d · Some. of the menus received : William Coj111t1 Edwin Reynoldll much for sending me your won- department are: .Steward, B• .'A,. Hugh Dick M. -Rodriguez were from: .John Fr.ench Gosta Roupe detful .Paper. I sure do look for- Baa; chief -cook, J. A. Shear SS Ble~vllle; SS Pandora;· ,SS Charlie A. Gedra Antonio Santiago ward to,receiving it and reading baker.. J. wmonghly; 3rd cook, W. L. Griffin Cyril Sawyer · Alcoa Corsair; US~ Roeeknot't Wade B. H arr ell Henry S t . Germain It, as I have· to stay fo the house E. Ba)'be;· crew mess, R. Dalley; and SS Peon Voyager. All of the Harry R. Hebert Chu. Summerell most of ·the ·time on account-of pantry . utility; ·J. Ji0mor; RO Ner es Johnson David William• galley gangs on. these ships re:. Edward Knapp Nelson Wood a heart condition brought on mess~a~. S. Ginsberg; and BR, ceived hearty thaiiks from the Norman Krumm by my late husband's death~ T•.Tonucle. 1 • • • crews for top-notch holiday feedMT. Wll.SON ST4TE HOSPITAL Again, I than~k you so very Harry Diddlebock - BALTIMORE, MD. ing. ·much and good luck t9 you and o\; t. 4;. George Davhl .If[ll®lOO· . LfrOOL§ ~mill~ ~1r~rn~ ~ ...... . / • '• so ~ ~a!~~··M~rry -Christmas .and . Likes. LOG;; · 0 ·LOG-A ..RHYTHM: '' a Happy New · .. / ' · Time : ----·I' b too slow, 'for thosti who . wait . . ... j • ,.t .. Too short jo'I' those who. ·rejoic~. . ' 1 '. ? ·' ; But. for those . iuhi> sail, Time is eternity. ' j- ·a'{t.f Prais.es. s1v~ ~. I To the Edltorj . , · · . , , t ' t ,t · Sure enjoy ~getting the LOG I. + d ~' \. regularly ... :·.',keep u.P.. the' good I ns COUS_ en S " . work· l et all Seafarers back atfd Gre·e tl ngs ; , ' SUPP,,~'rt a fine.., oi:ka11-i~atio~ .iike ~~ th!' t;dHor:, ._. ·. t~r SIU-: ,<\.. cJ;l~erf~~ }o.lJ~ay.. Ha~ng rett~rned home .~ter.. . s~.son _t,o ~Jl.. · ... ,. a three-week stay at the hospital W.- IJeDl'J' mAden, Arabia, -I am conv.alesc_ «- t · ., t ·· . t~(( i r.9m -. i,r~ken anklt:, a bit- . Seasdn ~s Best: ,. . t~n to~~tt~ ,~nd ~n ipj':'1'ed tan: "-:;.. ... . i. · · ~, . ·'.' _,one suSj;ained ·while a ' crew- ,__ I '~, :Ill& 1.1 1' • -·. 1. . m ember abpard the Suzanne.. . "To ' the~, :gdltor: , . I ··. I . ' , At my first ·oppo,:-tuh ity, I ex- · .. Mer,cy .,Ch'r~stmas ,, 1md,. H~ppy pect to'· teturn •to New York for N.ew Y~a1" to 'tlie'11 0fftcers and · a thorough ·check-up .to deter- ,) !;embers of ojlr UniQn. ; .:· · . :,. tmine".-theO' - full r extent of• my ~. ·: ". " Morris .L!M. SCha plro •• • . ·s yule *' Too swift for tho1e wh:o f ear Too .long for those who griev1 ~ . l'ear to all~. ·Mrs. c. R. Y.ackes • ~.' , · • t 10 .t • 1' ,.... )j, ' 1 ' J • • •I �:New.Haltln :Jacksonvilltt· The office at the left is that of the Port Agent William "Red" Morris•. - At the righ~ top i1 hardworking Union secretary Mrs. George Truesdale and at-the right bottom is Charlie , .Thompson, Morris' assistant, qnd Mrs. Truesdale. The SIU set up an office in Jacksonville because of the heavy traffic in .that port ~gYH<f by th, missile · ships.: · The "SIU-contracted Suwannee Steamship Company, which operate the mi55ile-ship fleet · ·on the South Atlantic range, has its company headquarteriin Jadcsonville. Ph~tos by "Big John" W,;nderlich. ·" ·"' LOG-A-Rl;IYTHM: Atlantic "City Tank-Clean.ipg_? TheY've Had It Seafarer Charlie Wiggins Reports On Dirty Work I ---B:r Walt Bentkowlld _ __, ' The Atlantic 1Cit11 Wu a rust11 old pot That sailed the seas With the f'est of her lot. I .,. She'd caru a loqd Wa11 ouer her decks And 1tiU keep in time With all the old wreckl, The .. 1mokestack tuas dirt11, The ~int waa all -r>ots The engin~ .{iroaned, She made but eight -knot• The wheel on the bridge Appeared to be 1tuck . Some even .wore _ . It tO<U from a Mack truck ••• While 1ome 1ailor1 acorn, 2'he 1eaa ma11 1tm mourn · An aging hull; With a ~nuty old m:aat , . With nothing left But a f orootten put ••:.• ,. .' It" happens that I am on a tanker that has mucked tanks two trips in a ·row. in a wand..waving message from headquarters we were called upon to clean the tanks three days 1rom Aruba. The deck gang turned to, working day and night and made it just ln time to tie up at San Nicholas. Wheh the pay off came, the aches and pains, sweat and blood, became djm memories because it was ~ job well done and this was easily conftrmed as 10 even by the MET <Most Exacting Taskmaster). It can also, as In most cases, line this a job to put behind you as not likely to happen agafn for a while. 'Good Newa! · We discharged at a northem port and some us happily handl!d over the money we collected to our several (or one, · darling) loyalties and then back to ship it was where we were ' · by Ben. Graham I ':' ,, • i> greeted with· good news · - we different port and there was ·no knots, mumbling the news and were to muck tanks once more. need to clean tanks. trembling in cold sweat from 'As might be well · imagined, Can you see us there? All the night breezes and the chathe enthusiasm had somewhat sopped with oil, sweat, cuts, grin within us; even from the diminished. There was more bruises and nerves strung like Most Exacting Taskmaster to time though, or so it seemed, missiles at Canaveral ... ready the lowly ordinary. See us now gathered in a and we agreed to bring out any to explode at the least rumor? group on the deck, and at the of the ·crew who cared to .work Can you se'e us getting this peak of our exasperation one which mollified the "deck gan$, news, we gallant messengers to _ of the wipers calls out: whose nerves had begun to wear Garcia? Can you imagine the "What do we do with this little thin. messenger to Garcia being recrap on the deck?" - By the time we had buttercalled a few minutes before his A high-humored deck hand worthed and bottom-washed and arrival? replies: "Hen; · we'v~ got to were ready to muck we were . Perhaps you can understand shovel It all back into the ru·nning the Florida straits. Bethen how we felt. Perhaps you tanks." cause f'f the risk of black-oiling can us gathered in little ...u those "tanfastic" fannies in + ..- - - - - - - - - - -'- - - - - - - - - - · - - - - - - - . play-land, we were _forced to LOG-A-RHYTHM: dump our buckets of rich, black ooze on the deck. a see Stop What You Did. We worked all that day and Into the night and had ourselves .a sizable load · along the bul-. warks when around ten .o'clock, the wand-wavers sent a chaf!ge · of orders: we · were to go to a Knows His Peas AndBarbeques·. .G hosts By M. Kehrwied.er You've .sailed f'O'und the world and found it exotic When you· ~w what y'ou liked, you walked up and bought it; Life was ' exciting, each day brought anew, More ginmills to frequent, more new things to do. You lived' ·t~ the fullest, .drank dregs from the cup And promised youraelf you would never giVe up. The fun J/ou were having, the conQuctSts you ni.ade, Were kic~ to rem.ember, ( liou forgot that you paid). When seafarer ffugo .Murray, a bosun, ls ashore, he spends a lot One day you discovered no new place to go _of his time in the kitchen cooking, Besides you _were .busted, had been rolled for youf' dough. so when he beefs about the chow Y~m. decided to visit a hou~ you'd once been aboard ship, he knows what he's Although you had StoOrn you would never again. talking about. He cooks by choice, and not beYou were made welcome :t>µt the scene was all wrong cause his -~ife, who may, be busy No . blar in g tnusic, n~ risque song . .tak!ng care of. thefr three daughYou wanted to drink, but her bar wa&n't there . tei:s. ilJBists on it. The <;orner was taken by a crib and high-chair. Murray : jlJst enjoys fooling You walked over to peek, and chanced to behold ~round with fancy dishes and ad: Yourself staring back, so "brazen ·and bold," mits, "I do.n't claim to be a professional, but I -can make a mean You wanted . o $Wear, or maybe to Cf'l!• barbecue sauce." Murray has never I really suspected a· tear in your eye._ worked as a cook and, in fact, has You ioef'e told very gently, but firmly as could be refused to sail as a member of the galley because that would "take · ' 'Though you · planted an acorn, you won't harvest the tree," the fun ·out of cooking." Sail your ships in the gimnills a nd have your wom en at aea, · The most interesting thing that This crib . holds seven :wonder s-of-the-world, and he belongs n~. Murray has seen during' his 20 years·at sea was a r ecent sea r escue ..- - - - - - - - ·- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - He saw · an injured man removea Jobless from the Bents Fort by a heli- ' seafat_ers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while copter for the first time. on the beach . waiting to ship are urged to stay put and av.old changh1g their mailing addresses if they want to continue re··ceiving their checks regtrlarly. Several Seafarers have al.ready experienced interruptions of- from three to five· weeks in getting their next check after they notified the state unemployment offices ·that' they had moved and changed their mailing address. , An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing con!'liderable hardship to th~ ,men involved. _ '.• •·tr I ,; !:i • . - • if ,l '· /. • • .. r to ·. H. · ~~ Stay Put For Pay i �• Says Welfare Plan 'Tops' To the 'f:ditor: The membership hospitalized here at the USPHS, Manhattan Beach wish to express their sincere thanks to the Union for the many contributions the SIU has made to them ttiis past Christmas s e a s o n. The $25 gifts,- the cigarettes which were given to each of us, and the beautiful ·fl or a i decorations which graced this institution Letters To The Editor All Letters to the editOT for publication in the SEAFAR· ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon f'equest. ... went a long way in bringing about a great. deal of happiness. It is unfortunate that you could not personally have seen the 18-foot tree and l i g h ts which were set up on the hospital lawn. To see it at night against a background of snow was something none of us will forget for a long time. Two large wreaths adorned the front of the main building, but in the opinion of many, the beautiful plants on the chapel altar wera the best donation of alL Gestures such as this are by no means new to the SIU, and we know that it is mainly your devotion to our Union and your love for your fellow men that makes our · organization the leader in its field. In closing, I would be remiss if I did not tell you · that we at this hospital are fortunate in having for our Headquarters representative Brother E. B. McAuley. "Mac" has been coming here all year and in our opinion has done an outstanding job. We are also aware that his performance is typical of all . th~ members of your excellent staff. Again , our sincere thanks and best wishes for a happy and ·prosperous New Year. John Driscoll t. t t Says Blood Bank A 'Must' For All To the Editor: My mother arid I wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the Seafarer's Welfare Plan for their prompt and considerate attention pertaining to my mothers hospital and doctor bills. She underwent a kidney-stone , operation and is now doing fine. Another important factor is the prompt replacement of blood used. Many 'thanks to the Seafarer's Blood Bank. All the ·. brothers should make It a "must" to contribute b 1o o d whenever possible, for you never realize how important it is until one of your family ~ ill and is in need of it. Also many thanks to Joe Campo in the port of Philadelphia. He is untiring in his efforts· to ~elp anyone who comes to see him. Without his help, many of us would find the going rough. Mrs. Sophia San.Ir Alexander Szmlr ;.\; - .to t Wants JD Cards For Dependents. . To the Editol': I feel that the Welfare Plan should issue identification cards to all our dependents. I say this for simple reason that if one of ihem has to go to the hospital and says that ·be or she belongs to our Welfare Plan, many times the people at the hospital say they never heard of it and · then a lot of telephone calls and red tape becomes necess~ry. Why not make it _easy for everyone by having the Welfare Plan issue an identification card. I would like the membership to vote on this. G. Castro t . ;.\; 'Buttering-Up' A Rc:i~eid ·Cap·tOin (~d. Th• legs and hummed the old chantey ''The times are hard, the wages low. Leave her Johnny, leave her." The chief mate, with the fld under his Reading your drydoek column arm, went aft with a rolling makes me recall the time that gate. I escaped from a hospital in Then I went aft too, and asked the captain to see the Peru back in 1913. We had been C<!_DSUl. He re·f{141ed. away a long time on a voyage from London to Santos to New,. · "All right,'( I said, "I have a castle, Australia io Mixillones, piece of rust in my •eye and Chile, and to Callao, bound for have to see the doctor.." Lobos de Tiena to load guano "All right,'' he said, and Jn for Antwerp ~ound the Horn. conspiracy with the chief mate, In the bark Dovenby it Calput me in a hospital at sundown . . · 1ao, lying at anchor in tl~e 9pen I didn't have a particularly roads, I was then somewhat of pleasant night there in the hosa leader of the seamen on • pital . . • a dying man groaned b9ard, the ringleader of sorts. all night, bells tinkled every Then one morniDg, lUce a bolt ho.ur on the hour, nuns and out of the blue, we refused to nurses prayed at the altar there tum to!· Our butt~r was rancid. all the time . • • The chief mate hurried forEarly the next morning, the ward and, armed with a big fid, doctor came Jl)aking his rounds. went for us like a bull. We sat He looked at my eye, .said on the fore hatch, swung our nothing, and quickly passed on · note: f'eminiscenc~ following waa submitted -bt1 R. J. Peterson a veteran seaman and retired skij>per.J . Tree At Sea t- Seafare rs Help · Indian Union To the Editor: Please r e p r i n t this letter demonstrating our assistance to the Seafarers of India. National Union of Seafarers of Indi~. 4 Goa Street, Ballard Estate Fort, Bombay I, India Dear Sirs: We wish to donate 166 rupees to your Union, hoping that it will help your organization in its difficulties. Respectfully yours, Crew SS Bulk Leader ;.t.. t t Seafarer Praises Jersey Bar To the Editor: Several members have aske:f me to write recommending a newly-opened bar in Union City, New Jersey and asking that a copy of the LOG be sent there. It is ·a family operated affair, owned by Tom Reilly and his daughter Edith-a friendly welcome is pi-omised to all, fair prices, and he has a heavy hand with the night lunch. · J. C. Arn-old i i ~ Del Muodo Men nonate Gifts To the Editor: Would you please print a note ·of appreaiation for the gifts donated to the tubercular patients here at the Hospital at New Orleans from the crew of the SS Del Mundo. The Patients ·luUtT 11, HM S E .4. P A. R E R S ·-£ 0 G Seafarers on the Calmar Line ·freighter Alamar set their Christmas tree up in a rather unusual place for this season's festivities, and the word "up" is used advisedly, or so Seafarer J. 0. Miller tells us. They set the tree in the foremast truck, where it towered high above all the other tre~s around in the harbor. The deck department rigged it up, and the engine room took care of the lighting. Photo by L. 8. H?gge. Turned Down OT? Don't Beef On SS Headquarters wishes to remind Seafarers that men who are chposy about working certain overtime cannot expect an equal number of OT hours with the rest of their department. In some cr:ews.. men have been turning down unpleasant OT jobs and . then demanding to "OTT!e up with equal overtime when the easier jobs com,e ·101 :,. This prac~ce is unfair to Seafarers who take OT job!" as they come. The general objective is to equalize bT as mu r:~ as possibJe but if a man refuses disagreeable jobs there is no equirement that . when an easier job· comes along he can malr · up the overtime he turned down before. .BERMUDA SNOR'IS/ YOU LOOK GREAT - I OIDN 1T THINJ{ YOU'D WEAR 'EM ••• to the next patient. The head nurse then came ~y. gave me a hospital shlrt and put me to bed •. -. "por una semana,'' as ah• satd, which means for ·a week. It then struck me that the ship was leaving the next day and that I was to be left behind and paid off. I watched for mY chance, jumped out of the bed, ran to the locker, got my clothes, dressed in a hurry, and sneaked out of the gate. By the time they discovered I b<1d left the . hospital, it was , too late to stop me. · . At the .waterfront I called up the consul and told hi"' about the butter and the trouble. He told me to go to the ship ·chandlers to meet with him and return witJ:t him to the ship in the captain's boat. . The captain, when he saw ml, was extremely disappointed. My ~hipmates received me with exclamations of joy . . . they said they got fresh butter. . r, .. >: SIU. HALL DIRECTORY .. SIU, A&G Distrid Great Lakes Distrid SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY·TREASURERS W . Hall, Deck c. Slmmon1. Ena. E. Mooney, Std. I. Volplan, Joint BALTIMORE .. . ... . . 1218 E. Baltlmore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON .. . ... . ..... .. .•.. . . 276 State St. G. Dakin, Aeling Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON ... . . . ...... . . .. . 4202 Canal St. R. Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-408< MIAMl . . r ·· ..... ·.... . 74' W. Flagler St. Louis Neira, Agent FRanJtlln 7-3564 MOBILE . .... . . .. .. • I South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2·175'! NEW ORLEANS . ... . .. .. 523 Blenvme· St. Llnd4ey WWlam1. Agent Tula ne 8626 NEW YORK . ...••. 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn . HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK : .. . : .. ........ 418 Colley Ave. J. Bullock. Agent MAdison 7-1083 PlULADELPHiA . .•• , •••• . 337 Market St. S. Cardullo, Agent Market ·7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO . ... .•. . 450 Hamson St. >Marty Brelthoff, Agent Douelas 2·5475 SANTURCE, PR . . 1313 Fernandez Juncos. · Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996 JACKSONVILLE .. 920 Main . St., Room 200 William Morria, Agent l!:Lgin 3-098'1 SEATl'LE .. ...... .. ...••..• 2505 lit Ave. Ted Babkowskl, Agent Main 3-4334 TAMPA .. . .•. .. . 1SOS:.1e11 N. Franklin St. B. Gonzalez. Acting Agent Phone 2·1323 WILMINGTON, Calif . .. .. 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphrie1, Agent Terminal 4-2528 HEADQUARTERS . . . . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. ALPENA ..•.•••••••••••. ... 127 River S&. · ELmwood 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY .• •••••••• .. . 914 Main St. GRant :1728 CLEVELAND- ••••••••••. . 1420 W. 25 St. llAin 1-0147 DULUTH ..• •••••• .. . 821 W. Superior St. • Phone: R.andolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. . .... . : . PO Box 281 ELgln 7·2441 MILWAUKEE ..••. .. . 833 S."" Second Ave. , BRoadway 2·3039 RIVER ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson, Ave. Mich. Vlnewood 3-4'141 SOUTH CffiCAGO .•••• •. 9383 Ewing Ave. SAglnaw 1-0733 TOLEDO . . . .......••••.•. 120 Summit St. CHerry 8·3431 SUP HONOLULU .•• . 51 South Nimitz Highway PHorie 502·777 NEW ORLEANS .. . ... ~ . 523 Bienville at. Jackson 5-7428 · NEW YOR~ . .•••••. 875 4th Ave., Brooklyn · HYacinth 9-8605 PORTLAND •••••••••••. 211 SW Clay St. ·CApitol 3-4336 SAN FRANCISC0 . ...... . 450 Harrison St. Doug)A1 2-8363 SEATl'LE ................. . 2505 lit Ave. Main 2-0290 WILMINGTON ••••••••• . 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 5-661'1 . " .. Canadian Distrid FORT WJLLIAM .. . .•. . 406 Simp1on...St. OntarioPhone: 3·3221 HALIFAX N.S •• . .. . ..•.. 128~ Hollis St. Phone 3-8911 MONTREAL . .••.. 834 St. James St. West · Victor 2-8161 QUEBEC ... . ... • ... . 4' Sault·au·Matelot Quebec LAfonlalne 3-1569 THOROLD, Ontario . .••. . 52 St. David St. CAnal 7-5212 TORONTO, Ontario .••• .. 272 King St. E. EMplre 4-5719 ST. JOHN, NB ... . 177 Prince William St. ox 2·5431 VANCOUVER, BC . . . . . . .. . 298 Main St. MFOW . BALTIMORE . . . . . 1216 Ea1t Baltimore St. EAstern 7·3383 HONOLULU .. . . 58 North Nimitz Hlghwa)' PHone 5-60'1T NEW ORLEANS .. ••••• . 523 Bienville St. MAenolia CMot NEW YORK •••••••••. 130 Greenwich St. COrtland 7·709' PORTLAND . ... • •••• . 521 NW Everett St•. CApltol 3-7297-8 SAN FRANCISC.O . •••.••. 240 Second St. DOugla1 2-4592 SAN PEDRO .••••••••••. lli6 We.t 7th St. TErmlnal 3-4485 SEATl'LE . . . .••••••••. 2333 Western Ave. MAln 2-63» MC&S HONOLULU :..:..· .51 South Nimitz High"taY PHone 5·1714 NEW ORLEANS ...•••. . 523 Bienville St. · RAmond 7-428 NEW YORK .•••.. 875 4th Ave .• Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 POR'!'LMrn . , •••• •• •••• . 211 SW Clay St. CApltol 7·3222 SAN FRANCISCO .•••••. 350 Fremont St. · EXbrook 7-5600 SEATI'LE . .• •••••••••••· .lsos - 1st Ave. . MAio 3-0088 WILMING'.ror-· . . ..... - •. 505 M;irlne Ave. TErminal 4-8538 ~· =·'em: .. . LETTERS ~- Send: to ·the· -----·-··~1 LOG - I • ' ~\ I . I �, 8 .E A. p ·A.·lt E. ll· !J ·I.. 0 G. ,__... • ------------------------.... ............ .-....;.;..................................... ..,... Well-Traveled. Strikebreaker SIIJ BA'BI. ~RRIVALS~ ~. . All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity . benefit plus ci $25 bond from the "!Jnion in the baby's name: . DlSPAJ:CH _ Ana Elena Collazo, born December 16, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Collazo, New York City. 1 . The deaths of the . foUOwtng Seafarera ha~e been ieporte~ to the Seafarera Welfare . Plan: - Louie T._ MeGo,ran, 56: .Brother tal, Staten Island, NY, last Septem. 't ;t. t McGowan passed away from injur- ber, of thrombosis. He is survived · Ning Vally Lin, born August 13, ies Jn - Savann.ah, by his wife. Place of burial was · 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Quey Ga., last Octobew St. Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford, Sing Lin, New York City, He h a d Mass., which was Brother Moriar28. ;\;. ;t. <\:. ~ _'Served Jn the en- ty's home town; Donna Marie Cole, born Decem· . . '~ ~ ;~ l gine department ber 14, 19!)9, to Seafarer an·d Mrs. · • of the SIU since . · Luther; R • . Miiton, 53: Br9ther Robert Lee Cole, Jacksonville, Fla. 1955. Surviving .Milton died . of a t ;t. t him Js his . wife~ heart attack this Anne Roper Houehins, born NoEuclise,,ot S~van-' 'j, s 'i November vem ber 8, 1959, to Seafarer · and , h1th, Ga. - Buri~~ .17- while at sea Mrs. Clarence M. Houchins, Axton, ....,.~~~~._. was in . the same aboard· the SS Va. city. . ·Azalea City. A Oregoh unionists snapped . photo of prof,ssional scab William ~ ;\; ;\; native of Roa-n-' Patricia Ann Howton, born DeIBeano) Glover as he was h·eaded for work on the · strikebound Frederit1k ·Dfekow, "17: An SIU 0 k e, v a., he cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and 'Portland Oregonian" with his wife Justine (14fft) and strikebreaker ateward i,ince ' l9.~9, Brother Diekow joined the SIU In V. Howton, Houston, Mrs. Marshall Patsy Moore. Glover has a long record of scabbing on struck died of cerebral ' 1947, serving in .Tex. newspapers in such far-flung places as . Westchester County, New thrombosis, in Ft. the · engine det ;t. t York; Zaneiville, Ohio; Ypsilanti, Mich.; Haverhill, Mass. and Lauderdale, Fla., partment. Survtving him Is his Kenneth Lee Hugg, born NoH.ouston, Texas. wife. lie was laid to rest at RoanI.as t September. . vember 30, 1959, to Seafarer and He was buried at oke <Va.) Cemetery. Mrs. Newton A. Hugg, Jr., Slidell, D a d e Memorial La . Park, Miami, Fla. .t ;t. ;t. ~lnutes . His · wife, ElizaPerry Alan McLemore, born Nob e t b~ survives vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and him. · · Mrs. Casper McLemore, Phila, In order to assure accur~te , ~ t , ~ Miss. J. Wagner, . Enrique TorDonald John L. Whisman digests of shipboard meetings Lawrence G. Moriarty, 31: Broth- in the LOG, it is desirable that ;t. ;t. ;t. Please contact your wife at ·2089 res, Kenneth Olsen,' James Mcer Moriarity had sailed in the en- the repOl'ts of shipboard be Market ·St., San Francisco , 14, Mahon, Desil"e Le Berre, Kenneth Remy Joseph Maas Ill, born Degine department since ·1955. He typed if at all possible. Calif. .. K. Kem1Jl!s, Arthur G~etaniello, cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and passed away at the USPHS hospiRaymond Buckman, Benjamin S. Mrs. Henry J. Maas Jr., New OrFine, Ernest T. Squires, Guillermo leans, La. John Price ;t t t Please contact Miriam · and O'Neill, Charles Henkenius, GerRita Ortiz, born December 15, .Whitey Benzuk, formerly of 1204 ald 0. Blegel. 1959, · to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert t t t Louis St., Camden, NJ, at 1562 Ortiz Jr., Galveston, Tex. , Frank Sarmento . Bradley Ave., Camden 4, NJ. Tel.: Please ge.t ·in touch with Mr. ;t. t t WO.odlawn 6-2125. Salano, 1581 Pitken Ave. Tel: DI Steven Craig Smith, born No.t ~ ~· 2-0971. . vember 10, 1959, to Seafarer and Paul E. Sabo Mrs. John F. Smith, Covington, La. t t t Please contact your mother. Ad- · John H. Murray . t t ;t. dress: 2277 W. 4lst St., Cleveland Important you contact your son, Norman Stanley Noian, born No& 13, Ohio. care of Gerner. ·Same address as vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and . t t t previously. Mrs. Stanley W. Nolan, Galveston, Rudy Maples Tex. Write Floyd Williams, 1170 t t t Union, Mempbis, Tenn., or call Joseph Edmund Klondyke, born BR ,i-8143 in Memppis. TO SHIPS .IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN November 27, 1959, to Seafarer and if. ~·t .AND S~UT~ .AME,RICAN ' WATERS Mrs. Joseph Klondyke, New OrCrewmembers leans, La. SS Steel Advoea&e t ;t. t WILMINGTON - Shipping was Feb. 6 to May 15, 1958 Celes.t e Lorraine Pizzitolo, born Please contact Seafarer Perry slow here during . the previous December 9, 1959,. to Seafarer and Martin Pederson -as soon 'as pos- period, but so was registration, ac- Mrs. Vincent P. Pizzitolo, New sible. Urgent. He can be reached cording to Reed Humphries, port Orleans, La. EVEIY SUNDAY, 1620 GMT (11:20 fsr Su'!doy} at 356 55th St., Brooklyn 20, NY. agent. t t · ;t. Conditions _should improve, howLinda Catherine Strauss, born WFK-39, 19850. KCI Ships in Caribbean, East Coast ~ t t ever, during the- coming span with December 8; 1959, to Seafarer and \ of South America, South AtlanWilliam Henry Johnson tic and East Coast of United Please contact Mrs. Mary Ison, nine ships due to hit port, adds .Mrs. Benjamin Strauss, Rockaway States. · • · Beach, · NY. RFD No. 1, Bx. No. 298, Penning- Hµmphries. ·At a meeting of the local Mari':' t t t ton Gap, Va. "tour wife is seriously WFL-86. 11818 KC. Ships In Gulf of MeXlco, Caribtime Trades Department, Port Joseph Andrew Sullivan, born ill. bean, West Coast of South Council - of Southern California, September 29, 1959, to Seafarer · America, West Coast of Mexico Humphries: was elected president and Mrs. Frederick R. Sullivan, - - and US East Coast. San&lqo Martines of that body, representing the SIU, New Orlieam;, La. · Please get In touch with your. WFK-91. 11700 'K C. Ships in Mediterranean area, t t t A & G District. Also elected were: wife. ·, . ~orth Atlantic, European and William M.cClain, Vice President, Dale Wayne Oakley, bor.n June US East Coast. Laborers; Les Parnell, Treasurer, 11, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. ......· Ernest C. Anderson Radio Operators' U~ion. ·· Oliv.er P .. Oakley, Olyphant, Pa . Claudtl D. Berry Paying off during the preceding Donald L. Chris&ensea period was the Ky~ka- (Waterman). · Meattwhil,a1 MTD 'Round-The-World Arthur L. Crate, Jr. No ships signed on .. · Bernado Tomboeon In -· transit: Ocean Deborah· Wireless. Broadcasts Continue ••• Joseph Yonlck -<Ocean Trans.>; Transeastern Income tax· refund . checks are Ever:r Sunday, 1915 GMT -being held for you by Jack Lynch, (Transeastern); Kenmar, Alamar <2:15iPM EST ~unda11> r~m 201, SUP building, Har(Calmar) and Kyska, Yaka (Water450 WCO· 3020 KCs JACKSONVILLE Shipping rison Street, San Francisco, Cal. man->. Europe and North America held steady in the port here dur, t t t· WC0-18908.8 KC. ing the last two weeks. The missile Anyone who happened to have ships are still requesting replace·, . East ~ast South America ments and the arrivals of in-transit been in Brlghtwell's Tavern on WC0-2240'1 KCs , December 23, 1957,-, get in touch vessels were at . a steady pace, re.we~ Coast South ~erlca wlth Walter Brightwell at once TAMPA-Shipping held steady ports William Morris, port agent. Every,.. Monday, 0315 GMT. - '•. '"'r at _1559 Tele.~h~ne ..Roa~, Houston,, in this port during the last span, There were no payoffs or sign• <10:15 .Pftf EST Sunda11> ,.. ... _. . ... with. 19 jobs taken out of a regis- ons, but 11 ships were serviced in Texas. "" "" ... tration of 31 men. transit. These were: Sword Knot, • WMM 25-1S807 KCs· ~ ' · Anthon M. Evensen There .w ere no payoffs or sign- Coastal Crusader, Coastal 'Sentry, Austrlil:Ja • Please contact Edvald Johannes- ons·. These ships were serviced in- and Rose Knot <Suwanee>·; FairWMM 81-11037.5 -sen, Furuboth EidsvlIDtes, Asane, .t ransit: .Alcoa Patriot (AICoa>; Topa land, ~zalea City <Pan A·tlanticl; NorthweSt: Pacific. Norway. Topa, Madaket <Waterman>; Beth- Bradford Ishmd (Cities Service>: .• : .. r- · ·t - t . ~ ,tex <Ore Nav.); Raphael Semmes Longview- Victory <Victory Carr.>; ' 'f)l~ follo-wing me~ snguld" con- <Pan-Atlantic) and Bradford Is- Robin Grey· (Robin) and Seatrain a 7 •, Type When. Possible .PERSONALS AND· NOTICES EVERY I ·SUNilAY I DIRECT. -VOICE .I .a.R·oA.ocAsT I r. ·~ ·~ ~ Wilmingt~n Slows Down I . "THE voicE OF THE MTD" ·- ·- Jax Reports All's Well .. . . Tampa Steady I a ..........""""""_.......~...........,....l""i!ll. . . ."'!ll"W'W!!ll~....-~..... _tac:,t _ ~:tro~!'!;,_&/- ••!~a,?qua~~~s~_ ~n...~~~e~ ~~~4c~i!. ..... ---- ..,;;:~~na · ~'~ > �Vol. Xxll No.2 •"OFFICIAL ORG·AN·op THE SEA FAR.IRS INTElNATfO,~AL UNION• ATLA_NTIC ' AND GULP DISTRICT• AFL."CIO e "" Tramps ·Make Bid Fcir· Share Of US· Operating Subsidy . Pr~ssed hard \>Y a declining charter market· and cutthroat runaway-flag competition, the American Tramp Sb.ipowners Association is pleading for Government assistance to keep a US-flag tramp fleet alive .. . . - - - - - - - - - - - The . association has called The operators note with · respect ·upon Congress to act swiftly to the latter item that at the ilme 1 ,SCHEDUlE· OF Mobile ·Haven. SIU ~ MEETllGS For Runaways ' ·Sll.f membe,rship. meet- 1 MOBILE-Shipping .was a little. if1g• are · held · r~gularlyi on . the slow aide ~qring the lut · , t~~ ,w~ks,, but almost every man every two weeks ori W'ed-. who wanted to sign on durinl the~ ' nesday nights at 7 P~ in· h0Jiday1 was able to do so. · · , . Durln1 . th~ . coming two weeb all Sl.U ports. All Seafarers are expect.ed 'to .the outlook Ui good, with two shlpa due to crew up after undergoing attendi those who wish to repairs, be exc~sed should request Even though tonnage hai fallen permission by telegram off, the Allbama State Decks ts operatliig in the black, due to . the (be sure· to inctude regis- ·large amount of petroleum and ore tration number). The next 'carg9es arriving, mostly ·in the bottQ~s of runaway-flag ships. ' SIU meetings wiU be: The following ships paid off: Jan·uary 20 .Barbara Frltchie (Liberty); Alcoa C~rsair, Alcoa _ Cavalier, Alcoa February :r Roamer (Alcoa);. Monarch of the February 17 Seas•. Claibourne <Waterman). to provide legislative relief for the 1936 Merchant Marine Act was tramp shipowners, including provi- passed liner ships carried the bulk sion for operating subsidies. Its of the nation's trade in the form bid has · the active support of the of package cargo. Now the trade pattern· has shifted to bulk cargo SIUNA . . · In their plea- for assistance, the operations, so that the 1936 Act tramp operators cite- the fact that is unable to satisfy the need for. today about 75 percent of US for- a · well-balanced merchant fleet eign trade consists of bulk cargoes, including . one-third of the US steelmakers' iron ore, almost all of the bauxite the aluminum industry uses, and heavy exports of coal and grain. . Practically all of this cargo moves on foreign-flag ships. The MIAMI-Back 11gain as a runaway ship operation; the old SS Puerto Rico, ·now known as only business keeping tramp ship operators going consists of farm t.he Bahama Star, had to be towed into port on her · maiden v.~yage. En-route to Miami surplus cargo carried under the ~rom Nas~au. the. Bahama Star suffered a turbine breakdown. There ·were 735 passengers 50-50 act. . · The tramp operators' group aboard at the time. The operators of the Ba"full load." The ship weighs in at . cally enough, the companies that points· out that no tramp ships 7 hama Star are none other than . ,ooo gross tons. . · were stuck with the bunker bills have been built in the US since The Bahama Star. has had ' long included Es 1 o · and California World War J.I, and the tramp fleet Eastern Shipping, which also oper~ of war-built Libertys ls unable to ates the runaway.:ftag SS Yarmouth and somewhat-unhappy hiitory. Standard. both major runaway op· compete with larger, faster aitd and SS Evangeline. All thPee ships After operating it for a. number ~rators ttiemselves. more modern foreign ships, irre- were formerly-maimed by Seafar- of years as the Puerto Rico ~e- _ It was then that Eastern Shl1>4 ers when they were under the .tween ·"!'lew :York .~n~ San Juan, ping stepped into the picture and spective of wage differences. · · Bull Line was force.d to abandon bought the- so-called "plush multtTo .meet this· problem, the tramp American ftag. set of ·Labor the operation in- good part because million dollar" vessel "for use in The · SIU has a . committee requests the following: • A ruling that lJS-flag tramps Board charges pending against the o_f heavy comp~tltion from the air- the Caribbean cruise trade out of get as much gral,n as foreign-flag operators for firing the crew of · Imes, which~ mcid~mtally, rec.eive Miami. E·astern gets $54 per head tramp~ unde·r "50-50," aside from the Yarmouth after they sought many direc~ and indirect Govern- for the round trip betweeo Nassau what liners or tankers might car- Union representation in protest ment SJ1bs1dies in the do~estic an,d Miami. If the crew wages are against runaway wages Rnd condi- services. . on a par with the Yarmouth's, the ry. · · The s·h i p was -. subs~quently "plus inultl-mlllion dollar" phr.ase • Permission to form tramp con- tions. Described • in· the releases as a transferred foreig~. ~nd purchased relates to the profits-not the ship. ferences which would enable the - .- - - - - tramps to set basic cargo rates at "plush multi-million dollar" ves- bY th.e Arosa ·Line, a Swiss, con.:· a stable and profitable level, in- sel, and a "lUX:ucy ocean liner," .cern which ra~ a Panl!Jllanian:-ftag - ·•.. · ., . •· · stead of the present wild rate the Bahama Star is _now 29 yeai.:s passenger serviee. A~osa used ft , fluctuations. old, being built back in ·1931 as on the transatlantic run "'and in • A trade-in system enabling the Borinquen. When it was op- Caribbean tour service, With ap. ·, · ·, tramps to turn in their Libertys erated by the SIU-contracted Bull proximately the saine nurr•ber -0f for newer vessels ln the lay-up Line as the SS Puerto Rico, Jn the berths as it now has~ around 750. fleets. · late 40's and e.arly 50's ~ its maxiArosa Line la~er went broke . Encouragement for the con- mum practica1 passenger capacity with , all three of its passenger struction of new tramp ships and was less than 200 berths. The 735 ships being seized for ,non-pay. ' expansion of operating subsidies to passengers it now carries was de- ,ment of (}ebts, including· ov~r-. cover tr~mps. scribed. , accurately-enough. as a· a well-balanced m~rchant fl.eet. · Runaway 'Luxury'·· Tour Vessel Breaks Down· On Maiden Trip t Me·.d Ship·'s F1·rst ·stop.·,, 1·n · do·n ' eSIl!la' WASHINGTON-Indonesia will be the first stop for ·the new SS . Hope, .the floating medical center to be ·I.aunched this spring by voluntary· contributions from Americans everywhere. The ship be operated by American President Lines . under contract to the SIU Pacific ·District. · will . ,. , ff'RIME MINl61i'R-UM _a: ~17'411' ~A - M~-/.rriS, 1S~M·~111K erwy 7#fJJJC)_GH Afi(IC4 .•-:f'o P~SO/! es.F4lVJ.S.· ~AFRICAN M1101'?• ~ 1 .., ... ~1 <.. 1 •1 ~ ·1 ,, ( j � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 15, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: TIGHT PHS BUDGET HITS TB HOSPITAL ALL SEAFARERS RESCUED IN VALLEY FORGE SINKING US-FLAG TANKERS SUBMIT CASE FOR IMPORT QUOTAS; AMMI, BIG OIL HOSTILE SIU SETS PAY TALK SS VALLEY FORGE BREAKS UP NEAR SINGAPORE; CREW SAFE AMMI, BIG OIL GANG UP ON US-FLAG TANKER FLEET LAW HITS COLLINS, ANTI-UNION FRONT MAN IN OIL FLEETS RIGHT-TO-WORK PROMOTER FEELING US TAX HEAT SEE EARLY APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR ENGLISH CHANNEL TUNNEL STEELWORKERS’ VICTORY STIFLES BIG BIZ UNION-CRIPPLING DRIVE BLUE CROSS RATE MOVES SPUR UNION HOSPITAL PLANS MDS SERENADED VIA RECORDS, SENATE DRUG PROBERS REPORT ILA, SHIPPERS STILL TALK ON PREMIUM CARGO RATE NY SUFFERS USUAL POST-HOLIDAY DECLINE REDS MAY HUNT OWN NOSE CONES LAKES OUTFIT ASKS OK ON ORE HAULAGE TRAMPS MAKE BID FOR SHARE OF US OPERATING SUBSIDY RUNAWAY ‘LUXURY’ TOUR VESSEL BREAKS DOWN ON MAIDEN TRIP Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/15/1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 2  1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a4939de753f9bbcac8262d51f774d944.PDF 0a855c7c132f57ad6ed366bb3dab5afc PDF Text Text LOG Jj JWflfy H » OFfrClAl ORgAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • , ..'^'il "-iim Story On Page 3 • . • 'v ..i'l ' - JM /- " - ^ OS^' Ban# First SIU man to be processed under the Union's new blood bank program, Seafarer Leonard gpence, wiper, poses at New York Clinic of the SIU Welfare Plan with the pint of life-saving fluid he donated. Spence said it "didn't hurt a bit.'- Program will build up credit for Seafarers and their famihes to draw on at any time. (Story 4m Pago 3.) SIU Blood Bank Now Operating -Story On Page 3 Liberia, Panama Seek UN Ship Role -Story On Page 2 IN THIS ISSUE: SIU CONSTITUTION j • f '• • banned supertanker Cities Servico Miami ,made it by inches last Week while everybody held his : breath. After swiaglng slighMy irom side to Siae^ the iceencrusted shipi slipped through *'slick as a whistle," according to the drawtenders. She had pnly five feet of play on both sides* Published Twice Each Year In The SEAFARERS LOG J . ^ • See CA CenferloM | ' :: 'I ' i\ �Fwre Tw» SEAfAkBKS Wp^' Major Role In UN Ship Body -• i;' ['''•• ¥•''• lti^- ;- f-" fr., • k-- • •/)'-••.. •f:V- - "'ic ',' m tfe'- LOG 1^ 19» US UNlONV PROPOSALS fOR FURTHER ITf imiVt (The folloivinff consists of excerpts frorji the report of the American Committee of the Inter­ national Transportworkers Federate to ITF , headquarters. The report reviewed the euccese of the four-day demonstration and made a num­ ber of recommendations for future action. The - excerpts here deal with plans for future activi­ ties.) have available . . vital and costly maritime services. "Therefore, the American Committee intends to urge the United States withdrawal of these services from runaway flag ships except in cases of dire emergency ... "3) Organizing And Signing Contracts LONDON—Not content with providing a haven for tax-1 . the American Committee will "In the final analysis* the ultinute objective dodging American-owned shipping, the runaway flag repub­ maintain the coordinating committee on a lics of Panama and Liberia are now seeking a top-level voice | continuing basis. Further meetings of the of the whole protest against runaway flags is the establishment of bona-fide collective bar­ in United Nations maritime participating unions will be called to plan gaining agreements . . . by the appropriate matters. A United Nations United States delegation' strongly specific moves.... unions. The American maritime unions are demaritime organization meet­ indicated that there would be no "The American Committee is convinced that termdned to work collectiveiy In this area . . , ing here Is faced with a demand chauge in the US policy- of giving the runaway shipowners will now resort to a- We believe the member organizations of the ,1TF by th% two countries that they be support and comfort to the run­ variety of devices, maneuvers and subterfuges should now agree on policies by which true given committee assignments on aways. even though the runaway to conceal the true-control of their ship opera­ control of the individual vemis involved in run-. the basis of tonnage registered device was being used to evade tions as a means of escaping decent wages and away operations can be determined ... and the Under their flags. This demand is US tax laws. The only shipping working conditions and evading bonaflde collec­ unions within the countries In which that control opposed by the legitimate maritime man on the delegation came out of tive bargaining agreements with bonaflde ITF rests made respohsibli for organizing those, ' flags with the exception of the Standard Oil of New Jersey. Jer­ ships ... units. sey Standard controls a fleet of United States. "For example, companies in legitimate mari­ "Plans For Further Action By At issue is the composition of some 114 runaway ships and par­ time nations, through the device of long-term the maritime safety committee of ticipated along with other oil US Unions time charters, will subsidize an operator under the United Nations Inter-Govem- companies in the effort fo secure "... Demonstrations will be carried on against a runaway flag . . . Such action would be an at­ mentai Maritime Consultative Or­ aq Injunction prohibiting the selected targets which will keep constantly before tempt to becloud the real control . . . which for ganization, known as ''IMCO" for American Committee of the ITF the public the nature of this threat and the comall practical purposes, lies in the hands of the short. Liberia and Panama are from carrying out its four-day pro­ panics and individuals responsibie for It. company on whose behalf the ship is chartered. seeking seats on the safety commit­ test December 1 to 4 against the "Organizing drives will be mounted against "In fact, most of the supertankers under con­ tee, which is supposed to draw vp runaways. struction for use under a runaway flag are built specific companies with NMU, SlU and other programs for Improvement of sea Since the United States delega­ only because . . . the builders have a guarantee unions working together to bring the compan­ safety conditions. tion has no representation from from an oil company of a long-term charter . . . ies under contract. the American-flag side of maritime "The unions will work together in the public In such cases, control of the ship is effectively As the LOG went to press word or from American maritime unions relations, lejgal and legislative phases of this exercised by the oil company involved. tras received that the runaways had it was expected that 'it would go battle ... been turned down in their first bid down the line for the runaway flags "•Therefore, proper determination must be for seats on the committee, but are despite the damage they have done "Recommendations For Further _ made to assure the ITF that the unions will not planning an appeaL be deceived or victimized by these company to the American-flag fleet and to Action By ITF manipulations ... the fleets of the nation's allies. "No should be wasted in esUbllshing The committee consist of 14 " . . . there are three major areas in which specific time programs and poUcies for carrying formembers, at least eight of whom, the ITF unions ... can proceed to implement the ward the battle against riinaway ships on a according to the regulations, must attack on the runaways: world-wide basis . . . • be from the largest shlpowning "... Since the primary aim of ITF is to elim­ countries. Panama and Liberia ''1) National Legislation inate the threat these ships pose to jpbs and are claiming rank in the first eight "The American Committee is preparing for an standards of organized seamen . . . the respon­ on the basis of that provision. all-out effort to convhice the US Congress of the' sibility for organizing specific ships belongs to The opposition, coming mostly urgency of imposing restrictions on the tax dodg­ the unions ... of the nation which.is the eco­ from the European marlthne coun­ ing runaway owners, "who at the same time, are nomic base of operation of those ships. In other tries, has pointed out that clause depressing wage and living standarfls of mari­ words, runaways should be organized by unions Involved specifically defers to the time workers. -This same problem is posed in, In the countries from which control of ships Is "largest shipowning nations," and nil nations and consequently could be an objec­ exercised, notwithstanding any device or subter­ that the tonnage registered under tive ... of the trade union movement in each fuge which shipowners may employ to camouflan' the Panamanian or Llberian flag nation ... their identity. j is not actually owned by citizens SAN FRANCISCO — Harry "Provision should also be made for mutual of Panama or Liberia. The Euro­ Bridges' recently-stepped up ac­ ''2) Withdrawal Of Oovernment as^tance among ITF affiliates in the Job of en­ pean countries call for a standard tivity In the international field forcing legitimate union contracts on Panlibhocco on the basis of the tonnage actu­ does not begin and end with his re­ Services ships on a world-wide basis. This will discoux^ ally owned In the country in ques­ cently-announced "Pacific-Asia "All maritime nations have reciprocal arrange­ ago the runaway operators' custom of Ignoring tion. Longshore Conference." The Jan­ ments whereby shipping receives a variety of contract terms once their ships are outside the Under such a standard, of uary 2 issue of "The Dispatcher", services from Government agencies .. . Runaway scrutiny of the union. It will also help discourw course, the two runaway flags official organ of the West Coast ships draw on these services, which are paid age owners from shufflihg ships among dununy would be barred from this and longshore union, revealed that directly by the taxpayers of the respective na- corporations for the purpose of dodging agree­ other committees to be set up by Bridges has left on a six week tour tionsk But the mnaway registry flags do not ments . . , " the new international shipping or­ which will take in Iron Curtain ganization. countries, including the Soviet Un­ The United States is giving ion. strong backing to the runaway na­ tions which is to be expected in On Bridges' itinerary are such light of past State Department, cities as Moscow and Leningrad in Winds of up to 75 miles an hour cause# considerable damage along -the Atlantic Coast the Soviet Union and Prague, practice. Czechoslovakia. He will also visit last week and resulted in two collisions in New York harbor, one of them involving the SIUThe make-up of this year's England, France, Greece, Egypt, manned dredge, Sandcaptain. West Germany, Turkey, Finland The Sandcaptain and the anchor. The anchor chains of the her plates. The Wolverine State and Sweden. States Marine freighter Wol­ two ships became entangled and suffered dents in her hull at the The ostensible purpose of the they collided. The freighter stem and a cracked deck plate, trip is "to observe longshore car^ verine State were being buf­ crushed one of the dredge's life­ There were no injuries reported feted by the heavy winds when the go-handling methods and condi­ boats .and did minor damage to among the two crews. freighterstarted dragging her tions in the ports to be visited and Seafarers on the Sandcaptain to confer with labor leaders gen­ had to cut through the ship'g an­ SlU membership meet­ erally." chor chain with a welding torch The "Pacific-Asia" conference ings are held regularly (Continued on page 6) Bridges is. sponsoring in Tokyo every two weeks on Wed­ consists at the moment of a gath­ nesday nights at 7 PM in ering of Communist-dominated wa­ all SlU ports. All Sea­ terfront unions. It Is s^eduled to make the usual Communist cold Jan. I«, !*$« Vol. X», Hai a farers are expected to war pronouncements against attend; those who wish to United States policy on armaments be excused should request control, hydrogen bomb tests and support of Japan and other nonpermission by telegram Communist Asiatic nations. CofAVMi BAXxa. aecretary-TrMsanr : (be sure to include regis­ sponsors of the • meeting with -finBan BMJIIV Xdnor, Baaxjue OuXAw. Art gaUff. HnuAM Axatmu bnrnr tration number). The«next Bridges are longshore unions from SPIVAOC. Ai Mgjrrif. ioan BHASB,. AJTAJapan, Australia, Indonesia and toxM imm. Staff vrritert. BniT" SlU meetings will be: GuV Area JUt Madras, India, all of whom are known to be Communist-conaemitked blWiMkiy. M ma aMOqiMifen January 21 troUed. of qie aM*n«n Unles, AtIt is anticipated that Bridges' February 4 current trip to Moscow will Include the Pe«» pffic SlU-manned dredge %>ndcapla!n, survived hariwr coliision when Mt a discussion of the matters that the Act of Avs. as, ifiL February 1.8 gale-force winds drove freighter Wolvprlne State against her. will be presented to the confer­ ence in Tokyo. Ship suffered/crushedlifebpat,and minor hull damage.^' ; ^ Bridges On 'Mission' To SovietUnion Sandcaptain In Harbor Crash m- 1'^ SCHEDULE OF SlU MEETINGS SEAFAREKS:LOG V- ' 'M:. .r .i.-i-v.W .A - \ �laaoarjr It, ltS9 SEAFARERS US Unions Give Proposai To ITF LOG , NMU Reach Agreement To End Infer-Union Beefs The London conference of the International Transportworkers Federation opens this coming Monday with specific pro­ posals before it from the United States on what should be done as a follow-up on the^^ December 1-4 protests. The four-day ITF protest. The Greek proposals, submitted in a re­ government had denounced the port by the American Committee protest and had declared that the of the ITF, call for the following: Greek seamen's union was leaving An agreement to resolve existing dil^utes between the. two organizations and • Efforts In all countries by the the ITF, although no announce­ to set up a committee to deaf with these and future differences has been signed by respective unions to pass legisla­ ment was made by the union con­ cerned. the SIU and the National Maritime Union. NMU President Joseph Curran and tion restricting the runaways. In the US, the emphasis will be on Until the December rush began, SIU of NA President Paull tax legislation, among other areas. the Greek merchant fleet totaled 1,870,000 tons in all. Greek ship­ Hall signed the memoran­ ' Efforts to secure withdrawal ping sources predicted that the dum which will promote of government shipping.services to rush to the Greek flag would con­ runaway operators. . This with­ tinue, with the runaway owners close cooperation between drawal would be based on the lack evidently hoping to find it a new the two seamen's organiza­ of reciprocal facilities offered by the runaways, which, fn effect, puts sanctuary. tions on issues affecting the all the burden on the taxpayers The runaways have indicated welfare of merchant seamen. of the legitimate maritime nations. that they would seek hew refuges The disputes involved in the of further ITF action. • Agreement on an International in the event and NMU delegations will settlement include those over organizing policy to a) determine beSlU present at the ITF conferences American Coal Shipping, American In what country the true control in London which are scheduled for Banner Line and the Robin Line. of a runaway vessel lies, b) assign four days. SlU of NA President Ill signing the memorandum on to the unions of that specific Paul Hall will head the SlU of NA Wednesday, January '7, 1959, the country the authority and respon delegation while NMU President heads of the two organizations de­ sibilty as to organizing and signing Joseph Curran will attend along clared: contracts with the ships involved. with other NMU representatives. "In establishing a committee to Selected Targets Both .seafarers and dockers sec­ deal with problems and issues, the tions will hold separate sessions NMU and SIU are taking a positive The American Committee report followinjg which a joint meeting step which should result in consid­ said that the United States unions, erable benefit to the seamen of will be held. as previously indicated, were pre­ both organizations. paring to work together to carry Leaden In Discussions out the program in this country. "The leadership of both unions It declared that demonstrations have been in discussions over the would be carried on from time to past several months. We have been time against selected targets and working together on matters affect­ SiUNA president Paul Hall and NMU president Joseph Curran that organizing drives would be ing merchant seamen. undertaxen against specific com (left) sign joint pact after agreement was reached in New York "The establishment of this com­ panics with the "NMU, SlU and fast week on resolving disputes affecting the two unions. Pic­ mittee is the culmination of these other unions working together to tured in background is NMU vice-president Shannon Wall who, discussions and activities and pro­ bring the' companies under con­ vides a proper effective vehicle for with SIUNA vice-president Col Tanner, coordinated work of tract." meeting and attempting to resolve American ITF Committee in US protest against runaway shipping. The report placed emphasis on problems of common concern. the need, to identify the actual con­ "We welcome this development. and Robin Line. The SIU has with the SIU pending disposition A total of $5,275 was paid out We are confident that our unions agreed to withdraw its charges at of the charges, and their with­ trolling factor in any runaway-flag operation so that the vessjels in­ in hospital bonus payments to Sea­ 'will continue to work amicably in the Labor Board against American drawal will enable the SIU to sign volved could be organized by the farers laid up in hospitals all over the interests of stabilizing the Coal and to halt Its organizing a contract with the Banner Line. appropriate'', national union. It the country during the Christmas American merchant marine with efforts in that company. The NMU also agreed to disconpointed out that, the runaways had holiday period last month. resulting benefit to the community Conversely, the NMU has agreed (Continued on page 5) 211 Get Benefit and the American seaman." recourse tq a number of devices to withdraw charges and court ap­ to conceal their true financial con­ According to the Seafarers Wel­ The memorandum Of agreement peals affecting the status of the SB trol, among them the system oi fare Plan,-211 Seafarers each re­ provides for mutual withdrawal of Atlantic, the American Banner SiUNA Unions long-term charters, particularly on ceived a $25 payment in addition Labor Board charges and . other Line passenger ship, and to halt Applaud Pact the part of supertanker operators. to their regular $21 weekly SIU legal actions, as well as withdrawal its organizing activities in that The need for reciprocal contract hospital benefit paid by the Plan. from competitive organizing activi­ area. The Atlantic has been oper­ The following wire was sent enforcement -machinery was also The bonus, was paid to all those ties in American Coal, Banner Line ating under an interim, agreement to SIU of NA President Paul v-stressed so as to keep the runaways hospiialized for at least one day Hall by the SIU Pacific District. It was signed by SIU of NA 1st from ducking out on contract pro­ between December 21 and 27. Vice-President Morris Weisbergvisions once agreements have been Payment of the Christmas bonus, er, SUP; and Vice-Presidents Ed signed. funds for which were approved by Turner, MCS, and Sam Bennett, Underscoring the problem of the Welfare Plan trustees earlier, MFOW: Who actually owns and operates is a holiday tradition in the EIU. "SIU Paeifie District wel­ runaway-flag' ships was the news The bonus benefit is designed to comes news of accord between that 450,000 tons of runaway ship­ help SIU men in the hospitals ob­ Hie Seafarers Blood Bank started accumulating donations SIU and NMU resolving differ­ ping had registered under the tain extra comforts for themselves Greek flag during the month of and their families in spite of their last week to build up a reserve for use by Seafarers and their ences between the two organiza­ December, following the successful shut-in status during the holiday. families. When an adequate reserve has been accumulated, tions, and establishment of joint committee to iron out present tSeafarers and their families and any future problems. This on the Atlantic and Gulf agreement reflects the previ­ Counting Ballots in SIU Election Coast will be able to draw ously-considered position of onr upon the blood bank for emergency International and its affiliated blood needs. Seafarer Leonard unions and we reaffirm our feel­ Spence, wiper, donated the first ing that it could serve as a ve­ pint. hicle for positive action bene­ At present^ donations are being fitting all seamen. We heartily handled through the SlU Welfare agree with this step towards Plan's New York clinic. Would-be inter - union cooperation and donors are requested to contact the pledge our support of this ac­ Welfare Services will set up an ap- tion." the second deck at headquarters. Another message was received Welfare Services will set up an ap­ from SIU of NA Vice-President pointment and give the donors in- Hal Banks, Canadian District: .Struction. "Happy to hear that you have Seafarers donating blood are ex­ reached agreement with NMU amined by the SIU clinic's physi­ to resolve outstanding differ­ cians to determine if they are ences and to set up committee qualified. The blood collected each for dealing with current and day is processed by the Brooklyn new problems that might arise. Donor Center. Through these As we indicated in previous dis­ donations a credit will be built up cussions, it is our feeling that on behalf of Seafarers which can such a plan holds promise of be drawn upon In any hospital In benefit for all seamen. While the Atlantic and Gulf area by a Canadian District may not be Seafarer or a member of his family. directly involved, we join our Part of the distrlet-wlde rank and file tallying committee is shown at work counting up the ballots in International and affiliated un­ the SlU's biennial election. The comniittee report, including the results of the balloting, wilt be pre­ (For full details, at to the opera­ ions in endorsing this action." tion of the blood bank, see page 16.) sented to membership meetings in all porti on January 21, HolidayGifts In Hospitals Top $5,000 Blood Bank Begins; Serves A&G Coast • Pace Tkre* •a ••'i? •m -V •;f:i �SEAFARERS Jaawry K, 1»M LOG SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING ROARD mt December 24, 1958 Through January 6, 1959 Reflecting the "boom or bust" nature of US shipping, job Despite the overall decrease in shipping, all but two ports—Norfolk activity in the SIU hit .the lowest mark in two months last and Tampa—dispatched industry newcomers in class C. This shows period. In the previous report, shipping has reached an 18- that, despite the general lull, ten percent of the total jobs shipped bung jnonth high with a dispatch total of 1,253. The totak number of SIU Jobs dispatched this time was 894. However, registration fell off also, to 1,070, so the figure for men on the.beach at the end>of the two-weeR period rose only slightly. , The Distrlcttwide decline in shipping affected virtually all ports except Seattle and Philadelphia. Seattle had its busiest two weeks since last May and Philadelphia was fairly active also. Savannah and Boston showed a rise, but the gain in those areas amounted to less than a dozen jobs. Wilmington remained the same: slow. All other ports reported declines. The net result is that New York fell back to its normal pace after six weeks of 400-plus shipping. Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and Houston all slowed up, too. The SIU ports handled a total of 197 payoffs, sign-ons and in-transit visits, a figure that likewise represented a big drop from the previous report. The 197-totaI covers 49 payoffs, 31 sign-ons and 117 in-transil visits. New York, New Orleans, Baltimore, Houston and Philadelphia In that order, accounted for almost two-thirds of the ship activity (See summary at right.) on the board with no takers in class A or class B in 12 of the 14 SIU ports. However, 66 percent of the total jobs shipped were filled by class A men, and the remaining 24 percent by class B. These propor­ tions actually mean an increase in the class A portion. ' At the end of the period, eight ports listed less t^an 100 men on the beach in all departhaents. These are Boston, Norfolk, Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles, Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle. Five of these, including Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles, Wilmington and Seattle, have fiO or less class A men on hand. In addition, Norfolk has only 53, and Boston, 57. Seattle is very low with only 83 men on tap in both class A and class B. The following is the outlook port by port: Boston: Slow . . . New York: Steady . . . Philadelphia: Fair . . . Balti­ more: Fair; still has a large number of ships laid up . . . Norfolk: Slow .. Savannah: Quiet... Tampa: Fair .. . Mobile: Fair .,. New Orleans; Good . . . Houston: Still good . . . Wilmington; Slow . . . San Francisco: Fair . . . Seattle: Good. DECK DEPARTMEHT Registered CLASS A Fort Boston New York Philadelphia B' Baltimore. Norfolk. Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 17 4 10 3 90 27 43 20 21 4 11 6 41 5 27 9 8 -7 1 8 4 — 1 3 — 6 3 20 5 10 5 46 19 22 5 4 5 2 11 17 21 10 48 3 2 2 7 7 1 13 5 4 12 3 19 101 184 •67' 352I Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B • Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Ship Activity Pay Sl9i to Offs OMS Trans. TOTAL iostoa New Yo|fc.... If PMIaddphla.. 4 BaMaMra 4 NarfaHi '....• Sovaaaah ~ Taaipa — MoMla 7 NowOrlaaai.. 4 Laka Chariot.. >Hoaitoa .... 2 WilniaqtoB .. Saa Fraacitca. 2 Saaflla 8 TOTALS ... 49 '• 2 3 4 13 10 • t i 8 2 23 12 14 4 2 2 4 48 14 17 9 • , 8 11 32 If 17 4 4 10 31 117 197 13 1 1 1 — — 2 i — 1 —i Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 2 S ALL 1 1 2 3 AT.T. 1 3 ALL 1 Z 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL . 1 2 3 ALL 3 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 4 2 6 5 18 4 . 3 3 27 6 5 7 13 21 43 15 79 1 1 3 10 14 4 4 79 14 4 97 94 147 50 291 1 48 17 86 — — 5 — 5 3 13 1 3 4 1 1 13 4 1 18 15 22 10 47 — 2 2 2 2 7 11 6 12 6 24 4 5 9 _ 1 9 1 1 24 34 34 108 15 157 "s 16 88 57 — — ... 8 2 5 — 3 _ — 1 3 1; 3 1 4 6 16 4 26 " '7 18 1 — _ 1 — 1 1 — 3 —. 3 — ^ —— 1 3 1 4 8 2 11 14 2 4 — 1 1 2 2 1 — 3 1 2 3 3 3 6 3 5 8 1 1 2 — — 3 2 2 1 1 2 5 2 2 5 2 7 33 33 12 19 78 10 3 13 13 16 9 4 6 38 2 3 5 10, — 1 1 38 10 1 49 36 79 17 132 1 5 12 18 2 3 1 4 6 3 1 8 — 1 1 ! 8 1 9 2 8 3 1 .5 6 IS 3> — 10 2 12 3 13 3 .19 1 2 1 3 3 4 4' 19 26 25 37 9 10 8 71 19 —- — 2 1 1 2 2 4 — 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 2 4 9 4 9 10 — • , -5 28 5 — 4 — 7 3 4 3 13 — 3 2 5 1 1 13 5 1 19 11 20 1 82 2 — 3 8 — 2 2 7 3 4 7 17 2 3 3 8 4 2 6 17 8 6 81 5 7 12 — 1 1 7 34 38 79 67 117 49 1 233 5 21 ~39~ 65 — 11 10 21233 65 21 319 283 5171131 931 8 62 112 182 1 "I ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS S Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 AT.T. 1 1 Z 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL Boston................. 2 7 — 9 2 2 4 1 __ 1 1 1 2 New York...,...,..;.. 12 53 9 74 8 8 5 13 10 45 6 61 31 3 7 41 Philadelphia — 12 1 13 — — 2 5 4 2 3 12 — 1 3 4' Baltimore. 84 1 1 28 5 4 3 8 2 15 2 19 4 2 2 8 — — 1 __ ' Norfolk 1 — 1 2 3 — — 1 Savannah 3 1 . 4 1 2 3 — 3 8 1 — Tampa '— 4 — 4 2 — 2 — 1 1 Mobile 4 7 1 12 — 2 4 6 1 7 2 16 —. . _ New Orleans 6 23 2 31 — 6 8 14 3 14 8 25 1 . 4 5 10 Lake Charles 2 2 1 5 1 8 4 2 3 2 7 — — 3 8i Houston 9 2 6 20 1 11 5 13 1 27 — 19 1 1 2 Wilmington _ 2 — 3 — 2 _ 1 2 1 2 3 San Francisco 5 1 1 7.~ 6 2 8 2 2 1 5 2 3 5 Seattle — 8 1 9 — 10 4 5 1 14 — 13 2 15 1 7 34 174 25 233 4 51 39 TOTALS 94 28 122 28 178 i 38 20 28 86 1% — Fori 1 Registered • CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia... Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans,. Lake Charles.. Houston Wilmington... San Francisco. Seattle mim. Registered ClASS B 1 Shipped CLASS B Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 AT.T. 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' 3 11 3 3 3 9 — — 2 7 3 21 .4 1 1 6 — — 1 3 4 7 1 2 4 11 — 2 5 86 41 121 1 248 5 5 54 40 181 64 40 285 279 112 291 682 12 64 2 38 9 151 172 64 54 26 101 181 4 ^ 4 56 r • z mmmm ' SUMMARY Registered CLASS A fNGINE STEWAS^ QRANDTOTAIS GROUP ! 2 3 .^L 101 184 67 I 352 34 174 25 I 233 86 41 121 I 248 221 399 213 I 833 Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 8 ALL 7 34 38 4 51 . 39 5 54 90 131 16 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 J9 67 117 49 94 28 122 28 64 54 26 101 I 237 149 265 178 ALL I 233 I 178 r 181 1592 Shipped CLASS 8 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 23 ALL A B C ALL 1 12 8 ALL 1 21 233 65 21 319 283 517 131 931 11 10 5 21 ,39 85 38 20 28 "86 — 15 11 26178 86 26 290109 479.. 70 658 40!I81 64 40" 285 279 112"^ 682 2 38 64 — 4 4 56 28 59 I 87 592 215 87 i 894 671 1108 492 2271 47 45 123 215! GROUP 1^1 ALL 8 62112 m 16 96 83 195 12 9 151. 172 86. 167 :346 I 549 �Jaaaanr K,' 1959 I ,• /fi'' QUESTION: How did 1958 ihapo up for you? SEAFARERS LOG Faire Fiv» Defense Dep'f Hints At Subsidies For Roll-0ns / • - WASHINGTON—^In an effort to win support from the private shipping industry, the M. White, metsman: The past Vietw Doca, cooki Very good, year was one of the, best I've had had no sooner getten off a US Defense Department has altered its demands for roll-on, roll-off ships and is nov/ ready since I Joined the seven-month to accept such vessels that contain just one deck for roll-on operations with the rest of the SIU. The best trip when I ship designed for convention­ part of it was the landed another al cargo. Under the Department's pro­ vessels would have to be equiva­ fact that I worked berth. When posal, new vessels would con­ lent in size to the large C-4 or Ma­ Having received the cold tain athespecial the w|)ole year, shipping is good, deck below the riner-type ships. C-3s would not had good ship­ the year is good. shoulder from Industry In its pre­ weather deck with a 14-foot ceiling be satisfactory. mates, and made Things are going vious attempts to interest them in capable of handling not only The new vessels would presently the roll-on operations, the Defense good mobey. The well now. I'm on Department loaded truck trailers but other be employed to carry large stores hoping that the new year was also a swell ship, with modificationsis will types of military vehicles, such as of military cargo to Europe and meet with ap kind to my fami­ a top notch stew­ proval. Tacked on to the plan Is a jeeps and tanks. Moreover, the the Mediterranean area. ly, as all are well. ard, not to men­ hint that the Defense Department I hope the coming year matches it. tion the rest of the crew. I couldn't would provide subsidies out of deask for a better way to start 1959. iense funds it for the construction Leonard C. Eiis, AB: Very good. t » and operation of these vessels. I worked steady most of the year Leon Rysop. eook: I found 1958 This, in itself, would be some­ and outside of a was okay because shipping was what unusual, since it is the Mari­ little sickness good, and that's time Administration and not. the ' .which hit me the main thing; Defense Department that handles while in the next to good OT, subsidies. .P e r 81 a n Gulf, that is. My family Some US Libertys which were sold foreign in the years enjoyed good The 20-ship plan, offered to in­ did fine also, with immediately following the 1946 Ship Sales Act are now flying dustry representatives in closed health. I even no major prob­ sessions here, is a modification of the flags of Communist nations. About 15 vessels have been had fine luck lems. In short, the Department's original request purchased by Communist^" while hunting up nothing occurred for five complete roll-on roll-off China, Poland and Yugoslavia of $400,000. This reflects the pro­ In New • Hampduring the year vessels. The "semi" roll-on idea in the past year, and most of tection given to US tramp shipping s hi r e; recently, that would give is believed preferred by the De­ these are vessels originating in the in the form of the "50-50" law. bagging a deer .and a bear. All in me much cause partment since it offers greater United States. •alL It was a good year and I for complaint. American Libertys have access to flexibility and is expected to prove couldn't ask for much better. This situation has developed farm surplus and foreign aid more attractive to the shipowners. because, the large numbers of cargoes, while the greater number i if ' if % if X Because the mUitary, cargo car­ Libertys sold foreign right after of foreign-flag Libertys find the John: H. Hunt, AB: I would say ~ Louis Kemp, waiter: It was a ried aboard roll-ons is stored in World War II- were not restricted pickings thin in the 50 percent of that the' past year was all that 'very good year for me as I worked huge wheeled truck trailers, there in any way as to future sales. Con­ cargoes that they can bid on. could be asked 11 out of 12 The low prices and lack of buy­ is no means of stacking the cargo sequently, as freely-transferable for. I had no months, one of trouble getting and consequently a good deal of ships, they can be sold off any­ ers for Libertys and older ships is the main factors. berths and there space in the holds is wasted. where in the world. During the reflected in an active iship-scrapPersonally I was plenty of Shipowners have always considered Korean War, restrictions were im­ ping market. The Maritime Ad­ found it satisfac­ overtime. The this operation economically un­ posed on such ship sales barring a ministration is in the process of tory in all re­ foreign or domestic buyer from selling 100 Government - owned union made fine sound. spects excluding A compromise solution offered transferring a ship to another Libertys for scrap, most of them progress during the short stay I by industry under which wheels country without the approval of going at the minimum $70,000 the year with our had in the hospi­ price, and similar scrapping of would be removed from, the trail­ the Maritime Administration. benefits and con­ tal getting my Libertys is going on ovei-seas. ers to permit more compact stow­ tract gains. I Ironically enough, the so-called nose fixed. But age was rejected by the Govern­ "free-transfer" ships. command a that was not a major operation and just hope: we do as well in 1959, ment. if not better. premium price in the second-hand didn't hinder me much. ship market because their potential market is that much greater. In addition, the Red Chinese have been paying premium prices to ob­ tain shipping. Over-all though, the prices of from appealing from the refusal NLRB decision in case number 2(Continued from page 3) used ships dropped sharply in 1958 CC-448. [Robin Line-Mooce Mcof the regional director of the sec­ tinue appeals from court decisfons because of the slump in shipping. and NLRB findings concerning ond region NLRB to issue a com­ Cormack—Ed.] The Board of Trustees of the A "freely-transferable" Liberty 4. NMU and SIU shall establish that went for about $600,000 at the Seafarers Welfare Plan has recom­ representation on Robin Line ships. plaint on the charges filed by NMU a joint committee with the object beginning of the year was worth mended the extension of the Plan's At present, the SIU represents with respect thereto. crews on seven ships of the Robin 3. NMU agrees to withdraw and ef resolving all current and future only $325,000 at the year's end, free eyeglass benefits to include discontinue Its appeals now pend­ issues and disputes as may affect while T-2s in the same category Philadelphia and Houston. Line fleet. The committee to be set up un­ ing 111 the US Court of Appeals both unions. Such committee shall declined from $1 million to $700,Welfare Plan representatives are der the agreement will serve <2nd circuit) from the decision ef meet upon call from either union. 000 v/ith no takers at the present surveying these .ports with an eye as a clearing house to discuse Judge Sidney Sugarman, Civil The committee shall make its own asking price. for an appropriate facility. As soon and resolve other matters that number (128-100), and from the rules of procedure. Oddly enough, American - flag as one is found Seafarers in the might arise and that might possibly Libertys are bringing higher prices two cities will be receiving this become Items of dispute between than their foreign counterparts, benefit. Mail Call On Jeff City the two organizations. with asking prices in the vicinity The Welfare Plan's program for Months Of Talks free eye examinations and for free eyeglasses went into effect June 1, Signing of the agreement was an 1958, in New York. Baltimore, New outgrowth of some months of disOrleans and Mobile. Six-month . cussions, as the joint statement in­ figures show that 1627 Seafarers dicated, as well as the successful have received free treatment and cooperation of the NMU and SIU 1611 pairs of glasses given out. on the protest demonstrations Eligibility requirements are the against the' runaway flags. That MONTREAL — Hal Banks has same as for most other welfare cooperation provided ample evi­ been elected to a two-year term as benefits; discharges showing one dence that the two unions could secretary - treasurer of the SIU day's seatime in the previous 180 work together on matfbrs of mu­ Canadian District. Running unop­ days and 90 days in the previous tual interest for the benefit of both posed, Banks received 4,536 votes, calendar year. their memberships. the largest number for any one The text ofHhe agreement is as candidate. follows: Norm Cunningham and Les Mc­ 1. SIU agrees to withdraw all Laughlin were elected to the posts unfair labor charges and the con­ of assistant secretary - treasurers. tempt application against Ameri­ Both ran unopposed. can Coal Shipping and to abandon Port agents chosen were: R. its efforts with respect to the or­ Heinekey, (Vancouver); W. Glas­ ganisation of the unlicensed sea­ gow, (Fort William); P. Gayne men employed by ACS. It also (Thorold); M. Davidson (Toronto); agrees to refrain from filing ex­ R. Doucet (Quebec); and S. Devine ceptions to the trial examiner's in­ (Halifax). termediate report In NLRB case " The following were elected pa­ number 2-CA-5169. trolmen; M. Sheehan (Montreal); and D. MacKinpon (Vancouver); J. 2. NMU agrees to Trithdraw all Royce (Fort William); and H. Caunfair labor charges against Amer­ hill (Thorold); R. Power (Toronto); ican Banner Line, Inc. and SIU, R. Turcotte (Quebec). and to abandon Its efforts with re­ picking up their mail after ship pulled into Brooklyn Army base A total of 22 men ran for 18 spect to the organization of the 0re 11 to r| Seofaren.W* Walker, baker; W. Slater, pantryman unlicensed seamen employed by official posts in the biennial elec­ ABL. It also agrees to refrain tions. and W. Mitchell, oiler, bf SlU-manned Jeffeirson City Victory. Some Ex-US Libertys Now Flying Red Flags i 7...' 1 ' V I i, • . More Ports To Get SIU Optical Aid SIU, NMU Agree To End Dispute Canada SIU Elects Banks �• f.-- ••" "-r.•• --••*•", -: •• • SEAFARERS fan Sx Jtmiurj 16. mt LOG Foreign Oil In Squeeze; US Tankers May Gain The "good old days" of plush returns'from foreign oil are still around for the big interna­ tional oil companies, but they may never be quite the same again. One result of the changes may be a change in t [le pattern of oil traffic which would have a bearing on USflag tanker operation. The three most recent de­ from the Gulf. The latter were in a position to In addition, a complete take-over retaliate against Onassis in the velopments which undoubted­ ly made for an uneasy chill in oil of Iraq by the Communists would event he tried to cut them out of company headquarters were as fol­ have repercussions in neighboring the oil transportation field, since for practical purposes, their char­ Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. lows: The Arab League plans for ters are what keep him and other • Venezuela imposed a new tax "Fresh baked dolphin with lem­ to steward departments on the pattern on foreign oil companies building Arab tankers are not new. independents in business. on sauce" is the new delicacy be­ Seatrain Texas, Ames Victory, Na­ which for the first time broke the This time, the League has organ­ ing served on the Sword Knot tional Liberty, Rebecca, Alcoa traditional "50-50" profit split for­ ized an Arab Petroleum Congress lately, reports ship's reporter John Runner, Seafair, Seatrain Savan­ mula between the nil operator and which announces it will build the Skipper's Letters tankers to "put an end to the world the foreign country. Drews, and the crew finds it de­ nah and the Losmar. Do Not Count . The oil-rich nation of Iraq monopoly in transportation of Mid­ licious. Thanks were extended to It's a good crew manning the < It has been called to the at­ "Slim" (Jack Holt), the ship's ang­ Pacificus according to steward has shown an alarming, but steady dle East oil." tention of headquarters ' that Cut Tanker Profits ler, and Coy Hendricks, the ves- George Seeberger. "This has been drift into the Communist orbit The transportation of the oil is some skippers have been claim­ ael's cook, for this treat, Drews a wonderful trip with an excep­ which would , have drastic conse­ said. tional crew," Seeberger said. "The quences throughout the Middle at present controlled by American, ing that they have "clarifica­ British, French and Dutch oil com­ tions" on various sections of the Votes of thanks were also voted best bunch I've sailed with in a East. The Arab League, organiza­ panies. Since most of the ships on standard agreement in the form long time." tion of Arab states in the area, is this run are either owned by these of a letter from the Union or ^ t planning construction of an Arab companies under the runaway some other communication. The only official clarifications It was just the luck of the draw tanker fleet. flags, or are on long-term charters are those which have been ap­ that kept Seafarer Frank Coggins These developments would tend from the independent operators from paying off the Northwestern to reduce or eliminate profit oper­ such as Onassis, Nlarchos and Lud- proved by the Joint Union-em­ Victory last month, according to ations for the international oil wig, any Arab tanker - building ployer clarifications committee ship's reporter J. companies. Conversely they could plans would cut heavily into the and have been printed up as L. O'Rourke. stimulate production of oil at home lush profits made carrying Middle such as clarifications to the con­ tract. All other so-caUed "clari­ Wanting to get in the United States. Any such Eastern oil. BALTIMORE—Rumors continue fications" have no contract sta­ off the ship, Cog­ Previous efforts by Arab coun­ trend would inevitably be followed to circulate about when the 13 gins decided to by a rise in the American-flag tries to obtain their own tanker tus whatsoever. ships laid up here will sign on As previously reported, the raffle off a large tanker fleet. fleets have been stymied by the clarifications crews, but in the meantime ship­ is cur­ short-wave radio international oil companies. At one rently in the committee Breaks Pattern ping remains slow. process of rewrit­ because it was The Venezuelan tax Increase, time, Onassis announced he would Port agent Earl Sbeppard re­ too bulky to car­ while not expected to disrupt the operate tankers on behalf of the ing and condensing the existing ported a total of six vessels paying clarifications, but until official ry it around. normal flow of oil from Venezuela Saudi Arabian government, but notice is received from the Un­ off, three signing on and eight in As it turned to the United States, could have this plan, whether or not it was Coggins transit diu-ing the last period. The out the Seafarer two long-run consequences. Since ever seriously considered, folded ion all ships are to proceed on following paid off: Calmar and who won it didn't relish packing it is the first time the 50-50 divi­ under the outcry raised by the oil the basis of the existing docu­ Yorkmar (Calmar); Emilia (Ball); ments. Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Marore it either and offered it for sale. A sion of profits has been broken companies. complicated transaction was com­ between a producing country and (Marven); and the Royal Oak pleted with still another crew- companies already in production, (Cities Service), member and all seemed settled. it might lead other oil-rich coun­ The Marore (Marven); Royal Oak (Cities Service); and the Calmar However, O'Rourke reported, in tries like Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, subsequent friendly game of Kuwait and Indonesia to break the (Calmar) signed on crews. chance, Coggins wound up winning pattern also. That, in turn, could In transit were the Alcoa Runner the radio back again. He's staying lead the oil companies to switch and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Steel aboard for another trip now be­ part of their drilling and explora­ Designer and Steel Vendor (Isth­ cause he doesn't want to tote that tion .to the US and Canada. mian); Calmar and Yorkmar (Cal­ a 'There have been some conces­ mar); Robin Kirk (Robin); and the big radio all the way down to Mo­ bile. Whalever you need, in work or dress sions signed which granted the Valiant Faith. government involved more than 50 Sheppard reports that the face­ gear, your SlU Sea Chest has it. Get top ; percent, but they were exploratory lifting of the Baltimore hall is quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ concessions and not in long-estab­ progressing smoothly and that the ing at your Union-owned ond ' Union- ' lished production centers. hiring hall is already sporting a new coat of paint. Far more serious are the pos­ operoled Sea Chest store. The men, the «gent reminds, are sible consequences of a Communist advised to check their health clinic take-over in Iraq. That country, Sport Cools cards and apply for a new one if once the staunchest ally of the Slacks they have run over their year's West in the oil-rlcb Middle East, Dress Shoes limitation. If so, they should see now has a distinct pro-Russian ori­ the dispatcher for another appoint­ Work Shoes entation. Communist sympathizers WASHINGTON — A code of ment.. Socks ethics aimed at eliminating behind- are in key posts in the Government. Iraq produces about 255 million Dungarees the-scenes influence in Govern­ barrels of oil a year and is the Frisko Jeens ment affairs, has been recommend­ CPO Shirts ed for Congressional legislation chief supplier of - oil to Western Europe. If the Communists were to Dress Shirts by a House subcommittee. cut off Iraqi oil it would mean a Sport Shirts Noting that some Federal agen­ replay of what happened after the Bells . * " cies have been lax in setting up a Suez War in 1956 when ^ every strict code of ethical practices for available US tanker was pressed Khakis i-their members, the report suggest­ into service to carry oil to Europe Ties ed that laws be established pro­ Sweat Shirts viding for civil and criminal penal­ T-Shirts (Continued from page 2) ties to be invoked against any one Shorts before they were able to disen­ involved in unethical backstage Briefs tangle themselves. The Sandcap­ politics. Swim Trunks tain made her way into berth under The code would apply to all of­ her own power and then went into ficials and employees in the execu­ Sweaters a shipyard for inspection. Sou'westers tive branch and to persons doing The Wolverine State went business SAN FRANCISCO—Two vessels Raingear with the Government, but aground following the collision and paid off, two signed on and two Caps conspicuou"'" omits Congressmen was stuck for an hour and a half were in-transits as the shipping themselves. New York Senator Writing Materials before two tugs pulled her free. here began to lean towards the Keating (Rep., NY) termed such Toiletries Both ships were off 69th Street, slow side. Paying off were the omission "discriminatory favorit­ Steel Electric Shavers Brooklyn, at the time. Advocate (Isthmian) and the Radios In the other collision, a barge ism," said it was tantamount to a Maiden Creek (Waterman). broke away from her tow under "double standard of morality in Television The Steel Advocate quickly the heavy winds and rammed into the Government,?' and warned, signed on a crew along with the Jewelry a commuter-packed Staten Island "We cannot afford to take a holier- Choctaw (Waterman). Cameras ferry, injuring some 2(1 passengerg. than-thou attitude," Isthmian's Steel Architect and luggage The ferry, the Tompkinsville, was The proposed code would pro­ Calmar's Flomar were in transit. eanylng 1,800 commuters when the vide for dismissal of Government Port agont Marty Breithoff re•ollisipn occurred. The Tompkins­ employees and cancellation of Gov­ : )ort8 that oldtimera on the beach ville limped into Staten Island ernment loans, contracts, grants include T. M. Moriarty, W. Bauae, where 16 of the passengers were and permits for violation of its J. W. Carlew, B. Gapge, and provislcms. hospitalized for treatment, . Giliik«i. SlU SHIPS AT SEA Bait. Story: Idle Ships Your (Sear... for ship ... for shore •,-f- Study Gov't Ethics Code In Congress Sandcaptain Damaged In NY Collision Sf On Dull Side Again m SEA CHEST -•' r.l �nurr 19, ItSf SEAFARERS laC Page 8erem Ban '50-50' On Runaways - Pelly YOUR DOllAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying Bv Sidney Margoliua WASHINGTON—Continuing his fight in Congress against runaway shipping, Rep. Thomas Pelly has introduced a pro­ posal which could effectively bar runaways from handling 1959 Cars: Costlierp But More Subdued any "50-50" cargoes and also4-— — with us car manufacturers chastened by last year's sales flop, the Now US flag design, which carry out the original intent device of documenting a vessel becomes official July 4, 1959, 1090 cars are generally more subdued In horsepower, in some cases of Congress in passing the under some foreign flag. adds star for Alaska as 49th In appearance too, but not in price. They're bigger thah ever and "50-50" law. Although a tax on these Ameri­ state. they cost more than ever. The manufacturers still don't realize that For all practical purposes. Fed­ can-owned vessels would repre­ eral agencies handling movement sent a sizable contribution toward their ever-increasing prices have pushed many wage-earners out of of "5()-50" cargoes have so far in­ the country's tax needs, the com­ the new-car market. They still hope they can overcome the price terpreted the law to mean that mittee felt it would involve "seri­ problem by trying different model changes, making cars bigger and American ships are entitied to ous problems." Its contention was putting on a "hard sell." carry only half of the shipments. that the runaway-flag companies Actually, Rep. Pelly points out, the are genuine "foreign" corporations. But the Big Three popular-price sixes have gone up an average law was designed to assure US-fiag Pelly countered with the view that of gl44 again this year, an increase of 6.7 per cent. The average list vessels of at least half of this ton- "these foreign-flag operations are price of the Big Three sixes now is $2,284 compared to $1,613 in conducted under the device of age. 1051, Ml Increase of 42 per cent. While the factories have raised His latest proposal would limit wholly-owned subsidiaries." prices constantly—almost seven per cent each year since 1055'— This was precisely the case, for the carriage of "50-50" cargoes ex­ dealers have had to take the brunt of holding down actual selung clusively to American ships and to example, with the Liberian-flag Florida, on which the SIU won prices by paring their own profit margins. WASHINGTON-rNo immediate vessels of the nation receiving the SS bargaining rights in a National US Government-financed ship­ change in Federal regulation of Basic Equipment Ups Price Board election last May. Alaskan shipping is expected now ments. Vessels of "third party" Labor Add to the average Ust price of $2,284, such basic equipment as that Alaska has formally entered nations would be excluded. Up The NLRB sustained the SIU until now, the runaways, primar­ claim that the foreign "subsidi­ heater (average price, $58); radio ($65); oil filter ($7.60), plus typical the union as the 49th state. aries" established by P&O Steam­ The statehood act passed by Con­ ily Liberian-flag ships, have been ship were set up solely to mask transportation of $35 to Cleveland moving the balance of these ship­ and $147 to the West Coast. Thus gress last year specified that the the true American ownership and the price of a standard-transmis­ Federal Maritime Board's regula­ ments since^ nations like India, operation of the former Americanwhich receive large amounts of sion six-cylinder sedan becomes tion over Alaskan commerce since flag cruise shid. $2,450 to $2,560, depending on 1916 would continue as is. The "50-50" assistance; have few ships of their own. where you live. Deduct the typical Board is now conducting a "fur­ US-fiag supporters see the Pelly discount of $250 (if you don't get ther review" to determine whether a corresponding over-allowance on any unexpected problems are crop­ proposal as a means of giving a your old car), and you can expect ping up. Formal recognition of big lift to US-flag shipping. In to pay a cash price of $2,200 to Alaskan as a state is expected to cases where the nation for which $2,300 for one of the popular sixes mean ever-growing opportunities the cargo is destined cannot supply for US-flag shipping on the West ships at fair and reasonable rates, this year. movement of the cargo would re­ The increasingly-popular Ram­ Coast. Alaska was formerly admitted vert to American ships. This bler has gone up less this year would effectively shut out the run­ MOBILE—Fifteen degree tem­ than the Big Three. Rambler and into the union on January 3, at aways from carrying these ship­ peratures blowing in here from which time the design for a new th'e-^ew compact-size Studebaker up north and a slow shipping pic­ Lark now have a price edge of 49-star American flag was revealed. ments. Meanwhile, an earlier proposal ture have kept most of the Sea­ $300-$400 on the Big Three. While The new design does not become farers here indoors during the past the Big Three have increased in official until July 4. It is apparent­ by the Washington Congressman period, according to Cal Tanner, that the Government put the same ly arranged for the easy addition length again this year, from two port agent. tax bite on American-owned run­ of still another star in the event to six inches, both Rambler and Seven ships called into port for Studebaker Lark now offer buy­ statehood is also approved for Ha- away vessels as on American-flag payoffs, those being the Claiborne, ships drew a cold reception from waU. ers a compact alternative to the The 13 red-and-white stripes re­ the House Ways and Means Com­ Young America and Monarch of small European cars, which gained In sales last year while US makes were sinking. Jiote that the big main as they were, but the ar­ mittee, the tax-writing branch of the Seas (Waterman); Alcoa Cor­ difference between the compact US models and the full-size US cars rangement of the 49 stars has been the Congress. In fact, the com­ sair, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Roamer is more in overall length than in actual- wheel base. The Big Three staggered. The first, third, fifth and mittee suggested that if the run­ and the Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa). simply have more overhang. Even Ford, which last year had a 202- seventh rows of stars start at the away problem is to be handled by Two vessels, the Yoqng America inch model, now has dropped it and offers only a 208-inch body in outside edge of the blue field. The Congress at all, it should be done (Waterman) and the Del Campo second, fourth and sixth rows are through some means other than (Mississippi), were in transit. all price classes. ^ Eleven ships are due in the com­ The various Ramblers and the Liujc now are significant competitors slightly indented at the outer edge taxation. Rep. Pelly had urged a study of ing two weeks. to the imported cars. The popular Volkswagen sells for $1,545 at the and protrude beyond the oddTanner reports that they didnt port of entry, while the Renault Dauphine, which has been overhaul­ numbered rows at the inside edge the tax '^opholes which allow of the field. need the air conditioning in the American-owned vessels to transfer ing Volkswagen in popularity, costs $1,645. But it is hard to get Chosen from among 2,000 design to runaway flags and avoid US Union hall lately. The unusually discounts on the imported cars. The new compact US cars can be bought in a range of $1,700 to $1,900 after discounts, not including suggestions submitted to a special taxes, while still competing with low temperatures have made pool, commission, the new design was American-flag ships. "It only television, and simple relaxation FOB charges. put into production by manufac­ seems fair," Pelly said, "that all the order of the day. The compact US cars provide more power and room than t^e turers a few hours after it was US steamship operators, tax-wise, A new combination dispatch and small Imports, but not as much gas-saving. disclosed. It is the first new version should be on an equal basis." No welfare counter has been set up Horsepower On Downgrade Now of the "Stars-and-Stripes" since American shipowner, he contend­ on the second deck of the hall to 1912 when Arizdna and New Mex­ ed, should be able to escape pay­ improve service for the member­ One benefit this year is that the l/S makers have reduced horse­ ico were admitted to the union. ing his fair share of taxes by the ship. The booth is a cashier type power and compression ratio slightly, thus reversing the higherset-up with one window being horsepower trend. This is an attempt to answer the complaint of used for registration and dues, and high operating costs, and to make it possible to operate at least a the other for vacation applications six-cylinder car on regular-grade gas. The gas-saving, however, will and welfare items. not be significant, especially since the manufacturers at the same The New Year's dinner here, time have increased the size of the cars. which brought a large turnout of New cars in the showrooms this year must be labeled with the Seafarers their families, was manufacturer's suggested selling price for the car itself and each SIU members who were PhUippine nationals dtirmg the highlightedand by jowls and blackaccessory installed by the factory. This helps you avoid the fornler Second World War can apply for possible compensation if: eye peas, plushog the conventional practice of many dealers, of exaggerating the list price or padding t) they were taken prisoner by Japanese forces while serving holiday menu. charges for accessories, and then offering what seems like a big dis­ vvith the US, 2) they were cap-^ count or trade-in allowance. tured by the Japanese while But some dealers are trying to fool buyers into believing that the in the Philippines, or 3) they label price is an official price. The trade publication Automotive' were next of kin to deceased pris­ News reports dealers are hahging on to the suggested list prices. oners of war. Benefits have been A Los Angeles dedler says: "This new sticker looks like a legal docu­ made available through the Phil­ ment. The prospect believes it." Another speaker at a trade conven­ ippines Red Cross through a pro­ tion said the Government now controls the price. Even Sen. Mike vision of the recent peace treaty Monroney, who sponsored the new label law, has praised it as an concluded between Japan and the Influence toward establishing fixed prices. Philippines. Don't be fooled into believing the label price is an official fixed Claims forms are available at the price. It is only, a "list price" or "factory-suggested price." The New York Chapter of the Ameri­ dealer still can sell at any price he wants. Many still give discounts, can Red Cross at Lexington Ave. most typically 10 per cent, this reporter has found. and 38th St.,and should be filed The guide to car prices. Car Fax, this year lists not only the sug­ by March 15 to be eligible for gested retail prices of all US and imported cars and accessories, but benefits. also their wholesale cost so you can see just how much room you Applicants are requested to have for bargaining with the dealer. The guide also lists transporta­ bring with them a certified or tion costs to various cities and costs of all optional extras whether photostatic copy of their discharge Installed by the factory or by the dealer himself, so you won't be certificates or POW certificates. If fooled by inflated charges for dealer-installed equipment. (Car Fax neither is available, citizenship costs $1.75 at newsstands or can be ordered for $2 from the Car Fax papers or other official documents H. Fifth Ave., New %qrkjq., |g;ejv, Xpyk.}'.......... i.. - X Alaska Ship Rules Stay Unchanged r Yankee Air Chills Mobile Filipinos Can File Claims For POVi Pay By Japan PORTO'CAU 675'-.4^.A'<ffiMar -12/6 e..t!M3iUOeE �SEAFARERS Pace ElcM January U> 19S9 LOG Red Trade Drive Gains As West Eases Embargo Lk. Charles Shipping Up; 11Vessels In A new contract agreement be­ decision of the licensed officers to tween the SaUors Union of the affiliate with the SIU. Pacific and Standard Oil of Califor­ Russia's concentrated drive to ease trade barriers between 4. t t nia (Calif. Shipping) provides wage East and West is meeting with some degree of success in the Carl Born, 65, and Kenneth Moincreases of up to $30 a month, United States and Great Britain. The Soviets recently con­ hourly increases of 9-15 cents on rine, 63, have recently gone into cluded a deal purchasing 20,-^ ' retirement from the Sailors Un­ overtime rates and 5 cents on pen­ LAKE CHARLES—Labor in this alty rates, an additional week's ion of the Pacific. After 51 years, 000 tons of sheet steel from ments and nuclear apparatus from port is patiently awaiting the out­ vacation, and boosts in room, meal, Bori/intends to take it easy, devot­ Republic Steel while Eiigland the embargo list In an effort to ing his time to his hobby of orna­ has relaxed its embargo on many step up trade with the East. ; come of a meeting between the linen and traveling allowances. mental square-knotting. Morine, items formerly barred to Commu­ Amalgamated Meat Cutters, AFLArguing that many items on the ^ ^ X. with 46 years of sailing imder his nist trade. ClO. and the National Labor Rela­ list had been openly demonstrated tions. Board, port agent Leroy Charges of "theft" against John belt, plans to take in the sights The steel transaction, made by the Red nations at the recent Clarke reports. The meeting was Wood and Peter Scragg of the Li­ around the countryside. through a New York import-export Atoms For Peace Conference in held over the union's port-wide or­ censed Division of the SIU Cana­ concern, is the first large shipment Geneva, Britain added cyclotrons, ganizing campaign. of steel from the US to the Soviet radiation detection instruments, ac­ dian District were dismissed by A Matson ship, the Lurline,, be­ Union in several years. Presum­ celeration tubes and other instru­ The butchers union called off Montreal Judge almost -as soon as its pickets around these unorgan­ he saw them. In his politest terms came the line's second vessel since ably to be used in the production ments to the list. ized store? after their owners h€ said, "Greaves (the accuser) the early 1930's to head north of automobile bodies, the sheet Vacuum pump manufacturers, in agreed not to interfere with their acted too hastily." The "theft when it pulled into Seattle amid a steel was shipped via Halifax, particular, are calling for more lib­ After employees' choice of union repre­ charges were an outgrowth of the Jiuge public reception. eral trade laws, noting that they :. throwing open its deck to Seattle Nova Scotia. sentation. The owners had previ­ One of the conditions .of the sale have a huge potential market In residents for a first hand look-see, ously obtained an the LurUne, with its SIU Paeifie was that the New York concern C^ina. injunction limit­ District ci-ew, steamed towards agree to buy 80,000 tons of highing the number Honolulu with 700 passengers grade metallurgical steel chrome of pickets, but ore from Russia. The chrome, aboard. the union agreed which along with the steel lyas if if if to call them off sold at world market prices, can entirely once An increase in the hospital com­ be used in making stainless and they got the own­ fort benefit from $1 to $1.50 a day specialty steels and high-tempera­ ers' assurances has been voted by trustees of the ture alloys. that they would Marine Cooks and Stewkrda secu­ Other non-strategic goods COLUMBUS — The Ohio branch rity funds: Death benefits were shipped to Russia during 1958 in­ Magnan ^ ' an NLRB elec­ of the National Association of also expanded to include nieces cluded rubber, electrical machi­ SAN FRANCISCO — American tion in the future. Manufacturers and the Ohio Cham­ and nephews by marriage, step­ nery, prihting presses, agricultural President Lines, once reported la Although the state elections have ber of Commerce have been un­ children and stej^parents. machinery, automobiles, trucks, the market for Hawaiian Textron's Just ended, many members herC masked as the prime backers of passenger liner, the Leilani, has busses and scientific supplies. 4 t ft have reported a step-up in cam­ "Right to work" despite an attempt discarded plans for purchasing the While the US has maintained a paigning among the city's unions to camouflage loans made to antiThe historic 10,200-mile trip into tight bah on all trade with Ried vessel. according to the "Pacific by the local political aspirants. labor forces in the last election. the Canadian Arctic by the deep- China and has done only slight Shipper," a West Coast shipping Many of these politicians are try­ The financial campaign report of water tug Arctic Rover has rais^ business with the Eastern Euro­ publication. George Killion, presi­ ing to sound out labor here to see 'work" supporters revealed that many an eyebrow up in Can­ pean bloc, England has freed a dent of APL, told the magadne . if they can swing their support in the NAM loan of $39l!,500 and the ada. Upon starting its four-month wide raiigt of scientific instru- that the company changed its plans future elections. because it believed the vessel was Chamber loan of $261,000 were cruise last July, experts predicted Shipping for the port was very more like gifts than they' were the Rover, manned by the SIU "not suitable" for their needs/ good over the past two weeks. Al­ loans. Both groups had pledged Canadian District, would never The future of the Leilani is in Notify Union though many of the men are stick­ their surplus bonds to "guarantee" beat the winter freeze and would doubt as Hawaiian Textron, after ing close to the hall now that the the loans, just in casei they would be tied up in ice until spring. Not Abouf Sick Mfen annoimcing plans to turn the vessel holidays are over, the dispatcher not be returned, which, of course, only did the vessel make it but Ship's delegates are urged to back to the Maritime Administra­ reports that he was hard put to they never were. The Chamber, in she made it In record time, suc­ notify jthe Union immediately tion, failed to make a mortgage fili some Openings. fact, is writting the loan off as a cessfully unloading 2,000. tons of when a shipmate is taken off payment due last week and laid off Caiiing into this area over the "bad debt." cargo at 13 different ports en route. the vessel in any port because the ship's crew and their passenger past two weeks were the Cbiwawa, Attempting to remain behind of Illness or Injury. Delegates office personneL Cantigny, CS Norfolk, Winter Hill, The only other company showing With only a six-week portrait should not wait untU they send Bradford Island, Royal Oak, CS the scenes, the NAM made its loan Miami, Bents Fort, CS Baltimore, through the Huntington National painting course under hia belt. in the ship's minutes but should any interest in purchasing tlia . Council Grove (Cities Service) and Bank of Columbus. It was only Marine Cooks and .Stewards mem­ handle the matter in a separate Leilani, the "Shipper" reported, . through threat of state action that ber Victor Wigington is producing communication, so that the Un­ was American Banner Line, owner the Mermaid (Metro). this was disclosed. some mighty impressive results. ion can determine in what man­ of the US's only all tourist passen­ The membership in this port ger ship, the Atlantic. Although Ironically, it was these same In less than a year he has sold over ner it can aid the brother. was deeply saddened by the death It would also be helpful if unable to purchase the vessel once of Brother Cyril Magnan in St. groups that protested agai^t or­ a dozen paintings; four of which Patrick's Hospital here last week. ganized labor's contributions in the hang in Tiki Bob's, a San Fran­ the full name, rating and book before, the magazine said. Banner Brother Magnan was in the hospi­ statewide referendum on the issue. cisco restaurant. Wigington paints number was sent in. Address Line is reported still considering tal recovering from a broken pelvis The outcome in the Ohio elections on a black velvet surface, prefer-> these notifications to Welfare the possibility of using the Leilani in its New York to Europe pas­ suffered while on the Eagle Trans­ was a sound trouncing for propo­ ring the native South Sea Tdhi- Services at headquarters. senger service. tians as his subjects. porter, when he had a heart attack. nents of "Right to work." NAM Cash Aided Ohio 'Right' Drive iif;:- • ' ' ji APL Won't Buy Leilani The cbristncted nature of shipboorjd living often mokes for hazords overhead as well as underfoot. Taller crewy . ' members particularly often find it difficult to avoid light­ ing fixtures, projecting lines and other ob ects fixed to . the overhead, n situations of this kind, it is sometime$ pos­ sible to eliminate the^ hazard by relocating fixtures and lines. Such steps are obvi­ ously most desirable. Where they are not practicable, warning signs should be posted and crewmembers have to exercise extra caution to avoid painful head injuries. To sum up, move the hazards where they can be moved. W![ie^<|lbey :can't, keep a sharp eye on the overhead. Watch Those Overheads I .' ^' .'•i . ' - ;A| :,v • - h,- • yTiy,* J : �Junurjr II. 19M SEAFAkERS Family Reunion LOG Pace Nine NY Gets Taste Of Runaway NEW YORK—Another runaway-flag vessel, the Valiant Faith, transferred back to American registry and took on a crew of Seafarers last week. Bill Hall, assistant secretarytreasurer reports. This was the first American crew to man the ship since she transferred to the Liberian flag more than • five years ago. wanted to get home died down. train); Rebecca (Intercontinental); Patrolmen signing the ship The majority of those brothers who Winter Hill, CS Norfolk, CS, Miami on found conditions aboard the wanted to spend Christmas an.-l (Cities Service); Elizabeth, Suzanne Valiant Faith were the poorest con New Year's with their families got (Bull) and the Robin Trent (Robin). Signing on during the period ceivable. The messrooms had never off their- ships during the prior been sougeed and had not seen a period and only a few late arrivals were the Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa coat of paint in a long time. In got off during the last two weeks. Runner, Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); CS addition the company had taken As it was. Hail said, 21 berths were Miami (Cities Service); Robin nearly all of the lockers out of the filled by class C cards which in­ Trent (Robin); Kathryn, Evelyn unlicensed foc'sles and left the dicates that any class A or B man (Bull); Fairland, Beauregard (Pan- . foreign crews to shift for them who wanted to ship out, could have Atlantic); Rebecca Intercontinen­ selves. Two of the foc'sles, the taken a job during the past period. tal); Topa Topa (Waterman); Steel bosun's and the night cook's, were There were 45 vessels calling Voyager (Isthmiwi) and the Valiant into the area during the past two Faith (Ocean Carriers). used for storerooms. In transit were the Alcoa Planter Some of the necessary repairs weeks. Nineteen ships paid off, 13 (Alcoa); Cahnar, Portmar (Calmar); were completed before the vessel signed on and 13 were in transit. The vessels paying off were the Gateway City (Pan-Atlantic); CS sailed with a cargo commitment with agreement reached with the Topa Topa (Waterman); Steri Norfolk (Cities Service); Kathryn company to bring the ship up to Voyager (Isthmian); Fairland, (Bull); Jean LaFitte (Water­ SlU standards before she s'gns on Beauregard, Raphael S e m m e -s. man); Mankato Victory (Vic­ Azalea City, Bienville (Pan-Atlan­ tory Carriers); Steel Designer, again. tic); Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Puritan, Steel Vendor (Isthmian) and the (Subsequently in Norfolk the ship Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Seatrain Seatrains New Jersey and TeXas ran hard aground at Town Point Srvanhah, Seatrain Georgia (Sea- (Seatrain). Wharf and was stuck there for a Horn* after trip en the Yaka, steward Wong Kong brought the day despite attempts by a Coast family around for a visit to SlU headquarters while he picked Guard cutter to pull her free up his SlU vacation check. Steven Wong, 4 (center), David, 5, Private tugs finally refloated the and Mrs. Wong all seem pleased to have dad home for a spell. vessel the following day.) As the weather reports have in­ dicated, the whole East Coast was hit by a cold snap during the past Acting on a resolution submitted poultiT sold this year will be Fed­ weeks. It got so cold that. the by the executive board ' of the erally inspected, as compared with Cities. Service tanker Winter Hill Jewelry Workers' Union, AFL-CIO less than one-third which was in­ resembled an iceberg more than President George Meany appointed spected under the voluntary proa tanker when she pulled into Charles Hasenmeyer to act as grani existing up until now. Bridgeport, Conn., for payoff. The trustee of the union. Under the X X entire ship, from bow to stem, was resolution, Hasenmeyer, assistant The AFL-CIO Laundry and Dry regional director of the AFL-CIO, Cleaning Intematibn^ Union won coated with ice. The SlU-manned Bull Line has announced the expansion Shipping for the past period will have"all the powers" vested a sweeping victory In Milwaukee of its Puerto Rican service with the start of a weekly run slowed down somewhat. Hall noted, by the union's constitution*^in their the expelled Laundry Workers out of the Gulf ports of New Orleans and Mobile. Tiie com­ as the pre-holiday rush of men who president and secretary-treasurer as union threw in the towel and an­ "necessary to carry .out the con­ nounced it was ceasing all opera­ pany has been the principal stitutional obligations" of the tions in the area. The withdrawal operator on the New Yorkunion to the AFL-CIO. Hasenmeyer of the ousted union followed nine Puerto Rico run for over 50 will hold office as trustee until the consecutive election defeats at the years. Jewelry Workers next constitu­ hands of the AFL-CIO affiliate and The sailing of the C-2 cargo ship tional convention, makes unnecessary representation Frances on Februaty 9 will sig­ $. i elections pending at dozens of area nify the start of the expanded Bull Officials of the Meat Cutters plants. Amo Schultz, expelled pres­ Line service. Another ship, as yet union have hailed the start of ident of Local 3008, of the AFLunnamed, will go on the run a compulsory Federal inspection of CIO union, signeid a stipulation week later. It will also be a 0-2/ (Ed, note: The column this issue is devoted to three retired Sea­ poultry in interstate commerce as ending the operations of Laundry The company intends to main­ a great day for consumers and Workers Local 714, independent. farers who are teceiviny the SIU f 150 disability benefit.) tain its present service out of New poultry workers." Under the law, XXX York at the same level, which Perry Roberta . . . 43 . . . Joined Union in June, 1940, worked as starting January 1, all poultry in Representatives of some 30,000 means.the addition of two vessels deck engineer and FOW . . . preferred Far East hins—"the trips are interstate commerce will have to to its regularly-scheduled .service. long and the payoffs good" . . . sailed on ore ships, be examined for disease with the Missouri union members have an­ At present, six C-2s are on the tankers, cargo ships and Seatrains . . . felt that same strictness with which' the nounced plans for a statewide cam­ New York-Puerto Rican run, with every trip was interesting and every ship sailed an Federal meat inspection program paign for the repeal of a law which compulsory arbitration of other Bull ships running coastwise experience—"you can learn something every day is carried but. The union, with the requires public utility pact disputes. Under or Irregularly in the sugar trade. if you want to" . . . blood clots forced amputation endorsement of the AFL-CIO and the law, the King-Thompson Act, It has not yet been announced of both his legs . . . sees old shipmates In Tampa its affiliates, had long complained the state may seize a struck utility whether the company . will useevery now and then . . . came across many familiar of the dangers of uninspected poul­ and can order the workers back to Ubertys' as replacements for the faces on his last trip to New York . . . ipasses the try. The Agriculture Department work. The act also provides for Frances and the other C-2 now time reading and drawing . . . lives in Tampa with estimates that two-thirds of all fines of $10,000 a day on the union operating out of New York, or mother . . . one of many men under 50 who is re­ for each day the workers remain whether it will obtain additional ceiving the SIU disability-pension. on strike after the state "seizes" ships. e * * the company. Union officials are The Bull Line expansion makes subject to $1,000 fines. Two unions, Claude Flalicr . . 62 . . . hails from a family of 16 children . . . it the second major 8ITJ com­ after coming to the US in 19i7 he went to work as a tailor .. . worked the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Work­ pany to enlarge its Puerto Rican ers and the Street Railway Em­ afterwards as a waiter at Harvard College, then as operations.. Waterman-Pan-Atlan­ ployees, are contesting the consti­ a bus-boy and short order cook'^in a Massachusetts NORFOLK — Shipping for the tic recently Initiated a New Yorkrestaurant . . . started sailing in 1918 and joined port was on the slow side during tutionality of the law in the state Puerto Rico and Gulf-Puerto Rico Union at its founding in 1938 . . . preferred pas­ the past period, James Bullock, courts. The Chemical Workers service, using its trailershlps on senger ships with short island runs because "I like port agent, noted, as there were Union is also fighting a $241,000 the run. to keep in toucb with the home" . . . still gets a no vessels paying off, and only one, fine levied, against it after its hearty chuckle upon fecallihg good luck in Lisbon, the Jean LaFitte, signed on. The members refused to go back to Portugal, in 1939 aboard the "Independence Bridge" majority of the men shipped were work in a 1956 strike at Laclede . . . the .entire crew got sick (from what nobody replacements to in-transit vessels Gas Co. in St. Louis. The members returned to work after an injunc­ ever found out) ,811 except Fisher ... keeps in touch calling into the area. tion was Issued. with former mates Samuel Howard, Walter GrosRepairs will be started soon. ^X X X venor, WiUiam Jenkins and Enoch Pringle. Bullock said, to replace the storm For the first time in history, • • » drains along the side of the build­ teachers balloted in a National Hugh Fouche . .. 44 . . . first sailed on Lakes from Chicago in 1932 ing which rusted and flooded the Labor Relations Board election and as ah ordinary seaman . . . Joined SIU in 1941 working as a 2nd elec­ hall's basement. Because of this voted in favor of representation by trician in the engine department . . . saw some the hall was withpiit heat for short the American Federation of Teach­ perilous duty during the War, sailing to Russia periods of time. However the ers by a 2-to-l margin. The teach­ as part of the famed "4th of July" convoy PQ13, contractor reports he will start ers are employed by the major and spending 15 ihonths in .^changel... in peace­ work soon and all will be in good motion picture and television stu­ time his favorite trip was to South America on the running order shortly. , dios in Los Angeles under an The in-transit vessels calling agreement permitting child actors Idississippi Co. ships Mcause of the runs but espe­ cially on account of "heavenly" New Orleans ... intq the port during the past two and entertainers to continue their sailed on Just about every kind of ship in his ^veeks were the CS Baitimore education outside the normal pub­ career—r-tankers, freighters, trawlers and even a (Cities Service); Rebecca, Madaket, lic school schedules and facilities. garbage scow .:. . multiple aclerosis has paralyzed Jean LaFitfe (Waterman); Steel While the NLRB does not handle Brother Fouche from the waist down but he still Designer (Isthmian); Alcoa Polaris, representation elections for teach­ prays that he'll be able to go back to sea some day ... his sister thinks Alcoa Planter and the Alcoa Puri­ ers, it allowed the election in this "we have the finest Union and the best bunch of guys in the world"- tan (Alcoa). All were reported in case because the motion picture . . his pet hobby?—his little nephew Hugh, "who's going to be an good shape with no outstanding and television studios are engagefl in interstate commerce. SIU man some day" . . . makes his home in Dawson, Georgia. | beefs. • •' rs .41 Bull Expands Services; To Operate From Gulf Norfolk Gets In-Transifs .1 -r :l| • •< I J ..Iv X • 't - I �SEAFARERS Fare T®« P/asffc Lifeboat Passes Tesfs Subjected to a series of rigorous strength tests by the Coast Guard, a prototype all- plastic lifeboat has passed its exams with flying colors. It is expected to go into active service aboard ship later this year. The 24x8x3.5-foot c r a f t^ feet. It reportedly met all these could be the forerunner of an to rot, corrosion and exposure to 10 tests and others without suffering wide fluctuations of temperatures. all-plastic merchant vessel of Under testing, the boat was any damage. A Maritime Adminis­ the future, which could have ev­ erything but its moveable parts and machinery cast from tough plastic materials. The revolution in building ma­ terials is such tnat tne Air Force already has a full-sized, two-seat­ er aircraft made of a plastic en­ velope that fits into a seven-foot packing case. The envelope, com­ plete with a standard prop engine that mounts on the outside, can be filled with air in an hour. It is part of a "survival kit" that can be dropped by parachute to pilots marooned in out-of-the-way places where standard aircraft can't land. Constructed of fiber-glass rein­ forced polyester resin except for its release gear, hardware and fastenings, the plastic lifeboat is said to have a life expectancy as long as any merchant ship on which it will be used. The boat is considered suitable for use on any type of vessel and may be standard gear on the atomic ship Savannah when it comes out next year. The prototype seats 40 persons and will be part of a set of four, including one motor-propelled craft, that will be tried out in service on the experimental gasturbine ship William Patterson. The Patterson is itself a proto­ type converted from an old re­ serve fleet Liberty. Besides a long life span, the plastic boat offers the advantage of savings in maintenance and re­ placement dosts. It contains a foam floatation material that is said to make it "unsinkable" when fully loaded, even if it is punctured or broken into parts. Other features are "lifetime" resistance Phiia. Expects More Payoffs O- PHILADELPHIA—Shipping for this port can be considered fair, compared to the number of men registered here during the period, Steve Cardullo, port agent re­ ports. However, the next period should be even better as there are a couple of vessels scheduled to pay off within the coming two weeks and there will be the usual number of in-transit ships. There were 15 vessels calling into port during the past period. Four paid off, one signed on and 10 were in transit. The vessels paying off wer6 the Jean LaFitte (Waterman); Pacific Wave (Pegor); Cantigny (Cities Service) and the Pennmar (Galmar). The Pacific Wave was the only vessel signing on during the period. In transit were the Alcoa Puri­ tan (Alcoa); LaSalle, Yaka (Wa­ terman); Steel Designer, Steel Vendor (Isthmian); Emilia, Edith, Jean (Bull); Calmar (Calmar) and the Robin Kirk (Robin). Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts - p-> HV- Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarers that pay­ ments o' funds, for whatever Union purpose, be made only to authorized A&G representa­ tives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered be sure to protect yourself by immeui.tely bringing the matter to the attention of the secretary-t»"'osurer's office. loaded above capacity, flooded, slammed against a steel pier from a distance of 12 feet and dropped into the water from a height of January 16, 196$ LOG tration contract for the construc­ tion of the prototype was awarded to -the Lane Lifeboat and Davit Corp. of Brooklyn last July. State Court Can't Bar Peaceful Pickets 8RATRAIN NEW JERSEY (SMtraln), Dec. 31—Chairman, J. AlUn; Secre­ tary, V, Ratcllff. One man hoapitallxed In Edsewater. Subdstenca to bo paid to thoae men who joined ahip in ahip.yard. Ship'a fund, S3S. Report ac­ cepted. Foc'alea to be painted. New delesate elected. Need place to dry clothea—dryer needed. Do not hang clothea In engine room. SUZANNE (Bull), Dee. 14—Chair­ man, A. Albe; Secretary, J. Dolan. Everything running smoothly. No beefs. Steward to make work list for crew's laundry. Ship in good shape. KYSKA (Waterman), Dec. 14—Cbaliv man, R. Ferrandiz; Secretary, H. PenquIneHe. Called Union hall for payoff. Arrangements for timeoff for steward dept. while In port. No beefs and no disputed OT. Suggest checking stores for tmttcr grade of products. DEL MAR (Miss.), Dee. 13—Chair­ man, H. Maas> Secretary, D. McFall. Two hours disputed sailing time. Captain will allow each member one fifth botUe of liquor, five cases of beer, and any i^arettea purchased MV DEL ORO (Mill.), Dse. IS— Chairman, W. Cummont; Sscratery, S. Smith. Ship's fund S20. New dele­ gate elected. Crew requested to keep messroom clean and turn off washing machine when finished. ATLAS (Cargo A Tankship), Dec. 31 —Chairmen, J. PIceu; Secretary, R. Higglnt. Ship's fund S67.70. New dele-' gste elected. Suggestion to set patrol­ man about 2 B^s or 1 BR and utility man aa pi^r company request. MV TIMBER HATCH (Suwanneo), Nov. 30—Chairman, H. Warran; Sacrotary, W. Newsem. New delegate A reporter elected. Ship's fund S7.50. No beefs, no disputed OT. Menus not to changed except by addition or approval of steward. Black gang foc'alea need painting. WASHINGTON—The United States Supreme Court has given full approval to peaceful union picketing and has ruled that a state court may not enjoin picketing unless violence involved. The decision-^— IS knocked out a Florida state The state courts justified their court injunction barring pick­ right to bar picketing by declaring eting at 12 exclusive Miami Beach that picketing must be "done in hotels by members of the Hotel an atmosphere conducive to-reach­ ing a result that is fair to the em­ Employees Union. The decision is the second major ployer, employees, and the public," step by the Supreme Court in the and not in an atmosphere "of in­ past year reaffirming a union's sinuation, bad faith, deception, right to peaceful picketing. In Jan­ farce or damned-if-I-don't-showuary, 1953, that nation's top court. you spirit."" In its appeal to the Supreme refused to review a Circuit Court's decision upholding picketing by Court, the union urged the court the SIU at Bull Line's terminal in to reaffirm the "free speech" doc­ New York City, during a contract trine in which it was contended that picketing is "free speech" and beef with the company. The Circuit Court reversed a can not be curbed so long as it is Districe Court's injunction against peaceful. picketing by the Union pointing The court, in its brief opinion, out that "no one controverts that emphasized that its ruling in favor this is a peaceful strike." The Su­ of the union was based entirely on preme Court refused the com­ the lack of violence. "In none of pany's appeal for a further review the 12 cases did the Florida trial of the case. courts make any findings of vio­ In the Florida case, the Hotel lence, and in some, an affirmative Employees Union-had set up picket finding of no violence was made," lines at 22 Miami Beach hotels the court held. after the owners refused to recog­ The injunction prohibited pick­ nize the union as bargaining agent eting at 22 fiotels, but only 12 cases for their employees. The hotels were appealed to the Supreme went into court and obtained an Court. The hotels involved In the injunction against the union on the court's decision were the Saxony, ground that their picketing vio­ Sans Souci, Versailles, San Marino, lated the state's "Right-to-Work" Sherry-Frontenac, Lombardy, Mi­ law which provides that union ami Colonia, Nautilus, Delmonico, membership shall not be a condi­ President Madison, Robert Richter tion for employment. and the Martinique. SS Atlantic Wins PHS Award For Cleanliness SIU crewmember aboard the Banner Line passenger ship SS Atlantic can pat themselves on the back as the result of receiving a 95 percent rating on the ship's semi-annual sani­ tary inspection by the US-*Public Health Service. As a This is particularly true on the At­ result of the 95 score, the ves­ lantic which boasts a private bath sel was awarded the coveted cer­ tificate of sanitation by thie Serv­ ice. Certificates are awarded only to those ships scoring 95 percent or better. A Public Health Service spokes­ man said that the rating compared favorably with that of any other American-flag passenger ship oper­ ating out of New York and was in many instances superior to that achieved by other such ships. "A rating of this kind for a passenger liner," he said, "means that every crewmember has lived up to his obligation, because failure to do so would mean that the ship would not have achieved the rating it did." This was the first operating in­ spection of the new vessel, since the previous inspection took place before the ship went into actual service. The passenger ship inspection consists of the same items as a freight ship inspection, but of course, the margin for error is much greater Ton a large passehgey vessel where ine sanitation problem is multiplied many times over. .• M •h r., V. . » M o 11 • and. shower for every passenger room. See Upturn In Savannah SAVANNAH — It has been a fairly slow period on the shipping side, William Morris, port agent reports, with only 14 jobs shipped fromvthls hall during the past two weeks. However, of the 14 jobs, Morris said, three were .taken by class C men, which means that the majority of the class A and B men registered on the beach here are in no hurry to ship out. The outlook for the coming two w eeks is on the brighter side as there are a good number of intransit vessels scheduled to come into the area. in transit during the past two weeks were the Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); Seatrain Georgia (twice), Seatrain Louisiana (twice) (Seatrain); Steel Recorder (Isth­ mian); Robin Trent (Robin) and the Atlas (Tankers and Tramps). »'ll II »• B • I7 l J. v .. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vie, fory). Dee. 7—Chairman, V. Maahan; Sacralary, C. Ollvtr. Ship'a fund S1S.S8. Few houra disputed <>3;. Dim cussion on runaway ships. Dlscuaslom on claanliness of messroom and pantry at night. Voto of thanks to crow moss and pantry crew. wiU be deducted from dop raUon. Ship's • fund S79.2S. New delegate elected. Asked sa movie donaUon from each member, to be coUected at first draw. To send Xmas cards to Uq and NO haU. To purchase S40 worth of magazines next trip. Sea Chest library on board. Keep bath­ rooms clean. Steward to check aoap ^sappearance. ALAMAR (Calmar), Dee. 11—Chair­ man, B. HSM) Secretary E. WHhelmsen. Shortage on several items. Con­ tacted SeatUe A NY haUs. Ship'a fund $7.90. Wiper not doing good Job, could do better. Food beef. In­ sufficient stores. Need larger blankets for crew. Vote of thanks to delegate for Job weU done, also to cook. Re­ quest more LOGs. IDEAL X (Penn Ship.), Dec. 7— Chairman, W. Smithi Secretary, D. Nunn. Delegates to make up repair list in advance. Collection to ne made for Xmas. One man hospitalized in Texas City. Discussion on disputed OT and equalizing same. New dele­ gate elected. Discussion on draws. Safety rules posted. Need new wash­ ing machine and toilet seats. Steward to issue lava soap. ALCOA RUNNER (Aleaa).. Mm,. Chairman, H. Casklli; Secretary, R. Hall. All beefs squared away—ex­ cept porthole in bosun's foc'sle and bunk. Bosun sunk boat in 83 Harbor —rescued by tug boat. No .more launch service—bosun to take swim­ ming lessons. Ship's fund SS.S5. Ask for change of table in messhall to fsciUtate work. Menu suggestions welcome. Vote of thanks to steward and dept. , Dec. 17—Chairman, E. Foley; Secre-. tary, R. Ortii. Report on wiper being fired due to lateness; squared away by patrolman—man remaining. WAND ARCHER (Ne. AtlanHc), Nov. 37—Chairman, J. Beurgeels; Secretary, R. Pierce. Mixing machine and galley door to be fixed. Water tanks need cleaning—water rusty. Clean laundry room. Discard old washing machine and spare parts. Dec. S—Chairman, A. Lavagnoi Sec­ retary, A. Mslene. Some repairs made. Captain to ok painting of messhall and pantry. Water tanks need cleaning. Keep doors locked in alley­ ways to keep shore workers out. Keep water hot while washing dishes. Stew­ ard ta issue roach powder for roaches. More night lunch to be put out. Ship in very bad shape. Food has been good during trip. - SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), June 13—Chairman, E. Jones; Secre­ tary, E. Lanier. Two men missed ship. Repair lists to be - turned in. Payoff expected in ship-yard. Sailed an OS short for round trip. Galley skylight to be adjusted to operate fcom inside. 3rd & 4th grade of meat being sent. Complaints about inferior quality of baking. Bevel sharp edges of messroom receiving table at dumb­ waiter. WANG TRADER (No. Atlantic), Dee. 14—Chairman, J. Hurst; Secretary., O. Ort. New delegate elected. WM. H. CARRUTH (Penn Shipping), Dec. 14—Chairman, S...Holden; Secre­ tary, J. Chermetlno. New delegate elected. Request coffee pot bracket: laundry cleaning list. Radio and bunk lights need repairing. Electric plug needed in bathroom. Water fountain to be repaired and water to be colder. FAIRLANO (Pan-Atlantic), Dec. ki —Chairman, C. Rawllngs; Secretary, C. Goldstein. Deodorizers ordered. Meeting to be held once a month un­ less anything of importance turns up. end to be held before payoff. Re­ quested a first aid kit for engine room —not received yet. SANTORB (Ore), Dec. 31—Chalrmanr H. Shepeta; Secretary R. RayfieM. Some trouble with water. Two men missed ship. Report accepted. To see . captain about water or make claim for ruined clothes. Keep laundry and washing machiiie clean and return cups to pantry. PACIPICUS (Orion), Dee. 14—Chair­ man, P. Fox; Secretary G. Seeberser. Expect to be In port Dee. 21st. Wiper's foc'sle to be fumigated and maw tresses changed—man left ship due to lUness. Check for American money before sailing. Ovens to be reliued on galley range. Hot water to be main­ tained at all times. Request new spare fans to be pet aboard and all fans put In good working order. Vote ot thanks to steward dept. for Job well done. Tanks to be cleaned—water rusty. Good trip and fine crew. ST SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Dec. 3S— Chairmen, A. Frick; Secretary, W. Dunham. Reported having trouble with .range' A oven in galley—new parts ordered. All repairs to be turned in to patrolman. New delegate elected. Request more variety of night lunch: also extra stores. Shortage of linen brought to mcfmlwrshlp's attention by steward. Voto of thanks to steward dept. for excellent dinner at Christ­ mas. ELIZABETH (Bull), Dsc. 2S—Chair­ man, R. Rschrlch; Secretary, T. VIge. Report accepted. New delegate elected. Discussion on use of washing machine. Suggestion that man on watch bo fed first. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Dec. 37— Chairman, R. Breomhead; Secratary R. Hall. New delegate elected. Vota' of thanks to steward dept. for fine Job decorating messhall and excellent Christmas dinner. Contributions to bo made toward ship's fund. FAIRLAND (Pan-Atlantic), Dec. 31— Chairman, C. Rawllngs, Secretary. C. Goldstein. Need first aid kit. New delegate elected. Meeting to bo held once a month before payoff.- Patrol­ man* instructed delegate to report permit men to respective dept. for replacements after time is up. Dec. 27—Chairman, Derea; Secre­ tary, C. Goldstein. Special meeting re: steward dept. beef—chief cook refuses to let 3td cook do his work. Suggestion to call^ Union and have beef straightened ont. REBECCA (Maritime Overseas), Dee. SI—Chairman, M. Mullen; Secretary,' S. Wright. Everything running amoothly. Suggestion to paint flying bridgo with non-skid paint; also that day workers and men off watch re­ frain from whistling in passageways. Vote of thank* to steward dept. for Job well done. YORKMAR (Calmar), Jan. S-^halPman, I. larch; Secretary, R. Cummlngt. Meiaroom tables to be repaired In •hipyard. One man missed ship In Bait. Keep library books in order at all times and return after reading. Return cups to pantry. Less noise dur­ ing meal hours. Men missing ship to be reported. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard dept. ORION COMEt (Orion), Dee. 33— Chairman, W. Clegs; Secretary, H. Morris. Reports accepted. New dele­ gate elected. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard dept. Try to obtain new mattress In Japan. Steward nqt to accept milk if not pasteurized. MADAKET (Waterman), Dee. IS— Chairman, R. Pararra; Sscratary, J. Burke. Some repairs not made. New delegate elected. Discussion re: log­ ging of cook for day off. Requen coffee be made Utile stronger: also to chill aU Juices. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done. Jan. 3—Chairman, R. Fararra; Soo, retary, J. Burko. Several brothers lowered gangway and missed ship. Few hours -disputed OT for doing longshoreman's work—to be turned in at payoff. Picked up three new men In England. Repair Usi to bo made up. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job weU done. CHIWAWA (Cities Sorvlce), Dee. 3t .Ti-Chalrman, W. Adams; Secratary, R. Bridges. Two men missed ship in LC. New delegate elected. STEEL iXECUTIVS (lithmls?!). !5«s. 28—Chairman, G. Finkles; Secretary, A. Brodie. Washing machine' to be repaired. Repair Ust turned over to delegate. Ship to be fumigated. One map logged. Reports submitted. Dele­ gate spoke on helping workaway who cama aboard without gear—crew ob­ tained clothing for cold weather from ship's fund. inti'i H ) < t I'll s n Ti I I li I �IC, U5» SI^AFAR^RS Face Berca LOG 4 Man's Job' Social Security Benefit, Tax Rises Take Effect • -'i WASHINGTON—The Government's Social Security pro­ gram which now covers over 78 million workers and members of their families has been found "sound, practical and appro­ priate" by a Federal advisory council, and has proved itself old-age and survivor assistance a "permanent institution in eligibles, whose number is ex- k Is li> American life." The council, composed of 13 rep­ resentatives from labor, manage­ ment and the general public, expressed confidence that the pro­ gram was adequately prepared to meet all foreseeable expansion. Some critics had declared that the program would be unprepared to meet an expanding roster of CS Ships' Engineers Vote Set « t A P >«»••«• • The ^sition of the United States as the sponsor of eutrate shipping regis'trations has again been spelled out, this time at the United Nations' new maritime organization. With the US State Department in their corner, Panama and Liberia are now seeking membership on the organization's safety committee and other top Committees which will make deci­ sions affecting world shipping, despite the fact that nationals of those two countries own practically no shipping. Obviously, without State Department bac^g the two London — Runaway thipowner countries' bids would not receive serious consideration. In Stavroa S. Niarchos stole the show at a Jewel exhibition here when he effect, ttxe. runaway registries would have three votes, .their entered a 128-carat diamond worth own two and that of the United States, since the State Depart­ approximately $2 million. The Ni­ ment has long since abandoned any pretense of representing archos gem outshone two entered that segment ofthe US fleet under the American flag. The fact of the matter is that while the runaway operators by Queen Elizabeth which weighed In at 94.4 and 63.6 carats respec­ have triple representation, the American-flag shipping indus­ tively. The Niarchos diamond has try has nobody to speak for it, since the only shipping man been described as the finest gem on the US delegation represents a company with extensive ever to come out of the South runaway interests. African diamond fields. American operators who permit opportvmities to speak in Niarchos is a close associate of international conclaves to go by default have no one but them­ the American committee of the selves to blame for failing to insist vigorously on representa­ "Flags of Necessity", an organiza­ tion at such, meetings. tion of runaway tanker operators Under the circumstances, if is up to the American maritime formed to combat the activities of unions to speak for American-flag shipping and for the rights the International Transportworkof legitimate maritime nations whenever and wherever the ets Federation. One of the claims put forth by the "Flags of Neces­ opportunity presents itself. $2 Million Gem Shovut By Niarchos sity" group is that it would be financially impossible for them to operate under the American fiag and that they are therefore com­ pelled to register as runaways out of dire economic necessity. Much of the Niarchos tanker fleet consists of isupertankers in the 30,000 to 60,000 ton-range and a great many of these are on longterm time charters carrying oil on behalf of the American oil com­ panies who make'up the "Flags of Necessity" group. in addition to his $2 million trinket, Niarchos, in 1957, bought , tip the art'-collectlon of film actor Edward G. Robinson for. an es­ timated $3 to $4 million. He had previously been reported paying as high as $500,000 for a single painting, and also operates one of tiie world's largest and costliest yaeUs.;" ' ' Peacefdl Picketing The right of peaceful picketing without interference by state courts, one of great importance to all unions includ­ ing those in maritime, has been reaffirmed this week in a Supreme Court decision dealing with picketlines at Miami Beach hotels. The court held that no state court could issue an injunction against such picketing as long as it was peace­ ful in nature. On two previous occasions, the SIU's right to picket was challenged by just such injunctive actions. One was the Bull Line strike of 1957, when a US Appeals Court affirmed the Union's right to picket peacefully and the Supreme Court re­ fused to review the appeals finding. The second was the re­ cent ITF demonstration when a Federal District coimt held that thQ American maritime unions could not be prohibited from picketing the runaway-flag ships. The cumulative effect or these decisions is to reinforce a union's most potent economic-, weapon, and as such, could have considerable bearing on future action by the SIU and bthcF aaaritime unions ^ organizing campaigns. '.a pected-to swell from today's 12.5 million to approximately 22 million by 1980. One reason for the optimism of the council in the excellent finan­ cial condition of the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund, whose surplus for 1958, after ben­ efits had been paid out, was $22 million. Past totals and future estimates indicate that tax contributions will continue to exceed disbursements slightly, leading to an anticipated $24,600,000 surplus by 1963. The primary recipients of assist­ ance are retired men over 65 and women over 62. Others receiving benefits are disabled workers over 50, widows of covered, workers and their children under 18. The pay­ ments are intended to replace a portion of the income lost through retirement, disability or death. The fund draws its resources from equal tax contributions of em­ ployees and employers. Present rates are 2V4 percent of all the em­ ployee earns up to $4,800. Any­ thing beyond that is non-deducti­ ble. However, the rates are expected to be upped to three percent by I960 and 4V& percent by 1968, so that a worker earning $4,800 or more woul^have to pay $216 by 1968 as against $120 now. Boosts would affect employees and em­ ployers alike. An election to determine who shall have the right to represent engineers on Cities Service ships has been scheduled by. agreement between the company, the SlUaffiliated Brotherhood of Marine Engineers and the Deepwater Offi­ cers Association {independent). Ap­ proximately 74 engineers are in­ volved in the balloting. The election was arranged at the request of the BME after an organ­ izing drive which began last spring. Since engineers are supervisory employees under the labor law, the BME could not petition the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board for a vote. Consequently, under the terms of the agreement, reached with the company and the DOA, the voting will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association on a mail ballot. Eligibility lists and addresses of the engineers are being supplied by the company. The vote Is scheduled to last for six weeks or more, depending on final arrangements now in the Seafarers who sail out of the making. Port of New York or who work for The BME became active in the New York shipping firms may find Cities Service Fleet when engi­ themselves with another withhold­ neers in th^ fleet, dissatisfied with ing tax on their payoffs if "present the existing lack of representation, plans of the New York State gov­ sought out the union on possible ernment are carried out. The state affiliation. After a majority of the administration and legislative lead­ engineers had joined the BME, the ers are planning a New York state union asked the company to ar­ withholding income tax which may range for a vote. The company take effect later in the year. agreed to do so, and after some The withholding tax would re­ prodding, the DOA did likewise. place the present system of having The BME program calls for an eight hour day for engineers">vith employees file their tax returns in overtime after eight hours; sever­ April of the following year and pay ance for engineers whose ships are either in a lump sum or quarterly. transferred foreign; improved The state estimates that adoption working rules and working condi­ of the withholding system would tions; and representation and griev­ bring in about $35 million more because it would reduce tax eva­ ance procedure. The existing organization In sion by employees who do not file Cities Service, the DOA, is one of state tax returns. a string of oil company independ­ In addition, New York plans a ent unions controlled by John J. two-cent increase per gallon of gas­ Collins. Although the DOA has oline and a one-cent increase on been active in Cities Service for cigarettes. On top of that. New some 18 years now, engineers in York City is contemplating a onethe fleet complained of the lack of percent sales tax increase to four representation and the absence of percent, or else as a substitute, a union conditions on the .Cities. tax on off-track betting, up until now considered illegal in the state. Service ships. ji I • •I I NY Plans Withholding On Taxes Stay Put For Jobless Pay Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already experienced Interruptions of from three to five weeks In getting their next check after they notified the state unemployment offices that they had moved and changed their mailing address. An average delay of a month is reported in most eases, causing consldsridrie hardship to the men involved. I A\ -J .1 -St . �Paf» TwelTe [>••.• :• '•'-- Yeah! You Right If Ri fe'j-r • '-• 'T. KR' V. i''' ;•* •fy^ ' • •R • • ! K/;;. I K'r p . p'. w:' SEAFARERS • i:' r"^'- &«•'- "• . ; If the guy talking gets especially violent about a subject, he'U get up and stretch and politely say you sure right! then he's gone. I got the treatment, that's how*! caught on. He isn't paying any atten­ tion and I wasn't mak­ ing any sense I guess, but every once In a while »he'd say Yeah! then nod his head and all the while staring out to sea, I'd keep rattling along and he'd say yeah, you right. I sorta watched the guy that's what almost everj'one does on a ship. I noticed he. did every one that way. Well Dad I got the mes­ sage. After that I use to see him on #9 hatch and I'd go out on deck • anyhow, we'd look at each other and smile and then say hi and both sorta laugh a little then I'd climb up on the hatch by him and • look at the sea and the sky and we both we're content I guess cause < I know I didn't have to say any­ thing. And he didn't have to . say Yeah! You sure Right! To Dad. Frank Timmons SS Ocean Eva sijv-'': wyp \ SEAFARERS IH RRYROCH He's an Ore Boat stiff I guess, been on them The hospital roster in Baltimore should be reduced by three most all the time he's names before long, according to the latest reports from the Maryland port city. been going to sea. Due for discharge shortly are a pair of Seafarers off the Ocean Eva, Got a family, a wife and some Thomas Brightful and James Keavney, who shipped as messman and grown kids, so he's had to ride oiler respectively, plus Paul Klausen off the Mermaid. Brightful is in the Ore Boats sorta 'steady 'cause with a mild stomach condition and Keavney due to yellow jaundice. they always come back to Balti­ Klausen is improving rapidly from a case of ulcers. Savannah has a pair of newcomers in drydock now, Kufus L. Fields, more no matter where -4hey go. ex-Chiwawa, and Henry Lanier, ex-Edith. Fields checked in for treat­ ment of hemdrrhoids and is doing A lot of guys come and okay after an operation. Ditto on go, usually make a trip or Lanier, who has a stomach condi­ . two and pile off. . Every tion. kind of guy hits the Ore Recovering as well as can be Boats sooner or later and expected today, J. J. Harrison, came in to the Norfolk Public he's seen them all I Health hospital after a bad acci­ . guess. dent when a mooring line broke and injured both his legs.^ He was The crew sleeps and eats aft AB on the LaSalle. Roger W. Fuland usually gathers around num­ Lanier Wilson ford, who's shipping with the SlU's ber 9 hatch after meals. Harbor Sc Inland Waterways Division, is coming along okay under . I dont know where or treatment for stomach trouble. He was a deckhand on the Willston, a when I first noticed him, Willis Towing Company tug under SIU-HIWD contract. Busy as ever. New York has several additions to the roster at the but he struck me as the Staten Island hospital, including Danny Wilson, ex-Hilton; Phillip G. y , saddest and dumbest per- Salino, ex-Rebecca, and James T. Allen, ex-Robin Locksley. Wilson is ;R SOA I've seen. He's got a being cheeked over for a chest condition and Allen is getting special bulldog face and not a medication for an eye ailment. Salino, who sails as bosun, is being wrinkle of a smile nor a treated for a hernia. i' hair on his head. Other recent arrivals at Staten Island include Rnflno Lara, ex-Steel Apprentice, over a heart condition; Nicholas Resnichenko, off the Penn We all talk, that is everyone but Explorer because of a stomach ailment, and a pair off the Valley Forge, . him, he just puts in yeah when he Mike Chandoha and Walter Gill, Chandoha has a skin condition and thinks he got to. Gill is recovering from a shoulder injury. All SIU brothers in the hospitals' appreciate visits and mail from ^ We talk about every " . subject in about every their friends and shipmates. Visit and write them when you can. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals: way you could think of and he'll say yeah^ you USPHS HOSPITAL VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. KECOUGHTAN, VA. right you sure right. Maximino Bemea Edgar Krotzer • tev' LOG I S • J i i Fernando Bertoio Robert L. Littleton Henning Bjork Salvador Malhabour Thomas Brightful . WilUam I. MeUon Russell Ciymer Ralph Nay Peter DeVries Domingo Orbigoao Lucius DeWitt Vincent' Rizzuto Clarahce Gardner Herbert Shartzer Gorman Glaze Bobby Stalpwortb Floyd J. Hurd, Jr. Nighbert Straton George Warrington Emanuel Jonin James Keavney WUmer C. White Paul Klausen USPHS HGsprrAL BOSTON, MASS. Gilbert Edwards Raymond L. Perry William B. Gardner Ray Peters Joseph GairUo Charles Evan ZlateS Paul C. Norton • USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS John C. Mitchell Vivian E. Wilkerson MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LAKE CHARLES. LA; Charles A. Young USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Roger W. Fulford Arthur Cox John J. Harrison USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANaSCO, CALIF. Joseph H. Berger John E. Moore Michael J. CoRey Arthur J. SchevThg Victor Egel Henry J. Scbreiner Arshad B. Ismail USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Rufus L. Fields Henryi La^er Wade B. HarreU Robert Guerrero W, V. Kouzounas Harry Henze USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Martin Hammond P. J. St. Marie John F. Siusarczyk J. W. Waite USPHS HOSPITAL FT. WORTH, TEXAS Lawrence Anderson H. LedweU Jr. Benjamin F. Oeibler John C. Palmer VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS R. J. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL RUTLAND HGTS., MASS. Daniel Fitzpatrick Charles Bartlett SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Victor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Albert DeForest OlUe N, Williams Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— please put my name on your mailing list, (Print Information). NAME I STREETADCRESS.... I CITY • • • • • • • • • •a VA 'HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Thomae W. KilUon VA HOSPITAL BUTLER, PA. James F. Markel USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Clauds B. Jessup Manuel Antonana Ludwig Kristiansen Eladio Aris Thomas R. Lehay Joseph J. Bass Kenneth Lewis Matthew Brunn Warren J. Mclntyr* Leo V. /Carreon Leo Mannaugh James F. Clarke Jeremiah S. O'Byme Joseph D. Cox C. Osinakl Juan Denopra George G. Phifer John J. DriscoU Winston E. Renhy Otis L. 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Lang Paul Cook Isidore Levey Fess Crawford Joseph MarteUo Joseph Curtis PhUlp Mendoza Charles Dalcourt WUiiam Nelson Jeff Davis Wlnford PoweU Henry J. Foy James D. Price Demetrlo D. Franco Arthur Proulx Paul Frankmanls R. Richardson James Glisson William Rollins Herbert E. Grant Calvin A. Rome Hayden F. Henry John J. Sullivan James HudMn . Fernando Tlaga Ben Hitchen James Ward Sidney Irby Clifford Wuertz Robert K. James Cleophas Wright i ... ....... ZONE. .,,, STATE .... i • TO AVOID DUPtlCATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change * of address, please give your former address below: . • ADDRESS CITY Joseph GUI . ZONE STATE.. $end 'em to the LOfi January 18, 1958 New Quarters Seen Essential real Seafarert is and should be. I would like the whole mem­ bership to know and meet E, Wiley Carter, better known as "Bouncy", our Union brother and Seafarer of long standing, A. Kassim Engine Department SS Steel Chemist To the Editor: I am an SUP' member who read with great interest the editorial in the LOG of Novem­ ber 7, 1958, regarding the crews' .quarters of our American ships. 4 4 4 It is up to us to see that the poor living quarters of the old Dei Aiba Hails sh'ps are not merely copied into the new ships. For, after all, Place in Congo no matter how well-intentioned To the Editor: I have been asked by 'several some of the Maritime Adminisof our Del Alba crewmembers to write this letter in order to bring attention to a man here in Matadi, Belgian Congo, He is Dave Nimiec and operates a place called the "Guest House." He is no stranger to the many SIU members who make this port regularly on the Delta Line ships out of the Gulf, His All letters to the editor for place is clean, reasonable and publication in the SEAFAR fair, and he renders a mail ERS LOG must be signed service to all who wish it, for by the writer. Names will the price of the stamps alone. be withheld upon request. He has been helpful to SIU members here in the hospital !}y tration designer? may be, they visiting them and bringing ciga­ arc not going to live aboard the rettes and reading matter while ships. We are. they are there. We would like The .most often-heard com­ to have him on the regular mail­ plaint is too many men iii one ing I'st for the LOG as we think room. Single - room? for a',1 .this would be placing the LOG hands or, at the most, two men where it would be read and apin a room would be a big Im­ preciated-by a great many peo­ provement. ple who otherwise never see it. One could go on and on, me.nThings are going on very weil tioning everything under the with a good crew ou the Del suh from air conditioning to Alba. Thanks to the .personnel locating watchstanders' rooms, at headquarters for this and away from the galley and mess- many past favors, rooms. However, merely getting George L. Baugh rid of three-man rooms would Engine delegate' get everyone's vote as the most » 4. ft important s.tep toward improved They Feel Taken shipboard living. ^ It would be a fine^ thing if all the American seagoing unions To The Cleaners could get together on this quar­ To the Editor: I am going to give you an ex­ ters issue and then use their combined efforts to get modern ample of how some people try to advantage of seamen when American living standards built take their time is limited In port. into ouf new_ships, The John B. Waterman ar­ J, Cnnnlngiiam rived in New Orleans late one 4 4 -4 Friday night when most busi­ Lauds Shipmate, ness establishments were al­ ready closed for the weekend, 20-Year Main WeU, along about noon Satur­ To the Editor: day, two agents for a cleaner Twenty years ago in Novem­ and laundry came aboard the ber. 1938, the Union accepted ship'to collect laundry and dry E. Wiley Carter into its fold. cleaning. We were told it He was obligated a few months would take six hours. later while active in organiza­ But when, the laundry and tional work on the SS Fairfax cleaning came back you would and sailin^n the engine depart­ never been known it had been / ment as wper. ashore; it was that bad. And He then joined the steward to top that off, there were the department and, in 1942, lost prices. One fellow had a laun­ two SIU ships, the SS Robin dry and dry cleaning bill for Hood and the SS West Chetac, $22—and that is quite a bit even due to enemy action. Again in for a fellow who works ashore. 1944 he lost another ship, the Another fellow paid $4.50 for SS William L, cleaning a suit and a pair of Marcy, this slacks. time while Special or no special, thosa sailing on prices are strictly out of line. deck. All ships Besides, a very poor job was lost were due done on the clothes. If the job to enemy ac­ was a little decent, one^wouldn't tion in which mind .so much. But the things many of our came back in just as bad shape brothers died as when they were sent out. at sea. In conclusion, the name of the Carter Carter has outfit is Banner Laundry Clean­ been in the deck department ers, Inc., and they are on Camp ever since and has been active St., New Orleans. Yes, they through all Union beefs con­ must think that seamen are a cerning the advancement and bunch of suckers at all times. strength of our organization. He Crew, John B. Watennan had to retire his book a few 4 4-4 times due to doHiestic reasons Speedy Payment but Union activity and the call of the sea made -his stay ashore Is Appreciated a short-lived one. To the Editor: He has been sailing as AB off I wish to thank all those in­ and on for the past 13 years, volved for the speed in which having been elected deck dele­ my check was delivered during gate on most ships he's sailed. my recent illness in the hospital. At the pi eseiit time i]e is a'Doard My case was handled in a most this vessel as AB and deck dele­ satisfactory manner and I wish gate, rounding out the 20 years to express my appreciation for he's served with the SIU,' the fine treatment. Carter is my idea of what the WiiUam Van Artsdaleu Letters To The Editor �PORTMAR (Calmar), Dac. 14—Clialr> man, F. Rmmif Racratary/ JaRnatan. Rlilji'a *«n4 IS, Bepert acesptad. Sea anRlneer regarding water fountaia, Heasroom to be cleaned after use. ALCOA PATRIOT*(Alcoa), Dae. 11— Chairman, J. Matthawai Sacratary, W, Nation. Arrangements made witb captain for mall in Ceuta. Short one electrician. Linen to be changed by crew members. Cooperation asked la caring of linen and use of coffee. Slop chest to be checked for suppliesinadequate for voyage 139. Keep pan­ try clekn and nolM down in passage­ ways. SEAFA1R (Orion), Dec. 4—Chair­ man, J. Meahan; Secretary, F. Hicks, Jr. Shortage of stores—steward to endeavor to secure stores In Spain. No reply from bq. re; money in draws —US currency, In foreign ports. Re- Deck foe'giae need ^ more fans. radJators. FUh perature to he adjusted. teip-^ IMILIA (Bull), Dee. 14—Chairman. C. FIthar; lacretary, C. Welch. Wash­ ing machine and toilet seats repaired. Purchased timer for washing machine —410. Request better grade of floiir and pudding mixes. To postpone New Year's Day dinner until ship out at sea. To make collection for brother hospitalized for TB. MARYMAR (Calmar), Dec. 14—Chair­ man, W. Zaieikl; Secretary, 6. Wal­ ter. Washing machine to be repaired. Collection to be taken up for Xmas tree and trimmings. Need new wash­ ing machine. Do not leave razor blades in soap dishes. Delegate to pick up mail and distribute. ROBIN GRAY (Robin), Dac. II — Chairman, B. Nuckelsi Secretary, R. Anderson. Ship's fund S6.23. Discuasion on racks for life preservers: weevels in bread. Water cooler needs repairing. Messhall ahould lie kept clean at all times and things kept in order. Steward talked almut supplies on hand for trip. CALMAR (Calmar), Dec. IS—Chair­ man, P. Dandy: Secretary, W. Seary. Tive. men paid off and raplaced on west coast. See captain about cold water to galley. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (VlcfOry), Dec. i—Chairman, H. CRourke: Sacratary, H. Iverson. Soma repairs not made. Letter rei "A" seniority written to hq. Donation of SS to Merchant Marine library In Teaas. Ship's fund S9.84. One brother left ship due to death In famUy. Few hours disputed OT. Everything run­ ning smoothly-no beefs. Chow much Improved. )fq. to Inform ITF of our support In their beef. New delegate elected. Valve In foc'sle to ba re­ paired. Messhall chairs to he re­ paired. NATIONAL LIBRRTV (NaPI. Ship­ ping), Nov. 10—Chairman, D. BuHsi Secretary, L. CIrlgnano. Beet about lockers, showers, bathrooms, refriger­ ator handle & gasket. Vote of thanks to radio operator for MTD reports: also to steward dept. Keep radios lower. Deck It Eng. dept. to clean laundry room, messman to keep rec­ reation room clean. "'ppy "'y" CHICKASAW (Waterman), Doe, S— Chairman, H. Hastings. Sacretary, M. Sterne. Roaches In messhall te be be extcrminatelL One man faUed to join ship In Mobile. Delayed sailing disputetf. New delegate elected. Gar­ bage to ba dumped In prepay plaee. Bosun claims meat la cut too thin. Xmas decorations to be obtained on west coast. Delegates to cfaack repair list. SEAGARDEN (Penn-Nav.), Dec. 4— Chairman, J. Splvey: Secretary, C. Nelson. Keep recreation room clean. Observe quiet when men sleeping. Keep bathroom door and shower hooka up. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Dee, S—Chairman, C. Baggs: Sacretary, J. Williams. Crew to send flowers to de­ ceased member'a father. Payoff Thurs. Dee. 11. Motion to take up aoUactlen for kin of steward. Delects admon­ ished crew about refusing chairman's job at meetings and making same man carry job at every meeting. SWORD KNOT (Suwannee), Dec. 7— Chairman, J. Merkel: Secretary, D. Goteeff. Company asks parcels leaving ship be inspected. Ship anchored 8L John's harbor tn remalii mrernight. men request liberty. Delegate Inquired for transportation ashore, reported no local launch servlee on Sunday—to contact English ship near by for their launch. Complaint about offlcers get­ ting most of remaining coffee stock. Later coffee was shared with crew. Coffee exhausted—Nescafe substituted. Inad.cquate supply of coffee. port accepted. Vote Of thanks to steward dept. for good service. Vote of thanks to delegate for job well done—re-elected as delegate. Crew quarters to be painted. ORION CLIPPER (Colenlal), Nov. tf —Ohalrman, J. Wade: Secretary, M. Barlowltz. Ship's fund, S31. Deck depL beef with topside. Discussion between steward and roving utility about his work. Also division of overtime. Re­ quest equalization of overtime. Three men missed ship—two men hospital­ ized, one missed. Bosun to run deck crew. CITY OP ALMA (Waterman), Dec. 7 —Chairman, C. Collins: Secretary, M. Clagle. Two repair lists turned In. Repairs made except painting and dogs on porthole. Donations made to orphan home in Pusan. Launch serv­ ice beef In Yokohama. Slips to ba turned in at payoff. Washing machine repaired. Ordered new one. One man missed ship in Kobe, rejoined in Yoko­ hama—man logged. Ship's fund, 413. Disputed OT to bo taken up at pay­ off. Vote of thanks to eng. for fixing washing machine. Food beef—not hot enough and not cooked enough. Pa­ trolman to check all menus. Check all stores coming aboard. Request bet­ ter grade of meat. Beef about hot water aft. Do not overload washing machlna. STEEL FABRICATOR (laflimUn), Nov. 33—Chairman, G. Ruff: Sacra­ tary, L. Cslda.-on AB &esh water tanks cleaned. Ship's fund, 440. Soma dlaputad OT. New treasurer alacted. Motion to dispose of travelers chacks, Suggeation to obtain keys for aU bath­ rooms, Steward to endeavor to get sliced bacon. Contact engineer about dlapoalng of one washing machine, AMES VICTORY (VIctary), Nav. I— Chairman, B. Burks: Secretary, B. Cawdrsy Report accepted. Oiseuaaion on ship's stores. Steward ordered 34 oota and received six—also ordered two mattreaaea—not dellverod. Dea. 7—Chairman, W. Burke: Sacrfr ^ '••"rhciak. Repair lift tubmittad. Draw will ba mvan upon, ai* rivsL Boma dlqtutad OT. Check maty water. Request batter grade and mora variety of moata. Cofiaa vm to be repaired or replaced. Cteen laimdry room after nae. Vote of thanka t» steward dept. for job wall dona. LOSMAR (Calmar). Nov. >7—Chair­ man, O. HanMn: Secretary, W. Sears. Discussion on inferior grade of meat this (rip—patrolman to meet ship in NY. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine Thanksgiving dinner. Order -rubber wind chute for next trip. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Saalrain), Dae. IS—Chairman, F, Patrick: Sacratary, Y. Fadraia. Mora ' aooparaUon whan settling beefa. Alr^ondltloner not rapaired. Motion that all ooaatwlaa ahips pay off at and of each voyage m, ataad of every two or three tripe Motion that Union ahould meet wltb company rbi number of licensed perionnel aboard ships and renegonate manning seals to include saloon pan­ try utility man. Discussion on TV-» decision not to have set turned on during meal houre. Vote of thanka to steward dept. for fine holiday meal and for job well done. PACIFIC EXPLORER (World Tramp­ ing),- Dec. 7—Chairman,' B. Porter: Sacretary, L. Geraghty. Three men taken off ship due to illness. Repair list to be submitted. One log. Report accepted. Suggeston that vessels en­ gaged in Far East & India trades carry sufficient supply of canned fresh milk. OCEAN ULLA (Overseas), Nev. II— Chairman, M. Garu: iecretary, S, Rothschild. Letter eent to hq. rei men missing ship In Recife due to being hoepitaUzed. Captain to open slop cheat. Some mlsunderstanmng re: OT. New delegate elected. Beefe to be brought to delegate's attention. GwGSf of honor Robert Mason, OS (center), prepares to cut up birthday cake whipped up by baker James Mrclay (right) on the Andrew Jackson. Chief cook Fred Szoblik makes it a threesome In the photo by deiegote John J. Devine. .it: . Aside from the extra calories and decorations, the yule holiday had more than the usual meaning aboard the Choctaw last month after the crew got together to play Santa for a family of Chinese immigrants^ley gangs on the Alcoa Rtmner, coming to live in the US. A report by delegates Win­ Atlas and Seatrain Savannah for / ston E. Battle, Cal Hettinger, Heath their special culinary efforts. Dinner menus and greetings sent Pressley and Jonathan Young noited that up to then the existing in by the Almena, Atlas, Andrew financial condition of the family Jackson, Cities Service Baltimore, "would have surely warranted a Cotmcil Grove, Madaket, National poor image of Santa Claus for the Liberty and Val Chem also show yoimgsters." The Dang family, two that the Heinz Company has no adults and two children, were monopoly on the "57 Varieties" traveling as passengers to America label when.it comes to food. under sponsorship of the World Chnrch Service. In view of this, the ship's offi­ cers and crew contrlbiited $50 "in the hope that maybe their first Christmas In the USA would not be Just another day to them." As far as the calories were con­ cerned, minutes on other ships note votes of thanks to the g^- I was on a tanker enroute to Has Tanura in the Persian Gulf. On previous look-outs I had notified the mate on^atch of several different attempts to contact him by passing ships. He had steadfastly refused to answer. I judged he was poorly schooled in the operation and recog­ nition-of Morse Code. I had reported an oncoming light one night, and as the ship neared IM I could see by the glare of its lights that it was a big passenger vessel. I was rather surprised when our blinker system went Into operation. I supposed the mate was curious as to the identity of the big frog In our puddle, even as I. The formalities of opening the message were quickly and safely Delegate W. E. Battle pre­ passed. Then the inevitable query by our blinker: "What ship?" sents crew's gift of $50 to Mrs. The passenger answered, but there was no confirmation by our mate. Yin Jeom Dong. They tried again and drew another blank. Twice more they tried, only to find themselves talking to a blank bulkhead; then they must have given up. There was darkness for a few minutes. But no, our mate hadn't given up. Again be signalled: "dit-dah, dit- LOG-A-RHYTHM: dab. dit-dah." They signalled the go-ahead. I almost fell over in astonishment Our mate bad queried "What ship?" again. There was but slight hesitation from the other ship. From the funnelBy Thnrston Lewis deck, high over its three tiers of brilliantly-lighted decks, the dazzling Illumination of its neon-lighted nameplate blazed like the sign-off piece When the last New York cough t* of B fiieworks display: "EMPRESS OF INDIA." coughed. Charles A. Wlggln And the last Yankee sneeze is snoze; When the ship has rounded HatMove Over, Elvis terns, And one's fingers becomes unfroze (With fewer sniffs from a runny nose) ; One remembers opportunities That whispered at the door. And a certain strength and sweet­ ness He has vaguely known before-— But, Opportunity has gone ashore! Another Ship My shipmate's name's Content­ ment And I can say without resentment. He's a better pal than Ambition, Or other shipmates by the score. Let the shysters do the fleecing. Let the cops do the policing. And let the gashounds take the cure. Strumming away on the blues (in the Red Sea, of course], Vernon Harris has an appreciative audience in (I to r) Blackie, the chief matp, chief cook and Stanley (foreground). The musical session was on the John B. Kulukundis. tmRFAlHEAYY ^ Choctaw Purse Starts Family On New Life The Perfect Squelch t 9BftS0NAUi(?f^^R "J,:-.5. /. raccTUrtoca SEAFARERS IOC 1«. 1>» But this Seafarer, mute dhd moody. When he's awake and has the duty. Let him stand his leatch in peace And, if you please—long endure! �SEAFARERS The Old And The New .r '•'-: Disputes Beef "On Crew Mail '^ ; W.'^:y''-'y'--^ ••'• • filS|iliSI*P:f:E -:'ISIP SIU Veteran W. Andrews Dies At 66 WHITMAN, Mass. — Vet­ eran Seafarer William B. An­ drews died at his home here December 11 after an illness over the past two years. His sister, Mrs. C. W. Clift of Whit­ man, notified the LOG of his pass­ ing last week. Andrews last sailed in the en­ gine department on the Steel Rover- in 1955. Ho would have been 66 on December 28. An SIU man since 1944, when he Joined the Un­ ion in New York, Andrews sailed through World War II as a chief electrician and reefer engineer. During one 22month period Andrews early during the war, he made 22 crossings of the Atlantic as chief electrician on the troop hospital ship Chateau Thierry. He was a former member of the Whitman School Committee and active in other civic affairs, particularly in promoting athletics for young people in the communiPrior to his sea service, Andrews had been an electrical contractor and merchant ashore. Besides his sister, he is survived by a nephew and three nieces. Burial was at Colbrook Cemetery on Dec. 14. f: S:"' K- I; 'Sea-Spray' w. Getting the feel of the wheel, first-tripper W. Consoli, OS, leornt what to do (above, left) from H. Bjerring, AB (center), aboard the Valley Forge. 2nd mate Shuttleworth stands by to see that everything is okay. Picture by reporter Alexander Daniluk. At right, a pair of oldtimers on the Wild Ranger, Homer Starling (left) and Mike Laugivin, get ready to go oshore after a Far East run. Mike's many friends, will be glad to know he's still chipper at the age of 77. Photo by C. E. Martin, chief cook. SIU, A&G Disfrict BALTHUORE... UU B. BalUmon St. Earl Slieppard. Asent EAatem 7-4900 BOSTON 278 State St. Jamea Sheehan, Agent Richmond 24140 HOUSTON..... 4203 Canal St. Robert Mattbewa. Agent Capital 3-40892 34080 LAKE CHARLES. La .^19 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HBndock 6-8744 MIAMI... 744 W. FUgler St. Louia Nelra, Agent FRanfciln 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1784 MORGAN CITT 912 Front St. Tom Gould. Agent Phone 3196 NEW ORLEANS ,...833 BienvlUe St. Lindaey WllUama. Agent Tulane 8626 NEW VORK.., = .m8 4th A~.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK .137-129 Bank St. J. BuUock. Agent MAdlaon 7-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Martot 7-1^ SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harriaon Marty Breithoff. 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Ontario .....82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot Quebec Phone; 3-1569 SAINT JOHN...... 177 Prince WUliam St. NB OX 2-S43I V •'• u- &•mp- W\'. im-'y. • ' And the bartender set up the girls and you said 'I didn't order for them—I ain't payin' for theiril' . . .'Then what hop- JaanuT K. 1989 LOG To thB Editori "Letter to the Editor," which appeared in your December 19, 1958, edition, wai' brought to the attention of the manager of our New York office by the home office. We in the New York office of Waterman Steamship Com­ pany take exception to the let­ ter as a whole and I take excep­ tion particularly to tw^o specific paragraphs since I am^ the only letters To The Editor All letters to the editor lor publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names trill be withheld upon request. "gal" who would be "respon­ sible" for crew mail. I think I remember the inci­ dent. One of our shore person­ nel bed occasioQ. to visit the SS Chickasaw and picked up all the crew mail that was in the office when he left, and brought U to the ship. Aftmr the mall was dis­ tributed to the crew, one of the crewmembers informed him that a letter he was looking for was not in that batch. The crewmember was informed that was all the mail for the ship that was in the office when he left, but that his letter may have come in during the day and if he wanted to, he could check the office. It is regular routine in this office to deposit all mail ad­ dressed to any vessel that is in port on the port captain's desk, so that it can readily be picked up by anyone leaving the office for the ship and delivered to the ship. That was the reason why "his mail was finally found right on the desk" when he came to the office and asked for it. Further on the delivery of mail to crewmembers: 1 know life would be much easier for all if crewmembei's would ad­ vise their .families and friends, emphatically, to include the name of the vessel In the address when directing mail. We realize^ the men on our . ships are" anxious to hear from home. When these letters are received and the name'of the vessel Is omitted we make every effort to"find out the ship the man is on but this is not always pos­ sible. Marlon McCann Waterman Steamship Corp. (New York Office) First Sea Trip Leaves A Mark To the Editor: I would like to relate the wonderful experience I had this summer working on an SIU ship, the Armonk. When 1 say it was the greatest and best experience in my life so far, I am being perfectly truth­ ful and I honestly mean it. My age, by the way. Is 18. I shipped as an OS and, be­ lieve me,-the work I eacountr ered on board was interesting ' and healthful. I was -with a great group of fellows who knew what their Jobs were and how to do them, They sure were masters of their Jobs . and T learned much about seamanship from their teachings which will definitely stay with me for a lifetime, f don^ havB to teU you of my: ;' numerous adventures on the high seas, which were very ex­ citing and humorous, and could fill volume 'upon volume of books. All the seamen who may read this probably know what I mean-when I say this. Since this was my first trip on a ship, 1 was excited, eager to help and learn, but unfamiliar with ev­ erything. The point I'd like to express is about the seamen I've en­ countered. I'd say that they are the best people in the whole world. Their character and per­ sonality can't be equalled. This was shown throughout the twomonth trip, by their willingness to help me out in tough situa­ tions where 1 didn't know too much about the Job at hand, . their jollity and hardiness in performing work and in leisure hours, and the way everyone cooperated for the benefit of one another. It was remarkable and won­ derful! I'm sure that if people all over the globe would live the way seamen do this would be a world full of the things we ail strive for today for our world of tomorrow. Visiting .Poland, where we delivered a load of coal, was another exerience I'll never for­ get. This was in seeing how people existed under a Com­ munist rule. Note that I said "existed" and not "Uve". I bet­ ter understand the horrible un­ dertakings- of Communism now and take world events more seriously than previously. I al­ so appreciate a million that I am an American. Coming back to the United States, we ran into a couple of bad storms. Here the intensity of sea life was evident, and still ' a more vivid example of how the seamen cooperate in time of danger took fom. Believe me, I can't describe the magni­ tude of this one adventure alone.. Seeing waves pound against the sides of the Liberty ship, and its rolling and pitch­ ing, really got me thinking. It occurred to me that maybe seamen are the fine way they are and have the outlook on life that they do because they know th^re is something greater and stronger - than they are all aroimd them. This qomes from the effect of the ocean, the great natural environment en­ closing them everywhere, whose great power they know. Well, my trip is over now, and I want to add that it is liv­ ing with me in my daily life. The education I've gained from this terrific sea life has certain­ ly played an immense part in maturing me both physically and mentally. I am continuing my senior school studies at present and, In. the future, 1 plan- to go to a maritime col­ lege here in New York State. Peter "Junior" Zaccone ^ it 4) Support Vote On One-Year Limit To the Editor: After reading Brother Ernest DeBautte's letter in the LOG (Dec. 19, 1958) we, the under- signed, hereby agree 100 per­ cent on the, one-year shipping limit. We think that this' should be put to a vote as soon as possible. S. Garcia T. Allen R. B. Wingard . F. F. Rasheed Herman H. Winbora Denny Moore Steve Vlahos Olaf Lafsakie -E^.JfCocani^ �SEAFARERS Page Fifteei LOG Meet The Family Hnbert R. BnteidiM ^ Please contact Eunice Tart. 107 Albemarle St., Baltimore 2, Md. » » » Tony Nettnno You are urged to get In touch 'with Ernest Knight at 115 St. John's Place, Brooklyn 6, NY. : . t Harold E. Peterson Anyone having any information on the ahove please contact Mrs. Francis Hart, 217 Amherst St, ;Providence 0, RI. I : * t CS Miami Crewmembers The money collected for the wife of Frank Shaw has been sent to her by ship's delegate Charles Bums. Mafson Cuts Pacific Fare ; SAN FRANCISCO — Matson 'lilnes, which recently laid up the passenger vessel Lurline for lack of bushiess, is reducing passenger fares 25 percent on ^cial roundtrip voyages to the South Pacific, 'New Zealand, and Australia next • sprii;^. '. ; jdanned by members of the SIU, Pacific District, Matson has been hard hit by British passenger ves­ sels operating at- lesser rates in 'the area. Recently, Matson has been sporadically lajring up its ships in response to fluctuations of bu^ess. Ex-SS Ariekareo Ex-SS Stony Point Back pay forms for the follow­ ing crewmembers are being held by SIU counsel. Miller and Seeger,'26 Court, (6th floor), Brook­ lyn, NY: Donald E. Mackey, Francis Dowd, Brady Falrcloth, Gomaire Bloeman, Ignatius J. Tor-> re. . ^ John F. Wflliams -Urgent that you write your sis­ ter, Mrs. Lucy Williams Smith Abel, c/o General Delivery, Stuart. Fla. She has important business to discuss with you. i » BUI WorthingtoB It is important that you get In touch with M. J. Coffey at the US PubUc Health Ward 6 East, 15th Ave It Lake St, San Francisco, Calif., ^ 3^ William D. White Your sister, Mrs. Rose Phillips, requests that you write her. Her address is 5 Fleet Walk, Brooklyn, NY. ^ ^ ^ Bob W. Ferrandis, Sverre B. Pederssen, Erie Risberg, Rich­ ard W. Schnlts, Sylvester Zygarowski, Raymond H. Miller Income tax refund checks are being held for you by Jack Lynch, at Room 201, SUP Headquarters, 450 Harrison St., San Francisco, Calif. For Miller, there is a W-2 for 1957. EVERY I SUNDAY I VOICE I BROADCAST I .••c, •• I ••if 'I' "THE VOICE OF THE MTD" IVaY lUMBAY, 1420 OMT (UM CST Svadiajf) J;-' if. - %.c. • ffTK'U, 19850 KCi Ships in Caribbean, East Coast of South America, South Atlantio and East Coast of United States. WFL-IS, 15850 KCa Ships In Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ bean, West Coast of South America, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast. WFK-OB, 15Y00 KCO Ships in Mediterranean area. IN^orth Atlantic, Buropean and US East Coast. t Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-World Wireless Broadcasts Continue ... j •v: 1 --v:| -I- i'C?'' • •: 'SSii ,, SIU BABY ARRIVALS All of the follotoing SIU familiea have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Kenneth B. Kent, bora Novem­ Anne Elizabeth Bagley, born Au­ ber 3, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. gust 1, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert Bagley, Jamaica, NY. Clyde Kent, Baltimore, Md. . t \ t Pierre & Andre DeBoissiere,horn Merrill Charles Cucia, born De­ November 9, 1958, to Seafarer and cember 9, 1958, to Seafarer and ]Mrs. Rudy P. DeBoissiere, Lexing­ Mrs. Jacob Cucia, New Orleaus, La. ton, Va. ft * Sandra Cruz, born October 11, Elizabeth A. Maldenado, born 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Juan November 21, .1958, to Seafarer Cruz, New Orleans, La. and Mrs. Rafael R. Maldonado, ft ft ft Wilmington, Calif. Tyrone Ellis, born November 23, tc> $• % • 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Farris Charles E. Yonng, born Decem­ Ellis, Oakland, Calif. ber 13, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. ft ft ft Charles A. Young, Lake Charles, Stephen Michael Jacobson, born La. December 21, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. John W. Jacobson, Kear­ ney, NJ. Final TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS y-" Seafarer Sol Biondo Is sfiewn at hom« In Baltimo.^e with wife. Rose, and daughj^, RosAnn, 3 ^ears aid. Every Sunday, 1915 GMT (2:19 PM EST Sunday) WCO-13020 KCa Europe and North America WCO-T6908.8 KCa East Coast South America WCO-22407 KCa West Coast South America Every Monday, 0315 GAfT (10:15 PM EST Sunday) . WMM 25-15607 KCa Australia WMM 8M1087Jt Northwest Pacific MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT ft ft ft Richard Hemby, born November 7, 1958, to Seafarer and Mia. Clar­ ence. £. Hemby, Tampa, Fla. ft ft ft Arosa Ships To Be Sold Via Auction BREMERHAVEN, Germany — More details about the defunct Swiss-owned, Panamanian-flag Arosa Line came to light here in a court statement dealing with dis­ posal of the company's ships. The statement said that the total debts of the firm are about $8,400,000, roughly a million and a quarter more than the company's assetd. The Arosa Line ships, including the Arosa Star, the ex-SS Puerto Rico, were seized to satisfy out­ standing bills for fuel oil and other supplies. The Arosa Sun was im­ pounded in Bremerhaven, the Arosa Star in Bermuda and the Arosa Kulm in England. The Swiss-owned, Panamanianregistered ships were manned mostly by European crews and, like most runaways, operated in Amer­ ican foreign commerce. They ran between the US and Europe in the spring and summer months, and operated on Caribbean cruises during the winter carrying ah overwhelmingly American passen­ ger list. The German coiu-t ordered the auction April 10 of the Arosa Sun, the largest and most modern of the three ships with an assessed value of better than $5 million., A British court in Bermuda has ordered the auctioning of the Arosa Star and the third vessel is also expected to go on the auction block. When operating in the European trade, the three vessel? carried better than 2,800 -American passengers per crossing, while evad­ ing payment of Income taxes and accepted maritime standards through the device of Panamanian registry. Upturn Due In Houston Gary Lee Morrison, born Decem­ ber 20, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. The death of the following Sea­ C. A. Morrison, Seattle, Wash. farers' has been reported to the ft ft ft Seafarers 'Welfare Plan and the HOUSTON—WhUe shipping for SIU death benefit is being paid to -Bdberto Narvarez, born Septem­ this port fell off a bit during the ber 22, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. their beneficiaries. past period. Bob Matthews, port Felipe Narvarez, Houston, Texas. agent, reports the outlook for the Francis B. MeCoilian, 46: A ft ft ft coming two weeks is very good. In throaty disease proved fatal to Brother McCollian who passed away Lucas Wheeler, born September addition to the usual in-transit In the USPHS Hospital in BalU- 1,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Orien tankers, a number of other vessels including the Penn Trader, Coal­ more on November 4, 1958. He Wheeler, Toomsuba, Miss. ings Hills, Pacific Carrier, Atlan­ ft ft ft Joined the Union in 1956 and sailed Reginald C. Sylvester, born Oc­ tis and the Steel Maker are sched­ in the steward department. Burial was in Our Lady of Grace Ceme­ tober 15,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. uled to come in port for payoff. As some of these vessels are from tery, Penndel, Pa. Surviving is his Eddie Sylvester, Whistler, Ala. fairly long trips, it is expected wife, Mrs. Mae McCollian, of Phil­ ft ft ft that there will be some replace­ adelphia, Pa. Marcia Lynn Waldrop, born Sep­ ments needed. tember 18, 1958, to Seafarer and t • 4" t There were 15 vessels calling Francis Dngas, 43: Brother Du- Mrs. James L. Waldrop, Panama into port over the past two weeks. gas died Novem­ City, Fla. Two paid off, one signed on and ber 19, 1958, ft ft ft from hemor­ Bernard Anthony Fimovicz, horn 12 were in transit. The vessels rhages suffered December 16,1958, to Seafarer and paying off were the Maxton (Clo­ fn an auto acci­ Mrs. Bernard F. Fimovicz, Amster­ ver Carrier) and the Penn Trader (Penn Trans.) The Shinnecock dent. He had dam, Ohio. Bay (Veritas) signed on. been taken to the ft ft ft In transit were the Waldo USPHS Hospital Karen Reveia Bailey, born De­ in Galveston, cember 23, 1958, to Seafarer and (World Tramp); Seatrain New Texas. Joiidng Mrs. Sam Bailey, New Orleans, La. York, New Jersey, Savannah (Seatrain); Val Chem . (Heron); the SIU in 1952, ft ft ft Mermaid (Metre); Bienville, Beau­ he sailed in the steward depart­ Kevin Lee Ort, born November regard (Pan-Atlantic); Winter ment. The place of burial Is not 25, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gil­ Hill, Royal Oak, Bents Fort (Cities known. bert Ort, Portland, Ore. Service); The Cabins (Texas City t i ft ft ft Refinery); Petro Chem (ValenWiUiam V. Shores, 6S: An HIWD Joe Adam Gutierrez, born De­ ttne) and the Steel Recorder (Isth-. member since 1957, Brother Shores died in his BaUiinoie . home be­ cember 19, 1953, to Seafarer.and miau). cause of a heart ailment. He had Mrs. Tomas Gutierrez, Galveston, . . worked in the engme department Texas. ft ft ft but had been placed on the dis­ ability-pension because of his ail­ Meiva L. Hamilton, born Novem­ ment. His wife, Mrs. Verba Shores, ber 10, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. survives him. Bui'ial was iii London Melvln J. Hamilton, Baltim«r?, ! . I Park Cieme^n', Baltimore, Md. Md. �SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERN ATIONAL UN ION •ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT •AFL-CIO • • •> *: " :• - iiHiiil. i-i -:'x , 'iHiiiliiliSiiii : -v' 'J- - " 'v ' fr * V, •• s A • 'y'l; -J"' J., -ij V. • : FOR SEAFARERS AND THEIR iiiiiiipii Already in operoHon on a limited scale in New York, the SlU blood bank program promises to fill a life-saving need for the continuing health and safety of SlU men and their families in all Atlantic and Gulf ports. The pilot blood donor project is designed to eve,ntually meet all possible colls for blood, and thereby do away with the need to round up donors in an emer­ gency. Once sufficient reserves are accumu­ lated, a Seafarer or a member of his family who is ill or injured in any A&G port will be able to draw on the credits bui t up in the Union's own blood bonk right in his local hospital. Costly, time-consuming delays will no longer be a proi!>lem in a time of crisis. With the cooperation of Seafarers the SlU bank will be able to meet its initial reserve need in the near future. . — - - J, . • Under the program set up through the facilities of the Seafarers Welfare Plan, a volunteer donor makes an dppoinfment q day in advance at the New York hall and is advised of the necessary steps to take before he appears at the Plan's nearby clinic the following day. All donors are given un examination at the clinic to check on their condition. Then, at the end of each day, the blood collected IS dispatched for processing and storing of the Brooklyn Donor Center. Thereafter, the blood is to be distributed as needed to replenish the amount a local hospital ad­ ministers to any Seafarer or S|U dependent. At the same time, additional donors keep building up the reserve in the blood bank itself to meet any future need. iiilliiiiililiii iiiliiiiliiiii ^;fy.yi:y.^y\yy,.yyyyyAyy::.^ j ";wl �•i «:.-,•£€ , llPfitf • '"II # ^ • • 1^ - ^ '® • •'•" '' r. Iv >; ,:. r- ^ -• 'v^;;-:,,.' t" •.'•-• - •»' ,- '••3i "C w ""^'''i ¥- - '' • ', ^ ' .• % T -'i' '"i ^ i- ::• J - ^' Vf ' ': ^V ?•- • .!i '.- - J i • r. v„ f.f'. - .-: _.j '-_ ' -,• i'" , !|_VA / • : : • CONSTITUTION ,•• . jjl J: v <>i; . - j': ( '; • ;i::'' ^.-'••vls^;-'.'iv-' .'' . u.. ., • 1' " • -•' V ; Seafarers Internafional Union •.- v; ij'.- • »•' • ', ^ ' , ! • ••' *'. U-." •- ' T" • r '••• :, Ej^£/?y SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED r .M S^2 vr. <i , \ fc-i' V<-~. A s. 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' " '• • •:*!' f y-;^ "V ' -'• •'Sk M 'iv's:•• . \j* -_/ 'y-• JS ;" i- - • r." m' i*/ . :r%'^ ^ H -i* ' ; "f t a,'!/;.;''; , j* •yrhi- ' -• ,7 7 :7 5 -. . ••r-' '••" .fc> ' '• T-..7'i' • ^ - ' • ,' V-,- ., .^,y_ - i I?;: V:.;-.^ ^ ,.^,; •_' « • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. • The right to vote, • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall he hound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member he deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. ^ The right to he confronted by his accuser and to he given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stdnd with him in defense of the democratic priti' ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union, -1 ,I 'ij-ri} /' . . >i:.y -WI-' f'i.'• • - - The SlU constitution has been hailed in and outside maritime and labor circles as an outstanding example of trade union democracy. Here are a few of the many reao tions to the document from members of Congress. ': -•• 7 , • i " ;y|i -:,',' 5"^^ ...'i i-J |7-^ -' ;> Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.i •*... I have looked over the constitution and offhand it would appear to be emiently fair and just. I was particularly interested in {he fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full membership of your organization." "V .'i A ;,;.;s i'j7 . v-- C .•: .. .,•- ' •• •" • '' AFL-CIO "i •. "L'ii' -V-•" «>'. • 3 ' ,••, ' • •• .- ^'. .-•«-' A&G District •'.1 in the spirit of democratic trade imionism." Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.i "The constitution seems to me to be an extremely democratic one and I am im­ pressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Senator Paul H. Douglas, HI.: "I ap­ preciate your sharing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons out­ side the ranks of your own member­ ship," Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am particularly impressed by the pro­ visions of the constitution providing for a trial committee to hear charges against members, and' guaranteeing the tradi­ tional American rights to representa­ tion, cross-examination, and confrmitation by the accuser ... am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn -' •' • '•,- ,• •- A •^I hr;pi:< I 7J /•r.Vv,, ^ •<'1. , .. .jQCt,-, |k»,- • 1 •• -444 .»;| ' •\7 77-7'77.. : ,7 '••\'7r-777;%77v;'A'-7-v7/^77%7:;>vA7A;vA;;7-77^?7 -7 - it . A--' 7 '•; 7 :7r-, ; . -L-;' ;!;I:,»r.7-;r.,--''7 ' 7' A / , ;7 ,r.,;l7, r'' •'•'''''77'7fS^-"'7p-w77?'..'7:Ay;77,:7^i --77 '•*.• I' Itey • |V,7-;,y,, ''"7. ' .. 'v.'" • M, ' . ' -.-I. -7, . 7''777 . ^ ^ - ttiv mm "•vm'* '. * y- -j3 ••A''7;:r^ Mr- r»ti'' dM '•mm- .t-m* J'-•7; .i«« "7 713 ^7 -.V- ' i,.. ' """ " ' • V . • .yj:^.. • \ • . • , .y, ^ •oi-'M ««a mm mm- '' U;, |,;7:::A77WA.. • :~zy .•' • 7.. • 7_..; . . •' ; >' -. >7 . .7:71 • I.*; I r-m • ;1| ;l| .7^1 7 Si �.•••'„' • . Is $. W- %y. '?' •••-• p;; -• Jiif '• " • ' ' ' ' '•.••"•' ^T' ' CONSTITUTION United States, provided the member uwsln good landing at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and futlher provided he applies for reinstatemept within BO days after discharge from the Armed Forces (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues because of empioyment aboard an American flag mer­ chant ves.sel. ^ Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be Seafarers Internationa! Union • A&G District sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified iii Section 3 shall not run. It (As Amsnded, August, 1956J shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ the Union. PREAMBLE gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance witlh We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote. ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea* taring men, have determined to form one union, the No one shail deprive hhn of that right sary to decide such questions.. in SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ Every member shall have the right to nominate hlmseif tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North America, Canada. Alaska, and the Territories, based upon for, and to hold, office in this Union. which dues and assessments may be remitted where a IV the following principles: member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all « members alike, as long as they remain in good standing out due process of the law of this Union. No member Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union in the Union. trial of any proceeding in which he may be charged with shall uphoid and defend this Constitution and shall be First of these fights is the right of the American sea» men to receive their employment through their own failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the rights of every member In accordance with the principles Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to set forth in the Constitution of the Union. Government. the. principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ That it is the right of each member to receive fair and V tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient ' Every member shall have the right to be confronted by A majority vote of the membership shall decide which leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. ' bis accuser whenever he is ch'arged with violating the iaw organizations are dual or hostile. Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation - and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial com­ with the Union shall at all times remain the property of rest. the Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ mittee of his brother Union members. Next, is the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ VI dence of membership in order to be admitted to Union ful manner by those in command. No member shall be denied the right to express himself meetings. We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen Section 9. Only members in good standing shail be al­ freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. lowed to vote. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we A militant membership being necessary to the security ARTICLE rV are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready REINSTATEMENT mand, our employers, our craft and our country. to defend this Union and the principles set forth in tho Members dismissed from the Union may t>e reinstated We will, therefore, try by all just means to . promote Constitution of the Union. <n accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ing due care and diligence in the performance of the The powers not delegated to the officials and • job duties of our profession, and by giving all po'^ible assist­ ARTICLE V holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved ance to our employers in caring for their gear- and DUES AND INITIATION FEE to the members. ' property. Section I. All members shell pay dues quarterly, on a CONSTITUTION Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ ARTICLE I To use our infiuence individually and collectively for the ter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall NAME AND GENERAL POWERS purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional United States, so as to render it ihore equitable and to trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ amendment. make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ tive, and shall include the formation of; and/or issuance of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. mitted into membership without having paid an initiation of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments * the formation of funds and participation in funds, the fee of one hundred ($100.00)'dollars. Of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to Section 3, Payment of dues and initiation fees may be establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, maintain the knowledge of and interest in maritime waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance and similar ventures. A majority yote of the membership affairs. shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at membership". organization and federation, to the end of establishing ARTICLE VI all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all the Brotherhood of the Sea. RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever seamen now perform. Section 1. Members may retire from membership by possible in the attainment of their just demands. ARTICLE II paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals AFFILIATION retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due. and ow­ so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are national Union of North America and the American Fed­ quest, and dated as of the day that such member accom­ migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or plishes these payments and request. tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obll-' meet to act, that meetings can be attended by. only a^ by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ fraction of the membership, that the absent members,^ by a majority vote of the membership. riod-of retirement, except that a retired member shall who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded ARTICLE III not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ MEMBERSHIP dual or-hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those Section I. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ his right to reinstatement. who are present may act for and in the interest of all, mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six we have adopted this constitution. are adopted, from time to time," by a majority vote of months or more shall be restored to- membership, ex­ STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION the membership. cept' as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current OF RIGHTS Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly In order to form a more perfect union, we members American citizens, or'eligible for such citizenship. No levied during the period of retirement. If the period of of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. period of retirement, including those for the current fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the No candidate shall be granted membership until be has quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic taken the following oath of obligation: during that period. Upon such payment, the person in and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the OBLIGATION retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ following principles: "1 pledge my honor as a man, that I will be faithful to bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall this Union, and thaTi will work Tor its interest and will Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our look upon every member as my -brother; that I will not membership after a two-year period of retirement only duties and obligations as members of the community, work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all by majority vote of the membership. '— our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal of communism and any other enemies of freedom and Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons the democratic principles to wMich we seafaring men not entitled to know It. And if I break this promise, 1 from the.day as of which the retirement card is issued. dedicate ourselves in this Union. ARTICLE VII ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional Section |. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port voice to our views; we shall assist our .brothers of the Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be governed, in sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations rears in dues, or more than three months in arrears in as­ this order, by: . to ihe fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ (a) The Constitution sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ (b) Majority vote of the membership pended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights lective influence -in the fight for the enactment of labor and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ and other legislation and policies which look to the at­ dismissed if they'are more than two quarters in arrears ministered by Headquarters and Ports. tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction in dues or more than six rnonths in. arrears in assessments Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the-Secretary-.. based on race, creed or color. or unpaid fines, > » Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas-1 To govern our conduct as a Unioi) and bearing in mind urers, the exact number of-which shall be deterniined by This time shall not run: ' ' that most of our members are migratory, that their duties (a) While a member is actually partidpating in a strike majority vote of the membership to be held during the " carry them all over the world, that their rights must and or lockout. T' month of August in any election year, as set forth more: ! shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as (b) While a member is an-in-patient in a USPHS particularly in Article X, Section 1-D, members of the Union to be inalienable: Hospital. Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent andy I (c) While a member is under, an incapacity due to ac­ Patrolmen, as prorided for herein, and the Port shall; No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or tivity iri behalf of the Union, bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port,' privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of (d) While a member is in the /frmed Services of the Offices are located. ^ • • AFL-CIO n vu vm t'.' - !i'. • ^• fl*' -, .1^' !^.y P!" :>. • >•,"' it/' I- • 11 (S?lK :• iil^ '& V' S '.yy) 'I itMi'i'yf �\ S«^n 5. Ev#w member of the Union shall be regie- not be delegated, but the Sceretary-TMasurer may delegate tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, to a penon or persons the execution of such of his duties or stewards department. Hie definition of„these depart­ as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ ments shall be in accordance with custom and usage. tions set forth in this Constitution. (J) Immediately after assuming office, the SecretaryThis definition may be modified by a^ majority votO of the membership. No member may transfer from one de-/ Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretarypartment to another except by express approval as evi­ Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ denced by a majority vote of the membership. capacity. This designation may be changed from time to ARTICLE Vni time. These designations Shall be entered in the minutes ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT OFFICERS. PORT of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions AGENTS. AND PATROLBIEN of Section 2-A of this Article Hull apply in the ease of a Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, vacancy in the office of Secretaiy-Treasnrer. as set forth except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These in that section. officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and one or more (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. or Patrolman shall be filled by-the Secretary-Treasurer by Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, temporary appointment exce^ in those cases vdiere the except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by. this ARTICLE IX Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS regular meeting for approval,. modUieatkm. substitution of Section I. The following jobs in the Uniop shall be a replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date, voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the tion: postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall (A) Meeting Chairman . remain in eUect until a vote is taken. (B) Delegates (L» The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and fC) Committee Members of: all measiures. and employ such means, which he deems - (a) Auditing Committeenecessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further Ibi. Trial Committee the welfare, of the Union and its members, in HI matters (c) Quarterly Financial Committee involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and tdl Appeals Committee public affairs. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 2. Assistant SecretaryrTreasnrer Section Z. Addition^ committees may be formed as ia) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the AsHst-tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with tution. Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ ARTICLE X retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. AND OTHER Upon the death, resignation, or removal from of^e of ELECTED JOB HOLDERS the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the, office shall.be Section L The Secretary-Treasurer determined as follows: (a) The Secretary-Treasurer Hull be the Executive Of­ That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans. Mobile. ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in . or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes behalf of. the Union in all matters except as otherwise in the last regular election shall be the firH in line of specifically provided for in the Constitution. succession. The next in the line of succession HtaU be that (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next higheH port or otherwise. number of votes in that election. The next in the line of Ic) He shall be responsible, for the organization and succession shall be that Port Agent of the sHd Ports who maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of received the next highest ntunber of votes. the Union; setting up. and maintenance of, sound accoun(> The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up. and main­ to 1>e Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so tenance of. proper office and other administrative Union referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. procedures: the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the penditure of all Union funds. Port t,r otherwise. He shall Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of the tatter's duties be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, as the latter may direct and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote financial operations of the Union for the previous week. In that body. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ Section S. Port Agents tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall <«) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the take appropriate action to Insure observance thereof. administration of Union affairs in the Port of bis juris­ (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ diction. bership. the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port New York, New Orleans. Mobile, and Baltimore may not action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action tobe closed except by Constitutional amendment. insure observance thereof. Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ (cl He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded subject to approval .by a majority vote of the membership. by the Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasuref shall supervise the activities (d> In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ of all Ports. istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, n Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income ship. the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event and expenses, and complying with all other accounting of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ At the. first regular meeting in August of every elec­ structions, shall open each Port meeting and shall deter­ tion year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the mine whether a quonun exists. Nothing contained herein -membership a pre-balloting report. This report shall rec­ shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman ommend the number and location of Ports, the number of any meeting, unless so - properly designated by a of Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the majority vote of the members present at the said Port number of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for Meeting. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any each Port. It shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular^officer thereof, or any other similar Agents' Conference. (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed or de­ livered at the close of each day's voting, except that the such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, Secretary-Treasurer may. in his" discretion, postpone the regardless of the departmental designation under which recommendation as to the depository until no later than the Patrolman was elected. 'h) The Port Agent shall designate which members at. the first regular meeting in October. that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ This recommendatloa may also specify, whether any Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The foregoing is in addition to those other duties designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. Section 4. Port Patrolmen of the membership. Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are. (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located In New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meettng caialrmen Agent of that Port. (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including: (f) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chairman of the the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the Al^nts' Conference and may cast one vote. presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his rules of order provided for. from time to time, by a powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and.all rules.and rulings duly majority vote of the membership and, if none, then byadopted by a majority vote of 'he membership. Within such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority Ihesa limits, he Hull strive to enhance the strength, poH- vote of the membership in each PorL (b> The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the ti^ and pri»;ttge of the Union. : (h) Tbtl foregoing duties Hull be In addition to Hwse event of a tie. <e) The meeting ehalnnan shall not peraHl thf #acii»> Other duties elsevdiere demrlbed In this Constitntion, as aion of aiqr cHlgloaa subject, 'r well as those other duties lawfldly Imposed upon Uin. HCCHM •, DHegateia i "•^•1; U) The responHb^UUr of the ^ecrvtiry-Tmsaser nuy SMMHI •tenr—JPu« ncM (a> The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected,^ under the proviHons of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. (bi Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees <a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify sHd report The Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treastirer's financial report to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of tbo membership. (b) TrlH Committee The Trial Committee shall conduct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and reccmmendaticns as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not. in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. Id Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly (thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec­ ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. 3. Ail Port Agents are responsible for compljring with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4. No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant. Who must be certified under state law. 5. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. Id) Appeals Committee I. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop^^d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. 2.. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than .one week after, the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1. The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Fort may establish a similar Committee for itself provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been* obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit Interim reports anJ recommendations, in the same manner above set fortb. 4. in no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner, without the approval of the membership of the Union as evidenced by a majority vote of-the member­ ship. 5. A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of entry into a strike, provided prior authority, as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership, ia granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vnf i of the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. fi. This Committee shall be charged with the preparetlM and exemitlon of a strike plan which shall be bindfat on nU eaemhcrs «aBd other persona «ffiiated with .--3 '•iii m •km • • 3 �saniMi t If |ig vs. .- K'Jl'': -^"•• l.vi"--.'v,;..,; •,>• • iO'' cG?.; r-'V-..-- , mf'' J jlMi UnloB. Howeva*. a majority vote of the membOtvhip Iliiay repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or 'pU of a strike plan. V* ^ AKTICLBXI WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFHCBRS AND OTHER ELECTIVE ;iOB HOLDERS. ONION EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS Section 1. the following eleOted officea ana Jobs shall be held for a term of two years: Secretary-Treasurer Assistant Secretory-Treasurer Port Agent Patrolman The term of two years set forth herein la expressly 'subject to the provisions for assumption of office as con­ tained in Article XIII, Sec. 6(c), of this Constitution. I Section g. The term of any riecUve Jobs other than ; those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall conUnue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the T'nlon, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary' to elect the one or ones serving. I Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shal' be determined from time to time by a majority vote of the membership. Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, all other classifications of employees of the Union shaii be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, as recommended by the Secretory-Treasurer. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority Vote of the membership, the Secretory-Treasurer may contract for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ sary in the best interests of the Union. ' Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a majority vote of the membership shall be followed. ARTICLE XII QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. PATROLMEN. AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent Or Patrolman, provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime, in an un­ licensed capacity, aboard an American Flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant iSecretary-Treasurer in a specified department; this seatime must be in that department, and < (b> He has at least four (4) months of seatime. in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, covered by contract with this Union, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or Job of, the Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January Ist and the time of nomination, and (c> He has been in continuous good standing in the Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his nomination, and , (d) He is a citizen oif the United States of America. I Section 2. AU candidates for, and bidders of, othee ieiective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and Jobs, whether elected bi appointed in abcordance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to held such office or Job and shall constitute an incapacity with regard to such office or joV ARTICLE Xin ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS AND PATROLMEN Section 1. Nominations Any member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer Is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the folflowing: ^ (a) The name of the candidate (b) His home address and mailing address (c> His book number (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman (e) Proof of citizenship , (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. y The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ gust 12th and no later than September 12th ot the election • year. Section 2. Credentials Committee (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first regula'r meeting in September of the election year, at the Port where Headquarters is located. It ^all Consist of six members in attendance at the meeting. With two members from each of the Peck, Engine and Stewards De­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec> ^ calls a special meeting at the Port in •^^^rder te eilecl a replacement, The Committee'a results. : ibaU^^fe vote, with ally tie vote being resolved by • ( 1 BtoJoriW vote of tbe mcmberriiip at a special meeting handed to the member who shall thereupon sign his. nam# i-r--i on a roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate), tea; called lor that at Headquarters Port. <b) After Its elcCtloit. the Cotnolittee shal) immediately gether with his book number, and ballot number. The ^ go into dessioii. It shall determine whether the person portion of theliallot on which the ballot number Is prlnte(i< : has submitted his appUcation correctiy and possesses the shall then be remocved, placed near the roster: sheet-, ana • ^ / • necessaiy qiiallEcatfons. The Committee shall prepare a the member shall proceed to the Voting sitej. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the estab­ report listipg each applicant and his book number under the office Or Job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be lishment of a bootb or other voting site where each mem­ . marked "qualified" or "dbqualified" according to^e find­ ber may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the • < ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been :>. j marked "disqualified." the reason therefor must be stated ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by . noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed tpe Port Aigent, and kept locked and sealed except as by all of the Committee members, and be completed and hereinafter set forth. (gl Voting shall commence on November 1st of the - > submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing-after their elMtion. At this meeting, it shall be read election year and shall continue through December 31st; and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holi­ days legally recognized in the city in which the Port Bulletin Board In each port (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the affected is located. If November 1st or December 31st Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram •falls on a Sunday or on a holiday legally recognized in at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter a Port in the city in which that Port is located, the bal­ containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air loting period in such Port shall commence or terminate, mail, speciar deliveiy, registered. A disqualified appli­ as the rase may be, on the next succeeding business day. cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem^ Subject to the foregoing, voting in all Ports shall com­ bership from the decision of' the Committee. He shall mence at 9:00 AM, and continue until 5:00 PM, except that, or Saturdays, voting shall commence at-9^)0 AM forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular and continue until 12 Noon, and, on regular meeting meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ days, voting shall commence at 9:00 AM arid continue until 7:30 PM. mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant Section 4. Polls Commltteea to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, (a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the • without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, eonsisting after the day on Which -the telegram is sent, to correct of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and notwith­ bis application or argue for his qualification. The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough ** standing the pro\' 'PS of Article XXIV, Section 2, or to allow the applicant to appear before: it and still reach any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) mem­ the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its bers shall constitute a quorum for eaCh Port, with tha said meeting to be held Between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM, election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the with no notice thereof-required. It shall be the obliga­ case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any dis­ tion of each member Wishing to serve on a Polls Com­ qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, mittee, or to observe the election thereof, to be present in which event, the one so previously classified shall then during this time period. It shall be the responsibility be deemed qualified. of the Port Agent to see that the meeting Tor the purpose (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the of electing the said Polls.Committee is called, and that qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ the minutes of : the said meeting are sent daily to Head­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in quarters. In no case shall voting take place unless a . previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job duly elected Polls Committee Is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall: collect of Port: Agent Or Port Patrolman, has'met all the require­ all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs ments of Section: 1-A of Article XII. of those, ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, Section 3. Belloting Procedure. <a) The Secretory-Treasurer shall insure the proper and' the bal.ot records and files kept' by the Port Agent.. and tihiely preparation of ballots, witiiottt partiality as It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ information and instructive comments not inconsistent sponding serial numbers on the roster, and Hhen com-: with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified pare the serial number and the amounts of haUots used Candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within with the vei-fication list, as corrected,, and ascertain each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and geograpbical pattern, commencing with the most northly anlount, represent the difference between what appears Port on the Atlantic, coast, following the Atlantic coast on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon erly along the Gulf of Mexico and go on,, until the list of shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such dis­ Porta is exhausted. Thqre shall be allotted write-in space, crepancies, which report shall be In <duplicate, and signed on each ballot, sufficient to pennit each member voting to by :all the members of such Polls Committee.' Each write in as many names as there are offices and Jobs to be member of the Committe. may make what separate comr voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared aS to have the ments thereon ho desires, provided they are.signed, and : number thereon plaiied at Uie top thereof and shall be dated by. him. , A copy of this report; shall be given the : so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said Port Agent,'to be presented at the next r^cular meeting. number to be easily removed. On this removable portion A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the Secretaiyshall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature : Treasurer, who shall- cause an investigation to. be made forthwith. The, results of such iqvestigation shall be re^ of the ballot and the voting.dates thereof. <b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ ported to the membership as soon as completed, with retory-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No recommendations by^ th'^ Secretary-^Treasurer. .A majority . others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as vote of the meuibership shall determine.- what action, If . indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ any, shall be taken-thereon, with the same effect as in­ bered consecutively, commencing with number 1.' A suf­ dicated In Article I. ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each (c) The Polls ComtAlttee shall also insure mat the ballot ' Port. A .record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre-: be opened except ih the manner hereinafter set forth. tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a . 'The same procedure as Is'set forth In the preceding para­ verification list indicating the amount and seriarnumbers graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized In of the ballots sent. Each Pdrt Agent shall maintain sepa­ the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount (d) The Polls Committee shall permit'qualified niembera sent, as Well as the numbers thereon, conform to the only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they amount and numbers listed by the Secretory-Treasurer are in good standing, stamp their book with .the word as having been sent to that Port, ^e Port Agent shall •'voted," and the date. Issue ballots to voters, insure that immediately execute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ proper registration on the roster takes place; collect the ' urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the stubs, and keep them iii numerical order. It shall preservb amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify good order and decordm at the voting site and vicinity the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, voting period, in any event, receipts shall be forwarded vriien called upon, in the preservation of order and for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer decorum. shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and (e)'ln order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of correspondence dealing with the election This file shall the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or at all. times be available to any member asMng for in­ irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the spection of the same at Headquarters. balloting in any port, the following procedure shall he (c> Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, observed: At the end ot each day's voting, the Polls Committee, and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on. the ballot, exOept In the presence of «>ny member desiring to attend, nrothat any member may write ib the name or names of any. vfded he observes v )er decorum, shall open the ballot member or members, as appropriate; for any office, or the bbx or boxes, and piwce all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, or envelopes, as'requirid, which shall Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) No member may vote without displaying his then be sealed.; The members of the Polls- Committee Union Book, in: which there shall'be placed an appro­ shall thereupon sigif their names Across^ the flap of the n : ' priate notation of the date and'of the fact of voting, both said envelope or envelopes; with their book numb.;ie neXb'prior tm being handed a ballot. A ballot shall theii\be to their iijgnatures, The Committee shall also place the ^ ' �SoMMcMCBtary—Page Phr* \0''' fife; f;;% *' If- V Vv - ~ -4eM and name of the Port on the aaid envelope or en-^ lyitb the tally of -all the ballots and the preparation of p. velopet, and shal! certify, on the envelope or envelopes, closing report setting forth in complete detail, the results that the ballot box or hoxa were opened publicly, that of the election. Including a complete accounting of all all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all ballots and stubs, and-reconciliation of the same wiib the of those ballots are enclosed In the envelope or envelopes - s osiers-, verification lists, and receidie of the .Port Agents,. dated for that day and voted in that Port. The Polls' . ell with .detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts, Committee shall check the rosters, and any other records acd with each total broken down into Port totals. The they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the- Ta.ly.r g Committee shall be permitted access to the elecdispretion of Headquarters, official envelopes may be pre* f f¥-t records and files of all Ports, which they may require pared for the purpose of enclosing the l»ilots and the to be forwarded for inspection at its discretion. The re­ making of the aforesaid certification, with wording em* port shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered, and cjntain recommendations for the treatment of these bodying the foregoing inscribed thereon, in which event, these envelopes shall he used by the Polls Committee for discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any prevent any member of a Polls Committee from adding member thereof, to submit a dissenting report as to the such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, aicuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with provided the comments are signed and dated by the ?..rt.nent details. member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall The Tallying Committee is also charged with the re­ then be placed in a wrapper or envelope, which, at the ceipt and evaluation of written protests by any member discretion - of Headquarters, may be furnished for that "-Ho claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and •sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or reg­ so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of istered mail, by the said Polls Committee, to the deposi­ dismissal. If it finds the i)rotest valid, the Committee tory named in the pre-election report adopted by the shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within membership The Polls Committee shall not be dis­ the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are prac­ charged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished tical. effective, and just, but which terms. In any event, and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port shall include the provisions of Section 3(c) of this Article Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the , and the designation of the voting site of the Port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special Port Agent's election records or files. vote is ordered in accordance with this Section 5(c), these The Polls Committee shall also insure thet the ballot terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions to the box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, and shall place the 'cey or keys contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in. writing and must be received by the Union Tally­ to the boxe" in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the Committee shall sign their names, book ing Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include a brief summary numbers, and the date, after sealing the envelope se­ of each protest received, the name and book number of curely In addition to delivering the key and ballot box the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall de­ liver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster of the said protest. The Committee shall take all reason­ able measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports culled for by this Section 4, any files that they may have re­ as to enable the soecial vote set forth in this Section ceived. and all the stubs collected both for the daj and 5'c) to be completed within the time herein specified. No those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be respon­ closing report shall be made by it unless and until the sible for the proper safeguarding of all .he aforesaid ma­ special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have terial, shall not release any of it until duly called for, been duly completed and tallied. td) The members of the Union Tallying Committee and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the shall proceed to Headquarters Port as soon as possible material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the after their election but, in any event, shall, arrive at Head­ Polls Committee to Headquarters, by certified or regis­ quarters Port prior to the first business day after Decem­ ber 31. of the election year. Each member of the Commit­ tered mail or delivered in person. tee not elected from Headquarters Port shall be reim­ (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without bursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expense oc­ compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for casioned by their traveling to and returning from Head­ quarters Port. AH members of the Committee shall also be meals while serving. Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, paid at. the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subsequent to their election to the day they return, in Protests, and Special Votes. (a I On the day the balloting in each Port is to lermi- noFuial course, to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman V nate. the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in • from among themselves and, subject to the express terms addition to their other duties hereinbefore set forth, de­ liver to Headquarters; or mail to Headquarters (by certi­ of this Constitution, adopt its own procedures. Decisions fied or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together .as to special votes, prptests, and the contents of the final with a certification, signed and dated by all members of report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided the Committee that all balloi(s sent to the Port and nui there be.a quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each .fixed at nine .19), The.Union Tallying Committee, but not member of the Committee to make-separate comments less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and to obtain tiie ballots from the depository immediate­ under his signature and date. The certification shall , duty after the termination of balloting and to insure their specifically Identify, by serial number and amount, the ly safe Custody during, the course of the Committee's pro­ unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but ceedings, ptoceedings of thisjCommittee, except for bound separately, the Committee shall- forward to Head­ the actual^he preparation the closing report and dissents quarters all stubs collected during the period of Voting, therefrom, if any, shall of be open to any member, provided together with a certification, signed by all members of he observes decorum. In ho event shall the Issuance of the Committee, that all the Stubs collected by the Com­ the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying. mittee are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each "-•V.niitJee be delayed beyond the January i5th Imme­ member of the Committee to make separate comments un­ diately subsequent to the close of voting. der his signature and date. The said Polls Committee, (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up In members shall not be discharged from their duties until sufficient copies to comply with the following require­ the forwarding called for hereunder is accomplished and ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Port Agent and the Secretary-'Treasurer prior to the first Agent, which evidence shal| be noted and kept in the regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the Port Agent's election records or files. close of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such (b) All forwarding to Headquarters, called for under meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from this Section 5. shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, thei close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five at the address of Headquarters; In the event a Polls days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ Committee cannot be elected or cannot act oh the day ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, the balloting in each Port is to terminate, the Port Agent and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. shajl have the duty to forward the material specifically As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall set forth in Section 5(a) (unused ballots and stubs) to the post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a Union Tallying Committee which will then carry out the conspicuous .manner. This copy shall be kept posted for functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. . a-perlod of two months. At the Election Report meeting, In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Com­ (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be mittee to execute those functions. taken up the discrepancies, if any. referred to i- Section All certilications called for under this Article Xlll of this Aiticle and the recommendations of the Tally­ shall be deemed made according to the best knowledge. 5(c) ing Committee therewith. A majority vote of Information, and belief of those required to make such the membershipsubmitted shall decide what action, if any, in ac­ certifications. \ (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 cordance. with the Constitution, shall be taken thereon, action, however, shall not include the ordering of members. Six shall be elected from Headquarters Port, ..which a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect and two shall be elected from each of the four ports of the results of the vote for any ofiRce or job, in which Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, and San Francisco. The event, the special vote shall be restricted thereto. A six to be elected from Headquarters Port shall consist of: majority of the membership, Election Report meet­ two from each of the three departments of the Union. ing, may order a recheck andata the recount when a dissent to The others shall be elected without regard to department. The election shall be held^at the last regular meeting in the closing report has been issued by three or more mem­ December of the election year. No Olficer, Port Agent,. bers of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the ,Patreimah, or candidate for office, or the job of Port cbniingBncles provided lur in this Section 5(f}, the closing Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this report shall be accepted as finaL J 'Committee. In addition to' its duties hereinbefore ,aet •; (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Sec, 5(f) must C|«t,^;-»fqrtht. th«^ Union Tallying Uommittee- shaU; be charged take place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election Report meeting, at each Port where the dis• crepancles so acted upon took place. Subject to the fore•;going, and to the limits of the vote set by the member­ ship, as aforesaid, the Port agents in each such Port shall - have the functions of the Tallying Committee as set forth ' in Section 5(c), insofar as that section deals with the terms of sych special vote. The Secretary-Treasurer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immedi­ ately available to Port Agents, for the purpose of such spe­ cial vote. Immediately after the close thereof, the Port I Agent shall summarize the results and communicate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, 'and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be forwarded to Headquarters, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means practicable, but, in any case, so as to reach Headquarters in time to enable the Secretary-Treasurer to prepare his report as required by this Section 5(g). An accounting and certifi­ cation, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required jof Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The iSecretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report contain­ ing a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its closing report. The form of the letter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent o each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results set forth in the pertinent 'segments of the Tallying Committee's closing report shall be deemed modified accordingly, and, as modified, ac­ cepted and final. If the report is not acceptedi the numerical results in the pertinent segments of the Tally­ ing Committee's closing report shall be de^med-accepted and final without modification. If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report there­ on by the Urion Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of, and deemed accepted and fi,>'l, by majority vote of the membership at the regular meeting following the Election Report meeting. If such recheck and -ecount is ordered, the Union Tallying Committee shall 6e required to continue its proceedings correspondingly." Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for particular office or job,-the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from resblts deemed final and ac­ cepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ urer under this Article, except those of the' Polls Com­ mittees, shall be entered In the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer, _ Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report meeting, or the next regular , meeting, depending upon at which meeting the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as pro­ vided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwith­ standing anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Sec. 1. This shall hot apply where the successful candidate cannot assume h(- office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of" the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume office, the provisions of Article X, Section 2(a), as to succession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he does not assume office within 90 days, the line of succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, and Patrolman shal) take the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that 1 will faithfully execute the duties of of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic and Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union and the welfare of the membership." ARTICLE XIV OTHER ELECTIONS Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday of each week, at 3:00 P.M.. for the purpose of auditing the financial report for that week. These reports shall be submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for membership action. The Committee shall consist of three members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to serve may nominate himself. ^ The same provisious shall apply with regard to the Port. where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the Headquai^ers Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer. • �, .fju-»i:*i; 11-1^T^Wi-Ji.i-'S^.'*^-^HIM I SupplementaryVvti Mt I If? • h If*' I' P-fc: b^ff |HK^.; / •' 1?^; •''•• !;»?';• i'^ li-' ^ fl-:. " P?' • I"' .SeafioB i. Qnarletlp FliuBdal Camarittee. section •. The Trial CbmmOtee riiall hear an pertinent (01 A new trial riiall be recommended If the Appeals The Quarterly Flaaiielal Cmnmlttee shall iw elected at evidence and rilall not Iw bound by the rules of evidence committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ the Port where Headquarters Is located, at the Hrst or see> required by courts of taw but may receive all relevadt mittee should have beeiTdis^allfied, or (b) that the ac­ end regular meetine held after the close of the calendar testimony. Tiw Trial Committee may grant adjournments, cused was not adequately informed of the details (rf tho quarter for which the Committee is to make the required at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a charged offense, which resulted In his not having been audit It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls give'n a_filr trial, or te) that for any other reason., the ac­ . decide at which of these meetings the election shall take beneath a quorum. It shall adjourn until a quorum does cused was not given a fair triaL place. The Committee shall consist of six memters. with exist (d> If there is' no substantial evidence to support a Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Fort Agent. Patrolman or enw accusers are present The Trial Committee shall conduct that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The the trial except that the accused shall have the right to missed. members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem­ cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witneAes, (e> The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser bers present at the meeting provided that any member as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may punishment. select any member to assist him in his defense at the eligible to serve may nominate himself. SeeUon 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver Its trial; provided, (a), the said member is available at the decision and dissent, if any. to the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 3. Trial Commltfee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting time of the trial and (b> the said member agrees to render The Secretary^reasurer shall cause sufficient copies to bs held at 10:00 AJM. the next business day following the such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ published and shall have them sent to each Port in time regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. place. It shall consist of five members, of which threa that the charges do not adequately Inform him of what He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at shall constitute a quorum. No Officer. Port Agent. Port wrong be allegedly committed, or the time and place of their last known address, or notify them in person. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and Section 15. At the meeting Indicated in Section 14 ot^' Committee. No member who Intends to be a witness in disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de- this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who fenserTbe guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven accept the decision of the Appeals Ck)mraittee. or the dis­ cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall by the weight of the evidence,.jind the burden of such sent therein, if any. If there Is no dissent, the decirioa of be the duty of every member to decline nomtautlon If he proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be the Appeals Committee shall stand. knows., or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held In the qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ nuffibef of wliaesses pfeiueed. Port Headquarters is located, in ttie manner pro­ Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as videdwhere tee shall be elected tmder such generally applicable rules for In Section 2 of thia Article. Any decision BO to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. providing for a new trial shall contain auch directions as ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable In will Section 4. Appeals Committee. Insure a fair heariag to the accuaed. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, the Itght of the proceedings. These findings and recom­ Seetton .II. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify tho mendations shall be those of a majority of the Committee^ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing. Port where'Headquarters Is located. The same disqual­ and shall be In writing, as shall be any dissent The Com­ addressed to their last known address, of the results ei mittee shall forward Its findings and recommendations, ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard the. appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set fortb to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In along witli any dlssmit to the Port Agent of the Port In Section 17. where the trial took place.' iriiile a copy thereof riuU bn addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of - In the hearing of an api^ from a Trial Committee deci­ forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either la per­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna* son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. sion. if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ The tfamal Union of North America, and the rights of. and findings shall include a statement that the rights «f procedure mittee. as to. further appeal at provided for therein. the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ fseetian S. NegotlatlBg and Strike Committee. Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ guarded. The findings also must contain the charges The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee. bers of the Union. ' whether of a Port or otberwi*e. shall be composed of as made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the SeetloB 19. It shall be the duty of all members of the accused, the accuser, and each witness: shall describe each many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote Union to take all steps within their constltutienal power document used at the trial; shall, contain a fair sununafy of the memberriiip. upon recommendation of the Secre­ te carry out the terms of any effective decisions. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of ,of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all rights guilt or Innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Ihia Committee provided be observes'decorum. However, and privileges granted to him by this Artirie. If an accused the trial shall be kept All findings and recommendaUont a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on shall be made a part of the regular flies. has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend the number of those who may attend. without properly requesting a -ostponement, the Trial SeetloB 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, SeeHon d. Meeting Chairman. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the Committee may hold its trial without his presence. The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Trial ARTICLE XVI cause the findings and recommendations the floor by majori^ vote of the-members at any meeting. to be Committee, OFFENSES AND PENALTIES presented, and entered into the minutes, at the Section 7. Delegates. Section L Upon proof of the commission of the follow* As soon as the Secretanr-Treasurer is advised as to the regular meeting. tag offenses, the member shall be expelled from meooiSection 7. The Port Agent shall tend the record of date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ bcrriiip: . vention of the Seafarers International Union of North the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause (al Proof of membership in any organization advocating sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each America, be shall communicate such facts to the Port the overthrow of the Government of the United States Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to Fort In time for the nest regularly scheduled m^ing. by force: Section S. At the tatter meeting, the proceedings shall generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. (b) Acting as an informer against the Interest of the These facts and recommendations shall be announced and be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; vote of the membership of the Union shall: read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (c) Acting as an informer for. or agent, of the Company (al Accept the findings and recommendations, or changed by a majority vote of the membership during that against the interests of the memberriiip or the Union: (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall (d> The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy (<a Accept the flndl^, but modify the recommenda­ not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The tions. to destroy the Union. or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of tht (d> Order a new trial after finding that substantial Jus­ Agent, posted on the bulletin hoard, and announced at the following offenses, the member shall be peiial^ed up to • tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ penal^ of expulsion from the Union. In the event the under may Include provisions for aufbmatic election of all quarters is located and. upon application, the accused, the penal^ of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the qualified nominees, in the event the number of such accusers, their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be tation andand privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or subsistence. elected. ARTICLE XV Section 9. After the vote set forth In Section 8. any a fine of $50.00. or both: (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The TRIALS AND APPEALS Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any Secretary-Treasurer shall cause »i6tice of the results erty of the value in excess of $50.00; (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, other member for the commission of an offense as set thereqf to be sent to each accuse** and accuser. seals, etc.*. for the purpose of personal gain; Section 10. An accused, who has been found guilty, or forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writ­ (c> Wilful misuse of any office or job. elective or not. ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also Include bis who Is under effective pnnlshme.nt may appeal in the fol­ ' within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan*. book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to lowing manner: He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ fense. or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the execute the duties or functions of the said office or Job,' or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or aboard ship; He shall also request the Port Agent to notice of the decison of the membership. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the Port .functions: present these charges at the next regular meeting. The (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice _takes place. , of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals election files, or election material of any sort; (el Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer those charges to be read at the said meeting. is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ are false: (It Making 0.- trt nsmitting, with intent to deceive, false If the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the tioned proceedings and all available documents used as Port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as reports or comr.;urlcatIons. with knowledge of the falsity ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of any written 'statement or argument submitted by the ac­ thereof, or unauUiorizedly altering reports or communica­ the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are cused. The acqiised.may argue bis appeal in person, if he tions which fall within the scope of Union business: (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto- so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar^ matically on notice that he will be tried the following ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ ~ morning. At-his request, the trial shall be postponed the responsibility of the accused to insure that bis written . ment of the Union or its agreements; (h> Deliberate and unauthorized ipterierence. or delib­ until the morning following the next regular meeting, at statement or argument arrives at Headquarters In time for which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He such presentation. erate and malicious viUification, with regard to the exej^u- ~ shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made Section 13. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ tion of the duties of any office or job;against him. (i> Paying for. or receiving, money for. employment peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall Im­ of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad­ aboard a vessel; mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ journments and may request the accused or accuserti to (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for dressed to his last known mailing address on file with present arguments, whenever necessaty for such fair coB" the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book sideration. the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning be by majority vote, and riiall be In the form of findings (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders o} after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial and recommendations. .Dissents wOl be allowed, pensions those duly authorized to make such orders during time Committee will be elected and disSents shall be In writing and signed by those partic­ of strike. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union ipating in such decision or dissent In making its flndings Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of tho shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recomroendatioiig. tke.CooHQBittee shall be Eovemed following offenses, members shall be penalized up to Port, the Trial shall" take place in the Port where Head­ by the following: suspension from the rights and prfvlleges'of membership quarters Is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to (a) No ttsding of guUI afaali be reversed if inere is sub­ for two (2> yeanf. or a nne of $50.00. or both: the accused, who shall be Informed of the name of his stantial evidence to suwert eaeb e flndiiig and. In sudi: (a) WUfuUy misappropriating or mlstwing Union prop­ accusers, and who ritall receive a written atatement of case, the Appeals Commlflee ritall net nskke Its mru find- erty of the value under $90:00; Ike charges. At the reqimst ol the accused, transportation togs as to the weight of evidence. (b; Assuming any offiro.or Job. whether elective OMWC. and auksirience ahali be pnvid«t fbo ueused mid ids (b> In BO event shall tncreased nualitaaiMit be Mtw# with knowledge of the lack of pOsseaslon of the quaiificnmended. . .v ffeqtdrad theNfor: "''•''WK -V I •• - 'J!*I ••rM hmw • • '-M ' •' i.r ' • • -V i.': 'K; ii| i.-f' rV'''. r.:- '••vrp, �•""n-'i I m ; 5^ ' >•' n 'frit. SonMeaicafarf—Sena (c) Misconduct daring any meeting'or other official Union proceeding, or bringing the Union Into dlarepnto by conduct not provided for elsewhere in this Article; (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of ' those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Section 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalised up to a fine of $50.00: la) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; (b) Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ tives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; i le) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; ~ (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Apy member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under .this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go Into a Committee of the Whole and try the member at once, and in-this case, the findings and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section g. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials and job holders. ARTICLE XVII PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets. Journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature. In such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership, ARTICLE XVIII BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XIX EXi>ENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expenses to be incurred shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make. - and incur such expenditures and .expenses as lie within the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles X and XL ARTICLE XX INCOME Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other. legitimate business ^operation or other legitimate source. X Section 2. .No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. It shall be the. duty of the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. -(bi The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. A)I payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied successively to the mone­ tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide fdr affiliation with It by individuals in a iesser ^capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but are not limited to: (a) the applica­ bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this .Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c> the right of the Union to'peremptory termination of such affiliation ~ and, (d).the fees required for such affiliation, in no event - may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receiv.e priority or rights ' over members, or be termed a member. ARTICLE XXII FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section I. The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine administrative task. Ship•ping rules governing the details of the assignments of "I ' : 4 and governing conduct and procedure connected > therewith may be Issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to We Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not. ARTICLE XXIU QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a Port shall be six members. , Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall lie a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or apdointed thereto. . Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here-.. in, the decisions, reports, recgmmendations, or other func­ tions of any segment ai the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the following night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of vhe pertinent port shall post­ pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date of any future regular meeting. Sectioi; 2. A special meeting at a Port may. be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 0:0U A.M. . and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section L The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an.Agen's' Conference-once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of, the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The time and place of each such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of . the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership shall determine when such emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the member^ship^ shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority vote of the membership provided such recommendation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitu- to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year la which elected officials and other elected Job-holders art required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939. as amended up through August 1951. Action 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Scciion 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVII AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head­ quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments, referred to it. The Committee m^y. receive whatever advice and assistance^ legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or .substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treas­ urer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no .vote by the membership of the Union by seciet ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3<b) through Section 5, except that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to out the referendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (Q' members, twO from each of the three <3) departments of the Union,' elected from Heaiquarters Port. The amendment shall cither be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ ARTICLE XXVI mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately illness or condition preventing the affected person from notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence ment. ARTICLE XXVIII from the United States; or suspension from office or TRANSITION CLAUSE membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than prior , to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to one Job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall operations and activities conducted in accordance with this be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the the foregoing purpose and intent. time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended caused by an incapacity." shall be deemed to be the same, Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall include failure to perform the functions of any and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ accordance with the provisions hereof. sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in ac­ •Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order the term, "majority vote of the. membership," shall mean generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, the majority of ali the valid votes cast by members at an' permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the definition shalL prevail notwithstanding that one or more adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed Ports cannot hold meetings because of Jio quorum. For to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" hereof. shall refer to a meeting or mretings during the time Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ period within which a vote must be taken in accordance cluding those with regard to admission into membership, with; (a) The Constitution in effect immediateiy prior to the adoption of this amended <b) Union policy, and Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder <c) Custom and usage of the Union and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in in the indicated priority. accordance with-the provisions hereof. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all and not forming parf of a Union-wide vote, the term, others elected as a result of the balloting held by this "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the Union during November and December of 1952, shall be majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the meeting of the Port, regular or special. provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption Section 5, THfe term, "membership action" shall mean of this Coustiluliun, they shall execute the powers and the same as the.term "majority vote of the membership." functions, and assume tlib responsibilities, of the said Section 6^ Where the title of any office or job, or the offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They holder thereof, is set forth in fliis Constitution, all refer­ shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration ences thereto and the provisions concerned therewith shall date of-the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly Article XIII, only insofar as they apply to election of acting in such bffice or job. Officials. Port Agents, and Patrolmen, sbaU take effect the ' Section 7, The term "Election Year" shall be deemed first election year. m 1 • c^l ' ^I I . /sl -^1 .-1:1 tl ; ^1 --j^l '•'iil ~ rl w.'dl •it •^1 7n �.wA'. ^ 'A SUMMARY of Sll] ARTICLE XlV-Olher Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: nat^'^i chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and. Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A nn^i Ell A Provides for affiliation of the At- AKTICLc 11—Arnlianon: lantic and GUM District with the Seafarers International Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XV-Trlals and Appeals: S|h', member to a fair trial by ah Impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for accepCance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for app^lt. ARTICLE lll-AAembership: set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —j^ovides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVI—Offenses and Penalfies: [la^tieb- ARTICLE IV-Relnstalement: fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions oh penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meetihg. Statement of dismissed members. ARTICLE V-Dues and Initiation Fee: schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides du« may not be changed mccept by constitutional amendment—^Permits thie membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE XVH-PublicaHons: lication of a newspaper and other literature.. ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: ADTin F Provides for bonding of officers A\K I IV*LC AYm DOnaS: and employes oflhe Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ARTICLE Vll-System of Organization: ARTICLE XIX-Expervditures: ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. ADTI/*IC \/iU Designates the following as elecAKTlLLt YlH—Utticers: tive officers: the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men* ADTI/^I C VY D^nes the Union's sources of inAM\ I itwLC AA income: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any pajrment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be i^ied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules ftw assessment balloting—Pror vides for the Union to derive htcome from dividends, intere.st «id legitimate business operations. ARTICLE IX-Other Elective gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the membership. ARTICLE X-Duties of Elective Officers: ARTICLE XXI-Degrees of Membership: the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reports— Establishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. rules for affiliation of individuals other than full members must be determined by the Union's membership. ARTICLE XXII—Formiilation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved^ by membership. A DTl/"l C Will • Provides that the quorum for AKI IVi^LII AAIM L<UOrUinS; a special meeting of any'port shall be six members and the quorum fot- a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agmts and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the membershif^Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote-bf the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted ibr holidays and. failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: ARTICLE XXV-AgenKs Conference: Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—^Lists eligibilify requirements for the various offices. APTirtF yill—FUH'irkne. Describes procedure for nomiMK1IV.,LC AMI CieaiOnS: nation to office—Provides for election of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candfdatiBS' eBgffiafty, acccarding to rules of Constitution—Estab­ lishes safeguards for the right of a member to non^ate himself to i^ce. Describes the Union's balkiting jnrocedure in detail—pro­ vides lor «d^on. ^ FoRs Cmnmltt^ to conduct electiwts and of a iffistrietHvid!* Committee, including members from New BahimcKe, New Odeans and San Francisco to tabu^^te cestiltS—manner fas installation of officers. encc of Port Agents to .be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-DefWtk»$: of the CiHistttution. ARTICLE XXVH-Am«fldn#«$r£^^ s^ttt^OH by the mttsliirshipi. AR»a£ XXVIII-Traiwitfe^ '.r r''J .t»f i-j/aosoo III: i 8":t«s<l| • r ; i j;ia lOifH .mcv' ec;' Pi smid riri "HBO sniOR os-nt 013 "r; ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 16, 1959 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU, NMU REACH ACCORD US UNIONS’ PROPOSALS GO TO ITF SIU BLOOD BANK NOW OPERATING’LIBERIA, PANAMA SEEK UN SHIP ROLE RUNAWAYS SEEK MAJOR ROLE IN UN SHIP BODY BRIDGES ON ‘MISSION’ TO SOVIET UNION SANDCAPTAIN IN HARBOR CRASH BLOOD BANK BEGINS; SERVES A&G COAST DEFENSE DEP’T HINTS AT SUBSIDIES FOR ROLL-ONS SOME EX-US LIBERTYS NOW FLYING RED FLAGS BAN ’50-50’ ON RUNAWAYS-PELLY ALASKA SHIP RULES STAY UNCHANGED RED TRADE DRIVE GAINS AS WEST EASES EMBARGO LK. CHARLES SHIPPING UP; 11 VESSELS IN NY GETS TASTE OF RUNAWAY BULL EXPANDS SERVICES; TO OPERATE FROM GULF PLASTIC LIFEBOAT PASSES TESTS STATE COURT CAN’T BAR PEACEFUL PICKETS SS ATLANTIC WINS PHS AWARD FOR CLEANLINESS SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT, TAX RISES TAKE EFFECT CS SHIPS’ ENGINEERS VOTE SET AROSA SHIPS TO BE SOLD VIA AUCTION SIU CONSTITUTION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/16/1959 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXI, No. 2 1959 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/5ece98b4a4232e8e968ba4820df91f0a.PDF 6365740c5d899c0ee21e4735b0aa6813 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. X NEW YOHK, N.^., FRIDAY. JANUARY 16. 1948 Transfers Would Wreck US Stiipping EUCnONS CERTIFIED WASHINGTON — The pro­ posal to transfer 500 American ships ,to European nations under the Marshall Plan in its present form was denounced by Repre­ sentative Willis W. Bradley of California as disastrous to the American Merchant Marine. "The funeral of an adequate American Merchant Marine has been arranged by the State De­ partment," Bradley told the House. "The mourners will all be Americans.". REASONABLE HELP l\.£ With completion of the ballot tallying by the General Tallymg Committee, the results of the 1948 SlU elections, as announced by the committee, were forwarded to all ports for final action by the membership at last Wednesday night's regular meetings. At these meetings, the membership voted overwhelmingly to certify the election results. Secretary-Treasurer J. P. Shuler therefore instructed all newly elected officials to assume their duties, in accordance with the membership's mandate. Below is a breakdown of the membership's vote in all ports on the Tally Committee's report. Ports, are listed geo­ graphically. NO PORT YES Boston 23 56 0 New York 980 0 PhUadelphia 185 0 Baltimore 249 0 Norfolk .. .^ 180 Savannah* — 0 Tampa 43 0 Mobile 243 0 New Orleans 285 0 Galveston r. 220 Puerto Rico* —v-™--:;- — — *Pue to communication difficulties, these ports had not bieen hekrd ftpim 'LOO i»iHs time. - He declared that he favored "reasonable help for Europe," but he -stated that he did not "comprehend .as ..a part of that help .a program that will strip us of a part of our principal de­ fense assets and will relegate our entire shipping industry .to- a very inferior standing' among the fleets of the-worldJ' Just why is it so necessary to "Americans do not under­ stand," he said later, "that the transfer American ships to the transfer of 500 vessels will re­ Briti.sh, • a Seafarer or anbody sult in elimination from trade with these European nations of else interested in the American some 500 vessels presently op­ merchant marine might well ask erated under United States flag when he reads reports on British and manned with American offi­ shipyards. According to a dispatch from cers and crews. Glasgow, the 22 producing chip"Even if the transferred ves­ yards on the River Clyde broke sels are taken from lay-up, their .all previous peacetime construc­ participation in the trades will result in a corresponding re­ tion records in 1947 for ship­ duction in the United States flag building, engineering, ship re­ tonnage which, would otherwise conversion and repair. The Clydeside yards turned out be engaged." No. 3 '48 Officers Certified; Voting is Heaviest In Seafarers History NEW YORK—The results of the voting for Atlantic and Gulf officials for 1948 were announced this week when the General Tallying Committee completed counting and tabulating the member­ ship's choices in the heaviest balloting in SIU history. Ballots were cast in all pdrts votes cast represent the mem­ during a two-month period end­ bership of the Atlantic and Gulfj Coast only. The other SIU dis­ ing December 31, 1947. tricts conduct elections of their The following committee's find­ own. ings and report were mailed to The total number of votes cast all ports for action at regular was 5,204 with the heaviest bal-' membership meetings. loting taking place in New York, A new Secretary-Treasurer the largest and most active port. and three new Assistant Secre­ The members of the hardwork­ tary-Treasurers were elected ing Tallying Committee, elected along with new Port Agents in January 2, 1948, Were; New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Sam Luttrell (Chairman), A Jacksonville and New Orleans. In Jimmy Stewart, Paul Pars<Jfts, J. the remaining ports, the 1947 L. (Red) Whidden, F. F. Smith, Agents were retained. Patrolmen Paddy McCann, Omar L. Ames, were elected for all ports re­ and alternates E. F. McNeill, Pe­ quiring them. • dro Peralta and Matt Fields. The tabulated results of the Biographical sketches and pic­ election and the report submit­ tures of all officials will be run 99 ships with a total tonnage of ted by the Tallying Committee in the LOG in the near future. 374,743—some 50,000 tons more appear on page 7. It sliould be noted that the than in 1946. Of the new vessels, many were built for Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian Portuguese, Irish, French, Dom­ inion and colonial customers. One thing that all unions have learned and that all Biggest ship launched was the union members must keep uppermost in their minds is 40,000-ton Catonia for Cunard. At present, Clydeside yards, this; which handle about a third of ' Unions face the united efforts of ALL employers to Britain's shipbuilding contracts, destroy them. Moreover, when an employer or group of have commitments for about employers is able to weaken one union every union in $280 million worth of ships—in­ cluding about $85 million worth the country is weakened. A standard trick among employers is to play one of tankers. British Beiie Need For US Vesseis l! Phony Unionism SillBeffins Move For VFnge Increase rI? \ NEW YORK, Jan. 15 — The Seafarers International Union took the first step yesterday in a push for higher wages. Commuhications were forward­ ed to all contracted companies advising them of the Union's desi le "to open negotiations for an increase" in wages. In a letter signed by Secretary-Treasurer J. P. Shuler, the SIU informed the operators that it was mak­ ing the wage; bid in accordance with the provisions incorporated in the preamble of its agree­ ments. * This unique feature permits the Union to call for discussions on the issue of wages at any time. SIU contracts are the only ones in the maritime industry containing such a provision. The Union's latest wage drive stemmed from a request made of the membership by the SIU Negotiating Committee for per­ mission to go after the increase as a means of combatting the cost of living spiral. Besides the reasons inducei by rising prices, the committe feels there is ampjle justification for more equitable pay for Sea farers in the high profits being realized by shipowners today. The ^lU has fought steadily and successfully right along to see that the membership's wages kept pace with the cost of liv­ . SITUATION "HOPELESS*' ing. . ~ At the time the committee In the current drive no speci­ said it preferred cost-of-living prices to drop in place of a need fic sum has been- set by the Ne­ for increased wages but that the gotiating Committee so that i situation had been rendered will have greater flexibility in "hopeless" by the failure_of Con­ its bargaining sessions with the gress to enact price controls. operators. The only door left open to the On the Negotiating Committee Union to protect its member­ ;are J. P. Shuler,". Robert Matt ship's earning power was to seek higher . wages, the committee •hews, Joe Algina, Lindsey Williains and Paul Hiall. said. Nate group of workers against another. This maneuver fails when opposed by tactics shaped by the SIU's policy of inter-union support. A typical case in point is the new development at the Maryland Drydock Company in Baltimore. The workers at Maryland Drydock, as a great many Seafarers have good reason to know, belong to the. In­ dustrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers of Amer­ ica. Recently, after a long strike in which many a Sea­ farer walked the picketlines, the lUMSWA men went back to their jobs at Maryland Drydock under a contract providing for a wage increase and other gains. But now the company has found a new way to drive a wedge into lUMSWA. As a result of company conniving, a new "indepen­ dent union" of "pushers" has sprung into being. If your ship puts into Maryland Drydock for re­ pairs make sure that you don't extend the hand of union brotherhood to the wrong guys. In our book the real union there is the lUMSWA. And remember that all of us are going to have to keep our eyes open for we arq. going to see jthis trick tried at plenty of other places. The SIU will combat it, as usual, by supporting the legitimate beefs of legitimate unions. �SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 16, 1948 Uhis SEAFARERS LOG K Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District ^ ( .1 Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor i At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 J„ P. SHULER - - - - Secretary-Treasurer if Editorial Board J. p. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y„ under the Act of August 24, 1912. George K. Novick, Editor 267 lili Regrouping Our Forces i In the heaviest balloting ever registered in an SIU I election, the membership has voiced its choice of officials to serve the Union during the year 1948. The results of the vote tally, announced elsewhere in this issue, reveal I a new high in total number of votes cast. ^ ii This unprecedented participation by the memberIship in the selection of 4;he men they believe can lead the IsiU to new heights in the coming year is noteworthy. |Primarily, it is a manifestation of an increasing consciousless and a more alert interest by all hands in the conduct md welfare of their Union. They have taken advantage >f their constitutionally-guaranteed privilege of having direct say in the administration of the Union's business. When this is the case you have a healthy state of jaffairs. Seafarers are mindful of their obligations—that's [what the record vote implies. And this new surge of interest in all quarters ..is par­ ticularly encouraging at this moment because 1948 bids to be a singularly crucial year. For all labor, but perhaps more so for members of the SIU, 1948 will be a year of decision on several paramount questions. Nice it would be if we could gaze into the crystal ball and see how much butter will be on our bread several months hence. Unfor­ tunately, no such ball exists for the men in maritime. Instead they have to strengthen themselves for the future. These are some of the questions that will be faced in 1948: Will our fleet be distributed among the foreign naitions, leaving us the short end of the stick? Will the TaftiHartley law make headway in destroying the American ilabor unions? Will the SIU's highly successful organizing push of last year continue its remarkable pace? Will we jmaintain and solidify our position as a growing force in [the American trade union movement? Will we continue jto lead the field in wages and working conditions? These [are but a few; there are more, many more, to be answered 1948. So, the importance of the membership's interest in their Union's affairs as we swing into important 1948 is easily seen. Facing up to this problematical year, we have regrouped our forces; we have sharpened our offensive lachinery and bolstered our defenses. But the fact that we have voted for officials is not enough to discharge our responsibilities as good Union len. We must do more to make 1948 a good year for the S^farers. . ^ Every member must stapd squarely behind the men they have placed in office. All hands must exert their est efforts to see that the combined forces of the bureau­ crats and the union-busters are defeated. Seafarers must let to make certain the SIU winds up 1948 bigger, better ind stronger than ever. Despite the uncertainty and the stormy days that night be ahea,d, each of us can do much to influence our course. If we all pitch in and do pur bit, our sailing will Hospital Patients When entering the Hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. i Staten Island Hospital Men Now in Tlie Marine Hospitals Tbete are tiie Union Bzothtn currenHv in tha marina hospiials. as reported by tha Port Agents. Thasa Brothars find tima faangin; heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writing to them. NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL F. E. WHEELER C. McGILBERRY J. E. SILKOWSKI ^ A. AMUNDSEN . E. L: EDLER f W. WILCOXSON S. LeBLANC L. CLARKE G. KOCJAN N. LAWRENSON J. S. CARA J. F. FITZPATRICK T. HENDRICKS N. R. CARTWRIGHT J. WARD N. LONGTINE J. E. MAGUIRE J. CARROLL J. J. O'NEILL L. AL HOLMES 4, 4, J, STATEN ISL'AND B. H. TOLBERT J. McNEELY J. M: GARDNER T. MUSCOVAGE L. GOLEMBIEWSKI J. PRATS E. LARSON G. G. GAGE J. VATLAND G. T. FRESHWATER J. H. HOAR . E. LACHOFF J. PREZELPELSKI . 4" 4* 4« BUFFALO HOSPITAL ARTHUR LYNCH ^ MICHAEL DONOVAN FRANK AMAGETT 4* 4* ^ BALTIMORE HOSPITAL J. G. BERKENKEMPER R. RARDIN J. D. BERGERIA J. NUUHIWA F. J. RICHARDSON J. T. ALLAN W. T. ROSS S. BUZALEWSKI J. A. WHITTAKER C. W. PAYNE C. CARLSON GEORGE BURNS E. FREMSTAD E. J. BARTEMEIR J. H. HAYES 4 4 4 BRIGH TON MARINE HOSP. R. LORD V C. CREVIER • ' You can contact your HosIrifal delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at &e follow­ ing times: M Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to. 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) J. SMITH P. CASALINUOVO F. O'CONNELL J. LEE E. DELLAMANO J. GALLOWAY D. STONE 4 4.4 GALVESTON MARINE HOSP. W. CANNAVAN (SUP) J. P. BALLERSTON J. B. LIGHTFOOT C. R. HONEYCUTT S.H.COOPER j;:." • ' R. C. yOOHRIES J. F. MARTIN C. R. HANSON (SUP) ^ - '' •* -•'•-i; 4 4-4 ^ J s: NORFOLK FRITZ KRAUL- .v.- ' CECIL WILLIAMS CHARLES LORD JACK WOOTON ,• yfi' i 11, P. ALLGEIER r < W. A. YAHL SAMUEL J. STEELE -' �m T H E SEAPARERa LOG Friday. January 16. 1948 Pag» Thraa SIU Tugmen Battle Gale At Sea To Rescue Disabled Freighter ter, as well as all details to be Union is about to start negotia­ Shivering in a cold Atlantic carried m the SEAFARERS LOG. tions with our contracted •com­ gale and soaked to the skin by YoQr Secretary-Treasurer, as panies for a general wage in­ heavy seas washing oVer the CALMAR AND ORE the instructed by the membership, crease, and that'it is important stem, crewmembers of and on behalf of the Negotiating Negotiations are practically that the Union's affairs be run­ Dorothy Ann Meseck rescued the Committee, has notified all con­ ning as smoothly as possible at Standara Fruit vessel Cpastal tracted operators of our desire over with these .two outfits and that time, it is recommended Messenger after four days of to open our contracts on the •a full . report shofuld be com­ that the elected Brothers take herculean labor. question of wages. pleted for the membership by office immediately upon concur­ The saving of the Messenger rence by the membership of the was effected when the Dorothy the next meeting. The great importance of the General Tallying Committee's re­ Ann, after receiving the disabled cooperation of the membership TRANSFER OF^ CARDULLO port. ship's call for help, sped from in this matter cannot be stressed Norfolk to where the ship wal­ Not only .will this allow the too heavily. We must prepare In view of the increased traf­ ourselves so that whatever may fic pf SIU A&G contracted ships union to sail on even keel dur­ lowed in the high seas 180 miles come from this demand for on the West Coast, as a result ing a crucial negotiating period, off Cape Hatteras. more money the Union will be of signing the Isthmian contract, but will give the newly elected The ship's distress call was re­ in a position to tak^ whatever it is recommended that Steve officers P chance to become more ceived on December 24 and the action, necessary to support such Cardullo, former Marcus Hook familiar with their positions and Dorothy Ann left inunediately. Agent, be assigned at -once to responsibilities and the member­ Christmas Eve and Christmas demands. Further reports will be made the Port of San Francisco for ship's problems, and allow them Day were spent in rushing to •at the next meeting on this mat- the purpose of servicing A&G to participate more fully in the the ship. At 10 P.M. the Mes­ contracted ships and the mem­ forthcoming Agents' Conference. senger was sighted and a towing V " % bership in that area. Following ordinary procedure, line made ready at once. the present Agents will notify A strong southeast wind was In the event of any further the Secretary-Treasurer of the blowing and the heavy waters changes in the traffic in that The membership has gone area other recommendations shall actions taken by the member­ threw the tiny tug about on the ship in their ports on the Com­ seas. In short time the hawser ' on record lo prefer charges be made. against all gashounds and mittee's report and the report of was secured. TALLYING REPORT The Messenger, having a brok­ performers as well as the the Secretary-Treasurer, who will en tail shaft and rudder, was un­ ' men who willfully destroy or At the last general meetings, in turn, upon concurrence, no­ steal ships gear. The SIU has the membership voted tp follow tify the newly elected m^n to able to maintain a position, which made rescue attempts more no place for men who ruin the procedure passed in 1947 in­ difficult: the good conditions the sofar as counting the ballots take their offices at once. Union wins for them. Take were concerned, in order to facil­ - action'in shipboard meetings itate the tallying procedure and BACK IN DRY CLOTHING AND HAPPY against men guilty of these to allow the newly elected offi­ things. cials to take office earlier. In view of the fact that the With the Hawser secured, the tug began its pull to New York, but it wasn't going to be over that easy. During the night the wind changed and increased in intensity. Early the next morning after proceeding 50 miles, the hawser parted at the Messenger's bow and snapped through the air like a buggy whip. The SIU crew turned to again on the wet, slippery decks and at risk of losing their lives, man­ aged to once more secure the Messenger. This time a chain was used. By 1 P.M. the tow was begim again. Tiirougliout the rest of the day, with every wave straining and pulling at the. line, the Meseck battled the seas. Late in the evening, only 12 miles closer to land, the high seas and gale proved their strength and parted the chain. Rallying once more the crew took to the stein, but it was hopeless. Footing was insecure and the winds of hurricane force threatened to toss the men into the sea. They did what they could to recover the towing gear'and the tug stood bjr for the wind and seas to subside. That night and all the next day, the situation remained the same. Finally, Sunday morning, four days after putting the firstline aboard, they chanced it again. The swells were still breaking over the stem but the wind had abated somewhat. BROUGHT HER IN The hawser was sent aboard Bringing back an important day if they have only one radio the Messenger and made secure jj^pre-war safety service, the U.S. operator, but large .ships will once more. This time a sixWeather Bureau will send twice- send data every six hours. strand line was used. |iaily weather forecasts to ves^ The Bureau is soliciting U.S. Three days" later. New Year's sels in the Atlantic to help ships for the most part, but is al­ Eve, the Dorothy Ann Meseck Skippers steer clear of dangerous so making agreements with Brit­ proudly put into New York with storms. ish, Dutch, . Swedish, French, the Coastal Messenger in tow, Already 40-odd steamship com­ Brazilian and Argentine fiagthree strands still holding the panies have agreed to cooperate vessels. ship. with the Bureau by supplying Going out from the U.S. coast, The Meseck's Skipper, Captain weather observations on condi­ ships will send reports to the Bartell, in commenting on the tions at sea which are the raw Navy in Washington until they job done said, "I can't give too material 6f weather forecasting. reach mid-ocean when they will Five of the Dorothy' Ann's twenty-two man crew line up .much praise to these men for the In return, their vessels will re­ be sent to one of the countries for the LOG photographer after recounting the details of their job they did. They took her out ceive detailed tibn-technical fore­ covered by the agreement. trying rescue mission during the Christmas Holidays. Left to on Christmas Eve and turned to casts. : : . right, seated—Joseph Bowen. AB and Ship's Delegate; F. P. imder sever-e working conditions. The result should be greater The war, by forcing radio si­ safety- at sea for ships of all Blanchard, Oiler. Standing—Grover Johnson. Steward; Joseph "With the decks awash and the lence on ships, at sea, meant the fiags. Bowen Jr.. OS and Leon Wilber. Engine Utility. task dangerous, they did a dissolution for several years of magnificent job though cold and, the Weather Bureau's Marine Di­ soaked to the skin throughout vision, although the Army Air the operation." Forces, the Navy, the British Ad­ The crew tossed a bouquet miralty and the RAF did have right back at the Skipper: "He reasnably good daily weather, The Esso Tanker Men's Asso­ their wages and conditions would to do is write to the Maritime stood out on the deck throughout maps of the North Atlantic and ciation, as pointed ^out in the be greatly cut down if they or­ Commission if eligible for such' the whole business without a bit the Pacific through reports from LOG last week, is a powerful ganized into the SIU. Now an­ awards, but the Esso Tanker -reconnaissance planes and Coast ally on the side of Standard Oil other letter from the ETMA to Men's Association is quite will­ of sleep. If anyone deserves credit, it is he." Guard ships on fixed positions. Company to deprive Esso's un­ its members has come to the at­ ing to do that little* job for him In ^ite of what was taking The new service is expected to licensed personnel of real repre­ tention of the LOG, and this if he just fills out a form,.giving place on Christmas day, the. be operating full blast after sentation. The ETMA has never broadside also proves how bank­ the same information which the Skipper did all he could do to mid-January. obtained any gains for the men rupt the company, stooges really MC requests, and sends it lo the give the men a Christmas. CHECK INSTRUMENTS headquarters of the Association. To build up the Weather Bu­ and, ih fajct, has helped to keep are. PIPING HOT And, although the Association PHONY SERVICES company reau's ocean observation and re­ the men under firm Credit, too, for a fine job The leaders of the ETMA real­ doesn't state this, it prevides an porting system, representatives control. should go» to the Steward, the Right now the company is ize that they cannot gain any­ excellent opportunity to find out of the revived Marine Division pertinent information about men crew felt. In the heaviest gale visit ocean-going ships as they hit worried over the fact that many thing in wages and conditions for he was out there with his coffee .. port to arrange with the Masters Esso seamen arb showing an in­ the membership since the com­ in tlie fleet. The ETMA hopes to delude the pot and there was always plenty I for the taking of observations at terest in the program and policies pany dominates the so-called of hot food below. 'i^ea and the transmission of the of the Seafarers International "Association." So, instead, the membership hy helping to obtain The tough job of working on a data. The weathermen offer to Union. And when the company organization offers "services" medals and decorations, but the tug in a rescue hasn't appeared ^ check the ships' instruments, syn­ gets worried, the company union which do not in any why im­ Union assists the men to live de­ to sour any of the crewmen. cently by winning for them chronize them with the Bureau's has -to go to bat to befuddle the prove the lot of the seamen. They're all still aboard and ready wages and conditions. Right now the ETMA is assists membership. own. So it's no wonder that the un­ for anything that comes—as long Last week we showed how the ing its membei'ship to apply for I SW.p^ of companies agreeing to as it doesn't come on Christmas coolirate with the Bureau will ETMA was attempting to con­ Merchant Marine Decorations and licensed Esso seamen are turn­ Eve again. send two or three observations a vince the Esso employes that Medals. Of course, aU a man has ing more ahd more to the SIU. On Performers US Weather Bureau Revives Oteutt Forecasting System Esso Tries To Stall Real Organization l\\ -1i s. > •. • • •. :iatd '.•i / �• .%':fi TBE S BA^A JtSRS t Page Four IIP Seafarers Swell Youtzy-Boutwell Defense Fund I.: fUda^i January 18/ 1948 WHAT Ready to testify in trie defense of Ralph Youtzy and Robert Boutwell, the two Seafarers charged with manslaughter in Georgetown, British Guiana; Frank Knight, AB, arrived in the British colonial capital Christ­ mas Eve by airplane. Knight himself relates in a letter to Joseph Volpian, Headquarters Special Services Representative. Knight left Mobile on the Ah cba Patriot, but fearful lest he be late for the trial he transferred to the Alcoa Clipper at La Guayra, Venezuela. QUESTION: The SIU will soon have copies of its. agreements posted on all ships in the form of foc'sle cards. What do you think will be the practical effect of this innovation? B. ZELENCIC, Oilan I bulier* that poatmg v the ' working rules in a conTenie^ vplace aboard ship is an excellent idea. Many times a beef arises over overtime or working coodir tions but by the time a copy of the Agreement is dug up the beef is forgotten. Another thing: Those-small Agreements passing from hand to hand get torn-and lost. Often by the end of the trip there isn't an Agreement to be found aboard the ship^ I'm sure that now there will be hun­ dreds of beefs settled by the use of trie foc'sle card that other-^ wise would be lost. GRABBED PLANE S. WOODRUFF, Putepman: Now we hare ampething ,with which io. aetaw. dbose eaiae^ beefs and asgnmentain Uie-mMs* room. The iBcTale . cwtd aighf there as final'authosifty wUl settin almost eve^ beef pronto.. ,On thy last ship #e could have made good use of this card—w. didn't have eveh. one copy. of the Agreement aboard Everyone thinks the other guy will have a copy, so usually no ^one both­ ers to picdc one up at the HalL Most of us. know^ the General Rules, , the'ce pretty , much the same in aU- contracts, so the foc'sle :card is. fine, just the way it is. . Still worried when he reached Trinidad, the loyal Seafarer grabbed an airplane to make sure he got to Georgetown for the trial which was scheduled to open January 13 at last reports. Another witness, Charles R. Robertson, arrived on the Cape / Edmont, and paid off January 2, Knight says. A third witness, James Carter Jr., was expected EDWARD BURKE, MM: W. BLANTON, Electrician: to arrive in plenty of time fo^ I think , it is a good idea. Be­ The move is a good one, and the trial, other' dispatches from fore coming into the SIU I will be of advantage to all con­ Georgetown have indicated. sailed Army Transport. There we cerned. . These easily-read agree­ The charge against Youtzy and never knew what was going on Boutwell grew out of the acci­ in reference to overtime. Some­ ments will enable everyone to dental drowning of a George­ times the same is true on our study the contract's working town launch captain who fell ships when no one has a copy of rules and become familiar with overboar3 and -drowned in an the Agreement. The new foc'sle all provisions — especially the altercation early one morning card will save a lot of trouble one affecting their particular de­ last October. and argument, as everyone will partments. Besides the advan­ Youtzy and Boutwell were have a chance to read and study tages to the membership, these charged with murder, although the good conditions of the SIU agreements, posted where every­ one can see them, will also give witnesses claimed at the time to before popping off on a bum the Mates and the Engineers a have seen the launch captain beef. By taking a good gander at the foc'sle card most beefs swimming for shore. chance to learn and understand will dissolve before they get go­ the agreement., This, step shouldv NEW DONATIONS ing and there will be better re­ result in elimination of a lot of lations all around. unnecessary caUs to the halls. The charge against Boutwell was reduced to manslaughter after a preliminary hearing early in November. Last month, the V charge against Youtzy was also reduced to manslaughter. Both AL BERNSTEIN use your head arid study your with the ships delegate. He should handle requests for , men were released on bail. I?... contract. draws, liberty, etc. In foreign , SHIP DELEGATE Meanwhile the defense fund When the men in your depart­ DEPARTMENT DELEGATE has been increased by donations ment or the men aboard ship se­ A ship's Delegate is a most re­ ports, if there is any trouble, he - of $23 from the Deck Depart­ lect you as Delegate, it is the He should check each man's sponsible assignment. Listed be­ should act as spokesman. He; ment of the Alcoa Patriot, highest Union honor they can book or permit' and See that he low are a few of the problems he should keep a record of all beefs —how they were handled and , $49 from the Stewards and En­ bestow upon you. It'means they is in good standing, and that he will be expected to handle. gine Departments of the Alcoa fee? you are a "right" guy who has been shipped through the The first thing he should do, what settlement was secured. He should have copies of the Clipper and $54 from the Deck knows what the score is. , Hall. Thi^ is especially impor­ together with the department ship's minutes, which should be and Stewards Departments of the tant in ports where there is no Delegates, is check stores, linen The Skippers, Mates and En­ made in duplicate so that he can SS Colabee Knight reports. Hall. Be sure ihal each member supplies, and slop chest. If any­ gineers represent the company turn one over to the Patrolman. • of the crew has a shipping card thing is wrong there and the beef aboard ship. As Delegate you He should prepare a list of all when he first crimes aboard. can't be straightened out—Call represent the crew and the needed repairs and unsettled • Keep a dues record of all men the Hall!. Don't wait until you Union. beefs. in your department. See that are at sea—it's too late then! There are few hard and fast O.T. is written down as soon as He should see that, under no ' He should see that bound rules to guide you. . . „ All . that the it is worked. It should give the copies of the LOG and other condition, the ship pays off with­ job requires mostly, is co^ord^^^^^ Union literature are aboard ship. out a Patrolman present. Another sign of weakening sense, which the crew felt you type of work done. When there are no racks for this He should see that there is no communist strength in unions had when they elected you, and performing at payoff. • Department members should comes from • Havana where a knowledge of the contracts un­ be instructed to keep an accurate literature he should take steps to ON BEEFS Ramon Leon Renteria, head of der which you are sailing. These record of their O.T. in duplicate. obtain them. All beefs are divided into two , He should see that there is a the National Maritime Workers contracts may be picked up at One for them and one for you. kinds, beefs against the operators, library aboard. Federation, has broken with the any 'of our union halls. See that the O.T. in the de­ such as overtime, grub, quarters,., He should see that meetings communists and is organizing a Remember^ two things, how­ partment isn't too one sided, but etc., and beefs against the crew are held as often as possible to campaign to cleanse them from ever; 1—^The hard fought gains divided as equally as possible. themselves, which can be give everyone a chance ^to blow the organization. of the Union can be put in See that O.T., whether disputed their tops if they have anything straightened out. ' In his action, similar to that jeopardy by the action of the or not, is turned in to the de­ to pop off about. Below are listed a few beefs taken by Joe Curran a year ago, crew or even one performer. 2— partment head. There is no point by the Delegates and against the He should see that Educational Renteria announced he now The payoff is discipline; npt sub­ in arguing with anyone aboard meetings are held aboard ship as Delegates. True, only a small favors the democratic policy of servience but discipline to Union ship about O.T. A list should frequently as possible to teach portion of the membership are rules. ' the United States. ^ be turned over to the Patrolman permits and others what the Un­ guilty of these offenses, but see Aboard SIU contracted ships at payoff—let him settle it for ion really stands for. One of the foimders of the Fed­ Merely if you can^t avoid them and make eration, Renteria is considered a thez'e should be four Delegates. you. paying dues doesn't make a good a "happier ship" on your next powerful figure in Cuba and- is One for each department and a See that • living quarters are Union member. trip. expected to swing laxge numbers Ships' Delegate. kept clean and shipshape at all Don't turn a personal beef into - / He shoul^^'see that the contract All Delegates should be full times, especially at payoff. under whicri"fie is sailing is lived a Union beef. • of maritime workers away from / the communists who are fighting bookmembers in good standing. Patrolmen have been instructed up to by both sides—the crew Don't , put in phony O.T. They should be elected as soon by the membership not to pay and the company. to maintain control. Don't be a gear-grabber. .as possible after joining the ship. off a ship if the quarters are The climax-of the bfittle beDon't be a performer. ^ He should act as yolimteer or­ A Department Delegate is a dirty. ^iftween anti-communists and comDon't bother your Delegate j ganizer when the occasion , de­ "^/ inunists will come this month very important Union job. Listed 1 See that there is no pijerforming mands it—and can only do this wrien he is on watch. when a new Federation congress .below are a few suggestions to before or during the payoff. Don't get him out of tlte sack^ through knowledge of the UnI guide you. Above all, ho^'^ever, convenes. All Delegates should cooperate on's struggles and gains, (ConttTmed on Pa^e 7) ) ' ' V- I Men: Ship, Department Delegates Cuban Unionist Breaks With CP - -J > \ g n �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 16. 1S4S Page FITC Shipping Slows In Pftiladelfniia After Christmas Week Highpoint By E. B. TILLEY 4 PHILADELPHIA — Here we go again, but this time it is to a different tune when it comes to shipping. We had only one payoff this week, but by luck it was from a long trip and, with the excep­ tion of two men, everyone got off the ship. . Besides the above ship, the Governor Kilby, Waterman, we had only a few stray jobs on ships in transit and the outlook iifor the coming week is none too bright—at least not as far as jobs lire concerned. A . ~ We've scratched our heads all week trying to figure out where ^ the men have come from who now pack the Hall. It. looks like all tl^ stay-at-home holiday meii tried to make Philadelphia Bt the same time. We now heve the television set that was transferred from Mar­ cus Hook paid for, installed and in operation. The boys get a big bang from watching the matinee each afternoon. The City of Brotherly Love has a television Ration 'which puts on the kind Of show every day that the boys go for. COULD BE a move to take the proffered drink. Judging by that, |We had to conclude one of two things: Either New Year's * morning brought a flock of good resolu­ tions, or a lot of our, members have joined AA. / Before We close, we would like to state that the weather re­ port from Philadelphia is quite different from last week's. We don't think you could ask for better weather than the City of Brotherly Love is having at this time. Missed out on our surprise this week, but nope to be able to give it-to you next week. Membership Sheuld Disiuss Shipping Rules, Submit Suggestions For Possible Cbunges By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK—There has. been considerable discussion lately pertaining to siiipboard promo­ tions. The pros and cons have been aired at shipboard meet­ ings and in the LOG. If any action is to be taken calling for a change in the ship­ ping Tules it will have to be done by referendum ballot. Before this comes to a vote, all Seafarers should acquaint themselves with the issue and not fly blind. Now there is another matter which, if it gains popular sup­ port, will be put to referendum vote: A resolution has come out of the Gulf area proposing a Shliiping Slump Hits Baltimore, Beach Is Slightly Overcrowiteil Just before starting this writeup we saw a funny thing happen. . We walked dowi? into the Hall By WM. (CURLY) RENTZ where there were 40 to 50 men around. In the middle of this BALTIMORE — Things really ing to him. Nothing was lost bunch stood one of the crew- slowed down — and suddenly-— at all. There are plenty of men on m e m b e f s from the above- here, but from what we hear mentioned Governor Kilby. around it ought to pick up- in the the beach here. They are coming He had a fistful of dough and near future, perhaps in the week in from everywhere else. Con­ sequently a little advice: Stay in was inviting the entire gang to coming up. Hope so, anyway. come down stairs for a drink Only three ships 'paid off— your home • ports. At least for with him so that he could cele­ the Steelore, fhe Chilore and the the time being. In your home brate his not being home for Fimore, all belonging to.Calmar. ports you will have somewhere New Year's Eve. But to these will be hdded about to flop and eat. Don't come to ir • five scheduled to payoff next Baltimore until we tell you ship­ Lo and behold! ping is picking up. Not a single man accepted the week, most of which are expected One thing that still keeps them offer which, we admit, floored us. to be South Atlantic. talking here is the tankers. The Sig^-ons included the Thomas men still want to see more tank­ Not a single man got up to make Cresap, Isthmian; the Hulbert, ers flying the SIU banner. Alcoa; plus the Scalmar, the FelThings are running smoothly tore, the Steelore and the Chi­ in Baltimore both at the Hall and lore. on the labor front right through By and large it has been a the city. Every SIU member is very poor week in the Port of doing a good job. Everyone Baltimore, one of the worst we knows what everyone else has have experienced. With almost gone through to get our condi­ everybody * wanting to ship out tions, and everyone wants to NEW YORK — As a result of there just aren't enough ships keep our gains. Consequently, head injuries suffered in a fall around. we are not bothered by gasdown a flight of stairs in the One thing about the payoffs hounds. They stay away. New York Hall, Seafarer Whit­ and, sign-ons we had: All ..the The members in the Marine ney G. (Jack) Rankins died in beefs were settled aboard ship Hospital here are doing fine and Beekman Downtown Hospital on to ever^rbody's satisfaction. all of them expect to be out December 31. Everybody got wTiat he had com­ soon. Bora in Henderson, Nofth Carolina, on July 19, 1912, Jack was a charter member of the Union, having transferred from the AFL SeameVs Union in 1938. farers Guards and Watchmen's By W. H. SIMMONS The well-known and popular Chief Steward, whose last ship SAN FRANCISCO — It's been Union which also affiliated itself was the Kings Canyon, had an slow here this week without with the' SIU. This was quite a good boost for outstanding record of activity in even the weather as a consola­ Union affairs and strikes. During tion. There have been no pay­ the 1946 General Strike he aided offs, and we have been having tremendously in the setting up more than our share of rain. and operation of the New York However, we do have a num­ soup kitchen. ber of Calmar, Isthmiai^ and SAN FRANCISCO — Brother "To give Jack a true Seafarers Watermap ships in transit. Daniel Segal, Book No. 7049, died send-off," in the words of one And we will payoff the SS Jean December 27 in the Marine Hos­ Seafarer, the membership of the Lafitte,, Waterman, sometime in New York Branch agreed unani­ the next few days—her date of pital here following an illness mously to forward a floral spray arrival has not been'definitely of four months. Segal, a member of the Union since 1941, sailed to be laid on his grave. His set. as Fireman-Watertender. His last In fact, we are hoping for a funeral was January 2. ship was the SS Mayo Brothers, •At the time of his death he better time all arqund nexti Waterman. week, with a great deal more was in good standing with clear­ Last August he was removed ances from all SIU beefs and activity on the waterfront. from the- Mayo Brothers in the hat's hapThe biggest thing strikes. Burial benefit will be Far -East and hospitalized. He g of a 22pened was the winnin paid, by the Union. He is survived was later flown to San Francisco the Sea­ cent hourly raise by Ky his mother. - • - Fall Is Fatal toJaokRankins, Charter Member change in the transportation rule. This, in the main, proposes that the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict adopt the West Coast rule calling for men to pile off a ship if it pays off and transportation money is paid. At present, on the A&G coasts, men are permitted to take their transportation money and re­ main aboard the ships. KICK IT ABOUT It is up to each man to decide whether or not he believes changing this rule will be for the betterment of the organiza­ tion as a whole. Tm only going to suggest that the matter be kicked around a bit. Letters to the Editor—a large number were received on the shipboard promotion issue—are the best way of reaching all Brothers with 'your views. On board ship; the regular meeting is the place to sound out the opinions of your ship­ mates and make yourself heard. If we exchange views on this matter it should be easy to ar­ rive at a definite conclusion. Vot­ ing blind hurts all of us. These matters will not be­ come major issues until after the Agents Conference, which will probably be held in March. FINAL PAYOFF The Roswell Victory, Robin Line, made its final payoff this week and it was a good one. She went into lay-up in fine shape, and the crew went ashore with all beefs settled. She has been replaced in the Robin Line fleet by the seconverted C-3, Robin Kirk. (See page Six.) .-I One of the reasons for the slack period here in New York is the lay up of several Bull Line ships for lack of cargo. They aren't headed for the boneyard, they're just waiting for a load. CAN'T HELP the Guards, when the short Sympathy is given to these length of time we have been be­ complaints, but the Union can­ hind their organizing campaign not enter into the private deal­ is considered. ings of its members. Loaning money is something we all do to help a guy out in a pinch. where he was making good pro­ gress Until he suffered a relapse last week. Death was due to a cerebral disorder. He was 36 years old. Survived by a brother," Lt. Col­ onel Jack Segal, his body has been sent to Chicago for burial. A good union man and a fine shipmate, Brdther Segal had par­ ticipated in all union strike ac­ tivities and was in good stand­ ing. Burial benefits have been paid by the Union. , J 'I Two other sweet ones for the Patrolmen were the Yaka and Azalia City, Waterman. Both paid, off in good style. The Azalia City had made a four-month trip to the Far East and the few beefs which had accumulated were cleared up in short order with the fine coop­ eration of the Delegates and crew. When the stuff starts flowing to the ships, we'll get a call for' quite a few men. Isthmian ships "are arriving here quite regularly. They are . • always good for a few replace­ ments after their usual long trips. •Tankers, too, have been seen hereabouts in good supply, but a lot of them are being returned to the Maritime Commission by the operators. After the Conference, several In spite of this, rated men other matters may emerge which have little difficulty in getting will require membership ap^jrov- a ship if they're not too particu­ al or rejection along with the lar as to company and run. matters of shipboard promotion The old bugaboo, unpaid loans, and transportation. has cropped up again. Several Now is not too early to start men have come to the Hall com­ plaining of deadbeats who have •borrowed and blew. Dtin Segal Dies After Illness V the ball rolling, so what do you say? In this snow, sleet, fain and slush-covered city on the Hud­ son, activity in the Port is cbn-r tinuing fair. Not much better"" than last week and not" anyworse. We're holding our own. We have to take the man at his word, and if he pulls out "without repaying his debt, there is nothing we can do about it. Usually these . men borrow from everyone on the ship and at the time of payoff thejr're no­ where to be found. A week or so later they payoff at the Com­ missioner's Office. It's an old problem but a per­ sonal one. All that can be done is to warn all Brothers to be a little more discriminate in lend•ing money. £ I �4>i, T RE SB AP ARERS L&G Page Six Boston Shipping, Weather Bad; Teamster Strike Fuiiy Effective SEAFARERS BAG GAME By JOHN MOGAN PWv' Priday. Jf^iiary 16. 1948, ; >"i>v Tampa Offers ^ Much Sunshine And Some Johs r' BOSTON — Things have been -wages and the 40-hour week. The By C. SIMMONS xeally rough in the shipping de­ strike is 10 days old and no signs of a settlement as yet. partment in the Port of Boston TAMPA — Shipping here is There has been' no trouble on right up to normal with quite a during the past 10 days. the highways to speak of except few replacements being called Jobs have been called in one a few complaints of CIO truckfor. or two at a time, for Isthmian, drivers, which of course received The SS Lafayette, Waterman, South Atlantic, Bull, Ameiican- wide publicity detrimental to the is going to pay off here tomor­ row and naturally there will be Kawaian, and other vessels, all AFL teamsters. The governor is threatening t6 jobs aboard her. in transit. intervene, all kinds of suits un­ A lot of oldtlmers carne into We have had Isthmians in here der the Taft-Hartley bill are be­ Tampa for Christmas, but they galore, as many as three berthed ing instituted against Local 25,. don't seem in any hurry to ship at the same time, and all with' complaints are being filed by out. As a consequence, jobs are hospitals, etc., that fuel and food being filled from well down on minbr beefs. are being stopped by striking the shipping list. However, it is notable that a truckdrivers — all calculated to Cookie's Boarding House seems brief visit with a Patrolman inflame the public against the to be tire favorite hangout. Wheni usually sets everything straight, Teamsters cause. we need men we have to send The feeling is strong, though, and soon Isthmian will be classisomebody around there to round Crewmembers of Ihe SS Jo­ that the Teamsters should and seph H. Hollister scored a ma­ thTiis up. For details on .this ed as just another Union com­ will win their beef. After all, jor success on their initial situation consult Babe Torres." pany. the figures reveal that the aver­ safari, when t he i r rifles Some trouble has been experi­ The tankers have stopped com­ age wage for a truckdriver is a brought down an elephant in enced here with performing SUP pletely, despite the fact that New little less than $50.00 a week— the jungle district of Urema, members on our ships. Some of England supplies of oil are at an which is something to raise a not far from the border of them have had to be pulled off. family on. Rhodesia. Six SIU men and There is a big difference between all-time low point. At any rate, nothing much is the vessel's skipper. Capt. C. being militant and performing. It is rumored that at least 10 going to move off the docks here N. Raobum. made up the Besides Tampa's inviting cli­ tankers will be assigned to re­ until the strike is settled. With party, which had for a guide mate, the Hall here now has a plenishing supplies up this way; docks already congested with un­ a guy named Mac. In photo pinball machine. Come on down, but then anybody in this business delivered goods and the railroad above, the happy hunters group fellows, and spend your nickels terminals likewise, a- settlement while enjoying the sunshine. could get rumor-happy very should be reached soon or the afound their quarry. In photo right. Brother Among our holiday visitors easily. city's commerce will be com­ Leonard G. Kretsel. one of the were Ray White, Bill Higgs and Cities Service vessels, how­ pletely paralyzed. party, displays tusks removed Harvey Jamerson. ever, come in regularly and are It goes without saying that from the elephant. generally in good shape. There's no mofe news, and no Brother Nick Morrisey knows The Hollister. whose home which the men expect to dis­ news is good news. So will sign -The SB Richard Yates (Amer­ where the Seafarers stands in the port is in Gulfport, Missw is charge in about a month, ac­ off. ican Eastern) paid off in the Teamsters' fight. carrying a. cargo of lumber. cording t.o Krefzel. stream here. Quite a few beefs on her, but with the help of an efficient ships delegate, every­ thing was squared away to the satisfaction of the gang. Don't hold your pictures When Sweeney covered the and stories of shipboard acti­ By KEITH ALSOP to the CIO oil workers imion SHIPPING BAD were on strike for 12 days and Marine Hospital Christmas Eve vities. Mail them to the Sea­ The weather up this way is .GALVESTON — We have had won themselves a 34-cent "an he came right on the . heels of like the shipping — terrible. three payoffs here, two on dry hour increase. However, the SIU the NMU man. The NMU pa­ farers Log. 51 Beaver St., Even the residents of Portland, cargo ships and one on a tanker. was never involved at all. tients were bragging about how New York 4, N. Y. If you Maine,, are feeling sorry for the We also have had two sign-ons, One thing we would like to good their outfit was to them. haveu'.t the time or don't feel one dry cargo and one tanker. warn the membership about. Be They had an apple, an orange in the mood, just forward de­ Greater Bostonians. And well they, might, for The payoffs were on the Roy careful cashing checks. A guy and a candy bar apiece. Along tails. We'll do the rest. Pic­ snowstorm after snowstonm has K. Johnson, Alcoa, in Houston; who wrote two bum ones here is came Sweeney—with a ten-dollar tures will be returned if you hit this area'in monotonous suc- on "the Daniel WiUard, South At­ going to be mighty embarrassed bill and a five-dollar bill for wish. lantic, in Port Arthur; and on the when he comes back in—^we're every SIU man there. Puente Hills, American-Pacific going to see to that. Enough said. GTOTTA MA<E "Tankers, in Galveston. THAT / The Daniel Willard and the ROBIN KIRK EMBARKS ON MAIDEN TRIP Puente Hills signed on again Meanwhile, there have been three dry cargo ships and three tank­ ers in transit. We had a little beef at one of the payoffs and we held ,«p the procgedings xmtil we got ft settled. Port Galveston Reports Fair Shipping Send 'Em In p » PERSONAL MATTER cession, piling up in the suburbs What happened was that the a height which is the record Master refused to pay eight for three and a half decades. hours of overtime which had Then, to make it worse, it is been orderd .by the Chief En­ staying cold, which means that gineer. This Skipper claimed the snow and ice will stay there that he didn't have to pay any p;until covered up by .another overtime he didn't order per­ '''jstorm. sonally. . The last regular meeting night Well, it took a little time, but had to be called off for the lack we straightened him out all of a quorum. right; We just refused to allow . One of the many snov^storms any payoff at all until the men picked that day to visit us, and involved got what was coming to the telephones were busy all them. This week the SS Robin Kirk embarked on her maiden voyage for Capetown and Laur- : Tp afternoon with the plaints of enco Marques carrying a full SIU ^ew. She h the first of three reconverted escort aircraft This Master also claimed that members who couldn't possibly carriers which the Robin Line is putting on th; South African run. ' the deck machinery was under get to the meeting. Her two sister ships, the Robin Trent and the Robin Mowbray, will be ready for serv- ; the supervision of the Deck De­ ice within the next three months, company officials disclosed. _ : A special meeting was held partment, and that the only re­ later to elect a Tallying Commit­ The Kirk was built during the war in a Sea'^tle yard as a standard C-3. Later she was con-. -'^ sponsibility of "the Engineers was tee to count__the ballots for the verted to a "baby flat-top" and carried plane i in'the Battle of the Atlantic; iQA« oVfo keep the machinery in workelection of officers for The hull and machinery are still those oV a 0-3, but the mid-ship house has been com­ ing condition. v^he request of Headquarters. pletely re-designed. There are four double ani foiir single rooms. We are getting a good many The Kirk is 492 feet long, has a beam of 63feet and her deadweight tonnage is approxi­ l?T? TEAMSTERS OUT Cities Service ships- in here. For mately 12,200. Included in the ship's equipment are all the modem aids to navigatiiCM: radar, radio direc­ ; Right now the city is practic­ the most part they come iji regu­ ally deserted of truck transpor­ larly and come in on weekends. tion finder, echo depth sounder, radio call alarm, a smoke detecting system and a CO-2 fireThe worfcers gt the Pan-Amer- extinguishing system^ The ship also hita-eargoeaire to insure adequcde ventilation of the holds tation. Local 25 of the Team­ .m C^bir^any belong .-and.-p|^yeat-aw^fd'damagesters, AFL,^ is striking for higher tn- -j iP:. �rziday^ January la, 1S48 »xt,; THE SMAEA « E RS E OC Page Seven 4- Final Tally In Atlantic Ant! Gulf Voting The final results Of the voting for 1948 Atlantic and Gulf offi­ cials as certifie^d by the Genera Tally Committee appear below Officials elected are indicated by asterisks. The balloting com­ menced November 1 and endec December 31, 1947. Secretazy-Treasurer Paul Hall, 190 4,704* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 500 5,204 Assistant Sec.-Treas. (3) Robert Matthews, 154 3,152* J. P. Shuler, 101 4,098* J. H. Volpian, 56 3,411* Write-ins, Voids, No JTotes 4,951 NEW YORK Agent J, Aigina, 1320 4,317* Write-ins, Void> No Votes 887 . 5,204 Deck Patrolmen (2) E. Gusczynsky, 3100 1,079 L. Goffin, 4526 3,315* J. ^heehan, 306 3,700* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,314 10,408 ' Engine Patrolmen (2) J. Drawdy, 28523 3,222* J. Purcell, ^7124 3,585* C. Scofield, 21536 1,306 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,295 10,408 Stewards- Patrolmen (2) . BOSTON R. Gonzales, 174 3,298* Agent H. Guinier, 478 2,866* T. "iHenson, 7297 837 W. Hamiltonr 3400' :... 1,114 J. Mogan, 216 1,228 W. Jenkins, 4041 B95 W. Siekmann,'. 7086 2,653* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,235 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 486 10,408 5,204 Jt. Patrolmen (2) Jt. Patrolman C. Gibbs, 2341 ~ 3,754* ....; 3,519* J. MarshaU, 322 618 F. Stewart, 4935 984 C. Tannehill, 25922 2,867* T. Viera, 21913 J. Sweeney, 1530 1,312 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,151 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 407 10,408 5,204 PHILADELPHIA Agent L. Gardner, 3697 3,925* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,279 15,612 Union Fireman li • Repm-t W Tallying Committee We, the undersigned Tallying Committee, duly elected at the regular business meeting at Headquarters January 2, 1948, submit the following report and recommendations: All used ballots from all ports were counted and the correct tally/is submitted herein. An asterisk is placed beside the names of the candidates that were elected to office. The ballots used and unused in each port were checked and the correct check is submitted herein. It is to be pointed out that this Committee on checking various ports' ballots and tally sheets found that all reports submitted by all outport's committees were correct and in nearly every case checked exactly with the New York Head­ quarters Committee's final tallies. In a few isolated instances where the findings of the various committees differ, the differences were slight cind made no change whatsoever in the final results of the election for any office. _,The committee further points out that the 1948 elections are the first general elections in the history of the union 0 in which a Headquarters Tally Committee has not disqualified some part of one or more ports' ballots because of improper handling of this work by local port committees. This has made for the most orderly and jjroperly conducted election in the union's record. DECK ENGINE STEWARD Sam Luttrell, 46568 J. Stewart, 28075 p. Parsons, 27751 J. L. Whidden, 20642 F. F. Smith, 1039 P. McCann, 20273 Omar I.. Ames. 5711 E. F. McNeill, 42002 P. O. Peralta, 21397 —Alternate —Alternate —Alternate M. Fields, 26924—Alternate COMMITTEE'S NOTE: It is to be noted that M. Fields acted on this committee, although not elected as alternate. The reason for this was because of the fact that the Committee had to have assistance in doing routine work and inasmuch as Fields ran at the regular meeting and was nne vote behind the man elected as alternate in the Engine Department the Committee felt that they were keeping in line, with the mem­ bership's decisions in instructing this man to assist them. The Key Men: Ship, DepartmentDelegates {Continued from Page 4) at night on some petty beef. Don't assume the authority of the Skipper. Don't bully the now or unrated men of the crew or make fun of their efforts. Remember you had to learn one time yourself. Many potentially good union men have been shamed into the background by these tactics. Don't push "pro" men around and throw your weight or your book in their faces. Remember, except for the right to vote, they are entitled to the same rights,, breaks, benefits and protection as any member of this Union. If anyone wants to perform and jeopardize our contracts, let them first read our wage scale increases, the improved living, and working conditions we've earned by sweat and broken skulls, by picketlines and payless days, by strikes and organiza­ tional activities, over the years. The shipowners didn't give us these gains willingly. It was not as easy as that. We fought them bitterly at every turn. We can maintain these gains, and get much more if we realizethat the only road is discipline io union rules. 5,204 Jt. Patrolman 844 The Marine Cooks and Stew­ J. Doris, 23177 TAMPA GALVESTON 3,658* ards, CIO, gave a first-rate dem­ E. Tilley, 75 Black leather holders in Agent Agent onstration last week on how Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 702 which Seafarers can keep C. Simmons, 368 3,972* K. Alsop, 7311 stupid handling-of a phony beef 3,933* their Union books and sea­ 5,204 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,232 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,271 can disrupt the waterfront and man's papers are now avail­ give the Taft-Hartley boys new able £d SIU Branches in all BALTIMORE 5,204 Support for anti-labor laws. 5,204 ports. Stamped in gold on Agent MOBILE The beef—^if you want to call M. Beck, 937 the holders is a wheel, in­ 429 Jt. Patrolmen (2) it that—occurred aboard the SS W. McKay, 8 signia of the SIU. Agent 1,046 W. Brightwell, 7279 371 Bunker Hill, Shepard Lines, W. Rentz, 26.445 Z. Tanner, 44 4,335* The holders are approxi­ 3,239* j.'. 594 which has an SUP Deck Gang, Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 490 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 869 J. DeVito, 185 mately three smd a quarter L. Johnson, 108 3,090* the Marine Firemen and Waterinches wide by four and L. Phillips, 23609 : 358 tenders in the Engine Room and 5,204 R. Sweeney, 20 three-quarter inches deep. 5,204 1,731 MCS in the Stewards Depart­ They are being sold for $1. Deck Patrolman Deck Patrolman J. Ward, 21311 2,647* ment. slightly above cost. First pro­ 368 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,617 R. Dickey, 652 2,342- G. Bales,-230 vin a maneuver that amounted B. Lawson, 894 ceeds will be used to pay 2,453* 2,402* W. Morris, 264 to an attempt to control the Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 460 off the initial expenses borne Sullivan, 2 : 1,176 10,408 MFOW, the MCS "party-liners" by the Union: thereafter any J. Walsh, 2693 466 SAN JUAN tied up the Bunker Hill and an­ profits derived will be turned Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 741 5,204 other Shepard ship in a beef Agent over to the hospital fund. Engine Patrolman which they invented pretty much G. Masterson, ?0297 4,058* 5,204 D. Butts, 190 In New York, the leather 1,698 out of thin air. Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,146 Engine Patrolman S. CoUs, 21085 2,986* holders may be purchased in In the Engine Department was the baggage room, on the R. Jordan, 71 3,981»' Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 520 a man who once had been- kick­ 5,204 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,223 fourth floor. ed out of the NMU for reasons Stewards Patrolman 5,204 unnecessary to go into now. Suf­ J. Hatgimisios, 23434 3,129* 5,204 fice it to say that in recent years D. Heron, 5030 1,440 Stewards Patrolman AS COMMITTEE NEARED JOB'S END he has a strong anti-communist Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 635 J. Morrison, 34213 3,054* record. Naturally he was a mem­ C. Stringfellow, 125 677 ber of MFOW and in no way 5,204 F. Widegren, 19 ;.. 791 under MCS jurisdiction. NORTOLK Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 682 Nevertheless, when the BunAgent :er Hill hit New York, the MCS Ray White, 57 3,870" 5,204 "party-liners" got the whole Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,334 NEW ORLEANS Stewards Department to pile Off .Agent and, what was more, the MCS 5,204 E. Sheppard, 203 4,348" hall refused to send a new bunch Jt. Patrolman Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 856 aboard until this unfortunate E. Molina, 20456 634 MFOW member was takem off. B. Rees, 95 .....i 3,033* 5,204 In addition, the MCS tied up J. Tucker, 2209 875 Deck Patrolman the Paul Revere to support the Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 662 A. Bourgot, 97 ' 793 phony beef. And, in point of L. Johnston, 53 3,641* fact, the man had to get off. .. 5,204 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 770 As one Seafarer put it, "You SAVANNAH can bet that the SIU or the SUP Agent 5,204 would never take any such ca­ C. Starling, 6920 3,873* Engine Patrolman pers from the MCS or anybody Shown shortly before they completed tallying of the bal­ 4,063" Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,331 C. Stephens', 76 else." lots cast in the election of officials to serve during 1948. mem­ Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,141 However, the entire incident bers of the Tallying Committee pause momentarily for LOG 5,204 can be a lesson to all SIU-SUP photo. JACKSONVILLE 5,204 men: Don't let the "party-liners" Agent Stewards Patrolman of the Marine Cooks and Stew­ . Around the table, from left to right are Paul Parsons, 3,939* 4,048* H. Troxclair, 6743 ards, or any other union, use C. Haymondj 98 Les Ames. Jimmy Stewart, J. L. (Red) Whidden. Pedro Peralfa, their position in one department Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,156 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,265 E. P. McNeill. Matt Fields. Frank Smith. Seun Luttrell (chairto say who sails or doesn't sail in 5,204 than) and Paddy McCann. V-,/ ' ^ 5,204 ^mother department.' ' Book-Holders Ready • •i- I �.a';-|i;J_.V Pag* Eiglil T HE SEAPA RE RS L OG ' ;"' -^ . iK-" H*' • '• -r _ .. .U'i. '''''F^da7.^Ja]lra^ Jt/1948' 11' ••, E? -i :;;f Seatrain New Jersey Crewmen Urge Permanent Defense Fund Backed By Voluntary Donations GETTING MATERIAL FOR BOOK Stirred by the predicament of two Seafarers who are awaiting trial in George­ town, British Guiana, in connection with the death of a launch captain_^last October'; crcwmembcrs of the SS Seatrain New Jersey are proposing establishment of a per­ manent defense fund "to insure justice" for brothers who may become similarly in­ I ' I- ! iij volved. , study the merits of cases pre­ town, British Guiana, should Capital for the defense, fund sented to it and would then make us realize the n^d for a would be furnished "by volun­ give a detailed report of its permanent defense fund; tary contributions from the mem­ views to a headquarters mem­ "Therefore, Be It Resolved: bership," the Seatrain New Jer­ bership meeting. That we establish a defense fund Retired Seafhrer John Bunker (left) ttJcet down story of sey men recommended in a res­ for the purpose of defending our "It shall be the duty of said Brother Ernesto Torres, who had two ships shot from under olution put forth following . thorough discussion at the Jan. meeting," the resolution states, brothers who may run afoul of - him in World War II. 4 shipboard meeting held at sea. "to either order the defense or thi^ law, especially in foreign ports—but not to exclude similar not." » instances in the continental Uni­ 5-MAN COMMITTEE Stress was laid on the fact that ted States; Brother Ira E. Bishop prepared the fimd would only be used for the resolution after he was dele­ legitimate cases, wherein those "And, Be It Further Resolved: gated for the task at the meet­ involved would be defending That this fund be administered com­ ing. Four other bookmen signed themselves under unfavorable by a committee of five, posed of elected or appointed With a considerable portion of his background ma­ the resoluton, which received the conditions and where the ends officials at Headquarters, the of justice would be served by crew's endorsement. Secretary-Treasurer to be chair­ terial already tucked in his notebook, John Bunker left Signing with Bishop were Paul bringing the defense fund into man of said committee; New York this week for Boston, where he will begin T. Cassidy, W. E. Waddle, E.- G. play in behalf of a brother. shaping up his story of the rolet"And, Be It Further Resolved: Walker and Carl Cowl.. an Oiler, .recounted his nearThe defense fund is Jiot in­ That to insure justice as to the of merchant seamen in World disastrous experiences to Bunker . The Georgetown incident, tended to have any functions merits, of any particular case War II. in the LOG office last week. which precipitated the action overlapping procedure already with regards to the advisability taken by the Seatrain New Jer­ established within the Union's of defending any certain brother, Bunker, a retired member of Torres saw two of his ships, go sey crew, involves Seafarers organizational structure. On this and the facts and evidence of the SIU, expects his effort to be enemy firfc Ralph W. Youtzy and Robert E. score, the resolution pointed out: the case to be presented by a published in book form by one* ^ was aboard the ill-fated Boutwell, while they were mem­ "... this fund shall be solely bers of the SS T J. Jackson for the defense of those cases not member to any Headquarters of the largest firms in the busimeeting where a quorum is in ness, possibly in the fall of the of th^ Lrth Atla^ crew. They will stand trial oh coming within the scope of strike attendance, QffoTiHan/xi "*xri-io+iioi« rrii-_ •». _ toiTi of thc Nofth .Atldxitic in whether ao -patfixiow regular year. The publication will be 'manslaughter charges in a or organizational infractions al­ one or a special one called for September ,1942 and the SS Georgetown court, which has" ready taken care of by the strike that purpose. It shall be the duty distributed nationally. Clare, a Bull line ship, sunk in During his two weeks stay in the Mediterranean in May 1942.scheduled hearings for Jan. 13, or general funds." of said meeting to order the de­ with defense charging that death Bernstein, one of the crew fense or not as the case may be. New York, Brother Bunker ac-| Several crewmembers of the was accidental. cumulated rpuch of the essential gS Schoharie, which made Seatrain New Jersey stated later "Be It Further Re.solved: That information. He interviewed sev, „ , , .a hectic voyage lasting over a^ One witness who will testify they were hoping the resolution .the fund be established by vol- era! Seafarers whose harrowing in their behalf, Frank Knight, a would be discussed and possibly untary contribution by the mem- experiences aboard ship and in shipmate, on the Jackson, is al- be revised and tightened up by bership, similar to that for the lifeboats during attacks by en- ready in Georgetown, and two the membership in all ports so LOG, and that the Patrolmen' ^ = Bunker with much pertinent. LOG, and that the Patrolmen emy -i— planes, submarines and sur- .j^fo7mation others, Charles Robertgon and that it could be presented in collect same and issue receipts; face craft will be forcefully re-, Bunker was prompted to write James Carter are expected tor ar­ final form for action at a future And, Be It Finally Resolved: told in his book. contribution to rive before trial commences. date. ' Among those interviewed by the Allied victory made by the That this fund shall be'solely for Voluntary contributions total­ Bunker just before his depart- American merchant seamen be­ TEXT OF PROPOSAL the defense of those cases not ing more than $650 have already coming witnin within tne the scope scone ofltrike"^® it, "it would been received from friends and The text of the resolution fol­ coming ot stnk© Christian Scien-^ make a greatP"ts yarn." shipmates of the two Seafarers. lows: or organization infractions,- al-jce Monitor, were Seafarers Ern- So far no adequate treatment The Jackson crew, which has "Whereas: The incident which ready taken care qf by the strike esto Torres and John Burns.. of the subject has appeared intermed the incident "a bum rap," took place recently in George-'and general funds." Brother Torres, who ships as book form. started the ball rolling with a contribution of $553. The Seatrain New Jersey reso­ lution specified that the proposed defense fund be administered Charging steamship company and consular officials with frequent disregard for "by a committee of five, com­ the condition of discharged .hospital cases stranded abroad, the SS Moiine Victory posed of elected or appointed billets for disabled sea­ officials at headquarters," with crew has urged improved medic^ treatment and first-class men being returned to U.S. ports.*' the Secretary-Treasurer to serve of Bob Lindsay, SUP; Anthony In view of the treatment meted Fusco, SIU; Andy Lorier, SIU; voyages or jail, leaving them no as committee chairmanT alternative; out to SrU-SUP men, many of Steve Bengeria, SIU, and John­ "Therefore, be it resolved: STUDY CASES whom are physically unfit for ny White, SIU. That we, the undersigned com­ As recommended in the reso­ active duty aboard ship there Here's the text of their resolu­ mittee, and crewmembers of the lution, the committee would are no alternatives but to choose tion: Robin Line operated Moiine Vic­ "between unbearable voyages or "Whereas: Many SIU and-SUP tory, go on record to instruct our jail," the Moiine men declared members at times find them­ officials in New York and ad­ in a resolution adopted, at a re­ selves stranded in foreign ports; vise SUP officials in San Fran­ cent shipboard meeting in the and cisco to take immediate steps to South East African port of LourMembers who forward "Whereas: Mostly these men stop this unfair practice; and enco Marques. Iheir membership books fo are recently discharged hospital "Be it further resolved: That Should the resolution receive cases, -unfit for active duty we believe that disabled seamen the New York HaU for retire­ ment are urged to mark the favorable membership action, the aboard .ship; and returning to U.S. ports rate firstenvelope with the notation Robin line crew recommended "Whereas: It has been the class billets, first-class service "Attention: 6th floor," in or­ that it be placed on the ballot practice of foreign ports doctors, and medical treatment - where der to insure quicker hand­ for a referendum vote to incor­ company and consular officials needed; and porate provisions in future agree­ to ship these men back with to­ "Be it further resolyed: That Johnny White, who was on ling of the mcitter. ments which will stamp out tal -disregard of their physical we instruct pur officials to mail the Moline's Resolutions Comv Marking of the envelope in continuation of "this unfair prac­ ^ _ condition; and copies of this resolution to all mittee. the manner advised above tice." "Whereas: Very little or no branches and publish same in will save time and will resplt The resolution was prepared satisfaction can be expected from the LOG; and to place same on referendum be- fWl in prompt return of the bo^ and put before the Moiine Vic-, company or consular officials, "Be it finally resolved: That fore the entire membership to, /fj to the sender. tory shipboard meeting by a and in some cases men are forced we ask our officials that if reso­ vote on and.i eventually be resolutions committee composed to choose between unbearable lution fs favorably acted upon corporated in new agreements.'('^r»* Seafarers' War Experience To Be Publicized In Book Harsh Treatment Of Stranded Seamen Hit By Moiine Men RETIRING B.OPKS ' ', f ;V;.. A'.. .: J-. . �'Friday/'; T nt St^ AW AREkS LOG Page Nine SIU Ships' Minutes In Brief MONARCH OF THE SEAS. MARION CRAWFORD. Nov. 30 — Chairman H. O. Tennant: Nov. 1 — Chairman Widegren; Secretary H. A. Townsend. New =; Secretary Troxclair. Reports of Business: Motion carried that the delegates read and a'ccepted. crew express appreciation to Motions carried to contact Patrol­ . Captain, Chief Mate and Chief man in New Orleans and Mobile Engineer for their efforts to to have porthole fans installed; make trip more enjoyable. Mo­ that engine department give tion carried that a vote of thanks recommendation to W. James, if be given Steward J. D. Young found fit for membership and and his department for the com­ that he pay whatever dues and mendable performance of their assessments are necessary; to duties. Repair list made up and have electric socket in crew's approved. pantry to operate on 110 volt. XXX Suggested that men on sanitary SANTA CLARA VICTORY. ROBIN TUXFORD. Sept. 21— Work be informed to see head Oct. 12—Chairman T. Babkowof department to 'get matches aki: Secretary Albert DeForest. Chairman P u 11 n e y ; Secretary each week; that excess linen be Motion carried: Delegates reported on books, Wingo. -. « that Lin- turned in so same will be sent permits, and tripcards in their Moran._Albert Base. Juan to laundry. departments. New Business: Mo- Rivera and Robert Hatch have XXX Uon^carrird \o"hrve""deiegates'thei5 probationary period exWARRIOR. Oct. 13—Chairman make up a list of offenses against tended for one year after present Myers; Secretary Ridge. New the general welfare of the crew. period is over. Suggested addi­ Business: Motion by Lepari that Education: With literature ab­ tions.for galley: Steamer, fan and if Steward and Chief Cook do def oard and by example to new potato peeler. Also , suggested not improve the food situation men it is felt they will adjust that doors on Carpenter's Bosuns they should not be allowed to themselves to the Union way of and Wipei-'s foc'sles be turned ship out on SIU ships. Motion doing things. Good and Welfare: around. carried. Discussion'on Steward' XXX Suggested that overtime be kept referring beefs directly to Cap CARLSBAD. Sept. 9 — Chair­ as per Waterman agreement and tain and ignoring the Delegates man Trigg; Secretary Armstrong. let patrolman settle any beefs Steward daimed he' merely Overtime disputes reported bythat may arise. wanted authorization from Mas Ship's Delegate and Deck Dele­ XXX ter. One minute of silence for gate.- New members of crew to Brothers lost at sea. be instructed on Union pro­ cedure. Following suggestions By HANK were made for good and welfare of ship: Ship be fumigated, fans While shipping is slow and the membership is catching up on MONROE. Oct. 26—Chairman I put in 'Vfirking order, shower all the reading of magazines and books and back numbers of LOGS Carpenter; Secretary Reid. New heads overhauled and engine de­ here's this week's news... brother Mike Rossi, the best-dressed Business: Motion carried that partment foc'sles painted. Smiling Bosun in town, and the boys, send their best regards to water cooler in crew's mess be XXX CALEB STRONG. Oct. 19 — Brother Joe Tassin down there in Beaumont, Texas.. .'Brother repaired. Suggestion that Chips Chairman Tommy Thompson Michael Mikulas writes in that he'll be seeing the-boys in New make gratings for all showers. Secretary Wilbur Cribb. Election York soon ... We've just been flashed the news that Brother Duke Good and Welfare: Motion car­ held for-ship's delegate, Biackie Himler, of the SUP, down in Mobile, celebrated his 35th birthday ried that all members wash their Sheffield elected. New Business on December 23rd and boasts he's still in fine shape for the New cups and clean the table after Motion carried for Captain to be Year at 180 pounds... Brother Frank Waller and his wife, Tina, coffee time. asked to hold fire and boat drills have sent their best regards to us. We naturally send them best FAIRPOR^ Oct.^12 — Chair­ at more convenient times that 4 wishes in everything, too, retroactive to Christmas. man Miller; Secretary H. BraunP.M. due' to heavy duty in '•XXX Brother Gaelano Passaretti writes in that he's enjoying stein.. New Business: Motion car­ Stewards Department at this XXX getting the LOG home every week to keep up with his ship­ ried that 2nd Cook not be al^ WARRIOR. Oct. 29 Chair­ hour. Motion carried to make up mates. Brother, you hit your head right on the nail... Brother lowed to sail as cook for a pe­ man Lipari; Secretary Ridge. Mo­ list of fines, money from which Alf M. Tolentino. Gulf oldtimer. will soon be getting the LOG. riod of one year. Good and Wel­ tion by Brother Myers that all will go to Brothers in Marine fare: Vote of thanks to Steward permit men who can show 18 Hospitals. Motion cax-ried that How's New Orleans, Alf... Brother Fred Johnson, the oldDe'partment for good food and months on permit be recom- I all repair lists be turned into de- . timer of a Deck Engineer, will soon "be collecting those weekly service and to Charles DuBois mended for pro books on arrival partment delegates so a complete unemployment payments while shipping is tough. Meanwhile, for,Jiis exceptionally fine baking. in N. Y. The following men list can be made up for Patrol­ while reading the LOG last week. Fred noticed moiiey due Vote of thanks given to delegates were recommended for pro man. from- one of the companies. Checking on it to see if his name for fine jobs done. was on the next-alphabetical list to be printed, he received books: Calvaia James. Douglas 4. 4. 4. good luck. Now he's as happy as the seagulls when the gar­ XXX Mack. Curtis Ridge. Joseph I LASALLE. Oct. 19 — Chair­ bage is thrown over the side. Gurge. Motion by Coziar that man Archie D. Sandy; Secretary X X X Steward explain to Patrolman Edmund F. Paul. Discussion on Here are some oldtimers who may still be anchored in town: why he had not issued clean watch fqc'sle. Captain reported J. Noonan, R. Rodriguez, J. Leon, J. Masonsong, R. Butler, V. white coats to messmen. foc'sle needed for cargo checkers; Aviles, G. Bryan, G. Fensom, F. Devlin, E. C. Brundage, J. Biglounge needed for passengers, XXX wood, J. Murphy, N. Soloman, J. De Abreu, J. Meeks, A. Daines, MIDWAY HILLS. Oct. 29— piscussion on clothes wringer R. Teets, J. Grangaard, N. Muse, E. Belpre, B. Zelencic, J. Bellard, HARRr L. GLUCKSMAN. Oct. Chairman Gallagher; Secretary iron and wa.shboard. Steward K. Johamesson,' E. Flowers, E. Hewitt, J. Ally, S. Magyar, A. 26—Chairman W. L. O'Donnell; Sharpe. Delegates gave their re­ informed men that he had items Amelia, J. Hopkins, Gulfer F. Fromm, Gulfer A. Smith, E. Kopha, Secretary'J. A. Eagle Eye. New ports. Credit was given crew for on requisition. Good and Wel­ E. Sato, K. Kain, S. Kliderman, R. Espinosa, V. Silva, P. Erazo, Business: Deck Engineer called cooperation in keeping messroom fare: R.. Turner suggested that A. Ibrain, J. Kouvardas and L. Lopez... Oldtimer Tex G. Suit is the Steward's attention to the clean. Robert Lambert and J. Steward allow crew to see his re­ probably still in town. How's everything, Tex? ... Here's a Wash­ dirty condition of the Messhall. Morin to act as committee to pick quisitions. . One minute of silence ington news item which will make our demand fqr a wage increase Motion cai-ried that all men come up all old books in librai-y and for Brothers lost at sea. easily legitimate: "American labor has just completed a year of into ^the messhall in proper at­ have them replaced with new full employment, but with little gain in real wages or in living tire. Motion carried that the reading material. All Delegates standards, Ewan Clague, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, said Ship's Delegate see the Captain to pick up books and tripcards, in a summary of 1947 developments." about cold weather gear in Hon­ which are to be given to PatrolX X X olulu. Lopez elected ship's dele­ mah. Good SIU News Items: The Robin Kirk made her first trip gate. Motion carried to hold X X t this week in the South and East Africa service. Two more meetings and instruct aU new WILD RANGER Oct. 11— vessels are expected for service, the Robin Trent in February ihembers in the principles of Chairman Martin: Secretary Bar­ and the Robin Mowbray in April... Marcel E. Wagner, presi­ X> X X ron. Motion by Steward that fu­ unionism. dent of the American Eastern Corporation, disclbsed that the ALCOA CORSAIR. Sept. 25— ture meetings be held £ft 7:30 ' ^ ^ first of several T-2 tankers has been formally, acquired to be CARLSBAD. Oct. 26 — Chair­ p.m. Moved by Jack Hartley Chairman Rocky Benson; Secre­ placed immediately into world service. Ac^isition of other man Trigg; Secretary Kranz. Mo­ that committee of five men be tary Joe Seaver. Delegates ^re­ tankers will be completed during the next six months. The tion passed calling for imposition appointed -to set up rule and fines ports accepted. New Business: company will also acquire more heavy-lift cargo ships, such of fines on those delaying meet- to control conduct of crewmem- Motion carried that any man fail­ as the motorship Gadsden, designed to load locomotives. Pull­ Motion ing to show up for meeting after ing or failing to attend. Recom­ members on board. man cars. etc. mendations made to Ch. Eng. passed with following men date is posted on bulletin board X X X about painting engine dept. head elected to committee: Hartley, be fined 50c and money for­ The Arnold Bernstein Line announced it will resume its roundand rooms. Cooling system in Rodriguez, Mayo. Martin and warded to SEAFARER LOG. trip service to Europ^ with the departure of the 10,005 ton vessel. bad condition. Ch. Eng. will be Ellis. Motion passed that monies Motion carreed that ship's dele­ Continental (formerly the Tidewater), from New York on April contacted and report made of re- coHected to be turned over to gate appoint a Master-At-Arms. 10, to the ports of Antwerp, Plymouth and Rotterdam. The ship suits at next meeting. Motion Marine TB hospital. Brother Educational meeting announced will carry 350 passengers... Albany News Item: Governor Dewey made by chairman to have spe- Smith requested that Deck Dele- for 6 P. M. Brother Eddie made public last week a State Food Commission report warning cial meeting of engine dept. to gate askr" Chief Mate to have Sanders took pictures of meeting that food prices would remain at their present high levels for ^straighten out overtime which is quarters, toilets and showers for LOG. One minute of silence some time to come... Well, Brothers, we'll sure need more wages or some time to come, too. cpnfqsed at present. ' , " painted. ; for Brothers lost at lea. . . CUT and RUN •n �THE SE A PA R EES Pfig« Tea- Asks Catwalks On Seatmn Decks; Present Risks Cited To ifae Editor: While acting as recording secretary aboard the Seatrains Line vessel, Seatrain New Jersey, 1 was-given the duty of writing to the LOG on a matter of great import ance to us, namely our safety. Aboard the Seatrains, we have to crawl between freight, tank and fiat railroad cars on our routine traveling about the ship daily—and many times each day. To anyone having sailed these vessels, the danger will not be difficult to point out, and we ' the crew feel that the Patrolmen toming aboard surely have sensed ihc same feeling of dan­ ger. For this reason, perhaps they will.help endeavor to sel' our idea to the company. As yet, neither the wdter nor the rest of the crew has any knowledge of any one's actually being injured. However, I must declare myself a very bewildered person, bewildered because many accidents have not happened. At this writing, I am waiting to Itear of 'one at any time. And as soon as one happens there are going to be more. DANGEROUS te-. In my duties as Deck Engineer. I must travel fore and aft fre­ quently and each journey is a dangerous adventure. It takes m. . JUST SET ME 0C5WN THERE BETWEEN THAT ONE AND THIS ONE.! plenty of agility, particularly in the dark or in rainy or snowy weather, and especially when negotiating my way with my hands full of tools. Having tc cover territory at any time aboard any ship is a hazard particularly while load­ ing or imloading cargo. And on the Seatrains it is even "more dangerous at sea when ypu have railroad cars covering the boat M:: deck with their big supporting jacks protruding into all paths. Also, there are guy stays to "shin-break" a man. It is our intent to draw the attention of the membership to these hazards in our effort 'to have satisfactory 'cat-walks in­ stalled on this company's vessels. We may possibly hear in reply: "The expense. ... It cannot be done." And so on, as usual. But I say in answer before­ hand, that it can ,be done and that catwalks will in no way in­ terfere with cargo handling. In : fact, the costs eventually will be : off-set by the avoidance of costly . lawsuits growing out of acci*3ents. For I predict that if a man gets hurt on one of these ships, the company is going to have a number of them in a row. More­ over, a shoemaker could take his case into a court and stand a 99 to 1 chance to win his claim. We plan to take pictures of this dangerous situation to be shown to the company and run in the LOG td further our testi­ mony. To my knowledge, none of our crew is working for an/ steel manufacturer or any steel erec­ tion firm, but the bigger majority by far are merely concerned with saving their necks and their lives. And so we are asking co­ operation from all hands on the project. Book No. 4626 (Ed. Note: The member's name is withheld at his re­ quest. When the pictures of ihe conditions aboard the Sea­ trains are sent in ihey will be published in the LOG.) L^G JTxidar' i^anuaty 18. 'M4i WITH THE SS DEL ALBA IN THE ARGENTINE iiliiii Here some of the men of the Mississippi Steamship Company vessel pause for dockside refreshments with stevedores in Buenos Aires. Although no identification accompanied the photo, it would appear that those sporting berets are the Argentines. Hollister Crew Found They Toted Nitrate Panama Canal NILES FREDMCKSGN -But Not Until They Hit Arriving at Balboa, ^e were land again. There had been no handled with kid gloves until smoking on deck all the way. If you think it would be worthy, we would like you to we had our quota of fuel, then After unloading, we proceeded To the Editor: print this letter at your con­ we were rushed to an anchor- to Yokohama for more fuel and headed home—my mistake, they Would like you to try and get venience. rang a double on us. We headed in contact with oniJ of the sea­ Our ship is a Waterman Lib­ to Canada to load lumber for men I have been trying to find erty, the SS Joseph H. Hollister TO THE HILLS, Portuguese East Africa. Now. for two years since the last time I—yes, just another Liberty. MEN ! THE ain't that nice! SHIP'S SOT sailed with him. We signed on at that .thriving N-NlTRATe! Soooo-^taking another hitch in. I have a case with my lawyer little village Gulf port. Miss., on our pants, we sailed from Port. at 220 Broadway, New York, by July 12, where we loaded that Alberni, British Columbia, on: name of Frederick R. Graves. much diAussed product, ammon­ October 11. I happened to get hurt on the ium nitrate, for .Japan. So far, we have had two cas­ SS Alexander H. Stephens, the But it was mot imtil we reach­ ualties-on board, both with the ship's name, which this Brother ed the Panama Canal that most same complaint, namely suspect­ has sailed. And would like it of ms realized just what we had very much if you would publish under our hatches. There the of­ ed appendicitis. Brother Snow this in the LOG telling him to ficials after reading the manifest, being-put ashore at Trinidad," Brother Roberts at Recife, Brazil. get in touch with my lawyer. gave several screeches and beat It is very important. He hap­ it for the hills, leaving orders age miles from anywhere. Good Our Captain is one of the very pens to be my main witness, to proceed immediately with­ bye td our Cuba Libraian best—by name of Charles Raeout interference to Bal^a with having seen me get htirt. burn. Any Brother sailing with dreams! a red flag displayed. him is sure of a square deal and And I only,know his name. I There were some strenuous obAfter formalities were com- a happy voyage. do not know his book number. jections some of the boys stating we proceeded on Our voyHis name is Niles Fredrickson. that we were not bolshies, and' CHIEF BUCKO Would sure thank you very that we didn't have any com­ age to Japan. Arriving at Nakindly for your service. mies aboard. But the red flag goya after an uneventful trip It is too bad that we could of 32 days, we were glad to •eee not endorse the late Chief En­ Frank Radzvila stayed up just the same. gineer who was nicknamed "Son­ ny." Of all the evil old men, he was tops. So if any Bpther has the misfortime to get on a ship with same, our advice is to back your grips and beat it for By DON U BROWN the tall timber. Not satisfied with sending his I was lying down on the soft green grass. I've ridden freight trains through Texas, own department haywire, he And asking for nothing more. And tasted a Georgia peach; tried to run the other 'depart­ I've climbed mountcuns in Colorado, Around the yard was a pretty white fence. ments as well. He even tried to And bathed at a Florida beach. control the amount of soap one With a musical rickity gate; s used taking a shower, to say I've hoisted beers in Melbourne pubs. nothing about the water, which And in Paris I drank champagne; is a sore point with mogt Chiefs. I've wined and dined on Waikiki, Anyway, we left nim on the And enjoyed its tropical rain. dock and there was no sign of I rode rickshaws out in China, tears anywhere. And dogsleds out of Nome; • Guess we have said enough for I've walked in the sands of old Iran, now—"and how," I can hear you And danbed in the streets of Rome. , saying. Our future voyaging is What else^can I do, where next shall I go? I was happily admiring the flowers. linknown so far, but we hope it My answer came in a dream— And thinking what a wonderful fate. is the U.S.A. A small white house, 'needh shady trees, But suddenly I awoke and felt very sad, —How beautiful it all did seem. John P. Probst, Dk. Del. I was really, terribly let down— ,D. M. , McDowell, En, Del. There were blue shutters on- the windows. For there I was on a ship far at se^ And blue was trimmed on the door. And the ship. South Africa bound. SejBpTftir' Heinfling PLEASE NOTE: YOUR HEUP IS NEEDED Log-A-Rhylhms -.1 To the Editor: A Sailor's Dream li • . �THE iWAFAkEns L0G —- '''^-' - f.- Jaiiiiiiry 18. 1948 « •Wife Missing Mysteriously, Brother Appeals For Help To the Editor: 1 I Just came back from Chicago today, where I promised her I would like to ask a favor people I would ask the LOG to - of the membership and the LOG. print a picture of my wife and As you probably remember I help to find her, as she had spent spent six months of last year in four years doing Red Cross work the Chicago Marine hospital. in the Chicago Marine Hospital. When I was discharged I was flat broke-and my wife was ex­ _ I am sure some of the Lakes pecting and not in too good brothers or salt water men might be able to give rrie some in­ health. formation. Also, I would like to I had to grab the first ship I ask the two Lakes seamen who could get, which was the SS were present at our marriage on pominican Victory, India Steam­ Jan. 7, 1947, Lakeshore Hotel, ship Company, as Chief Cook on Chicago, to please get in touch April 12, 1947. The last letter with me or my wife's father. j received from my wife was in My wife's name is Florence iBpmbay, India. She was in the Roubas Maupin, formerly of 5333 best of spirits and health and North Clark St., Chicago, 111. ^vas supposed to meet me in She's five feet, five inches taU, iPrisco on Aug. 1. weighs 118 pounds, has dark , When we arrived in Frisco, complexion,, brown eyes and she could not be found. So I black hair. flew to Chicago. Her people said If you can't publish this I will she had left for California as understand and not feel bad planned but they had not heard about it as I don't want any from b.er. ^ linio brother to feel that I want to use the LOG space for per Since that time I have spent j every dime I made on the India sonal business. trip as well as the money I Robert H. Maupin niade on the Moran tug Farral506 7th St« S. W. lon, looking for her. Washington, D. C. Seafarers Blaek Gang Men Tops, Stewart's Engine Officer Declares ^To the Editor: Sought hy Seafarer I thought I'd drop you a few lines to. tell you about the piece of pig-iron I'm on: the Cyrus W. Fields, owned by South Atlantic. You hear a lot about the bad scows, so let's hear from a good one for once. The Old Man on here. Captain Burke, is a real seafaring man. He is a prinee. That-- goes for the Chief Mate, too. J.--: BATTLED, TOO They are men who take pride^ They forget that most of us in. their union and their ability still wear knots on our heads to do a job. They are* men an from 1934 and other years of struggle; that we all had to scrub paintwork and floorplates at one time or other. Your paper, the SEAFARERS LOG, is intelligently written— championing the cause of union­ ism fairly and honestly. It's a pleasure to read it. To the Editor: In that connection, if there is Will you please send ' me .'ome way I can enter a subtwelve copies of the December -cription to it for the benefit and 12 issue of the SEAFARERS'^-^"^^tion of my wife and family, I'd like to do so. Bill me for LOG? ^ any charge. I arrived home to be informed A compliment now and then by my parents that you had makes everybody feel good 'and printed my story, A Seafarer takes no mor.? effort than a beef. Visits The Philadelphia Acad­ The foregoing is mine to a sound' emy of Music, in the December Brotherhood "of seamen. 12 issue. Already the paper has C. H. Sparks started making the rounds of MEBA Local 12 the neighbors' homes up here— SS Lyman Stewart. and has been lost. SIU Hospitalized Voice Thanks for Xmas Gifts We have a couple of home­ steaders aboard. They have been aboard for 12 or 14 trips and A.O the Editor: Show no sigh of tiring. We the undersigned members <f the Seafarers International Union hereby express our sin­ cere thanks to the officials and, members of the SIU for the kindness they have shown us here in the Staten Island Ma­ rine hospital. I wiU be bitting my nails un­ til the copies arrive, I'm that anxious to see the yarn in print. I have requests from a dozen friends for copies. WRITERS' AID . By the way, I understand the SIU has lined up an authors' agent who reads Seafarers' stor­ ies for possible publication in general circulation magazines. (Ed. Note; Your words of praise will be appreciated by all Seafarers in the Engine Room and out. You should be­ gin receiving'the LOG at your home shortly.) STEWARD FEELS CONSERVING FOOD NOT APPRECIATED To the Editor: Would it be at all possible for me to send this little sketch to In past issues of the LOG Ir It was a real sight to see Joe this agent and, if so, would you have noticed articles pertaining Volpian and Patrolman Jimmy give me his address? to the reluctance of Stewards Sheehan going from ward to and Bosuns to take jobs in their George Swift ward with a cartfull of Christ­ ratings, and asking reasons for mas packages for our Brothers. (Ed. Note: Your requested their doing so. Many thanks to all of you. copies are on the way. As to I had an experience today jimmy McNeely your query of the authors' that would give any Steward a ~ Leonard Galembiewski agent, Carl Cowl, the agent, is headache and might aid in an­ primarily interested\ in manu­ swering the above question. The. Frank Nering scripts of book-length. If you crew seems to have the idea Eddie G. Caravona have something of this nature, that they can bring anyone W. Vaughn send it to Carl Cowl, SEA­ aboard and the Stewards Depart­ Earl Larson FARERS LOG, 51 Beaver St., ment will feed them without the New York.) Matt Fields. Captain's approval. ATTENTION: GEORGE TICHOK She preferred the Captain's room to the foc'sles down below, like any smart dog would. The ship did okay until about four days out of Norfolk when suddenly the Old Man's room turned into a maternity ward. The' crew list increased by nine white, black and brown crea­ tures. Now the questidn is: what will we do with" them? . This morning we went to the Captain's cabin to take another count. It's been suggested that we name them after the States but no vote has been taken yet. : This goQB to prove that not "even a Liberty ship is .fast enOiigh to compete with Nafure. Engineer works with and not re­ luctantly for, if jmu get what I mean. When one gets out line his union disciplines him and that makes for respect all around. Certain other people of a union I will not name come aboard with the convinction that the ship's officers are out to rook them some way. They shirk their "Work, beef unreasonably and continually make for dissention . . " Swift's Story In Log Made Big Hit In Hometown Mrs. Florence Roubas Mau­ pin, wife of Robert H. Maupin. has been missing since August 1947, when she left the home •of her parents in Chicago to meet him in Frisco as planned. With no word of her since thai If any of you boys see this scow date, her husband and parents on the board, don't hesitate to are keeping up their frantic throw in for it. You will really search. Brother Maupin has come to know what I mean when' sent an appeal to the LOG in the hopes that members can I say she is one for Ripley. aid him. HAPPY BOYS She's a good ship all around and by the time we get in she will be decorated like a castle. Overtime is ho problem—^she's We will sure throw the paint around and make her shipshape swamped with it for everyone. for the payoff. As far as draws go, as long as We don't expect any difficulty you-can locate the Old Man you will get the money. The Old with the payoff. There is no dis­ Man is a good skate, maybe be­ puted overtime aboard and with cause, he came all the way from the cooperation we have had the main deck up topside with from the Skipper so far, there is the best ot them: the SIU. no reason for us to expect any­ He has sailed with lots of the oldtimers. Bull Sheppard for one. thing but the smoothest of signoffs. CREW INCREASED I'm sorry I have no pictures "Well, getting back to the ship, to. send now, but I'll have some which is supposed to be the on the next trip. fastest Liberty built, the dish­ Clifton Coates. Deck Del. washer picked up a beautiful mongrel in Newport News before SS Cyrus W. Fields we left the States for Antwerp. Just as we were to start back it came to almost everyone's at­ tention thai; there would be an iaddition"" to the Fields' seagoing family. I feel in the mood to throw a few very sincere bouquets to the SIU and this seems to be the best way to do it. As a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, I have sailed vessels manned by the several unlicensed unions— our contracts are not always with the same companies—and I want to say that the caliber of men furjiished by the SIU is always far superior to any other. Cyrus Fields Gets Member's Vote As 'First-Class Ship' To the Editors: ^ge Eleven Man at ihv left is OMrge Tichok whose brother-in-law. Peter Eskrich, would like to hear from him. Eskrich. wlMse addkou is 214 North Chapel Stw Baltimore, Md.. sent in the picture .wHch was i^epped in e Today I refused this service and now have the bad feelings of the crew for thanks. FOLLOWS AGREEMENT I believe I have followed the agreement to the letter and fed the Union should give me some support in this matter. On the last trip to France there were fifteen to twenty women aboard the ship while it was in port. Stowing away three meals a day apiece, all charged to the Stewards Department, their eat­ ing didn't improve matters any. It only made it more difficult for a Steward trying to give the crew plenty of everything^ Next time the Steward turns you down, put yourself in hig place. Let's see if we can't square away this matter one© and for all. H. A. Manchester ' SS John W. MacksSr �!Paa» IrVif TBB SEABARERS LOG Calls For Adequate Sto^ Aboard Ships Europe-Bound To the Editor: The SS Moina Michael, char­ tered to the Chamberlain Steam­ ship Company of San Francisco, €alif., sailed from Philadelphia^ bound for the United Kingdom on a six weeks voyage. On board we had supplies for ap­ proximately eight weeks. Hav­ ing discharged our cargo in Bel­ fast we went to Swansea, Wales, into drydock. Having picked up a few stores in Ireland and a small amount in Wales—and if anyone knows the United lUngdom, they know the stores were damned few—we were told the ship was going to Argentina. ; Three days out of Argentina, the store rooms were as empty as the holds. BEEF A'PLENTY Thanks to the crew for a libT^sral amount of beefing under the circumstances. At a meeting a motion was made and seconded to send a letter to the Union to forewarn future crews of these six week's trips with eight weeks stores. These trips run anywhere from two months to the duration of the articles. Any ship not on a regular run, should be required to carrying at least four month's stores. It's pretty tough to get any stores in a European port these days. All ships enteering the port of Swansea should be warned to beef to the American Consul should the British customs at­ tempt to tax them for their sec­ ond issue of cigarettes. It took us a few days but with the aid of the consul, we received all our smokes tax-free. The consul really did his best for us. H. P. Horn Deck Delegate DOWN WHERE THE SUN IS SHINING SOUTHWIND'S BLACK GANG AND BAILED I k f F;j.J < .1 "J s II. ' • m * 4 J »•. ^ .-A'"" With the arrow on "finished with engines." the Southwind's black gang lines up in froni of the Bailey Board for Pete Karrelas' camera. Left to right—George Taylor, Oiler; "Bulldog" Plait. FWT; A1 MUler. Wiper: Clint Gregory. Oiler and Engine Delegate and E. B. (Mac) McAuley. Oiler and Ship's Delegate. The South Atlantic vessel at the-time of the picture, was on a trip to Liverpool and other European ports. Brother Meters Wheezes Of Hafipy Algonquin Clan To the Editor: gallons g-a-l-s. Better luck ne: time, Skipper. Lay the blame o The Algonquin Victory, better Mame.known as the "Norfolk Coal Ex­ CHUCKLE REGISTER press," sends regards and saluta­ tions to all of the Seafarers In­ Brother Editor, would reeon ternational Union. mend -that our Secretary-Trea; Here's a little^ data of some of urer furnish this tub with the Brothers Who comprise this laugh meter? The reason: Froi motley crew: Pat Riley, the mar­ 6 P.M. to the wee hours, nearl celled boy from the land of kan­ all hands gather in the messrooi garoos and now a full fledged; and really tell some taU blat American citizen, says: bers. A few of them are brai ging that they are the best laug "The last "ship I wa.s on asi getters ~ on this scow—a laug Oiler ran out of fuel and made it i meter should tell the story. necessary for us to use the wheatcargo instead. Every time the Before putting this dispatc safety valve piopped off a devils-; ashore for mailing, here's a vot food cake jumped out of the of thanks to the piecards in th stack and hit the Captain on the^ Port of Norfolk for their wa Making a stop in its Caribbean itinerary, the Alcoa Cava­ il lier ties Up :at St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles. Photo was head in the wheel house." Any-) (certainly the SIU way) of set body want to bet they can top tling the beefs on this scow whe thken by Jim GoldtSr, waiter aboard the Cavalier. that? she paid off on that fair cit: Johnny (Red) Davis, ex-tanker^ on the 3rd of Deceinber. A jo man and Pumpman, ahipped on well done and to the satisfactio: this tub as Bedroom Steward of all concerned. with Casey Jones as Bellyrobber. Must cease the chatter no\ After the first 48 hours. Red was and say so long from the crew. heard to mutter: "That confound George Everett To tho Editor: truth on secret ballots—as they Jones is the first stop-watch Ship's Delegate have just done. Steward that I have ever With the voting for Union offi­ Algonquin Victory Whenever a man losqs an offi­ known." cials for 1948 all over, and with cial job there is no use whatso­ CAN'T HELP HIMSELF the votes counted and computed, ever in his finding a crying post J, as a /member of the Ballot or a beefing pillow. The die has •Ah, well, Johnny, you must /Tisdlying Committee, wish to been cast. Instead of blowing take into consideration that Casey, is an old alligator catcher H:hank everyone of the men who his top, it is better for a man to and when the sun shines alliga: cooperated with each other so count his blessings, look in the tors become very lazy. No re­ efficiently and so unbiasedly to mirror, count his errors and flection Red. a pick and successful conclusion promise to do better. "Pile-diiver" Harrell, the of ttie tally. Plumber-machinist, mad9 a pierLet him grab a ship and get had jurnp to this 'Wictory Ex' ? Sudit n jstfiehdid job means that back to work. Better luck to press." The -deck gang now the Union can go forward into him next time. claims penalty hours for hauling sisother itrgeht business with a There is no use crying over him aboard in a cargo net. My, .^ear field, the officials new and REQUESTS RACKS FOR spilled milk, bucking the inevit­ my. Pile-driver, but. you did'look bid thoroughly ^^amiliar with funny with your 237 poynds WEARING APPAREL able or paddling against the tide. lying in that net. : Union aims and policies for It makes a wreck out of you. I The Gold Dust twins are with The chairs in the recreatior future undertakings. know. us. Eddie (Revere Beach) Dacey room of the New York Hall are There were more votes cast in What the hell! Everybody aatd Robert (Sweet Pea) Mas- cluttered up With wearing "hp i^x this last election than in any preserole are crew Messman and parel. Sometimes good over l^vious one, showing that the have a drink and come up next Pantryman respectfully. It is a coats and hats get burned bj :: members believe in exerting with as good an election as we pretty fair combinati'On, but they careless handling of cigars anc their democratic rights as they had this year. , both have the same theme song: cigarettes. How about racks oi should. Whenever this is done, "Shut up and come out fighting coathangers? We are all Brothers regardless there ; heed be no fear that the like a man." W./E. Carr Jiyill"^ the majority of members of our posts, and no one is any The Skipper, Captain Dentzler, Book No. 45944 better than another. If we re­ gave the Steward ^20 to buy can be denied. member this form day to .day some Wine and accessorfes for The /problem ^ has been sub­ NO USE CRYING without being biased about any Christmas and New Year's-Din^ mitted to BMfiherMiehelet in g ^ I^enever a Patrolman,, an port or man, we will advance in ners. He em,phatically* titjld tfiiii charge of the 3rd Deck. If the I ?Asent. or anybody else in the the future as we have in the to buy three gallons of rare wine. pr^lem of WhOre to put' them Union does well or badly, h6 Now don't get atigry, Jonesie, pasti can be solvOeb ihey will be/in­ does-not have to :=ask anybody.: but you state yod lost that l;i%^The membership will tell him the 'aul Parsons money. Jsrt'f the/abbreviation of stalled in short 'Order. . Tally Committeeman Hails Voting Response , N,. 1 �TBE S^AFAR fridafr Jawatcri^'M* lS4t •J Friday. Januarr. 16, 1948 . "T -.a Xmas Made Merry City Of Alma Deck Men Say L«g Avail! They Can't Forget Voyage in Bound Vi For Brothers lU , A cruise around the world this man shown .himself as a Seafazers who In New Orleans aboard the SS City of Alrha is, Union man. Therefore, we are a chronological in the Deck Gang's experience, just another trip to try to forget. But how can we forget? Here is why we can't: The very day we left New York things became tough. Watches were set at noon. The 12-4 watch worked to 11:30 A.M., and overtime was allowed just ^pr their dinner-, hour. . t The Bosun said they couldn't put in for; overtime since he gave them their dinner hour from Noon xmtil One PM. ' The, agreement was read to him, but he said-he didn't care what it read. He was the Bosun, he declared, and he could vary the meal hour "one hour " either way. If the Deck Gang still put in for overtime he was going to make it tough on them. inclined to believe that if he ever took ihe oath* of the Union, he doesn't take his obligations very seriously. He ce"rtainly has been on this ship too long for his own good and acts as if he were part owner^ ^ We do not wish to bring charges against this man, but we recommend that^ he re-ship through the Hall on another ves­ sel! ^ The nutshell cracked when an AB was told by the Third Mate to sweep water the bridge between two A.M. andjthree A.M. after a big rain squall, and one hour Qvertime was put in. The Chief Mate pointed ithis out to the Third Mate: The .AB was just on lookout on a sunny Sunday MADE IT TOUGH And so he did—^for the l^/hole Deck Gang, one by one.'® He would start trouble and give hell with a day or so in between. .And he would run to the Chief Mate with his own troubles. We topped 16 booms in an hour and 45 minutes, but that was too slow for the Bosun's satisfaction. Hell broke loose again—on the whole gang. . He" yelled at the top of his limgs something like the follow­ ing:" "The whole damned bunch of you is no good! You don't Icnow nothing! The last crew topped all the. booms in an hour and 35 minutes!" . A pleasant man to work for? The Bosun also told two ABs to get off this ship when she got back to New York. He didn't want them on another trip and they were accordingly fired, he said. FOR "OWN GOOD" The awning aft was put up and taken down six times. For this work all hands were called upon to lend a hand without payment of overtime since the Bosun said it was for our own good. Any­ one who refused got a part of his mouthpiece. Never once Quring the trip has Union activities c very easily. There able a number volumes of the LOG at nominal are to be disposed: first-come, first-ser| Prices, which to. the Union, ami the Janiiarj A; tionx iKtSa ler cembes IMS $2.50 ier the Jan To the Editor: I Well, Christmas has come and gone and for most of us in^the good old U.S.A. and it was a merry one. For a great many of us it would have -been only Christmas, but for the thoughtfulness of someone else thd Merry was addedI speak for myself and takd the privilege, of speaking for all of the hospitalized Brothers of the SIU, especially those here ill 1847 edftton. Biadfa the New Orleans Marine Hos­ .sturdy bnckram u pital. • ; lettered in gold. Firfet, I must give praise and All those who Wi thanks tb ^ of the Brothers up a permanent fi] from various ships that hit this minimum of effoi port during the year for their act promptly.- Qrdej donations to hospitalized sea-^, of all of the avail farers. These donations were tions should be se: distributed by Brother Mboii Seafarers Log, 51 Koons during his weekly visits, St., New York C They were of great help to us". Checks or money « A VOTE OF THANKS amount of order i made out to the Then, let's thank the entire Xntemational Unios Atlantic and Gulf District for address to which vo the $10 voted to us as a Christ­ .to be sent and thect mas gift. Thanks, too, to Paiil mailed pre-paid imin Hall, Lindsey WHliams and Jde These bound edil Algine for their Seasoh!s Greet­ also be purchased d ings sent to us. the 4th floor, baggi And, to top it off, I'll say "hats of the New York off" to the local gang at .the sure yod get your acting now. a Council Bar for the visit by the n Brothers who presented us with a greeting card witlu$2 attached. Roll Out The All of this was in time to be put ' SIU Couple Reif-r- to good use for Christmas. ' We of the SIU are proud that To the Editor: ^ we shut-ins were not forgotten I really do enjoy ih by our Brothers so I'll say a LOG and my husbi Happy New Year to all. i • . . I like to have it sent 1*^ J. W. Dennis (le is away on a triF® P. S. Praise is also due the stopped at the Hall y. to pick it up myself... .Editors of the SEAFARERS LOG the neighborhood nown for the good work in putting out ike to be put on ty rihe paper. I call it the 'big-little ist so we can be s^ paper with lots to read and 11 worth reading." J, W.D. copy. Mrs. Fran 3 afternoon in the Indian Ocean from Noon until 2:40 P.M. as he then took over his turn at the wheel. Little by little, we're..Jto be trained to work overtime for charity and not for U. S. cur­ rency. 'This is only part of what hap­ pened. We wish we could con­ vey our disgusted feelings to aU of you. Then you would under­ stand the entire story. Carmine Tufaro Krislian Staalsen John Tobin G. Andreessen Joseph Bucher C. Varrin (Ed. Note: The L! A. Renigar, Jr. (SUP) ready rolling on iti Glen Benefield loyal readers Frank A. E. Jansson C. Fernandex Walltr.) Tobin's Last Trip Was Hectic; Retirii He told the Mate that some of To the Editor: the guys in the Deck gang were I z-ecently paid off the Water­ crazy. Of cqurse, he was as sane man ship City of Alma after a as the mad hatter. We had a trip of four months. R was quite character for the Second Mate. a trip, indeed. He used to wear sport- clothes While we were on the coast when docking and undocking the loading we had a most enjoyable ship. He must have thought we time. I don't think there ever were a liner because we carried was a ship like this one. We 12 passengers. didn't do a day's work. It's not We always had from four to that we screwed off anywhere, six lines oh the stern. While in it's just that there wasn't any­ Port Said, Egypt, we used five thing to do, lines and the ship was tied up The Mate would sit on the fanonly one-half hour. He had an tail -with the gang and shoot the OS run the warping winch be­ breeze all day. .But like all good cause he didn't think an AB was things it had an end. Came the competent. day of reckoning: the day of Nearly all the way across the signing on. From this day on it Pacific we had rusty water for •was bell to bell. Well, that was washing and drinking. This was okay. We got paid from 8 to 5 due to rust in the tanks,.or so anyway. they said. While in Shanghai, FANCY DRESSER the Captain was giving cigarettes One day while we were up for- to all his friends ashore. The . ward working, the Bosun told crew was told to buy theirs two of the ABs they were to be ashore if they wanted them.^ fired when we arrived in New "The slopchest and cigarettes York. He also told them he was a r e Waterman property "and going to make if hard for them I can io anything I want with thijsm," so the Captain said. to get their citizenship. L The medical care for boys who ran into ashore ran as high a; ship's supply of pen very low. Then the food. I you'll find a better Dutch, but he must pretty disgusted at the weevils. All ha candle their bread for RUSTY AGAl Again, while retur: Penang, we had our ui of rusty water. The ; tank aft broke and Wf cold water—rusty at tThe Chief Engineer that we qsed too much I we had better cut dow: consumption. This c the water reductions. While "in Penang w think, 350 tons of extra the sacrifice of water We had eggs rationed e day since leaving Port Two days before our New York we complete of eggs. We also n WANTS THE AGREEMENT POSTED I think it a very good idea to have the contract posted in some convenient place where all SIU Broth"§F§*-w.'ll have a chance to study it and become more familiar with all provisions. -Thife would, make it more convenient, for the oncoming crew. ' Paul Prove The answer lo this: request* is ' the agreement made up as a foc'sle card. This has been' done and the cards are now; in the process of being placed' , -aboard all SIU ships dh 'a ' ' frame made expressly for this-' purpose.' '"i - �Pag* ThirtMa BUS LOG A Native Who's Hep Gives iumes Some Hints On Rotterdam ible A to keep record of ui do fo are aTail* of bound kFAREXtS :otL They I of on a re baeis. >yer coats $2.00 for 194$ e«> un»= and naay-Jane I0S are of itfa dates snl to set le with a should s for any able edint to the ^ayer N. Y. >rders for liould be Seafarers Enclose lumes are will be nediately. ions may lirectly at ige room. alL Make copies by (Ed. Note: The following let­ ter was written by a native of Rotterdam who has many ac­ quaintances among Seafarers and is an ardent reader of the LOG. Some of his tips for get­ ting around Rotterdam may be of use to Seafarers hitting that port.) To the Editor: In. the early period of 1947 I ipade the acquaintance of the Setifarers who crewed the James Smith out of Texas City. Sea­ farers, I beg you to know, I had a jolly good time with Bosun Robert - Jeales and some other members of the crew. We visited several places and did not spend much money. Since that time, although I am a former American Steel Erec­ tion foreman, I have been an ardent reader of the LOG and, generally speaking, it is the best PART OF RESISTANCE PG, uests •eading the and would lome while I always each week I'm out of and would he mailing are of our If your ship is docked at the Lellaver on Meawehaven, Rot­ terdam, West, walk to the Mar-r coni Plain and take a no. 4 street car. Buy a transfer ticket, get off at Hof Plain and take an A. Burr to Hillelaan. If yow wish to go to Katendaecht, stay on *the Burr to the last stop. From any other harbor around Rotterdam, our Port Ambassador, to foreign seamen, the Spido, takes you also to the Katendacbt. < Chinatown om Katendaefat a district of Rotterdam where most seamen spend their shore* leave. Recently much comment was made about this spot. Some in­ habitants of Katendacht hadwritten a report with reference to the immorality of the sea­ men and girls. The matter was also discussed by the City CouncU. According to our Mayor, Mr. Old, and to several insiders, Ka-s tendaecht, with respect to im-. morality, is a much better place than any other spSt in the world for a seaman who seeks recrea­ tion. There are no shacks dnd all the barkeepers are plain dealers. The police officers are not lifce: those of Tampa, Florida. union paper I have ever laid my eyes on. From now on. Seafarers who find themiselves in Rotterdam can obtain the LOG at two places: At Carey's Pacific Bar, 23 Jumateaqeg, Katerdaecht, and at the office of the Dutch Transport Workers Union, 78 Wertzeedyl. CITY DIRECTIONS However, I wish the Editor and Seafarers to know that the LOG is also to be had in "the k Waller Cafe "the Ship, Hillelaan 85, be­ 3G is al- tween Maar and Gyrharben, Thore Fo 381. Many an Ameri­ way to can seaman will remember John and Tina. Van Ouvterhaut, its owner, from before the war. Most of the policemen have been in the krock-gangs, the gangs who worked with machine guns and took men from prison who had been arrested by the Jerries during the occupation. I would rather'eat with them than fight them. Most of them speak English and they know how to get along with seamen. Our big Dutch port is the hub of Western Europe. No port on the continent can claim such rec­ ords as ours in unloading ships. Although Rotterdam was verybadly damaged during the war,, the reconstruction of our port is being carried out at full speed. Let it be known: "La LOG est fon Mirolr." To all SIU men I wish a Happy New Year. ' L. Pleysier Rotterdam tg Brother Recalls SIU Friends ome of the canned milk and butter long be­ difficulties fore that. The butter stank—it $72. The was more like sharp cheese. icUlin was At the beginning of the trip we had an unfortunate experi­ on't think ence with our Chief Steward. He •aker than was in an accident making it ve become necessary for us to get another mes with Steward at- the last minute. I is used to don't hold him responsible for the short stores. It was just one worms. of those unforeseen occurrences. N Getting back to the Bosun, he ling from had soap powder in the.forepeak ual ration which he refused to give to the hot water crew. He wanted it for soogee 2 had just- powder. Instead of giving out a box a week, he gave one box to hat, r told us each watch and one to the Day­ water and man. Big hearted, wasn't he? SUGGESTED A WALK pur own When in Honolulu, he brought ime after soap bars on board, but we e took, I wanted soap powder, so he said rubber at the Delegate should have or­ and fuel, dered powder instead of soap. very other Since when does the Deck Dele­ Said, gates order stores for the Deck arrival in Department? It is the Bosun's ly ran out job to inform the Mate as to out of what, is needed, not the Delegate. Every guy in the Deck gang had a run-in with the Bosun and upon arrival in New York, we told the Patrolman our stoiy. He agreed that the Bosun should get another ship. He had made three or four trips on the Alma and we didn't want to bring him up on charges. All in all, I think that is a trip none of us will forget. * As for myself, I've decided to quit the sea. I've already retired my book and at present I'm lying around at home putting on weight. I'd like to take this op­ portunity to say so long to all my old shipmates and friends. I'll long remember fellows like Gus Aqdreasen, Kris Staalsen, Charlie Tufaro, Charlie Murello, Jack Martin, Red Schwendan, Charlie (Blackie) Walsh, Bill, Champlin (Selma Victory), Herb : Udelburg, Red Liedmann and all the other guys I've sailed with. I guess it's time to wrap up, so I'll close and wish all the nembers a belated Happy Christ­ mas and New Year. Tgbia �b"-J;/ TBiB SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen •u' r American Eastern Is After Heavy Lift Ships, Tankers t: New tonnage similar to its 'present MV, Gadsden will be added by the American Eastern Corporation, the company an­ nounced this week. In addition, American Eastern, which recently bought a tai|ker from the Maritime Commission, disclosed that it would try to ac­ quire more T-2s and enter, the oil carrying business on a large scale. The Gadsden, as those Sea­ farers who have sailed her know, is a highly specialized vessel de­ signed to take heavy-lift freight as complete cargo. She is equipped with a heavylift gear tested up to 137 ^'2 tons and can load locomotives, Pullnrian cars, generators, and steam turbines, as well as machinery for oil refineries, cement plants and steel mills. The Gadsden recently paid off in New York after nine months out shuttling locomotives be­ tween England and continental Europe. BIG TANKERS COMING Apparently American Eastern . plans to bid for a lot of oil busi­ ness'. "Before spring," the announce­ ment declared, "the company expects to complete plans for the construction of larger and faster 7oil tankers in American ship- Ftidxift January NOW HE IS A SAILOR Saltwater Blues NEW YO.RK — It'll be a long time beforexthe crew of the Knox Victory, Waterman, forgets the Big Snow of '47. Their memories will be of snow, empty stomachs and salt water. It was New Year's Eve when the Shipping Commissioner, the company doctor and I started out for Cllairmont, New Jersey, to handle the sign-on. After two hours of digging we got the- car started, made the Jersey ferry crossing and found our way to the ship. What a sad bunch we found on the Knox! The galley range Was oiit of order and the men liad had no breakfast. They were bur miles from nowhere and snowbound. To add to their troubles- the fresh water line at the dock was frozen solid. They had attempted to use the evaporator but some­ one had primed it, so instead of getting fresh water, they got salt water,in the water fountains and galley, Get A Receipt NON-ESSENTIAL /j. •Sj't'Tist'C — Life seems fairly complete for the lad being "needled" by "the tattoo artist (drawn by Homer (Red) Spurlock). "He has an AB ticket, a girl and he is 21," says Woody Lockwood who sent in this skietch. How 'Filthy' Became 'Clean Willy By LOUIS GOFFIN I PHILADELPHIA M. Blum, $1.00. NEW YORK INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS • F. A. Kays, $5.00; E. J. Jeffas, $1.00; ; " A. Sankovidt. $1.00; H. J. Moore, $3.00; S> Wallace. $3.00; J. Kazmierski. $4.00; I; R. O. Antoine, $1.00; F. P. Megue, \$4.00; R. R. Cianfagione, $10.00; F.. ;jfSchiwek, .<$2.00; D. C. T. Pople, $10.00; , <W. Gordon, $4.00; Crew of MV Gadstl^^den. $58.00.' SS MADAKET ' F. A. Vigeant, $2.00; E. J. Gaylor, $2.00; G. A. Burke, $1.00; A. Douglas, $3,00; W. Jenkins, $2.00; P. Liseth, $3.00; H. N. Peterson. $1.00; A. Cotol, $1.00; A. Helju. $.1.00; T. W. Ham» mond, $1.00; M. Trotman, $1.00; H. Put, $3.00; S. W. Lesley. $1.00; J'. S. •Cardeal, $2.00. SS CHOCTAW or. Snow, $1.00; W. P. Doherty, $1.00; A. Skrzypski, $1.00; C. J. Huebner, $1.00; D. H. Buckley, $3.00: "W. Low; ther. $1.00; W. T, Dalton, $1.00; D. P. -. Stafford, $3.00; F. E. Donaldson, $1.00. _ SS YAKA 'iC* J. Wuchina, $1.00; W. Rozalski, $1.00; H. J. Swarties, $1.00; W. F. { Manthey, $1.00; L. A. Rice. $2.00; H. "•'Piva, $3.00: C. Poung, $1.00; J. Mc: Cartby, $5.00; A. Larsen, $1.00; G. E. Walton, $1.00;~J, W. Barnes, $1.00; G. Fellman, $2.00; F. Panette, $1.00; R. W. Kluge, $1.00; H. A. Orlando, $1.00. SS GERVAIS H. Beckman, Crew of SS Gervais. $12.00. , • ' SS ROSWELL VICTORY T. D. Sullivan, $2.00; W. Meehan. V'i$2.00; J. E. Eschinger. $2.00; G. E. l?Young, $2.00; J. H. Fussell, $3.00; N. f'jTaylor, $2.00: M. Laas, $1.00; T. i West, $1.00; Soi Ho, $3.00; E. C. Glod, $3.00; J. F. Stephenson. $2.00; J. J_. Quigley, $3.00; R. W. Clark, $1.00; J. F. Nolde, $2.00; F. C. Bona, $2.00: J. I. K61odziej8kl,'$5.00. P ; is, X i ISTHMIAN STRIKE DONATIONS H. P. Stapcl, $20.00; R. OHvora, •' $5.00; L. L. Anderson, $10.00; A. S, Thome, 410.00; J. Glardlna, $10.00; H. Kwiaasz, $10.00; J. McCarthy. $10,00, As the governor of North Car­ olina said to the Governor of South Carolina, "It's a long time between drinks," so this bit of writing is a long time since my last one. There are a million and one things a guy would write about but due to the limited space al­ lowed by the editors of the LOG, this one will have to be as brief as possible. (Ed. note: On the contrary Lou, let'er go for all she's Worth.) Humor being my topic at the moment, let me dwell on an amusing character, a guy whom I was unfortunate enough to be shipmates with a number of years ago. For reasons which you'll soon learn, we called this guy "Filthy McNast'y." It wasn't his real name, of course', but this des­ criptive handle fitted him to a "T". That is, on him it looked good. ' "fli:' - . The • Patrolmen ; Say— yards. Capacities as high as 25,000 tons and speeds up to 20 knots are being considered. The vessels will be Diesel-powered. "American Eastern is also pre­ paring to operate tankers under contract from non-operating owners. This service is designed for such owners as wish to take advantage of the company of­ fices in the principal ports of every oil-producing country in the ^ear East and agencies in other parts of the woi'ld." Every member making a donation to the Union for any purpose should receive an official receipt bearing the amount of the contribu­ tion and the purpose for which it was made. If a Union official to whom contribution is given does not make out a receipt for the money, the matter should immediately be referred to J. P. Shuler, Secretary-Trea.surer, SIU, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N.Y. In advising the SecretaryTreasurer of such transac­ tions, members should state the name of the official and the port where the money was tendered. ld48 like a couple of sashw'eights. By comparison, an animal house would smell like a hot house of American beauties. Finally, there was only one thing left to do. So—one night, while our friend was in his sack (also called filthy, which it real­ ly was) a few of the' boys slip­ ped into the foc'sle and pounced on him. CHANGES MADE Let it be said he put up quite a battle. But it didn't do him any good. He was dragged—odor and all—^right into the washroom for a sanitatiori job better khown as the sand and canv,as treat-^ ment. His mattress and linen was 9 We even changed his name to "Clean Willy." * » » Now, of course, the situation is entirely different. Our mem­ bers are 99 44/100 clean seafar­ ing men. Their quarters are neat, in keeping with our well-known slogan that "a SIU ship is a clean .ship." • But we should not forget the story of "Filthy McNasty" amd the sand and canyas treatment. Cleanliness is a virtue that's easy to practice. We hadn't thought to bring groceries along to help the guys out, and they really put up a howl when they found out that the police "had stopped the truck carrying a new stove to the ship —non-essential driving, the truckman had been told. To the , crew this sounded like a death sentence. They were quieted down, how­ ever, when a repairman arrived and patched up the old stove. I never saw a happier bunch when the old bfoken-dowrn . galley range came to life, " We took care of the sign-on all right, and after the all-day job headed back to civilization. The last thing I saw as I left the ship was the First Assistant run­ ning up and down along the. dock applying a blow torch to the frozen line. For all I know, he's still at it, Jimmy Drawdy PERSONALS ' T JOHN J. MERKEL his attorney, Frederick Graves. Contact your father, John A. This is in connection-with RadzMerkel, 411 Webster Ave., Wil­ vila's claim for an injury sus­ low Grove, Pa. tained aboard the SS Alexander' H. Stephens. 4^ 4 4. ' HILARIO BULQUERIN X X' X Mrs. EL Bulquerin would like ROBERT D. TOMPKINS to hear from you. Her address: Your family is anxious to hear c/o Margaret Renner, P. O. Box from you. Their address: 637 1013, Wilmington, Calif. < Bigelow St., Pittsburgh 7, Pa. 4 4OLD DAYS 4- 4^ 4* ' EDWARD MERLE MOYLAND RAUL VAZQUEZ Now in the old days when all Get in touoh with Mrs. Lorna the Deck Gang flopped in one heaved over the side by a squad L. Mathes, 15 Vz South Dubuque Please contact your mother, Mrs. .Juana Vazquez, Sal Street foc'sle, cleanliness was very, of rugged \'olunteers. I might say St., Iowa City, Iowa. 258, San Juan, P. R. . * important'item. In fact, it stood at this point that reports re­ 4 4 4right smack next to godliness. ceived later from ships travelling 4-, 4" 4' EDMOND- SURMEIAN But this bird, and. he was a in the opposite direction men­ The Jirm of Kirshenbauni & NATHANIEL JAMES NEWSOM bird all right even though he tioned seeing thousands of dead Kirshenbaum, 86 Weybosset St., Your Brother "Wiibur asks you didn't sport fine feathers, didn't fish floating on the ocean's sur­ Providence, R. I., asks that you to write him at the SUP "Frail, believe in the old adage. When face. 105 Broad Street, San Francisco. • contact them. he knocked off,. a dab of soap When the gang was finished 4- 4- 4 » » » arid water around his kisser was with "Filthy," he looked like a JOHN DOUGLAS EDWARD E. CASEY the extent of his ablutions, pre­ brand new billiard ball and suming, of course, that the tem­ twice as shiny. And her-wisely Your brother, J. E, Casey Contact your sister, Mrs, Belle perature didn't drop below the heeded a word of warning to would like to hear froria you. Spillane, 1210 Sea Street, Quincy % r . 70 degree perch. keep clean. He, followed the You can reach him: c/o Security ), Mass. X X x This state of affairs went on warning to the letter from that Steel Service, ,758 North Ogden . EDDIE TYSON for some time until the stink time on. In fact, he underwent Ave.,'Chicago, 111. became intolerable. The men's a complete transforrriation. % X X Bob Hillman suggests you. get • eyes would water no sooner than He became a greajt, believer in NILES FREDERICKSON in touch with Mrs. R. li, GaUier, they stepped in the foc'sle. the old saying that "Cleanliness Your friend, Frank Radzvila 70S Stantpn St., Beaumont, TexThe atmosphere began to hang is next to godliness," asks that you: get ip touch "with as; She has news for you. -i'f <1 �^Friday/January - f\ ..... •- 18, 1948 - Paga FlfiMB rn E SEA FAREES L O€ BlJIlipW J -w- "il Jablonski, John P. Jack, Ford M Jacker, James Jackson, Billy .... Jackson, C. ....'. Jackson, Clyde Franklin .. Jackson, Edward '. Jackson, E. W Jackson, Eidon P Jackson, Harry .". Jackson, Isaac N Jackson, "James Wm. Jackson, John A Jackson, Justin L. rJackson, Lemuel F. Jackson, Leslie M Jackson, Mark E Jackson, Michael A.Jackson, Richard Arthur Jackson, Robert Jackson, Sidney * Jackson, William L Jackus, Edw. Jacobowitz, Monroe Jacobs, Arthur Jacobsen, Andrew Olai .... Jacobsen, John Heine Jacobsen, Marcus P Jacobson, Donald R Jacobson, M Jacobson, Oscar C Jacoby, Richard Jacomella, Eugene Isadore Jakeway, Avery J James, Basil James, Charles A., Jr James, E. D James, Fred L James, Harold W James, Howard Jesse James, J James, Marvel P James, Thomas S Jameson, Stewart T ?ls-: K" I Unclaimed Wages V Mississippi Steamship Company Jordan, Robert Arlen Jordan, William H Jordon, C Jordon, J. O Jordon, Jesse Jqrgensen, Carl Joseph, Joseph Joseph, Samuel Joswicki, Alphonse P Jourdain, Lougille P Jourdain, P Joy, Jesse A Joyner, Leslie S Joyner, Milton L Joynes, Densell H Judge, Carville A Judge, Edward M 27.99 2.77 501 HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA. 19.26 5.14 24.7S The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age 7.64 Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ 5.69 pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. 3.36 Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hiber7.09 3.23 nia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. Eller5.00 busch.and include full name, Social Security number, Z number, rating,^ Judice, C. 0 2.10 13.81 date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent, juiian, charies i 28.00 7.27 Jump, Terry D. .! 2.60 7.90 Jones, Edis M 29.87 June, John A. .' 13.86 Ernest W 10.23 Johnson, , 8.39 16.15 Jandora, Stanley J. 2.79 Juneau, S • 4.41 18.93 Jones, Edward 2.1' Johnson, Fred ...' 4.20 Jankowsky, Harry .35].Jones, Edwin P 46.30 Jurewicz, Casmir ...! ;. 133.25 Fred Johnson, 1.29 5.56 Jansen, Carl F Jones, Everett K 17.73 Jurgensen, H 13.92 Geo 153.64 Johnson, 1.54 24.02 Janson, Hakan H Jones, Frank B 36 Jusciur, John 74 George J 10.72 Johnson, 18.6J 1.50 Jansson, Sven E 11.91 Justice, Jesse V 6.41 H • 01 Jones, George F^ Johnson, Jaquish, Alan ' . 7.18 2.94 3.82 Kabello, Jack 9.34 4.58^ Jones, dtuirnell.T. 2.65 Johnson, Haily S. 4.03 Jareck, Eugene P Jones, Harold A 5.18 Kachaylo, Nickolis ., 19.28 3.46 1.78 Johnson, Harold 5.64 Jaronstead, Hilmar H 10.32 Kachikis, Ernest D 6.13 Harold B. 04 Jones, Harry A Johnson, Jarosewski, Ted 52 8.39 Henry 5.09 KadOr, Abel 28.15 Jones, 1.79 32.50 Johnson, Harold K 5.46 Jarvie, John .' 8.80 Kadisola, Stefan 94 Harry 1.40 Jones, Jack Crooks •Johnson, 7.08 Jaryis, Lowell E. 7.33 James C 10.22 Kaiser, John William 2.79 Jones, 3.44 21.46 Johnson, Harry B. 32.66 Jaurigui, Mat ... 3.10 Kaiser, Paul 92 2.68 Jones, James H 8.72 Johnson, Horace ... N. Jaycox, Edward 7.52 Jessie w 4.20 Kaiser, William P 20.82 Jones, 5.94 Jack'M. . Johnson, 15.34 2.32 Jean, Alfred N. .. 54.15 Kakaroviannis, George A. 38.78 10.56 Jones, Jessie M .59 Johnson, Jack R. . Jedrey, Ralph J. *.89 Jones, John Raymond 9.24 Kakta, Stanley D 5.68 2.06 James A. Johnson, 2.94 60.00 Jefferies, Clarence Jones, John W 74 Kala, Andrew B 1.95 19.28 James C. Johnson, .59 27 Jeffenes, John J. 20.76 Kalani, William K 45 .71 Jones, Keith 17.82 Johnson, J. K. 60.00 Jeflfers, Jack L. E 75 Kale, Robert L 2.92 Jones, 6.99 '1.98 Johnson, Joel C. ... 8.10 Jefferson, Norman A. Jones, Leslie L 14.62 Kalitzki, Hane 5.19 John E 24.02 Johnson, Floyd3.02 4.84 Jeffreys, Jones, Lloyd M. 8.52 Kallweil, Alfred 11.85 22.90 1.98 Johnson, Kenneth E 9.31 Jeffryes, Floyd L. .: 46.94 Kalmback, Charles R 8.53 47.69 Jones, Malcom M Kenneth R Johnson, Charles W 3.20 Jenkins, 27.92 Jones, Paul M 1.78 Kaluza, Richard B 1.42 .99 9.48 Johnson, Lloy^ S. 3.16 Jenkins, Floyd 71 Kaminski, Hendrick 15.17 5.60 Jones, Ralph Johnson, McDonnel L Jenkins, Harrian T 5.12 3.17 Raymond, Jr 6.55 Kamp, Allen E 1.44 Jones, .2.83 Jenkins, Roy W. 3.^2 Johnson, P. A. Jorles, Raymond D. 1.35 Kampbell, Harry 13.01 1.40 Jennings, Dave H 12.46 Johnson, Paul C 1.48 Kampel, Sidney 3.46 23.10 Jones, Robert H Jennings, E. S. 5.70 Johnson, Peter L. Jones, Rooney W 20.99 Kappelman, Nathan 16.34 Phillip R. .. ... 28.27 Johnson, Jennings, William Bryan.. 1.00 9.98 Kane, Leon 31.48 ... 1.72 Jones, Roy N ;.. 3.92 Johnson, Ralph O. ... BALTIMORE ........14 North Gay St. Jenings, Wm. E. Jones, Samuel W. ...: 46 Kania, Czeslaw 89 Richard A. .. 23.83 Johnson, Calvert 4539 Jensen, Aage; :. 9.36 Jones, W. R 20.17 Kanouse, Richard S :... 7.93 BOSTON 2T6 State St. Jensen, August .. 3.96 Richard R. Johnson, 7.03 Bowdoin 4455 5.34 Karel, Arthur 4.82 .69 Jones, Walter Johnson, Robert P. ... Jensen, Bjorn W 37.71 BUFFALO 10 Exehance St. Jones, Walton F 2.75 Karfakis, Jerry 7.77 .. 6.20 3.17 Johnson, Roy Ef< Cleveland 7391 Jensen, C 1.40 Karfs, Carl B 1.32 .. 5.67 Jpnes, William 5.46 Johnson, Rufus CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. Jensen, Gordon Jones, William D 1.44 Kargen, H 94 .. 40.43 Superior 5176 Jensen, Jens O. 1.18 Johnson, Stanley B. . Jones, William J 69 Karlsen, Harold M 3.68 CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. 2.00 Jensen, Jens P 4.13 Johnson, Sylvester Main 0147 20.63 Karoll, Robert 1.91 Johnson, Theodore F 4.20 Joranstad, Hilmar Jensen, Rasmus K 9.05 DETROIT 1038 Third St. Jordan, Carroll 46 Karpowich, Adam 27.59 ... 2.13 .45 Johnson, Thomas J. . 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IX. NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 17. 1947 No. 3 SlU Declared Isthmian Winner By NLRB; NMU Phony Protest Belays Certification I Entire Anti-CDmmie Slate Count Of Challenged Isthmian Ballots Elected In Lccal 88, MM&P Gives Seafarers A Final Election Tally NEW YORK—Despite the disruptive tactics of the small fraction of communists in Local 88 of the National Organization Master, Mates and Pilots, the elections in that union were carried through with a minimum of trouble. The attempts by the commies to splk the MM&P during the recent strike were repudiated by the member­ ship, and the commie candidates received only a scattering of votes. ^ Of 1256; NMU Ekes Out 813 Votes NEW YORK—The last dying gasps of the National Maritime Union, over the Isthmian election, are being heard this week as the NMU protested to the National Labor Relations Board about the fact that the Seafarers International Union has been chosen as bargaining agent for the unlicensed seamen of the Isthmian Steamship Company. 4- The SIU received 1256 votes, I against 813 for the NMU and 69 ^ for no union. This gave the SIU an overall percentage of 58.7, and ! was more than 20 percentage points better than the NMU was able to roll up! Only 171 votes were voided on j challenges, and this was a small All bodies affiliated with i fraction of the original 502 votes not popular with the strikebi-eak-; ing crowd down here, and that the Central Trades Labor As­ challenged by the NMU. includes the company and City sembly are responding to our The decision of the Regional authorities and they made sever­ call for cooperation 100 per­ NLRB was announced late al attempts to prevent its circu­ cent. The Seafarers Interna­ Thursday, January 9, and gave tional Union took the lead and the NMU five days in which to lation. All labor down here , is solidly donated $500, and we have file an objection. On Monday, behind the Teamsters, and now their offer of assistance in any January 13, the NMU did just morally, or that, and is endeavoring to have that the Seafarers has taken the way, financially, lead, we can expect even more physically. the whole elction set aside on This is not idle talk on the the phony grounds of collusion, support for these men in the fu­ ture. W. E. Sullivan, the Agent part of the SIU. for they back j As soon as it became clear that for striking Local 79, sums up up their words with actions. I the SIU was the choice of the the feeling in this statement, pre­ We greatly appreciate the ac- ! Isthmian seamen, the NMU starlpared especially for the Log; (Continued on Page 6) I ed to raise the bugaboo of colI lusion. Without one shred of real evi­ dence to back up its wild charges, the NMU has been able to stall for months, and Isthmian men are still being deprived of the union i-epresentation they leader, Joseph Shoemaker, died. | voted for, which they need so Members of the Seafarers In­ The remaining two, Sam D.. badly. ternational Union, and all mem­ Rogers and Eugene S. Poulnot | NEXT MOVE bers of unions, will not have any were scarred by the tire chains | On the strength of the NMU reason to forget Tampa, Florida, which were used on them, and protest, the NLRB Regional Diin a hurry. This is a notoriously barely escaped with their lives, rector must now make a report open shop town, and brutality In the investigation that fol-; to Washington, accompanied by and violence are part and parcel lowed, the police officials admit- j his recommendation. Using this of the way workers are treated. ted that members of their de-1 report as a basis, the National As recently as the 1946 SIU partment had been implicated in! Board will have the alternative of either certifying the SIU as General Strike against the dicta­ the murder and beating. Tampa today is a throwback to the bargaining agent for unli­ torship of the Wage Stabiliza­ tion Board, the Ships Chandlers the Tampa of eleven years ago. censed Isthmian seamen, or else in Tampa allied themselves with What happened then is taking hold new hearings to ascertain the police to try tp break picket- place right now, with police and the validity of the NMU charges. In either case, it is plain to see lines and send stores to the ves­ company goons having the run of sels which were sailing as scab the city while decent citizens that the Isthmian seamen prefer are in fear of their lives. tlie Seafarers International Un­ ships. The fight of the Teamsters in ion, and it is only a matter of For the rest of the labor move­ ment, the mention of what took Tampa is the fight of all oi-gan- time before the Company will of Shoe­ be sitting down to negotiate with place in Tampa on November 30, ized labor. The fighf '335, is enough. On that date, maker, Rogers, and Poulnot was the SIU. Only the stalling tactics of the three organizers were tarred and the fight of all union men then. At that time we were still NMU has prevented this so far, feathered and viciously beaten with tire chains. So brutal was young, but now the picture is and the NMU is rapidly running their ti'eatment, at the hands of different, and labor will not take out of ways to delay things any the police and others, that the the "Tampa Story" lying down. further. SlU Supports Tampa Teamsters; City Heads Try To Break Strike Also on the referendum ballot! were eight propositions, six of which were approved in the vot­ ing. The results of the election are as follows: President. John Tweekrum By SONNY SIMMONS First Vice-President. C. T. At­ kins. TAMPA—^The reign of terror Second Vice-President. A. J. in this city continues and in­ Shea. creases, and the only bright spot Secretary. Business Manager. since the strike started was the contributions of $500.00 sent to William C. Ash. : Trustee 3 Years. Harry Martin. me to be turned over to the bat­ Trustee 2 Years, M. C. Fesco tling taxi drivers. Here is the telegram that ac­ and D. J. Gillespie. companied the money order: Captain Harry Martin, who Enclosed is Seafarers Interhas been Business Manager of Local 88 for a number of years I national Union's check for was not a candidate to succeed $500.00 to be turned over to Tampa AFL Teamsters in their himself. • The two propositions which fight against repressive mea­ were defeated would have estab­ sures of local authorities. Inform Teamsters that Sealished rotary shipping in the Port 1 of New York, and changed the | farers are behind them 100 per meetings to the second and fourth cent physically, morally, finan­ Wednesday of each month at cially. Eyes of nation's trade-union 7:00 P.M. movement are on you in this FEW CP VOTES The position of the communists battle to protect labor's consti­ in Local 88 is graphically illus­ tutionally-guaranteed rights. trated by the fact that the highGood luck and keep up the good fight. (Continuei on Page 9) Harry Lundeberg. President Seafarers Int'l Union When this message was read to the striking drivers, they raised Due to the bad weather the roof with their shouts of ap­ which wrecked airplanes all preciation. This expression of over the United States and solidarity gave them a boost just finally forced the Govern­ when it looked the darkest for ment to ground all planes for them. a short time, the ballots from It is easy to see that the com­ Mobile, in the election for pany and city officials are not too 1947 officials, have not yet sure of their ground. Since they been received. control the press, only their side By the time the next issue of the story has come to the at­ of the LOG goes to press, we tention of the public. But the hope to have the complete copies of the Seafarers Log which count so that the names of have been sent down here for our the men who will lead the membership reached some of the SIU. Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ people of this town and gave trict, for the coming year can them an idea of the conditions.. be published. For this reason thg Log was Voting Returns Labor Hating Not New In Tampa; Union Drganizer Killed In 1935 �Pag* Two THESEAFAREES LOG Friday, January 17, 1947 SEAFARERS L Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At n Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 X & 3, HARRY LUNDJEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. p. O. Box 25, Station P, New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New Yoi-k, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Stacking The Cards There's an awful lot of loose talk, in Washington and other places, about limiting labor's right to strike. The same tongues are continually wagging about ending the closed shop so that workers' will have real democracy in their industries. These mealy-mouthed speeches mean absolutely noth­ ing to anyone who knows about labor's struggles to achieve the trade union movement we now have in the United States. Those who preach that labor hasn't any democracy at the present time were not willing to grant democracy, decent wages, and good conditions for workers until the unions came along and forced them to do so. Now these same reactionary exploiters of labor set themselves up as defenders of the workers against their elected leaders. A member of a trade union comes closer to realizing democracy in his union than he does in the Government of the U. S. At least union leaders really go to bat for the membership. Congressmen only represent the bosses and the people with money. The red tape experts have invented many ways to tie up labor, and to stop workers when they try to advance themselves and better their conditions. Courts have always served the moneyed classes, cops have always swung their clubs against picketlines, and Congressmen have always been willing to pass a fast law against labor whenever the bosses told them to. But the laws and tricks which are already in existence are not enough for Big Business. They like to play games with the cards stacked for them. And so now they have sparked a drive for even more stringent restrictions against labor. Of course, the windbags in the Senate and in the House of Representatives will make long speeches about "the responsibility of labor," or "the closed shop is undemo­ cratic," or "we believe in trade unions, but—" but their real aim is to smash labor unions. They are obviously fol­ lowing out the directions of the corporations which they serve. Very little of the labor -legislation which has been suggested since the new Congress took office is of a con­ structive nature. Most of it seems to be guided by revenge, not real efforts to achieve industrial peace. They have masked their thoughts in smooth words, and they have sold a bill of goods to the average person in the United States. They maintain that they want only to cut down on strikes, but their real objective is to break the back of the trade union movement in the United States. Measures which have as their prime idea the threat to union treasuries (which are greatly inferior to the funds available to business), or which threaten the security of workers through their union contracts, are definitely antilabor and will not lead to industrial peace. It is easy to see what Big Business wants when the pro­ posed laws are analyzed. It is up to the labor unions to hold firm so that their ambitions will not be realized. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ ing to them. BALTIMORE HOSPITAL FRANCIS O'BRIEN FRANK DOLAN FRANK NIXON RAYMOND HODGES • RUSSELL REDDERT JOHN DUDKO JOSEPH BENNETT JAMES DAVIS CHARLES HAHN MICHAEL McCOLAGH PETER LOPEZ THOMAS WADSWORTH LAWRENCE HOLMES SEBASTIAN AMENTA HUGH HOLLMAN GUNNAR WIKSTROM NATHAN CARTWRIGHT TOM MARTINEAU ARTHUR PRICE CLARENCE DOWDY $. Si Si STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL J. L. EAKIN E. F. SPEAR P. J. WILKINSON R. G. MOSSELLER D. HUTCHINS M. J. QUINN W. B. MUIR J. S. WOOD , W. G. H. BAUSE MOSES MORRIS J. GRIFFIN L. A. CORNWALL P. STEWART "CHIPS" NEILSEN H. BELCHER L. L. MOODY JR. C. KOLSTE Si Si s* NORFOLK HOSPITAL T. R. GOING R. P. McBRIDE J. E. HARRISON NELS COLLSTIUP W. MANNING J. McNEELLY T. BOIGOS R. FITTS H. S. HARRISON G. AHTIAINEN F. BONNER 4 4, t NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL H. G. DARNELL LIONEL ROTHERHAM THOMAS J. BAIER JOHN SERCU CENTRAL MASON W. BROCE, Jr. ERNEST J. COOPER JACINTO NAVARRO JOHN P. BROOKS You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) RALPH EWING J. STEFANIDES EDWARD CUSTER KARL PETTERSSEN F. BERGLAND E. R. BUCKLEY E. J. RIVIERE J. W. DENNIS R. M. NOLAN JOHN RETOUR 4 4 4 NEPONSIT HOSPITAL LINDER CLARK J. FIGUEROA L. L. LEWIS H. SELBY H. BURKE J. S. CAMPBELL J. T. EDWARDS B. LUFLIN G. F. McCOMB E. FERRER R. BLAKE J. R. HENCHEY 4 4 4 ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL D. MCDONALD J. KOSLUSKY �Friday. January 17, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Joint Action Of Did, New Members Vitai Factor in Success Of SiU By EARL SHEPPARD In the organizing drives con­ ducted by the Seafarers, equal credit must be given to both the old timer and the newcomer. Each, to their respective ability, have contributed the work and the driving force that is necessajiy to put any campaign across. Looking over the record of the past year, and discussing the drives on the unorganized ships and companies with the men who sailed the ships and did such a good job, we actually find more of the younger members of the union than oldtimers. The reasons for this was that it is much harder for the older man to land a job through the crimps and company offices. The companies are suspicious of nim from the beginning, feeling that, in the years he has been to sea, he must have become affiliated with some union. OLDTIMERS WISE Even after he gets a job on an unorganized ship, his position is harder because he has grown ac­ customed to good conditions on union ships. The company offi­ cers and stooges are suspicious of him and generally jealous of his superior seamanship. They use every means to make him "blow his top" and pile off the ship, leaving the job open for what they considered the more malleable younger seamen. To the oldtimer, however, be­ longs credit for proving that the unorganized companies could not mould the younger searnen into "company men." He taught them both the score of good union­ ism and good seamanship, and it must be remembered that on good union ships the two always go hand in hand. On deck, for example, it was the oldtimer who taught the art of splicing both wire and rope; how to properly coil, stow and break out hawsers; make mon­ key fists; to mix and paint; rig bosun's chairs and rig all ships gear. In other words, the thousand and one things learned by ex­ perience and not out of books. The same applied to both the En­ gine and Stewards departments. EDUCATE YOUNGER MEN At coffee time, and on the watch below, all of this would be .•supplemented with the first hand story of the oi'ganization of the Union, the story of how strikes were conducted, befs settled and victories won. The education of young mem­ bers and seamen on unorganized ships is the main task of the Union at all times,, and in the organizing drives of the past year the oldtimers have carried on this work well as is proven in the results of the Isthmian election. The Seafarers all can congratu­ late these Brothers on a job well done, and can be sure that they will continue to do the same kind of job when the chips are down in the future struggles that, are sure to head the Seafarers way. The role played by the new­ comer, often a member for just a few weeks and frequently even before he actually took out a membership book, was equally important. They did their job efficiently and thoroughly with all of the energy at their command. They took full advantage of all of the literature of the SIU, and thoroughly studied the organiz­ ing material and history giving them a first hand organizational weapon, which they used to the best advantage. These men were instrumental in extending the organizing drive beyond the ships and into every place a seaman could be found. They were not satisfied with or­ ganizing around the clock aboard ship, but brought prospective Seafarers right into the Union halls by the hundreds, actually lining them up in the majority of cases. In the Isthmian drive, many of these men piled right onto an­ other Isthmian tub before the old man's signature was dry on the one they had just got off. The new members do not have to take a back seat for anyone, whether it is on the job splicing a hawser, keying up the main en­ gine or knocking out a batch of bread in the galley. These young members are real Seafarers and will continue to be leaders in our future struggles. ON CONTRACT SHIPS Another important organizing task was the work carried on by thousands of Seafarers sailing on contract ships. These Brothers carried the organizing material to unorganized ships crews in every section of the world. Due to these activities, the Log and other Seafarers literature can be found almost anywhere a ship can dock or drop the hook. Prior to the general activizing of Seafarers crews, the SIU was little known—but now it is in­ ternationally regarded as the most successfull and militant seamens' union in the world. This has resulted in much favorable publicity and spread the name and influence of the Seafarers far and wide, many miles away from any ship or dock. This combination of both old and new organizers, volunteers and members sailing contract ships, has resulted in a smooth hard hitting organization. Wages and conditions, which were once regarded as wishful thinking and a goal that no mai'itime union could obtain, are now an actual­ ity due to the functioning of this apparatus. Just a very brief glance at the achievements of the past year: the successful general maritime strike; the knocking out of the phony Wage Stabilization Board; the defeat of Bridges in his juris­ dictional raid in the Coos Bay beef; the defeat of the govern­ ment medical program and the competency card proposals are just a few of the day-to-day, week-to-week beefs that the Sea­ farers have won. These, topped off by the de­ cisive Isthmian victory, prove that no aim is too high or no goal impossible for the Seafarers. THE TRIP AHEAD A full volume could be written on the individual and collective merits of the men who made the Seafarers' victories possible, but praise won't win our future bat­ tles. The Union has many tasks and, if the shipowners are given too long a breathing spell, they will use the time to muster their forces for still greater attacks on wages and conditions. Despite the victories that have been won, there is still plenty of room for improvement. The Union apparatus must be still rnore streamlined and strength­ ened. New forces must be de­ veloped to take the places of those officials who, like all sea­ men, wil be back at sea some­ time. Union expenditures will have to be so organized that each dol­ lar will insure the maximum Un­ ion representation. Union educa­ tion must be kept to the fore­ front, so that as many members as possible can qualify to hold any job in the Union. There are many things to do and no time to waste. A good job has been done, and done well, but as Andrew Furuseth said, "Tomorrow is also a day." There are bigger and tougher jobs ahead, and to met the fu­ ture well prepared the Seafarers can never let down for a single moment. UNIONISTS AID ANTI-FASCISTS By PAUL HALL According to some of the recent 'reports that have come to us from the membership, it seems to be extremely important for the Seafarers International Union to establish Halls in Trinidad and Port Alfred, Canada. Not only is it important, but it is desirable to have on the spot representaliun at tliese points. There is no question in the minds of the writers of the letters that, if at all feasible, we should have Branches where we can ser­ vice not only our own members, but also members of foreign unions, and those foreign seamen who have no union. That would serve to make the Seafarers truly an international union. This is one of the questions that should be taken up by the Agents' Conference that will be held shortly after the newly elected Agents are installed in office. Moreover, the Isthmian election has shown us that we must have, as soon as possible, a Hall in the Philippines. This was one of our weak points, and the election would have undoubtedly have been won more easily if we had a Hall there. It is to the credit of our vol­ unteer organizers that we did not lose ground in those ships which were concentrated on that run. Again, this is another question for the new Agents to discuss and act on. SIU Representation Best As long as the Seafarers continues to grow, we will have to establish new ports to service our growing membership. Wherever an SIU member sets his foot on solid ground, he should not be too far from SIU representation. Our main boast is that we give the best representation to our membership, as well as the best contracts in the industry. Let's make sure that we keep up that record in the days of progress that are still before us; There are many things that may beset us in the coming year. It's always that way for guys who woi'k for a living. Sometimes the bosses try to job you, and usually the politicans do their damnedest to deal you a dirty blow. But the main thing we have to watch out for in 1947 is that the shipowners will try to force us into premature strike action. If they have the Government and the Courts on their sides, they will be only too pleased if we pull the pin on their ships. Why not, if they can depend on "Uncle Sam" to fight their battles for them. This does not mean that we must bind ourselves not to strike in the coming year. Sure, we will lock up the ships if we see that is the only way to win our demands, but we should not allow our­ selves to be placed in a position where we have to play the ship­ owners game with the cards stacked against us. Ill-Prepared Strike Bad A strike against insurmountable odds is a bad deal for seamen. In 1921 the seamen were forced into a strike, when they ana every­ body else knew that the time was not right. The operators, espec­ ially, knew this, and so they held tight. The same situation held true in 1939. The year 1939 was the time of the NMU tanker strike. Of course, in that action we also had a typical NMU-commie treacheiV They called their membership out on strike, and then the commie leader­ ship showed them how to fink the tankers out. Without doubt, they, then and there, put the tanker organizing drive back five years at least. Not only did those fakers lose the strike for all honest seamen, but they had the nerve to blame the SIU for the defeat. We took the lead in offering to picket struck ships, and we hit the bricks in solid support of the strikers. The commie misleaders of the NMU finked those ships out, in defiance of the wishes of the NMU rank-and-file, and theri they had to go looking for someone to hang the blame on. Commies Pass Buck There are certain tricks used by all commies when they are faced with the results of their own ti'eachery. One of them is to blame an innocent party, and that is exactly what they did in this case. They tried to put it all at the door of innocent parties, but honest seamen were not fooled. A check for $1000 for the purchase of CARE food packages packages for exiled Spanish anti-fascists was presented by the Intl. Solidarity Committe to Fernando de Los Rios, who accepted the gift on behalf of the exiles. At the presentation were (L to r.): Vice-presidents Charles S. Zimmerman and Luigi Antonini, of the Intl. Ladies Garment Workers-AFL; Phil Heller, executive director of the Intl. Solidarity Committee; de Los Ries; and Na­ thaniel Minkoff, secretary-treasurer of the Dressmakers Joint Board. ILGWU. No more were they fooled by the various other tricks that the commies in the NMU have used. The attitude of true working sea­ men is that certain leaders of the NMU have done more to harm the advancement of seamen than all the shipowners, operators, and Government agencies put together. That is a tough record to have, and it is all true. Any group that sinks low enough to use the trade union movement for their own selfish purposes, should be prevented from associating with decent men. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fout FHd»y. January 17. 1347 su.. WHAT tTHIMIC., Eyes Prefits Of Operators QUESTION: — What should be the Seafarers' objectives in the year EOBERT NEBLETT, FOW: It • I ihink that all our pressure should be on the four-watch sys­ tem in the next year. I'm a Fire­ man, and I know how important it is for a Fireman to have plenty of rest in between watches. A man can't stand sort of work, over a long period of time, without cracking up. Six hours a day is all that a man can work on that sort of job. The shipown­ ers won't like the idea, but for seamen the four-watch system is a must. Jobs will be getting scarce, and that will also help out in that situation. GEORGE E. MARSHALL, Stew,; As in years past, I'm sure that the SIU will continue to shoot for higher wages and better working conditions. That's the way it has been in the past, and that is the correct way to work in unions. With rising rents and higher food costs, we need in­ creased wages, and I am sure that the SIU wil get them for us next year. I have been sailing for more than 20 years, and I haven't been able to save any money for when I retire. I hope that new men will not have to face the same sort of old age. WASHINGTON—A $22 billion war shipping scandal was in the making here last week as Sen. George Aiken (R., Vt,), chairman 1947? of the Senate Committee on Ex­ ecutive Expenditures, said hewould make a thorough probe of ELWOOD D. KITTRELL, AB; exorbitant subsidies paid to ship­ We should concentreite on the owners. companies to insure cleaner ships. Aiken, who is planning to or­ The one I just got off of was fility, ganize his committee as soon as and in terrible shape. The lock­ possible and bring together a topers were broken, roaches were on notch investigating staff, said he the loose, and the whole ship was believed Congress should be in­ badly in need of painting. These terested not only in knowing how vessels are our homes at sea, and shipowners pulled down enorm­ the companies should make the ous unearned profits, but why necessary repairs and keep the they require peacetime subsidies. ships in good condition. In the Meanwhile, the House Mer­ long run it wouldn't cost them much more because the ships chant Marine Committee branded would last longer, and seamen the wartime accounting prac­ would work harder for a com­ tices of the Maritime Commission pany that maintained clean ships. and the War Shipping adminis­ tration as "unsound" and "chao­ tic." The records were found to be in "such a chaotic state as to have made possible serious mone­ tary loss to the government." H, J. A. KOONING, FOW: I think that we should go all out to eliminate the Coast Guard. They want to play at being boss over us, but we don't need their watching over us. The Union will take care of our interests without the CG. During the war the Coast Guard did a good job at pa­ trolling the coasts and doing the kind of job they were supposed to do. Bui they lost the respect of all seamen by the way they tried to lord it over us all the time. Their hold on us should be broken; and we should be re­ turned to the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. The Maritime Commission had previously listed wartime profits of only 19 shipbuilding companies at $356,006,612 on just $22,979,275 invested capital. One of the most extravagant returns disclosed was an esti­ mated $58,840,88.5 profit by ohe Henry Kaiser firm on a $460,000 investment and a $1,080,000 take, on a $600 investment by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Corp. of Florida. Political Partisans in Trade Union Movement Have One Objective—if Yen Can't Rule, Ruin And it was not only the NMU that was guilty of such actions. Any time, before the war, during thd war, and after the war, that the communist line changed^ the NMU and other communist-dom­ inated unions changed their pol­ icies accordingly. That is why the communists, in and out of the NMU, are so discredited. That is why the sea­ men voted so heavily for the SIU in the Isthmian campaign, and that is. one of the many reasons that is beating the commie-dom­ inated waterfront unions in their attempts to organize other un­ organized sdhmen. By LINDSEY WILLIAMS At no extra cost to the mem­ bership of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, but at a terrific cost to the members of the Na­ tional Maritime Union, we are being treated to the sight of what happens when a bunch of politi­ cals grab hold of a trade union and start to use it for their own end. This fight m the NMU has been brewing for a long time, and if Joe Curran hadn't blown the lid off, the rank-and-file was sure to do so before too long. The communists have had con­ trol of the NMU practically ever since that- union was formed. That is the reason that a lot of honest trade unionists dropped out, and that is the reason that the SIU has always attracted the people who wanted to build a union on trade union lines, and not on the lines set down by Joe Stalin in Moscow, or by any other political faker for that matter. Wlienever it suited the com­ munists to work against the best interests of the labor movement, the communists in the NMU and in other CIO unions, did their dirty work to betray what sea­ men and other workers really want. Always their first idea was to. ENTITLED TO BELIEFS LINDSEY WILLIAMS Brother Williams is Gulf Area Organizer for the SIU, and in his work has had a good opportuniiy to observe how the politicals operate and what they stand for. suit the commies, and they didn't give a damn if that was not what was best for the American Labor movement. For that rea.son, the NMU subr jugated the reasonable demands of its membership during the war so that the ends of' the Soviet Union could be served first. In my organizing work, I come in contact with people who have various political views. There is nothing wrong with a guy be­ lieving in one political system or party or another, if that's what he wants to do. What is wrong is when the people who, believe in that sys­ tem try to take over" a trade union so that they can force the union to follow their line even if the vast majority of the mefhbens don't want to have any­ thing'to do with it. That is exactly what happened in the NMU, and you had a pic­ ture of the officials going counter to what the membership really wanted, and what was best for them as working seamen. Don't think that the NMU is the only union that the commies have been able to paralyze with their blind obedience to the CP line. There are at least four other CIO unions that find themselves doing Joe Stalin's dirty work just because the officials of the union are members of the com­ munist party. NO WITCH-HUNT This should not be taken as a call for a drive to force all poli­ ticals out of our Union. Under the democratic traditions of the SIU, it would be in violation of our Constitution if anyone tried to do anything as raw as that even against political finki. But this is a warning as to what can happen if we allow members who follow a certain political line, whatever it may be, to try and lead our member­ ship along that line and against honest trade union principles. In the years that tlie NMU has been declining* the SIU has been steadily growing, both in mem­ bership and in the respect of all seafaring men. No matter what union a seaman belongs to* he {Continued on. S4ge 14.) A Commei'ce Dept. announce­ ment last week was heralded as the year's greatest understate­ ment when it reported that "The year 1946 was one in which, busi­ ness activity, sales and profits were above the best pre-war years." Keep It Clean! It is the proud boast of the Seafarers International Un­ ion that an SIU ship is a clean ship Let's keep it that way. Although most of the crews leave a ship in excellent con­ dition, it has come to the at­ tention of the membership that a few crews have vio­ lated this rule. So they have gone on record to have all quarters inspected by the Pcdrolman before the payoff, and if the conditions are un­ satisfactory, he has the right to hold up the payoff imtil everything is spic and span. Remember that the Patrol­ man can only have repairs made if he knows what has to be done. Cooperate by making up a repair list be­ fore the ship docks. Give one copy to the Skipper, and one ' to the Patrolman. Then you'll see some action. �THE S E AT ^ REnS tOG Friday. January 1^, 194^ ^Vmanl Fire Series Of Mishaps On Abr. Ciark Page Five A WOT TIME ON SS ABRAHAM CLARK By JIM BERESFORD The SS Abraham Clark now . ei-gehcies by this time, that withhas a good chance of going down ^ out even a general alarm soundin maritime history as the Black ing, or without a single order Gat. At least, that is if you be­ from the Mate, the crew sprang lieve in black cats causing bad into action as soon as smoke was seen. luck. Men came running from all We crewed up the Clark on December 14, and sailed from parts of the ship, hauling fire Boston on the Pan-American run. hose with them. The dense smoke For a Liberty, the Clark was a poured forth out of the damaged fast ship, and we all looked for­ forepeak, and more than one man ward to a pleasant trip and fair was overcome. Soon, however, the fire was weather. But we couldn't have under control, and before long been further wrong. The first accident, or incident, it was completely out. Since this accident nothing else whichever you may prefer, took place in New York Harbor when eventful has taken place aboard Jumping Jack Dolan .sma.shed his the SS Abraham Clark, but we foot while working around the are ready for anything now, and we wouldn't be surprised if it ship. happened. Unfortunate as it was, we did not look upon it as the start of a jinx. Later we remembered it as the first in a series of inci­ dents that made us all creep into our sacks at night with our fingers crossed. LULL BEFORE STORM We soon put New York behind us, and had a fair run down to New Orleans The only beef was lack of sufficient stores, but in comparison to what happened later, this part of our trip was al­ most perfect. We tied up in New Orleans for a couple of dr|/s, and made everything shipshape for the rest of the voyage. Then we pulled out and headed for Mobile. Swinging about to head down Top picture shows the crew of the SS Abraham Clark springing into action as soon as the fire was discovered. From all the Mississippi River, we ran up directions, the men came running with the fire hoses. In a matter of minutes the blaze was under control. Picture, above left, over the opposite bank. Finally was taken as one of the crewmembers was being given first aid treatment after having been overcome by the smoke. On the the ship squared away and we right we see that the fire is almost completely out. and most of the crew is starting to go back to their regular jobs. started around the first bend in These pictures were taken by a member of the crew of the Abraham Clark. Donald Bean. the river, with every crewmemter swallowing hard to keep his heart out of his mouth. We were not disappointed. The action continued and became in­ If you don'i find linen creasingly more exciting. when you go aboard your MISS AND HIT ship, notify the Hall at once. ment for strike 'leaders. Govern­ WASHINGTON — In proclaim­ Our bow narrowly missed a WASHINGTON — The drive A telegram from Le Havre or ment suspension of union con­ C-2, we came even closed to a ing the formal end of hostilities for compulsory universal military Singapore won't do you any Laker, and we finally plowed in World War II on December 31, tracts, cancellation of draft detraining — a program opposed by good. It's your bed and you ferrment for strikers, and black­ right into a Liberty belonging all segments of organized labor — President Truman automatically listing of strikers by government have to lie in it. to Lykes Brothers. was given a boost last week when set the end of the Smith-Connally employment agencies. This ship was tied up to the President Truman appointed nine dock and, as we pulled away anti-labor act, and the wartime civilians to an Advisory Commis­ from it, our stern came ar -und excise taxes on luxuries for June sion of Universal Militaiy Train­ and hit the same ship. This time 30, 1947. ing. The elation over the latter was we did more damage than we had Labor officials w^ere quick to shortlived as in his State of the on the first collision. point out that no labor represent­ By this time we were all plenty Union address to Congress, Tru­ atives were appointed to this nervous, and our fingers were man asked for the 'enactment of body, and that all of the appoin­ all thumbs. We stayed right a law extending the 20 percent tees are known for their strong weher we were' all night, and federal excise tax beyond the pro-conscription views, and this LONDON — Reaching the peak more than 10 years over their in all probability indicates that The figured that we would start all June 30 expiration date. end of this tax covering liquor, membership of its history, the actual age. Most of them had the committee will decide on the over again the nekt morning. The following morning was furs, jewelry, and theatre admis­ British Labor Party recently re­ aged rapidly with high blood nature of the conscription plan dull and foggy, and we ran sions would mean a billion and a ported a 1946 membership gain pressure, heart diseases, and instead of debating the pros and aground twice in the Mobile half dollar saving for consumers. of 213,000. At the beginning of thickened arteries the rule. cons of conscription. Dockworkers claimed that the River. The second time it hap­ The Smith-Conally Act when last year, the Labor Party mem­ The AFL, CIO and Railway pened, we waited until the fog it expires six months from now bership amounted to 487,000, and uncertain work on the water­ Brotherhoods had reaffirmed their lifted before proceeding. means that by that time the gov­ this has now grown to 700,000 front and the heavy strain of traditional opposition to peace­ Coming down stream toward ernment-seized coal mines and according to Labor Party secre­ their jobs caused their physical time military conscription at re­ condition. \is we recognized the Alcoa Plant­ Great Lakes tugboats must be tary Morgan Philips. cent conventions, pointing out "The Labor Party's aim for the er, and at the same time we returned to private operation. % ^ % that conscription had been used first few months of 1947," said realized that our steering mech­ LONDON — A complete set of In addition, the expiration of as a weapon to break strikes by anism was out of whack and that the act •will relieve Labor of clubs an official, "will be to reach our new proposals for better pay and drafting strikers into the army. we were heading right* for the which have been hanging over its target, of 1,000,000 individual working conditions have been Joining organized labor in their members. other ship. presented to the National Mari­ head, such as the provisions opposition to conscription. Brig. time Board, central shipowners % % S. TRIED HIS BEST calling for penalties or imprisonGen. H. C. Holdridge (Ret.), CoSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — A council, officers and men, by the The Alcoa Planter Skipper chairman of the Armed Forces Sydney specialist. Dr. McQueen, British maritime unions. What tried his best to miss us, and Committee of the American Vet­ recently revealed that the dock- the unions seek are paid holidays, even ran the bow of his ship erans Committee, stated in a radio ^ SID SHlPlSACLEAi^SMlp/ regular work, better shipboard workers have the highest indus­ aground in the process, but the debate that the program for com­ trial death rate among all Aus­ conditions and shorter hours. Stern of the Planter came around pulsory military training "is un­ tralian workers today. Dr. Mc­ 4. 4, t blocking the channel. SINGAPORE — Ending a 19 sound and dangerous." Queen declared his admiration Our Captain ordered a hard iioldridge charged that the arm­ for these dockworkers who have day .strike which had tied up right, but the Clark just would Singapore Harbor, seven thous­ ed forces, through their mono­ to make a tough living in spite not. answer the wheel, and we See TMAT HtooR and Indian dock woi-kers recently poly over national security, havfe^ of many physical handicaps. plowed right into the grounded SHIP IS IMSOOP The Australian specialist had returned to work. Their return become instruments of power oRt>ee 6EPOR£ ship. ITPAVSOFFJ a gloomy view about these work­ to work was based on the Gov­ politics, and intrude into every Immediately upon impact, fire ers over the age of 60, and ^id ernment's agreement to establish phase of our lives, in peace and broke out in the' forepeak. The in war. that the majority of them looked an arbitration board. crew had become so used to em- End Near For Smith-Connally Act With Termination Of The War • ATTENTION! Labor Opposes Military Draft �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Six , TNE RISE ' t Since June,-^1946, consumer , prices hove risali 15^ .wiih food showing. •- Jbe greatest Tncreose. Rents hpve helcf steodyC : ; iNoa SIU Supports Tampa Teamsters; City Heads Try Te Break Strike (Continued from Page J) tion of the SIU and in the fu­ ture, as in the past, we want to state our loyalty to that or­ ganization. We are back of them 100 percent in all their undertakings, as they have been back of us in our time of trouble. Fraternally W. E. Sullivan, Agent, Teamstei's and Chauf­ fers Union, Local 79 The pre.ssure that the Seafarers Log stirred up has not been with­ out some effect on the labor-hat­ ing authorities here. Last week the original injunction against Local 79 was amended to allow picketing by the strikers in any 1939 • 1940 wi-goEEDs- ^ourtr Oroarlmtnt of lobor In his first economic report to Congress under the 1946 Em­ ployment Act, President Truman submitted this chart titled "The Rise in Consumer Prices." Since June 1946, said Truman, "con­ sumer prices have risen 15 percent with food showing the great­ est increase." Labor economists, however, contend that the 15 percent is low, that consumer prices have jumped 18 percent or better in these last six months. Sill Rejects NMD Proposal To Set Up Arbitration Board NEW YORK —Never have the differences between the policies of the SIU and the NMU been more clearly illustrated than this past week, when in a desperation move, NMU President Joseph Curran wired SIU SecretaryTreasurer John Hawk requesting cooperation in asking Labor Sec­ retary Schwellenhach to call a conference of labor and industry representatives for the purpose of arbitrating maritime union de­ mands. In line with basic SIU policy, Secretary-Treasurer Hawk de­ clined the invitation, and re­ stated the Seafarers position, "The policy of the Seafarers In­ ternational Union is to negotiate directly with our operators with­ out government interference and if we cannot come to an agree­ ment use our economic power to enforce our demands." • The complete text of the NMU telegram from President Curran follows: are in the same predicament and have provisions for wage reviews though there be different dates, but within a month of each other, for such reviews, you use your good offices to call together all the representatives of labor and industry and ask them to agree that the Department of Labor appoint an arbitrator to handle this problem as a national prob­ lem in order to eliminate the chaotic conditions that did arise in 1946 and may arise again if satisfactory conclusion is not ar­ rived at. Will you join us and sign such a telegram with us jointly? If it is possible will you reply by Sat­ urday. Joseph Curran In reply to this wire, SIU Sec­ retary-Treasurer Hawk sent the following answer: Mr. Joseph Curran President National Maritime Union 348 West 17th Street New York, N.Y. John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer The Atlantic and Gulf District Seafarers International Union of the Seafarers International 51 Beaver St, Union of North America rejects New York. N.Y. your telegraphic invitation to We have been in negotiations join with you and sign your pro­ •with AMMI since December 27th posed telegram to Secretary of on wage review for our member­ Labor Schwellenhach suggesting ship. We have requested a 25 that he call a conference of rep­ percent increase plus adjustments resentatives of labor and industry on several key ratings. We have and request that they agree to received no offer from the oper­ authorize the Department of ators to date. Our final meeting Labor to appoint an arbitrator to is Saturday, January 11th. We decide whether or not the sea­ propose to send the following men should get an increase of wire to Secretary Schwellenhach wages or set wages for seamen. in the event we receive no satis­ The policy of the Seafarers In­ factory settlement at the meet­ ternational Union is to negotiate directly with our operators withing Saturday. our government interference and Contract provision assuring us if we cannot come to an agree­ of wage review on material sub­ ment use our economic power to mitted to company proves beyond enforce our demands. any doubt the necessity of our John Hawk xeceiving the 25 percent increase Secretary-Treasurer requested but operators refuse Atlantic and Gulf District to grant any offer at all. Our Seafarers International Union request of you Is that, in view of of North America the fact that all marine unions Friday. January 17. 1947 By JOHNNY JOHNSTON As long ago as the spring of 1607 the remaining forlorn and discouraged members of the illfated Popham colony launched the first ocean-going vessel to be built on American shores. The vessel was called the Vir­ ginia, and was built in the Kennebeck River. The survivors of the little colony of Popham used the ship for the voyage home, and landed safely in England months later. i J. S. This is fhe first time in the history of the United States that this country has ever had a strong merchant marine andj a strong Navy at the same time. At one time or another we have had a good Navy and prac­ tically no merchant vessels, or plenty of commercial bottoms which had to be converted to war ships in time of danger. February 22, 1784, marked the first time that an American ship sailed on a voyage to enter the Far East trade. The vessel was the copper-sheathed Empress of China, and she left New York with 10 officers and 34 mem­ bers of the unlicensed crew. She made a round trip to Whampoa, stayed one month in that port for trading, and return­ ed after logging a total of 32,458 miles for the voyage. The trip took 16 months, which is a far cry from the length of time re­ quired for the same voyage to­ day. 4- 4" Many of the provisions of the Act of 1790, the first attempt to give any consideration to the rights of sailors, are still in force. This act specified that seamen were entitled to a written contract setting forth a definition of the proposed voyage plus the rate of pay. If, for any reason, such an agreement was not executed, the ship Master could be compelled to compensate his men at the highest prevailing rate of pay. As a guarantee the ship itself could be held for security. but the "imm'ediate vicinity" of the office of the Tampa Cab Com­ pany. Previously the strikers were prevented from picketing any place in the city. VIOLATION OF RIGHTS The attorney for the union pointed out that the injunction denied the union the right to dis­ cuss or display placards about the .strike anywhere, which con­ stituted a violation of their con­ stitutional rights guaranteeing freedom of speech. One of the guiding spirits in the drive to break the Teamstei's in Tampa is Florida Attorney General Tom Watson, who is us­ ing this campaign as the opening wedge in realizing his political ambition to become either Gov­ ernor of Florida, or United States Senator. Watson is notorious for his anti-labor, open shop sentiments, and sparked the move to pass an "open shop" law in the state of Folrida. He has also openly al­ lied himself with anti-labor forces throughout the United States. From the start of this strike he has been present in Tampa, counseling the company, and ad­ vocating s tr i n g e n t measures against the taxi drivers. POLICE BRUTALITY The brutality of the police in this strike is indescribable. On numerous occasions, accompan­ ied by company goons, they have clubbed strikers. Violence has been resorted to more than once, and there are striking drivers in the hospital right now with stab wounds and broken heads. Only recently the police at­ tacked and arrested six picketers, and even the pro-company Tam­ pa newspapers reported that one of the picketers was treated for a "slight cut in his stomach." This sort of violence is not the excep­ tion, k is the rule. Although the union is willing to arbitrate, the Company has taken the attitude of the author­ ities to heart and they are arro­ gant in their refusal to put the whole question before an impar­ tial board. On one occasion, Sullivan, rep­ resenting the drivers, said, "I'll be willing to submit this whole thing to arbitration, so we could get out in the open and show the public what it's all about. The Mayor, or any one that Circuit Lewis Contempt Trial Begins In Washington Before Supreme Court WASHINGTON, January 14— The Supreme Court today start­ ed to sift the facts and dig into the arguments presented by the attorneys for the United Mine Workers, AFL, and the Govern­ ment in the appeal from the con­ viction of John L. Lewis and the UMW for contempt of Court. Attorneys for the union con­ tended that the restraining order violated the Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act and the con­ stitution. Interrogation established that the miners were not employees of the Government and that the Anti-Injunction Act was violated when Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough handed down re­ straining order. Judge Smith might name, would be acceptable." The company has turned down all efforts toward arbitration of this dispute, because they feel confident that the City Officials will assist them in bringing the strikers to their knees. It is a matter of official record that the pqlice in Tampa have been detailed to guard scab taxi cabs so as to insure their con­ tinued operation. BUSINESS WATCHING All the open shop advocates in the United States have their eyes on Tampa. If the union loses here, it might be just the blueprint for other union loses in other places. The Teamsters down here are not in this strike for fun—they need the conditions and security that the union will give them. If labor in the United States needs a lesson, this is it. Beware of the guys who come out with their open shop proposals. See what the price of an open shop state is, and do your level best to stop the.se union-busters in their tracks. They arc not honest in their convictions, they only know that Big Business can pay them bet­ ter than the labor movement. And they don't bite the hand that feeds them. The Patrolmen Say Time Off Although the shipping rules clearly outline the provisions for securing time off, some of the newer members are under the impression that they are entitled to time off in port as part of their job aboard a ship. This is not true. If these men will read the agreement, and in­ terpret it correctly they will find that the contract does not pro­ vide for regular time off. Time off provisions are con­ tained in the shipping rules where it is stated that if time off is desired the seamen should have the ship's delegate call the Union Hall for a relief. A relief will be furnished for not less than four hours nor more than three days, and will be paid at the regular overtime rate by the crewmember taking the time off. In this same vein don't put in overtime for time spent off the ship. This only creates a hard­ ship for the Patrolman, yourself and the rest of the members. Ray Gonzales ^ ^ ^ NEW YORK—Recently when the SS R. Semmes, Waterman Steamship Company, pulled into port the payoff was held up for two days on an overtime beef. It seems that the Chief En­ gineer had the Oilers oiling draft fans on the Captain's deck twice each watch. Under our contract this work constitutes overtime, but the Engineer refused to call it overtime and wouldn't okay it or turn it in to the company. Maybe it isn't overtime on NMU ships, where he probably came from, but we put him straight that it certainly is on SIU ships. After some wrang­ ling around we got the matter straightened out with the result that the three Oilers now have 125 hours overtime coming to each of them. Salvador Cdlls �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 17, 1947 Page Seven Maritime Commission Under Fire, But Nothing Will Come Of it By JOE ALGINA Shipping Is Slow In Savannah; NO NEWS?? Cattle Movements Due To Stop Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: By ARTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH —The week was 'fairly busy with three sign-ons and one payoff — all SUP ships however, so only the deck de­ partment was involved. The South Bend Victory was paid off and there was quite a bit of disputed overtime. It was finally squared away, and any of the crew who left can collect from America n-Hawaiian by sending them their address. The shipping of cattle from Savannah is expected to be stop­ ped next month. This will slow shipping even more in this port. We get quite a few cattle tenders coming in every day asking us to ship them oyt as seamen. We have to turn them down since we havn't enough ships to keep Shipping Is Up In Philadelphia; Future Is Bright By JAMES 'RED' TRUESDALE PHILADELPHIA—Well, Broth­ ers, now that the elections are over but for the shouting we can take down the "Vote Now" signs, congratulate the winners and offer condolences to the losers. It was a good election and a record number of votes were cast in the Philly Hall. Things along the waterfront here are gradually picking up and we expect to do much bet­ ter as time goes on. As the shipping increased dur­ ing the past few weeks many of the oldtimers have shipped out and we sort of miss their smiling faces around the Hall. Recently the Nathaniel Courier, which Waterman took over from the NMU, was in port and we went down to straighten her out. She sure was in need of more than straightening when we got a look at her. We were sure'that a bunch of pigs had been crewing her, as the whole ship was filithy. CLEANED UP The NMU crew must have done nothing toward tlie upkeep of the vessel. There was a lot of work to be done, but the new SIU crew pitched in and in no time all the rooms weer painted and she was sparkling like new. With a well satisfied crew aboard she put out to sea a per­ fect example of our slogan "An SIU ship is a clean ship." We still have the Seatrains in Chester, but no dope as to when they will start running again. They are all reconverted and ready to go, and we're ready to sail them. Maybe something will break with them soon and they'll start calling the Hall for crews. Well, fellows, though it's still winter, spring can't be far behind and with it those warm sailing days we're all waiting for. And that's the news from Philly for this week. our own members .supplied with CHARLESTON jobs, but in spite of that we still HOUSTON have difficulty in getting mem­ NORFOLK bers to ship out. JACKSONVILLE GETTING WORRIED PORT ARTHUR MOBILE Shipping is getting so bad that GALVESTON even the smart people are get­ BALTIMORE ting worried. Col. Alfred W. Parry Jr., president of the Parry The deadline for port reNavigation Co'., Inc., views with -ports, monies due, etc., is the apprehension the fact that our Monday proceeding publica­ merchant fleet is rapidly passing tion. While every effort will into the hands of foreign com­ be made to use in the current petitors. issue material received after We, the supposedly less intelli­ that date, space commitments gent working stiffs, predicted generally do not permit us to such a turn of events before the do so. war was over. The South Atlantic SS Co. and Strachan Shipping Co. have an­ nounced the creation of a legal department. Thomas H. Adams, who was discharged from the navy after nearly four and a half .years service is its head. The department was created "to bettei- cope with constantly changing regulations pertaining By BLACKIE CARDULLO to labor relations, wage-liour MARCUS HOOK — We've matters and tax-laws." It states further down in the announce­ known for a long time that the ment that Mr. Adams, upon his NMU organizers in this port are discharge, took a short course in having a tough time trying to tax and labor laws at Harvard. win the Sun Oil men to their THE PROFESSOR SAYS side, but we didn't realize how Speaking of college people and really tough it is until this story the intelligentsia, here's a honey came to our attention. I got from a local newspaper. Dr. It seems that one of the or­ Frank P. Graham, professor, no ganizers was giving his sales less, of economics, advanced what talk, but wasn't getting too good he conceives to be "four fallacies." a response. So, as the Sun Oil Here they are: tankerman was about to leave, 1. Inci'eased wages are neces­ the organizer took his name and sary to provide purchasing pow­ told him that he would receive a er to take potential output off five pound box of candy as a the market. Christmas present from a girl who 2. Wages should be increased lived in a small suburb near to meet the higher cost of living. Marcus Hook. 3. Wages should be adjusted in When the man got back to his direct cnrre.spondence with a costship he found the package all of-living index. right, but it was full of NMU 4. Workers had a higher stan­ literature, and not one piece of dard of living during the war candy. That's the kind of Christ­ than they now have. mas present that shouldn't even I have no argument with .the be given to a dog. last one, but if the other three NO GOOD WILL are fallacies, I'm a monkey's Candy Is Dandy, SeanianSays,But Let's Have Some UUtRLV IS A COMMO/Vl y FALLACY/ uncle. In case you don't know, a fallacy is a deceptive or false ap­ pearance, an illusion; I know because I just looked it up, so don't bother. Here's a story which is a bit old, but I think still good. A congressman had a maid who asked him if a senator was high­ er than representative. He as­ sured her that such was the case. She thought this over awhile and then asked, "Is there anything lower than a congressman?" • The least the NMU could have done was to send some candy along for the seaman to share with his buddies. That would not have helped the NMU in or­ ganizing these men, but it might have built up a litle bit of good will, and the NMU sure needs that right now. Our organizing campaign in Sun Oil Tankers is going along pretty smoothly, partly because the men down here know of the reputation of the Seafarers, and partly because we are working hard without fear of a split in our Union. The NMU piecards here are scared from day to day that they will be out iri the cold. NEW YORK—Every time the boys in Congress can't think of anything else to talk about, somebody gets up on his feet and starts to lam bast Iht; Maritime Commission for their extrava­ gance during the war. Then all the other men nod their heads and say that it sure was too bad that so much money was wasted, and that they had better investigate the whole situ­ ation. So they name an Investigating Committee, and everybody is happy. That includes the Mari­ time Commission, because the YES SIR/ -THE BEST INlVESTlGATiOW WE EVER HAV/ in pay for the man. for the entire trip. What I am trying to bring out, is that sometimes these hot-shot officers trj' to throw their weight around. When that happen.s, don't worry too much, but make sure that you report it to the Patrolman when you hit port. That will be all that is neces­ sary to get action on your com­ plaint. New Orleans Has Praise For One Calinar Skipper By C. J. 'BUCK' STEPHENS NEW ORLEANS — We found out here in New Orleans that the day of miracles was definitely not over. We had the SS Eleazor Wheelock, Calmar Line, come in to payoff last week and we de­ finitely ran across as good a Skipper that has ever sailed any Committee never does anything man's ship. This scow was on articles for that could possibly worry the over four months and spent quite MC. Those of us who sailed ships all a few days tied up by the various through the war years know how strikes here in N. O. before sail­ the Maritime Commission was ing. Just before sailing the crew wasteful of money, and how their got a bum steer, and 18 men inefficiency actually helped to walked off the ship and held her line the pockets of the shipown­ up a day or more, so the Calmar ers and operators. agents here placed charges An investigation is urgently needed, but what the people of against the men with the Coast the United States will get is talk, Guard. This Skipper was contacted and talk, and more talk, when ac­ tion is the only way to find out he took the men back and the ship sailed, failing to put charges the truth in the whole matter. Right now the Bigshots in against the men. "When the ship Washington are talking about returned, the Captain refused another investigation, this time again to put charges against so that the Republicans can em­ them, so the 18 men were cleared. There were 2 hours overtime barrass the Democrats. disputed, and the Skipper raised But the moment they find out that they will also be embarrass- j hell because they hadn't told ing their shipowner friends, you | him about it so he could have can be sure that the Republicans had it okayed before the payoff. will not be too much in a hurry So, fellows, from now on out, to go through with a real inves­ let's say Calmar line has one tigation. good Skipper, because Captain H. H. Fletcher is 100 percent. PICKING UP All the past few weeks we We can thank Captain Fletcher have been saying that shipping for making the SS Eleazor Whee­ and business would pick up, andj lock a good ship, and I feel with­ now it finally has. This past week' out a doubt that it's about the has been a very busy one, and only good Calmar Line ship. If we have crewed up plenty of there is another good one I can ships, and we have paid off quite stand corrected, but, as I said, the a few at the same time. j day of miracles is not over, and This week the Robin Tuxford, it will have to be proven to me, Robin Lines, came in from a five- because I've never seen a good month trip to South Africa, All Calmar Line ship or Skipper out­ beefs, and there weren't too side of Captain Fletcher. many, were settled at the payoff. So, good luck and smooth sail­ This was a clean ship, and the ing, Captain—and we hope you Stewards Department got a vote will get a crew to work along of thanks from the crew for the with you because you really rate swell job they did in providing one. So for the coming year the holiday meals for the men when best of crews to you. they were far from home on Christmas and New Years. But on the Span Splice, Alcoa, the story was entirely different. Part of the story come out in the Send in the minutes of membership meeting, so I don't your ship's meeting to the want to discuss it here, but the New York Hall. Only in that other part should be brought to way can the membership act the attention of the membership on your recommendations, right here and now. and then the minutes can be It seems that while at sea, the printed in the LOG for the Chief Engineer tried to get an benefit of all other SIU Assistant Electrician to sign on crews. as Engine Maintainance. When Hold those shipboard meet­ this was refused, he broke the ings regularly, and send man down to Wiper. Of course, those minutes in as soon as the Union took this up as soon as possible. That's the SIU way! the ship hit this port, and we were able to collect the difference Send Those Minutes �THE SEAFARERS LOG Fage Eight Shipowner Stooge, LSU Sponsor, Doesn't Like Seamen's 'Attitude' By HENRY W. CHAPPELL Keep It Clean! II is the proud boast of the Seafarers International Un­ ion that an SIU ship is a clean ship Let's keep it that way. Although most of the crews leave a ship in excellent con­ dition, it has come to the at­ tention of the membership that a few crews have vio­ lated this rule. So they have gone on record to have all quarters inspected by the Patrolman before the payoff, and if the conditions are un­ satisfactory, he has the right to hold up the payoff until everything is spic and span. Remember that the Patrol­ man can only have repairs made if he knows what has to be done. Cooperate by making up a repair list be­ fore the ship docks. Give one copy to the Skipper, and one to the Patrolman. Then you'll see some action. TOLEDO — The big money- Committee on Merchant Marine boys who own the ships on the and Fisheries, has publicly an­ nounced he will vigorously op­ Great Lakes don't intend to give pose the Seamen's Bill of Rights the seamen a minute's rest, as which is awaiting ratification in they constantly plot to under­ the Senate now. mine the gains made by us dur­ American seamen have come a ing the past years. long way since the sailing vessel One of these groups held a days when Mates and Skippei-s meeting recently in Cleveland were legally administering cor­ which was attended by represent- poral punishment, and in some tatives of government agencies, instances brutal murder. shipowners, and licensed officers. It should be kept in mind by At the meeting, seamen's unions all seamen that every gain we and the mental attitude of un­ have made in the past has been licensed seamen, came in for dis­ bitterly fought by shipowners, cussion and condemnation as be- and that we were only able to ing threats to the efficiency of ^hese concessions as an orthe Lakes Carriers ships. ganized body, not as an indivi­ John I. Horton, personnel man­ dual. ager of the maritime department SPRING DRIVE of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Com­ This spring on the Great Lakes, pany, was the spokesman who did most of the blasting against the SIU is putting on an organ­ the "mental attitude" of seamen. izational drive for new members. This coming from an official of' The SIU has consistently proven ' in the past that it is the only the company which sponsors the,in phony Lakes Seamen's Union' sailors union, run by, and for makes us wonder which union sailors in America. Despite the opposition of the he is referring to. shipowners, government agencies, MENTAL ATTITUDE and the other so-called seamen's [ By JOHN MOGAN This group of anti-labor phon­ unions, the SIU, with the aid of BOSTON^—Shipping and busi­ ies, may wonders never cease, other AFL maritime unions, will ness still remain only fair for the admitted that unlicensed seamen progress forward until we are port of Bo.ston. Plenty of ships recognized as an important factor of the Great Lakes are capable in American shipping—and not to be contacted, but most of them of having a mental attitude. are in transit. One would never think so as a group of slaves or pieces of The 88 Stones River (Pacific machinery to be put into motion judging by the way Lakes sea­ tanker) paid off in Portland after men have been pushed around when we are needed, and beach­ a five-month voyage, with loads by the large shipping interests ed when shipping slows up with of beefs and exactly 43 loggings. not a thought or care from any during the past few years. Brother Sweeney covered this However, when these groups group as to how we will subsist payoff and spent three days in find that the seamen refuse to until we are needed again. Portland (where he said icicles In the past, seamen have been submit to their policies, they then hung from the chandeliers in his connive, through their legal staff, the last to enjoy the fruits of or­ hotel room) ironing out the beefs ganized labor such as Social Se­ and straightening out the logs. curity, unemployment insurance, The wind-up of the latter was and other conditions shore work­ that all were cancelled by the ers have enjoyed. This is only because we were not united as Master. This tanker was crewed by two-thirds SIU men and onea body. third SUP. After the effects of the first big grog party in five JOIN NOW months wore off, the crew turned You can do your part by join­ out to be a good gang. ing the SIU today and becoming EASTERN NOT READY an important part of this mili­ Shipping has been fairly good. tant organization. -Join and help the SIU retain the gains already Not only did. the tanker take a won, and help in securing great­ full crew, but the scows in tran­ er gains in the form of higher sit have been taking a few men to have some governmental wages, better working conditions, each. Eastern has taken over the agency formed to force their pol­ etc. Above all, to be recognized Samuel Parker and the Theodore everywhere as a damned impor­ Parker, both of which should be icies upon the seamen. tant part of American industry. taking on full crews this week. The SIU has always contended However, it looks as though So come into the SIU now, that as American seamen we do Eastern won't have its passenger not wish to be wards of the gov­ while the battle is on with the ships ready for a while yet. shipowners and all other factors ernment, to be regarded as serfs The outlook for the week isn't unable to look out for our own hindering the seamen's program so hot. One payoff is due for for a better life. Don't be a par­ interests both at sea and ashore. tomorrow; but at the rate pay­ We want to be recognized as asite riding the backs of your fel­ offs have been cancelled here re­ low workers, enjoying the gains free Americans. We want a voice they have fought for while you cently, we won't be sure until in all matters pertaining to our are hiding behind the dubious the Commissioner is ordered. welfare. Yet we can always figure on a We want our working condi­ membership of a phony political couple of tankers to pay off and or company union. tions, wages, etc., to be negot­ There is only one sailors union crew up in this vincinity. Then, iated through the company by too, we somehow always get the Union with no interference where the membership runs the enough diversions and unexpect­ show, that's the SIU. from government agencies. ed arrivals to keep the port out Tankers Keep Port Boston Free Of Red Ink SHAKE MILITARY We are the only group of civi­ lian workers in America who are under direct military jurisdic­ tion. Our aim is to have this sit­ uation altered so we will be rec­ ognized by the government, and the shipping interests, as free Americans just as other shore side workers. Organized labor can expect serious opposition in the coming congress. Seamen's unions, in particular, must be on the alert for battle, as Fred Bradley, Con­ gressman from Michigan, who is the new chairman of the House'«. Send Those Minutes Send in the minutes of your ship's meeting to the New York Hall. Only in that way can the membership act on your recommendations, and then the minutes can be printed in the LOG for the benefit of all other SIU crews. Hold those shipboard meet­ ings regularly, and send those minutes in as soon as possible. That's the SIU way! of the red. Rumors have been flying up from New York that it has snap­ ped out of the slack spell, and that anyone who wants to ship fast has merely to grab a train for the big city; so there's no .ex­ cuse for any member staying on the beach around here who wants to-get going. Latest information is that the Joshua Slocum (South Atlantic) and the Brigham Victory (Alcoa) are definitely going to payoff here in the next couple of days. Hence, we'll have to quit crying "poor mouth" until we see what else will develop. Friday. Janueury 17. 1947 Rated Jobs In All Departments Are Going Begging In San Juan By DAN BUTTS SAN JUAN — This sun-bathed port can report excellent ship­ ping during the past few weeks with every spare man being pushed aboai-d a ship. In fact, the jobs have been .so plentiful that we've had to go back into the sugar cane breaks and beg some of our members to ship. We've had rated jobs in all departments and not a soul in the Hall to take them. Just so the membership can't miss the Hall when they become inclined to ship out we've hung a new sign out in front. Now you can't miss tlie Hall from any di­ rection. We have made arrangements to put two floodlights on it to illuminate it at night, so with the addition of the lights, SIU men from the ships will have no trouble finding the Hall after dark oven if it's their first trip to San Juan. and the Messman had a cracked head. They're going to pull through all right, but they had to learn the hard way that the Island is not a jungle for seamen to run wild over. Now they realize that the police down here do not get paid to curry to their whims and fancies, but make it tough on them if they get out of hand. GOOD IDEA There were good crews on the Haiti Victory and Cape Hatteras that just pulled out of here. They BOLLET HOLES? IT MOST 86 — ^ OLDTIMERS BACK It is easy to see that some of the oldtimers are coming back to the rum 'n coke run, for on a meeting night half of the mem­ bership present is off ships dock­ et at San Juan. Ah, this won-~ rierful Island! Not so wonderful, however, was the trouble that broke out last week. There was a slight shooting incident in Ponce re­ sulting in the hospitalization of a Saloon Messman and Wiper off the Columbia Victory. The Wip­ er had three bullet holes in him realize the necessity of paying dues at this end of the run as well as the other. If all the ships that run in here regulai'ly for Waterman and Bull would adopt the system of pay­ ing one month's dues up north and one month's duos down here, this Branch would not only pay for itself, but could be remitting money to Headquarters as well. So, suppose you fellows on this run give this idea a little consid­ eration. Seafarers In Corpus Christi Were Kept Busy Past Few Weeks By J. S. WILLIAMS CORPUS CHRISTI—The past I Mate, Mr. A. R. Truett. We read few weeks have been busy ones in the "West Coast Sailor" of his for the port of Corpus Christi. being like an old woman. We The Wolf Creek, American Pa­ would like to apologize for the cific, came in with a clean pay­ misinformed person who report­ off, and over at Harbor Island, ed the statement. Mr. Truett is another clean slate was found one of the best mates any of us aboard the Newberg, Los Angeles have had the privilege of sailing Tankers. with. Big Phillips is Steward aboard Signed: Deck Gang, the Newberg, and the entire SS Newbeig." crew is singing his praise as one And so it goes this week from of the best Stewards in the SIU. Corpus Christi. Having a good Stewards Depart­ ment makes for a happy crew, and they all looked happy to me. The few minor beefs at the pay­ off were quickly ironed out. During the past week we also had a couple of unorganized ships in port which were covered and found to be very favorable for the SIU. The York and Cedar Break, both Pacific Tankers were ATLANTA—The AFL's south­ in this week on the coastwise run, also the El Moro, American ern drive last week announced a Pacific, likewise on coastwise, major campaign to organize the south's entire citrus 'industry dropped in for a short while. now employing about 75,000 ALL QUIET NOW At the moment the port is workers—the largest single group quiet with all ships clear of the of workers in the south, except harbor, but we expect more lumber and textiles, yet unor­ tankers in very soon. ganized. The crewmembers of the New­ The AFL, acording to Drive berg, before she sailed, gave me Director George Googe, launched a letter asking me to have it run in the Log. They wish to cor­ the campaign on the basis of in­ rect a misstatement printed in creased wage scales with "at the "West Coast Sailor" concern­ least a minimum of 75c for com­ ing .their Chief Mate. The let­ mon labo.rers." In addition the AFL will seek ter to the Log and "West Coast unemployment c o m p e n s ation Sailor" is as follows: "The crew of the SS Newberg where now the citrus workers are are glad to report the perfect co­ barred from relief rolls by legis­ operation given us by the Chief lative action. AFL Is After 75,ODD Southern Citrus Workers — / �Friday, January 17, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Seafarer Killed In Accident On Daniel Jason M. Mickelson, 44-yearold Seafarer from Seattle, Wash­ ington was killed December 30 aboard the SS Daniel Huger, Mississippi Steamship Company in Mobile, Alabama. Page Nine What To Do: Some Departmental Suggestions For Chief Cooks By JOSEPH VOLPIAN (This article is not an inter­ pretation of the agreement as it covers the Stewards Department, but merely makes suggestions to that Department in answer to many questions raised by mem­ bers. Each week an article is be­ ing run in the Log making sug­ gestions to each of the ratings in the Stewards Department. This week's, the second of the series, is for the benefit of the Chief Cooks.) After the Chief Cook reports aboard with his working gear, and turns his shipping card over to the Steward and Stewards De­ partment Delegate, it is sugge.sted that he follow the routine outlinecf below. First check the ice boxes and storerooms as to their contents and the location of the various items, then have the galley clean­ ed and made ready for serving meals. After this he should contact the Steward as to the menu, and with him work out the meal plan. Following this enough frozen meat for about three days should be removed to the thawing box. Night Cook and Baker, Third Cook, - and Galley Utilityman working directly under him. AJso the Chief Cook is responsible for all food that is prepared and served from the Galley regardiesg of who cooks the food. When the Chief Cook desire.'* to work any member of the Stew­ ards Department on overtime, it is suggested that he contact the Steward for authorization as to how many men to work. He should have the Steward Depart­ ment delegate keep a record of this. The reason for this is that many times, when overtime is disputed by the Steward, Com­ pany or Master at paj'off, they ail claim that they did not authorize the member or members involved to do the overtime work claimed. The Companies are putting on was so prejudiced as to preclude a big campaign to put the mer­ the men getting a fair trial. chant marine permanently un­ At the conclusion of the hear­ der the jurisdiction of the Coast ing, he ordered that the certi­ Guard. Their claim is that the ficates be su.spendod for a period Coast Guard would run the mer­ of six months. chant marine more efficiently HOT POTATO and would maintain better disci­ On or about the 4th day of pline. August, 1946, an, appeal was Since the formation of our At the time of Mickelson's Government ,the merchant ma­ taken from the order of the Hear­ death the ship was, tied up at rine has always been under the ing Officer and immediately the State Docks being made ready jurisdiction of the Secretary of wires and rails started to burn for departure to Galveston, Tex. Commerce, where it rightfully with messages and trips from the belongs. We have had proof that local Coast Guard officer to the Coast Guard is not as effi­ Wa.shington as to who would ADDITIONAL DUTIES cient or fair as they claim to be, handle this hot potato. In addition to his other gailey The idea was to take it direct in the now infamous "Helen" duties, the Chief Cook is respon­ case. Briefly, the following are to Washington; however, it was On Performers sible for all butchering where finally sent back to the local the facts: NEW YORK — We now have the agreement does not call for The crew was signed on the Commandant for a hearing of the entered into a new year and have a butcher. appeal. SS Helen under articles which signed contracts with most of the Finally, the appeal was heard When a ship is paying off, the. described a foreign voyage. The operators. The officials of the Chief Cook should make .s-me by Rear Admiral Ed H. Smith signing on was not done before Tin ion have done their part, and that the galley force prepare.s and, to be frank, he did not know a Shipping Commissioner as the HIS RESPONSIBILITIES expect that every member of the three meals for that day unless too much about the law in this law provides. SIU will do his part by living up case. the ship is on subsistence. As is known, the Chief Cook is However, the ship sailed and to these agreements and seeing After argument on August 16, responsible for the condition of (Next week the duties of the went to the West Indies and re­ that they are observed by each turned to New York which was 1946, a decision was handed meat boxes and galley at all Second Cook will be discussed individual who rides our condown by the Admiral in which times, with the Second Cook, and suggestions made.) the final port of destination. ti-acted ships. The cargo was unloaded and he affirmed the findings of the Remember these conditions the crew was paid. Several Hearing Officer, but cut the sus­ were not gained by being gassed- members of the crew quit and pension period from six months up and going up to the opera­ some remained aboard and other to three months. tors and demanding better con­ new men were assigned to the FURTHER APPEAL ditions.with more pay to the dif­ ship, who signed the original ar­ On August 22, 1946, a further ferent ratings; but were won by ticles. By HERBERT JANSEN appeal was taken from the or­ the cool-headed negotiating com­ Subsequently several men der of Admiral Smith to the mittee who put in many long from the Deck Department ask­ CHICAGO—As can be e.xpect-: make all the decisions on wag€.» tiresome hours before getting to ed to be paid off and nothing Commandant in Washington. It ed in mid-winter on the Great and conditions? was the understanding that a de­ Lakes, shipping is almost at a first base. was done by the Master to com­ UNION REPRESENTATION cision would be forthcoming in standstill. The Milwaukee Clip­ Now that they have played an ply with their request. You members of the NMU, a short time on this appeal. per is the only ship calling for Lakes Seamen's Union, and unor­ errorless game and won the pen­ NO ARTICLES However, not having heard men from this Windy City port, nant, it for the members who ganized seamen; Ask the SIU Shortly thereafter the Captain anything from the efficient Coast and only a handful of men are on sail these ships to govern them­ seamen. Find out for yourselves. Guard, on October 10, 1946, a let­ selves accordingly. The Union gave the men orders to stand by ter was sent asking that a de­ standby jobs aboard the sand You will find out that it's not boats. cannot be expected to stick out their unmooring stations for the cision be handed down. what it's smeared to be, but just Most of the Brothers who have one more attempt to discredit the its chin for any member or mem­ purpose of casting off and sup­ On October 18, 1946, a letterbers who, when gassed-up aboard posedly to take the ship into was received frryu the Coast. layed up their ships for the -win­ SIU on the Great Lake.s. ter are still dropping around the ship, decides to have some fun the stream. When you get the straight The men refused on the Guard stating that they did not Hall to keep up with the latest by destroying ship's property. dope, then join up with the SIU receive the appeal and that it grounds that they wanted to be and pick up the Seafarers Log. and get acquainted with the op­ probably got lost in the mail. NOT FUNNY paid off, that there were several eration of a rank and file union. An article printed recently in However, they would receive an­ men short in the Deck Depart­ It might seem very unimpor­ Get Union representation, not ment and that in view of the other copy of the appeal from the the Pilot accused the Great Lakes tant to the offender, but to the past history of the Company, the local Coast Guard office and we Secretary - Treasurer, Fi-ed Far- commie domination. Union it is detrimental. For At the Chicago Hall we're hold­ ship would not anchor in the would be promptly advi.sed of a nan, of selling out the Lakes seawhen a ship comes in port with stream but would continue on to decision. men by only asking for a ten ing checks covering the differ­ ' legitimate beefs aboard they are a voyage and on the further On November 1, 1946, despite percent increase in wages for ence in lay-up aboard the SS taken up with the company by their previous letter, they asked 1947. Gilbert for C. Brown, A. Kelliground that the ship might sail your shore representatives. for another copy of the appeal son and F. Plante. To this I say: How can an out­ without articles. from us and again stated that the fit condemn anyone when, based Sometimes the company re­ The good old Coast Guard was fuses to settle the beefs with the called in and took the men off appeal would be preferred at­ on their record all down the line, they have been riding the back representative for the simple and charged them with miscon­ tention. On November 12, 1946, another of the SIU? There is one thing reason there were some gas- duct on two grounds; refusal to hounds aboard who wilfully and obey a lawful order of the Mas­ copy of the appeal was sent to they will not print and that is maliciously broke open a lock Jo ter on two separate occasions Washington but nothing happen­ the true facts. ed, so, on December 17, 1946, an­ a foc'sle, or thi-ew a few cups without reasonable cause. PLEASE FIND OUT and saucers over the side. The case was tried before a other letter was sent by us in­ (Continued from Page 1) sisting that a decision be made If the author of the accusation est number of votes received by Instead of settling the beef, the Coast Guard Hearing Officer on the appeal. Finally, about company wants to penalize the who went far afield in his cross- January 2, 1947, a decision was does not know the facts, he any of the candidates backed by them out. Of the CP was no more than ten to Union for the acts of these bad examination of one of the wit­ handed down which affirmed should first find nesses. In the writer's opinion it course, when he finds out the fifteen percent of the votes gar­ characters. Admiral Smith's decision. real story, he will not come along nered by the winning candidates. When these destructive acts oc­ MEN RAILROADED later and issue an apology for Four men on the communist slate cur with frequency, the com­ misrepresenting the issue, but got less than 50 votes apiece. It is our opinion after reading pany then thinks the Union is will i-ely on the lies he fabricated The results of the election in the decision carefully that these shipping unqualified men, whose to mislead the Lakes seamen. Local 88, in which the commun­ men were railroaded by the Coast Send in the minutes of only desire is destroying company Their phony baloney docs not ists and their followers gained Guard in an endeavor to set an your ship's meeting to the property. fool anyone any longer. Their little comfort, are reflected also e.xample to all seamen that they New York Hall. Only in that Therefore, take a tip from commie tricks a'.d labor baiting in the national election of officers are under their iron fist. way can the membership act these few lines and govern your­ tactics only aid the companies for the MM&P. The decision of the appeal is on your recommendations, selves accordingly so your offi­ by putting the anti-union senti­ absolutely contrary to law and and then the minutes can be A complete slate of anti-com­ cials can always look the oper­ further action will be taken to ment in the minds of some of the munists was elected for the na­ printed in the LOG for the ators straight in the eye at the the Civil Court to break the un­ men -w-ho had the opportunity to tional organization, and there is. benefit of all other SIU payoff. holy stranglehold of a military be associated with that so-called little doubt that the commies crews. William Hamilton organization over a purely civil­ union, the NMU. Hold those shipboard meet­ have lost even the slight bit of ian industry. I wonder what the writer of prestige they had left in the ings regularly, and send These are just a few examples that accusation thiiks the res­ MM&P. Their actions during the those minutes in as soon as of the unfairness and inefficiency ponse of SIU members will be, strike showed them up for the possible. That's the SIU -way! of the Coast Guard. when they are the ones who finks and scabs that they are. Mickelson, a member of the Deck Department, was fastening hatch covers over a hold when he slipped and fell 50 feet into the hold. A City hospital ambulance and physician were called to the ship. The physician reported that death was caused by a fractured skull. The Patrolman Says: NMD Has Only One Weapon Left, Telling Lies About Seafarers Local 88, MM&P, Deals Commies Send Those Minutes �THE SEAFARERS LOG Pag* Ten Friday. January 17, 1847 SHIPS' MIMUTES AND NEWS f S H I P M AT E S All "Lost Weekends" aren't lost in whiskey bottles, despite the prevailing conception inspired by the motion picture of the same name. Lots of weekends are lost down the drain less spectacularly than those of the alcoholic var­ Brazil Crew Nips Purge Of Delegate When the First Engineer of the SS Brazil Victory attempted to "purge" the Engine Depart­ ment Delegate while on a trip to South America, the crew quick­ ly rallied behind the representa tive from the Engine Depart­ ment and squashed the attempt At the shipboard meeting held aboard the Brazil Victory, Dec. 8 the matter was introduced and the minutes state, "The First As­ sistant told the Black Gang that if they did not get a new dele­ gate they would not receive time off in Santos, Brazil." Ignoring the First Assistant's demands the crew quickly gave a vote of confidence to the dele­ gate when he asked if they wish­ ed to elect a new delegate. The entire department expressed com­ plete satisfaction with the work of the present delegate. Suspecting a possible on­ slaught on each departmental delegate Brother Terrington movglTHeR HE GOES OR Iso! HAW/ ed that "the crew reaffirm their stand behind all departmental delegates and recognize them as their delegates regardless of whether they please the ship's officers or not. If the delegates carry out their duties and live up to their end of the agreement the crew will stand solidly behind the delegates." The motion carried and with the crew solidly behind the Black Gang Delegate they went on to the next order of business. Spider Korolia then suggested that the SIU booklet, "Here's How Brother," be placed on the bulletin board in the messroom so all tripcard and pro-book men ^ could read and study it. Disposing with the remaining items on the agenda the meeting adjourned with all problems and grievances out of the way once more. Don't let that saucy sombrero throw you off. The wearer, Richard Pinckney, is not from "Down Under." He's a Seafarer and a good OS. formerly of the BY Coastal Defender. Pinckney is an able hand with the camera, too. The photo at the right was taken by Brother Pinckney just as his shipmate. Bedroom Steward Stiles, was about to light up for a few re­ laxing puffs. The men were photographed on the deck of the Coastal Defender on a recent trip to Baffin Island. Canada. Included in the vessel's itinerary was a stop at Frobisher Bay, where the Defender unloaded oil drums. Brother Pinckney recorded most of the trip's highlights with his candid camera. iety, but they are just as night-t - TT T~; T „ ' • 1. ,u 1 card s job and be home all the marish, nevertheless. time." Last week, down in the bustl­ Brothers Stephens, Birming­ ing port city of New Orleans, a ham and Bibbs moaned and precious weekend of the non-al­ groaned as they tried to get a coholic type was lost, like many mental picture of what they another before it. Lost, but quick­ vaguely recalled as home. Failing ly forgotten, since it is kind of this, they jokingly got their heads a routine loss, and it gives the together and came up with: "Pielosers a certain satisfaction in cards don't keep Jogs of their knowing the job is done. work but if they did, it would TOUGH TALE run something like this ..." The harrowing experience was Then followed a log of their contained in a little item entitled last and lost weekend. Here it is: "Facts in the Life of a Pie-card, Friday evening — The Hall or Blues in the Weekend." Auth­ closed and a bright look came ors of the piece were a trio of across the faces of all hands as hardworking musketeers known they prepared to leave for at 339 Chartres Street as "Buck" home to get a good hot meal, Stephens, Dick Birmingham and and the old lady or the girU Red Bibbs, who are Acting Agent friend. Temperature around 30; and Patrolmen, respectively, at raining to beat hell. Pie-cards the New Orleans branch. paying off the SS Bienville These three lads heard a leave the Hall at 8 p.m. member say, "You're a lucky Saturday noon — Hall closed stiff, being able to hold a pie- at noon. All hands look for­ ward to a rest over the week­ end. Pie-cards paying off the SS Grange Victory. Tempara-t ture still around 30; still rain­ ing to beat hell. Finished pay­ ing off about 3 p.m. Figured on where about halfway between going home. the Florida mainland and Key Saturday evening — Emer­ West." gency call for the MV Fire Isl­ Aside from the satisfaction Du­ and to pull a ship off the beach gina has derived from knowing at the Point. Vessel seven men that his note was found, the short, including all cooks. Freed couple's discovery has led Scouting around for cooks. to what may blossom into a friendship. Mr. Freed has al­ ready wriUen several friendly letters to Dugina which have been answered. Brother Dugina, now aboard •USTA WEAK 'ATRC>LMA^J -, a ship bound for Buenos Aires, VJK.) I previously had pitched a note over the side of the SS Cape Corwin. He is still waiting for word that someone has picked it up. Note Pitched From The Samuel Johnson In 1944 Is Picked Up On Florida Coast Somewhere in the mid-Atlan­ tic Ocean on July 24, 1944, Sea­ farer John J. Dugina, AB, drop­ ped a bottle over the side of the SS Samuel Johnson. In the bot­ tle was a note bearing Dugina's home address. The incident was promptly forgotten. A short while ago, more than two years after Brother Dugina had pitched his bottle-enclosed calling card into the sea, a letter arrived at the Dugina home in Clairton, Pa. It was from a W. R. Freed, an­ nouncing that the bottle had been J LOOK .•DEAR I j^-^BOTTLE ! / - I'LL BETALLirl^kr COMTAlNS ISA NOTE J r—-—-J picked up, quite by accident, on a Florida beach. Mr. Freed and /his wife, who live in Ashtabula, Ohio, are presently staying in Fort Lauder­ dale, Fla. Recently they were 'Caps Off To Mrs. Burns The Wild Ranger crewmembers had no lack of reading ma­ terial on their last trip thanks to Mrs. Ruth Burns, wife of Bosun Joseph Burns, who provided the boys with an ample supply of books and magazines to occupy their off-watch hours aboard ,ship. New Orleans Brothers Lose A Non-Alcoholic Weekend seamen since 1943, and at regular intervals dispatches a bundle or two down to the ships. For the last voyage, she sent over 200 magazines to the Wild Ranger. The crewmembers at the pay­ off asked that Mrs. Burns be thanked for her splendid work in supplying the seamen with reading material. ' Mrs. Burns, has been collect­ "Caps off" to Mrs. Burns from ing books and magazines for SIU the entire crew. driving to Key West when they stopped on the Overseas high­ way to take lunch at a roadside restaurant. Lunch over, they took a walk to stretch their legs before continuing the drive. THERE IT WAS "1 walked up the narrow beach of Key West looking for shells," Freed said in his letter. Sud­ denly 1 spi?^ a small bottle, which 1 thought had just been washed up since it wasn't even partically covered by sand. "1 picked it up and found your note, tossed overboard a couple of years ago. Freed described the spot where the bottle was found as some­ MINUTES OF SIU SHIP MEETINGS DIGESTED FOR EASIER READING WACOSTA. Nov. 17—Chair­ man E. E. Valis; Secretary W. R. Smith. New Business: Each man write down his own beefs and give them to Patrolman upon arrival in New York; that patrolman pay special attentio to the matter of charging the crewmembers for medical treatment; to have the slopchest investigated for prices, also why the slopchest was opened only at coffee and din­ ner hours. No notice was given when it was to be open and no price list was posted as per agreement. Motion carried that crew stand behind the Steward in getting his papers back that were suspended in Shanghai for selling butter that had turned rancid. Mo­ tion carried that arrangements be made to stop the Captain from interfering with the way the Steward runs his depart­ ment. Good cutd Welfare: Mo­ tions carried: to have the wa­ ter coolers and iceboxes fixed before the ship sails; to have new mattresses and mattress covers before ship sails; to have the ship fumigated; to have fans put in all rooms as per agreement. t i 4. COUNCIL CREST. Dec. 26— Chairman Blackie Gardener; Secretary C. G. Foley. New Business: Ice boxes and stores to be checked by Patrolman immediately upon arrival. i. 3^ 4. JEAN LAFITTE. Dec. 22— Chairman Annal; Secretary Foucek. Motions carried; to post minutes of previous meet­ ing; that working rules and Constitution be posted in crew's mess on day of signing articles; that crew go on record to post the minutes of this meeting with the repair list in Balti(Continued on Page 11) Find cooks. Now 9:30 p.m.; don't feel cold any more—too damned numb to feel anything.) Sufficient crew acquired to sail ship. Now 11 pun. Tempera­ ture dropped, like our resist­ ance, to 28; still raining to beat hell. Sunday n^orning — Call re­ ceived for five more men fori the MV Fire Island. Transfered them from the MV Watch Hill. Finally got the Cook down aboard at "^.2 noon. She's ready to sail. Yep, it's still raining to beat hell. Tempera­ ture, but not our resistance, up to 30. Sunday afternoon all was quiet on the waterfroiit. Two of the three sagging Seafarers hit out for the sack to salvage what they could of the lost weekend. It be­ ing too busy during the week, one of the Patrolman visited the Brothers in the hospital on Sun­ day afternoon. "What the hell," they said, "two of us at least, got Sundayafternoon off. Besides, we had just as much fun." �Friday, January 17, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings (Continued from Page 10) more so that new crew will sail until repairs are made; that legitimate overtime d i s p u ted must be paid before crew signs off. Suggested and agreed to keep messhalls clean, and. that foc'sles be cleaned before leav­ ing ship. 4- 4. MAE, Dec. 10—Chairman R. Schinger; Secretary Alfred Baker. New Business: Motions made and carried that the fol­ lowing be attended to: have heat in crew's quarters while in Baltimore; move wipers into spare room on main deck; change brand of coffee now in use; have Steward order electric coffee pot and glasses for Crew's mess; move one of the small urns that axe on the ship and out in use to the crew mess. Repair list read and attached to minutes. 4- 4. 4. NEWBERG, Dec. 22—Chair­ man L. L. Phillips; Secretary Silver. Motions carried: to see Chief Engineer in regard to having water turned on port scuttlebutt and broken spring on same; that new shower heads be installed in Steward's Dept. shower; that all port­ hole dogs in crew's quarters be freed up and cleaned. 4^ 4. HAITI VICTORY, Jan. 1— Chairman Paul Warren; Secre­ tary Charles F. Habighorst. New Business: Motions carried: that the Patrolman contact the company in regard to putting glass covers in all portholes in crew quarters; that drain be installed in pcissageway lead-<! ing to meat box; to have all flushing valves on toilets put in order; to have all springs in crew's quarters renovated. Good and Welfare: Discussion end suggestions of means and ways of keeping a clean and congenial ship. All members stood for one minute in si­ lence in respect of deceased brothers. I 4. t 4. ^ CARLSBAD, Nov. 22 — Chairman Steve Bradley; Sec­ retary Ernie Lena. Delegates reports accpeted. Good and Welfare; Motions made to tumigate entire ship; motion car­ ried to take off sugar at next) port. Motion carried to have glass ports installed. Motion made to have Bosun collect all fines and turn them over to pa­ trolman. Motion made to get milk, vegetables, ice cream, etc., in Phila. Motion carried to get face towels that will last all trip. ^ROrBCT-THESIU.^ TBcfTgCT YOURSELF/ COUNCIL CREST, Dec. 19— Chairman H. J. Collins; Secre­ tary C. G. Foley. Delegates re­ ported all in order. New Busi­ ness: Motion to have the Union investigate the slopchest in re­ gards to quality, quantity and sizes of clothing. Motion car­ ried that repair list be made up in triplicate, one ior Union, one for company, cmd one for next crew. 4. 4. it 'Frozen' Freezer Gets Cool Treatment From time to time you hear of guys whose enthusiasms for their jobs reaches such a pilch that they find it necessary to continue their work on their off hours. One such enthusiast is a guy who recently shipped on the SS Helen as Chief Freezer, accord­ ing to the minutes just received. On his night off he couldn't re­ frain from oiling up his own mo­ tor. He did such a neat job that for two days he was frozen stiff— and not because he didn't pour enough alcohol into his radiator, either. He didn't start thawing out until sailing time approached. One hour before the Helen was to put out to sea, the Freezer quit the .ship cold. His icy atti­ tude left his more Union-con­ scious shipmates cold, too. They can't warm up to guys who con­ duct themselves in such an unUnionlike manner. So, at the shipboard meeting, the Helen men passed a motion censuring the refrigerated crew member and called upon the SIU to reprimand him. The minutes stated: "The SIU has the best con­ tracts ever negotiated, and the only way we can be assured of continuing to have the best, is to live up to the spirit and letter of the contract. Drunks, trouble­ makers, etc., cannot be tolerated, as this tends to weaken the Un­ ion's bargaining position." It also weakens the position of frozen Chief Freezers. 4. 4. 4. MANROPE KNOT, Nov. 24 —Chairman Casey Jones; Secrefary Jim Connors. New Bus­ iness: Motion carried that cer­ tain tines be assessed against any brother that does not as­ sist in keeping the mess hall clean by keeping ashes and cig­ arette butts in their proper places, etc. Motion carried that company order three electric percolators and two, four slice! master toasters. Motion carried that Bosun designate a man to clean up the laundry. Amend­ ment: that Bosun designate man to clean the laundry and to receive overtime for so do­ ing, and that in the future the Deck Dept., Engine Dept., and Steward Dept. rotate weekly in keeping it clean. Good and Welfare: Open discussion on the new agreement. 4> 4. it ALCOA PEGASUS. Nov. 13 —Chairman Bosun; Secretary) Rathbone. Beef rfused about the purser selling cigarettes to passengers while the crew is Page Eleven SEAFARER SAM SAYS: rationed one carton a week. Discussion raised on the way food is served. Cold supper be­ ing served in pans to crew. Mo­ tion carried to notify the union about the way requisitions for stores were treated by the Al­ coa brass hats. Motion carried for the delegates to see the Captain to reach a settlement in getting an outside waterline and head for the stevedores while in the BWI. Motion car­ ried to see the Captain and see if the crew can get draws foif U.S. money. It was unanim­ ously agreed to have everyone wear trousers in the messhall. 4. 4. OUACHITA VICTORY, Nov. 20—Chairman R. Carlson: Sec­ retary N. Pratt. New Business: Motion carried theit coffee on board be removed upon arriv­ al in the States as it is unfit for drinking. Good and Wel­ fare: suggested that zneat lay­ ing out for purpose of thawing be covered because of engine soot. Suggested that Steward Dept. elect a delegate as ten days have passed already with­ out that department being rep­ resented. Due to unexpected/ rough weather there was a shortage of salt and pepper shakers, but this was soon rem­ By HANK edied with small glass jars. On this subject, better care of Last week we somehow came to the conclusion that we lost present furnishings was advis­ our touch with life, especially with the idea that there isn't any­ ed. thing new under the sun or even on ships, when we met two of the most sociable and humor-filled couples. Night Mate Alex "Baltimore Ski," with his wife. Deck Engineer Claude Davis, with his wife, and then bcwildcringly introduced by proxy to George, the rabbit. Believe it or not, Davey Jones will turn over in his locker amidst the graveyards of ships when he gets a wet wind of this yarn. Well, X % X being cold sober and neutral by forceful habit in all things, heard or SS EVELYN, Jan. 5—Chair­ seen, we were absorbed into the mysteriously humorous confidence man Morris; Secretary Dodd. of Brother Claude Davis, who owns and ships George, the sea-going Minutes of previous meeting rabbit, who was shanghaied from his monotonously hopping Isndread and accepted. Three de­ lubbing life in Wellington, New Zealand. partmental delegates gave their reports as okay. Treasurer also gave his report. Condemned First, we thought he was just pulling our gullible literary leg. Then, sinking deeper and deeper, with doubting eyes, we practice of leaving clothes too started shaking all over cit the thought that he might leave our long in washroom sink. Cook stated he would have storeroom leg alone and just pull out the darn rabbit out of the fedora sitting on his head. Well, to cut the carrots short, George is a cleaned up. Motions carried: to bonifide active sailor of a rabbit who has been sailing for two have wash buckets for each years with his master, is all white in color and rather large in man in each department; to put size for a rabbit. Well, Brother Claude Davis, don't forget when notice in washroom—steamline you and George come back from your trip to Belgium, come installed so clothes can be up to the Log office and get yourselves photographed . . Brother washed in buckets; port side of H. M. Benson said that when he and a few other shipmates hit sink to be used for soaking the Calmar company stiff in the office with a 24 hour notice of clothes, and starboard side for quitting, plus a technicality involving money, the proud fink of clean. Electric iron needs re­ a stiff answered them with these famous finky words, "Okay, pair, lockers ana aesks should I'll pay you the money because of this technicality but remem­ be installed, percolators should ber when you're cold and hungry on the beach, we'll remember be placed in several places. it too!" One minute of silence for Bro­ thers lost at sea. XXX Brother Benny Gonzalez, who registers all men for shipping; WILD RANGER, Jan. B — Chairman Charles Bush; Sec-I wants to hear from his shipmate, Herman Troxilair, down in New retary Sam Shatkovnick. Mo­ Orleans, whom he hasn't heard from in six years. Also from Vin­ tion carried: to make list of re­ cent Cook if he's down in New Orleans, too . . . Chief Cook Jerry pairs and equipment needed; Lima and Steward Robert Pillow just came in from a four and onehot plates, ashtrays for mess- half month trip to the Far East with an old man who wasn't worth room; that Delegates check anything. Brother Lima, went back to his home town of Tampa andl stores with Steward on board- • Brother Pillow headed for good old Tennessee . . . Angus "Red" ing ship; to keep PC messroom Campbell says that the Pittsburgh Marine Hospital is the best ol all. He went there for a blood test and they asked him if he also open at all times. wanted a tooth pulled out, or perhaps something else done, too . . . Oldtimer Lennie Grantham just blew in from an intercoastal trip. leave i|our ship md itsfTorf-jessIc^ clean and evcrq-fhine in rtSf>lacc. CUT and RUN 4. 4. 4. 4. "Carioca Red" Benway, while trying to shanghai some others, was shanghaied himself for an oiler's job and we heard that it must have broke his good old shanghaiing heart to get caught so fast .. Electrician Mike Kolonik went on the Madeline Victory for Germany and Antwerp and Electrician Nick Zevcrino grabbed the Martin Victory for a trip to Germany, too . . . "Ropeyarn Charlie Rappold anchored in and out of Snug Harbor for four years of more, just same back from a 12 day trip. Keep it up, Ropeyarn, you're doing swell . . . Mario Franciose is waiting to ship out with those familiar thumbs stuck in his vest . . . At­ tention Brother George Di George, how was your new job, after all? . . . Old timer Chester Brewer is in town right now. Shpie^ X X X X George Curran, a Great Lakes sailor, says that the SIU be^:? start increasing its organizing work in a bigger and wider scal^ {Continued on Page 13) �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Twelve Friday, January 17, 1947 sa» THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS CHIEF COOK Vertical Unionism Is Superior RATES ON THE SEATON TOPS To Craft Setup, Brother Avers Dear Editor: In the Seafarers International Union many of us oldtime mem­ bers do not readily agree with the statements of some of our Union officials that the Seafarer's is by far the most perfect of unions. We can assume that these few officials mean perfection in craft unionism within our particular group affiliated with the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor. The right to discuss, to deny, to challenge, is essential to the preservation of the democratic state. To deny this right of per­ suasion is to deny the basic prin­ ciples of the American system. A democracy cannot exist with­ out freedom of speech and free­ dom of the press. Our system is founded on the conception that the majority of the people possess ordinary com­ mon sense. The best way to fertilize and nurture un-American d.dctrines and vicious racial theories is to prohibit their free expression. AFL PLAN Under the American Federa­ tion of Labor scheme of organiza­ tion the solidarity of labor is largely a myth. Every union stands on its own footing as a rule. In the old days crafts were a po­ tent factor in the technique of production when craftmanship was a guarded secret only to.be revealed after a long and patient apprenticeship. In these days of mass produc­ tion no special training is I'equired, most of labor being casual employees hired from the non­ descript ranks of the unemployed. The American Federation of Labor still clings to the old-fash­ ioned ideas of a collection of af­ filiated unions, each composed exclusively of skilled artisans working at the same craft, usually with the impression they assume as the aristocracy of labor as be­ ing above the unskilled worker. Craft unions recognize the idght of the Capitalist system to ex­ ploit labor. It prospers when there is a large turn-over of labor power. It declines when the cyclical over-production of sur­ plus value precipitates a panic. It is increasingly helpless to protect the worker as the rate of surplus value inci'eases with improved technology. OPPONENT OF DEMOCRACY Capitalism has a government of its own outside the sphere of politics. Its opposition to de­ mocracy is instinctive and inevit­ able for the reason that demo­ cracy rests on human values, while capitalism rests on property values. Revolutionary ideas are going on every day and most of them make no noise. They are a nec­ essary function of life. The only things that don't move are dead things. Civilization is a living organism. We seek to create the "Brother­ hood of the Sea." Can we do such chained to outmoded ideas that have outlived their usefulness? Political action has never been anything under capitalism, but an instrument of demagogy and social deception for the purpose of maintaining the exploiting class in power. POWER SOURCE The source of all power is still at the point of production. On the job where wealth is produced. The capitalist class long since abandoned isolation and has or­ ganized a class to control pro­ duction. The working class must do the same. Its only refuge from economic and social oppresion to the level of absolute slavery is in "Indus­ trial Democracy." This is the basis for a real in­ dustrial union and its form of organization. To offset the re-' marks of my more conservative Union Brothers, permit me to take from Lincoln's message to Congress in 1861: "It is assumed that labor is available only in connection with capital; that nobody labors unless somebody else owing capital somehow by the use of it, induces him to labor. Labor is prior to, TULL AHEAD' PULLS and independent of. Capital. Cap­ ital is only the fruits of labor, and SEAFARER OUT could not have existed if labor OF THE BARREL had not first existed. Labor is Dear Edilor: the superior of capital and de­ As a member of the SIU, I un­ serves the much higher consid­ derstand that I can have the Log eration." mailed to my home. If that is so, Joseph S. Buckley I should like for you to place my name on the mailing list. Here is a personal item that may prove interesting: When the SS F. S. Bryant (Standard Oil of California) left on a hospital ship. If you see Chester, Pa., on Nov. 11, I v^ras him you can get the detaijs of the. left schooner-rigged as all my clothes were in the laundry. accident. "Sweetwater" Jim Matheson is THIS BIG serang on this ship, but the brine enooen? is slowly sinking in his sailors. We hope to be in New York al­ most by the time you receive this letter. Best wishes to all for the New Year. Jerry J. Palmer, 'Bremerhaven, -Germany Palmer Of Maiden Victory Reports From Bremerhaven Dear Editcr: Just a line to let you know the whereabouts of the SS Maiden Victory of the Waterman line. Since I am a firm believer in the old saying that "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" I am not turning in the news of this voy­ age until we get in. However, so far, the Mates and Engineers, most of them old SEAFARER OPENS SIU men, have been giving the CAFE IN boys a pretty square deal, and I think they realize the aid the ST. THOMAS, V.l. Seafarers gave them in their last Dear Editor: strikes. The Army is in charge of this Enclosed find card of the Paper port, and, as usual, is really mak­ Doll Club, a swell spot for Sea­ farers to meet and spend their ing it hard on the guys to have time while in St. Thomas, Virgin any shore leave. ANTINOUS VICTIMS Islands. There are several guys in the This club is owned by J. A. Giminez, a full book member of hospital here, some of them SIU the Seafarers International men; I went out to see Joe Union. The Paper Doll Club has Louis and Whitey Bilde, who a cocktail lounge, and is" the weer in the accident aboard the cleanest and nicest place in St. SS Antinous, a Waterman ship, Thomas. It is not yet well- when the boom fell. Bilde has a broken back and Icnown, but once Seafarers visit the place it shouldn't be long be­ a fractured skull. He is hoping fore it becomes THE spot in St. to get the support of our legal department and the Aftitinous Thomas. Will you please arrange to have crewmembers who witnessed the ten copies of the Seafarers Log accident. I told him and Joe that sent to Brother Giminez' Paper we of the Maiden Victory were Doll Club each week, so that the Standing by, and that they Should mtembers coming in here will be| feel free to call upon us if a prob­ lem arose. able to get the latest news. COMING HOME P. A. Ceirlson Louis' hip was thrown out of SS Alcoa Partner joint, and he might beat me back St. Thomas, 'V. I. Dear Edilor: I was asked by the crew of the SS William Seaton on voyage No. 7 to write a few words of praise for our Chief Cook, Ed Seeley. This is by no means the first write-up Ed has had, but if gets one in every issue of the Log, it is nothing more than he de.serves. I haven't been going to sea so long, but Ed is the best cook I have yet run across. He can make that old frozen chicken, turkey, etc., taste like it came fresh from a poultry market to the galley. Ed Seeley also backed up the Steward, E. E. Foster, who re­ ceived a big write-up in the Dec. 13 issue of the Seafarers iog. On the next trip we discovered that if we hadn't had a good chief cook, things would have been a hell of a lot different. You won't find a better complete Stewards department, than we had aboard this vessel last trip. These men are, with possibly one exception, tops. Ed left us in New Orleans for his Christmas vacation, but we sincerely hope he can be with us again after this trip. Roy W. Kilman READER, PLEASED WITH THE LOG, GIVES IT PRIORITY Dear Edilor: I really enjoyed the latest is­ sue of the -Uog. What with Joe Curran seeing the light of day, I suggest that his "team" song be "Sooner or later you're gonna be comin around." His "eulogy" was a real tear-jerker. Then there was the sjiip's menu, which ran in the Log. It still has me drooling. Had I served the same, my grocety bill would probably resemble the na­ tional debt. When the Log arrives, I usual­ ly drop whatever I'm doing (that's the day I do the ironing,) and relax to read. In no time at all the back page is staring me in the face. -It should never end so abruptly. Tillle Bishop Log- A - Rhythms The Search By Vic Combs All my life I searched for some­ thing. What is is I've never known; Sometimes thinking that I've found it. But always ending up alone. Seeking, searching through the shadows. In the gloom of heavy night. How long must I be a wanderer. When will it shine my light? Will I ever be contented. Will I find my happiness at last. Or has the life I've always look­ ed for Expired along the roads I've passed. Only The McCoy By Vic Combs Mary's found another lamb. Jack another Jill, Now when they come tumbling down. It's on another hill. Little Boy Blue has a brand new horn. His fun has just begun. But I don't want a substitute. It's you I want or none. Patience By Vic Combs If you have tried and haven't won. Never stop for crying; All that's good and great is done. Just by patient trying. Though the sturdy oak has known Many a blast that bowed her. She has risen again and grown Sturdier, loftier and prouder. Though young birds in flying fall. Still their wings grow stronger; And the next time they're able Nov. 11 was a legal holiday, To stay up just a little longer. therefore the laundry was closed —so no clothes. When we called at Baytown, If, by easy work you beat. Who the more will prize you Texas for a load of gas it was In making victory from defeat; Sunday—so no clothes. By then, Thet's ifhe test that tries you. my one suit of clothes were in pretty bad shape. The Capt. G. A. "Full Ahead" Johnson came Lofj Available to the rescue. In Copenhagen From his own duffle bag, he took a suit of khakis, which he Dear Editor: turned over to me. I operate a Union cafe and The question I'd like to raise cater to seamen from all overis why we can't have more Skip­ the world, among - them manypers like Captain Johnson? men from the Seafarers Interna­ W. C. Hall, tional Unidn. I would be inter­ 'Mineola, Texas ested in receiving five copies df (Editor's note:—-Your name the -Log every week for the men has been put on the mailing to read in my place. list. As 'folr why we cem't have more skippers like "Full Erik H. Recluse Abead." we guess that you'll Restaurant Tria find good and bad in every­ Fr. Nansens Plads thing.) 'Cdpenhageti, Denmarlc �THE S E A.P A R E RS L O, G Friday, January L7, 1947 Labor Gains Traced To Economic Action Dear Editor: An article which I wrote for the Nov. 29 issue of the Log has drawn comment in letters writ­ ten by two Union Brothers and appeared recently in the Log. In his letter, Brother Bennie Good­ man agreed with most of what I had to say, except that he takes issue with my advice to the men to vote. I will continue to advise the men to vote, although in civic affairs it is meaningless since professional politicians do all the nominating of the various can­ didates without consulting the average citizen. That is one thing. But voting in our Union elections is another. DEMOCRATIC CHOICE Every full book member with the proper amount of sea. time can nominate himself. Therefore any office can have any amount of candidates. Voting in such an election is expressing your right to pick the candidate most suit­ able for office, I say that voting is the democratic right to choose, and no vote at all means that an election is a foregone conclusion. Also, I differ with Brother Goodman in his idea that a La­ bor party such as he suggests would solve Labor's problems. All that Labor has accomplished has been through economic strength. Labor's duly is to ob­ tain the best possible wages and conditions in each trade. Play­ ing politics would leave the door open for certain factions, such as the communists and fascists, to gain a stronghold with the sole intention of using Labor to desti-oy the so-called capitalist sys­ tem. The power that would take over would soon outlaw Unions in the same manner as occurred in Germany, Italy and in the communist-dominated countries. We would see the entire Ameri­ can labor movement destroyed, and a dictatorship, such as now exists in Russia, put in its place. Until the time when such ele­ ments are removed from the Am­ erican Labor movement, we who represent Labor should continue to ignore politics. We should continue concentrating on the improvement of wages and work­ ing conditions for all American labor. Pag* Tliirl**ii SHANGHAI USS HAS PRICE LIST LIKE WALDORF Dear Editor: At a shipboard meeting today (Dec. 22, 1946), the members of this ship, the SB S. M. Babcock, voted to have a letter sent to the Log revealing conditions ut the United Seamen's Service club in Shanghai, China. Our Mrs. Galagher is presumed to be in charge there, but the place is actually run by Russians, aided by Chinese. We found theni to be overbearing in their attitude toward seamen. Mrs. Gallagher and the other Ameri­ can workers are seldom seen, and only show up to settle the fre­ quent disputes between seamen and the Russians or Chinese. All such arguments are decided in favor of the employees and the seamen are threatened with dis­ barment from the club. The Russian and Chinese em­ ployees are actually the bosses, and number ten times more than are needed. All of them eat there and are served far better food than is put out for the seamen. They are welcome to unlimited seconds. ANSWERS BOTH « I was also asked two questions by Brother Brady: "Does Labor have a political responsibility," and "Can Labor escape political responsibility." I believe my an­ swer to Brother Goodman also answers Brady, aiid I don't think it necessary to go further into debate, except to say to Brother Brady that the section in the Union Constitution he referred to was meant fo. business meetings. Also that the Log. which is one of the very few papers that print the truth, has the right to pub­ lish such articles as was written FABULOUS PRICES by himself (Brady), Goodman, my.self or any other member The fabulous prices charged to without violating any constitu­ seamen are as follows: tional rules. This ends any more The seamen pay $1.25 per meal, discussion on this subject as far usually consisting of one egg on as I am concerned. "hash. They must pay again if L. Coffin they request seconds. A hair cut is 65 cents, a shave 40 cents. Beer is 30 cents for a 12 ounce bottle, and Coca-Cola is 15 cents. A ham sandwich Th» Seafarers Log is your costs 20 cents. Union paper. Every member If you can't make the ship, a has the right to have it mailed bunk cost $1.00 per night and the to his house, where he and bed linen hasn't been changed for his family can read it at their leisure. If you havenT already done so, send your name and home ^ THE fA^ASHROX^ ? address to the Log office, 51 Beaver Street, New York City, and have yourself added to the mailing list. GET THE LOG BELMONT CREW BEFUDDLED BY CURRENCY SITUATION ABROAD At a recent shipboard meeting aboard the SS August Belmont the question arose as to a draw in the-next port. Most of the mem­ bership wanted an American currency draw as per the agreement. It was suggested that the matter be broached to the Skipper. The Skipper answered that it was not up to him but was for the Agent in the port to decide. The port in this case is Gothenburg, Sweden. Since this coun­ try was neutral during the war, the men decided that the draw should be in American currency, but we got our draw in Swedish currency. We would like to know—and have the rest of the membership know—for the future, just what the answer is in a case like this. Perhaps you can answer this question. When and where can a draw be made in American currency? Walter S. Balzer Answer:—It appears that the question of a draw in Ameri­ can currency in foreign ports is a bit difficult to obtain these days because of the muddled foreign exchange situation. From what we were able to leam. American dollars are not always available in many places. Most nations, as a result of the war and its effect on economic conditions are having a difficult time trying to stabilize their currency. International exchange rates are not steible. Although agreements call for a draw in American money when so desired, it appears thcit there is no penalty if American currency cannot be provided. The inevitable post-war mlxup and confusion makes it difficult to press the point. We did learn, however, that as soon as the foreign exchange situation is under control—which the World Bank is presently trying to accom­ plish—the SIU will take action to see that Seafarers get their draw in the curency they want. CUT and RUN (Continued from Page 11) Laftd-^Locked Seafarers Wait Patiently For Army Payoff HIGGINS COUNTS DAYS UNTIL HE CAN SHIP AGAIN GI SEAFARER WANTS THE AOG AND LETTERS Dear Editor: Dear Editor: especially in the biggest unorganized outfit over there, the Lakes Carrier Association, and also get distribution of Logs, pamphlets, etc. . . . Brother Bing Miller had a bad day last week. Ho fell asleep while waiting for a ship . . . Teddy Babkowski, a WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania man, is anchored in our big town right now . . . Paul Hellebrand is waiting for a ship after just finishing a short a couple of weeks. And you have trip to Puerto Rico . . . Did Eddie Mooney who is trying for a 49 roommates to keep you com­ bartender's job aboard some passenger ship, quit his bartender's job pany. Beer is drunk from bottles, in the Midtown Cafe because the Cafe just don't enjoy or appreciate any more visting Seafarers? not glasses. Coffee is 10 cents a cup, while a ham and cheese sandwich is 30 cents. We could go on writing of Army life is a little lonesome, pi'ices, but I think these will do. As a Seafarer now in the Army, I would like to address especially way out here. Most WHAT PRICE CIGARETTES this letter to my Union Brothers: of all I miss the waterfront, so how about sending me the Log How is everything out there Cigarettes are only for the to make life a little brighter for on the coast? Fine, I guess. As beachcombers, who get Raleighs me. for me, I can't say I'm enjoy­ and Old Golds. Other brands, it If you print this letter please ing myself. I'm certainly not. is said, go to the black market include my address and a little I suie wish I was out there with where they can be had for 40 to note asking some of my ship­ all you lucky dogs (sea dogs that50 cents a pack. Cigarettes mates to drop me a line. is.) But I guess someone has to stamped "sea stores" are on sale Thanks a million and don't for­ be in the Army. in thousands of Shanghai shops get the Seafarers Log. and stores. Since I have been in this Army Pvl. Marvin (Blackie) Stewart The club employees acts as I have been shipping with two Squadron BN-8. Flight 1464 though the place is their private of oui- West Coast shipmates, Indoctrination Div. home, and seamen are made to Frank R. Dutra and John J. Air Training Command. feel they are unwanted inter­ Samaroff. From now on the San Antonio, Texas lopers. throe of us are counting the days, (Editor's Note:—Ljfe should The joint is 100 per cent NMU. hours and minutes until we can be somewhat brighter for you We of the Seafarers have two head for the nearest seaport so soon—the Log is on the way. strikes on us before we learn the that we can ship out with our old We're hoping your shipmates score. The Russian influence pals and shiprnates. will write to you.) causes that situation. Seafarers Just now we are in. the ti-ain- iyoui Until I do I'll say "smooth are tolerated but made to feel we ing school for army paratroop­ sailing." are intruding on a private party. ers. We would like to hear from; Pvt. Leo (Tommy) Higgins NMU PRFFERENCE some of the old salts we used; to RA 13247033 ship with in the good old days. Co. D, 1st B'n. Members of the NMU, always Hpw about a few lines from ^eT;A.RJl. T;I.S. in the majority there, have to put otiier side,, boys? CI. 3^7 up with the same high prices I'll be waitinig to hear from-. Foci Banning, Ga» and poor servieeSi They are given Lilttle Jimmy Crescltelli, and his slightly visible mustache, blew in last week, well dressed, looking rich and feeling happy, after being away from the U. S. A. since January of last year. Jimmy hit lots of ports and ships, while out in the Far East, play­ ed the horses in Manila, and was treated swell by the crew of the Alcoa Pilot when they got off the ship when it was sold to the Chinese . . . Here's a letter dated January 3. 1947. from Tommy Murray and Bob "Indian" Beliviau, over there in Syd­ ney. Australia: "Well. Hank, we just thought that the ex-beachcombers would drop a line or two to let the beachcombers know how much we miss Puerto Rico. Well, we sure are taking a long way back to the islands. First, we're headed up to the Persian Gulf, then to South Africa and then Trinidad. Anyway, give our regards to Bud Ray and Dan Butts. P. S. Tommy sure misses Caledonia and Bob misses his Cuba Libra, indeed." preference in other ways, how­ ever. This is due to the fact that Mrs. Gallagher is an NMU stew­ ardess. These prices quoted above went into effect when the sea­ men got their raises. The reason for this letter is to let the other Brothers know the joint is phony, and not as nice as it was written IIP in the Log once before. Crew of the SS S. M. Babcock. Voyage No. 16 THEMEMBERSHIPSAVS; A SIO SHIP MUST BE A _ CLfANSHlP, SEFORE IT PA^SOFF/ :::: �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen Rank And File MEBA Man Urges Convention To Bolster Union The following letter was sub­ mitted to President Hogan and delegates to the MEBA conven­ tion by C. F. Berglund, a mem­ ber of that organization, with copies also being sent to the American Marine Engineer. MEBA publication. Seafarers Log and official organs of other mari­ time unions. were heavily fined. Portland Lo­ cal 41—no assessments and no fines for failure to picket. Seattle Local 38 — no assessments, al­ though they fined their member­ ship for missing picket duty. Friday. January 17, 1947 QUIET PEACEFUL SPOT How come the MEBA is not organized on a nation-wide membership basis — compatible with a migratory membership with a national headquarters hav­ ing the power to keep the finan­ cial records, issue membership books and weld the ocean-going engineers into a solid union, such as other maritime unions have? The above doesn't speak well for an organization that is sup­ posed to represent a migratory membership. Every one was pick­ eting for a common cause yet The shipowners have organi­ Mr. Berglund, in his letter, theer were different values or zed themselves along such lines. points up the weaknesses of the fines for failure to do so. From a shipowner's point of MEBA, and makes various sug­ view we don't present a united FEW GAINS WON gestions for improving its organi­ front and we will never have one sational structure. As the letter It is true that the MEBA has as long as we are organized in contains much of interest to un­ made monetary gains in the past our present local by local set-up This peaceful looking scene is of a public square in Ponce, licensed seamen it is printed here 12 years, but everyone knows without a headquarters. Puerto Rico. Picture was taken by a Seafarer, who prefers to in its entirety. that the unlicensed groups have remain anonymous, while on an island run. We are indeed organized tossed those gains at us. TEXT OF LETTER against ourselves. A chain is no However, those gains are not stronger than its weakest link. Open letter to President Ho­ gan, Delegates to the MEBA in proportion with gains made by We are a series of weak links Convention and the membership. other maritime unions since 1934. composing the weakest link in The MEBA has made little or no the whole maritime labor move­ Greetings: gains in working rules, which is ment. Another MEBA convention is the heart of all agreements and about to convene. I hope it no improvements in shipping NEW YORK —The New York SIU office be printed in the Sea­ LIVE WIRE OUTFIT proves to be a successful and long- rues, or conditions. Branch, meeting on January 2, farers Log. Mr. President and delegates, voted in favor of a motion by remembered one. I write these Brother Hall's motion also stip­ unless the above questions and Brother Paul Hall to concur in ulated that the resolution be re­ Shipping rules would be in the few lines as honest criticism and hope that you and the delegates bag if we w^re solidly and cen­ others are answered and solved a San Juan resolution that a short ferred to the Agents' Conference trally organized. Why can't the in the near future, I am afraid biographical summary and photo­ for deliberation and further consider them as such. I MEBA do the same instead of the MEBA is ripe to be "taken graph of candidates running for study. Mr. President and delegates of sitting around like ducks on a over." The resolution from the Puerto the convention, the rank and file pond? Rico Branch points out that many We smugly hold the collective members of the ocean-going En­ new men have joined the Union Speaking of conditions — how bargaining certificates, but some­ gineers want to complete revi­ since the beginning of the war, sion of the constitution for rea­ come Mates, Pursers, Radio Op­ day a live wire outfit will issue and are unfamiliar with the sons which will follow, even erators, Stewards, and some­ a few pledge cards and presto-r­ names and records of the candi­ times, Cadets have better quar­ an NLRB election will take place though bluntly and crudely pre­ dates running for office. ters than Enginers? How come and the collective bargaining cer­ sented. Thus to insuie greater demo­ the Engineers is the only mari­ tificates will change hands. About 1941 a member of the time union without a decent set cracy, as is the Seafarers con­ .Joe Curran was about to do Firemen's Union got a license and stant aim, the resolution calls for of working rules? How come the the very same thing on the east started sailing in it. He refused MEBA has no building program? (Continued fram Page 4) amendment of the constitution coast a few years ago—except to join the MEBA stating that it to read as follows: looks to the SIU for leadership How come the MEBA is only the MEBA obligingly went CIO, was a phony union with a phony "During the calender months in fighting all seamens' beefs. 40 percent organized on the east thus stopping one CIO union agreement. of November and December, We didn't get to this point by coast and 90 percent on the west from raiding another. When reminded that, since he coast? How come unlicensed there is to be a photograph and listening to the commies, or any A couple of months ago John other selfish group. We gained short biographical summary of the was reaping the benefits of their men such as Electricians and L. Lewis relieved the United Li­ our decent wages and improved candidates running for office, negotiations, the least he could Freezers take home more pay censed Officers Association of conditions by economic action, containing his efforts and pro­ do was join up, pay dues and than a lot of Engineers and work contribute to the support of the under a fine set of working rules their certificates in the same and by honest trade union deal­ gress in and for the Union, print­ manner. only organization in the field, and ings. Let's keep our Union that ed in the Seafarers Log, or any with little or no responsibility? that if he thought the outfit other periodical organ used by I believe my remarks repre­ way! phony, pitch in and help change WORKING RULES NEEDED sent a good cross-section of the Let's be smart enough to learn the Union to contact the mem­ it. bership." ocean-going Engineers—I hope from the NMU, and the other How come unscrupulous Port He did join up, regularly pays Engineers are allowed to make you take no serious exception to unions that are having trouble •In line with the motion passed his dues, and still says the outfit unscrupulous Chief Engineers out them. I hope the New Year finds with these politicals. Treat them calling for further stucj/, the is phony. Thousands have since of our membership with a bad us with a bigger, better and more as what they really are — the be­ Seafarers Log is open for sug­ gestions and comments from the followed in his footsteps and effect upon the rest of the mem­ soldified MEBA. trayer's of the working class in the MEBA, in comparison with bership? Maybe a good set of general and of the seamen in membership, to aid the Agents Fraternally yours, when they meet to deliberate other maritime unions, remains working rules would stop that. C. F. Berglund particular. the resolution. the same backward, do-nothing, No honest trade union can pro­ propose - nothing, have - nothing tect the worker and still follow union. How come? the line set. down by Joe Stalin or any other political commissar. MANY REASONS Two Branches Ask Pre-Election Photos And Biogs Of Candidates Politicos Have One Union Guide, Ruie Or Ruin The reasons are many and varied. The main reason is faulty organizational structure. The MEBA is composed of a migra­ tory membership, but is organ­ ized in locals of a shore-side na­ ture. Each local is a union all in its own—complete and absolute, which is not compatable with a traveling membership. For example, a member of one local cannot introduce or vote on a resolution at any othe local, even though that resolution is of vital importance to all locals. Technically speaking, a member of one local has no business in any other local outside of his own, and is quite often told so. Brother Recommends Action To Preserve Union's Gains Dear Editor: We all know that we have, and at the present time are, spending thousands and thousands of dol­ lars in organizational work, en­ deavoring to make more jobs. We have gone to bat with the ship­ owners and have the best wages and working conditions a sea­ man has ever known. The fact is very evident that at the present time we have moi'e men than available jobs so this work must continue. I think it is high time that we begin, with­ in our own ranks, an educational program and some process of edu­ cation for some of the chronic performers in our outfit. Since the time has come when we are receiving a livable wage I think the fact should be brought out that our employers have a right to expect a day's work for a day's pay. permit man, trip-card, and pro­ bationary member, and that blanks should be printed and furnished to each delegate on every ship, and that the dele­ gate be required to give a report on each man on each voyage. In this way we could have some­ thing concrete to go on when a man comes up from membership. We would know if he is a good shipmate, if he is sober and re­ liable and also have several men's opinions whether or not he will make a good union mem­ ber. • In this way the examining com­ mittee would not have to take one man's word. I sincerely think this process would eliminate a lot of our performers and in time show a real return on the effort given it. There is no exchange of min­ utes between the locals and very little cooperation. During the last strike, San Pedro Local 79 was assessing its working member.ship 10 percent. Members not I have been here .several days working were fined for not pick­ visiting my mother, but will be eting. San Francisco Local 97 back in the harness in a few FILE assessed its working membership days. 25 percent. Members hot work­ I also think that a file should William F. Kuschke ing and not doing picket duty 1 he kept at headquarters on every Caddo, Oklahoma Keep It Clean! It is the proud boast of the Seafarers International Un­ ion that an SIU ship is a clean ship Let's keep it that way. Although most of the crews leave a ship in excellent con­ dition, it has come to the at­ tention of the membership that a few crews have vio­ lated this rule. So they have gone on record to have all quarters inspected by the Patrolman before the payoff, and if the conditions are un­ satisfactory, he has the right to hold up the payoff until everything is spic and span. Remember that the Patrol­ man can only have repairs made if he knows what has to be done. Cooperate by making up a repair list be­ fore the ship docks. Give one copy to the Skipper, and one to the Patrolman. Then you'll see some action. Moran Towing Will Operate Two New Tugs Seafarers who have a passion for ocean-going tugs will be pleased to hear of the two new tugs being bareboat chartered from the Maritime Commission by the Moran Towing and Trans­ portation Co. The tugs to be crewed by the SIU, are of the V4-M-A1 type, which are 194 feet long, 1118 gross tons and have Diesel en­ gines developing 2250 HP. During the war, 49 of these tugs were built and saw service all over the world, but since then most of them have been lying in the boneyard. Moran is chartering the tugs for use in towing dredges to the Dutch East Indies for the Dutch Government. Up to this time most work of this nature has been principally in the hands of the Dutch and English, with Ameri­ can tugs used principally for coastal Work. �THE S E 4 F 4 R E R S LOG Triday, January 17. 1947 Page FlfieeB BUIXETIN TAX REBATES Mississippi Shipping Company Old And New Wage Scales Of Seafarers Compared Seafarers who were employed on Mississippi Shipping Company vessels and have credit balances in their unclaim­ ed wage account covering overdeductions of Social Security taxes for the years 1943, 1944 and t945, can now receive money due them by writing to the Mississippi Shipping Company, 1300 Hibernia Building, New Orleans, La. When writing the company mention the money is due for Federal Old Age Benefit overdeductions, and give your Social Security number. Those entitled to rebates and the amout due are listed below. The new contracts which the SIU has signed NORFOLK with the various companies have aroused a furor INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS that is even yet being felt in the lives of seamen. J. R. Jumcs. $7,00; H. R. Hutchins. $•17.00; C. Zobal. $25.00; J. Smith. Even if the other unions have benefitted by the $2.00; R. Cartwright, $12.00; F. \V. same gains, following the successful General Strike Bantz, $4.00; C. B. Vickin. $27.00; K. Hoffner. $1.00; K. Owen, $1.00; D. L. of the SIU against Government interference, still Dixon, $12.00. the leadership in this advance is generally accreditPHILADELPHIA ted to the SIU. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS The original contracts have been printed in the Crew of SS Tops Topa—$16.50. LOG at the time each one was signed. This, how­ P. Sarkus. $5.00; J. Monlero. $1.00. ever, has not answered all questions, since many Cone, William H NEW YORK Connor, Harry G letters still come into the New York Hall asking SS MANDAN VICTORY Conway, Walter for copies of the new wage and overtime rates. G. Gregerson. $2.00; H. C. Sumpter. Corbeet, Ralph P Therefore, for the benefit of all men sailing $2.00; C. F.. Wells. $10.00; E. Mayo. Corcoran, Hr. W $1.00; L. B. Clyde, $1.00; J. D. Wheal. on ships contracted to the SIU, the LOG prints the $2.00; L. M. Bean. $2.00; J. L. Osborn. Corrie, Joaquin comparative wage scales, showing the wages pre­ $2.00. Couchman, Henry D THOMAS HYDE Coulter, Sam H vious to the new agreements, the new wages, and Frlwnrd SSEndres, $2 00; L. A. Ware, Courtney, Arthur B the amount of the increase. Cut this out of the $2.00; R. Santillaria, $2.00; II. D. Cox, John M paper so that you can refer to it whenever you wish. Terrill. $5.00. Crawford, Robert SS CAPITOL REEF These wage rates are for freighters only. C. E. Gamble. $2.00. DECK DEPARTMENT SIU Old Wage Scale Rating Bosun Bosun's Mate—Day Work.. Bosun's Mate—Watch Carpenter Storekeeper AB Maintenance Quartermaster AB Seaman Watchman OS Seaman SIU Amount SIU Of Wage New Wage Increase . Scale $162.50 162.50 157.50 155.00 155.00 155.00 150.00 132.50 $205.00 192.50 180.00 205.00 197.50 187.50 172.50 172.50 172.50 150.00 $42.50 42.50 40.00 32.50 17.50 17.50 22.50 17.50 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Chief Electrician 2nd Electrician Asst. Electrician Unlic. Jr. Eng.-^Day Work.... Unlic. Jr. Eng.—Watch Machinist-Plumber Deck Engineer .«... Chief Reefer Engineer l.st Reefer 2nd Reefer Engine Storekeeper Engine Utility Evaporator Maintenance Oiler-Diesel Oiler-Steam Watcrtender Fireman-Watertender Firemen Wiper 252.00 294.50 42.50 182.50 187.50 187.50 194.50 162.50 252.00 220.00 201.00 227.50 230.00 205.00 23V.00 205 00 269.50 237.50 218.50 197.50 205.00 190.00 195.25 177.50 177.50 177.50 167.50 175.00 45.00 42.50 17.50 42.50 42.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 155.00 172.50 155.00 155.00 155.00 155.00 145.00 132.50 50.00 17.50 40.25 22.50 22.50 22.50 22.50 42.50 STEWARDS DEPARTMENT 202.50 182.50 182.50 167.50 157.50 132.50 132.50 Chief S Chief ( Night C Second Asst. C Messma Utility 220.00 205.00 205.00 185.00 175.00 150.00 150.00 17.50, 22.50 22.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 All members of the Stewards Department will be paid over­ time for all Sundays and Holidays at sea and for all Saturdays, Sun­ days and Holidays in port. No member of the Stewards Department will be laid off Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays at sea or in port. OVERTIME RATES 90c SIU New Under $200.00 a month SIU New Over $200.00 a month 90c $1.00 per hour $1.25 per hour SIU Old Pay rise of $17.50 is retroactive from April 1 to June 14. June 15 is the retroactive date for the remainder of the increase. All overtime is retroactive to June 15. SS COLABEE A. Smurda. $1.00; G. Brown, $1.00; If. Adamowit:z, $1.00; K. Korneliusen. $1.00. SS CAPE NAME C. Brewer. $1.00. SS WARRIOR POINT R. V. Fegler, $2.00; O. H. Stevens. $3.00; A. L. East, $5.00; II. J. Mc­ Donald, $3.00; Don A. Moore, $4.00; L. Valencie, $2.00; Hubert Garner. $2.00; L. Tullos, $2.00; D. E. Gordon. $2.00; N. U. Reitti. $2.00; John Herrera. $2.00; F. Jasso. $2.00; R. C. Neblett, $2.00. SS R. SEMMES G. Lima. $10.00; j. O. Moore. $5.00. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS James F. Wnrr, $1.00; A. J. Kanaday, $1.00; Lawrence Hall. $2.00. PERSONALS GILBERT ISNOR Crofton, Douglas Cronin, Harry J Crosby, J. T Culota, Samuel E. W Cummings, J. P Cuthbert, Richard G Cutts, James H Danielson, A. E Darr, William F Davies, R. D Davitt, George L Day, Belle F Dean. Kirby W Dean, Robert Deer, Leoge L Dewar, John B. ... Diaz, Vincent Dierinck, Emericus Dinne, John Derhoff, Ray Please write your mother at Doetsch, Melton B Indian Harbour, Halifax Co., No­ Dolan, R. J va Scotia. Dowoy, Joseph W Drury, William C LOUIS LARSON Dubiel, R. F Jim Conaghan of 373 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown, N. J., is anxious to hear from you soon. i i 4. FREDERICK DUNN 01 4.14 Dudek, Franil 31.76 Duncan, Edawrd L 5.62 Duncan, Roy L 1.25 Dungan, G. T 1.35 Dwyer, Raymond F 6.95 Euchauri, Vincent 14 9.86 Edner, Harold G 80 Elfers, Fred G 17.69 Ellis, Lloj-d 8.49 Ellis, Roy Van 2.64 Ellwanger, Ernest N 8.65 Ellyson, Jos 42 Engles, Joseph N 59 Engstrom, Charles 05 Epperson, Herbert A 06 Erickson, Lief H 18.49 Farrell, William E .13 Fath. Joseph A „ 17 Fay, John A 5.40 Ferst, Frank E .07 Fetter, Bill C .95 Field, Lloyd M 1.25 93 Finnegan, Thomas H 8.35 Fitton, Leslie D 12.99 Fitzgerald, Robert J 7.49 Flanders, Franklin B 13 Fletcher, Russell G 21 Forst, Raymond 62 Franzella, Salvador 1,18 Frederickson, G. ... 18.82 Frost, William A. ... 2.26 Gainey. Sam p. ... 48 Gallagher, Leo 11.04 Gardney. Roy M. ... 2.36 Garris, Robert L. ... .01 Geanuser, Peter G. 49 Geisz, William 1.41 .69 20.70 .89 7.90 1.30 28.79 .32 7.30 18.41 . .93 08 1.25 3.15 94 01 2.55 1.71 08 2.95 16.37 12 9.15 16.59 17.02 14 3.36 20.08 10 1.27 28 3.26 2.49 01 95 20 8.86 12 29.02 .90 Books And Cards In New Orleans 3748 Membership books and retiring Lusko, R. D 5928 cards are on file in the New Or­ Morrow, Wm Please get in touch with your leans Hall for the following SUP Marshal, Wm. P 791 P.D. sister. Miss Gertie Dunn, 20 and Pacific District men, and will Mills, J. W 781 P.D. Black Black March Road, St. be held for claiming until March Miflin, R. H 1 657 P.D. Johns, Newfoundland. 5902 Pro. 30, after which they will be sent Modeiros, J 5901 Pro. to Headquarters. Men listed be­ MuUins, A. E 3433 low should contact P. Monssen, Plank, E. D Per. 9342-9954 SUP representative. New Or­ Petree, E. Jr Soliday, J. H 6708 leans, La. Will the holder of Receipt No. 6290 Name Book No. Swope, E. M 45522, issued on January 6, 1947, Art, R. A 6806 3039 Simpsen, D. J from New York, please contact Aney, R. 0 612 P.D. 3524 Smith, J. E. the Patrolmen on the 5th floor of Burnyski, R 419 P.D. 5072 Swank, E the New York Hall in order to Bystedt, O Ve'Drine, Patrick H 707 4120 secure the proper credit for his Barnes, L 3333 560 Waldron, L money, 510 P.D. Caudill, E. C 248 P.D. Wolton, D 3016 4* 4* 4* Campbell, R 2930 Wright, C. P Receipt No. 42781, issued De­ Duffy, G. P 259 P.D. 2446 Winey, T. J cember 27, 1946, in New York. Dodson, G. L + Per. 14459 288 P.D. Watson, W. R Will holder of this receipt please Fanning, Wm. J Retiring Cards on File 2020 Pro. contact Louis Goffin, 5th floor. Golden, C. E 1873 1746 Cooper, B. M New York hall. 2146 Harrington, N. J 485 P.D. Chance, F. S X X t 1988 Harrigan, N. J 5302 Elisson, D. W MARVIN G. HANDLER 1879 Hendrix, J. S 5289 Hames, Wm Jones, W. C 2249 5385 Please get in touch with Rich­ Houkc, L Massengale, G. C 1255 Pro. P.D. ard M. Cantor, Room 1109, 51 Johnson, H 2105 299 P.D. Voce, I. Chambers Street, New York City, Kinney, K. C. ....^ Zieber, Walton L 2961 Lee, D. C 3500 as son as possible. I NOTICE! �THE SEAFARERS lOG Page Sixteen Friday. 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Title A name given to the resource January 17, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 3 Description An account of the resource Description: SIU DECLARED ISTHMIAN WINNER BY NLRB; NMU PHONY PROTEST DELAYS CERTIFICATION ENTIRE ANTI-COMMIE SLATE ELECTED IN LOCAL 88, MM&P SIU SUPPORTS TAMPA TEAMSTERS; CITY HEADS TRY TO BREAK STRIKE LABOR HATING NOT NEW IN TAMPA; UNION ORGANIZER KILLED IN 1935 STACKING THE CARDS JOINT ACTION OF OLD, NEW MEMBERS VITAL FACTOR IN SUCCESS OF SIU SENATE GROUP EYES PROFITS OF OPERATORS POLITICAL PARTISANS IN TRADE UNION MOVEMENT HAVE ONE OBJECTIVE--IF YOU CAN'T RULE, RUIN SHIPBOARD FIRE CAPS SERIES OF MISHAPS ON ABR. CLARK END NEAR FOR SMITH-CONNALLY ACT WITH TERMINATION OF THE WAR LABOR OPPOSES MILITARY DRAFT SIU REJECTS NMU PROPOSAL TO SET UP ARBITRATION BOARD LEWIS CONTEMPT TRIAL BEGINS IN WASHINGTON BEFORE SUPREME COURT MARITIME COMMISSION UNDER FIRE, BUT NOTHING WILL COME OF IT SHIPPING IS SLOW IN SAVANNAH; CATTLE MOVEMENTS DUE TO STOP SHIPPING IS UP IN PHILADELPHIA; FUTURE IS BRIGHT NEW ORLEANS HAS PRAISE FOR ONE CALMAR SKIPPER CANDY IS DANDY SEAMAN SAYS, BUT LET'S HAVE SOME SHIPOWNER STOOGE, LSU SPONSOR DOESN'T LIKE SEAMEN'S ATTITUDE RATED JOBS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING BEGGING IN SAN JUAN TANKERS KEEP PORT BOSTON FREE OF RED INK SEAFARERS IN CORPUS CHRISTI WERE KEPT BUSY PAST FEW WEEKS AFL IS AFTER 75,000 SOUTHERN CITRUS WORKERS SEAFARER KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON DANIEL HUGER WHAT TO DO: SOME DEPARTMENTAL SUGGESTIONS FOR CHIEF COOKS NMU HAS ONLY ONE WEAPON LEFT, TELLING LIES ABOUT SEAFARERS BRAZIL CREW NIPS PURGE OF DELEGATE NEW ORLEANS BROTHERS LOSE A NON-ALCOHOLIC WEEKEND NOTE PITCHED FROM THE SAMUEL JOHNSON IN 1944 IS PICKED UP ON FLORIDA COAST 'CAPS OFF' TO MRS. BURNS RANK AND FILE MEBA MAN URGES CONVENTION TO BOLSTER UNION TWO BRANCHES ASK PRE-ELECTION PHOTOS AND BIOGS OF CANDIDATES MORAN TOWING WILL OPERATE TWO NEW TUGS OLD AND NEW WAGE SCALES OF SEAFARERS COMBINED TAX REBATES MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING COMPANY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/17/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/5aae9c0125df570763e8bd6d4f4c4aeb.PDF 1190f722da19000b8646c3d313eb355f PDF Text Text % • OFFICIAL ORGTAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • •• "rt . . :• i: • •• 1% :l • '.J' l'- • ; • •'k- • - ji -Story On Page 3 US Budget OKs Hospital Funds Story On Page 2 1- Seafarer Tony Skillman tries to comfort Mrs. %JwwCfS POMO€B» Harold Hammer after loss of her 3-month-old baby in a fire. Skillman, who lives nearby, rescued the Brooklyn mother and two other children. (Story on Page 7.) r /r-f: ;ivV! Dramatic ph hoto from Bents Fort shows CO Mercy Flighi. fP# 'copter pulling aiii iin Seafarer Ponald Quinn (in basket) to get him to New Orleans for emergency treatment. Photo by Seafarer Joseph Lewallen. (Story on Page 10.) IN THIS ' Behind'the Robin Line Story' fUe filc& OFf)M01¥^SIPBtr ISSUE ; PA6ES ' WIOK If MIEIICit' U.A.VK r'U .^•9^ ^ * 1 8-9 • �John Hopkins, SIU Veteran, Dies At 97 Save Hospital $$ One of the first members of the SIU to receive disability benefits, Seafarer John C. Hopkins, passed away last month at the age of 97. A former chief steward, Hopkins was a charter member of the SIU-* — _ and a veteran of nearly 80 him to retire on the union's dis­ ability benefit The new budget represents a cut this week's budget message on other maritime unions undoubtedly years' seatime. He died in his "John loved the SlU and could WASHINGTON—Seamen's protests over proposed cutbacks In US marine hospital serv­ ices have successfuUv sidetracked renewed budgetary fire on the 160-year-old program, for the second year hi a row, the President has recommended a $44.4 million hospital appropriation, virtually assur--* ing operation of all existing grams suffered many sharp cut­ by PHS all over the country. Pro­ facilities. backs in the face of the stress in tests by Seafarers and members of contributed heavily to this result, apartment in New York from nat­ never turn in his book," Mrs. C. ural causes. •Survey' Requested White, his niece, said. "He always Hopkins started sailing with his claimed the SIU did right by him Last September, after a one-year lapse in so-called ec<momy moves and he would stick with the against the hospitals, the Budget union all the way." But the last Bureau requested PHS to-^mderfew years were the hardest for take a "survey" of the possibility him, she said, fob he felt a dCep of shutting down four hospitals, sorrow at the passing of the oldproviding "adequate" private medi­ timers who sailed with him during cal facilities could bd substituted the "early years." in the affected areas. At the time, John had retired his book in the ax was threatened for hospitals Decendber, 1951, but showed up in Chicago, Memphis and Detroit, at headquarters a few weeks' later in addition to Savannah. with- $20 to "pay my way." This This proposal drew Immediate was in spite of the fact that his fire from the SIU and other marl only income at the time was a $40 time unions, and subsequently monthly Social Security check. came under attack from the AFLSix months later he helped inau­ WASHINGTON—The slump-ridden maritime industry CIO Maritime Trades Department gurate the newly-adopted SIU dis­ ability benefit. He received the can take heart from two proposals which would give a shot and file AFL-CIO itself. A large body of medical experts is in $150 a month disability-pension In the arm to shipping under the "50-50" rule. The Presi­ agreement that no private contract until his death. dent's budget calls for over * set-up could substitute for the A union man from the start, First Seafarer to collect dis­ $1 billion more in foreign aid arm to the hard pressed American far superior PHS facilities. Hopkin's pride in the SIU- was ability benefits, John Q. i-lopThe Budget Bureau's "survey" and legislation has been intro­ tramp oargo trade. Under the terms known to all. In introducing him kins, M pictured at headquar­ duced which would add another of the act, all of the goods come move came right after adjourn­ to the membership at a headquar­ billion to the $ale of siuplus agri­ under the "50-50" law which re­ ment by Congress, which had ters meeting in June, 1952. ters meeting in June, 1952, A&Q cultural commodities overseas. quires that one half of the food earlier approved the original $44.4 Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall said Neither of these proposals, of sold must be carried by American- million figure recommended by the mother, a stewardess on the old that John was "one of the brothers President, an amount somewhat Merchant Miners Line, way back who through the lean years and course, would take effect until next flag vessels. The tramps, up until now, have over $5 million higher than the in 1873 at the age of 13. He joined the fat ones always put his heart . July. The foreign aid budget calls for constituted the hardest-hit segment hospitals had received for several the SIU when it was first formed and soul into the union." $3,940,000,000, only slightly higlier of the privately-owned merchant years. The appropriation in 1956 and sailed with the union until "I've always gotten a fair break was slightly over $39 million. 1952, when age and sickness forced from the SIU," John told the mem­ than what the President asked for fleet. last year. However, at that time bers. "Too many of these younger Congress, in a budget-cutting boys don't know what it was like mood, sliced it back by one billfon. way back when I started sailing." This figure includes military aid, When the SIU Welfare Plan's technical assistance and other pro­ disability benefit started in May, WASHINGTON—A political "gold rush" is in the making that will make the California grams. Foreign aid cargoes are 1952, Hopkins called the checks carried under "50-50" provisions. rush of 1849 seem like a tea party. Politicos all around the country are idready rubbing their a "godsend." With the additional Thye Amendment hands in anticipation of the bonanza. benefit fund from the SIU, "living The authorization for continuing will be easy." He was a familiar According to "US News and"^" : the sale of surplus food and com­ World Report," the floodgates go in skirting the tax laws, gave reflected the "private opinion" of sight to the welfare Plan office modities destined to run out June tiave been opened by a deci­ no special prominence to it. The the bank's officials and there was -staff at 11 Broadway, NYC, for up 80, 1958, would be boosted by a sion of the us Tax Court which corporation "execs" who watch for "no reason why we shouldn't ex­ to a couple of years ago he would billion and extended under an sideswipes stop in himself to pick up , his the long-standing rule such items will know a good thing press it." amendment proposed by Senator of the Bureau when they spot it and too much Supporters of TVA claim they checks. of Internal Revenue Thye of Minnesota. The Thye that outright political contribu­ gloating might even cause a row. don't dispute the bank's right to A number of yoimger Seafarers amendment proposes increasing tions are not tax-deductible. From put but its opinions in such adver­ attended John's wake and fimeral The prospects now are that a the amount of surplus food com­ now on, corporations and individ­ stream of cash contributions via tisements, but don't see why the at St. Charles Roman Catholic modities that can be sold from uals who want to help fill the cam­ the business ad route will start public has to pay for them. Church in Manhattan. four to five billion dollars and ex­ paign coffers-of their political fa­ pouring into political party treas­ tending the authorization until vorites—or play it safe by throw­ uries not only for the 'national June 30, 1960. ing something to all sides — no party convention in presidential Originally started to help de­ longer have to tax their Ingenuity election years, but also every time plete the food surplus stocks here to do so. some county or locality chairman and to aid nations friendly to the The gimmick is a paid ad in a finds his funds running low. He United States, the bill was political convention journal or pro­ can now stage a local party "con­ amended last year to permit sales gram. A recent Tax Court ruling vention" complete with a plush to certain Iron Curtain nations. says the cost of placing a "business printed program and other trim­ You would expect that anybody with a tainted political past This measure was designed to aid advertisement" in these publica­ mings. weak Communist nations in break, tions is tax-deductible even though like Joe Curran's would have enough sense to keep his mouth At first sight, there appears to ing away from Russian domination. the ad Isn't devoted to describing But the bill prohibits direct sales the company's products. It's a be no limit on how much can be shut. But the NMU President insists on striking lofty moral with Russia, Red China or any area "business expense" as long as the spent on such ads by businessmen. poses, even if the pose con- ^ controlled by the Chinese Com­ firm's name Is mentioned even if It may be. expected that a natural tradicts the facts. Here's a actions . . . does not change our extension of this principle will be dedication to the goal of unity,.." munists. most of the ad space is used to to exempt business ads in pro^ real beaut—-wherein Curran Maybe Curran really is an au­ The extension of the siu-plus act praise a polifical party. grams for political dinners, rallies thority on Communist treachery. attempts to achieve the ultimate by would also come as a shot in the The news magazine, in reporting and the like. We'd have to concede, from the rec­ posing as the true apostle of mari­ the decision in a regular column In the same field of business tax time. unity and comparing those ord, that-^he should have greater that tells how far businessmen can deductions, backers of public familiarity with the subject than power programs such as the Ten­ who oppose him to the Communist those who have been on the-outsidoJan. 17, 1958 VoUXX, No. 2 nessee Valley Authority are trying enemies of mankind. in consistent opposition to Com­ to block efforts of a New York, In his regular full page sermon munism. After aR, he did cotton bank to write off paid ads rapping to the faithful in the ..January 2 up to one of the Soviet Union's top TVA as a legitimate "business ex­ "NMU PUot" Curran says- his posi­ hatchet men, Vassily Kuznetsov, pense" for tax purposes. The bank tion in maritime is similar to that whom he. described as an "out­ PAVI HAIX, Stcfelary-Treaturer said its ad campai^ against TVA of the United States in interna­ standing trade unionist," and he TAMPA—Shipping in the port Bnanz BMHS. editor. nniHAim SCAtional affairs, while the rest of the did manage to dash off to Moscow aiAH. Art editor. BMBUAH Aamm. btwa was on the slow side during the f^ACK, AL HASKIH. JfOBH BBAZH,. Staff past two weeks but shows signs of maritime labor movement, the SIU in 1945, to hail the Number One Writert. But Moout, OuU Area Repr«in particular, is likened to the So­ master of Communist treachery, picking up in the futuge. gantativ. viet Union. The Madaket (Waterman) was We regret that lack of space none other than "Big Joe" Stalin, as iMMitd bIWMkly at tha haadquartan the only vessel paying off during Here's how Curran put it: "The the "great and wise" leader of the in this issue prevents us from , MM Saafarars Infamatlonal Union, Atfantic a Oulf Diatrlct, APL-CIO, *75 Fourth the period. The Wacosta, Hastings, printing another article in the fact that the United States de­ Soviet. So much for his qualifica­ Avenue Brooklyn 3S, NY. Tel. HYaelnth series on the role of Herman nounces Communist treachery and tions as an authority on Communist MMt. Intarad at tacond class matter Citrus Packer (Waterman); Alcoa at tha Pott Offica In Brooklyn, NY, undar Roamer (Alcoa); Gateway City, E. Cooper 'in the labor move­ fights it on all fronts certainly doea treachery, He spoke well of the . Sm Act of Aug. 24, 1912. Aziea City and the. Fairland (Pan- ment. Watch future issues of not change the fact that'our coun­ best of them. Atlantic) were in transit. All ves­ the SEAFARERS LOG. try's main aim is to achieve peace At times, this "authority" has sels were reported in good order. ... the fact that we fight.. . SIU (Continued on pBg3 IS) pf only $90,000 from the previous hospital outlay. Thus the Bureau of the Budget has apparently aban­ doned, for the time being, plans to force a shutdown of four hospitals. Including Savannah, in a move to­ ward piecemeal destruction t>f the program. Other domestic welfare pro: ;i • defense allocations. Other cuts were deferred for another year, and there is no assurance that this will not be the case with the Pub­ lic Health Service hospitals also. However, there appears to be no cause for immediate concern over the fate of the 16 hospitals and 124 outpatient facilities maintained $2 Billion More in Aid, Surplus Sales Proposed Big Biz Politieal 'Ads' Tax-Free Cur ran Discourses On Red treachery Iff r: SEAFARERS LOG M• Tampa Sees Better Days Herman E. Cooper fe'•> �BtAfAKEttS tec jruiiurriT,ltH . Unable to admit to the fact that two NMU members on the Robin Trent had voted for the SlU, the NMU resorted to its only out, lying about the results. Here's how the NMU "Pilot" mishandled the story: "SIU had 20 members in the crew. All voted. SIU wodnd up with 20 votes. NMU had 17 votes. Two NMU votes were chal­ lenged. Two votee were voided." [Our underscore] "NMU wound up with 13 votes." ^All well and good. The only trouble is that the two voided votes were not NMU votes as the "Pilot" implies, biit doesn't dare say outright. The "Pilot" merely says "two votes" were voided. The voided ballots were cast b^ Seafarers, as is well known to all who were present.. _ . Simple arithmetic says that with SIU members casting 20 votes and losing two of them because of improper markings on the bal­ lots, the SIU would have wound up with 18 votes, and the NMU with 15 votes, having lost two on challenges. The actual count was SIU—20, NMU—13. The only possible way that the SIU could have gotten those 20 votes end the NMU dropped off from 18 to 13 was because two NMU members voted for the SIU. I-' Victory On Hood Completes Rout Of NMU Raid In Fleet The collapse of the National Maritime Union raid on Seafarers' jobs in tiie Robin Line appeared virtu^y assured this week as the SIU completed its sweep of the eighth and last ship to vote in the fleet. Seafarers on the Robin •* pending the outcome of further Hood rolled up a 26 to 1 polled by a fleet-wide total of up, court action. The court last week to 62 for the NMU. margin for the SIU in a La­ 190Thevotes NMU embarked on a new reserved decision on the NMU re­ but at the same time refused bor Board election on this tactic on the Hood when it ordered quest, the seven' NMU crevraaembers to bar voting on the Robin Hood ship Wednesday in New aboard, not to vote, but to charge as scheduled. York. The SIU has thus Ihey were being "intimidated." NMU had also sought a reversal won seven of the eight ships Six of the seven followed instruc­ of SIU certification on the Robin FMB Ready To Reeall Two More Coal Vessels WASHINGTON—A routine annual review of a dozen bareboat charters wanted by the Government a year ago may spark a sharp reduction in the tonnage still held by American Coal Shipping. The charter review by the ballyhoo about a super-duper coal allowed ACS to return the Abbe Federal Maritime Board export fleet, tha company has instead. One ship of the ten others never had more than seven ships whose charters are up for review would apply to two ACS ships under its banner and seldom has and ten vessels held by seven other companies. ACS now has five char­ tered ships, four of which have been in lay-up for periods of up to several months and the fifth one, the Thomas Paine, is expected to be idled, on her return. This would leave only one ship, the Coal Miner, in actual operation and, ironically enough, it has been carrying only grain for months. One other coal JHip, the Cleveland Abbe, has already been returned to the Gcvemment. Despite all its it lud all of them in service at the same time. The FMB proceeding, under which the agency is obligated to review the terms of its charters and the performance by the char­ terers, will determine whether it Travel On US Ships A 'Must' For Gov't Men WASHINGTON — Starting the New Year off right, the General Accounting Office has issued a re­ minder to all Government person­ nel that aU travel on official busi­ ness inust be done on US ships. The GAO published a set of amended regulations to avoid repe­ tition of an "incident" last sum­ mer when the State Department .was slapped down for trying to have American diplomats travel on foreign ships. Long hostile to the US shipping industry, the State Department had to abandon its plan when the Comp­ troller General cited it as a direct violation of the 1936 Merchant Ma­ rine Act. The plan was to have the new US ambassador to the Nether­ lands and his predecessor travel to and from their posts at US Gov­ ernment expense on Holland-Amer­ ican Line ships. The proposal was regarded as a typical State Department effort to buy good will abroad at the ex­ pense of the US.shipping industry. Under the amended GAO rules, the use of American-flag vessels is required "whether the transporta­ tion expenses are borne directly by the United States or reimbursed to the traveler," This would .thus cover even' those cases where a Government official used his own funds for travel expenses with the intention of seeking reimburse­ ment later. = Oscar "Biack!e" Stevens ts one of oldtimers still on fob. He's aboard Coal Miner. ~ is desirable to allow the charters to be continued foi another 12month period. In the face of the current cargo slump, it is likely some or all of them will be re­ turned to the Government by the end of February. All told, there are some 40 Government ships on bareboat to private operators at the present time. Coal ships involved in the char­ ter review are the Casimir Pulaski and the Walter Hines Page. The Pulaski was actually called back earlier, but the maritime board No SIU Pickets in Savannah In the year^end review ap­ pearing on the back page of. the January S, 1958, edition of ^e. SEAFARERS LOG, the statement appeared that Sea<! farers picketed American Coal ships in New York, Baltimore and Savannah In protest against company discrimina­ tion. Actually, the SIU pick­ eted the coal ships In New York and Baltimore, but not in tihe Georgia port. . was returned prior to the an­ nouncement of the FMB proceed­ ing. In separate action, the board turned down a demand by tramp ship operators to pull back all the Government ships held by Ameri­ can Coal and other operators since there is adequate privately-owned tonnage available for immediate hire. In rejecting the tramp bid, the board indicated it would pro­ ceed in normal fashion to review outstanding charters as their oneyear terms expired. Regarding American Coal spe­ cifically, the tramps, with an NMU operator as principal spokesman, had argued that a board review of the ACS case was more than eight months overdue. He pointed out that when the coal company was originally granted charters in October, 1956, it had pledged to place orders for new or converted ships and had still not taken any steps to do so. Th| protest noted that the Government had given ships to ACS as a "stopgap" measure only. tions but NMU' member Charles R. Jones, OS, cast the lone vote for the NMU. Two of the 28 SIU «ligibles were challenged, leaving the SIU vrith 26 votes. It seems quite obvious that the NMU embarked on this step to avoid repetition of the NMU disaster on the Trent where two NMU men helped the SIU win the ship by voting SIU. Uncertain of how NMU men on the Robin Hood would go, the NMU decided that the safest thing to do was to avoid a vote showdown. The NMU is now engaged in a series of delaying actions before the National Labor Relations Board and in the courts to upset the results obviou^ to all but the NMU leadership. NMU members' contempt of their own union's raidting tactics were exposed when the two NMU men on the Robin Trent cast their votes for the SIU. (See story, upper left). NMU managed to win only one vessel in the fleet, the Robin Mow­ bray. It succeeded after getting 11 Seafarers fired and replaced through the NMU hall. Despite NMU delaying actions, Robin Line Jobs went back up on SIU shipping boards more than a month ago when SIU replacements were dispatched from New York for the Robin Locksley. This ves­ sel was covered by an initial NLRB order certifying SIU bargaining rights on the first four ships polled. The Robin Mowbray was later certified for the NMU. An NLRB certification order re­ storing SIU bargaining rights on two other Robin ships is still held MEBA Plans Gt Lakes Drive At Spring Fit-Out CLEVELAND—Preparations for a coordinated organizing drive on the Great Lakes have been stepped up by the Marine Engineers BeneQcial Association and other unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO Maritime out that the region contains a vast Trades Department. organizing potential, perhaps as Spokesmen for the Int'l many as 25,000 workers by the time Brotherhood of Longshoremen and other MTD-affiliated unions told the MEBA Great Lakes District convention that their unions would participate in drives in the area. The MEBA said its drive would start with tha spring fit-out Pledging complete support to the MEBA drive, IBL Secretary-Treas­ urer E. L, Slaughter informed the engineers that success could best be assured through a coordinated drive by all MTD members. Plans for a coordinated cam­ paign on the Great Lakes were launched last December at the 7th Convention of the Maritime Trades Department MTD leaden pointed the St. Lawrence Seaway is in full swing. Besides preparing for its organ­ izing drive, the MEBA convention took steps to strengthen Local 101, and to estabUsh departments for servicing its membership. Nom­ inations were also accepted for local officials. . Local 101 was established last year to serve as the sole MEBA union bn the Great Lakes. It has added new members through suc­ cessful organizing'and by receiving members from former MEBA lo­ cals in Buffalo and Detroit, which were dissolved recently. Elirk, Robin Gray, Robin Locksley wd Robin Sherwood despite the obvious preference by these crews for SIU representation. The men on these ships gave the NMU only 13 votes out of a total of 121 bal­ lots cast. Besides the temporary stalemate in the courts, NMU is barred by a sepai'ate injunction from further picketing of either Robin Line or Moore-McCormack ships. The na­ ture of NMU "picketlines" in vari­ ous ports was exposed when Curran sent NMU replacements through its- own lines to man some of the ships. The SIU originally petitioned for an election on the eight Robin ships when Mooremack, which had bought them earlier, began calling replacements from the NMU and forced SIU men to work under tha inferior NMU contract. Robin Line had previously been under SIU contract since 1941. Senators Get Warning On Labor Quiz WASHINGTON — An informal meeting between members of tha McClellan committee and top lead­ ers of the AFL-CIO was held here early this week with labor spokes­ men reportedly warning the com­ mittee men not to turn their inves­ tigation into an anti-labor crusade. According to newspaper reports, AFL-CIO President George Meany informed the committee that if it started on fishing expeditions into areas that had nothing to do with crime and corruption, such as un­ ion political activity and organizing, the committee would then arouse the hostility of the entire labor movement. , Meany, the reports said, was par­ ticularly critical of proposals by some committee members to use the hearing room as a forum against the UAW strike fight oh the Kohler company or against the union's efforts to obtain new con­ tracts from the powerful automo­ bile industry this year. The hosts for the informal gettogether were members of the Ethical Practices Conunittee, AFLCIO. Committee members who were present were A1 J. Hayes, Machinists; George Harrison, Rail­ way Clerks and David Dubinsky. Ladies Garment Workers. Others attending were AFL-CIO President Meany and SecretaryTreasurer William Schhitzler: Jacob Potofsky, Amalgamated Clothing Workers and AFL-CIO at­ torneys J. Albert WoU and Arthur J. Goldberg as well as Andrew Biemiller, legislative representative. 'J' I �jTi::;:rr,nii nyiVJ :- BMAFdMEmS lee •^4'•••- • Behind TKe Robin Line Story ' In March, it was announced that MooreMcGormack Lines had reached agreement to purchase the Robin Line and operate it as a division of Mooremack, Just as it operates the Paciflc-Argentine-Brazil Line as a separate division on the west coast, manned and contracted by SIU Pacific District crewmembers. That division has been under SIU west coast union contracts with Mooranack ever since Mooremack t t ^ took over the operation at the end of World War II from another company. In the AprU 11,1957, NMU "Pilot" When SIU headquarters learned of the iNMU President, Joseph Curran, in impending Robin sale, SIU officials met dii^ussing the subject of trade union with top officers of Mooremack, including Admiral Richard Lee, vice-president in ethical practices, declared^ "For men who call themselves tmion ofiScials - charge of operations, and Mr. William Moore, president of the company. Assur­ to sink to such levels because they are ances were given by Mr. Moore that Robin hungry for a contract legitimately won by Line would be operated as a separate di­ another union is certainly corruption vision of MooremiiCk and that the Ifi-year•Id SIU contract would be honored. But and should be so labeled by every trade the matter 4id not stand there. Curran unionist . . had his eye on the Robin Line jobs and ; On April 29, 1957, 18 days later, Curran he was prepared to launch a raid on the described in detail to his membership SIU to get them. how SIU contracted Robin Line ships ' At the April'29 NMU headquarters meeting in New York City, this is ex­ were "going to carry NMU members or actly what Curran said, from the official else"—ships which Seafarers -had sailed meeting transcript, about his plans for under an SIU union contract since 1941 Robin Line: after winning a National Labor Relations Board election the year before by a 199 Curran Announces Raid to one count. (The NMU then, was unable "Now we got another situation be­ to muster enough strength to get on the ginning to break and that's the Robin Line and, Moore-McCormack. Last ballot.) week you saw a piec^in the New The two Curran statements pretty well York Times which said the Maritime sum up the situation in Robin Line which Board had approved the purchase of is now drawing to a close with an over­ the Robin Line by Moore-McCormack. whelming SIU ballot victory, thanks to That story was a little premature, be­ Seafarers who stuck to their Robin Line cause Moore-McCormack had not yet jobs in the face of the severest pressures. bought the line. That story was OK Here is that stoiy: as far as approval of the board Is con­ cerned but they are still dickering SIU Since 1940 over the terms of the deal. We have The Robin Line, a subsidized ship op­ advised. Moore-McCormack that we erator on the South and East African run, will not tolerate any monkey business; had been first organized by the SIU in that if Moore-McCormack buys the 1939 and 1940. After the overwhelming line, whether they call it Robin Line SIU victory in the fleet and the signing of or anything else, as long as the bills the first contract a year later, collective are paid for by Moore-McCorinack, bargaining relationships were undisturbed ' as long as they operate the line,, until March of 1957. During that time. they're going to carry NMU members' Seafarers on the Robin Line ships, many or else!" (applause) "We tried to be of whom sailed regularly on that run and gentlemen in this si^ation like we had families in African'ports in some in­ did in the Southland." [Ed. note: stances, had built up seatime credit to­ Apparently he means South Atlantic ward various SIU Welfare Plan benefits and Steamship Corp.] "When the South­ seniority on hiring in SlU-contracted com­ land transportation turned over to panies. It was their job, welfare and the. United States Lines we offered seniority rights which Curran sought to . at that time to let those boys stay on discard in the kind of action which, to the ships and as they quit, we'd replace use Curran's own words, could be de­ them with NMU men; but the SIU scribed as "hungry for a contract legiti­ said, "We want everything' and thiy mately won by another union ..." got nothing. We took it all." lEd. From the AFL-CIO Constitution, Article Illt **SectioA 4, The integrUy of each • « . affiliate of this Federation shall be maintained and preserved. Each such'affiliate shall respect the estab­ lished bargaining relationship of every other affiliate ..." i HtlMI • 'Ji,. _l}'i:,»i SS ^ CuTiSo to navco a gat a.. in »..>««• Reproduction of oHiciql NMU transcript of the NMU headquarters meeting of April 29,1957, shows how NMU president Curran announced he was going to raid Robin Line and take the jobs away from Seafarers. note: This ia a bare-faced lie and distortion of the facta for the purpose of misinforming the NMU member­ ship. There was no such offer ever made by the NMU in reference to the South Atlantic ships.] "We were ready to make the same offer in Moore-McCormack because we knew this was brewing for months and months but when they came along and did what they did in American Coal, they get nothing now^ they get nothing." (applause) "I talked to the Admiral this afternoon,, Admiral Lee. and I warned him. I said, 'you got 30 Moore-McCormack ships,.you got 2 ships being built and if you monkey around with these God damn Robin Line ships and think you're going to put them in the dock and run them with SIU guys you got another think, coming. You'll have to make a deci­ sion between 30 tied-up ships and a lousy 6 ships [Ed. note: There were eight shipsJ that you gefflrom the Robin Line.' He'said, 'Don't get impa­ tient now, take your, time. It isn't com'pleted yet, don't get excited.' I wont get excited but you know the long­ shoremen are our friends, they are not the jhdends of the SIU" (applause) "so we'll see." DEd. note: Apparently he is referring here to the International Longshoremen's 'Association which had been ousted by* the AFL in 1953.1 ^ told Brother Kadash [NMU New York port agentl: when you talk to all those lesser lights in Moore-McCor­ mack keep telling 'em, keep telling 'em, that 'when you buy that Robin Line you bring them ships over here. You better get ready to man'em with NMU there'll be no monkey busi­ ness.' And he's [Kadash] doing it." (Ed. note: With the Robin beef looking good in Curran's eyes, Curran sought to build up Kadash by identifying him with a successful effort. However, when the beef tbok a turn for the worse from the NMU standpoint, Curran then brought in other NMU officials who are regarded as critics of the Curran-Kadash faction and NMU counsel Herman Cooper. Purpose of the step was to remove any onus of an unsuccessful beef from this faction alone.) Curran, of course, was trying to make it appear that the company would have to bow b^ore his "belligerency," but in fact, there was no problem for him. Moore-McCormack, as it developed, was ready to cooperate in his move to destroy the job rights of the Robin line seamen. It is well to remember that In the final analysis, the device that was wized upon to accomplish this end was concocted by company people, to assist him in bis job raid. phips. In their figuring, they sold the mem of the RoUn fleet short, as subeoaiucnt events showed. . In addition to this ffanmick, .Moore­ mack subsequently took two of the Robin Line ships and placed them on its Scan­ dinavian run, in efforts to imply that the Robin fleet no longer existed as a unit; so as to grease the path for a Mooremackwlde election. However, the company's own announcements specified that Robid Line was operated as a division of Moore­ mack and it was so acknowledged in the NMU "Pilot" as early as May 9 and again on May 27. , On May 2, the SIU; learning of the conspiracy, sent a wire to Mooremack in­ forming the company that the SIU was the bargaining agent for the eight ships and demandedv that the company "con­ tinue to recognise us as such." The SIU put the company on notice that failure to do so "Will constitute unfair labor prac­ tices." On May fi, the SIU received an answer ' from Admire) Lee embodying the gimmick cooked up by the AMMI-NMU-company advisors. The company's letter declnred: "I have explored the situation exhaustive­ ly with counsel and certain ethers whom I emuddered experienced in labor matters." (i.e., the AMfiH-NMU-company advisers referred-to above) ". . . (Tho consensus of opinion of all my advisers is that MooreMcCormack has acquired these vessels and that it is purely an accretion. "Under the circumstances, I consider that my collective bargaining agreement with the National Maritime Union ... is binding upon us. *Tn your telegram yen have pointed aut the tenure rights ef the personnel now acquired by Us. We feel that they do have a right to their Jobs-and so long as Uiey continue to fill those jobs in a sea­ man-like manner this company will not be party to their discharge. I must ad­ vise, however, that replacements ... must be acquired . . . frosp the National Marltime Union . . ." . Curran's anxiety to get his hands on the Robin Line jobs was such that he did not wait for any SIU counteraction. He immediately opened a campaign to sub­ vert the men on the ships, or failing that to get them fired off their jobs so that NMU men could take over. A variety of approaches was used to get SIU men to take time off with the promise on the pari of NMU men who got on board as re­ placements to stand the Seafarers' watches for them—a common enough practice when men exchange vretches aboard ship. But as soon as the SIU men involved made any such arrangements for their watch, the NMU men would report them to the skipper and have the men fired and re­ placed by other NMU members. Through-" How Raid Was Planned out this period NMU men went aboard all That was how Curran annoimiced his Robin Line ships and demanded of the plans to his membership. Sometime company that SIU men be fired. around this meeting, possibly before it Other pressures placed on Seafarers in­ and certainly no later than May 8, there cluded the NMU-patented charge that the was a meeting of minds between the NMU, SIU was using "coercion" against Sea­ Mooremack, officers of the American Mer­ farers. As per the usual coincidence in chant Marine Institute and professional past NMU accusations of this nature, the advisers to Mcforemack and the Institute.. NMU officials who boarded Robin ships On the initiative of these advisers, the carelessly broke the news to specific SIU group came up with a gimmick. Instead crewmembers of "threats", to their fam­ of firing the crews of the eight ships as- ilies and quoted language used in phone was done in the South Atlantic case. It calls even before such phone calls were was agreed that the safe thing to do was made to the families of the Seafarers in­ to put the vessels under NMU contract volved. Here again, over-eager NMU of­ and allow the Seafarers to stay on board, ficials, anxious to deliver Robin Line as even though Curran had reported other­ Curran promised, got their timetables wise to his membership. mixed up. _ . , Seafarers on the South Atlantic ships . When the Seafarers got wise to this ap­ had been fired after the SIU had struck proach, Curran turned on the other face. South Atlantic and. put up picket lines. Wheedling letters were sent'to all Sea­ The group feared a similar move in Robin farers aboard the ships and to their Line and concocted this gimmick, among homes, offering them "the opportunity of other reasons, because they felt it would, applying ,for membership" in the NMU sidestep a strike. The group also figured and offering to waive initiation fees. "We that sooner or later, because of illness or feel sure" Curran's letter concluded: . ^. injnry, ttw need to see their families or "you will take advantage of this gener­ just pl^ exhaustion, the Seafarer-crews ous offer." ' " would leave the shlps^ one by Une, and.be SIU Files Petition replaced by NMU men,.^ving NMU the eontrol of the fleet. In any event, if an On August 9, the SIU filed its petition eleetien were called for, the adviscra figWith the National Labor Relations Board. •red that they could get a Mooremack The SIU petition called for either a shipCectwido ontt and swallow hp the BoMn by-ship election oy for a vote on Robin �SgJFJMEMg toe • P«f* Fir* cBgnncAT* or ^ Cbmme/ie/,to "®»nf UNE , glJtOf/W .g m ^ iMMEDtATELT ^ ® dwtaion of ^el, Dj 4.SQQQ HUMant •k ... Sign «h,doer of Mo6r*mack New York oHicet at 11 Broodway points op that Robin Line is ''a division of Moore-MeCormadc Lines," thus indicating entirely separate natu^re of Robin Une operations. * Lines as s unit. Tlie stiip-by-slilp peti­ tion was filed because there was the dis­ pute over the existence of the Robin Line as a unit and the company and NMU Iwth would argue that the unit was Moore-McCormack lines. This was a cardinal point in the gimmick' Worked up with the help of the AMMI's advisers. The transfer of two Robin Line, ships to the Scandinavian run was an attempt to becloud and con­ fuse the identity of Robin Line, and thus made the ship-by-ship petition a neces­ sity. The SIU's position was simply Qiat Ir­ respective of amy transfer of title, the ships ^had not changed, ttie men aboard them had not changed and the nature of, the operation had not changed. The only thing that had changed was the ownership. That, the SIU said, did not Justify de­ struction of the job rights of the SIU and its membership by arbitrary action on the part of the new ownen. When the Labor Boanl upheld the Sea­ farers' job rights by caliing for an elec­ tion, Curran's vituperation exploded like so many Roman,candles. "It is criminal," he fumed, "that a govemmi nt agency will team up with bankrupt union officials..." What he really meant was that his raid had failed. Six months of pressure on Seafarers had failed to break the SIU majority on the ships. Seafarers had stuck to their jobs grimly despite the pressure, the wheedling and the enforced separation from home and family. Desperate by now, Curran renewed a last-ditch attack. Personal messages from Curran went out to Seafarers, on the Robin Line ships offering them "'im­ mediately" ... "full book membership In NMU, without Initiation fee, /md with all rights and privileges." "You will be entitled to benefits under the same rules and regulations as apply to any other l^MU member," he burbled. Here Curran was deliberately lying in an attempt to deceive the Seafarers. Un­ der most maritime union contracts, sen­ iority is established as part of the terms of the agreement, and Curran could not give anybody seniority-unilaterally. What he had failed to say was that any Sea­ farer who. accepted such ~ membership would receive the equivalent of C-card shipping status in the NMU. He was lying when he intimated that NMU membership books would give Robin Line men any kind of seniority. The Robin Line SIU men's reaction to Curran's pitch showed that they'knew the score. First off, they enjoyed superior Tbu, vh» ara aaployad on board ROBIg LIRE ablpa, hava had an apportunity • within tha past sionths to got to know what mro can do for Its nesibars. Seafarers saw what NMU can do for its members, as Curran leaflet sug­ gested, and then voted for SIU. The NMU contract was credited with big assist,in SIU victory. wage and working conditions under the SIU contract. Working under an NMU pact meant less take-home pay and in­ ferior working rules, which they ob­ served first-hand while the MooremackNMU contract was in effect on Robin ships. So SIU men could gain nothing under an NMU contract—they could only lose the' advantages they enjoyed under the SIU agreement. And if NMU won the Robin ships, SlU men would have the option of losing their jobs and any futurechance for employment in Robin, or else losing their seniority and welfare plan seatime credits by joining NMU. ^ By ac­ cepting Curran's offer" of membership, they also, kne y_ they would have to start in NMU as besdnners, unable to compete on an equal basis with other experienced men, and only eligible for employment after ail the experienced NMU men had refused to accept an open job. They would also h'ave to begin from scratch to accum­ ulate seatime toward welfare benefits. Accompanying the burble was an en- Itmik-aMtte Seanen Refaiinte SU Twtiks Crews on Ex-Robin Ships Start Landslide to NMU SICM rrantk efforts to get Rvbln .ridpa hu droppad ths ipond* of OTOii 100% loyal SIU back u>iilru4:ts covering the meiqbon to • now low. eight «tii|i.s formerly operatNMU officiab in all porta re­ Lin* provid* un- NMU haa informed kit SIU men .aboard that they ean 'atay aboard andi If they wish, aaaka appUeation for NMU mamborahlp. All port that Ineraaaing numbara of replaeementi callod on the ahf SIU aaan art refistering in NMU through halla. At the aama time SIU i r Clipping from Seplember 12 NMU "Pilot" mads obviously false claims in light of ; election results. Story clqimed "over 80" Seafarers had switched to NMU. On contrary, qt least two NMU men on ships voted for the SIU. Lasf ditch effort by Curran, when raid was already doomed to defeat, was "cer­ tificate" personally signed by NMU president and delivered to every Robin Line Seafarer. "Certificate" promised "full membership" in NMU free of initiation fee.. graved certificate, signed by Curran, with the individual Seafarer's name typed in, offering him full membership in the NMU. (See illustration, above, right). Curran's desperate bid at this late date • (November) contrasts sharply with the NMU "Pilot's", proclamation of Septem­ ber 12 that "CREWS ON EX-ROBIN SHIPS START LANDSLIDE TO NMU." The story went on to say that "At last re­ port over 80 SIU seamen with seven to 18 years seatime had filed application for NMU membership." (See illustration, bottom left, this page). Conceded SIU Loyalty In the January 2 "Pilot" Curran pulled a complete reversal of this claim. He not only conceded that SIU men went solidly for their own union but he com­ pletely overlooked his earlier pitch about the 80 SIU men who supposedly had swung over. (Illustration below, right). Instead, he made a feeble attempt to coyer up NMU men's votes for the SIU. Actually, the two void ballots referred to In the "Pilot" were SIU ballots, which would have given SIU 22 votes,- with only 20 Seafarers aboard; the other two votes being NMU switches to the SIU. At the same time that Curran was tak­ ing steps to deprive Seafarers of their SIU welfare 'and seniority rights, (Jurran complained ^at the elections would "dis­ rupt the operation of industry-wide pen­ sion, welfare and vacation plans." In the November 7 "Pilot" under the head­ ing "SIU LEGAL MOVE PERILS SAILORS' WELFARE PLANS" the NMU paper said, "If the board approves this SIU tactic it will wreck the hard won pension and welfare structure of the sea­ men." This assertion is another outright lie. There Is nothing to stop Mooremack from paying into the SIU Welfare Plan for crews under SIU jurisdiction, just as R now pays into the SIU Pacific District Welfare Plan for crews on Ita west coast shipa and as it does to the NMU Welfare Plan on NMU-contrkcted ships. The Cur­ ran complaint is simply a cover-up for -what he was doing to the rights of Sea' farers. LaboPs View On Raids Curran further implied that the labor movement was disturbed about the SIU's -peUtion, with the NMU 'Tilot" of De­ cember 5 asserting "LABOR WILL FIGHT ROBIN UNE RULING." The assertion was created out of whole cloth, for on the contrary, the labor movement takes a dim view toward raids such as the 'NMU's on Robin Line. A recent AFL-CIO ruling in a similar situation un­ derscores the attitude of the labor move­ ment oh these matters. In This particular situation the Steelworkers Union represented two plants out of 79 ia the sheet metal fabrication industry in the Akron, Ohio, area and the Sheet Metal Workers Union repre­ sented the other 73 plants. When the Sheet Metal Workers took economic ac­ tion to bring" the remaining two shops under its jurisdiction, the matter was brought before the AFL-CIO. A committee consisting of AFL-CIO President George Meany, George Harri­ son of the Railway Clerks and Joseph Beirne, Telephone Workers, brought in a finding that since the Steelworkers had a collective bargaining contract with the two plants dating back to 1946, compel­ ling tt^se plants to terminate such a con­ tract to bring them in with the other 73 establishments was a viplation of the AFLCIO cuiistitution. The decision cited Sec­ tion 4, Article IH of the AFL-CIO con­ stitution which, in the words of the committee report "protects the established collective bargaining relationships of all affiliates." So much for the NMU's claim that "Labor Will Fight Robin Line Ruling." •As of this writing, the NMU ra^d has failed miserably with Seafarers and NMU members both voting SIU on seven of the eight ships. The NMU's desperation in seeking "to cover up the loss was re­ flected in its outright lie in the last "Pilot" concerning the vote on the Robin (Continued on page 15) . •51 Garbage Disposal I SIU Lies on Robin Vote :i| -A Among other misinformsthm in the last "Sesfsrera' Log" was the claim that two NMU members voted SIU on the ROBIN TRENT. Voting on the TRENT was as follows: SIU had 20 members in the crew. All voted. SIU wound up with 2« votes. NMU had 17 members aboard. Two NMU votes were challenged. Two votes were voided. NMU woond up with 13 votes. Conclusion: The voting on the TRENT, as on all other Robia ahipa polled, was entlrdy on the basia of union membership. SIU members ap­ parently felt (he best they could do to express their feelin)^ about being part of a "iseparate bargaiuing unit" — ia the face of threats by their officials — was to get off. January 2 "Pilot" vainly attempts to oxcuse-NMU men's votes for SIU and admits SIU men 'were solid. Two voided votes referred to wore SIU votes. • V . 1! 1 ;il -I �Collecting does, patrolmah on ship or oshore In port writes out a receipt and puts a stamp in book. One copy of receipt goes to Seafarer. Dues receipts are mailed to headquarters from all ports twice each week. Receipts are tallied ana entered on individual IBM record cards. Each week a master list of duet records for all Seafarers is tevised ' and brought up to date Of an IBhi duet record run. The tooted leaf sheets go into a master booh, copies of which go to outports. ' IBM Gear Keeps Tight Check On Dues Records • The SIU's use of electronically-operated business machines is playing an increasinglyvital role in the accumulation and maintenance of accurate accounting records for Union dues and other financial data. Copies of all dues receipts, three ihonths, an up-to-date quar­ The increasing use of such equipment by the SIU in re­ whether written aboard ship or in terly revision is mailed to all outcent years, with its virtually any SIU hall, are sent to head­ ports. In the event a Seafarer made a foolproof features, reduces reliance quarters twice weekly where they on "hand-made" records which are are entered on individual IBM dues payment in one port and his book subject to human error. It is record cards. Once every week, is checked in a second, port there especially useful in the SIU be­ the up-to-date dues record of every is a double proof of his dues stand­ cause of the nature of the Union ^eafarer is run on a master IBM ing. One is the Seafarer's dues re­ operation in which Union dues are dues record run: The machine does ceipt which he should carry in his collected on hundreds of ships and in-a few hours what it would have book at aU times; the second Is In ports on all coasts. The I3M taken weeks to do by the old hand the IBM dues record run. In cases Up-to-date revisions of the I^M dues run for the entire membership machinery accumulates all these transcribing methods, to say noth­ where* the payment mi^t have ore mailed to the outports every three months so that outports as records and information from all ing of the huge clerical force that been made a few days earlier and the outport Jias not yet received over the country and then collates would have been involved. well at headquarters have accurate records. and tabulates them mto a running The loose-leaf sheets on which its quarterly revision, it is eai^ for record. the dues record run is entered are the outport to get an up-to-date The IBM dues record run is an bound up in master dues record weekly check. That can be done indispensable tool in every SIU run books, copies of which are simply by -teletyping headquarters. port and acts as a double check on available in every SIU port. The The up-to-date weekly IBM run dues receipts and dues stamps in weekly revisions are entered into books adjoin the headquarters tele­ Seafarers books. the headquarters record," and every type machine and an answer can be given in minutes. With aU that, it is stiU helpful for every Seafarer to carry his receipt. For one thing, the receipt makes it possible for records to.be checked, more quickly. Another Important reason for carrying receipts is that The United States Supreme tered American Bakery and Con­ the patrolman making the rounds Court will review anti-picketing in­ fectionery Workers Int'l Union. of the ship cannot carry the IBM junctions issued by a Florida court The locals, many of them home record run with him;\80 oh hoard against the Hotel & Bestaurant locals of the expelled union's of­ ship the receipt is the only proof Employees Local 255. Twelve hotels ficials, have a total membership the patrolman can check until he in Miami and Miami Beach had of more than 35,000. One of the gets back tor the Union office. Be­ securbd the injunctions from the group is Local 84, Newark, NJ, the tween the two parallel systems— Dade County Circuit Court barring home local of AFL-CIO Sec. Treas. the Seafarer's receipt and stamp picketing. The Florida State Su­ William F. Schnitzler. The local, in his membership book, and the preme Court upheld the injunc­ largest unit of bakery employees IBM record run, the membership hiter-port teletype can be used to double-check on records. Here tions and ruled that organizational in New Jersey, voted unaminously is assured an accurate dues record headquarters employee checks in latest weekly IBM run for dues picketing was illegal under state in favor of the affiliation, after system. information requested by an outport.' * law. The union's petition to the Schnitzler reported to the member­ Supreme Court contends that the ship on the events leading up to Florida ban may bar concerted the expulsion of the Bakery Work­ action that is allowed under sec­ ers Union -at the AFL-CIO con­ tion 7 of the Taft-Hartley Act. vention. The international, Schnit­ zler said, became the victim of-a t With the use of atomic-powered submarineg now proving practical, English scientists are In a 3 to 2 vote, the NLRB has dictatorship under the presidency opdered the reopening of the case of James Cross. Cross is presently experimenting with the idea of a^l00,000-ton nuclear-powered submarine oil tanker. against the Darlington Manufac­ under an embezzlement indictment The engineers who are experimenting with the idea believe that siich a submarine, travel­ turing Company which liquidated in Illinois. ing fai^ beneath the waves. rather than bargain with the Tex­ experiments with model subma­ because harbors do* "not have the 4 4 tile Workers Union. An NLRB The AFL-CIO Government Em­ could attain a speed of 50 rines at the seaplane building plant facilities to berth them. examiner had found the company ployees' Council, representing 22 miles an hour, nearly twice of Saunders-Roe, Ltd., on the Isle Underwater carriers are not a guilty of unfair labor practices in unions whose members are em­ the speed of the world's fastest of Wight The models are put new concept in the maritime in­ closing its plant and throwing 500 ployed by the Federal Govern­ ocean liners. A submarine oil through tests in a 620-foot-long dustry. But the problem of air for workers out of their jobs after they ment, has launched a drive to win tanker would be'free from surface tank. The main concern is to de­ the conventional oil-burning ma­ vote.d in favor, of the TWU. But he" pay increases. The council ah- drag, wind resistance, wave motion termine the best type of hull, one rine engine limited any progress in would not recommend back pay nounced that it would also seek and other forces which cut down designed to cut down on surface that field. With the development since the company,was cut of busi­ legislation making the increases re­ on the speed of surface vessels. resistance. by the US Navy of nuclearAnother advantage to the use Although progress is reported in powered plants capable of pro­ ness. The union offered proof that troactive to September, 1957, when " the, company was one of the Deer- the President vetoed the last Fed­ of submarine. tankers apd cargo these tests, problems are cropping longed underwater trips without iiig, . Milliken & Co. chain and eral pay increase. William Doherty, vessels is, that they could travel in up' with other aspects of the pro­ surfacing, and use of a < small sought to have Roger Milliken a chaiman of the council and presi­ any kind of weather, and in any gram. One of the main obstacles amount of fuel this difficulty has party to the suit. dent of the Letter Carriers, de­ waters And would also have a would be the dry-docking of a been, overcome. clared the Government. must act great miUtary advantage during huge submarine tanker while load­ According to the Mitchell ex­ • . 4" 3^ i I Thirty-six locals of the expelled quickly to restore the morale and wartime. ing and discharging its cargo; As perts, a fleet of .sub supertankers Bakery Workers Union have voted efficiency of US employees. The Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., of it^ is, most siurface supertankers "could be fully cohipetitive Witlf toaffiliate with the AFL-CIO char- outlook for action is favorable. England, Is conducting extensive have to unload into smaUor vessels existing tanker fleets." 'H LABOR ROUNB-UP British Study100,000-Ton Sub Tanker �( IT. IMt ' - .- •YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Gnide To Better Bnyiog By Sidney Margolixu TV'Hospital'Bills Mount rauEtrm, SEAWAMMKS XQg Seafarer ReseueA Fire Victims Seafarer Anthony Skillman put his Maman'i gkOli to good lut last week, hurdling baclc« yard fences to get to a neighbor's fire escape and rescud a mother and two small children from their blazing Brooklyn apartmrat. A thrce-month-old baby was lost in the flamesL Now an AB on the Kathr]m,t Skillman .wound up with u mild case of smoke poisoning. He was hailed for his heroism by It Isnt the Initial cost of a television jget that hurts these days. It's two New York daily newspapers in the repairs. Dr. Persia Campbell, New York State's Consumer Counsel, 1 front-paged photo with the be­ reported over a year ago that various authorities estimated the cost reaved family. Four years ago, he was hurt In of TV repairs at $14 to $40 a year per set. At 1959 prices, the esti­ mates would run $15 to $43. The higher figure seems more realistic, a dramatic rescue of a shipmate en as it assumes replacement of antenna and picture tube once every five route from Sto Juan to New York years. on the Beatrice. Skillman injured Legitimate TV service Is expensive enough. But there Is also a his back and right side on April fringe of -high-pressure organlutions which tend to advertise low 18. 1953, as he hauled chief mate service call rates but build up charges through devious methods. One Conrad Nllsen to safety after Eastern chain, for example, will notify its servicemen to "make today Nllsen had been knocked uncon­ a $20 day." That means the serviceman must try to get $20 for each scious by heavy swells coming over job. The charges of such gyp outfits have no real relation to the ac­ the bow. ~ The latest Incident arose In the tual cost of repairs, but defend on whatever quota the service depart­ home of longshoreman Harold ment has to mtet that day. Another deylee of gouging firms II to have three prices for all johs, Hammer when a candle held by as $14, $19, and $22. If a customer seems sophisticated or suspicious, Arthur Hammer, 9. set fire to a window curtain. The younegter the repairman will charge the lower price. In Detroit, wage earners complained to their union about a firm was trying to fetch a dress for his which advertised In the local edition of "TV Guide" a charge of only sister Mary, 6, and was using the $S.99 a call Including all parts and candle to set into a closet. Helen, Seafarer Tony SkiUman, shown with hit wife, Catherine, after 1953 lab»r. Ironically, this -firm adver­ the infant, was trapped In her crib rescue of chim mole on Beatrice, again was Johnny-on-spot in sov* tised. "Protect yourself from the when the flames spread. Unable to reach the baby. ing Brooklyn firs victims lost week. TV repair gouge!" One working woman reported she actually paid Hammer herded the rest of the $52.49 for a two-year contract family to the rear second-floor fire which supposedly gives free parts escape and tried to get to the baby replacement, ^lus $3.95 for each again. He collapsed as firemen call up to six, and no charge there­ arrived. Meanwhile, from a nearby build­ after. Even though this was higher ing on the same block, Skillman ttian the firm had advertised, what saw the smoke and rushed out to aubsequently happened was even help. He hopped over two back­ worse. On her first call, a man yard fences to reach the fire escape The price of a haircut increased far more than that of a came out and worked on the set, leading from the Hammer apart­ man's suit over the last t«i years and the cost of going to a . charging her $6.93 Instead of the ment and led Mrs. Hammer, Mary hospital or riding on the subway jumped over 1(W percent agreed-upon $3.95. But the set was and Arthur to safety. Firemen worse than ever. Nor did a second brought the injured Hammer out since 1947. That's what the call improve it. The woman finally but were unable to'do anything for findings of a survey by "For­ were a close second with a 113 tune" magazine show on cost percent jump. Haircuts were next called the store that bad sold her the baby. of living essentials over the period on the list showing an Increase of Skillman has been a member of the set. It was fixed for $5. 69 percent in price. The customer tried to get back the SIU for the past 12 years, 1947 to 1957. According to the article, hospital "But 'not everything' has gone her down payment on the contract. sailing in the deck department. His The service, outfit instead threat­ wife. Catherine, is a former SIU rates had the greatest Increase, up as much as the workingman 114 percent, while transit fares thinks," the magazine said consol­ ened to sue for the balance. Her union local's attorney advised her headquarters office employee. ingly. The pr^ce of television sete not to pay, and to let him know. If the firm actually sued. As far as dropi>ed 21 percent as a result of the union knows, it never did. mass production, while eggs de­ One reason families get Involved with gyp outfits is that they look creased 22 percent. for low labor charges. In 1956 the New York Consumer Counsel asked 500 people what they considered a fair charge for labor in fixing TV Also noted in the findings wae sets. Over three-quarlffrs felt $S an hour or less would be fair. that the cost of furnishing a house In contrast. In a survey of servicemen themselves, about threeincreased only eight percent while fourths considered $3 to $4 to be fair, assuming the serviceman charges that of renting one climbed 43 per­ list price for parts. Ninety percent of the replies were in the $3 to cent. The price of men's clothing NEW YORK—SIU Assistant Sec.-Treas. BUI Hall ridiculed increased $5 range. ^ more than twice that of Since that time, because of rising costs, it would be fair to add on the "phoney statements" of the NMU about the Robin Line women's ' clothes. A • man's suit about IVi percent In a survey last week, this reporter found manu­ election in his report to the SIU headquarters meeting. They jumped one-third in price while a facturer service departments now charge $6 to $8 an hour. . woman's dress Increased only 13 are unable to dispute the fact, This department's own estimate is that a labor charge of $4 to $5.50 percent. he said, that six out of the would be In line with the market, depending on local conditions. To seven ships voted are back Food cost Increases ranged from many drage-eamers earning under $2.25 an hour, this seems high. The under the SIU banner. As the 16 per cent for meats to a high 51 fact that you must pay a minimum Of $4-$9 Is an especially bitter pUI membership knows, they got the percent for bread. Doctors' fees, when you see that sometimes .the repair took only ten minptes, . other vessel because a number of they said, took a 39 percent jump. - Travel Charges Mount Seafarers were fired off her and re­ Even the price of a movie or news­ ' But the rate must include transportation costs and time, shop and paper went to new heights. Movio placed by NMU members. equipment expenses and other overhead. Trying to find a low labor admissions are now 32 percent service charge lets you open for hidden gouges. Also, a really skilled There was a good turnout for the higher than they , were In 1947 serviceman may solve problems faster than one less skilled, at a lower Christmas and New Year's Day din­ while newspapers increased 47 per­ TOKYO — Sixty-four "pleasurefinal cost. cent. palaces" in Nagoya have been ners, Hall said. Manufacturer service departments claim that Independents who closed It was a good shipping period as part of the enforcement charge $4 to $4.50 tend to make up low labor charges by charging of .Tapan's new law requiring all for A seniority men in this port. more for parts. This is not necessarily true, but does sometimes hap< such of business to shut There were 17 vessels paying off, Pick Up 'Shot' pen. The sharp operator every family must guard against is the firm down places by April 1. The closing of three signing on and five in-transit that habitually pulls sets out to repair them In the shop. ships during the period. Although Card At Payoff Michael Kaleda, television engineer who trained servicemen for a the Nagoya gay white way was ac­ the Jean Lafitte (Waterman) laid Seafarers who have taken the companied with dismissal notices ' leading manufacturer, advises that almost all sets can be repaired In to up, the Kathryn (Bull) came out 275 girls plus severance pay series of inoculations required the home. At least two national service managers similarly say 85 per^ of temporary lay-up to even that ranging from $2.78 to $50 depend­ for certain foreign voyages are cent of the sets can be repaired in the home. Kaleda says the most score. frequent service calls merely require replacement of one of the re- ing on length of service. Vessels paying off were the Bea­ reminded to be sure to pick up Tokyo's own section of ill repute, trice, Elizabeth (Bull); Seatrain edlTlng tubes. their inoculation cards from tho Unscrupulous firms also build up fees by replacing parts still In the Yoshiwara, has been shutting New Jersey, Texas (Seatrain); -working condition. They sell them to other people. An honest service­ down over a period of several Morning Light, Jean Lafitte, Wild captain or the purser when they man always leaves the old tube or parts, even wom-oUt antenna- months, but skeptical observen Ranger, Gateway City, Azalea City pay off at the end of a voyage. pointed to a number of new bars (Waterman); Alcoa Partner, Run­ brackets he may have had to replace. ' The card should be picked up There Is a definite hlgh-prlclng In parts. New picture tubes are list- and dance halls that have sprung ner, Pegasus (Alcoa); Steel Chem­ by the Seafarer and held so tl^t priced from $21. to $117. A typical tube for a 17-inch set Is about $50. up in the same period as evidence ist (Isthmian); Robin Mowbray it can be presented when sign­ Receiving tubes list from $1.50 to $7.30, depending on the type. A that the law will have little perma­ (Robin); Almena (Pan-Atlantic); ing on for another voyage where typical widely-used type as the No. 5U4G- lists at $2.80. Actual^ It nent effect -, Mankato Victory (Victory Car­ the "shots" are required. The would cost $175-$225 to buy all the replacement parts for a small set The national law against prosti­ riers) and the Cities Service Balti­ inoculation card is your only you could buy brand new and assembled for $125^150. tution was passed at the urging of more (Cities Service). proof of having taken-the re­ Servicemen blame manufacturers and distributors for the high cost women legislators In the Japanese The Mankato Victory (Victory quired shots. of parts. They themselves get a discount of 50 percent on receiving Diet as part of a feminist drive Carriers). Steel Chemist (Isth­ Those men who forget to pick tubes, 35-40-percent on parts, and about 25^ percent on picture tubes. toward equal Jdghts for Japanese mian) and the Robin Goodfellow up their inoculation card when They elaiin they need this in additfon to the labor charge, to cover ex­ 'women. Approximately 180,000 (Robin) signed on. The lu-translt pense of picld^ up and stocking parts. Some people In the larger girl-sans will be affected, and the ships wer^ the Bents Fort (Cities they pay off may find that they cities will buy the picture tube • themselves -from a semi-wholesaler feminist iMders are concerned Service) Steel Recorder (Isth­ are required to take all the and have a ssrvlceifian install It. A scrupulous serviceman will install about the government's failure to mian); Seatrain New Jersey (Sea­ "shots" again when they want a pieture tube If you want to pick It up, although ho would prefer to retrain the girl-sMu iof earning a train); Maxton (Pan-AUantic) and to sign on for another such voysell it to you. ; . , j legal living. the Grain Shipper (Grainfleet). Hairoits, Hospital Fees Top Living Cost Boosts Top Seniority Men Have little Difficalty Gettii« NY Berths •M Nagoya's A 'Dead' Town 1 �SEAFARERS -•'•'••Vi-''.'' Trg''/-• > IPG Jiununr 17^ 198t This is th* third of • sorios on American : ,. - > v~ .- trade unions to appear in the SEAFAR• v'f. ERS LOG. The-series, will present.; a ":f-.••••cross-section of America's trade unions;'^.';'J,i^f®^|.^v,r and their membership.,;; "> wi^- •'Cc^ -' • ;•, vV;- UAW-Auto, i gi|||||||l||i|pi liiiliiilliii Tlia UAW. originally colled the United Aiifemobne Worfcen, was formed by representatives of 7.500 automobile workers In April. 1935. Today It has 1,320.000 members distributed among 2.800 local unions In 21 gOogr^lcol regions. The 375.000-strong General MotOn bloc Is the biggest, with other major companies under contract Including such giants ~of--lndus^ as Ford. Chrysler. Bendix. Glenn L. Martin. North American Aviation. Douglas. United Aircraft and many large farm machinery plants cis well, such as intem^lonal Harvester. All told. UAW deals with over 4.000 compcmles. The union's official publication "UAW Solidarity" Is published every Week In Mveral regional editions. Heading the union is Walter Reuther. who was an active orggnbor In UAW's earliest days and has been president since 1946. He Is also heed of the AFtClO's iRdustrial Union Deportment. H^dguarfers eve maintained In "SajldorIty House" in Detroit. Symbol of union's success, Solidarity House headquarters, stands on what was once Ford property. Building at right was Edsel Ford's home. It is also occupied by the imion. ' I V--' 1 .- ^ >... 'w:... Ifi/''.: I " •"( Done in modernistic style, UAW headquarters houses union administra­ tive offices and more than two dozen divisions dealing, with various fimctions, including education and community services. PACE-SETTER in Americim .labor for.many years by ^ir4ue Of its size, militancy and strategic position in America's major industries, the UAW prom­ ises to make more labor history. this year. A special convention ' called for next Tuesday will con-^ sider a bargaining program which is sure to include a breakthrough in a new bargaining area. Al­ ready the auto giants are preparing to go into tlie pit with the union ^ in what may be another in a series of titanic struggles in the industry. Such battles have been common­ place in the union's history, includ­ ing now-historic events such as the 1937 General Motors sit-down strike; the four year battle to or­ ganize Ford which ended in a con­ tract in June, 1941; the 113-day 1945-46 walkout, which compelled GM. to open its books aiid gave birth to the cost-of-living clause; the 100-day strike in 1949 which .completed the j^ensioii program hi the industry., v At the same time, UAW had to fight an internal battle with the . Communists and their allies who : saw the giant union as a tempting prize in their drive to control American labor. The electioh of Walter Reuther to the' presidency of the UAW in, 1946 was a storm warning to the Communists and one year later their influence was stamped out. Subsequently Reu­ ther, as president of the CIO, played a major role, in bringing about reunion with the AFL and establishing the AFL-CIO as the home for all of American labor. At present, the union is engaged in one of the bitteres't battles in its history, the , nearly fourryear old strike against -the Kohler Com­ pany of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. But strikes and fights are far from the whole UAW story^- Poli­ tical action has been one Of the union's watchwords and its mem­ bers have been in the thick of many a political campaign. The roster of offices.in its headquarters tells part uf the story—organizing^ community services, community relations, safety, education, fair practices^ white collar organizing, research, recreation, radio, a iyom-i en's department and Wany others. .^1 these activities reflect the um ion's, concern with its member^ ship's problems and those of the community at large. bv'" ifr if y'ji:' ft • ^ I ^,'4 rUl?'- ^ _ . , with giant auto firm employees majting ui automation taking oyer on the assenaibly line, UiJ^W is countering the threat to Jobs with demand for basic changes in bargainibgr , ..vo, ''' �Hamatr ITv U5t SiAffAttSfnSr tioc Pare inn* VT'ir.- •r^-'^-. •'•.-.•'i-i - ^ Ford cops gang up on Richard Frankensteen, . UAW organizer in lamed 1937 "Battle Of The ' Overpass," Ford siirrendered four years later. Sifdown strikers like these In Flint General Motors plant, 1937, won union's first GM con­ tract, firmly establishing the union. Auto body is lowered onto chassis In final stages of assembly-line operation. "Big Three" con­ tracts alone cover 225 plants all over the nation. Pickets warm hands during 100-day 1950 Chiysler strike for a pension plan. It was last major auto industry strike. •• Kohler pickets wore masks after company's tear gas and gun arsenal was exposed. .-SI m :.;|j • '-I • I-, '.1^!: ca^p Is one phase of community and rwreational activities for mem- . i: Reuther (1) and Frinkensteen show effects bers and their children. iPensionera $^ye cpniprehensiYe recreati^ by.Ford ^'service" mem �SE^AFARKRS Jmmn Vl, IMS LOa Tramps En^size Bulk Cargo Rise In Aid Plea t. H. I . WASHINGTON—Pointing to a further decline in Ameri­ Decembmr 25 Through January 7 can-flag ships' share of US foreign commerce, the tramp RggUtarfdl ship operators have opened a campaign for Administration Port iMW. OMR Stew. Telel Vetel support of their subsidy pro-> A Boston ....: 8 9 *2 IS 14 Department went on record as posal. The tramps Tu:e asking New York 63 18 17 60 8 54 43 177 220 Maritime Administrator Clar­ critical of the existing subsidy pro­ Philadelphia 8 4 4 7 3 ' 8 20 1131 ence Mor«e to give his support to gram which not only limits sub­ Baltimore 43 20 8 20 30 102 7 89 137 sidies to liner operators but also a long-pending tramp bid for oper­ Norfolk 11 4 9 9 19 20 9 9 38 to a specific'segment of the liner Savannah ating subsidies. 9 0 6 4 0 9 4 20 24 trade. The Department and the Tampa 11 1 17 6 8 6 49 18 86 The American Tramp Shipown­ SIU are both recorded as support­ 276 .29 . 4 89 19 74 18 ers Association, in their bid to ing a broader approach on sub­ Mobile New Orleans 94 48 47 10 16 149 34 103 Morse, cited figures showing that sidies. Lake Charles 13 6 9 8 7 29 14 29 50 American-fiag vessels carried 20.2 A number of bills have, been Houston 31 80 17 13 18 11 6 66 96 percent of alT US waterbome for­ offered from time to time propos­ Wilmington 6 3 6 5 0 9 11 25 14 eign commerce in the first seven ing subsidies for tramp operators. San Francisco IT 8 24 7 21 9 15 77 62 months of 1957. 29 14 19 18 .4 15 95 36 59 One bill pending was offered by Seattle •js. Shm. Stew. Tetel TeM 'Tetel The decline is the direct result Rep. James Byrne (Dem.-Pa.). It Total of the growth of bulk c{\p{o trades would offer a tramp operator an .. 324 2M -128 109 249 301 8^7^ over the last several years and the operating subsidy whenever he Shippgd monopoly of this trade by foreign competes with foreign-flag bidders Pert Deck OMk IM Ifnfl. •M. Stew. Stew. stm. Tetel flags. As a result, almost three- for contracts. A • A Boston ..... 3 2 •••••••« 1 0 0 0 0 0 quarters of the nation's foreign 6 Nevr York .. 65 7 13 7 49 42 • 196 27 9 9 192 commerce consists of tramp-type Philadelphia 2 0 3 0 0 4 0 • •• • 5 9 14 9 0 cargoes, the association said, with Baltimore ......... • • • • 39 7 25 7 7 1 23 83 4 21 7 111 such cargoes as iron ore, bauxite, Norfolk .I• •sa 1 0 2 4 t J 2 1 4 .6 2 12 gypsum, chrome, manganese and Savannah ........... 9 11 2 7 1 1 . 26 2 2 8 3 31 sugar predominating on the import Tampa ............ • • • • 3 3 6 2 0 0 1 9 1 6 1 19 side and coai, wheat and scrap on Mobile 1 15 • •• • 6 2 0 4 2 27 1 9 1 33 WASHINGTON—Two SIU Pa­ the exports. 4<L New Orleans 7 29 34 10 0 9 22 8 109 11 142 With liner-type vessels carrying cific District lumber cairiers that Lake Charles ...... 7 7 14 7 6 2 28 18 0 0 43 19^ 11 4 0 Just 26.5 percent of cargoes and normally are limited to domestic Houston ........... 4 4 39 6 0 18 48 0 0 0 • •• • 2 0 2 0 1 9 0 0 tramps carrying the rest, the trade have been giyen Govern­ Wilmington 0 9 0 • • • •. 8 0 9 0 12 0 29 0 39 0 tramps argue that the system of ment permission to go into foreign San Francisco 3 3 Seattle 8 • ••• 1 4 3 0 0 0 19 7 22 confining subsidies to liner opera­ cargo service. DMfe stew. Stew. Stew. Tetel Dw* Siir Y*T^e. juj, The Mary Olson and George Ol­ tors only Is totally unrealistic. A A • Total 43 216 6 144 54 1» 47 iS 522 144 84 700 They point out that the 1936 son, operated by Oliver J. Olson & Merchant Marine Act provides for Co., have been in service between Despite all forecasts, SIU shipping nose-dived to^a low of 700 jobs dispatched duripg the "the creation of an adequate and northwest lumber ports and Cali­ past two weeks. But the built-in protection for profe'ssional seamen under the SIU's senior­ well-balanced merchant fleet. In­ fornia. cluding vessels of ail types to pro­ The company received permis­ ity system enabled 522 class A mm to ship out and 34 jobs that could find no A or B takers vide shipping service on all routes sion from the Maritime Administra­ essential for maintaining the flow tion to carry the Canadian portion were filled by metn with class"^ of foreign commerce of the United of available cargo in addition to C seniority. American lumber, since the lumber States . . ." The period was such a fluke The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades trade extends to Canadian ports. that the best shipping- was in the steward department, reversing the usual trend, and most of the class C Jobg were in that department; Registration was generally off. also. Four ports escaped the overall decline, the worst in ten years for a two-week period. The last com­ parable report was just before the Whatever you need, in work or dress Korean War, in March, 1990, when gear, your SiU Sea Chest has it. Get top shipping dropped to 803 for all quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ ports. In more recent tinies, Just ing at your Union-owned and Unionthree years ago, the low was 899. operated Sea Chest store. Savannah, New Orleans and Wil­ mington were the Mo that actually Sport Coats showed improved activity since the Slacks previous report, but since Wil­ Dress Shoes mington shipped few Jobs in that Work Shoes period, its rise was insignificant. However, New Orleans and Savan­ Socks nah held-up weU. Mobile, stiU Dungarees slow, remained the same as before. Coast Guard helicopter hovers over deck of Bents Fort to pick up Frisko Jeens All others fell off to some degree. oiling Seafarer. This photo and shot on page one by Seafarer CPO Shirts The current situation is not UkeJoseph Lewalien won him a $75 award bom company magazine. Dress Shirts ly to last, despite the industry­ Sport Shirts On-the-spot photographs not only put the amateur photog­ wide cargo slump, since large Belts numbers of ships met delays reach­ rapher to competition with the professidnal, but can also Khakis ing their scheduled ports during bring to extra pocket cash as to the case of Seafarer Joseph Ties the period due to the usual Atlan­ Lewalien. Sweat Shirts tic storms at this time of year. Lewalien, an AB on the Other vessels are coming out of Cities Service tanker Bents magazine, the Bents Fort was at T-Shirts lay-up as Government-sponsored Fort, made good Use of his camera sea after leaving Puerio Rico, Shorts about two days sailing time from cargo movemgnts increase. BrieU during a recent sea rescue opera­ New Orleans, when Quinn'was re- . • According to the seniority fig­ tion by a Coast Guard helicopter ported in need of emergmicy atten­ Swim Trunks ures, class A jSBs rose to 74 per­ of stricken shipmate Seafarer tion because of an acute ear infe04 Sweaters cent of the total, while class B and Donald Quinn. Sou'westers tion. A ladio message for help wai C activity fell off to 21 percent and Going up to the aft part of the sent to the US Coast Guard sta­ Raingear 5 percent respectively. New Or­ bridge^ Lewalien took dramatic tion at New Orleans. Caps leans, which held up best through­ color photos of the helicopjer hovWriting Materials out the District, shipped one-third ering over members of the crew- ". . . It seemed 'no time at all' Toiletries of the C Jobs. In turn, seven ports as they attached the rescue basket, before a Coast Guard-helicopter Electric Shavers shipped none at alL with Quinn in it, to a line from the was hovering over the Bents Fort. Radios The following is the forecast 'copter, and another of the whirly- Below, on the catwalk, assigned' port by port: Television bird clearimr the vessel with the members of J;ha ship's crew were! in readiness vdth the patient, messJewelry Boston: Fair . . . New Teck: basket before haiUing it in. man Donald A. Quinn. A few min­ The photographs appeared in the Steai^... Phiiadeipliia: Good •. • Cameras utes the helicopter was awi^! Balttmdre: Good ... Noifolk: Slow Cities Service publication "Serv­ from later luggage the ship, with the ailing sea­ . . . SavSacab: Fair . . . Tampa: ice," and there is a f7-5 check wait­ man fortelly suspended'in air." Fair ... Mobile: Good . . . New ing for Lewalien for sabmitting Quinn was quickly hauled up OrieauM Gfl^ .-. . Lake Chades: the photos, which be can get by Fair . , . Hoiaston::Oood . . /Wll- contacting Industrial Relations and in less than an hour was re^^ ; ceiving care at the Publio Health- -' mlngttoil: Slow . <. San Franciaeo; Manager Susaell Brandon. Aeoording to the stoiy in the Service HoN^ltal at New Orlea^] Fair ... Seatllat Fate. J s iT Olson Ships Broaden Run Jij |:^ Your Gear.. for ship . Ik-'-.'-- I r-; ,fe..-: r;\. • k. ..—/'(A, -.•(. 'i':, for shore SEA CHEST •4 • g CS Ship Pix Worth $75 To Seafarer �/ Jaiiufy If.If18 ,n\ V'.- ...•.t SEAFARERS 'ly,•. .'i Men At Work' Pace Elw^ »» IPC Japait Seds Arab Oil Concession; Offers 56% KUWAIT—Offering special, inducements above the usual 50-50 profit split, an eight-man delegation here now is dicker­ ing to gain imdisputed off exploration rights for Japan in the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. and Bahrein Island in the Persian The Neutral Zone is a buffer Gulf. ' area separating part of this oil- The Saudis have already granted rich sheikdom from Saudi Arabia, the Japanese a concession to ex­ and is about midway between Ban­ plore an offshore field in the area. dar Shahpur, Iran, on the north. Each country can give different companies exploration rights In the same area, and is assured an equal share of the profits if oil la found by any of them. Should tha Japanese also win a concession from Kuwait, they will have the area all to themselves. However, Kuwait has suddenly Alvah F. Bunts grown "reluctant' on the deal. In­ Contact your wife at 4005 Cha­ dicating that stiff bargaining's tham Rd., Baltimore 7, Md. ahead. A 56-44 royalty split favoring 4) « » Saudi Arabia was reportedly ac-: Charles Kinnke It is important that you get in cepted by the Japanese to assure touch with your niece, Mrs. Lydia them . the * concession from that Evanco at 1119 Louisa St., New country. This is somewhat higher Orleans 17, La. She has some^in­ than the 50-50 split under which Aramco and other companies oper­ formation for you.' ate. Efforts by a state-owned Italian Henry G. Cordes Contact Erie Sodergren on the concern to win an oil concession in Iran were apparently blocked some SS Rion. months ago by other oil interests in the area, although it would have J. B. Dyess Your gear from the Topa Topa meant a highly favorable 75-25 is being held by the Railway Ex­ profit split for Iran. The same press agency In New Orleans. Con­ Italian outfit last week claimed it tact them to make arrangements was also thwarted from getting a concession in the Saharan oil fields to hpve it seqt to you. through pressure brought on Libya J, 4by American firms. Claude Pritchett Although the age of atomic Please get in touch with your father at 22 East Tab St., Peters­ power is already with us, the era burg, Va. He is very anxious to of oH diplomacy is apparently far from over. Union-wrecking forces have decided to make California an hear from you. t t t example by driving for a state "right-to-work" law in 1958. Charles Lynsky One key candidate in this year's race for the California Get in touch with your mother, governorship is openly advocating a "Work" law as a means Harriet Lynsky, at 12655 Martha of winning the State House now and the White House in the St., North Hollywood, California. near future. It concerns your dog, McArthur. Most people know that the backers of these laws are not 4" 4" 4" really interested in anybody's "right to work," only in their Ernest Puras own "right" to decide the terms of his employment. In states Would you please contact Rasswhere such laws have passed, they have meant lower wages, ner. Miller & Roth, 20 S.E. First More companies are resorting to inferior working conditions and little job security. Secretary Avenue, Miami 32, Fla., or the firm strikebreaking provision of of Labor James Mitchell pointed this out himself in opposing of Peterson, Pozzi & Lent, 901 the the Taft-Hartley Act to break Loyalty Building, Portland 4, Ore­ a national law of this type. unions. Only recently Bryant Still, there are those who have never reconciled themselves gon. Heating Co. of Tyler, Texas, fol­ 4" 4" 41 to the fact that trade unions and their members have con­ lowed the lead of O'Sullivan Rub­ William C. Solomon tributed greatly to US industrial growth and therefore de­ ber Company and held a repre­ Herbert G. Wilson serve an increasing share in its profits through higher wages Personal papers are being held sentation election among its strike­ and benefits for workers and their families. And California for you at headquarters. Please breakers. Under section 9 (c) (3) of the labor is keenly aware that if the anti-imion forces can ham­ stop in or make,arrangements to law, only strikebreakers are eli­ string union activity in their state, they'll be hard to stop have them sent to you. gible to vote for union representa­ in every other state in the US. tion, while striking employees, no John Price Since California is not only a major industrial area but a matter how many years of service Please contact Kitty Kitchin, key maritime state as well, SIU men everywhere have a they may have had with the com­ 1173 Atlantic Ave., Camden, New vital stake in this fight. Seafarerj and other AFL-CIO union­ pany, are not entitled to cast a ists had a taste of it when they won repeal of the Louisiana Jersey. ballot for the union of their choice. t if. law in 1956, the first time this had been done in any state. This applies to "striking employees Keith Donnelly Political action through registration' of labor voters, oldContact your mother immediate­ who are not entitled to reinstate­ ment.'.' fashioned doorbell ringing and an intensive public rel^ions ly. Very urgent. As was predicted by the O'Sulli­ campaign are the weapons. California labor and all unions van election, the Tyler strike­ can use to win this fight. Traditionally progressive California breakers voted 183 to 4 against Moving? Notify Auto voters know that if union wage and living standards col­ Workers Local 888. In the lapse, everyone will inevitably be affected by the crash. SIU, Woifare O'Sullivan vote. Rubber Workers Seafarers and SIU families Local 511 was decertified as who apply for maternity, hos­ bargaining representatives of some One of the paradoxes of US industrial development is the pital or surgical benefits from 3b0 workers although the strikers had voted for the union as their apparent fact that full employment has seldom been the Welfare Plan are urged to representative with only two dis­ keep the Union or the Wel­ achieved except in time of war or war mobilization. While fare Plan advised of ' any senting votes. this disclosure may give some comfort to critics of free changes of address while their In his address to the AFL-CIO enterprise, no one can write off the problems of nearly four applications are being proc­ Convention, President George million , US unemployed today.essed. Although payments are Meany reminded President Eisen­ Repeated assurances from Washington that the safeguards often made by return mail, hower of his promise to work for built right into our economic system would bar another '29 changes of address (or illegible a change of this section in his cam­ crash offer little solace to the jobless and their families. For­ return addresses) delay them paign speech in 1952. "You must agree," Meany wrote tunately, the joint efforts of the labor movement and pro­ when checks or "baby bonds" the President, "that the sort of gressive lawmakers produced imemployment compensation are returned.' Those who are union-breaking I have related here moving or plan to move are laws and other forms of temporary security that help some­ advised to Immediately notify (O'Sullivan Rubber) should no what, but barely enough. SIU headquarters or the Wel­ longer be sanctioned, encouraged The new Congress has a duty to give some consideration fare Plan, at 11 Broadway, New and invited to recur by our coun­ try's National Labor Relations to this problem, as ttiuch perhaps as with-funds for anti- York, NY. Act." misiiile missiles and other nation^ security matters. » Hub Wants Clear View On TV Set BOSTON—^There was a big dis­ cussion at the last meeting over a motion to purchase a new televi­ sion set for the hall hsre. It was generally agreed that the other set was too old and beyond repair. The motion, under new, business, was seconded and carried and is now under consideration by the membershipA The usual tanker trade com­ prised most of the business in the area during the period. One vessel, the Pan Oceanic Transporter, Icept the patrohuan busy as she hit port three times in the two week pe­ riod. The Council Grove (Cities Serv­ ice) was the only vessel paying off and signing on during the period. The In-transit vessels were the Bradford Island, Royal Oak (Cities Service), and the Steel Chemist (isthmian). Doldrums Hit San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO—It was a bad period for the men on the beach here"t:s only a handful of ships hit the port during the holidays. 'There were no vessels signing on during the period, and only one, the Maiden Creek (Waterman), paid off. In transit were the City of Alma, LaSalle (Waterman); Grain Trader (Grain Fleet); Steel Architect (Isthmian); Ames Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers) and the -Ocean Deborah (Ocean Trans.). - a. I'M Breaks Strike At Texas Plant Jobs And Sputniks It.! nr'-rl �Liberty Crew Has Own ^Sputnik* "Sputnik III" is already orbiting around the world, though the Russians probably don't even know about it yet. • The latest "sputnik" is the parrot mascot on the SS Nati<Mial Liberty, which has winged its way (only figuratively)|| froni Brazil to' Poland, and is -nS/S Nfttional Liberty now en route home to New Orleans with the ship. The bird got Its name when steward Pete Loieas picked him up on the last trip into Maeapa, Bra^. The National I,iiberty's latest voyage was behind the "Iron Curtain" with a load of grain for Gdynia, Poland. Although celebrated at sea, Christmas '57, proved to be a fes­ tive one, graced with two menus Instead of only one. "One was for the stomach, and one for the soul," according to ship's reporter Jerome A. Prodey. The soul-filUng bill of fare Is reprinted, right, and It's hard to know which one had more Impact For the record, the culinary offeitog for the holiday comprised a choice of five entrees, eight vege­ tables, two soups, four appetizers, sevep different cakes and pies, plus pudding, cookies. Ice cream, as-i sorted candles and nuts. . "We believe we had one of the finest holiday dinners ever had on an SIU ship," Prodey declared. Sp^lal praise was added for stew­ ard Loieas and "a very good crew from Captain Atkinson on down." Ctinsftmasf illentt Grace Conscience, Clear Kindness Good Cheer Tendn- Memories Charity, Served with Discretion Peace Truth Long Life (Filled with Usefulness) • Hearts of Courage (A Large Portion) Affection Happiness Sweet Thoughts Best Wishes for Absent Friends Good Health Ropcpduclioii o( on* of th* two holiday menus offered to oil hands on the National Liberty. Tho traditional on* with all the caWies was rated tops, too. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Northern Run By M. Dwyer Lean against the rail, my lad Feel the salty spray; We're in for a rough and rugged trip. For many a stormy day. When the rvind blows cold, A man feels old. While he stands his watch at dawn; Still, he'd not change this for any­ thing, • To a seaman's life he's sworn. Whistle me up a memory. Whistle me back. Where I long to be; With a lass with a smile. And a gleam in her eye. Like the brightest star In the great northern sky. With skin as pure. As the ice we'll see; And a love as deep As the bottomless sea. Steward Pete Loieas (right) introduces "Sputnik lit," ship's mascot on the National Liberty. George Schinidt, AB (looking on), seems to think the wdiole Idea is for tho birds. SIU HAH DIRECIORI SIU, A&e District Come now, lad. The night grows cold; Let's hit the sack. That's where dreams unfold. BALTIMORE UIO K. Baltimore St. Earl Sbeppard. Asant EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON .....976 State St. James Sbeehan. Agent Riciimonit 9-0140 HOUSTON 4201 Canal St. Robert Matthewe, Agent Capital S-40B9: 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES. U UW Ryan St. Leroy Claike. Agent Hanlack 66744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2^1754 Editor, SEAFAkERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG — please }ut my name on your mailing ist. (Print Information) MORGAN err* 013 Front St. RICHMOND, Cidf....816 Maedonald AT*. SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrlwm St. Douglas Beaes SEATTLE WILMINGTON NEW YORK 909 Marina Ave. Terminal 4-3131 079 4th Ave.. 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St. - c CApttal 3-4336 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Phone: Woodward 1-6837 OULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone:. Randilpb 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO ..:. 3261 E. 03nd St. Phone: Essex 9-2410 Wacosta Offers Robin Waicome our U8PH8 hospitals ajjiw. At ths sama tima, I want to heartily thank evatyont on tha night shift at Saattla who Tm Oi* BeUon helped me get my rriease in Upon retnrning to th« Statot to get home to my father from • rough and •tormy voy­ time In his hou^ of need. age, we on the Wacosta received seamen wherever ttiey are the. best tidings and Christmaa ihbold write their appreciation present we could possibly re­ to tha LOO and help us keep ceive during the last festive our hospitals . open. They are season. life to ail of us and wa need This was tha news that Itobln them badly. Line crews will again be pro­ Andrew A. Franklin tected by the top provisions of SS Fairport our SIU contract. The tremend­ ous favorable response of th* letters To The Editor All Idlers to th« editor for publication in tha SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be 'signed by the writer. Name* loill be toithheld upon Mguest. RobinsLlne men, including sev­ eral known NMU members, to the-SIU, demonstrates that wo have the best in maritime that any onion, can offer. The men on Robin ships who belonged to the NMU and the SIU had the chance to compare not only the provisions of the existing contracts, but also the methods of operation of the two unions with regard to protecting their members. The resulting vote proves^that the NMU has nothing better than the SIU to offer the Robin men.' .3 We, the crew :of'the'Wacosta, wish, at this time, to offer our compliments- and gratitude to our officials for making it pos­ sible foisthe Robin men to again come under the protection of the SIU. V/e wish to reaffirm our. confidence and fidelity in their leadership. May we con­ tinue to advance and progress. To the men of the Robin Line ships, welcome back to the STU fold. We appreciate your sacri-^ fices in enduring the NMU con-' ditions which you were forced to live under during the time NMU had the Robin ships. To all the membership, bur wishes for a very happy and prosperous new year. Rugene Ray ^ Ship's delegate ^ t \ Urges All-Out Hospital Fight To the Editon. I would like you to print this letter of appreciation for the US Public Health Service hospi­ tals, 1 was admitted to the USPHS .hospital in Seattle on October 2 for an eye operation. On Oc­ tober i I began to have muscle spasms in my back and had to take treatments on my back for 35 days. My eye operation was then postponed. * On November 9 at 8:30 PM I received a message from my home in Bakersfieid, Calif., that my father was in critical con­ dition. F immediateiy asked one of the nursea if I could by some, chance get a release to go home af once. She had me call the train depot to see how soon I could get a train out. I called, and the train was due out at 10:45 PM. I want to say that be­ tween the night nurses. Dr. Morrei add the cashier, I had my re­ lease and was on my way home by 9:15. I say to you that every sea­ man should stand by and help Boston Hospital Halls SIU Aid Te the Editor: December's movie menu here ac the Boston marine hospital fell on December 6, 19 and 27 with "Jim Thorpe, Ail Ameri­ can," "Many Rivers te Cross" and "Laura"; giving ouB patients outstanding' entertainment for the month. . The patients' favorite enter­ tainment is movies. They -can at times appear quite indif­ ferent to the program sclieduied, but they are always inter­ ested in what and when the nei^ movie is. It is, therefore, difficult to adequately express " the appreciation and gratitude of our patients. However, yoR my rest assured that sincerity > goes with our thanks to your Union for highlighting Decem­ ber's programming. * We also wish to take this op­ portunity to wish the Seafarers' Union the very best of New Years. June McGuire Director of Recreation (Ed. noie; The SIU Welfare Plan provides for regular show­ ings of movies the Boston hospital and USPHS, facilities in other ports.) 'i) ^ t " Offers Thanks For SIU Assist To the Editor: -I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to the Mobile branch of the Sea­ farers International Union for the kindness and sympathy shown me after the recent death of my husband. Charles K Spencer. I also want to express my ap­ preciation for'the klndand sin­ cere letter from Union head­ quarters in New York as well as the SIU welfare benefits check. Thanks again to all for your kindness. Mrs. Charles E. Spencer % Brightwell Files Reply To Story To tho Editor: I have Just finished reading the account In the LOG of my difficulties with Raymond J. Arsenault. The article quoted in the LOG from the "Houston Pre^s" does not truly represent the facts as they actually, ex­ isted immediately prior to the time of my difficulties with iiny brother seaman. Upon advice of my lawyer I cannot answer this slanted arti­ cle with the true facts, that will be proven by disinterested wit­ nesses at my trial. I sincerely trust that my brothers in the SIU will give me the benefit of the doubt, until ths true facts can be proven in court and probably for the bene­ fit of Ihe membership. I earnestly request the editor of the LOG to publish this let­ ter iii the next issue of the LOG. Walter Brightwell '• 11 "41 �H» ItSS tTIIL ADVOCATI (ItHimlan). II Clirtfiwaai A. skrlawlMU Sacrataryj W. Janklni. New dalagata alact*' ad. ntp'a find 1146. SuagaatloB to build fund by maana of anchor poOla. Report accepted. Watcjr fonntaia to be repaired. Slop Cheat to be opened aranr Sunday avealiig: ateward agreed to open it any time for convenience of crew. New mattreaaee to be dlatribated among crew aa per liat drawn up laat voyage. Waahing machine to Iw turned off when not in uaa. CHOCTAW tWaterman), Nov. 9— Chairman, W. Lewis: geeretary, J. Katsos. No beefs. Sen. Magnuson's letter re: keeping hospital open in Savannah posted. Sliip's fund $5.14. New delegate elected. Washing maehino to be repaired. Nov. 19—Chairman, H. Paschang; geeretary,--i. Katsos. Bosun left ship in Yokohama. Two men missed ship SEAVABEttS Few hours disputed ot. Report ac­ cepted. Motion to have meeting once a month. ' Quiet to be observod in w^^sKfl'l during meal hours. rleki Secretary, none. Some disputed ot. See patrolman about ot rates for taking out shifting boards from holds. See patrolman about ice boxes—two boxes out of order for lack of gas. Request installation of stainless steel tops on galley tables and pantry. Re­ quest name brands of soap powder. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done, especmlly fine Thanks­ giving dinner. Repairs to be nudesee patrolman about same. OCEAN DINNY (Marltlmo Ovartoat), Nov. 17—Chairman, E. Thompson; geeratary, R. Farnandax. Repairs made. New delegate elected. Ship's fund t»JU. No disputed ot. No beefs. Electrician to take care of new iron and see that it is returned after use. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Dec. It—etwlmun, T. James; Sacretary, P. Winfleld, Jr. Good trip. Lost two men in Alexandria. One night's lodg­ ing disputed; beef to be taken up with patrobnan in NY. Report aceepted. $1 to bo contributed by each nun toward ship's fund. STIIL VINOOR (lathmlan), Aug. S —ChalmMib J. Smytha; Secretary, C. DImn. Requeat draw for NY. Shlp'a fond SS7A1. Dlaeuaclon to improve night lunch. Steward to put out more night lunch. Fruita. eggs. Bsh. etc. to be served every night for night lunch. Nov. 34—Chairman, R. Seckinger; Secretary, V. Orencle. Vote of thanks to delegate for cooperation. Repair liat turned in to dept. heads. Crew reminded to pick up abot earda. All beefa to be handled through rcapective delegatea. Shlp'a fund $14.90. Cabinet to fib installed In meashall for deserts. Ask that company pro­ vide separate dishes and. silverware for foreign personnel who are 'fed on ship. Steward to purchase better grado of bacon: replace old mat­ tresses. Discussion on use of per­ colators. Hen paying oil to turn In all linen and clean foc'sles. Vote of thanks for men who held delegates Jobs daring voirage. ' ALICR BROWN (BleomilbM), Nov. 14—Chairman, W. Wandolli Socrelsry, S. Rothschild. No major beefs, every­ thing in fair shape. Reports accepted. Discussion on soap—agreement calls for I.ava but pumice soap substituted: lamb used as main entree; Bavarian red cabbage used with roast loin of pork—will try to omit lamb aa main ARMCNK (NJ Industries), Nov. 1»— Chairman, A. Resko; Secretary, J. Sirtllvan. Repairs to bo made, decks, foc'sle. messroom to be sougeed. Take minor beefs to delegate. One man mined ship. Treasurer elected. Re­ port accepted.' Laundry in bad shape, no hof water line to washing ma­ chine. General cleaning of foc'sles and passageways. ObserVo quiet in messroona and passageways. Ship's list very bad. SI per man to bo col­ lected for ship's fund. Nov. IS—Chairman, J. SulUvant Secretary, A. Reasko. Hot water line to bo put in wash room. Need new washing machine. • OIL MONTR (MItsJ, Oct. 4—Chair­ man, J. Chastalni Secretary, J. PIcou. AU beefs set^ed. Ship's fund SU.2S. Motion to keep same meeting ofldala for entiro trip. New secretary-reporter elected. Screen doors to bo locked while In BrasU ports except the one near gangway. Suggestion to pay for chances on pools and cokes at each draw: suggestion to see about ahrimps and beer in Paranauga for a party, PORT HOSKINS ^CHIOS Service), Oct. 19—Chairman, C. Ross; Secretary, R, Alston. Soma Insdlo painting and repairs being done. Shlp'a fund $6.34. Reports accepted. New delegate elected. Dec. S—Chairman, C. Olbbs; Secre­ tary, W. Berth. One man missed ship. Ship's fund $12.40. Some men to leave Ship this trip because of ship­ ping clause. Report accepted. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine Thanksgiving dinner. One broken fan.-' Washing machine to be cleaned after use. DEL MONTE (Miss.), Nov. .10—Chair­ man, J. Ctiastaln; Secretary, J. PIcou. Repair list turned in. Two men missed ship, rejoined. Ship's fiind $110.47. Little disputed ot. Reports accepted. Request more variety of cold drinks, fruit: steaks served more than once a week; poor feeding com­ pany is putting out.. All performers to be turned* In to patrolman. Vote of thanks to galley force. JEAN LAPITTE (Waterman). Nov. i —Chairman, J. Touarti Secretary, L. Mayers. Vote of thanks to steward dept. Crew enjoyed a fabuloua Thanksgiving dinner. New delegato elected. Three men missed ship. Ship's fund 927.80. Purchased steam iron. Reports accepted. Few minor Items squared away. VARA (WafomMn), Nov. 14—Chali^ man, J. Howarlbj Socntary, C. Burns. Safety meeting, held. Repairs being •aade. One nun wlseaA ship la Yokohaaaa. One nun hospltallied. Ship's fund-S14JS. Some diluted ot. New dMegato blocted. Scu^r to bo re­ paired In pantry. Veto of thonbi to steward dept. ROBIN SNIRWOOD (RaMn), Nov. 14—Clulrmgh. J. Brooka; Sacretary, -W. Kohut. Soma disputed ot. Kvcrything runalng smobthly. Ship's fund A11.46. Moiubors warned to be careful ed their behavior. Voto of confidence to delegate for the magnificent Job on this trip. AMES VICTORY (Victory), Nov. 13 —Clulrman, J. Tanner; Secretary, L. Plerson. Some repaira not completed, to be checked with patrolman at pay­ off. Shlp'r fund $6.79. New delegate elected. ALCOA CAVALIiR (Alcoa), Dec. 9 —Chairman, J. Mullls; Secretary, -M. Fabricant. One man aick. Movie fund reported, one movie lost. Report 'ac­ cepted. New delegate elected. Safety delegate reported on accidents and . suggestions. SEAMAR (Calmer), Dec. •—Chair­ man, N. Peine;^geeretary. J. Rlchcn- berg. Ship in good ihape. One man asked to get oft ship because of mis­ conduct and drunkennesa and not per­ forming his duties. Agent notified. Deck engineer injured leaving Tortland and had to leave ship in Astoria. Ship's fund tlO, One man abort. Dis­ cussion on the making of coffee. Everyone pleased. No beefs. AN6ILINA (Bull), Nov. 11—Chair­ man, D. Hubbard; Saeratary, W. Walsh. One man left Alp. To be reported to patrolman. Mats to ha contacted re­ garding covers removed from ven­ tilators not replaced until 11 days. Delegate to aea about tuning in Aip'a radio to receive newt hroadcasta. Beefs not to he dlacussvd In messrooms or alleyways. Dae. 1—Chairman, D. Hubbard; gee­ ratary, C. Ward. Sample of water taken at Sagunto, Epaln. to be ana­ lyzed In American port. Number of crew members affected to bo reported to capt. Coataetad radio eperamr re­ garding tuning in news broadcasts. Dmilad. Few hour* disputed ot. To contact ataward for a better variety of night lunch inacka. Covers not to be removed from ventUaters. Coop­ eration requested la keeping laundry In a more sanitary condition. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for a Una Thanksgiving Day meal. 2 'Seasick' Bulldozers Head for Last Round-Up A couple of 20-ton bulldozers that lived up to their name almost stampeded their way out of the No. 3 hold on the Wellesley Victory befbre they were literally hogtied and cor­ ralled. "Since they were built for selves through the side of the ship. land, these big 'dozers must "It was Quite a sight seeing the have gotten seasick or something cowboys trying to lasso these because they decided to take a monsters and everything else we walk for themselves late one after­ noon at sea. They worked over everything in the hatch until some 'cowboys' with steel cable lariats roped them and stopped them from charging around," said ship's re­ porter Richard Gelling. Pedro Villab'ot lends a hand When the Weilsley left New behind the bar to mix up a York for tlib Persian Gulf it was few cool ones on the Del Sud. a little light "and as usually hap­ He- was assisting bartender pens when we sail with only a Curley Liles during the cap­ partial load, we ran into rough tain's party. Viltabi^t ships weather almost the first day out," Gelling noted. By the third day, regular y as smokerDom stew­ what with the weather and the ard. noise of the bulldozers rumbling i^und, the mate "took his life into his hands and went down the escape trunk to see what all the commotion was about. "He didn't stay long. Up he could lay eur hands on to conral catne like a shot and it was all them and teep 'em penned up. -If hands turn to. The buUdozers had we had to put a name to this little worked over five new Fords that adventure. It might be 'The round­ were in the same hatch and had up of the mad bulldozers' or The "Flattery will ^get you no­ left one only about three fe«^ wide. big game hunt at sea.' Besides, where" seems to be the by­ Now they were trying to break those new cars are too big and fat word among Seafarers on the out by making a door for them­ anyway," he added. supertanker Orion Planet. Despite the skipper's comment 'Sea-Spray V By Seafarer "Red" fink that they were the best erew he had ever saiied with, the SIU gang doesn't feel it has to give the offi­ cers first crack at the SEAFARERS LOG when copies arrive aboard. Their feeling on this score pro­ duced a special meeting resolution calling on all erew-members to keep the LOG eirculating among themselves until all had read it. Only then, they said, could topside have a look. Apparoitly the arrival of the LOG had caused ruffled feelings on occasion when some of the offi­ cers tried to latch onto a copy or two before the crew got them. The competition for a leisurely reading of the LOG can get mighty intense aboard ship, even In the presence of other desirable reading matter. As if to softoi the blow, and in acknowledgement of the captain's genSrous tribute, the crew resolved to keep the Planet "a Union ship in every way, as it Is a long voyage and it'B important to get along with each other." i^gar F. Armstrong Is the ship's delegate. 'Not those kind of shots, wise guyl* 4 Planet Draws The Line On ^Togetherness Urge Trial Run To Save l-lves. eg NORFOLK (Cltlak.gervle*), Nov. 3—Clulrman, A. McCullum; gacratary, P. Hammal. Ship's fund $38.40. To see eapt. about the food Aortage and food used on board Alp. Delegate talked about Itama whlA steward posted In galley for cooks. MesshaR to bo kept clean. Vote of thanks to steward depL for a Job well done. PRODUCER (Perni.), Nov. — Chalfw man, W. J. Bonthoff; gacralary, T. Lena. C^ew quarters to be painted and Incka to be fumtghed. One key to be given to man In foc'sles, and will be given to mate when going ashore. Few hours disputed ot. Secretary' re­ porter elected. Bosun's shower and bath to be Aared with ch, cook and baker. A good crew. Smooth sailing from now on, we hope. No beefs. ALCOA POLARIg (Alcoa), Dec. 1— Chalrmait, J. H&mon; gacratary, J. gaxon. Laundry to bo cleaned by each dept. TatzoliaaB to see capt. abont aouverdrs, Aargei, ate. Need elarlflcatlon aa to oSlcera* meal hours, cleaning duties, overtime, etc. Rooms Ad passageways need Mtigeelng. -I ALCOA ROAMIR (Alcoa), Dec 9— Chairman, B. DaBautts; Baeretsry, C. SlambuL Onu man paid off. Beef •bont alectttelaaa* bathroom hetng locked. FeuLhour* fiMpntad ot. Mo­ KATHRYN (Bull), Dae. S—ChalP- tion to Aange aMOttag hour In NY niali, H. Beckerj geeretary, M. ga­ haU from S PM to S FM. Btaward to leoka. See jontrolman about hot obtain pomlatMr to my ttmo la wator In ahowors. Bhip'a fund SUU maklBE ,''"Vf Bottoms Up! • LONOVIRW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Nov. 3*—Chairman, N. Mer- ROBIN gHERWOOD (Robin), Nov. 94—Chairman, J. Brooke; geeretary, W. Kohut. Some disputed ot. Ship's fund $11.46. Reports accepted. Crew warned about performing on board and behavior. One case discussed and decided to write headquarters. Vote of confidence for magnificent Job given to delegate. In Yokohama. Shlp'a fund $3.14. New delegate elected. tOG Seafarers on the Andrew Jackson watch a demonstration of fire-fighting techniques at dockide in Cavens Point, NJ. Safety inductor "Smoky" Batzer (in coveroHs) shows how to handle smoke mask jleftl end looks en as erewmemben practice now to shift injured man from deck into stretcher bosket (rigii^ Ship's dele^:e P. P. Lopez, who sent In the photc^ said the demonstrotion wos weK-worth. the tmo Qnd IrouUe ond woidd be. mefel «• oil ships. �S^EAEAMns VtiG Old Sol Makes Dekiit Paper Salutes 'Hardy' Seamen To the Editor: Thou^t you would like to see the salute to the men of the sea in an editorial that appeared in our local paner. The "Times Record," of Troy, NY on 'De­ cember 28, 1957. The following was the text: The Men of the Sea "Complacent in our warm autos, riding a- few miles back and forth to work, lounging in our homes, most of us give lit- Picture-faking was the first order of business on the only day of sun­ shine encountered by the Jean Lafitte en route to Japan recently. Making the most of the welcome change (I to r) were Wong, deck engineer; Bill Chomyack, OS; John Mac, OS; JoJo Touart, DM, and Arty Furst, wiper. Photo by Sam Joseph. 3 H I VSPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. William Bargona James Hudson John Bigwood Edward Knapp Claude Blanks Antoine Landry Charles Cantwell Leo X.ang Antonio Carrano William Lawless L. Carrasquillo Isidore Levy Richard Carello Michael Muzio • Thomas Caylor Winford Powell Alton J. Clement Allan Ritchie George Curry William Rooney George Flint Wert Spencer Benjamin Foster ..^^drew Stauder AdeUn Fruge Nicholas Tala Charles Gedra Gerald Thaxton Leon Gordon Lucien Therlat James Hand Juan Vasquez - Henry Harrison James Ward Charles Hazlett Francis Wasmer Hayden Henry WiUiam Williams George Hobbs Clifford Wuerti John HoUaday Jacob Zimmer George Huber GSPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Allen Boone David Miller " Ben Bone Timothy McCarthy Francisco Bucno Walter Orr David Caldwell John Ossman Gorman Glaze Murray Plyler Antonio Di Amiral Robert Parker" Clarence Gardner Eugene Roszko Frederick Harris Alexander Rever Clarence Johnson Joseph Roll Walter T.- Jackson John A. Smith Daniel Lippy George Woods Edgar Marquardt ^ Paige Watson John Maaslk USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. William Powers James Patrice USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY B. Freeman L. Rhino H. Rowe H. Simmons A. Pisani M. Gaudio W. Stevens M. Chapman B. Hayes J. Reyes C. Anderson R. Lopez N. Kataul I. Seiger J. Destacamento P. Robertson B. Peters P. Liotta O. Adams H. AU L DeNobriga J. Davies Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarcrli that pay­ ments of funds, for whatever Union purpose, be made only to authorized A&G representa­ tives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered, be sure to protect yourself by immedi­ ately bringing the matter to the attention of the secretary-treas­ urer's office. J. Thomson W. SwUley S. Odegaard J. Matthews V. Costellefo F. Ayers R. Weir P. Seidenberg J. Valentin USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NY Manuel Antonana Frederick Landry Eladio Aris Patrick McCann Fortunato Bacomo Archibald McGuigan Joseph J. Bass Leo Mannaugh Melvln W. BaM Albert Martinelll Juan Denopra . Vio MUazzo J. P. Destacamento Joaquin Minis John J. prlscoU C. Osinski Fabin Furmanek Q. A. Puissegnr Odis L. Gibbs Winston E. Benny Joseph M. GiUard G. E. Shumaker Bart E. Guranick Henry B. Smith Everett Haislett Michael Toth Talb Hassen. Harry S. TutUe Thomas Isaksen VlrgU E. Wllmoth Claude B. Jessup Dexter Worrell Ludwlg Kiistiansen USPHS HOSPITAL SAN fRANCISCO. CALIF, R. H. Graf G. Aanensen W. Watson C. T. Nangle D. Tselekis C. Owens L. Ready W. A. Oswinkle A. B. Ismail J. H. Berger B. Bennett L. A. Wilkersott C. Y. Chuan 8. Barras R. L. Gresham USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS B. F. Deibler John C. Palmer James R. Hodges Harold J. Pancost W. E. Orzechowskl August J. Panepinto SAHORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Victor B. Cooper VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS John P. Williamson USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton EASTERN SHORE STATE HOSPITAL CAMBRIDGE. MO. Thomas R. Lehay VA HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Thomas W. KilUon MONTEBELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. G. B. Dunn A. W. Sadenwater R. E. McLeod USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Elmer B. Frost Wim# C. Sanders Jlmmle Littleton Theodore Smith Fred Mmer W. D. Warmack James T. Moore George W. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS R. J. Arsenault R. J. Henninger Donald K. Fishet Louie HoUiday USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. George R. Trimyer Letters To The Editor All letteri to the editor for publicotion-in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. tl'e thought to the men of the sea. These hardy sailors hrave the storm-tossed waters of the northern hemisphere during winter with as little concern as we cruise the Hudson in our outboards in .July. "The nature of their work was dramatifally Illustrated over the weekenld when two freighters (both foreign-flag.—Ed.) sank in a North Sea gale. The entire crew of one vessel, 28 men, ap­ parently perished. Fourteen from the other freighter were rescued. ' "We remember once a Decem­ ber voyage across the North At­ lantic. When our huge freight­ er put into port it had to go to drydock for repairs. An angry sea, we found then, can wreak havoc. That's why we have the utmost admiration for the men of the sea who give their lives, . and have done so since the start of ocean voyaging, to bring na­ tions the goods they want or to take -them where they want to go. They deserve a salute." James J. Breen Movie Operators Local 29 lATSE&MPMO, AFL-CIO 4 t ,4. Norfolk Dinner Made Big Hit To the Editor: Members and their families who had the privilege of attend­ ing the SIU New Year's dinner served at the Puritan Restau­ rant on Granby Street in Nor­ folk wish to comment favorably on the prompt, courteous and efficient service rendered. The waitresses were alert, providing the kind of service rarely found. They didn't Just do a job but took pains to sat­ isfy, ass'.iring that many of us will go back there again and again. They deserve a big hand and our most sincere gratitude. The most pleasing part of all was that each diner had his' Jkaiurr 1T» t»8t choice of the various mekls be-. More On-The-Job ing served; all of which were well prepared and very tasty. Sfudy Advised L. B. Bryant Jr. . To the Editor: ^ J am trying to obtain some Baltimore Cook sample tests for fireman, oiler, cook, AB and 3rd mate so the Is Rated 'Tops' fellows here at the hospital can To the Editor: know what to study for these When one considers the holi­ exams. Perhaps you can run day menu% we've had, it's no some of this material wonder crewmembers on the LOG from time to time.in the Cities Service Baltimore have good idea might be been loud in their praise. Even to Another have complete sets of books the old man stopped in the gal­ for the various ratings in the ley to thank the chief cook. SIU Sea Chest and the slopDid we say chief cook? We chests ship. I know should have said chef, for any­ quite a aboard few fellows who tried one who has sail^ with Juan to get'these-types of books, but L. Pagan knows that he can something always happened compete with any shoreside ashore and they never got them. chef. Of course, Juan has If they were in the slopchest worked in several leading they would be no problem to restaurants in New Yofk and obtain. other places, but that isn't even It is always important for all. eveiy man to even get to know, Brothers, if you happen to see such things points of the crewmembers from the Balti- compass so ashethecan know not only the bearing of his ship but. the bearing of light beacons, buoys, etc. I wonder how many ordinary seamen even know thU. WalUce "Rocky" MUton (Ed. note: Samples of some of the test material are. being forwarded to you). i t Long Stay In Drydock Ends Chief cook Juan L Pagan . on the Baltimore relaxes in . foc'sle after a day in the galley. more going ashore with perma­ nent waves, you can bet Juan did the Job also. (You'd be do­ ing a good turn if you called the wagon, too!—Ed.) At one time, Juan was a beautician in one of New York's leading salons. All kidding aside, we have been treated to swell meals, . both well cooked and well served, especially when you con­ sider this is a Cltied Service tanker, not a passenger ship. Anyway,^don't rush and try to get on the Baltimore because we have found a home. What's more, one couldn't ask for a better bunch of shipmates. Your reporter takes off his hat to this crew and hopes that any future ship he sails has a crew Just half as good. Aboard the Balti­ more, one finds a real SIU ship, one that lives up to the SIU motto: "An SIU ship is a clean ship." In closing, greetings and smooth sailing to all our broth­ ers for 1958 and all the years to come. May our Union grow stronger with the continued guidance of our capable officers. L. P. Btagmann Ship's reporter To the Editor: A word of thanks to our SIU Welfare Department, now that I have recovered from, a very serious series of complications. I realize that if it weren't* for the consideration of our officials I wouldn't have been able to keep myself together. Although I was laid up for about a year and there were no lawsuits involved, it was com­ forting to be able to have constant advice from the offices of our Union's general"counsel. Miller & Seeger. My special thanks for the help and guid­ ance provided by Mr. Seeger and Mr. Abarbanel. E. A. Anderson He's Thankful For Xmas Cash To the Editor: I wish to thank the SIU Wel­ fare Department and all those who had a hand in getting the $25 Christmas bonus to us in the hospitals. It is a big help for us away froin home. I cannot express how much it means. We can be thankful that we belong to a Union that takes care of the members, especially when .they have a run of bad luck. The Welfare Department gets my vote of thanks for all the favors it's done for me and others hero in the Staten Island marine hospital. I call it a good Job well done. WiUiam M. 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(10:15 PM EST Sundop) WMM i8-18M7 KCt Australia WMM •1-11037.0 Northwest Pacific MARiTiME TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-DiO Curran's Sermon (Continued from pegs 1) pretended ignorance on the sub­ ject of Coirnnuniom when the oc­ casion suited him. Back in 1939 Curran told • Congressional committee: . . . "I do not know what a Communist looks like." Maybe he's right at that. Maybe he didn't know that Stalin and hatchet idan Kuznetsov were com­ munists. In 1939, Curran's line was that he didn't know of any Communists in the NMU, even vdien he was asked about jnen like A1 Lannon (chief of the (Communist waterfront section), Roy Hudson, Ferdinand Smith, and others. A few years later, when he found that it war expedient to pose as an anti-Communist and to ditch 4ome of the men mentioned above, among others,- he suddenly discov­ ered that he not only knew of Com­ munists in the NMU all along, but that "the Communist Party and its members had completely forsaken their original role as fighters for progress and rank and file demo- DutchQuitShip, Hit 'Starvation' SEATTLE — A Dutch banana boat, the Cartage, pulled 4>ut of this port with a new crew after 29 members paid off charging the cap­ tain with feeding them short ra­ tions. The company flew in re­ placements from Central America and departed, leaving the crewmembers to the tender mercies of Immigration. Crewmcmbers accused Captain A. A. Gerritsma of putting them on a "starvation diet." All told, the ship had carried a crew of 47. Herman E. Cooper We regret that lack of space in this issue prevents us from printing another article In the series on the role of Herman E. Cooper in the labor move­ ment. Watch future issues of the SEAFARERS LOG. '-^1 J cracy In dUr union." (Report to NMU convention, 1947). In the last analysis, his attempt All of the follotoing SIU families have received a 1200 maternity to identify himself vdth the aims benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: of the US and the SIU wtth the Communist enemies of this coun­ Wrahk RosiweR Mitchell, bom Mrs. Thomas E. Robbins, Balti­ try is a typical piece of Stalinist- November 24, • 1957, to Seafarer more, Md. type doubletalk in which he excels and Mrs. William Mitchell, Tampa, 4 4 4 —and Curran is the last one to let Fla. Donald Henry Caldas, born De­ anybody forget it. t t t cember 10, 1957, to Seafarer and Theresa Joan Morgan, bom De­ Mrs. Manual F. Caldas, New Bed­ cember 1, 1957, to Seafarer and ford, Mass. Mrs. William R. Morgan, Savannah, 4 4 4 Ga. Kenji Paul Hoffman, bom No­ t t t vember 10, 1957, to Seafarer and Liza Yvonne Rodriguez, born No­ Mrs. Bertrand Hoffman, New York vember 30, 1957, to Seafarer and City. Mrs. Ovidio R. Rodriguez, New 4 4 4 York City. Patty Sue Hooka, bora Novem­ t t t ber 18, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. The deaths of the follotoing Seor Thomas Henry Sanchez Jr., born William C. Hooks, Metter, G'a. farers have been reported to the 4 4 4 Seafarers Welfare Plan and the November 22, 1957, to Seafarer Cynthia Ann Krisiehsen, born SIV death benefit is being paid to and Mrs. Thomas H, Sanchez, Chickasaw, Ala. November 28, 1957, to Seafarer their beneficiaries: t t t and Mrs. Kenneth H. Kristensen, Sidney Mogel, 24: Brother Mogel Louis George Vourloumls, bom Baltimore, Md. died on July 24, 1957, in New York December 2, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 City. Death was due to drowning. Mrs. George L. Vourloumls, PhilaKeith Bryant Leiter, bora Sep­ He became a full member of the relphia, rt. tember 17, 1957, to Seafarer and Union on- March 11,. 1957, and t t t Mrs. Alexander J. Leiter, Minnea­ sailed in the engine department. Arthur Clyde Witherington Jr., polis, Minn. Burial took place in Mt. Jacob born December 2, 1957, to Seafarer 4 4 4 Cemetery, Delaware County, and Mrs. Arthur Witherington, Denise Anne McCullough, born Penna, Daphne, Ala. December 15, 1957, to Seafarer and 3) 4" A) 4" ^ 4) Mrs. Kenneth J. McCulough, LevitCharles A. Eagleson, 66: On De­ Dennis Lamar Logan, bom No­ town, NY. cember 3, 1957, Brother Eagleson vember 23, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 died of a heart ailment in Tampa, Mrs. Joseph J. Logan Jr., CrichLewis Anthony Nixon, born No­ Fla. He became ton, Ala. vember 24, 1957, to Seafarer and a full member of 4" 3^ . 3) Mrs. Leonard I. Nixon, Hitchcock, the Union on Edythe Annakete Krause, born Tex. January 12, 1944, May 15, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 and was sailing Jesse J. M, Krause, Lake Charles, Michael Edwin Parks, bom De­ in the engine La. cember 12, 1957, to Seafarer and department. 3) 4" 4" Mrs. Julius E. Parks, Baytown, Brother Eagleson Sonia Ortega, bom September 9, Tex. is survived by his "'444 wife, Anna Eagle­ 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfredo Garland Wayne Vincent, born son, of Houston, Ortega, Tampa, Fla. if: 4" 4" December 16, 1957, to Seafarer Texas. He was buried in the Mora­ Roxanne Marie Guiilory, born and Mr$. Floyd J. Vincent, Sul­ vian Cemetery, Staten Island, NY. December 18, 1957, to Seafarer phur, La. tit and Mrs. Calvin R. Guiilory, Luciano I. Ramos, 55: Brother Mamou, La. Ramos died on November 10, 1957, ^ 4 3>' in the USPHS Hospital, Brooklyn, Cydthia Lee Brinson, bom De­ NY. Death was the result of natu­ cember 15, 1957, to Seafarer and ral causes. He became a full mem­ Mrs. Benny Brinson, Savannah, Ga. ber of the Union on February 3, 4 4 3^ 1951, and sailed in the engine de­ Edwin E. Ritchie Jr., born De­ partment. Brother Ramos is sur­ cember 8, 1957, to Seafarer and vived by his wife, Maryblanca M. Mrs. Edwin E. Ritchie, Mobile, Ala. de Iglesias, of Havana, Cuba. 4 4 4 Burial took place in Rose Hill Karen Kay Robbins, bom No­ Cemetery, Linden, NJ. vember 13, 1957, to Seafarer and Behind The Robin Line Story (Continued fS:om page 5) Trent, where two NMU members voted SIU. (Sea news story on page 3.) Another NMU Raid b the Aobin Line raid an Isolated In•taneer Net in light of the record. In PhUadelphIa, the SIU Harbor and Inland Waterways Dlvlslwi b fighting a similar raid by the NMU against ships of the W1I» Us- tug fleet. Willis had been a non­ union fleet in 1956 and both organiza­ tions had - campaigned among- the tug erews. A collective bargaining election^ was held with the SIU getting 69 votes to two for the NMU. Less than one year later, before contract renewal time came •round, the NMU popped up with a pe­ tition charging that the union shop elause was "lUegal" and that the contract should be thrown out accordingly. This argu­ ment b an exact paraUel to the pitch used by "rlght-to-work" advocates. Thb case b stiU pending before the NLRB. After the SIU won the first four Robin ' ships and was certified as the bai^ainlng agent, Curran found himself in an ex­ posed and Indefensible position. He had premised his membership he would de­ liver the ships and had boasted how ISIU men were flocking to the NMU. To save face he started to scream^ "SIUNLRB conspiracy" and put on a show of "miUtancy." MMIM To start off, Curran put NMU picketlines around the Mooremack and Robin ships. In picketing Mooremack vessels he was hitting at the company which had worked hand-in-glove with him in the Robin deaL Curran's announced ob­ jective was to force Mooremack to defy the NLKH certification of the SIU on the first four ships. But Curran did not get the support he pbnned on. Even on Mooremack's own ships in the port of New York, the NMU picketing was ineffective, with the "New York Times" reporting, "The Mbrmacyork was worked ''by longshoremen despite the presence of the pickeb." (Dec. 21). The New York "World Telegram" of Dec 19 reported "longshoremen crossed the picketlines and continued to unload vessels.. Trucks abo passed the lines," while the "Journal of Commerce" pin­ pointed the situation when it said on Dec. 20, "the ILA's local refused to recognize a picket line . ., IVo of the Robin Line ships were able to discharge cargo . . ." Curran, of course, claimed that his pick­ ets had "frozen" the ships to the dock. NMU CrossBM NMU Line Two" days after his wild and irresponsi­ ble outburst, Curran reviewed the facts and changed hb tack. With Jongshoremen and teamsters working the ships, he put the NMU men back aboard the Robin Line ships, revealing en the waterfront the strange and paradoxical sight of NMU men working behind an NMU picket line. Meanwhile, the NMU "Pilot" attempted to explain the failure of the maneuver by referring to the longshore­ men and teamsters who had continued working as "low-hung longshoremen and teamsters." Not only was this reference characteristic of Curran's snide and irra­ tional -apprabab of a situation, it was an­ other demonstration of his inability to convey facts accurately. In short, it was typical Curran irresponsibility right down the line. The whole Robin Line adventure points up the complete irresponsibility of the NMU president as well as his willing­ ness' to take advantage of the lack of familiarity of non-maritime groups to confuse and mbrepresent a situation in which he is involved. He does not hesi­ tate to deliberately fabify in front of his own membership. Y^urran's action rules out acceptance of any of his so-called presentations of fact. Other than his customary bombast and promises of "we'll-tell-'emrwhat-they'dbetter-do-or-else," • Curran nowhere pre­ sented to the NMU membership any sem­ blance of a reason to justify his irrespon­ sible moye in the Robin Line situation. Nowhere did he present the NMU mem­ bers a case showing they were entitled to Robin Line jobs. Once again, he simply took the noisy route, and left reason by the wayside. When it b summed up, the conduct and actions of Curran in this instance are in violation of the elementary standards of trade unionism and certainiy a viola­ tion of the AFL-CIO constitution in that it is an attack on the jurisdiction and in­ tegrity of another AFL-CIO affiliate. What's more, the NMU raiding tactic placed in jeopardy the job rights, se­ curity and equity in welfare benefits of some 250 American workers on eight Robin Line ships. In calling for a collective bargaining election on Robin Line ships, the SIU was fulfilling one of its basic functions as a trade union—^which is to protect the jobs, security and economic welfare of its membership. . 4 4 4 At this point, developments' in the Robin beef are resting in the courts and the NLRB. The NMU has asked the courts to bar certification of the SIU by the La­ bor Board and the judge has reserved de­ cision. Mooremack has won "an injunction against NMU picketing of its vessels. Meanwh^e, the SIU is (mntinuing to take every appropriate action to protect the job rights, equity and seniority of SIU member| in the Robin Line. �IR..6 '• ' • SEiAFABERS^FKOG [ • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT ® AFL-CIO • US Budget Asks Funds For Af/ssv APL Vessels QUESTION: How wiit the year 1957 for you? WASHINGTON—Reversing last year's economy trend, the President's budget message Augusto Miranda, OS: It was not to Congress this week recommended construction of 18 new merchant ships, of which 11 too good a year for my family be­ cause of sickness. would be for SlU companies or operators under contract tp West Coast SIU affiliates. Between the flu The $132 million program and what not go­ would include four new cargo from 2,100 to 2,000. . Althot^ the base of Government subsidies ing around, the there are only 1,897 subsidized so that more companies could re­ liners for Mississippi Steam­ voyages under contract now, pend­ ceive Federal assistance than do doctor was kept ship, in line with the new 20-year ing applications by companies al­ now. Waterman, Isthmian and busy. But gener­ it was fair as subsidy contract the company ready under subsidy and operators Isbrandtsen are among the major ally I made some seeking subsidies would raise this operators seeking subsidy aid for signed with the Government last figure to 2,613. the first time. Renewed bids by good trips. I was fall. The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades trampship operators for'subsidy as­ a little disap-' Reduced Subsidies? Department and the SIU have con­ sistance likcudse appear to stand pointed because I did not win the sweepstakes, but A proposal for a reduced ceiling sistently pressed for broadening little chance. maybe in 1868. on subsidized voyages left the fu­ ture of pending subsidy applica-, tions by various operators up in the Chan F. Zal, AB: 1957 was a air. The President also said a fullvery "hot" year for me. Most of scale review of the 1936 Merchant the trips I made Marine Act was in progress and were in the Per­ urged stretching out the replace­ sian Gulf and I ment of the present merchant fleet had to sweat by extending the useful life of a through them. merchant ship for subsidy purposes Bet otherwise it SAN FRANClSCO=-Congressman Jack Shelley told a mass from 20 to 25 years. was good, quiet An 87-word section of the 22,000- labor rally here of his days as a sailor 30 years ago to spot­ and peaceful, just word budget message was devoted light what a proposed "right-to-work" law would mean in the way I like it. to "Water Transportation" and rec­ r did not have California. . ommended overall fund outlays of too much trouble Secretary-Treasurer C. J. HagAn overflow crowd at a San about $295 million. Besides the shipping, and managed to relax too, gerty, AFL-CIO Regional Direc­ $132 million ship construction fig­ Francisco Labor Council meet­ so can't complain about the ure, this covered $120 million for ing which kicked off the fight tor Dan Flanagan, and Council past1year. President Jack Goldberger and operating subsidies, $20 million for against a state "work" law was George Johns, also lash­ vessel trade-ins, $5 million for re­ reminded how the shipowners Secretary ed into the "work" law proposal as Jay Wolan, OS: Frankly it was a search and development, $15 mil­ "broke the Sailors Union" after a union-wrecking measure. the 1921 strike when an AB's rough year for me. I was in and lion for administrative expenses. Haggerty pointed out how back­ out of hospitals Including reserve fleet costs, and wages were $90 a month. ers of the law "think that now is "They replaced the Sailors hir­ year and had $3 million for maritime training. the time to press for passage b^ all ing hall with the Shipping Board not much of a The most hopeful Item was for cause of a few misguided officers ship construction, for which Con­ hall and wages went down, down, in our movement. But 'right-to- chance to ship gress had allotted a bare $3 million down In 1928, when I made my work' would not do one thing to out. Otherwise I last year. The President had last trip," Shelley declared, "able- clean up any misappropriation or think it was a originally asked $120 million for bodied seamen were making $45 racketeering. 'Right-to-work' is good year, but I construction, then trimmed that to a month for a double watch, four really a false issue to destroy dem­ hope I can get a ship during the $95 million and Congressional hours on and four hours off. This ocratic labor unions." budget-cutters lopped off $92 mil­ is what 'right-to-work' means. It Key campaigner for the law in next week and lion more before they were means the right to exploit the the state is Sen. William Know- make some working man, to take away his money. It's expensive sitting through. land, Senate Majority Leader In This year's fund, requests will strength to bargain for decent Washington and a Republican can­ around. cover a new passenger liner for wages and conditions ... t "This should be a crusade with didate for governor of California American President Lines, four Thomas Stratford, FWT: It was this November. cargo ships for American Mail you union members. Not a cru­ Line, two for Pacific Far East Line sade to keep unions in-existence, and the four for Mississippi, plus not a crusade to* keep Jobs for un­ four ships for Lykes and three for ion officers. It's a crusade for the Moore-McCormack. No funds were decent American living standards budgeted for a replacement for that can be won only by labor un­ the SS America. The Mississippi ions," SheUey added. In addition vessels are provided for under a to being ar former sailor, Shelley 14-ship fleet replacement program was head of the powerful Califor­ nia Federation of Labor at one SAN FRANCISCO—According to the unofficial returns in totalling $160 million. time. Recommended appropriations for the first election of officers for the Marine Cooks and Stew­ Other speakers. Including Calfed operating subsidies were increased ards Union, Ed Turner was an iasy victor in his bid for the over last year, but the ceiling on office of secretary-treasurer. subsidized voyages would be cut Turner was reported to have to be used to build up a fund to repay more than $300,000 borrowed received 1,747 votes against from the Sailors Union. These and 233 for Walt Chamberlain, his other funds were used during the long campaign to establish MCS only opponent. on West Coast ships. Over 2,000 members of the LAKE CHARLES—Labor affairs With the election out of the way, in this port are in good shape. The MC&S voted for the candidates' of the first major refurbishing of the SIU membership meet­ building trades unions recently their choice and on other basic 16-month old headquarters of the ings are held regularly signed new contracts, some of them union issues diirlng the 60-day SIU affiliate^ MCS is no^ under­ voting period. way. , every two weeks on Wed­ running for two years, providing for wage increases and better ben­ Of the total votes, cast, the. Work has started on the. build­ nesday nights at 7 PM in efits for their members. largest number, 1816, were cast in ing's interior to streamline the Shipping held its own around favor of Louis Foyt who was un­ union's operations and - provide all SIU ports. All Sea­ farers are expected to this area as compared to past holi­ opposed for the office of. New York more efficient service for the grow­ day periods. Registration lagged agent. In other ports, Pete Blanchi ing MCS membership. One major attend; those who wish to slightly behind shipping, but there deieated three opponents for the item call^ for the installation of be excused should request were plenty of men on the beach post of San Francisco dispatcher a new electric shipping board and while Joe Gorin, Wilffiington agent; a simplified registration procedure. permission by telegram to take up the jobs. H. A. Robinson, Portland agent and In similar action, ;the Saiior.<» OS Tankers (be sure to include reg­ The Chiwawa, Fort Hoskins, James Willoughby, Seattle agent Union of the Pacific has already istration number). The Bents Fort, Royal Oak, Winter Hill, were reelected to their positions. installed a new shipping board {it next SIU meetings will be: Cantigny, CS Baltimore, Govern­ The ballot also. included a pro­ SUP headquarters. ment Camp, Bradford Island, posal for a $20 annual assessment .The SUP instaUation: is pat­ Council Grove (Cities Service); Val to help repay the union's indebted­ terned after the shipping boards January 22 Chem (Heron) and the Del Alba ness to the SUP. The MCS repaid u.<sed at SIU halls in New York-and February 5 (Mississippi) were in port during its debt to the SIU a year ago and Baltimore. It is part of an ex­ February 19 the past two weeks. All were in is also paying off a loan Jrom the tensive; building, improvement pro­ March 5 good shape with no major beefs California :State- .Federation of gram, mapped out by thevSUP for on any vessels. Labor. The yearly assessment is aU its West Coast haUs. Calif. Labor Kicks Off Campaign On 'Wreck' Bid £ Cr* h- life First MCS Election Afomes Turner Sec'y Jobs Hold In SCHEDULE OF Lake Charles SIU MEETINGS if:;' fe; . I Jem. 17 195S a good year shipping-wise, plenty of money imd time to enjoy my­ self. It was quiet with nothing jinusual happening. What I liked best was the good choice of runs I got throughout the year. I just hope the next 12 months are just as good. ^ 4) •' William Westeott, pampmjuii 1937 was a very good year for me, financially and otherwise. 1 took a couple of trips Cor six months, and then , a five month vacation in Canada. Right now I only hope it will be as good next year, and from the looks of things, it probably will. . Bait. Busy Organizing BALTIMORE—With thehoUdays over, the Seafarers in this port are getting back to the everyday tasks. The SIU is continuing to pu^ its organizing drive in the various areas in and around the port. There has been no word as yet con­ cerning one petition which has been filed with the Labor Board. It has been a very slow shipping period for the men on the'beach here. .There were only nine vessels paying off during the past two weeks, five signed on, and IS were in transit. The Hurricane (Waterman); Cubore, Santore, Baltore (Ore); Bethcoaster, Seamar (Calmar); Evelyn, Jean (Bull) and the Pacific Ocean (Trans. Utilities) paid off while the Cubore, Santore, Baltore, Pa­ cific Ocean, and the Seamar ^gned on. In-transit were the Robin Goodfellow, Robin Trent (Robin) ; Alcoa Partner, PegasOS, Pilgrim, (Alcoa); Steel' Apprentice, Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Wild Ranger (Water­ man)'; Alamar (Calmar); Fort Hos­ kins (Cities Service); Venore, Oremar (Ore.) and the Mankato Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers). V. l/taYrLifta � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 17, 1958 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CRUSHES NMU, WINS HOOD 26-1 US BUDGET OKS HOSPITAL FUNDS SEAMEN’S PROTESTS SAVE HOSPITAL $$ $2 BILLION MORE IN AID, SURPLUS SALES PROPOSED CURRAN DISCOURSES ON RED TREACHERY FMB READY TO RECALL TWO MORE COAL VESSELS MEBA PLANS GT. LAKES DRIVE AT SPRING FIT-OUT BEHIND THE ROBIN LINE STORY IBM GEAR KEEPS TIGHT CHECK ON DUES RECORDS BRITISH STUDY 100,000-TON SUB TANKER SEAFARERS RESCUES FIRE VICTIMS UNIONS OF AMERICA UAW – AUTO, AIRCRAFT, ARMS, FARM IMPLEMENTS TRAMPS EMPHASIZE BULK CARGO RISE IN AID PLEA JAPAN SEEKS ARAB OIL CONCESSION; OFFERS 56% T-H BREAKS STRIKE AT TEXAS PLANT DOLDRUMS HIT SAN FRANCISCO US BUDGET ASKS FUNDS FOR MISS., APL VESSELS CALIF. LABOR KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN ON ‘WRECK’ BID FIRST MCS ELECTION NAMES TURNER SEC’Y Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/17/1958 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XX, No. 2 1958 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d795713ef4742de8ee7b0ef8861d208c.PDF 337a9a1da0986a579d053a1d0f414685 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO �Page Two January 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG New GOP Senator Predicts: ImomingAdministration WillSubmit Maritime Program by Early Spring WASHINGTON—A newly-elected Republican Senator forecast last week that the Nixon Admin­ istration would submit a sweeping new maritime program to Congress "early this Spring." Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland said that President-elect Richard M. Nixon was committed to "a new assertion of executive ing and uioderiiiziiig U.S. port failed to keep pace with modern leadership, a new spirit of co­ facilities to meet present and fu­ needs and modern competition. operation and creativity, and a ture needs. "Of course it is a long way from new and encouraging sense of Emphasizing the need for ac­ preliminary statements to con­ urgency—all grounded in a new tion on the maritime front, the crete authorizations and appro­ commitment to federal action to Maryland Republican said the priations—and a longer way be­ make our merchant marine once merchant fleet is "inadequate to fore those acts can be translated again worthy of a great power." respond to our day-to-day com­ into ships on the ways, jobs in Speaking at a meeting sponsored mercial needs—nor can it be relied the ports, and cargoes on the high by the nearly seven million mem­ on to meet every forseeable na­ seas. ber AFL-CIO Maritime Trades tional emergency." "I shall look forward to action Department, Mathias urged all While the United States has segments of the maritime industry been "frittering away" its mari­ by the President-elect and his to join with Administration of­ time strength, Mathias said, "other cabinet to refine an Administra­ ficials in "shaping a program nations have been moving aggres­ tion maritime program as quickly which government, labor and man­ sively to fill the sea lanes which as possible and submit definite recommendations and requests to agement can all endorse and ad­ we have abdicated." the Congress early this spring," vance." Comparing the maritime strength The Maryland Senator said the of the United States to that of the the Maryland lawmaker continued. new maritime program would be Soviet Union, the Maryland Sen­ 'Make Ideas Known' geared to the policy statement on ator declared the Russian chal­ "I would urge you and every the merchant marine made public lenge is an "especially significant by Nixon during last Fall's presi­ one which we can no longer af­ segment of the maritime industr> dential campaign. In that state­ ford to downgrade or ignore." to make your own ideas known to ment, Mathias noted, the Presi­ The Soviet fleet, he stated, has the Administration now ... On dent-elect called for: already surpassed ours in number my part, I will do everything I • A "sharp increase" in the of vessels and "is rapidly over­ can in the Senate to secure quick and sympathetic consideration of carriage of U.S. trade aboard taking us" in total tonnage. new proposals, and to obtain ap­ American-flag ships, with a goal Lowly U.S. Position proval of the authorizations and of 30 percent by the mid-70s. He also noted that the Japanese the funds required to carry them At present, the U.S.-flag fleet carries only about five percent of now carry 40 percent of their com­ out." the nation's waterbome imports merce in their own ships, and have "I would welcome membership as a goal the carriage of 60 per­ on the Senate Commerce Com­ and exports. • A building program with em­ cent of Japanese exports and 70 mittee," he said, "but if that phasis on stimulating private ship­ percent of their imports by 1975. "should not come to pass, you can building through better use of "These are striking figures," Ma­ be sure that my interest in and credit facilities and amortization thias said, "in comparison to the support of merchant marine mat­ 5.6 percent our ships presently ters will continue to grow." procedures. carry." • Exploring the use of long"If we can work together, and "The past several years," Ma­ I am confident that we can and range government cargo commit­ ments as a spur to, unsubsidized thias declared "have been discour­ will, 1969 may well turn out to private financing of construction. aging and disappointing ones for be the year in which our maritime our maritime industry. The sta­ • An immediate "reevaluation" tistics of continuing decline are industry stops sinking and begins of the entire system of operating almost too familiar to all of us. to swim. subsidies. These subsidies now go "This may well be the year in "I don't have to repeat for to only 14 of the nation's shipping your benefit the fact that, at the which we begin to meet our stra­ lines, operating only one-third of end of World War II, the United tegic and economic needs for a the U.S.-flag fleet. States enjoyed the largest, most strong fleet . . . reassert America's • Greater attention to the needs powerful merchant fleet in the commercial powers on the sea . . . of the unsubsidized sectors of the world. Since then, however—and and restore full vitality to all of the merchant fleet. particularly during the past four communities and ports which de­ • Greater emphasis on develop­ or five years—we have simply pend on a healthy and growing maritime industry for their own economic growth. "We have a tremendous job to do," Mathias concluded. It's time to get to work." 5 Vessels Added, 6 Dropped From Govt's Cuba Blacklist WASHINGTON—Five ships have been added by the Maritime Administration in the latest revision of the agency's Cuba Black­ list issued this month. Six other vessels were removed from the list which is comprised of Free World and Polish-flag vessels ators, the Gem Shipping Company ineligible to carry U.S. govern­ of Geneva, promised to keep that ment-financed cargoes because ship—as well as four others under they have called at Cuban ports. their control—out of the Cuban Added to the list were the Alda, trade as long as it remains United 7,292 gross tons, the 9,000-ton States policy to divert shipping Degedo, and the Suerte, 7,267 from Cuba. MARAD established the Cu­ tons—all Cypriot-flag ships. Also barred was the 2,449-ton Agrum, ban Blacklist on January 1, 1963. of Yugoslavian registry, and the Since then, 123 ships which had been listed have later been re­ Somali-flag Aria, 5,059 tons. Five vessels were stricken from moved after their owners — or the list as a result of being either those who controlled them — scrapped or sunk. These were the promised to keep all their vessels ^banese-flag Rio, 7,194 gross out of Cuban ports. In all, 942 tons; the Greek Nicolaos F., 7,199 vessels were kept away from Cuba tons; the Cypriot Amon, 7,227 by virtue of these pledges. MARAD's latest report runs tons; the Lebanese Vergolivada, through December 26, 1968, and 6,339 tons and the Pakistani Harincludes 187 blacklisted ships. inghata, 7,054 tons. These represent more than a dozThe sixth vessel removed from . en flags of registry and aggregate blacklist was the Somali-flag San­ doval of 14,659 tons, whose oper­ 1,325,975 gross tons of shipping. Three Additional Seafarers Earn Engineer's Licenses Three more Seafarers have received an engineer's license after attending the School of Marine Engineering sponsored by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. This brings to 305, the number of men who have passed Coast Guard ^ examinations following comple= Engineering can obtain additional information and apply for the tion of the course offered by course at any SIU hall, or they the school. All of the Seafarers in can write directly to SIU head­ the latest group are newly-licensed quarters at 675 Fourth Avenue third assistant en­ in Brooklyn, New York 11232. gineers. The telephone number is (212) Marko Petric HYacinth 9-6600. lives in Chalmette, Louisiana, with his wife, Bemis. A native of Yugoslavia, he joined the SIU in Pefric Port Arthur, Tex­ as, in 1966. The 62-year-old Seafarer previously sailed as oiler and his last vessel WASHINGTON — Certain was the Steel Surveyor. United States-flag vessels entering Clyde Hoskins formerly sailed Vietnamese ports have been as FOWT. The 37-year-old Sea­ granted exemption from port dues farer last sailed aboard the Fairand tonnage taxes levied by the port prior to earning his third as­ Government of the Republic of sistant's ticket. He joined the Vietnam, it was announced last Union in 1968 in the Port of New m.nnth. York and makes his home in San The vessels to be exempted are Francisco. Brother Hoskins is a those owned by the United States native of Texas. Herbert Gray lives in Leesburg, Government (GAA and USNS) Florida, with his wife, Agnes. A and also private merchant ships native of that state, the 54-year- chartered by the U.S. Government old Seafarer formerly sailed as in Vietnam or for aid to the Re­ FOWT, electrician and pumpman. public of Vietnam. He has also sailed briefly in the Exemption for such vessels is deck and steward departments. retroactive to October 21, 1968. Brother Gray's last vessel was the Monies presently held in escrow Sapphire Etta. He joined the SIU by the American Consul at Saigon and Danang will be refunded in piasters—as received—to Saigon agents from whom such monies were received from October 21, 1968. All ship's masters and Viet­ nam agents have been informed that any refunds received by U.S. flag agents are to be forwarded Hosldns Gray to the Commander, Military Sea in the Port of Baltimore in 1941. Transportation Service. Engine department Seafarers Port Dues and Tonnage Taxes are eligible to apply for any of the in Vietnam were instituted by the upgrading programs if they are at Vietnamese government in Janu­ least 19 years of age and have 18 ary of 1968. months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department, plus six months' experience as wiper or the equivalent. SEAFABEBS^I.OC Those who qualify and wish to Jan. 17. 1969 • Vol. XXXI. No. 2 enroll in the School of Marine WASfflNGTON-r-EmpIoyees ^d employers are new paying slightly more for social security but workers an^ their fam\ilies also are getting more and better protection than ever before. The social security contribution for both employee and empioyer was increased by four-tenths of 1 percent to 4.8 percent on wages up to $7,800 a year, effective January 1. This slight increase in contributions results fr<Hn a number of improvements made in the Social Security Act in 1967, in­ cluding a 13-percent across-the-board increase in benefits. These improvements wiU also miean higher benefits and better protection in the future for workers and their families when the bread­ winner retifes, dies or becomes seriously disabled". Meanwhile, the contribution for employees and employers alike under railroad retirement also went up^ eiffective January I, from 8.90 to 9.55 percent on the first $650 of each month's earnings. ^ y The contribution inbrease under this system follows legislaition enacted in 1968 which boosted retirement benefits to levels about 10 percent hi^er than comparable beneflits under social /security,'::\y " S. Vietnam Lifts Taxes, Port Dues On U. S. Vessels Offlclal Fublication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUI. HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Vice-President'" Exec. Vice-Prea. LINDSEY WILLIAMS Ah KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treaa. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Director of Publications MIKE POLLACK Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP PETER WEISS BILL MOORE Staff Photoo ANTHONY ANSALDI nuiihid kiwnlily at 810 Rhodi lilind Awnu N.E., Waihlnftsn, D. C. 20018 ky thi Stafartn Intirnatlonal Union, Atlantic, Golf, Lakci and Inland Watcn Dlitrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartb Accnic, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tol. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second clan poitaic paid at Wathlnploni, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Forai 3579 cardi ihoold ko Mnt to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gall. Lakes and Inland Waters DIstrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartb Annaa, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. IT �January 17, 1969 An SlU Upgrading Milestone Page Three SEAFARERS LOG As New Session Convenes Renewed Congressional Drive Begins To Establish Independent MARAD Congressman Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) presents the 300th original third assistant engineer's license earned at the SlU-MEBA District 2 Engineering School in,New York to Seafarer Jerry Vinson (center) who accepted on behalf of Charles Sexton, who was at sea. Vinson is also a new third assistant engineer. At right is Ronald Spencer, director of the engineer's training program. Also present at the recent ceremony was Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.). Party Leaders Offer Program WASHINGTON—A bill calling for the creation of an independent Federal Maritime Adminis­ tration was introduced last week during the opening days of the first session of the 91st Congress by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D., Md.), Chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Following the defeat of H.R. which would have jurisdiction The Garmatz bill, H.R. 213, over loan and mortgage insurance 159, several legislators from both which is identical to the meas­ under provisions of the Merchant sides of the aisle immediately ure which he introduced during Marine Act of 1936, would op­ promised a renewed fight for an the last (90th) Congress, was erate within the agency. It would independent MARAD when Con­ quickly followed by companion be composed of the Federal Mari­ gress reconvened for the present measures from over 40 legislators, time Administrator, as chairman, session. The prompt introduction both Democrats and Republicans. plus two additional members also of H.R. 213, and the 40-odd Entitled the Federal Maritime appointed by the President. The companion bills presented thus Act of 1969, the new bill would bill stipulates that the three mem­ far, are a clear indication that divorce MARAD from the De­ bers of the board not all be from sympathy on Capitol Hill for this partment of Commerce, where it the same political party. prime maritime objective remains has been languishing since 1950. strong. The Act would become effec­ In the view of the vast majority tive 60 days after enactment. The AFL-CIO Offers Plan of maritime industry—labor and measure will be assigned for con­ management alike—this has been sideration to the Merchant Ma­ The continuing battle had its a principal reason for the decline rine and Fisheries Committee beginning back in 1965, when the of the U.S.-flag merchant marine where it may be subject to new Sixth Constitutional Convention since that time. hearings. As is true in the case of the AFL-CIO, in the first om­ The new agency would be of all committees at the start of nibus maritime resolution in lahor headed by a Federal Maritime a new session, the group will have hsitory, called for a long list of Administrator — devoted exclu­ new members assigned to it and remedial actions to rescue the sively to the nation's maritime will have to undergo a reorgani­ U.S.-flag fleet from the doldrums. problems — appointed by the zation before it can begin to func­ Re-establishment of an inde­ President for a term of four years. tion. pendent Maritime Administration A Deputy Maritime Administra­ was a key element in that pro­ Passed Both Houses tor is also provided for. gram, adopted unanimously by The bill's predecessor, as H.R. A Federal Maritime Board, the convention.. This recommen­ 159, was passed by both houses dation was reaffirmed by the during the 90th Congress, clear­ AFL-CIO Executive Council the ing the Senate in the closing hours following year. of the session. Strongly backed In 1966, however, the situa­ by the SIU, the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, and the tion was complicated by Adminis­ overwhelming majority of the tration efforts to pull together a maritime industry, it was piloted score or more agencies into a sin­ through the legislative channels gle new Cabinet-level Depart­ by Garmatz, Senator Warren G. ment—the Department of Trans­ Magnuson (D-Wash.), chairman portation. Although the AFL-CIO of the Senate Commerce Com­ supported the concept of a new Party has been issued by three mittee; the late Senator E. L. Department for domestic modes Muskie and Lawrence O'Brien, Bartlett (D-Alaska), then chair­ of transportation, it flatly opposed man of the Merchant Marine inclusion of maritime because of Subcommittee and former Sena­ the industry's dual roles in both from the past and a willingness tor Daniel B. Brewster (D-Md.). commerce and defense. to adapt our programs and our Reaching President Johnson's As a result of labor's efforts. institutions to meet challenging desk after the Congress had ad­ Congress in 1966 created the new conditions." journed, the bill was subsequently Department, but specifically ex­ He said that as a national po­ allowed to die at the White House cluded the Maritime Administra­ litical party, the Democrats "have through use of the so-called tion, leaving the agency within the Depaitment of Commerce. an obligation to develop and offer pocket veto. constructive alternatives to poli­ cies and programs of the new Administration." Muskie also asked that the base of the party be broadened and that it engage in a "constant process of reform in its selection of leadership and in the ways in JACKSONVILLE—A new $3.5-million marine terminal is which it involves party members in its decision-making on issues the latest addition to Jacksonville's steadily expanding ocean and operations." shipping industry. The new facility, the Blount Island Pier, located some eight He said that the reform must miles below the old city limits on the St. John's River, was dedi­ take place at all levels of the party cated recently and has been leased to the St. Regis Paper Com­ to be meaningful, that state and pany on a long-term basis. It is one of three separate waterfront local organizations must match installations now being expanded and modernized by the Jackson­ the steps taken by the national ville Port Authority. The other two are the 8th Street Terminal, party. further up the river, and the Talleyrand Docks. O'Brien expressed the view that Last year Jacksonville handled about 11 million tons of waterthe Democratic Party emerged borne cargo, about a million tons of which went through Port from the 1968 elections "stron?, Authority facilities. Construction of the new terminal was started robust and ready for victory in early in 1967. The 1,600-acre tract is only seven miles from the the 1970's." open sea. He said high priority should be St. Regis has reached an agreement with the Port authority given to voter registration and which will enable the company to handle and store some 200,000 campaign financing and asked that tons of paper products per year in the facilities. a top goal be "future election to These presently contain nearly three miles of paved highways, regain control of state houses and a vehicular bridge and a railroad bridge. The outlook for the port legislatures, particularly in the cru­ is believed considerably enhanced by a new Cross-Florida barge cial, big-vote states." canal which should be completed during the mid-1970s and will tie-in with the Intra-Coastal Canal. Jacksonville will be the O'Brien said that "the man who eastern terminus for the new inland barge route. did the most to revive the strength Also scheduled for completion in 1970 is the dredging of the apd vitality of the Democratic St. Johns River to a channel depth of 38 feet; this work is already Party is Vice President Hum­ under way. phrey. He refused to believe that defeat was inevitable." Democratic Party Must be Rebuilt Into Vigorous Nationai Organization WASHINGTON A call for the rebuilding of the Democratic of its top leaders—Vice President Humphrey, Senator Edmund S. outgoing chairniaii of the Democratic National Committee. The three, in separate articles —Z 7Z Z, , • 1 Kr states for a permanent franchise in the party's official publica­ which qualifies a voter anywhere tion, The Democrat, set forth a in the nation or overseas for every program for electoral reform, national election." broad grass-roots participation and • Assure that the party is ade­ a vigorous national organization. quately financed and staffed to Humphrey declared that the serve as a center of Democratic party "must start building and leadership. working now for victory" in the Despite its 1968 campaign def­ congressional contests in 1970 as icit, Humphrey said the national well as in the presidential election committee should "allocate a sub­ in 1972. "It is now or never for the stantial budget to support expand­ Democratic Party," he stressed, ed research, and candidate sup­ and asked that three steps be port operations as well as efforts at fund-raising to help pay off taken: • Open the party to the fullest the debt." public participation "because the The Vice President said that people are the ultimate source of "the next great test for the Dem­ political strength in our democ­ ocratic Party — the decisive test racy." —will corne in 1970" when 25 Humphrey noted that "impor­ Democratic senators will be up tant strides" in this direction were for re-election along with the en­ taken at the 1968 Democratic tire House of Representatives, National Convention which "de­ and many of the large states will spite the turmoil and tragedy be choosing a governor. which accompanied it was one of "Tiiese elections are a great the most open in history." challenge and a great opportunity He called for new steps includ­ for Democrats," Humphrey said. ing "perhaps even a party-wide "We must start building and conference prior to the 1970 elec­ working now for vitcory. We tions." must be ready to offer meaningful • Take the lead in pressing for support to all Democratic candi­ electoral reform. dates, at all levels. . . ." The Vice President urged a conIn his article in The Democrat, stiutional amendment to prevent Muskie asked for full implemen­ recurrence of a "serious danger" tation of all the party reform that the will of the majority would steps approved by the Chicago be thwarted in the election of the convention. President, either in the Electoral "The Democratic Party has al­ College or in the House of Rep­ resentatives, He would eliminate ways been the party of the fu­ obstacles to voter registration and ture," the Maine senator wrote. proposed "a system among the "That involves a capacity to leam Jacksonville Adds Modern Marine Terminal �SEAFARERS LOG Page Four January 17, 1969 Labor Gives Aid to Ghetto Renewal; South St. Seaport Buys Provides Financing and Employment Last Known Square-Rigger ST. LOUIS—Labor, management, a neighborhood group and government have joined in a ghettorebuilding program financed in part by the AFL-CIO and designed to be a pace-setter for cities across the nation. The goal is IS to rehabilitate set up the program and indicated trainees or trainees, according to 300 dilapidated houses in a 200 their close ties with the neighbor­ previous experience. square block area over a two hood were instrumental in making Qualified workers will receive year period at a cost of about $4 the project possible. the current negotiated pay rate million, with area residents doing Evans also praised the St. Louis for their particular crafts. Ad­ most of the rebuilding. Many of Building Trades Council and the vanced trainees will receive from them now are unemployed. contractors' associations for their 60 to 90 percent of journeyman Under contracts involving 14 work and cooperation in helping pay, depending upon degrees of building trades organizations and to plan the project. skill. The starting rate for train­ five contractors' associations, the ees will be $3 per hour. He reported that building residents will be trained to the Trainees will be allowed to trades unions and contractors' extent necessary and given an op­ associations in Boston have also work across jurisdictional lines as portunity to become members of signed agreements to train ghetto •helpers for six months after which the unions. residents in rebuilding slum they will be assigned to a trade as Director John E. Evans of the houses, and are expected to an advanced trainee. Union mem­ AFL-CIO Department of Urban launch specific projects here soon. bership will be made available not Affairs was among the represent­ Similar agreements are under later than the completion of the atives of government, labor and discussion in Baltimore, Chicago advanced trainee training period. management on hand to an­ and Gary, Ind., Evans said. Area Ratio nounce the project at a press con­ The principal enabling con­ The craft selection commi'tee ference here. tracts in the project involve locals He reported that the AFL-CIO of the Operafing Engineers, Plas­ will determine the ratio of non­ Mortgage Investment Trust Fund terers, Cement Masons, Carpen­ residents to residents of the area has agreed to furnish interim con­ ters, Stone Workers, Sheet Metal to be hired, except that in no case struction morteaee financing to Workers, Plumbers, Painters, will the ratio in the advanced the amount of $650,000 to Jeff- Bricklayers, International Broth­ trainee or trainee classifications Vander Lou, Inc., a neighbor­ erhood of Electrical Workers, La­ be less than one resident to three hood non-profit organization that borers and Teamsters, and district skilled journeymen. Michael L. Galli, director of initi-^ted the project. councils of the Laborers and Car­ the St. Louis Federal Housing The Department of Urban Af­ penters. Administration office, described fairs oversees the operations of Labor Grant the project as one that "we hope the fund, which was created by will be adopted in other neighbor­ The training of at least 150 the AFL-CIO in 1964 to help hoods and urban areas throughout workers is covered by a $176 500 finance the construction of neces­ sary and socially desirable hous­ erant from the Labor Department the nation." to Construction Job Opportuni­ ing. He said rehabilitated homes Jeff-Vander Lou sets its name ties, Inc., formed bv general con­ will be sold to residents of the from the fact that the area in­ tractors in the St. Louis area. area, using FHA below-marketA craft selection committee rate interest programs. Most com­ volved is bounded bv Jefferson, Vandeventer, St. Louis and Del- with equal representation from pleted homes will be of the threemT streets. Most'of the resideiits labor and management will re­ or four-bedroom size, selling at an view job applications and classify average price of $13,000, with of the area are Negroes. down payments as low as $200 Evans said his office has been workers for the project. working with Jeff-Vander Lou and Workers hired will be classified and monthly payments as low as other agencies here since June to as qualified workmen, advanced $60. Talking Over Old Times NEW YORK—The Charles Cooper, last of the American merchant square-riggers, has found a new home after 102 years as a floating warehouse in the Falkland Islands. The hull of the Cooper, only known surviving square-rigged vessel, has been acquired by the South Street Seaport, New York's maritime museum, which is engaged in a program to restore the famed "Street of Ships" to its original state in the old shipping days of the 19th century. The vessel was built in 1856 at the William Hall yard in what is now Fairfield, Connecticut, for the Layton and Hurlburt Line as an ocean liner for service in North Atlantic cross­ ings to Antwerp. She measured 165 feet with a beam of 35 and one-half feet, and was designed to carry 1,463 tons. Because steamers at that time were rapidly displacing sail vessels, the Charles Cooper was soon taken off its liner runs and put into general trading service in the Pacific. In September, 1866, when she was barely ten years old, the vessel ran into trouble off Cape Horn while carrying a cargo of coal bound for San Francisco. Springing leaks, the square-rigger limped to the nearby Falkland Islands to take shelter and has remained there ever since as a storeship. Although her masts are gone, the hull, of Connecticut oak and chestnut, is still sturdy and well-preserved. The South Street Seaport, a creation of the New York State legislature in conjunction with the City Planning Commission, is intended to recreate the days of New York maritime history when scores of square-riggers lined up along the South Street piers was a common sight. Funds to acquire the Cooper were donated by the Journal of Commerce. Still to be raised is the cost of lowing the ship to its new home. 5IUNA Rshermen's Union Achieves Seiid Cains in Three-Year Contract GLOUCESTER, Mass.—Following ten weeks of continuous negotiations with the boatowners, the SIUNA-afiiliated Atlantic Fishermen's Union hammered out a new three-year agreement last month which covers 52 fishing • negotiations that fishermen pay the vessels' operating out of this full cost of the gloves. port. "Its a good contract,"' said Or­ The new contract, which was lando, following its acceptance by overwhelmingly approved by the the membership. New Bedford AFU membership here, contains attorney Patrick Harrington, who 85 percent of what the Union was part of the AFU's negotiating originally asked for, according to team during the bargaining talks AFU Acting President Michael concurred with Orlando's com­ P. Orlando. ment. "We bargained well," he One of the most significant said. provisions of the new agreement is the doubling of the flat rate pay­ ment received by AFU members who sail as engineers, cooks, and mates—from $15 per trip to $30 per trip. This increased rate will be paid in addition to the regular full share of the catch. $25 'Broker Trip' Also each fisherman now will NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — be paid a flat fee of $25 for a Work will soon begin on a new "broker trip"—one during which four-million pound gantry crane too few fish are caught to meet which will tower 19 stories in expenses. height, and span two shipways for Another important gain is a a distance of 440 feet, at the New­ one-half percent increase in the port News Shipbuilding and Dry gross stock deduction made for Dock Company shipyards. the welfare-pension fund. The largest crane of its type Concessions from the boat ever to be built in this country, owners in the methods used to it will span the shipyard's No. 10 purchase supplies for a trip were and ^o. 11 ways and will easily also won. The new pact provides clear the island structure of that the vessel owner is to purchase broad-decked carriers, or the all supplies at the "best competi­ soaring funnels of the largest sutive price." Rags, dishes, watch­ perliners. man fees, and the cost of light Designed to lift the heaviest of bulbs will be paid by the vessel assemblies and machinery, the owner. crane will roll back and forth over Only lubricants "actually the shipways on rails that will be burned" will now be part of the extended 150 feet into the James gross stock. In the past, all lub­ River to permit the unloading of ricants, whether actually used dur­ heavy materials directly from ing a trip or not, were partially barges or vessels. These materials paid for by the fishermen. can then be transferred directly to The AFU fought for, and won, ships under construction. the right to continue the arrange­ Component parts of the crane ment whereby part of the cost of will be built at the main Ohio plant work gloves used by fishermen is of the Alliance Machine Com­ paid by the vessel owner. The boat pany, which will engineer and owners had demanded early in the build the structure. Shipyard Orders Giant New Crane 19 Stories High •k- ii ! Three additions to SiU pension roster are welcomed by Welfare Director A! Bernstein (far left) and two already retired Seafarers in New York hall. From left are: Domingo Jartin, Recardo Barcelona, Louis Almeida, Fred Harvey and Alexander L.einer. Harvey joined the pension list in 1965, Leiner in 1968. �January 17, 1969 Page Five SEAFARERS LOG In Annual New Year's Message Gas Station Card Gimmicks Give Player Fast Shuffle If you're looking for odds, don't expect any from the service station so-called giveaway methods of attracting customers—the cards you match or scrape. Your chance of getting a dollar is about 4.S in a thousand. That's .45 in a hundred, or about half of one percent. Putting your faith in something substantial, like horse betting, is smarter. ^The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union News, official paper of the union that is closest to the industry, collected a few figures that evolved from some experiences with the cards the man gives you when you pay for your gas. An Ohio station operator had an extra-special customer to whom he gave a box of 1,000 cards. The customer—or probably his wife—matched up the cards and won $4. Another operator took 1,500 of them home to his wife. Many hours of scrubbing netted her $3 and a bad temper. A South Carolina civic club asked its members to donate all the cards they got to a charity project. Bursting with altruism, they came through with 6,000 tickets to instant wealth. The charity benefitted by a grand total of only $21. A reporter from a Cleveland newspaper was a big winner, though. On the black market—^you can buy these cards if you know how—he got 1,000 of them from each of two companies. One bundle returned $7, the other $8. But do the companies lose? Hah! They charge the station operators $15 for each 1,000, and they pay out from $3 to $8. Meany Outlines Labor's Objectives For National Progress, World Peace WASHINGTON—Organized labor faces the year ahead with "a spirit of determination to push for progress at home and honorable peace in the world." AFL-CIO President George Meany de­ clared in a New Year's statement this month. Noting that 1969 finds a neat ^,|,e homeless, ted the hungry, suc­ modernized job-safety laws and Administration and a Congress cor the sick," protect the con­ elimination of procedures that bf a different political viewpoint sumer, educate the young and pro­ deny the ballot to some citizens. being called upon to work to­ vide the aged with a life free from TTie international scene—"The gether, Meany pointed out that fear. AFL-CIO will continue its support only time will tell how well this Further, he stated, the AFL- of this nation's pursuit of peace "division of power" works out. CIO will seek legislation to "con­ with honor and its defense of free­ "But all Americans, no matter tinue the march toward full dom." what their political beliefs, owe it equality and improve the lot of In this area, Meany also said to their country to support re­ the nation's workers and their that the federation will continue sponsible efforts of the New Ad­ unions." its role of helping to strengthen ministration and the 91st Congress Meany reaffirmed labor's deter­ free unions in the developing na­ to meet the problems of our mination to support "with all our tions "secure in the belief that by times," Meany added. strength" the efforts of exploited helping build strong, free demo­ And as far as the labor move­ farm workers "to achieve the pro­ cratic institutions we are simultan­ ment is concerned, he emphasized tections and benefits that workers eously helping build democracy "we will do our utmost to help have a right to enjoy in a free so­ and freedom for all." solve the tremendous problems ciety." Meany concluded his statement which face America's people, her "The farm workers and the by expressing labor's high regard cities and her future." AFL-CIO will not rest until this for and gratitude to "a great Amer­ In Congress, Meany said, labor goal has been won," he said. ican who is about to lay down the will work for measures to "house burdens of office. President Lyn­ Summarizes Aims don B. Johnson." In summary, labor's objectives "No President," Meany de­ in Congress will call for new pro­ clared, "has ever done more for grams where necessary, broaden­ the poor, the homeless, the elder­ ing of programs that now are too ly; no President has achieved more narrow to be effective and "ad­ in the fields of education, civil equate and proper financing" of rights or health care; no President all programs, Meany stressed. has suffered so many unfair, un­ He then centered on three other justified attacks. on illegal, unethical activities the areas that will receive major at­ "The American labor movement tention from labor in the year owes President Johnson a deep program as preferable to slashing ahead: debt of gratitude and, on behalf Collective bargaining — AFL- of the AFL-CIO. 1 am honored to This commitment, he said, CIO unions will strive for new acknowledge it." "must be fulfilled. Therefore, we contracts "that guarantee to work­ urge that while every effort be ers their fair share of the fruits of made to reduce unnecessary costs, enterprise." there must be no restriction on the State legislature—Unions will right of low-income Americans to seek adequate unemployment and obtain comprehensive health workmen's compensation bene­ care." fits, consumer-protection laws. AFL'CIO Seeking Fffectlve Control Over Illegal Uedkaid Profiteering WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has called effective controls answer to high Medicaid expenses. Federation Social Security Director Bert Seidman urged such a needed health services for the ^ duplicate payments or submitting poor. He declared that certain claims for services rendered to pa­ professionals are now bilking tients who had died or been dis­ millions annually from Medicaid charged before the period covered and he said an effective cost con­ in the billing, the investigation re­ trol system could stop this. vealed. Seidman made his remarks in a It also showed that a great statement submitted to Secretary number of druggists violate reg­ of Health, Education and Wel­ ulations by charging the state fare Wilbur J. Cohen, who has higher prices than those charged been conducting hearings on the public for the same drugs. Medicaid around the nation. "These abuses clearly indicate Medicaid is the program through the need for cost control in the which the federal government helps finance state plans for pro­ form of federally regulated fees viding comprehensive health care and charges," Seidman said. He cited California only be­ for the poor and low-income or cause that state's investigation had "medically indigent" families. "It would be the height of in­ been the most detailed. "We have no doubt," he added, justice," Seidman wrote, "to pe­ nalize the poor by barring them "that similar investigations in oth­ from needed health care while er states would reveal equally continuing to line the pockets of shocking abuses which have added greedy providers who view the untold millions of dollars to the program as a get-rich scheme for cost of the program." doctors, nursing homes and phar­ Seidman said the AFL-CIO macists." considers particularly sound a number of recommendations Program Drained made by the Advisory Commis­ Seidman's statement noted that sion on Intergovernmental Rela­ there is clear evidence that the tions. These proposals for in­ present lack of cost controls has creasing the efficiency and reduc­ enabled unethical persons in those professions to drain the program ing the unduly high costs of Medicaid services deserve to be of huge amounts of money. implemented as rapidly as pos­ He recalled an investigation by sible, he suggested. the California attorney-general The AFL-CIO, he said, specifi­ which revealed that false claims, cally supports the commission's kickbacks, over-servicing and oth­ proposals for reimbursing hospi­ er abuses in that state are siphon­ tals contingent upon their operat­ ing from $6 to $8 million an­ ing under an acceptable standard nually from the California pro­ of management efficiency, pay­ gram alone. ment for physicians' services on a The probe showed that some physicians are guilty of overserv- basis other than usual and custom­ icing, submitting claims for pa­ ary charges and improved tech­ tients they did not treat or for niques of utilization review. Seidman described Medicaid as treatment not actually given, overprescribing drugs and laboratory "an epoch-making commitment examinations, and charging fees. that needed health care would be Many California nursing homes the right of all Americans regard­ abuse the program by accepting less of income." Austin P. Skinner Re-elected By SlUNA Fishermen's Union NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—Members of the SIUNA-affiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union last month elected Austin P. Skinner to a fourth term as secretary-treasurer of the Union. Skinner, who defeated Edward ^ velopment of NBFU health, wel­ P. Patenaude by an almost twofare and pension plans. Skinner to-one margin—341 to 171— noted that an extensive investment will serve in the Union's top post program has been launched by the for another two years. NBFU to insure maximum return on monies paid into the pension fund, so that benefit payments to members may be ultimately in­ creased. Austin P. Skinner Thanking the membership for their expression of confidence in him. Skinner pledged that the Un­ ion will not rest on past perform­ ance, but will step up its efforts to gain increased benefits for its fish­ ermen, and continue to play a vital role in the fishing industry. Citing progress made in the de­ SIUNA Vice President A vice president of the SIUNA, Skinner is also secretary of the SIUNA Fish and Cannery Con­ ference. Representing thousands of SIUNA members in the domes­ tic fishing industry, the Confer­ ence serves to foster unity in pre­ senting the hopes and aspirations of the membership to government and management. With the severe problems presently confronting the U.S. fishing industry, the Con­ ference also surveys legislation— local, state and federal—and anal­ yzes the affect upon labor in the fishing industry. Skinner has been secretary of the Conference since 1962. In other election results, Jacob Ostensen was re-elected New Bed­ ford port agent and John Burt was re-elected as union delegate. Calif. Legislator introduces Bills Vital to Labor WASHINGTON—Three bills aimed at rheeting organized labor's high priority legislative goals were introduced by Congressman Phil­ lip Burton (D-Calif.) during the first week of the 91st Congress. The proposed measures would: Give farm workers the right to organize and bargain collectively under provisions and protections of the National Labor Relations Act; Repeal Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act; and Relax re­ strictions against construction site picketing in labor disputes. "Just because we have a change in administration is no reason to let up in our battle for good and necessary legislation," Burton said. "The right of working men and women to organize and enter into union shop agreements with their employers is basic, regard­ less of vocation or occupation." Burton noted that the farm workers and the situs picketing measures were passed out of the House Education and Labor Com­ mittee, of which he is a member, in the 90th Congress, but never reached the House floor. Organized labor has urged the repeal of 14B which permits in­ dividual states to pass laws out­ lawing union shop agreements. At present 19 states have such laws. The situs picketing bill is aimed at another section of the law which prohibits union picxeting at a con­ struction site if more than one employer is involved. �Page Six SEAFARERS LOC To Help Hard-Core Unemployed AFL'CIOs 'Human Resounes' Plan Gets Underway in Nine Major Cities WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO's campaign to get union members more involved in manpower programs for the hard-core unemployed is now under way • in nine cities—Atlanta, Boston, Cincin­ nati, Houston, Pittsburgh, New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and St. Louis. TTiese are the first of 50 met- ^ r~ T I 7 Rothman, associate director of York, R. J. Butler in Atlanta, ropolitan areas in which orga­ AFL-CIO's new Department of Eddie Campbell in Cincinnati^ nized labor will have a full-time Urban Affairs, is president. Mrs. Minona J. Clinton in Pitts­ manpower representative operat­ The institute was set up with burgh, Paul J. Flynn in Boston ing under the direction of the new the aid of a Labor Department and George M. Garland in Los Human Resources Development grant of $1.5 million. Angeles. Institute in Washington. All HRDI staff members have a "The AFL-CIO has consistently HRDI is a non-profit corpora­ said that the road out of poverty background in the labor move­ tion set up by the AFL-CIO to is a good job at decent wages," ment, Taylor noted, plus a variety mobilize the resources of the labor Rothman pointed out. "We feel of experience in civil rights, antimovement in a nationwide pro­ that the proper role for labor un­ poverty programs, political action gram to recruit, train, employ and ions in helping to achieve this and other civic involvement. The upgrade the unemployed and the goal is to get involved in the staff will be thoroughly integrated, underemployed. Federation Pres­ actual training of the disadvan­ says Taylor, and already includes ident George Meany is chairman taged unemployed worker for a two women and six minority group of the HRDI board and Julius place in our economic system." members. HRDI recently concluded a Already on board with HRDI, Rothman reported, are a fulltime one week training session in Wash­ director and four staff representa­ ington at which top representa­ tives in the national office plus tives from the AFL-CIO, the fulltime representatives in the nine Labor Department and the Na­ tional Alliance of Businessmen pilot cities. HRDI's executive director is briefed the staff on manpower Merlin L. Taylor of New Orleans. and related problems. A second A former bricklayer and stone conference will be held in Feb­ NEW YORK —The Clothing mason, Taylor was president and ruary for new field representatives Workers have called upon Presi­ business manager of his local un­ in the next cities to be staffed. At the Washington conference, dent Johnson to seek ways of re­ ion for three years, during which straining the increasing runaway he developed and taught an ex­ Taylor emphasized the key role of U.S. companies to low-wage tension course for journeymen for that HRDI was expected to play areas just across the Mexican the State Department of Voca­ in the AFL-CIO's total effort to tional Education. He also attended help resolve what he called "the border. an AFL-CIO Community Services single most critical domestic prob­ ACWA President Jacob S. Potcourse and studied at Loyola lem facing the United States to­ ofsky, in a letter to Johnson, said that if the flight continues un­ University's Institute of Industrial day—helping the hard core to abated it will "seriously undermine Relations. Taylor, 39, comes to acquire full economic citizenship." "Unless we begin to success­ much of what this nation has so HRDI from the Labor Depart­ laboriously achieved in building ment, where he had major re­ fully recruit the disadvantaged the highest standard of living in sponsibilities in developing man­ men and women in our ghettos, power programs. train them and place them in good the world." Also in HRDI's Washington jobs at decent wages," said Tay­ Potofsky's letter was triggered by a recent report that Oxford In­ office are James D. Boyle, Olga lor, "we cannot begin to solve dustries, Incorporated, is planning Corey, C. R. Hollowell and Al­ the crisis that is plaguing our to start making boys shirts in Mex­ fred P. Love. The field staff in­ cities. Organized labor can play ico. The move, Potofsky warned, cludes Peter Babin III in New a major role in creating a realistic, could touch off a chain of run­ Orleans, Charles E. Bradford in creative climate for developing aways by other clothing manufac­ St. Louis, Donald W. Bridges in training and placement pro­ turers. Houston, John T. Bumell in New grams." ClothingWorkers Score Runaways South of Border Plans for a 50-cities drive to recruit, train and find jobs for the hard-core unemployed were de­ veloped at a conference held in Washington. The program is being carried out by the Human Re­ sources Development Institute (HRDI), the AFL-CIO and the Department of Labor. From left are: Otto Pragan, assistant director, AFL-CIO Department of Education: Orieanna Syphax of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare: Julius Rothman, associate director of the AFL-CIO Department of Ur­ ban Affairs and president of HRDI: Robert McCorinin, of the Department of Labor; Merlin Taylor, ex­ ecutive director of HRDI, and Thomas F. Royals, of the Department of Labor. This is a pilot program. Jannarr 17, 1969 Roy Fleischer Dies at 66; Verse Appeared in LOG NEW YORK — Roy Fleischer, 66, whose poetry appeared from time to time in the LOG and was familiar to Seafarers, died October 23, 1968, at his home in Tottenville, Staten Is­ land, N. Y. A native of New Britain, Connecticut, Fleischer was a licensed attorney but practiced law for only a few years before turning to journalism as a reporter on the East Hartford (Conn.) Gazette. His later career as author and poet developed from this experi­ ence. Fleischer published a book of verse in 1964, titled "New York—Port of Dreams." The book took its title from one of his numerous poems published in the LOG. Released to coincide with the opening of the New York World's Fair, the work was widely distributed to colleges and libraries. Typical of Fleischer's verse was this short poem, "Jealousy," which appeared in the September 18, 1964, issue of the LOG: I've seen them in Hong Kong, Bridgeport, Galilee—And women on waterfronts Sit. with their backs to seas. I never could understand it. Don't they want to be free? Or perhaps the answer is: They are jealous of the sea. Labor Cites Grim Alternative To Federal Safety Controls WASHINGTON—A labor safety expert offered an alternative recently to federal occupational safety and health standards iii a debate with management and state officials who saw no need if^or a federal law. The states have had years to act Alan Burch, safety director to improve job safety, Burch of the Operating Engineers, said pointed out, "and only a few have even better results in reducing on- done anything effective." the-job accidents might be obtain­ As for management, he said, it ed if the head of each company seems "caught in a bind between were required to personally notify the necessity for making a profit the family of each worker killed on the one hand, and competitive on the job. costs on the other." Burch sug­ If this were done, Burch sug­ gested that "uniform regulations gested, next year there might not would help to remove industrial be 14,200 Americans "killed by price-cost competition from the crushing, slicing, burning, stran­ safety picture." gling or smothering" as the result of work hazards. The debate took place during the 50th anniversary meeting of the USA Standards Institute, a private organization set up to en­ courage voluntary standard-setting by industries. Joining Burch in urging passage of federal legislation was David A. Swankin, director of the Labor ROANOKE, Va. — Striking Department, Bureau of Labor Meat Cutters from four states Standards. picketed the palatial home of Lorenz Neuhoff here during the Varies With States Swankin noted the sharp differ­ recent holidays to call public at­ ences in work accident statistics tention to their struggle for union among states with varying safety contract benefits at Neuhoff meat programs—or with no programs at packing plants. The strikers braved heavy rain all. "A worker in a high accident and near-freezing temperatures to state," he said, "is only about a remind Neuhoff of his refusal to third as safe as he is in a low acci­ bargain with their union. Led by Earl Grant, executive assistant to dent state." union President Thomas J. Lloyd, After reporting that state expen­ the group included local union ditures on safety range from 2 cents per worker per year to $2.11, members along with strikers from Swankin asked his audience, Neuhoff Packing Company plants "Which state would you rather in Montgomery, Ala., and Clarksville, Tenn., and employees work in?" The safety manager of E. I. du from Kinston, N. C. Pont de Nemours and Co., J. S. Parading before NeuhofTs col­ Queener, argued that "federalized" umned southern mansion, the industrial safety and health pro­ strikers carried signs relating their grams would destroy the "partner­ requests for union contracts and ship" between private industry and better conditions. The demonstra­ state regulatory agencies. tion was part of a year-long union And Commissioner Edmond M. effort to bring Neuhoff and his Boggs of the Virginia State Dept. family to the bargaining table. of Labor & Industry termed the AFL-CIO President George proposal for a federal law "a Meany recently called on all un­ power play" by the U.S. Labor ion members to support a con­ Dept. which states should resist. sumer boycott against Neuhoff Burch accused management and state opponents of "setting up Packing Company meats—includ­ straw men and knocking them ing Frosty Mom, Valleydale and down" in their arguments against Reelfoot products that labor calls a federal law. unfair. NeuhoffMansion Gets Picket Line From 4 States �r JanuaiT 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Drive to Curtail Filibuster Launched Anew in Senate WASHINGTON—A new rules reform drive got under way in the Senate with bipartisan sponsorship and labor support as the 91st Con­ gress convened this month. Its goal is to curtail filibusters by changing the Senate's Rule 22 to impose "realistic limitations on debate." The present rule requires a two-thirds vote to limit debate. It allows 34 of the 100 senators to talk a hill to death. That has been the fate, in recent years, of the bill to repeal the open shop Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, important civil rights legislation, and the confirma­ tion of a Chief Justice of the United States. Senators Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.) and Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), co-leaders of the rules reform drive, said in a letter to their colleagues that the mere threat of a filibuster has been used to weaken as well as defeat bills and the inability to bring legislation to a vote has subjected the Senate to "ridicule." The fight for rules reform, they said, must be made at the start of a new Congress because that is the one time that a majority of the Senate can act on a rules change without being frustrated by a minority filibuster. Senators supporting rules reform face an uphill fight to convince a majority of the Senate to use its power to act or, alternatively, to con­ vince two-thirds to use the cloture procedure of the old rules to break a filibuster and bring rule change proposals to a vote. Both courses were tried unsuccessfully in 1967, at the start of the 90th Congress. The background of the dispute goes back even further. Rules reform leaders have argued over the years that at the start of a new Congress a majority of the Senate has a constitutional right to adopt new rules and close debate by majority vote. Richard M. Nixon, when he was Vice President in the 1950s, sup­ ported this argument in advisory opinions given in his role as presiding officer of the Senate. But at that time reform advocates were unable to muster, a majority to take advantage of the opportunity. When Lyndon B. Johnson was Vice President in 1963, he held that the question of constitutional interpretation could only be decided by the &nate—but the Senate was prevented by a filibuster from decid­ ing the issue. Two years ago, Vice President Humphrey came up with a formula which would have permitted a majority to act—if it wished. A supporter of rules reform moved to close debate and Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen promptly raised a point of order. Following Johnson's precedent, Humphrey said the point of order would have to be decided by the Senate. But he indicated that a motion to table the point of order would be proper—and not subject to debate. If the point of order were tabled, Humphrey said, the effect would be to uphold the claim that a majority of senators can halt debate on a rules change proposal. But the Senate establishment—the Democratic as well as the Repub­ lican leadership—opposed this parliamentary shortcut and the tabling motion was badly beaten, 61-37. The Senate then went on to uphold Dirksen's point of order. A final effort to bring about a rules change vote through cloture won 53-46 approval, but failed because it fell short of a two-thirds margin. Theoretically, the rules change battle would block any other legisla­ tion from being considered by the Senate until the matter is disposed of. But in the clublike Senate, the debate is expected to be interrupted to take up other matters from time to time by unanimous consent. Thomas R. Donahue, assistant secretary of labor, will return to the Service Employees Union as executive secretary, a new post. Donahue had been executive asistant to the president of the SEIU before he was named to the Labor Department position by President Johnson in 1967. * « * Thomas R. Owens, former miner who helped build the Rub­ ber Workers and served as its Washington legislative representa*tive until his retirement in 1956, died recently after a lengthy ill­ ness. He was a brother of Secre­ tary-Treasurer John Owens of the Mine Workers. The union's 1956 convention said of T. R. Owens in a resolution adopted by unan­ imous vote that "his advice, guidance and counsel during the infancy of the URW was of great value because of his experiences in the struggle of the Miners Union to establish unionism." cil in memory of the late George M. Harrison, long-time member of the council. Harrison was an AFL-CIO vice president and pres­ ident emeritus of the Railway and Airline Clerks when he died last month. In a resolution of tribute, the council said Harrison "served as an outstanding member of this Executive Council" since 1955, when he "helped forge the bonds of unity" between the AFL and CIO. The Cincinnati hospital was one of his many civic and char­ itable interests. * * * Members of the Ladies' Gar­ ment Workers will be getting pre­ scription drugs by mid-1969 at a fraction of the cost they now pay. Their medicine bills will be cut by the mail order drug plan insti­ tuted by union and employer trust­ ees. Each order—limited to a 30day supply of medicine—will cost members $1. The union's new Health Services Plan will pay the * « * rest, including the cost of mailing. A donation of $2,500 to Chil­ It's estimated that the average cost dren's Hospital, recently was voted to members will be 25 percent of by the AFL-CIO Executive Coun- | normal retail drugstore prices. Page Seven "They Can't Follow This Act"! "We would misuse the trust and confidence manufacturers have placed in us if the infor­ mation were publicized ... we do not want manufacturers to look at us with an attitude of fear." This statement was recently made by the chairman the National Commission on Product Safety, a government regulatory agency set up to protect the public from household products which endanger health or safety. In the light of such comments, one might well wonder what is uppermost in the mind of such public administrators—the welfare of the citizens they were appointed to protect, or the corporate corns they might step on if they were to attack their jobs with zeal and enthusiasm? The recent disaster which snuffed out the lives of 78 miners in Farmington, W. Va.— a tragedy which Senator Gaylord Nelson (DWisc.) says could have been prevented by proper enforcement of even the present inad­ equate regulations of another government agency, the Bureau of Mines, is an even more graphic example. This Bureau has, in the past, opposed action on a mine safety bill. Is this so-called regulatory body concerned primarily with the lives of miners or are they "hung-up" on the effect that assiduous en­ forcement of safety measures would have on profits of the mine owners? There are other less dramatic, but nonethe-less irksome areas involving the public good which are administered with similar laxity. Television, for example, probably the great­ est communications medium so far devised, has been allowed to become a vehicle of mediocrity packed with inferior commercial fare dedicated to the most base impulses of the community and laced with largely taste­ less and offensive sales pitches—often three or four of them in a row—crammed down one's throat. Yet the Federal Communications Commission is charged with the responsibility of policing TV—both its program content and the number 'and quality of commercial messages to which the viewer is exposed. It can withhold a license, enforce compliance with good taste, and contribute to the eleva­ tion of program standards. Rather than offend the big advertisers, however, many departures from common decency are conveniently overlooked. In the case of the Federal Trade Commis­ sion, a group of young lawyers led by crusader Ralph Nader has made a study of that agency and come up with the declared conclusion that the "shockingly poor" performance of the FTC is attributable to enforcement tactics carefully calculated not to offend poltical or economic "friends" whose pressure they fear. Similarly, the Food and Drug Administra-. tion, charged with guarding the quality, purity and safety of the things we eat and the drugs we swallow, has failed to eliminate many long-standing consumer abuses because of poorly disguised industry pressure. The FDA seeks compliance not by stern direction but by "consent agreements" which allow vio­ lators to escape virtually untouched. Any excuse that the public doesn't have to buy shoddy, dangerous or overpriced mer­ chandise, that no one has to view TV if it doesn't meet his standards, etc., is unaccept­ able in a society so complex that specialists are required to properly analyze and evaluate the goods and services—and the claims made for them—which are thrust upon us in such profusion. The public must be adequately protected and Congress shouid take a long, hard look at regulatory agencies now, while the incom­ ing Administration is making its appointments. �A welcome guest at Detroit Hall was Charles Prather, assistant to Congressman John Dingell (D-Mich.), seated, left, behind first child, with SlU families. iow:':fhe'SIU.;qi^^ ris ooy seems to agree whole-htwrtedl^ with the menu. An empty plate means a f^H fumiriy/SeBfarer George . Rivera tells daughter Gladys. All this and the goodies i fiihat idifewed Typical of the Christmas spirit and the holiday glee is this scene of the children of Seafarers and their guests lined up at Wilmington party. A hearty laugh is enjoyed at Seattle Hall by Sea­ farers Frank Warren, Bob Cossiboin 6nd Dick Schaeffer. good a Pferf of New Yods^M At Mobile Hall, Seafarer and Mrs. F. Blankenberg and his family are pleased with the Tiospitality and the good eating. Even kiddies agreed everything was OK. Enjoying Christmas at Mobile are (l-r): Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Ried, Jimmy Kilpatrick, Joseph Maye, _ Seafarer and Mrs. Bernard Maye and son, Bernard, Jr. !.'• • 1 Wilmington festivities were held in Hacienda Hotel in San Pedro. Seen here are, (l-r): Seafarer and Mrs. James Fitzgerald and pensioners Sam Drury and Sidney Day. U ii;-' S ill' I!I The Nicholson children, around the table from left to right, Myra, Robin and Joy show best smile of sheer good humor at Seafarer James Whitfield in Wilmington. �SEAFARERS LOC Page Ten Growing SlU Pension Roster Adds Eight Additional Veteran Seafarers The names of eight more Seafarers have been added to the SIU's pension roster. The latest addi­ tions to the ever-growing retirement list include: Recardo Barcelona, Isaac McCants, Horace Curry, Atilano Malavet, Qaude West, Charles Brinton, Henry Bramer and Frank Cannella. Recardo Barcelona sailed as ^ AB and joined the Union in the Port of New York. A Seafarer for 30 years, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Josephine. Bom in the Philippine Islands, Brother Barcelona last sailed on the Jack­ % sonville. Brinton West Malavet Curry Isaac McCants held a steward's rating. Joining the SIU in Mobile, of Baltimore and his last ship was Arbor Towing Company. He he also sailed 30 years. A native the Del Norte. joined the Union in Elberta, of Alabama, he makes his home An FOWT and deck engineer, Mich, A native of that state, he in East Orange, N.J. Brother Atilano Malavet had sailed since makes his home in Frankfort, 1939. He joined the SIU in New Mich., with his wife, Laura. York ai 1 makes his home in that Frank Cannella was a steward city. Brother Atilano was born in and last shipped aboard the Jack­ Puerto Rico and last shipped sonville. A native of Pennsylvania, aboard the Robin Goodfellow. Claude West held a steward's rating and joined the Union in Tampa. Brother West lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Mable. He is a native of Missouri and McCants Barcelona last sailed on the Keva Ideal. Charles Brinton lives in New McCants last shipped on the Jef­ Orleans. He shipped as AB and ferson City Victory. his last vessel was the Alcoa Cannella Bramer Horace Curry was a member Voyager. Brother Brinton is a na­ of the steward department. Born tive of that state, he resides in he lives in Pittston, Pa. He joined in Ohio, he now lives in Mobile Frankfort with his wife, Laura. the Union in Tampa. During with his wife, Louise. Brother Henry Bramer sailed as oiler World War II, he served in the Curry joined the SIU in the Port and was last employed by the Ann Army. m DISPATCHERS REPORT December 27, 1968, to January 9, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 5 1 66 34 10 7 18 14 16 13 12 9 5 4 21 19 39 31 30 27 14 24 70 49 31 24 337 256 Class A Class B Class C 7 2 2 16 23 3 7 2 2 5 2 1 5 10 3 6 4 4 4 5 3 9 13 1 27 20 6 JO 11 7 18 27 12 46 45 38 23 18 20 183 182 102 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 3 2 45 45 7 7 . 13 14 5 13 7 10 2 6 20 31 39 37 7 33 12 18 53 51 25 18 238 285 Class A Class B Class C 10 2 11 30 9 8 3 1 4 4 0 1 10 3 5 8 7 2 5 0 9 10 1 18 21 10 11 9 4 6 17 23 37 46 44 7 19 14 120 182 118 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 5 2 50 20 8 7 20 8 5 12 15 5 3 5 23 18 33 21 16 14 18 13 42 56 18 14 256 195 Class A Class B Class C 0 1 1 . 20 7 17 6 4 1 0 1 1 3 6 5 3 3 5 3 4 0 4 5 1 17 17 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 61 28 36 C 13 11 109 130 96 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 11 111 217 19 11 57 120 14 23 17 20 25 24 44 98 70 109 103 82 2 55 27 72 12 47 495 897 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 4 131 145 6 16 64 12 19 27 12 17 18 12 61 57 89 92 91 79 4 22 12 59 7 41 516 643 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 1 5 145 51 16 5 52 67 18 24 10 18 23 11 76 46 113 43 86 50 26 2 . 60 23 10 7 693 325 January 17, 1969 YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Se a f a r e r * s G u i jd e t o B e 11e r B u y i n g HIGH COST OF DYING THE LIVING END By Sidney Margollus Despite all the criticisms of expensive funerals in recent years, the high cost of dying is still higher. A funeral nowadays often will take most of a typical $1000 welfare-plan death benefit and sometimes more. That's just for the funeral director's services. When you add the cost of a cemetery lot, grave opening, foundations and miscellaneous fees, the total often will be $1500 and more, depending on the cost of a marker for the grave. There was a small dip in funeral charges early in the 1960's as the result of the various published exposures on the subject at that time. But then prices started to march right back up again, report union welfare experts such as Harry Haskel, Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Donald Rubin, Pocketbook Workers Retirement Fund, who follow funeral costs closely. These high prices eat up funds the bereaved family itself urgently ^ needs at this critical time, to help rearrange its affairs and pay remaining medical bills of the last illness. While costs have not receded, there have, however, been at least some useful developments. Several court decisions and increasing legislative efforts in various states may finally help families to at least know what they are paying for. In New York, for example, a determined effort by Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz has resulted in a decision that funeral directors must, > I itemize their bills. Some funeral directors—preferring to quote a "package price"—have fought hard against itemizing, not only in the courts but through" pressure in state capitols. There they have what Lefkowitz called "highly organized" lobbies. Hidden Charges The judge who ruled that undertakers must itemize bills found that • funeral homes would quote a package price initially and then charge separately for other items which the families thought was included. In Wisconsin, the National Funeral Directors Association and its local affiliate were ordered by the courts to discontinue a ban on price advertising. The funeral directors claimed they did not consider price advertising ethical. But the state charged that the NEDA's ban against posting or' advertising prices was for the purpose of fixing and maintaining high prices. The state further asserted that a funeral home could make a' profit even if it charged as little as $200 for a funeral. The U. S. Justice Department also is seeking—through court action^ —to facilitate price advertising in all states. In California, legislation has been proposed to require funeral homes to give customers a price list of funeral and casket charges. Funeral directors would also be forced to give customers printed notice that expressed disposal wishes of the deceased must be observed, and that embalming is not legally required. Another hopeful development against rising prices is the continued expansion of memorial societies. There are now over 100 such societieswith a total of more than 300,000 members, reports Ernest Morgan, author of A Manual of Simple Burial. Memorial societies or associations try to encourage simple, dignified funerals at moderate cost. Often they make arrangements with funeralhomes to provide funerals at reasonable charges for their members. When the need arises, the society also helps with arrangements and, advice. Pre-planning Important These memorial societies also encourage "pre-planning" so that your family knows beforehand what kind of burial and service you want,^ and what to do when the time comes. The member and his family' decide among themselves in advance whether they want earth burial or cremation, and a simple memorial or more-elaborate funeral. A Manual of Simple Burial has a complete directory of memorial societies in the U. S. and Canada, and their minimum costs (usually for cremation). Most of these societies are members of The Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies, with headquarters at 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. 60605. The manual also lists co-operative burial associations which are. found mostly in the Midwest and North Central states—especially Iowa and Minnesota. Also provided are lists of eye and temporal bone banks, and of medical schools, complete with instructions for those who maywish to bequeath their remains to such institutions. One of the most useful siqgle suggestions offered in the manual is. how the cost of burial can be held down through a combination of memorial society and credit union membership. Many credit unions^ have an insurance arrangement under which deposits made before age. 55 are doubled in case of death. For any deposits made after age 55, the insurance pays proportionately less. Thus, a credit union member who wants to provide for his own burial expenses can deposit, say, $250. If he dies his family will then get $500 plus accumulated dividends. This would be enough to pay for the kind of simple funeral available through a memorial society. A Manual of Simple Burial is available for $1 from Celo Press', Burnsville, N. C. 28714, ^ f �January 17, 1969 Seafarer Thanks SlU Welfare Plan To the Editor: This is a note of congratula­ tions to the best Welfare Plan in our industry. I am now collecting a dis­ ability pension and have always been well treated by the Union in everything that I have ever asked. T,ately my wife had a serious attack of illness and, once again, the SIU Welfare Plan took care of everything, as al­ ways. Wishing you and all the offi­ cials and members of the Union the best of everything in the New Year. Steven Boides Book No. 783 Widow Thanks Delta Crew for Courtesy To the Editon I would like to thank all the members of the New Orleans SIU for being so nice to me and my children' during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. They have all been extreme­ ly kind after the death of my late husband. Sincerely, Mrs. Ida May Folse New Orleans Appointments Clue New Administration To the Editor: President-elect Nixon's "new look" may or may not extend to his Administration. Even now many are wondering what the "pitch" of the new deal, square deal, diamond deal—or whatever his regime will be known as—will be. However, people will be able to draw their own conclusions to a large de­ gree from his appointments. So far, Nixon's appointees do not seem to be "great movers." Certainly, if they don't stamp the new government as being terribly slanted in favor of "business above everything" they also don't impress anybody as being in labor's corner, or in the comer of the little man. Take, for example, the nam­ ing of George P. Shultz as Sec­ retary of Labor. Shultz seems like a nice enoueh person. He has a fine academic background and is very knowledgeable in the field of industrial-labor re­ lations. There is also the appointment of Alaska's Governor Walter J. Hinkel as Secretary of the In­ terior. Everything known thus far about this man's attitude toward conservation is negative. He has come out for exploita­ tion of Alaska's resources to the hilt—and damn what comes next. On the other hand, S'ewart L. Udall, the Democrat's man in that office, has consist­ ently pointed out how the na­ tion's natural resources are be­ ing misused and has attempted to do something about it. SEAFARERS LOG We must hope that Nixon's appointments to the lesser posi­ tions—such as his choice for the consumer advisory post now capably filled by Betty Furness —will be better ones. Sincerely, Dick Mohanis \3> Blood Donors Seen as Heroes To the Editor: My hat is off to those Sea­ farers who have contributed to the SIU Blood Bank. I don't mean only the gallon club do­ nors—these are a special case, deserving of all the recognition we can give them. But even the guy who has given only one pint—he's a hero, too, as far as I'm concerned. He may have saved somebody's life. Now, at a time when every­ body and his uncle has had bouts with the flu, we read that blood supplies are running very low. That's when able-bodied people can make their most valuable contribution. It is truly cratifying to read that SIU has been able to deliver 50 oints of blood to the New York City Board of Health. Just another example of how our unions can, and do. perform valuable serv­ ice to the communities in which we live. It makes me proud to be a member of the labor move­ ment. Many of my friends have given blood from time to time as I, myself, have also done. It takes very little time, doesn't hurt a bit, and leaves no after effects whatever. I urge everyone who can do so to make it his business to give just one pint of blood. It is quite likely to be the one that changes a dreadful emergency into a life-saver. Only those who have taken the few minutes required to donate just a little of their own blood can really know what a grand and glori­ ous feeling this is. Sincerely, Pete Sandakls Much to Be Done, By Labor in 1969 To the Editor: In spite of the accomplish­ ments of the past, 1969 will be a challenge to organized labor and its friends in Congress, es­ pecially with a Republican Ad­ ministration, which in the past has always meant less sympathy for labor's needs. The elimination of existing right-to-work laws, a fair con­ tract for the farm workers, ade­ quate unemployment insurance protection, workmen's compen­ sation, consumer safeguards, job-safety and the problems fac­ ing the cities are just a few of the goals the labor movement must continue to work for. Of course, the maritime in­ dustry must also continue its hard, uphill battle to achieve its goal of a strong, modern merchant marine capable of competing wi'h the rest of the world's expanding fleets. Sincerely, Philip Bryant Page Eleven Sport of Kings Had Many Knaves, Retired Seafarer Ray Flynn Recalls Seafarers who frequent the race track are familiar with such devices as photo finish cameras and automatic starting gates, but when Seafarer Ray Flynn was active in racing prior to his sailing career, such equipment was unheard of. In fact, the so-called Sport of Kings was then dominated by men who possessed less than Kingly honesty, Flynn recalled to a LOG reporter in the New Orleans hall. Brother Flynn remembers one horse named Black Dear, a twoyear-old with bright promise, back around 1923. He was a good mudder and had real ability so his owners decided to keep him "off the boards" for a year. The trainer was a man who had the reputation of being a shady char­ acter. He finally entered the horse in a race that turned out to be fixed. Flynn was instructed to "give him an easy ride." A horse called She Devil expected to win Veteran Seafarer Phil O'Connor points to himself in an old photo­ the race. In those days, bookmakers graph held by Tom Garrity, at the New Orleans hall, recently. hung around the track and so­ The pictures belong to Ray Flynn (center) who recalled career as licited bets. The jockey on She a jockey to LOG reporter. Flynn recently retired after 30 years Devil was a chap whom Flynn re­ in Union. Garrity and O'Connor are on SIU balloting committee. members as a "cocky kid." He five to seven times a day. "I never horses. Zouave. In spite of his reminded Flynn: "you know what did get that car either," he joked. early bouts with illness, Flynn was you have to do." The trainer, and Racing was not governed by "stronger than most of the other those in the know, bet on She jockeys and I was not permitted Devil, and the trainer promised any hard strict rules at the time to ride a race less than a mile in and jockeys frequently had to the young jockey a car for his distance." part in the deal. Flynn, however, keep moving or get thrown off the At that time, he said, there was track if they made enemies, as decided against throwing the race, no such thing as an automatic Flynn had done with the trainer. he said, and in the back stretch Flynn was able to do some free­ starting gate and horses were "I gave my horse the whip and lance riding in places like Ti­ walked up to the starting line. we pulled away." juana, Mexico. The track made it Frequently, one horse would be Threw A Fit possible for a bettor who picked slightly over the line while an­ I beat She Devil by a nose and five winners in a row to win as other would be further back as the the trainer threw a fit over at the much as $60,000 or $80,000, race began. judges stand, explained Flynn. In­ making it a favorite of gamblers. One particular horse Flynn re­ stead of congratulating his jockey, calls vividly was named Mock Flynn also put in a stint at the the trainer said he double-crossed Orange. "All you had to do with him. Because there was so much Black River Jockey Club in Mon­ this horse was hold his head up money bet on She Devil—and treal, where he became one of and click your tongue. Some Black Dear won—the 'rainer was the club's leading jockeys. He horses like this one would run accused of crossing the bookmak­ remembers one hot spell where he against the bit and you just held ers. In retribution, Flynn was "set had nine winners in seven days. his head up. If you loosened the down for incompetence" and un­ He rode primarily for a man bit and let the head drop, the able to compete on many tracks. named Ross and proudly recalls horse would stop," Flynn said. At the time, he had been racing that one of his competitors was the late Earl Sande—one of the Turned To Sea all-time great jockeys. Although at one time he "In those days, owners used to weighed only 84 pounds, he even­ enter two or three horses from tually began to put on weight and the same stable in the same race. turned to rubbing down horses, A handful of jockeys, like Sande and later left the sport on a fulland Clarence Cummer, had the time basis altogether. James Stroud pick of the better horses," Flynn "I started sailing in 1928, re­ recalled. Flynn had a brother, turned to the stables on occasion Please contact your mother, Mrs. Edna Stroud, Box 200, Joe, who also became a jockey as a groom, and then left for Chloride Star Street, Kingman, and rode frequently in Cuba and good," he said. "My first ship was Arizona 86401, as soon as pos­ California. the Leviathan, a vessel the U.S. sible. took from Germany after World Few Wealthy Jockeys When Brother Flynn was ac­ War I, and I worked as a waiter. R. L. Cooke tive, there were few rich jockeys Great Britain took her sister ship, A package is being held for in the class that Eddie Arcaro and the Majestic. The Leviathan was you from the Maritime Overseas Willie Shoemaker are in today. later sold for some $70,000 and Corporation. You can claim it at "You could count the rich ones turned into scrap." "At that time, there was no SIU Headquarters in New York. one one hand," he said. "Most of them wound up working in the Union hall, so the seamen went stables as grooms, or similar down to the dock and read a J. W. Buggs board that had a list of jobs," jobs." Please contact your wife at Flynn recalled. "Sometimes, it A native of New Jersey, Flynn 2900 General Patton, Lake always loved horses and as a boy, was possible to get a job only by Charles,* Louisiana, as soon as had to be taken out of school slipping the steward $5." Brother you possibly can. when he was around 12 years old Flynn had sailed with the SIU for because of scarlet fever. He was 30 years—mostly on Delta Ships advised to live on a farm for his since 1946—prior to going on Edward Achee pension recently. He joined the Please write to your mother, health, he said. His parents ran Union in New Orleans and still Mrs. Lydia Harvey, at Rt. 2, Box a rooming house and horsemen makes his home there. 84, Covington, La. 70433, in re­ frequently stayed there. One of The 62-year-old Seafarer has them, Mike Hackett, knew the gard to a very important matter. youth liked horses and got him fond memories of the Delta ves­ sels and has an interesting collec­ interested in riding. Stephen Begeria Flynn started his jockey career tion of old photos of the crew­ Please contact Joseph Lieber- around 1921, working for the men who sailed them out of New man. Counsellor at Law, 60 East stable of J. A. Widencr, a famous Orleans for so long. Some of 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. enoueh racing name. The trainer these are of a baseball team the 10017, as soon as you can. The was Tom Walsh. Flynn rode at Del Norte had in the late 1940's telephone number is (212) MO. Bowie, in Maryland, among other which played against local teams tracks, and recalls one of his first in Rio, Santos and Buenos Aires. 1-6145. i �Seafarer Miranda Relaxes Ashore By Stalking Legal Quota of Deer Man has long engaged in the sport of pitting his skill against that of the four-legged animal— looking for tracks, stalking, trying to figure out where the animal will be and when. Seafarer Carlos Miranda is typical of those who enjoy this challenge and spends much of his spare time deer hunt. ing in New York State when 'For instance," instance. Miranda ex- putting salt on the ground. Deer he's not sailing aboard SIU)lained, "you have to show the have sometimes been known to contracted vessels. nstructor that you know how to pick up the scent of soap and "I'm a member of a hunting hold the gun so the muzzle is toothpaste if the hunter washed or club called the Plaza Rod and turned away from other people. brushed his teeth recently." Gun Club here in You must know how to keep the "When shooting," he continued, New York City," gun in front of you if you are "make sure there is no one oppo­ Miranda told a crawling along the ground while site the animal because the bullet LOG reporter last stalking. If the hunter hears a could penetrate and strike another week while wait­ sudden noise behind him, he must hunter. If a wind is blowing, the ing to ship in the be careful not to turn suddenly hunter should walk into the wind New York hall. and perhaps fire without first so the deer will not pick up his The Seafarer re­ checking carefully to see if it is scent." Because a Seafarer is pro­ called that he had another man behind him. A trig­ hibited from carrying any firearms first become fond ger-happy hunter is ten times aboard ship. Brother Miranda has Miranda of hunting in his more dangerous than any animal not done any hunting overseas. native • Puerto Rico when, as a in the forest in the opinion of Miranda is also an ardent ama­ child of nine or ten, he would go most serious sportsmen." teur fisherman, however, and car­ hunting with his father. Miranda owns three guns—two ries a fishing pole with him when­ "We have mostly small game in shotguns and a 35 calibre rifle. ever he sails. "I've caught fish Puerto Rico, such as game birds," In the four years he's been hunt­ on several ships and once hooked Miranda said. "Puerto Rico lacks ing deer, he has always managed a shark while sailing on the West­ the wide variety of big game of­ to bag his quota. The biggest deer ern Hunter," he remembered. fered by the United States." Deer he ever got, he said, weighed 175 "But it was so big we couldn't get hunting in New York state com­ pounds. "Venison is good meat him aboard the vessel." prises the majority of Miranda's and I always share it with friends Brother Miranda worked in a hunting. Belonging to a gun club and relatives," he said. "Most factory before starting his sailing offers a man certain advantages people consider it a very welcome career. He had a friend who over hunting alone. The club can delicacy." sailed and he interested Miranda keen dogs, lease land, etc. In ad­ in the merchant marine. He got Silence a Must dition to the hunt itself, the club his seaman's papers and joined "When hunting one can use the affords the members an oppor­ tunity to attend meetings where he waiting or stalking method," Mi­ the SIU in New York in 1967. can learn the experiences of other randa explained. "You have to He likes the life and says it will hunters and pick up any new tech­ move or sit very quietly. You be his career from now on. A niques that might come along, etc. cannot smoke or the deer will see member of the deck department, it. If you break a twig, he will Miranda resides in Brooklyn. He Early Start hear. Experienced hunters will most recently shipped out on the The land on which Brother sometimes try to attract a deer by Madaket. Miranda hunts has a hotel for the visiting hunter on the premises. The cost is $10 a day. "I set up about 5:30 in the morning, have breakfast and go out for the deer," he said. "Hunt­ ers must begin stalking their game no later than 7 a. m. You've got Charles Michael Trosclair, born Cheryl Crenshaw, born August to start out that early in the morn­ October 20, 1968, to Seafarer and 30, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. ing, or the deer will already be Mrs. Joseph Trosclair, Westwego, Howard C. Crenshaw, Balboa, gone by the time you get out." La. Canal Zone. The bullets "really fly," Mi­ randa pointed out, "and all hunt­ Virginia Thomas, bom October ers are urged to constantly watch Mario Henry, born December 25, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. out for other hunters. In order 8, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ed Jamie G. Thomas, Warrington, to qualify for his license, the D. Henry, Seaside, California. Florida. would-be hunter must prove he is ^ well experienced in the handling <|> of a rifle—not just his ability to Sindy Davis, born October 17, shoot accurately, but also that he Carmen Delia Luna, born No­ 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James is capable of watching out for vember 3, 1968, to Seafarer and Davis, Jacksonville, Florida. other men and maintaining safety Mrs. Carlos M. Luna, Kenner, standards. Louisiana. Dawn Ann McMichael, born November 24, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy McMichael, Jr., Editor, Jersey City, N. J. <1> <I> <1> SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (fnnt information) Christopher Hill, born Decem­ ber 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Russell S. Hill, Jr., San Rafael, California. vtf NAME Juan Rivera, born November 25, 1968, Jo Seafarer and Mrs. Jose A. Rivera, Houston, Texas. STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old tubtcribar and have a change of address, please give your former address below: an Januarr 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twelve fTAlE ZIP. ^ Francis Anthony Keeley,"born December 31, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis W. Keeley, Tujunga, California. ^ Debra Lynn Miehike, born July 5, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Miehike, Elberta, Mich­ igan. FINAL DEPARTURES Carl Feaiy, 53: Brother Feary died at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans, No­ vember 23, 1968. A native of Knowlesville, New York, he had made his home in New Orleans. Brother Feary joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1960 and sailed as an AB. His last vessel was the North­ western Victory. Seafarer Feary is survived by his widow. Iris. Bur­ ial services were held at the Riverview Cemetery, St. Paul, Minne­ sota. Henry Willoughby, 59: Brother Willoughby died November 17, 1 968, at the USPHS Hospital in Baltimore. A native of Mary­ land, he had long made his home in Baltimore. He joined the SIU in 1943 in Balti­ more. Sailing in the engine department. Seafarer Willoughby held FOWT and elec­ trician's ratings. Brother Willoughby's last vessel was the York. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Grace Jones, of Baltimore. Services were held in Moreland Memorial Park, Baltimore. 4^ John Grimes, 51: Brother Grimes died on October 17, 1968, as a result of an accident while working on a tug boat on the Mis­ sissippi Sound, near Jackson. • Seafarer Grimes joined the SIU in 1938 in the Port of Mobile. He held an AB's rating and sailed as bosun and had previously worked on the Del Norte. Brother Grimes lived in Chickasaw, Alabama, and was born in Bigbee, Ala. The bur­ ial services were held in Spring Bank Cemetery, Washington County, Ala. Surviving is a sis­ ter, Hessie Grimes, of Theodore, Ala. John Malviclnl, 68: Brother Malvicini died in Newark, New , Jersey, June 4, 1968. At the time of his death, he was collecting his SIU pension. Brother Malvicini joined the Union in the Port of New York and held the rating of mate. He was last employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. A na­ tive of Newark, he had lived most .of his life in that city. Seafarer Malvicini served in the Navy from 1917 to 1918. He is survived by a friend, Eugene Hickey of New­ ark. The burial services were held in suburban New Jersey. 4f Mwco Calgaro, 56: Brother Calgaro passed away on July 16, 1 9 6 8, at the USPHS Hospital in Baltimore. A native of Colo­ rado, he had made his home . in San Francisco. Seafarer Calgaro had sailed with ' the Union since 1955 when he joined the SIU in the Port of Seattle. A member of the steward department, his last vessel was the Baylor Victory. Brother Calgaro is survived by a brother, Peter Calgaro, of Colma, California. The burial services were held in Holy Cross Ceme­ tery, Colma. •I ^— Edward Cromwell, 62: A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Cromwell at the USPHS Hospital in Boston, December 13, 1968. He was a native of Nova Scotia, Canada, but had made his home in East Lynn, Mas­ sachusetts, for many years. He held the rating of cook and baker and last shipped aboard the Cabins. Seafarer Cromwell joined the SIU in the Port of Boston and had sailed with the Union for 30 years. Surviving is his widow, Agnes. The burial services were held in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. 4f ^1> John Farmer, 68: Brother Farmer died on November 10, 1968, at Placid Memorial Hospi­ tal, Lake Placid, N. Y. Death was caused by a car­ diac condition. A native of Jersey City, N. J., he made his home in that city. Sea­ farer Farmer joined the Union in the Port of New York and was employed by the Pennsylvania Central Railroad as a deckhand. He ser ed in the Army from 1917 to 1919 and from 1942 to 1943. Surviving is a sister,.Mrs. Sarah Mulderrie, of South Ozone Park, N. Y. The burial was in Jersey City. Albert Bailey, 54: A coronary attack claimed the life of Seafarer Bailey, December '2 0, 1 968, at Frankfort, Michi­ gan. He lived in Crystal Lake Township, Mich., and was a native of that state. Bailey sailed in the deck depart­ ment, most frequently as wheels­ man, and was last employed by the Ann Arbor Towing Company. He joined the Union in the Port of Frankfort and had sailed 15 years. He served in the Army during World War II. Seafarer Bailey is survived by his widow, Mildred. Burial was in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Arcadia, Mich. , • • , �*• , January 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen «lohn «l. Boland- \ AU TIED UP JOHN *J' The steamer John J. Boland (BolandCornelius) Is tied-up at the lay-up dock in Nicholson's Shipyard, Detroit, Patrolmen went aboard the vessel to file vacation forms and handle minor beefs before crew departed. SIU Patrolmen George Telegadas and Dom Cubic {seated center) check vacation forms for Seafarers. Left to right: Findlay Lumpkins, Chester Cochran, Herman Baiisger. Seafarers were well-fed, thanks in part to these men, (l-r) Kenny Roberts, porter, Marty Salisbury, steward, and Paoil Werynski, second cook. All agreed they did excellent job. While fireman Mohammed Malahie looks on,- patrolmen Telegadas and Cubic check his overtime sheet. Born in Arabia, Brother Malahie has sailed with SIU since 1965. Ship's delegate Frank Scoiirkeas reported from the Missouri (Meadowbrook Transport) that the only complaint the crew has is the fact that water in the showers is too hot. According to Meeting Clerk John D. Pennell, there is one hour of disputed overtime in the deck department. Louis Pickhart, engine delegate, reports ^ 'A good clean pay-off coming gates elected were J. M. Alden, that one man was hospitalized in up," Meeting Chairman Jack Craft deck; John Murrey, engine; Art Trinidad. Paul Smith, meeting reported. There Nelson, steward. chairman, said that LOGs and were no beefs and mail is arriving regularly as the there is no dis­ vessel heads for puted overtime to a Houston pay­ be brought up, he off, after calling said. Ship's dele­ on Madras, India. gate John Carey Brother Pennell informed the accepted a vote LOG that the 4of thanks for his Craft watch entire department was thanked by for the extra-fine the steward department for the ex­ job they did on Seafarers aboard the Oberlin Pennell ceptionally-clean messhall and the Christmas Victory (MSTS) recently aided the meal, Smith informed. New pantry they leave in the morning. Coast Guard in removing the ves­ chairs are needed for the mess- The steward department in turn, sel's radio operator from the ship room and an order has been was praised by the Seafarers for by lift-basket, after he became the excellent meals and service. sick en route to placed for them. Meeting Secretary H. Ulrich wrote Honolulu, John that repair lists have been turned (Saki Jack) Dolin and many of the repairs have an, chief steward, Meeting Chairman Frank Go­ already been completed. All mail reported to the mez reports from the Transpan- and LOGS are arriving on time as LOG. ama (Hudson the ship heads for Beaumont, "It was about Waterways) that Texas. 10:40 a.m., Jan­ the job of clean­ uary 9," Saki ing the washroom writes, "when has been split be­ Welsh John Bullock was tween the engine placed in a lift-basket and a Coast Meeting Chairman Arthur Nel­ and deck depart­ ments. No beefs son reports from the Tucson 'Vic­ Guard helicopter hoisted him tory (Hudson) aboard. The chopper swooped or disputed over­ that the steward over the poopdeck while Chief time were report­ Gomez and his entire Mate W. Clark, second Mate Jim ed by department department were Morgan (a former Seafarer), W. delegates, John Routson, meeting commende d by C. .Scott, bosun and dayman L. C. secretary informed the LOG. A the whole crew Suchacki placed Bullock safely in point was raised by the baker to for a job well the lift." the effect that it should be veri­ done on the fied whether or not he must "com­ Bullock fell ill on January 7. Thanksgiving din­ ply with the ship's menu in re­ ner. Ship's dele­ while the ship was in transit to Nelson gard to the preparation of coflFee gate Bob Davis Quinhon, South Vietnam, Dolan time food." A motion was made offered his congratulations to reported. "He became worse and duly recorded that the stew­ steward Kil Alvaro for his hard hourly and could not eat and be­ ard department should be given a work in seeing to it that the Sea­ gan hemorrhaging badly. Captain vote of thanks for the excellent farers had a meal "fit for a king." John O. Hooper immediately de­ menu. Gomez was elected ship Meeting Secretary Stevt Maersch cided to put into Honolulu for and engine delegate, Routson, said that department delegates medical help." steward delegate, Carl Lineberry, have no beefs to report as the While Bullock was incapaci­ delegate from the deck depart­ vessel heads for the West Coast tated, Seafarer Dan Welsh, an AB ment. after calling at Subic Bay. Dele- who is a former Air Force radio operator, stood watch at the Ober­ lin Victory's radio continuously. Greetings From The Hastings AB Frank Liotta, who formerly worked as a laboratory technician, extended invaluable emergency aid to Bullock. Brother Dolan prepared some food for the strick­ en radio operator, but he was barely able to eat anything. The ship will remain in Hono­ lulu until another radio officer can be brought aboard. Due to the ammunition cargo, the Seafarers did not expect the vessel to be allowed "anywhere near land." The vessel left Long Beach, Cali­ fornia, on January 3. The Calmar Lines ship has been running smoothly except for the illness to Bullock. OberHn Victory's Seafarers Rally For Ailing Sparks <t> WRITE in-. It was a busy day for the patrolmen as Seafarers discussed' trip. From left: C. Skowronek, asst. conveyorman, Cort-p^^ Wd .Hprbottonv;Lester Greenfeldt, bosuri.J| When the Hastings came into Yokohama recently, some of the Sea­ farers posed for a photographer on deck. From left are: Ken Bischof, AB; Robert E. Lee, OS; Joe Kearnes, third cook; A. Fulton, AB; John Deitsch, messman and Sasiano Jose, chief cook. The ship is in the Waterman fleet and the Seafarers reported a good trip. �January 17, 1969^ SEAFARER'S LOG Page Fourteen PENN SAILOR (Penn Shipping), De­ cember 1 — Chairman, Rafael Padilla; Secretary, L. A. Behm. Ship's delegate reported that everything seems to be ninning fairly good, except for some OT beefs in the engine department. OVERSEAS EVELYN (Maritime Over­ seas), December 14 — Chairman, C. R. Stack; Secretary, C. R. Stack. Every thing is running smoothly except for some disputed OT in the engine depart­ ment. CHATHAM (Waterman), December 8 —Chairman, N. Larson; Secretary, Peter D. Sheldrake. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Few minor beefs regarding shortage of stores and money to be taken up with patrolman. OAKLAND (Sea-Land), December 3— Chairman, M. E. Sanchez; Secretary, R. O. Masters. Beef regarding insufficient lighting in bunks to be taken up with patrolman. Discussion held regarding limited variety of food. Discussion held regarding pension plan, and a raise in wages for Group 3 men. DEL MAR (Delta), December 8—Chair­ man, James L. Tucker; Secretary, Darrell G. Chafin. Brother Juan A. G. Cruz was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks was extended to former ship's delegate. Brother James L. Tucker, for a job well done. No beefs were reported by department delegates. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Com­ mercial), December 31—Chairman, G. L. Kersey; Secretary, Charles W. Peien. Brother E. F. Garrett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $11.10 in ship's fund and $326.30 in movie fund. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the excellent Thanksgiv­ ing Day Dinner. FREE AMERICA (A. L. Burbank), December 21—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, W. Lovett. Brother James Jcdinson was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs and no disputed OT was reported by department delegates. HOTIPY DIRECTOKr UNION HALLS SlU A-Hantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Wafers Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiey Wllliami Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEAD9UARTERS iTS 4th Ave., Iklyn. (212) HY %UM ALPENA. Mich •ALTIMORE, Md 121$ E. iaitlmore St. (301) EA 7-4700 BOSTON, Mail $$3 Atlantic Avenue BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Waihlnqten St. SlU (71$) TL 3-7257 IBU (71$) TL 3-7257 73a Ewing Ave. SlU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5.fS?0 1420 W. 2Sth St. CHICACO, III CLEVELAND, Ohio DETROIT, Mich 312 W. 2nd St. FRANKFORT, Mich JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala NATIONAL DEFENDER (Western Tankers), December 30—Chairman, B. G. Nolan ; Secretary, B. G. Nolan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion held regarding safety pro­ cedures. Patrolman to be contacted re­ garding aft awning. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excep­ tionally fine holiday meals. TRANSHUDSON (Hudson Waterways), December 24—Chairman, E. M. Ellis; Secretary, James R. Abrams. Some dis­ puted OT in steward department. Dis­ cussion held regarding various items that were requested but have not yet been put aboard. Slop chest is inade­ quately supplied. TUCSON VICTORY (Hudson Water­ ways), December 18—Chairman, Arthur Nelson; Secretary, Stephen Maersch. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Discussion held regarding the progress of the pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward department for a job well done on the Thanksgiving Day dinner. Brother Bob Davis, ship's delegate, salutes the steward. Brother Bill Alvaro, for his per­ formance in seeing to it that the men had a meal fit for a king. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), December 28—Chairman, C. J. Robuck; Secretary, None. Brother Albert R. Wills was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $12.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MISSOURI (Meadowbrook Transporta­ tion), December 29—Chairman, Paul T.. Smith; Secretary, John Penwell. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the extras put out during the Christmas season and for the excellent Christmas dinner. (21$) MA 1-5450 ID225 W. Jefferson Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Bex 287 415 Mein St. ($1$) EL 7-2441 JACKSONVILLE. Fla COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), December 29—Chairman, J. Craft; Secretary, H. Ulrich. Everything is running fine with no disputed OT and no beefs. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the ex­ cellent meals and service during entire voyage. Discussion was held regarding the quality of stores. . ($17) Rl 2-0140 DULUTH, Minn HOUSTON, Tex SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Water­ ways), December 22—Chairman, T. E. Yablonski; Secretary, Sidney A. Gamer. Brother T. ei. Yablonski was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to outgoing ship's delegate. 127 Elver St. (517) EL 4-3ili NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK, Ve 5804 Canel St. (713) WA 8-3207 2IM Poerl St. (704) EL 3-0787 77 Montqomer; St. (201) HE 5-7424 I South Lawrenca St. (205) HE 2-1754 $30 Jackson Ava. (504) 527-754$ 115 3rd St. (703) $22-1872 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2$04 S. 4th St. (215) DE $-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEAHLE, Wesh 250E First Avenue (20$) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 80S Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 227-2788 WILMINGTON, Catif^ 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan. .Iseya BIdq., Room Ml 1-2 Kaiqan-Dori-Nakaku 2014771 Ext. 281 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Feb. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .. Feb. 17—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Feb. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Feb. 21—2:00 p.m. New York .. . Feb. 3—2:30 p.m. Phil-rdelphia. .Feb. 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. .Feb. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit Feb. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston .... Feb. 10—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans.Feb. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—7:00 p.m. New York .. .Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia.. Feb. 4—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . . Feb. 5—7:00 p.m. ^Houston ... Feb. 10—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Alpena Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Chicago .... Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Duluth Feb. 3—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort ...Feb. 3—^7:00p.m. Great Lakes Tog and Dredge Section Chicago Feb. 11—^7:30 p.m. tSault St Marie Feb. 13—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 12—7:30 p.m. Duluth Feh. 14—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Toledo Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Detroit .... .Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . . Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans.Feb. 11—5:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia..Feb. 4—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ..Feb. 5—5:00p.m. Norfolk ... .Feb. 6—5:00 p.m. Houston Feb. 10—5:00 p.m. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Stltzcl-Weller Distinerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Stiff," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Klngsport Press "World Book," "Chffdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) vt' Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes ... Sentry, Cedar Chest, Staffer Men's Shoes . . . Jarmsn, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) ^ White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) i R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Itelem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. prodocis (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas 1$/ ^ Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond hlouse.s, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman (Aiiiulgamaieu Clothing Workers of America) vl> Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Feh. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Feb. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Feb. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Feb. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Brothers and Seweff Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. » Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conBtitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AUantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All exi>enditurc3 and diBburscments of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union 'and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on ^e proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any tinse, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to profit your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membenship action at the September, 1960, meetings in all ronstitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists^of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, fYom among Hs ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Starllte luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) 4/ Glumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) —— Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers ^ International Union) ^J> Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Morn Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) <1> Atlantic Products Sports Goods Owned by Cluett Peabody (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies arc to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member' or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafaren are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These e ights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and tn the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achisve thme objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitntional rigbt of accoss to Union records or in­ formation, he shonld immsdiately notify SIU Presidsat PanI Hall nt hcadqaartcrs by esrtiflcd mail, retnm receipt requested. �SEAFARERS LOG HE WAS THE GRANDEST of a dying breed. She Inspired a poet, and threatened a city with destruction. She was the largest clipper ship ever built: the incomparable Great Republic. Her iron-hooped hard pine mast—44 inches in di­ ameter at its base—towered 20 stories above the threeinch planking of her main deck. Fifty-six tons of copper bolts held her 325-foot hull to its white oak frame, cross-braced with iron. Rigged with rope stays over a foot in circumference, she carried 15,653 square yards of sail at full spread. The Great Republic was twice the size of any other clipper then in existence. "She's unseaworthy," the doubters had said. "Too big to handle. A storm will break her up. Her rigging won't hold under gale winds." But Donald McKay, the great shipwright whose dream she was, laid the keel in his East Boston shipyard and financed the vessel himself. McKay's grandiose project partially inspired Henrv Wadsworth Longfellow's poem_, The Building of the Ship, which ends with the lines: S "Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great!" At noon on October 4, 1853, the Great Republic— christened in the spirit of Longfellow's poem—^was launched in Boston harbor to the strains of Hail Co­ lumbia! Donald McKay's brother, Lauchlan, was her captain. A shakedown cruise from Boston to New York proved the vessel's merits. The captain and his 130man crew found her easy to handle. On her arrival in New York thousands lined the East River to wel­ come her, and thousands more later came to admire the world's largest merchant vessel which was moored at the foot of Dover Street. Corn, wheat, flour, - tobacco, tea and cotton were stowed in the ship's vast holds which had a capacity of 6,000 tons. Donald McKay expected his clipper ship to set new records on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to Liverpool—both for speed and amount of carpo carried. December 27 was set as the date of her departure. However, shortly after midnight on the bitter cold morning of the 27th, a chain of events began which was to shatter McKay's dream and endanger the city of New York. The night watch aboard the Republic, hearing shouts of "Fire!" close at hand, ran out on the bowsprit and saw smoke rising from a building— the Novelty Bakery—a block away on Front Street. •Soon flames were breaking through the roof. Facilities Primitive The fire tocsin in City Hall pealed the alarm. But fire-fighting a century ago was primitive. The city had only 50-odd pumping machines. Men, not horses, drew them to the fire, and men, not steam, worked the pumps. Worse yet, the firemen were volunteers— not regulars on duty around the clock—and much precious time was lost before they arrived. The bakery fire rapidly spread to neighboring build­ ings. Soon a dozen structures between Front and Water Streets were in flames. Borne on a brisk north­ west wind, sparks and firebrands began to drift toward the docks. The library of marine archives kept by the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company includes newspaper ac­ counts of the holocaust. "Sparks were so thick ... as to assume the appearance of a shower of fire," wrote one reporter. "The streets and docks along the East River were literally alive with burning coals." Alerted by the watch. Captain McKay called all hands to stations and sent men aloft with water buckets to protect the ship's rigging and sails. Also moored at dockside—^just south of the Great Republic—were the Liverpool packet Joseph Walker, the California clipper White Squall, and two other vessels. "The riggings and masts . . . were completely enveloped in flying sparks," the newspaper accounts continue. Three ships were towed into mid-river despite the flames in their rigging, by Fulton Street ferry boats. One ferry, and a tug tried to move the Great Republic but her cargo was so heavy that she could only be moved at high .lide. Her moorings cut, the White Squall, driven by the implacable northwest wind to­ ward the Brooklyn shore, threatened to spread the flames to still another section of the city. Toward 1:30 P.M. the Joseph Walker caught fire, and soon burned down to the water line. Shortly afterward the main top-gallant of the Great Republic began to smolder and then burst into flame. The fire chief, Alfred Carson, had three engine companies at dockside but they were helpless: no hand pump could send a stream of water high enough to reach the Great Republic's masts. Pieces of flaming rigging began to fall to the deck, setting new fires. The McKay brothers offered $1,000 to anyone who would cut the fore and mainmasts above the masthead, but no man could be found who would accept the risk. The McKays agreed that by cutting the rigging to bring down the masts—fire damage had already snapped the foremast—hull and cargo might be saved. The spanker, mizzen, and the mainmasts had also been demolished. At last the firemen—eight or nine companies by this Time—could bring their hoses to bear on the burning tangle of wood, rope, and sail on the badly damaged deck.. A driving snow fell intermittently. To quote again from accounts of the disaster: "The streets in the vicinity were crowded with spectators . . . and the night so cold that the water froze as it fell even on the side of the burning vessel. So violent was the wind that it threatened destruction to some of the buildings along the docks." Meanwhile, the drifting course of the White Squall toward Brooklyn was causing great concern, especially in the Third District, where the engine companies were busy with fires of another origin. Toward 3:30 A.M. she came broadside into a wooden pier near the latterday site of the now defunct Brooklyn Navy Yard, where she was made fast to avoid spreading the fire further. Every available firefighter worked to extin­ guish the flames but by 9 o'clock that morning nothing remained of the clipper "except her shaking and creak­ ing hull, which was being . . . levelled to the water's edge." Danger Seemed Past About 4:00 P.M., the worst seemed over for the Great Republic. Despite extensive damage to deck, masts, and rigging, the hull and cargo appeared safe. Only two companies of firemen remained, washing down the deck while the crew raked the last live em­ bers overboard. Then, amidships, a telltale curl of brown smoke appeared. Fire down below! They knew that the giant mainmast had pierced the main deck's planking when it snapped. But they had not known that the butt of the splintered mast had Pace Fifteen gone through two decks below and buried itself deep in the stocks of wheat—more than 23,000 bushels of it— in the hold. They also had not known that with the butt of the mast had gone live coals. The firemen did what could be done with their handdriven pumps. They took their hoses between decks, and summoned more engine companies, but the con­ centration of heat in the hold was too great for them. There was no way in which the cargo could be saved. Lauchlan McKay, realizing the bitter truth, felt that the mighty hull of the Great Republic might still be saved if the ship were scuttled. The fire below could possibly be drowned in the water of the East River. His brother Donald agreed. Last Ditch Attempt Three holes were then opened below the waterline. All hands went ashore. As the sun rose, the Great Republic began to settle. The fire in the cargo com­ partments hissed and went out. But even with her keel on the bottom, two of the great ship's upper decks remained above water. It took another two days to extinguish the fire which continued to smolder in the vessel's timbers. The ordeal of the Great Republic was not yet over, however. Although the fire itself did end on New Year's Day, 1854, when Donald and Lauchlan McKay undertook to raise her scuttled hull they found it warped and twisted from the swelling of the watersoaked grain in the hold. Still salvageable to the McKay brothers it was no longer their Great Republic —no longer the dream on which Donald McKay had spent a fortune to turn into reality. The battered hull of the vessel was finally sold. Raised and rebuilt—minus her top deck—she was rerigged with shorter masts. By virtue of the size of her giant hull, the reconstructed ship was still the biggest in the world. When she eventually sailed to England, she had to anchor in the Thames—no dock was big enough to accommodate her. Visitors were heard to ask her captain "whether he had left any lumber for shipbuilding in the United States, or brought it all with him." The French later chartered her as a troop ship dur­ ing the Crimean War, and the Great Republic also lived up to her name—and Longfellow's poem—by carrying Union troops in the American Civil War. Finally, off Bermuda in 1872, she began to ship water during a violent hurricane and her crew were forced to abandon ship. The Great Republic was never seen again, but a few old sailors like to believe she's still afloat—somewhere. �SEAFARERSWLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO One final opportunity remains for Sea­ to qualify for one of the five annual college scholarships being award­ Applicants should also obtain their SlU College Scholarship applica-. tion forms without delay. They must be received on or before April 1, 1969. To obtain these forms, write to: SlU Scholarships, 675 Fourth' Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232. They ore also available at any SlU ^ ed by the SiU for 1969, Hall. farers or sons and daughters of Seofcters, who hove not yet done so, Eligible for these scholarships are all Seafarers who hove com­ pleted at least three years accumulated seatime on SlU-controcted ves­ sels and the children of Seafarers who meet the seatime require­ ments. 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