29 32 1900 http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c4768f59c6eada4b84a1145e9af53e41.PDF c9e572ab6b6e4d4cfd098faa127342e3 PDF Text Text jnr • •/ *v.i Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. vm. NEW YORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. JANUARY 4. 1946 No. 1 •i):5 Arbitration Award Ends New York Longshore Beef \ t, X' -1 Culmination of the four month issue which caused the longshoreold Idngshore dispute was an- men to tie up New York shipnounced by William H. Davis, ping for about 18 days, the arbitrator named by Secre- j Also granted by the arbitrator tary of Labor Schwellenbach to ^ was the reduction of "straight find a solution to the deadlocked ^ time" work from 44 to 40 hours negotiations between the Inter-1 weekly, after which time and a national Longshoremen's Associa- ^ half is to be paid. Other feation and tne New York Shipping, tures were: reduction from three Association. to two shape-ups daily and a paid The dockers problem received vacation. Davis refused the denationwide publicity when the mand for larger work gangs with communists, attempting to use definite assignments fur each the longshoremen's legitimate nianbeefs against the shippers in a AWARD EXPLAINED thrust for control of the vital Port The arbitrator, former Director of New York, moved the notori­ of Economic Stabilization and ous Harry Bridges in from the former Chairman of the War West Coast. ' Seizing control of a Labor Board, explained his 20% "rank and file" committee, the boost by saying "The hourly communists, headed by Bridges, wage rates are relatively high, National Maritime Union officials but this is a reflection of the and other communist-led groups, casual nature of the employment. demanded the ousting of the ILA The evidence before me shows President as the price of allow­ that a longshoreman, in normal Declaring that present condi­ given for each four days of serv­ sisting of two watches of four ing the longshoremen to return times, is out of a job at least one to the jobs—a move that was third of the time, on an average." hours. tions encountered by Canadian ice. halted by the united action of the The practice of some Canadian That the War Risk Bonus be The contract, which will be ef­ Seamen "reflect nothing but dis­ Seafarers and the AFL long­ fective until Oct. 1, 1947, is re­ shipowners of putting part or incorporated into the basic wage credit upon our people," the Van­ shoremen. troactive to Oct. 1, 1945. Arbi­ couver (Canada) Branch of the whole of fleet under the flag of rate, and that an additional fifty another nation, an indirect viola­ dollars increase in pay for all The Davis award granted a tration proceedings started on Seafarers International Union has tion of Canadian Maritime Law, Nov. 14. classifications on shipboard be 20% wage increase, bringing the petitioned Prime Minister Mcbe stopped. granted in order that seamen may dockers' pay up to $1.50 an hour, Instead of the .sling load limi­ Kenzie King for changes in the have a higher standard of living but rejected the ILA demand for tation demanded by the union. Canadian law that would bring SHIP CANADIANS which wlil compare with all other a sling load limit of one long, Davis said he had directed that conditions aboard Canadian ships That all shipowners, or ship- workers. ton. It was primarily the latter the contract be amended to pro"in line with the new conditions operators, operating Canadian ! vide "reasonable adjustment of prevailing in the world today." Flag vessels, be compelled to car­ the sling load and of the gang to The brief declared that it was ry Canadian crews, and that all the nature and requirements of entirely possible to operate Can­ shipowners, or ship-operators, op­ the work on hand," and that if adian vessels while maintaining erating vessels of other than disputes arise on these points a high standard of living for the Canadian Flag, or registry, out Direct blame for the delay in bucket, but the total amount of "they will go to the amended seamen who man them. Cana- of Canadian Ports, and who are returning GIs to this country ships involved including those grievance machinery." . dian seamen, it charged, were the receiving a Government subsidy may be laid on the doonstep of now being sent abroad to bring ADMIT PROGRESS lowest paid of any seamen in the for such operation, should like­ WSA, and the present loud wails back ammo, those off Philly, and Attorney Nathan Witt, speak­ civilized world, and hadn't re­ wise be compelled to carry Cana­ from them and other government others standing off different ports ing for the communist-led group, ceived a raise in wages for the dian crews. bureaucrats are just so much hog- amounts to a considerable num­ said the award represented "sub­ past 25 years. That the present Continuous wash being tossed out for pub­ ber of bottoms which could be stantial progress" but the in­ Discharge Book be done aiway lic consumption to alleviate con­ in use for transporting supplies COMMISSION NEEDED ference was that the commies with and be replaced with a cern over that delay. abroad and returning servicemen were not going to relax their ef­ Calling for a Royal Commis­ single, unattached discharge cer­ Radio appeals, ads and all to the U. S. forts to win control of the long­ sion to investigate maritime con­ tificate. kinds of notices whine about the Not only the ships involved, shoremen's organization. ? ditions, the Seafarers demanded; That the practice of a "Ship­ shortage of seamen, and how but their crews also are badly The abortive attempt they made Revision of Canada Shipping ping Fee" from seamen be dis­ many ships are being held up on needed. The rated men aboard Act, with rights and duties of a continued. That since the posi­ account of insufficient rated men these numerous vessels would go in October, 1945, ended in a rout merchant seamen simply stated. tion of Shipping Master was a to man them. They also rave a long way toward manning ships and Bridges left hurriedly for Revision of that part of the public office, it should he brought about the hard time WSA is hav­ now tied up all along the At­ his West Coast hangout, after Act concerning the sea worthi­ under the Civil Service regula­ ing in getting cargoes out of this lantic Coast on account of the (Oonthmed on Page 3) ness of ships and the employment tions. country, and providing the bot- manpower shortage. on them both in port ahd at sea. Luins for bringing the GIs back Let's put the blame where it SLOP CHESTS NEEDED Attention That a Sick Mariners Benefit home. rightfully belongs, and stop tos­ That Canadian ships be re­ The stoi'-y we doVi'l hear is about sing out all these smoke screens. be drawn up that covers coast­ On ships that are laying up, wise shipping as well as deep quired to carry Slop Chestg con­ WSA sending • ships abroad to We don't mind if the WSA and the crew must collect trans­ sea shipping. Also that some taining for sale, articles of cloth­ bring back very much-needed Coast Guard brasshats want to portation pay at the time of provision be made in this Bene­ ing, tobaccos and cigarettes, peri­ (?) ammunition to this counti-y- continue sitting on their over- the payoff, and not wait until fit for the older group of men odical literature. Already more than twenty ships upholstered fannies, as long as it they are miles away from the That a seaman be entitled to a are anchored off Cape May with isn't at the expense of U. S. tax­ sign-off port. that are used in relief crews but cash draw on his earnings every full crews held for from 2 to 5 payers, the hardship of return­ that do not sign articles. If requested to stand-by That the Unemployment Insur­ five (5) days his vessel is in port. months, waiting for berths to un­ ing GIs, or the expense of the they must do so up to a pe­ That the antiquated twelve (12) load in the Philadelphia area, and seamen. ance Act be extended to cover Let's do away with riod of ten days; otherwise hour day system consisting of two still more are being sent over­ wartime measures and wartime they face possible loss of Seamen. That for all unlicensed person­ watches of six houi's b? revised seas for the same purpose. bureaucrats, and return to peace­ transportation pay. nel, one holiday with pay be to make an eight hour day conThis 25 is just a drop in the time controls once again. Canadian Seafarers Ask Fair Standards WSA Ties Up Needed Ships r" / �THE Page Two SEAFARERS Fiiday, January 4, 1946 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ' OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with iljc American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnovcr 2-2784 X i X X HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- Preside/if 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 They Know The Score' The SIU often brags, and rightly so, that it's contracts, wages and shipboard conditions are the best in the mari­ time industry, bar none. Proof of the pudding lies in the record books of settled beefs, and in the written con­ tracts under which the members sail. With little or no prompting, any member will break out his union contract, go over it point by point, and patiently explain the provisions to any seaman who is unfortunate enough not to be protected by a Seafarers contract. We who live close to SIU conditions, wages and the democratic operation of union affairs take them for grant­ ed, more or less, and don't give much thought to them. We also take for granted those services which our elected representatives give to every SIU* member. However, on the Isthmian page of this week's Log, certain things arc brought to light which bear further comment. Isthmian employees on the William Eaton sailed with a couple of SIU members on their last trip, and after listen­ ing to the talk about the SIU wanted to see things for Themselves. As a result, they were shown SIU contracts; they visited Seafarers halls, attended a membership meet­ ing, and met several SIU officials. They came. They saw. And they were convinced that the Seafarers was the only union for Isthmian or any other unorganized company, - For the current trip of the Eaton, only a couple of those seamen who had sailed on the previous voyage stayed aboard, and they are not SIU members. But they had learned the score so w^ell, that they in turn proceeded to teach these Isthmian men the union facts of life. Through the very same methods that had sold them on the Seafarers, these self-elected SIU organizers succeeded in convincing the new men that the SIU was the only union for Isthmian. There is the oldie about the world beating a path to the door of the man who builds the best mousetraps, We're not selling mousetraps—we're just selling the best condi­ tions in the maritime industry. We have the best contracts, the best shipboard conditions, and the best all-around rec­ ord of any seamne's union. What we have to sell cannot be matched by any other rival "union." The incident on the William Eaton is proof that the ij Isthmian seamen are well-aware of this, too. Not only are they willing customers, but volunteer salesmen them­ selves. But before they will buy, they must be approached —and the job must be done by SIU men. The election to determine the collective bargaining agent for the Isthmian fleet should begin shortly.- It will continue thereafter for six monlhs—and during that period those seamen must all be contacted. The example of the William Eaton is an inspiring one. There is every reason to believe that the majority of Isth­ mian seamen will react in the same way. But they have to be approached the first time, and that is the job for every SIU seaman. Sec the Seafarers organizers. They will tell you what has to be done. Organize the unorganized for j V^jobs, wages and conditions. Men Now In The Marine Hospitals ••• 'A.-. PORT OF NEW ORLEANS F. W. MURPHY J. E. WARD J. A. SCARA J. E. McCREADIE J. DENNIS (colored) C. T. WHITE J. , P. SABERON 3^ S< S" NEPONSIT E. VON TESMAR R. A. BLAKE BERTEL BRYDER J. F. CLARK PABLO CORTES E. V. FERRER » » » STATEN ISLAND J. S. NEAL J. C. CARSON F. NERING H. L. GILLOT B. E. SPOONER R. POWELL L. R. KATES C. MIDDLETON L. L. MOODY L. LUZI W. E. SMITH L. R. BORJA ' D. CARRILLO W. B. MUIR M. JOHN a. t. a. BRIGHTON. MASS. G. PHINNEY J. HOWARD A. RAMOS J. SILKOWSKI H. SWIM F. KINFILD D. KRUG C. KRIZLIC A. MORSE E. JOHNSTON P. CONOYER G. PITLEKETLY Attention Members! New shipping hours are in effect at the New York Hall: Monday through Saturday— 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Sundays and Holidays— 11:00 AJM. to 3:00 P.M. Members of the Seafarers are entitled to a weekly pay­ ment from the Union if they are laid up in a hospital. Be sure to get what is coming to you: Notify the Union the day you are admitted, so that there -"ill be no delay in your receiving the money due you. ELLIS ISLAND D. MCDONALD J. KCiSLUSKY X is, X BALTIMORE HOSPITAL GERALD BOWMAN GLADE WRIGHT WOODROW MOORE WILLARD BANKHEAD JR. ELDON CULLERTON BERNARD BUSTER FRED DAY JACK WALKER JOHN VILIVA X X % MOBILE TIM BURKE M. CARDANA J. C. DANZEY X % % NORFOLK MARINE HOSP. JOHN N. CONNOLLY CHARLIE MI7.ELL FRANK HOLLAND J. H. SMITH X It i SAVANNAH HOSPITAL B. R. PETBRMAN VINCENT SAN JUAN R. C. GRIMES JOHN W. GREGORY �Friday, January 4, 1946 THE Shipboard OvortlRio is A Protection, Not A Reward SEAFARERS LOG FLIMSY FLOPHOUSES FOR VETS By J. P. SHULER NEW YORK — Business has been fair in this Port £ui- the past week. Christmas and the day after were slow days with nothing paying off and sign­ ing on; but. the Patrolmen were really kept busy on the other days with an average of six ships a day being paid off, making a total of 24 ships paying off in the Port for the last week and 23 signing on. It has been practically impos­ sible to keep the ships sailing dur­ ing the Christmas holidays, but the Dispatchers somehow got enough men to take them so that there has been no delays in sailing. For a couple of weeks, it was hard to get some of our companies ships crewed up, but most of them have seen the light and the men are shipping equally to aU companies at this time. ISTHMIAN ORGANIZERS The Organizers have also been able to keep a number of men lined up for Isthmian ships, and there have been quite a few who have been able to ship. Men that will take unorganized ships are definitely a benefit to the or­ ganization, and it should always be remembered that these men are doing their part for their union, The Diesel beef came up again, where oilers were standing watch 'T port on a Bull Line ship, the SS Coastal Stevedore. It has been settled now, and the ship is paying off the first of the week with all beefs settled. This crew had been standing by until such time as their beef was settled be­ fore they cleared the articles. On a Mississippi ship, the SS Ouichita Victory, there was a beef where the Junior Engineer made canvas runners for the floor plates in the engine room. The company refused to pay this, con­ tending that it is maintenance work and it is done on the regu­ lar hours of the Junior Engineer who was on day work. There has been One meeting with the com­ pany, and no results yet. How­ ever, the beef is not lost and there will be further aciton taken on it. MONEY HUNGRY Lately, there has been a num­ ber of beefs coming into this Port with overtime that may, eventually deprive a member of the union of a job—sometimes enormous amounts for the amount of work performed. It is understood that we are not go­ ing to sea for our health, and that we want to make as much money as possible—but it should also be remembered that the pur­ pose of overtime in our agree­ ments is not to make money but to better working conditions and to create employment for more men. In the beginning, a man that came in with a lot of over­ time was classed as money hun­ gry and was not classed as a good union man by his shipmates. Somehow, that has been changed now, and it seems that most of the men think they are not good union men unless they bring in an enormous amount of overtime. During the scarcity of seamen, this is all right; but it should be remembered that when shipping gets tough and more men need jobs, that we should eliminate as much overtime and division of wage.s as possible and create employment for as many men as possible. GET OKAY In making out your overtime slips, the members of the crew and their delegates should live up to the agreement and demand an okay from the head of their department for overtime on the day which it was; made. If the head of the dept. refuses to do this, it should be taken to the Capt. and if you don't get any results there, you should make a record of the date on which the head of the dept. and the Capt. refused to check your over­ time. All overtime that is disputed by the heads of depts. and by the Skipper should be kept on a separate overtime sheet and a note made at the bottom as to why this overtime was disputed, and should be signed by the head of the dept. and by the Muster of the vessel. If the Skipper and the head of the dept. refuse to this, it should be so noted that they refused and the date on which they refused should be put on the overtime sheet. CAN SAVE IT A lot of good overtime could be saved if the members of the crew and the delegates checked with the agreement of the com­ pany whose ship they are sail­ ing. There could also be quite a bit of bum overtime eliminated by the same process. The ships minutes are pouring in to this Port now and it shows that we are getting back into our peacetime stride, and that the younger members are taking as much intere.st in the organiza­ tion as did the oldtimers who knew the score before the war. If the interest and cooperation the membership of this organiza­ tion is showing at this time con­ tinues through 1946, it should DC a record year for the SIU. This is the nearest that the government has come to a concrete answer to the housing shortage. To meet the housing needs of a million homeless vet's families, the Federal Public Housing Author­ ity is staging a "War Housing Re-Use Demonstration" near Wash­ ington, D. C. Purpose is to show how flimsy war housing struc­ tures like this can be cut up and transplanted to new sites. These are supposed to do until private enterprise does something about providing decent places for veterans and others to live. (LPA) Shipowners Cry In Their Beer: Seamen Making Too Much Money In the New York "Herald Trib­ une" of December 24, the gullible American Public was treated to a Christmas dinner of bull—by the ever generous shipowners. The highlights of the informa­ tion as given to the "Tribune" were as follows:— 1—The American seaman with a wage of $145.00 per month is the highest paid seaman in the world. 2—The Canadian seaman with $81.00 per montli was second highest. 3—The Chilean seaman earning $17.00 a month was the lowest paid, (not considering the Chinese and Lascar seamen). 4—It costs the shipowner $175.00 a month for the board and lodging of a sailor. HIS STORY The shipowner set up his com­ parisons to show that the Amer­ ican merchant seaman is sitting on top of the world, and for proof he goes to great lengths to point out all of the sub-standaid wages paid by other nations. Needless to say, the public is not informed that the wages shown ai'c NOT the sailor's "takehome pay." No mention is made of the fact, that the American seaman was forced to fight and fight hard for his present wage The seaman's wage, as it stands today, was not picked off of a Christmas tree, but was picked from a picket line. Comparison of the wages of seamen of other nations with the wages of the American sailor is neither here nor there. We are not in Canada and we are not in Chile: Our famifies live in the "CLEARING THE DECK'' "Clearing The Deck," by Paul HaU. which usually appears in the LOG each week, is absent this issue, since Brother Hall is loriring SIU ports in connection with the Isthmian drive. As well as being New,York Agent, Brother Hall is Director of Organizing, and as the Isthmian campaign swings into high gear with the voting commencing very shortly, it is necessary for him to coordinate activities in the various ports, so that all SIU efforts axe concentrated on this important Isthmian election. United States and have to pay U. S. prices. Brit.i.sh industrialists pay much higher taxes than do American operators—and we do not see the American shipowner begging to have his taxes raised to the British level. The truth is, the shipowner is sniping at the maritime union,s— particularly the SIU-SUP which have the best contracts on the waterfront. He thinks unionism is unfair. But the ship owners collectively fix freight rates, so if seaman act collectively it can not be far out of line. BUM BEEF While seeking sympathy from the public, the operator claims that it costs him $175.00 per month just to room and board a sailor for one month. Now, all of the shipowner's stores are bought at wholesale prices; and he does not buy the .sailor's clothes for him; nor does he pay the sailor's doc­ tor bills; nor does he educate the sailor. (Consider the inferior quality of the food which some companies try to unload upon their crews—and what they wouldn't try to get away with if there were no unions. In ship­ owners' lexicon, any muddy liquid with a small piece of meat in it is a stew. If it has two pieces of meat, they call it a roast with sauce. Did any of the shipowners ever have spam for breakfast and spam for dinner on Thangsgiving Day? — $175 a month!) UNION DOES IT If it costs the shipowner $175.00 per month to feed a sailoi, let's give a little consideration to the sailor with a wife and a pair of bi-ead-snappers to feed," clothe, shelter, educate, and provide medical care for. From the shipowenrs' figures it would definite­ ly cost more than $175.00 each to take care of the sailor's family. So for a family of three the sailor is entitled to a 'take home pay' of $525.00 per month. After all this would only be social jus­ tice—.but then the operator is on­ ly intez'ested in shipowner jus­ tice — like chiseling on overtime, ill-provisioning of his'ships, and keeping the sailor in serfdom. While the public can be misled Page Three Hungry NMUers Go To SIU Ship For Food We know that our contracts are better than those of other unions. We know that the SIU is the most democratic union on the waterfront. We know that the Seafarers is always on the go, punching away for the mem­ bership's beefs, and fighting at the point of production every minute of the day. In short we know damn v/ell we're the best outfit on the waterfront, no matter which way you're looking; and if you don't believe us, why there are plenty of NMU men who will back us up. Take, for example, the little incident that happened in Trini­ dad, as reported by SIU mem­ bers Lonnie Grantham and M. Cross. Riding the MV Cable Eye, a Waterman scow, they tied up in that port right next to aii NMU vessel. Hardly had they made fast when a delegation from the NMU boat came aboard the Cable Eye. Were they out to "organize"' this SIU ship? Hardly. '"Say," said their spokesman," how about lending us your cook for a couple, three hours. We haven't had a decent meal in weeks. And we want your man to show our guy how to bake bread—we haven't had any fresh bread since we left Mobile." Well, the SIU took, care of them; the SIU always does. Unorganized, or disorganized in the NMU, the Seafarers is al­ ways glad to show the way. Arbitration Ends Longshore Beef (Continued from Page 1) denying that he had aspirations among the New York dockers. The commies quickly pulled in their horns when it became ap­ parent that all the anti-com­ munist forces in the ILA were closing ranks in a united, front against them. Joined by the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Teamsters, the longshoremen were assured they would be able to run their own affairs without the benefit of outside interference. New York's Mayor LaGuardia also received a set-back when he injected him­ self into the ILA affairs. Following a joint threat by the AFL unions, that they would drive the communists from the waterfront, the NMU, MFOW, MCS and other communist-led outfits withdrew from the fight and the longshoremen returned to their jobs without interference. The naming of Davis as arbi­ trator followed. Affected by the award are some 25,000 longshoremen, 3,500 check­ ers and clerks and 400 cargo re­ pairmen. through propaganda disseminated by the shipowner, the American seaman is going to see that he gets a living wage, and knows that it will only come through the militant action of his Union. The money spent by the opera­ tor in issuing false propaganda to the public would go a long way to giving a better living to their employees. Let the shipowner think this over: False propaganda has never broken a Union picketline. �THE Page Four Him mi I THINK QUESTION:—What changes would you like to see in 1946 for conditions under which sea­ men work and live? ^ '' JOSEPH BLACKIE LEAUMONT, AB—V/e should do away with Coast Guard control of mer­ chant seamen for once and all, as that is one form of government bureaucracy that we can well do without. I also believe that ship slopchests should be placed under Union control, and be operated solely for the seamen's benefit. We, as Union seamen, should see that action is taken on the Sea­ men's Bill of Rights, and that the income tax on seamen and other workers on the same level is cut or entirely done away with. SEAFARERS Friday, January 4, 1946 LOG Had No Food, No Overtime, Says Crew; But They're Being Taken Care Of Now What a union means to work­ ing seamen was never so start­ ling illustrated as it is by the let­ ter sent to the SIU by the crew of the SS Howard E. Coffin, of the South Atlantic SS Co. This tale of penny-pinching and super-exploitation of a crew can be matched by many an NMU or other unorganized ship, but the saving point in this case is the SIU, which is taking steps to correct the situation. Even as this is being written in the Log office, the Seafarers is on the move and the matter will be shortly settled and the wrongs righted. board. We haven't seen any fresh vegetables in five weeks; we even forget what a potato looks like as we have none. There is no flour on board—no bread, only crackers; no meat except stew meat. "Our menu for yesterday was as follows: Breakfast: boiled eggs and bread, coffee. Dinner con­ sisted of stew and crackers, plus EYGoLLi - THREE OF 'fAl ToOAil^ here (no turkey); and we expect to spend the New Year on here and we won't even have stew by then as the icebox won't hold out that long. We were 16 days cross­ ing the Atlantic, and have been here since the 19th, so you must admit we have done well on the 30 days' stores we had when we left Rouen. According to the food allotments, we were out of food 18 days ago. "Can anything be done in re­ gards to obtaining shore leave here? Can't we have launch ser­ vice provided fur us, as per agreement with this company. Or can we claim 15 hours per day overtime for the days we spent here prohibited from going ashore? Can arrangements be ONLY ONCE The real point in this story is not that seamen are starved and overworked, but that tales like this would be common-place if it weren't for the SIU. Things like coffee. For supper we had chili LUCKY this can happen on organized and beans and coffee. Today, t HAD THIS ships—but only once. The Sea­ what do you suppose we have scheduled for dinner? Stew. B^U-HOPCAF/ farers takes care of that. We print the letter in full be­ HE EATS IT low. It was sent to us by the de­ "On Wednesday, the Captain partment delegates; Viadislars even informed the officers of this Kelpss, for the deck; Parke H. vessel, when they squawked Heller, for the engine; and W. J. JIMMY MULLIGAN, AB — about the food, that the food is Furdy, for the stewards depart­ Seamen should receive overtime all right as he eats it and can't ment. The letter follows: pay for Saturday and Sunday see anything wrong with it. made for us to receive a draw "We, the crew of the SS How­ When the delegates appeal to here so as we can play poker or work at sea, and should also have ard E. Coffin of South Atlantic him, he informs them the food is even just pass the time counting an established 40 hour work week SS Co., appeal to you to try to on its way out here, as it was and recounting our draw? with overtime rates tor work find out the reason for the fol­ due here a week ago—but the over that time. I think th^ the NO MAIL lowing circumstances on this ves­ launch service is critical and minimum wage tor any seaman "And, also, please do all you sel: If this is a safe harbor why should be $200, in order that he that may be the reason for the can to have our mail delivered, are we denied shore leave as we can take care of the increased delay. But the food situation on have passed Customs, Immigra­ here is much more critical than as we have had none since we cost of living ashore tor his fam­ tion and Doctor? 2. Why can't the launch service, as we have left Baltimore on October 13th. ily, and see that they live de­ Our mail was all addressed to we get any .food on here? 3. Why none. cently. I see no necessity for the this vessel care of Fleet Post Ofcan't we get a draw? continuance of Coast Guard Con­ "Must we all starve here just "This is our plight: We arrived waiting for a launch? Other lice, Baltimore, Md. Any action trol of merchant seamen now, and believe it should be finished here Dec. 19th with no food on ships received food here; the on the mail situation will cer­ tainly be appi-eciated by all how that the v/ar is ended. launch that bi'ought the Captain hands on here. aboard, when he went ashore and 'Incidents on here are too came back, had food on it. numerous to mention, but we will "Our trouble started on here state a few to try to convey to around November 4th or 5th in you some of the things that hap­ BILL CHAMPLIN, Bosun—As Rouen, France, when the WSA pened. Our Master, the Captain one who is already entitled to removed our food there and left Mr. Fred Davis and his loyal dis­ WASHINGTuN — Congress­ benefits from action in Work 30 days' stores on board. We ciple, the Chief Engineer, Mr. War I and to the National Soldiers men who serve on the House were scheduled to go from there McEasterling, spend many hours Military Affairs Committee last Home from previous service, to the British Channel for ballast suffering the agonies of the con­ week were treated to the imcencertainly have no plugging to sored views on peace-time con­ and back to the States, but our demned trying to devise ways do on my own account, but am scription of recently discharged orders were changed and we and means to prevent paying well aware of the value of these sergeant and a private waiting were sent to Antwerp, Belgium. overtime—such as informing the benefits. I think all seamen with discharge. Our stores were badly depleted bosun to supply shovels to the six or more months seatime, since before we left there—we were In the presence of a score of there three weeks and the couple longshoremen in Antwerp to dis­ the start till the end of wartime pose of the garbage there. We conditions, should be entitled to generals and colonels, an Army of days-that we spent in transit have ammunition on board, and wear the combat bar, and enjoy GI, Pvt. George L. Mark, Cleve­ from Rouen to Antwerp makes the security officer we had was full veterans rights under the land, Ohio, attacked what he 23 days, leaving approximately replaced shortly after arrival Veterans Bureau. Our union called the "Pentagon Boy Scouts." seven days' stores on board. here by a soldier. should own slop chests on ships, He charged that the entire mili­ TOO EXPENSIVE sell at minimum retail prices, and tary training idea is the product THE PAYOFF of the "The Army Brass Hats. "We couldn't get any food in use the profits for union-owned "Well, the payoff was the ac­ He said that, "They want a large Antwerp; they said it was too ex­ and controlled rest homes. army to retain the officers." He pensive there. We spent Thanks­ tion taken by Little Caesar and testified that his own observa­ giving in Antwerp, and some of his loyal subject to avoid paying tion was that men in the ranks the crew had turkey there. But an hour's overtime to a member THOMAS G. LEE, AB = There are opposed to compulsory mili­ they bought it in the Seamen's of the crew. Instead of a seaman is a very urgent need for a selecthelping the security officer with tary training in peacetime. ed group of union-approved at­ Club for 28 Francs, or 56 cents. his bags into the launch, they did Sgt. James F. Donnelly, of We also spent Xmas at anchor torneys from which members can it themselves—and no tip. The Boontown, N. J. told the com­ select a lawyer without too much other problems we have here will mittee that while he was over­ trouble to take care of their legal keep until we "can get a Patrol­ seas he heard a great many army affairs. I think that Coast Guard man on board here, after we officers make speeches in favor control should be finished. It dock. So, until then, we are at of peacetime training. He never helped much during the the mercy of Mr. Fred Davis, un­ charged that GI's were being To all seamen applying for war other than to provide MPs less you can do something on our compelled to keep quiet. He original or duplicate Sea­ over the merchant seamen. The behalf, which we all sincerely cited a letter he wrote Senator Seamen's Bill of Rights is ex­ men's papers in New York hope that you can." Hawkes of New Jersey that was tremely necessary to our welfare, returned to him, because it was City: Beginning December Viadislars Kelpss, and I think we should take di­ 17, 1945. all seamen's papers violation of army regulations. Deck Delegate rect action even to the length will be issued at the Barge He told the Committee that he Parke H. Heller, Jr., of striking fo secure its passage office located near the Ellis was threatened with court marEngine Delegate and that of other needed legis­ Island Ferry at South'Ferry. ial if he wrote aiqything further W. J. Purdy, lation. against military training. Steweirds Dept. Delegate Gis Against Peacetime Draft Notice! "•i. �Friday, January 4, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS QUESTION WSA ON SHIP TIE-UP IN LEYTE Dear Editor. We, the crew of the SS Noah Brown (Robin Line) feel that it would be of Interest to the Union and its membership to know how our ships are being handled by the War Shipping Administration, here in the Pa­ cific area. We feel they are be­ ing assigned most inefficiently. We are only one of fifty or more ships laying here at an­ chor in the Gulf of Leyte wait­ ing for our cargoes to be dis­ charged. We have been here two days short of a month( this was on December 5th) but, compared with other WSA op­ below with overtime an un­ heard of thing. We didn't even have a Messman, or for that matter a messroom. The Or­ dinary on watch (me) acted as mess and we ate on a big table in the middle of the focs'le. Yes, we were in one focs'le and it was forward. Anyhow, we made the trip from New Orleans down to Pernambuco okay and in due time were on our way back to the States. We stopped off in Ha­ vana for sugar and then went on to Baltimore. Right after we tied up a Fire­ man strutted up displayed a roll of bills that would choke an ox, and promptly disappeared. He had no sooner vanished when the "forty-thieves" found four Chinese aboard. We had to leave the dock im­ mediately for anchorage and after sipcty days of laying there, the immigration authorities brought the Chinese out to the ship, lined every one of us up in the saloon, and had the Chinese try to identify the cul­ prits. They said two men were involved. The first man quickly identi­ fied the 2nd Assistant Engineer as one of them (they had ap­ parently decided that' the Fire­ man was the other) but the other three couldn't decide so the immigration officials made us all change places and tried all over again. Again the first Chinese identified the 2nd As­ sistant Engineer but the others erated vessels here, we are con­ sidered as "newcomers." For your information we found other ships have been lying here anywhere from three to six months with their crews just as iiiLicli in tlie dark about when they'll discharge their car­ goes as the day they arrived. Like ourselves many are load­ ed with the highly publicized "food for our fighting men," while other still lay as if "invasion ready" loaded with war materials. Wc wonder just how long, this condition will exist and why. We wonder whether the "so very efficient WSA" can offer a reasonable explanation about these ships that could be carrying our armed forces home. still couldn't make up their We remain, fraternally yours minds. By that tirqe 1 had begun to for the crew of the SS Noah imagine that maybe I did look Brown, Howard W. Conner (Dk Del) a little like the 2nd, although Melvin F. Seidel (Eng Del) he had blond hair, stood six feet John T. Canon (St Del) and had a fair complexion while (Editor's Note; — The Noah I am dark and five feet four. Brown left New York on Sept. • Finally the last Chinese, after 21 and arrived in Leyte Nov. looking at each pimple, black­ 7. Other facts mentioned in head, freckle and wrinkle on each and every one of us, hes­ the letter appear to check. itatingly pointed a shaky finger at the 2nd. You should have RECALLS TRIP heard the sigh of relief from WITH COUPLE OF the rest of us. John D. McLemore ^'IMPORTERS" Dear Brothers. Bunker's recent article about stowaways reminded me of a trip I made back in 1931. Ship­ ping was tough at that time and we were lucky if we shipped at all. About the only way you could get out was through a crimp and boy, what wages and conditions we had to put up with, I took a job, through a crimp, on an old rust bucket called "Wjuidsbeck." It was six on and six off, thirty bucks a month, plenty of work on watch ii CONSTITUTION CHANGE IS PROPOSED Brothers. During the December 7th shipboard meeting of the Pacific Tankers SS The Dalles mem­ bers have agreed that a new Article should be introduced in­ to the SIU Constitution, and ByLaws, calling for the employ­ ment of a union "Food Repre­ sentative," the object of which would be to inspect all ship's stores before leaving port. Due to the fact that we feel the ship was insufficiently stored in New York, there was a serious food shortage at such a time where the available stores are unfit for consump­ tion. This practice of insufficient storing appears to us to have become a common oversight on the part of the SIU-SUP and its members. We, and other members, have noticed from time to time that a great number of articles by crewmembers in the Log and West Coast Sailors az'e com­ plaints of low graded and in­ sufficient stores. In closing we would appreci­ ate the introduction of the Article at the next meeting and also that a copy of this letter be included in the next issue of the Seafarers Log. Warren Messenger Ship's Secretary NICKNAME SANTA CLARA SKIPPER CAP'N "BE NO*' Dear Brothers, As the Old Man on this ship (SS Mission Santa Clara LA Tankers) won't allow shipboard meetings, we have no minutes to report. This guy, Captain A. A. Lund is a veritable "Be No" when it comes to the common rights and privileges of the crew. In fact there'll "Be No" nothing as far as he's Qoncerned except, of course, logging for which there's always time. "Be No" threatened to put the deck crew in irons or log them if they didn't work "faster." During our thirty days on the hook at Yokohama we were given one draw. $10 worth of worthless Yen. Some of the more lucky crewmembers got ashore twice most of us just once even though the whale boat went ashore twice daily. On Thanksgiving Day the Old Man, Chief Mate, 2nd Mate and our beloved Steward (bedecked in his "Hi pressure) made pre­ parations for a shore visit and lowered the boat while wc all looked on. The Skipper also adheres to an old directive from World War I, which allows only one carton of cigarettes each week and no cash slops of any na­ ture. He manhandled a sick man who was looking for some di­ version in the mess hall and locked another man who was ill in the hospital for 24 hours without food, cig.arettes or rea­ sonable attention. He introduced searching of the seamen's effects and went so far as to frisk every man on the couple of occasions they returned ft-om shore. The frisk­ ing consisted of digging deep into each man's pocket and opening any package they had with them. What he hoped to find has remained a complete mystery. He even subjects the armed guard to the same treat­ ment and refused to let them ride the. whale boat ashore even though there was- lots of room in it. As might be expected of such a deal, the Skipper and Chief Mate put in work on deck daily and, because of this, time is al­ ways on hand for us. He never allows mattresses or linen any­ where on deck although he will allow a bare cot. (We're won­ dering if he sleeps on an innerspring). The total number of men log­ ged to date (12/20/45) is 18 but the points are rising fast. Edward C. Gamcge Louis J. Waitkus" COMPETITION FOR BEST MENUS NOW GOING STRONG Dear Editor, When we came aboard this ship (SS John Merrick) at Nor­ folk she was in bad condition. All three" departments we^-e a mess, but we had a good crew even with the trip cards. We had to work like hell, but she began to look like a ship, even if we didn't have tools to work with. From what we saw and heard about the crew that was on here before, we hate to claim them as Season's Greetings Frem Mebile Hospital You know how it is! As down the sea of centuries, man sails the ship of his dreams, seeking forever a haven of happiness, peace and rest. None of us wish that haven to be a hospital, moored to a bed. lime on your hands. lonely—and sailing orders—"indefinile." Then comes a bright gleam of light on a lonely day when your active shipmates with their , all too generous hearts, make up a donation to lighten and gladden the Christmas holidays. Speaking for our fellow patients and Union Brothers, as well as ourselves, we are trying to express our heartfelt appre­ ciation to the SIU boys in general and the Mobile office gang J. Tucker. Blackie Niera and R. Jordon. in particular for their many kind acts and union activities. Hoping for continued Union success and progress, we are. and intend to remain. Union Brothers. Sincerely. Lester A. Kirtcher James Gahan Henry L. Dukes Wellie K. Harris. M union brothers. We don't see why they didn't try to help the union by leaving a clean ship, such as clean rooms and turning in a list of things that are need­ ed to the Patrolman at the pay off. After all, when you get a ship like that, it is hard to explain things to the new members; so let's go for cleaner ship.s and pay offs. J. P. Schuler and Frenchy please take note. The menu we had for Thanksgiving Dinner is attached and it was as good as it sounds. The steward did a very good job, and the crew and GI's were well pleased. There was a happy bunch of GI's on board with the prospect of being home for Xmas, but bad luck was there. • We got Ihroiigh the locks at Antwerp, and rammed another ship that put a hole in our bow and one in the port bow of tlie other ship. So back to the dock for us, but the GI's were put on another ship. We all hope they were home for Xmas! Now Bud Ray can have his senoritas; so can Frenchy, but boys you haven't seen Lu-lu. When you do, you will all want to go to Antwerp again. Most of the crew had their fling with the ladies of doubtful and imdoubtful character, but due to the fact that there was a faith healer from Georgia swamp country aboard the Purser has had no callers. Most of the cre'v went to Welch's place on London Street, and we all wish him lots of luck. We hope that very soon there will be plenty of Log's in Antwerp, as that is one thing we all look forward to reading. While in Antwerp there was an Isthmian Line ship in port. She was boarded and she seem­ ed to be O.K. as for what union the crew want. The SIU of course! They had one SIU man in the crew, and we think for one man he did all right for himself and his union. Wliat we need is more men like that and it won't be long before we have all the unorganized Com­ pany's in the SIU. We the crew of the John Mer­ rick extend our most sincere appreciation to Mr. Charles Engwall (Purser) for his endless effort toward making this trip a pleasant one. L. Paradeau, Ship's Del, W. Perdue. Eng. Del. R. Brown, Deck Dept. �THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 4, 1946 SHIPS' MIMUTES AND NEWS DO YOU KNOW BIM? iiiiiiii Noonday Crew Brings Charges Against Ch. Eng. Allegations that the Chief Engineer was interferring with the proper functioning of the galley, neglecting his duties and carrying concealed weapons aboard ship brought charges by the crew of the Waterman C2, Noonday. Regarding the galley, a state­ ment signed by Chief Cook Eldon H. Cook and Utility-Messman Nicholas Saldino declares "During the present trip the galley exhaust system has been repeatedly turned down to the point where it is ineffective. On occasions when the cooks were working over the range they noticed immediately the failure of the system to take out the cooking vapors and steam, the Chief Cook investigated the reason. On arrival he found the rheostat turned as low as pos­ sible or the switch completely off. "From witnesses, the Chief Engineer was seen to be at the switches only a few moments previously. Among the witnes­ ses who have seen him do this more than once was Nicholas Baldino, Utility-Messman. "Also the forced air ventila­ tion system has been turned off for the galley a number of times for no apparent reason." The neglect of duty charge stemmed from the Chief En­ gineer's alleged failure to take his proper fire station during an emergency. Signed my three crewmembers, Robert Kelly, Wilbert Shabher and Raymond Ditato, the charge states: "Not reporting to his fire sta­ tion on the night of Saturday, Oct. 13, 1945. On this night about 1940 hours, a fire broke out in the deck cargo, by num­ ber four hold on the starboard *K^side of the deck. Instead of being at his fire station, which is in the engine room in charge thereof, he was seen at the scene of the fire by members of the • deck crew at their stations. It is verified by the Oiler on watch at the time of the fire, that the Chief Engineer was not, below, while the emergency existed." "For no apparent reason," states the charge of carrying concealed weapons, "this Chief Engineer is known to carry a • blackjack on his person aboard ship. This is verified by mem­ bers of the crew to whom he has shown the weapon. I testify that this statement is true." The signer is Nicholas Baldino. In addition to the specific charges, the delegates aboard the ship; Arthur A. Barctows (deck), Robert Lewis Kelly (en­ gine) and Pat DriscoH (stew­ ards); state that the following Meeting On Arthur Dobbs Settles Cooperation Beef A most interesting set of minutes comes from the De­ cember 10th shipboard meeting of the SS Arthur Dobbs. Called to order by Chairman Forrest Edington (Bosun) the men elect­ ed OS James A. Colder as sec­ retary, First order of business was a report of attendance. Firemen S. Jensen (tc 19456), Knud Sender (tc 19114) and C. Weatherbee (tc 16306) were ab­ sent. Jensen and Weatherbee were on watch or going on watch but Sonder was said to have refused to attend. Purpose of the meeting was to take up the apparent refusal of the stewards department to make ice cream for the crew. 2nd Engineer Drew Craig opened the discussion with "We are now in port. Union rules require that when in port we are to have fresh milk or ice cream twice weekly. The stew­ ards department ha-s failed to Another one of those pictures for which the Log office has produce it and we would like to no caption. Who recognizes the picture? know why. We have been at anchorage going on four months complaint is made by the entire serve funds inasmuch as these and not once during that time funds are the very best type of have we received any ice crew. "During the voyage between job insurance" and shipowners cream." New York and Rio De Janerio, hesitate to chisel a financially Steward Orville Payne; "My there was no cold water. The strong organization such as ours. men refuse to make ice cream. water coming out of the taps The assessment, according to The 2nd Cook (J. Foust) could and showers was very hot, many the Bean resolution, would be not as he says his back bothers times it was impossible to take used for organizing unorganized him. The Chief Cook (W. Saw­ a bath because the water was companies. It is signed by the yer) does not have time and, scalding. Complaints were following crewmembers: Sim­ inasmuch as making ice cream properly made by the crew and mons, Milazzo, Pokalor, Con- requires a skilled man, I can­ passengers. The Chief Engineer nally, Michaelis, Wiggins, War- not require a Messman to make made no known attempt to cor­ pup, Branicky, Loll, Mansfield, it. Also I cannot have the 2nd Brioman, White, Pekersen, Wil­ Cook make it ahd a Messman rect this situation." As a footnote to the report, son, Moore, Bura, Ellsworth, turn it as only one hour over­ the delegates add, "The Cliief is Labiosa, Lugo, Ilallis, O'Brien, time. is paid and can't be di­ looking for a new ship and com­ Kordahis, Hado and Michelet. vided." pany." The Chief Engineer's During the course of their trip Deck Engineer Stuart Ander­ to Italy, the crew held several son" said he understood that name is Jens Hoik. shipboard meetings, during making ice cream "requires no -I ^ which all mattery of importance cooking, only a little water, to the crew, the ship and the ihixing and freezing." Steward SIU were thoroughly discussed. Payne replied that "neverthe­ less it still requires a skillful man." Bosun Edington: "When OREGON TRAIL someone is sick>don't you have CREW BLASTS a man to fill in?" The Steward AT SEA — In a resolution STEWARD FAILURE replied that in this case the calling upon the Seafarers In­ Chief Cook would be the only OREGON TRAIL, Nov. 28 — ternational Union to adopt mea­ man to fill in, "and he doesn't sures for postwar security and Meeting of the engine depart­ have time to do it and his other maintenance of the principle of ment called to order by Dele­ duties too." full employment, the crew of gate Charlie Collith. Nomina­ Chief Cook Sawyer: "You the Cecil N. Bean (American tions for chairman and secre­ men are trying to press the issue Range Lines) proposed concrete it seems to me." steps to be taken to assure such tary were first order of business. Deck Engineer: "We have Wiper Hunt was elected secre­ been laying here over three a program. The resolution points out that tary and Fireman Razilavich months and during that time we an ever increasing number of chairman. Various motions have continually requested ice ships are being layed up in the taken up at the meeting in- cream and in order to come any­ boneyards reducing .the number duded: painting of port alley­ where near obtaining it, we of merchant seamen jobs and way, broken fixtures in black have had to call a Union meet­ upsetting the present favorable gang head, relieving watches on ing If that is pressing the is­ (to seamen) balance between time and linen shortage. Also sue, as you have evidently in­ jobs and job takers. discussed was The lack of cots terpreted it, then undoubtedly The welfare of the seamen for the crew in spite of the we must be doing that. The demands that there be "more ship sailing to the Persian Gulf. stewards department delegate than enough jobs" and that by "The .Steward: had: ample time has failed to cooperate with us organizing "new companies un­ to supply cots in New York or on this issue. Eoust (2nd Cook and stewards der the SIU banneE' well paid .Colon .R. R," read the .minutes. delegate) "I thought the deck • Slop chest prices came in for jobs and decent working con­ a blast , as did the ; shortage of and engine delegates (William-.. ditions can be maintained. Urging an assessment of ten engine room tools, and engine Luttenberger and Stuart An­ dollars per member, the crew department equipment. The derson) assumed the wrong at­ of the Bean,: declare=:"we'are»Te'»^ meetfngr. iduch had lasted an titude." Both delegates replied luctant to draw upon our re- hour, adjourned at seven p. m. that they had requested Foust Cecil Bean Men Adopt Postwar Aid Resolution to ask his men if they would turn the freezer and when they approached him two days later he refused to talk to them. Bosun (To Steward) "Why can't you order the Messman to turn freezer inasmuch as the 2iid Cook is sick?" Steward: "It's the 2nd Cook's job and if he is unable to do it he can't re­ quire a Messman to do it. As I said, the Chief Cook doesn't have the time and the Messmen are not skillful enough." Bosun Edington: "It seems that the .steward is giving us all kinds of excuses why he can­ not produce ice cream, the fact is that nobody in the depart­ ment is willing to cooperate with him and the rest of the members of the Union." Deck Delegate Luttenberger: "Let us vote and see who wants ice cream." The chairman call­ ed for a vote. The stewards department was unanimously against it but the rest of the crew, almost to a, man, was for it. Chairman: "The men wantice cream but it seems that we can't get it." Secretary Golder: "Just a mo­ ment, this is a Union ship. On a Union ship the departments are supposed to cooperate with one another and each man is supposed to cooperate with the next, that is one of the purposes of the Union." The .secretary then asked, through the chair, (to the 2nd Cook) "Will you co­ operate by mixing the ice cream if a Me.s.sman turn.s the crank?" Foust replied in the affirma­ tive. "And will you Messmen turn the freezer—I would like individual replies?" Norman Jefferson and James Armstrong refused but Richard Taylor, Joseph Valentino, El­ mer Knox and Septic Black­ wood agreed to take turns. Luttenberger: "Now that we have men willing, wiU we get ice cream?" Steward: "I cannot okay over­ time for both men." Oiler Christenson: "I'll pay the overtime myself if the company won't." Steward: "Then we'll have ice cream twice weekly starting this, Thursday." Chairman: "Any more new business?" The Chief Cook complained about cooperation and was as­ sured that all hands would co­ operate in the future. Lutten­ berger rnoved that "we hold Union meetings every two weeks," it was seconded by Golder and carried unanimouslyThe meeting adjourned after several other questions had been discussed among which was the crew's -request for beer for Christmas. Luttenberger assqred the crew, that. progress • was -being made on this matter and also the question of, slop chest supplies, "as we have, been on articles going on six months.'.' �Friday. January 4. 1946 DIGEST OF MINUTES FROM VARIOUS SlU SHIP MEETINGS THE SEAFARERS LOG Heads 750,000 Unionists Page Seven Okay GI As Chief Cook Replacement On Merrick PARKERSBURG VICTORY, men and did same. Motion was Two more meetings, one on Nov. 28—Meeting called to or­ made by W. Cunningham, sec­ Dec. 11 and the other on Dec. der by Ships delegate at 8:10 onded by John Mclnlyre that 22, are reported on the SS John p. m. Purpose of the meeting anyone contacting an Isthmian Merrick. Chairman at the first was to secure fresh bread and man, do their utmost to try and was L. W. Paradeau and the milk while in port. In new show him the benefit of having secretary, A. Heigl. business Boon made a motion an organization like the SIU to The meeting discussed laun­ seconded by Huddle that ,the represent him. Under discussion dry cleanlines.s, galley, disputed Bad luck pursued the United ships delegate contact the Cap­ that was given a very good go­ overtime, need for a spare head, States servicemen who were re­ tain concerning fresh milk and ing over inasmuch as all of the and a list of needed repairs. All turning home for dishcharge bread. This was carried with an crew is very Isthmian Line con­ this under New Business. aboard the Calmar ship, SS additional motion by Boon sec­ scious. In good and welfare it Under Good and Welfare the John Merrick. onded by J. M. Rosa that if the was suggested that the ship be crew took up matters concern­ ship paid off on the West Coast fumigated. Their anticipation of getting ing poor work done by the dish­ back to America in time to that no one pays off until they 4 4. 4. Harvey Brown, president of the washer and his statement have the go sign from the ships CAPITOL REEF, Dec. 9 — Intl. Associcition of Machinists, is against joining the Union. He spend their Xmas holidays with delegate. The following recom­ Chairman, George Talloy, Sec­ their families was temporarily making a nationwide tour to visit was told that in any case as long delayed when the ship rammed mendations wei-e made for the retary James Nowery. The pur­ lAM lodges where he explains as he rode a Union ship he another vessel as it was proceed­ social register: Bolton, TC 672, pose of the meeting was to ac­ the history of the dispute be­ would have to do his job. The ing through the locks at Ant­ W. Pfiffer, TC 4709, Robert quaint the new union members tween the lAM and the AFL chairman suggested that a rec­ werp, Belgium. Brown TC A 647, Joe Jalbert of their duties to the union and which resulted recently in the ord of restrictions suffered at TC 4711, Walter Kostadinoff, their shipmates. This was The acident put a hole in the suspension of the Machinists. The Antwerp be turned over to the and Wendell Joy. Book mem­ handled in a very able manner Merrick's bow and one in the 750,000 JAM members will vote boarding Patrolman to prevent bers on the trip were: Bill by L. Potter, Quartermaster. port bow of the other ship and in referendum next month on recurrence for the next crew. Thompson, J. M. Rosa, W. F. The new men were impressed as a result the Calmar scow re­ whether ot continue to withold Slephens, W. A. Hendetshol, R. with the meeting, the most im­ Good work oa the part of a lumed to the dock. The GIs their per capita tax—now $100,J. Sadowski, T. J. Luoma. J. G. portant part being stressed was GI who "wants to go to sea were put aboard another ship 000 in arrears—from the AFL. Huddle, C. LaFrance. M. O. the relievihg of the watch on after he's discharged" brought to continue their journey across (LPA) Boone, A. F. Hillary, Laurence time. Meeting adjourned with commendation from the crew the Atlantic but their chances Collina. when it was disclosed that he of getting back in time for all members present except was helping out in the galley Christmas were doubtful. 4. 4. cups in the mess hall. Meeting those on watch. because the Chief Cook was ill. • LINCOLN VICTORY, Dec. 28 adjourned after a good discus­ 4 4 4 The crew voted to have him a list of needed repairs. They —Chairman, W. A. Foster, Sec­ sion. FITZHUGH LEE, November carry on until the Chief Cook included fans, bunk lights, lock­ retary, Marty Hitchcock. In new was ready to resume his duties. ers, shower heads, springs on 4 4 4 business the motion by R. Pelo- 17—Chairman, George Krause, His name is O. R. Marlin and bunks, head and shower doors, quim seconded by several that Secretary, L. Sanla Ana Dele­ MUHLENBERG VICTORY, the tripcard men be instructed gates reports were read and ac­ December 16. Second Meet­ he was invited to attend the crew's mess radiators, mush­ as to what their duties aboard cepted. In new business the ing — Chairman, Abraham, Sec­ meeting. room ventilators, etc. ship are, as this is the first night motion was made by Cecil Mor- retary, W. C. Wagner. List of The meeting adjourned after L. Gillikin reported a broken of the trip out at sea. This rer, seconded by George Krause names read that left dirty cups discussing several other ship­ chair in the Armed Guard's motion was complied with by that the Chief Steward be plac­ in the mess room since last board matters and standing a mess and the Bosun, speaking . the chairman who instructed the ed on charges for neglect of meeting. All agreed to pay the minute of silence for lost for Brother^ Musgrove urged tripcard men as just what their duty and also for being gassed fine that- had been levied for brothers. that the Firemen should change duties consist of. Motion was up on the job. Moved by Marion this offense. It was moved and At the Dec. 22 meeting E. E. foes les with the Wipers be­ made seconded and carried that and seconded by Stanley that seconded that the delegates in­ O'Neal took the chair and C. C. cause of the noi.se in the messan investigation of the sleeping the three delegates compile a vestigate the fresh water situa­ Surles was recording-secretary. hall. quarters aboard ship be con­ repair list and turn it in to the tion. Under new business the First order of busine.ss was the Other discussions at the meet­ ducted by the delegates as the department heads. Moved by Steward was challenged for his reading of delegates' reports ing involved complaints on food Wipers and day men were sleep­ Gerlanda seconded by Joe Her­ book and he said: "I don't have Deck Delegate Brown stated and the Bosun urged everyone ing with the watches which was nandez the meeting adjourn. it with me." He failed to attend that he had no disputed over­ who had something to say about 4 4 4 working a hardship on some of the last meeting although hav­ time and that TC members it to do it at the meeting. Dethe crew. Meeting adjourned LEONIDAS POLK, November ing been notified to do so, and would sec the Patrolman before Vere suggested omelettes be after a. discussion of the Log 11—Chairman, Dunham, Secre­ he also refused to attend this leaving the ship. Brother Car­ served for a change from under good and welfare. tary, Peter Ryan. Delegates re­ ship's meeting. Moved and sec­ rol, the stewards delegate, also scrambled eggs at breakfast. ports were read and accepted. onded that the three ship's dele­ reported "no disputed overtime" Purdue suggested two meats be 4. 4. 4There was fifteen full books, six gates draw up charges again the as did blackkang delegate, Pur­ available on the menus. The JOSEPH S. EMERY, Dec. 17— probationary, and five tripcards Chief Steward. This rnotion was due. The latter reported three 2nd Cook declared that the only Chairman, McAdoo, Secretary, on board. Under new business carried and the meeting ad­ TCs to become Union members. deserts aboard were pears and Sammy Fama. In new business it was moved that each dept. journed with the crew being A motion was adopted to recom­ pudding. The Steward stated the motion was made by Ship­ use it's own shower and head. satisfied with the progress that mend them. that he had left the States with ley and seconded by several Further new business was the is being made in our meetings. The Deck Engineer submitted insufficient food and that some that the Stewards be placed on of the canned goods he got in charges. It was brought out discussion of the Stewards or­ ders to cut down on the size of Belgium were not fit to eat. under discussion that the Sec­ Brother Brown asked about ond Cook and Baker was having the orders on eggs for break­ electing a ship's delegate and trouble in keeping the crew fast. The reasons given by the a motion was made and sec­ supplied with bread in port. As Steward for this was the fact onded that the Deck Engineer much, as twenty and twenty-five that eggs ai-e hard to secure in be elected by acclamation. loaves missing at each port. foreign ports and the ship does Due to the fact that the Stew­ not have a large enough supply The meeting adjourned after ard held the keys to the store­ to last for the trip, at the rate a minute of .silence for the room where the bread was kept, they are being consumed. In brothers who were lost at sea. he was held responsible for the good and welfare it was sug­ disappearance of the bread. The gested. that a book rack be put Goulash! motion carried with no dissent­ up in the P.O.'s mess and that Ordinary — I find the Cook ing votes. Motion by Far -.a and the deck delegate see about get­ amnzing. ting the salt tablets and di-sseconded by several that here­ Able—I find him amusing. He after nationalities be kept out of pencer put up where they belong. cooks the food and I try to guess discussions and arguments. Un­ Meeting adjourned with all what it is. der discussion it was pointed crew members present except 4 4 4 out that where our parents were those on watch,. born is immaterial, that basical­ 4 4 4 Swap Shop ly and fundamentally we are all MUHLENBERG VICTORY, Sailor—See those two girls. Amercians. Meeting was at­ December 2 — Chairman, RocOne is my wife and the other tended by the full crew with quefort. Secretary, W. C. Wag­ my mi.stres.s. the exception of the members ner. It was moved and second­ Fireman—S'funny. I was just on watch. ed that the Steward be contact­ going to say the same thing. 4. 4. 4. ed in regards to the amount of 4 4 4 JOHN LAWSON, Oct. 2 — night lunch being left, for the Twilier Talk Chairnrlan, E. M. Bryant, Sec­ crew. It was duly moved and retary, Charlie Rice. Motion seconded that the Steward try Smart Aleck—Do you know was made by Knowles and sec­ and secure fresh milk and ice what is wrong with the alpha­ onded by several that the trip-: cream while in the port of Le bet? card men be instructed as to Havre, France. Under good and Dumb Dora—^No what? their duties aboard ship. Know­ welfare it was suggested that a We're real bright. We know the ship, too. Bui who the h . S.A.—I'd say U 'and I aren't les was delegated to instruct the fine be levied for leaving dirty is the guy in the picture? close enough together! Collision In Antwerp Delays John Merrick h / KNOW HIM? • �r--' THE Page Eight SEAFARERS Friday, January 4, 194G LOG Two Deaths Mar Xmas In Savannah By ARTHUR THOMPSON Carry Your Book While In Boston By JOHN MOGAN NO NEWS?? Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: BALTIMORE NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS PHILADELPHIA GALVESTON TAMPA JACKSONVILLE SAVANNAH — Shipping was slow last week and nothing is in Port except a Smith & Johnson ship which should pay off in a few days. We had an SUP ship in which only stayed a few hours. There was only one va­ cancy aboard and we filled that. Now that Christmas is over, most of the boys are ready to ship again, but now we're wait­ ing for jobs. Shipping has been BOSTON — The New Year es, Vhe local vote is not a fair opens up with the news that the criterion. The good old Emilia is in port last troopship has come into Bos­ at tlie present abd wiU be crewed ton—barring an occasional di­ up later on this week. With the version' frnm New York. This weather we have been getting will cut business somewhat, but there will be three candidates it will have the compensating for every job on the Emilia. Oh, feature of eliminating the hordes for a short run into the warmer climes! of trip card applicants, whom we had to tolerate so long as the troopers required so many Messmen. No doubt we'll still have the By BUD RAY boys mobbing the Hall for some time to come, so at long last it SAN JUAN — If it is the most in the Texas Bar where they may be necessary to place a door­ wonderful climate in the world worry Obie day in and day out. like a see-saw down here for man in the Hall to keep them out. Christmas wasn't too bad for a long time. When we have no you are looking for, and the ideal Therefore, members coming to the boys as Capt. Fortunatti of men we have plenty of jobs, and Boston be sure to carry your lazy atmosphere, then this is the Waterman, and a swell guy, sent when we have no jobs we have book or trip card — henceforth place to spend your joy days. a case of the Old Demon up to plenty of men. Right now we Boston's dilapidated Hall wiU be We are getting steady ships in I the Hall, and the spirit of the have about 40 on the shipping as exclusive as New York's or­ here now out of the Gulf and the season was gotten into early. list. nate building. Atlantic coast with an occasional Frank, another member, is now Last week there was a notice Business is still brisk and ship­ one in from the West Coast, but ' the possessor of the manager's job in the local news of the death ping continues to be a problem. I in the New Carioca Bar, and I am of R. D. Sullivan, executive of We're having quite a number of so far very few of the old gang told he gives the boys out look­ the South Atlantic SS Co. Most loading.? (food, supplies, etc.) for who loved to spend time in our ing for a good time a fair shake. of our members here knew him all European ports, not only at little Isle, but they will all come By the way Hank, of the cut and he was well liked. We hope Boston piers but also at Portland in time. and run column; Have ynu seen our relationship with the South and an occasional Providence So far,, there is only three of Tiny Mike Gison who was on Atlantic won't change any be­ job. Then, too, there is still a lot the Del Aires lately, and has he cause of his passing. of conversation about building the north-men spending the win­ educated himself how to play We also have to report the new piers to attract shipping ter with us. C. W. Phillips, one pinochle; or does he still spend death of Rembert G. Goodloe from New York and Philly. How­ of the Gay St. Playboys, has all his money on Blue Moons ever, if the Bay state solons run been with me since Jack Frost for the ladies of easy virtue. true to form, the prospects of any took a look to see how much When down this way drop in immediate building are remote, weather the sturdy men up yonthe Hall as we have torn out the Not that it isn't urgently needed, partition and made one big room, .. -because some of the piers are lit­ so it is easier to hold meetings— r JUST ASKED HIM if erally falling apart. By BLACKIE NEIRA if and when we get enough men. HB WANTTP to SHIP AMP HE We had four payoflfs during the Had the Coastal Defender in and VANISHED iN^ MOBILE — Shipping for the past week; each one was a clean A. Goldsmith, a newcomer in PuFFO'iHoKEf job, with no disputes carried the galley (35 years of belly rub­ port* of Mobile is fair with sevover. Patrolman Sweeney has bing), was Steward. All hands eral ships paying off. The rain just received a letter from the were fat and sassy, but I have and bad weather in general is V Bull Line, concerning a dispute always said a good Steward and just about got us snowed under on a recent voyage of the Vassar Cooks can break or make a here. Victory, stating that the mem­ trip. Carrasco, the Serang, and bers involved have an average The tugboat men in the port of Rustry on the Cape Faro still of 30 hours each coming. The have their fuel going. I think Mobile have signed enough I "Money Due" section in the Log someone is trying to steal some­ pledge cards authorizing the Sea­ recently ran a squib saying that one's Light of Love there. Will farers International Union of N. they had 3 hours due, and it is let you know next time she is in. der could stand. When I show A. to open negotiatons in their hoped that the corrected figure Prize beef of the year of our will be noted before the boys ex- him pictures of all that lovely Lord 1945: Beachcombers com­ behalf, and on Thursday morn­ '-pire from apoplexy. (Editor's snow and tell him I expect some ing to the Hall to register com- ing at 10 a. m. we are to sit down Note: Corrected she is. See page jobs, then C. W. Phillips vanishes to see about signing an agree­ for a few days. 11.) ment for these men. Martin Haggerty, a staunch Al­ Now that the Christmas season After contacting the president - is over we can see quite a few coa sailor, has been here two of the company, he has agreed book men showing around the months and swears by and not to sit down nad open negotia­ Hall: Maybe we'll have some at the Lovely Ladies, and is tions without calling for a NLRB good old-fashioned meetings looking for a homestead to come vote; and from the looks of But he is again. And we need them, too, to every winter. things, with the support of these as the agenda is pretty crowded plenty smart—he doesn't fall in men, I don't know how we can with business which should come love; he just plays the field. lose. We are not counting our before the membership. Another 'Then we have our old stand-by chickens yet, but we are hoping reason why it is good to see the George (Red) Davis, who has a for the best. oldtimers around is that it makes ranch across the river at Catano, bur "crewing-up" problem simp­ and who only worries about work Brother Tucker is on leave of ler — for the longest time the when he is charged up with absence, going to Charleston for presence of a couple of ABs and giggle soup which is only about his Christmas turkey. We wish Firemen in the Hall at the same every two months. But if all the plaints of the food that is served him and the rest of the members - time was a rare treat. stories from the shaft alley are to them on their good will visits an enjoyable Christmas and New Well, the election results will true. Red wiU be with us for on some of the ships touching Year's joy and hope for bigger and better doings for the Sea­ be known to all very shortly sometime, as all he has to do is our fair port. farers International Union in the P. S. So far all these beefs now. According to the number mention that he is going away coming year. have been on No Coffee Time of ballots cast in this Branch, a on one of those big iron ships and ships, which are out of our juris­ light vote would be indicated; his Lovely Davey turns on the If you want a tanker, contact but so many members who cus­ tears. And Red can't stand to diction at present. Please print Brother Monssen in Galveston. tomarily ship out of here have have broken hearts. All of the our new phone number as 2-5996 He is crying for men and he needs them badly. cast their votes in other Branch- above have their headquarters as you use the dial. Society Notes From Puerto Rico who has been in the hospital for quite some time. He came to the Savannah hospital from Bal­ timore and was transferred to Fort Stanton, New Mexico. He was recently sent back to Sa­ vannah and died yesterday, De­ cember 27, 1945. Duluth Hall Is Real Warm Spot By HEAVY WEATHER DULUTH — This weather sure has been cold up here—the old mercury column seldom goes above zero. The definitely non­ tropical breezes we are enjoy­ ing here make the boys appre­ ciate this warm Hall. The heat facilities are getting a big boost from the hot air that circulates around the place—a natural by­ product of the competition among each of the men in telling stories about what he did to the other guy or what he said to the Old Man. J often wonder how we did manag^ to keep the ships running. We had some, fellows in this week asking about jobs on the coast. They have already left, and by this time the Agents in the othre ports should be having them call for jobs. I hope to see them all in the spring, when this port opens up again. This week I was invited up to the Labor Temple by the young ladies there to have coffee—I mean just coffee, and a good time was had by all. Captain Cronk is still around, but very down-hearted. I think he must be having quite a time get- Mobile Negotiating Tugboat Contract IT'S JUST . ^OFicsf ting a crew; that's the way it looks like from here. More news next time, and for those of you who'are around these parts, come in and call for William Steven­ son, the Agent. To all Brothers everywhere wherever they may be: Best wishes for the coming year, and may it be brighter than any we've ever had. The Dispatchers Say Take a ship and don't ask so many questions. Everything that the dispatcher knows, he has on the shipping boards. 4. 4. 4A full book member aboard a ship should take it on himself to check each man coming aboard, to see if he has a slip from the dispatcher. If he doesn't, send him back to the haU for one. 4* 4" 4 When dispatched to a ship or the company office, report within the allotted time so that your one day beefs can be collected, in the event that you have one coming. i �F Friday, January 4. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG SS GEORGE POMTZ (Paid off in New York) J. B. Price, $2.00; Charlie Fulford, $2.00; J. W. Picou, $2.00; W. Wallace, $2.00; C. E. Conger, $2.00. Total—$10.00. SS MUHLENBERG VICTORY (Paid off in New York) S. J. Kaemiasky, $2.00; M. E. Nichola.s, $2.00; A. Cruz, $1.00; George Heil, $2.00; Wm. Banghort, $2.00; D. Karsck, $1.00; A. H. Jaquish, $1.00; H. Kohv, $5.00; S. Pine, $1.00; J. Pine, $1.00; D. Dimaio, $1.00; T. Loftin, $2.00; W. C. Wagner, $1.00; W. Hernan­ dez, $1.00; E. Abrahams, $2.00; H. G. Sutton, $2.00; A. Cariello, $2.00; J. Augustine, $2.00; E. L. Morris, $2.00; Rayburn Will, $2.00; J. Figuerou, $2.00; R. Reeder, $2.00; S. Griwicki, $2.00; G. M. Dackin, 2,00: A. R. Ali, $2.00; C. W, Ball, $2.00; R. A. Denrough, $2.00; J. A. Bishop, $2.00; A. Suarez, $2.00; R. G. Kinesk, $2.00; P. Pfluke, $2.00; D. Stearne, $2.00; P. Calderon, 2.00; B. Markiewizz, $2.00; R. Kowalski, $2.00; N. Nilcin, $2.00; V. H. Drischer, $1.00; W. R. 'Aldanottis, $1.00. ToiaI=-$D3.0u. Page Nine $1.00; R. A. Czuike, $2.00; Finley L. Loldinger, $1.00; Solger Hansen, $1.00; Hugh F. Gaynor, $1.00; E. L. Sewland, .$2.00; A. Valinzuela, $1.00; V. Anderson, .$2.00; A. Bavis, $2.00; George Kigg, $1.00; J. E. Burms, .$1.00; A. Sisolak, $2.00; F. J. Fleischauer, $2.00; Hubert C. Corbet, S2.00; James J. Hough, $3.00; A. Silos, $2.00; Roy McCammon, $2.00. Total—$38.00. W. D. Grace, $2.00; W. Babyimple, $2.00; A. J. Poery, $1.00; W. M. Addison, $1.00; J. F. Conley, $1.00; R. E. Crowley, $2.00; Y. Buttafuco, $2.00; F. Tiirok, $2.00; J. W. Hunt, $2.00. Total—$34.00. zur, $2.00; J. W. McNolly, $2.00; M. A. Boucetle, $2.00; J. Gouveia, $2.00; W. C. Bonker, $2.00; E. J. Amorault, $2.00; G. Co.itn, $2,00; W. A. Cahill, $2.00; R. Cobb, Jr., $2.00; A. Mclntyre, $2.00; O. M. Bartlett, $2.00; B. A. Barker, $2.00; S. G. Suyace, $2.00; C. Morash, $1.00; F. Mozinski, $1.00; M. B. Bozard, $1.00; E. V7. Vogel, $1.00; B. M. Cavanagh, $2.00; G. A. Krause, $2.00; N. MacKerron, $2.00; C. A. Williams, $2.00; O. W. Guernsey, $2.00; R. E. Bacon, $2.00; E. G. Gaase, $2.00; C. F. England, $5.00; V. N. Blais, $5.00; J. F. Elmquist, $2.00. Total— $50.00. SS CHARLES AYCOCK (Paid off in New York) O. Kaelep, $2.00; M. Wiilik, $2.00; A. M. Binto, $2.00; N. E. Argento, $2.00; W. B. Stockton, $2.00; B. W. Osmond, $2.00; B. S. Ginn, $2.00; R. McCarthy, $2.00; J. A. Mullen, $2.00; R. W. Gosa, $2.00; J. Lopez, $2.00; J. W. Grubb, $2.00; W. A. Koeppen, $3.00; G. Smith, $2.00; W. Bow­ ling, $2.00; M. Goldenberg, $2.00; J. Theniault, $2.00; A. Rothman, .$2.00; .J. R. Sneth, $2.00; J. Boyle, $1.00; W. G. Rodis, $2.00; B. M. Woodward, $3.00; J. E. Curray, $3.00; L. R. Nowak, $2.00; N. Newberg, $2.00. Total—$52.00. SS J. HEWES (Paid off in New York) L. Rodriquez, $1.00; H. M. Kem­ per, $1.00; J. Fromko, $2.00; F. J. Button, $1.00; A. H. Stodged, $1.00; G. C. Blum, $1,00: L. Hall, $1.00; F. Rouncefield, $2.00; Z. F. Ochmind, $1.00; W. H. Kula, $1.00; SS THOMAS HYDE G. Vago, $2.00; P. S. Brzostowski, (Paid off in New York) O. F. Razak, $1.00; D. Hickey, $2.00; J. Motos, $1.00; C. Cowart, $1.00; G. F Power, $1.00; H. D. $2.00; W. F. Wells, $2.00; A. Abra­ Schackeford, $2.00; F. H. New­ ham, $1.00. Total~-^22.00. comer, $1.00; M. B. Gacer, $2.00. SS BONANZA Total—$8.00. (Paid off in New York) SS R. RUSH G. J. Link, $2.00; F. Botifoll, (Paid off in New York) $1.00; W. J. Klempowski, $1.00; L. Ottenberg, $7.00; E. C. Ot- R. L. Coward, $1.00; B. L. Scott, tenberg, $7.00; L. S. Miller, $2.00; $3.00; J.* E. Logan, $2.00; H. C. C. R. Turner, $2.00; C. B. Agust- Wells, $5.00; S. C. Green, $2.00. zniak, $2.00; C. Nickens, $2.00; Total—$17.00. R. E. Bail, $2.00; T. Blackstoock, SS FITZHUGH LEE $2.00; W. O'Handley, $3.00; F. W. (Paid off in New York) LaBell, $3.00; F. R. Adams, $1.00; P. L. Shanger, $2.00; E. S. LaC. H. Martinak, $1.00. Total— $34.00. SS ZBNANZA (Paid nff in New York) R. E. Dollath, $1.00; E. Jongensen, $2.00; George Mann, $2.00. Total—$5.00. SS KOLA VICTORY SS WARRIOR (Paid off in New York) (Paid off in New York) C. O'Neil, $2.00; J. H. Maran, J. A. Coles, $2.00; W. E. Far­ $1.00; M. S. Kalonik, $2.00; E. R. row, $2.00; H. W. Gilmore, $2.00. Bradford, $2.00; J. M. Profowinp, S. Rogers, $2.00; D. S. Geo, $1.00; E. R. Cochrane, $2.00; B. $2.00; J. L. Hickey, $2.00. Total— Zawacki, $3.00; W. A. Clark, $12.00. $2.00; F. Hayden, $2.00; I. E. GunSS TARLETON BROWN ter, $2.00. (Paid off in Baltimore) L. , Krawczyk, $2.00; M. K. F. J. Balger, $2.00; F. F. Fitz­ Smith, $1.00; R. Thime, $3.00; C. gerald, $2.00; Rolf T. Sommey, Syola, $2.00. $25.00. $1.00; Antonio Infante, $1.00; Guy SS AIKEN VICTORY E. Horlon, $1.00; John Abraham, (Paid off in New York) $1.00; • Jim C. Pineador, $2.00; G. B'Anna, $4.00; B, A. Ouger Petanese, $1.00; James J. Brandle, .$3.00; J. Smith, $2.00; Johnson, $1.00; Joseph Coyle, W. W. Chapman, $1.00; O. Copei*, $1.00; Floyd R. Livingson, $1.60; $1.00; P. Saualli, $3.00; G. H. Harlow J. Hall, $1.00; B. S. GellPowell, $3.00; F. Tarres, $2.00; man, $1.00; Emil Treichel, $3.00; Konipiewicz, $3,00. Michael Phillip, $2.00; Wade L. J. Jeffers, $2.00; S. Panebrango, Peler, $1.00; Julius Mogyorvagy, $2.00; R. C. Curry, $1.00; G. H. $2.00; James Vansavage, $1.00; Thmopson, $3.00; A. M. Graner, R. E. Donavan, $1.00; F. Fraley, $2.00; W. B. Specter, $2.00; W. $1.00. Total—$27.00. White, $2.00; S. Biaz, $2.00; J. R. SS IVANHOE Loggins, $2.00; J. A. Reynolds, (Paid off in New York) $2.00, Total—$44.00. Joaquin Gomez, $2.00; Robert SS MENON A. Eaton, $2.00; George L. Kenyon, $2.00; Charles L. Perry, $2.00; J. P. Meade, Jr., $2.00; F. A. Bartolome Pla, $2,00; Eugene Bal­ Schuster, $2.00; Bertrand B. boa, $2.00; Valentin Alvarez, Wright. $2.00; R. J. Ryba, $2.00; $2.00; Adolfo Scoane, $2.00; ClanK. Arlt, $2.00; A. Centeno, $2.00. dio Barreisos, $2.00; Jose Cil, Total—$12.00. $2.00. Total—$20.00. SS CAPE TEXAS SS NOONDAY (Paid off in New York) R. M. Hill, $1.00. Total—$1.00. Antonio Quinone, $4.00; V. M. Escobar, $1.00; G. Marbury, $2.00. SS FRANCES MARION Total—$7.00. (Paid off in New York) The connection isn't clear, but J. H. Fussell, $2.00; S. Pellet, SS DUNMORE $1.00; K. P. Apter, $1.00; R. A. designers must have a name for (Paid off in New "fork) Tate, $3.00; G. W. Manning, $1.00; everything, so the new swim suit ,J. T. Coxwell, $2.00; B. B. G. D. Smith, $1.00; C. C. Witcher, Adele Mara models is called the Young, $2.00; L. Waff, $2.00; V. $5.00; E. Pfrommer, $1.00; N. A. Gandhi. Because it leaves a lot Sanno, $2.00; F. Ruez, $2.00; M. Andersen, $2.00; Alex Sari, $2.00; bare? (Federated Pictures) C. Rey, $2.00; J. Sanchez, $2.00; GANDHl? J. Salgero, $2.00; A. A. Perez, $2.00; F. Vale.?, $2.00; J. Fernan­ dez, $2.00; A. Gomez, .$2.00; H. Perez, $2.00; E. B. Balboa, $2.00. Total—$28.00. SS WHITE SAND (Paid off in Nev/ York) E. T. Yon, $3.00; I. A. Gascon, -$2.00; B. J. Williams, $2.00; E. L. Poe, Jr., .$2.00; R. W. Hicks, .$2.00; C. T. Cook, $2.00; R. T. Sane, $2.00; C. Lawson, $2 00 A. R. Mitchell, .$3.00; T. C. Piszczek, $2.00; H. Karpen, $2.00; E. L. Kortus, $2.00; R. S. McGraw, $2.00; G. R. Siebert, .$2.00. Total—$30.00. Crew members of the SS T. J. Lyons, Smith & Johnson, $48.00. LOG DONATIONS TURNED INTO NEW YORK BRANCH L. Beckett, $1.00; J. Londsdoof, $1.00; R. Lee, $1.00; F. Paladino, $1.0; M. Condino, $1.00; J. Kovachic, $1.00; A. Serrano, ,$2.00; G. Redman, $2.00; M. Stachura, $2.00; Moran, $3.00; A. Larsen, $5.00; E. Howell, $1.00; E. Franchi, $1.00; L. Wikson, $1.00; W. Bevine, $1.00; B. Malcom, $1.00; C. Carpenter, $1.00; J. Wendling, $1.00; C. Hall, $1.00; L. LaMonica, $1.00; R. Lowe, $1.00; F. Shapiro, $1.00; C. Gorley, $1.00; G. Sinkes, $1.00; I. Panozzo, $1.00; A. Nitti, $1.00; W. Nickerson, $1.00; J. Bratcher, $1.00; L. Simmons, $1.00; L. Brickman, $1.00; W. Hocevar, $1.00; H. F. Englehart, $1.00. Total—$35.00. H. Hailey, $1.00; L. Grenier, $1.00; G. BeMeo, $1.00; G. Rob­ erts, $1.00; J. Moris, $1.00; R. Eschrich, $1.00; F. Gonzales, $1.00; J. Stangl, $1.00; R. Raynolds, $1.00; E. Bziubanski, $1.00; J. Sullivan, $1.00; A. Ferber, P. Caruso, $8.00; G. Brown, $3.00; A. GiulietU, $3.00; A. Pow­ ers, .$3.00; L. Bavis, $3.00; J. Abernethy, $3.00; M. Bodds, $3.00; Z. Frcy, $.3.00; W. Trout, $3.00; W. Wunrow, $3.00; G. Konradi, $3.00; W. Chalk, $3.00; Wilson, $2.00; C. Neal, $2.00; V. Clark, $2.00; R. Ingram, $3.00; R. Stratton, .$2.00; R. Shattuck, $2.00; J. Smith, $2.00; H. White, $2.00; B, Soenblad, .$2.00; T. Alwell, $2.00. Total—$62.00. C. B. Garza, $2.00; J. M. Berry, Jr., $2.00. Total—$4.00. E. Lukowski, $1.00; Hubert L. Lowe, .$2.00; James B. Luck, Jr., $2.00: Plinn E. Lamouaux, $2.00; Francis T. Jackson, $2.00; Mar­ tin T. Conlton, $2.00; Wm. E. Wininegar, .$2.00; Sidney B. Calter, $2.00; John Bryant, $2.00; A. D. Jenkin.':, $2.00; Spencer McPorsher, $2.00; J. L. Lucory, $1.00; James W. Kriss, $2.00; Horace A. Mosley, $2.00; Ruben Hurst, $2.00; Stanley P. Gondzar, $2.00; Boris W. Byrd, $2.00; M. Causey, $1.00; A. Saari, $1.00; T. Castano, $1.00; W. Ward, $1.00; R. Melson, $1.00; R. Keyes, $1.00; E. Oblen, $1.00; E. Foley, $1.00; R. Abel, $1.00; M. Woolfe, $1.00; G. Wischowsky, $1.00; E. Wal­ ters, .$1.00; G. Anderson, $1.00. Total—$45.00. L. Beckett, $1.00; J. Londsdoof, $1.00. Total—S2.G0. R. Lee, $1.00; F. Paladino, $1.00; M. Condino, $1.00; J. Kovachic, $1.00. Total—$4.00. Lowe, $1.00; F. Shapiro, $1.00; C. Gorley, $1.00; G. Sinkes, $1.00; I. Panozzo, $1.00; A. Nitti, $1.00; W. Nickerson, $1.00; J. Bratcher, $1.00; L. Simmons, $1.00; L. Brickman, $1.00; W. Hocevar, $1.00; H. F. Englehart, $1.00. To­ tal, $12.00. Paul Brententhal, .$1.00; V. G. Lehmkuhl, Sl.OO; L. B. Beck, $1.00. Total—$3.00. TOTAL—$760.00. U.S. Discourages Anti-Nazis WASHINGTON—United States policy in governing Germany is missing the greatest available op­ portunity to build the anti-demo­ cratic forces in that country, the AFL charged last week. In an article titled "Is America Missing a Great Opportunity?" in the current issue of Labor's Monthly Survey, the AFL bulle­ tin says "The present U. S, policy does not give the anti-Nazis a sufficient opportunity to rebuild democracy within the country. We do not permit statewide unions and democratic parties. Able and sincere anti-Nazis should be allowed to return. Mail service between the United States and Germany is still closed, and after six years the Germans are still cut off from democratic in­ fluences in this country. Ger­ man industry is today operating at only 5% of capacity. General Eisenhower warned a few weeks ago that with millions unem­ ployed and 60% receiving so little food that malnutrition and dis­ ease are threatened, organized re­ volt might occur at any time." The AFL publication points out that before the coming of Hitler, there were tliree strong democratic political parties in Germany: the Social Bemqcrats, the Christian Democrats and the Liberal Democrats. The nonfascist youth movement had 5,000,000 members. In addition, "the consumer cooperative move­ ment was older and larger than in any other European country; and most important of all, the free labor movement in Germany was one of the strongest and best developed in the entire world, with an unbroken record of demo­ cratic achievement for 80 years." Anti-Nazis who have been liv­ ing in exile should be allowed to return to do their part toward rebuilding democracy in Ger­ many, it is urged in the article. "The task will be long and dif­ ficult," they conclude, "but it will not be impossible if the democratic forces within Ger­ many are encouraged and quali­ fied exiles allowed to return." �- •• r. THE Page Ten SEAFAREnS --i i?* • -';;T ^ '/s- j ^- Friday. January 4, 1946 LOG THE WEEK'S MEWS IN BEVIEW A Sports And News Roundup For The Benefit Of Our Union Members In Foreign Ports. CURRENT EVENTS.. iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiliiliiM AT HOME AUTHOR OF, STRIFE \ SPORTS GRID BOWL SCORES The Log sports ed hangs his head in shame after looking at the results of the various bowl games. Uniy four of our seven favorites clicked, and we come up with a .571 battling average, which isn't so hot. Oh well, bet­ ter luck next year. 69 yards for the 3rd score. 'GATOR BOWL—Wake Forest, 26—So. Carolina, 14. A heavy Wake Forest team was not to be denied, and came from behind in the last half to down a fight­ ing, lighter S. Carolina eleven. Secretary of State Byrnes re­ ances that there was no danger turned to Washington after Mos­ of attack. The United States opposes in­ cow Conference of Foreign Min­ ternationalization of a UNO*zone isters. He reported to President (United Nations Organizatioji) Truman and later to the nation similar to Vatican City, but fa­ ROSE BOWL—As expected, a great Alabama team came via the radio . . . "The agreements vors an international zone simi­ through to whip Southern Cali­ reached," he said, "should bring lar to the Tangier set-up . . • The fornia, 34-14, before a crowd of hope to the war-weary people of late President Roosevelt's estate 93,000 fans. The lighter, faster many lands." ... He conceded at Hyde Park appeared to lead as Crimson Tide from 'Bama ran that the solution was not "ideal" the choice location . . . The U. S. and passed the Trojans silly, al­ ... He said that Russia neither delegaton to UNO left" for Lon­ most scoring at will. USC saved asked for nor received tech­ don where the General Assembly Rep. Leslie Arends (R., 111.} is itself from humiliation by scoring nical or scientific information re­ will meet. Mrs. Eleanor Roose­ garding the atom bomb, but fa­ velt is one of the U. S. delegates. one of Ihe authors of the pending two markers in the last quarter. President Truman's fact-find­ Smith-Arends bill in Congress Sophomore 'Bama back Gilmer vored creation of an international control body . . . Iran proved ing aboard assigned to study the which labor leaders have called was the game's standout, with his the major stumbling block for General Motors strike adjourned the most vicious piece of union- passing and running. its hearings, and will strive tp smashing legislation ever to come the conference. SUGAR BOWL — All-America The conference also produced make its recommendations with­ before Congress. Pro-labor Con­ FLOTSAM AND JETSAM backs Fenimore of Okla. and gressmen. who insisted that it a four power control plan for Ja­ in two weeks. The GM manage­ Southpaw Cliff Melton of the pan and a joint Soviet-American ment representatives walked out constituted a deliberate provoca­ Wedemeyer of St. Mary's lived up to advance notices, but Okla­ Giants has been sold outright to tion to industrial warfare, were Commission for Korea ... He de­ of the hearings. They refuse to homa was too big and strong for instrumental in defeating Arends San Francisco in the Pacific Coast clared that the "aulhoidty of Gen­ substantiate their "inability to eral MacArthur will not be ob­ raise wages" by showing then- and his anti-labor pals when they the St. Mary's boys, and triumph­ League . . . All attendance rec­ structed" but MacArthur differ­ books . . . Truman created a new tried to steamroller the bill onto ed by the tune of 33 to 13. We ords for professional football guessed right on both of these ences with him, are noted below. "National Wage Stabilization them. games were broken as a total of. games. The Pearl Harbor Investigating Board" to replace the War Labor almost two nulli";'. -ians paid to Committe heard Admiral Stark, Board . . •. William Green and sponsoring her application for SUN BOWL — This was one of who was chief of naval operations Philip Mur-ray declared that a membership in the UNO. The ovu* poor choices. New Mexico attend 68 National Football on Dec. 7, 1941, testify that high wage program was an eco­ U. S. had not been at war with came from behind in the final League games ... Joe Baksi won eleven specific warnings were nomic necessity . . . Unemploy­ Siam. Additional French troop a one-sided victory over a high­ sent to the Pacific naval com­ ment will not be as grave as had landings in Syria was creating ly touted Freddy Schott in a slow mand during the last tliree been previously forcast, accord­ another crisis . . . French Prexy bout at the Garden . . . Boston months of that year . . . Maj. Gen. ing to the year-end review of a DeGaule's resignation was avert­ Red Sox announced the uncon­ Short, who was removed as com­ Bureau of Labor Statistics offi­ ed when a compromise measure mander in Hawaii after the at­ cial . . . The first major tax re­ on army finances was adopted by ditional release of outfielder Bob tack, blamed the War Department duction since 1929, while giving the Assemblj'. . . Police discover­ Johnson and first baseman Dolph for failure to keep him fully in­ some relief to the smaller tax­ ed a quantity of arms and am­ Camilli. formed. He also blamed naval payers, will give greatest savings munition in Tel Aviv, cached by colleagues for frequent reassur­ to the corporations. Surprised? terrorists, the British say. Chicago Bears signed Ken Kavanaugh, formerly of the AAF, Three days before the Russians INTERNATIONAL moved into Berlin, Hitler mar­ for the 1946 season . . . Cleve­ ried his mistress and wrote his land Browns of the new AllGeneral Wedemeyer said referred to his "wilful tempera­ In it he disclosed that American forces in China needed ment and grandiose mentality," will. America Conference proposed an another 4,000 men, and that the and headed its editorial "Unhap­ Goering and Himmler had been period to score three touchdowns exhibition game with the Cleve­ U. S. would aid the movement of py Mikado, Unhappy McArthur." thrown out of the Nazi party. A and clip Denver's wings. Final land Rams next fall . . . Branch from Czechoslovakia Nationalist troops into Manchuria The paper points out that Mac- report ys that a twelve-year-old boy outcome was—New Mexico, 34— Rickey of the baseball Dodgers . . . General Marshall was to be Arthur is suposed to carry out Denver, 24. released pitcher Earl Jones to To­ virtual referee between the com­ U. S. policy, not make it. Britain's who has been taken into custody ledo of the American Associa­ ORANGE BOWL — The fates munists and Chiang-Kai-shek leading paper refers to MacAr- may be Hitler's son" . . . The tion ... A knockdown battle be­ who, in a speech to the people, thur's "high respect for his own Nuremberg trials of war criminals against us in this thriller. Miami tween major and minor league called upon all parties to unite ability" and the General's annoy­ resumed after a Christmas recess. broke a 6 to 6 tie in the last hockey appeared in the offing as President-elect Dutra of Bra­ second of play through A1 Hud­ . . . Korea protested against the ance at "the Big Three's de­ zil pledged the end of totali­ son's interception of a Holy Cross officials of both the National and trusteeship of the U. S. and So­ thronement of the wrong em­ American Hockey Leagues pop­ viet Union, and violent disorders peror." Previously, Hirohito, tarianism in that country, and pass and an 89 yd. runback for ped nff. rseulted in political assassina­ in an unprecendented broadcast, set March 15 as the date for con­ the winning marker. Final score Cleveland Rams signed tackles tions. Some Americans were called the idea of him being a vocation of the Pan-American —Miami, 13—Holy Cross, 6. What Eberle Schultz and Gil Bouley stoned. Later all strikes and divinity "a myth and a legend." conference on hemisphere defense a heartbreaker! demonstrations' were called off The Biitish paper asks whether and solidarity . , . Dr. .lose COTTON BOWL—In the wild­ to '46 contracts . . . Sirde streaked when U. S. Secretary of State the Jap peasants will take the Tamborini will lead the Argen est scoring melee in Cotton Bowl to a single-length win in tlie Byrnes announced that the Mos­ hint and bow in another (Mac- tine Democratic Union fight history, the Texas Longhorns $25,000 San Carlos Handicap at against Juan D. Peron. Santa Anita . . . Western Stars cow plan might be dropped. Even Arthur's) direction. whipped Missouri, 40 to 27, be­ tied Eastern, 7-7, before 60,000 in the Korean Supreme Court had British troops seized and dis­ fore a thrill-groggy crowd of 46,gone on strike. the Annual Shriners' benefit foot­ armed all Indonesian police in 000 spectators. The wirming mar­ Confusion about who is eligible Batavia on the grounds that ball game . . . 11th Airborne Di­ gin was in the air with Texas to run for office may postpone the many have ben aiding the "re­ vision won the Jap grid crown completing 13 out of -14 tries for Japanese elections . . . One bels" ... A battalion of Dutch by defeating the 41st Division, a gain of 264 yards. factor for the confusion was the marines landed at Batavia to re­ 25-12, at Tokio . . . Chicago Cubs report that General MacArthur place native troops. They were OIL BOWL—Georgia's Trippi won 21 of their pennant-winning would bar, as candidates, those trained in the United States . . . was too much for the Golden games against one defeat from identifed with former Premier Jap General Yamamoto was taken Hurricane of Tulsa, as Georgia the Cincy Reds . . . New York To jo's government . . . MacAr­ to Java by the British "to assist topped Tulsa, 20-6. Going into Yankee ball team originally en­ thur himself was getting a verbal in rounding up Japanese." the last quarter with a 7 to 6 joyed the name—^Highlanders—• lead, Trippi heaved a long one remember? ... Of the 11 new spanking in the U. S. and in Britain and Siarn signed a Britain following his statement peace treaty after her sovereignty good for 54 yds. and a marker. records established in 1945, Mel Not content, he grabbed a ptfnt Ott, Giants slugging manager that he didn't agree with Big and independence were guaran­ on his own 31, and scampered created nine of them. Three's plans . . . One U. S. paper teed, with Britain and India �THE Friday, January 4, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven BUIJ^ETIN ) SS JOHN MERRICK Darioll H. Bryant 3.75 Vincent H. Farrell 3.75 John II. Hansel 3.75 Chailes G. Krider 3.75 Joseph E. Lee 3.75 Edward F. McCormick 3.75 Elmer D. Nelson 3.75 Edward L. Owens 3.75 Philip Plouffo 3,75 Joseph Maccia 92.20 Charles Drucker 1.68 Joseph W. Lamb 4.95 William E. Olley 4.21 Philip LaChapelle 4.21 Anthony La Torre 84 John Kwasnaza 3.17 Winifred S. Meredith 4.21 Je.ssie H. Adington 5.52 Joseph L. Raphael 3.37 Arthur B. Pena 3.37 Frank R. Rankin 10.69 Riburo Corclosa :. 1.38 Thomas Morgan • 4.98 Kenneth E. Johnson 9.21 —Unclaimed Wages— Calmar Steamship Company Ralph Chappell Ronald C. Coleman John B. Borders Albert H. Birt John S. Solomon Russel S. Perkins Robert M. Scott Jr Sarti J. Rochileau 37.26 17,83 18.56 4.21 84 3.37 7.55 82.70 Edward Shubert Ch.arles Peoples Robert Selby Charles Fritz Jr William Wynn L. Almeida H. D. Perez V. Bouzuelo Jesse Jordan M. Stall worth E. Morris Jr Arthur Cameron Herman Demick Lawrence Kensinger Clyde Whittington John-J. Campbell Louis Almeida Carroll P. Wright Walter V. Fisher Jlc-nry E. Woods Herman Terry Adrian Buckey P. G. Van Verth Francis Mater William Macko James Erickson Robert McDowell Henry McCabe Harry Martin Fred Fox Billie Britt Howard Logue William Bradshaw Archie Blue Wm. Mullen •Wm. E. Doolan Wm. Doolan M. Carroll G. Hudson E. Gibbs B. Crawford G. Duncan C. Albury J. McCrystal L. Tucker D. Klein E, Bravdon E. Scott J. Armstrong T. Dungan J. James W. McKay J. Gerhold J. Taylor F. Carson W. Mitchell F. Fernandez M. Scarpinate R. Sloss B. Price G. Transona H. Rivers M. Cooper G. Transona H. Bailey 1.68 7.63 7.63 2.60 2.60 2.60 1.34 2.40 4.03 .68 68 1.35 . 2.73 1.82 10.74 5.37 17.93 4.17 3.50 5.16 4.03' 31.04 4.07 7.27 22.83 3.27 .. 1.5.3.5 17.00 98.75 C. Meyer 2.69 60.12 . . . 98.75 E. Malone 98.75 98.75 O. Clark 98.75 98.75 F. Rolan 98.75 , , 98.75 A. Phelps 98.75 6.71 J. Brown 98.75 2.69 W. Jacobs 98.75 4.94 G. Henderson 1.68 9.32 F. Jardine SS HENRY JOCELYN 4.03 .67 R. Farrell J. Duffy $ 5.47 4.03 .67 S. G. Moran F. Fowler 5.80 1.68 4.03 Joseph A. Cuniff F. McLaughlin 5.80 1.34 2.69 A. A. Goode L. White 11.60 67 3.36 R. E. Stevens E. Ingersol 5.80 67 2.69 K. K. Kenny J. Curran 4.21 6.91 4.00 Henry Davis R. A. Linnekan 7.00 6.91 2.69 Louis Machado R. A. Linnekan 20.32 6.91 1.34 Winston Lalande F. Johnson 3.65 : 6.04 Harold F. McCarthy 67 SS ARTHUR L. PERRY ... 2.74 H. Norcott 8.06 James J. Dill 67 A. L. llutchins $ 5.83 C. P. Belkner 3.24 2.69 5.37 Louis J. Mester Carl Miller 10.88 R. W; Collins 2.59 Walter D. Huff 1.34 5.37 Edward Clark 10.07 R. W. Collins 5.37 5.37 Moser A. Lucas 68 W. Anderson 54.51 C. P. Belkner 1.34 2.18 Harvey C. Roberts 67 E. T. Newborn 6.20 F. Johnson 2.01 1.68 Winston Lolande 67 William Jolly 2.96 MONEY DUE CORRECTION Ruggiero 2.69 L. 30.72 Celso Rodriguez 15.94 Angel F. Burgos 2.01 Cappas 11.77 3.37 Jessie Winfield 2.69 In the December 21st issue of Elmer C. Korth 10.74 J. D. DiMaio 2.35 26.93 the Seafarers Log a mistake was Royal Shelton 2.69 Christ W. Bass 12.80 D. DiMaio 98.75 Bernard Hill 2.69 20.53 made in reporting the overtime Paul G. Oros 5.66 Hilorio Quinsat 98.75 26.93 John W. Forbes 4.18 due certain members of the VasChrist V. Bass 9.29 A. L. Gantt 2.41 21.03 sar Victory, who paid off in Bos­ E. A. Washington 6.83 Thomas J. O'Brien 2.96 L. R. Tickle 4.95 L. MacDonald 6.83 15.43 ton. The corrected list follows: Leslie H. Johnson 99 Francis G. Fuller 14.54 John Morgan 6.83 11.23 SS VASSAR VICTORY Clifton F. Stuart 5.37 John H. Foley 3.36 10.73 6.43 A. Shaw (Voyage No. 3) Lester St. Thomas 9.40 James K. Hennessey 2.69 R. L. Decker 6.00 41.62 Everett V. Clayton 2.69 The following men have thirty James A. Kell 8.06 33.02 hours coming. Thomas Guimond, 20.52 Byron R. DeForrest Hally B. Tyson 6.04 William L. Sharp 8.39 Ralph R. McKenzie 10.95 3.01 Wade H. Lamm 1.34 Ferdynand Syoblik, Moses Earl J. Joyner 16.79 Harry T. Mizell 6.45 Schrocky, W. Hooker 3.37 Anthony Thomas, SS JOHN BLAIR Charles M. Smith 8.73 Edurn Cardinell 1.00 Romeo DiCicco, Robert Jones, F. Schwalenbei'g 10.10 $ 4.00 Walter J. LaCon Arthur M. Caycc 14.77' Charles Baker 1.19 Vincent Tocco and John C. Forys. F. Forzano 1.68 12.39 William Gilland James C. Mitchell 12.42 J. Jackolski 13.79 B. Umschweif 18.56 Allan Cohan has 22 hours com­ 3.00 Donald Clark Jr Lewis H. Thorp 4.70 J. Kennedy 2.58 ing. Twenty hours each coming H. Frazer 6.73 2.13 Eai-1 E. Marchand Marvin E. Persinge 6.71 P. Duffy 28.88 for Henry Higham, Maurice A. L. Hansen 39.96 R. Osoris 19.97 Donnie L. Gillespie 5.37 Sylvester Andre 7.39 Clark and Jerome Bayer. George Scognamiligis 28.84 45.66 Archie Hankins Alberg MacDonald 5.37 A. Phelps 16.51 Arthur L. Hansen 84 Collect at Bull Line, New York. 17.46 Walter J. Arnold 5.37 W. Jacobs 20.49 Robert Tucker 3.37 Lewis P. Fears 4 4 4 17.46 Wellington Lewis 5.37 A. Phelps Jesse Lyons 1.68 SS LOU GHERIG SS DANIEL WILLARD 92.18 .' §.37 J. Brown Anthony lacone 84 Gene McNeeley The following men have $129.69 J. Farich $ 2.73 Eldee McNaldi 2.01 Ralph Griffin 1.68 H. Campeon 3.20 each coming: Charles A. Ray­ Frank T. Campbell 13.36 Robert Thompson 1.68 H. Niel.son 3.20 mond, John D, Wynn, Jason Robert G.amber 18,31 Daniel Wilson 2.52 L. Kramre 15.98 Gibbs J. H. Witley and Harry L. Main 1.27 Jack McCann 2.52 Alan D. Williams has 84 Israel. 51 Beaver St. C. Brunnet C. Grayson 1.27 NEW YORK Arthur L. Hansen 3.54 H.Anover 2-2784 H Rivers 6.73 $8.77 coming. Collect at Eastern Everett N. Stanley 3.00 BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. Joseph G. Sidlo 1.30 3.96 Steamship Company, New York. Liberty 4057 E. Williams W. N. Woodie 2.97 E. Igoe 55.00 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. C. Albury 1.98 4 4 4 Calvert 4539 SS WILLIAM STURGIS 6.73 SS LINDENWOOD VICTORY SS JOHN HOLT PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. R. O'Hara Lombard 7651 $ 2.45 The following men have 12 John McDonald $ 20.50 Fred Farren NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street 3.30 4-1083 hours each coming for week-end Robert Aiken 7.39 Lawrence McDonald 339 Chartres St. TO ALL DELEGATES 84 NEW ORLEANS watches in Eniwetok. Louis Charles Kellog 2.69 William Sawyer Canal 3336 L. Foy 4.07 Sandoval, Raymond E. Nelson, W. J. Wescozki 87 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Do not pick up crewmem3-1728 2.01 R. Schott. Edward Fontaine 6.39 A. Rood bers' trip cards. Look them MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 2.36 Collect at Alcoa office. Harry Sykes 12.12 William McDevitt 2-1754 over and take the number 45 Ponce de Loon 67 SAN JUAN, P. R Jose Bifjose .67 H. Spain only, as the trip card men 4 4 4 San Juan 2-8996 67 GALVESTON J. Livingston 5.76 S. McVey must have their cards for SS CAPE EDMONT 305'A 22nd St. 67 2-8043 Henry" Claus 5.92 I. Levy their records. Peter J. Kupsczjde, 7 hrs.; 257 SlI. St. 3.36 RICH.MOND, Calif. James A. Bartuski 8.77 J. W. Gunter James J. Shiber, 1 hr.; James SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. 5.37 SEATTLE Thomas Manlcy 8.41 A. H. Wilson 86 Seneca St. Snow, 1 hr.; Thomas R. Wilson, 2.01 PORTLAND Ill W. Bumaide St. Donald Brown 7.00 C. Johnson 1 hr.; Miguel D. Flores, 1 hr. 440 Avalon Blvd. 2.01 WILMINGTON Herman Schnell 6.93 B. Farmer Collect at Alcoa office. 16 Merchant St. 2.92 HuNOLULU Edward J. Meltzer 23.83 F. Harrington WM. E. CLYMER BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. 4 4 4 10.60 CHICAGO Walter Kozack 18.29 C. Johnson 24 W. Superior Ave. Please contact the Log office SS JOHN DAVIS E. Wilson 23.08 CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clalr St. William Lally 22.49 regarding ship's minutes you Walter B. Zaumseil, 34 hrs.; DETROIT 1038 Third St. A. Kaluna 5.87 John Eschback 22.49 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. sent in dated Nov. 17 and Dec. 1. Ben Hubbard, 32 hrs.; Wayne Theodore Peterson 6.36 Ormel Fleet 13.86 VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. t 4. Jenkins, 32 hrs.; Sven Regner, 18.13 VANCOUVER William Jacobs 15.20 Patrick McCarthy 144 W. Hastings St. FRED G. ZESIGER 22 hrs.; William Chupak, 20 hrs.; R. Daisley 21.82 TAMPA 842 Zack St. Daniel Vega 13.86 M-1323 Jimmy Gibson, 20 hrs.; T. DenPlease contact your attorney, J. A. Schmidlin 12.72 Sala Beautis 21.14 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. man, 20. hrs. Richard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers N. Cramer 27.53 5-1231 Salvatore Nicostro 19.80 Collect at Alcoa office. Street, New York City. Theodore Peterson 98.75 Harry Kessler 20.47 MONEY DUE SlU HALLS PERSONALS �THE Page Twelve SlU Organizer is Fireii From Joaquin Miller For Unionism After sailing Isthmian for more in favor of the SIU. The only than eight months and making ones who didn't sign pledge cards four trips on the SS Joaquin Mil­ were the stooge Oiler and one ler, Charles Tannorhill was fired other NMU lad. for union activity aboard that MEN NOT FOOLED ship, partially through the ratty Brother Tannorhill stated that efforts of an NMU stooge. Oiler the Isthmian system of company Rodriquez, who continuously paternalism was nothing more stooged to the Chief Engineer. than a big build-up to fool the The excuse given for Tanner- men into believing that the com­ hill's firing was that he was ab­ pany was genuinely interested sent from the ship from 8:00 a. m. in the welfare of their workers, till 11:00 a. .m while he was sup­ and would give them merit pro­ posed to be available for turning motions as they deserved them. Jo. However, other men on the After being told the score, the Miller (needless to say, they Isthmian men recognized what weren't organizers) were gone for the score was and went SIU in two or three days at a time with­ a big way. out any disciplinary action ever Nothing daunted, though fired, being taken. So, it can readily Tannerhill is looking for another be seen that the excuse was mere­ unorganized ship to sail on, so ly a phony one to got rid of a that he can continue to serve man for his uniop activity. the union cause in the best way As a result of SIU organiza­ be knows how. Once again the tional efforts aboard the Joaquin true Seafarers' spirit of un­ Miller, 46 signed pledge cards selfishness in the union cause is were turned in for the 48 man manifested. With this spirit and crew, and Tannorhill claims that courage. Isthmian, too,, will be the election will be at least 80% j SIU!! Convinced By SIU, Isthmian Men Become Volunteer Organizers The crew of the Isthmian ship, William Eaton, was thoroughly sold on the Seafarers' brand of • unionism after two volunteer SIU organizers invited the men to at­ tend a union meeting, look over an SIU hall, meet some of the Seafarers' officials and see for themselves real SIU democracy in action. These Isthmian boys were literally from Missouri, and wanted to see for themselves if the Seafarers was as pictured by its members. They were con­ vinced, and, so much so, that they became SIU missionaries in carrying the torch of unionism to the unorganized. At the comple­ tion of the last trip, the entire Eaton crew was 100 per cent for the Seafarers. Only two or three of these men were left from the former crew to make the current voyage of the Eaton, and none of them was an SIU member. However, they immediately took up the Sea­ farers cudgel, and decided to convince the new crew in the same manner in which they had been convinced. As the new crewmembers came aboard, they were educated in the SIU way of securing decent conditions on board ship. After investigating to their own satis­ faction what other unions and the company had to offer in the wa.y of a present and future for merchant seamen, they, adopted the SIU as the only union worthy of their support. . With men like these sailing SEAFARERS Friday, January 4, 1946 LOG ANOTHER ISTHMIAN CREW GOES SW •y-:- i-' ' •• - A:;: :•. ... . ; '.7 . ' ''1 : ''' I 5 'I • Crewmembers of the SS Joaquin Miller, an Isfhinian ship, have pledged themselves in favor of the SIU. AB Charles "Tex" Tannerhill fifth from the left, has done a swell job among them and, although many are young, they look like the kind of seamen members of the Seafarers will bo proud to have as union brothers. Left to right are: Wiper Arthur Peter; Ut. Mess. Manuel Mino; Oiler George Ulrich; 2nd Cook Macare Roque; AB Tannerhill; Pantryman Eugene Catmaitain; AB Joo Sarcusa; Ut. Mess. John Piccolo; Ut. Mess. E. Quarto; Fireman Bill Cooper; Ut. Mess. Charles Ka« linowski; OS John Slushnis; Ut. Mess. Aloys Jandrisovits; and Ch. Butcher Joseph J. DeFranceschi. Other members of the crew were unavailable when this picture was taken. Sea Fiddler Officer Is Exception, He Says By BENJAMIN TAFLEWITZ Our engine gang was a pretty hard working bunch, but half of them were fairly young • with little or no seatime. We had a good majority of the crew pledged to SIU, and we're certain that on the next voyage, when the election should be in progress, that we will likewise have a strong majority for the only democratic seamen's union extant—the SIU! bring even better understanding and protection for Isthmian sea­ men. We hear we're heading for the Pacific and away from the frigid zones, and we wish all a Happy New Year with the realization that Isthmian will be under Sea­ farers contract and conditions be= fore another holiday season rolls around. After a fairly hectic and rough crossing from Casablanca to Newport News, Va., the SS Sea Isthmian, there can be no doubt Fiddler unloaded her cargo of of the election's outcome. All we can say is, "Keep up the good 2000 homeward bound GIs. Due to lack of cargo, these troopships work. Boys!" are rather light and a moderate sea can really toss 'em around. It took us almost 13 days to make a routine OVa day trip, and we GOOD JOE Now is the time to come to were only in Casablanca for such the aid of your union. We In the Seafarers Log of Nov. a short time that we didn't get are engaged in an all-out ef­ 30th, we mentioned about certain The Seafarers Log is your any shore leave; almost as bad fort to make Isthmian a officers on unorganized ships Union paper. Every member as some tankers! union outfit. This can only denying crew members justice has the right to have St mailed be done with the help of We ran through the Gulf on their overtime beefs. We still every rank and file SlUer Stream with a sea temperature believe this principle. However, to his house, where he and afloat. When you tie-up along of around 70, and we hit frigid even though the rule holds on his family can read it at their side an Isthmian ship, board Norfolk during a so-called infre­ most Isthmian ships, we must ad­ leisure. her and give the crew the quent cold wave with Chesapeake mit that First Mate McAmus of If you haven't already done score on waterfront union­ Bay sea temperature at a low 39 the Sea Fiddler has the respect ism. Show them a copy of so, send your name and home (a.s officially logged below)—brrr of all ci-ew members who worked our contract, tell them how address to the Log office, 51 —Newport News was really cold for him. we settle beefs, prove to Beaver Street, New York those few days before Christmas! This is the exception rather City, and have yourself added them that unionism, the SIU than the rule on Isthmian ves­ to the mailing list. way, means more pork chops FREELOADERS sels, and clearly illustrates why for them. Just before leaving Casablanca, we feel that an SIU contract will 26 stowaways managed to hide in the fantail rope lockers above the steering engine, and they SS SEA FIDDLER were not discovered until we were well out at sea. Most of them were Italian POWs, and they did KP in the large troop mess below for the entire trip. The immi­ gration authorities took them off at Hampton Roads, and the Nor­ folk papers of Dec. 18 carried a write up. The only other incident of any account was a 12 hour slowdown due to a leaking economizer in one of the boilers while we were in mid-Atlantic. As engine dept. men, we must admit that you have to keep your eyes peeled on these C-3 high pressure jobs. Calling All SIU Men GET THE LOG • ' --..l •4' L J • .V>:t - • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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SEAFARERS LOG J • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • SIU PREPARED IN .. ."M ? • ft -Story On Page 3 k f Arf cfm/vc fAAAf Hospitalized New Orleans Seafarers, like men in other ports, got ChristVffff fSf fffua Vffccr* mas boost in form of $25 bonus from SIU Welfare Plan. Welfare repre­ sentative Vic Miorana (seated, left) delivers cash to (1 to r) Martin Kelly, Seno Desoso, Charles Dorrough, Clovis Coates, Michael Muzio, Demetrio Zerrido. Seated is Mike Liuzza, a visitor. •.•4: : ife. h Sea Transportation Service. (Story on Page 2.) rA �Page Two January 4, 1957 SEAF ASERS IPG .Shown here at Jacksonville, Fla., where she was crewed by Seafarers, Carib Queen is kicking off first true US "roll onroll off service." Converted LSD, which normally will carry loaded truck trailers to Caribbean ports, will see first service under MSTS charter, transporting Army supplies to Germany. In the latest issue of the "Pilot" Curran resumes Erratic could be another name for NMU President his onslaught against the SIU lor acting against his Joseph Curran. unique notions of trade union behavior. In the His inability to control explosive emotional out­ of that attack, he tipped his mitt as to his bursts, resulting from real or fancied grievances, course real concern by sneering "egg crate ship" at plans only serves to add to a record of inconsistency and to build a low-cost passenger liner for. American unreliability probably unparallelled in the labor working people who want to visit Europe. movement. Even though he may try to recoup the This "egg-crate" ship, of course, would be built damage by assuming a statesmanlike pose after­ wards, when all is said and done the outbursts show to Navy and Coast Guard specifications; the same his true concern for his status and desire for ap­ specifications, incidentally, as the SS United States. Oddly enough, Curran sits at the same table With proval in the labor movement. John Franklin, US Lines president, on the so-called This situation is not new, but dates back to "Labor-Management Committee." Oddly enough, Curran's earliest days as a protege of the water­ too, he permits US Lines to run a blacklist of NMU front section of the Communist Party. The men who do not suit the company's specifications. scream of indignation and the honeyed tones of Isn't It strange that Curran hollers "egg flattery are the two principle weapons in the crate" because somebody might go into compeCurran armory, and the two principle tactics to . tition with his favorite fat-cat? And Isn't his which he is susceptible. committee's sole function to keep a monopoly Back in 1945, for example, when he was still the for his fat-cat in the North Atlantic trades and Party's fair-haired boy, Curran made a trip to Rus­ to serve it the tidbits and cpncessions that other sia. He appeared in Moscow's Hall of Columns shipowners don't get? Is that a consistent role before the Soviet brass and to the enthusiasm of the fur a maritime labor leader? assemblage declared: "We heartily hail . . . the en­ Crewmembers of the United States are as dubious tire Soviet nation for all they've achieved under the great and wise leadership of Comrade Stalin." That of this role as the SIU Is, judging from their reac­ Is the way he was quoted in the NMU "Pilot" of Oct. tions to some of Curran's maneuvers on behalf of 19, 1945. Note he said, "Comrade" not Premier trie company. Stalin or Generalissimo Str^lin. Curran's treatment of his .supporters in the in­ By not-so-strange coincidence, the NMU immedi­ dustry is equally erratic. The Marine Engineers ately launched a "bring the GI's home" campaign Beneficial Association was with him for 20 years. He spoke of "supporting" MEBA in the American and threatened not to man ships unless they carried Coal beef, but "support" was just a headline word US soldiers home. US policy-makers agree that the "bring the boys which meant "no picket lines, no economic action." Isn't Curran's "support" of MEBA in this Issue home" furore by the Communists stripped US ai'med strength in Europe and permitted the Stalinists to on a par with his "support" of the engineers In the come within an ace of seizing power in Italy, Greece 1946 American Export beef and other occasions when NMU men were ordered through MEBA picket lines? and even France. » Now Curran, who said "we will always work hand Curran luiows the occasions well. Yet when the in hand with Soviet trade unions" sings another engineers finally bridled at this kind of treatment and demand evidence of friendship professed by tune. But that is just part of the pattern. Curran, they are assaiied as stupid and gutless. Today Curran lauds the ILA In much the same This is just a piece of the record of inconsistency. manner as he then lauded "Comrade Stalin" and Perhaps it is now in order then, that Curran has attacks the IBL and the SIU with the same fer­ mighty few friend? left in the labor movement. It vor with which he attacked anti-Communists a • is he alone who has cut them adrift. decade ago. I l:v . f:- Vi-' •. Carib Queen Begins MSTS Trial Voyage JACKSONVILLE—-With appropriate fanfare and dedica­ tion ceremonies the SlU-manned Carib Queen has embarked on her maiden voyage as the first true full-sized trailership. After touching at San Juan and-t~~ Miami, the vessel has come to the one year, because of her fast turn­ Brooklyn Army Base where fur­ around. ther ceremonies are scheduled for A second LSD is now being con­ tomorrow moiming. She will then verted into a sister ship. Inciden­ sail to Europe under charter to the tally, the 12 passenger berths on Military Sea Transportation Serv­ the ship have been offered by the ice. company for free transportation of The actual sailing of the ship Hungarian refugees to the US. was delayed two days. First heavy The SIU's Harbor and Inland fog prevented the ship from leav­ Waterways Division is already man­ ing the dock. Then at the dedica­ ning two deep-sea tugs for the com­ tion ceremonies themselves the pany as well as providing shore ship was hung up when about 50 gangs in Puerto Rico and Jackson­ men, including ship yard workers ville. and guests, who were to partic­ ipate in the shakedown cruise were felled by mass food poisoning after a catered buffet had been served. Converted LSD The new ship, forerunner of a projected fleet of similar vessels for TMT Trailer Ferry, is a con­ verted Landing Ship Dock. .She is 475 feet long and has a wide beam. 72 feet, and a 16 knot cruis­ ing speed. She can carry 87 32foot trailers and five 30-footers, WASHINGTON — Proposals for plus 97 automobiles and an addi­ a 24-hour quarantine service in tional 500 tons of bulk cargo. major US ports are coming Defeated Trailers roll aboard under their up early this year. own power onto two trailer decks. two years' running, once by Ramps are provided at the stern Presidential veto and once by th# and amidships for the vehicles to lateness of the session, the 24hour quarantine has become par­ enter and leave. Company officials have declared ticularly pressing in the light ol that the entire vessel"can be load­ the current shortage of ships. Rep. Herbert Bonner, chairman ed and unloaded in four hours. The Defense Department is in­ of the House Merchant Marin# tensely interested in the operation Committee, has written President as offering possibilities of rapid Eisenhower urging administratioR hauling of tracked and wheeled support for the 24-hour quarantin# military vehicles. If the ship per­ proposal. He pointed out that shipg forms as advertised, she would be now arriving after 6 PM have td able to carry as much as 2V2 times drop the hook and wait until th# the capacity of a standard C-2 In next working day before they caR get quarantine inspection. Announcement by the city of New York that it plans to develop a new public park in AU Others Have It Lower New York Bay, right at the entrance to New York harbor, should evoke not-so-lond "I understand," Bonner wi'ote, Vri. *IX N«. I memories for Seafarers who can remember the days when the US Maritime Commission Jo,. <. 1»57 "24-hour quarantine service was training a uniformed force available for every other form o: to man ships in competition breaking force. The SIU pitched planning a four-year development transportation. Moreover, every into a fight against this pool of program to provide the city with with imion hiring halls. PAUL HALL, aecretary-'^reasurer major maritime nation provides The city's plans call for linking non-union seamen, which posed a another recreation area. HEBBEBT BBAND, Editor: RAY DENISON, this service to shipping using their Hoffman Island is about 11Vi Managing Editor; BEBNABD SEAMAN, Art. ports." up Hoffman Island, about a mile threat to the Union's existence. acres. However, when the two is­ Editor; HEBMAN ABIHUH, IBWIN SPIVACK, Closed In 1947 off South Beach, SI, with Swin­ The faster turnaround provided During the early days of World lands are linked up with Sanita­ Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area by round-the-clock quarantine, he burne Island, more than a mile Wa- II, the Government trans­ tion Department fill, they will Representative. southeast of Hoffman. said, would save an estimated $19 Hoffman Island, pre-war Sea­ ferred most of the training pro­ make an area of about 250 'acres, million a year and squeeze out Published biweemy at ttie headquarters or about one-quarter the size of farers will recall, was the site of gram to Sheepshead Bay, and in of the Seafarers International Union, At­ more cargo-carrying ability from the peacetime training program set 1947 it ciosed the Hoffman Island Central Park. lantic & Gulf District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ultimately a ferry service Is Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYaclnth the existing number of vessels. up in 1938 to train unlicensed sea­ site completely. 9-6600. Entered as second class matter Last year, a $150,000 appropria­ Now, with a gift from philan­ planned, but at the beginning visi- at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tion to provide for overtime pay men for the US merchant marine. the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. ^ tOKS to the park will have to rely "Seafarers and other maritime thropist Bernard Baruch,' New and additional inspectors failed 120 union members regarded trainees York is buying the two islands from on private craft. Docking space for passage in the adjournment rush. small boats will be provided. as the nucleus of a potential strike­ the Federal Government, and Is Start Drive For 24-Hr. Quarantine Ex-'Fink' School To Be Park SEAFARERS LOG K-' �-January 4, 1957 Dredge Ends 2-Yr. Trip To Nowhere TAMPA—An epic 749-day "trip" on a ship that never really went any place all that time came to an end here last month. The occasion was the final payoff of the dredge Sandcaptain (Construction Aggregates) fol-> lowing the completion of her sucked up sand from the lake bot­ channel-digging job in Mara- tom through special hoppers, then .caibo, Venezuela. A payroll of well over $100,000 brightened the scene. "Not a dime of it was in dispute," Port Agent Toni Banning added. A handful of Seafarers who originally sailed with the ship from New York early in December, 1954, were still aboard to gather In a hefty share of the loot in reg­ ular wages and bonuses. The siiip was on 18-month articles and had been covered by a special SlU agreement during her stay in the tropics. The 18-monlh period eventually lengthened into over 24. Those who stayed 18 months or more en­ joyed the added boon of e.xemption from all US income ta.xes, un­ der Federal tax laws. Channel Completed The completed task of the Sandcaptain produced a sea-going chan­ nel into Lake Maracaibo for the fii'st time. Tankers can now come right in and load, instead of wait­ ing for oil cargoes that first had to be transhipped on barges into deep-water areas. During part of its stay, the Sandcaptain also had the company of another SlU-manned dredge, the Chester Harding, which was char­ tered from the Army for the occa­ sion. Sand-sucking ships and small­ er ci"aft of several other flags also took part in the massive dig-out. The Sandcaptain is now here for six weeks of repairs and then may sail for a new dredging job somewliere in Brazil. The specially - equipped vessel Pare Threa dumped it out at sea and then re­ turned to complete the process over and over again. She made a once-a-week junket to an Island anchorage for small repairs and replacement stores, but otherwise had steam up all the time and went nowhere. Manpower Crisis Finds SlU Ready; 'Reserves' On Call Although complaints are arising from several maritime sources about the shortage of manpower for US ships, the SIU's long-range reserve program finds the Union fully prepared for prompt manning and sailing of further additions to its contracted fleet. have the top seniority rat­ Among the several moves made by the SIU some time course, ings in SIU shipping. ago in anticipation of emer­ In developing the "ready re­ gency shipping needs was the serve" of trained emergency-period building of a "ready reserve" seamen, SIU headquarters has of Seafarers who are currently working ashore. Based on its ex­ periences in the Korean war crisis, the Union, over several years, has developed a detailed and accurate listing of thousands of men who are emergency period seamen. These are the men who went to sea and got their experience and training during the Korean emer­ gency and returned shoreside leav­ ing the field to the professional sailors when the Far East hostil­ ities ended the need for peak shipping. The professionals, of Activities like these on Andrew Furuseth Training ship in Mo­ bile are among factors responsible for SIU's ability to meet manpower demands on United States flag-shipping. Photo shows one of many groups which were upgraded as a result of SlU training and upgrading program. Ins. Co's Eye Welfare $ The powerful national in.surance lobby is now planning a full-scale assault on union-indus­ try plans which are currently on a self-insured basis. The Life Insurance Association of America and the Institute of Life Insurance have both indicated that they will prepare a court challenge to overturn a rulingGo's Duck US Regulation of Ads by New York State Attorney (General Javits to the effect WASHINGTON—Although pushing for regulation of unionthat Self-insured plans are exempt from licensing as insurance com­ panies. The ruling permits the SlU plan to continue without payment of approximately $110,000 a year in premium rakeoffs to an insurance company. It could encourage many other union-industry plans to by­ pass insurance companies and ins u r a n c e brokers' commissions, passing the savings on to workers involved through payment of more and higher benefits. Confirms SIU View The insurance industry's reac­ tion to the ruling confirms the view expressed by SIU general counsel Seymour W. Miller during the hearing before the attorney general when he remarked that the insurance companies "see sev­ eral hundred million dollars lying around and tiiey want to get hold of it." Industry spokesmen have dis­ claimed any intent of assuming that the funds should be insured exclusively by them. They claim that the funds should be made to comply with the state insurance law. However, the practical effect of such compliance would be to com­ pel union-industry funds to turn to the established insurance compa­ nies or else form a life insurance company of their own. to do busi­ ness. •>-»•< SEAPAkERS LOG industry plans, the national insurance lobby is itself attempting to avoid government control of its operations. The same two or­ ganizations who are seeking a court test of the New York attorney general's ruling are fighting efforts of the Federal Trade Com­ mission to regulate insurance advertising. The FTC has ruled that it has the authority to control adver­ tising by health and accident insurance companies. It is that rul­ ing which the insurance lobby is appealing. A brief has been filed with the US Court of Appeals in New Orleans by the American Life Convention and the Life Insurance Association of America. FTC action against the insurance companies has resulted from many complaints about false and misleading advertisements of health benefits purportedly offered by the companies. The FTC has brought charges against more than 40 such companies in «recent years. The insurance ads usually proclaim in glowing terms about the benefits paid by the companies but fail to report the many ex­ ceptions and limits on qualifying. Some companies have also fol­ lowed a practice of cancelling insurance if they had to pay a claim to a policyholder. As reported in the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan was the only union-industry fund to be repre­ sented at the Javits hearing and to file a bi-ief for the trade union viewpoint. NMU Drops The Ball Oddly enough, it was not the in­ surance industry which stirred up a fight against union-industry funds. The issue arose out of the action of the fund operated by the National Maritime Union in asking the State Insurance Department for a ruling on whether they could transfer to a self-insured plan. Such plans had been in existence for many years under the SIU and other unions. When the superintendent refused to issue a ruling the NMU fund went to the courts, where its peti­ tion was dismissed on technical grounds. The NMU did not appeal the case further and dropped out of the picture. The issue having been raised, the Seafarers Welfare Plan then picked up the ball and appeared before the Attorney General to whom the issue had been passed by the Superintendent of Insurance. Representatives of the NMU plan did not participate in the Attorney General's hearings. Boom Seen Even After Suez Opens After weeks of delay and seemingly endless negotiation, the Egyptian government has cleared the way for salvage crews to begin the thi-ee to six month job of reopening the Suez Canal. But there is every indication that Western Europe will need heavyoil and coal shipments throughout 1957 and possibly beyond that. Originally it was thought that shipping would be "back to nor­ mal" by the middle of the year. Here is the way the experts look at the shipping picture for the long haul: • Even if work now proceeds rap­ idly on Suez, many weeks of dredg­ ing will be required to restore the channel to its previous depth be­ cause the Egyptian sand storm sea­ son is now beginning. Besides, the canal was badly in need of a major dredging operation before the seiz­ ure because of the increasing use of large size tankers. pipeline Repair Deadlocked • There has been no progress on reopening of the p ipe-lines running through Syria. The Syrians have said they will not work on repair­ ing blown-up pumping stations un­ til Israel gets out of the Gaza strip. There is no sign that the Israelis intend doing that until the United Nations takes the responsibility for administering the area. • Should the US be able to move 500,000 barrels a day to Eu­ rope as it plans, all reserve stocks of oil in Western Europe will still be exhausted by the time the canal reopens. That means many months of restocking after the canal is cleared. • Coal shipping needs may be even more than the most optimistic estimates because of severe coal shortages in Poland, Hungary and within the Soviet Union itself. That has put an end to Polish coal shipments to Western Europe and causes those nations to fall back on US supplies. All told, the Middle East used (Continued on page 4) maintained touch with this group throughout the nation, keeping in­ formed as to their whereabouts and their availability for seagoing duty. This "ready reserve" of manpower has been established on an area, and then on a port basis, with ar­ rangements having been made tor the available men to report to the port with priority manpower rat­ ing. Thus the Union is in a posi­ tion to supply the needed ratings— deck, engine and steward—that would have to turn to—within practically hours' notice. Training School Complementing the "ready reserve" program is the SIU's An­ drew Furuseth Training School's upgrading program which has been the scene of intensive activity in the Gulf ports, along with the pa­ rallel activities in Baltimore and New York. Since the US government is now in the process of breaking out an estimated 110 ships for coal and grain runs, the SIU will put the "ready reserve" into play within the period directly ahead. MSTS Feels Pinch By contrast, other sources are re­ porting difficulty scouring up men who can do the job. The Military Sea Transportation Service, for one, has already felt the pinch and is sending out recuriting agents in an effort to drum up some help. Tlie American Tramp Shipown­ ers Association has also complain­ ed to the Federal Maritime Board of a grow-ing shortage of qualified seamen because of the breakouts. The SIU "ready reserve" was es­ tablished as part of the Union's program of maintaining a healthy job ratio during the iips and downs of the shipping industry. Its abil­ ity t« meet the peak needs was first tested in the Korean war crisis, when the now fully-devel­ oped program demonstrated its practicability. SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU membership meet­ ings are held regularly every two weeks on Wed­ nesday nights at 7 PM in all SIU ports. All Sea­ farers are expected to attend; those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include reg­ istration number). The next SIU meetings will be: January 9 ^January 23 February 6 February 20 March 6 V"> -5. �Paff« Four SEAFARERS i2!I!2Lfi!l£ii-3 ^ LOG. December 12 Through December 25 Registered Port Joe Arras, backed up by other steward department members, steps forward during December 26 headquarters meeting when voting took place for 14-man tallying committee. Group will tabulate votes of SlU biennial elections which ended December 31. Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle m f tees were elected in Baltimore, v ere sent by certified mail to a End Salvage Of Fairisle .. 19 Deck B Stew. B Total A Total B Eng. B Stew. A Stew. B Total A Total B Total Reg. 129 245 94 920 342 1262 Eng. B Eng. A 3 78 19 14 10 11 16 13 47 4 9 2 13 6 6 18 7 19 4 0 2 4 17 8 16 7 10 11 4 81 13 30 10 10 12 24 45 10 24 2 17 10 292 119 Stew. A Eng. A 2 9 6 12 15 2 4 6 7 6 17 3 3 2 20 268 52 91 38 35 42 58 134 29 68 8 49 28 11 43 23 55 34 4 9 15 30 25 40 13 19 21 Total 31 311 75 146 72 39 51 73 164 54 108 21 68 49 Shipped Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa NEW YORK—A six-man membership tallying committee Mobile New Orleans was elected here last week in the advance of the close of bal­ Lake Charles loting New Year's Eve in the SIU's biennial election of Houston Wilmington officers. • San Francisco each day's ballots in each port Similar two-man commit­ Seattle central bank vault of the Commer­ cial State Bank & Trust Co. here to be accumulated until the end of the voting period. Ballots Withdrawn On Wednesday, the rank and file committee withdrew the sealed packages of ballots to prepare the actual count. 71 Seafarers com­ peted for the 39 elective posts on the ballot. Members of the committee elect­ ed at headquarters were Luigi lovino, Manuel E. Sanchez, deck de• IH • Psi'liiicnt; Clifl'ord W. Emanuel, "I Walter J. Slade, engine, and Stan^IIU K-Oi L Johnson and Clement P. DeI Hospedales, steward department. I Oiitport Committees Seafarers at the last Baltimore meeting named Salvatore Biondo and Thaddeus Laboda; in Mobile, ^klHI William Nordland and Frank DroI A ^ohert Johnson and Louis I^W O'Lcary in New Orleans, and Don# I aid Mease and E. "Red" Starnes, WASHINGTON—No sooner had San Francisco. The committee's report and the the "world's largest ship," a 100 000-ton tanker, been announced by ' ^ will appear in the next issue of the LOG. the SlU-contracted Victory Cai-riers Company, than Transoceanic Marine, another SIU operator, re­ ceived approval from the Marilime Administration for construction of a similar vessel. The approval per­ mits transfer of two "smaller" tank­ ers of 65,000 and 32,000 tons pre­ A massive salvage job on the viously planned by the company. former SIU - contracted freighter Elsewhere in the tanker con­ struction field, the Military Sea Fairisle has been completed off tlie Transportation Seiwice reports it Brooklyn shore. Beached on its had received offers from 14 ship­ side since July 24, the Fairisle was ping companies to charter to it 26 righted this week after a hole in large tankers for three to five year its side was mended and the ship's periods. Most of the ships would flooded holds were pumped out. be brand new tonnage in the 32.The Fairisle, formerly owned by 000-ton class. The proposed bids Pan Atlantic, was in a collision will be decided on by January 15. with a Panamanian tanker, the San Steel Priority Denied Jo.se II, off Ambrose Light and However, much of the grandiose subsequently had -to be beached tanker construction program ma> when she listed sharply while un­ evaporate as a re.sult of a doci.sion der tow to a doek. by the Office of Defense Mobiliz.nTo Transfer Foreign tion denying steel priorities to Salvage operations got underway shipbuildei's. That means that ship­ in September after Pan Atlantic yards will have to get into the mar­ sold -the vessel to Seatraders. The ket and compete for relatively ship is scheduled for transfer to a scarce steel plate with other indus­ runaw^ay flag. tries such as railroad eft builders. The stricken ship, lying on its The same Government office has side on the mud flats a few hun­ refused to give steel plants fast dred feet off the Brooklyn shore, wiite-offs for plant expansion pro­ was easily visible to sightseers and grams. motorists on th^^^Belt Parkway.^ . 15 Total Deck A NY, Out ports Elect 14-Man Tally Body ISiobile, New Orleans and San Francisco to make up the 14-m;in rank-and-file committee reciuired under the 1956 amendments to the electoral procedure in the SIU constitution. All 14 will liandle the vote count, checking of roster sheets and daily polls' committee reports Bubmitted from all SIU br.anchcs dui'ing the two months of ballot­ ing since November 1. Under the procedure amended last summer, .. 3 16 10 24 15 2 3 5 6 11 7 3 6 8 Deck A Port Is""'' Deck B Deck A Total ... 6 Deck A Deck B 2 23 8 18 8 1 3 3 13 8 6 6 3 6 Deck B 108 Deck C 2 27 4 37 15 6 4 7 7 6 7 3 14 25 Deck C 164 Eng. A Eng. En^g. B 3 47 12 30 9 14 3 13 33 11 12 1 14 3 2 13 8 25 8 2 3 4 18 9 7 6 6 15 0 34 15 20 7 5 2 4 9 9 8 2 15 5 205 126 135 Eng. A Eng. Eng. B C Stew. A 1 47 14 29 3 5 5 6 36 5 11 3 11 14 Stew. A 190 Stew. Stew. Total D C A 1 7 4 11 7 2 2 6 5 4 5 4 4 3 1 28 6 19 10 3 4 3 14 5 10 5 5 18 65 131 a Total B Total1 Iptal Ship C Total B Total Total Ship. C 5 43 20 54 23 5 8 13 36 21 18 16 13 24 164 45 102 19 31 15 35 101 29 45 10 42 25 Slew. Stew. Total B C A 671 299 3 89 25 76 32 14 10 14 30 20 25 10 34 48 16 296 90 232 74 50 33 62 167 70 88 36 89 97 430 1400 SIU job activity subsided somewhat during the past period after the record-breaking shipping two weeks ago. The lull was unexpected, but not likely to last, A comfortable total of 1,400 jobs was shipped, while 1,262 men registered for jobs. Al­ though the anticipated holi-'*'" day job turnover was evident. a large proportion of the re­ placement spots were taken over by class C men when A and B men held back. At the same time, various shipping records were broken by all seniority groups. Ship Idled Idling of a number of ships for the holidays and repairs was cred­ ited for part of the slowdown. In addition, several ve.ssels due to be reactivated during the period failed to materialize on schedule. Coming weeks should see a renewed burst of shipping in all ports similar to that experienced during the Ko­ rean War. Five SIU ports, Norfolk, Sa­ vannah, Tampa, San Francisco and Seattle, still managed to show in­ creased activity during the pe­ riod, and one, Boston, remained the same. All the others declined in varying degrees. The seniority totals showed the combined B and C shipping greater than activity in class A. Class C also outpaced class B in the proc­ ess. The spread between registra­ tion and shipping in all depart­ ments was virtually the same, but class A shipping fell far short of the A registraton. . , Class A 48% , Overall, class A accounted for 48 percent of the total shipping, class B for 21 percent, and class C for the remainder. This evidenced recoid lows for classes A and B, and a new high for class C. No one port set a I'ecord for Class C shipping, although New York, with 89 C jobs, was close to it. Except for Boston, all ports shipped ten or more C men during the period. The following is the forecast port by port; Boston: Fair . . . New York: Good . . . Philadelphia; Good . . . Baltimore: Good . . . Norfolk: Good . . . Savannah: Fair . . . Tampa: Fair . . . Mobile: Good . . . New Orleans: Good . . . Lake Charles: Good . . . Houston: Good . . . Wilmington: Fair ....San Fran­ cisco: Good . . . Seattl^: Qogd., Boom To Continue Throughout 1957 ^Continued from page 3) to move about 2,775,000 barrels of oil a day. and most of that went to Western Europe. The Syrian pipeline alone carried 540,000 barrels, which is more than the total of oil the US is shipping to Europe. Another pipeline car­ rying 200,000 barrels from Saudi Arabia to Bahrein is also closed in­ definitely. Consequently, clearing Suez by ho means restores the normal flow of oil. The excitement over Suez and oiV has clouded the fact that coal shipping should continue to boom after the oil shortage has been lick­ ed. Western European countries used to buy considerable amounts of coal from Poland. But lately repoi-ts from tliat country speak of a coal shortage and of appeals by the Government to coal miners to dig more coal. Part of the shortage is due to draining of Pol­ ish coal by the Russians for their own needs. Red Coal Miners Slow Down Even more significant is a big fall-off in Soviet coal production, far behind schedule. A British La­ bor party representative from the British miner's union recently tour­ ed Russian pits. He reports that the Russians require 2 million workers, including women and Army men, to produce 430 million 'Can-Shakers' Have No OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. tons of coal a year. In the US, 500 million tons a year are turned out by only 400,000 coal miners. The fall-off in production, he re­ ports, is the result of the miners' dissatisfaction with wages, housing and working conditions. Hungarian coal production, of course, has been crippled by the revolt of miners and other work­ ers against their Conimunist gov­ ernment. Shipping-wise it means that US coal will now have to fill part of the oil gap, replace many millions of tons of British coal and supply the fuel for normally-expected eco­ nomic gi-owth in Europe. All in all, it appears that 1957 will make 1956 look like a slack shipping year. t1 ^1 Blicker L. Bobbins, 53: Brother Bobbins died Irom coronary throm­ bosis in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Sep­ tember 16, 1956. He joined the Union March 8, 1948, and was sailing in the steward depart­ ment. Brother Bobbins is sur­ vived by his wife, Irene H. Robbins, Charleston Heights, SC. iif James R. Decker, 47: On June 12, 1956, Brother Decker died from a heart condition in Jefferson County, Ky. He wais a resident of Chicago, HI. ; I �Januair 4, 1957 Pace FIT* SEAFARERS LOG Repair 2 Crippled SlU Ships As a result of the separate crashes in which they were involved last month, both the Al­ coa Pilgrim (Alcoa) and the Elizabeth (Bull) are still out of action, but will be back in serv­ Question: SlU ships have been issuing travelers' checks to Sea­ ice shortly. No Seafarers were injured in either collision. The Pilgrim, a C-1, suffered •* farers tor draws tor some time now. How do you feel the sys­ a crushed bow in a collision tem has been working out? with the F a r r e 11 Lines' Joseph Delise, eh. cook: The checks are convenient and in the majority of ports they work out all right. There's al­ ways a place you can find to cash them although you do run into a problem now and then in some ports. In any case, they are better than the local currency. i 4" John Hunt, AB: I'm usually on coastwise ships so it doesn't conc e r n me too much, but as far as I can see they work out fine, Even in US ports it's an advantage to carry them around with you instead of cash. Many men on coastwise ships get checks from the skipper for that reason. Frank Rossi, chief cook: I've 4 4* 4" been on European and Mediter­ Joseph Hunt, AB: In my opinion, ranean runs most American money should be put out of the time and I first until it is exhave never had hausted, then the any trouble cash­ travelers checks ing traveler s' III should be issued. checks wherever I was on the I've been. The Ames Victory tlie same is true in last trip and hit Japan. As far as many small ports I'm concerned all over the Far the travelers' East. The only check system is operating smooth­ place we had ly. trouble was in Surabaya. 4 4" 4< Peter Van Wiggerden, MM: I would be better off with American dollars because you can exchange them anywhere. On the round-theworld runs there is always a prob­ lem in some ports. Either you have to go to a bank or there* is no bank avail­ able. The checks are better than local money though. 4 4 4 Sel Resquitis, steward: I've been all over the last few years—Far East, West Indies, Europe—and had no trouble cash­ ing checks. Wher­ ever you go now, the local people seem to know that the checks equal American money so they are willing to ex­ change them for you. Pan Atlantic Seeks Bids For C-2 'Lift-On' Ships MOBILE—Taking the first step in its plan to convert Pan Atlantic and Waterman cargo vessels into a new fleet of "lifton" ships, the Pan Atlantic Steamship Company has called for bids for the conversion oft one to four C-2s, They will be make each ship 60 feet longer. in service with the four The conventional deck booms piggyback tankers Pan Atlantic al­ ready operates in the coastwise trade except, of course, that these will be dry cargo vessels exclusiveI.v. The bids are returnable Janu­ ary 23. The conversion plans, first an­ nounced by the company in No­ vember, call for cutting apart the C-2s and adding new sections to Soc. Security Tax Bite Goes Up starting January 1 Uncle Sam will dip more deeply into Sea­ farers' payoffs because of the higher Social Security taxes voted by the last Congress. Some Seafarers will benefit, however, because the higher "take" will enable the Govern­ ment to kick off its new disabil­ ity insurance program next July. Under this program, totally disabled Seafarers can start col­ lecting Social Security benefits at the age of 50, instead of wait­ ing until 65. The higher Social Security deductions mean a Seafarer could get a maximum of $94.50 a year knocked off his earnings, instead of the present maxi­ mum of $84. would be replaced by movable cranes, while cargo holds and beIween-deck spaces would be modi­ fied so that trailer bodies could be lowered through oversized hatches and then locked into place as is now done on the decks of the converted tankers. In this way each ship would be able to carry 240 35-foot trailer bodies. Long-Range Program Although Pan Atlantic is now calling for bids for work on one to four C-2s, the plans announced in November call for rebuilding at least eight C-2s under a long-range program. The company also left open the possibilities of adapting other C-2 vessels for this service. Last year, after inception of its currently successful trailer-tanker operation. Waterman made a bid for charters on 20 reserve fleet tankers for use in the same trade. However, a bill to that effect failed to pass the last Congress. Subse­ quently the tankers were assigned for use in regular tankship service as a result of the Suez crisis. Plans Set Aside Waterman has put aside for the time being its originally-announced plans to build "roll-on"-ships for this same service. In the offshore trades, the com­ pany has announced that it will apply for operating subsidies in the ve?ijifiai:j^u]:e,^.„,., freighter African Star the night of December 18. She is cur­ rently at Bethlehem Steel's 56th Street yard in Brooklyn and is ex­ pected to be laid up there until January 17. The Elizabeth, which suffered above-the-waterline damage in a collision with the Chinese tanker Hai Kwang off the Scotland Light­ ship, is undergo­ ing repairs at the Brewer Dry Dock Company on Staten Island. The repairs, which are estimated in the neighborhood of $85,000, are ex­ pected to be com­ pleted by next Jensen Thursday, Janu­ ary 10, and the ship is slated to leave for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic the following day. Skipper Testifies Meanwhile, a Coast Guard board inquiring into the Pilgrim-African Star crash, heard the Pilgrim's skipper. Captain Kenneth C. Bor­ den, defend the maneuvers of the Moran Towing Company pilSt who was navigating the ship when she collided with the Star in Upper New York Bay just off Ellis Island. Captain Borden conceded that the Star had been approaching the Pilgrim from a right angle and nor­ mally would have had the right of way. But, he said, he expected the Star to turn southward into the channel as she came out of the East River. The pilot. Captain John Sahlberg, testified that he sounded warning whistles before the crash but received no answer. His testi­ mony was supported by William P. Wimberly, Jr., the Pilgrim's chief officer. African Star wit­ nesses have insisted that signals were sounded. Seafarer David Kctchum, who was the bow lookout at the time, told the board that he saw the Star but did not report it to the captain because he was certain the officers on the bridge had seen the other ship. Engines Astern The Pilgrim's helmsman, August Jensen, testified that the Pilgrim's engines were going astern and that she was "pretty much dead in the US Defers Kings P'fers Reflecting the shipping boom and the growing shortage of ship­ board personnel, merchant ship officers from the academies will now be eligible for draft defer­ ments for the first time since the Korean War. At that time, occupational de­ ferments were given to some un­ licensed seamen. Now, under plans worked out by the Maritime Ad­ ministration and Navy, they will go only to students and graduates of Kings Point and the state mari­ time academies of New York, Cali­ fornia, Maine and Massachusetts. Beginning next February, gradu­ ates of these academies will have the choice of going into active naval service, with Navy commis­ sions, or going into the merchant marine as licensed officers, with commissions in the naval reserve. Students in the academies will retain their civilian status and will also be deferred from the draft. The screening and physical exami­ nation of these students will be .done by the Navy. Shown here right after her collision with African Star on December 18, Alcoa Pilgrim is now in Bethlehem Steel yard in Brooklyn for repairs. Ship will be laid up until January 17. water" before colliding with the Star. Both the Star and the Pilgrim were laden with ore when the crash occurred during a period of good visibility. The Star, inbound from Boston to Staten Island, had a 25foot hole punched amidships in her port side and had to be beach­ ed on the mud flats near the Sta­ tue of Liberty. The Pilgrim, shifting from her Brooklyn pier to Weehawkcn, NJ, was able to pro­ ceed to Weehawken, where she discharged her cargo of 8,700 tons of bauxite. In the Elizabeth-Hai Kwang col­ lision, which occurred just one week before the Pilgrim-Star crash, the force of the initial im­ pact drove the Elizabeth's port anchor well into her forepeak, tore up her bow on both sides and buckled some deck plating. The backbone of every S/U ship is Us delepates. These Sea­ farers. elected by the crcio, are volunteers irho represent the crew to the officers, defend the Union agreement and shoulder the re­ sponsibility of keeping a creio happy and beefs to a minimnm during a voyage. The success of a voyage ofien hinges on these efforts. John J. Cook, oiler Although only 26 years of age. Seafarer John J. Cook has been around longer than you would ex­ pect. He began sailing back in 1947 as an Isthmian organizer and has been riding SIU ships steadily for the past nine years. Every sec­ ond or third trip, he figures, he gets the dele­ gate's assignment. "You never know from one time to another Cook what the job is going to be like," he admits. "On a good ship, you can settle all the beefs while you are out at sea. ' The last time he was delegate, he recalled, the ship went through two voyages without a single hour of disputed overtime. Unfortunate­ ly, that isn't always the case. Some of the difficulty will arise, he explained, because you run into a chief engineer who just knows all the answers—he thinks. He won't talk to anybody and won't discuss anything. On the other hand, the chief engineer might be cooperative and live according to tie agreement, but d'fficulties might arise for the delegate from the crew itself. "You might tell the gang to have their OT sheets ready for a certain time so that the chief can okay them. But in the end you have to go chasing around to round up the OT sheets yourself. The same goes for repair lists." Experiences like these tend to discourage a con­ scientious delegate. Cook believes the delegate would get an assist if there were more clarifications of black gang work­ ing rules. Sometimes he reports, there are honest differences of opinion on whether or not an item is overtime. Fundamentally, he agrees, the delegate's assignment can't be a happy one because no mediator is in a happy spot. Since the delegate is in the middle between officers and crew, at one time or another he is bound to have somebody on his neck. The main asset of any delegate, he conclude.s. is this ability to negotiate between two opposing parties. Being a good diplomat also involves knowing what you are talking about and being able to convince others of that fact. I �li/' *-•' s:- YouVe part of it! The joint Union-shipowner safety program now being introduced aboard SlU ships provides for direct Seafarer-participation at every turn. Sea­ farers play a bigger role in this new set-up than in any company-sponsored program that has existed up until now. Key figures In this program are the Seafarer safety representatives elected from each depart­ ment by their shipmates. They participate di­ rectly in the program at all levels, linking crew and officers in the common objective. Here's how it works: The Seafarer-represen­ tatives sit on the senior safety committee along with the skipper and officers. They also preside over the safety meetings of their respective de­ partments. Finally, the three Seafarers are mem­ bers of the key five-man ship inspection commit­ tee which inspects the entire vessel once a month from bow to stern. And, of course, every Seafarer, In his depart­ ment's safety meetings, will be consulted for his views on eliminating hazards and accidents. •i is ^ �Jaanary 4, 1951 YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS mirc Sevo LOG Retired, He's Off To Europe a Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying The object of every retired man is to take a trip—either to Florida or Europe—and get to do the things that always eluded him while he was working. That's exactly what Seafarer By Sidney Margoliut Edward Jacobsen has in mind. The 68-year-old carpenter, a veteran of 35 years at sea, has quit for good on his SIU dis-^ was that you can't get anything '57 Living-Cost Outiooky January Buys ability benefit. He plans to take a trip to Norway in the without a union. It also showed Moderate-income families are in for another year of rising prices spring, see his children and his old me that the SIU was the best of In 1957. Indications are that the latest round of inflation is going to push living costs beyond even the present record level. We're really In the middle of the third major inflationary upsurge since the end of World War 11. Last January this department estimated living costs in 1956 would rise between two and three per cent. The actual increase turned out to be 2.7 per cent. In 1957, after a temporary leveling off in mid-win­ ter, because of seasonally lower food prices, living costs will resume their upwai'd movement and reach a new high in the late summer or early fall. Wholesale prices already are 3.5 per cent higher than at this time a year ago. While retail prices always lag behind, and do not rise or fall as sharply as wholesale commodity prices, a series of boosts will start appearing in the stores late this winter. The total effect may be to push up your living costs another 2-21^ per cent by ne.xt fall. The fact is, the Administration's tight-money and high-interest policy Many Sales In January January is always a good buying month, but this January espe­ cially there are many sales and clearances of overstocks. Here are important January sales and clearances: men's, children's and women's coats; men's and boys' suits; women's dresses; infants' wear; semi-annual shoe sales; white sales of sheets, cases, towels; clearances of refrigerators and freezers; sales of small appliances as toasters, mixers, irons. so far has proved futile in checking the present inflation, and itself has pushed up prices by increasing credit costs to both businessmen and wage-earners. For example, one reason auto dealers are giving smaller discounts on cars this year is because their credit costs for maintaining inventory have been increased, and in some cases their re­ serve or rebate on the finance charge has been shortened. Similarly, prices of new homes have jumped nine per cent this year despite the increasingly higher interest rates required for mortgages since 1953. And home owners are paying more in property taxes because of the jump in interest rates on school bonds, and loans to build roads and other improvements. Real beneficiaries of the tight-money high-interest policy have been insurance companies, banks and other lenders, and lai-ge investors. Sharpest living-cost boosts this year have been in transportation ex­ penses, notably because of the five per cent boost in the cost of owning a car. Other hot spots are medical expenses (up 4.2 per cent); personal care (up 3.2 per cent); food (up 2.1 per cent). Most noticeable increases you have to anticipate this coming year will be higher food costs; increased costs of fuel oil and coal, higher cloth­ ing prices, especially for wool gaixnents; higher tags on some house­ hold furnishings, including rugs, some appliances and hardware, and bigger monthly payments on homes. As much as possible, it will pay you to try to minimize the effects of the price increases in 1957 by; 1—Anticipating your needs at sales. January, particularly, is a good buying month because of the many sales and clearances (see list of lales with this report). 2—Planning meals around foods that will be comparatively plentiful and therefore not as subject to increases (see below). 3—Practicing conservative use of commodities like fuel that have risen drastically and may rise further. 4—Buying on a cash basis as much as possible this year to avoid the increased finance charges. Here is information you can use in planning buying during the next six months to minimize inflation's impact on your living standards: HOUSING: While prices of new homes jumped 9 per cent this year as the number built dropped 17 per cent, prices of older houses rose only 3 to 5 per cent. Pre-1953 houses with 4 per cent VA mortgages, and older FHA mortgages of 5 per cent or less, are especially attrac­ tive buys if the value is otherwise reasonable. This year more than ever, it will pay homeowners to get along with as small a mortgage as they can manage. The increase in the FHA rate to 51b per cent means an increase of about $3.50 in the monthly payment on a $12,000 mortgage. Prices of new homes will average $15,200 in 1957, compared to $14,700 in 1956, the National Association of Home Builders estimates. This amounts to an increase of 3.4 per cent. Only major price drop has been, on lumber, now relatively reasonable for home-expansion pro­ jects. Douglas fir prices at this writing are the lowest in 2V^ years,, with 2 X 4's, for example, about 11 per cent below last year's price. CARS: Not only are many 1957 models $100 to $200 higher, but dealers are not chopping list prices as much thi.s year. For one thing, Detroit I'eports indicate, manufacturers are planning to gear produc­ tion closely to sales to avoid the abundant stocks which lead to retail price cutting. Tires and gasoline also are expected to cost more in '57. CLOTHING: Moderate-income families will feel most keenly boosts on wool clothing. Prices of raw wool already have soared almost 50 per cent in the past year. The result has been three increases in the past three months on worsted fabrics, used especially in men's and boy's suits. These and other woolen garments will cost more this spring. Our advice is to anticipate needs at the January and Februai-y clearances of men's and women's coats and suits. FOOD: Moat prices are relatively reasonable in winter, but not as cheap this year as last, and will rise sharply by summer. Meat will not be as abundant in '57 as in '56. Pork especially will be very expensive. Ham and shoulder currently are relatively reasonable, but pork roasts expensive.. Lamb, too, will cost more in '57. Plan on using more poul­ try and eggs to replace red meat this year; poultry has been cheap and will continue reasonable in '57, Eggs are in good supply, too; winter's the time to buy the large eggs, Frozen fish fillets also will be a compai'atiVely good buy. friends "and maybe stay about a year" before coming back to the States. Even for an old-timer in the shipping business, Jacobsen has led a more adventurous life than most. He started out tamely enough as a house carpenter and building con­ tractor in his native Norway. Be­ fore he was finished, he had sailed on ships of at least six nations in­ cluding whalers and was the vic­ tim of a mine explosion in World War II. He was chief carpenter on the last American whaler, the Ulysses, and spent six to seven years all told chasing whales in An­ tarctic waters. Crew Of 10 Carpenters He describes the whaling life as "hard work." an understatement in light of the tough job faced by a maintenance man on a ship that almost never gets to port, and has to battle Antai'ctic gales day after day. On the Ulysses he had a crew of ten carpenters working with him keeping the mother ship and the catcher vessels in repair. At that though, he was better off than other crewmembers because when the whaling season ended and the ship laid up he and his gang were kept aboard putting her back in shape again. Jacobsen started sailing first on Norwegian vessels, and then was on Swedish, Danish, British, New Zea- any union I've ever been in con­ tact with." Still hearty for all of his 68 years, Jacobsen was forced to re­ tire by his bad underpinning. Both of his legs have been severely fractiu-ed at one time or another. One was broken in a shipyard ac­ cident and the other in 1942 when his ship was blown up by a mine. The result is that "I can't run up and down the ladders like 1 used to." Settle Texas City Claims Calling it quits to his sea­ going career, disabled Sea­ farer Ed Jacobsen takes goodbye look at shipping board at headquarters. land and finally American ships. He has 20 years' time on US flag vessels, much of it in more recent years with Isthmian ships. 'Nothing Without Union' His union history is almost equally varied. "I've been a mem­ ber of several different unions for about 40 years," he observed, "and one thing my experience proved Recollections of the Texas City disaster nearly 10 years ago were revived last week when a US Dis­ trict Court ordered insurance com­ panies to pay a Texas City railway •SSli million for damages sustained in the explosion and fire which took the lives of more than 500 per­ sons. No Seafarers were involved in the debacle at the Texas oil port on April 16 and 17. 1947. SIU mem­ bers of the Galveston branch pitched in with the relief work, however, and crews on SIU ships in the area took up collections which were turned over to the re­ lief fund. June 15, 1956 — December 15, 1956 During the past six months, membership-elected trial committees in SIU ports through­ out the Atlantic and Gulf District handled seven trials of Seafarers accused of violating provisions of the Union constitution. There were no appeals, although the right of appeal is available to any Seafarer-^ Charges; 1—Refusing to cooperate with found guilty by a trial com­ trial cases, the names of the ac­ delegates. 2—Lying to crew. 3—Not cused and accusers are omitted for checking stores. 4—Drunk and not turn­ mittee. All the trial proceedings were purposes of publication. in conformity with the SIU consti­ Trials tution and are summarized below 28. 1936 in accordance with the Union's June Accused: S-1003: Accuser: K-272 policy of keeping the membership Charges: 1—Drunk aboard ship and not able to stand his watch: while in the fully informed. The current six- port ot Buenos Aires, missed watches on months summary is the eighth that account of being drunk. 2—Made derogator.v remarks about Union officials and the LOG has printed. representatives. Trial Committee: Erne.st Such. S-975: V.in SIU trial procedure as specified N. Dalhouse. U-430: Nick Gaylord. U-Sll: in the constitution hews closely to Leonard S. Bugajewski. B-281; -Alex Anagthe traditional pattern followed in noston. A-106. Findings: Guilty of Srst and second sub­ courtrooms. Trial committees are divisions of first charge. Not guilty on composed exclusively of rank-and- second charge. Committee recommended that, accused be suspended from mem­ file Seafarers. Union officials are bership for si.x months, three months on each section of charge on which found barred from serving. guilty. Also recommended fines of $25 The accuser must be present to on each offense. confront the accused. The accused 28. 1956 has the right to cross-examine wit­ June Accused: C-518: Accuser. H 272 nesses and to call witnesses in his Charges: 1—Drunk and interfering with while trying to settle crew's own behalf. He can also call on patrolman beefs. 2—Drunk and fired for not being other Union members to assist him, able to perform duties as chief cook. and causing ill feelings among if they so desire, in preparing his .8—Drunk the whole crew at the payoff. defense. Trial Committee: Ernest Such. S-975: Van N. Dalhouse. D-430: Leonard S. Buga.iewBefore the trial can begin, the ski. B-231; Nick Gaylord. G-511: Alex accused must be properly notified Anagiiosloii. A-106. Findings: of disorderly conduct at of the charges against him. The the payoff.Guilty Committee recommended a charges must be read at membei'- $50 fine. ship meetings to determine if they 23. 1956 are brought properly under the August Accused: B-881; Accuser; A-3 constitution, and the meetings also Charges: 1—Accu.sed stated in the pres­ of others that he paid monies to an act on the findings of the trial and ence SIU official without receiving a receipt, appeal committees. but was unable or unwilling to name the 2—Accu.sed vilified a Union offi­ The constitution specifies in de­ official. cial in the presence of members and tail the headings under which Union employees. 3—.Accused, because conduct and temper, brought the charges can be brought and sets of Union into disrepute. 4—Accused was limits on the penalties that can be disorderly, abusive and unrestrainable in the Union hall. imposed for the various offenses. Trial Committee: Carl E. Gibbs. G-60: The appeals procedure which is Charles W. Hemmis. H-148: Fred Israel, I-G: Elmar C. BarnhiU, B-623: Tim .AIcopen to each accused member is Carthy. M-652. also to a rank-p 1-file committee Findings: Guilty on first, second, and third violations, with fines of $50 on elected by the membership. Ap­ each. Charge dismissed on fourth vio­ peals can also be made to the in­ lation. ternational conventions. September 6, 1956 In the following summary o f the Accused: F-324: Accuser*: M-61T. M-491 ing to. 5—Fighting in messhall at me.altime. 6—Inability to take inventory. 7— Haphazard requisitions filled out during entire trip. Trial Committee: C. Foster. F-200: W. L. Holland. 11-635; J. Z. Markham. M-116; C. Carlson. C-461: R. A. Triche. T-354. Findings: Committee recommended that accused be fined $50 and not be per­ mitted to sail as a steward in the future. .Motion by .1. Algina, A-1, seconded by C. Simmons, S-1. to non-concur with that part of findings dealing with "not per­ mitted to sail as steward in the future," because this is unconstitutional, wai carried. November 1. 19-56 Accused: H-42; Accuser: B-7 Charges: 1—.After signing articles on SS Barbara Frietchie. accused failed to per­ form his duties aboard ship for seven consecutive day.s, due to being drunk. 2—Accused failed to perform his dutie* aboard ship while watches were being broken in Rouen, France, due to being drunk. He also failed to perform hli duties aboard ship after sea watcbei were set. due to being drunk. Trial Committee: T. Hill, H-149; R. W. Simpkins. S-373: V. Porter, P-6: D. L. J. Jones. J-250; M. F. Kramer, K-398. Findings: Guilty on first violation and fined $50. Guilty on second violation. Fined $50 and suspended from Union for six months. November 15. 1956 Accused: M-909: Accusers: M-7, H-272 Charges; 1—Received pay and then de­ liberately walked off Steel Admiral so as not to stand engine watches. 2—Refused to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties. Trial Committee: T. F. Greaney, G-507» H. J. Parnell. P-217: J. F. Adams, A-373: J. B. Swiderski. S-258: C. Martin, M-1094. Findings: Guilty. The committee recom­ mended a $50 fine on each charge, the total of $100 to be paid after the next trip. November 15. 1956 Accused: M-909; Accusers: G-2, S-1 Charges:. Disorderly . conduct in Union hall. Refused to listen to charges and violations against him. Used abusive and profane language. Trial Committee: T. F. Greaney, G-S07i J. H. Parnell, P-217: J. B. SwiderskL S-258; J. F. Adams. A-373; C. Martin, M-10n4. Findings; Guilty. Committee recom­ mended $30 fine to be paid at concliutoa of next trip. I ,2! •Mr - J\ �'fr:syv'5.?\'v; Pacre Eleht SEAFARERS January f, 1953 , tOG SIU Freight Wa DECK DEPARTMENT 1944 Bosun (Mariner) $ Bosun • ••••••••••••••••At'****** 1.12*^0 Bosun's Mate-Day -••••• —-—Bosun's Mate—V/atcli************ Carpenter (Mariner) Carpenter 112.50 St orelceeper ••••••••••••••••••• AB Maintenance Quartermaster 105*00 Able Seaman 100.00 Ordinary Seaman 82.50 V/atchman 100.00 Wf-v 1^'- A ^ 1947 1946 1946 1945 A ^ 1947 I JL 157.50 155*00 155*00 175*00 172.50 172.50 205*00 192.50 180*00 157*50 150*00 15.5*00 150.00 15.5.00 127.50 15.5*00 172.50 167.50 162.50 167*50 162.50 15.5*00 162*50 252*00 182*50 200*00 269*50 $ 217.30 2o5.*o5 228.17 2 A. 25 190/80 200.35. 205*00 197.50 187*50 172*50 172*50 150*00 172*50 217^30 209*35 198*75 182*85 182.85 159.00 182.85 228.17 219.82 208*69 191.99 166.95 191.99 291^.50 227.50 312*17 21^1.15 327.78 253.21 35.8*1 230.00 205.00 237*00 205*00 2^3*80 255^99 228*17 263*78 228*17 272.! ^?^99 25.2. 221. 210. 210.1 177.1 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Chief Elect* (Mariner). Chief Electrician•••«••••••••• 185*25 Assistant Electrician...•••••• 137*50 2nd Electrician•••••••••••••*. Unlicensed Jr. Eng.-Day Unlicensed Jr. Eng. Watch Plumber Machinist Deck Engineer.•..........*•..• Deck Eng.-Eastern SS Co Storekeeper................... Engine Utility Evaporator Maintenance... Oiler Oiler-Diesel Watertender Fireman Aatertender Fireman ••• Wiper .Wiper (10/23 A6-12/31A6) Reefer Eng. (only 1 carried)•• Reefer Eng. (v/hen 3 carried) 117*^0 187*50 187*50 IA.50 162*50 172*50 205.00 205.00 212.00 160.00 190.00 —————— 127.50 IIOAOO 110.00 110.00 100*00 92*50 Chief•••••••••••« —————— 1st Assistant*••• 2nd Assistant*••. — 197*50 190*0.0 205*00 190.00 I5-5*OO 172*50 172.50 172.50 172.50 162*50 177*50 195*25 177*50 177*50 167*50 132.50 150.00 160.00 175*00 252.00 269.50 252* 00 220.00 201.00 202.50 182*50 182.50 167*50 157.50 132*50 132*50 172*50 155*00 155.00 155*00 155.00 217.30 251.22 217*30 209*35 217*30 201*ii0 188*15 21< 1*82 22i *17 211*^7 197*56 217*32 197.56 269.1 2l|2.i 280*1 2l|.2.! 25.2*: 22l|..i 210.! 231. 210., 210. 198.1 206.97 188*15 188.15 177.55 185.50 ;?Z:8 19lv.78 269*50 285.6? 299.95 318.i 269.50 237*50 218.50 269.50 237*50 218*50 285.67 251.75 231.61 299.95 318. 280. 258., 220.00 200.00 200.00 185.00 175.00 150.00 220.00 233.20 217.30 217.30 196.10 185.50 159.00 159.00 2l|.!f *86 228.17 228.17 205.91 19S-*78 166.95 166.95 265.; 252. 2k2.\ 218. 261^.3^ 2li3.19 207.! STEWARD DEPARTMENT Chief Steward (Mariner)••••••• — Chief Steward. *.... Chief Cook Ni^t Cook & Baker Second Cook* ••• Assistant Cook*. Messman Utilityman •***«**•••*. 157*50 137*50 122*50 -——67*50 87*50 150.00 205*00 205.00 185.00 175.00 150.00 150.00 207. 177. 177. OWERimE RATE Prior to 6/15/46, 9Gc for all 1946 1946 1947 1947 1948 1948 1948 1.15 1948 1950 1950 1951 1.29 •951 i952 .. . 1.48 953 -953 1.51 .953 •^953 1956 1956 1956 2.10 unlicensed1 personnel. for base pay less than 200.00 for base pay of 200.00 or more for base pay less than 200.00 for base pay more than 199.99 for base pay less than 235.73 for base pay more than 235.72 for base pay less than 239.23 for base pay more than 239.22 for base pay less than 262.47 for base pay mure than 262.46 for base pay less than 377.30 for base pay more than 277.29 for base pay less than 298.4ft; : for base pay more than 298.48 for base pay of 304.45 or less for base pay of 310.43 to 354.35 for base pay of 361.17 or more for base pay of 322.72 or less for base pay of 329.06 to 375.61 for base pay of 382.84 or more m fAlP I �> ' - fannary 4. 1957 SEAFARERS PaK« Nin* LOG e Scale Since 1944 (8 1948 1948 1949 19S0 19SI 1952 1953 378.00 |1]47.00 $ 1].00.68 1952 $ 285.10^ )i )i \.7 288.9l|: 296.1]!]. 554.87 534.70 l}.0l]..02 i;38.76 380.97 3li.0.7k 390.96 359.32 465.09 403.83 361.18 414.42 498.11 432.50 386.82 W+3.84 359.32 321.[|.6 392.76 358.06 336.73 364.38 336.73 336.73 336.73 315.20 260.99 276.20 306.20 2l]:8.1a 21^8.1^1 213.79 262.89 262.89 262.89 262.89 226.25 226.25 330.75 360.93 361J..1^3 371.93 395.66 U8.72 321.22 281]..62. 255.01]: 332.22 295.62 266. Ol]. 303.90 266. Ol]. 31k.i]-8 283 .01 371]-. 02 332.81 299.50 3l]-2.13 331.35 •?' 293 .w 271.01 278.25 255.OU 255.01^ 231.38 219.55 189.97 189.97 I 518.09 499.25 2l].5.3l]. 233.51 233.51 200.97 33l]..85 fe 1-7 1^70.99 237.81]. 226.01 226.01 I93.I1.7 331.35 n hhS.72 23I1..3I}. 222.51 222.51 189.97 266. Ol]. 2i].8.29 233.51 251^.51 233.51 233.51 221.68 230.55 5 i9 368.40 336.73 336.73 261.53 353.85 258.5112l].0.79 226.01 2k7.01 226.01 226.01 211]..18 223.05 [8 )5 343.98 3lk.kl 314.41 244.19 329.50 255.01]. 237.29 222.51 2l].3 .51 222.51 222.51 210068 219.55 '9 302.32 302.32 239.5-0 299.50 \k 299.50 362.81 299.50 372.13 329.50 283.01 261].. 13 2kd.[\l 270.75 2I18.I+I zk-Q.ki 235.82 2i].5.26 299.50 279.52 262.89 286.53 262.89 262.89 21^9.56 259.55 329.50 309.52 262.89 286.53 262.89 262.89 2l].9.56 27I1-.55 327.13 302.32 302.32 286.99 288.53 366.72 334.32 314.41 340.22 314.41 314.41 314.41 294.30 31^2.35 361^.19 385.1i.2 l^l5.1i-2 1^38.76 465.09 498.11 33I1-.85 296.99 271^.51 3lf2.i5 30I1..L.9 282.01 361]..19 323.92 300.00 385.k2 3I1-2.8O 317.1].8 385.11-2 3ii.2.80 317.I1-8 1].O1]..69 359.91^ 333.37 428.97 381.54 346.70 459.43 408.63 371.32 281.7S 258.5a 258.5a 23a.88 223.05 193. a7 193 .a7 289.25 266.0a 266.0a 307.70 325.63 299.50 299.50 272.87 259.55 226.25 226.25 325.63 299.50 299.50 272.87 259.55 226.25 226.25 368.16 3ao.7a 3ao.7a 312.76 298.a9 237.57 237.57 390.25 390.25 361.18 361.18 325.27 3io.a8 2a2.32 2a2.32 2a2.38 230.55 200.97 200.97 323.29 283.01 283.01 283.01 257.8k 2a5.26 213.79 213.79 302.32 1^1^ ^40f '• •7.- - $li-78.7li. 429.13 413.41 401.71 283.01 255. ol^ 1956 386.00 375.08 266. oi^ 292.90 )l 363.73 258.51^ J-0 h 333.73 255. oii 32k.72 288.12 258.511296.1).O 258.51^ IZ 315.35 J955 tiRsr T)\5A6tM W •gf 380.88 407.92 — aa7.oo aoo.68 366.18 hre.Tk a29.i3 392.18 386.82 3a8.36 332.'a7 259.52 259.52 \9^ . ,«i i : ' :v,f �Awe Ten SEAFARERS LOC XnnuT Ji, Ifif Freighter Makes Icy Voyage :r/-- Winter's here again, as this photo shows. This is the Norwe­ gian freighter Luksef|ell getting ready to move through an ice-choked lock in the Lachine canal enroute from the Great Lakes to Montreal harbor. See Md, Key Arena In 'Right' Law Test [iK Undismayed by their defeats in Louisiana, Montana, Kan­ sas and Washington, backers of "right to work" legislation have announced a new push in several states when legisla­ tures reconvene this month. At the same time, labor tending their program north and groups are preparing to lock east into the country's heavily-in­ horns by seeking repeal of such laws where they now exist. A key battle in the "right to work" fight will be on a proposed law in the State of Maryland. Up until now, "right to work" back­ ers have not been successful in ex- Atom Ships Get -Navy The cost of living may be going up, but the cost of atom ships is coming down. So says the Navy, anyway, but it'll be some time before boat lov­ ers can dump their outboard mo­ tors in favor of reactors. The Navy says that the new atom submarines it is now build­ ing will "generally" cost less than $60 million, as compared with $63$67 million for building the first atom sub, the Nautilus. Conven­ tionally-powered subs cost about $1412 million. The Navy attributes the drop in costs to greater building knowhow. SiU, Welfare K P- t-: Seafarers and SIU families who apply for maternity, hos­ pital or surgical benefits from the Welfare Plan are urged to keep the Union or the Wel­ fare Plan advised of any changes of address while their applications are being proc­ essed. Although payments are often made by return mail, changes of address (or illegible return addresses) delay them when checks or "baby bonds" are returned. Those who are moving or plan to move are advised to immediately notify SIU headquarters or the Wel­ fare Plan, at 11 Broadway, New York, NY. dustrialized areas where trade un­ ions are strongest. The proposed Maryland "right to work" law, like those existing in 17 other states, would prohibit all forms of union security including the union shop and maintenance of membership clauses in union con­ tracts. At the same time, the laws require unions to give representa­ tion on wages, grievances and other issues to non-members of the un­ ion who are in the bargaining unit. In last November's elections, a "right to work" referendum was roundly defeated in Washington state, but a repeal move failed in Nevada. In Kansas, voters routed a "right to work" candidate for Governor and in Montana, "wreck" law backers failed to get the issue on the referendum ballot. Balto Feasts In Job Surge BALTIMORE—The SIU branch here is continuing to churn out jobs at the rate of 100-plus per week, but registration is lagging way behind. Class C men are tak­ ing up the slack while A and B shipping and registration run neck and neck. A total 6f 232 jobs were dis­ patched during the last two-week period, Port Agent Earl Sheppard reported. The SIU Christmas dinner here, as in all other ports, proved to be a big success, with a large con. tingent of SIU members and their •families on hand. The festivities were to be duplicated at a slightly subdued pace on New Year's Day as well. A total of 15 ships paid off, nine signed on and nine more arrived in transit. No out-of-the-ordinary beefs developed to mar the smooth handling of these vessels. Yule dinner brought Seafarer and Mrs. John Doyle (above) and children Beverly, John, Herbert and little Kathleen to SIU hall for the festivities. They were glad dad could be home. At left, a happy holiday was shared by Seafarer Henry H. Schultz (left) and Mrs. Schultz. Mrs. Schultz' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steinhoff, who were visiting from Ger­ many, were their guests. In foreground is the Schultz' young son Uirich. �HMarr 4, 1»7 •:SfcVr:;l;.: SEAF AREBS P«f• Eleres LOG Metro Gets One T-2 Of Six Sold By US ffo Afore Of That For Now!' •^,:- The SlU-contracted Metro Petroleum Corporation, which now operates the T-2 tanker Sweetwater, has purchased the T-2 tanker Mermaid. • The Mermaid is one of six T-2s forfeited to the Govern­ ment by the Stavros Niarchos Mi 4 Payoffs Perk Up SF Jobs '• V" W::m. interests and put up for sale by the Maritime Administration. Built during World War II, the Mermaid was sold under the Ship SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping Sales Act of 1946 for $1,694,216. Metro, one of 40 companies who here was a .shade better than an­ ticipated during the last two weeks. put in bids, offered $2,053,000. Under terms of the purchase, Four ships showed up for payoff Metro must keep the ship under instead of the lone caller originally the American flag, although it can j expected. run in either foreign or domestic j The future looks good also, actrade. I cording to Port Agent Leon John­ The high bid of $2,456,525, for son, so no one need worry about the tanker Monitor, came from the shipping out. American Trading and Production Of the four ships that did pay Corporation, which was awarded off. only the Seagarden (Paciiic I the jMonitor and one other tanker, Nav) immediately signed on again. i Other one-tanker awards went to The others were the Morning 1 the Rotary Tankers Corporation, Light and Wacosta (Waterman) and • Pan Cargo Shipping Corporation the Robin Hood 'Seas Shipping), I and Commerce Tankers Corpora-1 all of which should be moving out tion. i again soon. All of the following SlU families will collect the $200 niaternity i benefa plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: I Kevin Koval, born December 5, Michael Keith AppleAvhite, born September 27, 1956, to Seafarer 1956. to Seafarer and Mrs. John T. and Mrs. Thomas N. Appiewhite, Koval, Brooklyn, NY. , Washington. DC. 4 4 4 Michael Olha Bryars, born Octo­ j if i i Laria Victoria Long, born No­ ber 2. 1956. to Seafarer and Mrs. vember 20, 1956, to Seafarer and Oiha Bryars, Rabun, Ala. .Mrs. Charles E. Long, Prlchard, 4 4 4' Ala. Luther Gene Sanders, born Au­ j 4. 4 t 28, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. - For some reason, not a whisper has been heard out of the ! David Reagan Manen, born No- i gust Richard S. Sanders. Kittv Hawk, State Department recently on why the US doesn't need ! vember 26. 1956, to Seafarer and NC. much of a merchant marine. We wonder why. i IMrs. John Alanen, Stihvell, Okla. 4 4 4 It would be too much to hope that the built-in anti-mer­ Luis Rodriguez, born November if if if chant-marine complex of the Department has been dissolved. George Games Grimes, born No­ 20. 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Juan The current world need for US shipping to shore up our allies vember 22, 1056, to Seafarer and R. Rodriguez, NY, NY. and maintain our foreign policy has made it inexpedient for l\lrs. Gordon K. Grimes, Balti­ 4 4 4 State to speak up on the subject. When things return to nor­ more, Md. Lyndia Geneva Small, born Noi i i ; vember 27, 1950, to Seafarer and mal will the Department again unlimber its heavy artillery against American ships and American seamen? Or will this I William Ayala Diaz, born Octo- j klrs. William E. Small, Baltimore, lesson finally penetrate when the lessons of World War I, lier 26, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. ' Md. Jesus Ayala, Santurce, PR. 4 4 4 World War il and Korea failed to make a dent? i i if Kenneth Donald Smith, born No­ The British long ago learned that in a nation with world­ Barbara Lynn Sanchez, born De­ vember 25, 1956, to Seafarer and wide commitments the merchant marine is more than the cember 5, 1956, to Seafarer and Leonard E. Smith. Los An­ third line of defense, it is the national lifeline. Today, Uncle IMrs. Thomas H. Sanchez, Chicka­ IMrs. geles, Calif. Sam is the one who has the world wide commitments, making saw, Ala. ' In and around the ThanksgivingChristmas-New Year's period, most of the news you get from ships concerns good eating. This year Is no exception. Leading off the parade is the Steel Seafarer which put an ex­ tra strain on its steward depart­ ment because it's making the long haul all around the Cape up to the Persian Gulf. The crew re­ Douglas corded an "en­ thusiastic vote of thanks" to Red Grant, the chief steward, Vernon Douglas, crew mess, and Fortunate Delluna, pantryman, for their "su­ perior service during a long and difficult trip." J" 4" i* Aboard the Hastings, there was a vote of thanks for the steward department, it being noted that "all brothers praised the depart­ ment. The chairman thanked the cooks and steward on a fine Thanksgiving dinner and doubts if the steward department could put out a more superior dinner for Christmas." Sounds like he was challenging them to break all pre­ vious records. t '3^;^ I V';'',A.Jr.-- t 4« Getting away from thoughts of food for the moment, a fellow who has been mentioned before in this corner is Seafarer Norman Kirk. He rang the bell again on the Louisiana, getting, a vote of con-, fidence and a "big thank you" for a job well done. the merchant marine this country's lifeline. 4 4 4 If past State Department policy had prevailed, US opera­ Mary Lou Marie Auger, born No­ tors would have sold, scrapped or put into barnacles hundreds vember 27, 1956, to Seafarer and of freighters and tankers. There would not be enough experi­ Mrs. Jean J. Auger, Philadelphia. enced operators or trained seamen immediately available to Pa. 4 4 4 shore up South Asia, Japan, Western and Southern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America until the reserve ships and Luz Amalia Gonzalez Sisco, born men could be brought out. Such a situation would be an November 19, 1956, to Seafarer and I Mrs. Isidro Gonzales, Plana-Ponce, immense victory for the Communist empire. When and if the State Department learns this lesson, and PR. 4 4 4 puts it into action, the US will be far better equipped to meet Charlotte Marie Brooks, born its world responsibilities and preserve its own world position. December 1, 1956, to Seafarer and if if ''Roil On' Or 'Lift On?' "Roll-on" or "lift on"? Right now this seems to be one of the major questions facing operators seeking new sources of revenue. But the next few months should bring a partial answer. Seafarers will have the unique opportunity of per­ sonally observing both modes of operation. TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc., has already kicked off the first true "roll-on roll-off" service with the Carib Queen, and plans to add a sister ship. Waterman-Pan Atlantic, having been suc­ cessful with its four piggyback tankers, is now planning the conversion of C-2s into true lift-ons. But so far the efficiency of one method over the other has not been definitely estab­ lished. Waterman had planned to build seven new roll-ons, but set this idea aside, for the time being anyway, to concentrate on converting the C-2s to lift-ons. With Waterman, however, the decision may have been influenced in part by cost con­ siderations. With the prices of steel What they are, one new roll-on would have cost the company as much as converting seven C-2s to lift-ons. % ...A, < a . Mrs. James K. Brooks, Richlands, NC. 4 4 4 Vernon Joseph Hall, born Sep­ tember 20. 1956. to Seafarer and Mi's. Vernon Hall, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Larry Gaines, born August 17, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ellis B. Gaines, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 David Bruce Packert, born Octo­ ber 31, 1956. to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert Packert, San Francisco, Calif. 4 4 4 Ruby Molis, born November 18, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Antonio 4 4 4 Martha Ashe Dew, born October Molis Jr., Galveston, Texas. 25, 1956. to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul 4 4 4 II. Dew, White Oak, NC. San Christopher Negron, born 4 4 4 November 8, 1956, to Seafarer and Robert Lewis Warden, born No­ Mrs. Cruz Negron, Bronx, NY. vember 26, 1956, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. Robert L. Warden, Portland, Tracey Logan Williams, born Oc­ Me. tober 22, 1956, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. Dale E. Williams, Nederland, Guadalupe Lopez, born Novem­ ber 2, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Texas. 4 4 4 Reinaldo Lopez Monies, Brooklyn. Nancy Ramona Fillingim, born NY. November 17, 1956, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Patricia Ann Willis, born No­ Mrs. Office Fillingim, Chickasaw, vember 27, 1956, to Seafarer and Ala. 4 4 4 Mrs. Perley D. Willis, Norfolk, Va. Helen Regina Saide, bom No­ 4 4 4 Allda Marie Ticer, born Septem­ vember 11, 1956, to Seafarer and; ber 28, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mrs. Joseph P. Saide Jr., Neder­ Daniel Ticer^Oaklandv Califl •'*" land, Texas. A �... Paje Twelve SEAFARERS January 4, 1957 LOG Even Stowaways Grin On Catherine PR Restaurant Is Recommended To the Editor: I'd like to inform the member­ ship about a good spot in Puerto Rico run by an ex-sailor who enjoys having Seafarers' trade and can be counted on for good service. The place is Don's Restaurant in Caparra Heights. His address is PO Box 10481 and the tele­ phone, 8-0072. This spot can be used as a mailing address Letters To The Editor This is the season of good feelings, and the Catherine has gone all-out to account for her share of it. Ship's reporter Roland E. Lomax notes that the crew went to bat for a young boy stowaway from Takoradi, on the Gold Coast of West Africa, to give him a new lease on life when he was put off. "All the crew called him 'Smilie' because he was always grinning . . . a real nice fellow. Since his bid to get away from it all was nipped in the bud, we took up a collection of money and clothing for him so he could go back home in style, anyway." In other shipboard activities, a hearty vote of thanks was given to the cooks and the baker "for their preparation of food and ability to meet the crisis of a bum stove." Beefs were also at a minimum, according to ship's delegate Vance A. Reid. Rounding out the happy picture was the fact that the cap­ tain, no less, played the role of ship's photographer to take the photo shown above. Catherine's a smooth-running lady, it seems. Laundry Takes 'Em To Cleaners Experience proves that guys who take pains to let you know how "sober, industrious and re­ liable" they are, really turn out to be lazy, no-good diunks. The same goes for outfits that stick a "reliable" in their name to give you the notion they're trustworthy. It ain't necessarily so, as most of us learn the hard way. The "Economical Laundry" in Rotterdam. Hol­ land, seems to be of the same stripe, according to SIU crewmembers on the Margarett Brown. "Extreme high prices" appear to be the rule w ith this outfit, notwithstanding its mon­ icker." The crew, led by dele­ gates Pete Scroggins, Jerry Wages, W. P. Rinehart and Henry P. Lopez, urges all Sea­ farers to I'-ing it. Burly Lined up for fire and boat drill, SlU crewmen on the Cath­ erine pose for a picture taken by the skipper and sent in by ship's delegate Vance A. Reid. SEAFARERS IN THE HOSPITALS USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NY ^I:inuel Aiitonana Mike Lubas Eladin Aris .Joseph D. MeCiiaw Fortunate Baconio Archibald McGuUaii William C. Baldwin H. F. MacDonald Frank T. Campbell Michael Machusky Walter L. Davis Benjamin J. Martin Robert M. Douijlan Albert Martinelli .lolin .1. Driscoll Vic Milazzo Robert E. Gilbert Joseph B. Murphy William Guenther W. P. O'Dea Bart E. Guraniek George G. Phifer Howard Hailey James Jt. Quinn Taib Hassen George E. Renale Billy It. Hill G. E. Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith Ira Kilgore Michael Tolh Ludwig Kristiansen Karl Treimann Frank J. Kubek Harry S. Tutlle Freileriek Landry Fred West Karrel Leeimaa Norman West Leonard Leidig Virgil W. Wilmoth Anthon.v D. Leva Pon P. Wing USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Peler O. Choplinski Paul Norton Charles Dwyer USPHS HOSPlT.\L NORFOLK, VA. James E. Baker Cicero M. King Francis J. Boner William H. Mason Rul'ino Comantigue James H. Norton William C. Dowdy MT. SINAI HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, P.\. Dan Gentry USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Orville E. Abrams F. B. McColIian Mareelo B. Belen Charles T. Nangle Raymond V. Boston W. A. VanDyne M. M. Hammond Harry M. Wong USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, OA. Dalton M. Barnes S. N. Hurst Mavimino Barnes .limmle Littleton .Mbert Birt BacUio Llanez USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley Norman W. Kirk . Donald K. Campbell Joseph A. Wehe VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA, John Abadie USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Paul Raggett WiUiam Jones Henry Buhot Martin Kelly Gaetano Buseiglio Edward G. Knapp Cloise Coats John Knowles Jacob Cuccia Thomas Landa Scrio M. DeSosa Leo H. Lang C. A. Dorrough Samuel Langham William Driscoll Karl Larsen Atomane Elchuk William Lawless Lucicn Elie Jacob Levin Alfred B. Fahm Samuel Levy Charles Fetter Louis Marshall Leon Gordon Alois Mauffray Clarence Graham William Murray Horace Gray Michael Muzio Clarence Hafner John Overton •lames Hand Walter Penton William Haveln Eddie Perry I I I • j Vcikko Pollanen Jack Sprada Winford Powell Edward J. Stevens L.i im G. Powers ' Nick Tala .Ichn Psilos Lonnie R. Tickle Rai lolph Ratcliff Luciano Toribio F. Kegalado Dirk Visser .Vnthotiy Rodriguez James Waldrop Edward Samrock James E. Ward Wade H. Se.vton John Williamson Tcelil Smigielski D. G. Zcrrudo USPHS HOSPIT.'VL MOBILE, ALA. Robert N. Young USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Wilbert Blanton Robert T. McNeil Herbert M. Bumpas Concpcion Mejia Eric R. W. Dahl Alfonso Olaguibel Jackie D. Daniel Lee Parker Norman B. Hadden W. W. Smith Joseph Harmonson Edward Taylor Stanley F. Koenig James L. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Ma.y Acosta James T. Moore Willie Albert John A. Morris Frrnk J. Albou Francis O'Laughlin Felicitio Aponte Gerald E. Pettipas Chester .\nti Joseph A. Prabech Talmadge Barbour Allan Reese Roy W. Bell William E. Roberts Kenneth Bewig George Schmidt Leslie Brilhart Alonzo D. Sistrunk Jtvseph E. Burns Kevin B. Skelly .Antonio Colon Stanley F. Sliced Mrnuel Fernandez Vicco W. Sorensen Gorman T. Glaze Robert W. Stanford Torlcif Hun.scn Robert Stokes Walter Hartman Juan P, Taboada Clarence R. Haun Cecil Utley Fred Holmes James H. Walker Edward Huizenga Stanley Wallock William H. Johnson Ernest H. Webb Herman Kemp Vyrl WiUiams Elmer King Albert Willis Edward McMaster ; George Wilson Francisco Mayo Edward L. Woods William Mellon CHRONIC DISEASES HOSPITAL B.ALTIMORE, MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISL.AND, NY Fortunato Alfonso Harvey W. Morris Henry A. Anderson Robert Nielsen Julln Blomgren Frederick Oliver Alfred Casey Luis Olivero. Clarence Collins Robert Parker Eugenio Colon Pietro PauUn .\rtemio Fernandez Bias Ramirez Ramon Galarza James Ray Bryan Gibson N. Revnichenko John Givens Angel Luis Rios Estell Godfrey Adolfo Rodrigucs Joseph Fclton Raymond Ruppert J. Huisman Antonio Russo Alfred Kaju Abdul Said Johannes Karl Marcelino Santiago Florian Kaziukewicz Stanley Scott Demelrios Kekis Walter Snell Joseph Koenig Roman Szczygiel .Allen L. Lake J. L. Thompson William Luhrsen John B. Tlerney iMarcos E. Medina Martin Valle ''rancisze . Mietkl Daniel Wilson Reinaldo Montes All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. and, in an emergency, you can call home from there, too. It carries all the New York papers and serves good stateside hamburgers for a quarter, plus beer and drinks. It also has a jukebox and arrangements have been made to have copies of the LOG available for SIU men. Alien Friend i 3« 4" Oldtimer Gives Thanks To All To the Editor: Just a few lines to the best organization in the world, and also the best brotherhood. I wish to thank each and every brother for all they have done for me in my hour of need. Many thanks especially to Louis Susbavitz, who came to my house and handed me money which I know he needs himself, as he and I were hospital pa­ tients at the same time in New Orleans. Thanks and greetings also to all SIU men. especially the Mi.ssissippi SS men. Charles "Pop" Sweeney i t 4" Emery Dead-Set On Shore Leave ship's library and several edi­ tions of the LOG for us, and also took care of our mail since we arrived and departed on a Sunday. This crew is really ready for shore leave. Our ship's barber. Brother William J. "Mad Dog" Shafer, has been very busy late­ ly sprucing the gang up for Seattle. Our theme song has been "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" for some time, es­ pecially since our steward, Fred R. Hicks, bought seven different renditions of it. Our deepest sympathy at this time to Brother George Regis­ ter, whose wife passed away during our Far East trip. Tony Gallagher Ship's reporter 4 4 4 Happy Yorkmar is Frisco-Bound To the Editor: Here we are on the good Calmar Line ship Yorkmar, going through the Panama Canal bound for San Francisco. We have a fine crew on here and everything is running smoothly, thanks to our steward, James Archie, who is doing everything to please the crew. Right now, it looks like we will have Christmas at sea, so am taking this opportunity to wish all our members and SIU officials the best wishes on this holiday, and also a prosperous New Year. We hope to be in San Fran­ cisco by New Year's Eve, so we can have a good time there and make up for Christmas spent at sea. Eddie Eriksen Steward delegate 4 4 4 Hospital Cash Aids Youiigster To the Editor: I'm pleased to extend my deepest thanks to the SIU and its welfare plan for helping with the hospital expenses while our little boy, Samuel Boyd Tate, was in the hospital. We know his dad, Samuel A. Tate, will be proud to know that Boyd went back to school this week, although he is still a lit­ tle weak. We hope he will soon be strong again. Thanks again to the Union. Mrs. Samuel A. Tate To the Editor: We have just arrived from the Far East after a few months of 4 4 4 shuttling between Japan and Korea, where everyone had a ball. It was really a pleasant voy­ age going over and returning To the Editor: on the Lewis Emery Jr. While My daughter Katzue and I in the Far East, we made such . would like to express our thanks ports as Kamaishi, Otaru, Miike to my brothers on the SS Ocean and Karatsu, all in Japan, and, Dinny for their kindness when of course, Pusan, Korea (Little my wife died in Yokohama on Baltimore Street). November 23. • Enroute to Japan, we stopped The generosity and syinpathy at Long Beach, Calif., where it of the entire crew and officers was a pleasure to have Brother was very helpful during that Reed Humphries on board as he unhappy time. Thanks again to was more than helpful. He ob­ all of them. tained motion picture films, a Gervacio "Jerry" Vinluan Appreciates Aid Of Dinny Crew By Beruard Seaman ••J, - r ' �January 4, 1957 ••AMAR (Calmar). Nov. It—Chair­ man, A. Danllukt taeratary, F. Millar. Water pump to ba fixed. Need new waahlng machine. Shlp'a fund tB.40. Reporta accepted. No hot water aboard. Diacuaslon on milk—30 quarta per day Insufficient. To be taken up with patrolman. LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Car­ rier), Nov. 34—Chairman, F. Parker; Secretary, J. Davles. Minor repairs completed, major one to be done in NY. CUPS to be returned to pantry. Maintain quiet at night. Ship needs fumigating. Discussion on washing machine. Vote of thanks for fine Thanksgiving dinner. MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfleld), Dee. 1—Chairman, R. Clark; Sacretary, U. Dooley. Repair lists turned in. Laundry and cleaning service in Rotterdam written for approval. Ship's fund $20.12. Record player SEAFARERS tary Aiot method used on ihlp; on* needle used for all. Borne shortage of foods vegetables soggy. Ship should be fumigated for roaches. Soiled linen to be' placed In dirty linen locker. Suggest serving fresh tomatoes before they spoil. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Sept. 8—Chairman, E. Anderson; Secretary, broken during heavy seas. Few hours disputed overtime. Letter regarding laundry and cleaning service read and approved by crew. . CUBORI (Oro), Nov. 18—Chairman, C. White; Secretary, T. Driewlskl. Three men late; replacements sent. MesshaUs to be painted. Food not prepared right. Washing machine and pantry to be kept clean. Books and permits to be handed In at payoff. OREMAR (Ore Nay.), Nov. 21 — Chairman, C. GIbbs; Secretary, E. Ponls. One man missed ship in Balti­ more. Ship's fund $26.01. Washing machine to be kept clean. Repair list to be made up. Overhaul crew bunks. Need more preserves in pan­ try. Return dirty cups to pantry. DEL MAR (Mitt.), Dec. 2 — Chair­ man, R. Stough Jr.; Secretary, C. Oowllng. $278 ceUected for man in trouble. Movies rented. One man to be hospitalized in St. Thomas. Ship's fund $162.77. Report accepted. To donate $50 to brother who is being hospitalized. New delegate elected. DEL NORTE (MIts.), (no date)— Chairman, E. Leonard; Secretary, C. MCFBII. All souvenirs to be declared on customs sheet. Cooperation urged in adhering to ship's safety program. Request dryer. Washing machine was overhauled; water tanks cleaned. To donate S150 from fund to help mem­ ber with attorney's fees. etc. $183 donation for Christmas dinner for New Orleans liall. One man missed ship in Houston, squared away to sat­ isfaction of patrolman. One member getting off In St. Thomas due to heart condition. Ship's fund $24.'J8. New delegate elected. New checkers and cards purchased. Baseball equipment purchased. Report accepted. Brother getting oft In St. Thomas to be given $50 from fund. . CRION STAR (Orion,) Nov. 7 — Chairman, J. BItionet; Secretary, A. Bllkmas. Several bottles of liquor confiscated while shaking down after fight.; Some disputed overtime. Re­ port accepted. Drain In laundry room to be repaired. Men not to be logged If they have substitute for Job. Com­ plaint on launch service in Japan. No restriction In Bahrein. , Water foun­ tain lismessroom to be repaii-ed. Dis­ cussion on medicine chest. SiEAGARDEN (Peninsular), Oct. 21 —Chairman, D. Mease; Secretary, E. Sterns. New delegate elected. Report accepted. New lockers to be installed. Beef on cleanliness to be reported to captain. Jury bathroom to be rigged for longshoremen. WESTERN TRADER (North Atlan­ tic), Nov. It —Chairman, F. White; Secretary, J. Powers. Ship's fund $18. Bosun to get clarification on cleaning holds. Showers and batlirooms paint­ ed. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for fine service. WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN (Western Tankers), Nov. 22—Chairman, J. Smith; Secretary, C. Faster. Thrcr men hos­ pitalized. Few hours disputed over­ time. Communications read and ac­ cepted. Captain to get replacements for missing men. Discussion on poor condition of safety gear. Vote of thanks to chief cook and baker for good food. OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Overteat), Nov. 18—Chairman, J. SImlson; Secretary, L. Guellnltz. Ship's fund $10.52. New delegate elected. Light bulbs to be given to mei ibers upon request. Need better louach service. F. Howe. Ship's fund $62.65. Report accepted. Suggestion to have some cans of fruits and fish for night lunch. Fans to be turned off when not in use. Nov. 2 — Chelrman, C. Burnt; Sec­ retary, H. Kilmon. Food stores picked up In Durban. Repair lists submit­ ted. Ship's fund $52.07. Punching bag and gloves purchased. Many hours disputed overtime. Rooms are being sougeed. Report accepted. Some repairs being made. Contrlbu-tions to be made to fund at payoff. Need new washing macliine. Will purchase timer for machine out of fund. Shortage of certain foods. Re­ quest some canned fruits for dessert for night lunch. To order sufficient stores to last entire voyage. Vote of thanks to steward department for fine Than.skeiving dinner. DEL AIRES (Miss.), Oct. 2t—Chair­ man, J. Wolff: Secretary, R. Stough. $58 contributed by crew to member. Water fountain to be repaired. Cap­ tain refused to bu.v milk in Puerto Rico. Mattresses and springs repaired. Fans to be turned off when not in use. SUZANNE (BULL), Nov. 10—Chair­ man, F. Haigney; Secretary, G. Frota. Clothing of hospitalized turned over to company agent. Union book and personal papers retained by patrol­ man. New delegate, treasurer and reporter elected. Vote of thanks to Union officials for gains In wages and benefits. Repairs to be done bereturning to States. YAKA (Waterman), Dec. 8—Chelr­ man, J. Dunn; Secretary, L. Wing. Ship's fund $14.55. New agitator for washing machine purchased. Few hours disputed overtime. No launch service available in early morning for men to return to ship—had to pay for own launch service. Discussion on noise in foc'sle area; cleanliness of bathrooms end outside passage­ ways. FAN-OCEANIC TRANSFORTER (Fan Oceanic), Nov. 13—Chairman, G. Gerber; $ecretary, W. Walsh. No slop chest other than few cases of cigar­ ettes. Need warm gear, blankets, etc. Skipper to make arrangements to se­ cure slop chest. Nine replacements. Black gang wasldng machine and chairs In meiss room need repairing. STEEL KING (Isthmian), Oct. 28— Chairman, D. Claussen; Secretary, F. Harayo. Repair list submitted. Need new agitator for washing machine; to be purchased In port of arrival. Ship's fund $36.29. Delegate to han­ dle ship's business with patrolman or agent only. Delegate to see patrolman about meat supply with stamp marked "for ship only." Finds India Matches All The Story Books Caught in the act, Wade Smith, FWT, is snapped changing burners in the fireroom of the Ocean Joyce on her last trip to the Mediterranean. Tom Willis, OS, took the picture, which was turned in by Thurston Lewis. giving Day, with plenty of time to see the sights ... "A thin, hawknosed man sitting by the side of the road while a barber shaved his head with a wickedly thin razor . . . Little groups of swarthy, turbaned men squatting nearby, sur­ rounded by disturbing bags . . . "They are ever ready with their bulb-shaped, oboe-toned pipes to charm their swaying cobras or set up a battle between a snake and a red-eyed mongoose, several of which cling about them like cats ... "A shaven-headed man in a ma­ roon and silver wrapping caught my eye as he sat on his haunches These Warriors Were Too Fast On The Draw What can you do in Japan when your're already way over­ drawn on allotments, draws, slops and everything else? "For the first time in my sea-going career, I've got first-class passage over here but I had-^^ to turn to every night. Well, 'Copper, you don't even need to you live and learn," says C. I. step in the door. You now owe me $217.' And I wasn't even the "Ike" Copper on the Warrior. Confronted with a skipper who only one," Copper added. "The high-flying we ordinarly had everybody's dough figured are accustomed down to rock bottom, one of the to as SIU seamen oilers had a whopping $8.13 com­ had to be changed ing, a couple managed to squeeze to longer-lasting out $20 and the rest were told they low - flying. The owed him money. ones who wei'e "When I stepped up to the door fortunate enough he looked up, saw me, and said. to rate a draw shared it with their buddies, in order to minimize Mazur the hardships, Seafarers with beefs regard­ but this didn't help much." ing slow payment of monies On the other side of the coin. due from various operators in Copper said the ship had a swell back wages and disputed over­ crew and a pretty fair set of offi­ time should first check wheth­ cers. He listed Charlie Mazur as er they have a proper mailing bosun; Millard B. Elliot, steward; address on file with the com­ C. Weeks, chief cook, "Big Ski," pany. SIU headquarters offi­ Jim Thompson and H. Butts on cials point out that reports deck, plus Cecil Lewis and Wal­ received from several opera­ ter Beyer in the black gang, among tors show checks have been others. mailed to one address while Giving credit where it's due, he a beef on the same score is stiii had a good word for the skip­ sent from another, thus creat­ per. "He bothers ho one ... ex­ ing much difficulty in keeping cept in the pocketbook." accounts straight. Use Only One Mail Address 'Sea-Spray' -by Sea/orer Robert 'Red' Fink • DEL MAR (Miss.), Oct. 14—Chair­ man, J. Ahern; Secretary, M, Fhelps, Ship's fund $159.78. Movies and mag­ azines purchased. Report accepted. New delegate elected. All communi­ cations to be posted. All cups to be returned to pantry. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG — please }ut my nome on your mailing ist. (Print Information) .7(1/ :-r{\ 1 m STREET ADDRESS CANTIGNY (Cities Service), Nov. 22—Chairman, W. Phurrough; Secre­ tary, R. Hamlett. One man hospital­ ized In Venezuela. Received launch service in Venezuela. LV.lp's fund $9.50. Some disputed overtime. Letter from secretar.v-tr^asurer regarding agents' conference read. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Oct. 27 — Chairman,. E. Parr; Secretary, E. what bigger, with yellow ocher throats and topknots, fluffed and preened on perches by his side. He tossed a ring into the air when he noticed us standing and watch­ ing, and one of the birds flew up and caught the ring in its beak before it struck the ground. Tossed Out Coins "In the natural sequence of events, we then tossed coins, each of which was caught in the air and returned to him. One bird held a needle and thread in its claw and strung tiny beads on it ... I saw those birds pick out numbered cards as I called out the numbers and bring back leaves from the top of the tree my buddy picked out . . . "Earlier we checked into the Taj Mahal Hotel across the street from the dock. We learned that the barefooted man dressed in white and squatting outside our room door is the room bearer. He pads silently into your room in the morning to awaken you wth tea and the morning paper, and func­ tions the rest of the day and night as combination maid, bellhop and valet, knocking and entering as he wishes. "Then there is the dining room bearer (waiter), the bar bearer (bartender), the luggage bearer (bellhop), and still others. When check-out time comes, they flank your line of departure like at a West Point wedding, with out­ stretched palms replacing the crossed sabers. Then they wish you a safe journey . . NAME F. Dalgle. Letter written about slop chest prices and 12% interest on loans In Port Said. Repairs made. Windchutes, porthole screens and mattress­ es ordered. Ship's fund $5.20. 40 hours disputed. Report accepted. Patrolman to investigate whether food is Inferior or not prepared prop­ erly. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Aug. 18—Chairman, L. Harvey; Secre­ tary, A. Hitat. Bathrooms and show­ ers painted. New delegate elected. Proper disposal of garbage discussed. Investigate If crew can go ashore In Beirut without surrendering seaman's papers. ,_y0;^ One of the charms of Asia "is the sense of being an intimate part of the everycJay life of the people, for they live in the streets," writes James "Pat" Conley on the Natalie. Fresh from the latest con-' quest of Japan, Conley arrived in a small court. Three birds on in Bombay, India, on Thanks­ little leashes, canary-like but some­ STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Nov. 10—Chairman, T. Scanlcn; Secretary, OCEAN STAR (Triton), Nov. 11— Chairman, S. Holden; Secretary, C. Lanier. Some disputed overtime. Beefs to be taken up with patrolman. Need new refrigerator and containers- for bulk milk. Repair Usts to be made up. Need new valve in deck depart­ ment bathroom. Food situation dis­ cussed. Launch service to be looked Into. Saul. Need new coffee urn. Ship's fund. $85.01. $25 donated to member Sick In Panama. - Mate will not toler­ ate drunkehnes's,. Reports accepted. Headquarters to be notified of unsani­ Hot Spot STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Oct. 4—Chairman, J. Garrison; Secretary, A. HItas. Few hours disputed over­ time. Three men logged. One man hospitalized In Singapore. Fresh milk to be secured In Durban. Messhall and passageway to be sougeed and painted. Outsiders to be kept out of passageways and housing. Nov. 7—Chairman, L. Peed; Secre­ tary, C. Martin. One man missed ship. Member failed to secure for sea and contract violations. Story sent to LOG. Beefs to be taken up with headquarters in NY. Discussion on Ice-box taste of bread; pilfering of 'crew's quarters. Laundry loss In Beirut reported to LOG. Outsiders to be kept out of messhall and pantry and refrain taking ship's stores ex­ cept at meal time. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Nov. 18—Chairman, M. Carlin; Secretary, E. Krcsi. One man hospitalized In Rot­ terdam; replaced. Ship's funds $10.50. To donate $5 to library. One man had pay stopped due to Illness: pa­ trolman to be notified. Communica­ tion concerning extension of books read. Reports accepted. Vote of thanks to steward department for excellent service during long and dif­ ficult trip. Complaint about poor quality of baking and desserts; noise In messroom and passageways. race TUrlac* LOG CITY ..ZONE ... STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubscribsr and have a change of address, please give your former address below: ADDRESS • G G G a • t. CITY .........ZONE..,, bring a pet aboard "J/4 �usr t •; wi.ti/ ^ i'A^^ti'Eli^ LOG Paffe Fourteen- It's All In Day's Work, SIU Style January 4, 19o7 Outdoor shi|>'< meeting (left) on the Lewfs Em­ ery Jr. was led fl to r) by Parker, MM, chairman; steward Hicks, recorder; Dave Rivers, OS, ship's delegate. Reporter Tony Gallagher turned in the photo. Below, 2nd electrician Stewart and Pop Orton from the Hurricane take a jaunt on a fierce-looking horse (all wood) in Cadiz, Spain. Considering the nag, they did fine, says Bill Adams. ?lr- • w r 11- • On the Citrus Packer (above), Ralph Fadden, ABDM (left), and Leo Lasaya, bosun, perform a little surgery on a boom as A. Ray, ABDM, looks on. Jose F. Santiago sent the photo in from Sfax, Tunisia. At right are Murray Hill crewmen and two Swiss missionaries they met in a Korean village. Standing (I to r), are Creed, AB; Fla­ herty. OS; Fish Rubery, bosun; Fr. Joseph; Blackmore, AB; kneeling, Fr. Max and Donovan, AB. • S-- Urges Posting Of Hosp. List To the Editor: I have just been reading the letter that my good friend Dave Barry had in the LOG (Nov. 23) about the guys who talk about going to visit their friends in the local hospitals while they're in port but who never get around to it. It was a very good letter, and I know Dave meant right, but it is not always the boys' fault. I have been in here [San Fran­ cisco USPHS Hospital—Ed.l five weeks now and my name has not been in the LOG yet. So very few of my friends who hit port even know I'm here. Therefore I was wondering if it would be possible to have a board posted in each of our halls listing the names of the men in the local hospital after the first week so we would know who is in. I am sure then there would be a lot more visi­ tors. We don't forget friends easily in our Union, and I have plenty of proof of that. Provided TV Set A buddy I only made one trip with, night cook and baker Dave Blumbo, brought a TV set out to me to keep as long as I am here. Believe me, it not only helps me pass the time, but also my ten room-mates in this ward with me. Last week another buddy, Schmidt from the Fairport, sent me some money, and George the cab driver paid a couple of visits, so you see, they don't forget. I also want to say how much the money from Blondie Johnson helps out, and howproud it makes you feel to be a member of the SIU. I thank one and all for their kindness. Frank B. McCoIlian [I h Kl" • I i\. -T • I 'h r t-'' I 51^'. I L."' • ^'• I.fv - : • r• i, *?>.,; S-; ??,. V - •' • fe-. '.'^ jiV-' W..,', 5. .. • 1-^ • 1i '<i':r:''f-:[ Sit:' - • ® :• (Ed. note: Brother McCollian was listed among the Seafarers at the San Francisco USPHS hospital in the Dec. 7 issue of the.LOG, published a few days before his letter was written. There normally is a two-week lag between a man's entry in the hospital and the report to the Welfare Plan in New York, ivhich then prepares the list for the LOG. A list posted on the spot in each port could fill the gap.) i 3" 4» Foreign Coins Breed Trouble To the Editor: I just wanted to warn the brothers to avoid the same prob­ lem I had a couple of weeks ago after the last SIU membership meeting in New York. It seems I accidentally pulled out some Letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be icithheld upon request. foreign coin I had in my pocket along with a couple of subway tokens and dropped the "for­ eigner" into the slot. Needless to say, because of this I was pulled in by the po­ lice and had to go through a whole rigmarole until Irving Logue from the SIU General Counsel's office was able to straighten things out. Thanks to him for his trouble. Since we often wind up with a pocket full of loose foreign coins by the time we return from a trip, an accident like this is not too unusual. But it just doesn't pay to take the chance. It makes sense to clean them out of your pockets before you try traveling on New York's sub­ ways. Ernest Caligiura Polio Coverage Worries Wife To the Editor: In the event a Seafarer's wife or other dependent should have the misfortune to contract polio or some other dread disease, just what coverage would be available under the Seafarers Welfare Plan? This is assuming the Seafarer has qualified by meeting the seatimc require­ ments and in any other way nec­ essary, Mrs. E. J. Thibodeaux, Jr. (Ed. note: Eligible depend­ ents under the SIU Welfare Plan are covered for polio the same as for any other illness for time spent in the hospital. Any need for specialized equipment would be decided by the plan trustees in each case, as neces­ sary.) On Sidelines, He Hails SIU Gains To the Editor: I am attending Coyne Elec­ trical School in Chicago and it is hard for me to get out to the Union hall as it is on the oppo­ site side of the city from here. I would appreciate it very much if you would send the LOG to me as I would like to keep up with our Union's achieve­ ments. I read about the new raises and vacation benefits and I say hats off to the negotiating com­ mittee and our officials, in be­ half of all hands. The SIU is always tops. If any of my former ship­ mates read this, I hope they'll drop me a line at 1416 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Wade B. Pritchett i J" J- Hails Delegate On 'Peace' Role To the Editor: I deem it a great honor and privilege to nominate as "Sea­ farer of the Month" for Decem­ ber, or some month in the near future, Brother A1 Perrini, who now makes New York his home and ships out of headquarters. His handling of the deck dele­ gate's job aboard the Sandcaptain was very neat and efficient. If you're ever elected to this position aboard a dredge, you'll know what I mean when I say it's complicated. It's like a game of chess; one wrong move fouls everything up. From the time he took over, though, there were no beefs as far as the division of overtime was concerned and very few in­ volving "personalities" also. Normally quite a few grievances resulted fi-om the division of overtime and it can be a big bone of contention. But not so on here, fortu­ nately, with A1 on the job. Well done, Al. Clarence L. Cousins At Ease, Men Avoids Atlantic, Takes Vacation To the Editor: Since I've been a victim of the North Atlantic damn near every winter, I finally decided to take a winter vacation. Be­ lieve me, it's nice and warm down here in Brownsville. I arrived in town just in time to vote the wrong way—at least ten million more Americans seemed to think so. Oh well, maybe we'll all get a chance to play golf. I also got a chance to see our Brownsville Eagles wind up the season deep in the cellar. It seems they adopted the Olympic motto. "Even if we don't win, we'll play," it says here. No wonder Bud Wilkinson never made the Olympic team. Happy holiday to all my ship­ mates and friends at this time. Ollie Olvera S* Cheer-Up Visit Was Appreciated Shipmate's camera fo­ cuses on bosun Vincent L. Stanklewicz (left) and carpenter George L. Hays Jr. catching a breather on the deck of the Seamar. The. boys look like they've had it. Photo by H. G. Horo­ witz. To the Editor: All hands at the New Orleans marine hospital were very pleas­ antly surprised recently when "Beverly" honored us with her presence. If the name seems unfamiliar for the moment, the pretty lady is one of the very friendly and efficient barmaids at the "Punch and Judy" Bar at Dauphine and Conti, New Orleans. Her visit was in the capacity of personal representative of our good friend. Brother Savoy, \vho is the proprietor of the "Punch and Judy," one of our favorite refreshment establishments and well-known to all merchant seamien way down yonder in New Orleans. Brother Savoy's and Beverly's efforts to cheer up the gang at the hospital with baskets of lus­ cious fruit were deeply and sin­ cerely appreciated and will not be forgotten. Donald D. Dambrino �•• January 4. 1957 Fare Fifteen SEAFARERS LOG Charles E. Spencer • Drawing SIU disability benefits for the past two years, he's now in Birm­ ingham, Ala. • A 5- •; William Johnson Retired now in New Or­ leans, "I pray for my brothers in the far cor­ ners of the world." illlHi: < Roland Rae "Feeling better," he's in Miami, still under a doc­ tor's care but "making improvement." August Stelnmann "Getting along fine," at home in Maspeth, LI, NY, "but not as spry as I used to be." Dad Nemesfo QuTnones ihored vaeotlon last fummer with Yvonne, 7\ Guillermo, II/2I Junior, 8. and Augle, 8, at Bronx, NY, home. They mix maracot with Daseball mitti. Charles R. Lucltle hit the {ackpot when sons William and John arrived Sept. 6. He got $400 In baby benefits. William Guilford Sidelined since 1954 in Prichard, Ala., "will be forever grateful to the SIU brothers." Benito Candamlo Sends greetings to all SIU brothers from Tam­ pa! "No words can ex­ press my thanks to you." A happy hot-rodder Is Ricordo Gonzales, 2, son of S eqfarer Jesus Gonzales of Texas City, Texas. "RIchy" Is partial to fast cars. �'1^ •'••• ; ^ •• " SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • Steady improvement in shipping, contract conditions and vacation and welfare benefits highlighted the SIU record in 1956. The strong comeback made by the maritime industry and prospects of continued upsurge present a cheerful outlook for Seafarers in the months to come. All in all, 1956 was notable for the num­ ber and extent of new and improved bene­ fits won by Seafarers. To begin with, the SIU negotiated a 7.1 percent increase for all hands in its new agreement. Then it won the first logging limitation ever to exist in a maritime union contract, putting an end to loggings except for actual time missed from work. , Vacation Now $260 Vacation pay was increased to an annual rate of $260 a year and family hospital benefits extended to dependent parents of • Seafarers. In addition, the family benefits were extended past the 31 day limit and the death benefit was raised to $4,000. The health and safety program, first ne­ gotiated in 1955, will soon take effect. The first health center in New York will under­ go a face-lifting within the next few weeks and will be ready to operate as soon as equipment is installed. Several companies have already undertaken the safety program on board their ships. The shipping picture had been good all through the year, thanks in part to the successful campaign waged on behalf of the "50-50" law. But with the eruption of fighting in the Middle East and the closing off of the Suez Canal, the world again turned to the US merchant marine to bail it out of difficulty. Many Lost In Ship Disasters t The marine industry had more than its share of disasters last year, with Seafarers suffering heavily as a result. The most spectacular one was the colli­ sion off Nantucket last July 23 between the Italian liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish ship Stockholm. Fifty lives were lost and many more injured in the colli­ sion and the sinking of the Doria which followed. The collision turned the spot­ light on the lack of international ^enforce­ ment of ship tracking and rules of the road. For Seafarers, the worst disaster was the explosion of the Salem Maritime on Janu­ ary 17 with a toll of 21 dead, 13 of them SIU men. An engineer was killed and 11 Seafarers injured when the Alcoa Corsair caught fire October 6, and the same month saw five Seafarers injured in an explosion aboard the Government Camp. Less costly in human loss, but equally serious otherwise were the loss of the Fairisle in July after a harbor collision and the sinking of the Washington Mail, manned by SIU of NA West Coast affiliates. That ship went down in the Gulf of Alaska last March, with all 60 aboard being rescued. Two other SIU ships, the Alcoa Pilgrim and the Elizabeth, suffered damage in New York harbor collisions in December. Finally, there was the startling explosion of the Luckenbach pier in Brooklyn which shook Brooklyn and New York for miles around and took the'lives of ten people. 50-50' Vicfory DC Highligfit Washington was the site of a major mari­ time victory last spring when the Senate voted 57 to 23 in favor of keeping a "50-50" provision in the agrciultural- surplus dis­ posal program. The vote crushed the strongest effort made by a combination of foreign lobbies, the State Department and some domestic farm Interests to destroy "50-50." Another capital city, Baton Rouge, La., saw Seafarers play a leading role in a suc­ cessful bid to repeal Louisiana's "right to work" law. The SIU initiated and won two test cases on unemployment insurance in the past year, one in Delaware, the other in Ala­ bama. In both instances the Union won -decisions that the application of the 60day contract provision to class B and C seniority holders did not deprive them of their right to unemployment benefits. terial derived from them has been of con­ siderable usefulness in setting up the ship­ board safety program, now getting under­ way. , / Of great importance to the membership were the modifications of the seniority hir­ ing rules which opened the way for some Class B members to obtain class A senior­ ity at an earlier date. The new rules, nego­ tiated with the shipowners, reflected the steady growth of shipping opportunities for Seafarers. Seafarers walked off with fofir of the five Seafarers Scholarships awarded during 1956. They also won two of the MEBA Severs Ties With NMU A successful industry-wide strike bjTthe SIU Canadian District and the regrouping of forces by the marine engineers were the highlights of the maritime labor picture during 1956. As the result of an eight-day tie-up of Great Lakes shipping last May, the Cana­ dian District won a major contract vic­ tory and picked up 16-19 percent wage hikes, plus other gains, for 5,000 unlicensed seamen and officers of affiliated unions. The marine engineers' realignment came last month when the Marine Engineers Ben­ eficial Association severed a 20-year tie with the National Maritime Union and pulled out of the AFL-CIO Maritime Com­ • mittee. ' The MEBA, together with the Mas­ ters, Mates and Pilots, are united in pro­ testing American Coal Shipping's refusal Action was taken on several matters of to sign with the officers' unions. It was concern to the membership last year, in­ NMU's refusal to back up MEBA on this cluding amendments to the SIU constitu­ beef which led to MEBA's withdrawal from the maritime committee. tion. The constitution was modified to spell out more specifically the qualifications for office and to revise the balloting and tallying procedures. The amendments were ap­ proved by a 97 percent margin in a refer­ endum vote. The, last 12 months has seen the mari­ Members of SIU steward departments time industry break out of its conventional participated in a major overhaul of steward patterns of operation and go steaming off department working rules which redefined in half-a-dozen new directions. the duties of each rating and revamped Most significant for the industry's fu­ departmental procedure. ture was the go-ahead given on US plans Earlier in the year, the Union con­ for construction of a nuclear-powered pas­ ducted a shipboard safety quiz, sending questionnaires to cerwmembers to get their senger-cargo ship. But that wasn't all. The closing of the Suez Canal vastly suggestions for shipboard safety. The ma- Members Act On Union Affairs Revolution In Shipping 99 Seafarers Died In Year As always, the grim reaper was active throughout the year 1956 with the result that 99 Seafarers died of various causes during the year. Contributing heavily to the total was the loss of 13 men aboard the ill-fated Salem Maritime last Janu­ ary 17. ^ Among the men who passed away were several who were active in the Union and well-known to Seafarers. They in­ cluded Pete Larsen, former doorman aL the New York hall in whose honor the first SIU health center has been named; Tom Clark, former New York patrolman; E. B. Tilley, who was active in many Union capacities, the last being Wilming­ ton agent, and Frank Bose, headquarters patrolman. Others known to Seafarers who passed away in 1956 were Fred Howe, head of the Radio Officers Union; George Novick, SEAFARERS LOG editor for seven years, and Joe Heath, AFL-CIO regional director for the Maryland-Virginia area. Seafarers Prove Top Scholars speeded-up plans for transformation of the oil hauling industry, with numerous com­ panies planning supertankers up to 100,000 tons capacity. Also significant were developments in the "roll-on" and "lift-on" field with the Carib Queen, first true "roll-on" ship now going into service, and Pan-Atlantic pioneer­ ing in the "lift-on" service with four com­ bination tanker-trailer carriers hauling both oil and dry cargo. Two major SIU operators. Isthmian Lines and Bull Lines, were sold to new owners in the past year. Both of them are retain­ ing their identity and their existing opera­ tions. •^ ^ _ three scholarships, for study abroad, of­ fered by the Institute of International Education. This was the first time that any US labor union had more than one winner at a time in this competition. The four Seafarers winning the scholarships awarded by the Seafarers Welfare Plan were George Butenkoff, AB, Jeremiah O'Neil, AB, Herman Sper­ ling, AB, and Earl Laws, chief electri­ cian. Anne Virgin, daughter of Sea­ farer Claude A. Virgin, Jr.", won the fifth scholarship. Seafarers Gene Sinclair and John Sweeney won the international scholar­ ships for study at Ruskin College, Ox­ ford, and Coleg Harlech, Wales. Aiding Other Trade Unions During 1956 the SIU continued, as in pre­ vious years, to back up the beefs of other labor unions. The International Union of Electrical Workers, the International Broth­ erhood of Longshoremen, and smaller un­ ions in the various SIU ports received SIU help both on the picket lines and else­ where. In Baltimore, the SIU was particularly active in aiding lUE members striking West- s inghouse. The 156-day tie-up, the longest major, strike battle, in the last 20 years, ended with a new contract in which the key issues were in lUE's favor., • , The SIU also continued! to give its full support to the IBL in its campaign to oust the discredited International Longshore­ men's Association from the port of New York and bring genuine trade unionism, under the AFL-CIO banner, to New York's longshore workers. Suez, Seaway Tops In News The international waterways were promi­ nent in the news—one because it was closed and the other because it is heading for opening. The Suez Canal attracted the most atten­ tion when it was shut following an inva­ sion of Egypt by Israeli, British and French troops. The British-French action in Octo­ ber followed seizure of the canal by Egypt. The canal is now blocked by scuttled ships which are now being cleared. The St." Lawrence Seaway is the water­ way heading toward an opening and a new deep-sea transatlantic route. Indications are that the Seaway will be ready for the 1958 spring shipping season. �? -T fEAPAKERf lOft-tnd Itetl«ii-Jaiiuary 4. IfSZ Dfts-lA •'f'V''" '.•'^•\jj .'f/, . p.ii/rfj. V-.-- CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union A&G District AFL-CIO •4I« EFERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED Protection of the rights and ptTvileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union, The right to vote. :-.tr • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall he bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. -• •••M.,-:?*/-. H\- • ,;;.us .5..-'A^-' . M--- • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. The SIU constitution has been hailed in and outside maritime and labor circles as an outstanding example of trade union demo cracy. Here are a few of the many reac­ tions to the document from members of Congress. Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.: "... I have looked over the constitution and offhand it would appear to be emiently fair and just. I was particularly interested in the fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full membership of your organization." Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am particularly impressed by the pro­ visions of the constitution providing for a trial committee to hear charges against members, and guaranteeing the tradi­ tional American rights to representa­ tion, cross-examination, and confronta­ tion by the accuser ... I am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn in the spirit of democratic trade union­ ism. Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The constitution seems to me to be an extremely democratic one and I am im­ pressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I ap­ preciate your sharing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons out­ side the ranks of your own member­ ship." : - �Snpplementary—Page Two SEAFARERS LOG CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL-CIO .. . . -iif- . • , .-."i-T W: ;• PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, based upon the following principles: Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing in the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ men to receive their employment through their own Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. That it is the right of each member to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. Next, IS the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ ful manner by those in command. We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ ance to our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to maintain the kno\vledge of and interest in maritime affairs. To assist seamen of other countries in the work of organization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—^an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise meet to actt that meetinjgs tan be'.attended, by only a I,:;: -r.f'A- !• •' • " 1 ' I'- fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this constitution. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS In order to form a more perfect union, we members of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the at­ tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable: I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. II Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote No one shall denrive him of that right. III Every member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and to hold, office in this Union. 'V No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ out due process of the law of this Union. No member shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the trial of any proceeding in which he may be charged with failure to; observe the law of this Union. Eyery ofticial and job holder shall be bound to uphold, and protect the rights of tvety member in accordance with the principles set forth Jn the Constitution of tke Union. , •. , \r,. Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial com­ mittee of his brother Union members. VI No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and'similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perfprm. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the, following oath of obligation; ' !:• ^PBLIGATfON "1 pledgtejipy honor.^s ^ jnap. tl^tJ,win'be,faiUif!^ id# fo ofbf . I'K - I �' • -'V/. SEAFARERS ItiiiB Union, and that 1 will work for its Interest and will look upon every menib» as my brother; that 1 will not work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons not entitled to know it. And if I break this promise, I ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ rears in dues, or more than three months in arrears in as­ sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ pended, nnd shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if. they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments or unpaid fines. This time shall not run: (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or iockout. , (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS Hospital. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further provided he applies for -reinstatement within tiO- days after discharge from the Armed Forces. ,(e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues because of employment aboard an American fiag merchanl vessel. Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It shall be the right of any member- to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ ship.' A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ sary to decide^uch questions. Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote^rules under which dues and assessments may be remitted where a member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and ali policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ dence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings. Section 9. Only members in good standing shall be al­ lowed to vote. ARTICLE IV REINSTATEMENT Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated In accordance with such rales as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE V DUES AND INITIATION FEE Section I. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ ter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional amendment. Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ mitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE VI RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP .Section 1. Members may retire from membership by paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow­ ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ quest, and dated as of the day that such member accom­ plishes these payments and request. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ riod of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six months or more shall be restored to membership, ex­ cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing.and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement, iqcluding those for the current quarter, and ail assessments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. Hectlon it. A mCmber In retirement may 1>e restored to membership after a two-year period of retlrenaeni only by majority vote of fhO membership. LOG Seettoa 5. The period of retirement shall be computed front the day as of which the rellremeat card is issued. ARTICLE VII SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION Section 1. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be governedt in this order, by: (a) The Constitution (b) Majority vote of the membership Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the SecretaryTreasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by ' majority vote of the membership to be held during the month of August in any election year, as set forth more particularly in Article X. Section 1-D. Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and Patrolmen,' as provided for herein, and the Port shall bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port Offices are located. Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be. regis­ tered in one of three departments: namely, deck, engine, or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ ments shall be in accordance rwith custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ partment to another except by express approval as evi­ denced by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE VIII ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and one or more. Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. ARTICLE IX OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tion: (A) Meeting Chairman <B) Delegaten (C) Committee Members of: (a) Auditing Committee (b) Trial Committee (c) Quarterly Financial Committee (d) Appeals Committee (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ tution. ARTICLE X DUTIES OF OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND OTHER ELECTED JOB HOLDERS Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Constitution. (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, port or otherwise. (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, and nSaintenance of, sound account­ ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and "ex­ penditure of all Union funds. Port vr otherwise. He shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the financial operations of the Union for the previous week. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerstions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ bership, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of New York, Nem Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, subject to. approval by a majority vote of the membership. The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities of all Ports. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ ship, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. At the first regular meeting in August of every election year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ ship a pre-balloting' report. This report shall recommend the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a niajority vote of the membership. (e> The Headquarters of the Union shall be located In New York, tte Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port Agent of that Port (f) The Seeretary^Trehnirer shall be ^alrma^h of the AgmUif Cqoference and may cast one vote. Supplementary—Page Three (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of hl> powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by a majority vote of ;he membership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ tion,'and prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita-. tions set forth in this Constitution. (j) Immediately after assuming office, the SecretaryTreasurer shall designate one of the Assistant SecretaryTreasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ capacity. This designation may be changed from time totime. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions " of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a vacancy in the office of Secreta;2'-Treasurer, as set forth in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by temporary appointment except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of a replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date, by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and all measures, and employ such means, which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters Involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and public affairs. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be determined as follows: That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes in the last regular election shall be the first in line of succession. The next in the line of succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in tljat election. The next in the line of succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes. The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed to be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Secretpry-Treasurer in the execution of the letter's duties as the latter may direct. (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote in that body. Section 3. Port Agents (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the administratipn of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by a majority vole of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to ' insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accoimting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ structions, shall open each Port meeting- and shall deter­ mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing contained herein shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a majority vote of the> members present at the said Port Meeting. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Agents' Conference. (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, regardless of the departmental designation under which the Patrolman was elected. (h) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The-foregoing is in addition to those other duties prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. Section 4. Port Patrolmen Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties art assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meeting Chairmen (a) The chairman of «ach meeting at any Port, including the Port in which Headquarters Is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under rules of order ptovided for, from time to time, by • najori^ vote of the menxbershlp end, K uoae, then m �W' ivA. Supplementary—Paffe Four m nl---. I' . ^r- B- 4v. / such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. (b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the •vent of a tie. (ci The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. Section 6. Delegates (a) The term "deleEates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. (b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees <a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is located shall also audit the SecretaryiTreasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. (b) Trial Committee The Trial Committee shall co.:duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution' with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. <ci Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly "thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Fort, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec­ ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. 3. All Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. tdi Appeals Committee 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop'.d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith 2 The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as,may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and*submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for itself provided permission by a majority vote of the membership "has been obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the same manner above .set forth. 4 In no event .shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner, without the approval of the membership of the Union a.s evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship 5 A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of, entry into a strike, provided prior authority, as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership, is SEAFARERS LOG granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the membership shall decide when a strike shall begifi. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind­ ing on all members and other persons affllated with this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or all of a strike plan. ARTICLE XI WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS, UNION EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall be held for a term of two years: Secretary-Treasurer Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Port Agent Patrolman Section 2. The term of any elective jobs''other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the I'nion, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shaP be determined from time to time by a majority vote of the membership. Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote'of the membership, all other classifications of employees of the Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer, Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems It neces­ sary in the best interests of the Union. Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a majority vote of the membership shall be followed. ARTICLE XII QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman, provided: ,(a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels; If he Is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the Union for at least two (2) years Immediately prior to his nomination, and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America, Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord­ ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in good standing. Failure to do so shall result in Ineligibility to held such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity with regard to such office or jo*), ARTICLE XIII ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS AND PATROLMEN Section 1. Nominations Any member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ lowing: ^ (a) The name of the candidate (b) His home address and mailing address (c) His book number (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman (e) Proof of citizenship (f) Pi-oof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election year Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at Headquarters Port. (b> After Its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine Whether the petom has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepai;* a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. ' Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find­ ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated ' in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee' members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports In time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting. It shall be read and Incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Bulletin Board in each port. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to Insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear In person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram Is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before It and still reach the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall. In the case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any di^ qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event, the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right, to con­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified In previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all the require­ ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedure. <a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall Insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not Inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of Ports Is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so-prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting dates thereof, (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shaU immediately execute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for in­ spection of the same at Headquarters. (c) Balloting shall take place In person, at Port Offices, and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to the member who shall thereupon sign his name on' a separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near thfr roster and the member shall proceed to the voting site, (el Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the e8tliiiH'^^'' �SEAFARERS , / Hshment of a booth or other voting site where each' mem­ ber may vote in privacy. " (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ^allot^ box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. <g) Voting shall commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, . as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each Port shall yelect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voti^day, a Polls'Committee, consisting of three members, for the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each Port. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with'recommendations by the Secretary-Treasure^-. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article I. (c> The Polls Committee shall also insure mat the ballot box is locked and sealed, wl^h lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated'with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrqcy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member " of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with his book number next to his signature. The Committee shall also place the date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that-the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It .shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to the Polls Committee the following morning. In addition, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of the roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall keep the rosters, ujiused ballots, ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall insure that nrf person illegally tampers with the' ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall, be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarters. (f) Members of the. Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee meinber with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, Protests, and Special Votes. LOG (a> A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after the close of voting at each Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each of the three departments of the Union. In the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes decorum, it. shall open the ballot box or boxes, count the number of ballots therein contained, and count the number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place ail ballots therein in a sealed envelope, together with a certification signed by ail members of the Com­ mittee that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall also forward to Headquarters, in the sanft package but bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack­ age, but bound separatefy, the Committee shall forward to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with a cer­ tification, signed by all members of the Committee that ail the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem­ bers of the Committee, that ali the stubs collected by the Cqmmittee are enclosed. It shall be understood that Ihe above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. Wherever forwarding is not don® in person, forwarding shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ tions. (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as the Headquarters Tallying Committee. .The Headquarters Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ ancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. Ail members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who ciaims an illegai denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest vaiid, the Committee shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and the designation as to the voting site of the Port most coitvenient to the protesting member. Where a special vole is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, these terms shall apply, notwithstanding apy provisions to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent to its election and shali complete its proceedings within two weeks thereafter. Each member .of the Committee shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate-of pay. The proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. (e) The report of the Committee shail be made up in sufficient copies: to comply with the following require­ ments; two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f» At the Election Report meeting, there shall b.e taken up the discrepancies, if any. referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ on, if any, which action, however, shall not be beyond ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall apply to all members appealing from denials of their pro­ tests by the Headquarters Tallying Committee, which ap­ Supplementai7—Page Five peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, In which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and his book number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protestmg mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc­ curred. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ tions of the' Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5-C of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals with the terms of such special vote. Port Agents shall officially notify Headquarters, imme­ diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the foregoing. Headquarters is charged with adequately and timely informing affected members of the decisions reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ senting report has been issued by one or more members of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days after the Election Report meeting. • The Secretary-Treas­ urer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn special votes. Immediately after the close of such special voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in the same package, but bound separately. An account­ ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast'for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ didates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected S'ecretary-Treasurer, Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he dftes not assume office within 90 days, the line of succes­ sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, and Patrolman shall take the following oath; "I do solemnly swear that 1 will faithfully execute the duties of of the Seafarers Internationa) Union of North America. Atlantic and Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union and the welfare of the membership." ARTICLE Xn' OTHER ELECTIONS Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday of each week, at 3;00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the financial report for that week. These reports shall be submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for membership action. The Committee shall consist of three members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance at the •meeting, provided that any member eligible to serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shail apply with regard to the Port where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or secoifd regular meeting held after the close of the calendar quarter for which the Committee is to make the required audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to decide ht which of these meetings the election shall take place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Department^ No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or em' ' ml S3 si 'I A �Supplementarj^—Pase Six SEAFARERS LOG <•1- Section 4^ No trial shall be conducted unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem* accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantial evidence to isupport a bers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend ' eligible to serve may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any nAember to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may reconunend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member is available at the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and <b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist, of five members, of which threj such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately Inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port In time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall- be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section IS. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of -'^e evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon tffe accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ tee shaii be elected under such generally applicable rules based'on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dis­ number of witnesses produced. ' sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shaii consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the- ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ Port where Headquarters is'located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom­ vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shaii apply with regard mendations shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shaU contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shaU notify the addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either Li per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set fofth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. in Section 17. .Ser.tfon 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwi'-'!, shall be composed of as • the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Internar many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of. and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a iimit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19. Any 'accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -'ustponement, the Trial As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may bold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with leqpmmendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow­ generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to 'each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem­ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership m any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the membership during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any qrganizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; 'dl Order a new trial after finding that substantial, jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quarters is located and, upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TJIIALS AND APPEALS penalty of expufsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and other member for the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Conkitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse* and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accus'er shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishment may appeal in the f<fl<b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place iowlng manner: seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He*shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not. present these charges at the next regular meeting The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions; those charges to be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or election material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are false; accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he morning. At his request, the trial shall be postppned so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity until the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the" Committee is elected. It shall he thereof, or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written tions which fall within the scope of Union, business: (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges naade statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall Im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent- to him. toy registered mail ad­ dressed to his last known mailing address on file with peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execu­ the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad­ tion of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for. or receiving money for. employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must journments and may request the accused or accusers to appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial sideration. Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be In the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferrfiTg or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike. Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: <a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee shall not make Us own fihd- for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witnesses. . (ai Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the. weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts ofi law but may receive all relevant mended. (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not, (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ testimoivy. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; proper defense. '4n the eveiit Wfe TTial Committee fails mittee- should have been disqualified, or Ibl' that- the ac^' (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official bensath r ouoriim.' ft shall adjouim until a qtiorum does eused was hot adequately informed of the detaUs of the' Union proceeding, or bringing the Unioh into disrepute •xist. ' •Charged foliensey whMb cewIted:lU hii aht'^iivibg* tieeii by hondiict not provided for elsewhere'ih-fiii^ A^cle; • ; '--Si I �SEAFARERS LOG Supplementary—Page Seven (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected holder thereof, is set forth In this ConstituHon, aU refer­ those duly authorised to make such orders at any time. therewith may fie issued and take effect only after ap­ ences thereto and the provisions concerned therewith shaU be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly Section 4. Upon proof of -the commission of any of the proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping acting in such office or job. following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may line of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons make special exceptions or rules for any company or to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year In vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by which elected officials and other elected job-holders are or pay-offs; required to assume office. The first election year shall be (b) Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ a contract or not. deemed to be 1954. ARTICLE XXIII tives at pay-off; Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif- amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in icaily provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes discharging their duties; the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939, asPort shall be six members. (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port amended up through August 1951. (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; Section 9, The term, "member in good standing," shaU shall be seven members. (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean those duly elected or appointed thereto. tive of the Union. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. requirements are met. ARTICLE XXVII Section 7. This Union, and its members, shall not be ARTICLE XXIV AMENDMENTS deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights MEETINGS This Constitution shall be amended In the following to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular this Constitution. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues following night. In the event a quorum is not present at stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of ^he pertinent port shall post­ membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ members, officials and job holders. pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by ARTICLE XVII ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote PUBLICATIONS of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head­ This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ of any future regular meeting. papers. magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed such manner as may be determined, from time to time, only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ of six members, two from each Department and shall be by a majority vote of the membership. ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. elected in accordance with such rules as are established and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act ARTICLE XVIU on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ least two hours in advance, on the Port bulletin board. BONDS tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, ARTICLE XXV otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re­ AGENTS' CONFERENCE on the amendment together with any proposed changes quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents' or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted of the membership. of a majority vote of the menibership, additional Agents' to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a ARTICLE XIX Conferences during the year. The time and place of each majority vote of the membership approves the amendment EXPENDITURES such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret to expenditures to be made or expenses to be incurred majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the membership shall determine when Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in such emergency exists. ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within prepare reports and i-ecommendations on any part of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. ticle XI of this Constitution. such recommendation by a majority vote of the member­ Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly ship shall make the provisions thereof binding Union ballots east, the amendment shall become effective im­ apply to the routine accounting and administrative*pro­ policy, until modified or othenvise altered by a majority mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned vote of the membership provided such recommendation Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitu­ has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ tion. amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately sede. to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles ARTICLE XXVI notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ X and XI. DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ment. ARTICLE XX RELATING THERETO ARTICLE XXVIII INCOME Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this .\rticle ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ illness or condition preventing the affected person from to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations tributions. loans, interest, dividends, as well as income carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence derived from any other legitimate business operation or from the United States; or suspension from office or and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to other legitimate source. membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. operations and activities conducted in accordance with this liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and ceipt. be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ time during which the circumstances exist. and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in vided that: Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with accordance with the provisions hereof. (a) The ballot must be secret. herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and (b) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, jority of the valid ballots cast. and shall include failure to perform the functions of any the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, of this Union shall be applied succe.ssively to the mone­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in ac­ permit systems, reinstatement proeedures, and any other tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect be calculated accordingly. the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions ARTICLE XXI official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This hereof. PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For cluding those with regard to admission into membership, provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder membership. By majority vote of the membership, the shall refer to a meeting or meetings during the time and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident period within which a vote must be taken in accordance accordance with the provisions hereof. to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ with; Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ gations may include, but are not limited to: (a) the applica­ (a) The Constitution tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ (b) Union policy, and others elected as a result of the balloting held by this stitution: (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of (c> Custom and usage of the Union Union during November and December of 1952, shall be the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation In the indicated priority. deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights and hot forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said over members, or be termed a tnember. "majority vote of the membership." shall refer to the offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They ARTICLE XXII majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any shall held office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration • FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES meeting of the Port, rCgiilar or speclaL date of the termik of office set forth herein. The terms of 'Section 1. The forniulatidn of shipiping rules shall iiot . Section '5. The term, "membership action" shall mean Article .Xni, only insofar as they apply to election of be deemed part of any Vbutine'administrative task; Ship- ^ the same as the term-"inajority vote of the membership." Offidals, Port Agents, and Patrolmtn, shall take effect the ping rql.^ governing, the details of the- assignments of Section thp title of-any oCftee° or Job; OP lho«' 'Jlrsl election year. ' T I •M "4 ••j: I •§\ �SnpplementaiT—Paf* Elflii SEAFARERS LOG V'- SUMMARY of ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: natel'the name of the union and defines its general powers. A nTi/"i c II Aff'l' 1* ^ Provides for affiliation of the AtARTICLc 11—AUlliatlOn: lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers International Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE Ill-Membership: set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE IV—Reinstatement: Gives the membership the right to set rules for rein- statement of dismissed members. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: Sing^^du^es schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ARTICLE Vll-System of Organization; SlTpanments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. ADTI/^I C \/lll Designates the following as elecAKIIVMLC Yin V^lllCerS: tive officers: the Secretary-Treas­ urer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men ARTICLE IX-Other Elective Jobs:r„7,L'?rmtldltgates and members of certain committees must be elected by the membership. ARTICLE X-Duties of Elective Officers: dul^ ol the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reportsEstablishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the mem­ bership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XII—Qualificafions for Elecfive Office: Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. Describes procedure for nomi­ nation to office—^Provides for election of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candidates' eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Estab­ lishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office. Describes the Union's balloting procedure in detail—Pro­ vides for election of Polls Committees to conduct elections and of a district-wide Tallying Committee, including members from New YOTk, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and San Francisco to tabu­ late results^ets forth manner for installation of officers. ARTICLE Xlll-Elecfions: CONSTITUTION ARTICLE XlV-Olher Elections: election ^of meeting chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. ARTICLE XV-Trials and Appeals.member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for appeals. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. ARTICLE XVII-Publications: right to authorize the pub­ lication of a newspaper and other literature. ADTI/"IC VV/III Provides for bonding of officers AKI IL.LC AVIII DOnOS: and employes oLthe Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. ARTICLE XIX-Txpenditures: ship shall determine poli­ cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. ADTI/^I E VV Defines the Union's sources of inAKI IL.LC AA income: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. ARTICLE XXI-Degrees of Membership: rules for affiliation of individuals other than full members must be determined by the Union's membership. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. ADTincVVIII Provides that the quorum for ARI ILLt AAIII L^UOrumS: ^ special meeting of any port shall be six members and the quorum fot a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. ABTi/"ic vvi\/ Sets the time and date for ARML-Lb AAIV MGGlingS: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XXV-AgenT'$ Conference: ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Deflnitions: frequently in the language of the Constitution. ARTICLE XXVII-Amendmenrs • amendment of the Qon* stitution by the membership. ARTICLE XXVIII-Transition ClauietSinrfe^ o? practices and procedures to regulation by proposed Constitution. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 4, 1957 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU PREPARED IN MANPOWER CRISIS CARIB QUEEN BEGINS MSTS TRIAL VOYAGE EX-‘FINK’ SCHOOL TO BE PARK MANPOWER CRISIS FINDS SIU READY; ‘RESERVES’ ON CALL INS. CO’S EYE WELFARE $ NY, OUTPORTS ELECT 14-MAN TALLY BODY 2ND LARGEST SHIP SOUGHT BY SIU CO. BOOM TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT 1957 REPAIR 2 CRIPPLED SIU SHIPS PAN ATLANTIC SEELS BIDS FOR C-2 ‘LIFT-ON’ SHIPS SEE MD. KEY ARENA IN ‘RIGHT’ LAW TEST METRO GETS ONE T-2 OF SIX SOLD BY US IT HAPPENED IN 1956 SUMMARY OF SIU CONSTITUTION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/04/1957 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIX, No. 1  1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f2b0d8709804ace4854f08603dc571e2.PDF d7bb58d25be8fd82ee744b61fdb784dd PDF Text Text ^ARERS JOQ OS'FICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 5. 1945 No. I Hawk, Weisberger To London Meet SIU MAN CAPTURED BY ENEMY SUB—AND ESCAPES Brother Harold R. Lee is a modest guy—so modest in fact that when he sat down to tell his experiences to the LOG he protested that there was no "story" in what he had gone through, and that "after all a lot of men have been torpedoed without any fuss being made over them." But after laboriously prying the story out of him, it was re­ vealed that Lee has probably gone through the most gruesome experience of any seaman ? lir ,..v r L: t> in tills war—and what is more* "They took a group of ten important, he conducted himself Here's Some Advice aboard first, bound them with in a manner to bring credit upon From A "Friend" ropes, stripped them of all their the merchant marine and the rings and money and watches, SIU. So-called "Friends of la­ Last spring Lee signed on an smacked them around with clubs bor" are always full of ad­ and then hurded them toward the SUP ship for the first trip of his vice on how we should run stern deck. One of the boys did­ career, and left, 'Frisco for Aus­ our affairs. One of these n't walk fast enough, so the of­ tralia. After leaving Australia, "friends" of ours recently ficer shot him in the head, and Lee took to his bunk with a vio­ appeared on a platform with threw him overboard. They then lent attack of appendicitis. His AFL President William case was so bad that he would took the rest of us aboard, gave Green, and revealed how he us the same routine, then ma­ have been operated on immedi­ would run a union if he were ately except for the fact that chine gunned the life boats and a pie-card. Here is the advice sank them. there were no rubber gloves given by H. W. Prentis. Jr., "The Captain of the sub spoke aboard. President of the Armstrong Two days out of Columbo, at English with a Brooklyn accent. Cork Company: 7:07 in the evening, the ship got He separated all of our officers "If 1 were a labor leader. torpLdoes in holds'No. 3 and No. and sent them -below. This left I'd stay out of politics, stop 5. Lee, picked himself off the about 95 of us standing on the looking to the government deck and staggered to his lifeboat stern deck with our hands tied. "On the forward deck the Jap for protection, get rid of la­ station as the Captain ordered bor legislation, outlaw the officers had the crew to form a the ship abandoned. closed shop, put my fedth in gauntlet of 8 men on each side. Then followed a night spent in the open life boats watching the Then he came back to us and be­ the boss and think about his profits before asking higher red glow of the slowly burning gan choosing the men to run wages for the workers." through the gauntlet. This took freighter. Toward d^wn the attacker sur­ part on the otherside of the con­ It's Seffe to predict that Mr. faced, coming out of the water ning tower and we couldn't see Prentis won't be pie-carding. like a dripping grey monster. "It what was happening to our ship­ v/as the biggest Japanese sub I mates who were led forward, but overhead and the Japanese offcer we could hear the screams. gave orders for a crash dive. This "On the third trip the officer meant, of course, that the 30-odd chose me. Prodding me with a tied and bound seamen on deck "lii club, he marched me around the were to be sucked down to their conning tower, and then I saw death. the gauntlet lined up waiting for Brother George Kenmore Hess, me. The men were armed with AB, was one of those still on clubs and knives. Half way deck. He had sawed through his through the line lay my two ship­ bonds with his finger nail. When mates on the deck in a pool of the sub dove, Kenmore grabbed a blood. They had collap.sed be­ knife and sawed frantically at fore finishing the gauntlet, the bonds of his shipmates. He is knew that I would never come credited with setting free and through the gauntlet alive, so re­ saving the lives of at least three gardless of the fact that my hands of his shipmates. The rest of them were tied, I dove overboard, were dragged down with the sub. felt a blow on the back of my Lee observed all this from, the head from the officer's club as distance—swimming all the while made the dive. Then everything with tied hands. After the sub blacked out." dove, another period of torture Unconscious from the blow, of a different kind took place. Lee sank rapidly in the water. The few survivers tried to huddle The cold revived him, however, together in the water. Lee's apand he swam underwater with all endix was kicking up like hell, his strength away from the sub. but he never complained. In­ When he came up for air, he stead, he gave a packing box he could see the sub in the distance had discovered to Cully Stone, HAROLD LEE crusing in a great circle as the Navy radio man, who was about ever saw," said Lee. The actual bloody work aboard continued. to go down for the last time. size and the details of its bristling After Lee dove overboard, the Lee swam for 12 hours—part of deck armament are being sup- officers returned to the survivors the time towing a Navy gun crew pr^sed by the Navy Intelligence. huddled aft of the conning tower, member named Butler. In the The sub cruised among the life and continued to methodically middle of the night the sharks bolts, hurding them into one herd the men through the gaunt­ arrived. They attacked viciously si»t, tying them together, and let. when ever the exhausted men lay finally began taking the survivors About sixty men had .been dis­ still in the water for a moment. aboard. Here is what followed, in posed of in this manner when an One man was decapitated, anLee's own words: allied plane suddenly appeared (Continued on Page 4) Brothers John Hawk and Morris Weisberger left this week for London to represent the American seamen in the conference being called by the Joint Maritime Commission of the International Labor Organization for January 8th. The conference will discuss proposals of the various inter-! national maritime unions for an» — • international charter governing nine shipowner's organizations, working conditions in the ships and two members of the governing body of the International La­ of the world's sea powers. bor Office. Hawk, Secretary - Treasurer of The seamen propose a mini­ the Atlantic & Gulf District, and mum wage for all seamen based Weisberger, New York Agent for on rates of £8 a month for an the SUP, were designated as of­ able seaman, £22 10s. for a third ficial SIU delegates by President mate or fourth engineer and Harry Lundeberg, and will speak £16 for an assistant radio officer. at the London conference for all Among their other demands American seamen. They will give are standardized internati9nal fraternal support to the foreign practices governing overtime pay, trade unions in their fight to win war risk bonuses and other ad­ wages and conditions approxim­ ditions to basic pay; continuous ating those held by the SIU in employment, with national man­ America. ning pools and pool pay for men The Commission is composed awaiting assignment to ships; of representatives of nine sea­ standard hours of work with leave men's unions, including the SIU, ashore in compensation for work­ ing a seven-day week when at sea; minimum manning scales; annual leave of at least 12 work­ ing daj's with pay and subsistence allowance; improvements in ac­ commodation and amenities aboard ship; adequate safety measures; improved catering and medical care; comprehensive so­ cial insurance; fuU recognition of trade unions; and modernization of the legal status and rights and obligations of seamen. Hot Breath MORRIS WEISBERGER If you feel a hot breath on your neck nowadays, the chances ' are it isn't' that little blonde "hostess" down at the corner gin mill, but rather your draft board taking a look at the date on your last discharge. Selective Service has announ­ ced that it intends to: 1. Reclassify in 1-A all men up to 38 who left the sea after being deferred as seamen; 2. Grant occupational defer­ ments to men 18 to 38 who enter the merchant marine. The new steps will mainly ef­ fect men over 30 who have been defered, but have either taken a shore job or overstayed their shore leave since getting the de­ ferment. Concerning this group. Col. McDermott, New York City Selective Service Director, said; "Now that they have been de­ fered from military service for a long time, and have acquired the skill as merchant seamen, they ^1 should not be permitted to leave the activity in which they are best qualified to promote the war effort and in which they are vi­ tally needed." ' All local boards are now in the process of "reviewing" all de­ fered seamen, and giving thent the choice of the army or the sea. �„,. "Pv.,r-';,vr™'s-r':.r;.';^»'{»i^ Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS ^ LOG Friday, January 5, 1945 He Don't Say Nothin' — Where's Hitler N ^ Vublished by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Another week has passed with­ out any word from Admiral Land on the vital question of maintainence of union working rules for the war's duration. Land was asked bluntly by the SIU whether or not he stood behind the "Statement of Policy" signed by him at the beginning of the war. He doesn't say yes—he doesn't say no! The shipowners under contract to the SIU are attempting to open to negotiation (and chisel) the working conditions contained in the contracts. The "Statement of Policy," signed by the union and the WSA at the beginning of the war, froze those working rules for the duration. It was on the basis of this protection that the union signed a no strike pledge. We are now asking Land whether or not the WSA intends to see that its operators live up to the Statement of Policy. Upon his answer depends the continuance of our no strike pledge. It is time for him to speak. Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - President 10 J Mai'kct Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m m Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... 339 Chartres St 68 Society St CHARLESTON (9) 220 East Bay.St SAVANNAH 423 East Piatt St TAMPA 920 Main St..... JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St. MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., 45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO 219 20th St GALVESTON PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 405 7 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-12) t Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 —Justice PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. 267 WSA Compares Seamen's Wages In "GI" Bill Survey WASHINGTON, D. C.—Statistical information sup­ porting the principles laid down in the Peterson Bill, HR 5477, extending the Gl Bill of Rights to merchant seamen, has been set out by the War Shipping Administration's La­ bor Agreements Division in a comparative analysis of the rates of earnings and conditions" of work of the merchant marine of able seamen of various coun­ personnel on foreign flag and tries as follows: Base War United States vessels. Country Pay Bonus Total This document, comprising $36 $36 $73 forty pages with an appendix of Argentina 57 29 86 tables on earnings of seamen and Australia 49 49 98 bther data, also deals with unem­ Belgium 25 18 43 ployment insurance covering Brazil 81 40 121 inerchant marine personnel as Canada 17 34 51 provided in the Jackson BiU, HR Chile France 54 40 94 5256, referred to the House Ways Great Britain 56 40 96 and Means Committee. Greece 44 68 112 American seamen generally 62 40 102 fare better than all foreign sea­ Netherlands 19 87 men in matters of hours of work, New Zealand .... 68 58 57 li5 subsistence, bonuses, and war risk Norway Poland ; 56 50 106 insurance. 53 125 178 Foreign seamen are generally Sweden much better protected in regard United States .... 100 102 202 200 to the emergencies of life. All Yugoslavia countries except the United Living Costs Cited States and Canada provide un­ - In presenting this table of earn­ employment benefits for seamen. ings of able seamen, the WSA During the war all the Allies ex­ study cautions, however, that a cept the United States have re­ fair comparison requires that liv­ serve pools and seamen are paid ing costs in the various countries standby wages. Most nations pay be taken into account. It is 100 per cent of basic wages plus pointed out that $50 may go as subsistence in the pool. far in a fcireign nation as $100 in The Dutch have gone much the United States. further. They provide for the un­ The WSA report sets forth employment of seamen after the comparative information on mar­ war on the following basis; Full itime services of various na'tions wages for nine weeks, 80 per cent dealing with hospitalization and of full wages for the next eight medical care, readjustment alweeks, and 75 per cent for 27 Im^ances, provision for depend­ weeks more, depending oh length ents of deceased seamen, disabil­ ity payments, unemployment in­ of service. A table in the WSA /eport lists surance and vacations. wages and bonus for all ratings The Peterson Bill, which em- Editor's MaO Bag Editor, Seafarers Log, Dear Sir: Here are a few suggestions which might serve a purpose if included in the next reprint of "Instructions to Delegates." It doesn't seem to be common knowledge that departmental and joint meetings can be held aboard ship. The wartime conditions as they affect seamen require, how­ ever, that at least one man in each department be kept on watch while the meeting is in session. Toward the end of a voyage, a joint meeting should be held, at which to discuss elegibility of trip cacd men for union books; the different delegates should check the standing of all hands as to union dues; and a. list of repairs needed in the crew's quarters should be drawn up and included in the minutes of the meeting. Two copiies of the list should be handed to the chief mate; one for himself and one for the Port Engineer. At this meeting, all beefs which have accumulated during the voyage should be discussed and entered in the minutes. If these sepm important or of educational value, a copy of the minUtes should be made made for print­ ing in the Seafarers Log. together with any unusual happenings during the trip. The ship's copy of these minbraces the program outlined by the WSA in behalf of merchant seamen, will be reintroduced at this Congress by Represen­ tative Peterson (Dem., Fla.), a member of the House Merchant Marine Committee. The Ways and Means. Commit­ tee will beNurged at this ses­ sion of Congress to act ort the Jackson Bill providing unem­ ployment insurance for maritime personnel. utes should be left with some member of the crew making an­ other trip, and read at the next meeting which is to be held as soon as the hew crew has signed articles. This start - of - voyage meeting will be chiefly for the purpose of getting acquainted and to elect new delegates. While in peace time only full book members had voting powers' in ship's meetings, it may seem advisable nowadays to extend this privilege to probationary members in order to form a quorum. In no case, however, should permit or trip card men be allowed to vote. And when the question of granting books is to be discussed, these last are to be excluded from the meeting. Special meetings should be called whenever necessary— chiefly for disciplinary reasons. Of late there have been cases where stewards have taken men up to the Old Man for laying down on the job. Such action is neither necessary nor good union­ ism. The men in his own de­ partment should be able to straighten out any faker. Call a special meeting, and if he won't come clean bring him up oh union charges at the end of the trip. This recommendation ap­ plies to all departments, and to performers as well as shirkers. Many ships are sailing either without libraries aboard or with libraries which, not having been replaced, are no longer of inter­ est. It's up to the delegates to see that a fresh library is added at the end of the trip^ for often the purser or deck cadet should have taken care of it, but fails to do so. Just ask the patrolman when he comes aboard where to telephone to get the-books replac­ ed. While you're ordering the books, ask for a few batches of magazines. JIM CORSE, No. 6217 •1-^ 'F^SOHals SURVIVIRS OF SS BIENVILLE Get in touch with attorney ilichard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. » • « EMILJOHN CIPAR: Get in touch with attorney Richard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. • '», » EMIL HUPMAN: Your wife is worried about you. Write her at once. * • '« ROBERT KENNEDY: You Jost your discharges aboard the SS Joshua Leach . and they were found by Delegate James E. Roche. They are now at Head­ quarters office; Pick them up. Money Due SS R. M. PEARSON Linen money is coming to E. Hardeman, Barrett, L. E. Bragg, V. Bodine, J. Kreig, McCurdie, J. L. Danzey, and R. M. Gee. Col­ lect at Mississippi Line office in New Orleans. 6 * • SS JOtiNATHON GROUT J. Bucker has one hour penalty time coming Which he did not collect at payoff. Collect from New York office of Mississippi Line. Keep tn Touch With Your Draft Board •Only One Out of F1V6 Can Cdunt on.a | Job Under Selective Service Rules: ^ UnioHs Prtttebt All w �Bfeene > '>• ' Friday, January 5, 194S THE SEAFARERS Page ThxM By BUNKER making every ship, and staying until the last dime is paid, and setting all the beefs right aboard. From my talk with every pa­ trolman here in New York, the ship's delegates are doing a good job and seeing that the overtime is presented in good shape so we can go to work on them. But we are still waiting to pay off a ship without running into some guy all gassed up, taking up the patrolman's time with some phoney beef and then hold­ ing up the payoff when it comes time for him to get his dough. Every brother should lay off this drinking until after the payoff. It helps you get what's coming to you, and also the patrolman who may need all the time he can get to make another ship. JOHNNIE JOHNSON. Patrolman Honor Roll SS Homas Lyons L. Frott R. F. Amachles W. Kenefick A. L. Addison J. Doyle G. E. Swannie Luster W. T. Youngblood V. P. McGuirk A. Walter M. Hall C. Niicking S. H. Zydel L. Almeila R. McDonald - V ."uir- FORE 'N AFT Around the Ports Captain W. Touschean of the SS Cape Coi-win would have in­ Twenty-one ships were paid dulged in intoxicants at such a off by the New York patrolmen time of responsibility. Whatever last week, with nineteen signing the cause of his hoi'ror, Capt. W. Touscheon was pjersistant in his The Calmar office looked like demand that the patrolmen be a patrolman's convention on ejected and that the men would Tuesday. There were six patrol­ payoff without representation and men paying off four ships. The like it. The men didn't like it, Holt, Marr, Gibbs and, Latrobe nor did the men payoff on the paying off two hours apart. The ship. With the exception of one only trouble was that the skip­ man, the crew stood by their pers of a couple of them gave agreement and paid off in • the the crews the wrong informa­ company office the next day with tion on the time, and it took two representation and all their beefs patrolmen the next day to clear settled. Among the ships paid off here up the beefs for the boys that with all beefs settled aboard were not there at payoff time. Patrolmen Coffin, Manners, and were the Marjorie, Griswald, Fisher ran into a skipper Thurs­ Peckham, Emory, and the Whiteday that dates back to the days field. The Cranston Victory had of old. Comes time for the pay­ a number of food beefs, but they off, all the office force are lined wore turned over to Frenchy up in their usual position around Michelet who convinced the the table. The commissioner is Steward that he could get more all set, the money is neatly stack­ cooperation from the crew than ed and the saloon door is opened from the company. There are quite a number of for the men to come in and get their money. Then this modern beefs coming from the men who Bligh lets out a scream of sa­ come in on ships in transit. A botage. When all the excitement number of these beefs are in ref­ had cleared away, the Captain erence to conditions and food screamed out that the patrol­ which cgn be remedied here, if man who was talking to the the ship comes along side for a commissioner must leave the sa­ day or two. Another is men who cred sanctum of the officers' sa­ want to sign off articles. This has been practically an impossibility loon immediately. The Patrolman and the Com­ as men are not available to re­ missioner patiently explained to place the men getting off. the Master that the: patrolmen J. P. SHULER. Patrolman were there for the purpose of representing the unlicensed per­ sonnel and that it was a custom­ The New Year is here and ship­ ary practice. We know that it ping in New York is greater than would be sacrilege to state that ever before. The patrolmen are ,i' LOG WHArS DOING NEW YORK .f-'/ 13.05 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 A Quiet Comer In SIU Lounge /» "these brothers are relaxing in the SIU lounge bstween bouts with North Atlantic storms and Nasi tin fish. Easy chairs and books out of the SIU library make the afternoon pass quickly and restfully. Row about looking over our new library? You're sure to find a book to lit your mood out of the 300 voluthes on hand. ^ « The brothers pictured are (left to right) Willie Toomen Chief Cook; Frank Russo, Ordinary Sea­ man: Frank McLaughlin, Fireman-Oiler-Watertender; and Nathan Middlaton, Chief Sfewatd^ As you know if you were in New York around Christmas, the board was so full of ships there, weren't enough spaces for all of them. There were ships of all kinds: C-2s, Hogs, Lakers, Liberties, Tankers, Victories, and tugs. Any kind of job you wanted. Most of these ships were bound for the fighting fronts—many with vital supplies for the lads who are giving the krauts one hell of a battle over there in the Belgian mud. The boys who are fighting v/ould have liked being home for Christmas. Many of them haven't seen the States for two years or more. They are homesick but they have to sweat it out. A lot of SIU men would like to have been home for Christmas, too. But they knew there was something bigger than Christmas parties and dinner with the folks at home this year. "We didn't dog it when it was really tough in '42 and '43," they said, "so why start now?" They gave up Christmas ashore this year and kept those war cargoes moving. These men are at sea now—in the North Atlantic, tljp "Med," the Caribbean, and the Pacific. They had the Christmas spirit—the right spirit. They knew that the big holiday hasn't started yet. Here's to them! • • • * Manpower Commissioner Byrnes closed the race tracks recently. Now the horse race crowd will know there's a war going on. But what will become of the bookies, the touts, and the jockies? Here's a suggestion, Mr. Byrnes. Send 'em all to Sheepshead Bay and train a special detail to man these Liberties that the Mari­ time Commission is converting into mule carriers. In case you haven't heard, there will be 13 Liberty ships con- ; verted (at a trifling cost of $300,000 each) to carry several hundred tr, mules—and a hundred men. « • • • We suppose these ships will be fitted with donkey boilers to keep the cargo warm. « • • • DID YOU KNOW ... ? Although Switzerland is a nation without a seaport, she does have a merchant marine. At present ten ships fly the Swiss flag. They sail under regulations of the Geneva convention, using the same rules that apply to hospital ships; reporting their position regularly and using lights at night. Crew Reports Good Trip On SS Thomas Lyons This letter is written to bring the membership up to date in re­ gard to the SS Thomas J. Lyons, Smith & Johnson Line. You will undoubtedly recall that last June the crew then on this vessel wrote a letter asking that a Pa­ trolman meet the ship when she came into New York in order to take up beefs about the Captain. The entire-crew, with the excep­ tion of about three men signed off foreign articles in New York by mutual consent, and the un­ dersigned was one of those who took a call off the board to re­ place them. Those of us who answered the call had serious misgivings about signing on, in the light of what the old crew told us, but several of us who had sailed with Smith & Johnson before had a talk with Captain Anderson and we found he was ready to back us up in the event of trouble. On that voyage I was Deck Delegate, as I was on the trip just completed, and together with my brother delegates we proceeded to edu­ cate the Captain as to his rela­ tions with SIU. The upshot of the whole mat­ ter is ^hat he has completely changed in his attitude and dur­ ing these two voyages no single incident hBU occurred that calls for any criticism of him. The best evidence of this is that six of the Deck Dept. and two of the Engine Dept. signed back on for a second trip which we have jiist completed. Knowing how the members feel about our contract with Smith & Johnson, and knowing in turn something of the respect which Mr. Fasick and Capt. Andersen have toward our union, I felt it incumbent upon us as a crew to show our appreciation of that at­ titude by taking the vote, which we did. Needless to say it closed the incident to the complete sat­ isfaction of the Captain. Yours very truly, M. A. DUNHAM. Deck Delegate Book No. 22568 Notice! Reward for first hand informa­ tion of any enemy action in waters between Porto Rico and Mass. in January 1943. Insurance claim for loss of vessell requires such proof. Telephone collect, Parkside 5004, or write Box 904, Reckford, IIL WELSH 8e WELSH, Attorneys •r. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January' 5, 1945 STALINIST FAKERY IN MARITIME IS TRACED Seamen Jeopardize Gains By Listening To Curran And Co. By STEELY WHITE The National Maritime Union is making a coordin­ ated effort to gain control of ESSO and the War Emer­ gency Tanker Companies. This is known not only to the companies but to the SIU membership. However, it is doubtful if the seamen as a whole and even the rank and file members of the NMU realize• the what consequences and impact what the lack of conditions seamen sailing such tankers such NMU control would have on would llave to join the NMU or the marine industry. quit that branch of the industry It is an established fact that whether they liked to or not! the Stalinists within the NMU Those seamen, with the NMU have complete control of that or­ designated as the bargaining ganization and manipulate all agency, and their ships controlled policies that are laid down to the by Communist NMU members, NMU membership with the dic­ would be at the mercy of the dic­ tatorial order . . . "Do it ... or tations of Moscow. else!" It is well known among ship­ We know that these officials of ping circles and labor, men that the NMU have connived with the number one point of the and offered the various shipown­ agenda of the Communist Party's ers very attractive propositions waterfront section has been and in the form of "company-union" is "control of the .-maritime in­ contracts with the NMU's abor­ dustries of all the nations through tion of the check-off system. This the world." This policy was an­ would operate at the expense of nounced by S. Ambrovitch Dridthe men on the ships and militate zo of the Communist Intex'nationagainst them as an economic ale of Labor Unions at the In­ stranglehold. (The latest example ternational Marine Transpoit of the NMU's sell-outs is their Workers Congress held in Ham­ contract with Keystone). burg in 1930. (Mr. Dridzo, under The Communists within the his true name, is today Abraham NMU and in the marine industry Lozovsky, one of the mainsprings have striven only for one thing: of Joe Stalin's "government" in Primary control of the men on Moscow. Another who attended the ships which would mean the the same congress was Thomas economic life and death of the Ray, now one of the mainsprings seamen in their calling. The pur­ of the NMU's so-called "Port pose of this is multi-fold. The Committee," an ardent stooge for seamen, as NMU "members" with Stalin and one of the real orderdues and levies, would financially givers within the NMU.) maintain the programs of the The Communists' tactic has Communist Political Ass'n. (suc­ been simple — for they have cessor to their so-called Party) worked chiefly within the labor both inside, the NMU and in other unions of the various nations— with a particular emphasis on the fields. marine unions — by establishing With signed "contracts" in their "units" within such unions tanker companies — no matter to work from within. Once es­ tablished, the task of such "units" has been "to gain control of the particular union or destroy it to set up a rival organization." And a few years ago the Communists almost gained this goal in the U.S., as within other countries, by striking at opportune mom­ ents and almost paralyzing world trade through partial control of the labor movements in trans­ portation and communications. It is well known that where they have an opposition within a union they will force a strike and immediately sabotage the union's* effort by cunningly reversing their stand and attempting to lay the blame on their opposition for the loss of the strike action. Countless examples of this exist. The union's memberships are al­ ways the goats of this powerseeking mob. They have shown that they care no'* more for the workers than they care about the work­ ers' needs; for the Communists have shown that they will trade with the bosses and the shipown­ ers and play along with them as READ YOUR CONTRACT long as their industrial programs or policies are useful to or assist the Soviet Union. Once this ceases, the Communists stand as a menace and ready to destroy. Recall the early days of the war when Stalin was hobnobbing with Hitler. The NMU officials were crying to high heaven and bitterly opposing all industrial policies and programs to aid the Allies. Bixt as soon as Hitler got on Joe Stalin's toes, the NMU of­ ficials like the rest of their tribe of labor fakers, reversed their stand and since have been busy sabotaging every gain that labor made in the last decade under the guise of assisting Russia. Russia is a vast country with almost unlimited resources and manpower. She is in the act of industrial development as a na­ tion. With that accomplished she will acquire a huge merchant marine to bid for world trade. We can be certain that the Com­ munists will then support Russia against the American seamen with our higher wages and work­ ing conditions, for we will be in competition with Russian inter­ ests. The fact that the NMU has some so - called contracts with some companies would mean nothing—merely scraps of paper. It is not to the benefit of the seamen, nor to anyone else for that matter to be a part of or have business connections with an organization that, is controlled by or partial to the Communist Party. A large majority of the NMU membership aboard the ships are not aware of these things. A few of the old timers know the set up and stay within the NMU hoping someday to be able to oust the Communists and gain member­ ship control over that organiza­ tion. Bitter experience has shown that to be impossible. There is one answer—they are swinging to the AF of L Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, the Union that is fighting for and obtaining wages and conditions and overtime on the job; • iSW'lA KNOW YOUR RIGHTS •? - •• , ,, • ,f. By "FRENCHY" MICHELET The earth has swung full cycle again. This troubled old globe has made yet another lap around the sun. We did most of this trip seated on our fanny at a desk job. We can't say that we like, it though. - More and more v/e have found ourself dreaming of far places. This is the season of resolu­ tion. Let us all resolve to try to have the spirit of goodfellowship that prevails at payoff time and in gin mills under the mellowing influence of a few beers extended to our living and working to­ gether throughout the voyage. We are having quite' a bit of trouble, with several chiseling operators who try to get out of fumigating their ships no matter how lousy they get. They invari­ ably try to give us the old ex­ terminating routine. We don't go for it of course, but it makes for a lot of trouble just the same. We have learned the hard way that fumigation is necessary to get rid of bugs. The only way you can kill them with that goo the ex­ terminator spreads around is to hit them on the head with the can. Several cooks have complained to us about the scarcity of bones for stock. They contend that the beef comes aboard boned and that they are consequently fre­ quently short of material for the stock pot. The truth is that there's actually no shortage at all. A cook must plan ahead that's all. There's plenty of good beef stock in your prime rib stores. Cook the meat with the bone on it if you prefer it that way. Save the cooked bones, they make a fine stock. Open the bones with a cleaver to free the savory juices. Throw them in a stock pot, add a few pounds of lean beef, a few onions and soup vegetables, add several gallons of water and let simmer all day. Strain through a china cap into gallon vegetable cans. When cool, store the cans in the ice box. Remove as much each day as you need for the day's cooking. The fat that will have accumulated on top must not be removed as it protects the stock from souring. By treat­ ing your veal and fresh and smoked ham and fowl bones in the same manner, you can store up a variety of stocks for every occasion. Every time we catch a cook parboiling chickens for soup stock, we blow our cork. Saye the legs, wings, neck and trim­ mings of the chicken for this pur­ pose. Add a little veal stock, a pinch of saffron for color and you have k fine stock for any chicken soup. Always open the legs and other bones with a cleaver to get at the full flavor. If you think the chicken is too tough for roasting, don't boil all the flavor out of it. Cooks who pull this old ship dodge are just asking for trouble. Try this with a tough old hen: Cut up the chicken as for fricaseeing. Wash thoroughly in a collender. Soak the meat in cook­ ing oil for a half hour. Now sea­ son it well with a liberal sprink­ ling of salt, pepper and paprika. Put it in a baking pan with sev­ eral quartered onions and a clove of garlic, cover it with another pan and bake for a half hour. Meanwhile have a mixture of on can of tomato paste and two cans of No. 2V2 tomatoes simmerir , away on the range. After the meat has baked for a half hour, pour the tomato mixture over the chicken and cook until tender. Our cousin, Danny Byrne, wil' soon be in New York after put­ ting almost ten months on the England-France shuttle. We are looking forward to quite a little binge as he will naturally be live as hell after all those fine days on the other side. Danny was the hero of the sweetest setup we., ever ran into on. this good green earth. It was in the spring of '41 that we chanced into Santos, Bra­ zil on the old Arizpa and found that Ds^nny had proceeded us there by a few days on the Del Sud, and that he was head man with "Mussolini," a dark - eyed darling who ran the best gin mill in South America. Imagine breez­ ing into a port and finding that your cousin has full authority to ladle out the cold beer! c a-i'-V-il m I I. Escapes From Enemy Sub (Continued from- Page 1) other had his leg bitten off by the sharks. Finally planes appeared again and dropped life rafts. And two days later a Bhitish trawler ap­ peared and took the men to a small island. From the island they were later taken to Colom­ bo, and. then back to the States where Lee finally Ijad his aperidix removed. And now Lee is ready to ship out again, and is in the New York SIU hall looking for a job. Oh, yes, but there is a hitch. He lost his papers when he was torpedoed. And so he can't take a ship until duplicates come through. And that will take weeks . . . and weeks. In the meantime he is broke. And the draft board is breathing on his neck. The boy's around the.haU are kiddhig him by saying, "Hell, you were better off on that ii*3 raft than you are now. At least you-had emergency rations and could eat." 5 r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/05/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/6e935a8fa5e9e3a5db4eac958c21098d.PDF b413ccd2508b3071ec736e7d62ad5842 PDF Text Text :-i-55S«^a»s5KSE5r.:- Vol. XXX No. 1 SEAFARERS#LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 11 ^J^UE continuing massive buildup of the Soviet merchant marine is a carefully cal­ culated, long-range bid by the Kremlin to gain dominance of the world's sealanes. While U.S. government officicds consistently main­ tain that this Russian goal is not to be taken seriously, the continued deterioration of the American fleet and lack of any constructive IJ,S, maritime policy can serve only to further •> the Soviet Union's ambitions, since they pre­ sent no obstacle to its growing ocecai-going strength. Already virtually independent of the West in the carriage of its import-export trade, Russia is making full use of its own resources—and those of its satellites—to attain a superior globe-encircling shipping Complex, This looming Communist threat is examined in a. LOG feature on Page 9. |U1CT^5036R^^ Govt. Revives FDL Ship Plan Despite Congress Rejection As U.S. Ship Upgrading Block c#nr%/ Paae 3 Story Page 3 story Page M Ise of Foreign-Built Ships On Coast, Gted by PeHey I"'-'- I House Minority leader Ford Hits Govt MarHinie Failure Story Page 2 Story Page 2 —U'- '''JL �Page'Two SEkFAR^RS Jandary 5, 1968' Ld(f House Mmority Leader Ford Raps Govt. Failure on New Maritime Policy Report of International President by Paul Hall WASHINGTON—The House Minority Leader today eharged the Johnson Administration with The new guideline rates for participation by U.S.-flag ships in the failing to deliver in its promise to give "the nation a new maritime policy aimed at rebuilding our carriage of this government's foreign aid cargoes, issued by the Mari­ commercial sea power.' time Administration in December, are further graphic proof that the Representative Gerald R. be satisfied with the status quo participants of the dire need for Administration either doesn't understand the economics of American Ford (R-Mich.) said that Presi­ • 'titude of the Administration as a viable maritime industry and shipping or intends to deliberately allow unsubsidized U.S. operators dent Johnson made this promise ' -r as maritime is concerned. That said "that America cannot exist to starve to death hy depriving them of their due priorities under the three years ago, but, "we are still rttitude is not enough for a na­ without a strong and growing cargo laws of the land. waiting." "Fair and reasonable rates" as stipulated in the Cargo Preference tion that must be on the move," merchant fleet." He added that, 'The plight of Ford said. Act and applied to the first such guidelines set forth in 1957, have Calling for an independent the American merchant marine long since ceased to be either fair to unsubsidized U.S. carriers or Ralph Casey, President of the continues to worsen under the American Merchant Marine In­ maritime agency outside the aegis reasonable in the light of increased operating costs which are con­ of the Department of Transpor­ Johnson - Humphrey Administra­ stitute, also spoke at the seminar tation, Wilson said that "the death sistently underestimated hy the Maritime Administration. tion." When a temporary across-the-board increase in the rates was and said that, "the coming months knell for our merchant marine The House Minority Leader nre crucial" for the maritime in­ granted last November 16, the 10 percent allowed was just the bare made his charges at the Maritime dustry. He stressed the importance was sounded when the Maritime minimum designed to make it possible for companies who were pre­ Trades Department monthly sem­ of getting a maritime program Administration lost its indepen­ viously losing up to $50,000 on a single ^federal aid cargo of surplus dence," and . . . "the most impor­ inar. tarted. "If we miss the next op­ tant thing that maritime needs in grain to India to break even. At the time MARAD assured the indus­ U.S. Shiv Decrease portunity . . . this dying indus­ this country is to regain its inde­ try that a comprehensive "in depth" study of the rate problem would be conducted on the basis of data and cost figures supplied by the Ford said that "It has been esti­ try will, in fact, be dead." pendence." operators and a more equitable permanent rate schedule determined. SIU President Paul Hall, who mated that under the present Ad­ Criticizes Report Only 35 days later, however. Acting Maritime Administrator James ministration's ship replacement '"s also President of the six-milIn a seminar address, Edwin Gulick announced an arbitrary adjustment in rate ceilings under program, the number of U. S. lion-member AFL-CIO Maritime M. Hood, president of the Ship­ which unsubsdized carirers with vessels in the intermediate range of merchant ships of all types will Trades Department, predicted in 15,600 to 30,000 tons cannot possibly hope to operate at a profit. builders Council of America an address to the seminar that decrease from 917 in 1968 to 355 sharply critized a recently pub­ While the new ceilings raise the rates for ships under 15,600 tons the coming national elections in 1979 and that the number of U. S.-flag "dry bulk" carriers will "are of paramount importance to lished government study which by 12.5 percent above the November rates, they limit the middle range the success of the fight to revit­ concluded that the Soviet Union's vessels to rates 26.2 percent lower than those of the smaller type, and drop from 71 to nearly zero." The Michigan Republican as­ alize the maritime industry." Hall rapidly expanding merchant fleet put them in a position worse than they were in in 1963 when the serted that the "Johnson-Hum­ said that Maritime Trades De- poses no threat to the United differential was only 20 percent. Such determinations by the Mari­ time Administrator are surely not the result of careful study. phrey Administration is virtually nartment will be active in every States and the free world. MARAD's high-handed disregard for the rights and very survival He charged that "the report writing off the American mer­ Congressional district across the of this important segment of the U.S. commercial fleet is typical of chant marine in favor of airlift nation, in behalf of a strong mari­ was an ambidextrous booklet the Administration's negative attitude toward our merchant marine which contains not only self-con­ and is gradually reducing this time policy. and reflects its continuing refusal to heed warnings, from both Con­ Representative Charles H. Wil­ tradictory statements but source nation to the status of a minor gress and maritime labor and management, on the conditions of our maritime power in terms of its son, (D-Calif.) told the seminar material of questionable validity." merchant fleet. merchant shipping. HaVhfg^ Vdit^a in Vain for years for a national maritime policy which "The American people and would upgrade the fleet with federal backing, unsubsidized American maritime labor deserve a better shipping companies are still being hamstrung by departments of their deal than they are getting from own government who would prefer to assign U.S. aid cargoes to the Johnson-Hiunphrey Adminis­ foreign-flag ships-than raise rate ceilings to a point where Americantration" . . . "The nation cannot ^ , WASHINGTON—^Representative Thomas M. Pelly (R-Wash.) flag vessels can compete for them profitably. Not only are these carriers being forced to operate at a deficit— has demanded that the U. S. General Accounting Office investigate a waiver of United States navigation laws allowing two German- or not at all—by these unrealistic foreign aid guideline rates, they are being penalized for whatever modernization of their fleets they ac­ built hydrofoils to carry pas­ vessels to and from Morocco. The complished under financial duress. sengers in.San Francisco Bay. Such blatant lack of understanding of maritime affairs and the GAG, which uncovered the viola­ The veteran member of the tion of law, charged at the time requirements of modern commercial shipping procedures—on the House Committee on Merchant that it had "resulted in excessive part of an agency charged with the maintenance and supervision of Marine and Fisheries cited a nav­ transportation costs to the govern­ the merchant marine—is one of the best arguments I can cite for the Two SlU-contracted vessels, igation act which bars the trans­ ment." The SIU, in protesting the prompt establishment of an Independent Maritime Administration. the Minot Victory (Burbank) and port of passengers and cargo by It has become increasingly clear over the years, that without such incident, called it a classic exam­ the Delaware (Oriental Exporters), foreign vessels between any ple of how the American merchant an independent agency, those who man and operate the U.S. mer­ combined to rescue 13 Formosan American ports. He described the marine is being destroyed by the chant marine will be forced to continue existing on the scraps left fishermen, on November 7 after waiver as "just one more example refusal of government agencies to over after disinterested gpvernment departments have taken care of their vessel was battered by of the Johnson Administration their own specialized projects first. typhoon Freda approximately 200 circumventing the will of Con­ respect federal regulations. miles from Manila. gress and the law to build Ameri­ Sea-Land Los Angeles Wins Company Safety Award The Delaware responded to a can ships foreign and avoid using call for help from the fishing American labor." vessel No. 7, Chin Chie Shiang, Pelley was protesting a situa­ a tuna long-liner, registered in tion in which Grumman Aircraft Formosa. The Delaware spotted Company entered into an agree­ flares at 5:35 a.m., a company ment with Blohm & Voss of Ham­ spokesman reported, and at 6:10 burg to build two hydrofoils. Upon lifeboat number two was lowered. Defense Department request, the At 6:40, the first survivors were Bureau of Customs waived the picked up. One of the 13 men law and permitted them to be im­ sustained a head injury, but no ported into the United States. deaths were reported. At Taxpayers Expense Shortly after the men were "The sum total of these moves," picked up, they were transferred to the Minot Victory which took Pelly charged, "has heen that the them to Manila, where they were German manufacturer has gained handed oyer to immigration au­ the hydrofoil know-how which thorities for re-patriation. The Grumman gained at the expense Minot Victory then continued on of the U. S. taxpayer, and which is now being used in competition to Vietnam. TTie Delaware received two with our hydrofoil efforts—com­ messages from the Military Sea petition, I might add, that the Transportation Service, praising Defense Secretary refers to as 'in them for their actions. One, from the interest of national defense.' Vice Admiral L. P. Ramage, head "In the interest of protecting the of MSTS, read as follows; "Your American shipbuilding industry, I rescue of crew of Chin Chie am urging the General Account­ Shiang is noted with pleasure. ing Office to fully investigate this Your actions confirm the willing­ waiver of the law by the De­ ness to aid each other among partment of Defense and who en­ seamen of all nations. Well done gineered this deal." History repeated itself when the SlU-contracted Los Angeles won the Sea-Land safety plaque for the A somewhat similar incident in to you and your crew." The other message of con­ May 1966 revealed that the MSTS second consecutive year, nosing out 29 others in the Sea-Land Service, Inc., fleet. Accepting plaque gratulations was from Rear Ad­ illegally spent nearly $240,000 to from Miss Mary Lee Bryce (center) is ship's skipper, Captain Richard Jensen (fourth from left). Others miral McDonald, commander of ship the private vehicles of U. S. ('eft to right) include E. L. Foster, chief engineer; Frank Lauritsen, MESA; SlUNA Vice President Frank military personnel aboard foreign Drozak; SIU crewmember Al Ringuette, accepting for crew; Captains Robert Riddle and F. R. Mayer. MSTS in the Far East. fiep. Pelley Urges Covt Probe Use of Foreign-Built Ships on Coast SIUCrewsSave13 Fishermen Adrift In Typhoon Freda f �a»BaEwziiw-*sea<i*wa#wtB«^iu<^iiii®i50SUSianxjr''>afii:is'^^ ' January 5, 1968 New SlU'Contraeted Ship Launched I •\ The December I I joint christening and maiden voyage ceremonies for the SlU-contracted SS Baltimore was graced by Mrs. -Margaret D'Alesandro, wife of Baltimore's new mayor. Thomast;D!Alesandro III. The traditional champagne bottle christening, offered by Mrs. D'Alesandro, and speeches and flowers, were the order of the day. Three More Seafarers Ikeased After SfU Engineer's Upgrading yj. SEAFARERS LOG Page Three SIU Raps New 50-50 Cargo Rates As Bloik to US. Fleet Upgrading WASHINGTON—SIU President Paul Hall has denounced as "absurd" and "arbitrary" the new freight rate ceilings for foreign aid shipments set up by the Maritime Administration last month and petitioned the Commerce Department to suspend them immediately. An early meeting with Com­ Hall continued, "that under the nington of MARAD's Maritime merce Secretary Alexander B. (new) rates ... an improved C-4 Promotion office. Trowbridge was also sought to vessel would realize less gross In a separate telegram to Trow­ discuss the problem and consider revenue than a war-built C-4 of bridge, the tramp owners' Indus­ whether a Congressional hearing smaller tonnage with considerably try Rate Guideline Committee was in order. less cargo capacity and efficiency charged that — contrary to what The affected operators are those of operation. The absurdity of they had been led to believe would with ships in the so-called inter­ these rates is further illustrated be the case—they were not con­ mediate weight range of 15,600 by the fact that for intermedi­ sulted before publication of the tons to 29,999 tons. The new ate type vessels of 15,600 tons new rates. "The Maritime Administration ceiling rate for carriage of gov­ or more the new rates just an­ nounced can represent a loss of was exceedingly successful," the ernment aid cargo by smaller some $90,000 per vessel per voy­ committee observed, "if the ob­ ships—15,600 tons and under— age for vessels of 30,000 tons.' ject of its action of December 21 was set at 22.5 percent higher . . . was to serve as a model for "If such policies are allowed to than the one that had been in effect for more than 10 years. stand, we cannot see how the al­ an arbitrary, discriminatory and However, based on MARAD's ready harassed unsubsidized com­ short-sighted rate-making agency." A spokesman for the Com­ theory that the rates for inter­ panies can hope to replace or merce Department acknowledged mediate vessels must be consider­ modernize existing vessels, let receipt of both protest telegrams ably lower because they are more alone build new vessels, and the but said no comment would be efficient and can carry more cargo total effect can only mean further made pending study of the matter. at lower cost. Acting Administra­ loss of jobs for American seamen It is, however, within Trow­ tor James Gulick held the rate for and substantial disadvantage to bridge's statutory authority to this class at 26.2 percent below our nation's trade and other override MARAD and suspend needs. that of the smaller craft. the announced rate ceilings be­ "We strongly urge the earliest cause the agency functions from Upgriading Penalized possible meeting on this matter within his department. Commenting on the wide spread because our nation's shipping in­ in rates. Hall declared that "the Situation Continaes dustry cannot much longer exist idea is absurd and a penalty on Reached for comment on the the guy who tries to get a modern under such abusive treatment with a total disregard of the realities rates in Florida last week, Michael vessel." of present-day shipping opera­ Klebanoff, president of the Amer­ In a telegram to Trowbridge, tions and economics." ican Trampship Owners Associa­ the SIU president registered "the tion, said the new structure "mere­ Urges Agency Halt strongest possible protest regard­ ly perpetuates the inequities that ing the action of the Maritime "We urge further," Hall's tele­ were inherent in the original in­ Administration on December 21, gram concluded, "that no steps terim rates" granted last Novem­ 1967, in setting new rate ceilings be taken by the Department of for full shiploads of government Agriculture or other agencies to ber. (These were a temporary hike of 10 percent which was to grant cargoes. We regard this action waive any government cargoes to some degree of relief to operators as perhaps the most arbitrary to foreign vessels until this urgent until a permanent schedule could date by MARAD in connection matter is resolved." be determined by MARAD— with the establishment of rate Copies of the Hall wire were hopefully, Gulick said, within 90 ceilings because the net effect of also sent to Gulick; Agriculture days. The new rates set up last the new rates is to thwart every Secretary Orville Freeman; Sen­ month came after only a matter effort to upgrade the existing U.S. ator Warren G. Magnuson CD- of weeks and showed insufficient m.erchant fleet, improve efficiency Wash.), chairman of the Senate attention to basic shipping eco­ and provide much-needed new Merchant Marine and Fisheries nomics, the shippers felt.) tonnage for our national needs." subcommittee; Representative Ed­ Klebanoff, who is also a vice "We are advised, for example," ward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), chair­ president of the SlU-contracted man, House Merchant Marine Oriental Exporters, Inc., said his and Fisheries Committee; AFL- group will also protest the action CIO President George Meany and by MARAD and urge that the his assistant. Lane Kirkland; Un­ agency "raise the rates by estab­ dersecretary of Commerce How­ lishing a higher basic rate on the ard Samuels and Maitland S. Pen­ first 15,600 tons of cargo." An additional three names have been added to the list of those Seafarers upgrading themselves to an engineer's license after a course of study at the school jointly sponsored by the SIU and District 2 of the MEBA. A ^ Establishment of the engineer total of 214 Seafarers have re­ training program was spurred by ceived an engineer's license. the growing shortage of licensed Two of the men received a marine engineers aboard Ameri­ second assistant's license, while can-flag ships, particularly as a one is a new third assistant en­ result of the demands placed on gineer. American shipping by the conflict Shukur Mohammed is a new in Vietnam. third assistant engineer after sail­ The SIU-MEBA District 2 train­ ing as an FWT. ing program is the first of its kind NEW ORLEANS —The Fed­ Mohammed is a eral government's failure to de­ native of India velop a national maritime policy and lives in New has caused the SlU-contracted York. He joined Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., to the Union in that seek a year's delay in placing a port in 1961. SlOO-million shipyard order. Brother Moham­ By terms of a subsidy agree­ med is 46 years ment with the government, the old. Mohammed line would ordinarily have to Edward Fahy Fahy LeBourvean award a construction contract for is a new second assistant engineer. in maritime history. It assists en­ replacing certain vessels by the The 38-year-old Seafarer sailed as gine department seafarers to ob­ beginning of 1969. FOWT, since joining the Union tain instruction in preparation for in 1960 in the port of Philadel­ Empty Promises phia. Born in Philadelphia, he their Third Assistant Engineer's The company said that the new license. Temporary Third Assist­ makes his home in that city. ant Engineer's license, or Original merchant marine program-to-be Eugene Le Bourveau is a for­ Second Assistant Engineer's li­ "long promised by the Adminis­ mer FOWT. A newly-licensed cense in either steam or motor tration is still not existent," and second assistant engineer, he is 34 vessel classifications. In addition, declared that until the govern­ years old and joined the SIU in MEBA District 2 members who ment does disclose what new pol­ New York in 1961. Le Bourveau already possess engineer's licenses icies it shall pursue. Delta "must was born in New York and re­ may upgrade themselves to higher exercise due caution before com­ sides in Torrance, Calif. mitting itself to the expenditure ratings. / Engine department Seafarers The training school is operated of substantial sums." are eligible to apply for any of under a reciprocal agreement be­ The contract covers five vessels, the upgrading programs if they tween the SIU and District 2 of providing for a shipbuilding in­ are 19 years of age or older and MEBA. SIU men who enroll in vestment of about $50 million by have 18 months of Q.M.E.D. the program are provided with the steamship firm, with matching watch standing time in the engine meals, hotel lodging and subsist­ funds by Federal authorities. department, plus six months' expe­ ence payments of $110 per week Delta urged deferment of the rience as a wiper or equivalent. while in training. award date until January 1, 1970. Deha Asks Delay In Ship Program y > President Calls Fleet Upgrading 'An Unnecessary Tax Burden WASHINGTON—President Johnson recently indicated that his views on the status of the U. S. merchant marine remain con­ trary to those of leading members of the House and Senate who have long been trying to awaken the Administration to the fact that America's standing as a maritime power is in serious peril unless a government-backed revitalization program is adopted immediately. The White House attitude was reflected in aa explanatory mes­ sage sent to the House with Johnson's veto of a minor ship mort­ gage bill which would have authorized masters of merchant ves­ sels to seek liens for back pay due them and for general disburse­ ments made. Apparently hinting that he had no intention of "allowing the needs of our merchant fleet to interfere with his economy drive, the President declared that the bill would put contractors and suppliers in a position superior to that of holders of preferred ship mortgages. This, he added, "could lead to far greater Gov­ ernment subsidies for the merchant fleet—and place an undue and unnecessary financial burden on the American taxpayer." In view of vital legislation proposed last month in both bodies of Congress for a sweeping maritime program—largely financed by federal funds—to restore the United States to its dominant position in world shipping, this latest expression of Johnson's • position clearly indicates a continued unwillingness to support Congressional recommendations in maritime affairs. �Page Four Ships Trapped in Suei Canal May be Freed, Egyptians Say CAIRO—The Egyptian Govemrftent reported on December 27 that it may be willing to release the 14 ships trapped in the southern part of the Suez Canal since the Mid-east War. In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime them — were sunk north of the Minister Abba Eban was re­ Great Bitter Lake portion of the ported to have told Gunnar V. canal, about 15 miles south of Jarring, the United Nations peace Ismalia, and that an Egyptian envoy, that Israel would be "fa­ dredge was sunk at the canal's vorably inclined" to cooperate in southern end. plans to free the captive vessels. Observer Has Problems No details were given. The SlU-contracted Observer, The trapped ships are from the the only heavily-laden vessel cap­ United States, Great Britain, tive in the southern part of the France, West Germany, Sweden, waterway, may have to contend Bulgaria, Poland, and Czechoslo­ with additional problems when vakia, and include the SlU-conshe gets permission to pull out. tracted Observer. Her operators, Marine Carriers, The chief spokesman for the Inc., is studying the shrinking of Egyptian Government, Dr. Mo­ draft-depth resulting from the con­ hammed H. el-Zayyat, said at a tinuous flow of silt into the canal news conference that his Govern­ and report that dredging may be ment was considering a plan to required. A company spokesman remove a sunken vessel which explained, "We don't know how now blocks the southern part of soon we can proceed into the Red the waterway. Sea, in view of the uncertainty of Shortly after outbreak of hos­ available draft." tilities in June, Cairo announced The Observer had originally that Israeli bombers had sunk sev­ been bound for India with a 27,eral ships in the Suez Canal. How­ 000-ton cargo of sorghum grain, ever, authoritative sources report when the canal closed. The usual that the Egyptians isank the ships 36-man crew was later replaced themselves in order to block the by a 10-man house-keeping detail canal. which is periodically replaced. The Observer is anchored in French shipping companies have reported that five ships—a Lake Timsah, on the shore of barge loaded with cement among Ismalia. Loi^-Range Shipbuilding Program Urged in Maritime Institute Report SEAFARERS LOC Jahnaiy 5, 1968 Maritime Needs Constructive Policy From Govt, Congressman Declares •A SAN FRANCISCO—^There is "a dire need for a redirection and resurgence of federal leader­ ship in the maritime field," Representative William S. Mailliard (R-Calif.) declared here recently, but the Administration's idea of placing the Maritime Administration in the Department of Transportation surely "is not the ^ current vessel replacement pro­ time industry is dangerously ill answer." gram to overcome the growing and the acts of the Secretary of Speaking to an Ocean Trans­ deficiencies in defense sealift ca­ Transportation . . . have given portation seminar sponsored by pability," Mailliard continued. "It me little cause to believe that he the University of San Francisco has been so severely cut back in has developed any understanding College of Business Administra­ the Administration's budget as to or appreciation of the patient's tion, Mailliard pointed out that foreclose this possibility!" malady," Mailliard continued. the President has "for some years" Even more alarming, and bor­ "An independent Federal Mari­ had all the authority needed to dering on national crisis, he said, time Administration is needed to move forward with a maritime is the ironic fact that 95 percent formulate and to submit to the policy but "has failed to do so." of our dry bulk and liquid cargoes Congress a blueprint for the reCalling for an independent —including more than 60 of the vitalization of the American mer­ maritime administration as the 70-odd materials classified by the chant marine. The ultimate de­ best means of achieving the goal government as strategic to our cisions must be made by the Con­ of a revitalized merchant marine, economy—are carried by foreign gress to remedy what is now a the ranking minority member of flag ships. wholly unacceptable situation. We the House Merchant Marine and can no longer afford the luxury of New Approach Needed Fisheries Committee noted that taking time to refute from public "There is, therefore, a dire need in the last seven years maritime forums the trial balloons sent up has continued to decline under for a redirection and resurgence by Executive study groups and three different Maritime Adminis­ of federal leadership in the mari­ Administration officials. trators and two Acting Adminis­ time field," said Mailliard. "We "If we ever hope to face up to trators who, in turn, have served can no longer afford to continue to under 'three different Secretaries sweep our shipping problems un­ and solve our maritime problems, der the rug. This year the House, then such deliberations must be of Commerce. "That works out to an average by an overwhelming vote of 324 conducted before appropriate tenure of office for Maritime Ad­ to 44" passed legislation for an Congressional committes. This is ministrators since 1961 of little independent Maritime Adminis­ the goal that the independent over one year—hardly sufficient tration which is now pending be­ MARAD bill seeks to attain, not­ withstanding press reports to the time to even grasp and gain an fore the Senate. contrary," Mailliard concluded. "Today, the American mariappreciation of the magnitude of the problems facing our maritime industry," he said. Doubts Capability "Because of cumulative neglect and continuing apathy to the mounting problems of American shipping, we face the very real possibility of abdicating our posi­ tion as a major world maritime power," Mailliard declared, and "quite frankly I . . . have serious doubts whether our present sealift capability . . . could meet minimal defense and civilian emergency requirements during a limited war contingency such as Korea." The Congressman predicted that by the end of 1974 the na­ tional defense reserve fleet, which has responded to national needs in Korea, the 1956 Suez crisis and the present Vietnam conflict, will be phased out and "consti­ tute at ^st a statistic on paper, not an effective sealift capability." "We cannot even look to our Tvro More Seafarers Upgrade To Deck Officer's Licenses Two more Seafarers have received a Deck Officer's license after The adoption of a long-range shipbuidling program has been attending the Deck Officer's Training School which is jointly spon­ urged in a report recently released by the Webster Institute of sored by the SIU and the American Maritime Officer's Union. A Naval Architecture's Center for Maritime Studies. total of 20 Seafarers have passed The report, while emphasiz- < Coast Guard examinations for a under a reciprocal agreement be­ ing that there is no simple an­ that: "After an over-all compari­ Deck Officer's license after suc­ tween the SIU and the American son is made between U.S. and swer for alleviating the plight of Marine Officers Union, is the first cessfully completing the course. foreign costs, adjusting for spec­ the merchant marine, unveils a of its type in the industry. Dwight Stepp is a new third ification differences, it remains to six-prong approach that may help consider possible U.S. government mate. He is 51 years old and significantly. joined the Union in Jacksonville aids—in relation to existing for­ Attention is directed to the eign aids—to reduce or eliminate in 1962. Stepp resides in that city need for a national shipbuilding and was born in Oklahoma. He any remaining gaps, before re­ plan—a blueprint for construct­ previously sailed as AB and sorting to direct subsidy." ing "reasonable" numbers of ships bosun. "The most promising types of on a definite timetable spanning Before receiving a second assistance are low loan rates and several years. The report pointed mate's license, Michael Mosack tax relief through higher depre­ out that new ship orders over the sailed as AB. Born in Boston, he past few years have waned con­ ciation allowances and reduced Mosack Stepp now lives in Medford, Mass. The rates." Such financial aid "pro­ siderably. 52-year-old Seafarer joined the vides strong incentives toward im­ Applicants can begin training Survey Suggested SIU in Boston in 1966. provement in shipyard production at any time. The period of in­ The training program, operated struction is determined by each To encourage more efficient efficiency," the report concluded. production in U.S. shipyards, the member's individual ability and study panel also asks for a sur­ knowledge, and the instructor's Brazil Government Officials Visit SIU vey previewing capital investment. satisfaction of his readiness to This would better pave the way take the examinations. The training program was in­ for implementing the construction stituted in line with the SIU's plan. Use of designs applicable objective of encouraging and as­ to mass production are recom­ sisting Mnlicensed personnel to mended. upgrade themselves. The institute recalled that "dur­ " Seafarers can participate in the ing World War 11, the results of course of instruction at no cost multiple ship construction in the to themselves. They will be pro­ United States was outstanding in vided with meals, hotel lodgings terms of output and cost." It and subsistence payments of $110 notes also that "foreign yards per week while in training. have developed their present tech­ This in-training assistance is niques on the basis of United the same as available to engine States experience in those days." department Seafarers who are en­ The report stated that some rolled in the union training pro­ yards have already begun, or plan gram to prepare engine depart­ to start, capital improvement proj­ ment men for their licensed engi­ ects to improve production flow. neers examination. New momentum is needed, the SIU deck department men in­ study group insists. terested in the program should ap­ Forecasting our potential to ply immediately, or obtain addi­ compete with foreign shipyards is tional information at any SIU hall, complex, the report said, for prior to this a comparison of plans and SIU Headquarters played host to Dr. Francisco Amaral of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies last week, or directly at SIU headquarters, specifications — U.S. vs. foreign who visited to discuss common labor problems and the role of unions in the community. Seated at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, the conference table (left to right) are: Madame and Dr. Amaral; Al Bernstein, SIU Director of Wel­ New York 11232. The telephone cost estimates—will be required. The .study group pointed out fare; Frank Pecquex, the SIU International Representative; and N. Enriquez, serving as interpreter. nuntber is HYacinth 9-6600. i ^'1 V k >1 ll �January 5, 1968 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Conservatives Take Aim at Labor in 1968 Elections WASHINGTON—^The 1968 elections are going to give the American people another chance. Faced with the loss of some 47 seats in the House of Representatives in 1966—a good part of them young Democrats who helped create the fabulous record of the preceding Congress—liberals in the 90th Congress knew they had a tough time ahead of them. President Johnson himself commented that "undoubtedly it will be more difficult to approve any new legislation that we might propose" and his prediction was borne out. The first session of the 90th Congress made a better record—especially in its closing days—than its early days forecast, but essentially the session was a "holding operation." It was niggardly in its appropriations for the "Great Society" and the War on Poverty, but at least it did not destroy the great programs of social advance enacted by the 89th Congress and it improved some of them—notably Social Security. Moreover, it left a lot of unfinished business—much legislation of direct interest to labor such as situs picket­ ing and repeal of 14 (b) which made "right-to-work" laws possible. It also stopped short of eliminating mu­ nicipal tax exempt bonds that encourage runaway shops and, so far, of enacting the 10 percent surtax that the Johnson Administration is ardently campaigning for as a weapon against inflation. That leaves the 1968 elections as the clear chance to reverse the stalemates of the 90th Congress and come up with another Congress holding out the hope of new lib­ eral legislation and more generous implementation of the programs enacted two and three years ago. What are the chances? All 435 seats in the House, of course, will be up for re-election. There are now 247 Democrats and 187 Re­ publicans in the House with one vacancy, the Demo­ cratic Adam Clayton Powell seat in New York. At least a score of young Democrats who lost their first term seats in 1966 are on the come-back trail and there is a strong chance that some of them will make it. """* On the Senate side are 34 seats up for grabs, 23 of them Democratic and 11 Republican out of a Senate body that now numbers 64 Democrats and 36 Republi­ cans. While there are less than half as many Republican seats at stake as Democratic, the complexion of the 1969 Senate is not likely to vary a great deal. Safe seats are about equally divided between the two parties, so that the chances are that there will still be a pretty liberal Senate when 1969 rolls around. That leaves the Presidency. President Johnson is all but certain to run, and Vietnam or no Vietnam, he is bound to be the Democrat's strongest candidate. The leading Republicans are sharply divided between hawks and doves with neither group providing convincing ar­ guments that they can do any better than the President. Moreover, a recent COPE poll has showa that union members are strong for Johnson and would vote over­ whelmingly for his re-election against any potential Re­ publican candidate. Whatever dissatisfaction or uncer­ tainty about what to do about Vietnam exists has been largely swallowed up in the fact that the President's do­ mestic policy has a wide, appeal for union members. The Great Society program and the War on Poverty, civil rights- extension, improvement in Social Security, help for education and housing, wage boosts for federal employees, the fight for the consumer, the battle against water and air pollution—these programs have won strong labor support. On the other hand, 1969 represents for the conserva­ tives another chance to water-down the great social and economic programs that have marked the country's his­ tory ever since the first days of the New Deal. The Eisenhower interlude did slow progress down and the re-emergence of the old Dixiecrat-GOP coalition during the past year helped slow it down again. A new con­ servative gain in 1968 obviously would slow it down still further. For labor, a new wave of conservatism in either party during the 1968 election could have disastrous results. The Gulf Coast The U. S. Chamber of Commerce has made it unmis­ takably clear that it looks to 1969 as a new chance to clobber labor as it did during the Eisenhower years. The Chamber has spelled out its anti-union goals in clear language: further curbs on picketing and boycot­ ting, restriction on internal union authority including a ban on union fines against members who cross picket lines, making subcontracting easier for employers, cur­ tailing the powers of the National Labor Relations Board on the ground that it is now too "pro-union," opening the door to more violent employer campaigns against organization, making decertification easier for employ­ ers. . . . Behind much of the conservative thinking is the search for ways to weaken labor's right to strike, particularly in big industries where a false case can be made out that strikes in them threaten the economy and other nameless disasters. A "labor court" is one scheme that has been advanced in this area—turning over labor-management disputes of a major size to the courts rather than per­ mitting them to go through their natural course. Such proposals and similar ones would largely destroy the power of the National Labor Relations Board which, in recent years, has been coming under heavy conserva­ tive attack—an attack that was notably missing during the days of the Eisenhower-appointed Board and its anything but pro-labor decisions. When union members go to the polls next November, they need have no illusions about what a conservative victory will mean. It has all been spelled out for them well in advance—by the conservative wing of the Re­ publican Party and its powerful industrial and business friends. On the economic front, the picture is confused. The action of the British Government in devaluing the pound and boosting its interest rates has been followed by a "tight-money" threat in the United States just at a time when high interest rates, that were triggered in Decem­ ber of 1965 by the Federal Reserve Board, were begin­ ning to show some signs of dropping a bit. Seaman's Log Cartoons Win Citation 77/ Never Learn Thai New Mafb" "Old Enemies" "The Smoke-filled Room" by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Guif Area The New Orleans City Council gave Local 632 of the New Orleans Fire Fighters Association the Christmas present they were waiting for when they approved a 50 hour work week for the city's firemen. Previously, they had to work 56 hours with only four hours overtime. Local 632 is looking forward to a further reduc­ tion to 48 hours in July. The Democratic Primary here be ready for a new ship in a few proved to be a success for most weeks. A 20-year man, he's sailed of the candidates endorsed by the all deck ratings. Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO. Carl Pierce had a good voyage on the Del Sud. A long-time SIU member, Carl sails in the deck department. Walter Dunn had a fast trip to Dest Africa aboard the Del Mundo as a member of the steward department. Alphonse Tremer is home after a voyage to India and will be Pierce Tremer ready for a new ship shortly. He Among the winners were Nat G. sails in the engine department. Kiefer and Eugene O'Brien, state Leonard Wood is thinking representatives from Orleans par­ about retiring after sailing over ish, along with Kenneth Leith- 20 years. Leonard's last job was man and Thomas Ward, state rep­ resentatives from Jefferson Parish. in the steward department of the Maiden Creek. Plans were formalized here for an 80,000 seat stadium to be Houston used by the New Orleans Saints We had some trouble getting of the NFL. The architects claim men to ship during the Christmas it will be the largest building in holiday, but we think jobs will be the world, containing 125 million moving now. Bill Joyner and cubic feet of space. The stadium, P. V. King of the deck depart­ complete with retractable dome, will be available for use by the ment are registered and waiting for a good job. 1971 playing season. We have six ships loading for MobOe a trip to Brazil. Making the run After a long trip in the Brad­ are the Hudson, Sacramento, Cot­ ford Island's deck department, tonwood Credt, Missouri, Man­ F. A. Pehler is registered and will hattan and Columbia, The "consistent high quality" of editorial cartoons by Bernard Seaman in the Seafarers LOG drew high praise and a special citation from the judges of the 1967 Journalistic Awards Contest of the International Labor Press Association this year. In selecting the outstanding examples of labor journalism from among the more-than850 entries submitted, the Board of Judges composed of Nieman Fellows at Harvard Uni­ versity picked as the Best Original Cartoon of the year Seaman's "witty and clever" depiction of Illinois' Republican Senator Everett M. Dirksen looking cpnfused in a school class­ room over the "one man-one vote" concept. A special award for the consistent quality "You—Are Too Faff of the Seaman cartoons said: "The cartoons by Seaman reflect both un­ usual drawing talent and cleverness in concep­ tion and execution of an idea via the cartoon. The LOG makes good use of Seaman cartoons by using them in conjunction with related col­ umn-type material which usually appears below the cartoons. The cartoons consistently stand out on LOG editorial pages—so much so that the judges felt a special citation was in order." Seaman, LOG editorial cartoonist and Art Editor for many years, is now doing editorial cartoons for the AFL-CIO News. His first-place Dirksen cartoon, together with five other examples of his work which earned the special citation, are shown here. "Your Money AND Your Lifef "Nurse"! �Pag^ Six SEAFARERS LOG January 5, 1968 •* A Veteran Campaigner From Dec. 14 to Dec. 27, 1967 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groupg Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle T'oials Class A OassB 7 2 69 37 9 2 2& 13 8 11 11 3 10 8 34 22 40 32 30 21 14 12 31 34 16 17 302 214 TOTAL SHIPPED All GrouiIB Class A Class B Class C 3 3 3 44 24 16 2 1 7 29 10 3 3 7 8 2 1 7 0 0 2 9 17 3 18 6 3 30 31 8 9 11 15 30 33 30 11 10 8 190 154 113 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class R 11 2 206 109 20 11 96 58 34 25 29 11 11 2 91 38 174 101 112 49 23 1 67 3 37 11 911 421 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville ...... Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington ...... San Francisco ... Seattle Totals All Groups Oass A Class B 5 3 48 61 2 8 8 17 9 8 4 10 7 3 24 23 20 37 38 25 18 12 31 40 12 7 226 254 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 3 1 26 36 27 7 4 6 1.5 11 10 3 6 8 7 4 6 0 6 4 9 13 5 11 14 7 24 42 29 7 8 13 31 30 23 5 11 6 154 187 145 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 1 122 81 26 11 52 39 18 24 16 11 5 4 54 38 90 78 101 60 21 0 41 3 26 10 578 360 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED President Johnson, following signing of a new law upgrading standards for meat plants involved in intrastate .commerce, offers congratulations to author Upton Sinclair, whose 1906 novel, "The Jungle," cited the deplorable condition of meat packing plants and was responsible for early exposure of the problem. Also seen is the White House pet, Yuki, who evidently took a strong liking to author Sinclair. All-Out Soviet Ship Buildup Treads on East German Toes In its all-out efforts aimed at domination of the world's sea lanes, the Soviet Union has been accused by bitter officials in East Berlin of "crass exploitation" of East Germany's 15-year-old shipbuilding industry. Neues Deutschland, official expensive the program is to East organ of the East German Com­ Germany. They also noted that munist party, says that country's East Berlin boss Walter Ulbricht vastly expanded shipbuilding in­ had announced last month that dustry has been almost totally an intensive cost analysis was un­ committed to the Russian buildup. derway in two of the Baltic dock­ Since 1952, the four major East yards. Losing ^Millions' German shipyards have produced 2,434 ships of 1,762,189 tons for "We have got to change the export to the Soviets. This is al­ orientation somehow," a spokes­ most twice the 950,000 tons in man declared. "At present only the 160 vessels which comprise its one-fifth of our ship output re­ own commercial fleet. Fifteen mains here for domestic use or years ago the East German mer­ export to Western countries. We chant fleet consisted of a single are losing millions." 9000-ton freighter. He added that he believed the East German-built ships ac­ rigid commitment to the Soviets count for close to one-fifth of the was partly responsible for a con­ 10-million-ton trading fieet of the troversy which led two years ago U.S.S.R., which now ranks sixth in the world, and officials of the to the suicide of East German Russian satellite country recently planning chief Erich Apel. The stress on shipbuilding in complained privately to a news­ man that it has been turned into East Germany is apparent in a comparison of its annual growth a "Soviet industrial colony." Reported to be just as heavily of 14 percent with the six-percent committed to ship construction expansion of all other industrial for the Soviets are Poland, Bul­ output combined. At the end of garia and several other East Euro­ World War II the East German pean nations. Poland is expected shipbuilding industry employed to deliver 175 vessels to the Rus­ only 5,000 workers as against sian fleet under its current five- about 40,000 today. year plan which ends in 1970, Most activity is centered at the and Bulgaria is obligated for 350 Warnow and Neptun yards at smaller ships and fishing boats. Rostock, which employ a total of Communist sources said the 12,500 workers; the Oceanic yards statistics on the size of shipbuild­ at Wismar and the People's yards ing orders from the Soviets was at ^ Stralsund. Naval vessels are made public to point out to Krem­ built mainly at the Pene yards in lin authorities how painful and Wolgast. Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk JacksonviUe Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco .. Seattle Totals ' All Groups Class A Class B 1 1 49 16 8 2 14 10 4 5 9 4 5 1 16 19 30 23 17 11 12 6 27 16 12 7 204 121 TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B Class C 2 2 1 31 9 16 1 0 8 16 6 4 2 4 20 0 8 1 0 2 4 14 11 3 10 7 1 20 15 14 9 7 4 31 33 20 5 6 6 146 97 110 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 2 170 28 17 9 51 94 9 20 17 9 10 4 63 23 126 92 87 53 13 1 47 3 31 13 308 687 YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide to BetteY Buying Social Security Distorted by Reader's Digest "The article in the Reader's Digest, October, 1967, about Social Security has caused a lot of comment and feeling against Social Security and fears of its soundness," reader Beryl Neff writes. "Do you think a column on the facts of the situation would be useful?" You said it. The recent attacks have been more harmful than first realized and very disturbing especially to older people, who worry a lot anyway. Unfortunately the facts have trouble catching up with the scare stories. One arthritic widow of 76 was so disturbed she wrote to President Johnson asking for re­ assurance about the Digest article on Social Security "going bankrupt and in ten years there wouldn't be any. I only get $44 a month but very thankful for that, it helps me." Piece Promoted Fear Another 77-year-old widow wrote that she "cannot understand how the President can take money that has been paid in by people who are trying to take care of themselves." Another widow, 62, wrote that she is trying to hold on until age 65 when she will apply for her full benefits. But now she is frightened because the Reader's Digest "claims there are only 14 more months of Social Security payments in this fund." From the Reader's Digest she got the im­ pression that the President "has been pilfering the fund and milking it dry for foreign aid assistance, and also pilfering the fund for these so-called trips to the moon." Now she wants to know whether she will get back the money she paid into the fund "if Congress or the President decides to do away with Social Security." Besides the Digest's insinuations, written by an old-time Government baiter named Charles Stevenson, a number of other attacks have been made just as Congress is about to legislate in­ creased benefits. Several syndicated columnists, including William Buckley, Jr., Paul Harvey and Don G. Campbell, have variously attacked Social Security as unfair to young workers, or as running out of money. Among organizations trying to discredit the Social Security program recently have been the mis-named Young Amer­ icans for Freedom, allied with former Senator Go'dwater; several oil companies, including the Lion Oil Co. and the American Oil Co., and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an em­ ployers' organization. Unfounded Assaults Both the Digest and Paul Harvey have indi­ cated, in Harvey's loose words, that "All that's left in the Social Security kitty for your old age is a bunch of paper I.O.U.'s." This is the real distortion and this is what has been worrying older people and those soon to retire. The truth is, these so-called "I.O.U.'s" are interest-earning Government certificates, much like E bonds and the Government bonds that banks and wealthy investors eagerly buy. Naturally the Social Security Administration does not take all the dollar bills paid into the fund and hide them in a vault. For one thing, that way the fund wouldn't earn any of the interest that helps make up the part of the benefits paid to retired people, disabled workers and families of deceased workers. Nor is it true, as the Digest alleged, that your Social Security contributions go into the "Treas­ ury's general fund" with some of it going to finance "foreign aid, the moon race . . etc. Your Social Security contributions by law are maintained in a separate trust fund—distinct from the Treasury's general funds—and by law can be used only to pay Social Security benefits and administrative expenses. % • '* I M �January 5, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Court Raps NLRB Timidity' Against Anti-Union Employers f V 5*^ T -A W S'f WASHINGTON—A federal appellate court chided the National Labor Relations Board for being too timid in fashioning remedies to overcome an employer's refusal to bargain in good faith. In a landmark 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Dis­ trict of Columbia said the NLRB has the power to order an employer to grant a dues checkoff to the union representing his workers. While such an action may be "a minor intrusion on freedom of contract," the court said, in some cases it may also be "the only way to guarantee the workers' right to bargain collectively." In reaching this conclusion, the court said, it was taking into account the fact that the NLRB's remedial measures in unfair labor practice cases "have not proved adequate in coping with the recalcitrant em­ ployer determined to defeat the effective unionzation of his plant by illegally opposing organizational and bargaining efforts every step of the way." The case involved the Steelworkers and the H. K. Porter Co. at Danville, Va. The union won a representation election in October 1961—and is still trying to negotiate a contract. Twice trial examiners found the company had failed to bargain in good faith, the labor board affirmed the findings and courts ordered enforcement. It was a familiar pattern of delay and the appellate court in the spring of 1966 specifically noted that the evidence at the hearing before the trial examiner showed that the "real and only reason" the company refused the check-off was to "frustrate agreement with the union." The record showed the company admitted it would not be incon­ venienced by a checkoff and that it does in fact check off union dues at some of its other plants. The issue, the court noted, was a particularly important one at the Danville operation where employees were scattered over a wide area and "collection of dues without a checkoff would have presented the union with a substantial problem of communication and transpor­ tation." After the 1966 ruling, the company finally presented an "alter­ native" to the union's checkoff proposal. It said it was willing to dis­ cuss the possiblity of making available to the union a table in its pay­ roll office. • • The Steelworkers contended this did not comply with the court order on good faith bargaining. The NLRB said it did, and the union asked the appellate court to clarify its order. In doing so, the court made a distincti^ between bargaining to --an impasse in good faith—which meets the requirement of the law— and the need to remedy a pattern of illegal union-busting efforts. It said the NLRB has authority to order a company which has "re­ peatedly flouted" the law "to make meaningful and reasonable counter­ offers, or indeed even to make a concession," where this "would be the only way for the company to purge the stain of bad faith." It said the NLRB could have ordered the company to grant a checkoff, either with or without a return concession by the union on another issue. The checkoff, the court majority said, may be "of life or death import to the fledgling union, while it is of no consequence whatever to the employer." Chiding the NLRB for its timidity, the court added: "if the board can do no more than repeatedly order the company to bargain in good faith, the workers' right to bargain collectively may be nullified. The board is empowered ta see that this does not happen. Unemployment in Canada rose to 289,000 in mid-November, the Canadian government reported. That's 35,000 more than in Octo­ ber and 51,000 more jobless than a year ago. On a percentage basis, the unemployment rate is 3.8 percent, compared with 3.2 per­ cent in October and 3.1 percent a year ago. * >•> V Employees of the University Nursing Home in Wheaton, Md., set a precedent recently when they voted 35-9 to be represented by the State, County & Muncipal Employes. The election was con­ ducted by the National Labor Re­ lations Board—the first since the NLRB's decision last month to assert jurisdiction over large pri­ vate hospitals and nursing homes. The unit set up at the Wheaton home, in a suburb of Washington D.C., is made up of custodial and dietary employees. AFSCME President Jerry Wurf hailed the vote as "a major victory for em­ ployees in an "industry, that has '« been characterized by its notori­ ously low pay and degrading working conditions." * * * The Railway & Airline Clerks has negotiated an agreement to protect 16,000 members who could be affected by a "merger of five western railroads next year. The pact is with the Great North­ ern, Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and Spo­ kane, Portland & Seattle Rail­ way Companies. The Interstate Commerce Commission has ap­ proved their merger but has not issued its final order. The agree­ ment, according to BRC Presi­ dent L. C. Dennis, provides that an employee of the railroads in the union's jurisdiction will be listed as "protected" if he has seniority to Tan. 2, 1966, and has naid service between then and the merger. Such a "protected" worker must be continued in em­ ployment until retirement, resig­ nation, death or dismissal, he pointed out. The legitimate and long-standing griev­ ance of U.S.-flag shipowners over the allo­ cation of government sponsored foreign-aid cargoes has once again reached the boiling point in the wake of newly-announced cargo rate ceilings tailored by the Maritime Ad­ ministration to insure that their revenues re­ main at a bare subsistence level. First established ten years ago as "guide­ lines" for the impiementation of the Cargo Preference Act—which requires that a min­ imum 50 percent of all government-gener­ ated cargo must move in American-flag bot­ toms—these arbitrary ceilings have served more as Administrative tools to evade the intent of the Act than they have to guarantee the "fair and reasonable rates" to U.S. car­ riers impiicit in the law. Recent revisions, first in November and again last month, have merely served to update and perpetuate the Administration's stranglehold on American shipping companies—particularly in the unsubsidized area. The inequities of MARAD's guideline rate system are well known to all in the maritime industry and the percentages involved are a matter of record. It is the manner in which the Agriculture Department, the Commerce Department and other government agencies manipulate the system which is most oppressive. The func­ tion of the system, in theory, is to bridge the gap between the low rates offered by foreign operators, whose fleets are not subject to high wage and safety costs demanded by U.S. standards, and those which must be charged by American-flag operators in order to sur­ vive. Under the requirements of the Cargo Preference Act this government must make up the difference to American carriers to the extent of at least half of all federal aid car­ goes shipped—if their rates are "fair and reasonable." It is here that the subtle evasion of the law comes in. With little or no regard for the actual costs of U.S. shipping companies, gov­ ernment bureaucrats determine on their own the highest rates they are willing to pay and label them "fair and reasonable" on a take- it-or-leave-it basis. After this it only remains for government departments to dismiss bids by U.S. carriers which are, of economic ne­ cessity higher than the imposed ceilings, as not fair and reasonable. Having technically complied with the wording of the law, they are then free to charter foreign-flag vessels at cut rates and let U.S.-flag ships get car­ goes where they can or remain idle. The process may be legal enough—the present Administration and those that pre­ ceded it are proven experts in finding loop­ holes and twisting the law to their own means as far as maritime is concerned—but it is grossly unjust. When it comes to U.S. government aid cargoes to foreign nations, even the principle of the 50-50 law for which the American merchant marine was forced to settle is pat­ ently unjust. These shipments, largely of sur­ plus food and grain, are sent to the starving countries of the world as a gift from the American people through the auspices of their government. Yet the government seeks every means possible to use foreign vessels and foreign labor to deliver these gifts while its own merchant fleet must scratch for cargo elsewhere and U.S. citizens are deprived of jobs. As long as there is a single U.S.-flag ship available for charter there is no real excuse for any U.S. foreign aid shipments to move in the vessels of other nations at all. Still the Administration pours millions of dollars annually into the economies—and the al­ ready thriving commercial fleets—of foreign countries while not only refusing a federal policy to help upgrade the sinking U.S. mer­ chant marine, but actively depriving it of earned revenue as well. Congress last year prevented the farmingout of U.S. shipbuilding to foreign ship yards. The time will never be more appro­ priate than it is right now for Congress to put a stop to the Administration's irre­ sponsible throw-away of more and more of this nation's seagoing commerce at the ex­ pense of American citizens. �Page Eight SEAFARERS Jannary 5, 1968 LOG SlU'Contraited Delta Line Protests Cutbark in Brazil Export Cargoes WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted Delta Line has protested to the Federal Maritime Com­ mission and Commerce Secretary Alexander B. Trowbridge an arbitrary demand by Brazil that it recognize a deal between that country and Scandinavia on transport of Brazilian coffee cargoes or face the threat of losing some flict with an agreement" last May pean, carriers was to have been of that cargo itself. Such recog­ between the U.S. Maritime Ad­ 35 percent initially and decreased nition, the company maintains, ministration and the Brazilian porportionately to 20 percent would adversely affect its revenue Maritime Commission which within ten years. and carrying operations. called for "an even distribution of After a storm of protest by Delta, the major U. S. shipping the government cargoes of both European companies over the line involved in Brazilian trade countries to U.S. and Brazilian proposed cutback in their share with Gulf Coast ports, charged carriers." of the cargoes—they had been in its complaint that it had been The current stand by Delta is carrying about 33 percent of the "given an ultimatum to either the latest action in a six-month tonnage — Brazil decreed that • accept the terms of an agreement dispute involving some 20 Ameri­ European and other lines reject­ formulated by Brazilian and can, Brazilian and other national ing the quotas would be banned Scandinavian lines by December shipping lines carrying cargoes of from carrying any Brazilian ex­ 22, or such agreement will be im­ coffee and cocoa north to U.S. port cargoes. When they refused plemented by the Brazilian gov­ Gulf and Atlantic ports and U.S. to comply, European lines were ernment." government aid cargoes back to barred to northbound Brazilian The agreement, worked out re­ Brazilian ports. trade as of August 10 and cently by Brazil with Norwegian promptly flled complaints with An announcement some weeks shipping lines, set forth how much the U.S. Maritime Commission of Brazil's coffee and cocoa car­ ago that all the steamship com­ which still has the program under goes would be carried northward panies involved in the U.S.­ study. They also claimed the by Norwegian-flag ships and how Brazilian trade had joined in quotas were in violation of U.S. much American and Brazilian forming The InterAmerican anti-trust laws and filed damage lines should carry. American car­ Freight Conference—a new ship suits against the American and riers were not consulted before rate-making group — indicated Brazilian lines in U.S. Federal that the dispute had apparently the pact was agreed upon. court. been resolved. Deadline Passes Brazil Does About-Face Amaro Soares de Andrade, As of last week, a Delta rep­ provisional committee president In view of these developments resentative said that although the of the proposed new Conference, and fears expressed by the U.S. deadline had passed for the new outlined its suggested quotas at departments of Justice and Trans­ agreement to go into effect, he that time. The initial minimum portation that the Conference had not had a reply to his posi­ quota of Brazilian export cargoes might harm America's commerce, tion that Delta could not accept to be carried by Brazil's national Brazil suddenly reversed itself the ultimatum. He said that the line, Lloyd Brasiliero, and Amer­ and negotiated the Scandinavian Del Sol was due in a Brazilian ican-flag lines would be 65 per­ agreement. Further, Brazil also port shortly to load 50,000 bags cent and would be gradually in­ said the same take-it-or-leave-it of coffee already contracted for. creased to 80 percent over the restrictions set before the Euro­ If the vessel is not permitted to next ten years. Maximum par­ pean companies would now apply dock or Brazil cuts back on some ticipation of "third flag," or Euro­ to U.S. companies as well. of the booked cargo, Clark said, then Delta will know that the agreement has been instituted. In its protest to Trowbridge and the PMC, Delta has accused Brazil and "our Norwegian com­ petition" of having made an Through a profitable combination of low wage rates and ad­ agreement under which 23 per­ vanced modern technology, Japan continues way out in front cent of the 100-percent Brazilian among the world's shipbuilders but Japanese producers—faced government-controlled cargoes with a huge backlog of foreign orders—are seeking still further would allegedly "be guaranteed expansion to prevent future contracts from being diverted into to this Norwegian competitor." increasingly competitive European yards. This was called "in direct conOrders from run-away American operators who register their fleets under the Liberian and other foreign flags account for a big share of Japan's shipbuilding prosperity. While shipbuilding SEAFARER&|t%OG research and development remains neglected by the U. S. Gov­ ernment and U. S. shipyards lay largely idle, the Japanese econ­ Jan. 5, 1968 Vol. XXX, No. omy is reaping the financial rewards that should be going to a competitive and up-to-date American shipbuilding industry. Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union Eager for still more American business, Japan has long sought of North America, modification of this country's law against U. S. registry of foreignAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes built vessels. Given such a green light by Washington they feel and Inland Waters District, that with their latest production methods, know-how and low AFI^CIO pay scales, they could easily underbid outmoded U. S. shipyards Executive Board on contracts for Great Lakes ore carriers and other ships needed PAUL HALL, President by American companies. CAL TANNER EARL SREFARD Exee. Viee-Pree. Vice-President Although low wages played a large part in Japan's takeover AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMB from Great Britain in 1956 as the world's leading shipbuilder, Sec.-Treae. Vice-President they were not the major factor as many in the West assumed. ROBERT MATTHEWS While wages are lower in Japan's yards than in those of most Vice-President foreign nations, her success in shipbuilding must also be attrib­ Editor uted to new production systems and processes, new light and MIKE POLLACK heavy equipment and other developments to higher efficiency Staff Writers in construction. The Pacific Coast by Frank Orozak, IVest Coast Representative Protests against the "technical amendment" to the 1967 social security bill, requested by Governor Reagan, were urged by Thomas L. Pitts, head of the California AFL-CIO. The amendment would totally exclude hundreds of thousands of California's aged and blind public assistance recipients from any part of the $7.50 a-month increase, currently on the verge of ing-ofl and signing-on. Congressional approval, and per­ Among the ships signing-on and mit the state's general fund to paying-off were the Corfez, Long pocket $34 million of the more Lines, Overseas Dinny, Luciie than $37 million, the state would Bioomlieid, Our Lady Of Peace, receive: Young America, Steel Apprentice "The Reagan-requested, amend­ and Amerigo. We have the Santa ment boils down to a heartless Emiiia, Seatrain Ohio and Yorkattempt to fatten the state's cof­ mar in transit. fers at the expense of more than Wiimington 304,000 aged and blind citizens Shipping is good here and the and would slash the increase in outlook for the next period is benefits to another 115,000 dis­ abled citizens from $4.50 per promising. Among the ships pay­ month to just $2.50 a-month," ing-off recently were the Fanwood, Achiiles, and Seatrain Sa­ Pitts stated. According to Pitts, "It has be­ vannah. come increasingly apparent that After a pleasant Christmas, Governor Reagan or his advisors Fred Lynum is looking for a seem intent on furthering the good ship to sail as chief stew­ Governor's personal political am­ ard. Fred, whose last ship was bitions, particularly at the expense Longview Victory, is a 28-year of those segments of our citizenry veteran of the SIU. least able to protect themselves, Patrick Fox, who had an oilers the poor, the medically indigent, job on the Westchester, said he the mentally ill, the crippled chil­ hopes to be FFD shortly. Pat dren, and the state's largely un­ would like to catch a good ship organized farm workers." in a few weeks. Most citizens are aware "that Seattle social security benefit increases result in reduced state welfare Shipping is fair here, but we costs, so all California's taxpayers expect things to pick up during have a stake in this issue," Pitts the next period. said. Martin Hammond, a 20-year San Francisco " man, just paid off the Seafarer Shipping remains brisk in this and is looking for another good port, with a number of ships pay- AB's job. Japan Fares Challenge as Leading Shipbuilder PETER WEISS HARRY WITTSCHBN FRANK MARGIOTTA STEVE STEINBERG Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI Pikllihed kiwiekly at 810 Rheds Island Annii N.E., Washlniton, 0. C. 20018 ky the Seafarsri international Union, Atlantic, Golf, LakH and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fsortk Avcnac, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tal. HVaclntb 9-6600. Second elass pestaie paid at Washlniton, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Forai 3579 cards skeald he sent to Scafarert Internatlinal Union, Atlantic. Gait, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Feerth Avcnac, Breaklyn, N.V. 11232. Cost Goes Up But such technological developments—necessary to handle the large volume of business—have been expensive. As a result, Japanese costs today have risen almost to the point where they match those of yards in Britain, Italy, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands which have also been busy beefing up their capacity in a bid for shipbuilding orders and foreign exchange earnings from abroad. Fearing a race between governments to increase financing aids to shipbuilding, Japan is seeking a worldwide agreement to put limits on such aid. With high money rates, financing is becom­ ing a problem. Competition for orders is intensifying and some Japanese are beginning to complain of a "profitless prosperity." Japan is now building the biggest ships and the largest docks. During the last ten years the conception of the "super" tanker has grown from 50,000 deadweight tons to 270,000 tons and now, since the easier load-line requirements following the clos­ ing of the Suez Canal, is actually closer to 320,000 tons. To Japan this is only the beginning. She already has half-million-ton giants in the design stage and two mammoth docks under con­ struction with which to build them for foreign buyers. At present all major Japanese shipyards have enough backlog orders to keep them busy for two or three years. Of the 14,310,000 tons of new world shipping launched last year, 6,690,000 tons—or 47 percent—of it came from Japan. On top of this, some 60 percent of all world orders placed last year went to Japan and about 76 percent of these were for export. The ratio of export to domestic ship orders has been climbing steadily. Ranking second only to iron and steel as foreign ex­ change earner in the Japanese economy, shipbuilding accounts for about eight percent of the country's total exports. Losing Orders Companies which order new ships want them as quickly as possible. Because of this, Japan's backlogs and delivery delays— together with the effects of the devaluation of the pound sterling —are causing large orders for the same type of superships pio­ neered in Japanese yards to be contracted to European shipyards. Fully aware that European countries are putting up huge building docks to match their own—a 600,000-ton dock under construction in Holland will be the biggest in the world—the Japanese now must watch business getting away from them be­ cause they are already operating at full capacity. To stem the tide Japan is making large investments in new plants and equipment this year but owners of most major Jap­ anese yards—^which were originally built mostly on borrowed money—wish they had even more capital available than is the case. The ship bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Transport reports that for the next fiscal year more than 38.6 billion yen ($100 million) will be invested by the country's 16 major shipbuilders in 27 dockyards. Compared with 27.5 billion last year and 35.3 billion the year before, this figure is a clear indication that the Japanese shipbuilding industry has no intention of losing its leadership in world production. �January 5, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine THE SOVIET FLEET MENACE , :ii' 1/ HE SOVIET Union has become one of the lead1 ing i maritime powers of the world in the last 10 years—with the vast bulk of its merchant marine ex­ pansion achieved since 1960—and presents a very real and ominous threat to the economy of the free world and the freedom of the seas. The facts speak for themselves. No matter how they are played down or obscured with short-lived statistics that compare the Soviet fleet with those of the entire outside world to make the outlook appear less frightening, these facts cannot be minimized. According to a 44-page booklet on the Soviet mer­ chant marine published recently by the U.S. Mari­ time Administration, those in the Administration charged with the welfare of this country's merchant fleet have still not grasped the full implications of a situation which is increasing in magnitude. While the U.S. government continues to feel that a strong merchant marine is largely expendable, the U.S.S.R. clearly considers its commercial fleet one of the nation's great national assets. Totalling 1,345 ships aggregating 9.6 million deadweight tons at the beginning of 1966, Russian tonnage has increased by 350 percent in less than 20 years and its average age had decreased from 22 to 14 years. Today, more than half of all its oceangoing merchant vessels are only five years old or younger and projected annual increases for the five-year plan ending in 1970 is one million deadweight tons. Dangers Overlooked Down-playing the fact that the U.S. merchant marine has declined steadily and drastically in recent years, MARAD officials find little danger of strong Soviet competition to the "traditional suppliers of shipping" within the next five years—and probably not within the next ten years—because, while Russia has increased its tonnage by 46 percent since 1960, some free nations have done proportionately as well or better. There is little real comfort in this since the threat posed by the Soviets is not merely one of economic competition but of possible Communist control of the world's sealanes. As stated some months ago in an article from Prague by G. Sayenko, president of the Central Council of Sea and River Transport Worker's Union of the USSR, Russians feel that "the creation of a powerful modern fleet is a great victory for our coun­ try which has put an end to the political and eco­ nomic dependence of our country in the field of maritime transport." Recalling that even 10 years after World War II Russia had only some 150 ocean­ going commercial vessels, Sayenko pointed out the "over 1,300 ships" of today and predicted that the fleet would continue to "grow at a rapid rate over the coniing years." From all indications, this prediction will he borne out, in full view of the rest of the world in general, and the United States in particular, while our officials keep insisting that there is nothing to worry about. The fact that the Soviet merchant marine is related to the national and international goals of the Krem­ lin is indeed something to worry about. Well-designed and technically advanced, it enjoys full'government support as an essential element of the national econ­ omy and national defense. Substantial allocations of Soviet resources are granted not only for the acquisi­ tion of ships, but also for construction and improve­ ment of ship repair facilities, research and develop­ ment, port maintainance, and facilities for the' train­ ing of maritime personnel. Estimates of the position of the Soviet fleet in world tonnage range from seventh—^just behind the United States—to fifth. Far from being the restricted and parochial enterprise it was in the years inunediately following World War II, its vessels now are seen in most major ports of the world. Reports of activity vary, but one Moscow publication. Agitator, said that during 1965 Russian-flag ships called at some 800 ports in 85 countries. Soviet shipping for many years had no need for membership in shipping conferences or pooling agree­ ments because their cargo ships seldom moved on routes subject to conference rates. As its aims be­ came world-wide in scope, however, such participa­ tion has become advantageous and application has been made to at least three major cargo and passen­ ger conferences. Bidding for World Business The first such application was made by the Baltic Steamship Line of Leningrad—^with a fleet at the time of 111 vessels of 627,000 gross tons—to the Baltic and International Conference and was granted as of January 1, 1966. This Conference, with headquar­ ters in Copenhagen, sets no rates and is really an exclusive trade association rather than a shipping con­ ference in the usual sense. With members from some 66 countries whose aggregate tonnage accounts for about 30 percent of the world's total, the BIMC fur­ nishes information on latest hydrographic data and port conditions and often serves members as an arbi­ trator in disputes over labor agreements, bills of lad­ ing or charter parties. With eight new Russian passenger ships built for the international trade during the last five years, the same Baltic Steamship line also applied for—and was granted—membership in the Trans-Atlantic Passen­ ger Conference and the Atlantic Passenger Steamship Conference. The first Conference is concerned with shipping outbound from North America and the sec­ ond with movements inbound to North America. Between them, the two Conferences cover areas that include all North American Eastern ports, European ports, all Asian and African ports bordering on the Mediterranean Sea, and ports in the Black Sea coun­ tries, Morocco, Spain and the Azores. From this it is clear that the Russians now are free to compete for passenger service to most of the world. From tfieir steppe^-up production of luxury liners it is equally clear that they intend to do just that—at a time when some leading Western com­ panies are withdrawing liners from service for .rea­ sons of expense or lack of business. Signing Separate Pacts Soviet shipping authorities have also recognized the value of pooling arrangements over some of the routes served by their commercial fleet. Moscow sources report that such agreements on a cargo-shar­ ing basis are in effect between specific Soviet lines and those of companies in Belgium, Bulgaria, East and West Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Arab Republic and Britain. Typical of sleek new commer­ cial vessels constantly being added to modern Soviet mer­ chant fleet is this cargo ship, the Turkestan, which has been used on Viet Cong supply run. Bilateral agreements on shipping matters are also in force between Russia and a number of countries— notably the United Arab Republic and India—and more are continually being sought. In late 1966, the Soviet press agency APN quoted Viktor Bakayev, Minister of the Merchant Marine, as saying "mari­ time countries engaged in considerable goods ex­ change come up against many specific issues in the field of (shipping) which have to be dealt with on a bilateral basis. . . ." ". . . Agreements among countries on mercantile (shipping) are the highest form of such relations," Bakayev continued. "They may solve a wide range of problems. Such an agreement between Great Britain and the U.S.S.R. is known to have been agreed upon during Prime Minister Harold Wilson's recent visit to Moscow. The maritime organs of the U.S.S.R. intend to develop on large scale bilateral relations on the basis of equality and mutual ad­ vantage." Further indications of the Soviet determination to become second to none as a shipping power are seen in the country's active participation in many international forums devoted to maritime matters, among them the Intergovernmental Maritime Con­ sultative Organization, International Labor Organi­ zation, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Shipping Committee and the Perma­ nent International Association of Navigation Con­ gresses. Independent Operation Increa^ng At present, the Soviet merchant fleet carries all of that nation's seagoing trade and half of its esti­ mated 92 million tons of foreign trade with enough vessels left over for foreign charter and the earning of foreign exchange to pay for programs at home and in satellite countries. In the meantime, the Soviets charter free world shipping services to meet the bal­ ance of their foreign trade needs, but with the cur­ rent rate of construction in Russian shipyards, the necessity for such charters is expected to be cut by 50 or 60 percent in the foreseeable future. The Soviet Merchant Marine Ministry has stated that its planned freight turnover in the next five years will increase by 82 percent—from 208.8 billion tonmiles to 380 billion—while the size of the.,fleet will increase by about 45 percent. Although Bakayev insists that the Soviet mer­ chant marine has no intention of "hogging" shipping business or upsetting tariff agreements, he can hardly be expected to say much else. It is foolhardy for U.S. government officials to persist in minimizing the Com­ munist threat on the seas and refusing to take steps to close the gap before it is too late. �Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG Labor-SupportedLegislation Stalled By Conservative Bloe in Congress <lanaarr 5, 1968 The Great Lakes by Fred Farnen.Seeretery-TrMsurerrOrHt LakM WASHINGTON—The first session of the 90th Congress ground to a halt on its 340th day— with a meager record of accomplishments in terms of labor's goals. There was meaningful progress The Detroit Wayne County Port Commission reported that the in a few areas, and the nation's meat will be safer to eat and its air purer to breathe as a result. port of Detroit had its best season for volume of overseas cargo But the gains were largely Rent Supplements—Grudging­ Mike Mansfield made the pending during 1967. A total of 1,750,000 net tons of cargo was handled, over-shadowed by an ugly mood the report stated. of retrenchment set by tihe Re­ ly voted $10 million of the $40 order of business at the start of What the Port Commission did not reveal to the general public million the President had asked the second session a bill setting publican-led conservative coali­ to provide better housing for low- stiff penalties for interference with was the fact that of 882 vessels, ^ tion which took over control of income families. At one stage, anyone exercising his civil rights. only 11 flew the American flag. Dinter, FOWT's, will be looking the House. the House had voted to kill the The need for further civil rights Detroit exported some 350,000 for a good job on an ocean vessel. In large part, labor's legislative program entirely. legislation, Mansfield said, is "a tons of general cargo, not one Our new SIU diagnostical and battles in the first session were question we can't avoid, one we pound of which was military car­ X-Ray clinic is going along at a Social Security — Pared down defensive—^to keep the coalition shouldn't avoid." go. This is amazing when one con­ steady pace. Both seamen and from plowing under the achieve­ the higher cash benefits proposed siders that the Detroit area man­ DUOC cabbies are making good Pov«rty — Approved, after a ments of the liberal 89th Con­ by President Johnson and imposed long, bitter fight, continuation of ufactures more than half of the use of the facilities. We have is­ a series of punitive restrictions on gress. public welfare—including a ceil­ the anti-poverty programs of the military cargo shipped to Viet­ sued many vacation checks and The success story of the House ing on the number of children Office of Economic Opportunity nam. are continuing to process applica­ conservative coalition can be read who could be helped. Refused to —but with less funds than the Detroit records all vessel pas­ tions from members. in the tally compiled by Congres­ extend medicare to disabled per­ Administration had sought. Some sages, upbound to the upper lakes Toledo sional Quarterly, a non-partisan, sons under 65. concessions had to be made, but and downbound to the lower With the arrival of the J. Clare authoritative publication. the major attempts to dismember lakes, each season. During 1967, Miller (Gartland Steamship Co.), Compulsory Arbitration— The voting alliance of Republi­ the program were defeated. How­ there were 14,185 passages, com­ the last ship due to lay-up here cans and Southern Democrats Barred rail shopcraft workers ever, some projects ran out of pared to 17,180 the year before. against Northern Democrats won from striking and rejected a labor- funds and had to close down be­ Great Lakes vessels made 5,935 has arrived. Our lay-up fleet is upbound passages, 6,032 down- largest in memory. on 37 of 51 rollcalls, by far its backed proposal to balance this fore Congress finally acted. by freezing part of rail manage­ A fire struck the barge Maida, biggest victory total since CQ Meat Inspection — Enacted a bound passages. Ocean vessels Christmas Day, but no injuries ment's profits until a voluntary began keeping tabs on the coali­ strong, labor-backed bill after an made an equal number of pas­ agreement was reached. were reported. However, exten­ tion 10 years ago. aroused public protested a weak, sages up and down, amounting to sive damage was sustained by the On-Site-Picketing — Put off 1,109. In 1966, ocean vessels re­ The chief battleground was the voluntary measure passed by the crew's quarters aft and the galley. House action on bill to allow corded 1,189 passages. The 1967 President's budget, particularly House. The result will be to re­ This fire points up the danger to building trades unions to picket figures are the lowest ever re­ those parts of it dealing with the quire states to match federal meat the port, which has no fire boat to multi-employer construction sites ported. hard core problems of slums and inspection standards for plants assist shoreside firefighting equip­ until after the Senate acts. House The St. Lawrence seaway was poverty. that are now exempt because their ment. As AFL-CIO Legislative Direc­ leadership claimed congressmen products are not sold across state supposed to benefit the American We are sad to report the death tor Andrew J. Biemiller expressed were gun-shy about voting for a lines. A major victory for the shipping industry primarily, but labor bill before the Senate acts of Wencil Oswald, second cook, since its opening, foreign-flag consumer. it, "The conservatives chant 'econ­ in view of filibuster which blocked countries, including Russia, have who has spent many years with omy' each time they vote to muti­ School Aid—^Voted a two-year 14(b) repeal in the 89th Congress. the Reiss fleet. taken over all of the general cargo late a program." extension of federal aid to elemen­ trade, both import and export. Rat Control — Approved $40 Many vacation applications are tary and secondary schools and Most of the budget battles will The seaway's main objective was million for rat control as part of coming in and we wish to remind authorized Congress to appropri­ be renewed in the second session, an increase in general cargo trade, an omnibus health bill in a rare our members to request their ate funds a year in advance to starting January 15. Also on the which pays the seaway a much setback for House conservatives. change of personnel from the ves­ ease budget-making for schools. agenda in the election-year session higher toll per ton than bulk car­ The House had originally refused sel to speed their vacation pay. However, control over allocation will be some of the tough, con­ troversial issues that Congress by­ to take up a rat control bill in a of funds for supplementary edu­ go, such as iron ore and grain. debate marked by callous jokes. cation centers will be gradually Duluth passed this year. Here is what Congress did and But outraged public opinion shifted from the federal govern­ Our records show we shipped didn't do in some of the major brought about a change of heart. ment to the states. 700 men out of this port in 1967. Civil Rights — Enacted only a areas of AFL-CIO concern: Federal Pay—Enacted a three- In addition, our upgrading school Cities—^Voted only $312 mil­ routine extension of the Civil step pay raise for salaried federal will start January 2, with hours' lion for the mammoth task of Rights Commission—coupled with and postal employees, starting from 10 am to 2 pm, every week. helping cities rehabilitate entire a strict budget ceiling. The re­ with a retroactive six percent Tom Dunne was elected as a slum neighborhoods. This is less mainder of the President's broad- boost for postal workers and 4.5 trustee to the Duluth Central La­ than half the amount President ranging legislative package awaits percent for classified employees. bor Committee. SAN JUAN, P.R.—The SIU of Additional fringe benefits were Johnson had asked for the model second session action. Our Christmas dinner had 86 Puerto Rico-contracted tug Fajarcities program. In the Senate, Majority Leader also in the bill. members and their families in at­ do recently rescued another tug, Teachers Corps — Approved tendance. crippled and floundering in a vio­ continuation of the Teacher Corps lent storm which lashed this Chicago for an additional two years and island's north coast with 30-footThe Detroit Edison and Chi­ authorized new teacher training high seas. No injuries were re­ proorams to start next year. How­ cago Trader have laid-up in this ported in the rescue operation. ever, the actual appropriation for port. Some crewmen will head The tug' Gwynedd, out of Mi­ this year for the Teacher Corps coastwise, while others will be ami, was towing the barge Magen's looking forward to rest and spend­ WASHINGTON—^The United States Supreme Court in a recent was only $13.5 million 6f the $33 Bay from St. Thomas to San Juan ing time with the family. action refused to review a lower court order directing the J. P. Stevens rnillion requested by President when the storm hit her at the en­ Chet Christenson and Bob Van trance to San Juan Harbor. In an Company to reinstate 71 workers illegally fired for union activity. Johnson. The denial order served to back up a ruling against Stevens by the effort to shorten her tow line off U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down last July El Morro, the line instead got Seafarer Joins SlU Pension Roster 7. Stevens now must rehire the workers with back pay, plus interest, caught on the Gwynedd's propel­ to the date of their firing in 1963. ler and rendered the vessel help­ less in the tossing swells. Eighteen other victims of J. P. Stevens' union-busting tactics have been ordered restored to their jobs by the Second Circuit Court but Within minutes the Fajardo, un­ the company has not yet exhausted all of its legal machinery aimed der the command of SIU tug Cap­ at evading the order. tain Jose Flores, steamed out of the harbor to save the stricken The workers involved in the Supreme Court decision were originally vessel which was drifting toward ousted when Stevens employees sought by legal means to join the Tex­ Goat Island and in danger of be­ tile Workers Union of America four years ago through an NLRBing dashed against the wreck of supervised election. Systematic harassment and intimidation by the the S.S. Transcaribbean. company, second largest-textile manufacturer in the world, succeeded in stifling the right of their employees to organize at that time and the Flores managed to take the tug case has been in the courts ever since. These and other workers active and barge in tow and the Fajardo was making its way back to the in the organizing campaign have been unemployed during the legal battle. safety of the bay when the towline Halls Conrt Decision connecting the Gwynedd and the Magen's Bay broke. After com­ TWUA President William Pollock hailed the high court's decision pleting its tow of the Gwynedd, and pledged renewed support of Stevens employees. the Fajardo—-owned by the SIU "Eigjity-nine Stevens workers will now receive some measure of jus­ of Puerto-contracted Puerto Rico tice in this long, dragged-out case," he said. "But more important, as Lighterage Company — headed fliey return to their jobs the curtain of fear which has hung over workback into the stdrm to retrieve the en in many Stevens plants will begin to disintegrate." ^ SIU Representative Leon Hall presents the first pension check to barge but it was already too close J. P. Stevens employes about 30,000 workers at some 50 plants in Eusebio Padilla in New York hall. A member of SIU since 1946, he to the wreck of the Transcarib­ NOTth and South Carolina. sailed in the engine department. His last vessel was the Panama. bean for rescue action to be taken. Puerto Rico SIU Tugmen Pull-Off Tug-to-Tug Save High Court Vetoes Stevens Appeair Orders 71rmpfoyees be Reinstated �Jannarjr 5* 1968 Ocean Researchers Map Deep-Sea Gold Rush » < . • - '^ • Govt Revives FDL Ship Proposal Despite Previous Congress Rejertion WASHINGTON—^Despite overwhelming Congressional rejection last June and universal opposi­ tion in the maritime industry, the U. S. Government is again planning to pursue the vastly expensive and wasteful Fast Deployment Logistics ship program originally conceived by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. ^ Military demands are all the foreseen changes in the global situ­ Being readied for her deep-sea debut is the new Aluminaut, an exploration sub designed to probe depths down to 15,000 feet. She will house a three-man crew. Prospective uses may include salvage work, drilling for oil, and ocean mining. ..'s Page Eleven SEAFARERS LOG An abundance of ocean water surrounds us. Nearly threefourths of the Earth is covered with it. Yet our knowledge about the mysteries of the sea is but surface deep. Oceanographic research ships are few, and these constantly scan the waters, taking soundings, samplings, and conducting experiments. They are very limited, however, covering only a small portion of the total sea area. If weathermen were so confined in their investigations of the air above us, probably 10 or 15 balloon soundings would parallel the present realm of deep sea research. While meteorology has progressed far ahead of oceanography, weathermen still find conditions difficult to forecast. But a quiet revolution is going on in developing more sophisti­ cated undersea instruments. Some of these devices can measure chemical composition, light intensity, temperature and water movement. The apparatus is usually meant only for depths up to 20,000 feet (98 percent of the ocean)—and the most interesting parts of the ocean floor, reaching down to 37,000 feet, are rela­ tively small. Thus, the shallower depths receive the most inten­ sive research. Photography Impaired Nevertheless, problems are encountered. Taking photos below several hundred feet is sharply impaired because of the impene­ trability of light. The equipment's sensitivity to corrosive sea water—^whcre pressure increases the deeper you go—is another obstacle to be overcome. Recently, the Environmental Science Services Administration in Washington announced a deep-sea buoy system had been in­ vented to detect both oceanic and weather conditions. ESSA hailed it as "an outstanding advance in ocean engineering." The system's potential scope is vast. It can be applied toward measuring weather factors, studying fish hatcheries or detecting pollution in our great harbors. It can guage water temperature, salt content, depth of water, speed and direction of currents, barometric pressure and air temperature, and wind velocity. Data obtained is radioed to a central recording unit. Such in­ formation can be gathered at various depths and the system re­ cords it automatically, providing a store of information. The National Geographic Society, turning greater attention to sea exploration of late, declared that in the years ahead industry will use everything in the ocean but the roar of the surf. Future Mineral Source In addition to the ocean's use for food and converted fresh water, many will depend on its waters to supply minerals and drugs. The society notes that seawater contains a dilute solution of almost every element on land. The wealth described by oceanographers includes: calcium and silicone from rocky valleys; chlorine and sulphur from volcanic ash; boron, cobalt, iodine, magnesium and uranium from other sources. In fact, the estimated 50.000 million metric tons of mineral substance would, if extracted and dried, probably form a 500-foot thick blanket over the earth's land surface. Someday, "Eureka" may be shouted by underwater prospectors in sea-bells and diving suits, but not for awhile. The gold content of our oceans is estimated at about 10 million tons, suificient to make millionaires out of everyone now inhabiting this planet. However, precious metals are too thinly diluted to be econom­ ically mined with current methods. After a bromide plant proc­ essed 15 tons of ocean water, its net was .09 milligrams of gold, the equivalent of one-thousandth of a cent Hardly profitable. Recognizing the energies provided, by nuclear power, some scientists see the applied use of seawater in hydrogen furnaces yet to be built. Its major fuel source would be deuterium, found in plentiful supplies in the sea. In harnessing this energy source effectively, man can carry his advances in underwater discovery to new heights of achievement. mm The reason for ^is action, top officials of the Military Sea Transport Service told leading shipping officials at a meeting of the MSTS-Industrial conference on military sealift, is that under existing programs for replacing the aging U.S. merchant fleet, it will be down to only 264 dry cargo vessels by 1980. -• Vice Admiral Lawson P. Ramage, Commander of the MSTS, and the deputy commander. Rear Admiral John M. Alford, avoided any mention of the controversial nature of the FDL program, which would cost some $50 mil­ lion each for these mammoth floating warehouses. Nor was there mention of the fact that the more than $2 billion sought for construction of the fleet of FDLs would go a long way to­ ward building a versatile modem merchant fleet which would meet the minimum of 460 ships the Defense Department estimates it needs to meet emergencies. Maritime Program Ignored Administration refusal to act on federal maritime policy is the only reason "existing" programs are in­ adequate to Defense Depart-ment needs. The five-year maritime pro­ gram submitted to Congress last month by leading members of the House and Senate calls for author­ ization of $300 million annually to build 40 merchant ships a year. That would provide the United States with a total of more than 460 merchant vessels by 1975— without having to wait until 1980 —and cost at least half a billion dollars less. The two MSTS officials and Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius maintain that the country will also have to have the FDL ships as part of the nation's defense posture by 1980 because they "meet the spe­ cialized military demands." FDL ship could meet while mod­ em merchant ships could meet all military and commercial needs as well. The FDLs would be loaded with military supplies and scat­ tered around the globe ready to move into trouble spots and de­ liver them if necessary in an emer­ gency. Aside from this they would never touch port or serve any other function. "Foolhardy and Wasteful" As the chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), said during the hearings on the later-scuttled FDL project last April, "it is foolhardy and wasteful to spend such a prepos­ terous sum of money ... on an untried vessel design which would be severely limited in practical ap­ plication and might even be ren­ dered useless in the event of un­ ation." The Navy officials also told their audience last week that FDL ships are needed because our mer­ chant marine will be too small and too involved in commercial opera­ tions to meet future emergency availability conditions in defense situations. They did not, however, mention that in spite of the condi­ tion to which the Administration has allowed it to fall through con­ sistent neglect, the American mer­ chant marine today carries more than 95 percent of all supplies and over half of the fighting men to maintain this country's military action in Vietnam. There is no indication that the merchant ma­ rine will be less able to fulfill its traditional function in the future than it is at present and has been in the past, provided an adequate fleet is maintained to provide for the nation's military and conunercial needs. The Atlantic Coast by Ear! (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area Led by the ultra-conservatives and their reluctance to bring about vitally needed changes for the better to meet the growing needs of most of our citizens both young and old, the first session of the 90th Congress has passed into history with little to distinguish it as an instrument of progress. ^ We in organized labor must on the Panama enroute to Viet­ push all the harder in the impor­ nam, via the West Coast. Ed took tant election year ahead to see the first good FWT job to hit the that the liberal legislation we board. support is not sabotaged — as Ramon Aguiar shipped as cook much of it was in 1967—and to and baker on the Azalea City. He rid Congress of as many anti- spent some time on the beach labor legislators as possible at the after a long stay as steward aboard polls. The time to begin support­ Raphael Semmes. ing potential liberal candidates is Baltimore right now. John Smith would like an Isth­ Puerto Rico mian ship, bound for Hawaii and Edward Morales grabbed a job the Far East. He sails as chief electician and his last ship was the Steel Vendor. Tom Karatzas is registered as bosun and is looking for a nice intercoastal run. Tom's last ship was the Marymar. NEW YORK—Positive action has been taken to provide federal Dave Sorenson is prett>' happy funds for two harbor projects in the Port of New York that shipping about the new increase in pension officials have long felt essential. House and Senate conferees have benefits. A 22-year man. his last approved the widening of the funds to be appropriated in the job was FOWT on the Portaleza. main channel of Newark Bay as Dave would like a good ship next fiscal year. well as expanding anchorages heading for the Far East. To accommodate the growth of for vessels in Upper New York Norfolk Bay. A million dollars for each Port Newark as an important shipping center, the main channel Jim Spencer has piled off the project was allocated. will be broadened to a uniform Cuba Victory after a trip as 'The appropriation, while less 700 feet from its present varying bosun. Jim spent Christmas with than the $3 million sought by the width of 400 to 500 feet. This the family and is looking for a Port of New York Authority, is nontheless significant Early in will improve access to the two new bosun's job on a run to the 1967 no funds for harbor devel­ major ocean terminals at Port Far East. opment were included in the Ad­ Newark and Elizabeth. The latter L. D. Richardson was in the ministration budget. Expectations is now under construction and Western Hunter's deck department were that the status quo would will become a major container- before going home for the holi­ not be improved. The outlook ship center. These improvements are de­ days. He wanted a good bosun's was bleak. signed to prepare for the 8,400 job on a coastwise tanker, and got FoDow-Up Funds ocean ships utilizing these termi­ one on the Robin Trent. Geoffery Mills was dayman on An affirmative answer came in nals predicted by the Port Author­ the Seatrain Puerto Rico before the form of a joint agreement by ity as the traffic level by 1975. The New York Bay project will taking a long rest ashore. Geof­ House and Senate conferees on an omnibus public works bill. Under focus on expanding the lower Red frey is happy with his AB's slot on its terms, the $1 million grant for Hook Flats anchorage, marking the -lopiin Victory and wishes his each of the two harbor projects the first improvement of the facil­ brothers in the SIU a happy new vear. will be the start, with follow-up ities in 34 years. House-Senate Cenferees Ap/a-ove Pwt of New Yerk Harber Prefects �Page' IVrelTe SEAFARERS Pete Braid Teams with Mike Hammer In Seafarer's New Mystery Novel "Dragon Hunt," a hard-boUed detective story in the Mickey Spillane tradition, has just been pub­ lished by New American Library. The author is former Se^arer Dave Garrity, who sailed in the deck department. The analogy to Spillane is not surprising, since Garrity is a friend of the famous detective writer, one of the big­ gest in the field. In fact, Spillane wrote a "short blurb," for use on the jacket cover of "Dragon Himt," Garrity told a LOG reporter from Us home in Newburg, N. Y. In addition, Spillane paid Gar­ rity the compliment of allowing him to use his famous private eye, Mike Hammer in the book. "Hammer and my detective, Peter Braid, are drinking buddies," Garrity said. Hammer is sort of a professional confidante of Braid. Neighbor of Spillane Garrity and Spillane were neigh­ bors and when the Seafarer started to write, he showed his work to Spillane for any sugges­ tions or advice he might have. You can't really teach anyone how to write, Garrity said, "but let's face it, there are little tricks of the trade you can pick up. You can sort of find out how a successful writer does it." After writing some short detec­ tive stories for magazines, Garrity published his first book, "Kiss Off The Dead," in 1960. In 1962, "Cry Me A Killer," hit the stands. His earlier work was published by Fawcett Publications, imder the "Gold Medal Book" label. Garrity can happily report that his first two books "sold out at the newstands." In addition, he has had his work published in England, Canada, Australia, Nor­ way, Holland, Sweden and France. "I just got a check from a pub­ lisher in Sweden," Garrity told the LOG. Although writing is still more of a hobby than a fulltime occu­ pation, Garrity hopes he will de­ vote all his professional time to writing very shortly. At present, he is in the cigarette distribution business in the Newburgh area. Wrote at Sea "I started to write at sea—once on a trip to India and again durring a trip on the Atlantic," Gar­ rity said. He decided on writing mysteries because "they are the biggest sellers in the paper back Seafarer-turned mystery writer Dave Garrity (seated), discusses his latest work, "Dragon Hunt," with Mickey Spillane, creator of the famous detective, Mike Hammer. The novel is Garrity's third. edtions." Garrity said that in 'Dragon Hunt,' private eye Braid "is hired by an old man in a wheelchair to find his missing son," and from then on, the plot thickens, with enough action to satisfy any mystery fan. When asked how he chose the name of Peter Braid, Garrity ex­ plained that he was driving through a town in New York when he noticed the sign on the window of a business establish­ ment which identified the proprie­ tors as Peter Braid and Garrity thought the name sounded good. When not writing, stock car racing occupies a good deal of his time. "I have a 327 chevy engine in a 1937 Plymouth coop," he said. He does most of his rac- Congratulations to the Chef ing at the Orange County Fair­ ground Speedway in Middletown, N.Y. Although he has never won a race, he did finish third once at the Tri-Valley Speedway in Grahamsville, N. Y. A navy veteran, Garrity ex­ plained that "the sea was always a great calling for me," and he thought he would continue sailing awhile. He sailed on a number of steel ships and his last trip was a coast­ wise run aboard the Raphael Semmes. His literary endeavors were the subject of a previous LOG story. PERSONALS Eugene McGuinn Please contact your brother, Michael McGuinn, 3SSS Bruck­ ner Blvd., Bronx, New York 10461. He would like to hear from you. ^— Angelo Maldonado You have mail at the Seaman's Annex, Brooklyn Post Office. <j> Friends of Otto Timm The family of Otto Timm, Jr., wishes to thank the crew of the Bel Sud for their lovely expression of sympathy which will always be remembered and appreciated. ^ Captain Matthew Reynolds (left) and purser Edward Hunter (second from right) of the Del Alba, offer congratulations to chief cook Leslie Burnett (right) for fine Thanksgiving meal enjoyed by the crew in Vietnam. Second from left is utility man Jimmie Russell. January S, 1968 LOG Clinton Stumpp Please contact Mrs. Jean Sulli­ van or Barry Krum at 62 Hewlet St., Willingboro, N. J., or phone him at 609-877-1516, in regard to a very important matter. Keeps In Touch With the LOG To The Editor: I want to thank you for sending me the Log. That is the only way I can keep in touch with the best union in the world. I hope you keep up the good work, and I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Respectfully yours, Evaid Olson Brockton, Mass. —^ History's Lesson Ignored by U»K. To The Editon It is often said that a knowl­ edge of history will enable a person to avoid making mis­ takes others have made in the past. Why, then, is the British Board of Trade talking of all the so-called "practicalities" of a runaway-flag fleet, much as the U.S. Government has been doing for years, and why is it apparently only lately that sev­ eral Members of Parliament in Britain have become outspoken about the crippling effects of a runaway-flag fleet, while nu­ merous U.S. Senators and Rep­ resentatives have heen decrying and noting point-by-point these dangers for decades? One would expect the British supporters of no British mer- LETTERS To Tlie Editor chant marine to take a little time to review the American shipping dilemma, and save themselves and their country from the headache that has developed in the U.S. Then again, perhaps they feel there is little to learn here, since we have not solved the prob­ lem either. Well then, what is the history we know about so far? We know that the U.S. has dropped to 16th place in world shipping. We know that the U.S. Mari­ time consists almost completely of obsolete World War II ves­ sels that are just about falling apart. We know that Liberia, with the largest runaway-flag fleet in the world, is offering severe competition to Ameri­ can-flag shipping (as well as British). And we know, among the other frightening details, that U.S. Government adminis­ trators only seem to care about their shipping needs when a situation such as Vietnam de­ velops. So what we apparently end up with is a "crisis-controlled maritime": It is always in its own deadly crisis, unable to help the U.S. balance-of-payments deficit because it is not allowed to, and it is only dusted off a bit when a military crisis threatens the nation. And yet, those officials re­ sponsible for this disgrace don't learn from their own history. But the information is still there for all to see; it,,,|s no secret. Perhaps some Member of Par­ liament, or a Board of Trade Minister, will look at these facts, and decide not to fall into the same trap that holds the U.S. merchant marine captive. And perhaps that British decision will provide a strong enough incentive for the U.S. to get busy and build up its Maritime as it should have done long ago. Dennis Solinger Limited Choice Of Candidates To The Editon What a choice we have! Somewhere out there is an abundance of colorful Republi­ can non-candidates for the title of Mr. President 1968. Who, I wonder, will be the winner of this contest? Will it be Ronald "Good Old Days" Reagan? How secure we could all feel, having in the White House a man whose views on laboi might be en­ titled "The Grapes and My Wrath" or "I Love Labor's Loss"? And what if something were to go wrong in the White House? "Heck,", he'd probably say, "This wasn't in the script." Will it be George Romney? "My good friends," we'd prob­ ably hear him exhort, "Con­ sistent thought is fine, as long as it doesn't interfere with what I say. After all, to have been brainwashed is not to say that I think of what I say in the same way as I say what I think I've said is any different, you see. On the other hand," he would add, "unions really are too powerful." Then there would be Nixon, Hatfield, Percy, and, running onstage from behind the cur­ tain and gasping "Here I am," Harold Stassen. Yes, folks, it promises to be an interesting year ahead. Ted Laffiiter ^ Organized Labor At the Front To The Editor: I..do not think I understand this country too well. Here we are in a time of great prosperity and yet our Congress argues on and on about whether or not to give U.S. citizens a boost in so­ cial security benefits. Here we are the richest nation in the world and our Congress refuses to extend medicare benefits to disabled persons under 65. Here we are the richest na­ tion in the world and our mi­ grant farmworkers are still de­ nied the protection of the law to organize and bargain collec­ tively. Here we are the richest na­ tion in the world and our Con­ gress argues about how much to charge the starving people of Appalachia for food. I will tell you something. We may be the richest country in the world but in many cases our government falls down in its obligation to its people. We elect people to Congress and then some forget that we exist. The labor union is the only group that represents the inter­ ests of the working man. And the working man better not for­ get it. Carl Reidenonr �Janiiarjr 5> 1968 SEAFARERS FINAL DEPARTURES Orval I^dley, 54: A heart at­ tack claimed the life of Brother Dudley, Septem_ ber 14, while sail­ ing aboard the Santore. The ves­ sel was docked at Madras Har­ bor, Madras, In­ dia at the time of his death. A native of Zavalla, Texas, he resided in Dayton, Texas. Brother Dudley sailed in the engine department and joined the SIU in Houston. The body was returned to Dayton for bu­ rial. Surviving is a son, Orval Dudley, Jr., of Dayton. Otto Timm, Jr., 62: Brother Timm died on November 23 while sailing aboard the Del Sud. Born in Germany, he made his resi­ dence in Miami, Fla., where he joined the SIU. Brother Timm sailed as chief steward. He serv­ ed in the Marines and was chosen as an honor marine to sail aboard the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" when the historic vessel was recommissioned into active service. Surviving is his wife, Virginia, of Miami. Burial was in Southern Memorial Park, Miami. 4^ Charles Meyer, 67: Brother Meyer died on November 25, in St. Francis Hospi­ tal, Escanaba, Mich. He sailed on the Great Lakes and joined the Union in the port of Detroit. Brother Meyer was a native of Port Washington, Wisconsin and lived in Escanaba. He sailed in the engine depart­ ment and was employed by the Arnold Transit Lines. Surviving is his wife, Victoria, of Escanaba. Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme­ tery, Escanaba. John Aba, 64: A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Aba, November 3, at his home in New York City. He was bom in the Philippines and joined the Union in the port of New York. An AB, Aba's last coa Mariner. Brother Aba was on an SIU pension at the time of his death. Surviving is his step­ brother, Carlos Dall of New York City. Burial was in Rosedale Cem­ etery, Linden, N. J. FORTY WINKS AT FORTY FATHOMS V' W ITH TALES OF COZY PILLOWS made of rock, a sleep so deep that it takes ten minutes to wake up, and the ability to adapt to dangerous situations, scientists from around the world disclosed new insights into the psychological workings of fish. The findings were presented at the Conference on Fish Behavior in Relation to Fishing Techniques and Tactics, convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which met in Bergen, Norway, from October 19 to 27, 1967. About 100 fishery biologists and technologists from 29 countries, including Japan, Peru, the United States, and the USSR, attended the meeting. ii |j V i- *• i. >> ' V Deep Sleepers Soviet scientist O. N. Kiselev, of the Polar Re­ search Institute of Marine Fisheries and Ocean­ ography in Murmansk, told of seeing sleeping cod and haddock during his eight-hour underwater trav­ els in a one-man diving chamber in the Barents Sea off Murmansk. The chamber, or hydrostat, was low­ ered from a drifting mother ship to depths ranging from 600 to 2,000 feet, and carried Kiselev several hundred miles. Kiselev noted that the fish neither noticed the hy­ drostat nor reacted to its intense Hashing lights. 'Try as we might, we could not wake them up," he fold the conference. It was interesting, said the Soviet scientist, that though the fish appeared to sleep at various times, Page Thirteen LOG Ten Additional Seafarer Veterans Added to Growing SIU Pension List Castro Throne Zlateff Lynam Gaudio Noel The names of ten Seafarers have been added to the list of SIU men who are enjoying retirement security with the aid of an SIU pension. The latest additions to the roster are; Alfred Throne, Charles Zlateff, Thomas Lynam, Antonio Castro, Julien Noel, Michael Gaudio, Juan Rodriquez, Harold Hines, Louis Nowaczewski, and was a deckhand for the Pennsyl- in the port of Philadelphia. A na­ Alexander Fabricant. tive of North Carolina, he now Alfred Throne sailed as AB in New York. lives in Philadelphia. Hines sailed Antonio Castro joined the SIU and joined the Union in New Orleans. A native of Norway, in Miami and resides in that city, with Interstate Oil Transport Co. A member of the SIU's Great Throne lives in New Orleans with with his wife, Eusebia. A 27-year bis wife, Elvina. He last sailed on SIU veteran, Castro shipped as a Lakes District, Louis Nowaczew­ carpenter. His last ship was the ski sailed as AB and was employed the Steel Surveyor. by the Huron Portland Cement Charles Zlateff last sailed on Florida State. Julien Noel was a chief engi­ *Co. Born in Michigan, he now the Del Santos. He joined the neer and joined the SIU in Port lives in Alpena, Mich. He joined Arthur, Texas. A resident of the SIU in the port of Detroit. Orange, Texas, Noel was born in Arnaudville, La. He sailed with Slade Inc., Towing. Michael Gaudio sailed in the steward department. He joined the Union in Baltimore, where he makes his home. His last ship was the Fenn Victory. Rodriqnez Hines Juan Rodriguez was born in SIU in Philadelphia. Born in Bul­ Puerto Rico. He sailed as FOWT Fabricant Nowaczewski garia, he lives in Warwick, Rhode and his last vessel was the SeaIsland. Zlateff sailed as cook. Alexander Fabricant sailed in train New York. Rodriguez sailed Thomas Lynam joined the SIU 27 years and joined the SIU in the steward department. A native in the port of New York. Born New York. He lives in Rio Piedres, of Burlington, Vt., he lives in Metairie, La. His last ship was the in Jersey City, N.J., he still makes P. R., with his wife. Carmen. his home in that city. Lynam Horace Hines joined the SIU Del Sud. they most often appeared to sleep at night. Dr. Evelyn Shaw, Associate Curator of the Ameri­ can Museum of Natural History in New York, cor­ roborated these findings, explaining that she had seen sleeping trigger fish at the museum's marine labora­ tory in the Bahamas. They did indeed sleep mostly at night, she reported, and added that they usually would take between five an ten minutes to wake up after the lights had been turned on, and that they resisted wakening "even when we made noise by banging on the pipes leading to the pens" where the fish are kept. Dr. Shaw remarked that the fish would almost literally "bed down" for the night. When going to sleep, they would turn over on their sides and lean against a rock or other convenient object for support. Adaptation to Danger Reactions of fish to divers and trawls were report­ ed to the conference in a paper prepared by W. L. Hiph of the United States Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF), who described daring descents by scientists with breathing apparatus to observe the action of moving trawls at midwater and bottom levels. These scientists leaped from moving fishing vessels and crawled down the warps to the trawls where they observed and photographed the fish being drawn into the net. High reported that several species of fish were thus ob.served. "Usually some fish were in the net when the divers arrived," he wrote. "Those fish, which the divers saw pass into the large net mouth (as much as 50 by 60 feet) did not display signs of distress. Individuals or groups oriented to the web and maintained their position facing the apparent current." In connection with this apparent lack of fear by the fish, FAO adds, it has been found that fish are adaptable to other dangerous situations such as the frequent appearance of spear-fishing skin-divers. The fish gradually learn to recognize the hostility of the diver and his weapon, and they swim away. How­ ever, they have no fear of the same diver without his spear-gun, and so do not flee the unarmed diver. The conference participants agreed on the need for more direct observations of fish in their natural habi­ tat, and called on FAO to promote this research. Toward this end, the conference recommended estab­ lishment of undersea laboratories, and the increased use of submersibles and self-contained diving gear. Such developments would enable scientists to obtain important information not available in any land-based laboratory. More Research Needed Steps in this direction have already been taken by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, where divers have descended along the lines of moving trawls in order to observe fish reac­ tions to the trawl. E. L. Nakamura, of the BCF in Honolulu, Hawaii, described the use of an observa­ tion cabin suspended below a floating raft, and Soviet scientists explained that they are making extensive use of hydrostats and bathyplanes, the latter of which travel above the trawl and from side to side, at con­ siderable depths where fish are abundant. The trend toward the employment of new techno­ logical developments in catching fish includes the use of sonar, "sound-guns," lights, laser beams, acoustic cameras, chemical repellants and dyes, and other de­ vices. Sonar has long been used to locate and follow schools of fish. Now British and Soviet scientists have added the use of low-frequency sound waves which frighten the fish into the best positions for their capture. FAO expert Paul Strom reported that this type of artificially-induced noise caused violent reactions by bonito in the South Atlantic. Professor A. von Brandt, director of the Fishing Technique Institute of the Federal Republic of Ger­ many, told the conference of the increasing use of electrical methods in catching fish. The efficiency of this technique was affirmed by Dr. D. L. Alverson, who chaired the FAO Conference and is Director of the Exploratory Fishing and Gear Research Base of the BCF in Seattle, Washington. Alverson, who re­ cently visited Soviet fishing facilities, said the Soviets were catching up to 70 metric tons of fish per day at one-third the usual cost, using a new method by which a portion of the water is electrified, stun­ ning the fish and facilitating their capture. 'The next step in fishing," said Alverson, "is to alter the behavior of the fish itself—^to prevent their escape, increase the density of fish and to drive them down before the trawl. In other words, to put fish in the position of being caught." �1 (t Page Fourteen SEAFARERS January S, 1968 LOG ''S'-•- Passing of 'Job No. 534' Seafarers aboard the Cuba Victory (Alcoa) have voted Captain W. R. Lee "Mr. Congeniality, bosun and ship's reporter William Sellm reported to the LOG. Captain Lee worked hard to obtain shore leave for the crew at Yung Ro, Vietnam. "Captain Lee went to bat for his crew and procured shore leave where previously ^ Meeting Chairman Ivar Ander­ Sailing has been smooth for such a thing was unheard of," wrote Sellers. As a token of the son reports from the Globe Trav­ the Tamara Guilden (Transport eller (Maritime Commercial), Crew's appreciation, Captain Lee Overseas) that a Walter Rigby, was presented with "a real sea­ ship's fund was meeting chairman man's lamp,' made by Sellers, approved for the According writes. complete with an payment of libra­ to meeting secre­ appropriate en­ ry literature. A tary H. M. Karlgraved inscrip­ total of $10 was sen, the movie tion. Ship's dele­ put in the fund, fund is holding gate Bill Stack Anderson related. its own, with some presented the recent repair work Meeting Secre­ Captain with the Anderson Rigby to equipment. The tary E. Davis lamp at a brief wrote that everything is going ship's fund is down to $2.80, ceremony, prior well as the ship heads for Phil­ Karlsen reported. A vote of thanks to the completion Sellers adelphia, via Amsterdam and was given the steward department of the voyage. Antwerp. The steward depart­ and the crew for their co-opera­ ment has done a good job keep­ tion on movie nights, which has ing the Seafarers well fed. ^comes a regular ship feature. A vote of thanks was extended td the crew of the Columbia Banker (Columbia) for the excellent way in which they co­ operated with the ship's delegate, meeting chairman Headquarters has been advised that Maritime Overseas John Maker re­ Corporation has unclaimed wages for the men listed be­ ported. Also com­ low. They are advised to contact the company at 511 ing in for praise Fifth Avenue, New York 100J7, to obtain their wages. was the steward Name Maker Former Vessel Name Former Vessel department for Charles A. Lindberr Globe parrier Arthur J. Young Ocean Evelyn Globe Carrier keeping the men well fed during Robert M. Christian Donald Morrison Ocean Evelyn James T. Brooks. Jr. Globe Carrier Francis W. Keeley Ocean Evelyn the voyage, according to meeting Thomas L. Stinnette Globe Carrier John J. Cook Ocean Evelyn Frank O. Jensen Globe Carrier William A. Guernsey Ocean Evelyn secretary Fazil All. The LOGs Patrick J. Dorrian Globe Carrier Charlie B. Karlson Ocean Evelyn Globe Carrier and mail have been arriving reg­ William Rndd Pedro C. Esteban Ocean Evelyn Roy L. Cnthrell Globe Carrier R. C. Russ Ocean Evelyn ularly while the ship was on the Richard F. Snmski Globe Carrier Jack Y. Dixon Ocean Evelyn Edward A. Murray S. Krawczynski Ocean Evelyn Globe Explorer Vietnam run, Ali wrote. The ship R. F. Bohn Robert H. Wolfe Ocean Evelyn Globe Explorer is due to pay off in Portland. Gerald F. Shaffer Globe Explorer Fred A. Hover, Jr. Ocean Ulla MONEY DUE "All in all, we had a most pleasant voyage," Del Norte (Delta) ship's del­ egate John Denais reported t o the LOG. Louis Mo­ reno of the stewa r d department was hospitalized in Buenos Aires, Denais wrote, and Gonzalez was given $50 from the depart­ ment fund. Engine delegate Peter Gonzalez reported that the de­ partment has voted "to give $100 in the engine fund to the Chil­ dren's Home located behind the Public Health Hospital" in New Orleans. Movie director Jack Kennedy stated that the movie projector will be locked in the slop chest for the duration of the Delta dispute. Marty Haeshberger Robert Stapleton Dale H. Garrignes William E. McMahon Floyd D. Kelley Maxwell McPpil Harold E. Arlinghans Albert W. Dykes Richard Rackley Richard A. Barch Ralph E. Foster Floyd Talley Francis Clawson Charles Pafford James Richard Logan W. T. Austin James Jarman Terrill Glen Clark Artway Coldwell William G. Moody William T. Barclay Orban Templeton Albert E. Zinsavage W. R. Simpson Hngh Thomas Hnckaba Johnie L. Payne William B. Rentz Vincent R. Limon Seiko Snnagawa Karl Knndsrn Hiraichi Fnkamine Isao Kohatsn John M. Yates William R. Dixon Alphan Frage Wiley Hinton Vincent R. Limon William B. Rentz Jack E. Skelton John Hurray Teofilo A. Abulencia Chilton G. Hall Robert Marsh Richard Pontius M. P. 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Gniganious Albert Rodriquez Ted F. Cressy Serge Lomakin Retnhold Seidler George W. Dobbs John W. Shaw, Jr. Anthony Noblle William O'Connor Edward S. Szydlowski Louis W. Dnplalslr Lawrence Deico Lee E. Redden James F. Dwyer Walter E. Barber Charles Hancock George Tidwell Lola A. Martinez Leon G. Lamouranne Serge Lomakin Reinhold Seidler George W. Dtdibs John W. 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(PrinHnformafion) Manuel Noble keep the gang Faircloth J i WAME ••••.***«»»«•.•• a'eaaeaa^^swaadbaaeAaa |||| worked hard "to happy," according to Moore. 5 STREET ADDRESS , ^ ; S Grady Faircloth, night cook and S" a STATE ZIP..,. | baker, did "a very outstanding job • CITY Pv. - • * .a on pastries and coffee time spe- P TO'AVOIO PUn.tCATiOI4; If ycNi are^M subscriber and heve • ehenge . cialties. Abdnrmb Awadh, third B^of eddrMSf pieine QiVe yoyr former address below; cook, Bmno Garrino, crew messpa*. •«»*«*aaes.»ss*.»aee. «««•**•' | man and D. Penaredondo, pan­ 8|!AiXNPSS^ tryman, also did a fine job Moore a • e e a e-e e# a ee e • • e e SIWHE ^ ^ e # .e,. »SP* * P e e« j reported Marks End of 'Gracious Cra' Recently, the ocean liner "Queen Mary" pulled into Long Beach, Calif., to begin refitting. The liner, after 33 years of plying the Atlantic Ocean, will begin a new career as a float­ ing museum. Long Beach outbid other cities for the vessel, which will become her foremost tourist attraction. Veteran Seafarer Pat Conley, who has contributed a number of previ­ ous articles to the LOG, writes his impressions of this famous vessel, along with many interesting historical notes. The RMS Queen Mary came home from the seas for the last time yesterday. Still majestic, still proud and tall in the water, she edged cautiously up to Pier E—on the Terminal Island sid6 of Long Beach, Calif.—to the accompaniment of a wild skirling of bagpipes and a water jet salute from fireboats. But even as the engines stopped and secured, and a 33-year saga of seagoing luxury slipped gracefully into memory, a whole new career was beginning for the onetime monarch of the transatlantic passenger service. The massive liner that started life as "job No. 534" at John Brown's Glasgow shipyard in 1930, will shortly undergo a com­ plete refitting that will turn her into a floating museum, con­ vention center and tourist attraction. Her new career began the moment seamen secured her final watch. Nearly 200 men will be busy aboard tearing out all but one of her engines, about half of her staterooms and all of C deck. All six of the old liners, lower decks, a total of 264,000 square feet, will be used for exhibit purposes; the rest of the seven top decks will be devoted to a hotel and convefttion center complex—the only permanently docked luxury hotel in the world. Statistician's Dream The RMS Queen Mary, opulent reminder of a gracious era, is a statistician's dream of biggest, fastest and a hundred other superlatives. To begin with, the City of Long Beach, which purchased the Queen at $3,450,000, will spend more than twice that much to re-fit her into a permanent landmark. She is immense in her size. These numbers offer some indi­ cation. Her overall length is 1,010 feet (three football fields and then some). From her keel to the top superstructure, forward funnel and masthead, respectively, she measures 124, 1181, and 237 feet. At full capacity she can accommodate 1,900 passen­ gers and is manned by 1,174 officers and crew members. Her rudder weighs 140 tons, her three steam whistles which have a range of 10 miles, weigh a ton apiece and her three anchors 16 tons each. When this gal needs a paint job it takes 30 tons of the stuff to do the job. She had her keel first laid in December, 1930. The following December, 1931, owing to the depression, work on her was sus­ pended, not to resume for nearly two and a half years. Then, on May 27, 1936, her trials completed she set out from South­ hampton via Cherbourg, to New York. She had everything and was the ultimate in luxury liners, but in March of 1940, she slipped out of her ermine wraps, laid aside her tiara, and enjoyed her finest hours. Ontraiis Torpedoes For during the war years, although Hitler put a price on her head ($250,000 and an Iron Cross to the U-Boat Commander who sank her), she carried over 800,000 troops, often a division at a time. She steamed well over half a million miles, running a zig-zag course at 30 knots. She was too fast to be torpedoed and Hitler's reward went begging. Long Beach recognized they needed an attraction to make it more than just the City of Long Beach, so, on July 25, with a sealed bid of $34,450,000, they won out over the next closest contender, the City of Philadelphia, by $40,000. If all goes well, by January 1969, the Queen will be moved into its final setting as the star attraction of a new 4,000-boat marina the city is constructing adjacent to Pier J. The beauty part is that long ago, from her oil lease revenues, Long Beach allocated eight million dollars for the construction of a land-based museum and the Queen, totally renovated, will cost less than that. Not since Manhattan went for a bag of beads, has anyone turned this good a deal. On the occasion of her launching in 1934, Poet Laureate John Masefield wrote: "May shipwreck and cpllision, fog and. fire rock, shoal and other evils of the sea be kept from you; and may the heart's desire of those who speed your launching come to be." Poor Masefield. He thought to protect her from every­ thing, and almost succeeded. What's left to say, but God and Long Beach saved the Queen. �i<-: ; > 1 SEAFARERS January 5, 1968 Scihediiile of jra.0iuQ0jrsnip J«001flll "nJT VIM1M SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans .Feb. 13—2:30 p.m. Mobile Feb. 14—2:30 p.m. Wilmington . .Feb. 19—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Feb. 21—2:00 p.m. Seattle Feb. 23—2:00 p.m. New York .. . Feb. 5—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia . Feb. 6—2:30 p.m. Baltimore ... Feb. 7—2:30 p.m. Detroit Feb. 9—2:30 p.m. Houston . .. .Feb. 12—2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detrtdt Jan. 15—2:00 p.m. Alpena Jan. 15—^7:00 p.m. Buffalo Jan. 15—7:00 p.m. Chicago ....Jan. 15—7:00 p.mk Cleveland .. .Jan. 15—^7:00 p.m. Dnlufli Jan. 15—7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. .Jan. 15—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago Feb. 13—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Feb. 15—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Duluth Feb. 16—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Feb. 16—7:30 p.m. Toledo Feb. 16—7:30 p.m. Detroit Feb. 12—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . . Feb. 12—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans .Feb. 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 14—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia . Feb. 6—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) Feb. 7—5:00 p.m. Norfolk . ... .Feb. 8;—5:00 p.m. Houston ... .Feb. 12—5:00 p.m. ciPCi DIRBCTORYof UNIONHAIiLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT P«ul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shapard II V United Industrial Workers New Orleans .Feb. 13—^7:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 14—7:00 p.m. New York ... Feb. 5—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia . Feb. 6—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . .. Feb. 7—7:00 p.m. tHouston . . . Feb. 12—^7:00 p.m. meeting. Discussion held as to why we do not have a credit union iike other unions have. Discussion as to why we have not heard anything about any action on retirement benefits. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), December lO—Chslrman, Thomas E. Yabloosky; Secretary, Angel Seda. $11.S0 In ship's fund. Everjrthing is running smoothly with no bMfa. Vote of thanks to the steward department for tho fine meals, especially the Thanksgiving: din» ner. PENN EXPORTER (Penn Shipping), October 21—Chairman, Clinton J. Mur­ ray; Secretary, Z. A. Markris. No beefs reported and everything is running smoothly in each department. Brother Joseph N. Meyerchak was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. WACOSTA (Sea-Land), Kovember 12 —Chairman, C. Ilemby; Secretary, Man­ uel P. Caldas. $11.00 in ship's fund. Steward deiegate to see patrolman re­ garding ddayed sailing, otherwise no beefs were reported. Motion was made that the Union give its members a re­ tirement on sea time at any age, not for disability only. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Scatraln), November 26—Chairman, J. Ebbole; Sec­ retary, Anibal Albe. One man missed ship in San Juan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. CHOCTAW (Waterman), December 14 —Chalmian, Ira W. Griggers, Jr.; Sec­ retary, William R. Magrud«r. $16.00 In ahip's fund. BroUrer Herbert L. Smith was elected to serve as ship's delegate. DEL NORTE (Delta), December 16— Cbairman, Reuben Belietty; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Vote of thanks was extend­ ed to the ship's delegate, Brtrther J«rfin SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr 475 4th Ave^ Of SIU ALPENA. Mich BALTIMORE. Md BOSTON. Mas BUFFALO. N.Y 1214 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4W0 MEETINOS 177 735 Washington St. SIU TL 3-9257 IBU TL 3-925? CHICAGO. Ill 93#3 Ewing Ave. SIU SA 1-0733 IBU ES 5-9S70 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT. Mich 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich HOUSTON. Tex VI 3-4741 P.O. Box 217 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 Denais. for a job well done Engine De­ partment donated $100.00 out of their fund to the Children's Home in New Orleans. $26.00 from steward department fund given to Brother Bill Meehan for floral piece at mother's funeral. $50.00 was ^ven to hospitalized brother in Buenos Aires. Some disputed OT in deck : and engrine departments, otherwise every­ thing else Is running smoothly. -WARRIOR (Sea-Land), December 18 —Chairman, Van Whitney: Secretary, Walter Leacovieh. Brother 3, Nouwen is acting ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Re­ pair lists were turned in. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudson Wa­ terways), December Z—Ohalrman, M. H. Jones; Secretary, W. W. Hunter. Ship's delegate reported that everything is run­ ning smoothly with no he^s. SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO (Hudson Waterways), November 26 — Chairman, John S. Hauser; Secretary, L. P. Hagmann. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother L. P. Hagmann was eleetrf to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was given to the steward department for the nice Thanksgiving Dinner. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEar (Hudson Waterways). May 11—Chairman, M. F. Curry; Secretary, Kelly. Washing ma­ chine and galley range were repaired. Vote of tiianks was extended to the steward department. Chief steward James Coker is doing an excellent job. Ship in desperate need of fumigation. TRANSCHAMPLAIN (Hudson Waterways), December 10—Chairman, B. New­ ell : Secretary, Francis E Burley. Brother Ruel N. Lawrence was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs rcimrted by department delegates. Everytlung is running smoothly. PETROCHBM (Valentine), December 14—'Chairman, Karl V. Christensen; Secretary, None. No beefs reported by department delegates. Small amount of disputed OT in deck department. Ship's delegate resigned and was given a vote of thanks for a job welt done. Brother Albert R. Yoaman was selected to serve as new ship's delegate. BOWLING GREEN (Pan American Tinkers). December 10—Chairman, John Dunne; Secretary, E". J. '•Whitey" J<dinson. $6.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks was extended to the en­ tire steward department for doing an outstanding job. Vote of thanks to Uje ship's delegate and to the departmmit delegates. CORTLAND (G. T. Bates). December 16—Chairman, Mike Doherty: Secretary, P. C. Nolan. Brother Mike Doherty was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa); November 19—Chairman, S. Jandora; Secretary, WJ. Miles. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother Mark J. Fitzpatrick was elected to serve as ship's delegate. 115 3rd St. Tel. 422-1892 INGBR (Reynolds Metals). December 11—Chairman, F. J. Sehandl; Secretary, Lorenzo Bennett. Ship's delegate re­ ported that there is some disputed OT, otherwise a very good trip. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. 2404 S. 4th St. DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R 1313 Fernandei Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 724-2848 SEAHLE. Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 EAGLE TRAVELLER (United Mari­ time), December 10—Chaliman, T. J. White: Secretary, James W. Fultz. Mo­ tion was made that the SIU hall in Yokohama he recognized as a bona fide Union hail so that vacation checks can be collected. Brother John Euchta was elected to serve as ship's delegate. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Com­ mercial), November 12—Chairman, Wal­ ter S. Righy; Secretary. Harold M. Karlson. Few hours disputed OT in steward department otherwise this has been a good trip. $2.80 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Grew was also thanked for their cooperation during movie nights. Headquarters to be contacted regarding retirement plan and also the welfare plan. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), December 4—Chairman, S. F. Sokol; Secretary, Steve Juhosz. $26.50 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Brother Steve Juhooz was elected to serve as ship's delegate. JACKSONVILLE. Fla MOBILE. Ale NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK, Va 2408 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 430 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7544 PHILADELPHIA. Pa ST. LOUIS. Mo 805 Del Mar CE 1-1434 TAMPA. Fla 312 Harrison St. Tei. 229-2788 WILMiNGTON. Calif. .. 505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 YOKOHAMA. Japan. Iseya Bldg.. Room BOI 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 204971 Ext. 281 SB DEL NORTE (Delta), November 6 —^Chairman, Reuben Belietty; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Ship's delegate Jean Latapie left ship in New Orleans. Brother John Denais was elected to serve in his place. $128.67 in ship's fund. Motion was made to • write to headquarters asking whs can't a patrolman, agent or vice presi­ dent come aboard ship for a special UNFAIR TOI^ABOR DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) CAINC CATOCHE (South Atlantic and Caribbean), November 26—Chairman, M. McDonough; Secretary, D. King. No beefs reported by dejiartment delegates. ROSWBLL VICTORY (States Marine), December 10—Owirman, Pete Seratto; Secretary, None. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Request for ciarification sent to headquarters. JERSEY CITY. N.J Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Feb. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Feb. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Feb. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Feb. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. HATTimBUBG VICTORY December 10—Chairnum, B. M. Gold; Seeretarr, Charles J. Mitchell. Ship's delegate reported that everpthlnB is run* Ding smoothly. VICE PRESIDENTS Linditr Wllliami Robert Matthews HEADQUARTERS Page Fifteen LOG DEL MONTE (Drita), December 12— Chairman, M. Pat Ragas; Secretary, A. Campbell. Motion was made that any member who has an accident on board ship which results in broken bones or fractures that are set up in a cast, should be separated immediately. TRANSHUDSON (Hudson Waterways), December 10—Chairman, J. O. TTuunas: Secretary, Frank Leonard. No beefs and no disputed OT was reported by depart­ ment delegates. Stit'el-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "O'd EDt" "Cabin Still," W. 1.. Weller Boiirhon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) <I> Kingsport Press • World Book," "Chlldcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) <1> White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Staffer Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Creslworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earharf Starlite luggage Sfarflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) ^ "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) —— FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Ektrl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battenr Place, Suite 1980, New York 4 N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rlghte, as well as your obligations, such «» flUng for OT on the proper sheeto and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU i»trolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to protect your contract righto prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any mdlvldual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrain^ from publbhing •riicles de^ed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. ThU established policy has Wn reaffirmed by membership 'action at the September, 1960, meetinn in all constitu­ tional ports. The pesponslhlllty for LOG policy tovcsW in an ^itorial board which consists of the Elxecutlve Board of the Union. The Brecutlve Boa^ may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this rssponslbiUtir. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEIAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. AH members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboa^ employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-stonding Union pol­ icy of ulowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal righto in employment and as members of the SIU. These righto are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal righto to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rijfijto of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to BPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer fecb that any of the above righto have been violated, or that he has been deniad his constitutional right of access to Union records or in­ formation. he shonld immcdiotoly notify SIU President PanI HaU at hcadqaarters by cartlflcd mall, retnm receipt reqnested. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Peavy Paper MB! Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Magic Chef Pan Pacific DIvhdon (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) �SEAFAREBSM.OG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO \ ' 'jpBE . III I Sll , <V TiiliafeSf recently for its last payoff untU Spring fit-out, Foliot^ successful season, the vessel went into lay-up most of the crew returning home for winter jobs, Shipping teas good this year and jobs were plentiful in all Lakes ports. I Watchman Joseph Bobala, was greeted by liir'^augfvfe^'Tvlrs. Rose Marie Dumber, who drove from Onaway, Michigan, to pick up her father. Joseph will spend holidays with the family. ••Kr?..-.. -- p- ' '•1-4 • mm i: ipym^ '--==5;.. Manning the Townsend's engine room were {left to right) Shirley HackwoH'h, wiper, Fred Bittle, second assistant, ancT Adolph.''Spud" Kalisch, oildf, . " ~ "• /f a:' . r'' J v.V J* " , ' •.-vm ^ W table ftnen' 'a^llnk Art LaBrecque looks on, Fred sailed as f cook and helped keep therPaul Townserid a well-fed vesset^fe^^^ Fram -^ -.j.; 'm 'C- ,744c'i i'P i#"- 0MP : 1 m Ronald Rueil (left) served-as >yheelsmari while Ronald an OS. Both men are looking forward to sailing on Paul Townsend again. I . ,1 L VA/ n 1. pjscussmg the recent trip are porter Wayne Brandt (standing) and bosun Edward Kihn; They agreed that |hipping was good on the Great Lakes this season. ; ^ . Joseph Bobala (left) and- Richard Idalski sailed: ds watch^ men. Dick is doing some last minute packing, prior to leaving ship. Both men hope for another good year in '68. Robert Kurkerwicz, wheelsman, finds that even on the last day of the season there's always some work to be dorie. Bob is veteran of sailing the Great Lakes.. Frank Kolicky makes some coffee for the crew, while they pack and get in some last minute work, before the ship is;laid-up for the coming winter months. ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 5, 1968 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER FORD RAPS GOVT FAILURE ON NEW MARITIME POLICY SIU RAPS NEW 50-50 CARGO RATES AS BLOCK TO U.S. FLEET UPGRADING MARITIME NEEDS CONSTRUCTIVE POLICY FROM GOVT, CONGRESSMAN DECLARES CONSERVATIVES TAKE AIM AT LABOR IN 1968 ELECTIONS COURT RAPS NLRB TIMIDITY AGAINST ANTI UNION EMPLOYERS SIU CONTRACTED DELTA LINE PROTESTS CUTBACK IN BRAZIL EXPORT CARGOES THE SOVIET FLEET MENACE LABOR-SUPPORTED LEGISLATION STALLED BY CONSERVATIVE BLOC IN CONGRESS GOVT REVIVES FDL SHIP PROPOSAL DESPITE PREVIOUS CONGRESS REJECTION PETE BRAID TEAMS WITH MIKE HAMMER IN SEAFARER’S NEW MYSTERY NOVEL LAY-UP ON THE LAKES Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/05/1968 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXX, No. 1  1968 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/5ed8bb3067fe0f8fa9bd51a1540bdc11.PDF bd151a050e9c021a9b029daac22bd36b PDF Text Text I:H 'H- Vol. XVIil No. 1 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • • '•,1 ' i i Vt V Kii CONGRESS TO EYE SHIP SUBSIDIES To Review US Maritime Policies -Story on Page 3 rnmm M m « Unnamed fireman (above) WW COT /KnO I COMm sits on bunk aboard Alcoa Runner showing where bow of National Liberty came through bulkhead of Runner when two SlU-manned ves­ sels collided at entrance to Chesapeake Bay, December 20. Fortunately for him, the Seafarer was on watch at time of collision. At right, Citrus Packer propeller shows scars of its brush with a buoy in stormy seas off Port­ land, Oregon. Prop came out of encounter with a few new curves. 1' • '*•' • .* • '» SI U CONSTITUTION ' ' twice i \SeedersWBL ih£irr}^t£sinttt S.I.U. CEKTERFOLD .... B^ll rr*^ SSxmcmihsrsport on TRIALSondAH^EAJLSf . CCfVIA Seafarer Joe Lae's family digs into drumnOnOOy^ JCarorer jr/fC* sticks at SIU Christmas dinner in New Or­ leans halL Diners are (1 to r): Barbara Ann, Lae, Mrs. Lae, Joe Jr. (Other Christ­ mas dinner photos on page 4.) �Pare Two SEAFARERS Jan. «, 195« LOG 1955-Year Of Gains For SllJ Resounding defeat of a number of moves to de­ to ILA President William Bradley on trips In connection the plot. prive union seamen of job rights and other bene­ withSubsequently White was indicted and Cobb was con­ fits, and the opening of new areas of welfare and victed and sentenced. White was overwhelmingly defeated vacation protection highlighted the SIU in 1955. in the SIU elections which were completed on January 15. The tie-up between the White group and the ILA was As a result the Union emerged from the 12-month further confirmed when two of its members, former Gal­ period in better shape than ever with new gains for the entire membership. Undoubtedly the most significant developments were those involving the Union's successful defense, of the rotary hiring system, and its bold new program of hospital and surgical benefits for dependents, plus increases in previously existing vacation and welfare benefit levels. The year also saw big developments in the labor move­ ment which have an important potential for the Seafarer. I'he AFL and CIO successfully completed a merger and at the same time, the Maritime Trades Department with which the SIU is affiliated, achieved new strength and new stature. The year opened with a series of onslaughts against the Union from various sources. At the very start of 1955 a conspiracy against the Union was unmasked in the form of an alliance between leaders of the International Long­ shoremen's Association, a maritime attorney and a handful of disgruntled and expelled Seafarers. One face of this alliance was the establishment of an ILA seamen's union for the purpose of raiding SIUmanned ships and harassing the SIU. The other was the Christmas Eve, 1954, abortive assassination attempt on the life of SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall. The trigger man in the case, James Cobb, confessed, implicating former SIU Tampa port agent Ray White as a co-conspirator and naming Benjamin Sterling, an attorney, as handling cash transactions between White and officials of the ILA. Cobb also reported he had used an airline credit card belonging veston agent Keith Alsop and expelled Seafarer Bill Higgs, were appointed to official posts in the ILA seamen's union. ILA "Union" Folds The ILA group was unable to survive the light of day and after repeated exposure of its plans by the SIU col­ lapsed early in the summer of 1955. Now the ILA itself is on the defensive as the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen plans a new drive with the support of the MTD. A second major threat successfully countered by the Union was an attempt to undermine the Union hiring hall and the job security of the veteran seamen who make up the Union's membership. The IJnion met this threat headon by negotiating a seniority system of rotary hiring with shipowners which assured job preference to long-time professional seamen over newcomers in the field. The importance of this step was highlighted when the National Maritime Union was caught unprepared in a similar situ­ ation. The NMU opened its'books and its jobs to all comers with the result that its membership was flooded by thou­ sands of would-be-seamen off the streets. Subsequently the NMU attempted to patch up matters by instituting a seniority system partially patterned after the SIU's. Coast Guard Testing Proposal A number of other threats against seamen developed in Washington. The United States Coast Guard, ever anxious to increase its control over seamens' livelihood, proposed ^ new physical and psychological exam system for seamen. Those who could not pass the Coast Guard's Expose Foreign Lobbies' Crab For US Cargoes proposed standards would be barred from ships no matter how long or how well they had served: The SIU spear­ headed a vigorous protest against the Coast Guard pro­ gram which it termed a disguised power grab based on phony, unscientific standards. Since then the Coast Guard has made no effort to perpetrate the system OQ seamen. Enemies of the seamen were fought to a standstill on several key legislative issues. Renewed efforts to close the Public Health Service hospitals backed by the powerful Hoover Commission were beaten off. An unsuccessful at­ tempt was made by foreign shipowners to build an alliance with farm bloc Congressmen to scuttle the "50-50" law. Two proposals for control over seamen'ik wages and bar­ gaining rights were quashed before they got past the dis­ cussion stage. New Shoreslde Facilities Whiie'fending off these attacks, the SIU was making notable headway in bringing new benefits to its member" ship. In the early months of 1955 the Union compieted all facilities at Its new Baltimore hall and also added to its installations in Mobile and New Orleans. The Mobile hall was enlarged with a dormitory, showers, laundry, snack bar, and added recreation space-was provided. The Andrew Furuseth Training School went into operation in Mobile in May, with facilities for upgrading Seafarers. New Orleans also benefited from construction of a new recre­ ation room with a laundry and shower room. Most notable were the advances of the Welfare and Vacation Plans. In the course of the year, the benefits of the Welfare Plan were increased as follows: Seafarer'a death benefit from $2,500 to $3,500; hospital benefits from $15 to $21 weekly, disability benefits from $25 to $35 weekly. A brand hew family protection plan involving a surgical-medical-hospital package was put into effect. The plan covers hospitalization, hospital extra costs, doctor's visits and surgical costs for wives and children of Sea­ farers. (Continued on page 15) Seanan Gets Squared Away In Houston L •» WASHINGTON—Interference by fcfreign shipowners and foreign governments in the shipping policies of the US has been denounced by Francis T. Greene, president of the American Merchant Marine Institute. Greene was refer- of foreign governments has been ring to efforts of foreign rep­ to refuse agricultural surplus ship­ resentatives here to build an alli­ ance with the farm bloc for the purpose of crippling the "50-50" law and taking cargoes and jobs away from the US flag. As reported on several occasions In the SEAFARERS LOG in the past several months, the strategy Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: Jan. 11, Jan. 25, Feb. 8. SEAFARERS LOG Jan. 6. 1956 Vol. XVill, No. 1 PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer HEBBERI BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON. Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art. Editor; HERMAN ARTBini, IRWIN SPIVACK, Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative. Final Dispatch Page Hospitalized Men ........ Page Labor Round-up Page Letters ...Page Meet The Seafarers ......Page Shipping Figures Page SIU Hall Directory Page Your Dollar's Worth Page 11 12 10 14 5 4 15 6 Publfshad biweekly at the headquarters Of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic A Culf District, AFL-CIO, 67S Fourth .Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Offlce In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. 120- •.•rf ments and then dangle the pros­ pect of big purchases before farm bloc legislators in the hope of get­ ting them to lead a drive for re­ peal of "50-50." The foreign lobby suffered a damaging setback in Congress last year. Its efforts were further un­ dermined vidien the National Grange, powerful domestic farm organization, came out in support of "50-50." Apparently though, it will revive its campaign against "50-50" at the current session of Congress. Eiements in the State and Agriculture Departments,, have long been sympathetic to the for­ SIU delegates and crewmembers from all departments look in on the action in the messhall eign shipowners' objectives. of the Seanan, as SIU Patrolman Charles Kimball (seated, 2nd from left) squares away the Spearhead Drive crew's beefs at the payoff in Houston. Pictured (seated, I to r) are C. J. Hill, deck del.j Greene spotlighted Engiand and Kimball; R. M. Ayers, steward del.; B. 0. Sladei ships del.; A. Rogers, engine del.; standing, Scandinavian countries as spear­ heading the effort. He said they Dan Thomas; Dan Butts, bosun; Percy Thompson, NOB; and J. Warfield. "are now deliberately seeking to undermine our shipping Industry." The AMMI spokesman pointed out that "ships saiiing under foreign flags are aiready carrying nearly 80 percent of our commercial car­ The following is the latest goes and almost 50-percent of. . . . available listing of official ex­ cargoes paid for or financed by the change rates for foreign cur­ American Government. Their own­ rencies. Listings are as of ers apparently want not only all BALTIMORE—A hotly-contested election in Local 14, Jan. 4, 1956, and are sub­ of our commercial trade but also Masters, Mates and Pilots here resulted in a landslide victory all of our Government-generated for incumbent officials of the local union. Moe Weinstein, ject to change without notice. cargoes." England, New Zealand. South Af­ president-business agent, led rica; $2.80 per pound sterling. No Foreign *50-50' Australia: $2.24 per peund sterling. Foreign governments, he said, the ticket with 237 votes out president and secretary-treasurer Belgium; SO francs to the dollar, Denmark; 14.45 cents per kronO. do not permit anybody to share in of a total of 340 valid ballots. A. M. Goodrich. The total of bal­ France; 350 francs te the dollar,. their Government-financed car­ It was the most one-sided margin lots cast was also a record in Lo­ Germany: 4.2 marks te the dellar. HoUaiid: 3.7-3.8. guilders to the goes. If they are successful in ever recorded in a local union elec­ cal 14. doUar. Weinstein defeated two their campaign, he warned, Ameri­ tion. The MM&P Baltimore affiliate is Italy; 624.0 Ure to the doUar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. can ships and American seamen other opponents, George Ellis and one of several unions which main­ Portugal; 28.75 escudos to the dollar. former president H. F. Kirk, each tains its officials in the SIU Balti­ wiil be driven off the oceans. Sweden; 19.33 cents per krona. India; 21 cents per rupee. Already, he said, the US mer­ of whom received 46 votes. more Branch hall. Others include Pakistan; 21 cents per rupee. chant fleet is smaller than it was Others Reelected the Marine Firemen's Union, the Argentina; 18 pesos to t -> t oOar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.. in 1939, and any weakening of the Other incumbent officials re­ Brotherhood of Marine Engineers Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. "50-50" act wouid have disastrous elected were M. J. Mohr, vice- and the Baiymore Federation of Venezuela: 20.85 cents-per beOivar. effects. ;- • ,i £resjde_nt,, J. Silyer,_ jsecond. .vice- Labor, Baltimore MMP Reelects Officials By Landslide Money Exchange Rates Listed �SEAFARERS Jan. «, 195t SlU Xmas Cheer At SI Hospital Pare Three LOG Congress To Eye Subsidies^ Other Maritime Issues WASHINGTON—Against a background of further shrinkage in the US mer­ chant ffeet, the second session of Congress which went into action this week is likely to deal with several major shipping- issues. Prominent among them will be a projected look-see at the US subsidy program to see what gives with operating subsidy funds handled by the Maritime Administration. The House Merchant^to the bulk of the shipping industry be importing up to 70 million tons Marine Committee is inter­ instead of a handful of favored of ore each year in future years, most of this tonnage is now ested in finding out to what operators. The Committee may and being handled on foreign-flag Fistful of bills representing SlU hospital benefits plus special $25 holiday bo'nus for hospitalized Seafarers shares the spot­ light with Seafarer Joe Barron at Staten Island USPH Hospi­ tal. Looking on (I to r) are Elizabeth Raskulinecz, RN; Wil­ liam F. Caddell, orthopedic technician, and Eunice Yurkew, RN. Barron suffered injuries on the Sandcaptain. extent the Government has paid for "fair and reason­ able^* subsidized items such as wages, subsistence, repairs, insurance and voyage repairs. The committee is interested in seeing if the Government has paid too much for some or these items and if there has been any leakage of subsidy money into other areas. Projected Study The Committee's projected study comes after the SIU asked for a full-scale investigation of the operation of the subsidy program. The SIU urged Congress to re-ex­ amine the entire subsidy operation so that benefits could be brought Camera shows some of the SIU men at the Staten Island hospital who reaped harvest of regular $21 weekly benefits plus the $25 holiday bonus during hospital visit by SIU Welfare Serv­ ices Rep. Toby Flynn (left). About 40 men shared the bonanza. well broaden its study along these lines. Fleet Dwindles The subsidy question is one of several important issues including foreign aid, the "50-50" law, the problem of bulk ore, the transfer policy and the atomic-powered merchant ship. No major altera­ tion in US policy to maritime is .expected either in construction aid or other support, although the fleet is down to 1,064 vessels, 26 less than a year ago. A relative handful of new de­ velopments is in the offing, includ­ ing definite progress on building roll-on, roll-off ships and possible approval of a new low-cost trans­ atlantic passenger service as pro­ posed by Arnold Bernstein Lines. The SlU-contracted Pan Atlantic Steamship Company is likely to be first in the roll-on field as it is ready to let contracts for construc­ tion of seven ships of this type. Foreign aid seems certain to be a hot issue this year as an econ­ omy-minded election year Congress faces an Administration reque'st for a vastly-increased foreign aii appropriation. The foreign issue always has an important bearing on US shipping because such aid is handled under the "50-50" ship­ ping law. The latter law seems certain to come under new attack this year as in years before, by foreign ship­ owners and foreign governments. At present it does not appear as if this attack will be strong enough to upset the law. Bulk Ore Carriers One vexing question which will have to be tackled is the problem of bulk ore carriers under the US flag. The steel industry expects to ships. The Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce intends to take up this problem at an early date. Transfers Next? Runaway-flag transfers which have been revived recently may be in the spotljght. Representative Herbert Bonner, who is chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee, again intends to look into the transfers which have in­ volved a number of SIU ships in recent months. There is some prospect too, that Congress will take up the proposal for an atom-powered merchant ship. The last Congress turned a cold shoulder to a suggestion for an atom-powered showcase vessel, but it may be more receptive to plans for a workaday merchant ship operating with an experi­ mental atom plant. List Details In Cables To Union When notifying headquarters by cable or wireless that a Sea­ farer has paid off in a foreign port because of injury or illness, ships' delegates should include the following information: The man's full name, his SIU book number, name of the ship, the port of payoff and the hos­ pital where he is being treated. The response of ship's crews to the Union's request for these notifications has been very good. Sometimes though, not all of the above information has been included. Be sure to list all of this data so that the SIU can act as promptly as possible. Added East Coast Runs Sought By Pan Atlantic WASHINGTON—With full Government approval for its trailership plans on hand, the SlU-contracted Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company is seeking permission to purchase another coastwise operation. SIU Sea Chest representatives this week began distributing another set of 50-book The Interstate Commerce write off taxes over a period of shipboard libraries to SIU - contracted ships. The 50-book assortment provided by the Commission has been asked years. SEAFARERS LOG is changed every three months to assure the widest possible variety of to approve the sale of the J. C. In petitioning to take over LoveLoveland Company with operat­ land, Pan Atlantic cited the fact reading matter or ship's crews, traditionally avid users of books and magazines. ing rights at a number of East that the purchase would give it The LOG started providing-^ rights to provide service by traiierCoast ports, to Pan Atlantic. the newest assortment it will mean taste and includes novels, mys­ libraries to ships in Septem­ ship "between any and all ports Contracts are expected to be let ber, 1953, to meet a long-felt teries, humor, sports and other that 500 titles have gone aboard within the next three months on on the Atlantic Coast having a Ships Get 10th LOG Library ship since the distribution began shipboard need. While voluntary popular reading matter. When all SIU ships have received in 1953. organizations have been supplying books to seamen for some time, a great many of the books were either in bad condition or were on subjects of very iimited interest. It The crew of the Catherine warns Seafarers not to exchange was not unusual to find a number their currency on the streets in Genoa. Too many of the street of school textbooks in the ship­ money-changers deal in counterfeit Italian currency, and several board assortments. Seafarers have suffered losses as a result. Broad Appeal Seafarer Ed House of the Seatrain Louisiana reports that By contrast the LOG libraries Lew's Clothing Center in Texas City, Texas, is no longer under consist of new volumes put out by management of the original owner. The store is still open and . a leading paper-back publisher. House says the present owners are misrepresenting their raerEach fiO-book assortment 4$;. selected chandisei'•• ^ to appeal to the widest reading! Look Out For... the seven trailerships Pan Atlantic will build for Atlantic and Gulf coast services. Indirect Subsidy The General Accounting Office has already approved the Maritime Administration's plan to purchase 7 C-2s from Pan Atlantic at $950,000 each under the "trade in and build program," and the Office of Defense Mobilization has granted certificates of necessity for the construction. These certificates in­ volve an indirect construction sub­ sidy as they allow the company to need for such services." If it ob­ tains rights to service other ports in addition to its present rights. Pan Atlantic will have increased cargo sources which will possibly pave the way for addition of more ships than it now operates. The new roll-on ships Pan Atlan­ tic will build will cost an estimated $63 million. They will be able to discharge all their' cargo in four to six hours as compared to 2M days or more by conventional ships, immensely speeding up the handling of cargo. ' �Viff* F«v SSAFARERS Jan. C 1M« LOG Christmas Dinner A La Sill Shipping also suffered a mild "hangover" during the holi­ day period, as job activity slumped somewhat from the pre­ vious report. | Still, SIU dispatchers the total class C jobs, while three Mobile, Lake Charles and moved a total of 1154 men off ports, San Francisco, shipped no men in the beach to make a better this ^roup. than fair showing for the period. This was less than IfiO behind a total registration of 1,251. Accounts from the various At­ lantic and Gulf . District * ports varied on the cause of the slight decline, as some areas indicated that Seafarers were waiting for the wind-up of the holidays before get­ ting off and others forecast the end of the expected holiday job turn­ over. In almost all cases, the men on the beach were advised to take the jobs as they came up, and not wait for anything special, because heavy registration lists would absorb all available jobs. Meanwhile, the past period saw Improved shipping in six ports, while the decline was spread among seven others. One port. Savannah, remained about the same: slow. Major improvement was record­ ed by Houston, Seattle and Balti­ more. The upturn was a little less noticeable in the case of Mobile, Boston and Tampa, despite some improvement. On the opposite side, a slide was evident in New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, New Orleans, Lake Charles, Wilmington and San Francisco, with the worst drop apparent in San Francisco, where things hit n^ar bottom. All the same, the forecast for the com­ ing two weeks has the Golden City bouncing back again. The seniority breakdown shows class A accounting for 57 percent of the total shipping, class B for 31 percent and class C, which has no seniority in the SIU, holding its own at 12 percent. New York and Seattle moved out well over half HOUSTON—Nearby restaurant dining room was reserved by SlU Houston branch for its Christmas dining. Photo shows a few of the Seafarers and family members at dinner. NEW YORK—Headquarters Christmas tree is backdrop as Wait Krutow, AB, starts his meal. In addition to the normally good shipping for class A men, a com­ parison between the registration and shipping figures of this group and class B showed class B enjoy­ ing a better ratio of jobs to regis­ tration than the top seniority group, class A, Thus shipping could be considered good all around despite the two-week de­ cline. The following is the forecast port by port: BOSTON: Outlook uncertain . . . NEW YORK: Boom's over but jobs still hang on board . . . PHILA­ DELPHIA: Holding its own at fair pace . . . BALTIMORE: Good but quieting down again . . . NOR­ FOLK: Fair . . . Savannah: Still quiet . . . TAMPA: Slow . . . MO­ BILE: Getting better .. . NEW OR­ LEANS: Slowed up . . . LAKE CHARLES: Always busy . . . HOUSTON: Good . . . WILMING­ TON: Looks fair; registration high . . . SAN FRANCISCO: Slumped but should improve . . .' SEATTLE: Busy again. Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters In a hurry can do so by cabling the Unjon at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. December 14 Through December 28 NEW ORLEANS—Some of the SlU steward department men who turned to in New Orleans pause for the photog­ rapher before resuming service to the holiday diners. Din­ ner was held in the Union's New Orleans branch hall. Registered Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans t Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Fi-ancisco Seattle > . Deck A Deck B 2 71 31 31 15 7 9 22 44 33 15 7. 21 12 2 28 18 24 4 7 2 1 5 15 4 17 8 14 Deck A Total Deck B 320 149 Ei^S. 7 61 25 28 10 11 9 17 • 32 6 6 3 16 10 Bn,. . 241 En^S. Stew. A 2 33 14 18 4 6 3 8 21 17 8 10 14 9 4 88 16 29 7 3 13 27 36 7 7 8 26 11 stew. A Eng. 282 167 Stew. B 0 16 " 4 9 10 2 7 2 8 10 ^6 5 11 2 stew. B 92 Total A Total B Total Beg. 13 220 72 88 32 21 31 66 112 46 28 18 63 33 4 77 36 51 18 15 12 11 34 42 18 32 33 25 17 297 108 139 50 36 43 77 146 88 46 50 96 58 Total' A Total B 843 408 Total Reg. 1251 Shipped Port I' r- , Deck B 4 74 14 38 9 3 4 14 29' 21 21 5 6 17 1 22 7 29 3 3 0 9 8 4 7 11 1 10 Deck Deck " Total iH''. 2^9'^ Deck C Eng. A 1 12 2 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 43 7 20 4 4 7 14 31 7 16 5. 6. 11 Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. 3 33 13 37 6 2 4 11 14 4 9 6 2 5 3 15 3 4 7 1 ,0 0 1 0 0 2 6 16 Eng. Eng. M Stew. A 0 77 14 25 0 4 8 19 24 4 11 5 7 13 Stew. Stew. Total B C A 1 18 10 27 4 1 4 9 3 6 9 0 0 5 2 18 4 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 'W" 4^6 Total B 10 194 35 83 13 11 19 47 84 32 48 15 19 41 stew. , Stew. Stew. Total •1 - A 651 5 73 30 93 13 6 8 29 25 14 25 17 3 20 Total OC ALCOA RUNNER—Shipboard messrooms were gaily deco­ rated and cooks whipped up their best specialties for tradi­ tionally-festive holiday meals at sea. Here are a few . Alcoa Runner Seafarers making headway omthe big dinner, Boston ; New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles ......... Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Deck A Total Total C Ship. 6 45 9 8 24 4 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 39 21 312 74 184 .50 21 28 76 112 46 74 34 22 100 Total Total •-0 Ship. .1142., 1154 41 l| �2sa>% 1S5S SEAFARERS Pare five IOC Honor Steel Advocate Crew In Fliers' Rescue WASHINGTON—Another citation for an SIU crew was an­ nounced by the Coast Guard in the December, 1955, issue of the Coast Guard publication "Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council." This time officers and unlicensed crewmembers of the Steel Advd-" and picked up by the Advocate's cate were cited for their res­ lifeboat. Three other bodies of the cue of two fliers who went plane crew were taken from the down with their plane in the water. Pacific. As reported in the SEAFARERS LOG of November 25, the two fliers had been in the water for 44 hours and were being attacked by sharks when they were sighted by Seafarer Doug Claussen, bosun, Speak Out At SIU Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself * for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to. take an active part in jneetings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the fioor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings atid let their shipmates- know what's on their minds. JOHN C. DRUMMOND, ch. cook There's not too many men around who have had seatime on sailing vessels. One of them is Seafarer John C. Drummond who put in six years on sailing ships. Actually, the 57-year-old Seafarer has had two seagoing careers; the first one from 1015 to 1921 and the second career beginning in 1944 on SIU sMps. In between lie spent 23 years working ashore in various res­ taurants; 11 of them in Lundy's famous seafood restaurant in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Drummond was bom in Jamaica, British West In­ dies, and headed for sea when he was sixteen. His last sailing ship Drummond in 1921 was the Ida S. Dow, a four-masted schooner In the coastwise lumber trade. When the bottom fell out of ship­ ping in 1921 he headed ashore like many other seamen. Sailing Steady After taking out his first SIU ship for Eastern Steamship in 1944, he became an SIU member and has been sailing stealiily ever since then. Drummond likes those long runs, particularly to Japan where a sea­ man receives hospitable and cour­ teous treatment. In between trips he spends time ashore seeing his children and grandchildren. "With eight daughters and nine grand­ children," he said, "it was an ex­ citing Christmas all around." Although he spent many years working ashore, he-has no inten­ tion of leaving the SIU. "I'll stay right on ships as long as I'm able (to," he said, "bfecause^ there's I nothing liice it.'' ' ' Distinguished Rescuers The Coast Guard citation men­ tions several crewmembers as par­ ticularly distinguishing themselves in the rescue. Included among them are Claussen, Iverson C. Hester, DM; Fred E. Umholtz, AB; Charles E. Ray, chief electrician; and Albert L. Clouse, 2nd elec­ trician, along with two mates and four engineers. The citation reads in part; "The United States Coast Claussen Guard is pleased to commend' . the officers and crew of the SS Steel Advocate for your outstanding accomplishment in locating and rescuing survivors of the Flying Tiger aircraft no. 433. ". . . . the thorough manner in which the vessel was conned on various search patterns and the professional manner in which your crew performed is worthy of the highest praise and is in keeping with the finest traditions of the US merchant marine." GUY.GAGE, baker One of that smali group of Sea­ farers who has been with the SIU from the beginning and watched it grow through the years is Guy Gage. Guy has been a union man since 1936 when he sailed out of Tampa under the old ISU. He joined the SIU away back in December 8, 1938, in Baltimore. Guy's home town was Harbor Spring, Michigan, a lakefront vil­ lage in northern Michigan. After isl leaving school, he ' started working in restaurants as a cook, but found himself unable to settle down. A "seaman friend told him he ought to go to sea and get some of the wanderlust out Gage of his system. He tried the prescription and found it suited him fine. Gage is a Baltimore regular most of the time and lives in'the Fountain Hotel, which is well known to seamen in the port. Many of them have lived there at one time or another but only three of the original crew who came aboard when Guy did are still on hand. Radio Devotee Being single. Gage doesn't par­ ticularly care where his next trip will take him as long as it is a good ship. Wherever he goes, he makes sure that he has a radio nearby so that he can get an earful of music. His tastes are generous in this direction but he draws the line when it comes to squeaky sopranos. Having been around- when things were tough, .Gage can fully appreciate what the SIU has meant to the life of the average Seafarer. Just looking around the Baltimore SIU.hall, .he sjays, i^ proof^^nou^h that the^IU hasi really gone 'pliacei, Stories from "The Journal of Commerce," leading business publication, tell how Liberia is moving into new areas, after serving as runaway ship haven. Fat On Shipping^ Liberia Now Eyes Other US Co's The runaway fleet of Liberia added a record total of IV2 million tons of shipping in the last 12-month period while in a comparable period US-flag sipping lost over 635,000 tons. With the US merchant marine being milked dry on transfers, Liberia is now reaching out for shoreside US business-regis-* trations through generous tax burden and job loss then falls The switch of shoreside com­ panies to Liberian registry is now loopholes in the US tax laws. on the American worker. As a result many companies with overseas subsidiaries are reg­ istering dummy corporations in Liberia to escape US taxes. With a little more stretching and strain­ ing of US law, Liberia may soon be able'to attract major manufactur­ ing operations selling to overseas markets, depriving the US Govern­ ment of untold millions in taxes each year; tax losses which have to be made up by Americans who meet their tax obligations. Liberian laws are so liberally drawn that it is possible for a US corporation to register a subsidi­ ary or a parent holding company in Liberia with an initial payment of $100 and up and an annual fee of $175. The company's funds need never leave the US in any shape or form, but once they are regis­ tered in a Liberian account no taxes have to be paid to the US Government. Liberia itself does not charge taxes to such corporations as long as they are owned by non-Liberians and do their business outside the country. SIU Saw Threat The SEAFARERS LOG first called attention to this situation a year ago when a shipping company attorney proposed that US motion picture companies set up Liberian dummy corporations. Writing in "Variety," the newspaper of show business, the attorney pointed out that a movie company could organ­ ize a Liberian corporation which would produce a motion picture outside of Liberia. The picture could be sold to a US distributing company outside the US, and the producing corporation wouldn't have to pay a cent to Uncle Sam or Liberia, other than the nominal corporate registry fee. That is ex­ actly what a number of companies have done since. This situation represents a threat to American labor which is potentially more serious than the "runaway" practices of companies which go from one state to another looking for cheap help. There seems to be little to halt the switch of US manufacturing enterprises to Liberian registry, giving these com­ panies all the privileges of a US firm and no tax obligations. The Shorthanded? If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fakt action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship siaJll^g shorthanded. Lax maritime registration laws paved the way for Liberian regis­ try on a big scale since World War II. Total merchant shipping regis­ tered in Liberia is now 4V^ million tons or more, compared to 131^ million tons under the US flag. USTotal registration of shipping under the runaway Liberian flag now amounts to more than 4V^ million tons. Tonnage includes 100 runaway US Liberties, su­ pertankers, several T-2s and a group of passenger ships includ­ ing the Cuba and Florida. It is a foregone conclusion that virtually none of this ton­ nage ever goes near Liberia or is owned in any way by Liberian nationals. Instead it competes directly with legitimate regis­ tries, mostly US, but does not pay taxes, or abide by safety standards, wage and manning scales and shipboard conditions of legitimate maritime fleets. flag totals have gone steadily down­ ward in recent years as more and more operators escape taxes, safety standards, manning scales, wages and living conditions in force on US ships. significant enough to attract the at­ tention of "The Journal of Com­ merce," a leading business daily publication. The publication found that an outfit called Liberian Serv­ ices Inc. in New York can handle the switches in registry in 48 hours. All it requires is a stand­ ard incorporation certificate and payment of a nominal fee. No Restriction The company is then free to op­ erate without any restriction on Liberia's part. It doesn't have to make reports, keep records or dis­ close its stock distribution. There are no restrictions on currency and no taxes on dividends. In fact, there is no tax if the income comes from outside Liberia and the own­ ers are not Liberian. The corpora­ tion doesn't even have to file a tax return. "The Journal of Commerce" gives several examples of how this has worked out in practice. One US company operates several over­ seas plants. It set up a holding company for several of the more profitable plants and registered it in Liberia. The holding company's funds are held in New York in a Liberian account and are not taxed by the US. MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT lEWS REPORT DIRECT-TO-SHIPS SHIPS' WIRELESS / NL / I \ \ ROUND-THE-WORLD I EVERY SUNDAY 1915 GMT .LA EVERY MONDAY 0315 GMT (2:15 PM EST Sunday) Europe and North America —WCO-l3d20 KC (10:15 PM EST Sunday) East Coast South America -WOO-16908.8 KG Northwest Pacific . —WMM 81—11037.5 West Coast South America —WCO-22407 KC Australia ' WMM 25—15607 KC �T»gt SI* SEAFARERS Taking Long View On Steei Worker Log Prints Text Of 5IU By Sidney Margolius For the sixth time within a. three-year period, the SEAFARERS LOG is reprint­ ing in full the text of the Union's constitution as it was revised by membership vote in the fall of 1952. The text is published in the LOG every six months to make certain that every Seafarer has an oppor­ tunity to study and keep the docu­ ment which governs the conduct of Union business. The SIU constitution was re­ written completely in 1952 to bring it up to date with the growth of the Union since its early days and the expansion of its functiofis into many new fields. Members' Safeguards In rewriting the constitution, special emphasis was placed on detailed safeguai'ds for the mem­ bership's rights and on procedure to be followed in electing member­ ship committees, in trials and chai'ges ^igainst any member and the conduct of Union elections and other matters of importance. The document has been hailed by lawmakers and other authorities as one of the most comprehensive and thoroughgoing of its kind. The bill of rights for Seafarers spelled out in it has drawn much favorable comment. Along with the reprint of the constitution, the LOG is carrying its semi-annual report on trials and appeals procedures. MOBILE—Shipping stayed good over the holiday period as some 150 relief jobs com­ bined with 76 regular jobs to keep everyone busy. The relief assignments included tug jobs, tank cleaning, shore gang work and deep-sea reliefs in and around the harbor area. Six payoffs went through in fine shape, with only minor beefs that were easily settled to the satisfac­ tion of all hands prior to sign-on and sailing. Christmas Party A gala Chi'istmas holiday dinner for Seafarers and their families proved to be a highlight of the season, when nearly 200 guests jammed the SIU snack bar for the occasion. All hands were unani­ mous in their praise of Seafarer Cliff Taggart and his snack bar crew for a fine meal. Meanwhile, the Mobile branch extended its deepest sympathy to the family of Seafarer Booger Phillips on thp death of his mother. Brother Phillips was in port here aboard the Alcoa Clipper at the time of death. Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarers that payments of funds, for what­ ever Union purpose, be made only to authorized A&G repre­ sentatives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered, be fiiu-e to protect yourself by Immediately bringing the mat­ ter to the attention' of the sec­ retary-treasurer's office. YOUR DOUAR'S WORTH Seafarers Guide To Better Buying Constitution Relief Jobs Spark Biz In Mobile JU. «, 1656 LOG Public Agencies Fall To Halt Finance Gouges; Guard Yourself You better be on guard when you buy a car, appliance or homeimprovement job on time payments. The public agencies like the Fed­ eral Trade Commission, FHA, state and voluntary agencies have not been able to get dealers and finance companies to voluntarily stop finance and other gouges. The auto "price pack" (infiated finance and other charges) has be­ come not merely a fringe evil, but the No. 1 problem in that industry, and the practice of charging excessive finance fees to make up for pur­ ported "discounts" is now even spreading to appliance dealers. And homeowners are still being gouged on home improvements even after all the publicity about repair rackets financed through FHA. One reason why people get tricked is that they assume finance charges are interest and therefore reguiated. In most states finance charges are not considered interest and are not reguiated. A finance charge is simply the difference between the cash price of an article, and the price on the installment plan, and in most states it can be anything the dealer wants to make it. Right In the Federal Trade Commission's home ballpark of Wash­ ington, DC, Mr. E. M. recently bought a used bar for $1,295. He was Keeping a "weather eye" on things through a camera having allowed $325 for his old car and paid $175 additional in cash. That a 400 mm telephoto lens, Earl Smith, electrician and ship's left a balance of $795 to be«financed. Mr. M. did not get a copy of the delegate aboard the Steel Worker, strikes a pose for the contract, but only a payment book. camera of Seafarer shipmate, Merwyn "Doc" Watson. They Stuck For 105 Percent Interest tromise some "exclusive shots" with this gadget before long When his wife saw the book, she began'to suspect they were stung. or use in the LOG. Although the balance to be financed was only $795 plus $55 for in­ surance, the book indicated that the total balance to be paid to the Washington motor credit company that financed the car for the dealer, was $1,299.69. This meant the M.'s were being soaked a finance charge of $449.69 (a true annual interest rate of 105 percent.) They did not get a copy of the contract itself until they had written several letters to the credit company and threatened to get a lawyer. Apparently Mr. M. never read the contract before he signed it, and since he didn't get BOSTON—Seafarer William E. Lake may not be able to a copy, just didn't realize the fantastic finance charges he had obligated get around much any more, but he still maintains a keen in­ himself for. terest in the doings of his Union. Recent improvements in The M.'s then went to the local banker (where they should have the operation of SIU ship­ gone in the first place) to see about refinancing the car. The banker board steward departments, operations were a major factor In was so indignant he called up the finance people himself to see what where he sailed for so many the US merchant marine. rebate they would give on this charge. They were extremely rude, and years, have won his enthusiastic Through the years. Lake ship­ would agree to rebate only $30 or $40 instead of the $290 that properly approval. ped almost exclusively out of should, have been rebated if the debt was prepaid. "The new set-up for serving Baltimore, New York and Boston. The Better Business Bureau in Washington told Mrs. M. there was meals aboard ships is excellent," "I lived in these three cities at dif­ nothing it could do sihce Mr. M. had signed the contract. Mrs. M. he said. "I worked on passenger ferent times when I was sailing then turned to the only other place where" she felt she could get a ships all my life in the steward hearing and some advice, her Jiusband's union newspaper, which is why department and I wish that the we're telling you this story—in the hope you will never get hooked present system had been in effect like this. , when I was sailing." Packing And Fake Charges There's no question. Lake adds, The practice of packing prices has been on the Increase in this that the Union has come a .long period of keen qompetition and discounts on cars. A Federal Reserve way in improving working condi­ Board economist recently said the "pack" is the greatest single prob­ tions for all departments since its lem in the auto industry today. Many dealers now take back at least first beginnings back in 1938. part of their discounts and over-allowance on trade-ins by exaggerating 42 Years of Sailing list prices of cars or optional equipment, or by billing fake charges, Lake himself has had plenty of such as additional handling fees, and by exorbitant finance charges in experience sailing during the "bad collaboration with finance companies. old days." Now 67, he had 42 years' The practice of padding finance fees now is spreading to electrical experience under his belt when a appliances. The trade magazine "Electrical Merchandising" reports kidney ailment and other compli­ that one large Chicago retailer frankly admits that he fixes the finance cations forced him to call it quits charge according to the selling price of the appliance. A customer in 1952. Most of these years were who insists on a 20 percent discount on a $300 washer is billed $240 spent on coastwise and nearbyfor the washer, $20.50 for delivery and installation and $50.40 for fi­ foreign passenger runs when these nance charge, for a total price of $310.90. A customer who doesn't know that many stores nowadays do give honest discounts, and is William E. Lake willing to pay the full $300 list price, gets charged only $13.50 for and it was always good to be financing, and pays a total of $313.50. home." This practice is becoming "an increasingly common method of com­ Although he has no family obli­ batting the discount shopper," says "Electrical Merchandising." gations, Lake would have had a New Racket In Home Improvements difficult time getting by were it not for the disability benefit. His Despite FHA's promises to clean up the home-improvement rackets, condition requires frequent visits the efforts the agency has made, howeowners are still being gouged.' BOSTON—Affairs in Bos­ to the doctor and to the drugstore and A Portland, Ore., family recently got caught by the "model home" deal! ton are running very smooth­ for medicines. "I would find it real A salesman for an aluminum shingle company promised its re-shingled ly, with nothing out of the hard to meet these expenses if I roof would be shown to builders and people needing roof repairs and way to report. did not have the help of the SIU." the family would get $75 for each sale made as the result of using its Most of his time. Lake reports, home as a model. So the family agreed to have its roof re-shingled at The shipping situation for the last two weeks was slightly better is spent at home with books and a cost of $1,000. Since then, however, there hasn't been a sign of any­ than the previous period, but the newspapers. Once or twice a week one showing the roof, and, of course no $75 checks. The family is now future outlook here remains uncer­ he gets out to a local movie but paying off at the rate of $32.27 a month for three years-^a total of tain. No heavy traffic is expected, otherwise he finds life on an SIU $1,161 including interest. however, so the prospects are not disability pension a quiet and se­ Government officials and voluntary agencies apparently are unable cure one. too bright. to halt the gouges. Know, too, that the laws protecting you when you Three Cities Service tankers go out to buy are both weak and inadequately enforced. At this time plus the Stony Creek (American you can rely only on yourself. Here's a simple program of self-defense: Tramp) provided the only payoff • Compare prices and estimates among several dealers. and sign-on activity, as these four ships came in and took off again. • Borrow from the lower-cost, scrupulous sources like credit unions An even half dozen in-transits and commercial banks, and then buy with the cash in hand, rather than through dealers' finance companies. rounded out the picture, including the Robin Gray and Robin Tuxford • Read any contract before you sign. Have someone you trust go (Seas Shipping), Michael (Carras), over it with you if you are uncertain. Only an unscrupulous dealer will Steel Executive (Isthmian), Hilton insist you sign right away. (Bull) and the tug El Sol (Portland ;Insist,that any Barge). • i r(. > Promises or claims be put lb writing. ^ .'J; f Oldtimer Finds 2^1U $ Aid Real Security Boston Port Holds Own Km ^ �Jau. s. im MARQRI (On), tcptambar 7—Chairmanr H. Lahym; Sacratary/ Halllday. Ship'a fund—«8. Na diaputed ovartlma. M. M. having hard tima with hot water ayttein because galiey water heater ia not in good working condi­ tion. Washing machine problem to ba taken up with Chief EngineerUenu to be improved. STEIL RLYBR (iathmfan), Saplambar 10—Chairman- C. Buihr SecretaryA. VIolanta. Ship's fund—479.64. No disputed overtime. Electrician needs first aid kit for engine room. Wash­ ing'machine needs repair. Discussion held on distribution of ice cream. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. DEL NORTE (Mistlssippl)- Ssptambar 4—Chairman, H. Crane; SacrataryJ, Krausp. Fairly good trip. One SEAFARERS man- D. Barry; Sacratary- C. Oadra. To sea patrolman at port of pay-off regarding dry-dock lodgings. Ship's treasury ia still S19.6S. Everything running smooth, no disputed over­ time. Motion made and carried to sea patrolman concerning fans, and aboutmattressea. Bosun will build a bench to be used in the aftefpart- of the ship. Larger variety of fresh fruit needed. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Walarma^ September 4—Chairman- J. NeiVstram; Secretary- H. Pierce. Ship's delegate reported on boat service. Ship's secretary - reporter elected. Ship's fund—$26.35. Some disputed overtime. Motion made and carried to accept as read communications from headquarters. Discussion held on men drinking aboard ship, and .why Captain cannot put American money out in Japan. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain Lines), Saptambsr It—Chairman, B. Collins; Secretary, none. Ship's fund —$47.50. Some disputed overtime. No beefs. Motion made and carried to install ice cube machine to prevent waste and shortage of ice during trip. Discussion held on painting engine department rooms. Tips For Seamen On Filing 1955 Income Tax Retni*n A year ago the SEAFARERS LOG printed an article by the Union's tax expert on suggestions for savings in Seafarers' income taxes. The article's pointers were used extensively by Seafarers in prepar­ ing their returns, and requests have been received for a repeat article. So, for all SIU men with income tax problem* . , , Generally, with very few ex­ ceptions, seamen are treated no differently under the in­ come tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the US. (The non-resident alien seaman must also file a return, but the rules are not the same for him.) . WHO MUST FILE. Those under 65 years of age earning over $600 and those over 65 earning over STONY CREEK (American Tramp), September 21—Chairman- K. Goldman; Secretary, E. Hauser. Question of sailing short. Balance of ship's treas­ ury is $31. Discussion held on movies for next trip. Steward will try to get black pepper and crackers in moisture proof wrapping. Repair list to be made up. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), Sep­ brother threw a spring line over the tember IB—Chairman, C. Rice; Secre­ stern when departing from Rio, and tary, B. Porter. Repair lists to be it could have caused serious damage. turned in. No beefs. Discussion held The phone at the box aft was pulled on proper care of recreation hall. off. and this matter will be taken up Crewmembers to keep feet off messwith port officials in New Orleans. , hall chairs. Vote of thanks for Brother Peck for re-winding converter for movie pro­ SUNION (KEA), September 11 — jector. Balance of ship's fund is Chairman, P. Brady; Secretary, G. $2.31.25. No beefs. Washing machine Parker. All O.K. Motion made and to be used for clothes, not had basins. seconded that all delegates see Union Food is poor. Steward was requested officials about no hot water on after to take action. 5 PM. Steward to see ship's delegate if all stores that are ordered do not IBERVILLE (Pan-Atlantic), Septem­ come down at time of storing. ber 5—Chairman, O. Callahan; Secre­ tary, H. Stocker. Ship's fund—$92. TRINITY (Carras), July 10—Chair­ No beefs. Crew want iced tea glasses man, J. BuzelewskI; Secretary, M. for messhall. Discussion held regard­ Reid. No beefs, everj'thing running ing meat. smoothly. Too many draws requested. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications BEAUREGARD (Pan Atlantic), Sep­ tember 4—Chairman, A. Kessen; Sec­ unanimously. To get exterminator retary, J. Cantrell. Ship's delegate aboard ship. Vote of thanks to stew­ elected. Ship's treasury contains ard department, and skipper. September 13—Chairman, J. Buze­ 415.83. No beefs, everything running okay. Motion made and carried to lewskI; Secretary, E. Goodwin. No beefs. Repair list submitted last week. have ship's delegate contact Sea Chest for complete Slop Chest aboard. New mattresses needed. Ship to be Donation of fifty cents was requested fumigated. Suggestion made to have of crew since fund was used to buy patrolman inspect all mattresses.. Crew to cooperate with sanitary man. Captain gift, he left the vessel. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Viiitory Carriers), No date—Chairman, W. Mason; Secretary, L. Freeman, l^ppair list handed in. Motion made and car­ ried to accept and concur with recent communication from headquarters. Discussion held on member of steward department. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), Septem­ ber 4—Chairmen, H. Mesford; Secre­ tary, J. Henry. Some disputed over­ time to be settled. No beefs. Motion made and carried to have keys Issued for foc'sles before reaching shipyard. All members called upon to support meetings. Vote of thanks to steward department. Poor drinking water aboard. ROBIN GRAY (Robin Lines), Sep­ tember 4—Chairman, pone; SecretaryW. Claymore. Report on Captain and passenger utiUty. Headquarters to be notiiied. To finish painting foc'sles. Few hours disputed overtime. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications head­ quarters. SEATIGER (Orion), September 4— Chairman, LIncel; Secretary, A. Car­ penter. Captain promised that water tanks would be cleaned. Some dis­ puted overtime. Captain made deck maintenance temporary Bosun. To take up fund to check with American Consul, to find out whether there are any SlU men on the beach, they can be put aboard to replace missing men. Suggestions made to watch for cer­ tain clip artists in Sascbo. Japan: not to throw matches and cigarettes on deck; to turn in extra line: to keep extra clothes out of crew meshall; to make up ship's fund at end of trip to pay off debts incurred on Union business. Vote of thanks to Steward department. TEXMAR (Calmer), September 4— Chairmen, C. Inmen; Sacretpry, W. Handershot. Motion made and car­ ried unanimously to accept and con­ cur with communication from head­ quarters. Ship's delegate elected. Discussion held on getting new coffee urn installed on West Coast. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Sep­ tember 10—Chairmen, E. Hill; Secre­ tary, L. Deucette. No beefs. Ship's fund—$40. Motion made and carried to read, accept, and concur with com­ munications from headquarters. Dis­ cussion held on repair of ship's ' Set. Black gang delegate to see chief about cleaning engineering foc'sle. CAROLYN (Bull Lines), September 11—Chairmen, J. Prats; Secretary, E. Dandy. No major beefs, no disputed overtime. Clarification requested on shift of ship—overtime for gangway watch. Motion made and carried to accept qnd concur with communica­ tions from headquarters. Discusion held on GAW and SIU radio program. ARCHERS HOPE fiCltles Service), September 8—Chalrmln, J. Hlgglns; Secretary, M. Launey. No beefs. Ship's fund—$16.62. To have cover constructed for fan-tail on ship. Ship's delegate and secretary - reporter elected. Scupper In galley stopped up. Ship's - delegate to act on beefs mentioned. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), September IS—Chairman, J. WolInskl; Secretary, C. Kelleher. Ship is going into shipyard this trip and were unable to get radio broadcasts tlu-ough. Ship's fund was raffled off. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Motion made and car­ ried to get coffee in tins no paper bags. Vote of thanks to Lake Charles Agent for splendid representation. Hepair lists turned in. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), September 4—Chairman, C. Wright; Secretary, H. Ouenther. Motion made and carried that Union officials try to get freight­ ers air-conditioned. Passageway has been repaired and painted. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. EVELYN (Bull Lines), September 11 —Chairman, L. Cartwrlght; Secretary, A. Stevenson. Headstone was pur­ chased for crewmeraber who died in Mexico. Discussion held on chow— Motion made to give the cook a break, he is a new man. Washing machine to be kept clean. Motion made and carried to accept and' concur with communications from headquarters. HIGH POINT VICTORY (Bull Lines), September IB—Chairman, T. Montemarsno; Secretary M. Sterne. Dis­ cussion on Captain plan to build struc-.. ture on bridge. Motion made and car­ ried to check fresh water tanks. Dis­ pute " on whether galley should be sougeed. IBERVILLI (Pen-Atlantic), Septem­ ber IB—Chairman, O. McCorvey; Sec­ retary, J. Kovel. Wrote letter con­ cerning 1st and and meats to head­ quarters. Ship's fund—$4.05. No beefs. It was suggested that each man donate 41 to have TV set re­ paired. Ship's chairman elected. -MOHICAN (Trans Oceanic Marine), September 11—Chairman, C. Wallick; Secretary, J. Morrison. No shore leave in Algiers. Overtime to be set­ tled. Ship's delegate elected. Stew­ ard didn't feceive linen he ordered. Messman asked to cooperate in keep­ ing messhall clean. ANN MARIE (Bull Lines), Septem­ ber 4—Chairman, G. McCarthy; Secre­ tary, L. Celderon. Everything going smoothly. Washing machine has been repaired. Ship's fund—$3.42. Motion made and carried to' accept and con­ cur with communications from headCOEUR D'ALENE VICTORY . (Vl$-. . .quarters. , Di^qussipn .|ield on thCj dis- tory Carriers), September '3-^heTr- posal of ilarbage at port of Boston. Vil,',..; •• i;) i.JJ, -i'ri.i.i Paee Seres LOG $1,200 must file a Federal tax re­ turn. WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns must now be filed by April 15, 195,6. However, the April 15 dead­ line is waived in cases where a sea­ man is at sea. In such instances, the seaman must file his return at the first opportunity, along with an affidavit stating the reason for filing late. Another tax rule specifically af­ fecting seamen governs situations where a seaman signs on in one year, signs off the next and gets a statement of his wages and the tax withheld (W-2 form) from the ship­ ping company when he signs off. Under such an arrangement, it is possible for a seaman to have no income in one year and the equiva­ lent of two years' income in an­ other. In order to alleviate this situa­ tion, the seaman can report the to­ tal of his allotments, slops, draws and other cash items as Income in the first year, and then deduct this amount from the total income re­ ported on the W-2 form he gets in the second year. He cannot claim any tax with­ held in the first year either, but can claim all of it for the second year when he files his return along with the W-2 form. HOW TO FILE. The Seafarer who has average expenses (amountto ten percent or less of income) and an income of under $5,000 is advised to use the short form. Those with income of under $5,000 but with higher than average ex­ penses can use either the long or short form imd those with income of $5,000 or more must use the long form. A husband and wife should file a joint return on either the long or short form to take advantage of the split income provisions, even if the wife has no income. Single per­ sons should use the long or short form depending on their deduc­ tions and/or income. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer is entitled to a personal exemption of $600 for himself, $600 for his wife, an additional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if blind-.The exemption^ ^apply also to a taxpayer's wife, and can also be claimed by both of them. In cases Where a man's wife lives in a foreign-country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her as his wife. However, if she has in­ come in the foreign country, it cannot be taxed by the US. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child, parent, grand­ parent, brother, brother-in-law, sis­ ter, sister-in-law, and each uncle, aunt, nephew or niece dependent on him. The dependent must have received less than $600 gross- in­ come, and be a resident of the US, Canada, Mexico, Panama or the Canal Zone. The law permits a child under 19 or a student over 19 to earn over $600 and still be eligible as a dependent if the taxpayer provides more than one-half of his support. The law also enables a seaman who is contributing (with other relatives) more than ten percent of the support of a dependent to claim an exemption for that indi­ vidual, provided the other con­ tributors file a declaration that they will not claim the dependent for that year. Previously, a taxpay­ er had to provide more than half the support in order to claim the exemption. gross income for drugs and medi­ cine can be deducted. However, de­ ductions of all expenses for medi­ cal services, drugs and medicines are limited to a maximum of $2,500 for each exemption claimed up to a total of $10,000. The three per­ cent rule on medical services does not apply in cases where a taxpay­ er is over 65, but the one percent rule on medicines and drugs does. CHILD CARE. This is a brand new provision allowing a deduction of up to $600 to a widower, di­ vorced or legally separated taxpay­ er toward the cost of providing care of a child under 12 or a per­ son physically or mentally incap­ able of support, regardless of age. This expense is deductible only if its purpose is to allow the taxpayer to remain gainfully employed. It cannot be claimed if the payment for child care went to a person who is already claimed as a dependent on the same return. ALIMONY — Periodic payments of alimony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be deducted. Previously, only alimony which was required by a court decree was deductible. CASUALTY LOSSES. The rea­ sonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storm, ves­ DIVIDEND INCOME. If a sea­ sel damage, etc., for which the tax­ man has income from stock divi­ payer is not otherwise compen­ sated, can be deducted as an ex­ pense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by insurance. LOSSES DUE TO THEFT. Pei> sonal items the loss of which can be proven are deductible. WORK CLOTHES,'TOOLS. The , cost and cleaning of uniforms and work clothes which ordinarily can­ not be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes protective work shoes, gloves, caps, foul wealher gear, clothing ruined by grease or paint, plus tools bought for use on the job, or books and periodicals used in direct connec­ tion with work. dends, he can exclude the first $50 he receives as dividend income from his'gross income, and then take a tax credit of four percent of all dividends he received during 1955 (less the $50 previously deducted), after he has determined what his tax would otherwise be. UNION DUES, Dues and initia­ tion fees paid to iabor organiza­ tions or professional groups, and most union assessments can be de­ ducted. TAX CREDIT FOR RETIRE­ MENT INCOME. A tax credit of up to $240 is allowed for individuals CONTRIBUTIONS. A taxpayer can deduct up to 20 percent of gross income for contributions to charitable institutions, and an ad­ ditional ten percent of gross in­ come in contributions to churches, hospitals and educational institu­ tions, INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. State and city retail sales taxes, property and school taxes, state stamp taxes on securi­ ties, state gasoline taxes, auto li­ cense and drivers' license fees and state income taxes are all deduc­ tible. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EX­ PENSES. All expenses over three percent of gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and hospital insurance, nui:sp care and similar costs can be (ieducted. ' All expenses over one percent of against retirement income such as rents, dividends and earnings at odd jobs. This is a provision im­ portant to retired seamen or their widows. Federal payments or So­ cial Security benefits and SHJ dis­ ability benefits are not included. �vac^feiciii SEAPARERS Jw. t, 19S« LOG SIU Men Dredge Channel To Bring Sea To Maracalbo J.-:- t Seafarers aboard the Sandcaptain have completed their first year of an 18-month "tour of duty" in Venezuelan waters, tak­ ing part in one of the world's most ambitious dredging proj­ ects. The Sandcaptain, along4with the SlU-manned Chester ducer and Maracaibo is the tank­ Harding and one other dredge ers' main port of entry, handling This photo of Sandcaptain was taken in New York harbor before her .departure for the Venezuelan dredging task. Maracalbo harbor project rotes as one of the most ambitious and most difficult in history. When finished by this summer, it will permit deep sea tankers to go direct to oil terminals in Maracalbo Instead of having ta receive their cargos offshore via trans-shipment. is slicing a 38-foot channel through an island off Maracalbo, Venezuela. When the project is completed Eometime this summer, all types of deep-sea tankers will be able to sail 25 miles from deepwater into Maracalbo to pick up their car­ goes of oil. The Sandcaptain sailed from ^ew York on Dec. 14, 1954 with 41 Seafarers aboard. In June she was Joined by the Chester Harding, which was chartered by the opera­ tors, Construction Aggregates, from the US Army. The Harding has 49 unlicensed men in her crew and has the virtue of being air-conditioned throughout. Special SIU Contract Both ships are covered by a spe­ cial SIU contract to compensate for the lengthy sign-on and the difficult tropical conditions under which the men work. Base wages and overtime rates are 25 percent over the regular, scale and an addi­ tional 25 percent bonus of base wages is being paid to those Sea­ farers who ride the dredges for more than nine months. Each crewmember is entitled to three days leave per month, with the option of staying on board and picking up an extra three days' pay. The importance of a deep-sea channel into Maracaibo is empha­ sized by the fact that Venezuela is the world's second largest oil pro- ten percent of the entire world's oil exports. Up until now It has been necessary to load oil in shal­ low-draft tankers and then trans­ fer cargo to deep-sea ships off­ shore. $55 Million Project The entire project will cost $59 million of which Construction Ag­ gregates has the $12 million off­ shore job. It involves slicing an eight mile long channel directly through the desert island of Zapara, a tremendous oversize sand­ bar live miles long and a mile wide. The deep-sea dredges, two SIUmanned and one under the Vene­ zuelan flag, have water-tight hop­ pers in their holds. Sand, rock and other materials are dredged off the ocean floor and piped into, the hoppers. When the dredges are fuily-loaded, they take them to sea and dump their loads well offshore. A number of smaller stationary dredges are working on the in­ shore dredging job for another company, while a third firm is con­ structing a breakwater. The entire job is due to be wrapped up by July of this year. The last major dredging job un­ dertaken by Construction Aggre­ gates was in 1952 when it handled land-fill operations in Newark Bay for construction of the Jersey Turnpike. iiiilEiliiiiiiii" illliiisiliiiiil Pictured here is one of three stationary dredges working on th^ inshore portion of the huge channel-cutting job. Another $I| million inshore dredging project at Maracaibo proper hoi already been completed by a second contractor while a third firm is constructing on $8 million breakwater. li.: fe'' tr-- Photo of port bridge-wing, looking oft, shows pipeline for carrying sand, mud and rock into noppers, OS well as maze of other equipment. Dredges havey/ov^izp deck departments for handling Jhe This horizontal rig <pn the.Sandcaptain 1$ a hydraulic lift for the ship's pipeline. Watertight hoppers on the dredge can cdrry a capacity load of 5,000 tons. All told, 40'million tons of ocean bottom are being moved. Poopdeck awning provides relief from blazing rays of tropical sun. The heat, monotony of the job and boom-town prices in Maracaibo are three major drawbacks for Seafarers. Booming oil economy has shot prices in Venezuela far above the worst levels of inflation in the United States. �"% - Jan. 6,19S< SEAFARERS LOG VP*..rtV Pace Nina « i/ii I ] • I ;- -r< I VENEZUELA Piliipili:: . siiilpii: ~ hpACIFIC OCEAM • COIOMBIA '. r, , • t^.x x;;;:•, v;,::.x.:;:.;-f; • V.-. x:x:x:::r.:x::;:':ri.-;;P.v...:;; ^vxv:;:-;;:::::/;-;.;;;^-;^ixx :->;:;:>:x: Third deep-sea dredge is the Puerto Cabellc, operating under the Venezuelan flag. Dredging is being done by joint US-Venezuelan corporation. The ship is shown taking on water and fuel in the lee of Zapara Island, the huge offshore sandbar through which the Maracaibo ship channel is being cut. Puerto Cabello is con­ siderably smaller thnn the other two dredges. fern shot, of dredge wos taken as o repair gang was working on pipeline which vries dredged materials into the watertight hoppers in ship's holds. SandcapJiin and two sister vessels, the Sandchief and Sandmate, last worked on land-fill Lb in Newark Bay during construction of fameH New Jersey Turnpike. VenezueIn ossignment is just the reverse of that job. • • A 1 Seoforor Bill Molfetto takes time out from his duties" to' pose amidships for Sondcoptain shipmate •Bill /^L ' y Moffe'ttor kA •!»' i>kn A of A? • Crtrt/4/"«r\fnin'e (5hambfitt.'' is;one Sondcoptoin's rNrirtinnI original • "'M''<}h-©eceriiC^ crew having ^onO' dbocrrd Men who stay with ship get a bonus. _ _ IVll I iMin I* iJIO iTiv/iivi i«i».^ -.Mill Pawots, parakeets, macaws and a wide variety of other pets help pass the time of day. Both SlU dredges boast a menagerie. Here bosun Al Birt andshow ofP their favorites who are well versed in salty speech. winv»l prwiw ...W T , Seafarer Bill Champlln, who took most of the photos on these pages, did a turnabout for one of his ship­ mates on the forward platform. He's standing next to one of the hoppers which is filling up with sediment from ocean botton. • v'-'^ l^-'4 �SEAFARERS Faf (s Ten Two Weeks Left For Steward Vote I Jaa. f. 1951 LOG 'Oo You Think He'll Stop When We Tell Him? Steward department members on SIU ships still have two weeks'left in which to vote on the rank and file steward com­ mittee's report on the department's operations. Steward depart­ ment personnel are also urged to send in any suggestions they may have for improving the department's work. The time originally set for acting on the report was extended in December for another 30 days to allow all ships to get their responses in. On the basis of the shipboard responses, the report will be cast into its final form for action by the membership. Since the report will contain new working rules for the depart­ ment, all ships are urged to act on it. Job Boom Still Hot In Frigid New York NEW YORK—Good shipping is the only inducement this port can offer nowadays, as the weather leaves much to be desired. Sharp cold, with temperatures dropping to five deAgrees, has made the official arrival of winter an unwel­ come event. Job Flood Holds Fast In Seattle \' SEATTLE — Job activity far outpaced registration in this port during the past two weeks, as an even 100 men were dispatched to jobs. , The good shipping is expected to remain on for a while, thanks to the probable four payoffs and the usual run of in-transit ships sched­ uled for the current period. Among those already slated for arrival here are the Young Amer­ ica and Kyska (Waterman), Coeur d'AIene Victory (Victory Carriers) and Ocean Deborah (Oceans Trans), due in Portland. Payoffs during the period were the Wacosta and Choctaw (Water­ man) and the Albion (Dry Trans). The latter has been sold to a nonSIU company and signed on again with a different crew. The Choc­ taw was the only other sign-on, In addition, the port handled ten in-transit ships, most of them haul­ ing lumber around to the East Coast. But the boom on shipping is still on, with jobs in all depart­ ments hanging on the board for several calls. Electricians seem to be the only rating in long supply, but there are very few jobs avail­ able for the 40 of them registered right now. Other engine' depart­ ment ratings can be got out almost anytime they choose, however. None of this is to be considered an invitation to come to New York, said Claude Simmons, SIU assis­ tant secretary-treasurer, since there are several hundred men registered for jobs here and most of them will be trying to move out all at once now that the holidays are over. Shipping Easy He cautioned that anyone really wishing to move out can do so, provided he stays close to the hall. On the statistical end, the past two weeks saw 23 ships paid off, 4 signed on foreign articles and G arrive in transit. Among the signons, as expected, was the long-idle tankship Lake George, which came out of lay-up after 30 months. She took a full crew for a trip down to the Caribbean and is scheduled to go out on a long shuttle run on her return. She had been laid up in Curacao, DWI, since mid-1953. lABOR ROUND-UP The bitterly-fought eight-month sugar strike at Godchaux Sugars in Louisiana ended with a union pact. The Packinghouse Work­ ers Union signed an agreement with the company running until January 31, 1957, providing 10 cents in pay increases. Strikebreak­ ers who have been living on com­ pany property have been given orders to move. Only 80 of the 800 strikers returned to work during the eight-month walkout. 4" 4" The strike has been continually hampered by injunctions against picketing, but a nationwide boycott of the hotels by skilled union res­ taurant workers has helped the drive in the non-union stronghold. Hotels signed thus far are the Patrician, Delano, Vanderbiit, Se­ ville and Monte Carlo.- About 20 others are involved. 4> 41 4> Southern Bell Telephone was set back on its heels when it demanded the resignation of two employees' who were running for public office in Louisiana. The Communications Workers of America applied for an injunction against the company under a Louisiana Jaw forbidding employers to punish workers for seeking public office. The company quickly called off its demand on the two men, who are CWA offi­ cials in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. For years now the SIU has been sounding the alarm about the dangers of dummy for­ eign registrations by shipowners under the runaway flags of Panama, Liberia and other non-maritime countries. Now the loophole for cutthroat shipping operations, which was established by the US Government in the first instance^ is being steadily widened to accommodate shoreside operators who are anxious to do some plain and fancy evading with the benign approval of Uncle Sam. Just as the shipping companies before them, these shoreside companies are setting up subsidiaries under the Liberian flag, sub­ sidiaries which have an overpowering ad­ vantage over legitimate US business, which pays US wages, taxes and other costs. Like their shipowner counterparts, these US subsidiaries go "Liberian" simply by fill­ ing out a piece of paper and paying a yearly pittance to the Liberian government. The funds of such companies are not subject to US tax, or to Liberian tax. Nor do these firms have to file the usual stock reports and abide by other regulations. In short they are nothing less than business pirates. Just to cite one instance mentioned in General Motors Corp. is being sued for invasion of privacy by a member of the United Auto Work­ ers on the grounds that a company gumshoe nearly broke up his mar­ Another SIU crew, this time on the Steel riage. John Johnson, an employee Advocate, has been cited by the Government of GM's Los Angeles plant, filed for outstanding seamanship in the rescue of the suit, saying he left for work, two fliers in the mid-Pacific. The Advocate on the swing shift one night in crew did itself proud first in spotting and August and the company ijivestigator came to his home later on then in rescuing the fliers, who had been asking why he wasn't on the job. floating in shark-infested waters for two 4 4 41 It was all a misunderstanding but days. Camel cigarettes remains the resulted in seriously strained do­ The past year has been marked with sev­ only major non-union tobacco out­ mestic relations. eral instances in which SIU crews have per­ fit as the ToU^cco Workers Inter­ formed with outstanding distinction in emer­ 4 4« 4^ national concluded contracts with Five Miami Beach hotels have Liggett & Myers and Philip Morris. gencies. First there was the spectacular fight • now signed with the Hotel and American Tobacco also signed re­ put up by the^Steelore crew in saving their Restaurant Empioyees Union as it cently and negotiations open ship when it seemed sure to founder. Then continues its strike against majnr_ shortly 'with P.' Ldrillard' and iir -^vas'the meri'of th^' Ahfeinous: whq .i:esc.u,^d,. resort hotels in the Florida ciiy;- BrowA &' Williams(Jri. • '' '''sufvivdi^ df a fishing boalf ihHhe Gulfv^'the^' "The Journal of Commerce,' an authoritative business newspaper, a US firm set up a Li­ berian holding company and transferred most of its cash assets to a Liberian bank ac­ count in New York. The cash then became non-taxable and the US firm was free to "borrow" money from its Liberian cousin to use as it saw fit. For the average American this develop­ ment carries two serious disadvantages. The taxes being ducked by these runaway out­ fits have to be paid by the rest of us either in the form of personal taxes or higher prices brought on by an inflated national debt. The jobs held by Americans in competitive busi­ nesses which live according to the rules are being undermined by the practices of the dummy registries. Should this practice spread it would have serious economic consequences. Those in the Maritime Administration who created this monstrosity in the first instance have to face the responsibility for the diffi­ cult straits in which US shipping finds it­ self and for the threat to other industries. It looks like a halt to dummy registration procedures is long overdue, by legislative ac­ tion or otherwise. Seafarers' Skills Pay Off Neva West and Beauregard crews who successfully fought shipboard fires that threatened to get out of hand and the Steel Admiral gang which rescued the entire pas­ senger and crew complement of a Filipino passenger ship without a single injury or loss of a piece of baggage. All these feats coming in one year are no accident. They are the natural outgrowth of the practice of manning SIU ships under the Union's rotary shipping system with ex­ perienced, qualified Seafarers. The men of the Steel Advocate, like those of the other ships before them, deserve the hearty plaudits of the Union and its membersM �fan. f. loss SEAFARERS IOC Pare Elevea BaHo Hails Crews' Clean Payoffs BALTIMORE — Clean pay-^offs in typical SlU style are" Question: The steward cTepartment is often the target of criti­ still the rule here, as SlU cism by the other departments. What's your beef against deck crews continue to bring their and engine men? (Asked of steward department members.) ships in free of beefs. The high standard of maintenance Juan L. Pagan, cook: If a man on the vessels themselves has also Roger L. Hall, baker: My com­ incompetent in deck or engine been noteworthy in recent .weeks. plaint is that the men in the other he sometimes Port Agent Earl Sheppard re­ departments will ends up in the ported. beef without any The shipping picture also was galley. Then the reason, just be­ steward depart­ considerably brighter during the cause it's custom ment is stuck past two weeks, although this con­ and habit to com­ with him and the dition is apt to be reversed in the plain about the other depart­ current period. In this port, at cooks. If a guy ments complain least, there is always that aftercomes aboard about his work. the-holiday slack to hurdle before with a hangover This practice of things^ pick up again. he takes it out on foul balls ending the steward de­ On the picketline front, support­ partment instead of blaming him­ in the galley should stop. ing actions are still being main­ self. if tained in two areas by SIU men Angelo Maciel, MM: I have no on the beach. One is over a long­ it t t L. A. Williams, chief cook: The complaints to make against the standing beef of the SlU-affiliated trouble usually starts because each other depart­ Marine Allied Workers at the Old ments and I do department does Bay Lin^ where lines are holding not think they not stick to its hard ana fast in the MAW drive should complain business. If other for recognition by the company. against us. We departments stick The operation involved is are all in the to their assign­ combination freight - passenger same union and ments it avbids service on six vessels running be­ call each other conflict. Many tween Baltimore and the Hampton Union brothers, deck and engine Roads area. so we should co­ men sailed the Westinghouse Strike operate and try ' * galley once and Also still continuing is SIU as­ not to have arguments, think 'it gives sistance to striking Westinghouse them a right, to criticize. t Si Joseph M. Morton, MM: My beef plant workers represented by the Allkn Lake, steward: The only is that men who don't sail in the International Unio^n of Electrical steward depart­ Workers. Seafarers and members way to eliminate complaints would ment don't know of other former AFL maritime un­ be to sign the what our work ions have been providing the only whole ship on as problems are, but reserve picketline strength avail­ steward depart­ they criticise us able to the lUE, which is a former ment personnel Just the- same. CIO affiliate. in the "intelli­ "We feel we have gained a lot Also the deck gence depart­ and engine men of recognition from the public for ment." Seriously forget that ours the SIU in this beef, while at the though, the trou­ is a seven day same time helping to uphold the ble starts when Job, in or out of morale of the lUE strikers against the ABs and the firemen want to port, and they should allow for this giant concern," Sheppard I commented. instruct the cooks and messmen. that. June 16—December 31, 1955 The small^t number of charges filed since the new Union constitution went into effect in October, 1952, were handled by membership-elected rank and file trial committees in the last^ six months of 1955. The presentation of just four charges in the period represents a steady Each accused member has an ap­ peals procedure open to him from the findings of a trial committee; to a rank and file appeals commit­ tee also elected by the membership and to the international conven­ tion. The four cases in the past six month period resulted in two con.victions and two acquittals. In one case the headquarters membership meeting reduced the penalty im­ posed by the trial committee. Names of accused and accusers are omitted for purposes of publica­ tion. markes about SIU, praising Communists and Communist principles; accused made violent arid abusive criticisms of Amer­ icans; accused refused to work overtime and refused to work during working hours, and threatened a stiipmate. Trial Committee: C. Fowler F-351, O. Townscnd T-324, J. Martin M-727, A. Groo­ ver G-451, A. Townsend T-190, H. Kelly K-268. Findings: Not guilty. Charges dismissed because of insuificient evidence. 4 4 4 August 25, 1955 Accused: K-186; Accusers: V-129. G-267 Charges; Accused was drunk and per­ forming aboard ship and neglected duties to the detriment of the Union; accused was drunk at payoff of Neva West on July 13, 1955, and attempted to bribe Union officials when his book was picked upTrial Committee: Clarence W. Cobb C-22, Michele Liuzza L-485, Charles CasSeptember 22, 1955 sard C-686, Joseph Gauthier G-557. N. T. Ragas R-420. Accused: PB 14541; Accuser: S-6 Findings: Guilty as charged. Fined $!» Charges: Accused, while under the In­ fluence of liquor, threatened to do bodUy and two years' suspension on first offense. harm with a knife to his shipmates Fined $50 on second offense. aboard the Alcoa Hoamer, Trial Committee: E. Dakin D-9, E. Hasklns H-300, W. McKeon M-548, E. Grose G-280, A. Leva L-332, T. O'Connor 0-186, Findings: Guilty as charged. Fined $100. Expulsion recommended in the event of a repeat violation. (Note: Headquarters meeting ef Novem­ ber 2 reduced fine to $5$ as only one charge was filed. Committee's expulsion recommendation was non-concurred.) 4" 4" 4" September 22, 1955 Accused: A-246; Accuser: B-4 Charges: Accused was drunk and per­ formed aboard ship, destroying ship's property: accused refused to cooperate with Union officials in performance of their duties; accused refused to cooperate with those authorized to issue orders on board ship. Trial Committee: N. Nomikos N-25, C. Dudley D-202, A. Mosher M-95, A. G. Espeneda E-20. L. Lake L-41. Findings; Accuser did not appear to press charges because he was ill. As per constitution, an automatic verdict of acquital was recommended. 4' - 4" 4" October, 20. 1955 Attvukh PB-i&72'4l Acicuibrf M-108- -J Frisco Eyes Upturn Due This Week T))e deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: John J. Connolly, 41: Brother Connolly died as a result of a fall in Baltimore on October 5. He is survived by his wife, who lives in Baltimore. Connolly joined the SIU in 1951, in the port of New York and sailed in the engine de­ partment. Burial was in St. Peters Cemetery, in Baltimore. 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO — This James M. Lucky, 44: On Decem­ port appears to be on another ber 1 Brother one of those roller coaster Lucky died of REVIEW of downward trend in misconduct and violations of the constitution aboard SIU ships. It reflects fa­ vorably on the quality and re­ sponsibility of SIU crews. ^ This is the sixth time since the new constitution took efftct th^t the SEAFARERS LOG is printing a trials and appeal report. The re­ ports have appeared every six months. Court Procedure The procedure as specified in the SIU constitution hews closely to the traditional pattern followed in US courtrooms. Trial committees are composed exclusively of rank and file Seafarers, with Union offi­ cials barred from serving on them. The accuser must be present to confront the accused, and the ac­ cused is given full right of crossexamination of witnesses and to call witnesses in his own behalf. He can also call, on other Union members to assist him, if they so desire, in preparing his defense. Before the trial can begin the accused must be properly notified of the charges against him. The charges must be read at member­ ship'meetings to determine if they are brought properly under the constitution. The membership meetings also have full power to act on the find­ ings of trial committees and ap­ peals committees. The constitution specifies in detaii the headings under which charges can be brought and sets limits on .the penalties that can be imposed for the various offenses. Home in Baltimore after recent hospitalization, Mrs. Angie Colyer, wife of Sea­ farer Robert Colyer, poses with daughter, Donna Les­ lie. She received over $400 in benefits from th|e SIU Welfare Plan's hospital and surgical provisions. th Ehargesi Ac<iU8eAwad«,#i8pai'A«ipg After strong protest from the SIU Canadian District, the Minister of Labor of Canada called off plans to revise unemployment insurance rules. The new rules would have amounted to disqualification of Canadian Seafarers on the Lakes. Unemployment pay is an important factor in Canadian maritime be­ cause the Lakes freeze over every winter. boom-bust cycles of shipping, with Job activity varying from very good to dismal. Miitching the pattern, the out­ look for the present two weeks is considered "very good," on the ba­ sis of lots oif expected in-transit ac­ tivity plus one payoff. May Surprise The situation has deteriorated once again into a picture of no pay­ offs or sign-ons, however, although "surprise" payoff is no longer very unusual here. The competi­ tion between Seattle and this port on that score helps always make life interesting. Seven iii-transits accounted for the shipping of the last two weeks, as a few replacements were dis­ patched to all or most of the fol­ lowing: Marymar, Flomar, Pennmar (Calmar); Jean LaFitte, Choc­ taw (Waterman); Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) and Steel Exec­ utive (Isthmian). Beefs were at a minimum on all of them. Company, operators of tugs and barges in the Philadelphia harbor area. The agreement provides a 15-cent hourly increase for engin­ eers at the company, retroactive to September 30, 1955. 4 4 4 Negotiations are underway be­ tween the Marine Firemen's Union and the State of California over a condemnation prjce for the 4 4 4 MFOW's San Francisco headquar­ A first contract, has been signed ters. The building will be taken by by: the .flrolherhood of Marine, l6>- tjht ,?tate itojcjear the \vay.for con1 ;th«^ ppij, .struction of s nqyif^iOyjertea^ high­ natural causes and was buried in Roselawn Ceme t e r y at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Lucky joined the SIU in 1951 in the port of New Orleans and sailed in the steward department. He named his son, William, as his beneficiary. 4 4 4 Eulogio Lumbang, 57: Brother Lumbang died in his home in Brooklyn of a heart ailment on December 13. He had been sailing with the SIU since 1948, hav­ ing joined in the port of New York. He sailed in the steward department." Sur­ viving is his wife, Klara. way and cloverleaf intersection. The MFOW is considering putting up its new headquarters near the SUP hall and the MCS head­ quarters now under construction. 4 4 4 Great Lakes Seafarers in the SIU Great Lakes District have peti­ tioned for a National Labor Rela­ tions Board election aboard carferries operated by the Mackinac Transportation Co. The company operates two ferries, the Ste. Marie and the Chief Wawatam, be­ tween Mackinac and Saint Ignace, Michigan. , �SEAFARERS Page Twelra Dog's Life Is A Picnic For Pet On The Mac Don't ever believe that a "sea-dog" has a rough life, says Seafarer Ted Schultz, "Stinker," the ship's dog aboard the Mae, is provjng that a "sea-dog's" life is one continual picnic and a life of luxury. "She has the run of the en­ winter sweater for the northern tire ship, stands lookout and end of the run and a special life Two foc'sle mates, "Stinker," the ship's dog, and Joe Shea, steward, pose for a tintype on the Mae. The pampered pooch sleeps in Shea's cabin. wheelwatch and, in turn, takes regular coffee break with the crew, But she refuses daytime gangway watch and insists jon her liberty ashore," Schultz reports. "She has been known to lap up the 'suds' way beyond her capacity, but when the ship's whistle blows an hour before sailing, you can bet that 'Stinker' will be at the foot of the gangway . . . She may have to be helped aboard, but she's there," he notes. Equipped with her own special wardrobe, "Stinker" has a warm Lawson Is A Happy Ship i4s Everybody Pitches In jacket for fire and boat drill. She apparently has the whole crew wrapped around her "little finger" too, because there's generally a package of biscuits and other treats waiting her in every port. Special Bunk' Sleeping accomodations are no problem either, according to Schultz. The pampered pet" has a special bunk in steward Joe Shea's room where she takes her siestas, "She's petted and spoiled by the entire crew and if she develops a slight cotTgh or sneeze, she's rushed to the nearest vet... A ^og's life? We should have it so good," Schultz adds. He's 'Chipper' On The Fairinnd rT-r USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. William Dyer Nicholas Rltrovato Gilbert Edwards Edward J. Whelan Donald Mackey USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Alfred Beauchamp James Oliver GUbert Gonzales John Scott William Hightower Alonzo Sistrunk John E. TiUman Jessie Jimenes John E. Markopolo USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. John Abadie Joseph Fftzpatrick Howard Abell B. D. Foster Thomas Bach Claude Fowler Benedicto Batirna Joseph Gehringer John George Merton Baxter Matthew Gichenko Alton BeU Louis Guarino Clayde Blanks Charles Jeffers Robert Brown J. L. Buckelew Leonard Kay E. G. Knapp John CaldweU Lloyd T. Callaway Joseph Lae Faustino Lamelaf S. C. Carre'gal Leo H. Lgng Salem Cope Artemio Fernandez Earl McCoUam Ignatius McCormlck Paul Senior Alexander Martin Henry Sosa Milton Mouton Lonnie Tickle Alfonso Olaguibel Raymond Ugulano Henry Pacheco Dirk Visser Harry Peek James Ward Jack Peralta Ernest Webb Randolph Ratcliif Philip Wolf Claburn Reed David Wright Joseph Ricks USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Cecil Batts Louis Gordon Francis Boner Thomas HiU Munsy Drewry MarshaU Shankla USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Marcelo Belen Okal Jones James Bell William Masterton John Bowman lack Seratt George Brady John Sweeney William Clegg W. Timmermaiin Charles Dwyer John WilUams USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Jose Alonzo Jimmie Littleton Maximino Bernes Oliver Martin Ignazio D'Amico G. W. WUson Hubert Lanier USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. L. Bosley M. Kramer Sverre Johannessen R. Meyvantsson A. K. Keenum B. Romanoff . . USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Frank Anderson Joseph Fusella Benjamin Oeibler Rosendo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton VA HOSPITAL and carried that pamphlet should be compiled by Union for membership re­ garding when men should sign on and off ships due to Illness or Injury. Mo­ tion made and carried that unlicensed personnel turn in for subsistence for cold-water beginning September 26. 1959. Vote of thanks to steward department. CATHERINB (Dry-Trans). Scptambar A—Chairman, A. Ferrle; Secretary, J. Stark. Crew seems to be better than average. aU members get along weU. Everything in order. Motion made and carried to donate SI to ship's fund. One man missed ship in Nor­ folk and his clothes were sent to him. Crew cautioned not to slam door. Re­ pair list made up. HASTINGS (Waterman). October 9— Chairman. W. McCuistion; Secretary. J. Wells. No major beefs. Repair list to be turned over to Captain and Chief Engineer. No beefs, few hours disputed overtime, everything running O.K. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept and concur with communications from headquarters. Discussion held on transportation from port of pay-off to port of sign on. CHILORB (Ore), October IS—Chair­ man. J. Sehlnlc; Secretary. 0. Cass OCEANSTAR (Triton). September IS —Chairman. J. Meehan; Secretary. C. Diaz. Captain Instructed steward to dump old eggs overboard. Repair list was given to patrolman. Ship's dele­ gate warned crewmembers about per­ forming. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communica­ tions from headquarters. Night lunch to be improved. OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Maritime). October 1—Chairman. W. Roberts; Secretary. P. SImlone. Talk was given to men about securing themselves when working on deck. One man was hospitalized. Motion made and car­ ried to accept and concur with com­ munications from headquarters. Ship to be fumigated. Vote of thanks to 2nd mate. Ship in very bad condi­ tion. Many repairs needed. Four men missed ship in Canada Gear will be left in Kenya Office Ship's fund $3.22. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with re­ cent report from headquarters. pains recently to top on down, all's well again. We point this out, intend to keep it that way until the citing the fine trip is over." state of things aboard the ship. Each dispatched a copy of the printed Thanks­ giving menu fea­ turing a wide choice of edibles and potables to prove the point. Not the least of these was the eggnog that kicked off the celebration in fine style. In addition to the steward de­ partment, particularly J. D. Brigham, steward, and Jim McCoy, chief cook, all hands on the ship shared in the praise. The master, Capl. Andrew Vasaka, the mates, the engineers, and all the unli­ censed personnel have joined to make "one of the finest all-around crews that ever shipped aboard an SlU-contracted vessel," Lawson asserted. Sure of plenty of sun on the job, a member of the deck gang In a separate communique, Pro­ on'the Falrland pauses during task of chipping and brazing kopuk made it plain that "things the forward housing to let ship's reporter Thomas Ulisse were not always like that on here. Last trip there was trouble with grab his photo. The ship's on the intercoastal run. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Frank Albore Gorman Glaze Chester Allen Harold Greenwald T. P. Barbour Albert Hawkins Harry C. Bennett H. Ledbetter Kenneth Bewig David McCollum Frank CampbeU Mack O'Neil Alfred Casey Endel Pappel John Parker Jessie Clarke Fred Pittman William Conners Arthur Reinholdt Henry Davis John Drake Daniel Seabolt Henrich Wiese Louis Firlie Archie Wright Donald Forrest Clarence Wright C. E. Foster Bichard Foust ALAMAR (Czlmzr), Octobzr IS— Chairman, C. Hodgai Sacratary, J. McPhaui. Shlp'a fund—S45.65. No beefs. Motion msde and carried to accept and concur with communica­ tions from headquarters. Ship's dele­ gate and treasurer elected. Domestlo water tanks be switched over as water seems to be low. First assistant changed tanks immediately. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa). October 2 —Chairman. A. Tremer; Secretary. E. It's often said that it's quality not quantity that counts the most. When there's both, as seems to be the case on the SS George A. Lawson, they make for a happy combination. Both Steve Prokopuk, ship's^ delegate, and Carl Lawson everything. Now, with a good (no relative), the bosun, took bunch of men on here, from the r 'Jan. I, 1»S< LOG USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY. F. Kaziukewicz Hussend Ahmed. John MacWilliams A. Androh Richard Mason Jim Barbaccia Michael Mellis Joseph Barron J. Maisonet Ben Baugh H. A. Mooney Frank Cardoza lohn Morris George Carlson loseph Neubauer John Castro Eugene O'Brien Donald Coe Howard Parker James Crotty George Robinson Isaac J. Dekloe Jose Rodriguez Irvin Denobriga E. Roszro ' Mike Dikun E. SUntak Luciamo Ghezzo Attilio Vacchlone Estell Godfrey Robert Welker Charles Hall Bozo Zelencic WiUiam Horns USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NY. Edmund Abualy Leonard Leldig Mike Lubas Manuel Antonana Joseph McGraw Eladio Aris A. McGulgan John Auslitz Fortunato Bacomo David McHreath Harry MacDonald Nils Beck Michael Machusky Frank Bemrick Vic Milazzo Robert Booker Melvin Moore Tim Burke Joseph Murphy E. Cunningham Eugene Nelson Walter Davis James O'Hare Emilio Delgado Ralph Palmer Walter Denley George Phifer John DriscoU James Quinn Robert Gilbert Daniel Rugglano Bart Guranick Geo. E. Shumaker Taib Hassen G. Slvertsen Joseph Ifslts Henry Smith Thomas Isaksen Karl Treimann John Keenan Harry Tuttle jQhn Klemowicz Ludwig, Krlstiansen Fred.West*• .1, Frederick.Landry .. Chee, X,.Za| . Jam^s Lawlot , FAIRLAND (Waterman). October t —Chairman. H. Knowles; Secretary. R. LaBombard. No beefs. Ship's dele­ gate. secretary-reported, and treasurer elected. Crew Was asked to carry soiled linen to linen locker and not leave them back aft. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Serv­ ice). October 16—Chairman. M. Hitch­ cock; Secretary. J. Ryan. Slop Chest will be open in future for cigarettes. Ship's fund—$4,333. No beefs. Com­ munications from headquarters were read, discussed, and accepted unanim­ ously. To donate $1 per person, to ship's fund. Action to be taken' on variety of Aenus and grade of meats, and cold drinks. MAE (Bull Lines). October 9—Chair­ man. G. Smith; Secretary. T. Schultz. Pump for washing machine and new automatic kickback for ice-water will be installed in Baltimore. Balance of ship's fund—$37.33. All O.K.. no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communication from headquarters. Steward department given vote of thanks. Aoer. Shortage of Lqgs. Vote of thanks given ship's delegate. Ship's fund—S34.42. Few hours disputed overtime and delayed sailing. Np beefs. All recent communications from headquarters read and accepted unanimously. Ship's delegate and sec­ retary-reporter elected. New crystal to be obtained for phonograph, screen door to be Installed in inessroom. new library to be obtained. Passageways to be painted out properly. AMPAC OREGON (Trans Oceanic Marine). September 27—Chairman. J. Paerels; Secretary. J. Thomas. New medicine needed for medical chest. Logs were put aboard and headquar­ ters reports posted. Captain ordered steward to wash towels and piUow cases so that there would be a com­ plete set. Complaints about this were settled. Ship's treasury contains $14. All communications read and ac­ cepted unanimousl.v. Motion made and Carrie's to contact headquarters re­ garding the steward washing towels, as to whether it is in compliance with SIU agreement or not. BALTORE (Ore), October 9—Chair­ man. R. Lavolnie; Secretary. L. Geragnty. Repairs to be completed along­ side dock. Ship's fund—$4.36. Soma disputed overtime, no beefs. Motion made anff carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Motion made and carried to have messman transferred to an­ other Job. It was requested that hot drink such as hot chocolate be served at meal time, in cold weather. Sug­ gestion made that coffee bag be re­ moved immediately after making coffee. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service). October 9—Chairman. D. Sheehan; Secretary. L. HIckey. To see patrol­ man about engineers using crew re­ frigerator. Ship's fund contains $45.77. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communi­ cations from headquarters. Crew to familiarize themselves with aew SUP agreement and to state their reaction DB SOTO (Pan-Atlantic). October 9 to it at next meeting. —Chairman. C. Copper; Secretary. B. Varn. Repair list was taken care of. ROBIN HOOD (Robin LIna). Septem­ Ship's fund—$6. No beefs. Motion ber 28—Chairman. F. BressI; Secre­ made and carried to accept and con­ tary. H. Levlne. Some disputed over­ cur with recent communications from time., no beefs. No one but crewmem­ headquar^rs. Crewmembers are to bers'to use washing machine. Monies return cups to pantry. Suggested to collected voluntarily to be turned over donate $1 to ship's fund at pay-off. to second cook for operation of Discussion held on buying TV Set. movies. ORION STAR (Orion). September S SUNION (Kea). September 2S— —Chalrinan. J. Eubanks; Secretary, B. Chairman. V. Stankowicz; Secretary, Stark. Steward requested blankets to G. Parker. Ship's delegate elected. be turned In for cleaning. Repair lists Deck department requested that crew- to be turned in. All beefs at pay-off member stop making noise in alley­ to be handled by delegates not crewways.. membersr Draw will be distributed on arrival. No beefs and no disputed TROJAN TRADER (Trojan). October overtime. Chief Engineer told crew 2—Chairman. R. Pierce; Secretary. R, about donations for seamens children Perry. No beefs. Ship's delegate and orphanage. Very worthy cause. Leave secretary-reporter elected. It was de­ foc'sles clean. All hands to be sober cided that steward department keep at pay-off. recreation room clean and • deck and engine departments keep laundry ROYAL OAK (Cities Service). Sep­ clean. Crewmembers requested to tember 11—Chairman. F. Berthold; keep quiet while others were sleeping. Secretary, D. Beard. Delivery service Suggested all beefs be brought to re­ from Sen Chest in 'Baltimore satisfac­ spective delegates. tory. Ship's fund—$26.80. No beefs. Suction fan needed in galley. Games ALMENA (Pan-Atlantic). October 10 will be purchased from ship's treas­ —Chairman. Hf Schwarts; Secretary. ury. Pump on washing machine needs E. Harris. One man missed ship. Stove repair. to be repaired. New linen needed. Steward department' given a vote of SANDCAPTAIN (Construction Ag­ thanks. gregates). September 11—Chairman. AUBURN (Alba). September 11— Chairman. R. Kristensan; Secretary. C. Veach. No beefs, few hours disputed overtime. It was suggested that stand­ ard brand soap be put aboard. All departments asked to make up repair list. Bosun calls attention to condi­ tion of second cook and baker under physical point of view. Various mem­ bers suggest he go to hospital for ex­ amination and try to have his con­ dition clarified. P. Cemashko. Secretary. H. Mooney. No beefs, except for mail delays. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Motion made and car­ ried regarding letter from Joe Alglna. Motion made but not carried to use ship's fund for gambling purposes. Discussions held on launch service and mail delays. -CHILORB (Ore). September 11— Chairman. R. King; Secretary. T. Vablonsky. Four men were late report­ IDEAL X (Pan-Atlantic). October 14 ing to ship, tivo were logged and two —Chairman. R. Kledlnger; Secretary. excused. Ship's fund—$11. No beefs. J. McPhee. Two men missed ship. Motion made and carried to accept Some disputed overtime, no beefs. and concur with communications from Discussion was held on issue of linen. headquarters. Brother Smith thanked crew for flowers sent to his Grand­ STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Oc­ mother's funeral. tober 1-^halrman. H. McQuage; Sec­ retary. G. Perry. Ship's delegate re­ INES (Bull Lines). September 11— ported on cold water in showers and Chairman. L. Cirlgnano; Secretary. T. that Chief Engineer and Captain said Peters. Small beefs came up from they could do nothing about It. Few steward. Delayed saUing at Rotter­ minor beefs which were straightened dam also came up. No beefs. Ship's out. Some dfspUted overtime, no fund—$42.50. To check on all over­ beefs. Motion ; made and carried to time to be sure It is correct at pay­ accept., jjhd ,concur . with communica- off. Short of some supplies in steward tiohs from headquarter*. hloUon made department. . : �Jan. t, USr SEAFARERS STIIL CHiMItT (Ittfamlan), aa^tambar 11—cnalrtnani P. Hartiharn; Sacratary/ K. Nawmann. No beefa. Bhlp'a fund—S10.97. Motloii made and carried to accept recent communicatlona from headquartera. Ship's tecretsry-reparter elected. Engine room door to be kept closed at all times. Return cups to pantry and keep li­ brary clean and return all books. August 15—Chairman< P. Hartshorni Secretary, E. Hagan. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Ship's fund—$10.57. Messroom chairs needed badly. SEAMAR (Calmar), September Chairman, L. Williams; Secretary, J. Clarke, Deck department foc'sles were not painted, shortage of paint. It was suggested that older members teach new members fundamentals of shipboard life and the proper way to water in ehower_ being too hot. Dis­ cussion held on t>UP wage agreement. ALICE BROWN (Bloofflfleld), Octo­ ber •—Chairman, B. Parks; Secretary, C. Fester. Ship's delegate elected. New washing machine and electric iron were supplied. Motion made and carried to accept communications from headquarters, as read. No beefs. Discussion held on piUow cases being too small. It was sugested that new sheets be put aboard. Steward re­ quested suggestions from crewmem­ bers regarding menus. CALMAR (Calmar), October 10 — Chairman, H. Will; Secretary, J. Edin. Repair lists have been made up and handed in. Ship's fund—$17.86. Some disputed overtime, no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. All linen laying around foc'sle to be turned in. All cups to be brought back to messhall. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), October 4—Chairman, T. Clark; Sec­ retary, W. Wade. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Ship's delegate elected. It was suggested that peppers are not taken out of jars with hands. Dele­ gates to settle disputes with patrol­ man. Springs on beds still not re­ paired. TRINITY (Cartas), October 5—Chair­ man, E. Goodwin; Secretary, J. Gugls. conduct themselves, as Union mem­ bers. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 14—Chairman, W. Brabham; Sec­ retary, M. Watson. Captain's authority to hold draw for over 5 days was questioned. Repair list was compiled. Communications from headquarters accepted and concurred. SUZANNE (Bull Line), October 13— Chairman, R. Broomhaad; Secretary, C. Rhodes, No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Discussion held on welfare plan. VENTURA (Trans Oceanic Marine), October 18—Chairman, R. Newell; Sec­ retary, J. Jaffe. This vessel is sched­ uled to go into lay-up. Ship's fund— $7.47. Man hospitalized at Aruba. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Oc­ tober 5—Chairman, E. HIM; Secretary, E. Eshotels. Painting to be done. No beefs. Delayed sailing is being dis­ puted. Motion made and carried to post, read, accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Deck delegate to see proper authority thiit lockers should be repaired. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), October 12 —Chairman, T. Tucker; Secretary, H. Guenther. All matters aboard ship are . in good shape at present. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communica­ tions from headquarters. Discussion held on welfare benefits. DEL RIO (Mississippi), October 3— Chairman, D. Ramsay; Sacratary, J. Ecclcs. Letter regarding radio fre­ quencies from N. Y. was shown to operator, he agrees to cooperate. Washing machine to be repaired, to refer this to patrolman. Motion made and carried regarding confusion as to whether or not Electrician is re­ quired to make mechanical repairs on washing machine and crews re­ frigerator. Need more fresh vege­ tables and fruit. Steward to notify patrolman regarding amount of fruit and vegetables, if they are not suffi­ cient the Hail will be notifled. Crew requests more groceries. INES (Bull Lines), October 11 — Chairman, V. Swanson; Secretary, C. Taylor. To check overtime before pay-off. No beefs. Ship's fund— $42.50. Discussion held on night lunch and on milk in foreign. Ship's Slop Chest and ship's fund discussed. MASSMAR (Calmer), October 9— Chairman, J. Gallagher; Secretary, J. Elehenberg. Ship is in good shape. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with recent communications from headquarters. Ship's delegate to see Captain about painting rooms and to sec port agent about having locker made of wood Installed in all rooms while ship is in shipyard, metal ones are too lioisy. Steward department given vote of thanks. -a MOJAVE (Trant-Ocaanle Marine), October 2—Chairman, W. O'Connor; Secretary, R. Triche. Most repairs were completed for this trip. Two men left ship to go to hospital. Few hours disputed overtime, no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Discussion held on sougeeing passageway and on food. Motion made to paint foc'sles. ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), October 14—Chairman, E, Moyd; Secretary, P. Capo. Everything running smooth. Motion made and carried to accept and toncur with communications from headquarters. Crew messman request­ ed that crewmembers try to cooperate to keep messhall cleaner than It has been. ALCOA PILGRIM—(Alcoa), October 14—Chairman, F. Crumpler; Secre­ tary, J. McLaughlin. Chief Mate to get new screens for ports as needed. Ship's fund contains $6.75. ^o beefs, some disputed overtime. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. To see boarding patrolman about cold To have some overtime clarified by boarding patrolman. No beefs. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Discussion held about sick messman. After a vote was taken it was decided to have him sleep and eat amidship as his condition is un­ certain, as to whether or not he has a contagious disease. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Tankship), October 8—Chairman, S. Johnson; Sec­ retary, C. Magnan. Ship's delegate and treasurer elected. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with recent communications from head­ quarters. Motion made and carried to have patrolman check on steward stores to make sure that company sends all stores that were ordered. Discussion held on safety measures to be taken on board after vessel gets underway with cargo of gasoline from Aruba. ROBIN WENTLEY (Robin Lines), October 9—Chairman, F. Cridcr; Sec­ retary, C. Mathews. All \ beefs with steward settled. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Motion made and carried to see patrolman about getting 't-rew choice of US or local money in draws in African ports. Ice box to be kept closed after 6 PM. Steward explained that canned juices were withheld and fresh fruit could be used. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Oc­ tober 9—Chairman, E. Johnson; Sec­ retary, A. Wilson. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Letter of newscast was read by ship's delegate. Radio operator win cooperate. Discussion on welfare plan and its procedure. ' AMPAC CALIFORNIA (Trant-OcoanIc), October 7—Chairman, V. Warflald; Secretary, O. Ergle. Ship's delegate spoke about washing machine and cof­ fee urn. No beefs. Steward depart­ ment given a vote of thanks. Cups to be returned. -To see Captain about alternating fire and boat driU. Stew­ ard department to take care of recrea­ tion room and engine and deck de­ partments to take care of laundry. ANTINOUS (Waterman), September 11—Chairman, R. C. Meloy; Secretary, L. Blanehard. Everything in good shape, few hours disputed overtime. No beefs. Vote of thanks to steward department. Ship's delegate reported that two men took too much time off and will be reported to patrolman. Motion made and carried to support ship's delegate in this matter. ARIZPA (Pan-Atlantic), October >— Chairman, A. Rudnlckl; Secretary, 0. Nunn. Everything running smoothly, no beefs. Ship's secretary-reporter elected. Few hours disputed over­ time. foc'sles to be painted out next trip. Vote of thanks to Deck Dept. for painting out steward dept. foc'slo. To cheek medical supplies aboard ihip and in engineroom. In foreign ports all longshoremen are to be kept out of messhall. HIGH POINT VICTORY (Bull Lines), October 9—Chairman, E. Flowors; Sacrotary, G. P. McCartnoy. Few hours^ disputed overtime, no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Laundry and washing ma­ chine to be kept clean at all times. Night lunch to be improved. NEVA WEST (Bloomfleld), Septem­ ber 4—Chelrmen, K. WInsleyi Secre­ tary, J. RIelly. Brother Teodero Gon­ zales, G-568 was drowned in Bremen. Germany. Coast Guard came aboard in Antwerp to investigate alleged fight with company watchman. SEATRAiN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Chm'n, P. Brady; Sec'y, O. Keddy. One man missed ship In Texas City. Ship's fund contains $3.50. Engineers doing work of unlicensed crewmem­ bers to be settled by boarding patrol­ man. Motion mado and carried to accept and concur with communica­ tion from headquarters. Motion made and carried that negotiating commit­ tee have it put in agreement that watertenders tend steam. No milk coming aboard until just before saUIng time. Question on on quality of food being lent, aboard. To hp referred to boardifiS'patrolinallf,' J J.|IM!IUI|U IOC Pate Thlrteep Stowaways Are Back In Season The first icy blasts of winter traditionally mark the beginning of a gay winter cmist season, when well-loaded tourists step out to t^t their sea-legs and liquor capacity. Some of the travelers don't always have the price of an ocean outing, but th^ sea and distant lanc^ beckon them alt the same. This inevitably Puritan Trio At Ease In Venezuela leads to a rash of stowaways, when free riders are flushed out of cramped hiding places of every description. The stowaway will travel any­ thing from the plushest ocean liner to the dingiest freighter; the mode of travel Is seldom as Important «s the destination. SIU ships have recently been distinguished by the presence of a couple of un­ scheduled traveiers. Inone case, Waterman's Warrior had no less than four stowaways aboard on the run from Piraeus, Greece, to Beirut, Leb­ anon. Bohn "We sure fat­ Seafarers off the Alcoa Puritan relax with a few "cool ones" tened them up as they ate plenty at seamen's club in Caripito, Venezuela. Pictured (I to r) for the ten days they were on are Thomas Tolido, FWT; Jesus Fernandez, OS, and Bias board," Richard E. Bohn, ship's Torres, FWT. The respite seems to be a welcome one. reporter, commented. The quartet was eventually unloaded at Izmir, Turkey, and sent home again de­ spite a good try. Unannounced Callers Bull Line's Hilton and Suzanne both were visited by unannounced The boys on the Arizpa seem to have had their licks in callers on recent trips, who wound Germany after three consecutive trips there, but you can bet up subject to the tender mercies of US Customs for their trouble any­ the frauleins exacted plenty of tribute in the process. way. One Seafarer on the Hilton Two of the gang, steward^ Dave Nunn and another man both during and off duty and has discovered a man about two days the weight to out of San Juan, according to from the galley personnel, prove it. He Joshua M. Lundy, reporter, on tht went overboai'd altogether on the claims he's the way north. last trip out. Out of the 9,000-odd only bosun in the On the Suzanne, however, the souls In Brunshuttelkoog, at the SIU with a book route was a bit different. The southern end of the Kiel Canal, Hoyie on how stowaway here was found on an they found their lifeniates and left of to pop popcorn," outbound voyage from New York there hog-tied, tongue-tied and Olvera states. to San Juan. Apparently it was engaged. F u r t hermore, getting a little too cold in the Big Bremerhaven was fine also, hut thanks to steward Town for him, as New York gen­ at least the hoys got away un­ Nunn.and D. C erally is the Mecca for ail visitors, Collins scathed. Lyman, chief regardless of their'travel arrange­ Other news from the ship, ac­ cook, "the gulls north of Hatteras ments. cording to a "homesteader," M. L. never hother us. These two can Olvera, centers on the large really whip up a menu, with amounts of calories consumed and hominy gi-lts, corn hread, blackcreated on the northern European eyed peas, red beans and rice as run. the main entries ... A poor Yan­ Bosun Ben "Big Ben" Collins is kee hasn't got a chance, but Dave one of {he chief beneficiaries In makes up for it by cutting every­ this regard, who "excels in eating body's hair free of charge." Cupid Hits Arizpa; Galley Will Never Be The Same Xo-rHBuJS DEL SUD NEVE TAKES BA SQUAD, 5-1 Boasting a flexible line-up that enabled infielders to jump in and pitch scoreless ball on the mound, the Del Sud baseball "Rebels" once again left their mark on Buenos Aires with a 5-1 win over the Gimnasia y Esgrima. The victory maintained the their only one of the game. the game on the bench. Others on cruise ships' lead in the base­ team, Sidelined throughout the contest the winning squad were: Charles ball rivalry with the Gimna­ was ace pitcher Bill Sistrunk, who Norris, 2b: Jack Stewart, catcher; sia which has raged for years down was out with a sore arm. Johnny Justin Wolf, OF; Joe Suarez, SS, in the Argentine capital. But the "Fireball" Mitchell also rode out and Sam Marineiio, RF. Rebels" will have to repeat their performance on the next trip south in order to hold the edge over their- Edifor, Latin adversaries. SEAFARERS LOG. Managed by Maurice "Duke" moved into the 675 Fourth Ave., Duet, pilot's slot, the Brooklyn 32, NY 'Rebels" hunched ail their runs in I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please the second and put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) third innings and coasted the rest of the way honje. NAME Credit for the win was split bet w e e n Richard STREET ADDRESS • ••••• Chaisson, who Romoio handled left field, STATE ZONE and Vic Romoio, who picked up the CITY pitching chores in the second inn­ ing after starting the game at first Signed base. He replaced Duet who, fol­ lowing a shaky start, saw it was not TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change his day. Romoio proved effective of address, please give your foimer address below: for seven innings, then was relieved in the ninth to let John Guerino, 3rd baseman, have a whirl at it.' ADDRESS .'iNrOiS AV Guerino >^retitecr;- the- tside hul) i an [ r-ITV .S':..'l, i vA'Ll'c.' " * CTATC' ' ' error pi^ildiited a ruh CITY Hv,I.. •i •—-1 �Pagre Fourtec SEAFARERS Thanksi;iving On Ames Victory Finds LOG News Timely, Unbiased To the Editor: In October I sent a change of address for the SEAFARERS LOG and although service to my home has stopped I haven't received any copies at my new address. I miss the news as I am at the Pacific Proving Grounds of the Atomic Energy Commission and have always found the LOG not only up to date maritime union-wise biit also full of an Looking* pretty pleased about their Thanksgiving dinner, both from the eating and serving end, are Seafarers (seated, I to r) Clyde Smith, AB; L. Jackson, oiler and engine dele­ gate; standing, H. Del Croix, steward; Dan Frazier, pantry­ man, and Y. C. McMillian, MM, aboard the Ames Victory. The photo was sent in by Frank Fullbright from far-off Istan­ bul, Turkey. OroBagsAn ^Eulongo^ —But What Is It? Winding their way up and down the West African coast, Seafarers aboard the Del Oro are apparently getting in some seatyne along with quite a few sidetrrps inland both for the anglers and the game hunters,-* of J. Touart,'bosun, J. One party, however, seems consisted Reed, DM, and Chief Mate West. to have come up with quite a "It was something they will re­ wm rarity in hunting trophies, judging from the reception given to queries about "the thing" by "experts" in New York. According to Paul L. Whitlow, ship's reporter, this intrepid party of hunters ventured into the jun­ gle of Portuguese West Africa while the ship was in the port of Lobito, about 250 miles south of the capital of Luanda on the coast. When they came back, they had "eulongo, six gazelles and a eulongiere . . . We all enjoyed eulongo steak . .. It was very tasty . , Whit­ low reported. Uncertain as to the identity of the "eulongo," a Touart LOG staffer checked with no less an authority than the New York Zoological Society (Bronx Zoo) and the Mu­ seum of Natural History. But the queries struck them as cold as the weather outside. The "eulongo" may taste fine in West Africa but they'll have a hard time proving it in New York because none of the local "experts" on such matters ever heard of one. Further inquiries into various dictionaries and encyclopedias also struck a blank. The game world awaits breathlessly while the Oro crew goes on contentedly chomp­ ing "eulongo" steak. The hunting party that corralled the wayward sirloin, incidentally. Burly T¥} member for a long time," Whitlow added, just for a clincher. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Success James H. Johnson There's a mountain hidden by clouds And the trail is covered with snow. The trees are gnarled and worn And the journey upward is slow. There are many lost trails on the mountain Each follows a different plan; To stay on the right trail. And go upward. Is truly the test of a man. There are many signs to betray you And many wild ones to lure. But don't forget the long trail behind Nor the pleasant things lying before. Of all who begin the Few ever reach the For they who fall by Are only the foolish long climb peak. the wayside and weak. Success is the top of that mountain And life is the long, long trail. And it isn't who you are— But what you are. That tells in the end— Win or fail! letters To The Editor AH letters to the editor for publication 4n the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the./writer, blames will be withheld upon request. unbiased report on the mari­ time industry that is most.im­ portant to a seaman. My sincere thanks for any, action you may take on my re­ quest. William A. Wood (Ed. note: Copies of the LOG will be sent to^you regularly from noto on.) 4« Jan. «. 195C LOG 4> The Sea Plays To The Lookout To the Editor: Lookout duty is normally per­ formed on that minute portion of the ship known as the bow. Alone there on the blackest of nights a man can easily become aware of the strangeness that only the sea possesses. She never sleeps; she merely dozes off momentarily until the winds, currents and tides urge her into activity again. Concen­ tration on the immense sea be­ low and about him can evoke fear and respect from the most unimpressionable seaman. Behind you lies the warmth and comfort of the vessel, that little moving world consisting of some forty men, while out over the bow lies an linbordered darkness of nothingness. "Noth­ ing there," you say, "only the night." The sea, however, bids you to listen, and a moment's concentration overwhelms the senses. The body senses the gentle rolling as she lifts the ship's bow slowly with her powerful swells and then softly lowers your small world to meet her next pressure. A blackness against a dark gray suggests a union of sea and sky, but in reality one feels himself at the mercy of this unseen force. * Life and Movement All around there is life .and movement, as white caps wink briefly and die, whale-shaped Guesa Whol swells loom momentarily and are cut against the bow, and the myriad flashing of phosphorescense in the bow-wave seem like barrels of diamonds spilling on black velvet. The senses whir with the sound of the sea as she sighs and rustles incessantly, heaving and breathing with the gentle wind ail around. Strange music, indeed; demanding little atten­ tion to weave its spell as it is played in this limitless setting. Little has been seen, but here In a few moments an eternity has been sensed. 4) 4) Thesa are my impressions from an intercoastal trip on the Seamar last year, while heading up the coast to the Pacific Northwest. I wonder if they ring a bell With others. Norman Maffie 4> 4> 4< Gl To Pick Up Sailing Career in the line of entertainment, but most of the boys seem to enjoy the facilities of the Seamen's Club. Personally I can't go along with the set-up there, 4)ut most of the'boys seemed to be pleased with it and that is-what counts. I would also like to say that I found one of the swellest bunch of guys bar none on the SS Liberty Flag. This ship crewed out of the SIU hall in Baltimore and all hands were excellent bearers of the SIU banner. In closing I would like to add that I'm personally looking forward to a grand and prosper­ ous 1956, as I'm sure ail of us are, with the best and greatest seafaring union. Bill Hulihand Lauds^SiU Help In United Strike To the Editor: It is my hope that you will print this letter in the LOG in To the Editor: order that the hearty thanks of Not only does this close out all Flight Engineers around the 1955, but it also closes out my world can be sent to all Sea­ most unfortunate hitch with the farers around the world for the Army. wonderful support given to us This month marks my eight- by the Seafarers International -eenth month in the Far Ea.st Union during our strike on and also ray last. I would like United Air Lines. . to take this opportunity to ex­ Our ipembers learned a great press my wholehearted thanks deal from the Seafarers and we to the editors and staff of the have a great respect for your LOG who have made (t possible fine organization. We shall never for me to receive the paper all - forget the help you gave us dur­ these long months of confine­ ing our eight-week strike. ment. William D. Kent, President Through their efforts, I have Flight Engineers Int'l Ass'n, been able to keep abreast with AFL-CIO every gain and action in our 4> 4i> 4' Union. I wish to thank all of them very much and I hope that next year will be an-even greater year for' all hands. With the combined efforts of all there can To the Editor: Please extend my warmest be no limit to our forward thanks to ail the SIU brothers strides. These past two unfortunate who came to my aid once again years were not exactly the worst recently when I needed blood years of my life, but they were donations for my latest opera­ far from being the best. Still I tion. I know there is no vay I can think I have been a lot more fortunate than the average sea­ really thank them for their man who has kindness on my behalf but I do been obligated want them to know that I shall to heed the never forget their generosity. As you know, I am back at St. call of duty. Since I com- Vincent's Hospital in New York pleted my for another in a long series of operations which I hope will be eight weeks of basic training my last. Best wishes to all for I have been the New Year. Joseph Pilutis a member of the A r m y's 4l' 4^ 4< Hulihand Harbor Craft Division. Small boats aren't ex­ actly my line, but they're close enough to it to carry me through To the Editor: with ease. We are an SIU family and just Some of the Army's would-be recently went into the hotel seamanship would give the aver­ business in New Orleans. Any age bosun and mate heart fail­ attention you can give us in the ure but as in most cases a few LOG would be very helpful. carry the load of many. The name of our place is the Here in this picturesque port Terminal Hotel, at 837 Baronne of Inchon, I had the pleasure of St. We have private rooms, playing host to so many SIU with hot and cold water, and ships that space alone wouldn't can assure a comfortable stay permit me to begin to name for SIU members at reasonable them all. daily, weekly or monthly rates. There is littie or nothing here Mrs. Ruby Williams Appreciates Aid Of Blood Donors Opens New Hotel In New Orleans By Bernard Seaman �SEAFARERS Jan. 6, 1956 Paffc Fifteen LOG '55 Was Banner Year For All Seafarers (Continued from page 2) Seafarers are urged to send the LOG the addresses of places throughout the world where SlU men congregate an^ copies of the LOG would be welcomed. Natl Un. Seamen, Mill Dam, So. Shields Co. Deerham, England American Bar Lime Street Liverpool, England Radio Off. Union 37 Ingreboume Gardens Upminster, Essex, England Seamen Maritime House Oldtown, Clapham London SW 4, England Mr. G. A. Price 34-A Kingsdown Parade Bristol 2, England Custom House Hotel 277 Victoria Dock East Dock 16 London, England Navigators & Engineers Off. Union 78 Leadenhail St. London EC 3, England Oceatf Club • James Street Liverpool, England Natl Union Seamen Haverlock Club Southampton, England Belgium Belgian Transport Workers Union Seamen's Section 66 Manche Aux Chevaux Antwerp, Belgium Jack Dempsey Bar Londonstravt 29 Antwerp, Belgium Gaarkeuken 113 Albertdok Antwerp, Belgium Jenny Brabants Kappellcstr 311 Hoboken Antwerp, Belgium Cafe Neptune Kaai 10-B Antwerp, Belgliun Gamleanker Cafe Schipper Straat Antwerp, Belgium Charlie's Bar Norderlaan 1000 Antwerp, Belgium The Flying Angel 13 Plaine Van Schoonbek Antwerp, Belgium Germany American Consul Esso House Hamburg, Germany Special Services At East Club Bremen, Germany Zus Kuhwarder Fahre Hafenstrasse 108 Hamburg, St. Pauli, Germany United Seamens Service Fritz Renter Strasse 18 Bremerhaven-Lebe, Germany Schubert Bar Liegnitzstr 38 Bremen, Germany Holland The American Bar NW Niewstraat 18 Amsterdam, Holland Dutch Seamen's Union 323 Heemraadsingcle N Rotterdam, Holland Apostleship of the Sea Stella Maris ; 33 Van Vollenhovonstraat Rotterdam, Iloliand Pacific Bar 23 Sumstraweg Katendrect Rotterdam, Holland Top Hat Bar Oldenbarneveldtstraat Rotterdam, Holland Africa United Seamen's Service 118. Blvd. Du Chayla Casablanca, French Morocco US Consulate Mombasa, Kenya Palace Bar Restaurant Lourenco Marques Portuguestf East Africa Casa Quaresma Av. 18 De Maio, Lourenco Marques Portuguese East Africa US Consulate Beira Portuguese East Africa Minerva Bar Beira Portuguese East Africa US Consulate Lourenco Marques Portuguese East Africa Boston Cafe Capetown, South Africa British Merchant Navy Club Durban, South Africa Flying Angels Seamen's Misson Alfred St. Capetown, South Africa Monasty Hospital Sea Point Capetown, South Africa William Cotts & Co Durban, Port Natal Union of South Africa Seamen's Institute Point Road Durban, South Africa Plantation Hotel Matwara, Tanganyika Terr. South Africa Hotel Splendid Dar-es-Salaam British East Africa Anchor Bar Malinchi Road All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Gilbert M. MiUsap, born Novem­ ber 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert M. Millsap, Baltimore, Md. Cheryl Ann Nelson, born No­ vember 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Nelson, Savannah, Ga. Earl M. Minion, bom November 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Minton, Mobile, Ala. Santos A. Garcia, born Novem­ ber 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Santos Garcia, Galveston, Tex. Ramon Morales, bom November 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Morales, New York, NY. Patty D. Jones, born September 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat H. Jones, Galveston, Tex. Carol D. Brown, born November 22, 1955. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. George R. Brown, Baltimore, Md. Gina Lee Gambaro, born No­ vember 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gambaro, Staten Is­ land, NY. Mildred M. Mabe, born Novem­ ber 20, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin R. Mabe, Mt. Airy, NC. Beatrice Gutierrez, born Decem­ ber 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Gutierrez, Galveston, Tex. Donna Ann Laubersheimer, born ^Jovember 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Laubersheimer, Springhill, Ala. Ronald Cole Jordon, bom No­ vember 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W> Jordon, Savannah, Ga. Deborah Susan Hunt, born De­ cember 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hunt, Dorchester, Mass. Joe Ann Richard, born Novem­ ber 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Richard, New Orleans, La. Michael George Miller, born October 24, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Miller, New Or­ leans, La. Sharon E. Larkin, born June 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Larkin, Brooklyn, NY. William E. Donnelly, born Au­ gust 10, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Donnelly, Ridgewood, NJ. Catherine D. Gasper, born Octo­ ber 8, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antero M. Gasper, Brooklyn, NY. Pamela J. Kaufman, born Octo­ ber 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Kaufman, New Orleans, La. Reginald A. Davis, born Decem­ ber 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Davis, Mobile, Ala. Linda F. Mc All, born December 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Mc All, Pritchard, Ala. The following men who have money due in payment of penal­ ty cargo bonus from Voyage 24 coastwise of the SS Steel Fabri­ cator should apply for same to Room 210, Isthmian Steamship Co., 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y.: James H. Allen. Donald A. Alt, Charles O. Blalock, Norman J. Blanchard, An­ thony F. Bona. Bernard W. Buster. Fortunata Canstantine. Walter H. Cook. Charles J. Copeman. Jr.. Andrew Danke. Howard E. Deltch. Everett A. Delande. Joseph Delgado. Serlo Desasa. Rudolph Evans. Stanislaw Gutowicki. Morris R. King. Thomas W. KeUar. Gearge R. Kosch. Hubert L. Lanier. Lester C. Long. Eutoglo A. Lumbang. Vincent M. MacKelis. Henry Mady. Theodore P. Martens. Marcel Mitchell. Francisco L. Perez. Miguel A. Reyes. William W. Rayes. . JVicolas Souris, George R, Btanley, .Rox Richard J. Wendbtt.' WlUiam- M.Wi^-RoVce Wilkersqn.' ' Toward the end of the year, the Union negotiated additional wel­ fare gains when it won a health and safety fund. Health centers will be established in major ports to give Seafarers physical exam­ inations and prevent disease and physical defects. A safety program is now being developed under joint Union-shipowner auspices with the object of making SIU ships the safest in the industry. Feeding Program Shipboard comforts were dealt with under the SIU's new steward department program. The "to or­ der" feeding system, first launched at the end of 1954, was extended to many more vessels. A rank and file steward department committee drafted a report revamping the operations of the steward depart­ ment. Members of the department are now acting upon the report of all SIU ships. Jobs Increase Job opportunities, always a key issue with the membership, were improved during the year as the Union organized a number of new companies. As a result, shipping in 1955 ran well ahead of 1954 fig­ ures, despite continuation of the Maritime Administration's transfer policy which cost the SIU a num­ ber of ships. , , Important developments took place in the SIU"s relationships with other maritime unions. The NMU's abandonment of the mari­ time hiring hall led to the withdra\»al of the SIU and other AFL maritime unions from the Confer­ ence of American Maritime Unions. The collapse of CAMU left the Maritime Trades Department as the only effectively-functioning spokes­ man for maritime. At the end of the year the MTD had greatly strengthened its position as spokes­ man for American seamen and added to its membership with the affiliation of four more unions, in­ cluding the International Brother­ hood of Teamsters. MTD's new and more significant role was highlighted with the merger of the AFL and CIO. The department was recognized under the merger as the representative of the maritime industry program for maritime was virtually without change merger convention. All in all, it was a good all SIU members. and Its adopted by the year for I Jens J. L. Jensen Contact Miss Elizabeth Hollos, Translation and Immigration Aid Bureau, 55 W. 42 St., Room 1046, New York, NY. John F. French Get in touch with Captain J. Boughman, Isthmian Steamship Co., 71 Broadway, New York, NY. Rudolfo Diaz Contact your family in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippine Islands. They are worried about you and anxious to know your where­ abouts. Mat Bibish Al Keenum Would like to hear from you. Tom Daly, bosun, SS Ocean Nora, c/o Maritime Overseas Corp., 61 Broadway, New York 6. NY. Joseph Schloemer (Bauer) Contact your sister, Mrs. Ann Dierkes, at 5517A Virginia, St. Louis 11, Mo. Malcolm A. MacDonald Your mother is anxious to hear from you.. Alfred Aaava Get in touch with Henry E. Humphrey, 242 Pike St., Cincin­ nati 2, Ohio. Sheldon Midgett Get in touch with Maritime Overseas Corp., 61 Broadway, NY, concerning your wages from the Ocean Nimet. Hq. Baggage Room Moved Seafarers who wish to check their baggage at SIU headquar­ ters in Brooklyn are advised to note the change in the location of the baggage room, which is now in the building behind headquarters. 450 Harrison St. Douglas 26363 2505 1st Ave. BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St SEATTLE Main 0298 Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstem 7-4908 505 Marine Ave. BO,STON 276 State St. WILMINGTON Terminal 4-3131. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 NEW YORK ... 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St f C. TannehiU. Acting Agent Capital 7-6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St Canadian District Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St HALIFAX. NJB. 128'A HolUs St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Phones 3-8911 NEW ORLEANS ^523 BienvUle St MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West Lindsey Williams. Agent PLateau 8161 MagnoUa 6112-6113 FORT WILLIAM 118H Syndicate Avo. NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Ontario Phone; 3-3221 HYacintb 9-6600 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ontario Phone: 5591 Ben Rees. Agent MAdison 2-9834 TORONTO. Ontario ... 272 King St. E. PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. EMpire 4-5719 S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 VICTORIA BC ... 617Vi Cormorant St. Empire 4531 PUERTA de TIERRA PR Pelayo 51—La .* Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. PaciOc 7824 SAN FRANCISCO ... 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson. Agent Douglas 2-5475 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Marty BreitboS. West Coast Representative Phone 6346 SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St BAGOTVILLB. Quebec ... 20 Elgin St. E. B. McAuley. Acting Agent Phone 3-1728 Phone: 545 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. raOROLD, Ontario ... 52 St. Davids St. Jeff GiUette. Agent EUiott 4334 CAnal 7-3202 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin SI QUEBEC .... 113 Cote De La Montague Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 Quehee Phone: 2-7078 WILMINGTON. Cfflilt. .. 505 Marine Ave. SAINT JOHN ... 177 Prince WUliani St. Ernest TiUey. Agent Terminal 4-2374 NB Phone; 2-5233 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Great Lakes pistrict Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS ALPENA 133 W Fletcher J. Algina. Deck C. Simmons. Joint Phone: 1238W J. Vslpian. Eng. W. Hall. Joint E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews. Joint BUFFALO. NY 180 Main SL Phone: Main 1-014T SUP t.'LEVELAND ... 7.34 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Cleveland 7391 HONOIULU 16 Merchant St. 1038 3rd St. Phone 5-8777 DETROIT Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 PORTLAND 811 SW Clay St. UULUTH 531 w Michigan SL CApital 3-4336 Phone- Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3361 E. 92nd St Phone: Essex 5-241* SIU, A&G District m1 SAN raANClSCO �T SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • w i£" A serious threat to Seafarers and all union members has crept upon the American scene in the form of the so-called "right to work" laws now. in effect in 18 states. These laws are frauds on the working people of those states and are menaces to all workingmen in the country. Here are the facts on "right to work" and what you con do ... E IGHTEEN states now have the socalled "right to work" laws, which ban the union shop or any other type of union security from a contract no mat­ ter what the wishes of the union, the em­ ployees or the employer. |8' r W. I The way the law works fs this: It is okay to join a union (this isn't illegal yet) and It's okay to hold an election and if the majority votes for the union, it is recognized as the representative of all the employees (just plain democracy), but the union cannot sign a contract which requires all the workers in the unit to join and pay dues to the union which represents them. At the same time, however, the union cannot, by law, refuse to represent the persons who don't pay dues or belong to the union. In other words, the law makes it illegal for the union to demand support I'-1 from all workers to the union but also makes it illegal for the union not to haiidle grievances and win improvements for those who refuse to join the union. Would Lead To Anarchy . Translate this set-up to our form of goverment and this is what you'd have: States where, say, most people are Dem­ ocrats and they control the government, the Republicans would not be required to pay taxes or obey the laws passed by the .state government, yet the government would have to give them all the services ^™ ^^ Tfce 'Right to Work I I I I I I >• ^ of government: police protection, fire, courts, etc. Thus, to avoid taxes, in a very short time all the Democrats would move to Re­ publican states and all the Republicans would move to Democratic states and there would. be no taxes paid by anyone and complete chaos would result. It sounds silly, yet that's the reasoning behind the "right to work" law. The "right ts work" law — despite its fancy title—gives no 1>ne the right to work and gives no freedom to the worker other than to "free" him of his right to a strong union. The "nght to work" law is obviously no good for the working man. What good, then, is the law to the per­ sons who support it? It doesn't increase indivdual incomes be­ cause in these states the avenge income is far below the national average. It doesn't bring lower prlCes because a Westinghouse washing machine or a bag of groceries is practically the same in At­ lanta as it is in Chicago. It doesn't provide more taxes to im­ prove health, housing and education. Doesn't Win Industry It doesn't bring new industry to an area because the biggest considerations in choos­ ing a new site are market conditions and raw material resources. Moreover, low wage areas are not considered good market conditions. A "right to work" law likewise does not Kv;: I'-"" ^ •• r;• • lessen strikes; statistics prove that adoption of "right to' work" laws did not have any significant effect on the number of strikes in a state. There is only one reason why the "right to work" law is .sought. A weak union is always on the defensive and is in no posi­ tion to bargain effectively for wages and benefits. Businessmen, legislators, lobbyists and large number of business firms and Indus triallsts" have contributed "several thou sand dollars" apleee to fight the laws guar-; anteeing rights to union members. Here are a few more of these outfits; Na­ tional Economic Council, which has been' given money by such organizations and in­ dividuals as Gulf Oil, Monsanto Chemical Vick Chemical, Lammot DuPont, Irene DuPont, Lone Star Cement Co. and tl • Texas Co. Head of this outfit is Merwi. K. Hart, who in 1950 advocated the abol" lion of the US Supreme Court because was "dedicated to socialism." Others are: Cecil B. DeMille's Politic! " Freedom Foundation, Jobs, Inc., Souther States Industrial Council and a hundrcf! other "citizens committees." Gird For Action This month state legislatures will again be in session and the phony fronts will all other supporters of these laws are offer­ swing into action in their attempt to do ; ing to sacrifice the working people of their job in the 30 remaining free states. Their? state to low wages, non-union working con­ is a long-range goal, fbr their fondest hope ditions and generally poor living standards. Thus, not only is the worker hurt, but likewise the small businessman and the farmer and everyone interested in a ro­ bust, healthy economy. The only beneficiary is a small group of low-wage, anti-union employers. ^ Powers Behind Lawmakers These fellows are too subtle to come right out and push for these bills so they form phony fronts, write up the kind of law they want and have one of their pals in the state is to bring about the perfect (to them) un­ legislature introduce it and push it through. ion: no strikes, no rules, no contracts, no In fact, in Utah, the "right to work" bill security, hardly any wages and no members. was introduced and led through to passage As trade unionists who know the import­ by a legislator who was also attorney for ance of union security and a strong union. the phony front outfit. Seafarers and their families are urged to A recent eomer in the field of phony write their state legislators now and urge fronts is the "National Right to Work Com­ that they work toward repeal of the "right mittee," headed by none other than former to work" law (if their state now has such a Congressman Fred A. Hartley, eo-author of law) or take a firm stand to protect the the Taft-Hartley Aet. In a letter solieiting citizens against any such legislation being businessmen to join. Hartley wrote that "a adopted In their state. fcifc: ' V v>- - %r' SEAFARERS INIERNATIONAl IIMON .y, m-, fe'-.kr:' • k-k' ^ • •' Map skews the 18 states that now have "right to work" laws, which deny their workingmen and women the right to union security. Attempts are now being made to push for similar anti-labor laws in bther states.* " ' Atlantic & Gulf District • AEL-OO �SEAPARIRS LOO—2ii4 SMtlen-Jamiary «. 19S« •' ": • -i • ^ \ fc"-'' •, : ' • .•; is" \ ,• f. ".-> i';, r ' •' • > : > . • :^: s .' ' . •} : \ CONSTITUTION J.i 'i'i. •-f \ . Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL-CIO EFERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED • Protection of the rights and privileges gmranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. • The right to vote. / . • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, . any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall be hound to uphold and protect the rights of every member _ and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers ivill stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. The SIU constitution has been hailed in and outside maritime and labor circles as an outstanding example of • trade union democracy. Here are a few of the many reac­ tions to the document from membits of Congress. Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY; "It is greatly encourag­ ing to know that responsible unions such as yours are not ceasing their attempts to fur­ ther rights of their members, both within the unions ana as part of the total national economy. I find particularly praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and the Declaration of Rights con­ tained in the beginning of your constitution." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.: "... I have iooked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair and Just. I »• was particularly interested in the fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full membership of your organization." Senator James E. Murray, Montana: ."I am particularly impressed by the provisions of the constitution providing for a trial committee to hear charges against members, and guaranteeing the traditional American rights to represen­ tation, cross-examination, and confrontation by the accuser ... I am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn in the spirit of democratic trade unionism." Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The constitution seems to me to be an ex­ tremely democratic one and I am impressed with the em­ phasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee . . ." Representative Robert H. Moliohan, West Va.: "I am particularly impressed by tho provisions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certain­ ly in the best American tra­ dition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irre­ sponsible, unjust punish­ ment." Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The requirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of main­ taining democracy.. •I •vr ->i;-ft:r;'-.:v,' - t' •. - " f. '•^s^--' •^1 •. ^y- V • U; • ' s>f!.vj-j • rti so.Vf!'.) 3rl( ri IM m 'y �Supplementary—^Page Two (;. • >• ' CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL-CIO S-ii.: fraction of the membership, that the absent members, PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH who are present may act for and in the interest of all, AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermeif of North we have adopted this constitution. America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, based upon STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS the following principles: In order to form a more perfect union, we members Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ in the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ men to receive their employment through their own fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: ^ Government. In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall That it is the right of each member to receive fair and ' just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men rest. Next, IS the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ ful manner by those in command. We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing .-it our inalienable rights, we sea and other workers of all countries in these obligayons are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ and other legislation and policies which look to the at­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind ance to our employers in caring for their gear and that most of our members are migratory, that their duties property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: carry them all over the world, that their rights musUand To use our influence individually and collectively for the shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ members of the Union to be inalienable: r ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the No member .shall be deprived of any of the rights or United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. II To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to maintain the knoyrledge of and interest in maritime No one shall deprive him of that right. III kffairs. Every member shall have the right to nominate himself To assist seamen of other countries in the work of organization and federation, to the end of establishing for, and to hold, office in this Union. IV the Brotherhood of the Sea. No member shall be deprived of^his membership with­ To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever out due process of the law of this Union. No member possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conducf as a Union apd as individuals shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the so as to make^ seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable trial of any proceeding in which he may be charged with and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the tions from any place, where the majority might othetwisd' meet to act, that meetings ean be attehded'lby bnlj^ a' Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial cdmmittee of his brother Union members. VI No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth In the Constitution of the Union. VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members, CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America," Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its juri.sdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as sedmen now perfprm. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vole of the membership. Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the following oath of obligation: •OBLIGATION-" -'r plfedgb' tW^honoi- is mtihrthat 1 wiU be faltbful'Ao �SnpplementaiT'—Pagre Three "Ifala Union, and that 1 will worig for its interest and will look upon every member aa my brother; that 1 will not work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons not entitled to know it And if I break this promise. I ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ rears in dues, or more than three months in arrears in as­ sessments ot' unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ pended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments or unpaid fines. This time shall not run: (a) While a member is actualiy participating in a strike or iockout. <b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS Hospital. (c) While a member is-under an incapacity due to ac­ tivity in behalf of the Union, (d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further provided he applies for -reinstatement within UO days after dischai ge from the Armed Forces. <e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues because of employment aboard an American fiag merchaol ves.sel. Section 4. A majority tote of the membership shall be sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It shall be the right of any member-to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ gard to the application of Section 3. in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the memberShip. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ sary to decide such questions. Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assessments may be remitted where a member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, riilings, orders and decisions duly made. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ dence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings. Section 9. Only members in good standing shall be al­ lowed to vote. ARTICLE IV REINSTATEMENT Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE V DUES AND INITIATION FEE Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ ter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional amendment. Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ mitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE VI RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Members may retire from membership by paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow­ ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ quest, and dated as of the day that such member accom­ plishes these payments and request. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ riod of retirement, except thjit a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of foi-feiture of bis right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six months or more shall be restored to membership, ex­ cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as ail assessments accruing.and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than six (6> months, the required pay­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement, including those for the current quarter, and ail assessments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his membership'book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. -• 8eetion,4. A membeti.jbq -^iKiiirefq^pt may be restored to meq^b^^lffp .ffter f pesiod .qf jrp>|ira;ng^ Iqr majority vote of the membership. SeetioB 5. The period of retirement shall be computed from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. ARTICLE Vn SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION Section 1. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be govemedt in this order, by: (a) The Constitution (b) Majority vote of the membership Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the SecretaryTreasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by majority vote of the membership to be held during the month of August in any election year, as set forth more particularly in Article X, Section 1-D. Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and Patrolmen, as prorided for herein, and the Port shall bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port Offices are located. Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ ments shall be in accordance iwith custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ partment to another except by express approval as evi­ denced by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE VIII ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. ARTICLE IX OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tion: (A) Meeting Chairman (B) Delegaten (C) Committee Members of: (a) Auditing Committee (b) Trial Committee (c) Quarterly Financial Committee <d) Appeals Committee (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ tution. ARTICLE X DUTIES OF OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND OTHER ELECTED JOB HOLDERS Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Constitution. (b> He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, port or otherwise. (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures: the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ penditure of all Union funds. Port ».r otherwise. He shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the financial operations of the Union for the previous week. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall take appropriate action to insime observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ bership, the Secretary-freasurer shall designate the num­ ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities of all Ports. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ ship. the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. At the first regular meeting in August of every election year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote of the membership. (e> The Headquarters of the Union shall be located in New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port ^|>e Agents' Conference and may cast one vote. (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of bis. powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies, of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted' by a majority vote of -he membership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ tion, and prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other duties elsev/here described in this Constitution, as well as those other duties lav/fully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ tions set forth in this Constitution. (j) Immediately after assuming office, the SecretaryTreasurer shall designate one of the Assistant SecretaryTreasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ capacity. This designation may be changed from time to time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a vacancy in the office of Secretagy-Treasurer, as set forth in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman shall be fiUed by the Secretary-Treasurer by temporary appointment except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of a replacement, or postponement cf a vote to a later date, by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and all measures, and employ such means, which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and public affairs. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be determined as follows: That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes in the last regular election shall be the first in line of succession. The next in the line of succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes. The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed to be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of the latter's duties as the latter may direct. (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote in that body. Section 3. Port Agents (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the administratipn of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ wise. for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ structions. shall open each Port meeting^ and shall deter­ mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing contained herein shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a majority vote of the- members present at the said Port Meeting. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Agents' Conference. (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, regardless of the departmental designation under which the Patrolman was elected. (h) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The. foregoing is in addition to those other duties prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. Section 4. Port Patrolmen Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are assigned to them by the Port Agent Section 5. Meeting Chairmen (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the prodding officer of the paeeting, shall, keep order under of .order provided for, irpm ,time .to time, by ,a majdrity vote of the nxembersbip and. if none, ^en bg^ �SH fri'' \ ' '1! rtrl Supplementary—^Page Four such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. (b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote oniy in the event of a tie. ' (O The meeting chairman shall not permit the discussion of any religious subject. Section 6. Delegates (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. (b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port Where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority Vote of the membership. (b) Trial Committee The Trial Committee shall conduct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly (thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec­ ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shjill be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. 3. Ail Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged . with the selection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. (d> Appeals Committee 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop'^d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee _1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for itselt provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the eariiest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations. » and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the same manner above set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner. without the approval of the membership of the Union as evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship 5 A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of entry into a strike, provided prior authority. Its evidenced by a majority vote of the membership, is granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind­ ing on all members and other persons affiiated with this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or ail of a strike plan. ARTICLiE XI WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS, UNION EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall be held for a term of fwo years: Secretary-Treasurer Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Port Agent Patrolman Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the fTnion, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shaP be determined from time to time by a majority vote of the membership. Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, all other classifications of employees of the Union ehail be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ sary in the best interests of the Union. Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business,-or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, i Instructions conveyed by a majority vote of the membership shall be followed. ARTICLE XII QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman, provided: ' (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination, and (c) He,has been in continuous good standing in the Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his nomination, and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord­ ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to held such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity with regard to such office or job. ARTICLE XIII ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS AND PATROLMEN Section 1. Nominations Any member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ lowing: (a) .The name of the candidate (b) His home address and mailing address (c) His book number (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman (e) Proof of citizenship ' (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election year Sert'cs 2. Credentials Committee (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after September *lth of the election year, at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist of six members In attendance at the meeting, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at Headquarters Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall Immediately so lnt6 session. It shall determine whether the person Ls submitted his application correctly and possesses the SeLsLrT qualifications. The Committee shall prepare . report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he Is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the todIngs of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Bulletin Board in each port. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the menv bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it and still reach the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any dis­ qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event, the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all the require­ ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so-prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the, ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shaU immediately execute and return, to the Secretai y-Treasurer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancles shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspection of the same at Headquarters. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman. Rnnil ?n "ay vote, without displaying his Union r an appropriate notaI, ^ u*)? voting, both prior to the iJmh \ handed to the member who shall thereupon sign his name on* a hook number, and ballot number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the ^he member shall proceed to the voting X. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the estab- �Sapplementary—Page Five lishment of a bootb or other voting site where each memher may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for oach Port. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect ail unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any. shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article I. (c» The Polls Committee shall also insure inai ihe ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegaiiy tampered with. fd) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or Irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting ail the balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, In the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with his book number next to his signature. The Comqiittee shall also place the date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that ail ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to the Polls Committee the following morning. In addition, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of the roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall keep the rosters, unused ballots, ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall Insure that no person illegaiiy tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarter^ <f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, Protests, and Special Votes. (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after the close of voting at each Port. It shall consist of six (6/ members, two from each of the three departments of the Union. In the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count the number of ballots therein contained, and count the number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place -all ballots therein in a sealed envelope, together with a certification signed by all members of the Com­ mittee that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that ail the ballots therein were counted and taliigd, and that ail of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but bound separately, ail the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack­ age, but bound separately, the Committee shall forward to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with a cer­ tification, signed by all members of the Committee that "all the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem­ bers of the Committee, that ail the stubs collected by the Committee are enclosed. It shall Le understood that the above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. Wherever forwarding is not don® in person, forwarding shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ tions. (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ ancies discoverqjl, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event,-shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and the designation as to the voting site of the Port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent to its election and shall complete its proceedings within two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply With the following require­ ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f> At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any. referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ on. if any, which action, however, shall not be beyond ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall apply to ail members appealing from denials of their pro­ tests by the Headquarters Tallying Committee; which ap­ peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, in which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and his book number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protestmg mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc­ curred. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5-C of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deal i with the terms of such special vote. Port Ag'ents .shall officially notify Headquarters, imme­ diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the foregoing. Headquarters is charged with adequately and timely informing affected members of the decisions reached. * A majority of the membership, at the Election Report meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ senting report has been issued by one or more members of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ urer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material available to Port Agents for the purpose of suca special votes. Immediately after the close of such special voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs. rosterS, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in the same package, but bound separately. An account­ ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ didates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ mittees. shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he does not assume office within 90 days, the line of succes­ sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. Ail other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, and Patrolman shall take the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic and Gulf District, and I will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union and the welfare of the membership." ARTICLE XII' OTHER ELECTIONS Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday of each week, at 3:00 P.M.. for the purpose of auditing the financial report for that week. These reports shall be submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for membership action. The Committee shall consist of three members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and tht Secretary-Treasurer Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar quarter for which the Committee is to make the required audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to decide at which of these meetings the election shall take place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or em- �Supplementary—^Paffe Six . r-f •! •7 L'v.j "..6 ;il\n I IT".' I •' Vi El' e: • b/ &|a Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given • fair trial, or Cc) that for any otber reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve oh this Committee. The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem* accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. <d) If there is no substantial evidence* to support a hers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any rtember to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members, of which threj such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section IS. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dis­ ~ number of witnesses produced. sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in Fort where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ Port where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and' recom­ vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so. ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendations shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the' addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place. While a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of' forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth*' mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. In Section 17. " Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwi«";, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein; tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness: shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ . this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port. Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -Postponement, the Trial As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may hold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI ' Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow- ' generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem- ^ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Fort in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the membership during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; td) Order a new trial after finding that substantial, jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Fort where Head­ Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of thS quarters is located and. upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to • ' elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event tho ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TJtlALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, tho Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any Section 9. Aftef- the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and other member fqr the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Conkitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse'' and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Fort Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishment may appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He "Shall also request the Fort Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to' the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure ^to takes place. Section II. At the next regular meeting of the Port Section 2. After presentatioit of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Forf Agent, the Fort Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, or functions; fhpse charges to be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer Fort, no further action Inay be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as election files, or election material of any sort; Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are(e)false; accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he morning. At his request, the trial shall be postppned so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity until the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be thereof, or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written tions which fall within the scope of Union business: (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Fort Agent shall im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ peal soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execudressed to his last known mailing address on file with of theasevidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad­ tion of the duties of any office or job; the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book journments and may request the accused or accusers to (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning sideration. after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceivetJissents shall be in.writing and signed by those partic „ Wilful failure or refusal to carry voi, out uu the orders of Fort, the Trial shall take place in the Fort where Head(k) quarters is located. Due notice'thereof shall be given to~ 'pating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders'^duHno^^tml the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike. accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges At the reque.st of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or bothwitnesses. Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (a) WilfuUy misappropriating or misusing Union prop(hi In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts o£ law but may receive all relevant mended. (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not. (O A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals wdth knowledge of the lack of posse.ssion of the qualifica­ testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, •t the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) 'that any member of the Trial Com- tions required therefor; i"a....va th%t tl}e.nc. proper .^feqso Iji;.tjip ej^ept .ihe ,'Pripl Comini«tB.e /alU* • mittefrshjimRd h^jf^ been.diswajified,r,<>r(<;) Mi9cpndqct during any meeting or other official detal}s bep^ath il«wr|in}. i^pll, .until if, qwonim idoe*: cus^d^li«|.,a^q9im% Ul^on .prn9ending, or; bringing the Union into disrepute exist. li.Tt-' -n t irby^ coi(dqqt,,qo.t provided for elsevdiero in this Article; .- �Snpplemenfary—Tage Seven (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorised to make such orders at any time. ~ Section 4. Upon proof of-the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a fine of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present pt slgn-ons or pay-offs; <b) Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ tives at payroff; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and Its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go into a Committee of "the Whole and try the member at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation of tho Committee of the Whol^ shall be acted upon as if the report were made by a duiy elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provide<^ in this Constitution. Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, ^members, officials and Job holders. ARTICLE XVn PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers. magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVin BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employees of the Union, nay be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XIX EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expen.ses to be incurred shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede. to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles X and XI. ARTICLE XX INCOME SMtion 1. The income of this Union shall include receipfs from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. It shall be the duty of, the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under .such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. (b) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied succe.ssively to the mone- tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but are not limited to: (a) the applica­ bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (ci the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to. that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. ARTICLE XXII FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section L The formulation of shipping rules shall not., be deemed part of any routine administrative task. Ship­ ping rules governing the details df^'the 'asslgnmeiitk of-^ jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected tberewltb may be Issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policySection 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not ARTICLE XXUI QUORUMS Section 1, Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a Port shall be six members. Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shkll be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func­ tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum toact officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at7:00 PJd. If such meeting night falls on a holiday,- the meeting shall take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the following night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 PIM., the Port Agent of ihe pertinent port shall post­ pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.' Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, pn the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents' Conference once a j'ear, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The time and place of each such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership shall determine when such emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the member­ ship shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority vote of the membership provided such recommendation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitu­ tion. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or condition preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence from the United States; or suspension from office or membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. However, nothing contained in this, Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than * one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of^ fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2, Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not caused by an incapacity," shall'be deemed to be the same, and shall include failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in ac­ cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all-the valid votes cast by members at an official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" shall refer to a mee,ting or mretings during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with: (a) The Constitution (b) Union policy, and (c) Custom and usage of the Union In the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, and ndt forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any meeting of the Port, regular or speciaL Section 5. The term, "membership actldn-' shairmeSA' the-'sa^e^asTlbe teVm'''majority vote membetshtp:"" ' WeUoti '8/ %here'the' iitie' Iff' any offiie hl'-jAB: holder thereof. Is set forth in. this Cionstitaticnl. all refer­ ences thereto and. the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applibable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted by the tlnlon in 1939, as amended up through August 1951. Section 9» The term, "member in good standing," shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term,"member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting or action shall be put off until the next business ijpy, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVII AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended In the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by' a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head­ quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of sb: members, two from each Department, and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port.. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or iotherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vole of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendmebt shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been-so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIII TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. AU Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be' permitted -hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary'-Treasurer, all Fort Agents and Patrolmen, and all' others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and functions,. and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration date of the terais of office set forth herein. The terms of Article 'XIfIi--only insofar as' they apply to election of • Offiefitls/ Poit>Agenta,'-and Patfolnieh, shall take effect the first election year. •4 li Irl �•" • * ."•» • . \ *• SmiemMhrr-^fat* WkM ' >. • • s ,• . • ' Iii4.'' i^i!i::;pliv-. i it^ 'tr i li CONSTlIUIYON SUMMARY of ARTICLE XlV-Other Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: nates^he iianTe of the union and defines its general powers. A OTi/"i C I i A Provides for affiliation of the AtAKi IvLC II AlllliailOn: lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers International Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: liftietfl Gives the membership the right to set rules for rein- fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses commiMed during course of meeting. Retains the existing dues schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: i- II right to authorize the^pub­ lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE VI—Refirement from Membership: ADTI/^IC V\/lll Provides for bonding of officers AKI IV^LC AVIII—DOnaS: and employes oLthe Union under such conditions, as may be determined by the membership. Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ARTICLE VII—System of Organization: Se'depa?t! ARTICLE XIX-Expendltures: fhTS"« ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. APTin P Vlll nttlrtti-e. Designates the following as elecAKI IV^LC Vlll unicers: tive officers: the Secretary-Treas­ urer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. ARTICLE IX-Ofher Elective ADTin C VY Defines the Union's sources of InAKI ILLt AA—income: come-Sets forth the duty of memhers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. dlit gates and members of certain committees must be elect^ by the membership. ARTICLE X—Duties of Elective Officers: SuuS^-^f the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chaiifmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reports— Establishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. A DTI/"! E YYI Retains the existing requirement /M\l I^LC AAI rermilS: that rules for issuance of permits must be determined by the members. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. / ARTICLE XXIII-Quorums: ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: shall be six members and the quorum foi* a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the mem­ bership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: ARTICLE XII—Qualificafions for Elective Office: ARTin P Vlll PUrfinnc. Describes procedure for nominaMKIi^LC All! CiecriOnS: tion to office-Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates* eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office —Retains the Union's existing balloting procedure—Describes bal­ lotingprocedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member Polls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to copduct elections and tabulate results—Sets forth the manner for installation of officers. i'Vl< f'}^ I'^4^^ i» '> '^ryj \ f ? P1« » every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XXV-Agenl's Conference: SJSSKrr" Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. ^V!Xv<,^ • •- w member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to thelnembership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure'for appeals. set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. statement of dismissed members. meeting ARTICLE XV-Trials and'Appeals: ARTICLE Ill-Membership: ARTICLE IV—Reinstatement: election ^of chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions: of the Constitution. ARTICLE XXVII-Amendmenls: 2S'etefepSi stitution by the membership. ARTICLE XXVIII-Transition Clai«e:Si„V,i''.?t,u'^ sr.* ' y- practlcei ^ prpcedurei to re^Lation by propoM Constitution. ., V. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource January 6, 1956 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONGRESS TO EYE SHIP SUBSIDIES TO REVIEW US MARITIME POLICIES 1955-YEAR OF GAINS FOR SIU EXPOSE FOREIGN LOBBIES’ GRAB FOR US CARGOES BALTIMORE MMP REELECTS OFFICIALS BY LANSLIDE SHIPS GET 10TH LOG LIBRARY ADDED EAST COAST RUNS SOUGHT BY PAN ATLANTIC CHRISTMAS DINNER A LA SIU HONOR STEEL ADVOCATE CREW IN FLIERS’ RESCUE FAT ON SHIPPING, LIBERIA NOW EYES OTHER US CO’S LOG PRINTS TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUATION RELIEF JOBS SPARK BIZ IN MOBILE OLDTIMER FRINDS SIU $ AID REAL SECURITY BOSTON PORT HOLDS OWN TIPS FOR SEAMEN ON FILING 1955 INCOME TAX RETURN SIU MEN DREDGE CHANNEL TO BRING SEA TO MARACAIBO JOB BOOM STILL HOT IN FRIGID NEW YORK JOB FLOOD HOLDS FAST IN SEATTLE SEAFARERS’ SKILLS PAY OFF BALTO HAILS CREWS’ CLEAN PAYOFFS FRISCO EYES UPTURN DUE THIS WEEK DOG’S LIFE IS A PICNIC FOR PET ON THE MAE ’55 WAS BANNER YEAR FOR ALL SEAFARERS THE ‘RIGHT TO WORK’ FRAUD Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/6/1956 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVIII, No. 1 1956 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ab2419b44be19ebb0e940f55a09a20b7.PDF 183d629009004e5b5897d07b37045b29 PDF Text Text II ' 1) SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO a'i CONVENING OF THE 90t CONGRESS I i ¥ii¥i Deck Officers School Upgrades First Seafarer 'f Page 3 _ HOUSING i^vcnr \ % AFL CIO Urges Congress Support War on Poverty Page 2 �Jmnumry 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Pa»e Two AFL-CIO President Meany^s New Year*s Statement Labor Pledges Continued Support For War on Poverty During 1967 Report of International President by Paul Hall Representatives of maritime labor and management joined with Government representatives at the recent Maritime Trades Depart­ ment conference in Washington to pledge a continuing campaign to make the Maritime Administration a separate and independent federal agency. The most effective way to begin the job is to give MARAD the power to initiate policies designed to strengthen maritime—policies that are designed with the special needs of maritime in mind and -which have sufficient continuity not only to get the ball rolling but to keep it rolling in the future. This has, in the past, been the basic difficulty faced by the American maritime industry. Planning, where it existed at all in the past, consisted of shortsighted crisis-coverups at best, while at its worst it amounted to nothing but total neglect. Maritime has been a poor relation, whose interests were segmented between the Commerce De­ partment, the Agriculture Department, the Defense Department, or some other bureaucratic enclave which cared nothing for how the maritime industry fared—at least until they needed maritime to pull them out of some difficulty. Then they took a frenzied interest until the crisis was passed—at which point they settled back into their pre-crisis complacency to await the next crisis. The bill which would establish an independent MARAD will be introduced before the 90th Congress and the issue will be kept con­ stantly before the nation's legislators and the American people until favorable action is taken on the measure. WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO will "exert every force" at its command in 1967 to prevent a retreat in the war to abolish poverty and create equal opportunity or to weaken the effort in Viet Nam to secure peace and freedom. These were the twin themes Communist aggression. And by those millions of Americans who sounded by AFL-CIO President so doing it is helping to assure its have yet to rise from poverty, George Meanv in his New Year's own freedom, security and chances who are still denied full and equal statement declaring that in 1967 for true peace as well." opportunity. This America must the trade union movement's ob­ To paraphrase a motto out of not do." jectives of peace, freedom and Meany pledged that "we in the labor history, Meany said, "a loss progress are unchanged as is the AFL-CIO intend to exert every "blend of hope and determination of freedom for one is the concern force at our command to prevent of all." that typifies America." such a retreat. We are confident On the domestic front, he that the great majority of Ameri­ "Imoortant as the war in Viet Nam is to the United States," stressed that "a retreat now," a cans share our objectives and our Meanv said, "it is not and cannot failure to appropriate the funds determination that the struggle to be the only war we wage. We needed to implement the new leg­ reach them must continue with must as well wage war against islation "would dash the hopes of undiminished force." povertv and injustice, ignorance and discrimination." In the last six years substantial victories have been scored in the war for nrogress at home "but it is far from won," Meany noted, addino; "In truth there is great SAN FRANCISCO—The SIU nal. Inc., Sealand, Alaska Steam­ danger now that America will United Industrial Workers Union, ship Company and the city of move backward." He cited the attacks on the Pacific District, recently com­ Kodiak, Alaska. The new pact Most people think of the American labor movement strictly in terms fi"ht to overcome the nation's pleted contract negotiations win­ includes basic wage increases, of collective bargaining for the improvement of workers' wages, hours, ning wage gains and other benefits rate time boosts of over 50 cents social "nd economic problems and and conditions of employment—and rightly so. These have been, the calls for susncnsion of that for SIU-UIW members covered an hour, a 6-hour day and a big and still remain, the prime concern of American labor unions. increase in skilled differential. fight becaii.se of the war in Viet under two separate contracts, and But, while wages, hours and working conditions remain the basic Nam, and declared that those who has won representation rights for In another contract negotiation concern, American labor unions are also performing many other employees of another firm in a advocate this approach are "abthe SIU-UIW won new basic National Labor Relations Board wage increases and other benefits important functions—dealing mainly with the health, welfare and soliitelv wrong." The United States is not faced, election. for employees of the Alaska education of their membership. Recently completed negotia­ Steamship Company covering em­ Meanv stressed, with a "guns or In many other ways as well, the labor movement goes about Us butter" choice. The country h^s tions on one of the contracts ployees at Bethel, St. Michael, many important jobs quietly and efficiently without fanfare or pub­ ample resources "to prosecute the covers SIU-UIW members at the Unalakleet, Nome, Kotzebue and licity and far from the bargaining table. The children of striking .shooting war and still combat the North Star Terminal and Steve­ adjacent Alaskan areas. Since the employees of Kingsport Press in Tennessee had a merrier Christmas shortcomings of our own .society." doring Company, Arness Termi- UIW first won bargaining rights this year because of the Christmas party, complete with turkey and On the fighting in Viet Nam, in 1961, the basic wage rate has toys, made possible by generous donations from the organized labor the AFL-CTQ president strongly movement. Many American servicemen spending Christmas far away increased about 90 percent. reaffirmed the "heartfelt support" in Vietnam were able to talk to the folks back home because of a The SIU-UIW also won new of the federation to President program organized by the Communications Workers Union in coopera­ bargaining rights for non-fisher­ tion with the USO and the Defense Department. Johnson in his efforts to achieve men employees of the Mountain peace and freedom. Through such varied activities, it becomes clear that the important Village Fish Company, Inc., of Meany stressed that "the stakes role played by the labor movement in American society is not limited Mountain Village, Alaska, which are far greater than South Viet BALTIMORE — The SIU In­ Nam. Bv demonstrating its con­ is located in the lower Yukon to what happens around the bargaining table. The labor movement cern for freedom at so painful a land Boatmen's Union strike area. The one-sided vote in favor is a part of the American tradition, and the entire nation enjoys price, the U.S. is preserving the against three tugboat companies of the SIU-UIW was 47-2. the benefits of its service to the American people. peace, freedom and opportunity here is entering its third month for progress, of scores of other and no immediate settlement is in small nations which otherwise sight. The Union's major demand is Congresswoman VMt§ SIU Ship could have become victims of for a contract that is equivalent to the one enjoyed by the IBU in Philadelphia which provides for a 24 hour notice before layoff and SEAEARER&jgXOG the placement of one cook aboard each tugboat. Jan. 6, 1967 • Vol. XXIX, No. I In addition to the 24 hour lay­ Official Publication of the off notice, the Union is also seek­ Seafarera International Union ing triple time after 12 hours; time of North America, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and a half between 4 PM and 6 and Inland Waters District, AM and the placement of one AFL-CIO cook aboard each tugboat. Executive Board According to SIU vice-president PAUL HALL, President Robert Mathews, morale among GAL TANNEH EARL SHEPARD Exec. \tee-Pree. Viee-Preeident the 148 strikers is very high. Com­ AL KKRR LINDSET WILLIAMS pany strike tactics have included See.-Treae. Viee-Preeident ROBERT MATTHEWS sending a letter to all striking tugVice-President boatmen in which the union nego­ HERBERT BRAND tiating committee is downgraded. Director of Organiting and Publicatione Mathews said that Union members Managing Editor mailed the letter right back to the MIKE POLLACK companies with angry notations Assistant Editor NATHAN SKYER staff Writers attached. PETER WEILL With tugboat personnel idle, PETHI WBBS no tugboats in the Port of Balti­ ED RUBENSTHIN more region are assisting in any docking or undocking procedures Piklliliid kiEMkly at 810 Iksdt iilind Annss H.E., WaikisftsB, D. C. 20018 ky tks Sssfarexcept for SIU-IBU members m% IstirsstlsssI UsisR, Atlantis, Gslf, Last who continue to dock and undock, ud Inlasd Watsn Dlstrlst, AFL-CIA, 675 Fnrtk Ansss, BrtsklyR, 8.Y. 11232. Til. without pay, MARAD-certified 9-®®00"IkM »sita» psM at WaiklRftM, D. C. vessels bound for Viet Nam. PaSTMAtlER'S ATTERTIOR: Fsra 3579 The three struck tugboat com­ When Congresswoman Leonor Sullivan (0-Mo.), a member of the House Merchant Marine Committee, If?' '*.1!'." Seafsfsn Istsmatlonal panies are the Baker-Whitely Tow­ paid a visit recently to the SlU-contracted Delta Lines ship Del Norte, SIU vice-president Lindsey UsIw. Atlytil. Gilt, laii and inland Watsn ing Co., the Baltimore Towage Williams, SIU New Orleans port agent Buck Stevens and Delta Lines president J. W. Clark were on hand S!MI y 11M2. and Literage Co., and the Curtis to show her around. Left to right above are: Stevens, Congresswoman Sullivan, Williams and Clark. For the complete story of the Missouri Congresswoman's visit to the SiU-manned vessel see page 11. Bay Towing Co. SlU Industrial Workers Union Wins New West Coast Pacts SIU Tugboatmen Continue Strike In Baltimore �it* January 6, 1967 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG First New U.S.-Flag Tankers Since Suez Crisis SlU'Contracted Company Orders Three New 37,000'ton Tankers SIU President Paul Hall congratulates Seafarer James Byrnes (right), first graduate of the joint SlU-AMO Deck Officer Training School. Byrnes, who sailed with the SIU as carpenter, won his second mate's license with the aid of training received at the upgrading school. James Byrnes First to Upgrade SIU Training School Graduate Wins Second Mate's License NEW YORK—SlU-contracted Maritime Overseas Corporation has placed a $34 million order with the Bethlehem Steel Corp. for the construction of three brand new 37,000-ton tankers. Still subject to Maritime Administration approval of construction and mortgage insurance appli­ cations, the contract represents ^ the provisions of Title XI of the and have a beam of 90 feet. They the first major order for Ameri­ Merchant Marine Act of 1936. are to be powered by 15,000 can-flag tankers for an inde­ The purpose of this section of the horsepower steam turbine engines pendent (non-oil company Act was to spur new American- designed to give the vessels a serv­ controlled) shipowner since the flag ship construction by providing ice speed of about 16'/2 knots. Suez crisis of 1956. guarantees for the investment. In addition, the ships are slated The keel for the first of the Maritime Overseas and its af­ to be fully air conditioned tankers is scheduled to be laid at filiates are seeking $8,512,500 in throughout. Bethlehem's Sparrows Point, Federal construction loan guar­ The order for the three tankers Maryland yard next fall. Deliver­ antees for each ship and $9,931,has given the Sparrows Point ship­ ies are expected to begin late in 250 for mortgage insurance guar­ yard a shot in the arm at a time 1968. antees. Construction loan insurance when there is no major ship con­ Before construction work can usually covers 75 percent of the struction work going on for a pri­ begin, however, the Maritime Ad­ total cost of the vessel and mort­ vate account. The last large com­ ministration must approve appli­ gage insurance 87'/2 percent of a mercial vessel to be built there cations for construction loan .ship's total cost. MARAD has not was delivered in October, 1966. insurance and for mortgage insur­ yet acted on the request. The Maritime Overseas order is ance on the three vessels under Intended for coa.stwise service, expected to provide employment the tankers are to be single screw for many regular shipyard workers vessels, with all tanks fullv coated in the area. to prevent corrosion—which will The tankers are to be of Beth­ enable the vessels to cariy either lehem design, with tanks to be crude oil or refined products. coated with zinc or plastic to re­ The ships will be 660 feet long duce bulkhead corrosion. SIU, MEBA District 2 Issue UpgraiBng School Achievement Report NEW YORK—A special yearend report issued today by the Seafarers International Union and NEW YORK—Seafarer James Byrnes became the first man to District 2 Marine Engineers Bene­ obtain his deck officer's license after preparing for his examina­ ficial Association, reveals that 188 tions at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School for Seamanship in a seamen obtained original licenses NEW YORK—The SIUNA-aflfiliated Staff Officers Association training program jointly-spon- ^ or upgraded existing engineers' were lauded by SIU President Paul Hall recently for their pioneer Seafarers can participate in the licenses in 1966 after preparing efforts in bringing about a medical training program for ship's sored by the Seafarers Interna­ course of instruction at no cost to tional Union and the American them.selves. They will be pro­ in a joint license training program pursers. achieved by the SOA, Hall paid Maritime Officers Union. vided with meals, hotel lodgings operated by the two unions. Addressing the membership tribute to SOA Secretary-Treas­ Byrnes received his original and subsistence payments of $110 In a special "Achievement Re­ meeting of the SOA at New urer Burt E. Lanpher as "one of port," the unions noted that their Second Mate license after com­ per week while in training. York's Manhattan Hotel on Dec. the out.standing officers and ad­ pleting the intensive course of This in-training assistance is the jointly operated School of Marine 14, Hall told the more than 100 ministrators in maritime labor," study offered at the joint SIU- same as available to engine de­ Engineering prepared 113 un­ assembled members that SOA He pointed to Lanpher's ability to AMO school, and passing the partment Seafarers who are en­ licensed seamen from the SIU's Pharmacist Mate Traning School enli.st the support of other mari­ Coast Guard examinations with rolled in the union training pro­ Atlantic and Gulf Districts for at the U.S. Public Health Service time organizations and to success­ flying colors. gram to prepare engine depart­ original licenses as marine engi­ Ho.spital at Stapleton. Staten Is­ fully work on joint efforts with A member of the SIU since ment men for their licensed engi­ neers. At the same time, 75 engi­ land, was the beginning of a new the other maritime segments. He neers, members of District 2 1958, Byrnes, who is 42 years old, neers examination. MEBA, raised their licenses after era in medical care for American stressed the need for such coop­ had been shipping in the deck de­ seamen. In order to qualify for the train­ studying at the union school. eration among maritime unions, partment as carpenter. When the ing course. Seafarers must: The SOA launched its training and cited the SOA and its leader­ joint program for training deck (The "Achievement Report" ap­ program on October 10, 1966, ship as an example of this type of • Be nineteen years of age or department Seafarers to sit for pears as a 16-page special supple­ on an experimental basis with a cooperation. their deck officer's licenses was an­ over; ment in this issue of the Seafarers starting class of 30 SOA pursers. "Your fine organization has • Have 24 months of watch Log. See centerfold.) nounced, Byrnes made application The nine-month course is expected shown steady growth and has and was among the first group to standing time in the deck depart­ to graduate its first class next made remarkable progress in the With its 113 new licenses in begin the course of study and ment and an AB endorsement June. In all, it is hoped that attainment of better economic 1966, the joint union license train­ training when the classes were on their seamen's papers. ing program is one of the principal about 100 pursers will be trained and social benefits," Hall told the begun. In addition to achieving its ob­ sources of newly licensed engi­ in the medical program. The year-end meeting. "We are proud Byrnes is shipping out on an jective of assisting qualified deck neers available to man the ships school is being conducted jointly of our association with you in the department men to obtain their AMO-contracted vessel. of the American merchant fleet, by the Staff Officers Association SIUNA, and we are confident that Byrnes was also one of the first deck officers licenses, the SIU which has been facing a shortage and the government. your leadership will go a long way Seafarers to obtain his AB ticket deck training program will help of licensed engineer officers ag­ Citing the fact that the pharma­ toward helping to revitalize our as a result of the training he re­ alleviate the shortage of deck offi­ gravated by the demands of the cist training program was only nation's maritime industry," Hall ceived at the SIU Lifeboat School. cers arising out of demands made Viet Nam sealift. i one of many accomplishments concluded. In addition, he has obtained fire- on the American merchant ma­ rine in the Viet Nam conflict. fighting and radar licenses. The reciprocal program between "The Deck Officers' Training School is fabulous," Byrnes said. the SIU and AMO gives deck men "Without the training available at obtaining their licenses credits for the Union school it would be al­ their pension and welfare benefits most impossible to upgrade your built up as unlicensed seamen and skills enough to get a mate's li­ is similar to the arrangement be­ tween the SIU and MEBA District cense." The training program, iterated 2 for the upgrading of engine de­ under a reciprocal agreement be­ partment members. tween SIU and the American Mar­ Seafarers interested in the pro­ itime Officers, is the first of its gram can begin their course of type in the maritime industry. study at any time. Full details for Applicants can begin receiving applications for the deck officers instruction at any time. The pe­ training program can be obtained riod of instruction will be deter­ at any SIU hall. mined by each member's individ­ Deck department men interest­ ual ability and knowledge, and ed in preparing for their licenses the instructors' satisfaction of his should make application at once readiness to take the examinations. at any SIU hall or by writing di­ The training program was in­ rectly to SIU headquarters at stituted in line with the SIU's objective of encouraging and as­ 675 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Members of the SlU-affiliated Staff Officers Association, assembled at their regular membership sisting unlicensed personnel to up­ 11232. The telephone number is meeting at the Manhattan Hotel In New York City, heard SIU President Paul Hall praise the new SOA Pharmacist Mate Training School as the beginning of a new era In medical care for U.S. seamen. grade themselves. HY. 9-6600. Staff Officers Association Lauded For New Pharmacist fi/iate's School 1 �Page FOOT January SEAFARERS LOG Five Additional Seafarer Veterans Added to Growing Pension Roster 6, 1967 The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area j The names of five additional Seafarers have been added to the list of those collecting a pen­ sion from the SIU. The new additions to the growing list includes, Joaquin Maldonado, Stanley This year's Christmas dinner celebrations held at SIU halls through­ Leiand, Harry Peeler, James Walker and Leslie Dean. out the country were well attended by Seafarers and their families. and also sailed in the engine Not only was it a chance for all to enjoy Christmas dinner with their •s room under various ratings. Born union brothers; in many cases it was also an opportuntiy for old friends in Puerto Rico, he resides in Ca- to renew their acquaintanceship in the true tradition of the brother­ tano, P. R., with his wife, Maria. hood of the sea. Reunited again look is bright. PhiUp Erch, 20were many Seafarers with their Leiand joined years SIU, was by the hall lately loved ones, making the event an to register. Phil enjoyed his last the SIU in the port of Chicago, occasion that, in a profession such run aboard the Long Beach. Frank as seafaring, proved to be an espe­ Pasaluk has, been helping out with and was employ­ ed by the Great cially joyful one. the Viet Nam sealift operation. Lakes Towing Co. He's back Stateside for a rest fol­ Boston A native of Chi­ lowing three trips to the combat cago, Leiand re­ Walker Dean Leiand Feeler area aboard the Ames Victory. The union recently received a sides in that city. He'll be ready to go again soon. letter of appreciation and thanks James Walker joined the union Texas, Walker lives in Dallas. His A member of Maldonado David Backovitz, who sails stew­ from Leroy Amero of Gloucester, in the port of Galveston and was last vessel was the Alcoa Explorer. the Steward deard department, has registered and Mass., who is a member of the Maldonado joined the union nartment. Peeler joined the SIU in a member of the Deck department, is ready also to ship, as is Ray Atlantic Fishermen's Union, an sailing as bosun and AB. Born in in New York and was an AB New York. Born in Georgia, he Obidos, 20-years SIU, who's seek­ SlU-affiliate. Mr. Amero's wife, is a resident of Mereaux, La. Maude, was gravely ill and an ap­ ing the first steward's job that Leslie Dean sailed as a FWT in peal was made to the SIU mem­ comes along following his voyage the Engine department. Born in bership for 10 pints of blood. aboard the Seamar. Texas, he resides in Pasadena, Brothers quickly stepped forward Texas. Dean joined the SIU in and the required amount was Baltimore New Orleans. His last ship was rushed to the hospital for Mrs. The SlU-lnland Boatmen the San Emilia. Amero. She is, fortunately, now Union's tugboat strike may prove "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Retired Seafarers are now re­ on the road to recovery. Both she to be the longest in SIU history. ceiving monthly pension benefits Health." It's printed on every pack of cigarettes produced in and her husband thanked the SIU Despite certain hardships created of $175 as a result of recent ac­ for its "kindness and cooperation" the United States, and that phrase, "May Be," was a com­ by the strike, the men have been tion by the Seafarers Pension Plan in displaying the kind of spirit promise which the tobacco in­ at a high peak of morale because dustry managed to have in­ inhale the cigarette—that is, to Board of Trustees. The increase that is one of the great offshoots of solid feeling on the part of all duplicate the behavior of the in monthly pension benefits from of union brotherhood. cluded in the warning. $150 to $175 became effective on smoking human being." A number of oldtimers have in the just cause of their demands One big reason the industry The Tobacco Institute did not Oct. 1, 1966. heen about the Beantown hall as well as faith in the men who could push "May Be" was that represent them at the negotiating Since the inception of the plan, lately. Fred Rashid was by, bun­ evidence pointing to a link be­ take the news lightly, reports Mr. table. The main contract provision tween cigarette smoking and lung, Girsdansky. On the very day that approximately 1,400 Seafarers dled up in winter gear. Now that sought by the union provides for disease was largely "statistical." Dr. Auerbach's paper was cited have retired on SIU pensions. the first snow has fallen, Fred is a 24-hour notice before layoff. At in the press, the industry distrib­ Since its establishment, the pen­ anxious to ship out on the first But no more! uted a press release aimed at re­ sion plan has paid out a total of opportunity that arises. He last present, the hiring system is a New direct evidence that smok­ futing the findings of the study. sailed as AB on Seatrain's Louisi­ cruel one, requiring each man to almost $7 million. ing causes lung disease—in this The Institute pointed out that ana and has been sailing SIU for report for work daily yet not guar­ case emphysema (a disease in people do not normally smoke 25 solid years. Another quarter- anteeing him a day's work. which lung tissue hemorrhages, through holes in their throats. of-a-century man stopped in, Ray­ making it difficult to breathe)— Which is true. But from this, they Pueno Rico mond Davis. Ray last shipped on was presently recently to the conr'uded that the smoke the the Aldina as FWT. Since then, With the anticipated establish­ American Medical Association's beagles had inhaled was more con­ he's spent some time at home with ment of 820 new factories in annual meeting by Dr. Oscar centrated and, therefore, more his family and is now sufficiently Puerto Rico during the next four Auerbach of the East Orange. dangerous. Which does not neces­ rested for shipping on a long run. years, more than 38,000 new jobs New Jersey VA hospital, a veteran sarily follow. Frank Bums also .spent some time will be created, according to a lung disease researcher. with his family during the holi­ forecast by the Puerto Rican gov­ Dr. Auerbach and his associates Using beagles in an experiment were careful in their experiment NORFOLK — To attract the days. Frank, 10 years sailing SIU, ernment. The new factories will designed to force the animals to to adjust the number of cigarettes burgeoning containership business, last shipped as oiler on the Chilore represent an investment of about inhale cigarette smoke. Dr. Auer­ consumed by the dogs for their the Port of Norfolk plans con­ and plans to grab another job $714 million. bach observed in the paper he de­ smaller body weight and size as when the holidays are concluded. struction of some $5 million worth A new $500,000 sea-going tug, livered (co-authored hy Dr. E. compared with man. For example, of container terminals to begin the Borinquen, recently docked in Cuyler Hammond and Lawrence no dog every smoked more than Norfolk San Juan to conclude its maiden Garfinkel of the American Cancer 12 cigarettes per day, far less than within the coming weeks. One of the two berths is sched­ Shipping has been very good voyage from New Orleans. The Society and the VA's David Kir- the number consumed by a large uled to open in September '67, out of Norfolk and the outlook tug will work in San Juan harbor man) that the dogs, like humans, percentage of .smoking humans. and in ocean towing throughout according to James N. Crumbley, very quickly became accustomed The Tobacco Institute also ob­ general manager of the Norfolk for the future is much of the same. the Caribbean and the Gulf of A number of Seafarers of long­ to the smoke. served that beagles are not people. standing have been by to take ad­ Mexico. The 95-foot-long twin The authors reported that "In­ However, as Mr. Gersdansky Port and Industrial Authority. vantage of the activity. Cecil A. diesel engine tugboat is owned by Studies prepared at the request itially, the dogs showed high ex­ pointed out, beagles were used in Jennette, 22-years SIU, enjoyed a the Porto Rico Lighterage Co., of the Authority revealed that citability . . . coughing . . . red­ the experiment only because of two-month vacation at home fol­ which now has six tugs of this type within the next couple of years ness and tearing of the eyes, and the similarity between their lung lowing his jaunt as bos'n on the currently plowing the waves. more than one million tons of con­ sometimes nausea, vomiting and tissue and that of man. By the dizziness. . . . After a week or Institute's logic, it would have tainer freight will be moving Alcoa Trader. He's now ready to two, some showed evidence of lik­ been silly to send a monkey into through Norfolk annually. The shake hands with the first job to ing cigarette smoking as indicated space because monkeys are not new facility will be an aid as well hit the boards. Ezekiel Daniels, U.S. Viet Blacklist 19-years SIU, has had a run of by wagging of tail and jumping people and therefore, they would as a stimulus to such traffic. into the smoking box voluntarily." not have similar reactions to con­ Meanwhile, the SlU-contracted bad luck, having had to drop off Increases to 29 Ships Which wouldn't be so bad, ex­ ditions of weightlessness! Sea-Land Service, Inc., is having a the CS Baltimore as unfit for duty WASHINGTON — The U.S. cept that most of the ten beagles But the Institute, not satisfied, container facility erected for it after serving her six. months as oiler. He's ehtered the USPH but Government blacklist of ships that undergoing the test developed lung went on: "Meanwhile, it is appar­ by the Canton Company in Balti­ as soon as he's FFD once more are trading with North Vietnam changes that closely paralleled the ent that the vast majority of more. he'll be ready to ship again. John human disease, emphysema. Five smokers, including those who Some maritime observers be­ D. Brown also got smacked by has grown to 29 with the recent of the animals died before the 14- smoke heavily, go through life lieve that a rivalry is shaping up month experiment was completed. without developing emphysema. between the ports of Norfolk and Lady Luck, having had to leave addition of another Polish vessel, However, dogs in the control Also emphysema occurs in people Baltimore in regard to container "the CS Baltimore (as FWT) in the freighter Wieniawski. Aruba where he was taken off, ill. group — untouched by cigarette who have never smoked." Polish-flag ships lead the list of traffic. Companies that become After the holidays and a rest, John smoke — showed no changes in They forgot to mention the fact committed to one port, these ob­ vessels which are ineligible to their lungs. that the U.S. death rate from the servers hold, will be doing so at says he'll be ready to go again. carry cargoes financed by the U.S. In an article reporting the study, disease rose 5 times in ten years the expense of the other. Sea- Edward F. RIges is beginning his Michael Girsandsky, science (1953-63). ,and that widespread Land Lines and SlU-contracted 14th year with the SIU. Ed last from American ports because of writer for the American Cancer smoking in this country is only a Seatrain Lines carry the major shinped on the Alcoa Mariner as continued trade with North Viet­ Society, reported that "There were little over 50 vears old. And no portion of the United States con­ AB, was unfit for duty following nam. There are presently 15 two important plus values to this one suggested that cigarette smok­ tainer trade. Both companies have an auto accident, but is now FFD Polish vessels on the list. studv: (1) the beagle has air-tubes ing was the sole cause of em- a thriving coastal trade in the and raring to go. The blacklist also includes 7 and lung tissue which are highly phvsema. United States and SeaLand recent­ Philadelpliia British ships, 4 Cypriot, 2 Greek similar to those of human beings; Meanwhile, "light up," cigar­ ly began trans-Atlantic trade be­ and (2) tracheostomies made it ettes mav be hazardous to your tween American ports and Eu­ Shipping has been very decent and 1 Maltese, according to the necessary for the dogs actually to health! rope. out of Philly of late and the out­ Maritime Administration. More Evidence Found Linking Cigarettes With Lung Disease Port of Norfolk Plans to BuiU Container Facility �J«naai7 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five IMCG Report Cites New Fire^ Loadiine Rules by Fred Farnen,Secretery-Treesurer,Great Lakes Another sailing season came to an end here on the Great Lakes. Except for a few vessels that operate year round, all major lakes ship­ ping is now laid up and moored in their winter berths. 1966 was an exceptional year for shipping and many of our contracted vessels recorded new tonnage records. Total vessel passages recorded by the Westcott Company in Detroit ^ during 1966 were 17,180. In 1965 Brother Ferris will not be fit for the figure was 16,041 for an in­ duty until he gets a little more crease of 1,139 passages. Ton­ rest. Harold Haugen was also dis­ nage is up again this year al­ charged from USPHS Hospital in though the size of the Great Lakes Detroit for the holidays. fleet keeps dwindling each season. John Swanson, one of our pen­ Some Great- Lakes shipping au­ thorities envision the day when sioners, was admitted to the Paul there will be no more fit-out and Oliver Memorial Hospital in lay up periods. Instead, ships of Frankfort on December 17 and the future will leave the lakes is still confined there with a heart before the freeze and return in the ailment. Contract negotiations for the spring of tne year. If any new Ann Arbor Railroad Company vessels are built for the lakes will begin on January 6 in Detroit. trade, they will be 700 footers capable of both lakes and ocean Cleveland travel. The last ship to hit the port of Detroit Cleveland for lay up was the The McArthur Lock is near Henry Platte, Jr., a ship that never completion and will be able to hit this port during the regular handle ships 700 feet long. With sailing season. ever increasing talk of extending Of the nine ships laying up in the sailing season, it may be possi­ this area, five have storage car­ ble some day to keep the lakes goes, thus assuring the men who open year round. A half million spend the winter in this port of dollars is presently being spent shifting and unloading work if this year alone on the seaway they want it. locks in Montreal in order to ex­ As soon as the lay off came, tend the seaway season by a cou­ some of the boys grabbed the first ple of days. The improvements bus or plane to their homes in all are designed to hasten the flow of parts of the country. Some have newly formed ice around the locks, gone to the coast for a quick trip and also to speed the flow of before the 1967 season opens on water, which is more susceptible the Great Lakes again, which, ac­ to freezing, when it moves at a cording to word around the ship­ sluggish pace. The Canadian gov­ ping companies in this port, will ernment will consider the possibil­ be as early as weather permits. ity of an all new canal, with four Some of the regulars who call super-size locks 1200 feet long and this area home are starting to about 110 feet wide. The new check in. They include Jim canal would accommodate new Thompson, Clyde Raines, Paul super-lakers designed for the McMahon and quite a few others. future. The last ship out of the Hope they keep coming in. The Welland Canal was the Canadian more the merrier. flag vessel SS Leadale, which left on Wednesday, December 14. Buffalo I would like to remind all of A total of twelve ships makes our brothers that they must get up the smallest storage winter clinic cards prior to fitout in 1967. fleet in the port of Buffalo for As you know, the SIU now has as far back as we can recall. This clinics located in Duluth, Alpena, was a good part of the reason for Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleve­ the small turnout for the Christ­ land and Buffalo. All SIU halls mas dinner. However, those that on the Great Lakes will be kept did attend were very pleased with open diming the off season and it and complimented the Hotel appointments can be made with no Lenox for its fine food and excel­ trouble. If you get your clinic lent service. card now, you will avoid the big The last vessel to lay up here is rush at spring fitout. the Henry Steinbrenner which will Frankfort be finished on December 28. The crews off all the other ships were The annual SIU Christmas din­ ner was held in Frankfort on De­ able to get home to be with their cember 19 and we had a large families and loved ones for the holiday season. turnout. The office staff in the port of Layup in Sturgeon Bay and Manitowoc was completed on De­ Buffalo wishes to extend best cember 12. wishes to all for a happy and Due to the Christmas holiday, prosperous New Year. the Ann Arbor fleet operated one boat. They also paid the crew FOREIGN PAYOFF? off on the other two vessels, and LEAVE CLEAN SHIP made up for the holiday by pay­ Seafarers are reminded that ing the crew off the MV Viking when tbey leave a ship after from midnight the 25th to mid­ articles expire in a foreign port, night the 26th. This is to be ex­ the obligation to leave a clean pected for the New Year holiday ship for the neftt crew is the too. same as in any Stateside port. Teresa Davis, cabinmaid on the Attention to (tethils of houseMV Arthur K. Atkinson, was dis­ keepitig and '^orts to leave charged from the USPHS Hospi­ quarters, mesarootns end other tal in Detroit and will be fit Tor duty the 31st of December. Mdvin Ferris, carhandler, was discharged from the USPHS Hos­ pital to be home for Christmas. United Nations' Ship Safety Unit Marks Noteworthy Cains in 1966 NEW YORK—The 1966 year-end report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization reflects the intensified efforts made during the year to protect shipboard passengers against the danger of fire at sea. In addition, the report deals ^ bination of measures for general mainly at relaxing present restric­ with other important regula­ use in future new ship construc­ tions to take into account the tory actions taken during the tion. greater margin of safety made year, most notably changes in reg­ The worldwide adoption of possible by modern ship construc­ ulations governing loadiine re­ more stringent fireproof standards tion techniques. strictions on cargo vessels. for ships was given additional im­ Often called the Plimsoll line, Worldwide concern over the petus by action taken in 1966 by after Samuel Plimsoll, the English­ danger of fire at sea, especially the U.S. Congress to bar from man who first fought for its adop­ aboard passenger vessels built be­ U.S. ports those passenger ships tion as a safety measure for sea­ fore the enactment of current reg­ which do not meet U.S. ship men, the loadiine is the mark on ulations in 1948 governing fire­ safety standards. The proposed the hull above which the waterline proof construction techniques, was new worldwide regulations would cannot come when the ship is spurred mainly by two disastrous meet those standards. loaded. Many seamen's lives were fires—the burning of the cruise lost before the adoption of loadLeadline Revisions liner Lakonia in the North At­ line restrictions because greedy New loadiine regulations, which lantic in 1963 with a loss of 155 shipowners loaded vessels so lives and the Yarmouth Castle will come into effect one year heavily that they were no longer after being accepted by 15 major last year with 89 deaths, many of shipping nations, are aimed seaworthy. them Americans. A meeting of the IMCO Safetv Committee in November, 1966 adopted many amendments to the 1960 Safety of Life at Sea Con­ vention which were recommended in May of 1966 at a special meet­ ing in London. Representatives to the May meeting in London in­ by Frank Orozak, West Coast Representative cluded the SIU, which gave its full support to the proposed new The National Right-to-Work Committee is making a renewed at­ regulations. tempt to impose compulsory open shop conditions on California work­ ers as well as on workers in nine other states. TTie announcement to Extensive Changes The new rules call for extensive this effect comes from Reed Larson, the committee's executive viceimprovements in passenger ships president, and comes hard on the heels of conservative victories at built before 1948 and for minor the polls last November. It conmodifications in many ships built stitutes a threat to the job security some easy shore time relaxing in of every worker in this and in Southern California. after that date. Seattle The changes, which will go into other states. San Francisco Shipping out of the Seattle area force when they are accepted by the 64 member nations of the Shipping out of 'Fri.sco remains remains excellent and the pros­ organization, call for improve­ very, very active. There's plenty pects are good for the future. ments in structural protection of jobs available for AO's, oilers Payoffs this past period included the Lucille Bloomfield, Margaret against fire, in fire-detection and and bakers. fire-fiehting equipment and in re­ Paying off and signing on crews Brown, and the Steel Rover, while strictions on the use of combus­ were the Steel Trader, Pecos, Fair- signing on was the Cosmos Marin­ tible material in the living spaces port, Long Beach, Barre Victory, er. In transit were the Anchorage, of ships. Other suggested improve­ Ames Victory, Fortmar, Los An­ Fortmar, Inger, Seattle, Seamar, ments apply to wiring and venti­ geles, Elizabethport, Norberto and the San Francisco. lation systems to reduce the dan­ Capay and the Antinous. Oldtimers on the beach include ger of electrical fires and the We're happy to report that Albert Van Dyke, SIU 23 years, spread of fires through ventilating Chief Cook F. Cerrano, who suf­ who's waiting for the right Group duct.s. fered from a serious hand infection No. 2 job after having shipped as In addition, a special subcom­ and was laid up in the USPHSH hosun aboard the Western Planet. mittee is presently studying vari­ for three weeks, is going to be Adolph Kubacki piled off the ous systems of fire protection and FED shortly. J. J. Houlihan, a 14- Overseas Rose in order to spend firefiehting in passenger ships to year SIU man, just received his the holidays ashore. Dolph has decide on the best possible com­ vacation check and plans to pass been SIU for 15 years and plans to take on another chief steward's spot after the holidays. John J. Seafarer Arthur Smith Retires Quinter is waiting for the Manhat­ tan, which is due in shortly. John, a member of the SIU for a dozen years, last shipped aboard the Fenn Sailor as pumpman and is on the beach for the holidays. Wilmington Shipping activity has been booming here for the past couple of weeks and there are plenty of jobs for rated men in all depart­ ments. The Steel Architect and the American Victory paid off this past period while nine ships were through in transit. We were glad to see John Russel, an SIU oldtimer and pensioner from Houston, out here for the holidays and enjoying the warm Christmas weather. After the first of the year, he's returning to the Gulf area. Seafarer Arthur A. Smith picked up his first regular monthly Some well-known faces have $175 pension check recently from SIU Vice President Lindsey been back on the beach for short Williams at the New Orleans hall. Smith, who makes his home Christmas vacations, after which with his family in Gretna, La., last sailed aboard the M/V they plan to ship almost imme­ Pensacola, operated by New Orleans-based Coyle Lines, Inc. diately. The Pacific Coast �Page Six Jmnmmry 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Conservation Group Notes Decline Pollution, Land Fill Threaten Fish Catch Along U.S. Coast A drop of nearly 50 percent in the commercial-catch of 18 species of Atlantic Coast food, sport and bait fish in the past five years may be due in large measure to man's destruction of coastal marshes and pollution of coastal The "babies" of most coastal rivers, bays and harbors, accord­ species of fish get their start-in ing to the American Littoral Society. The society, a national aquatic conservation group with head­ quarters at the federal Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory in New Jersey, bases its conclusion on catch statistics of the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. The sta­ tistics show a decline from 1,400 million pounds of fish in 1960 to 700 million pounds in 1965. The greatest drop was in the catch of menhaden. This fish is never eaten by man but is used ex­ tensively in the manufacture of poultry feed and commercial oils and has long been considered a prime bait for many food and game fish, ranging from striped bass and bluefish, to tuna. Other prime species showing a downward trend from Maine to Florida included fluke (summer flounder), croaker, spot and porgy (scup). Together they dropped from an index level of 86 million to 58 mililon pounds in the five years. Like the menhaden, these im­ portant sport fish may be suffering from a reduction in good breeding grounds, the report said. life in marshes or shallow bays and inlets which provide them with both protective shelter and rich food. The society emphasizes that these are the areas which have been most subject to destruction in the last decade by wholesale draining and filling for housing, industrial and waste dumping sites. The increasing load of all forms of pollution emptying into coastal bays and harbors is thought to be another factor in some fish-stock declines, although some species of anadromous fish, which leave the sea to spawn in the fresh or brack­ ish waters of ocean tributaries, appear to be on the over-all in­ crease. The report noted that coastal fish abundance has always fluctu­ ated, some species increasing and others decreasing in any given period. However, during the 1960-65 span the losses outnum­ bered gains for what the society branded "a net loss of fish stocks of critical proportions, some of which may be natural, but much of which is thought to be caused by man's activities." THE IKQUlRDSfG SEAFARER QUESTION: What do you con­ sider the advantages of going to sea as opposed to a job on the beach? (Asked in the New Orleans Hail.) Vic Miorana: I've raised five children while going to sea, so I • can .say there is a financial value. I get a chance to go to South Amer­ ica. Not many landlubbers can .f do that whenever they want. Travel is part of the sea­ man's job, while people tied to an office or a desk don't have the same advantage. ^ Eldea Araot: I like going to sea. I have the ability to travel to wherever 1 may want to go and 1 find myself always meeting different and interesting people. You meet them on ships and in foreign ports. A lot of people think seaman just go to foreign ports. But seamen also get to know a lot more about the U.S. ^ Howard Menz: Going to sea gives you a ch'ance to get away from it all and be by yourself to re­ lax and think. Shoreside work­ ers seldom have this opportunity unless they take a vacation and then they usually don't get entirely away. The seafaring environment has unique advantages: fresh, salt ' t. air and well-balanced meals, to name just a few. James Bell: Travel,Travel, Trav­ el! Travel overseas to strange lands; travel all over the United States; and travel off by yourself at sea where you get to know yourself. A seaman also has the advantage of having his meals and bunk sup­ plied. Seamen probably develop closer friendships than the average shoresider. Also I get a chance to read more and the pay is good. ^ lohfl. Hrolciiok: The pace of work at sea is easier and more relaxing than the rat race pace of shoreside jobs. There is no con­ fusion about who is supposed to do what. Most sea­ men say that trav­ el is the big ad­ vantage of going to sea. t agree. I especially like South America. <|> Willie Walker: For me person­ ally it allows me to make a decent living. Seafaring is also education­ al, especially through travel. I recently made a •voyage to Viet Nam. Most peo­ ple see Viet Nam only through newspaper or TV reports. But there are many Sea­ farers who have seen the Viet Nam situation first batid. December 16 to December 30, 1966 DKK DIPARTMrni TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED on BEACH ui a Port Boston' New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans ...... Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A • Class B Class C 0 1 0 38 30 53 2 6 21 8 6 4 6 0 2 7 5 7 0 2 2 7 8 10 6 20 22 9 18 17 10 6 4 20 32 25 24 16 8 155 177 126 Class A Class B 6 1 50 83 2 11 36 13 8 11 7 11 7 1 35 10 58 17 17 31 7 16 42 23 30 7 163 377 Class A Class B 1 17 78 287 15 33 33 126 40 25 8 19 6 24 106 26 86 173 106 187 36 0 62 6 68 3 393 1,178 VIGINE DVARTMINT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 5 1 63 36 10 2 7 16 7 2 7 2 0 5 17 14 50 30 29 18 7 12 14 47 3 21 270 155 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 2 0 35 43 22 0 0 3 8 10 7 6 2 2 8 3 5 4 0 4 8 10 8 5 21 28 8 16 5 7 9 7 43 15 29 7 21 14 155 168 114 SnWARD DfPARTMmr TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco .... Seattle Totals All Groups Class A Class B 1 1 8 65 5 1 12 12 3 8 12 5 5 0 7 35 26 49 25 17 7 3 17 31 18 10 273 110 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 1 1 30 37 6 0 4 2 10 8 9 8 1 1 4 6 1 0 1 2 5 7 11 6 16 21 22 12 7 0 4 11 55 18 14 5 16 21 143 70 170 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 7 1 87 204 22 1 92 31 10 18 6 7 14 1 27 58 117 69 133 133 22 1 31 1 26 7 750 376 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A CJIassB 7 2 152 34 20 7 70 33 19 27 11 7 10 2 75 15 144 72 108 58 23 0 35 1 27 5 701 263 Japan Leads World in Shipbailding, Widens Gap tor lUh Straight Year With statistics available for only the first 11 months of 1966, Japan has again emerged as the world's largest shipbuilding nation for the 11th consecutive year. For more than a decade now, while the United States has dropped steadily down the list of major shipbuilding nations to its present Present plans call for a 6,950 position in llth place, Japan has count for 47 percent of the en­ tire world's launchings this year. gross ton vessel powered by a 10,year by year widened her margin Last year Japan's percentage was 000 horsepower nuclear engine of leadership. 44 percent. which is expected to be ready for Figures recently released by Meanwhile, Japan has changed service around 1971-72. the Shipbuilders' Association of plans concerning construction of The Japanese Government, Japan, covering the first II its first nuclear powered ship. In­ which will subsidize about half months of 1966, show that Jap­ stead of building a pure- research of the contruction costs of the anese shipbuilders had booked vessel with nuclear powered en­ nuclear vessel, as it does for much orders for over 9 million gross gines, a combination vessel is now of the Japanese merchant fleet, tons. Of this, over 7 million tons being planned that can be used for hopes the atomic powered ship are for delivery to foreign nations either oceanographic survey work will be a prototyj>e of future mer­ and nearly 2 million tons are for or for commercial cargo carrying. chant ships. Japanese shipowners. In addition, it appears that Japan will continue to lead the SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS world in shipbuilding for some November 1 - November 30, 1966 time to come, because she is also the world feeder in such categor­ Number of Amount ies as orders received, the laying leneflts Paid of keels, launching of vessels, completions, tonnage, and the Hospital Reneflts . .. 6,095 $ 63,254.76 backlog of work. Death leneflts 39 98,737.30 If contracts being concluded in Disability leneflts 936 140,700.00 December are included in the 43 8,566.80 figures released, Japan will almost Maternity leneflts certainly surpass the 10 million Dependent leneflts 484 97,870.69 gross ton yearly construction Optical leneflts 551 8,246.80 mark for the fint time in her his­ ... 3,774 28,896.00 tory. . . . 1,454 614,748.07 Orders in calendar year 1965 Vacation leneflts totaled slightly over 8 million TOTAL VWARi, VACATION gross tons. Japan's 1966 launchings will ac­ MNiPITS PAID THIS PifllOO 19,87l $1,061,020.42 �Janaary 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG American Indian Needs More Govt. Aid To Improve His Lot Chronic unemployment and poverty are still the lot of most Ameri­ can Indians despite considerable progress in recent years, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Robert L. Bennett reports in an article appearing in the American Federationist. Bennett, the first Indian to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs, writes in the December issue of the AFL-CIO magazine of the special prob­ lems faced by the nation's 550,000 Indians, especially the 380,000 living on reservations. Over the years, Bennett notes, the American Indian has been treated by the federal government in turn "as a conquered enemy, dangerous insurgent, childlike incompetent and laggard partner." In Bennett's view: "The government has the same oLligation to the Indians of this country that it has to the rest of its citizens; namely, that there be no families living in destitution, no children deprived of the fullest educa­ tional opportunity, no social or political discrimination and no fear and mistrust left to mar the relationships between Indian citizens and non-Indian citizens." He suggests that the task ahead is to hasten the day of self-sufficiency for America's Indians. In this endeavor, Bennett says, employment assistance, industrial development and improved educational opportunities all play important parts. As better schooling opportunities have been made available. "Indian children rushed in like air into a vacuum," Bennett notes. Almost 95 percent of school-age children now are in school, a sharp contrast with the situation a generation or two ago. Tribes have developed tourist facilities to provide job opportunities, new plants paying prevailing wages have been located on or near reservations and public housing authorities have been established on reservations, including 23 "do it together" projects where Indians have built modem homes for themselves. Vocational and on-the-job training have been greatly expanded in recent years and some Indians have made the difficult transition from reservation life to an urban society. For those who cannot make the jump to a totally different environ­ ment successfully, Bennett suggests, "both tribal and federal authorities must seek ways to expand opportunities nearer at hand." Bennett sees "no magic solutions to long-standing problems" but he is convinced that "there are solutions." In addition to the work of his own agency, he says, "there will be closer liaison with other governmental agencies whose activities benefit the Indians. . . . There will also be closer involvement with state and local governments in areas with large Indian populations." From the Indians themselves, Bennett writes, "leadership of the highest order" is required to replace generations of federal paternalism and Indian dependency. The Clothing Workers have launched a nationwide drive against men's and boys' clothing made in Hong Kong. Informa­ tional picket lines and pamphlet distribution have been established in front of the Bamberger store in Newark, N.J. and the May Com­ pany store in downtown Los An­ geles. The drive will be carried to additional stores in other cities which have either started to sell clothing made in Hong Kong or have increased their volume. ACWA Vice President Howard Samuel, head of the Union Label Department, said a study showed that imports have increased sharp­ ly this year. ^ Same-day major election vic­ tories were scored by the State, County and Municipal Employees among Department of Public Works Employees in Detroit and non-professional personnel of Rut­ gers University, New Brunswick, N.J. The Detroit election was won by a 1,200 rqargin over a coalition led by the Teamsters and gave the AFL-CIO affiliate repre­ sentation rights for a unit of 2,300 workers. TTie SCME had sought one city-wide bargaining unit for the department. But the Michigan Labor Mediation Board overruled a staff recommendation and carved out a separate unit for 1,040 truck drivers and equipment operators for which the Teamsters won represoitation rights, 581344, in a second election. A "catch-up" ranging up to merely 30 cents an hour was won by Local 1-128 of the Oil, Chem­ ical and Atomic Workers for some 100 operating employees of the Powerine Oil Company, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., largest independ­ ent refiner in the West, the union has announced. Chairman Robert M. Dempsey of the OCAW nego­ tiating committee said that the un­ ion had presented proposals re­ flecting the average wages of eight major oil companies in the area. The first strike against the Ray­ theon Company by members of Local 1505, International Brother­ hood of Electrical Workers, ended when the strikers ratified a threeyear agreement providing wage in­ creases of 11 to 16 cents an hour now, another 12 cents across the board in the third year, and a raise in company payments into the pension fund. Raytheon man­ agement also agreed to make lan­ guage changes involving working conditions, job classification, sen­ iority and grievance procedure. A|> Some 17,000 plant, traffic and accounting employees of the Mich­ igan Bell Company have voted by a 7-2 margin to ratify a new con­ tract negotiated by the Communi­ cations Workers after they had re­ jected an earlier proposal. More than 220,000 Bell System emoloyees represented by the CWA have now ratified settlements reached during the current series of negotiations, the CWA said. Page Seven "Try This For Size!" Oceans Away Japan is winding up 1966 as the world's greatest shipbuilding nation for the 11th consecutive year. She leads the world in almost every category of shipbuilding activ­ ity, with enough backlog of work to make her a pretty good bet to retain the ship­ building crown next year. When the final tally for 1966 is completed, it is estimated that Japan will have passed the 10 million gross ton yearly construction mark for the first time. Meanwhile, on this side of the Pacific, ship construction is virtually at a standstill. The United States stands in 11th place in worldwide shipbuilding, behind such nations as France, Poland and the Netherlands. These figures ar« astounding considering it is just over 20 years since the end of World War II when the U.S. led the world in shipbuilding and maritime activity. Only 10 years after the war's end, Japan was already leading the world in shipbuilding while the U.S. was rapidly fading out of the maritime picture. The reasons for this startling reversal are many and varied. The primary reason, however, is that the Japanese Government has realized the importance of a strong marifirae industry to a manufacturing and trad­ ing nation and did all in its power to foster the growth of a strong, vital maritime indus­ try. The United States Government, on the other hand, abandoned its maritime industry almost immediately after the war and ex­ cept for brief periods such as the Korean War, the Suez Crisis and the present Viet­ nam situation, has shown no interest in the industry. U.S. maritime policy has been a patchwork affair of expedient solutions. The precepts of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, which was designed to assure the United States a strong merchant marine adequate to meet the nation's needs, have been ig­ nored. The SIU and other maritime unions have been fighting to end U.S. maritime's decline and to put us back in the worldwide maritime 'picture. We have met with some success, but much more must be done before this 20-year trend can be reversed. The strug­ gle must continue until worldwide maritime statistics, which are presently badly out of balance, begin to right themselves. The 90th Congress? With the 90th Congress getting ready to convene, conservative, big-business and antilabor lobbyists are heading for Washington in record numbers. Their aim is to seek legislation handcuffing the labor movement, rolling back and undermining the Great Society and anti-poverty programs and thwarting the liberal legislation which has already been passed and yet remains to be acted upon to alleviate many of the nation's most pressing social needs. Many bitter legislative battles will be fought during the upcoming session of Con­ gress. As it has always been in the past, the labor movement will be in the forefront of the struggle, upholding the best interests of all of the American people against the many special-interest groups who will be on hand to serve nobody's interest but their own. The American labor movement does not intend to fight merely a holding action in Washington during the 90th session of Con­ gress. Certainly it will fight to prevent any rollbacks of the progress made by the 89th Congress. In addition, however, it will wage a determined and constructive campaign for new and expanded legislation. �SEAFARERS LOG Page Eig^t SlU Representative Frank Boyne keeps In close contact with union brothers who are here shown on fantail of the SS Wild Ranger. The men are (I. to r.): Boyne: Glenn Doug­ las, A.B.: Randy Cox, O.S.: and Vernon Adkison, also O.S. A.B. James Watson puffs his pipe on deck while SS Wild Ranger docks in Yokohama and union brother Randy Cox, O.S., does some thinking while surveying port scene. SlU-contracted Coe Victory Is tied to her moorings at North Pier, Port of Yokohama, on De­ cember 8, 1966. Port is pictur­ esque, docks are kept spotless. A sunny day on the deck of the SS Coe Victory brought together (I. to r.) R. C. Thomas, Steward; Frank Boyne; Don Bowtell, 3rd Assistant Engineer and former SlU man. Kneeling are Red Wahl, 2nd Assistant Engineer, along with Ken Mart, an electrician. All agreed ship was a good one. JannarjT 6, Broadside view of Waterman's SS Wild Ranger, December 9th, 1966, as she docked at the North Pier in the Port of Yokohama, completing one end of voyage out of New York City, home port for Seafarers manning the vessel. Behind Ordinary Seaman Herbert "Frenchy" DeBoissiere is Waterman's SS Andrew Jackson. She frequently vis­ its Japan and plies often through Oriental waterways on one of the world's most colorful seaway routes. rr Seafarers chat in Andrew Jackson messroom. They are (I. to r.) Robert Lane, messman; Bob Mehrbrodt, O.S. Dayman; Paul Dew, A.B.; and C. Kent, also an A.B. SlU Representative Frank Boyne pays a visit to Alvern Kelso, an oiler off the SS Choctaw, at Bluff Hospital, Yokohama, to discuss ship's voyage. A very busy man is SlU Representative Boyne. Here is Frank pictured with three crewmembers off the Steel Traveler in Yokohama. The crew, (from I. to r.) includes Riversly Brown, wiper; Ken Rose, A.B.: and Roy Mitchell, a crew messman who expressed a strong liking and admi­ ration for Yokohama and the Oriental way of life. These two' crewmen shown during their stay at Bluff Hospital are on the road back to FFD, They are, from left to right, R. C. Blair, 2nd pump off the SS Connecticut, along with SlU Brother Alvern Kelso, oiler off the SS Choctaw. Both had high praise for Japanese hospitality as well fts their comfort and care during a stay at Bluff Hospital. Oiler Peter Oyer was interested in shopping for a new {acket when he bunr^ped into these two Japanese vendors who boa.rded ship in order to sell their wares. Here they are haggling over price inside a passageway ab^rd SS Andrew Jackson during second week of Decediber. 1967 �January 6 1967 SEAFARERS LOG SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Ucense Trammg and Upgrading Program Jointly Operated by the Seafarers International Union, AGLIW District and V-,' District 2* Marine Engineers Beneficial Association This report on the joint license training and upgrading program operated by SlU and District 2 MEBA appears simultaneously in the SEAFARERS LOG and DISTRICT 2 AAARINE ENGINEER, official organs of the two sponsoring unions. nee again, this is an occasion to be proud of the determination and performance of SIU members. In less than one year's time, 113 Seafarers have obtained licenses as ships' engineers after preparing for their examinations at the School of Marine Engineeering jointly sponsored by the SIU and District 2 MEBA. Many more SIU engine department men are presently enrolled in the School, receiving instruc­ tion that will enable them to sit for their licenses and to sail as engi­ neering officers. This unique school and what it is accomplishing is important to the men themselves, to the SIU and to the nation. From the standpoint of the Seafarers themselves, the manner in which they have upgraded themselves is a convincing demonstration that the foc'sle is still a major source of potential licensed officers. Provided with the protec­ tion of the benefits they have earned as unlicensed seamen, the record shows that men from the foc'sle can and will obtain their licenses and perform creditably on the job. The benefit to the union as a whole derives from the fact that by helping to fill the need for licensed engineers aboard American-flag vessels, these men have enabled SIU-MEBA District 2 jointly con­ tracted ships to continue to sail on time. And the national interest is served by the continued sailing on time of these ships, particularly those engaged in the vital Viet Nam sealift. The response to the license training program, first of its kind to be offered anywhere, is most gratifying. We take special pride in the manner in which these SIU engine department men have per­ formed in school and subsequently in their new shipboard duties. The example of those who have successfully completed the course should inspire their union brothers to also take advantage of the opportunity that this union training program affords to SIU members, their fam­ ilies and the nation. Finally, the jointly operated union school is an example of what trade union cooperation can accomplish and contribute in the in­ terests of the workers involved, and to the security of the industry and the nation. PAUL HALL, President Seafarers International Union little over a year ago, the shortage of licensed marine engineers became more acute as a result of the impending breakout of ships for the Viet Nam sealift. District 2 MEBA, like other unions, faced the possilulity of delayed sailings, which posed a threat to the national security and to the security of every District MEBA member and all other ships' personnel. Now, in January 1967, the picture has changed remarkably for District 2. Because of the success of our joint training and upgrading program—and our ability to provide opportunities for the graduates of the maritime academies—our contracted ships have been able to sail throughout the year without delays, and the Union has met its contractual commitments. In the relatively short period since the School of Marine Engi­ neering was established. 75 District 2 members have raised their licenses, and the flow of men taking advantage of the upgrading pro­ gram continues. At the same time, 113 SIU members have obtained original licenses under the program and have sailed as engineers on District 2 ships. District 2 is proud that we have been able to provide a means through which our members can raise their licenses without hard­ ship to themselves and their families. We have also been able to draw qualified unlicensed men from the SIU into our ranks as engineers, enabling us to cope with the Viet Nam crisis and to prepare for our future peacetime requirements for new engineers. The success of this program has been made possible by the outstanding cooperation and support of the union's deep-sea member­ ship. A great deal of credit also belongs to the quality of instruction offered by the School of Marine Engineering and its exceptionally qualified staff, many of whom are District 2 members. We cannot stop now. The need for qualified engineers in all ratings will continue well into the future. Our license upgrading program has proved its worth. Every District 2 member is urged to make use of this unusual opportunity to raise his license. RAYMOND T. McKAY, President District 2, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association �Edward Adunson Age 21, 2nd Eng. SS Trans Hartford WilUam S. Allen Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Rambam Carl Anderson Age 58, Chief Eng. SS Manhattan Robert V. Anderson Age 37, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Designer Michael Aversano Age 32, 2nd Eng. SS Connecticut The individual photos on this and the following pages are of the SlU and District 2 MEBA members who got either original licenses or upgraded licenses at the jointly operated training school. Captions give name, age, steam license obtained and first vessel shipped on after obtaining license. Joint Program Meets Need for Licensed Engineers Otis C. Bailey Jr. Age 41, 2nd Eng. SS Panoceanic Faith Thomas W. Barnes Age 31, 3rd Eng. SS Mt. Vernon Victory James Bamette Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Lynn Victory J- he highly successful engineers' training program by means of which the SIU and District 2, MEBA have been meeting the needs of contracted vessels for licensed engi­ neers points up the effectiveness of inter-union cooperation in handling common maritime problems. In late 1965, when the shortage of licensed engineers became aggravated by the increasing demands of the Viet Nam sealift, the SIU and District 2, MEBA began inten­ sive discussions aimed at establishing a training program through which unlicensed personnel could obtain engi­ neers' licenses and licensed engineers could be trained for raising their grade. On January 3, the two unions signed an agreement establishing the jointly-sponsored training program. The program included the operation of a School of Marine En­ gineering and other provisions^ for assisting both licensed and unlicensed applicants to obtain and-upgrade licenses. The agreement set a precedent in the maritime industry because it not only provided for a program of study under a staff of professional instructors, but also set up a pro­ gram of subsistence payments for members of both organi­ zations while they were attending the school. Another of the precedent-setting features of the joint union venture was a provision to give unlicensed SIU members who obtained licenses under the program full credit for all the pension benefits they had built up while sailing unlicensed. Alexander Becker Age 37, 2nd Eng. SS Sea Pioneer This protection of pension credits had been one of the principal obstacles to the development of joint union up­ grading programs in the past. The success of the SIU and District 2 MEBA in resolving this problem was widelyhailed throughout the industry as a pattern for licensing and upgrading programs to help ease the chronic shortage of licensed engineers in the American Merchant Marine. Over a period of time, discussions had been held with other unions to develop similar programs, but without suc­ cess. As a result, the SIU-District 2 program became the first, and so far the only, joifit union training program of its kind. Immediately after announcement of the program, appli­ cations to attend the school began pouring in from the members of both unions. Classes at the newly-established School of Marine Engineering, located in Brooklyn, New York, began on February 1, 1966. The program's effectiveness in producing new licenses and upgrading existing ones was soon demonstrated. On March 4, two MEBA District 2 members, Charles Polsen and Charles Mollard, upgraded their licenses to Second Assistant Engineer after preparing for their examinations at the school. The first SIU member to obtain a license under the new program was Robert Anderson, 37, who had been shipping as fireman, oiler and watertender. An­ derson got his license on April 14 and almost immediately obtained a Third Assistant Engineer's berth on the Steel Edward Bender Age 51, 1st Eng. SS Steel Traveler George W. Bertbold Age 56, 2nd Eng. SS Rio Grande Raymond Btlle Age 40, Chief Eng. SS Yellowstone Cfaristopber A. Bobbe Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Geneva GB Bone Age 45, 2nd Eng. SS Potmnac Donald N. BowteO Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Duke Victory r- Willfam C. Biskas Age 49, 3nd Eng. SS Albion Victory James F. Black Age 33, 3rd Eng. SS TYanserie �Sverre Breima Age 52, 2nd Asst. SS Ames Victory Ira C. Bridges Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Navigator Roger Burke Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Ema Elizabeth Steve Brunstrom. Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader David Buikes Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Designer Union School Produces 188 Licenses in 1966 Designer (Isthmian), for a voyage which began on April 21. From that point on, the jointly sponsored school has continued to produce licensed engineers from among the unlicensed SIU personnel and to upgrade District 2 engi­ neers to higher licenses. By the end of 1966, less than 9 months after Anderson got his license, the school had pro­ duced a total of 188 licenses, 113 new licenses for SIU members and 75 for District 2 members. Of the SIU members, 72 had 3rd assistant's licenses, and 41 had obtained original licenses as Second Assistants. Also by the end of 1966, 75 District 2 engineers had upgraded their licenses, 22 to Chief Engineer, 11 to First Assistant, and 42 to Second Assistant. These were all steam licenses but a number of the men also obtained diesel licenses in addition to their steam licenses. As a result of the joint license program, plus the output of the Merchant Marine Academies, ships manned by the SIU and District 2 contracted companies were able to sail without a single delay during the year, a highly significant achievement in view of the heavy break-out of ships for the Viet Nam Sealift. Thus, the unions were able to meet their contractual committments. All their contracted vessels sailed on time and the needs created by the Viet Nam con­ flict were being satisfied in so far as these two organizations were involved. At this time, the STU-District 2 program and the merchant marine academies are the only major sources of new licenses for marine engineers. For example, for the period of its operation in 1966, the STU-District 2 program produced 113 new licenses. The United States Merchant Marine Academy, the largest of the maritime colleges, graduated 111 licensed engineers in 1966. The SIU-District 2 program will soon be augmented by the recentlyinstituted license training program of the SIU of North America-affiliated Marine Firemen's Union on the West Coast. The SIU-District 2 program supplements the new engi­ neers graduated by the Federal and state maritime academies. A good many academy graduates are District 2 members and sail aboard the Union's contracted vessels in all license categories. More graduates are expected to ship with the union in 1967 and in future years. Both the academies and the District 2-SIU joint train­ ing program are vital sources of the new engineers who, as the estimates indicate, are necessary to fill the demands of American shipping, now and in the years ahead. District 2 MEBA is on record that the best way to answer the problem of the shortage of engineers is "by keeping the academies, and expanding the type of up­ grading program we have developed with the SIU." (Continued on next page) Douglas J. Burnett Jr. Age 37, 2nd Eng. SS Albion Victory •r 1 Raoul Cabrera Age 49, 3rd Eng. SS Merrimac Thomas W. Cmtcr Age 44, 3rd Eng. SS Mankato Victory PbU Choi Age 51, Chief Eng. SS Baylor Victory Robcit ChronowBid Age 24, 2nd Eng. Instructor at School EUB W. Cottien Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Jefferson City Victory Charles Cunning^ram Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Delaware Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Long Linee HOB^ D. Cnmn Age 29, 3rd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Walter Czemy Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Asbury \icboiy Leif K. Drien Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS St Christopher Affircd O. Davis Age 36, 3rd Eng. SS Ocean Pioneet �(Continued from previous page) Howard B. Davis Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Northwestern Victory Walter F. Dawson Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Artisan Frederick Dieterle Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Manhattan Rkhard Dixon Age 44, Chief Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Dennis D<dierty Age 27, Chief Eng. SS Long Lines Lonnie B. Dooley Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS Bessemer Victory George A. Ebberwein Jr. Age 32, 3rd Eng. SS Transyork James Egbert Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Scientist Charles W. Eschenbach Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Hercules Victory James M. Faust Age 54, 2nd Eng. SS Fairisle Fred O. Fleiscbmann Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Mankato Victory Against the background of the Viet Nam conflict, the great strength of the SIU-District 2 training, program is the fact that it is producing newly-licensed men when and as they are needed. This is a continuing source of new licenses as ships are being bfoken out. Its results are evident every day. The benefits of the SIU-District 2 program for the nation as a whole were apparent in the remarks of former Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson, made before a special subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine Committee on May 2. 1966 in which he said: "Since upgrading is the only type of program which of­ fers rapid results in the time frame which is established by the Viet Nam sealift build-up, the Maritime Administra­ tion prefers that the example given by District 2 MEBA, in conjunction with the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU, be followed by District 1 and the Pacific Coast District of the MEBA." The joint training program is not aimed exclusively at meeting the needs of the Viet Nam conflict, however. It is expected to help to satisfy the normal peacetime require­ ments of the unions as well. Jobs as engineers for both the newly-licensed men coming through the joint program as well as for the present District 2 membership should be ' plentiful well into the future, even aside from those jobs created by the Viet Nam crisis. First off, there is the normal attrition resulting from men leaving the industry, deaths and retirements on District 2 MEBA pensions. The new provisions of the District 2 pension program, which become effective in June 1968, are expected to result in additional retirement applications among senior licensed engineers, thus creating a demand for additional replace­ ments. New jobs are also expected to result from additions to the fleets under contract to District 2 MEBA and SIU. The experience of 1966 has proved that the SIU and District 2 MEBA were correct in reasoning that a large number of new licenses could be produced from among the unlicensed personnel if an attractive program was estab­ lished. Protecting pension credits, providing the men at­ tending the school with adequate subsistence allowances, and tailoring the program to fit the needs of the students have proved to be the essential elements of the program. The unions were also correct in assuming that a large number of District 2 members would upgrade their licenses if a good school was established and provisions were made to ease the financial burden of men attending the school. As a result of these provisions, 75 engineers have upgraded their licenses at the School of Marine tngineeringThe school has functioned so well that it rapidly began to outgrow its facilities. Within a matter of months after the program had started, plans were developed for ac­ quiring larger and more adequate classroom and other instruction facilities. r- > Bobby Etbridge Age 41, 2nd Asst. SS U.S. Defender Robert Gcddinci Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS Hudson Robert GUIs Age 43, Chief Eng. SS Fortaleza EmO J. Ghfer Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Architect Walter Flcishnuui Age 44, 2nd Eng. SS Bangor Fired Goff Age 52, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship George C. Foley Jr. Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS Rio Grande Eneat Goidnlth Age 51, Chief Eng. SS Steel NavigatOT �Robert Anderson (right), first SlU man to get license at joint Union school, is congratulated by shipmate as he takes over Third Engineer's job on SS Steel Designer. Job performances by men who have .obtained original and upgraded licenses through joint Union program have been acclaimed. Students' attentiveness to studies, as evidenced in class here, coupled with practical engine room experience, has produced competent engineers. School's Graduates Doing First-Rate on Job he success of the program in producing 113 new engineers in 1966 is only part of the story. Equally gratifying is the per­ formance of the men who have obtained their original licenses through the program. Testimony to the professional skills and competence shown by these new engineers is coming in from the companies in which they're working. Ronald Spencer, director of the School of Marine Engineering, has received letters from Marine Superintendents, Port Engineers and Chief Engineers lauding the newly-licensed engineers for their know-how and interest in their duties. Typical of the comments which the school has received from supervisory personnel in the industry who have evaluated the performance of the new engineers are these: "Mr. Charles Michaels has proven himself a most capable en­ gineer and it is my pleasure to have him as an engineering officer." * * * "Mr. Alfred O. Davis, who graduated from your school in June, has shown and proven his ability as Tlurd Assistant Engineer. In "'M addition to being a damned good engineer, he is also a fine ship­ mate. "This has been my first opportunity to sail with a School of Marine Engineering graduate. All I can say is if all are as well trained as Mr. Davis, this is one of the finest things to have hap­ pened. Keep up the good work. We need good, trained engineers." * » » "I would like to commend you for the fine job you are doing in training unlicensed men for their original license. "We have had Mr. Robert E. Poore as Third Assistant Engineer since June 12th. He has performed ail of Ids assigned duties to our complete satisfaction. He has shown an interest in his job and is not afraid to ask questkms. "I am looking forward to nMre of your graduates in the near future." (The originals of these and other letters testifying to the per­ formance of the newly-licensed engineers are on file at the School of Marine Enpneering.) 'J . - Waiting To Ship Ray Jakubowicz Age 26, 1st Eng. Waiting To Ship Partha E. Jemigan Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS U.S. Builder Lawrence Kenekcr Jr. Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Designer Brendan Kennedy Age 23, 2nd Eng. Waiting To l%ip Jq^ J. Kennedy A^ 40, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Vendor Donald Hay Finn Greddedt Age 47, 1st Eng. SS Monticello Victory Patrick J. Grennan Age 51, 3rd Eng. SS Battle Creek Age 38, Chief Eng. Donald Keddy Age 38, Chief Eng. SS Steel Rover John W. Keler Jr. Age 38, 3rd Eng. SS U.S. Adventurer v'^ �John Kimble Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Seafarer John Langus Age 52, 1st Eng. SS U.S. Mate Michael J. Kindya Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Vendor Ellle H. Larrimore Age 46, 3rd Eng. ^ Sea Pioneer Cyril King Age 50, 2nd Eng. SS Montpelier Victory Nlk<riaos Kostantas Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Hans Isbrandtscn Edward J. Krcha Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Duke Victory Kenneth G. Laughlin Age 25, 3rd Eng. SS Bangor John Leydon Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Navigator WilKam P. Logan Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Advocate Union Training Program Is Keyed To Needs of individual Student Records of SlU engine men are run through data processing machines to determine availability of qualified candidates for license training. Nicholas Loizos Age 51, Ist Eng. Waiting To Ship Endei Loosaar Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS St. Christopher V>4lassroom work at the School of Marine Engi­ neering is tailored to ht the needs of the students. The classes are taught by the School's director and by five instructors. The courses run from 15 to 90 days, depend­ ing on the background and needs of the individual student. If a student has had relatively little formal education and needs more time to prepare for his license, he can remain at the school for a longer period. There are generally about 60 SIU unlicensed men and 20 District 2 engineers attending the school at all times. Engineers can prepare for raises in grade to Second, First or Chief Engineer, steam and/or diesel. Unlicensed men can study for their orig­ inal Second or Third's license, steam and/or diesel. Subjects offered include first aid, reciprocating engines, fire tube boilers, auxiliary steam and diesel, DC electricity, gas masks, mathematics, Ai Maidondo r\git 50, Chief Eng. SS Sted Recorder turbines, water tube boilers and steam generators, AC electricity, refrigeration and air conditioning, fire detection and protection systems, equipment sketching and mechanical drafting. Class hours are from 0930 to 1200 and from 1300 to 1530 Monday through Friday. Confer­ ences with the director can be arranged. The courses consist of lectures and demon­ strations of shipboard equipment. Visual aids are used extensively. Books are issued to the students which they use in classroom study and homework. Engine department equipment and machinery are UB4^ in the course of classroom work. The original books used at the school were a set of 13 training manuals published by the District 2 MEBA Safety and Education Plan. New books have also been prepared by the staff at the School of Marine Engineering and are now being used, hfeao J. hfelOBte Age 46, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Admiral Age 57, 3fd Eng. SS U.S. Pilot �1 Edward A. McConnick Age 48, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Worker Richwd Mesaris Age 23, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Jim McCue Age 34, Chief Eng. SS Achilles Charles E. Michaels Age 49, 3rd Eng. SS Tucson Victory Francis X. McGlone Age 40, 3rd Eng. SS Albion Victory David S. McGrath Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Delaware Hector Mendez Age 34, 3rd Eng. SS Ocean Pioneer Harry R. MitcheU Jr. Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Walter MitcheU Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Rice Victory Charles C. MoUard Age 24, 2nd Eng. Instructor at School How to Apply for Training, Upgrading To qualify for the training program, an SIU unlicensed engine department man: • Must be 19 years of age or older. • Must have 18 months as a fireman, watertender, oiler, deck engine mechanic, engine man or junior engineer, together with six months as a wiper. (In many cases, credit will be given across the board for non-watchstanding ratings above wiper, and for serv­ ice in the US Navy and Coast Guard). * School Director Ronald R. Spencer explains formula for solving pump capacity prob­ lems. Teaching techniques used by instructors has enabled even those men with little background I" math to master its practical shipboard application. Newton Mount Age 47, Chief Eng. SS Bangor James Mrozick Age 30, 2nd Eng. SS Thetis Ernest E. MuBeii Age 48, 3rd Eng. SS Transyork * * To qualify for license upgrading, a District 2 MEBA engineer must: • Have twelve months of seatime on his existing license. Complete information about the training program and any of its features may be obtained from any SIU and District 2 MEBA hall, or at headquarters of either union: SIU headquarters: 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Telephone: (Area Code 212) HYacinth 9-6600. District 2 MEBA headquarters: 650 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Telephone. (Area Code 212) STerling 8-0209. Raymond Murpio' Age 46, Caiief Eng. SS Ames Victory Nathaniel Muse Age 44, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Admiral �A Major Soune Of New Licenses ^he SIU-District 2 MEBA license training program and the merchant marine academies are the major sources of new licenses for marine engineers. Following is the breakdown of the number of new licenses issued in 1966 to graduates of the SIU-District 2 MEBA School of Marine Engineering, the US Merchant Ma rine Academy at Kings Point, and the five state maritime colleges: SCHOOL NUMBER OF ORIGINAL LICENSES-1966 SIU-District 2 MEBA school 113* US Merchant Marine Academy 111 Maine Maritime Academy 79 NY State Maritime College 67 California Maritime Academy 31 Massachusetts AAaritime Academy 22 5 Texas Maritime Academy * This figure does not include the 72 engineers who raised their licenses otter prepar­ ing at the SlU-MEBA School of Marine Engineering. Robert Roedel, 100th SlU man to receive engineers license after preparing at Union Training School, shows his certificate to SlU President Paul Hall (right) and Ronald Spencer (left), Director of jointly sponsored SlU-MEBA District 2 school. MEBA District 2 President Raymond T. McKay is shown at his Union's Headquarters during discussion of unique licensed training and upgrading program jointly operated by District 2 and SlU. Increase in Ucenses Seen LS the jointly-sponsored licensed engineers' training program approaches the completion of its first year of operation, plans are being mapped to turn out an increased number of engineers in 1967. The first year of operation of the School of Marine Engineering was largely experimental in character, with emphasis on perfecting the training techniques and establishing a well rounded program that would function on a continuing basis. Based on the overwhelming success achieved in 1966, coupled with perfecting the training techniques and the addition of expanded classroom and subsistence facilities, the total output of new licensed engineers is expected to increase substantially in the coming year. Added to the output of the SIU-District 2 training school program will be that of the newly-instituted program established by the SlU-affiliated Marine Firemen's Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which has already begun to train unlicensed engine room personnel for their licenses. Although the MFOW program actually only got underway in the last months of 1966, it has already produced four new licenses, and there are approximately twenty more MFOW members who are jvesently train­ ing to sit for their licenses. Response during the first year of operation by SlU unlicensed Engine Department men and MEBA District 2 members to the opportunity for license training and up­ grading has necessitated plans for expanded school facilities. �MJT ,, — •:<. .ii, Students pursue studies seriously and diligently. Class in photo works out ship board engineering problem. Among the many government and indust,-y repre­ sentatives who have visited School was former Mari. time Administrator Nicholas Johnson, shown addressing class. Students Aided by Liberal Cash, Subsistence Benefits significant and unique aspect of the joint union training program is that it places no burden upon the taxpayer, because it is self-sustaining and does not involve any governmental funds. Nor are there any costs or charges to the SIU and MEBA District 2 members attending the school. Members of both unions receive a wide range of benefits throughout the period of their training. Subsistence Provisions for SIU Members: SIU members who are enrolled in the license training program are provided with meals, lodging and subsistence payments of $110 a week while in training. Tuition and books are provided at no cost to the man. In addition: • Pension benefits built up by Seafarers under the Seafarers Pension Plan will be fully credited and protected and SIU pensions will be sup­ plemented by the District 2, MEBA Pension Plan in approximately the same amount. • All welfare benefits will be covered and protected. • Seafarers qualifying for their engineer's licenses and sailing aboard District 2 MEBA contracted ships will not be required to pay the Dis­ trict 2 MEBA $1,000 initiation fee so long as the Viet Nam conflict continues. It shall be waived in its entirety. • Seafarers will not be required to drop their SIU membership if they do not wish to do so. • SIU men who possess engineers' licenses in any rating and who have not been sailing on their licenses because they have wished to protect their SIU pension and welfare credits, are eligible for immedi­ Visitors from US Merchant Marine Academy are shown with instruc­ tors and District 2 MEBA repre­ sentatives during visit' to School. From Ipft: Bob Chronowski, Robert Lindmaric, instructors: Gerald Pennisi, District 2: Commander Charles Reniclc. USMMA; Leon Berlage, District 2; Jack Tiernan, President, USMMA alumni; School Director Ronald Spencer; Charles Mollard, Chuck Polsen, instructors. 'I f ate shipping on their licenses with full protection of their pension and welfare benefits, as well as protection of all other benefits and security provided in the program. * * * Subsistence Provisions for MEBA members: District 2 engineers attending the school receive the following benefits: Free tuition (tuition at commercial upgrading schools for comparable programs average $150 for engineers going for Second's and First's licenses and $250 for engineers studying for Chief's licenses); Qass B wages at their present license grade (roughly from $600 to $800 a month); full welfare, pension and vacation coverage; and one-way trans­ portation, subject to the approval of the Director of the District 2 Safety & Education Plan. Wages are based on a 30-day month and are paid weekly. The check comes-to 7 times the computed daily wage rate. Pension and welfare contributions are also made for every day the engineer is at school. If the engineer is on vacation when he attends the school, he does not get vacation credits. If he is not on vacation, however, he gets vacation credits. In that case, the vacation he earns while at school is payable after he returns to sea. The benefits paid to engineers attending the school come from funds that used to be divided among the engineers on ships that were shorthanded. Since February 1, the operators have also been making wel­ fare and pension contributions to the Plans for the missing engineers when a ship sails short. In the past, no contributions were made to the Plan in such circumstances. % �Vaughn J. Nelson Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Architect Sigwart G. Nielsen Age 60, 3rd Eng. SS Rice Victory Joe Nosamar Age 45, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Seafarer Stanley Novak Age 35, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Eilert Oben Age 51, 1st Eng. SS Sea Pioneer William F. Oi^>enIiorst Jr. Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Recorder John L. O'Rourke Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Northwestern Victory John J. (FSuUivan Age 46, Chief Eng. SS Steel Director Gordon J. Owen Age 42, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Navigator Thomas D. Owen \ge 39, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Maker District 2 Engineers Joe Pronack (left) and Don Keddy examine flame safety lamp at Union school. Pronack got First Assistant's license and Keddy Chief's license after preparing at School. John F. Owens Age 41, 2nd &ig. SS Horidian Chwles W. Palmer Age 44, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Ai^rentice Students at School follow instructor's lectures by taking notes, as shown in photo above. Men sit for their license examinations when instructors consider that they are adequately prepared. Dkfc Age 33, 2ttd Eng. SS Sefana Vktoiy HBMr K Age 48, 3id ^ SSSkdrimrikr Georgt Age 39, Chief Eng. SS lyfoii^ieliei' �lb A. Pedersen Age 38, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Pilot Wallace Perdue Jr. Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Advocate Robert W. Perry Age 34, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Age Beyri Peterson Age 50, 3rd Eng. SS Bessemer Victory James Pope Age 40, 1st Eng. SS U.S. Tourist William H. Powell Age 32, 3rd Eng. SS Hudson Harry Pilalis Age 22, 3rd Eng-. SS Beaver Victory Jf I Charles C. Pdsen Age 24, 2nd Eng. Instructor at School Robert E. Poore Age 27, 3rd Eng. SS Achilles •• Joe Pronack Age 24, 1st Eng. SS Steel Rover Men of All Ages Successful in License Program O ne of the most notable features of the joint union operated license training and upgrading program is the fact that it has enabled men of virtually all ages to participate successfully in the course of instruction and to obtain original and upgraded licenses. As the record points up, the age of a man presents no obstacle if he is interested in taking advantage of the opportunity offered by the program. And, as the record shows, the older men are having as much success in the program as their inger shipmates. This is true of both unlicensed SIU members sitting for original licenses and of District 2 MEBA engineers raising their licenses. The point is that if a man is interested in upgrading, all he needs is the willingness to try. The program provides him with the necessary financial assistance so that he can concentrate on his training. Men attend the school with shipmates and fellow union members in an atmosphere designed to help them with their studies. The entire program is geared to the man. At all time he is under the instruction and guidance of highly competent and qualified instructors who themselves are licensed engineers. Similarly, there's no fixed limit on the amopnt of time a man may spend at the school preparing for his examination. Most of those who have par­ ticipated in the program take about 90 days to get their licenses, but a man may stay longer if he needs the time. The joint program boasts suc­ cessful candidates of all ages ranging from those in their early 20s to those in their 60s. WnUMn W. Quin Age 45, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Rkhafd C. Ranly Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Artisan The youngest SIU member to obtain a license after preparing at the school is Harry Pilalis, 23 years old, who is now sailing as a Third Assist­ ant Engineer. Pilalis shipped as a fireman, oiler, watertender on SIU con­ tracted ships before attending the school. He also had received instruc­ tion in lifeboat training, for which he holds an endorsement, and in firefighting. The last ship he sailed on before attending the school was the SS Penn Vanguard. At the other end of the age scale is SIU member Siguard George Niel­ sen, who obtained his Third Assistant Engineer's license at the age of 61. Nielsen, who is an -SIU oldtimer, lives in Hoboken. N.J. He is married and has four children. He sailed in all unlicensed engine department ratings and had most recently been sailing as Chief Electrician. His last vessel before going into the school was the SS Colorado. The youngest District 2 MEBA member to upgrade after attending the school is Edward Adamson, 21, who has just obtained his 2nd assistant's license. Adamson graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1965 and sailed later as Third Assistant on the SS Transarctic. He also holds a fire-fighting certificate. Adamson. who got his new license in Decembe cing a short vacation before going back to work. The oluesi ...strict 2 engineer to raise his license after attending the School of Marine Engineering is Carl Anderson, who got his license as Chief Engineer at the age of 58. Anderson is now sailing on the SS Man­ hattan. Franklin F. Reid Jr. Age 52, 2nd Eng. SS Ema Elizabeth Thomas J. Rejevich Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Merrimac Kemiefli R. Rentz Age 27, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Director & �iiii Fritz Rethemeyer Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Clyde Ricker Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Manhattan Robert E. Roedel Age 27, 3rd Eng. SS Sagamore Hill George Rogers Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Scientist Robert Riser Age 40, Chief Eng. SS Transwestern Eugene V. Rockwell Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Monticello Victorj Adolpii J. Rodriquez Age 37, 2nd Eng. SS Yellowstone Evenings find students busy studying and reviewing at quarters provided for SlU members enrolled in training progam. Hitting the books (in photo here) are Seafarers Louis Hopkins (seated) and Norm Wroten. Lawrence B. Rowan Age 38, 3rd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Kenneth Sabd Age 26, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Federico Sanchez Age 51, 2nd Eng. SS East Point Victory Thomas J. Scanlon Age 33, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Flyer Martin Scbnitzier Age 42, Chief Eng. SS Belgium Victory Wlibert Scboepfer Age 42, 2nd Eng. SS Transerie SlU member James Terry, who is preparing to sit for his Third Engineer's license, is shown here in classroom working out a problem assigned by instructors. Kano G. Schopfcr Age 50, 3rd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Robert L. Scotti Age 33, 3rd Eng. SS Connecticut Gcndd F. Shaffer Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Platte �William Sherwell Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Hans Isbrandtsen Robert W. Simmons Age 31, 3rd Eng. SS JeflFerson City Victory Kenneth S. Singh Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Explorer Harry R. Singleton Age 49, 2nd Eng. SS Monticello Victory Brian Skeels Age 23, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship • iJ-v Ed Skorupski Age 36. 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship John T. Skuba Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Puerto Rico Capt. William F. Rea, chief Coast Guard Marine Inspection Officers tor Port of New York, swears in Robert Roedel as Third Engineer. Roedel was 100th gradu­ ate of Union school to win original engineer's license. r The Foc'sle—A Gooil Background! T,he SIU-District 2 license training program is based on the well-estab­ Walter H. Skulski Age 38, 3rd Eng. ^ SS Coeur D'Alene Victory Albert Smith Age 22, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship James Smith Age 47, 3rd Eng. SS Belgium Victory Keitber Smith Age 46, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Rudolph Sura Age 38, 1st Eng. SS Connecticut Antonio Tarquinio Jr. Age 38, Chief Eng. SS U.S. Builder lished fact that men coming up from the foc'sle can develop the skills to turn in a first-rate shipboard performance as marine engineers. The School of Marine Engineering is designed to provide them with an opportunity to obtain the training they need. It also prepares men from both foc'sle and maritime academy backgrounds to sit for higher licenses. Men who have upgraded from the foc'sle hold down jobs as Chief Engi­ neers on all types of ships, including those with the most complex power plants and machinery. While these men generally start with less formal theo­ retical knowledge than the academy graduate, they can, with proper training and serious study, move up in the key ratings, as the record of their ship­ board job performances so well shows. Men who came up from the foc'sle have been able to turn in excellent performances on every type of ship, including the retrofits and the new auto­ mated vessels. Joseph Sojak Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Rio Grande Udo Strickmann Age 38, 2nd Eng. SS Hudson Tim Sullivan Age 38, Chief Eng. SS Steel Chemist �Sam Telech Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Battle Creek Evis Thibodeaux Age 38, 2nd Eng. SS Baylor Victory Jesse TiUman Age 50, Chief Eng. Waiting To Ship Eugene E. Thomas Age 43, Chief Eng. SS Henry Terri Thompson Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Puerto Rico Herbert Valdson Age 53, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Chemist William Vance Age 29, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Builder Miquel Veiez Age 56, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Director Rocns Yeilinga Age 58, 2nd Eng. SS Thetis a Longjn Tybur Age 36, 3rd Eng. SS Beatrice Victory Training and Upgrading at • i. Allan Mat+son (right) applies for training in entry ratings at SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. 3. Having successfully completed training for entry rating, Mattson shipped as Wiper, at which job he is shown here aboard an SlU vessel. 2. Determined to have a seafaring career. Mattson studies SlU manual as part of preparation for entry rating. SlU Trains Replacements For Men Who Get Licenses he joint license training progi^ has per­ mitted the SIU and District 2 to sail their jointly contracted ships without delays because of man­ power shortages, despite the breakouts for the Viet Nam sealift. It has also permitted the two unions to man a munber of new ships over and above die breakout vessels. Obviously, however, a program which depends on unlicensed manpower as Ae pool frtnn which to produce licensed en^eers cannot function as an isolated operaticm. The unlicensed men who qualify for licenses have to be replaced. And that is what is being done by the SIU through its Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, which trains men for both shipboard entry ratings and for upgrading to QMTO ratings. The SIU has also stepped up its recruiting pro­ -am for entry ratings. In addition, the union has circulated a large number ot training and upgrad­ ing manuals to members interested in advancing to QMED ratings. Copies the engineer training manuals prepared by District 2 MEBA have also been widely circulated among SIU members who are preparing to go on to license training By die beginnmg of 1967, 113 Seafarers had left the rapks oi the unlicensed and sailed on dieir �Richard Vincent Age 34, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Architect Robert Vinneau Age 24, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Jerry Vlachos Age 34. 2nd Eng. SS Steel Recorder Bjom Wagones Age 54, 1st Eng. SS Achilles Bartholomew Walsh Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Cape Catoche f -At •aJ Ji • • 'I'I •J 11 11 I'll John Ward Age 22, 2nd Eng.. SS U.S. Touri.st William Weaver Age 41, 2nd Eng. SS Cottonwood Creek Clinton Webb Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Fairisle William Weise Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Potomac / V Charles Welch Age 45, 3rd Eng. SS U.S. Victory iif.rii—WMiiw Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship W ith joint SIU-District 2 MEBA license training and upgrading program drawing men from ranks of qualified Seafarers, long-time SIU upgrading pro­ grams continue to make available trained engine department per­ sonnel to fill the gap left by those who have gone on for their li­ censes. Training program at SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship begins with preparation of men for entry ratings, and con­ tinues with upgrading courses for engine room endorsements after the man has acquired experience at sea. Photo sequence here shows Seafarer Allan Mattson from time he applied for entry training at Lundeberg School to present job as FWT on SS Robin Goodfellow, 4. After Mattson got enough seatlme to qualify for endorse­ ment, SIU representative encourages him to take upgrading course at Lundeberg school. 5. At Lundeberg School, Mattson was taught functions of engine room machinery. Here instructor explains workings of centrifugal pump. 6. After completing course and obtaining his FWT endorsement Mattson registers at Union hall In New York to ship in his new rating. new licenses, and another 60 are presently en­ rolled in the School of Marine Engineering pre­ paring for their licensing examination. Despite * the loss of these men as FOW's, the number of qtialified SIU members who were on the beach w and available to ship on December 31, 1966 showed an increase over this classification of men who were available at the beginning of 1966. This increase in available manpower is all the more significant in view of the additional drain on - manpower created by the acquisition df 35 addi­ tion^ ships by SIU contracted operators over the number that have been reactivated because of Viet Nam. The SIU's ability to build its manpower reserve can be traced to a number of factors—principally an increase in the number of men in entry ratings and changes in the shipping rules. The SIU has established and maintained a replacement ratio of 5 to 1 to offset the drainage on its qualified licensed personnel and to increase the supply of available qualified manpower to cope with normal attrition and to meet the demands of vessel break­ outs. This program and approach to manpower needs for maritime was developed by the SIU at the timft of the Korean war and has been main­ tained by the SIU since. 7. In first job as FWT aboard SS Robin Goodfellow, Mattson is shown here putting oil burner into register in ship's fire room. �m BSH Gary Wbeaton Age 25, 2nd Eng. SS Fortaleza Donald White Age 44, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Lewis Williainson Age 55, 2rd Eng. SS Steel Surveyor Patrick Wilson Age 34, Chief Eng. Waiting To Ship Joe Wing Age 34, 1st Eng. SS Pecos Photos.of the following school graduates were not available at press time: Frederick Barton Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader WHUam Fisher Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Flyer Douglas StuteviUe Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Ocean Pioneer Kenneth Winters Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS Lynn Victory James Young Age 31, 3rd Eng. SS Beaver Victory The Staff of Instructors Courses at the School of Marine Engineering are tougftf by a faculty of professional engineers with mari­ time experience. The teaching staff of the School is as foUoim: Ronald R. Spcaccr, flhrrler of the School of Marine Fngmrrring and Chief Instructor, Spencer is a licensed professional engineer who also holds a stationary engineer's Charles C. MoUard, Senior Insdvctor. Mollard is a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Acad­ emy, Kings Point, with a Bachelor of Marine Engineering degree. He holds two marine licenses, 2nd steam and 3rd diesel. A District 2 MEBA member, he has sailed with Isthmian Lines Inc. and Oriental Exporters. license. He is licensed to teach in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California. His experience includes 14 years of teaching at the Strauss School of Marine En­ gineering and the Atlantic Merchant Marine Academy, where he taught licensed and unlicensed personnel both steam and diesel operations. Prior to becoming director of the union license training and upgrading school. Spencer was for six years a senior engineer with the Interna­ tional Telephone and Telegraph Company, where he worked as a power plant specialist. He has studied at the Newark College of Engineering, the Univer­ sity of the State of New York and Cooper Union. Joseph Zeschitz Age 50, 3rd Eng. Waiting To Ship Dennis Zwkker Age 47, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Maker Charies Wandand Age 36, Chief Eng. Waiting To Ship Union Training Programs-Wiper to Chief Engineer imong the SIU and District 2 MEBA members who have attended the School of Marine Engineering are many who over the years have taken advantage of all the train­ ing and upgrading programs that are offered by the two unions. Typical of the SIU members who have benefitted from the various Seafarer training programs is Robert Roedel, age 26, who also had the distinction of being the 100th SIU member to obtain his original license under the joint union training program, Roedel received his training in the entry ratings at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, which he completed in Feb­ ruary 1962. After sailing as a wiper he returned to the Harry Lundeberg School in February 1964 for upgrading studies, upon completing which he obtained endorsements as fireman, oiler and watertender. Subse­ quently, he took the lifeboat training course Charles Polsen, Senior Instructor: Robert ChronowskI, Senior InPolsen holds a Bachelor of Science stnictoR Chronowski is a graduate degree in Marine Engineering from of the US Merchant Marine Acad­ the. US Merchant Marine Academy, emy at Kings Point. He holds a de­ at Kings Point. He holds a Second gree as a Bachelor of Science in Assistant Engineer's license. Steam Marine Engineering. He also holds a and Third diesel. A District 2 Second Assistant Engineer's license MEBA member, he came ashore Steam and a Third Diesel. Chro­ in 1966 to prepare and sit for his nowski. had been sailing as a 3rd 2nd's license. After receiving his assistant engineer until early last license, he joined the staff at the year when he came ashore to raise School of Marine Engineering. his license and later joined the Staff of the School of Marine Engineer­ ing. He also as a member of Dis­ trict 2 MEBA conducted by the Harry Lundeberg School and obtained a lifeboatman's ticket. He then returned to sea and sailed in unlicensed watchstanding ratings until he entered the School of Marine Engineering. On October 17, he obtained his Third Assistant Engi­ neer's license and subsequently shipped as Third Assistant on the SS Sagamore Hill. Among the District 2 MEBA members who have taken advantage of other District 2 training programs is Don Keddy, who got his Chief Engineer's license in June 1966 after attending the School of Marine Engi­ neering. Keddy is now Chief on the SS Steel Rover, Keddy had obtained his Second's license in 1963 and his First's license in 1964 under provisions of an earlier District 2 MEBA program for upgrading which paid the tuition costs of District 2 members up­ grading their licenses at commercial marine schools. Robert F. Lindmark, Senior Instructon Lindmark's experience in­ cludes sailing as an engineer aboard District 2 contracted vessels oper­ ated by Isthmian Lines Inc., Hud­ son Waterways Corp. and St. Law­ rence Carriers, Inc. A graduate, of the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Lindmark holds a Second Assistant Engineer's license for steam vessels and a Third As­ sistant engineer's license for diesel. John Coffey, Junior Instmcton Coffey teaches mechanical drafting at the School of Marine Engineer­ ing. A veteran of the US Navy, be foimerly was employed by Todd Shipyard Corporation. �January 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-Five A ,„•# ,,^r rJ!^'- ; 5=' Seafarer Joe Paris! (I) of deck department relaxes during stay at hospital by lighting up a cigarette and listening to some music. Brother Nevin Ellis (r), also deck, last ihipped on Penn Explorer. He keeps up-to-date on seafaring by following the Log. / y !.> ;; • •i'*' ••: .• • SlU Reps. Al Bernstein and Luigi lovino visited USPHS Hospital, Staten Island, New York City, to -check on welfare of union brothers and bring them holiday greetings. Left to right are Bernstein, L. Cetriano, M. Battle, & SlU Rep. lovino. Each year, just before the Christmas holiday, SIU representatives visit Seafarers drydocked in USPHS hospitals. They bring Yuletide greetings from all their Union Brothers and distribute cigarettes, cigars as well as a Christmas bonus for each hospitalized Sea­ farer. SlU Representative Bernstein chats with Red G. Ward, member of steward's department of Inland Boatmen's Union, an SlU affiliate. Bro. Ward looks forward to a fast recovery so he may return to sea. Seafarer Max Fingerhut of the steward department swaps stories with Ed Krantz of the Railroad Marine Region, an SIU affiliate. The two men enjoyed being visited by SIU Reps. Bernstein and lovino, who distributed a Christmas bonus to all union members in dry dock during the holiday season. Deck department member Wilhelm Larsen chats with SlU Rep. Bernstein and an unidentified Seafarer about shipping conditions and union benefits: Seafarer Larsen expects to be FED very soon. Seafarer Victor Sanablia of the steward department: Nevin Ellis; SIU Rep. lovino; and Ed Krantz, along with an USPHS hospital employee, enjoy the distribution of a holiday bonus that comes the way of drydocked seafarer members every Christmas. SIU Representative lovino gives holiday bonus to Seafarer Manuel Rial, who last sailed on a Sea Land ship and is here shown lighting up a cigarette. Looking on are SIU Rep. Bernstein and Chris Polichronakis, an oiler whose last ship was Sapphire Gladys. J �Jannary 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-Six Bureau of Labor Statistics Cites Future Needs U.S. Economy Must Grow 47o Yearly To Halt Jobless Rise, Study Reveals The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Eddie Sapir, state representative, is making a bid for the New Orleans City Council seat recently vacated by the election of the The nation's economy will have to grow by at least 4 percent a year through 1970 in order to incumbent to a judgeship. Sapir was unanimously endorsed for election by the AFL-CIO of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity keep the unemployment rate from rising, according to a Labor Dept. study. Economists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and" other federal agencies take an educated when he ran for that office. In Baton Rouge, Eddie Sapir has been one hundred percent for labor. guess at the employment pat­ Bosun Thomas Garrity is also If the study's assumptions are dicted, contrasting with a postwar Sapir has been favorable to the tern four years from now in accurate—and some have been home for the holidays and will average increase of 1.3 percent. aims of labor and can be truly the ELS study, "Projections questioned by union economists .spend them with his wife Annie A controversial estimate in the labelled a friend of labor. Mem­ 1970." —the economy's course will be report places the annual produc­ bers should bear this in mind in at their home at the top of the channel. Garrity was on the Del It takes into account anticipated somewhere between the low the coming election for Council­ Sol as bosun on her run to South tivity increase for the total private growth in the work force, the ex­ growth rate of the late 1950's and man "District B" oh January 28, America. pected increase in worker produc­ the more rapid expansion of re­ economy at 3.2 percent, made up 1967. of a 5.5 productivity gain in agri­ Steward Bemie Guarino piled tivity, possible changes in hours cent years. culture and 2.9 percent in the nonNew Orleans off the Del Mar to take a wellof work and the consumer de­ The high birth rate of the late Seafarer Claude H. Fowler, an earned rest. Bernie served as mand generated by an economy 1940's will be reflected in a rise farm sector. This is the average for the 1957- AB with the Union for many Chief Steward on the Del Mar on with an unemployment rate of in. the number of new workers between 3 and 4 percent. entering the labor market, the re­ 65 period, the study's authors years, is ready to ship on anything his last trip. He intends to stay AFL-CIO Research Director port indicates, and the number note, and they qualify the esti­ that comes down the Mississippi. with the wife and kids through the Nathaniel Goldfinger says union of new jobs that must be created mate with the comment that "the Fowler was recently riding the holiday season. The holidays have kept the hall economists consider the Labor to accommodate them. trend of output per man-hour is Globe Traveler until he decided to fairly quiet. Dept. estimates of the economy's A rise in the labor force of the most difficult element to pro­ stay in New Orleans for the holi­ growth potential and rate of pro­ nearly 2 percent a year is pre­ ject." day. Mobile ductivity increase "on the con­ Seafarer Clarence J. Nail has servative side." been on the Gulf Area shipping Goldfinger's view is that "the scene for the last twenty-five years. rate of productivity advance will His last billet was as chief steward probably be greater than 3.2 per­ on the trailership Panama. He'll cent a year if the economy main­ be board-watching after the holi­ tains high levels of employment." days. Chief Cook Stavros PeThe study forecasts a small rise trantes just left the Beaver Victory By Sidney Margolius in the number of manufacturing after making a few runs on her to jobs, but a decline in the percent­ U.S. Senator William Proxmire (D., Wis.) has retired from the Senate in 1966, he told us that Viet Nam. Petrantes will stay on age of factory jobs in relation announced that he will reintroduce the "truth-in- almost all elements of the finance industry except the beach for a while with his to the entire economy. lending" bill which Paul Douglas of Illinois sought credit unions and mutual savings banks joined in family to celebrate the holidays. In the blue collar fields, the for six years before he was defeated for re-election resistance; that while there had been some selfThen, to sea and salt air again. largest job gain is anticipated in last November. improvement in industries where other consumerthe construction industry, with "a This proposed law has become more urgent than protection bills have been proposed, the only reaction very substantial increase in con­ ever now that banks, as well as retailers, are actively of the finance industry was intensified opposition. struction employment by 1970." The bill has been opposed with special bitterness promoting revolving credit plans that charge unknow­ Basis for this prediction is "ris­ ing users V/i per cent a month on the declining by finance companies, car dealers and retailers. Some ing state and local government balance. This is a true annual interest rate of 18 of their arguments are incredible. needs, increased housing require­ per cent a year. J. Gordon Dakins, Executive Vice President of ments and expanding business in­ the National Retail Merchants Association, called The new bank credit card plans let you charge vestment in plants," plus a lower the proposal "unrealistic, misleading and dangerous." productivity increase than for the anything at participating stores, even small items He declared that at best it would be meaningless to you ordinarily pay cash for or wait to buy until you economy as a whole. do have the cash. If you don't realize how much the the average credit customer; at worst it would exag­ Job Growth Varies "service charge" amounts to, you will take on a gerate his idea of the cost of credit and tend to dis­ Employment in mining is ex­ permanent new expense, as well as being led into courage its "informed use." pected to continue its decline, impulse buying. That already is happening in Chi­ Few laymen can accept the fact that interest rates Nail Fowler though at a slower rate. Trans­ cago and other cities where banks and retailers are in excess of 6 per cent per year are the rule rather portation, primarily air and truck­ pushing such "charge" plans. than the exception," he advised his fellow merchants. A steady in the Gulf area for ing, may rise numerically, but The chief feature of the truth-in-lending bill, "It would seem unwise to educate them at the cost of the last twenty years, Nicholas decline as a percentage of the which retailers and lenders have been resisting to a serious set-back to the economy." Mallette, is now relaxing with his work force. Another bitter opponent is the .National Consumer wife and family at home in the death, is the proposed requirement that they tell The biggest increases are an­ you the true annual interest rate they charge on Finance Association, a loan-company organization. Bayou La Batre. He was last on ticipated in trade, in .state and installment plans and loans. If they did, you would Its executive vice-president, Carl Hawver, has de­ the Panama which plies the interlocal governments, and in services, know what rate you were paying, and could easily clared that the public needs no help from the Gov­ coastal run. Nick sails in the deck a broad category which includes compare rates among different lenders and dealers. ernment in handling its money. "The average Ameri­ department. Back from bauxite business, professional, private ed­ The main defense of lenders against disclosing can is a solid. God-fearing, bill-paving citizen who country and off the Alcoa Ranger, ucational, medical and personal handles his financial affairs much better than most deck man B. D. Thompson is activities. About three-fourths of annual rates is that this would be "cumbersome," state governments and certainly better than the Fed­ home for the Holidays. Thompson the projected employment gain and for revolving charge accounts, even impossible. eral government." (God-fearing and bill-paying he got off the Alcoa Ranger when she But at the original hearings, Edward Gudemaii, a would be in these categories. may be. But since the national debt increased 10 was laid up for regularly scheduled former Commerce Department official and a long­ Predicting continued high pro­ per cent in the first half of this decade, while total ductivity increases in communica­ time Sears executive, pointed out that credit ex­ consumer debts increased 40 per cent, a better man­ repairs. Electrician Earl H. Fain has re­ tions and public utilities, the tenders first determine on an annual basis what they ager he is not.) cently returned from Viet Nam. want to charge. From there (hey work backwards Labor Dept. projection is that, Dr. Hawver denies that consumers want credit He was there on the Noberfo to break down their annual rate, and tell it to con­ "although services provided by costs stated in percentages: "Lots of Americans these industries are expected to sumers in the form of a monthly percentage or dollar haven't figured 'simple annual interest' since they Capay during her last voyage. Earl increase sharply, employment charge on the original balance. Thus, they should were in high school. They deal in hard cash. They makes his home in Louisville, Ala­ would remain at about the 1965 be able to use predetermined charts providing a rea­ want to know how many dollars it's going to cost bama. Mobilian Herman T. Willevel and decline as a proportion sonable estimate of the annual rate for specific trans­ them to borrow dollars, that's what they get paid in." kerson was pumpman on the Penn actions. Challenger until illness forced him of total employment." According to him. the reason why some lenders to leave her. He has shipped out They can do it in Canada. The province of Al­ Agricultural employment, the state their interest fees as a monthly rather than as an study anticipates, will continue its berta enacted a law requiring that all credit trans­ annual rate is that families handle their finances on a of the Gulf for over twenty years. Houston long-term decline. But the study actions state the annual interest rate. Officials then monthly basis; "they get paid once or twice i month predicts that most of the drop will discussed with mathematicians and financial pub­ and their bills come in on a monthly basis." Ray Threatt is ready to take the be "among the self-emploved and lishers which math formula should be used by all The way to help consumers is by more education, first long trip that hits the boards. unpaid family workers, with the creditors so that rates would be comparable, and not more legislation, argues Dr. Hawver, pointing Threatt sails in the deck depart­ numbers of wage and salary retail and loan clerks would not be required to make out that his association of loan companies has an ment. Seafarer Ernest Berwald employees remaining relatively difficult computations. Recently, J. E. Mason, Al­ education program for developing better adult and has been on the beach for a cou­ berta Supervisor of Consumer Credit, wrote me, student understanding of sound money management stable." ple of weeks and is in no hurry "We find the actuarial formula as recommended by and the wise use of credit." The study bases its projections to get back to sea. Ernie may on "the assumption that there will mathematicians is most accurate, and publishers as­ This, obviously, is much like the bartender insisting ship again now that Santa Claus be no military engagements in sure us that this can be applied to produce rate charts that he be put in charge of curing alcoholics. has come and gone. Chief Stew­ Viet Nam or elsewhere in 1970." in much the same format as those presently in use by Until we get a "truth-in-lending" law, your best ard L. P. Hagmann has shipped in A continued slow decline in creditor employers." j}olicy is to (1) reserve the use of credit to major the steward department out of the In fact, Mr. Mason reports that credit associations )urchases for which you can't pay cash; (2) when Gulf area for many years. Hag­ the workweek of three-tenths of 1 percent a year is projected to and grantors have cooperated in working out this you do need financing, borrow the cash yourself mann is now on the beach but is continue, with most of it in the method. from low-cost sources such as credit unions or local looking to the board waiting for non-manufacturing sector of the But the antagonisms of U.S. businessmen to "truth- banks; (3) borrow as little as you really need, and a chief steward's job heading for economy. Saigon. in-lending" startled even Mr. Douglas. Before he (4) pay back as soon as you can. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide to Better Buying �mm Jmnumty 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG :> V ^^1^ t>riiili to tte Cnisieef acid^ ^ M^ in wcy peoNon, retroactive pay ^iJay.' It 'la appreci^, a v«ry nioef: ' I tdaet wh^ far iteHpiag out: loed^ this pm ToThtRmm : Thanla to the BkU fca- the Inawaseip my pemloa check. , I apjptoei^ what the SIU tmd dto 9iU wtlfat^ staff have done and doing for me. Cliuriitmas to Seafarers •i^eyerywherC- • ; Pat Driacon 1 Agii^ 1^^ alt, and a Joatyh R. 1^ BeosieP.iKI^ InKmmm iiliw Up WHh IO0 Editor: -'Btode; send the Log to my #»dd i^preciate it veiy if you would do th» for Illii^ aia it is the only way duit ;i |^ Iceep up on the Union ^•':i|(wa.: |r ; l liawsliecn in Korea for two fHMtfis. I'm here on a 14lyilliiw^ as a radio4ctetype | j<|llrator, and I plan on shipping w^ the Uhkw as soon i^^tny' tour is up..' |iilr<fl1uttil[ you very tmich. JotoiA.CiMnh LETTERS To The Editor li^isolyieil Secrfdrer' tt^TheWmn We are indeed very grateful and appreciative of the many coiirtesits and benefits we have received from mir tinion, the SiMdarer&'Inie pension plan has been a real bemfit and enable us to live more comfortably, and strengthens our fahh. Both my wife Edith and myto^ Wjcae union members for many years and are very proud of it. We both are now dis­ abled and diis pension is surely a great benefit. I just received notice of our penaion rahe. Again, many tiiaalts. Best <-?ialM») to all, and a Meiry Christmas and a H^py Niwv Year* Edmand H. JdtaMon .* SodfordH- 6r«rf#ltfl f0rmPm»lhn . iro^^Edtait ^ I would like to thanfc every dAclal smd my Brother memare doing for j«|almi^ Who would ever auch a thhig 60 years the.best of" .fiiiHittokil tidii c£. any nnfbn. ft. s^ cdo^ since I was iconidy rdieased from the hoai^afftosn Now i»-hiwitoaf* •I.''.iiave • nothing to fbnM ym dabvery olLdto: Work To Do Horo, $oy$ Soafaror to "Ihe Editor: L wish I had been asked the ipiestion by the Inquiring Sea­ farer, "Do you think it is im­ portant for man to get to the moon?" I feel very strongly about this. I wish everyone in this coun­ try could see what I saw when I went ashore in Calcutta, India. I saw men starving in the street. Many of them were sitting propped up on the sidewalk, barely able to move. I will never forget this sight as long as I live. Is it moral for us and Russia to spend billions to get to the moon when people are starving to death in Calcutta? To be fair, our country's rec­ ord of supplying food to hunery countries, mainly to India, is wonderful. We have given India wheat to the point that our own stockpile is almost gone. I think this is wonder­ ful. I read in the paper last week that now Russia is begin­ ning to send her surplus wheat to India, and will send half of whatever we send. I think Russia and the United States should stop the stupid race to see who can get a man on the moon first, and spend the money on helping India with her agriculture, her manu­ facturing and birth control measures. If Russia insists on carrying (HI the race to the moon, I think we should have the guts to say "we have had it," and abandon it unilaterally. I would also like to point out something very important. Brother Sam Hurst, Brother Cbarles Bums and Brother Lanny Lebet all said that we have to get to the moon "in the interest of national defense." Well, from what I have read lately, military experts are pretty much agreed that possmion of the moon would not be a miUtary asset, and that earffi-launched ICBM's are more accurate than those that c<mld be launched from the moon, and that they are cheap­ er and easier to launch. The rac« to the moon is mainly for propaganda value. Really, who needs it? Space exploration may yield some sci­ entific advances, but I d<H)'t think we earthlings are in a position to take on the task at this point. Brother Walter Dunn summed the udhole thing much better than I could: "I really don't see any reascm for -man going to tito moon. All ffiat money tpeta trying could be mwd bettor attempting to get aoitoe: platoro^ earth,"' - - Page Twenty-Seven Congresswoman Stresses Importante Of Maritime at Shipboard Meeting "On Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., December 4, 1966, before a Special General Meeting we had the unusual pleasure of having a lady address the membership—an extraordinary and very special lady and a friend of the United Merchant Marine—the Honorable Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan of the Third District of Missouri and a member of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee." So wrote W. P. Kaiser, Meeting Secretary aboard the Del Norte (Delta), reporting to the Log a truly extraordinary meeting at sea. The crew was ad­ dressed by the Honorable Leonor K. Sullivan, a long-time member of the House of Representatives and a staunch champion of the American Merchant Marine. Fol­ lowing is Brother Kaiser's official account of this very special meet­ ing at sea: "Mrs. Sullivan was escorted be­ low and introduced to us by the ship's Captain, James L. Cox. Captain Cox, in introducing the ^ Honorable Congresswoman, told Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan is shaking hands with Peter Gon­ us that for the past 14 years Mrs. zalez, Ship's Delegate. Included in the photo are (l-r): Peter Sullivan has represented the Third Gonzalez: Harry B. Donnelley, Galley Delegate: Congresswoman Congressional District of Missouri Sullivan; Leonard Bailey, Deck Delegate: Reuben Belletty, Topside and had won her nomination in Steward Delegate: William Meehan, Waiters' and Messmen's Dele­ 1952 in a primary with seven rival gate, and, on the extreme right. Bob Callahan of deck department. candidates. She was then elected in November with a 50,(X)0 ma­ Congresswoman Sullivan closed jority over her opponent who had passengers aboard SlU-contracted her fine talk by asking for ques­ ships by our conduct and work been elected to fill the seat left tions from the membership. that we are comparable to and vacant when her husband, Con­ Among the questions asked was better than the best in our field. gressman John B. Sullivan, died a query about American ships un­ in office during his fourth term 'People who know us will fight for our merchant fleet,' she said. der foreign flags, a question on in the House. "Mrs. Sullivan also reminded why we allow foreign ships to "Captain Cox added that Mrs. the men that rates for shipping carry more than 50 per cent of our Sullivan is and has alwavs been a most cargo are the same under Aid Cargo when the law says half steadfast friend of our Merchant U.S. flag and foreign flags, and is to he shipped by American Marine. that if exporters demand "Shipping ve.ssels, and a question about the "Congresswoman Sullivan gave American," the brokers would reason for those collecting Social a very informative and entertain­ comply. More work must he done Security not being allowed to earn ing talk on the importance of en­ by the salesmen of the U. S. flag more than $ 1.200 a year tax free. larging our United States merchant lines in selling the brokers; at the Mrs. Sullivan's answers to all ques­ fleet; how vital the Merchant Ma­ same time they must not neglect tions were more than adequate. rine is to our great country; how to contact constantly the producers We thanked Congresswoman our American ships play such an of export goods. If this is not Sullivan for her wonderful talk important role in the economy of done, we will lose more merchant and felt honored in having such the entire nation, not just influenc­ ships and will have to rely on a friend in Congress on our side ing the population of the coastal foreign flag lines. Mrs. Sullivan sections, or of only those who said that we cannot allow this to for a greater United States mer­ work in the maritime industries. happen and promised to do all she chant fleet. We sincerely wish that Very few people in the inland sec­ could to promote a faster replace­ all Congressmen in Washington tions of the country. Mrs. Sullivan ment program of our own fleet. felt as our friend Honorable Con­ said, realize or know what "deep Russia, Mrs. Sullivan warned, ex­ gresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan sea" ships are, much less recognize pects to double her merchant fleet with regard to our American Mer­ their worth to all the nation. The within the next few years. chant Marine. Congresswoman pointed out that very few citizens care what flag flies over the ships that carry our Lifeboat Class No. 166 Casts Off products to ports throughout the world. She said they really show little interest because it is not brought to their attention. She said further that the exporters of products made in our country rely too much on brokers consigning cargo and do not insist that the brokers give the export business to U. S. flagships whenever possible. "Congresswoman Sullivan said that complaints are made about how much in subsidy it takes to support American shipping, hut no thought is given to the fact that the men who sail them should have the same standard of living that is enjoyed throughout our nation. "The present law states, she said, that our Government Aid Cargo should he carried on a 'fifty-fifty' basis, hut this usually ends up as seventy five or more per cent to a foreign ship and The latest group of Seafarer graduates of the two week course in twenty five per cent for our ships lifeboatmanship pose for their class picture. They now have their —most of the time less than seven­ lifeboatmen endorsements, necessary to qualify as an A.B. The course is given at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, in Brooklyn, teen per cent. N. Y. The graduates include (seated, l-r): James Hurst, Tronisio Marti­ "Mrs. Sullivan urged that we nez, Pedro Castro and Jim Aguilar. Standing (l-r) are: John Carr, John talk about our Merchant Marine Atkinson, Phil Legg, Wayne Kilough and Instructor Ami Bjornsson. to all people and that we show �Page Twenty-Eight Jannary SEAFARERS LOG 6, 1967 •KID VICW>« (<^8^4^ her 4—OnrirmM. W- W. tyw^. ~ tty; Meeting Chairman J. Lewis, aboard the Vantage Progress (Vantage), explained to the crew recently the importance of ships' meetings, and the responsibility of members to accept officers jobs at these meetings. He also explained the duties of elected department delegates, writes Meeting Secretary W. Todd. Ship's Dele­ puted overtime reported, and a doors in passageways and to cut gate Ben Weinberg requested smooth payoff is expected in San down on unnecessary noises at all that all books be returned to Prancisco. The ship made Yoko­ times. A vote of thanks went to the ship library. During a later hama, Nagoya, Kobe andTusan. all department delegates and to portion of the meeting, the ques­ the Steward Department "for a job ^^> tion of missing books was well done." discussed by the New officers were elected by — — crew. The crew the crew of the James Davidson Meeting Chairman V. S. Alford, also discussed (Buckeye), reports Jr. reports that the Seafarers on how to celebrate Joseph Pierce, the Del Mar voted the Captain's up­ Meeting S e c r etheir thanks to the coming birthday. tary. John MacChief Electrician That old bugaboo, \ ^ Iver was elected for a job well done the laundry room, J- D e c k Delegate. during the recent also came under The new Engine voyage. Depart­ discussion. The Delegate is Joseph Todd ment delegates re­ crew considered Pierce, and the port a few hours the placement of the new washing Randan Steward D.elegate disputed overtime, machine, as well as the removal of is Bin Randall. A otherwise, a very sinks because of their obsolete and beef was brought up about the Alford good trip. Meet­ malfunctioning condition, A vote consideration being extended to of thanks went to Brother Pal Se-'farers sleeping in the Deck­ ing Secretary J. N. McLaren re­ Conlev as Deck Department Dele­ hands' fo'c'les. when the deck­ ports $476.51 in the movie fund, gate for a job well done last trip. hands are called out. A motion •"hich will be raided in Houston to concerning the same problem was buy new movies. — — brought up. Sanitary conditions A crew member of the Del in the Fireman's quarters were Brother G. C. Hoffman, ship's Santos (Delta) was hospitalized in also discussed. The Engine Deledelegate aboard the Del Monte Rio de Janeiro, "ate then reported that the Fire­ (Delta) reports reports Meeting men's Rooms have been cleaned that everything is Secretary J. R. up. running smoothly, Mina. The crew ^ Y with no beefs rewishes Brother Tn* ported by depart­ The John B. Waterman (Water­ John H. Skinner a ment delegates. rtSiijL speedy recovery. man) will set a new ship's record He proposed a for crossing the ^ request^ vote of thanks to Atlantic, "if Old ill repairs was turn­ all the brothers Man Weather ed in to the ship's Mina for making it stays on our side," master. A vote of Hoffman a smooth trip. I reports Meeting thanks was extended to the Stew­ Secretary Dick Brother Hoffman will see the Pa­ ard Department by the rest of Birmingham. trolman about getting extra room the crew for a job well done. <1 They expect to for three Oilers in the Engine De­ make the trip partment, writes Meeting Secre­ from Le Havre to tary Albert G. Espeneda. The Meeting Chairman E. Morris, New York in crew requested a better grade of aboard the Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers) eight days. The crew is upset be­ meat from the ship's food com­ reported to the cause someone is stealing the soap mittee. A vote of thanks was ex­ Log that the ship's from the laundry room. In addi­ tended to the ship's department rudder post sud­ tion. "the usual complaints were delegates and to the Steward De­ denly started leak­ heard regarding the laundry room partment. ing, with the aft and washing machine," reports steering taking Birmingham. The midnight deck Clifton G. McLellean was water. The crew watch had a complaint regarding elected ship's delegate aboard the bailed for about the condition of the crew's pantry Beatrice Victory seven hours until when they came on watch. Kells (Victory Carriers), the drains were writes Meeting cleared. The crew recommended Secretary John Sam W, McDonald was elected that SIU ships carry de-watering Dunne. He was pumps and that all drains be ship's delegate at a special meet­ asked by the crew ing held aboard checked before each trip to see if to check with the tbe Enid Victory they are clear. G. Kells was elect­ Captain about re­ (Columbia), writes ed Secretary. He has promised to ceiving all mail Meeting Secretary send the Log pictures and story of upon arrival in Louis W. Pepper. the trip. The Jefferson City Vic­ port. The Stew­ The Enid Vic­ tory is bound for Saigon, and has tory's Captain is ard Department reported that called at many Far Eastern ports. very cooperative there will be more than enough The crew requested that an ice with the crew ice for the crew, if they do not machine be acquired for the Viet Nam run. in all respects, give it away to anyone else. The Pepper Brother Pepper crew voted that all hands will keep reported. Some repairs from the the Messroom and the Recreation The television set on the Steel last voyage were taken care of, Room clean. ^ Vendor (Isthmian) is in good while others are still pending. A "round of applause" was ex­ shape. Meeting There has been difficulty in the Chairman Fred past of having cold water for the tended to the bosun and deck de­ Shaia reports. The crew while in port due to foreign partment on the TV was checked laborers using the ship's supply. Vantage Progress (Pioneer) for the in Long Beach, The Engine Department and the vessel's ship-shape Calif., Shaia Steward Department exchanged look. Meeting writes. Meeting quarters as requested by the Secretary M. La- Master. The laundry room has Chairman J. Lewis writes. A Borte reports ev­ been cleaned up as agreed, and misuse of the washing machine is vote of thanks to erything has been LaBorte running smooth­ being investigated. The crew is the crew messman ly, The ship's fund totals $15.33. placing cups, dishes and other for an outstand­ Delaney LaBorte reports that a discussion kitchenware in the sink after ing job preparing was held about the possibility of meals. It was decided that all men and serving meals was also ex­ all future draws being made in standing watch will be served first tended, Lewis reports. B. Wein­ "American green" instead of trav­ at meal times. Futhermore, coffee berg was elected ship's delegate, eler's checks. All Logs and mail is will be made for all watchers. The meeting secretary J. Reed report­ arriving regularly, no beefs or dis- crew voted to cease slamming ed. <1, — iti StKMtanr. ia tttai. OWfir- awM «w *» thank Brothar Bar] (or hto w niea latter In eonnaetion with tha withholdinc of trtm'n pay tor tranaportatkm. Captain is now pnttins ont draws for tha limit. BBATRICK VICTOBT (Victory lien), November 26—Chairman, Jota S. Hanseor; Secretary, John Dnnne. No beefs reported by department delesrato. Brother Clifton G. McLellen was elected to serve as ship's delcKsta. STBBL ROVER (States Marine). No­ vember 6—Chairman, Frank Van DUB«> ; Secretary, F. Durham. $44.81 in ships fund. Motion made that 16 years i»time be required for retirement, resrardless of mge. Brother D. L. Corvey was riected to serve as ship's deleyate. STEEL' ROVER (States Marine). eembdr 17—Chairman, Staphan R. Manringer; Secretary, Frank Van I>ns^ $44.81 in ship's fund. Some dispuM OT in deck department. Motion made thrt Ameriimn money be given instead of traveler's checks for draws. DiscuMlpn to have patrolman check sign-on articles before sign on. EAGLE TRAVELER (Sea Transport), December 10—Chairman, -W. A. Braler; Secretary, None. Brother Lewis Hertzog •was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $14.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made to advise headquarters of the foreign seamen aboard making donations in lieu of dues, 'to a, qualified ramnber. Dfaei^ sion on this motion, and the water prob­ lem. TAKA (Waterman). December »8— Chairman, W. Velasoves; Secretary. J. Petrusewlcs. No beefs reported by departmrat delegates. STEE!L CBDBMIST (Isthmian), Decem­ ber 18—Chairman, S. Segree; Secretary, B. Brinn. $1.60 left in ship's fund. No beefs -were reported by department delegates. Motion made to have a new ice box and new ice-cube machine installed aboard ship. DEL MAM (Delta), DecemW 24— Chairman, Jweph V. Whalen, Jr.; Sec­ retary, None. $16.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department detegates. Brother Whalen was elected to s^e as new ship's delegate. DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), November 20—Chairman, William Davey; Secretary, Werner M. Pedersen. Ship's delegate reported that there are no major beefs and ship is running smoothly. $10.60 In ship's fund. Crew request^ to ken> all people ont of pass­ ageways while ship is in port. Vote of thanks to crew for keeping messroom and recreation room clean. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OUR LADY OF PEACHC (Liberty Navigation 4k Trading), November 21— Chairman, A. E. Moore; Secretarjv H. CarmidiaeL Few hours diluted OT In deck department to be taken up with boarding patrolman at payoS. Everyr thing seems to be shaping up fine -with no beefs. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 87—Chairman, Robert J. Morgan; Secretary, Donald E. Shattuek. $8.31 in rill's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment dri<^tes. Vote of t^nks egtmded to the- steward department for the good wretary, O. Farara. Ship's delegate's was refused and he was reeteeted. Mo heeta reported by depart­ ment dehmtes. Fine eoopemtion /rem XaptaiBMmdea. $$6.00 in ship's fund. Present blothes allowsnee not enough. Motion taitim to either dmibke or triple amount. Vote H tbnnka to the i-S watrik for. eleanihg neswroom in momings- pending. Motion nmdn to hnw pantryman and gnlleymnn al shipe as per old mnnnlng sMtK Vvtm of thanks to aU detsgntw and stoward department for n iob well donn. ROBIN 8HBRWOOD (Moore-MeCo^ mack), December Brook; Secretary, W. T. LimgforA CM>tain informed the ships ddegnte t^ crew was the beet he hss ever with. Some dieputed OT in eteward depsrtmeot to he taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks extended to the eteward department for a Job weU done. HARTMAR (Calmar), Deeembm t— Chairman. J. Slaven; Secretary, H. K. Berg. Shipyard lodging allowanM beef to 'K i^eJrVJ^hOT iWp is "in Baltimore. Few houra disputed 4>T in deek ment. Discussion about better utiUsa* UUetllM A^SDwuomavras msewsaw J tion of rooms on C-4t In order to have two men to a foe'sle. CANTIGNY (Citim Service), Decem­ ber 4—Chairmkn, 3. S. MeRaa; Secre­ tary. 3. M. Dalton. $10.00 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in engine department. Mo­ tion made to buy or rent voting maehinee for use in all Union eieetions. Motion made that headquarters notify the mem­ bership of the progress made on tae retirement plan. Discussed repairs for next voyage. VANTAGE PROGRB8S (Vantage), November 20—Chairman, 3. Lewis; Sec­ retary. W. Todd. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made that A. B. ^k maintenance be put on. the shipe. This motion was discoMsd aiid it was agreed that O. S. deck maintenance are unable to carry out the responsibility that the job entails. It was suggested that a voluntary donation be made to the ship s fund to take care of future eotpenses. Vote of thanks to Brother Fat Conley, deck delegate, for a job well done. ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), Decem­ ber 11—Chairman, Walter Wallace; Secretary, Bryan Hines. No beefb re­ ported by department delegatee Each crewraember agreed to donate $1.00 for repairs to TV. General discussion hrid about keeping raessruom ilean, and to have table tops refinished. BANGOR (Bermuda}. December 17— Chairman, William Robinson; Secretary, Ernest Harris. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT reported by department dele­ gates. New washing machine needed for crew. Need new reefer box in crew mess. DEL SANTOS (Delta). December 4Chsirman. W. H. Newsom; Secretary, J. R. Mina. No beefs reported by d*. partment ddegates. Vote of thanks ex­ tended to the steward department for a job wdl drnie. JEFFERSON CITT VICTORY (Vietory Carriers), December 12—Chairman, JS. Morris; Secretary, G. Kdls. $7.60 In ship's fund. Motion made that each man donate $1.00 to ship's fund. Mo beefs reported by dmmrtment driegatee. Motion made ^t ' SIU pension plan be the same as other maritime unions. SEA SCOPE (Alpine), December 18 —Chsinnan, Geoige Smith; Secretary, Arthur Shorten. No beets repmrted by department delegates. • DEL MONTE (Delta), December S— Chairman, Albmt G. Espeneda; Secre­ tary, Albert G. Ihpeneda. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything ia runnihg smoothly, and no beefs were reported by department delegatee. Vote of thanks to all brothers for making this a smooth trip. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment and ship's delegate. . $2.00 in ship's fond. Discussion held about bet­ ter grade of meats. PBTBOCHEM (Valentine Chemieal), November 27r-Chairmatt, Charles Gailagbar; Secretary, Chorlsu BeddL Beef •with the Captain regarding coffee hrsek for nsan on wateh. Best' about Captain knocking gangway watriMs off la deep water. Beef la deric deparimeat on room allowance in Beaamimt Fayoff will ha hdd up until patrolamn OMnaa ahoaad in Beaumont and aaillta haafs, diaeuaaion about much neadad rapatra. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian). Novam-. ber 27—Cbalrman, Fred ffltaia; Seeietanu M. LaBorte. I16.SS ia ririp'a fund. Shipl delegate reported ritat everything U running imOottly with no beefs. Metfam made to tho taauanee of travelers ehscks and make all draws in Ammkmn money. Vote of thanks to tite aidwatd dap^rtmant for. a job wril dona. Mary Louise Warhola, bom No­ vember 29, 1966, to the Paul Warholas. Middle Village, New York. ^ Rhonda Kay Ezeil, born De­ cember 5, 1966, to the Aden Ezells, Jr., Mobile, Ala. ^ Junia Ann Buxton, bom No­ vember 18, 1966, to the V. W. Buxtons, Orange, Texas. Peter John Conrad, bora De­ cember 15, 1966, to the G. H. Conrads, Chicago, 111. Tina Vikeli, bom November 28, 1966, to the Chester Vikells, Balti­ more, Maryland. Kristina ScUOcr, bom Novemt>cr 29, 1966, to the Addph Schillers, Alpena, Mich. Danny Sfacey, bom September 30, 1966, to the Floyd Staceys, Perdido, Ala. Stephanie Noble, bom Novem­ ber 22, 1966, to the George E. Nobles, Virginia Beach, Va. i <I> Michelle Boudreaux, born No­ vember 11, 1966, to the Lemley Boudreauxs, Texas City, Tex. Marc & Michael German, born November 28, 1966, to the John E. Germans, Chesapeake, Va. —i— i �Jmnnmry 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Seafarer Beams Radio Broadrast At SlU Men Sailing the lakes Page Twenty-Nine FINAL DEPARTURES Joseph Blank, 48: Brother Blank succumbed to lung disease and acute and chronic bronchitis. Bom in Baltimore, he resided in Prichard, Ala., with his wife and six chil-"T* A Jren. An Army veteran, he saw service during H « World War 11. Blank sailed in the Engine Depart­ ment, as a Wiper. dent of Mamou and is survived by his wife and two daughters. Seafarer Guillory shipped out of the port of Houston. Burial was in Mamou. TOLEDO—Seafarers sailing on Lake Erie or living near Toledo have an opportunity to tune in to radio station WPOS-FM, at 102.3 on the dial, and hear nightly Seafarer Paul Gosda's radio show, "The Mariner." Brother Gosda's one hour ^ igan can hear WPOS-FM in Tem­ Jerome H. Jaskolsid, 62: Broth­ program runs Monday through news in general. WPOS-FM is a member of the perance. Monroe. EKindee. Blisser Jaskolski suffered a sudden fatal Friday from 11 p.m. to midnite. Maumee Valley Broadcasting As­ field, Morenci, Hudson, Adrian, heart attack "The Mariner" is dedicated to the sociation of 7112 Angola Rd., Tecumseh, and Milan. Ohio can ^MR)lW abroad the tug tastes and interests of Great Lakes Holland, Ohio. Members of the pick up Brother Gosda in Archdr. ^ Manta, which was sailors. Brother Gosda is right at Association agree not to carry ad­ bold. Stryker. Wauseon. Swanton, tied up to the home with his material, having vertising for alcoholic beverages, Holland, Whitehouse, Liberty wharf of the Re­ been an SIU member in the Great tobacco, and worldly affairs. In Center, Grand Rapids. Waterville. finery of Arbol Lakes District for the past ten addition, they refuse to make spot Genoa. Oregon, and Elmore. Grande, Tampico. Leon D. Carlton, 38: A sudden years. Also in Luckey, Bowling Green, heart attack claimed the life of advertisements during Sunday Mexico. He sailed During this last year. Brother broadcasts. Deshler, Hclgate, McComb, Fosas a Steward. He Brother Carlton. Gosda sailed as wheelsman aboard resided with his WPOS-FM reaches towns in toria. Fremont, and North Balti­ A tug boat cap­ the Alpena. On "The Mariner" Michigan as well as in Ohio. Mich­ more. wife, Helen, in Galveston, Tex. In tain. Carlton rehe reports on news of interest to addition to his wife, he is survived sided in New seafarers, especially pertaining to by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Jean Castle. Del., with the SIU, and plays a variety of Shields. his wife and three music, as well. young children. WPOS-FM, situated right in the Born in Chesa­ heart of the Toledo area, has Manuel Rodriguez, 73: Brother peake City. Md.. many listeners other than seafar­ Rodriguez passed away, in St. Vin­ he joined the ers who are interested in Great cent's hospital, union in 1960. in the port of Phil­ aire Drive. West Palm Beach, Pascual E. Sim Lakes ships. Great Lakes ports, ^ ' New York City, adelphia. life aboard vessels, and maritime Please contact the SUP, in per­ Florida 33-.J6, at your first op­ ? because of com­ son or by mail, in order to get portunity. plications brought your income tax refund check. Carl Biscup, 52: Brother Biscup on by heart dis­ The address is: Jack Lynch, Room ease and chronic died suddenly of a heart attack Adrian Soto 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison while in port in bronchitis. Born Street, San Francisco, Calif. Please contact your sister-inRas Tanuara. Sau­ in Coruna, Spain. 94105. law, Carmen Goday. Box 679, di A r a b i a. He Brother Rod­ Bayamon, Puerto Rico or tele­ sailed in the En­ riguez resided in ^—— phone 785-2260. gine Department, New York City. Sailing in the Charles Switzer as a Deck Engi- Engine Department before his re­ Please get your income tax re­ «— / neer. A resident tirement. Brother Rodriguez's rat­ fund check from the SUP in San Martin M. Sanchez, Jr. ^ of Chester. Pa.. ing was FWT. Brother "Skip" Wilcox learned Francisco. Contact Jack Lynch, Pleanse contact your father at f he lived there a lesson about human behavior Room 201, SUP Building, 450 1250-34th Ave.. Oakland, Calif. with his mother. during a hurricane.at sea. Brother Harrison Street, San Francisco. He joined the Union in 1941. in WilUam W. Van Dyke, 45: Wilcox, A.B., shipped out on the Calif. 94105. the port of Boston. Brother Van Dyke died of a heart Alcoa Planter (Alcoa), for a sixCharles A. Bishop attack in a Seattle week trip to Venezuela in 1965. hospital. Born in Please contact your wife. Mar­ Franklin H. Mcintosh In the Gulf of Justin J. Bonnie, 61: Brother Oklahoma, he regaret, at once about a very im­ Mexico, the ship Your papers from the Veteran's Bonnie, who had sailed for over r € sided with his portant matter. Her address is hit a hurricane, Administration have been found 40 years, died of l* family in Salt 1125 Marshell, Port Arthur. "one of the worst on the Choctaw Victory. The heart disease in a ^ Lake City. Utah. I've ever seen," Ship's Delegate has forwarded Texas 77640. The phone number Michigan hospi­ Brother Van is YU 5-7896. according to them to Route 11, Box 109, Bratal. after a brief Dyke sailed in the ham, Minn. Brother Wilcox. illness. A member Engine Depart­ He had just of the Engine DeThomas G. Lyons ment. as an FWT come off duty at p a r t m e n t. he Engineer. His last Please write to your sister. Ve­ Tom Harris Wilcox the ship's wheel, sailed as a FWT. Connecticut (Con­ Please contact your former ronica. at 2100 Deer Lake Ave., and was passing Bonnie joined the necticut Transport. Inc.) Ishpeming, Mich. 49849. as soon shipmate on the Western Clipper, the officers' mess on the way to Union in Detroit. the foc'sle, when he saw a digni­ Ed Niemi, 10554 Fergus Road, as possible. A widower, he lived in Wayne. fied lady of about 60 trying to St. Charles, Mich., as soon as pos­ Mich., near his brother. Clarence. Stanley Buzalewski, 46: Broth­ get a cup of coffee. "Tables, sible. Abraham G. Murillo ^ er Buzalewski succumbed to liver dishes and chairs were flying all ^ Please contact your lawyers, I. disease. He resid­ Joseph K. Guillory, 53: Seafarer over the place" relates Wilcox, Henry Lee Baker Duke Avnet and Lee Vogelstein in Guillory. a member of the Stew­ ed in San Francisbut the woman seemed not at all Please contact your mother, Baltimore, immediately. Phone co, where he ard department, concerned. "How are you weath­ Mrs. Mary Baker, at 5327 Mobil- number is SA 7-8454. passed away. He died on August ering the storm?" he asked her. is survived by his 29. in Mamou. "Just fine," she replied, adding sister. Mrs. Flor­ La. Death was that she rather enjoyed it. Mixing It Up On The Del Norte ence Quinter of fi due to emphy­ They began talking of other Reading, Pa. He sema. Brother things. After five or ten minutes sailed in the EnGuillory was born of conversation between passenger gine Department, in Louisiana and and seaman they both suddenly as a Wiper. An Army veteran, he joined the union realized that they were next-door saw combat service during World in the port of neighbors in Edgewater, N.J., a War II. Lake Charles. La. He was a resi­ suburb of New York City. Incredible as it may seem, this 1 is exactly the way it happened. I Seafarer Wilcox suddenly realized Editor, I he was talking to his familiar SEAFARERS LOG, neighbor, Mrs. Bolger, principal I 675 Fourth Ave., I Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 of Edgewater's George Washing­ I ton Grammar School. She was I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my I vacationing, and had been aboard name on your mailing list, (pririt information) I for a week. Both Mrs. Bolger and I Seaman Wilcox had been totally NAME •• I unaware of each other's presence I STREET ADDRESS • aboard the Alcoa Planter, in rather I different capacities. She had never CITY .........,..^i.;;..V..... STATE...... .. ZIP 1 seen hifn in his active role as a TO AVOID DUPHCATIONJ If you are an old *gbscribor and have a change I seaman, and he had never seen her The Steward Department of the Dei Norte (Delta) received a vote of addrMs. pteaM give your former address telowi I aboard ship. "It was incredible, of thanks recently from a crew grateful for the well prepared I . ACMIMfSS ^ ........ - 'A • I our not recognizing each other," chow it served up. Shown here are steward dept. members (l-r) Wilcox commented. Incredible, Harold Crane, Chief Steward, and Carl C. Jordan. Night Cook/Baker. 9 tJrtY ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^ They are removing a pot of stew from an automatic mixing machine. but true. <1/ PERSONALS SIU Man Fights Hurricane And Meets Neighbor <I> <1> —<i>— —-i/— ^I> �Scheduteof Membership Meeting SIU-AGLIWD Meeth^ New Oileans Jan. 10—2:30 p.m. Mobile Jan. 11—2:30 p.m. Wilmington -Jan. 16—2:00 p;m. San Francisco Jan. 18—2:00 p.m. Seattle Jan. 20—2:00 p.m. New York . . Feb. 6—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Feb. 7—2:30 p.m. Baltimore . . .Feb. 8—2:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 13—2:30 p.m. Houston . . . .Feb. 13—2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Jan. 16—2:00 p.m. Alpena Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Chicago ... .Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Cleveland .. .Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Duluth Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ...Jan. 16—^7:00p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago .... Jan. 10—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Jan. 12—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Jan. 11—7:30 p.m. Duluth Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Oevdand ...Jan. 13—7:30p.m. Toledo Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 9—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .. Feb. 13—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Jan. 10—5:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 11—5:00 p.m. Philadelplua Feb. 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (h'censed and unlicensed) Feb. 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk .... Feb. 9—5:00 p.m. Houston .... Feb. 13—5:00 p.m. RaOway Marine Region Fhiladelpliia Jan. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Jan. 11—10a.m.&8p.m. •Norfolk Jan. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Feb. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. JmnuMTT SEAFARERS LOC Page Tliirly United Industrie Workers New Orleans Jan. 10—7:00 p.m. Mobile ... .Jan. 11—7:00 p.m. New York . . Feb. 6—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Feb. 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . . Feb. 8—7:00 p.m. ^Houston . . . Feb. 13—7:00 p.m. tHeetinx held >t Labor Temple, Smalt Ste. Marie. Mich. • Mectinc held at Labor Temple. Newport New. t Meeting held at Galreaton wharrea. DIRECTORTof UNION HALLS SIU A+lantic, Gulf, Lalces & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannor Earl Shepard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 127 River St. ALPENA, Mich. .. EL 4 3616 1216 E. Ballrmore St. BALTIMORE, MD. EA 7-4900 177 State St. BOSTON, Mass. 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Marine Ave. 834-2528 High Sthogi Tmxtg Distort Nogro Imago TifTbeEaton I found yom- article on how high school texAooks distort the role of the -American Igbor movement very interesting. I wonder how many Log readers realize that the American Negro has received evai worse treat­ ment at the hands of the "edu­ cators" who write our school history books than has the labor movement. The 'Negro in American his­ tory is largely ignmed, and when he is discussed at all, it is in a way that a usually distorted and oftm downright untrue. The Negro in the (Md South is almost always pictured as happy in his slavery, childishly LETTERS To The Editor dependent his master, care­ free and, of course, loyal to the system. Hie texts ignore the many Moody slave uprisings, the thousands of riavrs who fled their "kind" masters and tried to get away through the Under­ ground Railroad and other means, and even suicides. The Negro is pictured as standing by passively during the Civil War when in actual fact over 200,000 served in the Un­ ion Army. Many o( them at­ tained the hi^est military honors. In fact, Negroes served even in the Confederate Army during the final months of the War. After the Civil War, tl» Negro is ignored in most teids. His fight to take his rightful l^ce as a woriring in a free society, a iight fhat > rtllt going on, is glossed if inenibyMied at aO. The cdnfrtbution <Kf tl» National Associai^ Ley tbe A^ncemen of Coh^ Pec^ and otMn chffi cussed;^ in.it discussed at alt, /. The cause oi the Americaa working man and the cause of the American Negro are irre­ vocably intertwined. All tmion men should realize this, and act it. Getting back to the subject of boMcs,' ^Seafarers with children in school should take the time and troubte to lodk at them. If they are inadequate, and distorted the history of either the American labor movement or the American Ne­ gro, his dissatisfriction should be voiced throu^ the schooTs PTA or the local school board, IS. PiftjL'Jkv Afc Anti'Oo^Oify fight Must CpntiOao lb Ihe Edllort The Ammrican Lsdxm-Movdmeat bafl a nmjor {»rt in iopfluehcii^t the 89^ Congress to pass the wortterfrfi ^iM leghh latkm that it did I live in, a working claw hdighborhood, and 1 kimw from tkai hand ex­ perience wfuu: «^y t>f the Great Sodbiy dcme. • • My wifelsB^!i|;t^^ few mothers whofrjl^i^rM^ thcfr tofe m OpdrniiOili HeadstaH nursery schoe^; ^IIB tells mo that tife teadMdg# great and dtat the kidii kids from pootm^i-lsin^ (tM? fathers <rf nig^. f^f- diese faien* flies, by the |ae wm-king men. wfacaie' >ary low because betong to unions) great and would at hmnd In youir said that"flie weiiBi initbMi of stag^ became tnci»a.siii^ within tmrntioBedi in paM^ end of ftecc^huyba, fr^ hi file 18^ apl^tiwa^. "R«d: Sumnier'^ •iBt'a!tjtte]df!al«^^ someti^: 6, 1967 DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) —4^— Stitzei-Weiier Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) —4/— Kingsport Press "World Book," "Cbildcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) —4^— Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) 4/ — Wbite Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statier Men's Shoes . . . Jarraan,, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) r — 4^ — Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. S and W Fine Foods Treesweet (National Farm Workers Association) — Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starfllte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond Mouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Tics, Boss Gloves, Richman Brothers and Sewefi Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) —4^— FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conotitutlon of the SIU Atlmntfe. Gulf. Lakei and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safesuardinK the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditinK committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AUantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Watera District are administered in accordance with the proviaiona of varioiu trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and' their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Ekirl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Batteir Place. Suite 1980. New York 4. N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avaDable In all SIU holla. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If. at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract righu prop­ erly. eonUct the nearest SIU port'agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—BBAFABERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from pnUiahing any article serving the prfiUcal purpoees ^ any In^idual Jn the Union, officer or member. It has also rrfraln^ from imblishing sr^es dawmd hsrmfid to the Union or its coUeetlve memtersh^ 'T^est^hed pon«v has ^ reaffirmed by membenhip aetkm at the Sq»teinber. i9<0. meadnin in >11 tional ports. The responsibility for LOO polW ixiMj which consists of the Bxeentive Board of the Union. The.BxeentiTS Bomd may dtlsgato. fit« amoor ita ranks, on# indiWdnal to carry oat tUa • laspoaaiUlitro PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. TJnder no circumetances should any member pay any money for any reason nnless be is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been raqnired to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to beadquartem. CONSTITUTIONAL EIGHTS AND OBUGATIONS. The SIU publishw everr sU months in the SSIAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of ita constitution. In addition, copies ore available in all Union faalio. All menibeis should obtain eopies of this constitution so as to familiariie themselvea with ita contents. Any time you fed any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any eonstitutkmal right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with ehargcs. trials, etc.. as well as oil other details, then the member so affeeted shoold immediately notify beadquartero. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabUity-psnsion bene­ fits have always been eneouraged to continue their unhm aetiTities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. Am) like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings. they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file funethms. in­ cluding service on rank-and-file eommltteeo. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the naembership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dueo. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafaren are gnaranteed equal rlgfata in employment and as members of the SIU. These rii^ are eleorly set forth in the SIU eonstitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently. no Seafarer may be diaerlminated against beesuse of nee. creed, edor, national or gsographic origin. If any membsr fads that he is denied the eqnal rii^to to which he is entitl^ be sbonld notify hasdqnartcrs. SEAPARBRS POLITICAL ACTIVITT DONATIONS. One of the basic ^^Ifata of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objeetivas which ' , their fomilias and their Union. To aehim Saw the best Intereots al tbei^lves, objectives, the Seafarers PolHieal Activity Donatten was estshlisbed. Donations to 8PAD are entlreiy voluntary and eoostUntc the funds through which legislative and pditieal aetlvitias are eondneted for the benefit of the msnbssaUp and the Union. Seafarer fesis that amy al Ika shove righia have If at any timo •itngllMal right ef aceeos te Unieg tr that he ha ~ SIU Ptisiiint Pad BoB at h fermtlMo. ha R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) ^ Peavy Paper Mill Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) . i 4/ — Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) —4/— Antonio Perelli MInetti & Sons Ambansndor, Eleven Cellars Red Rooster, Greystone, Gnasti, Cdwn, F. I., Irtinmo VeraKNidi, Aristocrat, Victor Hngo, A. RMonow Wines and Bnndks. (National Farm Workers Association) 4 * . A �January 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG f: If:*' awB ^ i':-''.-r ••>• 14.^., •; > r ,.•', vi ,._,.itt. ' ''l 1 • J:; "''•'' .;- ••••..* Page Thirty-One 1«« "•' - . i\ >- . .I.U. ',k Playing Santa Claus to a group of Seafarer children is SlU Representative Phil Re/er, on hand at the Houston hall where Seafarers, their families, and guests gathered in the spirit of one united family to celebrate the Yuletide season. Santa Claus Reyer had pleasure of giving gift to each and every child. m 4.1- Smiling Santa Claus must be having at least as good a time as 15 jovial children caught in a happy moment together at SlU New Orleans hall Christmas celebration which featured an unforget­ table banquet for Seafarers, their families, and those guests lucky enough to join the festivities. i* I tfit i1 ?1 Leroy Nicholas and his family enjoyed participating in the party at the New Orleans union hall. Pictured along with Leroy and his wife, Anna, are children: Dora, Roberta, Jackie, Steven and Johnny. Three and two make a full house. Christmas celebrants at- New Orleans union hall also enjoyed the company of Seafarer Marco T. Mora and family, which includes his wife, Alexis, and their children, Rosa, Yalile, Zaida, and Vernor. Guests at the Norfolk union hall in Virginia also had a wonderful holiday party. Enjoying themselves are Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Riggs with their son, Jessie, along with family friend, Mrs. Singleton. Two oldtimers and SlU pensioners (left) "Popeye" Cronin and Guy Whitehurst swap stories at NA/ilmington union hall. Above, in New Orleans, Broth­ er Derak Lamb parties with wife and daughter. Seafarer Robert Farrugia joined celebrants at New York hall, along with wife, Grace, and their tiny tot daughter sitting pretty. Miss Roberta Far­ rugia, who enjoyed the Christmas decorations. A picture of enjoyment at the Norfolk holiday celebrations were Mrs. Ronald Wilkins, her children, and guests of family, all of whom enjoyed the spirit of the occasion. The Norfolk hall was fully decorated for the Christmas season with tinsel, holly wreaths, a Christmas tree, and, of course, lots of good cheer which made the day complete for all.' Tony Sambino of Sailor's Union of the Pacific entertains a lovely group of children at the New York City hall. The kids include Jim Conlon, Jim Croney, Tony Pelliccio, Barbara ConJon, and Marie ConIon. The spirit of Christmas is shown on the smiles on all their faces. Whether or not these kids look like devils or angels is hard to decide! •UMi—iiiiilMli—iWi ii III I III—II mill » ii >1 �Vol. XXiX No. NO. 1 1 .M.t .. SEAFARERS^)A:I.OG ""•I i -w»,. January 6 1967 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO * I FOJt SEAFARERS IN ENGINE DEPARTMENT I N the first year of the jointly-'operated SIUMEBA District 2 engineers training pro­ gram, a total of 113 Seafarers have obtained their licenses and greatly increased their earn­ ing capabilities. If you are 19 years of age or over and have 18 months of engine department watch stand­ ing time as well as six months experience as wiper or equivalent, you qualify to train for an engineer's license, at no cost. You'll be pro­ vided with meals, hotel lodging and subsistence payments of $110 per week and you'll be able to ship as engineer immediately upon obtaining the license. Period of instruction, ranging from 30 to 90 days, is determined by your own ability and knowledge. A reciprocal agreement with Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association, District 2, pro­ vides for your receiving full credit and com­ plete protection for all pension benefits you have built up under the SIU pension plan. In addition, your SIU pension will be supplement­ ed by the MEBA, District 2 pension plan in approximately an equal amount while you're sailing as engineer. Welfare benefits are also completely covered. In addition. Seafarers who sail aboard MEBA District 2-contracted ships, upon obtaining their licenses, will not be required to pay the MEBA $1,000 initiation fee, and they will not be re­ quired to drop their SIU membership if they do not wish to do so. Training at the School of Marine Engineering operated by MEBA, EMstrict 2 and the SIU is for qualified unlicensed personnel as well as for licensed engineers seeking to upgrade. Get details and applications at any SIU hall or by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232. Act now! Upgrade Engineer's License in '67 7 'i •/ i fi SCHOOi of SiAKfAlfS'"' fOR I blame: ! Year* it Date Joined Watch Standing Tim Ratings: .Time as i Day in Engine D«P*- •i * H WorVer, fcx^ep* "v .V � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 6, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: LABOR PLEDGES CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR WAR ON POVERTY DURING 1967 SIU-CONTRACTED COMPANY ORDERS THREE NEW 37,000-TON TANKERS UNITED NATIONS’ SHIP SAFETY UNI MARKS NOTEWORTHY GAINS IN 1966 POLLUTION, LAND FILL THREATEN FISH CATCH ALONG U.S. COAST JAPAN LEADS WORLD IN SHIPBUILDING, WIDENS GAP FOR 11TH STRAIGHT YEAR AMERICAN INDIAN NEEDS MORE GOVT. AID TO IMPROVE HOS LOT SEAFARERS IN THE ORIENT JOINT PROGRAM MEETS NEED FOR LICENSED ENGINEERS A VISIT TO USPHS HOSPITALS U.S. ECONOMY MUST GROW 4% YEARLY TO HALT JOBLESS RISE, STUDY REVEALS CONGRESSWOMEAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF MARITIME AT SHIPBOARD MEETING SEAFARER BEAMS RADIO BROADCAST AT SIU MEN SAILING THE LAKES UPGRADE TO ENGINEER’S LICENSE IN ‘67 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/06/1967 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIX, No. 1 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/7f41678c1312a6414b3b52483afdfe44.PDF a31b33afe9ed3cb75c4e815dc01c838b PDF Text Text miA,. Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. XI NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7. 1949 The Facts, Mr. Hoffman No. 1 Cuba Distilling Signs NLRB Calls Vote In OS; Only SIU To Be On Ballot The National Labor Relations Board has or­ dered a collective bargaining election on nine shijis of the Cities Service tanker fleet. The Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, will be the only union to appear on the ballot. A hearing before the NLRB regional office in New York to determine the dates of the balloting period and the election procedure is expected to In a letter to Senator Styles Bridges, former chair­ Cuba DistUling Corporaman of the Congressional "watchdog" committee on the lion. a new addition lo Ihe tanker fleet, has signed Marshall Plan, EGA Administrator Paul G. Hoffman tried aSIU contract with the SIU COTto justify his infamous proposal to move all bulk Marshall ering all tuilicensed person­ Plan cargoes iri foreign vessels by a statement that simply nel aboard their ships. be held sometime next week.*-— The skips of Cuba Distill­ does not fit the facts. The hearing was originally tion which has been operating ing came into the SIU re­ scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. under the guise of a "union," He declared that the cpst of shipping a ton of coal cently when, in an NLRB5, but the Service attor­ will not be on the ballot, since from the United States to France is sometimes as much conducted election, the sea­ neys did Cities the expected and it is not a bona fide labor or­ as $4.50 less on a foreign ship than on an American ship. men chose the SIU as their crawled through a legal loophole. ganization. \ He strongly implies that this big differential was the rule bai^ElBining agent by a wide They claimed that they had not The SIU has repeatedly rather than the exception, and he forgot to note that it margin. The signing of a received the copy of the election charged that the CTMA repre­ contract between the SIU was an exception that was no longer happening on De­ and the operators of the order sent to them by the Wash­ sents none but the company and ington office of the NLRB. The was formed with the company's cember 3 when he wrote the letter. molasses carrying tankers SIU received its copy of the interests as its sole objective. The facts are these: The American rate for carrying bripgs to the men of the order on Dec. 30. ^ In ordering the election, the Cuba Distilling fleet the same The NLRB ruled as eligible to NLRB recognized the wish of coal from the East Coast to France is $10.85 a ton. This top-flight wages and oondi- vote in the election those un­ the majority of Cities Service rate is set by the Maritime Commission. On foreign ships, tmns enjoyed aboard all licensed crewmen aboard the men who signed pledge cards de­ the rate ranges from $8.50 a ton to about $9.00. THs ships contracted to the SIU. nine tankers during the payroll signating the SIU as their choice week, in an effort to get at the truth, a shipping official When the soon-to-come period immediately preceding the for bargaining representative. election in Cities Serrioe is date the order was handed down, Vessels covered by the NLRB called three operators of foreign flag vessels to inquire order are the Royal Oak, Gov­ about the coal rate. Two of the operators quoted $8.50. ended. Cities Seryice men. which was Dec. 29. the tankermen of Cuba The thoroughly discredited ernment Camp, Fort Hoskin^ The third wouldn't talk about any rate below $9.00 and like Distilling, will, within a company controlled and spon­ Salem Maritime, Bents Fort, seemed to prefer a higher one. short time, be protected by a sored Cities Service Tankermen's Bradford Island, Winter Hill, Thus, the actual "differential", about which Hoffman full SIU agreement. Association, a puppet organiza- Archers Hope and Lone Jack. All these ships, with the ex­ has been bleating turns out to be no more than $2*35 a ception of the Lone Jack, were ton at the most and only $1.85 or less in some cases. And acquired by the company after the story doesn't end there, l^cause the differential is the collective bargaining election just about wiped out later so far as American taxpayers A record vote was indicated as tary-Treasurers, 11 Agents and 18 held in the Cities Service fleet are concerned. Coal is not the only bulk cargo, but the balloting in the annual election Patrolmen. last winter, when the SIU was coal rate continues to be the root of the controversy. for SIU Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ The number of positions ap­ certified as agent for the crews Another facet of the Marshall Plan shipping situa­ trict officials officially ended pearing on the ballot was four of seven company ships. Cities December 31. less than the 37 on last year's Service men voting in that elec­ tion has been overlooked completely by Hoffman and his Almost all ports reported that ticket. The four positions were tion chose the SIU by an 83 per *executive assistants. At least they have not mentioned it the number votes cast in their dropped in line with the Union's cent majority. The Lone Jack in their public statements. Whether Hoffman knows it areas were unprecedented in the stepped up economy drive. How- was to have been voted but ar­ evei*, there will be no lessening rived in port too late to make or not, foreign operators are getting away with a scheme histoi-y of Union elections. of service to the niembership as the deadline set by the NLRB. An official Tallying Commit­ so obvious that one can only conclude that Hoffman is tee, composed of rank and file a result of this move. The ports NEW RULING a very gullible gent. members, Vviil be elected shortly. where the cuts were made are When the SIU called for a con­ It is no secret that representatives of French shipping Results will be announced as Mobile, Norfolk, Galveston and tract covering the entire Cities interests recently told a member of the Maritime Com­ soon as the committee finishes its Philadelphia, each of which will Service fleet, the NLRB, revers­ operate with one less Patrolman ing its previous rulings, held that mission that they deliberately depressed their rates in a task. this year. the eight ships not voted would ECONOMY MOVE maneuver to get a bigger slice of the melon. Later on, the Voting got under way on Nov. Photographs and biographical have to be polled in a second Frenchmen continued, up would go the rates. The Am­ 1 to determine who would fill 33 sketches of all candidates sub­ election in order to qualify the ericans would be hoodwinked. Union positions in A&G District mitting this material appeared crews for Union representation. Shipping men of other nations participating in the Headquarters and Ports. Sixty- in the SEAFARERS LOG a week On the ballot soon to be dis­ Marshall Plan are reported to have said substantially the one candidates appeared on the before the voting began, as an tributed by the NLRB, the men ballot, competing for the fol­ aid to the membership in deter­ on the nine ships will vote same thing, although they said it less bluntly than the lowing posts: one Secretaiy- mining for whom they would "Yes" or "No" in answer to the A&G Vote Tolly To Begin Soon (Continued on Page 2) question: "Do You Wish To Be Represented by the Seafarers In­ ternational Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, AFL, for the Pur­ poses of Collective Bargaining?" All unlicensed personnel, with the exception of Bosuns and Stewards will vote. At the in­ sistence of the Cities Service company the NLRB ruled these them the company line on how two ratings wex-e supervisory emthe tmion was to be run. Some (Continned front Page 7} constitution! Suggesting that a union pay a company lawyer to represent its membership is an insult to sea­ men's intelligence. It is small The next regular member­ wonder that Cities Service sea­ ship meetings will be held men are voicing their bitter dis­ Wednesday evening, Jan. 12 taste for the company lawyer's *af 7 P.M. in all ports. With slimy plan. Moreover, the com­ the exception of New York, pany lawyer would be violating all branches hold their meetlegal ethics by representing both mgs In Iheir own halls. sides in a controversy. Take an active part in the However, the company lawyer SIU. Make sure you're at has accomplished one thing. He the meeting. Remember, the has insured an SIU victory in time is 7 P. M. All Brothers the forthcoming collective bar­ must show up promptly. gaining election, although no New York meetings are insurance was necessary. It held in Roosevelt Auditor­ would surprise nobody if before ium, 100 East 17th ^reet, long he started drawing five-dolcomer of Fourth Avenue. (Continned on Page 3) Treasurer, three Assistant Secre­ cast their ballots. CS Lawyer Writes 'Censtitution' For CTMA, Keeps Centroi Of Stooge 'Union' in Own Hands The company lawyer trying to organize the Cities Service com­ pany union must have been redfaced with embarrassment when the SIU pointed out that he had no union at all because he had no union constitution. In his haste to stooge for liis labor-hat­ ing boss lie had overlooked this basic step. Since then he has corrected the deficiency. He has written a constitution. At least, the com­ pany lawyer claims the phony document is a constitution and to prove his point right at the top of page one he has placed the solemn words "Constitution and By-Laws . for the' Citco Tanker Men's Association." Then the joke begins. The cream of the jest is found in Article III, Section 2, headed "Duties of the Board of ganization; he shall keep the Governors," and in Article VI, Board of Governors aware of headed "Advisory Counselor." In action by the Nidional Labor fact, the latter article is the key Relations Board of Government to the whole scheme for it guar­ bodies and all other informa­ antees company control of the tion necessary and proper to union through the company continue our organization on a lawyer himself. firm and secure basis. Article VI reads as follows: C. He shall assist the Board SECTION I. of Governors in collective bar­ A. An advisory counselor gaining with the company and shall be retained by this As­ aid them in the official and sociation, the-^xpense of which proper administration ,of the shall be borne by the Associa­ affairs of the Association. tion and approved by ihe Naturally, the Advisory^ Coun­ Board of Governors.^ selor would be the company B. The Advisory Counselor lawyer. He would give the shall furnish the Board of Gov­ Board of Governors advice and ernors with all info:rmation re­ information on trade unionism garding industrial relations in and tell them how to negotiate the Maritime field and ac­ their contract. And he would tivities of ^ber groups that in have the nerve to be listed on any way may affect this or­ the CTMA payroll while giving Branch Meetings �Piage- Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Ftidny, JanuKT 7,. 1949 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affilialed with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. • HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 The Facts, Mr. Hoffman (Continued from Page 1) Frenchmen. Foreign rates already are rising as the for­ eign operators smack their lips in anticipation. Foreign operators haven't been worrying about mak­ ing or losing money for the present period. If they lose money they expect to be reimbursed directly or indirectly through the Marshall Plan. This would mean American subsidization of European merchant fleets with low labor standards. And if they get the extra cargoes and raise the rates, too, their chances of losing money are very slight. Yet Hoffman, in his letter to Bridges, wailed that to pay ^hie American rates was to subsidize the American merchar^ marine, and copies of that letter were sent to many^trade unionists. Senators and Congressmen who have "taken up the cudgels in the SIU's fight to have the Hoffm^ order rescinded. In the early days of the battle, Hoffimi^ and his assistants apparently believed that this letterr^jn^a enough to fool everybody. Actually, it fooled nobody. • What of the rate differential that remains? Is it as ^devastating as Hoffman would have it sound? The answer, is a resounding "No," after some of the elements in steamship financing are examined. If a minimum, of half of the bulk cargoes are to be carried under the American flag as the law now provides, despite Hoffman's peculiar interpretation, they will go for the most part in Liberties under bareboat charter from the Maritime Commission. When a company charters a Liberty from the Com­ mission, it pays $7,500 a month in rent. If 150 Liberties should fail to operate because of the Hoffman order, it ;would mean a dead loss in revenue to the Government of $1,125,000 a month. The charter hire for Victory ships is $10,000 a month, and if any Victory should fail to operate because of the order the loss of revenue would be cor­ respondingly greater. . Maritime Commission spokesmen point out that the These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, money from chartering a ship is almost entirely profit as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging to the Government. The loss to the Government is even heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by greater, however, for a ship in the boneyard costs the writing to them. Commission about $L0,000 a year to maintain. NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL D. RUSSO B. W. BIGGS . ^ Then there is the matter of taxes. If a company S.,C. FOREMAN H. SWANN charters, a, Liberty, the first 10 percent in gross profit on A. N. LIPARI S. LB BLANC HARRY J. CRONIN the capital invested in the operation of , that ship is sub-» J.DENNIS D. MC KINNIE ject tO-normal corporate income taxes. When the profits go F. Ir. SCHUQUE G. MESHOVER W. GARDNER higher, the taxes spiral. After the 10 percent has been E. SOTO A. BLAIS B. MALDONADO taxed separately, the Government divides additional gross E. DEAN G. ROTZ profits by the number of days the company actually D. FOICA O. HOWELL operated the ship. J. YOUNG V. P. SALLINGS H. C. MURPHY The company is then taxed 5 0 percent of the first X % X BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. J$-1O0 a day profit, 75 percent of profit between $100 and A. WARD T. THOMAS ^$300 a day, and 90 percent of any profit above $300 a C. MEHL G. MALONEY C. SIMMONS day. The steamship companies still pay substantial divi­ F. BIVINS W. VOGEL dends while the Government gets millions and millions L. MILLER R. HARRIS W. FERNHOUT in taxes. O. HARDEN iln short, if the Maritime Commission ships arc in the boneyard, the Government loses: 1. millions of dollars 100 percent of the bulk cargoes go in American ships. I in charter hire; 2. millions of dollars in maintenance And he might ask that the extra taxes collected by ^he charges; 3. millions of dollars in corporate taxes; 4. mil- Government from the shipping industry be appropriated [rtlons of dollars in unemployment benefits paid to seamen to pur^diase the goods that the people of the war-ravaged and others in the maritime industry. nations of Europe must have, despite chiseling in shipping Hoffman maintains that if all the bulk cargoes go and other matters by some of their businessmen. on foreign flag ships, this country will be able to ship The SIU will carry on its fight to have the Hoffman •more goods to Europe. This is a, dubious argument at proposal defeated. This battle is far frcmi over, but each best, since shipping costs are only one item in: the Marshall day we gain new allies in the labor movement and Con­ Plan. gress. The SIU never has lost a beef and will not lose - However, he mi^t'better insist that 60 or 70 or even this one. Mett Now In The Mmne Hospitals p. MCCARTHY J. PRICE A. JEFFREY R. NOACK F. TEIGEIRO G. CARROLL H. BENNETT A. MASTERS T. CARROLL A. WATERMAN R. FREY W. HALL B. THOMPSON . J. BROWN J. WINLEY A. FASE T. STANFORD A. ROSADO C. LAWSON XXX BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL JOSEPH ERNEST GALLANTV VIC MILAZZO ELWOOD TALBOTT i » 4^ STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL i MOSE MORRIS W. HUNT J. HERNANDEZ N. DORPMANS A. C. SIMPSON E. SOTO W. NORRIS F. STOKES J, BLANCHARD H. V. NEILSEN J. STEPANCHUK J. GRANGAARD , ,1, P. O. FONDULA CHANG SENG M. J. LUCAS 'vfA. BORRERA XXX MOBILE MARINE HOSPXTAt P. CARDONA WILLIAM ROSS / ir A. BEAL E. SMITH • E. JARRETT C. HAPNER -; v|- .V-l �•-7..r' f^riday. January 7« 1949 TBE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three properly rigged gangway. 1^- would be a lost ball in the high 2) The ship's representative rank-and-file committee checks fore the accident the crew had weeds until he got another Cities forwax-ds the minutes of the the books every week and per­ lar wills for a living instead of told the Mate the gangway was Seiwice job. Another Cities meeting to the Board of Gover­ manently employed certified pub­ sitting in plush offices drafting unsafe and should be re-rigged. Service job might be hard to get nors. lic accountants maintain a con­ phony constitutions. However, the employer coopera­ because the company could have stant watch on all accounts. Just If it turns out that the com­ tion the company lawyer prates listed him as a bad company 3) The Governors, if they wish, to make sure that nothing hap­ may discuss the matter with the pany lawer has to look for a about was xmobtainable. man. In other words, to belong Advisory Coixnselor. pens officials of the SIU, A&G new job he will be following in to CTMA, a man woxxld have to District, are bonded up to $25,000 the footsteps of company lawyei's COMPANY FRONT be a Cities Service stiff year in 4) The Advisory Counselor is each, and in some cases Head­ who have gone before him. It's Every seaman knows that any and year out, working his 14 the company lawyer, and he does quarters officials are bonded for an old story. A company hires union administered by a com­ hours" a day. exactly what the company wants even more. A Seafarer always a lawyer to keep the union out pany lawyer would be run for The company lawyer's consti­ him to do. He is the final judge knows where his Union stands by forming a company imion ox- the company instead of the mem­ tution states it this way: within CTMA itself. If he says, financially. All Seafarers know pulling some other dodge. The bership. He knows too that if a "Now boys. Cities Service knows that as of December 25, 1948, ARTICLE II company lawyer outsmarts him­ company lawyer were to assist best," the matter is ended. Un­ their Union had cash assets MEMBERSHIP self and his fumbling tactics in the px^paration of aimual re­ der the company lawyer's con­ amoimting to $1,295,366.02 and SECTION 3. Retiiamenf. guarantee the union victory. Out ports that the reports would- be A members of this Associa­ stitution, the company never goes the lawyer. Its happened written as the company wanted tion shall be deemed to have woxxld have to hear about a beef. several hundred thousand dollars worth of property. time and again in the past. them. The xxrxion would be a retired from the Association The company lawyer could dis­ PROOF ENOUGH company front which is exactly upon ternxination of employ­ miss all beefs as a union official. NEAT RIG Just as phony as the Advisory what the company lawyer wants ment in the Cities Service Oil Some imion! TJpthing could have demon­ Company. Counselor idea are the proposed CTMA to be. strated the phoniness of the MUM'S THE WORD duties of CTMA's Board of Gov­ The company lawj'er con­ Cities Service stand more effec­ SECURITY? Under the constitution the tively than this constitution ernors. The Governors would be stantly jabbex-s that the company elected through an elabox-ate union he is trying vainly to In the final analysis, a man's company lawyer has written for which the company lawyer has election process for two-year build offex-s security. Howevex-, security would depend on neither CTMA a union member would drawn up for the company union. terms. There would be three of you will hunt a long time to find his ship's delegate—or "ship's not know anything about his When the time comes for Cities them, one from each depai-t- much security in the joke book representative, as the company union finances. The constitution Service to vote in the NLRB lawyer's constitution puts it—^nor calls for only one report a year, election, the result will be a ment. After being elected, thex-e he calls a constitution. Under the phony constitution, on CTMA's Board of Governors. and membex-s of the Board of smashing victory for the SIU and wouldn't, be much for them to do, although once in a while a man's membership -in CTMA, Security would be just a word in Governors authorized to sign a punishing blow for the com­ they might try to look like union and thus his claim to union pro­ the dictionary, because the com­ checks would be bonded for only pany, the company union and the The Advisory company lawyer. Cities Service patrolmen. Here's how the com­ tection, woxxld last only as long pany lawyer has made certain $1,000 each. Counselor would not be bonded men will vote their preference as he was employed by Cities that no effective grievance pro­ pany lawyer has it in his con­ at all. Sex-vice. Once a man left the cedure is included in his con­ stitution; for the democratic SIU constitu­ company's employ, whether by stitution. By way of contrast, the Secre- tion which guarantees rank-andSECTION III. E. (9) From time to time as quitting or being fired unjustly, Here is the kind of grievance tax-y-Treasux-er of the Seafarers file control and for SIU security International Union, Atlantic & the need of the Association re­ he could not be represented by procedure he has devised. contracts in CTMA even if he were paid up 1) If a man has a beef, he can Gulf District, issues financial re­ under the finest quires, the members of the six months in advance. He complain at a ship's meeting. ports evex-y week. Moreover, a maritime. Board of Governors shall agree upon and designate one of their number to spend timd meeting the ships in order to main­ tain closer contact with the membership. Apparently their duties aboard ships woxxld not include the set­ tlement of beefs. The company A program calling for the a year, will berth vessels servic­ Port every day last year. Cus­ of late fall enabled Great Lakes lawyer has dodged that subject Certainly the lives financing of 3 millioft tons of ing new oil fields being devel­ toms tabulation showed that in ships to work late into Decem­ completely. shipbuilding for Norwegian flag oped in the area. all 11,480 vessels arrived dur­ ber and rack up the highest to­ of CTMA's Board of Governors operation to be paid for with ing the year and 11,719 departed. tal of tonnage carried since 1943. would be a lot easier than the 3> 4 4. Marshall, Plan money has been The 1948 total is about 83 mil­ lives of SIU Port Agents and it 4- 4> lion tons, exceeded only by the Patrolmen who meet every SIU proposed by Norway. At present American shipping participa­ ship as it hits an American pox-t. there is . $21 nxillion worth of tion in the Philippine trades is The French luxury liner, He de war years totals of 92 million shipping being built for Norway continuing a decline which has France, is expected to be back in 1942 and 84 million in 1943. UNION WAY in Sw:edish shipyards with money been in progress since foreign- in service by June of 1949. Also 4. 4. 4Moreover, SIU Patrolmexx not secured through the ECA's intra- flag lines entered those seirvices due to enter the passenger trade Indications are that the Egypt­ only maintain "closer contact" European trade program. several years ago. Despite the under the French flag is the ian government wiU seize car­ with the SIU membership than fact that more than two thirds Liberte, formerly the German 4 4, goes passing through its ports, any company lawyer could im­ of the island's exports move to liner Europa. The Liberte won't if it is believed the cargoes agine but they work hard to The welfare ftmd won by the the U.S. and Hawaii, sailings of be ready until the spring of might, through transshipment, settle every member's beef, oni ILA in its recent strike went American lines are decreasing 1950. The French Line, which reach Tel Aviv. The seized car­ ' occasion toiling far into the night into effect on Januaxy 1. The while foreign lines are placing owns the two vessels, also has goes, it is expected, will be put to get things squared away. But welfare fund provides for in- more ships in the trade. Great­ annoxmced that they expect to into the Ph-izes Council. The SIU officials work for their sixrance plus accident and ill­ est gainers are the Norwegian laxmch thix-teen freighters next government will release all ship­ Union Brothers not for ihe com­ ness benefits of $25 per week and Swedish shipping compan­ year. ments on which it has assuraiices up to 13 weeks, and surgical ies. panies. that they wUl not enter the war The further duties of the benefits up to $150. Longshore­ 3> 4. 4i 4. effort between the Israelis and CTMA Board of Governors men must work a minimum of The abnormally good weather A. H. Bxxll Steamship Com­ the Arabs. SCO hours dixring certain speci­ would be equally phony. For in­ pany has ordered 60 additional fied periods to be eligible. stance, the Board would: "Transportainers" for use in its Cooperate with the employer ' t , shipping operations. The com­ in the promotion of matters of Alcoa Steamship Company has pany will now have a total of mutual interest such as safety, announced that its passenger 210 of the large steel shipping sanitation and standards of business during 1948 was the containers in service. The con­ FAMILY BENEFITS xmder 18, those children may also seamanship. receive monthly insurance pay­ best in its history. During the tainers have been adopted by Confer with the Advisory When you start getting yoxu* ments, also equal to one-half of last twelve months Alcoa's pas­ 24 marine transportation com­ Counselor both by mail and senger ships and passenger-car­ panies in an effort to stop pil­ retix-ement insurance benefits at yours. ' personally to insure the orderly rying cargo vessels, sailed, al­ A wife's benefit continues as ferage, minimize breakage and 65, or later, monthly benefits . and lawful administration of most without exception, with facilitate material handling. may also be paid to others in long as she lives, xmless there' is this Association. your family. full passenger complements. The a divorce. A child's payment » » 3> Prepare an annual report of company also noted that its stops when the child reaches 18. If you'get a Federal old age the activities of the Associa­ freight business declined some­ No progress has been reported If you continue work or . go tion with the assistance of the what in the final months of the in negotiations between New insurance payment, yoxxr wife will receive a payment equal to back to work under social seAdvisory Counselor. year. On scheduled runs the com­ York Harbor tugboatmen and one-half of yoxxrs. To qualify cxxrity after filing your applica­ Every seaman knows that to pany had 221 freighter sailings the employers. A strike dead­ "cooperate with the employer" on irregxxlar runs and 114 bulk line originally set for December she must be 65 years old, she tion, your retirement payment is on safety and sanitation stand­ cargo sailings. The present Al­ 31 had been postponed until must be living with you or de­ sxxspended for each month in ards would be to accomplish ex­ coa fleet numbers 57 vessels, a January 12, so as to give the pendent on you, and you mxxst which you earn $15 or more. If have been married at least 36 your wife or child is receiving actly nothing. If any one doubts drop of d2 from last year, company further time to study months before she files her ap­ a payment on yoxxr account, that this, let him read in the LOG of the unidn's requests. The employ­ plication. t payment is also suspended. October 8 how Edgar Eddy was ers. have. raised their offer to a Payments to yoxxr wife and killed aboard the SS Lone Jack, The longest pier in the world, 10 percent increase; the tugboat- If at 65 you have children child or to survivors also are a Cities Service ship, becaxx§e he seven miles long with facilities men are sticking to their de­ suspended for any month in was ordered to the outboard side for a broad gauge railroad, has mands for a 35 percent boost which they work under social of a swinging lifeboat during a been planned for the use of the in pay. security. stox'm at sea. More recently, a Arabian American Oil Company * % % (For further information con­ crewmember of the SS Fort Hos- near Dhahran on the east coast sult your local Social Security An average of more than 60 kins named Bednarz, was of Arabia. The pier, which is ex­ Administration field office.) drowned when he fell off an im- pected to be completed within vessels- entered or left New York (Continued from Page I) Your Social Security �V •" THE S EAF ARE RS LOC ^ Page Four FHdasr, JantMUry 7, 1343: ) TmkalOfTraJeUnionSupport OfSIV A OF THE C«iineil CHARLES S. ZIMMERMAN Chalrmon SAM B. EUBANKS Svcrata ry-Tr«aiur»r GEORGE f. CRANMORE ANTHONY H. ESPOSITO MARX LEWIS WILLIAM MESEVICH SAMUEL WOLCHOK Mr. Vic>-Chainn*n &c«euriv3 Committe* • JACK AITAAAN JOHN E. BARRY JOSEW "ELSYY rHIlIP BORUS H. BURAKOFF THOMAS CAREY MAX COHEN FRANK COMUNAIE HARRY 0AIIE5 AlPREO S. DAVIS . OABRIEl D4ANGELIS ' MOE FAtlKMAN ISRAEL FEINBSRG MAX GAFT JOHN GFIO JAAX GOLDMAN HARRY GREENBERG f. H. GOLDBERG S. HERSHKOWITZ MORRIS HORN CHARLES R. lUCCf JOHN F. KELLY CHARLES KREINOIER lENJAMIN KAFUN CHARLES H. KERRIGAN . ' JOSEPH KONOWE PAUL J. KIEBS JACK LEVINE SAMUEL lOWENTHAl BENJAMIN McLAURIH NATHAN MARGOliS A. MENOELOWIT2 At MEYERS ISIDORE NAGIER NORMA NAUGHTON HYMAN PALATNIK JOSEPH PROCOPIO AURTIN RARBACH SAMUEL REINIIB GEORGE REYSEN . BEATRICE RICHER JACOB ROBERTS ALEX ROSE JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ CEREL^RUaiEN IRVING M. SIMON IBBECCA C SIM0N50N tours STUIBERO OAVID SULIVAN JOSEPH TUVIM %YltllAM WACHS NATHAN WERTHEIMIR WILLIAM WOLPERT THOMAS G. YOUNG Stars Offietn ADOLF A. WkiX Jr. Cttalfmofi DAVID DUBINSKY TRADE UNION COUNCIL JOHN L CHILDS GEOROe S. COUNTS ALEX ItOSE MINHOLD NIE8UHR Vlcs-CfwIfmsA LIBERAL PARTY OF NEW YORK STATE ISO WEST 44t1i STREET • LOagacn S-OSOO • NEW YORK It. N.V. •I. Dseombsr 28th, 1949 Paul Hall, Seoretary-Traasurar Saafarars Intamational Uhlon Atlaatio and Gulf Distriot 51 Baaver Street New York 4, N.Y. JOSEPH V. OXEAirr Ssctatanr HARRY UVtLUft Trsaivrsr BEN DAVIDSON Ei3evrtv« Dirtctar Dear Broyrer Hall;• ' Below find copiaa of telegrams sent this day to President Truman, Paul 0. Hoffwin, EGA Administrator, and to members of Congress In this area. As you will note in the Copies of our telegrams, we are whole­ heartedly behind the efforts of the Seafarers International (fnlon, Atlantlo and Gulf District' to preserve Amerioan standards and maintain emplojiment for your members. We are opposed to fictitious transfers of title to ships in order to use this as a camouflage for reducing standards of ecmpensation by hiring labor in depressed countries. ^ We are asking all our.affiliated trade unione, with a total awAorshly of mora than 500,000 to send wlree in behalf of their own locals. Wishing you suocess in your efforts, ws are, ^ JjSBFH M. POMARLEH, SSceoutiva Soorotary Trade Union Council, Liberal Rirty Fraternally yours, BEN DAVIDSON, SXeoutive Dlreotor Liberal Party telegrams sent 12/^8/43 by Liberal Psirliy Trade TJhlon Council O'T? COUNCIL, COMPOSED OF APPROXDiATBLY 200 TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS WITH A •T3TAL MEMBERSHIP OF 500,000 RESPECTFULLY HRGBS 1HAT PAUL 0. HOFIMAN, ADMINISTRATOR, ADHERE TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE MAHSUlLL PLAN WHICH CAUB) • FOE HANDLING A.T LEAST 50^ OF THE BUIJC CARGOES ON AMERICAN SHIPS. HOFFMAN'S NEW PROROSAL IS PUT INTO EFFECT, THOUSANDS OF 8KILIED AMERICAN SBAKEK JOS&H M roMARLEM WILL BE WROWN INTO THE RANKS OF THE UNEMPIPYED. ONE COUNCl^EEPU^ONOTH^ NITF MAINtAININGAMERICAN STANDARDS AND PRESEITVING AT lEAST THE STATU^UO OF EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONSL WE APPEAL YOU USE YOUR INFLUETKE TO MAINTIIN THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF CONGRESS IN REGARD THE MARSHALL PUN CARGOES. I The above communication is typical of the unprecedented support labor 0r|anizations throughout the country ^e mustering in behalf of the SIU's fight to halt the Hoffman plan, which would transfer shipment of Marshall Plan bulk cargo to foreign flag vessels. The Trade Union Council is the political arm of moat of the non-com­ munist unions in the State of New York, and speaks for organizations with a membership of 500,000 workers. More than one hundred trade unions, representing millions of Amerh can working men and women, have already joined the SIU in protesting the Hoffman plan because it would throw thousands of U. S. seam^ out of their jobs and would seriously weaken the national defense—^and more sup­ port is reaching us every day. The SIU wishes to add the following organizations to the Honor Roll of ?hnions that have demonstrated their trade union solidarity^ f Local 1244, Local 62, Brotherhood of Painters, . Decorators and Paperhangers International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers ^ Local 94, Uniformed Firemen's Association of Greater N.Y. Maritime Workers Council of Philadelphia Local 20499, American Federation of Rubber Workers Local 54, American Federation of G^ain Millers Local 950, Local 627, Local 1292, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America West Virginia State Federation of Labor International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers mid Hidpers Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers International Union South Dakota Federation of Labor Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers and Helpers International Union Michigan State Federation of Labor North Dakota State Federation of Labor * Troy (NY) Federation of Labor nf Troy and Vicinity Local 947, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America Local 807, International Bretherkeod of Teamsters, C^idttfl^i^s and Wardiousemen and Helpers Congzwssional support of the: SIU's opposition to the Hoffman CCA proposel, which would scuttle the American merchant. marine, continues to pour into Union Headquarters. Last week's LOG carried statements from 14 Congressmen and Senators backing the SIU's position. The following excerpts are from communications received this week: Sen. William Langer (R., N.D.): "You can count on my support." Rep. James J. HeSeman (D., N.Y.): "You can rest assured that I will not support any legislation' designed to put American seamen put of work." Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett (R., Calif.): ' "I agree with your stand in this matter, and expect to do all I can toward stopping the same." Rep. Leonard W. Hall (R., N.Y.): •'"I certainly am minded to do everything possible... to pro­ tect and further the interests of oiu: An^erican Merchant Marine and I am also expecting, definitely, that this new Con,:T:ess will go thoroughly into the situation in order to clarify its intention under the ECA law." Rep. Emanuel Celler (D., N.Y.): "You may be sure I am giving serious study to this proposal and will take earnestly into consideration your point of view." ' Sen. Lister HUl (D., Ala.): "Am doing all in my power to prevent diversion of bulk cargo from American bottoms and will certainly continue mjr efforts." Sen. John j. Sparkman (D., Ala.): "I have been taking matter of Hoffman directive up with apinnpriate officials... Shall continue doing my best." Sen. Spessard L. Holland (D., Fla.): "Thank you for your letter... My people in Florida have already been in touch with me. I shall help." Rep. J<rfm A^ Kalnik (D., Minn.): "As you point out in your letter, the EGA Act clearly stipu­ lated that at least half of all cargoes shipped would move ii^ American ships. I gave this provision of the biU my full support, and shall certainly support the efforts which are being made by your union in cooperation with other labor groups to keep this policy in force. Unemployment among our-skilled seamen must be avoided at all costs." Rep. Jacob K. Javlta (R., N.Y.): "I have carefully noted the points made, and you may be sur^ that I will have them very much in mind in the course of, the consideration of this question irt Committee and by the House." . Rep. Eugene J. Keogh (D., N.Y.): > "I • appFeciate> very much having your experienced expression , of opinionAand want you to know that I propose to give to this, ... my earnest consideration. We are hopeful that we may be, able to- come' forth with satisfactory solutions." Sea. WMter T. George {D., Ga.): "I am glad to have the information you furnish relative to . the EGA Administrator's proposal regarding EGA bulk cargo. I; have takeh this matter up with Mr. Hoffman.," Sen. Milton R. Young (R„ N.t>.): - "Several others have written to ' me on this matter and I have- taken this problem up with Mr. Hoffman, Director of EGA." Sen. Owen Brewster (R., Maine): "You may be sure I shall'have your views in mind when this . matter comes up on the floor of the Senate for consideration." Sen. John C. Stennis (D., Miss.): "I am confident that this matter will receive the early atten- , tion of the Congress and you may be assured of my very real interest-in the , matter. I have berai benefited by your, viewpoint and shall be delighted to hear from you in the future." Sen. William F. Knowland (R., Calif.): "It may be of interest to you to know that the amendment', which is now in the EGA Act of 1948 requiring that at least one half of- all cargoes -from the United States move in American: ships was introduced by me. I shall'oppose any attempt to repeal the congressional, policy set forth at that time." ' ' Rep. Charles JL Wolverton (R., N-J.): "I,, am fully in accord with the news you have exprestedj I will- be. glad to so vote if and when the matter comes before Congress for action." ' • ^ Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (Dw Wash.): . . ^ "I am glad to have your expression in this regard. My personar interest ,dates well ahead of the time the legislation was presented on the "floor, at which time a few of us succeeded in having the sUpulation written into the bask legislation. This outcome was not anticipated and I now have ah opportunity to go into the matter." , Rep. WiUimn T. Byrne (D.. N.Y.): T have been receiving a number of telegrams and letters from my district concerning this proposal, and you may be assured^ that I am giving this matter my very serious attention at this time.'* ' Rep, Harris Ellsworth (R., Ore.): "I appiTSciate the interest of the merchant seamen in this • problem and am ,glad to have your comments. Your leUer wfil' be kept in mind in connection. with any action which may come ' before, the Congress on this matter. I am sure that any abridgement of the Act of .Congress will receive the early attention of the proper committees and' recommendations will be made for ' remedial action;" ' Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D.» La.); "1 have already contacted Adiftinistfator Hoffmah protesting^ this action, and assure you of my full cooiperation in an effort to have tfiis proposal Withdr'awn." i �Friday, Jemiary 7, 1949 TBE &E AF ARBR S LOG Page Five Isthmian Payoff Recalls Pre-SIU Days Here the Union Patrolman assigned to paroff latbmian'e Sleei Designer listens to crew­ men's accounts of the trip. Left to right: Pedro Velez, Patrolman Jim Sheehan. Jack Smith, C. Kenny, J. Nugent and S. Keane. Contract violations, disputed ovMtime, beefs of all kinds will be squared away before men payoff—a tig differeiice from the days before Isthmian men went SIU. For example, Vincent Koran, who was on an Isthmian ship during the war, wrote to the LOG: "Personally, I was forced to do many hours' work on the bridge that rightfully was over­ time for the Deck Oang, but not one man could say a word." Isthmian seamen are now served tasty chow, like the Virginia ham dinner under way in photo above, prepared in spic and span galleys, kept clean by crewmen who are paid top wages for their work. That's why 2nd Cook John McElroy (standing)., and 3rd Cook Jimmy Wood, are all smiles. Before SIU came aboard, crewmember Harold Weiss, of Isthmian's Steel Recorder described conditions this way: "The ship is overrun with rats and it's common to como across them in the alleyways and pantries." Throughout the fleet men had to contend with similar conditions of iilth, completely tmable to secure corrective measures. The cleanup job began when the SIU contract went into forced ! Steward V. Szymanski shows off one of the trimmings enjoyed by Steel Designer's crew at Christmas dUmei^-a coconut cake big enough to give all hands double helpings. In the pre-contract days. Isthmian seamen reported constantly: "Chgw is lousy and scarce." Last week's payofi-aboard the Isthmian Steamship Company's SS Steel Designer. served as a striking example of what hard­ working seamen can accomplish under conditions guaranteed by,an SlU contract. The ship, a C-3, was back from a three-month trip to the Persian Gulf and her lads were paying off. On the job was a Union Patrolman to see that the crew got every cent that was coming to them, that the company tried no tricks to do them out of / overtime pay, that the food was sati.sfactory and to take care of all the problems that arise in the cours-e.of a voyage. But his job was easy. The self-disciplined crew, sailing under a first-rate contract which the company has learned to respect, brought the Steel Designer into port in .shipshape condition. There were only a few minor beefs and all of them had been so clearly recorded during the trip by the Department Delegates that the Patrolman was able to settle them in short order, to the complete satisfaction of all concerned. But still fresh in the mind of Isthmian seamen is the fact that, they, like the Cities Service tankermen who are to vote soon on SIU representation in a collective bargaining election, were pre­ vented for a long time from getting top wages and first-j'ate con.ditions by a powerful company. After years of company domina­ tion and abuse. Isthmian men came out from under the boom in' 1947, when they chose the SIU as their bargaining representative.' Isthmian seamen make no bones .about saying that the SIU has improved their lives to a degree they never would have dreamed about in the old days. And proof of their gains lies in payoffs like that aboard the Steel Designer last week. Here is the payoff, with all hands getting what's coming to them, including overtime money, as a result of first-rate, on-the-spot representation. Crewmembers are lined up behind Shipping Commissioner to sign off articles, while Steel Designer's Captain H. K. Toepel prepares to give men their earnings. In the days before the SIU contract, overtime was just a word on Isthmian ships. Like in March 1946, when shipboard organizer W. E. Wyman wrote to the LOG: "My total overtime under Isthmian rules amounted to 76 hours, while under SIU it would have added up to 213 hours. What price non-Unionism!" The top wages, overtime pay rates and shioboard conditions now enjoyed by Isthmian sea» men as a result of their choice of the SIU as colDctive bargaining- representative are now within the grasp of the Cities Service tankermen. And it cannot come too soon for the great majority of these men. No group of seamen sailing American ships today is more badly in nsed of the support and protection of a genuine trade union contract than the Cities Service tankermen. But let the men of the Cities Service fleet tell it themselves. Of a recent trip aboard the SS Fort Hoskins, former Cities Service tankerman Jesse; S* Rogers (since tired) said: "As soon as the sun's rays break the horizon, the 4-8 watch is out on deck with a ppint brush or chipping hammer. Also, Saturday afternoon isn't a time when the 12-4 watch can take things easy on this tub any more. The Mate always has a job of what he calls 'odd jobs.' When yours truly put up a squawk about these 'odd jobs,' the Mate comes out with. 'Well, I could cul out your coffee time, you know'." Here's another report from a man on another Cities Service ship—the names of course, cannot be disclosed for obvious reasons: "The Captain and the Mate had us working 16. 17 and 18 hours a day trying to get the tanks cleaned in five days. They wouldn't even reimburse us for the clothes and shoes we ruined on the job. He offered us live hours overtime for the work." Another* Cities Service man reports: "The cockroaches on this ship are overwhelming. When we pick up our shoes in the morn­ ing, dozens of these pests will run out. We find three or four of them dead in our socks. Our suit­ cases are homes for them." And another: "All of us put down overtime for the sea watches on Armistice Day and Thanksgiving, but it was promptly scratched ofL Overtime on this scow is as scarce as hen's teeth. No matter how long we work docking and undocking. we can only put down one hour's overtime for it. ThaUC. according to the Male, is company policy." The list is unending. But Cities Service men can change it all—by voHng "Yes" for SHJ representation. �Page Six THE SEAFARERS lOG Philly Promises Come Through, Draws Boom Week Of Shipping Friday, Januiury 7, 1949 IMM Wreckers Are WeneJ Tampa Activity Shows Increase The SIU is on record that charges will be placed against men guilty of being the following: PILFERERS: Men who walk off ships with crew's equipmen or ship's gear, such as sheets, towels, ship's stores, etc.,' for sale ashore. WEEDHOUNDS: Men who are in the possession of or who use marijuana on board an SIU ship or in the vicinity of an SIU HalL GASHOUND PERFORMERS: Men who jeopardise the safety of their shipmates by drinking while at work on a ship or who turn to in a dnmken condition. Those who disrupt the operation of a ship, the pay-off or sign-on by being gassed up. This Union was built of. by and for seamen. Seafarers fought many long and bloody fights to obtain the wages and conditions we now enjoy. For the first time in the history of the maritime" ixuiustry a seaman can support himself and his family in a decent and independmit manner. The SIU does not tolerate the jeopardizing of these conditions by the actions of irresponsibles. In any occupation there is a small group of foulballs. While the Union has been fortunate in keeping such characters to a minimum, we must eliminate them altogether from the SIU. All Seafarers, members and officials alike, are under obligation to place charges against these types of characters. Any man, upon being convicted by a Union Trial Com­ mittee of actions such as outline here, faces Union discipline up to and including complete expulsion from the Seafarers. TAMPA — A definite pick-up over the past month of shipping PHILADELPHIA — Shipping Two main topics of conversa­ showed up on the shipping board took a decided upswing here dur­ tion in this port at the moment here this week. We handled the ing the past week, when we en­ are the chances labor has of get­ Evelyn Tor Bull, the Noonday, joyed activity approaching boom ting a break in this new Con­ DeSoto and Bessemer Victory for proportions. There were three gress, and the swell support giv­ Waterman, and the Florida in at payoffs in, and practically full en our Union by all labor or­ Miami. We dispatched men to crews were sent as replacements. ganization everywhere in helping all of these ships and settled First to payoff was the 88 At­ us fight the Hoffman proposal. what minor beefs had cropped lanta City, which arrived here The boys are also anxious to up. after a five-month trip in the learn the results of our annual Since the • ILA beef, shipping Far East. This old Isthmian election. haS been in a turmoil. None of One other item. I ran into scow paid off in pretty good the ships is on schedule, and it shape. -A little disputed over­ Blackie Kane on the Lake appears that it will be a little time was squared away satisfac­ George. He stayed on for an­ while longer before all is back to other run and asked me to in­ torily. normal once more. The Canton Next to payoff was Waterman's form his beachcombing friends Victory and the Bessemer Vic­ 88 . Governor Miller, which came in the islands that he won't make tory should be on normal sched­ in from Germany and paid off it this year". Saise he'll see you ule their next time into this port. with the crew receiving trans­ island Romeos in the fall. in line with our program to 8o until next week I'll say so portation to Houston and piling bombard Congressmen and goy.long, with a hope that soon I'll off, as per the Union rule. ernment officials with telegrams be strolling around in the "ab protesting the Hoffman plan to NO BEEF scuttle American shipping, all the Incidentally, this crew of the most" tropics instead of in the AFL unions in this port have Governor Miller paid off without damned cold and snow here in make their feelings known by squawking about the transporta­ Philly. wire and letter to Washington. tion rule. That is, all but one All of 4he unions participating joker. This guy knew the rule have received answers to their as well as the rest of the crew, wires promising favorable action but had to raise the old beef used will back up any action the men have reported beefs in the when the plan comes before Con­ By JOE ALGINA about having to quit after nine crew may take. An incident of gress. engine department over standing months on the ship and losing NE'W YORK — In addition to watch in port. The practice in ths nature cropped up a week or Hei'e's a story that might bring his vacation, losing this and that. the arrivals of some regular 8IU the Isthmian fleet is to have the so ago. The guy who "knew a chuckle. It's told by one of You have all heard some guy stand-bys. A fair week for ship­ blow his yap in this fashion. As ping in this port was punctuated Oiler in port stand watch and the port agent" found out that our members, A. J. Varn, who watch. ' This constitutes over­ it did him little good when he lives in the country outside this long as the rule stands all hands by the arrival of the Purdue time work if done after 5 P.M. fouled up the crew. The Agent fair city. should observe it, without mak­ "Victory and the Wanda. and before 8 A. M., a total of 15 joined the drew in preferring The people who live out in the ing speeches to Union ^officials chai-ges against the man. The arrival of the Purdue Vic­ hours a day. By the end of a country are all farmers, and most when they come aboard ship to tory marked the first inter­ voyage this totals up to a juicy of them haven't seen a circus or settle the crew's beefs and to see coastal ship to reach this port any of the unusual animals that hunk of overtime pay. that the payoff is squared away, since the West Coast 'strike go with such a -menagerie. One The rule is that this overtime in addition to seeing that the night last week. Brother Van Union's agreements and shipping started last 8eptember. The is to be divided equally among Wanda came in and completed all three Oilers. The Oilers in relates, there was a small carni­ rules are lived up to. val in the area and all of "the The last ship to payoff for the her first voyage under 8IU con­ turn are to rotate the watches. animal broke loose. week gave us a job to do on New tract. 8he's operated by the There is where the beef lies. By CAL TANNER Epiphany Tankers Corporation, a The day watch man must ro­ One of the farmers, who hadn't Year's Day. The 88 Lake MOBILE—Activity In this Gulf newly-signed company. The Pur­ heard of the escape, went out tate on the night watches if he George, U8 Petroleum, came in port last week centei'ed around due Victory is the first ship in at daylight to milk his cows. In expects to cut in on the over­ and paid off at Paulsboro, N. J. three payoffs and three sign-ons, on the run which was sorely time money. By setting up a the early morning light he spot­ This T-2 tanker came in clean, including one vessel on continu­ missed during the long months method of rotating the watches ted a strange animal (an ele­ and the only thing that marred ous articles. of the West Coast strike. A lot as soon as the ship leaves the phant) grubbing in his cabbage her trip was something of a per­ The Waterman Steamship Cor­ sonal nature between a crew- of intercoastal boys will be States there will be little cause poration had two ships paying patch. happy to hear these ships are in for grumbling when the payoff off. These were the Topa "Topa He got all excited and ran member and several others. ' operation once more. down to the general store and rolls around We are still investigating the and the Fairport. The third ship The Wanda came in looking These ships make long trips to payoff was the Alcoa Clipper. called the county sheriff. matter to see if we can deterExcitedly he exclaimed: mihe the source of the trouble, fine. She'll make a good addi­ and sometimes lie in - port for All were in good shape: tion to the SIU fleet and marks one to three weeks. By rotating "There's a terrible monster in my so that it won't happen again. The Fairport and the Clipper the addition of one more tanker cabbage patch!" the time on watch among all Otherwise, as I said, the ship re-signed, the Clipper heading out company to the ever-growing list three men there will work out Startled, the sheriff asked: was in good shape. After taking on her usual passenger run to the of tanker outfits contracted to the "What's he doing?" an equalization of both number on a new crew, she will be ready British West Indies, and the of hours worked and time of day Fairport cariying general cargo "Pulling up my cabbage with soon to take off again for the SIU. The regular ships to hit port the watches are stood. If the to Bremen. The Alcoa Pointer his tail," r^eplied the farmer.., Persian Gulf. this week were the Steel De­ daytime Oiler puts up a squawk also signed on, going out on the "What's he doing with the cab­ HATS OFFi signer, Steel Advocate, Isth­ about standing the night watch, bauxite run. bage?" queried the sheriff. We also had the usual run of mian; Suzanne and Hilton, Bull; he's not entitled to a division of The farmer replied: "I'm not The steamship companies in ships in transit and there were Seatrains Texas and New York, the overtime money. going to tell you—^you'd never this port have called our atten­ few beefs on these. I would both of which headed out almost Oh another subject, one which tion to the fact that parcel post believe me!" like to pay my respects to the at once; the Azalea City, City has been touched on before: Steward of the 88 Robin Good- of Alma, Waterman; William R. Once in awhile, not top fre­ packages addressed to the com­ pany office for men on their fellow. This ship was here for Davie, South Atlantic. quently, howeirer, a crewmember ships cannot be forwarded. They thq holidays and the 8teward of a ship will attempt to shirk have, therefore, suggested that LOOKED SHARP came ashore and invited those of his work by claiming to know a anyone who thinks he has such a his^ Union Brothers who might The ships looked good to the port agent or official in the w«|it a holiday meal to come Patrolmen assigned to pay them Union. By knowing an official package should claim it at first By JIM DRAWDY aboard. This was a swell, gesture off. Praise goes to the crew of he thinks he is exempted from opportunity. SAVANNAH — One ship is And if you are thinking of and one that should make the the Davie, who brought in a clean turning to at his work. This is due in here on Saturday, and sending packages to anyone care crew of the Goodfellow proud of ship and had everything shaped a lot of bunk. If knowing an of­ of a company office, be sure that four or five others are expected their 8teward, who is a real 8IU up for the payoff. ficial were an excuse for lying you send them first-class mail so to follow here during tl)e next Brother. On Isthmian ships the Patrol- down on^the job, ninety percent they can be forwarded. The post few weeks. They will be a wel­ of the members would be doing office will not provide forward­ come sight, too. nothing. ing service on packages sent via Most of the fellows on the SAME BOAT parcel post, or any other way beach here are getting over the There is no reason at all for than first-class. holiday celebrations and are By FRENCHY MICHELET this kind of talk. Every member A considerable number of tele­ about ready to go. SAN FRANCISCO—The man­ this week. of the union is treated alike, and grams, phone calls and letters Brother E. M. Biyant, who had power situation on this coast There is a good number of knowing an official is no differ­ are still going out of this port been serving as acting agent in continues to be critical. We have .ships in the harbor — mostly ent than knowing any other into Washington, protesting the this port, is one of those who is four full crews called for but transits—and they have kept us member of the union. After all, idea of transferring all Marshall all set to ship. He's expresing few rated men aroimd to take on the jump. V/e've contacted officials are members of the Plan bulk, cargoes to foreign bot­ the hope that he'll soon be on the jobs. The situation is fur­ them all and squared away their Union, too, and are not a group toms. the deep blue soon "on the way ther complicated by Waterman's beefs. separate and apart from the rank Every labor imion in the city, to Frenchy's mystic islands." acquiring the Monroe Victory, a With five ships to crew up in and file. representing all crafts, has . co-. If Frenchy is going to paint ship Isthmian laid up recently. the immediate future and only When a man . pulls the line 'T operated with us 100 percent in these beautiful pictures of "mys­ This move comes at a par­ ten men present at the last meet­ know Joe Blow, the Port Agent," the program, and from the wires tic . islands," it seems that the ticularly bad time as we have ing in the hall, the membership put him in his place, but fast. we are getting back from Gon- least he could. .do is to. supply just scraped the bottom of the in the outports can get some idea This type character is only hard- gressmen and Senators,, we are some pertinent data, like •. ihe barrel to crew Waterman's Fair- of our predicament here. Broth­ timing the crew and causing ill going to have, a lot of support in latitude and longitude and tele­ hope, which went into service ers, where are you? will. The official whose name he our fight. phone, numbers. By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER New Outfit, intercoastal Highiight New York Week Mebik Chses h Goed Shape Port Savannah Ready For Shipping Gaiis Empty Frisco Haii Awaits Men �Friday, January 7, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings In Brief GALVESTON—Chairman. Hay Sweeney, 20; Recording Secre­ tary, Jeff Morrison, 34212; Read­ ing Clerk, Keith Alsop, 7311. A&G Shipping From Dei, 15 To Dot. 29 f Motion carried to accept min­ utes of previous meetings in other Branches as read. Agent reported that turnover of men was fair, in view of the holiday season. He spoke on the current fight being waged on the EGA policy change, and said that many of the local unions had written to Congress protesting the plan to drop the 50-50 provi­ sion. The Labor Councils of Galveston, Houston, and Texas City have also voiced their dis­ approval of this blow at seamen. Balloting Committee elected. Five men took the Oath of Obli­ gation. Motion carried that no man be allowed behind Dis­ patcher's cpimter without au­ thorization and that a fine of $50 and a 30-day suspension from PORT Boston New York. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk. Savannah. Tampa Mobile New Orleans Galveston. San Juan.... San Francisco...„ Wilmington, Cal GRAND TOTAL DECK REG. ENG. REa STWDS. REG. 21 195 26 161 36 16 182 28 104 34 18 194 29 91 22 REG. TOTAL DECK SHIPPED ENG. STWDS. SHIPPED SHIPPED 55 29 15 571 170 Ifi? 83 42 32 356 124 101 92 32 23 NO FIGURES AVAILABLE 15 74 13 9 51 192 61 50 80 289 134 117 25 62 ' 30 41 7 41 23 9 43 119 52 48 16 57 41 24 591 1,991 751 631 8 149 28 87 19 SHIFFED TOTAL NEW ORLEANS — Chairman. Lindsey Williams, 21550; Record­ ing Secretary,. Johnny Johnston. 53; Reading Clerk, Buck Ste­ phens, 76. 52 481 102 312 74 Charges read against three members. Father Davis of Buenos Aires Catholic Maritime Club introduced. Minutes of meetings held in all outports read and accepted. Agent ' re­ 27 32 9 31 ported on status of shipping. Re­ 71 70 62 173 ported that shipping is expected 127 82 162 413 to hold its own for coming two 22 * 15 24 95 week period. Voting reported 22 12 5 37 as setting a record for New "Or­ 37 39 49 149 18 23 .19 ' 84 leans with nearly 1100 votes cast. 763 637 621 2,003 Agent reported on favorable're­ sponses being received from tele­ grams sent by members and' of­ ficials in protest of Hoffman pro­ to payoff a tanker, and that two organization to halt the transfer SAVANNAH — Chairman. J. posal. Agent also reported meet­ newly-contracted tankers had of bulk cargo to foreign bottoms. Monteverde. 516;'Recording Sec­ ings with crews, committees and paid off in Providence. Agent He also read two telegrams he retary, William J. ' Brantley; the Mississippi Shipping Com- • also exhorted members to keep had received from two state sen­ writing and wiring President ators. He then reported on the Reading Clerk, E. M. Bryant, pany concerning revamping! ofworking rules. A proposed group Truman and their Senators and prospects of shipping for the 25806. registration plan for men work­ Congressmen to block the Hoff­ next two weeks; giving the Motion carried to accept pre­ ing aboard passenger ships sub­ man plan to scuttle the merchant names of the vessels expected vious meeting's minutes. Secre­ mitted to membership for ap­ marine. In additicfti. Agent urged along with the .dates" of their tary-Treasurer's financial report proval. Director of Organization everybody, to read article in. LOG arrival and tfoeir status regard­ read and accepted. Motion car­ of December 24 on the Cities ing crewing up. He concluded ried that it be placed on bulletin Lindsey Williams reported ;on Service company union. Agent's by stating that at this time there board. Acting Agent E. M. Bry.; benefits derived by SIU thiough report accepted. Dispatcher's re­ wasn't any cotton being shipped ant introduced Jim Drawdy, who organizing program. Motion car­ ried to accept Brother Williams' port read and accepted. Secre­ from the Mobile Port, due to the shipping list be. imposed on vio­ tary-Treasurer's financial report differential in freight rates. How­ is taking over the job as Agent. report with a vote of apprefeialators of the rule. Motion car­ and the Headquarters report ever, there is pressure being Drawdy made the Branch report tion. Seven took the Oath of on the basis of as much as he Obligation. One minute of sil­ ried to accept report of Balloting read and accepted. Communica­ was able to learn since his ar­ ence for Brothers lost at sea. Committee. Committee gave re­ tion from the Boston Teacher's rival in port. Report accepted. Good and WeKare: Discussion on port of investigaticm into sani­ Union Local 66, AFL, read and Minutes of previous meetings in keeping new buildmg clean. tary facilities of Branch Hall. It posted. One Brother was Obli­ * other Branches read and ac­ Meeting adjourned with \365 found need for new piping and gated. Balloting Corarhitting of cepted. Motion carried to accept bookmembers present. recoptunended that work be five men was elected by. acclama­ Headquarters report to member­ started immediately on project. tion. This Committfee's subse­ Under Good and Welfare, there quent report was accepted. Min­ brought to bear to change this ship and report of N. Y. rein­ Motion was discussion of the official ute of silence for departed situation. Motion carried to ac­ statement committee. cept Agent's report. Telegrams carried that membersmaking manning scale and of the Mar­ Brothers. from Senatof.s Hill and Ferguson motions from the floor be re­ shall Plan shipping situation, Every member making a i. i, i in reply to our protests on Hoff­ quired to state their book num­ t t donation to the Union for PHILADELPHIA — Chairman, man Plan read and accepted. bers. Under Good and Welfare, any purpose should receive TAMPA — Chairman, R. H. D. C. Hall, 43372; Recording Sec­ Balloting committee report was it was explained to permitmen an official receipt bearing Hall, 26060; Recording Secrelary< retary, G. Seeberger, 6932; Read­ accepted, as were the Patrol­ why they were not able to parti­ J. Hand, 29810; Reading Clerk, H. ing Clerk, W. Gardner, 42941. men's reports. The meeting was cipate in meetings. Although the amount of the contribu­ H. Brown, 50503. tion and the purpose for Minutes of previous minutes in adjourned at 8:10 P. M., with 250 they are not required to attend which it was made. Minutes of previous Tampa other Branches read and ac­ members present. meetings it was advisable inasIf a Union official to whom meeting and New Business of cepted. Agent reported that shipm.uch as they would one day be % % contribution is given doM other Branch meetings read and bookmen and therefore should an NORFOLK — Chairman, Ben not make out a receipt for accepted. Telegrams and letters Rees, 95; Recording Secretary, the money, the matter should from Congressmen, Senators and James A. Bullock, 4747; Reading immediately be referred to President Green of AFL regard­ Paul Hall, Secretary-Trea­ Clerk, James Wynn, 30768. ing Marshall Plan beef read and surer, SIU, 51 Beaver Street, accepted. These communications Motion carried to accept min­ New York 4, N. Y. indicated support for SIU posi­ ping outlook has brightened. He tion. Discussion on charges pre­ reminded members, that voting utes of other branch meetings. interest in the affairs of the or­ In advising the Secretaryferred: from New York against in annual election is just about Communication read from Con­ ganization, besides learning how Treasurer of such transac­ gressman Porter Hardy promis­ man for refusal to pay dues and over and that a tallying commit­ to conduct and participate in tions, members should state missing payoff.' Voted to refer tee would be fleeted at the next ing his support in our fight on meetings-by parliamentary meth­ the name of the official and Marshall Plap policy change. matter back to New York for meeting. Agent thanked all those ods. One minute of silence in the port where the money Balloting committee gave report clai'ification. Dispatcher's report who had served on the balloting memory of departed union mem­ was tendered. on number of members voting read and accepted. Minute of comihittees. Report concluded bers. since last meeting night. Total silence for departed Brothers. with a resume of port affairs. Agent ,1'eported shipping still Motion carried to accept Secre­ vote cast stands at 275 thus far. "Tallying committee elected. Trial slow, but that a hole was being tary-Treasurer's report. One man committee elected to hear made in the shipping list, and took the oath of obligation. Dis­ charges brought against member that the outlook for immediate patcher's; and Patrolhaan's reports by Dispatcher fpr conduct unbe­ future was' pretty faii\ He urged read and acc^ted. Motion car­ coming a Union man. Agent anyone who had 'not voted to ried that" Brother who is eight spoke on the dire consequences months in arrears to be allowed ^or the Apierican merchant mar­ (Continued from Page 1) for freedom from company do^to pay up all dues and. assess­ ine if the Boffman plan succeeds. ployes within the meaning of the nation. and to win economic "Se­ ments pips a fine, to be* paid foefore shipping. Under Good and He reported, however, that the Taft-Hartley law, and thus they curity through membership : in •^Velfare some of the topics dis­ Union hasi made considerable are being prevented from win­ the SIU. progress in fighting the proposal The company had also sought cussed were the necessity of co­ as a result of its intense cam­ ning full benefits of SIU repre­ to deny Pumpmen and Machin­ hurry up and do so before the operation in keeping the hall sentation; Rather than delay polls closed December 31. Exten­ clean, the Marshall Plan contro­ paign in calling. Congress' atten­ other CS crewmen from gaining ists the right to vote, but Ithe tion to the matter. Agent also sive, favorable discussion of the versy, transportation, agreements the advantages of badly needed SIU was successful in having present shipping rules was con­ and the shipping outlook. One report^ that progress was- being Union; protection, the SIU de­ this petition overruled. Ever since Oct. 28, 1946, when ducted under Good and Welfare. minute of silence in memory of made in negotiations with repre- cided not to contest this part of the SIU first took steps to win departed Brothers. J. 4. it the decision at this time. rccognitien as collective bargain­ BOSTON •— Chairman, J. G., S" i ® Although this ruling denying ing agent for the Cities Service Greenbaum, 281; Recording Sec­ MOBILE — Chairman, Ot Ste­ the right to vote is a blow to tankerman, the company has con­ retary, E. Dakin, 180; Reading vens, 115; Recordinc^- Secretary, J. the Bosuns and Stewards, it ap­ ducted a vicious campaign of in­ Clerk, H. CRshman, 40363. Carroll, 14; Reading Clerk, H. pears only a question of time be­ timidation and legal flim-flam­ Fischer. Boston minutes read and acsentatives of 'Virginia ferries, fore they will win that right, ming to keep its employes from 'fcepted. Minutes of other Minutes of previous meetings with another meeting scheduled since the present Congress has democratically choosing a bar- • Branches read and accepted, ex­ in other branches read and ac­ for Jan. 4. Motion "carried to indicated it will either repeal or gaining representative. With the cept for that portion of Galves­ cepted. Motion carried to ac­ accept Agent and Patrolman's re­ drastically modify the Taft-Hart­ announcement of the NLRB's ton New Business on extending cept minutes of special meeting port. Under Good and Welfare ley law. • latest election order, the com- • shipping cards, which was not held Dee. 15. Agent , Tanner re­ membership discussed necessity Meanwhile, Cities Service pany's resistance of its tankerconcurred in. - Agent reported ported that an all-out effort was. for intensifying organizing ef­ Bosuns and Stewards are ad­ men's wishes appears to be in its that Patrolman was in Portland made under way throughout the forts. vised to continue their struggle final stage. / Get A Receipt CS Certain Of SIU Victory, Tries To Stall NLRB Vote �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOQ These lueis. liehed hg st: ^ofi&naM'S p: oMpoe^ AWi -A»A MAI orbau.i3; thinJCcf J^wScaa^ j<d>g House Of Representatives lAlabama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Frank W. Boykin (D) George M. Grant (D) George W. Andrews (D) Sam Hobbs (D) Albert Rains-(D) Edward deGraffenreid (D) Carl ElUott (D) Robert E. Jones. Jr. (D) Laurie C. Battle (D) [Arizona 1 John R. Murdoch (D) 2 Harold A. Patten (D) [Arkansas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 E. C. Gathings (D) Wilbur D, Mills (D) James W. Trimble (D) Boyd Tackett (D) Brooks Hays (D) W. F. NorreU (D) Oren Harris (D) [California 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I ID 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Hubert R. Scudder (R) Clair Engle (D) Leroy Johnson (R) Franck R. Havenner (D) Richard J. Welch (R) George P. Miller (D) John J. Allen. Jr. (R) Jack Z. Anderson (R) CecU F. White (D) Thomas H. Werdel (R) Ernest K. Bramblett (R) Richard W. Nixon (R) Norris Poulson (R) Helen Gahagan Douglas (D) Gordon L. McDonough (R) Donald L. Jackson (R) Cecil R. King (D) Clyde Doyle (D) Chet Holiiield (D) Carl Hinshaw (R) Harry R. Sheppard (D) John Phillips (R) Clinton D. McKinnon (D) Robert L. F. Sikes (D) George A. Smathers (D) A. S. Herlong (D) Dwight L. Rogers (D) Georgia 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 10 Prince H. Preston. Jr. (D) E. E. Cox (D) Stephen Pace (D) A. Sidney Camp (D) James C. Davis (D) Carl Vinson (D) Henderson Lanhan (D) W. M. (Don) Wheeler (D) John S. Wood (D) Paul Brown (D) Idaho 1 Compton I. White (D) 2 John Sanborn (R) lUinois 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 William L. Dawson (D) Baxratt O'Hara (D) Neil J. Linehan (D) James V. Buckley (D) Martin Gorski (D) Thomas J. O'Brien (D) Adolph J. Sabath (D) Thomas S. Gordon (D) Sidney R. Yates (D) Richard W. Hoffman (R) Chester A. Chesney (D) Edgstr A. Jonas (R) Ralph E. Church (R) Chauncey W. Reed (R) Noah M. Mason (R) Leo E. Allen (R) LesUe C. Arends (R) Harold H. Velde (R) Robert B. Chiperiield (R) Bid Simpson (R) Peter F. Mack, Jr. (D) Rolla C. McMillen (R) Edward H. Jenison (R) Charles W. Vursell (R) Melvin Price (D), C. W. (Runt) Bishop (R) Indiana [Colorado John A. Carroll (D) WiUiam S. Hill (R) 3 John H. Marsalis (D) 4 Wayne N. Aspinall (D) [Connecticut 1 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D) 2 Chase Going Woodhouse (D) 3 John A. McGuire (D) 4 John Davis Lodge (R) 5 James T. Patterson (R) lAL Antoni N. Sadlak (R) I 3 4 5 6 i {Pelaware IAL J. Caleb Boggs (R) lorida 1 J. Hardin Peterson (D) 2 Charles E. Bennett (D) . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ray J. Madden (D) Charles A. Halleck (R) Thurman C. Crook (D) Edward H. Kruse. Jr. (D) John R. Walsh (D) Mrs. Cecil M. Harden (R) James E. Noland (D) Winfield K. Denton (D) Earl Wilson (R) Ralph Harvey (R) Andrew Jacobs (D) Iowa 1 Thomas E. Martin (R) 2 Henry O. Talle (R) 3 H. R. Gross (R) 4 Karl M. LeCompte (R) 5 Paul Cunningham (R) 6 James L DolUver (R) 7 Ben F. Jensen (R) 8 Charles B. Hoeven (R) Kansas 1 2 3 4 5 6 Albert VL Cole (R) Errett P. Scrivner (R) Herbert A. Meyer (R) Edward H. Rees (R) Clifford R. Hope (R) Wint Smith (R) 4 Kentucky 1 Noble J. Gregory (D) 2 John A. Whitaker (D) 3 Thruston Ballard Morton (R) 4 Frank L. Chelf (D) 5 Brent Spehce (D) 6 Thomas R. Underwood (D) 7 Carl D. Perkins (D) 8 Joe B. Bates (D) 9 Jcunes S. Golden (R) Louisiana 1 F. Edward Hebert (D) 2 Hale Boggs (D) 3 Edwin E. Willis (D) 4 Overton Brooks (D) 5 Otto E. Passman (D) 6 James H. Morrison (D) 7 Henry D. Larcade, Jr. (D) 8 A. Leonard Allen (D) Maine 1 Robert Hale (R) 2 Charles P. Nelson (R) 3 Frank FeUows (R) Maryland 1 Edward T. Miller (R) 2 WiUiam P. Bolton (D) 3 Edward A. Garmatz (D) 4 George H. FaUoa (D) 5 Lansdale G. Sasscer (D) 6 J. Glenn BeaU (R) Massachusetts 1 John W. Heselton (R) . 2 Foster Fiircolb (D) 3 Philip J. Philbin (D) 4 Harold D. Donohue (D) 5 Edith Nourse Rogers (R) 6 George J. Bates (R) 7 Thomas J. Lane (D) 8 Angier L. Goodwin (R) 9 Donald W. Nicholson (R) 10 Christian A. Herter (R) . 11 John F. Kennedy (D) 12 John W. McCormack (D) 13 Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) 14 Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R) Michigan 1 George G. Sadowski (D) 2 Earl C. Michener (R) 3 Paul W. Shafer (R) 4 Clare E. HoUman (R) 5 Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (R) 6 WiUiam W. Blackney (R) 7 JesM P. Wdcott (R) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Fred L. Crawford (R) Albert 'J. Engel (R) Roy O. Woodruff (R) Charles E. Potter (R) John B. Bennett (R) George D. O'Brien (D) Louis C. Rabaut (D) John D. DingeU (D) John Lesinski (D) George A. Dondero (R) Minnesota 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 August H. Andresen (R) Joseph P. O'Hara (R) Roy W. Wier (D) Eugene J. McCarthy (D) Walter H. Judd (R) Fred MarshaU (D) H. Carl Andersen (R) John A. Blatnik (D) Harold C. Hagen (R) Mississippi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 John E. Rankin (D) Jamie L. Whitten (D) WiUiam M. Whittington (D) Thomas G. Abemethy (D) Arthur Winstead (D) WUliam M. Colmer (D) John Bell WUUams (D) Missouri 1 Clare Magee (D) 2 Morgan Moulder (D) 3 Phil J. Welch (D) 4 Leonard Irving (D) 5 Richard BolUng (D) 6 George H. Christopher (D) 7 Dewey Short (R) 8 A. S. J. Camahan (D) 9 Clarence Cannon (D) 10 Paul C. Jones (D) 11 John B. Sullivan (D) 12 Raymond W. Karst (D) 13 Frank M. Karsten (D) Montana 1 Mike Mansfield (D) 2 Wesley A p*Ewart (R) Nebraska 1 2 3 4 Carl T. Curtis (R) Eugene D. O'SuUivan (D) Karl Stefan (R) A. L. Miller (R) Nevada AL WaUer S. Baring (D) New Hampshire 1 Chester E. Merrow (R) 2 Norris Cotton (R) New Jersey 1 Charles A. Wolverton (R) 2 T. MiUet Hand (R) . 3 James C.- Auchindoss (R)> 4 Charles R. HoweU (D) 5 Charles A. Eaton (R^ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Clifford P. Case (R) J. PameU Thomas (R) Gordon Caniield (R) Harry L. Towe (R) Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D) Hugh J. Addonizo (D) Robert W. Kean (R) Mary T. Norton (D) Edward J. Hart (D) New Mexico -AL Antonio M. Fernandez (D) AL John E. Miles (D) New York 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W. Kingsland Macy (R) Leonard W. Hall (R) Henry J. Latham (R) L. Gary Clemente (D) T. Vincent Quinn (D) James J. Delaney (D) Vacant (John J. Delaney died Nov. 17, 1948) 8 Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) 9 Eugene J. Keogh (D) 10 Andrew L. Somers (D) 11 James J. Hefferiian (D) 12 John J, Rooney (D) 13 Donald L. O'Toole (D) 14 Abraham J. Multer (D) 15 Emanuel CeUer (D) 16 James J. Murphy (D) 17 Frederick R. Coudert, Jr. (R) 18 Vito Marcantonio (ALP) 19 Arthur G. Klein (D) 20 Sol Bloom (D) 21 Jacob K. Javits (R) 22 Adam C. Powell, Jr. (D) 23 WaUer A. Lynch (D) 24 Isidore Dollinger (D) 25 Charles A Buckley (D) 26 Christopher McGrath (D) 27 Ralph W. Gwinn (R) 28 Ralph A Gamble (R) 29 Katharine St. George (R) 30 Jay LeFevre (R) 31 Bernard W. Kearney (R) 32 WUUam T. Byrne (D) 33 Dean P. Taylor (R) 34 Clarence E. KUburn (R) 35 John C. Davies (D) 36 Walter Riehlman (R)' 37 Edwin Arthur Hall (R) 38 John Taber (R) 39 W.- SterUng Cole (R) 40 Kenneth B. Keating (R) 41 James W. Wadsworth (R) 42 WUUam L. Pfeiffer (R) 43 Anthony F. Tauriello (D) 44 Chester C. Gorski (D) 45 Daniel A Reed (R) North Carolina 1 Herbert C. Bonner (D) 2 John H. Kerr (D) 3 Graham A Barden (D) 4 Harold D. Cooley (D: 5 Thurmond Chalhamj (D) 6 Carl T. Durham (D) 111 • �Friday. January 7. 1949 Page Nine C'fhc'RapreseutsAh^ aand ScMitors, te eatd ^astriet, who wilt sooncousid/^ to talie ine Flan. atul aoiri-iiell tubal; t|oa plan io inuin ibe Atner'ican boriuciM^ io "tdkc iluNisatuls apaii.tliou.yuau AiM^tcAn,tvaadiers^ 7 F. Erlel Carlyle (D) 9 Charles B. Deane (D) 9 Robert L. Doughion (D) 10 Hamilton C. Jones (D) 11 Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) 12 Monroe M. Redden (D) North Dakota AL William Lemke (R) Ah Usher L. Burdick (R) Ohio AL Stephen M. Young (D) 1 Charles H. Elston (R) 2 Earl T. Wagner (5) 3 Edward Breen (D) 4 WUliam M. McCulloch (R) 5 Cliff Clevenger (R) 6 James G. Polk (D) 7 Clarence J. Brown (R) 9 Frederick C. Smith (R) 9 Thomas H. Burke (D) 10 Thomas A. Jenkins (R) 11 Walter E. Brehm (R) 12 John M. Vorys (R) 13 Alvin F. Weichel (R) 14 Walter B. Ruber (D) 15 Robert T. Seciest (D) 16 John McSwccncy (D) 17 J. Harry McGregor (R) 13 Wayne L. Hays (D) 19 Michael J. Kirwan (D) 20 Michael A. Feighan (D) 21 Robert Grosser (D) 22 Frances P. Bolton (R) Oklahoma 1 Dixie Gilmer (D) 2 William G. Stigler (D) 3 Carl Albert (D) 4 Tom Steed (D) 5 A. S. Mike Monroney (D) 6 Tobey Morris (D) 7 Victor Wickersham (D) 9 George Howard Wilson (D) Oregon 1 Walter Norblad (R) 2 Lowell Stockman (R) 3 Homer D. Angell (R) 4 Harris Ellsworth (R) Pennsylvania 1 WiUiam A. Barrett (D) 2 WiUiam T. Granahan (D) 3 Hardie Scott (R) 4 Earl Chudoff (D) 5 William J. Green. Jr. (D) 6 Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R) 7 Benjamin F. James (R) 9 Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R) 9 Paul B. Dague (R) 10 Harry P. O'NeUl (D) 11 Daniel J. Flood (D) 12 Ivor D. Fenton (R) 13 George M. Rhodes (D) 14 Wilson D. Gillette (R) 15 Robert F. Rich (R) 16 SamueLK. McConnell. Jr. (R) 17 Richard M. Simpson (R) 18 John C. Kunkel (R) 19 Leon H. Gavin (R) 20 Francis E. Walter (D) 21 James F. Lind (D) 22 James E. Van Eandt (R) 23 Anthony Cavalc^e (D) 24^Thoma6 E. Morgan (D) 25 Loub E. Graham (R) 26 Robert L. Coffey. Jr. (D) 27 Augustine B. KeUey <D) 28 CarroU D. Keiums (R) 29 Harry J. Davenport (D) 30 Robert J. Corbett (R) 31 James G. Fulton (R) 32 Herman P. Eberharter (D) 33 Frank Buchanan (D) Rhode Island 1 Aime J. Forand (D) 2 John E. Fogarty (D) 4 5 6 7 9 9 Watkins M. Abbitt (D) Thomas B. Stanley (D) Clarence G. Burton (D) Burr P. Harrison (D) Howard W. Smith (D) Thomas B. Fugate (D) Washington 1 Hugh B. MitcheU (D) 2 Henry M. Jackson (D) 3 RusseU V. Mack (R) 4 Hal Holmes (R) 5 Walt Horan (R) 6 Thor C. Tollefson (R) West Virginia 1 Robert L. Ramsay (D) South Carolina 1 L. Mendel Rivers (D) 2 Hugo S. Sims, Jr. (D) 3 James B. Hare (D) 4 Joseph R. Bryson (D) 5 James P. Richzurds (D) 6 John L. McMUlan (D) South Dakota 1 Harold O. Lovre (R) 2 Francis Case (R) Tennessee 1 Dayton E. Phillips (R) 2 John Jennings. Jr. (R) 3 James B. Frazier (D) 4 Albert Gore (D) 5 Joe L. Evins (D) 6 J. Percy Priest (D) 7 Pat Sutton (D) 8 Tom Murray (D) 9 Jere Cooper <D) 10 CUfford Davis (D) Texas 1 Wright Patman (D) 2 J. M. Combs (D) 3 Lindley Beckworth (D) 4 Sam Raybiun (D) 5 J. Frank Wilson (D) 6 Olin E. Teague (D) 7 Toin Pickett (D) 8 Albert Thomas (D) 9 Clark W. Thompson (D) 10 Homer Thornberry (D) 11 W. R. Poage (D) 12 Wingate Lucas (D) 13 Ed Gossett (D) 14 John E. Lyte. Jr. (D) 15 Lloyd M. Bentsen. Jr. (D) 16 Ken Regan (D) 17 Omar Burleson (D) 18 Eugene Worley (D) 19 George H. Mahon (D) 20 Paul J. KUday (D) 21 O. C. Fisher (D) Utah 1 Walter K. Granger (D) 2 Reva Beck Bosone (D) Vermont AL Charles A. Plumley (R) Virginia 1 Schuyler Otis Bland (D) 2 Porter Hardy. Jr. (D) 3 J. Vaughan Gary <D) 2 3 4 5 6 Harley O. Staggers (D) Cleveland M. BaUey (D) M. G. Bumside (D) John Kee (D) E. H. Hedrick (D) Wisconsin 1 Lawrence H. Smith (R) 2 Glenn R. Davis (R) 3 Geurdner R. Withrow (R) 4 Clement J. Zablocki (D) 5 Andrew J. BiemiUer (D) 6 Frank B. Keefe (R) 7 Reid F. Murray (R) 8 John W. Byrnes (R) 9 Merlin Hull (R) 10 Alvin E. O'Konski (R) Wyoming AL Frank A. Barrett (R) Schuyler Otis Bland, Chairman House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman, Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation (ECA "Watchdog" Committee) Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Senate Alabama Maine Lister Hill (D) John J. Spukman (D) Owen Brewster (R) Margaret Chase Smith (R) Arizona Maryland Carl Hayden (D) Ernest W. McFarland (D) Arkansas MUlard E. Tydings (D) Herbert R. O'Conor (D) Massachusetts J. WiUiam Fulbright (D) John L. McClellan (D) Leverett Saltonstall (R) Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) California Michigan Sheridan Downey (D) WiUiam F. Knowland (R) Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) Homer Ferguson (R) Colorado Minnesota Edwin C. Johnson (D) Eugene D. MiUikin (R) Connecticut Georgia Idaho Glen H. Taylor (D) Bert H. MUler (D) Illinois Oregon Guy Cordon (R) Wayne Morse (R) Pennsylvania Francis J. Myers (D) Edward Martin (R) Rhode Island South Carolina Missouri Walter F. George (D) Richard B. RusseU iD) Elmer Thomas (D) Robert S. Kerr (D) Mississippi Delaware Florida Oklahoma Theodore Francis Green (D) J. Howard McGrath (D) James O. Eastland (D) John C. Stennis (D) Claude Pepper (D) Spessard L. Holland (D) Robert A. Taft (R) John W. Bricker (R) Edward J. Thye (R) Hubert H. Humphrey (D) - Brien McMahon (D) Raymond E. Baldwin (R) John J. WiUiams (R) J. AUen Frear (D) Ohio Forrest C. DonneU (R) James P. Kem (R) Montana Jzunes E. Murray (D) Zales N, Ecton (R) Nebraska Hugh Butler (R) Kenneth S. Wherry (R) Nevada Pat McCarran (D) George W. Malone (R) New Hampshire Burnet R. Maybank (D) OUn D. Johnston (D) South Dakota Chan Gumey (R) Karl E. Mundt (R) Tennessee Kenneth B. McKeUar (D) Estcs KefauVer (D) Texas Tom Connally (D) Lyndon B. Johnson (D) Utah Elbert D. Thomas (D) Arthur V. Watkins (R) Vermont Scott W. Lucas (D) Paul H. Douglas (D) Styles Bridges (R) Charles W. Tobey (R) George D. Aiken (R) Ralph E. Flanders (R) Indiana New Jersey Virginia Homer E. Capehart (R) WiUiam E. Jenner (R) H. Alexander Smith (R) Robert C. Hendrickson (R) ^ Iowa New Mexico Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) Guy M. Gillette (D) Kansas Dennis Chavez (D) Clinton P. Anderson (D) New York Harry Flood Byrd (D) A. Willis Robertson (D) Washington Warren G. Magnuson (D) Harry P. Cain (R) West Virginia Clyde M. Reed (R) Andrew F. Schoeppel 1R) Robert F. Wagner (D) Irving M. Ives (R) Harley M. Kilgore (D) Matthew M. Neely (D) Kentucky North Carolina Wisconsin Alben W. Baxkley (D)« Virgil Chapman (D) Clyde R. Hoey (D) J. MelvUle Broughton (D) Louisiana North Dakota AUen J. EUender (D) Russell B. Long (D) WUUam Langer (R) Milton R. Young (R) Alexander WUey (R) Joseph R. McCarthy (R) Wyoming Joseph C. OTdahoney (D) Lester C. Hunt (D) �THE SEAFARERS Page Ten LOG JFriday. January 7, 1949 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Fooling With Fillies Dull Second To Seafaring Life, Oldtimer Says MOMENTS LIKE THESE HELPED Oldtimer Raymond Flynn wouldn't trade his shipboard post for a chance to ride the finest nag in the world. Currently sailing as Pantryman aboard the SS Del Norte, Flynn, who started riding ships in 1928 after a suc­ cessful fling as a jockey,* thing wiih more of a future for says racing has no thrills a guy who was picking up weight. He didn't want to stay like seafaring — not for in one place so he chose the his money, anyway. sea. Pickings were slim in those Brother Flynn spent 12 of his 41 years fooling with the fillies before going to sea, so he gives out straight dope. Of French-Irish stock, Flynn first turned to in the quiet little New Jersey town of Cranford, not far from the noise of New York City. That was in 1907. He had hardly given up riding a carriage when the family switch­ ed headquarters to Brooklyn. BOY ON A HORSE Flynn attended school there r-tintil he was nine. For reasons nof' health, doctors advised the Flynn family to send young Rajnnond to a farm to build him 'tip. That's how he got to know ^'horses. 'i Before many seasons had pass^ed young Flynn was working as an exercise boy for twenty " bucks a month. After a while, •' with the help of Mike Hackett, ' a horse-bpeeder, Raymond got a chance to try his skUl with the whip in a race. He took second money and he was off on his career as a jockey. Ray rode a winner the next THE CORSAIR days—$60 a month as ^ a messman—but it served Flynn's pur­ pose. UNION BOOSTER When the SJU was formed. 10 years later, Flynn saw the ad­ vantages of a union and was Twin Falls Victory crewmen kept up spirits during among the first to sign up and do his share to improve the sea­ Hawaiian Islands stopovers. Pictured in Hilo refreshment men's lot. The proud holder of spot (left to right) are: the Third Mate,. G. Chapman, T.. Book No. 46, Ilynn says that Newtqn, D. Harmon, an unidentified girl, A. Dagg aind J. men with SIU books are on the Leskun. inside track. a 2 "There's a thousand percent difference in conditions between the time I first went to sea and now," Ray declares. "But while we must protect Sailing orders that frequently Falls sailed for Tacoma. She what we have already won, we became snarled kept the lads spent a week in the Washington • must always strive for better aboard the Twin Falls Victory in port awaiting orders. Then back : a continual sta^ of jitters at the to Canada- again. things." RAYMOND FLYNN Flynn lives in New Orleans outset of a recent voyage, but STRAIGHTENED UP with his wife, Margaret, whom the soothing effect of some off­ After loading general cargo, time out on a horse named he met aboard the steamship shore moments found all hands mostly lumber, in Westminster Zouave in some hot competition Capitol in 1933. They were tied on the beam when payoff time and Vancouver, the Twin Falls at Maryland's Bowie Park. up after what is probably one holled around. straightened out and headed for Thereafter he traveled all over of the swiftest courtships in the The trip, which began with the the Hawaiian Islands. Her crevvthe country with winning and annals of seagoing romances. sign-on in Wilmington, Cal., on men emerged from their tizzy They met, Flynn proposed and Aug. 27 and ended in Oakland with pick-me-up evenings in losing mounts. By the time 1928 rolled around Margaret accepted—all in a few on Nov. 1, "was fouled up from Honolulu's Sad Sam's and other Flyim was looking for. some- hours. Flynn jrecalls that his sole the start," according to crew- other bistros familiar to the sea­ assets on that mighty venture member Edward Grothus. faring man restful afternoons on were a buck in cash and a new GETS SET TO SAIL Waikiki Beach, says Brother FIRST TO GO pair of shoes. Grothus. Other ports in which The Twin Falls Victory crew BEAT BOMBS the Sea;farers found pleasure Like most SIU oldtimers, Ray was the first one shipped-by San were Port Allen, Kaweiliweili, sailed throughout the war and Francisco's new Atlantic and Kuhului" and Hilo. saw plenty of action. Among Gulf District. Journeying by Of eleven days on the return his ships was the SS Florida. bus, the boys arrived at the ship trip to Oakland, "four were spent in Wilmington to learn they Luck was riding with him, he lying offshore with but enough says, because, he was never tor­ were scheduled to sail for the speed for steerage,"- Grothus says.: Far East. pedoed. From ; the payoff 'Grothus • Rio and New Orleans are his Then came the first hitch. The two favorite cities. Brother Flynn orders were changed; the ship headed back to -his native -Iowa • doesn't like New York. Says it's was to proceed to Vancouver, for a crack at growing you- • too fast Maybe that helps to Canada, to load. Hitch number know-what-kind of com. He says explain Why he's happier going two: in Canada the original or­ he'll miss everything about the to sea than he was whipping ders wefe rescinded. The booms sea—all save the Twin Falls were overhauled and the Twin Victory. them down the home-stretch. Hawaii Calms Crew's Tizzy 'The Voice Of The Sea' By SALTY DICK The trim Alcoa passenger-cargo vessel hums with activity as members of the Deck Gang make her ready for sea. Photo was taken day before sailing time as the "pride of the fleet" prepared to shove off from New Orleans on a regularly* scheduled Caribbean cruise. One of the crew has just re­ ceived mail from Uncle Sam. He's wanted for a fitting to a new brown .suit. So long, pal ..."Our Union is celebrating its tenth anniversary. What progress we have made during this time. Watch us go from here. I hear the crew on the Steel Chemist were good joes ex­ cept the Chief Steward... Met Dick Miller in the French Quarter drinking a malted milk. Something is wrong somewhere... The author of "Why Bosuns Get Grey" is here in New Orleans. He's run­ ning away from the cold weather. I have a reputation for crying aU the time, but if you listen to my crying you'U hear I'm for the while Stewards Depart­ ment. I believe that the work­ ing rules in the Stewards De­ partment of passenger ships (Delta Line) should be revised. May I suggest for the others on the Del Mar and Del Sud to cooperate and give a report on this issue to their agent in New Orleans. I give credit to the deck and engine departments for fighting for their rights. Worth Repealing: Bill Champlin's famous saying, ".Why go to the movies when you can go to sea." Have- you ever eaten a cheese omelette? - -Try one, they're good... Woody Warren is again determined tp ; go to the hills of Kentucky ^ and sell - "mountain dew." He ' says there is a future in the ; business ..-. E. Reyes' once had ;; doctor's orders to sleep on the ' floor because Of a physical dis- " order.' Now he can't get used to a soft bed. ' . . Two little grilled pork chops, ^d^ potatoes for $1^25. And some , of the boys kick about the chow. I believe it costs moire to eat here in New Orleans ' than in New York.... Who's the guy who bought a copy of the book "How To'Write Love Letters?" .-..This is an idea for Stewards on freighters: When the crew cries, go to the galley and tell Cookie to make some doggies. ; Pass thiem, around at coffee time. '. You'll be the crew's Man of • Distinction. / •• �Friday, January 7, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings Page Eleven SEAFilRER SAM says: BETHORE, Nov. 14—J. Penner. gestion that performer aboard Chairman: E. Black, Secretary. ship be brou^t before Patrol­ Department delegates reported. man for charges to be placed Brother Lewleyn was electee against him. One minute of ship's delegate for the voyage. silence observed for Brothers lost Good and • Welfare: Suggested at sea. that coffee percolator in PO mess XXX be put on repair list. Glasses THE CABINS, Nov. 6—Francis taken from messroom to various Ploppert, Chairman; Richard quarters are to be returned to Barnes, Secretary. Delegates messroom before meal times. One Boatler, ship's; Barnes, deck; minute, of silence for departed Carney, engine and Plopperl, Brothers. stewards reported on number of books and permits in their de­ » » » RAPHAEL SEMMES. Nov. 14 partments. Quartermaster in­ D. Otto, Chairman; M. R. structed not to sign overtime un­ Norris, Secretary. Delegates re­ ship is adequately stored. Good less for $1.45 per hour, as stipu­ EEP UP THAT BARPAGE OF PROTESTS ported there were no beefs at and Welfare: Suggestion that lated in contract. Good and Wel­ ship's delegate get in touch with AGAINST THE-HOFFAdANJ PROPOSAL TO this time in any of the depart­ fare:. Discussion by Clarke on SIU agent and have him contact SCUTTLE THE AMERICAN MERCMA/V/TMARIKIB. \ ments. Repair list is to be taken why ship hasn't picked up more care of by the three department company to see if the cooks' fre.sh fruit and vegetables. Sur.--I ON PASES 6 AND 9 OF THIS ISSUE ARE THE / delegates and a copy to be given roOm can be changed, as three rency requested that ladder from A/AMES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND to Chief Mate and Engineer as men are sleeping in the smallest messhali to lower deck be •.-f SENATORS OF EVERY STATE. lA/RlTE OfR. "-J soon as possible. Usual discus­ room on the ship. painted. Surrency asked who is X ii WIRE THEM AT ONCE (AND VoUR PRIENDS, ": sion on cleaning up messroom to tell the permitmen when their ALCOA PATRIOT, Nov. 6— ^ter card games. Baker given 60-day limit has expired. One / VouR FAMILY, AND YouR ORjGANirATON^ •i vote of thanks by the crew for Ralph Ashby, Chairman; Harry J. minute of silence for Brothers I-AND TELL THEM HOW YOU FEE , -J*doing a good job. One minute of Thompson, Secretary. Engine and lost at sea. silence was observed in memory stewards department delegates reported on number of bookof our departed Brothers. members in their departments; deck delegate reported small amount of disputed overtime, which crew expects to collect in XXX New York. New Business: EVISTAR, Nov. 7 — Frank Charles Buleza elected ship's t. S. S. By HANK delegate by acclamation. Good Fromm, Chairman; Warren Calla­ STEEL SEAFARER, Nov. 4— and Welfare: Brother Click sug­ han, Secretary. Delegates re­ George Meaney, Chairman; Harry gested that crew work toward ported on state of.their depart­ It looks like our New York brothers are starting the New Slodzina, Secretary. Election of bringing in a clean ship. Steward ments. Engine Delegate called Year off with a rush. Jobs are booming in our West Coast halls delegates held. Tusing, deck de­ was asked to provide more fruit for the repair of sanitary lines, —and lots of brothers are getting out there somehow. Well, to the partment; Kelly, stewards de­ with night lunch. Vote of thanks heads, fresh water lines and partment; Nunn, engine depart­ was voted entire stewards de- drinking fountains when ship ar­ brothers in every SIU hall, we're launching our good and welfare ment; Meaney, ship's delegate pai'tment for fine work during rives in port. New Business: suggestion for 1949—Ship in, any job for any run. Thanks to ou? elected. New Business: Motion trip. One minute of silence ob­ Motion by D. Rood that repairs Organizing Program we have many SlU-contracted tankers—so by Kelly, carried, that if the served for Brothers lost at sea. be made in Texas City. Motion _grab those jobs. And don't forget to help out in knocking over crew were fed in one messroom by Fisher that ship's delegate be Cities Service so we can dog down these ships with an SIU the meals could be put out faster elected. Motion by Francisco contract... (Sea) Man of Distinction: "Sir Charles"- Oppenheimer, and much easier. Motion by Blanco that Fisher be elected as Tusing to draw up a repair list ship's delegate, carried. Motion who has constantly stated his sincere views for the good and in each department. Meaney by Callahan, carried that ship's welfare of the union and the membership. Also a vote of thank® moved that Steward put out delegate contact the Chief Engi­ to him for writing letters last week to many Congressman lurging more food for night lunches. neer and have the washing them to stop the ECA from destroying our merchant marine.' After Steward agreed to increase machine checked and repaired. f food outlay, the motion was Good and Welfare: Discussion on X X X ^ dropped. Motion by Kelly, car­ routine work in the stewards de­ Brother Pete de Pietro is in town. Okay. Pete, we won't ried, that a procedure be outlined partment. Agreement that all mention peppers... Before Calvin Jones shipped out to Euro­ for keeping laundry in good beefs arising in that department , XXX shape. Good-and Welfare: Deck pean ports he received that good old stuff called—mail...Bill JOHN B. WATERMAN, Nov. 7 will be referred to the boarding delegate assigned job of seeing Patrolman. Captain informed Rogers is another brother who got a package just before he —E. Bishop, Chairman; E. Jones, that Mate returned libi-ary books. crew that washing machine will sailed... We wonder where Charles Watson, the Electrician, Secretary. Deck delegate re­ Engine delegate agreed to see ported beef on shoregang work; be used only on southbound trip is right now.., Before heading for Halifax, Percy Boyer (with about having more heat in the other delegates reported no beefs. as the ship will have a limited traditional mustache) and Bill Story rolled ashore long enough main deck foc'sles. One minute New Business: Motion carried water supply. Water will not be to say hullo to the boys. Brother Story shaped us the amazmg of silence observed for Brothers rationed for other uses. that all departments get together lost at sea. news that Brother "J.P." Creel down in New Orleans has XXX on repair list.' Motion to see STEEL WORKER. Nov. 23— % i % refused to ship out ever since he built himself a home. That's Patrolman about Chief Mate SWEETWATER, Nov. 5 — J. pushing crew around. Motion Frank Hazen, Chairman; W^er militant mutiny—especially if several lonely shipmates are Lane, Chairman; Tim Holt, Sec­ carried that medicine chest be Hale, Secretary. Meeting opened doggone disappointed in shipping out of New Orleans wiihoui retary. Deck delegate reported checked and medical attention with reports by the delegates: Brother Creel. s. small beefs on penalty hours; be improved. Good and Welfare: Joseph Decinque, ship's delegate; other delegates reported -every­ Suggestion that slopchest be Walter Petrowski, deck; John thing as being shipshape. New opened to handle men on watch. Wauchek, engine, and Gabriel Business: H. Cook elected ship's Steward James Hand, well-known dog-breeder of Tampa, re­ Suggestion that hereafter the Gabling, stewards. By a 22 to 5 ^delegate by acclamation. Good ship should be properly secured vote the crew decided to turn cently of the Alcoa Pioneer, sent in a list of questions a Steward and Welfare: Suggestions that for sea before leaving port and a title to its washing machine and is asked by the crew in any foi'eign port. These are just a f|w-=s steam line in black gang head be notice be posted in a prominent ironer over to the next crew with Is the night lunch out yet? What time is the draw? How far is checked, toaster be checked, place infonning the deck depart­ a request that they be main­ up-town? How many days will we be here? What about ordering linen be checked. Steward be tained in good condition. Also some fresh milk? Has there been any mail for me? The questica ment as to sailing hour and time asked about cold supper. One decided to wait for Patrolman's that is asked over and over again is "Is the old man back yet?" of securing ship. minute of silence for Brothers okay before paying off. One min­ XXX lost at sea. ZEBULON PIKE. Nov. 6—W. ute of silence in memory of The weekly LOG will be sailing free of cost to the homes C. McCuistion, Chairman: D. W. Brothers lost at sea. of the following brothers—John Latella of New York, Everett Conrcy, Secretary. Delegates re­ Paironas of New York, B. Kinler of Alabama, Rendich Meola ported all books and per-mits as of New York, Ernest Buchser of Ohio, Paul Koval of California. being in good standing. Good George Stropich of Michigan, Rudolph Stoskopf of Virginia, and Welfare: Discussion on the Anthony Guida of New York, Robert Scales of Texas. cleaning of recreation room ^nd laundry. General discussion on the corning meeting of the Inter­ XXX The ECA chief has tried to destroy our jobs. And on the SOUTHLAND, Nov. 4—A. L. national. One minute of silence XXX other hand he is continuing to build up the foreign merchant Frick, Chairman; J. Harris, Sec­ for Brothers lost at sea. HURRICANE, Nov. 20— marines, too. Read this news item, dated December 31, Washing­ retary.. Delegates reported their George Sorensen, Chairman; XXX, departments free of beefs. New STEEL EXECUTIVE, Nov. 7— John Canlrell, Secretary. Three ton, D.C.—"The Economic Co-operation Administration reported Business: Motion by Cochran, Donald CowelL Chairman; Sid­ delegates reported on conditions that Norway, with the aid of Marshall Plan funds, hopes to add carried, that no one sign foreign ney Swilier, Secretary. Dele­ in their departments. Ralph Gro- nearly 3,000,000 tons of merchant shipping to its fleet by 1953. articles luvtil food supplies are gates repox'ted overtime in dis­ secloe was elected unanimously Already under construction in Swedish shipyards, ECA said, i® checked and okayed by ci-ew. pute, several men too severely ship's delegate. It was recom­ $21,800,000 worth of new shipping for the Norwegians."... Wo Amendment to motion by Frick logged and officers painting. New mended that Stewards men dump would like to say that President Truman has another job to do: ; that. Agent be notified upon Business: Department delegates garbage over stem of ship, and keep our merchant marine afloat and expanding, not allow ships t# ship's arrival of the desire of the to make up repair list. Good and that percolator in crew's mess be be bone-yarded every month while at the same time we send crew not to sign foreign articles, Welfare: Request of ship's dele­ used only for watch while at steel and mony to foreign nations so they can keep on expanding their fleets. only coastwise articles, until the gate to resign overruled. Sug- sea. CUT and RUN �THE SEAFARERS Pa96 Twelve LHC FMd«r« JantMunr f> 2949 MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS Ex-Gob Says Navy's Slant On Unions Was Anti-Labor To the Edilor: IN CHARGE OF FILLING THEM VP analysists and the Navy news commentators. Union men are made, not WRONG SOURCE born. When millions of laboring men Too many people get their were released from our armed information about unions from forces there were among them the newspaper only and as a result think that the purpose •—myself included — many who of unions is to bleed capital. had no previous trade union Working guys like Frank Reed and myself and millions training. of other people in the country What knowledge I had of un^ , , who rely on their unions for ions-was taken from newspapers own and their family's set and from the Navy's program ^ ourity know how essential these of liews analysis for its per- organizations are. sonn^l, neither of which could We know why we have a Unbe called strictly impartial from ion, we know why we belong labor's standpoint. to the Seafarers and that is to Each week in the Navy, we guarantee a fair wage for an were issued bulletins, or we honest day's labor, in addition to what all people desire but few ever have- -Job Security. Calvin M. Owens Home At Holidays, Seafarer Readies 'Fuzzy' For Show To the Editor: After three trips on the Alcoa Pioneer I am back in Tampa, all set and ready to show my dog in the annual dog show thiff month. I am going to try and do' as well or better with her this' year as I did in the last contest. (Ed. Note: In the 1948 show,; as reported in the LOG, Brother Hand's chow, "Fuzzy," made a' The Stewards Department of Isthmian's Steel Traveler rated a vote of thanks from the crew as being a shipshape gang in preparing and serving the crew's food. Picture was snapped in Manila. The Traveler paid off in New York this week after a trip to the Far East. Heywood Men Realize Wish;Good Topsiders To the Edilor: On several occasions it has been our pleasure to read in our weekly LOG the good deeds of certain Captains and Mates. That we would encounter some of Mates, or at least one of these skippers, was many times our hope but never a reality. At least not until we caught our present ship, the Thomas Hayward, aboard which we have Larry Moore as Bosun and his buddy, Leo Sarkey, as Bosun's CALVIN Mate. We go all out for our skipper, would listen to a speech by a : because of the following: Any­ junior officer dealing with news time you see him he always has of Tabor on the home front, as a smile and a "good morning." well' as a roundup of war news. He never interferes with the ^ ANTI-UNION SLANT Frankly, these bulletins and talks wouldn't exactly be class­ ed as anti-union, but they were presented in such a way that men who had no union experi­ ence or were unfamiliar with the nature of unions were curs­ ing one and all labor organiza­ tions at the finish of each talk. They certainly didn't go out of iUieic way to give the union peos^ a decent break, as they slanted the news. ; I was very fortunate in join­ ing the SIU in 1946, and I was particularly lucky to make one of my early trips with Frank Reed» an oldtimer, who took time to give me a good union education on board ship. In this way I learned how necessary the trade union is to th§ working man and how different the un­ ion actually is from the pic­ ture painted by the daily news Marino Gordils In Hospital To the Editor: I should; like to advise the Brothers in the Union that my husbandi Marino Gordils, who holds SIU Book No. 4630 is now iii the Metropolitan Hospital, Hew York City. Mercedes Gordils New York City Mate or the Bosun as far as work on deck is concerned. Last but not least, the fact that he is good with cigarettes and issues a draw at sea has nothing to do with our grand feeling toward him. As for our Chief Mate, he's just about tops. No, he doesn't bring j4s our break­ fast in bed, and if he did we wouldn't stand for it, but here is what he does do: He not only speaks with you for a few min­ utes when he sees you but, he always addresses you by your first name. He doesn't come down on deck and give us a hand with what we are doing, but he does give the Bosun the work and that is all. (AA Closing Time By BILL GILSTRAP We've had a lotta fun, spent a lotta money, Here's a nickel for the jukebox. Honey. Cuddle up closer, baby, hold me tight. We're loving on a nickel and it's my last night. Smile a little, laugh a little, drink your beer. Look for me tomorrow night, I won't be here. Hang around tomorrow night, look for me. My ship will be pushing, baby, far at sea. Music in the jukebox, drinks on the table; Ship's in the harbor tugging at h^r cable. The world's fulla trouble, I'm fulla rum. There's some difference 'tween a sailor and a bum. Go on and laugh, baby, I don't care, I ever tell you how I like your hair? They're closing up the joint, baby, treat me right. See, they're turning out the neon, light. We still got time, baby, take it slow; Ah, the juke's stopped playing—alright, let's go. When the work is finished he always remarks what a nice job we did (no matter how it may seem to us). When you're sick he doesn't stand a vigil over you twenty-four hours a day. He does, however, give good medi­ cations and always checks the re­ sults himself. While writing I might just as well continue on with the truth and tell that the Second and Third Mates are right in the footsteps of the Chief. In short, it is going to be a shame to have to leave this scow. It's all like a dream. In closing, tlie fellows listed below wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Bill Dorann and Benny Rabinowitz Pat Griffon Donald Hilton Isaac Blumberg HEALTH OFFICIAL APPLAUDS STORIES ON HOSPITAL WORK To the Edifor: « The LOG carrying the swell editorial cartoon and spread on our Baltimore and Mobile ma­ rine hospitals met a "tumultuous reception. In.fact, my poor single copy is worn thin from being passed from person to person. The first group of health story materials are in the last stages of preparation, and I will begin forwarding them shortly after Christmas. This week I'm off to Carville, Louisiana to visit the leper colony. During some of my free time iii New Orleans I should like to- visit the SIU Hail there, about which I've read so many good things in the LOG. In closing^ please be assured of ifiy sincere thanks for your grand support of our medical care program. Edward J. FUzgarald Diviakm of Hospitals U.SL Public Health Sarvica JAMES M. HAND clean . sweep of . the show by. garnering four blue ribbon^.) This is the first Christmas X have been home to enjoy sinc^ 1944, and so far I have really enjoyed the holidays. First Christmas, then my daughter's birthday on December 28 and then New Year's Eve. The men on the Alcoa Pioneer saw to it tJiat my birthday did not pass without a cake, as you can see by the photograph. There was a real contrast between my. birthday and my daughter's. At the tender age of six she insisted on going to the Columbia Resr taurant in evening clothes. On my birthday I settled for work clothes and no shoes. These women! James M. Hand ! ASKS PROCEDURE FOR REGAINING SIU MEMBERSHIP ; : To the Editor: I am now in the Air. Force and would like to receive the LOG. Also I would like to know if I lose my permit by being here. Is it possible for me upon my discharge to resume shipping on my permit by paying my dues to date? PcL Donald Maxwell 3764 Training Sqdn Flight 214 Shephard Air Force Base Wichita Falls, Texas (Ed. Note: All Seafarers who were in good standing when' they entered the armed forceswill he reinstated. Bring your' union book (or permit) with your discharge to SIU, A&G, Headquarters, 51 Beavsr St..; New York and you'll be' squared, away.) < �Friday, January 7. 18M THE Passengers' Bags Present Problem To Cape Nome Crew SEAFARERS Hey, Johnny To the Edilor: LOG <»aga lUMbau Healthy, Strong Union Result Of Educational Program Ashore: Brady the passengers come aboard, and then when they get off at the : On oUr la^t voyage to Europe other end, the Deck Department the Cape Nome carried passen­ demand that they handle the pas­ gers both ways. There is one sengers' baggage. It means that To the Editor: premises that men who could Utility man to take care of these the Utility man, who takes care build and hold together an or- , passenger quarters. of these quarters, is not allowed The twice-weekly educational ganization like the SIU, have all ; But the trouble is that when to handle their things. Why not? programs now being sponsored the native intelligence necessary' by the Seafarers International to understand how to cerate ^ The Utility takes care of the Union at the New York Branch rooms, and 'makes up their beds through democratic processes, are something every member, during all of the trip, and then As more and more members when on the beach, should take the Deck Department carries out avail themselves of the SIU edu-' advantage of to improve himself the baggage and makes the tip! cational opportunities it will as an individual, and at the same What business does the Deck mean we will have a greater., time add to the organization as Department have in going into a whole. These educational pro­ supply of members capable of the passengers' rooms? 'Why To. Ih® Editor: grams, one in Parlimentary Pro- assuming the responsib^ duties should they try to take this little ceedure conducted by Brother of a smooth running organiza- , I read in the LOG recently a extra money away from the Glass every Tuesday night and tion. charge that I think was not fair Messboy? Of course handling the other in Forum Technique After one goes through the to the proprietor of the Penn­ large trunks out of the baggage every Monday afternoon con­ sessions of parliamentary pro- , sylvania Bar in San Juan. It storeroom is another matter, and duct^ by Blackie Cardullo, are ceedure, he can then attend the ' was reported by a brother that I'm not talking about that. It's just what the doctor ordered, for class in forum technique and tile Pennsylvania Bar is work­ the hand-baggage, brief cases, apply the principles of public a healthy labor organization. ing against SIU men and is hatboxes, and small suitcases speaking. Here he is supplied , throwing away copies of the that are involved. To the Editor: "Conference" maketh ready the with an audience so that he can; SEAFARERS LOG. man," were the words of the Please print a clarification on I am sending you this picture shed himself of stage fri^t. ' The Pennsylvania Bar is a big this point for the benefit of the of Red and Johnny De Rico, English philosopher Francis Here he trains himself by apply- ' help to some of the brothers members on this and other pas­ which I took at Portland during Bacon. The value of tliat state­ ing theory to practice. He learns who are on the beach here. This senger carriers. the 1946 strike. That was when ment is borne out in an educa­ to talk on his feet in clear,' direct tional program that prepares men Brother is making it hard for I enjoyed the Seafarers Song Johnny was thie SIU tanker or­ to know how to act under all and understandable terms and . the other union members here by Tennessee Thurman in the ganizer on this coast. Last I circumstances. at the same time he can put over , on the beach. Personally, I know November 19th LOG, as well as heard of him, he was on a Robin his point. Most important of all, a lot of ..the brothers here on MEMBER KNOW-HOW the funny picture of Uncle Otto Line ship. I would like to put he learns by doing. the beach go there, and he gives on the Southport, which was sent a notice in the LOG asking him Although the SIU has stood for As the educational program of them drinks and sometimes a in by the former Night Cook and to write to me. an enlightened membership, it the SIU progresses we can look.. meal. Will you also change my mail­ has not always been in a position forward to the day when every Baker, George Reoch. The rpajority of the men are ing address to 6543 N. Interstate broke and, brother, anywhere Otto got off tlie Southport be­ Ave., Portland, Ore.? Both my where it could provide class- SIU ship afloat and every port In the meeting will have an available you can get a meal for free fore she had the accident in the wife and I enjoy it, and now room-type education. past, the Union had to depend supply of members who will be should be appreciated. Lots . of English Channel. Lucky Uncle that the We.st Coast strike is on the kind of education one gets able to function in any capacity the brothers even get credit Otto! Never had an accident. He over I'll be going out again. on the picket line, job action and when called upon to do so. from him. That doesn't happen always gets off before they hap­ W. R. Cogger all the hard ways of getting an Today the SIU is linking up pen! in very many bars. understanding. and forging together educating (Ed. Note: Your address is Uncle Otto Preussler An SIU man recently made Having survived all the tests by hard experience with the edu­ being changed on the mailing a. wisecrack about Matilda's Bai*. (Ed. Note: It is St«wards De­ of battle the SIU has giown to cation of plaiming. These twin Qf course that brother meaiit it partment work to carry handlist, and a notice is being en­ t>e u solid, strong and respon­ aspects of education will serve for a joke, but Matilda didn't baggage out of the passengers' tered in the Personals coltimn sible organization. To protect to keep the SIU as the most take it that way. She's plenty rooms.) of the LOG.) this, the Union depends on a formidable organization in the salty about it. Maybe some membership that can function on maritime industry. brothers haven't been here, and committees, preside as officers at W. J. Brady when, they see an article in the meetings on board ship and in LOG about Puerto Rico they ports, act as crew delegates, LAKE GEORGE don't think it is important. They speak in a rank and file capacity think this place is just a. hole at meetings shaping policy and CREWMEMBER in the ocean. To the Editor: The Skipper was also lucky. act in any capacity to improve DIES AT SEA Actually, Puerto Rica is not We made contact with a Coast the membership and protect the a, bad place and we want to Some of the boys might find To Ihe Editor: keep the best of relations with interesting the data on the last Guard weather ship' and took Union. It is out of these consid­ aboard their doctor via breeches erations that the Union believes The crew of the SS Lake the people here. trip of the Frances. buoy to treat the skipper, whose in a strong educational program George wishes to record its deep (Name Withheld) After a wonderful week in ulcers were giving him a rugged for the membership. sorrow over the death of Bro­ Antwerp and Rotterdam the trip time. He almost pegged out, but 4. Many m e ni b e r s attending ther James M. Brooks, Book No. To the Editor: home to New York seemed quite the doctor fixed him up in short Brother Glass' parliamentary in­ 315. He passed away at sea on My opinion of the SIU bro­ uneventful, that is until we ran order. We're all happy that voy­ struction for the first time are December 10, 1948. ther who sent the anonymous into typical North Atlantic wea­ age ended. R. Weaver encouraged by the methods he Jack Simmons letter to the LOG, claiming Sam ther. uses to build confidence in be­ SS Lake George Chago, prorietor of the Pennsyl­ On the second day of pound­ WANTS TO KEEP ginners. He operates on the Port Said vania Bar in San Juan, dumps ing, port No. 1 boom cradle came the LOG into the garbage loose and the Chief Mate, the ABREAST OF SIU A SEAFARER AND HIS MATE couldn't be printed in full, but other day man, the Bosun and I WHILE IN SERVICE attempted to lash it, but the r would like to say that he must be pretty small fry to take forespeak and chain locker were To the Edilor: that • kind of low action against full of water and the Old Man Although I'll be away, from didn't waut ,to lose time by slow­ the sea for the next three years, a. man for personal reasons. ; I was; on the Puerto Rican ing down. that is no reason for my .not run steady for eighteen mohths To make a long story short, wanting to follow the move­ and lived in San Juan for. three the big one that got us could ments of the Union and my old months (not • beachcombing). I weU have been our end. We were buddies. I plan to go back to have always found LOGs at the all very lucky. sea after my hitch is up with Pennsylvania Bar. I know, as this outfit, so I'd like to be up does every other SlU man who Royal Prince Given to date on everything when I is familiar with the Island, that Sir Charles' Congrats leave here. Sam has befriended and given If possible, I'd like to receive credit for weeks to a good many To Ihe Editor: the LOG. Also I'd enjoy hearing seamen ' on the beach .in that I feel that I must make some from my old shipmates. There comment on the recent birth of are quite a few ex-Seafarers pOrt! This charge, in my opinion, a son to Princess Elizabeth. ' around here, and from what I has been made by a freeloader, It's a boy—^so what! It reaUy hear there'll be more joining us taking this means of getting didn't concern the average Am­ in the near future. even with Sam, who probably erican. We are democratic in About the only things we sea­ spirit, yet some of our people men here can agree upon is wis. a .'up. to him. .If there were grounds to the go for the blue blood distinc­ that according to our SIU stan­ Brother's charge he should have tions. Strictly ballyhoo in this dards, the food, hours and pay signed his name. If other day and age. here are terrible. "beachies" are behind him in his However, in the spirit of the Pvt. Barney Cuthrell charge, as he claims, let's hear goodwill policy of our State Steward Tom Bolton and his wife, Lillian, posed for this 3734 "fraining Sqdn. from them, but please sign all Department we must convey photo by Paul Magro when Tom's ship, the Nathaniel B. FUghl 3831 congratulations to the top rank­ letters. Palmer, tied up recently in a Gulf port. Brother Bolton Lackland Air Force Base ing people of England's royalty. • Frank. Boia . rates as one of the best Stewards in the business, says Magro. San Anlomo, Texas endorsed by Congratulations,' Prfnce Charles. (Ed. Note: You're now oa "He's a great guy and he feeds. sweU," Paid adds. What . Dominick Dwrigo "Sir Cfaavtos" Oppaainiiiiex more could uiyone ask? the LOG mailing list.) SIU Patrons Rap Critic Of PR Bar West Coast Brother Seeks Old Shipmate Heavy North Atlantic Blow Roughed Up Frances' Trip �' Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Fnday, January 7« 1949 Seafarers Debate Benefits Big John, Crew Get Lumps & Bumps Of Transportation Ruling In Cross-Country HopTo West Coast Below are letters from the membership giving their views on the Union transpgrtation. rule. In line with the SIU poliqr of full discussion on all matters of policy, the LOG fpr the past several weeks has devoted space to the opinions of the member-' ship, both pro and con. All letters on the matter of transportatiott will be printed in the LOG during the coming weeks to give the membership ample time to form opinions on the rule. All possible steps are being taken to devote equal space to both sides of ihe controversy. In brief, the rule calls for men to take transportation money and pile off their ship when it pays off at a pgrt other than the one in which the crew signed on. This applies in cases- where the vessel does not start for the sign-on port within ten days. picked for charm and person­ scrapheap over the mountains. ality and, believe me, this one He managed to do it, though, As I have stated before in my was something close to heaven. but we were forced down in letters to you, you'll never,-fOf course, we all made a play Elco, Nevada. The pilot didn't have a dull moment if you ship for her. Who wouldn't.tjiink it safe enough weather to out with me. This time was The plane was close to being, proceed to Portland so he put no exception. an antique. I wouldn't be shock­ us down in Oakland airfield On Nov. 8, I savy the SS Pur­ ed to learn it was the one the with our landing lights broken. due Victorj' listed on the ship­ Wright brothers started out in. Sure was rough up in the air. ping board. She was on inter- She had to stop for fuel at I'll take the sea anytime. coastal and as she would be every cow-pasture along the We had to wait around for a back in New York by New way. She bucked like a mustang few hours while they fixed up Year's Eve, I decided to make and reminded me more of a the plane for the next lap. Then the run. At 3 o'clock in the peanut shell in a mid-Atlantic the new crew came aboard. I afternoon I was told to report hurricane than a two-motored presume I don't have to tell you how good looking the stewardess with my "gear in the company's airliner. was this time. All I can say is office on 19 Rector Street. We were to fly to- the West Coast But the first lap of the trip that the airlines sure know how where the ship had been tied was very pleasant, anyway, to pick them. thanks to the attentions of the To the Editor: up during the strike. After bumping around in the To the Editor: glamorous little hunk of woman, Ahead of me in the office who served us sandwiches, milk, fog for four hours we landed in I think we should stick to the I'd like to say a word or two were most of the gang, and I coffee and fruit. She had plenty Portland, where a bus was present transportation ruling. The was: pleasantly surprised at see­ of customers, too. We were the standing by to take us to Brad- cons in the SEAFARERS LOG on this new transportation rul­ ing some of the fellows I know hungriest passengers she ever- wood, where our ship was tied do not make out a sufficiently ing. The ruling has been passed, up. It was supposed to have clear case for returning to the but as it tui-ns out it is work­ very well. Several with whom I had, she told us. been a six-hour ride, but as old rule of handling transporta­ ing more of a hardship on the had become close friends on the HALF-WAY things happened it took us closer tion. The fact is that some mem­ general membership than it is picketlines were t'nere. Gene In Kansas City we reluctantly to ten hours to get there. Nowakoski was to be our Chief bers will benefit under the old proving to aid. Cook, Henry Bonk was one of parted company with her and And here's why; ruling but most will benefit un­ the ABs. Toni and Fargo were the rest of the plane's crew. A After spending forty hours der the new set-up. There are several ships on also with us. It sure was old relief crew was to take the tangling with the clouds and an short runs that sign on crews In this period of readjusting plane on the second lap of the occasional snowstorm, we get home week. trip, which was to begin after in with a driver who lets the bus in the maritime industry it is in New York and after making OFF WE GO natural that the wise fellows a short run—two months at the i-un over the side- of the road are going to homestead their most — sign off in the Gulf. They had us waiting around breakfast. all afternoon until 6 P.M. Fin­ We were to head for Port­ after which it somersaulted over ships. For family men it is ex­ Transportation is then paid back ally,' two busses arrived and took land, but we weren't to get into a creek. I had been asleep, pedient to remain on a vessel to the port of sign-on. 'What us to the Newark airfield. Mak­ there as soon as we thought. but awoke quickly to the noise so that their families will be value is two months work to ing the trip with us were the Our stewardess was good-looking of cracking steel and flying glass provided with a steady income. the member, especially the mar­ crews of the Loyola Victory and this time, too. She was from and the shouts and screams of Then, of course, we have those ried ones, when they originally Southern California where they the gang as their feet, heads and ,the Maiden Victory. men who will stay on a ship may have waited two to four At the airstrip we were held grow smart-looking women and arms smashed tlu-ough the win­ until they kick the bucket. This weeks just to get the job? Even up, too. But I didn't mind that she was one of the smartest. dows. situation is conducive to cliques traveling back home by other OVERTURNED BUS as I soon discovered who was And she watched over us like than first class most of the hen does her little chickens The bus finally settled in a and company stiffs, which is transportation money is used'up. to be our stewardess on the quite intolerable to the average ditch. Some of the guys who Joe. This last sentence, in one M^bers with families arid first lap of the trip. She was a when a hawk is near. lovely little creature, as airline A snowstorm nearlj"^ prevent­ weren't hurt managed to get the form or -another, has appeared homes cannot risk trying to stewardesses usually are. They're ed the pilot from getting the escape door opened and they in many letters favoring the ship coastwise back to their crawled out of the bus, which new rule, and thus must be a' original port just to keep work­ was lying on its side. One of the serious matter. ing, and they don't want to GOOD MEN ON GOODFELLOW fellows smashed the front win­ begin shipping out of the Gulf WANTS OPINIONS dow and several of the men got because it would mean spending out that way. I grant that because there has many months away from their Cars started collecting on the been so much dissension on this homes. road. A few people with cameras issue it should be put in a num­ took pictures of the wreck, ber of compromise versions so I'm in favor of a fair deal, so which they promised to send to that we will have a varied mem­ in the way of a suggestion, why the LOG. Most of the gang got bership's slant on it when it not let the fellows who want to accept transportation and pay off rides to the nearest inn, where comes to a vote. do so; the rest who wish to-re­ we had a badly-needed drink. I was very much interested in main with the ship can do so I took one of the injured fel­ the Del Aires letter, as drawn up by rejecting the transportation lows with me in a car to nearby by Jerry Palmer, which listed money. Westport, where I located a doc­ a sixty-day termination before tor. He recommended that I get the men must leave the ship. Many members I've spoken the guy to a hospital at once, This proviso is favorable to the with are in favor of going back as he believed there might be family man and the homestead­ to the original plan. I believe er, both of whom do not know the majority who voted for the a bad spine injury. By late 'afternoon, we had the the final port of payoff when new ruling believed it would re­ injured men in the hospital, had they make the run, and enables sult in a faster turnover of men, gotten our .gear out of the bus them two months t» save their but the brothers now are find­ and were under way again for money. At the same time it ing that the rule has been a the ship. On board we had four does not harm the seamen on boomerang. hours sleep, then moved the ship the beach waiting for a ship. Let's have some real pro and up the Columbia river to Port­ Too, it ties in nicely with the con on this issue, it is vital. permitman and trip card ruling Unless the membership voices land. John F. Wunderlich on the length of time a man itself, nothing can .be accom­ plished. can stay on a ship. Ship's Delegate Franklin Webb .John J. Flynn SS Purdue Victory To Ihe Editor: PRO: Upped Gains Jtlf-' IH- It':-- CON: Rule Boomerangs Khaki-Clad Brother Warns Of Army's Phony Promises To the Editor: The SS Robin Goodfellow's recent run to South Africa must have been a good one if the smiles on these men are any indication. Back r.ow: E. J. Nooney, OS. Middle row (1. to r.)t A, Jenson, FWT; T. Graves, 3rd Ass'l; Pat O'Neil, AB. Front vow: V. L. Meehan, Oiler; 3rd Mhte, name not given. Warning to all brothers of draft age: Beware the phony line the recruiting sergeants give you if you plan to enlist. They promise you the Queen Mary to get you to sign on the dotted line. Once you are in you are flim-flammed. The sergeants tell you how good, the officers and the noncoms are,-but we never saw so many finks in one place at the same time. They say you work only eight hours a day. Well, I just foimd out they have a 36hour a day clock they go by. Don't be misled by the propa­ ganda you hear and read in the for injuries acquired during the war. newspapers. PUT UP A FIGHT As you know, the Seafarers If you think you arp going, were the first ones to face the enemy and were represented in to be drafted, do all in your all invasions and had the highest power to stay out—even if you casualty rate of all the services. 'have to plead insanity. I could After the Seafarers served on all go into great detail, but I'll leave fronts they are being drafted it to your imagination: just pic­ while ex-€oast Guardsmen, who ture 1,000 bucko skippers and sat on their bottoms thinking of mates on a rustbucket together. I met one of our Brothers here new ways to foul up seamen, are considered veterans. Although and we both agree to fhe aboveV 90 percent of these Times Square This could go on for hours, but. commandos never made the sub- some fink has some work for us infested run to Staten Island, to do . so will close for now. Re­ they are drawing full GI bene­ gards to all. Please send the fits. At the same time, seamen LOG. (Ifame wiihbdid by reqnest)' cannot receive medical attention �TME SEAFARER 9 hOG Tridair. Jannuy 7, 1049 Page Fifteen PERSONALS ROY POURCIAUX JACK DALTON Kathleen Oge has misiflaced Contact Paul Hall, SIU Head­ your address. She asks you to quarters, 51 Beaver Street, New correspond with her al 'once. 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Joseph Volptan the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every A. J. MARELLO Little known aspects . of this SIU branch for this purpose. W. V. SPEAR native American life are dis­ SUP cussed here by a former US Get in toudb with Al Kerr, 6th -However,-for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Floor, SIU Headquarters, 51 hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Phone 8-8777 a foremost authority on the Beaver Street, New Yoi-k. PORTLAND Ill W. Burnslde St. which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 subject. It is no chronological ft ft ft Beacon 4336 Begver Street, New York 4, N.Y. SS COLABEE It is a deep, phil­ RICHMOND, Calif. 287 Bth St. recounting. Phone 2500 osophical and introspective seachThe following men have retro­ SAN FRANCISCO ...80 Clay St. ing-out of values in our heritage, PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION , '1 active wages due them. 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Books In Review AMMLA Branches SIU HRLLS Notice To All SIU Members NOTICE! �•r THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Sixleeh Friday, January 7, 1949 firfiEs Serv/ce Seamen \ 'liS COMPARE ^ CHOOSE • •- -'c,.' • - ir•V. _,t 5IU Siale Outstrips Cities Servite Wages And Overtime e • RATING Bosun ^ AB Deck Maintenance OS : Electrician Pumpman 2nd Pumpman-Engine Maintenance Oiler Fireman-Watertender Wiper ..T Steward Chief Cook 2nd Cook Messman Utility- • - SIU $295.00 225.50 243.50 196.00 361.00 305.50 305.50 225.50 225.50 220.00 296.00 267.00 . 237.50 190.00 190.00 SIU WAGES CITIES SERVICE HIGHER BY $256.50 $39.50 214.50 11.00 214.50 29.00 184.00 12.00 Not Carried on CS Ships 280.00 25.50 280.00 25.50 214.50 11.00 214.50 11.00 214.50 5.50 280.00 . 16.00 250.50 16.50 220.50 17.50 179.50 10.50 179.50 10.50 Overtime for SIU-^$1.15 for all men earning less than $228.23 per month $1.45 for all earning more than $228.23 per month Overtime for CS—$1.15 per hour S/li Sekctien Of Jebs SIU members are not restncted in their choice of jobs pr runs. Through Rotary shipping and the Union Hiring Hall, they can ship any where, any time and in any qualified rating. They can choose among tankers, freighters, tugs, towboats, £erries or passenger ships. They can ship from an SIU Hall in any one of the major gwrts on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts. They can sail coastwise, intercoastal, nearby-foreign or foreign. Jlie choice is theirs alone. SiU CTMA CTMA offers Cities Service men nothing more than what>*^ they now have. The men, of course, are restricted to the Oompany's tankeri^, and then only under the whim and pleasure of the company r officials. , . ..v'.." Pretettion And Security Patrolmen cover all ships at sign-ons and payoffs to protect the crew's interests. SIU contracts outlaw company blacklists. Efficient machinery for handling beefs. Hospital benefits. Burial benefits. Support of 8 million AFL trade unionists and the Maritime Trades Department. I i CTMA CTMA offers no protection to Cities Service men. They are at the complete mercy of the ship's officers and company officials. CTMA does not even pretend to have any grievanci machinery. The job of the CTMA ship's delegate is to collect dues and read communications from the CTMA. CTMA merely says that if you are fired you automatically become a retired member, but saysjiothing about getting you^ job back—or getting you another one. (For a comparison of the differences between an SlU-contracted ship and a non-union ship see pictures and story on page 5.) SIU Membership Coutrei Of Orgunautien Regular membership meetings held in all ports. Annual election of union officials by secret ballot. All important decisions put to secret referendum vote, pfter thorough discussion at shipboard and shoreside meetings find through the SEAFARERS LOG. 11 W" VOTE 'YES' CTMA The membership has no voice in the affairs or control 0| CTMA. A ^'proposed constitution" has already been drawn up byj company lawyer, which puts all the power into the hands pC an "Advisory Counselor" (read "company lawyer"). A Vote For The SIU Is A Vote For Jobs, Wages, Security And Democratic Control Of Your Own Organization VOTE •Vii:;,.- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource January 7, 1949 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES CALLS VOTE IN CS; ONLY TO BE ON BALLOT A&G VOTE TALLY TO BEGIN SOON CS LAWYER WRITES'CONSTITUTION' FOR CTMA, KEEPS CONTROL OF STOOGE 'UNION IN OWN HANDS CS LAWYER RUNS CTMA UNDER CONSTITUTION LABOR,CONGRESSMEN PLEDGE ECA SUPPORT ISTHMIAN PAYOFF RECALLS PRE-SIU DAYS PHILLY PROMISES COME THROUGH,DRAWS BOOM WEEK OF SHIPPING TAMPA ACTIVITY SHOWS INCREASE NEW OUTFITS,INTERCOASTAL HIGHLIGHT NEW YORK WEEK MOBILE CLOSES IN GOOD SHAPE PORT SAVANNAH READY FOR SHIPPING CALLS EMPTY FRISCO HALL AWAITS MEN FOOLING WITH FILLIES DULL SECOUND TO SEAFARER LIFEE,OLDTIMERS SAYS HAWAII CALMS CREW TIZZY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/07/1949 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XI, No. 1 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1949 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f445a1f58b83fa29257d4c76a717b8f0.PDF 51e58a6c6db379f76e80bbe3bdcb201d PDF Text Text -Story on Page 2 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICiAl ORGAN OP THB SEAFARERS t N 7 E R N AT f O N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL LOST SHIP UNSAFE CG HEARING TOLD T I Clampdown Bars All LSTs From Sailing -Story on Page 3 i I I Huddle Jk§ CG Hearina J^scussmg a point in the investigation of the disappearance of the LST Southern Districts, outside the Coast ™ Guard hearing room in New Orleans where an official probe is going on, Israel G. Seeger (2nd from left), associate of SIU general counsel Seymour W. Miller, talks with Seafarers Charles P. Johnsen (left), Charles E. Collins (2nd from right) and John • Flanagan, who were on the ship until her last voyage and testified .at the hearing. The missing ship had 23 men aboard. (Story on Page 3.) �Pare Two SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 Grand Jury Begins Probe Of Plot To Murder Hall BpiBSiiBil HACKENSACK, NJ—A special Bergen County grand jury here began taking testimony this week in investigation of an alleged conspiracy to murder Paul Hall, secretary-treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District, SIU, at his home. The FBI, the Bi-State Waterfront Commission and law enforcement officials in four states are busy following up leads in the case in which five men have already been indicted and five other "John Doe tioned in connection with the case The money was in $100 bills and indictments have been are: was found wrapped in Tampa bank handed down. • Ben Sterling, 42, New York wrappers. Cobb told police that after the attorney, who was picked up by New York police and taken to the shots were fired he was to have Hillcrest Avenue station. He was abandoned the car and was to be I questioned there by Queens Assist­ driven by Taffe to Suffem, New Frank Green, who has reportedly ant District Attorney Thomas P. York, just over the Jersey state confessed that he was the "trigger line. There he was to catch a train man" of the alleged conspiracy. back to New York City, subse­ • Edward Taffe, 65, of West Milquently returning to Tampa by ford, NJ, indicted as a co-con­ plane. Double-Cross Seen spirator. Detective Carl De Marco of the • Carmen Priore, alias Thomas Balloting in the SIU's general election for officers .continues at prosecutor's office told newspaper Hodges, 52, of New York, indicted a near-record pace throughout the district, as in New Orleans, reporters, "If he (Cobb) had gone as a co-conspirator. where the crew of the Del Mar arrived in port to push the total through with the job and gone vote over the 1,000 mark. Here, Seafarer John R. Vazquez signs • Ray White, Tampa port agent back for his big payoff he'd have register to become the 1.000th voter in the port as membership of the SIU, who, according to Ber­ been done away with — his lips balloting committee of (1-r) Harold Jones (seated), Bill Mitchell and gen County prosecutor Guy Calissi, would have been sealed. They Vic Miorana look on. has been named by Cobb as the in­ wouldn't let him run around with dividual who hired him to do the this spending money and their job for $15,000. White is running names on his lips." against Hall for the post of secre­ Cobb himself was reported as tary-treasurer in the SIU elections saying that he had driven north which got underway November 15 earlier in the month but had got­ and will end January 15. ten cold feet and left his car with • White's brother. Steely Taffe. However, he alleged. White White, now being sought in Nor­ told him he had better go back and folk. Others who have been quesJames E. Cobb do the job. Police said Cobb told With all indications of a near-record turnout, voting in tlji them he had been warned he would Cullen. Subsequently, Sterling be "taken care of" if he failed to SIU A&G District's elections is rapidly drawing to a clos appeared for questioning before go through with the slaying. Just one week remains for Seafarers to vote' in all ports, Bergen County authorities and is Commenting on Cobb's confes­ fore the close of the balloting" scheduled to appear before the sion, Calissi declared that he was Bergen County Grand*Jury. Seafarers aboard vessels satisfied that Cobb had given a on January 15. • William Higgs, former member factual account of the plot. calling at Bangkok, Thailand, The heavy turnout was of the SIU, who was expelled for are urged to avoid losing or Cobb's arrest touched off a wide­ prompted by a record number of aiding the old ILA in its fight with spread investigation involving the candidates, 78 in all, for the 49 misplacing the so-called "land­ the AFL longshoremen's union. FBI and police of New York, New posts ing permits" issued to seamen open in uie election. Ap­ Early last year Higgs was placed Jersey, Virginia and Florida. by local authorities, at the parently the total vote will surpass on the ILA payroll and appeared risk of being denied shore Subsequently, assistant prosecu­ the 5,700 votes cast in the 1952 with ILA President William Brad­ tor Fred Galda of Bergen County election. leave while in port. Author­ ley at ILA meetings, where he went to Tampa to question White ities there report some diffi­ Committees To Be Elected culty caused by permits which attacked the SlU's role in the AFL and Higgs. White has refused to Membership meetings in all ports have been lost and have ex­ waterfront drive. He also aided waive extradition proceedings with the ILA in the preparation of the result that Governor Meyner on January 26 will elect tallying pressed concern that unau­ With the aid of clerks, cooj thorized persons may obtain scurrilous literature. of New Jersey has formally signed committees which will count the ers, checkers and other votes cast in their particular port them. For this reason, there ILA President Bradley has been papers requested his extradition. is a possibility that duplicates called to appear before the Bergen A hearing has been set for January and then forward their findings cellaneous crafts not coveV^ may not be issued and thus County Grand Jury for question­ 13 in Tampa. Meanwhile, White and the ballots to headquarters. by a longshore agreement, lea The headquarters tallying commit­ ers of the old ILA finally dr cause cancellation of shore ing. iSradley will be asked about is free on $5,000 bail. tee will serve as the tally commit­ gooned a favorable vote on ra leave for the affected seaman. funds purportedly given by him Bradley Credit Card tee for the entire district and head­ fication of a new two-year loii Seafarers who lose their land­ to Higgs and White, and about Galda reported finding evidence quarters, with the final results to shoremen's agreement. The c^ ing permits should report the Cobb's use of an airline credit card loss to the police immediately issued in Bradley's name. He will of frequent travel between New be reported to the following mem­ tract is virtully identical with agreement that longshoreii or at least before the vessel also be asked about lists of long­ York and Tampa by many of the bership meeting. | The majority of the vote was cast themselves rejected December sails. The permits are being shoremen allegedly found in principals. Airline schedules show that White and Higgs flew to New by a vote of 6,199 to 4,590. early during the balloting period, issued to provide seamen with Cobb's and Priore's possession. York on December 17, Cobb on which began on November 15. AFL forces on the docks local identification while they Shotgun In Car critical of both versions of December 18, Steely White on At stake in the election are the are ashore. According to Bergen • County December 19 and Cobb again, re­ posts of secretary-treasurer, six as­ contract because they did not prosecutor Calissi, a report was turning to Florida, on December sistant secretary - treasurers, nine vide the guaranteed eight hd received at his office on Thursday, day, 23-man gangs, sling Iq port agents and 33 patrolmen. (Continued on page 17) December 23, at 3:30 PM, that limits and other important clauq Hall was to be murdered within The only immediate gains Jan. 7. 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 1 an hour. Police and detectives im­ longshoremen were a seven ce As 1 See It Page 4 mediately rushed to Hall s home an hour wage increase. Burly Page 16 in Montvale, New Jersey. At 4:30 ILA leaders also declared Crossword Puzzle Page 8 PM, Calissi said, Cobb was arrested if the membership failed to Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 in front of Hall's home in a 1951 prove the contract on Jan. 5 tl Editorials Page 9 Chevrolet with Georgia license would be voting for a strike. Wf Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 plates. Detective Charles Fromherz the first vote was conducted:^ Members of the SlU-affiliated Brotherhood of Marine En­ Labor Round-Up Page 8 and Captain John Ducotf of the the Hone.st, Ballet Association, Letter of The Week Page 9 Bergen County police found a gineers have reelected incumbents to office and approved a second t. • ly was left largely, in: Letters Page 16 double-barreled shotgun and two four-year term for officials in -he union's 60-day secret ballot hands of individual ILA l<j vote. The constitutional Maritime Page 8 shells on the seat beside Cobb. unions. Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Voting ran for 60 days from According to Calissi's tiffice, amendment on the ballot, in­ Meanwhile, a final breach Notices, Personals Page 17 Cobb talked freely about the plan. creasing the term of office October 1, to November 30, 1954, tween former ILA tugmen Off Watch Page 14 Cobb was quoted as saying he was from one to four years, was ap­ with ballots delivered to eligible Captain Bradley appeared wh Port Reports Pages 12, 13 originally approached by Ray proved by a majority of almost four voters in person or by, mail. Bal­ Joseph O'Hare, head of the Quiz Page 14 White two months ago, and was to one, well over the necessary lots were counted by a rank and local that recently returned to SIU History Cartoon Page 6 promised $2,000 down and $13,000 two-thirds required for ratifica­ file committee at the union's De­ AFL, revealed Bradley was cember membership meeting in tempting to break up the ut Vote of Thanks Page 9 to be paid later on by Sterling in tion. Washington News Letter. Page 7 Tampa for the assassination. On O'Hare charged that "Bradley| BME President Wilbur Dickey, New York' headquarters. Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 subsequent occasions, Cobb said, who was unopposed, was elected to Approximately 90 percent of the preached some of our deleg Welfare Report Page 18 he came to New York to discuss his second term. Others elected engineers eligible to vote took part with lavish promises of mone Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 the matter with White and with were Raymond McKay and John W. in the election. they would desert Local 333 Taffe and Priore. organize for the ILA." Bra Regan, vice-presidents; Raymond The BME was chartered by the Published biweekly at the headquarters Calissi said further that police Doell, treasurer; and an executive SIU of North America in 1949, and confirmed the breach by peti of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth found $2,000 in Taffe's home which board of three rank and file mem­ was granted its autonomy in 1953. ing the tug owners for a con 9-66I*. Entered as tecend class matter Cobb said was given to Taffe for bers, Gordon Small, Leon Berlage It held its first election in the. faU iii the name of the now-de| at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY, under |L^. maiine divisioq., tijjs pqrt In the abortive consij^racy. the Act of August 24, 1912. . - • Those indicted thus far in elude the following: •James Cobb, 33, alias SIU Election To End Jan. 15; Voting Heavy DouH Lose That Bangkok ^Visa^ ILA Rigs Pact Okay In 2iid Voti SEAFARERS LOG BME Votes Officers For Four'Year Term r V- �SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet* Ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 9. All Seafarers reglsiered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. Page Three 'Districts' Probe Opens; Cancel All L5T Sailings NEW ORLEANS— Damaging testimony by Seafarers that the missing LST, Southern Districts, was an unseaworthy rustbucket, was underscored by Coast Guard withdrawal of ocean-going certificates for all other LST-type ships. Further, evidence was offered at Coast Guard hearings here that the ship was carrying far more tonnage than was originally reported and the question has been raised as to whether or not the ship was overloaded. The Southern Districts was en route from Port Sulphur, Louisiana, to Bucksport, Maine, with a 23-man Suez Canal Blocked By Tanker Crash crew aboard when it vanished without a trace some­ where between Florida and Maine. An intensive air-sea search begun on December 11 was called off on the 21st without turning up a trace of the ship. It was not until January 2 that a lifering of the missing ship turned up off the Florida Keys. A sister ship, the Southern Isles, was lost three years ago off Cape Hatteras with 17 of her crew. — kin in this country is an uncle liv­ The Coast Guard's ac­ ing in Norfolk, Va. Previously, 11 tion was viewed as virtually other Seafarers and two SUP mem­ Radiophoto shows Liberian flag tanker World Peace jammed up against railway swing bridge at El Ferdan in Suez Canal. Tanker ran into bridge on December 31, causing a three-day jam of ship­ ping at both ends of the vital waterway. Dad Lost, Family Of 5 Faces Uncertain Future Lake Charles, La.—Like 23 other families struck by tragedy in the loss of the Southern Districts, Mrs. Thomas T. Nichols faces the New Year with a heavy heart—and the future of providing for her four small children without their father. Seafarer Thomas Nichols, 29, was AB aboard the ill-" fated ship. For the present, Mrs. Nich­ ols plans to remain at her resi­ dence near Lake Charles until the oldest of her children, nine-yearold Winston, completes his present school term. After that, she said, she may move to Birmingham to live with a sister. The first word Mrs. Nichols had that the ship with her husband aboard was missing was when an account of the search for the Southern Districts appeared in the daily newspapers. Since then she contacted the company offices of the Southern Steamship Company, operator of the ship, in Wilming­ ton. SIU representatives have been constant contact with her since It first became known the ship was missing. At first, Mrs. Nichols was In dire financial circumstances. Then, SIU Welfare Services ad­ vanced her $100 and now the com­ pany has sent to her $153.80, repre­ senting the new amount of wages due her husband, plus $500 as his clothing allowance. Decision to Come Questions concerning what may have been the fate of the missing Southern Districts are holding up payment to Mrs. Nichols of the SIU's $2,500 death benefit, a $1,000 double indemnity insurance policv which her husband had in force Mrs. Thomas T. Nichols is shown at home with her four children, Winston, 9; Thomas T. Jr., 2; Johnny Ray, four months and Freda Gai^ 3. Loss of husband aboard Southern Districts has left her with virtually no financial resources. and insurance which would pay out the balance due on a 1954 automo­ bile which Nichols purchased re­ cently. These questions may be settled by the Coast Guard ruling expected to result from a hearing in the Southern Districts case now being conducted by a Coast Guard investigating board in New Orleans. Meanwhile, Mrs. Nichols i^ fnak- ing ends meet on the sums she has received to date. Won't Abandon Hope Of course, she and the children, Winston; Freda Gail, 3; Thomas T. Jr., 2 and Johnny Ray, four months, will be the last to give up the final ray of hope that some clue to the missing Southern Districts and the fate of the crew'will'bd UhcoVer^d: confirming charges that the Southern Districts was an un­ safe vessel for seagoing pur­ poses. An announcement handed to the press at the start of the hearings stated, "The commandant of the Coast Guard has withdrawn authorization for unlimited ocean and coastwise routes for LSTt y p e vessels." Coast Guard in­ spectors are al­ ready boarding LST's upon ar­ rival in port and picking up their ' Gelardos certificates, jjending further action. Indications are that the ships will be severely restricted in fu­ ture movements if allowed to sail at all. Ten LST's still sailing are affected by the order including four other SlU-contracted ships: the Southern States and Southern Cities, sister ships of the South­ ern Districts; the Bethcoaster (Calmar); and Excello (Excello). Other ships affected are the tend­ ers S-21, S-23, S-24 owned by the California Company, New Orleans; the R. W. Mcllvain, owned by the Pure Oil Company; the Coos Bay, owned by H. W. Irwin of Oregon; and the Eagle, owned by Gulf Oil. SIU Represented Hearings on the loss of the Southern Districts and her 23-man crew opened with SIU representa­ tives in attendance, and participatRepresenting the office of SIU General Counsel Seymour W. Mil­ ler at the hearing is Israel G. Seegar. Three members of the Sea­ farers Union who had sailed with the ship testified as to the poor condition of the vessel. Numei'ous leaks, malfunctioning cf pumps and steering gear, rusted, nearly rotted-through decks, doggeddown "doorways to crew quarters, and wooden plugs in holes below the waterline were cited as con­ tributing to the unseaworthiness of the missing ship. Victor Matukas, loading foreman at Port Sulphur also testified, stat­ ing that he had put 3,900 tons of ore into the hold at the direction of the captain. First repoi'ts had it that the ship was carrying only 2,659 tons. This raised the'ques­ tion, of an overload, and subse­ quently, there was doubt indicated that the ship had sufficient free­ board. Meanwhile, the Southern Steam­ ship Company, operators of the Southern Districts, belatedly added another name tq the list of miss­ ing crewmembers. He, is Sotlrios Gelardos; OS; 22,' whose next of bers were listed as missing along with nine officers. The hearings heard the ill-fated ship described by Seafarer Charles E. Collins, AB, as "one big bucket of rust" at the time he got off the vessel in the Todd Shipbuilding Company yards here just before she sailed on her last voyage. The vessel was put in drydock here for repairs after having run aground in Tampa. •Afraid Of Ship' Collins testified he had been going to sea since 1939 and the Southern Districts was the "first ship in my life 1 was ever afraid to ride." Explaining he left the ship after being a member of the crew about three months, Collins said he just didn't want to make the trip North "in the rough weather you find up there at this time of the year. "She groaned and creaked too much for me," he testified. "She was a terrible steering ship. If the weather got just a little rough, she would fall off as much as 10 to 15 degrees and nobody said anything because nobody, the officer on watch or anybody else, could do any better." Patches Over Holes Collins said it was the practice never to do any chipping aboard the Southern Districts, but to paint over the rusty deck and hull plates. On four different occasions, he said, he saw the mate welding patches over holes on deck. Once, he said, the chief mate (Continued on page 17) Boss Still Chisels Pay You think the bosses today are any better when it comes to chisel­ ing their employees on overtime and other items than the employers of years ago? Not according to the US Labor Department's Wage and Hour Divi­ sion, which investigated 6.600 firms in the New York-New Jersey area during the year just ended. The Federal ageney found that one out of every two employers investigated had violated either the overtime, minimum wage or ehild labor requirements of the law. The Federal wage minimum is now 75 cents per hour. Viola- • tions on this score alone were found in 450 cases. On the good side, the division also reported a collection totalling $1.2 niillion in back wages for 16,000 workei's throughout its jurisdictions ' �raie Four I15;'-^' SEArARBRS January 7. 195S tOC 'Right-T«-Work' Laws REVIEW of TRIALS and APPEALS # CONDUCTED JULY-DECEMBER 1954 f This is the fourth review of trials and ap­ peals conducted under the SIU's constitu­ tion and printed every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG. This review covers the period from July 1, 1954, through December. 31,1954. Once again, the limited number of cases reflects the determination of the membership in all but a handful of instances to abide by the standards adopted by the membership in the Union's constitution. The first trials and appeals report, believed to be\inique in the labor movement, was is­ sued on July 10, 1953, and subsequent reports have been issued at the six-month intervals. As specified in the SIU constitution, all trials must be conducted by elected rank and file trial committees from which officials are barred. Standard courtroom procedure is followed as closely as possible, with proper notification of the accused, cross-examina­ tion, presentation of defense witnesses and similar procedures provided for. The consti­ tution also specifies ah appeals procedure to a rank and file appeals committee, as well as a final appeal to the international convention. All such steps pass for review before Union membership meetings. In the last six months there have been six trials, all of which resulted in findings of guilt. In one trial the membership non-con­ curred in the findings, turning down the trial committee's recommendations. There were no appeals made during the period. Names of accused individuals and of their accusers are not used for purposes of publica­ tion. September 9, 1954 September 23, 1954 December 2. 1954 Accused: B-770, Accuser: S-3. Accused: Z-33, Accusers: S-2, S-33. Accused: S-823. Accusers: T-5, W-1. Charges: While a crewmember aboard the Steel Seafarer, accused was found to have marijuana in his possession and was taken off ship by Customs officials. Trial Committee: Peter Jomides J-65, D. B. Moon M-664, George Fleming F-138, Michael Dusevitch D-433. J. T. Higgins H-43. E. A. Olsen 0-37. Findings: Guilty as charged. $100 fine and one year's probation. (Above findings were non-concurred In by the memberahip as penalty levied was In violation of the SIU constitution.) i t November 18. 1954 4" Accused: C-221, Accuser: M-1. Charges: On evening of November 10, 1954, in the course of special dedication ceremonies for new Union Hall in Balti­ more, accussed became intoxicated and used violent, abusive and obscene lan­ guage in presence of members, officials and guests. Trial Committee: C. Bedell B-139, G. Perry P-371, R. Musselwhite M-293, W. B. Baylors S-633, H. Wheeler W-179. Findings: Guilty as charged. Suspended 90 days and a $50 fine. Charges: Entered Baltimore hall on Sep­ tember 20 in drunken condition and inter­ fered with agent's discharge of duties by invading port agent's office and disrupt­ ing conduct of Union business. Behaved in a disorderly manner in the Union hall. Trial Committee: James Corcoran C-18. A. Bearden B-204, Charles Moss M-502, Vincent Quinn Q-10, Kay Nichoison N-161, Robert Pomerlane P-437. Findings: Guilty as charged. "$50 fine and an apology to the port agent. 4" August 12, 1954 t 4" Charges: Came into New Orleans hall badly ^Intoxicated. When asked to leave hall by authorized official refused to do so. Had to be removed from hall on four separate occasions when intoxicated and caused disturbance in the process. Trial Committee: S. Mancino M-386, C. Lewellyn L-194, C. Wright W-239. W. Mitchell M-22, H. Gunther G-174. Findings; Guilty on both counts. $fOe fine. $ 4^ jr December 2, 1954 Accused: F-216, Accuser: W-1. Accused: 0-12, Accusers: D-136, B-137, Charges: Accused, without authoriza­ C-95, L-285. tion from the membership, employed an Charges: Left watch in engine room temporarily but failed to return and was found sleeping in quarters under influ­ ence of alcohol. On various other occa­ sions turned to under influence of alcohol causing general disturbance aboard ship. Trial Committee: H. B. Belts B-395, J. Johnston J-225, W. A. Young Y-5, J. W. Ward W-4, H. H. Hurlstone H-375. Findings: Guilty as charged. $50 fine. outside commercial photographer, and at­ tempted to get him into the New Orleans hall to take photographs of special Union proceedings and information, for the pur­ pose of unauthorized and unlawful dis­ closure of such private Union business and proceedings. Trial Committee: Same as above. Findings: Guilty. Expelled from mem­ bership. Crew Blasts Transfer 'Piracy' NORFOLK—Crewmembers aboard the former SIU ship Seacoral dramatized the protest of all American seamen against the Maritime Administration's ship transfer policy last week when they hoisted the traditional flag of piracy—the skull and crossbones—on their vessel to emphasize that it was pirat­ ing American wage standards ship's American registry was actu­ "Jolly Roger" on the ship's stern. and stealing American sea­ ally surrendered on Dec. 25, the The vessel's career as a "pirate m... ji,(.,... men's jobs. The Seacoral and six other ves­ sels were approved for transfer to foreign registry during the past two weeks in a "clarification" of the MA'S earlier-announced "halt" on trainpship transfers. The Gov­ ernment ship agency completely reversed itself one day after de­ claring no more transfers would be permitted, when US tramp opera­ tors raised a howl. Fifty-seven dry cargo Liberty ships had been okayed for transfer to Panamanian and Liberian regis­ try when the short-lived "halt" in transfers was called last month. Now the "clarification" has already given the green light to seven more. It is explained by the MA as a move to enable vessel owners whose applications for transfers were already processed to take ad­ vantage of the Government escape hatch transfer policy. 23 SIU Ships Gone Nineteen former SlU-contracted vessels have already been trans­ ferred, in addition to the Seacoral and three others of those just okayed, the Taddei (Shipenter), National Freedom (American Wa­ terways) and the Marven (Interna­ tional Navigation). Thus, a total of 23 SlU-manned ships are involved cut of 64 US Libertys which have switched registry altogether. Reports indicate that there are up to 12 more transfer applica­ tions pending before the MA, some or all of which still may be ap­ proved. About one-third of these are probably SIU ships also. Meanwhile, events aboard the Seacoral, which arrived here De­ cember 31 from Yugoslavia to load coal for Japan, caused somewhat of a sensation. Although the ' Opening gun in AFL-CIO efforts to block adoption of anti-labor "right-to-work" law in Maryland was fired recently by Father William J, Kelley of Catholic University, noted authority on labor legislation. The clergyman called "right-to-work" laws "immoral.** His remarks kicked off rally for Maryland labor held in hiring hall of new SIU Baltimore hall. new Liberian registry did not ar­ rive until six days later-. Thus, with the ship in port and officially no longer entitled to fly the US flag, SIU crewmembers hoisted the ship" ended soon after, however. The Liberian registry papers and a new crew of Greek seamen ar­ rived to take over, and she became just another "runaway" instead. Travelers Check Draws End Exchange Rate Loss A favorable response toward the SlU-sponsored use of travelers checks for issuance of draws in foreign ports has been reported from the Steel Apprentice. Although the- ship stopped in obscure ports where currency exchange can tain went ashore and dug up some be a real headache and where local exchange. Better Money Exchange travelers checks are not wide­ ly known. Seafarer Leon White reported that the checks proved their worth. White, who was chief electrician aboard the Apprentice, said that the only difficulties came in a few shoreside shops where local people were not familiar with the way travelers checks work. He predict­ ed though that once their use becomes general. Seafarers will have no difficulties on that score. Used In Basra Among ports in which the travel­ ers checks were used satisfactorily were such out-of-the-way places as Basra in Iraq and Massawa, Eri­ trea. Of particular advantage. White noted, was the fact that draws could be issued the night before arrival in port, eliminating the alltoo-common aggravating delay in issuance of currency. Under the old system, the crew often had to wait for . the draw while the cap­ The travelers checks meant that crewmembers were receiving the equivalent of US money, which they could exchange themselves. TR most places this meant getting a better rate of exchange than they would get otherwise and con­ sequently more purchasing power for the dollar. The advantage of carrying the equivalent of American money was underscored by the experience of the Steel Artisan crew last sum­ mer at an Iranian port. The com­ pany agent in the port gave the crew Iranian rials at the rate of only 32 to the dollar. The legal rate of exchange at the time was 80 to 90 rials to the dollar. The Union has since taken this matter up with the company, and the Seafarers involved are now en­ titled to receive the difference between what they got and the legal exchange rate, amounting in some cases to as much as $100 a man. MENTION OF THE WORDS "TAFT-HARTLEY" TO LAWMAKERS and other interested parties usually stirs up a dust-cloud of argument and controversy. However, despite the emotional nature of the issue, the incoming Congress could perform a great service to the nation if it set afoot a move to examine just how the law has been working in certain areas. After all, Taft-Hartley has been on the books for VA years now. Leaving the legal technicalities and the political slogans out of the picture, there is a good opportunity now to examine how the law has been administered in certain areas and how it has worked out in various industries. Such an examination would determine, among other things, whether the law has worked to stabilize management-labor relations in any given area. The examination would be of particular value if it took a long hard look at various vital industries, including the mari­ time industry. Your Union cannot vouch for what is happening elsewhere, but it is the contention of the SIU that the administration of T-H in maritime has served to hurt legitimate unions in this industry and promote the interests of the waterfront section of the Communist Party. This is a serious charge, but your Union is convinced that it is in a position today to offer definite and very real evidence on that score. The manner in which the law is being administered by the National Labor Relations Board is opening the floodgates to the Party and on the verge of giving it a field day in maritime. All parties will agree, including the Seafarer, the shipowner and the administration in Washington, that the worst thing that could happen is to let any section of the industry fall into the hands of the water­ front Communists. The chaos and instability that would result would be a severe blow to our merchant marine, which is already plagued by numerous problems. Yet the narrow, legalistic outlook employed by the Labor Board is in effect promoting the chaos that the law seeks to avoid. The sittiation today calls for a realistic approach to what could be­ come a major national problem. This organization is ready and willing to make its case before any interested Congressional committee. Your Union believes that there is a genuine opportunity here for interested Congressional groups, to put a halt to developments that could be detrimental to this nation's security. 4' 4" t YOUR UNION, AMONG OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, HAS BEEN putting up a beef for quite some time about the use of "runaway" flags for ship registry. While this has been of considerable concern to the maritime Industry, those on. the outside have not felt the impact and consequently have shown little interest in the problem. Now, it appears that some people are trying to interest other corpo­ rate enterprises in registering a dummy front outfit in Liberia as a means of escaping US wages and taxes, just as the shipowner does. It has been suggested, seriously, that motion picture produ-'.-on com-j panics be incorporated in Liberia. The production companies would be created as dummies for the purpose of making films overseas in other countries for the American market. Neither the country in which the film was made, nor the US, would be able to tax the profits made by the production company which would be a "Liberian" concern. All this, of course, would be quite different from the practice of cer­ tain Hollywood outfits of making pictures "on location" overseas,! since these companies are still US firms and subject to US taxes. YetJ even this practice has been cause for concern for craft unions in thef industry whose employment is affected accordingly. It appears then, that Liberian registry possibly offers a threat tc far more than the maritime industry, and the practice should rightlj become the concern of'all of the'dabor'movement. �rr JmaUmrr 1, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Pain» Fhr* Movie Go's Also Eye $ CG Playing 'Possum As Under Flag Of Liberia Seafarers Rap Test Plan . Professor Frabjous J. Entwhislle's dream is coming true. .J'he apparent reluctance of the Coast Guard to announce open hearings on its proposed A New York attorney and accountant has suggested, seri­ system of physical and mental tests for screening seamen has failed to halt the snowballing ously, that US motion picture companies should incorporate opposition to the plan this week as Seafarers in all ports echoed the SIU's formal rejection oi the scheme. in Liberia to escape US taxes• A resolution adopted unani­ sist of an exhaustive series of ex­ industry late last year. Following and wages, after the fajhion pany pays no taxes tP Liberia be­ mously at the New Orleans aminations to check mental and the publication of a story in the of US steamship companies. cause all its business is done out­ branch meeting December 15 and physical characteristics such as a LOG on the subject, a spokesman Readers of the SEAFARERS LOG will remember that Professor Pntwhistle, a handy figment of the imagination, put forth a grandiose theory of mass transfer of Ameri­ can industry to runaway flags. His theoix as appearing in the August 20 LOG, was simple enough. If all of American industry followed the e.xample of shipping companies and transferred to runaway flags, their profits would be tremendous because they wouldn't- have to worry about wage standards, safety provisions, taxes, strict inspection systems and the like. Of course, under the non-existent professor's system, millions of Americans would be unemployed and the US standard of living would go to pot, a slight handicap that doesn't seem to worry the transfer addicts. Straight From Shipowners Now an attorney named Julian Weiner actually wants to translate this fantasy into the real thing. Weiner learned all about it by working for a shipping company— naturally. In a headlined story in "Variety," show business bible, he says that American film companies "have neglected to investigate the possibilities of Liberia, to his know­ ledge the world's only democracy where native corporations aren't required to pay taxes in income derived from outside the country." In other words, shipping com­ panies incorporated in Liberia don't pay any income tax as long as they stay away from that coun­ try—something which isn't too hard for a busy shipowner tp do. Movie companies, says Weiner, can do the same thing. It's all very simple, says Weiner. The movie company, organizes a Liberian corporation. The Liberian corporation makes the picture somewhere outside of Liberia. The picture is sold to a US distributing company, with the sale taking place outside the US. Consequently, the Liberian com­ side of that country. And it owes npthing to Uncle Sam either. Even if the company was incor­ porated in Liberia but had to make its picture in the US it would not have to pay taxes on earned income from showing the picture in for­ eign countries. "Ultimately," Weiner concludes, "the earnings of the Liberian com­ pany, accumulated tax-free, could be distributed to its stockholders via a corporate liquidation taxable as capital gain." —Move over Professor Entwhistle. Make room for a real-life rival. concurred in by the district-wide membership at the last meeting pointedly supported the SIU dec­ laration of Nov. 26 that "if any proposals such as that advanced by the Coast Guard go into effect in any shape or form whatever, that the Uhion is prepared to reopen its contract and negotiate a pension plan specifically to protect Sea­ farers who are deprived of their livelihood by the Coast Guard's scheme." There has been little favorable comment so far on the CG's pro­ posed brain-body tests, which con­ man's sense of smell, family back­ passed off the, entire affair as ground, shipboard record (as seen something very tentative and a by the captain) and similar items. matter which was yet to be put 'Questionable,' Says Expert before the Coast Guard's legal de­ Many medical authorities, in­ partment. cluding a psychiatrist who renThe "maritime unions" had comdered an opinion on the proposals ; pletely misinterpreted the intent of at the request of the SEAFARERS the CG, he said. Most observers LOG, sharply question the value of were inclined to discount the ex­ the entire procedure for determin­ planation that CG attorneys hadn't ing the man's fitness to sail. even seen the proposals as highly Meanwhile the Coast Guard con­ unlikely in the case of such an ex­ tinues to maintain silence on what plosive matter. Pressed to name it plans to do regarding the draft a date and place for a hearing on of physical and mental standards the proposals before they are put which it began circulating in the into effect, the CG still remains miute. Attack On Jones Act In line with SIU members' de­ nunciation of the scheme as "an outright power grab which could result in blackballing out of the industry any seaman now sailing" and "an underhanded attempt to wreck the Jones Act on behalf of insurance companies and shipown­ ers," an analysis of the entire Coast Guard draft by a man who has been sailing as a master for years and who has suffered from diabetes for 30, is particularly in­ teresting. Preferring to remain anonymous, the captain, now a harbor pilot, notes how the regular meal hours and steady life aboard ship have aided him immeasurably in his affliction and adds that under the CG scheme of things he, as a dia­ betic, would not be allowed to sail. He adds that the same could apply to such sea immortals as Matthew F. Maury, a diabetic who later also •suffered the loss of both legs. An outstanding seaman a century ago, Maury's discoverie.S^n ocean cur­ rents and similar data are still vital to navigation many years after his death. Also cited as being unac­ ceptable under the Coast Guard's plan would be George Washington Explanation of how SIU shipping system works is presented by Union headquarters representative because of facial smallpox scars Keith Terpe (right) to group from New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cor­ and John Paul Jones because of nell University. They are, (left to right) Joseph Risluccia, Professor Maurice Neufeld, Seafarer Ed his background of illegitimacy. Larkin, who arranged for the visit, and Miss Naomi Spatz. Larkin is currently attending the school. If' College Group Briefed On Rotary Shipping YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beware Vacuum Cleaner Deals So many workingmen's families are buying expensive vacuum cleaners from house-to-house canvassers on the installment plan that it's time we have a frank airing of this problem before many .Seafarers' families get involved in these costly deals. Buying a vacuum cleaner solely on the basis of a home demonstration without comparing other makes is definite­ ly not the way to shop. Some families who can ill afford the expense, have found themselves signed up to pay as much as $250 for a cleaner with a lot of extra attachments. Some other makes of cleaners sold house-to-house cost $00-$100. "This is not as steep as $250, but even so, you should know that you can go to a store and buy one of several makes of excellent cleaners for as little as $50-$60, and often, less. The lower prices do not mean these vacuum cleaners are inferior. In fact, some of the lesscostly cleaners are actually more efficient than several of the most expensive makes sold by canvassers. In one case, 'the canvassers gain admittance to the homes by representing that your name has been picked out for a TV quiz. As one woman reports her experience: "You get a phone call stating that your name has been picked, and would you be home on such and such a night;. In order to verify that, the caller says, they will have a man call the same day and he will tell you about the quiz, ^ut when he calls, he has the cleaner." • In the first place, the Government home economists have recommended, don't buy a cleaner for the attach­ ments. Dirt-removal capacity .and convenieiice oL use are more important. You can generally add attachments as you need them. The $250 set mentioned above has such varied attachments as one for polishing or waxing floors; another for polishing silver, shai'pcning knives, etc.; a sprayer and other attachments. But if you really did need all these tools, you could buy separate ones, plus an ex­ cellent vacuum cleaner, for much less than the cost of this set. Tips on Buying Cleaners Canister-type vacuum cleaners have become popular because they are compact and easy to emptly. They have no dust bag but use paper disposal bags or dust containers which are easy to empty. Too, many of the canister clesfners are more powerful than tank or cylinder-type cleaners, and thus'more efficient for cleaning large rug areas. In shopping for a cleaner, one of the points to compare is the motor capacity. Some of the more powerfui tank and canister-type cleaners have one-half to one horsepower motors. Here are other points to check; Try out the various makes of cleaners to see which clean well and are convenient to handle. See if the dust contain|r or bag is easy to remove, the cord is long enough, the attachments are easy to insert, and the rugcleaning nozzle is adjustable to different heights of rug pile. One of the most reasonably priced of all the canistertype cleaners is the Eureka Roto-Matic. Even at its list price of $69.50 it sells for $20-$30 less than other national brands, and many discount houses and independent re­ tailers sell it at net prices ranging from $41 to $54. It is an outstanding value, and is S convenient and efficient c^aner. ... • . - . Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying Among other well-made canister vacuum cleaners are the Lewyt, Apex and Universal, although they cost more than the Eureka. Among the more reasonable and well-made tank-type cleaners, the Hamilton Beach is well-constructed and one of the most convenient to use. It moves on swivel wheels instead of skids like most tank cleaners. Hoover cleaners are generally powerful and well constructed but are among the costlier makes. The mail-order houSes—Sears, Montgornery-Ward, Alden's and Spiegel—also have their own brand vacuum cleaners at reasonable prices. The Montgomery-Ward cleaners are made by Eureka and are excellent quality. For a small home where there are no large rug areas to clean, and where the cleaner is used largely for gen­ eral household cleaning, a light but efficient low-priced make is the Regina Elektrikbroom. It weighs only six and one-half pounds and can be hung in a closet like a broom. It lists at $49.40 but is available at discounts for $40 or less. Beware Bait Ads As this department has warned before, avoid being caught by bait ads on television and in newspapers for rebuilt cleaners at fantastically low prices, like $12.50 or $15. These offers are generally a ruse to get you down to a store .where the salesman disparages his own "bar­ gain" cleaner and attempts to high-pressure you into buy­ ing a much more expensive one. If the salesman is reluc­ tant to sell you the advertised special and attempts to get you to buy a higher-priced cleaner, you will be safer shopping elsewhere., , n 's • - n, --"•I • 4 �JsBuarr 7, idte itlFiiREkk idc W' Union Host At Holiday Feasts m m: m FIELDS TO STAY IN HUNGARY—The mystery of Noel Field ap­ parently will remain unsolved. The Hungarian government has an­ nounced that Field and his wife had asked for and received asylum In that country. Both had recently been released from Hungarian jails after disappearing behind the Iron Curtain five years ago. Still to be heard from is Hermann Field, brother of Noel, who was imprisoned by Poland and recently released. si- ii> S> t> DRAFT CUTS ANNOUNCED—A scheduled reduction in the Army from 3,300,000 to 2,815,000 was announced by the Defense Department. Further draft calls will be cut in half from 23,000 to about 11,000 a month and draftees will have their term of service reduced to 23 and 22 months as against two full years at present. it NEW MOSCOW PURGES—Four more Soviet officials have been shot after a military trial on charges that they were associated with the conspiracy of the late Lavrenti Beria, former secret police head. West­ ern observers, on the basis of evidence available, conclude that mili­ tary leaders are gaining more and more control in the Soviet Union. 4i Sparkling new Baltimore cafeteria had full house for Christmas Day dinner. 4 3) INSECURE SECURITY CLEARANCES—Security clearance methods of Government agencies will undergo Congressional L vestigation as the result of contradictory treatment of a veteran Federal employee. The employee. Wolf Ladejinsky, has worked in Japan for several years as a land reform expert and was given full clearance by the State Department. Recently his job was transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and he was then dismissed as a security risk on the basis of his personal file in the State Department. FRENCH REVERSE SELVES ON GERMAN ARMS—After first voting down German rearmament, the French Chamber of Deputies reversed itself and finally approved proposals to bring West Germany into the European military alliance. The first vote on Christmas Eve caused anxious concern in the US and Britain. Despite the subsequent re­ versal the whole episode emphasized France's dubious outlook toward German arms. 4" i 3) HOLIDAY DEATH TOLLS SOAR—A two day Christmas weekend chalked up a record of 391 traffic deaths with another 123 deaths from other causes. Officials were busy toting up New Year's weekend traffic deaths, a holiday which usually produces large numbers of auto accidentf COLD WAVE GRIPS ALASKA, SIBERIA —Fort Yukon, Alaska, shivered from a chilly 66 degrees below zero last week while radio reports from Siberia spoke of temperatures of 88 below zero. The coldest weather recorded is 90 below zero, a reading, taken in 1892, Family of Seafarer Robert Banister (left) celebrated holiday in New Orleans. in a Siberian village, but it is believed that Antarctica's interior can On the heels of the successful Thanksgiving dinners served to Seafarers on the beach outdo that performance, in all ports, the Union again played host to the shoreside membership on both Christmas and New Year's Day, Turkey was king on both occasions as Seafarers toasted the holiday season in proper style. —— The Christmas dinner also tained on New Year's day. The sahdwiches on New Orleans French served to inaugurate the new­ new Baltimore hall cafeteria was bread, plus cases of ice cold beer. .t IV' ly-refurbished recreation room in the SlU's New Orleans hall. Only finishing touches and installation of equipment remain to be done in the new room which will serve as the recreation center for Seafar­ ers on the beach in that port. At headquarters, 286 Seafarers, wives, children and other guests enjoyed the Christmas dinner of turkey and smoked ham, while a smaller number, 238, were enter- host to another large group of Sea­ farers, with other halls setting up for meals in the hiring hall or in nearby eating places. Monday Treat :New Orleans Seafarers got some extra kicks out of the holiday fes­ tivities when they showed up for the Monday morning job call, two days after Christmas. They found a supply of leftovers on hand in the form of turkey and ham 4> All hands enjoyed an Impromptu snack right after the 11 AM job call with the patrolmen doing the honors. The holiday dinners have been traditional with the SIU for the past few years, and always attract a good number of Seafarers who have gotten off their ships to be PARIS TO PERFUME SUBWAYS—The llibway system in Paris will home for the holidays, or who are be perfumed with woodsy scents in an effort to make underground on the beach waiting to ship out. travel more attractive. Thus far there has been no word from New during the holiday week. York, Philadelphia or other US subway towns on plans to follow suit Cartoon History Of The SIU Due to the fighting in Korea, in July, 1950, the drafting of men into the armed forces was speeded up. Deferments were given men in some essential 4ndustries, but seamen weren't included in this cate­ gory. The SIU warned of the dangers if any real shortage of skilled seagoing manpower developed. 4i STOPS ON DIME AT 632 MPH—An Air Force officer came to a dead stop from a speed of 632 miles per hour in IVi seconds in special Air Force tests. The only ill effects suffered were two black eyes re­ sulting from his eyes being thrown forward against his eyelids. The test was conducted on a rocket sled mounted on rails. Air Force scientists estimated that the officer was subjected to pressures equal­ ling 35 times his own weight. * ^ ^ ^ PERU LOTTERY HUNTS FOR 325G WINNER—Officials of Peru's national Christmas lottery are still looking for the holder of the win­ ning ticket, worth $325,000 in American money. No one has turned up to claim the cash. Bran Call The problem grew serious as more ships came out of the mothball fleets. The Union got deferments for some rated men, but the practice's of local boards varied. Some men were deferred, while others sailed into the ^ar zone with troops and sup­ plies and then were drafted off the ships. No. 80 Since there was ho firm national draft deferment policy, tffe SIU took its case to the draft directors in each state. Still the confusion continued. Final­ ly, in December, the Maritime Administration called • a m'eeting of all sea unions on the issue. The draft­ ing of ^skilled seamen continued unchecked, however. �January 7, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG page Seven SIU NEWSLETTER Tips For Seanieii On Filing 1954's Revisrd Income Tax It now appears that most of the maritime legislative proposals to be considered by the 84th Congress which just convened in this city will ^ be those sponsored by the Government, rather than by industry. These measures are those included in the so-called Murray Report, put out some time ago by the Commerce Department. They will include recom­ mendations which will be of aid to both subsidized and non-subsidized American steamship lines. Many of the Commerce Department proposals will prove to be more or less noncontroversial. HoVrever, one in particular, and incidentally one of the most important, will be subject to criticism by the General Accounting Office and possibly the Bureau of the Budget. This is the ship construction revolving fund which both the Commerce Department and steamship lines want to restore to existing law. Such authority originally appeared in the 1936 Merchant Marine Act but subsequently Congress refused to appropriate moneys for the fund. Into this fund would go appropriations for vessel construction and certain receipts from Government mortgages and sales of vessels. 4^ 4. t With the going getting a little tougher for some lines, US-flag com­ panies can be expected to push for Congressional sapction, or for Mari­ time Administration permission, to continue to transfer vessels to foreign flag, and without restrictions which have been imposed in the past by the MA. The flrst'shot in such a campaign was fired recently when a group of companies took the position that restrictions imposed in recent years by the Government on transfers appear open to challenge. Thus, not only will they seek the right to transfer, but want the privilege of doing so without any strings tied to the deal. ' 4" 4- The White House* is thinking in terms of crippling the 50-50 shipping ,law passed last year under which at least 50 percent of aid cargoes would be carried by US-flag vessels. The strong possibility is that President Eisenhower will ask that this law be amended so as to exempt , from its application US surplus agricultural commodities sold abroad for foreign currencies. In addition, he may ask for exemption in the various off-shore routes, engaged in by (ramp lines—foreign-to-foreign . ports not involving US areas. The 50-50 law passed last year specifically included agricultural com­ modities and foreign-to-foreign trades. President Eisenhower, after signing this measure in the last Congress, asked the Justice Department for a special report on its vai-ious features. However, many quarters here feel that it is doubtful whether such a report will be made at all in that the President now would rather have no such opinion at all than a written adverse (to him) report from Justice. 4" 4" 41 Many steamship interests in this city, contacted by this reporter, appear ready to sit back this year and not suggest too much in the way of maritime legislation. However, they are very much interested in, and will watch closely, the action of Congressional Appropriations Committees to attempt to prevent riders and strings being tacked on to maritime appropriations. For example, there is a good chan^ again this year that the House or Senate Appropriation Committee, in connection with appropriations for the Foreign Operations Administration, will attempt a rider to the effect that no funds shall be used for ocean transportation in an amount higher than the world market rate—which means simply that American tramps would get little of the FOA aid cargoes, with foreign tramps carrying the vast majority. Such a move on the part of the Appropriations Committees, if suc­ cessful, would completely emasculate the 50-50 shipping law. t 4. 4" adopted during 1954 as well as many of the general tax pro­ visions that apply to seamen. Generally, with very few excep­ tions, seamen are treated no dif­ ferently under the tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the US. (The non-resident alien sea­ man must also file a return, but the rules are not the same for him.) WHO MUST FILE. Those un­ der 65 years of age earning over $600 and those over 65 earning over $1,200 must file a Federal tax return. WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns must now be filed by April 15, 1955. The new law extends the reporting deadline another 30 days. Previously, it was March 15. How­ ever, the April 15 deadline is waived in cases where a seaman is at sea. In such instances, the seaman must file his return at the first opportunity, along with an af­ fidavit stating the reason for filing late. Another tax rule specifically .af­ fecting seamen governs situations where a seaman signs on in one year, signs off the next and gets a statement of his wages and the tax withheld TW-2 form) from the shipping company when he signs off. Under such an arrangement, it is possible for a seaman to have no income in one year and the equivalent of two years' income in another. In order to alleviate this situa­ tion, the seaman can report the total of his allotments, slops, draws and other cash items as in­ come in the first year, and then deduct this amount from the total income reported on the W-2 form he gets in the second year. He cannot claim any tax with­ held in the first year either, but 4i The "piggy-backing" by water of trucks and rail cars carrying freight will be looked into by Congressional Committees in the next few weeks in an effort to see whether something cannot be done to encourage the use of this system more. Three well-known domestic companies are negotiating right now with the Interior Department for i-ail car/truck ferry,-ights on the US West Coast between Puget Sound and points in Alaska. These com­ panies are Luckenbach Steamship Company which would like to enter into the picture jointly with the Coastwise Line and Alaska Steam­ ship Line. However, Interior feels that there is room for such a service only for one company so that eventually Alaska Steamship or Coastwise-Luckenbach may have to drop out of the picture. The ships to be used in this Puget Sound-Alaska service would carry up to 100 rail cars each. National Bulk Carriers also wanted to institute Such a service but ' its proposal submitted to Interior was deemed to be not responsive. In the meantime, on the US Atlantic Coast, Sea Trailers, Inc. has applied for the right to institute a truck-ship service between NoiTolk and New York. Sea Trailers wants the Government to advance a loan of over $8,000,000 to finance construction of two vessels, each of which would carry 160 trailers of 30 feet in length at a rate of $67.50 per trailer. 4" Now that 1954 has departed and 1955 has arrived to take its place, most, of us are beginning to realize that the income tax collector c an't be far behind. Accordingly, since several Seafarers have requested information on the application of the new tax laws to seamen, the ' LOG has compiled a digest of er's wife, and can aiso be claimed , gross income for drugs and medj icine can be deducted. the most important changes by both of them. 4» A question that is continually raised by Atlantic Coast steamship lines Is the extent to which East Coast ports may suffer from Great Lakes competition when the St. Lawrence Seaway project is opened up for business. The seaway will open up for big ships in about four years^ with completion of work expected in the fall of 1958. When constructed, the canals and channels connecting the seaway project will be a minimum 27 feet deep. Those in charge of . its construction insist that the St. ^ Lawrence geaway will not hurt the competitive standing of old established East Coast ports. They say that both the US and Canada, as a' result of the completion of the seaway, will experience a vast expansion of wealth; and that the areas to be served by the seaway are to become more in­ dustrialized as the consequence of cheaper bulk transpoi'tation. .i-.-f'.lli'i.-. OOiiMr'. JO go Wiiican claim all of it for the second year when he files his return along with the W-2 form. HOW TO FILE. The wageearner who has average expenses (amounting to ten percent or less of income) and an income of under $5,000 is advised to use the short form. Those with income of un­ der $5,000 but with higher than average expenses can use either the long or short form and those with income of $5,000 or more must use the long form. A husband and wife should file a joint return on either the long or short form to take advantage of the split income provisions, even if the wife has no income. Single persons should use the long or short form depending on their deductions and/or income. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer is entitled to a personal exemption of $600 for himself, $600 for his wife, an additional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if he is blind. The exemptions for age and blindness apply also to a taxpay-JiU '.-Ill In cases where .a man's wife lives in a foreign country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her as his wife. However, if she has income in the foreign coun­ try, it cannot be taxed by the US. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child, parent, grand­ parent, brother, brother-in-law. sister, sister-in-law, and each uncle, aunt, nephew or niece dependent on him. The dependent must have received less than $600 gross in­ come, and be a resident of the US, Canada, Mexico, Panama or the Canal Zone. A change ih the law permits a child under 19 or a student over 19 to earn over $600 and still be eligible as a dependent if the tax­ payer provides more than one-half of his support. Another change in the law en­ ables a seaman who is contributing (with other relatives) more than ten percent of the support of a dependent to claim an exemption for that individual, provided the other contributors file a declara­ tion that they will not claim the dependent for that year. Previ­ ously, a taxpayer had to provide more than half the support in oi'der to claim the exemption. Deductions DIVIDEND INCOME. If a sea­ man has income from stock divi­ dends, he can exclude the first $50 he receives as dividend income from his gross income, and then take a tax ci-edit of four percent of all dividends received after July 31, 1954 (less the $50 previously deducted), after he has determined what his tax would otherwise be. CONTRIBUTIONS. Previously, a taxpayer could only deduct for contributions of up to a flat 15 pei'cent of gross income. Now he can deduct up to 20 percent of gross income for contributions to charitable institutions, and an ad­ ditional ten percent of gross in­ come in contributions to churches, hospitals and educational institu­ tions. INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. State and city retail sales taxes, property and school taxes, state stamp taxes on securi­ ties, state gasoline taxes, auto li­ cense and drivers' license fees and state income taxes are all deduc­ tible. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EX­ PENSES. All expenses over three percent of gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and hospital insurance, nui-se care and similar costs can be deducted. All expenses over one percent of .".ii, , i'it; ••J'*!!.' '1, ; • ;.1 !•! : However, deductions of all ex­ penses for medical services, drugs and medicines are limited to a maximum of $2,500 for each ex­ emption claimed, up to a total of $10,000. The three percent rule on medi­ cal services does not apply in cases where a taxpayer is over 65, but the one percent rule on medicines and drugs does. This entire section was rewritten last year, since the law previously limited deductions for medical and dental expenses only to those over five percent of gross income. CHILD CARE. This is a brandnew provision allowing a deduc­ tion of up to $600 to a widower, divorced or legally separated tax­ payer toward the cost of providing care of a child under 12 or a person physically or mentally incapable of support, regardless of age. This expense is deductible only if its purpose is to allow the taxpayer to remain gainfully employed. It cannot be claimed if the pa.vment for child care went to a person who is already claimed as a de­ pendent on the same return. ALIMONY. Periodic payments of alimony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be deducted. Previously, only alimony which was required by a court decree was deductible. CASUALTY LOSSES. The rea­ sonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storms, ves­ sel damage, etc., for which the tax­ payer is not otherwise compen­ sated, can be deducted as an ex­ pense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by in­ surance. LOSSES DUE TO THEFT. Per­ sonal items the loss of which can be proven are deductible. WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uniforms and a m MI ::1 • .'Ji I '^1 -'i • 3 J J work clothes which ordinarily can­ not be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes protec­ tive work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by greasd or paint, plus tools bought for usq on the job, or books and periodicals used in direct connec­ tion with work. UNION DUES. Dues and initia­ tion fees paid to labor organiza­ tions or professional groups, and most union assessments can be deducted. TAX CREDIT FOR RETIRE­ MENT INCOME. A tax credit of up to $240 is allowed for individ­ uals against retirement income such as rents, dividends and earn­ ings at odd jobs. This is a new provision important to retired sea­ men or their widows. Federal payments of Social Security bene­ fits and SIU disability benefits ar« not included. J I I i il �Tast Eiffbt MEET THE SEAFARER ^y - • W-' '"i-i ., 'ft' • •t' . viS?"-' Kr January 7«' 1^55 SEAFAR Ems LOG After burning for three days in the outer roads of Singapore, the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk was beached by tugs in 23 feet of water. A fire of unknown origin broke out on the vessel, whose cargo included 1,800 tons of rubber. The 62 persons on the ship, including 12 passen­ MAURICE "DUKE" DUET, Bosun gers, were all taken off safely ... A new city-built pier replacing one on the same site which burned in 1947 has been turned over to Grace One of baseball's most loyal from them and from people in the Line for its Caribbean passenger liner service out of New York. The devotees is Seafarer Maurice game." $12 million Pier 57 is a double-decked affair resting on three buoyant Before Duet knew it he was neck Question: Do you think Ameri­ "Duke" Duet. Introduced to the deep in baseball as a combined cement boxes that jut out into the Hudson and are themselves usable can ships can be made safer for game at first hand by shipmates field manager, schedule-maker and as a huge underwater cargo-storage area. the crews? aboard the Mississippi cruise ship business-manager. "I went to the e 44» Victor Litardi, MM: One thing Del Norte, Duet rapidly graduted company," he recalls, and got them The highest monthly traffic volume In the history of the Snex Canal we ought to have on all ships is a to the managerial post of the Del to chip in 50 percent toward the cost of uniforms and equipment. map showing the used the waterway during the month of October, 1954. The number of position every Norte Stars. From there he went We raised the other 50 percent chips was 1,154 with a total of 9.1 million tons. Petroleum shipments day. Then if on to head the SIU Beachcombers ourselves and were in business as accounted for 5 million tons of the total . . . Due to be ready for her something hap­ and now he has plans to run a team a fully-equipped club." Pacific run in May, the Canadian Pacific Railway's train ferry. Princess Under Duet's tutelage the Stars pens^ and the men in Little League competition. of Vancouver, is being completed in Glasgow, Scotland, for an early are in a boat, launching. The 15.5-knot vessel is designed to make three round trips In between it all, the 28-year old won trophies in Argentina, playing they can have an Seafarer has sandwiched in his local clubs. Subsequently after rid­ daily between Vancouver on the mainland and Nanaimo on Vancouver idea which' direc­ regular work as a Seafarer and ing the ship a while, he got off and Island. She will be fitted to carry 800 passengers and 28 boxcars or tion to- go in. I right now he's deck maintenance one of the Star's pitchers, Leroy 115 automobiles or a combination of both. hear of plenty of on the Antinous, a Waterman coast­ Seals, got off the ship with him.. ,4. t cases of men wise run. "Seals was a good pitcher," Duet New York harbor extended its traditional welcome to 163 new ships heading in the wrong direction said, "so I got the idea of starting Started On Shrimpers totaling 1.4 million tons last year. Of the total, only 14 flew the US when land is only a few miles away. a shoreside team." That was the Baseball was the furthest thing beginning of the SIU Beachcomb­ flag. Norway led the list with 26 new ships, Germany followed with 24, 4" it 4i Fred Lewis, MM: All we need from Duet's mind when at the ers, a Union - sponsored group Japan with 20, Liberia with 16 and Great Britain with 14. Tankers accounted for the largest segment of new tonnage, comprising 62 new are some modem ships that can tender age of 12 he first started to which played semi-pro teams go to work on shrimpers and tug­ around New Orleans and attracted vessels of 808,968 tons . . . The stern part of the 80,000-ton. Liberian do the job which boats out'of New Orleans. For a quite a bit of attention to the tanker World Concord, which broke in two during a gale in the Irish these old work­ few years he worked summers and Union. Sea last month, has been towed into Belfast, Northern Ireland, from horse ships we other odd times on the boats until Duet made,a point of scheduling Scotland, to be put into drydock. The forepart of the tanker now is have now are do­ he was old enough to get his sea­ games for the Beachcombers in all anchored off Belfast waiting for experts t& decide whether to try to ing. The LSTs men's papers. That was in the parts of the city so that many New and other ships join the sections. midst of World War 11, and Duet Orleans natives who had never built for emer­ 44* 4* spent the next couple of years on gency purposes A new shipping line will enter the fiercely-competitive trans-Atlantic have no business various SIU ships out of the Gulf. heard of the SIU became acquaint­ service next April as the Europe-Canada Line. It will offer regular sail­ being on the open When the war ended Duet ed with the Union for the first time through the ball club. ings from Bremerhaven, Le Havre and Southampton to Montreal during sea. That LST settled down as a regular on the The Beachcombers had a lot of the summer months and to New York via Halifax during the winter. that was lost last month with over Delta Lines' South American run The firet crossing will be made by the 11,734-ton motorship Seven Seas 20 men aboard is a typical case. both on the passenger vessels and fun, he recalls, because his man­ ... The 4,037-ton English^ Channel ferryboat Cote d'Azur crashed into the freight ships. It was there that agerial methods were a little on 4' 4" 4) a jetty in Calais harbor, but the mishap apparently caused no severe he was first introduced to baseball. the unorthodox side. "I've-figured Abraham Mander, MM: Ships all along that the team would do injuries. Thirty-one passengers and 63 crewmen were badly shaken can be made a lot safer even As Duet recalls it, a fellow Sea­ its best if we had a good time and up, however. though US ships farer, Tex Melting, talked him into enjoyed ourselves. So we used to 4> 4* iiiis• probably have a trying out for the Del Norte Stars throw a party after almost every Shipping in the international waters of the Danube River finally better safety rec­ in 1950. "I had never played base­ game. It worked out fine for us." appears to be reviving after a lapse of many years. For the first time ord than in most ball before" Duet recalls, "but Just recently. Duet became th# since the war a Hungarian boat crossed into Germany as a German tug other countries. I Tex had an idea that I could pick proud owner of a new home in towing three barges arrived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia . . . The second wouldn't be able up the game and be of help to New Orleans. "I bought a place Norwegian ship transferred to Turkey in less than a week has been to say which item the team." right in back of a baseball dia­ turned over to her new owners at Halifax, NS, and renamed the Seyhan. is more important Duet didn't get much encourage­ mond," he said, "and I'm going to The former Norviken, a 3,097-ton fi-eighter, is one of several vessels than another, but ment from the Stars manager, so try to set up a kid's team. If things acquired by the Turkish Marine Bank as a result of a recent purchase there sure is subsequently he and some other work out, I'll convert my garage negotiated in the US. something wrong crewmembers organized a scrub into a dressing room for-the team. when a ship like that LST with 23 team to challenge the regulars. It will be pretty convenient that men can just disappear. When the manager got off the ship, way, Although ore and grain tonnage dipped sharply, throughout the 1954 4i 41 4* crewmembers elected Duet to take "I would never have been able to season, coal movements on the Great Lakes during November, 1954, Pat Mulholland, OS: There his place. do all this," he concluded, "if it were a half million tons greater than in the same month of the year ought to be more attention to fire weren't for the fact that the SIU before ... In Baltimore, however, the situation was reversed. Graip and boat drill, Bought Some Books made it possible for me to earn a shipments nearly doubled during October, while coal movements regardless of the "At the time I didn't know any­ good living going to sea. I've dropped 20 percent . . . Storms in the South Atlantic battered several weather, even thing about baseball" he confessed, certainly had a lot of fun over the vessels, including the Panamanian grain ship Vori. Leaking, but re­ though it's a "so I went out and^bought myself past few years and I think all the ported to be in no danger, the vessel received a Coast Guard escort nuisance some­ some instruction books and picked boys who were with me enjoyed it into port. She was 95 miles off Bermuda. up as much information as I could as much as I did." times. On one recent trip we could . hardly lower the boats and then it took six men to crank ACROSS 3. Country W of 19. Where Mobile 35. Kidd or Teach them up again. Kenya is 36. Titles The CIO International Union of the company's stock to keep an­ 1. Our union 37. Girl's name 4. 4» 4" i Cut 21. Strife and span 4. Electrical Workers won another other company. General Tire, from 38. Malicious 5. Through 22. It's served in Sellg Freilich, oiler: They cer­ 8. Curves burning Sloppy Mol's 6. That is: abbr. 39 Festive 12. Crewmember tainly can be made a lot safer. round from the independent gaining control of Motor Products 23. Shade tree 43. Nude 7. Island near 14. The cook . The Maritime United Electrical Workers Union through stock purchases. It is 24. Child 44. Paid notices Greece serves it 26. Part of the 45. Precious ' Admi; trati o n in an election at a Magnavox plant feared that the latter move would 8. Friend, in 15. Morocco port ship stone loss of contract benefits and Paris or the Coast in Greenville, Tenn. The CIO got mean 16. Emigrant 29. Tower in Fla. 48. Job for 9. Get back jobs. 18. Short sleep 30. S bill Moran 10. Freight Guard or who19. boy! 31. Harbor 47. Part of "to 11. Part of ship 4 4 4 soever is re­ 847 votes to 743 for "no union." 20. Agriculture: 32. Army issues be" 13. Girls' names abbr. 33. Nova 50. River in Italy The independent union is the one 17. Island H of sponsible ought Seven locals of the Internation­ 21. Large rolls of Ccbu (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) to see to it that which was expelled from the CIO al Brotherhood of Teamsters bills 23. When we they are built ac­ as a Communist-dominated organ­ (AFL) will receive wage increases choose officers cording to more ization. 25. Alabama: abbr. of 35 to 66 cents an hour in two 26. Florida: abbr. rigid standards year agreements effective January 4" 4* 4" 27. Unit of and get better, weight 28. Musical note A four-month period of grace 1. Approximately 20,000 members inspections. I just came back on are involved. The locals represent Peddler's a C-2 that split a couple of plates was given to the Norwalk Lock teamsters in Philadelphia, Norris- i craft 31. In this manner Company by the Government after on the way over. 33. Boy an appeal by Machinists Lodge town and Chester, Pa.; Wilming-i 34. Cape in Mass. ton, Del.; and Camden and At-j 4" 4 4" 35. Cushion Charles Shirley, 2nd electrician: 1294 on behalf of 500 workers at lantic City, NJ. 36. Joe or Whitey 39. Admiral's It's mostly in the design of the the plant. The company had filed boats 4 4 4" , a bankruptcy petition and was ships, in items 40. African native operating on a month-to-month 41. Period of time like having your Part of New York's product 42. Underwater basis when the Goverment de­ supply has been cut'off by a five-j motors and mo­ hazard cided to liquidate its operations. tor parts mote 43. Hard day old strike of 1,200 produc substances accessible ii: an handlers and truckmen, member 45. Seaport suburb 4 4 4 e m e r gency so of Istanbul of Teamsters* Local 202. " Chaii] 48. Girl's name A novel tactic to keep their jobs store supplies are not affected that you can 49. Ship^ owner has been undertaken by members the strike. The produce men ar work on them. 1 31. Seven Club, Glascow Everybody of Auto Workers Local 1217 em­ asking for the same kind of io 32; City in Alaska ployed at the Deepfreeze plant of crease as other Teamster loci knows that it's S3. Sheep always the Motor Products Corporation in unions received recently. Mediatoj DOWN Chicago. Approximately 1,100 are attempting, to resolve the wrong part that breaks down at ir The Baltic 3r Word ending just the wrong., time. " , vyorkers in the plant, are buying. pute. . 'O'i, - •• •;f«''!nC7fA fir!) "h; >!fa.. ffiiiTl^tl* 'rrlfii ihi'tTV'iiVii'lT'ii ' �•» January 1, 1955 SEAFARERS SE;AFAliERS^I.06 'Hey, Waif For Us!' Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. LETTER Paul HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Janaory 7. 1955 Vol. XVIf. No. 1 Editor, HIRBEJIT BRAND; Managing Editor, HAY DENIEON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK At MASKIN; Cull Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 110 Page Nin* LO.G WEEK J I New Angles American maritime unions, who have been voices in the wilderness in the fight against transfers, may be getting a helpinf hand"soon. Indications are that other American busi­ nesses are showing an interest in the advantages of corporate registration under the "runaway" fiags. If such developments do take place, the transfer problem is going to assume im­ portant dimensions in American industry as a whole. At any rate, efforts are being made to interest motion picture companies in the tax advantages of Liberian registry, and other outfits are no doubt studying the gimmick to find out if there's anything in it for them. Meanwhile, shipowners are sailing merrily on their way through the wide-open loophole provided by the Government. Th& Government is taking no action whatsoever to block the loophole, and some of the operators are demanding that tlTey be able to transfer without the annoyance of having to get any Government approval at all. It's to be expected thiat operators of standard cargo ships will be next in line once all the Libertys are gone. Anytime somebddy waves the stars and stripes, some ship­ owners are the first to pop up like so many jacks-in-the-box and sound off with sonorous phrases about the American Way of Life. But as soon as they see visions of a fast buck, the haste with which they will abandon the flag is positively indecent. This IS old stuff to Seafarers who have seen it happen time and again. It's about time that shoreside individuals and organizations started taking a long, hard look at the meaning of all these transfers and their implications. , : t i Unseaworthy The Coast Guard's action in pulling the certificates of sea­ going LST's is pretty convincing evidence that the seaworthi­ ness of these vessels is open to serious doubt. Unf(#rtunately, it took two sinkings and the loss of 40 lives before the Coast Guard took such affirmative steps. These were wartime ships built for one-shot landing operations, and in the light of ex­ perience the makeshift strappings and other devices used to strengthen them were of dubious value. If there are to be final conclusions on the LSTs they will have to come out of the hearings now being conducted by the Coast Guard in New Orleans. The results of these hearings are of considerable importance to the families of the missing men who will look to them as a basis for claim­ ing compensation from the company and its insurers. But it should be understood that the Coast Guard does not rate as a disinterested outsider in these proceedings. Since it has authority and responsibility over a ship's seaworthiness, it would be difficult for the Coast Guard, with the most earnest intentions, to remove all tinge of self-interest from its con­ clusions. Looking back at the sinking of the Southern Isles three years ago recalls some interesting facts. At those hearings James B. Robertson, a naval architect, testified that the Southfern Isles was overloaded on four" separate occasions. He got the figures on the overloads from the Coast Guard itself, in Puerto Rico. Apparently the Coast Guard at the time merely registered the fact of overloading but did nothing about it. In the Southern Districts case, testimony has been offered showing numerous instances of patchwork repairs, malfunc­ tioning of vital equipment and other practices hardly con­ ducive to vessel safety. Here, too, there is no evidence that the Coast Guard made use of its powers to enforce safer pro­ cedures. ' Of course. Coast Guard inaction does not excuse the com­ pany which must bear primary responsibility for the condi­ tion of the ship. But the Coast Guard, which has spoken so much rec-^tTy of its concern for shipboard saftey, seems all too ready slough off responsibility to marine underwriters and the operators themselves. ^ It all points to a cynical, but nevertheless factual conclu­ sion—when it's a choice between the dollar and the safety of the crew, the dollar wins out &V often. That's one of the reasons why so many operators pr( !er a "runaway" registry where they can ovefload, Underman and undfer-fflaintaih their ships to their hearts' content without interference. •4 m J-m SIU's'54 Gains Worthy Of Pride To the Editor: I am writing you this letter and I hope you wiii pubiish it in the first issue in January because I think that is tlie logical time for ail of us Seafarers to look back and see what we accomplished dur­ ing 1954, and also to look ahead and try to figure out what we want to accomplish during 1955. First, looking back at the old year, I think that we Seafarers have every right to be proud of the gains which our Union has made. The increases we have gained in wages, overtime and va­ cation pay are just a few of the things I can name offhand. What's more, our Union has con­ sistently been a leadeK in the fight, not only to keep our own Union strong, but also to keep the ent i r e American merchant marine strong and to help seamen everywhere. Our Union, for instance, carried Korolia Uie fight to Wash­ ington for passage of the "50-50" bill, and after seven long years of struggle we finally won out last year. And as a result of this we not only helped ourselve.s, but other American seamen as well, and also the US shipping industry as a whole. The fight against letting US companies transfer their ships to runaway flags is another fight which our Union carried right to Washington. Fight For IJSPHS Program ' I I X'\I I Vot< One of the penalties of doing a good job as a ship's delegate is that the delegate is likely to be stuck with the post seini-permanently. At least that's what seems to have happened to James Flana­ gan, who is aboard the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). Flanagan was delegate for one trip and then re­ signed so that somebady else could get a crack at the job. But his shipmates "double-crossed" Flanagan him by reelect­ ing him/ Flanagan, who sails in the deck department, usually as AB, has been a Union member for a little over eight years, joining in New York on October 24, 1946. He lives in Huntington Station, Long Is­ I might also mention the fight our Union has waged against cut­ land, when not sailing and is 44 ting down the USPHS hospital years old. 3) 3) program. We waged this fight suc­ cessfully once, but now it looks An anonymous member of tjje as if the Government is at it again crew of the Archer's Hope got a and we must take up arms once hanji from shipmates because of more. his continuing efforts and coopera­ Right now our Union Is en­ tion in making repairs and keeping gaged in two other fights, and I her shipshape. The ship's pump­ am confident our efforts here wiii man-machinist was the one who also meet with success. First, our got the applause. He indicated his Union is fighting the phony crimp eagerness for more of the same by rig which has been set up in New promising he would do his best, York and is selling books to any­ with the cooperation of the engi­ body who has a couple of bucks neers, to fix the crew washing in his pocket. And, second, our machine and see that it suds up Union is fighting the phony Coast crew gear in approved fashion Guard proposals which would give fi-om now on in. the CG iron-fisted control over 3) t American seamen. Seafarer Lewis Riviere is one I think one thing we Seafarers Union brother who has appeared should remember is that our Union was alert to these dangers and got in this corner before, being dited right on the bail in the fight by his shipmates for taSty pastries. against them. It can never be said Riviere, who sails exclusively as night cook and baker, got the that we were caught napping. accolade again, this time from, the Well, that's a brief review of crew of the Seatrain New York on 1954. Now, how about 1955? I the coastwise run. think -that for 1955 each one of Riviere has been around "for a us Seafarers should resolve to be while" as the saying goes, joining ever alert and vigilant to the dan­ the SIU way back when, on Novem­ gers which beset our Union and ber 30, 1938. A native of the Brit­ to continue to work together ish West Indies, he now makes shouldei; to shoulder, as we always New York City his home town. have in the past, to safeguard the He's 63 years of age. gains we have made and to keep 3) 3) 3) the SIU "the best union in mari­ time." Crewmeinbers of the Aieoa (Mer) Korolia Boamer are some of the m: Thanks d Seafarers who are fired up about the Coast Guard's ambitious plans to put all working seamen on a physical and mental exam griddle. Seafarer R. W. Miller, chairman of the last shipboard meeting, put in a few minutes discussing the Coast Guard scheme and reminded the membership present that the way to lick it was to get busy writing Senators and Representatives in Washington, giving them the lowdown. Miller comes from North Caro­ lina, but now makes his home in Norfolk, Va. He joined the SIU in New York on May 24, 1949, and sails in the engine department. He's 34 years old. ^ i!! if Men aboard the Mississippi cruise ship, Del Mar, also were urged to write to their represent­ atives on the Coast Guard prob­ lem. The chair­ man of the last shipboard meet­ ing, Jack Bates, known affection­ ately to his ship­ mates as "Gator Mouth" told the crew to get on the ball if they wanted to keep Bates the Coast Guard from putting the screws on the Union membership and imperiling the seaman's right to work ships and earn a living. 'M t i 5. The holiday season is always a busy tim^5 for cooks everywhere, and steward department men on SIU ships are no exception to the general rule. Thanksgiving, Christ­ mas and New Year's Day are ail occasions for something extra special in the way of shipboard feeding, with each galley gang tiying.to outdo the other in putting up the best possible holiday feed. Among crews that made a point of noting the quality of holiday meals were the men aboard the Steel Rover (Isthmian) and the Frances (Bull). The Steel Rover crewmen called the Christmas dinner "wonderful." The Frances gang said that the food was "ex­ cellent." The adjectives might be different, but. the end result was the same, 9 well-fed end COU" tented crev , •1 :| :|| �W' January 7, 1955 Pace Eleven SEAFARERS LOG January 7. 195S Mi Not too long ago ^ jm- .m Seamen's defense committee waterfront office provided legal aid for arrested strikers. Seamen picket NY pier in 1936t Minutes before, police rode down 30 pickets. ' ^ New York Police give rush act to group of pickets in 1936 strike to clear way to pier. s illislliii sjiiiiii: "'Hi iiii iii F . III sliaiSiS || r ^ L I' 'V " ' r '"i % 11^- M'i Bitterest and hardest-fought waterfront (Strike was the now-famed walkout of seamen and longshoremen of 1934 on the San Francisco docks. Here p< SMiiia ise A vivid reminder that sea­ men's unions were torn on the picketlines Within the last 20 years are these photos of water­ front beefs before World War II. Between 1921, when the Government and shipowners broke the back of the old ISU, and 1934, when West Coast sea­ men led the way to a union re­ vival, seamen's conditions sank to rock bottom. Wages started at $22.50 a month and work­ aways made payless trips for the privilege of getting a job the next time around. Crews were turned to on "field days" and blue linen was the rule all around. Old union men either were blacklisted out of the in­ dustry or were careful to hide the fact that they once packed a union book. In the depths of the depres­ sion grumbling grew and out of desperation crewmembers took to job actions. Here and there the remnants of once-strong maritime unions kept halls open. The spark that touched off the rebirth o'f strong unions was the 1934 general strike when seamen walked off the ships in support of longshoremen. There wgre no funds and the men were ill-equipped for an ex­ tended strike but thepicketlines went up and stayed there de­ spite guns, gas and blackjacks. Subsequently, in 1936, East Coast seamen followed the lead of their West Coast brothers in a general upheaval of the mari­ time industry. From then on maritime unions were here to stay, although many a battle was fought in the years that followed and will be fought in the future. No doubt many readers of the SEAFARERS LOG took part in these strikes and some may recognize themselves or old shipmates in these photos. It was the sacrifices of these men, some of whom paid with their lives, that made it possible for seamen.to turn the tables on the shipowner., after. year|.. , bucko rule on the ships. M This 1940 photo from San Francisco shows SUP Sailors fighting on American President Lines pier. off Bridges-inspired raid hy shoreside union n A Not all strike scenes were furious. Idle lumber car­ rier sits peacefully at dock in '36 tieup. 1 Soup kitchens were essential to strikers. This one was in San Francisco in '36. iiil t > I 1 9 \ I % ' i ^ mmmmm k .«<r' ' Bedlrd 'hafd iW' W»UI»*kitch-e'A thn'in 1936. They were operated hy Maritime Federation of Pacific representing seamen and longshoremen. Federation broke up when Communists took it over. > �\w: • -it Pace TwelT* January 1> 1955 SEAFARERS idG PORTttEPORTS New Orleans: New Recreation Roem Makes Christmas Debut and Del Oro (Mississippi), and Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas). The following ships called in transit: Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Pilgi-im (Alcoa); Steel Advocate, Stfeel Architect, Steel Age and Steel Worker (Isthmian); Del Mundo and Del Oro (Mississippi); Morning Light, Monarch of the Seas, Bienville and Claiborne (Waterman); Marie Hamil (Bloomfield); Evelyn (Bull); Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas), and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Lake Charles: Port Affairs Smooth During Tho HoiMays Things have been running along A big Christmas party and din­ quite nicely in this port during ner was given in the New Orleans the past two weeks. hail on Christmas Day and all hands Calling in here during this agreed it was one of the most suc­ period were the Bradford Island, cessful affairs of the kind ever Council Grove, Salem Maritime held here. Bents Fort, Government Camp The dinner, which included tur­ Chiwawa, Winter Hill and Cankey, ham and all the trimmings, tigny (Cities Service); Val Chem was served in our new recreation (Valentine Tankers), and Excello room on the ground floor. Work (Excello). on the recreation room is nearly ^All of the above ships took on completed and it will be ready for 4" it 3) a few men so shipping picked up use as soon as paiiiting of the walls, quite a bit during the holidays .and final trimming and equipping the Boston: we were able to ship 40 men, most­ room is completed. ly in the deck department. Ship­ The pleasant atmosphere of the ping has now slowed down again new room contributed a great deal however, and we have enough men to the success of the Christmas on hand to handle any expected party, which was attended by many . New Orleans Shipping was fair in Boston dur­ calls. Voting to elect officials of the Union for the next two years is ' members and ing the last report period and the For our Seafarer of the Week proceeding at a brisk pace in San Francisco, with more than 200 i II their families and outlook for the future is pretty we nominate Brother Jack M. men already voting. Here Roy Alston drops his vote in ballot box 1. members from good. Johnson who sails mostly as third while members of balloting committee look on. Committee members I elsewhere who During this period we paid off cook, although he sometimes ships are (1-r) J. Ramos, Hans Skaalegaard and Luke A. CiamboH. were here on the the, Alexandra (Carras) and Bents as OS. All the benefits SIU men •f beach or aboard Fort, Council Grove and Logans enjoy were only obtained by hard San Francisco:. C. N. McKee, W. O'Conner, C. ships in port. Fort (Cities Service). These four work, Broth'^r Johnson says, and Gates, A. Begg, F. Votto, H. Skaa­ There was ships signed on and in transit were we must always be alert to see legaard, J. Thomas, E. Martinez, plenty of turkey the Chickasaw, Antinous and De that no one takes these benefits William Bause and T. M. Moriariand ham for all. Soto (Waterman), Robin Kettering from us. Hartlii t.v. In the hospital are M. Byers, In fact, there was (Seas Shipping) and Steel Vendor C. Brown, O. Gustavsen,,0. Klein, Men On The Beach such a plentiful supply that on and Steel Seafarer (Isthmiah). Although shipping has been only C. Neumaier, G. Promutico, J. On the beach here now are A. G. f.*xir here during the past two weeks Monday after Christmas we were All the payoffs were clean and PeiTiera, P. Yuzon, W. Center and able to serve turkey and ham sand­ there were no beefs of any kind (Tex) Alexander, Jimmy Phillips, the outlook for the future is ex­ P. E. Hugglns. J. A. Coyne, Tom Bolton, Red wiches and cold beer to all those iljf on any of the Kehrly and a number of others, all ceptionally good. Tom Banning who were present for the 11 AM ' above ships. San Francisco Port Agent During these past two weeks we spending the holidays with their job call. Everybody agreed the Ou^ selection paid off and signed on The Cabins t 4 4 post-Christmas "lunch" was some­ of a typical SIU families. But after January 1 they (Cabins) and iii transit were the will be ready to go again. Houston: thing like eating turkey hash at man this week is have no men in the hospital Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar); home, only better. Anthony J. Me- at We Steel Navigator (Isthmian), and this time. Beefs have ail been of a minor lanson, who is Choctaw, Azalea City, Hastings and nature here of late and the crews At our last meeting the deck known to his John B. Water­ m&mmm r of the Del Alba, Del Mar and Del department took over, with Te.x friends and ship­ man (Waterman). Oro (Mississippi) were accorded a mates as "Shorty.' Alexander serving as chairman and Lately we have Shipping has been very good in vote of thanks by the patrolmen J. A. Phillips as recording secre­ Shorty sails as Melanson been getting com­ this pox-* dui'ing the past two here for bringing in exceptionally engine utility, tary. Both men did a fine job. plaints that men weeks as the dispatcher's records clean ships. pumpman or (uler and his last ship On the local labor front things have'been refus­ show. Steward Given Thanks was the Queenston Heights. Dur­ are very quiet now, and the local ing orders aboard However, we do not expect this The steward of the Del Oro was ing the holidays he has been work­ political front is also quiet. It the ships. This pace to hold because we have no given a vote of thanks by the crew ing ashore, driving an Army truck, looks as if all the candidates are is definitely con­ payoffs scheduled during the next for a job well done on this ship's but now that the holidays are over waiting until after the holidays to trary to the two weeks. most recent voyage to West Africa, he intends to ship out again. start blasting their opponents. agreement, as We had no sign-ons during the McKee Everybody who ever has sailed this Also on the beach now are D. From all the members around there is a clause last two weeks but we paid off the run knows it creates plenty of Hines, R. Johnston, W. Canty and headaches for the steward, so W. Foster. In the Brighton Marine here to all the other brothers, in the agreement about obedience Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and afloat and ashore—a Happy New to the master. If you think that had 14 ships in transit, as follows: Alexander Martin, the steward in Hospital are J. Fawcett, F. AlasaRepublic (Trafalgar); Seatiger question, certainly deserves a pat vich, G. Weddell and A. Hanpock. Year and good sailing during 1955 the orders given to .you are wrong, to one and all. carry them out anyway and when (Colonial); Logans Fort and French on the back and our nomination as James Sheehan Leroy Clarke you arrive in the payoff port you Cx-eek (Cities Service); Seatrains "Seafarer of the Week." Boston Port Agent Lake Charles Port Agent will be compensated if they are Texas, SaVannah and New Jersey Shipping has been proceeding at wrong. (Seatx-ain); Del Oro (Mississippi); a steady rate since our last report. Alexandra (Cax-ras); Steel Architect Shipping for permitmen has been 204 Men Cast Votes' and Steel Age (Isthmian), and particularly good. Bookmen have The voting for Union officials Golden City and Bienville (Water­ preferred to wait until after the is coming. along fine in this port man). holidays to throw in for jobs. It and at this writing 204 men have There were a few minor beefs on appears that competition will be voted. Anyone who has not voted the Steel Age and Margaret Brown keen in the immediate future, yet and wants to do so should do but these were squared away. though, as everyone will be anxious so quickly, because voting will end A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet to get out and we have only six January 15. Houston Port Agent payoffs scheduled for the coming Men now on the beach Include 4 4 4 two weeks. From the USPHS hospital here Tampa: we have received news that Samuel Cope and Benjamin Foster have been discharged to outpatient treatment after long confinement to the hospital. W^e hope they will We had no payoffs or sign-ons qualify for "fit for duty" slips sopn. in this port during the past two Arne V. Oisen, Jack Peralta and Shipping Figures December 15 to December 28 weeks but five Waterman ships Nicholas Tala also have been dis­ charged from the hospital and are REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL called in tx-ansit. These were the expecting to ship in the near fu­ PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Golden City, De Soto, Chickasaw ture. Boston 99 11 2 29 9 8 19. and Iberville, which called here 2 twice. Among patients recently ad­ New York ..' 123 . 75 96 294 91 71 68 230 All the ih-translts were visited mitted to the hospital are Kristian Philadelphia 23 24 26 73 10 16 35 and found to be in good shape, 9 Gunderson, August Brosig, Darrell with 'no beefs pending on any of Baltimore 114 92 75 281 70 54 Riley, Fred Fagan, Earl Garberson, 167 43 them. George Nichols and Enoch Gaylor. Norfolk 16 17 16 49 15 17 15 47 Cux-rently we ar8 receiving esti­ 8 Ships Pay Off Savannah 28 12 17 .57 20 9 47 mates 18 from contractors on improv­ During the last two weeks, 8 12 Tampa 12 9 15 36 5 5 2 ing the hall here. ships paid off here, 6 signed on Mobile 33 ^3 49 115 38 32 48 118 In closing, we would like to take and 19 called in transit. The Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); Steel 62 199 this opportunity to wish all of the New Orleanu 62 64 48 164 76 61 Architect (Isthmian); Del Oro, Del 64 brothers, afloat and ashore, a Houston 42 23 , 24 89 27 21 16 Happy New Year. We sincerely ^Santos, Del Mar and Del Alba 35 109 Seattle 37 35 32 104 38 36 hope they all enjoy good sailing (Mississippi), and the DeSoto and 9 47 throughout 1955 apd the years tol San Francisco 27 . 12 13 52 25 13 Iberville (Waterman) paid off. 6 come. • 4 Wilmlngtoh 7 6 6 19 2 0 Ships signing on were the Alcoa Benrde Gbiiiales, Aetinr^^:' Planter (Alcoa); Steel Advocate •Totala: • ^ 'l' 540 ' (Isthmian): Del Mundo. Del Mar ••'Tni Good Shipping Soon For Next Two Wooks Future Oullool( Seen 'Exeeptieuaiiy Geed' Shipping 'Very Good' Dui Drop Is Expected Dids Deing Received On Hall improvemente ii!:;?;.- li - 7' �-'i;^.-^..-;--.' - January 1955 -•' ' SEAFARERS L r Pare Tbirteoi LOG .......PORT REPORTS Savannah: SoHlh Atlantic, Bull Slilps Pay Off, Sign On Shipping has been mighty good in tills port during the past two -weeks. The outlook for the future is fair and we expect nothing out of the ordinary. During the last report period wc paid off the Angelina (Bull) and Southport and Southstar (South Atlantic). These three ships signed on^and in transit were the Robin Sherwood (Seas Shipping), Steel Admiral (Isthmian) and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana, which each called here twice. There were a few minor beefs on the Angelina when she paid off but these were all squared away. Men now in the hospital are James Lee, R. L. Field, J. T. Moore, A. W. Lima, R. Carrollton, E. Webb, J. Littleton, George Chance, J. T. Kern, A. G. McLaughlin, J. B. Christy, J. D. Cannady, Frank Nel­ son and Fred Buckner. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent 4* 4" Baltimore: Shipping Slow; Port O'Cali Being Readied Shipping in the port of Balti­ more has been on the slow bell during the past two weeks and the near future does not look too bright. We registered 281 men dur­ ing this period and shipped 167, which leaves quite a large nuniber of men on the beach. During this period we had 15 payoffs, 10 sign-ons and 8 ships in transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Frances, Mae, Suzanne and Edith (Bull); Steel Age (Isthmian); Salem Maritime (Cities Service); Bethcoaster and Oremar (Calmar); Yaka (Waterinan), and Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baitore and Venore (Ore). Signing on were the Trojan Trader (Trojan); Oremar (Calmar); (Bull); Frances Yaka (Waterman), Sjoberg M a r o r e, and Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baltore and Venore (Ore). In transit were the Robin Mow­ bray (Seas Shipping); Bethcoaster and Portmar (Calmar); Alcoa Part­ ner and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa), ^and Iberville, Chickasaw and Yaka (Waterman). Our new hall is proving a-won­ derful place to be in. Otir cafeteria is doing very well and our Port O'Call bar should be ready to serve patrons within the next two weeks, Wc"are expecting to make this one of the show spots, of this city. Voting Is Brisk Voting to elect the officials-of the Union for the next two years has been going on at a brisk pace here and I know that all records for this port will be broken. Per­ sonally I am gratified to see the members taking such an active in­ terest in their affairs, Our Seafarer of the Week is Brother A1 Sjoberg, who h^s been an SIU member from the very beginning and who has always been active in all our beefs and in all things concerning the welfare of the Union. His advice to the newer members is to always conduct themselves as gentlemen. In that way, he says, they will always be respected as gentlemem We cer­ tainly wish AL good sailing at all times in the future. In conclusion, don't forget te drop a line to the boys in the USFHS Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, Md. They are: Harry Johnson, Allen Myrex, George Bexton, Thomas Mungo, Daniel . Hutto, Thomas Ankerson, John Rekstin, Philip Korol, Walter Denley, Carl Chandler, Jesse Clarke, Roy Bell, W. Moore, Louis Firlie, Edsel Malcom, Timothy Less, Joseph Kozlowski, Joe McKreth, Robert McKnew and Harry Byrd. Happy New Year to all. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent 4 t^ Norfolk: Foreign Transfers Hit Shipping Here During the past two weeks the Chiwawa (Cities Service) paid off and signed on in this port and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic), Bienville (Waterman) and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa). All of these ships were found to be okay. At this writing two ships are pay­ ing off in Hampton Roads—the National Freedom (American Wa­ terways) and the Seacoral (Coral). These two ships will sign on for­ eign crews hnd our checking shows that these foreign crews came out of- the phony New York crimp rig that the SEAFARERS . LOG ex­ posed. Coal Loadings Up Coal loading in Hampton Roads has been higher than it has been in many years, but is being carI'ied in foreign-flag ships. With all this, the outlook for the future here is not good. In the hospital now are I. E. Taylor, Isaac B. Duncan, Thurston Lewis and Colon Boutwell. These men received the Christmas bonus as well as the regular weekly hos­ pital benefit. Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent $ « Wilmington: t in-Transits Expected To Provide More Jobs Shipping was very slow in this port during the Christmas holidays but tomorrow we expect to have two Waterman and one Calmar ship in transit so we may get a few jobs. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during the last two weeks. In transit, were the Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar); Citrus Packer and Azalea City (Waterman); Steel Navigator (Isthmian), and Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo). Ernest B. Tilley Wilmington Port Agent New York: Robin Sbip Comes Qui; Dredge Takes Mere Men We are happy to report that shipping and business in the Port of New York remains good, and after everyone enjoyed a big Christmas we are all looking for­ ward to a happy and prosperous New Year for all hands. Although we did not have as many ships coming in for payoff as we normally have, shipping held up good. Permitmen had good shipping because a lot of the boys wanted to stay ashore until after the holidays. Shipping was given- an added boost when the Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping) came out of layup and took a full crew, and we also flew an additional 20 men down to Venezuela to the Sandcaptain, a dredge belonging to Construction Aggregates. Those boys have a steady job for the next 16 months if they stick it out for the duration of the contract. Ships In Good Shape All of the ships coming in here during the past two weeks-were in good shape, with their crews do­ ing a bang-up job on them. Dur­ ing this period we paid off 14 ships, signed on 5 and serviced 17 in .transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Beatrice, Emelia and Elizabeth (Bull); Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Seatrains New Jersey, New York, Georgia and Texas (Seatrain); Mankalo Victory (Victory Carriers); Archers Hope, Bradford Island and Royal Oak (Cities Service); Queenston Heights (Seatrade), and Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping). Signing on wei'e the Robin Sher­ wood, Robin Mowbray and Robin Money Exchange Rates Listed The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of Janu­ ary 4, 1955, and are subject to change without notice. England, New Zealand, South Af­ rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the dollar. Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the dollar. Italy: Average closing rate of lire to the doUar in Milan and Rome. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 10.33 cents per krone. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Venezuela: 29.85 cents per hoiivar. SW HALL Goodfellow (Seas Shipping); Steel Admiral (Isthmian), and Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo). In transit were the Wild Ranger, Arizpa, Chickasaw, Warrior, Antinous and Fairland (Waterman); Kathryn, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Seatrains Savannah and Louisiana (Seatrain); Cantigny, Winter Hill and Government Camp (Cities Service); Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Calmar (Calmar), and Re­ public (Trafalgar). Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer 4 4 4 Seattle: Tagalam Is Sehedttled To Come Qui Of Lay-Up Shipping has been very good in this Nortljwest port during the past two weeks and the outlook for the future is bright as we have the Tagalam (Seatrade) cOming put of lay-up and the Alcoa Pegasus is due in for payoff in Portland, Ore. Paying off here in Seattle during, the past two weeks wereM:he Seacomet H (Ocean Carriers) and the Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans). SigniM on were the Seacomet II and thF Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers), and in transit were the Pennmar, Massmar and Marymar (Calmar) and the Azalea City, Citrus Packer and John B. Water­ man (Waterman). The Calmar ships, incidentally, are giving us one of our biggest headaches here, because nearly every week we have to request ad­ ditional stores for them to make the return trip to the East Coast. We generally have to request such things as coffee, night lunches and large quantities of meat, and the crews and delegates are very hot about this. This is a situation which we believe should be rectified and at our last meeting a motion was made and carried unanimously that headquarters look into the storing of these ships on the intercoastal runs. Guess that's all except to say that the severe cold and snow we had last year seem to be bypassing us this winter. We have had some rain, but who can complain about that when shipping is so good? Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Mobile: Ariiiia Will Crew Up, 11 Ships To ?ay Off Shipping in the port of Mobile was good during the past two weeks and we shipped 118 men to various ships. We also sent 139 men to relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had 8 pay­ offs, 6 sign-ons and 4 ships in transit. The payoffs, which \ver« all in good shape, were as follows: Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne and Arizpa (Waterman) and Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Puri­ tan, Alcoa Run­ ner and Alcoa * Cavalier (Alcoa). Signing on were the Golden City (Waterman) and Alcoa Cor­ sair, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Puri­ tan, Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Cava­ Nail lier (Alcoa). In transit were the Del Aires (Mississippi), Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian) and De Soto and Ibeiville (Waterman). » Coming iiy here for payoff dur­ ing the next two weeks are the Monarch of the Seas, Chickasaw, Claiborae and Antinous (Water­ man) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). In addition, we expect to crew up the Arizpa (Waterman) which paid off here December 28 and laid up for about 10 days. This ship should take a full crew around January 8. Sails As Chief Steward In the spotlight, as Seafarer of the Week, is Brother Clarence Nail, who has been a member of ^ the Union since its beginning. Brother Nail, who sails as chief steward, is married, and has two grandchildren. He thinks that our Vacation and Welfare Plan ben­ efits are the best in the industry. Members currently on the beach include G. Troche, Marion Green, Walter Whitten, ChaHes Spencer, D. L. Parker, J. Wread and a num­ ber of others. In closing, we wish,to extend our sympathy to the family of Brother Robert Shell, who died since our last meeting. He is survived by a wife and other relatives. We also extend our sympathies to the fami­ lies of the crew of the Southern Districts and hope that some news about the men on this ship will be forthcoming. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent Philadelphia: Shipping Rise Noted; Standby Jobs Obtained Shipping picked up quite a bit in this port during the last report WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FOHX WILLIAM.... 11814 Sj-ndicate Ave. period and it looks as if it will Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SiU, A&G District Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. continue for some weeks to come. ...673 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE BALTIMORS^. ...1216 E. Bkltimore St. HEADQUARTERS. Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppafd, Agent EAstem 7-4900 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Moreover, we have been fortunate Paul HaU EMpire 4-5719 BOSTON 276 State St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS . 617V4 Cormorant St. in picking up the standby work for James Sheehan, Agent Rlctunond 2-0140 Robert Alatthews Joe Aigina " VICTORIA, BC Empire 4531 one of our contracted companies. Joe Volpian HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BO 298 Main St. WiUiam HaU A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet. Agent. .Preston 6558 During the past two weeks we Pacific 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. paid off the Carolyn (Bull). SeaPhone 6346 Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 SUP BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. tiger (Colonial), Alamar (Calmar), MOBILE : 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone: 54.5 Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. Michael (Carras) and Republic NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. PORTLAND CAnal 7-3202 (Ti-afalgar). 532 N. W. Everett St. Lindaey WUllanu, Agent 113 Cote De La Montague Beacon 43.36 QUEBEC The Seatiger, Alamar, Michael MagnoUa 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2'707a 257 5th St. SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. and Republic signed on and in NEW VORK......67S 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND. CALIT...... Phone 2599 NB Phone: 2-5232 HYacintb 9-6600 transit were the Chickasaw, Fair450 Harrison St. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANCISCO Douglas 2-8363 Ben Rees, gent MAdison 2-9834 land and Gateway City (Waterman) Great Lakes District 2595 1st Ave. PHILADELPHIA ....837 Market St. SEATTLE and the Frances and Edith (Bull). Main 0.290 .4LPENA S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 133 W. Fletcher All the payoffs and sign-ons WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY :. .180 Main SL were clean and all the ships gen­ Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Phone: Cleveland 7391 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn Marty Brelthoff. west Coast Representative NEW YORK 734 Lakeside Ave., NE erally were in good shape, with HYaclnth 9-6600 CLEVELAND PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Phone- Main 1-0147 only a few minor beefs which Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 DETROIT. 1058 3rd St. SAVANNAH 8 Abarcorn St. Canadian District Headquarter* Phone; Woodward 1-6857 were all squared away. JeS Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1788 531 W. Michigan St. .Ot St. Jam* St. West DULUCT SEATTLE ....2S«aast Ave. MONTREAL S. CarduUo Phoner Melraae 2-4110FLateau 8161 Jeft-eSlette. Agent Elliott 4334 3M1 B. Mnd ^ TAMPA imm-mi N. rramuin a*. HALiEAX. NJ.....,.....12I^^0^I^ SOUTH CmCAaO PhOBKi . Philadelphia Port Agent Bnc* 8-auS tUf , Whit*. A^l 0 none a-uaa •i •[ -• i-rrV '• • .1. ' �January 7, 1955 r Irl On Logans Fort, The Crewmen Sport Real Sill Smiles ii'' P l-i, v'l •' • j'r • w.", •Cf' •, |v • Sporting real SIU smiles as they pose for the cameraman are some of the crewmembers (left) of the Cities Service tahker Logans Fort. In the usual order are AB Pinnel, ship's delegate Lewis, wiper Brenanides, wiper Fielding, OS Alexander, wiper Copado and engine delegate McGee. At the right is a typical messroom scene. Photos were taken by Wm. Rapp, oiler, and S. Manuel, pantryman. Santo Domingo s Tops For A Flingo Even If Yc)u Gan't Speak Tfie Lingo (Ed. note: The following article was written by one of the LOG's roving correspondents. Seafarer Angus C. (Red) Cdmpbell, We think it speaks for itself.) During my recent literary absence from these pages I have been filling in as fashion editor on the "Hobo News." Nevertheless, I'd like to take this opportunity to offer some advice to readers of the LOG regarding mid-winter vacations. Personally, I can think of no finer place than Trujillo^ City, better known as Santo world that features neon-lit poetry the many beaches will offer you a pleasant day. You may even be Domingo. You can get there in the men's room. • :U • 1-- either by ship or plane. Air travel is quite safe, but you still have a cab ride from the airport. The speed limit here is 35 miles an hour—25 on the ^sidewalks. The selection of a hotel natural­ ly depends on your financial "buckground." If you're in the higher income brackets, like bookies and T V repairmen, you'll take up residence at "The Jaragua" where super - cleanliness is the rule. Here they don't change the linen — they throw out the whole bed. And nowhere else are, Campbell the chambermaids so well bred — or badly buttered. Just think how nice it would be to sit nightly on your own private balcony with a tropical moon shin­ ing down on your varicose veins. If you're looking for a cold one, the bar features "50 Mixed Drinks and How to Swallow Them." The bartenders are strictly tropical— they've always got their palms out. And this is the only bar in the Try "Mike's Place" Of com-se, this is not the only hotel in town. There's another nearby with 200 rooms and no baths. It's closed on Saturdays. As a last resort, if you're the kind of person who can stand anything, like a Pirate fan, you Ct.n stay at "Mike's Place." When you register don't be surprised if you have to make your own bed—but he'll give you a hammer and saw. For two dollars you get a room with an adjoining towel. Every building in the city faces the ocean — Mike's faces the incinerator. Room No. 7 doesn't have any ceil­ ing but that's okay—the guy up­ stairs doesn't walk around much. As for the bathroom, make sure you're a loud singer—there's no lock on the door. But some rooms have radio and television—boy, it would be great if they had elec­ tricity! As for air conditioning^ the porter comes around every half hour and blqws through the key­ hole. If he ever brings you a tele­ gram you'll never get him to stick it under the door. It's always on a plate. But no matter where you stay, in time to see "Miss Surfmaid elected. The only contestant I ever backed wound up as "Miss Sand­ bar." When the judges saw her they all wanted to know how long the body had been in the water. OFF WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publication, and the like which S^mfurers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. Fans of the off-beat in record­ enced photographer can make per­ ings will probably enjoy one of the fect exposures without figuring out latest offerings of a company called the compensating F-stop adjust­ Cook-Sounds of Our Time which, ment for every change in shutter in the absence of burlesque in speed. Introduced last year with many places, has taken the trouble a conventional Synchro-Compur to bring, it _righ.t .in.to_.the J.iyin.g. shutter, the Super Regent is now room—for your listening pleasure, available with the new Compulf anyway. The company set up its LVS (Light Value Scale) shutter. A change in the siiutter speed equipment in the pit of a New automatically changes the dia­ Jersey burlesque house and recorded the sounds of the pit- phragm to a correctly compen­ band playing music for the strip­ sated F-stop. Another feature of pers, the comedians' gags and skits the new model is a delayed action and the audience howling, stomp­ mechanism for self-timed pictures. ing and whistling. "Burlesque Un- It is synchronized at all speeds for censored" ($5.95) is a rare find both flash and electronic flash and that will be enjoyed by many. It lists at $89.50. t> t> ti may not make too much of a hit with the ladies, however, A different type of sea story in its own right is "The Blue Conti­ iSr t> . Ansco announces a new version nent," a chronicle of actual under­ of its Super Regent 35 mm coupled sea adventures by an Italian scientific-sport expedition of skindivers in the Red Sea. Wellstudded with photographs, the book provides a good accounting for the growing popularity of skindiving as a sport—both by itself and combined with underwater photography or offshore fishing. Seafarers who are enthusiasts for this sort of thing will doubtless find the reading entertaining and val­ uable for their own purposes. Writ­ ten in an exciting style by an actual member of the expedition, Ansco Super Regent Folco Quilici, the book is priced rangefinder camera with a boast at $5 and is published by Rinehart that now even the most inexperi­ & Co. LOG-A.RHYTHM: My Seafaring Son By Lillian Logan know a lad who went to sea. So this young lad who was so smart He went because the food was free. Got his papers and did depart. To work all week, then have to pay For his own keep was not his way. He sailed the seas, saw sights galore. One day he said, "Can'tcha see, Then one day met a gal ashore. mum, Now this same lad can't sail afar From a life like this no fortune'll Or spend his pay in the nearest come. bar. I gotta go where, come pay day. The dough's all mine and. I can Nor can he take time off at will. play He has to work to pay some bill. And he hasn't saved that "pile" yet Cards if I like, or spend it all 'Cause all his plans became upset. On one night's spree in some port The butcher man, the baker, too. o' call. Or, if I want, I'll work a while. Want their money when it's due. Then take off and live in style. And now there is a little boy "You may have to make your bed . . ." Who always wants .another toy. . If it's hot music and ton-id danc­ And when I'm tired I'll start to save. So Daddy still sails on the sea. ing yoij,'re looking for, this is the Then come home and never slave. But not because the food is free. place. If the dances were ever interpreted, the whole Kinsey report «.would have to be revised. (1) Members of what religion use a mosque as a place of worship? The music is so hot that the TV sets are equipped with asbestos (2) What was the motto of The Three Musketeers? screens. (3) What is the Earth's nearest neighbor in space: (a) Mars, (b) Take it from me, you'll love Saturn, (c) Moon, (d) Jupiter? Santo Domingd. Just leave the (4) After a card-game, a man winds up with $10.25 in nickels,,^ wife at home. dimes and quarters. If the number of quarters is one more than the number of nickels, and the number of dimes he has is twice the number of quarters less two, how many of each does he have? (5) Before the US went off the gold standard, what was the value of a double eagle? For obvious reasons the LOG (6) What is the name of the Indian chief who completely routed cannot print any letter or and destroyed the forces of General Custer? other communications sent in (7) Two men who later became Presidents of the US signed the by Seafarers unless the author Declaration of Independence in 1776. One of them was John Adams. signs his name. Unsigned, Who was the other? Was it: (a) Franklin, (b) Hamilton, (c) Jackson, anonymous letters will only (d) Jefferson? Things .jwere a lot different for a seaman in the days before the wind up in the waste-basket. (8) What famous building is located at Agra, India? SIU, says veteran Seafarer Thor Thorsen, who submitted the alcove If circumstances justify, the (9) Three cigars and one pipe will exactly balance 12 boxes of photo. This is the Christel Vlnnen, built in 1890, on which Thorsen •LOG will withhold a signature matches on a scale. One cigar and eight boxes of matches will exactly made a 13-month trip in 1913 before quitting the ship in Australia. on request, but if you want it balance one pipe. How many boxes of matches will balance one pipe? The first mate issued him a draw a handful of shillings before printed in the LOG, put your (10) How many men were op a dead man's chest? he left—and that was all the pay he ever got from that voyage, name on it; . (Quiz Answers On Page 17). Thorsen reports. ' IllllilPo Pay? 'A Handful Of Shillings' Sign Name oh LOG Letters •1 ' .i w,. d 'yeni �» Mixup Gives Crew Draw/ But In lOU's When a shipping company has its headquarters on the East Coast, and one of its ships comes out of lay-up on the West Coast, there's apt to be some coniusion. This Is what happened when the Oceanstar (Triton) came out of lay-up recentlj'. And, in fact, there was so much confusion that the crewmen found themselves getting part of a draw in lOUs, according to ship's delegate Wil­ liam J. Anderson. "This ship was taken out of the boneyard in Portland, Ore.," An­ derson reports. "But the company is a New York outfit and so there was a lot of confusion. In fact, when the ship got to Coos Bay, and we asked iof a draw, the captain didn't have enough money to cover it. We must say, to the captain's credit, that he used his own money to cover as much of the draw as he could, but the re­ mainder had to be given out in lOUs. "While it certainly was decent of the captain to do this, it must be noted that giving out a draw in lOUs is uncommon, to say the least," Anderson says. * M f a V • I. • ^ 8SAFARSRS 104 Jaasar? 1, 1985 ttlght Now Hofo A Cowboy By Spike Martin Seafarer Al Page, DM, proudly shows off his five-year-old son Steve as a "future deck maintenance man," during a recent visit to SIU headquarters. Steve, who is obviously a rootin'-tootin' cow­ boy right now, hasn't committed himself for the future yet. Broom-Swinging Bosun Goes Into Gear Ancd There Are DeacJ Ducks On The Mae During the fall and early winter months, when the hunting season is on in various parts of the country, the SEAFARERS LOG gets a lot of letters from brothers who think they're pretty handy V(^th a gun, and who like to report on what they've toted home from the hills.. broom. After landing, the ducks Apparently, however, ^one ing to Ralph's shipmate, third cook were hemmed in by the bulwarks Sid Berger, Ralph recently dem­ brother stands in a class by onstrated his ability with a broom and were unable to take off again. himself. In fact, he doesn't even need a gun to bag himself a bevy ^of birds. Just as old broom is good enough. This seagoing Deadeye Dick Is Balph Ruff, a Union oldtimer who generally ships out of Baltimore, and who's lately been sailing as bosun on the Mae (Bull). Accord­ by bringing down a pair of goodsized wild ducks while the Mae wa.s''crossing the Gulf of Mexico. Cementing Hawse Pipe , Ralph was cementing the hawse pipe when the ducks came in for a landing on the forecastle head, Sid reports to the LOG, and so he promptly knocked them off with a '\ - Just because Otto 6raham is the neighbor of a certain MD who was recently convicted of disposing of his wife was no^reason, in the eyes of patriotic Detroiters, for him to behave with such homicidal intent towards the world champion Lions. If Graham is wise he will stay out of Detroit hereafter. Local pride was cut to the quick by the Cleveland Brown's 56-10 drubbing of the Lions and revenge would be the order of the day. Actually Graham had a motive of sorts. His club had never beaten Detroit and he had never thrown a touchdown pass against them. Since professional football is, at best, little short .of legalized mayhetn, Graham could be excused for emulating his neighbor. Nimble-Footed Graham is justly famous for his passing skill but he showed real art as a runner fti the title game. As a matter of fact, he was the shiftiest runner on the field. The lumbering giants- of the Detroit defensive line had him trapped several times in the first half when there was still time to turn the tide. But Graham skipped away from them as nimbly as an ante­ lope outfooting a herd of ele­ phants. It must have been terribly frustrating to the outsize defensemen who were out to crush him if they could, or at least tear a liga­ ment in his throwing arm. Half of the battle in a pro foot­ ball game is to keep key men from getting hurt. The T-formation quarterback's motto is "he who passes and runs away lives to pass another play." Graham has'always been pretty good at self-preserva­ tion although he usually' has con­ siderable help from some of his burlier teammates. Ojiher quarterbacks in the league haven't been quite that fortunate, with corresponding effects on their team's fortunes. In the past season alone. Tittle of San Francisco, Conerly of New York, Finks of Pittsburgh, Krekorian of Balti­ more, Blanda of the Chicago Bears and Layne of Detroit have all been on the shelf for one game or more becar«? .of injuries. But Graham seems to lead a charmed life. It's reminiscent of the time Sid Luckman played with the Chicago Bears. He went through many a game without getting the seat of his pants dirty; Graham vs. Baugh Some sportswrlters have taken to comparing Graham with Sammy Baugh, generally rated the best ever. It's hard to make compari­ sons because Baugh played double duty, offense and defense. Offhand though, Baugh could do everything Graham can, and more. Aside from his passing and running skill, Baugh was one of the best punters pro football has ever seen, and he was a fine safety man as well. But since the Browns have Horace Gillom to boot the ball, they are per-, fectly happy with Graham the way he. is, Bagging A Buck A recent hunting trip in Nova Scotia proved very successful for Seafarers John MacPherson (left) and Eddie Derhak, as this photo shows. The buck whose antlers they are holding weighed 225 pounds after it was dressed. The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like • suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Louis Gome's recipe for-"Veal Scalopine a la Cream." It cannot be denied that veal is not popular on American ships, according to Seafarer Louis "Frenchy" Corne, al­ though the US has by far the best quality of veal in the world. In his experience, the rea-+ —— — son for this is the lack.of care pounds of veal, cut it up like cut­ and attention given to it dur­ lets, and then cut these pieces in- After knocking off this pair of wild ducks with a broom, bo­ sun. Ralph Ruff of the Mae proudly poses with prize. n order to collect transportation Inoney, when paying off In a port other than the port of sign-on, make sure you get a rSturn transportation receipt and a travel subsistence voucher ••• AMD present it to the company's home office within 30 days, they were really sitting and ducks—but that's beside the point. 15id' doesn't say what happened to the ducks }ater but we have lit­ tle doubt that the crewmembers of the Mae had a lip-smacking time in the messhall, thanks to Ralph's broom-swinging prowess. ^t3^4cl[Se4CY' At ing preparation. This is in sharp contrast with conditions In Europe, where veal Is, to use Corne's own expression, the "plat de luxe"—"the real stuff." "Scalopine a la cream," which is a good standby dish, is quickly prepared. A good chef can turn it out in 25 minutes, and Corne has found it to be a top succ 6 s s whenever he's served ~ it aboard ship. Corne Corne, inciden­ tally, is a seagoing veteran whose first trip dates back to 1913 and who has been sailing SIU ships since 1942. The only break in this stretch was from 1926-41 when he operated a well-known place in New Jersey on his own. In, order to make the Vecalopine," here's what you do: take 20 two. Flatten the meat with the palm of the hand instead of ham­ mering it to death with a "per­ suader." Salt and pepper on both sides—heavy on the black pepper —and dip lightly in olive oil. Next, saute the veal in butter and keep it hot. Then, whip or stir the melted butter — including whatever sticks to the pan (which is the best part)—and work in 4 or 5 cans (pints) of milk, 1 table­ spoon each of A-1 sauce and Kitchen Bouquet sauce or Bovril and tablespoon of Worchestershire. Stir this mixture until the sauce is thick like a good beef gravy, strain and keep it in a bain marie (double boiler). At mealtime, serve 4 or 5 "scalopines" per per­ son' covered with sauce. "Frenchy" adds that if there's a good skipper aboard, try to get a pint of sherry or port wine to use instead of one pint of milk. It's even better that way. �rare Slxteoi Army Could Use Ship Know'tiow SSAPARERS Januan 1, ISSS LOG L E T T E R S Son Gotten Home In Emergency To the Editor: To the iSditor: of the Ij^iion, and so I would appre­ all. conversations pertaining to I hope you will publish this let­ As one of the many Seafarers ciate it very much if you could ter in the SEAFARERS LOG as I who has shipped to Europe via ships and their operations. send the LOG to me over here. Then one day I happened to pick would like to thank the SIU repre­ his local draft board during the sentatives in Philadelphia for the Harlan K. Hall past year, I would like to take up a copy of the SEAFARERS To the Editor: this occasion to wish one and all LOG. I started to read it, became (Ed. note: Your name has been wonderful help given to us when We, the crew of the Arlyn, were we were trying to locate the ship added to our mailing, list.) happy and safe voyages during very interested in it, and found the answer to my problem, I can so overwhelmed with grief and my son was sailing on. 1955. 4 4 4' now talk about the sea and I owe it shock upon reading the October 7 Because of this help my son was I would also like to say "hello" all to the LOG. I look forward able to get home in time when to the many friends, too numerous eagerly to receiving each copy and minutes of the Alcoa Roamer, his father was being operated on, to mention, with whom I had the can't put it down until I have read about the death of the dishwater ,and he was also there when his pleasure of sailing. canary, that we decided to do it through from cover to cover. father failed to survive the operas To the Editor: Dui;ing the past year I have something immediately. Liked Log-A-Rhythm read many letters in the LOG from I'm out of the hospital now, tion. I would like to comment espe­ We just can't have gooney birds It is a comfort to me to know Seafarers in the waiting to ship from New York, cially on the Log-A-Rhythm in the dying and do nothing about it— how effort the SIU made to Arnvy- Vv ha • - -ar e "11. SeptenTBef~ IT" Issue^'Tearifihg iraf "as, tlie- gatiant—crevr- of• t-hl; but I can tell you it would have locatemuch my son, and '.vs can never looking forward bemi one rough Chris"tmas up at by M. Dwyer. I thought the poem sleek craft of Liberty-ship design. to sailing again the Brighton (Mass.) marine hos­ thank the SIU enough. was just beautiful. (Mrs.) Margaret Graf when they are pital without that greeting card We formerly lived in St. Peters­ discharged. For from the Union, plus the $25 , ALCOA NOAMER <A|CM), Ac»«b*r 7—1 4 4 4 burg but now we are back in good I Chairmam. C. A. Case; Secretary* L* B.! myself, I'm hop­ bonus benefit voted to hospitalized 1 Moore. Ship's delegate was elected. A J old Mobile again. I am sending you Fdiiihwater canary flew in the bosun's ^ ing there will Seafarers. our new address 'and I sincerely 1 foe'sle around curi'ee time: the bosun de>i / I elded-to let him slay as mascot, but tho; still be some A lot of other guys ih the hos­ hope you will continue to send us I bird died in (he afictiioon. American- flag pital weren't so lucky, and didn't To the Editor: the LOG as I enjoy reading ii so ships left sailing get any messages much. I am writing this because I have Krier when I get out in Was this bird murdered? Or did from anybody. Mrs. John R. Roberts not been getting my SEAFARERS April, 1956. (Ed. note: You will continue to he, perhaps, get a whiff of that The extra $25, of LOG lately anM I certainly hope Right now I'm in an Army boat receive the LOG regularly.) evil-smelling Island DDT? And course, really you have not.taken my name off company and I will say that, in did the crew wire the Coast Guard came in handy, 4> 4i 4> your mailing list. my opinion, there's a crying need for instructions as to a fit burial along with the I have been laid up for the past for men who know something for the little creature? regular weekly six years, but the call to go back about operating the boats. If there After ail, this canary must have $15 benefit -I've to sea is still very strong and I ace such things as navigation laws, been getting for been a rare bird to hog the entire have been praying for the day proper lights and simple safety To the Editor: the past seven I would like to use these col­ space of the ship's minutes. when I could start shipping again. rules, they don't seem to know weeks. I had And now, for the most important Stabile I certainly miss the' feel of a deck about them over here. I have been umns of the SEAFARERS LOG to details concerning this bird, Was been in the thank each and every person who under my feet and the good times amazed at some of the happenings Brighton hospital for a liver ail­ so generously contributed to the the flag flown at half mast? Did ment. I used to have with my old ship­ I have seen. success of the Christmas dinner the captain read the Bible for the mates. Wants LOG Sent Now that's all cleared up and I last rites? And was the crew in in the New Orleans hall. I hope you will publish this came down to New York to pick If possible, I would like very Since I know your space is lim­ full dress for the last rites? letter in the LOG so my old ship­ up a ship and visit old friends, much to receive the LOG over ited, I will not try to name all the Want Mote Info generally sail carpenter and was mates can see it and mayhe write here. Copies are now sent to my people who de­ We, the crew of the Arlyn, are last on the Steel Traveler (Isth­ to me. The address is Louis Kellar, home address, but my mother is serve thanks in­ very concerned about these things, mian). 86953, Box 69, London, Ohio. a regular LOG reader and I don't dividually. But and if the crew of the Alcoa Roam­ Louis Kellar want to deprive her of this pleas­ I do want to say Thanks again to the SIU for er will fill us in on the details in (Ed. note: You will continue to ure. to all the people their next minutes, they will re­ thinking of guys like me in the receive the LOG regularly.) hospitals and for making our holi­ I'll close with best wishes to all. who devoted lieve our great anxiety over this 4 4 4 Pvt. Barney L. Krieg day a lot cheerier. their time and terrible tragedy. US 54144222 effort to prepar­ Matthew Stabile Meanwhile, we have this bit of 81st Trans. Co. (BO.^) ing and serving counsel to offer the Roamer crew­ 4 4 4 APO 217, NY, NY. this dinner that men: In case another dishwater To the Editor: this event would Miorana <Ed. note: Your service address bird enters your fbc'sle, make sure I have just, finished reading the has been added to our mailing not have been it is fi'ee of all foul odors, put him possible without you. list.) article in the November 26 issue on a special diet, give him books The port agent and Union offi­ out of the SIU library to read, To the Editor: of the LOG about the Coast Guard 4« 4" 4« cials here also pitched in to make teach him a few manners, and you This Is to let you know that the plotting a seamen's blacklist. What this dinner a real old-fashioned will have a happy bird— not a Seastar (Triton) is finally out of the LOG says about this move be­ family affair, and they also de­ dead one. la fact, he may even lay-up and is making her first ing a power grab is true, but I serve thanks. help you chip paint—and without voyage in 14 months. After 14 would like to remind the mcmbcra To the Editor: It was really a pleasurb to see OT. months in the boneyard, as you that this plot is not a recent I am writing this on behalf of our Seafarer brothers and their can imagine, it's quite a job for thing. Under the Government's And so, we who were so sorely i my fellow crewmembers on the families all gathered together in "security program," for instance, Cities Service tanker Logans Fort, real SIU style, swapping reminis­ struck by this tragedy, send our all hands to get things going 'right. any seaman can be brought up on However, we have a very, very and wc hope that it will be pub­ cences and enjoying themselves. sincere condolences—to the bird, good crew on board and we hope charges by the Coast Guard, classi­ lished in the LOG. It made me realize again how for­ that is. to have this ship fied as a "security risk" and sus­ Fraternally, We, the crew of the Logans tunate I am to be an SIU member. in real SIU order pended indefinitely without a ' Crew of the Arlyn Fort, wish to thank Thurston Victor Mtorana in a short time. chance to defend himself. Lewis for his untiring efforts in 4 4i l* ^ It seems to me that certain peo­ There are nu­ our behalf and the fine job he has merous things ple in Washington are trying to done as our ship's delegate. the company will use the Coast Guard to wreck US We wish him a speedy recovei-y have to take care maritime unions and all the gains from his recent injury and a happy To the Editor: To the Editor: of and we are they have made. In fact, it seems New Year. sure these things to me that the present Republican T am writing this to let you Joseph P. Saide, Jr. I have been a member of the will be done as administration is bent on wrecking know I am now working as an SIU since 1949, shipping mostly soon as we hit the entire labor movement, and is operations agent for National Air­ out of Seattle. But right now I am Reid Baltimo,re. Mean­ going along with "big business" all lines at International Airport in working on a shoreside job here in Miami, and am joining the branch Adana, Turkey. I am working for a while, as I say, every man in the the way. Giiy W. Newman of the Airline Pilots' Association. construction firm from Boise, crew is doing his full share to get To the Editor: I am a former SIU bookman Idaho, and I am an excavation this vessel shipshape. When my husband and I were and I certainly would appreciate superintendent on this dam and Before closing, we would like married I knew nothing about ships it if you would print this in the power house project for the Turkish to extend a vote of thanks to our or the sea. And since my husband SEAFARERS LOG so all the government. steward department for serving —who is now on the Alcoa Corsair brothers may know where I am I have always enjoye^ reading really topnotch food. —has been going to sea for 17 and what I'm now doing. the SEAFARERS LOG and would Vance A. Reld years, I felt completely left out of William T. Scott like to keep up with the activities ShipTg delegate But Who Killed Cock Canary? Thanks SIU For Cheerier Xmas In Lay-UPi HeUl Weleome Letters Says ^Thank You^ For Xmas Dinner Sdys Power Grab By CG Isn^t New Seastar Sailing After 14 Months Ship^s Delegate Thanked By Crew He Goes From Ships To Planes On Turkish Job, Wants LOG Sent LOG Makes Wife Hep To Sea Talk acB& Burlv - C> m-! • For AU Uanda By Bernard Seaman �SR 4P ARERS SsBussyl, 1058 Pase Seventeen LOC ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... day of'arrival to make certain that fresh stores are put on each trip. Chief engi Pantry will be cleaned. Quarters and to vary menus more often in the future. neer will be notiffed of water cooler be­ ing out of order. Members were asked to return coffee galley should be sougeed and painted. Ail hands were asked to keep the laun­ cups to the sink. FAIRLAND (Waterman); Dscemtier 2— dry and the washing machine cleaner. MOTHER M. L. (Eagle), December 1— Chairman, G. Conrad; Secretary, H. Chairmen, J. Nance; Secretary, Nell Fierce. .Ship's deiegate reported that the COViRNMENT CAMP (Clfle* Service), November 35—Chairman, L. Parker; Sec­ Metthsy. Most of the repairs have been crew had to get the port agent in Wil­ retary, J. Block. Steward department taken care of. Ship's delegate was asked mington down to the ship in order to was complimented for a very nice to have a draw list ready one week be­ have a catwalk erected over the deck fore arrival. Crew agreed that Thanks­ -cargo and lashings. Repair list will be Thanksgiving dinner. giving dinner just couldn't be beat. made up before payoff port. OCEAN LOTTE (Maritime Overseas), Fresh frozen strawberries will be served November 28—Chairman, R. Palmer; Sec­ Christmas and New Year's. There are a CALMAR (Calmar), December 5—Chair­ retary, p. Wasmer. A special meeting fine bunch of fellows aboard and every­ man, H. Pcdersen; Secretary, P. St. was cailed to eiect ship's deiegate. Gen­ one agrees that there will be a clean Marie. Repair lists requested from de­ eral discussion took place reirtive to payoff. partment delegates will be mailed from improvement of steward department MASSMAR (Calmar), Novamber 30— the Canal Zone. No beefs reported. quarters, installation of fans, renewing coils on bunks and painting. There was Chairman, A. Kavel; Secratary, W. Dun­ DEL NORTE (Mississippi), November 28 a great deal of discussion pertaining to ham. After a discussion was held on the arlicies signed in San Francisco and the coffee situation a motion was made —Chairman, Brother Munna; Secretary, , J.—..CaUa.—r-. carrfesl that •tJre-Taiiare**i5i 'tiie "capiain wj* t«ks"Cin?e" letter to the company and have the that the captain had decided after a of repairs. brand changed. Chairman talked on the conference with the delegates to revoke BALTORE (Ore), no date—Chairman— subject of the ship's fund and made a his prohibition of no beer for the crew C. Reier; Secretary, Charles Henschke. motion that the fund be used oniy for at the beginning of the new voyage. He relief of our needy brothers. Crewmem- warned the delegates that he would in­ bers were urged to vote in the SIU stitute the prohibition again if any mem­ bers of the crew showed any signs of election. performing. Treasurer reported a cash WARRIOR (Waterman), October 14— balance on hand amounting to $12S.G0. Brothers were requested to be more Chairman, C. Garner; Secretary, M. El­ liott. Some of the repairs from last careful with the new washing machine. trip were not completed. Future meet­ DEL SLID (Mississippi), November 28— ings will be called after 6:30 PM or at 1 PM on Saturdays or Sundays. Suggestion Chairman, T. James; Secretary, C. Pamade that telegram be sent to New Or­ torno. Motion made and carried that the leans about windchutes and fans that crew go on record of supporting our union officials one hundred per cent with have not come aboard as yet. November 28—Chairman, J. Crews; |r.; a vote of thanks. The men were re­ Secretary, M. Elliott. Something should quested not to use face bowl for laundry. be done about the vegetables and pota­ A vote of thanks was extended to the toes, and steward agreed to do some­ steward department for a job well done thing about same. Everything abcMird in handling the Thanksgiving dinner. running smoothly. FLORIDA (P * O), December 4—Chair­ BENT'S FORT (Cities Service), Novem­ man, G. Taylor; Secretary, D. Birming­ (Continued from page 2) ber 14—Chairman, E. Hamaty; Secretary, ham. A letter from secretary-treasurer J. Beres. Machinist made a motion that to the crew was read to the member­ 20. On some of these trips aliases soap be changed to national brand. Port­ ship. Due to the shortage of time avaUwere used. Cobb stated he had hole dogs and gaskets to be put on re­ pair list. Ail men to put needed repairs used an airline credit card be­ on a list. Prolonged discussion on the longing to Bradley. current SIU election. November 28—Chairman, R. Hammond; Bradley admitted to reporters Secretary, J. Beres. Ship's radio is still he had a card but that he "lost it" in the repair shop. The ship's delegate held a discussion on the use of elected and has since gotten another one. delegates for all requests to department Cobb said, according to Calissi, heads. VINORI (Ore), Nev«mbir «—Chair­ Motion made and carried to get a new man. •. Halla; Secratary. H. J. Lakyn. washing machine. Steward was requested Grand Jury Probes Hall Murder Plot that Ray White made arrangements SEATIGER (Colonial), November for him to use Bradley's card. Chairman, T. Bestty; Secretary, A. Har­ rington. A talk was held on getting Galda further reported that in American money. The chair­ Higgs told him Bradley gave him draws man asked members to donate, money for a check for $6,000, which Higgs extra washing machine motor. Ship needs exterminating as there are roaches cashed in a Tampa bank. Accord­ in foc'sles and lockers. ing to Cobb's story he got $2,000 KATHRYN (Bull), November 28—Chair­ two days after the date Higgs was man, none; Secretary, Mike Zelonka. supposed to have received the Ship's delegate reported everything ship­ shape. The repair list should be made check from Bradley. out earlier than in the past. Galda added that Bradley had ELIZABETH (Bull), November 28 — given at least $40,000 to Ray White Chairman, R. Barrett; Secretary, Rueland concluded that there was "big llnga. All crew's quarters locks will be and/or renewed if necessary money floating all over the place overhauled by shore locksmith. News carried top­ down there." side and this must be stopped. Steward to attend in crew messhall during meal While White's e.\tradition is hour. pending, Priore has waived extra­ BALTORE, (Ore), October 31—chair­ dition and , gone to New Jersey, man, R. Stahl; Secretary, A. Nelson. Mo­ where he is being held in $50,000 tion made by one brother that ali dele­ gates check with steward on or before bail. He has admitted knowing Cobb and TalTe, Calissi reported, but has refused to talk further. Bradley was due to be questioned by the grand jury on January 4, Andrew Kinney but his appearance was postponed. Your brother Michael asks you Steely White has not yet been to write him at USNS Upshur, c/o found. FPO, New York, NY. Quiz Ansivers (1) Mohammedanism. (2) "One for all and all for one." (3) (c) Moon. (4) 20 nickels, 40 dimes and 21 quarters. (5) Twenty dollars. (6) Sitting Bull. (7) (d) Jefferson. (8) Taj Mahal. (9) Nine boxes of matches. By simplifying the information we have, we find that one cigar will balance one box of matches. Since one cigar and, eight boxes of matches balance one pipe, it follows that nine boxes of matches can also balance one pipe. (10) 15. Puzzle Answer gQDQ SQUa Bisas giaanGasss IHIIQO ESIQS QDQ Has [SiQas SBsaDnaGs HHH HHH [HDQfzaaaBQ @a[s SESiE anas QSa HBH @00 !Z:!ga0HS @09000 SG!oa@ [s:0i00Da0 s[i0s seas able to the crew, many of whom were on a new library aboard. Watertight doors duty, a moUon was made and carried into passageways leak. There is a bal­ that all reports be dispensed with and ance of $5.10 in the ship's fund. the meeting be conRned to new business. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), IBERVILLE (Waterman), November 26 November 25—Chairman, E. Luzier; Sec­ —Chairman, C. Copper; Secretary, R. retary, W. Tregembo. Beefs about prep­ Guthrie. Ship's delegate reported that aration of food. A vote of thanks went there was too much horseplay on ship, to the crew messman. A suggestion was and reported that steward was neglect­ made that if a man doesn't do his job ing his job, and the galley and stove are properly he should be replaced. filthy. A motion was made that two dele­ gates and the steward inspect the galley BEATRICE (Bull), December 5—Chair­ every week to see that everything is SIU man, J. Bernard; Secretary, R. Hull. shipshape. A new ship's delegate was Ship^s fund amounts to $12. All hands elected and the old one was given a were asked to cooperate and keep the vote of thanks for a good job done. laundry clean, and to turn in ali extra linen. Gangway watch will keep keys to WESTERN TRADER (Western Naviga­ pantry so as to keep longshoremen out. tion), December 3—Chairman, C. Murray; Secretary, H. Krohn. While in Raymond, PONCE (Ponce Cement), December 7— Washington, one of the brothers in the Chairman, E. Mooney; Secretary, P. Mer_d^k department was injured while on M.'Jt'sn..raa.45t.ai?Jt carried .to .have "waicK' and was'taken to the' TfibspitiaT."" AS' a meeting at least once a month while soon as the longshoremen heard about ship is en this run, and to stagger meet­ same they offered their help. Their co­ ing arid time to give men on watches a operation was appreciated by ail. Ail. chance to attend. The ship's delegate hands were told to bring oups to pantry. was given a vote of thanks for a job well Chairs in recreation need repairing. done. £ DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), December 5 —Chairman, T. Beatrous; Secretary, J. PIcou. Ship's deiegate explained about the logs to everyone's satisfaction. Broth­ er uncker asked all brothers to keep off his freshly painted deck for about one hour. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), De­ cember 2—Chairman, J. Mitchell; Secre­ tary, H. Richardson. All departments were asked to turn in repair lists as soon as possible. The icebox is out of order and will be repaired upon arrival in the next port. PAOLI (Cities Service), December S— Chairman, W. Walker; Secretary, J. Fisher. Ali hands were asked to be sure to shut off washing machine. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment and each and every man for mak­ ing the trip across a pleasant one. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), November 20 —Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, D. Hall. Quite a few beefs aboard regard­ ing chow, penalty cargo, disputed over­ time, etc. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see the patrolman about having the ship fumigated for rats as they have been seen everywhere. The drinking water is rusty and it was rec­ ommended that the fresh water tanks be recemented. A letter was sent to the New Orleans port agent regarding food beef and other beefs mentioned. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), November 14—Chairman, R. Lyie; Secre­ tary, V. Ratcllff. Discussion on crewmember who missed ship. A telegram will be sent to the patrolman to ask for Southern Districts Probe Opens; CG Canceis Saiiings Of All LSTs (Continued from page 3) and the chief engineer patched a hole in the hull below the waterline, by passing a bolt over the side on a line and using it to secure a big washer used to plug the leak. John Flanagan, oiler, who signed on last August 12th and got off in the shipyard here "because the engines were in too bad condition to make the trip" said lines in the engine room were patched with friction tape and wooden plugs. Pump Burned Out On one trip from Houston to San Juan, Puerto Rico, he testified, it was nece.ssary to keep the bilge pump running 24 hours a day be­ cause of a leak in the No. E3 cen­ ter tank. As a I'esult, the bilge pump was burned out and never was put back in working order, he said. Other pumps aboard would not suffice to take care of the in­ flow of water in event of a serious mishap, he said. Flanagan also told of the steei'ing gear going out of commission twice while he was aboard. Once, he said, both engines were stopped while repairs were made at sea to the steering engine. The voyage was continued with the steering apparatus jury rigged, he added. On the other occasion, the steering gear jammed and the ship cruised in a circle until it could he tem­ porarily repaired. When Flanagan joined the ship August 12, he said, the steering engine was powered by curreni conducted by ah ordinary exten­ sion cord leading from an AC out­ let in the messrooin. He said this jury rig was installed after gen­ erators supplying current to the steering engine burned out. There were no spare parts aboard to re­ pair the generators and when he left the ship in New Orleans, November 28, this arrangement for supplying electrical power to the steering apparatus was still in use. Plugging Leaks Charles P. Johnsen, DM, related two leaks in the bottom shell plat­ ing of the No. 3 center tank were patched with wooden plugs in San Juan and the ship continued on to Jamaica where a cargo of bauxite was taken aboard for Corpus Christi. Rust on deck was "a good halfinch thick" and "we weren't al­ lowed to do any chipping, just painted over it," Johnsen testified. Johnsen said when he saw the ship in drydock in New Orleans just before he got off along with Flanagan and Collins the bottom of the ship "looked like a shower" i 4" from water spraying from leaks Charles .W. Brinton amidships and forward. This man is seeking witnesses He recalled he left the Southern to his accident November 30, Isles, a sister ship of the Southern 1953, while on a standby job in Districts, shortly before the Oakland, Calif. Contact Ivan PechSouthern Isles went down off ner, 225 South 15th St., Philadel­ Hatteras, and the "Districts was in phia, Pa. far worse shape than the Isles." i t 4" "At least, they made an attempt James Ahern to keep up the Southern Isles," You are asked to contact J. Suhe said. fryd, 3 Tudor Gardens, W. Auton, "The Southern Districts was London W3, England. always leaking and they were 4. 4. always taking soundings, eight or Henry Waller ten times a day," he said. Duke Duet asks you to get in Once, after a sounding, he tes­ touch with him c/o the Antinous, tified, the mate dropped the sound­ Waterman SS Co., Mobile, Ala. ing rod and "it went right through 4" 4" 4" the rusty deck near the No. 1 John Kucharski hatch." The hole was patched with ex-SS George A. Lawson a sheet of steel welded over the Contact. Pan-Oceanic Navigation hole, he said. Corp., 270 Park Ave., NYC, re­ Both Collins and Johnsen said garding your retroactive wages, the Southern Districts habitually J. Coleman 4 4> 4' George Glennon Your gear off Council Grove is sailed "down by the head." They also testified that in rough Your mother asks you to write at headquarters. Get in touch with weather it was necessary to dog her in Hillsboro, ND. Welfare Services. down the only doors leading from 4" 4» 4" 4" 4" 4" Stanley D. Turner Will the following men contact the crew's quarters so tightly that Get in touch with Pfc. W. R. heaUquarters record clerk. Your it could take four minutes in Col­ Weidmann, 4006 ASU Enl. Det., pictures in hook ledger are fading lins' estimation and "from five to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. and have to he replaced: Jesus ten minutes" according to Johnsen, Araya, John Anton, Lewis Almeida, to free them to permit escape in an 4" 4" 4" John F. Dixon Marty Amad, Daniel W. Alexander, emergency. The Coast Guard action in lifting Your wife asks you to contact Alex Anegnoston, Robert W. AIher at 124 W.. Bryan St., Savan- hertson, Robert M. Beliveau, John the certificates was without parallel •<^^ll>4^l»enV4n{tpHime-^i8tbi'i^ • After .V-V-A' Biaw' ^«iewe«d-.-£Ma'4>.-<Bftdoih-'^' the Southern Isles sinking in 1951 the Coast Guard ordered LST's to be strengthened with additional belly-bands. It did the same when two T-2 tankers broke in half one winter. In the Southern Isles case, the ship broke in two and sank so, rapidly that crewmembers never had a chance to launch lifeboats. All indications are that the same fate befell the Southern Districts which was doubly unfortunate in that, there were no other ships in the vicinity at the time to offer any help. The Southern Districts had left Port Sulphur, on December 2, with a cargo of 3,900 tons of sulphur ores. She was due in Bucksport on December 12, but was supposed to report in 72 hours before arrival time, or December 9. When nothing was heard from on the 9th or for 48 hours after­ wards, the company notified the Coast Guard on the lllh. A search was begun which proved unsuc­ cessful. Consequently, it is fairly certain that the ship sank some time be­ tween December 6, when she was sighted off the Florida Keys, and December 9 when she was due to radio the home office but failed to do so. Seafarers lost aboard the ship ii>/<. addition to Gelardos were: James H. Brandon, 38, Tampa; Louis B. Cook, 53, Lake Charles; Thomas Nichols, 29, West Lake, La.; Frank Famiglio, 18, New Orleans; Samuel B. Thomas, 35, Thomson, (ia.; John Daniels. 36, Conway, SC.; Wladslaw Hine, 46, Philadelphia; Purdom Morris, 30, Fordyce, Ark.; William T. Cooper, 27, Savannah; James B. Sellers, 29, Savannah; Victoriano R. Martinez, Norfolk. Two SUP men lost were Herman Klotz, Jackson Heights, NY. and Billie Nolan, Miami. Officers aboard the ship were Captain E. M. Rowe, Norfolk; T. B. Roane, 1st mate, Norfolk; J. B. Downing, 2nd mate, Virginia Beach; D. C. Hud­ son, 3rd mate, Portsmouth, Va.; G. C. Falle, radio operator, Balti­ more; W. H. Jennette, chief engi­ neer, Scranton, NC; E. Opffer, Ist^ assistant, Palatino, Cuba; M. 1J»' Carder, 2nd assistant, Newport, Ky.; L. L. Parrish, Jr., 3rd assistiant,-Rlehmond.- Va. -^1 i\ �• f 1 •• ••• • • T Page Eighteen SEAFARERS January 7, 1955 LOG Here's How You Collect M&C SEAFARERS Keeping down maintenance and cure payments to Seafarers is obviously in the interest of the shipowner and the claim agent. One asset to the shipowner in this respect is the absence of any accident or sickness report from the ship. If the company office has no ' report, that puts the burden tained by the crewmember. The to the Seafarer if he is called on of proof on the Seafarer. It next best thing is have have a to show proof that he left the ship means days, and sometimes weeks of digging up the necessary in­ formation so that the Seafarer can collect his dough. When a man is on the beach and not fit for duty, delays like that aren't welcome. File Report The best way to assure that pay- ments . will be- me-t-promptly is to see to it that the skipper or the purser takes down a report that the crewmember is leaving the ship for medical reasons. Ideally rhie report should be filled out in duplicate, signed and a copy re­ shipmate witness, the fact that a report has been made. After the report has been made, the crewmember should get a med­ ical certificate from the master. This is further proof that he left the ship for medical reasons, whereas an ordinary discharge simply shows he paid off the ship .without indicating the .r£.a.?.on for leaving. The master's medical is used to gain admittance to the Public Health Service hospital. It be­ comes part of the official hospital record which is readily available -m All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: James Hilton Babson, Jr., born November 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Babson, Enfield, North Carolina. 7"ll for treatment. Welfare Services has two in­ stances on record of men leaving ship by ambulance, yet having dif­ ficulty collecting maintenance be­ cause the claims agent had no re­ port from the skipper. In any case, it's wise for the Seafarer to contact SIU Welfare Ser-vis£.s. on any •n&aintea.a-nee-aihd cure item. It will save the Sea­ farer a good deal of time and will make it easier for him to collect in the event the .company wants to stall him or deny him.his bene­ fits. ZL 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs Kurt Walls, New Orleans, La. MMZ,,""',; - 4" 4* 4' Elizabeth Ann Zechenelly, born Robert Rodrlquez, born Novem­ November 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. ber 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. George Zechenelly, Pearl John Rodrlquez, Brooklyn, New York. River, La. 4^ $> 4« 4" it David Charles Griffith, born Steven Kong Wong, born Decem­ 4 t Darlenc Walls, born November November 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. ber 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Kong Wong, Brooklyn, New York. t 4^ 4» t Teresa Jo Sheffield, born De­ cember 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sheffield, Mobil?, Ala­ bama. 4« 4^ 41 Michael Battle, bom November 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Battle, Mobile, Alabama. ing all necessary arrangements. It 4> 4> 4i has found that the cost of a most David Calvin Byrd, born Decem­ elaborate ceremony is very rarely over the $600 mark, yet there have ber 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. been reports in the paper's of Willoughby Byrd, McLain, Missis­ undertakers charging far more sippi. it 4i' t than that to working men's fam­ Judy Lynn Jones, born Novem­ ilies. ber 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burials of a family member is a Raymond Jones, San Antonio, grievous task, and in the general Texas. upset following a death, it is easy 4i it 4i for the unscrupulous members of Olga Marina Resales, born De­ the undertaking profession to play cember 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and on the family's desire to give the Mrs. Orlando Resales, San Fran­ deceased a fitting tribute. cisco, California. Should any doubt arise as to the 4> ^ 4i legitimacy of funeral charges, SIU Antonio Cruz Lopez, born Octo­ Welfare Services should be con­ ber 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tacted on this score. Antonio Cruz, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Pop's Handing Out The Cigars No Sea,faT8rs-R-i^£et?k^-g5g6-fks^-:-ht£ Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period 4> t 4> 4< 4* 4< 4i> 4> 4« T.... 9^-. M. ££l i WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD /Or/fS- aoll fosl. oo 11 3 oan \ ^t ! LL SO I tS- 933 Ho*pical Benefits Desth Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total ss-f /V WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLYHospital Benefits Paid Since Tulvl. 19S0 * Death Benefits Paid Since lulv I. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952* Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 19i2 » Total ' Date Benefif Began /, //ft 9f, 7/, 77c <00. li. 4.0gV,-?Tf JL WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Vacation 4^ New reports of unscrupulous undertakers preying on fam­ ilies of deceased union members have come to light recently following an investigation undertaken by the Attorney-gen­ eral of New York State. The investigation, centering has assisted many families of Sea­ Rh New York City, concerns farers in handling burials and mak­ those undertakers who hike up the price of funerals when they dis­ cover that a union welfare fund is paying a sizable death benefit. So far, SIU Welfare Services re­ ports that no such cases involving Seafarers have been called to the attention of the Union office in recent months. However, this prac­ tice is widespread, judging from previous complaints made on this score in various parts of the coun­ try. The CIO United Auto Workers Union has turned up such cases in the past, and the United Mine Workers Welfare fund also re­ ported many instances of similar abuses. In the past. Welfare Services REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID lo From t Sarah Fay Foster, born October 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Foster, Mobile, Alabama. 3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATiaN PLANS and Mrs. Thomas Griffith, Indian Head, Maryland. 4" i 4" NY Scans 'Gyp' Undertakers Who Rake In Union Benefits 5 US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 33 SSt! 3<H /9 lU >143 HfT Vff t,13o^L* i.iLi 7// .$7 yp 1 ORimnnEn] COMMENTt During the aonth of November the Plan paid out six DEATH BENEFITS making a total for the year, as of the end of November, of one-hundred and fifty eight. The Plan also paid out eight-hundred and fifty three HOSPITAL BENEFITS making a year to date total, as of October, of ten thousand and nineteen. The amount of MATERNITY BENEFITS paid out for the month of November were sixty, which gives the Plan a year to date total of five-hundred and thirty six. There were thirty-nine DISABILITY BENEFITS paid during the month which give a year to date total of one thousand fourhundred and nine. Aie Submllted ...?:T^."5.?. AI Kerr, AsslslMf Administrator Assurance Of A Happy New Year James Alan Zuzov, born August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Zuzov, Los Angeles, Cali­ fornia. Jeanne Colleen Edwards, born August 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Edwards, Gulfport, Mississippi. 4» 4* it Elizabeth Marie Alexander, born October 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Alexander, Dor­ chester, Mass. 411 4' 4" Richard Steven Lacoste, born December 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Lacoste, Mobile, Alabama, Vivian Ellen Jansson, born De­ cember 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sven Jansson, Brooklyn, New York. |T«'*aMP tWKW. tCESfWYOURS '^'$2x-Seafarer Russell Hinkel, now an Army corporal, is all smiles and cigar as he poses with wife and new daughter Sandra Lee. Hinkel's last trip before going into service was on the Yaka in March, 1953. Wilmington Port Agent Ernest Tilley (left) congratulates Seafarer Henry A. Ferree after latter receives his first disability benefit check from SIU. ...... .. '..a,' .. . .i.» i- • �SEAFARERS January 7* 1055 SEEDP THE SEAFARERS We're still toting up the figure on the amount of money that was paid out to the brothers as a hospital bonus this Christmas, but the total has already gone past the $5,000 mark, besides the cigarettes that were distributed to keep the brothers in smokes for a while. Your Union is proud that it was the first to start the practice of paying a holiday bonus, as well as being the first to pay benefits for an unlimited period. Now some of the other unions in the industry "are swfn1gfrig~woufia to thlf 'SiU way doing tilings; • whkh proves It has been the best way all along. 4^ 4" Among the brothers who spent the Christmas holiday at the hos­ pital was Seafarer Olav Seim. Brother Seim was oiler on the Steel Admiral on his first trip, but he had to take off for Staten Island on December 12, when he suffered a malaria attack. Andrew Mnller, who was AB on the Wacosta, faces a pretty long stay in the boneyard. He was badly hurt by a fall aboard the Wacosta (Waterma i) while the ship was in Guartanamo Bay, Cuba. He was taken to the Jacksonville Navaf hospital at first, but was transferred to Staten Island when he was in shape to be moved. Talk about tough luck, William Home has had a share. He was all set to go with the Sandcaptain on that 18-month sign-on, when he fell and broke his leg in a shoreside accident. He was taken first Home to Methodist hospital in Brooklyn until the Union had him moved across the bay. We were happy to see that Donald McShane is rapidly on the mend. He was pretty badly smashed up in a fall from a boom over in Ice­ land, but it appears now that after a long spell of treatment he will be as good as ever. Brother Fred Harvey, bosun on the Steel Archi­ tect, came into the hospital during the holiday week. He's suffering with an abdominal strain and had to leave the ship in New Orleans. He went into the hospital there, but then came up to New York as he lives here. Other brothers who have been admitted recently include Morris Siegel, messman on the Greece Vic­ tory, Antonio Colon, steward utility off the Seatrain Savannah; Leon Ryzop, who was on the Evelyn Ryzon last trip out, and Joe Malone, who is back in for further treatment of his troublesome stomach ailment. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Julian Barrett Vincent Michel Thomas Blaekledge George C. Murphy George Books C. R. Nicholson Charles Brady Alfonso Oln/Tuibel John I. Calamia Arne V. Olsen John Carolan Jack Peralta Sebastian Carregal Randolph RatcliS Herman Carson Joseph Richard Clarence Cob DarreU RUey Enoch Collins M. Rodriguez Samuel Cope Tage Roslund Warren Currier Lemblt Saar George Curry. Edward Samrock Robert Dewey S. Schieitler Fred Fagan, Jr. Benjamin Seal E. H. Fairbanks Luther Seidle Leo Fontenot Wade H. Sexton B. D. Foster Durand D. Shaw J. T. Gehringer Henry Sosa Harvey L. Graham A. Stevenson Richard Gralicki Albert Stout Francis Green Nicholas Tala Wiliiam Grimes Lonnie R. Tickle Kristian Gunderson Eusebio Velazquez E. T. Hard>-?man James E. Ward E. G. Knapp V. L. Williamson Leo Lang A. C. Witherington August Michel USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS II. M. Bumpass Murray A. Plyler Troy Cousins William G. Trice Thomas J. Dawson John T. Watt Benjamin Grice Robert R. White A. W. Keane Charles B. Young USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Frank O. Airey Bjorn A. Granberg Clarence Edwards Sv«rre Johanessen L. A. Forgeron .Mike Michelik F. D. Oilman V. K. Ming USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Charlie C. Brown Oliver F. Klein Alax Byers C. J. Neumaier Wayne T. Center Joseph Perreira Henry J. Childs G. Promutico Olav Gustavsen Joseph R. Wing F. J. Haigney P. S. Yuzon Paul E. lluggina USPHS HOSPFFAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich Alfred A. Hancock George B. Dunn Jose E. Leston Joseph C. Fawcett M. A. Stabile Robert H. Fields George A. WeddeU USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bacomo Francis F. Lynch Frank Bemrick Joseph D. McGraw Claude F. Blanks A. McGuigan Robert L. Booker Vic MUazzo Joseph G. Carr Melyin O. Moore Ho Yee Choe Eugene T. Nelson John J. DriscoU Pedro Peralto Bart E. Guaranick D. F. Ruggiano John B. Hass G. E. Shumaker Taib Hassen Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith L. Kristiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. ViUata James J. Lawlor Virgil E. Wilmotb Kaarel Leetmaa Hurlbert M. Frso James R. Lewis USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NV Hussen Ahmed N. H. Lundquist Harvey Alexander Donald McSbane C. C. Borealino Perfecto Mangual C. F. Boyle A. 1. MuUer Jar Chong William E. Neef George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer C. W. Cothran James Parker R. Cowperthwaite G. H. Robinson John J. Doherty Jose Rodriguez Adolf Eliasson M. Ruusukallio George W. Flood Jose Salgado David S. Furman William SaXtarez WUliam A. Gardner Olav Seim Estell Godfrey Victor Sbavroff Henry Grzegorski Morris Siegel Fred Hauser F. B. Strelitz Edward R. Hillman Sidney D. Turner Vincent Jones Samuel L. Vandal David B. Kaira Francis WaU K. W. Kelly Albert Willis A1 Leiner Clifford Woqiack BKLYN EYE & EAR HOSP. BROOKLYN, NY Alberto Espino USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Albert W. Lima Fred Buckner Jimmie Littleton J. D. Cannady A. G. McLaughlin R. Carrollton Angelo J. Martins George S. Chance J. T. Moore Rufus L. Fields Frank F. Nelson James F. Lee Ernest H. Webb SEASIDE MEM. HOSP. LONG BEACH, CALIF. Harry M. Hankee TerriU D. York USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Isaac B. Duncan USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Francis J. Albore Philip Korol T. L. Ankerson J. A. Kozlowskl Marcelo Arong Marvin F. Kramer Roy W. Bell T. E. Lanphear Harry N. Byrd Timothy Less John Castro James McFarUn Carl E. Chandler Earl McKendree Jessie A. Clarke Robert G. McKncw Oswald M. Ergle J. G. McKreth Louis Firlie Tony Mastantino Gorman T. Glaze W. W. Moore Arthur J. Hiers Thomas Mungo Daniel A. Hutto Allen M. Myrex Michael C. Hynes John Rekstin Michael Jablonskl August A. Smith Frank Hon A. Stracciolini USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSMTAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler J. Santiago Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan W. A. Meyers VA HOSPITAL OTEEN, NC Leonard J. Frank SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky .jy., Page Nineteen LOG Ship In Hurry So Crewman Suffers The hazards of falling ill at sea were Strongly pointed up by the experience of Seafarer Charles Cothran, Although he was on a coastwise ship within range of numerous US coastal cities, Cothran suffered through three days and nights aboard ship with what later proved to he a ruptured ap--^ pendix. Only emergency sur­ be transferred ashore either by one on board who was qualified to gery and 26 days of hospital cutter or helicopter. The nearest treat him. treatment pulled him through. He still has three weeks to go at the minimum, before he will be fit for duty again. All this could have been avoided, Cothran believes, if the skipper had taken the time out to have him transferred and put ashore when he first started showing sighs of illness. Cothran was aboard the Seatrain Texas as 3rd cook when she left Texas City, Texas, about noon, November 30. The ship was leav­ ing earlier than usual and was making time so it could get into Edgwater, New Jersey, on Sunday, December 5, unload, and go into the shipyard the next day. Slight Bellyache Tuesday night, Cothran reported, he was awakened with a slight bellyache but thought nothing of it. The same happened the follow­ ing evening, but again it didn't seem anything to get alarmed about. Thursday morning, though, Coth­ ran really started to feel sick. After breakfast he headed for his bunk and took a little nap. When a ship­ mate came in to wake him at 11 for the noon meal, he found he was unable to get out of bed Cothran because of crip­ pling pain in his abdomen. He asked for the skipper, who came down and looked him over. Feed­ ing sicker by the minute, Cothran asked the skipper to contact the Coast Guard and see if he could Solid Comfort city at the time was Key West. No Hospital "The skipper said there was no point in doing it because there was no hospital in Key West," Cothran said. "But even so, I could have gotten to a doctor. And in any case, there were opportunities later on to transfer me where I could go ashore in Miami or some other city. "I have an idea he didn't want to lose any time on the way up because the ship was on a tight schedule. But after all, ships are delayed all the time if a person's life is at stake. Two of three hours would not make that much differ­ ence." Instead, the captain got in touch with the PHS hospitals by radio for information on how to treat Cothran. That night the mate gave him two shots of penicillin. By the following evening, Friday, he was in such distress that the mate had to give him morphine, but the effects wore off in just a few hours. Cothran agreed that he was given all possible attention while aboard ship but obviously there was no It was 10 AM Sunday morning before Cothran finally got ashore. He was taken over to the Staten Island hospital where the doctors operated almost immediately. They found his appendix had ruptured at least 48 hours beforehand if not more and gangrene had set in. It wasn't until December CI that Cothran v.as able ta leave the hospital, subject to further exam­ ination and treatment. Gels Wages Plus M&C Since Cothran won't be fit fo? duty for a while yet, Welfare Services is making all necessary arrangements for him to collect wages due as well as maintenance money. "The doctors told me," Cothran concluded, "that I was really lucky to pull through this one alive. Lucky or not, there's no reason in my mind why I or anybody else in the same spot can't be put a.shore as rapidly as possible under such circumstances. On a coast­ wise ship there's no good reason for any delay in medical treat­ ment. At least the seaman should be given the benefit of the doubt." The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: hospital in Staten Island, New York. He was buried in Sil­ ver Mount Cemetery in Staten Island. Joining the Union in 1939, in Savannah, Brother Mar­ tins had been sailing as watertend; Thomas A. Bryan, 67: Brother er in the engine department. His Bryan of 67 Macombs Place, New beneficiary is a friend,® Antonio York, died of natural causes at Vleera Cardozo of New York City. the Kings County hospital in 4> 4 4 Brooklyn on December 2, 1954. He was buried at Wryodlawn Ceme­ Harold James Pitts, 52: Brother tery in New York. Brother Bryan Pitts died of heart trouble on joined the Union in New York in July 6, 1953, in the Rhode Island 1944 and had been sailing in the Hospital. Place of burial, North steward department. He is sur­ Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode vived by his niece, Vera Smith Island. He joined the Union in Green of Brooklyn, New York. Boston in March, 1952, and had been sailing in the deck depart­ 4" i 4" Manuel Martins, 59: On Decem­ ment. Brother Pitts is survived ber 15, 1954, Brother Martins died by his wife, Margaret Pitts of of natural causes at the USPHS Providence, Rhode Island. Life seems placid for Reinaldo Antonio Cruz Lopez, son of Seafarer Antonio Cruz. New addition arrived on October 81, 1954. Speak Your Mind At SiU ^Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue . under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their mind. Sin WELFARE SERVICES YOUR PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS �" tL SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ f $ $ Ifoiir Dollar's Mh $ s $ fo sai® mney $ $ I Isit:-- $ $ ISf.'. i&.., IK- $ I??..: h- m $ r $ N EVERY issue of the SEAFARERS LOG "Your Dollar's Worth"—a column written exclusively for Seafarers—^gives aid in helping you get the best quality merchandise at the lowest cost, plus tips on how to avoid swindles, gimmicks and shady practices often used to bilk the working guy and his family. These columns are written by Sidney Margolius, the nation's out­ standing expert on consumer buying. At right are 45 ways you and your family can get the most for your money. These columns originally appeared in the LOG and upon request are available to you for your guidance. 1. Financing a Home 2. Perils for Home Buyers 3. Are Co-Op Houses Good? 4. Your Buying a House. 5. CuHing Housing Cosfs 6. Save on Properly Ins. 7. Buying Gooa Work Clothes 8. Men's and Women's Coats 9. Money Values in Shoes 10. How to Buy a Raincoat • 11. How to Buy a Suit • 12. Save on Car Expenses • 13. Save on Car Needs • 14. What' Car Owning Costs • 15. Beware Finance Co. Ins. • 16. Savings in Cleansers • 17. Buy Quality Furniture • 18. Tips on Wash Machines • 19. Those Food-Freezer Plans • 20. High Cost of Loan Co.'s • 21. Up to Date on Gl Ins. • 22. Loons for Seamen • 23. The Most for Savings • 24. Life Insurance I • 25. Life Insurance II • 26. Budget for a Family • 27. Phony Health Plans • 28. Small Insurance Costly • 29. Guarding Soc. Sec. Rights • 30. Beware Costly Vitamins • 31. Eat Better for Less • 32. Household Drugs Gouge • 33. Private Brands Save • 34. The Truth on Cold Cures • 35. Beating the Milk Gouge • 36. Facts on Toiletries • 37. Toothpaste and Teeth • 38. Women Worst Fed • 39. Buying at Discounts • 40. The Lowdown on Watches • 41. Are Synthetics Useful? • 42. Save on Eyeglasses • 43. Tips on Buying Jewelry • 44. Costly Hearing Aids • 45. Best Buys in Luggage • • • • • • • • • n In the future the SEAFARERS LOG will continue to assist Seafarers and their families by reporting the best in buys and the pitfalls to avoid. Any Seafarers having questions or sug­ gestions for topics they wish covered are asked'to drop a line to the LOG editor. $ $$$$$$$$$$• $ $ $ M Editor ^ SEAFARERS LOG ^ 674 Fourth Avenue ^ Brooklyn 32, N.Y. Send me columns No Name ^ Street ^ ^ W R J • t ^ ' City Zone State.... ^ If you wish to receive copies of one or several of the columns listed above, fill out the coupon at left, giving the column num­ bers, and they will be mailed to you without cost» �;• •'': '-i -1. ^1 SEAFARERS*LOG Vol. XVII, No. 1 Jan. 7, 19S5 I Const. Supp. 120 The strength of any organization lies,in its foundation and the foundation of the SIU is its constitution. In the 27 months since the membership voted in secret referendum to rewrite its constitution, it has amply ful­ filled the function of better protecting the rights of every member. In the course of drafting and adopting the new document, copies of the constitution were printed in the SEAFAREBS LOG and distributed to all Seafarers, ashore and on ship. Subsequently the 1953 Agents Conference report, which was adopted in all branches, moved that the LOG print the constitution every six months, so all Seafarers would have the opportunity to acquaint themselves thoroughly with their guaranteed rights and privileges. Accordingly the constitution was reprinted in the issues of July 10, 1953, Jan­ uary 8, 1954, July 9, 1954, and now, six months later, is reprinted once again. L. CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL '• .1 "V. S ^ -• « •: The two-year-old SIU constitution has evoked considerable comment in ond outside maritime and labor circles. Here ore a few of the many reactions to the document from members of Congress. Representative Craig Hosmer, Calif.; "I wish to congratulate you on your furnishing mem­ bers of Congress with your newly adopted constitution. I believe that the more eseplieitly rules, regulations, customs and privileges can be drafted and set down in documentary form, the better off we are. ... It just hap­ pens I am a deepwater man myself, and sailed with the merchant marine during the war." Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY; "It is greatly encouraging to know that responsible unions such as yours are not ceasing their at­ tempts to further rights of their members, both within the unions and as part of the total national economy. I find particularly praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and the Declaration Rights contained in the be­ ginning of your constitution." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash,: "... I have looked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair and just' I was particularly interested in the fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full membership of your or­ ganization." Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am particularly impressed by the provisions of the constitution providing for a trial com­ P<aj» noma smm ^ mittee to hear charges against members, and guaranteeing the traditional American rights to representation, cross-examination, and con­ frontation by the accuser ... I am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn in the spirit of democratic trade unionism." Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The con­ stitution seems to me to be an extremely democratic one and 1 am impressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Representative James A. Byrne, Pa.: "I feel sure that your organization, operating under its revised Constitution which embodies the • fundamental concepts of our democratic sys­ tem, is contributing to the welfare of all Seafarers and of the nation." Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The re­ quirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of maintaining democ­ racy ..." Representative John J. Rooney, NY: "I firmly believe that you have achieved a masterful job in rewriting your Constitution and the fact that it was adopted by a membership vote of over 90 percent demonstrates that they are apparently well satisfied with the provisions contained therein." Representative Robert H. MoHohan, West Va.: "1 dm particularly impressed by the pro­ visions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certainly in the best American tradition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irresponsible, unjust punishment." Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon: "This formu­ lation of union's practices and usage is tre­ mendously impressive. I was particularly struck by the Declaration of Rights . .. Also of great interest to me are the meticulous provisions for trials and appeals. I would hope that this kind of action will be generally followed throughout the trade union move­ ment Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I appreciate your sharing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons outside the ranks of your own mem­ bership." ,iw,. yT'tv ^•-vTb - �EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED pu jl r V,' ' r • • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed ' him under the Constitution of the Union. - 't • g; Kr ^• .4' ® The right to vote. • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. f i' . •Vr 'I::'' PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North America, Canada, Alaska, and the Temlodes, based upon the following principles: Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing In the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ men to receive their employment through their own Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. That it is the right of each member to receive fair and Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. Next, is the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ ful manner by those in command. We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ ance to our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to maintain the knovvledge of and interest in maritime bffairs. To assist seamen of other countries in the work of organization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals 60 as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise aseet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this constitution. .STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS In order to form a more perfect union, we members of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look tc the at­ tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable: I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed hini under the Constitution of the Union. II Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote. No one shall deprive him of that right. III Every member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and to hold, office in this Union. IV No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ out due process of the law of this Union. No member shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the trial of any proceeding iiT which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an' impartial com­ mittee of his brother Union members. VI No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union, VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perform. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fcd= eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the following oath of obligation: OBLIGATION •T pledge my honor as a man, that I will be faithful to •V ..KJ QJti* »-vii.r .AtAs? ifLulj: fsn.p.f.v- A-"/ti- p'S*'' waawtgjgCi!. , iiiiC .Ta&ir.rtlHSt m yiur.'iJg �January 1, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Three Ithli Union, and that 1 wUl woik for its Interest and will Section 5. Tbe period of retirement shall be computed (g) He be responsible, within the limits of hit look upon every member as my brother; that I v?ill not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all ARTICLE Vn policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION adopted by a majority vote of -he membership. Within, the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons Section 1. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ not entitled to know it And if I break this promise, 1 Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be governed^ in tion. and prestige of the Union. ask every member to treat-me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" (a) The Constitution other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as (b> Majority vote of the membership Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears In dues, or more than three months In arrears In as­ (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretarypended. and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by dismissed if. they are more than two quarters In arrears set forth in this Constitution. In dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the tions (j) Immediately after assuming office, the Secretarymonth of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaryparticularly in Article X, Section 1-D. This time shall not run: Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary In­ Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and (a) While a member is actually participating In a strike capacity. This designation may be changed from time to Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall or lockout. (b) While a member Is an In-patient in a USPHS bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions Offices are located. Hospital. of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, vacancy in the office of SecretaEy-Treasurer, as set forth tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent United States, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance (with custom and usage. or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by This definition may be modified by a majority vote of at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further provided he applies for -reinstatement within 90- days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ temporary appointment except in those cases where the partment to another except by express approval as evi­ filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this after dischai ge from the Armed Forces. Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues denced by a majority vote of the membership. regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of ARTICLE VIII because of employment aboard an American flag mera replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date, ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, PORT chant vessel. by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall , sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and shall be the right of any member- to present, in writing, officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and pne or more all measures, and employ such means, which he deems Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ public affairs. OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to decide such questions. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ tion: which dues and assessments may be remitted where a ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with (A) Meeting Chairman member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ (B) Delegaten the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of (a) Auditing Committee mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be (b) Trial Committee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be determined as follows: (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, fd) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as in the last regular election shall be the first in line of the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ succession. The next in the line of succession shall be that A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti- ' Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of tution. organizations are dual or hostile. succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who ARTICLE X Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation received the next highest number of votes. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. AND OTHER with the Union shall at all times remain the property of The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ELECTED JOB HOLDERS the Union. Members may be required to show their evito be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer denee of membership in order to be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. meetings. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Section 9. Only members in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of tlie laller's duties lowed to vote. as the latter may direct. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ARTICLE rV (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, REINSTATEMENT bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote port or otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in that body. in aeeordance with sueh rules as are adopted, from time maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of Section 3. Fort Agents to time, by a majority vote of the membership. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ARTICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ administratipn of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ DUES AND INITIATION FEE tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of eaeh quar­ penditure of all Union funds. Port ..r otherwise. He shall responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ ter, except, as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ mitted into membership without having paid an initiation tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ waived for organizational purposes only, in aeeordance bership, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and with sueh rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and , weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports and expenses, and complying with all other accounting ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer, RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ Section 1. Members may retire from membership by New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not structions, shall open each Port meeting and shail deter­ be closed except by Constitutional amendment. paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ mine whether a quorum e.xists. Nothing contained herein retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a quest, and dated as of the day that sueh member accom­ subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. majority vote of the-members present at the said Port The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities plishes these payments and request. Meeting. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ of all Ports. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ Agents' Conference. riod of retirement, except that a retired member sliall ship, the Secretary-Treasurer stiall designate, in the event (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. At tbe first regular meeting in August of every election regardless of the departmental designation under which bis right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ the Patrolman was elected. ih) The Port Agent shall designate which members at months or more shall be restored to membership, ex­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ quarter, as well as all assessments accruing,and newly Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The. foregoing is in addition to those other duties levied during the period of retirement If the period of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. This recommendation may also specify, whether any retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be Section 4. Port Patrolmen ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said Port^ Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are period of retirement, iijciuding those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meeting Chairmen during that period. Upon such payment, the person in of the membership. (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located In retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under Section 4. A member In retirement may be restored to Agent of that Port (f) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chairman of tbe rules of order provided for, from time to time, by a membership after a fwo-year period of retirement only majority vote of the membership and. If nose, then byf Agente* Conference and may cast one votCi. by majority vote of tbe roembersbip. ;l| ••'••Mj I •m •'iji -ij •?(l •v .'4 �. i;p-; !?.- IS; iM- .- i: Sr-' ^u "^v': ».., • t' pv Ife' P"fgifs;,.. Page S—Four such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. (b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the event, of a tie. (c» The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. Section 6. Delegates (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. (b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therei.i. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. (b) trial Committee The.Trial Committee shall co::duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (c* Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec-. ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. . 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. ' 3. All Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Appeals Committee 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop'^d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for itself provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forwai? its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the same mariner above set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner. without the approval of the membership of the Union a.s evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship 5 A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of entry into, a strike, provided prior authority., evidenced by ii. ,tma vote,of the membership, is' SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepai^e a tion and execution of a strike plnn which shall be bind­ report listing each applicant and his book number under ing on all members and other persons affiiated with the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find­ may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated ail of a strike plan. in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a ARTICLE XI special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS. UNION by all of the Committee members, and be completed and EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read be held for a term of two years: and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Secretary-Treasurer Bulletin Board in each port. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Port Agent (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Patrolman Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram Section 2. The term of any ^^lective jobs othc-r than at his iicted addresses. He shall also be sent a letter those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ membership or segment of the fTnion, whichever applies, bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the ones serving. appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ any office or other elective job shal' be determined from mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant time to time by a majority vote of the membership. to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may membership, all other classifications of employees ox the appear in person before the Committee within two days Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, . after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. his application or argue for his qualification. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract to allow the applicant to appear before it and still reach for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ election. sary in the best interests of the Union. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do case of such appeals, be suffidient to overrule any dis­ not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or in which event, the one so previously classified shall then creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a be deemed qualified. majority vote of the membership shall be followed. le) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the ARTICLE XII qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE'jOBS previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all the require­ candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. or Patrolman, provided: Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not Inconsistent partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ and the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to iioinination, and write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other voted upon. Each ballot shall be so-prepared as to have the elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective number to be easily removed. On this removable portion offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord­ shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to hf ld such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as with regard to such office or jo'j. indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ ARTICLE XIII bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each AND PATROLMEN Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and Section 1. Nominations amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ Any member may submit his name for nomination for tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ amount and numbers li.sted by the Secretary-Treasurer quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall lowing: immediately ejiecute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ (a) The name of the candidate urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the (b> His home address and mailing address amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify (c) His book number the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer le) Proof of citizenship shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall candidates. at all times be available to any member asking for in­ The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ spection of the same at Headquarters. gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, year and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other Section 2. Credentials Committee. distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except (a I A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first that any member may write in the name or names of any regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist job of Port Agent or Patrolman. of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two -(d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in the member who shall thereupon sign his name on' a order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the caUo^i, for. that purpose at ftead.quartBra .Rortf/ vFostet and the member shall proceed to the voting site n.».4a. -r (b'» After lU ejBietiQO.,tbAshall'*«bnt»haii te'^ponri^ �January 7, 1955 ' lishment of a booth or other voting site where each mem* ber may vote in privacy. (f) Upon compietion of voting the member shaii fokt the baiiot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-siotted ballot box. which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day. a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall-~sonsti4yte • s-qtissivn - for - e.acbuSc'rt. .Jf:.shgJJL.ha.ihA.. responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall t'.en be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article 1. (ci The Polls Committee shall also insure tnai ihe ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. fd) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e> In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the Balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with h>s book number next to his signature. The Committee shall also place t^ie date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day o-^ly were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to the Polls Committee tb-- following morning. In addition, the Polls Committe ,iall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of me roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall keep the rosters, unused ballots, ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarters. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. SeoUon 5, Ballot Golleotio»i Tallyinf Procedure; PrvleslB.. and Special'Vetet: SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Fiv® (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing first regular meeting after the close of voting at each a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, in Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal of the three departments of the Union. In the presence from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes his botJk number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the the number of ballots therein contained, and count the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protesting mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place all ballots therein in a seaied envelope, together of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with with a certification signed by all members of the Com-, this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the mittee that the said box or Isoxes were opened publicly, claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote octhat all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and cuiTed. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall 5-'J of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but with the terms of such special vote. Port Agents shali officially notify Headquarters, imme­ bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack- of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the .age,, but. bound separately, the Committee shall forward foregoing. Headquarters is charged v/ith adequately and fo Headquarters all unused ballots, together "with a"cer-~' 'TirnelyiriformTng "afl'ecied'~iihembeTJ'" or" cilV" utcisrcfiio tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same senting report has been issued by one or more members * package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem­ after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the urer shall make a sulTicient amount of the usual balloting Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ special votes. Immediately after the close of such special edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and Wherever forwarding is not don^ in person, forwarding communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining fo mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the. the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ the same package, but bound separately. An account­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ tions. quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the Port Agent or Patrolman. same with the rosters, verification iists, and receipts of (a) The person elected shall be that person having the the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amount.^, and with each total broken down into largest number of votes cast for the particular office or Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected ancies discovered, and shali contain recommendations for for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of didates receiving the successively highest number of votes the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ however, to the right of any member thereof to submit retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas- — a dissenting report as to the accuracy df the count and urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c> The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Sec­ finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and 80 inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume the designation as to the voting site of the Port most his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote of the membership may grant additional time for the vole is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure these terms shail apply, notwithstanding any provisions of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ be made only in writing and must be received by the cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its does not assume office within 90 days, the iine of succes­ proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other a brief summary of each protest received, ihe name and cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as book number of the protesting member, and a summary decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, of the disposition of the said protest and Patrolman shall take the following oath: (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ "1 do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent the duties of of the Seafarers to its election and shall complete its proceedings within International Union of North America. Atlantic and two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ and the welfare of the membership." aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall ARTICLE XIV oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. OTHER ELECTIONS (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in Section 1. Auditing Committee. sufficient copies to comply With the following require­ Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first of each week, at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the reguiar m eting scheduled to take place subsequent to the financial report for that week. These reports shall be close of th ommittee's proceedings or, in the event such submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from membership action. The Committee shall consist of three the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election ing applies shall be desigiiated, by date, in the report, shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, Committee there shail audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. (fi At the Election Report meeting, there shail be taken The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ quarter for which the Committee is to make tlie required on, if any, which action, however, shall not be beyond audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated decide at which of these meetings the election shall take by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with apply-to all'members appealing from denials of their pro*' two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards teilts bv the Headquarters Tall}ling^^ Cominlttbe, which a if* < D«pBEtiQeiffs. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or emr A -ii - II • �Page S—Six SEAFARERS LOG Jahuanr 7, 1955 Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem­ accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantial evidence to support a bers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guUt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which tho finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any nflember to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member Is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members, of which three such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committer, or the dis­ number of witnesses produced. sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Conunittee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ JPort where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom- vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendation.s shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. in Section 17. .Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwise, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -"ostponement, the Trial date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may hold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send - the record of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow­ generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem­ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the memb rship during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meetin.g, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b> Acting as an informer against the Interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company ^next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; Id) Order a new trial after finding that substantial, jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quarters is located and. upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TRIALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and other member for the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse«* and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishme.nt may appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Uni'on property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He»shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Uniop for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting -of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions; those charges to be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Port, no further action m.ay be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or eleclioii material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days tliereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are(e)false; accepted, and the accased is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ thereof, or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ u-ntil the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be tions which fall within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall Im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ dressed to his last known mailing address on file with peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execu­ the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad- tion of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must journmefats and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning sideration. (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike: Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witnesses. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union propSection 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence (b) Assuming any office or job. whether elective or not required by courts ot law but may receive all relevant mended. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ Rstimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the ac­ beneath a quorum^ It shall adjourn until quorum-doer- cused 5ya,s,..HQt,,a4?qu?tely..ip£pp!XveA ofi.tti.e .4eta.ils.>i>ft.jlw- Un}w. pr()e^eding„,qf,.bi:^t}giqg.jy,9, vpioo. inte, ^wptfte,, 0Xist. irou'T't!-? if'ftl charged |fip,»«lpeiii(hetf.,ju, this, AEtipJe^j,,.,, �January 7, 1955 (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Section 4. Upon pvoof of-the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a flne of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs: (b) Wilful failure to submit book to Uniqn representa­ tives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the ma.ximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as If the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its rnernbers, shall not be deemed to waive any ciaim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials and job holders. ARTICLE XVII PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may he determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVIII BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XIX EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expen.ses to be incurred shall he determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within the authoHty conferred upon him by Articie X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned With trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section' 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles X and XI. ARTICLE XX INCOME Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. lb) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied succe.ssively to the mone­ tary obiigations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of siich obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than ihembership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but ar§ not limited to: (a) the applica­ bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d)-the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. ARTICLE XXII FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section I. The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine administrative-task.-' Ship" ping rur^- governing thr details Of ' thb ra^^nUiieh^ 'of-'^^ SEAFARERS LOG jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not. ARTICLE XXIII QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a Port shail be six members. Section 2. The quorufh for a regular meeting of a Port shall be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the decisions, reports, recommendations," or other func­ tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the follrwing night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of ihe pertinent port shall post­ pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advauce, on the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents' Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The time and plaee of eaeh such meeting shall he fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership shall determine when such • emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the memhership shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority vote of the membership provided s.uch recommendation Is not inconsistent with the provisiuns of this Couslilution. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or condition preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence from the United States; or suspension from office or membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, and shall include failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in aecordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" shall refer to a meeting or meetings during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with: (a) The Constitution lb) Union policy, and (c) Custc.'n and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the membership." shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Section 5. The term, "membership action" shall mean the'Same as-the term'"majority vote-of the membership." Page S—Seven holder thereof. Is set forth in this Constitutiofi, all refer­ ences thereto and. the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted fay the Union in 1939. asamended up through August 1951. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall * mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting i or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVII AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended In the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by * a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head­ quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department and shaU be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if ton lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the V amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIII TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices'or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be'permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents' and Patrolmen, and all others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Conslilulion, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration^i date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article XIII. only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shall take effect the first election year. �*!F SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF D I STR I CT • AFL • CONSIIIUIION SUMMARY of ARTICLE XIV-0»her Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: nate^tie election ^of meeting chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A BTi/"i c 11 A Provides for affiliation of the AtAKI ILLt i I—AttHiaflOn; lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers Internatfonal Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XV-Trials and Appeals: momber to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuser= Gives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for appeals. ARTICLE ill-Membership: set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: "u ARTICLE IV-Reinsfatement: fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by" meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. statement' of dismissed members. Retains the existing dues schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: Gives the membership the right to authorize the pub­ lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE XVII-Publications: ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ADTI/"IC V\/lll Provides for bonding of officers AKIIV-LC AY III DOnaS: and employes oLthe Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. ARTICLE Vll-Sysfem of Organization: ARTICLE XIX-Expendifures: ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. APTin F VIM designates the following as elecAKIIt^LC YIII urncers: tlve officers: the Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. A DTI^I C VV Defines the Union's sources of in- bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. ARTICLE IX-Other Elective Jobs:.^7eha?rmt'S: gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the member.ship. ARTICLE X—Duties of Elective Officers: SuSS^ of ADTir'l F YYI Retains the existing requirement Al\l IVMLC AAI rGrmilS: that rules for issuance of permits must be determined by the members. the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reports— Establishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. ARTICLE XXIII-Quorums: ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: shall be six members and the quorum for a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the membership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: ARTICLE XXV-Agent's Conference: SnS'cJS^^^^^ Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. APTin F yill FUrHrtnc. describes procedure for nominaAKI n-LC AIII ciecrions: tion to office-Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates' eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office —^Retains the Union'is existing balloting procedure—Describes bal­ loting procedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member 'Polls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to conduct elections and tabulate results—Sets forth the manner for installation of officers. , . I,. AKI IV„LC AA—income: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions: of the Constitution. ARTICLE XXVII-Atnendments: stitution by the membership. 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Title A name given to the resource January 7, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GRAND JURY BEGINS PROBE OF PLOT TO MURDER HALL SIU ELECTION TO END JAN. 15; VOTING HEAVY ILA RIGS PACT OKAY IN 2ND VOTE BME VOTES OFFICERS FOR FOUR-YEAR TERM 'DISTRICTS' PROBE OPENS; CANCEL ALL LST SAILINGS DAD LOST, FAMILY OF 5 FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE BOSS STILL CHISELS PAY CREW BLASTS TRANSFER 'PIRACY' TRAVELERS CHECK DRAWS END EXCHANGE RATE LOSS MOVIE CO'S ALSO EYE $ UNDER FLAG OF LIBERIA CG PLAYING 'POSSUM AS SEAFARERS RAP TEST PLAN UNION HOST AT HOLIDAY FEASTS TIPS FOR SEAMEN ON FILING 1954'S REVISED INCOME TAX NEW ANGLES UNSEAWORTHY "NOT TOO LONG AGO..." SANTO DOMINGO'S TOPS FOR A FLINGO EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SPEAK THE LINGO MIXUP GIVES CREW DRAW, BUT IN IOUS BROOM-SWINGING BOSUM GOES INTO GEAR AND THERE ARE DEAD DUCKS ON THE MAE HERE'S HOW YOU COLLECT M & C NY SCANS GYP UNDERTAKERS WHO RAGE IN UNION BENEFITS SHIP IN HURRY SO CREWMAN SUFFERS SEAFARERS IN HOSPITALS SIU CONSTITUTION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/7/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/598f7bb89f39e6006ceabf78bc1ae18d.PDF c980f109a8b58e5d93be9a2ab1a0c4dd PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOC OmClAl OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ir - I» I fi i' |» h iif �fate Tw» SEAFARERS Janaary 7, 1M< LOG By Paul Hall The fireboat Deluge ifands alongside the SlU ship Neva West In the Mississippi River near Belle Chasse to aid In fighting a fire In the hold of the vessel where 137 tons of small arms ammunition were stored. The fire was extinguished and there were no serious Injuries, although several firemen suffered from smoke Inhalation. Neva West Safe After Fire Threatens Ammunition Cargo The new ye.ar of 1966 should have a considerable influence on the shaping of the future of the merchant marine. It might well be a year of decision for U.S. shipping a.s a new policy on the American mer­ chant marine may be set by the President of the United States in the months ahead. There are two sets of guidelines on which he can base his new policy. One is the report adopted by the President's Maritime Advisory Committee which represents a majority view and was adoi)ted by a majority of the M.AC. On the other hand he has the Bo\d repoid. which represents the view of all those Government agencies who have been intent on .smothering the U.S. maritime history. The past year was to some degree on the plus side to those who seek to preserve the American maritime industry. There was a con­ siderable amount of work done to crystallize the inrportance of a strong U.S. flag fleet. To a great extent the Pre'-ideni's .Maritime Advi.sory Committee performed a very vital and useful funclion in this area. 11 served as a vehicle on a national level for the exchange of ideas and informa­ tion and the development of positive point of view on upgrading the maritime industi-y. The committee accumulated considerable data on all facets of American shipping in the vital areas where assistance was needed— to which our own organization contributed. 1965 was important because it showed a great coaMtion of maritime labor and otheu- segments of the industry who jointly marshalled their forces to fight for the enactment of programs which would expand and upgrade the maritime industry. And at the end of the year a tremendous element of support came from the entire organized labor movement, when Uie AFL-CIO, meeting in convention in San Francisco, threw its full support into the fight for a strong U.S. merchant fleet. The Federation unanimously endorsed a 17-Foint program—^the most comprehensive maritime policy program ever adopted by the organized labor movement—aimed at the expan­ sion of American shipping. NEW ORLEANS — Seafarers and local firefighters successfully extinguished a fire aboard the Neva West (Bloomfield), which threatened a cargo of 137 tons of military small arms ammunition while the vessel was enroute to this port from Europe. There were no serious inju-'* So in the corruing year we face the struggle for a strong merchant ries during the firefighting op­ marine with considerable support not only from the labor movement eration, although several local but from many members of the legislature who have voiced concern about the present sorry plight of the U.S.-flag fleet. firemen suffered smoke inhalation. The fire was first noted early on December 27 as the 6,145-ton Neva West passed Port Sulfur on the way to New Orleans, when smoke was observed coming from the No. 3 hold, which contained a cargo of hop* in the lower hold and 127 tons of ammunition in the upper sections, along with furniture. When the fire was discovered, the ship's ventilators were turned off to keep air from getting to the blaze and nearly 5,600 pounds of carbon dioxide and foam were poured into the hold through the vessel's internal firefighting sys­ tem. A Coast Guard vessel and a fireboat sped to the scene, and the fire, which had been contained by sealing the No. 3 hold and pouring in carbon dioxide, blazed again when firemen opened the hatch in an attempt to get at the source of the fire. To finally extinguish the blaze. SEAFARERS LOG Jon. 7, '66 Vol. XXVIIf, No. 1 Official Publication of the SIUNA Aliantic, Gulf. Lakes & Inland Waten District. AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL. President CAL TANNFH EARL SnEFARft Vice-President Exec. Vice-Prea. LINDSEY WILLIAM! AL KIRR Sec.-Treas. Vice-President AL TANNER ROB. A. MATTHEWS Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and Publications Managing Editor: MIRE POLLACK; Asst Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writer: MELVIN PURVIS; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. Publlthed bIwMkly at tha haadquarter of tha Saafarars Intarnatlonal Union, At lantic, Oulfi Lakas and Inland Wateri Diitrlct, AFL-CIO, «75 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 1113J. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6400. Second class postage paid at tha Post Cffica In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aug. 14, 1912. IM We must resolve as we have in the previous years, to not relent in the fight to obtain for Seafarers and other maritime workers the right to earn a living in a most vital and important industry. Meany Urges U.S. Continue Fighting Communism, Poverty Standing anxiously on a levee of the Mississippi River near Belle Chasse, La., wife and brothers of Seafarer Robert Sheffield wait for news while the fire Is being fought aboard the ammunltlon-bearing Neva West. From left to right, James Sheffield, Mrs. Sheffield and Jack Sheffield. the vessel was finally beached on the East Bank of the river about 30 miles from New Orleans and the No. 3 hold was flooded. After the water was pumped out and the hold reopened, the fire was found to be still smouldering so the pro­ cedure was repeated. The damaged cargo was later unloaded onto barges. Senior Citizens Urge Congress Ban Foreign-Flag Fire Traps WASHINGTON—Legislation by Congress aimed at pro­ tecting American citizens from the dangers of obsolete, un­ safe and poorly manned foreign-flag cruise ships like the ill-fated Yarmouth Castle, has* been called for by the Nation-' zens club, located at Pomipano al Council of Senior Citizens. Beach, Florida, all went to their "Mofiit of the 84 passengers who deaths wthen the oruise ship Yardied in the (Yarmouth Castle) hola- i mouith Castle, bound from Miami uaust or were otherwise reported to Nassau witli 550 persons on missing were elderly people," board, burned and sank on the President John W. Edclman of the morning of Saturday, November National Council of Senior Citizens 13, 1965. Sixty members of the noted in ca^lMng for Congres.sional j Pompwno Beach club had sailed on action, "and all the elderly people I t'he week-end cruise that ended in in our clubs across the nation have tragedy. a right to ask their lawmakers o ^ what steps Congress can take to Senior Citizens Council protect us from future di.saslers American mydime of this kind " unions have for years urged Con­ gress to adopt legislation to preAn article in Senior Citizen.'; vent forei'-'n fla-g cnii.ce ships from News, a publication of the Senior operating out nf U.S. port.s unle.ss Citizens Council, notes that 21'tiiey can comply fully with U.S. members ci just one senior ciii-|.salety regulations.- politicians and businessmen who seek to use the Viet Nam war as an excuse to cut down on funds to achieve the Johnson Administration's "Great So­ ciety goals were sharply buked by AFL-CIO George | to abandon progress in the name Meany m his annual New of war would subvert the camse Year's statempnt ! itself. itsnif cause Year's statement. While urging that the war in The United States must move Viet Nam be carried on to victory, forward. The unfinished business Meany declared that the United States is powerful enough to win must ever be attacked. For only as both the war against the Com­ America is true to itself can the munists abroad and the war cai«e of America prevail and the Id '""eedom shine out to the against poverty at home. "The last five years have proved Meany listed the "unfinished that economic expansion and social progress are natural part­ business that still faces the United ners, that investment in America States. He said: pays dividends to stockholders as "Full freedom of collective wel! as to those who are the direct bargaining must be made nationbeneficiaries," Meany said. "They tbe repeal of Section have proved that higher public 14'h). Ttie minimum wage must be investment .md lower tax rates substantially increased and the can add up to a better budgetary law's coverage broadened. The un­ balance confounding the book­ employment insurance system keeping pessimists of the pa.s-t." must be strengthened by a system "So let us proceed with this of federal minimum standards new confidence—this old confi­ Consumers must be better pro­ dence, newly restored, toward the tected against deception and year ahead," he continued. "Young usury. All this and much more Americans may be forced to fight mitft be done, and each year will in Viet Nam in 1966, and for years bring a new set of goals. The thereafter. They may be called to search for perfection in the chang­ duty on other fronts, now unfor- ing society is endlees." seen. It is tragic that such Commenting on the Viet Nam sacrifices should be asked, yet war and the sacrifices that it will they are essential to the survival entail, Meany said: of human freedom." "The American people did not But.,, Meany warned, it -is want this war and they do not equally essential to continue want it now. Yet the ovei-whelming progressing toward realization of majority of them share the conthe American ideal. viction of the AFL-CIO that the "Those who cry 'guns or butter' war must be fought until the Cornhave lost touch with reality," he munists cease and desist in their said. "Perhaps tJie twin obligations , attempts to dominate and control of war abroad and progress at 1 South Vict Nam and all the other home will cost more money;-but nations of Asia. f iW % rt-;' ,<A, �January 7. 19M SEAFARERS Pac« Tlir«« LOG SIU^ MEBA, D/sfricf 2 To Set Up Joint Program License Training Starts Feb. 1 Major Provisions Of Joint Training Program Provisions of the new training program being offered as a result of the reciprocal agreement between the SIU and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association District 2 include the following: • In order to qualify an applicant must be 19 years of age or |; over and have three years watch standing time. • The first class will start on February 1. Seafarer applicants ^ can enter on that day and any day thereafter. • Seafarers participating in the course of instruction will be |t provided with meals, hotel lodgings and subsistence payments g of $110 per week while in training and will be able to ship as I? engineer immediately upon obtaining a license. II • The period of instruction will range from 30 to 90 days and I will be determined by the member's individual ability and knowledge and the instructors satisfaction of his readiness to take I the exam. • Under the reciprocal agreement with MEBA District 2, pension benefits built up by Seafarers under the Seafarers J, Pension Plan will be fully credited and protected and SIU I pensions will be supplemented by the MEBA Pension Plan in |: approximately an equal amount. if • All welfare benefits will be covered and protected. |j • Seafarers who qualify for their engineers licenses and sail I abroad MEBA contracted ships, shall not be required to pay j the MEBA $1,000 initiation fee. It shall be waived in Its entirety. I • Seafarers will not be required to drop their SIU membership if they do not wish to do so. I • All SIU men who now possess engineer's licenses In any rating and who are not sailing on their licenses because they wish to protect their SIU Pension and Welfare Credits are eligible for immediate shipping on their licenses with full pro­ tection of their pension and welfare benefits, as well as protec­ tion of all other benefits and security provided in this program. All such Seafarers should contact SIU headquarters or the nearest SIU port. Full details and applications for the Engineers Training Pro­ gram can be obtained at any SIU hall or by writing directly to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Union To Assist Engine Men To Obtain Licenses; Pensions, Yf elf are Benefits Are Protected Engine department Seafarers now have an unprecedented opportunity to obtain an engineers license under a new training program being oflFered by the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in conjunction with District 2 of the Marine Engineers extending the program to Gt. $110 per week while in training. Beneficial Association. • The period of instruction will Lakes shipping. It is hoped that a program of this type for the Great range from 30 to 90 days and will The new training pro­ Lakes can soon be culminated. be determined by the member's gram, operated under a recip­ rocal agreement between the SIU and MEBA, District 2, represents the first of its type to be established in the mari­ time industry. The program will not only aid in meeting manpower shortages In key ratings, but will enable SIU men in the engine department to re­ ceive instructions that will enable them to sit for an engineers license. The program will begin on February 1 and applicants will be able to begin receiving instruc­ tions at anytime after that date. Over a period of time, the SIU discussed with all licensed officers unions, the possibilities of estab­ lishing a joint training program. The SIU's desire to accomplish this program has been intensified by the Vietnam War and the re­ sulting shortage of marine engineers. However, the new agreement between the SIU and MEBA, District 2 marks the first time that this type of training pro­ gram has become a reality. The SIU expressed the hope that the program could be extended to other licensed officers groups within the near future. In addi­ tion, the SIU and the MEBA wiU shortly enter dicussions aimed at Under the present agreement with MEBA, District 2, SIU men who participate in this program are eligible for the following: • Seafarers who participate in the course of instruction will be provided with meals, hotel lodg­ ings and subsistence payments of MSTU Granted Autonomy As Affiliate Of SlUNA SAN FRANCISCO — The Military Sea Transportation Union has been granted its full autonomy as an affiliate of the Seafarers International Union of North America. The MSTU was notified of* its new status in a communi­ officers and members, Hall wel­ cation sent by SIUNA presi­ comed the MSTU "into our family dent Paul Hall to Joseph Leal, MSTU secretary-treasurer ". . . Ef­ fective January 1, 1966, the Mili­ tary Sea Transportation Union is a fully and completely autonomous affiliate of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America, governed in accordance with the provisions of its own constitution," the SIUNA president's message said On behalf of the SIUNA and its Hall Paps Bid To Build U.S, Ships Abroad NEW YORK, N.Y.—Paul Hall, President of the Seafarers International Union of North America, asserted this week that permission for foreign-built vessels to operate under the American flag in all American trades, including the domestic trades, would bring about a further decline of the American merchant marine. Hall, who is a member of^ the Maritime Advisory Com­ penditures for maritime purposes eral manager of the marine de­ eral Government—although it is for a smaller merchant fleet partment of the Humble Oil spending $60 out of every $100 of mittee created by President and which would carry less of our Johnson a year and a half ago to study the problems of our dwin­ dling merchant, fleet, sef forth his views la a letter to Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor, the Advisory Committee chairman. Hall noted in his letter that an­ other Advisory Committee mem­ ber—H. Lee White, the president of Marine Transport Lines—had recently filed a statement with the Secretary of Commerce which generally supported the measures on foreign shipbuilding proposed by the Interagency Maritime Task Force, and which opposed a pro­ gram adopted by the Maritime Advisory Committee at its last meeting in Washington on Novem­ ber 30. The Interagency Task Force, composed of representatives of various Federal agencies con­ cerned with maritime policy, had some months ago issued a report which caused widespread conster­ nation in the maritime industry and which called essentially for a drastic reduction of Federal ex­ Company. foreign cargoes and provide fewer Humble Oil is the chief domestic jobs for workers in the maritime affiliate of Standard Oil of New industries. Jersey, which operates the biggest Among other things, the Inter­ fleet of runaway-flag vessels, agency report had proposed that while White's company is also a American shipowners be per­ major runaway-flag operator, op­ mitted to build or buy their ves­ erating some 26 foreign-flag ves­ sels abroad and operaite them in sels, primarily under the Liberian all trades, including the domestic flag. ones. Hall noted in his letter that White, in his dissent to the Ad­ The Maritime Advisory Com­ visory Committee report, had ad­ mittee, at its meeting on October vanced tliree basic arguments 7, had voted not to accept the —'that the subsidy proposals of the Interagency report and on Novem­ .Vdvisory Committee were too ber 30 had adopted an alternative costly, that the real answer to the report, prepared by the public problems of the merchant marine members of the committee, which is to permit American owners to called for a substantial expansion build abroad, and that this latter of the fleet and for the building solution would result in an ex­ of all vessels under the program panded merchant marine at no in American yards. This has been additional expense to the Ameri­ widely supported by management can taxpayer. and labor groups in the maritime industry. Taking the arguments one by one. Hall pointed out, first, that The adoption vote was 11-2, with the Advisory Committee proposals two members of the 15-man com­ are not costly. mittee absent and two dissenting —White and Joseph Androae, gen­ At present, he noted, the Fed­ individual ability and knowledge and the instructors satisfaction of his readiness to take the exam. • Pension benefits built up by Seafarers under the Seafarers Pen­ sion Plan will be fully credited and protected and SIU pensions will be supplemented by the MEBA, Dis(Continued on page 4) the Federal budget for defense purposes—is allocating only 40c out of every $100 for Its fourth arm of defense, the meicliaiil marine. Moreover, assuming the Federal budget will continue to increase at no faster a rate than It has in the past 10 years, the allocation for the merchant marine, under the .Advisory Committee proposals, will remain constant at about 40c out of every $100, he pointed out. In terms of gross national prod­ uct, he noted, the .\merican people are now allocating about 6c out of every $100 of their national wealth to support their merchant marine, and assuming that our gross national pipduct will climb as predicted by leading econo­ mists, expenditures for the merchant marine will still remain at about 6c out of every $100. Second, Hall asserted that the proposal to allow foreign-built ahipa to enter the domestic trades would bring about a further de­ struction of this segment of the (Continued on page 6) . . . and looked forward to a most successful association with our or­ ganization and your members." In advising the MSTU of its autonomous status, the SIUNA president noted that all of the re­ quirements which had been laid down by the international at its twelfth biennial convention last May had been met. Procedures for the granting of autonomy to MSTU were recom­ mended by the SIUNA president and adopted by the convention delegates. The convention provided that the procedures should be de­ signed to effect autonomy for the MSTU no later than Dec. 31, 1965. Shortly after the convention machinery was set in motion to implement the procedures adopted by convention delegates. Accord­ ingly, an MSTU rank and file com­ mittee was elected to draft a permanent constitution, which was completed by late summer. Balloting was conducted on the proposed constitution in a secret referendum conducted from Sep­ tember 1 to September 30. The constitution was adopted by a 9 to 1 vote, and the first .MSTU elec­ tion under terms of its own con­ stitution got underway on Novem­ ber 8 and concluded on Decem­ ber 8. The election was the final step of the procedures " hich had been called for at the S1UN.\ conven­ tion which was preparatory to granting of autonomy. Elected secretary-treasurer was Joseph Leel and elected business agents were Darroll Dan Auker, Raleigh Minix and George Grier. International vice-president Frank Drozak, who had been assigned by Hall to carry out the directive of the convention, filed a report documenting the steps that had been taken in fulf.l'.meiit of the convention cell. It was at this point that M;e internaiioual president fornMlly granted the MSTU ita autonomy, effective aa of January 1, 1966. �Pace Four SEAFARERS 'The Anti-Leadership Vaccine' Poses A New National Problem (This column is excerpted from the nightly broadcasts of Edvoard P. Morgan, ABC com­ mentator sponsored by the AFL CIO over the ABC network Monday through Friday at 7 p.m., EST.) lunuT T, IfU LOO attitudes appropriate to their calling, pointedly specialized, perhaps, but damagingly detached from the broader needs of an increasingly complex society. "Very few of our most prominent people," his essay goes on, "take a really large view of A constant, continuing dilemma of the open the leadership assignment. Most of them are society is how to produce leaders of sufficient simply tending the machinery of that part of dynamism and breadth of vision to keep society society to which they belong. . . . (They) may open and not make it a diosed arena for their own tend it very well indeed, but they are not pur­ selfish ambitions. suing a vision of what the total society needs. ... In its recently released annual report on its "Yet it is doubtful that we can any longer afford philanthropic and educational activities, the Car­ negie Corp. published an essay entitled "The Anti- such widespread inattention to the largest questions leadership Vaccine" which was remarkable on two facing us. We achieved greatness in an era when counts. Its perceptive content and its authorship. changes came more slowly than now. The problems It was written by John W. Gardner before he took facing the society took shape at a stately pace. We leave of the firm's presidency to become Secretary could afford to be slow in recognizing them, slow of Health, Education & Welfare. His sensitive in coping with them. Today, problems of enormous import hit us swiftly. Great social changes emerge analysis of the problem deserves wide attention. with frightening speed. We can no longer afford to Our concept of and training for leadership, respond in a leisurely fashion." Gardner argues, must be enlarged. "The sad truth TO THOSE CRITICAL of "big government," is," he wrote, "that a great many of our organiza­ tions are badly managed or badly led." One reason: Gardner counsels that one of the vital ways to keep the reluctance to face the responsibility of making a problem from being passed on to Washington is tough decisions, the tendency, in an age of tech­ to make nongovernmental leadership groups more nology and specialization, to rely on polls, "elabor.ita capable of handling them on lower levels by creat­ statistical systems, cost;accounting systems, informa­ ing better channels of communication among them. tion-processing systems" and the like to provide the What is Gardner talking about? The cutting edge answer. of his advice seems clearly to be that no longer Not that facts are unimportant, but "rarely do the can specific segments of society shirk their larger facts provide unqualified guidance." To support the responsibilities to society as a whole. Nor is it poitit that more than data are necessary he cited enough simply for the businessman, the labor the case of the school girl who said she was going leader, the technician, the scientist to contribute to to draw a picture of God. "But, Mary," the teacher the Community Chest, attend PTA meetings and exclaimed, "no one knows what God looks like." vote in elections. And Mary replied, "They will when I get through." Industry, trade unions and others must eonslder their requirements and demands, their Gardner's picture of the ideal American policies and goals, in terms of their impact on leader Is neither a "Man of Destiny" nor a the community and the country- This is goinff "Nervous Nelly," but a citizen of balance. This to take some doing, some stretching of narrow commodity Is In short supply. This he blames preparations, some loosening of tight, seifish In part on the academic world, "which appears concepts. to he approaching a point at which everyone will want to educate the technical expert who "So much of our energy has been devoted to advises the leader, or the Intellectual who tending the machinery of our complex society," stands off and criticizes the leader, but no one Gardner reemphasizes in conclusion,' "that we have will want to educate the leader himself." neglected the (moral) element in leadership." By "moral" he referred to the "shared values that must He maintains that "we are in danger of falling under the leadership of men who lack the confi­ undergird any functioning society. . . . When leaders dence to lead. And we are in danger of destroying lose their credibility or their moral authority, then the effectiveness of those who have a natural gift the society begins to disintegrate." for leadership." How? Why? In American colleges It Is almost redundant to emphasize that citizens and universities, he argues, "the best students are with the leadership dimensions of John Gardner are carefully schooled to avoid leadership responsi­ scarce, but it is reassuring that both the private bilities." And the ones who go on to graduate and the public sectors of our society have been school are "powerfully Indoctrinated" in a set of given the benefits of his own wisdom and talents. By Eari (Bull) Shepard. Vice-President, Ariontic Shipping was good in the port of New York during the last period and the outlook for the future remains very good. "Dutch" Palmer who last shipped on the Steel Recorder was in drydock here for a few weeks, but now says that he Is feeling fine and ready to ship out again. Bob Anderson, who's also off the Steel Recorder, said that he plans to sitfor his 3rd engineers license vessel, the Marore had a break­ shortly. down at sea, had to unload cargo Bob O' Brien, who was in town and go to a shipyard in Gibraltar. with his family for the holidays, Tim has been a member of the was on the Steel Designer for nine SIU for the past 22 years. months and is now looking for an Gil Wolfe, who's last ve.ssel was electricians slot aboard any Isthmi­ the Bethflor, is registered here and an ship. ready to ship. Gil said that he prefers an intercoastal or coast­ Philadelphia wise run. Also registered and ready Shipping has been on the slow to go here is Ashley Harrison, bell here but is expected to pick whose last ship was the Chilore. up shortly. Ashley is a lifetime SIU member. Boston Pedro Arteaga who's been with the SIU for the past 21 years, is Shipping has been on the slow now ready to ship after enjoying bell in Boston recently, but is exthe holidays at home. He last sailed | pected to pickup shortly. John Fanon the Commander. icutt, who's been a member of the George Leach, SIU for the past twenty years, is who's been a waiting for the first coast hugger member of the i to hit the board. SIU for twelve Amos Buizelle, was glad to have years, is now on the opportunity to spend the holi­ the beach after day with his family and will grab getting off the the first job that is put on the Geneva. Another board. SIU oldtimer on Norfolk the beach here is Shipping was fair in Norfolk Gil Borge, who's during the last shipping period Leach been a member with a good outlook for the im­ of the union for the past 19 years mediate future. and who just got off the Command­ Norfolk had a large turnout for er after a six month run. John Kozar, a member of the SIU for the annual Christmas Dinner and the past 23 years, is also on the there were many favorable com­ ments about the fine meal and beach here. good fellowship. Baltimore Sam Warren, who spent the holi­ Shipping for the past two weeks days here, expects to ship out has been on the slow bell, but (Continued on page 8) things should start to pick up within the next shipping period. At the present time we have the Alamar laid up. During the past shipping period we signed on three ships, paid off three and had nine in transits. Tim Sullivan, who ships i;, the deck department, is waiting for a long trip to the Far East. His last 1 License Training (Continued from page 3) trict 2 Pension Plan In approxi­ mately an equal amount. • All welfare benefits will be covered and protected. • Seafarers qualifying for their engineer's licenses and sailing aboard MEBA contracted ships, shall not be required to pay the MEBA, District 2, $1,000 initiation fee. It shall be waived in its en­ tirety. • Seafarers will not be required to drop their SIU membership if they do not wish to do so. • SIU men who now possess en­ gineers licenses in any rating and who are not sailing on their li­ censes because they wish to pro­ tect their SIU pension and welfare credits, are eligible for immediate shipping on theli- licenses with Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address. SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address as­ sures speedy transmission on all messages and faster service for the men involved. s X ' ' full protection of their pension and welfare benefits, as well as protec­ tion of all other benefits and secur­ ity provided in the program. Here are the major requirements needed to qualify for the training course. • Applicant must be 19 years of age or over. • Applicant should have three years of watch standing time in the engine department (in many cases, credit will be given across the board, for non-watch standing ratings above wiper, and for serv­ ice in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard). In addition to unlicensed person­ nel seeking their original 3rd en­ gineers license, the School for Marine Engineers will provide in­ struction to enable licensed en­ gineers to upgrade their licenses. The instruction will be provided in the School for Marine Engineers operated by MEBA, District 2. The school is located opposite SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. The School for Marine Engineers is under the directorship of Roland R. Spencer, one of New Yoi k's most highly regarded instructors of ma­ rine engineering. Spencer is a licensed marine en­ gineer and a licensed teacher in (he states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Union Hiring Hall Upheld By Court In R-T-W State SAN FRANCISCO—State "right to work" laws cannot be interpreted to prevent collective bargaining on subjects over which Congress did not give the states jurisdiction, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled here. A three-judge panel upheld a National Labor Relations Board finding that Tom Joyce Floors, Inc., of Reno, Nev., illegally re­ fused to bargain with Painters Local 567 on a non-discriminatory hiring hall arrangement proposed by the union in 1962 contract talks. Joyce's employes went on strike and were replaced by strike­ breakers. The NLRB, and the appeals court, found Joyce had forced the strike by refusing to bargain with the union, and ordered the firm to rehire the strikers and resume bargaining. Joyce refused, saying hiring halls are illegal under the Nevada "right to work" law and citing a Nevada state court decision. The 9th Circuit judges said the court, and the NLRB, are "bound by the construction which the courts of Nevada place upon the statutes of that state." They therefore accept the proposition that the hiring hall proposal is forbidden by the Nevada "right to work" laws, the judges continued. But Section H'b) of the Taft-Hartley Act does not protect a state law which is so broadly stated, they said, and the proposed hiring hall did not give the union exclusive right to its use. Therefore the provision is "not the type of agreement which was left to state regulation" under 14(bl, and the Nevada law is not controlling, the appeals court ruled. Section 14ib) allows states to prohibit agreements which re­ quire union membership as a condition of employment, the judges observed, adding "the extent to which Section 14'b) authorizes states to limit collective bargaining is a federal question." Philadelphia Expects New Cargo Record Phlladelpfcia, along with lie neighboring ports on the Delaware River are predicting that the 1965 volume totals of import-export shipping will top all other U.S. sea­ ports in foreign trade for the sixth consecutive year. A total of more than 54 million tons is indicated by preliminary statistical totals. Cargo moving through the Dela­ ware River porta exceeded 27 mil­ lion tons dnring the first six months oi the year, and with no slackening of the pace during the last six months, a cargo gain of about one million tons over the 1964 totals is expected. Projects For Future Several port area projects are planned for the future to main­ tain and expand llie Delaware ports' growth. Three hig non-mari­ time projects, a rapid transit sys­ tem and the construction of two bridges across the Delaware, are expected to cost over SToO.OOO over the next five yeais. Philadelphia itself i.s aiming at improvement projecl.s for the port area to increa.se it.s share of gen­ eral cargo trade in relation to Baltimore, New York, and other ports. These include a general car­ go pier con.sti'uction program, navigational impro\einent.s in the Delaware River and the Chesa­ peake and Delaware Canal, port highway improvements and im­ proved governments services such as cu.stoms and quartine facilitie.'i. �taamurj 1. INC SEAFARERS Pace Fire LOG Highlights Of Labor 1965 Organized labor chalked up more suc­ cesses in 1063 — although mixed with some frustrations—than for a long, long time. A review of the year from AFL-CIO News, shows that activity reached into many areas with these highlights; • Record welfare legislation passed by the first session of the 89th Congress in­ cluded medicare and education bills. But there was disappointment in failure to repeal Section 14(b) or to pass other labor-supported measures. • An atmosphere of unity accentuated in 10th year of AFL-CIO merger. • Union membership reversed trendnow on the upswing. • Increased economic gains scored at the collective bargaining tables. January In a New Year's message, AFL-CIO Pres. Ceorge Meany predicted "unpre­ cedented progress, both economic and social," in 1965 . . . AFL-CIO Legisla­ tive Director Andrew J. Biemiller says on the legislative front: "It'a been a long time since we have had the opportunities we now have" ... Pres. Johnson pledges to work for repeal of Section 14ibi . . . 14point legislative program pushed by AFLCIO at legislative conference . . . February Building trades. Industry peace plan signed in White House ceremonies . . . LBJ, Meany hit treatment of Selma, Ala., Negroes . . . Philadelphia teachers vote for Teachers' Union in landmark election . . . New Mexico Senate rejects "right to work" proposal . . . Five rail unions win pacts to protect jobs . . . Frank Raftery elected president of Painters . . . March ^ Craft, industrial unions agree on situs picketing plan , . . AFL-CIO Executive Council pushes jobs, decent wages, $2 minimum; called vital to victory on pov­ erty . . . 32,000 Steelworkers strike two can firms . . . Montana legislature urges repeal of 14fb) . . . Appalachia, first "Great Society" measure, passes 80th Congress . . . Economist Galbraith backs union drive for $2 wage floor, shorter work week . . . Seima, Ala., Sheriff Jim Clark revealed as having first organized civilian posse to fight unions . . . LBJ's plan to end voting barriers backed by labor . , . Construction, factory jobs reach new levels . . . World entertainment un­ ions set up international body . . . Edward Keating, founding editor of Labor news­ paper, dies at 89 . . . Situs picketing bill introduced in Congress . . . Youngstown newspaper strike moves into eight month . . . 32,000 Glass Bottle Blowers strike . . . Sam Zagoria, former Washington News­ paper Guild president, named to NLRB . . . Unionists join civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery . . . After seven years, House Ways & Means Com­ mittee approves medicare, ups social se­ curity benefits . . . April Supreme Court rules lockout is okay as economic weapon . . . Humphrey says U.S. in debt to free labor movement . . . Glass Bottle Blowers win 11-day strike . . . Building trades legislative conference sets top goals as situs picketing, 14(b) re­ peal . . . Afro-Asian Institute makes big gains in free labor activity . . . Paul Jen­ nings elected to head lUE . . . Jobless rate drops to 4.7 percest; lowest since 1957 . . . Medicare passes by lop-sided count in House . . . AFL-CIO plans for equal job opportunity section of 1964 civil rights law effective July 2 . . . May Lie detector probe pushed by Congress . . . Labor strongly opposes Dirksen amendments to undercut Supreme Court's "one man, one vote" ruling . . . Labor joins campaign to defend consumer against electric power lobby . . . Johnson again presses for repeal of 14(b) , . June House hearings continue on 14(b) re­ peal; cross section of U.S. leaders urge repeal . . . AFL-CIO backs immigration bill . . . State appeals court knocks out ctiy "work" laws in Kentucky . , . Two key Supreme Court rulings expose unions to anti-trust laws . . . 89th Congress heads for record as more bills pass . . v Spokesmen for three religious groups give "ethical" basis for "work" law op­ position . . . House Labor Committee backs repeal of 14ib) . . . AFL-CIO af­ filiates offering $1 million in scholarships . . , Wirtz, Haggerty ask for action on situs picketing . . . Excise tax cuts open way to boom in purchasing power . , . House okays cabinet-level Urban Affairs Dept. . . . July NLRB orders employer to bargain with union he tried to run away from . . . Fair employment practices become law of the land with labor backing . . . Food price scare fizzles as move for braceros is derailed . . . Overwhelming vote in Senate assures medicare passage after conference with House . . . Voting rights bill wins Senate, House approval . . . Labor mourns death of Adlai Stevenson . . . Johnson praises AFL-CIO as advocate of people's interests . . . Medicare finallylaw; 20 million to benefit . . . August NLRB says 69 workers illegally fired by J. P. Stevens textile company . . . House votes repeal of 14(b) . . . Congress probes "inhuman" treatment of rail fire­ men . . . Building Trades Dept. and Red Cross launch major first aid program . . . ILGWU sets up home loan program for Negroes in intergrated areas . . . House unit passes $1.75 minimum wage extends coverage to 6.2 million more workers . . . Senate rejects Dirksen scheme to under­ cut "one man, one vote" . . . Johnson signs voting rights bill . . . Wirtz, Meany urge jobless pay modernization as House committee opens hearings . . . Pipe Fitters win new national contract . . . Senate Labor Committee approves 14(b) repeal September New steel strike deadline set as John­ son takes hand In bargaining , . . Urban Affairs Dept. passed by Congress . . . Dirksen plans to filibuster against 14(b) repeal . . . Guild strikes New York Times; other papers lock out employes . . .AFLCIO council calls atalling on minimum wage "abominable" . . . October Pre-filibuster against taking up 14(b) starts . . . New York Times strike settled . . . Meany makes strong appeal to Sen­ ate for 14'b) repeal . . . Senate rejects cloture on filibuster on taking up repeal of 14(b); Mansfield says repeal dropped for this session . . . Medicare architect, AFL-CIO's Nelson Cruikshank, and Serafino Romualdl, AIFLD director, retire . . . Final days of 89th Congress lose earlier glitter as labor bills get side­ tracked . . . November AFL-CIO Executive Council scores Dirksen for fighting against letting 14'b) come to a vote . . . NLRB decision points to need of situs picketing bill . . . Neigh­ borhood Youth Corps reports that it is preparing 370,000 for skilled jobs . . . AFL-CIO asks action to stop wage chisel­ ing . . . Unemployment continues to drop . . . Bircher's Welch admits that his society is fighting against repeal of 14'b) . . . Paul Hall says U.S. merchant fleet should be doubled . . . December Jobless rate hits lowest level since 1957 . . . Wirtz, at Building Trades Dept. con­ vention, warns against putting breaks on the economy . . . Federal Reserve in­ creases discount interest rate; Meany blasts action . . . Metal Trades Dept. hears report on spurt in organizing of federal emplbyes . . . AFL-CIO convention opens —Meany says federation on threshold of great growth . . . Humphrey credits AFLCIO with "historic" legislation role . . . Meany, Schnitzler re-elected; eight new vice presidents elected by AFL - CIO convention . . . AFL-CIO supports U.S. policy in Viet Nam ... Social Security Boost Gives Americans Increased Benefits That extra deduction in the pay envelopes of America's wage-earners this year will help pay for the biggest package of benefits ever added to the Social Security system. Shipping has remained good in the entire Gulf area and the out­ Matched by an increase in the Social Security tax paid by employers, the added look for the coming period is the same. The Dock Board announced recently, that the port of New Orleans revenue will finance. Bigger *will register a year's-end increase in cargo tonnage despite the retirement benefits for work­ and a moderate increase for those is how the payroll deductions af­ fect the worker making the aver­ damage and disruption of shipping caused by Hurricane Betsy. ers and their families and the in the higher brackets. age manufacturing wage of $109.30 By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President. Gulf Area The SlU-manned Del Sud loaded the Gemini 5 sfpace capsule in Houston recently for shipment to South America, where it will be shown at industrial fairs in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires For upgrading Louisiana's edu­ cational standards, Nash C. Rob­ erts, chairman of the Louisiana State Advisory Committee on Lite­ racy and of the Adult Instruction Membership Conunittee, was hon­ ored at the SIU hall on December 21 by the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO. Roberts received the group's fourth annual Community Services Award. Todd Shipyard in New Orleans, which has been operating at about 50 percent of capacity since the loss of one of its floating drydocks during Hurricane Betsy expects to return to normal operation by the middle of January. Todd is mov­ ing a 12,000-ton, six-section drydock from its Houston yard to temporarily replace the one which capsized during Betsy. New Orleans Anthony Rodrlgnex expects to be on the beach here until after Carnival, which falls on Washing­ ton's Birthday, February 22, this year. After that Tony wants either a North Europe or South America run. George Annis has his fifd again after being laid up for about 10 months. Annis. whose last ship was the Del Santos, filled in for us as photog­ rapher and took the pictures for the Christmas party at the hall. After a long spell as second steward aboard the Del Mar, Bennle Gnarino got off to be home for the Holidays with his family. Houston Hugo B. Jeffcoat, whose last ship was the Transhudson, is re­ maining on the beach here for the holidays and expects to ship out again shortly after the new year. Berkey Shuler is hoping his broken leg heals quickly enough so he can Jeffcoat get his ffd and ship again in February. F. Szoblik (Continued on page 11) longer a worker pays, at the higher The increase is less than it ap­ rate, the bigger his pension on re­ pears at first glance because even tirement. without the changes, the rate was scheduled to go up in 1966 to pay The added" revenue will also pro­ for improvements made in previous vide for: years. • Higher insurance benefits for There will be further step-ups widows and children of workers until, by 1987, workers and em­ who die either before or after re­ ployers each pay 4.85 percent of tirement. the first $6,600 of earnings for • Payment for hospital and basic social security benefits and nursing home care for workers and eight-tenths of 1 percent for hos­ their families at age 65. And assur­ pital insurance. For 1966, the rate ance that younger families will be is 3.85 percent for social security free from the fear of budget-crush­ and 35 one-liundredtivs of 1 per­ ing medical bills resulting from the cent for hospital oare. illness of parents and other elderly More significant than the minor relatives. adjustment in the tax rale is Uie • A 7 percent increase in cash higlier amount of earnings subject benefits for persons on the Social to the social security tax. The im­ Security rolls—already in effect for mediate effect is a bigger bite out of current pay checks since the tax a year. will be computed on earnings up • Easier qualification for dis­ to $6,600 instead of $4,800. The ability benefits and liberalization of eventual effect will be social se­ many other provisions, including curity retirement incomes up to continuation of suvivorship bene­ $168 instead of $127 for an in­ fits to children over 18 who are in dividual and $252 in.stead of $190.50 or a couple with a maxi­ school. This year's increase in Social mum family survivorship benefits Security taxes amounts to only pen­ of $368 instead of $254. nies a week for lower-paid workers In dollars and cents terms, here a week—or $5,683.60 a year: In 1965, he paid $174 in social security taxes—^the amount paid by all workers earning more than $4,800 a year. During 1966, he will pay a total of $238.71. Of this, $19.89 will be the hospital insurance deduction. Retired workers with earnings from part-time or temporary work will gain by provisions of the new law which permit greater outside earnings than previously without loss of benefits. Everyone over 65 will be eligi­ ble for basic hospital insurance starting July 1, 1966. and for nurs­ ing home benefits starting Jan. 1, 1967. The payroll deduction for the program begins this month. There is no payroll deduction for tlie voluntary medicare pro­ gram. which covers doctor bills and most health expense not in­ cluded in the hospital insurance. That program goes into effect July 1. financed by $3-a-\month premiums paid by persons over 65 matched by an equal amount paid by the government. �Face Six SEAFARERS JuwiT T, INf LOG DISPATCHERS To Top Oceons^ Riches Wat«r« Di«trl«t December 18 to December 31 DECK DEPARTMENT U.S. Urged To Launch More Undersea Probes TOTAL REGISTERED AH Groups Class A Class B Port 0 4 Boston 26 68 New York 3 12 Philadelphia 18 26 Baltimore NEW YORK—The moon race will someday give way to a Norfolk 7 3 5 Jacksonville 5 great race to the bottom of the sea in which nations will Tampa 0 5 rush to claim huge diuiiks of underwater territory rich in Mobile 3 12 37 New Orleans 54 food and minerals, a noted Houston 28 55 telligent and determined effort, he oceanographer has predicted. Wilmington 7 13 predicts. San Francisco .... 17 30 Such a race could change The U.S. has already taken pre- Seattle 22 8 the world's power structure, lim.inary steps toward working out Totals 155 313 oceanographer Dr. Wllbert Mc- the mechanics of living and work­ Leod Chapman said, and suggested ing beneath the sea with the recent that the United States should put Sealab II experiment in which "a few men down on one of the ! teams of aquanauts lived and higher spots of the Atlantic Ridge worked for two-week periods on for a while." That first station the U.S. continentai shelf, 205 feet could become a base for deeper benea'h the surface of the Pacific exploration where the riches will Ocean off La Jolla, California. be found, he said. Much more study and explora­ Food, Minerals tion is needed, according to Chap­ Those riches in the sea. Chapman man, before we can profitably said, could feed the world and pro- harvest the aea. He said the vide it with minerals for centuries I mechanics of producing food from to come. He notes that the U.S. the sea are not too well under­ produces only, a little more than stood, but noted that we already two million tons of fish a year but realize its enormous magnitude consumes six million tons, buying and can now tell in a general way the rest from foreign countries. which areas of the sea. are richly Our taeafood harvest could be in­ productive valley lands and which creased to 11 million tons with in- are the barren desert stretches. QUESTION: Was 1965 a good year for you and why? Whitney Martin, Jr.: The first part of last year was good for me, although I've run into a little bad luck during the last two or three months. Several very good trips came my way, and I got to see a good part of the world. Both of my kids received high marks in high school during 1965, and my oldest boy made the first string on the basketball team. I have great hopes for him during the coming year. ^ ^ Thomas Morton: I considered it good year for shipping, but otherwise things were rather ordi­ nary for me with nothing extra special happen­ ing. I did, though, make several interest­ ing trips to Northern Europe. I think the SIU did well in secur­ ing the new contract—a raise in pay is always welcome! Too, I con­ sider the lifeboat training I re­ ceived in 1965 to be very useful. Robert Russ: I'd call the year 1965 a pretty good season for my­ self and the SlU. It seems that the Union has proceeded along smoothly, and I had good luck In shipping out and ran into no major difficulties. In fact, I consider myself very lucky, since I was one of the crew on the Niagara when she began losing plates, and we made it home safely, while there was a chance of elnking. Richard Yareaower: Yes, It was definitely a good year for me, because I got married and a daughter, Lisa was born a few months ago. My family and my­ self settled down in Brooklyn last year. Also, I met several new peo­ ple and made lasting friend­ ships around the Union Hall. And to top it all off, I have started off the New Year with a berth on an SIU ship. ^ ^ Fazil Ali: I had a good 1965 with things going real well. Financially my family and I were stable, and I got to spend a good bit of time with my wife and kids. Too, I thought shipping was very good, and I never hurt for work. It sort of balanced the year having steady employment and some free time to spend with my family. ^ 4 ^ 4. i, 4. Bill White: I had a very good year, partially due to the fact that I got married and have a child on the way. It's good to be settled down. Also, ship­ ping was above average, and I held a steady Job, go things went well with me financially. My wife and I moved into an apartment in Brooklyn last year, and married life is running along very well TOTAL SHIPPED AU Gronps Class A Class B ClassC 0 1 4 15 23 45 10 5 10 1 15 14 0 3 5 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 13 0 19 44 27 38 50 1 11 7 13 27 11 6 7 22 134 81 244 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups ClassA ClanB 14 1 £23 61 38 11 106 47 22 16 9 12 13 6 82 26 169 105 140 73 17 8 61 25 47 11 944 399 II ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTEP.ED All Groups Class A Class B 3 0 57 39 10 8 24 5 4 5 0 4 1 3 11 3 34 40 36 31 11 10 23 13 8 8 229 162 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 3 25 13 43 9 2 7 12 8 3 2 5 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 7 4 2 32 22 3 36 34 19 2 7 3 21 18 17 9 8 5 176 140 74 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 5 2 152 61 32 21 62 46 27 16 5 11 10 3 43 15 128 85 69 79 19 11 51 9 22 13 635 362 I: A 1* STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Class A Class B 2 0 Boston 57 New York 14 14 4 Philadelphia 9 Baltimore 18 Norfolk 1 3 Jacksonville 1 3 Tampa 1 0 Mobile 9 8 New Orleans 23 36 Houston 22 19 Wilmington ....... 7 8 San Francisco 11 2 Seattle 11 5 Totals 190 98 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 0 1 32 13 14 2 3 9 15 13 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 33 22 6 21 20 32 0 2 2 9 7 25 10 4 9 134 90 104 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A ClassB 5 2 130 25 28 9 70 35 14 21 4 7 12 0 57 27 145 86 52 21 20 13 35 5 18 11 590 262 if I u A »« 4 4 Raps Plan To Build Ships Abroad (Continued from page 3) industry by forcing American shipowners now operating vessels built in American j-ards to com­ pete against vessels built in foreign yards at lower costs. "Mr. White," Mr. Hall said in his letter, "already enjoys the privilege of building ships abroad and operatdng them in the foreign trades—at a very nice profit, ac­ cording to our understand/ing. And so there would seem to be no par­ ticular advantage to him or in­ centive for him to register his foreign-trading ships under the American flag and have to use American crews which he has fre­ quently claimed demand so much in wages as to make profitable operation virtually impossible. "That being the case, what Is the purpose of the suggestion Mr. White has made, that we legalize the use of foreign-built vessels in all trades? We can only conclude that Mr. White, not content with the profits he is making by using runaway flags in the overseas trades, now would like to increase these profits by invading the only protected stronghold we have and, in effect, bringing the runaway, flag Into the domestic trades." Because of this threat. Hall asserted, a number of banks and lending institutions in this country have already begun to show an in­ creasing reluctance to finance new shipping ventures by domesticallybuilt vessels. Finally, the SIU president took Issue with White's .statements con­ cerning the subsidy burden of the Advisory Committee proposals. "Mr. White's concern for the American taxpayer is touching of course," he said. "But the fact is that the privilege the United States Government now gives to Mr. White, to operate his vessels under runaway flags and thereby amass profits by evading the taxes, wages and other costs borne by American ship owners is just as much of a subsidy as the money given to American shipowners for the construction and operation of American vessels. "These runaway operators, as we have pointed out many times before, do not pay the same Federal taxes paid by American shipping companies and other American business enterprises. They do not employ American sea­ men who would pay personal in­ come taxes to the Government and who would spend their money with other Americans who, in turn, would pay taxes. They do not serv­ ice, store or repair their vessels In American yards or help to sup­ port American shipyard workers and others, who would also pay taxes. "Instead, by increasing Ameri­ can unemployment, by reducing American purchasing power, by contributing to our balance of pay­ ments deficit, and in many other ways, these runaway operators throw a heavy burden upon the American economy, the American Government and the American people. "Thus, each time an American shipowner operates a vessel under a runaway flag it costs the Ameri­ can taxpayer money—and we sub­ mit that this money, although a hidden subsidy, is as surely a sub­ sidy as the money we spend to build chips in American yards or operate them under the American flag. •H • H "We believe," Hall concluded, "that Mr. White's dissenting opinion has been motivated only by self-interest, and we believe that his proposals. If implemented, would result in a stili f^her decimation of the American-flag merchant fleet which the Mari­ time Advisory Committee is at­ tempting to preserve." 4 4 Atlantic Coast (Continued from page 4) shortly. Cecil Jennette, who last sailed aboard the Belfium Victory, is now fit for duty and ready to ship after a few stints in the hos­ pital. Alfred Sawyer, a member of the SIU for the past twenty-two years was home for the holidays and is ready to ship out again. Al's last ship, the Hastings, collided with a German ship in the English channel and was drydocked in a Ger­ man shipyard for 18 days. San Juan Democratic Senator Gayiord Nel­ son has been named chairman of a Senate Labor sub-committee scheduled ^ to hold hearings on pending minimum wage legislation in Puerto Rico from January 3-5. The Republican member will be Senator Javits of New York. Anibal Albe, after seven months on the Seatrain Georgia, dropped down here recently for a short va­ cation. Also dropping by the Hall here during the Alcoa Runner's last stay in San Juan was Prime Fernandez, if H -I 4 4 4 4 : •'•1 !** i4ii' •A" i �mi T. Total COPE Effort Urged By AFL-CIO SEAFARERS LOG "O Captain, My Captain .. Warnii^ againat tha resurgent political atrength of right wing and eonaervative forcea, tha recent AFL-CIO convention urged all unlona and union meiribera to total effort in behalf of liberala in tha 1966 congressional elections and full support of COPE. 'fi A convention resolution pointed out "history and tradition are not on our aide." It noted the party in control <rf the White House usually loses seats in off-year congressional elections. The average loss in tha past 60 years has been 37 House seats and five Senate seats. The resolution warned the special targets of rightist political action will be the 51 new liberal congressmen elected in 1964. Without them, the convention said, the flow of progressive legislation enacted in 1965 —medicare, aid to education, war on poverty, housing, social security increases, voting rights and other programs—would not have been possible. The resolution called on every AFL-CIO affiliate to "render all a-ssistance and support to the policies and programs" of COPE to help re-elect labor's friends in 1966. It spelled out these six points; M : A V. it u A 1. We hold it to be a primary obligation of each trade union member to be a registered voter, and of affiliated national and international unions, local unions and central bodies to encourage the achieve­ ment of this goal, we commend those national and international unions which have made a registrar or COPE chairman a constitutional officer for each local union and urge others to follow their example. Membership lists should be made available to the properly con­ stituted COPE organization for processing in reglstration-and-vote campaigns, particularly in those areas where pilot projects employing data processing equipment are underway. 2. We call upon all affiliated national and international unions to designate one or more full-time staff members to work with their local unions in buiiding effective COPE programs. 3. We urge each local union to appoint a COPE committee which will coordinate its program with the city or county COPE in its area to the end that every union member will be assisted in becoming eligible to vote and will have the opportunity to participate fully in all phases of the COPE program. 4. We commend affiliates which accept the responsibiiity of meet­ ing their financial obligations to COPE. We urge those which have not to do so. COPE cannot achieve its full potential without full support. We therefore urge all affiliates (a) to accept the obligation of meeting the COPE quota, and (b) to promote the voluntary dollar drive vigorously and resourcefully. 5. The lines of communication to allied groups outside the labor movement should be carefully tended and extended. A prerequisite to our political auccess is a united effort with thoaa who shara common goais, such as friendly farm organizations, senior citzens and minority groups. I 6. We urge tno continuation and extension of those endorsement | procedures which ensure broad participation by tha affiliates of state j •iMl local central bodies and careful selection of candidates based only, •a issues and ability. The U.S. merchant marine has often been called our fourth arm of defense—and rightly so. In peacetfme it carries the com­ merce which keeps our economy strong. In wartime and in emergency situations such as the present situation in Vietnam, the merchant marine carries the cargoes which keep our fighting men supplied in the farflung corners of the world. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is the commander-in-chief of our armed The American Federation af Members of Anserleaa Bakery 4c Coafectioiiery Woi^ers Local 503, Teachers will award research forces. It is his duty and responsibility to who last Angrnt gave labor Its first grants of 3190 to 31.000 to profes­ see to it that our defenses remain strong at representation election victory in sors, teachers and advanced stu­ nearly 30 years in an anti-union dents for original studies or ar­ all times. However the Vietnam emergency stronghold, have won their first ticles in education, social or phy­ has shown beyond a doubt that the U.S. union contract after a tumultuous sical science, and labor-manage­ merchant marine, our vital fourth arm of one-week strike. The Wellon Can­ ment relations. dy Company of Dunn, South Caro­ The union Vrants research that, defense, is not strong. It is weak, riddled lina, the employer, forced the avoiding the "ivory tower" ap­ with decay. Our active merchant marine strike by persisting in the anti­ proach, will "help the classroom union tactics it used at the time of teacher, provoke the 'fat cats' in has proved too small to adequately handle the election. During the seven-day education and stir the layman to even such a relatively small emergency as walkout 27 strikers were arrested action," said Research Director Vietnam. and an injunction severely limited Pete Schnaufer. picketing. It is tim.-; for the President to act, before The AFT expects that more than t J. t it is too late. He is at the helm—placed The Electrical, Radio 4c Machine 100 researchers will be awarded Workers have begun a subscription grants during the first year of op­ there by the American people, who trusted campaign of 31 'per member in vol­ eration. A scanning committee in­ in his wisdom and determination to keep untary donations to establish a ref­ cludes AFT President Charles Cougee resettlement village in South gen, Vice President Alfred J. Tap- America strong. The fate of the merchant Vietnam. The union executive son and Schnaufer. A short marine can no longer be left in the hands board said it acted on appeals from summary of proposed articles, an of government agencies and administrators, President Johnson and others for idea as to approach and an indica­ increased participation by free tion of sources should be sent to who have consistently downgraded the mer­ world agencies in volunteer efforts Schnaufer at 716 N. Rush St., Chi­ chant marine and allowed the entire mar­ cago, 111. 60611. to help the Vietnamese people, itime industry to decline to the point where i" 4" 4" ilv ^ ^ Five hundred refugee families in its weakness endangers the entire nation. Albert J. Koban, former National South Viet Nam are having a hap­ Labor Relations Board attorney The President has the means at hand, in and field examiner and a former pier hoiiday season because the arbiter, has been named Boston AFL-CIO Building 8c Construction the President's Maritime Advisory Commit­ NLRB regional director, effective Trades Department didn't send out tee report, to take the steps necessary to put January 1. He succeeds Bernard departmental Christmas cards. the U.S. merchant marine back on the road L. Alpert, who died after 20 years Instead, BCTD President C. J. in the post. Hoban, 54, was for 12 Haggerty sent a check for $500 to to health and strength. He also has at hand, y^ars an a.s.sistant attorney general CARE and specified that it be used n the Interagency Task Force report, which of Rhode Island and served as an for .500 CARE packages "to be sent adviser to governors of that state to tiiose deserving" In South Viet advocates further undermining the merchant marine and in effect dealing a death blow Nam. ori labor matters. to our maritime industry, proof that the future of the merchant marine must be taken out of the hands of petty government bureaucrats. The President must act now to implement the recommendations of the Maritime Advi­ sory Committee report. The MAC already rejected the Interagency Task Force report, which proposed maintaining the U.S.-flag share of our own cargoes at about 8.6 jjercent and allowing foreign-flag and foreignbuilt ships in the U.S. trades. The MAC report recognizes that an ex­ panded and improved American-flag mer­ chant fleet is one of the nation's vital needs. It calls for an expansion of the fleet through stepped-up Government aid, to a point where it carries at least 30 percent of this country's foreign commerce. It calls for direct subsidy of American shipyards instead of allowing our capacity to build ships decay. It calls for faster replacement of obsolete vessels with modern ships and advocates paying increased attention to the vital bulk segment of our fleet. It endorses an oil import quota instead of leavi.ng this important trade to runaway-flag vessels and urges retention of U.S. passenger ships. It recognizes that seamen's jobs must not be further reduced but must be maintained through an overall expansion of the fleet. All these measures have been advocated before by the SIU and other American ma­ ritime unions. They have been repeated now by the President's own advisory com­ mittee. It is time now for the President himself to act. A new policy toward mari­ time must be formulated on the highest level. The public interest demands positive action now to rebuild the merchant fleet �k'-,;'' = - Juiurr T. INt It was family day at the New York SIU hall for Mrs. Irene Jedrzejewski end her children, from left to right, George, Mary, Victor, Creston and Catherine. Seafarers and families who enjoyed Christmas dinner at SiU hall in Now Orleans were greeted by brightly decorated Christmas tree. Seafarer Robbie J. Moos and his family gath­ ered around the well-set table at the New Orleans hall and enjoyed the festivities. Family and friends of Seafarer Lorenzo Corrasquillo were among the many who enjoyed big Christmas dinner at the New Orleans Hall. Seafarer David Blonstein, flanked by his wife and two sons, Noil and Charlie, was photo­ graphed by the LOG cameraman at the New York fiall on Christmas Day. The hall was crowded with Seafarers and families enjoying the traditional dinner with all the fixings. Jose Gonzales (far right), who sails it] the deck department, was on hand for Christmas dinner in New York with members of his family. Gonzales makes his home in New York. Carmen Bonefont (right), wife of Seafarer Juan Bonefont, attended Christmas dinner in the New York hall along with daughter Judith Bonefonte. Christmas is an especially big day for the children, who were o.n hand in force at the New Orleans hall on Christmes day. Here they gather on stairway for a group photo. Seafarer Henry Bailey and his family enjoyed SIU Christmas dinner with all the fixings at Frankfurt, Michigan. At Frankfort, Michigan, SIU Christmas dinner was served to a big turnout, in­ cluding Seafarer Fast and wife. Mrs. Robert Ullom of Frankfort and her children turned out for the Christmas festivities with other SIU families. iy>% No Christmas is complete without Santa Claus. Children of Seafarers include Donny and Dean Lanier, and Harold, Charlene and Dawn McClure, in New Orleans. The traditional SIU Christmas dinner saw a good turnout of Seafarers and families at the Philadelphia hall. Big fluffy fur hat at right drew favorable comments from all the Philadelphians present. IftiPlilSffrl On hand for Christmas dinner at Wilmington were (I-r) SIU United Industrial Workers mem­ bers Antonio Guerrero and Manuel Avlla; Seafarer Charies Kath and wifei SIU aoent Frank f.i I* I r" •oBMe.a • ' ^Miue muwrn Doyno isranaingji oeararer ca rnrcnara and wite. The serving lines were long at the Wilmington hall, but the food was delicious and well worth the short wait. Both SIU and SUP members and /emilies were on hand. Shortly efter this photo was taken. Seafarer oldtimer W. P. Andereon, shown above with his family at Christmas dinner In Houston, sailed aboard the Transhartford. Every half hour from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., SIU rep M. J. Blanton gave out presents to e different group of SIU kids during the Christmas dinner at the Houston hall. Although Seafarer J. L. Bass was at sea aboard the Penn Exporter, his family joined in the Christmas celebration with other Seafarers and families at ttie Houston hall. For families of Seafarers away from home. It was a chance to spend the day with SIU friends. Seafarer oldtimer Lenard Pretiaut (standing) was at the Houston hall with his whole family en Christmas day. Reports from all the SIU facilities in ell of the major ports show that the Christmas dinners were very well attended. �P»C« Tea SEAFdUEMS toe Jmuj T. INt Hard-Won tmisun TImo Fuf To Good Um Trade Unionists Donate Time, Leadership, To Aid Boy Scouts By Al Taanar, Vica PrasldMt oad Frad Fcrneii. Sdcratary-IrMstirar, Graot Lakra Tbe Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers have been successful in WASHINGTON—Increased leisure won in union contracts has helped strengthen labor's their 227 day strike against the Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation. long-standing partnership with the Boy Scouts, AFL-CIO Community Service Activities The OCAW recently sent a letter to the SIU Gt. Lakes District has reported. > thanking us for the support we gave them during the strike. Trades Council agreed to furnish fully performs for its sons, neigh­ We are proud to say that during this period not one SIU ship Current nationwide interest all the labor needed on the Scouts' bors, and the community. More of discharged any cargo at the Wyandotte Plants. The SIU Gt. Lakee in the children of the poor newly acquired San Isabel Scout our people are volunteering as District also gave Christmas baskets to needy families of the strikers, has accelerated the rapport Ranch. their union wins more leisure time some of whom had as many as eleven children. between the nation's largest labor In Waterloo, la., the Blackhawk for them at the collKtive bargain­ Pete Moore, the President of striking OCAW Local 7-627 recently center and its largest organization County AFL-CIO sponsors a Sea ing table." sent a letter to the SIU Gt. Lakes District thanking us for the support of boys, CSA Director Leo Perlis Scout ship and i^ a co-sponsor of that we gave them during the strike. told federation President George the annual Scout-O-Rama show. The letter read as follows: "Now that our strike against the Wyan­ Meany. Labor help In Philadelphia In­ dotte Chemicals Corporation is over, I would like to thank you and Labor union members provide your piembership for the wonderful support that your union gave some 25 percent of all scoutmasters cludes supplying meeting places— our Local during the seven month strike. and sponsor more than 230 Scout by the SIU and the Textile "If all of the other unions would have cooperated as yours did, troops. Cub Scout packs and Ex­ Workers Union of America; spon­ the strike might have been over a long time ago.^ Our membership plorer Scout units, Perlis said in soring scout uniita arid helping •msm and I will always remember the cooperation that your union gave mm summarizing a report prepared by raise funds—^Amalgamated Cloth­ O. W. Moody, Jr., AFL-CIO liaison ing Workers, International Ladies' us." SAN FRANCISCO—The Hawai­ DETROIT man with the Boy Scouts of Amej> Garment Workers and Electrical, ian Queen, second of two justRadio & Machine Workers; provid­ ica. During the years 1962-1964 we had several SIU Atlantic and Gulf ing music for the annual dinner completed combination container"Bill" Moody, who devoted 17 —^the American Federation of ships, automobile carriers and bulk contracted ships arrive here; however, in 1965 only two SIU A&G years to the Seafarers Internation­ Musioi»is, sugar freighters of SIU Pacific ships arrived on the Lakes (the Hastings (Waterman) and the Jofan C. al Union and the labor movement, (Atlantic Carriers). Five unions rronated their serv­ District-contracted Matson Naviga­ was appointed during 1964 as As­ CHICAGO tion Company, is scheduled to be­ sistant to the National director of ices to complete a rangers' resi­ gin regular service early in 1966. Shipping has finally coma to a standstill In this area with the last the Finance Service of the Boy dence and a Council ofbce at a vessel, the Henry Ptatt, of Gartland, laying up in Chicago on Christmas The jumboized C-4 vessel will Eve. The only thing operating in this area now is the Tanker Detroit. Scouts of America. In this post he Scout camp in the Paducah, Ky., enter the Los Angeles to Hawaii is responsible for liaison between area. Three members were hospitalized in Chicago at the Vets Research the Boy Scouts and the Commu­ At Ballston Spa., N.Y. members trade in which her sistership, the Hospital, and have since been discharged with the exception of one nity Services Department of the of Carpenters Local 1015 came to Hawaiian Monarch, has been op­ man, Joe Wljiecieoswkl, off the Harris Snyder, with bad back injuries. AFL-CIO. Camp Saratoga and gave a full erating since September. Con­ This has been a good year relative to shipping and Job opportunities, The range of cooperation be­ day of skilled labor toward the version of the two former troop­ ships for their specialized trade and next season looks brighter yet. We would like to say again tween labor and Scout groups ex­ erection of a camp lodge. that all members with sufficient time should take a few days to tends from sponsoring troops, serv­ Retail Clerks locals in Washing­ cost about $16.5 million. study and upgrade, thereby giving themselves the advantage of ing on Scouts boards and helping ton, D.C., have given money and Over 190 "live" automobiles, securing better paying jobs during the 1966 season. All Ports and secure financial aid to building leadership to encourage scouting camps with donated labor—$150,- in a low-income and high-delin­ with gas in tanks and batteries Agcmts will be available, giving complete assistance to those who connected, can be carried on eight wish to take advantage of the SIU Educational Program. 000 worth in one area. quency area. levels in the No. 1 hold. Containers FRANKFORT Said Perlis of other examples; of up to 12,800 tons of bulk sugar In Colorado, unions in the Pueb­ Tbe Ann Arbor Railroad Company is again hauling taconite from lo County Building & Construction 'This is a service that labor cheer­ can be_carried in holds 2, 3 and 4. Manistique to Frankfort in the carferries. Additional autos can be carried as All of the Ann Arbor fleet laid in for weather on Christmas Day, containerized cargo, but gas must giving many of the men a chance to to be with their families. be drained and batteries discon­ BUFFALO nected. With twenty ships laid up In this port with storage grain, the Addition of the Hawaiian Queen indication is that there will be a fair amount of shifting work during and Hawaiian Monarch allow Mat- the Winter months. son to abift the all-container The last ship in for lay up was the CMeege Trader, that arrived Hawaiian Citizen and Hawaiian early In the A.M. of December 24th, so at least some ef the men By Frank IhronA, West Ceasl RcprasMtotivn Merchant to service the Portland- made It home for Ciiristmas, Shipping continues to be good in San Francisco especially for entry Seattle-Honolulu and a m a 11e r Gus Wolf would like to extend his gratitude to ell the members ratings in all three departments. Tbe outlook for tbe rennunder of Hawaiian Island run. who remembered him with Christmas cards this year. January also looks very good. 4Ships paying off during the last to Alaska. Jack has been a mem­ shipping period were the Fairp<Ki, ber of the SIU foi 19 years. Yaka. Sio Grande and the TransBob Cossibbin, who had to get western ships. Signing on in­ off the T^;MI Topa to go into drycluded the Fairport, Yaka, and Rio dock for awhile is now fit for duty Grande. and waiting for the first job to Ships in transit were the Eagle hit the boards. Bob has been a Voyager, Steel Architect, York- member of the SIU for 24 years mar. Elizabethport, Choctaw, Steel and has participated in many of Flyer. Steel Apprentice, Portmar, the beefs that the union has had Transglobe, Marymar and the through the years. Longview Victory. Bjorne Granberg, who last sailed on the Ships due in for the next period Transpacific, is include the Rachel V. De Soto, FFD again now Fanwood, Young America, Santa and should be Emelia, Beloit Victory, Fairisle, ready to go again Panoceanic, Faith, Penmar and tbe in about a week San Francisco. or so. Bjorne has On the beach we have B. E. been a member Broderick, a real SIU oldtimer of the SIU for who piled off twenty years. the Express BufWe had a wonGranberg f a Io recently. d e r f u1 turnout Also on the beach is Juan for our annual Christmas -dinner Hopkins who re­ here and a good time was had by cently got off alL Wilmington the Elizabethport and said that Shipping for all ratings In the he's looking for port of Wilmington has been very a Far East good. During the past two week Hopkil run. period we had the Steel Flyer and Seattle the Choctaw payoff and also had Shipping has been good in Se­ seven ships in transit. attle for all ratings since the last Vic Egel blew into town after a period, and from all indications it 4-month trip on the San Francisco looks like it will continue for some as O.S. After a short vacation on time to come due to grain coming the beach he will be ready to go After successfully completing lifeboat training course at the Harry Lundeberg School of out of here and the situation in again. Seamanship, SIU Lifeboat Class No. 142 assembled for graduation picture. Newest batch Vietnam. We held our Christmas party in of lifeboat ticket holders are (l-r, bottom row): WiHiam Jenkins, Thomos Lyach. Middia On the beach here is Jack the hall on December 23 and bad row: Jim Brawn. Levi Chase, Charles Tucker. George Georgoussis, James Saluadore and Strouffb who got oif the Summit a good turnout of members and Fernanda Zaualo. Top row: George Chang. Jose A. AlBite. Henry Torres, Jr.. Manuel to spend the holida.va at home and their families. A good time was Moldonado and instructor Ami Bjornsson. is now waiting for a ship going had by alL 'iS '?r!| New Matson Containership Begins Service 'V Lifeboat Class No. 142 Graduates •A] �Juraary 1, MM SEAF ARERM to Bett^'iJll^j^ By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS January Buying Calendar Your family will have to cope with hlyher Hvlny oosU ayaln In 1966 after yolng: through, in 1965, the largest Increase In prices In this decade. At the beginning of the year we predicted a living-cost increase of about IV^ per cent. The actual increase in the past 12 months has been 1.8 per cent, despite the cut In excisp taxes on some goods. For 1966, we can expect another living-cost increase In the neigh­ borhood of 2 per cent. Any erosion this size in the buying power of the dollar qualifles as actual inflation, not merely the usual creeping inflation of 1 to per cent a year. The most serious problem you will have to deal with In 1966 is the high price of food. The Administration has been trying, with some success, to battle price increases on basic materials by releasing part of its own stockpiles of aluminum, copper, wheat, etc. But one retired worker told a recent consumer conference sponsored by Denver Labor Federation Community .Services: "The price increases I have to pay on food this year make the aluminum and copper increases look like pikers!" He proved it with examples, and got big applause. Tnere is some evidence that processors and distributors are in­ creasing prices of finished products more than hikes on raw materials warrant. Several food items have gone up more than abundant supplies seem to warrant. The big price increase in shoes is much larger than justified by prices of hides, farm representatives have written to this column. On January 1, 1966, several additional excise-tax reductions go into effect, and will help your family. The 10 per cent tax on phone service drops to 3. Some theater and sports admissions' taxes will be eliminated or reduced. The taxes on auto parts and accessories installed by dealers, and electric light bulbs, will be eliminated. The manufacturers' excise tax on cars, reduced from 10 to 7 per cent last summer, now drops to 6. Selective In Buying Bargain of the year is household appliances. Even after successive price cuts since the 1957-59 period, appliances have gone down another 5 per cent this year. Here are buying tips for 1966: FOOD: Meats especially are high. Some pork cuts already are 10 to 24 cents a pound higher than a year ago. Beef has not gone up as drastically, but most beefsteaks also co-st 10 cents a pound more. The price, hike on red meats has affected other foods. Even though turkey supplies are bigger, prices have been slightly higher. Eggs, too, cost more than last year. However, despite these Increases, your best buys in protein foods for 1966, to stretch costly meat, will be turkeys, eggs, broilers and other chicken, cheese and frozen fish. Broiler supplies will be heavy. In red meats, chuck with bone in, chopped beef, Boston butts and calls are your best buys. The butt and call (or picnic) are cut from the shoulder. The butt has more lean meat than the call, or any other pork cut. Even at its higher price, the butt is a better buy. CLOTHING: The real problem Is shoe prices, expected to go up another 50 cents to $1 on top of last fall's similar hike. Our advice is to shop the January shoe sales for current needs. You'll save two ways—on the sale price an1 by anticipating the forthcoming increase. Look for good buys in January clothing clearances. Including children's wear, expected to cost morp this spring. Especially take advantage of sales of "durable press" slacks and shirts foi^ men and boys. HOME EQUIPMENT: Among the outstanding values are the low prices available this year on vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dryers, ranges and refrigeratdrs. Gulf Coast Column (Continued from page 5* reports a .s^month voyage as chief cook aboard the Mount Washing­ ton. Louis P. Hagman, who got off the Merrimac to enjoy the holidays on the beach, says he would like nothing better than to be able to be able to get his chief steward slot back aboard the Merrimac again because he really likes that ship. Mobile F. Finch, who last sailed as bosun aboard the Producer on a trip to India is spending the holi­ days here with his wife. Finch has been shipping out of the Gulf since the Union's inception in va­ rious deck department ratings. F. Lta Miller is in drydock here with a knee injury he suffered back in September. His last ship was the Transhartford. Miller, who makes his home in Florida and has been shipping out of the Gulf area for the last twenty years or so, can hardly wait for his knee to get back in shape so he can grab a deck department slot on the first tiling smoking. Spending the holidays with his wife and family here, Joseph J. Logan last sailed on the bauxite run aboard the Alcoa Commander. An oiler's job going anywhere is his first resolution for the new year. Oldtimer Theodore R. Maples is enjoying the holiday seaseason by getting in some deer hunting. His last ship was the Montepeller Victory, on which he sailed as FWT. After a long spell as steward aboard the Halcyon Panthetr, Har­ old Westphall is on the beach, spending the holidays at home with his wife and family in nearby Satsuma, Alabama. Home for the holidays for the first time in a long while is LaFrance Smith, who last sailed in the steward depart­ ment aboard the Producer. Before that he sailed aboard the John B. Wateirman. rat* KICTW LOG Great Lakes States Oppose Seaway, Inland Waterway Tolls CLEVELAND—Opposition to all proposed waterway tolls and charges, including the tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway, has been voted unanimously by the Great Lakes Commission, representing all eight states bordering on the Lakes. Chairman of the Commis­ to tolls in Canadian shipping cir­ In addition, a "user" tax on the sion's Commerce and Naviga­ cles. fuel used by U.S. inland water car­ tion Committee, Louis C. Pur- In spite of constantly rising car­ riers has been proposed for the A dey, declared that any toll or charge at all, on any waterway, was a form of discrimination against a mode of transport. Tolls or user charges on Inland water­ ways are contrary to all treaties and precedents, in which U.S. pol­ icy has always been to oppose any form of restriction on access to in­ land waters, he said. He left no doubt that the com­ mittee's recommended motion to the full committee was intended to apply to the St. Lawrence Seaway in addition to domestic inland wa­ terways. Tolls Opposed Under an agreement between the U.S. and Canada, the cost of the St. Lawrence Seaway is to be amortized with revenue from tolls over a 50-year period. Next year an International Joint Commission is to make recommendations con­ cerning the level of Seaway tolls. However, there is strong opposition goes and revenues, the Seaway has been running in the red, meeting its operating costs and more in the Lake Ontario-Montreal section but not having enough to cover its de­ ferred interest charges. past several years. U.S. inland wa­ ter carriers have strongly opposed such a user tax as discriminatory against one mode of transport and has thus far had the support of Congress in this view. Canada Eyes Plan To Break Worst Seaway Bottlenecks OTTAWA—Two St. Lawrence Seaway canal improvement projects designed to eliminate the worst bottlenecks in the Seaway system, will be considered by the Canadian Cabinet, according to Minister of^ Transport John W h i t n e y of the Seaway system's worst bottlenecks. The bypass would be Pickersgill. considerably wider than the channel. The second proposal is for the construction of additional locks at Beauharnois, a two-lock system which studies of traffic increases predict will become the next major Seaway bottleneck unless action is taken. A project has already been start­ ed to twin all 'Welland locks to allow shipping to flow in both di­ rections at the same time. Coupled with the proposed bypass, this WASHINGTON—A "negative income tax" and the crea­ would dramatically reduce the time tion of socially useful jobs f9r the unskilled have been required for vessels to transit the 27-mile link between Lakes Erie proposed as part of a comprehensive, five-year attack on and Ontario. poverty by R. Sargent Although the bypass projects, Shriver, director of the Office Creation of these jobs for the which would cost an estimated unskilled would relieve the highly "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Economic Opportunity. skilled workers of necessary duties have not yet been approved or The negative income tax would in which their skills are not even considered by the Canadian use the Government's income tax utilized, much as the parking Cabinet, preparatory steps have machinery to supplement the in­ meter maids relieve trained police­ been taken by expropriation of the necessary land for these projects come of the poor by allowing ^n men for more important duties. to prevent land speculation, .\bout individual or family with an in­ Many such jobs remain un­ come below the tax-paying level created, Shriver says, because 4,000 acres east of Welland has to claim a payment based on the local governments and institutions been acquired for the proposed unused portion of his current do not have adequate funds. Under Welland Canal bypass plus 275 acres beside the Beauharnois Ca­ exemptions. his plan, the Federal Government nal, near Montreal, for additional A family of four, for example would put up 90 percent of the locks. with no income would get a pay­ cost, which would amount to $1 ment from the Government of billion or $2 billion a year. $420, or 14 percent (the lowest tax The negative income tax pro­ rate) of $3,000, the level at which' posal is designed to help close the the family's income becomes tax- so-called "poverty gap" of about SH table. $12 billion, which is the amount The second proposal would necessary to remove everybody create jobs for the unskilled in from the definition of poverty. A areas where the poor are con­ city family of four with less than centrated. These socially useful $3,150 yearly income is presently WASHINGTON—Two ships have jobs would be in the nature of considered poor. This program been added to the U.S. Govern­ hospital orderlies, nurses aides or would cost the Government an ment blacklist of ships which have billion a year under been to Cuba since January 1, 1963, maintenance and custodial workers estimated in public institutions and parks. present projections. bringing the number of ships in­ eligible to haul U.S. Governmentgenerated cargoes to 244. The vessels added during the two-week period ended December 13 were the 7,134 gross ton British CASH BENEFITS PAID; Sept. 1-Sept. 30, 1965 flag "Elicos," and the 7,245 gross ton Cypriot flag ".Alexandros," AMOUNT PAID the Maritime Administration an­ CUIMS nounced. $ 70,285.01 7,518 Hospital Benefits Although vessels may be re­ 39,885.50 moved from the blacklist on prom­ 18 Death Benefits 115,350.00 ise of their owners to keep them 769 Pension-Disability Benefits and all other ships under the same 7,726.70 control out of the Cuban trade, 39 Maternity Benefits 97,089.13 no ships were removed from the 817 Dependent Benefits list during the latest reporting 7,571,21 556 period. Optical Benefits British-flag ships still lead all 35,954.50 4,502 Out-Potient Benefits others on the list with 74 in the 430,569.55 Cuban trade< With the addition of 1,303 Vacation Benefits the Alexandres, there are now 12 Cypriot ships on the blacklist. TOTAL WELFARE. VACATION The total of 244 ships listed come to a total of 1,709,743 gross tons. $804,431.60 15,522 BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... The project proposals call for an 81^-mile bypass to straighten the canal and take it around the city of Welland, where five city bridges now cause periodic slow­ downs and which is considered one Negative Income Tax Would Aid The Poor Two Ships Added To Cuba Blacklist SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans �Pac« Twelv* SEAFARERS SlU Pensioner Recalls Youth During Tour Of The Far West By FRED HARVEY It being to my mind a nice time to go traveling, I decided to take a trip to the Pacific Northwest, so I just bought a ticket on the next day's train out of New York and left the city on the afternoon of Au-> gust the 16th. Arriving in left me sitting on the ground. It Chicago the following day, I didn't hurt much at the moment, Jammarr T. INt LOO trip to Boavbay, India, end h>> vited the whole erew to aw wedding. In the true fiUU spiril and tradition of the Brother^ To tbo Editori I wish to expreae my heart­ hood of the Sea all my ship­ felt appreciation to tho Sea­ mates turned out to help me in farers International Union of various ways. Bosun Wallace Simpson was North America, which has helped me at all times and considerate enough to arrange especially in the last four for my time off in port, other years, as I have been under the AB's and Ordinaries stood constant care of doctors since I my watches, and second cook was placed on the disability and baker Frank Constagno list. Everyone has gone out served as my best man. Then to his way to be helpful. Also, I wish to say that it is a privilege to be a member of such a wonderful union ae the SIU. The SIU has set up programs T lk E d i t Qi! to ease the member's burdens when they are going to sea, as well as lo<^ng after them and their needs when they are not All letters to the Editor lor able te continue their life as a publication in the SEAFARERS seaman. It is a plan that looks into the future to make life LOG must be signed by the more secure and worthwhile for writer. Names unll be withheld them when help is most need­ upon request. ed. Trouble comes very often when it is least expected, and top it ali off, Charles Johnson medical problems are among the of the steward department most expansive. The aid from took up a eolleotion for a my Union was most appreciated. wedding present from the crew. Frsternallr yours, All these things I will never Lawrence O. Russell forget, and It makes me proud to be a member of a union that % % %. lives up to its standards. It was a time when a Seafarer needs his Brothers to prove their kindness through action, and deeds, and not merely words. To the Editor: I just wanit to publicly ac­ Fellows, a vols of thanks from knowledge and again thank my Marlens and myself to all of fellow crewmembers aboard the you. Fraternally, Steel Fabricator. I was married on our last Fidel De DIos Welfare Benefits Draw Thanks hurried on out to Crystal Lake to so I Just climbed back aboard; but visit with my brother and his fam­ on dismounting back at the fair­ ily. He is 84 years old and still grounds, found my knee aching going strong. Myself, I'm only 79. and swollen. Old fashioned remedies are the After a round of visits here and there and seeing many places from best cures for things like sprained my very early childhood and meet­ ankles and their like. I found a ing some of the old settlers, my bottle of liniment and holed up in nephew took me up to the tip of my room for two days. the Kewounee Penninsular in About that time I decided I'd Wisconsin to visit my younger had enough of Montana and fibrother's place at Yill's Rock. We gured it was better to move on stayed there a whole week, riding further west. It was aibout four in around and looking over the coun­ the afternoon of September 2, try. On one of our rides we when I left Miles City, and got to stopped by a wooden statue of Butte, Montana by dark. That is Pensioner Fred Harvey Chief Oskosih of the Menominee quite a stretch of country, where rests for a moment in Egg Tribe that was posed by his grand- you go down the hills to Butte, Harbor, Wisconsin, under «on, who is now chief of the tribe. which seems to lay as If it were in the statue of Chief Oskosh. The next leg of my journey, a bowl. I surely admired the skill of the bus driver, maneuvering with stopovers here and there, rarian A1 Harmon. We just sat took me to Miles City, Montana, down those twisting roads. They around talking about whaleships where I had passed through many are crackerjack drivers. and sailing boats in general, with We got into Missoula, Montana the conversation being taped. I years before. It seems that for a couple of blocks in town, there and the Idaho panhandle is of the had several pictures taken »id got was a saloon and gambling house wildest sort—mountain ranges cov­ myself on television for thirty every other block, where pictures ered with acre after acre of white minutes. of days gone by adorn the walls. pine, rocky trails and cool clear Also, I went down to the SIU In the mornings I visited the fair- streams. Hall and eaw my old friend Paul groundfi and stockyards and San Francisco was one of the Yonso, who was just getting ready would sit in on a few hands of highlights of my journey. They to ship a bunch of .Seafarers out to poker in the afternoon at tl^ really believe in free enterprise Saigon. If I had wanted in, I "Range Riders' ^loon." there, with the saloons swinging probably could have been shang­ Then, in order to see the "Lit­ their doors open at six in the morn­ haied out of San Francisco, even tle Big Horn country," I hired a ing, even on Sunday. But my though I am pushing eighty. car to take a trip in that direction, favorite of course was the Mari­ Just before I pulled out of passing herds of buffalo and time Museum, which I make a Frisco, I stopped by the Barbary horses all along the way. I also point of visiting every time I'm Coast and Chinatown and tried to took a four-day tour (rf Yellow­ in Frisco. I took a much needed remember where the old dance rest following the 24-hour ride on hall used to be, places such as the stone National Park. When I got back to Miles City, I the bus, then went over to the Thalia and the Hippodrome. I Charles H. Juntikka, 45: Ac­ decided to try my luck on a horse, museum and aboard the "Bale- found out that sixty years makes cidental causes claimed the life of which I hadn't been aboard in over lutha," the full-rigged ship belong­ a lot of difference. Nearly all of Brother Junten years. After galloping over ing to the museum. my old hangouts had been gone tikka, when he the prairie for about an hour, the The next day I met with the for quite a while. was overcome by pony stepped in a gopher hole and director, Karl Kartum, and LibOn the way to Salt Lake City carbon monoxide early in the morning it began to during a housesnow, and when we got to Rock fire. Last serving Springs, Wyoming, the country with the Kinsman was covered by a white blanket. Marine Transit After being delayed for two hours Company, he was due to a traffic jam ,we started up a member of the the hill toward Rawlings, Wyo­ deck department. ming. We were traveling along Juntikku Is survived by his broth­ what was called the "Bear Moun­ er, John, and burial took place in tain Road, about 8,000 feet above the Atlantic Mine Cemetery In sea level. Everything rolled along Houghton County, Michigan. smoothly for a while, but just be­ 4" 4" 4" fore reaching the summit, the bus Arthur John Queary, 39: Brother was stopped by another roadblock. Queary succumbed to a heart The way to Cheyenne was liter­ attack while at ally teeming with wildlife. The sea near Edgegraceful antelopes and deer had water, New Jer­ been driven from the woods by sey. A :nember of the blizzard and the consequent tlie deck depart­ lack of food, and they were all ment, he last ser­ grazing in the snow. ved aboard the I fell In bed at the hotel in Seatrain Texas. Cheyenne a.nd woke up feeling Queary was a Seventy-nine year old Fred Harvey made it back from his that I'd had just about enough. native of Brook­ trip to the far West in time for Christmas dinner at the New After a good night's sleep, I packed lyn, New York, York'SIU Hall. He is shown with his wife and a guest, Maria up the old suitca>se and bought a and lists his grandmother, Mrs. F. Da Rosa, whom the Harveys sponsored for citizenship. ticket for Chicago and New York. Nergler, as his beneficiary. Brothers Rally For SIU Marriage Final Departures Edward John Cichorek, 52: A heart attack proved fatal to Brother Cichorek. Last shipping out aboard the Keva Ideal, he was a member of the engine de­ partment. Cicho­ rek listed his last address as 618 Pike Street in Seattle, Washing­ ton, and was buried in the Holyrood Cemetery, King County, Washington. 4 4 4 Theodore E. Shu pick, 61: Brother Shupick died of a liver ailment in tha St. Mary's Hospital in Superior, Wis­ consin. A mem­ ber of tho deck department, h e last sailed with the American Steanvshlp Com­ pany. Brother Shupick is sur­ vived by a friend, Liney Randolph, and was buried In the Forest Lawn Cemetery In Detroit, Michigan. V �Jnivarr T, IfM SEAFARERS Seamar Crewmen Praised For Rescue On High Seas LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sea Spirit By Fanl Rnfflii, AB The skill and readiness with which Seafarers cope with emergencies at sea figured prominently on the Seamar in the rescue of an imidentlfied man floundering in the water. The incident took place off the west coast of Mexico nearly 100 miles from land! On an afternoon in middiligently in launching the boaA other things. He also noted that December the SIU ship was and getting away from the side of the man was Incoherent from the smoothly cruising along on the ship," according to Ship's length of his exposure In the Barren teat and causes tragic And dreams of those we left behind With hopes that white and moving water Will soon erase them from our mind. Winter'* chills and summer's heat. The strain of schedules day by day, A startled ship shedding memories. Plodding the ocean's unmarked way. her course when the officer on the bridge heard a cry from the water and saw a man there. He immediately threw a ring life buoy overboard and gave the order "hard right" to the helms­ man, Seafarer Clifford B. J. Brown. Stairs of whitecaps, not of wood Rolling bedposts far from land, A ceiling that is mostly sky, A harbor that is mostly sand. Delegate S. Furtado. "They should be commended for doing such a fine Job when help was needed on such short notice. The total elapsed time from the original sighting until the man was taken aboard the rescue boat was under nineteen minutes!" It was clearly a time for quick The ship's delegate went on to thinking and fast action. describe the man as being about The ship veered hard to the starboard as Brother Brown began 28-years-old, a native of Amster­ to execute the Williamson Turn, dam and sailing as an AB, among a standard maneuver in all cases of "man overboard." The turn war ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), November 28—Chairman, H. W. Miller) Secretary, expertly completed, and the man A. a. Nail. No t)«ets reported by de­ was found to be only a half ship's partment delegates. Motion made length away. that cleaning cargo holds to be reg­ ular OT rate. But Brother Brown was not the only Seafarer swinging Into ATLAS (A. L Burbank), November action. •—Chairman, P. Rubith; Secretary, M. Quran. Brother Bob Fletcher was While the turn was being com­ ciacted to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Disputed OT tn Port of Chrispleted, the number two lifeboat tobal. Canal Zone. Motion made that was being readied for launching all ships t>e air-conditioned. Repair list to be brought up to date and sub­ —the tarpaulin was stripped away, mitted to the captain. Need new oars and oarlocks and other equip­ washing machine badly. ment thoroughly checked, and the block and tackle made ready. SEAMAR (Celmar Steamship), Dec. II—Chairman, Robert Raid; Secre­ Soon the lifeboat was launched in tary, R. K. Holt Ship's delegate re­ good order and proceeding toward ported that a letter was received from Earl Shepard regarding the the survivor. conditions aboard this vessel. More of a variety is requested on menu. "The Seafarers acted very No beefs reported by department The sea has called us and we came By choice and by chance combined. The ocean's call we all have answered, A clarion harsh but not unkind. The day has changed but not the call. The work but not the breed. And the ship's that sail the ocean's loastes Are bound by an ageless creed. A creed that dictates, "You shall sail. While others on land remain. A pitching deck shall be your home With wind and stars and rain. "Wind and stars That whispers And stops when Where foreign Face TfcirtecB LOG and a loneliness through the soul docked at foreign ports things are sold." delegates. Ship's delegate was re­ imbursed for phone calls. Collec­ tion taken up for man rescued from sea. Job well dona to all hands In rescue opertion. Special attention will be made by N.Y. patrolman re­ garding the food. Stranye streets like withered flowers Have an odor all their own. Dark ahd twisting alleyioays That never lead toward home. DONOTBiuY A seamen's club in Napoli Beckons the sailor in, A park, a bench and a crooked tree Stares at the stranded men. LONG LINES (Isthmian), Nov. S— Chairman, H. Libby; Secretary, Dick Grant. Ship's delegate reported let­ ter was forwarded to New York headquarters regarding disputed OT. Washing machines need repairs to see Chief engineer. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) Softly, softly murmuring In tones one scarce can hear. Water passes under pilings Tidal currents under piers. Weary hours of waiting. Straining ears to hear the horn. The sound that signals anchors weighing. The sailing ship's returning tone. OCEANIC SPRAY (Transworld Ma­ rine), Dec. 12 — Chairman, Frank Natale; Secretary, H. Kennedy. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing running smoothly. One man was sick but since has returned to work. Vote of thanks to the Steward department. No beefs reported by department delegates. Steward de­ partment requests that crew take a little more time and bring back all dirty linens and cups that they use. SEastern Alt Lines (Flight Engineers) 4" And yet when ship and turning screws Have brought the seaman home. Still he strains to hear the water. Still he listens for the horn. t !• H. I. Siege! "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) tit Bears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) For the sea has called him. Answering, he came. He now awaits the hour When the sea shall call again. Making The Bread > H>W > \ X " /. Stitzel-WeUer Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StlU," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) water. The man was later identified as a Dutch crewman named Hahn van Felder off the German freighter Constantia. The crew on the rescue boat consisted of Seafarers Furtado, J. R. Mattox, M. R. Kniclcman, John P. Schaefer, B. R. Hireen, B. R. OJeda and 2nd Officer Royal Hightower, a former SIU brother. in letters to be received. There Is shortage of porthole screens. When In India and other foreign ports keep doors locked. Captain will obtain more keys and locks In Bombay. Recreation room needs cleaning up regularly. Some disputed OT in deck department. Crew is asked to please keep their feet off the chairs and tables in the messroom. Bosun states that when ship Is not |as free, absolutely no smoking outside of authorized spaces end no transis­ tor radios on lookout watch. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian Lines), Deo. 18—Chairman, Michael J. Anzalonc; Secretary, A. Laitar. vy- -if- • • Discussion about having patrolman In San Francisco to straighten out beats. $120 In ship's fund. No t>eefs reported by department delegates. Brother O'Connel was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Motion made to have better launch service in Manila. Motion made to buy new wall clock. Everyone cooperated In keeping heads clean. Repair list to t>e made up as soon as possible. Or­ ganize detail to clean laundry and library. Kays should ba mada for showers and toilets, also paint crew quarters and pantry. FANWOOD (Waterman), Nov. Chairman, D. Missimer; Secretaryr S. Heinfling. Brother Seymour Helnfling was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), Dec. 14—Chairman, Jamas 0. Bruso; Secretary, Jamts M. Nelson. New contracts have not been received by crew. Ship's delegate reported that everything Is running smoothly. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Ship's delegate sug­ gested that all brothers put In for 10 nights lodging white In shipyard due to excessive noise and no hot water. OCEANIC TIDE (Transworld Ma­ rine)), Nov. 21—Chairman, John F. Dickerson; Secretary, J. D. Williams. Ship's delegate reported that Cap­ tain said there will be no money draws on overtime. No t>eefs re­ ported by department delegates. Crew is requested to please keep the natives out of the fosc'les In Port Said. Vote of thanks to the Steward department. TRUSTCO (Marme Carriers), Dec. 12—Chairman, Juan Oquendo, Jr-i Secretary, Robert Moody. Ship's delegate reported that at Bombay, crew can draw 50c of base pay less one months allotment in currency next draw to t>e in travelers checks. All crew members to advise corre­ spondents to Include name of ship GENEVA (U.S. Steel), Deo. 18 — Chairman, Richard Heffley; Secre­ tary, Larry Mundy. Ship's delegate reported 1 oiler missed ship in Morrisville. Some disputed OT in deck department. Negotiations underway to allow all hands time off as per SIU freightship agreement. Sugges­ tion to repair air conditioners In messhall and recreation room. til' J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) if if 4 Pepsi Cola Company (Soft Drink Workers, Local 812) Baker Pedro Notes adds a touch of yeast to the mixer aboard the Robin Locksley before he switches on the machine. Due to the impossibility of carrying fresh bread on a long voyage, it is baked aboard ship. 4 4 .. ' M S^AfAMRS LOG, if Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, StereotjT)ers) Empire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) t •• 4 Jamestown Sterling Corp. Furnitnre and Bedding White Furniture Co. United Furniture Workers BfooMyn 32,, NYf 9 to melve I 9 put my ttome on your ' z;--'" « K I (PriRt lnforPS0t0Ai | t I8 NAM! 5 smEETADDR^ I CITY . ; •• 4 -:4>:'-.. n ZONE....,. STATE... .1 • J TO AVOin PM«tlCATlOi^! ffyoo sr. w ! :of stJrffW ptessa qfvrf your former - z" v• J ' z-Z ^ ^ J ] •' -'6' �Fas« FoartcM SEAF ARERS Janotty 1, ItM LOG Deck, Engine, Steward Depots At Werk Aiieard Dei Santos AB John W. Allstat hosei down fhe ship as a part of his routin* duties on deck. Seafarer Louis Gdusko takes a turn at the wheei while the ship is underway on an overseas run. Oiler Roiiort L. Thomphint per< forms one of the essential chores down in the engine room. After the meal is finished, Chief Steward Alton R. Booth, the "Strawberry Man," takes a break. Although Christmas has long been passed and remains in our mind only as a holiday last year, reports by delayed overseas mail continue to indicate that Seafarers all over the world enjoyed quite a meal aboard their respective ships. Brother Manuel Silva, ship's delegate aboard the Montpelier Vic--t tory, sends a favorable report Meeting chairman David Pash- turned in by the steward depart­ of the Yuletide celebration on koff aboard the Hercules Victory ment," he continues. "The chow his vessel. "Our Christmas menu would have done justice to the hnest restaurant," he said. "Tur­ key, Virginia Ham, roast Long Island Duckling and prime ribs of beef were only a few of the tasty items our steward dcpa rtment, headed by Broth­ er W. T. Langford, served up Longford for the crew. This ship is on a real dream run, in ad­ dition to the splendid work by the boys in the galley—two coastwise and one intercoastal trips—and the rumor is that we will be on this one for a year." (Wall Street Traders Inc.) reports favorably on Ship's Delegate Albert Paige. It seems that both the deck delegate and several of the members agreed .that he was doing a good job, and everyone hopes that he Pnshkeff keeps the posi­ tion. "He does the job like it should be done," Pashkoff noted. i t 4. Crew members aboard the Del Norte (Delta Steamship Lines) again demon­ strated that Sea­ % K. farers are always ready to come to The ship's meeting aboard the the aid of a Thetis (Rye Marine) began with Brother in dis­ a discussion about unionism and tress. They unani­ Its practices. All mously voted to crew members use a portion of agreed that, since the ship's funds the SIU has stuck for a radiogram Donnelly by their rank and and floral wreath hie, the members to the family of Sankey Edwards should also make whose sister recently died. They a point to be loy­ also sent a radiogram to Seafarer al to the Union. Albert Stout on the death of his Brother J. E. Mother, according to Galley Dele­ Cline was re­ gate Henry B. Donnelly. Borry elected as ships delegate and also given a solid vote 4> 41 41 of confidence, according to Meeting Chairman Dave Barry. Both the Ship's delegate Charlie Mazur delegate and the steward depart­ ment were awarded vote of thanks. of the Columbia Victory (Columbia Steamship) reports that the crew is having an exceptionally good 4" 4" trip aboard a fine vessel. "Every­ thing is just great," he says, A discussion on the crew-fi­ "especially the steward depart­ nanced movie projector and film ment. Those guys are doing a really was an important topic at the meet­ wonderful job. They've truly ing aboard the earned the vote of thanks that the Brigham Victory crew gave them." (Bloo m field Steamship Com­ 4 4^^ pany), according to Meeting Chair­ According to ship's delegate man Albert Bourgot. Each broth­ Wesley Leanard, things j u a t er tossed in $17 couldn't be going any better than which added up they are aboard the Cabins (Texas to a grand total City Refinery.). "It's a good trip, of $300 to be used a clean ship, and a wonderful crew for new reels. The film will be with everyone pitching In and collected when the ship bits Long working together," he reports. "An •specially outstanding Job is being Beach, California. and service are tops. The run is being made according to the high­ est SIU standards of work and behavior." 4 4 4 Seafarers aboard the Del Mar (Delta Lines) awarded a vote of thanks to the ship's movie director who did a fine job of obtaining films and keeping the equipment functioning in A-1 shape. "We saw some terrific films this time out," says ship's meeting secretary Joseph V. Whaler Jr. "An SIU crew always appreciates a job well done." 4 4 4 Joseph P. Adams, 3rd cook, and Redoriek Kepf. chief cook, busy themselves in the galley with the preparing of the day's meal. LOG-A-RHYTHM: A Stairway By Linda Mustakaa A special menu and a special dinner highlighted Thanksgiving Day on the Fanwood (Waterman), according to Ship's Delegate Seymour Heinfling. The theme of the festive oc­ casion was Kip­ ling's "Ballad of East and West," and each item on Heinfling the menu was followed by an apropos quotation from such writers as Jfouvenal, Vol­ taire, Cervantes and Shakespeare. A special vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a Job excellently done. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Oct. 31—Chairman, K. A. Helleman; Secretary, D. M. Woods. No beefs reported. Some disputed OT In en­ gine and steward departments. Vote of thanks extended to the ship's delegate, deck, engine and steward delegates. Every stairway must begin Though each must end as well, A life may be compared as such— In fact, a parallel. Each step a lesson to be learned, A challenge, if you may. An invitation to succeed Through knowledge, day by day. The path is long and straight before. And time is not to waste; For never shall the clocks reverse. Nor shall mistakes erase. Thus time well spent and fortitude, As every step you weigh. Attain the goal for which you strive— Let nothing bar your way. Secretary, W. T. Langford. Discus­ sion on mattresses which were to t)e ordered and so far nothing has been done about same. Ship's delegate reported that ship will pay off in Delaware City and for replacement list to be turned In as early as pos- HERCULES VICTORY (Wall Street Traders), Nov. 22—Chairman, David Pashkoff; Secretary, I. M. Pcacoch. $10 In ship's fund. Disputed OT In deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks extended to Brother Paige for doing a good job as ship's dele­ gate. One man hospitalized in Naha. drew Hemphill. Ship's delegate re­ ported vote of thanks to cro'W for cooperation. Soma disputed OT In deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to baker and steward d» partment Vote of thanks to ship's delegate Brother Bennie Lowderback. FAIRISLE (Pan Oceanic), Aug. 12— Chairman, J. Wolanski; Secretary, V. Douglas. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Brother Q. Litchfield was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Fans are to be obtained In Long Beech. Also see about fixing crew's showers. MERRIMAC (Merrimac Transport), Nov. 21—Chairman, S. Homko; Sec­ retary, L. P. Hagamann. Ship's dele­ gate reported everything running smoothly. Repair list submitted thie trip will t>e handled as soon as pos­ sible. Some disputed OT in engine department sible. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Motion made that no crew member pay off until all beefs sre settled satisfactorily. Washing machine to be repaired. MONTPILim VICTORY (Victory Oarriors), Boo. S—Chairman. J. Lowis; VINORI (Vonero), Nov. Si—Chair, man, iamee Hsrmsni Sooretary, An- STKIL ROVM (Isthmian), Dee. IS ^hsirman, Oresta Vslst SsereUry, T. Psulknar. $20.2S In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Oresta Vole waa olacted to serve as now ship's dele­ gate. Water tanks used for drinking water needs cleaning. Craw Is rC quested te keep library clean. �7. IMf SEAFARERS Pace Ptnces LOG mmmmmmm. Know Your Kights i u s"> m I FINANCIAL RIPORTI. The conitltuUon of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lakee end Inland Watera District makes specific provision for safegnardinf the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are avaUable at SIU headquartera In Brooklyn. TRUfT FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of vaiious trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shall consist equaUy of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPIND RIOHTt. Tour shipping rights and seniority are protectea exclusively by the oontracts between the Union and the shipowner*. Get to know your shipping rlghta. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able In all Union halls, if you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained In ti\e contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeal.s Board by certified mall, return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is; Earl Shepard. Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930. New York 4, N.T. Full copies of contracts as 'eferred to are available to you at all tlrats, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeala Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are availabte In all SIU halla. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under wtilcb you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as yotir obllgatkma. such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and In the proper aaanner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union ofHelaL la yotir oplalou, falls to proSecl vnur contract rights properly, contact the tiearesl SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOO, The LOG has tradltlonaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at th* September, 1960, meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy Is vested In an editorial board which consists of the Executlva Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, x>na individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies ara to bo paid to anyone In any oWctal capacity tn the SIU imless an official Uideh receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless be Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or If a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTfTUTfONAl RI«NTt AND OBLIOATIONS, The SIU publishee every six months In the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies ara available In all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all ether detalla. then the aiemher so affected ahould immediately notify headquarter*. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-tlrae SIU members drawing disability-pension tienefits have always been encouraged to continue their onion activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU membtrs at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EDUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights la employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set fOrth In the SIU constitution and In the contracts which the Utdon has negotiated with the employer*. Conaequently, no Seafarer may be dlacriminated against because "t race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights to which he Is entitled, he should notify headquarters. t 4" 4> Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Jan. 17—2 Alpena Jan. 17—7 Buffalo Jan. 17—7 Chicago Jan, 17—7 Cleveland ....... Jan. 17—7 Doluth Jan. 17—7 Frankfurt Jan. 17—7 4> 4> P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4* tREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Detroit Jan. 10—7:30 Milwaukee ...Jan. 10—7:30 Chicago Jan. 11—7:30 Buffalo Jan. 12—7:30 tSa't Ste. Marie Jan. 18—7:30 Duluth Jan. 14—7:30 aeveland ... Jan. 14—7:30 Toledo Jan. 14—7:30 P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4. ^ » SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Philadelphia .. .. Feb. 8—5 P.M. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) Feb. 9—5 P.M. Houston Jan. 10—5 P.M. Norfolk Feb. 10—5 P.M. New Orleans Jan. 11—5 P.M. Mablle Jan. 12—5 P.M. ^ 4) 4) RAILWAY MARINE REGION Jersey City Jan. 10—10 Hilladeiphia Jan. 11—10 Baltimore Jan. 12—10 •Norfolk Jan. 13—10 » ^ A.M. A S P.M. A.M. ft 8 P.M. A.M. ft 8 P.M. A.M. ft 8 P.M. » United.Industriar Workers New York ....... Frt. 7—7 P.M. BalUmore Feb. 9—7 P.M. PMladelphia ...... Feb. 8—7 P.M. Dlrectery Of UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal -Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Al Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS ... 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. Tel. 724-2848 ST. LOUIS, Ma TAMPA, Eto. ..,..312 WILMINGTON. Calif. . 505 N. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Novembtr 23—Chairman, E. Riley; Sec­ retary, Henry Bilde. Motion made to accept new contracts. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), No­ vember 18—Chairman, Wm. Hand; Secretary, Steve Kolina. Two men missed ship in Spain. No launch service in two ports. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Pa­ trolman to be contacted regarding painting of steward departrnent rooms. Steward thanks his men for working together. Best ho had in years. SEAFARER! POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the baste rights If at any thwe a Soafsrer feols that any of the above rights havs boon violated, or fhaf be bat bnsn dtniad hit constitutional right of accost fn Union records or Infermatloo, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hail at twodqaorters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Warren Scott Ellis, bom October 5, 1965, to the Fin« A. Ellis, Kreole, Miss. 4 4. Yzaniar Velcr, born June 23. 1965, to the Portlrio Velezs, Rio Piedras, P.R. 4 4 4' John Robert Smith, born November 14, 1965, to the Robert L. Smiths, Manlstlque, Mich. 4 4 4 Dorothy Carey, t>om April 23, 1965, to the Thomas E. Careys, Brooklyn, New York. 4 4 4 Katherine Skendelas, born September 18, 1965, to the Gus Skendelas, Seattle, Wash. Friends of Russell Lund Russell Lund would like very much to keep in touch with his old Seafarering buddies Oscar Sorenson, Thad DeLoach, Oscar Blain and Robert Riveria. He requests they send their addresses to him as soon as possible at 931 Cecelia Drive, Glen Ellen, California. Randsfl M. Cone, tx>m October 16, 1965, to the William M. Cones, Genoa, Ohio. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Deiwrah Mercer, born October 3, 1965, to the James F. Mercers, Glen Ellyn, Ills Sharon Denise Mallery, t>om October 22, 1965, to the Grady Mallorys, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Petar. Jay Olson, born November 18, 1965, to the Floyd D. Olsons, Duluth, Minn. 4 4 4 Sandra Joy Bixtsr, born October 30, 1965, to the Bradley A. Baxters, New Orleans, La. 4 4 THETIS (Rye Marine), November 14 —Chairman, Dave Barry; Secretary, R. L. Morrow. Brother J. E. Cline was re-elected to servo as ship'^ delegate. He was givon a vole of thanks for a Job well dona Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Novtmber T—Chainnan, A. Anderson; Socretary, P. Cofonm. $29 in ship's fund. No boofs roported by depart­ ment delegates. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), November 2t—Cnairman, H. Serrano; Sacratary, F. Aponte. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for the well-served Thanks giving Day dinner. STEEL RECORDER (Isthinian), No­ vember 3—Chairman, William Home; Secretary, Angel Seda. $250 In ship's fund. Everything is running smooth­ ly. Everybody is happy. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), November •—Chairman, J. Chiancse; Secretary, Nona. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Jesse Metcalf was elected to serve as ship's delegate. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land). No­ vember 8—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, Nona. Brother Evens was elect­ ed to serve as new ship's delegate. $20.74 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported. Epifanio Rodriguez Your current address is being sought by the Selective Service System, Local Board Number 1, 346 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10013. 4 4 4 Friends of Laurence Roy Edwards Would anyone knowing the whereabouts of Laurence Edwards 4 4 4 William "Bill" Shea please contact Mrs. Violet Your Mother woold like very Edwards, 12483 Cedar Road, Apt. HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich. . 127 River SL much to hear from you at 65 Frady C, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, ^ EL 4-3616 Apt. 175, East Boston, Massa­ 4 4 4 BALTIMORE, Md. ...1216 E. Baltimore St. Julio Valentin EA 7-4900 chusetts. BOSTON, Mass. 177 State St It is very important that you con­ 4 4 4 Rl 2-0140 John Wesley Smith S-1119 tact Juan Sanchez, D-28 Los BUFFALO, N.Y. 735 Washington SL TL 3-9259 Your Mother, Mrs. Alta M. Angeles, Loiza Station, Saiiluice, CHICAGO, III 9383 Ewing Ave. Smith of 35 Station Road, Salem, Puerto Rico. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio ..... 1420 W. 25th St. Massachusetts, would like you to 4 4 4 MA 1-5450 Vincent Stankiewicz contact her. DETROIT, Mich. . 102?5 W. Jefferson^V(L Please get in touch with Mrs. 4 4 4 DULUTH, Minn. 312 W^^2n^St Edward P. Marsh PB-30657 Virginia Duld at Route 1, Box 92, Mrs. M. T. Judge of 207 Ryland Meadows of Dan, Virginia, 24120. FRANKFORT, Mich. P-O-.Box ^7 415 Mam St. Lane, Mobile, Alabama, 36607, is 4 4 4 EL 7-2441 Tax Refund Checks seeking your whereabouts. HOUSTON, Te*. 5804^nal SL WA B-3ZU7 Income tax refund checks are 4 4 4 JACKSONVILLE, Ra 2608 Peai" St. being held- for the following SIU Philip K<N«1 K-456 EL 3-0987 Would you contact your sister, members by Jack Lynch, Room JERSEY CITY, NJ. .99 Mrs. Marie DeCarlo, at 1371 East 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison MIAMI. Fla 744 W. 15th Street, Brooklyn, New York Street, San Francisco 5, California: Alexander Ansaldo, Oria' S. MOBILE. Ala. ... 1 South '••*{;®^247M 11230. Bushold, Hans J. L. Pedersen (2) 4 4 4 NEW ORLEANS, La. ... BSC JKKSOT A^. TW. 5Z9-7540 and Potenciano Paculba. Philip Rubish It has been requested that you 4 4 4 Tel!®6^1^2 John F. Williams PHILADELPHfA,-Penna. ^ St- contact Mr. William H. Engelman, DE 6-3olo Your address has been re­ attorney for James C. Mitchell, at PORT ARTHUR. Tex. 1348 Seventh St. 1845 . Maryland National Bank quested by Louis G. Neumann, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Building, Baltimore, Maryland i 1111 San Jacinto Building, Orleans SANTURCE, P.R. 1313 Fernandez Juncbs at Fannin, Beaumont, Texas. Stop 20 21202. SEATTLE, wash. .....2505 WARM SPRINGS (Columbia), No­ vember 19—Chairman, L. M. Kelly; Secretary; Alfred Bertrand. No tieefs reported by department delegates. Some disputed OT in engine and steward departments, to be taken up with patrolman. of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve tlie best interests of themselves, their fassilics and their Union, To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute th* funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. SIU Arrivals ^Houston Jan. 10—7 P.M. SlU-AGLIWO Meetings Mobile .. Jan. 12—7 P.M. New York Tek. 7—2:3# PJB. New Orleans . Jan. 11—7. P.M. Philadelphia ... Feb. 8—2:30 pjn, * Mesting htid at Labor Temple, New News. Baltimore Feb, 9—2:30 p.m. pert t Meeting held at Labpt Temple, Spull Detroit Jan, 14—2:30 p.nu Sta. Marie, Mich. t Meeting held at Galveston srharves. Honston Jan. 17—2:30 P.M. New Orleans . .Jan. 18—2:30 P.M. Mobile Jan, 19—2:30 P.M. Wilmington Jan. 17—2 P.M. San Francisca ....Jan. 19—2 P.M. Seattle Jan. 21—2 P.M. Qglchgr 31—CtMinnan, Hwtaft P. KMWlts; Secretary, Paul L Whitlow. Somo dlsp:ite<t OT in deck depart­ ment. othtrwise all is running smoothly. Iloorty vote of tfumks to the steward department for a job well done. Crew is very well satis­ fied. Motion made that the outports be supplied with sufficient OT sheets and agreements, so that the ship leaving the ports will be suf­ ficiently supplied. 4 4 4 Herman W. Girard Jose M. Gomez Bertha B. Griffin, your sister, Your address is being sought by your wife, Mrs. Olga L. Gomez, 19 would like to hear from you at 136 Windwardside, Saba, The Nether­ East Avenue 41, Los Angeles, California. 90031. lands Antilles. BRIGHAM VICTORY (Bloomfield), November •—Chairman, Albsrt Bourgot; Secretary, Stephen H. Fulford. $20 in ship's fund to be used for movie projector parts. Some disputed OT in each department. A few beefs discussed. DELAWARE (Bulk Transport). Octo­ ber 31—Chairman, Roland A. Wiman; Secretary, H. F. Munzert Brother A. Roy was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Company to be contacted regarding awnings for aft poop. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. DEL MONTE (DelU), December •— Chairman, Howard Mtnz; Secretary, Albert G. Espeneda No beefs report­ ed by department delegates. $2.90 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT In engine department. Special vote of thanks to the steward department for their fine Thanksgiving dinner. FAIRPORT (Waterman), November 12—Chairman, John Citiecki; Secre­ tary, Joseph N. Rioux. All repairs taken care of. No beefs reported by department delegates. $10 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job welt done. FAIRISLE (Panoceanic), November 28—Chairman, Joseph Walanski; Sec­ retary, George Litchfiald. Ship's dele­ gate thanked crew for their coopera­ tion. Some disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Motion made to have SIU representative in Far East. Vote of tahnks to the stew­ ard department and to the ship's del­ egate. DEL NORTE (Delta), November 28 —Chairman, Robtrt Callahan; Secre­ tary, Bill Kaiser. $28 in ship's fund and $394 in movie fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by de­ partment delegates. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian). No­ vember 29—Chairman, Edward Riley; Secretary, Roy R. Thomas. Motion made to accept new contracts. KYSKA (Waterman), November 28 —Chairman, Mann; Secretary, Rerger. Few hours disputed OT in en­ gine department. Crew requested to keep pantry and messroom clean. Steward department wee extended a vote of thanks for thp Thanksgiving dinner, and the regular meals. �SEAFARERS^LOG IfM OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTiRNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • APL-CrO FOR SEAFARERS IN ENGINE DEPARTMENT Upgrading to Engineer's License Seafarers sailing in the engine department— hers is your chance to get your engineers license. If you are nineteen years of age or over and have three years of engine department watch standing time, you can qualify immediately to train for an engineer's license at no cost under a program (rffered by the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. The first class will get undenvay on February 1st. Applicants will be able to begin receiving Instruction at any time after that date. You Will be provided with meals, hotel lodging and subsistence payments of $110 per week while you are in training and will be able to ship as en^neer immediately upon obtaining your license. The period of instruction will range from 30 to 90 days and will be determined by the mem­ bers' individual ability and knowledge and tha Instructors satisfaction of his readiness to take the exam. As a result of a reciprocal agreement with Ma­ rine Engineers Beneficial Association, District 2, you will receive full credit and complete protec­ tion for all of your pensiqn benefits that you have built up under the Seafarers Pension Plan. In addition, your SIU pension will be supplemented by the MEBA, District 2 Pension Plan in ap­ proximately an equal amount while you are sailing as an engineer. Your welfare benefits will also be completely covered. Seafarers who sail aboard MEBA District 2 contracted ships, upon obtaining their licenses, shall not be required to pay the MEBA $1,000 initiation fee, and they will not be required to drop their SIU mendMrship if they do not wish to do so. All SIU men who now posseat engineer'i licenses in any rating and who are not aaiUng on their licenses because they wish to protect their SIU pension and welfare benefits, are eligible for immdiate shipping on their licensee with full protection of pension and welfare benefits, as well as protection of all other benefits and security provided in this program. Training will be provided in the School of Marine Engineering operated by MEBA District 2 for the purpose of training qualified unlicensed personnel and to enable licensed engineers tO upgrade their present licenses. The training school is located opposite SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Get details and applications at any SIU hall or by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 112.32. Make your application now. news* Maine: Book No.' Address: D.«J61neaSlU.. • »»•••••** 2 * m 1 « -A Ratings: APPLY NOW! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 7, 1966 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NEVA WEST SAFE AFTER FIRE THREATENS AMMUNITION CARGO LICENSE TRAINING STARTS FEB. 1 MSTS GRANTED AUTONOMY AS AFFILIATE OF SIUNA ‘THE ANTI-LEADERSHIP VACCINE’ POSES A NEW NATIONAL PROBLEM HIGHLIGHTS OF LABOR 1965 U.S. URGED TO LAUNCH MORE UNDERSEA PROBES TRADE UNIONISTS DONATE TIME, LEADERSHIP, TO AID BOT SCOUTS GREAT LAKES STATES OPPOSE SEAWAY, INLAND WATERWAY TOLLS UPGRADING TO ENGINEER’S LICENSE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/07/1966 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 1966 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3c4efbaee4091b545ec2706781683f68.PDF 333b97045e7ef102abe5bd7ce90d3803 PDF Text Text AV ,^J^^4RERS JOQ VOL. V, s ^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT, ^ SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA 280 NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1943 SUB-STANDARD WAGES CHARGED TO N.E.S.S. LINE The dispute between the New England Steamship Company and NMUAgain Flops On Attempt To Invade Pacific Maritime Unions the Seafarers International Union was submitted to an arbitrater ap­ pointed by the War Labor Board last week. Mr. Robert S. Coit is the WLB man who heard the case. No. 1 Post Office Offers Mail Service To Ships The SIU position was presented by Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk, The NMU had a brief vision of grandeur last month —but only a bfief one. Its elaborate plan for invading the jurisdiction of the SUP-MFOW-MCS on the West Coast fizzled out v.'hen the War Shipping Administration handed down a formal decision on Dec. 26, 1942 which, in effect, assisted by Boston Agent John Mogan. The Union is presenting a four Albert Goldman, postmaster of point demand: 1. Increase in monthly scale of wages for all unlicensed sent the invasion forces packing the New York post office, has ratings of $40; 2. Overtime increase of all ratings of 10 cents per hour; back to the East Coast. announced that better mail ser­ 3. Increase in hourly pay for all ratings to $1 per hour; 4. Contract The NMU tactic, which invol­ vice is now being planned for heading Deck Department Section 2, to read, "Eight hours shall con­ ved the use of certain key the merchant seamen who are at stooges in the WSA, was to have stitute a day's work. Any work performed in excess of eight hours, sea. All mail should be address­ Luckenbach, Grace and Moore Mcfrom midnight to midnight, shall be paid for at the regular overtime ed to the individual, giving the Cormick ships built on the West rate. Second mates. Boatswains and deck hands shall work eight con­ name of the ship, and sent in Coast manned by NMU crews. secutive hours per day; quartermasters based on the three watch system." In the presence of Mrs. Eleanor care of the New York post­ Their reasoning was that they held 5. These increases shall be retroafctive to the date of'the expiration of Roosevelt, Mayor LaGuardia, of­ master. the bargaining contracts with the the old agreement. ficials of the Navy and Maritime majority of the ships running for The New England Steamship^ Unions, and the co-chairmen of these lines, therefore they should Company is strictly an inlanc the enterprise, Mrs. Brock Pemberhave their jurisdiction extended to ton and John Golden, the Ameri­ water outfit and the union's case the ships operating for these lines can Tlieatre Wing Merchant Sea­ is built upon the inequality of on the West Coast. men's Club, No. 107 West 43rd wages paid by New England in This was a direct violation of Street, was formally dedicated at comparison with other inlanc the Statement of Principles, signed 3:30 last Monday afternoon. Fol­ water operators. between the SUP and the WSA Indisputable evidence of this in= The SIU has received from the have contracts who called us di­ lowing a radio program featuring last May. This statement guaran­ equality was submitted to Mr. New 'York office of the Recruit­ rectly to order men through the some of Broadway's top stars, the teed the contracts and jurisdiction Coit who now has the case under, ment and Manning Organization union hall in the usual manner. club was opened to seamen daily of the SUP for the duration of the of the WSA, a pledge of coopera­ We have also informed such oper­ from 5 P.M. until midnight. advisement. war. It was also a violation of the tion and respect for the bargaining ators that if you are unable to The new haven for the unsung contracts already held by the SUP contracts and hiring hall estab­ supply the men, the union calls heroes of the Merchant Marine, with these lines for their West A...lished by the union. In turn, the the RMO office to obtain our as­ those hardy seamen who bravely Coast ships. SIU has promised full cooperation sistance in securing the needed push their cargo ships through The SUP immediately took mil­ in the prompt manning and dis­ men. It would be very helpful to submarine infested waters, is the The shipowners are preparing to patching of merchant ships sailing us in our work with you if we had first of its kind in New York and itant action when the news of the' •descend upon Washington and lap from the Atlantic and Gulf ports. a list of the operating companies is patterned after the Wing's fa­ proposed invasion reached the Coast. Stop work meetings were up some of the gravy being passed The following letter to the with whom you have contracts. mous Stage Door Canteen. Addi­ held up and down the Coast in out by Congress in the form of We would then be in a position to tional features, however, are a Union was received from Craig S. war contracts. Their hand was immediately advise the operator to games room, a library and a letter- protest, and the entire SUP was Vincent, . Regional Representative - tipped by Drew Pearson, syndicall the union and it would save writing room. Tickets to Broad­ mobilized for a strike vote. This of the WSA. 4, cated columnist who appears regusome time on our part in asking way shows, movies and sporting action gave pause to the bureau­ December 26, 1942 questions to obtain such informa­ events will be distributed free and crats in Washington and they at­ y* larly in the N. Y. Daily Mirror. tempted to shift the entire ques­ ij On Dec. 17 Pearson wrote the Mr. Frank Williams tion. there will be dancing nightly, the tion into the lap of the National following; Seafarers International Union Very truly yours, comely hostesses for this purpose War Labor Board. "Washington hotels are getting Of North America CRAIG S. VINCENT, being furnished by the Theatre The'SUP objected to this pro­ reservations from the ship lobby­ 2 Stone Street Regional Representative Wing. cedure, stating that it was not a ists, who are preparing for one of New York, N. Y. jurisdictional dispute but an ob­ the first big fights of the new Con­ Dear Mr. Williams: vious invasion of its long recog­ gress. It will be a raid on the taxThe Recruitment ^and Manning nized territory and rights. till by the shipowner—with cheers Organization is attempting to as­ The militant action, of the SUPfrom the Maritime Commission MFOW-MCS membership, plus the in order to get a higher price for sist the Maritime unions and in­ strong representations made in the ships seized by the government. dustry in manning the Merchant "... the law provides that a ships carrying our war cargoes. As The SIU has lost a lot of broth­ rived at Guantanimo and the ill Washington by SIU President you know when an operating com­ shipowner shall be paid a fair price, ers' due to submarine action of the men, two of whom were in a crit­ Harry Lundebcrg, forced a rever­ -but in no case shall the value of pany is under a collective bargain­ enemy. This is bad enough and ical condition, again asked for hos­ sal of the original WSA ruling. Henceforth, ships built on the the ship be enhanced by the war ing agreement with one of the we mourn their loss—but when pital slips. Moodie again refused ... Despite this, the Maritime Maritime unionS, the Recruitment two brothers are needlessly lost due slips and even refused to bring a West Coast for these lines will be i Commission already has paid prices and Manning Organization, in rec­ to pure negligence on the part of doctor aboard ship to examine the manned by SUP - MFOW- MSC crews, regardless of where they which the Comptroller General's ognizing such agreements in ac­ skipper, then it is time to de­ men. run. office considers exhorbitant. Ships cordance with War Shipping Ad­ mand an investigation. During this period Brother The text, in part, of the WSA whose pre-war price per ton ranged ministration policy, does not pro­ Here is the story. James Rogers, No, 21389, had lost vide men directly to the operating ruling as handed down by Admiral from $1<.59 to $69.14 have been A certain ship, belonging to the a great amount of weight, could Land, follows: company except in cases of ex­ purchased by the Maritime Com­ keep nothing on his stomach, was mission for over $100 per ton treme emergency, where a "pier- Calmar Line, signed on in Balti­ DIRECTIVE NO. 7 in a continual cold sweat and was lead" jump may necessitate our as­ more last September 13. The ship within the past nine months." Directive with respect to the put in at New York with several often delirious. By the time the Pearson then explains that the sistance. Even then men are not settlement of the controversy reship was off Valpariso, Rogers was members, of the crew ill. They shipowners now want a law passed provided without checking with in such bad shape that the skipper to the Manning of Vessels went to the captain, a man named which would boost their take to your office unless it is after closing assigned Michael Mosack to follow | Owned by the War Shipping AdGeorge P. Moodie, and asked for even higher levels. They claim hours. If such service is provided, hospital slips so they could go him around so he wouldn't go over ministration and allocated by it to that "the , market was depressed" we inform you of it immediately ashore and receive medical atten­ the side. {Continued on Page 4) on the next day. It is ouf job to when they, lost their ships to the tion. The Captain briskly replied During the third week in Octobe ready to assist your union hiring government. He concludes with: that he was issuing neither shore bpr, Rogers became violent, eluded; hall in the event you do not have "That is why the powerful ship leave or hospital slips iii New York. his guard and slipped over the side lobby, one of the smoothest in a sufficient supply of men available He did this without making any of the ship, only to be caught in to meet demands of the companies The Cuban Government has for­ Washington, already is polishing examination of the ill men to de­ the wake and drowned. No boat bidden port authorities to clear any with whom you have contracts. up the cock-tail shackers and pre­ In order to prevent any possible termine the seriousness of their was ever put over to look for him. vessel from the island unless it paring to beguile the new Con­ condition. After the loss of Rogers, broth- sails in convoy, dispatches from gress into " passing around the duplication, we have been, telling Several weeks later the ship ar­ Havana stated. {Continued on Page 4) any companies with whom you gravy bowl." American Theatre Wing Club For Merchant Seamen WSA Pledges Observance Of Contracts And Hiring Hall GRAVY! Death Of 2 SIU Men Traced To Negligence Of Skipper Umit Sailing to Convoys L �THE SEABARERS' Page Two ' PuJUUhed by SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlczntic and Gulf District AftMateA %otfh th* Amtrican federation of Labor Friday, January 8, 1945 LOG Drafted Men Over 38 Can Go To Sea HARRY LUNDEBERQ, Intemcrtional Prealdenl 110 Market Street. Room 402, Son Froncieoo, Colli. The Office of War Information has announced that men originally drafted but now over 38 years of ADDREBa ALL*a0BRE8P0NDENCB CONOERNIEQ THIB age, will be released from the PVBLIOATION TO: Army if they can showythat they "THE SEAFABERS' LOG are Valuable to war production in­ P. O. 25, Station P. New York, N. Y. dustries. Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 This would cover all seamen. All SIU men with ratings who are in the anriy and would like to re­ turn to sea, should make formal application to the army command­ er, and notify the union so that they can be asisted in obtaining the release. Rationing boards have been of­ his Certificate of Identification, The War Department has issued ficially instructed to give active and may need to obtain rubber seamen priority on all rationed footwear before a replacement o: a circular (No. 397) which lists rubber footwear. The following is his Certificate can be secured. In the provisions for releasing men. the text of the order sent out by such cases, the letter from the ap­ The following provisions are in­ \he Office of Price Administration. plicant's Union or from the Re­ cluded: cruitment and Manning Organiza­ "a. The soldiers has voluntarily Office of Price Administration tion of the War Sliipping Adminis­ requested discharge in writing to Washington, D. C. tration should also state that the his immediate commanding officer. Local Board Rubber Footwear applicant has lost his Certificate "b. The soldier is handicapped Rationing Letter and that he needs rubber footwear by advanced age, 3 8 years anc RUBBER FOOTWEAR before a replacement of his Certi-, It's for your oum good I'm not giving you. a raise. You'd 1 Rationing Guide No. 6 ficate can be Secured. Other evi­ over, to such an extent that his usefulness to the Army is second­ only have to pay more income tax. December 7, 1942 dence of the applicant's custom­ ary to that of industry. ELIGIBILITY OF SEAMEN ary occupation as a seaman which "c. The soldier has presented Questions have arisen concern­ is satisfactory to the Board will al­ satisfactory evidence that he wil ing the eligibility for rationed rub­ so be adequate. be employed in an essential war ber footwear of seamen, particu­ In considering applications from industry if he is discharged from larly when they are in port be­ seamen the Board should keep in the Army. tween or before voyages. The con­ mind that while the supply of rub There is a. shortage of rated men tribution which merchant seamen ber for footwear is severely limited and the union will aid former make to the nation's war effort is and must be conserved, merchant members to get back into the in­ great,, and their occupational elig­ seamen are very important to the dustry ibility is clearly established. Or­ nation's war effort. dinarily, the principal question which will need to be considered is .r • whether the applicant has proved that he is, in fact, a seaman. The WSA is considering enlarging the after deck house on the Whether or not he is acutally Liberty ships. Part of the gun crews will be quartered back aft with employed at the time of his appli­ JAMES NELSON - H. A. DILL A new Liberty ship, bigger, other members of the gun crew who are there at present. The plan is The crew of the S. S. Joseph faster and less vulnerable to sub­ cation, any applicant who can also to enlarge the after part of the deck house above the officers quar­ Hewes kicked in the $70 you bor­ show evidence of his customary marine attacks, will be producec ters, and aft of the wheelhouse. occupation as a seaman should be rowed from the Navy men. They this year. don't want the money back but re­ This plan should help to relieve some of the cramped quarter! considered eligible in so far as oc­ Rear Admiral Emory S. Lane quest that you donate it to the amidship. cupational requirements are con­ LOG. said the vessel will have a slightly cerned. If the applicant shows his greater length and more beam and CORNELLO RODRIGUEZ Certificate of Identification, and carrying capacity. Increased horse­ It is important that you contact power, together with a better hull evidence, such as a letter from his The question of ships sailing short of certain foods, and the com­ Union or the Recruitment and the office of the Secretary-Treas- design, will result in higher speed. panies alibi that they can't get food, has been taken up and I think Manning Organization of the War urer next time you are in New Admiral Land, war shipping ad­ will be straightened out. Shipping Administration stating York. ministrator and chairman of the that he is registered for employ­ JOHN PALMER Maritime Commission, said the ment as a seaman, he should be , Contact your Draft Board or the new Liberty ships will emphasize Plans are underway to have some ships on the Pacific and Atlantic considered qualified as to occupa­ FBI, 234 U. S. Court House, Foley speed, "which will be increased Coasts sail without Navy men as gun crews.. The guns will be manned tion. The applicant may have lost Square, New York City. , sufficiently to render the ship less by the merchant seamen. Under this plan Navy men v/ould be re­ vulnerable to submarine attack turned to the battlewagons and other regular Navy vessels. If this plari during the war and at the same works out, all Navy men on merchant ships will be relieved by the time increase and improve their competitive value commercially regular unlicensed personnel. when peace is restored." Meanwhile, he said, new features • are constantly being developed and I received requests from agents for information on security watches put into practice on the ships be­ while ships are in port. I can only inform them that their District ing constructed under the long- Representative will have to try and iron this out with the companies. range building program, which A close study of our contracts will show that the men are entitled to features sleek "C" design sliips of overtime when they are required to stand watches at night in ports re­ various sizes 'and greater speeds gardless of where the watches are stood. The War Shjpping Adminis­ than the Liberty ship, with a deadweight tonnage of about tration has approved the agreement reached between the West Coast Unions and th operators on security watches. 10,500. OPA Gives Seamen Priority Rights For Rubber'Boots REPORT FROM Washington By Matthew Dushane New Liberty Ship PERSONALIS To Feature Speed Crews* Quarters: Ship*s Stores: 9jt Tyimwjdam CASSEL, JOHN .^ CHAMBERS, ANDREW COLEMAN, PATRICK HYDE, BASIL MARTIN, JAMES ...... McNAMERA, JEREMIAH SABO, LOUIS SULLIVAN, SYDNEY WILCOX, JOHN H Winer Cook Bosun Fireman Messman Wiper Messman Messman A.B. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR DECEMBER 14 TO 26, INCLUSIVE DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 240 271 183 694 REGISTERED 301 200 115 616 ON HAND 370 216 167 753 1, -.L •. •"•.ti.;"; . " ... ASSESSMENT! 'f- ; Gun Crews: ' Security Watches: ri Puerto Rico: ~i I have been receiving several complaints that an Ensign who is Remember there is a connected with naval intelligence has been yanking merchant seamen . |2 Organizational Assess­ off ships-in Puerto Rico. I am investigating this here in Washington ment which goes to the and should have a report on it in the near future. International. '^ The payment is volun- Star of Scotland: tary! How good a This ship is one of the last sailing ships in the world to fly the Union man are you? American flag. Just received word that ,she Has been torpedoed in the Have you paid your $2 South Atlantic. Arrangements are being made to repatriat the crew back to the States. obligation? �Friday, January 8, 1943 THE SE AFARERS'~ LOG S.I.U. MEN BRAVE JUNGLE USS Sponsors Art TO AVOID INTERNMENT Show For Seamen ,(• The SIU crew aboard the Alcoa Pathfinder was not only torpedoed and had to spend days in open boats and rafts, but when they hit shore they were faced with miles of jungle which had to be travers­ ed if they wanted to avoid intern­ ment for the duration of the war. That they came through the or­ deal alive is a testimony of their strength and courage. The story of their suffering re­ ceived much space in the Natal Daily News in Durban, South Africa where they received hospi­ tal treatment. A three column picture of six brothers was run in the paper and showed them recu­ perating in the hospital; those pic­ tured were brothers J. Szwed, E. Steencken, E. R. Libecki, R. Tyler, Jesse Joy and John Flannery, The following is the write-up given them in^the African paper: "Fifty-two survivors of the American ship. Pathfinder, recently sunk off the Portuguese East Afri­ can coast, are now in a Durban hospital recovering from the effects of sunburn and exposure. Some of the men have terribly swollen feet and blistered backs. "When the Pathfinder was tor­ pedoed on November 22" the men feared that if they made direct for land they would be interned. So they decided to make the farther trip down the coast to Union ter­ ritory. ' "Relating the story of their ad­ ventures to a Daily News repre­ sentative who visited the survivors in the hospital today, Mr. B. Bur­ ton, the purser, said the ship went down in under three minutes at 2 o'clock on the Sunday morning. " 'We managed to get away one of our two lifeboats and a raft,' said Mr. Bijrton. 'The other life­ boat was blown up. Five of our crew had been killed by the ex­ plosion, the remainder got away ' safely r'-nd" -'^ rrov^ded into the lifeboat. Twelve of us got on to a raft, which was taken in tow by the boat. " 'We made for the Union, but made little progress. By 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon we were about two or three hundred yards off the beach. " 'It was decided then that the men on the raft would make the shore and travel southwards by foot,»and that the men in the boat should try to sail to the Union. " 'At 7 o'clock that night we were 10 miles north of Punta el Oro, the lighthouse on the border of the Union. We lit two beacons to attract the attention of the men in the boat. Shortly afterwards the boat landed and we camped that night on the beach.* "The following day the entire party made for the lighthouse at el Oro. There they were directed by the Portuguese lighthousekeeper to a mission station at Kosi Lake, across the border. "The men suffered many hard­ ships in their trip down the coast. Most of them were scantily clad and those without shoes suffered especially, their feet being not only burnt, but cut by rocks and grass­ es in the swamps through which they had to walk. " 'It was wild, desolate country, and apart from a few natives we saw nobody,' said Mr. Burton. ^ >" 'On this last stage of our journey we split into three parties, one of which pushed on to the trading store. We were met by a party of policemen who took us by truck to the Maputa police out­ post. " 'The following day the cap­ tain's party, which had remained on the beach, was picked up, and we all went into camp at the Maputo outpost.' "Mr. Burton paid a tribute to the wireless operator, one of the. men who had been killed, \¥ho stuck to his keys sending out sig­ nals while the ship sank. He went down with the ship." MONEY DUE The following men have money In the safe in the New Orleans Hall. They should pick It up at their first opportunity. J. McRao, Paul Rogosch, Henry Thompson, Haakan Walle, Eddie Parr. Checks for the following mem­ bers of the crew of the S. S. Cor­ nelia have been mailed to the Mo­ bile Agent. ADOLPH L. DANNE HAL WESTOVER, Jr. JESSE V. BARNES MINOR C. BONDS BROOKS N. BULLOCK , GUS T. STRIBLING HOWARD J. FARMER Overtime beef with the Bull Line concerning the crew of the S. S. Marjory has been settled. The fol­ lowing have money coming: The three oilers, and the following deck men—E. J. Lilly, K. Scherrebeck and Spencer Avant. Collect at the Bull Line office In New York City. FRED HART The United Seaman's Service will sponsor aft art exhibit of the work of merchant seamen. It v/ill be held in New York City at the Hall of Art, 24 "West 4Qth Street, from February 1 through Febru­ ary 14, 1943. All seamen who expect to enter the exhibit are instructed to send entries to Isabel F. Peterson, An­ drew Furuseth Club, 30 East 37th Street. Several pictures can be sub­ mitted by each man. The matting and framing of the pictures will be handled by the USS. There will be three money prizes, $100, $75, and $50 and five $20 honorable mention awards. The jury will be headed by the eminent American artist John Sloan. Any pictures for sale should be accompanied by the name and ad­ dress of the artist and the price asked. RULES OF ENTRY 1. Must be active seamen (3 months sea service). 2. Open to seamen of all United Nations. 3. Pictures must be accompan­ ied by name of artist, price, sea­ man's rank and present owner. 4. Deadline for entries is Jan. 25. 5. All mediums acceptable: oils, water colors, pastels, lithographs, etchings and sculpture. No photo­ graphy accepted. SAVANNAH Shipping in this port for the last week has been good. Had to get crews for two new ships together. After using all the available men around here, started calling some of the other branches for men. Got 9 men out of Tampa one day and 11 the next day. Had a hard time getting ABs together, called Mo­ bile, New Orleans, Baltimore and New York and only succeeded in getting 3 out of Mobile. Am ex­ pecting another ship out around the 8 th of January and will be looking for men again. Any men with ratings in all departments who want to ship out come down around that time and there will be jobs for all. Steady as she goes. CHARLES WAID, Agent Page Three SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF WRTH AMERICAN ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT Secretary-Treasurer's Office ROOM 213 — 2 STONE STREET, NEW VORK CITY P. O. Box 25, Station P. Phone: BOwlins Green 0-8346 Directory of Branches PHONE ADDRESS 2 Stone St Dispatcher's Office .BOwIing Green 9-3430 Agent BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 NortH 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLiC .......25 Commercial PI ...Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS 309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St.. ....... Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO.......... 45 Ponce dc Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 BRANCH NEW YORK Out of the Focs^l by 9Some of these Ferry Boat Clommandcrs who are being sent out as deep water men, are making a farce of the Merchant Marine. Recently some of our brothers returned from England where they had been de­ tained because of the actions of. the skipper, who had all of his crew* placed in irons and accused them of sabotage. Anything and everything short of murder! He demoted a Steward and the Chief Cook to a rating of Messmen. Here is a man who had only sailed on inland waters and is allowed to take a ship to foreign ports. There was'h't a dull moment since that ship left the States in Feb­ ruary. Unfortunately, it was at the expense of the crew. God deliver us from these war time skippers!!! ^ The return of Dickey and Kupta on Christmas has left everyone relieved as to their whereabouts. The Pasinowsky family is proud of their boys who arc doing their bit in the Merchant Marine. Four brothv ers, Ignatius, George, Joseph and John, are members of our organization Three of them have already been torpedoed. The oldest brother is now a licensed officer. Talking about brothers, the Journigan Brothers are well known in the Gulf . . . Jim De Vito has already lost brothers, Michael and Frank due to enemy action. The three Camacho Brothers were lost through enemy action. AAA Bill Lawton, G-164, (who was recently torpedoed) thinks' all sea­ men ought to have their heads examined as to the way they spend their money. We know a lady who things otherwise. She says: "I don't knmo seamen Or whom they may be. I only know one guy. And he's always good to me." IN MEMORY OF Brother G. A. Friel (Oiler) 1898-1942 Died November 10, 1942, Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Died November 10, 1942, U. S. 1941 PROFITS TOP 1929 Seafarers' Log- HONOR ROLL CREW OF S. S. WILLIAM MOULTRIE BILLIONS 20 DOLLARS .FEDERAL TAXES ^.50 CREW OF 8. S. SHICKSHINNY 21.00 CREW OF S. S. FLOMAR 16.85 CREW OF 8. 8. JOHNATHON GROUT 15.00 CREW OF 8. 8. JOSEPH HEWE8 15.00 CREW OF 8. 8. THOMAS NELSON 12.00 ED SINGER 5.0O PHILADELPHIA HALL 5.00 A. GRAPCO 5.00 L. BAKER 5.00 JOHN FREDRICK 3.00 ELLIS FLETCHER 1929 W30 H 1932 1933 1934 1935 a- f 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 194 This chart, based by the AFL on figures of the U. S. Department of Commerce, shows that despite increase In federal taxes, profits of all corporations rose to an all time high—even to.pping profits made in the boom year of 1929. ->4 A. H. LAVEZOLI L. FUNK W. DUORANCZK M. GOTT TOTAL f 2.00 ,• •' 2.00 2.00 1-00 1133.35 •-i' 'f .'ii 4I M �• •- . trTHE Page Four ij*- Swedish Seamen's Union NMU Again Flops On Attempt To Under Handicaps Of War Invade Pacific Maritime Unions NEW YORK,^N. Y. — ITF — Tlie crucial role which the Swed­ ish merchant marine is playing in the second World War and the growing strength of the Swedish seamen's movem<Ait notwithstand­ ing severe loss of lives and organi­ zational difficulties arc revealed in a report of the New York branch of the Swedish Seamen's Union to the American office of the I.T.F. The Swedish Seamen's Union, head­ quarters of which are located in Gothenburg, Sweden, is an afiihate of the International Transport Workers' Federation. The report points out that the total tonnage of the Swedish mer­ chant marine prior to the outbreak of the war in 1939 was more than 1,700,000 reg. tons, which placed Sweden among the ten leading sea­ faring nations. The losses suffered in ships and personnel have been large, most of them occurring in the North Sea and the coastal waters of England. LARGE WAR LOSSES j Altogether, Swedish losses through war action amount to 164 vessels with a tonnage of more than 700,000 tons, or over 40% of the original tonnage. 997 Swed­ ish seamen lost their lives. These losses• during the period 1939-1942 already exceed the total losses which th:j Swedish merchant ma­ rine suffered during the entire •ength of the first World War, 1914-1918. The invasion of the Scandina­ vian countries by the Germans in Skipper's Negligence ht.r K'-: Friday, January 8, 1943 SEAFARERS' LOG April 1940 caught the Swedish merchant fleet by surprise, split­ ting it into two sections, one re­ maining within tlie British-block­ aded Skagcrack and the other slightly larger part outside the blockade. The ships remaining within the blockaded waters could be used only in the Swedish trade with Germany and the Soviet Union. Most of these have been kept in port since the outbreak of the Russian-German war, though losses have not been inconsiderable. FLEET ISOLATED FROM HOME The Swedish ships outside the British blockade were unable to re­ turn tq their home ports without the explicit permission of the British authorities. They sailed for British and other allied ports and have been serving in the cause of the United Nations or whatever little free trade remains. These conditions made it neces­ sary for the Swedish seamen's movement to open offices in Am­ erican and other overseas ports in order to look after the interests of the men. War difficulties placed an tncreasing share o^ responsibility upon the shoulders of the officials in charge of the union offices in American ports. Negotiations between the Swed­ ish shipowners and the union re­ sulted in satisfactory agreements which are scrupulously observed by both sides. The entrance of the United States into the war and the brutal warfare conducted by Axis submarines against shipping in North and South Atlantic waters constituted an additional strain which the union offices were pre­ pared to meet. Important points such as assist­ ance to torpedoed seamen, compen­ sation for loss of personal effects, reemployment, etc., were satisfac­ torily settled. Though many of the seamen have been away from their home and families for a long time they have retained their spirit. Their ships which are of vital importance to the cause of the United Nations are kept in ex­ cellent shape. (Continued front Page 1) cr Jamfs A. Muse, a wiper, was elevated to oiler to take his place. After the ship rounded Cape Horn, Muse became ill and had to be knocked off work. Muse was de­ lirious while the ship was in Saldanha Bay and was given a brief examination by the authorities and WAR BONUS PAID medicine was prescribed. • Captain Moodie, however, for­ The present wages of a Swedish got to ^et the medicine before able-bodied seaman aboard a vessel sailing! sailing between American and EuOne week later the ship was I ropean ports consist of the basic torpedoed and Muse, in his critic­ I wage of 183 Swedish crowns, a al condition, spent 19 days in an I 300 percent war bonus and a slid­ open life boat, and then died after ing living index bonus, altogether being rescued. Had the skipper 974 Swedish crowns or about $222 given him adequate medical atten­ a month. Seamen employed con­ tion during his illness, he probably tinuously for six months receive an would have survived the ordeal in additional 30 percent war bonus. the life boat. Swedish seamen sailing on other Thus did Brothers Rogers and routes Outside the American-Euro­ Muse die—victims of the criminal pean war zones receive war bonuses disregard of the crew's welfare on ranging from 130 to 22 3%. the p.;rt of Captain George P. According to an agreement with Moodie. George P. Moodie served the belligerent nations, Sweden is Hitler just as surely as the U-boat permitted to sail five ships a month captains serve him. through the blockade in order to (Editor's note: The correctness of these facts have been sworn to before a notary public by the fol­ lowing crew memb rs: Alton V. Dawson, Peter Nicolaides, Leo McHugh, Robert Bradley, Thomas G. Day, Walter F. Hass, George L. Lohrmann, Michael Mosack and Lewis Schmaltz. (Continued from Page 1) certain eotnpanies for operation2. Insofar as the War Shipping Administration determines that it is practicable and consistent with the most efficient and effective em­ ployment and operations of such veissels in the successful prosecution of the war, all vessels constructed on the Pacific Coast of the United States and scheduled for allocation to these companies will be allocated respectively to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (Pacific Republics Line), Grace Line Inc. (Pacific Argentine Transit Workers Join ITF—Open Office NEW YORK, N.Y.—ITF—A South American office of the In­ ternational Transport Workers' Federation has been opened in Buenos Aires, Argentine, thus for­ ging another important link in the international transport labor chain spanning the world, it was an­ nounced by the American office of the I.T.F. The new office will serve to strengthen the relations between the transport workers movements of the Western Hemisphere and as­ sist the transport unions of the South American countries in the working out of their problems such as collective bargaining, wages, social security, etc., while furnishing them with international information and data regarding conditions of transport labor in other parts of the world. The Buenos Aires office is in charge of the Union Ferroviaria, the Argentine Railwaymen's Union, and.T.F. affiliate and the country's largest single union comprising nearly 100,000 members or about one-third of the total membership of the Argentine Confederation of Chinese Seamen Gain Death And Injury Payments NEW YORK, N. Y. — ITF — Chinese seamen sailing aboard British ships will receive compen­ sation ranging from 3 3 to 300 pounds in the event of disability or death resulting from war ac­ tion, according to an agreement just concluded between the Brit­ ish and Chinese Governments in London and made public by the American office of the Internation­ al "Transport Workers' Federation. The agreement was reached after extended negotiations in which the situation and conditions of Chin­ ese seamen serving in the British merchant- navy were thoroughly canvassed. About 10,000 Chinese seamen are at present serving aboard British merchant ships. About 660 have lost their lives through enemy action and 220 arc prisoners of the Axis powers. supply the home country with Compensation will be paid by foodstuffs and other needed raw materials. Though this fleet is the British Ministry of Pensions traveling under safe conduct per­ and- payments to the widows and mits, it has also suffered .substan­ other dependents of the men will tial losses. In addition, Swedish ships are carrying food cargoes of be forwarded' through the British about 13,000 tons, a month to t consular and shipping authorities starving Greece. in China. operations) and Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company, Inc., as the case may be, and shall thereafter be manned, insofar as unlicensed personnel are concerned, by crews furnished by the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, the Pacific Coast Mar­ ine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers' Association, and the Marine Cooks and Stewards Asso­ ciation of the Pacific Coast so long as such vessels remain allocated to and operated by such respective companies, irrespective of the trades, service or area in which the vessels may thereafter be en­ gaged. 3. The respective collective bar­ gaining agreements of the unions manning vessels so allocated shall governf and apply. 4. In determining the alloca­ tions of such vessels under the foregoing provisions, the War Shipping Administration will be guided by requirements for the successful prosecution of the war but will give proper consideration to the status of the interested labor organizations under conditions existing prior to the present war and to the preservation of their rights under collective bargaining agreements as confirmed by the War Shipping Administration in the "Statements of Policy" entered into with the various maritime la­ bor unions. 3 Labor. Other Argentine labor unions collaborating with the I.T.F. are the tramway and bus drivers as well as the two maritime unions, the Federacion Obrera Maritima and the Union Obrera Maritima, which are at present en­ gaged in negotiations toward uni­ fication of their forces into a single powerful maritime federation. While the New York office of the I.T.F. will continue as the di­ recting center of all I.T.F. activ­ ities in the Western Hemisphere, the Buenos Aires bureau will "serve as a press and information center for Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Boli­ via, Paraguay and Uruguay. Con­ tacts with the transport unions of Mexico, Cuba and other Latin American countries arc maintained directly from the New York I.T.F. office, which publishes a regular DO NOT news and information service in Burness F. Letson Spanish. SHIP P6153 SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST Central Registering and Dispatching Office Opened in SUP Headquarters at .San Francisco For SIU Members and T.C.'s In Deck, Engine— And Steward Departments Increased shipping on West Coast for S.I.U. members and to insure better iservice and equal shipping rights to all, has made it necessary to open a separate and complete business office to be devoted solely to registering and caring for the needs of S.I.U. members in all departments. All S.I.U. members in San Francisco are required to imme­ diately register in S.I.U. office at $3 Clay St. S.I.U. members in S.U.P. Branches on the West Coast are to register in the re­ spective S.U.P.- Office and receive an S.I.U. shipping card. S.I.U^ shipping cards will have preference on S.I.U. ships and will be recognized by all S.U.P. Dispatchers. S.I.U. Deck members will have second preference on S.U.P. ships if no S.U.P. members are available. For Further Information: Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the ad­ dresses listed below. You, will always finds somebody at these numbers excepting at night. Bill Gries, 206 West 6th St., San Pedro — Phone San Pedro 2491. E. Coester or Johnson, 86 Seneca St., Seattle, Wash.—• Phone Elliott 6752. John Massey, or C. Atkins, 111 West Burnside St., Port­ land, Oregon—Phone Beacon 4336. Louie Glebe or Banks, 257 Fifth ^t., Richmond, Califor­ nia—Phone Richmond 4021. Hugh Murphy, 340 B Cambie St., Vancouver, B. 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Title A name given to the resource January 8, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 1 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SUB-STANDARD WAGES CHARGED TO N.E.S.S. LINE NMU AGAIN FLOPS ON ATTEMPT TO INVADE PACIFIC MARITIME UNIONS AMERICAN THEATER WING CLUB FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN WSA PLEDGES OBSERVANCE OF CONTRACTS AND HIRING HALL GRAVY! DEATH OF 2 SIU MEN TRACED TO NEGLIGENCE OF SKIPPER DRAFTED MEN OVER 38 CAN GO TO SEA OPA GIVES SEAMEN PRIORITY RIGHTS FOR RUBBER BOOTS NEW LIBERTY SHIP TO FEATURE SPEED S.I.U. MEN BRAVE JUNGLE TO AVOID INTERNMENT SWEDISH SEAMEN'S UNION UNDER HANDICAPS OF WAR NMU AGAIN FLOPS ON ATTEMPT TO INVADE PACIFIC MARITIME UNIONS ARGENTINE TRANSIT WORKERS JOIN ITF-OPEN OFFICE CHINESE SEAMEN GAIN DEATH AND INJURY PAYMENTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/08/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b146403c57a4294b16ebdb48892f4c93.PDF fc66a8d50e6218477ff529fda10d1d17 PDF Text Text Official Orga^ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. X pIQ Tallying jcommittae peginsCount No. 2 NEW YORK. N. Y« FRmAY, JANUARY 9. 1948 CitiesService NLRB Voting Rears Close CHECKING AND DOUBLECHECKING NEW YORK — The heaviest voting in SIU history ended oji December 31, when balloting tor Atlantic arid Gulf District offi­ cials for 1948 wa3 concluded. Practically all ports reported a great number of votes being cast. ^ The complete- tallying of the votes started as soon as balloting ; jended, and the results of the Section, plus a report of the Bal­ lot Tallying Committee, will be submitted to the next member­ ship meeting and will be carried in next week's issue of the LOG. ' The members of the Commit­ tee are Red Whidden, Jimmy Stewart, Pedro Peralta, Les Ames, Sam Luttrell, Matt Fields, iPaddy McCann, Paul Parsons, and Frank Smith. Although the final results for the entire election will not be obtainable until all Branches are heard from, nevertheless, the Committee states that from in­ complete reports, more votes were cast in this election than in any previous balloting for of­ ficers since the inception of the Union. The heavy voting is a tribute to the Seafarers belief in real trade union democracy. The SIU belongs to the membership, and the members take their respon­ sibilities seriously. Toward Cooperation • Another great stride to­ ward international coopera­ tion and good will was taken in Berlin by the Russian Army newspaper "Red Star." which reports with a straight face, that U. S. garrisons are manned by "selected cut­ throats. spies and diversionists." These not-jusl-a v e r a g e GIs. as we back home are led to believe, are reinforced by "fascist displaced persons hastily granted American citizenship." The paper further charges that these men are guilty of rape, kidnapping and murder ' of German civilians. They also are not above abducting Russian officers and men for interrogation, the paper re­ ports. The activities of American troops in Berlin, the Red Star maintains, have the sanction of the United States administration. Counting Seafarers' votes in New York ii the Headquarters Tallying Committe. Around the table from left to right are "Red" Whiddea (foreground). Jimmy Stewart. Pedro Peralta. F. F. Smith (standing), Les Ames. Committee Ciairman Sam Luttrell (standing). Matt Fields. Patty McCann. Paul Parsons. Mines Still Peril Mershant Seamen The shooting war ended in August, 1945, when the Japanese Government surrendered, but it would be hard to convince mer­ chant seamen that the war is over. Latest ship to face the still existing dangers of stray mines was an American freighter which was enroute from Hamburg to London. In a message to the home office in New York, the Skipper of the vessel * wired, "Magnetic mine apparently ex­ ploded under bottom aft hull. Machinery apparently damaged. Will advise later." No casualties were reported among the crew of fifty. The Dutch Coast Guard at Terschelling, Frisian Island, said it had received a message from the vessel stating that the crew had been able to repair damages and immediately assigned a tug to accompany the vessel to London. To add to the dangers of stray mines, high seas around the , British Isles caused an Italian freighter to go aground on the Goodwin Sands, and a fishing trawler and a railway steamer to run aground off the coasts of a 65-foot cannery tender, struck Norfolk and Dumbartonshire, re­ a reef and broke up in the : pounding surf. spectively. In another quarter of th6 globe I It's really unnecessary to add a nine or ten gale-buffeted cast­ , moral to the foregoing. While aways clung to a rocky point of the shipowners pile up profits, the Alaska peninsula awaiting the merchant seamen take the rescue by a Navy- tug and a risks. Then ask for a wage in­ Coast Guard clipper. The cast­ crease and hear the operators aways have been stranded for plead dire poverty. almost a week after their ship. Some system, eh? SIU Action Brjngs Relief Te Allen Union Members The SIU is making successful strides 'in easing the problem posed for alien seamen by the current slack in shipping. Spe­ cial Services Representative Joseph Volpian announced at an informal membership meeting in the New York Hall last Wednes­ day. MOP©, than 300 Seafarers filled the recreation room to par­ ticipate in an open discussion on the alien seamefl question. Volpian pointed out that the although the problem is an im­ portant one, it is relaHvely slight within the SIU, as is borne out by the figures. While the present governmen­ tal ruling allows 25 per cent of a ship's crew to be composed of aliens, it was revealed that less than 10 per cent of the Union membership have alien status. In announcing the Union's handling of the problem, the SIU Special Services • Representative said that significant success had been registered in securing co, (Contitmed Page 7) On January 20 the election to determine a bargaining agent for the unlicensed pensonnel of the. Cities Service fleet will come to an end and, unless the company is successful in stalling, the Sea­ farers International Union will soon after be certified. This election was to have ended on November 20, but two CS ships, the Lone Jack and the French Creek, were on the shuttle run between the coast of France and the Persian Gulf, and the voting period was extended for sixty days. The French Creek is due in on January 19 and, according to National Labor Relations Board precedent, will be voted that ^day or the next. s However, from all reports, the'. Lone Jack will not arrive in any port in the continental limits of the United States by the time the extension period ends, and it is rumored that the company jwill ask for a further delay. If this happens, the SIU will take a firm stand against such tactics.. The company could very easily arrange to keep the lione Jack in the Mediterranean foi? months, during which time thd majority of men who voted for the Seafarers will be deprived of the representation they want and need. The eight new ships acquired by the Cities Service company will also figure in the voting after the bargaining election is concluded. Under the TaftHartley law, in order to attain a imion shop, the men employed on the newly purchased ships will also be polled on the ques­ tion. General Organizer Lindsey Williams is confident that the balloting to ascertain whether or not the employes want a union shop will result in an over-; whelming victory for the SIU. NY Meeting Change The next regular member­ ship meeting of the New York branch will be held the evening of Tuesday. January 13. The change in nights is necessary because the meet­ ing hall is not available Wed­ nesday. Other branches will meet Wednesday as usual. New York meeting will be at Roosevelt Auditorium, 100 East 17th Street at the cor­ ner of Fourth Avenue. The - time, of course, is 7 PM. •:^l �^gw Two THE SE AFARERS LOG 7 Friday, January 9» 1948 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District AffUialed wiih zhe American Federation of Labor . At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 J. P. SHULER - - - - Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board J. p. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA I'-fe'! ': Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. George K. Novick, Editor 267 Let's Go In '48 There is no doubt that the year 1947 will go down . in Seafarers history as a year in which many forward strides were made. Besides Isthmian, which ranks with the largest carriers of dry cargo in the world, the SIU was •able to sign up many more companies, both dry cargo and tanker.It is impossible to say which company was the ino§t important. From the standpoint- of size alone there are quite a few members who will argue that the victory over Isthmian was the one that brought the most power and prestige to the Union. But the truth is that every company signed to an SIU agreement is equally import­ ant, for the small outfit of today niay turn into the large company of tomorrow. And, it should not be forgotten, each fleet offers a certain number of sufe jobs for the membership. Besides the tremendous victories in organization, the SIU can be proud of its record in assisting other unions in the prosecution of legitimate beefs. The CIO Shipyard • Workers came to the Union for aid on two separate oc­ Staten Island Hospital casions, and each time white-capped Seafarers quickly took You can contact your Hos­ their places on Shipyard Workers' picketlines. pital delegate at the Staten The United Financial Employees, pitted against the Island Hospital at the follow­ giants of Wall Street, came to the SIU for help, and with ing times: the assistance of a thousand militant seamen closed up Tuesday— 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and Sth, floors.) the mighty Cotton Exchange. \% Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Add to these the Telephone Workers, the Office Em­ J V.rP I• (on 3rd and 4th floors.) ployees International Union, the Waiters and Waitresses, Saturday —- 1:30 to 3:30 pjn. arid the Bakery Workers, and you have a picture of the (on 1st and 2nd floors.) worthwhile way in which the membership of the Sea- farers International Union has demonstrated the princiThen Br« the Unioa BxoUiCK'ettnrenilr in the mazlne hospitals, i^ples of trade union sofidarity. as reportisd brlhe Post Agents. Thne Bcoihezs find time hangin; GEORGE BURNS E. FREMSTAD \ f": But even with the victories gained by the SIU in the heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by E. J. BARTEMEIR way of bettered wages and conditions for the men sail- writing to them. J. H. HAYES W. KASZUBSKI in|: ships contracted to the Union, and even with the NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL 4 4 .4 ' L. GOLEMBEIWSKI BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. i staunch friendships that the SIU has built up among other F. E. WHEELER F. NERING J; LEWIS unions, nevertheless, this year brings with it many prob­ C. McGILBERRY J. PRATS J. E. SILKOWSKI R. LORD lems which have to be faced. . - ^ W. VAUGHN A. AMUNDSEN C. CREVIER E.-LARSEN 7; Prices, never r^lly within the range of wages, have E. L. EDLEBH. STONE E. CARAVONA T. BOGUS gone clear out of sight. The increases won by the SIU in W. WILCOXSON J. VATLAND S. LeBLANC P. CASALINUOVO negotiations with the. operators have been eaten up by M. J. FIELDS L. CLARKE J. RIDDLE galloping inflation. The choice is to starve or to demand G. KOCJAN K. A. STANBERG J. ANDERSON more money. The Union has vehemently gone on record N. LAWRENSON M. A. MCALLISTER ' E. DELLAMANO J; E. HOAR " to request a substantial wage boost to offset rising prices. J. S. CARA J. SMITH B. H. TOLBERT J. F. FITZPATRICK F. O'CONNELL Mass unemployment is a specter hovering over the G. T. FRESHWATER T. HENDRICKS J. LEE (SUP) waterfront. American ships are being transferred to Pan­ N R. CARTWRIGHT 4" S" i" • 4 4 4 amanian or Honduran registry, or are being sold to foreign J. WARD BUFFALO HOSPITAL NORFOLK powers where they will compete with American shipping. N. LONGTINE ARTHUR LYNCH FRITZ KRAUL MICHAEL DONOVAN CECIL WILLIAMS To add to this, the humanitarian Marshall Plan, which is J. E. MAGUIRE J. CARROLL >s FRANK AMAGETT • CHARLES LORD m: supported by practically all people except the communists, J. J. O'NEILL JACIC WOOTON 4 4 4" ti proposes to transfer even more ships to European coun- L. AL HOLMES BALTIMORE HOSPITAL F. ALLGEIER J. G. BERKENKEMPER fe.,;:. tries. W.-A. YAHL - i STATEN I^AND^ HOSPITAL R. RARDIN SAMUEL J. STEELE To this we are unalterably opposed, J. D. BERGERIA A. DRAKE 4 4 4 y; The past year has written its story in glowing colors. H. J. NUUHIWA W. F. CANAVAN GALVESTON HOSPITAL What lies ahead can be just as colorful, or it can-be black J, B. DALTON 0m F. J. RICHARDSON J. A. SEALY J. T. ALLAN :8s night. Only our own strength and determination will H. WATSON . ^ A; J; HALL W.T.ROSS 7 '-W. BARGONE make the difference between victory and defeat in the A. DOLCE S; BUZALEWSKI . J. GARDNER!* ;7 • - J. HARRIS many tasks which we have to tackle. E. KASNEWSKI J. A. WHITTAKER Mr FOSTER, Jr. It won't be easyto keep on winning, but we can do J. McNEpLY C;"-;W.-PAYNE J. D. ROSS it^—and: Willi'; ••; 7; / : . • V ;.;: ; T. MUSCOVAGE C,:'CAKLSON;-.' p. L. ,HUNTER j; T Men Now in The Maftne'Hospitals 0 i l! �Friday, January 9. 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Esso Company Union Afraid Of SlU Appeal The most effective ally the Esso Oil Company has in its fight to prevent the organization of the unlicensed personnel sailing its tankers is the Esso Tanker Men's Association. For a long time this phony company "union" has conspired with the company to stop any chance the seamen have to im­ prove their wages and conditions. Latest in a long line of cheap tactics resorted to by the EMTA QUESTION: What suggestions can you make toward- improving ships' payoffs. are two form letters that were sent to all Esso seamen—which were turned over to General Or­ FIDEL LUKBAN. Steward; BUDDY CINQUEGRANA, AB; As a Steward I find that some­ ganizer Lindsey William by an Personally. I Ihihk the Patrol­ times the Patrolmen do not look SIU volunteer organizer whose man are doing a darned good at both sides of a dispute or name is being withheld, for ob­ job. I would suggest, though, beef. In the Stewards Depart­ vious reasons. that all hands be given a full It is a known fact that a large ment it is often the case that the hearing of their beefs at the percentage of Esso men are not men of the Department are in payoff, regardless of who is mak­ meiffbers of the ETMA, and even the wrong, but sometimes is not ing it. On- occasion I have seen those who have joined are openly allowed to fully give his account beefs of permitmen go in one critical of the brown-nosing of of what took place. I'm not say­ ear and out the other. They ing that the Steward is always the Association which has robbed should be heard same as any­ body else, for they are the men right or right even half of the the unlicensed personnel of over­ ; who will hold books in the fu­ time—I just feel that things time which is paid under stand­ ture. Another thing Patrolmen ^ would be better if the Patrolmen ard SIU tanker contracts. To bolster support for the dy­ should insist on all men paying would hear out both sides of the ing organization, the letter re­ their dues in the port of payoff; quarrel. quests all Esso seamen to join not where they sail steady from. the ETMA, and if already members, to try to talk others into signing up. As a clincher, the letter points out: RICHARD HEGER. FWT: HAROLD WITT. Nt. Cook-Baker: SUCKERS WELCOME I think the Patrolmen are do­ I think some improvement is "Of course, if you don't want ing an excellent job considering in order on the West Coast to protect the things that you all the many details they must where, at payoffs, the Patrolmen now enjoy—if you want to handle at a payoff. My only sug­ seem to give the bulk of their invite the NMU back again, or gestion is that in the matter of allow the SIU to get a foot­ attention to the Deck men and assessments and receipts the hold, just forget about this almost completely ignore - the Patrolmen should go over the letter. Stewards and Engine Depart­ books carefully. Recently, "The time to do something is ments. We have our beefs, too. through an error. I paid an as­ now. Protect what you have but sometimes we don't get a full sessment twice. Sometimes I've and help to improve upon it hearing. That's about my only noticed that it is almost impos­ by building, building, building suggestion. At the payoff of the sible to read a receipt due to the ETMA, so that you can be Marina this week, we got real X hurried writing. I know the absolutely sure that no one representation with each Depart­ Patrolmen have a lot to do. but will take from you your pay or ment getting equal attention. "The ' if notations, were printed there your job, and the other things •ji Patrolmen who came out to our ; . would not be any headaches later which you so richly deserve." ship did a fine job. if things got fouled up. "The other things which you so richly deserve," and which Esso seamen are asked to join li the ETMA . to "protect," include no overtime: no effective repre­ When New York was hit sentation in beefs; loss of jobs such as long as we ourselves are many incompelenls among them. Q By PAUL PARSONS by a record snowstorm the for men who speak out for their good Brothers. After the war, some of those Many articles have been writ­ day after Christmas, busi­ rights; a state of bondage in We have watched other unions incompetents were still around. ten about supervisory positions nessmen were away ahead of which the ships officers and the and found that disregard of the These either got straightened out among "union workers, and many the snow shovelers in doing company top brass can do prac­ rated men and foremen by the or were dismissed. definitions have been given as rank-and-file has resulted in something about it. Despite tically anything they please to Now is the time for good bro­ jto where unionism ends and su­ confusion, dissension and loss of an adequate supply of every­ a seaman; and a paternalistic sys­ therhood both ways. One thing, pervision begins. thing except fuel oil, a few tem in which the unlicensed sea­ membership. we don't have to call key rated 1 would like to clarify a point hints of shortages and the men are treated as dogs, subject men "company stiffs." (Brothers, HOTHEAD PRESSURE or two right here by saying that, to be fired or demoted, or logged, rush was on. in my estimation, being called a as long as you belong to the We may as well face the fact, "company stiff" is about as bad without cause and without the With Mother Nature's union, it doesn't matter whether regardless of the consequences, as being called a fink or scab.) right to question the employer. blessing the eager beavers or not you are a supervisor. The that many of our good rated men In return for all these mar­ really cashed in. Here are a However, a man can save for union comes first in connection have declined to sail in those top velous advantages, not enjoyed few examples: with your job. ratings because of pressure by a company without being a stiff. )y any seamen who are organized There is a happy medium to Milk, usually 23 cents a In the SIU, much argument hotheads, sots and deadbeats. into the SIU, the Standard Oil maintain. Lest we forget it, we quart went to 35 cents. has been tossed around as to Of the head ratings, the Stew­ do not have to destroy company Company grants its employes va­ Bread, normally 15 cents, what ratings are in the super­ ards have been getting the hard­ cation time during the year visory capacity and whether or est time with the Bosuns next in property and continually lam­ 24 cents. which is worth about ^half of not Bosuns, Electricians and line. (At one time, of course, baste- department heads to be Fuel oil, 14 cents a gallon what they would make in over­ Stewards are supervisors. Here is every day was "Down with the union men. Too much agitation rose to 25-35 cents. time in the same period. my own belief, and I think it Steward Day," but good union-' either way is equally bad. Problem now facing the RIGHTS REVOKED holds up; ism changed that by eliminating big boys is how to pin the And, of course, if a man should Let us all be Brothers from the No unlicensed personnel are the starvation diets and putting blame for these prices on the happen to quit his job, or become Vsupers because none of them is good Brothers in Steward's jobs.) Master down. None of us is above unions. too sick to continue working, he a real department head. The During the recent war, all rat­ it and, by the same reasoning, losbs all rights to vacation pay. only possible exception is a ed men suffered because of tlie none of us is below it. It all adds up to a good deal Steward, and he is riot really a for Esso, and for the ETMA of­ department head either because ficials who draw their wages for he is under the Captain's juris­ selling out their fellow-workers, diction. but the seamen themselves are There are a few company stiffs The Small Business Commit-) opinion, the • transfer would WASHINGTON — Despite the waking up to the fact that only pltis all company officials who tee rece'ntly held up the transfer weaken American defenses, in­ a strong organization like the recent strong protests of the would like you to believe enough malarkey about "supervisory" Senate Small Business Commit-, tensify the acute oil shortage in of 100 tankers with a demand SIU can really protect the inter­ jobs in order to suppress or cap­ tee, another 75 of the largest the states on'the Atlantic coast that they be used to relieve the ests of working seamen. and sharpen opposition to the oil shortage. That's why Standard. Oil and ture part of our membership. American tankers will be trans­ Marshall Plan. "The Administration protested the ETMA are worried, and that's 11/j' There is this, however, that we can learn if we expect to main­ ferred to foreign flags. Senator As now designed, the Marshall that commitments had been made the reason for this desperate at­ tain harmony on board regard­ Wherry of Nebraska, the commit­ Plan involved wholly unneces­ to sell them abroad, although tempt to drum up membership sary sacriflces in this coimtry, the American operators were eager to in a phony association which has less of ratings. We are all Bro­ tee's chairman, revealed. The Senator said that, in his acquire them," Wherry stated. Senator declared. been discredited by Esso seamen. thers and must be treated as t":) hhndicenseJ Men Not Supervisors Free" Enterprise 75 More Tankers To Go Despite Protests A I �Vtsge Tour (REPORT OF JOHN HAWK, SUBSTITUTE HEPRESENTATIVE FOR SIU PRESIDENT HARRY LUNDEBERG. AT INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTWORK. ERS GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT LONDON. ENGLAND. ON NOVEMBER 25. 26 and 27th. 1947.) Composition and Aims of ITF The International Transportworkers Federation IXTF) was organized in" the year 1896 and is composed of Free Trade Unions of Transport Workers such as Seamen, Maritime Officers, Longshoremen, Railwaytnen and Teamsters of different .countries affiliated on an International scale. The aim of the ITF is to establish, promote and maintain free trade unions in all countries and to unite them in a strong and unbreakable International Federation of Unions endeavoring to effect solidarity among workers of the world, in order to support national and international action, to achieve better wages, living and working conditions. The Seafarers International Union of North America through Harry Lundeberg in 1941 became the first Union in U.S.A. to become affiliated to the ITF. The National Organization of the Masters, Mates and Pilots, AFL, and the Railway Labor Executives Association .that is made up of twenty Railwaymen Unions, sixteen of which are AFL affiliates and four Independent, has recently become affiliated to the ITF. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters are now considering affiliating to the ITF along with certain other AFL Unions. Brother Harry Lundeberg is a member of the ITF General Council; I substituted for him at the. meeting. Brothers A. E. Lyon and J. Clark represented the U.S. Railway Workers Unions at the General Council Meeting. Agenda and Action Thereon TV E SE AFJi R EU S L O G The General Council of Ihd International Trans­ portworkers Federation met in London, England, the last week of November, 1947. Seafarers In­ ternational Union Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk represented the Union in the absence of President Harry Lundeberg. Prior to the war. the ITF was the largest in­ ternational body of t.rade unions. Under continued attack from the nazis and mmmunists during the war. the ITF-nevertheless functioned as weU as possible from headquarters in London, and did all in its power to keep the principles of trade union democracy sdive. The American Federation of Labor was a vital factor in the ITF's struggle. Both money and men were contributed to the organization, and the first American union to join the (TF was the SIU in 1941. A representative of - the ITF, Willy Dorchain, established headquarters here in the United States, and it is well known how Brother Dorchain helped coordinate the iupport from foreign __ unions in the SIU general strike in 1946. The war helped the formation and growth of the communist-dominated World Federation of Trade - Unions, but this organization has already lost the respect of many , of its affiliates, and a number of unions are seriously considering sever­ ing all connection with the WFTU. •Membership in the ITF, however, has climbed steadily since, the end of the war, and if that growth is maintained, the ITF will once again soon be the largest international federation of trade unions. On' this page appears the report of Brother Hawk. It was further thought necessary to bring about closer cooperation between the seafarers' trade imioas in Asia, and for this purpose the ITF will establish a temporary Asian Secretariat for Seafarers. The question of the headquarters of this Secretariat is still under consideration in consultation with Asian organizations. At present the choice seems to be be­ tween Singapore and Hongkong. 1. Secretariat's Report for the period May 1946 to September, 1947. 2. Financial Reports. 3. Relations with WFTU 4. Marshall Plan. 5. Election of ITF President. 6. Election of two members of the Executive Com­ MARSHALL PLAN IMPLICATIONS mittee (in succession to Messrs. Benstead and Garcias). In the discussions of maritime affairs fear was ex­ 7. Date and place of next ITF Congress. pressed that the unplanned expansion of all merchant The Council reviewed-the work of the Secretariat, fleets might lead to over-equipnjent of the world with Management Committee and Executive Committee merchant ships with, as a cdnsequence, cut-throat during the last twenty months. It noted with great competition. Such a development is calculated to un­ satisfaction a substantial increase in membership. dermine the social progress achieved in the shipping Two member organizations from Austria and one industry during and since the War. from Greece, which were reconstructed after the lib­ The ITF will, therefore, seek to secure through the eration of these countries, have been re-instated. Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Seven organizations of merchant navy officers of Bel­ world-wide agreement on shipping policy. The agree­ gium, Finland, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway ment must ensure that world tonnage is no bigger and Sweden have joined the ITF since the dissolution than required to carry world trade. of the International Mercantile Marine Officers' As­ The Council considered the implications of the sociation. There have further been admitted 13 new organi­ Marshall Plan for the trade union movement and the • zations in Ceylon, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Ireland, transport industries of the countries concerned and Jamaica, Lebanon, St. Lucia and the United States expressed its views in a resolution on the question. It is planned to hold in the near future a confer­ of America. The most important of these are the Association of Master, Mates and Pilots of the United ence of transport workers' trade unions of the coun­ States, and the Railway Labor Executives Association tries participating in the implementation of the Mar.shall Plan, with a view to examining the transport of the United States. aspects of the Plan and formulating rational transport 3 MILLION MEMBERS policies. r " The membership of the ITF stands at present at The Council further declared" that the ITF is, pre­ f; the figure of three million in over 100 organizations pared to cooperate with other trade union bodies seek­ - belonging to 35 countries and colonies. ing to contribute to the successful implementation of The Council endorsed the decision of the Executive the Plan. Committee to Kummemuss, the leader of the trans­ RELATIONS WITH WFTU port workers and seamen of the Hamburg area, who In respect of the relations between the ITF and the :! attended the meeting on the second day. World Federation of Trade Unions, the Council, after It instructed the Secretariat to enquire what provi­ a brief discussion, endorsed unanimously the resolu- ^ sions the German trade unions have made to prevent tion-adopted by the Executive Committee at its meet­ war criminals, - particularly officers of U-boats, front ing in Washington in September last. entering their ranks. Affiliation of German trade un­ It was noted that the trade unions of some coun­ ions catering for seafarers is to become effective only tries have either not resumed their relations with wit^ .the approval of the Seafarers' Section of the ITF. the ITF, or have withdrawn because the negotiations The Council further noted with great satisfaction between the ITF and the WFTU have hot yet led to that Franco Spain refrained from carrying out the the transformation of the ITF into a. Department of threat to forbid Norwegian ships entry to Spanish the WFTU. ports when the ITF made it clear that such action Particular notice was taken of the resolution by would lead to retaliation by its ^dfiliated organizations. which the French Seaihen's Federation declared its With a view to assisting the trade unions of trans- withdrawal from the ITF and called upon the WFTU . pox*t workers in countries in the Near and Middle to convene at an early date the'constituent conference East, it was decided to issue a journal in Arabic de­ of its Transport Department. Should the WFTU act voted to the economic ^d social problems of this upon such suggestions, the Secretariat of the ITF will area as well as to. international trade union affairs. advise its affiliated organization^ to refrain from par­ iSj A conference of transport workers unions of . these ticipating in the conference. [' countries will be held under the auspices of the. ITF .The French Transport Workers,^ Federation has with­ feih 1948, probably towards the autumn. drawn from the ITF without meeting its constiutional WTS4»Y^. JanuB^ S, 1918 obligations and even without refunding money bor­ rowed, because it was dissatisfied with the attitudq of the ITF towards the WFTU. Though there was no recommendation of the Executive Committee to that effect, the Council decided not to accept the notice. Owing to the appointment of John Benstead to the British Transport Commission and the expulsion of the French Transport Workers' Federation, two seats in the Executive Committee had become vacant. The Council, unanimously elected J. B. Figgins, General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen of Great Britain, and B. M. Jewell, international representative of the Railway Labor Executives Asso­ ciation of the United States, to fill these vacancies. Omer Becu, President of the Belgian Transport Workers' Union, was unanimously elected President of- the ITF in succession to Mr. Benstead. It was decided that the next Congress of the ITP shall be held in one of the Scandinavian countries (probably Oslo), in July 1948. The two resolutions on the Marshall Plan and on the relations with the WFTU read as follows: • Resolution Re: WFTU ' Having considered the question of the relations be-" tween the WFTU and the International Trade Secre­ tariats; and Having taken cognizance of the report presented on the subject by the Secretariat of the ITF and of the decision reached by the Executive Committee of the ITF at its meeting in Washington in September 1947, which Deplored that the negotiations between the WFTU and IT Secretariat had so far not procured agreement on any of the main points at issue, and that the WFTU, without awaiting the outcome of the nego­ tiations, had thought fit to adopt final regulations for the proposed International Trade Departments, and thus sought to confront the ITS with an accomplished fact; and Recalled that the final decision with regard to the absorption of the ITS rested with those bodies them­ selves, and that in particular the Governing Bodies of the ITF under their terms of reference had to re­ port back • on the subject to the next Congress of the ITF; Commends and endorses the Washington decision of the Executive Committee of the ITF and the policy and procedures followed by the ITF repre­ sentatives; Authorizes the Secretariat of the ITF to resume ne­ gotiations on the issue if approached to that effect by the WFTU; and - Instructs the Secretariat, should the WFTU proceed to convene, over the head of the ITF a conference of transport workers' unions with the view of forming * an International Trade Department, to recommend affiliated imions to refrain from participation in the conference. " " . I I •'1 SI I Resolution Re: Marshall Plan Considering the ravages caused by the war and ' the sufferings endured by the peoples, and Regretting that, insufficient international agreement ' has been reached to repair the damage to improve production and transport, necessary for the improve­ ment and maintenance of the standards of life. Welcomes the. renewed willingness of the United States of ^America to come to the aid of the countries of Europe, because of the hope it holds out of im­ provement in the lives of the peoples who will parti- ' cipate in aid, and in particular in the conditions of • the working classes, which Imiirovement again is a condition for steady social and economic development and for the assurance of the freedoms. without which life in democratic countries is unthinkable; and Whereas the Marshall Plan, envisages also coopera- tion in the rehabilitation of European transport sys- • tems, and whereas transport workers have no small part to play in ensuring the success of the Marshall__^ Plan, Declares the willingness of the ITF to cooperate in the execution of that Plan; and Whereas cooperation between the organized trans­ port workers of America and Europe is indispensable to the most effective representation of transport work­ ers' interests. Welcomes the affiliationsof important groups of organized American transport workers to the ITF. Instructs the Secretariat of the ITF to call at the earliest convenient date a conference of the transport workers' unions of the coimtries concerned with the execution of the Marshall Plan; and .Declares the willingness of the ITF to associate it­ self with other trade union organizations in any co­ ordination of trade union participation in the Marshall Plan. . EI �Fridatr* JantBrr 9.,1998 HE SEAPARBRS LOC San Juan Keeps On Schedule During The Busy Hellday Season By WOODY LOCKWOOD SAN JUAN—For the first re­ port of 1948 I'd like to wish the membership of the SIU a veryprosperous and happy New Year. As far as the Union is concerned, I'm sure it will be as prosperous as 1947 and that alone is enough to make the average SIU mem­ ber happy. ~ During the holidays just past, we kept things running in San Juan on schedule. We managed to take care of all calls for men and handle all beefs. Speaking of replacements dur­ ing the holidays, we had a rather amusing incident on the last day of the old year. The Bull Line Liberty, Arlyn, docked at Pier 2, San Juan at 4:30. Immediately the Purser hurried to the company office to order an AB. Finding no one in the office he was hurrying back to the ship when we bumped in­ to each other. I got his story and immediately called the San Juan Hall. Sal Colls turned loose his blood­ hounds and after a frantic search found an AB. The man was dis­ patched to the Aryln to turn to at 8 ATM. when she sailed. He hit the ship all right and turned to. The amusing thing ajbout it all is the fact that the last man to ship out of the San Juan Hall in 1947 was an SUP Brother and, in 1948, he was the first man to turn to. The Broth­ er's name is J. W. Dean. New Year's Day we found our­ selves needing another AB so we dispatched Homer "Red" Spurlock, our Seafaring artist. "Red" was able to take the ship as he had just completed portraits of a local doctor and his wife. He has cleared up all wa 08e Hii^ To TRACK DOWM , .^WARXCSSESl his work around here, but it won't be long before he'll be back again with brush in hand. Oldtimer Chuck Limbrough was in for a while last week. He is deck Delegate of the Jane O, Gulf Canal Lines. Blackie Kane is on his good behavior, as are the rest of the boys on the steady runs in here. The only unusual activity of the waterfront here is "a strike of the ferries running between San Juan and Cantino. Rumor has it that the strike may spread to other waterfront unions. In the hospital at the moment are Mike McCollaugh and Brother Rode, but both should be out by the time this appears in print. Timely Arrival Of Some Isthmian Vessels Saves San Francisto From Having Bad Week By W. H. SIMMONS tic'ular. Captain Martin, is worthy from the rumhounds on the inof a good word. He had done a tercoastal ships. Maybe these SAN FRANCISCO—Intercoast- good job in all Union problems guys will wake up, but by then al and foreign run Isthmians between the company and the it will be too late. made up the bulk of shipping Union. Enjoying the California weath­ for a good week out here. The er are three oldtimers: Brother OLD PROBLEM presence of these ships made Waterman and Calmar sup­ the difference between this be­ plied the other ships for the ing a poor week and an excellent week. The Andrew Jackson, Wa­ one. terman, out three months, paid In from a foreign trip was the off clean with the exception of George Chamberlain, Isthmian. one beef. This, I'm sorry to say, She had been out five months we could do very little about. and pgid off in San Pedro in In the Far East, and this is a general practice aboard Water­ fine shape. man ships, the Captain worked This was her first trip as an coolies on deck. We have fought Isthmian ship and, therefore, long and hard to put a stop to had a mixed crew of SIU, SUP this practice but little can be Brooks from Mobile; W. W. Boatand NMU men. done. For some reason Waterman wright from Tampa, and J. J. Now she is strictly SIU-SUP. officers get a bang out of beat­ We issued a few SIU permits to ing the sailors out of a few] Coyne from Boston. These boys are not complaining about a men worthy of them and so dollars. filled out the complement of the If the company wanted to do thing—how could they? It's a little overdue, but here's ship. something to strengthen relations wishing all Seafarers the world On the intercoastal ships we with the Union, they would look I are beginning to notice a better into this practice and have it' over a Merry Christmas and an enjoyable New Year from the understanding of the Isthmian stopped. Port of San Francisco. _ contract by the men on these It means practically nothing in ships. wages to the company but it Even the Isthmian officials out does breed ill feelings among here are becoming a little more the seamen. Here's hoping they cooperative. One official in par- will take action on this—it will mean smoother payoffs on ships Construction work costing ap­ coming from the Far East. proximately $12,000,000 will be CAUGHT SHORT staited soon at La Guayra, chief , Calmar's Pennmar stopped olT seaport of Venezuela, to bring and is expected to stay that here in transit with a load of way for a while. But for just trouble. It stemmed from that the port's annual capacity to old demon rum. She hit in here 1,000,000 tons, it was disclosed by how long nobody can say. on Christmas Eve and made it Alcoa SS Co. If there is a strike of any kind, impossible for us to find re­ The Venezuelan Ministry of the SIU-will " help any outfit that placements for the gashounds. Public Works already has let a We were caught short and had contract for a 2,000-foot breaks to let the performers stay ab­ water, a pier of latest design, a oard. It was another case of {number of warehouses and sevriding the bottle on the inter­ ' eral smaller improvements, accoastal run. Pleading with these (coi'ding to reports received. men to stop is of no avail; we have to keep pulling them off, In addition, secondary work and every pull-off is a black will get under way which will include dredging the main road­ eye to the Union. Right now the Union's nego­ stead to about 35 feet and ex­ tiating committee is meeting cavating a rocky zone where with Calmar for a new contract, ' some of the warehouses are to be but they're not getting any help constructed. has a good beef. We always help anybody who is in a fight for improvement in wages and" con­ ditions. The boys in the hospital are doing well. They send a Happy New Year to all the members of the best Union there is. By GAL TANNER Venezuelan Port Will Be Modernized Baltimore Shipping Holds Up; Fature Bright By WM. (CURLY) HENTZ • J^V;- BALTIMORE — Shipping has been very good here for the past two weeks, considering all the Holidays we've been having, and it should pick up some more in the near future. However, we've had only three payoffs recently. They were: the .Mae and the Edith, Bull Line and the Steelore, Ore Line. We hope there will be more than that to report next time. Moreover, what with the Holi­ days, we've had only five signons: the T. Cresp, Isthmian; the Steelore, Ore Line; the G. Gilr lian, South Atlantic; and the Carolyn, Bull Line. Most of the above are still in the port of Baltimore waiting for orders, for the yards to get their repairs completed and for inspection. In addition we've had a few - ships in transit, and here's hop­ ing we have some more sign-ons. ISTHMIAN'S LEARNING Naturally there have been a few beefs, as there always are. But all of them were settled in the right place—aboard ship. It's no surprise, I guess, that we're getting most of our beefs with Isthmian. That's because of the agreement. The ^"Isthmian Masters and Mates just aren't used to working with an agree­ ment with the SlU.; They will get used to it, though. Things are pretty good with Isthmian, though, at that. A lot of people didn't expect any agreement at all, and they're Still rubbing their eyes at the one we.got. I The important thing! is , that we've been^ gptting all the beefs, settled. Settled the right way, with everyone getting all the pay coming to him _ and with everyone happy. There are a good, many men on the beach here. They seem to have come in from every other port, and most of them are byand new faces in the Baltimore Hall. Fix IN PAPER One thing that has the boys talking here is the feature the Baltimore Sunday Sun did of us. A full page of pictures it turned out to be when it was published. There were pictures of the boys crowding aroimd the Dispatch­ er's desk, of a group of men vot­ ing and some of seamen doing what we all do well—beating their gums. Everybody had a good time when the pictures were taken. By and large, everything is peaceful in the Port of Baltimore Keep Her Steady As She Gees We ell know thai the Seafarers is tops in the maritime field, and has the best contracts and conditions. We got to be that way the hard way—and let's keep it the way; it is. Ken are some of the things you can do: 1. Hold regular shipboard meetings 2. Attend the shoreside-meetings, and take an active part in them. Bring up your beefs before the membership, not in a. ginmiU. 3. Keep those gashounds and performers under control. They are among the Union's worst mieniies. 4. Do your jbbr to the best of your ability. . S. Dont take time off unless. you are. authorised by the department head. . 6. . Study your contracts ard shipping rules, and know your Union's constitution and-^by-Uws. • Mobile Reports Heavy Vote Cast In Elections For 1948 Officers MOBILE—After several weeks It usually wasn't a case of not of good and steady shipping, ac­ •wanting to vote—the men just tivity in this port has slowed forgot about it in most cases— but the Committee was right down to a mere trickle. We don't there to remind all comers tliat expect it to dry up, however, as the polls were open. a few weeks will see shipping In questioning the men in the up considerably—at least that is Marine Hospital, v/e found that what we -expect. they really appreciated the The Balloting Committee of Christmas gifts given them. One Mobile reports that over 60O bal­ and all asked that we thank the lots were cast in the election membership for the holiday for 1948 officials. This number thoughtfulness. is the greatest turnout we have Fresh out of the Marine Hos­ had in a long time, hnd shows pital is Patrolman Red Morris. that the Committee was right on He is back on the job no^^ look­ its toes in seeing to it that all ing , like a new man. It looks men got to the polls. like the Marine Hospital outdid Very few bookmen got out of itself with Red. the Mobile Hall without casting If they all come out looking their ballot, thanks to the vigi­ like him, I think Til go in for a few days. lance of our committee. �THE SEAFARERS Page Six LOe ShippingHolds In New York; CrewsAdvised to Wait For Patrolmen Before Paying Off Gear-Grabbers Hurt Union The membership of the Seafarers International Union has consistently reetffirmed its position that gear-grabbers can't be good Union men. Any individual who stoops to pilfering gear such as coffee percolators, linens, ex. , which are placed aboard SlU-contracted ships for the convenie;i.ce of all hands, is, above alL guilty of a malicious disregard of his shipmates' welfare. Crew conveniences on most SIU ships today are not there by accident. They are there because of the Union's successfullyfought struggleis to bring greater benefits and comforts and to provide decent conditions for the membership while out at sea. These hard-won conveniences are for the benefit of ALL HANDS. They ARE NOT to be appropriated by any individual for his own personal use. Violators of the membership's wel-. fare will be dealt with in accordance with the firm stand taken repeatedly by Seafarers in all ports. cracked the whip and cracked it before—on four hours noticebut there's nothing to be done hard. NEW YORK—Right now busi­ Needless to say, SIU-SUP about it now. ness and shipping are holding at Patrolmen took good care of him. Another ship we had was the a good level here, but things Another tanker that gave us a Gadsden, American Eastern, a are so uncertain that nobody can little trouble was the Umatilla, locomotive carrier. She came in make a prediction of how long Pacific Tankers. She came in to after being out nine months run­ this will last. lie around until the company de­ ning locomotives between Eng­ The worst trouble we've been cided what her disposal would land and Europe. having has been given us by the be. We contacted the company We had to leave the Gadsden's weather. It was pretty bad last only to be told they didn't know Black Gang beefs for later. They week, the streets clogged with what they were going to do. are being squared now, and snow and ice, more rain and Then suddenly ohe afternoon when we get them fixed up we'll the crew was notified that the put the names of men due money snow falling. payoff would be in four hours at in the LOG. However, no ships were de­ seven o'clock in the evening. A One thing- that happened on layed, as they were the week be­ new crew was coming aboard, the Gadsden was that a lot of fore when we had the big snow, because the. ship had been sold guys paid off before the Patrol­ and about the worst thing that to a company not contracted to man gave his okay. That sort happened was that the Patrolmen By EARL "BULL" SHEPPARD the SIU. Just like that! Four of stuff is no help to a Patrolman "had their difficulties getting hours! in settling beefs—especially on a NEW ORLEANS — We've got pouring on the sunshine, keeping around. Some of the men paid off, but ship that has been out a long our fingers crossed here in the the thermometer in the high The first payoffs of 1948, that 10 or 11 didn't because they were time. Crescent City because shipping seventies. bright new year you hear about, short overtime. has been almost too good. It's a On the labor front everything were on the Hilton, a Bull Line MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Next day when the beef was fact that more permitmen than has been quiet, but we keep our ship, and on the Wacosta, Water­ brought to my attention I called While I'm talking, there's a bookmen have been shipped dur­ apparatus geared up all the time, man. the company for the score. I story in today's paper. I'-d like ing the past month. ready for anything that might These two ships and several to call the members' attention to, However, reports of ships due come along. others that followed them started for it may explain a lot of things to hit this port show a decline Rising costs have wiped out the the new year right, if that means that happened overseas during coming, and so we expect to be wage boosts we won in the past anything. The payoffs were the war. back to normal the latter part of and if, when we ask for more clean, there being very few Certainly it shows the Army's this month. money, the shipowners give us beefs. attitude toward merchant sailors, Alcoa passenger ships have double talk, we'll be in position even if the victim actually has a started their new seventeen-day to enforce our demands. Quite a few tankers have been pretty funny record. hitting port, and there were schedule and that's really turning A British seaman who had them around. With two of these things on a couple of them well jumped ship in the States and ships and three Mississippi pas­ worth telling you about. been deported back to England senger vessels hitting here, com­ We finally got the boys from ordered coffee in an English eat­ petent Stewards Department the Fort Matan2as, Los Angeles had something to say about four ery one night in' 1946. An personnel is always in demand. Tankers, paid off. This was the MOBILE — Waterman Steam­ Some of the Brothers in the ship Corporation this week an­ little situation I told you about a hours notice when we're sup­ American Army officer sitting next to him immediately ac­ Stewards Department ought to posed to have 24 hours. couple of weeks ago. nounced the purchase of nine ad­ cused him of being a deserter drop ' around to make these ditional C-2 cargo vessels from MC's ORDERS CHRISTMAS WAIT from an American ship. scows. The fellows hereabout the United States Maritime Com­ In the first place, the ship was The company had an answer: "A Britisher would order tea, like 'em. mission, bringing to fifty-three its sold in England. The crew flew "Maritime Commission's orders." not coffee," said this military A NICE GIFT privately-owned fleet. _ back but had to •wait fpr the So the Maritime Commission detective. In addition. Waterman operates A few of the Brothers ac­ Skipper who preferred a boat. was caRe^and we told them that Well, to make a long story sixty-seven vessels under charter quainted with "wood butchering" He had the papers for the pay­ crews were supposed to have 24 short, the Britisher—actually he from the MC, making a total of off, and the crew just hung hours notice of all payoffs. The was a Scottie—ended up in the made and donated a sign for our 120 merchant ships being oper­ around New York through Commission agreed. We told them Army along the court-martial new Hall, and it sure is- a nice ated in foreign and domestic Christmas. An extra week's pay some more: Men had to pile off route, and took the War Depart­ one. Once we get the Hall all commerae. was only partial compensation at night, look for rooms, come ment for a wad of jack before shaped' up, it's going to be a The newly acquired ships were place all Seafarers can be proud he got through. for the ones who were anxious back next day for money. built during the war years and of. Here's the point: How many to be home for the holidays. In the end, we brought the served as cargo and troop trans­ We have been reading in the American seamen having a quiet In addition, it turned out that company around. The men who ports. cup of coffee got themselves papers and hearing on the radio the Skipper was an outright had not paid off the night before Eight of them are at present in shanghaied into the Army by of the plight the northern Broth­ received a night's lodging and an tyrant. . West Coast ports and one is at slap-happy displays of military ers are in on account of being When he found out the ship extra day's pay above their inte%gence by American officers? practically snowed under. Well, an East Coast port. They are was to be sold he began to worry regular wages. More than one is my bet. We all it's just the opposite down here. the steamships Dashing Wave, In fact, they got more dough know that the Army was out to The weather man has been Winged Arrow, Golden City, about his job and became im­ possible to live with. To make than the men who did payoff give merchant seamen a hard very good to us and the sunny Cherubim, Young America, Delwhat he figured would be a good earlier. It's tough luck for the time on the other side whenever south has lived up to its name sanlos. Hotspur, John Land, and impression on the company he ^ men who lined up the evening possible. in every way. Old Sol has been! Typhoon. By JOE ALGINA i Friday. January 9. 1948 New Orleans Sbipplng Topnotch; Stewards Department Men Needed Waterman Increases Its Fleet By Nine Buffalo Closes As Ships Tie-Up GETTING THE SCORE RIGHT OFF THE BOARD By ALEX McLEAN BUFFALO—^Winter has set in The patients here are: Arthur ^nce more in this port, and due Lynch, Michael Donovan, Frank to the severe ice conditions we Amagett. had last spring we are left with i I am sorry to have to report a'total of only 31 ships in the that Brother Daniel McNamara harbor. Moreover, many of these was drowned in Buffalo harbor . are already unloaded, their stor- while returning to the SS J. C. age grain ashore. I Williams. McNamara was in good This month will find the ship- standing, and he was buried by yard crews taking over since the Union. He was a native of there is quite a lot of repair Canada. I see by the LOG of December work to be done. 26 that some boys who make This being the Holiday sea­ the Try Angle Service Station son, the Buffalo Hall is exceed­ in Burnham, Pa.,^ their headingly quiet as the Brothers are ^ either on the coasts or scattered ters, read the LOG regularly through all the hamlets on the want to go to sea. Great Lakes. interested m sail­ ing the Lakes this year, let them r TARPAULIN MUSTER - write me care of the SlU Hall in A tarpaulin muster was taken Buffalo, up at Christmas for the. boys in I will answer all their ques; the Marine Hospital and $20 was 'tions and get them their searaised. The patients received car- men's papers, Seafarers in the New York Hall recreation room look over the -Union agreements recently tons of cigarettes, shaving cream' The Buffalo members wish a and razor blades; the floor nurses' very Happy New Year to all printed in the shape of foc'sle cards, now beirg posted on all contracted vessels. With the and orderlies got cigarettes and their Brothers wherever-, they ''agreements right on the spot, crewmembers become fully femiliar with all provisions, and \ thus facilitate the satisfactory settling of beefc. ^ candy. ; 'may be. \ . tl �Friday, January 9, 1948: THE SEAFARERS LOG Ymitiy Thanks Brothers For Solidarity I am to them, and particularly the crew of the T.J. Jackson and the other crews that have do­ nated funds for my lawyer fees. Also remind the fellows to take a lesson from me and not get in any trouble in foreign ports. Tell them not to be "performers." It doesn't pay. Dear Sir: Frank Knight has arrived here in Georgetown. I wish to acknowledge a check received while He got in on Christmas Eve. He has sacrificed X was in prison for the donation from the a lot to get here for our trial. He . is one of the William Cullen Bryant crew. most loyal and trustworthy persons I have ever r also want to thank you very much for every­ had the pleasure of knowing. He speaks very thing you and the Union have done for me and highly of your cooperation in helping him to Boutwell. I caimot tell you how. much I appre­ ger down here. Let me thank, you once more for everything ciate all you've done for me; I'm very proud to belong to an organization that will really back you have done. I hope 1 will be able to do it personally soon. you up like the SIU wiU. Sincerely yours, I would like to have you put a notice in the Ralph W. Youtzy LOG to tell the whole membership how grateful Mr. Joseph Volpian [Special Service Dept. Seafarers International Union 51 Beaver Street New York, New York Alien Problem Aired At Meet Youtzy-Boutwelj Set For January SIU Witness Arrives The trial of Ralph W. Youtzy j cent weeks other crews have and Robert E. Boutwell v/ill com- made donations upping the total mence January 13 in George­ contributed to above $650. town, British Guiana, reports FREE ON BAIL from Georgetown confirm. The two men, both good Seafarers, Meanwhile, Boutwell has been face a charge of manslaughter out on bail since early in No­ growing out of the accidental vember, and Youtzy has been death of a launch captain in out on bail since the charge Georgetown harbor last October. against him was reduced. Frank Knight, a former ship­ Bail money for both men was mate of the two accused on the put up by Augustine V. Caetano T. J. Jackson, Alcoa, and a wit­ of Georgeown, who is now board­ ness to the altercation in which ing both Youtzy and Boutwell the launch captain lost his life and Frank Knight as well. by drowning, is already in In a letter received at Union Georgetown to testify for the de­ Headquarters last week,. Caetano fense. Two other Seafarer wit­ outlined the present state of the nesses, Charles Robertson and case and emphasized his inter­ James Carter, Jr., are due to est in a successful defense. He arrive. also stressed the necessity of Youtzy and Boutwell were having aU witneses present. charged with murdering the In a reply to Caetano, Joseph launch captain when he fell off Volpian, Headquarters Special a pontoon moored- alongside Services Representative, thanked Sproston's wharf in Georgetown, him for his efforts on the two but witnesses say they saw the Seafarers' behalf and assured him captain swimming for shore. that all witnesses would arrive The charge of murder against on time. Youtzy was reduced to man­ Also received at headquarters slaughter last month, while Bout- was a letter from Ralph Youtzy well was originally committed j thanking the SIU crews who had on a manslaughter charge after come to his and Boutwell's aid a hearing in the first week of and warning the membership November. against getting into trouble in Incensed by what they con- foreign ports, sidered a bum rap, the crew oft The text of Youtzy's letter is the T. J. Jackson chipped in reproduced on this page, as he $553 for the defense, and in re- requested. imigration facilities are not taxed further, it was pointed out, if in the smaller places and con­ aliens who have their first papers siderable attention can be de­ would take coastwise jobs. voted to the one or two cases The Union has already fur­ that pop up from time to time. nished the necessary letters to- a An encouraging note was considerable number of alien sea­ sounded the Special Services men who are seeking visas. Representative when he said: These letters are prepared in "The congestion is gradually three • copies and attest to the dissolving due to the fact that applicant's wages and the fact most of our alien members have that he can re-ship through the taken steps tq get visas. This Union hiring hall. The letters enables them to sail coastwise are being provided and notarized HAS HELPED ships and frees them from the as fast as requests for-them are "This procedure affords greater 29-day limitation for men who made. Before going into the question job opportunities for the alien have no legal entry." and answer period of the dis­ membership, he. explained. MANY ELIGIBLE cussion, which brought forth "Under normal conditions, Moreover, he added, many of much practical information, Vol­ there would be a large surplus the alien members now have five pian reiterated the Union's plea of jobs for aliens. That has been years of service aboard American that all alien seamei\ get visas so the situation heretofore. But vessels, making them eligible for as to legalize their entry, a step since many of the alien brothers full citizenship. which a large number have al­ are imderstandably afraid to hit The problem can be alleviated ready taken. the beach today, the job . turn­ over for them has been slowed DISCUSSING THE PROBLEMS OF ALIEN down. "This is particularly true in the larger cities," he declared. Experience has shown that most aliens find immigration dif­ ficulties at a minimum in larger "cities, whereas in the smaller , ports the situation is tighter. The reason for this was that (Continued from Puge I) operation of various shipping companies. Some operators have already eliminated coastwise articles for the purpose of making the "loop" to coastal ports upon return from foreign voyage. Instead they are signing on foreign articles before leaving the port of payoff, thus eliminating the need for dump­ ing off of aliens. Page Seveat SEAMEN MIAMI—Things here are stiH on the slow bell. We get the Florida plus either the Yarmouth or the Evangeline each week, but there never are replacements on these ships. To­ day the Yarmouth is in and the Florida docks tomorrow. \ • Shipping Tonnage •V I', i's through Houston Up By 50 Percent r HOUSTON—Between January and October, 1947, the volunie of dry cargo moving through this port increased 45.6 per cent over the same period of 1946, the Houston Maritime Association annoxmced. The new total was 2;i23,538 ' tons—665,601 tons better than the comparable months of the previous year. Included in the tonnage were more than 700,000 tons of grain, ^ a total three times the JanuaryOctober 1946 shipments of cereals. Increases of substantial proportiofts were also reported in flour, carbon black, lubricat­ ing oils and fertilizers. We have managed to keep from going in the red here, but that is about the best that can be said for Miami. In fact, when we close the port January 15, it won't be missed. It can be made easily each week from Tampa. And with the in­ come from the current activity here added to the Tampa income, Tampa can be a thriving port. BETTER STAY AWAY The difficulties faced by alien members of Fie SIU and what the Union is doing to ease them were the chief points aired at infozmal meeting in New York HAll last week. Picture above shows, group-shortly after session got nnier way. PosMloltday Philadelpliia Relaxes; Gasheunds Quiet By E. B. TILLEY PHILADELPHIA — This is a" quiet port following the Holidays. Both the merry-makers and ships ping have subsided somewhat. ||>*The latter is not too bad; whgt Sinakes it seem poor is the fact P that a lot of men are crowding j'- into the Hall following their ^ j holidays at home. „ , The week's activity consisted Miami To Ciose By January 15^ of four payoffs—two of them SUP ships which SUP Patrolman Charles Jacobs handled. The other two were taken care of through this Hall and both were reported as being smooth and easy. We'd like to point .out to all members, tripcarders, permits and books, that strike clearance must be stamped in your book before you can ship, Many men are arriving here from other ports without having these -stamps in their books. It causes them a lot of trouble and delays in their taking a ship— so, to be on the safe side, get those clearances before register­ ing. CELEBRATING OVER For the most part things are running smooth here. Everyohe has had a bellyful of celebrating. Even the year-long celebrants have taken time off. Maybe they have just taken a broad hint and decided to stay clear of the Philly Halh Anyway, we haven't seen a gashound around these parts in quite a while. This week's report is sort of brief and lacking in news, but we hope to have something inter­ esting or surprising next week. "'•y If you are figuring on coming here to ship out, it would be a damned good idea to change your plans. Go somewhere else. Miami has the best weather in. the world, but you jolly well pay for it. We are closing January 15 be­ cause that is the day our rent is due, and because the cost of maintaining a HaU is just toemuch for any benefit that comes from it. Today, when most of the coimtry is shivering from the cold, the people here are running around in shorts. The weather is like July in New York. However, there are surprisingly few tourists around. Seems like the cabbage is getting short and not so many can afford to come here to enjoy the cli~"*'^-"V. She's a good ship." �W" Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 9. 1948 SHIPS' MniUTES AMD MEWS • IS SS Southwind Crew Asks Slopchest, Seafarer Son Of Deceased Bucyrus Crewman Grateful Stores Be Certified By Seafarers For Donations To Memorial Mmrnimmmmmm It wasn't until he paid off in ow who reported that the gift New York, recently after a long had made it possible for her to trip, that Marion L. Wells learn­ make a down payment on a ed that the crew of the Bucyrus small house in Houston, Texas. Victory had sent his mother $520 Everybody aboard the Bucyrus after hi§ father died in Madras, contributed approximately 10 India, and he is anxious to ex­ dollars. Marion Wells would have beeri press his heartfelt gratitude. The Bucyrus crew's act was, on his way to see his mother he thinks, a wonderful gesture earlier had there not been a of SIU solidarity. He is proud to mixup on the payoff of his ship^ be an SIU man as was his father the SS Matanzas Victory, Los Angeles Tankers. before him. Marion's father, the late Rich­ The ship was sold out frojn ard S. Wells, dfed of a heart at­ under the crew in England. The tack on August 30 and was crew flew back home, but the buried in Madras. He was Utility Captain preferred to come in a on the Bucyrus which is am Isth­ ship. As a" result, the crew had mian ship. to hang around New York until The Bucyrus crew, after their the Captain, who had all the generous action, received a let­ records required for the payoff, ter from Richard S. Wells' wid­ showed up. llllilii The SS Southwind lies light at Alexandra Docks in Liverpool, England. Photo was taken by E. B. (Mac) McAuley. Ship's Delegate. Bill Taylor Dies In Philly; Oldtimer Held Book No. 48 An SIU oldtimer, William L. Greatly disturbed by the poor quality of the ship's stores and the inferior mer­ Taylor, died suddenly at his chandise in the slopchest, the crew of the SDuthwind, South Atlantic, in a shipboard home, 4209 Boone Street, Phila­ meeting early in December, passed a resolution asking that the SIU take action to delphia, on Dec. 28, according to IT; " is word just received from E. B. store ships and slopchests from'® SIU there was no disputed overtime standarized brands on all Tilley, Acting Agent in that port a standardized list of Union-ap­ in either the Engine Department ships, city. Brother Taylor was 52 proved brands. "And whereas; we, the crew- or the Stewards Department. years old. : Related resolutions called for members of the SS Southwind However, there were a couple of Notice of the oldtimer's death oa careful check of ship's stores do hereby instruct the neces­ beefs outstanding on the Deck. ifor vermin and weevils before was received at the Union hall sary Union officials to meet with It seems that the Chief Mate signing on, for the Delegates to on Dec. 31. A collectiofi for a the steamship companies con­ had allowed longshoremen in check the stores with a Patrol­ cerned and negotiate for such Amsterdam to do sailors' work. floral »v/reath to be sent ^ the man and for fumigation of all storing lists, Moreover, the Mate had encored funeral was taken up on the storerooms of the Stewards De­ "And be it finally resolved: in the ship's log that the men lower .deck of the branch hall partment. that subject to further member- had refused to secure the ship and" ali hands lesponded gener­ The resolution calling for a ship - approval, that the officials for sea,, an allegation „ that the ously, Tilley stated. standardized^ list,^ which was these companies in Deck Delegate, Pete Karvelas, BURIAL IN N. J. made by Jim GaUoway, the ^he very jnear future." vigorously denied. Steward, Was worded as follows: ^^0 resolution was signed by Karvelas explained that he had Services for the late Seafarer the following men: told the Mate that it would be were held last Friday at 7631 BE IT RESOLVED James Galloway, Gilbert G. better if the men could do this Ridge Avenue in nearby Rox"We, the undersigned, being Parker, George E. Taylor, Walter work when entering the locks borough. Brother Taylor was duly qualified members of the Tkach, S. W. Ringo, C. O. Greg­ where there would be plenty of buried at the United States Na­ Seafarers International Union do ory, L. Edstrom, W. G. Brud- light. The Mate had agreed, but tional Cemetery in Beverly; N. J. Wrealh sent to Brother Tay­ hereby make the following reso­ love, R. C. Grimes, E. B. Mc­ made the entry in the logbook His sole inimediate survivor is lor's funeral by his Philadel-^ lution: Auley, C. M. Foster, P. K. Kar­ anyway. Karvelas contended that his wife, the former Catherine phia brothers. •• i working in the dark on deck con­ Manning. "Whereas: SIU contracted ves­ velas. sels are being stored according At the time of the meeting stituted unsafe conditions,, Born in Pennsylvania in 1896, • tS"' to . the whims of various Port Taylor joined the SIU in Phila­ Stewards, A LIGHTER MOMENT IN LONDON delphia on Nov. 14, 1938. He "And whereas: the quality of held Book No. 48. Taylor, who The SEAFARERS LOG is the stores on board these ships sailed in the Steward Depart­ the membership's paper; it are of inferior brands, including ment, was in good standing at is a medium for the expres­ the low-grade, but hi^ priced, .the time of his death and had sion and airing of your ideas, merchandise in the slopchests of been cleared for ail strikes. SIU ships, suggestions, beefs, etc. The The passing of the popular old"And whereas: the Union LOG urges all' Brothers to timer deeply saddened bis former should go on record to have a submit material for publica­ shipmates and friends in the standardized storing list with Union. tion. Occasionally, however, we SUGGESTION Button Gwinnett Does It Again RETIRING BOOKS Members who forward their membership books to "the New York Hall for retire­ ment are urged to mark the envelope with the notation "Attention: 6ih floor." in or­ der to insure quicker handlirilr of the matter. Marking of the envelope in the manner advised above will save time and will result in prompt return of the book to the sender. Brother McAuley. now of the SS Southwind. formerly was a member of the crew of the tanker Newhall Hills, which was split in two by an explosion following a collision with a small craft in the English ChanneL Here he is with some shipmates in London's Lyceum shortly after the Newhall Hills was drydocked at Tilbury. From left to right: McAuley. Jack Libby. '(Major" Sutton and Mike Trani. The Button Gwinnett carry­ ing a cargo of coal to France has run aground en route to Cher­ bourg. According to an AP dis­ patch the South Atlantic ship is high on reefs and French tugs have put out to refloat the ship if possible. The Gwinnett's present dilem­ ma is her second of 1947. Early in the year she went aground off Norfolk, Va. receive a complaint saying that a beef we have printed is a personal one and with­ out basis in fact. To avoid recurrence of, such situations in the LOG whenever possible, 'criticisms of individuals should be sign-' ed by the ship's delegates and/or as many of the crewmembers as are interested. This would eliminate any possibility of the beefs be­ ing regarded as personal. -A- �THE SEAFARERS Friday, January 9, 1948 LOG Page Nina SIU Ships' Minilted In Brief f from fines to be donated to JOLIET VICTORY (dale not Brothers in Marine Hospitals. given) — Chairman Don SouthBrother McRay elected ship's wood; Secretary Red McStravick. delegate. Motion carried to lock Special meeting called to discuss messroom while in port and give the food. Steward explains that key to man on watch. he has enough but of small var­ iety. Expects to take on addi­ 4 4 4. ALCOA CLIPPER (Date not tional supplies in Capetown. Mo­ given)—Chairman Lewis: Secre­ tion carried to buy 100 pounds tary K. L. Eckholm. New Busi­ of local meat. Motion carried to ness: Ship's Delegate Ski moved have delegates or delegate to that crew purchase copy of Rob­ check food stuffs and if possible erts' Rules of Order and any accompany purchaser. Motion Union books approved by New carried to write a letter to the Orleans Port Agent; cost not to SIU Hall concerning the failure to check slops. Steward asks ard make up a schedule for exceed $10. Good and V/elfare: crew to turn out lights in chill messroom and time that the One minute of silence for Bro­ gF You HAVE A PROBLEM CoMCERNINe ClTIboxes and shut doors. messman is allowed to work. thers lost at sea. ZEMSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, INCOME Suggestion that Captain see ra­ 4 4 4 a. SGROVER C. HUTCHERSON. w, HOSPITALIZATION, ILLNESSoRINJURY, MARY BALL. Aug. 25—Chair- dio operator to have speaker in man Francis L. McQuillan; Sec­ crew's mess repaired. One min­ Nov. 23—Chiurman Jim Pulliam; THE COAST GUAR-D, OR ANY MATTER THAT retary Earl T. Duncan. New Bus­ ute of silence for Brothers lost Secretary George Hayes. New REQUIRES HELPOR ADViCE GET IN TOUCH Business: Question raised about iness: Motion to change the at sea. WITH THE SIU SPECIAU SERVICES PEPT. collecting wages of Deck Main­ Stewards department toilet to S' tenance and Wiper as ship sail­ EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE To SQUARE SETON HALL VICTORY, Nov. old engine department toilet due to fact that it would be used 18—Cl>airman W. Lackanee; Sec­ ed short. Motion carried to bar AWAY YOUR BEEFS. while meals are being served. retary N. Blackicn. Delegates re­ pantryman from Union. Motion THAT'S OUR JOB; Motion carried to check laundry ports accepted. New Business: carried for Delegates to check and adjust all valves. Education: Motion by Blackton that crew with Purser the overtime and Talk on means of generally im­ examine all permitmen and rec­ bonus due each crewmember. proving the lot of seamen. Mo­ ommend them for books if found Education: Short lecture given tion by John Smith to use spare worthy. Motion by Muse that no by ship's delegate to tripcarders messhall as recreation room. one payoff until all disputed and permitmen on their duties Moved by Duncan that a 25c fine overtime is settled. Repair list and responsibilities. be placed against anyone leav­ read to crew and additions made. ing dirty cups on the table be­ Good and Welfare: Agreement By HANK tween meal hours, money to go that all foc'sles be swabbed and Since the New Year just started, we'll wish the following to the Brothers in marine hos­ left clean for next crew. Brothers the best of health, the best of trips and a happy New pitals. ** L 4. 4. Year loo. Blackie Hoffstein: Have you still got that shipmate SEATRAIN NEW ORLEANS. 4 4 4 of a dog with you from last year? Ralph "Rusty" Swillinger Nov. 14—Chairman Adolph Ca­ STEEL MAKER, Nov. 23 — shuttling down the islands; Jim Matheson, who probably isn't pote; Secretary R. Burch.^ New in New York right how; Harold Nelson, long time away from Business: Motion by Foster that Chairman Stephen Mosakowski; New York with his mustache; Whitey Jutchess, how's all the delegates make up three copies Secretary Arthur Brunelle. List trips? Edwin Edginton, where did you celebrate your recent of repair list. Motion to have of eighteen men desirous of joinng SIU brought up. Each man birthday? Bill Brady, here in New York, who wrote a real SEATRAIN HAVANA. Nov. 23 crew messroom painted on next cleared and okayed for joining. trip. Good and Welfare: Crew fine article for the LOG about the poor construction of ships; —Chairman Fred Shaia; Secre­ 4 4 4 Charles R. Watson, out on a trip since a few weeks ago, no tary (not given). New Business: voted Steward thanks for his HASTINGS, Nov. 30 — Chair­ doubt; Kenny Marston: How were those trips to Sweden? Suggestion by Johnson that in­ 100 percent cooperation during man H. Grimes; Secretary R. asmuch as the ship arrives on trip. 4 4 4 Johnson. New Business: Motion Thanksgiving Day and that most! John Bove: How's the real fine baking getting along? Michael by D. Archer to have heat regof the men will be wanting' ating system in each foc'sle Dendak, long time away from New York; Carl Lawson: How's time off, that Thanksgiving din-1 checked and repaired. Motion by the Bosun and where are you now? James Manning: How are the ner be moved to Wednesday so' Dermody to have winches re­ trips from down the coast? Henry- "Red" Twyman: probably still, all can enjoy it. Motion by Rigpaired before next trip. Motion with a mustache on his face; Woodrow Roland: happy cooking for gins that b«f about seamen's by Wagner to have fresh water the New Year; Bill Gale: long time away from his good old quarters be settled once and for tank cemented. Good and Wei- Florida and now in New York; Johnny Meghrian: may your 1948 all at payoff. Good and Wel­ fare: Discussion on bad pota­ trips have smoother revolutions—down below; Jimmy Reynolds: fare: Suggestion that soiled lin­ toes. One minute of silence for ^nd the business? Tommy "Pop" Taylor: en be turned in promptly so as who could be down his home port of Florida with the taxis; Brothers lost at sea. to enable the steward to have Woodrow Yant: a shipmate of 1942; Robert McQueen: probably 4 4 4 the laundry done and an ade­ out on a long trip this time; Gilbert Parker: how's your sea 4 4 4 BEREA VICTORY, Nov. 25 — quate supply can be on hand. MOLINE VICTORY. Sept. 21 Chairman John Prescott; Secre­ photography shaped up for 1948? One minute of silence for Bro­ —Chairman Sieve Bergeria; Sec­ tary Harold Rosecrans. New Bus­ 4 4 4 thers lost at sea. retary Richard Cummings. Dele­ iness: Rosecrans elected ship's John Bananas: who could be down in home, sweet, home New gates reported on number of delegate. JVIotion carried that Orleans; Gene Moon: long time no see or hear. What's new, Gene? books, permits sOid tripcards messroom, recreation, passage­ Jimmy McCullough: Either out on a long voyage or home in aboard. Motion by Lorier to hold ways and laundry will be kept Brooklyn for the past holidays; James Hand: How's the Deck meetings every other Sunday. clean and orderly. Motion car­ Engineer and the trips? Harold Witt who recently asked us to. Good and Welfare: Agreed that ried that "deck and engine de­ warn SIU brothers how dangerous it is going ashore in Pusan, 4 4 4 DEL MAR. Nov. 16 — Chair­ scuttlebutt job will be done by partments rotate in . cleaning of Korea; Yens Nielsen, who may be here smoking his pipe with man R. Marion; Secretary E. J. Tole. One minute -ftf silence for laundry. his long time oldtimer of a shipmate. Brother Hansen.. . Remem­ Riviere. Ship's Delegate reported Brothers lost at sea. ber, Brothers: Some of your shipmates may be in hospitals some­ that several member-performers 4 4 4 where in the States. Look at the list on Page 2 of this LOG. If were being brought up on JOLIET VICTORY. Nov. 20— you recognize a shipmate's name, write a doggone letter and charges. Deck, Engine and Stew­ Chairman Donald Soulhwood; cheer him up, indeed. ards Delegates reported all over­ Secretary John McStravick. New 4 4 4 time okay. New Business: Mo­ Business: Motion carried to im­ Brother John Weiss of Logan. Ohio, just let us know he'll tion by Dynarski that the mem­ prove Jr. Engineer's foc'sle or 4 4 4 appreciate receiving the LOG to his home every week since ROBERT R. McBURNEY. Nov. bers of crew who have violated move. Matter to be taken up he claims the LOG is his only link to his shipmates. Not to the contract and SIU constitu­ with Patrolman. Brother G. F. 19 .— Chairman Vernon Porter; forget the important union activities too. Brother Weiss* tion by performing and being Shaffer elected ship's delegate Secretary Frank S. Mitchell. Del­ which is vital to every SIU sailor whether ashore or afloat... drunk shall have their member­ One minute of silence for Bro­ egates' reports accepted. Good Brother Red Whitten just came into New York from a trip and Welfare: Delegates requested ship in the SIU revoked and thers lost at sea. ending in Frisco with Brother ^ill Story amongst other to prepare repair lists of each shall stand trial. Motion by Sla­ 4 4 4 shipmates. Mutually agreed ter that the ship shall not sign MARY BALL, Sept. 26—Chair­ department. 4 4 4 on until all port pay and sub­ man Francis McQuillan; Secre­ that Agent Ray White be noti­ Brother Leon "Chink" White recently grabbed a ship for the sistence is paid. Motion by Dy­ tary Earl T. Duncan. Delegates fied of condition of life boats and narski that, meeting pass a vote reported satisfaction in their de-ftheir provisions. Agreed that life Far East... While waiting to throw "in for the Yarmouth when of censure against the delegates partments. New Business: Agreed boats should be brought up to she comes in, Brother Joe Pilutis and his mustache came up last week and confessed the happy nautical SIU fact that Brother "of voyage No. 2 for their dis­ that each delegate would pre­ standard before, next trip. George Semko, one of our oldtimers, was married last week, ruptive action and failure to pare a report for the boarding VENORE. Oct? 5^— Chairman January 5th. Congratulations, and a smooth voyage to you, George Patrolman. Good and Welfare: leave a repair list. All agreed to leave their foc'sles A. K. Mogensem; Secretary J. 4 4 4 MONROE VICTORY, Oct. 2-i in clean condition for the on­ Murphy. Delegates reported on Good News Hem: Last week the Waterman Steamship number of books, permits and Chairman Charles Neal; Secre­ coming crew. Company announced that it had purchased nine C-2 vessels tripcards in their departments. —thus increasing their privately-cwned fleet to 53 vessels in tary Arthur Cairns. New Busi­ 4 4 4 ' * DANIEL S. LAMONT, Sept. New Business: Delegate reported addition to operating 67 chartered vessels. Eight of the ships ness: Brother Higginbotham ac­ cepted as -shib's delegate. Mo­ 28—Chairman Fruge;. Secretary that all decks will be painted are in West Coast ports and one In an East Coast port. WelL Brothers, more ships—more jobs... A post-card from Red tion carried to cooperate with Austin. New Business: List of before ship reaches port. One messman by staying out of mess- fines and offenses to be drawn minute of silence, for Brothers Braunstein says; "We're down in New Orleans, loading for Puerto Rico. I plan to slay on her awlMla. She's a good ship." hall., Motion carried that Stew- up and posted.' Money gained lost at sea. DON'T LET IT GET WO DOWN, BROTHER! CUT and RUN -•A.. in T'il Al If m ':'f| VTI M �ihr&l^^ January 9; THE SE4FARERS LOa 'if 11 J 11' 1<A- S^farer Urges Tightening Of Rating Qualifications To the ETditor: It.Js my belief that there are many men—too many, in fact— who are sailing in ratings for which they do not have the . qualifications. And it is a situa­ tion which applies equally in all departments. When a man ships out for a rating and is not fully competent to handle all the duties of the job, he is placing an extra burden on shipmates,, because some­ •*X-: onehis else surely will have m to do the most job. He is also damag­ ing the prestige of his Union, whose reputation rests on the in­ dividual abilities of its member­ ship. Since this is a matter which affects all of us Seafarers I think that steps should be taken by the membership to protect the repu­ tation of the organization and their own jobs. OUTLINES PLAN I should like to suggest a pos­ sible, remedy for this situation which the membership can think nbout,# discuss and alter as they see, fit, Here it is in outline form:, l..In each port, committees composed of five full book members from each depart­ ment, should be set up. Each man serving in his respective department's committee, should have been sailing in his de­ partment for at least five years. 2. These committees should draw up a list of requirements,* for the various ratings in their departments. 3. These committees in all branches should then send their list of requirements to headquarters where another cdfhmittee of ten men would T consolidate the various lists and set up a standard set of requirements for every rating. ,4. The final lists would then be sent to every port. 5. When a man in any port applies for a job in a partic­ ular rating, he could be held responsible for answering sat­ isfactorily the questions and requirements for his his rat; ing. When he does establish his ability to hold down the job, it should be stamped in : 7' his book that he is qualified r 7 for his rating. This would be in addition to the endorsement carried on his seaman's papers. vv MANY VIEWS • i realize: that there are many who might disagree with this propAsal. But there are also many who do agree, with it. I offer the above suggests just for discussion. Other brothers will THEMEMBSRSHIPSAVS: A SIO SHieMOSTBEA^ ClfANSHlf, BEK>Re 'T'PA^^effF/ ::: SS STEEL NAVIGATOR GETS.AmVND Log'A-Rhythms The Weary Wiper probably have other ideas on the subject. We're all interested in our Union. We want to better our­ selves by strengthening the SIU wherever possible. How about discussing both sides of this ques­ tion? I. W. Margavy By PETE GRONSKY DON CASTEEL . ED BLOOM Ta the Editor: Reading the LOG of Dec. 19 ' we noticed'a poem submittedby a crewmember of the Del A: Sol giving his version of the ^ "Woes Of A Wiper." We three '' Wipers aboard the Steel Ar-. 's chitect offer up our version of.; 7 "The Weary Wiper." (Ed. Note: Okay brothers, what do you think about Margavy's proposal? How about writing down your views and sending them into the Sea­ farers Log. There ought to be some healthy discussion on this.) The Isthmian ship takes the spotlight in photo above as shipyard workers in Maryland Drydbcks work, through the night making the vessel ship­ shape for the rugged duty that lies ahead. I Oh. listen all you sailors. And take a tip from me: Don't ever be a Wiper When you ship out to sea. The Wiper gets the dirty work^ The Oilers they aren't fools-— At left is a view of the The Firemen sit on their cans; Panama Canal as the Steel They say they are not mules. , Navigator makes her way back to the Atlantic side after a One day down in the engine Persian.. Gulf run. room The First gave me a job; Both pictures were taken by I cleaned out the garbage Seafarer Glen Vinson during And started in to swab. a voyage aboard the. Isthmian scow. Vinson is an inveterate shutterbug who. never misses an opportunity to record a good shipboard .scene. most an entire crew of SUP men and sailed for the East Coast (We met her here after our rattling ride cross-country.) When she got there the SUP men were paid off with trans­ portation money to the West Coast but most of them stayed aboard as th^ are allowed to do here. Since then they have made several^ trips around the East Coast and to the Islands without a single man being forced to pile off. To the Editor: I'm beginning to get callouses on my posterior from riding trains from the West Coast back to the East so, before I make the railroads rich and acquire for myself a case of "railroad fati­ gue", I think something should be done about the cause of my misery. I'm referring to the rule of the West Coast which requires all crews hitting the West Coast to accept their transportation money and pay off. When a ship takes a crew on the East Coast, makes a trip and pays off on the West Coast, the entire crew is forced to take transportartion money and pile off whether they wish to or not. Sometimes these ships are coming east anyway but that makes no difference, we still have to pile off. It seems somewhat discrimina­ tory in light of the fact that when a ship takes a crew on the West Coast and hits the East Coast, the men at the payoff can take thei» transportation money and still remain aboard the ship— that's the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict rule. ALL WORKING TOGETHER SIU and SUP men are sailing the same ships in almost every port on the three coasts. On the West Coast, SUP meq are in [the majority,,, so, naturally,, any SUGGESTS CHANGE WILLIAM J. JONES ' I am not suggesting that we adopt the West Coast rule and force these men off these ships; instead, I feel that West Coast should adopt the East and Gulf Coasts rule and allow the men to kay aboard if they so desire. This is one organization and we are all SIU members banded together for one common pur­ pose; to better the lot of sea­ men; This practice by the West Coast, I feel, is working a hard­ ship on one section of the mem­ bership and should be rectified. I have a very good reason for wanting this: I'm back aboard the Ponce DeLeon here in New York and we're due to hit the West Coast again—my poor cal­ louses. William J. Jones ship paying off there is crewed almost entirely by SUP rhen. That's okay with me as we are all in the same organization and air members of a common or­ ganization, but the SUP men when they hit the East Cqast get the benefit of the A&G ruling which allows them to stay aboard, the ship. A&G men hitting the West Coast have to pile off and take that long trainride back East. On my last ship, the Ponce DeLeon, Waterman, we signed on in Baltimore, v/ent to the Far East and paid ,off in Frisco. At (Ed. Note: How do ycu feel. the payoff the entire crew was given, transportation rnoney to about Brother Jones' sugges­ Baltimore and made to pile off. tion?. Air your sentiments in a The DeLeon .then took on al­ letter to tha LOGO • ^17 I swabbed all through the room. It shined just like a dime. Just then an oil line busted And flowed as free as wine. The oil ran through the engine room— It was an awful mess— I knew I'd have to clean it up And that was not a guess. After cleaning up the slop, • I thought I'd take my time But the First couldn't see it And handed me this line: • :M$_ . •"' 7^;' i "Your home is in the bilges, i ; Your bed is in the grease. Your meals come from the gar*. bage can. Your work sh^ never cease/' : Oh, I am just a weary Wiper, And things are very tough; Everyone tries to boss me. But I am hard to bluff. - ? /,• I am always black and dirty, My clothes are never clean, I'm just a crummy Wiper , Wherever I am seen. This is all 1 have to say, boys, Sa take - this tip from . me; Go get a higher rating^^^^^ 7? When you-.put out te seai r 7 7 �Friday. January 9. 1948 Cook Raps Disrupter In Ship's Ranks THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven SCENES ALONG THE BAUXITE TRAIL New Orleans Wins Praise For Courtesy To the Editor: Before a Night Cook and Ba­ ker was put aboard our ships the 2nd Cook had to make all pas­ tries in addition to cooking veg­ etables. Under this set-up the Chief Cook only had to cook the meat and prepare soups. The Chief Cook's job is still the same, the 2nd Cook has been relieved of cooking pastries now that a Night Cook and Ba­ ker is included in the ships' crews. On my last ship I found that for some reas-on the Chief Cook felt that the Night Cook and Baker had a snap job and was not entitled ,to tlfe same pay as Chief Cook. I guess he felt that "the qual­ ifications for sailing Night Cook • were less than those necessary to sail Chief Cook. I can't change man's feelings about this, but I feel the volume of work and ability to make all types of pas­ tries is worthy of pay along with that of the highest cook in the Stewards Department. The ship was the Alcoa Polar­ is, carrying twelve passengers. From the amount of pastry was called upon to prepare, one would be led to believe the ship was the Queen .Elizabeth. To the Editor: There were camera enthusiasts aplenty aboard the SS Alcoa Polaris on her recent bauxite run. In photo left. Brother Oswald Eisle. Oiler is focusing his camera for a shipboard shot, while the vessel lies at Port of Spain, Trinidat. Dockside view of the Polaris in photo right was taken by Bert Svennsson. Lauds Crew, Extends Season's Best To Brothers • To the Editor: I am writing to tell how much I appreciate the courteous" help­ fulness of the Dispatcher and one of the Patrolmen attached to your New Orleans office. I'm sorry I neglected to ask their names. About 10 days ago I received a Christmas card from my son a member of your Union, mailed in New Orleans the day before. I knew that he was on a ship that had sailed from Philadelphia or New York and .was bound for Honolulu. My son had neglected. to give me the name of the ship, or even the rating he was sailing under—so I really had no way of locating him. I was anxious to .see since he had been in Sweden since last June and had married a girl there. LOG READER I have always read the LOG and so I knew that one of the Patrolmen would know the names of all ships in port that were bound for Honolulu. I asked the Long distance operator to get me the New Orleans office of the Union. When the Dispatcher answered the phone, I told him my story and he transferred the call to one of the Patrolmen. The Patrolman told me that the Hawaiian Farmer was the only ship bound for Hononlulu that had been in port, but that she had sailed that morning. This was disappointing news,, but it saved me a trip to New Orleans as I had planned going there to see my son. I'd like to sound off with a few words of praise in this holiday season for the crew of the SS Midway Hills, Pacific Tankers. We are now on our way to Pearl Harbor and expect to arrive about the 6th of January. We have a darned good crew aboard and it is a pleasure to sail with men like these. There is not one performer or gasHere's some of the crew enjoying some shipboard camara­ hound in the crew. Everyone is BIG BAKING ORDER derie over bottles of pop in crew's mess. Around the table, in harmony with everyone else— that's what makes a happy ship. One day, and it was a typical from left to right, are Brothers CampbelL B. Svennsson, Ru­ STEWARD TOPS day, I prepared mince and ap­ dolph Mature, Bob Larsen, Ame Larsen, Larry Stengel and I also have high praise for ple pies, plain muffins, raisin Sougee SualL Sylvester Zygarowski, our Chief muffins, buckwheat cakes, cornSteward. We think he is the best meal cakes, a layer cake and Steward in the Union. He sure hot rolls. knows how to put oqt the chow The next day I baked cream and his cooks are tops in making •puffs, apple pie, corn bread, it a delight to eat. \t;ornmeal hot cakes, hot rolls, HIS SHIP We held our first shipboard >lain and raisin muffins and cin­ I had just received a letter To the Editor: back to sea and it won't be long meeting last Sunday. It was a from my son, mailed from the namon buns. good meeting with almost every­ A single man working on a Although I am only a trip- before I'll be returning home to one participating. Tops on the Canal Zone, telling me he is on • ship cannot be expected to pre­ carder in the SIU I take pride the sea where men are men. the Hawaiian Farmer and ex­ T/5 Elmer Florian agenda was the extension of best pects to be in Honolulu on Janu­ pare much more than this in a wishes for the New Year to all Kunsan, Korea single day, bnt the Chief Cookl"' belonging to thU line orour Brothers in the SIU. Best of ary 1. seemed to' feel that this was a ganization even though I am in I thought it would be nice if luck to the SEAFARERS LOG, the Army now and cannot ship. LOG On Tap you could print my letter in the snap of the first order. the SIU and SUP. LOG so your members would Antonio Carrano It'^ would be different if he I receive the LOG regularly In Shanghai Bar know how important it always SS Midway Hills were the owner of the ship and (a few weeks late due to the To the Editor: is to give the name of the ship, the money was coming out of rating, etc., so that any one de­ his pocket, but even then a mqn, slow mails) and read it from After making Shanghai on our siring to locate them could do sa cannot be expected to do much cover to cover. first shuttle-run from Guam, I Also to let your members real­ more work in a day. In the issue of Sept. 19 I no­ took a gander around town for ize what a good impression it Send in 'the miniaee of An SIU crew is expected to ticed in the "Cut and Run" col­ the main points of interest to makes when they try to be help­ your ship's meeting to the work tbgether as a tinit for the umn an item which read: "In Seafarers. It didn't take me long ful and particularly to expres® New York Hall. Only in thai common good of all. Bickering to find a solid spot: the Diamond my appreciation to those men in way can the membership act the days to come there will be and jealousy has no place withBar, operated by two SUP on your recommendations, the New Orleans office for being ^ in the crew. I went aboard the plenty of shipping when the Brothers. so patient in listening to my and then the minutes can be ship to do my job. The Union Marshall Plan to help European I find this place has as much story and doing all they could to printed in the LOG for the fought for and won equal pay countries with food, materials, or more to offer than any similar help me. benefit of all other SIU for the Chief Cook and Night etc., gets rolling along. The Mer­ spot in Shanghai. Mrs. Lois Hilton crews. Cook and in doing so must have •The USS in Shanghai, I un­ Natchez, Miss. had excellent reasons for doing chant Marine will be busier than derstand, is i-eceiving the LOG, ever if Confess allows the Am- ^ut there are a lot of Brothers so. LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD erican cargoes to be carried first­ who do not care to patronize Why a fellow union brother will take it upon himself to dis­ ly and mostly in American bot­ that outfit. So after contacting several agree and battle this provision toms." ships' crews, we were all very I don't understand. The high NOT SO ROSY much in favor of having the wages we enjoy were gained the hard way and it seems al­ That was good to hear and SEAFARERS LOG sent to the most unbelievable that a fellow read, but later I read the follow­ Diamond Bar, 2 Yuen Chane SIU member would take it upon ing in Time magazine of Nov. Road, Shanghai, China. " D. D .Story ; himself to try tearing down 10: "The prospects for freight (Ed. Note: The LOG is now what we have, gained. are equally good. British lines sharing the setting in the Dia­ Let's stop this internal sniping expect to carry the largest sing.and continue our fight for bet­ le slice of U. S. relief shipments mond Bar). ter wages and conditions for all". under the Marshall Plan. (Only 5 percent of the total is ex­ H. Donovan Night Cook and Baker pected to go in U. S. bottoms.)" Alcoa Polaris That doesn't look too good to Check the slop chest be­ the shipping industry at all. Af­ fore your boat sails. Make ter all it is our money, so it sure that the slop cheat con­ should be our ships. tains an adequate supply of When I get my LOGS they all the things you are liable A Seafarer from the SS Steel Chemist, Isthmian ship, are read by quite a few old to need. If it doesn't, call the shows natives a thing or two with one of their local playthings members over here. Reading the Union Hall immediately. in Bombay, India. Sorry, the naine of the charmer wasn't LOG makes me impatient to get sent along with thl^ ;^''oto. ' ^ Cites Conflicting Views On Marshall Plan's Effect Send Those Minutes Check It - But Good �• 1^/Twriw• FHOMTi JaaiSwrir- S; 1948 T B E S K1A F jt BTB R S to e ^^ther Tells Of Poor Treatment, Eun-around He Received In Europe PRETTYING UP THE GATEWAY CITY We went on the SS Slocum doctor and they told me the law After the agentr-had a talk with said you couldn't get a docior On Sept. 24, 1947, I was sent to him I met the Captain. After outside of the hospital. After the the company doctor in Antwerp, three days on the ship, the Cap­ Union crew got after them I -Belgium, for I had very bad tain and the agent and the Stew­ got a doctor. They told me I pains in the back of my neck. ard took me and Cooper to see was going back on the America. After fluorscopic examination I the company doctor, to get some So this fink told me he had some Was told by the company doctor pills. pills, which he said would stop I had bronchitis and spots on my pains. He said they would I asked the agent to take us my luiigs and that I would have back to the.ship but he refused make me float. I didn't know to go to a hospital. We had no money. We told this what he meant but found out. I When the Captain came on to the Consul and he was going was, put back in the hospital board I showed him the certi­ to give us four francs. We tolc. where my bags were searched ficate but he said that I could him we were not bums and left by the sisters who said the Con­ hot go to the hospitaL I got the his office—without money. sul and USS said I was a "dope Ship's Delegate and took him to fiend." BAD PAINS :see the doctor. The delegate read SOME HELP From the No. 3 hatch. Seafarer Karl Amizen captures ». the working agreement to him The next night I had -very pointing out that in Section 11, bad pains in the stomach. The I proved to the doctor I was sharp, picture of the Gateway City's house and stack. Up on: full medical attention as re­ Mate in charge sent me back to not. His name is Dr. Bruno the stack two crewmembers touch up the Waterman "W." AlrC quired by law shall be given to the hospital. After staying there Fierene. He sure helped me.j all unlicensed personnel and, ex­ all night and getting stuff to while I was under his care. Now left, in the bosun's chair, is Harold Pieren. Man on the stagecept where such is assumed by kill the pains, I asked in the the Consul came up to see me is unidentiiied. the U. S. Consul or the Public rnorning to be sent back to the with , an American doctor to KK.Health Service, medical atten­ ship. I was put back in bed. The amine me. I asked for my own tion shall be furnished by the next morning the phony dock doctor. The wife of the chief fink company at its expense. clerk came in and asked me for also did all she could to hurt me my passport; I refused. DIDN'T CARE while I was in the hospital. The Captain didn't care what He returned next day with My doctor visited me to say it said in the agreement. I the Consul and the latter told that I was to be discharged to •couldn't go to the hospital, he the doctor to spare no expense which I was agreeable. Condi­ said. Both he and the dock clerk, and they didn't. I let them go tions of .the discharge were tnat •acting for the company, refused right ahead. After five days, the I was to be transported by am­ bulance to ship and kept under to let me see the American Con­ medical attention until the ship sul. This request was also dearrived in America. This was :Hied to a . Brother Cooper, who done to suit the Consul. This is was ill with appendicitis. the way it worked out: My doctor's certificate was left I was taken in an ambulance :pn the ship, in care of the ship's to the Marine Marlin and put in 'delegate. I found out when I a room aboard ship. The doctor tried to get it that the Engine had me handcuffed, although I Delegate had given it to the was in a weakened condition. Captain. If I learn his name I When we got to Southhampton, •wiU put him up on charges. England, I was sent to an insti­ Far from- his usxial habitat, There was a good crew on tution. After two -days there the Engine Room, crewmemWith pursed lips George board the ship. Some of them on a meagre diet I was put Miltner, Wiper, faces the cam­ took mine and Brother Cooper's aboard the America. I asked the her Karl Arntsen poses at the era while Dutch DeGraw. gear ashore and we went to the Consul sent a young kid and the doctor who took me out why he emergency stern wheel. The Consul's office. He told us he chief fink from the USS to see bed handcuffed me and he re­ wheel is not unknown to hhn. Wiper, applies the old bearhug. All pictures were sub­ ifnew all about us and he didn't me. They told me they had a plied that he was afraid I would however, as he has sailed as mitted to the LOG by Karl plane to take me home. All the - see why the Captain didn't let ump over the side. Arntzen. ' OS on previous trips. time I was in the hospital—over us go to the hospital or let us The doctors on the America three weeks—I had nothing to come to see him. treated me fine. Food was good. After the Consul talked to the eat. I was getting pretty thin. I don't know how to thank them. company doctor for about 20 They took x-rays and they found On reaching New York, I was ' minutes, in came the Captain I had an infected liver, a very met by a company stiff and the cand the would-be company ag- sick gallbladder and hardening Coast Guard, which has been '''"A ;«nt yelling like hell. The Con- of the arteries. ||j«|ul: told the Captain he had to The reason they wanted to persecuting' seamen all along 1 agreed to and in almost every rather than att^ding to their,To the Editor: pay us off, which he did. We send me home was that this own business. Here we are in the Persian respect coincide with those of then went to the hospital where USS fink had a young kid study­ the Waterman Agreement.) I stayed from Sept. 25 until ing to be an artist, whose moth­ Gulf writing our second report STILL TROUBLE . ' Get. '9, 1947. Reason I was dis­ er was very sick back in the LONG TRIP AHEAD of meetings ' held on this ship. charged was that the company states, and that's why they were The company stiff took me It now looks like conditions on After we leave here we are agent told the doctor to get us sending me home. I refused. If over to Ellis Island. Here is this ship will be no better until going to Bahrein Island and from out, as that was the company the Consul had come up with what they warfted me to do: sign a paper saling that I would stay the working rules are drawn up there to Koilthottam, India, via rule. the kid and told me his mother there 90 days and let them do by the Union—we have beefs in Quilon. If everything goes all was sick I would have gone right we will arrive in Philly TROUBLE STARTS as they wanted and. give them all three departments. because the hospital was not a about the 15th of February. We i I went to the company agent 15 days notice before I get dis­ fit place to t»e in. If I knew what are giving this advance notice I wish you could let us know to get a place to sleep. Now charged. I was to be locked up I was going to go through I so a Patrolman can be there if we ha-ve reached an agree­ here is where the trouble started. in a room. would have gone under any cir­ waiting for us as we have plenty ment as to working rules with I was told I would have to stay After some trouble I got a cumstances. of beefs for him to straightea the Isthmian Company. If so, Ht the USS on what the agent pass to get off the island. I went said was the company's orders. From this time on I was noth­ to the company, got a few dol­ would ypu let us know as soon out. No matter how hard we try When I refused he called up the ing but a pin cushion for all the lars and a letter and was told as possible? (Ed. Note: "Working aboard this ship, there is no so­ Consul and put me on the phone. needles I had stuck in me, I to go to the Staten Island Marine rules with Isthmian have been lution to our difficulties without I< was mad and told him the, USS went into the hospital at 155 Hospital, where I am writing working rules. pounds and dropped to 122. The was a fink joint and I would this true story of what happen­ Everyone On board is in the not stop there. I told him what good doctor wanted to out me ed to me, in the hope that my LOG Reader Sends best of health and wishing they I thought of the outfit and their open in this condition. I was too Union will see that it doesn't Good Wishes To Fields could have been in the States record: during the war and asked weak and told the doctor that happen to another brother. Even was about all I could stand and for the Christmas Holidays. Well, what happened to the money if I am stopped from going to To Mr. Matt Fields: tiiat I wanted to; go to another this is all for this time. A Merry •feey coUected all through the sea I will always carry my good I saw your picture in the Christmas and Successful New hospital. He consented. war, when seamen had to pay old SIU bok. SEAFARERS LOG and read how I didh't see the doctor the I have - two, letters from An­ badly you had been treated. I Year to all from the crew of the forranything^ they got. : I stayed in a hotel for two next day, so I left the hospital thony O'Brien, a member of the have a son who has been a mer­ Queens Victorj^. Anthony J. Tanksi' days,, calling the agent every to see if I could get on the Hun­ Irish Seamen's Union, who was chant seaman for six years. I Ship's Delegate ' ; day to find, out when. I was go ter. I couldn't as I was STU. I in the' hospital with me in Ant­ am always thinking of him when Queens Victory XBg' back to the states. I wmt stayed in the USS because I had werp. He attests to the itreatment he is away, so it made me feel wto the agent to the hospital to no other place to go. I tried to I got while thwo fr(Mn the sorry when I read of your plight. get Cooper out who had been get- on. the- USS MoczowsiJ, but nurses. He also testifies to the operated on for appendicitis; I was told: no. I then met the fact that the USS manager and I hope you will soon get well inclsioa was not closed and crew of the SB Southwlnd who another man. (the artist) attempt­ and that everyone will be kind JE" imderstand he' should have were real Union brothers. They ed to get me to take the .idane to you in the hospital. ' stayed on, for' a few. more weeks, took pictures of me which should back to, the states; He says the I wish you a Merry Christmas Ki ; any difference be in the LOG soon. "whole thing waa a ruse to get and a Happy New Year! to the a was going by In.nay fouip4ays at the USS I the artist home» not Mr. Fields." Mzw Mazy Forden toe company's orders. snfltere^ jden for. a To the Editor: Queens Victory Men Yearn For Copy Of Working Rules '' ' �Frldiir^ Jamiaxr IMS TJIE The pictures on this page were taken by Seafarer Donald Southwood on a voyage aboard the SS Joliet Victory, Bobin Lines, to South and East Africa. The shot above is of the vessel at anchor ill the harbor of Beira, P.E.A. Brother South' wood states thp4 there was a good gang aboard the Joliet Victory, and these pictures will give the boys a chance to revive old memories of some happy days. The cargo gear goes up, and responsible for this job are, left to right, Vid Philipis,'^ AB: Blacky Crowelh OS: and Manuel Perez, AB. Shipboard work keeps seamen busy, but a competent crew, like the one on the Joliet Victory, makes the whole job easier. • y• Pa9» Thixte^n FARE RS LOG The 8 to 12 watch below decks takes time off to pose for a picture. They are, left to right, Dan Blake, Jr^ Third Assistant: Red Snyder, Oiler: A1 Aava, Jr. Engineer: and C. Fernan­ dez, Fireman. There always is plenty to do on a ship, but these men knocked off for a short time to have their picture taken for the LOG. The 12 to 4 Engine watch observes "coffee time." Pouring is Third Assistant Joe Villa. Oiler Charles Deroba, Fireman Albert Jones, and Jr. Engineer Don Southwood anxiously await their turns. A picture of the 4 to 8 watch was also sent in, but the heads of the men were unaccountably cut off. Red Bean, BR, does his daily dozen on the punch­ ing bag. Most of the gang took their turns on the bag and it took quite a beating during the fourmonth trip. Punching the bag was good exercise and a fine way to let off steam during the long Africaand-retum voyage. Some other members of the Deck Department snapped at their work. According to Secdarer Don Southwood, this crew pitched in with a vim and made the ship a typical SIU home away from home. L, to R„ Red McStravich. AB; A1 Birt, OS: and Joe Stackovich, AB. A1 Birt, OS, and Red McStravich, AB, hard at work handling a line. Two more members of the Deck Gang, uniden­ tified at work straightening gear. .'S l: Bosun Mickey Byrnes showing the Deck Gang how it's done on a good SIU ship. < ^ 3 This is a scene in one of the native villages near Beira. Left to right in'front of the kraal are Charlie Deroba, Oiler; a native boy: Don Southwood, Jr. Engineer; and Blackie Cro­ we!], 08. For some of the crew it was the first visit to "Africa and they made sure tol take in all the^ interesting dghts while •d'hey'were there," '.A' Henry Halfastern, the s^liet Victory's mascot, was a fav­ orite of all crewmembers. Henry shared the duties of mascot with another dog named Seaboots, whose picture Yfu not sent in. '' '' > V' V - J--* - , - * ^ Another scene in Beira, where the men of the Joliet Victory went ashore to examine the local customs. This family, posed in front of ijts hut, readily cooperated with the photog­ rapher to produce this picture of a native family in its own »m|bei of the crew report that they were surroundings. Members wtil treated by thsl iidiabitailtf. �THE SEAFARERS Page Fourteen LOG Friday, January 9, 1948 Stewardess Does More Than Carry Book Mrs. Johannsson was one of these committee mem­ bers. NEW-ORLEANS—The other day during one of our During the war, while the companies were still quiet moments here in the Port of New Orleans, I operating passenger, service to the Islands and South was hanging around the Dispatcher's Desk listening to America, Mi-s. Johannsson was a Stewardess on the some of the membei-s talking about their last trips. SS Sixola when it was torpedoed in the ^puth At­ At a point in the conversation one of the Brothers lantic. She was one ot the last to leave the ship. asked: "Are the Stewardesses on the passenger ships PRESENCE OF MIND actiye members or do they just carry a book so they can ship?" At the time the ship was struck, one of the crewWell, I wasn't in on' the discussion, so I didn't members, now an SIU man, was taking a shower. He intervene, but I think I can answer the Brother's ran out of the room and hit the boat deck without question to his satisfaction. even slowing down to pick up a toweL To keep the To one of our Stewardesses, the only one I have man from freezing to death, Mrs. Johannsson wrapped knowledge of at the moment, the SIU means more him in a blanket and held him in her arms through­ than carrying a book—it is, as to most members, a out the cold night. way of life. When the companies quit carrying passengers, she, Mrs. Edna'T. Johannsson, Book no. 48308, Steward­ like most Stewardesses, joined the Army Transport ess on the SS Del Norte, is a real active Seafarer Service where she served throughout the war. By who takes part in all Union affairs with the same the war's end she had received all of the Merchant "energy as the most militant male member. Marine combat medals. USED DIRECT ACTION Incidentally, as far as it is known around here, she is the only woman holding a lifeboat ticket in the She started sailing seventeen years ago on United American Merchant Marine. * Fruit ships. There was no union to protect the seamen After gaining her release from the ATS to sail and see that they received decent working and living passenger ships again, she shipped from the New conditions. The procedure then was to form committees to call Orleans SIU Hall aboard the Del Norte. She has been jjipon the Captain and company officials for improving aboard the Del Norte since then, and " on the last trip was elected Stewards Department Delegate. bnditions. By JOHNNY JOHNSTON i- From first hand experience, as I paid off the ship, I can say she did an excellent job. She had compe­ tently handled all the routine duties of her depart­ ment, and at the payoff had all books and permits ready for the Patrolman. After discharging her duties, she sat at the table with the Patrolman and took up a collection for on6 of the crewmembers who had fallen down the elevator shaft. At a meeting of the crew she had been elected to see that the Brother was well taken care of and she was intent upon carrying out the crew's wish. When the crew asked her if she was going to be Delegate on the next trip, she laughed and said, "It is a pretty hard job. Sometimes I can't get around to see the boys during their time off, so I usually try • to see them while working or at the meetings. "There are 46 men in the Stewards Department which makes the Delegate's job a big one, but if the Department elects me, I will try to do all I can." FIGHTING RECORD Her words to the crew, coupled with her excellent record of fighting for her fellow crewmen during the past seventeen years, should convince the most skep­ tical of men that Edna Johannsson is doing much more than carrying a book. She, and her sister Stewardesses, I'm sure, are just as proud to be members of the SIU as any of us and the record speaks for itself. Unclaimed And Retroactive Wages American Liberty Steamship Corporation 75 West Street, New York, New York BOSTON E. Matthews, $5.00. NEW YORK INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS ' Crew of SS Seatrain "Havana. $1.00; : L. Carrasquillo, $5.00; Wm. M. Bowman, $1.00; Joseph Peter Wise, $3.00; M. A. Roche, $4.00; H. E. Williams, $1.00; H. W. Clemens, $2.00; M. N. Kalaimbris, $5.00; L. Turi, $3.00; A. J. Amodio, $3.00; T. Andrews, $10.00; T, H. Carbarns, $1.00; F. Barry, $1.00; H. Ehmsen, $3.00; R. V. Sawin, $1.00; John Weiss, $2.00; A. Tuur, $1.00; F. Harvey, $5.00; H. Engelder, $1.00; J. P. Doyle, $2.00; C. J. Wille, $5.00; Ken You Kong, $10.00. SS CAVALIER M. Connolly. $2.00; W. A. Hazen. $2.00; F. A. Olson, $2.00; R. Stem, $2.00; C. P. Parker, $5.00; W. E. Bowman, $2.00; D. L. McKeen, $2.00j David Allan, $5.00; J. J. Celtz, $2.00; C. S. Hern, $3.00; H. J. Pancost, $6.00; E. L. Dover. $3.00; R. Dudley. $2.00. SS JEAN G. W. Ehmsen, $1.00; J. J. Mullican, $1.00; A- Gonzales, $1.00; R. Barrientos, $1.00. SS MARINA F. Miller, $1.00; J. Salad. $1.00; V. Torres. $1.00; R. Campbell. $1.00. SS SOUTH STAR C. P. Bush. $1.00. SS SEATRAIN TEXAS W. E. Pepper. $5.00; C. Cahill. $10.00; C. W. Johnson, $1.00. SS DIAMOND HITCH H. C. Sanabria, $5.00; W. Przylomski, $1.00; A. Calioto, $5.00; J. Diorio. $3.00. SS FT. MATANZAS F. Kelly, $1.00; E. Meyer, $2.00; J. King, $L00; C. E. Luckey, $1.00; B. C. Ferrell, $3.00; A. Roberts. $2.00; W. Zaleski, $1.00; Thomas Brennan, $3.00. SS GADSDEN B. Hansen, $5.00; A. R. Swiszczowski, $5.00; N. Sepe, $2.00; P. Gonzales. $5.00; W. Rupnik, $5.00; J. E. Rivers, $5.00; J. Rodriguez, $5.00; J. Stopowski, $2.00; E. Mathiesen, $5.00; J. rykezynski. $5.00; R. Davies, $4.00; . C. K. Neumann, $2.00. S; SS ROSARIO pfc" J. L. Marrero, $1.00. SS MONTEBELLO HIILS John Doyle, $3.00. SS STEEL ADVOCATE Donald Cowell, $2.00; R. F. Black, $3.00; James Murphy, $5.00; Robert Roy-Ranges. $5.00; Adrian G. Donnelly, $5.00; Russell P. Howard, $5.00; J. C. Szczepanski, $3.00; Budd N. Hull. $5.00; Samuel Brunsoii, $5.00; Edward F. , Piskorski, $5.00; Ramon O. Antoine, $5.00; Cesere Bisiak, $5.00; Guillermo (Q. Nuttal, $5.00; Eugene J. Goralski, $5.00; John J. Shive, $5.00; J. Kaz' inierski, $5.00. SS Halton R. Carey $20.52; J. Sealock, $2.00; Ronald siter, $11.66; Maroin Gordon, Angus Maclntyre, 427.59; John Purcell, $24.96; J. Hubbell, $23.16; $13.54; D. Greenhill, $4.66; Morris, $24.69; -Thomas J, C. Wiles, $23.16; J. Martin, Jr., George Finklea, $6.05; Tom ' .-iv . Walker, $5.12; J. V. Erlacher, $23.16;* N. Helms, $23.16; E. Doyle, $2.34; Milon Eison, $9.33; SS BIENVILLE $20.22; Wm. H. Nunn, $4.20; H. Behrends, $18.52; Ralph Strick­ James Davis, $6.06; Theodore G. O'Rourke. $2.00; R. Yantz. $1.00. A. Phipps, $3.26; Harley Mollison, land, $8.91; ' W. Trolle, $2.34; Conner, $2.34; Lundy Cason, SS WACOSTA F. J. Devlin, $5.00; A. Fase, $1.00; P. $3.26; Paul Goncalves, $3.73; Wm. Joseph Farrow, $3.73; James L. $2.79; John Blizzard, $3.25; Ran­ F. Rasmussen, $1.00; O. P. Smith, R. Greaves, $3.73; Malcolm Get- Gavin, $2.34; Charles Jaynor, dolph Browder, $5.13; Wm. Ax$2.00; E. Cromwell, $1.00; J. McKenna, chell, $4.66; Wilmer Fisher, $4.20; $3.26; Rufus Phillips, $3.73; gon, $2.79; Clarence Barrineau, $2.00; D. Calarin, $1.00; V. Vecchio, J. Debose, $4.20; Leo F. Bette, Charles Convertino, $2.34; Daniel $2.34; Tennyson Ashe, $6.06; Mus­ $1.00; K. Kristensen. $1.00. $373; Leonard Armantano, $3.73; Convertino, $2.34; Thomas Wood­ tafa Wakkey, '$26.66; Clarence SS HILTON E. Badual. $1.00; J. Masongsong, H. F. Kirk, $1.19; Walter Kirk- en, $2.79; Louis Yarborough, AkeVs, $2:^4; Julian P. Whitley, $1.00; P. SanMiguel. $1.00; G. Adamisin, land, .26; Francis Lambert, ;80; $5.14; Wm. Yonmans, $19.14; John $5.99; Robert Woods, $1.99; Har­ $1.00; S. C. Segree, $2.00; E. Contoral, John H. Lancelot, $1.60. F. Williams, $1.40; Frederick old Weathers, $2.67. $1.00; C. W. Bryant, $1.00. SS Stephen W. Gambrill Rauser, $1.40; Rufus Williams, SS HOOD RIVER SS Walter M. Christiansen A. Aawa, $1.00; L. Kuypers. $1.00; Fred Lindsey, $30.57; Otto R. Nulle, $3.18; F. N. Sullivan, $1.87; Howard Weston, $2.79; J. E. Hanks, $3.00. Laske, $157.78; Hubert Paeshuys, $3.58; George Smith, $2.54; S. Harry Thompson, $2.34; C. Sto­ $1.84; Elud Castonguay, $3.55; J. Unger, $1.37; -A. Pawlukowski, rey, $2.79; A. Tannanki, $2.34; ISTHMIAN STRIKE J. Rogers, $9.98; F. L. Lindsey, $5.51; Burton Owen, $4.99; "Wm. Ernest Sims, $2.80; Maroin Skin­ DONATIONS F. Flynn, $2,39; Delmar H, Hutch- ner, $1.40; Walter Smith, $2.79; $17.56; T. R, Terringtop, $21.34; John F. 7ahl, $5.00; C. H. Green, ins, $5.39; John C. Hall, $1.73; John W. Pruitt, $4.20; Joseph J. H. Tatlin, $10.32; W. C. StUea, $20.00; 1. Gwartney, $20.00; W. GusT. K. Henricksen, $47.59; R. M. Martin, $1.40; Ernest Mitchum, $10.32; Carl Jackson, $5.60, J. B. tavson, $20.00; W. Ford, $20.00; M. H. $2.34; Charles Mizell, $1.40; Wm. Marris, $2.34; Robert Plunket, McGlauflin, $25.00; Ivy Robertson, Jones, $47.59; James Martines, Bernaldo Villanueva, Mockenfuss, $2.34; C. Martin, $2.79; D. E. Steely $5.14; Samuel $25.00; G. V. Hall, $20.00; A. Espino, $29.00; $5.00. $1.80; Sidney C. Turkeville, $3.24; $2.34; Frank Judah, Jr., $1.40 A. Harris, $6.79; Joseph S. - SS MOORING HITCH Robert W. Thompson, $3.24; H, J. Robert Kline, $2.79; James Las- Fryonx, $1.19. P. R. Smith. $5.00. Paul, $80.35; Tom Hale, $12.65; SS STEEL ADVOCATE .&y.. C. J. Clarke. $10.00; Donald Cowell, Geo. C. Palem, $4.97; Harry R. $10.00. Paul, $3.68; Frank J. Regan, $3.80; Joseph Stuntebeck, $1.37; WALTER H. STOVALL 4 4 4 J. R. Beatty, $1.54; John W. FRANK W. VAN LEW Get in touch with J. Gray, c/o Baush, Sr., $1,98; M. Hook, $3.20; W .Smith, $3.20; Harold E. Dela- SIU Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. He Get in touch with Victor W. It is the proud boast of the hurty, $9.60; Leonard Hummell, was your shipmate on the SS Sease, 6700 St. Estaban, Tujunga. 4. 4- 4. Seafarers International Un­ $32.00; Thomas J. Baier, $15.40; Petroile when yoii were Bosun. J. S. WILLIAMS 4, t 4. ion that an SIU ship is a clean John A. Madden, $15.40; C. L. Please contact the American. RALSTON A. STUART ship Let's keep it that way. Shart'zer, $1.46; W. Smith, $5.19; Merchant Marine Staff Officers' Your parents would like to Although most of the crews Mike McCullagh, $1.19; R. High, Association, -41 Sutter- Street or leave a ship in excellent con­ $1.66; Wm. P. Gorman, $10.26;' hear fi-om you. Mr. and Mrs. L. 564 Market Street, San Francisco dition, it has come to the at­ Carmels Figueroa, $1.56; Alfredo R. Stuart, St. Francis, Kan. 4, Calif. tention of the membership Morales, $4.66; Raymond L. Har­ % % CHARLES W. KERSHAW that a few crews have vio­ ris, $11.20; Stanley Heideicki, ARMANDO DEFERNO Your, friend John A. Kevicki lated this rule. So they have $1.40; Wayne H. "^Clift, $11.20; gone on record to have all Barthold Christiansen, , $3.26; wants you to write htm at 826 The case aboard the SS Thomas quarters inspected by the Charles Maseley, $16,55; Martin South Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. Cresap has been settled in your favor. If you report to the Ship­ Patrolman before the payoff, Walsh, $21.99; Leonard T. Can­ 4, 4 i ping Commissioner at Baltimore and if the conditions are un­ JOSEPH F. S .BARRON non, $2.94; William Tatham, satisfactory, he has the right $3.73; Roy W. Weaver, $1.60. Get in touch with your sister. you can pick up an order on the to hold up the payoff until MV Coastal Competitor Colleen Barron Worthy, Attalla, company for the money due you. everything is spic and span. R. Kurtli, $10.41; Martin Hag- Ala. 4 4 4 AL WHEELER Remember that the Patrol­ erty, $17.07; Russell Boyette, 4^ 4 Get in touch with Ray Berg­ man can only have repairs $3.73; Roger Roemhild, $20.83; E. KENNETH WEISNER made if he knows what has E. Weaver, $1.46; H. Mulholland, Communicate with your eron, 41 Silver Street, Middleto be done. Cooperate by $5.66; Eustace Fay, $2.88. niotner, Mrs. G. Weisner, Na­ town, Connectici-tt, care of Mrs. making up a repair list be­ SS George G. Crawford tional Hotel, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Francis Lefebvre. fore the ship docks. Give one E. N. Mitcher, $9.75; G. H. 4 4 4 4 4 4. copy to the Skipper, and one Stackhouse, $33.76; J. Delgado, TRINIDAD GEORGE • FRANK RAKAS to the Patrolman. Then you'll $33.32; W. Deluca, $13.04; Troup, Contact your mother, Mrs. Get in touch with Tom Jasko, see some action. $2.81; James S. Judge, $13.42j^ Mary Rakas, 245 Glover St., 439 Henry Street, South Aihboy, 1 Anthony Fusco, $1.37; D. Shuler^ Brownsville, Pa. N. J . PERSONALS Keep It Clean! ii\ �Friday, January 3, 1948 Tsn E {[age Fiftean SEA P A R B R 8 r LV G 1 5.-66 Hughes, Hugh 4.32 Held, Camille E. 4.36 Hughes, Robert C. .... 12.14 Helem, M. .49 Hughes, Wallace G. .. 5.14 Helgoe, Willard L. 4.27 . Huguley, James M. .. 2.82 Kelvin, Hamilton S. Hulecki, Edward > 24.79 Hemstead, William 12.27 Hull, Arthar L 1.06 j,: Hemund, Rudolph L. 4.66 Hull, Geo. C 11.71 Henault, Haymond A 7.15 Hull, John N .71 'Hendershot, James L. ...... 3.56 Hulme, Kenneth A 9.95 Henderson; F. W 5.32 Hume, Peter F 62.20 Henderson, Gordon B 3.38 1.48 Humphrey, H Henderson, Kirkham 1.40 1.87 Huneycutt, Charles H. Henderson, Leland B 11.02 ... 1.88 Hungate, R. K Henderson, Raymond J. .... .46 1.61 Hunger, Geo. E. .. Henderson, William Jr. .. 28.00 3.23 Hungling, Richard J. Hendren, Henry H. 1.91 5.60 Hunkins, John E. Hendrick, Frank J 4.73 9.36 Hunt, Charles Hendiick, R 27 19.82 Hunt, Joe H Hendricks, Benjamin L. .. 7.20 ) 12.83 Hunter, Cecil H. .. Hendricks, C. R 3.17 1.24 Himter, Elliott Hendricks, Otis 9.81 17.36 John T Hunter, .39 Hendricks, Raymond D 16.81 Hess, Kerman E 5.77-Howard, J. W: ... 3.73 Hodges, Robert L .01 Hunter, Leo ... 14.46 L. Hodgki.ss, Robert . C 4.20 Howard, Johnnie Hendricks, Thomas F 16.14 Hesselrode, Homer A 1.00 1.04 Wilbert T. Hunter, .73 53 Howard, Joseph Hendrix, Donald 28.39 Hestines, Gaile 2.84 Hodiman, F 1.48 Hunter, William ... 52.10 5.94 Hestness, Eli V Hoehn, C. W 10.72 Howard, Judson R. Heneten, Charles J. 5.69 9.33 Hunter, William 1.25 5.03 Hetherington, William Heniken, Edward A. 4.47 Howard, Lloyd 18.48 Hoehner, Charles F Huot, Harry N 5.51 N. ... 9.79 2.56 Hewi, Clarence L. Jr Henkelman, Jocobus H. 12 Howard, Nolan 2.75 Hoet, Louis M Hupe, Fritz 10.88 ... 11.59 9;90 Hewitt, Robert R, Hotf, Glen R 1 69 Howard, Warren L. Hennebery, Patrick 2.23 Huppert, George F 4.94 ... 63.61 4.46 Hey, George Hennessey, James J. 8.26 Howard, William J. .74 Hofpland, Edward J Hurdle, Joseph .>... 2.36 ... 10.74 Henricks, John 98.75 Heyan, J. J 2.32 Howe, Alfred G. 11.59 Hoffman, August Jr." Hurlbut, E. V 61.87... 2.82 Henry, Charles 74 Hibbitts, Francis L 1.45 Howe, Burdette L. 7.42 Hoffman, Bertrand S Hurley, Patrick J 63.28 .. 3.29 Henry, Hayden F 9.15 Hickey, Daniel Patrick .... 23.24 Hoffman, Boland A: 11.67 Howe, C Hurum, Elmer C 11.24 .. 3.14 Henson, Fred L 1.42 Hickey, Donald A 2.79 Howe, Weston B 4.78 Hoffman, Charles R Huss, Philip L 2.23 .39 Howell, Joseph C Hentchel, Cecil A 13.54 18.53(Hickey, William R 4.81 Hoffman, Eugene C Hustead, Bobby 13.54 .. 2.23 Herbert, Joseph N 24.84 Howell, Robert 38.16 Hickman, W. 32 Hoffman, George Husto, H, 1.2 .. 10.69 Howell, Robert R Herbert, Eeonard J). .. 25.99 ^•21 Hickman, Oneal 5.07 Hoffman, Ross B Hutcherson, Howard C 9.40 : 11.52 Herbert, Vincent A 12.42 Howell, William 3-92 Hickman, Thomas E 2.23 Hofman, Jr Hutchins, Edward F 10.75 1.00 Herce, Mario ' 5.45 Howerton, Jesse J •74 Hicks, Burrell 7.08 Hogan, Edward E Hutchins, H. R 33.19 Howes, John S 5.54 Hergenrader, Theodore Hogan, S. J 2.00 15.89 Hicks, Carl -45.48 Hutchinson, Stanley J 1.97 12 Herhansen, Otto T 12.01! Hicks, Charles Thomas 2.23 Howland, Raymond S 2.16 Hoggins, Willits Hutchinson, Tjrre Bray .... .78 .86 Herman, Lawerance D 37.33 Hicks[ Delbert C. 1.78 Howse, Alfred 7.90 Hoitela, Carl E.' Hutson, Dewitt T 1.04 24.56 Hermann, J. C 89 Hicks Graham E 3.51 Hoyde, Perre .42 Hokamon, C. 0 Hutter, Robert G 9.85 2.75 Hernandez, E 2.37|Hicksj Homer L 1.87 Hoyt, Carl C. Jr 1.16 Hokamp, Alex Sr I Hutto, Alvin C 21.16 16.28 Hernandez, Edward J 3.81 Hicks' Raymond Jr. ... 3.48 Hoyt, Leonard .80 Hokanson, Carl ; Hutton, Lloyd D 10.74 1.07 Hernandez, Guam 1.78 Hicks, M. 2.59 Hoyt, Robert W 1.42 Hokanson, V 'Hyatt, Richard M .79 ' 2.65 Hernandez, Ignacio ...^ 61.92 Hicks, William H. Jr 45 Hoyt, Samuel F. Jr 29.58 Hoke, James T. Jr Hyatt, Thurmon 8.41 14.83 Hernandez, Percy 19.08 Hiemann, Edward 14.93 Hozier, Robert C ° 10.74 Holahan, Robert P :Hyde, Arthur A 11.59 Huafer, R 11.88 Hernandez, Rudolf J 7.00 Higgingothan, Uric 1.65 5.35 Hoscomb, R. E Hylander^ George W 1.98 47.11 Hernandez, S 9.71 Higginbotham, Relet D. ... 5.13 Hubbard, Harold E 2.95 Holden, Joe Ben Hyman, Jack 1.39 1.19 Herndon, Charles F 89.97 Higgins, John M 5.94 Hubbard, Mack 1.19 Holder, Charles E Hyman, Lester McDonald 6.05 Hubbart, Duane E 45 Herring, .Bobby M 127.34 Higgins, Joseph J 19.26 2.63 Holdren, Robert F Icay, C. A 4.22 8.42 Herring, Reginald F 5.65 Higgs, Charles Vernet ... 16.75 Hubble, L 6.29 Holgate, Warren levin, Peter J 58.01 2.41 Herrmann, Robert .89 Highsmith, Julius C 21.86 Hubbs, Robert 4.32 Holhjem, Lars R Igo, William C 4.67 Hudak, Peter 20.06 Herzig, Henry G 3.26 Hightomar, DelmaHolland, Alonzo C 1.42 :... 44.87 Ikerd, Donald J 46.08 2.13 Herzold, Henry J 9.98 Highto, Jimmy A. 4.13 Hudgins, Robert W 1.98 Holland, F. P lim, Carl August .51 Hudson, Frank S 22.47 Hesketh, William A 2.23 Hilszek, Stanley Holland, Frank E 1.14 114.59 ilmboden, Scott A., Jr. 5.46 Hess, Benedict I. V. 1.75 3.13 Hilburn, Joseph 52 Hudson, J 51 Holland, J. P •Immer, Arthur 1.50 Hess, Charles T. .. 8.86 20.53 Hildreth, G. H 94 Hudson, John A .T. 33 Holland, Jack D." I Infante, Antonio 5.10 Hess, Clarence A. 8.92 17.26 Hill, Allan !... .94 Hudson, Joseph 49.85 Holland, Melvin C Ingebretson, Andreas .60 ; . .96 5.60 Hudson, Lester D Hill, Charles C 1.37 Holland, Ralph A Inglehart, Harry N 2.23 5.13 24.27 Hudson, Richard G. ....• Hill, C. E 46 Holland, R. L Inglish, Cecil B 60.00 Huetari, Matti 1.40 1.54 Hill, Dale H 13.53 Hollen, James C Ingram, Robert E 2.24 52.53 5.76 Huff, Charlie R Hill, Edwin C 6.15 Hollinger, Joseph W Ingvarsson, Gunnlaugar 95.86 BALTIMORE 14 Nprth Gay St, 2.90 39 Huff, Conrad Wilson 5=99 Hollingshorst, C Inscho, Floyd W ;69 Calvert 4S39 HilE Edwin W. Huff, Hubert F 6.08 • BOSTON 276 State St. Hill, Edward 8.01 Hollingsworth, Harold .... 3.98 Inscoe, Russell E 5.66 4.46 Bowdoin 44S5 Hill, Fred Tiney 46 Huff, Newton A. Jr 8.51 Hollomen, R Inwood, L. H .81 ^BUFFALO ,.. 10 Exchange St. Huff, Walter 11.02 Holloway, Walter L 60.00 Hill, Gerald C 11.71 lovin, Peter J 9.97 Cleveland 7391 90 Irland, Thomas E 1.13 Huffman, Turley S 10.23 Holman, Jackson W 10.74 / CHICAGO ...... . .24 W. Superior Ave. Hill, Henry Huggett, X 4.55 Holme, James R 56.40 1.48 Irwin, Roy R Superior 5175 Hill, John J 3.61 8.53 4.71 Huggins, James CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Hill, J. W r. .79 Holmstrom, John Isaacson, H. R 52.01 33.13 Isham, Robert B Main 0147 Hill, Marvin J 22 Hughes, Chas. E 53.84 Holovich, E 6.96 DETROIT 1038 Third St. 4.01 44?8 Hughes, E. L HUl, Raymond W. 2.81 Holsinger, Jack Isnor, Gilbert C 6.12 Cadillac 6857 13.71 13.88 Hughes, Franklin 14.55 Holste, Henry • DULUTH . .' 531 W. Michigan St. Hill, William J. Ittner, Harold D 1.92 Hughes, G , 25 74, 69 Holstead, Sam J Melrose 4110 Hillard, Donald C Hughes, Henry C., Jr 3.46 Iverson, Richard A .30 2.16 GALVESTON 308Vj—23rd St. Hillary, James E 9.52 Holstrom, Richard Phone 2-8448 Jlillary, William S. 11.20 20.07 Holt, Allen K HONOLULU ....'. 16 Merchant St. 46 Holzman, Raymond 1.38 Hilliard, Horace E Phone 58777 3 96 Home, Donald W. 18.38 Hilliard, Johnnie Robert JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. 7 76 Hones, John Paul 79 Phone 5-5919 Hillman, R. ...-. The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ 'MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Hills, Forrest A., Jr. 7.12 Hood, William H. Jr 10.63 farers International Union is available to aU members Who wish Phone 2-1754 Hilton, Don L 1.98 Hoodlet, John Wesley 3.08 to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of MIAMI 10 NW 11th St. 7 35 Hooks, William A 4.78 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres .St. Hilton, Jack'T their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have 1158 Hooper, Alfred F 1155.21 Magnolia 6112-6113 Hilton, Joseph S 16.84 the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every NEW YORK ....51 Beaver St. Hindle, Herbert C 12.74 Hooper, Tom SlU branch for this purpose. 22.40 HAnover 2^2784 Hinds, Alfred M 11.88 Hoots, Wesley D However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SID NORFOLK ,..127-129 Bank St. 1.88 Hines, James I. 46.91 Hoover, W. E Phone 4-1083 hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, 4.09 .72 Hopkins, Chas I PHILADELPHiA 9 South 7th St. Hinton, D., Jr which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 10.80 Hopkins, Jack Watson .... 28.00 Lombard 3-7651 Hintze, Robert Beaver Street, New York 4, N.Y. ,45 ' PORTLAND ;111 W. Burnside St. Hipa, Lani J. N 4.33 Hopson, Wm. T Beacon 4336 Hippach, Frank C 32.66 , 88.25 Hormon, Earl D PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION RICHMOND, Calif ....257 5th St. Horn, Leonel E 12.64 Hippard, J. 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Jr. .46 Terminal 4-3131 Hock, Jolen W 52.78 :k| Signed VICTORIA, B.C. . .602 Bough ton St. Hock, Raymond James 12.77 8.86 Houston, George "Jr. Garden 8331 2.79 3.55 Howard, Charles R. lliVANCOUVER '.V. ,,.56B Hamilton St. Hodge, Clarence ie| Book No. Howard, Dewey H. 7.13 Hodge, M. H. .................. 5.51 Pacific 7824 ^.^26.38 Hodges, 6.80 Howard, H.^ .. ,^^•1 Mississippi Steamship Company 501 HIBERNIA BLt)G., NEW ORLEANS, LA. •H The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hibernia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. Ellerbusch and include full name. Social Security number, Z number, rating, date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent. •f. I k;1L ll iC SlU HALLS Notice To All SlU Members '•'V-'-i �PBjge Sixteen • THE SEAFARERS LOG Fridey, January 9, 1948 ( Every Seamaa Kaows... AN SIU cowmACT "THE •BEST TTSaiECmON AMD/ CONDITIONS. INTHE WORLD/ THE SEAFARERS OF NORTH AMERICA • AFoF 'fSS'.- »* 4>., I ••-u. rX. M •:•'• ''7. „•• .•Tj'n'':' • • 1''; .4- «•'••'• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 2 Description An account of the resource Headlines HQ TALLYING COMMITTEE BEGINGS COUNT CITIES NLRB VOTING NEARS CLOSE MINES STILL PERIL MECHANST SEAMEN SIU ACTION BRINGS RELIEF TO ALEIN UNION MEMBERS ESSO COMPANY UNION AFRAID OF SIU APPEAL NON-LICENSED MEN NOT SUPERVISORS 75 MORE TANKERS TO GO DESPITE PROTEST REPORT OF ITF MEETING IN LONDON SAN JUAN KEEPS ON SCHEDULE DURING THE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON TIMELY ARRIVAL OF SOME ISTHMIAN VESSELS SDAVES SAN FRANCISCO FROM HAVING BAD WEEK BALTIMORE SHIPPING HOLDS UP;FUTURE BRIGHT MOBILE REPORTS HEAVY VOTE CATS IN ELECTIONS FOR 1948 OFFICERS SHIPPING HOLDS IN NEW YORK ;CREW ADVISED TO WAIT FOR PATROLMEN BEFORE PAYING OFF NEW ORELEAN SHIPPING -TIOPNOTCH STEWARD DEPARTMENT MEN NEEDED BUFFALO CLOESE AS SHIPS TIE-UP YOUTZT-BOUTWELL TRAIL SET FOR JANUARY 13 SIU WITNMESS ARRIVES ALEIN PROBLEN AIRE AT HQ MEET YOUTZY THANKS BROTHERS FOR SOLIDARITY MIAMI TO CLOSE BY JANUARY 15 POST-HOLIDAY PHILDELPHIA RELAXES;GASHONDS QUIET SS SOUTHWIND CREW ASKS SLOPCHEST STORES BE CERTIFIES BYT SEAFARERS SEAFARES SON OD DECEASED BUCYRUS CREWMSN GRATEFULL FOR DONATIONS TO MEMORIAL BILL TAYLOR DIES IN PHILLY;OLDTIMER HELD BOOK NO.98 TO AFRICA AND BACK WITH JOILET VICTORY STEWARDESS DOES MORE THAN CARRY BOOK Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/08/1948 Title A name given to the resource January 8, 1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2d11c3a6133211d46df1752e8f9f3746.PDF 43d896fdb4572434def589d7bc083e48 PDF Text Text "•••"' ' -'' " r '* SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • !::{ A r> ? I• X r i" ^: TOP MTIME BILLS FACING CONGRESS .Story On Page 3 % 9 Lost As Atlantic Tankers Crash .Story On Page 3 h •( 7 y. '•'' No More Room. % Orleans SIU hall, W. Bargone, longtime SIU member and veteran of 34 years of Seafaring relaxes com­ fortably. (Story On Page 7, Photos Page 16.) ^ Il* • Broken bow of the tanker Atlantic Dealer attests to the VOfffSfOfl W fCrffll* force with which she rammed another Atlantic tanker in the Delaware River last week. Two SIU men were among the nine men lost after they jumped over the side of the Dealer, following the lead of the chief engineer and the third mate, who survived. Coast Guard hearings on the disaster continued without any decision this week. (Story On Page 3.) -•.w/. �Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Jftnuftry 8, 1954 Korea Orphans Treateil SlU-Style ftboard Ship National Labor Relations Board employees are shown as they counted the dock haUots in the Board's reyional offices, 2 Park Avenue, New York City. Outcome of election remains undecided; because of chailenged ballots and apparent irregularities. AFL'ILA Asks Labor Bd. To Void NY Dock Election J¥' • ifa:' ItV-• I I '••' In the wake of accumulated evidence of irregularities and intimidation in the National Labor,Relations Board longshore election in Greater New York, the AFL-Intemational Long­ shoremen's Association has moved that the election be set aside. The AFL claims were+ strengthened by the fact that ihg settle longshoremen's griev­ servers, including NLRB men, AFL-ILA men and ILA poils a New York State-sponsored ances on the waterfront. watchers wore the same identify­ luvestigation of the voting issued Intimidation at Polls ing button so that voters did not a report upholding the AFL Several major points were in­ know who was standing at their charges of wholesale intimidation, cluded in the AFL-ILA's argument threats, knifings and other acts cal­ calling for the voiding of the eiec- elbow when they came in to vote. culated to influence the longshore­ tion. The new union submitted Trucks backing in and out of the men to vote for the old ILA. considerable evidence that long­ polling place while the voting was As a result of the AFL's action, shoremen were intimidated right at going on, plus hundreds of men r.o further steps have been taken to the polls by the presence of known waiting in line added to the gen­ * . count the challenged ballots in the ILA strong arm men. These men eral air of confusion. "Unfair" Charges election. Approximately 4,400 chal­ were permitted to electioneer A key point in the AFL-ILA's lenged ballots held the balance as around the polling places. Long­ a margin of less than 1,500 votes shoremen were dragooned to the brief was the fact that, the Labor separated the old ILA and the new polls in buses by the old ILA and Board itself, in its haste to get told that "you know what you have an election over with, had failed AFL-ILA in the official count. to do" before they went in to vote. to act on a large number of imAffidavits Submitted Men like Danny St. John, Albert fair labor practice charges. It h^ Washington headquarters of the Ackalitis, John Applegate and Tony been standard Labor Board pro­ National Labor Relations Board is "Spanish" Calvo were much in cedure from the very start that now studying the AFL's brief and evidence, although they have been "unfair" charges are dispoised of supporting evidence, which includes denied waterfront work cards by in some manner before any elec­ photographs and dozens of affi­ the Bi-State commission. tion is held. davits from eyewitnesses and New York State's intervention In addition, ILA strong arm men individual longshoremen. The indulged in knifings and other acts came when Governor Thomas E. NLRB's own conduct of the elec­ of violence in the vicinity of the Dewey ordered an investigation of tion, as well as the behavior of the polls. At one time in Brooklyn the the elections by the State Media­ old ILA came in for severe criti­ old union gathered several hundred tion Board. The investigation, after cism from the the AFL-ILA. men outside the polling place- in­ hearing testimony, concluded that Meanwhile, the new union, tent on roughing up AFL-ILA or­ there was ample evidence of irreg-r strengthened by the big turnout in ganizers. ularities and intimidation. The re­ its favor at the pre-Christmas elec­ port has been turned over to the Vote Irregularities tion, December 23 and 24, has NLRB for its consideration: The AFL-ILA also held that the stepped up its organizing activities. Attempts of the old ILA to take Regular meetings are continuing conduct of the election was con­ vengance On AFL backers on the ill various sections of the port, and siderably faulty. For one thing, the piers have been nipped in two AFL-ILA representatives are help- Labor Board permitted 1,000 men places. Firings of AFL supporters employed by the United . Fruit have been met with prompt action Company to vote, even though the with the result that the men have company is not part of the New been put back to work in short York Shipping Association, whose order. JoHMiry 8, 1954 Vol. XVI. No. I employees were the only ones As I See It Page 4 eligible. The Labor Board also Crossword Puzzle Page 10 changed its procedure in mid­ Editorial Page 11 stream. While at first men had to Galley Gleaiungs Page 13 show a Coast Guard pass. Social Inquiring. Seafarer Page-10 Security card anti Waterfront Com­ Under the Union constitu­ In The Wake Page 10 mission Card, as the election wore tion every member attending Labor Round-Up Page 11 on the Board permitted any man a Union meeting is entitled to Letters ."Pages 19, 20 with a waterfront card to vote. nominate himself for the Meet The Seafarer Page 10 On.Temporary Cards elected posts to be filled at Personals Page 21 The result was a very large num­ the meeting—chairman, read­ Quiz Page 17 ber of men voted on temporary ing clerk and recording secre­ Ship's Minutes i.Page 21 cards without clearances. These tary. Your Union urges you SIU History Cartoon Page 9 were the men who followed the to take an active part in meet­ Sports Line. Page 18 advice of the old ILA in not reg­ ings by taking these posts of Ten Years Ago..., Page 10 istering for waterfront employ­ service. Top Qf The News.. Page 7 ment until the last minute. The And of course, all members Union Talk. Page 9 Bi-State Commission did not have have the right to take the fioor Wash. News Letters...... Page 6 time to. clear them with the re­ and express their opinions on Welfare Benefits. Pages 22, 23 sult that they voted on temporary any officer's report or issue Your Dollar's Worth..... Page 7 permits. A. number of them have under discussion. Seafarers been denied cards at subsequent are urged to hit the deck at Puhlithcd biweekly at the headquarteri •f the Seafarers Intarnetlenal Union. At- hearings. these meetings and let their lanUc A 6ulf Olstrict AFL, tTfl Fourth The conduct of the election .in shipmates know what's on Avenue, Brooklyn 3Z, HV. Tot. STerllna $•4*71. Entered a» second cfass maHer ihe Manhattan polling place was their ! mind; ; af the Post Office in Broeklyn, NV.. questioned, . AU- iStlection , ob­ under the Act of. Ausu*t.44,^1f1L < * SEAFARERS LOG Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetings m 1 I'' i<' ['s Two dozen Korean orphans who have known little moife than hunger and privation in the past three years, were treated royally to a full-scale Christmas dinner and party complete with Santa Glaus, by t —. •-— the crew of the Schuyler ham steaks, candied yams, mashed Otis Bland (Waterman). Sea­ potatoes, giblet gravy, creamed farers and officers aboard the ship corn, mushroom soup and. quite a took a tarpaulin muster and then few other delectable items. As Seafarer Jimmie James put the crew threw in the ship's fund it, "the stewards department went for good measure so that there was all out, more in SIU fashion than enough for presents, candy and any other-ship in the SIU." When fruit for each of the children as it was time to feed, the crew split up and some of them sat down with well as the dinner. an on each side whiie in^ To top it off, the crew asked, the orphan saloon the skipper and officers^ and the skipper agreed, to donate also entertained several of the bags of cement for the orphanage so that a start could be made on childrem Dancing Afterwards building a decent place for the orphans, at present living in make­ After the party and dinner, shift, ramshackle dwellings. The James wrote, the children enter­ crew took the step after the dele­ tained by singing and dancing; in gates went out to the orphanage the saloon. Then it came time to and reported back that something go back, with regretful leave-ta)t> should be done to get them a place ig on all sides. to live, s The crew delegates, who did Crew Approved Move much to make the affair a success, The idea for the Christmas were: Stanley J. Barras, ship's party began when Captain H. R. delegate; John. Fedesovich, engine Anderson of the Bland was asked delegate; Robert Bosworth, deck if something could be done to en­ department; and Louis Harris, tertain a group of orphans for stewards. In addition, James said. Christmas. The skipper asked the Captain Anderson, chief engineer crew delegates to take it up with Forrest Price, chief mate John J. the men who unanimously ap­ Pucci and William Seltzer, the proved and raised money for the chief steward, all deserve com­ mendation for their efforts to make affair. An Army transportation unit it a Merry Christmas in Korea. saw to it that the orphans got down to the ship and an Army master sergeant furnished a Santa Claus suit, replete with whiskers which was promptly strapped on to the chief engineer. Decked out in his finery, Santa went out to the orphanage to escort the children back to the ship. While he was on his way, members of the crew were hard at work putting up Christmas decorations in the messhall, and WASHINGTON—Five US ship­ saloon. Some crew members who ping companies under contract to are handy with a skillet, helped out in the galley, as the stewards de­ the SIU have been Indicted by a partment had its work cut out pre­ FederM. Grand Jury on charges of paring the big dinner. conspiracy to defraud the US The dinner menu was enough to Government. The companies are make a well-fed American's mouth accused of purchasing US war water, let alone a hungry Korean. It consisted of turkey, roast beef. surplus vessels for foreign owner­ ship whlio falsely representing themselves as American-controlled corporations. Actually, the indictment charges, the companies involved are Greekcontrolled by the shipping group identified vidth the Kulukundis family, well-known large-scalo operators; of merchant vessels under the Greek and Panamanian flags. Manual E. Kulukundis, who is generally considered the head of A Federal court in Kansas City the Kulukundis shipping interests, has ordered US battery manufac­ is included In the indictment Specifically, the corporations In­ turers to stop a conspiracy that kept up the price of auto batteries. dicted are: Elam Shipping Corpora­ Seatraders Of New YOrk, The companies, members of the tion, Seatraders of Delaware, ( Veritas Association of American Battery Steamship Company, and the Mar Manufacturers, pleaded "no de­ Trade Corporation. fense" to charges that they kept Sweetwater Seized used batteries oiit of the hands of In another Government action, companies that would rebuild the US sebed the tanker Sweet­ them for resale. water. operated by the Metro Under the arrangement, the Petroleum Shipping Company, on companies compelled retailers to the grounds that it had passed Into sell used batteries only to certain alien hands Illegally. In this case scrap-metal firms. These outfits as in similar ones, it is expected would destroy the batteries and that the tanker will continue in fm sell the salvaged lead back to the operation pending a court decision companies for building new bat­ on its ownership. teries. In previous months, the Govern­ By keeping re-built batteries off ment had seized several other the market, the companies were freighters and tankers operating able to keep prices high on new under the American' flag on the ones. Companies involved included grounds that they are controlled Sears, Goodyear, B. F. Goodrich, by alien Interests. The Govern­ Firestone, Auto 'Lite and others. ment's action is part of a campaign Other companies' facing charges against false registry of warare Montgomery Ward and Wil- surplus vessels disposed of under thei Ship Sales Act. . . lard. Indict 5 Ship Go's On Charge Of Conspiracy Auto Battery Deal Halted By US Court �lannarr 8. 19B4 SEAFARERS LOG Ffge Three Fate Of USPHS Hospitals, Other Maritime Problems Facing Congress Action A '1 'VJ •'i The second session of the 83rd Congress opened in Washington, DC, this past Wednesday with a whole slew of important maritime issues to be dealt with* at the coming session. The ''open for business'* sign was hung up at a time when ¥ the maritime industry is fac-*^' ing several large question- struction; the future of maritime time industry is not so clear-cut. marks as to its future devel­ training and, of course, possible On the one hand, the administra­ amendments to the Taft-Hartley tion policy seems to be that the in­ opment. law that would affect the future of dustry should be encouraged to Among the major items maritime stand on its own feet. Consequent­ unions. that Congress will act upon in ly, there is a move afoot to bar Hospitals Economy Target the next few months are the fate future construction of ships by the On the Public Health Service Government of the US Public Health Service for private companies Hospitals, now threatened with ex­ hospitals, the issue is clear. The but rather to write legislation that tinction; the fate of the foreign administration, in the person of would encourage private companies aid shipments program and the Oveta Gulp Hobby, Secretary of to build for themselves. The Gov­ An unidentified survivor of the Atlantic Dealer is given first aid 50-50 law; our foreign trade and the Department of Health Educa­ ernment's unhappy experience with bv rescuers. Only the chief engineer and the 3rd mate lived after tariff policy; the amount of aid, if tion and Welfare, and Joseph the Mariner ships has reinforced any to be given for new ship con- Dodge, Director of the Budget, has this feeling. going overboard, followed by nine others. crossed the USPHS hospitals off Potter Proposals the list as part of a self-styled "economy" drive. The entire mari­ For example. Senator Charles time industry from end to end is Potter of Michigan, who is con­ united in its efforts to resist this sidered a staunch supporter of a proposal, and Seafarers have been strong merchant marine, has pro­ bombarding their Senators and posed that the Government guaran­ Representatives with messages urg­ tee 100 percent of loans made to ing that the hospitals be kept open. The SIU, and other maritime in­ PHILADELPHIA.—A Coast Guard investigation into the tragic collision of two Atlantic terest, have argued that closing of tankers in the Delaware River December 30 was continuing with no decision yet. Two SIU the hospitals will be a serious blow to medical care for seamen men were among the nine dead. who have to use the facilities of With Congress back in ses­ The mishap, which occurred ' the nearest port when they are sion, Seafarers are urged to a few miles south of the Dela­ though the Engineer apparently others, at least two of whom were stricken. Many ports do not have keep on writing their Senators ware Memorial Bridge in a suffered the worst effects from the first-trippers, to go over the side adequate local medical facilities and Representatives in favor soupy pre-dawn fog, came as the fire, her skipper was able to radio seconds later. to take care of their own popula­ of retaining the US Public Atlantic Dealer nosed its way up a few minutes after the crash that The good fortune of the engineer tions, let alone visiting seamen, Health Service hospitals. The "if we don't explode, we'll live." river looking for an anchorage and in coming out alive did not follow and to throw the added burden of flow of mail has been heavy rahimed into the after port side of This proved true enough, as the for any of those who jumped the several thousand USPHS patients up to now, but from now on in the Atlantic Engineer, which was Dealer suffered all the fatalities. ship right afterwards, however. on already overloaded local com­ is the time that it really already anchored waiting for the The heavy loss of life on the The only other man to jump and munity hospitals is sure to bring counts. fog to lift. Both ships, fully loaded, Dealer was, according to eyewit­ come out alive was the third mate, new pleas for Federal aid. had left Texas Christmas Day and nesses, almost wholly due to the who was seen fighting with stew­ Trained Physicians were due to go into Philadelphia. sudden rush to go over the side ard M. A. Manuel for a life-jacket In addition, the Union has point­ finance the construction of new Reports of the collision indicat­ by the chief engineer and the third just before he himself went over ed out that the Public Health Serv­ ships in an effort to get private ed a maze of confusion aboard the mate, who were later picked up the side. Manuel was one of the ice hospitals have been of invalu­ companies to build their own ves­ Dealer as both ships caught fire unharmed. Gene Lennon, AB, who nine men who died. Only five able use to the community through sels. immediately and flames reported­ was on deck alongside the chief bodies have been recovered so far. the training of thousands of physi­ However, there are strong forces ly towered five stories high. The engineer when the engineer took After the fire was put out, M. T. cians and specialists, and through pulling in the other direction. With masters of both vessels reported off his shoes and Jumped over the Sweeney, OS, related, a lifeboat their research accomplishments in foreign trade becoming increas­ the fires were put out within ten side, said that the chief's panicky from the Dealer attempted to pick a variety of medical problems in­ ingly competitive, and US ship­ ping carrying less and less of for­ minutes after they got started. Al- action undoubtedly led several up the men but cluding cancer and tuberculosis. succeeded only in The hospital fight presents the eign commerce, some sections of finding the engi­ unusual picture of the administra­ Congress feel that the maritime neer and the tion asking Congress to shut down industry, like other US industries mate. Hampered one of the Government's own fa­ needs more, not less protection. in rescue efforts cilities with many Congressmen It's pretty generally agreed that by the fog and pressing to • keep them open. The those in Congress who favor higher smoke, the five- situation is usually the other way tariffs and more protection are growing in strength. These same man boat crew around. and the two offi­ The problem of aid to the mari­ (Continued on page 16) A motion''thanking the SIU A&G District for the aid its cers were event­ WaUer members gave in the recent Aleutian beef in San Francisco ually picked up has been passed unanimously by the Sailors Union of the by a Chilean freighter. Hours later. Padific headquarters member-' Army rescue boats recovered the ship meeting. enger-cargo ship, had been trans­ bodies of five of the men. The next day, both ships came Members of the SIU who ferred from the Alaska Steamship ship out of San Francisco were ac­ Company to Hawaiian-Pacific, a into Atlantic's Philadelphia term­ tive in the beef which arose when new outfit, which signed a contract inals under their own power, and the Gommunist-dominated National with AFL unions in all three de­ sailed on New Year's Day for dryynion of Marine Cooks and Stew­ partments. Bridges' longshoremen dock in Baltimore. The Coast ards, in cooperation with Harry and the NUMC&S blockaded the Guard hearings on the disaster Bridges' longshoremen's union at­ ship in an attempt to force the opened five days ago and un­ tempted to keep AFL stewards and company to hire NUMC&S mem­ licensed crewmembers are yet to be called to give their testimony. other AFL crewmembers from bers in the stewards department. Both crews came in for high praise bearding or leaving the AFL-confor staying on the ships and suc­ tracted ship. A massed march of cessfully fighting the fire. AFL seamen to the Aleutian pier Chairman Stanley Alcott of the .brought the /end of the Bridges' Atlantic Maritime Employees Un­ blockade of the vessel. ion, which nosed out the SIU in In a letter notifying the SIU of Regular membership meet­ the action of the SUP membership, ings in SIU headquarters and, the collective bargaining election in the fleet showed little interest SUP Secretary-Treasurer Harry at all branches are held every in anything that happened during Lundeberg declared: second Wednesday' night • at ^ or after the accident, except to . "We appreciate this support in 7 PM. The schedule for tho serve as an intermediary for the our fight, and I might further state company in its rush to head off that your membership and your next few meetings is as follows! possible claims by survivors. officials in the port of San Fran­ January 13, January 27, Feb­ He reportedly, advised SIU mem­ cisco made a very good account of ruary 10. Four major figures in Republican-controlled Congress leave White ber Richard Moore, a cousin of themselves in this beef. All Seafarers registered on House after conferring with President Eisenhower. Left to right: Frank Pomeroy, another SIU mem­ "The Sailors Union is at all times Rep. Leslie Arends, (Hi.); House Speaker Joe Martin (Mass.); Rep< ber and one of those vtdto died, to ready to back up your organization the shipping list are required tell Pomeroy's mother tO' accept Leo Alien (Hi,), Rules Committee chairman: Rep. Daniel Reed' in any beef that you may have." to.' attend the meetings. (NY): chairman. House Ways and Means Committee.^ " • The Aleutian, a combined pass­ . .i- .fCoutinued bh page 16) Atlantic Tankers Collide; Two SIU Men Among Dead Keep Those Letters Coming SUP Membership Thanks SIU For Aiding in Aleutian Beef Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks • Vie I �'9i^ Tour SEAFARERS January S, 1954 LOG Heavyweijght Contender Visits Port O' Gail As I See It • • • I•?••;. Clarence Henry, center, heavyweight contender, dines at the SIU Port O' Call with his manager, whUe Ed Mooney, left, manager of the nightclub, asks him about the fight game. Henry won his last test against Bob Baker. Maritime UnionsTa Meet/an,18 Problems raised by the New York dock clean-up and the probable policy of the Gov­ ernment regarding the maritime industry in the current session of Congress are expected to keynote the first full-scale' strategy meeting of all non-Communist sea unions scheduled for January 18, in Washington, censed unions, delegates from the tion's seagoing unions. DC. The proposal, first unveiled last A full SIU-A&G delegation various officers' unions have also October, was hailed at the time by Is due to attend the sessions along been invited to attend. The meeting developed out of a SIU Seeretarj'-Treasurer Paul Hall with spokesmen for all of the coun­ suggestion by SUP Secretary-Treas­ as "a timely suggestion in the best try's non-Communist unions, em­ bracing AFL and CIO unlicensed urer Harry Lundeberg, who is also Interests of all seamen," and one and licensed personnel. Following president of the SIU of North which could pave the way for the unanimous acceptance of the America, that the time was ripe for united action on a variety of mu­ idea by spokesmen for the unli­ such a get-together between the na- tual problems affecting the indus­ try as whole. Hospital Issue Interest at the meeting will un­ doubtedly center on the economy drive in some Government quarters -which hits at all segments of the industry such as the move to shut down all US Public Health Service hospitals and the fate of the pro­ posed build-up of the US mer­ One of the Union's "bigger" Mitchell was bom on the Texas chant fleet. The fact that the lone coast in the City of Galveston, 25 men. Seafarer Allan Burke, chaired new Government shipbuilding pro­ the last member­ years ago. He jollied the Union in gram, involving 35 Mariner-type ship meeting in that port on October 24, 1947. freighters, has hit the skids and the port of Nor­ Moore comes from "way down that five of these have already gone folk. Bimke, who East," Massachusetts to be exact. into lay-up after being out only a sails in the en­ He's 26 and signed up with the year or less, will also draw special gine department, SIU in the port of Boston on April consideration during the discus­ is an old timer 27, 1946. He sails in the deck sions. in the SIU, join­ department, while Mitchell's with Other subjects likely to be on ing the Union the black gang. the agenda include the growing back in Novem­ ^ ^ J, shift of US investments to foreignber, 1939, in the Burke flag shipping, the campaign against Another SIU oldtimer, Fred port of Jacksonthe 50-50 law by foreign shipping England, took on the job of re­ According to the ville, Fla. lobbies and a variety of other prob­ -^Union's records, he tips the scale cording secretary at the Seattle lems dealing with maritime legisla­ at a mere 300, give or take a few membership session. England took tion past and present. Possible as­ out his Union book on December pounds. sistance in the AFL pier clean-up 5, 1938, in the port of New York, Burke is a native of Virginia, by other sea unions in the Port of which is pretty ' coming from the town of Grafton New York may also result from the close to being in that state. He will celebrate sessions. one of the his 54th birthday this coming Unions expected to send repre­ Union^s charter March. sentatives to the meetings include, members. A na­ 4" 4» 4 besides the SIU, the Sailors Union A Seafarer who is well known tive of Missouri, he has followed of the Pacific, Marine Firemen, on the coastwise Waterman run, Oilers and Watertenders, Marine Felipe Reyes, was elected to chair so many other Cooks and Stewards-AFL, National the last Mobile port meeting. Seafarers, and Maritime Union (CIO), Brother­ Reyes, who sails as steward, has others as well, by settling down on hood of Marine Engineers, Masters, England been with the SIU since May, 1945, the West Coast Mates and Pilots, Marine Engi­ joining in the port of Mobile. He is a native of the Philippine in the port of Seattle. He sails neers Beneficial Association (CIO), Radio Officers Union (AFL) and Islands, but now makes his home in the engine department. American Radio Association (CIO). it iSi> it with his wife Shirley and family in Prichard, Alabama. When not Seafarer John Thompson, who busy with his steward's duties, chaired the Wilmington meeting, Fill That Berth Reyes is quite, a hand at making has been around the country too. banners and other decorations out He started out from Utah, where . If a crewmember quits while of ornamental square knots. he was born 44 years ago,, joined a ship is in port, delegates the Union in New York three years t t are asked to contact the hall Down in the Gulf, in Lake ago and now makes his home in immediately for a replace­ Charles, Louisiana, a couple of Los Angeles. He paired with Her­ ment. Fast action on their part Texas residents conducted matters bert Braurtstein, a native New will keep all jobs aboard ship at the meeting there as chairman Ydrker who has gone west and filled ft all times and elimi­ and recording secretary. They settled in South Alameda, Califor­ nate the chance of the ship were John Mitchell of Houstoh and nia'. Braunsteiii, who will be 31 sailing shorthanded. * Tom Moore of Port Arthur. this month, joined the SIU in 1943. imm YOUR UNION WAS PLEASED TO RECEIVE WORD THAT THE headquarters membership of the Sailors Union of the Pacific had gone on record thanking our brothers out on the West Coast for the help given in the recent Aleutian beef. In reporting the action of the Sailors' membership. President Lundeberg of the SIU of North America wrote as follows: "We appreciate this support in our fight and I might further state that your membership and yoiir officials in the port of San Francisco made a very good account of themselves in this beef." Brother Lundeberg added that, "The Sailors Union is at all times ready to back up your organization in any beef that you may have." Many Seafarers can remember the various occasions in which the Sailors and Seafarers worked together on various waterfront beefs, among them the one back in 1946 against Harry Bridges and his Communist pals. At that time your Union, in conjunction with the SUP, took positive action against Bridges when it appeared that the Communist Party waterfront section was threaten­ ing to take over the entire waterfront. One of the keys to the success of your Union, and of other affiliates of the SIU of North America, is the fact that each District has been left free to op­ erate in an autonomous manner on its own prob­ lems. Yet whenever any one District had a big beef on its hands, the others are always quick to pitch in when needed. Your Union certainly looks forward to working closely with the SUP, the MFOW and other SIU of NA affiliates on all matters that affect the well-being of seamen and allied waterfront workers. 4i 4) ^ IT'S QUITE A FEW YE.UtS SINCE A GERMAN U-BOAT SHELLFD the Robin Moor to the bottom after forcing the crew and passengers to take to Ufeboats. It was back in 1941 that this SlU-manned ship became the first US victim of U-boat warfare in the Atlantic, Those brothers who were aroui(& then will remember that the Robin Moor sinking caused quite a sensation at that time. A good deal of indignation was expressed in maritime circles, in the Government and by the public, about the action of the German undersea raider. Cer­ tainly, the sinking of the Robin Moor was responsible for steps being taken to protect our merchant shipping. Crewmen Forgotten However, in all the hue and cry over the sinking, the men who manned that ship and who drifted helplessly in the ocean for 13 to 19 days, were forgotten. While the Government took some action later on to compensate the victims of U-boats and planes, the men of the Robin Moor were somehow overlooked in all the , subsequent legislation. Now quite a few of the survivors, including Seafarers and ex-Sea­ farers, have gotten together to see if they can persuade Congress to do something about it. They have been trying for some time now to get consideration out of Congress for the hardships they suffered as a result of the sinking, without success. This year, though, they are hopeful of favorable ac­ tion on the issue, and are pressing hard fdr such action. It's been 12 years now since the Robin Moor went down. Favorable action on this score by Congress would certainly appear to be long overdue justice-to the crew of the Robin Moor. 4i t 3) THE UNION'S CHRISTMAS PARTIES IN THE VARIOUS SIU halls around the country turned out to be quite successful, judg­ ing from all reports. Large numbers of the brothers .turned up at the halls and a great many of them brought their wives, children and friends with them, making it a real family affair. Your Union also served as host to quite a few of the brothers from ether SIU affiliates who happened to be in the vicinity at the time and joined with the Seafarers in celebrating the holidays in appro­ priate style. A« in the past, they reported they were pleased with the idea of having someplace to go on the Christmas holiday where they could enjoy a good meal in the company of other Seafaring meii, many of whom they have shipped with at one time or another. • When your Union started running these holiday affairs, it was with the idea in.mind that many Seafarers who might be ashore during the holiday season would he far from home and family and would welcome art opportunity to have a Christ­ mas dinner in the company of their-shipmates. How­ ever, these affairs have grown to Include all Sea­ farers, many of whom prefer to bring their families with them down to the hall and make a real party out of it along with other Union brothers. The fact that they do so pi'oves that it is a worthwhile effort. $ t $ THERE WAS A CHRISTMAS PARTY OF ANother kind aboard the Schuyler Otis Bland out in Korea on Christmas Day. According to reports, all the brothers on the ship really pitched in to give a group of Korean orphans the kind of holiday that they were badly in need of. Many Crews Chip lii Many of the brothers who have been out in that unfortunate , coun­ try hayd" written your "Union about the jconcUtiohs under which the people are living there, and it Is a common thing for headquarters to receive news from the ships that the erew has dug in to contribute money for the hundreds of thousands of Korean children who were orphaned during the tlu'ee years of fighting.The brothers on the Bland contributed generously of their money and energy to make the Christmas holiday something to be remem­ bered by the orphans involved. Certainly; congratulations are- in order for their action. �mn Janumrj 19S4 SEATARERS Page Fire LOG Hat Congress Fight Seen On Labor Law Changes WASHINGTON.—Although the Eisenhow er Administration will not unveil its full 1954 labor program until this Monday, when a spe cial message from the President on labor legis­ lation is expected to reach Congress, unions around the country are expecting a hot Con­ gressional battle on TaftHartley Act revisions ar e.stablished, court-approved prin­ by one or warning them that the ciples which had protected or­ company will move if a union other new measures. K-: - : • v: '-' • •.! '. I?- •: : }i > Survivors of the torpedoed freighter Robin Moor, the first Ameri­ can ship to go down in World War II, are shown above aboard the rescue ship Ozorio as they were rescued after more than-18 days in a lifeboat. They are, left to right, Donald Schablein, William Cary, John Banigan, Philip Eccles, Richard Carlisle, Hugh Murphy, Peter Buss, Ho)lie Rice and Earl Nilson. The President's "State of the Union" message to Congress yes­ terday did not detail any specific labor proposals in advance of the special message Monday, but a bitter, behind-the-scenes fight was already shaping up a week earlier when the National Association of Manufacturers started piugging for Congress to put more teeth in the controversial labor act, or else let it remain as is. A still greater problem for the labor «movement loomed from the actions of Eisenhower appointees to the National Relation Board who, in the absence so far of Con­ gressional action to amend the Taft-Hartley Law, were amending the law themselves, without .the formality of authorization from Congress. Recently the Board upset long- Robiu 3foor Victims Seek ITS Aid With Congress reconvening this week, ten Seafarers, survivors of the first US ship sunk by a U-boat in World War II, are spearheading a renewed drive to win recognition of their 12-year-old claims for compensation. The men, all founding mem--*^ bers of "The Robin Moor As­ Basing its hopes on reports from Rep. B. W. Gearhart of California in sociation," an , organization Washington that new war claims 1946. The bill never got anywhere, comprising most of the former SIU crew of the ill-fated Robin Moor (Seas Shippiijg), which was un­ ceremoniously sent to the bottom by a submarine on May 21, 1941, banded together in 1950 after get­ ting nowhere individually. Although there was no loss of life due to the sinking, the inci­ dent, which occurred six months before the US actually entered the war, helped spur the Government to a policy of arming merchant ships when many similar disasters followed in its wake. The ship was unarmed and supposedly in "safe" waters when she met up with the U-boat about 700 miles from land enroute to Capetown from New Yotk. All 38 crewmembei's and eight passengers got off in lifeboats, one of wbich drifted for 19 days until it was picked up. YOU and the SIU CONSTITUriON legislation may be forthcoming in the current session of Congress, the Association is seeking official recognition of tlie fact that the Robin Moor survivors have never been included in any of the meas­ ures granting compensation to submarine victims and others. Prior to forming of the Associa­ tion, the men were each embarked on their own campaign of writ­ ing to Congress men and other Government of­ ficials in the hopes of arousing support for their claims. The clos­ est they have yet come to success Boyce was in the form of a bill introduced in the House by 5 •:;• tot),-iWilti;-, Tteg; however, as Gearhart was defeated for reelection that year and nobody took up the fight in his place. Now, other legislators are showing interest in the matter and may re­ vive the isue. One of the Robin Moor survivors, none of whom have been sailing for some time, is Seafarer Daniel "Blackie" Boyce, an Association trustee, who is now recovering from a recent operation in the Marine Hospital at San Francisco in which a piece of his lung had to be removed. In a letter to the LOG three months ago, Boyce credited the volunteer services of seven blood donors from the SIU hall in San Francisco with saving his life. Several others among the sur­ vivors have been hospitalized off and on in the past dozen years as a result of their experience and the ordeal of 13-19 days adrift in the South Atlantic on meager rations and in open boats. Women, Children Aboard As related by bosun William Carey and others who described the events upon their return to the US, those on the ship were first given just 20 minutes to leave the ship, but after a plea that there were women and children among the, eight passengers carried, this was extended to 30 minutes. After all aboard had gotten into the four lifeboats, the U-boat fired 33 shots from her deck gun. The ship went down in 18 minutes. The boats then moved off in the general direction of Brazil and, after five days, one of them took off on its own in the hope of ef­ fecting a speedy rescue for all con­ cerned, It wound up drifting for 19 days until it was picked up by the Brazilian freighter Ozorio and the 11 survivors landed at Pernambuco (Recife), Brazil, A few days later, it was revealed from Capetown that the remaining survivors, after drifting 13 days, had been rescued by a British freighter and landed safely there. Eventually, all the survivors were repatriated safely back to the US, where their accounts of the sinking received wide pubiicity. However, they point out, that was the, only recognition 'they ever got. ganized labor when employers comes in, and several rulings which pulled captive-audience, anti-union uphold firings of workers who re­ speeches on them in the plant dur­ fuse to cross-picket-lines. ing working hours. Until Decem­ Earlier, Mr. Eisenhower pledged ber 17, when the NLRB threw the to leaders of both the AFL and the old rule out the window, unions ClO that his proposals regarding had been entitled to similar time the Taft-Hartley Law will be on company property to get their keyed to making the act "absolute­ message across to the employees. ly fair" to workers, employers and The precedent-shattering de­ the public. Tacitly admitting that cision came on an appeal by the the law really wasn't as "impar­ CIO Amalgamated Clothing Work­ tial" as it was cracked up to Jbe, ers against the Livingston Shirt I Secretary of Labor James P. Corp. of Livingston, Tenn., which Mitchell went a step further. had before two elections in 1952 Why Durkin Quit refused to grant the union similar Mitchell supplemented the Pres­ opportunity, after the company ident's assurances to labor leaders president had deiivered captivewith a pledge that the Administra­ audience speeches against the tion's labor program would seek to union. Instead, the Board now bans such speeches only for 24 hours kill off T-H provisions that are before a representation election, "really dangerous to labor, really and even then even if the rule is loaded, really unfair." But despite the Administration's violated by the employer it is not apparent willingness to recognize an unfair labor practice. some faults in the labor law, the Other rulings by the new Admin­ history of its performance last istration's NLRB panel which have year indicated otherwise. had the affect of making the T-H i There was still Act even harsher the matter of the of than before in­ resignation Secretary volved a decision including the rel-1 M i t c h e 1 1 ' s in. atives of an em­ predecessor, ployer in a bar­ September, 1953, gaining unit, even when former to allowing the Secretary Martin husband of a cor­ P. Durkin quit Durkin poration v i c e - the Cabinet ac­ Mitchell president to vote in a representa­ cusing the White tion election; another legalizing House of backing down on a once-forbidden tactics as caliing specific list of 19 amendments employees into the boss' office one (Continued on page 16) Five Of Mariner Ships Headed For Boneyard The failure of the Government to complete the sale of any number of Mariner ships has led to five being ordered into lay-up. Each of the $10 million vessels currently operating under the Military Sea Transportation Service will be Company. A large number of new withdrawn within the next Marine," are scheduled to be two months and placed in Govern­ ment-owned boneyard fleets around the country. Meanwhile, three more Mariners which are operating for MSTS are being bareboat-chartered to Pacific Far East line for temporary use on their Far Eastern runs until the three Mariners they have bought from the Government come out of the shipyards. Pacific Far East i the only company to purchase Mariner ships thus far, with 32 others remaining to be disposed of. One other company. States Marine Lines, has indicated an in­ terest in the Mariners, but only if the Government grants its re­ quest for an operating subsidy on several trade routes. Mariners laying up will be the Lone Star Mariner at Olympia, Washington: the Old Dominion Mariner and Tar Heel Mariner on the Hudson River; the Buckeye Mariner and Keystone Mariner at Suisun Bay, California. Just one of these, the Keystone, is operated by an SlU-contracted company. The loss of the Keystone Mari­ ner is offset by the fact that the newly-launched Pelican Mariner will be assigned to another SIU operator, ^le Bloomfield Steamship launched in the coming months. Just a few weeks ago :n the De­ cember 1. 1953, issue of the SEA­ FARERS LOG, the future of the Mariner ship program was ques­ tioned in a feature article repre­ senting a round-up of shipping men's opinions. At that time, the operatoi-s raised several objections to the Mariners, such as their size, expense of operation, greater draft, cargo hold arrangements and last but not least, their high initial cost. The Government's asking price of $4,500,000, while well below actual cost, is considered too high by most operators. The fact that five of the Mariners are now going into laj -up indicates that the Government has given up hope for the time being, of selling any of the ships. Mari­ time Administrator Louis Roths­ child had previously statsd the Government's intention t« lay up the Mariners if tiiey could not be sold. MSTS lay-up of the Mariners also is part of an announced Gov­ ernment policy to retire Govern­ ment-owned ships from service, whenever possible, and make use of privately-owned tonnage lor MSTS cargo movemen,t,s. . , '.•A I •-^^1 �gage Six , ^ SEAFARERS JamoMn t, 195i LOG - !.l SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON Seatrain Passes 2Sth Year The last session of the 83rd Congress convened at the Capitol on January 6—a session that will be filled with many explosive issues and uncertainties. It should prove to be a short session because of election year—therefore chances of any constructive maritime legislation are practically nil. The big issues will be taxes, foreign aid, defense meas­ ures, Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska, the St. Lawrence Seaway, TaftHartley law amendments, extension of unemployment insurance, and other major proposals, each filled with dynamite. Many, members of Congress, friendly to the American merchant ma­ rine, are ready to drop legislation in the hopper. But these maritime proposals are not expected to get beyond the hearing stage. Certainly they will not reach the White House this j'ear for final Pi*esidential blessing. t 4. t 4.. t> • % 4' 4" 4" 4> 4i 4. 4> 4« '" 4; 4" 4^ t Merchant seamen who feel that they are entitled to a decoration or award as a result of heroic action beyond the call of duty during the last war should .apply therefor immediately. The Government has decided to revoke all of its orders authorizing award of such medals. These orders related to issuance of seamen's service decorations and awards; computation of seiwice for certificates of substantially continuous service; ship plaques and crew citations; certificates of eligibility for Philippine defense ribbons. The above orders were issued under statutes and Executive Orders The old SS Seatrain (now Seatrain New Orleans) shonn loading at Belle Chasse,' Louisiana, for her which have been repealed or which no longer have any force so far as maiden voyage on January 12, 1929. She ran to Havana, Cuba. accrual of rights thereunder are concerned. In order that there may Twenty-five years ago, on January 12, 1929, the SS Seatrain (now the Seatrain New be a uniform cut-off date on issuance of these awards and certificates, the Government will allow seamen the right to file applications for Orleans) took on its first load of railroad cars at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, for a maiden awards only up through next June 30. voyage to Havana. It was the start of a uniquely successful vived and prospered in the ' competition, the Seatrains coastwise trade where conven­ railroad have been able to find plenty of tional Shipping companies cargo. Obviously, the operation I uv I' fe: m fV.- i: »• i• 11 it have foundered. Today Seatrain operates six freight car carriers on coastwise runs between Texas, Georgia and New York, with terminals in Texas City, Savannah, Edgewater, New Jersey, and the original terminal in Louisiana equipped for Seatrain type operations. One of the first shipping companies to come under contract to the SIU, Seatrain is known as a choice run for Sea­ farers with its jobs eagerly snapped off the board. Built in England The- idea for the Seatrain opera­ tion originated as a kind of carferry service between the US and Havana, Cuba. The company was founded in 1928 by Graham Brush and Joseph Hodgson; both former­ ly connected with the Ward Line. They couldn't raise enough cash here, so the first Seatrain was built in England. Today, as the Seatrain New Orleans it is in idle status because service to Havana is not now being maintained and the ship is unsuited for coastwise operations. The success of the first Seatrain as a freight car carrier led the company to enter coastwise service with additional ships. The Seatrains New York and Havana were com­ pleted in 1932, the Texas and New Jersey in 1940 and the newest ships, the Georgia and Louisiana, in 1951. The older ships carry 95 fully-loaded freight cars while the new ones can carry 100 cars. The idea of picking fully-loaded freight cars off shoreside trackage and depositing them on a tracked deck which makes the ships look like a modified flat-top has been a successful venture from the start. Particularly in the postwar period, when coastwise service withered •on the vine in the face of low-cost Quitting Ship? lYotify Union A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact tho hall in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ure to give notice before paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning requirements and needlessly make their work'tougher for your shipmates/' greatly simplifies loading and un­ loading, and avoids handling of uneconomical, less-than - carload packages. Battle With Railroads The toughest competition Sea­ train has faced through the years has been the legal fight of railroad interests against its operations. It has been a running battle with the railroads objecting violently to Seatrains' carriage of railroad freight cars on its ships. Right now the fight is centered on Seatrain's newest service to Savannah, which began in 1951. During the war the Seatrains played a vital role in shipment of military supplies overseas because their unique construction enabled operation which has since sur­ them to carry large numbers of tanks, heavy artillery vehicles, trucks, locomotives, aircraft and the like. Particularly noteworthy was the histoi-ic trip of the Sea­ train Texas to Suez in the summer of 1942, Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps was just 60 miles from Alex­ andria at the time and the whole Suez Canal area was threatened. An emergency load of 180 Sher­ man tanks was taken aboard the Texas and she was ordered to rush to Egypt without convoy, round­ about Cape Horn. The ship was met at dockside by English tank drivers and the Sherman's were driven right off to the battle line. Shortly afterwards these Sherman tanks aided in the rout of Rommel at El Alemain, saving Egypt and the Suez for the Allies. StI COMMIHEES TI I L.. •1 I I I I AT WORK A galleyman who caused con­ order that the meals could be pre­ siderable trouble aboard a ship pared. Failed To Report ^ running intercoastal because It was agreed by the skipper, the he was continu­ crew and the boarding patrolman ally fouling up that the mah' should pay off by whenever the mutual consent, which he did. His ship hit port ran book was picked up and he was into the inevita­ told to report to the Union office ble in the port of which he failed to do. Wilmington re­ Subsequently hie was properly cently, when he notified that he was on charges. A was brought up rank and file Shaw on charges be­ committee con­ fore a Wilmington trial committee. sisting of T. J. The result was that the accused Shaw, A. M. Lesseaman was fined and suspended t^, H. D. Braunfor two months after having paid stein, R. J. Moyoff his ship by mutual consent of lan, D. Barry and all parties concerned. J. Ward was According to the testimony pre­ elected to hear sented by witnesses, the trouble the case. The started while the ship was still in man in question Braunsteln the Gulf and hitting Gulf pdrts. failed to show up The accused seaman, witnesses for his trial, which had to be car­ said, would become neglectful of ried on in his absence. After hear­ his work when he was in sight of ing all the evidence, the commit­ land. When the ship tied up at tee found him iguilty as charged Wilmington after the transit and recommended a fine and two through the canal, he got badly months' suspension. gassed up and made a nuisance of In addition, in examining the himself to all concerned, including man's book it was found that he the boarding patrolman. In addi­ was in arrears in dues for two tion, he refused to turn to in port quarters, although he had paid off on the orders of the steward, with after a trip of more than a ihonth. the result that other men in the He was put on/hotice to bring his department had to,,take oh double hook up to date beford, shipping i, jyork of cleaning'tip thfe |:iklle)^ in •again;'•/; The White House is studying the possibility of making grants of food from our surplus stocks to Latin American countries. If this course is ordered, it will prove a substantial boon to those American berth, lihes, and tramps, serving Latin America. If these food grants are made, the White House may require the recipient nations, as in the case of European EGA nations, to set aside counterpart funds for use in expanding their domestic production. The ending of the year 1953 found the Amerlean merchant marine carrying far less than the national objective—50 percent of our for­ eign commerce. As a matter of fact, the US fleet, at the turn of the year, was carrying only about 28 percent of shipments to and from this country. Lucrative cargoes have been allowed to drift to foreign flag ships only because the American merchant marine continues to be treated as a step-child of Government planning. t 4i The only major maritime law initiated and passed last year by the Eisenhower Administration was the act to facilitate private financing of new ship construction, under which the US Government agreed to guarantee up to 90 percent of loans obtained by shipowners from pri­ vate industry for the construction or reconstruction of vessels. Ever since, the Administration has emphasized its desire to "wean" the maritime industi'y away from Government support, and has continual­ ly boasted in triumph at the passage of its private financing bill for ship construction. However, it is now clear that this bill simply won't work. One of the drawbacks is that it contains a proviso that the insurance author­ ized by the law may not be issued unless the Commerce Department finds that the interest rate of the. loan to be insured is "substantially less" than the going rate. An effort will be made soon to amend this law, to modify the in­ terest rate provision, and to require the Government to insure, not 90 percent but ICQ percent of the loan. . Tour reporter has learned from Congressional sources .'hat certain foreign nations have on their drafting boards plans for the coni^ruction of ships especially designed to capture the ore trade on the US Great Lakes. The plan of these foreign countries is to push forward particularly when, and if, the St. Lawrence'Seaway Project is com­ pleted. In order to thwart these plans, legislation will be introduced soon in the US Senate to restrict the operation of foreign-flag ships on the Great Lakes, so that US-Canadian trade on the Lakes will be handled only by ships of this country and Canada. - Although 1954 may not equal 1953 as a record boom, the outlook is fairly bright for a good level of jobs and business activity and for an abundance of newer and better produets at attractive prices. The gross national product for 1953, measuring the market value of all goods and services produced, totaled $367 billion—^the highest on record. This was the response of business management, labor, farm­ ers, and investors to the unprecedented demands stemming from our high standard of living, from the external threat to the Nation's se­ curity and from our responsibilities abroad. The new year 1954 found US shipyards in a deplorable condition. The temporary resurgence of activity, began in 1948 as a result of the tanker shortage and the Goverpment-financed Mariner program of 35 fast cargo vessels, is now at an end. Over nine months have passed without a single contract having been, p^ced in an American ship­ yard for any new ocean-going vessel. 4' it 4" ' Although Congress repeatedly had made it clear that it favors a 50/50 shipping policy in connection with goods shipped under pro­ grams financed by this Government,. foreign nations, aided by some in this country, continue to. clamor for an elimination of this policy. In order to combat this, force, legislation will be introduced soon to provide permanently that US-flag sliips will carry at least 50 per­ cent of all foreign aid cargoes. • «. I ^ 1 n r :>k' �January 9, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Sevra Top of the News IKE RECALLS TWO US DIVISIONS—In a completely unexpected move, the Administration and the Pentagon announced that two Amer­ ican Army divisions will be pulled out of Korea. This announcement came as a surprise, inasmuch as this represents about a fourth of American strength on the Korean peninsula. American troops were jubilant over the announcement, each division hoping it would be one of the lucky pair. The South Korean government, on the other hand, was bitter over the announcement. Reactions throughout the world differed. Several American Congressmen were sharply critical of the announcement, on the ground that this sort of thing had precipitated the Korean action in the first place. t 4> i ARiWY NIXES TERRY'S COSTUME—Actress Terry Moore took her now-famous ermine-Bikini bathing suit to Korea in vain. The Army turned thumbs down on the cos­ tume, after Terry had worn it only once, on the-grounds that it was "too revealing." The ruling brought whoops of protests from the troops in Korea, whose com­ plaint was that the suit was not revealing enough. The Army had previously forbidden showings of the movie "The Moon Is Blue." One gallant soldier, during Terry's one night stand m the ermineBikini, thoughtfully offered the actress his coat. 4. 1. t IKE ASKS DEMOCRATS' HELP —Heeding the advice of some of his closest advisors. President Eisenhower has called leading con­ gressional . Democrats to a parlay to discuss his 1954 legislative pro­ gram. Presidential advisors figure that the president will need as Actress Terry Moore shows much help as he can' get from nothing more than her teeth Democrats, as right-wing Demo­ after Army clamped down. crats, as right-wing Republicans are primed to scuttle the Elsenhower foreign policy. There is con­ siderable difference of opinion in the Democratic camp on whether they shouid give the President support. •U A comer of the Savannah hall is filled with happy party-goers at the Georgia port's Christmas Day dinner. The scene was repeated in SIU ports from coast to coast. Ports Dispense Holiday Cheer Seafarers ashore for the holiday season made it a Merry Christmas for their families, friends and themselves as they took part in the traditional SIU Christmas Party in large numbers in the various ports. While some Seafarers pre-' the Union ^ invitation by turning fry, wives and girl-friends added ferred to spend the day at out for the dinner in the halls. a lively note to the cheerful after­ home, the majority answered The presence of numerous small noon. Seamen's Laundry Service Set Up By Indian Seafarers calling at the port of Bombay, India, are being urged to take advantage of a co-operative laundry service sponsored by the Maritime Union of India to end the vic­ timizing of native and foreign | and to avoid the danger of loss of t 4. t seamen by local traders. clothing. WEST, RUSSIANS TO MEET IN BERLIN—The first serious move The co-op service, operated to settle East-West difficulties is scheduled for January 25 in the for­ mer German capital city. Foreign ministers from all four major na­ tions, US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union—will meet there to take up major international problems such as control over the atom and unification of Germany. Western diplomats were not too confi­ dent that the conference would prove fruitful, but are willing to give it a try. t i RED-LED TROOPS SPLIT INDO-CHINA—In what appears to be their most serious threat in the seven years of war in Indo-China, Communist-led troops of Ho Chi Minh's rebel government attacked French and Vietnamese troops, 'put them to rout, and cut the penin­ sula in haif. The victorious Viet Minh forces were poised to sweep across Laos and attack Thailand. This was perhaps tlie last straw to the French, among whom the war is bitterly unpopular. Members of the French Assembly, representing most French parties, called for a truce. Some French politicians demanded additional United States fi­ nancial aid and American troops as their price for continuing the fight. There is no indication of what position the administration will take in regard to these developments. as the Merchant Navy Co-Operative Stores Ltd., was formed in 1950 in answer to beefs from men aboard Indian merchant ships .that they were being milked for work done by private laundry outfits. Since then, Indian seamen have been making full use of the co-op laundry, which claims lower prices and better service than is offered by any of the local traders. Both J. D. Randeri, president, and C. S. Raje, secretary, of the co-op urge SIU men to utilize the union-sponsored laundry as a means of cutting down on the heavy charges paid for this work Collect and Deliver They point out that representa­ tives of the co-op visit ships to collect and then deliver the fin­ ished .product. ".\s ex-seafarers ourselves, we are in a position to undei-stand the hardships which can be caused to SIU members by unscrupulous traders," they added. In addition to the laundry depart­ ment, the Merchant Navy CoOperative Stores boasts a tailoring department and a photographic department as well. Seafarers who are interested in using the service can contact the organization at the Seamen's Canteen Building (oppo­ site the Red Gate), at Fort St., in Bombay. The telephone is 25532. YOUR DOLLAR SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beating 19S4's High Costs tr." .. fi« Living costs this year are turning out to be just as 'rough as in 1953. Seafarers with families especially need to plan just how they can cope with these steep prices to protect their living standard. We nominate as two of the best teqjiniQU^s for beating high expenses this year, the art of being selective in what you buy, and timing your buying for the best buying op­ portunity. The way things are shaping tip this year, we can ex­ pect higher rents (on the average), and food costs at least as high as now and possibly higher. On the other hand, prices are coming down a little on clothing, furniture and , rugs, some household equipment, some building materials, and auto operating needs. Food Biggest Problem Besides the creeping inflation in rent, food is currently the most dominant problem for a moderate-income family. I'jfowadays food takes approximately oneithird the income of a typical wage-earning fainily. Some families spend as ' much as 40 per cent of their income. This is where the art of selective buying can be a real lifesaver to you this year. There are conflicting trends in food prices at this time. Some edibles are cheaper while some are unusually costly. This is no time to stand on personal prejudices and special tastes. Wholesale food prices have been going up each week for the past six w6eks ah^ soon you niay see, even higher priqes at the . food markets than now. ' Specifically, avoid buying pork and pork products at present prices. Pork is usually considered the poor man's meat. But this year the supply is low and pork is a lux­ ury product. Beef will continue to be comparatively rea­ sonably priced this year and much the better buy, with the lower grades especially offering good value. Use bacon only very moderately this year. At 80-85 cents a pound it costs 13 per cent more than last year and will be even mox'e expensive later in the year. In many modei-ateincome families, spending for bacon is the biggest item in the family meat bill. However, bacon isn't even con­ sidered a meat. Nutritional experts consider it a fat. Cheese and eggs will be more reasonable this year, and should be used abundantly and in place of meat where possible to give your family high-quality protein at lit­ tle cost. Timing Your Buying Clothing and some household equipment prices came down last year and will be even a little lower this year. Here the money-saving technique is to time your buying to take advantage of the best buying opportunities. You can do this with the help of the sales calendar printed below. Each year stores have clearances and sales in the same month. For example, January—this month—is one of the best buying months. You can find reduced prices on shoes, coats and suits, sheets and towels and many other goods. If you know your heeds in advance and wait; for these buying opportunities you can save an estimated 20 per cent on the regular prices. On shoes, for example, you can count on finding reduced prices every. January and July on all the well-known brands and standard styles. If you time your shoe buying for these sales, you The New York headquarters cafeteria sei-ved as the focal point for holiday merrymaking with over 400 meals being served to ap­ preciative diners. Other ports, such as Baltimore and New Or­ leans, had sizeable turnouts, with guests being served in hiring halls converted into banquet rooms for the occasion. Smaller Ports Too Smaller ports also had their parties which made up in intimacy what they lacked in numbers. Aside from Seafarers, parties in all ports entertained members of affiliated unions who uere ashore in the vicinity at the time. Mem­ bers of the SUP. the Canadian District and other SIU affiliates took part in the festivities and the holiday merry-making. All parties featured a full course turkey dinner and refreshments, carrying on an SIU practice that has been in existence for several years. Seafarers in the various ports, such as New Orleans, turned to in the galley to prepare and serve the holiday fare SlU-style to their families and shipmates. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margoiius, Leading Expert on Buying will save 15-20 percent on standard prices. This is not always possible with children's shoes, since they can't delay their foot growth to take advantage of the sales. Or you might.buy new tires in August and find that the same store or service station has cut prices in its an­ nual Labor Day sale, as they always do. Similarly with clothing. You can buy a coat in Decem­ ber and walk past the same store a few weeks later in January and find the price, has been reduced 20 per cent in the annual winter clothing clearance. Here is a list of annual sales which you can clip out to help you time your buying in this year of high living costs: Item Sales Month Women's coats January, August Dresses January, April, June, No­ vember Men's Suits, Coats January, April, August Men's Shirts. Furnishings January, July January, July Women's Hosiery Boys' Clothing January, April, December Children's Wear December-Januarj% July-Au­ gust February, August Furniture White Sales (Linens, Januaiy, May Towels) Floor Coverings January, August Housewares January% September January, July Household Appliances May-June . , Television Sets January Blankets Tires, Auto Accessories May, Septeatber-' �FaceEiclit Photo shows non-existent "bus stop" outside SIU headquarters. Cars parked there risk tickets for traffic violations. Await Wayward Bus At SIU Headquarters It could only happen in Brooklyn, they say, but right out­ side the SIU headquarters is a bus stop sign—where no bus ever stops. And to top it off, hard­ the parking lot, have been victim­ hearted Brooklyn traffic pa­ ized accordingly. trol cops have been tagging All available evidence indicates parked cars standing in the "bus stop." It's been reported that some Seafarers who parked out in the street, not bothering to jockey into • Keep Draft Board Posted SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the posi cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to com­ ply. that there are no buses on 20th Street, next to the headquarters, but one neighborhood resident defled the facts and Insisted he once saw a bus passing by. However, a check with the authorities con­ firmed that the 20th Street bus never was and probably never will be. The nearest bus line is one block away on 19th Street. Official Invite These facts are small comfort to those who have parked in the area and come down to find that friend­ ly little tan card hooked pn to their wind-shield wiper—an offi­ cial Invitation to visit the Brook­ lyn Traffic Court and take a look around on the guided tour, for $4 and up. In any case. Seafarers would be advised to make sure to get Into the parking lot with their cars. You never can tell, maybe that bus will show up there some day. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD TlJe Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefit. Vacation Benefits Total ZC WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tuiv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 19S2 * Total ¥jlSSj!S\aa .22W m oo i L * Date Benefits Beann WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare Estimated Accounts Receivable Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS s AU'I /if BO. J3SL MM m ICOMMENTSt IDuring the year 1953, the Union's Welfare Plan has paid to Imembers or their beneficiaries a total of 8489 benefits as I compared to 8801 for 1952* All benefits increased vith the exception of the hospital benefits vdiich decreased by 689* IA bxreakdovn of the various benefits in compaidson are as 1 follows J Deaths I60 during 1953 as compared to 127 for 1952. iHospital benefits 7415 for 1953 as compared to 8104 for the year 1952. Maternity benefits started April 1, 1952 with 230 Ibenefits being paid In 1952 as compared to 681 for the idiole ly 1, 1952 ••••••••••• A1 Ken, Assistant Administrator •.. and, remember this • • • All thesse are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part—• Collecting SIU bene-^^ fits is e^, whether it's &r hospital, birth, dissbifity or di^ath^You get first-rate personal service iimbediateljf, thrbbgli your IJhtbn'g representatives. •Mii • -. •JT.' •\JI �M :-:' <-imaMeT *. MM SEAPAREHS Pare Nine LOG T*- She's Got A 'Rich Uncie^ UNION TALK Issue Report On Wetbacks By KEITH TERPE The unexpected disaster which overtook two At­ lantic tankers last week with a loss of nine lives on one ship has left its mark on many people, in addition to the surviving famiiies of the crewmen whose lives were lost. The events again served to sharpen our recogni­ tion of the fact that we are members of a dangerous profession, forever prone to accidents of all types. As seamen, we can only be thankful for the fact that our Union is geared to step in and help fill the void left by the loss of a breadwinner, because its concern with our welfare does not end at the final payoif. There is an object lesson in this for Atlantic seamen, those who voted with us in the bargaining election concluded last month and the ma­ jority which turned us down in . favor of the company. The Atlantic Bcfining Company and the Atlantic Maritime Employees Union has reacted typically in the face of this disaster. Two Officers Jumped Ship The company, for its part, has shown concern so far only in trying to minimize the effects caused by the panicky flight of two responsible ship's officers, the chief engineer and the third mate, to abandon the ship. By some twist of fate, they were the sole survivors of an 11-man exodus over the side of the Atlantic Dealer led by themselves. The consensus of opinion, among crewmembers on the vessel and others informed of the sequence of events, is that had they not decided to go over the side, the nine others who followed them might still be alive today. Considering the fact that two of the men were first-trippers at sea, it is not difficult to assume that they all reckoned instantly that if the chief engineer was quitting the ship, it must indeed be doomed. There was no loss of life on the ship itself, despite the fires. All nine met death after leaving the .ship. None of this is pretty business, of course, and Atlantic is well aware of it. At Coast Guard hearings on the accident this week, the company seemed inclined to whitewash the whole affair. No report has been issued yet, so we don't know if the hearing board thought differently. But the company's instant concern was the fact that there would un­ doubtedly be suits and claims by the survivors. Split Allegiance It even brought the chairman of the company union, the AMEU, Into the act. Because of his peculiar split allegiance—he's a "union" official at one and the same time as he is a paid company leaderman in the Philadelphia Anchorage—he was put to work as a sort of claims agent. Thus, AMEU chairman Alcott confided to one tankerman, a cousin of one of the men lost, that he should advise the man's mother to accept whatever the company would offer as "it was a good com­ pany and would treat her right." He, in his Jekyll and Hyde role, wasn't acting as any kind of a "union" official here. He was a company employee, a supervisor at that, and he was just "passing the word" along as any front-office flunky would in course of his job. Where this incident took place is unimportant; the fact that it did is the rotten part of it. We don't take any pride in reporting this; things like this have hap­ pened before and yet we were licked in the election in spite of them. Yet, Atlantic men are waking up to the facts, realizing perhaps for the first time that this is the sort of representation that is selling them down the river. Seamen, or any group of workers, can't hope to get a fair shake in any bout with their employer when their "union representatives" are so closely tied to the company that they run around trying to settle claims against the company even before they're made, and do so with the apparent blessing of the company itself. Idea Doesn't Pay Off The paternalistic idea that "the company will treat us right" has proven to be costly to everyone but the ones who peddle it. In the end, contracts do not turn out to be quite as good as their advance ballyhoo and conditions stay pretty much unchanged. Maybe it sounds trite, but perhaps the example set on this occasion and the loss of these nine lives may shake up the tankermen, and help them realize the haro facts of life. AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Federation of Labor has pub­ lished a book called, "What Price Wetbacks," showing the tremen­ dous increase in disease and other social costs as the result of under­ paid, illegal farm workers in Texas. The book is based on an investi­ gation of the wetback problem. It reports that the illegal immigrants from Mexico receive 25 to 30 cents an hour and are housed in ram­ shackle camps with open privies. The result is that in the lower Rio Grande valley.,, the tubercu­ losis rate is 2V2 times that in the rest of the state, while the dysen­ tery rate is three times as high. Other diseases also increased. Little Justine McCarthy seems quite pleased about the fact that Seafarer Frank Shaudl has just collected his vacation pay. Jus­ tine's mother and Frank's sister, Mrs. Joan McCarthy, stands by. AlbionT arget Of E gypfion Shells The SlU-manned Albion, plowing its way peacefully through the Red Sea recently with a load of wheat for the Kingdom of Jordan, became the center of an international incident when trigger-happy Egyptian gunners fired nine cannon shells across the ship's 4 bow. As a result, the Government they are technically still at war) ernment cargo under the Famine of Jordan is considerably the gunners on Sinai Peninsula put Relief Act. Consequently, those peeved at its fellow Arab League slate of Egypt. The Jordanians are concerned because they think ship­ owners will be discouraged from making use of the port of Aquaba which they have spent a consider­ able amount of cash to develop. Since a sizeable amount of for­ eign dough, plus some United Na­ tions officials, are involved in the incident, the peaceful old Albion stirred up a hornet's nest when she placidly steamed into the Gulf ot Aquaba at the head of the Red Sea. Rival Ports For those not familiar with the geography of the area, the Gulf of Aquaba is a long narrow finger of water separating the Sinai Penin­ sula (Egyptian territory) on the West from Saudi Arabia on the East. At the head of the Gulf both Jordan and the neighboring state of Israel have a tiny piece of coast­ line and both countries are fever­ ishly developing ports there. Aquaba in Jordan and Elath in Is­ rael. Apparently, when the Egyptian authorities saw the Albion enter­ ing the Gulf, they assumed that she was headed for Elath. Since the Egyptians are out to stop ships from going to Israel (with whom Cartoon History Of The SIU The Communist plan of waterfront control, having been set back in the NMU, was turned over to the Canadian Seamens Union leadership. This outfit had once been part of the SIU of North America but ita charter was lifted in 1944 on proof that it fol­ lowed Communist policy. I - J), a shot across the Albion's bow. According to the account of the ship's captain, the channel at that point was too narrow for the Al­ bion to turn around in. Accord­ ingly, he had to bring the ship to a dead jstop and then back out a bit before he could turn around. While this was going on the ship ran out a large American flag and started sending blinker signals ashore. The only response was that eight more shells were fired. How­ ever, thanks to the Egyptian gun­ ners' inaccuracy, none of them hit tlie ship. Gel Clearance Pending new developments, the Albion got out of the Gulf and dropped anchor. The next morn­ ing it got clearance after messages went back and forth between Jor­ dan, Egypt and a few other places. The ship entered the Gulf and de­ livered its cargo without further incident. Jordanian officials were particu­ larly annoyed because Aquaba is the country's only outlet to the sea. The Jordanians are anxious to prove that shipments direct to Aquaba are more economical than overland deliveries via Lebanon. Another complicating factor was that the ship was carrying US Gov­ nine shots at the Albion ai-e expect­ ed to keep the diplomats of several nations busy for some time to come. Don't Send Your Baggage COD Seafarers have again been warned not to send their bag­ gage COD to any Union hall. No Union hall can accept de­ livery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to go to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be sure of getting their baggage when they want it, can send it to any Union hall provided they prepay the shipping charges. Canada Goes SiV Early in 1949, CSU leaders called a phony strike after misrepresenting terms of a wage award and bar­ ring a strike vote. The CSIFa own representative on the conciliation board had approved the award. Many non-Communist Canadian seamen were tricked into striking. ... Xo. 34 The SIU Canadian District had been chartered after the ouster of CSU and made good progress, defeating CSU on the Great Lakes in 1948. Volunteer organi­ zers carried Uie message to deep sea crews and now non-Communist CSU members asked the Canadian pistt-ict to helpj^entout. •wHI ^1 �SEAFARERS Pace Ten IN THE WAKE The packets were the liners of the sailing ship days, which carried passengers, mail and express freight on a regular schedule. First packet service across the Atlantic was the liistorie Black Ball Line, which got started 136 years ago when the Amity sailed from NY to Liverpool and a similar ship set out from Liverpool for NY. The line's nickname came from the dis­ tinctive black disc carried upon a fore-topsail and the house flag. Its promoters pledged regular sailings "full or not full" and regardless of weather, opening a new era in maritime history. k' V^r-. with the human form in the "figureheads" of European ships, but the art reached its peak in the US around 1800. January 8> 1954 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER PATRICK J. MULHOLLAND, OS Learning about the SIU drive in Sailing for slightly over two years now, brand-new Seafarer Pat Atlantic and the fact that the com­ Question: Would you like to sail Mulholland has reached what he pany was still hiring, Mulholland 4" 4" l" as a ship's officer some day? considers the peak of his seagoing then went to Philadelphia, where The Black Beach, at Torre del career and on the eve of his twen­ he found his time with Tidewater • Greco, just outside of Naples, Italy, Newton Paine, AB: No, I do not tieth birthday to boot. Aboard the made it easy to get in. Thus, Mul­ boasts jet black sand which actu­ officer you are Del Aires (Mississippi) on his way holland went into the Anchorage, ally is pulverized lava erupted in think so. As a ship's not your own boss. to the Far East, Mulholland the company hiring pool, and 1794 by Mount Vesuvius, the only You are subject shipped out of the New York hall eventually would up on the Atlantic active volcano on the European to the company's a few days after he was fired out 'Voyager. mainland, located near the eastern Conditions Not Much Better ' whim^ and regu of the Atlantic tanker fleet be­ shore of the Bay of Naples. The lations. You can' cause his SIU sympathies got un­ "Conditions were slightly better frequent eruptions, of which the get off when you der the skin of the company. than in Tidewater, but they were first occurred in the year 79 (AD), A native Brooklynite, the lanky still nothing to write home about," want to, and if have proven a mixed blessing to you take off you six-footer first began sailing about he declared. "I'd heard about the the area. Lava has made the land do so at your own two years ago on the Great Lakes SIU though, and I figured here extremely fertile, although it has risk. If you are when he and a friend rode up there was my chance to get hooked up kiiled thousands and buried many hired back it is to have a whirl at it and wound up with a real Union that could do 4" 4i i" The Chinese junk is usually cities in its wake. often at a lower rating. That's no putting in a full season on tugs a job for guys in Atlantic like my­ called the largest type of boat and that hauled oil barges between the self." Soon after, he began sup­ 4. 4i 4. life for me. is sometimes even classified as a various Lake ports. Then, when porting the SIU openly, encourag­ One of America's most famous 4i^ t ship. It and the sampan (a sort clipper ships, the Flying Cloud was Norman Mabie, electrician: No the ice locked up the shipping ing others to follow suit. of skiff that usually has a mat- hailed in 1851 for a record pas­ Pulled off the Voyager to go • for several very good reasons. My season there, he heard about job covered ca"bin with living quarters) sage between New York and San openings at Tidewater Oil and back into the Anchorage again, primary reason is share the trade in all the river Francisco in 89 days. Over one came down to Bayonne, NJ, to Mulholland was put to work loidand coastal waters of the Far East. four-day stretch, she averaged bet­ that I don't like try his luck. ing stores on tankers that came in A dragon boat is a special, highly ter than 131^ knots, considerably to nor want to Wasn't So Lucky After All stand watches. and out of there. A few days later, ornamental sampan used for cere­ faster than today's Liberty ships, He made a berth, it turned out, after he and k gang of men had Also, I don't in­ monial purposes. which only made between ten and tend to go to sea but after a few weeks of sailing just finished loading three ships in $ 4. 11 knots in their best days. The all my life. How­ for Tidewater he figured he hadn't one day, he got a tap on the Two more New York newspaper fact that the Flying Cloud made ever, that's jiist been so lucky after all. The antics shoulder and wound up on the unions have reached settlements the voyage in less than three the way I feel of the Tidewater Tankermen's As­ Exporter, one of the ships he had with the publishers on the same months was a cause for much re­ now, and if I sociation were more than a guy just helped finish loading. basis as photoengravers who wiere joicing on the West Coast, as it should change could take unless he was one of "Then and there I figured there on strike recently. Mailers Local made the San Franciscans fee} a my mind, I would want to be an the boys "on the inside." Feeding must be a better way of doing ti and Paper Handlers Local I, both lot closer to their old homes in the officer. was pretty poor in the fleet and things and really began realizing AFL, accepted a $3.75 weekly wage East. Isbrandtsen Lines has per­ iif if 4that's one thing nobody likes to the truth of what SIU organizers increase plus any further gains petuated the name in a modernJoseph Kriz, OS: It. would be have to contend with. In addition, in the fleet had been saying all that may be awarded by a three- day Flying Cloud, a C-2. nice to be a ship's officer, but I Mulholland pointed out, his job along," he pointed out. man fact-finding board. t 4. 4 , think I am too rested on pretty thin ice. Shifted From Ship To Ship 4. 4. 4 In 1900 only two percent of the old to start now, When the company discovered it Following the Exporter, UlulholA person holding an important merchant marine consisted of If I had wanted didn't have an immediate spot for land put in a stint on the Trans­ to be a mate one of the favorite sons there , who position but possessing little power tankers. Today, better than one porter and then was shifted to the when I started had just gotten a license as a third is usually referred to as a "figure­ out of every three US merchant W. C. Yeager, his last Atlantic sailing at 42 it mate, and the mate showed he was head." The allusion is to a carved vessels is a tanker and, according would have been so in love with Tidewater that he ship. His firing, which came before figure which was usually found on to industry figures, it costs less to fine. I think I am signed on as an ordinary, Mulhol­ the election was over when the the bow of sailing ships. It too transport two gallons of gasoline past that age land found he was "bumped" and company began trying to run ac­ was out in front but served no use­ from the Gulf to the Atlantic sea­ now and since I that the mate was taking his place tive SIU men out of the fleet in ful purpose.. The practice of hav­ board than to send a 2c. postcard am 51 I feel it is in the deck gang. The "union" set­ wholesale lots, left him high and . The Cities Service tanker ing carved decorations on the bows of ships dates back to ancient Logan's Fort got its name from the out of the question. If I were up paralleled what he found in dry—but only for a moment. "I had my SIU book and that times, when the galleys carried famous Kentucky defense post younger, I'd try it. Atlantic later on, however. made all the difference," he em­ beaks on the bow with which to founded by Benjamin Logan in ^ i 4^ He got nowhere when he beefed phasized. "Three days later. I ram enemy vessels. These beaks 1775 near the town of Stanford. .;William Benson, wiper: Yes, I to a "delegate" about getting threw in for a job on the Del Aires were often topped by "figure­ On May 20,1777, Logan's Fort was certainly do want to be an officer, bounced oft the ship; the delegate and made it, and I knew I was on heads" i-epresenting national em­ the scene of an Indian attack dur­ either on deck or just listened and laughed. "He my way to enjoy the best there is blems, and as time passed by large ing which Logan, by his courage in the engine de­ worked at the Tidewater refinery," in the maritime industry, SIUheads of the Roman gods cast in and surprising athletic ability be­ partment. I can't Mulholland noted. "He couldn't be style shipping and top-notch SIU bronze. Eventually, in the 14th came the mainstay in his fort's de­ see staying as a bothered with seamen's problems." conditions." century, dragons and lions vied fense. wiper in the en­ gine department without trying to advance myself. In improving my­ self I intend to us forces took the heights at oi war in Japan . . . The SIU ACROSS• DOWN 20. Part of a 33. About 3 miles, go from unli­ at sea church La Falconconara, Italy, after a hailed the production of a new 1. — Sack 1. Baltic or 34. Cologne: Ger­ China 3. Self 21. Wild pig censed to licensed personnel. 1 fierce two-mile advance in the face life raft, which included special man Things to 3. Part of this 22. River in want to advance. 36. Christmas of extremely heavy enemy resis­ equipment for. aiding injured men avoid district France songs tance . . . The Nazi garrison on as well as signalling facilities, and Riverbaiik: 4. Farms build­ 8. Poles 23. Main topic 37. t t 4^ ings 25. Things to cut Scot. the Island of Santorin (Thira) sur­ equipment for heating food. 12. Agent: Abbr. Dan Donovan, oiler: I don't with 38. Edge of deck 5. Adjoin 13. He had en rendered to Allied troops . , . The 26. Shipline 39. Hotels think so. I don't sail often enough e. Edge t> it . Irish Rose owner 40: Where bricks • 7. Meetings US Marines and US Army troops to want to be­ SIU served notice .that it. was con­ 14. Cleveland's 27. Average are baked 8. Enjoy lake 28. Oar of Sicily's 43. Dodgers' come even a third tinuing its fight to prevent the landed on the islands of Makin 9. Spoken sights' "Preacher" 15. Windless spots 10. Prank inate. I only sail WSA from barring bldtimers from and Tarawa. Marines landing on 30. Industrial re- 44. Exist in ocean 11. Prophet gion in Europe 45: Went ahead ; Things f {ibout oHCe d jreHP $ailing, through the use of fspecial "Tarawa were met with extreniely 16. to be 17- Load paid (Puzsle Answer . on Page 211 I: and; I definitely "physical . examinations for! sea­ fierce opposition from strongly 18. Mother's sister. I dp not intend to men" •. . . Fighting ^continued . at entrenehed defenders on the 19. SIU member ! 2 't!l. Dice i; make it a Cai-eer.; ijvvatbiy, iii southeastern KWantung beaphes: Later, losses at Tarawa ;3. Bits of info 1 I have other, Prbvidehch, dhina', is US planes were announced as 1,026 killed and 12 24. Worthless plans which will sunk a Japanese destroyer and 2,557 wounded. A'. ...akin, losses scraps 15 keep me shore- freighter ... The Chinese high were announced at ?5 killed and 23. Noted waterr fall in Snake side, otherwise it command announced that it had 121 wounded. River might be a very good idea. It's a routed two Japanese divisions of 4i> 4i 4' .*9. Cuckoo 30,000 men in a three-day battle better life. ; O. View Soviet troops advanced across near Changteh. i 4^ t ..1. Galley utensil the 1939 Polish frontier . . . Allied • 2. Gets back Wayne Agle, AB: I wouldn't 4" 4* 4' planes, estimated at 2,700, dropped ;i4. Composer of necessarily want to be a mate, President Roosevelt, British 3,000 tons of bombs on northern "Show Boat" from chief down :: , Prime Minister Churchill and So­ France and Germany, including .iS. Comfort to third. That viet. Premier Stalin, jointly an­ Berlin and Kiel. The Allies lost i;6. Opera by way I would be BeUini nounced that in a conference at only 29 planes . . . Southern Cali­ 37. Prickly bushes subjected to all Teheran, Iran, they had "shaped fornia beat Washington 29-0 in the 40. Peninsula near the company regand confirmed out common pelicy" Rose Bowl, Louisiana State took Leningrad. u 1 a t i 0 n s and for the destruction of the Nazi Texas A&M 19-14 in the Orange 41. Sounded a bell wouldn't be a free fOTces and for a peace "which Bowl, and Georgia Tech edged out 42. Man from the Far Bast man. I want to will banish the scourge and terror Tulsa 20-18 in the Sugar Bowl on 46. Jap tribesman be able to get off of war for many generations" . . . New Year's Day . . , The NMU an­ 47,. Wad of bills and take a vaca­ The diplomatic exchange ship nounced its new contract demands. <>8.. Lake cargo . tion when I feel Gripsholm arrived in New York They showed that conditions of the -9. Other like it. Also, I don't want to spend with 1,222 Americans and 217 Ca. 0.' Jap coins CIO union were miles behind what tL^ Communist eight hours a day on the bridge. 'nadians who had been prisoners the SIU" already had. . • rC' -liiii/.r•; F i TEH �'SSM january t, 1»S4 SEAF ARERS LOG SEAFARERS^LOG Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth AvenuCj^ Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. LEHER PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Vol. XVI. No. 1 jMirary t. 1954 Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, JERRY REMER, AL MiVSKiN, NOEL RAHMENIEX; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants, DYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. The Coining Congress Every session of Congress is important as far as maritime is concerned because Government policies always have a bearing on the well-being of the merchant marine. But the current session of Congress promises to be an extremely important one. Coming to a head all at once are the future of the Public Health Service hospitals, the fate of the foreign aid program, the problem of the Mariner ships, the continuing decline of US-flag participation in this country's foreign commerce, and the whole question of US trade policies involving such matters as tariffs and quotas which affect the flow of com­ merce to and from our shores. In addition. Congress will take up proposals dealing with the Taft-Hartley law, in the course of which action may be taken that could affect maritime hiring halls. The SIU's position on matters of this kind is well-known. The Union has always fought vigorously to maintain arid irriprove the Public Health Service hospitals. And the Union has always, regarded the maritime hiring hall as the corner­ stone of its existence. The SIU will fight any infringement on the hiring hall with all the strength at its command. As far as shipping legislation is concerned, the SIU believes that the US needs and deserves a strong merchant marine and an ever-growing foreign trade. On an issue ot this kind, both the Union and the shipowner ride the same ship to­ gether. 4. 4. i- Pace Eleven Indefinite Lay-Up WEEK Steel Traveler Claims Top Chow To the Editor: The Steel Traveler is now on the last lap of what will turn out to be a four-and-a-half-month trip. We are due back in New York just a day or so before Christmas, and you can bet your vacation money we shall sure be pleased to see that pld Manhattan skyline. We are now here in Port Said, Egypt, and I am writing on behalf . of the entire crew to bring out this point; In sev­ eral of the'LOGs that have reached us, we notice that many crews get to boasting about their chow and their steward depaifments. Well, Shrimpton we here on the Traveler want to get into the act, and we will back our bellyrobber and his gang for good cash against all comers. For this entire voyage we have lived on the fat of the land, and we want that fact to go on record. SIU Ships^Top this! Our steward is Aussie (Evange­ line) Shrimpton, and as proof of our boast let me mention our The peculiar experience of the SlU-manned Albion in the Thanksgiving Day dinner. If there Gulf-of Aquaba recently, when it was shelled by Egyptian is another SIU ship that served shore batteries, ought to give pause to those who insist there's each man with a quart of ice cold on Thanksgiving Day, then no military danger to . merchant ships these days. In the light beer you will have to prove it. of what happened, the incident assumes a cpmic opera touch, The only chow beef we have had but we are sure it wasn't funny at the time it was going on. all this trip comes from .the second In that pairt of the world, as well, as elsewhere, rival na­ mate who, incidentally,; is a right tions have their fingers on the trigger. To judge from the good Joe. He complains bitterly it has taken..him eight years, Albion incident, it .doesn't take much to get those trigger- that to get out of the foc'^sle so that he fingers moving either. could get a good feed in the saloon, In the current world situation ships are valuable power only to find that all the choice pawns that can tip the balance one way or another. As such chow on this clipper is right back Seafarers are always in a potential front line when they in the crew messhall. Aussie knows about this letter, visit one of the; world's trouble spots, and he wants me to say that he it, couldn't have done half, the things that he has for us without the co­ operation of a first-class .galley gang. This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG carries the full text Only Poker Is Poor , of the SIU constitution, plus an explanation of all the articles Our chief cook is Ling Shin and it contains. It is being reprinted as per the decisions of the we call him Ting-a-Ling, the Chi­ port agents' confererice of last summer, as approved by the nese Wonder. He chases us out of niembership. At, that time, the agents recommended that it the galley with a fneat cleaver, but be reprinted at six-month intervals so that Seafarers could his fresh fried shrimp with pun­ sauce is right out of this have the fullest opportunity to acquaint themselves with gent world. We also want to pass a vote its provisions. of thanks to Johnnie Green, our Accordingly, the constitution was printed in July, and is messman. He is always on the ball being reprinted nOw in this issue. In the period of 15 months and if he could only play p'oker as that this, new constitution has been in effect if has proved its well as he waits on'table he would wohh as a solidly-based document for a. democratic Union. be the richest guy on the ship. However, you can't have evfery4> 4. ^ ^thing, and as matters hiow stand, John may have to make another trip to break even. He is So used to hearing all hands bawling, "Gimme This bdng the ^5th anniversary of Seatrain Lines, the a full house, John" that it has af­ Union takes the opportunity to congratulate the company fected his poker playing. on the success of its unusual shipping venture. The ingenuity If any of you shore-bound sailors of the Seatrain operations has won a good deal of merited are looking for a home-away-frompraise from the industry, in that it has enabled the company home you h^ better wait for this to go, on the board—she to prosper in the coastwise trade, a trade that has all but hooker, ain't. jnuch oh overtime, fellows, vanished under the pressure of competition from railroads. but she sure Is a feeder.. Generally speaking, the SIU has enjoyed harmonious rela­ Speaking of feeding, our chief tions with the company for many years. And on those occa­ feeder, Shrimpton, is well known sions with where issues have arisen between the Union and in the SIU for his writing as well the company, matters have been settled amicably across the as for his culinary mastery. Not long sgo, he wrote a story for the conference table. LOG about a seaman-lover. It was We're sure Seafarers will join in wishing Seatrain Lines a well-received- by the boys in the hfij^y birthday apd many more years of prosperous (^^a- foc'sle; CurtlrThempwn tion. The Albion Incident ConstUation Reprint Seatrain's Birthday ... --HiHi- LABOR ROUND-UP Private sanitation drivers in New York city won a $7 package in­ crease which included $5 in cash and $2 in contributions to pension and welfare. The 1,500 drivers in­ volved, members of the Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, reamed to work after a 15-day walkout. In the course of the strike. New York City Sanitation workers were put to work picking up the industrial refuse, but the strike came to a quick end when an­ other Teamster's local in the Sani­ tation Department voted to end all overtime work during which they had been collecting the industrial garbage and refuse. operations in three states. The 2,000 members of the AFL Motor. Coach Employees Union accepted an eight cent raise retroactive to last May 1, plus four cents addi­ tional on May 1, 1954 and 1955. 4- 4" 4" The Mayor of Norwalk, Conn., has appealed for a settlement of the strike of United Hatters Union members against the Hat Corpora­ tion of America.. The strike has been on for three months now with no settlement in sight. Union members went out on the picketlines after the corporation took steps to move its operations to Tennessee. The Union is seeking 4> 4^ ^ job security guarantees for its A Christmas turkey was included niembership. in a strike settlement at the Food 4 .4 4 Machinery and Chemical Corpora­ tion of Carteret, New Jersey. The A six-week old gas strike of 260 members of the AFL Chemical 1,800 maintenance workers at the Workers Union, who were involved New Jersey Public Service Gas in the six-week tie-up, also won an Company came to an ^end with an eight-cents-an-hour increase - as agreement to submit all issues to well as a pension plan. The com­ arbitration. Members of Local pany announced that it ^-ould con­ 274, Public Utility Workers, AFL, tinue its prartice of handing out approved the settlement by a nine turkeys, strike or no, but the strike to one majority. It's expected that ended before Christmas anyway. the ai'bitration award will provide a five percent increase at the mini­ i 4. t mum. Canadian gold miners, members 4 4 4 of the CIO Steelworkers, were de­ An emergency fact finding board nied jobless benefits by the Canadi­ an government even though both has been set up under the terms of the company and the union agreed the Railway Labor Act to head off that the men had been laid off be­ a possible strike of more than a cause of business losses. The mine million railroad employees in the operate^; by the Paymaster Mining 15 non-operating railroad unions, Company, had been laying off men including clerks; track workers, for weeks before it closed down shop .workers and others. The apcompletely. However, the Govern­ poiritment of the board by Presi­ ment decreed that the 350 men dent Eisenhower has the effect of were not entitled to compensation freezing present conditions for 60 days. Meanwhile, the railroads because of a "lockout." have settled with the Brotherhood 4" 4 4of Railroad Trainmen, one of the Three locals of the Communist- operating unions for a five-cent dominated Mine, Mill and Smelter hourly increase and an improved Workers Union, which was ex­ vacation plan. pelled from the CIO in 1950, have 4 4 4 taken steps to join the CIO SteelUnionized insurance agentsi in workers Union. The locals have a membership of 7,000 and are lo­ both the. AFL and CIO have met cated in Butte and Anaconda, Mon­ to plan Joint;, lotion against the tana. The CIO has appealed to giant insurance companies. Rep­ other loScals in Mine, Mill and resentation of the AFL insurance Smelter to come back to the CIO. Agents International Union and the CIO Insurance Worker* of 4 4 4 America have set up a program of Pennsylvania Greyhound bus mutual support in negotiations, us drivers have voted to accept a well as separate organizing activity' three-year contract averting a so as not to conflict with each strike that would- have halted bus other. �January 9i 1951 Janaary t, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG AFL-ILA COMES INTO Pace Tbiriceu OWN A Labor Board representative checks a longshoreman's credentials as other men wait. Midway in the election the Board changed requirements with the result that many men voted on a temporary Waterfront Commission card. Two of old ILA's lieutenants confer under watchful eye of an AFL-ILA supporter. Presence of many strong-arm men was cited as reason for voiding the vote. ' I lit -yy' .i;;:. •• The nation's press, keenly interested in the outcome, was out in force. Here a battery of cameramen gets set to fire away at longshoremen in the New York City polling place on Hudson Street in downtown Manhattan. 4 Ss^V ;r i' Polling place in New York was busy spot with longshoremen filing in and out of voting booths all day lopg. Confusion was (Considerable in the course of the voting. Is' iSK: - When 7,500 New York area longshore workers trooped to the polls just before Christ­ mas and cast their votes for the AFL-ILA, they started a chain reaction which is still not end­ ed. The struggle on the docks has not yet been decided but all indications are that the long­ shoremen, through their votes, have set the course for an AFL-ILA victory. ifc^: An NLRB agent busy with paper­ work in the course of the election. Prior to the election, the smart money and the experts had it that the AFL-ILA was doomed to q crushing defeat. The new union, they figured, simply hadn't had the time to break through the wall of fear surrounding the dock workers. And during the election when the old ILA used its usual tactics of intimidation, it appeared that the experts' predictions would be fulfilled. t -S It was quite a surprise, and no doubt a shock to the old ILA, when 7,500 longshoremen had the courage to defy them and vote their convictions. The election clearly established that the AFL-ILA was a force to be reckoned with on the docks. Since then, the tide has definitely turned toward the AFL. Longshoremen, who had held back from having anything to do with the new union,-are supporting it in increasing numbers. And at the present time, the NLRB is carefully considering on AFL move to set aside the elec­ tion based on ample evidence of intimidation and other irregularities in the voting. i U<- . < r-;-.*?-. . ... fuA ' • -/ ; • ? > i i A grim-faced Tony ; Anastasia tawa^.glowers- at. the,..--, ' V- f. :; i ^ cameramen as he gives .the le .victory"-signal tO-.',;,y ;:;r the polls ..y.-y , . ...y, - '.V; •;;i-r-. -y . • V-'' When it was all over, Labor Board employees counted the results at NLRB offices. • NLRB Regional Director Charles Douds reads off the results show­ ing a heavy pro-AFL vote. • �Suaurr 9> liM SEAFARERS LOG * Piure Fttwiecii PORT IlEPORTS.... Baltimore: i»-... i: i;:; i • '.: 1' W.' vi'j. : i f '0< B- I" |}#^ i Kn i- . ;1 -: «V I" fr • Show Me Mariner To Grow Up Noxl Weok Shipping In the Port of Balti­ made the usual routine check of New Orleans: the hospital and as of this date they have given the usual $25.00 Christmas Gift to approximately 30 of our men which was greatly re­ ceived by them and all hands seem Business and shipping is good to be in fine spirits. Of course, as you Iwothers know, a card or a line down here in the Crescent City. of any kind is always appreciated The outlook for the coming two and if you Icnow any of these weeks of the New Year is good brothers, take time out and drop and the Sugar Bowl fans from them a card or a line as they have West Virginia and Georgia are plenty of leisure lime on their whooping it up. To start with, we must wish each and every mem­ hands. Men in the marine hospital this ber a very prosperous New Year week are: Harry Thrash, Henry T. and with the cooperation of the Miller. Gus Sanchez. George Melt- membership in the coming year as zer. Earl T. Erickson, Roy M. it has been in the past, 1954 Havves, Jack Morrison, Julianus should be another good year for Blanco. Clyde Leggett. Robert L. the SIU which should continue to Lambert, Melvin Mason, Francisco be tops in maritime. Mayor, Cloise Coats, Jessie A. The crew of the Afoundria Clarke, Leslie Aaron, Samuel C. (Waterman) got an extended, stay Hudgins, Michael Pugaszewski, Jeff in New Orleans Davis and Walter H. Sibley. and were able to We had the usual Christmas Din­ spend Christmas ner here as we have had in the here when it past several years and we must looked like they have put out 600 or more dinners. were headed for I am certain the membership and the high seas on their friends were very well Christmas Eve. pleased as it brought a lot of the The ship sailed families together and made for bet­ about 4 PM on ter relationships for all concerned. December 24 and Sylvera I am taking this opportunity to was headed for wish all a very happy and pro."- the Far East when she tried to perous New Year and hoping that pass the Colombian freighter '54 brings more. Ciudad de Bogota which also was Earl Sheppard proceeding downstream. From the Baltimore Port Agent crew's report, the Colombian freighter angled in on the Afoun­ t> t> dria causing her to drop anchor Tampa: and go full astern.' During this maneuver the bow struck the Todd Johnson's dry dock, causing and estimated damage of $150,000 to the dry dock and an estimated Shipping was pretty good for the damage of $20;000 to the ship. The past two weeks and it looks like it crew was able to be here six days will be fair for the coming period longer and is now on its way to as there has been quite a turnover the Far East. on the coastwise ships. Last Voyage Ships in transit were the Edith We are sorry to report on the of Bull; Waterman's Antinous, last voyage of one of our Brother Chickasaw • and Iberville; Pan members, Abdon "Al" Sylvera, who Ocean's George Lawson and South- passed away here in New Orleans em's Southern Cities. after an extended illness. Burial Brother Kelly discussed the At­ took place 'here in New Orleans lantic Drive thoroughly. He told with the following brothers acting the membership how, in the future, as pall bearers: Jim Corlis, Louis we could help in the drive, urging Wetzell, Ed Shiedler, Flnas Strick­ all members to seek employment land, Dick Anderson and Theodore with this company if possible. He James. Al was well known here in gave the membership an up-to-date New Orleans as he made it his report on the longshore beef, im­ home port and shipped regularly pressing upon the membership the from here for many years. Prior importance of the outcome of this to his death one of his last wishes situation to the well-being of all. was that he be burled with his This may not be the busiest port SIU pin on his lapel. Al was a in the world, but we sure do have good shipmate and well liked. plenty of fine weather down this The Christmas bonus provided way. Nothing beats Florida when to our hospitalized members by the it comes to winter. Ask any tourist Welfare Plan was met with unani­ who comes down here for the-sun­ mous appreciation and acclaim. shine. Oldtimer Sani Cope summed it up Ray White with this expression, "Any one who Tampa Port' Agent blasts this Union just isn't a man." more is a little better now than it has been in the past several weeks but only due to the fact that we had several ships paying off that had been out on long trips. We don't think that this is an indica­ tion that shipping will continue this way. V.'e e.xpect it to slow up in the next couple of weeks as many of our ships are being put on the idle status, but we are still sure that the bookmen will not have any trouble shipping, partic­ ularly the rated men. We are crewing up the "Show Me Mariner" the first of next week which will relieve some of the pressure on the port, and probably one of the Robin ships which is in the shipyard here. Outside of that, it will just be the usual coastwise inter-coastal and Ore Line ships that we can depend on at the pres­ ent tinie. The following ships paid off in the port in the past two weeks: Elizabeth, twice; Edith, Ines, Rosario, and Evelyn (Bull); Fairport and Mobilian (Waterman); B^ thore. Mar ore, Vehore, Cubore, Feltore, Santore, B a 11 0 r e and Steelore (Ore); Steel Artisan, and Anniston Davis City (Isthmian); Beth-Coaster and Massmar (Calmar); Bents Fort and Council Grove (Cities Service); Santa Venetia (Elam) and Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans). ' Ships signing on were the same with the exception of the BethCoaster, Mobilian, Santa Venetia, Anniston City, Ocean Nimet and Edith. In-transit vessels were the Seamar (Calmar); Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Antinous and Chickasaw (Waterman); Steel Traveler (Isthmian) and Chiwawa (Cities Service). New Building . Along with a few of the mem­ bers and myself we went down and took a look at the new hall and the work is going ahead now in fine shape. They are putting the re­ taining walls up and leveling off the parking spaces. Most of the rough facing on the building has been completed and there is not too much more work to be done on the exterior of the build­ ing. They have put quite a few more men to work on the interior which has made lae outlook very bright and we are hoping that we will be able to take over within the next few m(»iths. We are certain, at this time, that there will be no necessity to change, the plans and that when we. are finally estab­ lished there, there will be no al­ terations. necessary. On the political scene we know that Curly Byrd, Mr. Mahoney and probably Mayor .D'Alesandro are going to pitch for the Governor­ ship., The first two named are known candidates. The mayor is a doubtful starter due to the fact that in the last primary election Mr. Mahoney won the popular vote, although he didn't win the major­ ity of the electoral votes to run against. Governor McKeldin. We are sure that, at the present time, he is the strongest Democratis candidate. In conclusion, we are certain that Mr. Mahoney would make a very capable Governor due to his execu­ tive ability and his concern for the maritime .industry. Xmaa Money Afoondria Grew Gets An Extended Holiday Atlantic, Longshore News Tampa Topics SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl- Sheppard. Agent Mnlberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON SOSVi 23rd St. Keith Aisop, Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MIAMI Dolphin Hotel Eddie Parr. Agent Miami 9-4791 MOBILE .1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 623 BienvUle St. Llndsey WilUams. Agent Magnolia 6112-8113 NEW YORK 676 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St, ,i»Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA .337 Market St. S. CarduIIo. Agent - Market 7-1635 PORT ARTHUR. 411 Austin St. Don HUton, Rep. Phone 4-2341 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. T. Banning, /igent Douglas 2-6475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUEBTA de TIERRA. PR .Pelayo 51—La 5 Jeff Gillette. Agent , Elliott 4334 TAMPA.-. 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 505. Marine Av^ John Arabasz, Agent Terminal 4-2874. HEADQUARTERS .. 673 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRXnTARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Slmn-vns Joe Volpian William Hall SUP HONOLULU...., 18 Merchant St, Phone 5-8777 >22 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 438B RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St.. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 3700 1st Ave. Main 0380 WILMINGTON SOS Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK «75 4th Ava.. Brotfklra STerUng She'll PORTLAND Tom Bernsee, who ships mainly out of Mobile, Alabama, is in the local hospital for observation to determine whether or not he must undergo surgery. Bo Anderson, John Blair and John Culeton are among the hospitalized newcomers. Ships Paying Off Ships paying off were the Del Sud and Del Sol of Mississippi; Antinous of Waterman; Bloomfield's Alice Brown; Sunion of Kea, and the Southport of South At­ lantic. Signing on were the Del Sud and Del Monte of Mississippi and the George A. Lawson of Pan Oceanic. In-transit vessels were the fol­ lowing: Alcoa Corsair, Pennant, Cavalier and Pilgrim (Alcoa); Del Monte and Del Sol (Mississippi); Seatrains Savannah and New York (Seatrain); Hurricane, Afoundria, Claiborne and Monarch of the Sea (Waterman); Southern Cities (Southern); Western Rancher (Western Navigation) and the Cat­ ahoula of National Navigation, Llndsey Williams New Orleans Port Agent Seattle: Shipping Expeeied To Hold Up In Soatllo Mobile Shippliig Fine Around The Holidays Shipping in the Port of Mobile for the last couple of weeks was fairly good with approximately il6 men shipped to regular jobs and about an equal amount of standby and various relief jobs in and around the harbor. This was a pretty good two-week period con­ sidering about half the time vas weekends and holidays. Ships paying off included Alcoa's Pennant, Pointer, Runner, Cavalier, Pilgrim, Clipper and R o a m e r; Mankato Victory of Victory Car­ riers; and Water­ man's Monarch of the Sea- and . V Claiborne. AM " signed on again Bemsee except the Water­ man scows. In-transit vessels were the Iber­ ville and Antinous of Waterman, and Mississippi's Del Sol and Dei Monte. Shipping also- continues to look good with quite a few ships due to hit the port during the coming two weeks and quite a few of them coming in off the offshore run. At the present time the only two Mobile members who are in the hospital HOW are brothers Tom Bemsee, drydocked with a kidney ailment and Willie Reynolds. Don't forget to stop by and see these boys if and when you're in and around New Orleans. A few of the oldtimers currently sweating out the beach in Mobile now include Charley Spencer, Cliff Doggett, Jimmie Carter, Reese Lumpkins, C. Long, Joe Crawford, Harold Long, George Weldy, Fred Ward and George Chandler. Speaking of George Chandler, the boys call him "Jughead." He's single and has been shipping out of this .pott for years. He usually sails in the rating of deck mainte­ nance OT bdsUib and his last ship was Isthmian's Steel Navigator. He's delighted with the progress of the Union through the years, but he's crazy about the Vacation Plan. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent In the Port of Seattle shipping has been good for the past two weeks and looks to be fairly good for the coming period. Ships paying off were the Sea-victor (Bournemouth); Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa); and the Seagarden (Victory Carriers). In - transit vessels Included the Hastings, Choctaw and Arizpa (Waterman); N. B. Palmer (Eagle Ocean); Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans); Alamar (Cal­ mar); Lewis Emery, Jr. (Victory Carriers); and Salem Maritime (Cities Service). One of the oldtimers around the hall is Frank Cullison, who joined the SIU in 1940 in the port of Baltimore. Frank has- shipped in the steward's de­ partment ever since . and now Callison has a steward's rating. He has been on the West Coast for three years. He got married on the West Coast and i> now makes Seattle his home. Savannah: Some of the other boys on the beach include R. D. Stough, G. W. Ford and J. Walker. Waiting to hear from you in the marine hospital are.N. R. 'Brown, L. Hodges, K. R. Kitfelson, J. Well, Shipping has been fair in. the J. Bi. Garrison and W. K. Gulley. Port of Savannah in the past Jeff Gillette period and the outlook for the im­ Seattle Port Agent mediate future looks about the same. In-transit vessels since the last meeting were the Seatrain New York and Seatrain Savannah (Sea­ train); Ponce (Puerto Rico); Robfii. Goodfellow (Seas); Fairport FORT WILLIAM.,.. 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario _ Phone: 3-3221 (Waterman); and the Southstar PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. and Southport of South Atlantic. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. The Christmas party was a .real EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA. BC #1714 Cormorant St. nice one here in this town and all Empire 4531 VANCOtrVEB. BC 565 Hamilton St. hands had a good time. Paci6c 7824 Jeff Morrison S'YDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Savannah Port Agent Phone 6346 Ghrlslmas Parly Makes For Happy Holiday BAGOTVILLE. Queheo 20 Elgin St. THOROLD. Ontario QUEBEC Quebec SAINT JOHN NB 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 113 Cote De La Montague Phone: 2-7078 177 Prince William St. Phone: 2-5232 Great Lakes District 133 W. Fletcher Phone; 1238W 180 Main St. Phone: aeveland 7301 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Main 1-0U7 DSmtOIT .^..1038 3rd St. Canociion District fSSt il'S-UZ C-'feW. Headauartera Phone: Woodward 1^6857 ni W. MicUgaa St. MONTREAL., 04 St. James St. West DULUTH Phone: Malr^ 3-4110 Jog Mmvtmm. Agent Phone 3-1138 OAUFAK SOUTB CBlCAaO...:....SMrW^d 8L jOgATRnUB.e.......870() 1st Ave. nmui Eases 6-3410 Fhoaei SS8U SS-fliEffi'"!': »"'• ."XBJSTi!! Mobile: ALPENA BUFFALO. NY _ CLEVELAND How to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after April 1, 19S2. • The discharge from the last •hip -you sailed on before the baby was bom. �ma SEAFARERS January 8, 195| un Fare Fifteen LOG PORT JOEPORTS Louisiana, Texas and New Jersey, lay-up, but we expect her to crew Lake Charles: twice (Seatrain); and Bull's Mae. up and sail next week. It would Bloomfield was due to crew its first be impossible to forecast what the ship under its new subsidy on or shipping will be like in the next abo^jt January 6. The vessel is the two weeks due to the uncertainty Marie Hamil. The company also of the waterfront situation here. Things are running along is getting a new Mariner ship, the Shipping has not been up, to par Claude Simmons smoothly as we approach the end Pelican Mariner, which is being in Boston, but we have hopes that Ass't. Sec.-Treas. of the year and the start of a new built at Pasagula, Mississippi, and the outlook will brighten in the t> ^ t> one. All in all, this port has had will be ready sometime it Febru­ future. San Francisco: a very good year both in shipping ary. It will crew up out of Mobile. Ships paying off. included the Keith Alsop Republic (Trafalgar); Can-abulle and otherwise. Galveston Port Agent (Natl. Navigation); Ann Marie During the past two weeks, the (Bull); Queenston Heights (Seai. 4. i following ships hit this port: Canti'ade) and Government Camp tigny. Winter Hill, thiwawa. Gov­ Norfolk: (Citieg Service). The same ships Shipping has been good the past ernment Camp, Bents Fort, Brad­ signed right on again. , two weeks and it is expected to ford Island, Council Grove and the Ships in transit included the keep an even keel for the upcom­ Winter Hill again, all of Cities Steel Traveler and Ste,el Scientist ing period. Service; Tagalam (Seatrade) and (Istbmian); Robin Trent (Seas); De Ships paying off were the Coe Del Mundo of Mississippi. The Soto, Raphael Semmes and Iber­ Victory (Victory Carriers); Key­ Tagalam signed on for what is Shipping has been very slow for ville (Waterman). the past couple of weeks with only rumored to be a trip around the stone Mariner twice, once on a port Quite a few men were waiting payoff (Waterman), and Seacomet world. All of the tubs took some 13 men shipped and 57 men regis­ around the hall figuring that they II (Gulf Traders). Signing on were men making everyone happy at the tered for the same period. We have could replace the Coe Victory and the Beaure­ year end. several ships due in transit, but no men on ships gard (Waterman). Last night we held our last payoffs are scheduled. Also, we during the holi­ in-transit ships were the Steel meeting of the year and it marked expect to crew the Southern Dis­ days. It seems Recorder of Isthmian; Waterman's the first .year anniversary of the tricts today. that only one or Hastings, Choctaw, J, B. Waterman Ships paying off were the Can«• 1; first meeting ever held in Lake two men are and Young America; Lewis Emery, Charles. Present at both historic tigny of Cities Service and the leaving each ship jr. (Victory Carriers); Badger occasions were brothers J. Phillips, Southern Districts of Southern. to come home. Mariner of South Atlantic and Al­ A. (j. Alexander, Johnny Mitchell Ship signing on was the Cantigny, They must be oh coa's Pegasus. as chairman and T. J. Moore as while the Alcoa Planter was invery good ships transit. There was quite a bit of di.scus- recording secretary. or they don't sion about our cramped quarters Members in the marine hospital Farrand We have one member in the hos­ want to fight the and the members who collected the Christmas bonus pital here as a result of an auto cold weather in Boston during the had quite a few accident. Since the last meeting in addition to their weekly bene­ winter. comments why one of our members, William D. fits were high in their praises of A few of the members waiting we did not have Paul, an oiler on the Government the Union for its progressiveness around to ship out include L. enough room to Camp, was killed in an auto acci­ in maritime. Those in the hospi­ Melanson, J. Farrand, M. Hitch­ dispatch from dent near this city. His body was tal included Charlie Burke, A. cock, P. Karas and G. Smith. .Men and also a place shipped to his sister in Omaha, Presnell, W. A. Rose, Lonnie Hall, in the marine hospital are T. Mas- to sit down. When Nebraska. All arrangements for John M. Power, Charlie Phelps and taler, F. Mackey, J. Duffy, R. a job is called the shipment were handled by the Herbert Milliner. Churchill, R. Rogers and R. Mc- the men block Ben Rees Welfare Servitjes in this poi*t, Cannon. the hallway and Norfolk Fort Agent which did a bang-up job once Childs The people of Manomet, Mass., this causes a fire again. 4. i i are worrying about another whale hazard and none can use the corri­ Leroy Clarke Philadelphia: which has been seen in nearby dors. Members of the SUP are Lake Charles Port Agent waters. This whale is believed to complaining that they can't even i t. t. be looking for her boy friend which move around in their own building. was washed ashore a few weeks It was explained to the member­ Galveston: ago. ship that when there are 100 men James Sheehan on the beach and we make a call, Shipping has been fair for the Boston Port Agent that we'll have to allow the depart­ past few weeks and we expect it 4- t 4> ments to come in one at a time in to stay in that same category for Ntw York: order to get the jobs shipped with Business and shipping in the the coming period. a little elbow room. We agree that Port of Galveston has fallen off Ships paying off for the period the cramped quarters are working and things have been verj' slow include the General Patton (Na­ a hardship on the members, but with nothing much in sight for the tional AVaterways); Angelina (Bull) that the SIU doesn't want to move next two weeks. and the Winter Hill (Cities Serv­ at this time. ice). In-transit ships were the The grain elevators are still Shipping figures for the past On the Beach Azalea City, Mobilian, Raphael fouled up and we don't expect period in the Port of New York Semmes, Bienville, Fairport, twice, them to be straightened out until Oldtimers on the beach include have dropped considerably below and Chickasaw (Waterman); Steel G. Wanka, K. F. Hansen, J. E. after March 1. the norm due to the fact that a Collins, E. Ainsworth. B. Jensen, During the past two weeks we King and Steel Traveler (Isthmian); number of ships which were sched­ C. Nien, L. Bi Knickerbocker, R. J. had the Binghamton Victory of Carolyn, Angelina, Evelyn, Ines, uled to pay off here have been Moisant. Bull pay off after a coastwise trip Dorothy and Elizabeth (Bull). Re­ diverted to other ports on account Men in the marine hospital in­ and then head into idle status. public, thrice, (Trafalgar); Alex­ of the expiration of the no-strike clude J. W. Singer, L. Carmine, C. Sign-ons were aboard the Alice andra (Carras); Southern Districts injunction against the longshore­ Sinniti, L. Glazowski, W. Loss, E. Brown of Bloomfield and the (Southern), and Robin Kirk (Seas). men. The injunction expired at Seserko, H. Dell'Orfano, C. Lund, Southport of South Atlantic. The General Patton and the An­ midnight on December 24 and most F. Haigney, W. Timmerman, J. In-transit vessels were the gelina, after paying off in fine of the operators were, fearful of a Childs, W. Singleton, P. Yuzon, H. Michael and Alexandra of Carras; shape with nary a beef, went into tie-up in the port at that time. Choe, O. Gustavsen and J. Wanger. Mississippi's Del Monte; Royal lay-up. We paid off a total of 18 ships Steve Cardullo Oak .of Caritigny of Cities Service; Tom Banning in the past two weeks, signed three Philadelphia Port Agent Afoundria (Waterman); Seatrains San Francisco Port Agent on foreign articles and serviced 10. in-transit ships. Following are the ships paying off: Catahoula (National Navigation); Frances, Binghamton Victory, K^thryn, Suzanne, Dorothy and Beatrice (Bull); Wacosta (Water­ Shipping Figures December 16 To December 30 man); Seatrains Savannah, Texas, Georgia, New York and New SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. TOTAL SHIP. REG. REG. Jersey (Seatrain); Bradford Island PORT DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. (Cities Service); Alexandra and 18 4 48 8 6 . 22 T3 13 Boston ......: Trinity (Carras); Steel Traveler 186 65 ^ 66 55 377 133 119 125 New York (Isthmian); and Val Chem (Valen­ 21 " 63 20 22 V 133 49 47 37 Philadelphia tine). 76 53 196 67 Signing On 333 78 113 142 Baltimore The Steel Admiral and Steel 13 4 3 6 57 22 11 24 Norfolk King of Istbniian and Seas' Robin 11 4 7 0 54 22 12 20 Savannah Goodfellow signed on, while in6 17 20 60 4 7 21 19 Tampa transits were the Alcoa Partner, 116 39 41 36 47 145 51 47 Mobile Plater and Runner (Alcoa); 216 77 64 217 76 63 73 80 Waterman's Chickasaw, Raphael New Orleans Semmes, La Salle', Iberville and 40 13 20 7 99 32 43 24 Galveston De Soto; Robin Trent (Seas) and 67 22 20 25 31 30 95 34 Seattle Michael of Carras. 125 38 37 45 50 122 41 36 Snn Francisco ^ The payoffs were all smooth with 66 25 31 '( :28.»r •90 21 20 . .31 no major beefs on any of. the ships Vyilmington?.,. ....i arriving here. We had .one ship, 352 412 1,830: the Wacosta, go -into :temporary Boston: Tagalam Signed On For Trip Around Tbo World Seafarers Slay Abeard Te iNiss Boslen Winler Cramped Quarters Are Tepic Per Discussien Shipping Drops Below Expeolalions In Porl Dioomfield Gels New Ship: Pelican Mariner Two Ships In Lay-Up, Bui Shipping Is Fair Dock Probiem Affecis New York Skipping Jm • - JBWK-T'I••• mmMMM^nunv itSVPi. S-1 Z< Wilmington: Deck Dept. Gels OT As Chief Mete Lays Tile We had good shipping in the past two weeks with three payoffs, four sign-ons and 19 in-transit ves­ sels taking quite a few men off the beach. Ships paying off were the Choc­ taw and Young America (Water­ man) and the Longview Victoi-y of Victory Carriers. Sign-ons were aboard the same ships plus the Seamonitor of Excelsior. Ships in transit were the Logans Fort and Salem Maritime of-Cities Service; Fairland, Fairisle, Andrew Jackson, City of Alma and John B. Water­ man (Waterman); Jefferson , City Victory (Victory •Carriers); Seawind (Seatraders); Ala mar, Brown Portmar, Pennmar, Calmar and Yorkmar (Calmar); Petrolite (Tanker Sag); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Del Aires (Mississippi); Greece Victory of South Atlantic and the San Mateo Victory of Eastern. We would like to take our hats off to "Scotty" Eden, ship's dele­ gate on the Choctaw arid to "Woody" Woodruff, delegate on the Young America, for the fine jobs they did in bringing in these ships with no disputed OT and the repairs whipped into shape as soon as the ships left their foreign port. They make paying off their ships a pleasure. The Longview Victory was another easy payoff with the company paying 25 hours OT for the chief mate laying tile in the captain's quarters without trying to get the bosun or deck department to turn to. We see lots of old friends on the beach including Jack Thomp­ son, who did a fine job as chair­ man at our meeting last night, Grady Brown and Red Braunstein. We are happy to start out the new year with no men in the marine hospital from this area. The weather for this time of year is a liljle warmer than usual with a big fire raging up in the canyons around Santa Anita. Everyone is worried that it might damage the TV transmitters. AVe also saw the great Tournament of Roses with those gorgeous gals so those men hanging around right now had good reason to stick to the beach. John Arabacz Wilmington Port Agent Rroper Repair Lists Help All The settlement of repair lists means s lot to the men who stay aboard a ship, and to the new crew that comes aboard, just as the repair list , made out by the previous crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot to your comfort and living conditions aboard ship, they should be handled in the proper fashion. Each -department delegate must make out three copies of his repair list. The ship's delegate should gave one copy to the head of the department concerned, one copy to the company represen­ tative, and one copy to the Union patrolman. In this way, everyone has a copy of the repair list and there is a check to make sure the work is done. �% SEAFARERS rag* Sixteen Samurr 8, Itfi LOG Holiday Cheer For New Orleans Vital Maritime Issues Seafarers At SlU Xmas Party Await Congress Action Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hus­ ton and children Dickie, Rusty and Penny were having a fine time at the traditional Christmas Day dinner at the New Orieans SIU hall. Huston, a cook on the Alcoa Cavalier, lives in Mobile, but with the ship in New Orleans, the family joined him there for the holidays. (Continued from page 3) forces will be concerned over the fact that US ships are now carry­ ing a" scant 30 p.ercent of the country's foreign commerce. This is the lowest figure our merchant marine has fallen to in Nine Lost In Ship Crash Near Philly (Continued from page 3) whatever the company would offer her as it "was a good company and would treat her right." Atlantic even failed to notify -the next of kia promptly so that one man's family found out that their boy was missing, from a neighbor who read about it in the newspapers and Pomeroy's mother was notified by SIU organizers two days before the company got around to it. The father of an­ other, hadn't been notified by the company as much as six days later, and also found out about the loss of his son from newspaper ac­ counts. SIU Welfare Service Department representatives this week paid out the fuli SIU $2,500 death benefit to Pome­ roy's mother, Mrs. Mildred Lu­ cas. Pomeroy, an AB, received book membership during the Atlan­ tic drive. He had never sailed SIU Pomeroy ships previously, but qualified for the benefit on the basis of a membership resolu­ tion last August to enroll all SIU bookmembers in Atlantic under the Welfare Plan. The death benefit also went out to the family of John I. Waller who got into the fleet less than three weeks before the accident. Waller, who was sailing as a wiper with Atlantic, was on the SlU-contracted Seanan (Stratford), until he paid off on October 22 in Portland, Ore. Waller, a married man, had six dependents. The only action taken by Atlan­ tic was to send a representative to visit some of the surviving fami­ lies to see if they needed anything. The family of James Laughlin, who had been going to sea only eight days before the disaster took place, was advanced $100 by the com­ pany after Laughlin's mother was informed of the accident and col­ lapsed. s At left. Seafarer Johnny Doyle and his children, John, Jr., Herbert and Beverly. There were plenty of young cowpokes at the festivities. At right (1-r), Dianne and Dorothy Ann Signorino, daughters of Seafarer Paul Signorino, and Geraldine Nichols, George Nichols, Rose Motto and Mrs. Vic Miorana. enjoy the holiday festivities. At left, Seafarers J. Skladanik, Henry Emry, Bob Ramsey and R. Ramsberger share a few laughs and a few beers at the New Orleans Christmas party. At right. Seafarer Chauncey J. Muldoon (right), from Boston, spins a tale for attentive listener John McCullough of the SIU Great Lakes District. Many members of other SIU of North America affiliates attended the affair and enjoyed the dinner along with Seafarers. Burly Battle Royal Seen OnT-H Amendments (Continued from page 5) which he said Mr. Eisenhower had previously promised to support. Later, the AFL convention in St. Louis voted unanimous support to Durkin when he claimed he had been made the "whipping boy" for the Administration and that the President had given in to pressure from big business and industry to abandon the disputed program. As far as maritime is concerned, the SIU is keeping a close watch on the situation as it relates to maritime hiring halls. Any at­ tempt to curtail the Union hiring hall, the conerstone of maritime unionism, will be fought bitterly by the SIU. By Bernard Seaman Vp In The Air Y'KNOW.NUTSY-YOU 60TTA GETAWAY FBCM IHB SNIP ONCE IN A WHILE[ MS lijfs** ndriimaiKxista^': years. Only three times in the last 30 years have US flag ships carried so small a share of com­ merce. It is far below the an­ nounced goal of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, which set 50 percent as the target for American ship­ ping to shoot at. One step that seems reasonably certain to come out of the next Congress is a move to restrict for­ eign shipping on the Great Lakes. Many foreign ships have come into the Lakes and remained there ty carrying cargo between Canadian and American ports. In addition, Senator Potter has suggested that the Military .Sea Transportation Service will be con­ siderably restricted in its compe­ tition with private shipping in­ terests. Senator Potter has indicated that to his way of thinking part of the cost of a merchant marine program could possibly be assumed by the Defense Department. This would apply particularly to defense fea­ tures built into merchant ships. The Senator has stated that he will resume hearings on the question of the merchant marine program. Maritime interests have an im­ mediate concern over the fact that Congress will make sharp reduc­ tions in foreign economic aid. Aid reductions of this kind are a blow to US merchant shipping since, un­ der the law, US ships carry 50 per­ cent of Government cargo in the form of economic aid. Foreign aid shipments in recent months, as well as other Govern­ ment owned-cargoes, have been an increasingly larger part of US mer­ chant commerce as foreign-flag ships carry off the bulk of pri­ vately-owned cargoes. .•J-"'?.'. �January S. 1954 By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor S^EAFARERS LOC Pace SeTenteeu Stony Creek Crew Burial Service Held Despite Officers' Tactics The Franke and Heidicke people, whose astute merchandising of " Wheh crewmembers of the Stony Creek (Amer-Tramp) attempted to honor the memory the Rolleiflex and Rollelcord camera put twin lens reflex photography of a shiprnate lost in a plane crash at sea, writes Elmer Black, bosvm aboard the vessel, in a letter \signed by 29 other Seafarer crewmembers, some topside personnel tried to throw on the map in the late 1930's, have incorporated a number of features a monkey wrench into the^in their new Rolleicord, Model IV, which goes a long way toward re­ proceedings, but to no avail. defining the purposes served by their two cameras. Several new fea­ The incident Black refers to tures of the Rolleciord IV are identical to those of the Rolleiflex 2.8c. was reported in the October 30 Among them are the grooved tripod base for easy attachment and re­ issue of the . SEAFARERS LOG, Seafarer Maurice Brody moval of the camera with F & G's new tripod adapter; full (M-X) flash when went down in',the Gulf of Oman synchronization at all shutter speeds; baffled interior to avoid flare aboard an. Army rescue plane with ultra-high-speed films, and the adjustable film-pressure plate which had conie to fly the polio permitting either 120 rolls or 35mm film to be used with equal ease. case to where the seaman could A major improvement in basic Rolleicord design is the interlocking get emergency treatment. Three of the camera's semi-automatic film-transport mechanism with the others perished v^ith him. shutter operation. After the first frame of the film has been brought Arriving in Japan, the crew into position by turning the winding knob until "1" shows in the ex­ purchased a floral wreath com­ posure counter window, the transport system works automatically. plete with the deceased's name, The shutter can't be cocked for each succeeding exposure until the film tied in an appropriate ribbon. The has been advanced, the film can't be advanced until the shutter has crew planned a short memorial been released. However, when a flashbulb misses or a m.utiple ex­ service, with the wVeath to be posure is intended, the shutter can be cocked for another exposure tossed over the side in^the vicinity after a special release knob on the face of the camera has been de­ of the fatal crash. Cotoiplications, pressed. however, set in. In other words it's impossible to get a double exposure unless you Topside Disturbed are really looking for one, an innovation which should please the When the wreath and the finicky photo bug who is looking for special effects via the double- planned ceremony came t6 the at­ exposure route. tention of the captain, E. M. Mokarzel, whom the crew called "the Eye Level Sports Finder Arab," the master and some of Like the most recent Rolleicord 111 cameras delivered in this coun­ the other topside personnel were try, the model IV has an eye-level sports finder in its hood. There is much put out about the fact that also a new clamp device to hold either a Rolleikin 35mm masking tney were left out of the memorial frame in place of the new Rolleigrid—a plastic field lens with a clear proceedings. One of the officers, center which is dropped, grooved face down on top of the ground glass a first assistant engineer, went to screened to increase corner-to-corner illumination of the screen image. particular pains to show his dis­ The fact that the price of the Rolleicord IV remains the same as pleasure by tearing the ribbon off that of the Rolleicord III which it replaces—$149.50—is significant the wreath and donning it in a as the various improvements in the new model, inasmuch as it clarifies drunken hula dance on the cat­ the manufacturer's purpose in marketing their similar, yet different, walk. The chief mate, however, cameras, the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord. The Rolleiflex, which costs up­ saw that the damage was undone, ward of $100 more than the Rolleicord, (depending upon the lens or as much that could be repaired equipment of the former) is specifically designed for the busy pro­ to the violated wreath. There was fessional worker. Though similar to the Rolleicord in appearance, talk that the engineer did it in structure and many of its features, the Rolleiflex, with its fully auto­ Older to return to the good graces Pictures above show the beginning and end of memorial ceremony matic film transport and shutter-cocking mechanism, represents the of the captain, whom he had alien­ in honor of Seafarer Maurice Brody and three others who perished ated on another one of his sodden last word in fast, effortless operation. in the Gulf of Oman. At top, flag is lowered to half mast before For those who want to save some money and are satisfied to get an sorties, but the allegation was burial prayer. Bottom shows wreath before being tossed over­ older model, the Rolleicord Model III should prove to be an excellent never proved. board. Refuses To Stop buy. Because of the introduction of the Rolleicord IV, it is possible On November 12, when the ship day that the ship would pass over left the captain to his lonely solace to buy brand-new Rolleicord Ill's at a far lower price than previously. and crying in his own beer about While the III does not have all the refinements of the newer model was nearing the scene of the acci­ the spot. it is a very satisfactory camera, particularly for amateur use, and dent after putting out to sea again, Promises notwithstanding, mem­ being left out of the memorial should satisfy those who are looking for a good quality, low-cost reflex the ship's delegate asked the cap­ bers of the crev/ took it upon ceremonies. camera for unspecialized photo work. tain if the latter would inform the themselves to chart their own crew of the approximate day and course. The ceremony was held on Top Feeders (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor will be glad to hour the ship would pass the last November 15 at 3 PM after some assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions resting place of their former ship­ off-the-cuff plotting by a pair o: to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. mate. Upon learning the reason ABs in the chartroom. Later, th? This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, for the request, the captain was men were informed that they had advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ reported as having said that he passed the positicn two hours tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, could not see the reason for stop­ earlier, but their memorial serv­ etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to ping or even slowing down since ice was not marred one bit by see him.) . Brody and the. others had been the belated knowledge. The cap­ dead for seven weeks. However, tain never did tell them their po­ he promised to notify the delegate sition at the proper time. Floor Show At Seaman's Club as to the approximate time and Read Burial Service LOG-A-RHYTHM: Retired Sailor By Ray Wennberg In the twilight of the evening I can hear the ocean's roar, Though it is a thousand miles To the nearest ocean's shore can feel the rolling rhythm Of a vessel far at sea. And I long to be aboard her Though I know it cannot be. 1^ ; ^ 1 Highlights of the floor show at the Seaihan's Club in Yokohama, Japan, take the plajr away from the band. At top, Juggler is in the spcrfUidJt, while dancing duo catches the eye at conclusion of dance number in bottom picture. Both shots hy Harold Restucb^r. The second assistant engineer, Eddie Grinnan, read the burial services, which were attended by the entire crew and several of the sympathetic officers on board the ship. All in ail, the crew felt it was a- successful undertaking. The last the crew heard from the captain was when he tried to sell them American beer at $6 a case which he had taken aboard when the ship left Baltimore. The crew il i 'i Some of the members of the steward department are shown with deck members aboard the Steel Traveler, Left to right they are Aussie Shrimpton, Elbert Elmer, Ling Shin and Curtis Thompson. When at night I look to heaven 1. Who was nafned manager of the new Baltimore Orioles? At the stars so pale and cold, recall the tropic islands 2. Who did the French Assembly finally flame as President, after With the seas so'warm and bold. days of bitter-wrangling? Where the Southern Cross so bril­ 3. Which group of islands was recently returned to Japan by the liant. United States, over the protests of both Communist and Nationalist Guides the sailor o'er the sea. China? And the foreign waters beckon. 4. What other islands did Japan ask to have returned? But 1 know it cannot be. 5. Who were the professional football champions of 1953? 6. Who is the new Secretary of Labor? When the red-ringed sun is setting can hear the sirens sing 7. Where are the following Bowl Games held: Sugar, Rose, Orange. And the whistle of thfi rigging Cotton? Is a living, lovely thing. 8. Which famous figure of the American stage died recently? Yes, my heart is sailing westward. 9. Who is the mayor of New York City? With a cherished memory. 10. 'Who wrote The Night Before Christmas? A Christmas Carol? And my body longs to Join it. But I knout it eannot bei. iQudss Answem On Paso filJ r]l �SEAFARERS Page Eightem January 8, 1954 LOG Seafarer Shipmates Leap To The Rescue Of Pair Of Drowning Men ••m By Spike Marlin Those who were fortunate Those who hadn't seen th^ pros enough to switch their tv sets on in action before got a good glimpse Seafarers have long been-known for their acts of valor and displays of courage above the Sunday before last were of the major differences between and beyond the call of shipboard duty. Just last week two members of the SlU, in similar treated to a real "rock 'em-sock pro and college ball. For one thing, but isolated instances, proved once again that the "brotherhood of the sea" is no idle claim em" football game from Detroit, there are vei-y few colege clubs where the Lions shaded the Cleve­ that can display the kind of punting in a pair of successful rescues land Browns, 17-10, for the pro and place-kicking skill that was unconscious in the cold water, both made their way to the Aleu­ at sea. was at the mercy of the football championship. While the shown in this contest. The punts In the first case, Seafarer tian Mail, another vessel, which 'Blomgren swift cui'rents and the shark-in­ game was marred by many slips were long and high, and the ends William Watson's quick and self­ was lying at. anchor. The crew was fested waters surrounding him. and fumbles on the muddy field, got downfield so fast that the safety less thinking saved the life of ship­ eager to help them aboard. Such was the situation when Tony it was in many respects pro foot­ men never had a chance to get off Not waiting for thanks from the mate Edward Yeager in a mishap ball at its best. a good runback. There were three outside San Pedro harbor. Yeager, shocked and suffering-from-ex- Acosta, a 5 foot, 2 inch dynamo For all their acknowledged skills, field goals kicked in the contest, of action stepped into the picture. a member of the crew of the Fair- posure Yeager, Watson hailed a the pros too often let their game two of which were of medium land (Waterman!, became ill one vwater taxi and sped to rejoin the From a height of 28 feet above the degenerate into a pitch and catch length. But one boot was a solid level of the water, the pantryman .Fairland which .welcomed him night shortly be­ dived full clothed into the sea and affair. That kind of a contest pro­ 43-yarder. aboard like a conquering hero. fore Christmas Bigger And Better swam furiously to catch up to the vides a lot of synthetic thrills via An even more spectacular rescue after boarding high scores. But it certainly eases drifting Blomgren. Then there was the size and and display of courage took place the vessel. The Catching him by the nape of his the wear and tear on the player, speed of the ballplayers. Most col­ aboard, or rather, alongside, the seaman collapsed who, after all, must stay in one lege , clubs would be fortunate to Suzanne, a Bull Line ship, as it 6 foot, three inch neck, along with piece to earn a living. and fainted on have one or two 220 pounders up lay at anchor in Port Sanchez, the rest of his inert form, Acosta the deck near the Defensive Play cross-carried him to a small boat front. But on these teams the Dominican Republic. gangway, but re­ This game was different. It beef was hefty and fast to boot with which was making its way to the Over the Side vived enough to Blomgren, the carpenter aboard half-submerged pair. The rescue was a superb exhibition of defen­ Detroit defensive backer-up Les make his way to the vessel, had just returned from was affected in a matter of min­ sive play throughout. The cameras; Bingamon tipping the scales at an his cabin. Once Acosta a few hours of revelry in town, utes and before he realized it, didn't show it too well, but Cleve­ announced weight of 280 and in the cabin . he feeling no pain, when, upon start­ Acosta was back in the pantry land ace Otto Graham's pass re­ Cleveland boasting a 300-pounder discovered his watch was missing ing up the gangway, he slipped handing out salad dishes to a proud ceivers were covered so thoroughiy in its ranks. The front lines, end and went back on deck in search that he seidom had a clear shot at to end, were no place for a nor­ and feil into the drink. Floating' and loudly-praising crew. of it. Meanwhile, the Fairland a receiver. And the line play up mal-sized heavyweight. weighed anchor and was steaming front was really fierce. Ball car­ The most noticeable difference out of the harbor on a journey to riers simpiy could not break away. in the pro game, which makes for Seattle, Washington. They were hit hard, and when they most of the excitement is the soAs Yeager moved along the deck, tried to get up and go again the called "slow whistle." Unlike col­ crouching, searching for the watch defensive Unemen piled on with a lege, where the ball-carrier is dead here and there and paying no mind^ vim. when his knee touches the ground, to the dips and rolls of the vessel, As a result, there wasn't much the pros can wriggle, crawl, or get the ship turned and lurched, toss­ Taking a leaf from an off-beat chapter of the book of the fancy broken-held running because up and run until they are securely ing him over the side with an un­ Spanisli Main, inhabitants of Trinidad, according to Seafarer the backs seldom had chances to sat on. And with .$2,500 in prize ceremonious splash into the brine. away In the secondary. It money at stake for each player, Peter Jomides, have their own little acts of piracy which put break Fortunately for Yeager, Watson proved that a good defense still there were plenty of backs trying was close by and without a mo­ the old swashbuckling type of* ^ packs a wallop in football,. high to bounce up—and plenty of line­ ment's hesitation leaped from the pirate to shame. care how they go about it, even scores to the contrary. men knocking them down again. churning ship into the dark waters No more sw^tly-running if it means a holdup on the high­ below. Watson swam along-side frigates, no- jolly roger men way, which is what happened to the partially dazed Yeager as they o' war, no slashing cutlasses and two wipers on their trip through end-of-the-plank routines for mod­ the trackless financial wastes of Prices exceed pro­ ern Trinidadians. They've got bet­ the island. ter methods of gaining the loot of priety and go beyond even that unwary travelers, says the Sea­ which a self-respecting mounte­ bank would charge in other places. farer and the Seafarers who lose baggage They are exorbitant for American crew of the checks for gear checked at any seamen and prices have been Trinity (Carras). SIU baggage room should known to change precipitously In his mind there notify that particular hall when a Yankee sailor comes upon is no doubt that right away so that no one can the scene. The tale is told of the the latter day improperly claim the baggage price of a fifth of scotch which version of the with that check. Headquarters jumped threefold from the time pirate, though officials advise you to do this an American seaman opened the land locked, has immediately to avoid loss of door to a liquor shop to the time the Spanish Main your gear and/or trouble A . he closed it behind him upon en­ characters beat Jomides claiming it later on. Make tering. The Trinity men won't go eight ways from sure you notify the hall where that far, but they're not sure why the sharp edge of the sword. the baggage was checked as after some of the treatment they've All the people down that way, soon as you find out you've he says, are out for the Yankee received. Living the life of Reilly is Bill Scanbett, cook, off the Anne But­ lost the check dollar. They don't even seem to Taxis Are Hazards ler getting lots of attention in Yokohama, Japan, from nurses Ann There is still another hazard to Crimmens, center, and Beulah Rogers. Leg in cast doesn't seem be wary of in Trinidad, say the to bother him one bit. Seafarers. This is a more common one and found in many a foreign as well as an American port. The nemesis is native or local taxidrivers, who seem to think that the average tankerman is a watery The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, Croesus, if their cab fares are any bakers and otheTrs who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known criterion. These cab drivers, say cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, the crew of the Trinity, will do anything to get hold of your suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Joe Thomas' money, and usually do. You've recipe for "beef and kidney pie." ' got to be right on your toes to see One of those old-fashioned dishes that when well-prepared that they don't try to outsmart you at every turn, say the men. always makes a hit because it adds something just a little Many of the crewmembers be­ bit different to the daily menu is an old-time "beef and lieve that it Is pretty rough to get your dollar's worth in Trinidad, kidney pie." It may be a little"*; but they are consoled with the more trouble to make than the crews on the ships he's tried it on usual dishes, but the reception have always asked for more, an^ thought that it is only money. it gets is worth it, according to Joe that's as good an indication as any of how well it goes over. Thomas. "Beef and kidney pie" dates To make one or two large pies to back several centuries in the his­ feed a full crew, if enough indi­ tory of cookery. vidual casseroles aren't available, Old English kings you would need 10 pounds of beef Seafarers sending telegrams VACATION PLAN devoured it just and five pounds of kidney, plus or letters to the New. York as eagerly as sufficient fiour for thickening. headquarters dispatcher asfking folks do in mod­ Then, chop up parsley, onions and THAT A SEAFARER MUST to be excused from attending em times be­ celery, add garlic and season. , headquarters m e m b e r s'b i p APPLY FOR HIS MONEY cause it was good, Dice and stew the beef and kidr . meetings must Include the reg­ substantial fare ney until soft, and add chopped WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE istration number of tfiefr wrapped up in carrots, peas and diced boiled po­ PAYOFF DATE OF HIS OLDEST shipping card in the message. tatoes. Combine everything and one wholesome DISCHARGE. APPLY PROMPTLYFrotn now on, if the number package. season to taste in caserole, add Thomas is not included, the excuse can­ gravy and cover the whole with a Thomas, an SIU not'be accepted by tee ,dlschief cook who's been .catering to thin pie dough. Bake in a medium patcber:' the appetites of hungry Seafarers oven until the pie crust iS; Jlbisbtly • foT' at least a dozen years^ says the browned., Mo(dern-Day Pirates Work In Trinida<d, Says Crew l\i Convalescing Cook All Smiles Report Lost Raggage Check I# m 1 k^'. pife • Put Number On Meeting Excuses SPECIFIES COUBCT THAT DOUGHt !'• d �"rCT'iTji'iTW Junury t, 1954 SEAFARERS Seaeorai Gets its SIV Library To the Editor: A few days ago in Pusan, thanks to Brother Louis Meyer, chief steward, and the brothers on the Coe Victory, we had an SIU li­ brary on board our ship for the first time. Brother Meyer had a duplicate library on board and since our ship, the Seaeorai, has been out nine months, we had never seen the SIU library. We all think it's great, and are certainly enjoying the wide selection of books offered. We have quite a few oldtlmers on board, like Jojo Tonart, who is doing a bang-up job as ship's dele­ gate; McBride, the bosun; Mar­ shall Cooper, Johnnie Reichback, Simms, Jimmy Slade, Blackie Mar­ shall, Jinimy Knight, Sass Sasserville. Pappy Parrity, Alex Girsbie and others. Long Trip None of us expected the Seacoral to be out so long, as we have been on many shuttle trips be­ tween Japanese and Korean ports. We are hoping to get back soon, as there are only three months to go on the articles. We certainly enjoy the LOG, and , all of us feel that all the SIU offi­ cials are doing a wonderful job in keeping the SIU the top seamen's union. Whitey Johnson l" . 4- I ' To the Editor: Although I am now a "Seafarer in the Army," as you will see by the enclosed picture, I can't help feeling that I am a Seafarer still. I am sure of one thing—as soon as I get . mjr dis­ charge, in Octo­ ber 1955, I will be sailing SIU again. This man's Army is not for Hicks me. I am now in my sixth week of basic training, and my company goes on bivouac next week. I'll probably graduate on January 2, 1954. As far as I can learn, I am being sent to the Transportation Corps after I leave here for further training to be a harbor craft crewman. I'll be as­ signed then to some small harbor boat. It's not a ship, but perhaps I'll be able to see somei of my old SIU buddies once in a while. I used to think time on a ship passed slowly, but these six weeks I've been in the Army have been twice as long as any trip I ever niade at sea. Vetoes Cook School The Army offered to send me to cook's school but I declined, be­ cause I sailed as chief steward and chief cook for practically all the time that I was going to sea, and I didn't want to lose what knowl­ edge I do have by practicing in the Army. We get food that a seaman would never think of eating, and If I ever put a menu out like they do here in the Army, I'd be voted oft the ship by the crew and the patrolman.. The chow IS lousy, the pay is worse, marching I dislike and double time Is worse than that. There's not a job'in the Army I'd trade for my good job aboard an SIU ship. Not even the offer of a five-star general's Job would change my job. I'm looking^ forward to the day when I can give this Army uni­ form a good, deep, six drop over the side of a good Union ship. ' GI Reducing Course -Basic training is something a seaman can never forget. I've lost 25 pounds in the Army, and my feet are so tough even bdmbs 'coifldn't hurt them. Sleep is'tmr be^td of ih the Army; We'seldom get tb bed before midnight and we J" J, • ' Page Nineteen L E TIER S • get up at 0400. The Army is for the guy who likes to see blood. Me, I'm a different kind. The only thing I like to smell is the roast in an oven aboard ship. Please send the last issue of the LOG to me; I missed it. Fred R. Hicks. Jr. (Ed. note: The last issue of the LOG is on its way to you.) t At Sea^ He Gets Query Answered To the Editor: One summer day, while off watch, I was leaning on the rail looking at the vast, smooth Gulf as the old C-2 whined along. As I contrasted the largeness of the sea and the smallness of man I pondered the question: What does the good Lord want us to do with our lives, and why do we, at times, have such a hard time? Like a clap of mental thunder came the answer I had sought for years in many surroundings and amid many environments. The dif­ ficulties we have along life's way are but initiations to prepare us for eternal degree, and amid our daily toils, duties and companion­ ships we should quietly strive for mind development and soul salva­ tion. Lee Bfannen t Army^s Cookiny Stays Steward LOG 4. t Fine Welcome Oft Hoosier Mariner To the Editor: I'm sending you my change of address so I don't miss any copy of the LOG, which keeps me in close touch with the SIU. I've just arrived here in Bremerhaven, Germany, in charge of the harbor craft in this port, and know that I will be in contact with evei-y ship that comes to port. Yesterday I met a real SIU vessel, the Hoosier Mariner, with a fine crew. We soldiers had a meal like we never had in the Army at Christ­ mas. My buddies join me in thank­ ing the steward and his depart­ ment for it. Things weren't the same as on the Robin Gray. No sooner were we on board than one of the fire­ men wanted to tell us to stay on deck, but the delegate sure told him off—another proof of a wellorganized team. I'll be here for a year or so and if anybody wants to know some­ thing about the situation here I'll be glad to help him. Pvt. Robert J. Raty (Ed. note: We have noted your change of address on our mailing list.) 4i 4. Has House For Sale In Florida To the Editor: I would surely appreciate it if this advertisement were to run in the next issue of the LOG: Ormond Beach, Florida. One block from the Inland' Waterway, one-half mile from the ocean and five miles north of Daytona Beach. I have a five-room house for sale, nicely furnished. It's comprised of two bedrooms, a kitchen, dining room, living room, bath and a large, screened-in back porch. It is situated on a paved street, two blocks from a shopping center and two from a school. It is newly painted inside and outside on a lot approximately 46 feet by 136 feet. Taxes are only $2.50 a year. It is in a quiet neighborhood and it is a steal at ^8^500. For inquiries and additional,: information write to Edward B. Bis, 88 Lincoln Ave­ nue, Ormond Beach, Fla. The place is too small , for me and my expanding family so I must let it go at a tacYifice. ^ i V ' •• • •, Edward-Bla:i Another Brother Hetends Kiny To the Editor: In the last issue of the LOG I came across a letter written by Joseph Avila denouncing Louis King. In answer to this I would like to state that, in the first place, when a letter to the LOG defend­ ing King was drafted, after being proposed at a ship's meeting, it was posted on the board for all to see. This Avila character is not a union man, and doesn't ^are to be one. While on board the Camas Meadows, he openly de­ nounced unions. His claim was that these ships should be run by the Coast Guard or the Navy, and that Patrick Union men have too much to say and are not prop­ erly disciplined by the officers aboard. Refused LOG Donation All non - SIU seamen who boarded the Camas Meadows in Europe made LOG donations and were happy to do so because of the wonderful Union contract we have. They were happy to enjoy the same privilages—but not this guy. He was aboard about five months when he was asked to give a LOG donation, but he couldn't see it. If Louis King is the foul ball that this character writes about, give me a ship with a whole ci'cw like him, and the former crewmcmbers of the Camas Meadows will back up that statement. My only regret is that Louis King is in the NMU. We could use a man like him in the SIU. Peter Patrick until it actually did on Christmas Eve. We were leaving Yokohama, Japan, when we had it and this time it was out of this world, with a Christmas tree, hors d'oeuvres, real-McCoy egg nogs and last but not least a Christmas present for each of the crew from the captain and his lovely wife, Mary. The captain's wife, by the way, has helped to make the voyage a very pleasant one. Now that the holiday is over all of us will remember in the years to come the wonderful Christmas at sea which we had due to the thoughtfulness of Cap­ tain and Mrs. Goezinne. John Bucci 4 4 4 Can DM Stand Weekend Watch? Offers Chanyes in Steward Rules To the Editor: In the steward department rules, I still see that the messmen have most of their beefs. I think the rules we have at present .should be amended. On ships that don't carry saloon pantrymen, the saloon nieSmen should make their own salads and help make the cold drinks. . Also, since the saloon messman has only from nine to eleven men to serve, when the saloon pantry­ man is not carried, I believe this should stop most of the beef.s that exist in the steward department aboard ships. Chet Gawrych 4 4 4 ThanhfMtl For Xmas Recovery To the Editor: Howdy, brothers. I want to wish each and every Seafarer a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year throughout the world and upon all oceans and seas. This is one Christmas that I am thankful for, as I am sitting up and getting around somewhat after being in bed, mostly on my back, for 33 days. First, I was operated on for a busted appendix, and five days later I was op­ erated on for a ruptured ulcer. I want to thank the brothers at the New Orleans hall for the blood donations. I also want to thank all the SIU brothers Korolia ^ pi-ayer for me when I was in a grave condition for two To the Editor: I am now a dayman on the Hastings (Waterman) sailing as a DM. Coming into the port of Los Angeles, we chose for weekend watch on gangway. The ship's dele­ gate asked the deck department if it was okay if I chose, too. No one said anything, so when I went on gangway watch Sunday morning, December 20, everyone said that the dayman can't stand the week­ end watch, according to what the patrolman told them at the hall. I would like to know if the day­ man as well as the watch have the right to this overtime. Please send me this information, so I w ill know for the future. Salvatore C. Alu (Ed. note: Yes, daymen can stand weekend watches with the rest of the deck department.) weeks. 4 4 4 There are two more oldtimers who give thanks for being up and around on Christmas, after being on the critical list for about the * same length of time as I was. I To the Editor: Good chow and smooth sailing am referring to Brother Red Cobb, aboard the Seavictor (Bourne­ who will be discharged some time 4 4 4 mouth). We were just on a recent early in 1954, and Brother Ted trip from New York to Yokohama Terrington. However, I am sorry and back to Seattle, with every­ to say that it will be quite some thing going swell. The stewards time before Brother Terrington To the Editor: department was tops, from the will be discharged, due to the fact steward on down to the messmen. that he has to have another opera­ It isn't very often that we have praise for our captains aboard our Thanksgiving dinner was espe­ tion. As to myself, I should be leaving SlU-contracted vessels, but in all cially good and we expect Christ­ fairness we have to take our hats mas dinner to come up'to the same the hospital early in February, but off to Captain Goezinne, the mas­ high qualities of culinary success. I won't be able to ship for quite Enclosed is a snapshot of some of some time, till I get my strength ter aboard this ship. the men who made it all possible. back. In all my years of sailing I have Spider Korolia It looks as if we'll spend Christmas never come across a skipper who at sea also, but will be lucky has put himself out like our cap­ tain. When Thanksgiving rolled enough to- get New Year's in | around he threw a cocktail party Seattle. We just got word that we lost I for the crew just before we had our dinner and the stewai-d and the election in Atlantic. We are To the Editor: his crew had all the fixings to go sorry to hear that, but as the say­ ^ On Christmas Day we were head­ along with the party. Of course, ing goes, there are better days ing for San Pedro, Calif., to load we all appreciated his fine ahead. Maybe we will get them in bunkers before we shoved off for Japan. It was a beautiful day out thoughtfulness and never ex­ the near future. and we had partaken of a wonder­ Crew of the Seavictor pected to have it happen again ful Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. In the afternoon some of the boys were in the messhall playing pinochle, rummy and cribbage, among other things, when, about 3 PM, the fuse blew. Since I was ship's delegate, I asked the steward to inform the chief engineer so that he could turn the electrician to fix it. The engineer told the steward to "let them use candles." The second electrician fixed the fuse anyway and when I went to the captain that evening to com­ plain, in company with the other delegates, he told me to have the man put an hour's overtime on his sheet. How miserable can a man be on Christmas Day? There is lots of dissension on board. Any­ one who has sailed with "Mother Hubbard" can understand why. Speaking for the crew I hope that everyone had a Merry Christ­ pishing; out that fine chow aboard the Seavictor on its last trip were, mas and a Happy Ne\|; year at year's end. ' ^ .t - v .' left to right, J. B. Harris, third ohok; A5'Isaac, chief steward; and Allen J. Friend James A. Johnson, chief cook, j j .. ^ „ Hiyh Praise For Crew And Food Master Throws Cochtail Party Beefs About OT On Xmas Bay �^:-' • fe;;, ft- 'SE'A f J Jf^ R sr t o G Pase Twenty January 1951 • 'yy- :*:"4- P'V^ \ [Y-J,-': ' t4. •- r • M-''- • 15.; • VK"''' .' U:'^i. •'• 4 t .. 5$/' if:; A Bomhaft Bog Sometimes Bit^s L E TT EES HoapHal Statt PraUM Htghty To the Editor: To the Editor: I have been laid up here down tended a few of them I'll know This is John (Dutch) Merkel on (beef) before it is kicked around in Baltimore, Md., for the |)ast things I never was taught in 12 the Steel Scientist .(Isthmian), and becomes a mountain. I believe three weeks with a slight case of years of saiUng. Very few stewards that is one of the main keys to a pinch-hitting for ship's delegate, pneumonia. As I write this, how­ have life boat tickets anyway. E. P. Bailey, and writing in a few good voyage. To the Editor: I would like to give a pretty ever, I am getting along fine and Also, a great amount of credit lines to tell you all about our trip expect to be out shortly. The French Creek (Cities Serv­ to India. To date everything is go­ should be given to Stephen Emer­ ice) stopped in Port Arthur, out­ good guy a boost on his first com­ I would like to go on record, and ing smoothly all around, no beefs son who has been ship's delegate ward bound for Japan. We have a mand, after having been chief mate would like to see this letter in the —Captain Truhan of the Ann that amount to anything. Harmony for about one year. He has stepped swell mate, bosun and crew and no LOG in. praise of Marie. Never have I seen a crew right in and taken charge of the reigns supreme. this swell hospital, trouble to speak of. so attentive, appreciative or re­ We are due in Alexandria in a beefs when they have come up in the USPHS hos­ As we knew we wouldn't be in spectful as this one was. In the the past. He has been very stern few days. That will be our last port pital in Baltimore. when in the right, but never severe port for Christmas, we three day­ past ten years I have attended this side until we men—Mont (Fingers) McNabb, Jr., many boat drills, but never did I I do not think or causing any hard feelings with hit Halifax and Eddie Frye and Rodger Chastain— that a finer staff the master or any department decided to make this a home away see anything like this. the good old of doctors, nurses Harry L. Franklin heads. His main object, in fact, USA. We will or orderlies can from home. We bought a tree with seems to be to create harmony all the ^rimmings, some bells, candy most probably i. i. if be found any­ among all the men on board. miss Christmas where in the Best wishes to all for the holi­ and New Year's countiy, for love Meltzer days. at home, so we'll or money, even if W. R. Geis wish _f»ll hands one \^s to pay for this service. To the Editor;. shoi'eside a Merry t t That would be an impossibility. Would you please send me a Christmas and a These folks sure go all out to copy of "Seafarers In World War help you and to make you feel at Happy New Year. A word of caution and warning to 11" if possible. home. The food is pretty good, too, all dog lovers on their trips out I went to sea from 1929 to 1936; and you are given a choice of menu To the Editor: this way: I had the sad experience then I went back as third mate a day ahead of time so you always We would like to tell all brothers to trying to pet a dog out here in in 1942, ending up as chief mate know what you are going to get to Bombay, while coming back to the about New Year's Day aboard the and then quit in 1946 to go back eat. They liad quite a meal here ship one night. I was bitten and Portmar, a typical Calmar ship. to my old job. You really have Christmas Day, but they played me After rising in the morning had to be taken off the' ship to good union and no one knows dirty by yanking all of my teeth. receive anti-rabies injections—14 from our so-called mattresses, we how bad conditions were aboard I guess they know what they are shots, unpleasantly injected received our linen. Due to the fact ships except the men who were doing. through the abdominal wall. The that the Calmar SS Corp. doesn't sailing in the early thirties. I wish to thank Walter Siekmann shots aren't so bad, it's the after believe in properly supplying its I always receive the LOG from and the Welfare Services Depart­ effects of the serum, and the feel­ ships, we only received one pillow another seaman when he is fin­ ment, the Union and all the mem­ ing isn't so nice. All told, I spent case (the contract calls for two) ished with it, and I can say that bers, for the swell gesture of giving 21 days on the beach between and the usual dirty-looking linen. I enjoy reading it as much as any us the $25 bonus for Christmas. It Breakfast, as usual, was what stockings, Christmas candy (in labor paper—or any other paper— sure came in handy, and I guess Bombay and Calcutta. Boy, was I glad to get back to the ship. So re­ no one but Calmar calls good. front of the coffee pot on the en­ that I have read. I was mate for all the SIU boys in the hospital member, brothers, don't pet dogs Being agreeable we told ourselves closed picture). The coffee pot is two and a half years during the appreciated it as much as I did. that since this was New Year's Day another homey touch; it belongs last war, and can truthfully say while out in India. A very happy New Year to every­ we would have a good dinner any­ to the daymen. The crew is begin­ that there was not one hour of dis­ one. Let's make a New Year's reso­ A Good Crew ning to call us the three mus­ puted OT during that time. On lution to keep up the fight to keep On board, all members of the way. Dinner time arrived, and this is keteers. deck gang have had a very nice one five-month trip we had 10.000 these hospitals open. The reason for the spirits in the hours of overtime on deck. Now trip, with John Joseph Lefco as the menu for the New Year's din­ George Meltzer bosun—a fine fellow to sail with ner that we read: potato soup, picture is our fruit cake, that was I live seven miles from Savannah if if if and to work under. The steward salty ham, veal, beans, spinach, spnt from home. and keep up with shipping as if I Mont McNabb, Jr. department is doing a pretty fail- turnips, potatoes, bread pudding, were going to sea. job of its work. Naturally, you rolls, water. After reading this, we if 4" 4* August Lewis always have some gripes, but that's began to wonder just how long (Ed. note: We are sending you a To the Editor: to* be expected. The black gang has Brother Toler had been on the copy of "Seafarers in World War A top Christmas dinner was pre­ a pretty fine bunch of fellows, all beach before going aboard the •U," and have added your name to pared and served to the crewmem­ Yorkmar (see the LOG, December good shipmates who I would like to the LOG'S mailing list, so that bers of the Christos M (Marine 11th, page 21, column 5) and say­ To the Editor: sail with again. The Sea Chest's slopchest aboard from now on you loill receive a Shipping!, on the 99th day of the I'll close by wishing a Merry ing that the chow was good. We copy of the LOG regularly, every vo.vage after storing for 90 days. Christmas and a Happy New Year will agree with him that on the Cubore (Ore) is doing well and tivo iceeks, as published.) Thanksgiving Day and Christmas getting bigger all the time. All the We are enclosing the menu to il­ to all SIU brothers. 4" 4< 4* lustrate this, We would like to of­ Day we had good food, but there brothers agree that it is a big hit, John (Dutch) Merkel are 363 more days in the year. with the better gear and lower fer a word of praise for the port ^ i i prices that we are getting. What then? captain in Houston, who cheer­ The la.st of the captain's inferior Robert N. Walton fully gave us everything that we requisitioned. (Ed. note: The SIU is noih ne­ slopchest will be put off in Febru­ To the Editor: Also, the master of the Christos gotiating with all companies for a ary in the shipyard. We hope other Mr. Edwin J. Fogarty, junior en­ To the Editor: standard stores list to eliminate Ore ships' crews follow up and gineer aboard the Southport, M gave us free rein as far as for­ keep pressing their captains for a passed on to the promised land eign purchases were concemed. I would like to write to say hello such conditions.) Sea Chest slopchest. If the pres­ about 9 AM on November 19, 1953. Speaking for myself,, they don't to all my shipmates around Nor­ 4» i 4> sure is applied at the right time Mr. Fogarty was well known to come an.'^ better than Captain folk and Baltimore and ask to have it shouldn't tako long. the LOG sent to me here in Koi-ea. most of the men who make Savan­ -;Io.seph. V. Cook, master of the Chuck Hostetier I sure do miss sailing and hope to Ben Grice nah their home port, and was well Christos M. return to the SIU when I get out if if P.S. This vessel paid off in Bal­ liked by one and ail of his former To the Editor: of the Army. shipmates. A wreath will be sent timore, Md., on December 31, 1953, This is the first opportunity I've I would like you to print my by the crewmembers to the serv­ with no disputed OT and not a sinname and address in the LOG, so had to write since being drafted a ble beef. All transportation was ices for his body. . maybe some of my old shipmates month ago. I am fortunate, how­ To the Editor: Mr. Fogarty's body is still aboard paid to the port of engagement. We ever, in being home for Christmas, will write me a few lines. It was a life boat drill aboard the ship under refrigeration, and want to thank the steward and all Lots of luck to the SIU and all and wish to extend to all of you the Ann Marie (Buil). Young Cap­ everyone is reasonably sure that the delegates for a job well done. wishes for a Happy New Year. the Seafarers. tain Truhan, 31 years oid, was the remains will be taken back to The master and all the officers It'll be some time before I'll be Pvt. Gleason G. Weaver were tops and a good crew all sailing again on SIU ships, but in making his first trip as master. Up Savannah, but whether aboard our around. US 52307315 ship or not, no one knows. Mr. on the wheel deck he was address­ order to keep informed during the 501st. Trans. H. C. Dicke.v and Masterson coming months I would appreci­ ing his crew around Boat 1, one Fogarty was 57 years old, and MM Co. boarding patrolmen death was apparently due to a ate your sending the LOG to me deck below. You could have heard APO 50, c/o Postmaster if if if heart attack. a pin drop as he said: at my present address. San Francisco, Cal. J. H. Chassereau "These boats are motor boats. Pvt. Richard W. Schultz (Ed. note: We have added your If their motors are running, forget if if if name to the LOG's regular mailing US55435824 4i these instructions entirely; never list, an you asked.) B Btry 61st AAA RW BN RES To the Editor: do anything to jam those -propel4" t . 4" COMD (2nd Plat) We would like to send our thanks Iprs, but if they are not, that's an­ 6 th Armd Div and our appreciation to the crew other thing. When your boat is Ft Leonard Wood, Mo. To the Editor: of the Mae (Bull Lines) for the manned, the first man in the bow (Ed note: We have added your We, the patients of the USPHS flowers which they, were kind name to the LOG's regular mailing grab this painter and pull like hell, To the Editor: tuberculosis hospital in Detroit, enough to send to our grand­ then bend your head and pass the list, as you asked.) I am writing in regard to th3 painter to the next man, who in Mich., would like to thank all the mother. 4" 4- 4» Charles and Wayne Stansbury crew and delegates aboard this turn should pull like hell. Boys steamship companies, lawyers and 4if i> ship, the Sunion (Kea). I have (this is a knot motor ship), by the friends who sent donations to the been on board now for three years time you reach midship your boat Committee for TB patients Christ­ and can say that we have had very will leave the ship all by herself. mas fund in this hospital. good crews at all times. The last To the Editor: The patients wish to thank them The momentum you have set up two trips have been to the Far For many months my mother will carry you out of danger. Get again and again and to wish them To the Editor: East and we have come in with no has been after me to get her name those oars in the locks and go a Happy and a Prosperous New Just a few lines to let you know beefs, disputed overtime or any on the mailing list for the LOG, so somewhere. Year. A good time waS had by how much I appreciate having the other troubles. I think that is I'm finally getting around to it. "During an emergency, follow all and we all enjoyed the bounti­ SEAFARERS LOG sent to me, and very good. the instructions of one man only ful gifts of money, cigarettes and thank you for doing such a swell I am enclosing a filled-in appli­ Each voyage the delegates have cation. Please add her to the list and you've got it right." job. lighters. handled their jobs 100 percent before she disowns me. Thanks. I would also like to take this op­ Harry Cronin More Drills Ahead SlU-style, which means tops. One portunity to wish: all brothers a J. H. Williamson That was all he had to say, but Jack Strahan J. Deyenney of the main things I have noticed happy and prosperous New Year. (Ed. note: Your mother's name there will be another and another B. Lawson , Is that,.tlje:s( will catch, a.mole hill is now on our mailing list.) . Hubert. Q, Thompspii drill, and by the time I faay.? at­ 7 Home Away From Home To Baymen Shoreside Sow^ He Fnjoys LOG Toast New Year With Plain Water Brothers Hail SIU Slopchest Everything Okay Bn Christos M . ^ Fnyineer Dies Aboard Southport Hails Shipmates From Army Post Home For Yimas^ He Greets SIU Sew Captain Has Crew^s Bespect Patients Thank $ Contribntors Fine Creir, Top Ship Belegates Seafarer Sends LOGs To Mom c: ; J'' .'• Thank Members For Flowers Sends Greetings To AIM Hands �SEAFARERS <" January t> 1954 •1. •V Page Twentyrone LOG .. . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... SOUTHWINO (South Atlantic), Oeeember. t—Chairman, Whitay Lawis; Sacratary, L. E. ttarrli. All stores were put aboard and all mattresses asked for. Ship's delegate said the slcpchest must be checked more carefully when It comes aboard at the beginning of the voyage. Delegates report everything running smooth and no disputed OT. Crew messman asked to place the silverware at the proper places, if It Is not too rough, instead of putting it on the tables in containers. If the brand of coffee re­ ceived for voyage 39 is not used, it should be taken off at the end of the voyage. Night lunch should be taken care of in port. Dishes should be put in the sink while at sea. to cut down on breakage.- Everyone should come into the messhall properly dressed, and keep feet off the chairs. AZALEA CITY (Waterman), December 30—Chairman, Ray Queen; Secretary, Don Wagner. Brother Johnson was elected ship's delegate. All linen is to be turned In on linen changing day. Recreation room should be cleaned, and quiet should be maintained at all times. Chief mate will be contacted about sougecing deck department rooms. All decks need to be painted. Ship's fund will be used to purchase an iron and Ironing board. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), December IJ—Chairman, C. Bush; Secretary, F. McCarry. William E. Kennedy was re­ elected ship's delegate. More variety of salads was requested. Crew pantryman asked the brothers to be more careful about leaving trash in the pantry. Old washing machine should be used for washing oily clothes. There is *39.86 in the ship's fund. Dne dollar will be col­ lected from each brother in Honolulu to to boost the fund. BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), December 1—Chairman, Emil Gretsky; Secretary, Arlee D. Hill. Captain and mate have not ordered the carpenter to build a device - to hold the crew coffee pot and sugar box secure. This will be requested again. 0^)0 Rood was elected deck delegate; G. W. Falrcloth was elected steward delegate by acclama­ tion. There are not enough bed spreads, as some were used for table cloths dur- PERSONALS Olie Omears Contact Mohammed Abdul at 114 McKibbon Street, Brooklyn, NY. Joseph F. Lauyhlin All is well at home. Please write toon. We wish you a Merry Xmas. Carlo Carlson Write Harry T. Hayman at the Baltimore Hall. Important. 1> t John Mercer Frank Martinez Mac Macintosh Please get in touch with Stanley Johns concerning the car you bought in Baltimore. His address is 1648Vi Andrews Place, Williamsport, Pa. a> i 4 Pedro Hermandez Please contact the New York ' City Department of Welfare at 44 Stanton Street, New York City. $1 James Powell .Please contact Mrs. Haskell Powell at Route 5 Spartaiisburg, SC. It is urgent. t Staumore'Bell Piease contact the St. Nicholas Welfare Center at 149 West 124th Street, New York City. 4" l" 4" Wally Suska Get in touch with Raymond Carl­ son at Shore Yacht Basin, Patchogue Shores, Long Island. t> $ Joseph W. Faircloth The SIU cleat Lakes District has checks for you at 1038 3rd Street, Detroit 26, Michigan. Puzzle Answer Q!30 umM ssns anas ssDs sdssiascns •csn saBsm SSQ • GDSHCaa SSClia SSnSIBQEJH cnsiffl aaaa ass Ing rolling weather to save glasses and china. We have plenty of all other linen, but If there were enough cloths this would not have happened. Crew elected by majority to put in for linen allowance. There was quite a debate about the engine room door 'tweendecks near the crew mcssroom. One group wants it open, the other closed. Noth­ ing was accepted as a Anal solution, and after quite a heated argument and the chairman resigning, the meeting ad­ journed. pense of printing form letters to Con­ gress will be taken care of by the ship's fund. Feet should be kept off chairs and messhall kept clean. Watch coffee should be left alone. place. A few of the crew have already been burned. For the safety of the crew the hot water line should be re­ placed. Vote of thanks went to the steward and the cooks for their coopera­ tion and the good cooking that came out of the galley. Master, since the begin­ ning of the voyage, has disregarded the rules pertaining to the safety of the ship and its crew. Fire fighting equipment is b)-oken arid inadequate. Medicine chest should be checked since it seems to con­ tain nothing but aspirins and bandage. SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern Steamship), December 7—Chairmen, O. Manning; Secretary, G. T. Williams. Mo­ tion was p.-issed to have the ship thor­ oughly fumigated in the shipyard. Mo­ tion was passed to try to get more and better stores for^he next trip and a new refrigerator for the crew's mess, as this SEAMAR (Calmar), October 11—Chair­ CANTIGNY (Cities Service), no dafe— one is dcfcclivc and unsanitary. Dis­ Chalrmap, D. Newsome; Secretary, Daniel cussion was held on one member's per­ man, J. Barnett; Secretary, J. Siraka. formance of his duties. i>'ost of the repairs are being taken care Ksminskl. Peter Spencer was elected of. Bill Lee was elected ship's delegate. ship's delegate. Engine room needs souPlug should be taken out when the wash­ gecing. Black gang complained about ing machine is not being used. Linen three different watches sleeping in one should be turned over to the steward. room. Letter will be given to the pa­ Steward's showers need painting. There trolman at the payoff about this. Chief is no pressure on the water line in the cook will make h list of fresh stores s'lower. The skipper refuses to get the needed in France and give it to the Union slopchest aboard. The mate .says steward. Messhall is not kept clean af­ he will cut the prices down on the slopter each watch. Ship needs fumigation. DE SOTO (Waterman), October 13— cliest, but we still want an SIU slopchest. Steward should inspect the messhall once Chairman, Caroll Martin; Secretary, J. F. in a whUe. Ship's fund stands at *16.87. Land. Members wiU g;ontact their Con­ Trash cans are needed. November It—Chairman, Barnett; Sec­ Dacsmber 13—Chairman, T. J. Moore; gressmen to protest the closing of the Secretary, Daniel Kamlnskl. Ship's fund marine hospitals. Discussion was hold retary, J. Straka. Repair list will be sent to the company and to New York from of *16.87 was turned over to the new on the deck engineer getting new springs treasurer, Daniel Kaminski. Steward for bunks. Ice box should be cleaned, the Canal. There should be more va­ should be consulted about some change due to the odor and area.of garbage dis­ riety of the menus; meat should be in the menus. Cooks should improve in posal on the fantaU shoiUd be cleaned. checked when it is taken aboard. Bunker cargo should be gotten square. their cooking. Repair list blank will he November 11—Chairman, Floyd Starky; posted for all departments to fill in Secretsry, C. E. Martin. All cots should ARLYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, where necessary. Vote of thanks was be returned to the steward. Vote of given to the captain and third mate for thanks went to the steward for good W.dtcr Kohut; Socrotary, C. P. Johnson. the excellent medical care they gave the food. John Cisucke was elected ship's delcgalc. erewmembers while in sick bay and also December i—Chairman, A. Danne; Sec­ Deck department doors need the'r loclcs for the personal interest they took in retary, J. M. Murphy. Suggestion was repaired. Mate will be contacted about them. made to put in for a new washing ma­ getting keys for all rooms. Chief engi­ chine. It seems that the mac'hine- has neer will be contacted about washing ma­ ANGELINA (Bull), December 1«— seen all the service left in it. Chief chine repairs. Chairman, J. Lanahan; Secretary, F. F. steward wiU make out a supplementary December «—Chairman, William Mul­ Sortello. Whoever uses the washing ma­ requisition and maU it from Tampa. len; Secretary, C. R. Johnson. One man chine should clean it before leaving. Beef was made on the sanitary valves jumped ship In San Juan, Puerto Rico. Steward department was tbanked for aft which do not have enough pressure. Motion was passed to ask headquarters good service to everybody. We hope we Chief steward thanked the crew for their to clarify the reason why replacements are alwaj-s to have as food sailing as this cooperation with his department, and can't be hired on Bull ships. Repairs voyage's. asked aU hands to turn in excess linen. will be taken care of when the ship ar­ rives at the first port in the States. COMPASS (Compass), ' October 20— Chairman, Guy Whitahorse; Secretary, J. F. Cattronover. Deck department OT sheets were not returned. Repair list will be made out before arrival in the states. One brother believes the meats and eggs are not adequate. Steward thinks the captain could have secured more eggs and greens, ice cream and milk and frsh fish in Kure, Japan. One brother wants to have a particular brand of dried fruit, and tvants to know why they are sen-ed for breakfast. Baker and 'chief eook got a vote of thanks for their wonderful effort. Coal is of bad quality and very dusty. SEAVICTOR (Bournemouth), December 2S—Chairman, Ed Rydon; Secretary, C. Johnson. Old washing macliine should be repaired and kept as a spare for the new crew. Some repairs have been com­ pleted, the rest wiU be turned over to the patrolman. Replacement was ob­ tained for the man who missed ship. Steward department got a vote of thanks for good chow and excellent Union per­ formance. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatraln), De­ cember It—Chairman, John Monteverde; Secretary, C. W. LIbbey. The Christmas donations of *19 will be spent for deco­ rations. . Steward and the entire depart­ ment were commended for their efforts on the Thanksgiving dinner. Brothers all stated that this was the best-prepared dinner, with a variety unequalled by any SIU ship. The setup of the tables and the service was excellent. Crew agreed to wait until the gangway is launched before going ashore. Stevedore work ladder was used in the past before the ship's gangway could be launched. This is considered unsafe. < ARIZPA (Waterman), Docember 30— Chairman, Richard H. Norgran; Secre­ tary, Donnle W. Collins. Disputed OT in Inchon will be taken up with the board­ ing patrolman. Repair list will be turned over to the boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks went to the stew§rd department for a job well done. JOHN C (Atlantic Carriers), November 2i—Chairman, B. Smith; Secretary. G. Grimes. One' man missed ship in Yoko­ hama: one man was hospitalized in Pusan. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department for excellent service and menus throughout the trip. Washing ma­ chine should be added to the repair list. Vote of thanks went to the delegates for carrying out their duties so well. Board­ ing patrolman will be asked to see about getting the rooms painted. Two elec­ tricians WiU be asked for of the pa­ trolman. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatradc), Decembor 13—Chairman, E. Hatklns; Secre­ tary, S. Cletlak. Repairs are being made rapidly. All complaints about members should be made at meetings only. Ex- Quiz Answers STRATHPORT (Strathmore), December 13—Chairman, Mike Sikorsky; Secretary, William King. Deck delegate saw the master about painting deck department quarters. He was told that It would be done during bad weather, as the master wantecL to get the decks fish-oiled during the good weather. Night cook and bakc-r asked for a room for himself, as nis sleep is disturbed. This will be brought to the atfention of the patrolman at the payoff. Washing machine wringer is out of order and should be repaired or re­ placed. Steam pipe in the laundry, if turned on with any pressure, will turn up and spew live steam all ever the NOTICES Checked Baggsige The following men should get in touch with Welfare Services in New York about baggage left in Erie Basin and checked into the headquarters baggage room: Joseph Rasch, J. Cuellen, Wil­ liam Hernandez, Ed Mclnis, Felix Newman, Sherwood Ryals, John Rubinskas, R. Schulte, C. Thomp­ son, James Thomas, M. Thorsen, Joseph Torriss, Louis Brown, Erwin Andra, Alex Porerski, A. Rid­ ings, C. K. Jewel. 4" Transportation Checks Transportation checks for the following seamen off the Fort Hoskins can be obtained by contacting Russell H. Brandon, Director of Industrial Relations, Cities Service Oil Company, 70 Pine Street, New York City: V. J. Crosby, H. Hampton, Wes­ ley P. Leonard. 4> 4 41 4 4 41 CHIWAWA (Cities Service), December 13—Chairman, Herbert Berner; Secretary, L. P. Hagmenn. Cleaning of the laundry will be alternated by all departments. Schedule will be posted on the bulletin board. Men leaving the ship should clean their rooms and strip the bunks. Chief cook missed ship in PhUadclphia. Carl Hagstrom was elected ship's delegate. Complaint was made about the cooking of the meat. The cook's remark to the steward, "They are nothing but a buncli of hungry hounds in there," was oV jectcd to. Repair list was turned in but nothing was done about it. so the patlrolinan will be asked to speak to the captain. Hall will be asked for a new library. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), December 4—Chairman, V. Porter; Sec­ retary, R. C. Morrisette. Motion was passed to repair the washing machine. Each man should leave the laundry clean after using it. Patrolman will be asked to check the medicine chest on arrival in New York. Meat will be cliccked, as well as all ice boxes. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), December <—Chairman, Derwood Y. Mann; Secre­ tary, Robert Benlamin. Each depariment head will make up a repair iist ard turn it over to the ship's delegate before ar­ rival in New York. Steward department was commended for an outst.mding Thanksigiving dinner. Ship's delegate should contact the patrolman alrout the painting of the crew inessroom and foc'sles. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), December S —Chairman, Dora N.; Secretary, John W. Picou. Motion Was passed to ask the Board of Health to' inspect sick bay about medicine carried. Patrolman will be asked about having the purser re­ moved from the ship for not being co­ operative. He doesn't try to give the boys what they want from the slopchest: he doesn't give the bo.vs the amount of money they want for draws and refuses to give penicillin or the right kind of medicine. Patrolman will be asked about getting US currency for draws. Rooms should be clean before paying off. HILTON (Bull), December 4—E. Mans­ field; Secretery, J. Taboede. Big discus­ Checked Gear sion was held pro and con a television and one or two others will Gear for the following men is set. Steward on prices of a set wider than 17 being held in the New Orleans check Inches. Disputed OT will be turned over office of Seatrain Lines, and it is to the patrolman before the payoff. AI) requested that they pick up their the steward department got a vote of belongings before February 1: Cliarles E. Boyd, Thomas M. Editor, Combs, Leo L. Crawford, Donald SEAFARERS LOG. H. Horn, Charles E. Ray, Clark C. 675 Fourth Ave., Wood, jr.. Franklin Reed. Brooklyn 32, NY thanks for the Thanksgiving dinner and the food the entire trip. SUZANNE (Bull), no date—Chairman, Red Campbell; Secretary, S. P. Tclcch. Repairs that should have been done were rechecked. Brother Domingo was elected engine delegate by acclamation. Book shelf should be removed to a less accessable place. THE CABINS (Mathiasen), December ( —Chairman, V. Harding; Secretary, A. Schroter. Part of the last voyage's re­ pair list has been done. Disputed OT from the last trip will be straightened out. the captain said, if possible. Vote of thanks went,to the steward depart­ ment for their service and cooperation, especially the baker. .So far, not much has been done on the repair list, because of the work that has to be done in the tanks. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), No­ vember 22-^halrman, Frank J. Paylor; Secretary, J. R. Hassal, Jr. A. W. Per­ kins was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. A. 'W. Perkins, the steward delegate, has the S37 balance of the ship's fund. Drain in the aft foc-sle drinking foiintain has a plugged drain. Delegate will see the first assistant engineer about ha\ ing it fixed. Dry stores should be fumigated. Repair list should be given to the Baltimore patrolman. Better cleaning of the crew's mess and pantry was suggested. Steward delegate asked the crew to help keep the messhall clean by not throwing butts on the deck, etc., and nl.so to help the mcssman by keep­ ing the mes.shall clear during meal set-up times. Crew pledged cooperation. Cof­ fee urn should be cleaned after each meal and all cups should be returned to the pantry. POTRERO HILLS (Phila. Marine), No­ vember 23—Chairman, F. W. Harris; Sec­ retary, L. Stranga. Captain is attempting to prearrange the time for work. Dis­ cussion was held on the food supply, .•rince we are de.stined to Europe and there is a Dossibility that we will run short on rorlain items. Vote of thanks went to the messman. Discussion was held on going to the captain with beefs instead of the delegates. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 27—Chairman, Thomas Snow; Secre­ tary, S. Thayer. Wa.shing machine should not be overloaded. People that tlie crewmembers bring aboard will not be fed from now on. EVELYN (Bull), November 3—Chair­ man, Harry Reynolds; Secrotsry, W. Wes­ ley Etty. There is $48;03 in the .ship's fund. Steward should find out about getgnli fresh milk in Boca Grande. Sugges­ tion v. 05 made to add to the ship's fund until there is enough to buy a television set. .^11 books and magazines should he resumed to the recreation room. December 2—Chairman, W. Wesley Eity; Secretary, W. K. Laffoon. There is a S33.03 balance in the ship's fund. W. K. Laffoon was elected ship's delegate. One man. who missed the ship in Ocho Kios. Jamaica, will be reported to the pafroliivan. There are no beefs, so every­ one must be happy. BEAUREGARD (Wtaerman), December 5—Chairman, Ramon Ferriera; Secretary, Frank P. Votto. All bunks from the last trip should be repaired. Repair lists were made out by each department and tiu-ned in. AU keys should be turned over to department heads, so the crew will have them. AU Paen sliould be turned in and rooms cleaned before leavin.g. Ship's Ubrary should be returned to the recreation room, so the books can be boxed and traded for a new set. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for the fine chow that was served tills trip. COMPASS (Compass), December 20— Chairman, Paul J. Franco; Secretary, Chet Cawrych. Chief engineer and bosun were thanked for the sweU job done on all repairs. Only eight more items re­ main to be taken care of. There is some disputed OT, mostly for the captain doing carpenter's work and restriction to ship in Bangor, Wasli. Washing machine is not in the right place. It should be moved, or not used at certain hours, so no one is awakened by it. Requisition list for stores will be turned over to the captain before entering the Panama Canal. Mcssroom recreation room will be-cleaned after each - watch and with the help of card players. AU on board are living in SIU style, and doing a swell job of it. Peter B. Luketic 1. Jimmie Dykes. Rex Dickey, Baltimore Patrol­ 1 would lik€t.to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please 2. Rene Coty. man, is holding $15 at the Balti­ put my name on your mailing |ist. (Print.lnformation) 3. The Amami Islands. more Hall for you. This money 4. The Ryukyu group (includ­ was turned over to him by Finn ing Okinawa) and the Renins (in­ Ostergaai'd, oiler, from the Annis- NAME cluding Iwo Jima). ton City. 5. The Detroit Lions, who de­ 4 4 4 STREET ADDRESS feated the Cleveland Browns. Customs Refund 6. James P. Mitchell. The following men get refunds 7. New Orleans, La.; Pasaidena, from the US Customs for being CITY ZONE ......STATE Calif.; Miami, Fla.; Dallas, Tex. charged duty where no money 8. Lee Shubert, one of the should have been collected: famed Shubert Brothers, who prac­ Frank Judah, Jr., lUchard An­ Signed tically controlled the American derson, Robert Pierce, Thomas TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you «r* «n old tubicribor and h«v* • ehanq* stage for Inany years, Frazier, Harry Sears, Michael Rep- of «ddr*ts, plots* giv* your former «ddr*» below: 9. Robert P. Wagner, Jr., son kewicz, Stanley G. Koenog, Russel fDDPJSS of the late Senator Wagner. G. King. 10. Clbmeht ^ -Moore; Charles Coiitact the Baltimore Hall for . ZONE STATE . refunds. Dickens. CITY ' �»:5T^ lii T k' SEAFARERS Para Twenty-two Janufery 8, 19S4 LOG Seafarer's First^'Born In New Orleans in the HOSPI1ALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's ng.me on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL , STATEN ISLAND, NY John Abraham Joseph J. Keating John Beekmann K. R. Kuchinski Earl A. Bink Chang Choo Lai BothweU Blanehard C. Mc'Brien Marcie Boyles Sau Mok WiUiam J. Carey Donald Peterson R. Edmondson WiUiam A. Ryan John Fontries Virgil Sandberg Eric Foreman Robert Slzemore . David S. Furman S. Swienckoski EsteU Godfrey Harry S. Tuttla Hans R. Hanssen Frank Walaska Michaei Katrausky Seafarer Frank Wolinskl, who has been with the SIU for nine years, looks proudly on his son Frank Wolinski, Jr., held by his wife Anna. Frank sails regularly in engine department ratings out of the Louisiana port. W-r F''' • f T vr. 1-^ ir ii Ir n~ All of the following SIU families Mrs. Harry C. Kilmon, 63 High­ toill collect the $200 maternity land Court, Clifton Park, Wilming­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the ton, Del. 4" 4" 4" Union in the baby's name. James Patrick McNeely, Jr., Jean Elizabeth Mary Furst, bom born December 14, 1953. Parents, December 8,1953. Parents, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. James McNeely, 1516 Mrs. Eugene J. Furst, 3913 Hall Broadway, Brooklyn, NY. Avenue, Marinette, Wis. 4" i 4- iErnest Nien, born November 30, Anthony Micket Ayala ftamos, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chen born June 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Ken Nien, 1075 Pacific Avenue, Mrs. Jose A. Ramos, 35 Brookdale, San Francisco, Cal. San Francisco, Cal. t. t. t. 4" 4" 4" Raymond J. Napolis, Jr., born November .27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Napolis, 290 Olivel Street, Daly City, Cal. Jonathan Richard Young, born October 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan N. Young, 509 East 10th Street, Long Beach 13, Cal. $> ti ti Ann Cooper Kilmon, born De­ cember 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" 4" James W. Ayler, 7 Street, Prichard, Ala. 4 4 Chasitine 4 John Thomas Eddins, Jr., born September 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Eddins, Route 2, Norwood, NO. 4 4 4 4 4 4 William Frazier Boiling, born November 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Boiling, Ter­ race Trailer Park, 6011 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, La. Rosa Maria Ne'son, born Novem­ Marsha Lynn Mathews, born De­ ber 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and cember 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Nelson, 2128 Bar­ Mrs. James R. Mathews, 2120 Ave­ tholomew Street, New Orleans, La. nue P, Galveston, Tex. 4 4 4' Mary Frances Hunt, born De­ t 4^ 4> Charlene Demers, born Decem­ cember 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Horace C. Hunt, 813 Sylvan Charles Demers, 16 Aquidneck Lane, Wichita, Kans. 4 4 4 Avenue, Middleton, RI. James Alan Ray, born November 4" 4" 4' 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Diane Marie Ayler, born October Calvin H. Ray, 4917 Laurel Street, 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. New Orleans, La. William Michael O'Donnell, Jr., born November 25, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. O'Don­ An attempt by the Waterman Steamship company to compel nell, PO Box 37, Lehigh, Kans. D-2 Aliens Get $$ Back aliens to post bond out of their wages has been halted by the 4 4 4 John Dwight Bamett, Jr., born intervention of the Welfare Services Department. As a result November 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. the company has refunded all-^" money held back out of the with the company with the result and Mrs. John D. Bamett, Box 640, aliens' payoff. that the practice of holding wages Gulfport, Miss. Several aliens employed on Waterman ships complained to Jhe Union that they had $1,000 held out of their wages as a bond on them. All of these men were in the D-2 classification which meant they were entitled to unrestricted shore leave and opportunity to pay off and change from one ship to an­ other. Welfare Services got in touch • back as a bond was discontinued. All aliens who had money held back on them have now received their full wages due. In the case of other steamship companies, the Union is experienc­ ing no difficulty in getting them to give the alien membership of the SIU equal treatment within the limits of regulations affecting alien seamen. • $ t •$ BAYONNE HOSPITAL BAYONNE. NJ G. H. Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. E. A. Ainsworth WiUiam J. Loss L. Carmine Clarence J. Lund Henry J. ChUds 1. McCormick Ho Yee Choe C. Sanuiti C. B. Coburn Edward Seserko H. DeU'Orfano W. Singleton E. Glazowski John W. Singer Olav Gustavsen W. Timmerman F. J. Haigney Jack Wenger~ George HUdreth . M. B. WUson Alexander Kerr P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Percy D. Alired James J. Lawlor Bomar R. Cheeley James R. Lewis .'uiian CuthreU Francis F. Lynch C. M. Davison H. F. McDonald Emiiio Deigado A. McGuigan Antonio M. Diaz David Mclireath John J. Driscoil Vic Miiazzo Jose G. Espinoza Lloyd Miller Robert E. Gilbert Alfred Mueller Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson John B. Hass Montford Owens Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood John W. Keenan. Henry E. Smith L. Kristiansen ^ Rcnato A. Viliata Frederick Landry VirgU E. Wilmoth USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke Harry J. Cronin ENDOWOOD HOSPITAL TOWSON. MD. Leonard Franks SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton C. D. Shiveiy USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Virgil Aiford Walter H. Harris S. T. Arales John L. Hinton T. P. Barbour George F. Immel F. Barlizo W. J. Johnson Cecil Bennett B. R. Huggins John W. Bigwood J. H. Jones John J. Biair Thomas F. Keller C. A. Bradley - E. G. Knapp Charles E. Brady D. KoroUa WUUam R. Burch J. F. Land K. M. Bymaster Leo H. Lang Herman H. Casas Piere LeBlanc C. C. Chambers Theo E. Lee Clarence W. Cobb Leonard A. Libby S. Cope Thomas Lind John Culeton John C. Long Thomas J. Dawson Adam McDiarmid Leo Fontenot C. C. McDoweU B. D. Foster G. C. McCeliand F. FuUbright L. J. Magazzi J.' E. Gardiner W. R. Massey N. L. Gardner John W. Malcolm E. Gaylor H. W. Minkler Andrew J. G^del MitcheU Mobley Jack H. Gleason Jack Moore Louis J. Guarino George C. Murphy K. Gunderson Stewart A. Packer John Hane Kenyon Parks John W. Quimby Lonnie R. Tickla T. C. Reynolds S. C. TuberviUo W. E. Reynolds Edgar Walker Robert D. Schwarz J. E. Ward Luther C. Seidle C. V. Welborn William Tank III J. Ziegler Tedd Terrington USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Joseph Kramer Fred U. Buckner Jimmie Littleton P. G. Daugherty L. T. McGowan E. J. Debardeiaben W. T. Sheirling R. A. Denmark Samuel Small L. A. DeWitt James H. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. R. M. Churchill Theodore Mastler John A. Duffy Robert A. Rogers Roy L. McConnon A. P. Vloianto Frank Mackey USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS N. Baker J. E. Markopolo C. Barboza D. B. Patterson M. J. Birrane Julius Parks M. Fontenot Harry Reynolds C. Fowler Robert W. Scales Edward C. HiU Joseph L. SoUeau Edward R. IdeU Albert T. Weaver E. Lachappeiie Charles Young Howard E. Liles USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. LesUe R. Aaron Robert Lambert Julian A. Blanco Clyde R. Leggett Francis J. Boner W. R. Mcllveen Robert L. Brain MUvin Mason Jessie A. Clarke Francisco Mayo Clolse Coats George Meitzer Frank J. Conforto Henry T. MUler Harry CuUen Jack D. Morrison Jeff Davis Joe Perez Paul H. Dew M. Pugaczewskl James R. Dodson Horace C. SherrlU Earl T. Erickson Howard W. SherrUl L. C. Glanville Waiter H. Sibley M. B. Hairelson G. K. Stennett Roy M. Hawes Paul Strickland James H. Hayes Claud Stroud Thomas J. Hoar Harry Thrash Alfred Johnson Albert Wilhelm Woody H. Kirby N. Zaragoaa ^ USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WA"?*'. Robert R. Barbee K. R. Klttelson C. E. Dudley Ralph M. McDarieS J. B. Garrison Linus E. Twite Leonard E. Hodges Joseph E. «WeUs S. Johannessen USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Charles W. Burke John M. Powers Lonnie Hall ' Alexander PresneU Herbert D. MUllner W. A. Rowe Jr. CharUe W. Phelps . Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want, to get in touch with heudquarters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. . Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. Ortiz Family Photo Carol Lynn Woniger, bom De­ cember 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus J. Woniger, 1500 Ridge Lake Drive, New Orleans 20, La. 4 4 4 ' Jana Lynn Johnson, born De­ cember 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Johnson, 214 East Tenth Avenue Extension, Lexing­ ton, NC. ' I'; 54': 11' Haw To Get Disabled Pay ^ The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. this year. Burial took place at St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.' Brother Wyzenske leaves his mother, Susan Rose Wyzenske, 142 10th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. Anthony Joseph Wyzenske, 32: On November 9, 1953, Brother Wyzenske died of a brain tumor at Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn. He had been , sailing as an AB in the deck department from Boyse Holmes, 51: Since 1938, Brother Holmes sailed as steward from the Portvof New York. A victim of uremia, he died on No­ vember 26, 1953 in Waycrpss, Ga., and was buried at Hazzard Hill Cfijnete]^, in that city. ,, , Baltimore Si9ce, ,toq, beg>nnjn^^ 4> 4 4> Any totally disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been employed for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be sent to the U n i c n Welfare Trustees, c/o S'lO Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. :=£& •• :n/- Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Ortiz and their new daughter, Laura, form a happy family group in this photograph taken in their Broni(, New York, home. �lainUiifT S> 1084 SEAFkktlkS 'tOG Pige Twenty-three SEEDT THE SEAFARERS (News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SlU Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) It seems as if the pattern of traffic and other accidents over the New Year's Holiday, as compiled by the National Safety Council, means a good year ahead for the hospitals. Accidents and fatalities were well below expectations, and we hope that this drop in figures extends to Seafarers in hospitals. What we mean is that we hope less men need facilities of the hospitals, but we'll be fighting to keep the hospitals open throughout 1954 and beyond as we have in the past. Leading off the list of hospitalized Seafarers is Joseph Keating, the chief electrician of the Kathryn (Bull). This Brooklyn Seafarer was injured aboard the vessel in San Juan and flown back to New York for an eye operation at the Staten Island hospital. He's improving tremendous­ ly since he entered on the first day of December. He expec^ to be discharged this week as an out­ patient and is feeling right chipper about it. William Carey, a messman' off the Wild Ranger (Waterman), entered the hospital on the Island on December 4 because of a stomach disorder. He was taken off the ship in New York, where he lives. Right now, the doctors are still examining him to Keatine find out what the trouble is. In for a general checkup about the middle of December was Wil­ liam Brady. Brady came off the Citrus Packer (Waterman), his last ship, and was in pretty good shape, overall, so he was out in jig time after a physical. Ready To Ship Again Walter Karlak, another Brooklyn Seafarer, came oflLthe Steel De­ signer (Isthmian) last October 30 for a general checkup. The fireman was discharged recently front the hospital and Is fit and ready to ship out once again. You can't keep a good Seafarer down when there's a job oh the board and an urge to go to sea once again. Another fireman, John Flynn, came off the Mississippi vessel Maiden Victory last October 26 for a visit to the hospital. He was discharged about a month ago with a fit for duty slip and ready to go to sea. Lai Chang, a utility messman off the Steel King of Isthmian, was ad­ mitted to the hospital on December 5. This New Yorker checked in to see the doctors with a littie stomach trouble on his mind and abdomen. Another Seafarer in the Staten Island hospital for a.look-see is Frances Wall of New York City. This fireman off the Liberty Bell of Tramp Cargo entered the hos­ pital on December 2 and he's doing all right. In the same general checkup category is Randolph Edmondson, galley utility, off Bull's Binghamton Victory. He entered two days ahead of Wall, on the last day of November. Constantine Sofomilos, a fireman off the Steel Voyager, wa; discharged recently, while Walter Smith, Seapender's cook and baker, is improving rapidly. He was injured and went to the hospital Edmondson on December 12, but he's coming along nicely how. He can't wait to get out and get home to Columbus, Ga., home cooking. A comer of the Welfare Services Department is shown on a typical busy morning. The office re- celves hundreds of inquiries In person or through the mails every week, dealing with a wide variety of personal problems, welfare Services Rounds Out Busy Year Of Aid To Members The year 1953 proved to be a pretty active one for Welfare Services not only in number of cases handled but in the interesting variety of problems that Seafarers brought in to be taken care of. Some statistically-minded headquarters employee estimated that Wel­ fare Services handled one case4 ^ every seven minutes of the In this case Welfare Services; overseas also got their share of working day. Whether that got the proof of the injury and ' assistance. One crewmember who figure is accurate or not, the fact remains that a few hundred Sea­ farers each week get in touch with Welfare Services for assistance, or just plain- information. Among the more interesting matters handled by the headquar­ ters office was the case of the Sea­ farer who suffered a severe brain injury but couldn't convince the skipper he was really sick. The man in question. Seafarer Philip Frank, had been hit on the head by a falling skylight fi.xture. After one day's rest he was made to turn to, and kept at work despite severe dizzy spells and vomiting. Even when an Italian doctor had him hospitalized the skipper called him a- phony, and the company refused to pay him maintenance claiming he was a fake. French Creek Crew Should See Lawyer Members of the crew of the French Creek, who are entitled to cut up a $9,000 salvage melon, have been asked to get in touch with the Union attorney, Seymour W. Miller, at 26 Court Street, Brook­ lyn. The men have to supply af­ fidavits and authorizations to the attorneys so that their money can be collected for them. The salvage claim arises out of a tow that the Cities Service tanker gave to a disabled German freighter, after the latter ship lost her propeller in heavy seas. Crewmembers who are entitled to salvage shares are the follow­ ing: Ove H. Jorgensen, bosun; Rich­ ard H. Hemington, AB; John B. Tierney, AB; Marion C. Butcher, AB; Leo F. Gwalthney, OS; Robert Eschrich, OS; Charles R. Goodwin, DM; Joseph Dodge, AB. Also Fred G. Bjorkman, machin­ ist; Erling H. Anderson, pumpman; Edmond L. Eriksen, oiler; John C. Rounds, oiler; Joseph Lucas, FWT; Eduardo Martinez, FWT; Ueonard J. Feind, wiper; Kenneth Gelehiser, wiper. Also Johnny Roberts, 2nd cook; James R. Logan, galleyman; . Ernest P. Legoza, MM; William B. Blankinship,. MM; .John F.~Kozar, JilM. got into a fight wdth a Saudi Ara­ won Frank's maintenance claim. bian longshoreman and was jugged Romance Difficulties Then there was the Seafarer by local authorities was sprung whose new bride lived in South from the lock-up through Union Africa. He wanted a visa for her, efforts. Since this happened in so the Union got after it and gave mid-summer, the Union's action him the necessary affidavits. In an- undoubtedly saved the man from other instance, Welfare Services j serious illness, had to contend with a stubborn ! A Union member who had lost Brooklyn landlady who refused to both his legs in a shipboard accilet a Seafarer pick up his gear ^ dent got deluxe service. Arrangeeven though he had money to pay ' ments were made to transport him for his back rent bill. | back and forth to the hospital for Another Seafarer who -was hav- outpatient treatment until he ing trouble with some bills got could get artificial legs fitted and equally speedy seiwice. His vife a place found for him to stay was in the hospital after giving nearby. birth and the hospital wanted to 'Fit For Duty' see the color of his money before One of the most unusual cases they would discharge her. Welfare Services took care of that by sup- i that of Brother Isaac Seger plying him with his $200 maternity I " ho collected maintenance even benefit just four minutes after he though found "fit for duty" by a applied for it. 1USPHS doctor. Ordinarily this A notable case that was success- , would have been the last word, fully resolved was the one on be- ! but a subsequent visit to a private half of Seafarer Theofilus Steven- specialist revealed that Seger was son. In his case, he signed a medi- : suffering from a tumor and needed cal report form at the payoff, only I immediate surgeo'. Seger collected to find when he went to the hos­ his maintenance in spite of the pital the next day for a checkup "fit for duty" notation, through that he was ill and needed medical the efforts of Welfare Services and the Union's attorneys. treatment. However, the company tried to These are only a few of the very deny him maintenance because he large number of oases handled suc­ signed the report form. Welfare cessfully by the Welfare Services Services succeeded in getting Ste­ office, in addition to the routine venson his due because there was payment of hospital benefits, han­ no question he had been ill, even dling of vacation claims, arrange­ though he might have signed the ments for funerals and numerous report form. other matters that occupy the de­ Seafarers in far distant points partment. Seafarer Theophilus Stevenson, who collected his maintenanea even though he signed a company medical report form discusses his case witii Walter Siekmann, director of Welfare Services. �^1- : Vol. XVI No. 1 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT > AFL • Seafarers Int' - �rrSTriiHinrw .it!- SEAFABERS^UMS 1] ;- V''- ^• ^-''''f-'",.. ' >-. ,..l'h:' . Vol. XVI, No. 1 January S, 1954 Canst. Supp. ' -I i i;. - The strength of any organization lies in its foundation and the foundation of the SIU is its constitution. In the 15 months since the membership voted in secret referendum to rewrite its constitution, it has amply fulfilled the function of better protecting the rights of every member. In the course of drafting and adopting the new document, copies of the constitution were printed in the SEA­ FARERS LOG and distributed to a I Sea­ farers, ashore and on ship. Subsequently the 1953 Agents Conference report, which was adopted in all branches, moved that the LOG print the constitution every six months, so all Seafarers will have the opportunity to acquaint themselves thor­ ough y with their guaranteed rights and privileges. Accordingly the constitution was carried in the July 10, 1953, issue, and now, six months later, is printed again here. I:i<•-•", ..- '-T^' K'. ^,'.-•.•'.".•y': \ .i- •'y _ . •; I Lfr' ' i'-. • P' f\v CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL ft'I I'-f' V nr -T l:/'. ••• k'li!- r; • • k ilSr. WSx'r 5*' ? The new SIU constituHon has evoked considerable comment in and outside maritime and reactions to the document from members of Congress. mittee to hear charges against members, and Representative Craig Hosmer, Calif.: "I wish guaranteeing the traditional American rights to congratulate you on your furnishing mem­ to representation, cross-examination, and con­ bers of Congress with your newly adopted frontation by the accuser ... I am happy to constitution. I believe that the more explic­ note that your new constitution is drawn in itly rules, regulations, customs and privileges the spirit of democratic trade unionism." can be drafted and set down in documentary form, the better off we are. ... It just hap­ pens I am a deepwater man myself, and Representative Herbert B. Warburton, Del.: sailed with the merchant marine during the "You are to be congratulated upon the fine war" * attempt to increase individual i^hts of the union members in the new constitution." Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY: "It is greatly encouraging to know that responsible Representative Charles R. Howell,. NJ> "1 unions such as yours are not ceasing their at­ think you have fol'owei the right approach tempts to further rights of their members, in stressing the need for protection of the both within the unions and as part of the civil liberties of the Seafarers, and in setting total national economy. 1 find particularly forth in detail the rights of each member to praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and participate in the activities of the union. A the Declaration Rights contained in the be­ union which stresses rank and file participa­ ginning of your constitution." tion in the day by day business of the organ­ ization is operating on solid ground." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.: .. I have looked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon: "This formu­ and just. I was particularly interested in the lation of union's practices and usage is tre­ fact that it was adopted in such a democratic mendously impressive. J was particularly manner by the full membership of your or­ struck by the Declaration of Rights .. . Also ganization." of great interest to me are the meticulous provisions for trials and appeals. 1 would hope that this kind of action will be generally Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am followed throughout the trade union move­ porticu'arly impressed by the provisions of ment..." the constitution providing for a trial com­ Icbor circles. Here are a few of the many Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The con­ stitution seems-to me to be an extremely democratic one and I am impressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratificqtion by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The re­ quirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of maintaining democ­ racy ..." Representative Robert H. MoMohan, West Va.: "I am particularly impressed by the pro­ visions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certainly in the best American tradition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irresponsible, unjust punishment." . Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I appreciate your shaiing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons outside the ranks of your own mem­ bership." | I �-: • IS ' •-..-•rj^-'-.:-.w- SEAFARERS Vare 8—Two January 8, 1984 LOG I: • i' EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. The right to vote. 'fw • u^- The right^to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. > The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with'conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. IT-i W 1 VA- fraction of the membership, that the absent members, PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea« from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH who are present may act for and in the interest of all, AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North we have adopted this constitution. America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, based upon STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS the following principles: In order to form a more perfect union, we members Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ in the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ men to receive their employment through their own fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: Government. In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall That it is the right of each member to receive fair and Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. duties and obligations as members of the community, Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to of communism and any other enemies of freedom and rest. the democratic principles to which we seafaring men Next, is the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ dedicate ourselves in this Union. ful manner by those in command. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional alike, irrespective "of nationality or creed. voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations are conscious of corresponding duUes to those in com­ to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ and other legislation and policies which look to the at­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the tainment -of a free and happy society, without distinction duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ based oi^race, creed or color. ance t9 our employers in caring for their gear and To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind property. that most of our members are migratory, that their duties Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: .carry them all over the world, that their rights must and To use our influence individually and collectively for the shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ members of the Union to be inalienable: ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the i United States, so as to render it more equitable and to No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of of a.Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. the Union. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments II of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote. maintain the knov'ledge of and interest in maritime No one shall deprive him of that right. affairs. III To assist seamfen of other countries in the work of Every member shall have the right to nominate himself organization and federation, to the end of establishing for, and to hold, office In this Union. the Brotherhood of the Sea. IV To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ possible in the attainment of their just demands. out due process of the law of this Union. No member To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable trial of any proceeding In which he may be charged with and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ and Job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise rights of every member In accordance with the principles mebt-lo-'acf,'that meetings GSQ be attended by only a set forth in the Constitution of the Union. Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial com­ mittee of his brother Uniqn members. VI No member shall be dfenied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of .the Union. VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Internatiotfal Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perfprm. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION ' This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of Labor. Ajl other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE HI ^ MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted'to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2, Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles^and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the following oath of obligation: OBLIGATION *1 pledge my honor aa a i^'ah.' ti^V l will be fgiblul to �lannary 8, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Three this Union, and that 1 wlU work for its Interest and will Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed - (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his look upon every member as my brother; that 1 will not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. powers, for -the enforcement of this Constitution, the work for less than Union wages and that 1 will obey all ARTICLE VII policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly orders of the Union. 1 promise that I wUl never reveal SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION adopted by d majority vote of -he membership. Within the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons Section 1. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ not entitled to know it And if I break this promise, 1 Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be govemedt in tion, and prestige of the Union. ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" (a) The Constitution other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as (b) Majority vote of the membership Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears in dues, or more than three months in arrears in as­ (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretary- not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate pended, and shall forfeit all benefits and ail other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties dismissed if. they are more than two quarters in arrears urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ in dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the tions set forth in this Constitution. (j) Immediately after assuming office, the Secretarymonth of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaryparticularly in Article X, Section 1-D. This time^ shall not run: Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ (a) While's member Is actually participating in a strike Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall capacity. This designation may be changed from time to or lockout. (b> While a member Is an In-patient In a USPHS bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions Offices are located. Hospital. of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, vacancy in the office of SecretaH'-Treasurer, as set forth tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent United States, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance nvith custom and usage. or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by at the time of entry into the Armed f"orces, and further This definition may be modified by a majority vote of provided he applies for -reinstatement within UO days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ temporary appointment except in those cases where the partment to another except by express approval as evi­ filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this after dischai ge from the Armed Forces. Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a (e) While a member has no opportunity to* pay dues denced by a majority vote of the membership. regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of ARTICLE VIII because of employment aboard an American flag mer­ a replacement, or postponement cf a vote to a later date, ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS. PORT chant vessel. by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN Section 4. A majority yote of the membership shall be Section 1, The officers of the Union shall be elected, postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in tliis Constitution. These remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and shall be the right of any member- to present, in writing, officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and pne or more. ali measures, and employ such means, which he deems to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, necessary.or advisable, to protect the interests, and further gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ public affairs. OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to decide such questions. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership-shall be empowered to es­ (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ which dues and assessments may be remitted where a tion: ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with (A) Meeting Chairman member has been imabie to pay dues and assessments for Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ (B) Delegate.*! the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of (a) Auditing Committee mon welfare of the membership, ali members of the Union the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be (b) Trial Ct^mmittee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be determined as follows: (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and ail That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, (d) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as in the last regular election shall be the first in line of the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ succession. The ne:{t in the line of succession shall be that A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of tution. organizations are dual or hostile. succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who ARTICLE X Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation received the next highest number of votes. DUTIES OF OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND OTHER with the Union shall at all times remain the property of The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ELECTED JOB HOLDERS the Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ to be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer dence of membership in order to be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. meetings. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Section 9, Only members in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent,, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of the letter's duties lowed to vote. as the latter may direct. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ARTICLE IV (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, 4 REINSTATEMENT bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote port or otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in that body. in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of Section 3. Port Agents to time, by a majority vote of the membership. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ARTICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ administration of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ DUES AND INITIATION FEE tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ penditure of all Union funds. Port ,.r otherwise. He shall responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ ter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ mitted into membership wUhout having paid an Initiation tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ by the Secretai-y-Treasurer. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance bership, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports and expenses, and complying with all other accoimting ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. RETIREMENT ^ROM MEMBERSHIP (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ Section 1. Members may retire from membership by New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not structions, shall open each Port meeting asrd shall deter­ be closed except by Constitutional amendment. paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing contained herein retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow­ ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman quest, and dated as of the day that such member accom­ subject to approval by a majovity vote of the membership. of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities majority vote of the- members present at the said Port plishes these payments and request. Meeting. of all Ports. Section 2. Ali the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ Agents' Conference. ship. the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event riod of retirement, except that a retired member shall (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, ment to act as such during the period of Incapacity. dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of At the first regular meeting in August of every election regardless of the departmental designation under which his right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ the Patrolman was elected. <h) The Port Agent shall designate which members at months or more shall be restored- to membership, ex­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all r.ssessments accruing. and newly Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The foregoing is in addition to those other duties levied during the period of retirement. If the period of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. prescribed elsewhere in tliis Constitution. This recommendation may also specify, whether any retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ Section 4. Port Patrolmen ' ments shall consist of ali dues accruing during the said Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are period of retirement, including those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shuU quarter, and ail assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meeting Chairmen during that period. Upon such payment^ the person in of the membership. (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located in (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, Including retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port the Port In which Headquarters is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under Section 4, A 'member in retirement may be restored to Agent of that Port (f) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chairman of the rules of order provided for, from time to time, by a membership after a two-year period of retirement only Agents' Conference and may cast one yote. majority vote qf the membership andL if npn«„ j isaisia I ^' m n �Page S—Four • S; K:- f ,:, Mr W W.:- such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. <b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the event of a tie. • (c» The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. Section 6. Delegates (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America, <bi Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shail then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. (b) Trial Committee The Trial Committee shall co-duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution, it shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly "thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shail r.eport on their findings, and make rec­ ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. 3 All Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the seiection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. id) Appeals Committee . 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop*;d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said heaj'ing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. le) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a reguiar or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for Itsell provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained, in such event, the Fort Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Fort Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Fort Negotiating and .Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the same manner above set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Fort thereof, in any man­ ner. without the approvai of the membership of the Union as evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship ~ 5 A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of entry into a strike, provided prior authority, as evidenced by a majority . vote of the membership, is SEAFARERS LOG granted therefor. In all other cases; a majority vote of the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind­ ing on all members and other persons affiiated with this Union. However, a majority, vote of the membership may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or all of a strike plan. ARTICLE XI WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS. UNION EMPLOYEES. AlW OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall be held for a term of two years: Secretary-Treasurer Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Fort Agent Patrolman Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the f^nion, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shal' be determined from time to time by a majority vote of the membership. Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, all other classifications of employees ox the Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ sary in the best interests of the Union. Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a majority vote of the membership shall be followed. ARTICLE XII QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS, PATROLMEN. AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman, provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of. the Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his nomination, and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of. other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord*ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to hr ld such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity with regard to such office or joT. ARTICLE XUI ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS AND PATROLMEN Section 1. Nominations Any member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the^ Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ lowing: (a) The name of the candidate (b) His home address and mailing address (c) His book number (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman (e) Proof of citizenship (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election year. • Section 2. Credentials Conunittet. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, at the Fort where Headquarters is located. It shall consist of s:x members in attendance at the meeting, with two members from each of the Deck, Eiigit.e and Stewards De­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at Headquarters Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately January 8, 1954 go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find­ ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Bulletin Board in each port. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal In any event, without prejudice* to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before It and still reach the Forts in time for the first regular meeting after its' election. (d) A majority vote of the membership sh'all, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any dis­ qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event, the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. le) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Fort Fatrolman, has met all the require­ ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or Forts. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Fort on that coast, then west­ erly along the Gulf, of Mexico and so on, until the list of Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot chall be so-prepared as to have thq number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Fort. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall Inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shaU immediately execute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ ancies shall be corrected a.«! soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall \ at all times be available to any member asking for in­ spection of the same at Headquarters. ' ®®^oting -ihall take place in person, at Port Offices, and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Fort Agent or Fatrolman. (d) Wo inember may vote, without displaying his Union Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to the member who shall thereupon sign his name on* a separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot jiumher is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster and the member shall proceed to the voting site. <e> Eaclj Pert Agent shall be. responsible forvthe estab- �January 8, 1984 lishment of a booth or other voting site where each memher may vole in privacy. (f) Upon compietion of voting the member shaii fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shaii then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shaii be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shaii commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (at Each Port shaii elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each votfhg day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each Port. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. <b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an Investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as Indicated In Article I. (c» The Polls Committee shall also insure mac the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been Illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. le) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with his book number next to his signature. The Committee shall also place the date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed In tbe envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced In the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded Until turned over to the Polls Committee the following morning. In addition, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of the roster, the untised ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, tlvp ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shaii keep the rosters, unused ballots ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key untii duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall Insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes- while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarters. (t> Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. Section 5. Ballot Collection. Tallying Prccedare, Protests, and Special Votes. SEAT A RERS LOG (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after the close of voting at each Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each of the three departments of the Union. In the presence of any member desiring to ittend, provided he observes decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count the number of ballots therein contained, and count the number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place all ballots therein In a sealed envelope, together with a certification signed by all members of the Com­ mittee that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and that all of those ballots are enclosed In the envelope, and shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack­ age, but bound separately, the Committee shall forward to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with a cer­ tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certificat'on, signed by all mem­ bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. Wherever forwarding is not don® in person, forwarding shaii be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the Head(iuarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot' be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ tions. (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ ancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign^ the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vot^If it finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, oh the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and , the designation as to the voting site of the Port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vole is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and.must be received by the Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent to its election and shall complete its proceedings within two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies' to comply with the following require­ ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any. referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, arid the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ on, if any, which action, however, shall not be beyond ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall apply to all members appealing from denials of their pro­ tests by the Headquarters Tallying Committee, which ap­ Page S—Five peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, lu which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and his book number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protestmg mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal pMor to the holding of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc­ curred. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5-C of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals with tbe terms of such special vote. Port Agents shall officially notify Headquarters, imme­ diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the foregoing. Headquarters is charged with adequately and timely informing affected members of the decisions reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ senting report has been issued by one or more members of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ urer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn special votes. Immediately after the close of such special voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in the same package, but bound separately. An account­ ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ didates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he does not assume office within 90 days, the line of succes­ sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shaii be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, and Patrolman shall take the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic and Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union and the welfare of the membership." ARTICLE Xn' OTHER ELECTIONS Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday of each week, at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the financial report for that week. These reports shall be submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for membership action. The Committee shall consist of three members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar quarter for which the Committee is to make the required audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to decide at which of these meetings the election shall take place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or em-' .i 1 "•i' 1^ I .•r ... 'e\ ^;• . i' I m ••M.1 p m i; �• •rr;;:'. • / ' m • {•- "t'u f;\: fl' I: •ii'-' i?K,'' W-"' Page S—Six SEAFARERS LOG January 8, 1934 Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee, The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem­ accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantUI evidence to support a bers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve may nominate Mmself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Coramittee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any member to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members-, of which threj such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section '15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the_ evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dis­ . number of witnesses produced. sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and.^or other Union action deemed desirable in Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ Port where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom­ vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendations shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the Accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shail forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Fort Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. In Section 17. .Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwi'-®, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness: shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shail containli fair summary bers of the Union. of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry cut the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19, Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a ''ostponement, the Trial date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may hold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of -America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow- • generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem- ' These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Fort in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter ineeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the membership during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rales shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force: (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b) Acting as an informer against the Interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shail be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any qrganlzational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify tIfS" recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; Id) Order a new trial after finding that substantial jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been uone with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where HeadSection 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quart^j^s located and, upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TRIALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member f9r the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse'' and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accus'er shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishme.nt may appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc.. for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He»shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Fori Agent, the Fort Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions: jhpse charges to. be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Fort, no further action may be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or election material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are(e)false; accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice' that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he reports communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postppned so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ thereof,or or altering reports or Communica­ until the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be tions which unauthorizedly fall within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Fort Agent shall im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration dressed to his last known mailing address on file with of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad- erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execu­ tion of the duties of any office or job; the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book and may request the accused or accusers to (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must journmefats present arguments, whenever necessa^ for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning sideration. (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Fort, the Trial shall take place in the Fort where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice'thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike. Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: (al No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the reque.st of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witnesses. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts ot law but may receive all' relevant mended. (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the ac­ (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official beneatjr a qi^tprum. it shall adjourn until a .quorum does cused was not adequately informed of the details of the Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute cbari|e(i|| qi^ense. which resulted in bis npt,having been by conduct not provided for elsewhere (p this. Article: J,; 'U exist. .St J .. �Jannary 8, 1954 (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any'time. Section 4. Upon proof of- the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a fine of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; (hi Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ tives at pay-off; . (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; ; <g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by^o more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the.,duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials and job holders. ARTICLE XVn PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVm BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XIX EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expenses to be incurred shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles X and XI. ARTICLE XX INCOME Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2.' No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. «b) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied successively to the mone­ tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accnial of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other, than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligatioris incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but are not limited to: (a) the applica­ bility or-non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation (equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a fnember. ARTICLE XXU FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section I. The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine administrative task. Ship­ ping rules' governing the details of the assignments of SEAFARERS LOG jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not. ARTICLE XXin QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a Port shall be six members. Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port •shall be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the quoaym for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func­ tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the following night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of ihe pertinent port shall postijone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents* Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The time and place of each such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership £hail determine when such emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the member­ ship shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority vote of the membership provided such recommendation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitu­ tion. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or condition preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence from the United States; or suspension from office or membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, and shall include- failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in ac­ cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as h whole, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" shall refer to a meeting or mretings during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with: (a) The Constitution (b> Union policy, and (ci Custom and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Section 5. The term, "membership action" rhall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." Seotioh 8. Where the title of any office or job, or the Page S—Seven holder thereof, is set forth in. this Constitution, all refer­ ences thereto and the provisiohs concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. ^ Section 8. The terms, "this Consfttution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939. as amended up through August 1951. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVII AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by' a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head-! quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department, and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes . or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too . lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIII TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in ' accordance with the provisions hereof. Sectioif 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be' permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article .XHI, only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shaJ take effect the first election year. • --A -hi l'!j •n I < T/ii I;| 1^1 �• »w : 41; •.-'.S-'-T'^i i' ( i ' .;v- • . .,•• ; -:. T,.- ^ SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC VOL. XVI No. 1 AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • CONSTITUTION SUMMARY of w • -M ARTICLE.XlV-Ofher Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: ^.t/s'the election ^of meeting chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A r\'ri^-i r 11 A fM« A* Provides for affiliation of the AtARTICLc 11—AllllianOn; lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers International Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE Xy-Trlals and Appeals: SlhVo/"™' member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires'that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to'representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership foF acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—^Provides procedure for appeals. A nTi/-i r III AA -L:^ Sets forth that new members ARTICLE Jll AACmbCrShlp: may be admitted under rules set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: ARTICLE IV-Reinstatement: SgrtofeSeftoCn! fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. Statement of dismissed members. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: existing dues schedule. Initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE XVII-Publications: lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. A OTITIC V\/ili Provides for bonding of officers AKIILLC AVIII DOnOS: and employes ol-the Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. ARTICLE VII—System of Organization: ihe'depan- ARTICLE XIX—Expenditures: ship shall determine poli­ cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. rnents of the Union and provides for administrative authorit5^ Defines the Union's sources of in­ come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any ' payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. ARTICLE Vlll-officers: ARTICLE XX—Income: tive ^cers: the Secretary-Treas­ urer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. ARTICLE IX-Other Elective Jobs:r„7cha?rmen'^ gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the membership. f. [§•• \m- it. w ARTICLE X-Duties of Elective Officers: duS^'Sr ADTir'l C VYI D^rmife Retains the existing requirement AKI I^LC AAI rermilS: that rules for issuance of permits must be determined by the members. . the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file we^ly financial reportsEstablishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules:^ Guarantees^ as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. A DTin n VVill Provides that the quorum for AKI IL.Lt AAIII L^UOrumS: a special meeting of any port shall be six members and the quorum fot a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the mem­ bership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: ARTICLE XXV-Agenf's Conference: Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. K*;,- I W'~ I:; ItT' i fr ' '-' Ut .^t' • f: . !i;' ••" •iP"-' K'lL^r X" A DTir*l C Yin Describes procedure for nominaMK I IV«LC Alii CiecriOnS: tlon to office—Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates' eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office —Retains the Union's existing balloting procedure—Describes bal­ loting procedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member Polls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to conduct elections and tabulate.results-rSets forth the manner for installation of officers. ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions: of the Constitution. •:{ ARTICLE XXVII-Amendmenfs: stitution by the membership. ARTICLE XXVIII-Transition Clause:f„',S,|'ai.1,?&JS practices and procedures to regulation by proposed Constitution. •li- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 8, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: KOREA ORPHANS TREATED SIU-STYLE ABOARD SHIP AFL-ILA ASKS LABOR BD. TO VOID NY DOCK ELECTION INDICT 5 SHIP CO'S ON CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY AUTO BATTERY DEAL HALTED BY US COURT FATE OF USPHS HOSPITALS, OTHER MARITIME PROBLEMS FACING CONGRESS ACTION ATLANTIC TANKERS COLLIDE; TWO SIU MEN AMONG DEAD SUP MEMBERSHIP THANKS SIU FOR AIDING IN ALEUTIAN BEEF MARITIME UNIONS TO MEET JAN. 18 HOT CONGRESS FIGHT SEEN ON LABOR LAW CHANGES ROBIN MOOR VICTIMS SEEK US AID FIVE OF MARINER SHIPS HEADED FOR BONEYARD SEATRAIN PASSES 25TH YEAR PORTS DISPENSE HOLIDAY CHEER SEAMEN'S LAUNDRY SERVICE SET UP BY INDIAN UNION AWAIT WAYWARD BUS AT SIU HEADQUARTERS ISSUE REPORT ON WETBACKS ALBION TARGET OF EGYPTIAN SHELLS THE COMING CONGRESS THE ALBION INCIDENT CONSTITUTION REPRINT SEATRAIN'S BIRTHDAY AFL-ILA COMES INTO PLAY HOLIDAY CHEER FOR NEW ORLEANS SEAFARERS AT SIU XMAS PARTY STONY CREEK CREW BURIAL SERVICE HELD DESPITE OFFICERS' TACTICS SEAFARER SHIPMATES LEAP TO THE RESCUE OF PAIR OF DROWNING MEN MODERN-DAY PIRATES WORK IN TRINIDAD, SAYS CREW D-2 ALIENS GET $$ BACK WELFARE SERVICES ROUNDS OUT BUSY YEAR OF AID TO MEMBERS FRENCH CREEK CREW SHOULD SEE LAWYER SIU CONSTITUTION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/08/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/895ea0707c7e0dddf993accdb2f812d2.PDF 5984fc4ac95126e984fd2151f35f5439 PDF Text Text SEAFARERSMOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO F f F EW peopU know what 14b means. But those workers who make their livings in states where "right-to-work" laws are in exist­ ence know very well the dire ef­ fects of 14b on their security and well-being. 14b is the number given to a section in the Taft-Hartley law which gives states the right to enact so-called "right-to-work" laws. There are 20 states which have enacted such legislation. Significantly, it is in these states that wages and working condi­ tions, educational opportunities and other social benefits lag. State "right-to-work" laws are part of the ever-present rightwing, Big Business, union-busting attack, and they prevent workers from enjoying the benefits of free collective bargaining. The AFL-CIO and all of its member unions, including the SlU, have cited the repeal of 14b as a major legislative goal at this session of Congress. All of the labor movement's forces will be mustered to win repeal of 14b so that the benefits of free collective bargaining will be protected in the interests of all working men and women in the U.S. e H s y a t. ,8 r s r i �SEAFARERS Fsigt Tw« JaniuuT 8, 1985 LOG II 179 SlU Oldfimers Joined Pension Ranks During'64 The Seafarers Pension and Welfare Plan approved $150 monthly pensions to 179 mem­ The Seafarers International Union of North America resrards the bers of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District during 1964. promotion and preservation of a strong American maritime industry, Since the Pension Plan was • Dean, sailing in the deck depart­ adequate to both the commercial and security needs of the nation, was the Alcoa Commander begun on Oct, 1, 1961, a total ship ment since he joined the Union in as essential. (Alcoa). of 644 members were placed Emerson first joined the SIU Mobile, is a native of Alabama, The American maritime industry cannot be strong unless certain on the pension rolls, and are today enjoying their retirement with dignity and security. The total does not include those members who passed away while on the pension list. Members of the Atlantic, Gulf and Inland Wa­ ters District led the 1964 pension list with a total of 102 Seafarers being added to the monthly pen­ sion list. Mem­ bers of the Phillips Inland Boatmen's Union followed with 35 retired members on the pension rolls. The SIU Railway Marine Region listed 29 members who are receiving pensions, and the SIU Great Lakes District had 13 members receiving pensions. Included in the total are the five newest pensions to be awarded to long-time members of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf Districts. The new pensioners, who may now re­ tire in dignity to reap the rewards Emerson Dean of their years of labor are Samuel Phillips, 65; Stephen Emerson, 63; George S. Dean, 65; Percy Lee Foster, 70; and George W. Champlin. 67. Phillips joined the Union early in its history in the port of New York, sailing in the steward de­ partment. A native of the British West Indies, he now makes his home in New York City. His last in the port of Baltimore, sailing Still making his home in the state of his birth, he has now retired Jn comfort and dignity. He last sailed as deck maintenance aboard the Clairborne (Waterman). Foster joined the Union in the port of New York and sailed as a chief steward. He recently retired to his home in New York City as­ sured of a steady income from the Union pension plan. He last sailed aboard the Los Angeles (Sea-Land). Foster Champiin He is a native of South Carolina. ChampUn is a native of Chicago in the deck department as AB. His last ship was the Producer (Marine who joined the Union in Galveston, Carriers). A native of New Hamp­ Texas. Sailing throughout his years shire, he now makes his home in with the SIU as AB and Bosun, he Flippin, Arkansas, where he may recently retired to his present now relax from his labors and en­ home in New Orleans, La. He last joys the monthly pension benefit sailed aboard the Fairport, (Water­ man). from the Union. Supported By N.Y. Port Council Welfare Workers Strike Over Wages, Conditions NEW YORK—More than 8,000 Welfare Department workers took to the picket lines here last week in their fight for better wages and a reduction in staggering work loads. The strike came after weeks of fruitless negotiation with the city. The strike, conducted By members of the Social Service Employees Union and Local 371 of the State, County and Municipal Employees Union, has the full backing of the city's Maritime Port Council, which includes the SIU and other unions. SIU and other MPC members joined with the social workers on picket lines in front of Welfare Department offices. The city's immediate response to the strike was to invoke the vicious Condon-Wadlin Act, a state law that imposes immediate dismissal on striking public employees. Organized labor in N.Y. State has been in the forefront of the fight to repeal the act. Welfare investigators now receive a starting salary tlfat is lower than that of many unskilled workers. Each investigator handles at least 60 cases. The strikers are asking for higher salaries and a reduction of the caseload to 50 per investigator. The city has offered a flat $300 increase a year and a contribution to a welfare fund, but they have refused to negotiate on working conditions. SIU President Paul Hall, speaking at a mass meeting held by the Welfare Unions this week, said that "laboT leaders at this moment tire in consultation with city and other officials to try and break the impasse and get Imth sides back at the bargaining table." conditions exist. To meet our nation's needs the American merchant fleet must be registered under the American flag and manned by American citizens. And there must also be a. healthy and vital American shipbuilding capacity, sufficient to provide the physical facilities and skilled manpower reservoir necessary to meet any contingency in peace or war. Certainly, the American maritime industry, which contributes significantly to the economic well-being of this nation, as well as to its security, would be mortally weakened if either of these essential components are lacking. Unfortunately, the American shipbuilding industry has been allowed to deteriorate drastically in the years since World War II. In the Port of New York, for instance, there are now less than a dozen active private yards, none of which is engaged in large vessel con­ struction. As a result, an industry which provided employment for 10,000 men during the early 1950s now employs only some 3,000. Nearly 10,000 other shipyard workers face unemployment as a result of the decision to close the Brooklyn Navy Yard. "Many men have gone into other work, and there is actually a shortage of skilled manpower for drydocks, shops and specialized facilities," the New York Times reported recently. Meanwhile, other countries are busily concerned, either with further promoting already-flourishing shipbuilding industries or with reviving dormant ones. In the East, Japan has a program of state aid which has enabled that country to corner the lion's share of the shipbuilding market, with the result that Japanese yards are at present building 40 percent of the world's tonnage. In Western Europe, France and Italy have been paying direct sub­ sidies to their shipbuilders, while Germany has been providing aid in the form of credits at reduced interest rates. Now, according to recent reports in the papers, the member nations of the European Economic Community—the Common Market—are making a unified effort to promote their shipbuilding industries through a single system of financial subsidies that would apply to all member countries—Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg, as well as Germany, Italy and France. In our own country, in the meantime, the Maritime Administration is reported by reliable trade publications and other periodicals to be considering a plan which would permit both subsidized and unsubsidized lines to build vessels abroad for operation under American registry. The security value of an efficient American shipbuilding industry, which can be quickly expanded, if necessary, was conclusively demon­ strated during both World Wars. In peacetime, too, the American shipbuilding industry has more than justified its continued existence tihrougih its significant contributions to our economy, through its employment opportunities, through its purchase of goods and services, through its payment of taxes, and through its contribution to the alleviation of our pressing balance of payments problem. Any attempt to farther weaken or destroy our American shipbuilding capability would be not only shortsighted and economically unsound, but eventually a self-defeating and suicidal effort. For this reason the U.S. should be making every effort to see to it that America is restored kightful place as a major shipbuilding power. red to her ti SIUM Oil Workers Urge 'Don't Buy' Chevron Gas Seafarers and other, union merhbers affiliated with the New York Maritime Port Couhcil hit the bricks this week in support of striking Welfare Department workers employed by New York City. Two unions representing the welfare workers, Local 37! of the State, County and Municipal Employees and the Social Service Employees Union, voted to walk out after negotiations failed for, higher, pay and improved worhin conditions. . . 1% ^ SAN FRANCISCO—The SIUNAaffiliated International Union of Petroleum Workers, and the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers have launched a "Don't Buy Chevron" campaign against Standard Oil of California products. The cam­ paign has spread to all of Califor­ nia and to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and other western states. . The unions are urging trade union families and others to re­ turn their gasoline credit cards and to stop buying Standard of California products to protest the company's refusal to grant em­ ployees the 4.5 percent benefit package won by the unions from major firms in the 1964 round of contract negotiatons. -J i w;, . V?': Instead, the company offered a 3.5 percent increase and when the unions refused to undercut the in­ dustry settlement, put it into effect unilaterally for all workers not covered by SIU-IUP or OCAW contracts. In addition, the company put into effect a "formal operators' training program" for employees represented by OCAW Local 1-561 at its refinery in Richmond, Cali­ fornia. As union contracts expired, the company stopped union dues check-offs and refused to arbitrate unsettled grievances. Both unions have filed "bad faith bargaining" charges against the .company with the National Labor Relations Board. I i '{ € r �t. Jannaiy S, 196S SEAFARERS LOG • r .-f Pare Three PRESIDENT JOHNSON TELLS CONGRESS: Court Backs MEBA In Union Vote Case WASHINGTON—^The U.S. Supreme Court, in a precedentsetting decision, has upheld the position of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, AFL-CIO, with a ruling that union elections cannot be * enjoined or blocked by in­ fered no discrimination or denial dividuals seeking to challenge of equal rights under the union's union constitutional provisions setting forth qualifications for office. In an 8 to 1 decision, the na­ tion's highest court upheld District No. 1 of the MEBA and dismissed a suit by 3 members who sought to enjoin the count of ballots in the union's December 1963 elec­ tions. Position Joined The AFL-CIO and the Solici­ tor General's office (acting on behalf of the U.S. Govern­ ment) Joined the case In sup­ port of the MEBA position. The Court held that the three members of the vMBBA had suf- 7 rules covering eligibility for office and nominations. In their suit, the three men sought to attack two provisions of the union's election requirements: (1) the long-standing requirement that a member must nominate him­ self rather than be nominated by others; (2) a requirement that a candidate for office must have 180 days of employment on union-con­ tracted ships in each of 2 of the 3 years preceding the election. Lacked Qualifications None of the three men who sought to block the election count had been employed under their (Continued on page 17) 'Action Needed On 14b, Medicare and Poverty' WASHINGTON—Several labor - backed proposals were high on the list of national priorities called for by President Johnson in his State of the Union ad­ dress to the Congress this week. These priorities included the revocation of section 14 (b) of the Taft-Hartley f aspects of our export-import gress touched on almost all of the Act, a stepped up assault all commerce. nation's outstanding domestic prob­ in the War on Poverty, Section 14 (b), the War on Pov­ lems, with the President indicating passage of the Medicare Bill and other important social measures. The President also said that we must have a "new policy" for the merchant marine, al­ though he did not specify what this "new policy-' would entail. The AFL-CIO Executive Counpil, meeting here on November 24 had called for expanded use "of Amer­ ican-flag ships in transporting materials used In aid projects" and Stronger Maritime Program Needed, Hall Tells TV Panel BALTIMORE—SIU President Paul Hall urged the U.S. Government to develop a "sen­ sible, logical program" for a strong, adequate U.S. merchant marine during a panel discussion of U.S. maritime televised-over station WMAR-TV here. Hall also blasted the De--*— partment of Agriculture's large share of U.S. foreign trade erence law has meant that U.S.failure to make sure that U.S.- moves as bulk cargo that is car­ flag ships are not getting the mini­ fiag shipping is given its share of Government cargoes as required by the 50-50 law. The examlnafion of the prob­ lems facing U.S. maritime came on a panel program entitled "The Port That Built A City and State." Other panelists taking part in the discussion were Maritime Admin­ istrator Nicholas Johnson, Repre­ sentative Edward A. Garmatz (D.Md.), ranking member of the House Merchant Marine Commit­ tee and Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. Program moderator was Helen Delich Bentley, marine editor of the Baltimore SUn. In making his call for a strong American merchant fleet. Hall urged the construction of more tankers and bulk carriers. He pointed out that the U.S.-flag fleet has lost most of its tonnage in these categories, and few vessels have been built as replacements. He emphasized the importance of new tankers and bulk carriers for the American fleet since such a ried on foreign-flag vessels. The SIU president declared that today's shipping situation is com­ pletely opposite to that which ex­ isted in 1936 when Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act. In those days most of the country's cargoes moved on liners, and, consequent­ ly, these have remained as the only type of ship that is subsidized today. In attacking the Department of Agriculture Hall charged that its failure to/bide by the Cargo Pref­ mum of 50 percent of all Govern­ ment cargoes which the law guar­ antees. During the course of the discus­ sion, Maritime Administrator John­ son agreed that "there is a need for more adequate capacity in our merchant marine to carry all car­ goes." He said that when the Gov­ ernment talks about a more ade­ quate merchant marine, it is think­ ing in the area of tankers and bulk carriers, in addition to other areas, (Continued on page 16) erty and medical care for the aged were some of the key Issues on the agenda when AFL-CIO presi­ dent George Meany and a group of labor's leaders met with Presi­ dent Johnson and his key aides in a two-hour White House meeting several weeks ago. In his State of the Union mes­ sage, President Johnson said he would "propose to Congress changes in the Taft-Hartley Act including section 14-B." That sec­ tion allows states to enact so-called right-to-work laws, which prevent workers from making union-shop agreements. Section 14b Cited The AFL-CIO and all of its member unions, including the SIU, have cited the repeal of 14b as a major legislative goal of this Con­ gress. 14b is the designation given to a section in the Taft-Hartley law which enables states to draft so-called "right-to-work" laws. There are at present 20 states which have enacted such legisla­ tion. President Johnson said he would also call on Congress to extend minimum wage protection to the two million workers still not cov­ ered by it and to modernize the unemployment compensation sys­ tem. Noting that the "laboring man is an indispensable force in the American system," he said the nation "must make further efforts to provide our workers with the modern technology." The President's message to Con­ that he would be sending a steady stream of proposals to Congress for the solution of those problems. The task before the country, as the President saw it, was a three­ fold one; "To keep our economy growing. To open for all Americans the opportunities now enjoyed by most Americans. To improve the quality of life for all." Plans Education Aid To accomplish that task, the President laid a heavy emphasis on the needs for improvement in edu­ cation. He said he would ask Con­ gress to appropriate an additional $1.5 billion for schools and stu­ dents. The amount v/ould help education on every level from the kindergarten to the university. To improve the health of Ameri­ can senior citizens, the President called for passage of the Medicare Bill. Congress is expected to ap­ prove the measure, backed by So­ cial Security, early in this session. To aid those American families who are "trapped in poverty, idle­ ness and fear," the President said he would double the efforts of the war on poverty and work to elimi­ nate the festering slums which dot too many American cities. The President also asked for measures to encourage and extend the nation's foreign trade. "Finding new markets abroad for our goods depends on the initiative of Ameri­ can business," he said, adding that the "government stands ready with credits and other help to assist the flow of trade." SiU Ballot Count Gets Underway NEW YORK—The membershipelected rank-and-file Union Tally­ ing Committee has begun the tally of ballots cast in the SIU Atlantic, GuJ^, Lakes and Inland Waters District election for Union officers which was conducted from Novem­ ber 2 to December 31. Members of the 14-man Tallying Committee were elected at mem­ bership meetings called on Decem­ ber 28 in all constitutional ports. Two committee members were Jan. S, 1965 Vol. XXVI, No. 27 elected in each of the seven ports. Official Publication of the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes b Inland Waters Committee members and the District, AFL-CIO ports in which they were elected Executive Board are: D.L. Parker, James Naylor, PAOI, HALL, President Mobile; Rudy Leader, Al Perini, CAL TANNER EARL SIIEPARD New York; A. Stevens, Tom GarExec. Vice-Pres, Vice-President AL KERR LINDSBY WILLIAMS rity. New Orleans; George LitghSec.-Treas. Vice-President fleld, Walter Walsh, Baltimore; ROB. A. MATTHEW AL TANNER James Doris, Charles Moss, Phila­ Vice-President Vice-President delphia; M. B. Garza, Ed Morris, HERBERT BRAND Director ot Organizing and Detroit; Burnell Butts, Douglas Publications Managing Editor: MIKS POLLACK; Asst. Claussen, Houston. Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: Upon completion of the tally, ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE the Committee will submit a report CARMEN. to be acted upon at the February regular membership meetings which will be designated as the "Election Report Meetings" as pro­ vided in the Union Constitution. PubllshRd blwtakly at tha haadquartars of tha Saafarara Intarnatlonal Union, At­ Winning candidates In the elec­ lantic, Cult, Lakaa and Inland Watari District, AFL-CIO, <7S Fourth Avanua, tion will take over their duties and Brooklyn, NY, liasj. Tol. HYiclnth 9-MOO. functions as of midnight, Feb. 18. Sacend class postaga paid at tha Post Ottica In Brooklyn, NY, undar tha Act A total of 64 qualified candidates of Aug. 14, 1*11. lie ran on tha ballot for the 45 elec­ tive Union posts. SEAFARERS LOG With the conclusion of balloting in the election of SIU officers, members of tallying committee have started to count the thousands of votes cast by Seafarers in ports all over the U.S. Membership on the r4-man tallying committee is composed of two repre­ sentatives each elected from the ports of Houston, Philadelphia, New York, Beltimorf, Mobile, Detroit and New Orleans. �Pace Four L SEAFARERS Junaty 8. 1868 LOG Labor Dept. Hikes Wages For U.S. Farm Workers By Earf (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President. ArianHc WASHINGTON—Farm owners Were told they must offer higher wages and better conditions to U.S. farm workers before the Labor Department will permit them to import N.Y. Welfare Workers On Strike alien workers for seasonal jobs. The Maritime Port Councils In the main port cities of the U.S., of The department set mini--*which the SIU is a member, tries in their work to Improve the workmum standards which must At Labor Department hearings New Jersey, New York, Oregon, in,; conditions and standards of port workers and also devote part of be met before growers can in three states and Washington, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wis­ their energies to supporting other workers in their respective com­ bring in field labor from Mexico D. C., employer groups urged lib­ consin. or other countries. Domestic work­ ers must first be offered minimum wages of $1.15 to $1.40 an hoar, depending on the state, and writ­ ten contract guarantees of housing, transportation and duration of employment. The announcement cited "ac­ cumulating evidence" that there would be no shortage of U.S. .farm workers if employers provided bet­ ter pay and "decent working con­ ditions." Earlier, Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz announced a "massive recruitment effort" to secure U.S. workers to replace Mexican "braceros" next year, pledging that an "emergency" provision of the Im­ migration Act will not be used to circumvent the ending of the bracero program. Under immigration procedures, the Labor Department must certify that there is a short­ age of domestic workers before aliens can be admitted for tempo­ rary jobs. J eral admission of alien farm work­ ers. Unions and AFL-CIO state central bodies said the flow of for­ eign workers should be cut off, thus forcing growers to offer, wages and conditions adequate to recruit dcHnestic workers. The order set a three-month transitional period—until April 1, 1965—in which growers can im­ port workers if they are unable to find sufficient farm help at current prevailing wages. A prevailing wage schedule, ranging from 90 cents an hour in Texas and New Mexico to $1.25 in California, was posted. After April 1, the minimum wage offered by employers seeking certification of a labor shortage will be as follows: • $1.40 an hour in California, Connecticut, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah. • $1.30 an hour in Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, SlUNA Affiliafes Re-Elect Officers New Bedford Staff Officers Fishermen Pick Select Lanpher 4th Term Skinner Again For Members of the SlU-affiliated NEW BEDFORD—Austin P. Skinner has been re-elected secre­ tary-treasurer of the SlU-affiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union. At the same time. Skinner was ap­ pointed by Massachusetts' Gov­ ernor Peabody to a three-year term as a member of the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Commission. Also elected in the union ballot­ ing for officers was Jacob Ospensen, who will serve a two-year term as port agent in New Bed­ ford, and John Burt, who outpolled two other candidates for the post of union delegate. Skinner is a vice president of the Seafarers International Union, and secretary of the SIUNA Fish­ ermen and Cannery Workers Con­ ference, which meets regularly on the West Coast and represents over 30,000 union members in the fishing industry. Staff Officers Association have re-elected Burt E. Lanpher to an­ other three-year term as secre­ tary-treasurer of the union. Lanpher won the contested elec­ tion by an eight to one margin. Lanpher, as secretary-treasurer of the SOA, holds the union's ex­ ecutive position. John Aitken won a five way contest for the presidency of the SOA, and Wilfred Winter gained the vice-presidency by outpolling three opponents. Assistant secre­ tary-treasurer Paul R. Tonnarelli was unopposed for reelection. Lanpher, who will enter his fourth term of office, has been secretary-treasurer since 1955. The election was conducted over a two-month period by mail ballots under the supervision of the Honest Ballot Association. The Staff Officers Association repre­ sents ship's pursers. Skfnner Lanpher • $1.25 an hour in Arizona, Indi­ ana, Maine, Michigan and Wyo­ ming. • $1.15 an hour in Arkansas, Florida, New Mexico, Virginia and West Virginia. If the prevailing rate for the crop activity in the area is higher than these minirnums, the higher rate i^s^e paid. Russia Seeks Liner Service To New York NEW YORK—Russia, which is building up its merchant fleet by leaps and bounds, is now hop­ ing to put some of its new luxury liners into regular service to the U.S. In an effort to drum up some business for its new pas­ senger ships, Ru^ian merchant marine officials have said they would like to see their new Franko-class liners sail on a reg­ ular schedule between Odessa and New York. The last time a Russian ship appeared in New York harbor on a regular sailing was almost 50 years ago, before the Communists took over the Kremlin. In 1915 the Russian liner Czaritza docked in New York after making her maiden voyage from Archangel. Service To West Now, a half century later, the Russians are dickering with the U.S. State Department to reinaugurate passenger service to the U.S. Soviet officials have al­ ready reached agreement for liner service between Leningrad and Montreal with stops at Euro­ pean ports including Helsinki, Stockholm, Southampton and Le Havre. This service is expected to be­ gin next summer when the Alex­ ander Pushkin, a Franko-class liner, makes its maiden voyage. The vessel, which provides luxury accommodations which equal •those of "decadent" Western na­ tions, is now undergoing sea trials. Liners of the Franko class can carry 750 passengers and 1,000 tons of cargo in two holds. They also provide garage space for up •to 23 small cars. Built with a speed of 20.3 knots, the 557-foot liners carry a crew of 220 Rus­ sian seamen. In addition to the Alexander Pushkin and the new passenger fleet's flagship, the Ivan Franko, the Soviet govern­ ment has ordered four other lin­ ers from East German ship yards. Delicate diplomatic negotiations are only part of the difficulties faced by the Russians in inaug­ urating passenger ship service between the U.S.S.R. and New York. Only a few Soviet ports are free from winter ice, and even coastal traffic is restricted to about 70 to 100 days a year. The only warm water area that the Soviets can depend on is on the Black Sea where Odessa' is lo­ cated. Russian maritime officials plan to put two more atom-pow­ ered ice-breakers in operation in addition to the one now in use to keep more of its ice-bound ports open. munities. In Baltimore, the chief of the Maryland Port Authority told the Port Council in a meeting at the SIU Hall that labor was vital to the welfare of the port and that it should work together with the PA for the welfare of all of Baltimore's citizens. In New York, the Port Council threw the full weight of its support behind the employees of the City Welfare Department who have been forced to take to the picketlines to obtain decent standards. Members of the unions which make up the Port Council joined the Welfare workera on the lines, demonstrating the solidarity of labor when it comes to the securing of just demands. Boston Shipping improved in Boston during the last period and is expected to remain good with some grain cargoes expected to move through ihe port. There were two payoffs, one sign-on and two ships serviced in transit in the last two weeks. In other Boston news, a serious fire heavily damaged the Union Hall. The building suffered serious 4-fire and water, and structural dam­ Alcoa ship, and as soon as possible. age that made the building unsafe. Harold B. Vincent, sailing in the Thankfully, no one was hurt. The blackgang for the last 18 years, Union has moved into temporary says he's learning a lot about the quarters. Union now that he's been elected John Gala, last on the Mount to the Headquarters Financial Washington, has been on the beach Committee. Harold says its not for the past five months and is now only interesting to see how the making all shipping calls. He says Union operates, but also to learn he would like to get a long trip how the Union's finances are pro­ in now so he can spend some time tected. at home with the family come Berry B. Tippins, who sails in summer. the steward dept, had to go into Edward "Ragmop" O'Connell, drydock for a little while. Now who sails as dayman or bosun, that he's ready to go again, he paid off the Ocean Anna to spend says he would like to find another the holidays with his family. Now ship half as good as his last, the he says he's ready to ship again. Madaket. Norfolk Thomas Fay, also happy to be Shipping has been very good in home over the holidays, is ready Norfolk and the future looks to ship, too. equally bright. In the last period Philadelphia there were five payoffs, five signShipping has been good here but ons and five ships in transit. is expected to level off in the next Will Beasley, who had to get period. In the last two weeks there off the Chatham when she laid up, were 10 payoffs, five sign-ons and is very proud of the new beard eight ships serviced in transit. he's sporting. William Kuhi had Carrol Harper, sailing on the to get off the Chatham when he Rebecca since 1947, is now on the injured his arm when it tangled beach watching out for a coastwise with a feed pump. run or a berth on the Long Lines. Willis Harper got off the Steel He says he's been sailing SIU for King to handle some shoreade the last 20 years. business. He says he misses the Mike Foley, outward bound now job very much since it was a good that the holidays are over, says ship. Robert Gregory, who sails he will take the first job—^pref­ as a steward-messman, says every erably a coal run to Holland. Joe ship he signs on lately usually Blake, out of dry dock after more lays up. He's had three layups in than a year's worth of ailing, is a row. But he's still game, and fit and ready to go again. Joe sails looking for another ship. as a chief steward. Puerto Rico The shipping picture remains John Bergina says his present ship, the Globe Traveler, is one good in sunny Puerto Rico with of the best. He also spent the holi­ a total of 23 ships serviced in the days home and is ready to ship last period. On the labor front, the SIU Puerto Rico Division again. reached a settlement with three Baltimore Red Rooster Restaurants after Shipping has been good here and strike acUon had to be taken. The should remain at least fair in the settlement provides for a sizable coming period. The Bethtex and hourly wage increase for the 130 the Bethflor, in layup for the past employees involved. few weeks are both expected to Dick Hunt is back in town after crew up soon. The Chatham a happy stay on the Los Angeles. crewed up this week. During the He says he will be around as long last period there were four pay­ as shoreside folks can stand him. offs, four sign-ons and eight ves­ Luis Cepeda, who is rated as one sels in transit. of the best all-around blackgang On the brighter side, the dele­ men, was sorry to see the old gates are bringing their ships into Seatrain New York lay up after a port with very few beefs outstand­ disastrous fire and explosion. He ing, which means the guys feel says he'll certainly miss the ship. Tommy Mojica is taking it easy they are getting a fair shake on the whole. with some of his old buddies after a long stretch on the Detroit. Chester Allen, who enjoyed the Juan Sanchez, Prime Fernandez holidays at home after paying off and Jose Beliaflores are doing the Yorkmar, is registered to shij) their duty on the polls committee again. He says he would like to while keeping an eye trained on sign on either a Calmar or an the board. �JTanaur 8, 1088 SEAFARERS "Labor Urged To Support '65 Red Cross Campaign WASHINGTON—Joseph D. Keenan, International Secre­ tary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, has urged the U.S. labor movement to give the fullest possible support to the 1965 Red Cross fund raising campaign. their armed forces and carries on Keenan was recently named a system of national and inter­ Vice Chairman for Labor for this year's Red Cross drive. In a letter sent to American trade unions, Keenan points out that organized labor has a strong relationship with the American Red Cross, with union members serving as volunteers at all levels of the agency. "My purpose in writing you," Keenan's letter says, "is to have labor made aware of the impor­ tance of these services to our na­ tional life and to our international relations as well. I am sure that the average person hears most about Red Cross at fund time and has little conception of the great service rendered on a year-round basis ... No part of this service fails to involve the union mem­ ber and his family." Among the services performed by the Red Cross on the national and Intertiational scene are: • Acts as the medium of volun­ tary relief and communication be­ tween the American people and national reljlef to prevent and al­ leviate suffering caused by dis­ asters. • Serves military personnel and their families at military in­ stallations in this country and overseas. Last year the Red Cross helped an average of 80,000 serv­ ice personnel monthly to solve problems through counseling, emergency communications, finan­ cial aid and other emergency as­ sistance. • Provides emergency relief and long4erm recovery aid for the victims of natural disasters. • Maintains, a nation-wide net­ work providing about half the whole blood needs of the nation. • Sponsors nursing programs to help enlarge the community health resources available to American families. • Helps to conserve human life through education and volun­ tary service in first aid, small craft, and water safety. By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President U.S. Tramps, Tankers Need Help Pace Five LOG ICC Gets New Head WASHINGTON—The Inter­ state Commerce Commission is starting the new year with a new chairman, Charles A. Webb, who has. been a mem­ ber of the ICC for six years. I He took over the chair from I A. McGregor Goff on Janu­ ary 1. The U.S. maritime industry, particularly the domestic carriers, are hoping that the leadership switch will bring some change in the ICC's past policy of favoring railroads over ship lines in domestic trade. The ICC has a history of sanctioning selective rail rate cutting designed to drive the domestic shipping indusi try out of business. The chairmanship of the ICC changes hands annually, unlike similar posts in other regulatory agencies, and is filled by the commission itself rather than by the president. UN Aslts Ships For Additional Weather Data GENEVA — Merchant ships on the high seas have been called upon to provide more weather in­ formation by the UN's World Meteorological Organization. An agency of the UN group, the Commission for Maritime Meteor­ ology, has warned at a conference here that a lack of information on upper air weather conditions over the world's oceans has been partly responsible for the shortage of "timely advice for the protection of human life and property at sea.' The group urged that programs ''be created to obtain radio weather soundings from merchant ships at sea. These programs would be especially helpful in the Southern Hemisphere, where there is the greatest shortage of detailed weather information. More than 3,500 merchant ships already voluntarily report some weather data, but many more are needed, the commission said.' A suggestion was also made that automatic weather buoys at sea be established as part of the reporting network. Another asked that mer­ chant ships of the weather fleet operating off Africa, Arabia, India and Pakistan watch out for move­ ment of locust hordes. Such data, first supplied by the ships of seven nations in 1960, gave scientists valuable information of the move­ ment of locust swarms. Tramp ships and independent tankers are the sick sisters of the American-flag fleet. They are absolutely vital to the nation's economic and defense needs, yet they constitute the most deprived and neglected part of our merchant fleet. Denied an effective role in moving our country's foreign commerce, they must rely on government-generated cargoes under the cargo preference laws. But these laws, designed to make sure that U.S.-flag ships move at least 50 percent of such cargoes, are woefully administered. The White House's Maritime Advisory Committee, composed of labor, industry, public and government members, has been given the task of figuring out a solution to the nation's merchant marine mess. program for the payment of sub­ The SIU has offered its views on sidy to American-flag tankers so the problem many times before that those vessels can compete the committee and has submitted for the carriage of petroleum prod­ detailed research on the state of ucts moving in our foreign com­ the merchant marine and a pro­ merce. As a second step, Kurrus called gram of action. In recent weeks, the SIU's position, which is a for operating and constructionsound and realistic one, has been differential subsidy for specially reinforced in great part by a lead­ designed bulk carriers which could ing representative of the mari­ compete for commercial cargoe^u His position was, that rather than time industry. being put in a position where they Federal Help can only rely on government-gen­ Richard'W. Kurrus, counsel to erated cargoes, the tramp and in­ the Amercian Tramp Shipowners dependent tanker industries should Association, who submitted a com­ be doing their primary job of prehensive statement to the MAC moving this nation's foreign com­ on the position of tramps and in­ merce. Only then would they be dependent tankers, saw the basic in a position to really expand, with maritime problem the same as that more ships and more jobs for seen by the SIU. The crux of it, those in our industry. as he saw it, was the lack of fed­ eral backing to that part of the fleet. Tramps had to compete not only against runaways, foreign operators and other obstacles, but EXAMS THIS PERIOD: November 1 - November 30, 1964 also against the subsidized liner segment of our own fleet, he said. Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL Citing the purpose of the 1936 Baltimore 109 36 14 159 Merchant hlarine Act as the build­ Houston 186 5 3 194 ing of a balanced American mari­ time, Kurrus said that the current­ Mobile. 72 4 7 83 ly declining tramp and, tanker New Orleans. 235 8 ~ 2 245 fleet must either grow, or die like New York 439 23 36 498 an outcast orphan. To encourage that growth, Kurrus put forth a Philadelphia. 167 45 17 229 comprehensive plan to the Com­ *San Juan 44 22^ 9 75 mittee. As a first stepUn the im­ provement of the tramp and tank­ TOTAL.. 1,072 143 88 1,483 er segment of our merchant ma­ *10/21/64 to 11/21/64 rine, he said there should be a SIU Clinic Exams—All Ports By Lindsey Williams. Vice-President. Guif Area Transyork Playing Hard Luck Role Hard luck seems to be following the Transyork. This ship finally sailed from New Orleans for Houston but will go into drydock in Texas for repairs of damage suffered in a minor fire and explosion T hich took place while loading sulphur at Port Sulphur, La. Several weeks prior to this mishap the Transyork was drydocked at Todd Shipyards for repairs to damages resulting from the ship striking a drydock owned by the same shipbuilding company. This happened while the ship was inbound to New Orleans from the Mediterranean. The crew was laid off and a new crew called on December 22. Among those who made jobs on the ship were Mike Miiler who took the chief steward's job. Mike just recently returned from New York where he passed the Stewards Recertification School. Good news from Houston is word that the Retail Clerks International Association won its election in the huge Weingarten grocery chain in a real squeaker by a vote of 951 to 945. Seafarers had a special interest in the outcome of this election since the Weingarten employees held several meetings in the Houston Hall and many of the members there became well acquainted with the Clerks who spearheaded the drive. This was a hard fought battle with the management putting on a vi • ms anti-union drive in an effort to defeat te union. 4. New Orleans Harold Rowbatham took a few a steward or chief cook's job. He days off from his Intracoastal last sailed coastwise as chief Canal boat Captain's job for some steward on the Ocean Ulla. John painful dental surgery. He paid was reminiscing the other day several visits to the New Orleans about the Seatrain New Orleans. Hall while waiting for his "fit for He said he made the last trip on duty." Joe Gagliano hit the beach this ship as chief steward before just in time for the holidays. she was taken off her regular New Clayton Thompson also made it Orleans to Havana run by Seahome for the Christmas Season train Lines and laid up in New and planned to stay around until Orleans. Mobile Carnival. Bill Walker paid a Shipping has been on the slow couple of visits to the Hall during Christmas week. He is waiting for side for the last couple of weeks strawberry picking time at Ham­ and is not expected to pick up immediately. However, this con­ mond, Louisiana. dition won't last indefinitely as Houston two ships in the shipyard are ex­ Mike Chandoha paid off the pected to crew up about the end fireman's job on the Ocean Wave of January. One of these is the in Pascagoula, Mississippi at the Ocean Ulla on which Raymond H. end of a trip to India and came to Orso has been picking up a few Houston to register. He joined the standby watches. Orso, who has SIU in New York in 1947. He and been shipping out of this port for his wife have been living here for the last 15 years, paid off the about four years. Donald H. Achilles. "Trader" Horn is ready to ship James A. "Tony" Slay got off out after a long vacation. His last the Fort Hoskins because of a job was AB on the Lady of Peace slight hernia. He is waiting for his on a voyage to Algiers. One of the fit for duty. Edwin M. "Sonny" real oldtimers, "Trader" joined Werkland paid off from an AB's the union in Mobile 25 years ago. job on the Montpelier Victory and He has been shipping out of this is spending his time between ships port for about five years. As a snapper fishing. Luther V. Myrex hobby he builds model ships in came home for the holidays after bottles and is an expert at it, too. paying off from a day man's job on John C. Babb, Jr. is waiting for the Bradford Island. OLD-TIMER DOWV OUMP , OFF HATCHES/ OIL ON DECKS - A ROLLINS SHIP—A LOOSE OSJECT CAN RESULT IM SERIOUS INJURY ^ You JUMP. STEP VaWM,PLe/S(,i �SEAFARERS Paf« a, am LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) i December 19 - January 1 The job situation went into a downswing as the old year ended, with the total number of Seafarers shipped during the last two weeks dropping to 1,032 in compari­ son to the 1,469 during the previous reporting period. The port hardest hit by the decline of shipping on the East Coast was Baltimore, with New York and Philadel­ phia also experiencing a slight dip. Shipping picked up in Norfolk, however, more than tripled in Boston, and also increased in Jacksonville. In the Gulf, the job situation fell off from the totals of the previous two weeks. New Orleans and Houston suffered the greatest decline in the shipping drop-off. On the West Coast, changes in the job siutation were mixed, with Seattle and Wilmington shipping more men during the last two weeks than in the previous period, while San Francisco shipping slipped lower. With the change in the shipping picture, the number of job calls by department also changed. In all three de­ partments, the total number shipped was below the pre­ vious level, with most jobs going to the deck department. Engine department calls were slightly below the previous f.: period. Steward department jobs dropped sharply. Registration during the two weeks followed the fading shipping picture. Total registration declined to 1,263, from the 1,521 in the prior period. The number of men reg­ istered and on the beach at the end of the year, however, gained, rising to a total of 4,004, in contrast to 3,569 in the previous reporting period. • For the first time in many months, the seniority situa­ tion was significantly changed. The ratio of Seafarers shipping who held A books slipped to 47 percent during the last two weeks, compared to 52 percent in the pre­ vious period. Holders of C cards profited by the cliange, since for the first time in several months, their ratio climbed to 18 percent, compared to 13 in the period be­ fore. Class B shipping remained at 35 percent of the total, as in the prior period. Shipping activity during the last two weeks declined somewhat. There were 51 payoffs, compared to 55 in the previous period, and 29 sign-ons, contrasted to 38 in the prior two weeks. In transit visits totaled 85, declining from 136 in the previous reporting period. Ship Activity Pay Sign Offi Oni Tram. TOTAL Botten New York... . Philadelphia .. Baltimore ...,. Norfolk .... Jackfonvllle.., Tampa Mobile ^ .... New Orleani. . Hoatton ...... Wilmington . . San Fronclice. Seattle 13 5 4 1 6 6 2 0 TOTALS ... 51 1 2 3 4 5 1 0 0 5 3 0 2 3 29 In 3 12 4 B ^ 6 10 4 1' 4 21 5 6 1 B5 6 27 12 15 U 12 4 4 15 3D 7 8 i US DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia .. Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleans.. Houston Wilmington .. San Francisco. Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 2 1 4 2 64 31 12 21 20 8 11 37 72 8 13 6 6 4 2 2 6 4 2 21 7 11 47 18 25 41 13 26 10 2 4 16 4 9 18 7 9 Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 7 27 10 25 10 7 7 13 45 11 3 0 3 8 11 0 14 26 2 8 17 13 1 7 0 9 5 5 4 9 4 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 15 0 4 5 9 4 10 38 8 16 2 14 22 27 28 2 11 11 24 7 16 3 2 0 1 2 6 12 1 15 2 8 6 9 17 2 3 4 9 9 6 19 -406 155 40 I 301 17 TOTAL Shipped Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 2 123 ALL 123 ALL ABC ALL 1 8 2 10 14 0 2 6 1 0 2 8 0 0 0' 7 0 1 0 0 1 89 111 173 29 313 11 45 61 117 3 20 45 24 20 24 0 17 7 12 5 38 0 7 13 5 4 23 14 19 5 20 0 2 2 4 14 0 4 1 27 44 67 18 129 4 12 36 8 62 2 2 2 6 13 3 4 1 35 0 20 29 15 19 2 6 8 9 12 9 11 5 1 6 12, 0 3 6 10 19 3 13 8 0 0 0 1 24 0 2 0 2 2; 0 6 6 11 6 1 5 20 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 Oil 25 31 26 25 65 2 0 r 1 15 9 4 19 4 9 0 3 2 55 77 91 14 182 2 33 69 104 0 1 1 27 27 27 0 3 13 11 58 63 59 19 141 4 27 41 4 7 12 28 18 12 72 18 1 1 10 7 4 0 4 12 3 4 19 8 16 4 28 0 3 0 21 2 19 0 1 2 18 30 45 4 79 4 15 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 o; 17 1 0 35 1 16 0 7 5 0 0 0 19 15 0 35 22 22 4 48 0 16 6 4 22 Ii 69 97|183 56 115 39 |210 19 54 54|127 3 32 23 I 58 210 127 58|395 429 568 114 |1111 30 186 310|526 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore .. .^ Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 1 33 14 8 1 7 28 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 9 2 18 13 17 1 3 6 15 3 14 50 151 .A Port Bos NY Phil. Bal Nor. Jac Tam.;... Mob..... XT/^ NO CJoee Hon tXTil Wli or CAM oea TOtMS Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 0 1 3 4 0 0 4 1 4 5 52 5 14 13 32 9 16 25 0 11 1 10 1 2 5 4 7 1 9 37 2 0 14 14 28 0 1 4 3 9 0 1 7 8 1 2 7 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 12 0 16 3 8 5 11 1 4 4 24 2 19 18 39 2 18 0 20 2 32 1 25 13 39 4 18 0 22 1 5 1 0 3 1 7 2 5 1 2 23 1 8 1 10 3 4 2 13 2 19 0 3 3 6 3 20 13 4 24 1 231 12 95 9b 1[ 197 26 100 14 1 140 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 3 ALL 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 3 16 .8 0 3 0 3 15 4 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 10 0 4 25 1 15 9 8 23 2 13 7 0 3 4 7 4 1 2 10 5 0 5 8 75 54 1 137' TOTAL Shipped CLASS GROUP 2 3 ALL A B 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 14 25 27 7 2 0 1 8 9 9 3 0 1 3 4 4 15 5 7 0 1 8 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 10 0 0 1 11 20 25 1 6 4 6 6 12 22 23 0 1 0 0 7 1 7 0 0 1 7 1 13 1 0 1 2 20 10 5 27 30 1 62 140 137 Registered On The Beach CLASS A1 CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 4 2 7 3 12 0 5 4 9 66 55 122 11 188 7 43 46 14 96 9 21 2 20 4 26 1 10 8 19 23 15 4 67 11 93 1 23 28 52 20 6 5 30 0 21 3 6 13 19 2 3 2 0 9 11 1 8 13 4 0 2 1 8 10 1 1 0 3 4 1 19 6 37 48 0 13 16 5 29 56 25 11 85 16 126 6 43 45 94 57 21 12 76 8 105 28 44 9 81 15 7 1 13 2 22 ^2 8 6 16 1 21 7 37 48 4 4 12 15 31 2 32 6 27 9 16 25 4 1 37 0 62 1 339 155 529 72 1 7561 32 208 248 1 488 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A n CLASS B Registered Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS C Shipped CL SS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 7 11 11 18 47 4 3 10 17 5 7 5 11 28 4 1 1 10 0 4 0 3 3 3 0 0 5 2 6 10 6 8 30 0 1 10 1 9 3 1 5 10 0 1 1 6 0 4 0 11 11 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 5 6 17 0 0 6 6, 1 2 2 4 9 15 4 5 25 49 3 2 28 331 2 9 4 12 27 1 12 9 11 33 2 4 6 12 2 8 17 5 2 2 1 2 3 8, 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 8 3 6 0 9 18 0 2 3 5 0 2 2 8 4 1 7 0 5 13 2 _4 7 1 I 6 1 7 15 32 70 42 96 1 240 13 15 83 {f 111 16 42 19 58 1 135 GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 2 1 1 13 1 4 8 2 0 2 0 7 0 0 7 8 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 19 2 1 16 13 1 3 9 5 1 1 3 0 2 2 4 1 2 11 14 9 14 70 1 93 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 17 19 28 13 0 0 3 3 5 2 0 0 7 7 10 7 0 7 1 8 4 8 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 5 0 0 3 3 27 19 1 0 10 11 17 13 0 1 7 8 8 5 0 1 2 3 8 4 0 0 1 1 15 14 6 1 63 1 70 135 93 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B C ALL 1-8 2 7 1 60 20 19 3 10 4 7 24 12 8 20 3 3 5 -3 1 1 1 1 15 10 3 49 22 11 41 12 8 21 5 3 15 9 1 30 5 70 1 298 107 GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 0 3 2 6 2 3 0 1 46 39 64 169 7 8 39 54 5 7 13 29 2 8 12 2 30 16 29 87 39 4 3 32 3 2 8 16 15 2 0 13 2 1 0 6 1 7 1 5 3 2 15 0 9 0 1 1 15 8 11 44 1 23 1 21 52 15 90 179 6 98 5 87 30 24 33 99 7 9 27 ' 43 3 4 10 22 4 13 8 1 16 10 26 61 1 19 3 15 11 2 13 31 6 2 24 32 216 133 308 1 764 43 35 281 1 359 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 1^_1M_40 301 17 69 07 1 183 56 115 39 50 157 24 231 12 95 90 1 197 26 100 14 102 13 15 83 J 111 58 19 58 42 179 270 1 491 140 234 111 SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP ALL 1 2 3 1 210 19 54 54 1 140 8 75 54 1 135 9 14 70 j1 485 36 143 178 SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C I •127 3 32 23 58 210 127 58 5 27 30 1 137 62 140 137 62 1 93 6 1 63 70 135 93 70 J 357 14 60 116 190 485 357 190 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 1 395 429 568 114 |1111 30 186 310 1 526 1 339 155 529 72 1 756 32 208 248 | 488 1 2981323 133 308 j 764 43 35 281 1 359 il032l907 1230 494 (2631 105 429 893~il373 �S, IMS SEAF A ERS rag* serea LOG AFL-CIO Label Dept. Aak» Support By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Fornen. Secretory-Treasurer, Great Lakes Great Lakes Shipping At Standstill 'Shipping:, of course, has come to a stwdatill In Buffalo with the laying up of the ships. Shifting jobs have already started to move, although there will he fewer Jobs than in previous years because of the reduced winter storage fleet. With the return of union members to shoreside, Including Olaf Hage, Ed Cook, Jim Miiiiken, and Dominic Oliver—it marks the opening of the winter pinochle tournament. Other members are spending their time at the gaming tables (pool, that is) for relaxation, or awaiting shifting jobs. There was a good turnout of SIU-IBU members for the Christmas >J)ay dinner which was held at the Lenox Hotel. Cleveland With the end of one of the busiest seasons this port has had in many a year, eight ships laid up in the area. We serviced four ships before crews got away to their homes in all parts of tbe^pountry. Of these eight ships, three are in this port, four with storage grain and one for a bow thruster. There are three Reiss ships—the Otto and J. P. Reiss with .storage and the W. A. Reiss for the bow thruster. There is also one Buckeye ship, J. E. Ferris, and a Gartland vessel, the F. E. Tapiin, with storage. The Taplin has already called for a shifting crew to be the first to unload. -f Word around the shipping port of Chicago was held at circles is that, weather permitting, Rupchik's Restaurant. Ira Bishop ships would be heading for the and his wife came in all the way Upper Lakes as soon as possible from HomewQpd, Illinois to enjoy this, spring. Working on the shift­ the day. Ira is an ironworker these ing gangs are such old stand-bys as past few years, but he still main­ Red Bolimger and Jim Kessick. tains his GLD Book No. 390. With the closing of the Cleve­ We are happy to report that the land hall for the winter months, Hannah Beef, headed up by Area this will be the last report from Director Pat Finnerty, has been this port. successfully concluded in this port. Chicago The present contract will run un­ Shipping, of course, has fallen til the end of 1963. This beef was off since the last report, this port well supported in this area by all only shipped four men on various labor, with particular thanks go­ relief jobs. We shipped five men ing to the O.C.A.W. and the to report Monday, January 4, to District Council of the Iron Work­ the Schemm at the American ers headed up by Ben Puchalski, Shipyard, where these five men who is also president of the MTD will be worked through the en­ Chicago Port Council. tire winter months and probably The Chicago Port Council is until spring fit-out. Also shipped backing a new program regarding seven men to shift Gartland's the addition of a port of Indiana. steamer. Harvester. All In all, 1964 This support adds to the support shipping from this port—as in given the removal of the Dunes other Great Lakes District ports— project that began two years ago. was terrific, to say the least. Resolutions have been sent to the Bob J. Van Dinter is laid pff of states of Indiana and Washington. the John P. Reiss and plans to All other labor unions in this area spend the winter months studying have been contacted for support for his third assistant's ticket. Ted including, of course, all maritime Tejkowski is laid off the IBU- unions. contracted Sinclair Gary and Frankfort spending his time scanning the scratch sheets for a winner. All The Ann Arbor No. 5 went into of Ted's nags apparently use only the Manitowoc Shipyard for its three legs. annual marine inspection on De­ For the winter months, Paul cember 31, 1964. The firemen, oil­ Prove will work as a security ers and watertenders from. the guard for a detective agency, and, after-end, seven of the oldest specifically, at the various con­ AB's from the forward end, and ventions to be held in Chicago. the first, second cooks and four Kane Brush, off of the Milwaukee porters in the galley were kept Clipper, recently tied the marital aboard. The other crew-members are placing themselves aboard knot. Charlie Hankel is back in the other vessels. hospital having varicose..veins re­ The Grand Rapids was leased moved from his legs. Dave Lasky and began service on December has been discharged from the 21, 1964, while the Ann Arbor hospital after having his little No. 5 is in the shipyard. The finger removed and is in good Grand Rapids is on a 20 and 8 shape. We wanted, to buy Dave a schedule, as are the City Of Green Christmas present, but couldn't Bay and the MV Arthur K. At­ figure how to wrap up a tavern. kinson. Needless to say, shipping The Christmas dinner for the has been good from this port. The officers of the SIU Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Region would like to wish all members and their families the best for tht coming year, and hope they enjoyed a truly merry Christmas and a holiday season celebrated with happiness and good cheer by all hands. Gus Wolf, in behalf of the Union, would like to thank all Union members andtheir families for the many Christmas cards he received and for the many good wishes of his Union brothers. The annual SIU Christmas din­ ner was held on December 19, 1964 at the Hostess Cafe in Frank­ fort. There were 175 adults and 83 children attending. The only com­ ments we have heard regarding this dinner have been in praise and appreciation. Detroit The USPHS hospital in Detroit was serviced on Tuesday, Decem­ ber 29th, with approximately 16 members spending the Christmas holidays in the hospital. The members received a Christmas bonus and cigarettes during con­ finement in the hospital and wish to express their appreciation. 'Don'tBuy'DriveLaunched Against Kingsport Press WASHINGTON—^The AJTJ-CIG'S Union Label and Service Trades Department has launched a drive for 1 million signatures on petitions supporting 1,200 union members in the 21st month of a strike against the Kingsport, Tenn., ftess. The department, in cooper­ 4 ation with the five unions publishers to take "all possible Lewis said in a letter announc­ which back the strikers, is steps to influence setttlement of ing the petition drive that the asking more than 1,700 label councils, women's auxiliaries and other union bodies to circulate the petitions and to return the signatures by Jan. 15. That will be followed, said De­ partment Secretary-Treasurer Jo­ seph Lewis, by "one great moment of truth" for the publishers who will be presented with petitions proclaiming: "More than 1 million of your potential customers wiR not buy your books unless produced under conditions fair to the people who manufacture them." Employees of Kingsport Press, the nation's largest manufactory of hardcover books, have been walking the picket lines since March 11, 1963, for fair contract conditions. Management has con­ tinued to operate at a reduced pace by using supervisors and striketoeakers. The petition forms declare that "we . . . pledge that we will not purchase books which have been produced, in whole or in part, by strikebreakers at Kingsport Press, Inc. ... In particular we pledge not to purchase Great Books of the Western World or Britannica, Jr., published by Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.; the World Rook Encyclopedia or the Childrcraft series, published by Field Enter­ prises Educational Corp.; Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia, Grolier Council Encyclopedia, or English Lands and People, published by Grolier, Inc." Petition signers also call on the Anti-Hurricane Diices Built By New Bedford NEW BEDFORD, Mass.— Tired of being lashed countless hurricanes, its waterfront areas smashed and fishing boats damaged, this New Engiand fishing port is I having a hurricane barrier i built to protect its 100,000 citizens from the ravages of | weather. The barrier, or dike system, is costing the city, state and the federal government $18.5 million. It Is considered modest next to the $26 million in storm damage done to New Bedford in 1954 alone. A series of three dikes across the south end of the city are now under construci tion. The dikes face Buzzards I Bay and the storms which boil northward on the Atlantic Ocean. An opening from the harbor I to the sea will be provided by two. 450-ton sector gates in : the dikes. this labor dispute, or to place their printing and binding orders in manufacturing plants maintain­ ing a fair relationship" with their employes. The unions have warned that encyclopedia salesmen are solicit­ ing labor families and unions to join in a sales promotion program for one of the publications pro­ duced in part at Kingsprt. The Allied Kingsport Press Unions—the Bookbinders, Press­ men, Stereolypers, Machinists and the Typographical unions—^have asked those soliciated to contact any of the unions or the allied organization at P.O. Box 1097, Kingsport, Tenn. R, W. Ayers is secretary-treasurer. strike has continued so long be­ cause Kingsport Press has re­ cruited strikebreakers to man its equipment, and because some publishers continue to place a part of their printing and binding orders with the struck firm. The unions and the AFL-CIO have given strong backing to the strikers but the main strength of the labor movement, Lewis de­ clared, "rests upon the united ac­ tion of union members, their fam­ ilies and sympathizers in refusing to purchase imfair products." If the Kingsport petitions are effective, their use may point the way to make other employers con­ scious of the need to produce under fair conditions, Lewis said. Ships To Ndvigafe By Satellite Signal The crewmen, on the bridge of a merchant ship in any part of the world will be able to receive navigational aid from space under a far-reaching earth satellite program now be­ ing developed. The satellites would deter­ send up 24 satellites in four mine the position of any ship launchings. The satellites would or aircraft and relay it to the craft and to a ce."jtral location on shore. The shore location, with a running record of each ship's position, would be able to dis­ patch help immediately when an emergency arose. As an example of the effective­ ness of the sateUite system, the recent collision between the liner Shalom and the Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali has been cited. Im­ mediately after the collision, the Shalom sent out a Mayday signal giving, by mistake, an incorrect position. Had the satellites been at work, the correct position of the stricken ship would have been immediately known. The General Electric (Company, developer of the system, would operate in pairs, and each one square inch of thw globe would al­ ways be imder observation by a satellite's eye. Under the system, each ship would have a code number which would be radioed to it from the ground station by way of the sat­ ellites. Recognizing the code num­ ber, automatic equipment on the particular ship would respond in­ stantly with a signal to the satel­ lite. By measuring the time lapsed between the transmission and re­ ceipt of the signals, the position / of the ship could be computed./ A single ground station and a pair of satellites would be able to fh more than 14,000 positions a^ hour. Smooth Sailing Ahead .LMMlUHSLErP Seafarer Samuel Phillips (right) has a big grin for the LOG photographer as he accepts his first Union pension check from SIU rep. Joe DiGeorgio in New York neadqquarters. Phillips, who sailed as chief steward, last shipped on the Alcaa Commander (Alcoa). �rv, Page Eight SEAFARERS V LOG . V; • January 8, 196S Last Lifeboat Class Of '64 Graduates By Ai Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer One of the'inost popular benefits among SIU members Is the fSOO annual Seafarers Vacation benefit. Many newcomers to the Union may not be aware that it was the SIU that pioneered the effort to guarantee regular vacations for the professional seaman. The gains brought about by the SIU's type of vacation plan can be plainly seen when they are compared with the vacation arrangements contained in union contracts 14 years ago. In those days a typical vacation contract clause ruled that a Seafarer had to work one full year on the same ship, for the same employer, to get one week's vacation. Since the average Seafarer ordinarily works for a number of different employers during a single year, he usually ends up on the short end as far as vacation is concerned under that type of arrangement. Today, more than 13 years after the inauguration of the vacaUon plan, a Seafarer knows he can collect this important benefit no matter how many employers he has worked for, and regardless of how many ships he has sailed on. This means that the Seafarer doesn't have to worry about staying aboard a single ship for a full year for a single employer in order to receive his vacation benefit. Graduating members of Lifeboat Class 124 had the distinction of being the last group of Seafarers to receive their lifeboat tickets in 1964 after passing all requirements of the course given at Union headquarters in New York. The successful graduates are (front, l-r) Luis A. i'agan, Edward F. Quigley; (middle) Steve Dontes, Pete Homili, Howard Yaekel, Michael L~oldstein; (rear) Charles McCue, James Swain. Edward Burns, Leniy Barney, Mat^ew Finn and instructor Dan Butts. Drinking Water Everywhere Is Aim Of Scientific Study Tiie Seafarer, like the Ancient Mariner, sees water, water everywhere. The scientist and government leader, however, sees only the fact that the drops to drink are getting fewer. The industrial age gave fresh water to meet the world's breathe. But as the air has be­ man almost as many head­ growing need for it. For a long come polluted and used up, so aches as it solved. One of the while, the problem was not rec­ has our available fresh water. The problem of preserving our key crises raised was that of as­ ognized. Water was something suring an adequate supply of taken for granted like the air we fresh water, of purifying it and, mainly, of finding pew sources of water to feed our homes and in­ dustries will be studied in a thorough-going and coordinated way for the first time by the sci­ entists who will take part in the International Hydrological Dec­ ade. NEW YORK—The famed Ambrose Lightship may be replaced by : Just Began a tower light if it is decided that a sibift of position for the Light j The ten-year program of study I would not reduce the safety margin of vessels approaching and and experimentation began on leaving the narrows. New Year's Day and will continue In an experiment to determine if the new position is feasible, the until 1975. While the average ,i Ambrose Lightship was moved about six months ago from its usual person can expect no spectacular position about equidistant between Rockaway and Sandy Hook to or quicky results from it. Dr. Ray­ r' a new spot, miles to the southwest. mond L. Nace, head of the U.S. Some shipowners and pilots have gone on record in opposition National Committe for the Inter­ . to the new position on pounds that it makes for congestion leading national Hydrological Year, says to possible collisions. Replacement of the lightship with a tower it may prove to be "the most im­ is feasible only in this position, however. portant long-range international program yet. organized to help Higher, Brighter make human knowledge serve • If the tower light is constructed, it would contain a higher, human welfare." brighter light for mariners than the old lightship. The light on >Ainong. the .mysteries that may i the new structure would stand 120 feet above the waves compared be solved by the scientists is the . to 56 feet for the Ambrose Lightship. The tower light would signal one about the annual loss of water ' with a normal 900,000 candlepower, able to be stepped up to 9 milin the continental United States. 1 lion candlepower during fbg. The Ambrose Lightship's signal Aside, from the water flowing I operates normally at 700,000 candlepower with a maximum of 21/^ from our rivers into the sea, the million candlepower during fog. U.S. also loses about 40 cubic The light tower would be a four-legged fixed structure costing miles of water yearly for un­ |l about $1 million, and would serve as home for a crew of six. known reasons. The likelihood is 1 Ambrose Lightship has a crew of 16, who live aboard for two that the water drains to the sea weeks, then get liberty for a week. through underground channels Light towers are already in operation off Frying Pan schoal, that are yet undiscovered by man. I North Carolina; Buzzards Bay, Mass.; Brenton Reef, Rhode Island, Since only pne percent of the and Savanah, Georgia. world's total water resources is The shift in the position of Ambrose Lightship six months ago made up of available fresh water, I actually marked the 14th time since a light vessel was first estabscientists will study the best way to utilize every drop of it. i lished at the main entrance to New York harbor in 1823, that its I position was changed, UntU last June, the harbor had two lightI ships at the entrance, the Ambrose and the Scotland. The Scotland iNfHB ^ I has since been berthed. • CALL SIU ifALL ! imSDlAmLX' Ambrose Light ShiftedIReplacement Considered! One of the SIU vacation plan's most significant aspects is that a Union member knows he can collect his $800 a year vacation for a year's seatime, or a prorata share thereof for each 90 days of seaAn important requirement time. which should be kept in mind by Since the first vacation agree­ members eligible to collect the ment was signed in 1951, vaca­ vacation benefit is that discharges tions have come to be a feature necessary to prove eligibility must of which every Union member be presented within one year takes advantage. The SIU vaca­ from the date of payoff in order tion plan has paid out over $30 to collect vacation benefits for the million to Seafarers since the in­ time submitted. ception of the plan. In the event that a member The Seafarers Vacation Plan starts a trip holding Coast Guard provides an annual benefit of $800 discharges that total less than 90 for 365 days of seatime or $200 days of seatime which are less for every 90 days an SIU member than a year old, they will be hon­ works for a covered employer or ored at the end of the voyage, employers. An important advan­ even though more than a year's tage of the plan is that a member time may have elapsed. However, is not required to payoff a ship to the eligible member must present collect the benefit. his accumulated discharges with The benefit may be paid on a his vacation claim within 90 days prorated basis for periods of sea­ after the voyage ends, or before time less than a year, although a he signs on another ship, which minimum of 90 days is required. ever is sooner. In the event a member dies or Another requirement for vaca­ retires on Union pension, he, his tion plan eligibility that Seafarers widow, or beneficiary can receive who are shipping out should keep the uncollected vacation benefits in mind occurs when their dis­ he has accrued within the previ­ charges representing accumulated ous 365 days. seatime may be more than a year In order to collect a vacation old by the end of their voyage. In benefit, a member must present this case, the member must notify his Coast Guard discharges as the Vacation Plan office in writ­ proof of his accumulated seatime. ing before this seatime is actually If the discharge took place within more than one year old. Vacation the previous 365 days, the benefit payments will then be made when is paid for the period of the entire the member returns to the U.S. voyage, provided that there is a and formally submits his applica­ minimum of 90 days of employ­ tion for benefits. ment. One last reminder is necessary In counting days of seatime to for that small group of our mem­ determine eligibility for the bene­ bers who file for vacation bene­ fits, if a vessel is laid up for a fits and then for some reason, fail period of more than 10 days and a to pick up the benefit checks. If former crewmember signs on a vacation benefit check isn't again when the ship is reacti­ picked up within 60 days after it vated, this will be regarded as has been issued, it is returned to new employment. the plan office. Since most of our A crewmember who is on a ship members like to claim the bene­ for more than a year, will get the fits they have coming to them full vacation benefit for the first promptly, this doesn't happen too 365 days of seatime he puts in, often. However, when it does, it and will be paid a prorated is necessary to contact the vaca­ amount for any addition time he tion plan office in headquarters accumulates on that ship for that to forward the check to the Un­ trip. ion office nearest to the applicant. SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid — November, 1964 CLAIMS Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pension-Disability Benefit's .... Maternity Benefits Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits but-Patient Benefits Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... AMOUNT PAID 7,416 19 635 65 909 479 5,758 1,484 $ 65,142.99 51,236.88 95,250.00 13,000.00 t0S;098.03 7,724.65 36,674.00 511,432.77 16,765 $884,559.32 1(1 �Jamnrr S. IMI I^ERCHANT shlpf plying th« coasts of North and South America and the Caribbean today carry pretty ordinary cargoes. It wasn't always so, however. The merchantmen of i7th and 18th century Spain carried some wild cargoes—gold and silver coins, gold chains as long as six feet, gold and silver ingots weighing up to 12 pounds^, silver forks, knives, candlesticks and more. Need­ less to say, many of these cargoes never reached Spain. The difficulties faced by these Spanish -mer­ chantmen were legion. Weather prediction was still several hundred years in the future and tropical storms whistling up the Caribbean caught many ships unaware. Maps and charts were largely inaccurate or totally unavailable. Reefs, shallows, swift tricky currents and such took their toll. Loaded to the gunwales with the riches of the New World, the little wooden ships were often overloaded and iinseaworthy and went to the bottom for a variety of causes. And then, there were the pirates. Cutthroats And Colonies The high seas surrounding the hew worldincluding the fabled Spanish Main of the Carib­ bean—was a largely lawless area in those days. There were true pirates, cutthroats who put to sea for their own profit, preying on the rich Spanish bottoms. There were also what might be called legal pirates or Privateers, who preyed on the Spanish fleets under contract, mainly to the British Crown, on a sort of profit-sharing basis. Spain and Britain were in stiff competition at the time for maritime supremacy, which in turn affected their colonization drives in the New World. The stakes were high and it was generally felt that ends justified means. As a result of all these factors, many vessels went to the bottom in the waters surrounding the Americas. On July 30, 1715 a fleet of Spanish ships loaded with gold, silver and dyes ran into more trouble than you could shake a stick at. The 11-ship fleet was hit by a hurricane off Fort Pierce, Florida and the Sebastian Inlet. Only one ship escaped the storm and made it back to Spain, leaving 10 treasure ships lying scattered on a small area of the sea floor off the Florida coast. The financial department of the Spanish gov­ ernment kept elaborate records of all treasure cargoes and their fate. As soon as word of the disaster was received, salvage vessels were dis­ patched. They managed to bring up some of the treasure, but faced tremendous difficulties in their task. Sea-Dogs And Scavengers Records of the salvage operations, maintained in the Spanish Archives till today, record that no sooner had the salvage vessels reached the site of the disaster when pirates and scavengers from all over the Caribbean descended on the scene. They attacked the Spanish salvage camp, dived on the wrecks themselves and generally raised hell with the salvage operations. Things went from bad to worse with the salvag­ ing until 1718 when a Spanish diving contractor arrived on the scene with a squadron of armed ships. He surprised and captured eight sloops and riggers who were "fishing" the wrecks for treasure. The Spanish continued their salvage operations, but only managed to bring up a frac­ tion of what was lost. The remainder has been lying in Sebastian Inlet for hundreds of years— until recently. SEAFARERS LOG THAR'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HULLS! Pare BHae A modern-day salvage company, equipped with up-to-date diving gear, electronic detectors, dredging apparatus and water pumping systems, has been working just one of the 10 wreck sites. The take so far has been about $1.6 million in gold, silver and assorted artifacts valuable because of their age. Ten years of diving is planned by the salvage company which reports- it has located and plotted the position of fragments of several others of the 10 original treasure ships, and will dive on them in due course. Florida's Fiscal Finesse There is no danger now of armed Spanish sloops descending on these modern salvagers, Spain has long since passed from-the picture as far as this sunken treasure is concerned. Jurisdiction is now held by the State of Florida. The salvagers operate under a licensing agreement with the state which guarantees Flprida 25 percent of everything recovered from wrecked ships. The state has collected more than $400,000 to-date on these agreements, with much more in sight. Not all the treasure brought up is associated with Spain however. Salvagers recently made a totally unexpected discovery of United States coins dating from 1843 to 1857. The best theory explaining their presence in the waters off Florida holds that they were lost aboard a warship or blockade runner during the Civil War. Whether it was a Yankee.or a Confederate ship no one knows. This uncertainty about the affiliation of the ship in whose hold these coins went to the bottom points up a problem faced by salvagers which is little understood by laymen. Dreams Don'-t Come True Dreaming of becoming fabulously rich someday by discovering vast treasures on the bottom of the sea, most people picture themselves peering through murkey waters at the shadowy outline of a wooden hulk lying, largely intact, at the bottom, its towering masts and rotting rigging trailing long strands of seaweed waving mourn­ fully, stirred by a faint current. Nothing could be further from the truth says the experienced salvage man. On the wrecks they work, professional treasure seekers say, spars, masts, rigging and hull have all long-since completely disappeared. Natural currents and storm-tossed seas scatter coins and other objects from the cargo all over the area and mix it with the sandy bottom until only the slightest indication remain that it exists. Dredges with high capacity water pumping equipment are usually brought into play to sift tons of sand in the wreck area and separate out the few but valuable coins which it contains. Sharp Eye—^Rich Man A sharp and practiced eye is essential. After hundreds of years in tropical or semi-tropical waters coins can become so encrusted with coral or other marine growths that they would be completely overlooked by most people. The pro­ fessional on the other hand is attracted by tiny irregularities in shape or size which indicate some­ thing of value. Among some of the less valuable, but to many people more interesting, items brought up in Florida waters are cannons, cannon balls, sound­ ing leads, muskets, pewter plates, map dividers, fragments of olive jars, ceramic objects, pieces of timber and ballast stones originating all the way back in Spain. �Pare Tea SEAFARERS Labor Turns CheekSpurs R-T-W Repeal By Frank Drozak, Wesf Coast Representative Floods, Blizzards Hit West Coast The really big news on the Coast during the past few weeks has been the weather—flooding rivers in northern California and blmard conditions in Oregon and Washington. The flooding and blizzards have subsided somewhat very recently buit the big jobs of rescue and clean-up are still underway. The Navy bad between 50 and 60 heli­ copters flying at least 100 mercy missions of rescue and food-lifts to tliose stranded by the floods and snows. The helicopters are based on the aircraft carrier Bennington which is standing off the coast near Eureka, California. A week-long siege of rain has left hundreds home­ less and has killed at least 16 in California alone. Damage estimates are running as high as $500 million in Oregon and $200 million or more in California. Exact figures are not expected to be available for weeks to come. West Coast labor is pitching in to do everything we can to aid those left homeless and distressed as a result-of the weather. At last report the SIU Pacific District-contracted Matson liner Monterey was still hard aground on a coral reef off Bora Bora island in the South Pacific. No injuries were reported to any of the SIU crewmen or passengers in the mishap. Attempts by a tug and a tanker to pull her free of the reef have been unsuccessful, but divers, examin­ ing the Monterey's hull have re-+ported no visible dam-age. more trip before starting his new San Francisco career though. All the rainfall we have been Shipping has remained fair dur­ ing the past couple of weeks at having here lately is driving oldSan Francisco and should remain timer Ellis Samia off the beach. about the same for some time. The According to Samia he's getting Choctaw signed on during the last waterlogged and is ready to ship period and the Orion Hunter paid out on the first thing heading for sunnier shores.. Just off the Iber­ off in Honolulu. , Ships servrced In transit during ville after being off and on that the last period included the Robin ship for better than a year, Ken­ Hood, St. Lawrence, Steel Archi­ neth F. Hansen says that he's had tect, Alcoa Master, Marymar, San it for a while and has decided to Juan, Steel Recorder and the Mont- take a little rest oh the beach. pelier Victory. The near future Seems the rain doesn't bother him should see many ships in transit too much. Guess you can't please here, including the Overseas Joyce, everybody. Wilmington Overseas Rose, Yaka, Wild Ranger, Steel Admiral, Steel Traveler, and Shipping activity has been good the Fairport. No payoffs are ex­ here for the last period and prom­ pected. ises to be very good for the com­ About 190 members and their ing period with eight ships sched­ families enjoyed Christmas dinner uled in transit. During the past at the SUP cafeteria here and the period we had the San Juan, Al­ word from the boys and their coa Master, Alamar and Montfamilies is that the feast was a pelier Victory in transit. The Young America and the Overseas great success. Joyce paid off in this area and we Oldtimer L. Gulley was on the beach here for a while jawing shipped 55 jobs. The annual Christmas dinner at with some old pals until he shipped out as a chief cook on the the Wilmington hall, held jointly Marymar. Another oldtimer, J. W. with the SUP here was attended Puiiam Jr. joined him on the Cal- by 185 SIU members and their mar C-4, shipping as bosun. John families. As usual, the food was A. Witche piled off a Waterman excellent—with all the trimmings ship recently and announced his —and a fine time was had by all. decision to go into business for Richard R. Kohls is fit for duty himself by opening a cabaret or again after he had to pile off the a bar. He says he'll get in one (Continued on page 22) Beating West Coast Vote Deadline Searfarer^ J. P. Stroud is pictured signing up for his bailol in San Francisco as he beats the December 3! deadline for vot­ ing in the SIU election of officers. Checking his qualifica­ tions are (l-rl George Vesagas, H. Aquio and T. Urbina, members of the polls committee. rt t-irj rr .. r'j • i U JanuiT 9, 1965 LOG i:>' What, to you, Is WHITESBURG, Ky.—An embarrassed city council voted theQuestiont greatest disadvantage of unanimously to repeal a so-called "right-to-work" ordinance sea life? it adopted only three months ago. Victor Silvai As far as I'm con­ Whitesburg, a county seat"*' cerned, the greatest disadvantage Kentucky State AFL-CIO is in the in an Appalachian mountain midst of court challenges to their of sea life is area hard hit by unemploy­ validity. having to stay ment, had been told that an anti­ union, low wage clothing manu­ facturer would build a plant there if the city outlawed the union shop. The council rose to the bait, de­ spite the warning of the editor of the local weekly newspaper that the community could only go downhill if it tried to build its economy on "industry geared to the abuse of employees and the payment of the lowest possible minimum wages." The ordinance was passed. But no new industry came to the com­ munity. And meanwhile the state's labor movement turned the other cheek in a demonstra­ tion of practical concern for the children of the area. Poverty Spotlighted The State AFL-CIO began a drive for clothing and shoes for the "children of poverty" in the area and the Kentucky Labor News launched the collection campaign with a front page de­ voted to stories and pictures pointing up the need for help. A committee of local residents promised to handle the distribu­ tion. When the city council met in December, the member who had introduced the "right-to-work" ordinance stood up and moved that the city attorney be instruct­ ed to draw up a repeal document. It was passed without dissent. Whitesburg was the' second Kentucky city to repeal an ordi­ nance banning union shop agree­ ments. Springfield was the first. Twenty-three communities still have such laws, however, and the away from my family for long periods of time. It is especially lonesome to be in some comer of the world during the holi­ days. I cannot always afford to be with my family DETROIT — Continuing im­ though, so I must ship out. provements in the Welland Canal 4« 4< Lucas Lopez: Sometimes I want can boost its ship-handling capac­ ity from the 29 lockages a day, to spend some time with my fam­ which was its high as of last June, ily but I know to 42 lockages a day in 1967, a I have to go to recent study has shown. At the sea and earn a end of this season its capacity living. So I think had already been boosted to 33 the greatest dis­ a day. advantage is the The capacity of the canal is isolation and being increased by extension of loneliness of be­ tie-up walls and other improve­ ing at sea dur­ ments, and is expected to reach ing the Christ­ 36 lockages a day next season, mas season. I 39 in 1966, and 42 the following guess in the long run, being lone­ some for family and friends is the year. biggest problem of being a seaman. The increase In the capacity of I think it is a great life, though. the Lake Ontario-Lake Erie link 4> 3) has already brought substantial Charles McCue: I have never reductions of delays to shipping found any disadvantages in going to and has allowed more vessels to sea that weren't go directly through the locks doubled by any without tying up first according shore job I ever to a recent report. had. Oh, it's hard "It should be emphasized that being at sea for this outlook assumes that traffic many raontlis, will grow less quickly than the and away from anticipated annual 10 per cent in­ many of my crease in canal capacity," the re­ friends for long port declared. "If traffic grows as periods of time, much as 10 per cent annually, at but even on the least the canal will be able to shore, I had similar problems. I provide tolerable service to ship­ like going to sea. ping, until longer-range improve­ i> t> ments can be made." Ralph Hayes: The biggest dis­ advantage I can think of is the way I lose track of my frjends so rapidly, if I ^am on a good ship with a happy crew, sometimes I wish I could spend the rest of I met a man upon the stair, my life sailing A little man who wasn't there. with the same He wasn't there again today; crew. Eventually, I wish that he toould go away. however, the crew wiU break up, and friends will drift away. It —Edward Lear means being lonesome. SEATTLE—^A submerged rock that wasn't there figured promi­ 4" 3) 4" nently in a recent Federal Court ruling here. The ruling came in James Hand: It is lonesome go­ e case involving the SIU Pacific District - manned Island Mail ing to sea all the time. Even (American Mail). when I am on Back in May, 1961, the American Mail Line freighter hit some­ a good ship, just thing near Smith Island in the Ten Fathom Curve area of Seattle being in foreign Harbor and was badly holed with considerable damage to her countries and cargo. Suit was brought to fix the blame—and things began to • seeing strange get complicated. customs com­ pared to the ones The cargo owners and underwriters sued the Government, whidh I grew up with, was the actual owner of the chartered vessel. The Government brings back a wanted to pin the rap on the harbor pilot. Investigation established several definite facts, but solved nothing. touch of home­ sickness. I can Mysterious Findings get very lonely while sitting in the Divers checked the rock which the vessel presumably hit. Sure middle of the best of friends. I enough, they found scrapings of metal and some paint on the rock. wouldn't trade sea life, though. Sea growth was missing and loose barnacles lay at the foot of the 4 4> it rock. But at the time of the accident, the rock was imder 27 feet, John Hunt: To me there is no 3 inches of, water. The proved" draft of the vessel at the point disadvantage to going to sea. I en­ joy the long pe­ where she was holed was 24 feet.~ So how could she have struck the rock? \ riods of isolation between ports; I The judge didn't quite throw up his hands and give up, but he see many inter­ came close. Calling the whole episode "the case of the disap­ esting places all pearing rock" or ""the case of the ship that struck the rock that over the world; wasn't there," he dismissed all charges. and I like my "I arrived at the conclusion that the most probable of the exist­ work. My whole ing possibilities was that the Island Mail struck the '3.5 rock*," he life is centered ' said, "but from the evidence and all permissible inferences there­ around the sea from I was unable to bring the vessel and the rock into contact." and my work aboard ships. Predict Cut In Welland Canal Jams U.S. Judge Rules Island Mail Hit Rock That Wasn't There r-,. / * �Janmuf t, IfM SEAFARERS LOG Page Eferea "They Are Worth Insuring^ Too f" SFAD ^ THE STATE OF THE GREAT SOCIETY—President Johnson gave a high priority place to the problems of maritime and one of the key demands of labor in his State of the Union message. He said he would recommend that Congress review Section 14-B of the TaftHartley Law, which allows states to set-up so-called right to work laws. These laws, anti-union in character and content, have dragged down wages and working conditions wherever they have been enacted. In the transportation section of his address, the President called for a "new policy for our merchant marine." The American maritime industry, in a state of continual decline since the end of World War 11, is ready for a new start that will restore its place "in America's foreign commerce. The President indicated he would send down specific recommendations on maritime policy to the Congress in the near future. NEW YORK'S ANTI-LABOR LAW—The strike by Welfare Depart­ ment workers in New York City has again turned the spotlight on the senseless and vicious New York state Condin-Wadlin Act, which calls for the firing of any public employee who takes to the picket line in exer­ cise of a right guaranteed to all other Americans. Welfare Department Commissioner James Dumpson has ordered more than 5,000 of the striking employees fired, even though he admitted he had reservations about the law. As it stands, the Condon-Wadlin Act forbids the use of labor's only weapon in its fight for decent wages and working conditions. It is a throw-back to th^ anti-labor hey-day at the turn of the century when a worker could be punished just for mentioning the words 'union' or 'strike.' The Welfare strike may force public attention on the law to the extent where the lawmakers in Albany will have to abolish it. The city has been hedgy about appyling the law in past, especially through the courts, since many experts feel that in a proper court test the law would be ruled unconstitutional. 4" i i SENIORS PETITION ON MEDICARl^The National Council of Senior Citizens had a welcoming committee of more than a thousand older Americans on hand in Washington to greet the new 89th Con­ gress. The Senior Citizens were touching off their 1965 drive to secure passage of the Medicare bill. Delegations of seniors will continue to petition and visit lawmakers to obtain support for the measure. Union agreements covering more than 1.5 miilion American workers wiil be up for negotiation this year, the Labor Department re­ ports. According to department figures 134 major contracts will terminate in 1965, and 84 others are scheduled for wage-reopener bargaining. An additional 36 con­ tracts have cost-of-living clauses which automatically review the wages of nearly a million more workers. Among the major labor groups that will go into new con­ tract talks this year are the Steelworkers, Machinists and Auto Workers in the aircraft industry, construction workers. Rubber Workers, glass industry employees. Shipbuilders, Transport Workers, Clothing Workers, Meat Cutters and Bakers. 4" 4« 4« AFL-CIO President George Meany sent the congratulations of the U.S. labor movement to Giuseppe Saragat, Democratic Socialist Party leader, who was elected president of Italy. In his wire, Meany said that "we are happy that the presi­ dency of Italy is held by one whose entire political life has been characterized by his uncompromis­ ing dedication to the principles of freedom and democracy as the real road to world peace." Saragat held the post of foreign minister before his election to the presi­ dency. He will replace the ailing Antonio Segni. The 13-day, 21-ballot contest for the presidency was the longest in European history. 4« 4» 4" The Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen complied with a Federal Cmrt order issued in Columbus, Oa., to call off their strike against 1 le Southern Railway, but filed a I untermove against the carrier The Union asked that the re­ straining order be extended to the railroad so that working conditions maintained before the strike could be reinstated. The strike by the 1,200 railroad men began when management pulled a surprise move and began to operate loco­ motives without firemen. The un­ ion has maintained that the raUroads cannot operate safely with­ out a full crew—including firemen —in the cab. The railroads have been pressing for smaller rail crews and have proclaimed their intention to lay-off thousands of rail workers. 4* 4" The National Labor Relations Board, practicing what It preaches, has granted collective bargaining rights to two unions set up by its employees. The Board recognized the NLRB Professional Association as bargaining agent for 220 board attorneys in the Washington office. Previously the National Labor Re­ lations Union, which represents clerical and professional employ­ ees in field offices, was granted bargaining rights by the Board. 4" 4" 4" Major gains in working condi­ tions and grievance procedures were won by the Washington D.C. Area Metal Trades Council which represents 225 workers at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbeit, Md. A one-year con­ tract, the first ever negotiated by National Aeronautics and Space Agency, provides for'the arbitra­ tion of grievances, recognition of union shop stewards, twice daily rest periods and cleanup time be­ fore lunch and at the end of the shift. The contract covers all hourly paid employees at the Space Center and also gives the Metal Trades Council representation on the shop safety committee. ^ ^ A The 89th Congress of the United States is girding itself to do battle with the many problems facing the nation. One of those problems is the need for providing medical care for aged through social security—^Medi­ care. The American Medical Association on the other hand, is also preparing for a fight. The AMA's aim is to once more block pas­ sage of Medicare legislation, as it has in the past. The foes of Medicare have spent a great deal of time and money in the past to block this much needed legislation, and by their own admission are ready to spend much money in the future on anti-medicare cam­ paigns. They will not succeed however. The AFL-CIO is solidly behind Medicare, and each day finds more and more Americans realizing that this legislation is necessary. Medicare represents insurance for these older citizens who are no longer able to work—insurance against being left destitute by the skyrocketing costs of medical care— costs which can eat up a man's life sayings in a few weeks. It is insurance that those older citizens without sufficient savings to cover the costs of a serious illness can get the treatment which they need and deserve— with dignity, not as paupers begging aid. Americans provide themselves with in­ surance for almost everything—fire, theft, automobile, and much more. Human beings should also have this protection for their health. Our older citizens deserve better treatment and the American labor move­ ment, along with other Americans who refuse to shirk their responsibilities toward our older citizens, will see to it that Medicare becomes a reality. mendations for the future, many of which have already been urged by the SIU and the rest of the American labor movement. In­ cluded in these recommendations are: • A new policy for our merchant marine. • More emphasis on our entire transporta­ tion industry. • Changes in the Taft Hartley Act, includ-. ing Section 14-B (the so-called Right-ToWork section). • Full employment opportunities for every American. • Medical care for the aged under social security (Medicare). • Enforcement of the Civil Rights Law and elimination of barriers to the right to vote. • A doubling of the War on Poverty. • Federal aid to education. • Regional aid to underdeveloped and im­ poverished areas of the U.S. We agree with the President that far too many Americans are still trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty, idleness and fear. The recommendations and proposals he out­ lined in his message to Congress represent a good start toward eliminating some of the problems facing the nation. It must not be forgotten however, that at this time these necessary measures are noth­ ing but proposals and recommendations. Be­ fore becoming realities they must be acted upon by Congress. And in the past. Congress has shown itself unwilling to act on many of the measures. Influenced by private interest pressure groups of all kinds—like the Ameri­ can Medical Association, the National Asso­ ciation of Manufacturers, and other Big Busi­ ness groups—Congress has in the past been President Johnson has spoken on the State content to sit on its hands and bottle up such of the Union, and he has found it free, rest­ legislation. President Johnson has in the past proven less, growing and full of hope. He has also his ability to get Congress moving. He must found it faced by many problems. In his State of the Union message to Con­ do it -again if the Great Society of which our gress, the President made numerous recom­ nation is capable is to become a reality. State Of The Union �tfage Twelve SEAFARERS JanauT 8, 1965 LOG 'U Dutch Squelch Radio Pirates THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A raiding party of 15 Royal Dutch Navy men and Dutch police have boarded and silenced Radio-TV Nordzee, the pirate broadcasting station which has been operating from a Texas-type tower in international waters about six miles from the Netherlands coast. Several interesting letters have been received at headquarters re The taped voice of an an­ questing clarifications on various shipboard beefs. The first question submitted by Steve Krkovich on the Mount Washington, deals with nouncer broke off in midBy Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. sentence as 10 raiders dropped on servicing the ship's evacuators. the station platform from a heli­ Question: When cargo is being worked and ship's evacuators are be­ copter and the station went dead— ing used, whose job is it to service the machines? at least for the time being. The Answer: This is considered part of the routine duties of the Pump­ 10 "pirates" aboard the broadcast­ man during his regular working hours. ing platform were under orders Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement—Memorandum of Under­ not to put up a fight or try to repel standing, (a) "It has been agreed to maintain these machines, such the boarders. In addition to the as standing by when they are running, changing oil, greasing, re­ helicopter drop, five additional fueling them and doing general maintenance and repair work as can raiders were lifted to the platform be done aboard ship. On ships having electric evacuators, it shall by a hoist. * be the pumpman's duty to plug in the electric connections and change The commercial "pirate" broad­ plugs during regular working hours without the payment of over­ casting station had been beaming time." its signal at the Netherlands for The next request for clarification on port time for the steward de­ about three months despite a partment comes from Angel Seda, chief steward on the Steel Dutch ban on commercial broad­ Advocate. 4— casts. A special law passed by the Question: "If a ship had made The next, request for information Dutch Parliament allowed the raid the complete voyage and pay off comes from John Short, engine to take place in international at New York, and we collect Port delegate on the Western Planet, waters. Time being it's the port of payoff, and involves a beef about greasing Still Fighting and then proceed to New Orleans the rudder post. Although the owners of Radioand pay coastwise there, are we Question: "The Chief Engineer TV Nordzee ordered that no physi­ once again entitled to Port Time?" wanted the Oilers to grease the cal resistance be made against the Answer: You would not be en­ rudder post of the steering engine raiding party, the fight is still far Members of the Dutch gov­ A flotilla of invading ships titled to Port Time again in New once a watch, which we did and we from over. The'major battle will ernment raiding party are dispatched by the Dutch Orleans. The Port Time provisions put down an hour's overtime each take place sometime in the future hoisted up to the offshore of the agreement would apply only watch. When we submitted- it to government surrounds the in the courts and in the arena of after you have made another com­ him he disputed every hour . . , pirate radio-tv station on pirate radio-tv station on public opinion. plete voyage. The trip from New its stilt-supported platform its artificial North Sea Answer: This is considered part This case will undoubtedly , get York to New Orleans is not con­ in the North Sea. Govern­ island off the coast of of the routine duties of the Oiler to court, and any judge hearing sidered a complete voyage. ment ships and helicopters Holland. The raid was the case will be in a tough spot. Reference: Standard Freightship on watch. He may perform this landed police, sailors and ordered to squelch the First there is the problem of Agreement, Article V, Section 3: work without the payment of over­ a public prosecutor to commercial broad­ time. whether the Dutch police had a HOURS OF WORK—(d) last para­ silence the illegal station. casts which are forbidden right to act outside Dutch terriReference: Article IV, Section 13, graph: "Once a vessel pays off in under Dutch law. • torial waters. In addition, the the port, that port shall be used for Standard Tanker Agreement: ownership and operation of the 4 OILERS ON WATCH-STEAM: (a) the purpose of applying the provi­ station is a massive tangle of legal sions of paragraph (c) above until They shall perfoi-m routine duties, red tape with international over­ oil main engine (if reciprocating), such time as the vessel makes an­ tones. For instance, the platform other voyage and pays off in an­ watch temperatures, and oil circu­ and installations are owned by a lation (if turbine), oil auxiliaries, other port at which time the latter Panamanian company and exploita­ port shall then become the port steering engine and ice machine. tion of the operation is handled They shall pump bilges and tend of payoff, etc." by a British company. In addi­ water where sluges and checks are The following letter from Roland tion, stock in the company has A. Wiman, deck delegate on the in the engine room and no waterbeen sold to a wide public. Penn Transporter, concerns a beef tenders are carried." Success Story about the midnight meal. ANCHORAGE—The SIU con­ PHILADELPHIA — This Dela­ This question, dealing with Question: "Would you please Pumpmen's . duties while trans­ tracted Anchorage (Sea-Land), bat­ The Dutch government is irked ware River port complex led the send me a clarification on Article 2, ferring fuel oil, comes from J. A. tling pack ice and gale force winds by the fact that Radio-TV Nordzee nation in total volume of exports Section 45, of the Freightship Batill aboard the Western Clipper. all the way from Seattle, tied up has beeii so popular—much more and imports, the chairman of the Agreement? On this voyage, the Question: "Am writing in re­ safely at City Dock here, proving popular than the non-commercial Delaware River Port Authority an­ Deck Department was broken out gards to a matter about transfer that the sealanes to Alaska could stations of the state network oper­ nounced. at 9:00 PM and continued working of bunkers. My agreement does be kept open even in the dead of ated by the government. Advertis­ About 54 million tons of foreign through 2:30 AM. No hot lunch not state anything about this and winter. ers literally flocked to Radio-TV waterborne commerce moved was provided at midnight, and no the Chief insists that it is my job The Anchorage ran into high Nordzee during its three months through the port area in 1964, ac­ unbroken hour was provided for because he says so without the winds jus't north Seattle and had of operation at rates ranging from cording to a projection made on a same. The men involved put in one payment of o.t.'' to bull her way tiirough 70 miles $1,600 to $2,400 a minute. It is six month estimate by the author­ hour's overtime, also $2.00 me.rl of ice in Cook Inlet, where tem­ estimated that advertising brought ity. Exports were up nearly eight Answer: This is not considered peratures hovered at more than 30 allowance, as per Paragraph (g) percent and imports were 3.5 per­ the duties of the Pumpman. This below. She made port here two in $I million during those three cent over last year, it was re­ of the same section. months. Many feel that the pirate work is performed by the Engi­ "The penalty meal hour has been neers. In ti e event the Pumpman days late but unscarred. Credit for station's success is bound to bring ported. O.K'd but the $2.00 meal allow­ is required to perform this work, the "historic" run went to her about changes in the Netherlands Including the port's domestic crew and the fact that the ship was TV and radio setup. ance was disputed. Are we entitied he shall receive overtime. trade, the total 1964 commerce is in good condition to meet the ele­ to the supper meal allowance, as Radio-TV Nordzee is only one of expected to top 100 million tons. Reference: Standard Tanker ments. per Paragraph (g) of the above several pirate broadcasting sta­ To meet the growing trade de­ Agreement, Article H, Section 10. section?" Many old Alaska hands were tions operating from international mands on the port, a "vast pro­ "Customary Duties. Members of Answer: The Deck Department is all departments shall perform the skeptical when Sea-Land said that waters and beaming their commer­ gram of public improvements" is entitied to the $2.00 meal allow­ necessary and customary duties of it would keep its scheduled service cial programming at Europe and being made in the Philadelphia area to help speed traffic through ance, as stated in your letter. that department. Each member of through the winter months. Impos­ Great Britain in competition with the complex. sible, they said. But the arrival of the various state-operated net­ Reference: Standard Freightship all departments shall perform only New facilities will include a Agreement, Article II, Section 45: the recognized and customary dut­ the Anchorage with a full load of works. Some are located on plat­ MIDNIGHT LUNCH: (b) If crew ies of his particular rating. When 166 containers, automobiles and forms at sea, while others operate bridge across the Delaware from aboard ships. Several nations are Philadelphia to Pennsauken, N.J., starts work at or before 9 p.m. and it is necessary to shift a man to other cargo proved them wrong. While the Anchorage was un­ seeking an international agreement and a span from Chester, Pa., to works continuous overtime until fill a vacancy, the man so shifted midnight, the men shall be pro­ shall perform the duties of the loading' here, her sister ship, the outlawing pirate broadcasting com­ Bridgeport, N.J. Seattle, was taking on cargo in pletely. vided with a hot lunch at midnight. rating to which he is assigned." If the work continues after mid­ In submitting questions and work Seattle for her scheduled run to night one unbroken hour shall be situations for clarification, dele­ Anchorage. Both ships had been allowed for such lunch. If this un­ gates and crews are reiriincled once "winterized" last fall in prepara­ broken hour is not allowed the again to provide as much detail as tion for rough winter duty. men involved shall receive one possible setting forth the circum­ Ballast was added to the stern of hour's overtime in lieu thereof. stances of any dispute. Besides each ship to keep the screws beiow Seafarers are reminded that This penalty hour shall be in addi­ those mentioned, some of the mem­ the ice line when running light. when they leave a ship after tion to the actual overtime worked bers who were sent clarifications Other modifications were made. articles expire in a foreign during the meal hour. The provi­ on various subjects during the past The Anchorage, a 520 foot C-4, port, the obligation to leave a sions in this section shall be ap­ few days included the following: drew a safe 32 feet of water on her clean ship for the next crew plicable at all times at sea or in Albert H. Schwartz, ship's delegate, run. She made port without as­ is the same as in any Stateside port to men on day work." port. Attention to details of Hudson; L. P. Ragman, Aldina; sistance from icebreakers. housekeeping and efforts to (g) "In the event the midnight John Thompson, Longview Victory; A Sea-Land official said of the leave quarters, messrooms and lunch is not served the men in­ Chester Hughart, ship's delegate. accomplishment: "In getting ather working spaces clean volved shall be paid the supper Globe Explorer; James Lee, Hud­ through the ice the way we have will be appreciated by the new meal allowance in addition to the son; Albert W. Lima, engine dele­ this week, we've proved a lot to crew when it comes aboard. overtime provided for in paragraph gate, Producer; Dcnald Dickenson, ourselves as well as to everybody Steel Flyer. else." (b) above." Winter No Bar To SIU Ship's Alaska Service Philadelphia Claims No. 1 Port Rating Foreign Payoff? Leave Clean Ship PHOfOS •sro/e<e=s ?o£r/zY BlC. �JannuT 9, 1MB SEAFARERS Tag9 LOG T; , ' - ' <1 • »5 ^ 11 Seafarers International Union Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District Since the SIU Blood Bank first began oper­ ating from the Brooklyn clinic in 1959, well over 4,000 pints have been taken out to help save the lives of Seafarers and their families. In one case alone, the child of a Seafarer shipping out of Houston has received over 100 pints of blood during the past year to keep him alive. The hoy suffers from hemophilia, a disease which preveuts the blood from clotting. The hemophiliac can bleed to death from an in­ jury which would hardly he noticed by most people. Large amounts of blood must be available at all times to preserve bis life in an emer­ gency. Through the SIU Blood Bank this blood has been available and will continue to be available whenever it is needed. Under the SIU Blood Bank system, a Sea­ farer or a member of his family who is ill or injured in any A&G port can receive blood in his local hospital without delay by drawing against the blood credits built up in the Union Blood Bank. When blood is needed in an emergency, there is no time to start finding donors and get the blood processed, tested and checked prior to transfusion. It must be available im­ mediately, and for Seafarers and their familes it is, through the SIU Blood Bauk. During an operation, blood is needed to replace vital body fluids. It restores a patient from shock. Patients weakened by illness need blood to restore their strength before they can be operated on successfully. A Seafarer who un­ derwent chest surgery recently required over 25 pints of blood from the SIU Blood Bank to see him through the operation. If blood is to be available to Seafarers and their families in time of need, it is important that the supply he constantly replenished and maintained at ^ high level. Seafarers and members of Seafarers' families wbo wish to donate blood in New York should report to the Brooklyn clinic. In other SIU ports, the port agent will make arrangements for the donation. It takes only a few minutes to donate blood, but it can mean the difference between life and death in time of need. �Pare Foarteea SEAFARERS LOO Immuar 9, IffW PanamanlanB Rm-Evaluatm Antl-U.5, Attitudaa Panama Fears A New Canal Could Rock Nation's Economy By Joseph B. Logue, MD. Medical Director Retardation Linked To Environment Preventingr mental retardation In many children may be as simple as rivingr them full-time home care, accordiny to doctors at Children's Hospital, Washington, D. G. To test their theory, the researchers plan to select babies of large families in broken or poorly knit homes and give them tender loving care for periods up to three years. They hope to return the children to society as future good citizens. Dr. Reginald S. Lourie, director of the department of psychiatry at the hospital, said these children are born with normal intelligence poten­ tials, but become mentally retarded in their formative years. They are "exposed continually to excessive stimulation . . . overwhelmed by the fierceness of the family atmosphere . . . not talked to, ex­ cepting in emotional torrents," he added. PANAMA—The recent announcement by President Johnson that the U.S. Is definitely planning a new, sea-level canal liking the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans somewhere acroM Central America or Colombia, has brought about much serious soul searching in the Panamanian capital. A serious economic disas­ "This is what is giving us night­ An example of the close rela­ ter could result here shoulc mares," he said, "the thought . . . tionship between the Canal Zone the U.S. decide to build the jiew of Panama turning into a ghost and the economy of the Pana­ manian capital is the fact that as canal somewhere other than city," It probably wouldn't be quite a result of three days of antiPanama, or even in one of the more remote regions of the that bad if a new, more modern, American rioting in Panama last country. sea-level canal were built else­ January, construction fell about Four possible sites for the new where, but there is ample evidence 40 percent in the first half of that the impact of the Canal Zone 1964. canal are under consideration Armed with a $216,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental one in Colombia, one between on the capital city's economy is Health, Dr. Lourie and his associate. Dr. Allen E. Marans, will begin Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and two tremendous. Zone authorities have full-time care of 16 youngsters taken from families of low intelli­ in Panama—one on the site of the estimated that direct financial gence and dubious backgrounds. Another 16 will receive day care present canal and one route benefits to Panama from Canal only, while a group of 32 "no-ehance" children will be studied in through a remote region of the Zone spending total $90 to $100 million a year. their home surroundings and serve as a control group. The dootors country. hope to reverse the trend which shows that unloved infants lose Antl-Americanism Big Money Involved 10 per cent of their original intelligence quotient by age three and The U.S. decision to build a new Spending by Zone people in 23 per cent or more by age four. canal throws into sharp relief the Panama came to over 85 million The V/ashington physicians showed in another .study that by the .strong anti-American feeling run­ in 1962. Net payments to non-U.S. time deprived children reach nursery school age, mental slowing and ning within Panama, feelings citizens employed in the zone as other pathological patterns have already set in. According to Dr. which in the past have led to anti- a whole were almost $36.5 million Marans, cultural deprivation accounts for far more mental retardation U.S. rioting and a brief break in in that year. The U.S. Southern Soviet merchant ships will soon than do birth defects, metabolic disorders, and all other causes diplomatic relations between the Command in the zone made purcombined. two countries. As a high Pana­ crases amounting to over $10 mil­ be as common a sight in the North manian official said recently "the lion in 1962, while the armed Atlantic as Soviet fishing trawlers effects of any violent anti- forces in the zone employed 4,882 are now. Not content with their American demonstrations in non-U.S. citizens in that year with growing tramp ship trade with Exercise programs for people aged 60 to 90 are being organized by Panama could be disastrous." Canada, the Russians are moving a payroll of over $13 million. researchers at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Kaare Rodahl, into regular cargo service between Leningrad and Montreal. Lankenau's director of research, explained that moderate activity may prolong life of the elderly. Any muscle, including the heart The first Red-flag ship in the muscle, strengthens itself when used and deteriorates with disuse. announced every-three-week run P.cdahl said. Dr. Henry F. Page, physician in charge of the Aging is scheduled to arrive in Montreal Research Clinic, said studies at the hospital show that both longevity on January 2. It will be the 7,500and the activity of the later years can be increased by sensible living ton freighter Volkhovges. Built in habits tailored to the needs of each individual. 1956, the ship has been strengtheneed for navigation in ice condi­ The physical conditioning activity at Lankenau is part of a research tions. program started seven years ago by Edward L. Bortz, an authority An automated "panic button" designed to act as a seagoing on aging. About 200 people are taking part in various exercises in­ The freighter, like those which cluding stationary bicycle riding. The heart and electrocardiographic back seat drive? to scream warnings at watch officers is in Will follow it, advertises available the works at the Sperry Gyroscope Company. readings are used to determine the activity level necessary to stay cargo space to Leningrad and the in shape but below that which will place a strain on the heart. On Soon the peace and seren--* western European ports of An­ the basis of these findings, it is possible to develop individual con­ ity of the sea may be shat­ device "however, is that it is not twerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. ditioning programs that make old folks feel better, both mentally tered by taped voices activat­ designed to promote early response Last year, about 400 Soviet ships •and physically, one researcher pointed out. "Just as we now have ed by the ship's radar, shouting called on Canadian ports, all of the 40,000-mile automobile tire, there is no reason why we can't such things as "The ship is ap­ in the event of a possible collision them tramps on the grain run. but to allow action to be delayed all have 100-year hearts," Dr. Bortz predicted. proaching an object! This is an until the last possible minute, in The new Atlantic cargo service alert! The ship is approaching an hopes that a collision situation will Dr. Paul Dudley White, noted heart specialist, said recently that is only one of the many expansion there are "physiological results of exercise which deserve as much object! This is an alert!" In addi­ not develop and corrective moves being planned in line with tion, the device will ring buzzers, emphasis in the aging as they do in the young, and possibly even maneuvering will not be necessary. Russia's growing maritime power. more." One of the greatest benefits of exercise. Dr. White said, is bells or give other warning signals. If the watch officer takes early Soviet 8hii>s have taken over the that it "may be conceivably be helpful, in the absence of important The noise it would produce on the corrective action in such situa Leningrad - Stocldiolm run and symptoms, in retarding the further progress or increase of coronary bridge as the vessel approached a tions, Sperry engineers reasoned, have entered into the ship char­ atheroclerosis." In a report included in a pamphlet sponsored by the crowded harbor or ship channel much time and money is lost. By tering trade. The new passenger Committee on Aging of the American Medical Association, Dr. White can only be imagined. waiting until the last minute, with Hner Ivan Franko will haul French concluded, "It may be said that exercise of almost any kind suitable The device to give warnings and Russian tourists around the ill degree and duration for the particular individual concerned can when a ship is on a possible col­ the aid of the new device, this Mediterranean at Easter time, and and does play useful roles in the maintenance of both physical and lision course is being developed time and money can be saved. Ac­ the liner Admiral Nafchimov has mental health of the aging individual. . . under a contract with the Mari­ cording to a mathematical study been chartered to carry 1,500 Mos­ conducted by the company, it can lem pilgrims from Africa to Mecca time Administration. 44cost more for a ship to make un­ next year. Safety Device? necessary maneuvers than it does The physician who warned that excessive intake of vitamin D On the Soviet homefront, the The strange thing about the new for an accident. during pregnancy may cause mental reUtdation of the child said in same Russian shipyard which first developed the hydrofoil for coma letter to Newsweek magazine that his warning was preliminary. Dr. Robert E. Cooke of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine merioal use on rivers is now build­ s-id that "proof or disproof may take years to establish." Question ing "hovercraft" vesseis that will yet to be decided by research is whether or not high amounte of "fiy over the Volga River" at vitamin D lead to high blood calmium, a proven cause of mental re­ si>eeds to 75 miles per hour. tardation. Hovercraft is also being developed in the U.S. and Western Europe for commercial use. In operation. It skims over the surface of either land or water on a cushion of air. The SIU Contracts and Constitution department is holdiii • The Western nations can expect a number of checks for, Seafarers in the settlement of beefs i more and more advances from the |i These men are requested to contact headquarters or have anv Russians in the maritime field. Un­ i; port agent teletype headquarters so the checks may be forwarded. like the U.S. Government, which ; ' A check for transportation differential is being held for Jaracs ignores our nation's fleet for the s; H. Smith who sailed aboard the Elemar, most part, the Russians recognize the value of seapower and are g Checks for settlement of disputed overtime accrued while building their as fast as possible. I aboard the Niagara are being held for Francis M, Greenwall I Richard Heckman, Jose A. Paz, and John J. Wynee. Moscow is adding to its deep sea merchant fleet at a rate of 1.2 Former members of tl}e Manhattan for whom checks are being S million tons yearly, according to ? held are F. Carpenter, M. Chandler, B. Dunn, J. Gonzalez, p' mmmmm the latest figures-of the authorita­ ? Gordon. L. Harvey, H. Kopyen^ith, S. Puntillo, C. Scott. H Sikes tive Fairplay Shipping Journal of L. Taylor, H. Treddin, ami E Zabrowskl. London. The American fleet, by Vance A. Reid and Roy lb; mend Thomas former crewmembers contrast, hais been declining in on the Anji are asked to p;tl\ up allotment checks. total tonnage in the years since SIU Great Lakes District oldtimer Jessie A. Paee (right), the Korean War. It is now on"y a Earl M. Beamer, Jose M. Ha^ta, Michael C. Miller and Walter receives his first regular $150 monthly pension check from matter of time before the Red Smtih have checks in head^utyters for settlement of disputed SIU Great Lakes District Frankfort Port Agent Floyd Hanfleet—already larger in total ships overtime accrued while aboard the Penn Carrier. mer. Pace, 65, is a veteran of over 20 years with the Ann — surpasses the U.S. in total Arbor R.R. Company. tonnage. Soviets Up Ship Trade With West Slieart Program Stresses Exercise Collision Warning Is Job Of New Safety(?) Device & Gt. Lakes Veteran Receives Pension Money Due iilliil y • >*. ' >7'-' �jamunr •, 196S SEAFARERS Fare rmeca LOG % This traditional Pakistani costume is modeled by a local belle. An aerial view of the new quarter of Karachi. This city is Still growing with new factories and housing being built as part of the nation's five-year development plan. Trade with the U.S. provides much of the equipment. Karachi street peddler, seen above, offers an assortment of notions. r - • • Pedestrians and pedicabs make up a good part of Karachi's traffic. This scene is in the bazaar section. Karachi, the chief port of the huge Asian nation of Pakis­ tan, lies on the Arabian Sea, just west of the mouth of the winding Indus River. Pakistan, formed from the Moslem areas of the old British colony on the Indian sub-continent, is a country of 100 million people. Karachi, its chief city, has a population of nearly two million. The busy port plays host to, hundreds of ships yearly. Chief Pakistani exports moving through Karachi are jute, textiles, cotton and rice. The still underdeveloped country imports a wide range of finished products, mainly from Britain and the U.S. Four major SlU-contracted companies, Waterman, Isthmian, Penn and Victory Carriers, include Karachi on their regular schedules, and many tramps also visit the port. Karachi's dock area, the Keamari, is located across the bay from the center of the city. For Seafarers with just a few hours in port, a Seamen's Club, Post Office and bazaar are located in Keamari. In the city, the Beach Luxury Hotel on McLeod Road and the Palace Hotel on New Queen's Road offer excellent accommodations and good food. Both hotels have night clubs. The YMCA on McLeod Road also offers good lodging for the night. The bazaar section of the city lies between McLeod Road and the Layari River. A large area, the main shopping and entertainment centers are located in the eastern end of it. Along Elphinstone Street and Victoria Road can be foimd many shops specializing in Pakistani handicrafts. A row of silversmith's stalls offers good buys in that local craft. The grave of Mohammed All Jinnah, the father of modern Pakistan, on the Exhibition ground at the end of Bunder Road, Is one of the city's leading tourist attractions. The city-also includes many fine bathing beaches and a race course. Deep sea fishing and hunting trips can also be arranged. The SlU-contracted DeSoto (Waterman) is scheduled to stop in Karachi at the end of the month. The old and the new. Camel and donkey-drawn wagons haul a load of auto tires past Karachi's newest and biggest office building. Still under­ developed, Pakistan is working to industrialize herself. The new American Embassy in Karachi, shown here while still under construction, js among the most modern anywhere. It is ready to offer service to Seafarers and other Americans in Pakistan. » r i: <« I 1 » �Pare Sixteea Wayward Whale Visits New York NEW YORK—For a few days over the holidays this city regained its long-lost status as a whaling port—that is if a city can be called a whaling port because a whale (dead) visits it. The whale, a 50-foot young­ the carcass to its base at Caven ster, dropped by the port on Point, N.J., just behind the Statue the day before Christmas. Deftly of Liberty. There the beast wallowed over dodging the heavy traffic in the bay, it sailed past the rows of the holiday weekend, tied on the piers in mid Manhattan, ending end of a long pier. In the spirit its journey just off the posh Hud­ of the season, the usually re­ son River yacht basin at the foot stricted base was thrown open to the public. Dozens of sightseers of 79th Street. The crewmen of the Coast flocked to the base, some coming Guard cutter Point Batan served by car and others by small boat. as the welcoming committee for All offered 'expert' comment on the whale. The unannounced vis­ the whale. itor, floating with its silvery belly A little girl reminded the New up, gleamed in the 4 A.M. moon­ York Times that under an old light, catching the attention of the treaty Manhattan's Indian tribes were entitled to a cut of any pro­ Guardsmen. Enforcing the rule about small ceeds derived from the oil of a craft being securely moored, the beached whale. The treaty, it is men from the cutter put a line believed, was superseded by a about the whale's tail and tried to colonial law that gave all drift tow it away. The 42-ton monster whales to the British Crown. was too heavy for the 82-foot cut­ Other speculation centered ter, however, and it had to be about ambergris, a^ waxy sub­ stance vomited up by sick whales moored at the yacht basin. No one at the high-priced mar­ and highly valued by perfume ina confronted the whale with a makers. Apparently, this whale moorage fee, and the monster lacked the precious stuff. free-loaded at the place until the - Shark Attack Driftmaster, a Army Engineers An expert from the New York craft used to clear the port of Aquarium said the whaie was flotsam, appeared on the scene in most iikely one of the common the morning. baleen species that is found in Not So Strange locals waters. Marks about the The Driftmaster's skipper, Cap­ beast's jaws led some experts to tain James A. Florio, was not es­ believe that it had been attacked pecially impressed by the whale. by sharks and entered the harbor In his 16 years of harbor house­ to find safety. While the whale tales were fly­ keeping, he had fished such var­ ied animal life out of the water ing, the Army Engineers were as a giraffe (dead) and a camel figuring a way to dispose of the (dead), both animals escapees carcass, whose foul odor was al­ from a zoo shipment being un­ ready wafting over Jersey City. loaded at the Brooklyn Army On the Monday after Christ­ Base. mas, the Driftmaster towed the Efforts to lift the whale onto whale to the open sea and deco­ the Driftmaster's deck were aban­ rated it with explosive charges. doned when it became apparent The plunger was pressed, and that the monster, already getting New York's first leviathan visitor putrid, was ready to tear apart. since the days of the wooden Instead, the Driftsmaster dragged whaleship was blown to blubber. SEAFARERS JuMurr LOG UW Ca/mar Ships Star In TV Re-Run NEW YORK—Like so many other film stars of yesteryear, the SIU contracted ships Losmar and Alamar (C'-lmar) are making their show business comebacks via the late night movie circuit on tele­ vision. The two vessels, as some of their former crewmembers may remember, served as a seagoing backdrop for several scenes of "A View From The Bridge." The film, a rough-and-tumble story of life along the Brooklyn waterfront, was shown In theatres about five years ago. It starred, besides the Losmar and Alamar, Raf Vallone and Carol Lawrence. Now that it's making the roimds on tv, the ques­ tion is, will the two ships be en­ titled to residuals (bonus payments) that other stars get for their old reruns? SlU-manned Losmcnr (top) and Alomar (bottom) are malting tlia rounds on TV. Labor Board Busts Union-Busfer Boss's Lie Detector Unplugged By NLRB WASHINGTON—A firm that used "lie detector" tests' as an excuse for firing 9 union members to destroy a union's majority while stalling off an election has been judged guilty of unfair labor practices in a-*- The firm has no evidence against the employes except the unsub­ stantiated word of the operator, but fired them for "flunking" the tests. This was a pretext to cloak The 50-foot carcass of a its opposition to the union. Trial whale that was discovered Examiner Rossanna A. Blake floating dead in New York found, and the board agreed. It harbor is secured by the ordered Lone Star to reinstate the' crew of the Driftmaster, a 10 with lost pay, to stop interfer­ harbor scavenging vessel ing with employes' organizing rights, and to bargain with Local operated by the U.S. Army. 968 of the unaffiliated Teamsters. The NLRB general counsel and the union argued that "polygraph tests are so unscientific that little or no reliance can be placed upon them," and, said the examiner in " her decision, "there is evidence in the record to support their claim." By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS The board also upheld the ex­ aminer's finding that the company A major auto Insurance company is voicing concern that buyers But the buyer did his own arranging. Ha paid $344 for tiie In­ violated the National Labor Re­ "haggle like a trader in an oriental bazaar" when purchasing a car, surance and $379.20 for the finance-charge, or a total of $723.20. lations Act by' failing to reply to but often faii to take similar care in financing it. Other insurance There was no charge for the credit life Insurance. a union letter asking it to bargain. companies have broadcast this same warning. Senator Paul Douglas (D., 111.) who has proposed a bill requiring i.e insurance companies, of course, are concerned that if you all dealers and lenders to state true annual interest rates, has found arrange your financing through the dealer, you may also buy your even more extreme examples, such as true annual rates of as much car insurance from him. Several insurance companies now even have as 180 per cent for financing used cars. their own car finance plans, possibly in seif defense against the fact Here are policies to follow to get the best possible costs for (Continued from page 3) that the large auto-finance companies sell insurance through car financing and insurance, as well as for the car Itself: and pointed out the necessity to dealers. 1—Shop separately for the three components of your true ear cost: sell the public on the importance It Is true that often you can save by arran^ng the financing your- the car itself, the financing, and the insnrahce. of the U.S. merchant marine. seif through a credit union or bank. Sometimes you even can get a 2—^In shopping for the financing, get quotations from the dealer, He shied away, however, fronj^ car loan cheaper from the same bank that finances the dealer. The your credit union if you belong to one, and one or more banks. fact is, car dealers customarily get a rebate, or "dealer's reserve" Finance charges of reputable new car dealers riiay be in line, espe­ having any responsibility, for as it is caiied in the trade, for handling the financing. At least two cially if you can make a fair down payment. Credit unions and banks checking up on the Department of states even recognize this rebate by law, limiting it in one case usually charge little more for financing used oars than new ones. Agriculture's activities, relative to to 20 per cent of the finance charge that you pay, and in the other, Their rate generally is no more than $6 or $6.50 per $100 (equivalent the American merchant marine. to 2 per cent of your total debt. Representative Garmatz express­ to a true annual interest rate of approximately 12 per cent). But Dealers say they need this rebate because they give discounts on finance companies operating through dealers often charge more, ed hope that the Merchant Marine the car itself. According to their testimony, the rebate on finance for financing used cars than new models. Various state laws allow Committee would go into the many and insurance fees, often is their major profit on the sale of a car. finance charges for used cars of $10 per $100 for late models, to loopholes that now permit Gov­ ernment agencies to by-pass the Some dealers have admitted finance rebates provide half their in­ as much as $17 for older ones. come. In this case, people who buy cars on time sometimes are help­ To get tlie lowest possible finance charge, put down as much as use of American-flag ships for ing to subsidize the cash buyers. you can, not the least allowed. Sometimes the various lenders and their own cargoes. He said he felt In the hands of unscrupulous dealers, the financing and insurance dealers offer a better rat® for a little larger down payment. Show the Committee would be respon­ to cooperation with the indus­ fees can be pyramided further by even higher charges for buyers the dealer that you are interested in the finance charge as well as sive try. who are poor credit risks, and by adding a steep "credit life in­ the price of tjie car. He has some margin for shading that cost too, NMU President Curran was rep­ surance" fee (which would pay the balance still owing in the event especially .if you are a good credit risk. resented on the telecast by a film of death). ' 3—Credit life insurance should be providied free, as it usuaily is One insurance company complaining of this practice reports the case by most credit unions and some banks. At least, the charge should clip of a statement in which he of prospective buyer who was quoted $412.50 for the car insurance, be no more than 50 to 75 cents per $100 of original debt. On a declared that the Government must establish a policy for the $108.88 for credit life insurance, and $512.02 for the finance charge. balance of $2000 repayable over a period of three years, a creditAmerican merchant marine soon This made a total of $1033.40, in addition to the price »£ car insurance charge of 50 cents per $100, which is really enough, would or there will be no fleet to auto­ come to $30. mate or be concerned with. -if National Labor Relations Board ruling. A polygraph operator hired by the firm reported that 10 employee —0 union and a non-member— were "secxirity risks" because they reacted violently, or did not react at all, to tests of their blood pres­ sure, rate of respiration and sweat­ ing when asked Irrelevant or inorimlnating questions. IHIaritime Policy �JaniUffy 8, 1968 By Fred Stewart & Ed Hooney Headquarters Representatives The post of Delegate is one which any Seafarer should be proud to hold. When declaring their faith in him as their representative in all disputes, his shipmates are singling him out as a good seaman and a first-rate Union man who knows their contractual rights and who will fight to see those rights upheld. Finally his shipmates are expressing their belief that he is a man of tact and understanding who keeps his head and his nerve no matter how rough the going. The delegate's post came into the maritime industry with unionism. Before there were unions aboard ships, seamen were treated with little regard for their feelings or rights. In the old days—there are plenty of Seafarers who still- remember them—a crew who had a beef could wait until they got ashore where they could blow it to the breeze in a ginmill. There wasn't anything else they could do. Certainly they could turn to neither the Master nor the company for help, and once the voyage was over the books were closed. Things are different now. If a beef develops on a ship, the crew can take immediate action through one or more of the Delegates. Frequently the Delegates can square the matter then andf there at sea. If they can't they in mind of properly channeling act in the crew's behalf as part the interests, energies and orderly of the machinery by which the functions of union machinery at SIU settles beefs at the payoff. sea as well as ashore. Take the question of overtime. Included in the kit are the fol­ Suppose the Mate does a little lowing: painting which the Deck Depart­ REPAIR LIST — This report is ment should do and draws over­ time for doing it. The procedure to be prepared in triplicate. One is simple enough.' Get hold of the copy should be^ given to the cap­ Deck Delegate. Tell him all the tain 72 hours' before the ship reaches port, one copy is to be details. given to the patrolman at payoff, He will keep a complete record of what was done, how long it and one copy is to be maintained took and everything else perti­ for the crew's ship file. nent. At the payoff, he will turn AN OFFICIAL SIU SHIP'S the record over to the patrolman, CREW LIST — This list is to be and the overtime will be paid. filled out by the ship's delegate A ship's delegate has responsi­ at the start of each voyage and bilities soniewhat broader in scope forwarded to Union Headquarters than those of the department dele­ prior to sailing at the first port of gates. But the jobs of all dele­ call thereafter. If the ship is on gates are essentially the same: to a coastwise run, it should be see that everything goes smoothly. mailed to Headquarters at the next When a voyage is reported as a to last port of cal before payoff. DETAILED OVERTIME SHEET good one, that means it was a voy­ age on which the delegates were FORMS FOR THE CREW—These should state: name and book num­ right on the ball. A good crew picks its ship's and ber of member; rating; watch; department delegates early in the company; vessel; voyage number; trip and picks them carefully. Any date; port, where from and where man picked to serve as a delegate to; number of OT hours; nature should feel honored. He should be of work performed, and depart­ proud to serve as the SIU's arm ment head's signature. The board­ aboard ship. He has not only his ing patrolnwn at payoff time will shipmates but the entire member­ look for the following items at the bottom of the OT sheet and ship behind him. it is important that they be in­ To help the delegate in his du­ cluded: the department delegate's ties and to get shipboard beefs signature; the total hours in­ and questions cleared up as smoothly and quickly as possible, volved, and the captain's signa­ a special kit is placed ~ aboard ture. Disputed overtime should be every SIU ship. The kit contains made out on a separate sheet by the various forms and instructions the department head. AGREEMENTS — Copies of necessary to the duties of a dele­ gate. This procedure was created agreements and contracts for the by the membership with the idea crew's inspection. SEAFARERS Pace Sereoteea LOG Steadily Shorter Workweeks Seen For American Workers J WASHINGTON—"Gradually and steadily," American workers are moving towards a shorter workweek. The AFL-CIO Dept. of Research reports that 8 million persons presently are on a basic workweek of under 40 hours, The Department of Research while many others have had tion in working hours. their working time reduced More than 40 percent of hotel analysis predicts .that "continual through longer vacations, more holidays or paid lunch periods. The department's findiiigs make up the Collective bargain­ ing Report feature of the Decem­ ber issue of the American Federationist, the AFL-CIO magazine. Geographically, the northeast has led the way, with 62 percent of office employees in the region and 11 percent of plant workers on a workweek of less than 40 hours. "The reduction of hours under collective bargaining in the 1960s," the Federationist analysis says, "is not taking place drama­ tically and suddenly. Rather the reductions are taking place in small steps in individual con­ tracts." Examples As an example, the article cites a Chemical Workers contract pro­ viding for a 10-minute-a-day re­ duction in working time during each year of a three-year contract. Nearly all printing trades work­ ers—98 percent of them—are working less than 40 hours, with about one-fourth at 35 hours. In nearly all cases, the reduction was first to 38.75 hours and then to 37.5 hours. The Ladies' Gar­ ment Workers have had a 35-hour workweek in the New York area since the 1930's, but in the past 10 years has extended it so that it now covers some 97 percent of the union's membership in the United States. A growing number of union construction workers — although still a minority—are on weekly schedules of less than 40 hours. Labor Department studies show some 13 percent of retail em­ ployees and 17 percent of fulltime restaurant employees working less than 40 hours. An estimated onethird of office employes are on a less-than-40 hours workweek. Large percentages of workers in the brewing, tobacco, rubber, fur, baking and telephone indus­ tries have a basic workweek of less than 40 hours. In addition to the sabbatical vacations introduced in the steel, aluminum and can industries, longer vacations and more holi­ days continue to show up in union contracts for a "hidden" reduc- Etching Gift To SIU From Swedish Visitors Swedish visitors to the New Orleans hail recently were ell smiles as Btor^Aadeiesois lleftl presented an etching to New Orleans port agent Buck Stephens, The etching, by a Swedish artist, depicts the engine room of ,a steamshipe The group's visit to the United States was sponsorea by the United States Information Agencye workers are on a schedule of less than 40 hours a week. New York City's Hotel Trades Council won a 35-hour week (down from 40 hours with no pay cut as of last June). In Chicago, the Building Service Em­ ployees contract with the Chicago Residential Hotel Association cut the workweek from six days and 45 hours to five days and 37.5 hours. ^ improvements in the reduction of hours of work without cutting weekly pay surely promises to be­ come the pattern for the second half of the 1960s." Accompanying the drive for shorter hours through collective bargaining is, of course, labor's push for establishment of a basic 35-hour week for all workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Scientists Crew Up Floating Ice Island Winds and currents permitting, the north Greenland Sea, which is almost inaccessible to surface ships, is about to be explored. To accomplish this task Navy scientists are riding a strange vessel. Both Russian stations are on ice ARLIS-II is a floating ice floes about 6 to 12 feet thick. island, one and a half by three and a half miles across and about 60 to 80 feet thick. The strange "vessel" is "crewed" by eight scientists and four support personnel. The ice island was discovered in May 1961 when it was about 90 miles off Alaska's Point Barrow after breaking off the northwest coast of Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian Archipelago. In three years, it has drifted from Alaska across the Arctic Basin and the North Pole to Greenland's north­ eastern coast. Scientists Hopeful Scientists are now anxiously waiting to see if ARLIS-II con­ tinues its journey out of the Arctic Basin into the Greenland Sea. This depends entirely on the fickle cur­ rents and winds of the polar region. If it does continue its journey as hoped, it will give scientists a chance to explore a region of the world where bad ice conditions prohibit explora­ tion by surface ships except for a few weeks in the summer. If they make it, the scientists now aboard ARLIS-II will be joined by others, and geophysical, meterological and oceanographic studies of the north Greenland Sea will be made. The scientists now riding the ice island have already made gravity and magnetic studies of the Arctic Basin and bottom and sub-bottom profiles of the Polar Sea floor. Ice islands are made up of fresh water glacial ice and are many times thicker than the ice floes of the Arctic ice pack. They do melt eventually however, and some experts fear that ARLIS-II may have to be abandoned if it travels far enough south to melt the snow surface which is used for airplane landings. By that time however, it will probably have fulfilled its mission. Other Ice Stations During the last 30 years, both the U.S. and Russia have main­ tained similar floating laboratories in the Arctic. The U.S. has another manned ice island called Fletcher's Island or T-3 which is now on its third lap around the Beaufort Sea above Alaska and North­ west Canada, going round and round in the clockwise currents of the area. Russia has two manned drift stations in the Arctic—NP-12 and NP-13. NP stands for North Pole, The very first Russian floe sta­ tion actually succeeded in making it into the Greenland Sea. That was NP-1 back in 1937. After 10 months of drifting it began to melt and had to be abandoned. The American scientists are hoping that if ARLIS-II also makes it into the Greenland Sea, it will last a lot longer than 10 months be­ cause of its much greater thick­ ness. At this time though, only time will tell. MEBA Case (Continued from page 3) licenses for sufficient time to meet this eligibility requirement. Associate Justice Hugo L. Black, in the Court's ruling opinion, said that the plaintiffs were not "dis­ criminated against in any wa.v" and were not "denied (any) right or privilege to vote or nominate" available to other union members. Uniformly Applied Rules Justice Black wrote that the law allows unions to fix "reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed" for candidates. The law also sets up statutory provisions for a ma.ximum term of office, a secret bal­ lot, equal access to membership lists for campaign purposes, reareasonable periods for nominations and a fair voting opportunity for all members. Justice Black con­ tinued. The Court's opinion pointed out that the Landrum-Griffin Act pro­ vides for a test of the reasonable­ ness of the Union's election re­ quirements, if they are challenged, by a complaint filed with the Sec­ retary of Labor. The Court ruled that the so-called "equal rights" section of Landrum-Griffin could not be "stretched" to read into it a guaranty that members not only have a right to nominate candi­ dates "but to nominate any one, without regard to valid union rules." The MEBA case was argued in the Supreme Court tjy Its general counsel, Lee Pressman. VMS I'LL 7/?K " "1"! �SEAFARERS Imamur t, INS LOG Sub-Zero Temperafuret Sfalled 100 Ships "Great Blockade" Of '26 Was Classic Lakes Jam When four deep-sea ships were caught in the Great Lakes by the winter freeze several weeks ago it made big news in all the papers. But to seamen who remember the "great blockade" of 1926, four ships trapped in the Lakes is small potatoes. At that time about 2,000 seamen, on more than 100 ships, thought they might over again before the vessel could up, ending the panic. The, winter Soo closing was so be spending the winter frozen be pulled free. Attempts at freeing the ships critical in the old days that insur­ in the St. Mary's River between were unsuccessful until warmer ance companies had special rates Lakes Superior and Huron. In the old days, Lakes sailors temperatures eventually made res­ for late vessels. Ships that did not knew they had to lock through the cue possible. The ice-bound ves­ clear port by midnight, November Soo before the St. Mary's River sels were finally freed on Decem­ 30, had to pay higher rates, which became a ribbon of ice three feet ber 10, releasing the estimated $50 gradually increased until Decem­ thick. Getting home for Christmas million of cargoes which were tied ber 15, which was the closing date. involved a race with the calendar and the weather. The traditional closing date of the Soo locks and the end of the navigation season was December 15. Before the famous "great block­ ade of '26," Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario, the twin Cana­ NEW YORK—new rash of complaints from harbor pilots dian grain ports, were hit by a and tugmen on the dangerous glare they say comes from the snow storm. That was on Novem­ bright lights of the new Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on foggy ber 30. The storm was so bad that nights has finally won a-^' no grain was loaded until 4 p.m. promise of action on the The pilots then noted that they It was midnight when 22 ships had charged the Throgs Neck and problem. loaded with 5.5 million bushels The glare is so dangerous, the Whitestone Bridges with being haz­ cleared the elevators. pilots have warned, that it ards to navigation also, and that Icy Voyage "threatens a major maritime ca­ their complaints and warnings The run down Lake Superior tastrophe." After the first warn­ had been ignored over the years. was not for fair weather sailors. ing by harbormen, the Coast Commenting on the Army En­ When the ships reached the Soo Guard said it was making a "con­ gineers' decision to push an in­ about 40 hours later they were tinuing investigation." Nothing vestigation of the bridge lights, a covered with a thick coat of ice happened, however. The second maritime official said: "In the from stem to stern. In sub-zero warning, two weeks later and interest of avoiding the risk of weather they were locked through beefed up by the support of ma­ collision in this most hazardous the Soo and promptly ran into the jor maritime groups, won' the area, it is imperative that the worst ice blockade in the history promise of action if warranted, problem arising from the glare of of the upper lakes. the bridge lights be resolved as from the Army Engineers. The 22 ships found themselves The pilots had armed their sec­ quickly as possible." behind a line of 55 vessels loaded ond warning with detailed in­ with some 13.8 million bushels of stances of 'near misses' in the grain. At the same time the up- harbor that occurred because of bound channel was blocked by a the glaring lights on the bridge. solid line of 45 vessels loaded The first involved a tanker in­ —• • 'I , mostly with coal. They remained bound to a New Jersey refinery, there, locked in the ice for almost and the other incidents involved a week. Even the icebreaker sent freighters. in to free them was in danger of The pilot of one of the freight­ freezing in solid as the tempera­ ers described his run-in with the Action in the marketplace offers ture dropped to 35 degrees below lights: "The range lights of an a method for trade unionists to as­ zero. oncoming vessel completely dis­ sist each other in their campaign In all, 245 vessels were stuck appeared in the sunlike, blinding for decent wages and better con­ fast in the ice. Farmers in the glare of the bridge lights," he ditions. area did a booming business carry­ said. Seafarers and their families are ing meat and provisions out to Army to Act urged to support a consumer boy­ the ships on bobsleds. Many of the The Army Corps of Engineers cott by trade unionists against seamen simply walked ashore to has promised to take hction on the various companies whose products buy items they needed. At the problem. On the^next foggy night, are produced under non-union same time a panic threatened the they said they would make an ob­ conditions, or which are "unfair Chicago grain market with so servation of conditions from a to labor." (This listing carries the much grain bottled up aboard the Coast Guard buoy tender. The name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ ships, while ironmasters in Cleve­ pilots backed by harbor tug skip­ volved, and will be amended from land and Pittsburgh were near pers hope that the observation by time to time.) panic because of the much needed the engineers will lead to a re­ "Lee" brand tires supply of coal which was immo­ duction of tlie lights on the (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleiun bilized. bridge. & Plastic Workers) Icebreaker Called Complaints to the Triborough Finally the car ferry St. Marie Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Eastern Alt Lines was called to the rescue. She was which has jurisdiction over the (Flight Engineers) the most powerful icebreaker of Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, t> if the time, and was joined by a brought no action. The TBTA H. I. Siegel Coast Guard cutter and a fleet of said the lights on the new bridge "HIS" brand men's clothes tugs from the Soo. The St. Marie were no different than lights in­ (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) would break open a lane to a ship, stalled on the Throgs Neck and it 44" but the lane would begin to freeze Bronx-Whitestone Bridges. Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Verrazano Bridge Clare Slated For Investigation European Trade Unionists Living Better Than Ever PARIS—^The trade union family in Western Europe is living better than ever thanks to a roimd of wage boosts and improve­ ments in fringe benefits during 1963A continuing shortage of skilled labor is making the Common Market countries emphasize decentralization of industry and Job training for adults. The. importation of foreign labor—mainly from poorer nations like Spain—also continues. The major part of the 1963 increase in the Western European i work force was due to the influx of immigrant labor. The labor 1 I shortage which created the rush to the Common Market countries i is also drawing students out of school at an early age when the economies need them in school to learn skilled trades. Govern­ ment programs are being created to stem the "dropout" problem and teach trades to the young. The higher wages and benefits kept comfortably ahead of price I increases in the six nations of the European (^mmon Market, stai tistics show. France was the only nation where increases did not ! keep pace with wages, but French workers benefitted from im­ provements in social insurance. The booming free enterprise economies of Europe, guided and [ directed by their governments to a far greater extent than in ^ I America, operate on a full employment basis. Italy was the only | : Common Market nation with significant unemployment, and the I jobless there were mainly unskilled workers. During 1963 West German unions were able to win increases I ranging from six to seven percent while living costs rose only 3.1 ^ percent. Belgian unions also negotiated six to seven percent wage i boosts, more than compensating for the 2.1 percent hike in living j costs. In Italy, a 15 percent average wage increase doubled the ^rise in prices. . The Netherlands, where living costs rose 4.2 percent. Had a six I to seven percent average wage boost. France, with a 4.8 price rise, I was the sole Conunon Market nation where no wage improvement i was reported. Fringi- benefits were strengthened, however, in all the countries. ^ France established a health insurance program—medicare—for the I aged. Italy began a program of medical care for the aged craflsI men. The Netherlands added disability insurance to its social \ security program. ^ Belgium increased wm-kmen's compensation and disability in|surance. Both West Germany and Italy improved workmen's comI pensation. In France and West Germany, where rent control is on i the way out, the governments will provide financial assistance to ^ i tenents. DONOTB^ AFL-CIO Radio and Television Service Programs Check local listing for time and station In your community Edward P. Morgan and the News Nightly, Monda>fcihrough Friday over the ABC radio network Washington Reports to the People Weekly over radio while Congress is in session. a• • • • • • • • • • • • • $1 ^ StItzel-WeUer Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StiU," "Wi L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) t 4» 4" $ 4^ 4> Labor News Conference Weekly over the Mutual Broadcasting System. As We See It Weekly over the ABC radio network Americans at Work A series of 104 TV films Check listings for local channels J. R. Simplot Potato Cow Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotirpers) 4" it Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) .UT-( THE AFL-CIO on the AIR �9, ItW SEAFARERS LOG Although Christmas has passed and the reports coming in from the ships at sea indicate that many crews were pleased with the sumptuous Christmas Dinners prepared by thenlong toiling galley gangs, crews are still raving about the wonderful spreads laid out for Thanks giving Day. Roy-*^"Lucky" Pritchett, for in­ especially proud of their stewards told me to take it easy for a stance, a man with a reputa­ this Thanksgiving, and praised the while." 4 4 4 tion for tall tales is not stretching meal to the skies." It was an out­ "Wind—27 knots, Northwesterly ... Light showers expected ,.. Temperature—62* ... Today's high .. WARM SPRINGS (Columbia), No­ vember 29—Chairman, Piatt; Secre­ tary, H. Casanova. No beefs reported by department delegates. Few hours disputed OT in deck aiul engine de­ partments. Cold water tank to be fixed immediately, and crew told not to sign on until it Is fixed. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), No­ vember 25—Chairman, J. Carroll; Secretary, L. Pepper. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Crew requested to keep all screen doors locked Willie in port. THETIS (Ryo Marina), December 10—Chairman, Donald Gore; Secre­ tary, William J. Powers. Brother disputed OT in engine department for holiday watches. HALCYON PANTHER (Halcyon), November 28—Chairman, W. E. Countant; Secretary, Frank Kastura. $3.20 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Brother Lucky Pritchett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew requested to wear shirts in messroom. All asked to cooperate in keep­ ing messroom clean at night. Vote of thanks to the whole steward de­ partment for an exceptional Thanks­ giving dinner. the truth when he says that the Thanksgiving meal aboard the Halcyon Panther (Halcyon) was exceptional. The crew agreed with him and gave the steward department a hearty vote of thanks. Joseph Moody, ship's dele­ gate aboard the Fairland (Water­ man) said the meal on Thanks­ giving was "beautifully prepared," and the crew stood behind a motion to give the galley gang a vote of special recognition for their work. Aboard the Steel Maker (Isthmian), a ship noted for good feeding throughout the SIU, fleet, > the crewmembers were Balancing Act DEL NORTE (Delta), December 13— Chairman, Robert Callahan; Secre­ tary, Bill Kaiser. Three men were hospitalized and given $50 each from the ship's fund. $100.25 in ship's fund and $342.52 in movie fund. No beefs or disputed OT reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the entire steward de­ partment for a wonderful Thanksgiv­ ing dinner and job well done through­ out voyage. OUR LADY OF PEACE (Liberty Navigation), November 22—Chairman, William S. Rudd; Secretary, Wilson J. Davis. Some disputed OT in deck department. All quarters in engine department need sougeeing. Leaks in saloon sinks to be repaired. Ship needs to be fumigated. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate for a job well done. FOLMAR (Calmar), December <— Chairman, Jesse W. Puckett; Secre­ tary, Francis O'Laughlln. $27.50 in ship's fund. No heefs reported by department delegates. ALAMAR (Calmar), December 13— Chairman, W. J. Smith; Secretary, S. A. Holden. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Motion to re­ quest the vice president in chargo of contracts to publish how the negotiating committee is progressing ill regards to the di-.v cargo contract. Also to inform the crewmembers of the Yukon of America Asia Steam­ ship Corporation, concerning wages and overtime due. Repairs needed on drinking fountain for the crew. 4 COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), December 6—Chairman, William Brightwell; Secretary, David Green. $20.80 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Frank Pasaluk was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. NORINA (Marine Traders), Decem­ ber 6—Chairman, E. Wheeler; Secre­ tary, R. J. Burns. No beefs reported by department delegates. Two hours No beefs reported by department delegates. Headquarters to have the company fumigate ship on arrival In first U.S. port. Crewmembers re­ quested to make less noise in messhall while others are asleep. 4 Ship's delegate commented on the good behavior of the crew and ex­ pect this to be a smooth voyage. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote. of thanks extended to the baker. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Floyd Walker was elected to serve as ship's delegate. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatraln), December 18—Chairman, Bob Hanni­ bal; Secretary, R. LaBombard. Part of repairs have been taken care of. No beefs reported and everything is running smoothly. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatraln), Dec. 26—Chairman, Tex Jacks; Sec­ retary, Joe Block. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smoothly. $57.40 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. Brother B. Blanchard was elected to servo as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department. 4 4 4-4 RIO GRANDE (Oriental Exporters), November 11—Chairman, Glen Cal­ houn; Secretary, Raymond L. Perry. HENRY (Progressive), Nov. 4 — Chairman, V. Swanson; Secretary, V. Swanson. Ship's delegate reported that everything is O.K. with no beefs. 4" 4 4 Bob Callahan, ship's delegate aboard the Del Norte (Delta) re­ ports a very nice birthday party held in honor of Peter Gonzales. Gonzales in return thanked all the brothers who attended and helped to make his birthday a memorable occasion. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), December 12—Chairman, Joseph Stanton; Secretary, George A. Leach. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Lines), November 22 — Chairman, C. Hall; Secretary, W. Messenger. Ship's dele­ gate reported that all is running smoothly. Crew requested to keep ali rooms locked while in port and not to bring anyone aboard. 3^ The crew aboard the Del Rio (Delta) recently gave an outstand­ ing ovation to their electrician, reports meeting chairman Alphonse T o1 e ntino. The elec­ trician served as ship's delegate for voyage No. 19, he says, and the crew was Toientina especially appredative of the good work he did in representing the crew. "A hard job well done," Tolentino terms it. The secretary-reporter's report during the last shipboard meeting aboard the Atlas (Tankers and Tramps) indicated that there was $80 and 1200 yen in the fund, claims ship's delegate Alfred Hirsch. He also said that everyone aboard is very happy and very well fed. RIO GRANDE (Oriental Exporters), December 14—Chairman, Glenn Cal­ houn; Secretary, Raymond L. Perry. James Rutherford resigned as ship's delegate and Brother Bernard Schwartz was elected to serve. $8.61 in ship's fiind. No beefs were report­ ed by department delegates. standing holiday meal," reports George Gorton, ship's delegate. Another happy crew that walked away from their Thanksgiving meal giving thanks to their galley gang, is aboard the Steel Architect (Isthmian). C. W. Palmer, ship's delegate, said the crew voted a special thanks to the steward de­ partment for the spread, which was described by the crew as "a fine, fine meal." Displaying talent for balancing himself aloft, worthy of a true Seafarer, nine-month old Peter Psanis surveys the horizon from the outstretched palm of his SIU father, Christos Psonis at Seven Lakes, N.Y. Psanis, a member of the deck department, last sailed on the Raphael Semmes (Sea-Land). 4 Seafarer Robert Harwell re­ cently had plenty of reason to praise the skip­ per of the Flomar (Calmar) for "his good judgment." Har­ well came down with a case of acute appendici­ tis while sailing down the Pacific Coast. "The Harwell captain knew I was hurting," said Harwell, "so he put into Puntarenas, Costa Rica, instead of continuing to Panama. It was two days to Pana­ ma and the doctor told me later I probably wouldn't have made It." Harwell praised the captain highly for this action. After three weeks in the Costa Rica hospital, Harwell was transferred to Baltimore for another week. "Now I'm looking for a coastwise ship," Harwell says "The doctor During the ship's delegate re­ port of the last shipboard meeting aboard the Robin Sherwood, (Robin Lines) the crew was advised to respect the South African custom laws. The law says that a man cannot have more than 200 cigarettes in Haepner their lockers. "The fines are big for violating this law," says Otto Hoepner, ship's delegate. Hoepner also warned the crew about their shore passes in Lorenco Marques, and Biera, Mozambique. "If you loose your pass, you can get fined as much as $33.33. Hoepner then in­ formed the crew that the draw in Tamatave, Madagascar, will be given in Franks. "Don^t take any American money a s h o r e," he warned his fellow crewmembers. "If they catch you, the fine Is one for one." 4 4 4 Edward Cole ship's delegate, was a little cryptic in regards to the last voyage of the Ocean Ulla (Mari­ time Overseas). According to him "Cadillac" Jack Mays and Miles Perez have been doing a little fish­ ing in the Persian Gulf while the ship is on shuttle there. "But they haven't been using any hooks," Cole says. "They haven't been catching any fish, either." _ The Persian Gulf has been nice, though, Cole says, although the heat has gotten to some of the crewmembers. Maybe that's why there are no hooks on the brothers lines. SIU Member Buried at Sea Seafarers - on the Afoundria (Waterman) mourned the recent death of Brother Adam (Scotty) McDiarmid, 64, who passed away at sea. Every SIU crewm ember on board turned out to pay final re­ spects to their departed brother as the vessel's master read the McDiannid final rites. Brother McDiarmid was buried at sea, at the request of his next of kin. McDiarmid, who was a mem­ ber of the steward department, joined the SIU in 1955 in New York. A native of Scotland, he served In the British Navy during World War H. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Margaret Manning of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. �SEAFARERS PifaTwenty JanouT 8, 196S LOG Stee/ Maker Crew Takes Pause That Refreshes SIU crewmembers on the Steel Maker (Isthmian) were caught by Seafarer Joseph Friedman's camera while they relaxed during their vessel's turnaround in Madras, India. M. J. Keefer, bosun, (I) and Ronald C a n a d y, deck maintenance, are seen en­ joying the pause that reifreshes in the ship's dining room (right). Stewart de­ partment member Charles Sapeta catches the sun (center), while Yasser Szymanski, chief steward (I) and John F. Efstathiou. AB, savor a cup of coffee on deck (far left). Two Lakes SIU Brothers Star In Douhte Retirement Two brothers who are SIU Great Lakes District members set a record in the coinci­ dence dejjartment recently when they retired this year on SIU pensions after working for the same company for 35 years. Raymond E. Johnson, and his brother Carl, both started sailing in 1929 on the carferry»Wabash, which is operated by in the deck department of the Wa­ while. -We won't be doing much, the SIU-Great Lakes District bash, Raymond Johnson obtained that's for sure." a wheelsman rating in April, 1943. He can recall five different cap­ tains who skippered the vessel during the 33 years he was on board Carl, the younger member of the retired duo, began his career on the Wabash as a coalpasser, later becoming fireman and oiler. He left the vessel's firehold in November 1944 and two months later began working the forward end of Ann Arbor No. 5 where he served under seven different skip­ pers. Taking It Easy Both brothers, who were forced to retire because of illness, plan to remain in the Detroit area where they make their home. Speaking of C. Johnson R. Johnson their future, Raymond says, "We're ferred to the Ann Arbor No. 5 just going to mess around a little where he sailed until his retire- bit, doing odd jobs around home and maybe go fishing once in a ment. contracted Ann Arbor Railroad. Raymond Johnson began in the deck department of the Wabash in June, 1929 and worked there steadily for the next 33 years. His brother Carl started the same year in the engine department of the same carferry, but later trans- Both Johnson brothers have been awarded lifetime Union pensions and can now relax after a lifetime of hard work with the assurance that their $150 pensioh checks will arrive regularly every month. SIU Family Carl and Raymond come from a family whose members are really dedicated to the SIU. Three of their brothers not only belong to the Union, but also work for the Ann Arbor Railroad Company. Two of them sail on the Arthur K. Atkinson—John who is a wheel­ man and Harry, who is a handy­ man. A third brother, Richard, ships as a deckhand on the Wabash where Carl and Raymond first started sailing. At one point the family gave company bookkeepers a real headache when Carl, Rich­ ard, John and Harry were all ship­ ping on Ann Arbor No. 5. After spending almost 14 years lil; P' i%''' UP IF S'OU'R.e. AtoT THERE - ATTCMI^ YOOR UHIOH uteepnas wMgufl LOG-A.RHYTHM: The Brothers Johnson are very pleased about the progress the SIU made at the Ann Arbor Railroad Company. They feel the Union has won better representation and stands behind the men, "ready to go to bat" for them when the need arises. Now that their Union pensions have assured that they can retire with dignity without worries of financial hardship, both- brothers have become just about the most enthusiastic supporters of the Sea­ farers Welfare plan in the Detroit area. Carl declares, "I don't know what we would have done without our Union pensions." Holiday Chow Draws Raves On Columbia After feasting on wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas holi­ day-season meals which had Sea­ farers on the Columbia (Oriental Exporters) loosening their belts, ship's delegate Dick Massey has nothing but praise for the efforts of the vessel's SIU steward depart­ Paul R. Albano ment. The following Log-A-Rhythm was submitted by SIU pensioner Paul R. Massey also reports that sev­ Albano who sailed in the deck depart­ ment until his retirement in 19Q1. eral SIU celebrities who sailed with him aboard the Columbia Oh you, the mighty ocean, You sometimes change helped make the trip a memorable Your course and position one. Among them were "Frenchie" And put us into oblivion. Michelet, Ray Vaughn, Mike Reid, John Pican, L. Martindale and several others. He says that the We know you really don't mean To cause the full blown riot Seafarers on the Columbia made up one of the most harmonious That covers our fields; So, why can't you be more crews he ever sailed with. quiet? According to the delegate, the Columbia is the second Oriental Is it the wind as it blows Exporter ship on which he has had That makes you so furious? a golden trip. Singing the praises Can't you heed our pica— of both vessels, he calls them good Please, give us a lead. feeders and overtime ships. Massey advises his Union brothers not to pass up a chance to ride one Perhaps we can calm your fury With your screaming hurricanes of the company's ships. and tornadoes He describes the Columbia as a That ruin the crops— T-2 tanker which has been con­ Pity our potatoes! verted to a bulk carrier. He says the ship is in first class condition, Can't you show us some devotion. meeting the highest, Union Oh you, the mighty ocean. standards. Oh, You Mighty Ocean RID6EFIELD VICTORY (Columbia), Oct. 26—Chairman, O. C. Collins; Secrotary, Leo M. Morsett. Disputed OT reported in engine department, other­ wise everything is running smoothly. need painting. Ship to be fumigated for roaches. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate. CHATHAM (Waterman), No dateChairman, Robert L. O'Brien; Secre­ tary, H. E. Arllnghouse. One man A. W. Morales. No beefs reported by department delegates. Minor re­ pairs are being taken care of. Major repairs will be taken care of upon arrival In States. was hospitalized at Gibralter. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to the steward department. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), Dec. 26 —Chairman, V. M. Perez; Secretary, E. R. Jerry Hauser. Ship's delegate expressed the Captain's thanks to the galley crew for the excellent Christ­ mas Dinner. Some disputed OT re­ ported by department delegates. Mo- VOLUSIA (Suwannee), Nov. 21 — Chairman, A. W. MoTalei; Secretary, SANTA EMILIA (Liberty Naviga­ tion), Dec. 16—Chairman, A. J. Tre­ mor, Jr.; Secretary, George Hair. 31 rupees in the ship's fund. No com­ munications received from New York. Small amount of disputed OT in deck department. Vote if thanks to the steward department for a job 'well done. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), Nov. 16—Chairman, John F. Williams; Sec­ retary, J. G. Lakwyk. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Brother Milton P. Cox was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew re­ quested to turn in ail soiled linen. iiiiiiiiiip MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Dec. 13—Chairman, Pete Sernyk; Secretary, S. Plerson. $13.16 in ship's fund. Beef in deck depart­ ment involving mate. Beef with stew­ tion made to request the negotiating ard department about various Items. committee to institute action to im-. Ship needs fumigation. plement a change in shipping regula­ tions—to limit a man's tenure on one COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Nov. 11— ship to a one-year period. Discussion Chairman, Mike Doherty; Secretary, regarding retirement plan. Feelings Nell O'Rourke. No beefs and no dis­ lean toward a liberalization of plan puted OT. One man was hospitalized to permit earlier retirement without in Pittsburgh. Washing machine to disability. be repaired. $93 in movie kitty. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Water­ ways), Dec. 22—Chairman, James R. Prestwood; Secretary, F. Schutz. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing Is fine and no beefs were re­ ported. Brother Frank Schutz was elected new ship's delegate. RIDGEFIELD VICTORY (Columbia), Dec. 6—Chairman, O. C. Collins; Sec­ retary, L. M. Morsette. OT beef In deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to the steward department. JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman), Dee. 20—Chairman, A. Hasklns; Secretary, H. RIdgeway. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Crew requested to keep mcssroom and pantry clean at night. Also to keep salesmen out of messhall. TRANSINDIA (Hudson Waterways), Dec. 11—Chairman, J. Homen; Sec­ retary, H. K. Pierce. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. One man left in hospital in Bombay. One man sent home due to wife's Ulness. Otherwise, everything Is O.K. HUDSON (Victory Transport), Dee. 6—Chairman, James Lee; Secretary, Felipe Quintayo. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward, chief cook, 2nd cook and 3rd cook for good Thanksgiving dinner. YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), Dec. 20 — Chairman, Thomas Cummlngs; Secretary, John Dor. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Dis­ cussion on ship being stored for 90 days If trip is going to be longer than 60 days. NORBERTO CAPAY (Liberty Navi­ gation), Dec. 12 — Chairman, Ron Barnes; Secretary, John L. Pazan. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the good food and clean galley and food areas. Special mention made of the Thanksgiving dinner. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), Dec. 13 —Chairman, F. Johnson; Secretary, R. L. Morrow. Brother Seotty McDiarmid died at sea December 12th and was buried at sea the same day as requested by next of kin. Brother McDiarmid was given final rites by the Captain with the entire ship's crew in attendance. Ship's safety meeting was held. Some disputed OT in deck department. Crew's quarters aft needs sougeeing. Crew's foc'sles EAGLE VOYAGE (United Maritime), Nov. 29—Chairman, E. Sims; Secre­ tary, John J. Doyle. Brother T. Jones was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. $15.13 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for the very fine Thanksgiving dinner. GENEVA (U.S. Steel), Nov. 29 — Chairman, A. A. Andreshak; Secre­ tary, A. S. Telam. Ship's delegate reported that no progress has been made about the rusty water. $24.73 in ship's fund. Motion to see abouf getting larger air conditioners for messroom and recreation room. Dis­ cussion about movie films. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Nov. 1—Chairman, W. V. GontarskI; Secretary, A. S. Telan. Ship's dele­ gate reported that no progress has been made regarding rusty water. Discussion about movie, films. The company furnished the projector and six films at a cost of about $140. Crewmembers* to donate towards pur­ chase of films. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Water­ ways), Dec. 2—Chairman, J. Prest­ wood; Secretary, R. Brown. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Most of the repairs have been taken care of. Brother Early Punch was elected to serve as ship's delegate. REBECCA (Maritime Overseas), Dec. 23—Chairman, Fred R. Hicks; Secre­ tary, M. L. Ollera. Delayed sailing disputed OT in deck department. Mo­ tion that the crew of this ship be provided with new tanker agreement with this cqpipony. Motion that ade­ quate fans in ail foc'sles be provided. Motion to contact patrolman in Hous­ ton requesting that he meet, ship to discuss various items which need to be clarified. Vote of thanks to the steward department. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Dec. 13—Chairman, Bill Davles; Secretary, Tom Gordon. Brother Hendrick J. Swartjes was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to retiring ship's delegate. Brother Dun­ can. Discussion on working rules. SPITFIRE (American Bulk Car­ riers), Dec. 4 — Chairman, Cusson; Secretary, Arthur Schuy. Brother Bob Rutherford was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT In engine department. • i. If . „ .. ... . « • w ^ ?, �... JannuT 9, 1965 SEAFARERS Don't Delay On Heat Beefs Now that the cold weather is here, Seafarers are reminded that heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled 11 the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmembers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait three or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. The same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts available in order to make a determination. Steel Designer Steward Lauded To The Editor: I am not a seaman, nor do I belong to any Union; 1 am the Assistant Operations Represen­ tative employed by Interna­ tional Shipping Agencies, Bei­ rut, who are acting as General Agents in the Mediterranean and Middle East for Isthmian Lines, Inc. In my capacity, I often travel around the world following the SIU is without a doubt the best there is. Fred T. Costello Seafarer Seeks Message Board To The Editor: There are times in port that I would like to leave a message for a ship-mate or a Seafarer on the beach. I think the logi­ cal place for such a message would be the Union hall. It would be a convenience to the Seafarer if the union would install a notice board where messages could be posted on uniform dated cards issued only by the dispatcher and upon re­ m quest. The cards would be re­ moved after one week from the All letters to the editor for date of posting to avoid accum­ publication in the SEAFARERS ulation of old cards. LOG must be signed by the If other Seafarers, who have writer. Names will be withheld needed such a notice board, upon request. would bring this message to the attention of the union represen­ Isthmian vessels in the Medi­ tative, it is possible that a board terranean, Red Sea and Persian may be installed. Harry N. Schorr Gulf. Recently I was assigned to attend to operations on the Steel Designer, and had the pleasure of staying aboard from Oct. 24 to Nov. 26, supervising Hospital Help operations in several ports. Brings Thanks It was an interesting and To The Editor: pleasant experience to sail on I would like to write a letter the vessel, but the object of of appreciation. It is a great this letter is to praise the excel­ lent food we enjoyed all along comfort to know that while my husband is away from home, my our journey. I am forced to say "My com­ children and myself are cov­ pliments to the chef." He is ered with hospitalization. This Walter Newberg, and a better year alone, my oldest daughter received glasses; I was hospitalchef could not be found. ided for maternity and an op­ I'have been travelling around eration; and my infant daugh­ oh ships for many years,* and ter was also hospitalized. tasted many cuisines, but on the Thanks to the SIU Welfare Steel Designer, with Newberg plan, I had no worries. I don't as chief steward, the food was know of any other insurance one hundred percent A-OK. with such wonderful coverage Personally, I am not a trench­ as the Seafarers have. erman, or a gourmet, but I can My thanks also for the $25 say this—^when I disembarked dollar bond which my baby re­ to rejoin my office in Beirut, I ceived shortly after her birth. found I put on weight. Mrs. Frederick J. Addison, Jr. I hold Walter Newberg re­ sponsible for that, but nonethe­ 4> 4> 4> less, I look forward to seeing hini again. Gratitude Goes Roberto Butta-Calice Beyond Words 4- 4- 4" Harvard Prof Praises Log To The Editor: Please send the LOG to my friend. Professor L. Schneider. He teaches transportation at the Harvard Business School. One day I lent him a copy of the LOG and he said it con­ tained many interesting and valuable stories. He plans to use them in his study of trans­ portation research. I myself wish all Seafarers a Merry Christmas and smooth sailing, especially - all former shipmates of mine. After see­ ing some of these unions ashore, To The Editor: I would like to take advan­ tage of the LOG to express my thanks to the Seafarer's Wel­ fare Plan for all the assistance and help they have given to me and my wife these last two years. Words alonife cannot express the deeds and help that went beyond the normal call that was given to my wife and I. I would especially like to thank the officials of the Union and the Welfare plan in the port of Philadelphia. Again, I say that words can never cover the feelings I wish to express from my heart. Robert & Alice Duff Paw Tweniy-OM LOG Colorful Curacao Christmas Gets Seafarer's Once-Over EDITOR'S NOTE: The following description of Christmas celebrations on the Dutch island of Curacao in the Caribbean was written for the LOG by Seafarer Robert Henninger while his ship, the Sea Pio­ neer, was loading at Willemsted. Although the holiday season is now past, LOG readers will find Henninger's colorful account of a Caribbean Christmas b oth humorous and interesting. This Christmas, shipload after shipload of American tourists who decided to give them­ selves a vacation as a Yuletide gift, descended upon the land of St. Nicholas. Upon their arrival, they found an island covered with sand and palms, instead of the ice and snow their friends were putting upis celebrated, Curacao gets itself ing Dutch gin, or by tension from with back home. If these Christmas travelers all dolled up for the Yule season. frequent pirate raids, they got decided to go out for a ride on the back roads, they soon found them­ selves threading their way lightly through swarms of goat herds, in­ stead of those proverbial reindeer up North. Most of the time they lazed around with the soles of their feet covered in warm sand instead of icy slush. Down here the seasonal sound of the Christ­ mas carol is replaced by the soft lilt of a Caribbean calypso. Dutch Treat These travelers were enjoying the pleasures of the Dutch island of Curacao, a free port filled with more bar­ gain - basement goodies than all of Santa's help­ ers could -turn out in a lifetime work in those Henninger of North Pole "sweatshops." As the good citizens of Curacao like to point out, St. Nicholas, after all, was Dutch. They say that the whole matter of Christmas, which got an early start on this island, is sort of a Dutch treat which Holland has be­ stowed on the world. Since Curacao has no landing facilities for sleighs, and there are few chimneys on the houses, Santa Claus arrives in town by boat early in December. The gleeful children collect a load of gifts when Santa makes his first appearance. However, island children have another treat in store, since they receive an additional armful of presents on Boxing Day which falls on December 26. Boxing Day is a holdover from the days when the British ruled Curacao, and you can bet the kids here are not about to let a gift-giving day pass into oblivion just because the Union Jack no longer flies here. Pastel Splash As in almost every other place in the free world where Christmas HANOVER (Gaorge T. Bates), Dec. 26—Chairman, W. L. Osborne; Secre­ tary, Robert W. Weldon. $10.25 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in steward department otherwise every­ thing is running smoothly. Motion made that any man with twenty years sea time with the Union, regardless of age, be eligible for retirement. Ship's fund was used to send flowers to chief cook's mother who passed away. A hearty vote of thanks was extended to the Snd engineer and crew for their efforts in providing • Christmas tree. This decorating spirit goes way beyond traditional Christmas trees and wreaths. The Christmas beau­ tifying spirit extends to putting a shade of blue, pink, green or yel­ low on any house that looks like it needs a paint job. The local story tellers say these wild color schemes originated in the days of an early governor who was supposed to have suffered from fierce headaches. According to the story, after the doctors de­ cided that the headaches weren't caused by hangovers from drink- Birthday Pose As a special memento to maric her third birthday, Ana E. Brown posed for this photograph dressed in her Sunday best. Ana is the daughter of Seafarer Isaac V. Brown who sails in the deck department. ATLAS (A. L. Burbank), Dec. 19— Chairman, W. J. Anderson; Secretary, W. J. Anderson. Fire on ship while in drydock in lowi, Japan. No one was hurt. CretVinembers received subsistence. $40 in ship's' fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn Ship, ping), Dec. 24—Chairman, H. Work­ man; Secretary, S. Rothschild. Ship's delegate reported that there were no beeta and everything was working smoothly. Crewmembers requested to FAIRPORT (Waterman), Nov. 2 — Chairman, W. Compton; Secretary, A. J. Kuberskl. No beefs reported by department delegates. 14.85 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. Motion that day men's foc'sle be changed since there is not enough room for two men in one foc'sle. Vote of thanks to the steward department. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Dec. 30—Chairman, Gordon Owen* Secretary; Charles H. Tyree. $36.50 in ship's fund. Disputed OT and lodging beefs to be taken up with patrolman. BANGOR (Bermuda Shipping), Nov. 19—Chairman, D. Dickinson; Secre­ tary, None. Brother E. Villasol was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $10 in ship'^ fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), Dec. 15—Chairman, J. Comes; Secre­ tary, P. Ranco. Washing machine that was ordered has not been received. Slop chest is-not up to par. Brother Paul Franco was elected to serve as ship's delegate. around to fixing the blame on the sun's glare from the island's white­ washed buildings. The medics figured that the poor governor had to squint everytime he looked at these white buildings, giving him a severe headache. .A.nd so, the governor ordered all the houses in Willemstad to be painted in pastel hues. Ever since, the city has looked as if Yogi Bear and Pluto had a paint battie in the center of town. Christmas Hiatus The only time the Christmas hustle in Curacao takes a hiatus is when the Queen Emma, which is the longest floating pontoon bridge in the world, swings open to allow a ship to pass in or out of the harbor. When the bell rings, the bridge begins to turn around, forc­ ing pedestrians to head for the free ferry which carries them across the harbor. Like so many other ferries in the world, the days of this one are now numbered. The city fathers are planning a high bridge to re­ place the Queen Emma, joining both banks of St. Anna Bay with­ out anyone worrying about the ar­ rival and departure of ocean-going ships. One Way Spirit While the Christmas spirit pre­ vails throughout Curacao, it could also be found in th€ lush gambling casino of the Intercontinental Hotel. At least half the numbers on roulette wheels are red, and the felt is green, as also, to be sure, is the folding money. This last ob­ servation should teach the casino management that it is more blessed to give than to receive. What re­ sort can ever top that? yNRi-mto wBifoe TAMARA 6 U I L D E N (Transport Commercial), Nov. 30—Chairman, W. Guitrau; Secretary, R. Viioria. $1 in ship's fund. Brother W. Guitrau was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Dee. 26—Chairman, J. McDonald; Sec­ retary, W. E. Morse. Ship's delegate to see captain about draw in New York. Everything is running O.K. with no beefs. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Discussion on cleaning water tank. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), Dec. 27—Chairman, T. Drzewickli Secretary, Clyde Kent. $6.70 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Smooth payoff in Fhiladelphia. keep doors locked and secure while in port. FLORIDIAN (So. Atlantic - Carib­ bean), Dec. 30—Chairman, J. W. Bry­ ant; Secretary, P. Dunphy. Ship's delegate resigned and Brother A1 Kastenhuber was elected to serve. No beefs reported .by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for good chow. KENT (Corsair Transportation), Dae. 13—Chairman, B. G. Ladd; Secretary, F. G. Anderson. Brother R. W. McNay was elected to serve as ship's delegate. LUCILLE BLOOMFIELD (Bioomfleld), Dec. 21—Chairman, R. Creel; Secretary, E. W. Auer. Ship's dele­ gate reported that a letter concerning changing of sailing board was mailed to the Union while ship was in Ham­ burg. Motion to have negotiating committee see that sailing board is made up from 4 P.M Friday to B AM Monday in the event ship is staying In port over the weekend. $19 in ship's fund. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn Ship­ ping Co.), Nov, 29—Chairman, Batson; Secretary, S. Rothschild. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion to remedy situation of insuffi­ cient money aboard ship. Very poor mail service this trip. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. �' ;1 • ; rV » •> .. > • Pare Twenty-Tw* SEAFARERS JaniuuT 8, 1965 LOG SZU AXtXtIVAX.S and Know Your Rights All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Phillip Pedersen, born Decem­ 5, 1964, to the Richard L. Tolera, ber 10, 1964, to the Perry M. Vineland, N.J. Pedersens, Brooklyn, N.Y. $ 4^ 4» t Paul San Jnan, born November Barbara Gilmore, born Novem­ 14, 1964, to the Vincent San Juans, ber 7, 1964, to the David C. Gil- Jr., Savannah, Ga. mores, Dunn, N. Carolina. 4" 4" 4^ t 4« 4" Charles Gilchrist, born Septem­ Deneen Vieira, born October 5, ber 6, 1964, to the Charles R. Gil1964, to the Edwin Vieiras, New christs, Beaumont, Texas. Orleans, La. 4» 4" 4 t 4^ 26, 1964, to the Monroe Deedlers, Hubbard Lake, Michigan. 4^" 4" 4> 4" 4" 4i 4" 4" 4 4< 4< 4> Alan Frankovltch, born Novem­ ber 21, 1964, to the John G. Frankovitchs, Ensign, Michigan. William Ward, born October 14, 1964, to the Jack R. Wards, Port Organe, Florida. Daniel Lavelle, born October Vlcki Marie Bmnell, born Octo­ 27, 1964, to the Daniel P. Lavelles, Donna Owens, born September 19, 1964, to the William Owens, ber 20, 1964, to the Victor Cleveland, Ohio.-Brunells, Westwego, La. Wanchese, N. Carolina. 4^ 4» 4" i 4^ 4^ Michael Potter, born September 4» t i Michael Day, born October 31, 9, 1964, to the Jackie W. Potters, Joseph Cabral, born September 13, 1964, to the John Cabrals, 1964, to the Jack W. Days, Moro, Wilmington, N.C. Illinois. Bristol, Rhode Island. 4> 4> 4^ Paul Merton Lyons, bom No­ i 4i 4' 4< 4" 4" Edwin Simmons, born Novem­ Skyla Heaton, born October 19, vember 19, 1964, to the Merton J. ber 3, 1964, to the Edwin R. Sim­ 1964, to the Thomas M. Heatons, Lyons, Alpena, Mich. mons, Gretna, La. Houston, Texas. 4> 4> 41 Frances Wherrity, born October $1 $1 4ii - 4" • 45" t Lori Jean Underwood, born Jeanisha Williams, born July 15, 1964, to the Francis X. WherOctober 5, 1964. to the William H. 24, 1964, to the Robert Williams, ritys, Philadelphia, Pa. Underwoods, Philadelphia, Pa. Mobile, Alabama. 4" 4^ 4i Vincent Milne, born November 4" 4' 4i 4" 4' 4i Eugene Toler, born November Mark Deedler, born November 21, 1964, to the Arthur G. Milnes, Mobile, Alabama. The deathe of the following Seafarers have been reported 4i 4> 4 to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment Mary Griggs, born November 3, of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary 1964, to the James D. Griggs, Beaumont, Texas. card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): James Francis Thomson, 66: Lafayette P. Howard, 52: Brother Thomson died July 28, Brother Howard died July 26, 1964, 1964, in the Kings in Haddon County Hospital, Heights, N.J., of Brooklyn, N.Y., heart failure. A of heart failure. member of the A member of the SlU-Inland Boat­ SIU since 1943, men's Union he spent his since 1961, he years at sea sail­ sailed as captain. ing in the stew­ He is survived by ard department. his wife, Mrs. He is survived Margaret K. by his brother John Thompson. Howard. His place of burial is not Burial was in the Holy Sepulchre known. Cemetery, Paterson, N.J. 4" 4J' 4^ 4" 4" 4' Edward Willsch, 68: Brother Wilisch died July 27, 1964, in the USPHS Hospital, New Orleans, a victim of cancer. A member of the Union since 1946, he sailed in the" deck department until he was awarded a pen­ sion in 1960. No beneficiary was designated. He was buried in the Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La. 4" I t 4' 4" Robert Green Sheffield, 51: Brother Sheffield succumbed to p n e u monia on Aug. 7, 1964, in Baltimore. A member of the engine depart­ ment, he first joined the Unic.i in 1956. He is survived by his friend, Rosario Salconi. Burial was in the Sacred Heart Ceme­ tery, Baltimore, Md. 4^ 4" 4" Francis A. Gallagher, 46: Broth­ er Gallagher succumbed to heart failure In Port Arthur, Texas, on f' July 23, 1964. A member of the Union since 1957, he sailed in the engine departn»ent. Adminis­ tratrix of his es­ tate is Mrs. Rose Walsh. Burial was in the City Cemetery, New York, N.Y. John Dzivyock, 53: Brother Dzivyock died July 8, 1964 in the Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, New York, of heart failure. A mem­ ber of the SIU Railway Marine Region since he joined in 1960, he worked as a bridgeman. He is survived by his sister, Mary Dzivyock. Burial was in the St. Raymond Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y. 4« 4< 4' Douglas James Kalplow 21: Brother Kaipio died July 5, 1964, in Royal Oak, Mich., of injur­ ies received in .an auto accident. A member of the SIU Great Lakes district, he joined the Union in 1963. No bene­ ficiary was desig­ nated. Burial was in the Glen Eden Cemetery, Livonia, Mich. 4* 4" 4" Charles Martin, 34: Brother Martin died Aug. 7, 1964, in. the Galveston USPHS Hospital of natural causes. A member of the SlU-Inland Boat­ men's Union since 1963, he sailed as a tankerman. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Dorothy A. Mar­ tin. He was buried in the Springdale Cemetery, Wayneboro, Va. Charles Vincent Cuomo, born August 6, 1964, to the Charles V. Cuomos, Brooklyn, N.Y. Pacific Coast (Continued from page 10) Antinous for an 18-day spell at the USPHS hospital. Feeling chip­ per again now he plans to catch the first available FWT job that hits the board. Tom Parrett got off the Young America in time to spend the ho'lidays with friends and took time out from holidaying to vote in the SIU election. This is the first time in several years that Parrett has been able to spend Christmas and New Years at home and recalls many dinners he has helped prepare on these occasions aboard SIU vessels on •the high seas. Seattle Shipjjing has been pretty good here for the last period and is expected to stay active for a while. Payoffs here during the last peri­ od included the Wild Ranger, Choctaw, Yaka, Seattle and Over­ seas Rose. The Robin Kirk, Longview Victory, Marine, Ames Vic­ tory and the Seneca are expected to pay off d^ing the coming weeks. We saw the Marymar, Se­ attle and Anchorage in transit during the last period. Two oldtimers, Y. Talberg and R. Layko were on the beach for the holidays and enjoyed • being home foy the festivities PHS Clinic Asks Advance Notice Seafarers seeking other than emergency care at the US Public Health Service out­ patient clinic in New York have been asked to telephone, wire or write in advance for an appointment to assure bet­ ter care and avoid long period^ of waiting. The USPHS facili­ ty, at Hudson & Jay Streets, NYC, says it is being swamped by "walk-In" patients who have ample time to make ad­ vance appointments. Unless they require emergency care. Seafarers are asked to write the clinic at 67 Hudson St., New York 13, or call BArclay .J-6150 before they come in. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU AtlanUc. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Watera District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constituUon requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. AU Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shaU consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of i trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able in aU Union haUs. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified malL return receipt requested. The proper address for this is; Earl Shepard, Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at aU times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available in aU SlU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets Shd in the proper manner. If. at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In yotlr opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960. meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Us ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and 1$ given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such' as dealing with charges, trials, etc.. as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights to which he Is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which wiU serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was estabUshed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been .violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access te Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Clover A. Wiggins, Jr. John Brink Your mother would like you to Your father wants you to get in get in touch with her at the fol­ touch with him immediately. lowing address: Mrs. R. B. Lott, 4« 4- 4) R 1-Box 223, Ben Wheeler, Texas. Sergio Arrcbola 4" 4' i Armand Cardova would like you Oskar Kaelep to get in touch with him at 877 Please telephone Walter Nel­ Niagara Street, Buffalo, N.Y. son, 636 Wilcox Ave., Bronx, 14213. N.Y. 10465. 4" 4) 4r David Douglas Robert L. Houck would like you to contact him at the Florida State Hospital, Chatahootchee, Fla. 4" 4)1 4J' John Lawrence Wright You are asked to get in touch with your sister, Mrs. Vivian A. Taylor. 4f 4' t Curt Decker Joseph Thomas would like you to contact him as soon as possible on a very important matter. Write c/o 122 Roosevelt Ave, Norwood, Mass. 4" 4" 4" Ray German You are requested to contact your grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Gifford P. German, immediately, on an important matter. 4i 4' 4) Sidney (Aussie) Shrimpton Contact John C. Brazil, Attor­ ney, 1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 207, New York City, tele­ phone CI 6-0600, regarding mail sent to you. 4* 4^ 4* ^ Simon C. Kendall You are asked to contact John C. Brazil, Attorney, at 1270 Ave­ 4> 4;" 4" nue of the Americas, Suite 207, Terrence Lee Zellers New York City, telephone CI You are urged to get in touch 6-0600, as soon as possible. with Mrs. Lee C. Landry, 2513 No. 4^ 4^ 4> Pineway Drive, Mobile, Ala., as soon as possible on a very im­ Dan S. Munro portant matter. Anyone knowing It is Important that you contact his whereabouts is asked to notify your wife iramedi-tely on person­ him concerning pame. al business. �I Juraary t> 1MB SEAFAREJtS Tat* Twenty-Three LOG sHKsamw Life Found Membership Meetings On Year-Old mammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmKomm SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Sea Volcano UNION SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes WASHINGTON — A volcanic & Inland Waters island which rose out of the North FRKSIDENT Atlantic Just one year ago is Paul HaU already attracting livings things. KXECUTIVK VICE-PHESIDENT Cal Tanner Professor P. S. Bauer of the VICE PRESIDENTS American University reports here. Earl Shepard IdndacT Winiami Robert Hatthewi The Island, called Surtsey, after A1 Tanner SECRETARY-TREASURER Surter, the Norse god of volcanoes A1 Kerr and geysers, first appeared in the HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Ed Mooney Fred Stewart icy waters 30 miles off Iceland BUI HaU 1210 E. Baltimore St. in November, 1963. It was then BALTIMORE Re* Dickey. Afent EAatem 7-4fl00 177 State St. steaming and barren of any life. BOSTON Ed Riley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10223 W. Jefferaon Ave. In recent weeks, however, scien­ Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings 3-4741 tists visiting the island have HEADQUARTERS ....675VInewood SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the 4th Ave., Bklyn found a small moth on one of its HVadnth 8-6600 monthly infor»»»ational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. ridges and a shell fish on the Paul Drozak, Agent the benefit Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco WAlnut 8-3207 beach. While no higher plants JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St.. SE.. Jax and S«««ttle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All ELgin 34)987 have been found growing, seeds, WUliam Morris, Agent Se^arers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. stems, leaves and a flower stalk jji Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. MeetBen Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 1 South Lawrence St. have been discovered washed up MOBILE j ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday Louis Neira, Agent BEmlock 2-1754 on the island. The most significant NEW ORLEANS y and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. 630 Jackson Ave. TeL 529-7546 type of life found on the island so Buck Stephens. Agent Wilmington San Francisco Seattle 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn far has been bacteria. The bac­ NEW YORK HYacinth 9-6600 January 18 January 20 January 22 teria is believed to have been left NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent ..622-1892 by the many sea birds who have PHILADELPHIA Tebruai.'y 15 February 24 February 26 2604 S. 4th St. visited the island. .Inhn Fay, Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 t it FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. The scientists are watching SAN Paul Gonsorchik, Agent ..DOuglas 2-4401 RAILWAY MARINE REGION Frank Drozak. West Coast Rep. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Regular membership meetings Surtsey closely to find out how SANTURCE PR ..1313 Fernandez Juncos life comes to such deserted places. for Railway Marine Region-IBU Stop 20 Regular membership meetings on the Great lakes are held on members are scheduled each the first and third Mondays of month in the various ports at 10 each month in all ports at 7 PM AM and 8 PM. The next meetings local time, except at Eetroit, will be: Jersey City Jan. 11 where meetings are held at 2 PM. Philadelphia Jan. 12 The next meetings will be: Baltimore Jan. 13 Detroit Jan. 18—2 PM ^Norfolk .... Jan. 14 Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and OREAT LAKES TUO AND DREDOB January 18—7 PM visits whenever possible. The following is the latest Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. \Tbose who wish to be excused should request permission by tele^m (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU m^ings will be: jfeyi^Tork February 8 Detroit January 8 Fhila*d*'phia ....February 9 Houston January 11 Baltimore February 10 New Orleans January 12 Mobile January 13 ^ ^ REGION Regular membership meet­ i" 4" ings Great Lakes Tug and SIU Inland Boatmen's Union DredgeforRegion IBU memters are Regular membership meetings scheduled each month in the vari­ for IBU members are scheduled ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next each month in various ports.*The meetings will be: next meetings will be: Deiu-oit Jan. 11 Philadelphia ...Feb. 9—5 PM Milwaukee Jan. 11 Baltimore (licensed and unChicago Jan. 12 (licensed ..Feb. 10—5 PM Buffalo Jan. 12 Houston Jan. 11—5 PM tSault Ste. Marie Jan. 13 Norfolk ....Feb. 11—7 PM Duluth Jan. 15 N'Orleans ... Jan. 12—5 PM Lorain Jan. 15 - Mobile Jan. 13—5 PM (For meeting place, contact Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland Jan. 15 Toledo Jan. 15 ^^ECEI^/lM(S MORB Ashtabula Jan. 15 IVlAM ONE COPY (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ OF THE SAME tabula, Ohio). —AHPraiLlRK IABFLS SO A O^AVJOi .-a. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Cristobal Barranco Liston Lanier Edward H. Bayne Frank Liro Edgar Benson Charles LoveU Harvey Newcomb Claude Bibb John Pastorek, Jr. George H. Bryan George Davis Albert Pfisterer John H. Emerich Joseph PozzvoU Jerry Folyd Paul PuEloskie Freidof Fondila Gerado Rivelra Gorman Glaza Calvin Siuels George Graham Hugh Stewart. Jr. Nolan Hurtt Paul W. Strickland Cecil F. Kane Samuel Tate E3mer Koch John N. Thompson WUilam E. Lane Paige C. Toomey Hubert Lanier James J. Winters USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Edwin L. Brown Paul L. Wbitdow Roy C. Bru Robert L. Mays Oliver F. Klein Frank W. Schmiedel Paul Kronberg Chas. W. White Mikade Olenchik Calvin WUson Viggo W. Sorensen Regular membership meetings for UIW members are scheduled each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be: New York February 8 Baltimoire February 10 Philadelphia ...February 9 4:Houston January 11 Mobile ........ January 13 New Orleans .. January 12 USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS EMmundo Andrade Felix Van Looy John Harty USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON E. A. Ainsworth B. R. Hubbard R. E. Broome J. W. G. Igglebek R, W. Bunner R. E. Perez USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Vito Camerica Bennett Magglnson Johnnie E. Hudgins George Moore Je.ssie Jones Lindsey Rhodes Gordon D. Marbury Henry Watson Philip Meekins USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGANKenneth Kane LeRoy Axline Homer CampbeU Clarence Lenhart Herbert Robinson William Cerka Joseph Rickogers Edward Carlson Niel Stewart John Fedor L. Findley Dale Shea John Tautwood John Jamieson Mai-shaU Wheeler John Kaminski * Meetings held at Laoor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple,. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Frank S. Camarda Charles Hankal Marguerite Gilland David Lasky Peter GiUesple 4 4 United Industrial Workers CLIPALLMAIU available list of SIU men in the hospital: Notify Union On LOG Maii As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all* SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, and minutes forms are then air­ mailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union"can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lista. 1 l! « i -t -jt-# -.if:* USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA J. B. Holsenbeck, Jr. R. B. Fardo H. R. White Juan Rodriguez USPHS HO£a>ITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK George Alexander Juan Leiba Emmett Avery Rudolph Loizzl Wm. Babbitt S. Lopez Gordon Chambers Thomas. Lowe Juan Bonefont R. Mandkeshvor Wallace Beeman Daniel Mejias Willard Blumen Wm. McCarthy Jose Castro Stanley Ostrom Troy Cousina Winford PoweU Sal DiBeUa I. Ramos Robert DiUon Angel Reyes George Djian Escolastico Reyes J. Donovan Delvin Reynolds John Drews J. Riccardi, Jr. Max Fingerhut James Shiber K. N. Forster E. Simeonidis C. Foster J. F. Stokes Stanley Freedman Julius Swykert Albino Gomes Sol Vecchione Burt Hanback B. Veno Ralph Hayes Frank ViUacorte A. Jacobsen George Warren Herbert Justice Richard Waters Al Karczewski Cari Wayne R. Kuczewski F. Wrafter USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS T. F. Allen, Jr. Urbin Labarrere L. R. Bugajewski T. L. Laningham Elmer Cleveland Jacob N. Linscomb Charles Cupeman Willis O. Moncrief Frank A. Cuellar George Mike Estuardo Cuenca Gustavo Osuna Gilbert Delgado Frederik Ouweneel Melvin H. Ecker John Rawza Alphan Fruge Albert H. Richards Hassle B. Fuller Joseph R. Richards Numa J. Gremillion Malcolm V. Stevens Hugh C. Grove Raymond Thomas Robert H. High Frank Tostl Joseph V. Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Henry D. Adams Robert L. Kinchen Howard A. Bergine Antoine Landry Elmer P. Braquet E. A. LeBlanc. Jr. John A. Buttimer Raymond Lewis John Calamia • F. R. Mopstone Antoine Carogiorzio Philip C. Mendozo Joseph Carr Victor F. Placey Manuel Church Earl Joseph FWce R. E. Cumberland Floro Regalado C. E. Cummings Hamilton Seburn Celestine DeSauza ' W. R. Simpson Michael O. Dueitt Daniel W. Somme James R. Egan TerreU B. Spears MarshaU Foster Otto M. Sylvester Luis G. Franco Alexander Szmlr Joseph Green Pedro VUlabol Edward Jeanfrean S. L. Whittington Salves Kerajeorgiou David A. Wright USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Dcibler Abraham Mander Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay Charles Young SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN, ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny Edwin Harriman PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Charles Rozea EAST LOUISIANA HOSPITAL JACKSON. LOUISIANA Donald Sander U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON. D.C. William Thomson • . . •. r-y • -I hi- Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843. SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowskl. Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GUlette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Famen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREAStmEB Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, DL SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 23th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich. 415 Main St. MaU Address; P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthdws GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St. .EAstem 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. .Richmond 2-C140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6('i0 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAinut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE. Jax ELgin 3-0837 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler bi. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Tel NORFOLK 115 Third St. TeL 622-189? 3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 OREAT LAKES TUG I DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Secfion ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer, Agent TR 5-1538 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden. Agent ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park. Mich. Ernest Demcrse. Agent DU 3-7694 DULOTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur. Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE MARIE Address mall to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent. .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, linemen, Oilers S Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Bums ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero. Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 PorOand St. Tom Burns. Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck. Ageiit ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-54.30 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison .St. Max Tobin. Agent Southgate, Mich. A Venue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. «8 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN. 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz. Agent . ..MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE . .. 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller. Agent .. SHerman 4-6643 SAULT "STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent ..MEirose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-14.34 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim. Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2, NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore at. EAstem ^O NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4 th ai., DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Daltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 278 Slate St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SB ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-35S4 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St.HEmlock 2-1751 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7543 NORFOLK i 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. ' Phone-229-2788 BOSTON �XVV/I Vol. No. 27 L_ SEAFARERS LOG Jan. • 1965 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Holiday Christmas dinners complete with all the fixings, ineluding Santa Glaus, were enjoyed by Seafarers, their families-' and guests at SIU halls acrpgs the country. The big turn-^ts appeared to be the best yet for the traditional SIU events. Members of the SIU and SUP and their families help themselves to the buffet Christmas dinner held at the Union hall in Wilmington on December 23. HOLIDAYS CELEBRATED AT SIU HALLS So many SIU kids wanted to talk to Santa at the Christmas Party at the SIU Norfolk hall that a second, bespectacled Santa showed up in addition to the one at the left to take care of the overflow.Santa made a stop at the SIU ^ hall in Norfolk (top) and got acquainted with these SIU chil­ dren. At New York, the family of Seafarer Nemeslo Quinones (left and top inset) enjoyed the big Christmas spread at the N.Y. hall, along with the family of Seafarer Saul Goldstein (bottom inset). Seafarers etid their families (above) enjoyed the big Christmas dinner with all the traditional fixings served at the gaily decorated SIU hall in New Orleans. Santa was also oh hand at the New Orleans party and is shown (right) chatting with Seafar­ er Louis O'Leary and his grandchildren Michael and Denise Parks. Judging from the smiles the youngsters really enjoyed the meeting. ^ / I. • f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 8, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: WELFARE WORKERS STRIKE OVER WAGES, CONDITIONS ‘ACTION NEEDED ON 14B MEDICARE AND POVERTY’ LABOR DEPT. HIKES WAGES FOR U.S. FARM WORKERS LABOR URGED TO SUPPORT ’65 RED CROSS CAMPAIGN ‘DON’T BUY’ DRIVE LAUNCHED AGAINST KINGSPORT PRESS DRINKING WATER EVERYWHERE IS AIM OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY LABOR TURNS CHEEK – SPURS R-T-W REPEAL PANAMA FEARS A NEW CANAL COULD ROCK NATION’S ECONOMY WAYWARD WHALE VISITS NEW YORK BOSS’S LIE DETECTOR UNPLUGGED BY NLRB STEADILY SHORTER WORKWEEKS SEEN FOR AMERICAN WORKERS “GREAT BLOCKADE” OF ’26 WAS CLASSIC LAKES JAM Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/08/1965 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVI, No. 27 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/e969729a8c1faf904ee797b8fe0f6daa.PDF 8009f8ad64a9b87a33b073c61ff464f0 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS ItOG NEW TANKER PACT y' Contract To Be Tops In Field Story On Page 3 4 • Talking If Over* SIU-MAW tug C. r.DeBardele. miles from Nm Orleans «er. • •'KV • ••••• A member of the , , SIU crew which went aboard the new Cornhusker Mariner (Robm) for the first time Monday in Jntercoa5t;al: Waterway, some 80-\, v. ...Boston .wrestles, yrith. his gear as he ^ (Story mPage2.) starts gangway trudge. (Story on>age4.) •;i: �••i "V'T' rue Tw* Janiuinr 9. 195S SEAFARERS 10G SiU Aliens Detained Ore Signs; Food Poll Set On Ships; McCarran Year-End Financial Check-Up Act Overhaui Seen i\ ..I The SIU this week signed a new agreement with Ore Steamship, leaving only two freight ' nies still not inked to a hew pact. Ore's specialized operations, like those of Construe- companies tion Aggregates, make separate negotiations necessary. The SlU-Southern Trading Com—•••pany agreement does not expire until a later date. The signing now, as in the case of all the other freight oper-. ators, does not affect the retroac­ tive features of the agreement, which is dated back to November 18, 1952. The negotiating commit­ tee also pointed out that the Ore agreement sets the same wages and improvements in general and departmental working rules, where they can be applied to the oreboats, that are included in the stan­ dard SIU freight agreement. As with Calmar, the Ore con­ tract contains the same stipulation for polling of the crews on the ships 4li that fleet to determine whether the company has fulfilled its pledge to stock the vessels in accord with SlU standards, and put an end to the policy of under­ stocking the ships and limiting the variety of food available to the crew. Both the Ore pact and the one with Calmar, .which was signed December 2, provide for the crews to be polled by the end of Closing the books on the year 1952, a weekly auditing committee the month, by which time it is ex­ elected by the membership, examines the Union's financial data pected that all ships of Jmth the for the week ending December 31. Members of this committee two companies would have replen­ were (left to right): E. Robinson, John Giordano, A. Louguidis. ished their stores. A sizable number of alien crewmembers on SIU and other US-flag vessels have been denied payoflT and discharge in the first days of operation of the new McCarran Immigration Act. Whi^p public interest .has been aroused over denial of shore leave to «eamen on foreign-flag passenger vessels, the act has had a heavier impact on organization, or possible subversive American-flag ships. Judging from the early ef­ intentions, was not involved in any fects of the law, it appears inevi­ of these cases. Otherwise the men table that it will have to be Over­ would not have received US sea­ hauled by Congress at an early men's papers in the first place. date. Demand for changes has been What is involved evidently, is a heard from many quarters, and the strict enforcement by Immigration law's sponsor. Senator Pat McCar­ of prohibitions against irregular en­ ran of Nevada has been quoted as try, or other McCarran Act provi­ expressing willingness to modify it. sions denying entrance to citizens "There never was a law drafted of Iron Curtain countries. On one of the affected ships, the that was perfect in all its parts," he said. "Of course I'll be willing Steel Chemist, two Union members to consider changes if they appear were denied payoff and discharge. One was -a native of Estonia, the to be needed." In the first couple of weeks sev­ other of Poland, two countries eral SIU ships paying off in New which are now under Communist York have had alien seamen de­ control. The Polish seaman had nied discharge and payoff. In most been a Union member for seven cases the men were permitted years, the Estonian for six years. shore leave but have had to con­ (Continued on page 17) tinue as crewmembers for another voyage, whether they wanted to stay aboard or not. Meanwhile, the SEAFARERS LOG learned that Immigration is granting extensions of the 29-day shore leave limit in certain cases. This is being handled on an in­ dividual basis, where a man re­ On the heels of a SEAFARERS LOG story revealing how the NMU was ignoring the quests an extension of time to needs of its tubercular members, NMU men at Manhattan Beach hospital received a surprise catch a ship out. Christmas donation from their union and its welfare fund. Hardly had the LOG been mailed Final Payoff Uncertain out when the NMU took steps Just how the denial of discharge to distribute a ten dollar bill and payoff will work out in the to each man at the hospital. long run is still uncertain. It isn't Its welfare fund later mailed $25 known whether the men involved checks, copying the established will be permitted to payoff on the SIU Christmas-time practice. next incoming trip. If not, a sit­ At the same time, the NMU an­ uation could arise in which a con­ nounced in its official newspaper siderable number of alien seamen of December 25, 1952, that "other could become semi-permanent gains expected" (in a pending crewmembers on their ships until contract review) "include the pay­ Immigation makes a definite de­ ment of hospital benefits ... as cision as to their fate. long as a member is hospitalized." In those cases that have come to If this is done, the NMU welfare the attention of the LOG thus far, plan vrfll catch up with the SIU the alien seamen involved have standard that was established over been sailing with the SIU for pe­ two years ago. At present, NMU riods up to seven years. As sea­ men receive benefits for only 13 men on American-flag vessels they weeks. had validated papers, which means Sudden About-Face that they had been screened pre­ The NMU's sudden about-face viously and received security clear­ after turning its back on tubercular ance from the US Coast Guard. seamen for a year, came imme­ It appears then, that the ques­ diately'after the November 28 LOG tion of membership in a subversive told of growing unrest among the Shown dlscasslng their problems before NMU came through with 90 NMU patients at Manhattan surprise Christmas bonus are Manhattan Beach NMU patients Beach. The story explained that Morgan Lewis, Fred Homeman, John Hogan and Joe Blackstone. these men had been cut off without JOB. 9, 1953 Vol. XV. No. 1 SIU hospital delegate John Driscoll Is seated In rear. left. a penny in benefits since the first As I See It Page 13 of the year. Before that they got Burly Page 16 $5 a month from the NMU treasury, Crossword Puzzle Page 12 but with the start of the union's Seafarers In Action Page 18 pension and welfare plan, the NMU Editorial Page 13 decided, as it put it, "to eliminate Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 The Bloomfield SS Company moved one step closer toward^ some of the drain which has been Galley Gleanings Page 20 receiving an operating subsidy on two trade routes as the placed on our treasury by this Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 hospital benefir' . . . Accordingly In The Wake Page 12 result of a favorable ruling by the counsel to the Federal the $5 a month was halted. Labor Round-Up Page 16 Maritime Board. The ruling" Letters Unanswered Letters Pages 21, 22 held that the SlU-contracted for another company to seek sub­ Until the LOG entered the pic­ sidy and enter that particular Maritime Page 16 ture, the NMU men had wriiten trade. company was eligible for the Meet The Seafarer Page 12 Two companies, Lykes Brothers several letters to their Union and^ On The Job Page 16 subsidy under the 1936 Merchant Personals Page 24 Marine Act, even though it is not SS Company, and Waterman SS never got even an acknowledge­ Quiz Page 19 presently operating over the routes Company have opposed the Bloom­ ment. The LOG, which is mailed field subsidy bid on the grounds out on Friday morning, is general­ Ship's Minutes Pages 24, 25 that the company is not an existing ly received by its readers, includ­ SIU History Cartoon Page 8 in question. Sports Line Page 20 Bloomfield Is asking for subsidies operator over those routes. The ing NMU headquarters, the fol­ Ten Years Ago Page 12 on two runs from the Gulf to Bloomfield position has been that lowing Monday. No sooner had the LOG passed Top Of The News Page 6 Europe; Trade Route 13, which is it does not have to be an existing Union Talk Page 8 from the Gulf to Spain, Portugal, operator within the meaning of the through the mails than things Wash. News Letter..,. Page 5 Mediterranean ports and the Black 1936 act to be eligible for subsidy. started to pop. That same Monday Should the company win final night at nine o'clock, the NMU Welfare Benefits.;.. .Pages 26, 27 Sea, and Trade Route 21, Service 5 Your Dollar's Worth..., Page 7 from the west Gulf to the United approval of its subsidy bid, It will hospital delegate received a special the ui^on, Kingdom i.ud Northcifi Europe. mean expansion of, its present Bubllghed bIwMkty at tha haadquarfart thai same day. The The counsel ruled that present operations, and possibly the addi­ at tha Saafarer* International Unidn, Atlantic * Gulf District, AFL, <75 Fourth steamship, . services on the twp tion of more,ships to, calrry ,out letter aU&ed him for a list of the sii^the W .afi pUteh/ wi^^ 'hbt b||j^^d'atb| ^d ion 'the "numbef LOG Hospital Story Stings NMU Into $ Aid To Its TB Members SEAFARERS LOG SIU Co. Hears Subsidy .Ma.^s:is? at . tna^eort' ufid Under the new agreement, if the. Union finds that adequate improve­ ments have not been put into ef­ fect, it has the right to cancel the agreements as of that date and would be free to take appropriate action on the problem. In line with the drive to improve feeding practices in the Ore fleet, the steward department manning scale in the new agreement pro­ vides for an additional cook, so that the cook and baker will re­ ceive the same wages as a chief cook and the galley utilityman tho wages of a third cook. NO Towboat Sinks, SIU Crew Safe NEW ORLEANS—The nineman crew of the tug C. F. DeBardeleben escaped injury when the Coyle Lines towboat ran aground and was rammed and sunk by a barge from her own tow on Dec. 23. SIU crewmembers said the C. P. DeBardeleben ran aground in the Intracoastal Waterway about 75 miles west of New Orleans when the steering gear failed. The first of several barges being towed by the tug almost immediately rammed into the towboat apd came over her stem on the port side. The tug sank in 15 feet of water in less than 45 minutes. Crewmen Aboard The C. F. DeBardeleben was manned by the following members of the SIU and the SlU-affiliated Marine Allied -Workers: Captain Jerry Lovrovich, Albert Stevens, pilot; Emile Pearson, chief, engineer; Julius Viday, sec­ ond engineer; William Kikuthe, Leonard Howard, Raymond Sharp and William Benefield, deck hands, and Anthony M. Carcopa, cook. The crewmembers got clear of the sinking tug by climbing a lad­ der from the deck of the towboat to that of the barge towering over­ head. They then made their way to the marshy shoreline from which all but Captain Lovrovich were iiei ili'j'4. t- �• A. January •, 195S » > » ir 1 SEAFARERS * LOG Page Thren SlU-Co Negotiators Okay Pact A&G Poll • AKiBW PESULAR PBAru»e Ends^Vote Tally Soon OFTHH SBAJPWSPA LOG Voting for 49 official posts in the A&G elections came to a close at the stroke of mid­ night, December 31, 1952. The two-month referendum produced a heavy vote here in New York and in the outports, because of the large number of candidates on the ballot—75 ill all. While the total vote is not yet known, indications are that it may set a new record for the Union. Election of port and headquar­ ters tallying committees to make a count of the results will take place at the membership meetings of January 14, which is the first meet­ ing in January following the con­ clusion of the referendum. These committees will mail the port-byport results and the ballots into headquarters where the headquar­ ters tallying committee will again check the ballots and totals before adding up the District-wide figures. The tallying committees could not be chosen at the last member­ ship meeting, which was the eve­ ning of December 31, since the balloting was not yet completed, A complete report on the elec­ tions will then be made to the fol­ lowing membership meetings of January 28. Those elected will serve for a two-year term, under the provi­ sions of the new SIU constitution. The 49 offices, a record total for the A&G District, consist of a sec­ retary-treasurer, six assistant sec­ retary-treasurers,' nine port agents for the outports, and 33 patrolmen divided as deck, engine, steward and joint patrolmen. ' you See Co's Signing Next Week; Union Hails Wide Cains SIU tankermen will move far out in front of all other outfits as the result of CCN^TITUTION" a new tanker contract providing wage increases of $15.22 to $47.17 a month for all ratings. The new increases, range up to a high of about 16'/i percent for some • BEGINS t.M IHIS ISSUE ratings, with the AB, oiler and fireman-watertender receiving a base pay of $305.64. The new contract has been approved by Union negotiators and representatives "^of the operators, with money matters retroactive to Jan­ Tanker Contract Mn Next Issue uary 1. As soon as the contract is signed by authorized A full report on the new tanker agreement is now being prepared representatives of the various tanker companies inby 'the SIU negotiating committee and will be printed in the January 24 issue of the SEAFARERS LOG along with the text of volved, it will be printed in^ the contract itself. The contract will be submitted to the member­ increases which maintain the the SEAFARERS LOG traditional ship for approval at the membership meetings of January 28 in differential in favor of all SIU ports. tankermen, the negotiating com­ and submitted to the mem­ mittee won the same overtime rate A comparison of the wage scales for all ratings under the old and the new tanker agreement is carried in this issue on Page 17. The comparison shows the dollars and cents increase for each rating as well as increases resulting from upgrading in the stewards department. bership for ratification. Sign­ ing is expected to take place next week. In addition to the base wage Crew Flies Back To US, Quartette Still Sitting Tight On Pacific Reef SUP Slates NewBldg For Seattle Next in line for a new SUP hall on the West, Coast is Se­ attle. The decision to con­ struct a new hall there was made by the last SUP membership meet­ ing. The SUP already has possession of a site for the new building, at First Avenue and Wall Street. Iti is expected that construction will get underway this summer as soon, as plans are completed and the weather is favorable. The decision to build at Seattle was governed by the fact that rental paynients in the present SUP hall there were high and the Portland branch had recently moved to a remodeled building that was satisfactory for present use. As in other West Coast ports, the offices of the SIU A&G Dis­ trict will be located in the new hall when it is completed. New SUP buildings have been put up in San Francisco and Wilmington, with the Wilmington hall opening last month. Similarly, the. SU? locates its oflttes 'in !NeW 'YoWanH mii; tksi and Gulf Coast ports iif 'fhid ^iCr' buildings there. StiU hard aground after she ran up on Pearl and Hermes Reef east of Midway Island nearly three weeks ago, the Quartette sits tight while attempts to salvage the vessel and her cargo continue. Aii hands were rescued from the ship, which was bound for Korea. Before the crew got off, it was feared that a storm headed in her direction might crack the ship in half, but it passed her by. Repatriated by plane on a New Year's eve junket that started in Honolulu at the tail end of 1952 and wound up in Los Angeles during the first hours of 1953, SIU crewmembers of the Quartette (Carras) figured they were pretty lucky to be back in the States safe and sound no matter what year it"*was kept busy trying to tow it back tled down and sat there. "We all was. thought we had hit another ship, All 37 members of the crew to the ship. The Quartette's own boats fared but when we got out on deck and were successfully gotten off the ship 24 hours after she ran up little better, and it wasn't until the peered around in the haze we could on Pearl and Hermes Reef, 90 next day that anyone was taken see a light impression of some­ miles east of Midway Island in the off the ship. The crew then went thing dark a few feet below the Pacific, shortly before 7 AM, Sun­ aboard - the Frontenac and was surface. Then we realized what taken to Midway, while the master had happened." There wasn't any day, December 21. Rescue efforts got underway a and a few of the officers stood by apparent serious damage, he add­ few hours after she straddled tjie on the scene with the patrol boat ed, as it seemed the bow and the reef when a Navy plane and a pa­ to see if either the ship or its Ko­ forepeak had just shot up onto the trol craft from Midway reached rea-bound cargo could be salvaged. reef and never did take in any water. the scene. Aaothsp nuti'<%ant ves­ Felt Terrific Jolt' The only complication in the sel, the Frontenac VktM^ which As he recalled the events, the soon after reached the" tl^MS< usual early Sunday morning calm picture was the weather forecast SftHe, that a big bio,w was heading tjiat \vay .'w)WcJ» tak;^! ppjd oJf, the w^en Ife av^e froro,^c iolt the ah^ took "when shie' rode' "ship "and f dclR her around 6n her swamped on the wayend^ np and then just set­ (Continued on page 17) and same dividing line on over­ time as in the freight contract. This means an overtime rate of $1.48 an hour for all men receiving less than $298.49 per month and $1.87 per hour for ratings over that figure. As a result of the new dividing line, practically all rated men, in­ cluding AB's, oilers and FWT's, will now receive the higher over­ time rate of $1.87 per hour in­ stead of the $1.29 formerly paid them, an increase of 58 cents hour­ ly In their overtime. Galley Upgrading Additional money gains have been won in the stewards depart­ ment as the result of an upgrading of ratings in the galley crew. For­ merly the tankers carried a stew­ ard, chief cook, second cook and baker, galleyman, messman and utilityman. Instead of a second cook and baker, they will now car­ ry a cook and baker who will get the same pay as the chief cook. This represents a dollars and cents increase of $78.26 as a result of the upgrading and the wage in­ crease. Similarly, the galleyman will now be replaced on tankers by a new rating as third cook. The dif­ ference in wages between the two ratings is $89.36. Three messmen and a utilityman will be carried as before. Welfare, Vacation Boosts Aside from wages, overtimo rates and rewriting of general rules and working rules as report­ ed in the last issue of the LOG, the tanker company representa­ tives agreed to additional increases in vacation and welfare payments, effective October 1. This will amount to another ten cents per day per man for the SIU Welfare Plan and another 15 cents per day per man to the Vacation Plan, pav­ ing the way toward new benefits in both these plans. As on the freight ships, the com­ panies' committee has agreed to permit the SIU Sea Chest to sup­ ply slopchests to the ships unaer the same competitive terms that apply to the freight ships. This will mean assurance of high qual­ ity merchandise at moderate prices for the tankermen. prq.viopsly, .(hb, gea^ era! vuies and Avofking l>ul«& 6f th« '• tainker a^bement tifiow ^he wori-*" * (Continued �,:t,•:::.; /,^r'.'. l.illtL..-1 !t:ihhl.i.tA..,, SEAF ARKRS Pat* F*iir 2nd SlU Mariner Ship Takes Crew In Boston M . . \ •-. , .-^ • .^'. LOG Juwaiy 9, 11M9 CASH BENEFITS 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period Four shipboard deletates elected at first meeting of newly-manned Comhusker Mariner chat with Boston Port Agent, Jimmy Sheehan (right) in ship's messroom. They are: Ueft to right), John Lane, deck; John McLaughlin, ship's delegate; A, J. Malanson, engine; C, A. Moss, steward. . Seafarers crewed up the second of the new Mariners under the SIU, when the Boston branch hall supplied a crew to the Comhusker Mariner, Monday morning, January 5. The Comhusker is being op.--^erated by the Robin Line un­ New Orleans sometime at the end der time charter to the Mili­ of January or the beginning of tary Sea Transportation Service. As such she will be carrying mili­ tary cargo, possibly on the Far East run. Mississippi Gets One A third Mariner ship, the Mag­ nolia Mai'iner, is how receiving her finishing touches and has been as­ signed to the Mississippi Shipping Company. Present plans call for the ship to be crewed up out of New Pacts Sought For Shoregangs MOBILE—Improved conditions lor shoreganS workers on Waterxnan and Alcoa ships in this port are in the works in current negoti­ ations between the Marine Allied Workers, an SI& affiliate, and the two steamship companiies. Present shoregang contracts ex­ pire on January 15, and the MAW negotiating committee, on which Cal Tanner, Mobile port agent for , the SIU, is serving, is pressing for an acceptable settlement on wages, hours and working conditions. Tug Talks On The MAW is also in negotiation with the Mobile Towing and Wreck­ ing Company which operates tugs in this port. This contract runs out on January 31. Meanwhile, the Waterman comItwy announced that it was closing BP shop at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, a Waterman subsidi- ' ary. All repair work on Water­ man ships has been shifted to the Waterman Repair Division at the Alabama State Docks. Since the Repair Division is part of the MAW shoregoing set-up, and is the only shipbuilding and repair facility op­ erated by Waterman here, pros­ pects are favorable for peak shoregang employment for Seafarers. Previously, the Gulf Shipbuild­ ing yards at Chickasaw had been used for conversion and repair to build new vessels for Waterman. During World War II, the yard was operated by the Na February. The men who went aboard the Comhusker nine o'clock last Mon­ day morning found her an exact replica of the Keystone Mariner, the first of the Mariners which the SIU crewed up for Waterman. Shoregangs were still swarming over the vessel putting on the last coats of fresh paint and finishing off the ship's highly complex wir­ ing system. As with the Keystone too, crewmembers expressed approval of the de luxe crew accommodations and the many electrically-operated fea­ tures of the new vessel. Built In Mass. The Comhusker Mariner was built by the Bethlehem Shipbuild­ ing Corporation at its Quincy, Massachusetts' yard. The ship left Boston Tuesday morning, January 6, and stopped at the Army base in Staten Island, New York, to load cargo before departing on her run for MSTS. The Comhusker is one of 35 sis­ ter ships, most of which are still under constmction at various ship­ yards around the country. The ma­ jority of the ships are being char­ tered to private steamship compa­ nies, although the Navy is taking some of them over for direct opei^ ation. Jul WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD HosDiud Benefits Death Benefits Disabalitv Benefits Msternitv Benefits VscscioB Benefits Total A/. //. / 03 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hon>ie.l BeMfits P.id Si^ce Inlv I. 1950 • 39^" a o| Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • | Disahtlicv Benefits Paid Since Mnv 1. 1952 * 1 A/ / 7^3 Msternitv Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 • 1 7^. DO Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • |f 7/f 9 09 If '/fl Jc Total f * Date Benefits Becan ' ' r ' 1 SX WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Vncntion Estunfttcu Accounts RccciTftblc Wclfstc US GoTcrnnieoc Bonds (Welfare) Kd Est«e (*e««e) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS ^9 1S77 .2^7 If OQ AOO ||^ f , It 1 ' 00 OQ 00 Comments 2 eternity benefits for the'past two week period have fallen off, with only fourteen benefits being paid. To date, there have been nineteen applications filed for ihe scholarship benefits. Of the nineteen, four (4) were disqualified. The remaining fifteen applicants consist of five (5) seamen, five (5; sons of seamen and five (5) dau^ters of seamen. Vacation benefijbs are now having withholding and social sEAmiwseuyTwaR <SBAR AT OVIN security taxes, deducted from same^^ V ^ SttbmUttd ......L.....;.......... iy Kerr, Assistant Administrator SEiCEilT ,,. andy reme^bmr this,,, '.All its is whether it'i for i dififdiiUty on your part—Collecting SIU beneget &st rate personal �Jaiinarjr f, 1»SS SEAFARERS LOG Fare Fir* SIU NEWSLETTER Seafarers Have Cheerful from WASHINGTON • ' '' • . =3 Yulefide AH Over Globe The McCarran-Walter Immlrration Act, which became effective last month, has been the center of a mounting controversy since Congress repassed it oyer President Truman's veto last June. President-elect Eisenhower iashed out at it during the campaign and declared that "the McCarran Immigration Law must be rewritten." Therefore, a big fight over an immigration policy for the country is assured for the new Repubiican-controiled 83rd Congress which con­ vened in this city on Saturday, January 3, 1953. The State Department may ask Congress to take another look'at a provision in the new law calling for individual examination of alien seamen. Foreign maritime interests have protested that this require­ ment creates additional financial burdens and will unnecessarily hamper maritime operations. Another matter that will be reviewed by the new Congress is the •claim by steamship and airline owners alleging inequities of the immigation law in imposing on them obligations for detention and depor­ tation costs, and in subjecting them to penalties for violations of the law by their passengers. 4" 4" 4" Able seamen and qualified members of engine departments may con­ tinue to use their restrictive wartime operating certificates until July 1, 1953, under a recent Coast Guard order. During World War II certain certificates issued to seamen were endorsed "Unless sooner invalidated this certificate shall expire six months after the termination of the war." Even though the Coast Guard has allowed the continued use of these restrictive documents, the agency has urged that seamen holding them apply for documents without this restrictive endorsement as soon as possible. ^ Many American unsubsidized lines operating in the foreign trade think the time is ripe to have Congress look into the subsidy law with a view of changing it to make them eligible to receive Government support in the operation of ships in competition with foreign-flag ships. Under existing law, only 15 American lines have qualified to receive operating subsidy, these companies owning only about 250 vessels. On the other hand, the unsubsidized companies, which want in on the sub­ sidy pie, own about 375 American-flag ships. The present law provides for a subsidy, to those qualifying, to take care of the difference in cost incurred by the American line, as com­ pared to his foreign flag competitor, with respect to five items pri­ marily, namely: wages, subsistence, insurance, maintenance and re­ pairs to vessels. The unsubsidized lines now want this law changed to provide for a simple subsidy plan calling for a wage subsidy to be paid for the difference in wage costs of American operators and those of principal foreign-flag lines. ^ Under this wage subsidy proposal, the unsubsidized lines say there would appear to be a prospect of lending needed support to an addi­ tional 375 American-flag vessels in the foreign trade at a cost only slightly more than the expense to the Government of subsidizing but 260 vessels under existing law. 4» 4' Seafarer Santa Claus, Roderick "Smitty" Smith, beams over family of Seafarer Carmine Lupino shown at Christmas dinner In SIU headquarters. Six of ttie nine children are Lupine's. On ship, in the hospitals, or on the beach, Christmas was celebrated in proper style by Seafarers, as has been the tradition for years past. And this year, too, many of the Union's neighbors near SIU headquarters joined in the annual party. The big Christmas feed in^— —__—— headquarters, one of several hospitals were well remembered the big holiday dinner at which the held in various SIU ports, at­ this Christmas as in past years, stewards department did itself tracted several hundred Seafarers, their wives, children and guests. Tickets for the neighborhood were distributed through churches and synagogues in the vicinity. Th& outport halls such as in Philadel­ phia and New Orleans, also served as hosts to Seafarers and their families. The men in the various USPHS with the Union's Welfare Plan giv­ ing a special $25 holiday bonus on top of the regular $15 weekly hos­ pital benefit. Seafarers on the ships also got into the holiday spirit. Many ship.s' crews chipped in to buy Ciiristmas trees and other holiday decorations for the messrooms and recreation rooms. And of course there was proud. All the special holiday fare was broken out; shrimps, crabmeat, mince pies, olives, and other deli­ cacies surrounding the turkey. Then there were the hundreds of Seafarers who piled off the ships and headed for home to be with wives, children or parents during the holiday season. 4* The future of the biggest US shipping lobby, the National Federa­ tion of American Shipping, is in doubt. From time to time there has been a clamor within the Federation for a reorganization, but there Is also talk recently of completely abolishing the group. In the beginning, the NFAS, which appears before Congressional committees and executive departments, was strong, comprising up to 90 percent of ail off-shore US shipping. • However, gradually individual lines and whole associations withdrew from membership to the point where the parent organization is now weakened considerably. The next couple of months should give the answer to the future of the NFAS as a major shipping lobby. 4" i" 41 Senator Magnuson, Democrat of Washington, will try to get the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to Investigate the Coast Guard's program of screening water front employees. The Sena­ tor. believes that there cannot be true security on the waterfront by the screening of only seamen and longshore labor, but that all harbor personnel should be included. Therefore, the inclination will be to make the rules more rigid in order to take care of some loopholes now existing in the Coast Guard's program. The Senator, for example, was astonished to learn that so few piers, within a given, port area, were restricted. He is also looking into the matter where a man who may be screened off a ship and denied papers, may work on the waterfront on a non-restricted pier. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pappy with their $40.00 Christmas payments. Seafarers J. M. Kali (ieft) and James E. Garrett are in holiday mood at Savannah USPHS hospital. At right, R. J. Burns of the Strathbay presents the ship's fund to Mrs. John Grace of the Savannah Legion Ladies Auxiliary for the hospital's recreation room. American ship operators, acting as agents for the National Shipping Atithority in the operation of Government-owned tonnage, will be paid $25 per day for each day of assignment not to exceed 60 days, in order to wind up the affairs of the vessels. This "liquidating compensation" is payable for the services of the agents, required by NSA, after re­ delivery of the ships to the Government, for the adjustment and seftle' ment of accounts. NSA had a peak number of 541 Government ships under agency I operation as of March 28, 1952, but this number now has been reduced ; to 108, all of which are assigned to the Military Sea Transportation I Service for carriage of military cargoes. The $25 per day liquidating compensation to agents will extend over the first 60-day period after which it will be reduced to $10 per day for each day of assignment not to exceed 120 days, with the total amount of compensation not to exceed $2,700 per ship. The nation's stockpile program has been of great benefit to the American merchant marine. At the present time the list of critical materials totals 75. The stockpile objective—which is the quantity of each material required to overcome estimated deficiency of supply for military and essential civilian needs—^has been met for 18 of these materials and the objectives for a number of others are being neared. ..il S»l New Orleans hail was also scene of Christmas festivities. ' This group of SIU families consists ef (ieft to right): Jimmy Calloway, AB, holding dcngfetsr Shsryi; Mrs. Calloway, Maxine Stiglets, Mrs. • ..... t./r-r / r. ^ .: .....yt.... >E5r/,»t#4fid?<yxq9T iViolqU-m t i .V IIM1.W/xi.f'ifi'I • v.. ": s.rl' «d . �. /, u' PagiB'Sls »?1«S Injunction Frees LIberian 'Hell Ship' I I -i?- PORTLAND, Ore.—Aft^r being tied Bp by picketlines for 3% months, the decrepit Liberian-flag Liberty, the Riviera, haa orewM up ind losdeS a cargo of Government-aid wheat for India. Picketlines were withdrawn from th(e ship ' only after three injunctions were issued by a US Federal Court " bad food, filthy working and living equipment frozen, lifeboat hulls judge. condition! and th« general unsea- rusted through and other unseaAlthough the- ship finally worllUness cf the ship. After they worthy conditions. When the court was able to load and sail, crewmembers of the vessel whose pro­ tests against miserable conditions on the 'hell ship' started the strike, have won freedom from imprison­ ment by Immigration, and all but five have shipped out on other ves­ sels. The net result of their strike, which was backed to the hilt by the SUP and SIU A&G District, has been that other foreign flag ships have taken steps to improve wages. The Riviera story began on Sep­ tember 9 when the ship reached Portland. The crew then went on strike against the very low wages, had refused to work the ship 17 days, the operators got an order from the US marshal evicting them from the ship. SUP members then took up the picketing, while legal steps were taken to secure release of the crew­ men. In each and every case, high­ er Immigration authorities re­ versed the arrests and ordered the men fris«d. The Riviera operators went to court asking an injunction against SUP pickets. At the hearings, ex­ pert testimony showed that the ship was unsafe, with fire-flghting NETHERLANDS MAY GET OFF. "DOLE"—The economy of Holland is doing so well at the moment, that their government has been asked by the US to "voluntarily" give up all US dollar aid. If they don't do it voluntarily, it is expected that the US Mutual Security Agency, which administers the aid program, will cut them ®ff anyway. The Netherlands Government is a little hesitant about taking the step be­ issued an injunction against picket­ cause it would make it harder for them to get back on the aid list, ing on November 26, members of should their economy take a turn for the worse. the MM&P and the SIU A&G Dis­ trict took over the lines, only to UN "BED" ISSUE STILL BLAZES—Congress, the State Department, have injunctions issued against Justice Department and the United Nations were busy blaming each them in turn. The MM&P line was enjoined on other for suspected Communists or Communist-ssunpathizers on the the grounds that there were no United Nations payroll. A House committee Investigating the situatio* jobs for MM&P members. The SIU has charged that the State Department bungled clearance of UN em­ consequently went to the company ployees while a New York grand jury accused the US Federal attorney and asked for the unlicensed jobs, of trying to stymie their inquiry into the condition. UN Secretarywhich were refused to Seafarers. General Trygvie Lie got into the act by saying that the State Depart­ An SIU picket line was put on the ment didn't give him sufficient information on Americans hired by ship, but the judge issued an in­ the UN. In turn. Secretary of State Acheson said that none of the junction against it in the same people involved had access to any information that affected the security of the United States. manner. Crimp Had It Good Back In '08 Talk of the new contract and the latest pay increases to $302.32 a month for ABs, reminded Seafarer Thomas Ruber of the time he took a trip on a British schooner in 1908. He brought his old discharges up to the SEAFARERS LOG olTice, showing that he got paid five pounds per month as a deck hand, which at the rate of exchange then prevailing was about $24. In order to get the job, which lasted for four months and 25 days. Ruber had to pay one month's wages to a crimp plus four shillings two pence, about $1, for two night's lodging in the crimp house. The .skipper also paid' a fee to the crimp for supplying him with men. Of course the dollar was worth a little bit more in 1908 than it is today, about $2.70 to be exact. So in light of today's doilar Buber was Buber getting the equiv­ alent of $65 a month, still not much in the way of a payoff. At that, Buber said, his wages were considered pretty good because the ship, the Buccluch, signed on in Portland, Oregon, at the American wage scale. If it had signed on in a British port, the pay would have AUCOUHT Oi' WAttJilJ /2< ••cC c t TmairwtmtH i7,/-r \//. i. r BAkinxas. > J- jpar menti Orftrtime Kttiti Totil Bnlf ICngairetnvBtS or DitehiMYf Ff« {| Abrotd £ are thereiore reeoamendad. when thej are "paid oS" troa their ehlpa, le take from the yoj table t aum of money tufficUnl only for their imnudiate expmta, end depoeit tor aefety the renuinder ot their wifee In the Beamen'e Serlnge Bank. They ean then with drew, /ree </ orjioiito, the whole amennt et their DepeelU nt any Port they plceee^r thef eeii wilbdihw portloM of Iheir money, Irtt M one Feet sod then at another. -f •** Xntereet at the rate o/i'-ptr month io nUo^i/od for euerjr £10 ispaitti. J loTAL n*nuCTioxK, tXvlanifB of Allot. n*Uo.« witbOBl iloflnoilnir allotaml*... AUotHMiltt FlNAfc BAUKCI fiignntaro of SAnlnwii. ^ A^ ^ been around three pounds a month. While Buber's pay was nothing to brag about, he was better off than some aboard. The ship car­ ried a couple of deck boys who ::S:: .M£H ARE CONStfifUtKW^ ^ rm *s "DBieseb to ,. "-yoy woM THESE From Article XXii Section 1 cedore h f p.." I-. v^'' " /J-. Discharge (left) shows net pay of 16 pounds 18 shillings and 2 pence for a 4-month, 25 day trip after deductions for crimp and sIoi>s. Back of discharge (right) urges, seamen to save their money to keep from "being robbed by the crimps." VOtjR fSGHVi 'fiNp YOU and fha SIU CONSYIYUYION i- m Eifwsw ns w frfiirf bifnaturo ff Ifmfo - yf • • TIM Baavd ot Tntf* Uloc dMinq* «f umanfioi Btunm t* Mrs their Mmloi*, ud with • rlew o( prerenlinf M itr IWMlbl* the riek •! their lueinc er of their belnff robbed by the erlmpe et their mfei.here eetebllehed SeTlnfi Beski et alir the. Uercutlle Murine (Shlpplnf) Offlcee in lb* UUted IQnfdgib The, •mn(emtnla derieed br the Bead le eurr eat their ebjeete ere 'ezirfHeiy-Ma^e mtT-mtf of eolta^rehendon'. end. vhel le et (reet iaportenw, lh«y inveln na trpmm thalmtr, nor tho oUghlcit IroubU to tho Dopooitoro. -2 4 HNcmu uootM lumm. Oujoininir SAVINGS BANK. effect or.iy '""®LTa?by a majority vote offer approval oy of the membership. This provision gives—and guar­ antees—the membership the de­ ciding voice in the mosiimportant Union function—the rotary ship­ ping system. You make the rules by which you ship. No official con moke shipping rules. got less than he, as well as some English midshipmen in training. The midshipmen got no wages at all. As a matter of fact they had to pay to take the tiip. For his magnificent wage of five pounds, Buber worked three watches daily, four hours on and four hours, off. And as was the usual practice, when setting or reefing sail, the men off watch would be called up, so that the day's work was closer to 16 hours than 12. Not Much Cooking The entire crew consisted of 12 men on deck, a bosun, two mates, a steward and a cook, "They didn't need more than one man in the galley because there vwasn't much cooking to do." Each man was expected to supply his own tin plate, tin cup, spoon and sheath knife with which to eat his food. The foc'sle in which the entire unlicensed crew lived, had just one window, a small skylight of thick glass set flush in the deck above. There were lamps, but no kerosene. "One of the men had a dollar watch that he sold for 50 cents," Buber said, "and we bought ourselves five gallons of kerosene that we used for lighting." There was no stove in the foc'sle either, and since it was mid-Janu­ ary when Buber signed on, the men had to keep warm as best they could. Buber has just paid off a long tanker trip on the William A. Bur­ den, for which he collected $7,500. "It's hard to imagine,/ the way things were ther^ v hen you think of the conditions we have today. There's" "Jusf tfdf cdmi?afiii6«.'' ' h CHURCHILL HERE TO VISIT EISENHOWER — Prime Minister Winston Churchill has arrived in the US aboard the Queen Mary on a visit to President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower. The purpose of tlie visit was to discuss the new administration's policy on aid to Great Britain as well as Eisenhower's approach to world problems generally. With many in Congress favoring a cut in US aid, Churchill was ex­ pected to place emphasis on his country's need for continuing US support. CONGRESS PARTIES CHOOSE LEADERS—As was expected, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio was chosen Senate majority leader without challenge. On the Democratic side. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas was picked as minority boss. In the House of Representatives, Republican Joseph Martin took over as Speaker replacing Sam Rayburn. The selection of Taft and Johnson was taken to mean that in Congress at least the conservatives of both parties are in charge. US OVERSEAS AIDES ATTACKED—"High living" by US Govern­ ment employees overseas has been attacked by a special Congressional inquiry surveying US overseas workers. The committee said that the overseas workers were overpaid, with many of them having three or four domestic employees and stenographers making $6,000 a year. It also reported that there were too many employees with nothing to do and recommended that half of the 250,000 overseas workers should be dismissed. i 4. i PIRACY CHARGE PLACED AGAINST SEAMEN—Seven seamen of various nationalities have been extradited from Tangier to France and will be charged with piracy on the high seas. The men are accused of hijacking a cargo of cigarettes from another ship and smuggling them from Tangier to European ports. US CUTS DOWN CHARGES AGAINST DuPONTS—The Depart­ ment of Justice has dropped charges against 83 of 118 members of the duPont family who had been accused of anti-trust practices. Charges will be continued against the other 35 members in a Govern­ ment attempt to break up the family's important corporate holdings which include both the duPont chemical empire and the General Motors Corporation, among others. The suit was originally filed by the Gov­ ernment in. 1949. There is a possibility it may be dropped by the on­ coming' Republican administration. ^ . US, BRITISH MAY QUIT TRIESTE—United States and British troops may be withdrawn from the Fi'ce Territory of Trieste that was set up at the end of the War in the peace treaty with Italy. The pro­ posed withdravyal plans involve turning over the occupied section of the city to Italy, with the exception that the portion run by Yugoslav troops would be kept by Yugoslavia. t EAST GERMAN RED TRIALS SEEN—First steps toward a trial of East German Communist leaders on the pattern of the recent Czech trials are hinted In a resolution of the East German Communist Party charging certain men with "Titoism" and "Zionism." The deposed leaders have been accused of being in contact with the same people as Rudolph Slansky in Czechoslovakia. One of the accused men was cited because he wrote an article favoring a German subsidy of emi­ gration to Israel and urged restoration of Jewish property which had been seized by the Nazi government to its former owners. i. 4) 4. SCIENTISTS AFFIRM HYDROGEN BOMB—The BuUetin Of the Atomic Scientists Jias stated that the atomic test on Eniwetok atoll in the South Pacific last November was definitely a hydrogen bomb ex­ plosion. The Atomic Energy Commission had never stated whether or not an actual hydrogen bomb was involved. The Bulletin estimates that the bomb was at least twice as powerful as the improved atomic bomb, or several times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb. It points out that heat and light effects described by eyewitnesses at a -distance of '30 to 35 miles compared to descriptions of conventional atom bomb explosions from ten miles distance or less. 4' 4' ITALY WILL REJECT DEPORTEES—The Italian Government says it will no longer accept criminals and racketeers born there who are marked fytr deportation by the US Government. They claim they do not want a dumping ground lor Ameriean undesirables who happened to Bora in Italy. The decision, is expected to have a bearing on the dcjportktidn c Friihk'CoSfeilo'ah'd btheris.' ^ ' ' >'5' �JaaiuiT 9. %9n SEAFARERS tO G- Fdfe Sevea Arco Job Security A Myth AT SlU HEADQUARTERS 4th Ave. A 20th St. • Brooklyn Swap yarns or watch the fights on television with your old shipmotes at the Port O' Coll-YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. OWNED AND OPERATED by HI* SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATIANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT A.F.L Panama Locks In Repair If traffic continues at the high level of 1952 when almost 8,000 ships passed through the Panama Canal, which is under­ going an overhauling on its Pacific Locks, much delay to shipping may be expected"* same number at the Miraflores over the next five-month pe­ Locks during the period. Canal au­ riod, according to a recent thorities expect, however, to han­ announcerhent by Canal Company dle traffic in the most efficient officials. More than 700 men are manner possible. working on the repair job. There may be delays in some The locks of the Canal are the cases as much as 24 hours. During key to its operating capacity. This the overhaul of the Gatun Locks capacity is cut by more than half in 1950 some delays were longer. during periods of overhaul when Delays will be more frequent than one set of chajnbers is out of serv­ in the oast with the increased traf­ ice. Under normal operating condi­ fic during the present overhaul. tions when one set of chambers is Canal officials feel. A traffic plan for the overhaul not in service, 24 lockages can be made at the Pedro Miguel Lucks. of the-Locks, expecting East and Careful scheduling of ships may West traffic to be equal, has been make it possible to handle the devised. The way it works in the Atlantic Refining fleet, having your watch run slow or missing a bus or train is an open Invitation to getting yourself fired, despite all the AMEU's clamor about "job security and representation." In ARCO, you have to be at a certain place at a particular time or you wind up without a job. Tom Buterakos, OS, found out how much "job security" he had when he was fired recently for being 30 minutes late. His case parallels the case of Paul Babyak, who was an AB on the Atlantic Exporter, and was fired for being five minutes late in getting back from coffee time. In both cases, the AMEU just ignored the whole thing. Buterakos was aboard the Deal­ er while she was drydocked in Alabama. He had been sailing on the Dealer since August. One morning, because of circumstances beyond his control, he got back to the ship 30 minutes late to turn to. He gut to work at 8:30 AM, instead of at 8 AM. Buterakos said there was noth­ ing mentioned at the time, but about 10 days later, while the ship was on its way to Philadelphia, the Throw In For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting^chairroan, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees that will be chosen at the next membership meeting. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. The Union also welcomes discussions, suggestions and motions on the business before the meeting. Seafarers are urged to give the membership the benefit of their opinions so that the membership can act accordingly. Organizing Director Keith Terpe (right) administers the SIU oath of obligation to three crewmembers off the Atlantic Importer after they received SIU books for their activities in the Atlantic organizing drive. Shown (l-r) are John Lager, AB; Bob Anderson, oiler, and William Allen, FWT. In the background is a board showing the itineraries of Atlantic tankers. mate went up to him and simply told him that he was fired, and that was all there was to it. Buterakos had sailed aboard SlU-contracted ships from 1950 until August, when he went aboard the Dealer. "Those guys were always talk­ ing about job security," he said, "but I sure found out fast what kind of security they have. I went to the marine department a few days after the mate fired me, and they told me I was finished. That's all there was to it. "But one of the biggest beefs is the amount of dough that the guys lose on overtime under the present setup. The way it works, the mate keeps a record of the overtime, and the men don't know how they stand until just before the payoff. Even then, there's just no way that a guy can beef if he's being chiselled out of some overtime. "On SIU ships, every man keeps a record of his own overtime. In addition, he turns in his overtime within three days after he works it. If there's any difference between the record the mate keeps and the record the man keeps, then the man has a complete record of'his own that he keeps until the patrolman gets aboard. Then the whole thing YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO*BETTER BUYING How To Buy A Raincoat What's the best kind of raincoat for a Seafarer to buy? Getting the wrong kind for your needs can make you a very disillusioned man. The coat you thought would pro­ tect yon from a beating storm may turn out to have been designed only for light shWer duty. Another kind may protect you well, but also make you sweat like a pig in warm climates. Or you may find a new raincoat tearing apart at the seams when a fresh breeze hits it. What raincoat you ought to pick from the dozen different types available should depend mostly on how much you expect to use it outside. There are two basic types: waterproof coats and water-repellent ones, and it wouldn't pay to buy one kind in the belief you were get­ ting ithe other. ^e completely waterproof coats are generally rubber, rubberized or plastic-coated fabrics, plastic film, or oilcoated cotton (slickers); They really protect you from rain, and so are best for work purposes. But, because they're honporous, they're generally very hot. Water-repellent coats on the other hand, won't keep you dry if you're exposed for a long time to a hard rain. These are fabric coats, generally cotton poplin or gabar­ dine, with a water-repeilent finish which does not, how­ ever, seal the pores of the material. Thus air can pass through the cloth so you're comfortable but after a while rain begins to seep through too. The water-repellent coats are generally dressier than the completely water­ proof type. The poplin ones are iighter in weight than the gabardine and not as warm. These are the dressiest type and csp, L)p.p^,(I,ai^[jtw»(5pat^|,,lipo, you,qpn is straightened out right there. "My payoffs from ARCO were sure way below the payoffs I got in the SIU, and my earnings for the same period were higher when I sailed SIU. "In addition to not being able to beef about overtime you have com­ ing, there's a lot of things we had to do on the Dealer that would have brought overtime under an SIU contract, but we didn't get any­ thing for it from Atlantic. "I figure that I'll probably go down to the SIU Philadelphia hall now, and catch a ship." Put Number On ^Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message. From now on, if the number is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying a gabardine trenchcoat with a wool zip-in liner so the rubberized cotton gabardine coat. This kind has a thin inner coating of rubber for rain protection. You can buy coat can be used in all weather. . Here's a lineup of the various kinds of raincoats you one for as little as seven bucks in fly-front or trenchcoat style. The rubberized topcoats won't last as long as the can select from for your particular needs and the special water-repellent gabardines and poplins but do give good advantages and disadvantages of each: Plastic hsincoats: Plastic film coats are least expensive. protection, are fairly dressy for shore use and in general You can buy one for as little as $2, but a good one that are a useful coat at a reasonable price. The better-quality non-rubberized cotton gabardine will resist tearing costs $4-$5. Advantages: they're very trenchcoats cost $15. These are treated with water-repel­ compact and can be rolled up to fit in a valise or your coat pocket for shore trips; a good choice for a second lent finishes which generally must be renewed from time to time. For good quality, look for a smooth finish, deep raincoat. The trouble wfth plastic film is its tendency to rip. Make sure you pick one of heavy-gauge film with diagonal ribs in the material and a close, firm weave. You can also get cotton gab trenchcoats with wool zipelectronically-welded seams. out liners for as little as $20. Among the finest but costliest lightweight raincoats are Another choice is wool gabardine and covert topcoats the new nylon ones which are treated with a coating of treated witfi water-repellent finishes. These are expensive plastic. These are small enough to fold in a carrying —$^5 up. You can -8dd~a*'-wooI zip-out lining to these at pouch. They're available in a dressy fly-front style. But a cost of $6-$10 more and thus have an all-weather they cost $15. If you do get a water-repellent topcoat, this^departrherit In buying any, plastic or lightweight coat, get it big recommends getting the liner too so the,coat ^1 have enough to wear over another coat in cold weather. added usefulness. Rubber Coats, Slickers: These are good heavy-duty You can now buy water-repellent finishes t,o spyay on coats for ship or shore use. They completely protect you, clothing yourself. These' sprays can be used on shoes, but as noted, they'aren't cool, nor are they dressy. For hats^ coats, etc. In fact, if you already have a gabardine or use in severe wfiather, get one with a protective cape in covert topcoat you can convert it into a raincoat by spray­ the back, preferably with air vents underneath for ventila­ ing it. This treatment is effective only if the material tion. Well-made coats of this type have fabric collars, of the coat is a tight weave like gab or covert, not if either of corduroyj or at least cotton flannel, to keep your it's loosely-woven like tweed. neck from chafing. A good black I'ubber coat costs $12One of the best advantages of the water-repellent $15. Oiied slickers are less expensive (under $10). But sprays is to enable you to renew the water-repellency of make sure they're labeled triple-coated for best protec­ fabric raincoats yourself idter they have been cleaned tion. « instead of paying for professional refinishing. KubbeiiM!# 'tTrenohcoats: A good compromise between Among the water-repellent sprays you can buy for treatdressier treqcheoatsJjs^A ,_«tog.ClQLh?|,.y5»urself are DraXj, Aqua-P^f, and Gard. ^ �SBAFARE MS LOG Vac* EltM tmatay p, ISSi UNION TAtK By KEFTK TERPI Artist Has $ Solution: 'Ship Ouf Seafarers in the New York hall the past few days may have noticed one of their number industriously fketching in the shipping hall. While waiting to catch a ship, Sea­ farer David O. White has been turning in sketches of his impres­ sions to the SEAFARERS LOG. The 25-year-old Seafarer re­ ceived his art training at three schools in California, among them the Claremont Graduate School of Art at Claremont, Calif. He de­ cided to go to sea last September when he found that painting in oils was a fast way to get hungry. He recently paid off the Chickasaw (Waterman) on which he put his spare time to use drawing and sketching shipboard scenes. "You can't paint and earn a liv­ ing at the same time," he said. "So I'm planning to sail and save up some money. Then maybe I'll settle temporarily some place where I can live cheaply and devote my time to painting. It might be Italy or Mexico, but I haven't made up my mind yet. "With present wages and condi­ tions on board ships, I expect it won't' be too long before I'll be able to settle down and paint fulltime for a while." White has promised to display his work in other art forms when the SIU holds its secohd annual- art contest this year. Artist David White, now working as a Seafarer, did this sketch of men in the New York shipping hall, while waiting for the hourly job call. White also does a good deal of sketching on board ship, and will enter the SIU Art contest, when it is held this spring. Jst Seamen's Union Born 86 Years Ago Eighty-six years ago this Sunday, January 11, 1866, to be exact, the first seamen's union came into existence at a meet­ ing in San Francisco. The new organization, called the Sea­ men's Society for the Pacific-* Coast was the beginning of a and masters, hand in hand, shang­ long struggle to win for sea­ haied seamen and kept them per­ men recognition as free men and petually in debt, which was easy when men were paid $20 to $30 a citizens. At the time of this first feeble month. beginning of maritime labor, sea­ 12-Hour Day Sought men were held in bondage aboard ship. The laws permitted the The Seamen's Society didn't last master to beat, wound, starve or very long, but the idea of an imprison the seaman, unless it was organization to protect seamen proved he did It "without" justifi­ stayed alive.- It was followed in able cause." In actual practice, the January 31, 1878, by the Seamen's master could dispense any punish­ Protective Association, which at ment he chose if it was justified in its peak, had 600 members. The his mind. It wasn't until 1898 when crimps and boarding house masters corporal punishment was declared soon broke that organization. While unjustifiable, and mates held re­ it existed, it attempted to get pros­ sponsible. ecution of shanghaiers and bucko Beatings Common mates and masters. Of 100 cases There, are numerous cases on of cruelty reported to the authori­ record of those days when seamen ties, the only punishment was a $25 were beaten with belaying pins, line levied against the mate of one "triced up" or hoisted" by their ship, the Western Belle. wrists so that their toes barely The program of the organization touched the deck, and tortured in also called for a 12 hour day at other ways. Scurvy was still com­ sea, and overtime pay. But nothing mon on merchant vessels and tween ever came of it, and the organiza­ deck focsles ^^ere the rule. Crimps tion collapsed in November 1882. Cartoon History Of The SIU Despite the burden of the war, organizing work went on. Numerous companies were organized. However, oxperience showed the need for a per­ manent organizing department, which was set up in 1045. It immediately set its sights on orgaiiiziiiK Isthmian, the largest of the unor­ ganized companies^ and planned its drive. '".'f i : '• «j:v No. 2a Organizing The Unorganized The new organizing department \ stressed organizing on the ship. Voluntary sMpsi organiz-. ers made every messroom a Uni(^ i^all ... . shoreside organizers met.the ships, discussions were started at coffee-time, during meaU, Branch agents, patrolmen, and the eptin .. . .'r. - • Almst two months aftef the AMEU delivered its much-advertised "new" contract, which turned out to be little more than a rehash of some provisions in SIU agreements up to ten years old, its dwindling membership in the Atlantic fleet is still waiting for it to be put to work. Atlantic tankeririen arc sore over the peculiar situation whereby work now payable with overtime is no longer done by unlicensed person­ nel although the "agreement" establishing the new rule is prominently posted around the ships for all to see. Now You See It, Now You Don't One example of this called to the attention of SIU organizers by several crewmembers on the Atlantic States is the case of a provision in the new agreement giving straight overtime on watch and OT-and-ahalf off watch for butterworthing. Now that it's officially written into the pact, the engineers themselves are being called on to start and stop the butterworthing system although it always used to be oilers' work. Another of the quirks in this non-working agreement applies to sanitary work by the 8-12 OS on another Atlantic ship. On an SIU ship this work normally consists of cleaning the passageways, heads and rooms of the unlicensed deck department personnel, and the crewmember elected as deck delegate will see that he does it and does it right. The same is supposed to. hold true according to the AMEU pact. But in Atlantic the ordinary is supposed to (1) do all the above; (2) clean the pumpman's room (since when is he a member of the deck department?); (3) clean the passageways in the licensed engineers* quarters; (4) make 10 o'clock coffee. Then if there is any deck de­ partment work to be done the sanitary work is let slide. In one case (and it's not the only one), while the ship was loading cargo the OS on sanitary work was kept on deck to handle valves and told to let the sanitary work go! In matters like these, of course, overtime pay is something that a loyal, overworked and underpaid workingman is not supposed to bring up. There's Humor Too Now it's obvious that a little serious reading of what the AMEU re­ fers to as the "best agreement in the Industry" will always turn up a little humor. So it is that one item in this outstanding document de­ serves special mention. As an example of the way a heads-up'"union" negotiating team is working to serve its membership, the AMEU calls attention to the fact it is anticipating a great wave of seasickness which will plague the fleet in days to come. Thus it points out that the com­ pany is considering furnishing all masters with seasick pills. Thus we have another example of how a militant union strikes a mighty blow in the direction of obtaining greater take-home pay, benefits end representation for its membership. Many members may have noticed the unsolicited tribute to the artist who draws the cartoons for the "Atlantic Fleet News," published in the last issue of the LOG. The writer applauded the cartoonist for hitting the nail on the head when depicting some of the sorry condi­ tions in the fleet. The "Atlantic Fleet News" several weeks ago ran a cartoon strip about a washing machine on one of the ships that rattled and sputtered and all but fell apart every time someone went ne?r it. Little did the artist know he was forecasting coming events. Real Life Situation The unfortunate part of the story is that the cartoon wound up in a real life situation not so many days ago. One man on that very same ship received some bad leg bums from 200 degree steam that poured out of a hot water line which snapped off when he was washing something in the machine. Unhappily for this man, although the AMEU and Atlantic went so far as to recognize the value of many clauses in past SIU agreements and include therd in their own current pact, they didn't heed the warning in the "Fleet News" about the decrepit washers on their ships. We hope they begin reading us even more closely than they have been. Bather than hire an expensive staff of lawyers, the SIU organizers studied and mastered Gov­ ernment procedure and NLRB proceedings. The result was less money spent, better results. In All elections conducted by the NLBB in which the SIU was a contestant, the final decision waa bershlp. Xqt behia4.tljs.d£jxf M, y >• 1 W.I ' ,. "'r- �* Tr -...if '-•• -J: �• aril?. ffCl .i,:-^tg^,^-jy'r .--r»^',J-.- SEAFARERS ra(« TM LOG Janniry 9, 195S PORT REPORTS m m m New Orleans: SlU Ghrislmas Dinner Is Ronsing Success lean§ since the war. This competi­ tion is not expected to cut into business of the SlU-manned Mis­ sissippi and Alcoa passenger ships. These ships generally are wellbooked far in advance of sailing dates and the facilities they offer for luxury cruises to Caribbean and South American points are equal to the finest. One phase of a $30 million port expansion program being carried on by the New Orleans Dock Board was completed with the opening operation of a new $1 million ba•nana terminal. The terminal, said to be the world's second largest, is equipped to handle 8,000 stems of bananas an hour. Other phases of the expansion program include increased wharf facilities, a new grain elevator, and installation of more modern means of handling cargo. Bonus Checks Hospitalized members were given $25 Christmas bonuses during a special Christmas Eve visit and seemed to be cheered by the re­ membrance financed by the Wel­ fare Plan. Kris Gunderson, a real veteran of the Union and the industry, un­ derwent emergency surgery and seems to be responding satisfac­ torily to treatment. Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent We have had a brisk shipping turnover here since the last meet­ ing and expect to, at least, hold our own in the coming two week period. We paid off eight vessels, signed on four, and have 15 intransit. Payoffs were on the Pennant and Ranger (Alcoa); Del l^orte, Del Sol, and Del Valle (Mississippi); Antinous and Chicasaw (Waterman); and the Catahohla (National Naviga­ tion). We signed on the Alcoa Pen­ nant, the Del Rio, Del Norte, and the Del Aires of Mississippi. Ships in-transit were; Alcoa Pilgrim, Corsair, Clipper and Cavalier; Steel Director (Isthmian); Del Rio, and Del Aires (Mississippi); Seatrain New York and Savannah Seatrain); Morning Light, Mon­ arch of the Seas, Fairland, North­ western Victory, Amberstar and Southern Counties. One of the most successful and enjoyable Christmas dinners ever given at the New Orleans Hall was enjoyed by Seafarers on the, beach for the holidays and their families. Preparation of the food was start­ ed on the day before Christmas and everything was in readiness i i 4. for the dinner to begin at 12:30 Galveston: PM on Christmas Day. Full credit for the success of the affair must go to. members of the SIU staff in the port who worked day and night for several days be­ fore the event, and to Seafarers For the past two weeks shipping who volunteered their services has been way above average. We during the final hectic hours of shipped out 231 men, about twocooking and serving the fine meal. thirds of which were permitmen. Among those who did a first rate We had two ships paying off and Job and who earned the apprecia­ signing on, and 14 ships in-transit. tion of their fellow Seafarers for Payoffs were on the Burbank Vic­ the work they did as members of the galley crew and as waiters tory (Eastern), and the Alice Brown (Bloomfield). Bloomfield's •were Francisco Escobal, Milton J. Mouton, L. O. Bumatay, George Genevieve Peterkin and the Burbank Victory signed articles. InNichols, Don Collins, Martino DeSalvo, Riley N. Crabb, John Chan- transits were the Bents Fort, nasian, Ashby Thompson, John French Creek, Archers Hope, and Government Camp (Cities Service); Doyie, E. J. Schielder, Frank BalMae (Bull); Federal ("Trafalgar); tazar, and O. Flynn. Petrolite and Julesburg (MathiaMore than 200 persons -were served and there was plenty of son); Seatrain Louisiana and New Jersey (Seatrain); Del Rio and Del roast turkey, baked Virginia ham Aires (Mississippi); Michael (Carand all the trimmings for every­ ras), and the Northwestern Victory one. (Victory Carriers). Too Thorough There were no beefs on any of A few members have come to these ships with"all payoffs coming the conclusion that maybe the off clean. Christmas spirit pre­ LOG is a bit too thorough in its vailed all around, with most of the coverage. It seems that several of men anxious to get home to their the boys had been "holding out" families as quickly as possible. from their payoffs and their wives Oldtimei's on the beach at the caught up with the game- by read­ moment include O. J. Harden, ing the wage scale in the LOG Mike Leousis, W. W. Currier, W. supplement which published the R. Thompson, and J. L. Hayes. new general cargo agreement. This Keith AIsop was the subject of some goodGalveston Port Agent natured kidding, but, generally speaking, this issue of the LOG was one of the most popular of the year. One of the first requests of men coming ashore has been for a copy of the contract supplement. As reported previously, loading of nitrate now is being permitted SIU, A&G District in this'port. Such cargo is handled BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Mulberry 4540 at the Braithwaite dock facilities. Earl Sheppard. Agent .. . 276 State St. BOSTON A campaign also is being launched Jamea Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Richmond 2-0141 Diapatcher by business interests here to in­ ... aOBVi 23rd St. GALVESTON crease the loading limit for class Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-8448 1419 Ryan St. "A" explosives at Braithwaite. If LAKE CHARLES, La Leroy Clarke. Agent Phono 6-5744 successful, this effort will make ad­ MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. CBI Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 ditional cargo available for loading NEW ORLEANR 523 BienviUe St. here. The present limit on explo­ Lindaey WUliama. Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 sives, imposed by the Coast Guard NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn STerUng 8-46' 170 as a safety restriction, is 600 127-129 Bank St. pounds. The increased limit being NORFOLK Ren Reea. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. sought is 100 tons. g. CarduUo Agent Market 7-1635 All event of interest this month PORT ARTHUR 411 Auatin St. Don Hilton, Rep. Phone 4-2341 will be the arrival of the Motor SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harriaon St. Douglas 2-5475 Ship Italia to. accept passengers H. J. Fischer, Agent SAN JUAN. PR 252 Ponce de Leon tltei'fii;^t,<pf.if<>ur 14-day Carib­ ;!I-2 Aberco'rn St. bean cruises planned this winter. I^VANNAH'^f E. B. Tilley. Agent Phone 3-1738 2700 lat Ave. The Dock Board says the Italia is SEATTLE Shipping Far Ahovo Average In Texas Perl Lake Charfes: Holiday Shipping Boom Spurs Manpowor SOS Things have really been boom­ ing in the shipping picture here for the past two weeks. We shipped 62 men from here and had to call out of town for eight more, ma^ng a total of 70 jobs, in all ratings. We have about 35 men in all rat­ ings on hand at the present time, so we can fill any order. Causing this rush were the Long Jack, Arch­ ers Hope, Winter Hill, Paoli, Gov­ ernment Camp, Chiwawa, Bents Fort, and the French Creek of the Cities Serv­ ice fleet, the MacCaskie Federal of Tra­ falgar, Epiphany's Wanda, and the Trinity of Carras. All of these were in very good shape with fine SIU crews on each one. Finally, our fondest hopes came true on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1952. Twelve full book-members were assembled in this port, so a reg­ ular meeting was oj>ened. Quite a number of ow permitmen were present and were very much im­ pressed with the, way things were going. All of the members took the floor and spoke on the things that the Union stood for, and were well received. On the labor side of the picture locally, we have no beefs outstand­ ing agywhere in this area, and all locals report that all their mem­ bers are working, with more work in the offing. Politically, we are girding for an election to be held in about four months for a mayor of our fair city, and, as usual, labor has a stake in this vital affair. New Xears and Christmas have come and gone and now we are trying to get ourselves collected again and go back to work. We had quite a few of our members around for those days and all re­ port a fine time, Pulls Stunt For the "Seafarer of the Week" we nominate Thomas MacCaskie, who joined the Union in 1944 and sailed the rest of the war. Mac holds ratings in the engine depart­ ment and is quite well known in the port of New Orleans where he sailed the glamour wagons to South America. He is best known on the Mississippi ships for a little.stunt he pulled. He made a small wager with an­ other character to the effect that he would not go ashore for one full round trip. Mac was so determined to win that he would not even go on the dock to hook up a water hose for fear that his opponent would claim that he had been ashore. New Orleans to SA and back is some grind without shore leave, but Mac won and loud was the wailing by the loser when the payoff came. Mac is noW busy sail­ ing coastwise on the tankers, and says no more long trips for him. Among the men on the beach now are J. Phillips, J. Mitchell, M. Launey, C. Silcox, W. Hughes, M. Fuenties, R. Reese, A. G. Alexan­ der, R. Heahly, J. Quinn, S. A. Thompson, R. Slay, J. Brady, and D. Demaret. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agen;t t 4. Philadelphia: 1952 Oulslanding Year In Seafarer Benefits Shipping has been excellent for the past two weeks and by all ap­ pearances the following two weeks look just as promising. This port is still the place for rated men. Now that the McCarran Act has gone into effect, we are faced with the alien problem, fhere seems to be some issues which are not fully clear, yet we are doing the best we can for our alien membership. Un­ like other Unions, we are not leav­ ing our men out in the cold. We appeal to our membership who have the necessary time for their first papers to apply as soon as possible for them. Four ships payed off, five signed articles, and 27 were in-transits. Payoffs were on the Alexandra (Carras); McKsttrick Hills (West­ ern Tankers); Sweetwater (Metro); and Carolyn (Bull).^ The first three signed on again, along with Bloomfield's Ann Butler and the Atlantic Water of Triton. The following ships were intransit: Winter Hill and Lone Jack (Cities Service); Holystar (Inter­ continental); Purplestar (Traders); Wacosta, Afoundria, Chickasaw, Azalea City, Fairport, DeSoto, and Bienv"le (Waterman); Ann Butler, Robin Tuxford, Kirk, and Locksley (Robin); Lewis Emery (Victory Carriers); Atlantic Water; Ocean Star (Dolphin); Rosario, Monroori Marina, and Arlyn (Bull); South­ ern Districts (Southern Trades); Michael (Carras); Steel Executive (Isthmian); Federal (Trafalgar); and Santa Venetia (Elam). It was an outstanding year in shipping and in Union gains and benefits for the Seafarer. Here is a hope that 1953 will use 1952 as a jumping off point for even great­ er gains for the members of the SIU. A. S. Cardullo Philadelphia Fort Agent SrU MALL nUtECXOR Y Senecft Phone 3-1323 Ray White. Agent WILMINGTON. CaU£ 50^5 Marine. Aye. Sam Cohen. Agent Terminal 4-3874 HEADQUABTQIS .675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU < ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS' ' Lloyd Gardner Robert Matthews Claude Simmons HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE Joe Alglna HONOLULU SUP FORT WILLIAM.... 118V4 Syndicate Ontario Phone: 3-3»l PORT COLBORNE.., 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 88 Colborne St. Elgin 5719 VICTORIA. BC 617H Connorant St, Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS ...204 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebao 30 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 37 Ormont St. Phone: 3-3303 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quc^^ _ Phonef 3-' 177 Prince WUliam St. SAINT JO: Phone; 3-3040 NB 16 Merchant St. Phone 8-8777 PORTLAND....... 533 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CAUr 357 Sth St. Phone 3599 SAN FRIM^aSCO .450 Harrison St. Douglas 3-8363 Great SEATTLE. 3700 lat Ave. ALPENA wttiiiNtmiM YOKE. .m m 4t» Ave., Bl STerfiag Lakes District • 133 WPhone: 1338W BUhf'ALO. m.,.. .^ ..m Main St. -( Jnwne: Cleveland 7391 CU^ELANB......7M Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Main 1-0147 Cqfiidioii OiBtrid .^81 W. S»jsii!lean St. W&nm MelTM 2-4110 /HALIFAX. N>| Mmm San Francisco: Alien Seamen Advised Te Register With US For the past two weeks shipping has been holding its own, with irtost of the men being shipped on the Robin Goodfellow. Other re­ placements were dispatched to the regular intercoastal ships. For the future we can only see about 10 or 12 in-transit jobs with no pay­ offs scheduled at the present time. We paid off the Rohin Goodfellow of Seas Shipping and Co'onial's Sea Thunder. Ships intransit were the Topa Topa, Kyska, John B. Waterman, Hastings, and Fairisle (Waterman); Alamar and Marymar (Calmar); John Kulukundis (Martrade); and the Ames Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers). There is a shipping boom in the local areii, if not here at the mo­ ment then over in Seattle and Wil­ mington where they could use some rated men. I informed the membership that^ the- .McCarran Act was in effect'laud that unreg­ istered aliens were going to find it hard to ship out. I urged all alien seamen to register with the Immigration authorities and to find out their status. Also spoke on some of the new gains made by the negotiating committee In the present contract and advised all hands that as. soon as the tanker agreement was con­ cluded I w^puld notify the mem­ bership and would have copies available as soon as possible there-, after. The Robin G o<o dfellow (Seas) paid off after a six-week trip to the Orient, and, . as usual, the mas­ ter on this ship caused a bit of dissension with his anti-union at­ Foster titude also the chief mate thought he had the privilege to hire a one-man Korean shore gang to paint his quarters and do a little sougeeing around the ship. The mate supposedly paid for the 28 hours work out of his own pocket. After a little dis­ cussion on this matter, the com­ pany agreed that this was the work of seamen, and as a result the deck department received 28 hours over­ time for the work. When the hospital patrolman made his rounds at Christmas time with the $25 bonus Checks the SIU members were the envy of all the other maritime unioni.sts in the wards- Some of the brothers in the marine hospital receiving their benefits and their additional Christ­ mas bonuses included David S.orenson, Peter Smith,, Eddie Ho, Fritz Kraul, Jacob Levin, Norville Sykes, and Benny Foster. As the year ended, the greatest accomplishments for the member­ ship was the new contract which, as usual, is the greatest in the in­ dustry. Also coming in for good reports was the new hall in New York, the scholarship plan, the special service section set up in New, York for the members, the disability pay, maternity and hos­ pital benefits, and the Sea Chest. Whatever the year 1953 holds in store for the maritime industry, the membershJ-p of the SIU can de­ pend On the organization to keep fighting for new gains" to make the orgimizaHbfl' strtingeF^than' evter. H. J. Fischer �•• II nwi'iiii yiiami>ifHi • V n ••^•:i;^V^|iiCT- Jaanary f»ItSt Par* Elerw SEAFARER SLOG PORT tmPORTS Savannah Union Loaned Movie Projector To Hospital The last two weeks were pretty food as far as shippinf and jobs were concerned with the usual Christmas rush as quite a few of the fellows piled off the ships for the holidays. Shipping can be con­ sidered normal for the next two weeks as we will have the Strathbay calling for a full crew In the early part of January. We will also have the Southland In for a payoff as well as the usual in-transits that hit Charleston and Jacksonville. We paid off the Strathbay (Strathmore), and the South At­ lantic's two crack ships, the Southstar and the Southport. The South Atlantic ships signed on again. Intransits were Seatrain's Savannah and New York, Waterman's ~PeSoto and Fairport, and the Bents Fort of Cities Service. Patrolman E. B. McAuley and I have been over to the USPHS hospital and have loaned them a new movie pro­ jector. This ma­ chine will be on a permanent loan basis and will re­ Gardner main th* prop­ erty of the SIU. I believe It is a fine gesture on the part of the or­ ganization for its members to be so generous in allowing the pa­ tients the use of this projectpr. I want to thank, personally apd as a member Of the Union, the Nep­ tune Club for their gifts at the Christmas party and Gully Silvers Of "Bo Peeps" for his efforts in be­ half of the party. Patrolman McAuley visited the marine hospital three times in the past two weeks. Most of the brothers over there are progress­ ing very well. Anytime any of the members have a little spare time they should drop In on their ship­ mates to bring them some cheer. Ainong those in the hospital now are J. T. Moore, W. W. AUred, and C. A. Gardner. Gardner was ad­ mitted just in time to enjoy,the in­ creased monetary benefits which were passed out at Christmas time. He said that the money he re­ ceived as a holiday bonus was just about the nicest thing that had happened to him In many a year. E. B. TlUey Savannah Port Agent Wilmington: Gar Failare No Excuse For Missing Moolings Shipping has been holding up very nicely out here and looks to continue that way. What with good . shipping and good weather, the membership here is finding things very pleasant on the beach. We paid off the Seacliff (Coral), and signed on the Ames Victory (Victory Carriers) in the last two weeks. In addition we had a big load of in-transits including the • Yaka, Keystone Mariner, Citrus Packer, Beauregard and Raphael Semmes (Waterman); the Seamar, Massmar, Marymar and Calmar (Calmar); Amerocean (Blackchester); W. E. Dov^ng (States Fuel); Bobin Hood, Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping); Liberty Flag (Dover); and the Steel Recorder (Isthmian).' New Agreement Effective We didn't hsve ngtUch itf the way .. , of beefs but it's taking a little time .V < fpc the ships to get squared away ^..ti\q, ne.^}i^;<«D9eRifa|jb,-i,gA9W ^ X Jf .38 makes so many ehangei from the old contract. We've been having a little bit of trouble as a result of the McCarran Act. Many of the companies are a little reluctant to take aliens aboard because they are afraid of getting stuck with them. We have been meeting with Immigration and the US Shipping Commissioner on this score and expect to have the whole matter clarified as soon as the new act really takes hold. Otherwise, all has been going well out here, what with the Rose Bowl, the Tournament of Roses and a big Chri^mas dinner that was thrown by the SUP for Seafarers and Sailors alike. One beef your agent has is that an increasing number of members have been sending in excuses of car failure on meeting nights. We advise the membership to have their cars checked before meeting dates, as excuses like that cannot be accepted any more. Oldtimers on the beach include Ralph Moisant, Tony' Stivers, George Craggs and Red Lane. They join me in wishing a Happy New Year to the membership with the hope that the next year will be even better for the SIU. Sam Cohen Wilmington Fort Agent t $. i;. Seattle: MogHoadod For Homo Ovor Yoar End Holiday Shipping has been tops for the past two weeks as we have had a total of 98 men shipping. Of this total we shipped 31 SUP men, so you can see that the shipping pic­ ture has been to any man's liking. We should have fine shipping for the next two weeks, with five pay­ offs scheduled. We had five payoffs in this pe­ riod, with seven ships signing on and six more vessels calling intransit. With some of the brothers on the in-transit ships wanting to get off for the holidays in order to go home, a difficult problem was posed insofar as replacements were concerned. However, we crewed up all the ships without too much difficulty. Paying^ off were the Seastar (Triton); Seagarden and Sea Victoiy (Orion); and the Alaska Cedar and Gadsden of Ocean Tow. Ships signing on were the same, along with Mankato Victory of Victory Carriers. Ships in-transit were: Hastings and John B. Waterman (Waterman); Alamar, Yorkmar, and Seamar (Calmar); Seacliff (Orion); and Mankato Victory. Jeff Morrison Seattle Port Agent Mobile: Oysfermen Face Poor SMSOU DUO to Drought and streams along the coast in­ creased the salt content of the wa­ ter. This, in turn, increased the conch population on the beds. The conch feeds on oysters. All of which means a shortage in the mar­ ketable "crop" insofar as the peo­ ple along the coast who depend upon oysters for a living are con­ cerned. On the beach and registered to ship again is G. Scott, laosun, who has been sailing with a full book since 1946. Having sailed in all ratings of the deck department, Scott feels qualified to pass on his opinion on what the new agree­ ment will mean in terms of bene­ fits. "As far as I am concerned," says Scott, "it is the most favorable agreement ever written in the in­ dustry." Scott studied it after com­ ing ashore from the' Alcoa Polaris. "This agreement," he concluded, "gives full consideration to the men in every department and in every rating." Oldtimers here on the beaeh now inelude E. Mayo, J. Ward, J. Craw­ ford, R. Eden, T. Dykes, J. Finnell, and M. J. Danzy. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent There has been good shipping for the past two weeks and it is expected to continue fair in the coming two weeks with ten ships due for payoffs and replacements. We paid off six ships, signed on four, and have three in-transits. Payoffs were on the Corsair, Patri­ ot, Pilgrim and Cavalier (Alcoa); and the Morning Light and Mon­ arch of the Sea (Waterman). The Corsair, Pilgrim, Cavalier and Planter signed on. Waterman's Iberville and Antinous were intransits along with the AmpacCalifornia of the American Pacific Line. On the labor front we find that the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., a Wa­ terman .subsidiary, folded. Repair work will be done at the Waterman docks, affecting shoregang work in a favorable fashion, probably. The MAW negotiating committee is working on a new shoregang Norfolk: , agreement with Scott Waterman and Alcoa to replace the present one which expires on Jan. 1-5. A new MAW tugboat agreement also is Symptoms of increased shipping under discussion. are seen with Oro Steamship Co. Figures just released by Jerry crewing and sailing the Eugenie P. Turner, general manager of the Alabama State Docks, show that which had been laid up for three Mobile's port tonnage climbed to a months, and, at the same time, new record during November. The they crewed and sailed another neSv mark was 798,543 tons as "com­ of their vessels laid up in the port pared with 750,770 tons of cargo of Baltimore. MSTS ships have increased their handled during October, which was rate to $1,400 per day and there is the previous high month. A big in­ crease in movements of crude oil a rumor from a heretofore reliable and grain was credited for the rec­ source that 100 ship.s will soon be taken under the MSTS wing. ord month. The dispatcher, J, C. Lupton, Xmas Lights reported shipping had picked up a Waterman^ was in the news dur­ little for the past two weeks and ing the holiday season with itss the outlook is pretty good. We sup­ novel lighting of the company's plied men on the following ships: building, \^ich has become tradi­ Logans Fort, Paoli, Alcoa Roamer, tional. The windows of the build­ Fairland, Cheselate, Strathport, ing were illuminated in the shape Eugenie, Saugatuck, Seawind, and of a huge cross. Crosses were the Steel Recorder. formed on ihe north, east and We paid off the Strathport south sides of the building. (Slrathmore); Southern States Oystermen, many of whom are (Southern Trading); and Logans affiliated with the SIU through Fort (Cities Service). Ships signing subsidiary fishermen's unions, have on were the Strathport and Logans been suffering from adverse condi­ Fort, and Oro's Eugenie. The fol­ tions on this coast. The Gulf Coast lowing ships were in port inResearch Laboratory at Ocean transit: Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Springs, Miss., blames it on last Fairland (Waterman); Paoli (Cities year's drought. Service); Seawind (Seatraders); Oyster beds along the coast suf­ Steel Recorder (Isthmian); and two fered tremendous damage, accord­ SUP vessels, the Saugatuck and ing to Dr. A. Hopkins, head of the the Chesetate. research laboratory. Scarcity of Ben Rees fresh water emptying from rivers Norfolk Port Agent MSTS Vessels Increase Rates Te $1,400 Dally New York: Freight Ship Contract Mailed To Alt Vessels Business has been slow but ship­ ping has been very good for th* past two weeks. We had 27 pay­ offs, 17 sign-ons, and 10 ships intransit. Of the 17 ships signed on, 11 were taken out of lay-up. The following ships were paid off: Steel Scientist,, Steel Director, and Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Lawrence Victory (Mississippi); Frances, Puerto Rico, Edith, Eliz­ abeth, Suzanne, and Kathryn (Bull); Chiwawa, Cantigny, Royal Oak,, French Creek, Winter Hill, and Bradford Island (Cities Serv­ ice i; Seatrain New York, Texas, Georgia. Savannah, and Louisiana (Seatraini; Azalea City, Mobilian, and Afoundria iWatermani; The Cabins (Mathiaseni; Robin Sher­ wood (Robin I; and the San Mateo Victory (Easterni, Ships signed on were the Steel Ranger. Steel Scientist, and Steel Director (Isthmiani; Wild Ranger and Mobilian (Waterman i; Law­ rence Victory. Loui*: Emery. Jr. (Victory Carriersi; Jean. Rosario, Monore. and Marina (Bulli; West­ ern Trader (Western Navigation'.; Seapender (Orion); Robin Kirk (Robin); Taddei (Shipenteri; Gulf Water and Santa Venetia (Martrade). Ships in-transit are the Steel Ap­ prentice, Steel Executive, Alcoa Pointer, Pioneer, and Roamer, De Soto, Julesburg, Lafayette, North­ western- Victory, and the Federal. The entire SIU fleet is now in operation with the exception of two Libertys, which need extensive re­ pairs. the three sandboats and the Yarmouth. The new freight ship agreements have been mailed out to all ships and will go into effect three days after being received aboaid, but in any event, not later than Jan. 1, 1953. All freight ships signing on are under the working rules of the new agreement. The wages and overtime rates will be retroactive to Nov. 18, 1952. Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. tit Baltimore: More Rating Incentive Under New Agreement During the past two weeks ship­ ping maintained a very good pace for all ratings except those in the electrician and stewaid classes. I would like to urge those mem­ bers now sailing in non-rated capacities to get ratings. With the new contract, there is more incen­ tive to obtain a rating than there was previously. This applies par­ ticularly to capacities in the en­ gine and deck departments. We paid off 11 ships, signed on 12, and had 13 in-transits. Ships paying off were the Baltore. Santore, Chilore, Feltore. Bethore. and Marore (Orei; Steel Apprentice Shipping Figures December 17 to December 31 and Steel Executive (Isthmian); REG. REG, SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ REG. TOTAL SHIP. PORT DECK DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. ENG. STEW. SIUPPEI) tion); Bienville (Waterman); and the Mae (Bull). Signing on were Boston 38 9 25 26 8 8 21 85 the Ore ships, as well as the Isth­ 226 New York 219 193 638 193 180 602 229 mian, Bull and Waterman, in addi­ tion to the Ocean Star (Triton) and 76 61 Pliiladeiphia 48 165 66 »1 36 203 Christina (Carras). 92 Baltimore .. 168 153 159 130 103 413 392 Ships in-transit were: the Rosar­ 13 26 24 29 22 14 65 63 Norfolk io, Hilton, and Mavina (Bull); Aza­ 17 18 27 10 48 lea City, Afoundria and Chickasaw 24 14 Savannah (Waterman); Alcoa, Roamer and 9 5 3 '10 12 4 12 Tampa ..... Pointer (Alcoa); Atlantic Waters 19 23 30 72 48 66 41 Mobile (Martrade); Sea Gale (Triton); 73 77 87 237 238 98 79 61 New Orleans ••••••••*•••*•• Government Camp and Council 52 231 72 Grove (Cities Service); and the 201 1.07 56 50 02 Galveston ., Robin Tuxford of Seas. 75 241 . 63 99 78 224 70' West Coast't••*••• Earl Sheppard In, , .10-BalUmore Port Agent •» 2,262; i 14 i as-vf .a ,. , , zio! JA.V'i'iVO W ssri-:: .W Wl . HTP'.'r.* 't .... A &e mDmNommoRm I%••••• • I •• •• m.. :aiH\ n*rr n.'iii'f'- '4' f ii ii mUil \ < . .n:^ ;)r,(M>R .J-.HHT,. SflV Iz)./ > tc Uvsl �Far* Twelve SEAFARERS IN THE WANE LOG Jtanuaey 9, M5S INISf JB A M niSf SEAl?AttE1fc ill • each time the glass was turned over DAN ALVINO, AB and the steersman was, changed. Back in 1926, Dan Alvino left "when we used to have to walk the In time, the number of bells be­ his Brooklyn home to go to enroll waterfront to get a job. Those were came signals to indicate a change What do you like to in high school for the coming term. the days we had to walk from one in the watch, change in the speed doQuestion: It was spring, and the weather was pier to another, asking at each ship when you go ashore? of the ship and the time for meals, lovely, he says, so he took a little whether they needed any men. (Question asked in the Mobile prayers, etc. walk down along the waterfront. Sometimes it was months before a hail.) 4. t Within a matter of hours, he had guy would find a job, especially if • The story of Robinson Crusoe is himself a job on Bull Line's he was just an ordinary seaman. fiction, but it was most likely in­ Fred M. Hazard, AB: I've been SS Irene, , "Things sure werei idifferent then spired by the experiences of Alex­ married 13 years and when I hit At the time, Dan says, he fig­ than they are now, with the Union ander Selkirk, who joined a buc­ Mobile, I head ured he'd only sail for the summer hiring hall. Now, instead of walk­ caneering expedition to the South for home. When and would go back to school in the ing the waterfront all day long, we Seas in 1703, quarreled en route away from home, 4< 4» J" fall, but somehow, things didn't can just relax in the hall. We've The popular belief that oysters with the captain and wound up be­ I like to join up quite work out that way, and Dan got a cafeteria, pool tables, show­ shouldn't be eaten during months ing put ashore alone with a few with the fellows is still sailing. In fact, he just ers, comfortable seats, and just with no R in their names probably necessities of life on one of the for "a couple of signed off the Frances (Bull Lines). about everything we could want. stems from the fact, most likely a two Juan Fernandez Islands, about cool ones" and - Back to Sea And the best part is that you can coincidence, that the spawning sea­ 430 miles west of Valparaii^b, Chile. then go back to get a job in a day or two." However, Dan's whole career He was picked up four and a half son falls in the months in whose the ship. I find hasn't been just sailing. Along "But," he said, "the big thing names there are no R's. Fresh ' years later. Although it is said that is the best about 1934, Dan decided that he was that everybody considered a that Selkirk was the prototype of oysters are out of season during policy for a man had enough of sailing and got a seaman as a bum in those days. May, June, July and August, and Robinson Crusoe he was never who is happily married. job ashore—as a housewrecker. "It And the seamen were always treat­ it may well be that way, because shipwrecked. In fact the story was real interesting work," says ed accordingly, ft was pretty much 1" 4 i immediately after spawning they makes it clear that the "Island of Dan. "We just knocked them down being just a hobo. usually are poor in quality and Despair," the only name ever given Harry Pierce, electrician: Since anyplace at all. It was hard work, "Even thoughts about any kind to the island in the book, was flavor anyway. I am an active Mason, I always but it was interesting." located on the Atlantic side of visit the lodge After a spell of wrecking houses, of a union that could get anything t 4" South America, probably in the halls in the vari­ Dan went to work in a shipyard, for the men was just a dream in It is supposed that bluenose be­ Caribbean. ous ports of call. building ships. He stayed on that most seamen's hearts. None of us came associated with the seafaring I'vj^ made many job until 1943, when, with the US even dreamed of the kind of wages folk of Nova Scotia as the result Mirages not only produce weird good friends on at war, he decided to go back to that seamen pull down today, and of a common variety of potato that and fantastic effects but they play both coasts and sea. At first, he took a berth with if anyone even thought about the at oiie time was exported in large queer pranks. In 1906, Admiral my lodge broth­ the Military Transport Service, but things that the SI^ has gotten for quantities from that province to Peary, standing on the northern­ us, like the Welfare Plan and the ers always are then. In 1945, he joined the SIU. New England. This particular vari­ most point of Mount Axel Heiberg, beautiful halls, everybody would anxious to show ety actually was bluish or purplish thought he saw a vast land in the "But those days back in the 20s me the major were really something," he said. "I have thought that he was crazy. in color at one end. In time blue- Arctic sea that was later indicated points of interest. remember one time about 1929 Back in those days, most of us just nose was accepted by the Nova on maps as Crockerland. Eight dreamed about getting things Scotians as their favorite nickname years later an expedition sought in That way, I travel first class. when I was sailing on the liner aboard ship like some decent food and now it is widely used in con­ vain for this territory. It was in Monterey. We got a fire in the No. and decent foc'sles." 4 4 4 nection with sports and in the fact an Arctic mirage and no such 2 hold and the whole crew spent In addition' to everything else, Cliff Taggart, steward: My hob­ 16 straight hours fighting it with names of ships and trains. It is land ever exist.ed. Dan found time to'get married and bies are collecting curios, playing still frequently applied to the in­ hoses, and everything. now has a family of seven children. 4^ ^ 4' and bowling. habitants of all the maritime prov­ "At that time, I was making $40 He has a boy Ziy a girl 18, a boy Electric .eels live in shallow golf Coastwise, 1 us­ inces of Canada—Prince Edward waters and more than one traveler a month, and there wasn't any such 17, a girl 16, a boy 14, a boy 12 and Island and New Brunswick ^s well in Brazil and the Guianas' Ims re­ ually find a good thing as overtime. That $40 was a boy 6. as Nova Scotia. all we got. Well, after working for. "I wouldri't be surprised, he said, ported that his horse was knocked bowling alley. It 16 hours fighting the fire, we "if some of my kids put in an ap­ 4< 4> 4> down by an electric eel while ford is a fine sport and knocked off and only had two plication for one of the college Announcing time on ships by ing a river or bayou. On the other a lot of fun. Some striking a bell every half-hour hand the ancients employed an of the finest golf hours' rest when the mate came scholarships that the SIU is offer­ dates back to the time when the electric fish, the marbled electric courses in the along and turned us to on routine ing once they get ready to go to half-hour sandglass was more prac­ ray found in the Mediterranean world can be work. When we beefed about it, college. tical than the pendulum clock for Sea and the Atlantic and Indian found in nearby we got told that we shouldn't count With one of those scholarships, keeping time at sea. The earliest Oceans, to give electrical treatment P®"® the time spent fighting ihe fire as they wouldn't have to worry about jhe Britrecorded mention of this system to persons with rheumatism, gout' ish colonies. work, because all we were doing the expenses of a college educa­ of announcing time on ships is the and other physical ailments. In the was saving our home." 4 4 tion, because the,money that the 17th century. In those days the seco'nd century AD, Galen, a Greek Pier To Pier Ronald "Scotty" Union would give them under the eiectrijob of the steersman was strenu­ phy.sician in Rome, even recom­ clan: Whenever we call at a coast­ And Dan Is one of the seamen scholarship would be enough to ous and he was relieved every half- mended the shock from an electric who remembers the "old days" pay all the expenses that they had. wise port, I like hour. The ship's beil was struck fish for curing severe headache. to visit the SIU back in the' early 1920s and 1930s, It's a great opportunity for them," hall and find out what has been go­ ing on in the ^ - Union ' while ' I ACROSS have been, at sea. DOWN 20. Island of Am. 32. Seatraders The now-famous series of battles •territory rather than surrender to Samoa ship 1. Any vessel Pitcher's plate When we hit between US torpedo boats and authorities and be interned for the 22. SIU negotia­ ^34. Wing ». ' The SIU pro­ Crcw-up foreign port, tors usuaUy do 35. Man's nick­ tects this Japanese destroyers and cruisers rest of the war. Country on name find it interesting t. One of the 23. Cause of Persian Gulf off Guadalcanal got xmderway . . . 37. Of the sun Aleutians whistle-blow­ to get away from The US reported that the German 4 4 4 38. City on BarPort in SicUy 12. Italian money ing anof I. the water and see the country. 13. Honest City of gay us and Allied planes staged forces on the desert were still 24. Honshu bay 30. Apple tree of 14. Herman's times 25. Last of n se­ Rljrope withdrawing . . . Major General heavy raids on Timor, New Britain, 4 4 4 nickname Adjoin ries 40. Port on Upolu 15. Inland sea in 26. An SIU affUDaniel W. Alexander, baker: Carl A. Spaatz of the US Army as­ New Guinea, Salamaua, Mobo and 41. High tidal Jap coin Russian iate wave 16. Regular trip Sight-seeing is my chief pleasure. sumed command of the newly Sanananda in the Pacific, and the Signal from 28. Night before 42. Focsle pest 17. Lake port the bridge created Allied Air Force in North Italian mainland, French indus­ I usually go alone 29. Democrat: 43. Miss Ferber. 18. We now get Island in San Abbr. Africa , . ..The SIU pledged full trial centers and German ports in writer and maternity see the Pedro harbor 31. Direction of 44. Calls, in poker 20. Florida port 10. Voyage cooperation in manning and dis­ Europe . . . The Government back­ points of interest. Maui from 46. Pakistan: 21. Early Norse 11. Port in patching ships as the War Ship­ ed down before the solid opposi­ Oahu Abbr. kings That is the least Sweden 22. Dry creek in Enemy ping Administration once more tion of the SUP, which had the (Answers on Page 25) expensive thing Algeria pledged to respect all collective SIU's full support, and killed the you can do, and 23. Adriatic port bargaining agreements and union move to let the NMU move In on 26. Good thing to with five chil­ belong to hiring halls ... In three days, manning the SUP's West Coast dren, you have to Pitcher Garver 27. London said, British ships de­ shipping 30. Capital of be careful with Norway stroyed 14 Axis vessels in the 4 4 4 your money.. In21. Large oil Mediterranean. Company cidentally, I London reported that British 32. Some do this 4 4 4 with money troops were encountering "heavy think the maternity benefit tops. 33. Obtain The us reported that a large opposition" from Japanese forces 34. Kind of snake 4 4 4 _ Japanese force trying, to seize in Burma . . . Washington said US 35. Port in Brazil George Dean, bosun: My favor­ 36. of Wight Buna in New Guinea had been re­ forces were now mopping up in 38. Baltic or ite pastime is going to the SIU hall pulsed. Some 15,000 Japanese were the Mount Aesten sector on Gua­ Coral and batting the killed, 333 Jap planes destroyed, dalcanal ... A fighting French 39. Island N of Tonga breeze with old and the US forces damaged or bulletin announced the conquest 41. Base hits shipmates when­ sunk six cniisers, 13 destroyers, 83 of Fezzan in North Africa . . . The 45. Semi-precious gem ever I can find merchant ships, a destroyer tender, three oilers and E. J. Lilly, K. 46. Galley article them. I like to two seaplane tenders, two gunboats Scherrebeck and S. Avant of the 47. Helper 48. Miss Hayworth keep in touch and between 150,and 200 landing deck department of the Marjory 49. Old ship with'my old barges . . . the press applauded were told to pick up extra over­ 50. Steamship route friends and know the SIU crew of the Pathfinder time checks that the Union had 51. Heavyweight what they are who, after* being torpedoed and gotten from the company for them champ in 1034 •2..- Sunion oper­ doing, and (ex­ spending some, time on life rafts, . . . Portland, Me., and Cape Ann, ator change informa- tramped through the South Afrl- Mass., were both hit by earth•3. Periods of /tipn about shfppiitg and conditibilii. The pen.^in, the sea bird that never flies, can be found only in the Southern Hemisphere, general­ ly in the area from the Antarctic region to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. On land the birds usually walk upright, but some can travel faster over the ice and snow on their stomachs by using their wings and feet. The webbed feet are used only for stop­ ping or steering in the water when the bird swims I- TEN YEARS AGO five w i ir' If-' r W- ' l' Pf: h- IS. [riJe,d 5ii l»T>: "if/i:Rf. *7^^ im'j u(i ti.- ./riorfj jK/ficsge ois ?.3i6"7-fd sri) ae/iv,r �:'III'Wl* nnrwini | > n, - ffm ' • nniiiii % . -•' -.'•:* : »-f**? *$<^''. -i ! f;,-' AlillUUT *r Itss SEAFARERS SEAFARERS 0 LOG Jmvary 9. 1951 Vol. XV No. I Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic A , Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel STerling 8-4670. PAUL H^, Secretary-Treasurer * Editor. HERRCRT BRAND. MoTiaffing Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BCRNASO IKAMAN; Plioto Edftor, DANIEL NILVA; Eta# lVrit«r«, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACX. ART PCRTALLO JERRY REMER; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODT. 190 AieCarran Act Problems The much-discussed McCarran Immigration Act went into effect with a big splash two weeks ago. Much controversy has been aroused, centering on denial of shore leave to foreign-flag crewmen. Actually the Act has weighed heaviest pn aliens aboard US ships, with many of them denied payoffs. The McCarran Act is a broad piece of legislation covering much besides seamen's shore leave. Contrary to what has been said in some newspapers, the SIU has not "endorsed" it. The Union hasn't taken any position yet because, like every­ one else, it is waiting to see how the Act works out. What the SIU did endorse months ago was the principle of screening foreign-flag crewmen who enter restricted port areas. At that time an article in the SEAFARERS LOG ex­ posed the security loophole which permitted Iron Curtain and "runaway" ships to enter these areas, but required American-flag seamen and dock workers to have Coast Guard clearances. The McCarran Act goes far beyond that. All alien seamen under all flags are being screened in all ports. For aliens on US shijps it means a double screening. They have already been cleared by the Coast Guard. Now they have to be cleared again by Immigration. The difference is that where the Coast Guard is concerned with subversive affiliation, Immigration deals with a broader set of requirements. The result has been, for example, that two Seafarers who have clearance and have been sailing SIU for years have been denied discharge because they are nationals of countries that were taken over by Russia. Other Seafarers have been similarly treated for a variety of other reasons. From ireports already received, it appears that the restric­ tions placed upon aliens sailing American ships will be changed in the new Congress and this hardship removed. » t » Tops On Tankers Too Completion of the tanker negotiations just about wraps up the SIU's negotiating business for the coming year. The Union set out to win for Seafarers two standard agreements in the dry car^ and tanker field that would be the best in the in­ dustry,^at has now been accomplished. As has been pointed out, the tanker agreement contains practically every improvement in rules that is in the freight agreement, plus a few more, The wage scales, printed in this issue are far and away the best of their kind. What remains now is for the companies to sign the contract and the membership to ratify it. The Union is confident that these steps will be forthcoming shortly. X ^ % The Riviera Case After being tied up since September 9, the Liberian-flag freighter, Riviera, escaped SUP and SIU picketlines by getting three court injunctions against the pickets. Unlicensed crewmembers had struck the ship in Portland, Oregon, in protest against filth, unseaworthiness and rotten conditions aboard. When Immigration arrested them, SUP, MM&P and SIU pickets took over. The Riviera case points up the kind of cutthroat competi­ tion that American shipping faces from Liberian and Pana­ manian-flag vessels. These operators will Stoop at nothing to undercut American ships that maintain safety standards, good wages and decent working conditions. To emphasize that point, the, SIU received a letter from the first mate of the ship who had stood with the company through the strike. He informs us that the company re­ warded him by cheating him out of two months' wages. Tsk! Tsk! X X X •if. '• A-t U Lending A Hand As a result of a story that appeared in the SEAFARERS LOG, NMU seamen at .Manhattan Beach hospital have re­ ceived a cash benefit from their Union for the first time in a year. Before that the NlVIU had cut off benefits to these men, most of whom were not eligible for aid under tliat Union's insurance set-up.. > ' ' • We are happy to be of service to th?^ ffMU thNSi. i whO are as hard-workm^=^-'^^^''^^^^^^ - ^ when the breaks are working against the^aw Face Thlrteea LOG LEHER On Watch!' of tlie WEEK Lihee Seafarers^ Social Advances To the Editor: In the old days, as most of us know, seamen were regarded gen­ erally as bums or as having doubt­ ful reputations. Nowadays, how­ ever, with the presence in every way of Union representation, we are climbing to a position where, if not with high-class society, at least our social standing in life is recog­ nized as much as that of the de­ cent and proud workers of many professions ashore. It is true that some of the irresponsibles and gashounds of yes­ teryear still man­ age to make a trip now and then. But we cannot help this for it happens in every profession even where white-collar jobs are involved. Be­ sides, many of Bamirex the newcomei-s at sea turn to acting carelessly be­ cause they are unaware of what the Union has been doing lately in dis­ cipline. There is another important rea­ son. Many of these men read stories about seamen that tell noth­ ing of today's Seafarers, but rather dwell on the seamen in the old times, describing them as tough characters whose first stop ashore was the pub or bar. In short, the^ newcomers just want to act like oldtimers from the beginning. SIU Men Welcome But one thing is sure. The gashounds are only a minority as com­ pared with the old days. I have been around studying this situation closely, especially in the places where seamen congregate, such as in USO clubs, and I am very hap­ py to say that only one in every ten seamen not welcomed in such places is an SIU man. This I can say for certain. Because of my sober condition at all times, I have been called on to serve as an inter­ preter for many of these men when in trouble ashore. The first thing I always ask is what union the fel­ low belongs to. 1 can safely say that the SIU has the smallest per­ centage of gashounds and per­ formers among the martime unions today. In the old days, too, it was a shame to tell a young girl that you were a seaman. Now it is very pleasant to the ears of the beau­ tiful dolls when a guy says: "I'm in the Merchant Marine," and it's much more satisfying if one says: "I'm an SIU man." And if you want to be regarded as a man with a license, just say you possess an SIU book and take pride in show­ ing it. This alone is a sign of change in the seaman's life and most of us know it. ,.. And I think the change is duc^ the strength of the SIU, its succete in organizing a large portion of the merchant marine, its policies of discii^ine and its victories on wages ahd Wel­ fare benefits. We, all of os, mufet cooperate to uphold the high name of the Seafarer and of the Union, thfr'.per. formers. Luis A.'Ramlres B^ITH A CHANGE IN ADMIN- us as citizens and Seafarers—^like • ^ istration taking place in changes in social security laws, or in the services that are being given Washington, that city is going to to veterans and seamen by Public be a mighty important place for Health Service hospital-sSeafarers and the rest of organ­ Right now nobody knows just ized labor in 1953. It's expected what is going to happen on any that the new administration and one of these questions. But Sea­ the new Congrcss will have some farers can rest assured that your Union will be watching develop­ different ideas about Government ments very carefully. The mem­ policy on any number of issues. bership will be kept fully informed To begin with there is the whole of all important steps, and the question of foreign aid which is Senators and Representatives in Washington will be advised on how an important factor in American our membership feels> on these shipping. There's been a lot of issues. talk going around that foreign aid XXX might be cut. Of course, the whole A S THE STORY IN THIS ISforeign aid question ties in closely sue of the LOG shows your with tlie 50^0 law. Some foreign Union has pretty well finished off shipping interests would like to see that law dumped, especially if the big job of squaring away our contracts for the coming j-ear. there is going to be less foreign When the Union started on these aid cargo to carry. It remains to contract negotiations, the member­ be seen what the new administra­ ship was promised that the Union tion will have in mind on this would insist on two standard agree­ score. ments, one dry cargo and one Then of course there is the evertanker, that would be the best kind present question of this country's of contract anywhere. We believe merchant marine policies. In past the membership will agree that year? there's been a lot of hauling this has been accomplished. Fur­ and pulling back and forth, witli thermore it was done in direct ne­ US shipping caught in the middle. One of the things that's pretty gotiations between your Union's badly needed is a clear-cut policy committee'and the operators, with­ on the merchant marine so that this vital industry can get an idea out- any arbitrators or other out­ of what to expect and plan for in siders telling both sides what they could or couldn't put into a. con­ future years. The Taft-Hartley law is sure to tract. get a lot of attention in the next Before negotiations began, your few months. There appears to be committee promised that it would widespread interest. in labor's ranks in proposals to amend this give careful attention to the prob­ law if it's not possible to get it re­ lems of the stewards department, pealed. It seems also that there is among others, so that these prob­ strong sentiment in Congress to lems, and monetary questions, put through some changes that would satisfy some of the criticism would.be taken care of. A glance at the terms of the of the law. contract, and at the wage scales One policy that sltould get im­ mediate attention is the question will show that the committee has of wage and price controls. Those (lone just that. The steward and who are inj^ormed on the-subject other rated men in the department are pretty, iiell agreed that the have received their due on money, lilielx:,t.o. . and- in- the tankers, tbA upgrading fere's quite a few other issues of the manning scales means far coming up that are important to greater benefit for the galley crew. �Pare Fonrteen SEAFARERS LOG If I®. W if!?- i.-- I *'-v. It' i' Dockside mamfenance and supplying of many SIUconfracted vessels is now being carried out by SlU-affiliated shoregangs, as shown in these pictures taken in Mobile and New Orleans. Getting the jobs off their SlU shipping boards and earning top rates, Seafarers are employed in such operations as storing, rigging, scrap­ ing, chipping, painting, washing down and sougeeing ships and repairing and building gear. Shown on these pages are some of the processes by which SlU sboregangs get ships in tip-top shape for sea. >»• •' 7" . t-ir X Top: In llew Orleeiui; srwregang memberi Fleming, ¥en LQftin,:<&ecarwx.*and Nestntt ^ el^ohvlmevto.j^a^e boora shifted from Go's warehouse4o^the Del-Miiado;>Middle:^; • vln-Mobiie: shoregMig b(»un's mate Jaek Parke? sup^ivistt' . vy memben of-the 'Vash down'^erewks thb'p-nmlo^^alld«e^ •mm!' �Members of the Alcoa shoregang check out for home at the end of a day's work on the Alcoa Patriot, The "wash down" gang at work on the Clipper in the early stages of giving the deck a thorough going over. -a W. T. Weaver at the bench saw and Mitchell Mirabella at the drill press construct hatch covers. Storekeepers J. R. Nash and G. J. Ozburn check but supplies to Connie Knowles, shore gang bosun in Mobile. uniti laperviaciv^M^ •- Jame« Fleming ahiiddtoi * cm ' - 3>eepsea^ knowledge of c<ire and-maintenance of canvas �«»vtT*'i!! f.ri^ r\ f> SEAFARERS Fare Sixteea LOG Smutay t, 1958 THE On Dec. 1, a total of 795 ships, representing 3,402,041 gross tons, were under construction in shipyards all over the world. Few of these vessels, however, are scheduled for registry under the US flag . . . The port of West Palm Beach has let the first contract for construc­ tion under its planned $1.5 million port improvement for that port . . . The Houston, Tex., Port Commission has started a survey of the port, which will be used as a basis of planning an improvement program to meet the expected needs of that p6rt for the next 20 years. . \ Keeping Fish 'Fresh' There was a time when the steward of a freight ship didn't have to worry very much about the stowage of seafood. All he was likely to have aboard was some salt herring and salt cod. But with the improve­ ment of menus over the years on Union ships, it is common for ships to carry such seafood delicacies as shrimps, oysters, clams and lobster, • Recent figures announced by the in addition to a wide variety of fillets and steaks. The big trouble with these items is that the fresh varieties are highly National Labor Relations Board tit show that the percentage of work­ perishable, and excdldingly dangerous to eat when spoiled. Besides, The 84,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth has been fitted with extra-long- ers voting in^avor of a union in spoilage on fish and seafood isn't obvious the way it is on meats, so range fuel tanks during Its overhaul In the shipyard. The com­ representation elections is grow­ that extreme care has to be taken in handling them. In most cases it's pany, however, has refused to comment on the extra fuel capacity . . . ing. The NLRB reported that dur­ advisable to use seafood early. If the fish is fresh and unfrozen, two The Port of Rotterdam saw a new record set as over 15,000 ocean­ ing 1951, 75 percent of all workers days is the limit on stowage. going vessels visited the port during 1952. The totals were 13,560 for voting -in representation elections Many varieties of seafood, particularly shellfish, can be bought 1951, 12,883 for 1930 and 11,604 for 1949 . . . The new Italian luxury voted for unions as their bargain canned, as well as those old standbys like tuna, salmon, sardines and liner Andrea Doria has taken its first voyage, a Mediterranean cruise ing agent. However, the board re­ herring. These items are no problem as even canned shrimp, the most . . . The shipbuilding industry along the Clyde River set a new produc­ ported, during the third quarter of perishable of all, can be kept for months in a dry storeroom. It's gen­ tion record during 1952, when 79 vessels totalling 450,378 gross tons 1952, the percentage of workers erally agreed though, that the canned stuff doesn't compare, tastewise, were launched during the year. who voted in favor of unions jump­ with the fresh or frozen product. ed to 79.3 percent. t t t Wide Variety Of Styles X X ,x Fish can be bought in a Wide variety of forms, whole, gutted, dressed, Two tugs refloated the 3,000-ton Finnish freighter Margarete which Fringe adjustments In contracts filleted, or cut into steaks. Fish sold whole are usually smaller ones was aground at the mouth of the River Clyde, Scotland,. . . Tugs re­ negotiated by the CIO Packing­ like flounder,^orgies, and small cod or haddock. Gutted fish simply floated the ammunition ship Emory Victory which had run aground near the mouth of Loch Ryan, Wigfonshire, Scotland . . . The Coast. house Workers, the AFL Meat Cut­ have had their entrails removed before sale. The heads, scales and Guard freed the Spanish freighter Monte Monjuich from a bar off ters and Butcher Workmen and the fins have to be removed. Dressed fish have been thoroughly cleaned Cape Henry, near Norfolk, Va. . . . The Dutch freighter Bacchus and independent Brotherhood of Pack­ and merely have to be cut up for cooking. Large dressed fish like salmon and swordfish will be cut up in the Norwegian freighter Holberg collided in the mouth of the Missis­ inghouse Workers with Swift, Armour and Cudahy have been ap­ slices about a half inch thick that can be broiled or pan-fried in the sippi River. Both ships were damaged and one man was injured. proved by the WSB. same manner as a beefsteak. Fillets are completely boned slices that 4 X X ' X have no waste whatsoever. The Panamanian freighter Virginia had her crew of 23 rescued by The AFL Bus Drivers and MainWatch The Eyes breehes buoy after she ran aground off the Isle of Wight. The ship tendUce Men in Richmond, Norfolk perishable food it is, it's safest to buy it already Fish being the was breaking up in heavy seas and it appeared that she could not be and Portsmouth, Va., have won a frozen. Fresh fish cannot be frozen saved ... A Dutch coastal vessel, the Albatross, foundered on the 18- 10-cents-an-hour wage increase satisfactorily aboard ship but must OySTERS month-old wreck of another Dutch coastal vessel off the Isle of Wight. from the Virginia Transit Co. SHRtMFS be served within a day or two after AHO Her crew was rescued . . . The German trawler N. Ebeling was be­ Meanwhile, the WSB cut 10 cents afc purchase. An important test of CLAAAS lieved to be lost during a gale southwest of Latrabjarg, Northwest Ice­ from a 30-cent-an-hour pay. hike freshness k. to check the appearland . . . Two Coast Guard cutters and a tug helped the Canadian negotiated by the AFL Teamsters ^ ance of the eyes. If they are representing some 3,800 truck freighter Maplecove to make port at Vancouver, BC. clouded over. It's best to stay away drivers in the St. Louis area. from that particular finny. XXX The Australian coastal freighter Merino, carrying a cargo of a col­ When stowing fresh fish, they Citing Inflation as the cause for lection of French modern art, went aground on the east coast of Tas­ his demands, Parker L. Hanock has should be buried in chopped or mania, and tugs went to her aid . . . The Coast Guard, a little on- asked the State of New Hampshire flaked ice boxes. These should be KERF barrassed, reported that the schooner LiUy Dansker completed her to increase the pay of his 200 placed near the deck scupper so IN voyage from Corpus Christi to Key West with no trouble. The CG workers to 25 cents a day. They that the melting icewater .can drain COLOMT had spent several days searching for the schooner, five days overdue, are now paid 15 cents a day. off. MOM but the crew of the schooner rei^rted they had decided to use sails Hanock is the warden of the state Frozen whole fish have to be AT all the way, despite adverse winds, instead of resorting to the auxiliary prison-, and the 20O workers are kept in the deep freeze at zero 2&II© . . . The tug Marion, Moran took the salvage vessel Rescue Into tow inmates. No mention was made of degrees or less. Th9 length >of time . after the Rescue broke down at sea. that the fish is usable varies with a possible strike. CJAHCECI the variety. Salmon, trout, X X a. XXX mackeral, and other fatty fish may The NLRB has ordered Parker The National Federation of American Shipping has filed a report last up to six month% usually less. useOONOT with the Government backing up the 59 percent portion of the aid Bros. 8e Co., a Houston, Tex. shell, Flounder, cod, haddock and smelts asm IF IMMgMMinf sand and gravel company, to stop programs. The report shows a steady decline in the share of tills coun­ are somewhat easier to keep. SNfiLL WHCN try's foreign trade carried on American bottoms. In the first six months recognizing or dealing with its 0MM8 THAWeP Frpsea fillets will keep much of 1952, the share of American exports carried In American ships company-dominated Shell Workers •MILY better than whole fish and use less dropped from 48.1 percent . In January to 24.3 percent In June. The Independent Union. The company space. They will last up to a year share of US Imparts carried la US Alps, dropped from 42.3 percent must pay back to the employees all when kept at below zero temperain January to 38.4 percent in June. In 1946, the federation reported, money deducted from their pay for 67.4 percent of US exports were carried ta US ships. Each snbse' dues or fees in the "Independent" tures and can be kept in the same box with other froeen items. Quent year, said the federation, Aowed a decrease, £= follows: 1947. imlon, and must stop discouraging Beak 'Em . In Water 544 percent; 1946, 45.1 pereent; 1949, 884 percent; 1959, 344 per­ membership in the AFL Teamsters iBm<Aed and salted fish also have to be kept under refrigeration, al­ Union. Empltqrees fired ior sup­ cent, and 1951, 494 percent. though in this form, the diill box will do. They must be packed iightly porting the Teamsters must be re­ in wood nr metal boxes, otherwise the smell will get into other foods. X X X hired and given back pay. Salted fteh require a lengthy soaking In fresh water bef<we they can A new record was set by tonnage passing through the Welland Ship X X X The AFL and CIO were ammg be uAd, but amoked fish can be served ready for eeting. Canal during the 1952 Great Lakes season. Shipments totalled 17,The aristocrats of seafood—ojFsters, clams, shrhnp, and lobster—re­ 738,515 tons, over 1.5 million tons more^ than the 1951 record . . . 11 groups which told the Detroit quire extra-special care and are highly peri^ble. (^sters will keep An extra passenger arrived in New York aboard the Italian li^r School Board that they would sup­ not Imiger than two months, and then only If fresh on delivery and Vulcania when she arrived in New York. Thb passenger was a boy port an increase of $11 millimi a packed property in barrels of Ice. The hinges of the oyster shell should bom while the vessel was at sea in the Mediterranean . . . The Port year in school taxes as a means of >e on the underside, and the barrel itself should be kept in the chill Improving the school system. of Mobile, Ala., set a new record for tonnage handled during the box at 32 degrees. X X X month of November. Some 798,543 tons were handled by the port Any ojrster' whose shell opens tod easi^ in shucking should ba The International Association of during the month. Machinists has signed a contract dumped. If you have oysters bought ready-shucked they should ba XXX y with Denver Buick. the first lAM used within a few days. There are quick-frozen oysters available, that Of the 57 new tankers under construction or on order in American contract to be signed with • any can be kept at zero degrees for longer storage. Clams should receiva shipyards (most of which are 25,000 deadweight and over), over half Colorado auto dealer. Three other the same storage care as oysters. will be registered under the American flag. The others will be reg­ auto dealers who refused to bar­ Shrimp have to be thoroughly washed and fresh out of water to be istered by their owners under the flags of so-called "friendly allies," gain with the lAM after a court kept for any length of tlnie. They have to be frozen and stored in so that they will be promptly available to the US Government in event order, have been cited for con­ ti^t containers at zero degrees. Six months is about the limit for •f emergency. tempt of court. keeping shrimp in this form. Burly g" I: t LABOR ROUND-UP Getting What You A»h For Bg Bernmrd Seammm �Janaanr 9, l95S •U Vt-.; • SEAFARERS Cornhusker Mariner Gets A Crew The Cornhusker Mariner shows off her streamlining (above left). Above, right, James Sheehan, Bos­ ton port Agent (extreme right), offers a suggestion to John Higgins, bosun (with cigar), at the first SIU shipboard meeting on the new Cornhusker Mariner. Alien Law Changes Seen (Continued from page 2) In the Polish seaman's case, he was already sailing with the SIU before the Communists took control of that government. Both men were bar/ed by that provision of the Act which denies admission to citixens ,of Soviet-dominated lands. Denied Out-Patient Care An additional complication arose in the case 6f the Estonian seaman, as he had suffered a back injury on the ship. He was treated in Colombo, Ceylon, and then re­ joined his ship, as a non-working crewmember. When the ship re­ turned to the States, he was per­ mitted to go ashore for treatment -in several ports, under guard, but was denied permission for regular Money Exchange Rates Listed The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of January 8, 1953 and are sub­ ject to change without notice. England. New Zealand, Soutb Africa: S2.B0 per pound aterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium: SO francs to the dollar. Denmark: 14.43 cents per krone. France: 3S0 francs to the doUar. Holland: 3.80 guilders to the dollar. lUIy; 62S lire , to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.7S escudos to the doUar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 30.2 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Brazil: S.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 32.63 cents per peso. Venezuela: 29.83 cents per bolivar. shore leave to make twice-weekly cut-patient visits to the USPHS hospital in Staten Island. It is ex­ pected that he will have to stay aboard as a-crewmember on the ship's next trip although he is still not able to do his work. Other ships affected include two Waterman ships, the Hurricane and Warhawk. Four men were denied discharge oh the Hurricane and two on the Warhawk. As a result, other aliens who had shipped to the Hurricane off the board had to be turned back because the ship would have been over its alien quota. Another four crewmembers were denied discharge off the Catherine, a Trans-Fuel freighter. On the foreign-flag Si..ps, large numbers of seamen have been de­ nied shore leave in US ports, with the most widely-pubiicized case being that of ^e French liner Liberte. This does not involve any particular problem for the foreignflag ships on the administrative side, as they are free to pay off and sign on crewmembers in their home ports. US Ships Have Problem For American-flag ships however, the denial of payoff to crewmem­ bers raise thorny problems in that the company is compelled to carry such crewmembers indefinitely. Where the men are ill or injured, it means that they have to be car­ ried as non-'^orking crewmembers, unless Immigration permits them to be hospitalized. American-flag pasgenger ship op­ erations are similarly affected. One American-flag company, American LOG Story Stings NMU Into Aiding TB Men (Continued from page 2) NMU patients and promised that the NMU wouldn't forget its hospi­ talized patients. Money Delivered A couple of days later, -an NMU delegate showed up with $10 dona­ tions from the NMU treasury. The $25 checks from the NMU welfare fund came through in the mails subsequently, along with a carton of cigarettes for each man. This was the first time that many of them had ever received anything from the NMU welfaf-e fun^ and the first time in a year i^at tbcjir imion had contributed tow^ them. i Since then, nothing furtbiir ^as been heard from the NMU onftho subject of giving these men regular such as Seafarers "Pilot," the official NMU news­ paper, to the effect that "something definite will be done for the oldtimers," but nobody knows whether the men at Manhattan Beach would be eligible under the proposed plans. •NJHU men at the hospital were virtually unanimous in agreeing that the LOG story was responsible for their getting the unexpected present. As one of their number, Fred F. Smith, put it, "The story in the LOG certainly helped wake up 17th Street to do something for US: We had been trying to get help before but hadn't gotten any­ where." Another NMU patient, Joseph Slngletoni declared, "We have no way of knowing for sure, but it seems that we would have h and if it wasnlt Pafe SeventecB LOG President Lines, has filed suit in Washington to avoid the cost of detaining alien passengers aboard ship while Immigration checks on their right of entry. The suit asks the court to declare that part of the regulations null and void, since the act specifies that the compa­ nies shall not have to bear costs of such cases. Company spokes­ men estimated that the bill to the company for such detainees would run at about $6,000 a month. New Tanker Pact Set Far Signing (Continued from page 3) ing of the new dry cargo contract, except where specialized clauses dealing with tanker work have been written. These general rules include the improved provisions on repatria­ tion, upkeep and transportation. They assure payment of wages due, or else $8 daily to crewmembers who have to leave a ship in foreign ports because of illness or injury. This money is in addition to the $8 daily maintenance. Other Gains Other clauses include provision for money draws in US dollars, adequate launch service, $300 to $500 compensation for damage or loss of gear in a ship accident, overtime for weekend lifeboat drills, and provision for full crew complement while cargo is being worked. The section on tank cleaning has been rewritten to clarify all aspects of this work, and a "com­ mencement of employment" clause has been added providing that pay starts when a man reports aboard with gear, ready to work. Departmental working rules con­ tain additional changes, calling for overtime for certain types of work not previously specified in the tanker contract. All three depart- Quartette Crew Flies Home; Ship Abandoned ments are affected by these addi­ tions and improvements. As with the freight contract, money matters in the tanker agree­ ment are subject to WSB approval. As soon as they are acted on, the companies will pay retroactive wages and overtime to January 1. Working rules changes will take effect after termination of articles, or three days after ships receive copies of the agreement. In any case, February 1, 1953 is the latest date for putting the new rules into practice. Emergency War Papers Expire Soon The Coast Guard has announced that the emergency seamen's pap­ ers and endorsements issued dur­ ing World War II will become useless at the end of June. The ruling applies only to those papers issued during the war and having the following notation stamped on the back: "Unless soon invalidated, these papers will ex­ pire six months after the termina­ tion of the war." Those seamen who have gotten validated papers under the-present Coast Guard security program arc i\not affected. The Coast Guard stated that it has merely set a termination date for the emergency papers issued during World War II. Any seaimn still having the emer­ gency papers, with the notation on the back, need only apply to the Coast Guard for validated papers under the present program. OS: Cecil D. MaOuiag. OS: Frank Bar­ (Continued from page 3) clay. OS: precarious perch. There was al­ Engine department: Willie C. Thomas, engineer: H. 8. Nandkeshwar, oiler: ways what seemed to be just a few deck Leonard W. Lewis, oUer: Nicholas Rezfeet of ocean visible above the nichenko, oiler: Robert McNay, FWT; Weaver, FWT: Arthur On$rud. reef all the time they were there Gleason FWT: John Schultz. wiper: Donald Ben­ son, wiper: however. Settle noted. Steward department: Charles Gill, What bothered him most, accord­ steward: Winston Vickers, chief cook: Hugh K. Brown. 2nd cook and baker: ing to crewmember Nicholas Rez- Ralph Jones. cook: Charles Simmons, nichenko, oiler, was the thought MM; Stanley 3rd O. Wojcik, MM: Jack Wil­ liams, MM: Joseph Montpeller, MM. that "we were a thousand miles from nowhere and were aground." But the first day passed quietly New Tanker Wage Scale enough, it seemed, as there was no Old Scale New Scale Indamage to any of the ship's plant Rating • crease : and many of the men, for lack of anything better,. took the time to Deck Department $388.76 $18.10 do some fishing over the side. One . 312.30 43.23 of the busiest guys that day though. Quartermaster .... 1 340.74 28.17 Settle said, was Carl "Red" Gibbs, AB Maintenance 305.64 43.32 DM, who was making soundings al­ 246.07 16.97 most every time someone saw him. Ordinary Seaman .'. OS Maintenance 288.53* 17.41 Stayed On Midway Engine Department \ Eventually, when they got to Electrician 470.99 36.13 Midway, the crew was barracked Chief Pumpman ... 382.38 408.48 26.10 there a week's time, during which Engine Maintenance-2nd Pumpman ... 408.48 26.10 "we had the run of the base," Set- Machinist-2nd Pumpman ... 382.38 408.48 26.10 tie explained. "The Navy guys Engine Utility 345.96 33.3'b^v, really treated us swell, he stated. Oiler 305.64 43.32 Finally, the unlicensed crew was Fireman-Watertender 305.64 43.32 flown to Honolulu by Navy plane Wiper 288.53 17.41 December 30, attended a prelim­ inary Coast Guard inquiry there Steward Department the next day and then was flown Chief Steward 388.15 . 47.47 by commercial plane to California Chief Cook 354.08 45.05 and eventually to New York, where Cook and Baker (78.26 354.08 they paid off a week ago. Carried) over old second cook Meanwhile, efforts to refloat the & baker ship or take off her cargo have rating) gone forward, but no success (not carried) is reported, a company spokesman Second Cook and Baker (89.36 318.46 emphasized. The Quartette, head­ Third Cook carried) over old ed from Galveston, Texas, with an gallyinan MSTS cargo of feed bound for Purating) san, Korea, is a Li^rty ship owned (not carried) by the Standard Steamship Com­ Galleyman 237.57 15.22 •••.•••..... 222.35 pany and operated by John M. Car- Messman 237.57 15.22 ras. Inc. Latest reports were that Utilityman .............b....,... 222.35 the Coast Guard had listed her as4^^' <*•08 Maintenance Wage still subject to final determination. a total loss. ' The overtime rates for nnlieensed personnel are $1.48 a .d S7 FoUowlng is a list of the unlicei curewmembers who were on the hour. All those receiving less than $298.49 per month wul be pafiL Deck department: James W. bosun: Cari Gibbs. DM: Gordon Ra^^AS; overtime at the $1.48 rate. All those receiving $298.49 per month or Fred lsml« AB: Seward CentgeU. AB: more will be paid overtime at the $1.87 rate. All wages and overtime B:,aMBit!ai>d^ Nop. 4-ates a<e A. .1^. -. > > ..... .-V*-A. -.A',. AVtiW, �LIS; •y..r^.-*r..'u rag* Elgktcai SEAFARERS LOC twrnauj %, l«5t Senator Pat McCarran Praises Del IVorte'^ Crew, Union Gains Seafarers 111 Action Senator Pat McCarran (D-Nev.), passenger aboard an SIU ship last month oal the out­ ward-bound leg of a South American voyage, had high praise for the Union and its gains in the last few years. The Senator was a pas­ tibnal Union has much for which it possible for a small group to ef­ to credit his Union. Fifty years fect results which bring disrepute senger on the Del Norte (Mis­ ago the life of the sea worker was to the Union. sissippi) when he tossed much different from the present. "Your Union has done much for orchids at the SIU through the The Union has, through the years, you; it deserves your attendance medium of a printed statement in effected many fine reforms and always.—Thus will the employee the "Del Norte Navigator," the changes for the betterment of the and the employer and the public ship's paper. Jack Dolan, editor of worker. be best served." the paper, printed the eulogy to "The Union member who has In addition to written prmse for the Union and the crew in its en­ been the recipient of these many the Union, the Senator had special tirety. blessings must keep constantly in praise for the ship's crew which "The Union to which this crew mind that his personal attention he delivered to an assemblage at a belongs, the legislator writes in and active contact with his Union special meeting in the steward de­ part in the ship's newspaper, "is ls all important. He must not be partment's lounge. Senator Mc­ to be congratulated for the fine content to 'let James do it' as the Carran exchanged Informal opin­ 'group of men who serve the pub­ saying goes. Lack of attendance of ions with SIU brothers, and group lic of the Del Norte. the rank and file of the members pictures of the meeting were taken "The Union labor member who is the thing that leads to the down­ in the lounge by the photographer belongs to the Seafarers Interna­ fall of the organization, and makes of the "Navigator." Senator Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) makes the crew smile with a bit of whimsy aboard the Del Norte re­ cently. Shown left to right are: Razor Nassar, George Gorfinkle, Joe Mendoza, Monk Kelly, Mrs. Chopin, Sen. McCarran, an unidentified Seafarer, Hugh Dick, Lawrence Wessel, ship's delegate, and |t^ Jim Long. ^Red' Spins Final Tale Lawrence E. "Roi" Healy, a locally-known Philadelphia yarn-spinner of the SIU, died Dec. 2 after sailing with the Union for more than nine years. He was 56 years old. "Red," known also as but Philly was his jumping off *'Roughcut" among his inti­ point niore often than not. mates in the City of Brotherly He needed no- "jumping off point" to weave a tale about "Lit­ Love, was a fab­ tle Willie," however, casting a ulous character wondrous spell about his friend at beloved by many the drop of an adjective. He kept Seafarers for the his friend, it was said, wrapped in various and color­ camphor and threatened to pro­ ful tales he spun. duce him if and when his tales His favorite were doubted. theme centered about his imagi­ "Red" joined the SIU. in July, nary friend, 1943, and died ashore while his "Little Willie," brother Mickey was at sea, sailing Healy whose eccentric as a member of the Union. In exploits amused Seafarers and addition to Mickey, "Red" leaves friends in and around Philadelphia. a sister. Rose Weber, of Camden, "Red" shipped from other ports. N. J. Bosun's Birthday Party Handl^ the deck delegate's job smoothly wit^a minimum of beefs on the Bteei- Admiral in fine style and delays. For one ihing he was when last heard elected ship's delegate for that from is veteran purpose, but he has an even more seafarer Matthew urgent motive. Tommy wants to Bruno. He's back get home in time to beat the sto^ in circulation that his wife expects in mid-Feb­ again after a ruary. long spell of be­ A native New Yorker, born in ing hospitalized the big town in 1911, Maher has ashore. On the been sailing with the SIU.since last trip out 1947 when he joined out on the Bruno helped Coast. He's been a black gang Bnmo raise money man all along. from the crew for the mother, of 4" 3^ Seafarer Ray Long, who died in The crew of the Pennmar (Cal­ his sleep while aboard the v/sssel. mer) got their new ship's fund off Bruno has been sailing SIU for to a good start after they decided over 11 years, joining up in Balti­ to set up the fund from scratch. more in 1941. He was bom in With ship's delegate James New Jersey, the Garden State, and 'Blackie" Connors doing the col­ makes Paterson his home town. lecting, the fund got $53 on its % i, first round to be used for what­ With lots of new men coming ever the crev/ into the industry all the time, its sees fit. important for Seafarers to keep Connors has them informed about the Union been around and what's expected of them. Sea­ quite a while farer BUI Boiling did just that at with the SIU, a recent shipboard meeting aboard getting his mem­ the MV Southern Cities (Southern bership book in Trading). BiU gave -a short talk New York - on for the new men on the meaning Connors August, 1943. He of Union brotherhood, explaining that what the crewmembers did on was bom in the smallest state in the ship made things better, or the Union, "Little Rhody," back in worse, for the next crew. The same 1910. thing would apply, he' pointed out, 4' 4 3^ when this crew shipped on an­ The gang on the'Steel Fly» other vessel. must really appreciate the kind of Boiling is a native of Norfolk, treatnlent they are getting from Va., and stUl lives in that city. He their steward. Jack C. Howard, be­ has been with the Union since 1944, cause they made a point of men­ sailing in the deck department. tioning it in their last ship's 4 ti. minutes. Jack has been sailing Now aboard the Steel Traveler SIU since September, 1948, when (Isthmian) Tommy Maker has two he joined up in the port of New good reasons for seeing to it that Orleans, but he'd been going to sea the ship completes her voyage before that with the SUP. Ship Xmas Dinners Please All Seafarers of the SIU not only spent a pleasant Christmas aboard many of the ships sail­ ing the high seas, according to reports, but they ate in a fashion which was a joy to the heart and Ibalm to the stomach. Numerous Christmas din­ tented seamen gave credit where it there was probably the most was due, more so than ever, on that metropolitan menu of all as the ners were crowded with deli­ day. It did not matter where the steward department hop-scotched cacies, according to a sampling Seafarer was. From the Suez to the world for fascinating dishes. A of the menus sent to the LOG by Puerto Rico and points outward, run-down of the meal clearly de­ men of the SIU ate like kings and picts it as a gourmet's paradise. In the Seafarers themselves.' Lavish courtiers. Nothing was too good for addition to having what seemed to praise was bestowed upon steward the palate. be staple items for Christmas, departments everywhere as con­ On the Bull Line's Angelina, oyster cocktail and turkey (Ver­ mont), the menu featured dishes from all parts of the globe, such as: Lobster Newburg, Arroz Con Polio, Filet Migho'n au Parisienne, Yorkshire pudding, Macedonia Jello. Crepe Suzette, and, getting back Janet Wirtz, daughter of Seafarer Henry C. Wirtz of Phila­ to the US, Virginia ham, Waldorf delphia, Pa., declared her intentions early for a hoped-for SIU- salad, and American cheese. There sponsored college scholarship which may come her way in the were no compaints from the stomachs aboard the Angelina that next few years. The Union day as she sailed toward Fajardo, has a newly-instituted pro­ an athletic scholarship, leaving Puerto Rico. gram offering four ' college Janet a clear field in the scholastic The Seatrain New Jersey fol­ scholarships a year, good for four end of the Wirtz family. lowed suit with, besides the many years each, to Seafarers, and their other items on the menu, Western children. roast beef, ham with Hawaiian A pretty, blonde sophomore in a sauce. Long Island duck. Bavarian Pittsburgh high school, Janet is a slaw, English plum pudding,. member of the school band who French apple pie, Arabian dates, strikes her sharps and flats before Calimyrna figs, and, topping it off football crowds while brother Jim with a flourish. Thousand Island dressing. is striking opponents in legal fash­ ion on the field of play. An honor The most unusual menu of all, student in her school, Janet has not for its content which was sim­ put in her unofficial bid for a col­ ilar to many others, but for the lege scholarship for the year 1955, fact that it was printed on the in­ when she graduates from high side of a Christmas card, came from school. Isthmian's Steel Age which was ply­ ing its way through the Suez Ctinal Her proud Seafarer-father re­ ported that Janet stands high in Zone at the time. Lobster a la her scholastic rating on. a com­ Wng on toast was a prime choice of the menu, along with apple parative basis with her classmates fritters and honey as the meal was ^and on an individual standard devoured by all. yhich she has set for herself. All who know her l>elleve she will do P'>splte ihlgsing, Christmas at wefjt^.5>n the SIU scholarship exam home, the Seafarers did not miss whei^.the time comes. Jim, on the that Christmas Day dinner which Seafarer's Daughter Plans For Scholarship Ma 1955 ,V A birthday party for bpsua Bill Brown aboard 4he Stonewall • - Jackson brou^t the crew out in force. Back row, left to right: ' Kimball, D. TSL Nunn, L. Holt, and McDonald. Front, left to right: " / Brown, Jackson, Rhodes* and'Bonneii ' ' < iij > '/ "•' f-' > " 9ih pi i'Ji/ yoRtffi ol sic/sna nci<n -jftuil. lo'.' ..at? bd'n.' • ';!v �•• 7 f January 9, 195S SEAFARERS «»V»rH r»«1[ T^gt Nineteen LOG Mariner Fights For Restoration Of Former §ea Queen To Throne Following the way of the sea for his livelihood has led Roy Fleischer, a reader of and By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor contributor to marine lore, to defend the position of the queen of the sea who, according to The classic comparison always made In teaching photography to a him, has been denied her rightful place for lo, these many years. Fleischer, in a communica­ beginner is that of the eye to the camera: lens for lens, iris for diaphragm, retina for sensitive material. This comparison now bears tion to the LOG, notes a de­ LOG-A-RHYTHM: more weight since recent developments have proven pictures can be ploring lack of written ac­ actuaily recorded with the lens in an animal's eye. counts of Salacia, former queen of the waves, who ruled the sea One of the most amazing experiments in photography has been the with her husband Neptune in work of Raiph P. Creer, a medical motion picture expert for the AMA Roman mythology. First knowl­ In Chicago. Mr. Creer has successBy Frank T. Young Jully made photos at the Univer­ edge of this slight to the lady sity of Chicago using the lens in a came to Fleischer several weeks sheep's eye to focus an image on ago as he browsed through Oh Scotty dear we Idve you. film, developing that image to tomes written by pedagogues, com­ And we think that you're a honey, 'make an actual photographic nega­ pilers of encyclopedia and trans­ Especially when you come around tive and subsequent print. lators of ancient mythology*. In his early experiments Mr. And dish out all that money. Salacia, according to his findings, Creer tried inserting a piece of was not even mentioned in the En­ El Serang wants 50 Yankee dollars, film directly into the rear of the cyclopedia Britannica unless she eyebali. Since only a very small was Amphritrite, the wife of Po­ (And you know why he's broke). Image (about the size of a pea) wasseidon, the Greek predecessor of Poor Chippy says he needs a roll. achieved, he advanced to trials of Neptune. At. any rate, it was in a He's got a horse to choke. freezing the eyeball to permit him rather backhanded manner. to slice off part of the optic so a Now on the 4-8 watch, Barcelona and Landron, All modem anthologies on Ro­ piece of film could be fastened in man and Greek mythological lore Considering your feelings, will settle for a song that place. These attempts met omit mention of her, and Fleischer Give the first of them the limit, with reasonable and exciting ,sucfound only one dictionary, in the cess, yielding larger, circular nega­ And the other that plus three, Seaman's Institute, New York, tive areas on the film. And loudly in your praise they both which lists her. A few hundred Quick work is required for Mr. years ago, Fleischer reports, Sala­ Will sing this song to thee: Creer to get the material neces­ cia held a prominent place in sary for making his unique cam­ Oh Scotty dear we love you. myths about the sea. Then some­ era. Less than an hour after the We're not talking through our Pavas, thing happened, either intentional­ sheep has been slaughtered, he Is ly or accidentally, and she was ban­ Especially when you drop around busily preparing the eye for use. ished from the books, leaving Nep­ And distribute the Chavos. Djslay means the difference be­ tune to rule the sea alone with a tween success and failure, for the few strange nymphs to help him. Noo on the 8-12 watch, three bonnie .byes ye ken, lens begins to cloud up if it is not Challenge To Sailor Hae niver niver asken ye for everry single yen. prepared for use in the camera in Some librarians guess that re­ So forty bucks is all ye need, to gie to Frank Ortiz, the shortest time possible. formers have scratched out Sala­ •With infinite care, the eyeball is And split quarrante pesos 'twixt Cruz and Avilez. cia to bring dignity to the sea be­ positioned within a metal chamber Ah, just because of the last verse. cause, if the truth be told, she to which is fitted an ordinary cam­ knew her oats when it came to era shutter and diaphragm, along Don't think your troubles 're o'er. with an ancient cut film back. With tne ground glass In place he sailors and could handle and wreck You haven't heard the story yet the best of them. Like the sea focuses the Image, then inserts the film and shoots. From the good old 12-4. itself, she was a challenge to any . Picture making with the eye camera is limited to photographing flat sailor when she was in a coqut J subjects quite close up, the fixed focal length of the lens being about When I talked to the Rutherford tish mood. She was a woman such five inches. The iris of the sheep's eye cannot be operated because He said, "Hoot, mon, ye ken fine as sailors meet but rarely and both it and the muscles are dead. The "f value of the eye lenses range That all I'm askin frae the mon never forget. If she were a trifle from f 1.9 to f 3. With flash for illumination he has been able to shoot Is ivery wee thin dime." wild, says her modern-day de­ black and white and color. fender, Neptune had no cause for Mr. Creer's next experiments will be an attempt to keep the animal's Of course, there's Brother Alvarez, objection since his behavior was eye "alive" so as to be able to use electrical stimulation to control the Who is a family man. not the best in a^ mythological lens and eye muscles. He, moreover, is practical enough to realize he world noted for its infidelity. So Mr. Purser, please just has not achieved the ultimate, a perfect image of what the world looks Salacia, the queen, probably got Give him all you can. like through the eyes of an animal. "There's a brain Involved in that her name from "salt," and is as operation,") Mr. Creer explains. Now careful with your blood pressure. much an integral part of the sea as an "old salt," a man of ex­ There's only Mike and me perience on the water. "Salaci­ In this unsung department ous" might be descriptive of her, Who's names you've yet to see. too, all of which hints she might And it's always our ambition have been a very interesting woman. To make your life easy, > Fleischer is crying out for sea­ Simple and straight-forward. farers to defend the former queen When it comes to DO-RE-MI. of the sea—even with her weak­ / nesses, strength, calms and storms, So Scotty dear we love you. treachery, passion, and indiffer­ As plainly you can see, ^ ence—and to put her back in the Especially when the draw is on, books beside Neptune where she As big as it can be. rightfully belongs. Ode To A Seofch Myth IVew Orleans Confidential Crew Donates $ To Hospital Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Charles TannehiU "shot" by our Chartres Street "Cholly Knickerbocker" in tho latesit aoelal event of thq , New Orleans season. Despite published and substantiated reports that June is the leading matrimonial month, and that Decemh^ds as far from June in any given year as it is possible to get, news comes to us from our Chartres Streets . ^ (New Orleans) "Cholly Knick­ Who vvere married in Jackson, erbocker" that Cupid has had Miag.,'several days earlier. his little fling with another pair of The couple received many gifts, gay, young lovers.. "Cholly" re­ including some mementos of the ports: ^casion having sentimental at­ An outstanding event of the Old tachments. French Quarter social season waa^ The guest list included Paul a guy reception honoring Charles Barker, Lindsey J. Williams, Mr. Maxwell Tannehiil, SIU patrolman, and Mrs. Buck Stephens, Herman and his bride, the former Thais Trvxclair, Mr. and Mrs. Joe MuiNelson, held recently at Sergeant tello, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Curl, Hand's Austin Patio, popular gath­ Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rd^ed, Mr. ering .place for, Seafare». ,iii' thllf Mid'Mrs. Jack MayM^^hd Mrs. Cosby Linson, Mr. and Mrs. EaVl port of iJfeW Orleans. * ' '/ The gala affair was attended by LeBrun, and Louis "Legs'* mqny friends of the ,0'Leary. •. There is no season like the Christmas holiday for the spirit of giving. Other holidays may mean joyous festivals in certain parts of the world, but there is none so uni­ versal -as the spirit of Christmas. So it was with the men of the McKittrick Hills two weeks ago when they filled the coffers-of others. Theuofficers and crew took time out from their chores to send a let­ ter to the General Welfare Com­ mittee of the USPHS Hospital at Ft. Stanton, New Mexico. It read: "Enclosed is a check for $206.00 which represents a gift from all the officers and crew of ^his vessel. "We also wish to take this oppontunity, individually and collective­ ly, to wish you, one and all, a Veiy Merry Christmas and a Happ^ilew Year, plus a speedy recovel'y." In. 1951, the men of tl^e same MifiF'sent $i92:(y6 to * th-> hospital for those men unable to spend Christmaa with their families. Quiz Corner (1) Two cars leave a town at 3 o'clock. One goes east at 40 miles per hour and breaks down at 4 o'clock. The other goes west at 20 miles per hour. How far apart will they be at 5:30? (2) A dowry is the money or property that a woman brings to her husband when she marries him. What is a dower? (3) Which type of child is rated as having greater resistance to dis­ eases: the somewhat overweight child or -the somewhat underweight child? It is the reverse for adults. (4) How many states in the Union have names beginning with the letter E? (5) What stadium has the largest seating capacity in the US? (6) How large would a drawing be of a field 8 by 12 yards, if the scale used was one-half inch to a foot? (7) Which is the greatest source of internal revenue collections in the US: (a) corporation taxes, (b) income taxes, (c) tariffs, (d) amuse­ ment and luxury taxes? (8) What number is missing from the following series: 35, 37, 40, 44, -. 55? . ^ (9) According to the Volstead Act, what percentage of alcoholic content made a liq;uor intoxicating; (a) five percent, (b) one percent, (c) one-half of one percent^.(d>,iMire^,Benpent?.. , (10) What seas arc ^nnected by the Suez Canal? . (Answers on Page 25) �Fate Twealj 8EAFAREKS ICG lanoary t, IW* ^ ^ Diary OFA S^ip^s Mtelegate,. • r^ T: The following is a composite of several ship^s minutes and should not be construed as By Spike Marlin pertaining to any hne vessel. In no way does it reflect' the opinion of the SIU nor any of its contracted companies, but is cast upon the waters for the bread it may return. We cast off: Whenever a boxing champion foot and can throw them effectiveretires, or gets bounced for not de­ ly from all angles—jabs, hooks, Poker players should clean It was suggested that the vege­ fending his title, it's a boom market crosses, uppercuts and overhands. up recreation room and night not be taken too seriously, oj tables on the menus be varied a for the fight promoters. Before you He's exceptionally skilled at in« pantry when finished play­ course.) know it, there's talk of an elimin­ fighting, and is a much more pol­ Motion was passed to send a con­ little more ... ing .. . ation tournament .involving a lot ished boxer than Turpin. A matcb tribution to the ASFS as soon as (Like tomato stew, tomato souf­ (Hey, it's dealer's choice, all right, but with the cards, not the the ship's fund is located through fle, stuffed tomgfo, and, of course, of fighters whose managers are in between the two should be a very better standing -with the match­ exciting affair. the LOG . . . tomato surprise.) stores.) makers than the boxers are in the The rest of the men mentioned (The LOG has no idea whatso­ Coffee that is made for the watcli ever as to the whereabouts of the It was reported that the BR had ring ratings. —Ernie - Durando, Rocky Castelat night is to be left for the watch, ship's fund.) been sleeping topside in the empty Such is the case in the middle-' .lani, Walter Cartier, Paddy Young not the card players . . . cadet room. His excuse was not weight division right now with the —simply don't rate. Durando is an (Card players, however, may . The chief electrician got a vofe accepted and he was told to sleep retirement of RajrRobinson. A lot awkward Graziano-type mauler of thanks for repairing the crew watch the watch watching the card where he belongs ... of names are being di'opped as whose only claim to distinction is players watching the watch drink movie machine ... (Or think up a better bedtime possible contenders in an elimina­ a solid right hand with which he (Thank God! Those TV films the coffee.) tion tournament, but only two of misses more often than not. Casstory.) are terrible.) •' If you have to see the captain, Discussion was held on long­ It was also suggested that the them really count—"Bobo" Olson, tellani is a clever boxer who has remember to take a witness with shoremen coming Into the crew and Randy Turpin. The sensible campaigned almost exclusively men should try to Jceep the mess- thing you . . . would-be to match these two against welterweights. He's not messhall and eating the night room a little cleaner than they (Hmmmmnnnn???) ^ lunch and get it over with. Of course that strong enough to take on the bet­ ... have in the past, and that they would mean only one gate instead ter men in the middleweight class. Suggestion made to have steward (Sole privileges for messing in should not enter the messroom inj of three or four. department put out roach powder the crew'' messhall belong to the undershorts ... Glass Jaw Problem Turpin is the very muscular- Cartiei- can punch with both and to put hominy on board . . . crew.) (It makes the room look a mess.) gent who beat the stuffing out of (No mix-ups, please.) hands with thb best of them but Steward will order linen in Sin­ Complaints of two men being Robinson in England and in turn can't move at all. He's a pretty Chief cook reports the ship 's gapore and fresh vegetables . . . overstored with, meat which has (The latter is the capital of Broc­ threatened with bodily injury was was -knocked out by Robby in a easy target with a glass Jaw dis-, reported. First man complained very close bout here In New York. position. Paddy Young is probably been iced and thawed out so many coli, no doubt.) that he was threatened twice. The He is somewhat better known than the^best of the bunch, a converted times that it smells very strong­ • Mate Messing Around last time his assailant had wrapped Olson, the Hawaiian who did most ly .. . Chief mate wants to fire the a linen napkin-around his first . . . of his campaigning out on the West southpaw with a very good left fWe would have been all right if bosun without hook and competent boxing ability. provocation. David Coast until recently. we caught it on the rebound just Sacher was elected (Does the steward's department But he hasn't fought regularly and ship's treas­ know about this?) once.) Olson tangled with Robinson too, is more or less retired from com­ urer. There are many beefs against The Steward was granted per<- the chief mate. Crew messroom The ship's delegate asked if this out on the Coast and by all ac­ petition. mission by the crew to bring his deck needs painting, as well as happened anywhere else and an counts gave tiie champion a very The only other boxer to get con­ dog on„board ... AB reported that when the vessel tough fight. In his few appearances sideration is the Frenchman, Char­ the messroom itself. Something (Providing, of course, the dog stopped at Montevideo, the assail­ in the East he has beep very im­ les Humez. He has done all his Stays out of the galley until after should be done about the chief ant came aboard about 4 AM pressive. While not the most de­ campaigning in Europe so that no­ mate . . . the meal is prepared.) puncher, he has a great body over here has much of a line fWc'lI fix him! Let's make him and a few minutes later he noticed structive Magazines were brought aboard that the second mate looked sort deal of speed both of hand and on his ability. paint the messroom.) by the ASFS, but when the ship of funny. The AB asked the mate left port they disappeared. Cap­ The captain said that the com­ what was wrong and he said that pany puts enough fruit on the ship Bean Stewards Serve Top Chow tain will ask the officers to return tc last the round trip, and if it is someone has just threatened to them, if they took them . . . beat him up . . . (Naturally. If no action is fort.'• all eaten up before that time then that is all . . . (A likely story. Probably samecoming, however, the captain unll thing he ate.) (Fight city hall.) ask some innocent parties.) Money to Bum ir There is still $30.15 in the ship's lund . . . (Don't worry, we'll think of something to do with it.) There is $8.50 remaining in the There is a little old lady in Galveston, Tex., who believes ship's fund after spending $110 on that Southern hospitality and the milk of human kindness ex­ the purchase of a combination rec­ ord player and radio, and-records. tend beyond the borders of the Christmas season into the very Remainder of the ship's fund will first and last days of every year. timepiece, "Mom "brings cigarettes, be spent on records ... (There's nothing like starting Alice M. Knowlton, better candy, and conversation to the pa­ from scratch.) known to seamen as "Mom," tients of the hospital every week. Motion was passed to repair the practices what she preaches 52 Every second week, in addition to It's good eat/ng aboard the Cecil N. Bean with these brothers dish­ deck in the 4-8 foc'sle, stove in the weeks out of every year as she her usual gifts, she brings the LOG ing out the chow. Left to right they are Schutte, 3d cook; Kubeck, galley and sink near the ice brings cheer to Seafarers in" the for the men to read, which they do chief cook; Ferrer, baker; and Reidy, steward. box ... USPHS Hospital oF her hometown. down to the point of rubbing the (The last two Suggestions should As regular as a Naval Observatory print from the page. There is not much more a charitable pei'son can do to relieve the sufferings and loneliness of her fellow human be­ ings. "Mom," however, improved The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, upon the plan slightly. bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littleChristmas day dawned brightly known and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and, on Galveston two weeks ago, and the like,cooking suitable for. shipboard and/or home use. Here's N. J. Wood's "Mom" went again to Ward No. 2 recipe for "Orange-Curried Ham, Rice." of the Marine Hospital. She forgot Sailing for 10 years on deepsea fourths of a icup of minced onions, none of the items she ordinarily brings to cheer the Seafarers, and vessels has added some flavor, and Wi cups brown sugar, 4 teaspoons to add a special holiday touch, she spice to the life of N. J, Wood, an of curry • powder, 3 pounds raw presented each patient with a pair SIU brother who sails as a cook rice, three-foiuFhs of a cup of shredded orange peel, and IVk of bedroom, slippers. "Mom" re- aboard any vessel. 'cruited funds from friends and ac­ Wood likes to toy with odd^dishes quarts of orange juice. Place the butter or margartne, quaintances in order to; present the when he gets the chance aboard peppers and onions in a large gifts to the men confined to the ship, adding roasting or braising pan. Braise" in hospital. Those Seafarers knew special touches oven (375' Fahrenheit) for about that Santa Claus would not forget of his own to 10 minutes. native delicacies them in Galveston. Remove from the oven, and* add as the 'ship Christmas Note brown sugar (mixed with' curry To ejjpress their feelings, the touches foreign powder), plus the diced ham. boys in the'ward sent a bread-and- ports and the Spoon bottom of pan well to mix butter note, saying: flavor of" the the above with the cooked ingre­ "Merry Christmas to you. Mom, area engulfs the dients. Mix well. Return pan toi from the patients of the USPHS ship. He picks oven heated to same temperature Hospital in Galveston. Each man in •up many dishes Wood to bake for 20 minutes longer. Stir the hospital was given a piair of from as many bedroom slippers so we can thank lands, but there is always, in his occasionally. Mom that Santa Claus did not for­ work the little touch of a master ; Boil raw rice (Indian style), three get us. . craftsman which distinguishes', it pounds to equal about 1V6 gallons "God bless you. Mom, and all of from the run-of-the-mill recipe. ,> when cooked. Thoroughly mix your friqnds who made these dona­ The "orange-curried ham anh. orange peel with rice. Spread this tions possible. JFrbm the^ttohi of rice is. an improvement of my own mixture oi}„top of the njixture that hearts: we appreciate ' your on Indian curried ham," says Wood. is in the Roasting pan. 'The last Mness and the ibany things you "It is a sort of delicacy." Here step Is to pour orange Juice evenly dtf^or Hs. Merry Christmas from are tlie ingredients and the Wood on the concoction. Wkrtii"No. 2," formifla for. using them to adjPfow, return to the oven for Hie Iri dliving, "Mom" received. a. va^tage|,,.fqprt»( of ham (lyft last time. Coyer and ..hake for iMvW' dnd^ ^irf^ia- pounds cdoked-diced), three-fourths about houf.' SeJmgs a^e'^ tlon from her many "sons" in the of a pound of butter or margarine, to be based on three-fourths of a Galveston hospital. ^Mom' Brings Xnias Cheer To Many ^Sons' In Galveston ^or A sosSEST/ov KKAOOiVM/^tAM AltrC(£,ORAmjiM2e , lUTHBlOS? I£rs4^ ABWT IT- TUE U>S IS M.WAYS VU'lhkS TP BfJTse seevfe TUB "11 nuwe EOtWK! '•A/. . �••Si JaMMiyt, list SEAFARERS Seafarer Marriee On Chriatmas Day to the Editor: - Juat a few lines td let you kn'ow how good Santa Claus was to me this year. My better half and I were married Christmas Day at my mother's home at 4 PM. Enclosed is a picture of us for the LOG. I quess a lot of my ship­ mates will be surprised to find out Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Gillispie cut the nuptial cake on Christ­ mas day. P«r« Tweii^-«B« LOG LETTERS carry through a course of studies: Broaden the scholarship plan to include trade schools and colleges which do not require scholastic credits to gain entrance. There are hundreds of such schools that offer courses in photography, languages, art, writing, sculpture, etc., where a seaman who has the talent for one or more of these subjects, and can show real proof of that talent, can undertake a schooling that would advance him in life. Several months ago the SIU sponsored a noteworthy contest of art in which many seamen con­ tributed their paintings, and other forms of craftsmanship. Undoubt­ edly some of those artist seamen were over 35 and without a high school education; yet, they have more to show of their ability than those who have the required scho­ lastic credits demanded by the plan. Maybe several of those artists have the latent talent of a Rem­ brandt or a 'Velasquez and just need the chance of going to an art school to get that talent developed. What a credit to the SIU if it had a hand in bringing a Velasquez to the world! John J. Flynn Seafarer Pleased With Benefits To the Editor; Since having attended the bi­ monthly meeting Wednesday, Dec. 17, in the port of New York, and, during the course of which the reading secretary, Marty Bredhoff, read ihe negotiating committee's report in its entirety, I am most happy to state that my stock in the Seafarers International Union --a book, if you please—^is ever­ growing. Although I had previously read the negotiating committee's report from a LOG mailed to my home, I was once again, as the stewards depart­ ment would say, served "seconds" upon hearing the reading secretary voice its contents. My ears grew Cothron by the p a r agraphs as I listened to one after another of these benefits read aloud. All of which, I dare say, were hardly more than Just a pipe dream a few short years past. 'Best Mariners' Commenting briefly on these cur­ rent negotiations, Secretary-Treas­ urer Paul HalPemphasized the im­ portance of our being not only tbe best paid mariners, but the best mariners, as well. I am reminded of an old axiom, whose author is unknown, at least to me, the substance of it being "when one prepares one's self, he shall receive." And so it behooves our lot to be found "not wanting" when our negotiating committee in the future, as in the past, has been strengthened with (lie knowledge that ours is a cause worthy of rec­ ognition. That can be done only through collective endeavor, hon­ oring the mutual agreements as contracted between the Seafarers International Union and its re­ spective operators. Anchors aweigh, me lads. Charles Cothron To tbe Editor: sia. Today, no less than in 1776, Since we will soon be going into it is the United States of America. a new year. Union dues will be payIt is founded upon a radical able on the first business day of truth about mankind that has nev­ the new year. This has its advantages for me er been completely accepted by any other nation. Our Declaration and the Union. If I am caught on of Independence does much more the beach I don't have to worry than declare that all men are cre­ about dues. 1 know I am in good ated equal. It also declares the i standing. 1 feel it saves headquar­ great truth that all men are en­ ters a good deal of paper work, for dowed by their creator with cer­ which I am sure they would ap­ tain inalienable rights, that among preciate all members following these rights are life, liberty, and suit. It means good standing, and that the pursuit of happiness. No other nation has inscribed its is good protection for the many coins, "In God We Trust." This is benefits the Union offers. One is America's greatest distinction. It our insurance policy and I ask the is and has been the principle that newcomer to take note as I quote makes us the most radical people from the LOG'S "Did You Know?" "That the annual upkeep on a on earth. It is the real reason why America has always been the in­ $2,500 life insurance policy would spiration of freedom-loving peo­ cost you more than your SIU ples and a constant challenge to Union dues? The survivors of aqy unlicensed man sailing on an SlUdictators. contracted ship are eligible for this This nation of ours is only 176 years old. In the history of man­ benefit under the SIU Welfare kind, no nation has ever trusted Plan." Also, your survivors only need its people so completely or achieved so high a standard of living in so to contact the nearest SIU hall in short a time. Its concept of gov­ order to collect this benefit. The ^ ernment by a majority is still a Union has no charge for this serv­ new and radical idea that fright­ ice. I urge every reader of this ens men, like Stalin, who are afraid letter, if he has not done so, to pass on to his next-of-kin (bene­ to trust the people. ficiary) the Union way of collect­ Dictators' Reactionaries ing his insurance. Don't let them The dictators are the reactionar­ find out, as others have, by paying ies of this world. There is nothing a lawyer's fee out of the policy new about any form.of government when it is unnecessary. There is that concentrates great power in only one way—^the SIU way, the the hands of a few. No matter right way; It's the best way, what minority group gets in con­ easiest, safest and the most bene­ trol of a government, it always ficial way. D. M. "Red" King feels impelled to impose its will on XXX all the people, and In justification argues that ifo decisions are for the good of the people even though they do not realize it. On the other hand, we who prac­ To the Edlton Just to let you guys know it is tice American democracy are the radicals. Our understanding of the not all work on the Robin Grey— God-given rights of the individual the baseball team has played two games so far this and of the meaning of free enter­ trip. First game prise represents a brand-new con­ was tied 6-6 and cept of goyernment. It is reassur­ was called on acing to know that this truly revo­ coimt of dark­ lutionary form of rule guarantees ness. The team human rights and government by really showed the majority. promise the next But we dare not be complacent. time out, though, If we allow this revolutionary coun­ and came through try of ours to drift into a reaction­ with a smashing Johns ary, all-powerful state, we will 26-8 victory over have given up our faith in people, the Mombasa baseball team. our confidence in majority rule, This was achieved due to the and we will no longer be the most brilliant pitching of Stan Cooper. radical and democratic nation in The batting power for this game was supplied by Zeegers, Kelly and the world. Hightower. As usual, cold beer Gilbert Parker was in abundance after the game. Stanley T. Johns that a sweet little Texas gal finally roped me in. Also, please change my address t 4" 4 for the LOG to 060 North St.. Beaumont, Texas. Incidentally, I'll keep sailing for awhile in case any of my shipmates To the Editor: are wondering. Just a line to let you know that G. B. Gillispie I'm getting off the Robin Locksley (Ed. note: Congratulations on after just about three years aboard your • good fortune. Our nuiiling her. department has noted your change I'm going back to Capetown, of address.) where my wife and three children are, and I hope to bring them back J, J, J, to the States with me when I re­ turn. I'd just like to say hello to all my old shipmates, and wish them To the Editor: • When the SlU-comes out with a lot of luck and happiness for the such a well-intentioned idea as the coming holidays. J. DeVito scholarship plan that would enable those seamen and their children ^ X X who have the necessary qualifica­ tions to go through a college or university, it may seem ungrateful of a man who had long enjoyed the fine working conditions, benefits To the Editor: and wages of the Union, to cast ' Sometime ago, the SEAFARERS doubts and criticism on this schol­ LOG published a story of Brother arship plan. The fact remains that Philip Pron, the blind Seafarer. A XXX the scholarship plan leaves much private eye employed by company to be desired if the avowed state­ lawyers attempted to rig him. Be­ ment accompanying the first news fore I start this episode, I want you of the plan is to give a seaman readers to understand that I'm not with the necessary requirements a writing of generalities or fiction. I could not refrain from calling to To the Editor: chance at higher education. the attention of all the necessity of The most radical nation, in the The requirements of a minimum precaution against parasites who of three years sea time and three masquerade as redeemers of the world, with the most revolutionary letters of reference are sound rank-and-file in the name of "ad­ concept ot government, is not Rus­ qualifications, but the requirement miralty lawyers." of a high school education and the I was a victim of one of these Stipulation that the applicant must phonies, and I will prove my case. have been in the upper third of Sometime ago, I had a premonition his graduating class, as well as the that the truth would emerge tri­ age limit of 35, will automatically umphant. Well that's what haj>put the major part of the' SIU pcned. The steamship company's membership out of the running in rotten lawyer paid to have perjuri the competition for this scholar- ers in court to swear on oath in chip. order to defeat me in my case and 'Why the arbitrary age of 35? Do win for themselves a record of Ihe planners of the scholarship falsehood. plan think that a man over that With the aid of another brother age hasn't the capacity to learn as of our Union, we were successful well as those under it? It would in extracting the whole truth from seem so. The truth is that many one of the witnesses the company seamen with ability do not realize paid to glve Yalse testimony, there­ their maturity until late in life due by breaking this case wide open as ^ the great cocial upheavals in the a cruel monstrosity. Bst 22 yean, and are actually in When I am through breaking Btter position now, with or this case open, I shall publish^ tjss tidtliiDut formal schoolihg, to handle name -ot this phony lawyer - lest; "Uie i^dy of serious subjects. smne •of Um brothers may faU into, Ofpioma sindUr ' These stori^ are You may that Universities charartiristic of the many oases we r^uire of a that he be am faced with. It Is oidy by youri .under 35 and tl he must have a guts and sincere indulgence to take completed high >uhool ^education. these renegades, despite their posi­ I think some coUwes require only tion in life, to the proper place of a high school equiWent^ diploma judgment that we can make this If the applicant hun't a regular world a better place to live in for high school diplomat provided that all of mwldind. he can pass an entrance exam. One of these days, 1 trust to Part of tho cnw oa the Moll)i)yiaii's run to Boropo aro ahown, top May 1 make a suggestion that write this story in the LOG and, toft to right: Flti, OS; Toi% DM; Frank, DM; and Chnok. oilor. would embrace more seamen who boy, it will be a whirlwind. Heads For Africa To Join Family Favors Change in Scholarship Plan Knocks Eawyers For Perjury Evil Badical America Freedom^s Hope Mobilian Men Make Merry ./j. • V. ' ,I. ,'i . 1 ' I..'' .<• ^ nm Ftitroi|-;;|; tK,,a'j' Urges Brothers To Pay Dues Now iucn invii j j Bobin Grey Team Wins 26-8 XXX- Ponce Crew Keep Ship Spotless To the Editor: "Visiting aboard the Ponce was a pleasure; this is a very clean ship aU around, and everyone attends to J his duty with pride. I went into the galley after ask­ ing permission and I could see that it was so cjean that it was a shame to walk in with shoes on. I had eaten only a few minutes before but I began to fdel hungry. After look­ ing around d little more I noticed that everythmg was in the same shape and riiat unless you looked at the outside decks where they were loading cement, §nybody would tiiin!^ it was a yacht instead of a freighter. Spent'Christmas At Most of tw crew lives In'^Ponce, and they were making r^ady to depart for the Everglades; ^like us they were to spend Christmas at sea. Captain Oscar Williams came around while I was there. I had a talk with everyone I found aboard. Even the chief elec-: trtcian could not find words enough to praise the decent way all the officers treat the crew. �'••fUS- SEAFARERS Pa»« Twenty-tw» Seafarer Greets Old Shipmates To the Editor: Just a note to ask a big favor and to get in contact with some of > the fellows I had the pleasure of sailing with. Would you please start sending the LOG to my home? Thanks a lot for doing that. I would also like you to run this Hancock little note in the LOG to say hello to all the fine seafarers from Galveston for me. At present I am beached and have no idea when I will ever be back aboard ship. Thank you. Charles Hancock 1618 Casitas Street Oxnard, Cal. (Ed note: The LOG mil soon he on its way to you. every two weeks as issued.) Sick SIU Brother Welcomes Bonus To the Editor: I have been a guest of the Marine Hospital for a week now, and expect to be here for some time. Today I received a very pleasant surprise from the SIU in the form of a $25 bonus. This is one more proof that the SIU never forgets its own. I have found out in the two years that I have sailed on SIU ships that the SIU has a reputation for fair dealing and honesty unequallbd by any other organization afloat or ashore. Our record is one of good leadership (and why shouldn't it be?), our leaders are Seafarers elected by Seafarers in open and honest elections. Our gains have been many—death benefits, schol­ arships, training facilities, vacation plan, new Union halls, and maternity benefits for the wives of Sea­ farers. I can truly say that the SIU has built and is building for the future. Everyone in the SIU has had a hand in shaping the destiny of the Union, and therein lies our strength. LOG Helps All. Seamen I can hardly wait till I get well again so that I can ship out with the best bunch of guys I have ever known. I am the only member of the Sl^n this wing of the hospi­ tal, ancr believe me, I can afford to strut a little bit. There are mem­ bers of the MCS, NMU and MFOW here and they join me in agreeing that our new contract is a master­ piece. Som^ of the members ,of these other unions say that the only way they can get any action from their own organizations is by having their beefs published in the SEAFARERS LOG. Now that is a justly deserved compliment. The SEAFARERS LOG is a powerful instrument in bringing home to the people in all walks of life interesting facts about Seafarers, and has helped to promote the good work of the Union. I join the rest of my shipmates in saying thanks to the negotiating committee for the best contract in the maritime field. May the year of '53 iee contin­ ued gains. Happy New- Year to all of my shipmates. J. J. Levin Finds What Turns Paris into Paree To the Editor: Paris isn't a city, it's a world. Truly this is the greatest place in the world to relax, eat, and have a good time. There at 41 million peo­ ple in France and they react, dress and think 41 million different ways —the true non-conformists. The one thing that they appreciate most is good taste. Walking along the Aveiiue des Champs Elysees or Rue de la Paix, you can see it in evi­ dence. The w/oiihfeia here arb by'fM: 'S'VV' LOG Jittuary 9, IBfSt LETTER S • Members Lett For Christmas Visits the sexiest looking in figure and dress. Since I only brought one bag from college with me, I have been To the Editor: moving all around Paris (moved Here are a few words from the three times). First night, I stayed good ship Seatrain Texas to let you near the Piace de Concorde, know how things are going. Every­ Cleopatra's Needle, the US Em­ thing is running just as smooth as bassy and the Tuilleries. After can be expected for now, although milking out that attraction, I mov­ we have a few replacements on ed up on the Left Bank, near the board now that the holidays are Latin Quarter. This was in the here. The boys piled off to spend heart of the students' area—Bou­ Christmas and New Year's with levard St. Michel and Boulevard their friends and families. We lost St. Germaine, near Notre Dame about half of the deck gang down and the Sorbonne University. South and a few more got off up Gads, what Bohemians. North, so all you guys who were I visited several of the Existen­ waiting for a deck job on the Seatialists' hangouts. They believe in trains, that was the time for you doing just what they see fit—i.e., to grab them—during the holidays. long fingernails, playing the violin We are also losing Brother John with celery, etc. ,I went to Le Ha- Koval, who has been on here for billpn and Restaurant Deux Ma- about a year. He sure hates to gots and the famous Montana Bar leave. and the "Greek's." I visited Na­ Almost all of the replacements poleon's Tomb Trocadero, ^ent up who came aboard down in Texas in the Tour d'Eiffel and saw many are old Seatrain other interesting sights. men. We have Room Cheap Brother Leo LaI've been riding the Metro (sub­ soya, who has ways) and buses; arranged my own been sweating tours and am making out okay. My out the Seatrains room usually costs me about $1.30 for some time' a night, breakfast, 30 cents, bath for he does like 25 cents, don't use steam so I am the good town of doing well. The legal rate is 346 Edgewater. He is francs—$1. I was going to go to pretty well Allen Switzerland but it's too cold—be­ known up here low zero. Here it's about 45-50 de­ on the north end. " We also had grees, with rain occasionally. Brother Lloyd Bertrand. He got If ypu eat twice in Paris, you're off to spend the holidays with his mad. A good meal with wine, cof­ family. We picked up Johnnie fee filter and all, about 85 cents. Block after block (Christmas holi­ Pedraza who has been on the Texas days) have stalls on the street. before. This is his third time this Pretty gals, shooMng galleries year. He just can't seem to stay (when you hit bull's-eye, a flash away. Now we can start our Can­ gun takes your photo.) Gambling, asta games' again. Although he roulette, etc. There's an arcade seldom wins he sure tries hard. He where you pay 20 francs, put on is what you call a real Seatrain earphones and hear your favorite stiff. Former GI on Board record. Also breezy films. We also have with us on here Throughout Pigalle there's at least 50 night clubs, featuring the Brother John Broad, who got out world's prettiest and nakedest of the Army just recently and is women—cognac at the bar with really glad to be back sailing with admission $1.50—all I hear is "also the SIU. H|^ says the Army does baybee—good time 1,000 francs." not come up to the qualifications Even the movies here are sex-mad. of living standards you get aboard The shows ali show lovers and good SlU-contracted ships. This is nudeness quite openly. Saw one his first ship since he was di.smovie, but had to leave. Between charged and he really likes it. He the variousr blends of perfume is serving as third cook. Well, so long for now from the about me and a heady wine inside, Seatrain Texas till the next time. it was just too much. James L. Allen Tried Opera ^ t Visited Stalingrad, a section of Paris, never even knew it existed. Saw the newspapers from every part of-the world on sale, went to the opera but couldn't get in. I Here is Christmas right around have really been scrounging the corner and I am 'way down around and poking my nose into South Africa way. It seems that I all. The subway is cheap, if you have never been in the States on buy a book of tickets. One ticket or around Christmas in the last 11 is good for two rides. First and years. Actually, though, I have second class. You have. to open been in the States twice during your own doors, but they shut that time. Once in 1945 right after automatically. Another change, it's making a six-month voyage to the quite a shock to get used to the Philippines and again in 1950 after communal lavatories here, but I being hospitalized for about seven guess it's okay. The Paris Soir is months of that year. quite rough on the nerves. I have been shipping out of New 'Ed Larkin York for the past three trips, after making two consecutive rims to the Far East via Korea. Since com­ ing from Korea on June 30,1 made short Jiops to France and Germany. To the Editdr: Now I am on the Robin Kettering I am a retired bookmember who holding, down the position of pas­ camfe up to see some of my old pals senger utility, which' -should be in the New York hall. I'm sorry about a three-month voyage. that I missed quite a few of them, I have been running into a little but they must have been out to sea tough luck since paying off the or home with their families at the Wacosta, a Waterman scow, in time. June. I went to the race track in 1 'am now managing the Pacific New York and dumped all my Restaurant, 3923 South Capitol St., dough from nearly a four-month Wash., DC, and am making out voyage in one day on the ponies. fine. However, for old times sake, Brother, I don't mean baker's I would like to see or hear from dough. I stayed on the beach for my old buddies of my seafaring eight days and ^was off again to days. France and Germany. Upon my re­ It's a real treat to get th'fe LOG turn from Europe I had my book and read all about the advances and papers stolen from me. and adventures of the best Union . /, i Given New Eye in the world. Then I entered the Marine Hos.?07 >.--rcit(Br'Triaatkfillds I pitaUnff Staten Island/ Thia la Ahe Spends Christinas in South Africa Betired Seaman Visits Hall worst part of the tough luck that I have been running into for the past several months. I had my right eye removed for good after being in and out of hospitals for three and one-half years for said eye. My right eye was replaced by an artificial plastic eye, and 1 mean you can't tell the difference. It was a job well done, and again I say hats off to the staff of the Marine Hospital. No matter what is wrong with you, you will get the best attention by all hands, regard­ less of the ailment concerned. I also would like to mention that the $15 a week comes in handy while you are incarcerated in the hos­ pital. It helps you with the odds and ends that you need. I am giving a vote of thanks to the negotiating committee for get­ ting us a raise in wages and.over­ time. I also wish each and every SIU man a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Spider Korolia Likes Ship Butp In Army Khaki To the Editor: Picked up a copy of our new contract at our Norfolk hall and after having read it found many new gains the Union has made with our various contracted com­ panies since I retired my book in March, 1951. On the whole, I was very much pleased with it and, naturally, could not help but think to myself that the boys have really got it good now. As for myself, I have been sail­ ing fairly steady on Army ships since I was inducted into the serv­ ice. You know, one can sure make a pile of overtime on these scows, but you just try to collect it. No can do. As for making trips on these ships, they go every once in a great while down to the West Indies and now and then coastwise. Mostly, however, they are used for stevedore training with dummy stuff as cargo. The shipboard duty is somewhat better than regular army post duty as far as most things go, and our schedule for the day is somewhat like our SIU ship routine, includ­ ing 15 minute coffee breaks. I thought maybe some of the boys being inducted "might be in­ terested in getting into this type of outfit as it is the closest thing to being on an SIU ship as they will come across in the Army. As far as I know, there is no more Army Transport Division, but there are Harbor Craft Companies here in Virginia which have all kinds of small ships and craft. We are located on the James River, 18 miles above Newport News, and attached to Fort Eustis. \ I hope this will be of some in­ terest to the Seafarers as I am getting discharged in March and will be headed for an SIU hall. Glen Vinson ^ Betired Captain Says Snr is Tops To the Editor: I have just returned on the Elizabeth from a round-trip to Puerto Rico as a passengei:. Dur­ ing this voyage I could not help noticing the behavior of the crew. The men seemed to me very loyal, and performed their work in a quiet and orderly manner, which seemed to me so different from the olden days. I have been master in the Buli Line for many years, but have beeh retired for some time, there­ fore I noticed the change in per­ sonnel so much more. What the Union has done for the good of both parties has been re­ markable. Season's greetmgs and best wishes to, you. . Wants LOG Sent To Him in Navy To the Editor: I am in thd Navy until my dis­ charge in 1954 when I hope to bd back / with the SIU. As I have shore duty, please send my copy of the LOG to my new address: Heath C. Clarke, Jr., 366-54-15 SN Div. A - 2, USNAB Navy 913, c/o Fleet Post Office, Clarke New York. I am very anxious to keep up with the activities of the Union. Heath C. Clarke (Ed. note: The mailing depart' ment has noted your new address for the LOG, which will be sent to you.) t 4* 4* Christmas Binner Tops On Vessel To the Editor: We had a wonderful Christmas aboard this scow, the Seatrain New Jersey. Credit, naturally, goes to the stewards department for the well-planned meal. Hope you enjoyed your dinner as much as we did, and that the bonus made each one happy at the year's ending. We had a six-course dinner with all the trimmings in­ cluding the Tom turkey and as­ sorted side-dish delicacies which blended in nicely with the Christ­ mas spirit aboard. We of the crew send the mem­ bership good wishes for 1953. "Sir Charles" it I" Bobots Are Best Army Personnel To the Editor: I receive the LOG regularly here in Korea (many thanks, for it is the only trustworthy publica­ tion I have over here) and reading the article, "Army Anti-Labor, Says SIU Man" in the October 31 issue I got the urge to write the LOG myself, and concur with the author. But I wish to elaborate a bit. The Army is not only anti-labor, but it is anti-everything except complete and absolute submission —both mentai and physical. A man is expected to totally submit himself to the whims and fancies of a glittering, walking junkyard and then .the Army has the audac­ ity to besmirch such a great word as respect by labeling its "code" respect. The army doesn't need men, it needs robots. Of course, there is always an exception. I have m#t a' few officers who are deserving of real respect. Army Needs SIU The SIU organizer would have a field day in the Army. And wa hear so much about the rantings, ravings and drunken actions of seamen in a foreign country. Tha manners and actions of an Ameri­ can crew in port are those of an English squire compafed to a GI. The majority of the GIs consider themselves Lord and Master of all they survey when they leave their company area, and often attempt to convince the personnel present that they are., by force. Wha^t a show of prejudice and partiality on the part of American publications. ' I leave here in March, thanks to that magic word, "discharge," and I'll be back to sea as soon as I can get a ship. I'm anxious to see what my new book,will be like. I want to say that I am mighty proud of the many benefits the Union has obtained since I was drafted off the Southport in April, 1951. And the latest, the scholar­ ship fund, is the ultimate in proof that the SIU's first concern is for the members. How great can a Union become? JPvt, ,De?rey L. Martin �j^ntfISm9 ' • seA^AttiHM..toe Many stories have been recorded of the hardship and pain which seamen have suffered to survive a shipwreck or other disaster, but the epic of Howard Blackburn's survival and subsequent recovery is undoubtedly one of the most gripping Of all such stories. • Blackburn was a halibut their complete catch, except one fisherman, and a crewmember fish which they saved for food. of the Grace L. Fears at the The ice, however, formed faster time. She was anchored off New­ foundland, ahout 90 miles out, on January 25, 1888. The day started off with Blackburn and his dory mate, Thomas Welch, leaving the schooner in the morning in their dory. However, after they had been out for a few hours, a severe snow­ storm began. It came from the East but soon swung around to the West. With the visibilityjimited to about 50 feet, the men became confused about the direction in which the Fears lay. They waited, and after a while, the snow stopped, but a strong wind sprang up. See Lights They spotted the Fears' lights to the windward, but found they could not row against the wind and make any headway. In fact, they saw they were losing gi-ound. They began to tire, and then started to drift away. They tossed the anchor over, but it couldn't hold against the wind. In addition, the snow in the boat and the heavy seas made it neces­ sary for them to bail continuously to stay afloat. As night fell, ice began to form on the boat, weigh­ ing it down further in the water so that it shipped more seas. The temperature dropped to be­ low zero as the" night fell. They got no sleep, though, for they had to keep bailing and chipping the ice off the boat. Finally, they had to throw over all their nets and than they could chop, and the boat kept settling lower in the water. At dawn, there was no sign of the Fears. The exhausted men tried to row toward Newfoundland, but were too weak and had to give up. Rigs Sea Anchor Blackburn rigged a sea anchor out of a broken keg buoy and threw it over. However, while rig­ ging the anchor, he took off his mittens and threw them in the water in the bottom of the boat to keep thom from freezing solid. Welch, half asleep, scooped them up as he baJledi and dumped them over the side. It soon became evident that Blackburn's hands were going to freeze right through. They bailed and chopped ice for the rest of the-day, all the time looking for any sign of the Fears. As Black­ burn's hands became worse, he de­ cided to do something about them. He took oft his rubber boot, and one of his woolen socks. He tried to put the sock over his hand, but it was so swollen that it would not fit. Meanwhile, the sock began to freeze and was soon stiff and solid. He couldn't get it back on his foot, so he hit it against the gunwhale to try to break the ice loose. As he struck it against the gunwhale, his frozen hand couldn't hold it. It went over the side. Just like his mittens. Welch Dies Both men went back to bailing, but soon Welch became delirious. A bjut of fisherman Blackburn. Howard began sucking on the ice while calling for water, and soon passed out. He died during the night. On. the 'morning of the third day, Blackburn tried to put on Welch's mittens, but his hands were so swollen he couldn't make it. Meanwhile, the sea calmed down, and Blackburn managed to take in the Sea anchor. He decided to try rowing, but soon realized that his hands wbre frozen stiff. Finally, by pushing his fingers against the seat, he managed to bend the fingers. Then, he put his hands on the oars, and waited a while until his hands were frozen solid around the oar han­ dles. He rowed for the rest of the day, sleeping at the oars at night because he couldn't take his hands off them. The following day, he rowed again and finally sighted New­ foundland. He realized that as he rowed the frozen flesh of his hands f»f Twenty-thrcft and fingers was grinding off into powder, but he kept on. He rowed the whole day, again sleeping at the oars during the night. Reaches Shore The next day, it warmed up a bit, and he reached the shore and followed the coastline until he reached Little River. He rowed up the river until he spotted a desert­ ed house. He tied up the boat, en­ tered the deserted shack, and fell asleep on the floor. When he woke up, he found the dory filled with water. A rock had forced out a plug. He managed to get Welch's body out of the boat and dropped It in a small cove. Then, he spent the rest of the day repairing the plug. This was dif­ ficult, since he had almost no use of his Imnds. When he finished, he started to row up the river, using the lifeht of the moon as his guide. By dawn, he spotted a settlement. As the people crowded around, he told them of Welch's body in the cove and volunteered to lake them back to get it, but instead, he was taken into a home, sub­ merged in a tub of brine and al­ lowed to thaw out. Others went down the river and» recovered Welch's body. Long Recovery His recovery took seven weeks. Because of frostbite, he lost all of his fingers and all his toes, as well as his right foot, the one without the sock. Blackburn, after getting well, went back to Gloucester. The story of his ordeal had preceded him, and a donation of $500 was waiting for him. With the money. Blackbum opened up a small tobacco shop. Then he wrote a booklet of his experiences during the 104 hours he spent In the dory. After a while, he tried to pay back the $500, but was refused so he donated the $500 to a fund for Gloucester widows and orphans. The tobacco shop couldn't hold him however. Buys Sloop When the Alaskan Gold Rush started, he sailed to San Francisco, but injured his knee and had to turn -back. Then, as If he hadn't had enough of the sea, the man without fingers and only one foot bought the Great Western, a 30foot sloop. Sailing alone, he took the Great Western from Gloucester, Mass., to Gloucester, England, where he sold the sloop and returned to the US by steamer. He settled down for a short while, and then bought the 25-foot sloop Republic. He crossed the Atlantic alone once more, this time visiting Portugal. France and England. He had the Republic shipped back to the US, and set out from Gloucester once more, this time sailing it to New York, up the Hudson River, through the Erie Canal, to the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi, and was final­ ly wrecked off Florida, but Black­ burn was not injured. He settled down once moi-e in Gloucester, but then decided to make one more crossing of the At­ lantic—this time in a regular fish­ ing doi-y- He stax-ted out in the 15foot dory, and got past Cape Bretton Island. Heavy seas capsized the dory three times. Each time, he lighted it and bailed it, but after the third time, he decided against the trip and sailed back to Gloucester. This was his last .attempt at sail­ ing, and he settled down in his home and lived quietly—except to voice the claim that lie had seen a large sea serpent when he tried to trip in the dory. When he died on May 4, 1932, at the age of 74, he left an estate of $17,000. A Christmastide Shipwreck Which Broupt Celebration And Saved A Starving Island Whenever one thinks about shipwrecks, an image of a large ship caught in a pounding sea with people screaming and div­ ing as lifeboats are crushed against her sides usually comes to mind. However, this need not but the wreck served to save a always be the case, tn fact, great number of lives. 'there have been some ship­ Because of severe weather con­ wrecks which became the cause for ditions and other factors, Christ­ celebration rather than mourning. One such wreck was the steamer mas of 1881 did not promise to Moravian of the Allan Line, which be a day of celebration for the was smashed on the shores of Nova residents of Mud Island. Rather, it Scotia. Not only was there no loss was a period of sorrow, for the of life Involved in the incident. island was in the midst of one of the most severe periods of pov­ erty in its entire history. Food stores, in particular, were extremely low or else entirely non­ existent, and the people of the islands were, one by onF, dying The LOG is interested in coir of malnutrition. What stores were lectiiig and printing photoleft were quickly being used up, !graphs showing what seagoing and there was very little hope on ' was like in the old days. All the part of the people'for any sort • you oldtlmers who have any of help from the outside world, old mementos, photographs of for they had no means with which shipboard'life, pictures of to buy any more supplies. ships or anything that would There were quiet celebrations of show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone Thristmas when the day came, but it was also marked by more deaths by, send them in to the LOG. from starvation. There were no Whether they be steam or sail, great holiday feasts that year. And, 'around the turn of the cen­ as the new year approached, the tury, during the first world people banded together to pray war and as late as 1938, the that it might bring them hope and LOG is interested in them all. better times. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you; It was at that time that the Mb^vi«i |t«il hit with heavy seas -OJP Olde Photos Wanted by LOG The vUIagers went to-work in earnest, bringing ashore the food which saved them all from starvation. and severe winds and driven off her course. She continued to be tossed about and then one of her crewmembers spotted land. Despite the efforts of the crew and officers, however, the vessel was driven closer and closer to the shore, and finally she rammed the beach at Mud Icland. Rescue Survivors The islanders had spotted the ship while she was still a way out, and by the time she ripped into the shore, a large crowd of resi­ dents were waiting there. Tiu^ imittediatedjr'VMNsb Ao uwcdcR: attd tatxgr had removed all the passengers and crew with no IWSs of life. The day was December 30, 1881. It was after the residents had got­ ten everyone off the vessel that they discovered their treasure. The Moravian was loaded with food. Her cargo included over 700,000 pounds of cheese, over 1,000 qua.ters of beef, 100,000 pounds of lard, 1,600 bushels of peas, 500 sacks of flour, 100 barrels of pork, 500 barrels of apples, 500 cases of can-, ned meats, 169 cases of mutton and 30,000 bushels of wheat. iShoiiUyt iaCtetfMtiir vessel went aground, the weather calmed down enough for the islanders to begin their salvage operations, and it was with a great deal of enthusiasm that they unloaded the food from the ship. They left nothing aboard her either, and as soon as the sal­ vage operation was completed, the delayed Christmas feasts were held throughout the area, with the sur­ vivors of the wreck as the guests of honor. The vessel itself, however, was a total loss. The hull, originally valued at some $400,000, was later �Waf Twmtj-taut SEAFARERS LOG Jfuaurr t. 195t ^Ai- ..DIGEST ot SHIPS' MEETINGS ... •ANTORI (Ora), Novambar 14—Chair­ painting the decks. All delegates will man, D. Stona; Saeratary, W. W. Ivant. turn in a repair list. Crew should take p. Stone was elected ship's treasurer to take care of tha new ship's fund. Novambar 21—Chairman, D. Stona; Sae­ ratary, Mas Olson. Sccrostlgs room and Bight pantry should be cieahed up by card players when they are finished. Delagates will make up a repair list before the ship reaches the Canal. Laundry should be kept cleaner, now that the deck engineer has fixed a drain line to the washing machine. Clothes should not ba left in the washing machine. One man missed the ship on sailing day. Nevembar 30—Chairman, D. Stona; Sae­ ratary, W. W. Evans. Soap dishes will be put up as soon as possible. Ship's treasurer will purchase a blackboard for the recreation room, pocket J9ooks for the library, and see about buying or getting from the company a new set of rollers for the washing machine wringer. There should be less noise in the alleyways while men are sleeping. t=r 1^- IF • I if;-: • 5 ..>•• better care of the messroom. There should be a better quality of meat pro­ vided. and more of it. There were sev­ eral complaints on sanitary conditions. KYSKA Chairman, (Waterman), E. Jensen; Oecambar Secretery, H. Carmlchael. No one should pay off un til all repairs have been made. DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), December 4—Chairman, Frank Williams; Secretary Duke Hail. Chief engineer refused to let the wiper make coffee at 3 P.M. Bosun agreed to let OS make it. Coffee cups should be washed after use. and put away. Steward agreed to let crewmembers stow their suitcases in the locker next to the hospital. $1 donation will be made to the ship's fund by each member, to be used for shipmates who may be left ill in foreign port. Money will be left to get them cigarettes, etc. ^CaU'Shahers? Hatje No OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on sbips in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. . The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the'spot There 1$ Slffln the ehip'i fund. Draw list wiU be taken up every five days in port by department delegates, so as to be on hand when money is given out. Discus­ sion was held on launch service in San Franoiice; only one launch was supplied at 6 PM and the next one was at 8 AM the next day. Slopchest price on cig­ arettes is 81.0S a carton. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 29—Chairman, Bsnnle Whiteiey; Sec; rstary, Frank Crlder. Vote of thanks was given for the wonderful meals put out by the stewards department. Showers should be kept cleaner. trolman should check oa all steward's stores, especially eggs. DEL RIO (Delta), November 11— Chairman, Jae Sfaehawler) Saeretsry.- "sy H. Casanova. All departments will make up a repair list, so that as many repairs as possible can be made at sea. There is $27.15 in the ship's fund. Crew's rooms' decks should be painted and rooms aougeed. November 38—Chairman, Frank Kendrick; Secretary, Rpy H. Casanova. Chief engineer said he would do what he can about the repair list turned In at Mon­ rovia; what can't be done aboard wUl be taken care of in New Orleans. Rubber 4loves, blanket and official tooks should be provided for maintenance work. There is need for a new refrigerator for the crew's pantry and another for the gal­ ley. Ch.')f engineer said there is sup­ posed to be one in the galley, as the company officials have the ship charged for one. Everyone is to be properly dressed in the messroom. Clothes left in the engine room to dry should be remorved as soon as possible. Stewards department got a vote of thanks for their well done Job. Cups should be re­ turned to the pantry. GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), November 14—Chairman, L. Stone; Secretary, J. Hannon. J. H. Parnell was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Captain will be asked about the night's lodging and no heat in New York November 7. December 7—Chairman, J. A. Ryan; Secretary, J. E. Hannon. Delegate re­ IBERVILLE (Waterman), December 13 ported that the night's lodging is no —Chairman, R. Martini; Secretary, Dkvid good. One man Joined ship in Mobile. Mitcheli. Captain wants more coopera­ New AB was signed on. After dispute, tion and alertness in the fire and boat captain paid the messmas overtime for drills. Company will be asked to buy holidays while off in New York. Captain • small loaves of bread in the future. using it. Washing machine will be put and chief engineer say the Ice machine QUARTETTE (Standard), December 7— There is $22.03 in the ship's fund. will be fixed In Wilmington. Collection on the repair list. Each delegate will for Chairman, Red Gibbs; Secretary, Charles ROBIN DONCASTER CeaS Shipping). draw Christmas should be made. up a repair Ust. Gill. Chief cook was elected stewards November 4—Chairman, E. Nooney; Sec­ delegate. Linen for the next trip should CALMAR (Calmar), November 23— retary, C. Cann. Care should be taken be sufficient and in good condition. Meat Chairman, Floyd W. Fritz; Secrelary, C. of the keys. No one is to operate the LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory-ACarriers), that came aboard in Baltimore was not O. Faircloth. Members are requested to movie machine but the second engineer. December 7—Chairman, Allen Ball; Sec checked, since it Was all wrapped up. continue to kep the laundry clean. One Old washing machine should be used for Company should see about having the man paid off in Aberdeen. Wash., and sanitary wurk: good soap should be kept rstary, Ricky Motlka. Motion was passed washing machine repaired. Ship's laun­ was sent to the hospital. Patrolman will for personal laundry. Electrician will ap not to sign on next trip till the galley dry should be kept out of the washing be contacted, because the captain did praise the old washing machine; delegates range is repaired, subject to the approval machine, as it was not put on board for of the patrolman. Discussion was held not order a replacement. Sol Carol was will decide what to do with it. Cleaning STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), December that purpose. elected ship's delegate by the crew. Re­ of the laundry will be arranged. Sug­ on repairs and cleanliness of the ship. 17—Chairman, Jack C. Howard; Secre­ pairs should be made before the next gestions on cold suppers and special re­ Deck engineer should be supplied with John L. Kelly. One member paid SHINNECOCK BAY (Mar-Trade), Octo­ crew signs on. Agent should contact the quests will be welcomed by the steward. sufficient tools; Ust of these will be sub­ tary, off by mutual consent. Nothing can be ber 25—Chairman, E. A. Lane; Secre­ mitted with the repair list. Steu'ards de­ company about better food, more of it, Captain will designate who sougees and done about the toilets. Suggestion was partment got a vote of thanks for a fine cleans the purser's office and passageway. tary, J, R. Henchey, Motion was passed as our dry stores are empty. that the $61 in the ship's fund should be to get larger sheets and pillow slips and linen is going out than is com-' job. December 4—Chairman, Floyd Fritz; ^More spent on beer for Christmas. ing in. to have all bath towels white; innerSecretary, C. O. Faircloth. Captain re­ spring mattresses should be obtained it fused to allow one member to stand his REPUBLIC Trafalgar), NovemBer 29— possible. Repair list will be made up watch, stating he was drunk. At this SUZANNC^^ (Bull), December S—Chair Chairman, A. Herbert; Secretary, John TROJAN TRADER arolan), November special meeting the crew decided that the man, M. Santiago; Secretary, Don Herl- W. Picou. Ship's delegate will see the 14—Chairman, C. Chandler; Secretary, J. and turned in. Ship's delegate will see man was sober, and that this seems to Ihy. Sanitary work should be done prop patrolman about a radio in the crew O'Deal. Chandler was elected ship's del­ the master on draw. tVashlng machine be a personal issue between the captain drly.' Engine department foc'sle should messhaU and saUing board time. New egate. Chief engineer wili be contacted should be cleaned and turned off after and the member. Captain stated that the be painted. Repair list will be made up. York patrolman wUl be asked to settle about the washing machine and cold Use. Keys to all rooms should be left ship's log will be open to the patrolman, beefs aboard so as to be ready for the water in the drinking fountain. Bed- in charge of delegates at the payoff. to show the number of men. he says, payoff in Boston. Since there is $6.44 in springs will be fixed as.soon as possible. Larger, new lockers should be provideiL Slopchest should be checked next trip. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), De­ the treasury, men were asked to make Pantryman have been failing to perform their duties. will make coffee in the morn­ Novambar 23—Chairman, Steward; Sec­ cember 14—Chairman, S. P. Garcia; Secre­ contributions. Ben Kori was elected ing, deck department in the afternoon. retary, deck maintenance—Cleaning of tary, Tom Bowers. S. P. Garcia was ship's delegate. There should be light bulbs in the pas­ recreation room and laundry should be elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks sageways. Stewards department got a alternated, with a different department went to the steward and his department taking -charge each week. Stewards de­ JEAN (Bull), December 3—Chairman, vote of thanks for a job well done. Bread box should be kept closed; bread partment will spray the messhaU and should be kept wrapped up, so if does William Milner; Secretary, Joe Wright. recreation room. not get stale. There should be a new Repair list wiU be drawn up. Poor con­ ALAWAI (Waterman), Dacambar IS — dition of the drinking water was dis­ Chairman, John Gellatly; Secretary, Agrlgarbage can for the crew messroom. cussed and all agreed that it should be plno DIpasupll. Need for keys was re­ checked and analyzed. Ste4vards depart­ ferred to the chief mate in Los Angeles. VENORE (Ore), November 29—Chair­ ment got a vote of thanks. Those who wish to see the doctor in the man, Charles W. Hostetter; Secretary, Ed. BINCHAMTON VICTORY (Bull), Octo­ next port should see the mate before the J. Paris. Discussion was held nn the ber 24—Chairman, Robert W. Perrandy; ship hits Yokohama, to facilitate the is­ night lunch. Parties aboard wiU be Secretary, James Bailey. There was a suance of medical slips. Deck delegate stopped. There is much dissension in discussion on lack of milk in Norfolk and was told by the chief mate that the deck the engine room. Patrolman should han­ lack of salads at sea. Chief mate was ac­ crew will not get a day off in Yokohama. dle complaints if accused docs not vol­ cused of working on deck. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), October 12— untarily leave the ship. Ship's delegate Linen and towels should be used for what they are intended for, and not Chairman, Clltl Truel; Secretary, Red will take charge of the repair list; stew­ Simmons. One man missed ship in New stuck into scuppers. Washing machine ard will keep the recreation room clean. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory), Orieans. Ship's treasurer purchased a October 12—Chairman, Rex H. Coote; R^OYAL OAK (Cities Service), December should be used with care. Drinking foun­ record player and records in Houston, tain on each man deck passageway should FELTORE (Ore), November 30—Chal^ Secretary, Francis R. Napoll. Rex H 4—Chairman, Charles Burns; Secretary, be installed. Doors to main deck pas­ and one brother bought a few more rec­ man, Jim Morin; Secretary, E. Forestal. Coote was elected ship's delegate. There Francis A. Romero. Chief steward will sageway should be locked in port. Chief ords, which was well taken and appre­ Discussion was held on food, but there should be a little less noise in the passage­ be contacted about the matter of using steward should try to get fresh vege­ ciated by all hands. Ship's athletic di­ way so men on watch can sleep. Pantry­ leftover bacon in the morning. Ilepair were no specific complaints. rector got SIO for the purchase of base­ man wil make coffee at all times. Crew list was made up to be submitted to the tables in the next port. balls. In addition, he purchased $5-worth should see if anything is needed, so that New York patrolman. Milk and bread from his own pocket, as a donation to GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), it can be ordered in California. supplies should be increased, since they MALDEN VICTORY (Mississippi), No­ the ship's fund. A third brother bought December 5—Chairman, 'J. H. Parker; Dtcambtr 4^Chairman, James Mickey; were exhausted two days out bf port. vember 30—Chairman, Theodore Doug­ some records. There is now $42.30 in the Secretary, J. M. Buccl. Washing machine Secretary, Francis R. Napoll. Better grade There should be new mattresses: ship las; Secretary, Dan R. Phillips. Most of ship's fund. Brother Wheeler was elect­ was never fixed; this should be taken up of food should be put on the ship. Port­ needs fumigation. Garbage can, grease the repairs were taken care of. Nothing ed new ship's treasurer by acclamation. with the captain and patrolman. Hughes hole fans are needed for all crew's quar­ pots and other kitchen equipment should can be done about the lockers In the All hands should help keep the laundry was elected ship's delegate. Captain ters, as wind chutes are not permitted on be cleaned up at night and not left dirty crew's quarters unless the Government clean. should be asked about giving proper no­ this vessel. Stewards department got a tUl morning. okays it. as the Government charted this December 7—Chairman, Blackle Rustice to the crew about launch service, if vote of thanks for a job well done. ship. Dan R. Phillip was reelected ship's sel; Secretary, Red SImment. Brother any, and shore leave. Chief cook asked was left in the hospital In Buenos Aires. delegate. Each department wili take its POTRERO HILLS (Mars Trade), Decem­ crew's cooperation in keeping the messWILD RANGER (Waterman), December ber 11—Chairman, E. C. Barnhill; Secre­ turn cleaning the iaundry and recreation' Stewards department got a vote of hall clean. Appreciation was expressed thanks. Port agent will be asked to ! in­ room. Steward reported that most of for the good work done by Leroy Clarke. 7—Chairman, Robert A. Sipsey; Secre­ tary, Frank Flanagan. Captain was seen the stores ordered were taken off the vestigate the action of the chief engineer. tary, Otto Robert Hoepner. Ship's, fund on construction of a new ladder leading stands at $15.75. Ship's slopchest is in­ from the gangway on which a crewmem- requisition list. Government, the Port There should bo no more ship's linen INES (Bull), December 7—Chairman, J. sufficient. Medical supplies should be ber was seriously-injured in Aruba;-mem­ steward stated, would not okay the stores.'- .washed in the ship's . washing machine. Aitstah; Secretary, J. Labenz. Motion was checked also. Messhall should be kept ber had to go to the hospital. New cots Steward will get- in touch with the first $20 was spent in Paranagua, Brazil; there passed to check the men and make sure clean. Delegates will make up repair were brought aboard in Aruba. Repair assistant and get the old washing ma­ IS n6w 822.35 in the fund. This Niould not bo forgotten at the payoff. there has been no mistake on their being lists. Ship's fund will be spent on Christ­ lists will be made up. New crew mess- chine out of the laundry. shipped from the hall. Man shipped in mas decorations. Vote of thanks went to man was taken on as a replacement in San Juan will be referred to patrolman. the stewards department. Crew request­ Aruba. JILCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), December IS STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), December Steward made a motion to have a special ed homogenized milk. 11—Chairman, Charles (Red) Hall; Secre­ —Chairman, J. Strlngfellow;, Secretary, meeting in port to settle menu and food J. Mehalov. There W $10 in the ship's tary, Charles Mathews. J. A. LaPlante CANTIGNY (Cities Service), December beefs with agent or patrolman. Two sec-, fund. Two men missed ship in Baltimore ROBIN TUXFORD (Robin), November 10—Chairman, William DOwnie; Secre­ was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ and ond class meats are served on the same were replaced. J. V. Bissonett was tion. $30.15 in the ship's fund was turned menu. Majority say the quality of food 22—Chairman, Harry - F. Jaynes; Secre­ tary, W. A. Craig. Captain was contacted over to the ship's delegate. Three bats, elected ship's delegate. Change in menu tary, Harry C. Kilmon. Member will be on cleaning the hospital. Chief engineer has declined from-the last trip. was suggested. Messroom should be kept ' Softball, mitts, punching bag. pump brought up on charges at the payoff. will check the television set at sea. There Men wearing only undershorts Howard Sposato was elected ship's dele­ is $33.87 in the ship's fund. Bob Eaton and swivel were received from previous cleaner. SEA GALE (Sea Traders), December 11 gate. Anyone caught washing cups in was elected ship's delegate; 'W. Craig, delegates and turned over to the bosun will - not be allowed in the messroom. —Chairman, E. Goulding; Secretary, F. the drinking fountain will be fined. Each ship's treasurer. Discussion was held on for safekeeping. Washing machines will Each department wili clean the recrea­ O. Lynum. Chief will be contacted about man should clean the Igundry room after the position of the television antenna be reserved on the weekeneds for men tion room for a week at a time. Library and the shortage of milk. Butt cans will who work days. Fans in the rooms should and night lunch will bo locked up in port. be placed at each door leading to the be dusted weekly. Ship's delegate only More fans are needed for the galley. open deck. Steward will be contacted will contact the captain on draws. Mag­ ANTINOUS (Waterman), December 21— about spraying the afterhouse because of azines should be returned when they roaches. Medicine supply should be re­ have been read. Library should be locked Chairman, Steve Guggino; Secretary, Leo plenished. Patrolman should be con­ in port. Library should be sent ashore Allen. New ice box is instaiied and work­ ing. Bryan Vam, Jr. was elected ship's tacted about the mainmast ladder being for new books in New York. The SIU membership is proud of its Union as a group of hard­ unsafe. delegate. Black gang head will be re­ paired. Steward will order new chairs working responsible Seafarers who know the importance of doing MAR'fMAR (Calmer), December Chairman, Jot. McCabe; Secretary, James and wind chutes. Every man who uses JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), December 4 their job well in order to protect their contract' gains and safe­ the laundry room is supposed to clean it. —Chairman, Eddie Craddock; Secretary, F. Byrne. Election was held, and Whit- Any man who leaves it dirty will be fined. guard themselves on the job. Murry Lamm. Engine department show­ mer was elected ship's delegate; Gillis, —— • ers have still not been painted. Broadus deck delegate: McCauley, engine dele­ MARGAREr BROWN (November 23— The membership has long been on record to weed out the small was elected ship's delegate. . There is a gate; Charney, steward delegate. Chief Chairman, J. Rellly; Secretary, V. C. of fans. Washroom mirrors steward has already taken up the food Engine delegate was asked to minority of pilferers, junkies, performers and other undesirables. shortage should be. replaced yid inside of lockers question with the company agent, pa- Smith. turn in repair lists. V. C. Smith was should be painted. Bunks and foc'sles troiman and- captain before the ship left elected We cannot tolerate these disrupters aboard our ships, nor can we should ship's delegate. Stewards depart­ be kept in a i orderly way. ment will take care of recreatiuii NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory and deck and engine' departments^lU permit them to drag down the good name and reputation of our Carriers), December 7—Chairman, A. W. take care of the laundry. Union. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), November Keane; Secretary, Edwin Rushton. Chief 24—Chairman, Nick Swabia; Secretary, S. mate is very well satisfied with every AFOUNORIA Waterman), December With the many newcomers entering the shipping industry today. A. Fox.. Matches will be secured in the thing. Stewards department is dissatis 29—Charlman, Pete Gonzales; Secretary, next port. Shifting of meals has -proved fied with the lack of overtime, which A. J. Johnes, Stewards department got Seafarers must be vigilant to detect and expose-irresponsible disadvantage. Beef on food being will be taken up before the patrolman a vote of thanks for an excellent Christ­ fouled up due to carelessness of a broth­ New water pitchers are needed in the mas dinner. Pgtrolman will be con­ characters who think that they can get by on SIU ships with these er. Food shortage beef was settled. Lob­ messhall. New fans are needed in the tacted on the supply of milk, in New foc'sles. sters will, be added to the menu if pos­ undesirable practices. Wel^eby serve notice that charges will York. sible. Sardines will be put out with the be placed and severe penalties will be imposed on all men guilti; night lunch. Fruit juice situation was LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), WANDA, i (Epiphany), December 14— settled. Repair lists will be squared December 7—Chairman, J. R. Wilson; Chairman, R. Thomas). Secretary) Rof performing on the job, or having marijuana or other narcotics > away at the next meeting. Secretary, R, •, Renfrew. Drinking foun, Crowley. 0. F. Habighorst was elected in. their possession on board an SIU ship or in the vicinity of tain snd surrsundins .wea tt* henf ato'g delegala by acrlsfnaticr:. Repair Li.',ERi V •BLI.\<D«v«r), November 14 clean. Patrolman will be asked about rec list'Will be made- up. One copy will go •n SIU halL —Chfalrman, Red J.^WhlMon; Secretary, reation room palaHag. All foc'sles shoulc' ;o , each , delegate, the patrolman. There tree H. R. HiNciilnge temajrds department be painted. Aliii^rtfiiMIE be another tot ,riTT % Klni rooms ""M paint^nj^ Foul'upn Warned: Keep Ifutl ..D ..'J' rJWl-,. '7.38$;'•) �'Pi'v • -fc •».;»' f .1 . :••. (.I.J.t > Juiaary f, 19SS SEAFARERS Pas* Twenty-fiT* LOG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS... (Continued from page 24) ting ths meal out a couple of days early while we were at sea, ao that all hands iHiUght with could enjoy it. Thanksgiving Day we were due In Yokohama, after a long, no-shoreleave shuttle to Korea. PCTROLITE (Mathiascn), Dcetmber * December 14—Chairman. R. M. Harp; —Chairman. Charles Lee; Secretary. Rus­ Secretary. M, Ebberts. Considering the Seafarers who applied for sell Orauthem. Washing machine will length of time this trip, it has been a new membership books ia come on board in the first northern port. very pleasant one and a good one. No Ship ia running coastwise. Department one win payoff unta given permission by New York but are now sailing repair lists will be made up. New locks the patrolman. Action should be taken from outports don't have to and fce.va are needed for rooms. Charles on the member who jumped ship In Yoko­ I.ee was elected ship's delegate b.y ac­ hama. Motion was passed to collect cig­ come to this city to get their clamation. There is S70 in the ship's arettes for the men in hospitals and give new books. fund. tl2 was spent on the radio-phoU' them to the patrolman. Vote of thanks ograph: $20 will be spent on records. went to the stewards department for a If the men involved will well done job. The $7 left in the ship's write to headquarters and tell fund will be turned over to the captain th£ Union which port they are ABIQUA (Cities Service). December 7— and a receipt given to new crcwmember Chairman. Joseph Pettee; Secretary. R. if treasurer leaves the ship. sailing out of, the Union will M. Laflerty. There are two new men in forward the book in care of the deck department. One man in the DEL NORTE (Delta), na date—Chair­ engine department missed ship in Swan man. B. High; Sacratary. P. F. Erck. the port agent. sea and was replaced. One man is miss­ Chairs should be kept off the settees in Under no circumstances ing in the stewards department. Joseph the lounges. Ralph Boyd wiU be asked Pettee was elected ship's delegate by ac­ to take the athletic director's job. Com­ however, will the books be clamation. Request was made to paint mittee was appointed to write a letter to sent through the mails to any the messroom for Christmas and fix the the Union protesting against Army braaa forward door. Repair lists should be abuse of American seamen in Korea. Dis­ private addresses. kept up-to-date. Don't throw things from cussion was held on contributing extra the pantry to the mess tables. Mattresses heavily to the orphan fund. This fund is should not be removed from the foc'sles. handled by the chief electrician for the have finished with them. Steward re­ Two personal disagreements were aired showing of the movies aboard ship. ported the ship's fund okay. and settled fairly. ssd dsscrsUsn: ^-Ul crew'* donations. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi). December 21—Chairman, J. B. Garrison; Secretary. C. Marbury. A. Pappas w.ns elected ship's delegate; he will check wHh the purser on the slopchest. Dis­ cussion was held on the slopchest. If friction continues in the galley, some­ thing will be done about it in California. Department beefs should be brought be­ fore the ship's delegate. Instead of In­ discriminate griping. ROBIN GRAY (Seat Shipping). October 12—Chairman. R. T. Whitley; Secretary. Adamc Buchacz. RusseU M. Wright was elected ship's delegate. Laundry clean­ ing list wUI be posted. All hands wlU help keep the messhall clean and keep cote oS deck. November IS—Chairmen, R. T. Whl^ ley; Secrotary. Stanley T. Johns. Bread should be kept covered. Steward will try to organize a baseball team and get games In Mombasa. Ship's delegate wlU see about getting the washing machine repaired. Beefs should be handled through delegaUs. and not as individuals. STONEWALL JACKSON Waterman). November IJ—Chelrman. J. B. Morton; Secretary, D. K. Nunn. Radios shoiUd be tuned down, so as not to disturb men sleeping. Novombar 30—Chairman. J. James; SGCretaryp J. B. MGrten. Crew was asked to secure dishes at night during bad weather and to refrain from fouling up while in port. SEAMONITOR (Orion). Novembor IS Chairman. R. Paschal; Socratary. C. Al Welch. One man paid off in Mason, Ko­ rea. to go to the hospital: one man • Jumped ship in Yokohama. Motion was passed to send the LOG to the ship's agent in Yokohama. Japan. Coffee made at night la for the watch, not the' card players. No man should use the washing machine for longer than a half hour at a time. Steward wUl buy Christmas dec­ orations in Yokohama when ordering Stewards department got a ,vote of thanks for the Thanksgiving Day din­ ner and for their censiderBtion in put- Quix Amawera (1) so miles. (2) The widow's share for life of her late husband's estate. (3) The somewhat overweight child. The slightly underweight adult is said to have more resist­ ance to diseases. (4) None. (5 Soldiers Field, Chicago (190.000). (6) 12 by 18 Inches. (7) (b) income taxes. (8) 49. (9) (c) one-half of one percent. (10) Bed Sea and Mediterranean Sea. V^xslm Amawear sdaoi QESQ Baa Ul I1D0& BdlS SISQIS! BQBB QfflCD mniam (iissiBsaa aBiQQB QDBfUll BDLD GDIIQ SBBI3 SOS] SBBJB mu BSQ miiBtica saBB Boaa aaoB Bacj aBisa maa© iaaa mmmm Get New Book» Through Agents CECIL N. BEAN (Transfuel), November 27—Chairman. Walter J. Reldy; Secre­ tary. Robert Carey. Ship's library was obtained in San Pedro; playing cards and games were purchased out of the ship's to return books to the llb-ary when they STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian). Novem­ ber 30—Chairman. Pete Lannan; -Secre­ tary. John Latella. Discussion was held on launch service in Semarang. Ship's delegate will see the captain about get­ ting the cooperation of the police in keep­ ing unauthorized persons out of the pas­ sageways. Fidley door needs repairing. NOTICES SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain). December 30—Chairman. Sir Charles; Secretary. $. O. Jelinsen. All brothers were asked to donate to the ship's fund, which was pretty well used up. buying ornaments for Christmaa. Washing ma­ chine needs a new wringer. Vote of thanks went to the entire stewards de­ partment for the wonderful service ren dered on board in the past and espe­ cially for the Thanksgiving and Christ­ mas Day spreads held on board. The following men are asked to contact the SIU Organizing Cojnmittee at headquarters immediate­ ly: Paul Babyak, John J. Carroll, Stanley Daunoras, Ricardo F. Ebon, Robert Floyes, George B. Fon-est, Harold S. Gaddis, Harris Grizzard. Nathan Gumblner, Charles Hensehke, Donald Hubbard, Bernard Hunter, Oscar M. Jones, Frank Livingston. Michael Lubas, John M. Malpess, Peter Matovieh. James R. Lane, Paul Melton, Al­ fred J, Page, H. J. Paine, A. W. Phillips, Leonard Sherry, Charles D. Shirley, Charles-Terry, John -P. Troester, Ernest E. West. 5. 3) The following men are asked to send four passport size photos of themselves to headquarters for their new books: J. Ally, A-36; T. M. Collins, 34562; J. Flores, F-83; M. Flores, 21600; T. E. Frazier, 102103; A. Gonzalez, G-118. P. Gundersen, 25883; J. Hannay, 50848; J. Hayward, 102281; C. Hall, 32213; J. Hilton, H-85; H. C. Kilmon, K-80; A. Korsak, 35648. W. F. Lynaugh, 31548; J. Lukacs, 46784; C. Martinez, 47275; L. G. McNair, 33095; J. C. Morales, 28592; L. Taylor, T-lOO; S. B, Woodell, 25079; F. Zohan, 50842; Thomas M. Pureell, 102050. LEWIS EMERY, JR. (Victory). Decem­ ber 21—Chairman. G. Kersey. Secretary, Ricky F. Motika. GaUey range is still not fixed. Electric mixing machine could ndt be gotten for the galley. Charles J. Mehl was elected ship's dele­ gate. Robert A. Sipsey. deck delegate; Michael Haukland. stewards delegate. L'ota will he issued to the crew, with each man responsible for his own. Crew will cooperate with the stewards depart­ ment. CARRABULLE (National Navigation). Decembar 7—Chairman. E. Friedman. Sacratary. D. Brancocclo. Ship's fund stands at $54.30. Two men misaed ship FiRlONAll John J. Leskun Please contact your sister, Anne, at 38 So. Catherine St., Shenan­ doah, Pa. 3i' i i Ralpb Wilkins Your mother would like you to contact her at the Lakeview Trailer Park, W. Lake Rd.» Lorain, Ohio. 3i 3^ 3s Charles 6. Snodcrass Michael J. Cousins, 4205 So. Prieur St., New Orleans, La., says he has a refund check for you. 3) 3^ » E> O. Conrad "Tippy" ^ X ^ Mont "Fingers" McNabb, Jr , America MedelroB Your discharge from the Del Sud would like you to tvrite - him in and other papers have been found care of the Baltimore SIU hall. 3^ 3> 3s and are being held in the LOG Joseph Dodge office at headq^rters for you. Contact your brbther, Harris, at ^ 3^ $ his new address, 103 Audrey Ave, Bosun Jose Glgante Oyster Bay, NY. Photographic evidence of the 3) i 4cause of your injury aboard ship Herbert Parks, Jr. is on file with the SEAFARERS It is important that you contact LOG if you care to use it. You your mother at 2211 Grant Street, can pick it up or write to the LOG Mobile. Ala. office and give us an address i 4 3> where we can mail it. Walter B. Hallett 3) 3) » Contact your sister, Florence, as soon as possible. Your father Ben Hitehen A number of your cash receipts passed away December 27. have been found and are being 4 4 4 held for you in the LOG office at Harold Releford headquarters. ^ Contact your sister-in-law. Your wife is very ill. ^ ^ in Curacao. Purser will be contacted on beefs about draws and medical treat­ ment after S PM. Ship's delegate will see about getting a better variety of washing powder. charges for drunkenness, starting fights, disrupting anif agitating th* crew, voto was taken against gashounds and per­ formers. Crew voted to give member a second chance. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian) Decem­ ber ai-^Chalrmsn. Nick Swokia; Secratary. Thomas M. Furcall. Motion was passed to contact the Union on the first mate's reluctance to administer first aid to member of the crew. Adequate stores should be supplied for the next trip. There was a shortage of vegetables this trip. There should be a spare motor for the washing machine. CHILORE (Ore). November 29—Chair­ man, L. D. Richardson; Socratary. Thom­ as L. Tslars. There was a discussion on sanitary work being done properly and general cooperation of ail hands. Old cups and plates should be replaced. There should be more of a variety of food. Delegate should see the patrolman about a better quality of food. December 14—Chairman. T. L. Tatars; Secretary. G. M. Halfanstine. Men were asked to give definite notice if they are SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain). getting off the ship. Suggestion waa December 2S—Chairman. Walter Beyeler; made to put a halt to spitting in ths Secretary. Tom Bowars. Chief engineer passageways. said if he makes another trip he wiU run a water line to the coffee line. Mo­ STEEL INVENTOR (Isthmian). Novem­ tion was passed to hdve the steward re­ fuse apples if they are the same as the ber 25—Chairman. Charles Starling; ^crctary. Henry D. McRorie. Motion waa ones that have been coming to the ship. Deck, engine and stewards department passed to rotate meetings so that aU should take turns for a week keeping members could attend. Charlie Starling the laundir clean. Ship's delegate should was elected ship's delegate. Many of the have the patrolman see about the foc'sle crew have been injured from fish oil on deck sweating and instaUing an electric deck. Meat box temperature is too high. wheel or a steam line on the shaft of Captain spoke to steward about cleanli­ the old one. Stewards department got a ness of recreation room, and said it vote of thanks for the fine work they would be sougeed on overtime and kept clean by sanitary workers. did Christmas. Novambar 30—Chairman. Thompson; Socratary. Hanry D. McRori*. There wiU be no shore leave in Bahrein. Ship's fund WiU be started, with donations mado at the discretion of the crew. Ship's del­ egate will be reimbursed at the payoff. SL BURBANK VICTORY (Eastern). Novem­ KAfHRYN (Bull), December 26 Chairman. George Burka; Secretary, R. ber 23—Chairman. Jim Lee;* Secrerary. L. Morgan. Delegates reported no beefs. E. Coccato. Caspar was elected ship's delegate. J. Garcia waa elected engine Crew should be cleaner. delegate. Recreation room should be kept clean. Ship's delegate wiU talk to the ROYAL OAK (Clliss Service). Decem­ captain about checkers room in Germany. December 14—Chairman. Frank A. ber 21—Chairman C. J. Burns; Sacretary. E. N. Vincsnt. Roach and fumigation Radzvlla; Secretary. Carmlney Caroprcso. problem waa brought up again. No re­ Everyone getting off the ship wUl see the pairs were made in the wipers' foc-sle. patrolman and company representatives Second cooks need fans and mattresses. about travel and subsistence money be­ Recommendatioii was made that the last fore leaving the ship. Vote of thanks standby clean up a little to help starve went to the stewards depaztment for out thft roaches. There shoifld be an good service and food. Vote of thanks adequate supply of bread, butter and went to the ship's delegate for the way coffee left by the messman before secur­ the crew worked on the ship with no ing at night. Situation involving one beefs.' and behaved very nice. man'; being fired wUl be brought to the patrolman's attention. OMEGA (Omega), December 2—Chair­ man, H. M. Karlsan; Sacratary. I. L. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Sarvlea). Dugan. Boyd H. Amsberry was elected Decembar 27—Chairman. Jo* Brsmar; ship's delegate by acclamation. He wUI Sacratary. Frank Wilson. No repairs have see the captain about sougeeing messhall been don*, as on the past three trips. and passageways. Brothers should turn 'Repair list will be made up and turned in aU soiled Unen on linen day. over to the chief engineer, captain and chief mate. Ship should be fumigated. 2. SUZANNE (Bull). December 22—Chair­ man. Laanard Jonas; Socratary. A. Aragones. One man was left sick in Puerto Rico. Engine room sougeeing should be finished. Bench on deck quar­ MOBILIAN (Waterman). November 31— ters should be repaired; this has been reported many times but nothing has Chairman. Frank Wynans; Secretary, Ed­ been done. A better and fresher bi-and ward Zebrewskl. M. Arroyo was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Bosun of coffee should be brought on board. missed ship in New York and the ship sailed short. One man was missing in WINTER HILL (Cities Service). Chair­ the stewards department. Stewards de­ man. Erick Parsons; Sacrotary. Andraw partment got a vote of thanks for a su­ Danlluk. Motion was passed to get regis­ perb Thanksgiving dinner. Deck depart­ ters for ventilators in foc'sles. Men ment lockers need repairing. Last trip's should cooperate in keeping the messhall repairs were not taken care of. Laundry and recreation room clean after card should be kept clean. Motion was passed playing, stc. Cups should b« returned to start a ship's fund for the crew. to the pantry. There is S34.77 in the December 21—Chairman. W. B. An­ ship's fund. Bunk brings in the stew­ drews; Sacratary. Edward Zabrowskl. One ards department should bo fixed. member missed ship in Rotterdam. All deck department lockers should be fixed. Bunk springs need repairing. Drains are FORT BRIDGE* (US Fatroloum). Do- clogged. 190 quarts of mUk were takea cember 7—Chairman. John A. Buzalew- aboard in Bremen. Steward wiU get milk ski; Soerctary. Waltor Marcus. Fans in in Rotterdam. crew's quarters are not in working con­ dition. Ship's delegate win fee the chief engineer. We have had a couple of gasBENTS FORT (Cities Service). Decem­ hounds and could, not put them straight. bar 25—Chairman, F. L. LambcrtI; Sacra­ There should be articles in the LOG on tary. B. F. Gric*. Motion was passed to this. We also bad two agitators who get clarification from boarding patrolman went to see the chief mate about a mem­ on the second mate doing saUor's work ber who they said was not doing his job whUe docking and undocldng. All cups to their satisfaction. They kept the crew should be returned to the pantry sink. ' in a turmoU. Toasters should not be used for toasting •* Dtecmber 14—Chairman. John A. Buz- cheese, meat, etc. Steward should put elewtkl; Secretary. Waltar Marcus. John out roach powder and serve hominy. A. Buzelewski waa elected ship's dele­ Chief engineer will be contacted about gate. One member should be placed on instaUing new shower heads. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave,, Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name en your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS 4 4 4 Barney Klmberly GITY Bibencio Billaroza Please contact the Lake Charles Louis Dennis agent regarding your gear at the It is important that you contact Signed Lake Chaiies hkll. Mr. Talismasi, 150 Broadway, NY, TO AVOID DUPLICATION: or caU him at WO. 2-0678. of addrois, piaata givo your .v.iV..-,:-.0 FanI Lmnliaiilv;,...:.. . 4" ••i4-> ». ^<1 ' 'Jtaet/h Pnl^'tlBkTen:' a'yahklagto' Please: contact C. C. Cutshaw at for you ia the mailr^som at headRoute 1, Pauline, So. Carottna. qimtem. . (•• . ciTy ..ZONE STATE •Y If you srn an old tubtcribar and kava a ehanga formar addrats below: .20Ni .STATI �:; -u '.( ';i? IV SEAFARERS Page Twenty-dx .'rC^^iniiunr 9» 195$ ~ LOG Spreading Christmas Cheer in New Orleans in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aid; them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from frien^ and shipmates to pass away the long day* and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Those welcome $25 Christmas bonus payments to hospitalized Seafarers are distributed in the New Or­ leans USPHS hospital by SIU Welfare Representative Bill Frederick (left). On the receiving line are, (ieft to right); Kris Gunderson, Dan Bissett and Charles Bernard. Diane Gail Ayler, bom October 17, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ayler, 1307 McGee Street, Whistler, Ala. » Carol Nava, bom September 10, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellas P. Nava, 1835 Akone Place, Hono­ lulu, Hawaii. i ^ Thomas Smith, bora November 11, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith, 11 Riverview Avinue, Paulsboro, NJ. J" 4> it Harry Donald Broderick, born December 16, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Broderick, 247A Garden Homes, Savannah, Ga. ft 4 Nathaniel Lee Rockitter, bom December 13, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rockitter, 530 Riverside Drive, New York, NY. tura, Villa Palmeras, Santurce, November 14, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Collins, 300 Puerto Rico. Hayward Avenue, Revere House, 4" 4 4 Charlotte Long, born September Mt. Vernon, NY. 18, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 ' Robert G. Long, 2217 Jena Street, Richard Anthony Coppola, bom New Orleans, La. November 28, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Coppola, 176 4 4 4 Robin Skakun, bora December Bndicott Street, Boston, Mass. 6, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Chester Skakun, 178 Howe Ave­ James Richard Newsome, born nue, Passaic, NJ. December 16, 1952. Parents, Mr." and Mrs. Damon Newsome, Box 4 4 4 Prlsciiia Ruth Sawln, born No­ 114, FrankUn, Tex. vember 7, 1952. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. Robert V. Sawin, 38 High William Ruggles Hicks, Jr., bom Street, Old Town, Me. September 15, 1952. Parents, Mr. 4 4 4 and Mrs. WilUam Hicks, RFD, Robert Michael Collins, born Steuben, Me. Lawyers Fail Him, Seaman Gets SIU Help On Visa Twenty years is a lot of sailing time to go without getting a visa of admission* into the United States. Being hung up Fractuoso Camacho, Jr., bom November 4, 1952. Parents, Mr. like that is no fun, especially when you've been a good Union and Mrs. Fructuoso Camacho, 241 man for ten years and made'^ Steuben Street, Brooklyn, NY. he has hopes that the long sought your home here. But you visa will come through. ^ a, haven't been able to get that Bosinente, a native of the Philip* Thoihas Gerald Constantin, Jr., piece of paper that means you are pine Islands, holds a chief stew­ born December 11, 1952. Parents, ard's rating in Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Constantin, a legal resident of the country. Like many other alien seamen, the SIU. He's **-002 G Court, Tattnall Homes, Sa­ Seafarer Pranks S. Bosmente had been living ei­ vannah, Ga. tried several times to get his ther here or in $ 4 $ residence established. Up until Puerto Rico fof Magda Ivonne Morales, bom now all his efforts have been un­ all the time he's April 7, 1952. Parents, Mr. and successful, but since he got in been sailing. On Mrs. Jose Morales, 263 Buenaven­ touch with SIU Welfare Services, several occasions, he hired, lawyers to help him through the pro­ Bosmente cedure necessary Following are the requirements for two of the benefits under lor a visa, without getting any­ where. the Seafarers Welfwe Plan: When he found out about the Mafarnity; SIU's Welfare Services, Bpsmente Any eligible Seafarer becoming a father after April 1, 1952, got in touch with the office, and was given instmctions on how to will receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's go about getting legal entry. All gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. Needed is a copy papers are in order, and he ex­ of the marriage certificate and birth certificate. If possible, a pects to get his visa this time, in discharge from bis last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ the near future. ments and bondi will be given in cases of multiple births. While he was at it, Bosmente Pjiqbility; also got help from Welfare Serv­ ices on several other personal Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven pijoblems, all of which got imme­ • years sea time with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, diate action. He has jiist come off Is eligible for the weekly disability benefit for as long as he is the Hinrricane, where! he worked totally unable to work. for awhile as nl^t coo: Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent 46 the Itelo'n Welfdre Trnstdtes,*c/o iSIU Headquaiferi; OT$ 'F6urth'^'* Right now 'riKiPv.AB4-iBE..Ab|fcr ; Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. ' i^ through. -r •' : Ijiiii: . • - t 4" 4" USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Anthony Klavlns Earl A. Sink Karl Ki-istensen Elmer Brown Henry K. CaUan Jennings J. Long Peter Losado R. W. CasteUow John W. McCauley Carl E. Chandler James McFarlin Rosarlo Copani WUllam MeUon Harry J. Cronln. Harold R. MUburn Dusan DeDuisln Fred L. MUler Donald DuvaU Domenlck Espoito John L. MUlner Finn Ostergaard F. E. FarreU W. H. Puchlnlsky Wallace C. Frank George M. Reese Guy G. Gage Robert Rogers Rachlo Gaham Benjamin N. Gary A. B. Seeberger L. G. Shcchan Gorman T. Glaze Abdon Sylvera CecU M. Gray W. VanderVUst Albert Hawkins William L. Hummel A. A. Voyevotskl B. Klakowitz Ople C. WaU VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL FORT HOWARD. MD. WUbert Hughes USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO Gordon W. Gamer USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. lessle R. Brown John H. McElroy Warren W. Currier F. H. Payne Otis J. Harden Jesse Rabago William G. Hay Robert W. Scales Luther C. Seldle J. L. Hayes M. W. Smith Robert E. Hogan Hoyt L. Tanner A. R. King Isaac Leger Elmer E. Lamb Charles A. McCain Mike Leousis USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. R. P. Bowman Tim McCarthy John A. Duffy John M. Pinkus John J. Flaherty J. Preshong A. J. Gallagher Frank Slmione William Girardeau Donald S. White James KeUey USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Ja.rics J. Bontlcy C. T., Massey Marinus Hansen Arthur Running Leslie Jackson S. E. Roundtree Luis Lopez USPHS HOSPITAL , SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. James K. Dubose C. J. Neumaier Lloyd D. Olson Benny M. Foster Langston Runion Andrew Franklin George D. Smith Foster W. Grant Peter Smith Eddie Ho D. K. T. Sorensen Fritz J. Kraul NorviUe Sykes Jacob J. Levin USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Warner W. Allred James A. Knight Palmer S. Lanier W. S. Daniel J. T. Moore C. A. Gardner John H. Morris James E. Garrett Jack D. Morrison Robert L. Grant D. L. Williamson J. M. HaU USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. W. Fernhout Henry J. Tucker WUUam J. Mehan .. HILLSBORO COUNTY HOME AND HOSPITAL TAMPA, FLA. Henry S. Sosa USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEX. Joseph P. Wise KINGSTON AVENUE HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NY J. H. Ashurst FIRLAND SANITORIUM SEATTLE, WASH. Emll Austad USPHS HOSPE^ CHICAGO. HX. John R. BaUay USPHS HOSPITAL DEmorr, MICH. Tim Burke " Peter Gvozdich USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Bomar R. Cheeley USPHS HOSPITAL FORT STANTON, NM Adicn Cox Thomas Isaksen John G. Dooley D. P. McDonald Otto J. Ernst A. McGuigan F. J. Frennette Renato A. ViUaU Francis I. Gibbons VirgU E. WUmoth Jack H. Gleason USPHS HOSPITAL CLEVELAND, O. Howard B. Deitch USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. S. J. Anderson Arthur J. McAvoy T. L. Ankerson W. L. McLeUan Lloyd T. Bacon J. W. Mixon Daniel Bissett John H. Murray P. BlackweU C. Nicholson Robert Brown A,. L. Noble OUver Celestine James Overstreot George Pease O. C. Chapman Edward Poe Richard W. Clark Karl Raana G. N. Crawford Warren Reck RogeUo Cruz B. D. Foster S. Schieffler WUbur H. Scott M. W. Gardiner K. Gunderson . Lonnle R. Tickle James Jackson W. R. Walker J. E. Ward Leonard Kay Leo H. Lang USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKI.YN, NY Robert Atmore John W. Keenan Carl S. Barre Leo Kulakowski Rupert A. Blake Frederick Landry Claude F. Blanks John J. Lawlor Edmund C. Blosser Martin Linsky Wilson O. Cara Francis F. Lynch Walter Chalk Harry F. McDonald Charles M. Davison Claude A. MarkeU Antonio M. Diaz Clifford Middleton Emilio Delgado Vic Milazzo John J. Driscoll Lloyd MUler Jose G. Espinoza Albert Thompson Enrique Ferrer Henry B. Smith Leonard Franks Robert Sizemore Robert E. Gilbert G. E. Shumaker Bart E. Guarnlck Pedro O. Feralte John B. Haas USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Victor Arevalo Erling MeUe Max Meyer W. T. Atchason G. AthanasoureUs Ramon Morales Joseph T. Bennett Alfred MueUer Wiliard Blumen John R. Murdock Maurice iiumstine Leonard G. Murphy Robert DiUon Kurt A. Nagel Ola Ekeland Olav E. Pedersen Lawrence Franklin WUUam E. Pepper John Galvln Joseph Perreira Joseph F. Goude Robert Prideaux C. R. Robertson Robert C. Hamlin Ogul C. Harris Andres P. Sanches WilUam Herman VirgU Sandberg Erik H. Jensen S. A. Sargeant L. Kristiansen K. H. Shaffner Florian Kubicki Michael Sinkevlch Thomas J. Kustas Warren Smith James R. Lewis Martin I. Turino I. McCormick S. G. Zammith VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Joseph Cusimano GREENPOINT HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NY August Valentine LINCOLN HOSPTfAL BRONX, NY WUUam H. Rhone PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. FA. Lawrence DuBeau POTTENGER SANITORIXIM MONROVIA. CAL; B. L. Pritchard PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO . . WUbur SatterUeld Present For The Baby Who Gets StV BenetUs? \t 1^:: .Mr. and Mm.*meluicl hudd Intemipted their Christinas shopping it'BWIMid^rters cafeterlk^a^^ $200 matenoitg bttufit fliis now mn^^hiabhlhV''^ �JtfnuaiT 8EAFA RERS 19SS SEraN* THE SEAFARERS Fate Twenty-seven LOG Credit Problems Eased By Union When somebody wants' to buy a house, a n ew car, a washing machine, or a roomful of furniture, the usual way to do it is on credit. There are few people who can afford to lay out a big chunk of cash in one piece for an expensive item like a car, so more hkely they _ Wwill put some of the money O;::JS:S fare Services. Chances are that down and pay the rest off in he wants, it means that he has to Welfare Services can help him get lay out all the cash at once if he W!th WALTER SIEKMANN installments. credit at bank rates for a worth­ This is particularly true when it can. This might be possible with while purchase. smaller, less expensive items, but to buying a house, where (News about men in the hospitals end Seafarers receiving SIV Wel­ comes Garnishees Banned the usual is to take a its pretty tough when it comes to fare Benefits uHll be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer mortgage forpractice a new car, and impossible for buy­ There's several reasons why a long period of time. Woltcr Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes In order to get any decent credit ing a house. The alternative is just Seafarers find it very troublesome his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) set-up the buyer has to convince to do without, or go to finance to get credit. For one thing, the companies or so-called "easy law prohibits anybody from garWe've been getting quite a bit of mail all along from the men in the bank or store that he will be credit" outfits that will charge him nisheeing his wages. A lot of the different parts of the world.. One letter came in the other Say from able to pay up the rest of the a tremendous rate of interest. The credit houses operate on the George Stanton, who is a member of the steward department. He s money. result is that he will wind up pay­ theory that they can always grab Hard To Get Credit just been made sergeant and says that his experience on ships came ing much more than shoreside a piece of the man's paycheck "be­ When a Seafarer tries to work in handy. Since he sailed in the steward department, it's easy to figure people for the same thing. fore he gets ,it, if he doesn't meet out an installment deal like this, out what kind of work he's doing now. It would be a good thing if payments himself. But that isn't All that isn't necessary in many some of the fellows would drop George a line. You'll find his address he is liable to have a good deal of cases if the Seafarer will take up allowed with seamen (which is a trouble because of the nature of in the "Personals" column. his credit problem with SIU Wel- good thing in a way) so tlve credit • A lot of our mail is coming from ships, foreign countries and shore- the job. If he can't get the credit people shy away from him. side, all from men who are anxious to get their citizenship. When they Then the seaman is a migratory write us about that problem, the more information they give us the worker who is in one port today better. Any man who wants help on that score should give us all in­ and a couple of thousand miles formation that is doctimehted, or could be documented, so we're in a away two weeks later. Credit peo­ position to give him a definite answer on whether we can help him ple like to know that they can find their customers in one place all out or not. the time. If they don't know We heard from Alonzo "Tiny" Milefskl recently, where they are going to find who expects to haiVe a long stay in the Seattle hos­ him, they are afraid to grant pital. A lot of the men know "Tiny" pretty weU. credit. Besides, few Seafarers He used to ship regularly as steward, but when last work steadily for one company for we heard he had gone out west for his health. For any period of time, which further some reason or other he decided to go back to sea. complicates matters. He shipped out but got sick and wound up in the Seattle hospital. We sure wish him the best of luck SIU iob Security Basically, the shipping system is and hope that he winds up with that home in very confusing to shoreside people, Arizona one of these days. Francis C. Murray—most of the men know him who don't understand that under Murray SIU rotary shipping, a man may as "Cuz" Murray—shipped out the other day. He's on his way to the Far East T^here he expects to be for a while. Edwin have as much security, or even Pease is on the beach right now. He's at home up in Cumberland Hill, more in a way, than a shoreside Rhode Island. Ed ran into a little string of bad luck with illness in worker for one company. That's wfiy the people who handle money the family. We'd like to remind all the men to fill out those and credit are never anxious to let dependency cards for the Welfare Plan. A man some loose for Seafarers. never knows how long he's going to live or what Welfare Services has managed ' will happen tomorrow. If anything does happen, the to get. credit for many seamen money is there in the fund for his wife or parents, where they couldn't get it on their or whoever his beneficiary is. But if that card isn't own, simply by writing a letter for filled out the Union has no way of knowing who the the Seafarer. The letter explains how the shipping system works and man wanted for a beneficiary. . In any case, it's a good idea to tell your people to how the Seafarer enjoys a high do what you do if anything goes wrong—get in degree of job security because he has a choice of so many jobs with touch with the Union immediately, because if you Pease so many companies under rotary or they don't take advantage of the Union's facili­ shipping. It also gives an idea of ties you're going to lose out. The Union took a lot of time and plan­ the man's earning prospects over ning to set up these special services and all other offices to handle Injured or not. Seafarer Ramon Morales feels pretty good as SIU the long run, and will show how problems. Everything is working in Up-top shape now, with keen effi­ Welfare Services Representative Walter Siekmann counts off $25 long the man has been working ciency. We've got the thing set up for every man to call on the Union Christmas bonus plus his regular $15 weekly hospital benefit. steadily as a Seafarer. It will ex­ for expert advice, no matter what kind of problems he has or what it plain how contract overtime works may involve. It's no pleasure to break an arm and have to go to a hospital to increase earnings over the listed There's nothing too big, too small or too personal for the Union to just before the Christmas holidays. But at least if you're a base wages. Any necessary docu­ fiandle, and the more people we take care of the better we like it. Seafarer, you can get a little boost from SIU Welfare Services ments can be enclosed. Exbectant fathers can make things a little easier for their wives if As a result more Seafarers can they can be home when the baby comes, but in case they can't they can that helps you take the holi-"^ quently his family was assured a go into the credit market for day misfortune in stride. get their benefits faster by dropping a line to the Welfare Services good holiday. worthwhile purposes — homes, authorizing their wives to collect the benefits. Then if they let their Seafarer Ramon Morales autos, household equipment and To top it off, Morales, like all wives know what papers to send in, the SIU can be first in line with suffered his injury aboard the the like—without getting hung up a present for the new baby, that $200 benefit. You all know that the Steel Voyager and had to go to other hospitalized Seafarers re­ by finance companies. The credit ceived that extra $25 Christmas money is very handy for paying bills and expenses, so the sooner you the Staten Island USPHS hospital bonus in addition to the regular people are happy because thpy can in December. Aside from the un­ get it the better. _ sell more merchandise, and the happy prospect of spending the $15 hospital benefit he will receive Seafarer can get the things he has every week for as long as he is at holidays in a hospital. Morales was always wanted. worried about collecting wages due Staten Island. and maintenance so he could send money home to his wife in Puerto Rico. Collected Money "v 1952 Brother Jensen died in BelleThe deaths of the following SIU Welfare Services quickly Seafarers have been reported to vue Hospital, New York, N.Y. Join the Seafarers Welfare Plan and ing the SIU in New York, he had put him at ease on that score. A One Seafarer who will have happy memories of SIU Wel­ $2,500 death benefits are being sailed as a chief steward in the Welfare Services representative leewards department for the past savv to it that he collected the fare Services is Arthur H. Williams, 2nd reefer engineer paid to benefipiaries. ' seven years. Brother Jensen was money coming to him, and conse­ aboard the Puerto Rico (Bull). As a result of Welfare ServJoha Harper, SSrRrother Harper buried at Evergreen Cemetery, assistance,"^ ices advice and was drowned in Baltimore Harbour Brooklyn, NY; his estate is admin­ Williams has been able to get around and couldn't go down to (Md.) when he Tell from the Tug­ istered by the Public Administrator the company office to pick up his fullest care and' satisfaction maintenance boat Sadie on July 17. A member of the .County of New York. money. Welfare Serv­ after a shipboard injury, and of the engine department, he was ices made arrangements for the what's niore, is burieid in Norfolk, Va. He leaves checks to be mailed to his home now back on his Hugo J. Hilden, 87; A quarter­ Under the rules of the Va­ a sister, Mrs. V. Crape, of 208 so that there wouldn't be any de­ old job. cation Plan as set forth by the Drummbnd Place, Norfolk. Va. master in the deck department for lay On that score. Williams was a year and a half. Brother Hilden trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ "I certainly appreciate what the aboard the Puerto died at Belleviie Hospital, New ply within one year of the Union has done for me through Rico when he Gilbert J. Foley. 81t When his York, NY on October 30, 1952. A payoff date of his oldest dis­ this Welfare Services Department," suffered a rup­ mative of Finland, he was buried motorcycle collided with an auto­ charge in order to collect his said. They took care of a Williams ture and had to mobile, Brother Foley was killed at St. Michael's Cemetary, Astoria, full vacation benefits. If he lot of problems that crop up when b e hospitalized. NY. His wife, Hilma Hilden. 223 presents any discharge whose on the highway at Ft. Walton, Ohaa man gets hurt and were certainly He was laid up payoff date is more than a loosa, Fla. on September 13, 1952. East 124 Street, New York, NY, a big help in getting everything for about ten year before the date of his va­ A member of the deck department, survives hfm. squared away to my satisfaction. y>«eks from SepWilllama cation application, he will lose he joined the SIU in Mobile on X X tember 8 to November 20. During "My problems were handled • out on the sea time coVered January 21,1950; Baikal took place ICS, 64: Heart Hiram Francis H this time. Welfare' Services took smoothly and when I was well by that parttcdlar discharge. at the Live Oak Park Cemetery; his disease, doused the of Rruther care of arranging for collection of enough again, I could go back on Don't sit on th^e discharge^ wife, airs., G. J. Foley, survives Haney«tt)v US tfsspital^Galth^ unearned wages,and maintenance. my old job. Thete isn't much more him. •K . I, *952.. vefttpn,Tt*.,oi| thqt ypu eouid ask. anybody ta dp .. He .IpWVMr.' ..^vA spital he still wasn't able to get for you." \"A Fast Service For Injured Men Is An SIU Welfare Specialty FINAI. DISPATCH All Items Squared Away, He's On The Job Again Bont Wait, Get Vaeatlou Pag 2 l^rijlpi^^ ij.-t IT? iijiiimii'iiiii ia1i iiiiiili iliit -infti'"1" �iiLl:^-' . ' • ' V - • ' ' ' * • SEAFARERS ^ IXm Jan# ^ 1H9 « OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS ! NTg R. N AT! O N At UNION ^ ATIANTIC AMP G UIr D i S T'R j C T » AFL / THE SlU M'ELBiRE PLAN ^4,^0^ - I9S2 w> 4/76^.00 "Deat^ 'Dt£iet,SC££i^ 7,944. $8/Z,l/g./S I t4',J9S.oo I /4o /2 ^68,000.00 I 3^ * I ' i the year 1952 meonf higher woges, almost $2 million in vacation pay, and over $500,000 in welfare benefits paid to Seafarers. .^•:^ >x'>x :xV>Xr; _ Also, 1952 was marked by great ad­ vances in the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The types of benefits were more than «s<il doubled. The $200 maternity benefit, the $20per-week disability benefit, and the Scholarship Fund, offering four $6,000 scholarships every year to Seafarers and their children, were all won during 1952. «" "Aid to Seaforets and their families when they need it most," was the watch­ word for 1952, and will continue to be the primary aim of the Welfare Plan, . V: . -'-•.-/.iv - _ Pi^tricf ^ AFL i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 9, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU ALIENS DETAINED ON SHIPS; MCCARRAN ACT OVERHAUL SEEN ORE SIGNS; FOOD POLL SET LOG HOSPITAL STORY STINGS NMU INTO $ AID TO ITS TB MEMBERS NO TOWBOAT SINKS, SIU CREW SAFE SIU CO. NEARS SUBSIDY SIU-CO NEGOTIATORS OKAY PACT A&G POLL ENDS, VOTE TALLY SOON CREW FLIES BACK TO US, QUARTETTE STILL SITTING TIGHT ON PACIFIC REEF SUP SLATES NEW BLDG FOR SEATTLE 2ND SIU MARINER SHIP TAKES CREW IN BOSTON NEW PACTS SOUGHT FOR SHOREGANGS SEAFARERS HAVE CHEEFUL YULETIDE ALL OVER INJUNCTION FREES LIBERIAN 'HELL SHIP' CRIMP HAD IT GOOD BACK IN '08 ARCO JOB SECURITY A MYTH PANAMA LOCKS IN REPAIR ARTIST HAS $ SOLUTION; 'SHIP OUT' 1ST SEAMEN'S UNION BORN 86 YEARS AGO MCCARRAN ACT PROBLEMS TOPS ON TANKERS TOO THE RIVIERA CASE LENDING A HAND SHIP SHAPERS EMERGENCY WAR PAPERS EXPIRE SOON SENATOR PAT MCCARRAN PRAISES DEL NORTE'S CREW, UNION GAINS 'RED' SPINS FINAL SHIP XMAS DINNER PLEASE ALL SEAFARER'S DAUGHTER PLANS FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN 1955 MARINER FIGHTS FOR RESTORATION OF FORMER SEA QUEEN TO THRONE NEW ORLEANS CONFIDENTIAL DIARY OF A SHIP'S DELEGATE 'MOM' BRINGS XMAS CHEER TO MANY 'SONS' IN GALVESTON A MAN OF IRON WHO WHOULD NOT BOW TO THE SEA A CHRISTMASTIDE SHIPWRECK WHICH BROUGH CELEBRATION AND SAVED A STARVING ISLAND LAWYERS FAIL HIM, SEAMAN GETS SIU HELP ON VISA CREDIT PROBLEM EASED BY UNION FAST SERVICE FOR INJURED MEN IS AN SIU WELFARE SPECIALTY ALL ITEMS SQUARED AWAY, HE'S ON THE JOB AGAIN Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/9/1953 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/43af54fcc947836ef77c054f1f9fd75a.PDF a727afafe59678ae82697b8a6398b938 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG Jan. 22 1965 OFFICIAL ORflAW Of THt SEAFARERt INTIRNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO AFL-CIO Urges Congress Pass Strong Legislative Program -Story On Page 3 Report No Seafarers Hurt As SlU Ship, Tanker Hit -Story On Page 3 New York Longshoremen Vote Approval Of New Contract -Story On Page 3 New Pennmar Completed/ Maiden Voyage Due Soon -Story On Page 2 Eleven Veteran SlU Men On Latest Pension List .Story On Pages 7,10 IN THIS issue: SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District Election — BALLOTING PROCEDURES AND UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT See Centerfold Supplement % �Pare Tw« ' SEAFARERS Jaanrrr LOG Maritime Labor Committee Biasts U.S. Shipping Policy S96S n E FO R T By Paul Hall NEW YORK—joint maritime labor committee composed of the SIU and other mari­ time unions has rapped the wavering Federal policy toward U.S. maritime which the com­ mittee said was threatening the "annihilation" of the U.S. maritime industry. In a telegram sent to^ ' time unions including the SIU. maritime policy" reflects these President Johnson, the joint AFL-CIO President George Meany ideas. committee asked for a meet­ was represented at the meeting "American flag-ships and Ameri­ The fact that the American Labor Movement intends to move ahead with the passage of some long-overdue and much-needed legislation during the coming year was made very clear at the recent four-day AFL-CIO legislative conference In Washington. Key people from unions and central bodies all over the nation gathered to open Labor's drive to remove poverty, unemployment and inequality from the American scene. ing to discuss formulation of by his executive assistant. Lane can shipyards and the skills of the The crushing defeat suffered by the Republican party during the progressive policy for maritime. Kirkland. workers in this industry are last national election has brought with it drastic changes in the makeup The telegram was sent following a essential to our country's defense, meeting in New York of 10 mariThe telegram to the White House to its economic well-being and its of both houses of Congress, The nation Is starting out the new asked that the President send no international prestige," the u.iion year with a truly new Congress. Much necessary legislation which message to Congress on the sub­ message said. "We have constituted has been ignored, stalled or bottled up by past Congresses may now, ject of maritime policy without ourselves as a permanent commit­ we hope, find passage. discussing it with the unions tee to carry out a nationwide Toppdng the list of labor's legislative goals for 1965 are passage of vitally involved. campaign in every area by every Medicare and repeal of section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act which means at our command to save the permits the passage of open shop right-to-work laws in individual Deplorable Situation states. The change for passage of Medicare during the next session merchant marine." The telegram noted that the of Congress look very good right now, and so does repeal of Section Unions Taking Part U.S. is now a sixth-rate maritime 14(b) although anti-labor forces will undoubtedly do all in their power In addition to the SIU, the power and that Federal Adminis­ to prevent its repeal. Section 14(b) was designed simply and purely tration thinking failed to show unions which took part in the New to legalize union-busting in the United States by authorizing so-called York meeting were the Inter­ NEW YORK—Striking welfare any concern "for this dangerous national Longshoremen's Associa­ rigbt-to-work laws in the states. Section 14(b) threatens, the free labor workers vowed not to return to and deplorable situation." tion; National Maritime Union; movement In the United States and is contrary to all the principles work this week despite the jailing Masters, Mates and Pilots; Marine upon which our nation's greatness was built. .For the good of all 14(b) The wire declared that the of three of their leaders as a result Maritime Administration had Engineers Beneficial Association; must go. of the city administration's imple­ failed to consult with labor, had Radio Officers Union; American Medicare legislation is long overdue. The SIU along with the rest mentation of New York's infamous interfered with labor collective Radio Associatioi; Boilermakers, of organized labor has fought a long, hard struggle to achieve this Condon-Wadlin Act. bargaining and that the entire" and the Shipbuilding Workers. insurance for our nation's elderly citizens against poverty and loss of The three leaders of the strik­ U.S. maritime position could be The meeting was called by ILA dignity brought on by illness and the difficulty of meeting the increas­ ing unions, Alan R. Viani, presi­ endangered if the President's President Thomas W. Gleason, ingly high costs of medical care. Retired Seafarers need not worry dent of Local 371, State, County forthcoming statement of "new chairman of the committee. about these high costs because the Union Welfare Plan continues to and Municipal Employees Union, cover their medical needs after retirement. Other elderly citizens are AFL-CIO, and Joseph Tepedino not so fortunate, however, and they too deserve and need this sort of and Ishmael Labah, president and insurance. vice president respectively, of the Along with the high costs of medical care goes the artificially high Social Service Employees Union, costs of drugs and medication in the United States. Investigations by refused to order their members ^ the late Senator Estes Kefauver showed that the big drug companies back to work, terming the city's are keeping the prices of drugs inflated at fantastic levels and are action a strike-breaking move by making unbelievable profits in the process at the expense of the sick. Mayor Wagner. Legislation is needed to break up patent monopolies which enable The SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District the drug industry to charge excessively high prices and to take enormous Unions Fined State Supreme Court Justice Union Tallying Committee has completed its report on the profits from a captive consumer public. Also, more and more, manu­ Irving. Saypol also fined the two election for Union officers which was conducted from Nov. facturers are robbing U.S. worker's paychecks through deceptive pack­ aging techniques designed to make the consumer pay for thin air or unions $250 each, and withheld 2 to Dec. 31. The report, •fcolorfully printed cardboard, instead of for the goods they need. .A action until next Monday on the Philadelphia Agent: Frank Dro- truth in packaging bill has been introduced into Congress and is deserv­ cases of 16 other union represen­ which contains results of the tatives who were also convicted. voting in which 64 candidates zak; Philadelphia Joint Patrol­ ing of passage. But going beyond these goals, there are many problems facing the Over 8,000 members of the two ran for the 45 union elective man: Belarmino (Bennie) Gonzalez unions are manning picket lines posts, will be submitted to the and Leon Hall, Jr.;- Baltimore American people which the AFL-CIO has pledged itself to help elimi­ for the third week in their fight Agent: Rexford (Rex) Dickey; nate. For one thing, as AFL-CIO President George Meany pointed out, for higher wages and a reduction membership at the February reg­ Baltimore Joint Patrolman; W. the present federal minimum wage of $1.25 an hour represents little more than "legislated poverty." The AFL-CIIO has called for a $2 an in very heavy work loads. The ular membership meetings desig­ walkout occurred after the city nated as the "Election Report Paul Gonsorchik, Eli Hanover, hour minimum and will work to achieve this goal as soon as possible. Tony Kastina, and Benjamin Wil­ Improvements in the Fair Labor Standards Aot, including a higher tried to restrict the area over which Meetings." son; Mobile Agent: Louis (Black- minimum wage, extended coverage, a shorter workweek, double time bargaining could take place. The The full text of the Union SIU and other member unions of ie) Neira; Mobile Joint Patrolman: for overtime and more effective enforcement is another necessary goal Tallying Committee's report, the city's Maritime Port Council Harold J. Fischer, Robert Jordan, the AFL-CIO will fight to secure, as well as improvement in the unem­ ployment compensation program. in addition to other sections of the along with all other pertinent Leo P. Marsh and William J. labor movement, have been assist­ and detailed information on American labor has called for enactment of legislation which would (Red) Morris; New Orleans Agent: ing the strike effort of the two aid not only labor, but all the people of the nation. Among these are the election procedures, ap­ C. J. (Buck) Stephens; New Or­ federal aid to education so that every future American will have the welfare unions. pears in a special supplement leans Joint Patrolman: Thomas E. advantage of the best eduction in the world and ignorance will be a The city's legal actions to break in the centerfold of this issue the strike have evoked a storm of Gould, Louis Guarino, Herman M. thing of the past. Along with strong civil-rights legislation, aid to of the SEAFARERS LOG. condemnation by the city's organ­ Troxclair, and Paul Warren; education will help bring about the day when all Americans will have ized labor movement, many of Winning candidates, as an­ Houston Agent: Paul Drozak; equal opportunities in fact as well as in theory. whom voiced their views at a City nounced in the Union Tallying Houston Joint Patrolman: Martin Hall rally last Monday evening. Committee report, who will serve J. (Marty) Breithoff, William J. for the 1965-1969 period, are as Doak, Roan Lightfoot, and R. F. follows: President: Paul Hall; Ex­ (Mickey) Wilburn; Detroit Agent: Jan. 22, 1965 Vol. XXVII, No. 2 ecutive Vice-President; Oal Tan­ Frank (Scottie) Aubusson. ner; Secretary - Treasurer: Al Official Publication of the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Kerr; Vice-President in charge of District, AFL-CIO Contracts and Contracts Enforce­ Executive Board PAUL HALL, President BALTIMORE—The newly converted Pennmar, the third ment: Robert A. Matthews, ViceC-'.h TANNER EARL SHEPARO Due to the length of the of six C-4 troopships to be remodeled by the SlU-contracted President in Charge of The Atlan­ Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President SIU Election Procedures and AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS tic Coast: Earl (Bull) Shepard; Calmar Steamship Company for use in its intercoastal cargo Sec.-Treas. Vice-President Union Tallying Committee Vice-President In Charge of The service, was christened here"*" ROB. A. MATTHEW AL TANNER Report which is contained in Vice-President Vice-President Gulf Coast: Lindsay J. Williams; recently at Bethlehem Steel's MA made 18 reserve fleet ships HERBERT BRAND the centerfold supplement of Vice-President in Charge of The Director of Organizing and Key Highway Yard. The new available to non-subsidized U.S. this issue of the SEAFARERS Publications Lakes and Inland Waters: Al Tan­ freighter was ready for delivery ship operators for conversion to Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Art LOG, the customary 24-page on January 8, and is still waiting commercial service. Calmar of­ Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN; Asst. Editor: ner; New York Headquarters Rep­ ficials estimate the company will NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: ROBERT resentative: William Hall, Edward edition of the LOG has been to make her maiden voyage. ARONBON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE CARMEN. spend about $20 million to convert reduced to 16 pages. With The Pennmar Is the third of the all six C-4's. (Eddie) Mooney, and Frederick the cutback in pages, several C-4 troopships to have been (Freddie) Stewart; New York Port The company operates ten of the regular LOG features christened in recent months. The Agent: Joseph (Joe) DiGiorgio; will not appear in this issue. Marymar and the Calmar have Liberties in coastal service. Al­ New York Joint Patrolman; Theo­ already completed their maiden though it will turn in five of them However, with the publica­ voyages, while the Seamar, Port- to the MA, no decision has been dore (Ted) Babkowskl, Angus Published biweekly at the headquarters tion of the January 30 issue of mar. and Yqrkmar are undergoing reached on the specific ships that of the Seafarers International Union, At­ (Red> Campbell, John Fay, Luifi the LOG, the paper will revert lantic, Oulf, Lakes and iniand Waters will actually be exchanged. conversion at Baltimore. District, AFL-CIO, <75 Fourth Avenue, lovino, Pasquale (Pat) Marinelli, to its normal size of 24 pages Brooklyn, NY, 11237. Tel. HYacinth 9-6m. Delivery dates for the remain­ Calmar is trading in five of its Second class postage paid at the Post Frank Mongelli, E. B. (Mac) Mcand will resume carrying its old Liberty ships to the Maritime ing C-4's, which are in various Office in Brooklyn, NY, under the Act customary complement of news Auley, George McCartney, Keith •f Aus. 24, l*1X Administration for the larger, stages of conversion, are Seamar, and feature stories. 130 • Terpe and Steven (Steve) Zubofaster C-4's. The exchange was February 19; Portmar, April 2; vich. part of a program, in which the and Yorkmar, May 14.. . . i v New York Jails Welfare Union Strike Leaders V'! SIU Tally Lisfs Eleefion Results SEAFARERS LOG Sorry! / Converted Pennmar Awaits Maiden Trip <1 �iiavtrr'fl.'lSls SEAFAltBRS LOG Pur* TIlFec Rfppff No $eofaf»ft fn/wd SI U Ship, Tanker AFL-CIO Launches '65 Hit Off Le Havre Drive To Win Strong LE HAVRE, France—Heroic efforts by SIU crewmembers aboard the Lucille Blpomfield (Bloomfield) were responsi­ ble this week for saving their own ship and rescuing sur­ vivors of a French gasoline tanker with which the Bloom- other alert Seafarers moved quick­ field collided in the English ly to extinguish fires that started Channel off Le Harve. The collision caused an Im­ mediate explosion on the tanker Port Manech, followed by a fierce fire that forced the French crew to abandon ship. Seafarers on the Bloomfield C-2 immediately be­ gan rescue operations and saved several of the burning tanker's crewmen. French Crewmen Missing There were no injuries on the U.S. freighter, although the Port Manech's crew suffered severe cas­ ualties. A crewman and his wife were known to have died as a re­ sult of the blaze, and five other members of the tanker crew were listed as missing. Twenty other French seamen were injured as a result of the explosion and fire. While part of the crew was de­ voting all its efforts to rescuing survivors of the French vessel, N.Y. Dockers Vote 'Yes' On New Contract •'J t .1 I .ii 1 NEW YORK—Members of the International Longshoremen's As­ sociation in the Port of New York voted yesterday to accept the con­ tract negotiated with the New York Shipping Association. Atlantic and Gulf coast ports from Maine to Texas had been tied up since Jan. 10, when the union ordered a strike after New York longshore workers had rejected the pact by a slim margin on Jan. 8. Rejection of the pact resulted from confusion and a lack of informa­ tion on the provisions, stemming from the fact that substantial numbers of longshoremen did not receive contract details, which the union had rushed to them in the mails, in time to study them be­ fore voting. Information Program The ILA immediately launched an intensive information campaign on the piers, at local membership meetings, through the mails and on radio, explaining every aspect of the contract and its benefits. The second vote was ordered by the union after it had received peti­ tions from longshoremen urging anothen-poll on the basis that they were now fully informed. A key issue throughout the long bargaining period, which began last summer was an employer de­ mand, backed by a federal govern­ ment study, calling for reduction of work gangs from 20 to 14 men. The ILA held fast for a 17-man gang with no reduction until April 1966, when the gang goes to 18 men. The additional one-man drop will not occur until October 1967. This will allow for attrition to set in—that is, the reduction will be covered by deaths and retirement. The four-year contract provides for increases in wages and pen'sions, additional holiday and vaca­ tion benefits and a 1,600-hour work or wage guarantee each year, among others. on their ship as a result of the explosion. Union firefighting train­ ing enabled the SIU crewmembers to quickly control the blaze before it could cause serious damage. Tanker Burning The Bloomfield sent the French crewmembers it rescued ashore in small boats. The flaming tanker, however, had to be beached at the foot of the cliffs near Le Havre where it was reported to be still smouldering as the LOG went to press. Legislative Program WASHINGTON—^The largest legislative conference ever held by the AFLCIO was held here to kick off labor's drive for a "people's program" which AFL-CIO President George Meany said "can and should be achieved" during the first session of Con-'* foresee a modernization of unem- "right-to-work" Sec. 14b—"our gress. Eight hundred dele­ ployment compensaticm, a massive No. 1 legislative goal in 1965." program of aid to education, He termed the provision, which gates from unions and new and the accomplishment of other allows states to outlaw the union shop, "a blight on the whole labor Meany focused attention on movement... It saps our strength. many of the legislative goals which It costs us money. It keeps us the AFL-CIO will fight to achieve constantly on the defensive." during the coming year. He called Beyond that, he declared, "it for action this year to meet the holds down the standard of living. The heroism displayed by the ClO President Meany termed the "very real problems" the nation ... It discourages the right of faces despite widespread pros­ Lucille Bloomfield's crew, which election of President Johnson and workers to organize." perity. was in the highest SIU tradition, a liberal Congress a "mandate" for • Chairman Pat McNamara (D'Legislated Poverty' received quick recognition from "the kind of America where there company officials in Houston, is no poverty, unemployment." He pointed out that it would re­ Mich.) of the Senate Public Works Committee, and Representative Texas. A telegram to the crew, The American people,., he said, quire a wage of $1.50 an hour to John A. Blatnik (D-Minn.), rank­ signed by Wiley R. George, presi­ "voted for a nation where every reach even ttie $3,000 family in­ ing Democratic member of the dent of Bloomfield, said, "Please child has a full and equal oppor­ come which has been classified as House Public Works Committee, convey to Captain Webb, officers tunity to learn, and to shape his the borderline of poverty. unveiled major new programs they and the crew of the Lucille Bloom­ own future; for a nation where The present federal minimum will press this year. field our admiration of the gal­ every worker has a full and equal wage of $1.25 an hour, Meany lantry In coping with the em­ Blatnik proposed a permanent, opportunity to develop his skills charged, represents "legislated ergency and thanks for their mag­ and use them to the utmost." continuing $2-billion-a-year pro­ poverty." nificent job well done in deed, in gram of federal grants to cover Meany said that labor, the saving our vessel and its fine Labor's call for a $2 minimum, two-thirds of the cost of a wide Administration and Congress he said, is "simply saying that an range of community facilities. crew." share an identity of goals "to a employed person, engaged in use­ Economy Spur The Bloomfield ship put into Le greater degree than ever before ful productive work, is entitled to Harve under its own power even in the history of this country." McNamara called for creation something better than a poverty though it had a hole in its bow. of a National Regional Develop­ The AFL-ClO's legislative pro­ wage." It is scheduled to discharge cargo ment Council to spur regional eco­ The AFL-CIO president rejected nomic recovery programs similar and receive repair work to, take gram', he said, is not a labor pro­ gram "in any narrow sense." It the "tired old charges" that social to the pending Appalachia de­ care of damages caused in the disastrous explosion. The freighter is a program "to promote the wel­ programs represent "socialism" or veloping program. was bound for Southampton, Eng­ fare of all. . . . There is not a are "too expensive." • Senator Clinton P. Anderson land and other ports from New single narrow, selfish proposal in "What is more expensive," (D-N. M.), chief Senate sponsor of the lot—and that includes the re­ Orleans. Company officials report Meany asked, "spending money to the bill to provide hospital care she will continue her voyage and peal of Sec. 14b of. the Taft- give every child a good education, through social security, said Con­ complete her regular schedule as Hartley Act." or allowing our children to grow On the subject of Section 14(b) up ignorant and unprepared for gress is "on the eve" of deciding soon as her damage is repaired. that "working people can be per­ Taft-Hartley repeal. Vice Presi­ the modern world " mitted to take care of their old The Port Manech is a small, dent-elect Hubert H. Humphrey At major sessions held during age health needs as a matter of 2,062-ton tanker register in Rouen, told the delegates that he foresaw France. French authorities have the "fulfillment" of the Demo­ the four-day legislature con­ right." It was "an issue" in the stated that a complete report on cratic Party pledge to repeal the ference, the following issues were election, he said, "and I don't have to tell you what the election re­ damage sustained by the ship and "right-to-work" section of the Act. discussed. the fate of its missing crewmem­ He predicted that by spring "we • AFL-CIO Vice President turns showed." bers cannot be made until the fires will have passed hospital and nurs­ Joseph A. Beirne stressed that • A panel of labor experts dis­ feeding on Its gasoline cargo are ing home care under social secur­ labor "has a job to do" to bring cussed the need for major, over­ extinguished. ity (Medicare)," and said he could about repeal of Taft-Hartley's due improvements In the Fair Labor Standards Act including a higher minimum wage, extended coverage, a shorter workweek, doubletime for overtime and more effective enforcement. • Senator Eugene J. McCarthy (D-Minn.) listed six areas of need­ ed improvement in the unemploy­ ment compensation program, said action should begin this year and, if not completed in the first ses­ sion, be "at the top of the list" for 1966. • President Johnson's "bold, imaginative and practical" pro­ gram for federal aid to education will open "a new era," U. S. Com­ missioner of Education Francis Keppel said. Keppel said previous federal aid programs have been "a tadpole in the ocean" compared to the magni­ tude of the problem. He said the new program to help children from poverty-hit families will be more than a "token" measure. • Poverty can be eliminated in a single generation if the nation commits its full resources to the SsSSSSS ||||p|||i|:| problem. Jack T. Conway said. Conway, on leave as executive di­ Regular visits by SIU coffee wagons helped to keep up the spirits of striking longshoremen rector of the AFL-CIO Industrial in Philadelphia during the first two weeks of the dock strike which took place during a bitter Union Dept., Is deputy director of cold spell. The SIU and Maritime Port Councils on the Gulf and East coasts actively sup­ the Office of Economic Oppor­ ported the ILA walkout. tunity. central bodies in every part of the nation took part in the forur-day legislative confer­ ence at which the SIU played an active role. In a keynote address, AFL- long-sought labor goals. Coffee Perks Up ILA Pickets �Pageoar SEAFARERS AFL-CIO Hails First Decade Of Morgan News Broadcasts WASHINGTON—Organized labor and news commentator Edward P. Morgan marked their 10th anniversary last month of bringing news and comment to millions of Americans each weekday evening. by any other national "I work for a sense of participation During its decade of spon­ enjoyed broadcaster. among the audience," he explains, sorship by the AFL and the "a sense that this news relates to AFL-CIO, Morgan's 15-minute Morgan describes his aim in them." radio program has been honored news broadcasting and analysis as with virtually every mhjor award an effort to let the listener identify for Journalistic excellence and himself with the world's events. objective reporting. Heard by millions each" weekday at 7 p.m. (EST) over more than Reflecting on the last 10 years, (Continued on page 14) SIU Ship Rescues BiiH Shipwrecked Pair NEW YORK—A shipwrecked father and son who were about to abandon their last hope for rescue from the rubber life raft In which they had drifted for 36 hours, are alive and safe today because of the alert"*' ruined the battery, so attempts to seamanship of the SIU- send a distress call were fruitless. manned Seatrain Louisiana Thanking the foresight of Mrs. Edward P. Morgan 200 ABC stations, Edward P. Morgan and the News has de­ veloped a listenership which in­ cludes educators, ministers and opinion-making Americans, a siz­ able number of whom have asked to receive his daily commentaries by mail. In a congratulatory telegram. Vice President-elect Hubert H. Humphrey told Morgan that for 10 years he has been "the eloquent voice of liberalism on radio, and the nation is better for it." He also praised Morgan for "the cogency of your views and on having a sponsor who lets ydu express them with total freedom." A total freedom of expression has been the one ground rule of the 10-year association, wherein, at the AFL-CIO's insistence, Morgan has had full right to speak his mind on any subject, letting the chips of criticism fall where they may. Out of this has come a sponsor­ ship of greater duration than that Tanker Crew Elects SiU Of Canada MONTREAL — The Cana­ dian Labour Relations Board has certified the SIU of Can­ ada as bargaining agent for the crew of the tanker Liquilassie, which is operated by Porter Shipping, Ltd. All 18 crewmembers on the vessel had Indicated their preference for the SIU of Canada as their collective bargaining agent. The Liquilassie is owned by a British company. Eagle Shipping and Investment Company, Ltd., and is char­ tered to Porter Shipping. It carries oil between Montreal and ports on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. (Seatrain). After having signaled to no avail on two previous occasions, William Shinnick, 43, and his 19year old son, Michael, fired the last of their flares when they spotted the Seatrain vessel in the darkness of early evening on Jan­ uary 11. Luckily, their signal was spotted from the bridge of the Louisiana, and SIU crewmembers were able to pluck them from the sea, ending their long ordeal. Describing the rescue. Seafarers Elmer Witzke and S. Sandino, both members of the deck department, said that after the flare was sight­ ed, the skipper ordered the en­ gines stopped and let the current take the vessel toward the raft. They explained this maneuver was used to avoid hitting the small rubber life raft in the darkness. Aided Rescue Shinnick aided the oncoming Louisiana by reflecting a search­ light beam with a pocket mirror. Once near enough, the two ex­ hausted survivors paddled to the ship where Seafarers threw a line to them from the bow. The raft was then pulled midships to the pilots ladder and the two men were hauled safely aboard. Seafarers in the crew, observing the tattered condition of the ex­ hausted pair, made them more comfortable by donating shoes, jackets and other clothing. The rescued father and son also be­ came aware of how lucky they were when the skipper told them the Louisiana was five miles east of its normal course at the time of the rescue. If the vessel had stuck to its regular course, they would have drifted outside of the regular shipping lane into the open sea where their chances of rescue would be negligible. Wife's Foresight Relating their story to the crew­ members, the Shinnicks said they originally left North Palm Beach, Fla. at 5:30 AM on Sunday, Janu­ ary 10 in a jet propelled, fiber glass cruiser for a day of deep sea fishing. They were originally go­ ing to leave their rubber life raft at home, but Mrs. Shinnick ironi­ cally declared that if they didn't take it with them, it would never get any use. After peacefully trolling for sev­ eral hours, the father and son be­ came alarmed when they noticed a crack developing in the hull. When the cruiser began to sink, they tried to radio for help, but t|he inru^hing water, had already JaaiuiT ilS, UiiT ' LOG Shinnick, father and son quickly inflated the rubber rafts and cast off. Rescue seemed close since two other pleasure craft were less than a mile away. When they fired fiares to attract attention to their plight, they soon found that there is a considerable difference in the attitude of amateur and profes­ sional seamen when universally known distress signals appear on the horizon. The two nearby boats spotted the flares all right, but their occupants merely waved, probably thinking it was a novel kind of fireworks. Drifted In Wind Efforts to head for land failed as the wind carried them out to sea with only two quarts of water and an orange for provi­ sions. After drifting through the night, they encountered heavy seas on Monday, morning, and were forced to bail continuously. A moment of hope occurred dur­ ing the morning when a Coast Guard plane fiew over them at only 100 feet altitude. However, it failed to spot them, apparently be­ cause the search for their missing craft was taking place 75 miles to the south. It was at this point that the elder Shinnick began to lose hope. After their rescue, the Louisiana attempted to put the rescued pair off at Jacksonville, but, heavy seas forced them to stay aboard to the, end of the voyage at Edgewater, N.J. West Coast Rescue Another instance of alert sea­ manship that was responsible for saving another life occurred in San Francisco Bay recently when the SIU Pacific district-manned Korean Bear (Pacific Far East) narrowly missed a floating youth who had fallen 236 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge. Highway patrolman reaching the rail of the bridge just as the 16year old boy came to the surface of the bay, saw the Korean Bear headed directly toward him. The Pacific Far East vessel was able to veer away in time missing the lad by only 10 feet, after spotting po­ lice flares on the bridge. After a Coast Guard boat res­ cued him minutes later, the boy was taken to a San Francisco hos­ pital where he was found to be suffering from a broken collar bone and several broken ribs. Au­ thorities say he is the second per­ son known to have survived a fall from the famed bridge out of 278 recorded who fell to their deaths from .the strqcture, , , ,, i.- t By Eori (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, ArianHe Welfare workers are still picketing the Welfare Centers in New York City, despite the sub-freezing temperatures and snow that hit this city over the last weekend. The member unions of the Maritime Port Council have thrown their full weight behind the welfare workers, and are helping out on the picket line. Coffee wagons filled with steaming coffee and sandwiches are being supplied by the SIU to bolster the picketers morale and help keep up the fight for fair working conditions and better wages. Many oldtimers who are on the beach due to the ILA strike, are taking advantage of the situation to give their personal support to the Welfare Workers cause. One of the oldtimers, C. Maynard, is seen quite often on the picket line. Seafarer Maynard last paid off the Raphael Semmes. Robert Zunkley, another good member of the Union, signed off the Raphael Semmes with Maynard. Zunkley sails as AB. Other oldtimers waiting in the hall for the ships to start moving again are O. L. Fleet, C. Mazuk, "Frenchy" LeBerre, and J. Duffany. Boston Shipping is slow in Boston, as it is in other ports of the East and Gulf Coast, but it is expected to pick up to a good pace as soon as the ILA strike is settled. There were^two payoffs here, and seven ships Bethtex, which is laid up here pres­ stopped in transit during the last ently. Mike is waiting for her to two weeks. recrew. Maurice Gendron, last on the Lyle W. Williamson, just paid off Norfolk as deck maintenance spent the holidays with his family in the Mayflower to go to the hospi­ New Hampshire. Whitey is now in tal. Lyle has been sailing in the the hall looking for a long off shore engine department for 15 years. He hopes that when he" is feeling okay trip. again he will be able to catch an­ Angelo Antoniou, who generally other ship as good as the May­ sails as AB recently paid off the flower. He says the crew aboard Angelo when his wife was forced was one of the best, and the of­ to enter the hospital for a while. ficers were tops. On top of. that, He is .waiting for another ship as the Mayflower is a very good good as the Angelo, and says he feeder, he claims. will be glad to get back to sea. Norfolk Frank Burns is on the beach Although the prediction for ship­ now, and looking for an oilers job. Another oldtimer Joseph Disanto, ping in this port looked bright, the sailed as an oiler on the Hurri­ ILA strike has put shipping almost cane. He paid off before the holi­ at a standstill. days to spend some time with his Vernon Porter, last aboard the family. He says he wants a good Steel King as AB, is registered long trip now. Disanto has been an here. He hated to get off the Steel SIU member for 25 years. King at this time of the year, and he said he misses all that good Philadelphia Shipping has been very slow here weather in Honolulu. He's hoping during the past two weeks, due to to catch a ship going to the Far the ILA strike. In the last two East, however. Porter has been in weeks here was one payoff and the Union for 18 years. Donald Wagner, sailing with the four ships were serviced in transit. SIU for the last 12 years, recently Jose Carames, sailing with the Union since 1949, is on the beach paid off the Rebecca. He is reg­ here. He sailed last in the engine istered here, although he has been department on the Globe Progress, shipping out of New York most of and says he wouldn't mind catch­ the time. He is hoping to catch a good coastwise tanker. Bert Wining the same ship again. > Joseph Merkel, who has been field, last aboard the Globe Car­ sailing SIU since 1943 looking for rier, signed off for the holidays an engine utility or second pump­ and is now on the beach looking man job. He wants to catch a for a 3d cook's Job on an Isthmian coastwise tanker. Frank Cake, last ship. He says the Far East looks aboard the Commander, is look­ good to him right now. Richard Williams, an oldtimer ing for another chance to get back aboard again. He started sailing with the SIU, last sailed as AB aboard the Eagle Traveler. He SIU in 1943. Jake Tucker is on the beach here usually ships out of Baltimore, but after attending the SIU's seniority is registered here this time. He got upgrading class late last year. He off the Eagle Traveler to check on says he is glad he had the oppor­ his coal yard. He has half interest tunity to attend the classes, and in a yard in Plymouth, North Caro­ now is looking for a good steward lina, and wanted to see how busi­ ness is going. department job. Puerto Rico Baltimore We shipped 40 men out of sunny Shipping has been very slow here during the last two weeks. Puerto Rico, with a total of 32 It is expected to pick up though, ships serviced during the last two just as soon as the ILA strike is weeks. On the labor front, the settled. The Longshoremen have SlU-contracted Standard Dredg­ no picketlines here, and the only ing Corp., recently received a ships being moved are the ones $400,000 government contract for dredging operations at Viegues, cairylng military cargoes. Puerto Rico. The Del Sud arrived Thomas Moose, who last sailed on the Steel Artisan, is now regis­ here on Jan. 12, on its first reg­ tered in Baltimore. 'The Steel Arti­ ularly scheduled service between san made an around the world trip, Puerto Rico and Latin America. and Tom said it was a fine trip Service to San Juan will be at in­ with a very good crew. Tom has tervals of two weeks. Juan Rodriguez is back in town been sailing with the SIU for 18 years, and wants to catch a Calmar after a stay at the Marine Hospital ship when things start moving in Savannah for a stomach ailment. The illness forced him to pay off again. Michael Angino, sailing SIU for the Floridian, where he sailed in the last 18 years, says the SIU the steward department. Isaac "Mister" Brown missed the Welfare Plan is the best in the industry. His last ship was the . (Continued on page lS) •»>" �SEAFARERS Janiutff M, l»tfl Fv Win LOG SlU Pacific Liner Freed From Reef SAN FRANCISCO—Passengers and crewmembers aboard the SIU Pacific District-contracted Matson Liner Monterery were treated to an unexpectedly long visit on the exotic South Pacific island of Bora^ Bora when the vessel went vessels pulling as hard as they the Monterey remained fast hard aground for nearly three could agroimd. Finally, the Monterey's days on a coral reef at the entrance to the harbor there. Fortunately there were no In­ juries to anyone aboard, either passengers or crew and the ship suffered little more damage than some paint scrapes on the hull. But since the Monterey went aground at full high tide, getting her off the reef proved to be quite a task. The Monterey first tried to get off the reef under her own power. And when this proved fruitless a French tug was sent from Papeete, Tahiti, 140 miles to the south, but was also unable to budge the Monterey. Next, a tanker was called to aid the tug but even with the two bunkers and ballasts were trans­ ferred to the tanker, and with the^ liner so lightened the two vessels were able to pull her free. While the attempts to free the vessel were underway, the 320 passengers and all crewmembers not required for assistance in the freeing attempts enjoyed special tours and entertainment ashore. To make up time lost while the Monterey was high and relatively dry at Bora Bora, Matson an­ nounced the ship's schedule would be slightly altered, with reduced port time in Auckland, New Zea­ land and- Sydney, Australia. The ship is expected to arrive in San Francisco on January 31. By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area New Cargo Terminal Planned For N.O. h I Good news to Seafarers who prefer to ship out of New Orleans was the announcement that SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship Company is beginning construction of a big containerized cargo terminal in the Mississippi River port. Waterman recently signed lease agreements with the New Orleans dock board for establishment of a $6 minion terminal on the 29 acre tract along the industrial canal at the site of the old Delta shipyard. The announcement said the terminal will be the base for expanded containerized cargo operation to Puerto Rico by Wateman. Of course, this means more and better job opportunities for Seafarers who ship out of the Gulf area. A Waterman represfentative said the terminal will serve as Waterman's base for containerized cargo opera­ tions in the Gulf and will be linked with the company operations in Puerto Rico to provide service to Europe, South America, Central America and the Far East. Waterman initially plans to operate two vessels from the new facility with weekly service via the Mississippi River—Gulf outlet, the new Tidewater Ship Channel linking New Orleans with the Gulf. Shipping has been at a standstill in the Gulf ports, of course, as a result of the longshoremens strike but it is expected to pick up again as soon as the beef is settled. As the LOG went to press, Houston soon as the strike is over. He has reported almost 20 ships laid up in been vacationing since getting off that area. Jobs will be plentiful the Inger. He said this is a good when they start to crew up. ship with a good crew and a pleas­ ant run and he hopes to make a Mobile job back on this one or her sister Bernard Graham, who last ship the Walter Rice. H. L. Moore shipped as AB on the Topa Topa, is looking for a coastwise pumphas been catching up on his fish­ mans job. He was last on the Eagle ing and has, by all reports, been Traveler for about five months. most successful in the angling de­ James Terry made an oilers job partment. He says he will be ready on the Hanover but had to get off to ship again as soon as the strike when the ship was caught in the is over. R. P. Ramos and Dick ILA strike and laid up. His pre­ Drew came ashore and registered vious job was pumpman on the in group 3 of the steward depart­ Transorleans. He says he would ment when the Alcoa Ranger laid like to make the Achilles, a coast­ up as a result of strike. Ramos, wise tanker, but if he can't, he who lives in Puerto Rico, has been will be looking for a chief pumpon the Ranger since the last ILA mans job on a grain tanker to strike. Drew, who hails from Tam­ India. Frank Fisher came ashore pa, has been on this run about ten after five months on the Transmonths. Among other displaced eastern. Ranger homesteaders registered New Orleans here are Frank W. Chavers of Whistler, Alabama; R. C. Busby of Some of the oldtimcrs who hit Mobile, FWT, and Jack Mullis, the beach here include Louis DuBosun. Archie Bishop is back home racher, Joe Martello, John Hals, in Fairhope, Alabama after making Frank Kouns, Frank Foley and a trip to India-with grain on the Frank Cannella. Penn Exporter. He is registered in group 1 of the deck department. CHANGIfiSAVDOESSON^ Houston lOGmiumLmf Don Rundblad is out of the hos­ pital and expects to be fit for duty AiiMieBB soon. He says he will be looking for a Far East trip. Rundblad was AB on the Steel Rover when he became ill and had to be hospital­ ized in Galveston, Gene Coffman says he will bo ready to ship as mu)OE Fosmtm and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes ^ Propose Study Of Year-Round Seaway Flames pour from the fourth floor windows of the SIU Boston headquarters at 276 State Street. Headquar­ ters were moved to 177 State Street following the blaze which gutted the fourth floor and damaged the rest of the building. Fire Forces Boston Hail To Relocate BOSTON—SIU headquarters in Boston is now located at 177 State Street, due to a fire that swept the regular meeting hall and offices at 276 State Street in the down­ town area. No one was injured in the blaze on December 18, which drove 32 Seafarers and SIU officials from the building. The flames roared through the fourth floor, destroy­ ing the offices and equipment there. Firefighting activity caused heavy water damage to the floors below. Quick action by those in the hali saved Union property and valuable papers stored in the safe upstairs. The fourth floor of the building was listed as a total loss by local fire officials, who also listed the fire as of undetermined origin. Inunediately following the fire, SIU offices were moved tempo­ rarily into other quarters, and the next day space was obtained at 177 State Street on the fourth floor. Plans are now underway to move again to bigger quarters on the first floor. Dr. Weisberger Appointed To Medical Posts CLEVELAND—Dr. Austin Weis­ berger, one of the nation's leading researchers on leukemia and other blood diseases, has been appointed chairman of the departments of medicine at Western Reserve Uni­ versity and the University Hospitals here. Dr. Weisberger, who is the brother of Morris Weisberger, executive vice president of the SIU of North America and secre­ tary-treasurer of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, has been associated with Western Reserve since his undergraduate days. He received his medical degree" from the uni­ versity in 1941 and served his internship and residency at the University Hospitals. After a two-year hitch in the Navy, Dr. Weisberger became a member of the university's medical school faculty and the staff of the hospitals associated with the school. In the following years, his research into the basic causes of cancer and related diseases brought him nation-wide renown. Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy, recently announced he is sponsoring a bill for a study to determine whether the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes could be kept open for shipping all year. McCarthy is sponsoring the bill on the grounds that the closing of the Lakes to shipping each winter is an obstacle to expanded economy in the Great Lakes, as well as a detriment to certain areas of national defense. The bill would authorize the Chief of Engineers of the Department of the Army to investigate the possibility of applying a waterway deicing system to the St. Lawrence. One of the important reasons for the study would be to determine if the costs of deicing would be more than the revenues of the .system if kept open during the winter months. The study would include methods previously used by private firms and foreign countries. Under the bill proposed by Senator McCarthy, the Chief of Engineers would make a report two years after the money had been made available for the project. McCarthy said that because of the important part the Great Lakes plays in the national economic situation, any method which would open this rich area during the winter to shipping would be a great benefit to the nation as a whole. McCarthy warned ,however, that just because the study would be^ made does not mean that it is Good to hear he is getting along possible to find a method of de- well. icing that would work. Chicago As aiK example of the Great With the Schemm at the AmeriLakes usefulness in the national economy, the Senator pointed out ican Ship Yard for conversion that export traffic through the from a tanker to a self-unloader, Seaway increased during the last Chicago manpower is being kept two years and made an important quite busy. In-patient members at the contribution to the United States balance of payments. The balance USPHSH include Brother John of exports to imports in U.S. move­ Rottaris, in for a check-up. He was ments through the Seaway was 11 run out of one ward and is now in times as high at the close of the "Snug Harbor" keeping everyone season as it was when the Seaway on their toes. first opened. Paul Lacy a Bob-Lo man just off the Overseas Joyce, is in for Frankfort an injury which occurred aboard Shipping has slowed down a his last ship. little in the Port of Frankfort, but The Greater Chicago and Vicin­ some of the boys are beginning ity Port Council, Maritime Trades to think about taking winter vaca­ Department, AFL-CIO, went on tions, so we expect there will be record for pushing port legislation some steady shipping and relief for -the inspection of diesel tug jobs. boats and the requirement for li­ John Stonehouse who is on spe­ censed officers for both Deck and cial disability pension, is still Engine. keeping his hand in the game. He The Teamsters filed petition at baked some of his special holiday the National Labor Relations bread, which was delicious and Board for representation election definitely appreciated. against DUOC 777, Chicago. The News has come to us that Ed­ NLRB is checking Teamster auth­ ward Fitzhugh, SIU pensioner, is orization for validity. Objection back in the Paul Oliver Memorial has been filed by DUOC since Hospital. Our best wishes for his many of the employees signed by early dismissal from there. Teamsters are no longer employed We also have heard that William by the company. The TSAW is on Cerka is home on leave from the an all-out drive for the independ­ United States Public Health Serv­ ent cab driver, receiving many ice Hospital. Brother Cerka was a pledges from the Abernathy Cab victim of a deerhunting accident. Company. Detroit Yuie Dinner Seafarers and their families from the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ trict enjoyed one of the most successful holiday dinners ever held in Detroit on Christmas day. Digging into the traditional turkey feast are SIU Great Lakes District mem­ bers (l-r) John Dashner, John Sejuf and Jack Wiley. Festi­ vities in Detroit were typical of the holiday dinners held in other SIU ports across the country. �Pac* 81s SEAFAREnS A J| i t Janw lO^G INI • t (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District.) January 2-January 15 The shipping situation during the last two weeks showed level. The largest number, of jobs shipped was in the deck a marked reaction to the Longshoremen's strike, since ship­ department. Registration during the two week period maintained a owners rushed to get their ships to sea before the walkout deadline, Jan. 10. Seafarers shipped during the seven day steady pace despite the declining shipping situation. Total period prior to the walkout totalled 888, only 144 less than the registration during the two weeks was 1,225, as compared to 1,263 in the prior period. The number of Seafarers registered 1,032 shipped in the previous period. Although job calls in New York were the hardest hit, all and on the beach at the end of the period, reflected the halt ports on the East Coast shipped less than in the previous of ship movements as it climbed to 4,228, as compared to period with the exception of Baltimore, where shipping gained 4,004 during the previous reporting period. The seniority situation, which was radically changed over in comparison to the previous period. In the Gulf, shipping was heavy in New Orleans and Houston, almost equalling the holidays, returned to a more normal picture during the the total number shipped from those ports during the entire last two weeks. The ratio of Seafarers shipping with A Books previous period. Tampa job calls gained slightly, while was 55 per cent, against 47 per cent in the prior period. shipping in Mobile dropped considerably. On the West Coast, Holders of B books shipping out totalled 34 per cent of the the impact of the strike has not yet been felt through the total, and C Cards comprised 11 per cent. Shipping activity was slightly higher during the past two lower number of ship movements. Shipping drooped off slightly in Wilmington and Seattle, however. San Francisco weeks, with a total of 175 movements, compared to 165 in the previous period. There were 51 payoffs, the same figure job calls were slightly higher than in the prior period. The change in the shipping situation was also reflected as in the previous period and 23 sign-ons, as compared to 29 in in the number of job calls by department. In all three depart­ the prior period. A total of 101 ships were serviced in transit, ments, the total number shipped was below the previous contrasted with 85 in the prior period. Ship Aciivity Pay Slqa In Offs CM Treni. TOTAL 2 18 1 2 1 2 2 3 6 9 1 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 4 1 2 2 7 10 4 9 5 7 _ 5 3 9 14 11 6 11 9 32 5 13 7 f 8 4 21 27 13 10 15 TOTALS ... 51 23 101 175 Boiton New York.. • • Philadelphia .. Baltimore.... Norfolk Jackionville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleoni.. Hootton Wilmington .. Son Fronciico. Seattle ...... DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York.... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk . ... Jacksonville . Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston ... Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROVP 123 ALL 2 2 0 4 67 14 36 17 0 4 0 4 20 10 10 11 8 3 5 15 9 7 4 3 13 17 34 20 30 11 61 16 16 40 8 6 5 1 12 10 17 5 32 15 8 3 4 GROUP GROUP 3 2 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 6 17 24 11 25 3 3 2 0 1 2 3 8 13 4 10 5 0 3 2 2 4 0 9 0 0 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 9 1 14 1 37 12 2 19 16 6 24 28 3 9 1 17 0 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 2 9 3 12 1 n 4 12 3 3 6 111 161 50 I 322 13 63 77 | 153 76 2 49' 8 191 7| 1' 5 3 27j 40 6 18 19 GROUP 123 ALL 1 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 1; 0 3 12: 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 15 1 3 7 21! 11 6 2 2 2 7 4 2 1 8' 3 4 1 I >1. 91 37 | 204 20 TOTAL Shipped Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Registered CLASS B Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ^L 0 5 5 10 3 2 2 0 4 3 0 16, 0 49 5 8 62 114 169 39 322' 13 47 72 132 4 8 1 2 11 9 33 0 6 17 23 20 4 2 2 12 33 48 19 12 3 34 49 61 18 128 3 0 7 3 0 10 16 13 10 23 17 2 35 0 0 17 2 110 2 27 28 4 13 10 9 7 5 10 6 2 5 12 2 8 0 22, 0 4 20 28 3 2 0 5 39 40 12 91' 4 0 34 65 103 27 25 7 59 80 88 19 187- 4 5 82 40 21 2 63 68 62 20 150 34 44 0 4 8 11 ,6 6 0 12 12 17 4 33 0 19 0 18 7 2 27 38 4 9 51' 18 14 10 0 42 19 8 5 32 15 20 4 39 2 8 7 2 17 29 45 | 94 4 15 10 | 29 204 94 29 I 327 431 571 133 |1135 52 195 309 | 556 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A CLASS B Registered Mobile New Orleans. Houston . .. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 0 52 9 39 6 1 5 18 3 13 0 2 2 7 6 1 5 4 1 22 5 15 56 45 9 33 10 18 8 1 Hi 2 22 301 19 2 14 TOTALS 44 193 26 I 263 12 Port Boston " New York.... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk ... Jacksonville . Tampa Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL 1 0 0 1 1. 0 2 31 2 14 12 28 6 21 4 0 5 0 1 3 4 18 0 12 2 13 5 8 0 0 1 4 3 6 0 2 1 2 1 4 0 2 3 0 2 2 6 0 1 4 2 4 13 13 3o; 1 21 23 28 7 19 0 18 10 28 7 0 3 4 2 2 0 10 6 4 15 2 12 2 7 2 16 6 1 21 0 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 123 ALL 0 1 0 1 3 14 10 27 0 0 0 0 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 5 1 8i 2 10 171 3 11 19i 3 2 71 8 5 0 6 10 1 77 64 I 153 20 113 22 I 155 12 65 38 I 115 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP 123 ALL ABC ALL 123 ALL 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 12 1 0 3 0 3 31 27 61 58 144 16 218 0 1 1 5 22 2 0 0 28 0 3 18 13 1 34* 14 61 11 86 2| 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 21 2 28 0 1 1 3' 3 13 0 1 1 0 16 0 0 0 3 4 7| 2 0 13 9 2 8 0 3 3 2 13; 11 D 49 7 67 5 9! 23 17 49 32 88 11 131 1 3 50 24 0 2 1 3 28 19 86 5 115 11 6 0 2 2 7 1 1 19 5 30 0 4 6 8 10 10 15 33 9 40 53 4 1 0 2 21 10 2 33, ^ 22 1 3 29 3 21 13 .J 37 155 115 37 I 307 174 582 70 I 826 GROUP 123 ALL 1 4 4 9 9 43 61 113 1 6 6 13 0 23 30 53 0 8 17 25 2 8 3 13 0 2 1 3 1 12 18 31 41 41 4 86 6 41 49 96 2 7 6 15 5 22 10 I 37 0 8 6 1 14 31 225 252 I 508 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Bos NY Phil Bai Nor Jac Tarn Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS GROUP 1-s 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 18 48 0 3 2 6 1 3 5 3 5 16 1 1 1 1 4 0 3 2 7 2 1 1 0 2 4 7 3 3 11 24 5 11 4 37 57 2 10 3 24 9 0 0 0 2 2 6 3 8 3 20 6 3 10 0 1 28 63 33 98 1 222 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 9 0 0 2 2 0 1 13 14 0 6 1 5 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 6 7 1 1 1 34 36 1 2 16 19 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 4 " 7 101 1 112 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 1 1 7 4 2 12 25 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 11 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 Q 3 10 4 14 31| 7 4 11 23 1 0 0 0 2 2I 15' 0 4 7 4 4 10! 1 1 4 37 18 61 1 125 9 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0, 0 0 8 8 0 0 5 5' 3 0 11 14' 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2, 0 19 1 20 0 0 7 0 5| 2 3 0 0 12 12' 2 1 13 16 8 2 85 1 95 Shipped CLASS C» TOTAL Shipped CLASS GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 10 25 0 10 0 3 1 5 2 1 0 0 2 2 11 14 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0' 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 31 20 0 5 23 1 4 7 0 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 6 15 12 0 0 1 10 16 1 3 30 1 34 125 95 1 C ALL 1-s 0 1 1 10 43 24 3 9 4 2 27 16 2 9, 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 4 13 2 53 21 5 35 14 2 9 5 6 33 15 1 27 3 34 1 254 124 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 7 3 0 2 5 51 47 69 191 7 8 46 61 8 6 12 30 2 2 6 10 34 17 27 94 1 3 40 44 4 1 6 15 0 1 16 17 4 3 2 12 1 0 6 7 5 2 8 16 0 0 2 2 20 11 22 66 2 ' 1 22 25 42 20 98 181 3 3 84 90 35 24 35 108 7 10 34 51 2 3 8 18 3 1 10 14 11 10 34 70 0 1 14 15 10 2 10 25 3 5 21 29 227 148 334 | 8331 32 35 303 1 370 SUMMARY DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 23 ALL 111 161" 50 I 322 Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 13 63 44 193 26 I 263 12~ 77 91 33 '98 I 222 "4 7 246 387 174 ] 807'"29 147 SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL SHIPPED CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 20 29 45 I 94 77 I 153i 76 91 37 | 204 64 \ 153 20 113 22 | 155; 12 101 | 112 46 18 61 1 125j 8 242| 418 142 222 120 | 484 40 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 123 ALL ABC ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 29 204 94 29 I 327,431 571 133 |1135 52 195 309 I 556' 4 15 10 3 21 13 37,155 115 37'I 307 174 582 70 | 826 31 225 252 | 508 3 30 34jl25 95 34 I 254 351 148 334 I 833,32 35 303 | 370 65 38 | 115 2 85 | 95 96 168 J 304' 8 39 93' 10O!484 304 100 j 888 956 130^ 537 j2794i 115 459 864~|1439 f- •J �SEAFARERS By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Biii Hall, Headquarters Rep. r v^-J V :/ I > i> IV X01R Pass Se!tof Eight Seafarers Awarded $150 Pensions For Life Many Beefs sent to the Contract Department were, due to their nature, settled by a Joint Ciarification Committee consisting of rep­ resentatives of this department and representatives from the company to which the beef applied. One such beef was in relation to the number of official holidays that are to be observed in Puerto Rico. In ruling on the beef, the Joint Ciarifications Committee unanimously agreed to the following: Leader Lohse Munin Oliver Blanehard Shiber When a vessel is in Puerto Rico, the following three (3) days, which The Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plan have approved sev­ are recognized as Holidays for Longshoremen in Puerto Rican Ports, en Seafarers from the SIU Atlantic and Gulf district, and one member of the SIU Great shail aiso be recognized as Holidays for the crew while the vessel is in Lakes district to receive a monthly pension of $150 for the rest of their lives. Puerto Rico; Good Friday, July 17th (Munoz Rivera), and July 25th . The Seafarers, who are,^(Constitution Day). now retired in dignity and and made his home in Brooklyn, New York with over 30 years of Another beef which the Clarifications Committee ruled on regarded a comfort on their monthly N.Y. Oliver now plans to spend sailing experience. A member of provision of the Standard Freightship Agreement covering the removal pension are Cecil (Rudy) Leader, his retirement relaxing and rest­ the deck department, he last sailed 69; Joseph Munin, 59; Frederick ing, assured of receiving his $150 aboard the New Yorker (Containeror replacement of Butterworth plates on tankers in the grain trade. Oliver, 65; Napoleon A. Blanehard, pension check every month. He ships Inc.). He plans to spend h's Question: When crew members are required to unfasten Butterworth 66; James Shiber, 42; Peter Lohse, last sailed on the Norberto Capay retirement years in Flushing, New plate nuts and/or remove the Butterworth plates for the purpose of 65; Raymond Mill, 45, and John (Liberty Navigation). York. • loading or discharging grain cargoes or to repiace Butterworth plates Jellette, 65. Blanehard is a native of Mas­ Mill joined the SIU Great Lakes and/or refasten nuts upon completion of grain cargo work, what rate sachusetts who joined the SIU District in Detroit. He sailed in of compensation shouid be payable to the crew, members performing from the port of New York. Sailing the engine department until his such work. in the steward department, he last retirement. He is settled in his shipped aboard the Trustee home in Sebewaing, Mich., with his Answer: It is agreed that the first-class transportation to his (Marine Carriers). He is presently wife, assured of a $150 income for longshore rate of overtime as "original Port of Engagement,' retired at his home in Portland, the rest of his life. He last sailed provided by Articie II. Section 32, which section of the contract is Maine, comfortable in the knowl­ for the Gartland Steamship Com­ is payable to those crew members appiicabie in the case described edge tht he will receive his pen­ pany. performing the work described above? sion check in the mail every Answer: When the seaman left above. Jellette, a SIU oldtimer, joined month. In another matter, regarding the vessel at New York, under the the Union in New Orleans and SIU Oldtimer various past beefs about midnight circumstances described in Section sailed in the steward department. Jellette Shiber joined the SIU from the 14(b), he was entitled to return meais and night lunches, the Com­ Leader had 30 years of experi­ port of New York with 10 years He last shipped aboard the Petrochem (Valentine) as chief steward. mittee decided after discussion transportation to his actual Port ence on American ships in the ratthat the basic problem was due to of Engagement, San Francisco, 1 ng of cook and steward before he experience on American ships. An A native of England, Jellette plans misinterpretations of the existing even though at the commencement joined the SIU early in its his­ SIU oldtimer, he sailed in the to spend some time at his home sections of the Freightships and of employment at San Francisco tory, in the port of New York. A engine department. A native of in Brooklyn, N. Y., "keeping in Tankers Agreement. In order to he had assumed the Port of En­ native of Savannah, Ga., he plans Pennsylvania, he presently makes touch with the activities of the eiiminate this problem, the com­ gagement of the seaman he re- to spend his retirement in New his home in Jersey City, N.J. He Union." He then plans to move to mittee unanimously agreed to piaced. New York. In other words, York City where he presently last sailed aboard the Montpelier Florida. He is the recipient of two citations and the Mariner's Medal, delete subsection (a) and (b) and it is the intention of the Commit­ makes his home. He last sailed Victory (Montpelier Tankers). Lohse, a native of Germany, the highest honor given to mer­ tee to provide that in cases of ill­ to substitute in their place the aboard the Fairland (Waterman). joined the Union in the port of chant seamen. following subsections (a) and (b): ness or injury incurred in the Munin first joined the Union in "(a) Members of the steward de­ services of the vessel, the seaman New York after coming to this partment actuaily engaged in serv­ is to be provided transportation country from his native land of back to the port where he was ing hot lunches at midnight are first Latvia. He joined the SIU with engaged by the Company. to be aliowed three hours' over­ over 20 years experience as a sea­ Money Due time for preparing and serving The Contract and Constitution man, and spent his years saiiing same. Department is holding checks for SIU ships in the engine depart­ "(b) When not more than the the Seafarers listed beiow. These ment, as deck engineer or firemanBy Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President equivalent of one department is men are urged to contact the de­ water tender. Munin now makes served at 9:00 P.M. or 3:00 A.M. partment and pick up their checks, his home in New Orleans. The night lunch, one cook shall be or notify headquarters where the last ship he sailed before retire^ The latest shipbuilding budget did little to cheer those interested ment was the Del Rio (Delta). turned out to perform this work. checks should be sent. in the state of U.S. maritime, especially the shipbuilders. An experienced cook and baker When a midnight hot lunch is The new year begins, according to the Shipbuilding Council, with 43 In the settlement of disputed served to not more than five men, overtime aboard the Transorleans, when he joined the Union, Oliver large merchant ships totaling -f one cook shall perform this work. checks are being held for James began saiiing with the SIU from 481,000 gross tons under construc­ of payments, and continued main­ When from six to ten men are Mahoney, Francis Paine, Seymour the port of New York. A native of tion or on order. Last year the tenance of shipyards skills and the British West Indies, he came industry started out the year with served, one cook and one mess- Sikes, Charles Todora. to this country before the last war two more ships, 45, under contract, capabilities, the council pointed man shall perform this work. out. From the Ames Victory, checks When from six to ten men are totaling 517,390 tons. are being held covering travel In a letter to President Johnson served, one cook and one messman During 1964 new contracts for protesting such a move, SIU Presi­ shall perform this work. When wages, subsistence, and transporta­ 14 ships of up to 187,200 tons were dent Paul Hall warned: more than ten men are served, tion for Wallace P. Anderson, awarded and ship deliveries ran to Morris Berlowtitz, Ralph L. Jones, one cook and two messmen shall "Any attempt to further weaken 16 ships totaling 223,590 tons. and Lee W. Worth. perform this work." or destroy our American ship­ While "scant attention" is given building capability would be not In the settlement of disputed Another question which was put to the shipbuilding industry in only shortsighted and economi­ overtime for tank cleaning aboard before the Committee requested Coast Guardsmen who played this country, the Shipbuilders cally unsound, but eventually a ciarification on which port was a the Manhattan, checks are being man's actuai port of engagement. held for F. Carpenter, M. Chan­ obstetrician to a mother shark and Council pointed out, the Soviet self-defeating and suicidal effort. The problem is described in this dler, B. Dunn, F. Gordon, L. Har­ delivered 30 baby sharks by Union is moving fast towards be­ "Rather, the responsible persons vey, H. Koppersmith, S. Puntillo, Caesarean section were all at sea coming a "formidable maritime example: in our Government should be mak­ C. Scott, H. Sikes, L. Taylor, H. recently over why the sharklets power." "Her navy is second only A vessel on foreign articles Treddin, E. Zebrowski. ing every effort to see to it that to the United States and a com­ all died. while on route around the world, America is restored to her rightful A crewmember of the cutter parison of merchant shipbuilding place as a major shipbuilding A check is being held for Vance arrived at San Francisco where activity provides tangible evidence Seaman A signed off articles by A. Reid for an allotment differen­ Rockaway hooked momma shark of her aspirations in controlling power. about 1,350 miles southeast of mutual consent and Seaman B, his tial aboard the Anji. "In such an effort, the Seafarers Checks for the settlement of dis­ New York. When it was discovered the high seas and thus the destiny International Union of North replacement, assumed Seaman A's of western civilization. that the shark was in a family Port of Engagement, which was puted overtime aboard the Penn America will participate to the way the crew helped deliver the As of November 1, 1964, the fullest extent of its ability." New York. The vessel ultimately Carrier are being held for Earl H. babies. The foot-long sharksters Russians had 673 merchant ves­ arrived at New York where articles Beamer, Jose M. Sacosta, Michael were apparently thriving in a sels of 6.4 million deadweight tons were terminated and Seaman B C. Miller, and Walter Smith. large pot of seawater supplied terminated hi? service with the Checks for John J. Wynne, Rich­ with oxygen by a pump, when on order. During the same period the U.S. had only 43 merchant vessel because of illness, request­ ard Heckman, Jose A. Paz and ing return transportation to the Francis M. Greenwell are being suddenly they all gave up the ships totaling 650,032 deadweight P -^dquarters again wishes to tons on order. port where he first joined the held by the contract department ghost within an hour. An official of New York's Coney remind all Seafarers that p^vvessel, San Francisco. The industry also expressed for the settlement of disputed Island Aquarium suggested that ments o* funds, for whatever Question: Inasmuch as Section overtime aboard the Niagara. the sharklings might have died concern about rumors that some Union purpose, be made only 58(b) of the Freightship Agree­ A transportation differential because there was not enough ships built in foreign yards would to authorized SIU representa­ ment provides for a replacement, check from the Elimir for James room in their pot-sized incubator. be submitted to register under the tives and that an official Union in circumstances described above, H. Smith is being held by this de­ He estimated that a foot-long U.S. flag, which would require a "ceipt be gotten at that time. to assume the replaced seaman's partment. shark would need about 100 change in the present law which If no receipt is offered be sure assures that only vessels built in Port of Engagement and Section In the settlement /of disputed gallons of water to keep it going. to protect yourself by imm;. i14(b) provides that a crew member overtime for oilers aboard the Sea- He also speculated that they may this country can fly the U.S. flag. teiy bringing the matter to the leaving a vessel because of illness train New Jersey, checks are being have been born too prematurely Such a move would represent a attention of the President's or injury incurred in the service held for Julio Gardien, Benjamin or subjected to too much shock "potential loss" to this country in office. terms of the economy, the balance of such vessel shall be entitled to Freeman, and George Doest. ' to survive. CG Midwives Lose Sharklets Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts �Page ^kt SEAFARERS LOG Jamary n, IfW THE SAME OLD SHOUT - NOW against MEDICARE! Times change. Issues change with the times. But the tactics used by vested interests to oppose much-needed social legislation never seems to change. The same scare tactics, unsubstantiated claims, tricky gimmicks and predictions of doom which Big Business used to attack the Social Security Act back in^the 1930's are being used again today by Big Medicine and the American Medical Association in their attacks on proposed medical care for the aged through Social Security (Medicare). The AMA has been sponsoring misleading ad­ vertisements opposing the Medicare program in various newspapers around the country, filled with "scare" headlines and "facts" which, for the most part are not only untruthful, but even con­ tradict each other. Lies—Half Truths For instance, an AMA-sponsored anti-Medicare ad in one newspaper recently cried "CAN YOU AFFORD A 16% INCREASE IN YOUR PAY­ ROLL TAX? That_is the minimum payroll tax increase all workers earning $100 or more a week would be forced to pay if the MEDICARE bill now before Congress becomes a law." Meanwhile, in another newspaper in a neighboring county, an AMA-sponsored ad asked "CAN YOU AFFORD A 237o INCREASE IN YOUR PAYROLL TAX? That is the minimum payroll tax increase all workers earning $100 or more a week would be forced to pay if the MEDICARE bill now before Congress becomes law." The fact is that the increase in employee Social Security payments which would result from pas­ sage of Medicare legislation would amount to only $25.20 a year for workers earning $100 per week. Although Medicare is a new issue, the tactics the AMA is using to try to defeat it are old. Simi­ lar tactics were used by Big Business to fight Social Security legislation. In a speech in October, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt complained "... a few employers are spreading half-truths about the Social Security Law, half-truths that tell the workers only of the workers' contribution, and fail to mention the employers' contribution. They conceal from the workers the fact that for every dollar which the employee contributes, the employer also contributes a dollar." With the advent of Social Security legislation, the need for corresponding health insurance be­ The AFL-CIO has supported and continues to support Medicare legislation for our older citizens. Through the AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education (COPE) the Federa­ tion has waged an all-out campaign to bring across to the public the necessity for passage of Medicare legislation and to counter the vicious anti-Medicare propaganda campaigns waged by the American Medical Association. Under the new King-Anderson (Medicare) Bill just introduced in Congress and expected to be passed this year without major change, all Americans 65 years of age or over would came obvious. In the August 16, 1936 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, an article by Dr. I. S. Falk. deplored the omission of health insurance measures from the Social Security Act, noting that the inability of persons in the lower or middle in­ come brackets to meet economic crises brought on by illness was one of the greatest hazards of mod­ ern industrial life. The medical associations wasted no time in call­ ing for protection of their own vested interests however. The Journal of the Indiana State Medi­ cal Association of September, 1936 noted that both political parties had endorsed Social Security, and urged the medical profession to "protect itself by intensifying its tremendous influence with the people so that it may at least be supported in as­ serting its superior capacity to direct policies and modify security proposals to the least objection­ able form." Today's anti-Medicare drive by the AMA seems a direct outgrowth of this early warn­ ing. Doom Warnings Another charge the AMA is making in its antiMedicare propaganda is that the Federal Govern­ ment should stay out of medicine. "HAS YOUR CONGRESSMAN TURNED MEDICINE MAN? ? ?" an AMA-sponsored ad asks. Gov­ ernment involvement in medicine, according to AMA propaganda, would mean the growth of a gigan.tic and unworkable Government bureau­ cracy which would reduce the quality of care the aged would receive. This charge, too, is old hat. It was used by Big Business against Social Security back in the 1930's. An October 1, 1936 editorial in the Washington (DC) Herald bemoaned the fact that the Democ­ ratic Administration under F.D.R., "has embarked Hastily and unwisely upon a program of social security that in actual application WITHHOLDS ALL HOPE OF SECURITY FROM THOSE IT PROPOSES TO BENEFIT," and charged that the Social Security Act would destroy the Nation's assets and "EXTENDS THE PROSPECT OF EVENTUAL INSECURITY to millions of citizens who would normally expect to provide their own security." (Capitalization retained from original) A September 19, 1936 Saturday Evening Post article charged that the Social Security Act pro­ vides an instrument by which the Government can 'administer our every day lives and well being," by turning over to the Government a fund that be eligible. This includes nearly 17 million eligible for Social Security or railroad retire­ ment benefits, plus another 2 million not cov­ ered by either of these plans. Hospital care would be provided for a period of up to 60 days for each illness in semi-private rooms. The patient would pay for one day's care (average about $40). Medicare would pay the remainder. Cover­ age would start July 1, 1966. Nursing home care would also be provided for 60 days per illness only after hospitalization. Also home visits by nurses (etc.) will be covered, as may "very well represent the capital resources of the country." Meanwhile, Dr. Joseph E. Goodbar, President of the Society of Stability in Money and Banking, warned that the process of accumulating such a fund (Social Security) would expose the people of the country to an unpredictable, but constant disturbance of their jobs and business affairs. Of course, none of these dire warnings of doom ever came true. The AMA is continuing the same old line however. AMA Style Morality Perhaps the most subtle issue the AMA has seized upon in its anti-Medicare propaganda is the moral aspect of such social legislation. A recent AMA ad charges "IT IS MORALLY WRONG— THE MEDICARE BILL." The AMA has made the pitch that providing medical care for the aged through social security is bad because it destroys the individual's self respect, his pride in taking care of himself and providing for his own future and the moral obligations of children to take care of their parents in old age. This same sort of pious clap-trap has also come up before, as part of the anti-Social Security cam­ paigns back in the '30s. The Republican presi­ dential candidate in 1936, running on an anti-New Deal Social Security plank, said "social security in the end can only be built upon character and religion and industry." A Saturday Evening Post article in that year defended the right of the working man to use as he sees fit the wages he earns, claiming that the Social Security Acts deprived him of that right. All of these pious moral platitudes were too much for Republican councilman Charles W. Kress of Binghamton, N.Y., however, who gave his own party's watered down stand on Social Security a solid rap in a September 1936 speech. "Under this plank, the unfortunate old person who needs help must, in effect, take a pauper's oath, give up his pride and self-respect, turn over any pitiful possessions he may have and become just another guinea pig in the laboratories . . . wherein the hoped-for dignity and privacy of old age will be snooped on, pried into and dissected by officious vivisectionists." And that, in effect, is what the AMA is still asking for today if you can't afford to pa)' the skyrocketing costs of medical care. would out-patient hospital services such as X-ray and laboratory services. Doctor bills, dentist bills, medicines, drugs, or other supplies and appliances will not be paid for under Medicare. To provide this hospital protection. Social Security payments by employees - will rise only $25.20 a year. This payment by the employee will be matched by the employer. This money would be placed in a separate trust fund to finance Medicare benefits. Hospital, out-patient, and visiting nurse cov­ erage would begin July 1, 1966. Nursing home coverage would begin January 1, 1967. �j«Bnaigr<n..lMSk * ••» '* i-, jf-t • -> • , .. • c •» S£^Fi4K£|{S FtfrNta* LO<; //I •mmm. ( \;^ If fejKzS ii io7. \.n '"".uei *•: 11. j;. , «orW^V ^ ^ t-a.sr sJr'S "is cjSiSrr Ti« • ,1 !£:<»f th. Moiinnnm.n COP";*?*.' StES FRAUD ON WORKERS >vo»°: »dto»n"'",uc1» " • '^iF5«:?^iS^R„ose«eU tn Milw^iukae Spr«cli, Ha Calls ff'sent Act. 'Unworktbia •f.d Stupidly Draftad/ ^ lfeiS«%Chting ff„«elope* W"BVTl»«jS25 RtpllMtC®* - - MMtec •* .. By 4asiM A, lfAC»:nTr Jaunty Act .. "UBJUM. unwork- .,ArtbuU4 i>i 1 «r.rl.l In Tna MM r.aa Tian. NIMVAUKKI:;, . Bepl. 36.~Char•cKrlrlna the Roo-iurMt Soflal Cho»» '4 f»f «< rf rf Mr, t^ti.l9H'.i »peich U |..,,f,^ nk 3,^ Ml etioT^ laiiw®"® 1 I s®®^ ytR lible. itiipldly drafted and waMeWly flnanecd." Oovernor tendon u. emp^«>v«'\|(^-aht wolKht -rKrd;;a ptcdyra ^ hlmacir and tha in yWobllran party (o an amend It to r -- —-n- foMfidna tor needy citlzrna mnr. more than «8 Ohio *" Viai"/•merlcan dtli'n* mra old flnanced on a commonr®"®, pay-aa-you-Ro baali and •'Ka enouRh . to givn each auch hreon a minimum Incoma auffl.®tnt to protect him or her from <y. 'into Dlicloaln* his position on unem jwyment Inaur.mrc, the Rep " "Hlden^o'. I'l Ih i,3»o.;»_ Yi»y^^s^777;-- """f A TAC \\ ^ H' The reproductions on this page are all from the year 1936 and represent some of the tactics then used by Big Business in its at.tempt to defeat Social Security legislation. Similar scare tactics, half-truths and predictions of impending doom are being used today by the American Medical Association in its attempt to prevent passage of medical care for the aged through Social Security (Medicare). M ' rS, '•§ i 1 ri. TO A WEEKLY PAY REDUCTION TllADC^* ccew»«VS r^«u«ic-«r MC—"" for I'f \ALL OF YOUR WORKING LIFE » teeilMrsr:— I YOU'LL HAVE TO SERVE THE SENTENCE UNLESiS YOU HELP TO REVERSE IT NOV. 3 ELECTION DAY "ZwT'^iwvi^e •• » (MPb HfOOl. n«»T HAMC-L- AGISTER VJ""*-" III- i"±LjJ^ �SE/^F Pace Ten haO ^ Lifeboat Class 125 Wins Tickets By Ai Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Members of Lifeboat Class 125 pose proudly for their graduation picture after passing all requirements for their Coast Guard lifeboat tickets with flying colors. Members of the class are (front, l-r) Frederick J. Walsh, Peter D. Alcantara; (middle) Phil Frank, Jim Ogden, Joe Wescott, Donald W. Paccio; (rear) instructor Dan Butts, James E. Collins, Dave Flynn, Robert Lee, Lee Jones and Ed Connolly. Another graduate who was not present for the picture was Miguel A. Ramos. Study Urges More Jobs, Higher Pay ThreeVeteran Economic Expansion SlU Boatmen Seen Ending Poverty Go On Pension WASHINGTON—Tiie most effective weapon in the war against poverty in the U.S. is a sharply stepped-up rate of economic growth, according to a new study just completed Three members of the SIU In­ by the Conference on Econ--*land Boatmen's Union have been omic Progress. The study, nomic environment in which added to the growing list of SIUtitled "Progress or Poverty— massive poverty would find no the U.S. at the Crossroads," con­ cludes that a rapidly growing economy is the best way to pro­ vide the new jobs and higher in­ comes that are necessary to eliminate the blight of poverty forever from American society. Examines Poverty The 150-page stuay, complete with charts and photographs, brings up to date all of the im­ portant data bearing upon poverty and examines in detail the Administration's anti-poverty pro­ gram. Leon H. Keyserling, head of the conference and a former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, writes in the study that "the only way to reduce poverty in the U.S.—or in any other country—is by increasing the nationwide per capita produc­ tion of goods and services so much that average levels of living rise enough to help the poor as well as others." It is vital also, he says, that the nationwide distribution of goods and services be improved so that "a fair though not equal share is received by those on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder." To draw a fundamental distinc­ tion between the employment and growth problem and the poverty problem "would be self-defeating on all scores," the study declares. An attack on poverty "not inter­ woven with the attack on these other problems," the study says, "would focus excessively upon a purely 'casework' or 'welfare' ap­ proach which sought to make poverty a bit less oppressive or lose itself in a few dramatic situa­ tions of no great nation-wide im­ port, instead of building an eco­ place." If the government will properly expand and direct the War on poverty, it can be eradicated by 1975, the study declares. This would mean a larger government anti-poverty program as well as increased government spending, rather than further tax reductions to provide the greater stimulus for economic growth. Keyserling urged that the Presi­ dent's Economic Report set forth plans to assure a minimum standard of living for all Ameri­ cans and include "goals for the rate of reduction of poverty in America." The study stresses that un­ employment and part-time em­ ployment account for a substantial part of the nation's poverty, and a slow rate of economic growth has aggravated this problem. Ultimate victory in the war against poverty, the study con­ cludes, will "necessarily involve success in all of the other under­ takings which now engage us: the restoration and maintenance of maximum employment and high economic growth; the wiping out of fundamental causes of racial tensions; the provision of full education opportunities; adequate health services and satisfactory housing for all the people; the renewal of our cities and the im­ provement of rural living; the con­ servation and replenishment of our natural resources; the solu­ tion of the thorny financial prob­ lems which now bear down upon governments at all levels." The Conference on Economic Progress is a non-profit, nonpolitical organization engaged in ecbnomic research and education. IBU members to receive a month­ ly pension of $150 for the rest of their lives. All three pensions were approved by the Board of Trustees of the Pension Plan before the new year wais rung in, bringing tbe total for 1964 to 35. Stehouwher Added to the list are John Stehouwher, 65; Hanson Ricicar Adolph A. Hanson, 73, and John F. Ricicar, 44. Stehouwher joined the SIUIBU in New Orleans, where he sailed aboard tu^ operated by Coyle Line. Before joining the IBU, he sailed deep sea for 20 years. He presently makes his home in New Orleans, La. Hanson has sailed in the engine department on Great Lakes Tow­ ing Company vessels in Chicago for over 25 years. A native of Minnesota, he now makes his home in Chicago. Ricicar joined the Union in Gal­ veston, Texas. An employee of Galveston Wharves Co. for many years, and a native of Lafeyetteville, Texas, he retired to his home in Hitchcock, Texas. We thought It would be wise to review the Unlon'e Sickness and Accident benefit program (S&A) in response to several questions which have been frequently brought up by our members. The S&A program is split up into two basic parts: In-patient benefits for SIU men who are hospitalized, and Out-patient benefits for members who are dis­ abled and receiving medical treatment. The Sickness and Accident program was originally adopted in 1962, and then amended to cover all disabilities which may have arisen on or after August 1, 1963. In-patient benefits are available to Seafarers who meet eligibility requirements at the rate of $56 per week. These benefits are payable at the rate of $8 per day to a member who is an in-patient in any USPHS hospital, or a private hospital that has received official ap­ proval, in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or Canada. The S&A in-patient benefit can be paid for a period of 39 weeks, and begins on the first day a member is hospitalized. Members receiving out-patient benefits also are paid $56 per week at the rate of $8 per day. To be eligible, a seaman must be disabled and receiving treatment within the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or Canada. Should an eligible seaman elect to receive medical care from a private phy-fsician, the welfare plan trustees and cure and has not yet received reserve the right to evaluate the same, he shall execute an assign­ medical proof submitted to deter­ ment of maintenance and cure mine the eligibility of the claim. payments to the Seafarers Welfare If a member has become dis­ Plan. General Rules, (a) Any disability abled as a result of his own will­ ful misconduct, he will not be occurring during a period of dis­ eligible to receive the S&A out­ ability, and before an eligible ob­ patient benefit. A member will tains a fit-for-duty slip, is consid­ also be ineligible for this benefit ered to be the same disability. if he is getting outipatient treat­ The maximum of payments in such ment outside the U.S., Puerto Rico, a case is 39 weeks, no matter how distinct the disabilities happen to the Virgin Islands or Canada. be. A waiting period of seven days, (b) A recurrence of a previous starting with the first calendar day disability shall be considered part a member Is declared not fit for of the same disability period even duty, is required for eligibility though the eligible obtained a fitto receive the benefit. If the dis­ for-duty certificate or accepted ability continues after the seven- employment. day waiting period, payments can (c) Disability for unrelated begin, retroactive to the fifth day from the initial date he was de­ causes shall be considered a new period of disability provided the clared not fit for duty. eligible has been pronounced fitFiling Requirement. Claims for for-duty from his original disabil­ the S&A benefit must be filed ity or has accepted employment. within 60 days after discharge (d) An eligible cannot accept from a hospital or the beginning of the disability period, if no hos­ employment and be disabled pitalization is required. Each simultaneously. Any applicant for claimant is required to submit S&A benefits who accepts employ­ medical proof ..of .his dis?\bility. ment at any time during the period This proof w^l be evaluated by !f6f whidh'he claiitis s&ch benefits; the trustees of the welfare plan shall be declared fit for duty with.^ to determine eligibility for pay­ respect to that disability and shall ments. The trustees can also re­ be disqualified from receiving ben­ quire further examination of the efits for the cause of alleged dis­ applicant by a doctor selected by ability. Any claimant who received the welfare plan, or they may ask benefit payments after accepting for a more complete certification. employment shall be required to reimburse the fund for all such Once an Initial claim has been benefits received after the first day filed for a disability, it will not of employment during such period be nacessary to file additional of alleged disability. claims for weekly payments for (e) Hospital Expense Benefit— the same disability period. It An eligible who is not entitled to should be noted that a member is treatment of a USPHS facility and required to submit medical proof who is hospitalized during any of his continued disability, stating period for which he is entitled to its cause, before any subsequent receive the S&A benefit, shall also payments can be made. be entitled to receive hospital benefits according to the Schedule Duration of Benefit. An eligible for Dependents' Benefits. is entitled to a maximum of 39 (f) In-Hospital Benefit—If an weeks of payments during any one period of disability, including in- eligible is entitled to receive the hospital and out-patient time. in-hospital benefit, the Plan shall Where there has been a waiting pay only an amount which together period, the 39-week period starts with such payments shall equal $8 when benefits are payable. How­ per day. If an eligible is still con­ ever, an eligible shall not receive fined after having received the total benefit payments in excess of S&A benefit payment for a maxi­ 39 weeks in any 12-month period,^ mum of 39 weeks, he is still en­ and the 12-month period for the titled to receive the in-hospital determination of the 39-week max­ benefit. imum payment begins on the first (g) Failure of. an eligible em­ day an employee is eligible for ployee to place himself under payment. treatment promptly or to comply If an eligible is receiving or Is with medical care or instructions entitled to receive maintenance will be deemed,cause for disquali-.^ and cure payments, the Plan shall fication from benefits. pay only an amount which to­ gether with such payments shall equal $56 per week, but the eli­ gible shall be entitled if such pay­ ments terminate before a period TO of 39 weeks to receive a total of $56 per week up to a maximum of 39 weeks. However, if he may be S entitled to receive maintenance IAM I �Kkim Pag* Bbrca, SEAFARMK9 -109 "Clean-Up Squad" ¥ CHANGES IN EEGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS — An ll-man commission appointed by the late President Kennedy recently pre­ sented its report to President Johnson, with 21 recommendations to reduce the legal booby traps and barbed wire which is estimated to have kept millions of Americans from voting in the last election. Headed by Richard Scammon, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, the commission was unanimous in ail 21 points except one which dealt with literacy tests. Two men dissented from the general opinion of the committee on this point. A few of the recommendations are: state residence requirements for voting eligibility should not exceed six months: local requirements should not exceed 30 days; new state residents should be allowed to vote for President; and literacy tests should not be a requirement to vote. ^ NEW RIGHT WING GROUP EYES 1966—A new right wing politi­ cal organization, the American Conservative Union (ACU) will be fac­ ing its first political action when the House of Representatives seats come up for grabs again in 1966. The group will be swinging its sup­ port behind ultraconservative Republicans and Dixieerats. The ACU apparently aims to fill the vacuum existing in right wing leadership by providing continuing direction to persons who supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 Presidential election. 4" S* t RULES REFORM IN 89th CONGRESS—As the 89th Confess swung into action January 4, several new rules for the House were adopted to strengthen the ~hand of the new Administration. The first political moves were to elect Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana as Senate Democratic Whip, and Gerald R. Ford of Michigan as floor leader in the House. The new House rules adopted give much power to the Speaker of the House against the Rules Committee which is domi­ nated by 81-year, old conservative Representative Howard Smith. The new rules allow the Speaker to call to the floor for action any bill that has been bottled up by the Rules Committee for more than 21 days. Other changes in the House give the majority Democratic party a mu<^ larger ratio in many important committees including the House Ways and Means Committee and the Appropriations Committee. A The NLRB has voted to author­ ize union representation elections In less than storewlde units at three deparhnent stores in Hie New York City area. In a 3-1 split decision, the NLRB ruled that while storewide units in the retail field are "basically appropriate,'' the circumstances justified a split unit in this case. At the same time, the board directed elections to be held at the stores within 30 days. Under the decision, the depart­ ment store employees will vote on whether to affiliate with District 65 of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Si 4" Theodore Brandt has been elected a vice president of the Lithographers and Photoengravers In the first referendum since the merger of two unions into one last Septemlber. Brandt, former president of the Lithographers local in Los Angeles will succeed ALA vice president James H. O'Niel, who resigned last July. 4i 44The Metropolitan Life Insurance Go, has been found guilty by the NLRB of refusing to bargain with the Life Insurance Workers at its Joliet, 111., office and has been ordered to engage in contract negotiations with the union. It was the 16th such order by the board against insurance firms in the last three years. All the companies have refused all board orders to bargain in cases where the union has won elections in units smaller than statewide. homeless by the disaster In Northem California. More than 1,600 local unions and councils have been appealed to for help. The Red Cross estimated a need for about $5 million to get the fiood victims back to their former standard of living. More than 5,900 families suffered loss, with 1,025 homes totally destroyed, 1,211 suf­ fering major damage, - and 2,548 receiving minor damage. The Caiifornia AFL-CIO is seeking to top $200,000 in the current drive. 4 4 4. Stanley Ruttenberg, formerly AFL-CIO director of research, has been appointed administrator of the Manpower Administration in the Labor Department. He suc­ ceeds John C. Donovan, who re­ signed to become professor of government at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Ruttenberg, who is widely known in union circles, left his AFL-CIO post in 1962 to become special assistant to Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. He had held the position in the AFL-CIO since its merger. 4 4 4 Two fellowships for graduate work and two undergraduate schol­ arships are being offered at Ohio State University in honor of the late William Green, president of the former AFL from 1924 until his death in 1962. The fellowships, worth $2,250 each, are for grad­ uate study with concentration in the field of labor and industrial relations. The undergraduate scholarships, worth $500 each, .are t 4" '3^ open to juniors and seniors major­ The California AFL-CIO has ing in economics, history, political created a Flood Relief FUnd to science, mathematics, science, sor provide aid to the thousands .left ciology or business adniinistratipn^ The fact that vast pockets of poverty still exist in the United States, which is pro­ claimed all over the world as the richest nation on earth, is a fact with which the 89th Congress will have to deal actively. Labor has pledged itself to give all-out sup­ port to the President's war on poverty. At the recent AFL-CIO legislative conference in Washington, Federation President George Meany termed the election of President Johnson and a liberal Congress a "mandate" for "the kind of America where there is no poverty, unemployment." To achieve this end. Congress must realize this mandate from the people and act on legislation designed to improve the lot of those Americans who, in the midst of plenty, still live as slaves to poverty and its hand­ maiden, ignorance. The problem of poverty has been with us for a long time. Past Congresses have chosen largely to ignore these underprivileged Americans and little was done to help them to help themselves. But this is a new Con­ gress, with a new, more liberal makeup. There is much which can be done. With the solid support of American labor and the Ad­ ministration, the 89th Congress can carve out a record for itself unequaled by any past Congress. It can make for itself a record as a body which did more for the United States and its people than any Congress in the pastrMany of the paths which must be followed to eliminate poverty in the U.S. have been laid out. The antipoverty programs already underway should be continued and ex­ panded. They are aimed at helping those Americans who need help most, the portion of the American people who have been left b.ehind by t^e lady^nce, pf technology, , Aid to education is one of the most promis­ ing methods of breaking the vicious cycle of poverty-ignorance-poverty which afflicts many Americans. Providing the children of the poor with a good education will help them to break out of the "poverty psychol­ ogy" which can breed only increased poverty and dependence for each succeeding genera­ tion. Regional planning and development is another program which deserves active sup­ port from Congress if victory is to be achieved in the war on poverty. Such plan­ ning and development is important not only in the much-publicized depressed areas such as Appalachia, but in our largest and most prosperous cities as well—^where poverty often lurks unnoticed, masked by the seem­ ing prosperity and well-being of the vast majority of citizens. Part II of the war on poverty should include such areas as the Upper Great Lakes region, the Ozarks and Upper New England. Job retraining for American workers dis­ placed by automatibn, a Domestic Peace Corps to work with American youth soon to enter the race for jobs, civil rights legisla­ tion, and many more measures all deserve support from the new Congress. The Ameri­ can labor movement has pledged itself to do everything within its power to achieve these worthwhile ends. The Administratioe has pledged itself to support these goals. It only remains for Congress to act quickly and wisely—and poverty in the United States can become a thing of the past. While a single American citizen remains a slave to poverty and ignorance, no American—^no matter how well-educated, no matter how prosperouscan cqnsideriljiinself truly free. ^ �Pag* Twelvs SEAFARERS Janoarr SS. LOG Taxi Drivers' Christmas By Frank Drozok, West Coast Representative pUESTIONi What, In your opinion, it th# boit rating aboard ship? Why? SIUNA Oil Workers Still On Strike Quick action and fine seamanship by the crew of the SIU Pacific District-manned Korean Bear (Pacific Far East) helped save the life of a 16 year old high school student who is only the second person on record to survive a fall from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. According to newspaper reports, the boy hit the water directly in the path of the Korean Bear. Police, who reached the bridge railing Just as the boy bobbed to the surface in the Bear's path, waved flares to attract the attention of the ship. The alert crew spotted him and was able to alter course at the last minute, missing the boy by 10 feet. The SIUNA-affiliated International Union of Oil Workers here are stiil urging SIU and all other trade union members not to buy Standard Oil of California products and turn in their gasoline credit cards. The "Don't Buy Chevron" campaign was called when Standard of California refused employees the 4.5 percent benefit package won by the unions from majop firms in the 1964 round of contract negotiations and undertook other anti-union activities. The company is beginning to feel the pinch as the boycott gains momentum and all members are urged to lend their full support. San Francisco Shipping has been more than fair during the past several weeks, with the new Calmar crewing up4on the West Coast and the Young on the beach here for a little vaca­ Fascinated children of SIU Chicago taxi drivers line up to America coming out of lay-up after tion and rest. F. J.White was happy receive presents from Santa at the annual Christmas party 10 days. In addition, we sent 10 about finding an AB slot aboard the sponsored by the SIUNA-affiliated Democratic Union Or­ men to Honolulu to join the Na­ Young America. With White aboard ganizing Committee taxi Local 777. Over 2,500 Union mem­ tional Defender there. Ships signed the Young America was Steve bers and their children turned out for the affair, making it on this period were the Choctaw, Thayer. The high cost of living on Overseas Rose, and Wild Ranger. the beach helped J. Kearnes de­ the biggest and best Christmas party Local 777 ever held. The Steel Recorder, Marymar, San cide that it's time to ship out again Juan, Alamar, Geneva, San Fran­ in the first messman spot to come cisco, Steel Architect, Steel Rover, on the board. After enjoying a lit­ Seamar, Monticello, Mountpeller tle shore rest, oldtimer W. Cam­ Victory, Yaka, Losmar, Alcoa Mas­ eron decided he would take the ter and Robin Hood were all serv­ National Defender in Honolulu iced in transit. Payoffs this period and make a trip on her as cook & were limited to the Orion Hunter baker. in Honolulu, the Iberville and the Wilmington SAN DIEGO—Some 500 members of the AFL-CIO San Marine. Shipping activity was very good Diego Cab Driver's Union have voted unanimously to affiliate The coming period should see here for the last period, but the with the SIUNA-affiliated Transportation Services & Allied the Alcoa Marketer, Elizabethport, outlook for the coming period is Workers. The Yellow Cab> Fairport, Morning Light, Ames slow, with only four ships expect­ drivers initially approved the Diego Union is to be known as Victory, Natalie, Steel Artisan, ed in transit. In the last few weeks move at their regular Novem­ TS&AW Local 101. and Antinous in transit here. Other we had the Seamar, San Francis­ ber membership meeting. The San The Yellow Cab drivers were vessels we may be seeing in tran­ co, Overseas Joyce, Losmar, Mon­ orginally members of a California sit are the Steel Traveler, Steel ticello Victory, Mayflower, LongTeamsters local. In April, 1962, Maker, Steel Navigator, and pos­ view Victory and the Young Amer­ they bolted the Hoffa outfit and sibly the Longview Victory, Ocean ica in transit. The Yaka came in formed a directly chartered AFLfrom the Far East to pay off and Dinny, and the Marine. CIO Local Union. Once back in Oldtimer William Saltarez, who sign on here. the mainstream of the American All the guys on the beach Kere has been sailing as messman on the labor movement, they won a con­ (Continued on page 13) Far East runs for a while now, is. tract with the Yellow Cab Com­ pany—^the major cab company in San Diego. The decision to seek affiliation WASHINGTON — The Uru­ guayan government has decided to with the TS&AW District of the ask its Parliament to adopt a law SIU, according to a Local 101 "to promote and support the representative, was based on "the merchant marine fleet without need to grow; the need of the ex­ reliance on measures which dis­ tra support; and the access to the criminate against U.S.-flag vessels." organizing niachlnery that is In return, the U.S. has decided offered within the confines of a to hold off levying cash Mnalties strong, dynamic international against Uruguayan ships touching union." He said he and his Executive at U.S. ports. Board questioned a number of The penalties against Uruguayan vessels was ordered by the U.S. in AFL-CIO international Unions retaliation for a 10 percent tax about affiliation. "The TS&AW Uruguay has been levying on District of the SIU is the only certain of its imports, with its own Union which met the Local's needs flag ships exempt from the tax. on all counts," he said. The burden of the Uruguayan tax With over 500 members in their fell on American-flag vessels. In ranks, TS&AW Local 101 is the addition, imports brought into first (California local of the Uruguay on its own vessels would TS&AW District. The "100 series" be exempt from a 6 percent foreign of charter numbers has b^en set exchange transfer tax. aside for California drivers. After about 18 months of trying Allensworth was in Chicago last to persuade Uruguay to drop the November to study operations of discriminatory levies without any the TS&AW District, DUOC Local success, the Federal Maritime 777, and UIW Local 300. Commission decided to offset the Uruguayan charges against U.S. ships by making equal charges in U.S. ports against Uruguayan ships. Members of the SIUNA-affiliated international Union of Similar retaliatory action has Petroleum Workers hit the bricks in Oakland, Calif, to launch been taken by the U.S. before—in a "don't buy" campaign against filling stations and other 1959—forcing Ecuador to back off facilities owned by Standard Oil of California which markets on its intention to impose similar "Chevron" products. Petroleum Workers started picketing discriminatory levies agains.t U.S. after the company's refusal to grant employees the 4.5 per­ vessels. cent benefit package that other major companies agreed to The FMC did not say how the in 1964. Other unions participating in the "don't buy'^ drive Uruguayans would carry out their in other Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states are the promised action, saying merely Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers and Steamfitters Local that they would keep the Uru­ guayan, situation "under review." 159. Coast Cabbies Join SIUNA Taxi Union SIUNA Oil Workers Hit Bricks Uruguay Bows, Kills Anti-U.S. Shipping Taxes Charles 'Johnstons I think the deck maintenance Job is the best one. He does not have to stand any night watch; most of his work is done during the day. On top of that, he is pretty much his own boss. Al­ though he does have quite a bit of responsibility and he has to be dependable. The pay is good, too. Joe Watson: The bosun has the best job. He is a responsible per­ son, and as a rule is a very good sailor. It is not easy to be­ come a bosun either. It takes six years to get that rating. Also the bosun has been in the Un­ ion long enough to know most of the contrast agreements with the companies, and knows the Union inside out. He is important. 4i 4" !• Hazel Johnson: I think that the best rating is either chief steward or bosun. They have it easier than the rest of the ratings. They are their own boss most of the time; they don't have to stand the night watches; and they have much more free time than most of the crew. They work hard, but they still have the best job aboard ship. 4 4 Nicholas Yrettos: The electrician has the best job aboard ship. He does most of his work during the day, except in an emergency or some special duty. Also, there is no steady rou­ tine that must be done every day. There is al­ ways some vari­ ety in his work, so it doesn't get monotonous. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Gordon Marbury: For a year inyear out job, the bosun has the best rating. The pay is good for a bosun, and he can get plenty of overtime. Besides that, he has plen­ ty of leisure time. Most important is the fact that the bosun's job very seldom set­ tles into a dull routine. There is always a variety of jobs to di. Bob Preston: I think any of the engine ratings are good ratings. For one thing, they are all step­ ping stones to a career as a ships engineer — which is my pri­ mary interest in sailing. Also, there is a great deal of satisfac­ tion in helping to keep so niuch machinery oper­ ating properly. i M �Jaai^ a, IIN'^4; ; SBAPARERS^ LOG By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives If " f e? :Ss (<l II [v Ht F) 50th Anniversary Of Seamen's Act This year marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of tUe Seamen's Act—long hailed as the dawn of a new day for seamen everywhere. It was on March 4, 1915, that President Wilson put his signature to the bill which has been passed by Houses of Congress after a long and bitter fight led by Senator Robert La Follette, Sr., of Wisconsin, and Andrew Furuseth, a legendary leader of American seamen. Officially the Seamen's Act is entitled "An Act to promote the wel­ fare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States: to abolish arrest and Imprisonment as penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions and relation thereto: and to promote safety at sea." As the title shows it was a comprehensive bill that dealt a final blow to the legal shackles on American seamen that caused them to be treated as indentured servants. Desertion Penalty Out The biggest item in the Seamen's Act was the final abolition of the desertion penalty. Before this,-f —— foreign seamen in American ports life-boats, and required that 65 and American seamen in ports out­ percent-of the deckhands be able side the U.S. could still be ar­ seamen. Other provisions on man­ rested and imprisoned for quitting ning called for 75 percent of the their ship. This gave the master a crew to be able to understand an tremendous hold on his men no order of the officers. matter how badly they were The Seamen's Act by itself did treated. Under the new law, sea­ not assure seamen of good condi­ men were in effect given the right that all other citizens held—that tions. It was the advent of strong of quitting a job when they didn't seamens unions like the SIU which assured them of the conditions like it. under which they work today. Per­ Other Provisions haps now that we have these But the 1915 Seamen's Act went rights it would be a good time to beyond that basic clause. It made recall the slogan of American sea­ general provision for shipboard men, as expressed by Andrew conditions of safety and comfort. Furuseth in 1917: "Seamen: Know your duties. Among other things, it called for Know your responsibilities. an increase in minimum foc'sle Know your rights. No calling space of from 72 to 120 cubic feet demands a higher mental and for each man—an area about five physical standard in the men feet square by five feet high. It employed. No calling has given also set up certain mindmum stor­ any better service to civiliza­ ing standards and called for pun­ tion and to humanity. No call­ ishment of officers guilty of beat­ ing has any right to higher ing the crew, holding the owner consideration or greater hon­ liable for letting an officer under charges to escape. or, none has given or is giving more important service in Another provision of the bill hit peace or war. In the days of the criihips by outlawing deduc­ chivalry the men of the sea tions from wages, for them. A nine had a right to and did partici­ hour day in port was also provided. pate in highest honors. In the interest of safety, spurred by the Titanic disaster, the Act "Sea power has at all times called for sufficient number of (Continued on page 15) U.S. Reliabilitation Benefits 1.5 Million Disabled Workers WASHINGTON—Over 1.5 million people have been re­ habilitated into useful jobs through the U.S. Vocational Re­ habilitation program since it began in 1920, Mary E. Switzer, commissioner of vocational re--*habition, said in an interview States as well, largely because of on Washington Reports to the the discoveries made by foreign People, AFL-CIO public service program. "During the past year, a record 120,000 were rehabiliated," Miss Switzer reported. "However, we still have to cut down the backlog of at least 2.5 million persons. And nearly 300,000 Americans become disabled every year." The program, she explained, "is •traditionally a federal-state opera­ tion . . . which has as its objective the locating of physically and mentally handicapped people . giving, them whatever they need in service, training, adjustment services, social service, and finally, placing them in jobs." The physically handicapped. Miss Switzer said, include the blind, the drthopedically handi­ capped, the paraplegics, the quadraplegics (those who have lost the use of all four limbs), the deaf, victims of mental illness or mental retardation, "any condition of mind or body that is a block to. employment." The program operates overseas through the use of counterpart funds, with not only the people overseas benefiting but the United scientists, she said. "For i n s t a n c e," said Miss Switzer, "in a sophisticated coun­ try like Israel, there are many scientists and much creative talent working out problems in heart disease and polio, and the problem of older workers." Training Pays Off Rehabilitatioi^ not only helps the person individually, "puts him back to work and off the relief rolls," she said, "but it also re­ turns dollars to the Treasury—tax dollars—seven or eight for one, so far as the federal investment is concerned. "Another very important aspect is the man hours of labor that are put into production and that in­ crease the Gross National Product, and the contributions of special skills that these people make, as teachers, engineers, and others who are in short supply." Employers also have been co­ operating, she reported. "They get a sense of satisfac­ tion, feel they are doing their part," she said, "and also, they get very well trained workers." Pare TUrteev Big Biz Price Fix Fines Erased By Gov't Taxmen Crime pays for big business, and Its a crying shame. Case in point: It is a crime to conspire to fix prices. The fact that something is against the law how­ ever, has never stopped some of our biggest companies from doing it if it means bigger profits. Three years ago, 29 • companies, including such ordinarily does so. It Implies that resulting from criminal convic­ giants as General Electric, something is very wrong either tions. Westinghouse, etc., were brought with our laws or our businessmen, All this amounts to a giveaway to court and fined nearly $2 mil­ or both. to end ail giveaways. The Govern­ lion and paid neariy $500 miliion In the original case for violation ment, in effect, is approving pricein damage and criminal suits for of the anti-trust laws three years fixing by allowing industry to robbing the American pubiic by ago, the 29 companies and 44 of deduct the cost of damage suits, fixing prices at artificiaily high their officials paid neariy $2 mil­ when they are caught, while at the levels. lion in fines. Seven corporation same time contending, with the So the companies were convicted officers served jail terms and 23 other side of its mouth, that such of a crime. They vioiated Federal were placed on probation. actions are iiicgai. Law; they robbed the American So illogical and inconsistent is "Shocking Indictment" public; they showed contempt for the whole situation that anti-trust A U.S. District Judge called the experts are up in arms over the the law of the land and its people. case "a shocking indictment" of a ruling and an inquiry into the But did they pay for it? Of course not! The Internal large segment of our economy. ruling is under consideration in Revenue Service ruled that the Attorney General Robert Kennedy two Congressional committees. companies can deduct half of the called the violations "so willful and There will undoubtedly be more amounts they paid out In damage flagrant that even more severe written on this situation in the fu­ and criminal suits from their in­ sentences would have been ap­ ture, and on the actions of the As it tiu-ns out come tax as "ordinary and neces­ propriate." though, since the working taxpay­ Congressional committees looking sary business expenses." In other ers are actually paying the fines, into it. Read ail these stories words, the Governnient is paying carefully and get all the enjoyment haif the fine for big business—some perhaps it is better that the mam­ you can out of them. The whole moth companies got off as lightly $250 million. affair is costing you plenty. as they did. My Crime—Your Fine Who says "the weed of crime In addition to the fines, the com­ And where does the Government panies were hit be the estimated bears bitter fruit?" For some the get the money to pay the fine? $500 million by their customers in weed of crime is green—^iike From the taxpayer of course. So triple-damage suits and settlements money. in effect, the person who was robbed is being forced to pay the fine for the robber. With the extra profits gained by their iilegai price-fixing, the fact that the Government is paying half the fine means that the companies not only are getting off scott-free, WASHINGTON—Vessels in the U.S. Navy fleet are navi­ but are probably making a neat gating with information received from three globe-circling profit on the whole deal. space satellites. The successful demonstration of the satelThe whole proceeding points up lite navigating system has-*-— the fact that several things are special significance for ocean­ 1965 issue of the LCXl. Under this rotten in the state of our business merchant vessels since system a ship would be able to and tax.setup. First of all, the fact going their naviators now will be able accurately learn its position at sea that the victim must pay the fine to receive accurate information on from a satellite, while a shore for the criminal in effect gives the their position at any time no tracking station would also com­ big business lawbreaker a free hand matter what the weather is. pute its location at the same time. to do as he pleases and damn the The revolutionary space naviga­ public interest. tion system got a thorough test Ordinary, Necessary Crime last year when three nuclearSecondly, it is a sad commentary powered naval ships used it on an (Continued from page 12) on the state, of big business when | around-the-world cruise. The a government agency can rule that nuclear task force, which con­ have been congratulating Woodrow fines for breaking the law are sisted of the aircraft carrier Johnson on the arrival of. his new "ordinary and necessary business Enterprise, the cruiser Long son, and they are puffing away expenses" of big business. It Beach and the frigate Bainbridge, happily on the cigars he's been means that it is necessary for big circled the globe without refueling handing out to all and sundry. business to break the law and it or resupply. Woody was thinking of shipping The new navigation system out, but as the time grew closer makes use of tliree small satellites he decided to wait it out—and is whose orbits are equally spaced glad he did! We also want to around the globe. The orbits are wish the best of luck to Warren designed to keep one spot on H. Woodhill, who will be under­ earth "in sight" at least every going surgei-y at the San Fran­ ,SVS!S|S*^^ 90 minutes or sooner. cisco USPHS hospital soon, and A specially-designed computer wish him a speedy recovery. Woodon a ship automatically zeros in hill has been registered on the on a circling satellite, computes beach here for the past few weeks its changing position, and then and was very eager to ship. Oldtypes out its information for use timer Harry "Popeye" Cronin is by the ship's navigator. spending his retirement near here Naval officials are so impressed and drops by the hall frequently by the satellite navigation sys­ to say hello and yak it up with old tem's accuracy that they feel It is shipmates. Cronin sings the praises even better than the "inertial of his SIU pension and says he's navigation system" which is used enjoying his retirement to the hilt. by this country's submarines. The Seattle Navy now plans to .install the During the last period we paid computers which receive the satellite signals on its Polaris off the Anchorage and the Seneca missile submarines where accurate and serviced the Calmar, Longview navigation is of the highest im­ Victory, Portmar, St. Lawrence portance. Plans for the installa­ and the Inger. Shipping looks fair­ tion of the computers are gmng ly good for the next period with ahead, even though their 300- the Fairport, Ames Victory, Robin pound weight poses a considerable Hood and Trustee expected to pay Gabriella Shapiro delicate­ problem for the already over­ off. On the beach and ready to ly hides her face from the ship right now are two oldtimers crowded submarines. Log photographer, as any J. Wilson and R. Carey. Each of the three orbiting young lady would when she satellites has a two-year life. Two is being weighed in public. of them are powered by solar A/6;(T T/Aie Gabriella, who. is the batteries, and the third by nuclear daughter of Seafarer Ber­ I'LL r/SK isotopes. nard Shapiro, posed during A more ambitious space naviga­ her physical examination tion plan, involving 24 satellite^, et'thd New York SlU cliniCi was reported in the January 8, Three Space Satellites Steer U.S. Navy Ships Padfie Coast Camera Shy �snA t A R E KB hoa Pare Fourteen All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's namei Ann Cifarelli, bom December 15, 1964, to the William J. Kaneo, 25, 1964, to the Arthur P. Leehs, 16, 1964, to the Angelo OifareUda, Camden, New Jersey. San Francisco, Calif. San Pablo, Calif. * * * is, ^ ^ ^ 4* 4 4 4 Christopher Wayne Powell, bom Betty Jo Stanley, bora Novem­ October 20, 1964, to the Elohard James Stubbert, born December ber 22, 1964, to the William M. 6, 1964, to the Robert P. Stubberts, M. Powells, Port Allen, La. Stanleys, Savannah, Ga. Worcester, Mass. is, is, is, William Kane, bora December is, is, is, Yuonno Lesh, born November 4 4 4 All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitali USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Arthur S. Andarion David Ketchum Curtis Andarson Elmer Koch Edward H. Bayna Wliliam E. Lane Wallace J. Beeman Charles LoveU Georce -Bryan Harvey Newcomh Anthony Carrano Gerado Rivera Valentino Ferro John J. SchaUer Freldof FondUa Claude M. Sturgla George Graham Samuel Pate Arthur F. Heirs Paige C. Poomey CecU F. Kane James Norman Peavy, born July 11, 1964, to the Charles E. Peavys, The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported Simmesport, La. USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment Edwin Glaze Calvin J. Wilson 4 4 4 Robert L. Mays Charles W. White of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary Mlkade Olenchlk Paul L. Whitlow card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t Rebecca Newcomb, bom Sep­ USPHS HOSPITAL tember 8, 1964, to the Ralph H. JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA Orville Robert Holmes, 38: Benjamin Bailey, 84: Brother Newcombs, New Orleans, La. H. L. Grlzzard O. M. Ames Brother Holmes died Dec. 23, 1963, Bailey died July 27, 1964 in WilJ. C. Laseter H. S. Ness R. B. Pardo in New Orleans, liamsburgh Gen­ 4 4 4 La., of injuries eral Hospital, USPHS HOSPITAL Juan Gonzales, born November CHICAGO. ILLINOIS received in an ac­ Brooklyn. N. Y, Charles Hankal cident. A mem­ of natural causes. 10, 1964, to the Gilbert R. Gon­ zales, Galveston, Texas. USPHS HOSPITAL ber of the engine An SIU oldtimer, FRANKFORT. MICHIGAN department, h e he first joined in Glen Gilmore 4 4 4 joined the Union 1938 and sailed USPHS HOSPITAL Thomas Trehern, born Septem­ in New York in the steward SEATTLE. WASHINGTON PI in 1949. No benedepartment until ber 15, 1964, to the Thomas A. E. A. Alnsworth George King H. Hill lobert E. Broome U floiary was desig­ his retirement in Treherns, New Orleans, La. H. Keene nated. Place 1953.' He is sur­ USPHS HOSPITAL 4 4 4 burial is not known. vived by hfis wife, Mrs. Eva Bailey. NORFOLK. VIRGINIA is, is, is, Sovandus Sessoms He was buried in the Evergreen Dominick John Parris, bora Ernest C. BeU William H. Mason Harvey B. Tower December 3, 1964, to the John George Charles Henry, 66: Brother Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Moore George R. Williams Parris, Philadelphia, Pa. Henry died July 17, 1964, in the USPHS HOSPITAL t 4* 4" NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA Staten Island 4 4 4 George Everett Burleson, 50: Howard A. Berglne Harold L. Justice USPHS Hospital Joseph G. Carr Ivy P. Keller Pneumonia proved fatal to Brother of natural causes. Wayne Luman, born October 29, John R. Chatraw Robert L. Kinchen Burleson in the E. Cumberland Luke LeBlanc A member of the 1964, to the John R. Lumans, R. C. E. Cummings Roberto Lopez New Orleans SIU since he Alpena, Mich. Celestine De Souza Lawyer McGrew USPHS Hospital Antonio DlNlcola William Maas joined in 1939, Marshall Foster Phillip C. Mendoia on Aug. 5, 1964. 4 4 4 he sailed in the James I. Gouldman Leon A. RainvlUe A memiber of the L. Gulce Luke B. Seariana steward depart­ Jeffery Cox, born November 4, Stanlon Cesar A. Guerra John A. Schultz Union since he ment. He is sur1964, to the Jimmy D. Coxs, DeLoss C. Harman Hamilton Seburn first joined in Otis J. Harden Chester J. Seymour V i v e d by his Amite, La. 1956, he sailed in friend, Ernest Aubusson. Burial was in the the deck depart­ 4 4 4 Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, ment. No bene­ Daniel Ellis, born November 1, ficiary was desig­ N.Y. 1964, to the Victor W. Ellis. Sault nated. He was buried in the Myrtle 4" 4" 4" Ste. Marie, Mich. Grove Cemetery, Escambia, Fla. Ward Valentine Hoskins, 66: George E. Willey 4 4 4 Heart failure was the cause of Your brother Azel A. Wllley 4" 4" 4 death of Brother William Arthur Hunt, 49: Broth­ Lisa Marie Kroll, bora October would like you to get in touch Hoskins on July er Hunt succumbed August 4, 1964, 16, 1964, to the Stanley Krolls, with him Immediately -at Charity Hospital, Ward 1113, New Orleans, 6, 1964, in the in Honolulu, Ha­ Luzerne, Pa. < hospital in Ash­ La. waii, of natural tabula, Ohio. A 4 4 4 4 4 4 causes. A mem­ member of the ber of the Union David Douglas Jane Marie Walls, born Decem­ Great Lakes Tug since 1943, he ber 8, 1964, to the Kirt Walls, New Robert L. Houck would like you and Dredge Re­ sailed in the Orleans, La. to contact him at the Florida State gion since he deck department. Hospital, Chatahoochee, Fla. joined in 1961, He is survived by 4 4 4 4 4 4 he sailed as oiler his mother, Mrs. Robert J. (Red) Morgan Corey McGinn, born December or fireman. Surviving is his wife, Jeanette Hunt. You are asked to get in touch Mrs. Ruth Hoskins. Burial was in Burial was in the 8, 1964, to the Robert J. McGinns, with your mother, Mrs. Beatrice the Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Hawaiian Memorial Park Ceme­ Onaway, Mich. M. Suthard, at 10841-61st Avenue Ashtabula, Ohio. tery, Honolulu, Hawaii. 4 4 4 North, Largo, Fla. 33542. 4" 4" Alvah F. Burris 60: Brother Burris succumbed to a respiratory ill­ ness in the Vet­ erans Hospital, Salsbury, N. C., on Aug. 22, 1964. A member of the SIU since 1945, he sailed in the engine depart­ ment until his re­ tirement in 1964. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Burris. Burial was in the Carolina Memorial Park Cemetery, Concord, N.C. 4* 4' . 4" 4" 4« 4 Jesus Fernandez, 76: Brother Fernandez died Aug. 6, 1964, in the Prospect Heights Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., of natural causes. A member of the deck department, he has been sail­ ing SIU since 1943. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Julia Fernandez. Burial was in the Greenwood Cem­ etery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 4 4 4 Jose Gonzales, 45; Brother Gon­ Charles Gordon Snodgrass, 59: zales died Aug. 17, 1964, while Heart disease proved fatal to aboard the LaBrother Snod­ Salle, of heart grass while he failure. A mem­ was aboard the ber of the SIU Pilot Rock, on since he joined Aug. 23, 1964. A in 1961, he sailed member of the in the deck de­ steward depart­ partment. He is ment, he joined survived by a the Union in brother and a 1947. He is sur­ wife. He was vived by his wife, buried in the Greenwood Oeme- Mrs. Trudy Ann Snodgrass. His ,place of burial is not known. teiy, Brooklyn, N.Y. James Martin Ketzner, born September 12, 1964, to the Francis X. Ketzners, Flushing, N.Y. 4 4 Simpson Pedro VUlahol Smallwood Carlie W. White W. Sommer 8. L. Whlttlngton Van Notter USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Emmett Avery Frank Maxet Glrdon BeU AI KarezewsU Wllllard Blumen Ivan Lelda Jose Castro David Meehan Leonard Cyprowskl Benito Mendez Isaac Miller Sal DlBeUa S. Mylonopoulos Robert DiUon Al Nelson John Drews Stanley Ostrom David Durward Max Fingerhut Winford Powell Stanley Friedman Winston Renny Angel Reyes Kenneth Galney James Shlber Albino Gomes Julius Swykert Julio Gonzalez Sol Vecchione Howard Hailey Frank Vfllacorte Burt Hanback E. L. Jennings George Warren Richard Waters Eric Johnson Carl Wayne Herbert Justice Thomas Love USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Gavan A. Gunter T. F. AUen. Jr. Jacob N, Linscomb H. L. CampbeU Bossle B. Fuller Frederlk Duveneel Israel Farhl Alfred PhUllps Ludolf Galles John Rawza N. J. Gremilion D. A. Rundblad Hugh C. Grove M. J. Stevens W. P. Gulllott Frank Tostl USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Delbler Abraham Mander Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay Charles Young SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen A. Gutierrez William Kenny Edwin Harriman PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHIGTON, D.C. WlUiam Thomson EAST LOUISIANA HOSPITAL JACKSON. LOUISIANA Donald Sander touch with you and would like you to contact him, in care of George Brugen, 77 West 68th Street, Apt. 2S, New Jfprk,, Newjfox,]^. _ _ . IF WARS RECEIVING MORS THAN ONE COPY OF THE SAME UOG.. 4 Robert Marrero Your father is anxious to get in Aft-C/O Newscast (Continued from page 4) Morgan noted In his January 1 broadcast that what mattered most when the program began and what remains today the top priority is freedom of expression. "Even in an open society like ours," he told his audience, "free­ dom of speech can be and is victimized by a tyranny of fear, a conspiracy of greed, a plague of hypocrisy or simply by milktoasted meekness . . . "Something is added to the stature of the network to whose news saff I belong and to the leadership of the AFL-(jlO, whose sponsorship I proudly acknowl­ edge, by the veiy fact of their respective tolerance of public and sometimes loud criticism from this corner." AFL-CIO President George W. R. B. R. Daniel H. F. Meany described the decade of sponsorship as a happy association for organized labor and a reward­ ing one for the cause of progress in America. "We are proud to sponsor your broadcasts," he stated, "even when we disagree with you, for we strongly believe that through your nightly commentaries we are making a contribution to the general welfare, and that, after all, is the whole purpose of the labor movement." Among the awards received by Morgan have been the coveted Peabody Award for" the outstand­ ing radio news program, and twice a sinjilar honor from the National Association for Better Radio & TV. Other honors have been the Sidney Hillman Award, the DuPont Award and the Headliner Award. CUP ALL MAIL. -JgeiS. F/a3M ip/oes f —ANt>F3ETURN ' LABElSSOWe OVJADJOi �1 jraMaqr^tS.'iMi SEAFARERS LOG 'Hank' Mourned, Bartender At N.Y. Port O'Cali if SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndsey Willlarai AI Tanner Robert Hatthewi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Asent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 177 State St. Ed Riley. Agent ..... Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. Vlnewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak. Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2606 Pearl St.. SE.. Jax William Morris. Agent ELgln 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent .. . FRanklln 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent .. 022-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. . nhn Fay. Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. Paul Gonsorchik. Agent . . DOuglas 2-4401 ^•"rank Drozak. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 A'/, Delta Adds Two Carribean Ports Of Call NEW ORLEANS—Two new Caribbean ports-of-call have been added to the 1985 sailing schedules of SlU-contracted Delta Line's three passenger~cargo vessels. The Del Sud, Del Mar and Del Norte, which regularly sail between Gulf ports and the East Coast of South Ainerica will now stop at San Juan, Puerto Rico and La Guaira, Venezuela. The new sailing schedule lists 22 stops at each port during 1965. Shipboard (Continued from page 13) meant World power. Control over the sea has at all times brought independence and wealth. Sea power was always in the seamen. The vessels (the tools used) have been al­ tered and improved upon as experience and knowledge in­ creased. But the sea has rer mained unchanged through ali the ages. So also the seamen. The qualities of mind and body that were needed in the seamen of the earliest times are yet needed and there can be no real seamen where those qualities are not . . Atlantic (Continued from page 4) Christmas and New Years celebra­ tions here as he was holding down his solt on the Clairborne. He says he'll be here when Three Kings Day comes around though, and plans to spend some time with his family. Felix Aponte, who hails from Ponce, P.R., dropped by the hall recently to wish his friends "felicidades." He was bosun on the Florida State. Another Seafarer aboard the Florida State was Frank Mateo, an all around engine room man. "Abe" Aragones is presently tak­ ing a rest from his duties as chief steward aboard the Puerto Rico. Also around the haU are "Paco" Solis, Alfonso Rivera, Bob Lasso, Phil Rubish, and Harold MoVay. Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowskl. Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Giiiette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Famen ASSISTANT 'SECKETARY-TREASimER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewlng Ave. So. Chicago, ni. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich.^ ........415 Main St. Mall Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18. Mich. Vlnewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St. .EAstem 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUAR'PERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE, Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St FRapklln 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEIANS 630 Jackson Ave. Tel 529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Tel. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA S12 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 GREAT LAKES TUG & DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredqe Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer, Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden. Agent ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brimiey, Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent.. BRimiey 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers 8 Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero. Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns. Agent TA .3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck. Agent EBsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin, Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenuo 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range. Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN. 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky. Ohio Harold Rutlisatz, Agent .... MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent ..SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Wra. J. Lackey. Agent ..MEUrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS. MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Coivis. Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim, Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS ....99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE....1216 E. Baltimore St EAstern 7-4900 NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4 th St. DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklln 7-3564 MOBILE .....1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS .......630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA ......... 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA •....••..••.•» a *312 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 Seafarers who are regular customers of the New York Port O'Call were saddened re­ cently by the death of Henry "Hank" Maksymowics, 51, in the Veterans Hospital at Fort - Hamilton on Jan 6, 1965, after a two and a half month Illness. Born Oct. 16, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York, "Hank" lived in New York most of his life. He first appeared behind the Port O'Call bar eight years ago. Before coming to work for the SIU, he served 14 years in the Navy, A great friend of almost every Sea­ farer who entered the New York Port O'Call, his death has saddened many Union brothers in the SIU. During his stay in the hospital, he re­ ceived many cards and letters from friends in ali ports of the world. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and two children, John, 17, and Virginia, 12. He was given full military honors at his burial in the Pineiawn National Cemetery, Long Island, New York. SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the .SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New.York Febrnary 8 Detroit February 12 Philadelphia ....February 9 Houston February 15 Baltimore February 10 New Orleans ...February 16 Mobile February 17 if West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. Ail Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meet­ ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Fehruairy IS February 24 January 22 March 22 March 24 February 26 4 $ where meetings are heia at 2 PM. The next meetings will be: Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Feb. 1-2 PM Alpena, BuSalo, Chicago, Regular membership meetings February 1—7 PM on the Great l.akes are held on the first and third Mondays of 4« 4- t each month in ail ports at 7 PM local time, except at Detroit, SIU inland Boatmen's Union Know Your Rights Regular membership meetings for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: PhUadelphia ...Feb. 9—5 PM BaUimore (licensed and nn(Licensed Feb. 10—5 PM Honston Feb. 15—5 PM Norfolk Feb. 11—7 PM N'Orleans . Feb, 16—5 PM Mobile . Feb. 17—5 PM FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the mumbership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are avtiilable at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU AtlanUc. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisi.ons of various trust fund agreements. Ali these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management RAILWAY MARINE REGION representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU Regular membership meetings trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various for Railway Marine Region-IBU trust funds. members are scheduled each SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to month in the various ports at 10 know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ AM and 8 PM., The next meetings able in aU Union hails. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union will be: and the shipOwnfers. notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU. Jersey City Feb. 15 return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Philadelphia Feb. 16 Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. BaUimore Feb. 17 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at aU times, •Norfolk Feb. 18 cither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available in aU SIU halls. REGION These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and Regular membership meet­ Uve aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU as your obUgations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and In the proper manner. If. ings for Great Lakes Tug and at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, Dredge Region IBU memters are falls to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SiU port agent. scheduled each month in the vari­ EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next refrained from publishing any article serving the poUtical purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ meetings will i/e: lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the Detroit Feb. 15 September. 1960. meetings in ail constitutional ports. The responsibility for Milwaukee Feb. 15 LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Chicago Feb. 16 Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Buffalo .Feb. 16 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any tSault Ste. Marie ... Feb. 17 official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any Duluth Feb. 19 reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to Lorain Feb. 19 require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but (For meeting place, contaci Har­ feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. old Rutbsatz, 118 East Parish. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUsheS Sandusky, Ohio). every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. AU members Cleveland .... Feb. 19 should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves Toledo Feb. 19 with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such Ashtabula Feb. 19 as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as aU other detaUs. then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. (For meeting place, contact John RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, tabula, Ohio). including attendance at membership meetings. And like aU other SIU memhers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In ss if ail rank-auU-fiie functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. || Because these oidtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of aUowing them to retain !§ United Industrial Workers their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment || Regular membership meetings and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU || for UIW members are scheduled constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the .!.|i employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because |;ii each month at 7 PM in various of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels ii| ports. The next meetings will be: that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify—1| headquarters. lis New York February 8 SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights p Baltimoire February 10 of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and poUtical objectives which jJl Philadelphia ...February 9 wiU serve the best Interests of themselves, their famiUes and their Union, if To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was ^Houston Feb. 15 established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the li Mobile Feb. 17 funds through wiiich legislative and political activities are conducted Cor the benefit of the membership and the Union, New Orleans ...... Feb. 16 If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, ho should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by ceriltlcd mall, return receipt requested. • Meelings held at Laoor Tampla, Newport News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. t Meeting held at Galveston wharvts. �Vol. XXVH No. 2 SEAFARERSli^LOG Jan. 22 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO The Association ran into trouble In Louisiana, however. There the legislature became so aroused by its activities that it adopted a resolu­ tion asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe the outfit to learn how it was financed and just how it was spreading hate. The investigation was never made. Thugs, Scabs, Goons RIGHT WING GOAL VER SINCE there were unions in this country there have been people seeking to crush the E organization of workers. These groups have taken different forms, but almost all stressed the open shop. One of the most vicious open shop campaigns in history was the so-called American Plan, which hit the country after World War 1. At the head of this campaign the National Association of Manufacturers, James Karem, head of the VIA, was quoted as saying that his vigilantes would fight against the closed shop "and if the law refuses its aid, we will do it our own way, by strong-arm methods or any other way it takes." He announced that he planned to form units in 15 Southern states "to prevent labor unions from controlling the South as they do the North. With the passage of Taft-Hartley, little was heard of the CAA or the VIA, apparently because Taft-Hartley did their anti-union job for them. A review of this sort can obviously only skim the surface, but jumping to 1964—we can see that the same sort of extremist elements are in busi­ ness to push for the compulsory open shop today. "Danger On The Right" High Phrases—Low Goals As might be expected, the first thing the move­ in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and ment led to was widespread wage-cutting by em­ Texas. ployers—strong NAM supporters. Such high"Pass The Biscuits Pappy" sounding catch phrases as "right-towork," "free­ dom of choice," "voluntary unionism," and "equal Heading up the Christian-American Association opportunity" were first generally used at this was a former governor and U.S. Senator from Texas, W. Lee ("Pass the Biscuits Pappy") O'Daniel. He appeared before a number of South­ ern legislatures asking for restrictive labor legis­ lation. The Christian-American Association, backed by a number of employers, first succeeded in getting a "right to work" constitutional amendment pro­ posal before the Florida legislature in 1941. In 1944 Florida became the first state to pass a "work" law. Extreme right-wing ^oups were active in push­ ing "right-to-work" drives in the South as early as 1941, six years before The Taft-Hartley Act with its Section 14(b) was passed by Congress. Florida Attorney General Tom Watson, in fact, threatened to import the VIA into Florida to en­ force that state's "work" law. At that time there was no John Birch Society, no Minutemen; and the Ku Klux Klan was at low ebb. But there were enough right-wing elements to go around, nevertheless. A number of proNazi groups were in existence, as well as antiSemetic, anti-Negro, antirunion racists of the Gerald L. K. Smith variety. Historically, these "v/ork" laws have been a gimmick of extreme right-wing groups, just as There was one other organization of the radical today they are supported and being actively pushed by the John Birchers and the Ku Klux right which took upon itself the campaign for socalled "right to work" laws. This was an obscure Klan. but well-financed group called the ChristianWith the American labor movement presently American Association. It worked particularly engaged in an all-out campaign for repeal of Sec­ tion 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which makes open shop or so-called "right-to-work" laws pos­ sible in the 20 states in which they exist, the close connection between these vicious, lunatic-fringe, right wing extremist groups and anti-union open shop legislation deserves some attention. time as part of the big-business, anti-labor propa­ ganda. The high phrases barely masked the real purpose of the American Plan—union busting, longer hours, less pay. The Association worked in Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas. It was successful in Arkansas in 1944, working through a front organization known as the Veterans Industrial Association. The VIA was made up largely of thugs who were used as strikebreakers, but it also lobbied for anti-labor legislation. The recently published book, "Danger on the Right," by Arnold Forster and Benjamin R. Ep­ stein, devotes space to the close tie-in between the radical right and the National Right to Work Commitee. The authors write; "One member of the Committee's board, Fred­ eric C. Fowler, has appeared on several occasions at meetings of Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade. Glenn Green, who became a Committee vice president several years ago, was identified as an active member of the John Birch Society and formerly was associated with the National Education Program of Harding College where he produced the film. Communism on the Map. Another extreme right-wing group pushing for the Florida law was the Florida Voters for Con­ stitutional Government, a state unit of the Com­ mittee for a Constitutional Government. Edward A. Rumley, who had served a federal prison sen­ tence for conviction as a German agent in World War 1, was director of the national committee. "The Committee's first chairman, Edward Dillard, has been listed as a Birch endorser, and such Birch Society national council members as Robert Love and Fred Koch of Wichita, Kansas, have been active. Love was a main speaker at the 1961 National Seminar Committee, held in Chicago. Committee spokesmen have also participated in meetings staged by Kent and Phoebe Courtney, have written for Human Events and have ap­ peared on Manion Forum broadcasts." The Christian-American Association was ac­ cused of being anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic and antiNegro and it continually boasted of its power to get legislation like so-called "right to work" laws through state legislatures. The relationships between extreme rightwingers and the right-to-work forces are what make many unionists believe that the mandate of the voters against extremism should include elimination of Section 14(b). u 1 f, �r.rS*;/ f " ^• J 4" '•' ?• 5^;iL 1 " ^v. '- • . • - ^y* a- BALLOTING PROCEDURES AND UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE DEraiT ^» SlU ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT ELECTION 1965-1968 .• P.W^.'r ._v' . •i " �SEAFARERS LOG Itmuj, fH' MM SlU Constitution Rules On Elections The SW Constitution Rules on Elections teas run on pages 6 and 7 of the October 16 Seafarers Log Election Supplement. removed, paced near the roster sheet, and the member shall proceed to the voting site with the ballot. An ap­ propriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall be placed in the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsive for the establishment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. Article XIII Section 3. Balloting Procedure (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall Insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and Instructive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most north­ erly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short state- • ment indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Secretary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Fort. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the .Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numi ers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect add count the ballots, when received, to insure that the c mount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform the amount and numbers listed by the SecretaryTreasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port / gent shall immediately execute and return to the Sec1 "tary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall ) :.ify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Dis­ crepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior IJ the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be for­ warded for ballots actually received. The SecretaryTreasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be availabe to any member for inspection of the same at the office of the SecretaryTreasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, aiiu snail be secrec. No s v-'C ...i-j of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, imm diatelv nrior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Committee of the port in which they are \ .ig. The voter's book number shall be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in t le space opposite the proper ballot number, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be J i (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the city in which the port affected is located. If November 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:0ff~P.M., except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, con­ sisting of three full book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and notwithstanding the provisions of Article XXllI, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to be' held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice thereof required. It shall be the obligation of each member wishing to serve on a Polls Committee, or to observe the election thereof, to be present during this time period. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of elect­ ing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shill then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and cor­ responding serial numbers on the roster, and then com­ pare the serial number and amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If anv discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon snail be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Committee may make what separate com­ ments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith. The results of such investigation shall be re­ ported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Constitution, the Executive Board shall not make any determination in these matters. paragraph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been lllegaly tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book mem­ bers only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. ^ <e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularitis in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, pro­ vided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Committee shall thereupon Sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or envelopes, with their book numbers next to their sig­ natures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the envelope or envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope or envelopes dated for that day and voted in that Port. The Polls Committee shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem ap­ propriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board, official envelopes may be prepared for the puprpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying t. c foregoing inscribed thereon, in wh ch event these envelopes shall be used by the Polls Committee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall pre­ vent any member of a Polls Committee from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member mak­ ing them. The envelope 6r envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper or envelope, which, at the discretion of the Executive Board, may be furnished for that purpose. The wri'pper or envelope shall then be secu. ely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or registered mail, by the said Polls Committee, to the depository named in tit- pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall not be discharged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mail­ ing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evid uice shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing theni back to the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after sealing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall de­ liver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4,. any files that tl.ey may have re­ ceived, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsi­ ble for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one Illegally tampers with the m.vterial placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or registered mail or delivered in person. 'f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve with­ ic) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the out compensation, except that the Port Agent shall com­ ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall pensate each Polls Committee member v/ith a reasonable no1 be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. .sum for meals while serving or provide meals in lieu of TVie same, procedure as is se^i forth in the preceding, . •cash.,, : . ... , ., . �>/i m IMI Section 5. Ballot G>llarti6n, Tallying Procedure, Protests, And Special Votes (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to term­ inate, the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other duties hereinbefore set forth, de­ liver to headquarters, or mail to headquarters (by certi­ fied or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the Committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forward to head­ quarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by ail members of the committee, that all the stubs collected by the com­ mittee are enclosed therewith subject to the right of each member of the committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The said Polls Committee members shall not be discharged from their duties until the forwarding called for hereunder is acomplished and evidence of maiiing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under thir Section 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of headquarters. In the event a Polls Com­ mittee cannot be elected or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the material specifically set forth in Section 5 (a) (unused ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Com­ mittee. In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary by the Union Tally­ ing Committee to execute those functions. All certifications called for under this Article XIII shall be deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of those required to make such certification. (c) The Union Tallying Conunittee shall consist 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, and Detroit. The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board otherwise de­ termines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be elegible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties hereinbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Com­ mittee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots an the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and recon­ ciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and. receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed ref­ erence to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The "Tallying ComHiittee shali be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, which they may require to be forwarded for inspection at its discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these dis­ crepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, .without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with , the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any mem­ ber who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests invalid, it shall dismiss the protest ard so inform the protesting member, by wire on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the com­ mittee shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms 'as SEAVAlkEttS'tOG are practical, effective and just, but which^ierms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3 (c) of this Article and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Section 5 (c), these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Union Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include a brief ^sum­ mary of each protest received, the name and book num­ ber of the protesting member, and a summary of the d'sposition of the said protest. The committee shall take all reasonable measures to adjust the course of its pro­ ceedings so as to enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5 (c) to be completed within the time herein specified. No closing report shall be made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this Section 5 (c) shall have been duly completed and tallied (d) The members cf the Union Tallying Committee shall proceed to the port in which headquarters is lo­ cated, as soon as possible after their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election year. Each mem­ ber of the committee not elected from the port in which headquarters is located-shali be reimbursed for trans­ portation, meals, and lodging expense occasioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. All members of the committee shali also be paid at the prevailing standby ijte of pay from the day subsequent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Constitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quoruni thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository imme­ diately after the termination of balloting and to insure tneir safe custody during the course of the committee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation of the closing report and dis­ sents therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immediately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Committee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and re­ count'is ordered pursuant to Section 5 (g) of this Article, tJie committee shall be reconstituted except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply with the following require­ ments: two copies shall be sent by the committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meeting applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be referred to as the "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shail post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Elec­ tion Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5 (c) cf this Article and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accord­ ance with the Constitution, shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when a dissent to the clos­ ing report has been Issued by three or more members of tbo Union Tallying'Committee. Except for .the con- 8«mttneBt-^Pac« Tbree ' ti. gencies provided for In this Section 9 (f) the closing report shall be accepted as final. (g) A special vote ordered pfirsuant to Section 5 (f) must, take place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies so acted upon took place. Subject to the firegoing, and to the limits of the vote set by the mem­ bership, as aforesaid, the Port Agents in each such port shall have the functions of the Tallying Committee as se forth in Section 5 (c), insofar as that Section deals with the terms of such special vote. The SecretaryTreasurer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immediately available to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Immediately after the close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining U, the special vote shall be forwarded to the SecretaryTreasurer, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means practicable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 5 (g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report containing a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating, in detail how they affect the Unio.n Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its closing report, "fhe form of the letter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shali be sent to each port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results set forth in the pertinent segments of the Tallying Commit­ tee's closing report shall be deemed accepted and final without modification. li ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the .Union Tallying Committee, shail be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the membership-at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union Tallying Committee shall be required to continue its proceedings cor­ respondingly. Section 6. Installation Into Office And The Job Of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent And Patrolman u) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and ac­ cepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and as­ sume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meeting, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meeting the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in "Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expira­ tion of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all elec­ tion records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law which directives shall be part of the eicctlon procedures of this Union. �Snwilemeafr—Pege Four SEAFARERS Jamnnr >2, IMS LOG Searetary-Treasurer's Report To The MemberMpt ADDITION TO VOTING PROCEDURES IN FORTHCOMING ELECTION OF OFFICERS EDITOR'S ISOTE: The **AddUion to Voting Procedures in Forthcoming' Election of Officers'* was carried in issues of the LOG published May 15 (pg' June 12 (pg. 8), June 26 (pg, 18)^ July 10 (pg. 18) and October 16, 1964, Supplement (pg. seven), (The followinir is the text of an excerpt from the Secretary-Treasurer's report to the regular member­ ship meeting at SIU headquarters on April 6 and again on May 4 entitled, "Forthcoming Election Of Officers—Additions To Voting Procedures." The re­ port was also forwarded to other constitutional ports for action at their meetings in April and May. The report was concurred in at all meetings.) Article XIII, Section 7 of our constitution reads as follows: "The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall he part of the election procedures of this ITnion." Therefore, in accordance with the above-mentioned section and^after consulting with and being advised by ccunsel, it is found that additions to our voting pro­ cedures for the election of officers are required by law. Therefore, under the powers delegated to me by our constitution, in the aforementioned section, I am setting up the following additions in our balloting procedure for cfficers. President's Pre-Balloting Report. Article X, Section 1, "The President," Sub-Section (e), provides that the President's Pre-Balloting Report shall bo submitted to the membership at the regular meeting in July of every election year. It is recommended to the membership in this connection that such Pre-Balloting Report be made both at the June and July meetings so as to give more than adequate notice to any prospective nominee for office. Provision for Nomination by Others. Article XIII, Section 1, "Nominations," proyides for self-nomination to office. In order to square any am­ biguity as to the meaning of this section, it is recom­ mended that a member may place his name in nomina­ tion or have his name placed in nomination by any other member and further, that in either event, such member nominated must comply with the provisions of the consti­ tution, as they are set forth, relating to the submission of cr^entials. This change is an amplification of the existing provisions of the constitution and should not be ccrstrued to be an alteration of same. Absentee Ballot. Article XIII, Sections 3 and 4, "Ballo^ting Pi-ocedures" and "Polls Committee," of the constitution, provide that balloting shall be manual in nature. It is now recom­ mended that the following absentee ballot procedure be presented to the membership upon advice of counsel as an amplification of such provisions: Full book members may request an al>sentee ballot un­ der the following circumstances, only. While such mem­ ber is employed on an American-flag merchant vessel which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to touch a port in which voting is to take place during the voting period provided in Section 3 (g) of our constitution, in that event, the member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such request r ust contain a designation as to the address to which such member wishes bis absentee ballot returned, luch request shall be received no later than 1S:00 PM on the fifteenth day of November of the election year and ahall be directed to the Secretary Treasurer at 67S Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 82, New York. Upon receipt of auch request, the procedures as established In Section 8 (d) of our constitution, shall not apply. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible! for determining whether such member is a member in good standing and further whether auch member has, in fact, voted previously. He shall send the processed ballot by Registered Mail-Return Receipt Requested to the address designated by such member in his absentee ballot request. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to such member with his ballot, instructions for returning the ballot, which instructions must be complied with exactly. The Secretary-Treasurer shall further maintain a record showing the name, book number of the member, his ballot number and the date upon which such ballot wa.s sent, which information shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, when elected, in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5 (c) of the Constitution. The member, after voting, shall return his absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail, or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such absentee ballot is returned, if such be the case, to the depository named In the President's Pre-Balloting Report. These absentee ballots must be post-marked prior to midnight of December 31, 1964, and must be received by the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Re­ port, prior to January 10, 1965, regardless of when post­ marked, for them to be counted as eligible votes. Such ballots will be maintained separately by such depository and shall then be turned over to the Union Tallying Com­ mittee, as provided in Section 5 (d) of Article XIII of the constitution. Text of President's Pre-Balloting Report EDITOR'S NOTE; The ''Text of Presdent's PreBalloting Report" was carried in issues of the LOG published June 12 (pg. 8), June 26 (pg. 18), and July 10, 1964 (pg. 18). The President's pre-balloting report, submitted in advance of this year's union elections in ac­ cordance v(^ith the requirement of the SIU Consti­ tution, is in the process of submission to the membership for its action at the July regular membership meetings in all constitutional ports. The report, which specifies the number of union officers that are to appear on the ballot, the re­ quirements for candidate eligibility and other balloting details, was adopted at the headquarters meeting of June 8, as recommended in the Secre­ tary-Treasurer's report below. The report will be submitted and acted on at the other regular mem­ bership meetings to be held this month. The text of the report follows; PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT Under the Constitution of our Union, the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, Article X, Section 1 (c\ the President shall submit a pre-balloting report at the regular meeting in July of every election year. The Constitution of our Union also calls for seven (7) Con­ stitutional ports of the Union, which-are; New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. As your President, in consultation along with the Ex­ ecutive Board of the Union, a careful appraisal has been made as to what we feel will be the needs of the organiza­ tion in all the Constitutional ports, including the port of New York and Headquarters, for the coming term of office of the officers and other elected representatives of our Union. Since the Constitution provides for seven (7) Constitutional Ports it was felt that it was advisable to place on the ballot the elective jobs of those ports. Where necessary .the personnel for other than the Con­ stitutional Ports may be assigned as needed from those Constitutional Ports, where possible. As the membership is aware, it is necessary for the Union to keep abreast of the changes in the shifting of the job requirements of the companies with whom we have contracts, as well as in being prepared to meet the opportunities for ex­ pansion through the means of organizing. This will enable the Union to maintain maximum services to the member­ ship, and to meet the needs of the organization resulting Mr. Harold Bach from the changing character of the industry. Chairman of the Board As a result of the foregoing, it is the reconunendation Royal National Bank of New York of your President, in this, the Pre-Balloting Report, re­ 20 West 48th Street quired under Article X, Section 1 (e) of our Constitution, that the following offices be placed on the next refer­ New York, New York 11036 endum ballot of the Union for the election of the officers It will be the function of the depository to receive all and other elected representatives of the Seafarers Inter­ the envelopes delivered, or mailed in, as aforesaid, to national Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes safeguard them properly, in the bank, and to surrender and Inland Waters Districts. them only to the duly authorized Union Tallying Com­ mittee in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5 (d), of HEADQUARTERS: our Union Constitution, on or about the first business 1 President day in January, 1965. Proof of authorization shall be a 1 Executive Vice-President certification by the Vice-President in charge of the Min-: 1 Secretary-Treasurer lites, Robert Matthews. The Union Tallying Committee 1 Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract shall be authorized to sign a receipt for the said en­ velopes. The depository shall be requested to certify that Enforcement all the envelopes received by the depository have been 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast properly safeguarded, have been surrendered only to the 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Guk Coast said Tallying Committee, and that no one, other than ap­ 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland propriate bank personnel have had access to them. Waters The Polls Committee is especially urged to insure that whether delivered or mailed, the envelopes are properly 3 Headquarters Representatives addressed, properly stamped if mailed, and certified as NEW YORK: per the Constitution. 1 Agent It is the further recommendation of your President 10 Joint Patrolmen that, in addition to the regular Constitutional require­ ments, each candidate for office be requested to furnish 1HJLADELPHIA: a regulation passport picture of recent taking as well as a 1 Agent statement of not more than one hundred (100) words, 2 Joint Patrolmen giving a brief summary of his Union record and activities, such picture and statement to be run in the Seafarers BALTIMORE: Log just prior to the commencement of voting. This is 1 Agent to be done in accordance with previous membership ac­ 4 Joint Patrolmen tion to familiarize the membership with the names, faces MOBILE: and records of all candidates for offict:. As provided for in Article XIII, Section 1, nominations 1 Agent ' open on July 15th, 1964 and close August 15th, 1964. All 4 Joint Patrolmen documents required for eligibility of candidates for NEW ORLEANS Union office must reach Headquarters no earlier than 1 Agent July 15th, 1964 and no later than August 15th, 1964. Your President wishes to point out that this Pre4 Joint Patrolmen Balloting Report provides for one of the largest number HOUSTON: of elective posts to be placed on the ballot since the 1 Agent Inception of the Union. It is strongly recommended that 4 Joint Patrolmen the maximum number of qualified members, who feel they can be of assistance to the Union in an official DETROIT capacity, should submit their credentials. In this connec­ 1 Agent tion, the membership is reminded that the SecretaryYour President also recommends, pursuant to Article Treasurer, A1 Kerr, is available to assist them in properly X, Section 1 (e) and Article XIII, Section 4 (e) of the filing their credentials for nomination to Union office, if Union's Constitution, the depository to which the Polls they desire such assistance. Committee's shall deliver, or mail, by certified or reg­ Fraternally submitted, istered mail, the ballots after the close of each days Paul Hall voting in the coming Union election, be as follows: President Opening of Nominations: The opening of nominations was carried in the LOG issues of June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24, Sept. 18, Oct. 2, 1964. Closing of Nominations: The closing of nominations was carried in the LOG issues of June 12, July 10, July 24, Au-)ust 7, Sept. 18, Oct. 2, 1964. " �SEAF AHERS LOG SiawlemeatMPacc.flry t Election Procedures: 5IU Executive Board Minutes, Sept, 9, 1964 EDITORS NOTE: The "SIU Executive Board Minutes, of Sept. 9, 1964" were carried in the Oct. 16, 1964 LOG Supplement, (pg. 1). (The follomng executive hoard minutes were acted on and approved hy the membership at port meetings held on October 9, 1964.) The meeting was called to order at 3:00 P.M. by Paul Hall, President. PRESENT: Paul Hall, President; Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President; Earl Shepard, Vice-President; A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer; Lindsay Wiliams, Vice-President. ABSENT: Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President; A1 Tanner, Vice-President. ALSO PRESENT: Herb Brand, Director of Organizing & .Publications; Howard Schulman, SIU General Counsel. The President announced that a quorum was present. He then stated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the 1964 general election, review the steps taken so far, and to determine whether the Executive Board wished to recommend any additional steps which would, in its collective judgment, be desirable to comply not merely with the letter, but also, with the intent, of the Constitution, the Secretary-Treasurer "Additions to the Voting Procedures" as has been concurred in by the membership, applicable law, and this Union's policy of full and fair treatment for all candidates. The President next stated that the General Counsel was present at his request. He asked the General Counsel if he was aware of the election steps taken to date. The General Counsel replied in the affirmative, that he and other members of his staff had checked the Credentials Committee report and supporting records, and the election material prepared and distributed. The General Counsel stated that, in his opinion, the Union was in strict compli­ ance with the Constitution and applicable law, including, in particular, the Landrum-Griffin Act, and that he now so formally advised the Executive Board. He stated further that, so far as law was concerned, one last affirmative step remained to be taken, that is, the mailing of the 15 day notice required by law, that the Union was aware of this, and was, in fact, in the process of preparing the same for mailing. He pointed out that this would have to be completed on or prior to October 15, 1964. The SecretaryTreasurer stated that this would be accomplished. The President then called for an open general discussion dealing with the purpose of the meeting, after which, the following was decided upon: RE: UNION GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1964 The Executive Board wishes to make the following report and recommendations to the membership, for the purpose of keeping the membership informed, effectuating the Union's policy of completely equal and fair treatment to all candidates, and rounding out the Union's compliance with law. Including the Landrum-Griffin Act. A. All steps required up to now to comply with Landrum-Griffin have been taken. There remains one step, the mailing of notices to the members, and recom­ mend this step be taken, in accordance with law, on or prior to October 15, 1964. It need hardly be noted, of course, that, both at regular meetings of the membership, and through the Seafarers Log, all details of the election have already been communicated. Insofar as our Consti­ tutional requirements regarding elections are concerned, not only are copies of the Constitution available at all ports, but also, the LOG prints the Constitution verbatim every six months. Every member, therefore, should be aware of these requirements. B. 1. The policy of the Union has been, and is, equal electioneering limits and facilities for all candidates. As usual, the Seafarerik Log will contain an election supple­ ment, which includes tlie biographical sketches of each candidate and his photo, together with a sample ballot with voting instructions. The usual distribution pattern will be followed. That is, it is sent to all contracted ves­ sels, is made available in substantial quantities, in ail Union halls, and is otherwise distributed. Candidates and members will, therefore, have available to them those materials for electioneering, or any other purpose. In addition to that, the Executive Board recorpmends the printing of this election supplement in enough copies so that there will be available to each candidate, at his request, 100 copies thereof, to be used for such purposes as the candidate may choose. It is felt that 100 copies for each candidate is reasonable. There must be obviously be some limit to the Union's ex­ penditures in this regard. To insure equal treatment for each candidate, copies of this special material shall be made available in each Union hall. The Port Agent shall deliver the amount requested (up to 100) to each candidate, obtain a receipt therefor, keep a record of the same, and notify the Secretary-Treasurer, A1 Kerr immediately. It will be the Secretary-Treasurer's duty to keep a central tally, and to replenish stocks of this material when, as, and if needed. 2. To insure good order and to further preserve the sec­ recy of the ballot, electioneering must not take place within 25 feet of the polling place. In any event, the Union continues to insist on good order and decorum, which must be preserved. Any member whose ballot has been solicited within the prohibited area is required to make this fact known to the Polls Committee, which shall record the complaint in its report, as well as its findings and recommendations thereon. In addition, the. member is required to notify the Secretary-Treasurer, A1 Kerr, at Headquarters, within 24 hours of the occurrence, by reg­ istered mail, return receipt requested, of the facts, which notification must be signed by the complainant, together with his book number. In that connection, the Executive Board recommends that the membership also adopt the rule that, in case any member has a complaint that any of the election and balloting procedures of this Union have been violated, the same procedure as above set forth shall be followed. While the members have already been notified, through the Log, as to notifications to the President in case of a claimed violation of any rights, it is recommended that the rule set forth herein be adopted with reference to the balloting and election procedures in this election, since Credentials Committee Report: The the Secretary-Treasurer, under the Constitution, is charged with specific administrative duties in connection with elections and referendums. The member's duty to report violations in tbis manner should be emphasized. If situa­ tions exist which call for corrective action, that action ought to be taken. It can't be taken if the responsible parties under the Constitution are not made aware of the facts. 3. Obviously, nothing in these recommendations is to be deemed to deprive any candidate or member of his con­ stitutional right to observe the conduct of the election, the tallying of ballots, and so on, provided he maintains proper decorum. 4. In accordance with established policy, the Union, its officers, the Log, and, indeed, the entire membership, should continue to encourage the utmost interest in the .election. The Executive Board urges the largest possible vote, and encourages the use of proper electioneering to further stimulate interest in the exercise of this important right. C. The Secretary-Treasurer states that, in compliance with law he has prepared a membership list, to be avail­ able for inspection by any and ail candidates. Again in accordance with law, the list is, and will be kept, available at Headquarters. While this is a valuable record, we rec­ ommend that the Secretary-Treasurer not be required to sit with whoever is inspecting the list, but that arrange­ ments be made for a rack and file committee of three (3) to be elected for that purpose. We further recommend that a proper receipt be obtained from the inspecting candidate. Finally, since many members object to the Union releasing their names and addresses, and since it has been a long term policy of the Union to respect these feelings on the part of the membership, we recommend that, while each candidate may have his inspection, no candidate shall -be allowed to make copies of the list or any part thereof. D. Without regard to the Executive Board's power under Article VII of the Constitution, the Executive Board specifically requests that the matters herein be brought to the attention of the membership and acted upon by them, by special meetings held in all ports, subject to the requirements of the Constitution, commencing on Friday, October 9, 1964, at 9:00 A.M. It is also recommended that these minutes if approved as aforesaid, be included in the Seafarers Log election supplement of 1964, be included in the notice, referred to above, to be mailed to the' membership in accordance with law, and, in addition, be prominently posted in the Union halls for the duration of the balloting. The Secretary-Treasurer was unanimously directed to take all steps necessary to effectuate the foregoing. ADJOURNMENT: Paul Hall, Chairman, then asked those assembled if there was any further business to come before the Board. There being no further business to be trans­ acted, it was then moved by Lindsey Williams and sec­ onded by Earl Shepard that this Board meeting stand adjourned. Carried by a unanimous vote of the Board. Meeting was then adjourned at 5:20 P.M. Fraternally submitted. Executive Board, SIUNA-AGLIWD By: /s/ A1 Kerr AL KERR, Secretary-Treasurer entire text of the Credentials Committee Report appeared on Pages 12, 13 in the October 2, 1964, issue of the LOG, The report was presented for action by the membership in the September membership meetings in all Constitutional ports. The membership in these September membership meetings accepted and concurred in the report and its recommendations without any dissenting votes in any port. ^ : •»' V'l �SEAF ARERS LOG , Sii^«ineiit<^Pa«ft fMz '.<:* ^ JapaiUT J2i>19fl^ Polls Committee Voting Guide in duplicate, the "Agent's Receipt word "CHALLENGE" alongside opes provided, for the mailing to order and to further preserve the secrecy of the ballot, electioneer­ From Polls Committee" — the One of the Committee should then the bank depository. ing must not itake place within original of which shall be mailed tear the stub from the ballot, and STEP NO. 5 25 feet of the polling place. In to the Secretary-Treasurer at thread the stub on a string pro­ The Committee should then any event, good order and de­ Headquarters at the end of the vided for that purpose, give the check to see if all Polls Commit­ corum must be preserved. Any day's voting in a roster envelope, ballot and one plain white envel tee members have signed all member whose ballot has been so­ sheets of the rosters. The dupli­ as provided for in Step No. 5 ope with no markings to the voter cate roster sheete for the day licited within the prohibited area is required to make this fact The Committee should then in In an attempt to help the herein. The duplicate copy shall struct the voter that after he should be given to the Port Agent, known to the Polls Committee, various Polls Committees in the be given to the Port Agent for the marks his ballot in the area pro and the originals of the rosters which shall record the complaint vided for same, he should then should be placed in the envelope in its report, as well as its find­ conduct of the General Election Port Election files. fold his ballot, place it in the provided for that purpose. In ad­ ings and recommendations there­ for the years 1965-1968, the follow­ STEP NO. 3 white envelope, seal it and not de­ dition, the Committee should be on. ing suggestions emphasize some of THE POLLS COMMITTEE posit it in the ballot box but re­ given the original of the minutes the steps to be taken each voting MUST NOT LET ANY BALLOTS form for the election of a Polls In connection with this, and as day of the voting period. In any BE CAST BEFORE 9:00 A.M. turn with it to the Committee. The Committee, with all the blank was adopted by membership ac­ Committee will then give the man event, the provisions of the Con­ Before letting any full book mem­ a brown envelope marked "CHAL­ spaces on the form filled in. The tion, any member who has a com­ stitution govern, and in the con­ ber vote, the Committee shall Polls Committee should put the plaint that any of the election and duct of your work you are to make sure that he has his dues LENGED BALLOT" and which originals of the rosters, the orig- balloting procedures of this Union also has lines for the man's name, determine your functions in ac­ paid through the Fourth Quarter book number, port and date. The ian copy of the "Agent's Receipt have been violated, the same pro­ cordance with the Constitution. of 1964, as well as his 1964 assess­ man, in the presence of the Com­ From Polls Committee," as well cedure as above shall be followed. ments BEFORE being allowed to mittee, shall place the white en­ as the original minutes of the STEP NO. 1 Obviously, none of this is to be Special Meeting for the election The election of a Polls Commit­ vote. There may be some excep­ velope into the brown envelope of the Polls Committee, in the en­ deemed to deprive any candidate tions based upon a man shipping and seal the same. The Commit­ tee composed of three (3) full book velope provided for that purpose. or member of his constitutional members, none of whom shall be a out, or other valid reason, for not tee will then fill in the man's THESE MUST BE MAILED TO rights to observe the conduct of paying dues. If you have any name, book number, port and candidate, officer, or an elected or the election, the tallying of ballots, HEADQUARTERS DAILY. appointed job-holder. Must be doubts as to whether or not a man date, and on the face of the en­ and so on, provided he maintains velope write the reason for the is eligible to vote, you should let elected between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 STEP NO. 6 his proper decorum. challenge and the man will then him vote a challenged ballot in the A.M. of the voting day. CANNOT Before leaving the building to deposit the brown envelope into BE ELECTED AT ANY OTHER manner which is described in the SECRECY OF THE BALLOT the ballot box. The member should handle the mailing required by TIME. Five (5) full book members last paragraph of this Step No. 3. not MUST BE PRESERVED be given his book back, imtil the Constitution, the Polls Com­ constitute a quorum for this meet­ The Committee should then have such time as he has dropped his mittee shall lock all election ma­ ing. the man sign his own name to the brown envelope into the ballot terial in the ballot box. They shall STEP NO. 9 The attention of the Polls Com­ roster, and one of the Committee box. Before the man votes, one of place the key for the ballot box STEP NO. 2 mittee is directed to the provisions in the envelope provided for that should print the man's book num­ the Committee should stamp the The Port Agent shall turn over of the Constitution, in particular. to the elected Polls Committee the ber and ballot number on the date and the word "VOTED" in purpose and fill in all the spaces Sections 3, 4, 5 (a) and 5 (b) of on the outside thereof. Then the roster. One of the Committee the member's union book. port file containing the letter from envelope containing the key, as Article Xlll. The attention of the Headquarters showing the num­ should then tear the stub from the STEP NO. 4 well as the ballot box containing Polls Committee is also directed ballot, give the ballot to the man, bers of the ballots received from At the end of the day's voting, all of the election material, shall to the Executive Committee min­ and thread the stub on the string Headquarters, also containing the utes of September 9, 1964, which the Polls Committee shall open duplicate copies of the rosters for provided for that purpose. The the ballot box and count the num­ be turned over to the Port Agent have been previously publicized, by the Polls Committee. member should not be given back the previous days of voting, as after approval by the membership. ber of ballots from the box. They well as the stubs of the used his book until such time as he has should then compare the number STEP NO. 7 The full duties of the Polls Com­ dropped his ballot in the ballot ballots, the unused ballots, and of ballots against the number is­ The last action of the Polls mittees are set forth in the Con­ any other election material cf the box. Before the man votes, one of sued on the rosters for the day, Committee each day shall be the stitution. The present list of sug­ the Committee should stamp the Port. (The best place for all of this gestions is, obviously, not all in­ to see if all ballots issued were material is in the ballot box.) The date and the word "VOTED" in put in the ballot box. The day's mailing of the ballots to the bank clusive. depository, as well as mailing, the the member's Union book. Polls Committee should check all ballots cast should then be put rosters and minutes of the elec­ of the above to make sure that all Challenged Ballots. When a man in the envelope provided for that tion of the Polls Committee to STEP NO. 10 voting material is turned over to votes a challenged ballot, the Com­ purpose, and all blank spaces on All Polls Committees may con­ Headquarters. them by the Port Agent. tact Headquarters by teletype on mittee shall have the man sign the envelope should then be prop­ any questions relative to the con­ After having ascertained that all his own name to the roster, and erly filled in. After all blank STEP NO. 8 As has been the practice In the duct of the election. However, of the election material was found one of the Committee should place spaces are filled in, the envelope, to be correct and in good order, the man's book number and ballot or envelopes, should then be past, all candidates may campaign here too, the decision must be that the Polls Conunittee shall execute. number on the roster and the placed in the envelope or envel­ for office. However, to insure good of the Polls Committee. EDITOR'S NOTE: The "Polls Committee Voting Guide" was carried in the Oc­ tober 30, 1964, issue of the LOG (pg. 8). Beginning of Vote: Voting was begun In all Ports on November 2, 1964, and was carried in the Oct. 16, Oct. 30, Nov. 13, Nov. 27 and Dec. 25, 1964, issues of the LOG and the Jan. 8, 1965 issue of the LOG. Close of Voting: Voting was ended in all ports at the end of the day, December 31, and was carried in the Oct. 16, Oct. 30, Nov. 27 and Dec. 25, 1964 issues of the LOG and the Jan. a, 1965 issue of the LOG. Eleetion ot Tallying Committee: Election of two members of the Union from each Constitutional port to serve on the Tallying Committee as per the Constitution, was carried in the Oct. 16, Oct. 30, Nov. 27 and Dec. 25, 1964 issues of the LOG and the Jan. 8, 1965 issue of the LOG. �JvaHtur n, INI UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPOkT January 14, 1964 (To Be Read at "Election Report Meetings" of February, 1965) New York—February 8, 1965 Philadelphia—February 9, 1965 Baltimore—February 10, 1965 Detroit—February 15, 1965 Houston—February 15, 1965 New Orleans—February 16, 1965 Mobile— February 17, 1965 W E, the undersigned Union Tallying Committee, duly elected at Special Meetings on December 28th, 1964 in the seven (7) constitutional ports, two (2) from each port, submit the following report and recommendations: On January 4th, 1965, at 9:00 AM, wa met with A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer. He gave each Committee member a copy of the Union Constitution and suggested that we read those sections of our Con­ stitution dealing with the Union Tally­ ing Committee in detail. The Committee then took over one complete room on the first deck of our Headquarters building as the place in which we would do our v/ork while in. session. In compliance with Article XIII, Sec­ tion 5 (d) of our Union Constitution, we elected from among ourselves, Douglas Claussen, C-339, as Chairman of the Committee. We then received from the Headquar­ ters offices of the Union, all of the files relative to the conduct of the^election. From the files, we found signed receipts for ballots, #1 through #7300, which had been issued to the following ports, as follows: PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Detroit San Juan SanDletteat—Vaf* <8«^/ seAFAktki 104 BALLOTS ISSUED v.... 1— 100 101—1600 1601—1900 1901—2700 2701—2800 - 2801—^2900 2901—3000 3001—3100 3101—3900 3901—5200 5201-^000 6001—6200 6201—660O 6601—6900 6901—7000 7001—7300 A full quorum picked up the ballots from the Royal National Bank of New York, located at 1212 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, as per the Constitution. (See correspondence an­ nexed, showing official documents ex­ changed.) The Committee then checked the nun>bers on the stubs received from the various ports, and these numbers, when checked against the numbers on the stubs of all ballots printed and issued and ready for voting, were found to coin­ cide, port by port, with the exception of the Port of Wilmington, California, which will be dealt with later in this report. Your Committee then checked the dates of the voting rosters and com­ pared them against the minutes of the special meetings for the election of the Polls Committees in the various ports. We found in every instance that a Polls Committee had been elected on each day in which voting was conducted in the various ports. Where no Polls Committee could be elected, no voting took place, as is re­ quired by our Constitution. We note that on the last day of voting in Boston, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Detroit and San Juan, no Polls Commit­ tee could be elected. In these cases, as per the Constitution, the Port Agent took over the duties of the Polls Com­ mittee. We checked the unused ballots that were on hand in Headquarters offices that had not been issued. The stubs on these unused ballots were numbered 7301 through 10,000, a total of 2700 bal­ lots. Your Committee then checked the un­ used ballots that were returned from the various ports, including the Port of New York, which are listed as follows: PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk .... Jacksonville* Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattie Detroit San Juan ;... UNUSED - BALLOTS 45— 100 1478—1600 1867—1900 2346—2700 2799—2800 2825—2900 2958—3000 3051—3100 3535—3900 4891—5200 5910—6000 6160—6200 6557—6600 6775—6900 6901—7000 7124—7300 The above unused ballots, when com­ bined with the unused ballots in Head­ quarters and the stubs of the used bal­ lots in all ports, compares equally in number with the amount printed by the printer for the Union. The Committee has seen a bill from the printer, "The Rand Press, Inc.," who printed thjc ballots that were used in the conduct of our Union Election for the Election of 1965-1968 Officers of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. The bill states that they had printed 10,000 bal­ lots for the Union, numbered from 1 to 10,000; in addition to which, they had printed 100 blank sample ballots. The Committee has checked the elec­ tion files, maintained by Headquarters offices as per the Union Constitution, and has found signed receipts from the following ports for the following amount of sample ballots, broken down, as fol­ lows: PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk .; Jacksonville Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Detroit Puerto Rico ' Total BALLOTS 5 10 5 10 5 5 3 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 2 5 100 We, the Committee, have checked the files of Headquarters offices and have seen signed receipts by the various Port Agents for the official ballots that had been sent to them by Headquarters Offices. We have checked these signed receipts and the serial numbers on them against the loose stubs received, and against the stubs still attached to the unused ballots. Seven-thousand three hundred (7,300) official ballots were sent to all ports; the stubs on them bearing serial numbers one (1) through seven-thousand three hundred (7,300). We received back, stubs (including the onfes on the unused ballots) numbered one (1) through seven-thousand three hundred (7,300), with the exception of stubs #6082 and #6138 which will be dealt with later in this report. The following is a breakdown of the ballots that were sent to the ports by Headquarters as well as a breakdown of the unused ballots returned to Head­ quarters, ballots used and total ballots cast: PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville •Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Detroit San Juan Mail Ballots .- BALLOTS BALLOTS RECEIVED UNUSED FROM BALLOTS AND BALLOTS HEADQUARTERS USED RETURNED CAST 44 1_ 44 45— 100 1— 100 101—1600 101—1477 1478—1600 1344 1601—1900 1601—1866 1867—1900 266 1901—2700 1901—2345 2346—2700 443 98 2701—2800 2701—2798 2799—2800 24 2801—^2900 2801—2824 2825—2900 57 2901—3000 2901—2957 2958—3000 50 3001—3100 3001—3050—3051—3100 3101—3900 3101—3534 3535—3900 434 3901—5200 3901—4890 4891—S^nO 990 5201—6000 5201—5909 5910—6000 709 6001—6600 6001—6159 6160—6200 159 6201—6900 6201—6556 6557—6600 356 6601—6900 6601—6774 6775—6900 174 -None6901—7000 -06901—7000 7001—7300 7001—7123 7124—7300 123 23 TOTAL VOTES CAST IN ALL PORTS AND BY MAIL •• 5296 •This figure includes the ballots that were voided by the Union Tallying Committee, The Committee would also like to bring to the attention of the membership the fact that some write-ins that ap­ peared illegible or on defaced ballots will not be included in this report. The reason for this is that some ballots con­ taining write-ins happened to be voided because the ballots on which they were written was illegally defaced or illegible. The following correspondence was handled by the Union Tallying Com­ mittee: October 19, 1964 Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attention of Miss Alice Goodman Re: Balloting Procedure Gentlemen: Listed below are the 16 ports from which balloting envelopes will be mailed to your office: Boston, Massachusetts Brooklyn, New York Philadelphia, Pennslyvania Baltimore, Maryland Norfolk, Virginia Jacksonville, Florida Miami, Florida Tampa, Florida Mobile, Alabama New Orleans, Louisiana Houston, Texas Wilmington, California San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington Detroit, Michigan Santurce, Puerto Rico (San Juan) As has been done in the past, it is requested that you telephone the Union office to make a report as to what was received each day. For this purpose, telephone HYacinth 9-6600 and give the information to either Marion Raymond or Charles Paz. Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA — AGLIWD /s/ Robert A. Matthews Vice President AK:mrm October 19, 1964 Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York -10036 Attention of Mr. R. Harold Bach Re: Depository for Ballots Gentlemen: In accordance with the recommenda­ tion contained in the President's PreBalioting Report, complying with Ar­ ticle X, Section 1 (e) of the Union's Constitution, which was adopted by the membership at their regular member­ ship meetings held in June and July in the Consti):utional Ports of the Union, the Royal National Bank of New York, 1212 Ayenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10036, once again has been designated as depository for ballots in connection with a referendum to be conducted with respect to the Election of Officers under the Union's Constitu­ tion. The referendum period will be from November 2, 1964 through December 31, 1964, both inclusive, Sundays and Holidays excepted. The balloting procedure outlined in the Union's present Constitution will be followed, and based upon your previ= ously having acted as depository, you are familiar with this procedure. The Polls Committee will deliver or send to you by Certified or Registered Mail, the ballots after the close of each day's voting. It will be the function of the depository to accept all envelopes delivered or mailed in, to safeguard them in the bank and to surrender them only to the duly authorized Union Tallying Committee, in accordance with Articie XIII, Section 5 (d) of the Union's Con­ stitution, which will be on or about the second day of January, 1965. Proof of authorization shall be a certification by the Secretary-Treasurer Mr. A1 Kerr. The Union Tallying Committee shall be authorized to sign a receipt for these envelopes. The depository shall be requested to certify that aii of these envelopes were properly safeguarded, were surrendered only to the Union Tallying Committee and that no one, other than the appro­ priate bank personnel has had access to these envelopes. Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA — AGLIWD /s/ Robert A. Matthews Vice President RAM/mrm November 18, 1964 Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Re: Balloting Procedures Attention: Miss Alice Goodman Gentlemen: In addition to the sixteen (16) Ports from which balloting envelopes are l»eing mailed to your office and as was outlined in our letter of October 19, 1964, you will possibly receive thirtythree (33) ballot envelopes from the in­ dividuals listed below: Hans Barg ^ Wong Kong Charles Jennings Alfred Porcarl Willy F. Manthey John Novak OHo R. Hoepner Harry Schuiz Martin Sierra James W. Ouffy Alfred Hanstvedt Luis R. Williams Osborne R. Williams Joseph E. Henault Samona Suliman Charles Lord George J. Moloney Herman Fruge Dametres Mastranfonlt Agulino Gonzales E. Willis Arnle C. Cobb S. M. Brian Price Wllloughby T. F. Johnson Edward D. Adams L. A. Williams A. Euseblo C. L. NIckerson James F. Davis K. Lynch Jacob J. Levin Fritzbeck A. Stephen It is requested that these ballot en­ velopes be handled in the same man­ ner as you are presently doing with the ballot envelopes that are received from the various Ports. That is, as the ballot envelope is received each day, they should be reported to either Marion Raymond or Charles Paz by telephoning HY 9-6600. Thanking you in advance for your continued cooperation, I remain, Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA — AGLIWD /s/ A1 Kerr Secretary-Treasurer AK:CP:es January 5, 1963 Mr. R. Harold Bach, Chairman of the Board Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York Dear Mr. Bach: As Secretary-Treasurer of Seafarers International Union of North AmericaAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, in charge of the Minutes thereof, I herewith certify that, in accordance with the Constitution of this Union, the membership has duly elected the following to constitute the ^I �Sapplement—Page Eight UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT ballot in the envelope than was Indi­ cated as having been issued on the ros­ ter. However, in place of the ballot that was missing was a statement from the New York Polls Committee for the day, which read as follows: (Continued) Union Tallying Committee for the 1964 election: M. Garza E. Morris C. Moss W. Walsh A. Stephens, Jr. T, Garrity J. Doris G. Litchfield C. Leader A. Perini J. Naylor D. Parker H. Butts D. Claussen Article XIII, Section 5 (d) states in part: "The Union Tallying Commit­ tee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Constitution, adopt its own proceaures. Decisions as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid If made, by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in at­ tendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tally­ ing Committee, but no less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository immediately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe custody during the course of the Commit­ tee's proceedings." In accordance therewith, the Union has authorized that any nine (9) or more of the above accept delivery of, and sign a receipt for, all of the envelopes which have been mailed to you under the course of the said election. It is hereby requested that you cer­ tify that all the envelopes received by you have been properly safeguarded in your vault; that you have surrendered them to the said Union Tallying Com­ mittee, and that no one other than ap­ propriate bank personnel has had access to the said envelopes. Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WA­ TERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO By /s/ A1 Kerr A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Witness: /s/ Robert A. Matthews Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President January 5, 1965 Mr. R. Harold Bach, Chairman of the Board Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York Dear Mr. Bach: The undersigned members of the Un­ ion Tallying Committee, acting under and pursuant to Article XllI, Section 5 (d) of the Constitution of the Seafar­ ers International Union of North Amer­ ica-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Wa­ ters District, acknowledge receipt of the envelopes sent to you from the various ports for the election held during 1964, and delivered this day to us. A Perini C. Moss .i G. Litchfield D. L. Parker J. A. Naylor D. Claussen H. B, Butts E. Morris M. B. Garza i: I JaniuiT Xt, IMS SEAFARERS LOG ROYAL NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, N, Y. 10036 January 5, 1965 Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District 675 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, New York 11232 Gentlemen: This is to certify that all the envel­ opes received by this institution ad­ dressed to Mr. R. Harold Bach, Chair­ man of the Board, Royal National Bank of New York, in the name of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District, AFL-CIO, have been properly safeguarded in our vaults. We have today surrendered the above mentioned envelopes to the Union Tal­ lying Committee. No one other than ap­ propriate bank personnel has had access to the said envelopes contained in our vaults. Very truly yours. ROYAL NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK /s/ Herbert D. Bacher Executive Vice-President Witnessed: /s/ Patrick T. Corcoran During the conduction of the election for officers just concluded, there were seven hundred and eighty-one (781) pos­ sible voting days. Of the seven hundred and eight.v-one (781) possible voting days, there were ballots cast on four hundred and eighty (480) days. Of the remaining three hundred and one (301) voting days, there were two hundred and eighty-three (283) days on which it was not possible to get a quorum for the election of a Polls Committee, there­ fore no voting could be conducted. On twenty (20) days, there was a quorum and a Polls Committee elected, however, no votes were cast on those twenty (20) days. Needless to say, since so many of the Union's membership has served on Polls Committee, there are many days when a Polls Committee is elected that no votes are cast as all of the members on the beach in that particular port have already voted or are not eligible to vote. In addition, we also know that there are many times when it is not possible to have a quorum to elect a Polls Com­ mittee, as a result of which no votes can be cast that day at all. "Comments and Recommendations Pur­ suant to Article XIII, Section 5 (c) of the Union Constitution*' During the period of time in which the Union Tallying Committee was in operation, several discrepancies on the conduct of the election have occurred, but none of which would change the outcome of any job on the ballot. How­ ever, for the benefit of the membership, we are listing them. Port by Port, as follows: BOSTON: On November 25, 1964, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Boston allowed a member to vote who was not in good standing. As a result of this error, this committee, the Union Tallying Commit­ tee, has voided the day's votes that were cast in the Port. NEW YORK: On Noven^ber 6, 1964, the New York Polls Committee issued ballot number 523 to E. Albarran, showing his book number as A-96, when it should have been A-92. This same date, the com­ mittee also issued ballot number 554 to H. C. Justice, showing his book number as T-336, when it should have been J-336. Also under the date of December 30, 1964, the Polls Committee issued ballot number 1440 to D." Mejias, showing his book number as N-563, when it should have been M-563. Your committee has counted these days ballots as valid bal­ lots cast in the port for the various days, as the errors made were only a transpo­ sition of numbers or an incorrect letter designation. The Union Tallying Committee in opening the envelopes containing the ballots from the various ports found that in the envelope for 'the Port of New York for the date of December 11, 1964, that the number of ballots issued for the day, according to the roster, did not correspond with the number of bal­ lots in the envelope. There was one less ' the port had failed to indicate on the certification of the envelope containing the ballots, the port and the date. The Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this omission of the Jacksonville Polls Committee, has counted this day's bal­ lots as valid ballots cast in the port for the day. "At the close of voting 12/11/64, we removed the ballots from the box and counted fourteen (14) bal­ lots. The voting roster indicated that fifteen (15) ballots were issued 12/11/64. In addition we found in the ballot box the attached piece of election campaign literature en­ titled, "KEEP YOUR UNION STRONG—VOTE FOR," which had been marked by the unknown in­ dividual involved as if it was the of­ ficial ballot. The official ballot was not found in the box, and presum­ ably was retained by said individual in his possession." The piece of election campaign litera­ ture referred to in the committee's fore­ going slaleiuent was attached to their statement. Your Union Tallying "Committee has no way of knowing exactly what hap­ pened to the missing ballot. This com­ mittee could assume, as the Polls Com­ mittee did, for the Port of New York for December 11, 1964, that the missing 'ballot had been retained by said indi­ vidual. However, this would strictly be an assumption on the part of your Un­ ion Tallying Committee and In order to keep the records straight we have listed the ballot of this date in the Port of New York on our official tally sheets as a missing ballot. It was felt that this was the proper manner in which it should be handled, as a missing ballot, since it does not effect the remaining ballots that were cast that day in any manner. PHILADELPHIA: On November 24, 1964, the Philadel­ phia Polls Committee issued ballot num­ ber 1720 to J. Marrero, showing his book number as M-1649, when it should have been M-1049. On November 28, 1964, the Philadelphia Polls Committee issued ballot number 1740 to D. Rood, showing his book number as B-162, when it should have been R-162. On November 30. 1964, the Philadelphia Polls Com­ mittee issued ballot number 1750 to Fred Miller, showing his book number as W-441, when it should have been M-441. Your committee has counted these days ballots as valid ballots cast , in the port for the various days, as the errors made were only a transposition of num­ bers or an incorrect letter designation. On December 9, 1964, and on Decem­ ber 15, 1964, the Polls Committee for the Port of Philadelphia allowed a mem­ ber to vote that was not in good stand­ ing. As a result, this committee, your Union Tallying Committee, has voided these days votes that were cast in the port. BALTIMORE: On the following dates, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Baltimore issued ballot numbers to the following men, showing the book number on the roster incorrectly. Those men so shown on the roster are as follows, with the date the ballot was issued, the number of the ballot that was given to the man, the book number as shown on the roster and the book number as it should have been: Date 11/ 2/64 11/ 3/64 11/ 9/64 11/13/64 11/25/64 12/ 2/64 12/ 5/64 12/ 9/64 12/31/64 Ballot Number 1941 1964 2064 2095 2148 2179 2201 2221 2345 MIAMI: On November 6, 1964, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Miami allowed a member to vote that was not in good standing. As a result of this error, this committee, the Union Tallying Com­ mittee, has voided the day's votes that were cast in the port. TAMPA: On November 19, 1964, the New Or­ leans Pollr. Committee issued ballot number 4390 to R. Tindell, T-40 who cast a ballot that day in ^the Port of New Orleans. On November 30, 1964, in the Port of Tampa the Tampa Polls Com­ mittee issued R. Tindell, T-40 ballot number 3044 and he cast that ballot in the Port of Tampa that day. The only reason that your Union Tallying Com­ mittee can think of to account for'this happening is that possibly the New Or­ leans Polls Committee failed to stamp the member's book indicating that he had already voted. In any event, your Union Tallying Committee has voided the days votes that were cast in the Port of Tampa on November 30, 1964, as this was the date on which the record indicates that Brother Tindell voted for the second time. MOBILE: On November 2, 1964, the Mobile Polls Committee issued ballot number 3109 to C. Nail, showihg his book num­ ber as N-108, when it should have been N-104. On November 5, 1964, the Mobile Polls Committee issued ballot number 3193 to A. Howard, showing his book number as H-995, when it should have been H-295. On November 28, 1964, the Mobile Polls Committee issued ballot number 3367 to W. Tatum, Jr., showing his book number as M-177, when it should have been T-177. On December 16, 1964, the Mobile Polls Committee issued ballot number 3470 to C. Pierce, showing his book number as P-306, when it should have been P-206. Your com­ mittee, the Union Tallying Committee, has counted these days ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for these days, as the errors nvade were only transposi­ tions of numbers or incorrect letter des­ ignations. Your Union Tallying Committee in opening the envelopes containing the ballots for the various ports found that in the envelope for the Port of Mobile , for the date of November 12, 1964, that the envelope containing the ballots only had two of the Polls Committee's signa­ tures and book numbers instead of the three that it should have had. However, in checking the minutes of the Election of a Polls Committee for the Port of Mo­ bile for November 12, we found that a three-man committee was elected and that all of the roster sheets for the day con­ tained these three men's names and book numbers and that the agent's re­ ceipt for that date contained the three men's names and book numbers. We can, therefore, assume that the missing name and book number from the en­ velope containing the ballots was due to an oversight on the part of the Polls Your committee has counted these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in the port for the various days, as the errors made were only a transposition of nunvber or an incorrect letter designation. JACKSONVILLE: The Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various envelopes of bal­ lots received from the ports, found that in the Port of Jacksonville, on Decem­ ber 14, 1964, the Polls Committee for Book Number On Roster A-526 B-65 E-17 G-1061 V-297 C-250 A-334 A-649 W-336 Correct Book Number L-526 V-67 F-17 G-661 P-297 G-250 T-334 P-649 W-366 Committee at the closing of the day's balloting. Your Union Tallying Commit­ tee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of Mobile for the day of November 12, 1964. Your Union Tallying Committee, how­ ever, found that in the Port of Mobile •n the ballot certification envelope for the date of November 14, 1964, the Pons Committee for the day neglected to fill in on this envelope, the name of the port. However, your Union Tallying Man's Name A. Lores V. Villacion J. Farrow R. Gorvan V. Pold E. Gherman A. Telan A. Pulles H. Williams �JaitmdT St, 19M SEAFARERS CommiUe* haa counted the day's ballots for the Port of Mobile for the date of November 14, 1964, as valid ballots cast in the port for that day. NEW ORLEANS On the following dates, the Polls Committee for the Port of New Orleans Issued ballot numbers to the following men, showing the book number on the roster incorrectly. Those men so shown on the roster are as follows, with the date the ballot was issued, the number of the ballot that was given to the man, book number as shown on the roster and the book number as it should have been: i Ballot Number 4150 4244 4408 4478 4534 4711 4733 Date 11/ 9/64 11/10/64 11/20/64 11/24/64 11/30/64 12/14/64 12/15/64 Man's Name J. Digrazia G. Flint E. Mishanski K. Jones H. Nelli L. Fontenot H. Petersen The Committee has counted these days' ballots as valid ballots cast In the port for the various days, as the errors made were only a transposition of num­ ber or an incorrect letter designation. On November 12, 1964, the New Or­ leans Polls Committee issued ballot #4275 to T. Wright, W-624, who cast a ballot that day in the Port of New Or­ leans. On December 11, 1964, in the Port of New Orleans, New Orleans Polls Committee issued T. Wright, W-624 bal­ lot #4699 and he cast that ballot in the Port of New Orleans that day. Your Union Tallying Committee has voided the day's votes that were cast in the Port of New Orleans on December 11, 1964, as this was the date on which the record indicates that Brother Wright voted for the second time. On November 28, 1964, the New Or­ leans Polls Committee issued ballot #4526 to C. Garfin, G-499, who cast a~ ballot that day in the Port of New Or­ leans. On December 19, 1964, the New Orleans Polls Committee issued C. Garfin, G-499 ballot #4786 and he cast that ballot in the Port of New Orleans that da.v. Your Union Tallying Committee has voided the day's votes that were cast in the Port of New Orleans on De­ cember 19, 1964, as this was the date on which the record indicates that Brother Garfin voted for the second time. On November 9, 1964, the New Or­ leans Polls Committee issued ballot #4164 to L. Bumatay, B-325, who cast his ballot that day in the Port of New Orleans. On December 28, 1964, the New Orleans Polls Committee issued L. Bumatay, B-325, ballot #4834 and he cast that ballot in the Port of New Or­ leans that day. Your Union Tallying Committee has voided the day's votes that were cast in the Port of New Or­ leans on December 28, 1964, as this was the date on which the record indicates that Brother Bumatay voted for the second time. HOUSTON On November 6, 1964, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot number 5333 to H. Bates, showing his book num­ ber as C-248. A check of the record shows that his nanoe is actually H. Gates with book number C-284. Under date of November 7, 1964, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot number 5366 to D. Hightovver, showing his book number as H-507, when it should have been H-503. On November 17, 1964, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot number 5476 to L. Moore, showing his book number as L-1299, when it should have been Mj-1299. On November 18, 1964, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot number 5512 to P. Turner showing his book number as T-205, when it should have been T-207. On November 25, 1964, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot number 5571 to W. Tillman, showing his book number as J-456, when it should have been T-456. On December 7, 1964, the Houston Polls Committee Issued ballot number 5694 to B. McGowan, showing his book number as M-1341, when it should have been M-1351. On December 8, 1964, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot number 5715 to G. Martinez, showing his book number as M-1206 when it should have been M-1208. V Your Committee, the Union Tallying Committee, has counted these days' bal­ lots as valid ballots cast in the port for the various days as the errors made were only transpositions of nunobers, in­ correct letter designations or incorrect speiling of a name. Your Union Tallying Committee in opening the envelopes containing the ballots in the various ports found that in the envelope for the Port of Houston for date of December 1, 1964, the num­ ber of ballots contained therein was 19. However, in checking the receipt for the day, we found that twenty ballots Book Number On Roster G-132 F-107 M-1055 J-226 H-128 F-488 P-753 Correct Book Number D-132 F-102 M-1035 , J-228 N-128 F-486 P-573 had been issued by the Polls Committee In the Port of Houston. It was the intention of your com­ mittee to show one ballot missing for the Port of Houston for the date of De­ cember 1. However, upon opening the envelope containing ballots for the Port of Houston for the date of December 2, we found that it contained 12 ballots and when checking the roster for the day, we found that only 11 balolts had been issued for this date in the Port of Houston. Contained in this same envelope was a statement from the Polls Committee for the Port of Houston for December 2, which was also the same Polls Com­ mittee that had served on December 1. The following is a statement contained in the ballot envelope December 2, re­ ferred to above: "We the committee in the Port of Houston, Texas on the date of 12-1-64;'on this date we voted 20 ballots. These ballots were pack­ aged and sent to New York. Then on the day of 12-2-64 the same men was elected to the balloting com­ mittee and on opening ballot box we found a marked ballot we missed packaging on the date of 12-1-64. I "We now add this ballot and let­ ter to package of ballots dated 12-2-64. We the committee regret this mistake." Based on the foregoing statement, signed by the Polls Committee, in the Port of Houston for the date of Decem­ ber 2, 1964, which was also the same Polls Committee that served on the date of December 1, 1964, your Union Tally­ ing Committee has counted the day's ballots for both December 1 and De­ cember 2 in the Port of Houston as valid ballots cast In that port for those days., WILMINGTON On November 23, 1964, the Wilming­ ton Polls Committee issued ballot num­ ber 6092 to Joseph Rioux, showing his book number as B-79, when it should have been R-79. Your committee has counted this day's ballots as valid bal­ lots cast in the port for the day, as the error made was only an incorrect book number on the roster. On the folowing dates, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Wilmington al­ lowed members to vote that were not in good standing; November 4, 1964 : November 16, 1964 December 1, 1964 As a result of the aforementioned errors, this committee, the Union Tally­ ing Committee, has voided the votes that were cast in the port for the days abovementioned. The Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various envelopes of bal­ lots received from the ports, found that in the Port of Wilmington, on November 11, 1964, thalt the Polls Committee for the port had failed to indicate on the certification of the envelope containing the ballots, the port and date. On De­ cember 22, 1964, the Polls Committee for the Port of Wilmington had also Sa^emeni—Pace Wnc LOG UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT (Continued) failed to indicate on the certification of the envelope containing the ballots, the port and date." Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of these omissions of the Wilmington Polls Committees, has counted these days ballots as valid ballots cast in the port for those days. Your Union Tallying Committee, In checking the envelopes that were mailed from the ports to the bank, found that the Polls Committee in the Port of Wilmington, on December 16, 1964, failed to indicate on the envelope being mailed to the bank, the date that should have been contained thereon. The Union Tallying Committee fur­ ther found that in checking the rosters for the Port of Wilmington on Decem­ ber 16th, that they had Issued six (6) ballots, two (2) of, which had been is­ sued to J. Sanfilippo, S-929, alongside of which of one on the roster they had written the word "Void." When opening the envelopes containing the ballots for the Port of Wilmington for this date, we found one ballot that was marked "Void," to which was attached stub #6131, by the means of a staple, which stub was also marked "Void." Since the envelope containing the ballots cast and the roster contained no report from the Polls Conomittee for the Port of Wil­ mington for the day as to why Brother Sanfilippo had been issued two ballots and one of them marked "Void" on the roster, the Union Tallying Committee has voided the day's ballots of Decem­ ber 16, 1964 for the Port of Wilmington, California. The Union Tallying Committee found that in checking the roster for the Port of Wilmington on December 31, 1964, that they had issued three (3) ballots; two (2) of which had been issued to Ray J. Kroupa, K-288, alongside of which of one on the roster they had written the word "Void." When open­ ing the envelope containing the ballots for the Port of Wilmington for this date, we found one (1) ballot that was marked "Void," to which was attached stub #6157, which stub was also marked "Void." Since the envelope containing the ballots cast and the roster contained no report from the Polls Committee for the Port of Wilmington for the day, as to why Brother Kroupa had been issued two (2) ballots and one (1) of them marked "Void" on the roster, the Union Tallying Committee has voided the day's ballots of December 31, 1964, for the Port of Wilmington, California. The Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various envelopes that were mailed to the bank depository found that in the Port of Wilmington, on De­ cember 26, 1964, that the Polls Com­ mittee for the port had indicated on the outside of the envelope that was mailed to the bank, the date of December 24th. However, upon opening the envelope and checking the certification on the envelope contained therein in which was the ballots for the port, we found the date of December 26, 1964. Your Union Tallying Convmittee, in spite of this error of the Wilmington Polls Commit­ tee, has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the port for that date. Earlier in this report your Committee had indicated that it would deal later in the report with the matter of stubs of ballots from the Port of Wilmington, Caiifornia. Your Committee, in check­ ing the stubs of the ballots for the Port of Wilmington, California, had found that four (4) stubs: #6082, #6131, #6138 and #6157 were missing. However, in the foregoing part of this report we have accounted for stubs #6131 and #6157, thereby leaving only stubs #6082 and #6138 as still missing. In checking the roster for the Port of Wilmington, California, we find that stub #6082 had been contained on a ballot that was issued on November 8, 1964 to Vernon White, W-673. In tallying the ballots for the port for the day, we found that three (3) ballots had been cast, which was a number equal to the amount that had been issued for the day in the port. In checking the roster for the Port of Wilmington, we find that stub #6138 had been contained on a ballot that was issued on December 19. 1964, to Thomas Price, P-560. In tallying the ballots for the Port for the day, we found that only one (1) ballot had been cast, which was a number equal to the amount that had been issued for the day in the port. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this discrepancy of the two (2) missing stubs, has counted these two days' ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of Wilmington, California for the two (2) days. SAN FRANCISCO On November 7, 1964, the San Fran­ cisco Polls Committee issued ballot number 6287 to C. Lawson, showing his book number as N-1 when it should have been L-1. On November 21,1964, the San Francisco Polls Committee issued ballot number 6402 to Stanley Buzelski, showing his book number as B-1671, when it should have been B-671. On November 24, 1964, the San Francisco Polls Committee issued ballot number 6419 to F. Ellis showing his book number as F-179, when it should have been E-179. On December 2, 1964, the San Franvcisco Polls Committee issued ballot number 6460 to W. Layton, showing his book number as L-299, when it should have been L-290. Your committee has counted these days ballots as valid bal­ lots cast in the port for the various days, as errors made were only a trans­ position of nun^bers or an incorrect let­ ter designation. We, the Union Tallying Committee, find that in the Port of San Francisco on the date of November 13, 1964, that T. Moriarity, M-646, was issued ballot number 6342 and that the Polls Com­ mittee by a statement signed by them that date issued another ballot to T. Moriarity, M-646, it being ballot num­ ber 6343 because the brother claimed he made a mistake in voting and wished to have ballot number 6342 voided and received a new ballot in its place. Your Union Tallying Committee understands that it is possible for a member to make a mistake in marking his ballot whereby he will vote for a candidate for which it was not his intention to vote for. In checking the ballots in this election we found it necessary to void several bal­ lots which indicated thereon that the member so voting the ballot had evi­ dently made a similar mistake, since there were indications of attempted erasures. However, in each of those cases those ballots were carried on our tally sheets as void ballots. It is the feeling of this committee that in Brother Moriority's case, the ballot on which he claimed he made a mistake" in casting his vote, should have been the only is­ sued to him. By the issuance of a sec­ ond ballot to him. in our opinion, it is equivalent to his having voted twice in the same election. Therefore, your Union Tallying Committee has voided the day's ballots in the Port of San Francisco for the date of November 13, 1964. SEATTLE Your Union Tallying Committee in checking the roster of November 9, 1964 for the Port of Seattle found that the Polls Committee for that date had failed to issue the ballots in numerical order. In issuing the ballots they issued Eugene Dore, D-326 ballot number 6659 when they should have issued number 6658. Ballot number 6658 was issued to J. G. Crage, C-902, who actually re­ ceived his ballot after Brother Dore. However, since the issuance of this bal­ lot out of order by the Polls Committee was immediately caught by them and a correction made on the roster for that �JUttirjr SEAFARERS LOG Snppleaitnt^Paff* Tea' UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT (Continued) day, your Union Tallying CcHnmittee has counted the day's ballots for November 9, 1964 for the Port of Seattle as valid ballots cast in the port for that day. SAN JUAN The Union Tailying Committee, in checking the various envelopes of bal­ lots received for the ports, found that in the Port of San Juan on November 5, 1964 the Polls Committee for the port had failed to indicate on the cer­ tification of the envelope containing ballots, the port and date. The Union Tallying Committee in spite of this omission of the San Juan Polls Com­ mittee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the port for the day. Your Union Taliying Committee in opening the envelope containing the ballots for the various ports found that in the envelope for the Port of San Juan for the date of November 30, 1964, that the certification on the envelope containing the ballots only had two of the Polls Committee's signatures and book number instead of the three that it should have had. However in check­ ing the minutes of the election of a Polls Committee for the Port of San Juan for November 30, found that a three-man committee was elected and that all of the roster sheets for the day cintained these three men's names and book numbers and that the agent's reesipt for that date contained the three men's names and book numbers. We can, therefore, assume that the missing name and book number from the enveiooe containing the baliots was due to an oversight on the part of the Polls Com­ mittee at the closing of the day's ballot­ ing. Your Union Tallying Committee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of San Juan for the day of November 30, 1964. Mail Ballots Under the, "Additions to Voting Pro­ cedures," that was set up by our Sec­ retary-Treasurer under the authority granted to him by Article XIII, Section 7 of our Constitution, and approved by the Executive Board and the member­ ship, he made provision for voting in the General Election by maih The, "Additions to Voting Procedures," re­ quirements for mail ballots, as on Ab­ sentee Ballots were, as follows; "Full book members may request an absentee ballot under the follow­ ing circumstances, only. While such member is employed on an Ameri­ can-flag merchant vessel which ves­ sel's schedule does not provide for it to touch a port in which voting is to take place during the voting period provided in Section 3 (g) of our constitution, in that event, the member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such request must contain a designation as to the ad­ dress to which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. Such request shall be received no later than 12:00 p.m. on the fifteenth day of November of the election year and shall be directed to the Secre­ tary-Treasurer at 675 Fourth Ave­ nue, Brookiyn 32, New York. Upon receipt of such request, the proce­ dures as established in Section 3 (d) of our constitution, shall not apply. "The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for determining whether such member is a member in good standing and further wheth­ er such member, has, in fact, voted previously. He shall send the proc­ essed ballot by Registered MailReturn Receipt Requested to the . address designated by such member in his absentee ballot request. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to such member with his ballot, in­ structions for returning the ballot, which instructions must be com­ plied with exactly. The SecretaryTreasurer shall further maintain a record showing the name, book number of the naember, his ballot number and the date upon which such ballot was sent, which infor­ mation shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, when elected, in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5 (d) of the constitu­ tion. The member, after voting, shall return his absentee ballot by Registred or Certified Mail, or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such absentee ballot is returned, if such be the case, to the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Re­ port. "These absentee ballots must be post-marked prior to midnight of December 31, 1964, and must. be received by the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Re­ port, prior to January 10, 1965, re­ gardless of when post-marked, for them to be counted as eligible votes. Such ballots will be main­ tained separately by such deposi­ tory and shall then be turned over to the Union Taliying Committee, as provided in Section 5 (d) of Article XIII of the constitution." The following are the names of the members who requested, were entitled to, and were sent Absentee Ballots: Namo Book Adams. Edward O A-473 Berg, Hans B-1154 Brian. S. M. B-949 Cobb, Arnle C .,.€-771 Davis, James F D-321 Du«y. James W D-P31 Eusebio, A ; E-186 Fruge, Herman F-233 Gonzales, AguiUno G-718 Hanstvedt, Alfred H-36 Henault, Joseph E H-342 Hoepner, Otto R H-224 Jennings, Charles J-333 Johnson. T. F ,1-276 Kong, Wong .K-374 Levin, Jacob J L-462 Lord. Charles L-354 Lynch, K L-688 Maloney, George J M-930 Manthey, WUly F M-169 Mastrantonis, Demetres .. M-1263 Nickerson, C. L. N-196 Novak, John ....N-32 Porcarl, Alfred P-52a Sohulz, Harry S-94 Sierra, Martin ..S-88 Stephen, Fritzbeck A. ...S-958 Suliman, Samong S-536 WilUams, L. A W-1K9 Williams, Louis H. W-37 Williams, Osborne R. ....W-78 WUIis, E W-687 Willoughby, Price W-15 Ballot Nvmijor 812 787 809 808 816 796 814 804 806 797 800 793 789 811 788 818 802 817 803 791 SOS 815 792 790 794 795 810 801 813 798 799 807 810 Our tally of these mail baliots is given on our master tally sheets for the whole election. It should be pointed out to the, mem­ bership that the ballots used for the mail ballots were a part of those that had been issued to the Port of New York. That out of the thirty-three (33) mail ballots sent out, only twenty-three (23) of them were returned. This ac­ counts for the discrepancy of the ten (10) ballots that are shown in the re­ port as having been issued, but are not accounted for in the total number of ballots cast. There were members who had re­ quested mail ballots, to whom none were sent, since they didn't meet the qualifications for voting by mail. These members were, as follows, along with an explanation of why they were not en­ titled to vote by mail: Yakymac, Paul, Y-39 requested a mail ballot under the date of October 19, 1964. His request for a mail ballot was denied on November 17, 1964, because he was not on a vessel as called for in the, "Additions to the Voting Proce­ dures." Martoncsik, Louis, M-205 requested a mail ballot, which requst was received on November 9, 1964. His request for a mail ballot was denied on November 17, 1964, because he was not on a ves­ sel as called for in, "Additions to Vot­ ing Procedures." Knowles, Ralph R., K-358 requested a mail ballot under date of October 30, 1964, which request was received on November 4, 1964. His request for a mail ballot was denied on November 17, 1964, because he was not on a vessel as called for in the, "Additions to Vot­ ing Procedures." Hirsch, AI, - H-811 requested a mail ballot under date of November 7, 1964, which request was received on Novem­ ber 18, 1964. • His request for a mail ballot was denied on November 23, 1964, because his request was not in compliance with the provisions con­ tained in the, "Additions to Voting Pro­ cedures," which states that all requests, ". . .shall be received not later than 12:00 p.m. on the fifteenth (15) day of November of the election year, and shall be directed to the SecretaryTreasurer. . ." Rogera, Burton A., R-730 requested a mail ballot under date of November 14, 1964 which request was receivd on No­ vember 23, 1964. His request for a mail ballot was denied on November 23, 1964 because his request was not in compliance with the provisions con­ tained in the, "Additions to Voting Pro­ cedures," which states that ail requests, ". . . shall be received not later than 12:00 p.m. on the fifteenth (15) day of November of the election year, and shall be directed to the Secretary-Treas­ urer . . ." Schoenbom, WiKired G., S-241 re­ quested a mail ballot in an undated let­ ter, postmarked November 28, 1964, which was received December 1, 1964. His request for a mail ballot was denied on December 1, 1964 because his request was not in compliance with the provi­ sion contained in the, "Additions to Vot­ ing Procedures," which states that all requests, ". , . shall be received not later than 12:00 p.m. on the fifteenth (15) day of November of the election year, and shall be directed to the SecretaryTreasurer . . ." Scott, William E., 8-754 requested a mail ballot under date of December 16, 1964, which was received December 22, 1964. His request for a mail ballot was denied on December 22, 1964 because his request was not in compliance with the provision contained in the, "Addi­ tions to Voting Procedures," which states that all requests, ". . . shall be received not later than 12:00 p.m. on th fifteenth (15) day of November of the election year, and shall be directed to the Secretary-Treasurer . . ." All requests for Absentee or Mail Bal­ lots and decisions as to whether the member met the requirements for such a ballot was handled by the Polls Com­ mittee at Headquarters. CHALLENGED BALLOTS Under the, "Additions to Voting Pro­ cedures," that was set-up by our Sec­ retary-Treasurer under the authority granted to him by Article XIII, Section 7 of our Constitution, and approved by the Executive Board and the member­ ship, he made provisions for the voting of challenged ballots, which challenge could be determined by the Union Tally­ ing Committee. There were eleven (11) challenged ballots cast and in view of the fact that such eleven ballots would not change the results of the vote for any office or job, your committee de­ cided not to pass upon the challenge and open them up. The eleven chal­ lenged ballots are, as follows: Name Book Number Webb. Leon J W-675 Montoya, Caupto M-541 Frazler, Dorn F-328 O'Connell Lawrence E. ..0-161 Rossi, Michael R-7 Wells, Leo J W-387 Diaz, C. M D-91 Williams, L. R W-37 Williams, Osborne R. ..W-78 Brian, S. M B-949 Levin, J. J L-462 Port Of Challenge New Orleans New Orleans Houston Houston San Francisco San Francisco San Juan, P.R. Absentee Ballot Absentee Ballot Absentee Ballot Absentee Ballot CONCLUSION In addition to the previous votes voided by your committee in the prior part of this report, 280 votes were voided in the various ports as a result of a member being allowed to vote that was not in good standing. As one oX its closing actions this Union Tallying Comj mittee added together all of the votes that had been voided from the various ports, for one reason or another,, and they totalled 349 votes. You can readily see by comparing the number of voided ballots against the final tally of ballots that is annexed to and made part of this report, that the INT voided ballots would not have changed the outcome of any Joto on the ballot. This committee finds that the protest of Bernard Toner, T-28, is the only JH-Otest by one of our members, written or otherwise, with respect to the conduct of the election. Your committee has sent the following letter to Bernard Toner, in reference to his protest: January 14, 1965 Mr. Bernard Toner 35753 Charles Street Newark, California 94560 Dear Sir and Brother: Under the terms of our Constitution, this Committee has no authority to eval­ uate complaints of the type described in your letter of January 9, 1965. However, under the rules and pro­ cedure set up by the membership, com­ plaints of the nature made by you are handled by the Secretary-Treasurer. We enclose a copy of a Report by the Secretary-Treasurer on "Election Com­ plaints" during Eiection of 1965-1968 Officers and Job Holders of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District. Fraternally yours. Seafarers International Union of North America—AGLIWD DOUGLAS CLAUSSEN, C-339, Chairman Union Tallying Committee REGISTERED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Editors Note: Full reference to thb matter is contained in the report by the Secretary-Treasurer on "Election Com­ plaints'' which follows this report. Your committee finds that the ballot­ ing took place in strict accordance with the Constitution, and that what errors were made, were all of no importance, and of no measurable effect and could not influence the voting results and were dealt with in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution. It is, of course, impossible to tally write-in votes that are illegible or where the ballot has been defaced. Therefore, in the case of write-ins that are illegi­ ble or when they appear on defaced ballots, this Committee has carried such ballots under the heading of void bal­ lots, in which category they properly belong. We recommend that the proce­ dure on write-ins followed by this Com­ mittee be upheld, inasmuch as it is im­ possible to count write-ins' votes where the name written in is illegible or a voter defaces the ballot. If a man wants to write in a name, he ought to do so clearly, if he wants his write-in to be effective, and he must be careful not to place illegal marks on the ballot. This Committee feels very strongly on this point. The official tally of this Committee Is annexted to this report and made a part of it. Subject to the appropriate action of the membership at the "Elec­ tion Report" meetings, it represents the basis for the action called for in Section 6, Article XIII, of the Constitution. Dated: January 14, 1965. George Litchfield L-170 Elected in the Port of Baltimore Walter J. Walsh W236 Elected in the Port of Baltimore Aide Perlnl P-83 Elected in the Port of New York Cecil Leader L-6 Elected in the Port of New York Edward W. Morris M-135g Elected in the Port of Detroit Manuel Garza G-631 Elected in the Port of Detroit James Doris D-3 Elected in the Port of Phiiadelphia Charles Moss M-502 Elected in the Port of Philadelphia Thomas D. Garrity G-298 ' Elected in the Port of New Orleans Ashton L. Stephens S-318 Elected in the Port of New Orleans H. B. Butts B-395 Elected in the Port of Houston Douglas Claussen C-339 Elected in the Port of Houston James Naylor N-6 Elected in the Port of Mobile Dalphin L. Parker P-g4 Elected in the Port of Mobile �Jnufy M, Utti SEAFARERS'LOa fa]wl«pMi--Par« Qeyra Report By The Secretary-Treasurer On "Election Complaints" duringr "ELECTION OF 1965-1968 OFFICERS AND JOB HOLDERS OF THE SEA­ FARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES, AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT" Under the terms of our Constitution and the rules adopted by the Executive Board and approved by the membership, complaints concerning the conduct of the Union election and balloting pro­ cedure are to be sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with specific administrative duties in connection with such election. The office of your Secretary-Treasurer has received two communications from Brother Bernard Toner, T-28, a candi­ date for New York Joint Patrolman and I am reporting as to the action taken and my recommendations in connection with such action. On November 22nd, there was re­ ceived a letter from Brother Toner which was dated November 19, 1964 and postmarked November 20, 1964 at Fre­ mont, California. A copy of this letter is as follows: "Dear Sir and Brother, This letter is a protest of the elec­ tion now in progress. In regards to the balloting now going on in all ports, I am aware of the proper prwedure according to the constitution and I have wit­ nessed several violations since I arrived in San Francisco. I'm sure you know of the exist­ ence of the printed form available to voters with the names of candi­ dates, exclusive of many names that appear on the ballot. I've seen it and my name along with many others are among the missing. The form carries a union label and is probably available in all ports. This seems to me to be a vio­ lation, as we the missing candidates don't have the same opportunity to campaign on so large a scale, as finances and the method of distribu­ tion are not available to us. I witnessed Paul Gonsorchik, Walter Reidy, and one of the ballot­ ing committee passin.g them out. The man on the committee also made the statement "There are a bunch of running that the union would rather not have in office." I would like to know who ordered the printing of the forms, who de­ cided what names to go on them, and mostly who paid for them out of what funds? Fraternally yours, Bernard Toner T-28 Candidate for New York Joint Patrolman (Signed) Bernard Toner November 19, 1964" By letter dated November 24, 1964, I replied to Brother Toner and a copy of that letter is as follows: "November 24, 1964 Mr. Bernard Toner, T-28 36753 Charles Street Newark, California • 94560 Dear Sir and Brother: Your letter dated November 19, 1964, has been turned over to the undersigned for reply. The alleged incident .vou refer to, I assume, occurred in San Fran­ cisco on November 19, 1964, the date of your letter. Your corre­ spondence as well as this reply will be turned over to the Union Tally­ ing Committee at the time of their convening. As to your inquiry about a printed form, who decided what names to go on them, and who paid for them out of what funds, please be ad­ vised that the Union has not or­ dered the printing of any forms or paid for such, other than for the official ballots which contain the names of all candidates, together with the standard material, such as roster sheets, envelopes, etc. Cam­ paign material or forms, if any, as distinguished from the official elec­ tion material, are prepared and paid for solely by candidates. Fraternally yours. Seafarers International Union of North America-AGLIWD (Signed) A1 Kerr. Secretary-Treasurer" On January 13, the Tallying Commit­ tee received Brotfier Toner's letter dated January 9, 1965. A copy of that letter is as follows: "January 9, 1965 "Dear Sirs: In November 1 sent a written pro­ test of the balloting and what I con­ sider violations of the proper pro­ cedure, to Paul Hall. He turned it over to A1 Kerr and 1 was informed that all protests are handled by the tallying committee. When 1 sent in my credentials for the New York patrolman job, I signed them the way 1 wanted them printed in the "LOG," and to appear on the ballot, which was Bernard (Mike) Toner. Other candidates names appeared by the names they are commonly known as, but mine appeared sim­ ply as Bernard Toner. 1 have been asked a number of times by former shipmates why 1 didn't have "Mike" on the ballot, as that is what 1 am known as mostly, and due to some­ one's oversight have probably lost quite a number of votes because of it. In the event you haven't received my earlier letter it contained the following; 1. The printed form which was available may have influenced voters. "2. The fact that the form was available in all ports, and the same method of distributing campaign material was not available to all of us. 1 saw Paul Gonsorchik pass it out within ten feet of the ballot box. I saw Walter Reidy, whose name isn't on the ballot, pass one across the counter, also less than twenty-five feet from the box. 1 was also present when one of the ballot committee handed one to a member that inquired as to the purpose of it, and was told "there are a bunch of running that the union would rather not have in office." This man has since shipped on the "Alcoa Marketer" as Steward and I believe his name is Depaulier. 3. The way my name appeared on the ballot as explained earlier in this protest. 4. I would like to know also when these members whose names ap­ peared on the foitn ordered them printed, where they were printed, who paid for them and out of what funds. 5. Since the names not mentioned on the form are active seamen and their time ashore is limited to short periods at different times, no oppor­ tunity to meet and plan a large cam­ paign to compete with something like this is possible. Thereby limit­ ing equal rights. Fraternally, Bernard (Mike) Toner T-28 Candidate for patrolman (Signed) Bernard Toner P.S. The above violations are the only ones I am aware of, but if you will investigate further I feel you will find others." The tallying Committee has advised Brother Toner that under the terms of our Constitution the Committee has no authority to evaluate complaints of the type described In his letter of January 9, 1965. The Committee's reply to ^Brother Toner is contained in their re­ port. The Minutes of the Executive Board of September 9, 1964, approved and adopted by the membership, provides, in part, as follows: "2. To insure good order and to further preserve the secrecy of the ballot, electioneering must not take place within 25 feet of the polling place. In any event, the Union con­ tinues to insist on good order and decorum, which must be preserved. Any member whose ballot has been solicited within the prohibited area is required to make this fact known to the Polls Committee, which shall record the complaint in its report, as well as its findings and recom­ mendations thereon. In addition, the member is required to notify the Secretary-Treasurer, Al Kerr, at Headquarters, within 24 hours of the occurrence, by registered mail, return receipt requested, of the facts, which notification must be signed by the complainant, together with his book number. In that connection, the Executive Board reccommends that the mem­ bership also adopt the rule that, in case any member has a complaint that any of the election and ballot­ ing procedures of this Union have been violated, the same procedure as above set forth shall be followed. While the members have already been notified, through the LOG, as to notifications to the President in case of a claimed violation of any rights, it is recommended that the rule set forth herein be adopted with reference to the balloting and election procedures in this election, since the Secretary-Treasurer, un­ der the Constitution, is charged with specific administrative duties in connection with elections and referendums. The member's duty to report violations in this manner should be emphasized. If situations exist which call for corrective ac­ tion, tliat action ought to be taken.. It can't be taken if the responsible parties under the Constitution are not made aware of the facts." As a result of the above quoted rule, I am making my report and recommen­ dation as to the contents of Brother Toner's letter. Brother Toner's letter of January 9th is, in part, a repetition of his original letter of November 19, 1964 and insofar as the reply letter to him of November 24th applies to mat­ ters contained in his letter of January 9, 1965, the same reply is incorporated in this report; particularly with respect to his inquiry about campaign material and the furnishing of the same. In essence. Brother Toner's letter of Janu­ ary 9, 1965, setting forth matters which have not been previously replied to, consist of two areas: the first one is the absence of his nickname, "Mike," ap­ pearing on the ballot; and, the second, his claim of a violation of the no elec­ tioneering rule in designated areas. As to the first item—the absence of his nickname, "Mike," on the ballot—I wish to point out that, as we all know, the sample ballot was distributed long prior to the commencement of the elec­ tion. At no time did Brother Toner make any complaint about the absence of his nickname appearing with his name upon the ballot. Furthermore, at no time did Brother Toner ever request that his nickname, "Mike," appear alongside of his regular name upon the baiiot, and the first complaint received from him is after the election is over. Furthermore, in his letter of November 19, 1964, he signs it as ''Bernard Toner, T-28, Candidate for New York Joint Patrolman," without any reference to the nickname, "Mike." It Is clear that his complaint is an afterthought and there is no basis for such complaint. I further wish to point out that in the sections of the Executive Board Minutes mentioned above, at no time did Brother Toner follow the procedure of a com­ plaint in connection with the failure to have his nickname, "Mike," appear alongside of his name upon the ballot. In view of all of this, I find that there is no basis to Brother Toner's complaint as to the failure of his nickname to appear upon the ballot and 1 so recom­ mend to the membership for their action. With respect to the other area of Brother Toner's complaint in his letter of January 9, 1965 concerning violation of the no electioneering in prohibited areas, 1 have the following comments and recommendation to make. 1 refer again to the rules adopted by the Execu­ tive Board and the membership concern­ ing this subject of electioneering or soliciting votes within the prohibited areas, which is set forth above. It is first provided that any member whose ballot has been so solicited within the prohibited area is required to make this fact known to the local Polls Committee, which shall record the complaint in its report, as well as its findings and rec­ ommendations thereon. The record shows that no member has made any complaint to any Polls Committee, nor do the reports of any Polls Committee contain a record of any such complaint, finding or recommendation. The rules further provide that the member is re­ quired to notify the Secretary-Treasurer at Headquarters within 24 hours after the occurrence. No member whose vote has been allegedly solicited in the pro­ hibited area has so notified the Office of Secretary-Treasurer. The above rules further provide that if any member has a complaint as to any of the election and balloting procedures to the effect that they have been violated, that the same procedure as set forth with respect to an individual member be followed. 1 as­ sumed that Brother Toner's letter of January 9, 1965 was intended to come within this latter rule. 1 wish to point out that, aside from the complaint re­ ceived from Brother Toner which alleges conduct only in the Port of San Fran­ cisco, no other letter has been received from any member complaining about an alleged violation of the no solicitation or electioneering in prohibited areas from that port, or any other port. In view of the fact that no member has filed any complaint, either with any of the local Polls Committees, the Presi­ dent or the Office of the SecretaryTreasurer, concerning an alleged viola­ tion of the no solicitation rule in pro­ hibited areas, and Brother Toner's letter does not complain about his ballot being so solicited, but merely a state­ ment that somebody else's ballot w.as so solicited—without even identifying the member or membqrs so solicited— he has not set forth sufficient evidence to warrant the finding that the conduct complained of was so engaged in. As a result of this situation, it appears to the Secretary-Treasurer that Brother Toner is engaged in a "fishing expedi­ tion" and this is backed up by his post­ script in his letter of January 9, 1965, in which he requests a further investiga­ tion based upon his "feeling" that other violations will be found. Brother Toner's complaint deals solely with balloting conducted in the Port of San Francisco and 1 wish to point out to the membership that if all the ballots cast and counted from the Port of San Francisco were not counted—the results of the election would still not be changed. For all of the above reasons, 1 have determined that there is no basis to Brother Toner's complaint of violation of the election procedures in accordance with the Union's Constitution and rules adopted by the membership. 1, there­ fore, so recommend to the membership for their action. Submitted by, Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer �Supgleiiieiit-^Pacs Twdv* SEAFARERS Jammrrift, ms LOG OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET FOR ELECTION OF 1965-1968 OFFICERS •DENOTES THAT MAN WAS ELECTED MAIL BALLOT PrAldent John Cole, C-8 Paul Hall, H-1 William John Smith, S-60 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals BALT. NORP. JAX. Mil AMI TAMPA MOBILI N.o. HOUS. WILM. S.P. SBAT. DIT. SAN JUAN Totals 15 203 37 2 9 0 0 0 266 42 357 11 13 21 0 1 0 445 3 83 0 12 0 0 0 0 98 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 52 0 0 2 0 1 0 57 0 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 50 15 404 2 0 13 0 0 0 434 52 901 7 5 23 0 0 2 990 52 623 8 21 2 0 1 2 709 10 142 1 2 4 0 0 0 159 55 239 21 3 35 0 1 ^ 2 356 35 116 15 1 6 0 1 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 327 88 4,598* 115 1 13 75' 163 11 0 1 6 0 11 1 123 5,296 18 1 0 0 0 4 23 43 1 0 0 0 0 44 1,236 88 15 1 4 0 1,344 255 4 5 0 2 0 266 394 41 9 0 1 0 445 98 1 1 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 57 0 0 0 0 0 57 48 2 0 0 0 0 50 389 43 2 0 0 0 434 774 203 10 0 1 2 990 676 25 5 0 1 2 709 155 1 2 0 1 0 159 316 24 9 0 5 2 356 163 9 1 0 1 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 22 5 0 0 1 123 4,739* 465 64 1 16 11 5,296 18 1 0 0 0 4 23 41 1,243 81 3 0 17 0 1 0 2 0 0 44 1,344 254 5 5 0 2 0 266 387 48 8 0 2 0 445 97 0 1 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 56 1 0 0 0 0 57 46 4 0 0 0 0 50 386 46 2 0 0 0 434 769 208 9 0 2 2 990 678 22 6 0 1 2 709 156 1 2 0 0 0 159 320 23 10 0 1 2 356 165 8 1 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 20 5 0 0 1 123 4,737* 471 66 1 10 11 5,296 18 1 0 0 0 4 23 42 2 0 0 0 0 44 1,239 86 15 1 3 0 1,344 255 5 4 .0 2 266 392 45 8 0 0 0 445 97 0 1 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 56 1 0 0 0 0 57 48 2 0 0 0 0 50 386 45 3 0 0 0 434 764 214 9 0 1 2 990 677 26 4 0 0 2 709 156 1 2 0 0 0 159 319 24 10 0 1 2 356 169 3 1 0 1 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 4,736* 26 481 59 2 0 1 8 0 1 11 123 5,296 18 1 0 0 0 4 23 40 4 0 0 0 0 44 1,246 77 15 1 5 0 1,344 250 10 4 0 2 0 266 400 31 8 0 6 0 445 97 0 1 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 57 0 0 0 0 0 57 48 2 0 0 0 0 50 397 35 2 0 0 0 434 786 192 7 0 3 2 990 670 30 6 0 1 2 709 155 2 2 0 0 0 159 320 23 9 0 2 2 356 160 12 1 0 1 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 26 2 0 0 1 123 4,762* 445 57 1 20 11 5,296 4 13 1 1 0 0 4 23 6 35 1 2 0 0 0 44 49 1,249 9 35 1 1 0 1,344 25 230 1 10 0 0 U 266 59 324 43 19 0 0 0 445 7 83 0 8 0 0 0 98 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 54 0 1 0 0 0 57 3 40 2 5 0 0 0 50 18 401 9 6 0 0 0 434 52 895 18 23 0 0 2 990 52 624 14 17 0 0 2 709 9 146 0 4 0 0 0 159 75 246 12 20 0 1 2 356 43 123 5 3 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 63 23 9 0 0 1 123 432 4,549* 138 163 1 2 11 5,296 Vice-President in Charge of The Lakes and Inland Waters A1 Tanner, T-12 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 18 0 1 0 0 42 2 0 0 0 0 44 1,195 131 13 1 4 0 1,344 253 6 5 0 2 0 266 388 50 7 0 0 0 445 97 0 1 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 54 3 0 0 0 0 57 46 4 0 0 0 0 50 379 51 4 0 0 0 434 748 230 9 0 1 2 990 666 35 6 0 0 2 709 152 5 2 0 0 0 159 309 36 8 0 1 2 356 160 14 0 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 4,621* 28 595 4 60 0 1 0 8 1 11 123 5,296 Headquarters Representatives William Hall, H-272 Thomas (Curley) Liles, Jr., L-230... Edward (Eddie) Mooney, M-7 Frederick (Freddie) Stewart, S-8... No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 14 11 14 13 2 3 0 0 12 69 40 1,238 125 9 37 L224 38 1,177 8 121 141 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 132 4,032 234 48 241 225 14 35 0 1 0 798 334 122 342 293 - 169 75 0 0 '0 1,335 80 16 84 79 2 33 0 0 0 294 24 4 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 72 53 5 52 50 8 3 0 0 0 171 45 7 42 40 13 3 0 0 0 150 369 44 368 342 140 39 0 0 0 1,302 843 640 177 108 860' 633 763 614 53 242 76 73 0 0 3 0 6 6 2,970 2,127 145 22 145 135 12 18 0 0 0 477 269 114 262 262 92 63 0 0 6 1,068 137 70 132 132 34 17 0 0 0 522 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 4,541* 26 908 81 4,540* 63 4,247* 92 1,002 27 606 0 3 1 8 3 33 369 15,888 New York Port Agent Joseph (Joe) DiGiorgio, D-2 ....... No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 17 2 0 0 0 4 23 1,203 120 12 1 8 0 1,344 226 35 3 0 2 0 266 309 128 7 0 1 0 445 96 1 - 1 0 0 0 98 22 2 0 0 0 0 24 49 8 0 0 0 0 57 40 10 0 0 0 0 50 317 116 1 0 0 0 434 654 324 8 0 2 2 990 621 81 4 0 1 2 709 140 17 2 0 0 0 159 280 67 5 0 2 2 356 128 43 2 0 1 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 4,222* 35 996 4 49 0 1 0 17 1 11 123 5,296 297 210 26 1,117 12 304 25 1,214 236 14 115 162 36 8 6 317 228 33 1,103 12 89 133 20 3 5 229 203 26 1,103 16 242 203 25 1,110 14 223 204 24 1,120 11 279 227 26 1,170 13 242 215 24 1,079 8 132 26 . 65 4 8 108 209 28 9 10 219 30 117 9 10 82 119 4 27 5 76 123 26 6 8 271 209 26 1,122 14 127 ' 36 • 75 3 5 289 226 26 1,135 16 650 195 45 35 1 380 730 90 230 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 40 2,660 4,450S 830,, 440 .13,440, 79 83 14 78 12 68 69 70 73 71 7 20 19 11 12 78 10 80 6 120 0 0 0 980 22 23 4 22 4 22 22 18 23 21 1 4 4 0 2 19 1 20 8 0 0 0 0 45 48 13 38 8 37 42 32 42 34 3 8 17 7 5 43 8 43 47 50 0 0 0 41 40 336 352 34 332 28 324 329 321 342 318 25 37 35 24 24 338 30 330 521 260 0 0 0 757 744 182 680 157 631 641 614 744 647 109 235 210 132 121 713 123 725 1,158 550 0 ' 7 20 598 618 105 614 62 565 573 554 622 582 61 132 125 78 67 619 83 640 118 250 0 4 20 129 134 30 121 18 118 121 116 133 130 15 25 30 16 13 121 20 124 16 160 0 0 0 1,590 236 240 106 224 63 173 183 185 262 227 66 110 101 79 82 224 110 242 324 300 0 3 20 3,560 135 120 56 106 37 75 90 75 121 103 31 79 57 39 35 115 60 113 163 130 0 0 0 1.740 ; ., Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement Robert A. Matthews, M-1 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals . Vice-President in Charge of The Atlantic Coast Earl (Bull) Shepard, S-2 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals , Vice-President in Charge of The Gulf Coast James L. (Jimmie) Tucker, T-22 Lindsay J. Williams, W-1 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals New York Joint Patrolman Theodore (Ted) Babkowski, B-1 Angus (Red) Campbell, C-217 Warren H. Cassidy, C-724 ... John Fay, F-363 Vincent Genco, G-79 Luige lovino, I-ll Pasquale (Pat) Marinelli, M-462 Frank Mongelli, M-1111 E. B. (Mac) McAuley, M-20 ... George McCartney, M-948 ... Fred George Oestman, 0-41 . George (Frenchy) Ruf, R-1 Charles J. Scofield, S-186 Charles Stambul, S-578 Lorence E. Taylor, T-79 Keith Terpe, T-3 Bernard Toner, T-28 Steven (Steve) Zubovich, Z-13 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged , Totals . ...... i-v: 23 Srf, 37 7 0 0 0 0 44 t) 2^9 f V 9 39 7 30 35 33 37 34 1 9 8 3 4 34 2 37 37 60 0 0 0 500 -*ll o 30 4 39 1,265 9 0 1 1 37 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 44 1,344 Secretary-Treasurer A1 Kerr, K-7 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals j ! PHILA. 2 18 0 1 0 0 0 4 23 Executive Vice-President Cal Tanner, T-1 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals ^ BOSTON N.Y. 0• 0 53 4,093* 0 92 4,287* 0 29 909 0 54 4,001* 0 16 662 0 50 3,670* 0 56 3,755* 0 47 3,647* 0 52 4,166* 0 50 3,785* 0 23 577 0 28 1,051 0 33 1,024 0 14 640 0 17 621 0 61 4,007* 0 20 713 0 52 4,098* - 0 292 3,616 0 180 3,490 0 0 10 0 1 28 0 10 110 -0 1,239 , 52,960 1 �jMtmm Ui MM SupHlOTcnt—Page Tbbleem. SEAFARERS IOC \ OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET FOR ELECTION OF 1965-1968 OFFICERS •DENOTES THAT MAN WAS ELECTED Philadelphia A«ent Frank Drozak, D-22 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals MAIL BALLOT BOSTON N.Y. PHILA. BALT. NORF. JAX. MIAMI TAMPA MOBILl N. o. HOUS. WILM. t. F. SEAT. DET. SAN JUAN Totals / 4,482» 730 48 1 24 11 5,296 18 1 0 0 0 4 23 41 1,182 2 141 0 10 0 1 1 10 0 0 44 1,344 242 11 7 0 6 0 266 368 72 5 0 0 0 445 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 52 5 0 0 0 0 57 45 5 0 0 0 0 50 374 59 1 0 0 0 434 689 287 10 0 2 2 990 656 48 2 0 1 2 709 152 5 2 0 0 0 159 307 38 6 0 3 2 356 153 20 1 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 36 4 0 1 1 123 Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Willdam R. Davies, D-178 Belarmino (Bennie) Gonzalez, G-4.. Leon Hall, Jr., H-125 Edward Kresz, K-315 No Votes Void's rr. Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 8 11 12 3 0 4 0 0 8 46 8 29 31 9 7 4 0 0 0 88 152 1,160 1,126 110 71 65 2 2 0 2.688 49 198 183 72 6 18 0 6 0 532 122 274 262 87 115 30 0 0 0 890 19 80 77 10 0 10 0 0 0 196 3 21 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 48 3 54 43 4 8 2 0 0 0 114 7 41 38 4 10 0 0 0 0 100 40 350 352 20 94 12 0 0 0 868 171 749 689 129 182 56 0 0 4 1,980 97 592 577 86 46 16 0 0 4 1,418 21 129 126 18 6 18 0 0 0 318 106 221 206 78 58 38 0 1 4 712 79 98 78 52 35 6 0 0 0 348 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 911 60 4,067* 48 3,868* 701 16 72 711 301 22 2 0 9 0 22 2 246 10,592 Baltimore Agent RexTord (Rex) JJickey, D-0 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 19 0 0 0 0 4 23 41 2 0 0 1 0 44 1,184 143 12 1 4 0 1,344 2.52 11 2 0 1 0 266 386 52 4 0 3 0 445 93 3 2 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 54 3 0 0 0 0 57 47 3 0 0 0 0 50 365 69 0 0 0 0 434 730 253 5 0 0 2 990 655 50 2 0 0 2 709 151 6 2 0 0 0 159 311 37 5 0 1 2 356 158 15 1 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 43 3 0 0 1 123 Baltimore Joint Patrolman W. Paul Gonsorehik, G-2 Eli Hanover, H-313 Tony Kastina, K-5 Benjamin Wilson, W-217 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 18 19 18 19 2 0 0 0 16 92 42 41 41 40 12 0 0 0 0 176 1,176 1,170 1,151 1,138 690 42 4 5 0 5,376 254 255 255 254 26 16 0 4 0 1,064 401 407 405 408 134 20 0 5 0 1,780 98 98 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 392 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 96 56 53 53 51 15 0 0 0 0 228 47 46 45 44 17 0 0 1 0 200 379 376 374 375 228 4 0 0 0 1,736 731 649 646 712 645 714 644 717 1,032 203 40 40 0. 0 6 1 8 8 3,960 2,836 154 154 154 154 11 8 0 1 0 636 318 293 290 299 180 33 0 3 8 1,424 156 154 153 154 72 6 0 1 0 696 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 4,583* 79 4,527* 80 4,500* 73 4,402* 159 2,781 225 16 4 0 28 1 44 4 492 21,184 Mobile Agent Frederick H. Johnson, J-44 Louis (Blackie) Neira, N-1 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 7 12 0 0 0 0 4 23 12 30 2 0 0 0 0 44 103 1,194 15 27 1 4 0 1,344 40 221 3 2 0 0 0 266 122 263 46 14 0 0 0 445 15 73 0 10 0 0 0 98 2 7 48 22 0 1 0' 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 24 6 44 0 0 0 0 0 50 25 395 8 6 0 0 0 434 180 780 7 21 0 0 2 990 115 578 2 11 0 1 2 709 19 134 0 6 0 0 0 159 122 196 19 16 0 1 2 356 76 86 9 3 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 28 60 25 9 0 0 1 123 18 18 18 18 4 0 0 0 16 92 40 41 40 40 15 0 0 0 0 176 1,129 1,170 1,159 1,136 729 46 4 3 0 5,376 368 256 2.55. 367 2.56 368 365 255 283 28 28 12 0 0 1 2 0 0 1,064 1,780 98 98 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 392 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 96 56 57 57 56 2 0 0 0 0 228 46 46 46 44 17 0 0 1 0 200 397 397 397 393 148 4 0 0 0 1,736 738 741 736 728 973 32 0 4 8 3,960 665 663 655 662 142 40 0 1 8 2,836 155 155 155 155 8 8 0 0 0 636 311 307 295 301 173 28 0 1 8 1,420 157 153 155 156 71 4 0 0 0 696 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Orleans Agent C. J. (Buck) Stephens, S-4 No Votes Void's Missing <• Write In's Challenged Totals 16 3 0 0 0 4 23 37 7 0 0 0 0 44 1,153 177 8 1 5 0 1,344 248 13 3 0 2 0 266 361 79 5 0 0 0 445 97 1 0 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 48 8 0 0 1 0 57 44 6 0 0 0 0 50 359 74 1 0 0 0 434 849 130 6 0 3 2 990 658 46 2 0 1 2 709 151 6 2 0 0 0 159 309 39 6 0 0 2 356 154 19 1 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 40 2 0 0 1 123 New Orleans Joint Patrolman A. E. (Jerry) Cunningham, C-718 Henry B. Donnelly, D-324 Thomas E. Gould, G-267 Louis Guarino, G'520 Andrew A. G. McCloskey, M-P50 .,. Herman M. Troxclair, T-4 Paul Warren, W-3 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 13 6 15 11 5 10 12 0 4 0 0 16 92 10 6 32 27 8 31 34 28 0 0 0 0 176 184 186 1,208 1,115 182 1,106 1,172 103 114 4 2 0 5,373 43 45 234 222 47 218 220 18 16 0 1 0 1,064 134 119 295 267 107 253 283 241 81 0 0 0 1,780 15 15 80 74 10 74 82 2 40 0 0 0 392 18 4 17 5 22 42 39 19 3 12 20 43 47 23 0 . 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 228 11 8 37 36 6 33 28 17 24 0 0 0 200 46 41 358 346 33 360 337 171 44 0 0 0 1,736 171 146 841 777 122 869 750 162 112 0 2 8 3,960 122 106 633 588 97 589 599 50 44 0 0 8 2,836 21 22 141 125 28 134 129 0 36 0 0 0 636 133 114 235 211 105 201 223 130 64 0 0 8 1,424 77 69 132 89 55 92 100 62 20 0 0 0 696 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1,042 940 35 54 4,359* 60 4,006* 843 23 40 4,073* 48 4,087* 160 1,154 627 28 4 0 5 0 44 4 492 21,184 Houston Agent Paul Drozak, D-180 No Votes ; Void's Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 15 4 0 0 0 4 23 40 4 0 0 0 0 44 1,18.5 144 6 1 8 0 1,344 239 22 3 0 2 0 266 372 65 8 0 0 0 445 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 52 5 0 0 0 0 57 48 2 0 0 0 0 50 372 58 2 0 0 0 434 736 . 684 18 247 4 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 990 709 155 2 2 0 0 0 159 314 32 4 0 4 2 356 144 28 2 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 38 1 0 1 1 123 Houston Joint Patrolman Martin J. (Marty) Breithoff, B-2 William J. Doak, D-262 Roan Lightfoot, L-565 Oscar M. Raynor, R-520 R. F. (Mickey) Wilburn, W-6 ... No Votes Void's .. Missing Write In's Challenged Totals 17 13 17 8 14 3 4 0 0 16 92 38 1,227 252 248 34 1,250 222 29 1,196 231 , 70 11 36 1,194 228 25 20 . 155 116 16 8 0 0 4 0 - 3 3 0 0 0 1,064 176 5,376 333 342 310 155 306 246 88 0 0 0 1,780 89 91 81 20 91 0 20 0 0 0 392 24 24 23 3 22 0 0 0 0 0 96 53 52 52 20 46 5 0 0 0 0 228 47 43 43 9 39 19 0 0 0 0 200 375 373 357 54 362 171 44 0 0 0 1,736 865 835 801 246 810 291 96 0 8 8 3,960 663 653 632 108 661 40 68 0 3 8 2,836 147 142 133 38 137 7 32 0 0 0 636 311 264 251 149 238 125 77 0 1 8 1,424 153 139 127 90 114 53 20 0 0 0 696 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 4,670* 71 4,574* 57 4.331* 45 1.257 54 4,352* 153 1,313 621 32 4 0 0 18 44 4 492 21,184 Bstroit Agent Frank (Scottie) Aubusson, A-8 No Votes Void's ^lissing .. Write In's Challenged Totals 18 1 0 0 0 4 28 377 63 5 0 0 0 445 97 1 0 0 0 0 98 23 1 0 0 0 0 24 47 3 0 0 0 0 60 372 61 1 0 0 0 434 728 256 3 0 1 2 990 652 51 4 0 0 2 709 153 4 2 0 0 0 159 313 35 5 0 1 2 356 154 17 3 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 27 1 0 0 1 123 Mobile Joint Patrolman Harold J. Fischer, F-1 Robert Jordan, J-1 Leo P. Marsh, M-9 William J. (Red) Morris, M-4 No Votes Void's Missing Write In's Challenged ; Totals . 41 3 0 0 D 0 44 1,167 170 4 1 2 0 1,344 249 14 2 0 1 0 266 53 4 0 0 0 0 57 ' a 0 0 4,546* 690 38 1 10 11 5,296 879 4,136* 137 126 1 6 11 5,296 81 4,539* 88 4,580* 79 4,538* 76 4,507* 156 2,749 210 8 0 4 13 0 44 * 4 492 21,184 4,588* 648 36 1 12 11 5,296 4,562* 669 36 1 17 11 5,296 4,538* 711 30 i 5 11 5,296 �' ?? Snwlemeni—ite* yowteni IffS SEAtARERB LOO HEADQUARTERS TALLYmO COMMITTEE'S BREAKDOWN OF WRITE-INS NAME OP CANDIDATE BOOK NUMBER Rnv'^^llilSi'fiflN MAIL JOB Algina Not given .. . President .., 0 Josei>h Kalata Not given .. , President 0 Seaweed Sam Not given.. • President 0 F. J. Kendrick K-250 President 0 William Slusser Not given.. President 0 Earl H. Gater ."Not given .. . President 0 William Smith Not given .. . Executive Vice President ... 0 J. W. Allen Not given .. . Executive Vice President ... 0 John Cole C-8 , Executive Vice President ... 6 John Doe Not given . Executive Vice President ... 0 Peter Drews Not given . Executive Vice President ... 0 George R. Stanley ... .Not given . Executive Vice President ... 6 Baldy Babkoskl B-1 Executive Vice President ... 0 Martin J. BreithoflE .. .B-2 Executive Vice President ... 0 William Slusser Not given . Executive Vice President ... 0 Luke Ciamboli Not given , . Executive Vice President ... 0 Frank Sylvia S-164 Executive Vice President ... 0 Eli Hanover Not given . . Executive Vice President ...- 0 John Cole C-8 . Secretary-Treasurer 0 John Doe Not given .Secretary-TreasuTCT ....... 0 W. J. Smith S-60 .... Secretary-Treasurer ....... 0 George McCartney ... Not given .Secretary-Treasurer ....... 0 Eli Hanover Not given . Secretary-Treasurm: 0 Joe Blow Not given . Secretary-Treasurer 0 Scotty Rosse Not given . Secretary-Treasurer 0 E. B. McAuley M-20 . Secretary-Treasiffer 0 William Slusser ; Not given , .Secretary-Treasurer 0 Cliff Wilson .Not given ... V.P. Charge of Contracts 0 John Cole C-8 . ... V.P. Charge of Contracts 0 John Doe Not given .. .V.P. Charge of Contracts 0 J. P. Brennan B-396 ... V.P. Charge of Contracts 0 Vincent Monte Not given ... V.P. Charge of Contracts 0 William Slusser Not given ...V.P. Charge of Contracts 0 William J. Smith S-60 V.P. Charge of Contracts 0 Clifford E. Hasz H-293 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Frank Aubusson Not given .. .V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Red Dean Not given ...V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 John Cole C-8 . ... V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 John Doe Not given ... V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 J. P. Brennan B-396 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Paul Hall H-1 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Eli Hanover H-313 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 William J. Smith ....S-60 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 W. W. Reid R-339 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Charles Scofield Not given ... V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Bill Dickey Not given ... V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 R. Thracher Not given ... V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Frank Pasyluk Not given ... V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 D. R. Reynolds .R-430 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 William Slusser Not given .. .V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 Frenchy Ruff R-1 V.P. Charge Atl. Coast . 0 John Cole C-8 V.P. of Gulf Coast 0 William Slusser Not given ...V.P. of Gulf Coast 0 Bill Hall Not given ...V.P. of Lakes 0 Pete Drews Not given .. .V.P. of Lakes 0 John Cole C-8 . V.P. of Lakes 0 John Doe Not given .. .V.P. of Lakes ....' 0 J. P. Brennan B-396 V.P. of Lakes 0 Paul Hall H-1 V.P. of Lakes ...... ... 0 Richard Schemm Not given ... V.P. of Lakes 0 William Slusser Not given ... V.P. of Lakes 0 Larence Taylor Not given . .Headquarters Rep. 0 John Cole C-8 Headquarters Rep. 0 John Doe Not given . . Headquarters Rep 0 Angus Campbell Not given . .Headquarters Rep 0 Joe Blow Not given . . Headquarters Rep 0 Manuel Cotty Not given . .Headquarters Rep. 0 Aldo P. Perini P-83 .New York Port Agent ..;... 0 Bill Hall H-272 New York Port Agent ...... 0 Eugene Dokin Not given . .New York Port Agent ; 0 Oscar M. Raynor Not given . .New York Port Agent 0 Tom Gool .Notgiven . .New York Port Agent 0 Angus Campbell .....C-21'7. ... New York Port Agent 0 John Cole .C-8. New York Port Agent 0 John Doe Not given . .New York Port Agent 0 J. P. Brennan .B-396 New York Port Agent 0 John Fay Not given . .New York Port Agent 0 Joe Blow Not given . .New York Port Agent 0 Geraid McCarthy Not given . .New York Port Agent 0 James Tucker T-22 .. .. New York Port Agent 0 Kieth Terpe Not given . .New York Port Agent 0 W. P. Gonsorck G-2 .New York Port Agent ...... 0 Stafford McCormick . .M-1073 ... N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Babe Miller Not given . .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Augustus Hickey H-305 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman ...... 0 Jose P. Revera R-264 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 9 Andrew Mazorck M-462 N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Leon Hall Not given . .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 John Cole C-8 . . N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 John Doe Not given . • N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 J. P. Brennan B-396 N.Y. Joint Patrolman ..] 0 Paul HaU H-1 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 William Hall H-272 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 John Sovick S-1169 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Van Whitney .W-ll N.Y. Joint Patrolman ...... 0 Eugene Dokin D-9 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Erasmus S. Arroyo . ^. Not given . • N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 B. L. Lanes Not given . • N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Jimmy Bartlett Not given . .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Leo Bruce ........... B-158 E. Jimanez J-32 .N.Y. Joint Patrolman . ^ 0 Ray O'Dowd Not given . • N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 , N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 Terrance J. White .... W-588 Jim Wilson ;. Not given. .N.Y. Joint Patrolman 0 0 L. A. Ramirez Not given . .N.Y. Joint Patrolman . Phila. Port Agent 0 William Smith S-60 Phila. Port Agent 0 Oscar Kirs K-432.. 0 Bennie Gonzalez ..... Not given . • Phila. Port Agent Phila. Port Agent 0 Frank Aubusson A-8 Phila. Port Agent 0 Edward Kresz K-315 0 Honest A1 Whitmer ... Not given . .Phila. Port Agent 0 Charles Stansbury Not given . .Phila. Port Agent 0 Paul Drozak Not given. .Phila. Port Agent Phila. Port Agent 0 John Cole C-8 0 John Doe Not given . .Phila. Port Agent BOfT. N.Y. PHILA. BALT. 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DIT. 9 I I 0 9 1 9 9 9 0 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 1 9 0 b 9 9 9 0 9 b 9 b 9 9 9 9 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 0 9 0 0 b 1 9 0 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 b b 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 b 9 b 1 b b 9 b b b b b b 9 9 b b b 0 0 9 b 0 b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 b 9 b 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 b b 9 b b 9 b b 9 b b 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 b 9 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 b 9 9 9 9 9 b b 9 9 b 9 9 b 9 9 1 9 9 b 9 9 9 b b 9 9 �JIPW INI Sapplenieiii—^Page Fitteen SEAFARERS LOG HEADQUARTERS TALLYING COMMITTEE'S BREAKDOWN OF WRITE-INS NAM! or CANOIOATI NUMBIR _ JOB FOR WHICH RBCEIVED WRITE IN MAIL •08T. N.Y. PHILA. BALT. NORF. L, Ctardner Not given .. .Phdla. Port Agent BiU Porter .Notgiven.. .Phdla. Port Agent John Fay given .. .Phdla. Port Agent Micael Sovkh Notgiven .. . Phdla. Port AgentJohn Pierce P-469 . Phdla. Port Agent Joe Blow Not given .. .Phdla. Port Agent J. Air Not given .. .Phdla. Port Agent C. G, McLellan M-697 Phdla. Port Agent George Ruff .Phdla. Port Agent Joseph Meyerchek .... Not given .. .Phdla. Port Agent WilMam Sluaeer Notgiven .. .Phdla. Port Agent William R. Davles .... Not given .. .Phdla. Port Agent John Oole C-8 . Phdla. Joint Patrolman John Doe Notgiven .Phila. Joint Patrolman Joe Air Notgiven .. .Phdla. Joint Patrolman J. P. Brennan B-396 . Phila. Joint Patrolman William Slusser Not given .. .Phila. Joint Patrolman Ed Riley Not given ,. .Baltimore Port Agent ...... John Sovich S-1169 .Baltimore Port Agent John Kennedy Not given .. .Baltimore Port Agent John Cole C-8 . Baltimore Port Agent John Doe Not given ,, .Baltimore Port Agent Tony Kastina .K-5 -Baltimore Pprt Agent Eli Hanover H-313 .Baltimore Port Agent Paul Hall H-1 .Baltimore Port Agent William Slusser Not given .. • BaRimore Port Agent Joseph S. Hilton H-85 .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Larence Taylor Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. John Cole , C-8 Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. John Doe I Notgiven.. . Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Mickey Mouse Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Paul Hall H-1 • Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Walter Cressman Not given ., .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Ward Messinger M-615 Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. John Fay F-363 . Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. E. B. McAuley M-20. , Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. R. R. Nay N-231 .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Rex Dickey Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Vic O'Brien Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Joe Blow Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Ed Blow Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. George Blow Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. W. Bobaleck Not given ...Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Nils Peck Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. J. D. Jones Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. W. MacArthur M-1089 .... Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. C. Scofield Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Dave Nunn Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Carrol J. Quinnt Not given .. .Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Tom Connell Notgiven.. . Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. Chester Hegbart Not given .. . Baltimore Joint Patrolman.. William H. Rhone ... Not given .. . Mobile Port Agent Harvey Mesford Not given .. .Mobile Port Agent Mobile Port Agent John Cole C-8 'John Doe Notgiven.. .Mobile Port Agent Willie Sutton Not given .. .Mobile Port Agent Bernard Tonen Not given .. .Mobile Port Agent ,... Clyde Garner Not given .. .Mobile Joint Patrolman.... Mobile Joint Patrolman.... John Cole .C-8 John Doe .Notgiven.. .Mobile Joint Patrolman.... .Mobile Joint Patrolman.... Paul Hall H-1 Albert Lima Notgiven.. .Mobile Joint Patrolman.... Joe Blow Not given .. .Mobile Joint Patrolpaan.... Ed Blow , Notgiven.. .Mobile Joint Patrolman.... Carl Pierce ..Notgiven.. .Mobile Joint Patrolman.... Adolph Eichmainn ... Not given .. .Mobile Joint Patrolman,... W. S. Daniel Not given .. . Mobile Joint Patrolman.... Chester Hegbart Not given .. . Mobile Joint Patrolman.... New Orleans Port Agent... Richard B. Comstock. .C-256 Papl Warren Not given .. .New Orleans Port Agent... Roy D. Yotter Not given .. New Orleans Port Agent... New Orleans Port Agent... John Cole C-8 John Doe Notgiven.. .New Orleans Port Agent... .New Orleans Port Agent... J. P. Brennan B-396 New Orleans Port Agent... Paul Hall H-1 Seaweed Sam Not given .. New Orleans Port Agent... Robert Jordan Not given .. New Orleans Port Agent... Joe Blow Notgiven.. New Orleans Port Agent... Jimmy Ahern Not given .. .New Orleans Port Agent... Adolph Eichmann' ... Not given .. .New Orleans Port Agent... N. O. Joint Patrolman John Cole C-8 John Doe Not given .. . N. O. Joint Patrolman N. O. Joint Patrolman L. J. Williams W-1 N. O. Joint Patrolman J. P. Thrasher T-187 Houston Port Agent John R. Hansen H-666 Charlie Kimbal ..... Not given .. Houston Port Agent Houston Port Agent Martin Breithoff B-2 Babe Miller Not given .. .Houston Port Agent Breithoff .... .... Not given .. .Houston Port Agent Houston Port Agent Cole C-8 John Doe Not given .. .Houston Port Agent G. Ruf Not given .. Houston Port Agent Houston Port Agent J. P. Brennan B-396 .Houston Port Agent Paul Hall H-1 Houston Port Agent Harold Fisher F-1 Houston Port Agent T. D. Wilson W-451 Houston Port Agent.... Keith Terpe T-3 J. J. Morrison Not given .. Houston Port Agent Houston Port Agent Thomas Liles L-230 Houston Port Agent Oscar M. Raynor R-520 Houston Joint Patrolman... William Red Morris.. M-4 Houston Joint Patrolman..., John Cole C-8 John Doe Not given .. Houston Joint Patrolman... Houston Joint Patrolman... J. P. Brennan B-396 Houston Joint Patrolman... Paul Hall H-1 Houston Joint Patrolman... Jim Batson B-213 Houston Joint Patrolman... H. Hunt H-405 Joe Blow Notgiven .. Houston Joint Patrolman... Ed Blow Not given .. Houston Joint Patrolman... S. R. Mehringer ....M-1129 Houston Joint Patrolman... Earl Shepard S-2 — Houston Joint Patrolman... N. Davis, Not given .. Houston Joint Patrolman... Detroit Port Agent Cole C-8 John Doe Not given .. Detroit Port Agent J. P. Brennan B-396 Detroit Port Agent Joe Blow Notgiven.. .Detroit Port Agent William Slusser ..... Not given .. 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Title A name given to the resource January22, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO URGES CONGRESS PASS STRONG LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM REPORT NO SEAFARERS HURT AS SIU SHIP, TANKER HIT NEW YORK LONGSHOREMEN VOTE APPROVAL OF NEW CONTRACT NEW PENNMAR COMPLETED, MAIDEN VOYAGE DUE SOON ELEVEN VETERAN SIU MEN ON LATEST PENSION LIST BALLOTING PROCEDURES AND UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT MARITIME LABOR COMMITTEE BLASTS U.S. SHIPPING POLICY AFL-CIO HAILS FIRST DECADE OF MORGAN NEWS BROADCASTS THE SAME OLD SHOUT – NOW AGAINST MEDICARE! 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Brand Historic Files Description An account of the resource Herbert Brand was Chairman of the Transportation Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in maritime industry research and promotion. The Institute directs its major efforts toward the preservation and promotion of a strong maritime capability in the United States. Mr. Brand assumed the position of chairman of the Transportation Institute when he retired as its president. He was instrumental in developing the Institute since 1967 when the organization's board of trustees named him to an administrative position. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Brand was associated with the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, where he carried a wide variety of functions including Director of the Departments of Public Relations and Organizing. Brand joined the SIU in 1946, and was a close confidant of the union's late president, Paul Hall. Born in New York City on September 3, 1913, Mr. Brand was involved in the maritime industry for almost fifty years. He was honored by the U.S. Navy League, a 68,000 member patriotic civilian organization dedicated to maintaining America's sea power. Mr Brand received the Navy League's Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award for contributing substantially to an increased public awareness of the vital defense and economic role of a privately owned American-flag merchant fleet. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-1988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John M. Rau, Herb Brand, Tom Patterson Subject The topic of the resource U.S. Navy League U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Transportation Institute Brand, Herbert "Herb" Description An account of the resource from left to right: John M. Rau, National President - U.S. Navy League Herb Brand - Chairman, Transportation Institute Tom Patterson, MARAD, West Coast Regional Director Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Color photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Image http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/50da3610559fc08d231525218eed0fe9.PDF 786f45518278eabfad70c8c16996781d PDF Text Text r> I ¥ r S/l/W>^ ; S f- [ V I ^ <•' ^ ' Convention (s^ Pa^f 3-8) AFL-OO President George Meany addresses the 15th Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. SEAFARERS*LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT a AFL-CIO . • people's forum' Gibson Predicts Probes Question Prosperity In Of Privacy ^ ISee Page 2) 'V h ¥ i: • w ^^spifpp Maritime Fields (SeQ Page 2) �MARAD's Gibson Sees Bright Maritime Future Problems Of Privacy Aired Sen. Ervin Ed Carlough Washingtmi, D.C. Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) has introduced a bill to ban the use of lie detectors in federal employment and in some parts of the private sector of the economy, The senator annoimced his intention to introduce the legislation at the first people's forum. The people's forum, which considered various facets of the problem of privacy, was co-spon­ sored by the AFL-C30 Maritime Trades De­ partment, with which the SIU is affiliated, and by the Transportation Institute, a Washington based research organization. Temicious Instrumeiit' Sen. Ervin accompanied his announcement of the bill he later introduced by calling the lie detector, "one of the most pernicious of all the pseudo-scientific instruments of the twentieth century soothsayers." He was the speaker at a banquet on the sec­ ond day of the three-day conference. The conference at the Washington Hilton Hotel began with a challenge to the 250 partici­ pants issued by SIU President Paul HaU, who is also president of the MTD. HaU called on the participants to squarely face the issues, ask the probing questions and get the information necessary to make an intelli­ gent judgment about the problem of privacy. The keynote speaker was Edward J. Carlough, president of the Sheet Metal Workers Union and chairman of an MTD committee on privacy. Carlough recited several cases of invasion of the privacy of unions and union members and said he was in favor of action to insure com­ plete privacy for aU individuals. After the keynote had been sounded, the forum participants were involved in worlnhop sessions where two sides of problems like gov­ ernment surveiUance of citizens, the role of credit bureaus and the use of lie detectors were debated. Varying Views At the three luncheon sessions, participants heard Prof. Allan Westin of Columbia Univer­ sity describe the growth of the surveiUance busi­ ness; Sen. John McQeUan defend the use of court ordered surveiUance for protection of the government; and AFL-CIO President George Meany voice his opposition to surveiUance ex­ cept in national security cases. Workshop speakers came from labor, gov­ ernment, Congress and the campus. Labor was strongly represented among those attending the forum. A questionnaire distributed to the participants revealed that 61 percent of the people who at­ tended felt that many surveiUance techniques were unfair and were used to attempt to learn things that should remain confidentid. And, 87 percent of the participants said they felt that privacy is less secure today than it was 10 years ago. At the conclusion of the forum, SIU President HaU said he was "encouraged by the success of this first people's forum," and that the MTD and Transportation Institute were planning fonuns on other topics for the future. Washii^ton, D.C. Andrew E. Gibson, insistent Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs and the Nix­ on Administration's top mari­ time advisor, has told the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee that he believes this nation can achieve the goal of construction of 300 new American-flag merchant vessels during the next 10 years. Testifying at oversight hear­ ings, Gibson declared that not only could the United States reach this shipbuUding goal es­ tablished in die Merchant Ma­ rine Act of 1970 but he pre­ dicted that the American share of foreign trade would expand to utUize these new ships and guarantee them cargoes. Gibson's remarks came in prepared testimony and during a question and answer session before the committee under the chairmanship of Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) who wanted to know if the goals of the Merchant Marine Act could be attained. Subsidies Forthcoming Gibson's remarks brought the committee up to date on current progress in implement­ ing the 1970 legislation. He also advised the Congressmen, in answer to a question by Rep. Thomas M. Pelly (RWash.), that President Nixon's recent easing of trade restric­ tions with Red China would provide more cargoes for U.S. ships and would benefit the American-flag merchant fleet Discussing cargo differential subsidies, Gibson told the com­ mittee that his agency was in­ volved in final negotiations to grant subsidies for construction of nearly $200 million in ship­ building contracts for LighterAboard-Ship G-ASH) vessels \( and that agreements for the grants would be signed this month. Among the shippers in­ tending to build new vessels are the SlU-contracted Delta Steamship Lines and the Water­ man Steamship Co. Gibson said that he thought that the proposed construction was only the beginning of a marked increase in the amount of ships built in American shipyards. He also predicted that larger vessels would be the rule in the future. "As you know, when the new maritime program was originally announced, we pro­ posed the construction of 300 ships over the next 10 years," he said. "For purposes of esti­ mating the number of bulk type ships in the 300 ships, a bulk vessel in the 75,000 to 100,000 ton range was used as a typical vessel. Since that time there have been many indica­ tions from the industry that the market demands the construc­ tion of much larger tankers in t h e 200,000-250,000 t o n range." Gibson called the larger ves(Continued on Page 7) J THE PRESIDENTS REPORT by PilHL HUl he Seafarers International Union of North Amer­ ica held its 15th Biennial Convention in Wash­ ington, D.C., last month and proved once again that men and women with common problems can best solve those problems by working toegther. At the Convention, some 200 representatives of 90,000 workers—including a delegation from our own District—sat down and expressed their concern over the rights and welfare of all kirids of Seafarers. The result is that these fully autonomous unions, tied together under the SIUNA banner, now will present a united front in the fight to solve our com­ mon problems and attain our common goals. As expressed by the delegates themselves, one of these gods is the funding and implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The Act holds prom­ ise for rebuilding our obsolete merchant fleet and for breathing a new spark of life into all phases of the maritime industry. Through our collective power, through our own ability to recognize the needs of our industry, we fought for the law and it was a major victory to have it passed. Our job now is to make the law work and dele­ gates to the SIUNA Convention were quick to recog­ nize this fact. They pointed out that all parties con­ cerned—government, labor and management—must work together and "work diligently" to make the promise of the law a hard reality. In a unanimously adopted resolution, delegates instructed their officers to push for "prompt and full implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970" and they coupled these instructions with a call for T full compliance with cargo preference rules by all government agencies and departments. They also demanded that the SIUNA "vigorously oppose any efforts to weaken the Jones Act," an Act which they termed essential to the nation's security— military and economic." One of the major problems on which delegates took action is our ctirrent fight to save the United States Public Health Service hospitals and clinics. Through our collective strength, we've already made Congress aware of the need to keep these facilities open. delegates recognized that the battle is not yet Butwon. They issued a new call to Congress to move quickly to provide new funds for the main­ tenance of these facilities, and for their moderniza­ tion. In another action. Convention delegates called for an immediate end to the illegal seizure of U.S. fishing vessels on the high seas in open violation of inter­ national law. Delegates declared that government ac­ tions so far have "been neither strong enough nor successful." Instead of "jawboning," the Convention called on the government to end these "piratical attacks" by Latin American nations, backing up action by the use of the U.S. Navy as escorts to the fishing fleet. There were many other actions taken—action on the Jones Act, on housing, minimum wage, civil rights, consumer protection and Social Security. Of particular interest to members of all American unions is a resolution pointing out that the increas­ ing number of foreign imports is "seriously reducing or even totally destroying" the purchasing power of thousands of American workers. Delegates called for legislation to protect workers and industry from unfairly-produced imports. They said the government should set up programs of assistance to industries and to communities ad­ versely affected by the import competition. They ^so called for new programs for the rehabilitation, re­ training or relocation of workers hurt by the in­ crease of imports. , Delegates backed up these demands with fact and figures showing that the nation suffered a net loss of 400,000 jobs in 1969 because of imports, many of which are produced by American subsidiaries at substandard wages. The interesting thing about all of these actions is that they were taken by representatives of nearly 40 unions. Unions engaged in many different maritime activities. Unions with different problems. And goals. And interests. the Convention hall, these differences were Y et,putin aside. They were put aside in an effort to achieve the best for all men and women who make their living from the sea. Any proUems which existed between the various affiliates were resolved on an amicable basis—^for the common good. That's what this Convention was all about. We get together every two years to solve our personal prob­ lems, then sit down to solve our common problems. We iron out our differences to work together. That's collective strength. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Aflantlc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Published monthly. Second class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Page 2 Seafarers Log wm. �Delegates to the SIUNA Convention listen attentively as speakers comment on issues affecting the maritime industry. SIUNA President Paul Hall delivers the opening address to assembled delegates at the union's 15th Biennial Convention. SIUNA Convention Charts Unions Future Course Washington, D.C. Delegates to the 15th Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America, rep­ resenting 90,000 workers in maritime transportation and allied fields, met here June 21-25 to set the union's course of action for the next two years. Chaired by SIUNA President Paul Hall, the 200 delegates moved on a broad range of problems— problems of national importance as well as matters of critical concern to maritime workers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. At the top of the agenda was a strong call for funding and implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 including full compliance with cargo preference rules by all government agencies and de­ partments. Call for Protectifm dl U.S. Flsheimra ing one urging the Administration to begin programs to upgrade the national economy. Citing inflation and high imemployment, delegates favored a four-point program to revitalize the eco­ nomic picture—a program to provide funding of public investment programs; raise the minimum wage; create 500,000 public service jobs; and insti­ tute tax reform to spread the tax burden more equally among working Americans." Economic Revitallzation Endorsed AFL-CIO President George Meany, one of a score of speakers to address the five-day convention, hit. hard on the nation's current economic problems. "What we are getting is a blue-bird atmosphere at the White House and Madison Avenue gimmickry," he charged, adding that the Administration has "re­ fused to spend $12 billion already appropriated on The delegates, representing nearly 40 affiliated unions within SIUNA, also called on the federal government to take strong action to protect fisher­ men from interference and harassment in interna­ tional waters. . .' Inouye said that "twentieth century American capitalism, if it is to operate both effectively and efficiently, requires the full and mutual cooperation of management, banks, labor and government. Let's not be ashamed to become really tough competitors . . . let's be proud. Much is at stake—^for you, for me and for the nation." Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), another Con­ vention speaker, discussed the health care issue, in­ cluding the status of the Public Health Service hos­ pitals. He was loudly applauded when he announced that a bill he introduc^ earlier, a bill to keep the USPHS facilities in operation, would be passed within "a week or so." U.S. Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans, in his Convention address, voiced optimism in a discussion of the economics of the maritime industry and pre­ dicted that "we will get the American Merchant Marine back on its feet as a full competitor for world trade . . ." SlU APL-CIO^ Citing recent incidents in which American lobstermen and fishermen have been harassed by Soviet fishing fleet patrolling off the East Coast, delegates called on the federal government to "take whatever steps are necessary to safeguard the lives, property and the right to a free pursuit of a liveliho<^ of East Coast fishermen." A similar note of optimism was soimded by An­ drew E, Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, who urged continuation of the "unity" which brought about passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. Ford Cites Progress Through a series of nearly 50 other unanimouslyadopted resolutions, the SIUNA Convention delegates took these actions: needed programs in a wide area of social services and has vetoed bills that would have created jobs." House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich.) also appeared before the Convention to declare that "the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 will bring about the restoration of the American Merchant Marine. Contracts for the construction or conversion of 17 ships were signed recently and contracts for eight more vessels with another $160 million will be exe­ cuted in the near future." • Protested efforts of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to close the Public Health Service hospital and clinic system "in contravention of the Congressional intent which has been re-stated from time to time since 1798." Pledges AFL-CIO Siqppmt Highlights from addresses of other Convention speakers appear elsewhere in this issue. Meany also voiced his support for the SIUNA in opposing any reduction in the 50 percent minimum for the transportation of American goods in Ameri­ can ships, referring specifically to the Administration plan to remove this rate in proposed trade with Red China. During the course of the five-day meeting, dele­ gates acted on reports from the various affiliates and convention committees. They also accepted an Execu­ tive Officers' Report submitted by Hall, a report emphasizing the importance of implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. He drew cheers from the delegates when he de­ clared: The report pointed out that the American merchant marine has slipped from a number one position in 1946 to a number five position today among the merchant navies of the world. • Called upon Congress to enact the National Health Security Program favored by the labor movement "so that aU Americans will have access to adequate health care." •f • Urged the government to establish programs to assist industries, commimities and workers adversely affected by foreign imports. • Rejected proposals that "would delay increasing the federal minimum wage or . . . limit its coverage among working Americans." • Went on record in favor of an immediate grant of construction permits to build the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Delegates adopted many other resolutions iiiclud- . Full Cooperation Required Shortly after the convention ended, the Senate recommended that the facilities remain open until June 30, 1973. One resolution declared that "in the fint four months of 1971, over $1.3 million in fines were levied against U.S. tuna boats captured illegally on the high seas by Latin American nations." The resolution asked the government to act against such piracy by pressing claims for fines levied by the piratic^ nations. If such measures fail, delegates declared, than oiu: tuna fleet must be protected by the U.S. Navy. and government—^both Congress and the Executive Branch—^must remove unnecessary obstructions to competition abroad." July 1971 "I don't know what the reaction of the maritime trades is going to be, but whatever the reaction is, I can tell you here and now, it will have the backing of the AFL-CIO." Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), in a major speech to the Convention, urged new and extensive efforts to improve the nation's foreign trade position. The Merchant Marine Act would mean more jobs, both in building and manning ships. "We can be proud of the role we played in this historic legisla­ tion," the report declared. "We must now work to make this legislative mandate a reality." "If we are to improve the import-export pictme for the workers of afflicted industries at home," he said, "then labor must consider this factor in its demands, management must re-examine its practices On the final day of the convention, delegates imanimously re-elected Paul Hall as President and A1 Kerr as Secretary-Treasurer along with a full slate of officers to guide the union for the next two years. �Convention Speakers Comment on Issues �. for All Americans David C. McQung, right, president of the Hawaii State Senate, presents SIUNA Presi­ dent Paul Hall with a '*poi pounder" gavel made of monkey pod wood. Members of the Great Lakes Organizational and Grievance Committee in sessitm. Andrea Gomez, International Vice President Emeritus, gets a real welcome from Presi­ dent Hall. She administered the oath of office to officers elected by delegates. ' July 1971 ><• Delegates listening intently to Convention reports. Page 5 m �Adopted Resolutions Cover Broad Spectrum WasloiigtcMa, D.C. Delegates to the 15th Bien­ nial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America adopted more than 50 resolutions. These deal with so­ cial and labor issues as well as with problems confronting the maritime and fishing industries. Here are highlights from some of those resolutions: REPEAL OF 14(B) — Recoiints the injustices of the phony "right-to-work" provi­ sion of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act that prevents free collective bargaining by workers in 19 states and urges that the repeal of this anti-un­ ion legislation be a constant objective. CIVIL RIGHTS — Recog­ nizes the plight of minority Americans who are denied their full economic potential through lack of education and ignor­ ance and prejudice, deplores the withholding of funds ap­ propriated by Congress to im­ plement programs to help the minorities and urges the Con­ gress and Administration to re­ establish these programs. Wi?'' ?S!'' ical seizures of American fish­ ing vessds. NATIONAL HEALTH CARE—Urges enactment by Congress of National Health Security legislation to reverse the trend toward ever-moxmting costs of health care. FOREIGN IMPORTS— Calls attention to how increas­ ing foreign imports are dis­ placing significant percentages of U.S. production and em­ ployment, seriously reducing or even destroying the purchasing power and jobs of thousands of Americans, and reducing the overall level of effective de­ mand for all goods and serv­ ices. The Resolution declares that the U.S. government should protect the interests of American workers and industry by implementing foreign trade regulations to correct the sit­ uation; and where necessary, establish programs of. assist­ ance to industries and commu­ nities which are seriously af­ fected by the import competi­ tion. THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE JONES ACT— This resolution notes that the reason for the original exemp­ tion granted the Virgin Islands from the Jones Act, on the grounds that there was a lack of adequate U.S. shipping to service the trade, is no longer valid and it therefore calls for the application of the Jones Act to the Virgin Islands. WAGE-PRICE CON­ TROLS—^Notes the inflation­ ary nature of oiu: economy, characterized by high rates of unemployment, production cut­ backs and increasing cost of living which are constantly re­ ducing the buying power of the workers' incomes and has re­ sulted in union negotiated wa^ increases to assist the workers' HOUSING—Calls attention struggle for survival. The res^ to the disastrous shortage of olution notes these increases decent housing which has have not contributed to infla­ forced millions to exist in tion as much as excessive cor­ squalor and notes that in­ porate profits. Individual seg­ creased Federal appropriations ments of the population should for housing construction would not be penalized, and urges the alleviate this situation and Administration to abandon the would also reverse the current double-standard, one for work­ epidemic of unemployment in ers and another for banks and the construction trades and re­ big businesses. lated industries. The resolution urges that the Administration MARITIME LEGISLA­ and Congress provide funds for TION—Calls for implementa­ dwellings and control the high tion of the Merchant Marine interest rates that have acted Act of 1970; the preservation to act as a brake on private of cargo preference laws; sup­ investment in housing. port of the Jones Act; con­ tinued operation of USPHS FISH BOAT SEIZURES— hospitals and the end of pirat­ Cites the piratical seizures of U.S. fishing vessels by Latin American governments which have continued for oyer 10 years and have cost American seamen over $2 million in fines and notes that the United States government continues to offer little resistance to this harassment and has neither cut off aid to the Latin American countries nor sent gunboats to protect U.S. vessels in inter­ national waters. The resolu­ tion states that American fish­ ermen should not have to risk their lives trying to earn a live­ lihood from the sea, and un­ less action is taken by the U.S. government, the American tima fleet will be swept from the sea. It urges immediate legisla­ tive and any other action nec­ essary to end this deplorable situation, and to effect prompt restitution of the losses in­ curred as a result of the piratic acts. MINIMUM WAGE—Points out that the present minimum wage is inadequate and calls for enactment of the AFL-OO legislative proposal to increase the minimum wage and extend coverage under the law. COMMUNITY SERVICES —Citing the past value of the AFL-CIO Community Services Activities program to help many Americans through disas­ ter relief and community and social service programs, the resolution praises plans for the federation to expand these ac­ tivities with pilot programs through central labor bodies in a select number of communi­ ties. It offers full support of the SIUNA for this expansion plan and urges full participa­ tion of SIUNA afiSliates in any of the chosen communities. CONSUMER PROTEC­ TION—^The resolution urges that the Congress favorably consider ways and means to protect the American consumer from shoddy products and mis-, leading advertising by estab­ lishing an agency to act for the consumer and handle investiga­ tions of complaints of discrim­ inatory pricing, advertising ex­ cesses and other consumer re­ lated areas. EAST COAST FISHER­ MEN—Citing the recent har­ assment of American fishing vessels in international waters by Soviet vessels, the Resolu­ tion condemns this illegal in­ terference and urges the gov­ ernment to take whatever steps are necessary to safeguard the lives and property of American fishermen. free society and warns against the effort of those who would impose compulsion in place of the give-and-take of free col­ lective bargaining. The reso­ lution vows imalterable oppo­ sition to all forms of compul­ sory arbitration in labor-man­ agement relations. FAIR CREDIT REPORT­ EDUCATION—Cites the ING—Views the Fair Credit failure of American education­ Reporting Act as a soimd first al systems in the past, under step in regulating the multistate and local control to ful­ million dollar consumer report­ fill our educational needs. The ing industry, but holds that it resolution criticizes plans by does not yet safeguard the con­ the Administration to renounce sumer's rights to privacy or the gains won by the federal confidentiality of information aid to education programs, and collected for the purposes of institute a "block grant" pro­ establishing an individual's gram to return federal educa­ credit woi^ness, insurability, tional expenditures to the con­ or employability. The resolu­ trol of state governments, a tion urges stren^hening by new system previously marked by provisions in these areas, and failure. The resolution calls for every support should be given SIUNA to urge Congress to re­ the enforcing agencies, partic­ ject block grant proposals and ularly in the effort to give them commit itself to programs that real disciplinary powers. have shown success under fed­ eral control and to expand its PRIVACY—Cites the fact education legislation to cope that the right of Americans to with the serious crisis in our be left alone is guaranteed in our Constitution but, that this schools and universities. right, as a result of present day practice, is being subverted by PUBLIC HEALTH SERV­ invasions of privacy in both ICE HOSPITALS—Notes that once more the SIUNA is fight­ public and private sectors of ing to preserve the United our society. The resolution States Public Health Service voices opposition to such incur­ Hospitals against attempts to sions on privacy and commends close them or to turn them over the AFL^O Maritime Trades to private operators. The Reso­ Department for its investiga­ lution calls for maintenance tions exposing violations of this and modernization of the eight constitutional right and its coremaining hospitals and of the sponsorship with the Trans­ United States Public Health portation Institute of a "Peo­ Service Clinics. In addition, it ple's Forum" to bring this calls for approval of resolu­ problem to the attention of the tions by the Congress which American people. state Congressional opposition to Public Health Service Hos­ PROTECTION FOR OFF­ pital closings. Finally, it calls SHORE OIL WORKERS— for making retired Seafarers Notes that legislation, spon­ eligible for United States Pul> sored by drilling contractors, lie Health Service care. has been introduced in the Con­ gress to deprive workers in off­ ALASKAN OIL PIPELINE shore oil and gas operations of —^Points out the critical im­ Jones Act protection in cases portance of recently discovered of work-connected illness or oil in the Alaskan North Slope, injury by putting them under and calls for the prompt con­ the Longshore and Harbor struction of the Trans-Alaska Workers Compensation Act. It Pipeline to Valdez. Also calls urges vigorous efforta to defeat on Congress to resist any this and any other attempt to changes in current laws (es­ bar these workers from the pecially the Jones Act) wMch right to sue, which has been a reserve the carriage of domes­ vital protection in this haz­ tic oil exclusively to Ameri­ ardous employment. can-flag tankers crewed by American seamen. Congress is MILITARY CARGO CARfurther asked to enact fair and RIAGE—Points to the fact equitable Alaskan native land that the current system of claims settlement legislation so "competitive bidding" for mili­ that the rights of Alaska's na­ tary cargoes is creating extreme tive peoples are guaranteed and hardships for United States protected, and the development shipping companies, who are of Alaskan natural resources often dependent for survival on can proceed in an orderly man­ the cargo generated by the mili­ ner. tary service. The resolution notes that the cargo procurement SmJS PICKETING—ates system has forced cargo rates the discriminatory character of so low that United States ship­ the restrictions on the picketing ping companies must bid for rights of building trades work­ cargo at - non-compensatory ers and calls for the enactment levels and are often forced into of situs picketing legislation. inequitable competition. Though changes have been proposed in FREE COLLECTIVE BAR- the military branch that will Cadis iree coBqCr; oootrcd ^itaiy ^ocwenaent^^ A portiim of «he large crowd aHending'fhe SIUNA Convention liaten'to a ooaaniittee report. Seafarers Log -I -I . �Officers Elected Washii^n, D.C. On the final day of the 15th biennial conven­ tion of the Seafarers International Union, the more than 200 delegates unanimously re-elected Pan! Hall to the office of president. The delegates also voted unanimously for the re-election of A! Kerr as secretary-treasurer of the international. Vice presidents chosen were: Merle D. Adlum, Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific; Ed Allensworth, Transportation and Allied Workers of California; Everett Clark, Democratic Union Organizing Committee, Locsi 777, Chicago; Frank Droz^, SIU-AGLIWD; Steve Edney, United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pacific; Fred Famen, SIUGreat Lakes District; Gilbert Gauthier, Cana­ dian Marine Officers Union; Millred M. Gomez Jr., Sugar Workers Union of Crockett, Calif.; Harry Jorgenson, Marine Firemens Union; Bnrt E. Lampher, Staff Officers Association of Amer­ ica; Raleigh G. Mlnix, Military Sea Transport Union; Carl C. Marino, Cannery Workers and Fisherman's Union of San Diego. Leonard J. McLaughlin, Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of Canada; Earl Shepard, SlU-Inland Boatmen's Union; Austin P. Skinner, New Bedford Fisherman's Union; Keith Terpe, Sea­ farers International Union of Puerto Rico; Ed Turner, Marine Cooks and Stewards Union; .Rc A».yincilione,.Inland.Boatmen's UnioxLot the„ Pacific; Morris Welsheiger, Sailors Union of the Pacific; LIndsey Williams, SlU-United Industrial Workers of North America; J. S. Winter, Inter­ national Union of Petroleum Workers and John Yarmola, United Industrial Workers of North America, Midwest. Gibson Predicts (Continued from Page 2) sels "economically attractive because vessels of this size buUt with CDS (Construction Differential Subsidies) might not require operating subsidy to be competitive in world mar­ kets." Asked by Rep. William S. Maillard (R-Cdif.) whether there had been any improve­ ment in the percentage of mili­ tary cargoes carried on U.S.flag ships, he told the com­ mittee that his agency was in contact with the Defense De­ partment in hopes of bringing about a more equitable cargo procurement system for Ameri(^an ships. "Our increased activity in the cargo preference area has already paid dividends," Gib­ son said. "Recently a NASA cargo representing $400,000 in freight revenue was booked inadvert­ ently to move on a foreign-flag vessel from Seattle to Sydney by a contractor who was 'un­ aware' of the cargo preference requirement. Quick action by our West Coast Market Devel­ opment Offices and our insist­ ence as to the applicability of Public Law 664 saved this cargo for American-flag car­ riage." He informed the committee that there is a current study under way to evaluate cargo procurement programs by the Defense Department. He said that the study, conducted by representatives of the Com­ merce Department, the Fed­ eral Maritime Commission, Of­ fice of Management and Bud­ get, Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, Chair­ man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Depart­ ment, "is probably the most important study of the militarymerchant marine relationship to take place in many years." "Do Unto Others ... An interesting sidelight to the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries oversight hearings came in a question and answer session between Gibson and Rep. Alton Lennon (D-N.C.) concerning the role of freight forwarders in the maritime industry. Lennon recalled that when Congress was asked to "abol­ ish" freight forwarders, American shipping lines came to their rescue. However, he declared, "I have never felt that the foreign freight forwarders have responded ... by trying, if possible, to book all they could on American-flag vessels." In fact, he discovered at a New York forwarders meeting that "ihey did not agree with me that they owed an obliga­ tion to the American shipping lines for saving them." July 197r SIUNA President Paul Hal! and SIUNA Vice President Lindsey Williams meet with a delegation from the United Industrial Workers during SIUNA's 15th Biennial Convention in Washington. Convention Resolutions (Continued from Page 6) to remove the "Buy American —Ship American" requirements panied by suggestions to change of the U.S. foreign aid pro­ the procurement system. This gram could not have come at a resolution proposes the estab- -lishment -(ff a system-4esi^ed -. worse_ time for. the. American to give a fair and reasonable merchant marine and for the return to carriers of military national economy. The resolu­ tion opposes any untying of the cargo. current requirements and urges UNEMPLOYMENT COM- Congressional action to legis­ PENSATION—^Notes that un­ late the requirement that as­ employment is at a 10 year sistance goods be purchased in high, with millions of workers the U.S. and shipped in Ameri­ either not covered by an un­ can vessels. employment compensation sys­ CONSERVING OUR tem or if covered, have ex­ hausted their benefit eligibility. OCEAN RESOURCES—States The resolution states that bene­ that the tremendous resources fits are too low to maintain even of our world's oceans are be­ the most minimum living stand­ ing steadily drained because of ard, and sees a major overhaul two prime causes: poor and in­ of the United States unemploy­ adequate conservation prac­ ment compensation system as tices, mid the continued use of necessary. This resolution calls the oceans as the world's dump­ for a uniform federal imem- ing grounds. The Seafarers In­ ployment compensation system ternational Union of North with higher benefits and longer America strongly urges a re­ newed, redoubled concentra­ eligibility. tion in the areas of oceanic NATIONAL ECONOMY— conservation. SIUNA also sup­ Unemployment is still rising ports all sensible programs of and prices continue to in­ fish conservation throughout crease. The buying power of the world. the average wage of the nonATTACKS ON THE FREE supervisory worker is lower in 197l than it was in 1965. The USE OF INLAND WATER­ flood of imports has already WAYS—Opposes the imposi­ displaced more than 600,000 tion of any so-called "user" tax workers and further increases on the inland river transporta­ will undoubtedly occur. This tion industry. Such taxes would resolution calls for new policies violate a basic right: full access required to meet the challenge and use of our lakes and rivers, of the seventies—^to cut xmem- would result in the loss of jobs ployment, reduce inflation and and increase the cost of prod­ equalize our tax burden. ucts shipped across the na­ tion's inland waters. The INTERNATIONAL FISH­ SIUNA opposes any such taxes ING AGREEMENTS—Notes as being detrimental to the that the State Departmept has growth and operation of Amer­ failed to protect the rights of ica's inland waterway system. American fishermen in both the Atlantic and Pacific through SOCIAL SECURITY—As­ its failure to enforce existing serts that periodic increases in international agreements. The Social Security benefits are not resolution demands swift, force­ sufficient to allow our senior ful action to end the attacks on citizens to live comfortably in the fishing fleet, and urges re­ this age of rampant inflation. examination of agreements to The SIUNA stands behind the add more strength to their AFL-CIO program calling for provisions. higher benefits for all Social Security retirees including an UNTYING FOREIGN immediate 15 percent acrossAID—Declares that proposals the-board increase plus an ad­ ditional 20 percent increase within one year. INDICTMENT OF THE SIU FOR PCH.ITICAL ACV TTVITY—Condemns the in­ dictment of the Seafarers In­ ternational Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and eight of its princi­ pal officers as a threat to the rights of all affiliates within the International and all unions of the labor movement. The res­ olution expresses vigorous sup­ port of the AGLIWD in its defense of the constitutional right to engage in the political process and affirms support for the position of the AFL-CIO Executive Council condemning the attack on this right. ORGANIZING OF FISHERMEN AND CANNERY WORKERS—^Notes that the American fishing and fish can­ ning industry has been in a state of decline over the past years as much of this industry has moved to Puerto Rico and American Samoa. Therefore SIUNA urges the formation of a sub-international union of fishermen and cannery work­ ers, affiliated with the interna­ tional imion but operating as a separate organization, to better cope with the problems of the industry. PROPOSED BOYCOTT OF ECUADORIAN PRODUCTS —Points out that since Janu­ ary of this year the coimtry of Ecuador has assessed fines of over $1.3 million against U.S. fishing boats seized in that country's self-proclaimed ter­ ritorial waters up to 200 miles off shore. The U.S. govern­ ment has not taken any effec­ tive steps to protect American fishermen, so the SIUNA re­ solves to call on the national AFL-CIO for support of a na­ tional boycott against Ecu­ adorian products or the prod­ ucts of any other nation en­ gaged in harassment of U.S. fishing boats in international waters. �/ • Convention .APL-CIO^ Highlights M MCiatW WSTEK;^??^*' •y - imm SUIP5 C. J. "Buck" Stephens, New Orleans port agent. Les Dennis, President, Railway and Airline Oerks. �Unclaimed Wages for Seafarers at Delta As of March 31, 1971, the following listed unlicensed personnel had unclaimed wages awaiting them at Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. Wages due may be claimed in person at the Port Purser's Office, Bienville St. Wharf, New Orleans, La. The Abraham, Paul R. Aldridge, E, C. Allen, Barry Allen, James L. Ard, Max Amot, Elden R. Baggett, C. E. Baham, Vincent H. Bailej', Q. P. Balerie, Daniel Bales, James H. Barringer, Joseph E. Bass, Francis Bean, Charles M. Beck, Donald L. Benjamin, Robert P. Bennett, Eddie P. Berges, William I., Jr. Bermonte, Luis E. Bermudes, Julio J. Bernard, Ferdinand Bertrand, Gilbert Birmingham, Robert L. Bodden, J. E. Boles, Richard J. Boudreaux, Ivy H, III Bourgot, Albert E. Bradley, George Bradley, James R. Brewer, James H. Brinson, Benny Broadnax, Reginald E. Brodeur, Joseph W. Brown, J. R. Brown, James Brown, Joe, Jr. Bultman, Douglas L. Capro, Samuel J. Carey, Riley D. Carloss, William C., Jr. Cascone, John L. Catalanotto, Joseph Cave, Joseph A. Cee, Joseph W. Chaban, Simon Chandler, Wade D. Chick, Earl I. Clark, Raymond D. Clarkson, Thomas R. Cobb, Amie C. Colley, Walter R., Jr. Collins, Allen, Jr. Conner, Jimmy D. Constantino, Enrique N. Cowan, James B. Cowart, James C. Crawford, Steve V. Croly, William G., Jr. Crowley, Eugene H. Cuelles, Joseph R. Curry, George Dalton, Jack M. Danko, Andrew Danne, Adelph L. Dantin, Gilbert J. Davis, Gordon L. Davis, R. S. Davis, Rudolph Day, Michael Dees, L. C. Delaney, Ed Dickey, Fred J. DiGrazia, Joseph Donnman, Jerry T. Dubourg, Anthony R. Dufrene, James J. Dumas, Duffy Durand, Felix P., Jr. Dwyer, James F. Dyas, Harvis C. Eadv, Harold F. Earley, Norman D. Edmonds, James M. Edwards, Sankey Elliott, John C. Ellis, Perry D. Ellis, Michael R. Engelder, Herbert O. Estes, Frederick W. Evans, M. N. Evans, Marcus N. Figneroa, Oscar Fisher, Fletcher R. July 1971 Flores, A. A. Foster, Harry N. Fraisse, Owen W., Jr. Frampton, Wilson R. Frankewicz, Stephen J. Frederiksen, Vemer M. Fuchillo, Dominick, Jr. Gainer, William, Jr. Gala, John J. Galiano, Joseph Garfin, Crisanto O. Gamer, Wayne, Jr. Giarratano, D. L. Gomez, Raymundo Goodman, Clyde Goodwin, E. R. Goodwin, Earl R. Grant, Franklin P. Gray, Earl N. Green, David W. Green, Jesse T. Greenwalt, William E. Gregory, Sanford W. Griebel, R. G. L. Griffin, R. G. Groue, Elmer T., Jr. Guadamud, Luis E. Haddox, T. R. Hale, WUliam Hall, Charlie C. Hallock, James L. Hamilton, Joseph T. Hargesheimer, Lonnie Harman, Deloss C. Harman, Edgar Hanis, William F. Henderson, Harry Henry, Isidore Henton, M. R. Hernandez, Alcadio T. Hernandez, Ramon F. Hill, John D. Hofman, Douglas C. Hoitt, Emest R., Jr. Hooks, Bobby Howell, John E. Hrolenok, John Hudemac, Andrew Hutchinson, Richard, Jr. Hyde, Emmett E. Hymel, Donald Jackson, Rudolph, Jr. Jacobs, Ronald L. Jacobs, Stephen M. James, Glen Jankoski, Henry C. Janner, Mike Jefferson, N. A. Jefferson, William D. Jenkins, Leroy Johnsen, Charles P. Johnson, Cornelius Johnson, James D. Johnson, Norris L. Johnson, Wayne K. Johnson, William L. Jones, Henry, Jr. Jones, Nelson C. Jordan, Dewey B. Kaiser, William P. Kelsoe, John W. Kent, Ronald D. King, Eaden E. Kittchner, Frankie R. Kleinman, Leon Kuhar, Edward Kushmer, Charles D. Kyriakos, Isidore M. Labigang, Frankie W. Lambert, Charles M. Lammon, Kenneth A. Lea, Albert S. Lemoine, Sam J. Leonard, John J. Lerner, Samuel H. Leslie, Stanley E. Lewis, James Lewis, William H. Lingo, Earl J. Lobner, David B. Lopez, Joe L. MacGregor, William A. Madurei, Jose Magash, Nicholas, Jr. Maley, Richard J. Mannette, James S., Jr. Maples, John A. Margiotta, Anthony J. Martin, Joe V. Martin, Louis A. McCarthy, Emmett G. McCauley, John W. McDuffie, T. R. McKinney, Henry C. McKinney, Henry G. Meeks, Lranard B. Menz, H. F. Metros, Edward Michel, Rosario J. Miller, John J. Miller, Norman G. Miller, Patrick Mistretta, Louis Mitcham, Herman E. Mitchel, J. C. Mitchell, Albert Mitchell, Charles J., Jr. Mitchell, Ronald D. ' Mixon, Hey T., Jr. Molina, Guadalupe Mora, Marco T. Newman, Gregory J. Newsome, D. A. Newton, Charles Norris, Elvin Odom, Henry E. Odum, Frederick L. Ortiz, Vincente Ostberg, Tage H. L. Paccio, Donald W. Palmer, James W., Jr. Palombo, Victor M. Pannell, Gary W. Parker, W. E. Patterson, Willie J. Ill Pavolini, Michael R. Payne, Perry S. Perez, Acsiglo Perkins, Huey L. Pierre, George C. Pitcher, Robert H. Pitts, H. G. Plummer, Thomas C. Pollock, A. T. Powell, John J. Praytor, James Pringi, Paolo Purdy, Wilbur D. Quintero, Alfonso Radich, Tony J. Ramsey, Charles E. Rasor, John P. Richaux, Albert, Jr. Rinker, Leroy Ripoll, Anthony V. Rivera, Jose A. Robb, Wesley P. Roberson, J. Robertson, Dale Robinson, John T. Rocha, Alberto C. Rose, William J. Rosenberg, Alan Y. Roy, Alfred Roy, Alfred J. Russell, Billy Russo, Frank P. Saberon, Bernard Saik, Joachin D. Sanford, S. A. Santiago, Jose F. Schenk, Lloyd Ed Schultz, Charles L. IV Scruggs, Thomas G. Seabrease, Ronald W. Self, Edward H. Shafer, James R. Sharp, Raymond E. Sidman, John Skiilman, Lynn D. Slayton, James E. Small, Beverly R. Smith, Charles E. Smith, F. H. Smith, Jerome D. wages may also be obtained by writing to Port Purser, Delta SS Lines, Inc.. P.O. Box 50250, New Orleans, La. 70150. Whether wages are claimed in person or by mail, he must furnish his Social Security number for verification of identity. Spears, Richmond C. Spears, Terrell B. Speck, Fay E. Spina, Carlos H., Jr. Stewart, Max L. Stirk, Francis S., Jr. Stoup, Bennie T., Jr. Stout, John E. M. Stucky, Charles A. Suarez, Joseph, Jr. Sveum, Leif O. Syms, Jack M. Tank, William HI Tanner, Hoyt L. Taylor, Joseph J., Jr. Taylor, Lawrence R. Thomas, Henry Thomas, Joseph H. Thomas, Joseph H., Jr. Tippit, Stephen L. Trehern, Morton Treitler, Carl T. Tremel, H. W. Trent, John E. Troatman, Albert L. Trosclair, Bobby L. Tucker, James L. Turk, John Tyner, Thomas A. Umholtz, Fred E. Urti, Angel J. Vantress, Ronald E. Vick, William B. Vieira, John VonHolden, Joachim R. Waits, Bever Walker, Rex B. Walker, William D. Warren, Vernon C. Watkins, Howard L. Weems, Charles P. Wetzel, Lloyd J. Wheeler, Orien White, Garrard Whited, John L., Jr. Wilkerson, James A. Williams, C. L. Williams, Carmond L. WiUiams, E. B. Williams, Joseph Williams, Neut Williams, Theo M. Ill Wilson, J. D. Wilson, Orie A. Wilson, Walker Windham, Gary L. Wolf, Philip Wolff, Justin T. Woodle, Roger S. Wooley, Mark D. Workman, Homer O. Yates, Carl E. Yates, Gerald A. Ybarra, Valente B. Young, Earl H. Young, Edgar Young, Jonathan N. Adams, J. N. Addington, Homer Amoren, Peter Anderson, Clarence E. Asunsion, A. A. Ayler, Eugene Badgett, William A. Baroni, Tony A. Beadles, W. H. S. Beckman, Donald W. Bernard, Edison D. Boatner, R. Boles, Jimmie L. Brackbell, R. R.. Brewer, William, Jr. Brian, R. E. Brinkley, Jesse P. Brown, Clifford F. Brown, J. P. Brown, Paul W. Brunnell, Victor Byers, J. Carbonel, E. Carroll, Earl D. Carter, F. Cassagne, Robert E. Cauley, Clyde B. Clinc, J. E. Colby, Edmund Cole, Edward Connenty, Wm. Cooper, C. Cotham, Charles W. Cousins, W. M. Craig, D. E. Crew, R. Cumingham, W. N. Davis, M. C. Davis, M. J. Davis, Wilson J. De Arce, R. Delacruz, A. T. Denehy, Thomas J. DeSilva, H. DiPietro, James J. Dorsett, Dwain Dowd, O. Ellis, Francis M. Falgoust, M. J. Felix, H. M. Fernandez, F. A. Figueroa, A. B. Firlie, L. Fitton, Lewis Forest, Jackson Frender, G. E. Galloway, N. Galvin, F. Garrecht, Ronald Garrecht, Ronald J. Gleason, J. H. Goutierrez, H. J., Jr. Greene, Brandon F. Gregory, Howard Hair, Geo Hanson, Karl Hans Harada, S. Hashagen, G. Hayes, F. B. Hirabi, S. N. Holland, R. A. Holland, W. J. Holsebus, Merlen Holt, P. S. Huckeba, J. J. Huckeba, J. J., Jr. Hulsebus, Merlen M. Hunt, J. Ilmer, W. Matpacka Israel, J. A. Itoman, Y. Jackson, G. R. Jahafi, Hammond N. Jardine, W. S. Jensen, S. Johnson, A. Johnson, William H. Johnson, Wm. Jordan, A. W. Judd, R. Kelly, Clarence Kerr, George C. King, R. G. King, R. O. King, Ralph O. Knight, R. C. Kopfler, W. B. Kopfler, Wallace Labue, Thomas V. Laird, C. W. Lavigne, T. Leavell, W. L. Lee, H. A. Lee, Hubbert A. Lekivitz, Alfred Leon, A. Lewkkei, L. Lines, T. O. Lockerman, W. Lyons, A. Maccoline, H. W. MacDonold, Samuel M. Markin, P. J., Jr. Mathews, T. J. Maxwell, K. J. McGlove, F. S. McClintic, William R. McDougall, L. McHale, Martin McLain, J. McLemore, John Mendoza, Ernest Messerall, Bobby L. Montgomery, D. R. Moreland, Dennis Myers, Jake Nelson, Arthur J. Nelson, W. A. Nelson, Wayne O. Neris, Johnson New, David E. Norton, Alexander R. Okuhara, Sosei Ortiz, William O. Q'Sullivon, R. P. O'Swinkle, Wm. A. Overton, R. R. Owen, John A. Owens, R. J. Owens, Robert J. Owens, Wm. Pakras, B. Parker, Anthony C. Paschalson, G. J. Pastrana, F. A. Patino, J. Pekarak, Frederick R. Pereira, R. M. Pieczykoln, Frank Pierce, Normond Pimentel, R. F. P(^e, William Potarsky, R. Pritchett, R. C. Ramon, Alvarez Ray, Robert F. Resto, FeUciano Reynolds, F. L. Rios, J. Robertson, Philip Rodriguez, Galo Roney, J. S. Russo, G. F. Saberon, B. Sablin, J. R. Sampson, James L. Sanders, E. B. Sanders, Eugene B. Saunders, O. H. Saxen, J. Scovel, Joseph Selby, J. C. Sen, Q. Shea, W. R. Singleton, W. C. Sinush, Edward P. Smith, Edward R. Smith, R. C. Sommers, E. Sterling, Claude E. Stierheim, M. P. Sunagawa, S. Swindel, W., Jr. Takamine, C. Takamine, Chosei Tate, W. Throp, F. R. Toler, Richard L. Torres, Felipe Triguero, G. Trinidad, A. P. Underwood, Donald C. Usher, Stephen E. Valladares, John Varona, R. B. Vedrine, H. R. Villacruzes, L. R. Wade, L. G. Waggoner, James C. Weed, M. F. Wheatley, J. E., Jr. Williams, D. S. Windsheimer, M. Wolf, L. Wong, H. M. Woodell, Standish Young, J. R. Young, Jonathan N. Young, S. M. Zimbro, Marvin P. Page 9 1 �s Through the Vote Bills Paid Through SlU Pension Plan To the Editon I am writing to thank the SIU for paying the balance of my doctors' bill which Medicare did not pay. I am glad to know that a retired member of the SIU is treated so well. I really would not have been able to pay the balance of my I' bill without the help of the SIU. Lambert Martfaidale New Orlraiia^ La. members of my late husband, Claude V. Morgan, for all the help and kindness they extended to me during the hours of my bereavement. I would not know what to do were it not for their generous help. I am very proud to say that my late husband was a member of this great organization. I do hope and pray that the SIU will go on forever for the sake of all the members and their depend­ ents. There could not be a great­ er imion than the Seafuers In­ ternational Union. Mrs. Carmen Morgan || S.S. Enger Crew Words of Thanks Earns Kind Words To the Editmr: To flie Editon I would like to thank the crew of the S.S. Eager for the help given to me while my husband " A;' was sick in the hospital. My deepest thanks ot all of you. Mrs. "Jake^ Ltmgfellow Houston, Tex. 77050 HLSS Visifi Tour Jmpresses Parenf Opportunity for the Young '^he 18-year-oId vote is now an accomplished fact through the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ball has been planted firmly in the hands of the young people. Politically, they represent an important new addition to the electorate at all levels, and potentially, they represent a force that could revolutionize American politics through the democratic process instead of the vain, violent method of street demonstration. There is nothing to fear about that kind of revolution—^the kind that comes from the ballot box. And, truly there is little to fear about giv­ ing the responsibility to those between the ages of 18 and 21. For today's young person is taller, stronger, smarter than members of the generation that preceded his. His life expectancy is longer, there are more avenues of education for him. If all the young people who have taken to the streets for some cause have been seriously trying to change what they perceive is a bad stiuation, they now have the opportunity to be of some real influence. Through the vote. If there are problems that older people have been ignoring, the young people now have the chance to get them solved. Through the vote. And if all. the words about social justice and social progress have been more than empty rhetoric, the young peqple can produce drama­ tic changes in this society. Through the vote. The ball, indeed, is in their hands, and the nation will be watching to see if they run with it. We are confident that they will, for we have seen it happen. After all, as union members, 18-year-olds have always had the vote and they have always used it responsibily. A Continuing Struggle T he death grip that the Administration applied to the ei^t remaining and vital Public Health Service hospitals and clinics has been loosened—and the fight goes on. The Senate has adopted a resolution spon­ sored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) that calls for the hospitals to continue operating until June 30, 1973. The resolution is far less than a total victory. It is more in the nature of a stay of execution. Yet it does provide a vital element for Sea­ farers and our friends who have been battling to prevent the unconscionable death of the oldest and finest system of public health in the United States. That element is time. We must use it with wisdom and force. We must use it to defeat our enemies who are primarily cynical bookkeepers in the Ofl&ce of Management and Budget who know nothing and care less about the American tradition of guaranteeing adequate and available medical care for its merchant sailors. Page 10 They flout the intent of Congress which has time after time called for the modernization and expansion of the PHS hospital network. And they disregard the strong voice of Americans across the land who are demanding far more— not less—government-sponsored medical care and delivery systems. They are determined to eradicate an obliga­ tion that Americans have taken , upon them­ selves for nearly two centuries—^the health of the nation's merchant seamen—in the name of economy. And they do this knowing that to duplicate the excellent services provided by the PHS hospitals would cost Seafarers and their financially-starved industry precious millions of dollars. The SIU has been a leader in the determined struggle to save the maritime hospitals. We will continue the fight. Because Seafarers know that their health—and the health of their brothers of the sea—and the health of their families—^is on the line. To the Editon My son John is a trainee at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Md. I would like to ex­ press our gratitude fo rthe exist­ ence of this school. I have been there on visiting days and I can honestly say it is the greatest incentive program I have ever seen or heard of. The staff there is wonderful. You need only to ask one time for or about anything concerning the school, and they go to great lengths to ex­ plain about the school, its func­ tions and the many advantages it has to offer. I was there when they were having the Educational Confer­ ence, and although they were filled to capacity, everything was running smoothly. I was there early enough to see the boys go through their COIOT formation, and it was just the greatest thing to watch. I hc^e all of the parents of trainees take advantage of the visiting days with their sons, if only once. I would not have missed if for the world. Maty C. Little Soldand, Md. Member impressed With Conferences To the Edlttm I was both pleased and im­ pressed with the remarks of the delegates who attended the SIU's Educational Conference at Piney Point, Md. It just goes to show how far a union with good lead­ ership can take its members. Holding these conferences is an­ other good idea. Although it has been a number of years since I last sailed, I al­ ways enjoy reading the LOG. Har<rid Lockhart Saint John's, B.C. Canada Widow Expresses Gratitude for Aid To the Editon I would like to express my sincerest thanks and gratitude to the members of the SIU, co- I want to extend my ^preciation to the members and o£Scers aboard the Tiransidaho for their concern for my wife, Mrs. Dawine Stewart, who passed away on May 2, 1971. To Captain Seitz who really hustled to get me home from Rotterdam, I say, thank you. I'd like to say more, but I know that you all understand. I shall never forget this. Hugh L. Stewart Baltfanore, Md. Belonging to SIU A Source of Pride To the Editon All I can say is long live the SIU and all of the dedicated men who have kept the SIU strong and the best union in the world. I have been on the beach due to an illness incurred on a four and a half month trip to Africa and India. I hope to soon be fit for duty again and to return to sea. It has been a great experience going to sea, but it has been an even greater feeling being a Sea­ farer for 24 years. I have heard some wonderful things about the school at Piney Point, Md. and am looking for­ ward to going there in the fu­ ture. Best wishes to all of the broth­ ers on land and at sea. Keep smiling and never say good-bye. Paul Metalre, La. SEAFARER&|tel.OG July 1971 Vol XXXUI, No. 7 Official Publication ot the Seafarers International Union ot North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland We'ars District, AFL-CIO JBxeoutive Board Paul Hall, President Cal Tanner Eseeo. Vice-Pres. A1 Kerr Beo.-Treaa. Earl Vice-. nt Llnds< .Indsey Williams Wllllan Vice-President Robert Matthews A1 Tanner Vice-President Vice-President Published monthly at 810 Rhode Island Avenue N.E., Washington, D.C. 20018 by the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union. AUantlc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland waters District, AFLCIO, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Sec­ ond class postage paid at Wash­ ington, D.C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Form 3679 cards should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brookljm, N.T. 11232. 17 17 Seafarers Log �. ? • ? Seafarers Educational Conference Delegates Study Union, Industry 1" • •\ Piney Point, Md. The current state of the maritime industry and a look at its future was among the major topics discussed by delegates to the SIU's 10day June Educational Conference at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. The more than 100 rank and file representa­ tives were elected from all major SIU ports to participate in this third educational conference held at HLSS. And participate is precisely what they did. They participated in free-flowing discussions between themselves and with union officials, on every aspect of union affairs conducted asea and ashore. This series of educational conferences is de­ signed to give the Seafarer a close-up look at the state of his union, the maritime industry and the problems both now face and will face in the future. With the latest information available about the status of the maritime industry at their dis­ posal, the delegates went on to develop the kind of full understanding that will eventually lead to meeting and overcoming the many problems they, their imion, and their industiy face in common. The delegates found that even as they were meeting, events of deep concern to them were rapidly moving along in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. SIU President Paul Hall returned to the con­ ference from a meeting in Washington to re­ port to delegates on President Nixon's June 10th decision to set aside a 1963 Executive Order that requires that 50 percent of ship­ ments of grain and wheat to Communist-bloc countries be transported in American-flag ves­ sels. Hall told the delegates that the SIU, with the backing of the 13.5 million member AFLCIO, was working with the reconstituted Save Our Ships Committee to deal with the prob­ lems arising out of the White House decision. In direct communication with the White Horise, AFL-CIO President George Meany at­ tacked the President's decision and urged that the White House reconsider the move. During another of their daily general assem­ blies, delegates were brought up to date on the attack presently being waged by the oil and grain lobbies against the provisions of the Jones Act, which protects American domestic ship­ ping from the intrusion of foreign-flag ships. President Hall reminded the delegates that the Jones Act has come under attack in the past also, but, as a result of the SIU's efforts, those attacks were beaten back. Referring to the present assaults on the Jones Act, Hall told delegates: "We have beaten these powerful lobbies be­ fore, and with your continued support, well beat them again." Throughout the 10 days of the conference, the delegates discovered that discussions held on each of the major topics on the planned agenda of their sessions became building blocks of education and understanding. In tiun, the delegates discussed: • Labor Union History • The SIU's education programs • The SIU Constitution • The SIU Contract • The SIU pension, welfare, and vacation plans • Union meetings and shipboard behavior • Legal issues and SIU political action In a show of the kind of unity of action that has been the tradition of SIU members, dele­ gates to the June conference went on record in full support of the recommendations of the first full-scale educational conference held in March, which aimed at setting the union's course of action for the future. The essential theme of the June conference can be summed up in one word—^Education. Education with the purpose in mind of enabling the imion and its membership to set a true course towards the future. p.?';'-" July 1971 Page 11 �Growth Through Education The word "education" is certainly not new to Seafarers, but for the more than 100 rank and file delegates to the SIU's June Educational Conference, it is a word that has taken on new meaning and inspiration. ^ In their daily workshops, during general as­ semblies, and indeed, throughout the entire tenday conference, the importance of education in the life of today's professional sailor was re­ peatedly emphasized and discussed. Speaker after speaker—delegates, union of­ ficials, and educators on the staff of the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship—hit the deck to express and share ideas on the facets of education. The SIU's vocational, academic, and trade union education programs were discussed not only in light of their past accomplishments, but also their future objectives and direction. Delegates were told of plans now about to be. implemented which would provide the founda­ tion for a Seafarers education center whose nu­ cleus would be the facilities of the Harry Lundeberg School at Piney Point, Md. This educational center will provide the means through which every member of the SIU can avail himself of the opportunity to broaden his personal educational horizon—^both voca­ tionally and academically. As the session on education progressed, the delegates learned how the center can be utilized by every Seafarer as a tool for meeting both the on-the-job and personal educational challenges facing them. SIU President Paul Hall told the assembled delegates that the Harry Lundeberg School is dedicated to the educational needs of all Sea­ farers—^young and old—and will constantly broaden its programs to meet those needs. Delegates were reminded that the SIU's vocational education programs have prepared countless Seafarers, from those making their first.trip to those veteran sailors seeking the new skills required ^or advancing up the ladder to better paying jobs. With the conference holding its sessions on the grounds of the Harry Lundeberg School, the delegates had a first hand Opportunity to examine the ultra-modem training facilities that have launched many young men on rewarding careers in the U.S. merchant marine. The rank and file delegates not only took ad­ vantage of the opportunity to observe the voca­ tional training program, but also found oc­ casions to talk man to man with many of the students who will shortly be sailing with them as shipmates aboard SlU-contracted ships. After the ten days of close contact with the school, its students and their teachers, many of the delegates said that they could now better understand, having seen with their own eyes. Chairmen Report 'I ril Geoi^e Rowland New York In Workshop #4 we had a very interesting discussion and slide view of the SIU's educa­ tional system, which impressed our group very much, espe­ cially the ground work being laid now for our future. I am a graduate of law school and also a graduate of the SIU MEBA-2 Engineer­ ing School and hold a 3rd Asst. license. We have to be­ gin somewhere and the Harry Lundeberg School here at Piney Point in my opinion is second to none, which is the SIU way. what the SIU and the school are trying to ac­ complish, not only for the betterment of the individual, but for the benefit of the entire membership. An impressive highlight of the session on education occurred when three HLSS students who had just passed Maryland's high school equivalency diploma examination were intro­ duced to the assembly of delegates by Hazel Brown, director of academic education for the school. Each of the young men, while pursuing his education in seamanship, simultaneously took part in the academic education program at the school. This program is intended to overcome the educational problems that have prevented members of the HLSS student body from securing their high school diplomas in the past. The General Educational Development John Hazel (GED) study course administered by the New Orleans school is a unique program staffed by profes­ We discussed Education and sional educators. The school maintains the latest the Harry Limdeberg School of in audio-visual teaching aids to supplement in­ Seamanship. In our class this tensive instruction in remedial reading, math morning the discussions we had and all other subjects required for earning a were very good. The showing high school diploma. of slides and comments on Brother William Hand, a delegate from the them was very good and very Port of New York and a former educator in educational. the Florida state school system, took the floor We also discussed and acted during the session to offer a personal reflection on the recommendations of the on the educational facilities at the school. March Educational Confer­ "I came to Piney Point because as a former ence. Our Workshop con­ educator I wanted to see for myself what kind curred 100 percent in these of school our union is running. I have served on recommendations and recom­ committees in Florida and other states to evalu­ mend adoption by the entire ate school systems, and I can tell you that I conference. have never seen anything to compare with the Twelve years ago I left facilities here at the Harry Lundeberg School," Leonardtown where I was said Brother Hand. bom and raised. At the time Miss Brown pinpointed the essential reason I never dreamed that my un­ for having the GED program for trainees in ion would some day have these answer to a question posed by Delegate Sam fine facilities at Piney Point. McDonald of San Francisco. She told the delegates that a little over fifty Eddie Craddock percent of the student body at any one time lack high school diplomas. She reported that Mobile one objective of the program is to see to it that Our subject today in Work­ all of the students who enter the school without shop #2 was Education and a high school education can leave with one if the Harry Ltmdeberg School. they so desire. We were shown slides on both She added that only a small percentage of subjects. These slides told those students without a diploma have no de­ about other unions having sire to get one. worker education programs, Further expansion of the GED program to such as the apprenticeship provide every Seafarer without a high, school program. It made me feel diploma with the opportunity to get one through proud to know that the SIU goes much farther by teaching the Harry Lundeberg School is planned. trade tmion education, voca­ In addition, plans for opening the doors for tional education, and academ­ Seafarers to obtain a highep education through ic training. a college level program, are included in the I have heard members criti­ school's blueprint for the future. cize Piney Point, but the only complaint I have is that such a program was not started years ago. Jack Holt San Francisco In Workshop #1 we re­ viewed the recommendations made by the March Confer­ ence and they were unanimous­ ly endorsed. We also leamed dirough a visit from one of the instructors of the Harry Ltmdeberg School of Seaman­ ship the various methods and techniques used to train stu­ dents here at the school. It is my feeling, and the feeling of all the other delegates in my workshop that Piney Point is serving a very usefiil purpose to both the trainee as an indi­ vidual and to our imion as a whole. Now if this is brain­ washing—^I'm brainwashed. Seafarers Log �SlU History: Early Struggles Paying Dividends Reviewing the history of the Seafarers International Union during the June conference refreshed the memories of veteran ^afarers and, at the same time, acquainted new members with the facts they need to know about their union's years of struggle. SIU Vice President Lindsey Williams spoke to the muted audi­ ence of young and old members after a screening of the film "Tomorrow Is Also a Day" at the conference assembly hall aboard the vessel Charles M. Zimmerman. "As I look out across this audience, I can see many men who are still sailing who lived through many of the history making events portrayed on the screen. History just doesn't happen, you know, it is made by men like you every day," said Bro&er Williams. "This conference, tmd everyone attending it is making history in the fight for a better life for Seafarers and their families," he emphasized. He reminded his audience that during the history of the SIU, the union has fought many battles against many foes. He pointed out how the Communist Party did as much to try to destroy the SIU in the early days as did the shipowners. The Isthmian, Cities Service and Robin Lines organizing bat­ tles were some of the greatest fights waged by the SIU. The battle to organize the 16 ships of Cities Service took four years, but at election time the SIU won with 85% of the votes. The SIU's contract covering the 126 ships of Isthmian Line was signed one day before the Taft-Hartley Law went into effect. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, with the major organizing battles substantially completed, the SIU turned its efforts towards securing a better quality of life for the Seafarer through contract negotiations with management. In 1951, the SIU became the first maritime union to get a 40hour week at sea for its members. The first welfare agreement was signed that same year. At about the same time, the first pension and vacation plans in the maritime industry began. There was a time, as many delegates remembered, when a man had to work a solid year for the same company on the same ship in order to earn two weeks vacation pay. However, very few seamen got this modest vacation then, because just at about the time they accumulated the necessary time, the shipowners would use various means to force a man to leave his ship. The film viewed by the delegates showed the way Andrew Furuseth set up the first organization for professional sailors on a lumber pile at the docks in San Francisco. As far back as the turn of the century, Furuseth saw that federal legislation was needed to break the strangle hold the ship­ owner had over the life of the seaman. Furuseth personally visited the halls of Congress to direct the attention of senators and congressmen to the plight of America's merchant seamen. He also eloquently carried the seaman's mes­ sage to President Woodrow Wilson. Almost singlehandedly he was responsible for the passage of the Seamen's Act of 1915. This Act contained the first basic improvements, modest though they were, ever made in the quality of life of the professional sailor. Following in the steps of Furuseth, the SIU too has long known the need to fight for the kind of legislation that benefits the sailor and his industry. Passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 was a history making event made possible by the push supplied by the SIU and its membership. However, delegates were reminded that still more effort must be directed towards seeing to it that all of the provisions of the Act are put into effect by the Administration. Delegates learned that the history of the SIU is truly a history of struggle, not only to win new improvements in the quality of life for Seafarers but struggle also to preserve what has already been won. Chairmen Report on History Howard Menz New Orleans A lot of our brothers take lightly what we have today. As an old member of this imion I can say that we were given nothing in the early days. What we have was eam^ by a long fight and continuous strug­ gle with the shipowners. We can only keep this by working hard and backing our tmion. Thanks to our union and its foresight to look ahead we are the best in the industry. Again, it is gratifying to know the tm­ ion does care. To maintain these conditions will be a constant fight and struggle. We can only go for­ ward with the help and support of the membership. In closing may I say I am glad I came to Piney Point. Coming up here I was told I would get brainwashed. On being here I wish to state this is not so. My short time here at Piney Point has been truly very worthwhile and worth the time and effort. July 1971 Joe Watson New Orleans This morning in Workshop 2 we had a very interesting and constructive discussion on la­ bor history and especially SIU history. I would like to say that our workshop members are fully aware of the battles our union has fought, and is now fighting, to protect the bene­ fits we have won during oin history and especially the con­ stant fight for legislation in Washington. I joined this union in 1964 and to me 4he union hiring hall was something I always took for granted. But I learned today about the struggle to get the hiring hall and to keep it as the only source of manpower. I would also like to mention that our workshop unanimous­ ly adopted the report from the May Conference on SIU His­ tory. Francis Peredne New Orleans Many members take for granted what we have today. I, as an older member of the union, know nothing was given to us and nothing in the future will be given to us. We get only what we are big enough to get from the shipowners and this we get by working with, and supporting our union. Due to our union looking forward and working towards a better union today we are the best in the industry. Our union histmy is very interest­ ing, and our discussions re­ fresh our memories and bring back to us many of the strug­ gles and beefs we had in the past. I feel that with the cpoperattion and support of all the membership we will go for­ ward. In closing may I say I am glad that I was able to come to Piney Point as I had heard a lot of talk about Piney Point. And now thut I have seen it, I think it's a great place and is an asset to our union. Jack A .Olsen Mobile Workshop #4 unanimously approved the recommendations of March Educational Confer­ ence. The picket lines must be manned at all times when a strike is called by the union. All good imion men should partake as it is their duty to the imion. Today a strike is called only when all other ways have been exhausted to achieve our goal. But we wiU not con­ sent to "wild cat" strikes. A strike called will mean a lot of men are out of work. Bill Manley and I had to have Union protection to leave a Cities Service tanker when we were fired for union activ­ ity in 1950. At a time like this it is good to know that you have union men to stand with you and to back you up. You must be in a situation like this to really understand what it means. Page 13 �'V.B_..V5r Chairmen Report on Constitution BiUHand New York In our workshop discussion we covered the SIU Constitu­ tion, We were shown slides and responsibilities as individ­ uals and members of SIU by a constitution which was drawn up and voted on by the mem­ bers themselves. The ideals as set forth in the preamble and the fact that our democratic constitution as a base of all activities insures each member decent and re­ spected treatment was vividly highlighted. The reasons for the necessity to change the constitution to fit the changing times and to avoid government attempts at interference in our affairs was also shown. The constitution spells out duties of members and ofiScers and penalties, fror failure to properly uphold our constitu­ tion. Jack Dalton Houston The delegates of Workshop #2 concurred in all of the rec­ ommendations made _ by the delegates at the previous con­ ferences. In addition we dis­ cussed the Constitution in all phases governing the member­ ship, its officers and its policies. It would seem that after these discussions and the re­ viewing of the slides that our union, the SIU, operates in an atmosphere of freedom restrict­ ed only in some instances by government interference. How­ ever, in the final analysis it is the membership who approves the decisions and policies of the union. The membership is thankful that they have been made aware of their rights and obli­ gations. I believe that the SIU Constitution is the best demo­ cratic document ever written. Qiarles Bedell Philadelphia In Workshop 1 we got a full education on our Constitution through the description out­ lined by the slide presentation and the discussion with oiu: in­ structors. It's most important for the membership to go all the way in donating to SPAD and MDL so we can go_all out in fighting the establishment and various government agencies who are doing their best to destroy this union and its officials. We must remember that the constitu­ tion is the most important doc­ ument in our daily lives as Sea­ farers. And our members should have the sole right as what its text reads and means. Workshop #1 unanimously endorses the May Education^ Conference oh the Constitu­ tion. ' "-•;> ,.,/ '•f': '•:•'••% ' Cosmo Argis New Orleans Our class concurred in the recommendations of the May Educational Conference and recommend concurrence in these recommendations by this entire conference. We also dis­ cussed the importance of SPAD donations to be used to keep the government from wip­ ing us out. All members should contribute to SPAD. We also learned that the Constitution is to us as a con­ tract is to the shipowner and we should abide by our Con­ stitution as we would expect companies to abide by our con­ tract. I am proud that I am a member of a union that's able and willing to sponsor such a wonderful program of educa­ tion and welfare which makes it possible for me to under­ stand the progress our union is making. V Members Rights Defined in SIU Constitution During candid discussions, delegates to the June education conference closely examined the development, meaning and purpose of the SIU Constitution which, since 1938, has spelled out in detail the conditions, rights and responsibilities of membership in the Seafarers International Union. The SIU Constitution and its role in insuring the democratic operation of all union affairs was described this way by SIU President Paul Hall: "Our con­ stitution is the manner and means by which we govern ourselves and the document from which all the activities of this organization fiows." It defines the procedures and qualifications for election of union officers; provides for trial and appeals procedures in cases affecting individuals; de­ tails election balloting proce­ dures and spells out in full the requirements for operation of a financial committee to review the monetary affairs of the or­ ganization. The delegates learned as they examined the provisions of their union's constitution, that it is a document guided by the basic principles of de­ mocracy and adaptable to the desires and welfare of the Sea­ farer. As they read the document in their workshops and dis­ cussed many of its specific pro­ visions, the delegates found that the drafters of their con­ stitution formulated a strong, yet flexible, constitution that has proper procedures for its amendment when the need arises. Through the foresight of the men whose efforts welded the document together, the need to amend the SIU Constitution has occurred on only a few occa­ sions since 1938, mainly to ad­ just to changes in federal labor laws or membership shipping patterns. The strength of the SIU Con­ stitution is found in the em­ phasis the document puts on the rights of the indmdual, while at the same time provid­ ing for democratic majority rule and participation in aU union affairs, the delegates found. The delegates were impressed by the fact that their union constitution is a "living docu­ ment" that has the strength and vitality to successfully meet the challenges of today, although written more than 30 years ago. In workshops, the delegates learned that in the opinion of many public officials — men well acquainted with formulat­ ing laws and complex govern­ ing documents—^the SIU Con­ stitution is an efficient instru­ ment dedicated to the service tjf SIU members. Comments from members of government such as former Vice President Hubert Hum­ phrey were read by the dele­ gates. After reviewing a copy of the SIU Constitution Hum­ phrey noted: "The constitution seems to me to be an extremely demo­ cratic one and I am impressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to pro­ viding for a trial committee. Delegates to the conference concluded that the SHTs Concontuuie bersi^. Page 14 Seafarers Log m �SlU Contmcf: Describes Conditions of Work Although many of the "good things of life" can be negotiated for addition to the contract at the bargaining table, delegates to the June education conference learned that the key to receiving the benefit of these things is steady employment. At each bargaining session, the goals of SIU negotiators are twofold—^to secure the best in wages, working conditions and fringe benefits while at the same time maintaining the job security of every SIU member. A review of the development of the SIU con­ tract, for both tankers and freightships, a re^ew such as the one made during a session of the June conference, shows that the SIU con­ tract is the finest available to the professional sailor today. SIU Vice President Lindsey Williams in­ formed the rank and file delegates of some of the severe problems facing other maritime in­ dustry unions because of their inability to main­ tain job security for their membership. He noted that at the same time as their member­ ship's job security began to wane, they con­ tinued to negotiate without restraint for many short-term benefits. Balance is the vital ingredient that must be present during the formulation of demands for improvements in existing contracts; a balance that will move the Seafarer's standard of living forward, while at the same time preserving the industry that supports his job, delegates were told. As an example of what disregard for job security can lead to, and how it can affect all of a union's benefit programs, Williams pointed out that members of some unions in the indus­ try may soon have trouble collecting their un­ ion pensions because of an extremely poor ratio of jobs to men on pension. He reported that union this year will have only 9,000 jobs to support more than 14,000 men on pension—a deficit that will put a tre­ mendous burden on that union's pension fund. He added that it takes approximately one million dollars to create one seafaring job to­ day, and creation of new jobs is a primary objective of the SIU. Through passage of such legislation as the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, legislation won in the halls of Congress by the SIU, the poten­ tial for SIU job security in the future is brighter, he noted. The development of a sound contract—one that continues to improve as it preserves what has already been won—^will mean progress for the future with the support of the individual SIU member, delegates were told. Chairmen Report on Contract .• Sam McDonald San Francisco Piney Point was just two words to me until I saw it as it is. I was skeptical about coming but am now grateful to the union as a whole for giving me this privilege. In Workshop #3 we had a very lively and spirited discus­ sion on the pros and cons of the contract. It was informative and constructive and all of the questions were answered in a forthright manner. The prob­ lems of labor and management were, laid before us and we came out of the class with a much better understanding of the issues of the maritime field today. This is a "give and take" deal from start to finish of all contract negotiations. We know we must let the shipowner "live" in order for us to have jobs. Also we elected a man from each department to present omr own suggestions to the mem­ bership. July 1971 Haywood Green Mobile In Workshop 4 we talked contract. This topic was most interesting since our contract is an instrument of the greatest importance to each of us. It spells out the many benefits that have been won over the years. We must also remember that we have a responsibility to live up to our side of the contract. Remember that we can strengthen our position and benefits when oiu- officials go to the bargaining table to nego­ tiate new contracts. We also studied the history of oiu* contract and learned of the hardships suffered by our brother seamen diuring the years leading up to the present days of decent conditions and many other benefits of which we are all aware. It is easy to enjoy the benefits and take them for granted unless you were involved during those lean years. I hope you will, like my­ self, become involved now and learn how to best protect what we have. George Conell Mobile In Workshop #2 we con­ curred in the recommendations made by the delegates of the previous conference. We discussed in detail the contract and the conditions of the industry. It is obvious that although things are in bad shape generally, the SIU is bet­ ter off than the other maritime unions because of the efforts of our own membership and officials to police oiu* contracts and shipping rights. It is very necessary for this type of work to be carried on. And we support the union and its officials in their entire efforts. Hans Spiegel New Orleans Today in Workshop 1 we discussed the SIU contract. Al­ though prior to going into con­ tract in this conference we had a lot to ask about, we now see the picture of a changing in­ dustry—and a new era xmder the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. New ships are fine, but with­ out cargo Seafarers can't work, so you see the fight is still in Washington to secure cargo, which is simply seeming jobs for Seafarers. ITurough the con­ tinuing efforts of the SIU Edu­ cational Conferences and our policy of HLSS and Piney Point the SIU will survive and continue to grow. Our workshop concurred imanimously in the March Con­ ferences' action and recom­ mendations. In closing, thanks to all that made the conferences possible. These conferences will help to contitnue making us Number 1 in the maritime industry. �Union's Political Action An Irrevocable Right Delegates to the June educational confer­ ence heard it from the top: tirely destroy, the protections these laws afford the jobs of American seamen. The SIU will continue to remain politically effective, despite pressmes exerted against it by management-controlled governmental agencies and powerful lobbies whose interests lie in the destruction of the U.S. merchant marine. "Our battleground has transferred from the picket lines to the halls of Congress," SIU President Paul Hall told delegates assembled for the ses­ sion dealing with legislative and political topics. And again, as in the past, the SIU is almost singlehandedly fighting back. And, delegates were assured, with the continued support of the union membership, the SIU will defeat these powerful lobbies again. He noted that the reasons for focusing the SIU's efforts on battles in the congressional arena are many and varied, but lie basically in the power of Congress to make or break the U.S. maritime industry through the kind of laws it passes. Delegates were told that one of the basic rights of citizenship in a democracy is the right to be heard. Through the political action of the SIU, the voice of the professional sailor is be­ ing heard loud and clear in the legislative bodies of the nation. In free flowing discussions on SIU political activities held during delegate workshops and at the general assembly, SPAD and the Maritime Defense League were singled out as the most effective tools for keeping the. SIU politically active. SPAD, delegates learned, is the means through which Seafarers' donations ctm work to protect the interests of every SIU member. A full review of the Maritime Defense League's purposes was made by delegates, and they saw how it provides counsel and other legal help to Seafarers facing threats to their civil liberties and rights. The conference went on record in full sup­ port of these two fighting funds and endorsed the recommendations of the previous educa­ tional conferences calling for increased politi­ cal activities through SPAD. The delegates were reminded that without the effort and the commitment of the SIU, there would certainly have been no Merchant Marine Act of 1970, and no blueprint for building new ships at the rate of 30 ships per year. New ships mean new jobs, but the preserva­ tion of existing jobs is just as big a battle to wage, the delegates were told. Laws already on the books, such as the Jones Act, which has protected American do­ mestic shipping, from the invasion of foreignflag carriers, and the 50-50 clause of the Cargo Preference Act, are under heavy attack by powerful oil and grain lobbies. In the past, as now, these lobbies have cam­ paigned in Congress to water down if not en­ In an address to the delegates, Howard Shulman, chief legal coimsel for the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, explained how unions today are facing severe and well organized attempts to restrain their political activities. He added that the Seafarers International Union has been singled out in particular be­ cause of the effectiveness of its political activi­ ties in the fight for the interests of its members. Indictment of the SIU and some of its offi­ cers has been the result of this effectiveness. And the SIU's fight against the indictments has won the support of the 13.5 million member AFL-CIO. Delegates to the June educational conference joined in the position taken by SIU members in port meetings and meetings at sea, that the SIU should use every available weapon to defend itself against indictments and other methods of harassment. Charles Martmussen New York I would like to report that workshop #3 concurred unan­ imously to accept all the rec­ ommendations made by this and the two previous confer­ ences. I believe that Legal, Politi­ cal Education today is every . Seafarer's and their families' business and by that I mean that all and everyone of us strongly favor the support of our lobby in Washington, namely SPAD—Seafarers Po­ litical Activities Donation. Because like a ship needs fuel and water to get to its destination, we Seafarers today need representation in Wash­ ington to get to ours. James Prestwood New Orleans The May conference polit­ ical action read and accepted and concurred unanimously in its entirety. We viewed slides that show us without a doubt why we must enter into politics in all phases of government and the dollars it takes. I learned more and under­ stand more, as I am sure ev­ erybody did, why we must have SPAD and COPE for our sal­ vation and I think every mem­ ber should come to delegate conferences so that they too may also become aware of how much politics means in our everyday life. • it Daniel Hamilton Philadelphia I come from the Port of Philadelphia, Pa. Our topic to­ day in workshop #2 was poli­ tics. First of all we heard cer­ tain resolutions passed by the previous Conference. We also endorsed those resolutions. In class we had an interest­ ing discussion on politics. I learned what SPAD means to me and what the Maritime De­ fense League means to me. In closing let me also say that I urge every Seafarer when he goes home, to register to vote. Because in this way there will be another SIU member to vote for the representatives and senators in Washington who will help our industry. Walter "Blackie" Travis New York We talked about and learned the meaning of policy for our Union. A number of special interest groups in Washington have tried to bury Seafarers. SPAD is what takes care of our friends—^that's you and I. So next time you pay off a ship, put in a "kick." See to it that the government does not put through any sneaky laws to hamstring the Seafarers. We had our first fight for seamen in Washington in 1891. It was Andrew Furuseth who led that fight. At that time the Seafarers got legislation to pro­ tect themselves against crimps and commies. Page 16 Seafarers Log �Fringe Benefits Make Life Better for Seafarers^ Dependents Leadership in those things that make life's quality better for its members, has been the SIU's proud position throughout its history and is its constant concern today. The SIU man has been a pioneer, opening previously imimagined vistas of seciuity and dignity for himself and for the generations of merchant seamen still to come. Delegates to the June conference learned it was the SIU that negotiated the first pension coverage for seamen in 1950. It was done to protect the Seafarer and his family from the danger of inadequate income during retirement years, years that should be looked forward to, not feared. As the delegates took a close look at the SIU pension, welfare, and vacation plans, they found that the SIU plans are financially sound and will continue to be so, because of responsible management. However, as the delegates exam­ ined the status of other maritime union pension funds they foimd that some workers may soon come up short in collecting the benefits for which they have worked. The delegates were told that the SIU has suc­ cessfully protected its membership through fore­ sight and proper management. The first SIU pension provided for payments of $70 per month, but as the rising cost of re­ tirement has menaced the retired Seafarer's resources, the SIU has more than helped him to keep up the pace. Today, as a result of continuing improve­ ment in the provisions of the SIU pension plan, a Seafarer can retire on a full pension of $250 per month at age 55, after 20 years of seatime. This latest improvement in pension coverage for SIU members went into effect in 1970, and a munber of veteran Seafarers are already en­ joying its benefits. Delegates to the conference also learned that there is no change in the medicoverage enjoyed by retired Seafarers, and their wives, through the SIU welfare plan. The pension plan provision which permits retirement at age 65 with 15 years of seatime or at any age with 12 years seatime when re­ tirement is due to disability, remains fully in effect. Vacations for the professional sailor were another pioneering step taken by the SIU in 1951. The first vacation benefit amoimted to $115 per year. Today, an entry rating Seafarer receives a $1,000 vacation payment; middle ratings earn $1,200, and top ratings qualify for $1,400 in yearly vacation. Pensions and vacations are not theonly areas in which the SIU has led the way in caring for Seafarers. High quality health care, one of the major cost burdens for workers in all industries, is also provided for the SIU member through the net­ work of SIU clinics. Every SIU member and his family has blanket protection during times of ill health and can count on the finest of professional care to be at his disposal when needed. The SIU's welfare benefits are, delegates foimd after reviewing the provisions of the welfare plan, the finest available in the mari­ time industry today. Pension, welfare, and vacation benefits, the kind enjoyed by SIU members and their fami­ lies, were once only dreamed about by the man who went to sea. Many delegates to the conference have sail­ ing careers that extend back to those days. The days when there were no fringe benefits for the sailor were long ago, but not so long ago as to have been forgotten. Workshop Chairmen Report on Benefits Steve Mooney New York Of all the things in our union one of the most significant ad­ vances made in the maritime industry is the advancement of American seaman's rights to a pension and welfare program. I myself stand before you as a prime example of these bene­ fits, having taken ill on March 9, 1970. I have only been able to work 3 months, 8 days in the past 16 months. A machine valued at over $20,000 has been made available to me through our welfare plan if I so need it. Now, brothers, here is some­ thing that I thought I would never live to see. I extend my thanks to the SIU. July 1971 James MacDonald San Juan In Classroom 3 we had a full discussion on our Pension, Welfare and Vacation Plan. It was good to find out that our Pension Plan is financially sound and that none of us have to worry whether we will get a pension when it is time to retire. We all should realize that we do not enjoy this security by accident; it is the result of good planning by our union. This morning our workshop unanimously adopted the re­ port of the March Conference. In closing I want to thank the officials and members for making my trip here possible. James €k>uldman New Orleans In our class we discussed and acted on the recommenda­ tions of the March Education­ al Conference. We unanimous­ ly concur in these recommen­ dations and recommend this entire conference act accord­ ingly. Because of the broad cover­ age of our welfare plan we are better able to secure equip­ ment and special coverage not included in other plans. By being a member of the SIU I was able to secure thru my affiliations with the union special equipment that I may need in the futuer because of my condition. Roberto Principe San Francisco We read the Preamble today by taking a reading test. After and yesterday—which shows the big changes made on our vacations plans and the great achievements. Vacation: Discussion on our vacation plan and the differ­ ence from the days that you had to accumulate one year's time to get less than $50. To­ day, when we are in the $1,400 bracket. Pension: As you can see and all know we have really made history. It is very impressive to see the work of all our imion officers in securing a good pension. We also voted and accepted the previous conference report. Page 17- �-• v:r SlU Union Meetings: Foundation for Growth The foundation upon which any union is built, and grows from, is its membership. And this foundation is solid only if the members are active in union affairs—^voicing individual opinions and offering constructive suggestions to make their union better for themselves and their fellow members. The vehicle provided for this participation in SIU affairs is in the form of union meetings held regularly in port head­ quarters and aboard ship throughout the year. Delegates to the June Educational Confer­ ence were briefed on the importance of the union meeting and how it affects them and the SIU. The delegates reviewed the history of the union meeting and found that this system of free expression of individual opinion dates back to the very beginnings of American democracy. For the SIU man the union meeting is unique. Most members are aboard ships plying the oceans of the world. It is, naturally, impossible for these men to participate actively in shoreside union meetings. In order to make up for this particular as­ pect of the Seafarer's life, which prevents him from easily getting to his union hall, the SIU, early in its history, developed the concept of the shipboard union meetings. . .The SIU decided.that if.the.membership.. could not attend a union hall meeting because of the nature of their work, then it was the \mion's responsibility to come up with a method of bringing the meeting to the Seafarer. Throu^ weekly shipboard meetings, SIU members in the remotest ports of the world and on the widest stretches of ocean are given as equal an opportunity to participate in their un­ ion's affairs as they have when they are ashore. A Seafarer can just as effectively hit the deck with a suggestion, comment or beef dur­ ing a shipboard meeting as he can during a meeting in port. By having his comments re­ ported in his ship's minutes, which are regularly sent to union headquarters by his ship's secre­ tary reporter, union officials and others can also learn what the individual wishes to com­ municate to his shipmates. This is why delegates to the June conference were urged to attend their union meetings, both asea and ashore, and to make their voices heard in their own interest and in the interest of their union's democratic method of conducting its affairs. The importance of the ship's committee was also discussed by conference delegates. The duties of the ship's chairman in conducting ship­ board meetings properly were reviewed, as were the duties of the secretary-reporter, educational director and department delegates. Delegates to the Jime conference concurred in the recommendations of previous conferences as follows: • That all delegates use the kits and educa­ tional materials distributed at Piney Point and bring them aboard their next ships to be used as the basis of future shipboard meetings and discussions. procedure be est^^^^ viding a substitute ship's chairman, education^ director or secretary-reporter in the event one of them is unable or refuses to serve. • That every Seafarer exercise his ri^t to a voice in the affairs of his union. The union meeting, at sea and ashore, is a vital tool of communication between Seafarers that leads to better understanding of mutual problems, and better understanding of our prob­ lems leads to their solutions, delegates ob­ served. Conference Delegate "Passes the Word" Many of the delegates to the recent SIU Education Con­ ferences at Piney Point felt strongly they should take what they learned to their shipmates as soon as possible. One of the delegates to the March conference. Brother R. Michaelis delivered a report on the conference to his fellow Seafarers aboard the S.S. Sacramento (Ogden Marine). Brother Michaelis told his shipmates that, like many of the other 250 delegates, he was "a bit skeptical" about the conference. But, by the end of two weeks, he reported: "What seemed to amaze everyone was how open and straightforward the program was. We were invited to dis­ cuss some very touchy subjects and none of the issues was evaded." Brother Michaelis said that activities outside the class­ room—such as tours of the facilities at Piney Point—also helped delegates understand more about their union. After the discussions had been concluded. Brother Mich­ aelis said he was left with the impression that, as SIU President Paul Hall put it, "the day of the fist and club are over and if we are to siurvive as a union we have to use our brain power instead." Brother Michaelis said he had also concluded, "the maritime industry is sagging and needs imion cooperation. This can best be done by members supporting their execu­ tives in their efforts to win more ships over to the Ameri­ can flag. And last but not least to keep themselves as well informed as possible as to what is happening in and around the industry. " Brother Michaelis concluded his report by urging his ship­ mates to, "visit Piney Point either as a vacationer or crew conference member. I know you will enjoy it as we did, and 250 people cannot all be wrong." Page 18 Chairmen Report John Castronover New Orleans In Workshop #4 we had our slide presentation on meet­ ings and shipboard behavior. In our discussion periods we kicked around many situa­ tions coming imder these sub­ jects. One subject that drew a lot of discussion was the "ship­ board agitator." This individual is anti-everything. The mem­ bers m my workshop pretty much agreed that the best way to handle this type of guy is to demand proof from him when he makes his vicious attacks on our union or individuals. We insist on this proof and do not allow him to brush this de­ mand aside. It will usually shut him up. Charles Carlson Wilmington In Workshop #3 we had a slide presentation and a very good discussion on union meet­ ings and shipboard behavior. The kits we have contain a wealth of information and must boHdeea aboard ship Tor our fellow Seafarers to share. We read and discussed the reprints from the Log, and it was very clear to us that if we don't use the knowledge gained from this conference it is possible that one person can destroy what our people have worked so very hard to achieve. The only things we did not like, was the fact that we didn't have the ten inillion dol­ lars to give, because "politics is pork chops." Ernest Ponson New Orleans In our workshop we dis­ cussed meetings both ashore and on board ship. It was pointed out the importance of our attending meetings. Be­ cause by "one vote" something could be passed that we may not like and it could affect us the rest of oiu: seagoing life when the one vote you have, could have made the differ­ ence. A vote is important whether in a union meeting ours or in politics. We also discussed thorough­ ly the pamphlet You be the Judge, which brings to us the importance of donations to SPAD and the Maritime De­ fense League. Roscoe Alford Mobile This has been a very in­ formative conference. I have learned a lot. What I like to bring out here is that SPAD, CORE, and the Maritime De­ fense Fimd was just a lot of words to a lot of us. iBut now since the 1970 Maritime Act we can see just how important it is to keep punching these dollars into the funds so that it is carried out and maintained and not lost after we have al­ most won the battle. So let's keep that money coming. Seafarers Log �The SlU—A Pacesetter During the June Educational Conference, the delegates were given the opportunity to present their comments on the conference program and on the union as a whole. In the pages that follow, the Seafarers Log presents excerpts from the delegates' written re­ ports. Their comments and criticisms will help shape future con­ ferences to better serve the SIU members who attend. John A. Ryan New York First I have to admit when I was notified of my forthcoming trip to Piney Point I wasn't very enthu­ siastic, because after listening to the distorted views of second- and third-hand information of some of my fellows brothers, I formed an opinion that Piney Point was a complete waste of time. To my smprise and amazement I find (hap­ pily I might add), that nothing was further from the truth. From my first day in a work class I watched the attitude of my fel­ low brothers change from a nega­ tive attitude for some, and indif­ ference for others, to enthusiasm for all. I watched the so-called "Generation Gap" between my younger and older brothers all but disappear. ^ The Seafarers International Un­ ion has proved it has been a pace­ setter in the past, and with the un­ believable foresi^t our elected and appointed ofiScials and fellow mem­ bers have shown, I see no reason for that to change in the future. Paul Brinson Tampa In summing up my stay here at Piney Point HLSS at the June con­ ference, I am amazed at what the SIU has here and proud of being a part of it. In finishing our seven days spent in the workshops, I am now a more enlightened member of the SIU and more than im­ pressed at the hard work that our president, Paul Hall, and the other ofiicials had to do for the conditions I had taken for granted. My word to brother members is, that when the opportunity comes your way to attend one of these conferences don't turn it down, come and enjoy yourself and I as­ sure you that you will be a better SIU member when you leave. Walter F. PuUiam Norfolk The good thing about the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship is that it gives the yotmg men of to­ day a chance for. a good education and to learn seamanship. It is a place where they can study for a high school diploma and be­ come better citizens in later life. For a young man going to Piney Point, learning and doing will make him a good citizen, a good ship­ mate. The trainee that goes to the Piney Point school learns to work together and learns leadership qual­ ities. Since I have been here, I like what I have seen. I wish everybody I know could come down here to see the Hsirry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in operation. When I get back to Norfolk, I am going to tell other seamen about their Piney they ssoe July 1971 James F. Slayton Tom Shoemaker New York This conference takes place at Piney Point, Md. It goes over everything about the SIU, which was started in the year of 1938. In labor history we studied about the fights and strikes oiur \mion had in order to get what we have today. I was really glad to come back to Piney Point and see just how much it has changed since I was here in 1968 as an HLSS student! New York After spending these ten days at this conference, I, for one am proud to say that I am a member of Seafarers International Union. Before coming to this conference I always thought I was lacking in Knowledge about the many fields of unionism that it takes to make a a good member. After going into the detailed studies and seeing the many slides and movies that have been furnished here, I find that the makeup of the union is much different than what I have been led to believe by some of the so-called "sea lawyers" that I have found aboard ship. I now find that through lack of knowledge I h :ve been beat out of jobs, lost benefits, and virtually pushed aside without realizing it. I now feel that although I still have much to leam I do know my basic rights and will be able to help other brothers who have not been fortu­ nate enough to attend one of our conferences. Daniel Balerio Houston Harmando Salazar Houston My participation as a delegate to &is Educational Conference here at Piney Point, Md., is a great honor for me. This Educational Conference not only points out how our imion works for us, but it dso gives us general information on our maritime industry. Piney Point exists so we can have a more strong and powerful union in the maritime industry, and a much better union than any other maritime union. What can I say about HLSS? I came to this school and I liked it and stayed and worked. I know what, it took to build this place. Now I'm back and during my stay here I have seen the changes that have been made while I was gone. I can't find words to describe the progress at HLSS. Isadore Paostroff San Francisco Attending Piney Point as a dele­ gate from San Francisco was to leam the problems of this imion also to see what the boys who come here leam about seamanship. In labor we learned how much we progressed from 1938 til the pres­ ent day. We learned about the Jones Act and why the Government wants to change it. It served to bring out the im­ portance of why we must support SPAD—it takes dollars to support this program in Washington and that means us. We were urged to read and study the SIU Constitution to lesum ,it -w# w w oan\%a(^ contract. This is my first trip to Piney Point. From early association with so-called "graduates" of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, I had formed some opinions which were not entirely favorable towards this establishment. However, the product which came out of the var­ ious halls some four to five years ago, is vastly different from the young man who is being sent aboard SIU vessels today. This conference has done much to enlighten me in regards to the efforts which are be­ ing put forth by the oflBcials and membership of this organization. . It is apparent that the quality of instruction is of a superior nature. This, coupled with the outstanding facilities and training aids of Piney Point is producing "experienced" seamen who have no "experience." In closing may I say that I am thankful for this opportunity to visit Piney Point. I have been afforded a first hand look at where my edu­ cational dollar is being spent. I am satisfied that that dollar is being well spent! Ramon Sabater New York During the course of his years a man learns many things. It's im­ portant for him to do so because it enables him to meet his needs and obligations. Also it gives him a better understanding of the world in which he lives. One of those occasions was when I was elected to attend the SIU conference at Piney Point. At first I didn't have any idea what it was all about. I learned die-way jtiie union conducts remeaifiser. ;spons Page 19 �'A Starting Place for the Young Vincent Cortellacci New York These past 10 days at Piney Point have informed me on train­ ing of the young men coming into our union, on the contract and constitution of our union. Many times much of what I learned was not from an instructor, although inspired by him, but from one of the brother members in the class. Through the conference I learned the SIU is a far cry from what it used to be. It is even farther away from the days before 1938. On Piney Point in particular, it has something for us all. It is a starting place for the young men coming into our union, and also a resting place for men retiring from years at sea, men who have paid their dues and deserve a rest in the finest conditions possible. For the years in between, it is a good vaca­ tion spot for men to spend some time. Here, men with or without their families can relax with boat­ ing, horseback riding and still the man will still be in an atmosphere he is used to because of the many conferences. He can renew old friendships and make neW ones. James H. Bruce New Orleans I am glad that I came here, be­ cause I have learned some tlidngs about the union that I belong to. I am glad that I am an SIU mem­ ber, I only wish that someone would have explained to me, why I was donating to SPAD. I would have been glad to have given and I would have given more, because I think when you have taken yoimg boys off the street and given them something to look forward to, you are helping yourself and also the country that you live in. It makes a better place for all of us to live in. I believe in helping anyone that needs help, that will help himself. ,I hope tWs union will continue helping young guys that need help. Paul Huseby New Orleans I have enjoyed my stay at Piney Point for many reasons not only be­ cause of the comfort and pleasure of being in such pleasant and beau­ tiful surroundings but also because of the classes we have attended. I thought that I was fairly well informed on most phases of union activities but after seven sessions of classes and discussions, I have learned a lot. I also have a much better understanding of most things, particularly in the relationship be­ tween contracts, the constitution, education, politics, benefits, etc. I learned there really is no separation between them, they all over-lap. All in all I am better informed and much more confident in our future both as individuals and as a union. It's a long way from number 2 Stone St. Page 20 None of us that came to Piney Point without a bachelor's degree, is going to leave with one. How­ ever, with the basic knowledge pre­ sented here, we should all be able to go back aboard ship and spread the working potential of our union. Since graduating from the An­ drew Furuseth School of Seaman­ ship in the port of Norfolk, in 1965, I can visibly see here the strides of progress. I'm proud of the fact that I'm a part of today's process and history; that future generations can look back on the achievement of the past, as we look back to the days of Andrew Furuseth and Harry Lundeberg. What other labor union has such accommodations as Piney Point for its membership, maritime or other­ wise? What other maritime union has a leadership that has guided them on such a sound basis as ours and with such an outlook for the future. Indeed the SIU is fortunate! Owen W. Fraisse, Jr. New Orleans Charles Grafford Norfolk I was elected to come to this educational conference from the Port of Norfolk to see how things were going on in the union from the official side of the story. I don't regret coming as I have learned a great deal about it, and what makes this \mion tick on the other side which I didn't fully imderstand be­ fore. I heard a lot of good stories about this school and was glad to be able to come to see myself. In twenty-seven years of going to sea, this is the first union or organiza­ tion that has anything like this. I think for the yoxmg men in the fu­ ture it will be a God-send. I know I wished I could have had one to go to like this within the union. I also didn't realize how much they had done here in the short year since they started. But I see for myself that it will be here for a long time to come and help the younger members to be a greater help to the union when we oldtimers will be gone. And I hope they understand the unions of today and will show the people of tomorrow how it helps the people of today. Robert E, Fowler Norfolk Paul C. Carter Tampa Having been given the privilege and opportimity of attending Piney Point as part of the delegation to the Third Educational Conference, it is now my pleasme to jot down on paper some of my thoughts and opinions in regards to the Harry Limdeberg School of Seamanship and the type of training these young men are receiving here. The very first day of the con­ ference, I had definitely made up my mind that in addition to the Seamanship training given to these young men, that the opportunity for them to also receive a hi^ school diploma was by far the most enlightening part of my visit. Then watching Miss Hazel Brown, the academic director, handing three young men their high school diplo­ mas, really gave me a lump in my throat, because these young men were dropouts as I myself had been back in the Depression years. William Condon Philadelphia The Educational Conference of Jrme 9 to June 19 gave me a bet­ ter understanding of how our un­ ion functions towards the battling the whole way of life of SIU mem­ bers and their families. To do this, our imion has had to enter every phase of community life. One of the most important is the political area in Washington. It seems to me every one connected with the SIU to support the legal and political contribution requested by our officials. The physical plant at Piney Point has to be seen by all members. The meals, and facilities are the best that could be had. This was done by a very able administration under the direction of our President Paul Hall and the best officers there are. My thanks to all. I would like to point out some of the things that impressed me. Num­ ber one on my list was the atti­ tude of all the officials. Everyone was breaking their backs to help out. And I was taught to believe attitude produces productively, and it certainly did for me. I learned more about my busi­ ness as a seaman in ten days than I did in my four short years sail­ ing. I also learned what a group of men from alT walks of life can do once they are united. After all isn't that what this country of ours is all about? Wayne Cravey Tampa Piney Point is doing much more for our union members than I be­ lieved it was doing. You would have to come to one of the con­ ferences to be able to understand what it is doing for all of its mem­ bers. As for SPAD, I am going to give to SPAD because I want our union to keep on going and what is going to keep us going is money in SPAD. I think every union brother should put into SPAD if they want a job. I believe all our union brothers will put into SPAD after they find out what it is all about. Albert R. Kennedy New Orleans I know that the ten days from June 9-19 at Piney Point were very educational and fun for other SIU members and myself. During the time I was there I studied seven different subjects. History, HLSS, and Education, Constitution, Con­ tract, Pension, Welfare and Vaca­ tion Benefits, Union Meetings and § Shipboard Behavior, Political Edu­ cation and Legal. We also had plenty of good food and living quarters, a good bar­ room and music, and good sports: bowling, pool tables, a gym for boxing and other exercises, swim­ ming, boating (motor and sail), fishing, basketball, baseball, tennis and other fine sports. There is a two-hour movie shown every night. Seafarers Log �'An Achievement To Be Proud of Elbert Kellum New York Piney Point, without question is an achievement to be proud of. One can only speculate as to its growth in the future. From my personal observations, it most certainly seems destined to fulfill its goal, namely, of turning out well-trained, young mariners for our industry. The facilities and educational aids available to the trainees, plus the highly skilled instructors, all of whom take obvious pride in their task, is in my opinion, a tremen­ dous asset for our seafaring industry. Piney Point is indeed an achieve­ ment ^ can justifiably be proud of. It is-unfortunate, that the critics, and there most certainly are a num­ ber of them, are not able to see, at first hand, the results of good, honest and resolute action and fu­ ture planning by our elected union ofScials. Frank J. Connell Carl Beard Boston The objective of all dedicated SIU Port Agents and Patrolmen should be to thoroughly analyze all situations, anticipate all problems prior to their occurrence and have an answer for all these problems. This is one of the reasons that Piney Point was established, to pre­ pare for the future. I am impressed and know that other meml^rs feel the same way about an operation that looks to the future of the maritime industry. Baltimore It's been very remarkable and interesting to attend the Seafarer's Educational Conference. I just wished that I could have attended this school 15 years ago and that's a fact. Marvin Mullins Seattle When I left Seattle to come here I didn't know what to expect. All the men that I had talked to who were graduates of the school told me all they did was work while here. They will be surprised to see how the work they started turned out when they come back. The grounds are well kept and beauti­ ful. The docks and housing are well laid out and clean. Everything is impressive and now, not only do the trainees have a place to learn about lifeboats and cargo handling, they also have academic classes where they have a chance to com­ plete their high school education and many of them are doing so. John Minnahan Boston Richard Burkhart New York In my estimation, Piney Point, namely the HLSS, is one of the best ^ngs to happen to the Sea­ farers Internationi Union. That not only includes the educational conference but also all phases of training from lifeboatman to the excellent academic courses offered. It's hard to imagine the progress that has been made in the trainee program since I was here as bosun in November of 1969. I could go on praising everything at HLSS but that would take far more than the 200 words allotted to us. There­ fore, instead I will mention the only thing I could find wrong: My height is 6'4" and the sheets aren't long enough. It must be an outstanding progr^, with good instructors, if that's the only fault to be found. C. Kizzire Houston I'd like to express my gratitude at being in the SIU. I put 21 years in the U.S. Navy. The SIU has more to give a young man today than the Navy has. The Navy is all right, but you cannot get up and tell the brass what you think about them. But my brothers can in the SIU. The food we eat is 100% better than the Navy. The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship makes a man out of a boy. We as a whole make a better American than any other union. Wc brothers help other people more, for we understand better. We learn from other brothers and we work but eight hours a dajf. In the Navy you are on call 24 horns a day and if you don't work, then it is jail for you. I am glad I am an SIU brother. July 1971 A lot of us have had our eyes opened and also our minds. The men at sea most of the time do not take out time to look and see what is going on. Unseen to the man at sea, is what our leaders are doing for us. But, brother, we must and can place trust in our leaders. As you all know Paul has to be in Wash­ ington, New York, etc. Very busy man. But when called upon he is there with the answer for us for all problems working for us. J. E. McKee New York I'd like to say this stay at Piney Point has been very enlightening. It has given me a different view on things the xmion is doing for its membership. I think if more members could come and see first hand what it is like here, they'd have to say it's a fine place in all respects. The train­ ing they give the trainees here is a fine example of what's being done. They help these fellows out for a career at sea and I'm sure the young fellows appreciate it as much. Ralph Larkms Baltimore I was surprised and pleased when I first saw Piney Point. I had heard how it started and now see how far it has come. The thought of putting in 10 days made me more or less shudder. But as the others did I found the classes cov­ ered what I wanted to know and found every day more interesting. I was not bored or tired, and learned about oiur SIU and what was expected of me. I am sure I will be a better member for it. I wish to thank whoever set it up and hope they continue to hold these Educational Conferences and improve on them. W. Dixon New York I am Willie H. Dixon, member of the SIU, I sail as FWA/oiler and pumpman. At this present mo­ ment I would like to express my feeling toward our educational con­ ference taking place here in Piney Pont. I think that our union is tak­ ing a great interest to make a bet­ ter tomorrow for all the members of the SIU. To be earnest, I never knew about the union, not because I never wanted to learn about the union but because I never had any­ one explain what I wanted to learn. James Brack Baltimore I came, I saw, I was conquered. Beautiful is the word, the grounds, the lodging, the food, and the classes. Personally I think anyone who does not take advantage of this seminar and all like it is being ex­ tremely foolish. Yes, indeed, there are now three great citadels of learning on the east coast, "West Point," "King Point," and "Piney Point." Joseph L. Diosco New Orleans The Lundeberg Seamanship School provides opportunities for the trainees, as well as profession­ al seamen, to. further our educa­ tion and to upgrade ourselves in our chosen livelihood. It also en­ lightens us on good trade unionism and informs us of the efforts of management, their lobbyists in Washington and their sympathetic politicians who foist phony antilabor legislation on the maritime labor movement. A. Pinchock Houston This is the first time that I have come to this school. I never learned more about living in the days that I was going to sea. I was glad to get all this by coming to this school. I will tell more of the union men that have never been here. It has been good to learn all the history of labor unions and other ports, of the making of a good union man. This is the very best time that I ever had since I've been going to sea. Page 21 �'The Most Important Part of Our Union Chester lannoli Baltimore Arthur Macbado New York What I have heard in the 10 days at Piney Point could not be put on paper. We all got a better impression of what really goes on in our imion. Most of us never look at the constitution which is the most important part of our union. The only thing we really know is the contract. I have been in the union 25 years and I learned more in 10 days here than in the last 25 years. Thad Deloach Jacksonville ^ On arrivd at Piney Point I was met with courtesy and briefed on the conference that was* to take place, also a photo was taken and I was assigned a nice room for my stay. I had the best of everything that could be offered. It was educa­ tional and very interesting. I had things pointed out to me that I am sure will help me in my future years. I urge everyone to come and take advantage of this opportimity, and I do say we need to stay strong in Washin^on. For that, we all need to give to SPAD so we can remain the best union there is, bar none. I would like to commend the Seafarers International Union for the fine job they are doing in train­ ing young men at Piney Point. This is my second opportunity to come to Piney Point. When I was here three years ago I never had the training the young men are getting today! I was impressed with the way the teachers and the instructors are training the young men. They give them an opportimity for a "drop­ out" to get a high school diploma. My visit to Piney Point has been most interesting and first of all very educational. I know now about a lot of things concerning the union and membership that I have heard a lot of hearsay about. Visiting Piney Point really answered a lot of questions in my mind concerning the future of the SIU and just what is going on here at Piney Point and the Harry Lundeberg School. I did not know how the union went about getting bills passed in Congress to benefit seamen. Frank Feld San Francisco Timothy Fleming New York I came to Piney Point to see for myself what this Educational Con­ ference was. I attended every class and learned more about welfare, contract, pensions, and politics. I hope that this conference con­ tinues and that every brother at­ tends. Charles Dandridge Mobile Dyer Jones Norfolk I came to this conference as a delegate from Norfolk but I came as a skeptical person. I had heard stories from many people, most of whom hadn't been here themselves, telling about the wasted funds and that ^e trainees were just used for work horses. I intend on going home and doing my best to set their heads straight, if possible, and encourage them to come to the next conference. Armand Ramos Boston I enjoyed studying the history of our great union. We often tend to forget what sacrifices we all had to make to make this such a good union to belong to. Thanks to the foimders of our union and the cur­ rent officials, our younger brothers will not have to hit the bricks as they did. I especially thank Presi­ dent Paul Hall for all that he has done for our members. S. L. McCormick Houston Richard Welford Page 22 My experience at the Education­ al Conference here at the Point, has been gratifying. It unlocked the doors, leading to the questions I had in the back of my mind. Be­ ing a new member in this industry and the Seafarers International Un­ ion, I now realize the importance of enlightening a good part of the membership. The supplements that we carry in our brief cases are beautifully prepared and are very interesting. I am proud to be a part of its best organization in the Maritime Industry. Thomas M. Ciabb New York I have been a member of the SIU for 25 years. Never have I seen the contract put as clearly as can be and I am glad I came to Piney Point. I now understand more about SPAD and the Maritime De­ fense League and the school. I think the HLSS is the finest in the world, and a good place for a young man to learn alMUt seaman­ ship and get a good education with God's help and the SIU. Baltimore Now that my stay here at Piney Point for the Seafarer's Educational Conference has come to an end, I can look back at what I have seen, learned and the people I have met and say "it has been worth my time and trouble." I have gotten a fuller and better understanding of my union. By coming to this Conference it has given me a better understanding of all the older Seafafers and for them to have a better understanding of me, as a younger seaman. I believe that in bringing the Seafarer to conferences such as this one, a member of the union can take a look at the trainees down here on the base and see for him­ self that his money is being used for a good program and that he is getting a good and well-educated seaman out of HLSS. A. C. EzeU Mobile « ; * \ 7 Like many members I thou^t the boarding patrolman, yelling and screaming about SPAD donations were overdoing it. After attending the June Educational Conference I feel I must apologize to them for not giving a larger donation. My only excuse is that I didn't have the information necessary to know what SPAD was for. I realize now how vital donations to SPAD are and resolve to ante up when I pay off in the future. Daniel Maloney New York I have had the pleasure and good fortune to have attended the June Educational Conference at Piney Point. I was very much impressed by the SIU facilities at Piney Point and also by the way it is run. I think the trainee program is very good. It is a lot better than hiring people off the dock and I think it is starting to pay off as I think there are less foul-ups now than there used to be. It is now up to the members to set a good example for the trainees when they join a ship. I would like to express my thanks ^ to this union for m^ing it possible for me to come here and for mak­ ing my stay here an enjoyable one. I wish to thank all the staff for having patience with all of us and explaining the way this union really works, and all the trouble that the union officials go through to keep us members in ships to work on. And especially to Paul Hall who stays on top of the people m Washington to make sure that the owners do not wreck our union. And if it wasn't for SPAD we would not have anyone in Wash­ ington to fight for us. And this school here for the kids is really something. The kids have nice manners and it's a pleasure to talk to them. Wayne K. Johnson New York First of all I would like to say is that Piney Point has really changed since 1969 when I was here as a trainee. When some peo­ ple see Piney Point they think of a vacation place then not a trainee base. They get a chance to learn about education during the con­ ferences. I think our money has been wisely spent down here in Piney Point. Bert Keenan Mobile Since coming to Piney Point on my second conference (I thought that I was well infonned from my first but find I am learning more), I was taught just what labor move­ ment is. As far as I can see, every­ thing is pretty well covered in the nine supplements. I am pretty well up on our (SIU) past history and my main concern is our future. I was surprised to see how the school was set up and the excellent way they train the boys here to be better shipmates. Seafarers Log �I Have a Better Understanding . . . Guadalupe Garza Houston As a delegate from the port of Houston, Texas, I would like to say that the Harry Lundeberg School is very educational and also beautiful. Everyone here at Piney Point has been nice to me. I also would like to say that I am happy to be an SIU member. I have learned a lot since I have been here at Piney Point. And I know that I will learn more about our union. From now on, I will have a better imderstanding about SPAD. William Linker Philadelphia I am amazed at the complex and beautiful arrangement of Piney Point and the comfortable sur­ roundings placed at our disposal, and the service accorded to us by the wonderful people working here. Attending classes on the history of our union the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, and General Trade Union History, we learned about HLSS and its trade union vocation-^ al and academic education pro­ grams. It is a wonderful thing. Leonard Steinhardt New York I want to stress one thing per­ taining to Education. Education is most important for any Seafarer and it is the backbone of this in­ dustry. I believe that the young men who are being turned out of the Harry Lundeberg School will be the great for this union. I was amazed when I learned about the programs that have been set up for the membership of this union. I would like very much to be able to finish my education with the help of the HLSS/GED program. I feel that the Education Confer­ ence is a fine thing for the mem­ bership of the union and that every member should take part in the 10 day program. Wm. Gonzalez New Orleans My stay here at Piney Point as a Conference Delegate has given me a chance to see the true work­ ing status of this union and makes me better understand my union as a whole I can not say enough about Piney Point. You have to see it to believe it. But I can thank all for making my visit here a good one. I now understand how SPAD works and to how it can benefit the union and its members. Now I can take the knowledge back aboard ship and let it be known how important this really is. I want to thank the officials and staff for what they are doing at Piney Point for the trainees. I also want to thank the union offiicals for a job well done. Louis Goldman Wilmington I feel that this trip to Piney Point was both educational and informative. I learned the results of the training programs of the HLSS. I have been a lot of places but this is really impressive. I per­ sonally think that it is a wellthought and carried-out program. We realize that these young men in training will contribute to our wel­ fare and benefits. July 1971 Walter Fitzgerald E. F. Stewart Jacksonville The School of Seamanship is a really good school. The SY Dauntless is the best steamship I have ever seen. The engine room is clean and well kept. A lot of people should learn about the school and what there is to offer. The teachers are seamen and are very good. Everyone should come and take advantage of this opportunity and see what the SIU has to offer. I hope everyone can come to Piney Point, Md., and see and learn what the SIU stands for. San Francisco As I think of the ten days I spent here at Piney Point and my participation, I find that my whole outlook has broadened. This edu­ cational Conference has given me complete understanding of our un­ ion and its part in the maritime in­ dustry. I am proud to be of this union and the small part I play in it. I now know what SPAD is and does, I also know what HLSS is and does. Vasco J. Tobey, Jr. New York Piney Point to me is one of the finest investments that the SIU has made. Some of the things Tve seen and heard since coming here, has in many ways helped me become aware and understand the maritime industry and especially the SIU. Had I had the opportunity to come to the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship as a trainee, I know without a doubt, after watching these trainees, I would be a much better sailor than I am to­ day. I went through the school when it was known as the Andrew Furuseth Training School, although it wasn't anything like this school here in Piney Point, it did help make me a member and a proud member of our union. I believe there should be as many more of these educational confer­ ences held as possible. It's the best way to inform the membership I have seen. James Tucker Mobile Upon my arrival at Piney Point little did I realize that this place was as beautiful and unique and covered so large an area. There is everything to help the new SIU member to advance themselves. Being an SIU member since 1964, I didn't know that so much existed within our union for the president and the officials to fight for the seaman. After attending class each day I learned a whole lot about our un­ ion. I was paying it but I did not know what SPAD was for, but since I have been here at this conference I have learned that SPAD is a help to us. And that we need to keep paying it to help us as we go along in the seaman life. K. Abarones Seattle As a delegate from the port of Seattle, I am very grateful for the opportunity given me to attend HLSS, and the Seafarers Educa­ tional Conference. I have seen a few pictures, read about, talked about HLSS, but had not the slightest idea what was go­ ing on. I am at loss how to express myself and put into words, what I have seen, and what I have heard, and learned at the educational con­ ference. I pointed out, and my personal wish is, that every SIU man, mem­ ber, or whoever he may be, should attend this conference. I am sure, after attending this conference, all these delegates from various ports, when they board a ship, will have lots of things to talk alx)ut, what­ ever the subject may be. Leon J. Webb Jacksonville Brother members of the Sea­ farers International Union I want to say thank you for letting me be a delegate of Jacksonville, Florida for the June Educational Confer­ ence. I want to say that it is some­ thing I have really enjoyed and hope that every SIU brother will at sometime have the same chance that I have. I had always thought this was just a place school kids came from to the ships. It is far more than that. I had always felt I did not like Piney Point HLSS, but now I cannot describe the beauty or my love for HLSS and its importance to our union. Charles Taylor New York I'm truly impressed with this whole program. I mean I never realized what this thing called SIU was all about. Now I have a pretty good idea of the mechanics in­ volved. The impression that I was always under was, you give these men your money and they go out and buy a new car or something which was all right with me, as long as they gave me the protection I needed. Now I know some money goes to some good and worthwhile causes. Actually, to tell the truth, SIU is probably the best thing that ever happened to me. Before I started going to sea I was headed for a rough and empty life. I was just a young jitter-bug on the block. Go­ ing to sea gave me a whole differ­ ent outlook on life. Since I have been going to sea I have gotten a lot of self-pride and I feel like I'm a real man of the world. If I quit today, it would probably have been the most influ­ ential time of my life. It's given me more of a practical education than any other experience in my life. Thank you for the opportunity. Page 23 �SlU Ships' Committees le foundation of any effective union is a well-informed membership. The inT;: formed, knowlegeable member is an active member. He contributes suggestions to improve the union; he takes pride in his union and what it is doing for him and his fellow members. In most unions it is a fairly simple job to keep the entire membership informed of the tmion's workings. But, the SIU is unique in that most of its members are aboard ships scattered throu^out the oceans of the world. Yet, they still have the right to full participation in union activities. This is accomplished through regular shipboard meetings-—ship's comimttee meetings—^to keep them informed and up-to-date on SIU doings, as well as af­ fording them an opportunity to voice their opinions on issues affecting the whole membership. The ship's committee meetings serve as a vital two-way communication link that enables the union to best implement the wishes of its individual members for consideartion by the entire membership. It also affords union headquarters the means to send members at sea news of interest and to keep them abreast of meet­ ings at union halls across the country. this way, every Seafarer can participate in and be aware of everything his Inunion is doing. Each Sunday while a ship is at sea, the ship's committee chairman calls a meet­ ing for all unlicensed personnel. There are six members of the standing ship's committee with three elected and three appointed delegates, but every Seafarer is urged to attend each meeting and become involved in the proceedings. The six include the ship's committee chairman, the education director, the secretaryreporter, and elected representatives of the deck, engine and steward departments. The chairman is responsible for calling the meeting and preparing an agenda. He also moderates the group to insure proper parliamentary procedure is used to guarantee every member's right to be heard. The education director is charged with maintaining a shipboard library of union publications and must be able to answer any questions relating to union upgrading and educational programs. The secretary-reporter serves as a recorder of the minutes of the meetings and is responsible for relaying the minutes and recommendations to SIU headquarters. Vf. SEATTLE (Sea-Land)—^The committee aboard the Seattle prepares to go ashore for a brief rest before their idiip turns around for another outbound voyage. From top to bottom are: C. E. Hemley, educational director; J. B. Danis, secretaryreporter; W. Jarden, en^ne delate; D. Ortiz, steward del^;ate; H. Steen, de^ delegate, and E. Nicholson, ship's chainnan. the elected department delegates is concerned with questions relating Eachto theof entire crew, in general and the members of his department, in particular. The SIU ships' committees have succeeded in bridging the communications barrier between a far-flung membership and the officials entrusted to head the union. They have succeeded in keeping the membership informed and active in the highest democratic traditions. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian)—^The Steel Surveyor recently returned to Brook­ lyn's Erie Basin docks after a smooth Atlantic voyage. Frmn left to right are: H. Joeng, steward delegate; W. Bushong, ship's chairman; J. Byers, educational director; J. Reed, secretary-reporter; C. Leahy, deck delegate; and A. De Roche, engine delegate. NEW ORLEANS (Sea-Land)—^Aboard ship in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey are from left, seated: L. E. Gillain, deck delegate; M. Landron, ship's diaiiman; A. Allen, steward delegate. Standing are: P. Ryan, educational director !)• Sacher, ship's secretary-reporter; E. Stewai^ engine delegate. OVERSEAS ALASKA (Maritime Overseas)—One of the newest vessels in the SlU-contracted fleet, the Overseas Alaska, has just completed another voyage. From left, are: W. Rhone, ship's secretary-reporter; J. Richburg, ship's chairman; B. Miller, deck delegate; P. Robidoux, engine delegate; A. Sanjuijo, steward delegate; B. Tagtmeir, educational director. SEATRAIN SAN JUAN (Hudson Waterways)—Some sunshine topside is the order of the day for the Seatrain San Juan's committee as their ship rests at dock in Hoboken, New Jersey. From left are: J. Spencer, ship's chairman; E. Kaznowsky, secretary-reporter; R. La Gasse, educational director; J. Soto, deck delegate; A. Carmoeca, steward delegates, and J. Perez, engine delegate. Page 24 Seafarers Log r| �wsmssm !ISKtjOTWH»Ka!n»(i®iMWr"»0wW^^^ . The Union at Sea h-' HOUSTON (Sea-Land)—SIU New York Port Agent Leon Hall (extreme left, standing) discusses recent voyage of the Houston with her ship's committee. From left, seated, are: J. Koranda, engine delegate; G. Atcherson, deck delegate; D. Susbilla, educational director. Standing next to Hall, from left; J. Robinson, ship^s chairman, A. Aragones, secr^ary-reporter; A. Mariani, steward dele^te. STEEL ARCHITECT (ISTHMIAN)—The Steel Architect recently docked at Brooklyn's Erie Basin with a cargo of sugar. From left, are: W. Drew, eng^e delegate; G. CoreU, deck delegate; J. D. Price, ship's chairman; J. D. Reyes, ship's secretary-reporter; R. D. Bridges, steward delegate; and H. G. Harris, ship's edu­ cational director. OVERSEAS AUDREY (Maritime Overseas)—One of the newest of SlU-contracted ships, the Overseas Audrey, has lo^ed another voyage. From left are: Josephson, deck delegate; Spell, educational director; Longfellow, steward delegate; Brown, engine delegate; Wardlaw, ship's chairman; and Dave De Boissiere, ship's secretary-reporter. CHARLSTON (Sea-Land)—^The ship's committee aboard the Charlston from left are: T. Alberti, ship's chairman, L. Hernandez, engine delegate; J. Cortez, deck delegate; J. Hernandez, steward delegate, and S. Otero, educational director, ship's secretary-reporter was on duty when the photo was taken and could not join the group. 1 in . 1; fii fli PONCE (Sea-Land)—About to set sail for Puerto Rico are from bottom to top: A. Palmer, engine delegate; P. Fernandez, deck delegate; D. Butts, chairman; O. Sorrenson, steward delegate; C. Mainers, educational director, and A. McCidliim, secretary-reporter. July 1971 �Seafarers Join Union Pension Rolls Antonio A. Racoya, 66, is a native of the Philippine Islands and now makes his homo in Mountainview, Calif. He joined the tmion in the Port of San Francisco in 1950 and sailed in the steward department. He retired after 29 years at sea. Benlgno C. Bautista, 66, is a native of the Philippine Islands and now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Savannah in 1941 and sailed in the steward department. In 1962 he was issued a picket duty card during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line beef. His retirement ended a sailing career of 37 years. Victor (FBriant, 70, is a native of North Carolina and now makes his home in New Orleans, La. He joined the union in 1944 in the Port of Savannah and sailed in the steward department. Brother O'Briant retired after a sailing career of 28 years. Wflliam Archibald Walsh, 57, joined the union in the Port of Savan­ nah in 1951 and sailed in the stewarddepartment. A native of New York, Brother Walsh is now spending his re­ tirement in Savannah, Ga. His son, William Walsh, was tho recipient of an SIU Scholarship Award in 1961. James M. Nelson, 63, joined the union in 1942 in the Port of Mobile and sailed in the steward department as chief steward. A native of Georgia, Seafarer Nelson now makes his home in Grand Bay, Ala. Richard Jerome Johnson, 55, joined the union in Elberta, Mich, in 1953 and sailed on the Great Lakes in the deck department. A native of Racine, Wis., Brother Johnson now lives in Bear Lake, Mich. He is an Army veteran of World War II. His retire­ ment ended a sailing career of 27 years. ]^;nacio Fires, 65, is a native of Portugal and now lives in Brentwood, L.I., N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1948 and sailed in the steward department. When he retired. Seafarer Pires had been sail­ ing 27 years. Antonio Jorge Sanchez, 59, was an early member of the union. He joined in 1939 in the Port of Philadelphia and sailed in the steward department. He was issued a picket duty card in 1961 and again in 1962 during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line beef. Brother Sanchez served as department delegate while sailing. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Sanchez now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. William Charles Paris, 74, is a native of Massachusetts and now lives in New Orleans, La. He joined the union in the Port of Boston in 1947 and sailed in the steward department. He is a Navy veteran of World War I. His retirement ended a sailing career of 41 years. Augustin M. Rodriguez, 62, joined the union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the deck de­ partment as a boatswain. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Rodriguez now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. While he was sailing. Seafarer Rod­ riguez served as department delegate. He was also issued a picket duty card in 1962 during the Moore McCor­ mack-Robin Line beef. Seafarer Rod­ riguez retired after 34 years at sea. Luther DIUs, 56, is a native of Georgia and is now spending his re­ tirement in Houston, Tex. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1944 and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as a boatswain. Brother Dills served in the Army from 1935 to 1941. His retirement ended a sailing career of 29 years. BasQio Estrelia, 63, is a native of Puerto Rico and is now spending his retirement in Levittown Lakes, P.R. One of the first union members. Brother Estrelia joined in 1939 in the Port of New York. He sailed in the engine department and often served as department delegate while aboard ship. His retirement ended a sailing career of 43 years. Nicanor Orencio, 63, joined the union in the Port of Philadelphia in 1947 and sailed in the steward de­ partment. A native of the Philippine Islands, Brother Orencio now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. he re­ tired after sailing 45 years. Salvador Rivera, 56, joined the union in the Port of New York in 1946 and sailed in the steward de­ partment. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Rivera now makes his home in Lake Park, Fla. He retired after 39 years at sea. Ramon Encamacion, 59, is a na­ tive of Puerto Rico and now makes his home in the Bronx, N.Y. One of the first members of the union. Brother Encamacion joined in 1938 ; in the Port of New York. He served ^ as department delegate while sailing. Seafarer Encamacion was issued two personal safety awards in 1961 for his part in making the Steel Surveyor an accident free ship. His retirement ended a sailing career of 39 years. - Digest of SIU Ships' Meetings m SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Sea- Deck Delegate J. E. Jordan; Engine train), Mar. 21—Chairman J. Delegate A. E. Parker; Steward Northcutt; Secretary W. E. Messen­ Delegate H. Pedrosa. Few hours ger; Deck Delegate John B. Noble; disputed OT in engine department. Engine Delegate Leonard R. Bailey; Vote of thanks to the steward de­ Steward Delegate Charles D. John­ partment for a job well done. son. $163.00 in ship's fund and STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), $163.57 in movie fund. No disputed Mar. 21—Chairman Melvin Keefer; OT. One man missed ship in Hono­ Secretary J. W. Sanders. $14.44 in lulu. ship's fund. Everything is running ROSE CITY (Sea-Land), Feb. smoothly. Good crew on board. 21—Chairman Hans Lee; Secretary Vote of thanks to Chief Cook L. G. L. Pepper, Deck Delegate J. Owen; Dennis and Cook and Baker Joseph Engine Delegate Charles Riesh; • J. Kundrat for the good cooking Steward Delegate V. Charez. Every­ and baking, and to the entire stew­ thing is ranning smoothly with no ard department. beefs or disputed OT. Vote of CALMAR (Calmar), Jan. 31— thanks was extended to the steward Chairman Elbert Hogge; Secretary department and all delegates for a Howard Flynn; Deck Delegate S. job well done. Furtado; Engine Delegate William WARRIOR (Sea-Land), Mar. 28 A. Teffner; Steward Delegate Harry —Chairman Thomas Holt; Secrcr E. Jones, ^me disputed OT in deck tary Frank Naklichi; Engine Dele­ department. gate A. O. Castelo; Steward Dele­ THE CABINS (Texas City Regate Sam Seabron. $52.00 in ship's lining), Apr. 11—Chairman None; fimd. Everything is running smooth­ Secretary S. Berger; Deck Delegate ly with no beefs. Vote of thanks to George B. McCurley; Engine Dele­ the messman for his good service. gate M. E. Carley; Steward Dele­ SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain). gate J. Robayo. Delayed sailing Mar. 21—Chairman Leon R. Cur­ beef in all departments to be taken ry: Secretary John W. Parker, Jr.; up with patrolman at payoff. Vote Page 26 of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), Apr. 12 —Chairman Thomas Halt; Secre­ tary Frank Naklichi; Engine Dele­ gate A. O. Castelo; Steward Dele­ gate Douglas A. Thomas. $52.00 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in each department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. THE CABINS (Texas City Re­ fining), Mar. 21—Chairman E. Wallace; Secretary S. Berger; Deck Delegate George B. McCurley: Steward Delegate E. Cox. Seventyfour cents in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Chapman, ship's delegate, for a job well done. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water­ ways), Mar. 28—Chairman William Leuschner, Secretary W. C. Sink; Engine Delegate Arthur G. Ander­ son; Steward Delegate E. V. Con­ nor. $16.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Apr. 11—Chairman C. Miller; Sec­ retary J. P. Baliday; Deck Delegate James Todd; Engine Delegate Angelo Blanco; Steward Delegate Stephen Dong. $300.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. EAGLE VOYAGER (United Maritime), Apr. 11—Chairman Leo Paradise; Secretary B. A. Baa; En­ gine Delegate Wm. Roltonak; Stew­ ard Delegate Richard S. Smith. $7.00 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck department. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Feb. 7—Chairman W. Johnson; Secretary D. Pruet; Deck Delegate James C. Baudoin; Engine Delegate James Shelton; Steward Delegate Vincent A. Hebert. $26.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian!, Apr. 28—Chairman O. R. Ware, Jr.; Secretary, Angel Seda; Deck Delegate C. L. Hickenlatam; En­ gine Delegate Donald J. Hewson; Steward Delegate Stephen T. Dent. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. Some disputed OT in deck department. HURRICANE (Waterman), Apr. 11—Chairman Dennis O'Connell; Secretary Thomas O. Rainey; Deck Delegate D- Messemer; Engine Del­ egate Lyle Clevenger. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. COLUMBIA BEAVER (Colum­ bia), Apr, 4— Chairman R. S. Blake; Secretary Jack E. Long; Deck Delegate Edward A. Hattaway; Engine Delegate Robert E. Fowler; Steward Delegate Charles L. Martinson. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian). Apr. 4—Chairman William Bushong; Secretary J. Reed; Deck Dele­ gate Clifford; Engine Delegate Rob­ ert Ellerman; Steward Delegate An­ tonio P. Trinidad. $10.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. DEL ORO (Delta), Apr. 12— Chairman A. Kermageogiou; Secre­ tary James Sumptcr. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs ^ and no disputed OT. Seafarers Log �s»i;^l28ivc«KH9 B«¥»a«5Wr^9^\'S?^ BSvT'aiffrftTJEW^ Wfv: More Seafarers Retire to the Beach Lauri John Markkanen, 69, is a native of Rauma, Finland and now lives in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the union in 1951 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. His retirement ended a sailing career of more than 46 years. Joseph Thomas Flynn, 57, is a native of Canada and is now spend­ ing his retirement in St. Clair, Mich. He joined the union in the Port of Detroit and sailed on the Great Lakes in the deck department. His retire­ ment ended a sailing career of 36 years. Herman S. Christensen, 70, is a native of Denmark and now lives in Teaneck, N.J. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1945 and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. While sailing Brother Christensen served as department dele­ gate. Seafarer Christensen retired after 38 years at sea. Thomas Patrick Cummings, 50, joined the SIU in the Port of Boston in 1952 and sailed in the steward de­ partment. He served as department delegate while sailing. A native of Westfield, Mass., Seafarer Cummings now resides in Taunton, Mass. He is a Navy veteran of World War II. Cleveland Joseph Vincent, 59, is a native of Louisiana and is now spend­ ing his retirement in Baton Rouge, La. He joined the union in 1953 in the Port of New York and sailed in the steward department. Brother Vincent is an Army veteran of World War II. Basillo BoschI, 75, joined the union in the Port of New York in 1948 and sailed in the deck department. A na­ tive of Italy, Brother Boschi now makes his home in Norfolk, Va. He retired after 26 years at sea. Luis Cm-hone, 58, is a native of Ponce, P.R. and now makes his home in Rio Piedras, P.R. He joined the union in the Port of San Juan in 1947 and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as a boatswain. He retired after 26 years at sea. Julius Bocala, 60, joined the union in 1947 in the Port of New York and sailed in the steward department. He served as department delegate while sailing. A native of the Philippine Islands, Brother Bocala now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. His re­ tirement ended a sa^g career of 49 years. Claudlo A. Phieyro, 57, is a native of Uruguay and now lives in Balti­ more, Md. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1947 and sailed in the deck department. Brother Pineyro retired after 35 years at sea. Adtdph B. Lange, 61, is one of the first members of the union. He joined in 1939 in the Port of Detroit and sailed on the Great Lakes in the deck department. A native of Michigan, Brother Lange now makes his home in Detroit, Mich. He is an Army veteran of World War n. Luther C. Mason, 62, is a native of Mississippi and now makes his home ifi New Orleans, La. He joined the union in the Port of New Orleans in 1949 and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. When he retired. Brother Mason ended a sailing career of 26 years. Charles Howard Gill, 50, joined the union in the Port of Boston in 1944 and sailed as a steward. A native of Boston, Seafarer Gill now makes his home in Elkridgei Md. He retired after 29 years at sea. Mervin O. BrightweO, 54, joined the union in the Port of Boston in 1948 and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. A native of Georgia, Brother Brightwell now lives in Houston, Tex. He is a Coast Guard veteran of World War II and also served in the Army from 1935 to 1936. He retired after 26 years at sea. Donald M. Hartman, 48, joined the union in 1947 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. A native of South Da­ kota, Brother Hartman continues to make his home there. He retired after sailing for 27 years. J. R. Alsobrook, 43, is a native of Eastland, Tex. and now lives in Brownsville, Tex. He joined the unicm in 1945 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. He retired after sailing 26 years. I ,• - Digest of SIU Ships' Meetings I ARIZPA (Sea-Land), Mar. 28— Chairman D. Fitzpatrick; Secretary W. Lescovich; Deck Delegate Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Engine Delegate Daniel Butts, Jr. Some disputed OT in engine and steward departments. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), Apr. II—Chairman G. Trouche; Secretary S. A. Solomon; Deck Delegate Joseph J. George; Engine Delegate Leonard Kennedy. Dis­ puted OT in engine and steward departments. Voted thanks to stew­ ard department for job well done. SEATRAIN MAINE (Hudson Waterways), Mar. 14—Chairman Malcolm Cross; Secretary Rorcoe L. Alford; Deck Delegate C. B. Dickey; Engine Delegate Charles N. Jackson; Steward Delegtae R. C. Brown. No major beefs. Few items for boarding patrolman upon arrival in States. $27 in ship's fund. Voted thanks to deck and steward departments for job well done. WESTERN CLIPPER—(Western Agency), Apr. 11—Chairman C. V. Mjye"c: Swretary Alfred Hirsch; HiDspk : CSUHICS .-Mann; 'Eti- \ Btewaid Delegate James Mitchell. July 1971 Vote of thanks given chief cook, third cook for job well done. $14 in ship's fund. No beefs. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), Apr. 20—Chairman B. Gil­ lian; Secretary C. Ricd; Deck Dele­ gate Thomas R. Glinn; Engine Delegate Frank Brazell. General discussion held. $40 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment, otherwise everything running smoothly. OVERSEAS ARCTIC (Maritime Overseas), Apr. 11—Chairman B. R. Pope, Secretary W. T. Rose. Some disputed OT in each depart­ ment otherwise running smoothly. HALCYON PANTHER (Hal­ cyon), Apr. 4—Chairman A. Beck; &cretary E. Brown; Deck Dele­ gate Alan R. Smith; Engine Dele­ gate A. W. Spanraft; Steward Delegate G. Nicholson. $12 in ship's fund. Repairs being made. Everything running smoothly. Good crew aboard. SEATRAIN CAROLINA (Hud­ son Waterways), Apr. 18—Chair. man -:Pet?l' >.Ucc«; Secretary F. R. 'Delegate' ^'-' Wright; Steward Delegate J. Ben­ nett. No beefs. Everything running smoothly. Voted thanks to steward and deck departments for job well done. TAMPA (Sea-Land), Apr. 4— Chairman J. Vega; Secretary E. B. Tart; Deck Delegate R. Wright; Engine Delegate G. Salazar; Stew­ ard Delegate Julio Napoleonis. Everything nmning smoothly. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Apr. 11—Chairman Morton Kemgood; Secretary J. Pursell; Deck Dele­ gate C. E. Owens; Engine Dele­ gate F. A. Lee; Steward Delegate M. Paul Cox. Evertyhing is run­ ning smoothly, no beefs. Voted thanks to steward department for job well done. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Apr. 4—Chairman W. K.. Dodd; Secretary Tony Caspar; Deck Dele­ gate Edward Dwyer; Engine Dele­ gate Edward Arnold; Steward Dele­ gate James P. Perryman. Repair list turned in. $12 in ship's fund. ISIo heefs. ^SaI^ ' ditipititd OT .^in CITY OF ALMA '(Waterman), Apr. 11—Chairman Hans Schmidt; smoothly. No beefs, no disputed Secretary W. H. Simmons; Deck OT. Delegate W. Byrd; Engine Dele­ YORKMAR (Calmar), Apr. 11— gate W. R. Frampton; Steward Chairman Irwin Moon; Secretary Delegate James Gonzalez. Trip just S. Gamer. No beefs reported. Chief started, nothing to report. Good cook missed ship in Baltimore and crew aboard. Voted thanks to the rejoined in Panama. steward department for a job well TAMPA (Sea-Land), Apr. 18— done. Chairman J. Vega; Secretary E. B. FORT HOSKINS (CiUes Serv­ Tart. Ship in good shape. Every­ ice), Apr. 18—Chairman James M. thing in order. Voted thanks to Edmonds; Deck Delegate G. A. steward department for job well Paschall; Engine Delegate Elpin done. Kent; Steward Delegate Frederick MOHAWK (Ogden Marine), Apr. Washington. Everything running 17—Chairman B. B. Price; Secre­ smoothly. $5 in ship's fund. tary E. Canonizado; Deck Dele­ STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian). gate William S. Rudd; Engine Apr. 11—Chairman W. Bushing; Delegate John Crocker; Steward Secretary J. Reed; Deck Delegate Delegate R. Lowe. Few hours dis­ Clifford Leahy; Engine Delegate puted OT in deck and engine de­ Robert Ellenson; Steward Delegate partments. Antonio P. Trinidad. $10 in ship's FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Mar. fund. Some disputed OT in deck 28—Chairman Jose Gonzales; Sec­ department. retary S. Piatak; Deck Delegate TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Apr. Daniel P. Toman; Engine Delegate 18—Chairman Morton Kemgood; Robert Gustafson; Steward Dele­ Secretary, J. Pursell; Deck T>ele- gate Willie Madison. DiscussioB gate C. ;E. O^OBB; Esypk* • JKM^ regarding needed ^jilaeioais Items to be —- -rvaniag patrolman. Paul' Cox. Everything Page 27 �TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water­ ways), May 23—Chairman William Leuschner; Secretary W. C. Sink; Engine Delegate Arthur G. Ander­ son; Steward Delegate E. V. Con­ nor. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partment. No beefs. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Apr. 18—Chairman O. Her­ nandez; Secretary W. E. Messinger; Deck Delegate Terrance M. Kibler, Engine Delegate A. Brown; Steward Delegate C. Johnson. $213 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. SEATTLE (Sea-Land), May 2— Chairman G. Nicholson; Secretary J. Davis. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), May 16—Chairman Peter Loik; Secre­ tary Melano S. Sospina; Deck Dele­ gate James S. Rogers; Engine Dele­ gate Cliff Akers. No beefs. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Apr. 17—Chairman James E. Tanner; Secretary John S. Burke, Sr. $31 in ship's fund. Discussion held regard-ing slop chest. No beefs were re­ ported. OVERSEAS SUZANNE (Mari­ time Ovearseas), Apr. 25—Chair­ man J. J. Boland; Secretary C. Gib­ son; Deck Delegate Fred Servahn; Engine Delegate George Silva; Steward Delegate Leonard M. Lelonek. $20 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to all departments for their coopera­ tion in making this a happy ship. ROBERT E. LEE (Waterman), May 1—Chairman A. Anderson; Secretary R. Donnelly; Deck Dele­ gate R. McLebd; Engine Delegate A. S. DeArgro; Steward Delegate John Cherry, Jr. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 6—Chair­ man Harold P. Eady; Secretary Gus Skendelas; Deck Delegate Theodore E. Williams; Engine Dele­ gate Patrick Donovan. Some dis­ puted OT in Deck and Engine de­ partments. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. NEWARK (Sea-Land), May 9— Chairman D. Dammerer; Secretary J. Utz. $17 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime Overseas), Mar. 21—Chairman Michael Casanueva; Secretary R. N. Boyd. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. THE CABINS (Texas City Re­ fining), Apr. 25—Chairman S. Johannsen; Secretary S. Berger; Deck Delegate George B. McCurley; Engine Delegate M. E. Carley; Steward Delegate James A. Jackson, Jr. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. WALTER RICE (Reynolds), Mar. 19—Chairman Tom A. Marteneau; Secretary L. Hagmann; Deck Dele­ gate N. De Los Santos; Engine Delegate Joseph A. Cichomski; Steward Delegate Guillemio Martin­ ez. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partment. NEW YORKER (Sea-Land), Apr. 11—Chairman I. Cox; Secretary H. Donnell. $10 in ship's fund. Every­ thing is running smoothly except for a few hours disputed OT in deck department. MOBILE (Sea-Land), Apr. 18— Chairman H. Lebley; Secretary Esteban Cruz. $15 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Chief steward thanked the depart­ ment for helping to keep the crew's mess hall clean at night. JACKSONVILLE (Sea-Land), May 2—Chairman A. Caldiera; Secretary I. Buckley; Engine Dele­ gate A. J. Martinelli. Some disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Special vote of thanks to the chief cook. STEEL ARCHITECT flsthmian), Mar. 7—Chairman V. Hopkins; Secretary E. Williams. $20 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. ANCHORAGE (Sea-Land), Apr. 25—Chairman George Finklea; Secretary J. Roberts; Deck Dele­ gate James Corder; Engine Delegate William Cachola; Steward Delegate Leon Butler. $25 in ship's fund. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. PORTMAR (Calmar), Apr. 25— Chairman Leo Koza; Secretary T. A. Jackson. No beefs. Happy crew on board. NEW YORKER (Sea-Land), May 9—Chairman I. Cox; Secretary H. Donnelly; Deck Delegate I. Kyrianos; Engine Delegate Johnny O'Neill; Steward Delegate John Robinson. General discussion about crew's conference at Piney Point. All hands agree it is the best thing the union could have done for rank and file. $8 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck de­ partment to be taken up with patrolman. ALBANY (Ogden Marine), May 9—Chairman D. L. Parker, Secre­ tary John E. Samuels; Deck Dele­ gate S. Kroovich; Engine Delegate E. McCaskey; Steward Delegate F. Rogers. $2 in ship's fund. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Good crew and good chow. DETROIT (Sea-Land), May 9— Chairman P. Seknyk; Secretary V. Perez. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. TRANSPANAMA (Hudson Waterways), Apr. 11—Chairman E. W. Rushing; Secretary F. A. Radzvila; Deck Delegate Allan E. Lewis; Engine Delegate Thomas C. Ballard; Steward Delegate James F. Clarke. Vessel took on a new crew after layup. Everything is running smoothly. DELTA BRASIL (Delta), Apr. 18—Chairman Leon Kayser; Secre­ tary S. Hawkins; Deck Delegate William Pittman; Engine Delegate Paul Thomas; Steward Delegate Al­ bert Richoux. Some disputed OT in steward department otherwise every­ thing is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Ma­ rine), Mar. 28—Chairman J. Zeloy; Secretary George W. Luke; Deck Delegate Stanley Krawczynski; Engine Delegate Lorenzo V. Stirpe; Steward Delegate F. H. Copado. No beefs. Everything is rurming smoothly. COLUMBIA (Ogden Marine), Apr. 19—Chairman H. B. Butts; Secretary, J. A. Hollen; Engine Delegate James B. Smith; Steward Delegate Guy G. Gage. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. CHARLESTON (Sea-Land), Apr. 18—Chairman John Alberti; Secre­ tary R. Aguiar; Deck Delegate Tony Kotsis; Steward Delegate Juan Hernandez: $16 in ship's fund. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), Apr. 25 Chairman C. A. James; Secretary Jasper C. Anderson; Deck Delegate Francis J. Buhl; Engine Delegate Stephen A. Jones; Steward Delegate Julian T. Lelinski. Disputed OT in engine and steward department. YORKMAR (Calmar), May 2— Chairman I. Moen; Secretary S. Gamer; Deck Delegate C. Psanis; Engine Delegate J. McDonnell; Steward Delegate Luther Gadson. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. OVERSEAS ULLA (Martime Overseas), May 2—Chairman R. DeVirgiler; Secretary W. Datzko. $29 in ship's fund. Few hours dis­ puted OT in engine department. OGDEN 'YUKON (Ogden Ma­ rin e), Apr. 25—Chairman E. Gomez; Secretary Jose Albino; Deck Delegate Joe Shell, Jr.; Engine Delegate L. P. Anderson; Steward ' Delegate, R. J. Sherman. $11 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO (Seatrain), May 31—Chairman C. L. Engelund; Secretary J. McPhaul; Deck Delegate M. F. Kramer, En­ gine Delegate W. O. Barrineau; Steward Delegate Robert G. Pattee. Some dispute OT in engine depart­ ment. Vote of thanks to the stew. ard department for a job well done. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), May 16 — Chairman, T. Nielsen; Secretary A n g e Panagopoulos; Deck Delegate Arthur Hamilton; Engine Delegate Van Whitney; Steward Delegate Charles Wilson. Everything is running smoothly. PONCE (Sea-Land), June 6— Chairman Dan Butts; Secretary Alva McCuUum. $317 in movie fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks by all hands to chief steward A. McCullum for the fine job he did over the past eleven months in feeding, handling the movie fund, arrival pools, ship's secretary work. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Waterways), June 13—Chairman F. J. Smith; Secretary J. W. Mims; Deck Delegate C. C. Smith. $46 in ship's fund. No beefs were re­ ported. PORTI-AND (Sea-Land), June 20—Chairman Luke Wymes; Sec­ retary W. Moore; Deck Delegate Dimas Mendoza; Engine Delegate Estuardo Cuenca; Steward Dele­ gate Joseph Righetti. Everything is runr.ing smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a good all-around job. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Mari­ time Overseas), Mar. 28—Chair­ man Richard F. Ransome; Secre­ tary Louis J. Cayton; Engine Dele­ gate B. Freeman; Steward Delegate Robert Trippe. $10 in ship's fund. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. NEWARK (Sea-Land), June 27 —Chairman D. Damerer; Secretary Jack Utz. $17 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), June 13 —Chairman John Beye; Secretary Frank Nahlicki. $52 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the electrician' who put in A.C. line through rooms. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), May 30—Chairman Hans Schmidt; Secretary W. H. Simmons; Engine Delegate W. R. Frampton; Steward Delegate James Gonzalez. Every­ thing is miming smoothly in all de­ partments. Crew given a pat on the back for the fine way they con­ ducted themselves in the port of Aaba, Jordan. This crew was a credit to the SIU. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. JACKSONVILLE (Sea-Land), June 13—Chairman E. Covert; Sec­ retary I. Buckley; Deck Delegate Arthur Harrington; Engine Dele­ gate Van Whitney; Steward Dele­ gate Charles Wilson. Everything is mnning smoothly. Some disputed OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. SEATTLE (Sea-Land) May 9— Chairman G. Nicholson; Secretary J. Davis. Repairs will be taken care of. There were no beefs re­ ported. Vote of thanks to the deck department for keeping pantry and messroom clean at night Vote of thanks to the steward department. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudsim Waterways), May 23—Chairman F. J. Smith; Secretary J. W. Mims. $46 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. SL 180 (Sea-Land), June 6— Chairman C. F. Boyle; Secretary H. H. Alexander, Engine Delegate W. E. Nordland. Disputed OT in deck and steward departments. PONCE (Sea-Land), May 16— . Chairman Dan Butts; Secretary Alva McCullum; Deck Delegate • Primo F. ^emandez; Steward Dele­ gate Oscar Sorenson. $317 in movie fund. No beefs were re­ ported. BETHTEX (Bethlem Steel), Apr. 18—Chairman Joseph R. Broadus; Secretary Claude Gamett, Jr.; Deck Delegate J. B. Rhodes; Engine Delegate A. Gumey; Steward Dele­ gate Morris Maultsby. Everything mnning smoothly, no beefs. Seafarers Vacation Center Offers tfie Best of Everything Seafarers Vacation Center Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship SL Mary's County Piney Point, Maryland 20674 1 am interested in availing myself of the opportunity of using the facilities of the Sea­ farers Vacation Center. First choice: From to Second choice: From to My party will consist of Please send confirmation. adults arid chUdimi. There is still plenty of time left for summer vacations and the Seafarers Vacation Center at Piney Point, Maryland offers the best in everything for members and their dependents. Now in its second year of operation the Vacation Center has proven immensely popular with Seafarers and their families. The Center boasts the best in recreation—from horseback riding to sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, modem accommodations, a highly-recommended dining hall and easy access to many his­ torical points of interest in one of the nation's first colonies. Best of all, it offers all this at a price comparatively well below that of commercial vacation centers. Among the big attractions at Piney Point is the unique fleet the SIU has assembled over the years—a fleet of historical and romantic significance. The largest of the fleet's fully operational vessels is the S. Y. Dauntless, a 250 foot- steel-hulled ship that won fame as the flagship of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King in World War II. Other, vessels include the tall-mhsted Freedom, former flagship of the sailing ship squadron at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. And there is the sleek-helled .sailing craft, the Manitou, which was John F. Kennedy's yacht during his time in the White House. And there are numerous small sailing craft for the use of vaca­ tioning Seafarers and their families. Seafarers interested in taking advantage of this low-cost, funfllled vacation opportunity should fill in the accompanying ap­ plication and return it to the Seafarers Vacation Center. Since ac­ commodations are limited, they will be made on a first-come, firstserved basis. Seafarers Log �SP.PW.>«P-H1 ft lA T A 1 7 f Ik iS It a a* A3 Air M 1,. ^ w» It T f s ft4 4 II M <7 '# 11 •M OX at l> 47 01 SIU-AGLIWID Meetings New Orleans.Aug 10—2:30 p.m. Mobile Aug. 11—2:30 p.m. Wilmington.. Aug. 16—2:30 p.m. San. Fran. ...Aug. 18—2:30 p.m. Seattle Aug. 20—2:30 p.m. New York....Aug. 2—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia.Aug. 3—2:30 p.m. Baltimore Aug. 4—2:30 p.m. Detroit Aug. 13—2:30 p.m. JHouston Aug. 9—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans.Aug. 10—7:00 p.m. Mobile Aug. 11—7:00 p.m. New York....Aug. 2—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia. Aug. 3—7:00 p.m. Baltimore Aug. 4—7:00 p.m. Houston Aug. 9—7:00 p.m. I , r- Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Aug. 2—2:00 p.m. Buffalo Aug. 2—^7:00 p.m. Alpena Aug. 2—^7:00 p.m. Chicago Aug. 2—^7:00 p.m. Duluth Aug. 2—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort Aug. 2—7:30 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago Aug. 10—^7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Aug. 12—7:30 p.m. Schedule of Membership Meetings Buffalo Aug. 11—7:30 p.m. Duluth Aug. 13—7:30 p.m. Cleveland Aug. 13—7:30 p.m. Toledo Aug. 13—7:30 p.m. Detroit Aug. 9—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee....Aug. 9—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans.Aug. 10—5:00 p.m. Mobile Aug. 11- -5:00 p.m. Philadelphia..Aug. 3- -5:00 p.m. Baltimore (li­ censed and unlicensed Aug. 4—5:00 p.m. Norfolk Aug. 5—5:00 p.m. Houston Aug. 9—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia.Aug. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Aug. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Aug. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City..Aug. 9—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. jiMeetings held at Galveston wharves. t Meeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Meeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Newport News. Directory Of Union Halls SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters I^dand Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers •i- PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Al Taimer Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS ....67S 4tll Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. Second Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ..1216 E. BalUmore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 663 AtlanUc Ave. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 FrankUn St. 14202 SIU (716) TL 3-9259 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9383 Ewlng: Ave. 60617 SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, 0 1420 W. 25th St. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3d St. 55800 (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. 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Organized labor's case for the National Health Security program is explored in detail in a pamphlet and a legisla­ tive fact sheet issued by the AFL-CIO. The 24-page pamphlet, Q & A on Health Security, gives a wide background on the program in question-and-answer format. It, along with the fact sheet, explains the basic aims and provisions of the National Health Security legislation that has wide bipartisan support in Congress. Both the pamphlet and fact sheet are available at no cost from the AFL-CIO Pamphlet Division, 815 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 2(X)06. July 1971 Healfh Care Inadequate? Andrew Hemphill Mllo M. Kelso, asks that you write to him at 1311 High St. Al­ ameda, Calif., or call collect 415521-6699, concerning accident aboard the Achilles as she was leaving San Francisco, for Alas­ ka. Harold W. Lawrence Your daughter, Deloris Efstrom, asks that you write or call soon. The entire family is anxious to hear from you. Her address is 6133 Audabon Dr., Pensacola, Fla. Telephone 904-476-7279. John S. Foster Your parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Foster, ask that you contact them immediately at 5367 Wales Ave., Pensacola, Fla, 32506. Lonnie S. Dukes Your mother, Mrs. Amie Dukes, wishes to hear from you as soon as possible at Route 4, Box 818, Salisbury, N.C. 28144. Jessie Lee James Please contact your mother, Mrs. Agnes Lee James, at 11116 S. Berenda Ave. #1, Los An­ geles, Calif. 90044. James McFarlin Ralph R. Romer would like to hear from you at 7220 Branch St., Hollywood, Fla. 33024. Joseph H. Lumend Your sister, Mrs. Walter J. Beaqez, would like to hear from you at Box 257, Route 2, Biloxi, Miss. 39532. Richard J. Koch Your wife, Theresa, asks that you contact her as soon as possi­ ble at 20 Wilson Terrace, Living­ ston, N.J. 07039. Kenis Brock Please contact your wife Aggie as soon as possible in regard to an urgent family matter. Her ad­ dress is 4335 Dunmore Ave., Tampa, Fla. Oscar D. Johnson Your wife, Evelyn, asks that you contact her at 1705 Ursulines Ave., New Orleans, La. 70116. Edward Ohloza Your brother Stanley asks that you contact him at 543 Lawson St., Oregon, Ohio. Carl B. Tanner, III Your father, Carl B. Tanner, As part of the SIU's con­ tinuing drive for good health care for its members, the union asks that Seafarers re­ port any difficulties encoun­ tered in obtaining health care to headquarters. Incidents that should be reported are delays in admis­ sion, failure to receive treat­ ment at PHS hospitals and clinics or private hospitals and clinics to which Sea­ farers may be feferred; de­ lays in reimbursement for health care expenses or any other situation that causes inconvenience. Reports should be made to: The Director Seafarers Health and Wel­ fare Plans 675 Fourth St. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232 Jr. asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 2316 Palos Verdes Drive West, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. 90274. Page 29 �Howard Edward DeFaut, 68, passed away Jan. 3, after an illness of several months, at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minn. A native of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Brother DeFaut was a resident of Duluth when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Detroit in 1960 and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as a boatswain. Seafarer DeFaut served in the Army from 1922 to 1926. When he died he had been sailing 27 years. Among his survivors are his wife, Dorothy. Burial was in Forest Hill CemeteryJn Duluth. Elmer Oscar Carlson, 62, passed away Apr. 3 of a heart attack in Superior Wis. He joined the union in 1968 in the Poit of Duluth and sailed on the Great Lakes as a porter. A native of Chicago, Brother Carlson was a resident of Superior when he died. Among his survivors are his wife, Ellen. Burial was in Maple Cemetery in Maple, Wis. John Louis Parris, 33, passed away Mar. 9 in San Francisco, Calif. A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Seafarer Parris was a resident of San Fransico, Calif, when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1963 and graduated that same year ' from the Andrew Furuseth Training School. He sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Among his survivors are his mother, Lois McCusker of Drexel Hill, Pa. Brother Parris' body was re­ moved to Philadelphia, Pa. Matthew Joseph Nolan, 56, passed away Mar. 8 in New Orleans, La. He joined the union in 1943 in the Port of Boston and sailed in the engine department. He was given a personal safety award in 1960 for his part in p making the Alco Ranger an accident | free ship. A native of Watertown, Mass., Brother Nolan was a resident of Modesto, Calif, when he died. He had been sailing 28 years when he passed away. Among his survivors are his son Reginald D. Nolan of Empire, Calif. Burial was in St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Modesto, Cailf. Audience A. KInard, 22, passed away Feb. 25 at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. He was a resident of Prichard, Ala. when he died. Seafarer Kinard joined the union in the Port of New Orleans in 1967 and gradu­ ated that same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. He sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors are his mother, Sara Kinard of Prichard, Ala. Burial was in Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile County, Ala. Arnt N. W. Laisra, 73, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Mar. 31 after an illness of some years in St. Petersburg, Fla. He joined the union in 1940 in the Port of Norfolk and sailed in the deck department. Brother Larsen had retired in'1962 after 35 years_ at sea. A native of Norway, Seafarer Larsen was a resident of St. Petersburg, Fla. when he died'. Among his survivors are his wife, Anna., Cre­ mation was in St. Petersburg, Fla. Robert Emmet Weeks, 62, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Jan. 2 from natural causes in Mobile Gen­ eral Hospital, Mobile, Ala. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed as a steward. A native of Alabama, Seafarer Weeks was a resident of Magnolia Springs, Ala. when he died. Brother Weeks had been sailing 27 years when he retired in 1970. Among his survivors are his wife, Adeline. Seafarer Week's body was removed to St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Magnolia ^ Springs, Ala. ^ Page 30 * Willie B. Toomer, 91, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Apr. 1 of heart disease in the USPHS Hos­ pital, San Francisco, Calif. A native of Georgia, Brother Toomer was a resident of San Francisco when he died. Seafarer Toomer retired last year at the age of 90, after more than 75 years at sea. One of the first mem­ bers of the SIU, Brother Toomer had joined in 1939 in the Port of Philadel­ phia and sailed as a chief steward. He sailed during five wars. Among his survivors are eight children and many grandchildren. Burial was in Olivet Memorial Park in Colma, Calif. Michael Joseph Clifford, 58, passed away Jan. 3 after an illness of some months in Buffalo, N.Y. He joined the union in 1961 in the Port of Buffalo and sailed on the Great Lakes as a lineman. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Brother Clifford was a resident there when he died. Among his sur­ vivors are his sister, Rita Fitzgerald of Lackawanna, N.Y. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y. Johnnie Drexel Baxter, 19, passed away Feb. 24 in Metairie, La. A native of New Orleans, La., Brother Baxter was a resident of Kenner, La. when he died. He joined the union in 1969 in the Port of New Orleans and graduated that same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship. Brother Baxter sailed in the engine department. Among his sur­ vivors are his mother, Martha B. Baxter of Kenner, La. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Louisiana. Eustachy Bulik, 59, passed away Dec. 1, 1970 from heart trouble in Bremen, Germany. A native of Po­ land, Seafarer Bulik was a resident of Jersey City, N.J, when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the engine department. Brother Bulik was issued a picket duty card in 1962. When he died he had been sailing 29 years. His body was brought back to Jersey f City, N.J. for burial. Russell Leroy Brund^e, 48, passed away Feb. 27 of heart trouble in Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, na. A native of Tampa, Brother Brundage was a resident of Plant City, Fla. when he died. He joined the tmion in the Port of Tampa in 1966 and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. When Seafarer Brund­ age died he had been sailing 21 years. Among his survivors are his wife, Nona Mae. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery in Plant City, Fla., Richard Joseph Grant, 60, passed away Apr. 6 after an illness of fivemonths in the U.S. Army Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. A native of Boston, Mass., Brother Grant was a resident of East Meadow, N.Y. when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1947 and sailed as a steward. He was issued a picket duty card in 1961. Seafarer Grant had been sailing 35 years when he died. Among his survivors are his wife, Wilhelmina. Brother Grant's body was removed to Dublin, Ireland. Robert F. Reynolds, 49, passed away Apr. 26 while sailing aboard the Carrier Dove. He joined the union in the Port of Mobile in 1969 and sailed in the engine department. A native of Alabama, Brother Reynolds was a resident of Birmingham, Ala, when he died. Among his survivors are his wife, Beatrice. George Frederick Weston, Jr., 22, passed away Apr. 17 at the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Qui Nhon, Vietnam. He became ill while sailing in the engine department on a run to Vietnam. A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Brother Weston was a resident of California when he died. He joined the union in 1969 in Long Beach, Calif. Among his survivors are his mother, Joan Weston of Huntington Beach, Calif. Brother Weston's body was removed to Green Hills Mortuary in San Pedro, Calif. William H. Lewis, 63, was an SIU $ pensioner who passed away Apr. 9 ' of illness in St. Mary's Hospital, Tuscon, Ariz. A native of New York, Brother Lewis was a resident of Hyde Park, N.Y. when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Among his survivors are his nephew, Clayton W. Shafer of Hyde Park, N.Y. Brother Lewis' body was removed to East Park Cemetery in East Park, N.Y. Gus W. Smalls, 21, passed away Mar. 22 in La Foorche Parish, La. He joined the union in 1968 in the Port of New Orleans and graduated that same year from the Harry Lunde­ berg School of Seamanship. Brother Smalls sailed in the deck department. A native of New Orleans, Seafarer Smalls was a resident of Algiers, La. when he died. Among his survivors are his wife. Burial was in Oakville Cemetery in Oakville, La. Arthur Szmagalski, 45, passed away Apr. 21 of illness in Veterans Ad­ ministration Research Hospital, Chi­ cago, 111. He joined the union in the Port of Chicago in 1961 and sailed on the Great Lakes in the engine de­ partment. He was a native of Chicago, 111. Among his survivors are his son, Daniel Szmagalski of Lynwood, Calif, and his brother, Jerome Szmagalski of Chicago, 111. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery in Calumet City, 111. Frank Hafl, 85, was an SIU pen­ sioner who passed away on Apr. 28 from natural causes in Albemarle Hos­ pital in Elizabeth City, N.C. One of the first members of the union, Brother Hall had joined in 1939 in the Port of Norfolk. He sailed in the engine department and didn't retire until 1963 when he was 77. A native of North Carolina, Seafarer Hall was a resi­ dent of Camden, N.C. when he died. He was a Navy veteran of World War I. At his retirement he had been sailing 51 years. Burial was in New Hollywood Cemetery in Elizabeth City, N.C. Cariyle R. Stack, 45, passed away Apr. 7 of illness in Baltimore, Md. He joined the union in 1944 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the engine department. Brother Stack was skilled as a painter when he entered the union. A native of Baltimore, Md., Seafarer Stack continued to make his home there at the time of his death. Among his survivors are his daughter, Jean Maria Stack of Linthicum, Md. Burial was in Lorraine Park Cemetery in Woodlawn, Md. Louis E. Meyers, 50, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Apr. 9 in Seattle, Wash, of illness. A native of Baltimore, Md., Brother Meyers was a resident of Seattle, Wash, when he died. He Joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1945 and sailed in the steward department. He had been sailing 25 years when he retired in 1968. Among his survivors are his wife, Lucille. Cremation was in Seattle, Wash. Seafarers Log �I Narcotics Can Cost You Your Job-FOREVER! ff: •f - 1 li ^V';v; L-A • ID I ' V.j .*, *.,', 3s.... ..._ •.^.. • *».•*. A-i »?•, •ipi? •«irf 5?-:r ^ .'1?4 3 ;V:rf:?'^-l5=5 V#: w' 4 carries a threat to life and a threat to health. The narcotics user takes a small dose of poison for each "trip" into a euphoric sense. For a Seafarer the problem is more than poor health or his own pos­ sible death. The problem of the use of narcotics runs far deeper than ,;S? that. « A Seafarer "busted" for narcotics use will never sail again. And that's a tough penalty. His papers will be picked up in the twinkling of an eye, and they'll never be returned. Use of narcotics, for him, is a quick 1$ and sure way out of a career. •• .,ir>j| m Ml '• -Vy. . . nd for his shipmates, the use of narcotics by one Seafarer is a deep problem for everyone aboard, no matter how "clean." Discovery of one man's folly means that everyone will be subjected to close scrutiny by custa ns officials in every port. ,? ilv E ' vVr.'?*". . Even worse, in an emergency at sea, it could cost a life—either the drug user's or ffiat of a shipmate who ne^s help. ESJfei> f ^ Narcotics are illegal. They are dangerous, often injurious to health. And they cause serious social problems. ^ No matter how you bad. iA • "lifc ' • I <i* J* * i // • , & & r FINANCIAL REPORTS. The consUtution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes spe­ cific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treas­ urer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file mem­ bers, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree­ ments. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expen­ ditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund finan­ cial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Eari Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275-20tt Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 July 1971 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU ccmtracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and con­ ditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligaticms, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment, be made without supplying a re­ ceipt, or if a mejr.ber is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, ccpies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employ­ ers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVnY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Do­ nation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the membership and ffie Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of flie above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitntional rigbt of access to Union records or information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at head­ quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 31 �SEAFARERS^k^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERHATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO card reproduced on this page is the vital link between Seafarers and the benefits won for them in the fields of pension and welfare. It is the enrollment-beneficiary card kept on file at union headquarters. And it serves as a means to assure Seafarers and their families of prompt payment of benefits due them. The up-to-date enrollment card is a must, and the reproduced card on this page may be used to inform headquarters of any changes since the last filing—new dependents, a new address, a change in beneficiary. For members who have never filed an enrollment-beneficiary card, the re­ production offers an opportunity to register for benefits. I--S T>oth sides of the card should be filled out legibly and it is important that no information is left out. The beneficiary's name and address should be entered clearly, and the Seafarer's signature should be witnessed, but a notary is not necessary. Cards are also available aboard all SIU-contracted ships, and in all SIU halls. No postage is necessary if the card is mailed in the United States. J Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans 275—20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 ENROUMINT-IINEnCIARY CARD Name. PRINT: LAST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL FIRST NAME Address PRINT: ZONE NO. CITY NUMBER AND STREET STATE COUNTY Z No._ Social Security No. Date of Birth ^ I revoke all previous beneficiary nominolions and make the following nomination with respect to oil benefits provided now or ot any time in the future under the Sioforers Welfare Plan, still reserving to myself the priv­ ilege of other ond further changes. Relationship .to You Nome of Beneficiary PRINT: Address of Beneficiary. NUMBER ANQ STREET PRINT: ZIP CODE CITY STATE COUNTY Employee's Signature Date Witness _ SIGNATURE Address _ PRINT: NUMBER AND STREET CITY ZIP CODE COUNTY STATE IMPORTANT—Doptidaiifs must ba llif d on Ravorse SIda LIST RELOW NAMES OF YOUR WIFE AND UNMARRIED LIST NAMES IN ORDER OF AGE—ELDEST FIRST CHILDREN UNDER CHECK ( ) RELATIONSHIP Wife Husband | Son Daughter 19 YEARS OF AGE DATE OF BIRTH MONTH DAY YEAR I 1 1 1 ! ' 1 1 IMPORTANT: As soon as possible, mall photostatic copies of your marriage certificate and the birth certificates of all unmarried children en this card to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, 37S -— 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1121S. Failure to do so could delay the payment of welfare benefits. 30 BWP 200 4.e7 fe'* � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource July 1971 Description An account of the resource Headlines: PROBLEMS OF PRIVACY AIRED MARAD'S GIBSON SEES BRIGHT MARITIME FUTURE COLLECTIVE STRENGTH IN UNITY SIUNA CONVENTION CHARTS UNION'S FUTURE COURSE CONVENTION SPEAKERS COMMENT ON ISSUES ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS COVER BROAD SPECTRUM CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH THE VOTE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUNG A CONTINUING STRUGGLE GROWTH THROUGH EDUCATION SIU HISTORY: EARLY STRUGGLES PAYING DIVIDENDS MEMBERS' RIGHTS DEFINED IN SIU CONSTITUTION SIU CONTRACT: DESCRIBES CONDITIONS OF WORK UNION'S POLITICAL ACTION AN IRREVOCABLE RIGHT FRINGE BENEFITS MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR SEAFARERS, DEPENDENTS SIU UNION MEETINGS FOUNDATION FOR GROWTH SEAFARERS VACATION CENTER OFFERS THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/1/1971 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXIII, No. 7 1971 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2012f99f062a8df099afde6b6417ff0d.PDF b2e6cd275202a81a644dc7abda0fed39 PDF Text Text •^ -C-.-v-;'." SEAFARERS •M LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • '\A- 50c Increase Package: 'The Juggler' SOPR^Rr OPLL.A. AOAIN^ AflrdIO SUPPOltT APk-dO __ \\ li y BAIT. TUGS YIELD BIG PAY BOOST Story On Page 3 Pictured above is an individual who purports to be a Trade Unionist. While giving lip service to AFL-CIO policy, he has worked tirelessly to undermine it. He plugged for the expelled ILA and called for long­ shoremen to vote against AFL-CIO. He ordered seamen across AFLCIO marine officers' picketlines while he supported a District 50 com­ pany union. This same individual lauded the "great and wise" Stalin from a Moscow podium and never apologized for this or any other similarly nauseating act. Now this past master of the Stalinis't-stooge technique sets himself up as an authority on ethics and a paragon of trade imion morality. It is high time that he stopped embarrassing the labor move­ ment by his tactics. He should resign promptly from the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee. New 55 Harry Lundeberg Honors Founder Of SHIN A Red, whits and blue bunting shoots upward to reveal the name of the largest bulk-ore-carrier built for West Coast service as Mrs, Harry Lundeberg, widow of the late founder and president of the SIU of North America (above, on plat­ form), tugs on a line leading from the ship. Simultaneously, hundreds of colorful balloons were sent aloft as the large crowd of friends, Sailors Union members, maritime leaders and trade unionists stood silent. The christfening ceremonies last Saturday at Redwood City, Calif., were addressed by Ed­ gar Kaiser (left), president of Kaiser Industries, operators of the modern, 16,()()0-ton ship. It was launched earlier as the SS Kaiser Gypsum. (Other Photos on Page II.) IN THIS ISSUE: A four-page supplement carrying the annual report of the Seafarers Welfare Plan filed with the NY State Insurance Dept. ^ �•Y' •• :; Page Two SEAFARERS 100 Five American Coai Vesseis in, Take On Repiacements New York Children 'AdoptV Reamer NORFOLK—The fight for a majority of the crews aboard the American Coal ships is still continuing at this writing with one ship in last week and four more crewing this week. At this writing, final results^ are not yet available. Coal Box Score The five ships in were the Complete returns on the re­ Walter Hines Page, the Casimir placements for the four Ameri­ Pulaski, the Martha Berry, the can Coal ships in Norfolk this Cleveland Abbe and the Thomas week were not available at Paine, Replacement calls were LOG press-time, but unofficial heaviest on the Pulaski on which figures indicated an SIU edge of Seafarer Claudio Barreioros was 103 to 93 over the NMU. These the victim of a stabbing. Italian figures are based on Jobs called police have NMU member V. Goy- for all but the Thomas Paine, enechea under arrest in the case. which is due to take several re­ piacements tomorrow (Satur­ Another significant development on the coal shipping dispute is a day). . meeting scheduled for July 8. George Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and with the beef until it is won. Men Jacob Potofsky, president of the from all affiliates with old dis­ Amalgamated Clothing Workers charges can help in this important who were appointed by AFL-CIO campaign. See any patrolman or President George Meany to medi­ port agent for details. A further weakening of coal ate the dispute, will meet with the rates was reported In the past two officer's unions involved. weeks with the rates sliding to Representatives of the Marine $fi.50 a ton. Shipping rates on coal Engineers Beneficial Association usually fluctuate heavily but the and the Masters Mates and Pilots recent declines have raised ques­ will meet with Harrison to present tions as to the future of the coal their grievances against the com­ shipping operation. pany union. United. Mine Workers At the time American Coal took Sixth graders from Public School 63 in Ozone Park, Queens, crowd District 50, and against the Nation­ out the first of its six ships char­ gangway of SlU-contracted Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), which they al Maritime Union which so far tered from the Government, coal has supported the company union "adopted" last September. School children from 35 states have rates were $12 or more a ton. against the AFL-CIO affiliates. adopted the majority of American ships as part of a school-sup­ Since the decline, two of the ships Also on July 8 the National La­ have gone into the grain and ore ported program designed to promote interest in the US merchant bor Relations Board is scheduled trade. The company also has one fleet. Reamer's skipper, Captain Don Sweeney, Js center of at­ to take up unfair labor practice ship of its own, the SS Coal Miner. traction. charges filed by the SIU against the company. The charges of dis­ crimination against the company were further highlighted this week by the news that several more SIU men have been fired. The firings will most certainly be the subject of SIU action before the Labor Board as part of a pat­ tern of continuing and open com­ WASHINGTON—Undaunted by its' failure to win approval three years ago for its "brainpany favoritism for the NMU. body" profiling system which would have imposed rigid controls on seamen, the US Coast Meanwhile, men from the SUP, MCS, MFOW and A&G District are Guard appears ready to try again, this time by lumping roughly similar requirements un­ continuing to go aboard the Ameri-1 der a "security" program. can Coal ships and are staying ' The Coast Guard has appar- ently persuaded a special ly avoid use of the words mental Illness or insanity.) Presidential Commission on Gov­ ernment Security that seamen's • "Behavior, activities or associa­ physical characteristics, living tions which tend to show that habits, social behavior and associa­ the individual is not reliable .. ." tions are all related somehow to • ". . . immoral or notoriously dis­ Government security. As a result graceful conduct" the Commission has recommended • "habitual use of intoxicants to SAN FRANCISCO—Breakout operations are almost com­ that seamen come under standards excess . . ." pleted on seven vessels assigned to West Coast companies for that would not only bar men for By contrast, under the old Distant Early Warning operations (DEW Line) in the Arctic subversive associations (a condition screening program for ships, crewaccepted by the SIU and other area. The ships will be-*members could only be knocked manned by Sailors, Firemen and Cooks from West Coast unions) but also for personal ha­ out for specific acts of subversion bits, conduct and other non-politi­ SiUNA affiliates. or membership or affiliation with cal and non-subversive reasons. Three vessels of the "knot" fleet subversive groups. The old port 'Screenoes' Have More Rights will be operated by the Alaska security program applying to wa­ What's more, the seamen barred terfront workers but not to sea­ Steamship Company. They are the Honda Knot, the Sailors Splice, for non-political reasons would men was broader and provided and the Anchor Hitch. Olympic actually have less rights under the that a man could be ruled off on Steamship Company was assigned proposal than the "screenoes" — additional counts of "having been SiU membership meet­ the Flemish Knot, the Jumper the Communists and party-liners adjudged insane, having been le­ who have heretofore been the ini- gally committed to an Insane ings are held regularly Hitch, the Reef Knot, and the mary targets of the Coast Guard asylum, or treated for serious Clove Hitch. All are expected to every two weeks on Wed­ leave Seattle around July 15 and screening program. mental or neurological disorder nesday nights at 7 PM in are due back from the Arctic from The "screenoes" In njost Instan­ ^thout evidence of cure," as well ces would have the right to con­ as "drunkenness on the job," These all SIU ports. All Sea­ September 14 to October 1. front accusers, but the non-political counts are much more specific than 96-Shlp Fleet farers are expected to The vessels are part of a 96-ship targets of the "brain-body" system the ones in the new recommenda­ attend; those who wish to armada which is to carry construc­ would not have that right. tion. be excused should request tion materials and other supplies Here are some of the additional The original Coast Guard profil­ permission by telegram for the Far North radar network. items for which a seaman could be ing system was first put forth All of these defense stations are bcured under the new proposals three years ago in November, 1954. (be sure to include reg­ icebound most of the year, and it in addition to the usual grounds It called for seamen to pass a series istration number). The is necessary to carry in most of of subversion, espionage, loyalty to of seven tests, including examina­ next SIU meetings will be: the supplies during the brief three- Communism or a foreign power or tions dealing with incapacitating advocacy of violent overthrow of diseases (past and present) and month navigation period. July 10 mental and emotional stability. Although originally planned for the Government: 1855 and 1956, the project was ex­ • Illnesses which may cause a Failure on the tests would result Jujy 24 tended to this year and is j.-ii SCted "significant defect^ in perform­ in "voluntary" surrender of sea­ August 7 to be needed again next year. The ance, judgement or reliability" men's papers. An uproar by the August 21 ships are operated under offshore Including "mental conditions." SIU and other unions against the agreements. . , , , . . (The recommendations specifical­ , , (Continued on page 8) ' CG Protilingl Pops Up In Sea Security Proposal Breakout 'Knot' Fleet For DEW Line Duty In Arctic SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS m S, 1957 MCS Ado^ Constitution In 9-1 Vote SAN FRANCISCO—Results of the referendum vote held by the Marine Cooks and Stewards of the SIU of NA have shown almost nine-tenths of the members vot­ ing in favor of the proposed new constitution. Final totals were 1474 members approving the con­ stitution, 167 against and 9 void. The overwhelming approval of the new constitution, effective July 1, 1957, clears the way for the first election of offi­ cials. Nominations will open in September and voting will take place In November and December. The vote also approved an in­ crease in dues from $20 to $25 a quarter, and an initiation fee of $150. Voting in all MCS ports began March 18 and ended June 15. Rank-and-file tallying committees handled the ballot count and cer­ tified the results to membership meetings which, in turn, ratified the final report. The original con­ stitutional proposal had been pre­ pared on the basis of recommenda­ tions by an agent's-conference and various suggestions by the MCS membership at sea and ashore. With the adoption of the con­ stitution and the installation of the officers In January, 1958, the MC&S will become a fully autono­ mous union. Chartered by the Seafarers International Union of North America, MC&S was recog­ nized as bargaining agent for ma­ rine cooks and stewards on the Pacific coast after a 4-to-l NLRB election victory over Local 100 of Harry Bridges' west coast long­ shore union. Since then the union has com­ pleted contracts with west coast shipowners, has opened a new headquarters hall in San Francisco, and has dedicated a modern train­ ing center for aspiring marine cooks and stewards. Fight Fire On Natalie In Yoke. YOKOHAMA—Seafarers aboard the freighter Natalie got a hot wel­ come on arrival here Saturday from San Francisco when an un­ explained blaze broke out in one of the cargo holds. They helped bring the blaze un­ der control after a 15-hour fight. The ship was beached and then refloated again in the course of the fire-fighting efforts. No esti­ mate of the damage could be ob­ tained, but several crewmen suf­ fered burns and other injuries. The Natalie, a C-2, is operated by Intercontinental Transport. The company also has one other ship, the Rebecca, also a C-2. Both are under SIU contract. SEAFARERS LOG July 5, 1957 Vol. XIX No. 14 PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer HERBERT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA­ MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL, Staff Writers. BILL MOODY. Gulf Area Repre­ sentative. Publishad blwAekly at the headquartcrt of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenuo, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. • Enterett as second class matter at the Fost Oflico in Brooklyn, NY, under tho Act of Aug. M, 1913. 120 �Jnly 5, 1957 Par* Tlire* SE'Af'ARERS too Contract Talks Continue Talks iare still going on between the SIU negotiating committee and representatives of SlU-contracted steam­ ship companies over improvements in the SIU agreement. The items under discussion include a wage increase as well as other significant contract gains in non-wage items. The SIU agreement was reopened by the Union under a unique clause which permits such action at any time dur­ ing the life of the contract. The agreement itself does not expire until September 30,1958. Watch future issues of the SEAFARERS LOG for further details, . Win 50-Cent Raise For Bait. Tugmen In Three-Year Pact BALTIMORE—Sparked by two overwhelming election victories, the SIU has hailed down the: best agreement by far in the history of the Baltimore tugboat industry. The contract, which provides for a package increase of 63 cents an thour over three years and^ receive $2.75 an hour for overtime major improvements in and $4.74 an hour for work on working conditions, was Sundays. The five companies signing the ratified by the tugboat agreement are Baker and Whitley, crews last Saturday, by a Baltimore Towing and Lighterage, Bay, Harper, and Atlantie vote of 187 to 18. The Curtis Transport Tug Company. The con­ contract covers th® licensed and unlicensed crewmembers of five of this port's major Crewmembers of BalHmoro tog$ register to vote on the ratification of their new SlU-HIWD contract. In the foreground are other members using the voting booths to mark their secret ballots. The men adopted the agreement, the best offered to tugmen in the port of Baltimore, by a vote of 187 to 18. T-H Law 10 Years Old; Has Hampered Labor Organizing June 23 marked the 10th anniversary of the Taft-Hartley Act. It was on that date in 1947 that Congress voted to override President Truman's veto and put on the books a legal means for hamstringing the labor movement. Three days before the sign-> ing of the bill, Truman retard the growth of labor unions. attempts to amend Taft-Hartley warned that effects of the bill It has not done loo much damage there has been only one amend­ "for good or 111, will be felt for decades to come" and that the measure "is a clear threat to the successful working of our demo­ cratic society." But despite strong protest from labor, 273 Republicans and 126 Democrats in both Houses Joined to override the President. The bill's basic effect has been to Sf Enjoys Brief Boom SAN FRANCISCO—"Shipping has been much better than ex­ pected here," reports Marty Breithoff, port agent, with 101 jobs go­ ing out. But this may be short­ lived for the future looks slow with no payoffs scheduled as of now. The Steel Advocate (Isthmian), Coeur D'Alene Victory (Vietory Carriers), Ocean Evelyn (Ocean Transport) and the Iberville (Wa­ terman) paid off while the Afoundria (Waterman) and Ocean Evelyn (Ocean Transport) signed on. The Mary Adams (Bloomfield); Alamar, Texmar (Calmar); Steel Advocate (Isthmian), Hurricane and Topa (Waterman) were in transit. . towboat operators. Fifty cents of the package was in wages. Signing of the agreement came on the heels of SIU certification by the National Labor Relations Board as bargaining agent for the mates, engineers and unlicensed crews of six Baltimore harbor companies. SIU was certified after its Harbor and Inland Water­ ways Division crushed District 50, United Mine Workers, In two elec­ tions held among the tugboat crews last month. The highlights of the agreement are; • A $.50 cents an hour wage package increase. The increases are $.30 effective July 1, $.12 ef­ fective October, 1958 and $.08 ef­ fective October, 1959. The con­ tract calls for time and a half for any time over eight hours or on Saturday, and double time for Sundays. • SIU welfare coverage. Under their previous contract, the compa­ nies had been contributing $.05 an hour into an inactive pension plan. The proceeds in this plan will be put into a welfare plan to set up a fund to make available some im­ mediate benefits for the member­ ship. The operators will also con­ tribute $1.05 a day per man to the plan. • No work on Christmas Day and no unnecessary work on New Year's Day. Seniority rights. Use of the hiring hall. Grievance and ai'bitration procedure. • Recognition of the tugboat workers' rights to respect picket lines and refuse to cross any. Under the new contract, a deck­ hand's base pay wiU Jump from $1.57 to $1.87 an hour. He will to the stronger unions, but has ment in 10 years. The requirement been effectively employed against of special NLRB elections before unorganized, low wage workers. a union could even ask for union Taft-Hartley's restrictions placed security was removed. The provi­ serious limitations on union or­ sion had been based on the theory ganizing effectiveness, and for ex­ that the union shop was a sort of ample, served as a shield for tyranny imposed on the workers Southern textile owners to prevent by "evil labor leaders." The rec,the organizing of theii* workers, ord shows that in four years the' and the raising of living standards NLRB held 46,119 special elections on union secm-ity. In them 5,547,in their industry. 478 valid ballots were cast and 91 Union Growth Slowed percent of them favored a union As a measure of the T-H's effect security clause. on union growth, during the 12 years in which the Wagner Act was law, union membership jumped from 3.72 million in 1935 to 14.9 million in 1946. In the 10 years the T-H act has been law, union membership has increased by only 2.5 million while the labor Officers and crewmembers aboard ten Waterman-Pan At­ force has grown by 8 million. lantic ships are keeping their fingers crossed as they enter One of the major by-products of the second half of 1957. Latest results announced by the the measure has been the enact­ company's safety department ment of "right to work" laws in 18 states. Section 14(b) granted to show that so far in 1957 the and December 81, but all hands the states the right to enforce leg­ ten ships have no lost-time in­ are hoping for the best. islation stricter than the originat­ juries. The ten vessels free of lost time ing act itself. The use of the in­ The results are an impressive accidents so far are the Almena, junction, once difficult to apply tribute to the joint SlU-operator Bienville, Coalinga HiUs, DeSoto, under the Wagner and Norris- safety program on SIU ships indi­ Fuirport, Hastings, John B. Water­ LaGuardia acts, increased under cating that it is achieving very man, Maiden Creek, Morning T-H. The closed shop was significanf results in saving Sea­ Light and Raphael Semmes. They banned, secondary boycotts out­ farers from injui-y or death. By have registered between 96,000 and lawed, (yonomic strikers barred comparison, in the full year of 142,000 man hours of work thus from -casting a vote in an NLRB 1956, just one ship in the fleet, the far. election, and the entire stren ?th of Wild Ranger, had but one lost time Despite its ^ex<^^lent perform­ the Government was placed on the accident, and that was considered ance last year, lor which tlie ship side of the employer in "national quite an achievement. earned a special plaque from the emergency" strikes. Of - course the figures could company, the WUd Ranger is -not Although thevo many i change drastically between now in the running for 1957 honors. 10 Waterman Ships Aim For 100% Safety Record tract wiil expire on September 30, 1960. The tugboat workers* nego­ tiating committee was headed by SIU Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Robert Matthews. Two more com­ panies, not classified as tug com­ panies, are now negotiating for a separate contract. The contract is the result of a long campaign by SIU organizers among the tugboat crews. The SIU handed the United Mine Workers District 50 two convincing defeats covering the unlicensed crewmem­ bers and the mates and engineers. The Union scored a 146 to 9 NLRB election victory for representation of the unlicensed men, and three weeks ago, despite threats and paint bombings, the mates and en­ gineers voted 64 to 0 in favor of the SIU's HIWD. The crushing defeat came after (Continued On Page 15) Vote 24-Hr. Quarantine At Co. Cost WASHINGTON — President Eisenhower has signed a bill au­ thorizing 24-hour Quarantine serv­ ice by the Public Health Service if requested and paid for by the ship­ ping company. Under the bill. Quarantine serv­ ice will be made available to any ships on an overtime basis with the company footing the bill. The operator will have to pay time and a half after the normal 8-hour day and double time on Sundays. It is estimated that the new bill will save shipping companies al­ most $10 million a year. The ships will now be able to proceed to their piers after the quarantine in­ spection and be ready the follow­ ing morning when the longshore gangs start to unload the vessel. Under the old basis, vessels' which arrived after hours were forced to wait until the next morning, or if they arrived late Saturday, until Monday mroning before they could be inspected. This delay would hold up the unloading and would add to the company's expenses. Four vessels, in New York filed requests for service only hours after the signing of the bill. Al­ though all of»the administrative details were not worked out, tiie service was rendered as requested. Shipping companies have been paying for overtime work by Cus­ toms and Immigration officers in order to speed up the unloading and loading of their vessels. The signing of the bill came after two years of Congressional jug­ gling before provisions were work­ ed out to everybody's satisfaction. �Pare Four g g ;iF-^ R gRSv L O G port Seafarer Rocus "Dutch" Vellinga (right) shows off "fit for duty" slip from USPHS after he underwent operation for an ailment dis­ covered during routine check-up at new SlU health center. SlU welfare rep. Milton Flynn congratulates Vellinga on his good for­ tune in finding the trouble in time. Sm Health Center Licks Hidden Ills Seattle Hustles To Find Crews SEATTLE—It was very busy in this port during the past period with shipping again outstripping registration in all classes. Port Agent Jeff Gillette and staff were kept hopping to meet calls for 158 berths, one of the highest totals ever i-ecorded in this port. 16 Vessels Hit Port There were a total of 16 ve.ssels In port for the last two weeks. Seven paid off, six signed on and three were in transit. The vessels paying off and signing on were the Afoundria, Choctaw, Yaka i Water­ man); Armonk (New Jersey Ind.*; Ames Victory (Victory Carriers) and the Ocean Joyce (Ocean Trans­ port). The Lewis Emery Jr. (Vic­ tory Carriers) paid off before going foreign. The Yorkmar, Losmar, Alamar (Calmar) stopped into port to lie serviced. There were no major beefs and all vessels were reported in good shape. Gillette declared the SIU is getting full cooperation from its West Coast affiliates on the coal deal with oldtimers turning to from all the unions. The 48-year-old Seafarer, who ships black gang ratings, reported that he got off the Suzanne on May 3 and went to New York to reg­ ister. "When I registered the dis­ patcher asked me 'Why don't you get a cheek-up at the center while you're waiting to ship?' I told him that I felt wonderful but I figured I had nothing to lose so I made an appointment. Possible Future Lay-up "After they examined me I was told that I had a thyroid deficiency which could possibly lay me up in the future for a long time. They sent me over to Hudson and Jay and from there I went to Staten Island. After a whole series of tests, the chief surgeon recom­ mended an operation because otherwise I might have developed a tumor. "I was operated on June 7 and got my fit for duty in less than three weeks. Now I can ship any­ where without worrying about the condition." "The thing I want to empha­ size," he added, "is that I've been examined on the ships by doctors many times and they never found out anything. But down at our health center they have the equip­ ment and the men to do a very thorough job. As far as I'm con­ cerned, any seaman would be fool­ ish not to take such an exam if he had the chance." Break Out The Suds, A Cop's Coming The "delights" of vacation travel in the Soviet Union are optimis­ tically put forward in a Moscow dispatch in the June 27 "Daily Worker." Headlined "Foreign Tourists May Bring Cai's Into USSR" it gave several revealing glimpses of life under Communism. "Vast qs this country is," the "Worker" burbles, "there is no chance of getting lost." Why? "For one thing he must stick to one of the two trunk highways. To make sure he does, an Intourist Agency guide will join him at the frontier and accompany him throughout the trip." No sticking your nose up any of the back roads or getting too curious about the hinterlands. You can't tell the guide to "get lost" either. The "Worker" adds, "the highways . . . are excellent by Soviet standards and in most places, good by European ones." For shame, DW, does that mean that Soviet standards of excellence are only "good" by anyone else's definition? But there's more, "Gas stations . . . are to be found about every hundred miles . . . Traffic is vei-y light . . . When'Soviet people, travel . . . they usually go by train. Few have prWate cars." And finally. "Drivers must keep their cars clean. If a police­ man spots a dirty, muddy car, he has the right to stop it and fine the occupants," Registered Pack A Pack A Total ..' Port fit for duty and ready to ship problem. Now after a brief stay at June 12 Through June 25 Boston ............... 14 New York ..............'a 91 Philadelphia .... ......'a........ 13 .. 51 Baltimore Norfolk •**••••••*• 8 Savannah 4 Tampa .a .aaaa . .a 9 Mobile ..........aaaaf 43 New Orleans ... ............. .. 75 Lake Charles ... Houston Wilmington ...., San Francisco .. Seattle ............. .. 30 Boston New York Philadelphia ..... Baltimore Norfolk Savannah ....... Tampa Seafarer Rocus Vellinga was one who took a physical at Mobile ..; New Orleans .... the SIU Health Center—and today he is thankful that he took Lake Charles .... the trouble. For doctors at the center discovered he had a Houston Wilmington thyroid condition which re-"^ San Francisco .., ...... quired treatment lest it de­ Staten Island hospital, Vellinga is Seattle velop into a serious health again. • July B. 19S7 Total 0«ck Pack A Eng. A Pecu B 5 58 16 43 5 2 3 21 64 16 15 15 24 17 2 13 7 21 4 1 1 5 13 6 13 7 10 16 PacH B 119 Eng. A Staw. A 3 21 5 26 5 1 6 8 16 9 11 16 15 14 3 46 17 34 3 6 11 33 51 8 10 10 17 24 Bng. A Eng. B Staw. A 304 156 273 Shipped Pack C Eng. B Eng. Eng. B C stew. A 0 0 i9 0 0 1 13 17 12 19 62 39 5 2 3 13 9 13 31 12 37 24 . 10 42 2 1 112 1 0 2 10 4 1 5 4 7 7 2 4 8 7 3 7 27 32 18 11 49 13 2 51 3 8 3 9 0 16 17 9 18 22 14 3 18 6 7 4 3 2 5 8 2 • 19 13 0 22 18 16 20 27 2 23 37 Bng. Eng. •taw. D«Ck Pack Pack Eng. B A E e A C A 243 125 51 290 135 105 368 Stew. B 1 15 2 IS 4 0 1 8 13 7 5 4 7 8 staw. B 90 Total A 22 195 46 128 16 12 23 97 190 37 46 41 68 71 28 244 60 190 29 14 31 118 232 59 75 68 100 109 Total B Total Rag. 992 365 1357 6 4 6 12 0 10 2 12 0 0 5 4 4 3 1 2 0 3 3 166 - 43 139 7 11 16 94 162 33 58 17 72 80 84 46 901 2^r Total Reg. 6 49 14 62 13 2 8 21 42 22 29 27 32 38 Total A Stew. Staw. Total B C A 0 8 4 19 1 0 3 6 13 Total B Staw. Staw. Total B C A Total . B 0 S3 11 74 4 3 15 1737 16 87 13 27 57 Total Total Ship. C Total B 0 46 14 34 2 0 11 18 24 6 13 11 12 21 3 245 68 247 13 14 42 129 223 55 108 41 101 158 Total Total Ship. C 844 202 1447 Shipping inched further ahead this period as eight out of 14 SIU ports showed increases. The total number of men dispatched was 1,447; registration was heavier than in the pre­ vious period but still lagged behind shipping. It totalled 1,357. Ports which listed improved"^ shipping included New York, Baltimore, Timpa, Mobile, New Orleans, Lake Charles, San Francisco and Seattle. Baltimore, in fact, ran ahead of New York during the period. Lake Charles showed a considerable gain, but damage from Hurricane "Audrey" may cut short its prosperity. The Louisiana - Texas border area aiound Lake Charles was hard hit in last week's blow. Declining shipping was reported for Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Houston and Wilmington. This was not too unexpected in the case of Houston, which enjoyed phenome­ nal shipping in the previous period. Norfolk has been relatively slow all along. Savannah remains the same: slow. Job activity was greater than registration in all departments dur­ ing the two weeks, especially in the engine department. The black gang also took the laurels for the largest number of class C men shipped. In the case of shipping by sen­ iority groups, class A men ac­ counted for 62 percent of the jobs, •class B for 24 percent and class C for the rest. This represented a loss for the C group which was split among A and B men. The following is the forecast i>ort by port: Boston: Slow . .. New York: Fair. . . . Philadelphia: Fair . . . Balti­ more: Good , . . Norfolk: Slow . . . Savannah: Slow . . . Tampa: Fair. . . . Mobile: Should slow up . . . New Orleans: Good . . . Lake Charles: Fair . . . Houston: Good. .. . Wilmington: Fair . .. San Fran­ cisco: Good . . . Seattle: Good. New 'Wreck' Bill Device: Town-By-Town Ordinance Right-to-work advocates in California, defeated on a state­ wide basis, are now focusing their attention on having the law passed on local levels. Two counties so far have adopted IS re-"*^" "wreck" laws, and it is ported that groundwork is dent Winston M. Caldwell denies now being laid in 12 more of that the group Initiated or inspired the state's 56 counties. The first attempt to bar the union shop at a local level origi­ nated In Palm Springs. Employers there, fearing the loss of tourist trade due to the picket lines of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees at resort hotels, and failing to have legislation passed on a state level, pushed through a local rightto-work ordinance. A Superior Court Judge ruled that the or­ dinance was invalid but the city has appealed the decision. Taking the lead from Palm Springs, Tehama County enacted the first county wreck law. Two weeks later San Benito County passed a similar resolution. Cam­ paigns following the same pattern are now going on in other Califor­ nia counties. Both of the California coun­ ties are predominantly rural. They have no large concentra­ tion of industrial workers and there is no effective union political machinery to combat the passage of the laws. Citizens' committees" had been organized in both counties for the passage of the law. Each of these committees, it was found, retained Nathan Berke, a San Francisco lawyer, as legal counsel. Berke also represeis^.s the Cali­ fornia Association of Employers which has some 1,700 companies in the smaller cities of California and Nevada as its members. Although the association active­ ly participated in the successful campaign to bar the union shop in the passage of a right-to-work law in Nevada, association presi­ the county moves against the union shop. The association, Caldwell said, helped only to "aid and assist any­ body who is Interested, with edu­ cational material and informa­ tion." The Tehama ordinance, passed less than a month ago, is now fac­ ing its initial test. Its provisions are being used to bar organiza­ tional picketing by locals of the Machinists, the Retail Clerks, and the Hotel and Restaurant Employ­ ees. An injunction petition is now being considered by the Superior Court, but attorneys for the coun­ ter, the California Association of Employers and the California State Federation of Labor have announced that the basic issues involved will be taken to the high­ est court. Tampa Sees Job Upturn TAMPA—Job activity took « turn for the better in this port during the past period. Although there were no vessels signing on, there was one paying off and five others called in port to be serv­ iced. The Bienville (Waterman) paid off. The in-transit vessels were the Steel Scientist (Isthmian); Bradford Island (Cities Service); Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) and Arizpa and Madaket (Waterman). All were reported in good shape with all beefs settled. �Par* Fiy« SEAVARERS LOG July S, 195T Tell Ship Polity^ Pentagon Urged WASHINGTON—A call for some plain talk on the Gov­ ernment's merchant marine policy has been issued to top Administration officials by Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, chair­ man of the House Merchant"^ Also questioned was the Govern­ Marine Committee. The North ments of permitting con­ Carolina Democrat wants structionpolicy of tankers with speeds Commerce Secretary Weeks and Navy Secretary Gates to tell Con­ gress whether the Government is interested in a strong merchant marine, and in effect, whether it has a shipping policy. Bonner also wants them to clear up the confu­ sion that lower-ranking naval offic­ ers and officials of the Maritime Administration have expressed when asked about the govern­ ment's policy. Bonner, in a strongly-worded letter, asked in effect if it wasn't inconsistent for the Defense De­ partment to say that it was for a strong merchant fleet, and that it also preferred runaway-flag ships for defense needs. He noted that a Navy official had made that point at recent hearings on transfers. Bonner also asked why the De­ fense Department now says there is no tanker shortage, when only a short time back, it was asking Congress to pass legislation to en­ courage construction of new tank­ Seven years of self-insured operation by the Seafarers Welfare Plan has produced more ers. He also pointed out that than $7% million in no-cost cash benefits and other items for Seafarers and their families tankers are now being transfered in return for vague agreements for since payments began on July 1, 1950. the construction of new tonnage. SlU Welfare Plan Pays Out $7.5 Million In Seven Years Despite its modest begin­ nings at that time, the plan has enjoyed spectacular growth and stability. It has mush­ roomed into a program of 14 sepa­ rate benefits ranging from mater­ nity payments to college scholar­ ships. The plan dispensed $1.3 miilion in benefits during 1956 alone and currently holds over $5 million in cash, bonds and other assets. f A special four-page supplement In this issue of the SEAFARERS t-OG includes a progress report on the Seafarers Welfare Plan along with the annual report for the cal­ endar year 1956 to the New York State Insurance Department. Publication of the annual report Is now required by law for all union welfare plans in the state. Figures in the annual report show that the plan's total adminis­ trative expenses during 1956 were 4.9 percent, well below what would be considered "average" for this type of prgoram. Total Income of the plan was $3.1 million, virtually all of it in contributions from the ahipowners. Expenses for the year were listed as $152,080.13. Total benefits paid out in 1956 were 41 times greater than those paid in 1950, when $31,733 was paid out in 3,123 claims. Last year, 16,457 claims totalling $863,092.42 were paid out in direct cash bene­ fits to Seafarers and SIU families, and an additional $438,806.40 in other benefits and services. Included in.the cash benefits are payments for death benefits, disability-pensions, maternity, hos­ pital benefits and the medicalaurgical program for Seafarers' wives, children aiad dependents. The $438,606.40 covers scholar­ ships, training schools, recreational and dormitory facilities, the meal book plan, the health and safety program and other items. In addition, a no-interest loan program for Seafarers on the beaeh disbursed $104,395.65 in 4,105 loans received by SIU men during 1956. The loans were pro­ vided at no interest to the men in­ volved, some ranging as high as $100 each. The average overall was $25.43 per man. One of the first union plans to Disabled Seafarers ErnesI Ekiund, James Hamilion and Edward Hansen (standing) look on as Burton Frazer counts out increased cash benefits all received under SIU disability-pension program. They were among the first SIU men to enjoy the $150 monthly benefit rate when it went into effect two years ago. The rote had been $100 monthly. operate on a selfrinsured basis, the SIU plan originally began with a $7 weekly benefit rate for Sea­ farers in the hospitals and a $500 death benefit. These rates have since been increased to $21 weekly and $4,000, respectively. The dis^ ability-pension benefit was origi­ nally $15 weekly In 1952 and has since gone up to $150 per month. The level of other benefit pay­ ments has remained the same, while a variety of other unique benefits has been added and ex­ panded. The plan's low administrative costs and its savings through selfinsurance and administration by a joint board of SIU and manage­ ment trustees are generally cred­ ited as the basis for its sound condi­ tion and growth through the years, while sacrificing nothing in bene-, fits to SIU men and their families. Following the SIU's lead, many other plans, as In the National Maritime Union, recently switched to a self-insured basis after years of operation and extra cost for premiums to private insurance companies. Seafarers, however, have enjoyed the advantages of these savings since .1950 in the form of higher and broader benefits and welfare services. Notify Union About Sick Men Ship's delegates are urged to notify the Union immediately when a shipmate is taken off the vessel in any port because of illness or injury. Delegates should not wait until they send in the ship's minutes but should handle the matter in a separate communication, so that the Un­ ion can determine in what man­ ner it can aid the brother. It would also be helpful if the full name, rating and book number was sent in. Address these notifications to Welfare Services at headquarters. "Vote of thangs to fireman Coner Haynes for getting man out of water," was the report from the Feltore while the vessel was in Baltimore. But the story behind the vote of thanks has much more to it. It seems that Haynes was lying in his bunk when he heard cries and yells from the side of the Haynes ship. Looking out the porthole, he saw Seafarer El­ mer Baker floundering in the water. He ran to the deck, tossed Baker a preserver, tied a lifeline around his waist and dove in after him. Coner puUed Baker to the dock where the shor4 gang helped him get the drowning seaman ashore. » » $ Realizing the need of a good ship's delegate, the crew of the Robin Tuxford voted to refuse the resignation of James A. Oli­ ver. When Oliver offered his resig­ nation at a meetin g, "Brothers said that they wished Brother Oliver to remain Oliver as ship's dele­ gate." This was accepted by ail present with a vote of thanks. 3^ t 4" Leading the honor list for good cooking is Bryan Varn of the Flor­ ida State. "He serves up the best in the fleet," said the ship's re­ porter. Also contending for honors are the steward departments on the Bents Fort, Beatrice, Robin Tuxford, Seatrain Texas, John B. Kulukundis, Alcoa Pioneer and the Morning Light. lower than 20 knots, and its failure to help build new passenger liners. The request^for information fol­ lowed the temporary hMt of hear­ ings on the Government's maritime policy. It is understood that the re­ quest is aimed at checking reports that the Administration has down­ graded the merchant marine in its defense thinking. Tug Victory Sparks New Balto. Drive BALTIMORE—"Our organiza­ tional activities here in this port are continuing in high gear," re­ ports Earl Sheppard, port agent. "We had a.clean sweep of the tug­ boat men and landed them the best contract they have ever had." Now the Union intends to turn its attention to other unorganized out­ fits. Although registration exceeded shipping, most of the men regis­ tering were newcomers in the class C group. Otherwise, he said, shipping itself has been very-good for the period. There were 12 ships paying off, 10 signing on, and 19 in transit. Paying off were the Santore, Cubore, Marore, Chilore, Venore (Ore); Jean, Mae; Emilia (Bull); Wm. Carruth (Transfuel); Matthew Thornton (Grainfieet); Madaket (Waterman) and the Chickasaw (Pan-Atiantic). The Santore, Cubore, Marore, Chiibre, Venore (Ore); Orion Clip­ per (Colonial); Matthew Thornton (Grainfieet); Chickasaw (PanAtiantic); Council Grove (Cities Service) and Steel Rover (Isthmian) signed on. The vessels in transit were the Portmar, Bethcoaster, K e n m a r, Oremar, Fiomar (Calmar); Venore, Baltore, Santore (Ore); Robin Tux­ ford, Robin Locksley (Robin); Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Planter, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Planter, Alcoa Part­ ner, Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) and the Steel Scientist (Isthmian). Vote Deep Sea Canada Strike MONTREAL — Members of the SIU Canadian District have voted to strike the West Indies division of Canadian National Steamships over a company refusal to accept union wage demands. The company first responded by locking out • crews of two ships, the Canadian Leader and the Canadian Chal­ lenger, before any strike was called. Later, a company spokesman said that it would resume service on the West Indies run. The union strike vote came after company rejection of union wage demands. The company's ten per­ cent counter-offer, as called for m a conciliation board report, was turned down by the SIU. �Pare SIX SEAFARER'S IPG lulr ». lUT Steward OnRobinTuxford Tells Of Hold-Up, Beating I Now on the mend, Seafarer Lowell E. Harris, chief steward, related his account of the unsuccessful attempt to hijack the payroll on the Robin Tuxford which sent both him and Cap­ tain Kenneth Chambers to the hospital. Harris suffered a cracked Buper-orbital ridge as a result of the beating he received at the hands of the gunmen. He was still Bporting an impressive shiner two Weeks after the incident when he stopped into headquarters on his way from the Jersey City Medical Center to the Staten Island Public Health Service hospital for fur­ ther treatment. At the time of the hold-up, Har­ ris had gone up to see the skipper about ordering replacements in his department. He was in the cap­ tain's office with his back to the door when "in rushed two stock­ ing-faced men. One stuck his gun in the skipper's stomach and an­ nounced it was a hold-up. The other one whacked me just over the eye with some kind of weapon, I don't know what, and knocked me to the deck. I struggled to my feet, half-dazed and was knocked down again." Meanwhile, the captain was down in the corner with the other man on top of him. I heard one shot fired and the gun clicked again. Then the old man kicked the gunman off him, jumped up and ran out and down the ladder hollering for help while the gun­ man ran after firing shots. Tried To Stop Bleeding "I ran into the skipper's room, locked the door and then into the bathroom. The blood was squirt­ ing out of the wound in my head and I grabbed some towels and soaked them in cold water to try to stop the bleeding. I heard more shooting going on down'below. "Later I opened the door and came out. I was still on my feet feeling a little groggy but helped search the ship looking for the gunmen. As for the skipper, he didn't realize he had been shot until it was all over. Right now I feel pretty good but still a little weak and my eyesight is fuzzy." Harris was taken to the Jersey Isthmian Gets Subsidy Study WASHINGTON — The Maritime Administration has set a tentative date of January 7, 1958, for public hearings on Isthmian Line's bid for operating subsidies on three of Its regular trade routes. The public hearings would be proceeded by submission of data and exhibits. The announcement of the Jan­ uary date was made at a pre­ hearing conference held at the Maritime Board in which repre­ sentatives of several companies opposing the application partici­ pated. Arrangements were made at the hearing for the companies in­ volved to supply the examiner with information about their operations on the various trade routes for which Isthmian is seeking sub­ sidies. 'Can-Shakers' Have No OK The membership is again cau­ tioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in beihalf of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solicitors have been authorized by the SIU. Seafarer Lowell E. Harris,' steward, still shows effects of brutal beating last month by holdup men who boarded the Robin Tuxford in Jersey City. He's now at Staten Island marine hospital. City Medical Center Aj'here he was operated on and the wound stitched up. He was in there for ten days before switching over to Staten Island. Police are still looking for the reputed "mastermind" of the hold­ up, who was identified by his con­ federates as Ronald Spencer Steele. Harris said he identified this man as a messman who had been on the ship four days last summer. As far as the records show, the man has not worked on any SIU ships since then. Ship Biz Small Fry, Mag Says When it comes to the transporta­ tion business in the United States, the steamship industry is strictly small fry. That's the" word from Fortune" magazine which pub­ lishes a yearly directory of major American and foreign companies. Only four steamship companies rate among the first 50 transporta­ tion outfits in the US with rail­ roads and airlines running away with the honors. The biggest steamship company, US Lines, is 32nd on the list of the first 50, which hardly puts it at the top of the class. It is followed by two West Coast companies, Matson Navigation in 36th spot, • and American President Lines, 40th. American Export Lines brings up the rear in 45th place. The "Fortune" ranking is based on total cash income. The first nine biggest companies are all rail­ roads, led by the Pennsylvania and New York Central. In 10th and 11th spot are two major air­ lines, American Airlines and Pan American World Airways. No major trucking concerns are on the list of the big 50, While Greyhound upholds the honor of the bus industry by placing 17th. With the railroads dominating the list, it's no wonder that steamship companies have such a hard time of it before the Inter­ state Commerce Commission and other agencies in which railroads are part of the picture. ! • Whq become a GROUND WIRE ? Power tools ore a handy way to get repairs done fast and accurately, providing you use them properly. The electric chipping hammer, scraper, hand drill or similar gadget can take a lot of the strain out of jobs that other­ wise kill lots of time and energy. But they also introduce an extra hazard that can make a has-been out of a handyman. These tools are always safest when they're grounded; most of them have built-in devices which, when used, make them practically fool­ proof. The little bit of extra time it takes to attach a ground wire is a guarantee against electrical shocks and accidents, especially on a ship. The unexpected roll or lurch of the ship, the ever-present dampness and the chance of spray or full sheets of water coming over the decks and into the passageways dictates caution at all times. Get your shocks at the "horror" movies instead of on the job. ^ i An SIU.Ship is a Safe Ship ,• �ltdy 5, 1957 ^liAtAnEKS 109 Par* Seroi YOUR MllAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Gaide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolius Phony TV Drug Ads When you watch that television screen, you'd better watch your pocketbook, too. There is increasing evidence that high-pressure ad­ vertising of drugs, toiietries and cosmetics on television has been highly successful in persuading people to spend more money for prod­ ucts sometimes of dubious value, and that a number of deceptions are being used by television advertisers of drugs and toiletries. Not only small manufacturers but some of the best-known names are using tricky commercials that are sometimes actually untruthful and some­ times cleverly skirt the borderline between truth and deception. So misleading is much television advertising of drugs and toiletries that a number of public organizations have gone into action to try to stem it. Here are the facts about this increasingly successful raid on your family's pocketbook: The fishing vessel Three Brothers rests high and dry on a roadbed in Cameron, Louisiana, alter it was 1—The Federal Trade Commission has set up a special unit to moni­ picked up and thrown there by Hurricane Audrey. Many other vessels were washed ashore or sunk tor television and radio commercials and recently issued its first com­ by the hurricane which cut a path through towns on the Texas-Louisiana border. plaints against three well-known television advertisers for claiming their products were effective for treating the aches and pains of ar­ thritis, rheumatism and related diseases. They're not adequate, effec tive or reliable treatment for these ills, FTC charged. 2—Even the retail druggists who sell the drug products have become worried about the exaggerated advertising that fools their customers LAKE CHARLES—A 105-mile-an-hour hurricane, followed by a huge tidal wave, engulfed The American Pharmaceutical Association has just set up a special the Cajun country south ,of here killing 350 or more people, most of them in Cameron Par­ committee to report misleading drug advertising. 3—Kenneth Wilson, president of the National Better Business Bureau ish. Some death estimates run as high as 1,000. The big blow left this port drenched, damaged which has been doing yeoman work to try to get drug advertisers vol­ and without communications untarily to keep their advertising truthful before the legal authorities Gulf. Several coastal vessels were ment Camp, Winter Hill, Cantigny move in, reports there has been an increase in the use of false and for almost two days. (Cities Service): Del Aires, Del Sol, driven ashore and wrecked. deceptive advertising claims for certain drug and cosmetic products Hurricane Audrey did its On the shipping side, everything (Mississippi); Pan Oceanic Trans­ as alieged obesity remedies, arthri­ worst right on the coast some 50 was fairly quiet in this area be­ porter (Penn. Nav.) were in port tis preparations, skin creams, etc. miles south of here. In the city fore the winds hit. Shipping had during the past period. "The Bureau is seriously con­ proper it tore down telephone picked up some over the past two The sea-going tug Ocean Prince cerned about this trend in adver­ poles, blew over trees and lifted weeks, but enough men are around of T. Smith & Sons was in to pick tising," Mr. Wilson told this de­ roofs off the houses. Thousands to handle any expected calls. up a tow for Venzuela. The tug partment. of people from Cameron and other The Chiwawa, Royal Oak, Brad­ Lisha R of the Blue Stack Towing 4—US Senators Magnuson and waterfront towns took shelter In ford Island, Bents Fort, Govern­ Co. also stopped in. Potter both have urge(L-investiga- Lake Charles where they were tion of ads for tranquilizer drugs hastily housed in school buildings. on TV and radio, which they At last report, Leroy Clarke, charge are a "complete fraud on port agent, said that there were the public," • the Cooperative no Seafarers or members of their Health Federation of America re­ families injured or lost during the ports. storm. But casuelty figures keep 5—All sales figures indicate the mounting by the hour as rescue public is definitely succumbing to workers explore the drowned and the heavy television advertising littered country south of here.' In the words of a popular ballad. Seafarer Ed Skorupski for drugs and toiletries. Retail Tugs and other small boats was "all shook up" when he received the good news that ha sales of cosmetics and toiletries manned by Seafarers are engaged reached a record $1.3 biilion last in the rescue operations. had been chosen as one of the five winners of the $6,000 SIU year, ten percent over 1955. Big­ scholarships. His elation was 4No Ships In Port gest gains were in deodorants, There were no SIU vessels In understandable because a lit­ year he learned it would be pos­ make-up items and toothpastes, all sible for him to receive a high heavily advertised over TV. Excise port when the storm hit as Cities tle over a year ago, he did not school equivalency diploma by taxes on toilet preparations Jumped 15 percent in the last six months Service tankers rode it out In the even have a high school diploma, passing a series of examinations. of '56, indicating sales have increased and also, prices of these prod­ having been compelled by eco­ He headed for the offices of the ucts have gone up. Connecticut State Board of Educa­ nomic circumstance to .quit school tion in Hartford and underwent Television lends itself especially well to advertising of drugs and in his third year. two days of intensive testing which toiletries because it can show pseudo-scientific demonstrations and Skorupski made he passed with flying colors. use such devices as actors in white medical jackets who can con­ his scholarship vincingly talk like doctors, dentists and scientists. In fact, the whiteWith the equivalency diploma in the hard way. jacketed actors who seem to be learned doctors have become one of his pocket, Skorupski entered the The 28-year-old University of Connecticut last fall. Alcoa Steamship Company is the sore points. That's why you now see on the screen or hear, a little Seafarer was Despite his ten year absence from while after the white-jacketed pitchman has made his spiel, this state­ gifting its New York operations raised in an or­ school he did very well, racking ment; "This is a dramatized message." This statement, given in small rom Pier 6, Bush Terminal, to phanage and in up a B average in the first semes­ print or a low voice, is supposed to indicate that the white-jacketed Berths 20 and 22 in Port Newark.' 1946 at the age ter. Then his money ran out be­ The shift takes place July 10 with figure is not really a doctor or scientist. of 17 was turned fore he could go further. Now, the sailing of the Alcoa Puritan. Some authorities are also concerned that some "scientific" demonstra­ loose into the with the scholarship in his pocket, Skorupski The Port Newark facilities adtions shown on TV commercials may be faked. Evidence on this point world. He started he hopes to enter New York Uni­ Is more difficult to find, except that one commercial film-maker has oin those currently tenanted by shipping out then, joining the SIU versity this fall after a summer of reported he refused to make a television film for a large advertiser Waterman Steamship Company, sailing on SIU ships. His ambition which also had docked in Bush in the following year. who wanted to film an exaggerated "scientific" demonstration. For the past ten years he has Products claimed to help arthritis and rheumatism sufferers have Terminal before its move across been sailing regularly, usually as is to enter the teaching field. Skorupski was married last De­ become one of the most worrisome types of television advertising. the Bay about three years ago. electrician, but always regretted cember and now lives in Brooklyn. Alcoa's shift is based on the Mentholatum Rub advertised: "These are arthritic hands . . . You're that he had never been able to His last ship was the Seatrain New greater availability of trucking looking at them now as they experience a totally new kind of pain complete his education. Then last York. relief . . . The difference is a new formula . . . giving extra deep space, better road communications penetration power . . See how it disappears into the skin . . ." White­ via the turnpikes and savings in hall Pharmacal Co., maker of InfraRub, advertised: "Now science lighterage time. announces a new way to relieve pain—of arthritiSi rheumatism, back­ A newspaper dispatch last week reported that a farm equipment ache and muscle aches—without pills . . . Rubbed gently into the manager in Columbus, Nebraska, closed down his plant for a week painful area it penetrates so deep that it actually vanishes . . . Speeds to "get even" with the Federal Government. Reason? He was up the flow of fresh rich blood . . . drives away pain-causing con­ penalized $80 for failing to turn in withholding taxes on time. gestion . . ." The manufacturer, Leo Sokol, who is president of the Irrigation Omega advertised on radio: "You know how I suffered ... I talked Pump Company, indicated the Government would lose $133 a day to my druggist and he told me to rub my aching back with Omega in taxes and conceded that his shutdown "would hurt a lot of Oil . . . next morning I felt like a boy again ... It contains an active people." ingredient that actuaily penetrates the skin . , ." He charged he was fined because he was a few days late in Sonie of the same type of advertising appeared in magazines. depositing his withholding tax money. The FTC's complaint charges that these products give only tempo­ Under the withholding tax set-up the money deducted from an rary relief of the minor aches and pains of these ills. employee's wages is his tax money and has to be turned over to These companies and their ad agencies so far have not revealed the Government at specified intervals. Many employers get into their answers to these charges. trouble by holding on to the money as an interest-free loan from A useful booklet available from local Better Business Bureau's for a the Government and using it to finance a part of their day-to-day dime, called "Health Quackery," says no known drug, preparation or business operations. device may be truthfully advertised to the public as a cure or remedy It wasn't reported, but it's assumed that the company was prompt for arthritis. This is too complicated and serious a condition for selfabout deducting the money from wages every pay day. treatment. Hurricane Whips La. Coast; 350 Dead Quit High School, Now Wins SIU Scholarship Alcoa Shifts To Pt. Newark Pier Fined For Late Taxes, He Shuts Plant m pno-ros ^ ^-romes, ^ ?oefizY E' • M'emioik �SEAFARERS 100' raff* Elffhl July 5. 19SV English Channel Tnnnel Studied; Seek US Assist Interest fs again focused on the possibility of a tunnel un­ der the English Channel linking Britain and France. Since the notion was first conceived by Napoleon as a pos­ sibility for the Invasion of* Financial backing for the tunnel, England, the program for an which is estimated to cost about underwater passageway be­ $280,000,000, is one of the major Seafarers crowd headquarters shipping counter to throw in for jobs on the Atlantic Producer, which came under SlU contract last week. The grain-carrying tanker is operated by Pan-Oceanic S/S Co. SIU Mans 3rd Atlantic Tanker NEW YORK—"We picked up another T-2 tanker this week," reports Claude Simmons, port agent, "when the charter to Atlantic Refining Company on the Atlantic Producer ex­ pired." The vessel is being operated by Pan-Oceanic Steamship Company. The ship was one of five ves- 4" ' sels chartered to Atlantic by Rlon (Actlum), William Carruth (Seatrain); Maxton, A1 m e n a, Pan-Oceanic. Two of them, (Trans. Fuel), Robin Gray, Robin Chickasaw, Ideal X, Coalinga Hills the Atlantic Transporter and the Atlantic Importer, were returned last year. It is expected that the remaining two will be returned to the SlU-contracted operator when their charters expire. They are the Atlantic Shipper and the Voyager. There were , five Robin Line ves­ sels in port during the past period. Two of them paid off and three signed on. One of them, the Robin Gray, went out on the Moore-McCormick Scantic run up to the Baltic countries. There has been a fairly steady turnover in jobs in this area during the last two weeks. Job activity is not booming, but some jobs have stayed on the board for several calls before finding a taker. There were 22 payoffs, six signon, and ten in-transit vessels in port during the last period. The vessels paying off were the Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Run­ ner (Alcoa); Angelina, Kathryn, Dorothy, Edith, Elizabeth, Beatrice (Bull); Steel Artisan, Steel Rover, Steel Voyager, (Isthmian); Seatrain Louisiana, Seatrain Texas, Seatrain Savannah, Seatrain Georgia, (Sea­ train); Robin Locksley, Robin Tuxford (Robin); Morning Light (Wa­ terman); Antinous (Pan-Atlantic); Bents Fort, Royal Oak (Cities Serv­ ice). The Steel Artisan (Isthmian), Goodfellow and Robin Hood (Robin) signed on. Ships in port to be serviced were the Seatrain New Jersey, Seatrain New York (Pan-Atlantic); Pan Oceanic Trans­ porter (Penn, Nav.); Petrochem (Valentine), and The Cabins (Ter­ minal Tankers). testing proposal killed the plan for the time being, but at least a piece of it is now being revived in dif­ ferent form. Could Bar Militants The broad wording of the comtnission-'s criteria such as "notori­ ously disgraceful conduct," and "activities or associations which tend to show that the individual Is not reliable or trustworthy" leaves plenty of room, if the poli­ tical climate was "right," at some future time, for barring militant union seamen who might be too active in pressing beefs and griev­ ances. Personal dislikes could eas­ ily enter the picture in cases of this kind. In addition, it is a known fact that some shipowners for years have been seeking some weapon for rejecting men who d;i not meas­ ure up to an arbitrary standard of perfection. In effect recomiSifefiSi obstacles to its construction. It is hoped that the project will raise some American interest and capi­ tal. Diagrams and sketches of the proposed underpass, as envisioned by the British Channel Tunnel Company, show twin railway tun­ nels 17 feet in diameter and about 30 miles in length. They would run from a point near Dover to Sangatte, near Calais. Ventilation problems, they said, make it extremely difficult to build such a long automobile tunnel. But this too will be taken into consid­ eration in the survey. Another factor in favor of such a tunnel is the movement toward closer British-French unity, politi­ cally and economically. A tunnel connecting the two nations would seem to be a logical development of this trend. Teamster members of Local 743 in Chicago have turned down a wage boost averaging five cents an hour offered by Montgomery, Ward & Co. The company's proposal was submitted to the members here without any recommendation from the negotiating council. Only 30 of the local's 4,500 members voted in favor of the offer. Similiar vot­ ing is expected from other locals covering about 20,000 teamster members who are employed in the company's mail order and store outlets throughout the country. The old contract expired June 1 and the employees have been work­ ing on a day-to-day basis." the use of "radiation sentries" with special detection equipment in all plants using fissionable. material. In a speech before labor leaders attending the second annual con­ ference sponsored jointly by Canisius College and the New York State Deptment of Labor in Buffalo, Fee proposed over-aH Federal control for nuclear instal­ lations. The Atomic Energy Com­ mission sets safety standards fo* plants run for the Government by private corporations, but all others are under state control. 4" Now under SlU contract Is the Atlantic Producer, shown here on the Delaware River two years ago. The Producer is the third of five tankers chartered to Atlantic that have been re­ turned to the SlU-contracted Pan-Oceanic S/S Co. since last year. The remaining two ships ore expected back when their Atlantic charters expire. CG 'Profiling' Pops Up in New Security Plan (Continued from page 2) tween the two nations has been revived and discussed among tech­ nical experts on both sides of the channel. At present there Is a new flurry of interest, with several factors and conditions tending to favor the tunnel. Two major 'companies, the Uni­ versal Suez. Canal Company and the British Channel Company, are starting extensive surveys of the many engineering, geological, fi­ nancial and political problems that would arise with such a project. The Universal Suez Canal Com­ pany, the operator of the Suez Canal until its nationalization by the Egyptian Government, is sup­ plying the specialists for the survey. If and when it settles its differences with Egypt, the company will also have a considerable amount of capital to invest into the project. be to inflict the same rigid security standards to seamen and water­ front workers who are not Govern­ ment employees as apply to Goverment employees in such sen­ sitive jobs as the foreign serv­ ice, where personal habits and as­ sociations are considered all-im­ portant in protecting Government secrets. The theory behind this program has been that a Federal employee who drinks to excess, "runs around" or has relatives or friends who are considered unreliable, might be subject to blackmail or other pressure which would lead to qjvulging of important in­ formation. Seamen, of course, are in no such crucial employment, security-wise. Seek Uniformity In drafting its program, the special commission has been at­ tempting to establish uniformity of procedures in all screening sys­ tems. It proposes the establish­ ment of a Central Security Office to supply hearing examiners for man involved would get a written statement giving the reasons for denial of clearance, whether he ap­ pealed or not. All hearings would now be secret. The right to confront accusers and have witnesses subpoenaed would be limited to those categor­ ies dealing with subversive acti­ vities of various kinds as well as to a new category, which is plead­ ing the 5th amendment before a Congressional committee, Federal court, grand jury or other author­ ized Federal agency. The latter provision is open to attack on the basis of recent Supreme Court de­ cisions. An interesting feature of the report calls for the Coast Guard to bear the costs of subpoenaed wit­ nesses if the seamen is vindicated but if he is denied clearance, the seaman has to pay the freight. However, in either case the sea­ men would have to post bond to cover the costs. The Commission's recommenda­ tions, of course, are not binding, J 9, .Congressional SetMiT.'US'*'.)i. 4" Investigators for the McClellan committee are reported checking up in Southern mill towns concern­ ing charges of employer-organized violence as well as collusion be­ tween employers and police to keep out unions. Last month in a letter to committee chairman John Mc­ Clellan, Washington "Representa­ tive John Edelman of the Textile Workers of America outlined eight such incidents of violence while city and town police stood by. One incident occurred at the Lowenstein Mill in Gaffney, South Caro­ lina, where a fire hose was turned on union organizers and companyhired goons used baseball bats on union representatives on a public street. Other charges included beatings of union organizers, in­ cluding women, and cases where organizers were literally "run out of town." 4 4 4 An arbitration board has blocked efforts of Bates Manufacturing Company to cut wages of 5,000 members of the Textile Workers employed in its five New England mills. Although all other employers agreed to an unchanged scale, Bates insisted on a pay cut when contracts were reopened last spring. "The decision is the only one that could have been rendered under the circumstances," declared Victor J. Canzano, the union's cot­ ton-rayon director. 4 4 4 Thomas F. Fee, international reprjBsentative of the Oil, Chemical aha"Atomic Workers, has urged Officials See Hub Disrepair BOSTON—A dismal picture of Boston's waterfront was revealed to state, city and Federal officials during a tour conducted by the city's harbor police. The tour, an all-day survey of Boston harbor from a police launch, highlighted scenes of falling piers, half-burned vessels and rotten piles, many of which are ready to break away and float into th* harbor to menace marine traffic. A tragic finish to the trip was th* news of the death of a 13-year old Charlestown boy who was elec­ trocuted by an exposed wire while playing on an abandoned pier. Th* launch, with the officials aboard, vi^as ordered to check into th* incident. The officials will confer within a few days to determine what course of action can be taken to repair and revivify Boston's water­ front or to require demolition of dangerous and unusable structures. Most of the decaying piers wer* privately owned. Shipping has been slow during the past two weeks, reports Jame's Sheehan, port agent. There wer* no vessels paying off or signing on. The Government Camp, Winter Hill (Cities Service); Robin Locksley, Robin Gray (Robin), and the Steel Rover (Isthmian) were in port to be serviced. ii: �Joly S. 1987 9EUFARERS LOG r«f« Nln* r \M I I I I I I I When the Steel Director came in recently from a long four-month trip the Union representative went aboard prepared to deal with the usual quota of beefs and OT disputes. ! To his pleasant surprise, he found that the ship had come in with just three I hours disputed overtime and a handful of repair I list items. What with a heads-up crew and a good gang of delegates the pay­ I off, pictured here, was smooth as can be. I I I I I Leon White, elect., (1) and ch. eng'r John Fennell talk repairs. With many of the gang bringing back a load of souvenirs and other purchases, from the run to India, US Customs inspector had a busy time checking out declarations and collecting duty charges. New stores come aboard to replen­ ish stocks after 4-month trip. C. A. Navarra, ch. cook and Simon Bunda, pantry, in galley. Andrew Sudol, oiler, (1) travels pretty much schooner-rigged, leaving ship with suitcase and overcoat. Not so for Seafarer Carlos L. Sy, MM, who makes way ashore with two pieces of wicker chair and table set he pur- ' th&sed b^4fsbas:' -»». =.. . ^... •»11 M.•.. - �Face Ten I I Julr I, 19ST SEAFARERS LOG ILO Treaty 'Bars' Slave Labor GENEVA—The International Labor Organization killed a surprise move by an Ameri­ can union delegate that would put teeth into the proposed world ban on slave labor. George P. Delaney, international representative of the AFL-CIO, made an unexpected proposal for the establishment I: of an international watchdog |"honor-system" draft treaty out- to his government. k-- committee to check on the lawing compulsory work as an in­ raises questions of federal-state re­ sincerity of the nations adopting the ban proposal. The rules com­ mittee held that the idea had been put in "too late" for consideration at the present conference. The delegates, representing gov­ ernment, industry and labor in the 78 attending nations, adopted the 2 More Seek US Giveaway WASHINGTON — Still on a "giveaway" spree. Congress is now considering two more bills which would lengthen the list of foreign nations anxious to get their hands on surplus US tonnage. One bill, just introduced In the House, would authorize the sale of 10 Libertys, plus four smaller type merchant vessels, to Pakistan. An­ other bill, introduced in the Sen­ ate, would authorize the sale of 10 Libertys and 20 Victorys to the Philippines. Both bills are now in committee. US maritime unions and the maritime industry, alarmed by the growing clamor for US tonnage, and the apparently benevolent mood of the Government toward the foreign requests, are girding for a hard fight against the give­ away program. strument of political coercion or economic development. Although there was no negative votes, the US employer delegate. Cola G. Parker, board chairman of National Association of Manufacturers, ab­ stained from voting. Delaney read to the conference excerpts from the United Nations special report on Hungary and questioned how the Soviet dele­ gates could stand before the con­ ferring member nations and "prat­ tle" of Moscow's de^re for peace or its concern for workers' rights. "How long do we propose to al­ low member states of the ILO to violate at will every principle of this organization and yet come here to boast of the ratification of con­ ventions?" He asserted that with­ out the proposed checkups treat­ ies to protect labor would be just "dead pieces of paper." Hungarian Representatives Leave The entire Hungarian delegation walked out during the attack by Delaney. They were soon followed by Prof. Amazasp A. Arutiunian, chief Soviet representative, who objected to Delaney's charge that Moscow had been guilty of "one of history's greatest betrjiyals." The NAM board chairman re­ fused to vote because it was his belief, he said, that it was improper for an international agency to adopt conventions governing the relations of an individual citizen Your Gear tor ship • •. tor shore Whatever you need, in work or dress gear, your SiU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ ing at your Union-owned and Unionoperated Sea Chest store. Sport Coats Slacks Dress Shoes Work Shoes Socks Dungarees Khakis Frisko Jeens CPO Shirts Dress Shirts Sport Shirts Belts Ties Sweat Shirts T-Shirts Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters • Sou'westers Raingear Caps Writing Materials The treaty lationships under the Cojistitution which complicate ratification by the United States. Speaking on Russian capitaliza­ tion on his refusal to vote, Parker said, "Everyone here knows the Communists' support of this in­ strument is thoroughly and dis­ gustingly dishonest. They will shout from the housetops that they will ratify the instrument and seek to point the finger at the free na­ tions as the violators of the instru­ ment. And they will cynically go their way, continuing forced labor in all its forms so long as the rul­ ing clique determines that it is necessary to maintain their power." Lk. Cruise Ship In 4th Dock Mishap DETROIT — The Great Lakes SIU cruise ship Aquarama, carry­ ing more than 1,500 passengers, crashed into a dock and warehouse causing damage estimated at $30,000. It was the vessel's second mishap within a week, and her fourth in less than a year. The big reconverted ocean-going freighter was turning in the De­ troit River to head for Lake Erie when her bow hit the dock and warehouse of the Detroit News. A crane was knocked half-over and a section of bricks shaken loose from the warehouse. The big boat pulled free and continued on to Cleveland. Captain John Ward of the fireboat Kendall said that the cruise ship apparently had been caught by winds as she was turning and forced into the dock. Other Mishaps The ship had caused consider­ able damage to her bow last Sun­ day when she struck a dock in Cleveland. Last year she had crashed into a seawall at Muske­ gon, her home port, and later in the year backed into a seawall on the Windsor, Ontario, side of the Detroit River while leaving a dock. There were no reported injuries in her latest incident. The Aqua­ rama was recently the target of a Great Lakes District strike in a dispute over fit-out job rights. Money Exchange Rates Listed The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of July 5, 1957, and are sub­ ject to change without notice. Toiletries Electric Shavers Radios Television Jewelry Cameras Luggage the SEA CHEST J..1 England, New Zealand, South Africa; $2.80 per pound sterling. Australia I $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium; BO francs to the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France; 330 francs to the dollar, Germany; 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland; 3.7-3.8 guilders to the dollar. Italy; 824.8 lire to the dollar. Norway; 14 cents per krone. Portugal; 28.73 escudos to the dollar. Sweden; 19.33 cents per krona. India; 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 21 cents per riipee. Argentina: 18 pesos to the dollar. Brazil; 8.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay; 32.63 cents per peso. Venezuela; 29.83 cents per. bolivar. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), May S<— Chairman, M. T. Costallar Sacratary, H. W. Miliar. Captain warned men about missing fire and boat drills. $213 In ship's fund. CoUected $18 for sick crew mess. Talked about deck chairs. plalnad about officer's pantry eontalaIng numerous fars of presarvas for night lunch with tha crew pantry as bare as Mother Hubbard's closet. Steward said ha wlU sea to it that JeUles are equally distributed. Dis­ puted overUme. Steward suggested a change In regard to preparation of food. A very hearty vote of thanks ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), June S— Chairman, H. RIdgewayi Sacratary, to 2nd cook and baker, for his special W. H. Hamby, Man taken off sick pastries for entire crew. Crew asked In once. To see patiuhuan who Is to return all cups to pantry after us# about tha decks. to clean laundry room. STEEL ACE (Isthmian), June S— ANTINOUS (Waterman), May 24— Chairman, C. W. Champlln; Secretary, Chairman C. A. Hancock; Secretary, C. Elliey. $49 In ship's fund. Vote W. Webb. $18.50 in ship's fund. Sug­ of appreciation to baker for coffee gest that ship be exterminated for time snacks. Vote of thanks to second roaches and that new mattresses ba mate for chart and daily position data ordered. Everyone blowing top about posted' in messroom. Shower curtains roaches. Chief cook complaining about to be furnished aft. Hot water aft meat block. It needs trimming down. STEEL KINC, (Isthmian), May 24— Chairman, J. Keavney; Secretary, J. Purcall. Galley range still not In good working order. This is eld beef not taken care of In shipyard. Night lunch to be varied. Shower water too hot. Too much fraternizing top aide. Warning Issued if not stopped vfiU be dealt with accordingly. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), May 7 —Chairman, J. E. SwIdarskI; Secre­ tary, N. Abernathy. Time limit on clothes washing. Enough gear for sanitary man. Each department to clean laundry, library and cleaning gear locker In turn. not to be tampered with. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate Orlando. BALTORE (Ore), May S—Chairman, R. King; Secretary, J. Mehaleu. $8.23 ROYAL OAK (CItlst Service), May 12—Chairman, W, R. Thompson; Sec­ retary, D. Beard. Lake Charles agent says cots have been promised by com­ pany. Delegate will push Issue In Boston. Tough steaks are fUlhig up the garbage can. Many complaints on the sailing board. Please return cups to pantry. in ship's fund. Election of ship's SEAMAR (Calmar), May I*—Chair­ delegate. Fan in reacreation room to man, C. H. Sneif; Secretary, J. Swee­ be repaired. Night pantry te bs kept ney. Repair list turned In and report clean. Washing machine wringer to payoff time given. Suggest that be repaired. Additional bench needed on patrolman the skipper about fair In recreation room. Linen change practice Inseedraws on West Coast hours to be altered to suit the 13 to ports. Find out If the captain writes 4 watch. to our representatives about members of the crew who disagree with him CANTI6NY( Cities Service), June 2 on anything. —Chairman, J. Phillips; Secretary, -R. Deran. Safety reports to be made to delegate. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), June 3 —Chairman, P. Raid; Secretary. P. Keslan. Beef on discussing ship's and Union's business In 'gin mills. Deck delegate reported that brother had discussed ship and Union business in said gin mili. Union business should not be discussed while drinking. June i—Chairman, J. Maleney; Sec­ retary, F. Raid. Suggested ' that any brother leaving for ACS duty should have cash donation. Asked that prlvilegp of swapping watches should not be abused. Fans to be Installed in galley. Meat block to be reilnished. Larger variety of fresh fruit prom­ ised. Fruit and vegetables to be ordered oftener and in smaller quan­ tities to avoid spoilage. AU crew passageways were painted as prom­ ised. $30.15 in ship's fund. Request for Instructions on flreHghting equip­ ment. Delegate instructed to Investi­ gate fast loading at Lake Charles. All are satisfied with the Union's effort, on ACS beef. COALINCA HILLS (Pan-Atlantic), June 2—Chairman, P. Sheldrake; Sec­ retary, S. W. Nolan. Poor menu. Crew made complaint to steward about poor chow. DEL MONTE (Mississippi), May 34— Chairman, K. Winsely; Secretary, J. McPhee. $81.55 in ship's fund. Ex­ pense for voyage $20 for shrimp party. Same old ice-box meef. Motion made to advance funds for baseball equip­ ment. Suggestion made to help keep pantry cleaner. Steward asked to turn In all supply lists. EVELYN (Bull), June 5—Chairman, J. Tutwiiar; Secretary, J. Yuknas. $54.36 in ship's fund. Talk of repairs to be done th.it have been neglected. IRENESTAR (Traders) May 5— Chairman, V. D'Angelo; Secretary, H. A. Denten. ~ Quite a few brothers are sick. The captain says he wiU give either American mone.v or trav­ elers' checks. $15.70 in ship's fund. Suggest that ship's delegate see cap­ tain about repairing decks in cook's room. Old stack for galley range was blown off. Everybody on ship is happy. Good food. Vote of thanks to steward department. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), May 24—Chairman, C. Makuch; Secretary, E. Ceedwin. Sug­ gestion to settle all beefs with board­ ing patrolman. Vote of thanks to steward department for job weU done. OREMAR (Ore), May 1*—Chairman, D. Waters. Asked to have new re­ frigerator for crew pantry. $39.65 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks given to sanitary men who cleaned recreation room. Less noise in passageway so that those off watch will not be dis­ turbed. ROBIN CRAY (Seas), June 3—Chair­ man, D. Hail; Secretary, R. O'Brlan. To turn ship's fund to O'Brian for wedding present. New ship's dele­ gate elected. ROBIN TRENT (Seas), May 12— Chairman, W. Walker; Secretary, H. W. Clemens. Discussion on why there had to be fire drill over weekend. Chief mate promised to paint rooms and showers at beginning of trip. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. SANTORE (Ore), May 23—Chairman, C. Just; Secretary, C. E. RawMngs. $4.60 in ship's fund. Poor mattresses is present problem. Members com- YAKA (Waterman), May 24—Chair­ man, J. A, Danals; Secretary, S. Jo­ seph. Benches to be made for crew back aft. Screen doors put up back aft. Money draws will be put out In green backs and yen. Safety record on here is at its highest, No injuries due to working conditions have been reported for many months. The crew and skipper Bernardo working to­ gether on safety precautions. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Water­ ways, May 17—Chairman, P. Conlsy; Secretary, L. W. Pepper. Keep keys of crew quarters on person to prevent unauthorized persons from entering foc'sles. Cautioned on . feeding na­ tives, especially baked bread, as bread Is made fresh dally. Remove all cots and blankets, pillows, etc., from hatches prior arrival in India. Doors to passageways to be locked. Crew's recreation room not to be used. VALCHEM (Valentine), May 25— Chairman, C. L. Kersey; Secretary, W. Nasta. $.30 used out of ship's fund to send important documents to sea­ man. Balance on hand $29.50. All crewmembers requested to keep the messhall clean when eating between meals. A discussion was held con­ cerning ordinary seaman and dayman. Requested to have patrolman in Phila­ delphia settle situation. VENORE (Ore), May 11—Chairman, J. Wilaszk; Sacratary R. Kelly. Dis­ cussion on keeping night pantry clean. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), May 2»—Chairman, H. Orant; Secretary, F. Reese. Discussion on burned out washing machine. $16 in ship's fund. New Iron In possession. Discussion on a change to assorted jams. IRENESTAR (Traders). June 3— Chairman, B. Hay; Secretary, R. Avers. S11.52 in ship's fund. Steward asked to get new sugar bowls for crew messhall. Discussion about money draws. Not enough American money aboard. Had to take half Italian money and half American money. A hearty vote of thanks given to stew­ ards department on job well done. MARGARET BROWN (Bleemfield), June 1—Chairman, J. Alien; Secre­ tary, B. Porter. Money collected for ship's fund $28.33, for magazines cost, $15.09, telegrams, $14.81. $.57 in red. To obtain new garbage cans for gal­ ley. To have icebox moved to mess­ hall. Dump ashtrays and put cups in sink. Have dirty linen laundered in Eui'ope. DEL SUD (Mississippi), May 24— Chairman T. Liber; Secretary, W. Perkins. No bottles to be brought aboard In St. Thomas and the beer would be taken away if anyone fouls up. Ship's fund contains $109. Need an additional washing machine. Movie projector to be given complete over­ hauling. Bartender asked all mem­ bers to help conserve bottles this trip by returning as soon as empty. STEEL FLYER^dshthmlan), June 2 —Chairman, C. E. Reynolds; Secretary, D. Dryden. Suggestion to keep wash­ ing machine clean at all times. $59 in ship's fund. Baker to put out more bakery goods at coffee time. A vote of thanks to steward department. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi) May 24—Chairman, P. Fox; Sec. S. Rivera. AU have been well. Repair list has been turned in. Most repairs have been done. Others wiU be done whUe the ship is in port. Some dis­ puted overtime on deck and engine dept. �July I. 1957 SEAFARERS Pare Elevea LOG Unlimited US Travel Via Aqaba Endorsed By Gov't 'Giant Step' WASHINGTON—US-flag shipping companies and captains of US vessels have been notifi^ by the State Department that in the Government's view, all ships have the right to "free and innocent passage" into the Gulf of Aqaba at the head of the Red Sea. The statement stressed that "The United States position is that the Gulf of Aqaba comprehends inter­ national water. That no nation has the right to prevent free and inno­ cent passage in the gulf and through the straits giving access thereto. "A denial of free and innocent passage through those waters to vessels of United States registry should be reported to the nearest United States diplomatic or con­ sular officer . . ." The statement came after Rus­ sian naval units passed through the Suez Canal headed for the Red Sea, leading to rumors that they would be used to support Egyptian blockade operations in the Gulf. Kem Hills First The SlU-manned tanker Kern Hills was the first major ship to pass through the Gulf into the Is­ raeli port of Eilat on April 7. It I; An overwhelming demonstration of SIU support among Baltimore tugboat crews has produced outstanding economic gains for the tugmen in short order. The dollars-and-cents victory follows a double-barrelled ballot win by convinc­ ing scores of 64-0 and 146-9 over District 50 of the United Mine Workers. The latest advances by the tugmen are a far cry from the nickel and dime handouts they've been accustomed to for years. Out of an estimated 63-cent-an-hour package of pay gains and other improvements in their new contract, 50 cents represents direct wage increases. Of this, 30 cents goes into effect immediately to help bring the wages of the Baltimore workers in line with those in other Atlantic end-Gulf ports. Baltimore previously had the worst conditions of any com­ parable harbor. These gains by the SIU Harbor and Inland Waterways Di­ vision on.behalf of the tug workers follow the pattern of pro­ gressive improvements by the SIU down through the years for workers in other harbors as well as deep-sea sailors. Sup­ port for the SIU in organizing campaigns and bargaining elec­ tions has always resulted in vastly improved conditions and benefits for unorganized workers. i" t New-Style 'Security' Somebody in Washington, whether in the Coast Guard or some other agency, just refuses to give up hope that someday they will be able to apply Annapolis-type standards to mer­ chant seamen. Three years ago, the Coast Guard came for­ ward with an elaborate physical-mental "profile" examina­ tion of seamen which would have barred all who didn't emerge as Sir Galahads with muscles. That scheme quickly evaporated following outraged protests by the SIU and other maritime unions. Now, under the guise of a revised security program, a spe­ cial commission is proposing that seamen be screened off the ships as "security risks" for unspecified physical and mental defects, for their personal associations and for vaguely de­ fined indecent conduct, immorality and "excessive" drinking. The SIU has always supported the principle of a screening program, with appropriate safeguards, when it is aimed at keeping genuine subversives off American ships. But when this program is broadened to include personal habits, person­ ality and character, it is time to call a halt. The job . of weeding out gashounds, performers and similar undesirables is one which the Union recognizes as a private affair be­ tween itself, the men and the shipping companies. It is no business of Government, call it "security" or by any other name. carried a cargo of oil from Iran. News of the Kern Hills voyage came a few days after the SIU of NA convention called for freedom of the seas in the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. The passage of the Kern Hills raised a furore in the Arab world and since then her activities have been under wraps. But word was received at SIU headquarters from the ship that she was due to make three or four more trips into the Israeli port. Newspaper reports last week confirmed that the Kern Hills has carried a number of car­ goes of Iranian oil to Israel. As a result of these voyages, the Kern Hills has been blacklisted by Saudi Arabia. Egypt and the other Arab nations have followed a pol­ icy of blacklisting vessels which service Israeli ports. The Gulf of Aqaba had been closed to shipping since 1950, ex­ cept for vessels going to the Jor­ danian port of Aqaba. Honor Memory Of Lundeberg Newly-christened the SS Harry Lundeberg, the huge Kaiser Industries gypsum car­ rier rests at anchor in Red­ wood City, California. At right, SUP Secretary-Treas­ urer Morris Weisberger is shown with plaque presented by the SUP to be placed aboard the ship. Below, Msgr. Matthew Connolly con­ ducts invocation. Behind him is Mrs. Lundeberg and chil­ dren: center foreground, C. E. Harper of Kaiser Industries, who was master of cere­ monies. At far right Is Jack Hatton, Marine Firemen's Union vice-president. Many personal friends of the late SIU of NA president and labor representatives were among the crowd at the christening. lliiilil |l i| •'t| �ISi.Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Steel Seafarer Takes A Beef By The Horns List Details In Cables To Union When notifying headquarters by cable or wireless that a Sea­ farer has paid off in a foreign port because of injury or illness, ships' delegates should include the following information: The man's full name, his SIU book number, name of the ship, the port of payoff and the hos­ pital where he is being treated. The response of ships' crews to the Union's request for these notifications has been very good. Sometimes though, not all of the above information has been included. Be sure to list all of this data so that the SIU can act as promptly as possible. SIU crewmen on the Steel Seafarer successfully licked a restriction beef affecting half the crew and may have eased the way for better treatment of seamen at Khorramshahr, Iran, In the process. Drab as the Persian Gulf merchant seamen, which the gang accepted with thanks. The consul ports may be, they do offer a also delivered the goods in short change of pace from the ship. order. Besides, a guy likes to be able to "Passes for the entire crew de­ make the choice himself on whether livered aboard ship at 11 the next he'll stick on the ship or try his day," noted Calvin James, meeting luck ashore. That way he's got secretary. Eddie was chair­ no squawk coming unless it's to man. The overall Parr restriction beef kick himself for taking the PG run will naturally be taken up in due In the first place. A special ship's meeting on the course at the payoff. Seafarer set things in motion for —By Seafarer Robert 'Red' Fink an inquiry into the cause of the 'Sea-Spray' restriction to ship in Kuwait and the reason for the allotment of only 15 passes in Khorramshahr. An added mystery was the reason for supper at 4:30 on weekends in port. The chief mate, who was called Into the meeting, was unable to come up with an excuse either on the Kuwait restriction or the short rations on passes. It seems the mate got the word from the cap­ tain who was told by the agent, etc. Unfortunately, he didn't have any­ thing in writing, but they'd try to have "something" by the time of the payoff. Since payoff time was far off, this v/as little comfort. On the matter of the early sup­ per hour, there was even less of an explanation. None of this sat very well with the crew, which elected a com­ mittee to visit the American consul and check on the passes as a mat­ ter of immediate concern. "Passes?" said the consul. There are no restrictions on the number per ship, he pointed out. He also extended greetings to the whole crew through its committee, and "Best damn baker I ever sailed with Issued a "warm welcome" to all SEAFARERS IN THE HOSPITALS USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Manuel Antonana B. J. Martin Eladio Aris Albert MartinelU Fortunato Bacomo Vic Milazzo Frank T. Campbell Joaquin Miniz John J. Driscoil W. P. O'dea Robert E. Gilbert George G. Phifer William Guenther G. A. Puissegur Bart E. Guranick George E. Renale John Haas Winston E. Renny Howard Hailey Samuel B. Saunders Percy Harrelson George Shumaker Taib Hassen Kevin B. Skelly BUly R. Hill E. R. Smallwood Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith Ira H. Kilgore Stanley F. Sokol Ludwig Kristiansen Michael Toth Frederick Landry Harry S. Tuttle Leonard Leidig Virgil E. Wilmoth Archibald McGuigan Pon P. Wing H. C. Mclssac Dexter WorreU VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY Loyd McGee USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY WiUiard Blumen Frank LaRosa G. E. Crabtree D. Ryan-McNeills Raymond M. Davis Ahmed Mehssin F. De Los Reyes Thomas Moncho Rufus Freeman Jan E. Mozden Burl Hairs Stefano Nappl h?i USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Alvoie Green August Eklund USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS William R. Bates E. Manuel Edward CaudUl James C. MltcheU Eddie S. Game Harold J. Romero M. N. Gendron Ernest T. Squires G. B. McCurley USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Lawrence Anderson Alvle Means William Bargone George MitcheU John W. Bigwood John A. Moloney Albert M. Blazio Simon Morris • Charles R. Bourg Michael Muzio Herbert Chattom Randolph RatcUS Henry Chemel Toxie Samford James Crawford Toefd Smlgielskl Serio DeSosa Wert A. Spencer William DriscoU Gerald L. Thaxton Evelio Gonzalez Lonnie B. Tickle Leon Gordon Dolphus Walker James Hudson Winon E. Walker George Kasprzyk James E. Ward Edward G. Knapp Ernest Wilson Leo Lang Clifford Wuerti William Lawless D. G. Zerrudo Harry P. Lewis Jacob Zimmer Robert McEvoy WiUiam HaveUn B. E. McLamore USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. WilUam Caefato John J. Flanagan WUUam Calefato Obert J, Morgan Wayne T. Center USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Claude F. Blanks Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Deibler John C. Palmer Siegfried Gnittke VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS J. P. 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(Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY | ZONE STATE I TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change • of address, please give your former address below: J ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE i j Juljr 5, 196T Chlwawa Backs Coal Beef Fight To the Editor: Brother Allen W. Fitts gave a first-hand account of what is going on at Norfolk regarding the American Coal beef at the last ship's meeting on the Chl­ wawa. Fltts spent several weeks waiting for employment there but failed to score with a 1921 discharge. A full discussion of the ACS beef was held on here, which letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOO must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. disclosed that all brothers are completely satisfied with the Union's efforts on this drive. A motion was carried by a 100 percent hand vote to donate cash for any brother leaving for ACS duty, Jesse Henry Ship's reporter if 4" Offers Thanks To Blood Donors To the Editor: The family of Mrs. Mamie Lee and the George P. Llhhy family wishes to sincerely thank the members of the SIU who so kindly offered to contribute blood for Mrs. Lee. We want to specially thank Max E. Nims, who gave a pint of blood, and Luther Mason, who offered to keep an appoint­ ment on May 22nd if he did not get a ship in the meantime. Although Mrs. Lee passed away on May 23rd, everyone has the everlasting gratitude of the family. Winifred Murphy 4 4 here, plus 14 officers and rooms for 12 passengers. There are 11 men in the deck department, 12 in the engine and 11 in the steward, but she seems to be a little short In the steward de­ partment as there are so many decks and it is very inconven­ ient to get around. Stan Schuy­ ler, the steward, is doing a fine job getting the ship in shape with the men he's got but he could use at least one more util­ ity man. We are hoping to bring, her back to Jacksonville in fine shape as she was a mess when we joined her in Baltimore. Eddie Eriksen 4 4 4 Urges Visitors To Disabled Moii To the Editor: Well, 1 am out of the hospital again for a while. I am staying with my sister here in Florida, and like It very much. I don't see any of my ship­ mates since this place Is off the beaten path, hut my heart Is still in New Orleans, The doc­ tors and nurses there are tops. They kept me alive when it didn't seem at all possible. I would like to make a sugges­ tion that when the Union wel­ fare representatives visit the hospitals they should report the brothers there who are on the disability list. Otherwise, no one knows we are there and we get no visitors. Believe me, I am proud to belong to the SIU and grateful for the assistance I receive. Without it, I would be at a com­ plete loss. I cannot do any work of any kind and may have to return to the hospital at any time. I sure have lost quite a little weight. My normal weight was 4 Carib Queen is Getting In Shape .To the Editor: We finally crewed the Carib Queen in Baltimore on May 25th. She had been in the Maryland shipyard for over a month due to a breakdown on her last voyage hack from Eu­ rope. She Is quite a ship, a con­ verted LSD, that carries truck trailers and automobiles. It's quite a thing to find your way around the ship. It took the average new crewmemher a half hour to locate his foc'sle. Be­ fore we left Baltimore, SIU pa­ trolman Eli Hanover came aboard to see if everything was in shape. We almost carried him with us to Jacksonville hefore he finally found his way hack to the dock. We are now on our second run to Puerto Rico and it looks like we will have this ship In fine shape once everybody gets used to her. The skipper Is Capt. Alexander Stewart and the chief officer E, Olsen was the former captain on the SS Southport. We expect to make a round trip between San Juan and Jacksonville on a tenday schedule once everything is set up right. There is a large crew on Taking It easy down In Florida, "Biackie" Mason sends regards to all hands. 210 or more, hut at present I am down to 155 and feel very weak. I cannot walk a block unless I stop to rest in between, so I don't walk much. Here in Green Cove Springs, the water is full of sulphur. It tastes horrible to me and smells worse, hut I think it may help me, so here I am. My brotherin-law is a naval officer sta­ tioned here, and I think he is one swell guy. I spend most of my time by the TV and also take a short ride now and then, though I could do just as well without it. In closing, let me wish all the officers and members the best of luck. Keep up the good work, as we are still back of you and pulling the best we can. James "Biackie" Mason �luly i. 1957 OCBAN DBBORAH (OcMn Trans.) April 28—Chairman, Hardlns; Set. Walnberg. Mptlon to try and obtain ' canned milk aboard and wherever possible to obtain fresh milk In cans. Discussion on various Items. Two men leaving ship. Keep quarters clean on leaving ship or else be turned in to the Union. Have arrangements made for drinking water In foreign ports for labor gangs. OCEAN EVA (Ocean Clippers) March 31—Chairman, W. Johnson; Sec. John J. Doyle. Last ship's treasurer left 810.45 In the ship's fund with dele­ gate. Seen captain in regards to offi­ cers getting more cigarettes than crew (he said it was the purser's doing and he will have him issue the same amount to all from now on). May 26—Chairman, W. J. Anderson; Sec. W. Tresembe. Ship's delegate read American Coal reports. Vote of thanks to men taking jobs on these ships, and Union brothers helping out with this beef, also vote of thanks to the SlU brothers from headquarters. Ship's delegate to see captain about painting crews foc'les. Vote of thanks to the steward's department for very good food and menu. Steward F. Fetcher and chief cook W. J. Ander­ son to keep up the good work. MARY ADAMS (Bloemfleld) May S —Chairman W. Rhone; Sec. J. F. Austin. Everything is okay and all repairs were made at the end of the last voyage from the Far East. Some disputed overtime in the steward dept. Have it clarified in the LOG as to whose duty It is to secure the linen for the engine and deck departments. Vote of thanks to the crew for its cooperation with the service and keeping the messroom clean. MARYMAR (Calmar), May If—Chair­ man, M. Flood; Sec. W. Clegg. Report on food situation, agreed food has Improved since new steward has been aboard. No disputed overtime in any department. Suggested repair iist to bo sent to headquarters from Panama, also a letter to be sent to New York in regard to safety conditions aboard this ship. MAXTON (Pan Atlantic) April It— Chairman, J. Ollsei tec. M. Eschenko. Suggested to buy Pepsl-Cola with ehip's fund. A hand vote was taken and the majority accepted. The ship has been sold and will be taken over by another company in the near fu­ ture. Repair list to be made out by all delegates. MOUNT VERNON (North Atlantic Marine) May 2S—Chairman, None at present. Former ship's delegate hos­ pitalized in Haifa, Israel. Meeting of department delegates to be had prior to next regular shipboard meeting. Discussion on disputed overtime and the division of overtime In the deck dept. New York to be notified of the man hospitalized In Haifa. Repah- list to be sent to New York as the needed repairs have not been taken care of. OCEAN EVELYN (Ocean Trans.) April 14 — Chairman, C. Alnsworthj Sec. R. O. Masters. Everything run­ ning smooth, disputed overtime, to be left to patrolman at payoff. Dele­ gates to repair lists in order. Dis­ cussion on bigger or more percolators for coffee time. One solution to have officers make own coffee or use their pots. Silex mentioned, but voted down. Left up to steward to correct situa­ tion. Men leaving vessel ito strip bunks, and leave foc'sles clean. Vole of thanks to steward department. OCEAN JOYCE (Ocean Clippers) April 18—Chairman, D. Edwards; Sec. 8. Malkln. The former ship's deleg.ate having left the ship, there was no report. A new ship's delegate was duly elected. The chief electrician requested that all electric fans need­ ing repair, or overhauling to be re­ ported to him personally, to save time. The second electrician was Instructed to adjust the washing machine so that it was again in good working order. It was voted by the member­ ship present that in Korea all doors leading to outer decks are to be kept closed: and wired fast, at all times while the ship is in port. Any "trad­ ing" done by the crew, with the Koreans is to be done outside on the deck and not in the foc'sles. OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Overseas Corp.) Nov. 4—Chairman, W. Kenny; See. L. B. Bryant. Food situation was corrected. The steward claims now we have a new chief cook and Im­ provement will be made. Good food is on the ship and will be put out. The last cook was incompetent and mlolng good food. The steward is willing to work with ship's delegate on suggestions. December 30—Chairman, Wm. D. Kenny; See. L. B. Bryant. We have had a pretty pleasant trip and there has been no performing. Going in with a clean payoff no beefs. Three PaiC« TUrtMiir; SEAFARERS LOG (3) men paid off 111 and two (8) men in Japan and the deck engineer taken .off at sea and put aboard USN8 Ed Patrick. Repair list to be liiade up day of payoff. All linen to be sent below as soon as possible. Steward department was complemented. - PENNMAR (Calmar), May 24—Chair­ man, V. E. Monts; Sscrotsry, James McLlnden. The deck department Is working in harmony as a unit. There is no beef and very little disputed overtime. Ail communications are taken care of. i^ch and every one are on their best behavior so there is nothing to report. Brother Noreb was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation, a job he held temporarily till he was officially elected. Every­ thing Is in order so there Is no com­ ment or suggestion in good and wel­ fare. REBECCA (Intercontinental), May 10—Chairman, S. Resoft; Secretary, R. Hernandez. Nothing to report. Everything is running smooth. Rec­ ommend to every one to clean their foc'sles before leaving and to stay sober for payoff. Paint deck dept. shower and heads: also to finish paint­ ing the port holes at the crew mess hail. To fumigate the ship for rats and roaches. Ask the company for another room for either the chief cook or night cook and baker, as the one now In use Is too crowded with the three cooks. To pick up books when the patrolman comes to ths ship and not before; to let the ship dciegate talk to the boarding patrol­ man without any ofte Interrupting in their conversations. Vote of thanks to the stewards department. No data—Chairman, John Malkotkoi Sacratsry, Marty Culp, Deck depart­ ment controversy over sandblasting overtime. Is this overtime and a half or what? Cleaning of laundry to be done by departmcpts. Question on floor regarding conversion of stew­ ard's head to electrician's repair shop, also three cooks crowded in one room. Electricians have separate rooms. ROBIN HOOD (Robin), May » — Chairman, D. Hlghtowerr Secretary, Red Brady. Ship's delegate reported on the death of Snd elect, giving details as to the disposition of the body after the ship leaves this port. It wiU be noted that body wiU be returned to the USA aboard the SS Robin Grey, now in the port of Beira. A letter to headquarters in detail is now undertaken. ROBIN KIRK (Robin), May 4—Chair­ man, R. Collins; Secretary, R. V. An­ derson. A few minor bgefs all taken care of to everyone's satisfaction. Brought up the condition of the ship's fund. It was suggested that a volun­ tary donation of 82 be made to the ship's fund to bring It up to strength. Hand vote 23 for. Practice of throw­ ing butts on the deck to be discon­ tinued. Each watch leaves the messhail clean for the next man coming on. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Robin), March 3—Chairman, M. Flowers; Secretary, A. Ooncalvas. The chief electrician called a special meeting and reported the following to the membership. "On March 26th the chief engineer knocked both electricians off cargo watches between the hours of B PM and 8 AM, stating that they could go ashore or go to sleep as they wished and that the electrician con­ cerned would receive the normal overtime involved between those hours. Ha said the purpose of this was to eliminate rest periods the next day and that he had been in­ structed by the Robin Line NY office to follow this course thereby making It a test case against rest periods, etc. Since the above Is a direct violation of our 8IU contract and without precedent in my long experience, I felt that the membership should be Informed so that Headquarters can be notified accordingly." Tha member­ ship after discussing the above at length agreed and concurred that since the matter is of direct concern to every SIU man, it should be re­ ferred to Headquarters for immediate action. May I—Chairman, F. Shea; Secre­ tary, S. V. Johnson. One man missed ship. Letter to be sent to LOG con­ cerning treatment given to Brother Powell during illness on board en route to home. Few hours' disputed overtime. All brothers ask to return cups to messhall after use. All broth­ ers were asked to wear pants when entering messhall. Brothers were itht also reminded to return all cups to messhaU or pantry after using same. A vote of thanks to the steward's department. Steward asked member­ ship to back delegate up in trying to gat more frozen food per voyage as same was pretty low this trip. A Boatman V Life on the Hoogkly By Seafarer James "Pat" Conley "The Hooghly Is my life, my home. I love this great river." And Rasool, who owns his boat and has lived on this river all his life, stroked his white beard as he smilingly scanned the row of boats lining the bank and, past them, the great ships that come from far-away places. Life for the boatmen on the Hooghly is varied and inter­ esting; it is never dull. Early morn­ ing finds them cleaning and wash­ ing their boats, getting ready for the day's work and preparing their mid-day meal. The rice is already boiling in the pot and the smell of spices is in the air. Their work mainly concerns the ferrying of passengers and trans­ porting cargo up and down the river. Country craft bring in an "On the Transatlantic dis­ charging grain in Calcutta, with a back-load of iron ore for Mojl, Japan. Probable sailing date July 2nd, but the monsoon season is now pre­ vailing and seeing the start of the rains noted for India. Port time has been up to the pres­ ent time three weeks, with 13 days to go. The heat is ter­ rific and the city stinks with filth, having a cholera and flu epidemic with many fatal cases ... "Have watched these Hoogh­ ly River boatmen for days liv­ ing and sleeping on their sam­ pans and dhows. It is remark­ able how they survive on a handful of rice and jug of water , . ." assortment of merchandise from the country and bring hack all kinds of goods for the villages. Boatloads of green vegetables and fruits such as bananas and melons come by river. During the summer it is usual to" see boats heavily laden with water pots of various sizes and shapes. Riverside Hay Market A wholesale market for hay has been conveniently established on the hank of the Hooghly. What looks like a row of floating huts from a distance, turns out to he boats laden with this commodity. Transactions between merchants are carried out while the unload­ ing is being done. It is fascinating to observe boat­ men hauling logs on the water. Son ' of them, standing on the Indian booiman and partner try to peddle off some "bargains" in souvenir wore to the Alice Brown. A wooden chest ond some decorotive plotters were omong the ofFerings, but no.one would soy just how they mode out. Photo by Williom Colefoto. floating logs chained together, dis­ play considerable skill. Their agil­ ity and sense of balance are de­ lightful to watch. A strong community spirit pre­ vails. Hindus and Moslems work side by side in perfect harmony, whether they come from Bihar. Orissa or West Bengal. If a boat is in need of repairs, willing hands do the job. Afternoon Siesta Mid-day is siesta time on the Hooghly, The boatmen, after their meal and a smoke, relax. All activ­ ity ceases and the boats are at rest. Dhotis tied to the masts to dry flutter in the soft breeze. As the sun goes down Moslem boatmen stand on their boats—it is time for namaz or prayer. The setting sun casts a reddish glow on the praying figures. Then the boats are anchored for the night. With the coming of night on the river, lights'are lit on boats and ships, sending their gleams over the darking waters. Howrah Bridge wears a garland of lights. This is the moment for the artist and lov­ ers of beauty. In the words of Whistler: "The evening mist clothes the riverside with poetry, as with a veil, and the poor buildings lose themselves Where Do You Start? STEEL AFFRBNTICE (lihmlan). May 12—Chairman, 1. Dora; Secretary, F. Ferez, All repairs have "been, done. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sail Away By William I. Terry Are you blue, merchant seaman? Are you homesick? Do you long for a deck beneath your feet? Seems to me There is nothing here can cheer you. Since you've been on this shorebound retreat. Cast off all your spring-lines, me hearty, Make haste for the sea and away. Then I'm sure you'll be happy again, lad. And your heart sing at each break of day. Just climb that familiar old gang­ way. To the seamen's own heaven of. rest; Where the smile of God's glory heairfb on you. And your seamen's .heart fills with a zest. For the rain, and the wind And the sunshine, And the life you know you love best! WACOSTA (Waterman), April 28— Chairman, J. Burehlnal; Secretary, E. Ray. Repairs are being attended, I, have new skipper this trip. Ports of call are Yokosuka, Yokohama, Inchon, Yawata, back to Pacific coast. In that order. Due to the shortage of hot water in crew's shower aft, chief engineer is keeping log on his ad­ justments to determine causa so as to know if tank needs replacing. Ship's laundry to be kept clean by the individual in conjunction with a schedule to be placed by the dept. delegates, also to have bulkheads and deck clean. Vote of thanks go' to acting ship's delegate Scott for doing a fine job. All beefs to be settled through the respective delegates of the departments. A vote of Ahanks was given to the Union officials, and the OLD-TIMERS, for the splendid job they are doing on the American Coal beef. in the dim sky, and the tall chim­ neys become campanili, and the warehouses are palaces in the night, and the whole city hangs in the heavens, and fairyland is hefore us, and Nature sings her ex­ quisite song to the artist alone, her son and her master—her son in that he loves her, her master in that he knows her." Now Rasool's day is done and so to sleep, a rest hard-earned and well-deserved is, the boatmen's life on the Hooghly. Pile of dishes from the passenger dining room inspires mixed feel­ ings from Seoforers on the Del Norte. Brother Willioms behind the counter (he's the dishwosher) leoves no doubt qbout his views on the motter, os golley delegote Bob Brown, butcher Felix Jorocinski, ship's delegote Joe Collins ond reporter George McFoll (right) look on. The boys feel Willioms "eorns every ^ ond then tome" of his twd hours per doy OT and thot there ought to be o sliding tcole for the job, bosdd on the number of possengers oboord. Photo by Leroy Rinker So here's to Godspeed on trip, mate. May you sail in His graces care. And when you return from voyage. Welcome home to a family cares. your and your that Yes, welcome to friends and rela­ tions. Who envy your gait and your dare. But, who, when you're out on the ocean Whisper your name in each prayer. �w;-4| July 8. W51 KK AF Pace ^— Bemardl w# worUng togetoer on safety precautions and hop# ^ Poetry Volume to keep things this way. *%h;fography Is the number Halls Late Son one hobby of this c«w. But To the Editor: cars, baseball, foreign afPlease send the LOG to our snorts and Union activity genhome address. As a general orally count for their share of rule my husband, Richard R. koWs brings the LOG homo the discussions on this long when he's in, but when he goes to sea I don't get to read it, and ^"we'especlally^ant to thank the LOO for clarifying the I do miss it. I would also like to state that origin of the ship's name in the Xpfll 26 issue, ft helped spice I have a book being for a spell. by the Pageant Press of New up the conversation Sam Josepn York which will be out late in Ship's reporter (Ed. Note: Okay, now how about tome photos from all you YAKA hobbyists. You must have some we could use in print.) ^se Your Razors, Fellas? T!™"dio o'-» SID HAll WmORY SlU, A&G District 298 Main SL Pacific 3468 SYDNEY, BALTIMORE . Earl Sheppard. Agent BAGOTVILLE, Quebec ^phwml' 545 BOSTON .. • • • • • • Vgent'" Richmond 2-0140 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St.^Davlds^St. James Sheehan,. 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Deck ^ g^Tjoik""^ k More": l"d.- u: Mtlthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU 16 Kne'^ PORTLAND " CA^^^"43®36 RICHMOND, Calif....510 WacdonaW^.^^^^^ SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE =^®°Vat 0290 WILMNGTON NEW YORK '"lerm'naT 4-3131 675 «h Canadian District HALIFAX, N.S MONTREAL 136|ho"n°JMi 634 St. Jam^^St^West "«r3"3l2'i fX PORT COLBORNE 103 TORONTO, Ontario "In^pul 1-5719 VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant^SL To the Editor: We of the SS John C, in a general meeting under good and welfare recently discussed the use of travelers' checks for draws, which this ship has been doing. .. We believe this provision should be taken out of the agreement now that there is no big demand for American money. It is a lot of bother for the crew to cash these checks, as we have found in lots of the ports of the world. In Rouen, France, for initance, there Is only one hotel where you can cash a check and you have ta have your seamen's *44 papers to do that. In Dunkerque no small bar will cash them. Robin Trent Only one nightclub that doesn t in Good Shape open until 8 PM will handle them. Even if you buy a drink All letters to the To ihe Editori publication in the SEAFAR­ Enclosed are the minutes of they still do you a big favor by ERS LOG must be signed our last meeting here on the taking them. In Turkey things were a little by the writer. Names will Robin Trent. Everything is fine be withheld upon request. on board, as you will notice better. You can go to the legal exchange with them, but you when you read the lutnutes. Our meals are superb, pre­ lose by not having the green June. The title ia Wle , Thoughts In Poems" by Dixie pared by Danny Lippy. Nick stuff. Then we went to Peru, where Allen, which is the Pseudonym Gaylord and BUI Hand. our. I use. You will no doubt see baker. Our steward is Harry we arrived on a Sunday after­ the advertisements in "The New Trash, and very capable at it. noon. when the banks are York Times" and "New York After arriving at Trinidad we closed. It was just lucky there sailed on to Capetown, South was a souvenir shop that would Herald Tribune." Africa, and wiU make every poit 'cash them. Otherwise we would My son was also i'l have had to stay aboard the chant marine as a radio o^cer, UD to Mombasa, BEA, ship. .. We are looking forward to but passed on from » heart at­ In Kamaishi, Japan, even the tack four years ago aboard the receiving our LOGs and also the SS Yaka. His name was Coty "Report to Seafarers" from bank wouldn't take travelers L. Allen, and you will find his Secretary-Treasurer Paul Haii, checks. We had to wait two picture on the Jaeket coyer of which I trust you wiU send to days for the yens to come from Capetown until we hear Yokohama. In all or most ports, the book. He started it, and after his death, with the en­ from you, the best to you and US currency must be declared couragement of some of his your staff on behalf of the crew and exchanged through legiti­ mate channels, which are only shipmates. I decided to finish of the Robin Trent. open during our working hours. Peter Karas the book and publish it. Such things as ship's treasury ship's delegate It is dedicated to him, and if pools are virtually Impossible you do chance to see it and * 4 4 ^ because there is no small cur­ read it, you will find it very inrency available. There also is A Helping Hand spirinSt I'Hi sure. always some confusion about Best wishes to all the boys in Is Appreciated signing the checks, etc., and the SlU. ^ someone always ends up with a To the Editor: check with only one signature Recently I again had to call 3^ 4for assistance from the SIU and Lauds Claiborne, again the Union came through ''"in short, these checks may have been a good deal a few with fiylng colors. Pioneer Crews years ago,'but times and condi­ on May 18 I was rus^®d To the Editor: the hospital. My son called Le- tions have changed, and they We would appreciate if you roy Clarke, port agent at the are now a pain In the neck. Steve Szanto, Jr. would send our thanks through Lake Charles SIU ®*: Ship's reporter the LOG to the crewmembers plained to him that my jiushand and captains of the SS Clalbofne was in the Persian Gulf and he 4 4 4 and SS Alcoa Pioneer. took care of all Particnla" He We are very thankful to them advised my son what to do and Praises Gain for the beautiful fiowers and the was a mountain of strength to In Tug Drives expressions of sympathy they us. I was in the hospital until sent upon the loss of our be­ May 29 and it was a wonderful To the Editor: The crewmembers of the SS loved mother and wife, Mrs. G. feeling to know you have a Danzey Vandersall. She died friend when in need. I know Santore wish to extend a vote my husband will be very grate­ of thanks to the organizing de­ on May 8, 1.957. W. C. Vandersall ful to know what the Union did partment, the negotiating com­ for me, and I want everybody mittee and all concerned for a t 4 4 job well done on their recent know, too. Yaka Boasts Top elseSotoonce accomplishments with the Hous­ again thanks to Le roy Clarke and to the SIU for ton and Baltimore tugboats. Safety Record The same applies to the work the helping hand. It ts * com­ To the Editor: forting thing to know there 18 being done in connection with The safety record here on the that hand to help you whi^ the American Coal beef. Vflka is at its highest. No in­ your husband is so far fiom E. J. DeBardelaben juries due to working condhions Ship's Reporter Florence Adams have been reported for many t^cme* months. The crew and Capt. letters To The Editor t!d fey VANCOUVER, BC Sees Travelers' Checks Useless "Shuiter-bug" T. W. Rogers, wiper, has the tables turned on him OS shipmate Merwyn E. Watson catches him during the last trip of the Fairland as a conventional C-2. The ship is to be converted into a spe­ cial containership. By Bernard Seaman �•:m^: jTidy X, lflS7 Good 'n Welfare All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: 4 4 4 4 4 4 it ii/ Martha Rae Wilson, born June Ronald Battagiia, born May 30, 7, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Ray Wilson, Hickory, NC. Battagiia, New Orleans, La. if iCi iit Paula E. Buck and Beverly A. Buck born May 11, 1957, to Sea­ farer and Mrs. Ben D. Buck, Ever­ ett, Pa. ^ $ Gloria M. Cubano Mercado, born June 3, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Cubano, San Juan, PR. 4 Mayflower II Gets Hoopla Reception In NY Harbor The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: 4 4 4 4 4" I EVERY I SUNDAY IDIRECT VOICE IRROADCAST I I TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS "THE VOICE OF THE MTD' WFK-39. 19850 KCs Ships in Caribbean, East Coast of South America, South Atlan­ tic and East Coast of United States. s WFL-65, 15850 KCs Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ bean, West Coast of South America, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast. WFK-95, 15700 KCs Ships in Mediterranean area. North Atlantic, European and US East Coast. Meanwhile, MID 'Round-The-World Wireless Broadcasts Continue .. • Every Sunday, 191-5 GMT (2:15 PM EST Sunday) WCO-13020 KCa Europe and North America - .. coal from Philadelphia to Antwerp, and Germany and Italy, among other countries, are also seeking tonnage. The Navy testimony was given by Rear Admiral Thomas Burrowes in a hearing on bills which would authorize the sale of reserve fleet vessels to American citizens as well as to foreigners. Denise Ellen Forster, bo'm May 30, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Keith Forster, Rochester, NY. Randall Neat Bartlett.- born June 7,1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank Diane LaVcrne Bamette, born L. Bartlett, Mobile, Ala. May 13, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Floyd G. Barnette, Baltimore, Md. Jerry Paul Jackson, born June 4 4 4 9, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. JimCarlotta Estelia Greaux, born mie Lee Jackson, Houston, Tex. May 16, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Louis F.. Greaux, Texas City, Tex. William-Daniels, born February 4 4 4 7, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Peter John D. Milton, Jr., born June Daniels, Brooklyn, NY. 7, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John 4 4 4 D. Milton, Roanoke, Va. Dorothy May Viera, born May 4 4 4 27, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Eileen Josephine O'Brien, born Viera, New Orleans, La. 4" ly foreign countries. The Navy contends that there is already an indicated shortage of 110 dry cargo ships for mobiliza­ tion purposes, and it says that in case of an emergency, the US would stand a better chance of recovering ships transferred to the so-called "flags of convenience" like those of Liberia, Panama and Honduras. These ships, the Navy claims, remain under effective American control, but this is not true of the ships sold to "friendly" countries like Belgium, West Germany and Italy. One. of the Congressional bills Norbert J. Violante, born May 31, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph Violante, New York City. 4 WCO-16908.8 KCa East Coast South America WCO-22407 KCa West Coast South America Every Monday, 0315 GMT (10:15 PM EST Sunday) WMM 25-15607 KCs Australia WMM 81-11037.5 Northwest Pacific MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT Navy Opposed To Liberty Ship Sales To US Allies WASHINGTON—With foreign interests now bombarding this country with bids for surplus tonnage, and a number of bills now pending in Congress to authorize such sales, the Navy has come out in oppo--^ sition to the sale of any re­ now pending would authorize the serve fleet Libertys to friend­ sale of ships to Belgium to c^ry Susie Virginia Jones, born June May 31, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. », 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Carl Francis J. O'Brien, New York City. D. Jones, Mobile, Ala. 4 PV« FiftecB SEAPAREnS LOG Seafarer Jack Farrand takes the floor under Good and Welfare at hq meeting to voice his satisfaction at the complete medical examination he received in the health center. The Mayflower II, picturesque reproduction of the original vessel of the Pilgrims, completed another stage of her good will journey to the United States pulling into tb6 Fort of New York, with the aid of with a ticker parade up Broadway tugboat. The vessel received a tre­ to city hall. Mayor Wagner ex­ mendous harbor reception from tugs, small craft, and pleasure ships as she rounded the Statue of Liberty. As she pulled away from the Statue, two helicopters dropped in close to her sides. The uptake from their blades emptied the wind in the sails of the ship causing her to lose speed and turn around. Within minutes the May­ flower II was reluctantly heading back to Staten Island, and the open sea. Police launches accompanying the vessel radioed the pilots to keep clear after they heard Captain Alan Villiers request the 'copters, in nautical language to "go away." Villiers then ordered all sails furled and called for the tug which had towed them from Plymouth. The city gave an official welcome to the captain and his 21 man crew 50-Cent Raise On Bait. Tugs Joseph I. Stringfellow, 45: On March 19, 1957, Brother Stringfellow died of a heart ailment in the Duval Medical Center, Jack­ sonville, Fla. He joined the Union on November 28, 1938, and sailed in the steward department. Brother tended the city's greetings and Stringfellow is survived by his presented citations to the pilgrim wife, Margaret Stringfellow, of costumed seamen. Mobile, Ala. The vessel and its barkers have 4 4 4 had much publicity lately with ac­ Orville E. Abrams, 64: Brother cusations of excessive commercial­ Abrams, died on April 22, 1957 in ism in the handling of the project. the USPHS Hospital, San Fran­ It was originally intended as a good cisco, Calif. Death was caused by will gesture from the people of a malignancy. He joined the Union England to the United States. Vil­ May 1, 1956, and sailed in the liers implied that those responsi­ steward department. Brother Ab­ ble for the criticism of the scheme rams is survived by Ray Pedersen were jealous of Us success. of Seattle, Wash. Burial took The Mayflower II is being exhi­ place In Golden Gate National bited at the Hudson Day Line pier Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif. at the foot of West 42 st. where ex­ hibits and a reproduction of a Pil­ grim village have been set up. There is an admission charge of 95c for adults. Trcmaine, Oiler Would this man and other Sea­ farers who sailed in World War II (Continued from page 3) convoy PQ-17 please get in touch frantic attempts on the part of with Edward F. Oliver, 2216 F District 50 to wreck the SIU cam­ Street, Eureka, Calif. paign. When the unlicensed men 4 4 4 voted in favor of the SIU, the "catchall" district called a strike A1 Case and set up pickets around the tug Please get In touch with Lyne companies. But within a few days, Bailey at 12029 Aurora Ave., Seat­ most of the tugs .were sailing. tle, or phone—Emerson 9878. Some of the mates and engineers 4 4 4 later reported phone threats warn­ ing them not to sail on the tugs. Oscar Kalep Paint bombs were also thrown at Get in touch with Walter Nelson the homes of two officers who at TA 3-9517. • He has information Ignored the threats. concerning Arnold Raymond. Then, on the eve of the officers' 4 4 4 election, police officers raided the Jerry King Baltimore hall and arrested port Contact your wife at 35 John agent Earl Sheppard on charges of gambling. The barber in the hall's Street, Amityville, LI, NY. barbershop was also taken Into 4 4 4 custody. The warrant, police said, Julius J. Swykert was signed after they received an Get in touch with Rafaela Osorio anonymous phone call. at 4726 Vermont Ave., Los Angeles When Sheppard appeared be­ fore the court the police admitted 37. Calif. 4 4 4 that they had no evidence against Would Seafarers who have color him and the charges were dropped. The Baltimore Federation of La­ slides of life at sea please get in bor has demanded an investigation touch with Laurence Stern, Chris­ of the phony charges against Shep­ tian Science Monitor, 1 Norway Stre^et, Boston, Mass. pard. Set Waterman Subsidy Study WASHINGTON—A pre-hearing conference on the Waterman Steamship Corp.'s subsidy appli­ cation has been set for July 17 by the Federal Maritime Board. The meeting will determine what kind of information the SlLF-contracted operator will have to produce at the public hearings, which will probably be held early next year. Waterman is asking for subsidy on runs between the Gulf Coast and the United Kingdom and Eu­ rope; the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and California and the Far East; the Pacific Coast and the Far East; the North Atlantic Coast and Eu­ rope; and the Gulf Coast and the Mediterranean. Use Only One Mail Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed overtime should first check whether they have a proper mailing address on file with the company. SIU headquarters officials point out that reports received from sev­ eral operators show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus cre­ ating much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. :rl �SEAFARERS ii ,ri • ^ ,"1 •• ^ I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SeAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • Seafarer-Crews Protect Offshore Oil Supply Line MORGAN CITY, La.—Seafarers are playing an important role in one of the nation's newest and most significant indus­ tries—the development of fabulously rich oil resources off the Louisiana coast under thie floor of the Gulf of Mexico. The tidelands oil operation, as it is known, may, in the pipe and various supplies used in long run, prove to be the coun­ drilling operations. SIU men on the fleet of small boats work a schedule of seven troleum products. Already tenta­ tive plans have been announced days on, seven days off. Tender for exploiting possible tidelands crewmen wcrk ten days on and oil deposits off Alabama and other five off. The SIU has been working for states, and many in the industry are convinced that we have just some time in this area to secure scratched the surface of the off­ union representation for unorgan­ ized seamen and assist them in ob­ shore operation. taining improved working condi­ Should the tidelands oil industry reach major proportions in the tions and greater job security in next few years, it would mean that this booming industry. In order to service the Phillips seamen would play a key role in the huge oil production industry. fleet and to facilitate the organiza­ That is why the SIU Harbor and tional campaign in the area, the Inland Waterways Division has SIU has opened a hall in Morgan undertaken an organizing drive in City, La. the tidelands area and already has a contractual relationship with a major oil company—Phillips Pe­ troleum. Won NLRB Election The contract with Phillips was executed after the SIU won a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board elec­ tion among the marine employees of Phillips, a fast-growing indus­ trial giant whose "Phillips 66" trademark is well-known through­ out the midwest and southwest. The SIU, incidentally, is the only union to succeed in establish­ ing such a contractual relationship so far. In the offshore operation, pros­ pecting, drilling and maintaining a steady flow of oil is the job of landlubber crews of geologists, drillers, roughnecks and gangers, but the task of safeguarding the lives of personnel at sea and main­ taining the vital lines of supply falls to experienced seamen. The Phillips Seafarers serve as AB's, deckhands and engineers aboard.the company's non-self-pro­ pelled drilling tender, the barge K. S. Adams, and as crewmembert. of tugs, small cargo ships and launches that transpox't personnel and such materials as fuel, water. try's primary source of pe­ i SlU-manned fog moors alongside self-contained Phillips Petroleum drilling platform 40 miles offshore in 85^ feet of water. The 690-ton platform supports the drilling rig (partially-assembled at left) storage, crew quarters and helicopter landing deck. Pilings support the platform. New Attack Bonus Pact ii t'i - I . • g'-:J-i"'.'- ••. A new agreement covering at­ tack bonuses and war risk insur­ ance has been reached by all maritime unions and shipowner groups. The new pact also in­ creases coverage for loss of per­ sonal effects from $300 to $500. Area bonuses have been dropped and have been replaced by a new scale of attack bonuses covering such waters as Saigon, China coast, Formosa and the Suez Canal ai-ea, including the Red Sea, Gulf of Suez and Aqaba. In discontinuing the bonuses the maritime unions made it clear that they reserved the right to ask for their' resumption in the event of the outbreak of hostilities. Attack bonuses remaining under the re­ vised program provide for $100 and $150 for attacks in port and at sea. Shippers Drool For Open Door To Red China There have been plenty of clear indications in recent weeks that the US Government is edging toward resumption of trade with the Chinese mainland—and the shipping industry can hardly wait for the day.-t Shipowners aren't talking out trade with Red China have been loud, but it's no secret that welcomed, vociferously by the do­ they are becoming restive at the mestic Communist press and by sight of British, French and other Harry Bridges' International Long Allied ships steaming heavy-laden shoremen's and Warehousemen's in and out of Chinese ports,from Union. • which US ships are barred. The Opponents of trade with Red recent relaxation of trade restric­ China have argued that any relax­ tions by the British has made it ation of existing trade bans would pretty obvious that the day of US of necessity mean recognition of trading with Red China is coming the Red Chinese government. Nor­ closer. The SIU has always op­ mal trading would mean that US posed trade with Red China. businessmen and US consular rep­ West - Coast shipowners, whose resentatives would have to be es­ natural trade routes take in the tablished once more on the Chi. Far East, are champing at the iblt. nese mainland. They further claim The "Pacific Shipper," a West that such trade would only serve Coast maritime magazine, has been to strengthen the shaky Commu­ outspoken in demanding that the nist economy, administration face up to trade US representation on the Chi­ with China. The publication holds nese mainland would weaken bar­ that there is no sense in maintain­ riers to the admission of Red ing a US embargo while other na­ China to the United Nations. Keep­ tions, who are allies of the United ing Red China out of the UN has States, grab off a lion's share of been a basic fixture of US foreign trade by supplying the Chinese policy. with items we refuse to sell them. At present, US ships are per­ Congress Sentiment mitted to trade with the British President Eisenhower at a re­ colony of Hong Kong which is a cent press conference indicated a spit and a holler from the Chinese degree of sympathy with demands mainland. Theoretically, trading for relaxation of trade bans. In regulations keep US goods in Hong addition, sentiment seems to be Kong and out of Red China, but building up in .Congress for re­ for practical purposes It is hard to examination of the China trade see how leakages of such goods policy with Senator Warren Mag- could be prevented. nuson stating that his Senate For­ eign relations Committee intends to look into the matter. If a crewmember quits while Although the Korean armistice was signed four years ago, estab­ a ship is in port, delegates lishment of peaceful trade rela­ are asked to contact the hall tions has been stymied by the re­ immediately for a replace­ fusal of thfe Chinese to free im­ ment. Fast action on their part prisoned Americans and the build­ will keep all jobs aboard ship up of Chinese forces in the vicinity filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of- the ship of North Korea and Formosa. sailing shorthanded. Of course, the new moves for Shorthanded? Alrview (above) shows supply barge K. S. Adarns, manned by SIU men, moored alongside Phillips drill rig five miles offshore from Cameron Parish, La. Below, close-up reveals'gangway and ramp hook-up between barge and the rig. �v"*- »-».5T: •i> • •' ' "•'•. . ' ' - •.•>{.<• " •--: i-%EjrXi;;TiXX:x. f X;'¥ 1^' ;,:<f THE $31,733 GASH 3,123 BENEFIT PAYMENTS BENEFITS Starting payments July ly. with two modest benefits, the Seafare^^Welfan has vastly increased the scope ©Ms coverag Last year, the plan offered more thWa dozen benefits to take care of the needs of seamen who spend most of their lives away from home ond their dependents. ^ J ' r .ts-ixwif' a This supplement carries the 1956 Report filed by the Sea*farers Welfare Plan with the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York. It includes a graphic presentation of the nature and number of benefits the Plan provides. The unusual Variety of these benefits was made possible by the fact that the Plan has been self-insured from its inception. V Self-insurance was adopted for two reosonsi 1) It possessed the flexibility to cope with the special circumstances under which seamen live and work (some of these benefits could not be offered under insurance company operation)/ and 2) It made possible operation at lower cost than a company-insured plan, thus effecting savings that were put into expanded benefits.' •| ' V'a �f' li SEAFARERS Fare Two—Supplement LOG •i: 4 DISABILITY-PENSION FAMILY HOSPITAL-SUR6ICAL LOAN PROGRAM The death benefit started at a mod­ est $500 figure In 1950 and has been increased several times since then to the present $4,000 level. It is pa/able directly to beneficiaries named on the Seafarer's beneficiary cord upon pres­ entation of a death certificate. The SlU hospital benefit plan for Seafarers was the first to poy'seomen weekly benefits for as long as they were hospitalized. Present payment levels ore $21 a week compared to the original $7 weekly. Disability-Pensions go to Seafarers of any age who ore unable to work because of permanently-disabling in­ jury or.illness. The original $15 weekly benefit fios since been increased to $35. In conibination with Social Secur­ ity it can provide benefits as high as Among the more recent SlU Welfare^ benefits (it went into effect in 1955) the family hospital-surgical benefit has proven of great value in helping meet the cost of medical emergencies. Bene­ fits ore provided to cover hospital costs and hospital extras, surgical fees and doctor's visits to the hospjtal. In 1956, the plan was expanded to provide hos­ pital coverage past 31 days and to include dependent parents of Seafar­ ers under the plan, as well as the wives and children. A unique and popular feature of the Seafarers Welfare Plan is the interestfree loan program for Seafarers on the beach. Qualified Seafarers registered on the shipping list are entitled to these loons which are repaid after the man ships out.In 1956 these loans amounted to $104,385.65. In addition . to the loans. Seafarers, waiting to ship can take advantage of temporary lodging and low-cost meals in the ports which offer these facilities. This Is particularly vital in light of the fact that Seafarers are often shipping from ports which are distant from their permanent homes. $258 monthly. '• :P WEEKLY • 1956 . i ' 1955 :i •. ll 1955 $ 35 WEEKLY * 25 1953 i I' ( g g 005. 1950 iiiiiilii wsmm 1950 g 0 0 g 0 1 iSiiiiw ilillii mmmrnrn ( ; I': iii W-Bmli 1951(Aprilj •5 ^ 15 iiiiiilii iiiiiilii 1951 (June) 4 • LOG HOSPITAL BENEFIT J, n. SEAFARERS Supplement—Page Three: • DEATH BENEFIT I i s,. July 5, 1957 Jilly 5. 1951 SCHOLARSHIPS Each year a board of college admin­ istrators selects five scholarship award winners entitling them to the $6,000 four-year college scholarships. Both Seafarers and children of Seafarers are eligible for the awprds which are based upon their school records and their performance on standard college entrance examinations. The SlU schol­ arships leave the students free to pur­ sue any course of study at any recog­ nized college or university and ask only that they maintain a high level of academic performance. MATERNITY BENEFITS Over half-a-million had been paid by the end of 1956 under the SlU ma­ ternity benefit program which first started in 1952. The flat $200 benefit, far more than provided by comparable plans, is paid upon the birth of every Seafarer's child. Twins and triplets re­ ceive doubled and tripled benefits accordingly. In addition the Union, out of its own funds, awards a $25 U.S. Defense Bond to each child. Annoui Report of the SEAFABOTS WELFABE I I SUMMARY OF OWRATtONS 1SlSXi*-:* r*T 4. Profit on ditpowt ot !- • ^ ^ tncomOt - DEDUCTt . ™.»y p—i"-""i. »-r — ,1 -r r: 13. General expeniee 1/e - — 19 TotaUUn^^-''® '•« 20. Netlncreoseordecreose^^ ^ fi^.„otlnwred increase or decreo. ;r^rj«^^^^^^^^ 22. Net Increase or decrea AdminW™'®' RoDert T. Cre^ UNASSIGHH) FUNDS ACCOUNT Kscol OlfleeT I jr ^ .bbcW^l. for. b. IJ I 1I 23. Unassiflned '"'""•^e^jTsSfrom 24. Net Increase or decrw ^ p^^ds C"®^' I ^ ^ m. Unosslgned Funds at end of year. T ^ .liililit *1111 ''"' J 111 y f �;;: r^;V/ w . V- i' .• • ;v^v '•! C. Expansion of the SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN 19S0 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956^ The nature of leafarifiQ life has led the Seafarers Welfare Plan to provide types of cov* eroge for which there were no precedents. As the chart shows, the Plan began in 1950 with two benefits. But then, year by year, it hdV consistently broadened its operations. In the process, the Plan has not only greatly expanded the size of individual benefit pay­ ments but has also instituted o wide variety of useful bene­ fits not normally provided by conventional fund programs. DEATH HOSPITAL MATERNITY SCHOLARSHIP DISABILITY-PENSION MEAL PROGRAM RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TRAINING SCHOOL LOANS LODGING DEPENDENTS' HOSPITAL & SURGERY SPECIAL AIDS HEALTH CENTER HOSPITAL MOVIES 4.9% IS SPENT FOR ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE TOTAL WELFARE ! FUNDS H06?rfAi BBtJBfVtS 'S0fi3lCAl 66MPFiTS-M6DiaAtCEA)16R«P6flH BfiJEFllS' iCthoLAflSm* DlSASlLiiyB^iJEFlTS THE SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN rrrnmrmrr- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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TUGS YIELD BIG PAY BOOST NEW SS HARRY LUNDEBERG HONORS FOUNDER OF SIUNA FIVE AMERICAN COAL VESSELS IN, TAKE ON REPLACEMENTS MCS ADOPTS CONSTITUTION IN 9-1 VOTE CG ‘PROFILING’ POPS UP IN SEA SECURITY PROPOSAL BREAKOUT ‘KNOW’ FLEET DEW LINE DUTY IN ARCTIC WIN 50-CENT RAISE FOR BALT. TUGMAN IN THREE-YEAR PACT SIU HEALTH CENTER LICKS HIDDEN ILLS NEW ‘WRECK’ BILL DEVICE: TOWN-BY-TOWN ORDINANCE TELL SHIP POLICY, PENTAGON URGED SIU WELFARE PLAN PAYS OUT $7.5 MILLION IN SEVEN YEARS TUG VICTORY SPARKS NEW BALTO. DRIVE STEWARD ON ROBIN TUXFORD TELLS OF HOLD-UP, BEATING SHIP BIS SMALL FRY, MAG SAYS HURRICANE WHIPS LA. COAST; 350 DEAD ENGLISH CHANNEL TUNNEL STUDIED; SEEK US ASSIST SIU MANS 3RD ATLANTIC TANKER OFFICIALS SEE HUB W’FRONT DISREPAIR ILO TREATY ‘BARS’ SLAVE LABOR LK. CRUISE SHIP IN 4TH DOCK MISHAP UNLIMITED US TRAVEL VIA AQABA ENDORSED BY GOV’T NAVY OPPOSED TO LIBERTY SHIP SALES TO US ALLIES MAYFLOWER II GETS HOOPLA RECEPTION IN NY HARBOR SEAFARER-CREWS PROTECT OFFSHORE OIL SUPPLY LINE SHIPPERS DROOL FOR OPEN DOOR TO RED CHINA THE SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/08/1957 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIX, No. 14 1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a8f8a56d4382f9630925dc79bf9c239d.PDF 8c3f33f27d5fc9baf31629ee7d45cf14 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO r-> * ' r* ^ 4^' « TWO MORE RR TUG FLEETS VOTE SlU NY Central, New Haven Solid For SlU In Voting •,^»»• i'».A — Story On Page 3 Farm Bloc Bids CongressWreck 50-50' Ship Aid Story On Page 2 MTD Asks Security Check On Runaways » >» > Stoiy On Page 13 > J- f • More US Operators Seek Foreign Ties rvr;•V story On Page 3 I* >'> •f* TEXT OF p* •i •• I The shirts worn by these unlicensed deck hands of the New Haven railroad show where their sentiments,were when they voted in recent elections. They're now members of the Railroad Marine Division of * the SIU^ along with men from NY Centrali Pennsylvania and otherfleets. (I^tory On Page 3.) In This Issue NEW SlU CONSTITUTION • • --'S 'See Supplement •.—» Xii «r �VMW TW* SEAFARERS July 1. 19M LOG Farm Bloc Opens Assault On ^50-50 I f• »- .r da- WASHINGTON — The US Agriculture Department has launched a campaign tp de­ stroy the "50-50" law, and in the process a good portion of the US merchant marine and the jobs of thousands of US spamen. A bill sponsored by the Department has been introduced in the House Agriculture Com-"^ mittee, authorizing the Secre­ tors have long been complaining. charter rates quoted by ship Although the farm surplus sales broken, and assuming US ships got tary of Agriculture to waive are, in reality, a gift to the coun­ half of the cargo, a rough and ready the "50-50" law when he felt that tries involved, there have been figure would be about $80 million such legislation "interfered with" complaints that the countries on paid to US ship operators and $40 the sale of surplus agricultural the receiving end have been insist­ million to foreign-flag ships. What the waiver authority would commodities under long term con­ ing on the rights of their ships, or do is enable the Secretary of ships chartered by them, to carry tracts. the lion's share of the gift fropo Agriculture to deprive the Amer­ This legislation, if passed, would the American taxpayer, thus de­ ican shipping industry of most of enable the Department to place all priving American ships and sea­ the $80 million worth of business of its farm surplus cargoes on men of their rights under the law. on the ground that it "interfered foreign-flag ships. In^the process, With the proposed new law, the with" the sale of the surplus. The Coast Guard vessel Relief—which was substituting for Am­ by using ships which pay seamen Secretary of .Agriculture would Foreign coutries receiving the sur­ brose Lightship is now in 90 feet of water after being sunk by ^*<5 to $90 a month or less, the De­ h«ive a handy weapon to block plus would need little prodding to freighter Green Bay lost we^ off Rockaway Point. partment, in an election year, could American shipping from all but a "balk" at the terms of the surplus throw a sop to the farm bloc by tiny-share of the surplus cargoes. agreements, giving the Secretary using the freight savings to pur­ During the fiscal year 1959, thh of AgricUlture^an opportunity to chase and dispose of additional Agriculture Department spent $120 invoke the waiver privilege. surplus. The SIU, other US mari­ million on freight costs for farm Then the Department, in turn, time unions, and American-flag­ surplus which cost the Government could try to sell the nation's farm­ ship operators are preparing to over $1.5 billion. The Department, ers on the idea that it had trimmed fight the legislation down the line. when queried by the SIU, said it costs of the surplus iprogram and The phraseology of the legisla­ was unable to impply figures show­ would have more money to spend All ships coming into New York have been warned by the tion, giving the Secretary of ing how much' of this sum was on getting rid of more surplus.-The Coast Guard to navigate with caution near the site of Ambrose Agriculture the right to waive "50- paid to foreign and runaway ship victims of this squeeze play, would Lighthouse as a result of a shipping accident there on Friday, 50" when it "interfered with" the operators, although these figures be the ship operators who had to ———— sale of surplus, reflects a situation are obviously a matter of record. la}' up their ships and the seamen June 24. The Ambrose Light-H about which American ship opera­ However, based on prevailing who were stranded on the beach. relief vessel was sunk in 90 feet of water when it was j-ammed in a fog by the Americanflag freighter Green Bay. All nine Coast Guardsmen Reply to Queries On Union Stand: aboar4. the Lightship vessel 505— which was on temporary duty there while the Ambrose was being over­ hauled — were rescued by the Green Bay. Ironically enough, the in the Soviet Union and will, with equal Invitations to US unions to participate in by Paul Hall exchanges of visits with Soviet "trade union" vigor, disclaim any intent of siding with the men were saved when they suc­ President, SIU of North America groups motivated by the Soviet's desire to Soviet point of view against the Government cessfully-launched a self-inflating rubber llferaft. Lifesaving equip­ Delegations from several American obtain a cloak of respectability for their of the US. But—and this is an important ment of this type had just been "but"—just as the Soviet govnnment Con­ trade unions have visited the Soviet unions, no matter how sincerely American trols its "trade unions," it also controls all approved by the Coast Guard a delegations may regard them as an opportu­ Union or have accepted invitations to of communication and information. few weeks ago for use as auxiliary do so in the future. In the course of the visits nity to breach the barriers and infuse the organs American labor delegations will find that lifesaving equipment on Americanthey meet with Soviet labor delegations to Russians with American ideas of free trade their critical statements will be buried or flag ships. unionism. "exchange information." The nine men paddled around suppressed. (It would hardly be expected, The justification given for these visits is As a result of these visits, the SIU has in the life raft until they were for example, that the Soviet press would pub­ that both sides, Americans and Russians, been asked by people in the maritime indus­ picked up by the Green Bay and try whether it is considering sending such a can impress uppn each other the assets and licize statements criticizing the suppression later transferred to a hospital by of freedom in Hungary.) virtues of their particular modes of living. delegation to the Soviet Union. The Soviet propaganda machine will bend a Coast Guard vessel. There were The SIU's answer, in a nutshell, is no. The hope is that this will lead to some modi­ fication of the Soviet system to make it more its energies to make it appear as if American no injuries reported among crewWe will not send such a delegation to the more like purs and consequently reduce the workers are endorsing the Soviet Union's members of either ship, with the Soviet Union. And the reasons for doing chances of crises and wars. stand in world affairs and the workings of Green Bay suffering only slight so are many and sound. as a result of the collision. However, on second thought, it should be Soviet communism at home. Long after the damage As the record clearly indicates, since its The Green Bay, which is under founding 21 years ago the SIU has been very clear that the professional Communists and American delegations go home and their contract to the NMU, was out­ firmly opposed to dealing with the Soviet Government officials-who front for a "trade words have been ignored or forgotten, world bound from Port Newark. She was Union and any of its instrumentalities. The union", movement in the Soviet Union are Communist propaganda will be using photo­ held up at the scene while Coast SIU has consistently fought Communist pene­ not interested in borrowing from our sys­ graphs and stories to create the impression Guard investigators quizzed the of American labor support for the Soviet tration of the ^ital maritime industry wher­ tem and adopting our practices. skipper hn& crew, but was allowed To do so, to accept the basic US Union idea program. ever it has been in evidence—and with con­ to continue on her way after the siderable success throughout the United of freedom of action for workers, would be Finally, there is another reason why Amer­ investigation was . completed the to strike at the roots of the Communist sys­ ican trade union visits to the Soviet Union same morning. . States and Canada. The SIU's experiences in dealing with wa­ tem. No Communist government could tol­ are particularly undesirable at this time. This The Coast Guard vessel Yeaton terfront Communists have confirmed over erate such ideas for one moment. same month the President of the United stood by to act as lightship until and over again the accusation that the Com­ States was to have visited that country, but Why Soviets Seek Visits relief was available. Normally, munist Party in this country is dedicated to the invitation was withdrawn and he was told the Ambrose Light, a -familiar Why then, do the Soviets .encourage and the destruction of free trade unions as we seek out such visits by US unions? Their he is unwelcome. Whatever anyone might sight to Seafarers entering New know them and to their conversion into purpose is plain—^to use such visits for pro­ think of President Eisenhower's policies and York Harbor would have been in pawns of the Soviet Union and instruments paganda sounding-boards, to tell the world, actions (and there is ample ground for criti­ position at the scene, but it was of Soviet foreign policy. and particularly the uncommitted nations of cizing them) in his official trips' abroad he in the shipyards for repairs at This being true in the United States—and Africa and Asia, that the organized workers is the Americim nation for all intents and the time of the accident. numerous examples could be cited of Com­ of America endorse the Soviet position in purposes. The rebuff givqn him by the Rus­ munist Party use of unipns to thaf end— world affairSi sians was a rebuff and affront to the entire it is doubly true on the Communist's homeAmerican public, including, of course, the Seafaring unions are particular targets of stamping grounds, the Soviet Union. As has such Soviet blandishments and have always workers in American unions. Any visits by been pointed out by the AFL-CIO, the Inter­ been, because their membership is in inter­ American trade union gfoups, on the heels Ivly 1,1960 Vol.XXil,No.14 national Confederation of Free Trade Un­ national of such a rebuff, will only be interpreted in trade and the industry itself is of ions and others, the so-called trade unions great strategic importance. How well the the Communist world and in its controlled in the Soviet Union are simply tools of the press as representing sympathy for this spe­ government. Their function is to carry out Russians jise world maritime unions to pro­ cific act of indignity toward the United States. PAUL HAIX, Preaidcnt ^ the policy of the Soviet government ^ (this mote their cause was shown in April, 1959, Hnanr BRAMD, Editor, BraMAim SSAEven if the Soviet Union were a free na­ has been clearly stated many times by the when Harry Bridges was chosen to conduct MAif. Art Editor. HERMAN Amiiva, Soviets themselves) and their officers, are to a conference in Toloro of fellow-traveling tion, which it is not; even if it had legitimate At MASION, ARTHUII BDUIIII, CHADLIS all respects and purposes, officials of the So­ unions from .viuious Pacific countries, The trade unions, which it does not have; and BKAUMET, DH, BonNsoN, Staff Writers. viet Union. Without exception, they are all aim of that conference was primarily to drive even if it had a free presn and radio, which Boj. MOODT, Gulf Area Repret'entativs. members of the Communist Party, the elite a wedge between Japan and the United is also non-existent; it is the SIU's position rulMI«hMl blwaskly at tha haadquartan group of two or three percent of the Soviet* States, to create a climate of opinion In which that organized labor would not be justified at tha iatfarart intarnatlonal Union, Ab Japanese and other Asian workers would be lantic Cult, Lakaa and Inland Watora in meeting .with the governing powers of a population which governs every form of pub­ led to believe that American workers do not country which had just slammed the door Si^nU^ SVI' TVl! HWnVa".S: lic activity in that cauntry. Sacond elau paitasa paid at tha Poit in the face qf the top elected representative Offica Consequently, the Soviet "trade union" is support their own government. In Ureoklyn# NY, undar tha Act It is certain that American union; delega­ nf the United States, and thereby demon­ of Aut. as, l»11. 4 no more a trade union than the labor syn­ '— lU dicates which existed in Hitler's Germany tions visiting Russia will vigorously defend strated absolute contempt for the American nat-on nnd its form of government free trade unions, in their public statements or Mussolini's Italy. « • -v<' V - NY Lightship Sunk; Ship Caution Urged Why SIU Opposes Union Visits To Soviet • .-r'l 4 <. SEAFARERS LOG 4 •*! �. J. '/• • July 1. 19M SEAFARERS New Meeting Proeedure One of the major changes in the SIU constitution is the new schedule of membership meetings. They will now be held monthly in the deep sea ports of New York, Philadel­ phia, Baltimore, Houston, New Orleans and Mobile. The port of Detroit has been added to the monthly schedule. All meetings will be held at 2:30 PM, local time, for each of the seven ports concerned. The meeting schedule calls for New York meetings on the first Monday of each month, following the first Sunday; Philadelphia, the first Tuesday; Baltimore, the first Wednesday, and Detroit, the first Friday. '> * [">. V *> Housfton, New Orleans and Mobile will meet In the week follow­ ing the above meetings, Houston on Monday, New Orleans on Tues­ day and Mobile on Wednesday. Special meetings at a port may be called at the direction of the port agent or area vice-president, between the hours of 9 AM and 9 PM. A two-hour posted notice of such special meetings is required. ^> LOG Pac* Tbre« SIU Sweeps Vote Among New Haven^ NY Central T ugmen The SIU Railroad Marine Division has completed a clean sweep of seven major railroad and rail terminals in New York harbor as unlicensed deckhands of the New York Central and the New ELaven railroads cast near-unanimous votes for the Union. In the New York Cen­ tral, the SIU got 121 out of 133 valid ballots cast. In the New Haven, the SlU's margin was 87 to 5. Both elections were conducted by the National Mediation Board 4 under the Railroad Labor Act. There are about 250 unlicensed '% deckhands employed by the two railroads whom the SIU will now represent. In previous elections, the SIU was victorious by 174 WASHE^GTON—As was to be expected, two more steam­ Voles to 95 votes for the Teamsters ship companies, now subsidy applicants, have asked the Union in the Pennsylvania Rail­ Federal Maritime Board to continue foreign steamship opera­ road, by 70 to 7 in the Baltimore and Ohio and won all. 51 votes at tions and other foreign busi-"^^ ^ nesS relationships. One com­ stwces" exist to permit continu­ New .York Docks, Bush Terminal and Brooklyn Eastern District pany alrea/.y received ap­ ance of this connection. ^ Terminal. proval. . • Waterman does not have a speci­ All told, as a _ result of these Both Isbrandtsen and Water­ fic investment in foreign shipping seven elections, the SIU Railroad man, who expect to receive sub­ operations but has shipping agen­ Marine Division represents about sides shortly, had asked for waivers cies in Antwerp and Rotterdam in 850 men in the railroad tug In­ of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, which it has an interest. The dustry here. Included in the group allowing- them to retain foreign Board has ordered a hearing on are men working for the Chesa­ Railroad fugmen give vicfory sign after New Haven Railroad connections. The ruling was a Waterman's bid to continue these peake and Ohio in Norfolk and the men voted. Left to right, Terrence Devery, Tony Longueira, Ray natural outgrowth of a waiver relationships. McAllister and Walter Tysica, New Haven; Howard Brower, B&O, Western Maryland Railroad in given to States Marine Line per­ The States Marine case was Baltimore. These twb lines have C. T. Murrell, jC & O, Ed Pulver, Pennsy and John Dwyer, SIU rep. mitting It to continue operating widely-regarded as a key to the been represented by the SIU lor future operation of the Merchant runaway-flag and other foreignMarine Act, which, as originaily- some time now. flag bulk ore and oil carriers. While most of the men involved drafted, was designed to promote Isbrandtsen had asked to retain American-flag shipping. For that work in and around New York a financial Interest in the Canadian reason, the act barred a subsid­ harbor, there are some in Philadel­ Foreign Steamship Company, ized steamship company from hav­ phia and Norfolk, as well as In which operates Dutch-flag ore and ing financial interests in foreign- Connecticut ports. The SIU Rail­ oil carriers running between flag ship operations. road Marine Division, by virtue of Chile, US, Europe and Japan. The By granting the waiver to States the election results, is now a mem­ company is based on Nassau, the Marine, the Maritime Board has ber of the Greater New York Nine major New York unions, including the SIU, arm Bahamas, which is fast becoming a "amended" the legislation • by Harbor Council, the negotiating studying a program which would supply their memberships favored tax-free haven for shipping agency decree to all intents and body for all AFL-CIO marine and other business ventures! The purposes. unions in the railroad tug field. with low-cost drugs and medication through their respective » Board promptly granted a waiver Theoretically, once the States Other ratings on the tugs include welfare plans. The plan an-^ claiming that "special circum- Marine waiver was granted, there captains, engineers, oilers ' and ticipates establishment of a physicians at 30 to 35 percent less chain of non-profit drug dis­ than the going retail charges. is no reason for the Maritime cooks. Aside from the railroad tugs, the pensaries in the New York area. Unions considering the plan, in Board to refuse waivers to any subsidized American-flag shipping SIU has a considerable represen­ The new program is an out­ addition to the SIU, are the Trans­ company which wants to go into tation in the tugboat field all along growth of increasing complaints port Workers, Garment Workers, foreign-flag or runaway-flag opera- the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, in about the high' cost of prescrip­ Electrical Workers, Machinists, lions. It Is possible then, for the Harbor and Inland Waterways tions. The complaints were cli­ Auto Workers, Hotel and Restaur* small subsidized American-flag Division. Tug companies In Phila­ maxed at hearings of the Senate's ant Workers, Retail Clerks and Of­ companies to operate many times delphia. Chesapeake Bay, Mobile, anti-trust subcommittee in which fice Employees. their American-flag tonnage under Tampa, New Orleans and Houston testimony was given as4o exces­ are under contract to the SIU. sive chwges and monopolistic prac­ WASHINGTON — A perennial foreign flags, . rider to shipping appropriation tices indulged in by drug manufac­ biUs, the "no Annie Oakley" turers. amendnient, has finally been passed Kefauver Hearings Introduced each year by Sen. John The group, headed by Senator Williams (Rep.-Del.), the bill pro­ Estes Kefauver, heard testimony hibits American-fiag steamship to the effect that some drugs were companies from giving free or re­ marked up several thousand per­ duced, transportation abroad to..US Acting under the provisons of the SIU constitution, SIU cent over their actual production Government employees. President Paul Hall has appointed Freddie Stewart to the cost. Much of the cost of drug He had attached this bill as a vacant post of headquarters representative. The vacancy was company operation, the committee rider to many maritime bills in ^he created when Joe Volpian was told, consisted of heavy adver­ SAN FRANCISCO—The Sailors past, but it.was alwaj^s .erased in was named head of the new tising expenditures, distribution of Stewart was a volunteer organizer Union of the Pacific has announced House pommlttee action in the samples and literature to physi­ course of reconciling Senate and Social Security Department for the Union at the outset, and cians, and visits to physicians by plans for an eye care program by the trusteea of participated in a great many of similar to that now operating on House measures. the Seafarers the Union's major l^eefs. He also "detail men" to persuade doctors the East Coast. It is ba^d on eye This year, with elections coming Welfare Plan. to prescribe standard medication has many years' experience on the examinations and glasses free of up, and a good deal of> discussion Volpian had administrative level, having served by brand names. charge to . its membership. In the press about Congressional been one of the • In many Instances, the same for­ In various official capacities with The vision program will be an expenses, the Senate juissed the three headquar­ mula is available at far cheaper the Union since 1947. -bill containing the rider without a ters representa­ prices if the physician would us integral part of the welfare bene­ dissenting vote, and the House the chemical name of the com­ fits provided by the Sailors Union leadership decided to go along, tives under the pound rather than the brand for SUP members. though not Without some critical the revised SIU trademark. *. The program will include free comment from the House side, call­ constitution set­ eye examination and visual analy­ The New York unions contem­ ing the bill "unnecessary" and "un­ up, the other two Stewart sis for any eligible member on re­ plate a system of prepaid drug in­ being BUI HaU reasonable." , surance through their welfare quest; eyeglasses free of charge to Williams had offered the amend­ and Ed Mooney. All three had the plans, with employers contributing those members who need them; ment dn the Senate every year since title of assistant secretary-ireasspecific sums to cover the cost of replacement of lenses free of 1956. He has also been hostile, as urers under the old constltutiofi. operation. In turn, members cov­ charge each year, if needed, and One of the original members of a rule, toward appropriations for ered by the plan would be able to frames every three years; reex­ shipping subsidies. the SIU when It was foimded. buy drugs as prescribed by their aminations on an annual basis. haii Moonc-'s Two More US Operators Would Hold Foreign Ties 1 '•m •^1 il NY Unions Considering Low-Cost Drug Program Free Rides For Gov't Men Banned Stewart Appointed To SIU Hq. Representative Post ^1 SUP Crews To Get Eye Care Plan ; . .i.' �' SEAFARERS LOG Fai« F*ar SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING ROARD I!,' U?. Si- June 8 Through June 21 Shipping for all classes during this period was about one respectively, 51, 50, 25 and 13 additional jobs over the previous two percentage point lower than it was during the preceeding weeks. The sharpest decline in shipboard employment was seen in two weeks but the totals still remained above the 1,000 mark. New Orleans, which was off 61 jobs from the prior period. Other ports Some 1,106 men were shipped this period as opposed to 1,221 during the previous span. Ship activity was slightly heavier during the two week period. There were a total of 226 payoffs, sign ons and In-translts in contrast to 194 during the prior two weeks. There were 58 payoffs—three, less than the previous period; 28 sign ons—down two from before and 136 •hips in transit, 27 more than the May 25-June 7 shipping period. "A" and "B" registrations stood at 1,199 during the period as opposed to 1,296 the last two weeks. Four ports showed advances in the number of jobs shipped. These were Wilmington, New York, Mobile and Jacksonville, which gained. £ Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baitimore Norfolk Jacksonville Rliaini ...........r*... Mobile New Orleans.......... Houston Wilmington. San Francisco Seattle TOTA'S Ragi$farod CLASS B which saw declines were: Boston, Philadelphia^ Baltimore, Norfolk, Houston, San Francisco and Seattle. Shipping in all classes broke down as follows: 405, deck; 386-engine, and 334, steward. Ports with 100 or less "A" and "B" men registered on the beach at the end of the period were: Boston, .Norfolk, Jacksonville, Miami and Wilmington. Those with 50 or less "A" men registered on the Houston beach were Boston, Jacksonville, Miami and Wilmington. Port dispatchers reporting. from San Francisco, Baltimore and Nprfolk said they expected fair shipping in the coming period. In Totals New Orleans the forecast was for slow shipping. GROUP 12 3 ALL 7. 2 4 1 97 30 53 14 23 5 16 2 38 15 21 2 3 8 5 — 7 3 4 — 10 14 7 2 4 4 99 12 24 29 10 24 10 3 5 8 2 9 2 190 70 n Ml Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP1 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 — 3 4 — 1 1 7 16 1 24 21 83 1 51 11 1 .— 1 -— 2 3 3 5 10 2 3 10 11 24 7 23 12 42 1 2 — 7 8 1 1 3 6 1 1 3 2 7 2 8 — 1 4 6 5 1 Pay Sign In Offs Ons Troiit. TOTAL __ 4 4 38 16 .18 .4 15 3 8 . 4 25 5 10 .10. 16 10 4 . 2 IT 17 1 . 1 9 3 A 19 8 ! 7 4 35 2 22 .11 29 26 1 . 2 !~2 1 4 6 2 T 58 28 136 226 - 46 _ 53 2 41 1 10 1 14 2 15 — llso 13 5 5 3 2 7 3 12 12 8 10 19 9 1 — 2 2 5 4 , 11 5 3 — 3 8 50 ^17 1 120| 75 6 23 12 46 22 12 36 14 13 5 3 2 1 18 1 8 5 13 1 _22 — 159 66 1 •300 12 1 5 2 2 2 25 3 6 5 3 2 3 37 1 - •- TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 3 1 2 ___ 2 4 "2 11 , 5 8 1 5 5 — 74 6 1 ' <• •.i)< '1 8 < 0^- Shipped CLASS C 3 ALL 1 6 4 3 3 7 4 3 12 7 1 4*' Ship AciivHy DECK DEPARTMENT Raghtorod CLASS A • July l; 196t 0 2 3- 1 3 5 1 3 GROUP1 A B 1 4 6 ' 83 10 3 42 7 12 3 8 7 2 4 8 17 GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL C ALL 1 . 5 fl 23 , 3 5 11 3 2 94 94 137 45 276 3 92 5 29 60 5 13 •12 43 1 24 7 2 2 50 37 66 82 13 132 5 23 38 18 11 .10 3 18 2 , 23 5 2 11 11 5 20 7 18 1 11 2 8 a a e 4 4 1 1 31 37 88 1 4 15 42 9 4 10 60 53 83 50 3 8 144 5 18 27 66 11 102 2 36 17 .17 41 f(;25 28 4 14 2 IT 12 41 1 6 5 23 20 4 1 5 9 3 27 1 4 • la 31 4851128 513 108 949 25 108 177 310 1 "4 23 3 46 36 "4 5 18 6 22 31 300 2 2 __ 3 J Ragisterad O ft The Beach CLASS B CLASS A 4 11 5 8 5 5 74 W ENGINE DEPARTMENT e. • 1 - Registered CLASS A • y'' Port Boston . Ne^ York Philadelphia Baltimore. Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 3 _ 1 4 55 9 40 6 2 11 3 16 23 5 4 32 1 7 2 10 3 1 15 11 1 -— — 1 15 4 3 22 7 21 —. 28 6 7 35 22 2 4 2 8 1 11 2 14 1 10 1 12 42 178 32 1 252 Shipped CLASS A •• Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Ragisterad On The Bapeh CLASS A CLASS B «•" - GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL A 2 3 AjLL 2 2 2 B C ALL 1 . 13 1 ' 3 1 1 6 1 1 —V 1 1 3 1 10 2 2 1 1 1 1 15 15 31 9 36 54 1 14 8 23 1 89 45 140 24 209 16 9 12 54 23 l2 32 73 121 4 .7 ' • ' 5 5 10 , 7 3 2 2 12 2 6 8 9 16 24 3 3 1 S 9 10 1 8 19 4 37 2 19 25 8 12 .5 2 3 37 3 59 9 68 85 2 1 19 20 24 46 8 — 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 5 11 ' 18 2 5 4 3 25 7 2 2 4 21 2 3 4 11 — 4 5 9 1 5 — 5 _ 3 1 2 3 5 .2 2 5 12 4 18 '1 1 14 . 6 6 12 . — _" mmm ' ' . 3 1 — 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 •-« 2 1 3 2 — 4 5 25 9 6 15 4 7 6 13 3 25 3 41 12 46 62 1 13 4 8 7 15 2 1 11 7 19 7 9 21 i 78 6 116 1 20 17 19 3 29 __ . 12 14 29 64 32 38 8 8 21 14 — 6 12 18 6 18 29 58 78 1 5 9 29 13 42 16 4 17 17 35 13 3 2 5 3 5 1 1 15 1 4 1 10 1 2 5 , 4 "2 11 3 2 3 7 4 — 2 4 1 2 3 25 9 3 16 5 2 32 13 13 5 3 3 3 8 3 •3 6 2 — 7 2 11 11 "2 "2 11 27 5 7 3 11 23 1 1 29 2 4 ,• 4 • 10 5 66 "65*1T34 40 141 40 221 6 3 67 55 128 4 20 22 46 221 128 46 1 395 137 511 61 709 23 127 166-1 316 VMM 1 Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 2 — 2 4 17 8 32 57 3 4 9 16 14 7 10 31 4• — — 4 4 1 6 1' 0 td 0 Mf _ —• 8 18 6 7 5 .88 3 17 3 29 7 6 4 1 5 3 1 37 118 1 Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 — — . 3 4 4 2 1 — 11 ... — 11 16 49 1 5 28 .— — 10 10 2 3 1 6 1 — 2 10 11 8 26 1 2 13 1 — 2 6 3 4 3 6 .— 2 2 . 2 . 6 1 2 3 1 28 1 50 — 19 — 4 13 1 9 1 243 ~5 •— 9 11 6 3 ."7 14 15 12 4 22 6 7 5 4 11 . '_ 1 3 1 2 3 2. 1 3 4 7 4 1 2 11~"75 ~91 62 22 99 ~1 1 1 — — 2 —• 16 38 —r 20 —^ . 3 6 7 — 183 3 MM 5 81 2 MM MM -T i TOTAL SHIPPED 3 ALL M^ 7 7 2 3 2 3 5 1 S 15 MM - 11 20 9 3 2 7 mmm- rf'- Shipped CLASS C GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 . _ 10 11 5 6 .J. 8 1 10 5 5 1 2 1 1 11 21 11 . 3 2 — 7 1 : 89 2 MM ' MM MM 8 MM 1 2 GROUP A B 3 49 11 .6 6 10 26 6 5 3 . 2 16 38 >— 20 _ 3 2- 6 9 7 34 183 MM MM 2 7 SO MM- 11 21 11 3 2 7 89 Ragisterad On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL C ALL 1 2 3 6 14 1 3 5 5 8 2 67 84 7 40 100 224 2 3 69 74 — 34 12 13 10 11 1313 98 3 38 47 19 32 2 4 21 28 16 2 14 12 2 -2 11 3 5 4 10 3 5 10 • 7 2 1 1 2 6 •I tt 4 1 0 28 33 12 38' 83 1 21 22 I 64 52 19' 89 160 1 ' 4 43 •5 48 8 10 48 2 31 30 1 10 13 6 3 7 1 32 2 —, 8 33 1 10 10 2 4 19 9 9 23 15 5 5 •25 2 2 5 9 34 1 306 313 125 319 757 17 23 203 |24S j MM MM MM M^ SUMMARY gfCfL ENGINE ' STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Shipped CLASS B TOTAL SHIPPED Shipped CLASS C GROUP "ciROUP GROUP GROUP ALL 1 23 ALL 1 2 ALL 1 2 8 ALL 1 , 2 8 1 359 13 50 5T 1 120 75 159 66 300 12 25 37 74 6 1 252 3 66 65 1 134 40 141 40 221 6 67 55 128 4 20 22 1 243 5 11 75 1 91 62 22 69 183 3 89 2 5 81 2 30 j 854 2i 127 197 1-345 177 322 205 704 21 97 173 291 12 30 69 CLASS A B C 300 74 31 1 46 221 128 46 f 34 183 - 89 34 1 111 704 291 111 ALL CO One E' GROUP 12 3 99 190 70 42 178 32 88 37 118 229105 220 Shipped CLASS A 00 I if-"-:-' • Registered CLASS B . ... ^r ft it/: Registered . CLASS A V*-- ~i STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville RAiaml Mobile New Orleans Houston W'ilmington. San Francisco....... I. Seattle TOTALS ^ •* 9'.: Ragisterad On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP ALL 12 3 ALL 1 2 3 1 405 328 513 .108 949 25 108 177 1295 137 511 61 709 23 127 166 1 306 313 125 319 757 17 23 203 1149 488 2415 65 258 546 lllOe ALL 1 310 1 316 1 243 1 869 ;• <'* �loir 1, 1960 SEAFARERS QUESTION: How do you find the fishing on this run? (Asked of crewmembers of the Intercoastal vessel, SS Losmar, In Philadelphia.) <1 f 1; ''i •1 '•i -S •' -3** •• !• « i o . 'Jamea D. Berrerla, 3d cook: Dur Ing a recent voyage on a Calmar B h 1J), I took several hours off In Coos Bay, hired a guide and boat and spent the time pulling In a variety of fish. Salmon, the most popular variety in that area, give you a good fight. They're good eat­ ing, too. Our cook at the time pre­ pared the take and It was quite tasty. Another good spot for this sport is Vancouver, BC. Norman Carthwright, OS: This is my first trip on any SIU ship, but I am looking for ward to doing some fishing this time. I used to work on pleasure fishing boats out of Ft, Lauder dale, Fla. My job consisted of baitdng the hooks and, after the guest snagged a fish, pulling it in for him. I helped land a whopper once: a 400-pound Mako shark. Our boats have caught as many as eight marlin a day in the waters off Mazatlan in the Gulf of Mexico. LOG Pac« Fiv* ICC Head Admits Okaying Below-Cosf kail road Rates •» WASHINGTON—DaiRAging admissions of several of the charges made against the In­ terstate Commerce Commission were extracted from Commission Chairman John H. Wmchell in Senate Commerce Committee hearings. Under questioning by Sen- ator Clair Engle (Dem.-Calif.) Winchell also conceded the follow­ would be so low as to represent de­ structive competition. ing in the testimony: Winchell admitted that the • The ICC prefers selective rate e Most ICC staff members come ICO did not insist that railroad set-ups rather than across-the-board out of the railroad industry and freight rates reflect the full cost rates. The selective rate device is do the rate-setting for steamships. the favorite tactio of the railroad One Senator, A. S. Monroney of railroad operation. (Dem.-Okla.) inferred that the ICC in destroying shipping. Domestic ship operators and the was in violation of the intent of • Shipping should rightfully be maritime unions have charged that the ICO regularly permits rail­ protected from rail rates that the 1958 Transportation Act. roads to set up freight rates which are below actual cost of operation, in order to drive shipping com­ panies out of business. Then, once the shipping competition is de­ stroyed, the railroads are free to jack up the rates again. The rail­ i(> ISf 4^ » $ roads can carry such cargo at a Fred La Plant, oiler: I prefer to Jess Puckett, chief steward: Al­ loss because of the profits on their do my fishing around Newport, though I do no fishing myself, I other comodities and runs in which Ore. As a matenjoy watching ship competition is not a factor. ter of fact, you the crew fish off can catch salmon WASHINGTON—An example of the kind of harassment the stern and right off the sometimes help which the steamship industry undergoes at the hands of the dock. About the plill the big ones Interstate Commerce Commission was put into the record of biggest salmon aboard. However, the Senate Commerce Com-t I've hooked there I usually end up haul rate to the dock was clearly weighed in at helping the cooks mittee by the SlU-contracted discriminatory. about 25 pounds. clean and pre­ Seatrain Line. Mackerel and "This is what Seatrain argued pare the take. Detailing the company's experi­ crabk are avail­ You have to be NEW ORLEANS — Although 11 ence in just one instance of illegal to the Commission in its petition able too. The crabs there are enor­ careful when cooking certain types ships paid off and 22 hit here infor suspension of the all-rail rales mous. There's a man who lives on of fish, too. For Instance, tuna is transit, shipping could be classed railroad rate-cutting, Seatrain said last October, but the Commission the dock there who used to bring never used for anything but salads only as "good," reports port agent the single case will* have cost the allowed the unlawful relationship large crabs aboard for the skipper and sandwiches. Barracuda is good Buck Stephens. Lean pickings are company $241,000. "It is obvious to go into effect, and it will con­ tinue in effect until August 5, 1960. and crew sometimes. only when fried. Sauces for dry forecast for the coming two weeks, the railroads, through a succession fish help, too. since only two payoffs are in thb of similar cases, can bankrupt a - Innocent Party Hurt 4^ $> $> offing plus the fact that the Del small water carrier," Seatrain l£> iif 'i> "Thus the innocent party, Sea­ is due to hit drydock dur­ President John Weller wrote. train, has had to bear the brunt of Howard Stebbins, AB: Down Stephen Mosakowskl, bosun: I've Mundo the injury and has been barred Acalpulco way in the Pacific is my been sailing on Calmar ships since ing the period. ICC Shenanigans Ships paying off during the last .from participation in this pulp­ 1940 and do most favorite fishing two weeks were: Alcoa Partner, The case in question involved board traffic for ten months. We of m y fishing grounds. Dolphin while the vessel Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa); Del Oro, the carriage of pulpboard by Sea­ have also to bear the burden of and king mack­ is underway. Del Mundo, Del Norte, Del Santos train out of Savannah. Here is expensive litigation before the erel are very Usually, I throw (Miss.); Steel Director (Isth­ the sequence of events as detailed Commission to have the unlawful popular in that relationship corrected." ^ out at least 11 mian): Arizpa, Morning Light, by Weller: body of water. The solution to this problem, lines at a time. Hastings, (Waterman); Royal Oak, Also marlin. And 1) In October, 1959, the ICC Weller wrote, is to have the Com­ Best place to my (Cities Service). speaking of mar­ approved a railroad rate reduction way of thinking Signing on were the Del Norte on pulpboard which was designed mission suspend all reductions lin, I once hook­ (Miss.) and Mount Whitney is this side of .the (Amer. ed a giant marlin. to deprive Seatrain of this cargo. aimed at the destruction of ship­ Tramp.). Panama Canal He gave me a The railroads reduced the all-rail ping and shipboard jobs until such Ships intransit; Alcoa Clipper, eriffio fight. 1 believe it was the off Cuba. I've lost several lines Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Ranger, through rate and refused to set up rates are investigated. At present, liggest thing I've ever had on a from tuna strikes in the Guif of Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa); Sea- a joint rate with Seatrain that the ICC works the other way book. Probably weighed well over Mexico. I usually average about 28 train Savannah, Seatrain Georgia, would be competitive with the all around, permitting the rate reduce tions to stay in effect even whera 200 pounds. What a battle! He got fish a day from this venture, Seatrain New, York and Seatrain rail rate. they are being challenged as il­ weighing up to 40 pounds. kway. .. Louisiana (Seatrain); Del Aires 2) In November, 1959, the legal. (Miss.); Neva West (Bloomfield); State of Georgia filed a complaint Steel Seafarer, Steel Chemist on behalf of Seatrain seeking to (twice) (Isthmian); Claiborne overturn the ICC decision. Wild Ranger, Monarch of the Seas, 3) Itjwasn't untU May 5, 1960, Antinous (Waterman); Rebecca that the iDommission revoked part (Intercontinental): C o u e r D' of its earlier pro-railroad decision, Alene Victory and Longview Vic­ effective August 5, 1960. In its NEW YORK—Local 101 of the MEBA has won bargahWng tory Carr.); Bradford ruling the Commission held that rights for the engineers in the nine-vessel Cleveland Tankers Island (Victory (Cities Service) and Su­ to reduce the all-rail rate without fleet, the largest such fleet on* the Great Lakes. They won zanne (Bull). SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a simultaneously reducing the short the election by a 28 to 6, ballot,-* barrage of "hate SIU" literature in a vote conducted by an im­ tory in the past month. Earlier, the and picket lines from Harry engineers on 25 ships operated by Lucile Gets 100% Citation Bridges' ILWU, some 1,200 mem­ partial umpire. Wilson Marine Transit and the bers of the Sugar Refinery Em­ The election represents local Lake Fleet Division of the Repubtployees Union employed at the lOl's third straight organizing vic- iic Steel Corporation voted for Crockett Sugar Refinery voted to MEBA representation. The votes affiliate with the Seafarers Inter­ were 45 to 19 in Wilson and 24 to national Union. Notify Welfare 16 in Republic. ' The Crockett Sugar Refinery is ' Of Changes located in nearby Crockett, Cali­ Won Wyandotte Vote fornia. The Bridges literature The SIU Welfare Services De­ Local 101 also nas won bargain­ pulled out the old SAW about the partment reports that it has had ing rights in the Wyandotte and SIU taking over jobs and claimed difficulty locating seamen's Gartland. fleets, operating 11 ships, that Crockett Street would "run families because the seamen'js since it launched its organizing enrollment or beneficiary cards drive in 1959. red with blood" if the SIU moved have not been kept up to date. in. The MEBA now represents the Some death benefit payments Chartered by the AFL-CIO but have been delayed for some engineers in a majority of the having no affiliation, the Sugar time until the Seafarer's bene­ Great Lakes.tanker fleets.. In.ad­ Refinery Employee's Union voted ficiaries .could be located. To dition to Cleveland tankers, thjs 502 to 361 to affiliate with the SIU avoid delays in payments of wel­ MEBA holds contracts with Sin­ of NA. The Crockett Sugar Re­ fare benefits Seafarers are ad­ clair -Reflning, National Marine finery is a subsidiary of the Cali­ vised to notify the UAion im­ Service and the Browning Line fornia & Hawaii Sugar Company. mediately of any changes In ad­ Tanker Division for their Great The Refinery is considered to be dress, changes in the names of Lakes tank ships. the largest, in the world, capable beneficiaries or additional de­ of processing 7,000 tons of raw Clayeland Tankers operates out Captain H. H. Rot* (rlg^it) siclpptr of llio Lucilo Bloomfield, pendents by filling out new en­ of Cleveland in a variety of Great sugar annually. rollment and beneficiary cards. Lakes trades. The ships carry receives congratulations for crew after ship rated 100 percent The sugar Refiiners will be a These cards can be obtained .In petroleum products, gas and other In USPHS sanitation Inspection for fourth year. Others are separate affiliate of the Internaany SFU port tional. ] Mr. Griffin, USPHS and 0. C. Webster, company vice-president. liquid and i>-Hpor cargoes. Single Rate Case Appeal Cost Seatrain $241,000 Slack Time Forecast In N'Orleans -* I :r' •"* I' lix •* T» S» >- v (^ * '•*-t I •r- • » > '» I* * I <> > t> v° \ J Engineers Win Big Tanker Outfit On Great Lakes SIU Wins Sugar Vote �V*ff> 8i> '•,^ • ^ \ " . " • MIy 1. IMI SEAFARERS tOC Congress Bars Domestic Ship Use Of Foreign Midbodies 511/ BLOOD BANK HONOR ROU WASHINGTON—The move to "jumboize" domestic ships by length^ping them with foreign-built midbodies has been brought to a halt by Congressional legislative action. Con­ gress has passed a bill prohibiting the practice and President Eisenhower is expected to -sign it on six T-2s and then converting the solution to the problems of do­ The legislation was touched the ships for use in its coastwise mestic shipping lies not in build­ off when the US Customs ap­ containership trade. ing foreign, but in fair and equit­ proved the importation of a tanker midbody, built in a foreign yard, to be used to enlarge a T-2 taiiker and put it into service as a bulkcarrier on the Great Lakes. Sea-Land Plana Immediately after the Customs ruling, several companies, includ­ ing the SlU-contracted Sea-Land Corp. were reportedly preparing to purchase midbodies in West Germany and other European countries for enlarging and con-, verting tankers'. Sea-Land was re­ ported to be interested in purchas­ ing six such midbodies, using them This stirred up a storm among American shipyards, which, under the law, have exclusive right to build vessels for the domestic trade as ' well as for subsidized shipping companies. The legislation had the support of the Department of Commerce, and of leading Congressional sup­ porters of US maritime. For ex­ ample, Rep. John Shelley, (Dem.Calif.) testified that unless the bill is passed, yards in Germany and Japan , will get the bulk of domes­ tic ship construction business in the form of conversion jobs. He, and other witnesses agreed that Court Asked To Reverse Waterman Subsidy Okay US Lines has asked the United States District Court for the District of Colunibia to reverse a Federal Maritime Board decision in favor of subsidizing proposed European runs for the SlU-contracted Watermant Steamship Corporation. 30 sailings per year betweep US Waterman applied for a North Atlantic ports and ports in subsidy on voyages to Europe on continental Eyrope. January 30, 1957, for cargo and It also asked for the same num­ passenger transportation. It asked ber of sailings for its cargo ships for permission to have from 13 to in a Far Eastern run. The Water­ man company obtained the ruling on the basis of its contention that service between the US and Eu­ rope is : currently "inadequate." Under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, no subsidies can be granted to ship companies unless it can be Seafarer Eric Joseph's adven­ proved that service is inadequate. tures behind the Iron Curtain durUS Lines which is contesting the Inf a "lone wolf" trip to that coun­ finding operates on the same Amer­ try in 1959 have been published by ican-Europe run. It calle'd the "Saga Magazine" under the title, FMB finding "arbitary and unrea­ "A Sailor's Shore Leave in Russia." sonable, and unsupported by sub­ The story is nicely written and stantial evidence in record." Illustrated and it starts on Page 25 The crux of the argument is that of the August issue of the maga­ service is adequate and that the zine, which just hit the newsstands FMB had no right to grant to sub­ this week. sidy. Seafarer Sells Story Of Trip able regulation of rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission' and possible Government subsidies to domestic ships. A Great Lakes company, Skarship Corporation, asked that the bill not be made retroactive to ap­ ply to contracts already in prog­ The SIU blood bank supplies Seafarers or members of their families ress. The company pointed out with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarers can donate to that while the midbodies were the bank at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the built abroad, the conversion jobs, Seafarers and others who have donated to the blood bank. using the midbodies, would be DWYER, Edward P. CASTRO, Alberto R. handled in US shipyards . HURTADO, Emanuel CARLIN, George Patrick The Pacific American Steamship LIAKOS, Gust Association openly opposed the DUNCAN, Thomas Barr JUGAN, John legislation, pointing out that the HANSEN. John R. NAGY, Frank financial plight of the coastwise SHLUFMAN, William EMANUEL, Clifford W. trades was such that the operators ABUNDO, Giovanni F. PACIFICO, Michael C. could not build new ships in US PATTERSON, Frederick E. DICKERSON, Howard yards or pay US midbody con­ LEN, Edward James FERRARA, Andoni .. struction costs. RUSSELL. James H. ARCHER, Robert A. The PASA argued that domes­ MAROZAS, Peter A» YOUNG, James B. f tic railroads, trucking industry and WIGGINS, James T. FEIL, Robert J. airlines are all permitted to import LOWMAN, dienry R. rail cars, trucks and planes. MG^LES, James R. VALLE, Enrique E., Jr. HERNANDEZ, William HEGVIK^ Joban O. MATTEI, Remo L. RIVERA, Luis F. A couple of Cincinnati clothiers, DiPAOLA, Ralph Multi-millionaire shipping who manufacture Crown and Head­ HOLM, Dolph E. magnate Aristotle Onassis—who light work clothes, have been FELICIANO, Amado divorced the United States some caught putting so-called ' "union AMAT, Kasmoin time back for the runaway flag labels" on their merchandise, tho JOHNSON, Car, -:-had the tables switched on AFL-CIO news department re­ FRIEND, Allen J. him last week when his wife vealed recently. BENNETT, Alan J. decided to change her "registry" The AFL-CIO there has warned GALLAWAY, James W. and got a divorce from him. all workers in the area to be care­ HIRSCH, Alfred The Onassis divorce is sure to ful about buying clothes'with legit­ LANDRY, Josbh R. R. have repercussions in the ship­ imate union labels, on them. KOLONAS, loannis ping business, as Mrs. Onassis As a result of workers com­ WRIGHT, Ray A. came fron» the Livanos family, plaints, the Clothing Workers in WONG, Frank another group of major ship Cincinnati have started an organiz­ LADERACH, Richard R. operators of Greek nationality ing campaign and a petition for an SIMMS, John W. under Greek and Liberian reg­ election at the company plants has BOUCHER, Joseph E. istries. , been filed with the National Labor LOPEZ, Manuel It had been reported previ­ Relations Board. COLBERT, Thomas E. ously that Onassis had estab­ The next time you buy work MARTIN, Joseph R. lished a relationship with famed clothes, look carefully to make ISAAC, Albert opera singer Maria Callas. sure the label is a genuine AFLMANNETTE, James CIO one, arid not an imitation. KEITH, Donald H. Onassis Wife Switches Flag e *• «4 ' en I e- Reveal Fake Union Label Is Your Back a ^'1 I H-r • {c- The oldest safety rule m the books Is to lift heavy objects out of a crouch, with the back kept straight. Yet, like crossing against a red light, it is one of the rules that is most frequently violated. The con­ sequences usually are a back injury—the, kind of injury that can persist for months, or even a lifetime. Even when picking up a handkerchief, it's advisable to bend at the knee and not at the hips. A straight back can mean a happy and healthy voyage. ^r- I .,c• - ,;v • I '•' liV'-" I • •'' • �wm My 1, lt«l / SEAFARERS LOG Navy Ship Gets Position T/xV Via Transmission From Satellitis By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS I't •A A landmarTc in the history of maritime navigation was made last week when the US Navy used its new Transit II-A satellite to "fix" a ship, the first such operation in sea Unionsy Co-ops Push Dental insurance history. The navigation satelli e was launched successfully last week. Although the Navy de­ Once more, labor unions and co-ops have taken the lead In solving • major family financial and health problem—the need for adequate clined, for security reasons, to It Is reported that all equipment series of ground tracking stations, dental care. Previously they pioneered In developing group medical- say precisely what accuracy aboard the 42 pound "piggy-back" vessels will be able to determine in navigation they achieved, it was is working perfectfy, and what the path of the satellites will care plans, and more recently, have begun to change the laces of the reported that everyone connected satellite although the Transit II-A Is not be and from this Information what cities with cooperative housing developments. with the project was "elated," and orbiting exactly as planned—a 500 the longitude and latitude of the Now unions and health co-ops are vigorously developing dental- It was predicted that the satellite mile circular orbit was hoped for vessel is at any given time. Being able to determine a ship's Insurance plans. In 1958 the US Public Health Service listed 100 dental will make it possible to locate ship —it still Is functioning well. Limited navigation will be pos­ position with great accuracy is plans throughout the country. Its new report which will be out soon, positions within a few hundred feet. sible .with the next Transit to be of importance In cases in which lists 200 plans. The Navy did Indicate that by put up this fall. It will contain a a crewmember needs emergency The largest number of the new dental plans are sponsored by unions tuning in the satellite it was able memory storage device to tell medical attention or a ^e breaks and many others jointly by employers and employees as a new trend to obtain an accuracy far better ships Its position. Ultimately the out on the vessel. The ships will in collective bargaining. A flumber are community-wide—sponsored by than now obtained by convention­ Navy plans to launch four such now be able to make contact with al navigational methods. In effect, devices, to cover all the oceans. rescue ships and planes with much local group-health cooperatives and dental and medical societies, the great success of the Transit By utilizing a presently existing more facility. lew are sponsored by fraternal societies. II-A means that skippers and A good dental-Insurance plan Is a simple but extraordinarily effective mates will be able to abandon idea. You pay a certain number of dollars a year, or your organization their sextants, and astrolabes and that dead-reckoning will be a or employer pays them for you. In thing of the past. All they will return your family gets preventive have to do Is "tune In" on the satel­ care to forestall dental troubles lite, on a special radio receiver, and remedial care to correct any which will give them fixes every hour or so. that do occur. As w'th medical insyurance, there Navy officials were reported to are two types of dental Insurance be "astounded" by the accuracy "service" plans and "idemnity being obtained. "We didn't think plans.- In service plans, the Insur we would do this well this early," I H-* J •'/" V : covers all or most of any one project official said. i y ^ niS^Sl dental treatment your family needs The project Is now "way ahead jL JIUIR I without extra cost to you. In some of schedule" and with additional provided by the funds it is hoped to have a func­ tioning navigational system con­ iil yi • plan's own clinic. siderably before the original tar­ **• "Indemnity" plans or comblna get date of 1962. tlons of "idemnity" and "service,' An earlier Transit satellite was work something like Blue Shield launched In April, but its orbit You select the dentist. The insur­ was too Irregular to be suitable ance pays specified allowances for for navigation. each service. If your Income is below a certain limit, participating dentists agree to accept the allow­ ances as payment in full. Families v ith higher Incomes, or those using non-participating dentists, pay any difference between the dentist' Drawing shows Transit satellite, one of which was shot aloft re­ fees and the plan's allowances. cently by the Nav^. It will be used eventually in an all-weather In still other dental plans, the Insurance pays for periodic exams electronic navigation system. and X-rays, and other services are provided at reduced prices. The preventive care provided by dental insurance, is the key idea In dentistry perhaps more effectively than in any other field of health care, mo'dern preventive care can avoid many of our present dental troubles. SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping Unfortunately, to save the cost many moderate-Income families avoid during the last period declined going to dentists until teeth actually begin to ache or wobble. Then somewhat but it still was fair—46 A new "Association of Air Trans­ sale St Dept. Store Union said it's often too late to save them. But If the family has prepaid dental insurance, there's no reason to men shipped during the two weeks port Unions" has been set up by there will be no strike if hospital bypass periodic exams and early treatment7 except, possibly, because and 64 men registered. Registra­ seven unions which represent most managements will agree to meet tion still continues to exceed the of the country's airline employees. with union representatives, but of lack of understanding of the need. number of men shipping, but it Is It was designed to counter the air­ that there will be one if the two Recently Dr. Aurelia Toyer, representing the Metropolitan Consumer difficult gefnng some jobs filled mutual aid agreement put groups do not get together. So far, Council, told the New York State Joint Legislative Committee on when they come in—especially line's into effect in October, 1958, and the hospital managements hav* Health Plans that nearly 40 percent of the American people receive entry ratings. to give "all possible and practical ignored the union. no dental care during the course of a year. The amount of dental care The Seafarers here responded moral and financial support" to 4 4 4 noticeably varies with Income. A Government study found that only splendidly to a call for blood any AATU union that strikes. The AFL-CIO has moved to end 23 percent of the families with Incomes between $2,000 und $3,500 donors needed The new association includes the to repay the USPHS California growers' exploitation of seek dental care. Only 33 percent with Incomes between $3,500 anc hospital for blood used by mem­ Air Line Pilots, Flight Engineers, farm labor. The Federation is ,$5,000, and 45 percent with between $4,500 and $7,000, get adequate bers. The SIU has repaid the full Machinists, Transport Workers, planning to unionize farm workers dental care. ^ amount of 31 units owed, and has. Air Line Dispatchers, Railway this summer.. The preventive dentistry provided by dental Insurance saves money In addition, built up a supply of 12 Clerks and Auto Workers. The AFL-CIO has chartered an as well as teeth. It finds and repairs cavities while still small, thus more units which are now being 4" 4" 4" Agricultural Workers' Organizing saving the expensive bridg'es that many people must have while stil held at the Irwin Memorial Blood Organized labor Is growing In Conunlttee and pledged manpower young. It also prevents premature loss of ."ibaby teeth," which may Bank. A supply Is now being built cause crooked permanent teeth qeedlng expensive orthodontic treat­ up for any further needs, with a strength in Mississippi. Although •and support In a drive centered in ment. It also can help detect and treat gum conditions before they surplus of 20 units Is being aimed Mississippi voters ratified a "right the San Joaquin and Sacramento to work" amendment to their state valleys of California. become so advanced that we lose our teeth altogether. at. Constitution, the amendment won Traditionally agricultural work­ The other value of dehtal Insurance is that it takes care of any big All of the members are co­ by only a two-to-one margin in­ bills that do occur. It's a fact, says Dr. Toyer, that much of the money operating splendidly and are to be stead of the expected five-to-one ers are poorly paid, and up until now, efforts to organize them havo borrowed from small-loan.companies is for medical and dental bills. commended for their help. ratio. The Mississippi State AFLEven banks now advertise "dental loans." Prepaid Insurance enables Shipping should pick up during CIO has also challenged the vote, been unsuccessful. families who can't lay out a big sum at one time, to provide ahead for the next period. Several ships are claiming the balloting was a dental-bills, and save finance charges. due In transit within the next few quickie election" which didn't Use Only One Once existing conditions are corrected, dental insurance can be quite days and a couple of payoffs are allow them sufficient time for Mail Address reasonable. For example. Office Workers Local 153 In New York has also scheduled. preparation. • Seafarers with beefs regard­ insurance with Group Health Dental. Insurance at a cost of $1.65 a During the last period two ships 4 4 4 ing slow payment of monies due month for an Individual, and $6 for a family no matter how many paid off, none signed on and six An 11-day "lockout" of members children. The plan allows, for example, $4 to $10 for fillings, $4 for were serviced in transit. Most of of Actors Equity by Broadway pro- from various operators iq back extractions, up to $410 for orthondontla for children, $96 to replace the In transit ships came In during ducerp ended as the theatrical wages and disputed overtime one missing tooth, $500 for a pair of full dentures, and other payments the last days of the period and all union gained the first pension plan should first check whether they for almost all posdble dental needs. The 4,700 participating dentists were in excellent shape, with for actors ~ln the historjf of the have a proper mailing address accept these payments in full for families with Incomes under $6,500. hardly any beefs of any kind. legitimate theatre, plus additional on file with the company. SIU Especially notable is Local 153's provision for a special one-time Paying off were the Choctaw benefits. It was the first shutdown headquarters officials point out that reports received from sev­ payment to correct existing conditions, including any needed dentures. and Maiden Creek (Waterman) and along Broadway in 4) years. eral operators show checks have This was financed by the local's welfare fund as "an investment in the serviced in transit were the Erna ,4 4 4 been mailed to one address dental health of our members." The one-time fee originally was set at Elizabeth (Albatross), Ocean Ulla Ten New York hospitals have while a beef on the same score $50 for an individual and $130 for a family. (Ocean Transport), Steel Rover been warned that unless they agree ts sent fronq another, thus cre­ But so much repair work was required that GHDI had to raise the (Isthmian), Jefferson City Victory, to collective bargaining they face ating much difficulty in keeping exlsting-condltlons rider to $70 for an individual and $160 for a family. (Victory), Iberville, (Waterman) strike "anytime after June 23." accounts straight. It's still a desirable investment ^ ... and Losmar (Calmar). Locial 1198 of the RciaU, Whole- SlU Builds Up 'Frisco B ood Bank -• \ r 1* > •» I. ..A.-:-; I �Pare ElrU SEAFARERS LOG juir 1. i9et ' Latest Runaway Party Line: 'We Treat The Natives Well' . At' i "Panama and Liberia Place Prime Importance On Safety At Sea.".If you don't believe it, the "American Committee for Flags of Necessity" a public relations front for runaway ship operators, is ready to convince all comers that this and other ecluaUy-dubidus state­ ments are the gospel. "• - •— voted last week to tighten up on take a steep; nose dive—particular­ The assertion on Panama ly in cases where ships are manned depletion allov/ances in the min­ and Liberia's non-existent A new deep sea operator, the Canuk Lines, has been signed by the SIU Canadian District. The company has two vessels, which have been brought back under the Canadian-flag after operating for­ eign. Present plans call for the ships to operate in Arctic supply service for the summer and then go into the Atlantic tramp trade. The transfer of ships back to the Canadian flag is an unusual devel­ opment after years in which the Canadian deep-sea fleet practically evaporated. in the "Marine Fireman" for mem« bershlp inspection. All memberi will have an opportunity to cast their ballots on the amended con^ stitution in, voting periods of from 30 to 90 days. France Puts Up $$ For .11 Superliner "safety at sea" machinery is con­ ing industry, and mustered 30 by Asian seamen who, in the words tained in a glossy, expensiv'e and votes for an unsuccessful effort to of the brochUrei vsign articles of lavishly-illustrated booklet which reduce the 27V& percent depletion agreement prescribed by their gov­ the committee has sent to all news­ allowance in the oil and gas in­ ernments." Wage scales on na­ 4" 4 tional flag ships of Asian govern­ paper ei^itors. Featured in the dustry. ments start at around $30 per The Marine Cooks and Stewards With the runaways already booklet are the joys of living on and working for runaway-flag ships getting favored tax treatment at month, leaving major US corpora­ Union has proposed that the US operated principally by major home, they are .out to justify the tions open to the charge of ex­ Government pull a couple of ships The government of France Is. out of the reserve fleet to carry putting out heavy cash for con­ use of the runaway device to evade ploiting coolie labor. American oil companies. earthquake relief cargoes to Chile. struction of a new passenger liner. Most of these ships, as the book­ taxes on their shipboard opera­ If the proposal is carried out, the A total of $18 million will be put let points out, are modern and ex­ tions—a double tax exemption. vessels would carry construction out in Government subsidy for tremely large. The literature NLRB Decisions equipment, clothing, medicalsup­ construction of the new vessel, ap­ readily admits that these are Also nf concern to the runaways plies and other essentials for some proximately one-third of its esti­ •wholly American-owned ships re­ are cases pending in the courts two million Chileans whose homes mated cost. cently built by American compa­ were destroyed by the quakes. in the. National Labor Rela­ nies, operating in American trade, and The British are also discussing tions Board as to the rights of US but specifically registered under unions to orga^e US-based ships. $ 4 cpnstruction of a new superliner the flags of Panama, Honduras and In general, the unions have been SIU Pacific District crewmem­ to replace the Queen Mary. Hera Liberia to avoid payment of Amer­ arguing that a ship based in the bers have.gone aboard the con­ too, some form of Government ican wages to the crews who op­ verted C-4 bulk sugar and Con­ assistance is imder consideration, US is much the same as a shoreerate the vessels. tainer carrier, the Californian, a long-term loan at favorable in­ side business and should be sub­ Money Not Mentioned ject to US labor law accordingly. BALTIMORE Ex-crewmem- operated by Matson Lines. On her terest rates. Carefully evaded In the booklet The runaways' propaganda bro- bers of .the Pacific Venture and first voyage, the shifp is running Most other maritime nations also are dollars and cents figures on the Westport who have money out of New Orleans with a grain have some form of financial assist­ runaway wages as compared to the ance to passenger ship operators. coming to them are urged to con­ load for Honolulu. wages of - seamen on AmericanThe France will tie 1,035 feet tact this branch and claim their 4 4 4 si flag American-owned ships; the back pay, says Port Agent Rex The New Bedford Fisherman's long, making it the longest pas­ conditic^ by Ame'rican mari­ fact that runaway-flag ships pay Dickey. There are quite a few Union is preparing for the annual senger ship afloat. It is scheduled time unions. no taxes on their earnings to men who haven't made arrange­ scallop festival it holds each sum­ to make its maiden voyage to New The group, the American Uncle Sam, or to Liberia and Pan­ ments to collect this money. Dick­ mer. The festival is a clambake- York in the spring of 1962. Committee for Flags of Neces­ ama for that matter, and the fact ey adds. sity, has published a brochure style affair which draws thousands French shipbuilding subsidies, that the seamen involved, hired showing seameh on such ships of visitors and helps promote the while not as high percentagewise' Shipping-wise, things were slow all over the world, are totallyin spotless cabins and frolicking as those in the United States, actu­ during the two weeks just passed, sale of scallops. lacking in representation, job se­ at swimming pools. ally represent equal or greater aid and more of the same is forecast 4 .4 4 curity or enforcement machinery The committee consists of for the period to come. Neverthe­ A proposed new constitution for to ship opei'ators, since the cost of for whatever shipboard conditions twenty operators of ships that less, two ships—the Montego Sea the Marine Firemen's Union has construction in French yards is not exist. and the Village—are expected to been set up for membership vote. much higher than other European lii The implication conveyed by the bid for charters next month and The document has been published- yards. booklet is that of a benevolent, if things go well, the additional smiling shipowner dispensing the "New York Times" character­ jobs shoud give a shot in the arm benefits of food, clothing and shel­ ized. the runaways' brochure to this port: ter to the "starving natives out of in this manner in its June'22, The payoffs during the period the bush." It fits in with the point I960 issue. just ended were on the Emilia, of view expressed by a Standard Oil attorney during one court pro­ chure helps substantiate the un­ Evelyn, (Bull); Chilore, Bethtex ceeding who boasted that Italian ion's claims when it boasts that (Ore); Jean, Mae (Bull); Portmar, seamen swim out to meet iae ships the operators subject their ships Oremar Pennmar (Calmar). In their desire for a berth. Whatever you need, in work or dress to American Bureau of Shipping Sign ons were: Venore, Chilore, inspection. In the SS Florida case, Bethtex, Bethcoaster, Oremar Factory Overseas gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top (Ore)'. The distribution of the brochure the National Labor Relations quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ to newspaper editors to equate Board, held in effect, that ships Ships in-transit: Flomar, Texmar ing at your Union-owned and Unionwhich participate in US commerce (Ore); Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Puri­ runaway-flag ships, operating in and subject themselves to US tan (Alcoa); Rabin Goodfellow operated Sea Chest store. American trade out of American ports, with "a factory overseas" as agency inspection cannot claim ex­ (twice) (Robin); Natalie (M'time emption from US labor law. O'seas); OS Norfolk, Royal Oak Sport Coats the booklet puts it. Slacks "If you have any further ques­ The basic concfepn of the run­ (Cities Service); Steel Admiral tions" the covering blurb advises aways, of course, is that the sea­ (Isthmian). Dress Shoes editors, "please don't hesitate to men aboard these American ships Work Shoes write or phone (long distance should be kept isolated from union Socks Shorthanded? phone calls will be accepted col­ organization and ignorant of the Dungarees details of union contracts on other lect)." If a crewmember quits while Frisko Jeens American-owned vessels. While The stepped-up propaganda cam­ a ship is in port, delegates CPO Shirts paign of the runaways is seen as the booklet boasts that "Morale are asked to contact the hall Dress Shirts reflecting their increasing concern aboard American-owned Flags of immediately for a replace­ Sport Shirts with the inroads of the Interna­ Necessity ships is outstanding," ment. Fast action on their part Beits tional Maritime Workers Union the runaways will go to any ex- wiU keep all jobs aboard ship among runaway crewmembers, as tren>e to keep their seamen from filled at all times and elimi­ Khakis well as their , increasing difficulties being.contacted by US unions. Ties nate the chance of the ship In hanging on to special tax priv­ Obviously, if these seamen got sailing shorthanded. Sweat Shirts ileges here at home. the idea they were entitled to T-Shlrts For example, the US Senate American wages, "morale" would ' Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters A i the RepublicB of Liberia and Panama have grown In alie as maritlma Sou'wosters PANAMA AND nations they have gained added stature because of the special importance Raingear they place on the safe operation of ships which fly their flags. -Both are fignatories to the Interirationa! Convention for Safety of Life at Sea LIBERIA Caps 11948) and also to the International Ix)ad!ine Convention (1930)« Writing Materials To assure compliance with provisions of these treaties and tomeet Insur­ PLACE PRIME ance qualifications, The American Bureau of Shipping, or other respected ToiietriOs m^rnational classification societies, make periodic inspections of PanElectric Shavers LibHcm vessels. Although a tiny maritime nation, Honduras has special IMPORTANCE provisions regarding the safety of ships. These are written into the Organic Radios . Law of the National Merchant Marine of'the Republic of Honduras, and ON SAFETY require annua! inspection and certification by such agencies as the Amer­ Toioyision ican Bureau of Shipping. British Corporation Registry of Shipping and Jewelry' Aircraft, Norwj|^i^j|t Norsake VeritasAT SEA Amerwji^^^^ theirjjUfl^^Istercd In Cameras esD LuggaRe *.-s Two Crews Can Collect Overdue Pay Your Gear... for ship . . . tor shore m\ ^''r c... . ExcerpI from ruaaway slick brochure boasts of Panama and Liberia's devoiion to safety, but fails to list a single instance of the existence of safety machinery in the two nations.^ Instead, itv odmits US agencies do the inspecting. the / ' SEA CHEST '"(I �iBlr 1. 19M SEAFARERS LOO P«S9 NJa# ¥ SS MORNING LIGHT "^• •- J ii / • f "'C^' M. %••-iY. '••s 'i 'i ' 'i >1 • 11 1:^ >- I :• ^ • iv'> f ^ '> • i 1* > V S Smiling galley gang on the Morning Light are (1 to r) C. Breaux, • utility; E. Bates, chief cook; Jerry Fow, 3rd cook and John Munnerlyn, chief steward. Relaxing for a moment are (1 to r) Max Stewart> wiper; Joe Alves, oiler; Johu Kuchta, AB; O'Rourke, chief electrician and C. Pegragosa, pantryman. �• v: Jiir 1. iMt SEAFARERS LOG House Nixes Forand Bill; Backers Look To Senate Fish Fleet I Gets Boost In Aid Bill KNOWme YOUR SIU CONTRACT (This column Is Intended to acquaint Seafarerg with important provisions of the SIU contract and will deal with disposition of various contract disputes and interpretations of the agreement. If neafarers have any questions about any section of, the agreement which WASHINGTON—After nearly a they would like to have clarified, send them in to the editor of the year in the Senate, a program to provide assistance to American SEAFARERS LOG.) fishermen in construction of more SIU STEWARD DEPARTMENT WORKING RULES. Duties of the House Ways and Means Commit­ modern fishing vessels has been Chief Cook. The chief cook "is In charge of the galley ... he shall l^e tee. responsible for the general cleanliness of the galley and Its equip­ passed by both Houses of Congress Financed Via Deductions and signed by President Eisenhow­ ment ... er. The program calls for 33V4 Tlie Forand bill would have fi­ SIU STEWARD DEPARTMENT GUIDE. (3) Maximum sanitary and nanced hospital and surgical in­ orderly conditions must be observed in all steward facil­ percent construction subsidies to enable American fishermen to com­ surance for retired Americans ities ... through the Social Security system, (7) Aii steaks and chops are to be grilled in Individual order . . . pete with foreign fishing fleets. It will be of considerable benefit to by boosting the Social Security tax Meats and roasts must be carved' to order. deduction. Thus medical care for . (8) No plates should be overlooked and only non-watery vegetables several of the fishing fleets whose WASHINGTON — The recom­ the aged would be an earned right. will be served on the same plate with the meat or other entree. Other members are affiliates of the SIlT of NA. mended appointments of- two top The bill passed by the House, and vegetables io he served on side dishes. ^ Under the law, American fish­ military leaders to two civilian supported by the Administration 4i i 4" ing vessels must be built in Amer­ transportation agency posts, has would be a. "handout" bill. Appli­ On one SlU-contracted,vessel there had been a good many complaints resulted in criticism in the Senate cants for medical care would, for as to feeding, to the degree that the crew had gone on .record con­ ican yards where construction as to whether military men are practical purposes, have to take a demning the steward and the whole department. Investigation by the costs are higher than foreign better qualified for civil posts over pauper's oath to qualify. The bulk boarding patrolman established that the root of the trouble was the yards. As a result, American fish­ their civilian counterparts. of the Forand measure's support­ chief cooks' lack of experience and his violation of steward department erman have been in difficulties be­ Vice Admiral Ralph E. Wilson ers were opposed to any plan other working rules and the steward department guide, both of which are cause they have been unable to (USN-Ret.) and General John S. than one on a contributive basis. addenda to the standard SIU contract. Specifically, there were viola­ keep pace with modern develop­ BragdOn (USAF-Ret.) were nomin­ The Forand measure had the tions of sanitary requirements, with the cook's clothing dirty - and ments in the fishing field. ated for membership on the Fed- solid backing of the entire labor grease-spattered, as well as violations of the above-listed sections on Many foreign fishing vessels are • eral Maritime Board and the Civil movement as well as many other feeding and service with meats prepared and cut up well in advance equipped with deep-freeze lock­ Aeronautics Board, respectively, organizations. In fact, the chief of the meal and food served in an unappetizing and unsightly manner. ers, enabling the crew • to Clean Wilson had been nominated to be source of opposition to the meas­ ' The investigation found that aside, from the chief cook the steward and freeze the catch on the spot. a member of the FMB for a four- ure came from the American Med­ and otlier members of the galley crew had been living up to the terms This not only provides a tastier year term, fulfilling the post va- ical Association and the^ Eisen­ of the agreement, and that the steward would have been Justified un­ product, but enables the vessel to •cated by chairman Clarence G. hower Administration, which took der the contract, in dismissing the chief cook. The situation was jre- stay out longer and get a full load. Morse. Bragdon's proposed ap­ a rigid stand gainst a self-sup­ solved with the cook paying off the ve^el and a replacement being or­ Also, these factory ships, as they are known, are in a better posi­ pointment was as an interim re­ porting medical insurance plan. dered from the Union hali. tion to bargain over prices in the placement for James Durfee. ^ Ike's Bill Attackedwholesale market, unlike the fish­ While with the Defense Depart­ erman who comes In with his Critics of the Administration's ment, Admiral Wilson was one of catch on ice and has to unload it the staunch supporters of the run­ "dole to the needy" attacked the immediately to avoid spoilage., away-flag gimmick, which mari­ inadequacy of the fun,ds provided, The construction subsidy will be time unions regard as the greatest the need to set up an entirely new payable provided the applicant obstacle to a strong American-flag agency to administer the program instead of using the existing So­ merchant marine. SIU crewmen aboard the missile-tracking ship Timber can show he is financially able to Senator Ciair Engle (Dem.- cial Security machinery, and the Hitch (Suwannee) were in the front row at another historic operate and maintain the proposed Calif.) advised the Senate group policy of putting medical care on "first" of the missile age—tracking of an intercontinental new fishing vessel, and that«the plans and specifications of the ves­ discussing the confirmation, that a charity basis. sel are suitable for domestic serv­ the Administration had found it They pointed out that even rea­ Atlas missile after a 9,000formation, about 35 to 40 miles up. ice. The subsidy will only be easier to appoint retired career sonably well-to-do retired -oldsters mile flight. The Atlas flight, which was As it pierced the atmosphere it granted to replace lost, damaged, ofificers for public service thah to have difficulty meeting heavy look elsewhere to find qualified medical cosfs associated with the alunched from Cape Canaveral, went cherry red, turning to white worn out or obsolete fishing ves­ Florida, on May 20, was the long­ as it came closer . . . sels now under the American flag. iUs of old age. civilians. est yet made by any missile, Amer­ "It began to lose heat and color The Administration bill would A quick survey of various Gov­ ernment agencies, both administra­ provide an appropriation of $325 ican or Russian. Fired from the and we missed the actual splash tive and regulatory, brought forth million a year out of Federal and southeast Florida base, the missile ihto the sea about five miles away. that a number of top-paid positions State-Funds. By contrast, the For­ hit its target approximately 1,000 The fiamihg cone lit the night from horizon to -horizon. It was very being occupied by retired and for­ and Plan would have raised $1.2 miles south of Capetown. A reminder from SIU beadAccording to accounts in the spectacular." mer high-ranking military person­ billion annually through increased quarters c.iutions all Si'.afarers Capetown press, quoting T. H. MaNo attempt was made to recover nel. Most of the positions held Social Security payroll taxes, paid leavinjg tbe.'r shipir to contact were found to be key policy spots. for by both workers and employ­ honey, operations manager of the missile nose cone, and con­ the hall in ample tiiue to allow tracking on the ship, the Atlas hit tents, which weighed about 1,000 In summation Senator Engle ers. It would not place any drain the sea just five miles from where pounds. However, in July, 1959, the Union to dispatch a replace­ etated, "I believe that the Senate at all on the Federal budget. the Timber Hitch was standing' by. there was a successful recovery of ment. Failure to give notice be­ should refuse to confirm ahy re­ It is expected that the Senate The Hitch had picked up the fir­ a similar Atlas nose cone on a fore p&ying off may cause a de­ Finance Committee will bring out tired military officers as heads of layed sailing, iorco the ship to . civilian agencies unless there are a bill based on the Forand prin- ing on its electronic equipment a shorter flight. ' At that time, two sail short of the manning re­ few minutes before the missile ap­ other SlU-manned missile ships, some obvious and overriding rea­ ciple and that Senate leaders will quirements and needlessly make sons. . . and that these appoint­ make an issue of this type of legis­ peared in view. Then, Mahoney the Rose Knot and the Coastal Sen­ the ^ork tougher for your shipsaid, "We saw it against the back­ try, collaborated in the recovery ments should go to competent and lation which will be a factor In "'ates. this fall's Presidential campaign. ground of the magellanie cloud of the nose cone. recognized civilians." WASHINGTON—^Backers of an effective program of medi­ cal care for retired Americans are looking to the Senate for assistance after the House passed a bill which would put aid to the retired on the basis of charity. The House acted Bill, introduced by Rep. Aime For­ after the labor-backed Forand and (Dem.-RI), was buried in the Senate Hits Brass Hats In US Jobs Timber Hitch Missile Men Track 9M0-Mile Atlas ... Quitting Ship? Notify Union II. BIENVILLE (Sta-Land), May 29— Chairman, F. Sullivan; Sacratary, D. Gribble. Baker missed ship in JackBonvme. $24 In movie film fund. Mo­ tion to see patrolman about, clothes dryer as soot gets on clothes when hung on deck. Motion made to start ahip's fund. VENORE (Marvan), May 29—Chair­ man, H. Garie; Secratary, J. Archie. my Ship's delegate reports rebuilt wash­ ing machine put aboard and other repairs taken care of. No beefs re­ ported. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), May 31—Chairman, LeRoy * Doty; Secretary, Ted Jones. Ship's delegate suggests that all beefs be presented at meetings so they can be taken up with patrolman. One man missed ship in Lake Charles. General - discussion on ship business and wel­ fare of crew. Everything running smoothly. j|:r- • i liy |'t>: CAPT. NICHOLAS SIHNAS (Cargo/ Tankshlp Management), April $.— Chairman, John Kulasf Secretary, Joshua M. Lundy. «eck and steward department quarters have been painted.' Sink in bakers room will be replaced. Steward department shorthanded but doing a good Job. C and' B men are reminded to see their department delegate when in doubt and to keep beefs within department. $4.55 in fund. AZALEA CITY (e«a-Land), May 29 —Chairman, R. Bsllveau; Secretary, J- C-_ 'Thompson. No beefs reported. $12.72 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to steward department. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Feb. 27—Chairman, Roy Poole; Secretary, Frank TImmons. Ship's delegate re­ ports three men paid off in Long Beach; two hospital cases and one by mutual consent. Matter of medictU ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), May 24— Chairman, R. Thsiss; Secretary, M. Simon. Ship's delegate reports dlscusston on three days lodging due in J*®'!, missed ship in Mobile, Ala. Each department to. hospitalized In Bombay; Union noti­ fied. Expect a letter concerning re­ stricted time at Bombay; also oilers OT maintaining machines while in Bombay. Thanks to delegates for co^ operation and thanks to steward de­ partment for Job well done. Treas­ urer reports balance of $5.60 in ship's fund. Some disputed overtime In engine department—two men short. Will check with chief engineer and captain concerning disputed OT, also total good overtime. Steward depart­ ment delegate reports one non-union man picked up in Ceuta (US citizen). Still short one man; to be picked up at first port. ARIZPA (Waterman), June I—Chair­ men, Clyde Parker; Secretary, Gil­ bert Trasclalr. One man missed ship in Antwerp—sent wire to ship saying foul play. Gear to be left in New Orleans. Some disputed OT; also de­ layed sailing. CANTI6NY (Cities Service), May 24 —Chairman, Ralph McDalrlesi Secre­ tary, Robert Hartley. One man CALMAR :Calmar), No dale—Chairman, N. Kondlzolos. Delegate reports all repairs taken care of. No beefs. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. Everything going fine. take turns cleaning laundry. No beefs reported. BARBARA FRIETCHII (Liberty Nav.), Chairman, Pat Donovan; Secre­ tary, C. J. Mitchell." No beefs re­ ported. $11.57 in ship's, fund. Crew to be quiet while watchstanders sleep. Discussion on mailing letters. Bosun to put up a tarp over batch. missed ship in Lake Charles. Crew reminded to close doors in port. Need new fans. Vote of thanks to steward department. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), June 1—Chairman, R Haylock; Secretary, Brother Taylor. Wy- care being given crewmembers taken care of by agent in Wilmington. $13.30 in ship's fund. Three draws in ManUa, Bangkok and Singapore. Vota of thanks to steward department for well-prepared food." Suggeatipn to re­ turn cups to pantry. May 31—Chairman, Frank TImmens; Secretary, S. A. Smith. Matter of crew restriction in Semerang, Indo­ nesia to be taken up with patrolman in New York. Two crewmembers hos­ pitalized in Penang. Beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. $14.03 in ship's fund. « Voted on ship's fund and library. Will see mate for wind chutes and screens. $10 advance at Jibouti. Ona than missed ship in Ft. Lauderdale. Bepair regrigerator In crew messroom. GT not equalized in engine de­ partment. Crew reminded to flush toilets. Also reminded to turn off washing machine. Sea about having engine, department quarters painted out. One brother desires welsh rare­ bits and lamb chops. . June 1—Chairmen, John Kuiss; Searetary Jesbua M. Lundy., One man DEBARDELBBIN MARINE NO. I (Debardelaben Ma^e), June 4— Chairman, W. Brlghtweii; Secretary,. J. Thempten. Turned in list of beefs last trip in Houston and await reeulte. According to captain we will pay off this time in Beaumont. M/S thnt crew will not accept payoff unleta patrolman le on board ship. NATALIE (Maritime Overeeet), June |.~«halrman, N. Magssh; Eacretery, L. .W. Pepper. Deck delegate reporta ona man paid off In Honolulu. Engine delegate reports one man missed ship; one man deported; ono man aent home for hospUailzation. Some dis­ puted OT. Haven't received LOGS regularly. Food In general considered very poor; quality of meat and prep, araliou of food to be taken up with patrolman upon arrival at first port. STEEL ROVER (Isthmlen), June I— Chairmen; J. P. Goude; Secretary, R. A. Slpsey. All beefe to be taken up with department delegates. S5825 In ship's treasury. No disputed OT. Engine toilet needs to be repaired. No hot water In cooks room. Hot water in cold water showers. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), May S—Chairman, Sylvester Zygerowtkl; Secretary, Jehnny P. Bailday. Ship's delegate reporta that under new skip, per there are a great deal of neceaeery things being done which have not been done and ignored for the past year. Also with assurance that ws shall have eufficient American cur­ rency for'advance money. Everything running smoothly. Ship's fund, tll.72. No beefs reported. Suggestion to see captain and chief engineer about door on both aides of fidley, or if there ia a way to Install warning algnal befoTa doors open to prevent walking Into it. Also suggested that all outsiders must ha kept out of passageways, messhalls *Bnd pant/lea. PAIRLAND (Saa-Land), Junt • — Chairman, R. W. Simpktns; Sacratary, Charles Golditaln. Ship's delegate re­ ports that he talked to chief engineer about the ahortage of ice. Chief okays to pull ice each day. No beefs re­ ported, Crew to get a chedter set. steam iron and radio for crew's uso from ship's fund, A vote of thanks to steward department for Job well done. y-, �Mr 1. ifM BEJIFARERS LOG Pat* BcfM r' Transferred TB Patients Find New Hospitai Okay *Aha! Here's The Culprit!' A favorable report on the facilities and treatment offered by the Veterans Administration to tubercular seamen has been sent to the Union by Seafarer John Driscoll. Formerly a patient at Manhattan Beach Public Health hospital, Dris­ Public Health Service cannot erect coll was transferred to the a modem building for the treat­ • 1 t » u • [r >> r Veterans Adminlstratiqp facility at West Haven, Connecticut, when the Public Health Service closed Man­ hattan Beach on June 15. "To begin with, it is a trulyremarkahle hospital," Driscoll writes. "Relatively new ... it cov­ ers more floor space than the PHS hospital at Stapleton , . . One building is used for general medi­ cine and surgery; the other is for those being treated for pulmonary diseases." One of the drawbacks at Manhat­ tan Beach was that it had no sur­ gical facilities, with the result that patients needing surgery had to be transferred over to Staten Island. Chow Is Tops "The food is very good, wellcooked and nicely served. There are, however, a pumber of restric­ tions which we did not have to con­ tend with at Manhattan Beach. For example, positive patients must stay in their own wards. Passes, except for emergencies, are given only after two consecutive nega­ tive cultures; after three suchcultures, week-end (72-hour) passes are permitted. Although restricted, every serv­ ice we require is brought to the wards. This includes: barber serv­ ice, daily newspapers, library serv­ ice, and a shopping service per­ formed by the Grey Ladies. A dayroom is located on each ward for TV and weekly (3 times) motion pictures. Various organizations such as the Legion and Jewish War Veterans conduct bingo games and other forms of recreation on the wards twice a week. There is also a canteen wagon which calls thrice weekly and which carries just about every item a man could need The staff is a friendly group and always willing to assist when­ ever called on . . . .. I can see no reason why the ment of chest diseases, rather than spread its beneficiaries over the width and breadth of the country. For some reason,. . . the PHS if rapidiy becoming the stepchild of the present administration , , our experience at Manhattan Beach ii but a sample of its policy of im­ provisation, which replaces the long-range objectives that should be its aim . . ." When Manhattan Beach was closed, patients were distributed among other PHS hospitals, prin­ cipally New Orleans. Those who wished to stay in the New York vicinity were sent to West Haven, or St. Anthony's Hospital in New York City. The closing of Manhattan Beach was based officially on the declin­ ing patient population as a result of advances in the treatment of tuberculosis, as well as the cost of operating the hospital. The cost had gone up because an adjoining Air Force base, which had shared power plant costs and other ex­ penses, had been closed down and placed on the Government surplus property list. With Manhattan Beach closed, it is expected that the property will be auctioned off to a real estate developer. Modern medical practice is to treat tubercular patients at general hospitals, such as West Haven, which have medical and surgical facilities. When the closing was an­ nounced, the SlU notified the sur­ geon general of the PHS of its op­ position to contracting out the pa­ tients to private or New York City hospitals where the standards of care and treatment might not bo equivalent to that of a Federal Government facility. It called for treatment of the men at the PHS hospital or fts equivalent. t This being an election year and everybody in sight ang­ ling for the farm vote, it's understandable that the Depart­ ment of Agriculture should be looking for a scapegoat upon whom to place the blame fdr the farmer's difficulties. That's the only logical explanation for the Department's sponsor­ ship of a bill which would give the Secretary of Agriculture discretion to waive the "50-50" cargo law as it applies to the shipment of farm surplus products. Should such a bill ever pass Congress, there is no doubt that it would be a serious blow to US merchant shipping and 'to the job opportunities of US seamen. What the Department's bill boils down to is a willingness WASHINGTON—The US Marltime Administration has recently to sacrifice the shipping industry and seamen's jobs so as to approved the transfer of two be able to throw a pre-election sop to the nation's farmers. more Liberian-flag Llbertys to It is quite obvious, and the Department of Agriculture knows Greek registry. The step apparent­ it, that destroying the "50-50" law and the jobs of American ly was in response to the Greek seamen with it, will make no appreciable contribution to­ Though foreign customs men are known to go overboard government's invitation to runaway ward solving the farm surplus problem. ships to return to the fold. New While this problem arises from many causes, including with their jobs in most foreign countries visited by Seafarers, currency regulations have been Government subsidy set-ups (which, incidentally, make ship­ those in one Brazilian port will surely go down in history be­ drafted to make such transfers particularly attractive for Liberian- ping subsidies look like five-and-dime stuff) advances in agri­ cause of a recent charge of-^ cultural technology and the inability of millions of people jiracy placed against them by by that time he and his son wer* flag ships. overseas to buy enough to eat, the Agriculture Department an American trader who released by local authorities and One of the two firms making re­ en-route to Belem by plane. quest for transfer from Liberian has picked on one insignificant aspect of the whole—the fact claims they made off with his cargo Meanw.hile, joint Americanof whiskey—worth $100,000. to Greek registry listed its address that it costs more to ship on^American ships. British action was taken to prevent Passports Seized The Department wants to take US Government-owned as New York. Spiroa Polemis Sons the sale of the schooner and obtain Ltd., New York City, owners of the cargo, paid for by Federal tax revenues, ship it all on run-, Captain Sylvain Ledee, an Amer­ release for its crew. Liberian Liberty Theokeetor filed away-fiag and foreign-fiag bottoms where seamen get paid ican, said the liquor was hijacked In all there were 2,000 cases ot in the Amazon territory of Amapa the request in behalf of Luarca $75 to $90 a month, or less, and then peddle the line to US Compania Naviera. The other re­ farmers that it has removed, an "obstacle" to marketing of from his trading schooner, by two scotch and 100 cases of French men who boarded the vessel from liquers lost to the Brazilan cus­ quest was filed by the Belant Ship­ farm surplus overseas. _ Brazilian Coast Guard launch, toms officials. And by this time, ping Company, S.A., for the trans­ The "obstacle" of course, is foreign ship operators' objec­ accused him-of smuggling and put no doubt, it's all flowing freely—. fer of the Liberian Valor. wherever it is. tions of American shipping having any share whatsoever of him and his crew under arrest. The latest action by the Greek Captain Ledee said their pass­ this Government-purchased cargo. The "gain" for farmers government reflects the concern of ports were seized and the ship's Greek nationals over the successful would amount to the dollars that the Department would manifest destroyed, (this ordinarily Put Postal Zone Inroads made by the International save by shipping on low wage, tax-dodging runaway ships would not be done in a normal On LOG Address Maritime Workers Union on run­ Cmostly American-owned), dollars which the Department seizure, he noted). The Brazilians The Post Office Department Could then apply to making more surplus deals. away-flag ships. did not waste any time disposing has requested that Seafarers However, in the over-all picture, these savings would be Many of the vessels involved in of the cargo either. They sold it and their families include postal the sudden swing back to Greek a very tiny percentage, around two percent, of the total at auction for $97,000 the same day. zone numbers in sending registry were originally built for spent on farm surplus disposal. No legal'advance notice of the sale changes of address into the long-term charter to the US oil and There is nothing new about the hostility of Agriculture to was given. LOG. "The use of the zone num­ bulk oil shippers, and operate un­ US shipping. It's been ej^ressed many times, the most re­ Captain Ledee, part owner of ber wili greatly speed the flow der the control of large American cent being the Department's statement that the blacklisting the schooner was in the company of the mail and will facilitate oil, steel and aluminum concerns. of his son at the time of their delivery. Others are vessels that were of American-flag shipping by the Arab League was no con­ arrest. He finally was able to re­ Failune to include the zone originally-manned by US seamen cern of the Department's, even .though ft effectively-blocked port the occurrences to the Amer­ number can hold up delivery many US ships from bidding on surplus cargoes. but were subsequently transferred ican Embassy in a note smuggled the paper. The LOG is now In the last analysis, the Department's latest move to de­ out to Belem by a Brazilian naval of to runaway flags and then to Greek in the process of zoning Its registry to avoid American labor stroy "50-50" is simply an effort to cover up its utter, failure officer who befriended and pro­ entire mailing list. tected the pair from violence. But unions and safety standards. to do an effective job of controlling farm surpluses. MA Okays Runaways' Hag Shift Brazil Customs Hijacked Liquor, Skipper Charges # "J -.-V �Par* Twelve July 1. 1999 SE:iF2RERS ZOO k> tr SEAFAIEK M DITIOCK Norfolk's USPHS hospital is currently host to several SIU men, Including Joseph Cave, Charles Robinson. Benjamin Huggins and Sam Anderson. Cave was disalbled with a broken foot but looks forward to being released soon and finishing his treatment as an outpatient. His last ship was the Del Norte. Robinson is doing fine after a skin graft. He has been in the hospital • r- IM'- Cave Higgini Welch Robinson since February 5, 1960 and is looking forward to getting out soon. He sailed last upon the Mermaid. Huggins is feeling better after a bout with a stomach ailment, that kept him in the doldrums. His last ship was the Alcoa Pioneer. . Recent entrants in the Staten Island USPHS hospital are R. L. Welch « and J. J. H. Michauz. Brother Welch, who sailed last as FWT on the Kathryn, was hospitalized with severe burns on his leg. He is making fair progress. Brother Michaux was hospitalized vv^th a hernia. He sails In the steward department and his last ship was the Ema Elizabeth. Seafarers on the beach are urged to. visit, or drop a line to their buddies in the hospital. USPHS HOSPITAI, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Berg* Bergersen EmUe J. Oliv* Thomas Buterakof Frank Ortiz AUen Cooper Wm. P. Asterholti Raymond E. DabneV Harry Overton, Jr. Sidney C. Day Chrisbol Palmer Gorman T. Glaz* George Reier Edgar Goulet James L. Roger* Loyd J. GriSis Edw. P. Scherzer James E. HamUton John Schoch Daniel HiU G. F. Shaffer R. M. Kirkwood Charles Shaw Leo Koza Robert O. Smith Theodore Kubecka P. W. Strickland Frederick, Leeds Frank W. Taylor Manuel Lourido W. E. Tomlinson 1. McCormick Joseph Williams Michal MichaUk Hoy WUt Hrwin Moen Walter A. Yahl R. E. Morrison John Yuknas VICTOR CULLEN STATE HOSPITAL CULLEN. MARYLAND Alvlno Terrazas USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. O. P. Blackmore Jose E. Leston Raymond M. Davis John R. Nelson USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Hack J. Acosta D. B. Patterson Max Anderson Adam E. Slowick Ben W. Buck USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Bellsario Alonso Austin Hitching* Raymond O. Brown Ernest Vfebb USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Joseph Basch Leo Lang W;illard Blumen Rene Le Blane Accurso Bonti James T. Moor* George Mi Chang Ernest Mosley Albert douse John C. Munden Virga L. Coash John Hi Overton Mose E. Coleman Kenyon Parks Roberto DeFronza Louis Peed Bertram Eckert Dawson Perry Edward Fairfield PhUip Prescott James Glisson Andrew C. Reed Led C. HannonCharles Robinson Wade B. HarreU Calvin A. Rome Herman Holmes VirgU J. Schrag* Benjamin Huggins' Paul Signorino Edw. ,0. Johnson "Bobby Slade Eaden E. King Hans Speigel Norman Kirk Maximo Tangolin Edward Napp ' Luther E. Wing USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA George Balaskos Isaac Bl Duncan Allan G. Burka WUliam H. Mason Dennis Cahoon Henri J. Robin. Jr. Lucien F. Drew Dallas H. SwindeU SAILOR SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Bart E. Guranick Thomas Isaksen • A. B. Gutierrez USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Victor B. Cooper loannis Louka* Oscar J. Adams John S. Lukas A. A. Arancibia Marcos E. Medina Henning Bjork J. J. Michaux Lymon Cunningham Isaac Miller Rulof DeFretes Andrew Mir William F. Doran James MitcheU J. W. Eichenberg William Morris Antonio Ferreira A1 Peffanis George Fiance Bart J. Power Michael J. Gaudlo Frank Robertson John Hawkins Joseph O. Roy Rolf Karlsen Joseph Smith Zannia Kodros ' Claude A. Virgin Paul Kronbergs Richard L. Welch Thomas Lauer Arthur A. Wilferi Thomas R. Lehay Paul J. Wilkinson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Wm. S. Beadles C. E. Newkirchner Matthew Bruno Waldo M. Oliver Samuel E. Joseph Leo Rondario John F. Malyszko Howard J. Watts USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Jonas Heidt Joseph I. Perrera George B. Little George D. Rhodes VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS R. J. ArsenaultVA HOSPITAL NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK Chas. O. Bergagna VA HOSPITAL MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA Jacob L. BuckelewVA HOSPITAL KERRVILLE. TEXAS Wlllard T. CahiU VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MApYLAND John J. Hazel MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND George Davis *. VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN. CONN. John J. DriscoU Henry E: Smith US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON. DC. Wm. H. Thomson . TRIBORO HOSPITAL JAMAICA. LONG ISLAND James RusseU VA HOSPITAL • _ CENTER HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA Clifford C. Wumack USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Frank E. Anderson Max Olson B. F. Deibler Peter W. Sotir* George Doherty Joseph P. Wise Woodrow Meyers Bozo G. Zelencl* iUHAll DIRECTORY SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT . Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Claude Simmons Llndsey WlUlams Earl Sheppard A1 Tanner HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Mooney IIEADQUABTEB3....67S 4th Ave., Bklyu. HYaclnth 9-6600 BALTIMORE 1316 E. Baltimore St Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON - .276 State St. John Arabascz, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON -.4202 Canal St R. Matthews, Agent CApital 3^9: 3-40B( MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklln 7-3964 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence'St. Louis Nelra. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS S23'BieuvUle St. Buck Stephens, Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK.......675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK.. 416 CoUey Ave. Paul Gonsorchlk. Agent -MAdlson 7-1083 PHn:.ADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1639 SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrison St. Waller Sibley. Agent Douglas 2-4401 SANTURCE. PR.. 1313 Fernandez Juncos. Stop 20 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep. Phone 2-9996 JACKSONVILLE. 020 Main St.. Room 200 William Morris. Agent 3-0967 SEATTLE 2509 1st Ave. Ted Babkpwskl. Agent Main 3-4334 WILMINGTON. CaUf 909 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries. Agent - Terminal 4-2928 SUP HONOLULU....91 South Nlmltz Highway PHone 902-777 NEW ORLEANS 923 BienvUle St. ' Jackson 9-7428 NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6609 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApltol 3-4336 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2909 1st Ave. Main 2-0290 WnjaiNGTON 909 Marine Ave. Terminal 9-6617 MC&S HONOLULU....91 South Nlmltz Highway PHone 9-1714 NEW ORLEANS 923 BiettvUle St. ' RAmond 7-428 NEW YOftK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApitol 7-3222 SAN FRANCISCO.. 350 Fremont St. EXbrook 7-5600 SEATTLE 2505 — 1st Ave. MAin 3-0088 WILMINGTON 909 Marine Ave. TErminal. 4-8538 Great Lakes District ALPENA 127 River St. ELmwood 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 890 Main St. ... GRant 2728 CLEVELAND ..1420 W. 29 St. MAln 1-0147 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone; Randolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich .PO Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 RIVER ROUGE.. 10225 W. Jefferson. Ave. Mich. Vinewood 3-4741 SOUTH CHICAGO.......9383 Ewlng Ave. „T SAginaw 1-0733 TOLEDO .....120 Summit St. V CHerry 8-2431 Canadian District FORT WILLIAM Ontario HALIFAX N.S. 408 Simpson St. ' Phone: 3-3221 12814 HoUia St. Phone 3-8911 MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West • Victor 2-8161 QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569 THOROLD, Ontario......52 St. David St. TORONTO. Ontario 272'mng Stf^E ST. JOHN. NB ....177 PrluM^WUUam^&t® OX 2-5431 VANCOUVER, BC .298 Main St. MFOW BALTIMORE 1216 East Baltimore St. _ EAstem 7-3383 HONOLULU....96 North Nimitz ^ghway PHone 9-6077 NEW ORLEANS 923 BienvUle St. . _ MAgnolia 0404 NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St COrtland 7-7094 PORTLAND 922 NW Everett St. CApitol 3-7297-8 SAN FRANCISCO :240 Second St. • DOuglas 2-4992 SAN PEDRO 296 West 7th St. ' - TErminal 3-4489 SEATTLE 2333 Western Ave. MAln 2-6326 Sign Name On LOG Letters For obvious reasons the LOQ cannot print wiy 'ltetters or other communications sent in by Seafarers unless the author signs his name. Unsigned anony;i3ous letters will only^ wind up in the waste-basket. If circumstances justify, the LOG wiil withhold a signature oh reouest. . -A' and a wonderful man. He drowned In the English Channel in 1947 while on watch. His son To the Bdltorr ^ going on seventeen and very Althou^ 1 always knew that him—he is fond of It^as great to be s member of " di# Seafarers International , xu rrkn Union, 1 did not realize Just O" family all loves the LOG, how much it meant untU the 2^® Seafarers Welfare Plan paid a daughter Mwie, almost fifteen. sizable portion of my wife's *«*way8 sits dovm and reads her hospital and doctor bUls folLOG—that comes lowing her iiecent hospitaliza- 'tm with her. We want to thank you for I'want to take this oppoP- sending it to us and hope that ^ you keep on with your good work* Mrs. N. R. Cloueh - -.... ^ Welfare Aid A Big Help :ji|||||r;: TIate Editor^ Waterman Ship More Like BMT All letters ^ xi. j-x «dtfor for To the Editor: X x X XV , XI. CTTT J .X tunity to thank the SIU and Its members who contributed to this cause, for the help rweived dl^ng a very trying period. 1 am happy to know that we have the LOG to inform our members of such things. Herbert E. Grant t t RAA«< d'nel Deer Mnu g ^ ^Yle BMT-Fourth Avenue local to see what it'st , saUlng Waterman style.^1 can guarantee as many stops and stays. The ship I'm on arrived at Tampa Sunday and dropped hook, wailing for a berth, Of course there was also no launch service (I guess the compgj, j, ggye y, money). There is one consolation. We gjght ^dore ports before we head for sunny California (unless they add gg„jg others). 1 have already Warm Wdcomo wti'ed lor money twice and LOO must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. To the Editor* when 1 do reach California 1 ' We would like to inform all ®nJy ®we Seafarers that we (Jerry Mc-. *^®®' ,, , ,x» u earthy and Jimmie Sherlock) , Take it from me. it's cheaper have purchased the. Lucky J®*' ^ . Seven Bar & Lounge at 112 Charlie Brinton North 77th Street, Houston, 3^ $ 5. . „„„.d be Pleaeed b. wet®'«®Ck come all our friends and can nGlpS OUl assure all of cold beer and a . jo the Editor: warm welcome. It is with heartfelt thanks Jerry McCartliy that I send my appreciation for . K. 4 the death benefit check which I received from the Welfare Slow Boat ^ Plan covering my late husband Adrian Guns. To India I want to thank you most.sinTo the Editor: The men aboard the Josefina ®®/®f f^®;" wish to report that all's well n* wiif vSh T Ln with a top-notch crew, from the ® ^®' ®' ' ®®° now pay and have some peace old man all the way down. mind. John Thompson has his movrf of Also, let me thank you for projector, phonograph and radio, so we au have a sweU expression of symtime watching movies, listening pathy. Mrs. Anna Guns to "the Yankees get beat, and t 4" 4 hearing records. Brother Ratliff is running the SIU Man Now movies for the crew. ^ ,, _ , We are bound, for Calcutta, SGllS AlitOS India, and everyone knows what xo the Editor: its like to crawl over there on a i am now residihg in HonoLiberty ship. There's not much lulu with my family and have overtime but she sure is a been here for the past two feeder. We have a top notch months. co;>!i; and steward, On arriving here I had diffi­ E. Mariano culty in finding work, owing to the. fact that employers are it 4^ somewhat afraid of hiring sea­ Log Fans men. Thanks to the thorughfulness and assistance of James Down-Under Dooley, the SUP agent here, I To the Editor: obtained work. He was surely a For many years you have great „_,,_x help. been sending the LOG to both I am prcMntly working for my daughter and myself here voikswagon as a salesman. In in Sydney Australia 1 have g^g^^ shipmates of been wanting to write for so j ^ long, but never got around to it.,, showroom to say hello. You have groiro since first ^ jg^j, j. McLoughllii sending us your LOG—^you have A A A a wonderful Union and look " after your members on ships SGGTGrGr TflkGd and ashore, and also the ones — Se.-who have lost their husbands. iO I 8V®rn-mg 1 have met njany of the men To the Editor:' tn the past years from the ships Would like to let all my that used to come here. Also 1 friends and former shipmates have many friends from the know that 1 now own the "My ships, many of whom are no Pal Tavern" at 404 Aurora doubt, members of your Union, Street, Seattle. Wash., and who remember '"Creek Street would like to have them drop in Forest Lodge." for a chat whenever they're in The late E. j. Belehala, of port. Pittsburgh, was my son-in-law . Lawrence J. Crane �"|Ji*P'-'^ inly 1. 19M r^ > SEAFARERS Hot Time On Robin Gray SIU Man Carries OT Sheets All The Way {The following article was sub­ mitted to the LOG by Seafarer "Walter Schlect.) Thought you might like to see the new type air mail letter that the Portuguese are putting out now . . . copied from the State­ side ones I guess although they are not the same size. Get the banana motif on the outside. We had a fire in the number five hold at about 6 AM on Fri­ day, June 3. Of course I would have to be on gangway watch then and discover it. I notified the mate on watch and he sounded the alarm on the ship's system. Real SIU Man Seems we have one real SIU man aboard, an OS who shall b? nameless. He came out of his forecastle with his lifejacket over his shoulders, his ID card in one hand and his OT sheets in the other. The fire started in lower num- •1 •v > her five hj^ld and spread to the upper tween decks. Capt. Ossward and chief mate Mouche handled it very well and kept damage to a minimum. Best of all, no one was hurt or overcome by smoke, though the captain had a close call in the lower hold, where he inhaled a. bit of smoke 'and scratched his leg rather badly. # No Damage Estimate I have no Idea of the damage Portuguese Air Mail Design but would estimate it as more than $50,000, as there were trac­ tor parts and other machines and a couple of dozen refrigerators along with other stuff in that hold. There was a lot j)f smoke Fate tMiiem LOG damage, as the skipper used COa to smother the flames. I taught firefighting in the Navy during the last war and I though the whole thing was handled rather nicely by both the officers in charge and the crew. The alarm really shook some people up. We leave soon for Mombassa and expect to be there for a week, then back to Boston In mid-July and New York a day later. Things jre running smooth on the -Bobin Gray—not fights, no loggings (so far)—all in all, not a bad trip. At least the checks (allotments) dont bounce with this company. I read in the last LOG which we received, that the Rockland was sold and so I guess by the time we get back to Brook­ lyn the checks will be waiting. There are two of us here from the Rockland ... the deck engi­ neer (Blythe) and myself, and we were wondering just what routine we have to go through to receive our checks. Photographs From The Fleet Standing by the movie screen on the No. 4 hatch" of the Steel Exec­ utive are (I to r) E. Yaher, corp.? L Reis, AB, and R. Air, bosun. LOO 'Interviews' An Aspiring Typist Felix Dayrit puts the finishing touches on a movie screen which he built aboard the. Steel Executive in his off? time hours. . -l •r-e >> f, • * Y''v ' ' Recently, the SEAFARERS LOG had to turn down a "job opplication" from ah attractive young blond. Her qualifications ds a typist seemed to be in order, as the photo above shows. Un­ fortunately, she was a bit under-age—being three years old to be exact. Also, as will be no­ ticed, she didn't do what every typist mustput a piece of paper in the machine. The "applicant" is Mary Anne Graff, daughter of Seafarer. Jerry Graff. The proud father vol­ unteered to serve as a high stool so that the applicant could reach the keys, but was in­ formed, regretfully, that his daughter.would have to come bock in about 15 years.' Good secre­ taries are hard to find, so we're all anxiously waiting for 1975 to come. ^ : Working on a movie projector bought by money won by the Steel Apprentice in the Isthmian Safety Award contest of 1959 are jleft to right) Dayriti Paul Lopez, chief cook; and Elmert DeQuartel. �PSfe Fourteen SEAFARERS Bosun's Blonde Bombshells LOG^ July 1. 1969 e"! RAPHAEL SEMMES (SM - Land Ssry!e«), Juna 4—Chairman. B. Varn. Jr.i Sacratary. W. Blakaslaa. No bocft. Repair list turned in. Most ot the repairs taken care of. $27.20 in ship's fund. One man got off ship in JacksonviUe. Need repairs to deck department head and showers. Dis­ cussion on having cooler In recreation room aft to keep cokes, etc.. cool. Suggestion made to get clothes drier for crew as officers now have one. Vote of thanks to steward department for good food and service. BEATRICE (Bull), June 5—Chair­ man, George McCartney; Secretary, Juan Colen. Ship's delegate reports that a wreath of flowers was sent to brother Red CampbeU's home in Pitts­ burgh. accompanied by a telegram expressing our sympathy on the death of his mother. The toUet used by the longshoremen in San Juan is a deflnite menace to the health ot the crew and some action must be taken to correct this intolerable situation. Discussion concerning safety meeting held with topside. Some disputed OT to be settled at payoff. Ope FWT quitting ship. M/S/C to donate a few doUars to the man who deUvers the books from the AMMLA. M/S to set up a ship's fund. Motion defeated by a vote of 23 to 7. Ship's commit­ tee to meet with member of Food Plan to discuss obtaining more choice steak meat. Liftle Laurey (just two yean old) and Mark Henault pose for a snapshot. Their daddy, Joseph Henault, is currently bosun ori the Mount Whitney. Flashlighted Poker Parley The failure of the power plant (by degrees) didn't phase the poker fanatics on the Rebecca In a recently-held poker game. The lights got dimmer and dim­ mer and the players strained their eyes more and more, until finally the lights went out. Even the safety light failed. But did that stop the enthusiasts—^not on your life. They got their flash­ lights out and it was flashlight poker from then on. "We lost the plant," wrote Paul Franco, telling about the evening, "But | not one poker player." $ $ Particulars On Pork Chops The chowhounds are getting { fancy on the Choctaw. One crewmember suggested that' when pork chops are served two end cut chops should never be served together but one end cut and one | shoulder cut should be matched. A variation on Ice cream Tvas I asked-for, as well as baskets forj bread, new pitchers, soup bowls | and a pound' of strawberries a day. . SHIPBOARD SKETCHES by Ben Graham CHOCTAW (Waterman). April IS— Chairman. Charles H. Bush; Secralary, John A. Densls. Vote of thanks for flowers crew sent for Brother Zeleski's sister who passed away April 14. 833.70 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported. Ship's delegate to get the mail and passes. Agreed ijy member- • ship to keep salesmen out of the' passageways. Cofftetime pastry to be covered with plastic screens on side table. Library to be kept clean. Stand clear of gangway untU deck department rigs the gangway. May 21—Chairman. Walter ZeieskI; Secretary. John Denals. Repair lists turned in. To see patrolman for American money draws in Korean ports and Japan and to have captain carry more money on here. Two men missed ship In Japan: rejoined. One man logged. Man detained in Yokuska by Navy shore patrol—reason, for missing ship. See patrolman about follow through on repair list. S33.70 in ship's fund. Several items to be .clarified for deck department. No beefs or disputed OT. Good and wel­ fare: ^ork chops—no two end cuts • or shoulder cuts on a plate, but one of each; 4 to 5 suppers on weekender variation of lee cream: baskets for bread: new pitchers, soup bowls to be ordered: 63 x 90 sheets too smaU —68 X100 size sheets to be ordered: one pound of strawberries daily. Lock headb showers in ports. All safety meeting procedures should be given to patrolman. Donations list for mer­ chant marine Ubrary posted. Weld­ ing to be done this trip. CITIES S E R V I C E. BALTIMORE (Cities Service). June 10. 1N6—Chair­ man. Georgs Rhilllps: Secrstary, K. R. Msrtson. Repair list turned In. No beefs reported. Crew reminded to lock up ship's iron and Ironing boards while in shipyard; keep feet oif mess* haU chairs; use roach powder in all rooms—if no good, have ship fumi­ gated. MARORE (Ore Navigation). May SB ^hairman, P. O'Neill; Secretary. J. Bryant.. No beefs reported. Repair list turned in. Cots to be returned at end of voyage: more cots ordered. See about getting new agitator for washing machine. Vote of thanks to steward department for food- and service. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), May 29— Chairman; J. S. Rueda; Secretary. L. J. Pate. No beefs reported. S13.42 in ship's .^fund. Discussion on getting cantaloupe as they are in sstson. If not on board, steward to notify ship's delegato leaving MobUe. REBECCA (Maritime Overseas), June 4—Chairman. W. N. Trolle; Sec­ retary, J. Bregnam. Penalty cargo beef pending at payoff. Repair Ust turned in. Need a water cooler. Ship needs fumigation. Crew reminded to keep messroom clean at all times. BEAUREGARD' (Sea-Land Service), June 4—Chairman, M. Gottschalk; Sec­ retary,« M. Gottschalk. Suggestion that menus be more varied particu­ larly on salads and seafood. Not enouA fresh vegetables aboard. To see Food Coipmlttce about getting BcaUops and watermelons. All else running smoothly. GaUey to be paint­ ed. S7 in ship's'fund given to ship's delegate for wires. One man hospi­ taUzed in Houston. M/S to InstaU awning aft so that crew can sleep on deck during hot weather. ELEMIR (Oceanic Petroleum), Jung >—Chairman, Shadreck Gray; Secrs­ tary, Jamst P. Baldsrston. Crew asked to return cups to pantry after coffee time and from wheel house at night. Discussion re food coming to the Sable cold—chief cook wlU rem­ edy this situation. Clarify what ar­ ticles we tailed under—tanker or dry cargo. Heed copies of agreement for aU delegates: copies of forms for ship's minutes; overtime sheets for all departments. • HOSE KNOT (Suwannee), June t — Chairman, Harry White; Secratary, John Steabar. Two men got off in Recife.' Beef* to he taken up with po^ agent on arrival. Crew ai&ed'to remove all cots from deck and return same to steward before ship gets to port! also to .remove eU radio an­ tennas. ataaavU .aaaaS DEL MAR (MItilstlppI), June 12— Chelrman, H. J. Maes; Secretary, E. "He was painting tH?} stadrwhen the old man blew the whistle, ^ f:. . • P. Aches. ' Bosun asked eooperatioa on dumping garbage in foreign porta. No beefs reported. Need water cooler In steward department lounge. $162.53 In ship's fund from previous voyage. water cooler In crew recreation room. Safety director to be asked to coma on. board and see conditions of ship. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. TEXMAR (Calmar). May If—Chair­ man, O. Stone; Secretary, Andy Gowder. No beefs reported. Departments to take turns cleaning lanndry. Don't take light bulbs out of passageways. Keep recreation room and pantry clean at night. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penil Ship­ ping). June 11—Chairman, N. Rose... crans; Secretary. Edward Miller. No beefs reported. Suggestion to put Ume in garbage cans to keep flies down whUe we are in port. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Jung 9 —Chairman, J. Davis: Secretary. J. Gates. Word from captain on crewmembers coming back late. Repair Ust turned in and will be complied with this trip. Member hospitalized in St. Thomas PHS hospital with broken leg to Hie flown to Baltimore PHS hospital on June 7th. MARORE (Ore). June S—Chairman. O: Emerlck; Secretary.' C. Bedell. Repair Ust turned in. See patrolman about getting ship fumigated as roaches are faking ' over ship. Fan moved fti st'bd messinen's room to give better ventUatlon. Keep noise down in passageways after 10 p.m. Get some wind scoops for rooms that are short. TITAN (Cargo Tank^p), J4ay 30— Chairlnan, P. J. McKreth; Secretary, D. Forrest. Discussion on cigars marked' "tax exempt" on which tax was paid on vessel by members. Wash­ ing machine has lightweight housebold motor which is not holding up —^recommend heavy duty motor be InstaUed. Request that books be re­ turned to Ubrary once read. 'Safety committee of unUcensed personnel, headed, by bosun and consisting ot one member from each department, elected. Good crew. Excellent food. Some disputed OT. One man missed ship due to injury. Warning issued 4. 4.H • J EAGLE VOYAGER (See Transport), June 12—Chairman, A. Romero; Sec­ retary, S. U. Johnson. Two men hos­ pitalized: one in Japan and one in India. Biuthers asked to be careful when working on deck. Everything running relatively. No reply from headquarters as yet to past corre­ spondence. $31.11' in ship's fund. Cost of radiogram sent to headquarters concerning Joe Carrol's hospitaUzation deducted from original balance of S34. Replacement made In Japan la SIU member. Second replacement is not a Union member and wiU be ' replaced at the end of this voyage. One man short in steward departktent. Decided that ship's delegate WiU set time for meetings. All < fM, SAMPAN HITCH (Suwannee), June 10—Chairman. Jack E. Nelson: Secre­ tary, Rudy p. DeBoissiefe. Photo­ graphs sent to ship's log on success­ ful Polaris shot. Sampan Hitch was host to Asst. Secretary of the Na'vy and Washington personneL New wash­ ing machine arrived Trinidad. to crewmembers to keep quarters locked In port. Need additional foc'sle keys. Vote of thanks to mem­ bership and delegates for their coop­ eration in shaping up a new ship. GULFWATER (Metre Petroleum), June 4—Chairman. Stephen N. Fulford; Secretary. Sanford Kamp. Two men hospitaUzed; reported to head­ quarters. Captain wlU order enough steward stores at the Suez Canal to make the States. No serious beefs. Some disputed OT. CITIES SERVICE MIAMI (Cities Service). June 14—Chairman, D. L. Rood; Sacretary. L. P. Nagmann. Faucets in aU rooms have been fixed. Sanitary system wiU be fixed In ship­ yard: also blower In messhaU. Better grade toUet tissue'. Guards giving physical search in Lake Charles. Steward asks that after using cot it be placed where it won't blow ovisr side. Steward utiUty ordered out of Hoi^on faUed to report. Discussion held on setting third table In mess­ haU: voted down. Fresh coffee wanted for lunch and dinner. Do away with steam tables. Check on why man was fired for no reason. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), June 12—Chairman, George Nlldreth; Sac­ retary, Zygle Zygarowski. One man missed ship. AU repairs to be taken care of. Saw captain ahbut logs and he said they would stay that way. Sll in ship's fund. Some disputed OT. Discussion on safety meettog. DEL NORTE (Mississippi), June 12 —Chairman, E. Stougb; Secretary, J. Whitad. No beefs: good trip. Balance In ship's fund, S199.40'. M/S to get new movie screen and have projector overhauled: money to come out of ship's fund. M/S to have .waterfountain repaired and hot and cold water line to laundry sinks ' put in by shore- .personnel. M/S to have movie director contact suppUer in New Orleans re prices, changing with other ships, etc.: otherwise get movies in Houston. Suggested that pickles, fresh onionsj radishesg etc. appe^ on tables, not only on menu. To see patrolman as to no R.O.B. cigarettes aUowed. Discussion on ways to avoid rush and bottleneck at breakfast time. ALCOA POINTER (Aicoa),^ May 8— Chairman, W. Wsndell; Secretary. T. P. Greaney.Everything running smoothly. No beefs reported. Few hours disputed OT. Vote of thanks to steward department. June 13—Chairman, W. Wandell; Secretary, T. P. Greanel. Ship's busi­ ness to be taken up with patrolman at payoff. Have patrolman look into roach situation aboard. Vote of thanks to steward department: LOSMAR (Calmar), May 28—Chair­ man, R. E. Hunt; Secretary, E. John­ ston. Ship's delegate reported on re­ pairs. Rifle incident. Port time dis­ charges. Beef result on'no hot water previous voyage. Port screens aboard and new piping for hot water line. General discussion on quaUty and quantity of meat put aboard. 8EATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), June 18—Chilrman, Joe McLaren; Secretary, T. Molle'r. TV has been repaired. Sent letter to Mr. Chapdelaine and SIU requesting permission ship .dock Edgewater early July 4th and saU Juljr sth. S2.66 in ship's ftmd. BUI paid for TV repairs 887.40. WiU see patrolman about having hide care away from crew's quarters, top­ side. Request there be no TV on meal "hours. Vote of thanks to outgoing Bhip'S OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Oven•esi), June 11—Chairman, M., Sterne; .>8ecretBry, Alex Janes. Discussion that' there be no payoff until disputed OT la setUed. Also see patr(dman about STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian). May 4—Chairman. W. A. Nendershot; Sec­ retary. A J. VIelantc. Bosun elected safety representative. Extra toaster requested. Each foc'sle was Tssued spray bomb: ship to be fumigated in States. GALLOWAY (Ovtrseat Navigation), Juno 12—Chairman, C. Malette; Sec­ retary, W. Todd. Everything running smoothly. American money to be de­ clared in Poland. MaU aU letters to NY address. No agents for company In Belgium and Holland as yet. Re­ port about refusal of the captain to allow radio opcr;itor in crew mess recreation. ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa). Juno 12 —Chairman. Rad Rosoff; Secretary, Donald P. Maast. Draw Ust lo be taken up for New Orleans. Captain WiU give out draw as soon as ship docks. No one knows where he will payoff as yet. Beef on three delayed sailings. About one-third of repairs taken care of so far. Men getting off please turn in keys for rooms to delegate or department head. Vote of thanks to steward for a job weU done. OCEAN JOYCE (Maritime Overseas). ' Mav 20—Chairman. W. Arlinghaus) Secretary. R. Mills. One man m^sed ship in Calcutta. Hia gear- was sent to the SIU haU In Seattle. Suggested we keep laundry in better order. Effort to be made to get as many repairs made before end of voyage as possible. PORTMAR (Calmar). June 5—Chalp. .man. J, Simmons; Secretary, P. win­ terly. Three men logged. One maU hospitaUzed In Panama. See patrol­ man about wipers being worked over­ head during hottest part of trips east and west. Copy of motion concerning shortage of foodstuffs to be given to Food Committee in NY. Galley range needs fixing. ~ Overseas), ^ne 5—Chairman and Secretary, L. w. tapper. Names of men who missed ship -turned over to patrolman. One man paid off In Honolulu. Beefs to be taken up with patrolman. Food considered very poor quaUty. <Marven Steamship), Jung l»-;Chalrman. Harry Gsrie; SecratsiV, W. T. Fazenklln. Request that benches bo put in recreation room. Return cups to pantry. Don't leave cots on deck. Leave soda in Icebox unless it Is your soda. Washing machine to be repaired. PENN TRADER (Penn Shipping), June 14—Chairman, J. D. Cummlnsi Secretary, Prank Kastura. Things are running smoothly: good crew. Turn in aU extra linen as weU as dirty linen. JOSEPINA (Liberty Navigation), June 13—Chairman, Petar Luketict Secretary, S. T. Arales. Ship's dele<ate reports everything in good shape. Captain wUl put out a money draw In checks and only S5 American money. . One man in engine depart­ ment s.ent home from Port Everglade. Fla. for hospitalization. No replace­ ment available due to hoUday. S1.20 In ship's fund. Keep cover on garbage can at aU times and empty it aft. Keep non-crewmemSers out of pas­ sageways jand conduct business only in recreation room. Suggestion made to show movies for orphans with movie equipment aboard. Ch^lr"" 'D'* P. V.'"DICarlo. '*St^ard''to'*buy'"{ca In next port as the ice machine does not make lee for the three meals. Discussion on trying to get another messman for crew's mess as It is too big for one man. Crew to d^ess for dinner, and not come to meBshall at« tired in draws. Keep messhaU clean. A — A -- A*.- .... : .J •. ^ _ . Sf : 3 "'•is •' I �JTnly 1. 19M SEAFARERS SIU BABY ARRIVALS Personals And Notices FINAL 1 Pace Plffcoi LOG All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: DISPATCH Rnssella Louise Brooke, born Mason Hall May 3, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Contact B. F. Bond, Box 195, CMR HoUoman AFB, New Mexico. Osborne M. Brooke, Prichard, Ala. ^ 4 4 4 Arthur Thomas Castro, born The deaths, of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Tommy Hawkins Seafarers Welfare Plan; Write me at 2519 South (juyler April 15, 1960, to Seafarer and Avenue, Berwyn, Illinois. William Mrs. Arturo Castro, Houston, Tex. Stanley J. Swlenehoeld, 49;- Paul Rogosch, 58: Brother Ro- Scott. 4 4 4 Carol Sue Chianese, born May Brother Swlenchoskl died of nat­ gosch died of a heart ailment in <t A' Orleans, 26, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. ural causes while New N oAnyone who remembers seeing James O. Chianese, Brooklyn, NY. a patient at the Louisiana, Alvie Means in Mobile during July 4 4 4 Polyclinic Hospi­ vember 7, 1959. Louis Anthony Filippetti, bom of 1958, please wYite to him, with a tal, New York He sailed in the statement to that effect, c/o Route April 27, 1960, to Seafarer and City, AprU 10, SIU deck depart­ 1, Lexington, Indiana. This' is Mrs. Luis A. Filippetti, Baltimore, 1060. He had ment since NoV e m b e r, 1938. urgent. Md. sailed in the SIU 4 4-4 engine depart­ The only known 4" 4 • • Frances Victorine Gomez, bom ment since May, siuvivor is LeWallets, seamen's papers, etc. May 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. 1951. He is sur­ nesse D a i g 1 e, are being held for the following in Francis F. Gomez, Mobile, Ala. daughter to the vived by his son, late Vivian Daigle, appointed ad­ the vault, NY hall: 4 4 4 Stanley E. Swlenchoskl, of New ministratrix to the Rogosch estate. Eric Alois Letter, born March 15, Benny Pritkin, E. C. Brown, York City. Burial was in St. Peter E. T. Cunningham, Francisco Gian- 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alexan­ $ $ ^ icco, H. Jurgenson, F. E. Lillard, der J. Leiter, Newark, NJ. and Paul Cemetery, Taylor, Pa. liOyd McGee, 55: Brother McGee 4 4 _4 died of natural causes while a pa- A. L. Obletree, J. W. Robertson, X Patricia Qnintanilla, born March tient at the I. Rosvold, John Trost, V. Walrath 17, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Methodist Hospi- and H. C. Wilson. yircil Sandberr, 59: Brother Ramon Quintanilla, Philadelphia, t a 1, Brooklyn, Sandberg died of a heart ailment 4 4-4 Pa. May 9, 1960. He while a patient in a New York WUIiam R. Dixon had sailed in the Karen Elizabeth Smith, bom hospital. He had sailed in the SIU Please contact S. Baker, 1315 SIU steward de­ engine department since August, partment since South 26th Place, Lawton, Okla­ April 4, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. La France T. Smith, Mobile, Ala. October, 1943. He homa. Phone: Elgin 5-4577. 1951. His only listed survivor is a 4 4 4 is survived by his friend, Mrs. Mary Hecker, of New 4 4 4 Stephen A. Wilt, bom May 26, widow. Mrs. Hel­ York City. Burial was in the New 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Max Portaer en McGee, also E. Wilt, Harrisburg, Pa. Montefiore Cemetery, Farming- of Brooklyn. Burial was in the Friends are anxious to contact 4 4 4 you in regard to appraisal of small dale, Long Island, New York. Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Daniel Garcia, born May 2, 1960, piece of property in Catskills. Get in touch with H. Krumholz, c/o to Seafarer and Mrs. Trinidad Gar­ Yorkville Hungarian Restaurant, cia, Galveston, Tex. 4 4 4 350 East 81 Street, New York, NY. Lisa Jensen, born March 23, 4 4 4 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Erik H. Jensen, Brooklyn, NY. Chin Ling Contact your wife at No. 2 4 4 4 Eunice Marie Kirchner, bom Readymoney Bldgs., Block 11, 2nd Floor, Clare Road, Byculla, Bom­ May 16, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ralph Kirchner, Arnold, Md. bay, India. EVERY I SUNDAY I DIRECT VOICE I BROADCAST . 4 I > V TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS "THE VOICE OF THE MTD' EVERY SUNDAY. 1430 OMT (If>30 EST Svndnyl WFK-S9, 19850 KCs Ships in Caribbean, East Coast of South Aiperica, South Atlan­ tic and East Coast of United States. - WFL-66. 16850 KCs Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ bean, West Coast of South America, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast. WFK-95, 15700 KCs Ships in Mediterranean area. North Atlantic, European and US ~East Coast Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-Worid Wireless Broadcasts Continue .. . > s Every Sunday, 1915 GMT <2:15 PM EST Sunday) WCO-13020 KCs Europe and North America •J > A I' WCO-18908J KCs : ' • n. ••j • i'.-" '•! .• East Coast South America >J- • . WCO-22407 KCs West Coast South America Every Monday, 0315 GMT (10:15 PM EST Sunday) WMM 25-15607 KCs Australia WMM 81-11037.5 Northwest Pacific MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT 4 4 4 4 4 June 3, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John S. Burke, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eileen Celkos, born June 10, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward Celkos, Philadelpkia, Pa. Barbara Curry, born June 4, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leon R. Curry, Fletcher, NC, Mark Anthony Czosnowski, bom March 30, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward Czosnowski, 'Balti­ more, Md. Stanley P. Gondzar, bom May 17, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Stanley P. Gondzar, Baltimore, Md. Donna Lee Hamilton, born May 4, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ liam C. Hamilton, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Bennie E. Ireland, born May 26^ 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Benniu Ireland, Baysboro, NC. Darrel Clyde Kendricks, born May 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mr.s. Dewey C. Kendricks, Mobile, Ala. Roy Marines, born May 22, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Manuel Ma­ rines, Cleveland, Ohio. Sandra Louise Young, born Junu 2, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles A. Young, Carlisle, Pa. m Health Center Urges Early Exam Renewal Brenda Georgette Leache, born The Medical Department of thu May 20, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Seafarers Welfare Plan urges Sea-^ John Murray . Important you contact your son, Marvin Leache, Galveston, Tex. farers whose clinic cards are ex­ c/o Gerner, same address as be­ piring to get them renewed in ad­ Vlckl Mdind^ Waster, born vance fore. and not wait until the last May 5, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. minute. This is particularly true 4 4 4 Milton Webster, Seattle, Wash. in cases where a man has just paid Ex-PacifIc Ocean Crew . 4 4 4 off a ship and expects to be ashore Wages and overtime for crewJeannette KnoU, bom April 5, members now available as ship has 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ber­ awhile. If the examination at the SIU been sold. Contact Newton nard P. Knoll, Houston, Tex. clinic is taken immediately, then Schwartz, 310 West Building, 817 4 4 4 Main Street, Houston, 2, Texas. Adrian Charese Burke, born if there is any heed for medical treatment it can be obtained through PHS without the man having to delay shipping out again. Unfortunately, there have been The following is a list of Seafari^'s who have unclaimed wages due instances where Seafarers have them from the Bloomfield Steamship Company. Seafarers whose names waited until they threw in for a are on the list should unite the company, enclosing their "'Z" number job and gbt a shipping card before and Social Security number. Write to Bloomfield Steamship Company, deciding to renew their elinic cards. In one such recent instance, PO Box 1450, Houston 1, Texas. it was discovered upon examina­ James L. Shipley Albert F. Valloton tion that Seafarer had a hernia, Clarence D. Shively George Van Etten and consequently, he had to turn Glen L. Patton Alonzo D. Sistrunk back his shipping c::r'l and check David F. Van Horn Dorsey Paugh Allen J. Smith into the hospital for treatment. Albert L. Pence William Vanson Frederick V. Smith Had he taken his exam as soon Veikko Pollanen George P. Vezirls John T. Smith as he had paid off, he could have Joseph Poturalski Richmond C. Spears A. Villarreal had the matter attended to and James F. Praytor Chester I. Spinks shipped out again without delay. Henry J. Principe John P. Stanford It is not necessary to wait until -A. R, Stevenson Lyndon G. Wade the year is up to get the clinic Tmman L. Sustaire Frank Wahlfarch card renewed at the SIU health Horace C. Rains WilUam K. Sutherlin Richard K. Wardlow centers. This can be done as much Stanley C. Reinch Mitchell J. Szlanfucht .Clifford R. Wein^er as two months in advance of the Harold E. Restucher Ferdynand Szoblik Norman H. Whipple expiration date. Vernon S. Riddle Edward Wicak Olave W. Rosenberg Roland P. Roxbury Benjamin H. Tolbert James A. Wilkie George A. Williams George Rubin Edward E. Talbot James R. Williams David Rude Nikoli Taska Charles R. Wilson^ Frank J. Rylance Evis J. Thidobeaux Orie A. Wilson Joseph R. Touart Roland A. Wiman Billy T. Townsend John H. Sauerbeber Robert P. Woolard Hillard L. Trahan Joseph Scramuzza John J. Word Sidney D. Turner Edward M. Seeley Homer A. Turpen Paul M. Seidenberg Paul Zilman Bernard E. Shepherd Eric Zetterquist Fred £. Umnoltz F. B. Shinauit . Bloomfield Lists Pay Due w R T u-v z • Si11 i I �"M vor. XXII No. 14 SEAFARERS^LOG t1 July 1 1940 A' OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS- INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO MTD Asks Security Check On Runaway Ship Crews SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS WASHINGTON—With America's heavy industry vitally-independent on raw materials imports carried on runaway-flag ships, the MTD has formally ealled Tor the extension of Coast Guard security checks to runaway ship crewmembers. The MTD proposal was made at hearings before the House-* Committee on Un-American An NMU representative also the US aluminium Industry comes Activities on a bill to strength­ testified In support of the MTD's on runaway ships, about a third of en and reactivate the screening program for seamen. Ray Murdock, SIU's Washington counsel, testifying on behalf of the Seafarers Section of the Mari­ time Trades Department which in­ cludes the SIU and NMU. pointed out "that the lack of such clear­ ance for runaway ship crews leaves US industry vulnerable to being crippled in the event of any Inter­ national emergency. position. , Murdock pointed out th^t in any screening program American sea­ men's rights must be preserved. "We do not believe the mainte­ nance and preservation of effective security regulations require the destruction of civil rights and par­ ticularly the right of due process." In dealing with the runaway ship issue, Murdock cited the fact that practically all the bauxite used by Greek Liberty Carries US Steel Load To Russia SIU membership meet­ ings are held regularly once a. month on days in­ dicated by the SIU Con­ stitution, at 2:30 P.M. in the listed SIU ports bellow. All Seafarers are ex­ pected to attend; those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to in­ clude registration num­ ber). The next SIU meet­ ings will be: New Yoric July S Philadelphia July 5 Baltimore July 6 Detroit July 8 Houston July II New Orleans July 12 Mobile July 13 the nation's iron ore and virtually all of the country's oil imports. These industries "depend upon foreign-flag ships manned by foreign crews, whose actions In the event of war are unpredictable." Runaway ships, he noted "are manned "by foreigners recruited in many different areas. Some of them have Italian crews. Many of them have crews recruited in Latin America. Some of them we have examined are manned almost ex­ clusively by Cubans. No security check whatever is made on these foreign seamen. The Coast Guard has no jurisdiction over them. They represent a potential plague of security risks who will have easy access to our waterfront facilities. If the process is allowed to con­ tinue" (registering ships under the runaway-flags) "soon there will be many more foreign seamen work­ ing on American-owned ships than American seamen. We do not be­ lieve that foreign Communists and foreign subversives are . any more desirable tlian American sub­ versives." "Water, water everywhere, but nary a drop to drink" may soon Wants Bin Amended Consequently, Murdock asked become an obsolete quotation if a that the bill be amended to cover new apparatus for desalting sea all merchant vessels, owned by water is widely-adopted. A Dutch citizens of the US, no matter what concern has developed a desalting device which, when installed in a their flag of registry. The bill before the committee 1^ lifeboat, can supply usable drink­ an effort to put teeth back into ing water for the occupants by re­ the previous screening program moving the salt from sea water. Known as the "Salvator 10," the which was rendered ineffective by device uses a series of membranes Federal court rulings. The courts had held that seamen who were pumps and a hand-operated gen­ denied seamen's papers by tlie erator. Passage of an electrical Coast Guard refused to permit that current through • the salt water confrontation, the entire screening causes the salts to pass through a program collapsed. A number of series of membranes and~ collect In "scfeenoes" are now sailing on US one side of^ the device, while the ships as a reSuU or the program's desalted water enters another failure. Evidently, an administra­ chamber.; It is claimed that the tive decision was made"that It was device can produce two gallons of more important to conceal inform­ .drinking water- every three hdur^. The device was demonstrated at ants than to keep potential sub­ the recent International Confer­ versives off merchant sliips. ence fin the Safety of Life at Sea, However, runaways ship's crews have never been screened, and thestf vessels would be logical targets of Soviet infiltration, par­ ticularly since the many of the countries in which these crews-are recruited have strong Communist parties. Desalted Sea Water Made In Lifeboats SIU Signs SlU-HIWD tugs at Baltimore assisted Greek freighter Evie which ran aground there last week. Above, giant crane unloads steel plates In effort to get ship off bottom. Norfolk 'Fair/ Outlook Same BALTIMORE—SlU-manned tugs of the Curtis Bay Tow­ ing Company here helped haul a Greek-flag Liberty off the mudflats near Fort Carroll here last week. The routine opera­ tion was spiced by the fact * ^ that the Evie had a cargo of type suitable for consumer prod­ ucts, even allowing for limitations NORFOLK—Shipping conditions American steel in her holds on production of automobiles, re­ were pegged at "fair" for the last headed for Russia. The tugs are manned by members of the SIU's Harbor and Inland Waterways Di­ vision. The Evie's steel cargo is of the kind, that is used to make automo­ bile bodies, and that is what it is ostensibly destined for. This is the second such cargo picked up here in the past month. The Danish-flag Siewka, loaded similar cargo, plus fertilizer. The steel came from mills in the Cleveland and Pitts­ burgh areas. There was speculation on that despite the Soviet's great strides in steel manufacture, the country does not make enough steel of a frigerators and similar items in Russia. ~ The Evie was headed for Lenin­ grad when she ran aground. She was held up for five days while floating derricks removed 1,400 tons of cargo and 1,000 tons of bunkers so that she could be float­ ed at high tide. HIWD represen­ tatives in Baltimore noted that the. ship was so hard aground that she was practically up on dry land. The Evie was one of the Libertys sold by the US under the Ship Sales Act back in 1947. She Is not one of the ships transferred out by Maritime under the so-called "ef­ fective control" program. two weeks and should stay about the same for the next two, reports Paul Gonsorchik, port agent. ' There were two payoffs register­ ed during the period—the Zephyrhills (Pan America) and Bdnts Fort (Cities Service). These same two ships also signed on. Other sign-ons included the Venore and Marore (Ore). Those ships in transit were; Steel Director, Steel Seafarers (Is­ thmian); Morning Light, Yaka, Afoundria and Antinous (Water­ man ); Couer D'Alene (Victory Carr); Ocean Evelyn, Natalie (M'time O'seas) and Robin Goodfellow (Robin). New Missile Agreements Crewmembers of the SIUmanned Suwannee Steamship mis­ sile fleet are now working under a standard freight ship agreement as a result of a new contract ne­ gotiated by the'Union. The agree­ ment includes all the standard freightship provisions on working rules. It also include specifications CQvering such items as the man­ ning scale for the boat that is used to pick up nose cones and dh/ers and other rules governing the specialized operations of the mis­ sile-tracking fleet. Suwannee presently operates six knot-type ships on the South Atlantic missile-firing range. The vessels have been converted for missile-tracking purposes with in­ stallation of considerable elec­ tronic gear. They carry Navy tech­ nicians, divers and other specialists as well as an SIU-crew for ship operation purposes.., ., NIWI HIAOLINil IN ilVtlW Vi f .^1 r ' ^^1 INA^tA.»JAFAfJ^ rou^ 4' <"1 AM^RiCAhi RIOJS /MWC0. 4 J CAPnAL^ .,. K6P CHm lAiPt&UBS WAGRBBfmJT, a FtoVD fiRsr CHAMPION ro RB(3AIN riTLB IVilTW K.O. OF JOHANSeO/J W JN l$RA£L AFCLOGY-pARGBm-m OVBR. SB/ZORB OPA/AZLi MASS MVRX>BREiZ ADOUPBiCHMAm* LArrBRTDBe mieOtM \BRAEU V" " 1—-1 / Ifesm>yi&p-/f64vv OR.\fBVORVBMOCRAC\C. Pf^lPEA^?ALAi^>Ml^W1toV <if' >; -* HIGH GEAR..MaMiORKANO CmORSilA BACmGGB^. /^ I R I E . ir •* COMMI-tiBG IZB- ' r, GiGAieos/v&tx:/^ AD/W/A/ISTMITICWS HAA/DLING OF Orl "Sp/FUCMtS M • 'fv �m; ' '•iM ."- •'.<• ". •••'SS'K, - -, f- , «> • n- f- t. X .' yiT v'i-••i'-J:-' ,J I?j; • L " '• " 'i ' • fey. r '' ' • V-- • • ^ •. . r, ..." 4^'\-4', _ • • v"? 4" "_• ' ' \ % h " -'; A.?, tf'v i'' 1/, : • .:•./'V • '- ' : '•• - -' "~ •.> i''?-'•' ,-i-i '' . • "--i.?;';,' - ,, • ,; "^4 - . 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UM LOG • ryn ' ^ - - J.-' •i CONSTITUTION '-. .j'i THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRia Affil!«t«d wbh Aimrlcan N<l«r*Heii of Uber — CongriM of ImlMlrial Orgontsatioiw (At Amoiidod May 13,19M) PREAMBLE %"• K' k K- •j;:- i<' iii'v process of the law of this Unioni No member shall be compell^ to be a witness against himself in the trail of any proceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this ' Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the ri;^ts of every member in accordance with ffie princi­ ples set forth in the Constitution of the Union, ments duly promulgated putsuant hereto, no perstm shril bec^ a full boti member unless and until he has attained the highest seniority rating set out in the said collective bargammg Mpement. Only full book members shall be entitled to vo« and trf ^d any office or elective job, except at otherwise specified herein. AU mimbers shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be enuded to vote on Union contracts. SacHaii 2. No candidate shall be granted membership who_ it a member of any dual' organization hostile to the aims, principle^ and policies, of this Union. Saction 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatictlly suspended,, and shall forfeit all benefits and aU other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be autonutically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in du«. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of me applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: (a) While a member it actually participating in a Ittike or lockout. (b) While a member it an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited hospital. (c> While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in bri^f of the Union. (d) "While a member is in the ifmed services of the United States, provided the member was in good sunding at the time of entery into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces. (e) While a member has no opporninity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel. Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficieiit to designate additional circumstances during which the time speci^fied in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with regard to the application of»Sertion 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the membership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Soction 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assess­ ments may be excused where a member has been unable to pav dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Seaions 3 and 4. Saction 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of .the Union shall uphold and defend this Constimtion and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constimtion and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Saction 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organization shall be denied further memlwrship in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Saction 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the . Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Mem­ bers may be required to sho^ their evidence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. As maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the forming of one Union for our people, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, based upon the following principles: All members shall be entided to all the rights,, privileges and IV ^arantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privi* Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his kges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this We declare that American seamen ~are entitled to receive their Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair Md employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls , speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government; 'members. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and V just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the ri^t of all seamen to receive healthful and on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. VI We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and A militant membership being necessary to thp security of a frM respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend ffiis irrespective of nationality or creed. , Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are con­ VII scious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Execu­ We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious tive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to relations with those in command by exercising due care and dili­ the members. gence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employers in caring for their CONSTITUTION gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use out Article 1 influence individually and collectively for the purpose of mainuinName and General Powers ing and developing skill in seamanship and eflfeaing a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union Article IV equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. trict. Its ^JoWers shall be legislative,' judicial, and executive, and Reinstatement To supporr a journal which shall voice the sentiments of mari- shall include the formation of, and/ot issuance of charters to, sub­ tiihe workers and through its columns seek to maintain their ordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the forma­ Members dismissed from the Union may be reinsttted in accord­ knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. ^ tion of funds and participation in funds, die establishmeiit of enter­ ance with such rules and under such- conditions as are adopted, To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of organl- prises for die benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. This from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. xation and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies of the Sea. and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of admin­ Article V To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organi- istration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the tations whenever possible in the attaiiunent of their just draands. Union may make its property, facilities and personnel available Dues and Initiation Fee To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to for the use and behalf of such subordinate bodies and divisions. Oiake seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Saction 1. All members shall ptiy dues quarterly, on a calendar calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, ^at our work Union action, unless otherwise sp^ified in' the Constitution or year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except takes us away in different directions from any place where the by law. This Union shall at all times protea and mainuin its as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be anended the date of adoption of this Constimtion and may be changed only jurisdiction. by Constimtional amendment. by only a fraaion of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from Article II Saction 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred Afflliation persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act • (1300.00) dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. Saction 1. This Union shall be affiliated with die Seafarers Inter­ Saction 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for national Union of North America and the American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affilia­ . organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as ate adopted Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights tions by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be by a majority vote of the Executive Board. In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity Executive Board. Article VI •of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social welfare, Saction 2. In addition to such other provisions as are contained Reiirement from Membership have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers Inter­ herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from national Union of North America—Adantic, Gulf, Lakes and and/or affiliation with this Union, shall be required to adopt, within Saction I. Members may .retire-from membership by surrendering Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the fol­ a time period set by the Executive Board, a constitution containing their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all lowing principles: provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constimtion In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted by such unpaid dues for the' quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines mindful, not only of our rights, but also of out duties and obliga­ subordinate b^ies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member tions as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amendments surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies thereto, shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring Executive Board of this Union, which shall be execut^ in writing, therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters,' men dedicate ourselves in this Union. ^ on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes We shall affiliate and work with other free labor organizaitons; officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ these payments, and shall be given to the member upon his pre­ we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. senting the aforesaid receipt. we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the fore­ 3«ctien 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of countriK in these obli^tions to the fullest extent consistent with going, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitutional membership shall be suspended during the period of retirement^ our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individ­ provision not so authorized and approved,-or commits acts in except that a retir^ member shall not be disloyal to the Union ual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may Withdraw of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. a free and happy society, without distinaion based on race, creed its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on siich terms Saction 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or color. as it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercis­ To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that ing any and all ri^ts it may have pursuant to any applicable agree­ or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessmenu most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them ments or understandings. accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, . Saction 3. This Union shall also have the power, aaing through period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required pay­ we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trustee­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of inalienable. ship upon any subordinate body , or divisions chartered by and retirement, ipcluding thosd for the current quarter, and all assess­ I affiliat^ with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. ments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges paymeht, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, ' Article III guaranteed him under the Constitution , of the Union. and his membership book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Membership II Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Upion. III No member shall be deprived of bis membership without diie Section I. Candidates for membership shall be admitted Co mem­ bership in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Membership classificgtions shall correspond to and depend upon seniority classifications esublished in accordance with the standard collective/bargaining agreement «f this Union. In additioiv.to meeting the d(ner require• • • . ... > „ . .. ->:• Saction 4. A member in retirement may be restored to membership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority voce of the membership, Saction 5. The" period" of retirement shall be computed from the first day of the quartet following the one in which the retirement card-was issued. �Htf i; 19M SEAFARERS' LOG AnHcfoVII Sy«l«in of OrganlzaHon Sapvtemait—Pac» HUM (t) The President shall be chairman of die Executive Board die potts, aod die penonnel thereof on die lakes and IntaoJ and may cast one voce in liiat body. Waters, inclnding their organizing activities. . In order diat he may properly execute his responsibilities he ie (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his powers, and authorized to reuin any technic^ or professional tscHen I. HIU Unloa, tnd >11 officers, headquattert represent*, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, empowered assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executiva fives, Mrt agents, patrolmen, and mem^rs shall be governed la -and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and Board. those duly adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Widiin this order by: .these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and Saction 8. Diraclor of Organizing and Publications. (a) The Constituuooi prestige of the Union. The Director of Organizing and Publications shall be appointed (b) The Executive Board. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union. (c) Majority vote of the membership. duties lawfully imposed upon, him. He shall be responsible for and supervise all publications and (i) The responsibility of die President may not be delegated, public relations of the Union and shall serve as co-ordinator of SacHon 2. headquarters of the Union shall be located In Wew York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a Prelldent, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution all organizational aaivities of the Union. In addition, he shall and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject perform any and all duties assigned him oc delegated to him bf the Executive Board. ^ntracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one to the limitations set forth in this Constimcion. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Headquarters RepreVice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President Section 9. Hoadquarters Ropratentstivef. in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President In Charge senutive, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any and all Ot the Lakes and Inland Waters, by temporary appointment of a member qualified for the office or job under Article XII of this Constitution, except in those duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Execu­ Stetion 3. The staff of each pott shall consist of such personnel cases where.^the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for tive Vice-President or the Executive Board. as IS provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the by this Constitution. Saction 10. Port Agont*. city in which the Union's port offices are located. (k) The President is directed to take any and all measures and (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charre of tiie administra­ Section 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to tion of Union afifairs in the port of his jurisdiction subjea to tha Or thrte departments: namely, deck, engine and stewards depart* protect the interest, and further the welfare of the Union and Its direction of the area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiaion of his port, he responsible ment. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation for the enforcement and execution of the Constitution, the policies *ith ^stom and usage. This definition may be modified by a issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or . of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer fromi one department to another except by approxai as evidenced by a Union representative to attend any regular ot special meeting if, la by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time his opinion, it is deemed necessary. majority vote of the membership. restrictions or other considerations affeaing port aaion, the Port Agent shall take appropriate aaion to insure observance thereof^ Saelien 2. Exaculiva Vica-Presidant, - (c) He shall be prepared to aaount, financially or otherwise^ Article VIII The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties for the aaivities of his port, whenever demanded by the President^ assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the Vice-President of the area in which his poa is located, or by Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents the President shall be unable to carry out any of his duties by and Patrolmen reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President the Seaetary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to die Secretary* shall take over su^ duties during the iwriod of such incapacity or Sortien I. The officers of the Union shall be elected as otherwise una^'ailability. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Con­ immediately assume the office, duties and responsibilities of the directions issued by the Secretary-Treasuter. tract and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice- President until the next general election. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to suda President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in The Executive Vice-Pre_sident shall be a member of the Executive duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port; regardless of tha Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Board and may cast one vote In that body. deparunental designation, if any, under whidi the Patrolman Takes and Inland Waters. was elected.SacHon 3. Vie*-Pr**id*nl in Charga of Contracts and (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that port Sactien 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrol- Contract Enforcamant. may serve as representatives to otiier organizatioos, affiliation witii men shall be elected, except as otherwise provided la tfaia The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ which has been properly authorized. Constitution. ment shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated Stetion II. Patrolmon. to him by die President. In addition, he shall be responsible for Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by tiie Agent all contract negotiations, the formulation of batoning demands, Article IX and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements of the Poa to which they are assigned. Oriier Elective Jobt to the membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, Soetion 12. Exocutiva loard. except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14 (d) (1), for 'The Executive Board shall consist of the President, tiie Executiva Section I. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article strike authorization, signing of .new contracts, and conttact enforce­ VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in die ment. He shall also act for headquarters-in executing the adminis­ Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge' of Contracts' and* manner prescribed by this Constitution: trative functions assigned to headquarters by this Constitution widi Contraa Enforcement, the Seaetary-Treasurer, the Vice-President A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or par^ in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-President in Charge of thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Union of North America. place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities Waters, and the National Director (or ^ief executive officer) of B. Committee members of: he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the (1) Trial Committees deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval X»f Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained (2) Quarterly Financial Committees a membership of 3,200 members and has maintained that member­ the Executive Board. (3) Appeals Committees • ship for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ (4) Strike Committees (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the resj ment, shall he a member of the Executive Board and may cast (5) Credentials Committees subordinate body or division and must be qualified to hold ol one vote in that body. 6) Polls Committees under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordi­ nate body. ! 7) Union Tallying Committees Sactien 4. Saeratary-TraMurar. (8) Constitutional Committees The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less than The Secretary-Treasuter shall perform any and all duties assigned Seciien 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible once each quarter and at such other times as the President or. k majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be ap* for the orpnization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, In his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The Presi­ pointed ss permitted by this Constitution. and record of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound dent shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless accounting and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and mainte­ absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President shall assume nance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall Article X tiie proper colleaion, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union be entitied to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall bs funds, pore or otherwise. He shall submit to die membership, foe determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum Dufiet of Officers, Heedquarten Representatives, Port each quarterly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's finan­ of three is present. It shall be the duty of ffie Executive B^d to Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and cial operations and shall submit simultaneously thetewith, the develop policies, strategies and rules which will advance and Miscellaneous Personnel Quarterly Financial Committee rwott for the same period. The protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the. Members. Secretarv-Treasurer's report shall Be prepared by an independent It shall bp the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, ot in his absence, Sadlon 1. The Praildent. Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected an appointee of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes ol , (a) The President shall be the executive officer of die Union finance committm. The Sectetaty-Treasurer shall be responsible all Executive Board meetings. The ^ecutive Board shall appoint end shall ^epfcsen^, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all foe the timely filing of any and all reports on tiie operations of one person who shall be designated Director of Organizing and matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Con* die Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax Federal or state laws. In order that he may properly execute his to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any ttitution. responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authoriz^ to employ- group of workers desiring afiiliation. The Executive Board may (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or otherwise, direa the administration of all Union affairs, properties, policies .SI otherwise herein expressly provided. and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifirally pro­ to approval of the Executive Board. (c) The President shall,be in charge of, and responsible for, all subjea vided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the foregoing; tha The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of die Executive Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port Board and may cast one vote in diat body. Executive Board may aa without holding a formal meeting pro­ offices. Wherever there arc time restrictions or other considerations The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the vided all members of tiie Board ate sent notice , of the proposed kfiPecting Union aetion, the President shall take appropriate action Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall aaion or aaions and the decision thereon is reduc^ to writing and ,to insure observance thereof. make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly signed by a majority of the Executive Board. (d) In order tlut he may properly execute Iils responsILilities, Financial Committee. In the event that deatli, resignation or removal from office fog be is hereby insttucted and auffiorized to employ any help he deems any reason should occur simultaneously to the President and Execu­ oecessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. tive Vice-President the Executive B^d by majority vote shall, Section 5. Vico4>resident in Charga of tha Atlantic Ceaat. (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a name successors from its own membership who shall fill thosa the President shall designate the number and location of ports, the member of the Executive Board aod shall be entitled to cast one vacancies until the next general election.. If the Executive Vice-President duly assumes the office of ifaa jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open* vpte in that body. such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and the Secren^. He shall supervise and be responsible for die activities of all President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is incapaci­ Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign die ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, includ­ tated for more dian 30 days during the remainder of. the term, tha Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to ing their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed Executive Board shall elea a suaessot for the balance of ^ term other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York,. to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and from its own membership. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and shall also include the Islands in the Caribbean. In order that he Saction 13. Dalagales. Detroit may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of tha Where ports are opened between elections, the President shall authorized to retain any technical or professional assistanca bt Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who ate eleaed in designate me Union personnel thereof. deen^ necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend tha The President shall designate, in. the event of the incapacity of invention oT the Seafarers International Union of North America. Saclien *. Vict-PratidanI in Charga of lha Ovif Coast. k^ Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for which elected officer other than the Frestdenr, a replacement to act as such during The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be A file period of incapacity, provided such replacement is qualified member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one and. fully participate .therein. under Article XII of the Constitution to fill such job. ^ (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support thoM vote in that body. Ac the tegular meeting in July of every election yeati die Presi­ He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to tlit dent shall submic to the membership « pre-balloting re^rt In his Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including their Convention. report he shall recommend the number and location of ports, tho organizing aaivities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean die (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate bodv ot number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrol­ State of Florida, all through tiie Gulf^ including Texas. division that number of delegates to which this Union would nava men which are to be elected; He shall also recommend a bank, a In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the numbet bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other limilar Is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional of members of the subordinate body ot division, in accotdanct depository, to which the ballots ate to be mailed or delivered at assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of die Executive with the formula set fortii in the Constitution of the Seafareta file close of each day's voting, ncept that the President may, in Board. International Union of North America, except that this proviiioa bis ditcmtion, postpone the rect^meodatioa as to the depository shall not be allied so as to teduce the number of dek^atea to Sretien 7. Vka#iaiHeat i* Charge el Hie laket and Inliwl Welais. until no later than the first temlac meeting in Oaober. wfaich this Union would otfaetwiae faavy been entitled. , This tecommendatioh, may also specify, whether any Patrolman The Vice-President in Charge of the Lake! aod Inland Watm Sectien 14. Commitleee. kbd/or Headquarteti Representative, shall be designate as depart- slull be a member of die Executive Board and shall be entitied aieatal or otherwise. The report ^all be subject to (a) TrMCeMiniitee. to cast one vt^ in difet body.-< ' ttbdificatioa by a majority vote Qt dsV membeishii^ He ahali sujpetviM and be responsible for the activities t>f all The Trial Committea dull conduct dia ttials of a penoo charge^ .-'i i �SEAFARERS e«**leau!irt—race Vtar , IT •fe •ad shall submit findings and' CKommehdatic^s Its jpiescribed in vessels, covered by contract with Ais'Union, or four (4) months Ais Constitution. It.shall. be the:.special obliigaapn. of the Trial - of employment wiA, or in any office or job of, Ae Union, its sub­ Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution sidiaries and its; affiliates, or in any employment at Ae Unions with regard :to charges.and trials, and their findings and recofn< direction, or a combination of Aese, between January Ist and the ssendations must specifically.state whwher or not, in the opinion time of nomination in the cleaion year; and ©f the Trial Committee, the righu of any accused, tinder this (d) He is a citizen of the United Sutes of America; and Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (e) He is not disqualified by law. (blAppaals Cemmittae. Saction 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs 1. The Appeals Committee shall hwr all appeals from trial not specified in the preceding sections shall be. full book members judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in of the Union. riiis Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority Saction 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with Ais Consti­ 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week tution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions _of_ this Con­ • I VIII stitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of Article Xiii the membership not inconsistent therewith, t- :.l: Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, 'I ' (c) Quartarly Financial Committaa. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an examina­ tion for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members ©f this committee may make dissenting reports, separate recom­ mendations and separate findings. 2. Th^ finding and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read ih all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All Officers, Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills,^ vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. The committee shall also have available to it, the services of the inde­ pendent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined .by a majority vote of ,'he membership. % The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of .seven (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One memba from each of the following ports: New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ more, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Pott Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular meeting designated by the SecretaryTreasurer. In the event a regular meeting cannot be held in any port for lack of a quorum, the Agent shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the purpose of electing a member to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. Such committee members shall be furnished transportation to New York and back to their respective ports and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties in New York. Com-, mencing on the day following their election and continuing until tiiey have been returned to their respective ports each committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay but in no event shall they be paid for less than .eight (8) hours per day. (d) Striha CemmiHaa. 1. In no event shall a general strike take place unless approved by a majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the mem­ bership the Port Agents in all affected ..ports shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike committee. This committee shall be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent^to'effectuate all strike policies and strategies. fl v: ;• f 'f Article XI Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Othe? Elective Job Holders, Union Employees, and Others X - Saction 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: ' President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives Port Agents I ' Patrolmen The term of four years set forth herein is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article XIII, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. Saction 2. The term of any eleaive jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Ardcle shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the Union, which­ ever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or • ones serving. : %: . Saction 3. The compensation to he paid the holder of any office ©r other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the membership. Saction 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. Article XII V'U . i •1 J Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representa­ tives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an unlicensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records, Welfare Plan records a.;£l/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and . , (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good stand­ ing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and , , ~ (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an unJiceoKd capadty, aiboard an Americau-fiag merchant Vessel oc JuAf % tm LOG / < prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear. In MrsM before Ae committee within two. days after the day on whuh ttw telegram it sent, to correct his applicauon w argue for hu quaU-. ^'^^e"'commktee*s report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time s« for A in this Constimtion and still reach the ports in timi for Ae first legulay meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification classification by the Credentials Commitfte, in which event Ae one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e)^The Credefitials Committee, in passing upon the qualifi­ cations of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candifor any office, or tlie job of Headquarters Representative, Port Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1 (a) of Article XII. Port Agents and Patrolmen Saclien 3. Balloting Procodvroa. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely SocHon I.Nominaliont. preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of Ais_ Article, any lull ballots may contain general information and instructive combook member may submit his name for nomination for any office, „je„u nm intonsisieiu with the provisions of this Constitution, or Ae job of Headquarters Represcnutive, Port Agent or Patrolman, candidates shall be listed thereon aplhabetically within by delivering or causing to be delivered in person, to the office ^at^gory. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter commencing*with the most northerly port on the Atlantic addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretatj^ following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated ^ coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and and shall contain the following: jjjt of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the (a) The name of Ae candidate. Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be (b) His' home address and mailing address. allotted write-in space, on each bailor, sufficient to permit each Hi. book niimher member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and (c) »s book number. ... u- u i, • r. jobs to voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have(d) ^e title of the office or other job for which he is a candi„un,ber thereon placed at the top Aereof and shall be so perdate, including the name of the Port in the event the posi- , containing the said number to be oon sought IS Aat of Agent or Patrolman, jcn,oved to insure secrecy of the ballot. On thiis removable (e) Proof of citizenship. portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature (f) Proof of seajime and/or employment as required for can- of the ballot and the voting date thereof. didates. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Secretary(g) In the event Ae member is on a ship he shall notify the Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Credentials Committee what ship he is on. "This shall be Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding paradone also- if he ships subsequent to forwarding his ere- graph and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with dentials. " number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and eaA Port. A record pf the ballots, both by serial nun^rs and dated by the proposed nominee: • amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secretary-TrMsurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating *T hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for Ae five (3) years the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Pore last past, have I been either a member of Ae Communist Party Agent shall maintain separate records of' the ballots sent him and or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from Aall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, ra^, amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having assault wiA intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute injury. Or violation of title II or III of the Landrum-Griffin Act, and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the or conspiracy to commit any suA crimes." correaness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or Aall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies •••. : V— shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In itgtMture ot member event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. Book No. v.....;.....? The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept ' . , , , , ... , i, ," , •III • memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This Pri^ forms of the certificate shall be made available to nomi- <5,^ shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspecnees. Where a nominee cannot ttuthfully execute such a certificate, (,£ the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the / . IJ«II„.:„„ .u.ii -u. ..u,. : .. « restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction pr he a favorable determination by Ae Board of Parole of the United I States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing n'afk..»l'«ll "PPe" on the ballot, except that any member may certificate, furnish a complem signed stitement of Ae facts of his for .^^vTffice Tfoe iornrHin.^r.TrT&e'Jn'r^Hv^ case togeAer wiA true copies of the documents supporting his " Pattofm^^^ Headquarters Representative, auiCcuicilt, All documentt required herein must reach headquarters no . earlier Aan July 15th and no later Aan August 15A of the election year. The Secremry-Treasurer is charged wiA Ae safekeeping of these letters and shall turn Aem over to the Credentials Committee upon the latter's request. . Saction 2. Cradantiala CemmittM. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at Ae regular meeting in August of the election year, at the pott where headquarters is located. It shall consist of six full book members in attendance at the meeting, wiA two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No Officer, Headquarters Repre^ntative, Port Ageiit or Patrolman, or candidate for office or Ae job of Hwdquarters Represenmtive, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Executive Vice President, or Ae SecretaryTreasurer, in Aat order, calls a special meeting at Ae port where Headquarters is located in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie Vote being Sw callA for that purpose at * (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately pt'or thereto they must present their books to the Polls Committee pf the port in which they are voting. The voter's book number shall be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space opposite the proper ballot number, and Ae member shall sign his name. The portion of the balldt on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall, proceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate'notation of the date and of Ae fact bf voting shall be placed in the member's Union book, (e) EaA Port Agent shall be resjmnsible for the establishment of a booA ot other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upo„ completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot jo ,j,at no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He ghgij ,1,^ taUoc ^ narrow-slotted ballot box, whiA provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept jocked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. .K„II KT 1 1.. r .L 1 • „rl.'l Tf i. xi ® c'"" If' fA IT foH ""J citv^fo whTrh h^ Tt i^ if recognized s-? wi' 2 r'ort. located, the balloting period in such (b) After Its eleoion, Ae Committee shall immediately go mm port shall commence or terminate, as the cise may be, on the session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all application correctly and'possesses the necessary qualifications, ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M.. The Committee shall preparers report listing each applicant and except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and his book number under the office or job he, is seeking. Each appli- continue until 12 noon. cant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the . . , -u . ^ findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked Saction 4. Pollt Commiiieot. "disqualified", Ae reason therefor must be stated ih the report. (a) Each jiort shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail, book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an • The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and elerted or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a be completed and submitted to the Ports in'time for the.next meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and notwithregular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall standing the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any oAer be read and incorporated in the minutes, and Aen posted on the provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall constitute bulletin board in each port. a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to be held between On the last day of nominations, one member of Ae Committee 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice Aereof required. It shall shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of credentials, be the obligation of each member wishing to serve on a Polls Com-" All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. mittee, or to observe the election thereof, to be present during (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit- f''" period. It shall be the responsibility of'the Port Agent tec, he Aall be notified immediately by telegram at the addresses J? meeting for the purjsose of electing the said Polls listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He'shall also Cominittee is called, and tl^t-the'minutes of the. said meeting are be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualification by daily to the Secretary-TVeasurer. *In no case shall voting take ' air mail, special delivery, registered, to the mailing address desig- place Unless a duty elected Polls Committee is functioning, nated pursuant to Section 1(b) of,this Article. A disqualifietTappli(b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership ballots, Ae voting rosters, Ae numbered stubs of those ballots from the decision of Ae committee. He shall forward copiel of such already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot recordis and appeal to each. port, where Ae appeal shall be presented and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting serial numbers and amounts of stubs wiA the number of nameS' gfter Ae committee's election. It is the responsibility of the appli- and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and Aen comjiare cant to insure timely delivery of his appeaL la any ^env wiAont Ae aerial numbec and amountseof ballots used with Ae verifica- • > - .• ^' �m Mr 1. UM SEAFARERS LOG list, u corrected, end arcertaln whether the unuied' ballott, All certifications called for under this Article XIII shall be I aerial iiiimben and amount. repteMnt the difference between deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of thoM what appeatt on the verifiication list, at corrected, and the ballou required to nuke such certification. uaed. If any discrepan^riet are found, a detailed report thereon thall (c) The Union Rallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book t>e drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report ihatl be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of luch members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of Polls Committee. Each member of the Committee may make what New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans', Houston, Kparate commenu thereon he desires, provided they are signed and Detroit. The election shall be held at the re^lar meeting in and dated by him, A copy of this report shall be given the Port December of the eleaion year, or if the Executive Board other­ Agent, to be presented at the next regular meeting. A copy shall wise determines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the also be simultaneously sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall aforesaid ports on the first business'day of the last week of said cause an investigation to be made forthwith. The results of such month. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Pott Agent, Pa­ investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as com­ trolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Rep­ pleted, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A ma- resentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for eleaion jority vote.of the membership shall determine what action, if any, to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary In addition to its duties hereinbefore set forth, the Union Tallying contained in this Constitution, the Executive Board shall not malff Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete any determination in these matters. detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all -with in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each set forth iii the preceding paragraph with regard to discrepancies total broken down into port tntal;. The Tallying Commiiiec shall shall be utiliied I'n the event the Polls Committee has reason to be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. which they may require to be forwarded for ins^tion at its (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered, to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word " and shall contain recommendations for the treatmeiit of these dis­ "vo^" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper crepancies. All members of the Cpmmittee shall sign the report, segistration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof in numerical order. Jr shall preserve good order and decorum at the to submit a dissenting rei^rt as to the accuracy of the count and the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Corainittee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests invalid, it shall decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of Ihe ballot, dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in anyone on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes Section 3(c) of this Article-and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. 'Where * proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all special vote is ordered in accordance with this Seaion 3(c), these of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall terms shall apply, notwithstanding any jprovision to the contrary then be sealed. The members of the Polls Committee shall there­ contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing upon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or enve­ and must be received by the Union Tallying Committee during^ lopes, with'their book numbers next to their signatures. The the' peritxl of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said include « brief summary of each protest received, the name and envelopes, and shall certify, on the envelope or envelopes, that the book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that disposition of the said protest. The committee shall take all reason­ day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed able measur« to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to in the envelope or envelopes dated for that day and voted in that enable the special vote set forth in this Section 3(c) to be com­ Port. The Polls Committee shall check the rosters, and any other pleted within the- time herein specified. No closing report shall be records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the inade by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this discretion of the Executive Board, official envelopes may be pre­ ^tion 3(c) shajl have been duly completed and ullied. pared for the purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall pro­ of the aforesaid certification, with wording emiK>dying tfie fore­ going inscribed thereon, in which event these envelopes shall be ceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possi­ used by the Polls Committee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing ble after their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port ctmtained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in proviikd the comments arc signed and dated by the member making which headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, thera. Tlie envelope or envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper jHcals, and lodging expense occasioned by their traveling to and or envelope, which, at the discretion of the Executive Board, may returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also be furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subse­ be securely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or quent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, xegisiered mail, by the said Polls Committee, to the depository to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elea a chairman from . turned in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Ccmmittee shall not be discharged from iu duties until this among themselves and, subjea to the express terms of this Conmailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is siiruiion, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, furnishied the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes which quorum it hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an enveloj*, aaoss sole right and duty- to obtain the-ballots from the depository, imme­ the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their diately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe names, book numbers, and the date, after sealing the eiivolope custody during the course of the committee's proceedings. The securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes prtxreedings of this committee, except for the aaual preparation as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall aay reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the have received, and all the stubs colleaed both for the day and those Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immedi­ turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the ately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Com­ proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release mittee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that i}0 one illegally and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event ttmpers with the material placed -in his custody. The remaining a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 3(g) of this -copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Article, the committee shall be reconstituted except that if any Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or regis­ member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for tered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of rhe Polls Committee shall serve without com­ that purpose as toon as possible. pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls , (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies or provitk meals in lieu of cash. shall be sent by the committee to each Port Agent and the SecretaryTreasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take SMIMII 5. Ballot Colloctlon, Tallying Procodura, Protosts, and place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, Ppocial Velat. in the event such meeting is scheduled to take, place four days or (a) On the day the balloting In each port is to terminate, the less from the close of this committee's proceeding, then at least Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other five days prior tq^the next regular meeting. Whichever meeting duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be jbeadquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, referred to as the" "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these together with a certification, signed and dated by ail members of the copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. Ibis copy enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Efection Cmmittee to make separate comments under his signature and Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. date. "The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up end amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forward to headquarters the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 3(c) of this Article ell stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted certification, signed by all me.-nbers of the committee, that all the therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution, shall be taken the right of each member of the committee to make separate com­ thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of ments under his ^signature and date. The said Polls Committee a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affea the results members shall not be discharged from their duties until the for- of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote .warding called for hereunder is accomplished and evidence of shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the 'mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence Election Rpeort Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent s election records or files. a dissent to the closing report has been .issued by three or more members, of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the con­ (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section tingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of shall be accepted as final. headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot be elected (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Seciton 3(f) must take or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, . the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the material specifi­ place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Eleaion cally set forth in Section 3(a) (unused ballots and snibs) to the Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies so aaed Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the vote set by the mem^rship, as afotesaid, the Pott Agents in each Port Agent shsll also forward all other material deemed necessary such pott shall have the; functions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Seaion 3(c)» insofar as that Seaion deals with the by the Union 'Tallying Committee to execute those functions. •wncMcai—Face fH» terau of such special vote. The Secretaty-Treasurer shall make « •uffictent amount of the usuil balloting material immediately avail­ able to Pott Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Immc^ diately after Ae close thereof, the Port Agent shall suinmarize the results and communicate them to the ^retary-Tr^urer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be forwarded to the Seaiury-Traesurer, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means practicable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secreury-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 3(g).'An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The Secreury-Treasurer shall then prepare a report containing a combined summary of the results, togethet with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union • Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its closing report. Th« form of the latter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall be posted. 'The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results ter forth in the pertinent seg.nients of the Tally­ ing Committee's closing report shall be deemed accepted and final without modification. If .ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the Union Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the membership at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union "Tallying Com­ mittee shall be required to continue its proceedings correspondingly. Saction 6. Installation into office and the Job of Headquarters Represenutive, Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be eleaed for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determina­ tions shall be made only from the resuls deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual eleaed. (b) The duly eleaed officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meeting^ or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meeting the resulta as to ^ch of the foregoing are deemed final and aaepted, as pro­ vided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Saction 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the electioa procedures of this Union. I ll(l - 'I 1-- Articie XiV Other EfecHons Section 1. Trio! CommittM. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day following the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall constitute a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be electd to serve on a Trial Com­ mittee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any membe'r who cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing disqualifications apply to him. The niembers of this committee shall 1^ elected under such generally applicable rulea as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Saction 2: Appoais Cemmitfaa. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, . five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located. The same disqualifications and duties of niembers shall apply with reigard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. Saction 3. DologalM. - * As soon as the President is advised as-to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Seafar^ra International Union of North America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together vnth recommendations as to generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. These facts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a majority vote of the membership during that meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall not prohibit any full book member from nominating himself. The results of the election shall be communi­ cated to each Port Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and an­ nounced at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of electioa hereunder may include provisions for automatic election of all qualified nominees, in the event the number of such nominees doea not exceed the number of delegates to be elected. Article XV Trials and Appeals Saction 1. A'-y member may bring charges against any cthet member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Constimtion. These charges shall be in writing and signed by tlie accuser/ who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard ship. He shall also request the Pott Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting. The accuser may withdraw big charge,; before the meeting takes place. •—i-. �f • : V- • ^•[• T' ;; 'ir 1^, •f'* S" fP: ;S;-. • •f- . '-tu-... 1. lent—Pasa Sis iSEAFARERB Ld& jnir 1.1M» (c) • Misconduct during any meeting Of odief ofidal Unk* StttioN a. After preseatation of the diarges and die request to evidence to support such a finding and, In sndi case, die A^eals die Port Agent, die Pott Agent shall cause those charges to he read Committee shau not make its own findings as to die weight of pRxxMing, or bringiiig me Union into diitepiuv by conduct not provided for elsewhere In thU Ardcle; evidence. ' at the said meeting. (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out otdetl Of dune If the charges are rejected bf a majotitf vote of the |>ott, no . , <b) In no event shall Incrdued punishment be recommended. further action may be ^en thereon, unless r^ed otherwise by a duly authorized to puke such otdeti at .any time. (c) A new trial shall be recomfaended if the Appeals Committee majority vote of the fiiembership of the Union within 90 tuys finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Committee should have Sactien. 4. Upon proof of the commission of aiiy of Ae fol^bg diereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adequately offenses, members shall be pendized up to and including a fine of he shall be automaticaJly on notice that he will be tried the fol­ been informed of the details of the char^ offeiise, which resulted in $50.00; lowing morning. At his request, the trial sh^l be pos^nc^ until his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offsj the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. Trial Gimmittee will then be eleaed. He shall also be handed a (b) Wilful failure to submit Union book to Union representa­ (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding of tives at pay-off; written copy of the charges made against him. • guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend that the charge on If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immediately (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off ot sign-on; cause to be sent to. him, by registered mail addressed to his last which the finding was based be dismissed. (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives In dis» (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punishment. known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the diarging their duties; charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a noti­ Sactien 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision and (a) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; fication, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the 'to (f) Gambling in the Union hall;be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to Trial Committee will be elected. (g) Negligent failure to join ship. reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last Sacdon 5. Any member who has committed an offense Mnalized vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall known address, or notify tliem in person. by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, under this Constitution subject to the provisions of Article XV, name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $30.00 to the duly , of the charges. At the truest of the accused, transportation and Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If.there is no dissent, authorized representative of the Union. fubsistence shall be provided the accused and his withesses. the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. Sactien 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port waive any claim, of personal or property rights to'which it or its Saetion 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence where is Itxrated, in the manner provided for in members are entitled, by bringing the member to uial oc enforcing and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts Section headquarters 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial a penalty as provided in this Constitution. of law but may receive all relevant testimony. The Trial Committee shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable Sactien 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee accused. this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. either in person or in. writing addressed to their last known Section 4. No uial shall be conducted unless all the accusers are address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the .trial except that the Arltcle XVII accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accuxd Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the pro­ Publications may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, visions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union provided, (a), the said member is available at the time of the of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, newspapers, trial and (b) the said member agrees to render such assistance. appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the be binding on all members of the Union. may be determined, ftom time to time, by the Executive Board. Trial Comminee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union tohim of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commission^ - such matters shall be ruled upon and dis­ take ail steps within their constitutional power to carry out the Article XViil posed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense. The .. terms of any effective decisions. Bonds guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight Soction 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time and job holders, whether elected or appointed as well accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of die evidence to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and as Officers all other employees handling monies of the Union shsU be ,«nd not solely on the number of witnesi^ produced. • waive any or all of the other rights and privileges grant^ to him bonded at^ required by law. • SMthm 5. The Trial Committee shall make finding as to guilt by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postpone­ Article XIX Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These ment, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the Expenditures committee, and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Article XVI committee shall forward its findings and recommendations, along Section I. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in Offenses and Penalries with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur such ex­ place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and penditures and expenses as are normally encompassed within die Saction 1. Upon proof the commission of the following offenses, authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. The findings shall include a sutement that the the member shall ^ expelled from membership: Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating die tights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the routine accounting and administrative ptocedures of the Union guarded. The findings also must contain the cWges made, the date overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; those primarily concerned with tritOs, appefds, negotiations, of the uial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and (b) Acting as an infoiiner a^inst the interest of the Union except strikes, and elections. ieach witness; shall describe each document used at the uial; shall or the membership in any organizational campaign; contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall supersede to the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against finding as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the Interests of the membership or the Union; extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. the trial shall be kept. All findings and*recommendations shall be (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to in^,«'^tt''of the regular files. destroy the Union. Articlu XX Sa^bn 6. The Port Agent of the Pott of Trial shall, upon receipt Sactien 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following Income of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Comminee, cause the finding^ and recommendations to be presented, and entered offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a SscHon I. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event die penalty of into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the penalty shall not fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as Section 7.- The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire exceed suspension from the tights and privilegw of membership well as income derived from any other'legitimate business operation proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies for more than two (2) years, or a fine'of $30.00' or both: or other legitimate source. fiiereof to be made and sent to. each Port in time for the next (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of Soction 2. An official Union receipt, properly'filled ou^ shall b* regularly scheduled meeting. the value in excess of $30.00. given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person auth­ Section 8. At the laUer meeting, the proceedings shall be dis­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union ptopetty, records, stamps, seals, orized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the duty of every cussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the mem­ etc., for the purpose of personal gain; person affiliaied with the Union who makes such paymenti to bership of the Union shall: (c) Wilful misuse of any-office or job, elective or not, within the oemaiid such receipt. (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or otherwise, or Soction 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot the wilful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by • (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (c) Accept the findings, but modify die recommendations, or of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in executing majority vote of the membership, provided that: duties or funaions of other-serious misconduct or breach of <a) Ihe ballot must be secret. (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has such trust. The President may, during the pendency of disciplinary not been done with regard to the charges. In this event; a new proceedings (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of di8 under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located from exercising valid ballots cast. the functions of the office or job, with or without and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses pay, and designate his temporary replacement. Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments shall be furnished uansportation and subsistence. (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of ballots, by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied suc­ Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punishment stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election filM, or cessively to the monetary obligations Owed the Union commencing so decided upon shall become effective. Headquarters shall cause electioii material of any sort; with the oldest in point of time, as measured from die date of iiotice of. the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. (e) Preferring , charges widi knowledge that such charges ate accrual of such obli^tion. The period of arrears shall be calculate accordingly. > Section 10. An accused who has been-found guilty,- or who is •false; ^under effective punishment, may appeal in the following maimer (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports He may. send or deliver ai notice of appeal to Headquarters or communications which fall within (he scope of Union business; Article XXI within 30 days after receipt of jthe notice of the decision of .the (g) Deliberate failure or-refusal to join one's ship, or mis­ membership. Other Types of Union Afflliarioii conduct or neglea of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Section II. At the next regular meeting of the port where Head­ Union or its agrwments; To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote quarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference ot deliberate and of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it. by individ­ shall be presented .and shall then become part of the minutes. An malicious villification, With regard to the execution of the duties, uals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity oAee Appeals Committee shall then be elected. The Vice-President in of any office or job; than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard • may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacibefore-mentioned proceedings and all available documents used as . ties or affiliations. IThese rights and obligations may indude, but evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union p^ments; are not limited to (a) the applicability oc non-applicabiliw of all' (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation. for die written statement or argument submitted by ffie accused. The or any part of diis Gmstitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, accused may argue his appeid in person, if he so desires. The (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of su^ appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the nigfit the or unauthptizedly transferring or receiving evidence- of Union affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused affiliation, with intent to deceive; may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the order of diose duly event to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at head­ equivalent to that of members, receive priority oc rights ovcc quarters in time for such presentation. authorized to make such orders during time of strike. / members, ot be termed a member. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within the time Sactien 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the app»I as ^n as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence limit set therefor either .by the Constitutioa or by action taken in ArticU XXII and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may accordance with the Ginstitutioo. Quorums request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever Sactien 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of die following necessary for fair considentton, offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including * su>* Sactian 1. Unleu elsewhere herein otherwise ipedfically provided^ Sactien 13. The. decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by pension ftom the rights and ptivilegea or ffiemberihip for two (2) Ae quorum for a special meedng of a port shall be six mil book years, or a fine of $30.00 ot both: majority vote, and shall be in die form of findinu and recommen­ inemben. (a) Wilfully misapptoptiating oc nisusiflg. Union property dations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions and dissentt shall be in facHan $, Tlia quotum /or a tagular maeting of « Foct shall bo writing and signed by those participating in such dedsion or dissent. of the value under $30.00; In maJuog its findings aad^ iwreinmeiidlmoiis; the committee Aall (b) Assuffling any oAoe or jdb^ idiedrtr dective oe noc vrldi fifty (30) members. be governed by the following: ; knowledge of the lack ef poesykta il* quaU^ooi CKpiicd tacriao 3. Unleas odierwise specifically set fbrdi hecdnu rfaa , MciiloMit teoommeh^atiqii^ w otbar functloas M say; 1^0 findiiig of fiiiilt iMl be semitd .If ^re Is wbstahdal tbortiai . .J1 . !l '^ , < �Jaly 1. INt • -v >> ^- • SEAFARERS LOG •egmeot of dw Union requiring a quotum to act oflidally, thall U ArHcto XXV « mjority of those voting, and ihall not be official or effective vnlesi the quotum requirements ate met. Amondmcnt* Seed^ 4. Unless otherwise indicated herein, where the requite* This Constitution.shall be amended in the followinjg manner: ments for a quotum ate not specifically set forth, a quotum shall faction 1. Any full book member may submit at any regular be deemed to be a majority of those ccMnposing the applicable . meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this Constitution aegment of the Union. in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of die Porr approves it, the p'ropo^ amendment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Article XXiii Saction 2. When a propos^ amendment is accepted by a ma­ Meetings jority vote of the membetship, it shall be referred to a Constitu­ • 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly tional Commfttee in the Port where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full bwk members, two from only in the following major potts at the following times: During the week following the first Sunday of every month a each department and shall be. elected in accordance with such meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday—at rules as ate established by a majority vote of that Port. The Com­ Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at mittee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans and on Wednesday—at otherwise, it deems^necessary. It shall prepare a report on the Mobile. All regular membership meetings shall commence at amendment together with any proposed changes or substimtions or 2:3Q P.M. 1MS! time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday recommendations and the reasons for such recommendations. The officidly designated _ as such by the authorities of the state or latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the President. municipality in which a port is located, the port meeting shall If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday recommended, it shall tlien be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with •hall" not be deemed business days. The Area Vice Presidents shall ^ the chairmen of .all regular the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3(b) 'through nfeetings in ports in thier respective areas. In the event the Area Section 5, except that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a port, of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to •they shall instruct the Pott Agents, or other elected job holders, put the referendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three to act as chairman of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman (3) departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters Port. of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of TTie amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made avail­ Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the able at the voting site in all ports. direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special Saction 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast, meeting may be held, except betweeii the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00. P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours the amendment shall become effective immediately upon notifica­ tion by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the President that in advance, on the port bulletin board. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area in the amendment. The President shall immediately notify all ports Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meeting of a port, of the results of the vote on the amendment. they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other eleaed job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. Article XXVI The contents of this Seaion 2 arc subject to the provisions of Article XIII, Section 4(a). Transition Clause Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to. the contrary, all regular Section I. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide meetings shall be governed by the following: for an orderly transition froni Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption 1. The Union Constitution. of diis amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted 2. Majority vote of the^embers assembled. in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Article XXIV Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar Definirions and Miscellaneous Provisions procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately Relating Thereto prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution shatt-jje deemed Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with to be permitted heruender and shall continue in effect unless or Iierein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. preventing the affected pefson from carrying out his duties for more Soction 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing than 30 days,, provided that this does not result in a vacancy. Union funds, all segreaations of Union funds, rules of order However, nothing contained in ffiis Article shall be deemed to generally followed, Imnding procedures, reinstatement procedurw, prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to to- the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or she duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of uhtil changed in accordance with the provisions hereof.incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Saction 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, including those Saction 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the functions of any prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed office or job by reason of death, or resi^ation,'ot suspension from to be permitted heteunder and shall continue in effect unless or membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. appeal in accordance with the provisions of Article XV. of this Saction 5. All officers and other jobholders elected as a result of Constitution. the Piloting held by this Union during November and December Saction 2. When applicable to the Union iu a whole the term, of 1958, who are serving at the time of the adoption of this "majority vote of the membership", shall mean the majority of all amended Constitution, shall continue to serve, without reduction the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of in salary, in the office most closely related to the one held prior to those ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail not* that adoption, and for a term not to exceed that for which he withstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meeting because was elected in the balloting held in 1958. For this purpose =the of no quorum. For the purpoK of this Section, the term "meeting" following table sets out the new office and job, the present nearest 'shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period equivalent in terms of functions presently performed, and the within which a vote must be taken in act'ordance with the Con­ Identity of-the person occupying it. The adoption of this amended stitution and the custom and usage of the Union in the indicated Constitution sh^ constinite ratification of this table. priority. JndfvidtkH OUTith . • Section 4, When applicable solely to port action and not con­ NewTiiU Secretary-Treasurer PAUL HALL President cerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the mem­ Executive Assistant Secretarybership", shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the Vice-President • Treasurer CAL TANNER fuU book members at any meeting of the Pott, regular or special. Vice-President in . Saction 5. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, charge of Conuacts shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership". and Contract Assistant SecretaryTreasurer CLAUDE SIMMONS Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, of the holder Enforcement thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references thereto and Vice-President in the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally charge of the Assistant Secretaryapplicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Treasurer EARL SHEPPARD Atlantic Coast Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean . Vice-President in that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected offi­ charge of the Assistant Secretarycials and- other elected job-holders are required to assume office. Gulf CoastTreasurer tiNDSEY WILLIAMS The first election year hereunder shall be deemed ro be I960. Boston Port Agent Vice-President in Soction 8. The terms, "this Constitution", aind "this ainended diarge of the Lakes and Administrative Constitution", shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall and Inland Waters Director of Great AL TANNER refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted lakes District by the Union in 1939, as amended up through August, 1956. (To be filled by the Soctiog 9. The terra, "member in good standing", shall mean a President in accord- . member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in arrears ' ance with Constitu­ for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspension or expul­ Secretary-Treasurer tion) VACANCV sion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless other­ Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters wise expressly indicated, the term, "member", shall mean a member Treasurer BILL HALL Representative in good standing. ^ Assistant SecretarySaction 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context of Headquarters Treasurer ED MOONBV their use, the terms "Union book","membership'book",.and "book", Representative Assistant Secretary•hall mean official evidence of Union membership. Headquarters Treasurer JOB VOLPIAN Saction II. The terih "full book" or "full Union b(x>k" shall mean Representative only an official certificate issued as ^idence of Union membership Since no elected officer or jobholder currently performs the which, can be attained only by those members who have first functions of the new office of Secretary-Treasurer, that office shall acquired the highest seniority rating set forth in the standard be filled by the President pursuant to Article X, Section l(j) of cqi colleaive bargaining agreement. this Constitution. From the date of the adoption of this Constitu­ Saction 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean g member tion, the officers, as above desuibed, shall execute the powers and to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to functions, and assume-the responsibilities of the said offices as setforth in this Constitution. gctain it in accordance with the provisions «f this ConstitutiqiL Swplcnenft—Pace Scvca .;r : EXHIBIT A , i Minimal raqulrements to be contained in Constitution of subordinate bodies and divisions chartered by or affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. I I All members shall have equal ri^ts and privileges, subject to re^nable rules and regulations, conuined in this Constitution, induding secret election, freedom of speech, the right to hold office and the right of secret votes on assessment and dues increases, ail in accordance with the law. ' 11 No member may be automatically suspended from membership except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded a fair hearing Upon written charges, with a reasonable time to pre-, pate defense, when accused of an offense under the Constimuon. III This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constitution and any amend­ ments thereto, shall not take effect unless and until approved as set forth in the Constitution of that Union. :V IV # An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the. welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantit^ Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Pistricr, The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its. Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. VI No amendment to this Constitution shall be effectiv^unless and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the membership in a secret referendum-conducted for that purpose. In, any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any-amendments thereto, will not be effeaive unless and until compliance with Article II of the Constitution of the' Seafarers International Union of North America —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria is first made. VII The Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic^ Gulf, Lakes and Inland Wafers District shall have the right to check, inspea and make copies of all the bocdcs and records of thig Union upon demand. VIII This Union shall not take any action which will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized accounting procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland ^S^ters District, unless approved by that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives to this Union who shall have' the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its ' tub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all boola and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the du^ of assisting this Union and its membership, and acting as •' liaison between the Seafarers International Union of North America —Adantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria and this Union. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebtedness of any sort, is owed by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired wirhout the written approval of the Seafarers International Union -of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District aaing through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf,' Lakes and Inland Wdters Distria shall be that which is fixed in accordance with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. XII This Constitution and aaions by this Union pursuant thereto are subj^ to those provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Adantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria pertaining to affiliation, disaffiliation, trustee­ ships, and the granting and removal of charters. Xlli This Union sliall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Adantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ tria. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that Distria to the Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Con­ stitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlandc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland 'Waters DisuicL -f| �-•*><•••••/-r.-;-A-''.. • •/ ^.V' :*.• •ii/, V'''A.v=,: ''j-o;', :• vr.;' -•^ U .V\AV"/^ • ' • "• M ':. •^,•.t.i/a^^:^ •".! ^::;r ^'\ ^'.lO '• .iV ' if '. •„:• •-.-. 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Title A name given to the resource July 1, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: TWO MORE RR TUG FLEETS VOTE SIU FARM BLOC BIDS CONGRESS WRECK ’50-50’ SHIP AID MTD ASKS SECURITY CHECK ON RUNAWAYS MORE US OPERATORS SEEK FOREIGN TIES NY LIGHTSHIP SUNK; SHIP CAUTION URGED SIU SWEEPS VOTE AMONG NEW HAVEN, NY CENTRAL TUGMEN TWO MORE US OPERATORS WOULD HOLD FOREIGN TIES NY UNIONS CONSIDERING LOW-COST DRUF PROGRAM ICC HEAD ADMITS OKAYING BELOW-COST RAILROAD RATES CONGRESS BARS DOMESTIC SHIP USE OF FOREIGN MIDBODIES NAVY SHIP GETS POSITION ‘FIX’ VIA TRANSMISSION FROM SATELLITE FRANCE PUTS UP $$ FOR SUPERLINER HOUSE NIXES FORANS BILL; BACKERS LOOK TO SENATE FISH FLEET GETS BOOST IN AID BILL TRANSFERRED TB PATIENTS FIND NEW HOSPITAL OKAY MA OKAYS RUNAWAYS’ FLAG SHIFT MTD ASKS SECURITY CHECK ON RUNAWAY SHIP CREWS GREEK BIBERTY CARRIES US STEEL LOAD TO RUSSIA TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUTION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/01/1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 14  1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/17069c46d6dfae9ae7c8789292747535.PDF b407603e26253b4171c6c121f1c46d13 PDF Text Text t-^TT-T^rrrT^ ' I ?is| REPRINT^O IN THIS ISSUE THE SiU CONSTITUTION "• :'>i| " Vol. XV No. 14 SEAFARERS ^LOG July 10 1953 • OFFICIAIL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • BARESCO.CONTROL Story On Page 3 SIU Helps Save PHS Hospitals Story On Page 3 base is carried into New Orleans shipping hall for use by Seafarers in that port in between job calls. ^ ||•« orgahizer Ray Gates carries huge pile of affidavits and rO€wS JfCfCK W|#» other legal papers into National Labor Relations Board office in Philadelphia for start of formal hearings on SIU election petition. First hear­ ings were concerned with setting up eligibility rules fOr voting and determining componit.irkn nf • 5?;^: aition of AloAfinn election imit. unit. (Story nn on PACTA Page 3.) 3.) ' Atlanfif's Co. Union Exposed! Read Vice-Chairman's Inside Story Of The AMEU-Page 3. -• i- �Pa«e Tw» SEAFARERS LOC July 19/19S3 Welfare Totals TopMlllion-$$ Mark On Plan's 3rd Birthday SIU Scholarship winner Elizabeth Lomas looks over some catalogs from varions colleges with her father and mother after learning that she won one of the four $6,000 scholarships. She plans to con­ tinue her study of French at either New York University or Barnard College. 'It's All Just Like A Dream/ Says SIU Scholarship Winner This is the first in a series of picture-story features concerning the four winners of the 1953 SIU Scholarships.Each of these stories will introduce one of the winners, so that the members may learn a little about the persons that their Union Welfare Plan will be sending to college for the next fowcy^a.rs. This issue introduces scholarship winner Elizabeth Lomas. "I just can't believe it. The whole thing still seems like a dream." That was the reac­ tion of SIU scholarship winner, 17-year-old Elizabeth Lomas. Sitting in the living-room of their apartment in Tuckahoe, New York, with her father, Arthur, and her mother, Cather­ ine, the young scholarship' winner happily talked over sails as steward or chief cook, said, It couldn't have come at a better her college plans with her "This is one happy family. The time. I've always known the SIU parents. wife and kid are both walking on is a wonderful organization, but "When the telegram came say­ air. It is a dream come true for this is far more than we ever ing that 1 had won one of the SIU them both, and Tm still numb from thought of. We wanted to send scholarships," she said, "my dad all this good news, but being a Betty to college, but didn't think and 1 phoned the Union's Welfare belly-robber, most guys would say we would be able to do it, but now (Continued on page 13) Plan two times just to make sure that it was just a normal condition. that it was true. Even so, it still seems hard to realize." To Study French Already admitted to New York University, Betty is also on the waiting list for Barnard College in New York, and is planning to Seafarers' help on the picket lines during a strike of night major in French, her major study In high school. "There's lots of club entertainers in Philadelphia won the SIU heartfelt opportunities for language stu­ thanks from their union. Dick Jones, regional director of the dents," she sayp. "I could go into American Guild of Variety| teaching, or else find a job with Artists, AFL, expressing his that you have given to the Ameri­ the Government, the UN or with appreciation at the headquar­ can Guild of Variety Artists in our one of the import-export companies ters membership meeting, told the just fight in the City of Philadel­ or shipping companies. I like study­ group, "any tkne you want a show. phia." - , ing French anyway, so that helps a Locked Out lot." The AGVA had gone on strike Betty's dad, Arthur, who usually in Philadelphia over improvements in working conditions for enter­ tainers and a union welfare fun.1 Night club owners in the city banded together in an association July 10, 1953 Vol. XV. No. 14 and shut doors all over town, lock­ As I See It Page 4 ing out the entertainers. Crossword Puzzle. Page 10 Things looked bad for the union, Editorial .....Page 11 Jones said, in the early days of the Galley Gleanings........ Page 18 strike and the entertainers ap­ Inquiring Seafarer Page 10 peared to be losing the test. AGVA In The Wake Page 10 officials in Philadelphia then con­ Labor Round-Up Page 11 tacted the SIU Philadelphia Letters Pages 19, 20 branch for help. Meet The Seafarer Page 10 "As soon as aU oth^ linions in Personals *•.... .Page 21 town heard the SIU was wltlr us," Quiz Page 17 Jones concluded, "we had a real Ship^s Minutes........... . Page 21 easy time of it. We won the strike SIU History Cartoon Page 9 and won it solidly;" Sports Line .Page 18 AGVA representatives all assur­ Tqn Years Ago Page 10 ed the SIU that their union stood AGVA regional, director Dick Top Of The News....... .Page 7 ready to service or assist the ^lU Jones thanks SIU for aid in in any possible way. Union Talk. .*...... . .Page 9 Philly strike. The SlU's aid to the AGVA was Wash. News Letter?.:.... Page 6 Welfare Benefits..... Pages "22, 23 we'll give you ithe best show you the latest of a long series of in­ Your Dollar's Worth....... .Page 7 ever saw and It won't cost you a stances in which the SIU gave a hand to a striking union. Last year publithed biweekly at the heedqwarfere. cup of coffee," the Philadelphia hall was active •r the Seafercrt International Uiflon At' . Similarly, Jack Irving, AGVA's in helping striking telephone oper­ iaatle ft Cult District, AfL, <73 Fourth national atoinlstrative secretary, ators and telegraphers, while the Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. . ^el. STeriine wrote to Steve CarduUo, SIU Phil­ Union gave a hand to the nation­ »-4tT1. Entered at second class matter at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY. adelphia port agent thanking him wide strike pf Prudential insur" for. tbir "wonderful cooperation anCB agents. under the Act-of AOgust U, (fia. Nighf Club Union Thanks SIU For Philly Strike Aid A liusty and fast-growing youngster, the SIU Welfare Plan, celebrated its third birthday'of actual operation with a big bang when total benefits paid out by the Plan passed the $1 million mark. It was on July-^ — 1,1950 that the Plan began op­ at the rate of 2?^ percent. The eration, and as of July 3,1953, income from these lionds contrib­ the most recent figures available, utes greatly towards operating the plan had paid out a total of costs of the Plan and in turn frees $1,106,117.59. a greater part of the shipowner The first benefits paid out under contributions for, actual benefits the Plan were modest in yiew of payments. A highly desirable feature of the desire of both Union aqd em­ ployer trustees to build up a (Continued on page lei healthy reserve fund. As a result, the Plan started out with two benefits, a hospital benefit of $7 a week and a $500 death benefit for the families of Seafarers who passed away. These^ benefits were financed by a 25-cent dally con­ tribution by shipowners for each The SlU-contracted Bloomfield Seafarer in their employ. Shipping Company won a major Added New Benefits It wasn't long though, before point In its bid for Government both the benefits under the Plan subsidy when the Federal Marland the operators' contributions time Board found existing subsi­ both went up sharply. In addition dized service Inadequate on trans­ the trustees staHed adding to the size and variety of benefits avail­ atlantic routes. The FMB's finding removed a able with the result that the Wel­ fare Plan now features a selection chief stumbling block Jn jhe way of payments unique in the mari­ of the Bloomfield applldaUdh.t Com­ pany officials were confident that time industry. At present the Plan pays a the application Jor Government $2,500 death benefit, a $15 weekly operating subsidy would be ap­ hospital benefit, a $200 maternity proved, enabling the firm, to buy benefit and a $25 weekly disability six or seven C-type vessels for use benefit, plus awarding four $1,500 on the subsidized routes. college scholarships annually to The Bloomfield Company applied Seafarers or children of Seafarers^ several months ago for an oper­ ating subsidy along trade route Despite the large sums of money 13/1 which Is between US ports paid out by the Plan, it is in ex­ on the Gulf and Mediterranean cellent financial shape, thanks to ports in Spain, Portugal and North ' direct Union administration of all Africa, and trade route 21/5 be­ funds. This keeps operating costs tween the Gulf and northern Eu­ ac a minimum by cutting out in­ rope. The application was opposed surance company profits. In addi­ by the other subsidized operator tion, Union administration makes on the route, Lykes Brothers SS possible far speedier payment of Company, as well as by Waterman all benefits since it eliminates all which is an unsubsidized operator. of the. red tape that would other­ Has To Prove Stability wise be involved in plans run by While the ruling from the FMB insurance companies. eliminated the major hurdle in th# Another reason for the fund's way of Bloomfield's application, sound financial ^structure is the the company still has to show trustees' policy of Investing thfi. proof that It Is financially stable, surplus in Income-producing US has the necessary experience and Government bonds. At present the operates ships of a type that would hondhbldings of the Plan are val­ be suitable for the runs in ques­ ued at approximately $1,600,000, tion. The company expects no dif­ most of which are paying Interest ficulty In passing those tests. BLoomfield Co. Near Subsidy Oystermen In Washington SEAFARERS LOG Problems of shrimp and oystering industry wer^ taken up in Wash­ ington'DC with SIU assistant-secretary-treasurer Bob Matthews (seated right) fay Gulf AFL union representative. Left to right are: W. L. Mines, president, Mississippi State AFL; Loiiis Simmons/' ' president,. Gulf Coast Shrimpers and Oysterman's /^sn., an SIU' affiliate; Matthews and Laz Quavn, BUoxi mayor and former ' ' shrimpers-;Uniom official.7 "" S. v• ; K it �..""X' ;•• - .,^h; 7.y:ft-'»- • -•"; , Jidr 1«, 195S SEAFARERS LOG Paff* ThrM'" AMEU Roasted By Own Official Vice-Chairman Backs 5IU Campaign; Tells Labor Board Of Atlantic Rule 9 The SIU dealt a death-blow to company-unionism in the Atlantic Refining tanker fleet when Frank Fletcher, vice-chairman and second ranking officer in the Atlantic Maritime Employees Union blasted the AMEU-company tie-in at a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board hearing. Fletcher's dramatic switch to the SIU rocked company and^" Fletcher's switch sealed the doom been assigned to three different AMEU representatives of the AMEU already tottering un­ in the past few months as a back on their heels as he der the impact of the SIU's peti­ ships troubleshooter to go after pro-SIU Outside view of Savannah USPHS hospital which will remain open as SIU protests brourht ehangre of heart by US Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Hospital will continue to function despite Coatrress fund cuts in USPHS budyet. revealed the details of the re­ lationship between the AMEU officials and their bosses in Atlantic at the June 30 hear­ ing in Philadelphia, News of Fletcher's action spread like wildfire through the fleet as ships hit Port Arthur, Fort Mifflin, Pa., and other ter­ minals. Crewmembers excitedly grabbed for special bulletins _on Fletcher's testimony. As one jublilant SIU supporter put it, "We got 'em licked now." SIU organizers agreed that Fight Saves Savannah Hospital; Memphis, Detroit May Remain The SIU's vigorous fight to keep the Savannah USPHS hospital open paid off when the Department of Health, Education and Welfare announced it had discarded plans to close the vital facility, only one of its kind on the South Atlantic coast below Norfolk. This action insures that pa-• tients in the Savannah hospita! now be'en transferred to other budget, and proposed to close will not be shunted to other Public Health Service hospitals. Savannah, Fort Stanton and Cleve­ tion for a collective bargaining men and put the pressure on them election in the fleet. The organiz­ to revoke their pledge cards. ers reported an increasing flood of Fletcher's testimony was Ister 'signed pledges in the brief lime confirmed by several other wit­ since the election petition was an­ nesses at this and subsequent hear­ nounced, coupled with a rapidly ings, including Joseph Bussell, Bill rising total of withdrawals from (Continued on page 16) the near-defunct AMEU. Latest" figures show SIU pledges mounting past the 80 percent fig­ ure while withdrawals have been so numerous as to leave the AMEU with a rapidly shrinking handful of members. Present and former AMEU fleet council delegates are included among recent pledges. The SIU's knockout punch came at the very start of the NLRB hearing called to determine the Conclusive proof that the SIU composition of the voting unit in has better than one job for every the pending election. Representa­ active member has been offered to tives for the company, the SIU Atlantic tankermen by an inde­ and the AMEU had just settled in pendent firm of accountants whiq^ their chairs when the Union coun­ studied all the Union's records. sel called Fletcher as the SIU's After making an exhaustive first witness. study of the SIU's records, the Company Reps Shocked firm reports that "at no time dur­ When Fletcher entered the ing the year 1952 did (the Union) room, the company and AMEU have less than 1.13 jobs available representatives were visibily un­ per active, full bookmember." nerved realizing that his appear­ The audit was held in answer to ance meant that the jig was up. the Atlantic Maritime Employees Fletcher then presented testimony Union's propaganda that the SIU's nailing down the SIU's claim that job-book ratio was less than one the "leadermen were supervisory to one. Before the audit started, personnel and were empowered to the Union challenged the AMEU hire men. He showed for example, to put up $10,000 to match the that AMEU chairman Stanley Al- $10,000 that the SIU membership cott, who is employed as a "leader- voted to put up on the results of man," could a.ssign men to spe­ the audit. The AMEU was silent cific ships and it was necessary to about the challenge, but continued get his approval to work on the to charge that the Union would ships. He himself, he said, had (Continued on page 16) Study Shdws Union's Jobs Exceed Books hospitals hundreds or thousands The patients at Fort Stanton' are land hospitals. The House boosted of miles from their homes. It also now being transferred to our hos­ the cuts to $3,288,000 which -meant means that seamen needing hos­ pitals where complete facilities the closing of two additional hos­ pitalization in the Savannah area for the treatment of tuberculosis pitals, Detroit and Memphis. will nSt have to travel hundreds patients are available." During its fight, the SIU got the of miles to Norfolk, Va., or to New House Boosted Cuts support of the Georgia State Fed­ Orleans, La., to reach a USPHS Originally, Mrs. Oveta Culp eration of Labor, the Marylandhospital. Hobby, secretary of Health, Edu­ Washington DC Federation of Furthermore SIU Assistant-Sec- cation and Welfare, proposed cuts Labor, and other labor organiza­ cretary - Treasurer Bob Matthews, of $1.7 million in the hospital tions as well as many lawmakers. who is tl^ Union's Washington representative, notified headquar­ ters that the Senate Appropria­ tions Committee voted to restore $1 million in hospital funds. The restoration carried in the full Sen­ ate. According to USPHS officials this will enable them to keep two The following article was written hy Frank Fletcher, vice-chairman of the Atlantic Maritime Employees Union. It exmore hospitals at Detroit and plains w hy he, the second-ranking officer in the AMEU, decided to ditch the company union for the SIU, and reveals the Memphis, open. This now de­ full extent of company domination of the AMEU and manipulation of that outfit for the benefit of the company. pends on the action of a joint Sen­ ate-House Committee. No doubt all of you were" surprised to learn that I have decided to support the SIU organizing campaign. I am writing However, the Cleveland and Fort this to let you know why I have changed my views, even though I was elected vice-chairman of • the Atlantic Maritime Stanton hospitals have closed down, Employees Union last October. with no^ chance of reopening. I think I can explain things-* * Wrote To SIU best by telling something wasn't too enthusiastic about it, Before the Senate acted, the about myself. Before I came but it was the only thing available USPHS had already written the to Atlantic in 1950, I had several in the fleet at the time. I thought SIU assuring that the hospital at years of service with another that maybe I could help the AMEU Savannah would stay open. Its ac­ union, the National Maritime do something for the men ip. the tion was In response to vigorous Union. Like many other NMU men fleet like myself. protests the Union made in its got disgusted when I found my After I got in the AMEU I tried fight to save the seaport hospital. book meant nothing because the my best to help out and be an ac­ Signed by J. Masur, assistant NMU was overloaded with mem­ tive union member. I always be­ surgeon general, chief of the Bu­ bers. It's important for seamen, lieved that the way to be a good reau of Medical Services, the let­ who are constantly moving on and shipmate was to do the best you ter said in part, "We know you off ships to know that there's a could to make things a little easier will- be pleased to hear that de­ berth available for them when and more comfortable for the fel­ spite '' the current limitation of they are ready to ship, and not to lows you worked with. I didn't operating funds for the Public have to fight with ten other mem­ know then what I learned later, that I was just wasting my time. Health Service hospitals, it ap- bers to get a job, . paars at this time that we will not As a result of my efforts I was When I went to work In Atlantic, close the Savannah Hospital." after being ashore for a while, I elected to the fleet couhcil as dele­ The letter also went on to ex­ didn't care about joining a union. gate off my ship. Last October the plain that, "However, as you Several men in the Atlantic fieet rest of the council saw fit to elect know, it has become necessary to approached me asking me to joim me vice-chairman of J:he AMEU. close the hospitals at Cleveland 'he AMEU. I told them at the time Beg For Gains and Fort Stanton. You may be that if they could show me where It was then that my eyes were sure that this decision was made they had a real union, I would opened.- I began to see how the only after the most careful con­ Join up. AMEU vice-chairman Frank Fletcher, (right) now an $IU snipAMEU really worked. In the nego­ sideration of all factors involved^ It was about a year and'a half tiations with the company last fall, porter, listens to proceedings irf headquarters membendiip meet­ The - patients at Oleveluid- have bete-.? J did join the'AMEU, I ing witti Blrsi Fletcher and Keith Terpe, SIU organising head. (Continued on page 18) Inside The Shoddy, Shaky AMEU �1^;. •:'- • • -h '•: SEAFARERS Pace Fear LOG Pakistan 'Wheat Lift' Begins W 1»>4»SS AilSee It • • • Loaded with 4,500 tons of wheat for Pakistan, the Steel Surveyor (Isthmian) left Mon­ day evening, July 6 from New York, as the first SlU-manned ship to carry the newest relief cargo. The Surveyor took on a load of wheat at Baltimore before coming up to New York —;—. to pick up general cargo for-^ her run to Asiatic ports.' EVER SINCE THERE HAS BEEN AN SIU, YOUR UNION HAS Apparently Isthmian, which maintained that the rulers of the Soviet Union, and their system of maintains regular liner service to the main Pakistan port of Karachi, will cari-y a good percentage of the 500,000 tons of wheat that will be assigned to US ships under the 5t)-50 law. It appears that Ameri­ can liner services will handle about 100,000 tons of the total, with the remainder going on US flag tramps. The SIU has contracts with most of the tramp ship op­ erators involved. Shipments Slow Movement of the wheat cargo has been slow in getting underway as the Mutual Security Agency, which is handling the shipments, is dickering with ship operators over the freight rate to be estab­ lished for carrying the cargo. The Pakistan wheat bill provides for shipment of one million tons of surplus wheat Pakistan to pre­ vent famine threatening in that country because of severe food shortages. In the bill's original version, as reported out by the House Agriculture Committee, no provision was made calling for 50 percent of the cargo to be carried on US ships. SIU representatives in all ports alerted members of the House of Bepresentatives to this omission, stressing the fact that abandon­ ment of 50-50 in this instance Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: July 15, July 29, August 12. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. The port of Baltimore's last membership meeting was run by three SIU oldtimers well versed in the Union's procedures and with long experience in the various strikes and beefs that the SIU has had down through the years. Chair^ - "'i Baltimore 'meeting was Brother Walter Walsh, who joined the SIU in Philadelphia back in January 7, 1939, when the new Union was just about getting under way. Walsh Walsh, who sails in the stewards department, comes originally from the midwestem state of Illinois. He will celebrate his 61st birthday this coming August 15. The recording secretary at the meeting was Brother Dolor F. Stone who sails regularly out of the port. Stone achieved distinc­ tion last year when he was one of the firrt Seafarers to qualify under the SlU's maternity benefit, which was brand new at the time. Stone is also one of the veteran members of the Union, dating his first membership book back to December 16, 1938. He and his wife Iris make their home in Balti­ more. He's 52 years old. Third member of the group was Seafarer sifts sample of wheat from eargo of Steel Surveyor, first SlU-manned ship to carry life-saving shipments to httnger-strlcken Packistan. would be the opening wedge for an attack on the entire 50-50 prin­ ciple in military and econonric aid shipments. Foreign shipping in­ terests have long been campaign­ ing against the 50-50 law which has been a major factor in provid­ ing cargo for US merchant ships. As a result, amendments were offered on the floor of the House to restore the 50-50 law to, the wheat bill, and were carried by an overwhelming vote. Maritime authorities in Washington agreed that the vigorous SIU action helped considerably in bringing about the House decision. Congressional leaders are cur­ rently considering shipments of other surplus farm products to foreign countries as a means of alleviating hunger and at the same time disposing of surplus products that can't be sold here. the well-known Seafarer Thmrston J. Lewis, who handled the reading clerk's chores. By comparison, Lewis is a relative newcomer to the Union's ranks, getting his mem­ bership in New Orleans on January 31, 1944. Lewis usually can be found sailing as bosun. He's an Oklahoman by birth and is 36 years old. Tampa's membership meeting featured a couple of native citizens in the chairman's and recording secretary's spots. The chairman of the meeting was Brother Ralph Seekinger, who can also lay claim to long membership in the SIU, joining in this port on March 12, 1939. Ralph first saw the light of day on February 28, 1914 which makes him 39 years old. He sails regularly in the deck depart­ ment and makes Ortega h i s Ji 0 m e in Tampa with his wife Rachel. Brother Alfredo Ortega, another Tampa man born and bred, was the recording secretary. Ortega hooked up with the SIU on October 25, 1939 and has been a Seafarer ever since. He's 41 years old and sails on deck. He .and bis wife Carmen still live in the home town. Hoskins, SUP Welfare Head, Visits SIU Hq The SIU served as host last week to Omar Hoskins, former Federal Conciliator on the West Coast and now administrator of the SUP wel­ fare fund. Hoskins, long known for his grasp of maritime union problems, visited SIU headquar­ ters on a ten-day East Coast tour to study various welfare plans, in­ cluding the SlU's. Introduced to the July 1 head­ quarters membership meeting by SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall, Hoskins expressed his deep inter­ est in seamen's problems and his long "admiration for the manner in which seamen have attacked their difficulties, and come up with decisions on them that have stood the test of time." The new SUP administrator de­ clared "I have always been sym­ pathetic to th'e needs of seamen and am happy to be in a position where I cin do something about them. In introducing HoskinS, Hall declared that "AFL seamen have always regarded Hoskins as a man with deep understanding and a friend. The trustees of the SUP welfare plan certainly are to be congratulated in picking a man of his qualities to administer their plan. We in the A&G district are certainly going to watch his work with great interest." Omar Hoskins, SUP Welfare admlnisirator, and former Federal emwillatdr; addresses SIU hq memhership/ Government, had no interest in the well-being of the men and women in their country, or in any other, who work for a living. Consequently, your Union has always held that those in this country who supported the Communist leaders of the Soviet Union could not possibly repre­ sent the interests of the American worker. Our contention has been proven many times by actual events in the past. But in recent weeks there have been a series of incidents in the Communist-controlled countries of Eastern Europe which should serve to convince any thinking person of the real attitude of Communist rulers toward working men. Strikes And Sitdowns These incidents, which the Communist rulers admit themselves, con­ sist of a series of widespread strikes and sit downs in mines, factories and on construction projects all over East Ger­ many, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and other countries. Not only do the Commuist rulers admit these strikes have taken place, but they have them­ selves admitted the cause. They have said in so many words, that the strikes have resulted from "Increasing of work norms," which in plain Eng­ lish are speed-ups, from "currency devaluation," which means wage cuts, and from "sabotage of food deliveries," which means empty bellies. In other words, the Communist rulers tell us now that workers in their countries have been put on the griddle. They have been forced to work at a superhuman pace, been compelled to put in long hours of overtime without pay, had their wages cut, and then when they got home at night, they found there wasn't enough on the table for their families to eat. For a long time apparently, they have been beefing quietly about these difficulties because they knew that the Communist rulers had the giins and tanks to whip them back in line if they opened their mouths. But after a while it was too much for them to take. They exploded, and we have all read of the results now. Temporarily, the Communist rulers have decided to ease up the pressure on t^e working people in the hope that they will quiet downand go back to producing arms and heavy equipment for their Russian masters. But as soon as things are running smoothly again, 'they can be expected to tighten the screws another turn. That's the standard Party policy that was set many years ago. It appears then, that those of us in the SIU who have always pointed out this condition when many other unions were of a different opinion, were fully justified in our views and actions. i t i WHILE ON THE SUBJECT, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO take note of the shabby way that the Communist rulers in Moscow have been treating their good friend and "ally on the West Coast, Harry Bridges. A piece of propaganda appearing in the Communist's official newspaper, Pravda, recently really put the boot to Bridges and his union, the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Although we doubt that it was intentional, it must have burned Bridges quite a bit. 'Stanring' Dockworkers It seems that the Pravda writers dreamed up a story about a Russian seaman who visited Los Angeles on a Russian merchant ship. Accord­ ing to the "eyewitness" account this seaman is supposed to have written, the longshoremen in that city were starving and living in ramshackle broken-down tin huts on the waterfront. Furthermore, said the Russian seaman, there were women and children working on the docks alongside the men, and all were compelled to carry huge loads far beyond their capacity. ' , > Pravda's mythical seaman, the story goes on to say, invited the starv­ ing dockworkers on board and he and his shipmates fed them a good Russian meal which they received with expressions of thanks and gratitude. ' ' " After all the years of his faithful service to the Soviet Union and to all of the dozens of causes operating under the wing of the Communist Party, Bridges doesn't get much of a build-up from his Commie pals. 4" It 4 AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SEAfarers Welfare Plan has announced the winners of the $6,000 four-year college scholarships awarded by the SIU scholarship plan. We have three girls taking three of the four awards, and one boy, ail of them children of Seafarers who work for a living on SIU ships. Certainly, judging from the reactions of the winners we had the pleas­ ure of meeting so far, your Union's assistance to them has won their deep appreciation. Further, we can say that this scholarship plan has made a very deep impression on people outside, our industry, many of whom have never been acquainted with Seafarers and their work before. This was particularly true with respect to the board of advisers made up of administrators from several leading un!-; versities in this country. These people took time out from their work to tour our headquarters building and expressed their interest and amazement at the way our Union operates. The Impression they car­ ried away of your Union is most certainly a favorable one. ^ « || One of the board members has-written to your Union's Welfare Plan that the winners of the SIU scholarships are eificeptionally fortunate because there are very-few awards in this country's cplleges and uni-^ . ver|fities that can match the size of the SlU's. As to the scholarships tjhemselves, your Union would like to see more; Seafarerii taking a c?ack at them. There were quite a few fellows whO;, for one reason <Kr another didn't complete their, applications ipr con'r/|. sideration by the trustees. These people are free to apply next year. And if there is enough of a demand, there is nothing to stop us fromt adding more scholarships is the future, J.*,. �July 19, 1»5S SEAFARER3 Right Off The Presses LOG Fuye Fivu Senate And HouseGefBills Designed To Curb MSTS In a itiove apparently aimed at shipping activities of the Military Sea Transportation Service, bills have been introduced in the Senate and the House that would require Gov­ ernment-controlled cargo and passengers to be transported on privately owned American |lag ships as far as is practi--^^ cable. ing that they should be permitted of State and Commerce to prepare The bills, identical in word­ to handle much of the cargo now full reports listing such foreign New air express delivery system used by the LOG makes it possi­ ble for New Orleans patrolman Buck Stevens (left) to put out the last issue of the LOG less than 24 hours after it came off the presses up in New York. All outports now get this faster delivery. ITF Sees Soviet Money, Seamen In Panama Fleet Communist capital and citizens of the Soviet Union are to be found in and behind the vast merchant fleet of the tiny Republic of Panama, claims the publication "Air Terre Mer," published by the Mediterra-* nean Committee, an affiliate living and wage scale standards^ of the International Transport and, in general, lower the work­ Workers Federation. ing conditions which top maritime In an article on Russian Interest In the Panama Canal, the tri-iingual Paris publication charges that, in addition to Russian military in­ terest in the Canai, the Soviet also is interested in lowering the liv­ ing and working standards of sea­ men throughout the world. "Behind these enterprises," the magazine s^ys of the Panamanian Fieet, "at least for 250 or 300 ships, one would find Soviet capi­ tal. That is the first fact... It is not even rare to find Soviet Russians on .board ships flying the Pana­ manian flag. That is the second fact." Panamanian sailors, unknowing­ ly. afford the camouflage behind which Soviet agents operate to de­ stroy security for seafarers, lower 1 YOU and Hie SIU unions afford to their members today. "The crews of these ships," the magazine asserts, "live under con­ ditions inferior to those provided for by the International Labor Of­ fice and the International Federa­ tion of Transport Workers... When strikes have broken out in certain European countries and in the United States to force the owners of this fleet to accept the interna­ tional labor regulations and to pay decent wages, the Communist sail­ ors have played the role of 'scabs' by accepting wages lower than the regulation ones. Third fact." The attitude of the Soviet Union favors the unemployment of union sailors, according to "Air Terre Mer." VOUft RKJHTS ANO A3' SlU MSN ARE OUARANTEED 8¥ YC-UR CONSmUT}<>J TNiS PEA ri.!RE OESlONEb TO ACQUA»«n* • Yoy WITH THESE': filOKrs .AHB - :' pciviiEoes From ArticI* XX SMtlen 2 -.i-rihaUV)or«qu»f*<l any ««« Union rocoip*--Her* the conititution provide* a double check on the individual member's money. The Union re­ ceipt is proof positive that the member has paid his dues and ossessments. At the same time, it makes the Union representative fully responsible to the Union and the membership for the money he has collected. ing, were introduced in the House by Representative Jack Shelley of California and in the Senate by Senator Warren Magnuson. Both of them would amend Section 901 of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act providing for private carriage of such cargoes "to the extent of the capacity and ability of such ves­ sels to perform the services re­ quired." A further provision of the act makes allowances for emergency situations where the Department of Defense and the President of the US could take immediate ac­ tion to move such cargo in any manner they saw fit. Last month both Senate and House committees heard testimony from MSTS on the extent of its cargo and passenger-carrying op­ erations. The testimony brought out the fact that MSTS has a nu­ cleus fleet of 260 ships which in­ cludes 56 cargo ships and 35 pas­ senger carriers having cabin class facilities for dependents or serv­ ice men and other civilian passen­ gers. MSTS has carried a total of 698,725 civilian passengers in the past three years. Private operators, particularly tramp shipowners, have long com­ plained that MSTS vessels have been competing with them, claim- SlU Co Seeks Intercoastal Trade Growth going on Government-owned ships. Inquire On Discrimination Meanwhile, the Special Senate Subcommittee on Maritime Subsi­ dies, which has been Investigating all phases of -maritime operations, has opened an inquiry into dis­ crimination against American-flag ships by foreign nations. The com­ mittee has asked the Departments discrimination and steps taken to end it. The Senate had received .previ­ ously several complaints about un­ just discrimination as a result of which the last session of the Sen­ ate in 1952 passed a resolution urging the administration to take vigorous action to curtail such for­ eign discrimination. Ireneslar Korean Target^ Raided 5 Times By Reds ~ Seafarer G. Lowe and a shipmate on the Irenestar inspect a jet fighter carried as deck cargo to Korea. The ship was in five air raids in four days while in port in Korea. With five air raids in four days, Seafarers are still dodging An expanded intercoastal serv­ ice that would take In more North enemy bombs just as they did during World War II, in spite Atlantic ports is being sought by of the talk about an armistice in Korea. the Waterman Steamship Corpora­ F. Paskowski, who was-t— — tion in a petition to the Interstate aboard the Irenestar (Maine), night's sleep, because we had fiv* Commerce Commission. Waterman reports that some of the Red air raids during the four days that is asking the ICC for temporary bombs came uncomfortably close we were there, and the air raid authority "to run ships from Call while the ship was unioading mili­ alarms would sound at all hours of fornia ports to New York and Bos­ tary supplies in Inchon. the night, particularly around 2 ton. Whiie on a Far East run, the and 3 AM. At present^ Waterman has rights Irenestar was ordered to make a "We were laying out at anchor­ only to carry cargo and passengers trip from Yokohama to Korea with age, unloading all the while, and as far north as the port of Phila­ badiy needed supplies. "When we the planes didn't come too close delphia. In petitioning for ex­ got there," says Paskowski, "things until the morning we were ready to tended rights. Waterman cited the realiy began happening." leave. About 3 AM that morning, "It was impossible to get a good the air raid sirens sounded, and withdrawal of American-Hawaiian the Red planes began to come over SS Company and Pacific-Atlantic the harbor. They were high up, so SS Company from the intercoastal service. we didn't see them, but one of them scored a hit on the beach right As a result, the petition said, near us. there are only two lines running "We saw a big explosion on th» intercoastal between New York beach, and a bright orange flash and Boston and California ports and "shippers are experiencing Seafarers shipping out of the jumped up into the sky. Then we great difficulty in obtaining ade­ Norfolk hall will soon enjoy cool heard a lot of sirens and horns on quate vessel space for the trans­ comfort through the worst of the the beach in that area. We were portation of their traffic from summer heat, as membership never able to find out what hap­ California ports to the port of New meetings in all ports approved pened, because shortly after the bomb hit, we got our orders, and York and Boston." plans for air-conditioning the SIU got out of the harbor as fast as we Waterman predicts that the offices there. could." situation will get worse because of The Norfolk membei-ship had the heavy seasonal shipments of previously let out bids for the in­ canned and preserved foodstuffs, stallation and selected a contractor beginning about the end of July to do the job, subject to the ap­ and continuing for the next six proval of the membership at large. months. The contractor estimates that it Seafarers sending telegrams In conjunction with the request wiil take him about a month to or letters to the New York for temporary authority. Water­ finish the job, which means that headquarters dispatcher asking man has asked th^ ICC for a per­ the Norfolk hall will bask iii rea­ to be excused from attending manent certificate to run vessels sonable temperatures throughout headquarters membership to the two eastern ports from Cali­ the dog days of August and Sep­ meetings must include the reg­ fornia. A temporary certificate can tember. istration number.^ of their be issued by the Government Seafai'ers already enjoy air-con­ shipping card in the message. agency in 30-45 days to overcome ditioned comfort in Mobile, New From now on, if the number a transportation deficiency, while York and New Orleans, and airis not included, the excuse can­ details for a permanent certificate conditioning is being installed in not be accepted by the dis­ often take as long as six to eight the new Baltimore branch, now patcher. months to work out jinder construction. Norfolk Hall To Be Cooled Pnt dumber On 3ieeting Exeuses M V'.': • -iT �rT^v^-'V-::'• ; Jl^' 9Bg9 m^i '' SKAFARERS tPg •' ' ' ' Jirfr tt. tMt Welfare Serviees In New Office SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON The new offices of the Welfare Serrices Department are bustUncr with activity as the department takes care of the various problems faclny many Seafarers. The expanded offlce space and staff enable the department to help even more Seafarers sblte any of the problems they may be facinf. To meet the greatly increased demand for its special services from hundreds of Seafarers both in headquarters and all aroimd the ports, the SIU Welfare Services Department has expanded its facilities. Where it had formerly shared office space in different parts of the building, it has now taken-. over an entire office on the movable tables containing a variety also made it necessary to acquire second deck and consolidated of Union literature so that Sea­ more office space. all emoloyees and records in the one location. The office has been tastefully furnished with a number of com­ fortable lounge chairs and small Army Service Paves Way To Citizenship WASHINGTON—Seafarer-aliens who have served in the Armed Forces since June 1950 are eligible for speedy naturalization under terms of a new law signed by President Eisenhower. The law provides that all aliens who have had at -least 90 days' service in the Armed forces since the outbreak of the Korean war are entitled to special treatment and a quick grant of citizenship. About 5,000 aliens, many of whom are serving in the Korean theater, are affected by the new law. Aliens now being drafted for military service will also be covered'as the law applies to all such service up until July 1, 1955. An Immigration spokesman said that the Immigration Service would have application forms for these aliens available in about two weeks. As soon as the forms and additional information is avaiiable, aliens covered by the law can get help from the Union in filing their citizenship applications. NLRB Orders Vote In DuPont The DuPont Conipany lost an­ other round to organizers in the Savannah River hydrogen bomb plant in Aiken, SC. The NLRB, late last month, threw out company objections to a March . representation election, certifying the CIO Chemical Work­ ers' as bargaining" agent for 223 firefighters at the plant. DuPont objected on the ground that the union, used threatening measures to get employees to 'support the CIO, as well as Inviting arrest of its-organizers and'then attacking company, tactics in the newspapers. The board threw out all chargies; farers or their family members who are waiting to see a Welfare Serv­ ices representative can do so" in ease and comfort. Speedier ServiceAll of the Department's files and all secretarial help have been moved into the new office so as to fhake for even speedier service than before and greater efficiency of operation. The expansion into larger quar­ ters was made necessary by the growing popularity of the young SIU department, which takes care of all benefits provided by the SIU Welfare Plan, provides advice and assistance on maintenance and cure cases, and assists Seafarers with a wide variety of personal problems including dealings with Govern­ ment agencies such as the Immi­ gration Department, family prob­ lems, credit matters and simiiar items. Addition of more representatives Headqtiarters patrolmen, who formerly operated out of the pres­ ent Welfare Services office, have shifted their activities to the dispatch counter in the headquar­ ters shipping hall, thus consolidat­ ing all shipping matters in the one central location. How To Get Disabled Pay Any totally disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been employed for seven years on SlU-contract ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headqua]> ters, 675 Fourth . Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. On many oceailona in the past, American ship operators have called attention of the Congress to certain unjust and discriminatory prac­ tices of foreign nations against American ships while in foreign ports. Because-these practices have continued, a special subcommittee of Congress, headed by Senator Potter, Michigan, has called upon the Departmentg~of State and Commerce to prepare reports of such dis­ criminations, as well as steps taken -t<) end the unjust practices against American shipping. Senator Potter feels that the matter is important in connection with the review being made by his own group of American shipping policy, in an effort to bring "kbout the stability in the merchant marine of this nation, needed in the interest of national defense and interna­ tional relations. 4^ it $> Speaking for the Department of Commerce, Under Secretary of Com­ merce for Transportation Robert B. Murray, Jr., is taking the position that, considering the number of vessels in the .active fleet and the availability of the reserve fleet, the present size of the US commercial fleet is adequate for the present and immediate future commercial purposes. The current thought of the Commerce Department, as to ship con­ struction, is that basically it should consist of replacements to Improve the quality of the active fleet, rather than Increasing its size beyond the nonnal commercial requirements. t I L.. t - 4' t Even though Congress has approved the 50-50 shipping rule for the Pakistan wheat program, the Mutual Security Agency still may call for the use of Government owned ships, rather than private US tramps, to haul the cargoes. This turn of events 'would likely occur if the private tramps and MSA cannot agree on a fair and reasonable ocean freight rate. At the moment, MSA and the tramps are wide apart in their think­ ing as to a reasonable rate level. MSA feels that anything above $20 a ton for wheat would hie unduly high, whereas' the tramps point to the existing National Shipping Authoritji rate levql, exceeding that" figure, and hold that they are entitled to a rate much higher than the $20 rate which MSA is throwing out. If the two groups can't get together, look for the use of more Govern­ olution was then acted on at the ment tonnage to haul the Pakistan wheat. 4 it 4* ' July 1 membership meeting-in all In 1941, the early stages of World War II, the US requisitioned ports, authorizing the Norfolk hall to go ahead with the expenditure. some 40 Danish-flag ships which were immobilized in our ports. Now, 12 years later, a proposal has been made in Congress to pay Denmark $14,700,000 as compensation for the ships. The bill to accomplish Committees of the kind described this purpose was introduced recently by Senator Wiley, Wisconsin. above are elected from time to During the past few years, this country and Denmark have been time as the need arises.. But the unable to agree on the compensation for the shfos. The $14,700,000 regular work of rank and file com­ compensation payment suggested in the Wiley bill is equal to that mittees every week in all ports in­ which American citizens would be entitled to receive imder similar, volves the auditing of financial circumstances. . reports, a routine, but highly im­ 4 4 4 portant function whereby the memRecently, President Elsenhower sent to the US Senate, for-approval; bership keeps a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation between the UB and close check on Japan, signed at Tokyo on April 2, 1953. This treaty is important in the Union's finan­ that it places commercial relations between the two nations on a normal' cial operations. • basis for the first time since 1940, and is the first treaty which Japan A recent audihas negotiated with any country since the end of World War II. ing committee in The treaty provides that the US and Japw yrill not discriminate Philadelphia con­ against each otlier in the matter' of merchant shipping, among other sisted of Broth­ things, Avlth ships of each nation being free to trade back and forth ers A. Hannah, T. between US and Japan. Bpterakos and C, 4• 4 4 Taylor, while A. Hagin Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks has asked Congress for power Baker, E, Frost and F. Hagin served the same pur­ to requisition foreign-flag ships, in US ports during any national emer­ pose in Tampa.' In these PQiis, as gency.' During World War II, similar authority proved to be most in all the others, the committee effective in acquiring a-substantial nqmber of foreign-flag ships for members checked all boolu, bills milUai^ and essential dvilian requirements. and vouchers and submjtte.d the weekly summary' financial report for the port, reporting on income and expendlttires for the; vreebr v AT WORK Whenever the SIU decides it has to let out contracts for alterations or construction, the bids have to be passed on by a rank and file committee and by the member­ ship at large. So when steps were taken to air-condition the Norfolk Hall a committee was elected to pass on bids and recommend the choice of a contractor. The Norfolk m e'mb ership chose a coqimittee of five for the purpose, consist­ ing of Alan Burke, F. RafflenBurke beul, T. M. Cow­ er, J. Morgan and B. D. Elliott. Bids were opened and three con­ cerns put In for the job. The com­ mittee Investigated the qualifica­ tions and reputation of the three bidders and decided that the low bidder was fully Capable of han­ dling the Job. Recommehdations were made ac­ cordingly to the June 17 Norfolk membership meeting; Which passed a resolutlbn to tbat feffecL The res- t A high naval officer recently said that while he cannot guarantee victory solely as a result of retention by the US of command of the seas, foat he could absolutely guarantee defeat if we lose that command. In line with this thought, navy officers have been instructed by the Navy, when speaking before civilian groups, to accept every oppor­ tunity to emphasize the absolute necessity for retaining control of the seas, by describing the vital raw materials which would be lost to us if our imports should ever be cut olf. 'When put in terms of the local industries and what would happen to them if" just one or two raw materials, such as manganese and tin, should be cut off, it isn't hard for the local citizen to understand how important control of the seas is to him as an individual. SW COMMITTEES I I t More and more consideration is being given to the thought, in con­ nection on with new ship construction, that vessels should be designed basically, for their intended commercial usage, and that national de­ fense features should be limited to those which do not make the vessel unacceptable for practicaTcommercial operation. In other words, the vessels should not be basically designed for military operation and then adapted to commercial fequirements. Too many times in the past, merchant ships have been built to the exact specifications of Government agencies, with the end result that; when finally turned over to the private operator, the operator finds himself with a tool that could be improved upon from his own peculiar point of view. Recommendations have been advanced for tiie forma­ tion of a joint industry-Government committee to initiate the blue­ print stage of ship construction, in order to take care of the normal commercial needs of the operator in the construction of the vessel. $1 '' ' �J«lr 10. Ifltr Par* Sereir SEAFARERS tOG Del Mar Crew Gives Hospital Record Player DROUGHT SEARS WEST TEXAS—Tha third dry year In a row has turned West Texas and Oklahoma into a dust bowl, with the Rio Grande river reduced to a trickle in some areas. President Eisenhower has designated the section a disaster area and allotted $8 million for emergency relief to cattle raisers and farmers. TRUCE TALKS BOGGED AGAW—US diplomats were still trying to reach some understanding with South Korean president Syngman Rhee to make him go along on a truce agreement. 'At last word they were not making much progress. Meanwhile any hope of recapturing the 27,000 anti-Communist North Korean prisoners who escaped with South Korean aid had dwindled to nothing. 4- 4 4 MORE UNREST IN" EAST EUROPE—Amid reports of new riots in East Germany and Poland and disturbances in Rumania and Czecho­ slovakia, the Communist government of East Germany has taken steps to release food stocks and slow down arms pro­ duction in favor of consumer goods. Unre.st has been prevalent throughout the Eastern zone as work loads were pushed up in recent months and liying conditions deteriorated steadily. Passive sabotage in the form of absenteeism and active resistance through destruc­ tion of plants and machinery is reported from many ai'eas. Worth A Mint 4 4 4 US SPLASHES IN RED INK—The Government wound up the fiscal year of 19^3 with the largest Federal deficit in peacetime history. Government spending was $9,389,000,000 more than its income, forcing the Treasury De­ partment to borrow $6 billions from bankers and corporations. The deficit was $3 biliion more than had been esti­ mated as corporation and individual in­ come tax returns fell well below esti­ mates that had been made a year ago. t 4 SIU Companies Get Two Mariners 4 FRENCH TURN OVER SOLDIERS TO CHIANG—^The Government of France has transferred about 29,000 Nationalist Chinese soldiers from IndoChina to the Nationalist forces in For­ mosa. The return completed four years of negotiations for the troops who were all interned when they crossed the bor­ der into Indo-China under pressure from onrushing Communist armies. The returned soldiers will be incorporated into the Nationalist armies now in train­ ing on Formosa island. Crewmembers of the Del Mar (Mississippi) presented the New Orleans USPHS Hospital with a new record player. Here, Miss Freida 'Milier, asst. director of nurses; Dr. John R. Bowden, medical of­ ficer in charge; Seafarer James Belcher, AB; Bill Frederick, SIU wcifare rep., and Seafarer Happy Carroli, electrician, look over the gift from the Dei Mar, which was complete with records. Two more modern, high-speed Mariner ships have been allocated to SIU companies and will go into service soon. The two vessels, t he Hoosier Mariner and the Magnolia Mariner, have been assigned to Isthmian 88 Company and Mississippi 88 Company. They are scheduled for delivery on^ —— that type of hatch cover. The Mag­ vate operators for use on Military August 15. nolia Mariner, which had previ­ Sea Transportation Service as­ Several more Mariner ships ously been assigned to Mississippi, signments. are scheduled for service before was one of the vessels delayed by the end of the year, including the the hatch cover problem. Cracker State Mariner, Empire State Mariner, Badger Mariner, The two new Mariner ships Diamond Mariner, Golden Mariner, bring to a total of four those op­ Garden Mariner, Gophen Mariner erating . under SIU contracted Palmetto Marin^, Wolverine companies. Previously, the Key­ Mariner and Show Me Mariner. stone Mariner had been assigned Rising food prices and increased None of these ships have yet been to Waterman, while Robin Lines costs of medical care upped the assigned to specific companies, had undertaken operation of the ante as the cost of living went up but it is expected that SIU opera­ Cornhusker Mariner. between mid-April and mid-May to tors wili share in these assign­ In all the Mariner-class program a new 1953 high, three-tenths of ments. consists of 35 vessels designed as one percent below the all-time high speed' ships that could be high of November, 1952, according Fire Held Up Ships Assignment of the latest group used both in peace and war. The to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Mariners broke the logjam In actual construction cost of each report from Washington, too. the Mariner program resulting of the vessels is about $9 million, The new consumers' price index from a shipyard fire at a company with part of the heavy cost being rose three-tenths of one percent supplying the folding steel hatch due to defense features sought by during the period to 114 percent of 1947-49 prices. Retail food prices covers for the ships. The fire the Navy. Thus far, the Government has continued to rise as the period held up the use of several vessels because the company in question not set a sale price on the vessels, came to a close, as did steel, oil was the only one manufacturing which are being chartered to pri­ and household appliances. CL Index Jumps To New '53 Top Mrs. Rae Biester, newlyappointed Philadelphia Mint superintendent, takes over property. 4 4-4 4 4 CONGRESS INVESTIGATES GAS PRICE RISE—A Congressional committee has opened an investigation into price increases of crude oil and gasoline that were instituted almost at the same time by leading oil companies. The committee is trying to And out whether there was any collusion among the companies to increase prices together even though gas and oil stocks are at record levels. 4 AIR FORCE MONEY CUT $5 BILLIONS—The House of Represen­ tatives has pissed a Defense Department budget for the whopping sum of $34,434,000,000 but whacked $5 billion off a $16 billion dollar re­ quest by the Air Force. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE. TO BETTER BUYING Eat Better For Less Is the high cost of food the chief destroyer of your family's budget as it is for so many wage-earners? That's an important question to any Seafarer and his family at this time. For despite the lower price of beef recently, the cost of eating is still at record leyels and in fact has been sneaking up this Summer. Steaks may be cheaper, but have you noticed the big price tags on such staples of a family's diet as eggs (80 cents a dozen), bacon (8085 cents a pound) and other everyday necessities includ­ ing milk? That means the most important thing you can do to con­ serve your family's money is to give lots of thought to how to feed your family well without going broke. Generally, many working families over-spend for meat and deserts, which leaves thbir meals lacking in some important respect, frequently mUk products, sometimes eggs, fruit or vegetables. , " Individual prejudices are another reason for big food bills. Prejudices either for or against certain foods upset nutritional balance and lead to high costs. Over-spending for meat is particularly destructive of family finances, budget consultants report. That happens because many faniilies are unaware of the food values of other protein foods, and don't make full use of re­ cipes that will make lower-cost meats flayorsome. . • The ayerage family, spends about 30 cents of every food dollar for meat, poultfy dnd fish, and for that get only lO per eent o| its calories. It.spends only about 20 cents of'its food dollar for milk products, but for this smaller expenditure gets more of its nourishment than from all the money it spends for meat. Don't be afraid to buy the lower grades of food; that's what you often get anyway without realizing it. For ex­ ample, a recent survey by the US Agriculture Department found thSt 96 per cent of the eggs bought by 605 house­ wives were sold as Grade A, but only 67 per cent were actually Grade A. The same thing often happens when you bhy butter. Not long ago this writer had tests madO Of 12 leading brands 'sold as the best grade (93-score). Only one ac­ tually graded 98. The otherf turned out to be 92, 91, and one was only 90. In margarine severa^ brands like Nutley's and Happy Boy sell for less than others. But all brands, no matter what the price, must meet the same Federal standards, " so no matter what price you pay you get pretty much the same margarine. Several tests of canned vegetables and fruits have found expensive brands claiming to be top-grade actually were only Grade B, while cheaper brands were often found to be as good and sometimes even higher in grade. Here are shopping policies that can provide nutritious, tasty meals at moderate cost: 1. Buy foods in bulk rather than packages: cheese off the loaf, bulk cottage cheese, sauerkraut, etc. Mix your own cake mixes for better flavor, nutrition and economy. - 2, This siimmier especially, avoid pork—it's gone up .-more than most Other meats. • Especially watch your bacon bills. In most families bacon is teh largest meat cost. Wrrften exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying although it's really a fat. At this time bacon costs 60 per cent more than a year ago, and its present price is a waste of your money. 3. Buy milk the least-costly way. You can save 2-4 cents a quart by buying it in a store. In some areas dairies seil milk at the plant at low prices by the gallon. You can buy in large quahtCties. Modern pasteurized milk remains fresh a week under usual mechanical-re­ frigerator temperatures. Don't pay extra for homogenized milk; it has no more food value than ordinary milk. The best money-saver of all is dry skim milk. It makes fluid skim milk with all the food value of whole milk except for the butter fat^ and it only costs you 7 cents a quart to make up. Another cost cutter is evaporated milk for cooking. It does have the butterfat like whole milk, but still costs less. 4. Grade B eggs are as nutritious as Grade A and less expensive. Chief differences are that the Grand B yolk is a little darker, the egg itself not as full, the flavor a little less delicate. Grade A eggs possibly are prefer­ able for boiling and poaching because of their finer flavor, but for omelets, cooking and other purposes, the Grade B is a good money-saver. 5. Cheese is generally your best buy in protgin food. You'll save by using more of it for dinner disAes in place of meat, or in combinations with meat. But you'll get more cheese for your money in natural cheddar and bulk cottage cheese, not in the fancy-papkage processed cheeses. These are generally only cheddar with various fillers added and with higher water content to makf them spread vastly. ' But why pay for cheese and get yrater? �;W^'.f)t:':n^ Ihir* Si«M wrarKKS toe — Plenty Of CASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATIOH PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Seafarer Lloyd Schenk wasn't doing much business In the bar he and his father operate in Springfield, La. Seems there was a bit, of a flood in the area. Ship's Officers Were Reaily Bucko In 1908 Most oldtimers, who put in time under canvas, have tales of the bucko skippers and mates of those days, but a letter written by six crewmembers of a British bark back in 1908 clearly shows the life of a| seaman back in "the good old' him and warned Hansen to look out. days." "At 4:30 PM (same day) the sec­ Although the letter is addressed to "His Britannic Majesty's Con­ ond mate told Hansen to go down sul," it was never delivered. One the fore pit hatch to coil a rope and of the writers, John "French Louis" Hansen went down. While he was thus occupied, the first mate went down there, and without wai-ning Jumped on Hansen's back and be­ gan to hit him with his fists. iTAtnit&i^—f> ^ Three of us (Karlsson, Nelson m /u^ t£x and Durand) heard Hansen howling and in looking forward, we saw the HttCf ^ <uf it* second mate standing guard over the fore pit hatch with a capstan bar in his hand." Mnrt M«iif -^14 AoMttttf, The writers teli of how the sec­ lit ond mate stopped them from help­ ing Hansen, and then hit Karlsson l«A}, nJ ill la*i. U with the bar, just to prove he meant what he said. And then, "us, Part of the letter that not wishing to get into trouble by Durand and his shipmates overpowering an officer, we kept wrote. back." Durand, later saile_d American Hansen "later came up on deck, ships and was torpedoed and lost his face full of blood," and Nelson, during World War I. Durand and Karlsson took him At tlie time, November of 1903, back to the poop to tell the captain Durand was sailing on the British what had happened. They were bark Glendovey. He told a tale of met by the captain with a hammer brutality by the officers, and added in his hand, and the two. mates that the letter was being written came up behind them with capstan while still at sea because "we don't bars in their hands. know what other pretty games they Captain Joined In (the mates and captain) have in "They threw themselves on us," store for us. At the present time, say the writei's, "before we could we have the moon ali night, but say a word and the captain joined when the dark nights come again, in, hitting Hansen in the face with they may play some cowardly his hammer. The captain then tricks on some of us. That's why flourished his hammer in our faces we write this letter at such early and ordered us forward. And we, date, to have the signatures of us knowing very well that they would all at the bottom of it." put a charge of mutiny against us The' writers also added, "If God if we intei-fered, kept quiet," will that we should reach port, all In that way, they were forced to in safety, there will be nothing left watch as the two mates took Han­ for us to do but claim, from the sen and again beat him. Then, the Bi'itish consul, the pi-otection that captain and the two mates turned we know we are entitled tq as sea­ their attention to Anderson, who. men sailing on British ships." was on the wheel. The captain and" However, Durand later said that first mate went up to Andenson by the time, the Glendovey amved while he was on the wheel, and in Buenos Aires, the men were so "fell on him. The captain struck filled with fear that they all him with his hammer,'and the first jumped ship, leaving nine months' mate pounded him with his bar." The letter then reports that pay behind them. things quieted down that day, but Used Hammer on each succeeding day for more The letter reports that on "Nov. than a week, one of the crewmem­ 9, at 8:30 AM the first mate struck bers was beaten. They list each Peter Anderson with a hammer and happening, such as "on the 13th, after with his fists. Four of us, while Anderson was on the wheel, Nelson, Hansen, Durand and Rous­ the first mate beat him," and "on seau, came along and pulled them the 10th, the second mate beat apart.. .AbSut five minutes after John Rousseau while he was haul­ we separated them, the mate again, ing in^ater." without warning, struck at Ander­ l>ur.:nd later .i.aid that the beat­ son with his fist, and picking up a ings continued all through the trip, belaying pin, went after Anderson. forcing the men to Jump the ship, The letter then reperta that tha without any of their wages, when autc claimed that Hansaa had. hit it hit the first port No. Seafarers Rccehrint Benefit! thi« Period Arcfage Benefits Paid Each Seafarer. Total Benefits Paid this Period £^215. .WELFARE, VACA'nON BENEFm PAID 'HRS PJERIOD CO 1 bs-o Diaahilicv Benefice Mecernicv Benefice Veeecion Benefice Total sr^oo oo ^7 s», It? WELFARE, VACATIOH BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hy.pa«l Benefit. Pidd Siye Wy Wff * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19SB* Disability Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 Maternity Benefits Paid Since AorU 1. 1952 Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 » Total * Date Benefits Beann I Lie 3,20^2 WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS iEifsmn Vacation Cash im Hud velf«e Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable — IL 4/35 73S US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 5 23 CCMMENTSt The scholarehip awards coim&ittee has net, made their reconnnendations to the trustees and the scholarships were awarded three to girls and one to a boy. Alma Jimenez Colls of San 3rnan9 'Puerto filco; ETizabeth Lomas of Tuckahoe, New York; and Charlene Holden of Manchester, Ma^laxKi, were the girls, with Robert Goodwin of Hlllsboro, Oregon being the boy. Applications for the next scholarships to be awarded, are already being recei'red. ^ In sixteen months the vacation plan has paid out a • total of •2,232,558.1? in yacation benefits. Total benefits paid out by welfare and vacation plans since thein incept­ ion ]^s now reached |3|379y890.23. * Submiitti ...J^u3y:jM69..JL9i53^ iatuUW A1 Ken, A»ai9t ... and, rememfiw tbis. • • All these are yours without contributing a sin^e nickel on your part—Collecting SlU bene­ mL gtt first rate, persoi^l fits is easy, whether it's lor hospital, birth, disability or deatih--You service irorasdia^ �TV Mfal* SEAFARKM$ IPG UNION TALK ly KEITH TERPi How much does It take anybody to realize that the roof is falling in and is going to expose all the dirt hidden away in the comers? In Atlantic's case, it set up its own "union" and coasted along with it for many years, all the time trying to make the outside world believe that eveiy'thing was rosy In its tanker fleet. But Atlantic seamen knew better. Otherwise why have over 600 of them signed SIU-pledge cards? In addition, the company union is getting hit every day with more and more withdrawals from mem­ bership, now over 300. The vice-chairman of this so-called "union," fed up after seeing the game the company was playing with its phoney stepchild, exposed the whole shebang before the NLRB and switched to the SIU, drawing what little life's blood was left in the AMEU out with him. Next Move Up To Company "Where now, then?" is the question facing the big boys of Atlantic Refining. They can't help but admit that their house of cards has collapsed, that AMEU is just a bimch of Initials and that it's time for a change of tactic. However, the company doesn't feel this way. It appears content to delay every legitimate effort to settle the issues confronting it and'thwart the desires of Atlantic seamen for bona fide union representation. Pressed on every side to allow- an election to go on, it is now trying every means to delay it. Company lawyers suddenly are unable to get together and decide on a date for a hearing, so nearly a week pasMs between one hearing and the next. They admit it's a last-ditch fighit for Atlantic. Of course, it's true. The public might not under­ stand how come the "enlightened" management of Atlantic Refining allowed a company union to flourish in its tanker fleet. It might ask too many questions, like how come when a legitimate union shows it represents the overwhelming majority of its employees, the company throws every stall in its way. Tried To Force Illegal Deal One of the gimmicks tried by Atlantic was an attempt to push the SIU into an illegal deal on the question of bosuns and stewards voting. Forced by the NLRB decision in the Cities Service case to exclude these ratings from voting, the SIU. had to abide by this decision again in requesting a voting unit in Atlantic. Atlantic, on the other hand, would have been willing to trade away its opposition to an early election If the Union would enter a "gentlemen's agreement" to violate the previous NLRB ruling. They probably would have liked nothing better than to have us do that, and then have something to hold over our heads from th'en on in. Besides that, AMEU and company spokesmen have been hollering plenty about 1947, when the AMEU was certified as bargaining agent in Atlantic, bosuns and stewards weren't barred from voting. So, they say, SIU is really trying to delay the election by asking that these people not be allowed to vote. Of course, the fact that bosuns and stewards voted in 1947 is true, and we'd like to see them vote again today if the law permitted it. But what the company and AMEU choose to forget is that the 1947 balloting was pre-Taft-Hartley Act, and that law says that supervisory employees cannot vote in repre­ sentation elections. Old OS Ruling StiU Stands As a matter of fact, the Cities Service case was probably the first case in maritime to be decided on the basis of that law, and the board ruled then, and again and again since then, that bosuns and stewards are supervisory people, and therefore can't vote. We, like all other bona fide trade .unions, may not like that law, but we are forced to abide by it until a better one comes along. . The fact that_ these persons have been ruled supervisory personnel, and are barred" from voting by the law, could mean that, if they did vote, the entire election could be thrown out by the NLRB. This sort of thing, of course, could be just what the company wants, since it would serve to stall things even longer. So, if there's any delaying being done to hold up the election. it!s not from our side. We asked for this election because we had faith in what the balloting would show. The company may know, but It's afraid to find out. Bridges To Raid Cooks On Pacific Invading the sea-going side of industry, the Communist-controlled International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, under the leadership of Harry Bridges, has set up a new stewards department union which is to be known as Local 100. Late last month Bridges boasted in a pamphlet that he intended to organize the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards sea­ going personnel into this Local 100 of the ILWU. At the same time he stated that the Longshoremen had plans which extended to the Sail­ ors and Firemen, intending to take over the entire unlicensed person­ nel in the sea-going field. Invading Ships Maritime observers viewed this move to take over the NUMC&S by the Communists as an at­ tempt to block the growth of the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. For years, they pointed out, the NUMC&S, under the leadership of Hugh Bryson, has worked hand in glove with its "big brother" union, the ILWU. Now, the ILWU is coming out into the open and taking over the leadership of^the sea-go­ ing union with a vengeance, in­ vading a field in which it has no working experience. Moreover, it has been obvious for some time that financial and organ­ izational difficulties besetting the NUMC&S is putting the squeeze on the smaller union. In addition, a large number of the persqnnel of the union are switching to the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. The NUMC&S (independent) mem­ bership is crumbling as a result, with the shoreside union being forced to step in in order to try to salvage some of the shattered pieces. Spokesmen for the Mai-ine Cooks and Stewards, AFL, pre­ dicted that Bridges would be bark­ ing up the wrong tree In trying to organize the sea-going outfit. The cooks, they felt, would resent be­ ing told what to do by a longshore union which has no sea-going ex­ perience, and even less than that in the particular problems which face the members of the independ­ ent union. Cartoon History Of The SIU ai v::!| The Comhusker Mariner shown tied peacefully Uf a Boston pier last January, when she crewed up for her first voyage. Ship is now in danger of complete break-up after being driven on rocks in Pnsan harbor. 51 Korea Storm Drives Cornhusker On Rocks With the skipper and seven crewmen battling to keep the 14,000-ton freighter Cornhusker Mariner (Seas Shipping) afloat after a battering by heavy seas, five ocean-going tug­ boats were racing from Sas--f ^ ebo, Japan, early this week to and cables, according to the spokes­ the stricken ship which went man. aground outside the Pusan, Korea, The vessel is one of 35 Marinerbreakwater. • type ships built or under construc­ Latest reports indicated the tion by the CJovernment, aimed at SlU-contracted vessel, on its third enlarging and modeimizing the US voyage since allocation to the New merchant fleet. It is one of four York shipping firm in January of such vessels assigned by the Gov­ this year, was in danger of break­ ernment to SlU-contracted com­ panies. ing up on the rocks. Forty-eight other crewmen were 9 removed from the foundering ves­ sel earlier, after water poured DonH U ail, iiet through gaping holes in the hull Vacation Pay caused by the ship ramming into Under the rules of the Va­ tlie rocks. Although the bow was cation Plan as set forth by the reported as settling, all personal trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ danger to members of the crew was ply within one year of the past, according to a United Stales payoff date of his oldest dis­ Navy spokesman. Stormy seas, charge in order to collect his lashed by winds of gale-like force, full vacation benefits. If he rammed the $9,000,000 dovempresents any discharge whose ment-built vessel into Lighthouse pa}'0ff date is more than a Rock as it was anchored outside the year before the date of his va­ breakwater. cation application, he will lose Three small tugs from the Ko­ out on the sea time covered rean port were "unable to budge by that particular discharge. the ship, but kept lights trained Don't sit on those discharges. on the freighter. If the Japanese Bring them in and collect the tugs arrive in time they will try to money that is due to you. save the ship with pontoon barges Supportimg AeUoits iYo. 41 .•c^l During recent years, the A&G District has-gained reputation for helping other unions in just beefs. One of the longest was when white-capped Seafarel-s, all over the US, walked plcketlines and helped the GIO Shipyard Workers during their 191^ •day atrifcer-:"^;- -- In Tampa, Seafarers had become staunch friends of the Teamsters and taxi drivers in that union. No Seafarers ever rode non-union cabs. The Team­ sters and cabbies in turn helped the SIU when Tampa police tried td break the 1946 General Strike, proving the wisdom of mutual help. Small unions began asking for help. In April, 1947, the United Financial Employees, AFL, had trouble with the NY Cotton Exchange. A line of pickets, mostly Seafarers, surrounded the exchange. Within 24 hours, the tycooni surrendered and tiie UFS had a contract. ..->701 �p-. , • • .„,. : rye Te« • ;.••;• ., -- •• --• v- •• • SEAFARERS MEBT THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE Fishermen are a superstitious lot. Many believe it Is lucky to throw the first fish they catch back into the water. Others say spitting on the bait will bring good luck, because saliva is considered a po­ tent charm. It is also unlucky to bait a hook with the left hand, they say, or to tell anyone how many fish you've caught, or you won't catch another. It is unlucky too to. change fishing poles while fishing. In New England there is an odd superstition that if you see a cross­ eyed person it is bad luck. The only counter-charm then is to spit in one's hat. Many fishermen insert a gold coin in the cork floats as an offering to the sea, in order to get a good catch. The "big ones" still get away anyhow. ^ $1 with great accuracy the develop­ ment of storms at sea. * 4 The Amazon, largest river in South America, was given its name by the Spanish explorer Orellana who, in his first descent of the river in 1541, was attacked by a tribe of women warriors who lived and fought alongside men. He thought them to be a tribe similar to that known by the ancient Greeks, and so he called them Amazons. According to Greek leg­ end, the Amazons were a powerful tribe of women warriers who lived somewhere near the Caucasus Mountains a'nd had no men among $ $ t their numbers. It is said that they On starless "nights, when the were ruled by a queen and had water of the Northumberland even invaded Greece at one time. Strait is as black as the sky above, a three-masted, square-rigger ap­ jjli ^ pears out of nowhere, blazing with The shrimp may not be much fire, and as suddenly vanishes. For to look at, but its roars can put hundreds of years the Phantom the giant whale to shame. Scien­ Ship has been seen, not just by tists taking recordings of fishy a few people but by the inhabitants noises two and a half miles below of almost all the coastal villages the sea's surface, found that when on Prince Edward Island, Nova two or three hundred shrimps got Scotia and New Brunswick which together, they made a noise com­ bound the Strait. Many scientific parable to that of a loud snorer; theories have been advanced, but the big black whale, for all its no one has been able to explain size, just sounded something like rationally why the Phantom Ship, the muted roar of a crowd. Inves­ hissing through the water at ter­ tigation of marine noises, in ad­ rific speed, has been seen by so dition to being entertaining, has a many people, all of whose descrip­ more serious purpose: by this tions tally exactly, if it is, as has means, marine scientists hope been claimed, just a local myth or eventually to be able to predict superstition. m 12. 13. 14. 19. 16. 17. 18. 20. 22. 34. 29. 38. 32. 33. 39. 36. 42. 44. 49. 40. 92. . S3. 99. 96. 97. 98. 99. 60. Question: What type of foul weather geat do you prefer? George C. Roberts, AB: I like the Navy type, with the top water­ proof part with the hood. If I was making my own foul weather gear, I guess I'd make a sort of parka, using the lightest possible material I could get that was waterproof and also warm enough' so that you wouldn't need a coat under it. X 4- Mariano Gonzalez, OS: I think the best kind of foul weather gear that was ever made was the conventional oil­ skin raincoat, with boots and the sou'wester. This gear 1 s roomy enough so that you can work In it, and it doesn't take so long to put-it on and take it off, like the others do. » i » Alexander Potorski, OS: The best kind of foul weather gear is the Navy type of parka, with an at­ tached hood that protects your head and the back of your neck. They have some of these with a zip-in lin­ ing so you can use it in either cold or warm weather without wearing a heavy coat underneath. 4" • 4- Just as many seafaring men who had foilowed the sea before him, Neil Clark Patterson decided to make the sea his life at an early age, and has been sailing ever since. The way he explains it is, "I had a lot of friends that were sailing at that time, and I wanted to trav­ el and see the world, so I decided to get a ship too." So, back in 1939, Neil, managed to get a berth on one of the East­ ern Lines ships, and left his home in Bangor, Maine. Since that time, he's sailed just about every part of the globe, and has seen almost every port that there is to be seen. During the war, Neil says he was lucky. He was torpedoed "only once," and that was while he was aboard the tanker Palo Alto in the Pacific. At that tim.e, his was one of the tankers that was fueling the Fifth and Seventh Fleets. They were running alone at the time, when the tin fish slammed into the ship. Got In Boats "She went down fast," he says, "but most of us managed to get off in the boats. We lost about six or seven men. I guess Sparks man­ aged to get a message out before she went down, and the patrol planes spotted us a little while later. They went back, and sent some destroyer-escorts out to pick us up." Passed Collision Just recently, when Neil was aboard the Amberstar on her re­ turn trip from Puerto Rico, his ship passed the two tankers Pan Massachusetts and Phoenix just after they had collided in the Del­ aware River on June 5. "The two ships were still burning and were on their way down when we came along," he says, "and since the channel was narrow, we had to pass pretty close to them, and the flames were sure hot." However, in all the narrow scrapes that he has beeii through, Neil says that he has never been injured, "and I don't feel like starting now." Neil, who joined the SIU in 1947, has also been active in Union Joseph Wagner, bosun: The old oilskin raincoats, with boots and the old sou'west­ er is the best rain gear you can get. I couldn't think of anything bet­ ter. You can get in and out of the coat without climbing into it like with some of The Navy announced that 'on the others, and it June 30 (east longitude) during takes a lot of punishment. the the early morning, combined , 4> 4> 4> Samuel Hutchisbn, OS: The tra­ US forces landed on Rendova ditional sailor's oilskins, raincoat, Islan^, New Georgia group," de­ boots and sou'­ • {../..J stroying the Japanese garrison . . . wester are my fa­ the SIU, fighting for job insur­ vorites. They ance for merchant seamen, was don't stick togeth­ er like some of disappointed when the House the plastics they committee took no decisive action have, and they're in legislative session . . . Chester good for all ktods C. Davis resigned as War Food of weather. Administrator, and was succeeded They're also by Marvin Jones . . . London is­ roomy and com­ sued a statement of air losses from, fortable when you're working in the beginning of the war to the them. end of June. Germans, Italians and » * t Japanese lost 18,031 planes to Roy Jones, AB: I like the Navy 9,906 for the Allies. The report did type parkas and the waterproof not include German losses on the pants. They don't Russian front or Allied losses in hang down the Pacific and Burma. around your legs, » » 4^ like the raincoatThe Moscow radio said that elec­ type, and they're safer for working tions to the Supreme Soviet had up on deck. They been postponed for another year ifrotect youip because nl the war , . . Members whole body, and of the ^National Resources Plan­ t^e hood, covers ning^. Board paid « farewell call on your head, and President Roosevelt when ,the they also have pockets .1% the pants board expired because Congressxer ijifed"to^y^6]^Wate 'fud&. that come in/fusuiXt^' " * ' nohutdol, activities, mostly in Baltimore. He took an active part in the success­ ful Isthmian Strike, was also ac« tive in the preparations to strike Cities Service, and has been active in some of the beefs where the Union helped out other unions, like the time the SIU helped the CIO Shipyard Workers in their beef. "The way I look at it," he says, "I'm fighting for myself and every other seaman when I'm on a picketline, and I know that help­ ing other outfits also helps me." Likes Rotary Shipping He says that he usually divides his time between Baltimore, New York and New Orleans, when he's in the States, and ships out of any of the three ports. "That's one of the good things about the SIU rotary shipping set-up," he says. "I can ship out of any of these ports, and have equal rights with the other members." -• Although he prefers freighters or passengers ships running to the West Indies or the Caribbean Is­ lands, he'll take a different run from time to time just for a change. "I still usually stick to the inland runs whenever I ship out because I like the ports down there, and the run'is pleasagt and short." . Steward Department He's spent just about all the time he's been sailing with the steward's department, and usually sails as chief steward or chief cook, sticking to the galley and dishing out some of l)is favorite recipes "to give the crew a change once in a while." "I've always been glad that I joined the SIU," says the 37-yearold Seafarer. "The men in the Un­ ion make good shipmates, and of course, the conditions and wages are always tops. It's always a good deal to belong to the outfit that is always leading the field." Although Neil's been sailing pas­ senger ships recently, he says that he figures he's going to stick to the freighters and tankers for a while now so that he "can relax for a while," and "not worry about the passengers that are always around on those ships." TEN YEAIIS AGO ACROSS DOWN 40. Jayhawker 41. Capital of 1. Kind of Ssh Don't send 19. Part of a Bashkir Re­ 2. Curved mold­ baggage this dory public ing way 21. Filipino 3. Place to lay 23. Relative 43. Cities Service Port in up a ihip 25. Dry. as wine ship Michigan 4. River port In 26. Period of time 49. Boston or It makes food Arkansas 27. 24 hours Mobile reading. 9. Indian tribe 29. Woolen fabric 46. N.Y. Canal 6. 'Rant Past time 30. Greek letter 47. Kind of sign 7. Uncorks Stockade 31. Took a seat 48. Bishops a- Victory af~ Girl's name 34. hound 90. Girl's name Copenhagen Record: Abbr. 37. Place to stay 91. Germ 9. Kind of fish Even 94. Extinct bird 38. Ship sunk 10. Part of a gal­ Shrimper's early in WW2 of NZ ley implement 11. Guns Kind of tea (Puzzle Answers on Page 21) Annapolis graduates 1 3 2 10 II Berra or CoUins ' 12' |I3 Drunkard Attack by pi­ rates; 2 words IS lie Christens, as a ship 120 18 Stray Pester " boy!" 22 23 Port 3,160 ms. from NY, 27 25 26 |2S 29 30 31 track B. Marine District Union 34 133 |35 32" 'LaJoie, oldtime basebaU 38 139 40 41 36 player In good hands Calmar ship 43 42 Nostrils Cargo from 48 149 46 47 50 51 Duluth Soars into sky Adherent of 153 155 52 Brazil port Shipping line ' 158 56" Chowed , '• '.i A number Noted pro • ^ 6»" rr L P Of: NEIL CLARK PATTERSON, chief steward ^ The most northern part of the Continental United States is Lake of the Woods County in Minnesota, the only part of this country which cannot be reached by land except by crossing foreign sdil. If an in­ habitant of the United States wished to go there, from this coun­ try, he would have to cross Lalije of The Woods, which bounds the county on three sides. To the West is the Canadian province of Mani­ toba, the only way to reach the county by land. i. ^ Exactly 100 years ago, the clip­ per Neptune's Car raced around Cape Horn with a woman at the helm. In his efforts to get his ship to the gold .fields in California within 100 days—with a bonus as his goal-—Captain J. Fatten of Boston collapsed with brain fever at the heigh't of a violent storm at the Straits of Magellan. With the first mate in the brig and the sec­ ond mate ignorant of navigation, Mrs. Patten took over. Using the sea lore she had picked up from her husband during the voyages she made with hint', she navigated the ship safely away from the Cape, at the same time nursing her husband. Fifty-two days later she sailed into San Francisco to collect the bonus. July 1«. 195S IOC w IRiRHI the WPA turned back $130 million to the Treasury and went out of existence . . . Washington an­ nounced that Gen. MacArthur was in personal command of the Amer­ ican campaign in t:ie Solomons with his headquarters in New Guinea ... The SIU backed AFL President William Green in his statement that labor would "rebel against" the infamous Smith-Connally anti-labor biU, passed over the presidential veto. 4" 4" 3^ It was Qie beginning of the seventh. year of war between China and Japan, Chungking said . . . Gen. Henii Honore Giraud, French commander in North Africa, arrived in Washington for conferences with President Roose­ velt and officials . . . SIU crews, backed by the Union, protested the threat to their health and safety in transporting war pri^ners under adverse conditions, wjth a dearth of armed guards, and with little care to the comfort of tl^e prisoners, leading to a pos­ sible - encitement of rioting while aboard ship - . > , The Supreme Court, of .Tennessee ruled as up'^ �'I'""^ '—" "y ialy-M«ttSt SEAT ARERS ^ LOG SEAFARERS^LOG illy 10, 19SI —r—;r=—- -r',"? a-J Proved Seaworthy Vol. XV. N«. 14 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic * Gulf District. AFL. -675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 82. NY. Tel STerlinga^O. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor. HmnCRr BRAND: Monaoitiff Editor. RAT Dcnison; Art Editor. BIRHJ SSAMAM; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; StaE Writer*. HUMAN ARTHUR IRWIN BPIVACK. ART PERFALL, JEBBV SEMU. AL MASSIH; CUU Area Reporter, Biu, Mooor. The Constitntion Works It's been approximately 8^ months since the new SIU constitution went into effect, after an overwhelming vote of approval from the membership in a secret referendum ballot. Since that time, the Union has had an opportunity to observe how the constitution has actually worked, particularly those sections dealing with the rights of the membership and the trials and appeals procedure. A full review of the procedure and all cases that have come to trial to date can be found on page 12 of this issue. The review shows that the number of members brought up on charges has been small, and that thb appeals procedure has served effectively to limit penalties in accordance with the maximum set in the constitution, and to reverse sentertces or set them aside when circumstances justified their taking such action. In. othe5 respects, too, the constitution has been working smoothly. The operations of the Union in the past several months show that it is meeting its objective of efficient Union administration within the ever-present limits of mem­ bership control and membership approval of policies and actions. In accordance with the recommendations of the last agents' conference, the constitution itself is reprinted in full, in this issue, and will be reprinted at six month intervals so that every Seafarer will have fullest opportunity to acquaint himself with all his rights and privileges. PMUy Hail Ms Spruced Up Too To the Editor: I have been reading a lot about the new hall that is being, built right now in Baltimore, and many of us have seen and heard a lot about the New York hall, but I would like to iiay a few words about the conditions that now exist in the Philadelphia hall. There was one story about it in the LOG. hut it didn't get the at­ tention that the Baltimore hall is getting, and this can he under­ stood since we are not putting up what amounts to a brand new building in Philly. However, this Cooperation between the AFL week, and a pension plan were re­ hall has had a Johnston Machinists' District 9, and the AFL fused by the breweries. Last week, very thorough it 4" 4" Teamsters Local 618 paid off in the striking brewery employees going-over. It was cleaned up, St. Louis with 3,200 members get­ voted to turn down an offer of a painted, fitted with rubber tile ting raises from the, new car deal­ $6 weekly raise offered by the flooring on the main deck and rec­ er shops affiliated with the Great­ struck breweries. reation deck. The offices were er St. Louis Automotive Dealers' It certainly was good news to seamen everywhere to learn moved 4' 4 4 rearranged for greater that the US Public Health Service has decided to keep the comfortand The 23,000 members of the CIO and efficiency in the han­ Association. Savannah hospital going, and furthermore that the Senate dling of the Union's business. Of­ The machinists got an across- Industrial Union of Marine and has voted to restore $1 million of hospital funds which will fice furniture, files, and machines the-board increase of 12VS cents an Shipbuilding Workers employed at including a minimum boost the eight Bethlehem Steel Co. be used for the Memphis and Detroit hospitals. If this mil­ were replaced and installed for hour, of 5 cents hour for any mechan­ shipyards have won an across-thelion dollar fund survives a joint Senate-House conference, quicker and easier service to all. ics earninganabove the scale. board increase of 7 cents an hour it will mean that three of the five hospitals originally sched­ RecrekUon The teamsters got 12Vi cents an after over a month of negotiating. uled for the ax will have been saved. For the brothers waiting to ship hour increase at the retailers' The union is still negotiating with It would be hard to exaggerate the importance of this de­ there is now a really excellent rec­ shops, and 171^ cents an hour in­ the' Todd Shipyards Corporation, velopment. Had the Savannah hospital closed it .would reation room available, with many crease at wholesale parts houses. the Maryland Drydoek and Ship­ have been almost a death blow to USPHS services in the new card tables, better lighting Both unions also scored other building Co.. and other smaller entire South Atlantic and Gulf area. Similarly the closing and sturdy chairs, as well as two gains in welfare and other fringe shipyards. The union pledged to extend the 7-cent raise to workers of the two Great Lakes hospitals would have worked great pool tables and two large shuffle- benefits. 4 t 4" in all these yards. The negotiations hoards. I would like to assure hardship on seamen in that area. For the first time in Chicago with the Todd Shipyards also in­ those of the members who remem­ There was still another danger in the hospital budget cuts. ber tfie former lighting system labor history, 22 local unions are cludes discussion of pension and In recent years the tendency has been to cut back more and that there is now ample fluores­ all working together in an organ­ welfare plan improvements. more on hospital facilities for merchant seamen. If these cuts cent lighting on the main deck and izing drive. The unions have 4 4 4 were permitted to go through unchallenged it might have also on the recreation deck. The formed a joint organizing commit­ The net worth of the CIO United resulted in the utter and complete destruction of the entire hall also has a television set with tee in a drive to completely union­ Steelworkers has reached a record USPHS hospital program in years to come. That was why a large screen for the use of the ize the employees of the Edgewater total of $10,855,697, according to members on the beach, and com­ Beach Hotel, the only non-union the Semi-annual audit of the un­ the Union was so vitally concerned over the situation. fortable chairs to sit in while hotel in the area. ion's accounts. The audit put the As soon as word of the hospital cuts was received the SIU watching TV. 4> 4> membership of the union, as of launched a vigorous battle to help keep them open. The The 3,300 clerical workers at the December 31, 1952, at about 1.1 Halls Improving Union is proud that its efforts have resulted in success and Hawthorne works of Western Elec­ million memhei-s, although in Those of us who can remember tric, near Chicago, have voted to March, the union claimed 1.217,000 in assuring seamen of necessary protection of their health. hack when the Union first started be represented by the AFL Inter­ dues-paying members. t 44out, and even up to recent years, national Brotherhood of Electrical 4 4 can recall when all Seafarers were Workers, in a recent NLRB elec­ The AFL4 Blacksmiths and the talking about the day when we tion. These workers were non-un­ AFL Boilermakers have voted to would have comfortaUe halls in merge. The name of the new union For the first time, Atlantic tankermen have heard the every port. We have come a long ion before the vote. is the International Brotherhood truth about the Atlantic Maritime Employees Union from lyay, since that time, and our halls Hearns, the large New York de­ of Iron Ship Build­ one of that outfit's top' officials. For a long time, the SIU have constantly been improving in partment store, has lost an at­ ers,Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Forgers and has been pointing out the facts about the AMEU, but this is all ports. tempt by its lawyer to halt picket­ Helpers. The move \\9s made Offi­ the first time that One of that outfit's own top officers has It is true that we do not have ing of its two stores by striking cial at a joint convention of the told the whole shoddy story of Atlantic's domination of the a fancy, new building in Phila­ employees of District 65, CIO Dis­ two unions held in Minneap,olls. AMEU, of that outfit's ineffectiveness, of its "deals" with delphia as w'e will shortly have in tributive, Processing and Office The merger was tentatively agreed the company, and of how the AMEU operates, and in his both New York and Baltimore, hut Workers. The employees struck to in 1950. In 1951, the Black­ hail that we have there is a May 14, after the store refused to smiths ratified the mei-ger and own words, "it made me sick to my stomach." He investi­ the fine one. It is clean and comfort­ use seniority In layoffs which were then the Boilermakers took final gated the SIU for himself and then switched to the SIU able, and pleasing to the eye. It when he saw that we are dealing in facts, and offer Atlantic provides all the various facilities, caused by the store switching to action, making the merger official. self-service operation. The store 4 4 4 men their first opportunity to get the representation, con­ both for Union business and for aclaimed that it immediately "fired" Wage Licreases of $2.50 to $5 ditions and security of a real Union. recreation, and is a hall we can all the strikers, and that they had per week have been won for 10,Fletcher isn't alone in supporting the SIU. Every day, he proud of. "no right to picket a place where 000 skirt and sportswear workers more, and more AMEU stalwarts are leaving that dying out­ When In Philadelphia, come in they are not employed." The New in New lork by the International fit. Withdrawals from the AMEU continue to poiir in as and enjoy these new facilities, for York Supreme Court tossed out Ladies Garment Workers Uiiion, AFL. Tho 320 companies which Atlantic men realize the advantages of the SIU. They want they are here for the use of all the store's case. of us. The main thing is that there 4i ^ ^ signed tht^ new agreement will also to join the overwhelming majority of their shipmates who are plenty of'comfortable facilities, Milwaukee's breweries, Schlitz, increase contributions to the re­ have already made it plain they desire SIU representation. and everything is up to date. Miller, Fabst, Gettelman, Blatz tirement fund to 2 percent start­ It's obvious that the men in Atlantic want the protection Some ^y, Philadelphia too will ar,-l Independent, are still struck. ing January 1, 1954. The new and benefits of an SIU contract. The way is clear for an probably get a swanky new hall, The 7,500 members of Local 9. CIO agreement, which will run for flv« SIU election victory and the signing of ah SIU contract in -but until then, the hall we have Brewery Woj&ers, walked out Mjqr years, also sets up permanent arnow Is fine. -5vr,uM; ' •^ ^'Chipa? Johaitaft contract, a 2JNcent raUe, a 3S-boar of disputek Another Fight Won Victory In Siglit �Tag* Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Jalr 10, 195S i- REVIEW of TRIALS and APPEALS conilucteil under the new coiisfiturion One of the most important sections of the new SIU constitution, in effect since October 15, 1952, deals with trials and appeals procedure. Unlike the Government, which has a separate, independent judicial system to pass upon the guilt or fnnoce'nce of those accused of violating the Government's laws, the Union is in a position of enforcing its laws itself and disciplining its own mem­ bership. Consequently, numerous precautions had to be taken to assure the fullest possible protection for accused members, so that their rights, as specified in the eightpart declaration of rights in the constitution, would not be infringed on. The core of the trials procedure is that a member is tried literally, by a jury of his peers—in other words, by other rank and file members. These members are elected specifically for the purpose of that one trial by the rest of the membership present in the port at the time. They are not permanent judges by any stretch of the imagina­ tion. And as an added safeguard, the constitution pro­ vides that no official can sit as a member of a trial committee. An official can file charges against a member. Likewise a member can file charges against an official. However, neither can pass judgment on the other. Actually the procedure is divided into two sharply dis­ tinct sections. One is the "Section 4 offenses"—those violations specified under Article XVI. These are the minor offenses that are handled in the manner of a traffic court, with fines up to a maximum of $50. They include seven specified offenses such as disorderly conduct at payoffs and sign-ons, negligent failure to join the ship and similar items. A member who knows he is guilty and will so plead may elect to waive trial and. pay the fine to a Union representative. In most instances trial is waived on such cases. In no circumstances can trial be waived for the more serious offenses, dealt with in Sections 1, 2 and 3. These must go through the trial procedure. To assure equal penalties for similar offenses, these sections carefully specify fixed maximum penalties for specified acts. Thus Section 1 deals with four expellable offenses. Section 2 with 11 offenses punishable up to expulsion, or where expulsion is not recommended to a maximum of two years' suspension and a $50 fine. Section 3 lists four offenses for which the maximum penalty is two years' suspension, a $50 fine or both. Consequently, by specifying maximum penalties and categories of offenses, the constitution provides safeguards against excessive punishment that might be voted unfairly by a trial committee. In any case the maximum fine is $50 for each individual offense. The actual trial procedure is also provided with safe­ guards. Charges first have to be delivered to the nearest port agent who then reads them to the membership meet­ ing. The membership is free to accept or reject the charges. If they reject them, as happened in one port recently, that's the end of the cacse. If they are accepted and the accused is present, he can go on trial the follow­ ing morning, or request a two-week postponement to the morning after the next membership meeting. If not present, he is notified by registered mail, containing a copy of the charges and ordered to be present the morning after the next membership meeting prepared to stand trial. On the morning of the trial, a special membership meeting is called for the purpose of electing a trial committee. The committee then conducts the trial, with the accu.sed having the full right to cross-examine and to confront his accusers. He may also have assistance in preparing his case from any Union member. In those instances where the accused member is found guilty, he still has recourse to two more steps. The results of the trial are presented to the next regular membership meetings in all ports, and the membership is empowered to accept* reject or modify the findings or order a new trial altogether. The membership, however, cannot in­ crease a penalty, no matter how light it may be. Should the membership accept the findings, the accused member can still appeal the trial decision within 30 days to an appeals committee. In the 8V^ months since the constitution went into effect there have been 33 trials and six appeals. Of the six' appeals, incidentally, two sentences have been reversed, two sentences reduced and two upheld. HP.rch 2G 1953 Accused: C-285; Accusers: James Sweeney S-6. -Charges: Missed Council Grove and Bents Fort. Disorderly con­ duct in the Union hall. Trial ComnilHee: J. W. Beresford B-252. Donald G. Hodee H-44: i. n. Penswick P-29. Findings: Fined $50 on each Instruction In the first charse $50 for second charge to be paid after next voyage. • • » March 20. 1953 . Accused: 27007: Accusers F. Boync B.g. Charges: Drunk for. four days, unable t« work on Hair^ar. Dls•rderly conduot in Union Hall. • . . . . Trial Commlltee: J. W. Beresford, 41. ItoO^e tl-44.' I June 18. 1953 Accused: M.603; Accusers: James Sheehan S-3, James Sweeney S-6. Charge: Going to company office and asking them to call In for a job he was after so that he could get ship before his card ran out. Trial CommlHee: A. Vetu V-27. F. Simeone S-164. F. Natale N-47, w. Woody W-82. T. McCarthey M-162. Findings: Imposes fine, not allowed to saU on same ship for rest of season. ' * * .* • * • October 22» 1952 Accused: N-31; Accusers: Philip C. Adkins 49916. Edgar Luzier 100368, R. Anzalone A-70: G. Sinkes 34560, W. W. Keid 35793. David E. Smith 48513. T. E. Banning B-12. G. Ruf R-1. Charges: Misconduct and neglect of duty aboard ship to detriment of Union and its agreements. . Trial Committee: P. J. McCann M-12, J. O'Neil O106. W. Rackley 51212, Lewis Riviere R-313. Theodore Smith 3465. Findings: Guilty. Fine imposed. October 23, 1952 ' Accused: F-88: Accuser: John Matkoskl M-19. Charges: For panhandling in Union ball, making derogatory statements against the Union: drunk and disorderly, and becoming abusive to Master at arms when asked to surrender his book. Trial Committee: P. J. McCann M-12, Gunnar Grahne G-161, O. Suit S-53. Frank Douglas D-135. E. Puchalski P-157. Findings: $50 fine on each of two charges. • • • November 6, 1952 Accused: L-94: Accusers: T. Banning B-12. G. Ruf R-1. Jack Wotur- ski W-5. Charges: Bringing Union in disrepute through use of narcotics at time of new book application. Trial Committee: Ed. J. O'Rourke 0-33, Carl Adams A-25. Charles J. Mehl .M-233. E. A. Anderson A-203. P. J. McCann M12. Findings: E-vpelled from membership. • U U December 4. 1952 Accused: A-400: Accusers: A. C. Borealius B-189. D. Fleishman F-60, .'Vndrew Liitaves 42176. Joseph Carender 162. Charges: Serving weekday menus on holidays, refusing to get fresh milk in Manila, showed definite pro-company leanings, failed to vary menus. Trial Committee; J. Garrison G-257. D. Cherry C-80. S. Vandal V-51, C. Bush B-134„D. Alvino A-62. Findings: Fine of $50 on each of four charges, half to be paid be­ fore first trip, remainder afterwards. • • « December 4, 1952 Accused: D-48: Accusers: Rafael M. Vldal V--115. Patrick A. Dunphy D-154. Major E. Reid R-43, T. E. Banning B-12. J. Volpian V-1. Charge: Destroying ship's property. Trial Committee: J. Garrison 0.-257. D. Cherry C-80. S. Vandal V-51. C. Bush B-134, D. Alvino A-62. Findings: Fined $10. Jaruary 15. 1953 • • • Accused: 0-88: Accuser: G. Ruf R-1. T. Banning B-12. J. WoturskI W-5. Deliberately missing ship. Charges: Acting as informer against interests of membership. Trial Committee: P. P. McCann M-12, P. Lolear L-214. G. Maslarov M-228. J. Jellette J-6F Findings: Failed to appear for trial. Expelled. .• • • January 15, 1953 Accused: E-24: Accusers: G. Ruf R-1. J. WoturskI W-5. Charges: Deliberately missing ship or misconduct on board. Dis­ orderly conduct at pay-off or sign on, refusal to cooperate with Lnicn representatives in discharging their duties. Violated oath of obligalion by discus.sing Union business with outsiders. Trial Committee: P. J. McCann M-12, P. Lolear L 214, G. "HaslBrov M-220. J. Jellette J-99. Findings: Guilty. $50 fine. * * • January 15. 1953 Accused: H-133: Accusers: Volpian V-1. P. Gonsorchik G-2. Charges: Deliberate failure to join ship. Trial Committee: P. J. McCann M-12. P. Lolear L-214. G. Maslarov M-228. J. Jellette J-99. Findings: One year suspension, $50 fine. *- • • » February 13. 1953 Accused: B-410: Accusers: G. Ruf. R-1. B. Gonzales G-4. B. Hall H272. Charge: Brought union into disrepute by loanshark practices on ship. Charging 20 percent interest on five day loans to men. Trill Committee: R. Smith S-18. W. Thornton T-121. J. Stachura S 577. W. Frank F-33. J. Horn H- 108, A. Iverson 1-4. Findings: Guilty. $50 fine and 90 day suspension. • « • April 23. 1953 Accused: C-44; Accusers: J. H. Volpian V-1, C. Simmons S-L Charge: While serving as fireman aboard Seatrain Savannah con­ tracted with another fireman to stand his watch the afternoon of arrival. Failed to show up for watch following morning. Did not appear until a replacement had been sent from hall. Refused to pay other fireman for watch stood for him. When informed he was being placed on charges, brother refused to surrender his book to Union officials. Trial Committee: Carl Adams A-25. R. Rogerson R-3. Phillip Wolf W-72, Charles Palmer P-13, S. C. Foti F-46. Findings: Guilty as charged. Suspended for five years as per' old cunslitulion, charges having been filed prior to adoption of new con.stitution. • • • • • • March 26. 1953 Accused: F-Bl; Accuser: Marty Breithoff B-2j, Charges: Walked off ship two hours before sailing time causing ship to sail short. ' Trial Committee: C. Tobias T-82. C. . Nelson N-18, J. Garrison G-257. A. Larsen L-121, J. Vega V-4e. Findings: Fine of $50 and six months suspension. April 23, 19,53 Accused: C-291; Accuser: Charles McComiskey M-347. Les Ames A-194. . Charges: Deliberate misconduct and neglect of duty on board ship. Disorderly conduct at payoff. Trial Committee: Carl Adams A-25. R. Rogerson R-3. Phillip WoU W-72. Charles Palmer P.13, S. C. Foti F-46. , Findings: Brother given set of charges failed to appear. Fined s50 on each count, $100 in all, suspended for two years on first count. of falsely collecting money from SIU vacation ^nd through use of altered discharge. * Trial CcmmiHec: E. Epears S-15, H. Brown B-398. R. DiPaola D-1S8. M. E. Norwood ^-152, S. L. Vandal V-51. Findings: Found, guilty, two years suspension and $50 fine. I * * * January 28. 1953. Accused: W-116: Accusers: J. HetzeU H-6. F. Rose 6-4. J. Doris D-3. Charges: Reporting to ship drunk, Faiiing to turn to when railed. Giving patrolman difficulties when patrolman boarded ship at call ot ship's steward and port steward to square him away. Locking hiinsrir in foc'sle and refusing to come out. Coming to Union hall in drunken condition and refusing to leave when requested by dis­ patcher. Trial Committee: J. Logan L-87. F. Clarke C-278. J. Kozar K-68. E. Harris H-175, V. Stankiewicz S-311. Findings: Found guilty on four counts and fined $50 on each i count. $200 in all to be paid before shipping. Suspended for one • • • February 26, 1953 Accused: 0-139: Accuser: S. Cardullo C-1. Charges: Returning to ship drunk and faling to turn to. Failure to surrender book to Union officials. Trial Committee: Charles McCarthy M-656, Joseph Decinque D-255. Gaetano Pagano P-196. Alejandro Ramos R-405. John Zohil Z-40. Findings; $50 fine on each charge. $100 in all. to be paid before shipping, suspended for two years in view of past record of habitual performing. • • * March 12. 1053 Accused: 2041; Accuser: James Doris D-3, John Hetzell H-6. Frank Bo.se, B.4. Charges: Failure to carry out orders by authorized personnel. Drunk and disorderly in Union hall. Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharge of duties. Committee: William Davis D-178. James Bergeria B145. Fred Millar M-396, Eddie Harris H-175. Nording Mamat M-g50. Findings: Man repeatedly warned and-fined on numerous occa­ sions, also on probation for past offenses. Guilty on three charges. Suspension for two years. * • * April 9. 1953 Accused: 51382:-Accusers; S. Cardullo C-1. J. Hetzell H-6. ^Charges: Refused to help clean ship which Was In filthy condition. Deliberate and malicious vilification. Quit ship without notice. Triri Cemmltte; L. Giilis G-255. Clarence de Chenne D-137, Donald Moore M-232, William Davies D-178, H. K. Pierce P-287. Findings: Guilty on three counts. $100 fine. • • • April 9s 1953 Accused: K-190; Accusers: S. Cardullo C-1, J. Hetzell H-€. Charges: Accused officials of working in cahoots with company. Refused to turn to on bedroom utility Job* told skipper to log him. As steward department delegate, took attitude he didn't have to work. Ship filthy as a result. Said patrolmen were out to cause trouble for steward department because patrolman inspected galley and pantry and found them filthy. Refused to go along with SIU policy on keeping ship clean, claiming company would not pay over* time. Apparently not aware of SIU policy wh?le acting as delegate, while performing duties of steward delegate and ships delegate did not censure men for nonperformance of duties, told them to make company pay OT if they wanted anything cleaned. While settling di.^utes covered up various members in nonperformance of duties. Trial Commitfte: L. Gillis G-255. Clarence de Chenne 0137. Donaid Moore M-232, William Davies D-178, H. K. Fierce P-287. Findings: Guilty on all counts, S50 fine. ... May 21. 1953 Accused: T-llD: Accus.rs: J. Hetzell H-6. J. Doris D-3. Charges: After working aboard Western 7'rader in pert, removed gear, went ashore and failed to return. Ship sailed-shorthandeil. Trial Committae: Joseph Merkel M-400. Mike O'Hannesian O 92. John Hoggie H-193, B. Crawford C-457. George Seeberger S-159, Richard Heffley H-19. Findings: Fine of $50 before shipping. ... Juno 18. 1953 Accused: 100649; Accuiert: J. Doris D-3. J. Hetzell H-6. Charge: Brother was steward on Amerocean, not aboard ship en­ tire day before sailing when vessel was storing for six months. Stores delivered 10 AM lay on dock all day. including perishable, such as milk and ice cream as nobody was aboard to check them in. Delayed sailing of vessel 40 minutes. Trial Committee: C. Chambler C-150, R. Toler T-119, W. Jones J-197. M Madarang M-716. D. Mejias M-563. Findings: Guilty on two counts, neglect of duty and failure to join ship. Fine $50 on each count, total fine $100. payable after first voyage. ... February 12, 1953 Accused: W-90: Accusers: Chester F. Just. J-36. Stephen Musco 46189. Manuel Camden 2554, A. J.vSurles 100162. Steve Thayer 21845. Charges: Refusing to cooperate with ship's delegate and steward deparlinent delegate by not giving name and book number vol­ untarily. Failure to execute duties and gross negligence as steward and second cook and baker. Trial CommlHee: John R. Dixon 50461. R. Nixon N-llI, J. Howard H-16, A. Bearden B-204. C. Costlow C-448. Findings; Not to be allowed to sail as rated man In stewards de­ partment for not less than two years. (See appeals.) « • • February 12, 1953 Accused: B-214; Accusers: E. Sbeppard S-2. G. A. Masterson M-2, F. Stansbury S-22. L. Johnson J-2. Charges: Bringing Union Into disrepute. Disorderly conduct in Union ball. Trial CommlHee: John R. Dixorf 50461; R. Nixon N-111, J. Howard H-16. A. Bearden B-204, C. Costlow C-448. Findings: Guilty. $50-fine. March 12, 1953 . Accused: 0-58: Accuser: John Arabasz A-2. Charges: Bringing Union into disrepute by pilferage of shlp'g properly. , Trial CommlHee: WHIiam Brewer B-206, Ray Morrison 48306, Joseph Goude 50999, Paul Mcrgart M-545, Thomas Stinneite S-611. Findings: Guilty a. accused and-evldene ot either incompetence or further pilferage shown in inventory taken after he was re­ placed. Fine $50. • • •• March 12, 1953 Accused: M-324; Accuser: John Arabasz A-2. Ma.v 7, 1953 • • • Charges: Misconduct aboard ship. Drunk in Uiiioh hall an varioui Accused: T 15: Accuser: Chen K. Zai Z-35. occasions. Charges: Bringing Union into disrepute by conduct. Accused beat Trial Committee: William Brewer B-206. Ray Morrison '48306, messman, causing him to be hospitalized. Joseph Goude 50999. Paul Morgart M-54S. Thomas Stlnnette S-611. Trial Committee: M. C. Stachura S-57V. P. A. Sbrano S-302. W. Findings: Fined $50 on each offense.'$100 in all to be paid after LaChance L-69, E. L. Spear S-15. C. W. Palmer P-13 next trip. Committee advised brother to seek medical treatment Findings: Suspended for three months, fined $50. for his alcoholism. * • • • -v • • May 7, 1963 . . April 23. 1953 Accused: D-182: Accuser: Michael Oiluccl C-S. . Accused: B-345, Accusers: John Zuzov Z-31. T. G. Lyons 25253. Charges: Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union property, George C. Frank F-154. value under SE-tr. Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives , . Charge: Uellherata -snd malicious vilification.' Misconduct, abcard in discharge of their duties. Disorderly conduct in Union fiaU. . Ship. Making false reports or communications with intent to rieceive. -Trial CemmlHse: M. C. Stachura S-577. P., A. Seranoi 8-302. W. . The aocliied—a s$eward-f-haa written to Coast Oiiard Without notify­ L^Chanoe L-69, E. L. Spear S-19, C.-W. Palmer, P-J9. 1 ing Union-or'crew,-accusing Union of. discriminating against him Findings: Accused faUed to attend. Suspended .twg years,, fined for past 12 years: charging SIU members with potential dope smug­ of thre^ ,coi^ts. totar fine gling In •JepaRc griUag'lhatiiUl'crewraeiRbers./be piilUh. off and in- • vestlgatcd.. Charges -be made a$slh*t half of Crew, were threwn : �•••:f";"^'-jii^ i«,''i95S vV'r-4. .1--- SEAFARERS LOG Pace Tbirfeea •m i ' 'Ml -1 Steward Arthur Lomas and his daughter, Elizabeth, carefully read the story in the LOG 3G which announces announce: that she is one of the winners of the le four scholarships. After the first shock of hearing the good news wears off, Betty and her mother and father sit around the kitchen table and have some coffee while they talk over her plans for the future and just what the $6,000 scholarship means'to them. Lucky Miss 'Walks On Air' (Continued from page 2) with the scholarship, she's sure of getting her col­ lege education." Her dad has been sailing since 1924, when he caught his first ship at the age of IST In 1929 he got married and continued to sail, and then in 1942, he joined the SIU. "That was the best move I ever made," says he. ^ Hospitalized Back in December of 1948, he was taken off a Waterman ship at Honolulu and hospitalized with tuberculosis. That started a long round of hospi­ tals and a fight back to health that lasted for over three years. From the Honolulu hospital, he went to the hospital in San Francisco, and then to the Staten Island USPHS Hospital. From there, he went to Manhattan Beach, to convalesce. Finally, in March of 1952—three years and three months after he was first admitted to the Honolulu hospital —he was released and given a fit for duty slip. Following the doctors' advice, however, he has been sticking to short trips since getting out of the hospital, sailing for a while as BR on the Puerto Rico, and then aboard one of the Seatrains. His last trip was on the Amberstar. Worked Part-Time During the years that her husband was fighting to regain his health, Mrs. Lomas worked, and Betty . also worked part-time after school to help out. In fact, all through high school the pretty scholarship winner has worked in afternoons and evenings at various jobs to help out. In addition to going to school and working parttime, Betty still found time for many school activi­ ties. She was a member of the Glee Club, Cheer Leaders, School Forum, School Dance Committee, IJsherette, president of the .class, secretary-treasurer of the school's General Organization, and vice-presi­ dent and secretary of her home room. And on top of everything else, she also managed to keep top grades all through high school, and was a member of the Tuckahoe High School Honor Society. Toured HQ After winning the scholarship, Betty and her dad went on a tour of the SIU's New York headquarters and she was introduced to the Union's operations. The hiring hall, the Sea Chest, the Union's offices and many other operations were all shown and ex­ plained to her, as well as the operation of the Union's Welfare Plan and its many different benefits. "You don't have to explain the Welfare Plan to me," her dad said. "All the years th2t I spent in the hospital proved to me what a wonderful plan we have. I collected my hospital benefit all the while I was hospitalized, whiie the guys from other unions and the non-union outfits had their benefits cut off after a little while, and then had to start asking for contributions from the ships so they could get cigarettes and other little things. All those years, an SIU representative came up to see me every week, without fail, and gave me my money, sat around talking for a while and helped out with a lot of other little things that I couldn't do myself." Largest Grant "All the people at school," says Betty, "even the principal and my advisor, said that they had never heard of any scholarship that paid all the expenses the way the SIU scholarships do. Most of the scholarships are for $300 or $400 a year, and don't even pay all the tuition, but this scholarship for $1,500 a year stili sounds as if it isn't real." After seeing the SIU's headquarters, Betty said, "I never had any idea that the Union was so big and modem. Dad is always saying how wonderful the SIU is, but I never expected to see anything like this. After I get to college, I think I might take some courses in labor-management relations just so I can get a better idea about the whole thing." "Right now," says she, "I'm just hoping that nobody wakes me up and tells me that I just dreamed the whole thing. When something this, wonderful hap­ pens to you, it's hard to believe that it's real." - ui Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall congratulates the smiling scholarship winner on behalf of the Union and wishes her success in school, while her proud dad beams. '•4 Of course, the phone kept busy as all Betty's friends called to congratulate her. To keep good grades, you've got to study, so Betty "hits the books." M % ' iii >c,' lliiii iiiiii KiSiSSiiBi® '• vi iiiiiiii •j •. ^and; her dad both weaT big similes -aa Sieknjann,':' SIU Welfare Services l^rvices » XValter Walter Sieknjann,: byvtbd Plan; fdid-just hpw ^the Plkn works, •t.W.wellas worfc db»e by ^thji WeHwre Stfuvice® 't^ice«-Departihen1^T-,;^-.|!.);-|::-i;vV;^^ :T:. -.Vi'--'rt#.. - Sonny ^ Simmons (left), < assistant - secretary-treasurer, • i shows Betty the shipping board' and byplainfi hovf SIU V j^9etary>Sh%>l4nr works, while -her •father watdies.-;;'-' • ' i -'V' :4lil .iwI �Pair* FMrlcea SEAFARERS LOG 'Jfulrf, im. POKTMt£POKXS.. New Orleans: Army Approves Plans For New Miss. Biidsn transits included the Alcoa Cava­ lier, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Polarus, Alcoa Pioneer and Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); the Del Rio and Del Valle (Mississippi); Uie Steel Surveyor (Isthmian); the Seatrain Savannah and Seatrain New Jersey (Seatrain); the Clai­ borne, LaSalle, Monarch of the Seas, and Iberville (Waterman); the Alice Brown and Marie Hamill (Bloomfield); the William Carruth (Trans Fuel); the Bradford Island (Cities Service), and the Robin Trent (Robin). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent New York: More PrnipmoH Needed Te Fill Tanker Jobs /. beach are enjoying their stay here, especially since we hear that the scenery on the local beaches is very interesting about this time of year. The labor front here is compar­ atively quiet at this time, and everything else is going along smoothly. Most of the ships pull­ ing into this port have been arriv­ ing in good shape, with feV beefs, and everything else in top order. Ships in this condition make it a lot easier on everybody concerned at the payoff, since things-go along quickly and smoothly. Claude Simmons Ass't. Secretary-Treasurer Baltimore: IndoneslaH Labor Re|M Stody SIU Operafiont Nothing new regards the port During the past two weeks ship­ Shipping for the past two weeks with the exception of a slight pick­ ping has continued good. Men who has been a little slow, and an exup in shipping that was a real wanted to ship out had no diffi­ ceptionaUy high registration didn't welcome sign by all hands and the culty in getting a berth of their help things any. However; we ex­ cook. Looks like the foreign ships choice. Members who have had ex­ are taking over the port with very pect that some or all of the five perience on tankers should take few American flag vessels coming advantage of a shortage in the ships we have in port here now in here. All hands are looking pumpman's rating and apply for will be pulling out with wheat for forward to the grain run to Pak­ their endorsements. This is also Pakistan within the next week or istan in hopes that some of the one of the highest paying ratings two, and shipping loolu as if it ships will crew up out of this port. in the unlicensed personnel ranks will be good in the near future. 3. 3) and there is plenty of cabbage to •In the labor field in this area We paid off the Portmar and be made, especially running coast­ ^ i i. strikes were settled that looked San Francisco: ^ Yorkmar (Calmar); the Baltore, wise. hopeless and in the adjourning Lake Charles: Bethore, Venore, Santore, Oremar area of Elizabeth We paid off a total of 28 ships, and Chilore (Ore); the John B. a strike that signed on eight others and serv­ Waterman and Hastings (Water­ looked like it iced ten in transit. man); the Ines, Angelina, Evelyn would come to a. Ships paying off included: the and Mae (Bull), and Uie Logans settlement flared We've had good shipping out Frances, Beatrice, Suzanne, Mon­ Fort (Cities Service). anew with strife. here during this period, and we roe and Elizabeth (Bull); Steel Way down here in the swampy The > sign-ons included that PortThe Electricians expect that we'll continue to have Maker, Steel Seafarer and Steel country of Louisiana, everything is (AFL) after be­ good shipping for the next few Advocate (Isthmian); Robin Trent, going just swell. Shipping started mar and-Yorkmar (Calmar); the Baltore, Venore, ing in and out of weeks anyway. Robin Kettermg and Robin Locks- out a little slow, but for the past Santore, Chilore court for three week we have been scratching the We paid off the North Platte ley (Seas Shipping); Seatrains New ciSiifil and Bethoi(a weeks settled Victory (Mississippi) and the Sea- Jersey, New York, Texas, Georgia, bottom of the barrel. In fact, as Sylvera (Ore); the Steel their strike and thunder ^ (Colonial), and signed Savannah and Louisiana (Seatrain); of this report, we have one FWT Architect, Steel both the Union and management both ships back again in addition Strathbay (Strathmore); George and one FOW registered in the Surveyor and were satisfied. The sugar refinery to signing-on the Jefferson City Uhler (Southern); Longview Vic­ engine department, although we Steel Maker (Is­ workers here (CIO) on strike after Victory (Victory Carriers). have plenty of ABs, OSs, wipers tory, Coe Victory and Northwest­ • thmian); the 3 months reached a settlement and messmen. ern Victory (Victory Carriers); The in-transits were: the Bien­ John Bi Water­ with the American sugar refinery, Calling in here, we had the ville and Mobilian (Waterman); Massillon Victory (Eastern); Afounman (WatOrman); a strike that had brick throwing, •Winter Hill, Government Camp, dria and Azalea City (Waterman); the Ines, Angel­ fighting and breaking up the picket the Steel bhemist (Isthmian); the Trinity (Carras); Abiqua and Chi- Council Grove, Logans Fort, Bents Flynn ina, Evelyn and lines by police with tear gas, came Oceanstar (Dolphin); the Marymar wawa (Cities Service). Fort, Salem Maritime, Lone Jack Mae (Bull), and the Logans Fort to a final end with Union and man­ and Pennmar (Calmar), and the and Chiwawa (Cities Service), the Eight Sign-ons agement satisfied with the settle­ Mother M L. (Eagle Ocean). Petrolite (Tanker Sag Harbor), and (Cities Service). On the North Platte Victory we Ships signing on were the Steel the Gateway City (Waterman). The in-transits include that De ment. had overtime beefs, restrictions to Worker and Steel Executive (Isth­ The labor front Soto, Wacosta, Afoundria, IbefBut in adjourning Elizebeth, La., ship and painting mian); Robin Hood (Seas); Gate­ in this area is ville, and Golden City (Waterman); a strike of the paper mill workers over the side way City (Waterman); Longview happily quiet at the Alcoa Partner and Alcoa flared anew with violence with the while the ship Victory, Strathbay, Coe Victory present, with no Ranger (Alcoa); the Robin Trent, dynamiting of the company's gas was at sea. The and Northwestern Victory. InRobin Locksley and Robin Ketter­ beefs at all. lines twice, the shooting at and result was that transits were: Alcoa Roamer and ing (Robin); the Sea Vigil (North Ernest W. Cox shooting of three men and the dy­ we collected Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Iberville who. halls from Seas),~and the Steel Surveyor and namiting of a worker's car all in about 3,000 hours and Antinous (Waterman); Souththe grand -and Steel Seafarer CIsthmian). the past week heralded the com­ overtime for the port (South Atlantic); Yorkmar Almost all the payoffs were glorious State of ing meeting of the union and com­ crew. The OT and Alamar (Calmar); Council Mississippi is on clean, and we would like to con­ pany July 9th. The union insists collected for re­ Grove (Cities Service); Steel the beach here at gratulate the crew an<ll delegates on the rehiring of all workers Cox striction to ship Maker and Steel Architect (isth­ Krohn present. He came of the Alamar. She came in with while the company still insists on was about 85 mian). in on the Lone Jack, where he only four hours disputed overtime, keeping the non-union workers hours per man, while the rest of All of , these ships were taken they have. This strike has been the OT we collected was for paint­ care of in good order, with no ma­ was the steward delegate, and did which we promptly collected for the crew, and no other beefs. It is a bang-up job. going on since October, 1952. ing and general disputed OT. jor beefs on any of them. a pleasure to handle a payoff when In fact, we would like to extend Bridge Approved This doesn't mean that all re­ We do not have much of a prob­ a vote of thanks to the crews of the crew writes up the OT proper­ The much discussed Mississippi stricted time that shin may incur lem shipping aliens, because we all the ships calling here this week, ly, and there are few re^l argu­ River bridge should in the future over in the Korea area is going make certain the shipowners take since they brought in those ships ments at the payoff. become a reality with approval by to be good OT, but in this in­ the full quota. However, the num­ in fine SIU style, with no beefs Building Progress the Army. The Army, Thursday, stance we were able to collect, ber of jobs available to aliens is and no troqble. The payoffs all The new building is still pro­ gave the go-ahead signal to begin since the company didn't have the limited, inasmuch as vessels carry­ went smoothly, and were finished construction on a bridge with a documents needed according to ing foreign aid cargoes only em­ in short order, and everybody was ceeding far ahead of schedule. Practically all the steel is in, and vertical clearance of 150 feet our contract. ploy American citizens. happy about the whole thing. It above mean high water and with On the beach here right now, we Shipping is expected to remain looks as if the performers are we expect the steel work to be one pier in the river West bank. have R J. Moisant, J Blomgren, good during the next two weeks heeding the warnings of the mem­ completed by our next report. It An east pier will be 20 feet land­ F. Schmeidel, H. Krohn, R. Graff, as we expect ~ a number of long bership, and are steering clear of also looks as if most of the electri­ cal work will be finished in the ward on the wharf line, near Cal­ and H M. Thomas. In the hospital payoffs and a good turnover in SIU ships. near future, and they will soon be liope St. The bridge will link with we have M. B. Belen, S. Sorrensen, jobs. C. Burns, G. Hair, F. Latimer, working on finishing off the inside the new speedways being con­ J. C Ramsey, C. R. Johnson, J. Weather Good H. J. CuUen, W. Johnson, J. Phil­ of the building, so we may be get­ structed in New Orleans. Arras. jO. Ozer and M.'R. KnickThe weather has been holding lips and some others are also on ting in the new hall before Christ­ Long-time member A1 Sylvera, mim. up very well, With nice warm sun­ the beach here. mas if things keep going the way following his long disabling illness, T E. Banning shine and very few rainy days in Leroy Clarice they have been. As usual, we've , was recently placed on the Wel­ San Francisco Port Agent this port, and the men on the Lake Charles Port Agent got plenty of our sidewalk super­ fare's Plan disability list. A1 sailed intendents on the job, to, make in the Stewards department and sure everything goes the way it's had all Stewards departments rat­ supposed to. " ings. He. shipped mostly as chief We had two Indonesian guests cook and all that sailed with him in this port for the past week, un-~^ can well remember the fine job der the auspices of the US Labor ' he always turned in, his interest Jeff GUIette, Agent EUiott 4334 FORT WnXIAM....118Vi Syndlcafte Ave. Department. They were represent­ SIU, A&G District in the welfare of his shipmates and TAMPA 180»-1811 N. Franklin 8L Ontario Phone; 3-3331 Phone 3-1333 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. atives of the Indonesian labor BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Kay White. Ajgent his Union obligations comes high farl BOS Marine Ave. Ontario Phono: 8801 Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 WILMINGTON, Calif Terminal 4-2874 TORONTO. Ontario . on the list of duties performed by BOSTON 373 King St. E. movement, and displayed keen lit. 278 state St. John Arahaaa, Agent HEADQUABTER8. . 678 4th Ave., Bklyn. EMpire 4-5719 terest'^as we . explained to them our Al. He will be missed as a ship­ James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 SECBErARY-TEEASURER VICTORIA, BC 617(4 Cormorant St. OA. • Richmond 2-0141 Paul HaU Bmpiro 4531 maritime set-up, and how the SIU mate but his future is more secure O^yi^lON 308IA 23rd St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS VANCOUVER. BC 868 HamUton St. works, and the conditions~we have Phono 2-8448 Lloyd Gardner because of the SIU. Al's wife Bea Reith /Usop Agent Joe Algina Paeiflc 7834 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Robert Matthew* .' Joe Vulplan SYDNEY. NS 304. Charlotte St. won aboard the ships as well as had high praise for the SIU Wel­ ^®®°' Rhone B-5744 Claude Shnmona * WUliam HaU Phone 6346 our great Welfare Plan. • Dolphin Hotel BAGOTVILLE. Quehee. ^EU^^ fare Plan when word was received SfjA.®'",.p®"* *'®°* . • Miami 9-4791 Maurice J. Flynn, who joined the SUP that he would be collecting the $25 M(>BmE .. .1 South Lawrence Sl^ THOROLD, Ontario. 88 St. DaW% St. Phone 2-1734 HONOLULU..;..... .16 Merchant St. CAnal 7-3303 SIU back in 1944, is here on the disability check every week for ® • •.• BlenvUle St. QUEBEC. 113 Cote De La Mont^e beach now. He has been active in Undacy WiUiama, Agent the rest of his life. PORTLAND....... m N. wfEvietf^ Quebec Phone; 3-70TO NPTO vnnv "oenolla 6112-8113 B0ACO11 4330 SAINT TOHN .177 Prlnci WMii St every major beef and strike since Payoffs NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND. CAUP 387 8th St. NB Phone; 3-8333 he joined the Union, and is a great Phone 3800 Payoffs were the Alcoa Puritan SAN FRANCISCO ,480 l*onn St. fan of the SIU's Welfare Pldn, Cradt Lakas District CAlcoa); the Del Mar and Del ^ 34363 a.'")?." SEATTLE .„S 1st Ave. ALPENA... .V..m W. Fletcher 'which he says is "the best thing . Monte (Mississippi); the DeSoto PORT ^THTm i Main JUOO - Market 7-1835 Phonei 1338W WILMINGTON '.. 805 Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY..............180 Main St. that ever happened to a seaman." and Iberville (Waterman), and the The labor front in this area la CarabuUa (Nat'l Nav.). NEW YORE. C78 Mb Ave., CLEVELAND..:...^•ffi^?g^3 very quiet just now, with Every­ •iins , Si^-ons were; the Alcoa Puritan MaaioiT..^....j....... " " one taking it a little easy in the Canadian District (Alcoa); tha Del Mpr, Del Bio and hot weather.:•' , -' MONTREAL.... Del Valle (MississiODl) and the . FkAliDl H^U4RA& The Settle Beef; Celleet 3,000 Hrs. Overllme Craws Bring In Clean Ships And Few Beefs Rmm m mdJLt OiRECIORY fc:m,. ml'KM . .. .ttS.'S?, '.I'-r*' �•': r -;•' ',«• T/;: • ,•• •i-..:-v'-," July 1«. Ifflt SEAFARERS Pace FIfteca LOG ......... PORT ItEPORTS Seattle: Nice Cool Broozos Mark Sommor Moro Shipping has been very good In this port. In fact, if it was any bet­ ter, we probably couldn't stand it, as we have to chase around after the men now to get them to ship out. We paid off the Mother M. L. (Eagle), the Strathport (Strathmore) and the Seamonitor (Excel­ sior). The Mother M. L. and the Strathport, as well as the Irenestar (Triton), and Seacliff (Coral) sign­ ed on during the period. The intransits were the Mankato Victory and Louis Emery Jr., (Victory Car­ riers), the Massmar (Calmar), and the Bienville (Waterman). When the Seacliff paid off on June 15, we discussed the repair list with the port engineer and the agents, and the biggest thing on the list was a new washing ma­ chine. The com­ pany turned around and wait­ ed until the' last minute to do any­ Hammond thing about the washing machine, and when, it came time to sign on, the washing machine still wasn't aboard. It seems these companies will never leam to do things the easy way, and the result was that the ship soiled late—with the new washing machine aboard. J. A. Hammond is one of the Seafarers making this port his headquarters. About six months back, he heard that there was big money up in Alaska, so he retired his SIU book and headed up that way. Since he is a steward, cook, rigger and barber, he figured he would make his fortune up there. Well, Jim was up there for few months, and decided that there is bigger money on an SIU ship, so he took his book out of retirement and now he's ready to sail SIU again. He says he figures to make Seattle his home port for himself and his family, since the weather is great and the fishing and hunt­ ing can't be beat. Beautiful Country Jim's right, too. This Great Northwest is the most beautiful part of the world. It's just a short ride to the mountains where there is snow all .year round, and plenty of good hunting—elk, deer, pheas­ ants, etc.—and some of the best fishing in the world. The begin­ ning of July finds us with a tem­ perature of just about 65 degrees, and so regards to . you sweltering brothers in the Gulf. We've got W. J.. Smith, J. E. Cantin and H. Scott on the beach here, and have M. Dietz, A. J. Johanson, J. Kismul, E. A. Martell, G. Rice, J. Wanka and J. Dolan in the hospital here. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent t. Boston: 4, Fishing's Fine, Girls Pretty, Se's Shipping Shipping is at its usual good level here in sunny Florida, and the shipping list is at its usual low level. The Florida (P&O) is in and out three times a week, of course, and there are always a couple of small beefs to settle on her each trip, and we also had the Ponce (Puerto Rico Marine); the Hastings, Wacosta and Afoundria (Waterman), called in here during the past period. All the beefs were straightened out and squared away with little trou­ ble. William (Dutchy) Moore Moore jg down here on the beach and is having the time of his life, just fishing in around the Florida Keys. If the fish won't bite at his line, he has one of those frogman outfits with a spear gun, and he just goes down after them. Howard Parker is in Pratt Memorial Hospital here for an operation. Shh! It's Raining We've been having some rain, and plenty of hot sunshine, and going around chasing after the men when we've got jobs to fill is really a sweltering job. The fishing is great, though, and we wish some of those ABs who love to fish would come down here, so we would know where to find theni. In addition to the top-notch rod and reel sport, the dogs are still chasing the rabbits. The wolves are chasing the pretty girls, too, on the beaches and elsewhere. Eddie PanMiami Port Agent A Shipping has been fair in this area, although we had only one payoff, in Rprtland, Maitie, since our last report. It was the Greece Victory (South Atlantic)^ which had a very clean payoff, and then signed on again. Visiting here, we had the Chicka­ saw and Antinous (Waterman), the Repubiic (Trafalgar),^ and the Brad­ ford Island ((!)itles Service). . . • . course, doctei Islkmiaa Considers Move To Mobile Shipping out of this port for the last couple of weeks was steady with the jobs coming up on the board with happy^ reguiarity. In addition to our regular jobs, we shipped 62 men to tugboat relief jobs and various relief jobs in the port. We paid off the Alcoa Pioneer, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Al­ coa Planter, Al­ coa Polaris, Alcoa Corsair and Al­ coa Runner (Al­ coa); and the Claiborne, L a Salle and Mon­ arch of the Seas (Waterman). Signing on were Koppersmith the Alcoa Pa­ triot, Alcoa Pi­ oneer, Alcoa Planter, Alcoa Pola­ ris and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); .the LaSalle (Waterman), and the Catahoula (Nat'l Nav.). The Chickasaw and DeSoto (Waterman); the Wiliiam Carruth (Dry Trans), and the Catahoula (Nat'l Nav.) called in-transit. As we mentioned in earlier re­ ports, the Isthmian Steamship Co. is planning to extend a -lot of their business in the Mobile area, and during the last few days, tops of­ ficials of the company have been down here making a survey of the port facilities. The idea Is that they may pay off a lot of their off-.'^hore ships in this port rather than up on the East Coast, and this wiP certainly make a big dif­ ference in the shipping picture in this port. Seafarers Healthy Tlie Seafarers in this area have been happily healthy lately. The only two men we had in the hos­ pital, Blacky Stevens and John ZiegJer, were both released. The dock areas here are under security regulation, and any sea­ man who has lost his validated papers must have a Coast Guard security pass to get on the docks until he gets new papers. If you have validated papers, you don't need the other pass. However, the dock workers, and all other work­ ers in the dock area now have to have Coast Guard passes. Those validated papers, are get­ ting more and more valuable all the time, what with the Coast Guard putting more and more re­ strictions on the dock areas, and our advice to the men is to be very careful of them, and make sure you don't lose them. It takes a while for the Coast Guard to issue duplicates, and you can lose out on the job you want in the meantime, so guard those vali­ dated papers carefully. We have heard that the Savan­ nah Hospital has been saved, and this is certainly good news. The Union has waged a last-ditch fight to save the hospital, and now it has been successful. Unfortunately, we were not able to save the Fort Stanton hospital in the face of big budget cuts by the House of Representatives. On the beach here now, we have H. Gable, H. Koppersmith, T. Crosby, H. Schcrd, F. Jeffryes, J. Foster, C. Newton, C. Bolton, G. Peterson, J. Johnson, J. Jordan, F. Fischer, A. Diaz, and D. Zuniga. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent 4 4^ Savannah: Coke Plant On Strike; Boys Brink Root Beer Shipping has been fine in good old Georgia lately, and all the men on the beach here have been drinking a lot of root beer. The reason, of coimse, is because the Coca Cola plant here in Savannah is on strike, and so the boys have switched to root beer. We had the Soutbstar (South Atlantic) pay off, and then sign on again, while we were also hon­ ored by visits from the John Paul Jones (Dol­ phin); the Seatrain Savannah and S e a t r a i n New York (Seatrain), the Robin Hood (Robin), Fricks and the Azalea City (Waterman). They were the cleanest bunch of ships in ^ all Georgia, and the'crews did a fine job to bring them in that way. A. L. Fricks is one of the men on the beach here, taking a rest for a while. Fricks started sailing in 1937 after finishing a hitch in the Coast Guard. Fricks is making Savannah his headquarters for shipping right now, and says he just enjoys this wonderful Georgia living. He says that with an SIU payoff in his pocket he can really settle down and enjoy his stay on the beach, without worrying about money. Right now, he's thinking about catching another ship, so that he'll be able to bring home another SIU payoff before long.' Some of the other men on the beach right now include J. M. Hall, F. W. Grant, J. D. Morrison, and E.,F. Cettl. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent Shipping Figures June 17 to July 1 REG. PORT Sbijiping's Fair And Futnre Looks Good Mobile: smmmfG MMCQMUM 4 ^ ... here three times a week, and we board her every time she comes in. Since she's a passenger ship, we get a few beefs every time she comes in, but they're usually easily straightened out. This Sat­ urday, the Yarmouth crew is play­ ing the Yarmouth Town team, and it should be quite a game, al­ though the crew hasn't had too much chance to get any practice. As far as the future is con­ cerned, the'shipping picture looks fairly bright, although in this port, it is hard to say just what will be happening a week or so from now. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent 4 4 Miami: - Boston New York . Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile NewOrleana.. Galveston Seattle .................... San Francisco WUmingtott;-;Ui.Vi.;....^^^^ REG. REG. TOiAL SHIP. DECK REG. 61 21 16 624 182 183 115 36 65 408 89 82 24 71 5 17 20 71 30 11 5 • 159 61 47 66 261 78 43 131 40 18 16 99 30 33 85 • .•••37 21 DECK ENGINE STEW. 31 245 41 194 24 30 .10 65 95 45 32 40 9 197 38 125 23 21 9 47 88 46 29 26 . : 1,26 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 33 8 9 490 170 137 145 35 45 213 69 62 27 10 12 35 11 7 14 5 4 161 53 47 89 242 87 49 43 135 21 18 57 30 86 26 27 86 22 Wilmington: Compass' Beck Bepi. Makes Easy Gverllme Shipping has been terrific out here in sunny California. All rat­ ings are moving well, except elec­ tricians, and we are short of all ratings, especially cooks and stewards. We paid off the Compass (Com­ pass), and the Ames Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers), and signed both ships on again as well at the McKettrick Hills (Western Tankers). The in-transits^ were: the Bar­ bara Fritchie (Liberty); the Marymar, Caimar and Penmar (Calmar); the Boulder Vic­ tory (Robin); the Seacomet II (Seatraders); the Sweetwater (Met­ ro); the Lueille Bloomfield (Bloomfield); the Mobilian, Key­ Finnerty stone Mariner and Alawai (Waterman); the Heywood Broun (Victory Carriers); the Amerocean (Blackchester); the Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways); the Ocean Uila (Ocean Transport); the Anniston City (Isthmian); the Purplestar (Traders), and the Frederick C. Collins (Dry-Trans). We collected $651.91 in disputed OT for the deck department on the Compass for Koreans doing painting inside passageways and quarters. This is sure the easy way to make OT. The company also re­ moved the captain and the mate from the ship and replaced them. The Ames Victory came in this time with almost no beefs. This was her first trip under her new skipper. The only trouble was a food beef, and we ended up by having 309 pounds of various meats condemned by the Govern­ ment meat inspector as well as 120 pounds of turkey, 35 pounds of chicken and 30 dozen eggs con­ demned by the Government poul­ try and dairy inspector. All this went over the side, and fresh stuff was put aboard. The agent for the Seafarers' Guards and Watchmen's Union is starting up a blood bank in this port, and we have agreed to par­ ticipate in it with them. LOG Awards The members in this port have been very impressed with the nine plaques we recently put up show­ ing some of the many awards the SEAFARERS LOG has won in competition with other labor pap­ ers. The last membership meeting here unanimously passed a resolu­ tion "thanking and complimenting the entire LOG staff for the ter­ rific job they have done in pub­ lishing this great labor paper, the SEAFARERS LOG, and for the favorable public opinion they have created for the Union." We have just affiliated with the Central Trades Council in this port, and have been attending the meetings. As per usual SIU policy, we pledged the affiliated unions in the council any assistance possible during any just beef, either through direct request, or else through the council. The other unions in the council assured us that we could count on them for like support in any beef that we have. On the beach here, we have H. "Pop" Feree, Jesse Lewis, who is having draft board troubles, T. C. Finnerty, who just got married; H. Pederson, V/alter Anthony, Willie Wright and A. M. Lester. John Arabass 1 ' Wilmington 9bH; Jfgent �^#;H-' IgjS'^r-ifgfiS ,. -vj .y.;.sy;s;;;ipy; Jnljr If. Ifil SEArARERS LOG Faff* Sixteen 'Only 51U Gives Real Security (Continued from page S) we the AMEU fleet councU mem­ bers, didn't tell the company what we wanted. We had to ask them for things like we were ^ggars. When they said no, that was it. As any man who was on the council will tell you, the AMEU didn't have any way to get the company to make concessions on any issue. I began to think to myself then, that this was no way for a real union to operate. A real union should be able to go in and make demands and get Sn opportunity to negotiate them with the com­ pany representatives. All that we seemed to be doing was playing a false game that didn't really count. But then I couldn't see any other way of getting something for the men in the fleet so I kept quiet about it. There was no alternative at that time. I found out later a few facts about the so-called power of the AMEU chairman Alcott. I learned that he had plenty of authority to act like a company strawboss and place men he wanted into jobs. But he had no ^>ower to act like a union official and get something for his membership from the com­ pany. He had to worry about his own neck if he opened his mouth too much. As a matter of fact last fall he had to get the AMEU's lawyer to call some company bigshot and get a promise that he wouldn't be fired if he and Linton presented some of the men's griev­ ances to the company. Is this a sample of a bona fide union, or does it show just how the AMEU is company-dominated? Beefs Neglected Even though Alcott got assur­ ances he would not be fired, he couldn't do a thing about taking care of beefs that were in from the ships. Like all the rest of us in Atlantic, he wasn't a free sea­ man but was in the grip of the company. He had to do things to suit them whether he liked it or not. I found put these things and many more right from the start at the fleet council meeting. For example, the meeting's minutes were never sent to the ships last year. This was in direct violation J V- .- I; m i)<'; , AMEU Vice-chairman Frank Fletcher addresses the NY SIU membership meeting. off the Atiantic Ranger and taken to the lawyer's office, with only one hour at home. There were only three council members at the meeting. Alcott, Ray Linton and myself. We had to vote him an­ other $100 a month or $1,200 a year. This money was supposed to be for writing the special bulletins knocking the SIU. He also made us promise to pay him another $100 a month after the campaign is over which would make him collect a total of $6,200 a year. Sit down and figure up how many men would have to pay $12 a year to pay this man his money. If every man in the fleet was in the AMEU, which never was so, it would take practically the whole income of the AMEU. Yet this man who is writing bul­ letins for us, has never gone to sea, knows nothing of the sea and is being paid to tell us what to do. Do you think any of the junk he turns out in the bulletins is worth $50? I do not and I hope you don't either. This was the man who was saddled on us because neither the fleet council nor my­ (Continued from page 2) self, nor Alcott for that mater, the SIU Plan is the easy eligibil­ could dare say no to the company. ity for the hospital, death and ma­ You may ask me then, why, ternity benefits. All of these re­ knowing all these things, did I quire only one day's service on an continue to operate as vice-chairSIU ship in the previous 12 months, man? That's a fair question which in contrast to the usual six-month I will answer. When I was first to one-year eligibility require­ elected vice-chairman, as I told ments of most insurance company you, I saw a lot of things which plans.Turther the hospital benefit made me lose faith in the AMEU. is payable to Seafarers for as long And at that time the SIU was start­ as they are hospitalized, years in ing its campaign in the fleet. It's the case of chronic disease pa­ true,, I had a sour taste in my mouth tients, in contrast to the 13 to 26 from seeing what happened on the week cut-offs provided In prac­ fleet council, but I told myself tically all ho.spital coverage plans. that in the position of vice-chair­ man, I might be able to do some­ The breakdown of the benefits thing to improve matters. shows that since July 1, 1950 the Besides, because of my unhappy hospital benefits have amounted to experience with the NMU I was $339,690, and death benefits to suspicious of-the SIU and fell for $618,162.59. Maternity payments, the line about the big unions that whicii began on April 1, 1952, have the AMEU lawyer dished out in totaled $134,800, while disability his bulletins. I didn't realize at thp payments, started on May 1, 1952, time that the difference between amount to $13,465. the NMU and the SIU was like With the fund in solid shape, it's night and day. I have learned difexpected that the Welfare Plan ferehtly since, as have a lot of my trustees will take further steps in friends in the fleet. the near future to add more bene­ Like lots of other men working fit,s to the list. Proposals for such in Atlantic, I felt that my job was additional benefits are now under at stake , in anything that I "did. Our 0|ily lyay out, as we saw it, Welfare Pays Out Million $ i of practices that had been in effect for years. What was the reason? It was simply a cover-up by the AMEU lawyer because the AMEU was roped in to giving him a $1,000 raise for a year. All you Atlantic men who have complained in the past that the lawyer was getting too much money will be interested to know that he is milking the AMEU of all its funds. Lawyer Grabbed Dough But that wasn't all. In December the lawyer decided he wanted a bigger slice of pie, so I was pulled was to stick with the company and the AMEU come what may, even though we all had doubts as, to the way it was working. So despite my doubts, I decided to keep on working for the AMEU. I suppose they figured they had a handy sucker around in me, and I was sent out to do a hatchet job on SIU supporters in the fleet. The company big-shots saw to it that I was sent wherever there was too much pro-SIU sentiment to whip the men back in line. So I was sent first to the Ranger, then to the Blum and finally to the Shipper. Forced To Use Pressure One of my jobs was to get men to revoke their SIU pledge cards. When I got on the ships I found that the men wouldn't listen to AMEU talk. I resorted to various types of pressure, which I had in­ structions to do in case all else failed. For example, there was a man on the Ranger named Rasmussin who was an alien. To ob­ tain his signature he was threat­ ened with being turned in to the Immigration authorities. If he didn't revoke his card and work for the AMEU he would be de­ ported back to Denmark. This is only one of my many examples of the dirty kind of work I had to do on the ships to keep my job. My orders from the top were to ferret out SIU supporters and get something on them any way I could. I was led to believe that the AMEU chairman had the power to drive men off the ships, or make life miserable for. them in dozens of ways if they didn't knuckle under. Looking back at it now it seems a little hard to be­ lieve that today, American seamen can be pushed around only be­ cause they didn't think the way the AMEU and Atlantic wanted them to think. After a couple of cases of this kind I began to get sick to my stomach from seeing how the AMEU operates. Besides I found practically all my shipmates were solid for the SIU and 1 could do nothing to shake them. After a while old friends started looking the other way when I showed up. I began to do a little hard think­ ing then, what a lousy situation I was in, because I had to do things I knew were wrong to keep Atlan­ tic happy and keep my job. I fig­ ured that it shouldn't have to be that way, that Atlantic seamen should have the right to speak up as they pleased virithout putting their jobs on the spot. I decided that maybe I was mis­ taken about the SIU. If Atlantic and the AMEU could get together and phony up contracts and beefs, then maybe we were being handed a- phony line about the SIU.'-. I thought the best thing to do was hear the other side of the story. Real Security In SIU I made up my mind to find out everything I could about the SIU. I discussed the situation with my shipmates and most of them agreed that we would be much bet­ ter off with a union like the SIU that didn't depend on one com­ pany for its bread and butter. I told them that as far as I was con­ cerned, if the SIU had the job ratio that they claimed then I was all in favor of working for them. I figured they could give us real security that way and at the same time we wouldn't be under the thumb of Atlantic officials. When I got back to Philadelphia after a five month trip, I had pret­ ty well decided it -was the SIU for me. To make sure, I went ashore and asked the SIU to show me proof of their job ratio and their other claims. • . I spent severri hoHb w^th; ^ SIU representatives In Philadel­ phia. They shewed me everything I asked for, including their con­ tracts, their shipping rules and the report on their job ratio. When I got through studying all this ma­ terial I realized how foolish I had been to have anything to do with a phony company outfit like the AMEU. Here was a chance to get in with a real union that could do the right kind of a job for all my friends'in Atlantic. On Tuesday in Philadelphia, I went to the National Labor Rela­ tions Board and told them what I knew about the set-up in the At­ lantic fleet. At that time I didn't have an SIU book, had never signed a pledge card and was un­ der no obligation to testify. I did it because I wanted to help the men in the fleet op^n their eyes to the shoddy and shaky set-up of the AMEU just like my eyes were opened. I'd like to tell my friends in the fleet this. I want you to come over and talk to me or get in touch with me through the SIU headquarters. I know that there have been doubts among a lot of you about getting a book if you changed sides, because you talked against the SIU. The SIU understands that all of us in Atlantic were un­ der pressure and some of us felt we had to hang on to the AMEU to save our jobs. It doesn't matter who you are or how much you have worked against the SIU, if you will change sides at this time so that we can all work together on our mutual problems. You fellows can look for me to meet the ships ou arrival in dif­ ferent ports. Any man who wants to speak to me outside the gate or anywhere else, I wish you would get in touch with me. I will be available at all times. I'm looking forward to the day now, when the Atlantic fleet will be sailing Under an SIU contract, which I hope won't be too long from now. My last five month trip on the Atlantic Shipper was one of the worst I ever made due to the activities of the captain and some of the other officers. There's no reason why Atlantic seamen, who are free Americans like all the other people in our country, should have to put up with that kind of treatment. That's why sea­ men all over the country are. in unions like the SIU, so that they can have an organization of their own to give them real freedom and real job security. When the SIU wins the election and gets a contract in the -fleet all the present set-up there will be changed. Then all my friends in the fleet will have smoother sail­ ing because they will have protec­ tion and conditions that they never had before. So long for now, and let's all work together from here on in to make the SIU 100 percent throughout the fleet. Frank Fletcher AMEU Vice-chairman AMEU Official Backs SIU; Blasts Atlantic (Continued from page 3) Oppenhorst, Frank Bematos, Max Sarol, and Dante ^Salotti, all At­ lantic seamen. Fail to Shake Testimony Company representatives, after partially recovering from the shock, attempted to shake or im­ pugn Fletcher's testimopy, but failed to get to first base. They then tried to attack him from dif­ ferent angles. The company lawyer tried to show he didn't know the AMEU contract, but Fletcher showed he was thoroughly familiar with the agreement, and the NLRB hearing officer quickly ended that exchange. Subsequent petty sniping by AMEU counsel Emanuel Friedman made no head­ way whatsoever. Subsequently, Fletcher appeared at the SIU headquarters member­ ship meeting of July 1, 1953, and spoke briefly, explaining why he decided to switch. "1 fought you for a While," he said, "but then I Audit Proves Job Figures (Continued from page 3) not be able to supply jabs for the potential bookmembers in the At­ lantic fleet. The New York firm of Anchin, Block and Anchin, certified public accountants, was called in and the Union's records made available to the aceountants. ' In making the audit, the account­ ants considered as full bookmem­ bers. throughout the entire year all those who retired books during 1952, those who took books out of retirement ,during 1952, those who died during the year, and all those who got new- books during the year, so. that there was no pos­ sibility of weighing the figures in ;fayor-Of .the-UiiiQu.y^;;:. found I was fighting the best union in maritime today, a union that could help every man in the Atlantic fleet. That's why I came to the SIU." At stake in the current Labor Board hearings are the questions whether such company employees as leadermen, bosuns and stewards are legally entitled to vote. SIU represents a solid majority of such employees, but because of legal rulings in the Cities Service case, the SIU was compelled to move for their exclusion from the vot­ ing unit as supervisory personneL Company attorney's reversing the usual management .procedure, asked that bosuns, stewards and leadermen be included in the imit. Previously the company had pro­ posed such a unit informally to the SIU. SIU representatives pointed out that because of the Taft-Hartley Act, such an ai-rangement would be against the law, and might cause the whole election to bo thrown out. They felt that the ' company's proposal was intended to nullify an election that was sure to result in a victory for the SIU. AMEU representatives parroted • the company line with the AMEU's , attorney declaring "The AMEU'S' objections are practically the same as the company's." Representing the SIU at the Labor Board hearings have been Director of Organization Keith Terpe, general counsel Sy Miller, • Washington counsel" Ray Murdock,' and R. Markowitz and Louis Wil«> derman, Philadelphia attorneys. Company representatives have- / been Harry Rosenbloom, M; 0.Dittman and Allan H. White, at­ torneys; Captain Frank " Turner, head of the company's Anchorage; . Captain W. Anderson, marine lu- . U perintendent, and Captaiff^Riumi^ • # ; assktwt marine superintendent,^ i �./GnSkSSSSR 118^ JiOr It, ifstr SEAFARERS LOG rt^ WmnmiH Seafarer Realizes Dream; Meets 'Cycle Champf Rides In Sport Car By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor The field of, color photography has been thrown wide open with the Introduction of "Super-Tomic Color Film." This new color film is not quite as revolutionary as the atom bomb, but if it docs everything that is claimed for it we can forgive those responsible for naming it. Available only in 35 mm at present, the big news about this film Is its remarkable emulsion speed. Rated at 125 daylight and 40 tung­ sten, the film puts color shooting almost on a level with black and white exposures. These claims have bpen checked by a number of re­ liable cameramen under actual shooting tests, during which the ex­ posures were verified with an exposure meter. Comparison tests were made, of the same wide variety of subjects and under a varied range of conditions, against exposures with three other color films and a black and white emulsion. Cross checks were made with three different cameras and a battery of lenses. Accident of Research The new film is an outgrowth of discoveries made by a group of several photographers, chemists and studio laboratory personnel who were engaged in research on other products. In the process of this work, they uncovered a physical and chemical principle which opened up the basis for this sensational color process. The advantages of a color film with a high emulsion speed are im­ mediately apparent to everyone who has ever shot a roll of the standard brands of color film. It permits photographs of action; makes possible color shots under difficult light conditions and permits use of smaller apertures for great depth of field. The average normal exposure, for instance is 1/200 at f-16 in bright sunlight. The exposure is some­ what critical with half an opening one way or the other being the limit in most cases. Under these circumstances overexposure should be avoided. Underexposure causes the film to take on a greenish tinge. This is particularly noticeable in shots where the shadow areas are Just beyond the film's limit; the shadows taking on a greenish-black instead of pure black. A shortcoming is graininess which puts a limit on the definition of the image. Grain in a transparency is a drawback. For those who project slides on a beaded screen, the projected image will'be quite satisfactory up to a reasonable size limit. They wiil not approach the quality of Kodak's Kodachrome and Ektachrome or Ansco's color film. Great Industrial Potential Super-Tomic Color film, has a tremehdous potential in the industrial, scientific, medical and journalism fields. The manufacturer states that the "exposure index of 125 is inherent in the emulsion itself," so it is safe to assume that no special processing, is done from one roll to another, thus assuring consistent results to the user. No ex­ traordinary correction filters are needed either. As noted before, the film is presently available only in 35 mm, with a 15 exposure roll costing $3.95 and the 30 shot cartridge at $5.95. These are list prices and include processing. The processed trans­ parencies are returned in cardboard mounts in about a week. The film is distributed from California and should be available in local photo stores very soon. The manufacturer's future plans include both 16 mm movie film as well as the popular 120 and 620 sizes. Introduction of this fast color film does not represent a cure-all for colo9 shooting. It can, however, be expected to pave the way for other developments in improved and faster color films. In the tests made the image started to break up at a 19x blowup. Paul Joseph Capo, who's long been a rabid sports enthusiast, is very glad of the fact that he's also an SIU* man, because being one ga've him the opportunity to fulfill two great dreams of his life—to meet a cham.pion bicycle rider, and to ride in a topnotch foreign racing car. Em Both of these events took place recently in Trieste, dur­ ing Paul's last trip—a six weeks' run aboard the Northwestern Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers) to Italy and North Africa. While the ship was in Trieste, Paul, who's of Italian descent and speaks the language fluently, heard of a big sports banquet being held in the city, so he promptly took himself off to it, and got his first thrill of the evening when he met Fausto Coppl, the current world's champion bicycle rider who re­ cently successfully defended his crown against the best of the other European riders in competitions held in France. Rides In Ferrari Soon afterwards, Paul met some other people at the banquet, and Seafarers Joseph Compan (left) and Pan! J. Capo soak up some through them, the next day, he sun in Casablanca during the trip on the Northwestern Victory found himself spinning around, which took them to Trieste. It was there Capo had his dream come first in an Alfa-Romeo, and then true. in a Ferrari, the Italian racing car which was the winner of both the Grand Prix in France and the big when the national elections were there entered Louisiana State Uni­ held, and he says that the narrow versity, where he studied indus­ race at Le Mans. margin by which de Gasperi was trial relations. "This," Paid says, enthusiastical­ elected the premier and the Chris­ After six months, however, the ly, "was undoubtedly the biggest tian Democrats triumphed over the war interrupted Paul's education, single thrill of my life. You know, commies is proof of this fact. and-for the next year and a half in the States, a Ferrari costs over Nor, Paul thinks, should Ameri­ he was in the army, in the infan­ $16,000, so there aren't many of can help to Italy be all a matter try, in the European theatre. them around." of dollars and cents. During this time, Paul's father The Italian people. Paid feels Paul, who's had his SitJ book died, and when he got out of the sure, are naturally favorable to since 1947, was born in New Or­ army he was unable to finish his democracy, but have been subject­ leans 29 years ago, and after get­ education, and so he chose ed to a sustained Red propaganda ting out of Holy Cross High School college to go to sea. bombardment — particularly the workers in the large industrial centers like Trieste, Venice, Milan Yokohama Seamen's Club and Leghorn. Commies Pushed Down Because of American aid, Paul says, the commies have generally been pushed down from the high position they occupied in 1947, but a stepped-up program of aid is necessary to definitely turn the tide. Paul was in Italy on June 6-7, Worry, Suspicion Mark Yugoslavia Despite friendly overtures to the West by persons high in diplomatic circles in Yugo­ slavia, the people of the nation are afraid to fraternize and be friendly with Americans, according to Seafarer William Seltarez. Running military cargo to-^ Rijeka, Yugoslavia, aboard the more numerous than paychecks in toward Americans, more often Seafarers R. E. Eliot, ch. stwd.; J. W. Mullis, OS; J. Holensbeck, than not will get into trouble. It Alcoa Pioneer, the messman a nation peopled by paupers. AB; C. Lindy, MM, and W. T. Center, all off the Choctaw, look The people, Seltarez said, 'are has even affected the feminine spent four days ashore in the mar­ over the galley equipment in the new Yokohama United Seamen's tial law city and country. He was afraid to have anything to do with population. Girls seen with Amer­ Service Club. there long enough to observe, a Americans,'as well as all others icans can get tossed in the cooler, nation ill at ease under the dom­ from free nations. Huge pictures so, in order to stay on the right ination of Tito who is looking of Tito are in every window, dom­ side of the law, they stay out of fearfully at the S^iviet Union. inating the streets and the popu­ arm's reach and often walk a block Seltarez reports that it is a nation lace. Anyone who is too friendly or more ahead of the nearest on tenterhooks, with secret police or shows a spark of hospitality Westerners. Rijeka is a town full of fright­ (1) What state in the US touches only one other state: (a) Maine, ened people and secret police. The (b) Florida, (c) Texas, (d) Delaware? police, who trail foreigners openly (2) Which side of the brain controls the right side of the body, the wherever they go, can be seen in right side or the left side? berets and—^the mark of every cop (3) What numbers are missing from the following series: 2, 4, .. .., and private eye since Bulldog 48, 1440 80,640? Drummond—in trenchcoats. Any­ (4) What common five-letter word can you make with the first thing Western or American is letters of the names of the Great Lakes? looked upon with suspicion. Sea­ (5) The building which has been called "the cradle of American men are\.not allowed ashore with liberty" is better known as: (a) Independence Hall, (b) Faneuil Hall, US money, but must change it for (c) Old Statehouse? dinars before debarking. A dollar. (6) Which are the three longest rivers in the world? Seafarer Seltarez reported, will (7) A man had set aside $840 for an alteration on his house' and had get you about 300 dinars. There budgeted his expenses as follows: 15% for plumbing, 12% for plaster­ were rumors that 450 dinars could ing, 22% for carpenter work, 11% for electrical work, 24% for ma­ be had on the black market for terials. How much would be left for painting and incidentals? one American dollar, but Seltarez (8) The first underground railway transportation system called a did noir have the chance to trace subway was opened in: (a) London, (b) Boston, (c) New York? down the source because of the (9) John James Audubon pictured in words and in paintings close scrutiny of the secret police. (a) great English gentlemen, (b) development of the early US, (c) the With the prices cheap and the birds of America, (d) how clipper ships were developed? people beset with poverty, Seltarez (10) At 2:30. in the afternoon a businessman in Cleveland receives found that the value of American a message that he has to attend a,sales meeting that evening in anmoney went a long way. Over a otlier city 220 miles away; If he has another hour to spend in Cleve­ Se«|«f«r W«ll«e» Andcnim lekas igaliut » poster adrerttstng aa four day period ho spent oidy the land before -he can leave, how fast will he have to travel to get to his Am«r|fl«B .lUJeka^ Ytttntovta, wliU» iiiororiaboard ihir eqatnileat of' $1!!^ and without d^sstination by » PM? vgtdring^ Ml bi^get too etoseljr. ' -(Qufai-AuwenrOB Page 21)' v-o-t-s m Quiz Corner -V.'VTK • �KItlltwAl SEAT ARERS Jjiiljr tOC Good Food, Good Officers Make Irenestar's Crew Enjoy The Trip By Spike Marlin The past couple of seasons have outfielder, Lindell is making out seen the Pittsburgh Pirates estab­ as a big league pitcher, the craft "It was a wonderful trip, with great officers and a good ship,"- seems to be the opinion lish themselves solidly as one of he came up with in the first place. With the exception of Dickson, of the crew of the Irenestar after a six-month trip to the Far East and the Japan to baseball's misfit clubs. Even in their better days the Pirates were and left-fielder Gene Hermanski, Korea shuttle. never known as an exciting team. Lindell is the only Pirate* to have In a letter from the four It's been years since they made a played on a championship ball delegates aboard the Irenestar, real move for a pennant and a club. That alone makes him a man quarter-century since they actually of distinction in Pittsburgh. Be­ the crew reports that "every­ thing was great. And, after six won one. sides, there's more than a passing Since then the W a n e r s , interest in whether Lindell, can months and four days, we had a Vaughans, Elliots, Sewells and make it as a pitcher after ali these payoff that had no beefs. The crew others have departed one by one, years. collected a total of 13,000 hours When Lindell came up with the leaving behind Ralph Kiner and OT, and although we had a total of 70 days ashore in various ports Murry Dickson plus a collection Yankees just ten years ago, in during the trip, there was not one of anonymous scorecard entries. 1943, he had quite an imposing log against any man. In fact, the The genius, of Branch Rickey that minor league pitching record be­ crew's draw list for the trip to­ produced so many budding ball­ hind him. Down in Newark he not talled $31,000, so you can imagihe players at Brooklyn and St. Louis only won a lot of ball games but saw plenty of pinch hitting serv­ the great times we had ashore." has turned sterile here. The only thing interesting about ice. But Joe McCarthy wasn't par­ F. Paskowski, another crewPittsburgh today is the comeback ticularly impressed by his pitch­ member, in another letter to the being made by Johnny Lindell. ing. For a big fellow (Lindell LOG, says that "everybody that After a major league career as an crowds six-four) he threw too looks at this old Liberty thinks much slow stuff. Besides, Joe Dithat she's a new luxury liner. The Irenestar's deck and hatches are covered with Army trucks as Maggio was in the Army and Mc­ When we went aboard her, she she makes her way from Japan to Korea with supplies for the UN Carthy needed a centerfielder. was in pretty bad shape after be­ forces there. The trip was "eventful" but "very pleasant." Lindell was switched to the spot. ing laid up for three months. The Belted! Kiirowski captain and chief mate began get­ Seafarers have again been ting paint and equipment and the It proved a most successful warned not to send their bag­ crew went to work on her until move. The pitcher-turned-outfield­ gage COD to any Union hali. she's bright and shining in true er had a great season ^nd climaxed No Union hall can accept de­ SIU style." it in the World Series by nearly livery -of any baggage where breaking Cardinal third baseman All the letters from the Ireneexpress charges have not been Whitey Kurowski in two at a cru­ star report that the captain and prepaid. cial moment. It was the turning the mates "are tops. They are true Men who send baggage COD point of the championship contest. gentlemen, and know their work. to Union halls, face the pros­ After that though, Lindell never They expect good work from the pect of having to go to a lot lived up to his early promise. He crew, but 'treat the crew fairly and of trouble and red tape with had a great series against Brookdecently. We never had any trouble the Railway Express Co. All iyn in 1947 but otherwise had about getting draws from the skip­ COD baggage—regardless of become just another outfielder. per, and the officers all rated tops the port—goes to the local ex­ He was waived out of the Ameri­ with the men. In fact, the only press office, where it is held can League in 1950 and spent an sore spot was the chief engineer, by the express company until unsuccessful season with the who hasn't had much experience claimed. Cardinals before going back to the with SIU crews, and tried to cut Seafarers who want to be minors. i down on OT and give everybody sure of getting their baggage Now he's on the comeback trail in his department a hard time. wl^en they want it, can send it Seafarers G. Lowe (left) and F. Paskowski take time out during the as a knuckleballer, having per­ With this one exception, every­ to any Union hali provided Irenestar's trip to Korea to have a picture taken on deck of the fected the delivery out in the thing was fine." they prepay the shipping "happy ship," which they were "proud to bring In." Pacific Coast League where most charges. The crew also says that, once in old ballplayers go. It would be - the Pacific, the ship ran into tough that, "the stewards department ironic if after ali those years as weather all the way to Japan. was on the ball all through the an outfielder, he really had the "Some of our midships housing trip, and the food was great. There stuff to pitch winning baseball in was ripped away, we lost one were no beefs about food, and the majors. gangway, and some of the other everything was just the way it So far big John hasn't been too metal gear was bent and ripped, should be." successful, although he's*pitched In winding up, the crew says, but our skipper kept the ship out of danger all the time, although "this is a good ship, and we're The decision about whether to bring a crewmember up on better ball than the record shows. Besides, he's always handy for the proud to be bringing her in this later on we found out that at that charges, or to give him another chance is decided many times Pirates to have around as a pinch time, in January, there was more condition. It took a lot of work to ships in distress in that area than get this ship back into shape, and by a shipboard meeting, with all the other crewmen voicing hitter. ever before in maritime history." it took a good crew to make this their opinions, and that's the**' Another thing that helped, ac­ sort of trip with no trouble and no situation that faced the crew cording to the crew, was the fact beefs." of the Evelyn (Bull) recently. At the meeting, William Etty, ship's delegate, told the crew that The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, the ship's mascot had fouled up. In spite of frequent warnings bakers and others who'd like to share fai'ored food recipes, little-known and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, against foul-ups in the SIU, he cooking suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Chief Steward Michael said, the mascot had gone ashore Gottschalk's recipe for "Java Rice."^ without permission while the ship Chief Steward Michael Gotts- butter, two teaspoons of mild Ross was in Port Sulfur, La. chalk has been sailiilg the seven Paprika, 1 teaspoon of Coriander Going ashore like that was bad Powder, three teaspoons of salt, enough, said Etty, but the mascot seas for 40 years, but in all that four tablespoons of soy sauce, Al VOUR had gotten fouied up with the local time has not come across a recipe three pounds of fresh shrimp, law while ashore and had ended as tasty as his "Java Rice." He eight eggs, eight cups of brown -TfeLEeRAM up in the hoosegow. Etty said he obtained this recipe from the pri­ rice and two tablespoons of syrup. didn't know what the dog had done vate chef of a Dutch plantation Also, four large onions finely ' CVetETTER to get arrested, but that one of owner, urualiy served, with slight diced, V/i teaspoons of ground the crewmembers had to go to' jail variations, on festive Occasions, pn pepper, two cloves of crushed gar­ ASKING TO and get him but. Luckily, the cops the-.island of Java where it is lic, cups of peanut butter and press any charges agaiit^t known as "Ritstaffel." ' Iti cups of milk or its equivalent BeB(CU3m> didn't the mascot, so he got out without Seafarer - Gottschalk's . last trip in evaporated form. a fine,-but when he got back to was -abroad the Carolyn down to Cut the meat in fialf-inch cubes, the iship, it was found that his Puerto Ricoi' one Gottschalk advised, and bro^n in harness and Identification tag were of the finest ships butter. Then sautee meat, onions RESULAE missing. . and xuns he has. and garlic about 18 or 20 minutes Won't Talk taken since join­ over a medium flame. Add previ­ AlEMBFRSHlP The dog was called in before ing the SIU in ously boiled shrimp cut lengthwise the meeting, and was asked to 1941. Born in before adding spices and season­ explain what he had been doing Hoboken, NJ, but ings and cooking for seven addi­ ashore to lose his harness and to now living in tional minutes. YOU MUST get arrested, biit he just blinked* New York City, The next step entails beating the his eyes and wouldn't talk. Gottschalk p r eeggs and stirring in the cooking GIVE YOUR mixture for another minute. Then Gottschalk The crew held a discussion, and fers the foreignblend in a mixture 'of peanut, but­ figured that the mascot, wasi just runs, especially RESISIRATI ON being a gentleman, and refused to on freighters, for the easier, and ter and milk. This -concoction will serve .six talk because he -was protecting better life it offers-He sailed as NUMBER, OR YOUR. chief steward on passenger ves­ persons. Witb slight variations re­ ,Some girl friend bshore, ^ * A vote was held, and it was . de­ sels in the past, but his first love garding the. meat ingredients,, this RfiQOeT,CANNOT BE HONORED. cided "Ritstaffel" is part of the worldnot to bring the mascot-oip is sailing on the freighters, on charges. Instead, the crew ypted >' Gottschalks ingi^edients include famous :26-course fMtive ,diianer three pounds of loin porii^ ^ o' popular attjong the ;Dut?h ^ Java.' to buy a new. Harness, ' * ^ DonPt Send Your Baggage COD It^s A Dog's Life, But Mascot Remains A Gentleman Anyway IvSii: m I98tt FROM MEETINGS, J �Jtrir lf. IMS 'Dei Mente Crew GiUniie^WetgMi To th« Editor: . The Del Monte's last trip was truly an SIU voyage, and this one Is turning out to be another good trip. Our famous chief cook, J. W. Beatty, is still here. Also in the steward depart­ ment is a very fine, hard work­ ing galleyman, the best yet, Frank Knouns. Everybody Booth is gaining weight and on the last voyage there was a rumor going around in New Orleans that we were feeding like a' passenger ship and would run out of stores. We didn't run short, but ate fresh vegetables all the way. Seamen today believe in good meals, and if they dont' get them somebody will hear about it. Yes, we are getting the best in maritime. Let's keep the climb upwards. Alton Booth iSl 't> Best Man Sails On Unhappy Ship To the Editor: Just because I shanghaied Whltey Moye down to Bay St. Louis and married him off (I was best man, the one who got away), he had to take advantage of my youth and inexperience and shanghai me onto the Steel Fabricator. The mate tries to steal our overtime, our coffeetime, callback time and time off. The master and the mate are both allergic to delegates, and I am again ship's delegate. Some of the captain's language de­ scribing U n i on procedure is imprintable; he refers to the boarding patrol­ man as "a visit from the com­ Champlin missar." He keeps asking if thp profits from the Sea Chest go to "buy ar­ moured'cars for the commissars." He declares that what he wants is not more money but more power. I sailed with this character before Isthmian was organized and he spotted me the minute I came aboard. He was not long in infonning me that he hasn't changed -a bit. "If anything, Fm worse:" He's correct. Now he has so much more to be mad about. He's always been a bosun hater, but now he has the Union and the new agreement too. He feels slighted that the company signed it without firs^ consulting him. The Isthmian "Bible" was much better. Copies Tied Lead'. Recently the mate must have read some biography of "Red Lead" Andersop and then passed it on to the old man. The mate uses up all the red -lead on the overtime sheets. The old man takes upon himself Red Lead's other at­ tribute—that of piling her up. In the Suez Canal, while play­ ing quartermaster, he almost set her . up on the bank, to the annoy­ ance of the quite competent pilot. Off Saudi Arabia, with the radar off, he tried to sneak up on a de­ fenseless island, but was foiled in this attempt by the lookout. Com­ ing down the Malabar; Coast, he** changed course hack and forth so often that the new men aboard thought that he was suffering from a w^r psychosis and had taken to zigzagging; the otdtimers knew he was tacking down the coast In an old squa:)e.-rigger. ..This character liv(^s Off . the bridge and tinlitA S B jiPAREn S Tagc miietec* I PG * L E T t E R S * neither mates nor seamen to change the "iron mike." Fires Watch I had been aboard only a few days When the mate fired my en­ tire watch, triumphantly saying that at last he'd gotten Champlin. He was set right, when it was pointed out to him that on the day of arrival, any part of a watch constitutes'a watch and that we had a perfect right to the after­ noon ashore in New Orleans. A few days later in New York, when I had 45 minutes off given to me by the acting bosun after nioming coffeetime, to go ashore to pro­ cure a new ship's library, this very petty officer was still so anxious to spite me that he made me turn to again till 1100 hours. This piece of spite work was a hardship on everyone aboard, for we've always extended the use of our library to the licensed per­ sonnel. I didn't get the library in New York. In Halifax, thanks to the cour­ teous helpfulness of our brothers of the Fishermen's Union, I was able to exchange half of our books with the Seamen's Mission there. I want to thank these people, and suggest that copies of this LOG be sent to them as well as about 25 copies of each issue. G. W. "Bill" Champlin (Ed. Note: Copies of the SEA­ FARERS LOG are now being sent to the Fishermen's Union.) ^Dutch^ Miolds Fishing Record To the Editor: Just thought I'd send you these few lines because I thought you might be inter­ ested in learning that. "Dutch," the 8-to-12 fireman, is still the fish­ ing champ aboard the Ines, of the Bull Lines. While our ship in Amoyo, wiimffrnM' was Puerto Rico, Jopski "Dutch" caught a 40-pound barracuda. And, be­ lieve me, all of the other fellows on board are now starting to polish up on their, fishing knowledge in order to beat his record. Roman J. Jopski i, $, Wife Enjoys Reading Log To the Editor: My family and I have moved, anfl I would like to change our address on the LOG mailing list, since my wife enjoys getting the LOG wliile I am at sea. We have two lovely children, a girl twelve years old, and a boy, ten. Right now, they are studying acrobatic dancing and they also tap dance very wrtl. We're very proud of t 4 i them, and one' of these days, I'll be sending their pictures in to the LOG. Michael Curry To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ I would like to suggest that a dress has been made, and your neon sign reading "Cafeteria— wife voill get each issue of the Free Parking" be put up at New LOG as it Is published.) York headquarters on Fourth Ave­ t 4. i nue. Right now, the cafeteria is getting all. the n e ighborhood trade* possible, but the cafe­ To the Editor: teria's business Tfie USPHS has closed the tu­ could be doubled berculosis hospital at Fort Stan­ if the general ton, NM. The USPHS claims that public, which it had to close down this hospital, does not as yet the only one available to tuber­ know of the cular merchant seamen In a dry cafeteria, had its Fisher and cool climate, on account of attention attract­ "economy."^ ed by such a sign. Because of this the General Wel­ Incidentally, I think that em­ ployees and Union members fare Committee of the USPHS should park their cars in the back Hospital, Fort Stanton, NM, is of the. building, so that traffic Is also dissolved. not hampered. I hope that you can inform all Claude Fisher the officers and crew^ of all ves- Wants Neon Sign For Cafeteria USPHS Shuts Up Hospital In NM Alcoa Clipper Stewardess Former Gulf Man To Receive LOG To the Editor: From 1945 to 1943 I belonged to the SIU A&G District and now be­ long to the Great Lakes District. I would greatly appreciate it if you would send the SEAFARERS LOG to my home, to keep my wife com­ pany while I am on the Lakes. We are about to get our own paper started again up here, but I am coming back to the East Coast again this fall and am much more interested in the A&G District 4" 4" 4) SEAFARERS LOG. I'll send you a small donation soon. John Harrison Hicks (Ed. note: Your name has been added to our mailing list; the LOG To the Editor: I would like to know the opin­ will be sent to your home from ions of other electricians on this now on every t wo weeks as issued.) 4 4 4 matter: On ships where two or more elec­ tricians are em­ ployed and where they have been To the Editor: requested by the Since it has always been the company to fur­ policy of the SIU to call for sug­ nish their, own tools, I believe gestions on Union projects and ac­ the money should tivities for the negotiating com­ be divided equal­ mittee, the crewmembers of the ly, providing that Alcoa Ranger, after much discus­ each electrician sion, would like to give their opin­ Nottage has enough tools ion on the question of hospitaliza­ to take care of any electrical work tion. We believe that, since most in­ on^ board, with the exception dustries carry hospitalization in­ of meters, drill motors, heavy surance for employees and their wrenches, etc., which are fur­ families, the families of Seafarers nished by the company. should have this benefit, too; we Anthony .Nottage would like to have the Union 4"" 4> 4> bring this matter up at the next contract negotiations meeting with the companies. Signed by 21 crewmembers of Alcoa Ranger To Oie Editor: 4 4 4 Although I am in the Army in Korea, I would very much like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG. I sailed with the SIU from 1947 to late 1949, before going into the To the Editor: The Anniston City i Isthmian), at Army. Since I have been here in Pu- sea at the present time, is sailing san, Korea, working the piers, I from Baltimore to New York, have met many Seafarer brothers across the Atlantic, through the whom I sailed with. (I sailed out Mediterranean Sea and Suez of Philadelphia.) My time is get­ Canal, and over ; ting short, and it won't be any too the Red Sea to soon before I get back with the the Persian Gulf. From there, we SIU. are going south­ Ray Jamack (Ed. note: We have added your ward on the Inname to our mailing list; you will 'dian Ocean to receive the LOG regularly every Durban, South two weeks from now on.) Africa, and then back to Balti4> 4 4' more by way of Carlin the Cape of Good Hope, the South Atlantic, to Trini­ dad, over the Caribbean Sea and To the Editor: the North Atlantic. By the time The. captain of the McKettrick this ship and its crew return, we Hills, whose name is Louis Factor, will have circumnavigated the is one of the most humane and continent of Africa. considerate men the crew has ever Michael J. Carlin had any dealings with. All the 4 4 4 officers and the entire crew pool­ ed their money and sent $239 to the Fort Stanton To the Editor: The crew of the Alice Brown Hospital, a com­ mon practice has decided to make voluntary con­ sponsored twice tributions toward a sum of money a year by ..the which will be sent to Mrs. Viola captain himself. Hari-ison, of Galveston. Mrs. Har­ Good luck,' and rison is the widow of our late Fleming let this be an ex­ brother, T. G. Harrison, who died aboard this vessel on Friday, May ample for all skippers. ' 1, early in the morning. He was The crew also extends highest buried at sea at 4:00 o'clock that praise and esteem to the Wilming­ ton agents for the way they han­ afternoon. Bernard H. Kimbcrly dled our payoff; all the boys were .4 4 4 loud in praise, giving thanks that the SIU has men like them. The crew left the McKettrick Hills on the 13th aqd was on the Sea Tiger on the 14th; the mate To the Editor: I was very thrilled at being and the captain both said they are lucky to have gotten all tanker awarded a prize for my painting men, with no time lost. This ship in the Second. Annual Seafarers is a home and some of the boys Art Contest, and want to thank all may homestead it. I will have to the Union brothers who were re­ get off, though because I found sponsible for making the contest out when I arrived in California, a reality again this year. I'fn sure I'll enjoy wearing the., after four months at sea, lliat I'm ring I was awarded. going to be a father again. Normani. Mallei , Thoimui H. Fleming.. sejs you own, operate or charter of this fact, too. It is the wish of the entire pa­ tient body that I express their deepest gratitude for the very kind and generous cooperation you and all your ships' officers and crews have shown through the past years to the tubercular merchant seamen hospitalized here. M. R. Lee, Chairman General Welfare Committee Electricians^ Please Tahe Note Want Health Plan For SIU Families Will Rejoin SIU After Army Hitch ^4 Anniston City Circling Africa CreWi Topside Make Donation Sending Money To SIU Widotv Art Prizewinner Thanhs Brothers SeafarM Fannl* llalrl, ittwhrdesa, poses with some of the younger paiseiigerg wkUfF Uwp ari having lunch, out on deck aboard the ^(Eoa fhaf Mfm .happy about the^^fopd thi^ they're getr r 3 ••s �SEAFARERS p»re Twenty Sni Films Shown At University _fe if •. ti .t' 1=-.' - f^ To the Editor: The film "This Is The SIU" was shown to industrial relations and business management students at Northeastern University in Boston, where it met with great suc­ cess. The only complaint made about this film was that it w a s n't long enough. Several economics p r ofessors gave a favorable opinion Cash too. However, the film, "The Battle Of Wall Street," met with disfavor. This can probably be explained by the background of many of the students and their anti-Union feel­ ings. The Chief remark was that the language used was nothing but tripe, and that it didn't ex­ plain the basic argument of the film. Union Films Needed The reaction of the audience in­ dicated to me that more educa­ tional films made by our Union are needed in order to explain our problems and position to the public. Joseph S. Cash 4" 4" t Photos Of Lakes Ships Available L E T t E R S one of the wipers. If necessary, the captain said, he would sell the ship to be rid of him. This man not only made derogatory remarks about the Union, but has the dis­ tinction of being the only man who can say that he made ..a Far East run as a passenger and still got paid. From the master on down this man was talked to, talked at, cajoled, threatened, to see if he could be made to work at least eight hours. No luck. The crew agreed that we should take Union actioq on this man, and, if possible, he should not even be allowed to 190k at a ship crewed by SIU men. For reasons of safety, the crew decided not to crowd the patrol­ man on arrival, but wait until the delegates have made their report. After all, he may have some kind of sickness that the delegates should be allowed to catch first. John Fisher 4 4 4 Money Exchange Kates Listed . The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of July 9 and are subject to change witljout notice. England. New Zealand, south Africa: $2.80 per pound sterling. __ Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium; 50 francs to the dollar. Denmark; 14.45 cents per krone. France; 350 francs to the doUar. Germany; 4.2 Marks to the dollar. Holland; 3.80 guUders to the doUar. Italy; 625 Ure to the doUar. Norway; 14 cents per krone. Portugal; 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Sweden; 19.33 cents per krone. India; 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan; 30.2 cents per rupee. Argentina; 14.2 pesos to the dollar. BrazU: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay; 52.63 cents per peso. Venezuela; 29.85 cents per bolivar. A Painter omr's Wife Likes The Loy To the Editor: My husband, James C. Broome, is an oiler on the Trinity and a member of the SIU. I recently saw a copy of the SEAFARERS LOG, and enjoyed it very much. The paper had a lot of information in it that was very interesting, and I woijld like to get the paper regularly. Please put my name on your mailing list. Mrs. James Broome (Ed. note: Your name has been added to the mailing list and you will receive the LOG regularly.) To the Editor: I would like to inform the mem­ bers of the SIU who have sailed on Great Lake ships that they can procure, for 50 cents, an 8xl0-inch glossy print of any Lake ship. These pictures are taken from the bridge height of the International 4 4 4 span in the Detroit area. Recently I purchased the photo of the sunk­ en SS Steinbrenner, which I work­ ed on years ago. There is no commission involved To the Editor: in my informing you of this serv­ I would like my friends in the ice. It is: Claude Lockwood Photos, SIU to know that I am going to be 19952 Rosemont, Detroit 19, Mich. in the Army for the next two C. L, Korsen years. I sure will t t t b e glad when June of '55 rolls around, so. I can take my book out of retirement. To the Editor: I'm one of the I enjoy reading the LOG very boys who got a much, because it keeps me up-torough deal out of date on what a good organization this, after sailing like the SIU is doing. I would like nine years—sev­ to subscribe to-the LOG. Anderson en of them actual At present I am a bosun in the Navy. Before getting hooked inter discharge time. Eight and a half this mess—and I do mean mess^ were with the SIU, of which I'm I sailed on SUP ships. We cer­ very proud. tainly are in need of a good patrolI will write after I get out of *man here. I'wonder what these basic training, and would sure ap­ people would think if they were to preciate it if you would send me see some good SIU sailors at work. the LOG. I also wish some of my Daniel J. Marshall shipmates would drop me a line. (Ed. note: We will he glad to Pvt. Ei. Jack D. Anderson add you to our list of subscribers U. S. 55-408-173 if you will send us your complete Co. D, 6th Qm. BN. Res. Comd. address.) 6th Armd. DIv. 4> 41 4 Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. (Ed rtote: We have added your name to our mailing list so that you will receive the LOG regu­ To the Editor: larly every two weeks; your ad­ The crew of the Irenestar (Tri­ dress is printed above for your for­ ton) at a recent shipboard meeting mer shipmates.) thanked the captain and the chief 4 4 4 mate for their wholehearted coop­ eration during the past six months. It is with regret that most of the crewmembets are leaving the ves­ sel. Usually, most « ' To the Editor: My military hitch in Korea is crews are glad now over, and I am back in the US to be rid of some again, with minor decorations of ships, but this participation and a general dis­ crew regrets that charge from the Marine Corps due the trip was so in California next month. short. It has , On my agenda is a visit to the been a wonder­ Ibcal SIU hall and a purchase of ful voyage. gear for my reinstatement as a Captain Kranz merchant seaman with work and and Chief Mate Fisher real Union association. This time, Gallagher told the ship's delegate that if it was I'll see Korea through a porthole. possible to shanghai the whole Luck and regards to the staff and crew, they would not hesitate. to my mates of the past. PFC Walter II. B. Blateh There is one exception to this-r '3;.S- iy'i'. •I--- I''- .{ii t. • rr rI' fe!•' • -. I; Top Crew Lauded By Master^ Mate Ex'Marine Plans An SiU Future .-Sir- To iht Editor: I was lucky enough tq win third prize for handicrafts the second annual Seafarers art contest and wish to thank the LOG staff for the help they gave me in pack­ ing and unpack­ ing my exhibit and for selling so many of my bracelets and tie clips. Due to an old ulcer bothering me, I was in the Penswick Brighton Marine 4 4 4 -Hospital for . two weeks, and just got out in time to get a job on the Yarmouth, which made it impos­ sible for me to be presented with To the Editor: I am writing in response to the my SIU ring at the membership letter from the passenger BR sug­ meeting. . I am sorry I didn't have the gesting that we pleasure of meeting all of you dur­ write to the ing my only two visits to New LOG about York headquarters, which is surely cramped living a credit to our Union and the and sleeping brothers who take care of things quarters. With there. I was very much impressed eight steward de­ with the print shop; I had no idea partment men there was so much going on. involved, I fully — Joseph H. PensWick agree that they • 4 4 4 have a very good Larsen beef. These rooms are no larger than the other rooms on the ship, some of Vhich house two and others three men To the Editor: I was just about ready to return from a department. I suggest that port officials of the to sea when a car accident set me Union and the company make a back. The accident happened on survey and see what can be done Christmas Eve, and I am still out of shape. Maybe it won't be too about correcting this condition. much longer. If I can ever get Amt N. W. Larsen back the use of my left arm, I will 4 4 4 return to sea. Meanwhile, the LOG is about the onlj( contact I have with my brothers at sea. So, until some fu­ To the Editor: I am very fond of reading the ture date, I am still in the boneHarold Witt SEAFARERS LOG, and my wife yard. and I -thank you very much for the friendship you have shown me. I have been very ill, but 1 hope that I soon will get a ship, so that I can call on you and tell you all To the Rditor: Before me on the messroom this in person. The sailors of the Claiborne, who table are five bound volumes of rescued my shipmates and me the SEAFARERS LOG. After from the Angy, have been very glancing through several issues, I comradely and good to me. I shall was pleased and gratified to real­ never in my life forget them or ize the good work being done along the lines of th& right and proper that horrible catastrophe. kind of publicity Fehti Hassan by so many of 4 4 4 ^ our brothers. I wish we could give a gold cup of merit to the To the Editor: men who make This is to let my shipmates and this publication friends in the SIU know that my possible. The father, Charles Pilutis, passed' editor and hli. away last week. He was 67 years staff are doing a Brault old. marvelous Job of Many of the Seafarers used to helping our entire organization by come up to our place at 89 Grat- their good efforts in trade Jour­ tan Street in Brooklyn and knew nalism. my father well. He always made It must ^Je a wonderful experi­ them feel welcome there. I would ence to be a part of the editing like to take this opportunity to and publishing of the LOG. You publicly thank the Union and its get comments and criticism from members for the fiowers and for members you seldom see or hear the financial assistance from the of otherwise. You get many news SIU^ Welfare Services department. items from heretofore hidden Joseph Pilutis. sources, items both good and bad. But most of all, you get lettps 4 4 4 • from members from all over the world, from people you never heard of, praising and contributing to your never-ending work. To the Editor: Ray BrauU The crew of the Bessemer Vic­ tory (Alcoa), wishes to inform the 4 4 4 • membership of the SIU, with re­ gret, of the death of one of To the Editor: our members. We, the crewmepibers of the Brother Neil G. Atlantic States, wish to convey pur Shaw died on heartfelt thanks to the men of the Sunday, May 24, SIU in the port of Mobile for the . while on duty on wonderful party they gave us while the morning our ship was in drydock in that Pruitt watch, at 2:30 in port. Through the untiring and un­ the morning. He selfish effprts, of all the men in­ was burled at sea that afternoon volved, everyone had a very enjoy­ at three'o'clock. able timis..j . Heary L;']h-aitf Crew of Atlantic Statei South Anierican^regulars. Some of the boys'on the Delta Line ships might recognize some of their names: Joseph Scramuzza is the BR; W. J (Bill) Dillman is oiling (George Foley, also); Guidry is AB; E. J. Taylor-is baker, and Percivai Wicks is third cook. That is about all to report, ex­ cept to repeat that this looks like the best trip I have ever made; no trouble whatsoever. We will keep in touch with the LOG from the ports of Japan and Korea. N. A. Huff Seconds Beef On Cramped Booms Thanks Rescuers On Claiborne Vote Ol Thanks From LOG Fan US Navy Needs A Good Patrolman •|:«- 3rd Prizewinner Thanks LJOG Staff Still Mending After Car Crash SiU Army Beeruit Longs For 1955 ?v Jolr 10. 195S LOG Aboard the La Salle (Water­ man), Dick Hampton looks up from painting long enough to pose for cameraman. Purplestar Men Enjoy Good Trip To the Editor: The Purplestar is once more on her way to Japan and Korea. We are stopping in Pedro for bunkers and then heading across. There was plen­ ty of trouble ort her last trip, but from the looks of things this will be one of the nicest trips that I have ever made. We have a Huff good. crew and also the best bunch of officers I have ever sailed with. The first day in New Orleans the deck delegate went UP for a draw and the skip­ per told him thjit the crew could have money any time. Everybody in the crew is way overdrawn, and if we had not left Houston when we did, we would be making this trip for our draws. Delta Rerulars Aboard Jimmy Bell is the steward, and a nicer one you could not find. Robert McNeil is the chief cook, in case any. of the boys up\ around Boston and New York are wonder­ ing where he is. We are going to make a rebel out 6f him yet. John­ ny Ward is the deck engineer. Red Truly is firing, also Charlie Murree. Quite a few of these boys are Voices Thanks For Union Gifts Bessemer Victory Crewmember Bies Crew Thanks SiU For Mobile Party �SE AKARERS Page Twenty-oag LOa ... DIOEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. LEWIS EMERY JR. (Vielory Carriers), May SI—Chairman, Lee E. Movall; Secre­ tary, Ricky , Motlka. Washing machine and crew radio need repairing. Vote of thanka was given to the steward depart­ ment. Motion was passed to put a scup­ per in the crew pantry. Vote of thanks went to the third engineer and the deck engineer for installing and repairing the washing machine. Collection wai be taken up for a wrist watch for the captain. ternate cleaning the laundry. Calley ex­ haust fan needs cleaning. Steward has ordered a good supply of stores and the captain has okayed this. Steward prom­ ised to serve Juice every a>ther day. First assistant will he contacted about repair­ ing the plumbing. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), May 24—Chairman, Walter H. Sibley; Sec­ retary, Carl Barber. Motion was passed to start, a ship's fund. Any man getting off the ship should see the department RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), May head. Wiper wiU make morning coffee 17—Chairman, J. Parker; Secretary, Guy from now cn. Walter. J. Parka was elected ship's dele­ gate. Repair list will be made up, to TROJAN TRADER (Trojan), June It— see what can be done on the sltip and Chairman, Pete Plasclk; Secretary, John what must be done in Baitimore. Laun­ O'Dea. Cigarette aUowance wiU be in­ dry should be kept clean. Discussion creased and draws will be put out ih was held on night lunch, noise in the time for aU concerned. Men o,T watch passageways, keeping decks clean and can get the draw at 8:00 AM. Men returning soiled linen. should declare extra cigarettes. Drink­ May 31—Chairman, John Annal; Sec­ ing water should be piped on deck to retary, Guy Walter. Only port fans still keep unauthorized persons out of ship's need repairing. One locker neeus fixing. quarters. Chief engineer will be asked about this. Men should be properly DEL MAR (Mississippi), May 10—Chair­ dressed in the messhalls. Wa.shing ma­ man, Robert Callahan; Secretary, C. A. chine should be shut off wnen not in Bradley. There is a tolal of $108.75 in use. Agitator is to be secured at all the ship's fund after $100 was spent on times. Captain wiU be asked about a a record player. Steve Szantos was draw in San Pedro, about launch money elected ship's delegate. All ball players and about extra money due for the night were asked to meet in the deck lounge. in drydock. Steward department got a Crockery and other kitchen utensils vote of thanks for a job well done should be returned to messhall. aboard. Juno 14—Chairman, Robert Callahan; Sacretary, Charlie Bradley. There is FREDERIC C. COLLIH^ (Dry Trans), $107.91 in the ship's fund. Ship's dele­ June 7—Chairman, Ben Lawson; Secre­ gate should see about getting a new tary, John R. Tlllay. Repairs were pretty wasiiiiig machine and a place to store it. well taken care of. Galley and steward Record player will be donated to the department rooms were painted last trip. Marine HospitaL There were several Ship's delegate will try to get draws in beffs about the food. US money. All members will donate 5i for the purchase of magazines, periodi­ BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Naviga­ cals and new pocket hooks in Houston. tion), June 14—Chairman, P. Karmen; Ship's delegate will coUe:t the money Secretary, J. M. Lundy. Repairs are be­ and make purchases. There shculd be ing made. Ship's delegate will see the less noise in the messhall at night. Stew­ captain about the time the slopchest will ard and delegates will check stores hebe opened and about posting the ^rice fore the ship sails from Houston. Clean­ list. Each delegate will make a list of ing of the recreation room and laundry what supplies are needed. Steward util­ will be rotated each week. ity should keep the recreation room clean: deck and engine sanitary men alALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), June 14— Chairman, J. Jordan; Sacretary, Malano S. Sosplna. . Important repairs were taken care of in Mobile; minor repairs Quix Aitsiters will he done in New York. Everyone (1) (a) Maine. should take good care of the new wash­ ing machine. Robert Kennedy was (2) The left side. elected ship's delegate; Fred Miller, deck (3) 12, 240, 10,080. The series delegate; Eric B. Hayes, engine delegate; is based on multiplying the first Alexander Chemey, steward delegate. number in the series by two, the answer to that by three, the an­ swer to that by four, and so on. (4) Homes. H(uron), 0(ntario^ M(ichigan), E(rie), S(uperior). (5) (b) Faneuil Hall. It's in Boston. (6) Mississippi-Missouri, Ama­ zon and Nile. (7) $134.40, representing 16% of the total. (8) London. (9) (e) The birds of America. (10) 40 MPH. Puszte Ans.wer asB QisQSg da Qgig] saQQS urn Qsa asasa sm QiiQsa sissnsc] •ESCQI9 SS3Q aSQ BUSS BDB CSBB SQSS QSISGafflBS CIQQIIS SQii saasss DDS QDia GsaaaQ ••• ams [ssaQQd BQB DEL ALBA (Mississippi), June 3— —Chairman, James L. Tucker; Secretary, Kenneth Blackstona. There is $9.85 in the ship's fund. Passageways should be mopped with kerosene. Four men must share sleeping quarters in the steward department. SOUTHERN STATES (Southern Trad­ ing), June 14—Chairman, Charles Moore; Sacretary, L. B. Bryant, Jr. Discussion was held on less pork being served due to the warm weather on this run. Re­ pair list and additions werp discussed. $2 was spent from the ship's fund -to buy cigarettes for the workaway. If col­ lected. the proceeds of the workaway do­ ing unlicensed deckman's work should be given to him, since he has truly and wholeheartedly earned it. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), Juno 14Chalrman, E. A. Grady; Secretary, O. W. Traurlck. Vote of r.ianks went to tl^e sanitary for a good job. Elliott was elected ship's treasurer. Record player will be purchased from the chief elec­ trician from the ship's fund. This will be placed in the messhall as Union prop­ erty. Cookies are served as dessert too often. Steward should try to get a great variety of fresh fruit. There is $50.54 in the ship's fund. ALEXANDRA (Cartas), Juno t—Chair­ man, H. A. Manchester; Secretary, H. J. Sparling.' There is disputed OT from Sasabo Harbor, where all hands were re­ stricted to ship. Two men missed ship there. There is a pastry making beef between- the steward and baker. Deck de­ partment quarters need painting; mesahall speaker needs repairing. Coffee cups should be returned to the sink. Ship's delegate will sec the captain on a draw in US currency,' ahd about painting crew's quarters and repairing porthole gaskets. It was brought up that the baker dropped the dessert ,on deck and board. Radioa should be played as low then served it. as possible. May 31—Chairman, A. G. Fowler; Sec­ CORNHUSKER MARINER (Robin), June retary, John Fisher. Crew thanked the 13—Chairman, George Gordon; Secrc..:ry, captain and chief mate for their whole­ John E.. Underwood. One man missed hearted cooperation during the past six ship, sending word that he was in an months. Most of us are leaving this auto accident. George J. Smith was vessel with regret. One man will be rec­ elected ship's delegate by acclam.ati.-in. ommended for expulsion from this un­ Delegates will make up repair lists to be ion, and if possible he should not be al­ given to the West Coast patrolman. Milk lowed even to look at a ship crewed by is to be served at breakfast and supper. SlU men. Repair list was left for the Bunk ladders and wind scoops are next crew. Steward department got a needed. .Ship's delegate will look into vote of thanks. Korean war exchange. ^ BULL RUN (Malhlasen), June 17— HURRICANE (Waterman), June 14— Chairman, Fred Bruggner; Secretary, D. Chairman, M. Sterne; Secretary, M. McPherson. There is $42.75 in the ship's Richie. There is $18 in the ship's fund. fund. One man missed ship. New toaster Iron that was broken -by one of the pas­ is needed. Ship needs fumigation. Books sengers should be replaced by the cam- for ship's library should be picked up. Each man should contribute to the ship's fund at the payoff. Coffee um needs re­ pairing as weU us washing machine light, scuppers. € pany, since it was bought from the ship's fund. Frank Szwestka was elected ship's delegate. Washing machine pump needs fixing. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), June 18—Chairman, James B. Sellers; Secretary, Ray W. Sweeney. There is $70.65 in the ship's fund. H. T. Glissnn was elected ship's delegate. Steward wiU contact -the port steward about the linen shortage. Ship's treasurer will buy stamps to send ship's minutes to headquarters. AU Unen is to be turned in before ship goes to shipyard. Cups should be returned to the messroom. •Men must be properly dressed in the messPalL STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), June 7 —Chairman, O. J. Morgan,- Secretary, J. G. Lakwyk. Performers were warned about straightening out. Donations will he accepted for an automatic runner on the washing macliine; machine was not SIMMONS VICTORY (Bull), April 10— in good condition when brought aboard. Chairman, J. Barnatt; Secretary, William Elliott. There are plenty of medical and IRENESTAR (Maine), April 24—Chair­ food stores. One man misred ship. man, Larry PalowskI; Secretary, John Stephen Fulfrod was elected ship's dele­ Fisher. Disputed OT will be handled by gate. Steward was asked to get as much patrolman on arrival, if. ever, in United fresh milk as possible in Europe. Cap­ States. Slopchest will be replenished in tain will he contacted about putting out Japan if possible. Hot water for the a draw in US currency. All doors dogged washing machine will be installed as down except gangway door. soon as possible; soiled linen is to be No data—Chairman, J. Barnett; Secre­ turned in before arrival in Japan. Keys tary, Cantor. First assistant will be con­ are to be made. Mate wiU be seen on tacted on getting gears for the washing this. Garbage should be put a little machine. Ship's delegate- got a vote of forward as long as deck ' cargo is on thanks. Ship's delegate will ask the pa­ trolman to check the slopchest stores, draws in foreign ports. Vote of thanks went to the cooks. There have been complaints about tlie medical treatment, which is not prompt. W. J. Lewis Please contact your mother. She's worried about you. $1 i t> . Warren W. Smith Your clothes are in the shack at the Seatrain dock in Edgewater, NJ. 4" t 4" Lamar L. Pickett Write to your mother and let her know your address. The New York address you gave her is in­ correct. Her letters are being re­ turned. 4. 4i t John W. Bigwood Please contact your wife. She has not heard from you for two months and is worried about you. Her address is 795 East Fourth Street, South Boston, Mass. 5. t. i. Hans Vingen Get in touch with Olaf Christensen at 92 Seventy-second Street, Brooklyn. His telephone number is •SHore Road 8-9025. •' ti ti i Benjamin Pritiken Get in touch with your father as quickly as possible. 4i 4- 4- William Barnes Please contact your wife. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), May 33Chalrman, C. Kellehcr; Secretary, F Prezalar. .Old man is acting like the steward. Foc'sles. messhall and galley need sougeeing. Messhall ventilation needs fixing. It is Sometimes as high as 120 degrees, too hot even to sit down. Delegates will check #ortholes, wind chutes, screens and screen doors. LONGVIEW VICTORY ,Vlctory Car­ riers), April 15—Chairman, D. Patterson; Secretary, J. Robinson. J. H. Lee was elected ship's delegate. Men will put in for delayed sailing in Tripoli. Cliief en­ gineer is making derogatory statements about the Union and doing crew's work. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), May 3—Chair­ man, Joa Selby; Sacretary, E. G. Tesko. Steward believes the chief cook is not handling nis job competently. Chief cook says the steward is blowing his top. Steward said he will do all the cooking;-Ship's delegate read the stew­ ard's duties and said this is his pcro.gative. This will be tried ou'c for a week. May 12—Chairm-n, Walter Suska; Secretary', Milton Roberts. Suggestion was made that the chief cook resume his regular duties, with the steward butchering and supervising. All unli­ censed foc'sles and passag'-jway; will be paintet out if the paint lasts. Addi­ tional she'res for condiments should be buUt in the messhall. Broken toilet in deck department should be fixed. Ship's delegate will ask the captain about a US currency draw in Halifax. Steward should order 18 and 12-inch fans. Screen doors need repairing; several portholes need new screens. .Vote of thanks went to the steward for his excellent efforts in the galley. May 24—Chairman, Jack R. Misner; Secretary, Norman E. Wroton. Captain has approved the six days' lodging. Vdfe of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment. Delayed sailing and douhe OT in Mangalore disputed. Fans are really needed. Members leaving the ship should strip hunks, turn in linen and leave foc'sles clean and' in good order ••..••II • CATHERINE (Transfuel), May 31— Chairman, Percy J. Beyer; Secretary, Frank Naklickl. One man missed ship in New Orlerns: one man was signed on in Trieste. Rooms should be left clean with bunks stripped 'j| -•si r; I MM .-''U ' sM NI^lGES^ Albert E. McKinstry Your discharge from the Alcoa Planter, August 1952, Is being held for you at the SEAFARERS LOG. Please pick It up. 4 4 4 Wilfred P. Roux Contact the Fleet Labor Rela­ tions Department of Isthmian for your discharge certificate from the Steel Seafarer, June 24, 1953. 4 Please room. 4 ;^i 4 A. Larson contact SIU baggage '<£31 Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY • -^1 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) 'I NAME * '•-•?:i al STREET ADDRESSCITY ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an did subscriber and have e change of address, please give your former address below:ADDRESS 0 CITY .ZONE STATE Review Of Membership Trials And Appeals (Continued from page 12) against negro seamen,"threatened bodily harm to two crewmembers while in Japanese port. Trial Committee: James Matthews M-45S, T. McRaine M-301. James H. RawUngs R-228, C. Ducote D-291. John E. Hanks H-161. Findings: Accused presented with copy of charges and notified to appear. Did not appear. Committee found him guilty In ab­ sentia and recofiimended expul^on. February 26, 1953 , Accused: 46334, Accuser: Tom Banning B-12. Charges: Missed Pennmar. Told to rejoin ship and company stfranged transportation but he did not rejoin. Trial Committee: E. Schroeder. S-387,. B. Molsant M-436.'Clehdon Bane B-307, K Hansen H-368, L. C. Clark C-26. Findings; $50 fine to be paid at completion of next trip. May 7, 1953 Aecussd: J-103; Accuser: Johii Arabasz A-2. Charges; Interference and villflcatlon. misconduct during Union meeting. Disorderly conduct in Union hall. Accused appeared in Union hall intoxicated, caused a furor.' threatened a fight, accused ah official of being a liar. impUed he had personal. influence- in Union on East Coast. Brought Union into disrepute before membership and members of btpther Unions In WUhiington. Came to hall drunk on another occasion and had bia hook picked up. Was dispatcbe((! to ship, showed up late end ln{oxici,'.ed.at shipping coinmissionet's office. Ship sailed short as a result. , Caused distwbance during tegular .membership meeting whe; master at arms refused him admission because of his con. diUoih. Refused.to sign copy of charges. Tr'Si Committee: C. Parker P-368, J. 3. nanagan F-148, A. V.. Burrs S. A. Cranberg S-IIL T. M. Henkle H-a98: Fit dings: Fine nf $50 for missing ship. $25 for each of other couu IS Ucur counts in all) nmkiiMf 8128 payabls after next ttlp. May 21, 1953 Accused: S-722: Accuser: John Arabasz A-2. Charge: Misconduct, neglect of duty aboard ship. Went aboard ship drunk, got in sack and was unable to turn to or sign on. Trial CemmlHee: J. T. Shaw S-345, C. P. Parker P-368, J. Paerels P-j!33, J. Thompson T-215. Findings: Brother owed fine from pervious trial. Suspended for six months, pay $100 fine now due and pay additional $50 after first voyage. APPEALS TO HEADQUARTERS APPEALS COMMITTEE November 6. 1952 Appealer: G-201. Nature ot conviction: Had been found guilty of charge of knifing shipmate aboard Alcoa Partner, had been suspended from member­ ship. Appealed to headquarters appeals committee, submitting af­ fidavit to the effect that fight had taken place off ship. Committee: E. A. Anderson A-203. Charles J. Mehl M-233, Patrick J. McCann M-12. Carl Adams A-25. Ed. J. o'Rourke 0-33. Findings) Committee recommends rqinstatement and payment of all back dues and assessments at time of suspension. • • • March 25 and 26, 1953 . Appealer: R-197. • Nature of conviction; Had been foimd guilty of using narcotics, and had been- suspended from membership. Submitted evidence of steps taken to rehabilitate himself in form of report from County Court Probation Service. Committee; E. Spear S-15, C. Adams A-25. D. Dean D-70, A. G. Espenada No. 28. R. L. Brock B-505. J. L. Masters M-26. Findings: Committee reviewed charges and upheld action of trtal committee but in view of evidence that mai) is rehabilitating him­ self leconuneuded. lifting of suspension and reinstatement. Appealer: W-90. ^ Nature of conviction;-Had been accused of incompetence as stew^ ard and 2nd cook and baker and had been suspened from all stew­ ards department ratings for two years, by a Baltimore trial committee. Appeared in person and presented his case. Committee: Same as above. Findings: Committee reversed findings of Baltimore trial com­ mittee by unanimous vote, aUowed man to resume former status. ^1 Appealer: B-410. Nature of Conviction; Suspended six. months and fined for loanshark practices by New York trial committee. Committee: Same as above. Findings: Appeals committee upheld findings of trial committee. m May 20, 1953 Appealer: 0-58. Nature of Conviction: Had been fined $50 on .charge of pilferage of ship's property. Trial committee also denied him right to sail as steward for two vears on reports of shortages revealed by in­ ventory which indicated either negligence or farther pUferage. Ac­ tion taken by Baltimore trial committee. CemmlHee: E. Spear S-15. M. Byers B-205, H. Bennett B-550, F. Douglas D-125, S. Freilich F-158, W. LaChance L 069. J. Pacheco P-53. Findings: Appeals committee upholds verdict of guilty on pil­ ferage charge, but finds there was no evidence of incompetence or negligence as steward in the record. Committee recommends that punishment be reduced to $50 fine and removal in any case, of pc'talty denying liim right to sail as steward for two year period. October 23. 1952 Appealer: 22371. Neture of Conviction: Had been suspended for one year. Asked reinstatement. Committee: G. Suit S-S3. G. Grhame G-iei. P. P. McCann M-1S> F. Douglas D-12S. E. Puchalskl P-1S7 Findings: Appeal denied. -v-i' �C/-; • Pawre Twenty-two SEAFARERS LOG July 10, 19SS Newcomer To Burgundy Street, New Orleano fi-: in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan^atds them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. VSPHS hospitaU allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the Rst. drop in for a visit. It toill be most welcome. ;>r •• ••. VSPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. John #. Brennen Melvln Mason Charles Bouskila Thomas Nicholas Carl E. Chandler S. Nygaard Gorman T. Glaze Telesfrom Roman Louis Goodwin Gerald B. Smith William Kenny David F. Sykes Karl Kristensen Lloyd Thomas Gustave Loeffer WUliam F. Vaughn George A. Logan Clarence Wallace Earl Mansfield Chester Weddle VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES. FLA. Joseph E. RIch'ard VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. L. Bourdonnay USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. George O. Corbett James Russell Oliver Hall Rafael Saucedo B. J. Lawson Robert L. Shaw J. E. Markopolo Mr. and Mrs. Domingo Marte of 3413 Burgundy Street, New Orleans look proudly on six-weeks' old USPHS HOSPITAL Christopher Domingo Marte. His dad recently pal d off the Mississippi cruise ship, Del Mar, where BOSTON. MASS. he served as chief cook. John A. Duffy Theodore Mastaler John J. Flaherty J. S. O'Byrne Fred H. A. Gnittke Robert A. Rogers S. R. Greenridge USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. T. L. Ankerson Edward E. Johnson Tobe Beams T. S. Johnson All of the follovjing SIU families Mrs. Jackson £. Meyer, 811 East to Hannibal, 1059 Teller Avenue, James E. Belcher Thomas F. KeUer D. Bissett E. G. Knapp will collect the $200 maternity Henry Street, Savannah, Ga. Bronx, NY. E. BraceweU Joseph Komek William R. Carroll I.eo H. Lang ' benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4^ 4- t Jessie A. Clarke A. J. Laperouse Union in the baby's name. Thomas J. Lundy Roberto BOMO, Jr., born May 25, Jose A. Colls Jose Maria Montalvo, HI, born Thomas ConneU C. R. Nicholson Mary Jane Gates, born April 17, May 19, 19.53, Parents, Mr. and 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ro­ S. Cope M. Oswald E. A. Patterson 1^53. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mrs. Jose Maria Montalvo, 230 berto Bosco, 536 East 149th Street, Rogelio Cruz D. Dambrino Shirley Poole Bronx 55, NY. Gates, 337 Market Street, Phila­ West Avenue A, Robstown, "Tex. E. Delcoure Abram A. Sampson Henry Durney Luther C. Seldle delphia, Pa. 4-1 41 4' F. Farthing Henry S. Sosa Jean Marie Rogers, born June R. P. Franklin T. R. Stanley t t t Gerald Bonefoi$, born May 31, 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Glover Nicholas T. Tala George R. Wendel Robert Moreni, born February 19.53. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Patrick 1. Rogers, 355 21st Street, Paul Goodman Niel Hansen T. Barbour 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bonefont, 232 East 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY. C. M. Hawkins V. Guest B. R.-Huggins John G. Dooley Peter Moreni, 932 Tasker Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4 W. C. Jeffries Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 Yvonne Denise Davis, born USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Lucy Ann Price, born June 10, March 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Alfred Johansen Dante SalottI Henry J. Tucker Barbara Jean Connell, born May 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Mrs. Ralf Davis, Pearl River, La. Tony J. KIsmul E. A. Martell George J. Wanka 4 4 4 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Price, 707 Broadway Street, George M. Rice ' West Norfolk, Va. Cynthia Marie Bennett, born Charles Connell, Salem, Mass. USPHS HOSPITAL June 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and STATEN ISLAND; NY 4 4 4 Edwardo Balboa Benito Centero Clara Olivia Hill, born Decem­ Mrs. Howard A. Bennett, 256 Bay Robert A. Barrett Clarence A. Collins George Randolph Meaden, Jr., ber 27, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Archie Bishop Marcos R. Fortes Robert Borland John Foley born June 4, 195^. Parents, Mr. George A. Hill, 12 North Hamilton 4 4 4 James H. Bowley WUliam Foyt and Mrs. George R. Meaden, 110 Street, Mobile, Ala. Christopher Domingo Marte, James Eracht L. Franklin Burnstine — Burton J. Frazer Winthrop Street, Roxbury, Mass. born May 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. M. Frank Calnan F. J. Frennette 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4. t 4. 4. 4 4 4 and Mrs. Domingo Marte, 3413 Stecial Calvin Sullivan, Jr., born Burgundy Street, New Orleans, La. Deborah Maryanna Skonipa, born June 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 May 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stecial C. Sullivan, 905 High­ Madeline Smith, June 17, 1953. Mrs. Leonard P. Skorupa, 1820 land Avenue, Plateau, Ala. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley J. Gough Street, Baltimore 31, Md. Smith, 433 West 25th Street, New 4 4 4 4Diane Guillen, born June 2, 1953. York, NY. Paul Connors, bom June 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio 4 4 4 Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willett S. Perez Guillen, 77 Varet Street, Roselyn Marie Abramson, born Connors, Everett, Mass. June 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Brooklyn, NY. Mrs. Lionel .Abramson, 322 Lenox t 4. 4 4 4 4 Avenue, New York, NY. Gladys Maria Warren, born April Erneto Cruz, born March 16, 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 1953. Parents. Mr. and Mrs. EsteLawrence Gene Ashley, born Francis A. Warren, 626 48th Street, ban Cruz, 2103 Second Avenue, June 1, *1953. Parents, Mr. and Brooklyn, NY. Apt. 9, New York, NY. Mrs. Leland E. Ashley, PO Box 4> 4' 41 4 4 4 ' 1919, Cleveland, O. Brenda Dianne Meyer, born Ivan Hannibal, born June 16, 4 4 4 June 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rober­ Albert Duncan Sawyer, born June 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sawyer, Box 31, Velasco, Tex. 4* P'V •ij.' '.W •-': W-i:: Another Two 51U Families Collect 2nd Bahy Benefit ' Two more SIU families have come for their second round of maternity benefits since the SIU baby payments went into effect a year ago, April 1. Seafarers Felix Bonefont and Antonio Perez Guillen, both of New York City, filed claims April 16, 1952, just 15 days from and received their second .$200 the effective date of the first ma­ benefit plus $25 bond for the sec­ ternity payment. ond child entitled to benefits. Bonefont's first child, Milagros, ,Last issue the SEAFARERS was born on April 5, 1952, mak­ LOG reported that Seafarer Jack­ ing him one of the first to qualify son E. Meyer of Savannah was the under the plan. The second child, • first to get a second benefit for his Gerald, first saw light of day on daughter, Brenda, born on June June 22, 1953. 12, 1953. Actually Guillen beat As the maternity benefits enter him to it when his second daugh­ their second year, it's to be ex­ ter, Diane, was born on June 2, pected that an increasing number but Meyer got his benefits claim' of Seafarer-fathers will qualify in ahead of all other contenders. for their second benefit. -The only Guillen's first maternity baby, a question remaining "uw now is who'll J .^1. . . , . — ' IS wnoii .daughter, Antonla, was Horh dh be'first wttb number three;- Oide Photos' Wanted by LOG TJie LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the old days. All you oldtimers who have any old mementos, photographs of shipboard life, pictures of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone by. send them in to the LOG. Whether they be steam or sail, around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first world war and as late as 1938. the LOG is interested in them ail. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you. •Joe Carl Griggs James H. Parker James W. Hamilton H. Randoja John Hamilton John Rekstin Floyd M. Hansen G. H. Robinson WUliam M. Herman Jesus Rodriguez Roger E. Huggins Eugene Roszko Hans Kehicnbeck Andres P. Sanchez L. Kristiansen Virgil Sandberg K. R. Kuchinskl A. L. Sargent Stanley Lesko Robert M. Scott Lloyd McGee P. W. Seidenbergh Simplicio Mansan William Seltzer Luther R. Milton Anthony SkUlman Theodore Morris Thor Thorsen Leonard G. Murphy Edward Tonisson Frank Nering Harold S. Tuttle A. H. O'Krogly Edward P. Voltz Jerry J. Palmer Joseph Wilkin USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLVN. NY Victor Arevalo James R. Lewis Edmund C. Blosser Francis F. Lynch Walter Chalk Harry F. McDonald Emilio Dclgado David Mcllreath C. M. Davison Claude A. Markell Antonio M. Diaz Vic Milazzo John J. D'riscoli Alfred Mueller Jose G.^spinoza John R. Murdock . Enrique Terrer Eugene T. Nelson Robert E. Gilbert Pedro O. Peralto Bart E. Guanick G. E. Shumaker Peter Gvozdich Robert Slzemore John B. Haas Henry E. Smith F. Landry Herbert R. Tottea James J. Lawlor FIRLAND SANITORIUH SEATTLE. WASH. Emit Austad r USPHS HOSPITAL ' FORT STANTON. NM John G. Dooley ST. PATRICK'S HOSPITAL LAKE CHARLES. LA. George O. Corbett HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON. CAL. WiUiam J. GiUick SEASIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON. CAL. Harold Greenwald J. L. Ritterman USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Joe Arras Oscar Ozer Marcelo B. Belen John C. Ramsey C. R. Johnson Peter Smith Melvin Knickman D. K. T. Sorensen USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Lewis N. Childress James Webb James W. Davis Luby Wheller S. Gelordhos Horion C. Willis Theodore Simonds R. T. Willoughby USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. W. W. Allred F. W. Grant William E. Allmon James M. Hall Joseph H. Bookef C. E. Johnson E. F. Cettl B.F.Lowe John F. Evans sJack D. Morrison Leonard N. Evans J. P. Neveraskus Rocky Highway To Marriage Smoothed By US Entry Visas Congressmen soberly debating the McCarran Immigration Act last year never dreamed that one of its unexpected sideeffects would be to give a boost to the institution of marriage. — happ«ied,f ^ But that's ^just what thanks to a section of the law ting married because they weren't which makes it easier for an sure that their husbands-to-be had alien to get citizenship if he's much hope of sticking around very married to an American- girl. long. Welfare Services explained that Consequently the market in mar­ riageable American women is the SIU has taken every possible booming as alien seamen have step to protect alien seamen and found it's better to be hooked up their shipping rights, and that in in the bonds of matrimony than most instances the Seafarer-alien to fall into the clutches bf a depor­ has been able to get regular shore tation proceeding after sailing un­ leave up to 29 days and freedom molested for years. And Welfare to pay off and sign'on ships of his Services, always helpful when it choice through the rotary shipping comes to smoothing the path to hall. The SIU, they were told, was marital happiness, is doing its bit giving aliens the fullest, opportun­ to help things along. As a matter of fact, just a few ity to ship within the limits of issues back the'SEAFARERS LOG alien quota regulations imposed by told how Welfare Services was cut­ the US Government. J'urther, Welfare Services, as al­ ting the re(i tape for American seamen who married girls in for­ ways, has been assisting alien sea­ eign ports, so tiiat they, could men in obtaining entry visas and bring their wives home to live in applying for citizenship papers. with them. The current develop­ All of the women who have in­ ment, Involving alien seamen and quired have been offered Welfare American^ ^rls, is just the other Services' expert assistance to ob­ tain citizenship for their husbands^ side of the coin. ^ to-be. Might Not Hang Around At last word, all of the prepara­ In recent weeks several women, tions ; for marriage were going have called the Welfare Services along nicely. . And, if necessary, a office for advice on the problem, of Welfare .Services representative marrying alien seamen.- Tt seems will be; happy to act aa, best..maa they were a little leery abdiit get­ ,.at-the,-wedding." �July 10, 195S asEnir THE SEAFARERS Fagt Twenty-thre* LOG •If Saltwater Runs In Their Veins • ":i SEAFARERS {News about men in the hospitals and SeafareTs recebAng SW Wei fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Hitting the big town a week or so ago from the West Coast was a Seafarer who makes quite a splash wherever he goes. Thre new arrival was Alonzo "Heavy" Milefski, who wears that sobriquet for good rea­ son. "Heavy" weighs a corking 325 pounds in the all-tOgether, but there is a sneaking suspicion making the rounds that he is getting skinny, probably started by a rival jealous of "Heavy's" avoirdupois. Heavy or light, however he looks at it, Milefski is glad to be in town. He was nigh^ cook and baker on his last ship the Cecil Bean. Now Milefski is taking outpatient treatment in a local hospital. Recuperating from a sprained ankle down in the Sunshine State is Roland Balasco. Balasco was a messman on the Liberty Flag, but he got off her on the West Coast before heading home to rest his weakened joint. Home for this Seafarer . is Tampa, Fla., and right now he can be seen hang­ ing around the Tampa hall between fishing jaunts for tarpon and tuna. Balasco believes Tampa is the place to be, sick or well, and he likes it so much around the old home town that he's thinking of staying a little longer before shipping out with the. SIU again. The only thing that can get him away from the Tampa cli­ mate and atmosphere, he says, is the SIU. If not Berger for the great shipping conditions in the Union, he'd stay right around torrid and tantaiizing Tampa. Sid Berger has been on the beach about a month down around Balti­ more way. Right now he's taking outpatient treatment at the local USPHS hospital, but he claims he'il be fit as a Seafarer and ready to go jui't about any time now. Berger can't wait to sail again, with the sea boiling up within him as it always has. Unable to leave the sea alone, even when recuper­ ating, he can be seen pretty steadily around the hall, talking and Joking with the boys between berths. Bill Dunn was in town recently, about one week ago, but he flew out of here like a capitalist odt of Russia. As a matter of fact, he drove out of. town and headed for the southland. Bill hails from Sanford, NC, so he upped and bought himself a General Motors automobile while ""he was in New York and high-tailed it for the molasses and hoihiny grits. Don't know what make car it was exactly, but it has to make the country, if not the nation. One of the SIU's young old-timers checked into the USPHS hospital on Staten Island last week in the person of Clarence Collins. Collins, a steward who joined the Union in 1938 in Mobile, Ala., was hospitalized by a/case of appendicitis. He got off the Federal on the West Coast and trained across the country, with transportation in his hip pocket. ' Collins was mighty happy about collecting hos­ pital benefits from the company, and, with the as­ sistance of the Welfare Services, making the shif)ping firm come across with his maintenance dough. "I've been going to sea a long, long time," Collina said, "but I've never seen anything like this Collins SIU. I've seen the Union come a long way in the time I have been in it, and I like everything I have seen. I remember when seamen didn't have any representation, at all, much less this sort of top representation offered by the SIU." " I Three generations of Seafaring men get together in the home of Jack K. Olsen (center) in New York City. Left to right are Mrs. Olsen, Jack, holding his new son, and grandfather Fred Oestman. They are sure that new baby will grow up to be a Seafarer. Three generations of SIU men in one family is the proud boast of Seafarer Fred Oestman. Of course, the third generation, his grandchild Daniel Edward, is a bit voung for sailing, but Oestman and the baby's father are convinced that he's destined to follow in the foot­ steps of his father and grand-4father. to come into the SIUv The 24- from the Union, which came along Daniel Edward, who came year-old Seafarer hit the seagoing with the $200 maternity benefit and into this world on June 6, is the trail as soon as he was old enough the $25 war bond, giving him the first child of Seafarer Jack K. Ol­ to ship, and became a Union mem­ right of shipping out of any SIU sen, Fred Oestman's stepson. An­ ber in December, 1946. port when he grows up. And with other son, Fred Oestman Jr. is also Fred Sr., an engine department Fred Sr. and dad both around the an SIU member. man, joined the Union on March 3, house, Dciniel will be certain to get Fred Jr. First 1949. Six days later, his step­ a good background in seafaring. Actually, Fred Jr., who sails in son also became a Union member. Collected On Injury the deck department, was the first Now Daniel Edward has a letter The maternity payment was not the only benefit that the family received as a result of their SIU ties. Fred Sr. just a few days be-, fore had received settlement on a maintenance and cure claim result­ ing from an eye injury suf­ fered aboard an SIU ship. The Welfare Services Department had A new device to deprive Seafarers of their contracted rights assisted him in obtaining the set­ to repatriation and unearned wages has been turned up by tlement, just as it assists so many the Welfare Services Department. The procedure consists, other Seafarers in its day to day simply enough, of stalling the operations. man on his transportation lot of trouble by notifying the SIU Welfare Services representa­ back home until he is so Union immediately, via airmail, of tives who visited the Olsen home to deliver the benefits found him anxious to get out that he signs on his plight. as a replacement on another ship. Then Welfare Services could hard at work putting the finishing As a result the company saves the have made all necessary arrange­ touches on a remote-controlled repatriation costs, plus unearned ments to see that he was repatri­ boat model. Olsen intends to en­ wages and maintenance because the ated properly according to the con­ ter the model in the SIU art con­ tract, and could have assured him test next year and hopes to add a Seafarer has gone back to work. That's just what happened to of his contract rights to unearned contest award prize to the other benefits received from the SIU. one Seafarer who was on the beach wages and maintenance. in Yokohama recently. Despite the fact that Yokohama is a very busy port with many American ships coming and going regularly, the company agent in the port told the Seafarer he would have to wait a while to get. transportation back. Another Three Weeks After he had been on the beach for three weeks with no word from the agent, he inquired again and was told it would take another three weeks at which time the agent could put him on one of the company's ships. Unwilling to hang around for six weeks awaiting transportation, the Seafarer let the agent talk him into signing on as a working crewmember on another American vessel, even though he was not fully fit for duty. In order to do so, the agent got a local lawyer to draft a release absolving the com­ pany of responsibility for-uneamed wages and" repatriation. Consul Okayed The Seafarer didn't know wheth­ er or not to sign the release, but the American consul in Yoko­ hama told him it was okay, and consequently he signed away his claim against the company. Obviously the American consul YOUn PltOBUM IS OllR BUSINESS didn't know anything about the SIU agreement and was not aware that he was depriving the SeaJoanne Godch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Louis B. GoocK of Brookfarelr of his rights under thai SEE TIB SIO VEIFUE SERVICES DEPUTNERT Ijdi looks iluite pleased with |25 US Savings Bond she received as agreemient. In this case, the Seaiiersonal gift of SIU, besides ffie $200 benefit for,her father,I'Sv,' .ijrt^^r could have Saved himself a Company Agent's Stall Works, Seafarer Signs Away $ Claims Happy With Her Bond Letns Know... re 'I - • ;.>! I m - I in trouble -vs '•4 •M �Sfe--;, .;:v , • • '-• < .vV..v. op-mr--' • "An SIU ship is a clean ship," says L. Newman, AB, on the Jean Lafitte. Newman points to trash gathered after a thorough cleaning of the entire ship. The trash went over the side after J;he picture. Seafarer Matthew Eurisia, dk. maint. on the Liberty Flag, and Judy Grosse, an Army dependent, hold a couple of tired guests during a party lield for 42 Okinawa orphans at the Naha Seamen's CIUIL Seamen, acted, sa hosts to the childrett : �•^'r'lj,' A.''=: • , "•'< < '^-1 > • >.% • -. ' • , I!'•'-"•^•^ ..w;" . ••• v»:-'4r yy*: .V '• , -.'•* I"' '.->jj-.-' ' • , J-'rfL, . "-••• •••% -Tt , - , ,,,- . ,,, , ..„ .v-,,-^,.^^- ,,,^ Y-'*A •;;>;• V •W>. •• ""-li.-.,- , , " • .r'^- : CS .. W. t ^-•'•••: ^ • :' "» • y SEAFAiUaEtS»LOG •' • '"-' .y,L,' .•rUl N . 'r •-••rM;^'::•^• • -'.•, f > •• •^' f .^V-"'1t.lr- Vol. XV, No. 14 Joly 10. 1953 <' i' *• •-^4 Conit. Supp. J"; '-h' t Tt . I ' The strength of any organization lies in its foundation, and the foundation of the SIU is its constitution. Nine months ago the mem­ bership voted in secret referendum to rewrite its constitution to better protect the tradi­ tional rights of every member. During formulation and voting, copies of the new document were printed in the SEAFAREHS LOG end distributed to all Seafarers, ashore and on ship. 1 ( '• •t » ". « j.,: • 14 • ;. '-t I I I In line with the 1953 Agents Conference report, which was adopted in all branches, the I LOG toill reprint the constitution in its entirety every six months so all Seafarers can I reacquaint themselves with the rights and privileges guaranteed us. I ... I . U • • t , -. 5 J .r '•'^-il M 1i •iijS | • I •m I • • | . I ^4 : y;tj ' :I . I V •• >•• •, .'ii i i: m. ii\' • A * 4-^ • >'• Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL .wVfA! .. ' '' *i I, I . mjl HI "'rill :4\ - V • •*, The new SlU constitution has evoked considerable comment in and outside maritime and labor circles. Here ore a few of the many reactions to the document from members of Congress. Representative Craig Hosmer, Calif.: "I wish to congratulate you on your furnishing mem­ bers of Congress with your newly adopted constitution. I believe that the more explic­ itly rules, regulations, customs and privileges can be drafted and set down in documentary form, the better off we are. ... It just hap­ pens I am a deepwater man myself, and sailed with the merchant marine during the war." Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY: "It is greatly encouraging to know that responsible unions such as yours are not ceasing their at­ tempts to furthjer rights of their members, both.within the unions and as part of the total national economy.-I find particularly praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and the Declaration Rights contained in the be­ ginning of your constitution." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.: "... I have looked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair and just. I was particularly interested in the fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full membership of your or­ ganization." mittee to hear charges against members, and guaranteeing the traditional American rights to representation, cross-examination, and con­ frontation by the accuser ... I am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn in the spirit of democratic trade unionism." Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The con­ stitution seems to me to be an extremely democratic one and I am impressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Representative Herbert B. Warburton, Del.: "You are to be congratulated upon the fine attempt to increase individual rights of the union members in the new constitution." Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The re­ quirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of maintaining democ­ racy ..." Representative Charles R. Howell, NJ: "I think you have followed the right approach in stressing the need for protection of the civil liberties of the Seafarers, and in setting forth in detail the rights of each member to participate in the activities of the union. A union which stresses rank and file participa­ tion in the day by day business of the organ­ ization is operating on solid ground." Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon: "This formu­ lation of union's practices and usage is tre­ mendously impressive. I was particularly struck by the Declaration of Rights .. . Also of great interest to me are the meticulous provisions for tiials and appeals. I would Senator James E. Murray, Montena: "I am hope that this kind of action Will be generally A I XVU P by. the provisions of followed throughout the trade union move* : the: institution prooiding jor. q,.triol fiOrh- : ment I 1 jsrtiWf A:" • V, ^;v .at,,-Yf -• Representative Robert H. Mollohan, West Va.: "I am particularly impressed by the pro­ visions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certainly in the best American tradition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irresponsib'e, unjust punishment." Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I appreciate your sharing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest whichmoves you to feel that these are of concern to persons outside the ranks of your oton mem­ bership" SWT 1WW, ' :"c «»» | I �S—Twm "- r «: -'i V J *ivi• •' •-r... - 'U-^ ,.• ;0 .•• , t'v '> V-—'' ' -'"' -. - ' /. • SEAFARERS IOC July 10. 195S A - y. "tgvi. ;-:;iv!;.|:i. v-v^ vt., vf-j^rf' -i:- fe- -: l'. .-Vf -f.. ,.••.•• i.i ' • ... • ••. ••' • • ;• i l\.'' :' !.• •, .i--.-.y-''^,.it Jvi~.;'<"7- !"v'• ^ ^.; -% ^ A' . • •'' 'V '• •• '•••;•• ;• • • . ' ••- ••• ' , ^ . •' ,'^ . >:<;••'•- •• • '• J-;x ' " .- • ••-, ^ • •,; ,0 • - -rif.'yflZf •' •"• - '• -•'A: A ,-. • • • \i/. - » ..A'./ •' " '• ji-ifts, J ''VO' v Ijvfl". V',,V •: 7 v.y.:;„-.M.;-v; ^r. ',: Av; •, - •^f :-:r. z-r' : •.••- •* • •.. - /r;v7»I' -• 'i. /V ..'.t-". ' ^* IV -• " •- -AV •••/.. ; A: ., • rirfs ''' ;•• -v- •• scfiAV.A- ' . ? > .tr- y'Vyv.A- •• CVflty SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. • The right to vote. • The righf to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without J due process of the low of the Union. ' The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. - •-}; • • iij" '• fraction of the membership, that the absent members, PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH who are present may act for and in the interest of .all, AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North we have adopted this constitution.. America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, based upon STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ANBl DECLARATION OF RIGHTS the following principles: In order to form a more perfect union, we members Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ In the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ men to receive their employment through their own fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the Government. following principles: That it is the right of each member to receive fair and In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. duties and obligations as members of the community, Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to of communism and any other enemies of freedom and rest. the democratic principles to which we seafaring men Next, is the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ dedicate ourselves in this Union. ful manner by those in command. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ and other legislation and policies which look to the at­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ based on race, creed or color. ance to our employers in caring for their gear and To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind property. that most of our members are migratory, that thei/ duties Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: carry them all over the world, that their'rights must and To use our influence individually and collectively for the shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ members of the Union to be inalienable: ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the I United States, so as to render it more equitable and to No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. the Union. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments II of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek, to Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote. maintain the knowledge of and interest in maritime No one shall deprive him of that right. affairs. III To assist seamen of other countries iii the work of Every member shall have the right to nominate himself • organization and federation, to the end of establishing for, and to hold, office in this Union. the Brotherhood of the Sea. IV To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever No member shall be deprived of his membership wlthpossible in the attainment of their just demands. . out due process of the law of this Union. No member To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals shall he compelled to be a witness against |iimself in the so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable trial of any proceeding in which he may be charged with and useful calling. And bearing in mind that .vte are failure to observe the law of this Union, Every official migratoiy, that our work takes us away in different direc­ and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the tions from any-place, where the majority might otherwise rights of every member in accordance with the principles mpet iOxjicV tlmt meetings >can. be ;at$:'eodad( only? a ..A?t.tor,tkJ«,t}ie ,C;piv»«t»tlpji.««..tiie,V^^ .siCxv i . , --jIlV •< ; .-fuii. ••••Jy. > (inA- 7 -T >. A (A • Every member shall have the right to he confronted ty his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial com­ mittee of his brother Union members. VI No member shall be. denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII ^ A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. vni The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Ufiion shall be reserved to the members. ' CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other-" wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perform. ARTICLE n AFFILIATION This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall he made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE in MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, -from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the following oath of obligation: '^OBLIGATION 7 • ^ • to SilS'So- �; 5.V4'• Joly 10. 1953 .. •:sr: r- SEAFARERS LOG I3t:e S—^three- ^hlt ITnlon. and that 1 will wotk for tta Interert and will (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of bit. Section S. The period of retirement shall be computed look upon eveiy member aa my brother; that 1 will not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the work for less than Union wages and that I. will obc^ all ARTICLE Vn policies of the Union, and ail rules and rulings duly orden of the Union. I promise that I wUl never reveal SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION adopted by a majority vote of -he membership. Within the proceedings of the Union to its Injury or to persons Section 1. This Union, and all Ports. Officers. Port these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi^ not entitled to know It. And If 1 break this promise, 1 Agents. Patrolmen, and members shall be govemed. in tion. and prestige of the Union. ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" (a) The Constitution other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as (b) Majority vote of the membership Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears in dues, or more than three months in arrears In as­ (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may sessments or unpaid flneS. shall be automaticaliy sus­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretary- not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate pended. and shall forfeit aU benefits and all other rights to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties and privileges In the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer. and one or more A^istant Secretary-Treas­ as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ urers. the exact number of which shall be determined by dismissed if. they are more than two quarters In arrears tions set forth in this Constitution. ;; In dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the (j) Inunediately after assuming office, the Secretarymonth of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. ^ Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaryparticularly in Article X. Section 1-D. This time shall not run: Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ Section 4. Each_Port shall consist of a Port Agent and (a) While a member^ls actually participating in a strike capacity. This designation may be changed from time to Patrolmen, as prorided for herein, and the Port shall or lockout. , time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes bear the name of the city in which Uie Union's Port (b) While a' member is an In-patient In a USPHS of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions Offices are located. Hospital. of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in. the case of a Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ (c) While a member is under an Incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, vacancy in the office of SecretaRr-Treasurer. as set forth tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member Is in the Armed Services of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart-, in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent United States, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance with custom and usage. or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by at the time of entry Into the Armed Forces, and further This definition maybe modified by a majority vote of provided he applies for -reinstatement within 90- days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ temporary appointment except in those cases where the partment to another except by express approval as evi­ filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this after disehai ge from the Armed Forces. Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues denced by a majority vote of the membership. regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of ARTICLE VIH because of employment aboard an American flag mer­ a replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date, ATLALNTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS. PORT chant vessel. by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the AGENTS. AND PATROLMEN Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and ahall be the right of any member- to present. In writing, officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and one or more. nil measures, and employ such means, which be deems to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further . gard to the application of Section 3. in accordance with the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ public affairs. OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to decide such questions. Section 2. Assbtant Secretary-Treasurer Section I. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ which dues and assessments may be remitted where a tion: ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with (A) Meeting Chairman member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ <B) Delegaten the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of (a) Auditing Committee mon weifare of the membership, all members of the Union the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be (b) Trial Committee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be determined as follows: (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, (d) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as in the last -regular election shall be the first in line of the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied fiurther membership in this Union. provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ succession. The next in the line of succession shall be that A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of tution. organizations are dual or hostile. succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who ARTICLE X Section 87 Evidence of membership or other affiliation received the jjext highest number of votes. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. AND OTHER with the Union shall at all times remain the property of The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ELECTED JOB HOLDERS the Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ to be Assistant Secretary-Treasuurers, whether or not so Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer dence of membership in order to be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ referred to on the ballots or ebewhere. meetings. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Section 9. Only members in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of. the Union in all matters except as otherwise Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of the letter's duties lowed to vote. as the latter may direct. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ARTICLE IV (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, REINSTATEMENT bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote port or otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in that body. In accordance with such i:ules as are adopted, from time mamtenance of the correspondence, files, and records of Section 3. Port Agents to time, by a majority vote of the membership. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of tbe the Union; setting up. and maintenance of. spund account­ ARTICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up. and main­ administratipn of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ DUES AND INITIATION FEE tenance of. proper office and other administrative Union diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be Section 1, All poembers shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedurtib; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ penditure of ail Union funds. Port «.r otherwise. He shall responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ ter. except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be in charge of. and responsible for. all Union property, stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. by a maj^ty vote of the membership. Wherever there are stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional He shall isspe a weekly comprehensive report covering the time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ mitted into membership without having paid an initirtion tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to insime observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance bership. the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports and expenses, and complying with all other accoimting ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ New York. New Orleans. Mobile, and Baltimore may not Section 1. Members piay retire from membership by structions, shail open each Port meeting and shail deter­ be closed except by Constitutional umendmen~C paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing, contained herein Where ports are opened between elections, the Secretire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and Ow­ shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman " retary-Trea'surer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, ing the Union. A jretlrement card shall be issued upon re­ of any meeting, unless so properly' designated! by a quest. and dated as of the day that such member accom­ subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. majority vote of the-members present at the said Port The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities plishes these payments and request Meeting. SMtion 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ of all Ports. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ Agents' Conference. ship. the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event riod of retirement except that a retired member shall (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrohhan to of the incapacity of a Port Afiaht or Patrolman, a replace­ not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain In any such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of regardless of the departmental designation under vdiicb At the first regular meeting in August of every election his right to reinstatement the Patrolman was elected. year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ < Section 3. Any person in retirement for-a period of six (h) The Port Agent shall designate which members at months or more shall be restored to membership, ex­ ship a pre-balloti^' report This report shall recommend that Port may serve as representatives, to other organiza­ cept as herein indicated.'by paying dues for the current the number and location of Ports, the .number of Assistant affiliation with which has been properly permitted. quarter, as well as all asse^ments accruing,and newly Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of tions. (i) The. foregoing is in addition to those other duties Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. levied during the period of retirement If the period of This recommendation may also specify, whether any prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. retirement is lese than six (6) months, the required pay­ Section 4. Port Patrolmen ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are k period of retirement. Including those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or mbdification by a niajority vote assigneic' to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meetii^ Chairmen during that period. Upon such payment the person in of the membership. (a) .The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be. located in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, ahall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, riiall keep order under - Section 4. A mdmber In retirement may be restored to ^ent of tiiat Port a <f> The Secretary-Treasnrer shall be ehainnaB^tf tlw - rules of order provided for., from time to^time. "^ membiNrshlp after a t«o*y«ar pmdod of rdtivintient oi^ ":M:v:-.r- by majority vote o? the ts^mberridp. majority vote of the memhecsbip end.. R oone^ then bjy ' ? Afleata* Co&f«rence and mey cast one vote. �w&wjr'T: Fagc S-^onr tuch rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership In each Port |f (b) The meeting chaiiman may cast a vote only in the event of a tie. P (c) The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. I Section 0. Delegates * (a I The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. (b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port Where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its. en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. <b) Trial Committee The Trial Committee shall co::duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specif^ally state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (ci Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly ithirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec­ ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. 3. All Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. jd> Appeals Committee 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop*;d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1. The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec-. ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for itself provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained. In such event, the Fort Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the isame manner above set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner, without the approval of the membership of the Union as evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship 5 A Negotiating and "Strike Committee may decide f&r finte of entry into a strike, provided prior authority. efMcneed by n m^rlty 'yoto of (be membership, is I., . SEAFARERS LOG granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with th« prepara­ tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind­ ing on all members and other persons affilated with this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or ail of a strike plan. ARTICLE XI WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS, UNION EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall be held for a term of two years: Secretary-'Treasurer Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Port Agent Patrolman Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the t'nion, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3^ The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shal' be determined from time to time by a majority vote of the membership. Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, all other classifications of employees of the Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ sary in the best interests of the Union. Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture (n which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a majority vote of the membership shall be followed. • ARTICLE XII QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS. PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman, provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant SecretaiV-Treasurer in a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of 'nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to bis nomination, and • (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected oi aj^pointed in accord­ ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to hr ld such office or job and shall constitute'an incapacity with regard to such office or job. ^ ARTICLE XIII ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS, PQRT AGENTS AND PATROLMEN Section 1. Nominations Any member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Creden.ials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ lowing: (a) The name of the candidate (b> His home address and mailing address (c) His book number . » (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in Jhe event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman (e> Proof of citizenship " ' (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election year. Section 2. Credentials Committer (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, at the Port where Headquarters is located, it shall consist of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ able to serve, the Committee nthall suspend until the Sec­ retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meqting called for that purpose at Headquarters Port (b) After its eleriton^the CbmailttM slialt immedlatii July 10, 1953 go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepaid a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according w the find­ ings of the Committee. Where, an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be^completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting. It shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Bulletin Board in each port. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it and still reach the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any dis­ qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event, the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met ail the require­ ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. Ail qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so-prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. . (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount .and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the. voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for in­ spection of the same at Headquarters. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write-in the name or names of any member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman. . (d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to the member who shall thereupon sign his name on* a separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot number The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster and the member shall proceed to the voting site. < 4er Each Port Ag^t shall be r^nnslblis^bif 'the esteb^ ^ �KJ.; July 10, 1953 lisbment of a booth or other votl^ site where each mem* her may vote in privacy. (fl Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall theh drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. <g) Voting shall commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may he. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Cpmmlttee only, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for-each Port. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. - (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of kubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent- to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article I. , (O The Polls Committee shall also insure mat the ballot box is iocked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be> utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters', insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of error's or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, In the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the.ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with his book number next to his signature. The Committee shall also place the date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed In the envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballbt box sh^ll then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until- turned over to the Polls ^lommittee the following morning. In addition, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of the roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port, Agent shall keep the rosters, unused ballots, ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, pr the Port Agent, to Headquarters.. •f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, e.vcept that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. > Section , 6. Ballot ; CdlIeot|6n> Tailyinf JPmeedure, rotosts,. ana .Speolal.Votofc/-: SEAFARERS LOG (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after the close of voting at each Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each of the three departments of the Union. In the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count the number of ballots therein contained, and count the number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place all ballots therein in a sealed envelope, together with a certification signed by all members of the Com­ mittee that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all. the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and that all of those'ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack­ age, but bound separately, the Committee shall forward to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with a cer­ tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem­ bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. Wherever forwarding is not don«» in person, forwarding shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ tions. (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and' the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ tail. the results of the election, including a complete ac­ counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ ancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If-it finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee shall order, a special vote, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and the designation as to the voting site of the Port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be m3<^^ only in writing and must be received by the Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summaryof the disposition of the said protest. (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent to its election and shall complete its proceedings within two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee r^^shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if anyi shall oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply With the following reqyirements: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a iberiod of two months. At the Election Report meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f> At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any. referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee .submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ on, if any, which action, however, shall not foe beyond ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated by the reported discrepancies. Tbe same procedure shall apply to all members appealing from denials of their pro­ tests by tb4^'Headquarters 7ally!as Coatinltte«, which ap­ Page S—Five peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, in which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and his book number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protestmg mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc­ curred. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5-C of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals with the terms of such special vote. Port Agents shall officially notify Headquarters, imme­ diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the foregoing. Headquarters is charged with adequately and timely informing affected members of the decisions reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ senting report has been issued by one or more members of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ urer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting materia] available to Port Agents for the purpose of suca special votes. Immediately after the close of such special voting, the Port ^gent shall summarize the results and communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining lo the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in the same package, but bound separately. An account­ ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule' indicating in detail bow they affect the Head­ quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or Job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ didates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. It shall be tbe duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he does not assume office within 90 days, the line of succes­ sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, and Patrolman shall take the.following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic and Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union and the welfare of the membership." ARTICLE XII' OTHER ELECTIONS Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday of each week, at 3:00 P.M.. for the purpose of auditing the financial report for that week. These reports shall be submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for membership action. The Committee shall consist of three members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port where Headquarters is located exc.:pt that the Auditing Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar quarter for which the Committee is to make the required audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to* decide at which of these meetings the election shall take place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or emr m •ii! �Faff« S—Six SEAFARERS LOG July 1«. 1953 Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the ^ given a fair trial, or fe) that for any other reason, the acployee shall be eligiblt to serve on this Committee. The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem* accusers are' present The Trial Committee shall conduct ^ cused was not given a fair trial. (d> If there is no substantial evidence to support a bers present at. the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall ha\e the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guUt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve' may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The dccused may that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any -rAember to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Con^aittee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M. the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member is available at the ^ regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members, of which threj such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shail constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent. Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any. to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall hate them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section *15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the hurden of such qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committer, or the dis­ number of witnesses produced. sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held In the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shail constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in Port where Headquarters is located.' in the manner pro­ Port where Headquarters is iocated. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom­ vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall jtpply with regard mendations shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, . Section 18. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their Igst known address, of the results of forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal, A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. in Section 17. Section 5. Negotiating and Strike fonunittee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwi^'e, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of. and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to. further appeal as provided for therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers of the Union. of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chalrmw. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -Postponement, the Trial As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may hold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow­ generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem­ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the memberehip during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept the findings and re'^ommendatlons. or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for. or agent, of the Company next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions. or against the interests of the membership or the Union; id) Order a new trial after flndlng that substantial, jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has hot been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quarters is located and, upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TJtlALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 9. After the vote set forth In Section 8. any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and Section 1. Any'member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Constitution. These charges shail be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00. or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse)* and accuser. • (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punlshme.nt may appeal in the fol­ <b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, fense. or the Port of pay off. if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He'Shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job. elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the Port execute-the duties or functions of the said office or job, Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Porf Agent, the Port Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions: fhpse charges To be read bt the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized, voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or election material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are false; accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice that he will be Jried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if'he reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postppned so-desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ thereof, or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ until the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be tions which fall within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges ntade statement er argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ' ment of the Union or its agreements; i If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall Im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ peal soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execu­ dressed to his-last known mailing address on file with of theasevidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad- tion of the duties of any office or job; , ^ the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book journmehts and may request the accused or accusers to (i) Paying for, or receiving--money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning sideration. ' -t-" (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Com.mittee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving t shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and .recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation. with*intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and slgnbd by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice Thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time 4 the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike. ^ Section 8. Upon proof of t^e commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and. in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership . case, the Appeals Committee shall not make Us own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00. or both: witnesses. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or Disusing Union prop­ Secilon 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. < (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence ^ (b) Assuming any office or job. whether elective or not, required by courts o£ taw but may receive all relevant mended. (c) A new trial shall be. recommended if the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the. qualifica­ testimony. The Trial-Committee may grant adjournments, , ,s at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds=-(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; (c) kUsconduOt during qny merting or other Ofliolal' proper defense, ija the event the Trial Committee falls mittee should bafV{a been disqualified, or (b) that the HC' beneath a quonim. It shall adjourn uqtM * fluorum djoes , not pre cnarg4d offense, >hla resulted in tus not having been . txist, t|K. lb is- f i'.viv" :i>^ N& ,m • •t : • �Inlr 10, loss SEAFARERS (d> Refusal or negligent failure to cany oiit orders of those duiy authorized to make such orders at any time.. Section 4. Upon proof of-the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a fine of 1150.00: ^ (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; <bl Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ tives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d> Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; <g) Negligent failure to Join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this-Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials and job holders. ARTICLE XVII PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers. magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVni BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employiees of the Union, may be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the member^ip. ARTICLE XIX EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expenses to be incurred shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution.' Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section' 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede. to the extent anplicable. the provisions of Articles X and XI. ARTICLE XX INCOME Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and 'dated. It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied^ except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. (b) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied successively to the mone­ tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may-provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but are not limited to: (aVthe applica­ bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the-Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation fend, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive^ evidence of affiliation .equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. ARTICLE XXn FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section 1- The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine admhitstratiVe task. Ship­ ping rUlet'tbverfimg the Hih ilB8||n^ pf LOG Jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special Exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not ARTICLE XXIII QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere hei;pin otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for » special meeting of a Port-shall be six members. Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in. the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func­ tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section I. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shail take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the following night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of the pertinent, port shaU post­ pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date ' of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents* Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The times and place of each such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership shail determine when such'emergency exists. ' Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the member­ ship shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise aitered by a majority vote of the membership provided such recommendation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitu­ tion. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shail mean any illness or condition preventing the affected person from carrying out-his duties for more than 30 days; or absence from the United States; or suspension from office or membership as provided for In this Constitution; or the - due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibii the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, and shall include failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in a'V cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, the.term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This 'definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" jshall refer to a meeting or mretings during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with: (a) The Constitution (b) Union policy, and (c> ^ustom and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and not Concerned with, or related .to. Union action as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, , "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to .the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any meeting of the Port, regular or speciaL Section S,. The term, "membership action" shall .mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." Sieleaddi R WheM the t^e afiV,'oflIice or jtob, OP the Page S—Seven holder thereof, is set forth In. this Constitution, all refer­ ences thereto and the provisions concerned tiierewith shall be deemed to be equally applicfeble to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be darned to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shali refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended up through August 1951. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidende of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Wheneve.r the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. , ARTICLE XXVII , . AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended In the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting- of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head­ quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes' or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shail be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment The Secretary-Treasurer shall Immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVm TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 3. Ail methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in- ' eluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be'permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, ail Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution; From the date of adoption of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article .XIII, only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shall take effect the first election yean ' -*•. >>1 1 V" • "'.ril J:'! I t I i%\ • �SEAFARERS SUMMARY of LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC A N 0 G U L F^ D I S T R I C T • A FL • ARTICLE f—Name and General Powers: nates ARTICLE XlV-Oth^r Elections: the chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and ' Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A nTi/~i c 11 A ££*l* 1* Provides for affiliation of the AtAKI ILLt 11—ATflliatlOn: lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers International Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. i ARTICLE XV-TriaJs and Appeals: member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procediure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority Ajote'of the members—Provides procedure for appeals. ARTICLE Ill-Membership: set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —^Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: fS'fteo?- ARTICLE IV-ReinstalemenI: Sgw to fenses for which a member may.be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismis^sal from the Union—Provides for trial byvmeeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. statement of dismissed members. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: existing dues schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits -the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. Gives the membership the right to authorize the pub­ lication of a newspaper and other literfitiure. ARTICLE XVII-PublicaHons: ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. A OTITIC Y\/III Provides for bonding of officers MM IV«LC A VIII DOnuS: and employes of the Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. ARTICLE Vll-System of OrganizaHon: STafpart- ARTICLE- XIX-Expendltures: ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. A DTI/^I C \/lll Designates the following as elecAKM^LC VIII L/irlCerS: tive officers: the Secretary-Treas­ urer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. cics or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. ADTI/"I E YY In^rNMA Defines the Union's sources of inMl\ I IS^LC AA income: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—^Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. 4 ARTICLE IX-Other Elective gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the membership. ARTICLE X-Duties of Elective Officers: ADTl^i F YYI D^i'mUr Retains the existing requirement MM I^LC AAI rermlTS: that rules for israance of permits must be determined by the members. the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure. for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reports— Establishes niembership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules; Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised imless approved by manbership. ARTICLE :XXIII---Quomms:nj^^^e^«to|?"™ ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: v_• Jte. • shall be six members and the quorum for a regular Port meeting shall be sevto members. Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the mem' bership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. - ARTICLE XII—Quaiiflcatiohs for Elective Office; ARTICLE XXV-Agent's Conference: SnuifS Sets Tbrth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—tiists eligibility requirements for the various offices. K':-V, APTin F XIII FUrtirinc. Describes procedure for nomina/\KI Alii ciecnons: tion to office—Provides for e'ection of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates' eligibility according to rules of .Constitution—EstablisVes safeguards for the right of a member to riQminate himself to oCfiee —Retains the Union's existing balloting procedure—Describes bal•. loting procedures; to: detail—Provides for election of five-men-';er Polls Contoiittiees anil six-member Tallying Committees to eondnet; flections aiMi tabulate jfesults—Sets forth .the manner for instajJis tion i: ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secret^y-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Definlttons: of 'the Constitution. "•<vS ARTICLE XXVII-Amendiiienfs: stftuilpn by the^^to^^ •J-:.. ARt^il ' > � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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NEAR SUBSIDY 'IT'S ALL JUST LIKE A DREAM,' SAYS SIU SCHOLARSHIP WINNER NIGHT CLUB UNION THANKS SIU FOR PHILLY STRIKE AID AMEU ROASTED BY OWN OFFICIAL FIGHT SAVES SAVANNAH HOSPITAL; MEMPHIS, DETROIT MAY REMAIN STUDY SHOWS UNION'S JOBS EXCEED BOOKS INSIDE THE 'SHODDY, SHAKY AMEU' PAKISTAN 'WHEAT LIFT' BEGINS HOSKINS, SUP WELFARE HEAD, VISITS SIU HQ SENATE AND HOUSE GETS BILLS DESIGNED TO CURB MSTS ITF SEES SOVIET MONEY, SEAMEN IN PANAMA FLEET SIU CO SEEKS INTERCOASTAL TRADE GROWTH NORFOLK HALL TO BE COOLED WELFARE SERVICES IN NEW OFFICE ARMY SERVICE PAVES WAY TO CITIZENSHIP NLRB ORDERS VOTE IN DUPONT SIU COMPANIES GET TWO MARINERS CL INDEX JUMPS TO NEW '53 TOP SHIP'S OFFICERS WERE REALLY BUCKO IN 1908 BRIDGES TO RAID COOKS ON PACIFIC KOREA STORM DRIVES CORNHUSKER ON ROCKS THE CONSTITUTION WORKS ANOTHER FIGHT WON VICTORY IN SIGHT SEAFARER REALIZES DREAM; MEETS 'CYCLE CHAMP, RIDES IN SPORT CAR WORRY, SUSPICION MARK YUGOSLAVIA GOOD FOOD, GOOD OFFICERS MAKE IRENESTAR'S CREW ENJOY THE TRIP IT'S A DOG'S LIFE BUT MASCOT REMAINS A GENTLEMAN ANYWAY ROCKY HIGHWAY TO MARRIAGE SMOOTHED BY US ENTRY VISAS ANOTHER TWO SIU FAMILIES COLLECT 2ND BABY BENEFIT SALTWATER RUNS IN THEIR VEINS COMPANY AGENT'S STALL WORKS, SEAFARER SIGNS AWAY $ CLAIMS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/10/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/18b083928e672ab869f2b6e8924aaba9.PDF cadf437fdcfd90e0cdfb2948e8a9743a PDF Text Text SEAFARERSM06 OFFICIAL ORQAW Of THI SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO MA Switch On C-4s Crimps U.S. Shipping -Story On Page 3 NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 45 SlU POSTS -Story On Page 3 New For Norfolk Dedication ceremonies on July 1 for­ mally marked the opening of new SIU hall for Port of Norfolk, with large gathering of rank-and-file members, trade union representa­ tives, and government and civic leaders in attendance. The dedica­ tion fete followed a separate Eastern Regional Area conference of the Maritime Trades Department, which was held two days earlier as part of a series of labor events in the Hamp­ ton Roads area. The new Seafarers hall in Norfolk is a vast improvement over the old SIU hall in the port, and features ample room to service a variety of membership needs. (See stories on pages 2, 4; Picture feature in centerfold.) Honor ILA's Alston SIU President Paul Hall, president of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment, addresses dinner in Nor­ folk given by Hampton Roads MTD Port Council in honor of ILA VicePresident I^vid D. Alston (second from left), i^ictured on rostrum (1-r) are A. Mennella of Eastern Area MTD; Alston; Norfolk NAACP Pres. Robert D. Robertson; Clyde Dodson, Marine Engineers; Virginia State AFL-CIO Pres. Harold B, Boyd; Ray McKay, Marine Engineers; MTD NatT Exec. Sec'y-Treas. Peter McGavin; Bill Armstrong, Sailors Union of the Pacific; ILA Vice-Pres. John Bowers. More than 700 guests from labor, government and industry at­ tended the affair. For other photos, see centerfold.) �SikAFAREkS pace Tin LdG Job f*, ltf4 By Paul Hall Evidence continues to pile up of the need for a consistent and posi­ tive government policy to supplant the confusion and lack of decisive­ ness which characterizes our nation's approach to the needs of the vital American merchant marine. Despite the fact that the government agencies responsible for implementing policies to improve the condition of U.S. shipping are repeatedly professing concern over the state of American shipping, their actions do not square with their talk. Still awaiting a concrete sign that the government means business when it says that it is determined to provide a badly needed lift to the maritime industry, U.S. shipping has, instead, been treated to another sorry spectacle of the kind of government action that is very clearly obstructing revitalization of the American merchant marine. It now appears that the Maritime Administration's C-4 ship exchange program, which was supposed to have given an opportunity for an up­ grading of two of the most critical segments of American shipping— the domestic and tramp fleets—is on the skids. This situation is a direct result of Marad's switch in its valuation policy after a number of shipping companies had applied for vessels Working group during four-day legislativo conferanca at SlUNA's Washington officas in­ under the exchange program and awards were about to be announced. cludes (facing camera, l-r) Lester Salinger, conference chairman, of the Cannery Workers Under terms of the switch, the tramp ship operators and sections of and Fishermen's Union of the Pacific—San Diego; Cong. Edwhrd Garmatz of Maryland; Sen. the domestic fleet have been forced to abandon their interest in ship E. L. (Bob) Bartlett of Alaska; George Johansen, Alaska. Fishermen's Union; Austin Skin­ replacement. The change in the Maritime Administration's valuation ner, New Bedford Fishermen's Union. Back to camera (foreground) are George Issel, United policy apparently made it impossible for the domestic and trajnp ship­ ping companies to upgrade their vessels—a move which would have Industrial Workers—Pacific District, and Duane Vance, counsel for SlUNA fish and cannery given them a boost because it would have enabled them to better workers' unions. Many of the problems of the fishing Industry were discussed. compete. Even the Maritime Administration acknowledged that the coastal and intercoastal lines and the bulk carriers in foreign tramp operations require vessel replacement "if they are to continue to be truly competitive in these vital areas ..." Why the Maritime Administration would, in effect, change the ground rules on its C-4 exchange program after a number of companies had applied for vessels on the original terms, is another one of the enigmas plaguing the maritime industry and thwarting the efforts to improve its position. To those of us who are sincerely interested in, and concerned with, WASHINGTON—^In a two-pronged attack on the problems of American fishermen and the American merchant marine and recognize its important and critical cannery workers, the SlUNA Fish and Cannery Workers' Special Legislative Conference, role as a vital element in the total American economy and national defense picture, this latest action by the Maritime Administration is meeting here June 22-25, drafted a strong legislative program and called upon the Execu­ a disturbing development. It is most disturbing because it indicates tive branch of the Govem--tthat while the government agencies involved are quick to acknowledge ment to "foster, expand and examination of aU fish legislataon Education (COPE). The Conference participants the need for positive action to improve the American merchant marine, improve" American fisheries. pending before both Houses of The SIUNA Legislative Confer­ Congress. In the course of their elected SIUNA Vice-President they have been derelict in their obligation to back up their words with ence made a detailed study and •tudies, delegates to the Confer­ Lester Balinger, head of the Can­ the required action. ence discussed the legislation with nery Workers and Fishermen's key Congressional representatives Union of the Pacific, San Diego, as and Government agencies with Conference chairman. Conference participants were Jurisdiction in the areas con­ sidered. (Continued on page 16) The Conference urged top prior­ ity for S. 1135, the Senate bill SIUNA Hits State Dept. which would amend the Fisher­ men's Marketing Act by allowing a imion to bargain on fish prices NORFOLK—^The new SIU hall was officially dedicated here last week, in for independent fishermen. The bill ceremonies attended by SIU President Paul Hall, SIU members in the area, rep­ would give imion fishermen the rights enjoyed by other trade resentatives of the trade union movement including the MTD Hampton Roads Port tame union workers whose wages and conditions are negotiated through Council and the Norfolk • visions for full servicing of the to the busy pier area than the the collective bargaining process. Central Labor Council, as membership and the handling of Colley Street location. A novel The Conference also delved into WASHINGTON — The SIUNA feature of the one-story building a range of other legislative mat­ well as representatives of Union business functions. has called on Secretary of State Just off the Front Street docks, is that it Is so constructed that ad- ters, both pending and contemplat­ the government. Dean Rusk to provide for labor (Continued on page 16) ed, that have bearing on the wel­ representation on his Depart­ The modem, all new-struc­ the new structure is much closer fare of the fishing and cannery ment's Fishing Industry Advisory ture at 115 Third Street, off industries, and recommended ap­ Committee on International Fish­ Woodis Avenue, is designed to proval by Congress of several ery Affairs. The action was taken handle all Union functions in the measures considered to be essential after the SIUNA Fish and Cannery Hampton Roads area. It replaces to a prospering industry. the old hall at 416 Colley Avenue Workers Special Legislative Con­ here. In calling on the Administration ference noted the absence of fish In a dedication speech, SIU to aid American fisheries, the workers' representatives on the President Hall noted that the SIUNA Legislative Conference State Department advisory body. building is a symbol that the U.S. adopted a policy position in the In a message to Secretary Husk, seaman has come "out of the form of a resolution which noted SIUNA Vice-President Lester Bal­ wilderness." He quickly noted that U.S. production has "remained inger who served as Conference however, that "this is not the end static" and that the U.S. fishing chairman, pointed out: "While of oiur struggle." The assembly fieet and employment have dras­ there are several representatives gathered at the dedication cere­ tically declined despite the dou­ of the industry on this committee, monies also heard addresses oy bling of U.S. fish consumption in there are no representatives of the Harold Boyd, president of the recent years. The policy resolu­ workers . . . We request that such Virginia AFL-CIO state federation tion pointed out that the increased representatives be appointed, and Congressmen Porter Hardy, U.S. consumption "benefited only equal in number to those repre­ Jr., and Pat Jennings. foreign fisheries al the expense of senting industry." A part of the SIU's continuing American workmen." The SIUNA communication said building program in aU ports, the The conferees devoted consider­ that many of the industry people new Norfolk hall is a direct con­ able attention to the necessity for are engaged directly or indirectly sequence of the increased deeppromoting expansion of the domes­ in the importation of fish products sea cargo movements and the tic fish and fish cannery industries which are to direct competition parallel rise in the membership and in this connection planned for with American-caught products. of the SIU and its affiliates a campaign to promote fish prod­ "Since the Importation of such throughout the Hampton Roads ucts bearing the SIUNA label. products is one of the major causes area through a number of or^n• Because of the importance of of the loss of employment and toizing successes. legislative support for the objec­ come to American workmen," the The new fully air-conditioned tives of the SIUNA Fish and Can­ communication said, it is apparent building includes an expanded AFL-CIO Director of COPE, Al Barkan (left), discusses nery Workers' Conference, the con­ that the interests" of these workers hiring hall, ample space for union ferees reviewed the political situa­ are not being represented. policy resolution adopted by SlUNA Legislative Conference meetings to a general meeting hall tion as it applies to the welfare of Vice-President Balinger towitli SlUNA representatives. Pictured with Barkan are Lester capable of handling 300 persons, the workers involved. In this con­ formed Senators E. L. Bartlett of Balinger of the Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union of new recreational facilities, accom­ nection the SIUNA group discussed Alaska, Warren G. Magnuson of the Pacific—San Diego, who served as legislative confer­ modation for a snackbar-cafeteria, the various aspects of the situation Washington and Labor Secretary ence chairman; George Johansen of the Alaska Fishermen's a 4b-car parking lot, landscaped with Al Barkan, director of the W. Willard Wirti of the SIUNA terrace and other necessaiy pro­ Utiion, and James D. Ackert, Atlantic Fishermen's Union. AFL-CIO Committee of Political protest. SlUNA Conference Spurs Fisheries, Cannery Program New Norfolk 51U Hall Dedicated In Ceremonies Ask Labor Role For Fish Panel �w fair It. ItM SEAFARERS SlU Action Nips New Try to End Fit-For-Duty Slips The SIU's action to nip revival of pressures to halt issuanca of fit-for-duty slips by USPHS hospitals has brought assur­ ances that the present system will continue. SIU president Paul Hall last month notified Inembers Hall said, "of this ohango wu then postponed. However, wo of the Senate Committee on understand that the pres­ Labor and Public Welfare and the House Committee on Education and Labor that.pressures were be­ ing revived by vested interest groups to scuttle the fit-for-duty slips, despite the fact that imple­ mentation of the proposed change had been postponed because of Union opposition. Committee members responded to Hall's urg­ ing for action to assure continua­ tion of the fit-for-duty slips. This week Congressman Hugh Carey of Brooklyn, a member of the House Committee, informed Hall that he had been advised by the Medical Director of the Pub­ lic Health Service Division of Hos­ pitals, Dr. Linden E. Johnson, that there would be no change in the position to delay action on a trial study of the proposed action until maritime labor and management had an opportunity to give further consideration to the matter. In a communication to members of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and the House Committee on Education and Labor, on June 15, SIU President Paul Hall said, "I do not believe that the narrow, selfish interests of those who are seeking a cessa­ tion of the issuance of the slips should in any way be permitted to interfere with or cause the aban­ donment of a valuable and neces­ sary service by a highly re­ spected and competent govern­ ment agency." The SIU communication stressed that the traditional functions which have been performed by USPHS Include "that of providing reports on seamen patients indi­ cating whether or not they are fit for duty aboard U.S. merchant vessels." Respected. Agency Hall pointed out that because of the impartiality and integrity of the USPHS personnel, both maritime labor and management have accepted the USPHS deci­ sions with respect to seamen's fit­ ness for duty where disputes have arisen over this question. The §IU President's message said that a move is under way by groups with vested interests such as insurance companies and others, to have the- USPHS cease issuance of the fit-for-duty slips. Hall said that the SIU and other sections of maritime la­ bor "were, absolutely opposed to the scrapping of so vital • service. Implementation," sures originally responsible for the proposed change are being revived." In bringing this Issue to the at­ tention of the legislators. Hall said "we are calling this matter to your attention as a member of a Congressional committea with an interest and concern in such matters." The SIU President urged that the committee members use their good offices to "assure the con­ tinuation of the fit-for-duty slips by the USPHS in the interests of American seamen and the U.S. maritime Industry, with which it has been traditionally concerned." Extend Rules On Stewards' Job Preference NEW YORK—^The Seafarers Ap­ peals Board has authorized exten­ sion of the Job preference rules to cover qualified SIU chief stew­ ards in all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports who successfully complete refresher courses under the Stew­ ard Department Recertificatlon Program. Under a ruling issued by the ap­ peals board last month, stewards with class A seniority who are registered in Job group 1-S at any Atlantic and Gulf port can now enroll In the refresher school for SIU chief stewards which Is main­ tained here in the Port of New York. As of September 6, 1964, stew­ ards in all Atlantic and Gulf ports who successfully complete the course will be given Job prefer­ ence in accord with the shipping rules. Since the school is conducted only in New York, the SAB had previously ruled that this was the only port where the Job preference provided for in the shipping rules could be put Into effect. The earlier ruling said that chief stew­ ards shipping out of the Port of New York would receive Job pref­ erence after June 15, 1964 if they successfully completed the re­ fresher course under the recerti­ ficatlon program. This ruling still applies. Meanwhile, the recertificatlon program also has been expanded, to ^povids for several enlarged SEAFARERS LOG classes to be conducted at the July 10, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 14 same time. Three separate groups of stewards are engaged in refi-esher training at present. The Steward Department Recertifieation Program was initiated in PAut HALL, President HERBERT' BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK. 1962. It features both classroom Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN. Art and field work in an attempt to Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, upgrade the skills necessary for a ROBERT ARONSON, JUAN MARLOWE, ROBERT chief steward's rating. HEATHCOCK, Staff Writers. Steward department personnel Published biweekly at the headquarters who have at least three years of of the Seafarers International Union, nl At. lantic, Culf, Lakes and Inland Waters seatirhe in a rating above 3rd cook District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, can obtain further details by con­ Brooklyn, NY, 11231. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second .class postage paid at the Post tacting Earl Shepard, chairman, Office In Brooklyn, NY, unOler the Act Seafarers Appeals Board, Suite of Aug. 24, 1912. — 120 1930, 17 Battery Place, New York 4, New York. Para Three LOG MA Switch On C-4 Trade-ins Crimps US-Flag Shipping WASHINGTON—Despite pious pronouncements about the need for reviving the ailing American-flag merchant marin e, the Maritime Administration has now pulled another about-face and virtually destroyed a program designed to give a shot in the arm to two of' and Matson, which was sup­ signed to four tramp companies, the sickest segments of five, posed to get two. of which two—Oceanic Petroleum maritime — the domestic The other five C-4i were as­ (Continued on page 4) fleet and the bulk-carrying tramp fleet. Upgrading Essential The program is the C-4 ship exchange program which MA announced last fall, and which would have permitted qualified domestic and tramp operators to upgrade their fieets by trading older tonnage for C-4s in the re­ serve fleet. The SIU and other segments of the maritime have urged, upgrading of the US fieet as essential to the attainment of an adequate merchant marine. MA said at the time that ". . . all segments of the country's ship­ ping Industry currently are having their troubles but the owners most severely affected are those oper­ ating without subsidy—the coastal and intercoastal lines and the bulk carriers in the foreign tramp trades. Replacement of the vessels engaged In these trades—^most of them war^built—^is essential If they are to continue to be truly com­ petitive in these vital areas." Heartened by this expression of officii^ concern for their welfare, some 18 steamship companies last fall asked MA for a total of about 50 ships, and on January 31 the MA announced the award of 18 ships to seven companies chosen on the basis of "their operating ability, their financial responsi­ bility, their interest and record of participation In the American mer­ chant marine and their record of performance of obligations with the MA." The seven selected companies included three in the domestic trades, all under contract to SIUNA-affiliated unions. These were Waterman (Sea-Land) which was supposed to get six C-4s; Cal­ mer, which was supposed to get SIU Protects American-Asia Crewmembers As a result of the SIU's prompt action, crewmembers on four ships operated by the insolvent Ameri­ can-Asia Line have received all of their wages or advances on wages due, pending sale of the vessels. The Union acted after learning that the Company was unable to meet its financial obligations. American-Asia's difficulties arose when a charge of falsifying mani­ fests was leveled against the company's President, M. A. Aadah. The manifests allegedly showed that more cargo was aboard one of the vessels, the SS Eldorado, than was actually carried. It was on this basis that an indictment was presented against the com­ pany official. ^ The ships involved are the SS Eldorado, SS Yukon and the SS Bonanza which are presently in the Port of New York, and the SS Ponderosa which is in Bombay. Nominations Open On July 15 For 45 SIU Elective Offices NEW YORK—Nominations for a total of 45 elective posts, one of the largest number of positions ever to be placed on an SIU ballot, will open July 15 and continue through Au­ gust 15. In the last elections, 74 Sea­ November 2 this year since No­ farers competed for the 43 vember 1 falls on a Sunday. It posts on the ballot. The number of po^ to be filled and their distribution was ap­ proved by the membership at meetings in headquarters and in all ports during June following presentation of the president's pre-balloting report and recom­ mendations. This report also is being pre­ sented at all July meetings, .and appears again in the SEAFARERS LOG, on Pago 18, along with a separate report to the member­ ship on voting procedures by the secretary-treasurer. Both these reports were also carried previously by the LOG. Under the SIU constitution, candidates will be elected to posts in the seven constitutional ports and headquarters. Other ports maintained by the SIU, which are not specified In the constitution, will continue to operate but will be serviced by Joint patrolmen as­ signed from a constitutional port. The only change on the ballot since the previous election is an increase that will provide for four Joint patrolmen to ba elected for the Port of Houston instead of two. This reflects increased ship­ ping throughout the Gulf area. Under the constitution, any member may submit his name or be nominated by others as a cattdidate for office provided he has at least three years of seatime in an unlicensed capacity, at least four months of which must be between January 1 and the time of his ^nomination; has been a full member of the Union in good standing for three years prior to his nomination; is a US citizen, and has completed a certificate that • he is not now, or has not been for the last five years a member of the Communist Party or convicted of a felony. The necessary documents set­ ting forth each candidate's quali­ fications should be delivered to the office of the secretary-treas­ urer or sent to the credentials committee in* care of the secre­ tary-treasurer at headquarters, no earlier than July 15 and not later than August 15. A rank-and-file credentials com­ mittee will be elected at the head­ quarters meeting on August 3 to check the qualifications of all nominees. Voting ^will commence will continue through December 31. New Group Starts SIU Upgrading NEW YORK—A new group of 20 Seafarers with class B seniority began participating in the sen­ iority upgrading program this week here in the Port of New York. The program was established by the Seafarers Appeals Board last winter. The fourth group of 31 men to take part in the seniority upgrad­ ing completed the program on July 3. All of the participants received certificates attesting to their new class A seniority under the rules of the SAB. The appeals board is a joint SlU-shipowner panel governing the shipping rules set up under contracts for SIU ships. All together, 113 men have com­ pleted the Seniority Upgrading Program since it began. The program was inaugurated following a Union-management survey of manpower needs in all ports and the number of men shipped to fill jobs on SlU-contracted vessels during 1963. The action was a move to assure the availability of qualified Sea­ farers to meet current maniiing needs. In separate action, the SAB took action last month to tnalntain the upgrading program for an additional six months commenc­ ing on June 26. Qualified class B men who wish to apply for, an upgrading applica­ tion, or who wish further informa­ tion on the program, should write Earl Shepard, chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board, 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, NY. Members of the SAB Seniority Upgrading Committee include Shepard for the Atlantic Area; Lindsey Williams, Gulf Area; A1 Tanner, Great Lakes Area; and E. B. 'McAuley, West Coast Area. �SEAPARlSRS Page Fov MA Budget Cut Hit By Commerce Dept. WASHINGTON—A $600,000 cut in the Maritime Adminis­ tration's budget in the next fiscal year will bring about "serious consequences" in maritime research and develop­ ment, Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges said recently on this new construction—a total in a plea to the Senate Ap­ of $314.9 million. propriations Committee, asking the body to reconsider the House of Representatives budgetary slash. The reduction came in the re­ quest for maritime research and development, which includes an increase of $250,000 for the ad­ ministrative expense limitation. The House voted to give MA the full amount it sought for operat­ ing and construction subsidies and the acquisition of ships traded in C-4 Exchange (Continued from page 3) and Penntrans—are SlU-affiliated. Each of these companies was to get one C-4. Meanwhile, however, on Janu­ ary 30—a day before the ship awards were made — MA announced that it was revising its valuation policy on C-4s—a move which tramp ship operators esti­ mated would add some $300,000 to the cost of acquiring a C-4 and converting it to bulk carrier use. As a result of this MA action, all four tramp companies which might have benefitted from the exchange program have been forced to abandon the idea, as has Sea-Land, which had planned to convert the C-4s into containerships -for use in the intercoastal trades. Only Calmar and Matson have accepted the ships alloted to them, thus accounting for only seven of the 18 ships which were to be broken out. The C-4 exchange program, of course, is not the only case in which MA has paid lip service to the idea of a strong American merchant marine, then taken ac­ tions which bring about the op­ posite effect. It was, for instance, MA's policy of issuing waivers on the use of US-flag ships which last winter led the ILA, SIU, NMU and other American maritime unions to sup­ port a boycott of foreign-flag ships scheduled to carry American wheat to Russia. Moreover, the MA has consist­ ently been following a policy of issuing general waivers - of the Public Resolution 17 requirement which stales that 100 percent of cargoes financed by the ExportImport Bank must move in Ameri­ can bottoms. The approval of such a request for a waiver, from Italy, was the subject of a vigorous protest by the SIU and other maritime unions to the Grievance Commit­ tee on Cargo Preference Adminis­ tration, which was set up as an outgrowth of the agreement leadied last February between the White House and AFL-CIO Presi­ dent Meany, and on the basis of which the maritime unions ended their boycott of the Russian-wheat ships. Despite the protect of the unions, MA conditionally approved the Italian waiver and is currently considering a similar request from Chile. This Chilean applickibn, along with the C-4 exchange program, will be subjects of further protests by the SIU at the next meeting of the Grievance Committee, Which is scheduled to be hmd In Washington oh July 28. \ ;) Since $7.5 million of the $9.5 million allowed by the House for research will be needed for oper­ ation of the nuclear ship Savan­ nah, only $2 milion will be left for two vital areas of non-nuclear research, according to Secretary Hodges. These involve studies in reducing the cost of ship, port and terminal operations. The cut in Maritime funds will leave about half the amount of research monies allotted in 1963 and 1964. Mr. Hodges told the Senate committee that restoration of the full amount asked was also needed in part to meet administrative ex­ penses of the Savannah when the Atomic Energy Commission turns over to the MA next October full control of the atomic power plant on the vessel. Secretary Hodges did not ask for restoration of a $450,000 cut from the Maritime Administra­ tion's proposed budget for salaries and expenses nor a $10,000 reduc­ tion in state marine schools. Maritime Administrator Nicho­ las Johnson also made a plea to the Senate Appropriations Com­ mittee to restore the $600,000 cut in the MA'S 1965 budget. MTD Area Parley Held In Norfolk NORFOLK-^The AFL-CIO Mar­ itime Trades Department held its Eastern Regional Area semi-annual conference here on June 29, wjth approximately 50 delegates in at­ tendance. Murray Pierce of the Operating Engineers, who is presi­ dent of the Hampton Roads Coun­ cil, presided over the session. The Eastern Regional Area em­ braces the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Hampton Roads and delegations from each of the MTD councils in these ports participated. The conference agenda was de­ voted to coordination of the activi­ ties of the various port councils within the area. MTD President Paul Hall dis­ cussed the work of the councils and noted their effectiveness as vehicles for coordinating the ac­ tivities of their affiliated unions on the trade union, community and political levels. Reports were also given by MTD Executives Secretary Peter McGavin, Eastern Regional Area Di­ rector Anthony Mennella, and Council President William Kirchhoff of Baltimore, William Durkin of Philadelphia and Murray Pierce of Hampton Roads. Mennella re­ ported for the Greater New York Harbor Port Council. "YOUCAf^'rSPEA^ UP IF YOU'RE NOTTMERE - YOUR UHUM HediiLARLr! J«Dr 11^ 1N« LOG More Coffee Than Strikes WASmNGTON—So peace­ ful are things on the labormanagement front, saya the Federal Mediation and Con­ ciliation Service, that people are spending more time on coffee breaks than in strikes. The agency's statistics showed that 1963 labor disputes on the average removed only 15 workers for every 10,000 from jobs. Officials also paint a saccharine picture for 1964, pointing out that only 10 men will be idle due to labor dis­ putes for every 10,000 at work. New Navy Ship Is Named For Sam Gompers WASHINGTON—The first de­ stroyer tender to be built by the Navy since 1945 will be named the USS Samuel Gompers in tribute to the founding president of the former AFL, President Johnson has announced. It will be built by union labor under the first agreement signed by a local metal trades council and a naval shipyard—the pact reached in July 1963 by the Bremerton, Wash., union group and the. Puget Sound Naval Ship­ yards. AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany, Sec. of Labor W. Willard Wlrtz and other government and tmion officials attended ceremonies July 9 at which the keel was laid. Worked for Peace "It Is fitting," said Johnson in making the announcement, "that a U.S. naval vessel bear the name Samuel Gompers. A man who be­ lieved in and worked for peace, he knew its best guarantee is 'the power of self-protection.' "Few men represented mi^re effectively the American idea of individual right and responsibil­ ity. A leader in the struggle for recognition of workers' rights, in­ cluding the right to organize and bargain collectively, Gompers set the course for American labor by rejecting outright the concept of ^e 'class struggle' so prevelent at the time. He determined that working men and women would achieve social justice within the free enterprise system and under the shelter of democratic institu­ tions—^not by throwing them down but by improving them. "The social and economic posi­ tion of American workers today is to a large extent attributable to the efforts of Samuel Gompers. This ship will bear his name and our nation's flag well." Elected In 1881 Gompers, bom in England, was member of the Oigarmakers when he was elected president of the AFL at its founding conven­ tion in 1881. He held the post until Lie death in 1924. He was a guiding force In the founding of the Intl. Labor Organization and was a-member of the Commission on Labor Legislation that drafted part of the Versailles Treaty end­ ing World War I. The vessel which will cany his name will be 644 feet long, have an 85-foot beam, and displaces 20,500 tons. Its crew will be com­ posed of 135 officers and 1,668 enlisted personnel. It will ac­ company the fleet, and when out­ fitted will be able to make repairs on destroyers including nuclear power plants and missiles. Con­ struction is expected to take two years. ....... Building Subsidy Extended 1 Year WASHINGTON—The Senate has passed a bill calling for a one-year extension of federal subsidies for construction and reconstruction of American-flag cargo and passenger ships. The original proposal, as approved by the House of Shipbuilders and operators, who had appealed to the Senate for Representatives and the Sen­ the extensimi, claim that had it ate Commerce Committee, called for a two-year extension of the subsidy program, but the Senate cut it to one year. The measure will insure the continuation subsidies of up to 55 percent on new cargo ships and 60 percent for the reconstruc­ tion of passenger vessels for a period of one year as of June 30. Continuing Study Senator Frank J. Lausche (D-Ohio) offered the amendment to trim the bill's two-year exten­ sion to one. He said the subsidy bill is an area of continuing study and that Congress can take anotlier look at it next year. The legislation is intended to offset the higher labor and con­ struction costs in this country as compared to foreign shipping yards. The amount of subsidy on each ship is determined by the Maritime Administration and then authorized by the Secretary of Commerce. Subsidies to date have been running about $250 million a year. not been approved it would cost them from $500,000 to $600,000 more per ship. In the meantime, the Maritime Subsidy Board has proposed stiffer requirements for the sale or transfer of ships by subsidized operators. It plans to determine whether the prospective buyer has the experience and money to operate a ship before it approves a sale and releases the seller from any of bis obligations under the construction subsidy contract. New Cost System The MA also has proposed a new system or comparing U.S. and foreign costs for subsidy purposes. It proposes to stop using the single lowest cost foreign yard as a means for comparison. Instead, it would use the aver­ age cost of five foreign shipyards to compute the subsidy. This would make the U.S. and foreign shipbuilding costs closer together and reduce the subsidy outlay to the government. By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Benefit Action Requires Data Although the Union has gone to considerable effort to cireate varions benefit plans, members who are careless about filing ail the required information often find it hard to take advantage of them as fast as they normally could. As we have pointed out before, members who follow the simple steps in sending the necessary information when filing to collect their payments, often avoid long unnecessary delays. If a member piakes certain that every bit of information that is asked for on an application form is filled out, he knows he can count on his Union officials to promptly process his claim for welfare, vaca­ tion or pension benefits. For instance, a Seafarer^ who has become permanently disabled and wants to apply for a $150 per month disability pension must fulfill certain requirements. He has to have 4,380 days of seatime on SlU-contracted ships in addition to a statement certifying his dis­ ability. In filing for a disability pension, a Seafarer would have to furnish the following information: (1) A permanent not-fit-for-duty certificate, stating the nature of the disability. This certificate must be issued by one of the United States Public Health Service Hos-pitals or one of the SIU clinics. this wise course of action can then (2) In order to prove that he has be assured that his application the necessary seatime, he must will be acted upon in the normal furnish copies of his Coast Guard length of time, instead of being discharges ag-a record of his past forced to wait while officials of employment. the pension plan make repeated We often hear many Seafarers requests for further information. complain that they can't locate SIU pensions have long been their old discharges. If a member considered among the best, when happens to be in this kind of a compared to other similar plans fix, we would like to remind him around the country. The important that duplicates of old discharges thing to remember is that the can be obtained by writing to the quicker a brother files all- the in­ Commandant, United States Coast formation that is required, the Guard, Washington, D.C., request­ quicker be can start collecting ing a listing of all of your Coast those $150 checks which arrive Guard discharges. every month. If a brothel does make this kind of a request to the Coast Any SIU member who feels Guard, he is required to furnish there is an unnecessary delay his Z-number, his Social Security in the processing of any wel­ number, the approximate dates fare or pension claims should when he sailed, and the names of immediately cali this to the as many of his former ships as he attention of the Secretary-. can recall. Treasurer at headquarters, by When -all this information, in­ certified mail, return receipt cluding the permanent not-fit-forrequested. Any delay in the duty certificate, the record of, past processing of a claim is usu­ discharges and the application for ally due to the absence of nec­ a disability pension, is submitted essary information or docu­ to the joint Union - shipowner ments Which are required be­ trustee panel of the pension plan, fore a claim can be processed. prompt processing will then take place. A brother who has followed �SEAFARERS fdr 19, 1999 Blood Bank Donor OK Money Bill to Modernize ChicagoHarbor CHICAGO—In a move which had the full backing and support of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department here, the House Ap­ propriations committee has ap­ proved and sent to the floor a $4.3 billion public works appropriation bill which Includes $2.5 million for the deepening of Calumet harbor. The amount is a million dollars more than was asked for by the administration and a vote on the bill is expected to take place shortly. The appropriation was spurred by fears that Calumet would be­ come a ghost port unless the har­ bor and the Calumet River are dredged to a depth of 27 feet from their present 19. Reluctance of ocean ships to use the Calumet River has brought estimates that the Chicago Re­ gional Port District's may decline to almost 50 percent this year, the revenues coming from tenants ma­ rine terminal facilities on Lake Calumet. It has also been pointed out that the St. Lawrence Seaway now has a depth of twenty five-and-ahalf feet and soon will be deep­ ened to 27 and that the shallower channel and turning basin in Calu­ met Harboc discourages ships from using it. Until this year an aver­ age of 20 ship lines used the port every shipping season. But this year only six lines have signed up. The committee, in approving the appropriation, noted that local in­ terests have invested about $32 million in terminal facilities at the harbor. The work was author­ ized by the River and Harbor Act of 1962, but no money had been appropriated. The committee also approved another $2.5 million to complete dredging the channel to 29 feet and continue dredging the outer harbor to 28 feet. In addition, the committee pro­ vided $5 million for the first part of the Illinois Waterway from 12 miles above Lockport to turning basin No. 5 near the entrance to Lake Calumet. TMf F1T« LOG Four Seafarers On Pension List NEW YORK—Six veteran Seafarers have joined the grow­ ing list of SIU oldtimera who have retired in dignity and comfort with the help of a regular $150 monthly pension check. The six new pension : awards brings the number of engine department. A long-time Seafarers who have retired member of the SIU, he joined the Seafarer Andrea A. Pesce has been donating blood to the SlU blood bank since he fir$t started sailing with the SlU. A recent donation brought him to the gallon mark and the LOG photographer hustled over to commemorate the occa­ sion with the photo above. Pesce last sailed aboard the Summit (Sea Land) in the engine department. Nurse Mary Larsen is at right. Low Great Lakes Water Rapidly BecomingCritical TORONTO—Rain, rain and more rain must fall on the rapidly shrinking Great Lakes. This is not only the plea of conservationists in the region fearing for fish and fowl, but a frightfully realistic*thought in the minds of men merce, the prolonged absence of amounts of rain has pro­ concerned with commercial large duced a situation far beyond the navigation, hydroelectric power and small boat docks, who are faced with an abnormally low water level on the inland waterways. The monthly mean level of Lakes Michigan and Huron for the past four months has been at or below the lowest levels ever recorded. And Lakes Erie, Superior and On­ tario, although not below record levels, have shrunk far below their long-term average levels. While the problem does not spell Imminent disaster for Lake com- U.S. income Average Hits Aii-Tlme High WASHINGTON—The median income of U.S. families jumped 9 percent, or $293, to an all-time high of $6,249 between 1962 and 1963, the Census Bureau reported on the basis of a population survey conducted in March. At the same time the number of families under the Johnson Administration's "poverty line" of $3,000 declined 1 percent. However, not all of this Increase In Income constituted a gain In purchasing power, as the cost of living went up about 1 percent during the year. The "median" income is the half-way point, with the Incomes of an equal number of families or persons above and below. The survey was conducted among the non-institutional population and members of the armed services living off-post or with their families on-post In the United States. The study covered cash income only before tax deductions. The number of families with Incomes of $7,000 or more In­ creased by about 10 percent, or 2 million, from the previous year and accounted for 42.4 percent of the country's 47.4 million families, the Census Bureau summary showed. At the other end of the economic scale 8.8 million families, or 1.3.5 percent of all families, had incomes in cash of less than $3,000 in 1963. This was about 500,000 fewer than the year before. Incomes between $3 000 and $5,000 were reported by about 8.4 million families, or 17.7 percent, while 21.3 percent, or 10.1 million families, had Incomes between $5,000 and $7,000. The median income of male heads of families was $6,561 and of families headed by women was $3,211. Families in which both husband and wife worked had median Income o^ 7,789. Those with non-working wives averaged $6,039. A median of $6,935 was reported for families whose heads were employed. Largest family Income in this group was $13,302 and was earned by self-employed heads of families. Medians for famiiy heads in other job classifications included: salaried mana­ gers and officials, $6,895; craftsmen and foremen, $7,367; and laborers, $5,081. - "pain-in-the-neck" stage. Hydro­ electric plants are short of water, navigation is suffering and small craft moorings are nakedly ex­ posed. Partly-Empty Holds Because of the low level of the Lakes, ships with cargoes of ore from Duluth, Milwaukee, Detroit and other ports are forced to sail with partly-empty holds. Even the St. Lawrence Seaway, which has a fluctuating level, faces future peril if the Lakes continue to lose their contents. If future rainfall is not forth­ coming the Great Lakes will con­ tinue to shrink; with a period of normal precipitation the levels should start a slow upward rise. It would require a veritable deluge, however, to restore the Lakes to anywhere near 1964's predicted normal level. Seek Aid Acute concern over the declining water levels resulted in a recent conference of the Canadian and American officials Involved. Dele­ gates to the International Confer­ ence on Water Levels held in Toronto have decided to seek help from their respective governments. Officials of Ontario, Quebec and eight American states will ask the International Joint Commission— which has jurisdiction over border waters—to initiate a special and comprehensive study of the prob­ lems of fluctuating levels on the Great Lakes. The conference Included repre­ sentatives from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. There are not many reasons for the Lake shore populace to show optimism at present. According to estimates indicating seasonl lows for the next six months—Lake Superior slightly below its 10-year average and tbe other lakes very much below, people from Ashtabula to Sault Ste. Marie will soon be sitting high and dry. union In 1938 In Tampa. Sheffield this year to a total of 40. took his last trip on the Marine All of the six will receive dis­ ability pensions which pay $150 (U.S. Si>ipping Corp.). He makes his home in Mobile, Ala., where he lives with his wife, Lexie, and their two children. Loeffer is ending a long career as a Seafarer with many years of experience in the deck depart­ ment. He became an SIU member in New York and ended his sailing days with a voyage on the Alamar (Calmar). Loeffer lives in Balti­ more with his wife, Ann. Schneider Sheffield Wuchina Is an engine departper month for life. One of the six is a member of the SIU-Great Lakes district and the remaining five sailed deep sea. The latest pensioners are Hazen Schneider, 58; Lloyd Sheffield, 50; Gustave Loeffer, 60; Nicholas Wuchina, 49. ^ Schneider became a member of the SIU-Great Lakes District when he signed up In St. Ignace, Mich. Loeffer Wuchina He ended his days as an active Seafarer when he made his last ment veteran who also signed up trip on the Chief Wawatam. A with the Union in New York. He native of Macinaw City, Mich., he ended his sailing career with a makes his home there with his trip on the Columbia. He plans wife, Irene, and their child. to spend his retirement with his Sheffield is a Seafarer oldtlmer wife, Monika and their two chil­ who held an FWT rating In the dren at their home In Ligonier, Pa. By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President MA Chief Cites U.S. Ship Probiems Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson recently gave a speech befoire the Propeller Club In San Francisco in which he reviewed many of the serious problems now being faced by the U.S. merchant marine. Included in his comments were an acknowledgement of the steady decline in domestic shipping in the United States. He also acknowledged that it will be very difficult to revitalize the domestic shipping Industry "so long as it remains possible for the railroads to cut water rates to a point where It becomes un­ economic for even the most enterprising water carriers to stay in business. However at this point the MA chief delivered the punch line. He quickly pointed out that "the Maritime Administration has the re­ sponsibility under the Merchant Marine Act to promote domesis water carriers, but we have no regulatory authority over either the water or the connecting land carriers." This appears to be the same old game of passing the buck. Every­ one talks about the decline in U.S. shipping, but seems to think that the blame lies at someone else's doorstep. The truth is that most U.S. government and regulatory agencies have been lax in their efforts directed toward improving the status of American shipping. The U.S.-f Senate recently chopped a year I Perhaps the MA chief provided off the extension of the 55 percent the answer to some of the prob­ ship construction subsidy bill and lems that the U.S. shipping indus­ said that they would look into any try is facing without even know­ further extension at a future date. ing it. During his speech to the The Federal Maritime Commis­ Propeller Club, he outlined the sion has made a feeble attempt to progress made by both Russia and enforce dual rate regulations for Japan in building up their mer­ foreign .steam.ship conferences, chant marines after World War II and after a promising start the and he said that "if other nations document haV been watered down can do this job, so oati we. Indeed, to such an extent as to make it we should be able to do it as well useless. And to top it off, the 10 or better than any." leading European maritime na­ Indeed we should. But the tions and Japan are still .not buildup of the fleets of such coun­ satisfied and are asking for a tries as the Soviet Union, Jaipan further weakening of the dual and many others was no accident. rate regulations. These countries realize the im­ The Interstate Commerce Com­ portant role that their merchant mission has allowed the railroads fleet plays both ecohomically and to practice discriminatory rate militarily, and they have appro­ cutting, which, as Maritime Ad­ priated "massive sums of money ministrator Johnson said has and attention to keep their made it possible "for the rail­ merchant fleets strong. Quite the roads to cut water rates to a point opiwsite is true in the United where it becomes uneconomic for States, and the current state of even the most enterprising of the U.S. merchant fleet tells its water carriers to stay in business." own story. �mc 0B SEAfARERS jmy If, IfM LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) June 20-July 3, 1964 The shipping situation remained at a high level for SIU men during the past two weeks despite a slight de­ crease in the total number of Jobs filled. A total of 1,450 Jobs moved across the shipping board during this report­ I ing period as compared to 1,505 in the previous two weeks. The total number of Jobs dispatched in the deck and steward departments remained virtually at the same level as in the last period, while Job calk in the engine category fell off. The Job picture on the East Coast remained fairly good with Philadelphia and Boston both showing gains and New York falling off only slightly. Baltimore suffered the biggest drop in the number of men shipping of any port. Mobile and Houston marked up substantial in­ creases in the number of men shipping in the Gulf area while New Orleans also reported an improved Job situa­ tion. Seattle was the only West Coast port to register an increase in the number of men who shipped as Wilming­ f ton and -San Francisco both showed Job declines com­ pared to the previous reporting period. Registration figures rose to 1,486 from last period's 1,324, reflecting the drop in job activity. The number of Seafarers registered on the beach al^ showed an in­ crease, rising to 3,644 from 3,597 in the previous two weeks. Shipping activity (see right) registered an increase over the period covered by the previous report. Payoffs and in-transit ship visits remain^ almost steady, but the number of sign-ons rose over the last reporting period.The seniority situation also underwent a change during the past two weeks. The number of class A men ship­ ping dropped five percentage points to 46 percent of the total number of men shipping. Class B shipping re­ mained at 33 percent, while the Job picture for class C men improved, as they accounted for 21 percent of the total Jobs filled, compared to 16 percent in the last re­ port period. Ship Acfivify fmr Si«a hi Off! On* Trent. TOTAL 4 4 •oston 0 49 5 20 New York... . 24 8 0 4 PMIodalpWa.. 4 4 13 20 laltimr* .... 3 10 2 4 Norfolk 1 10 11 Jocktenvllle . . 0 8 • 0 Tompo 7 19 4 Mobile 14 32 New Orleooi. . 6 10 55 28 20 Heeitoo .... 5 5 0 Wilmington .. 0 1 4 9 Son frondico.. 2 10 . 4 4 2 Seattle TOTALS .... 40 53 129 242 DECK DEPARTMENT f Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A 1 GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 1 2 3 ALL i 7 2 23 , 1 4 8 5" 16 2 3i 1 5 0 l7 1 12 0 2 .1 3 1 3 0 0 0" ' 4 5 3 0 1 10 2 53 71 130 66 3 35 66 90 2 23 22 47 14 40 >2 10 10 23 0 23 35 124 85 118 28 23i|1 6 44 12 18 17 34 15 36 1 15 1 35, 12 3 3 '11 18 1 8 1 21 Philadelphia 11 1 1 3 5 3 8 4 7 12 15 8 12 « 3 4 4 41 66 10 116 2 15 4 9 30 7 26 12 8 4 8, 0 Baltimore 5 14 3 14 29 3 3 0 8 1 24' 40 1 1 1 15 13 5 7 Norfolk "..... 6 12 0 6 2 1 5 0 8 5 5 1 2 0 11 1 3 4 1 8 14 14 12 2 28 1 1 2 4 8 6 17 f 0 5 0 27, 3 Jacksonville ......... 5 5 11 1 11 • 1 4 3 0 8 15 2 1 6 4 2 6 5 3 16 10 1 2 5 2 2 Tampa 0 0 0 1 14- 1 0 1 0 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 9 i 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 26 37 1 8 16 6 67 1 Mobile 15 10 5 2 21 1 39 24 34 4 21 14 11 7 6 14,1 0 1 3 4 21 14 9 4 38 89 123 43 14 53 3 New Orleans 57 1 30 20 21 44'' 0 0 4 101 76 73 12 161' 0 22 20 19 28 10 9 4 4 53 44 63 3 63 Houston 28 15 36 20 27 12 28 31 20 16 17 59 12 17 19 48 4 37 59 71 19 1311 4 24 9 48 37 144 41 9 18 7 0 Wilmington 1. 2 3 3 0 0 9 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 20 5 36, 0 2 4 0 30 San Francisco 5 10 5 4 1 4 6 15, 5 7 0 7 14 7 6 3 14 1 3 3 5 7 28 22 25 49, 3 12 15 2 2 Seattle 7 3 20 1 .12 10 19; 16 6 60 24 45 5 18 12 _ 85 6 32 1 16 0 7 S • 12 32 16 12 16 5 14 2 9 TOTALS 125 179 61 1 365 28 142 145 1 285 i 90 154 50 1 2941 26 73 77 1 176 7 €8 55 1 134 294 176 ISO 1 400 368 496 100 1 964 28 193 306 1 627 Port Boston New York ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A 11 POIT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 7 0 0 3 4 1 1 2, 0 0 "0" 0 0 2 0 2 18 54 6 78 4 35 9 35 7 18 13 18 5 30 24 2 0 10 0 1 9 3 5 8 0 1 5 6 11 12 ' 0 11 1 18 1 20 3 11 13 27 i 3 5 0 8 0 3 • 7 4 2 5 1 8 0 4 1 5 0 2 2 4 2 0 6 4 2 4 2 8 0 3 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 ®i ® 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 13 0 9 6 5 4 13 3 20 ; 0 10 6 16 10 32 8 50 3 29 19 51 1 8 25 38 ! 0 5 26 16 42 30 14 4 48 6 22 21 49 11 28 7 46 4 23 15 42 3 1 1 5 2 2 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 7 18 1 4 3 2 6 3 6 2 11 1 A 2 1 6 10 3 19 1 9 4 14 5 7 0 0 5 6 li 65" 184 35 1284 20 111 87 !1 218 43 126 22 1 1911 14 101 "ei 1 176 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 8 24 35 30 0 3 1 4 12 11 0 6 8 4 2 7 0 0 2 6 2 4 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 o; 0 0 0 5 20 2 3 16 7 0 0 7 38 42 1 19 7 27 46 42 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 11 4 1 2 5 12 2 11 3 56 28 1 87191 176 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A 1 GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 2 C ALL 1 5 1 11 3 31 0 4 15 0 2 86 12 140 18 89 42 44 58 120 24 20 27, 2 23 3 28 0 8 12 4 21I 8 57 8 41 6 73 2 20 19 7 2 121 2 10 13 0 1 6 1 2 10 4 10 3 17 2 8 4 14 0 1 3 5 0 7 0 8 0 2 30 0 18 5 41 9 19 2 9 9 87 19 50 52 106 7 65 15 99 4 83 8 72 27 115 20 60 3 21 43 15 0 26 4 6 2 12 12 2 5 58 2 22 4 19 13 41 4 8 12 40 2 6 20 5 28, 7 29 4 12 87 1 454 139 430 61 1 630 42 190 233 1 465 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A w Port Bos tjy Phil Bal Nor Jac Tarn Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 , 2 3 ALL 1-s 0 1 ' 0 1 2, 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 12 25 62 1 3 6 10 1 0 2 1 6 9 0 0 4 4 1 4 6 2 10 22 3 3 15 21 0 1 3 1 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 l' 0 2 1 3 10 16 1 3 8 12 2 8 12 2 21 43 2 4 35 41 5 5 7 32 6 9 11 5 21 32 6 2 0 0 2 4 1 2 2 5 0 4 4 1 6 15 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 6 7 20 1 3 10 14 0 40 58 39 101 1 238 15 25 106 1 146 16 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 0 0" 0 6 3 12 6 4 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 8 2 8 12 4 21 9 8 14 0 0 1 3 2 5 1 3 12 53 27 79 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 1 1 22 0 14 3 11 0 3 3 13 0 a 7 7i 0 li 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 ii 0 13 201 1 1 11 42 3 0 46 49 37 8 4 23 35 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 0 2 16 0 1 5 4 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC ALL 1-s 0 0 0 1 0 1| 1 Oi 0 0 0 31 31 22 67: 30 14 31 0 7 8, 13 24 3 1 3 8 0 0 7 7 22 12 7-I 8 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 3 0 6 4 5 1 1 111 0 0 0 2| 0 1 1 6 1 0 2 0 35 6 2 20 13 2 0 3 42 1 94 19 49 2? 37 4 1 16 35 21 931 7 0 2, -4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 8 2 10 2 2 0 0 6 27 7 S 6 6 16 Registered On The Beach CLASS A I CLASS B GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 3 0 3 6 0 3 0 2" 60 50 38 86 204 4 10 46 1 11 12 9 4 12 28 0 30 23 21 13 25 71 4 13 12 8 3 4 20 0 5 3 3 3 1 7 0 1 0 3 3 6 12 .1 18 41 1 15 11 5 19 29 18 60 126 2 3 114 119 5 28 25 15 20 67 8 41 16 ? 2 4 6 2 7 12 18 10 30 13 66 0 2 11 7 4 10 39 28 6 6 27 2 78 I 87 175 134 87|396 102 189 120 281|692, 29 37 300 j 366 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A "EROUP DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS 1_ 2_ 3 ALL 125 179 " 61 I 365 65 184 35 I 284 flfi ">9'l0l'| 238: 288 4^ 197 I 887 / Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 1 2_ 3 28 102 105 I 235 90 " 154 50 20 111 87 I"218 43;^_126 22 '15_ 25*106'I 146 69 27 79 63 238 298 |599 202 307 ISl ALL I 294 I 191 I 175 1660 SHIPPED CLASS-B GROUP 12 3 ALL "26 73 77 I 176 SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL Registered On The Beach SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 123 ALL ABC ALL 128 ALL 123 AlA 7 68 55 I 130 294 176 130 I 600!368~i&6 100 I 964 28 193 306 I 527 3 56 28 I 87 191 176 87 I 454139 430 61 I 630 42 190 233 I 465 2 78 87.175 134 87 1396 291 120 2811692 29 37 300 I 366 14 101 61 I 176 13 11 110 1 134 53 185 248 1 486 17 126 161 I 304 660 486 804 J1450|798 1046 442 |228«r99 420 839 jl358 �SEAFARERS Mr M.1MI Pace- Serea LOG Father's . Footsteps Are Passe By Earl fBall) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Good Shipping Continues In NY I Here in New York things have been pretty good on the shipping front. And it looks like things may continue this way for quite awhile. In from Texas City on the Transerle to say hello was Kenny Cann, who was off on his way to see the Wdrld's Fair and take in a ball game. Lewis (Red) Roberts, who came in on the Gateway City.-stopped by the hall to collect his vacation cash and then try his luck at Aqueduct. Red plans to catch up on some missed baseball time, with frequent trips to the Met or Yankee games. Other Seafarers in to collect money and give their regards were Chrlstos Tsambis, Enrique Alvrcez, Louis Basta, Frank Hemandei and Brothers James, Morales and Asinas. Shipping in the port of Boston has been slow during the past period, sorry to say. However a good number of the registered men are sailing aboard the excursion boats operating in and around Boston Harbor. The remainder of the members are back in Boston for vaca­ tion and don't plan to ship until after Labor Day. Some of the men presently on the beach are Gene Daktn, John Kulas and the Ruggerio Brothers. They have all Just paid oif the Mt. Washington. The word for shipping in Philadelphia this period is good. Things have picked up considerably, and -f ^ will continue to do so, from aii time away from shipping but not indications. This is especially true from the water, Clyde, who's last for rated men. ship was the Bosun Marore, is President of Firefighters l!,Aal going to stay home for a couple of 22, James J. Fort)es, passed away weeks and do some fishing. on June 21. The SIU and IBU, Another nvan resting up is Roy along with local maritime officials, Rayfield, 21 years with SIU, who paid their respects. The port of suffered a slight heart attack Philadelphia had 10 payoffs, four aboard his last ship the Marore. sign-ons and 17 intransits during Roy has gone home to recuperate the past period. before shipping out again. On the beach here is Estelan Waiting To Ship Oquendo, who's been shipping Both John Brown and Danld with SIU "for over 21 years with Nelson are looking for work out the steward department. Estelan has recently returned from Russia of Norfolk. John last made a short on a wheat run and says he is very run on the Taddei 'Victory and is glad to belong to the SIU. He be­ waiting for a fireman's berth on lieves the SIU has the best condi­ something that will be gone for tions' in the maritime industry. a good while. Daniel, who has Estelan is also proud to ship out been manning SIU ships for 20 of Phiily, where he says he's never years, is back in town after a year's absence, registered for a had any trouble shipping out. bosun's post. Edward Brett is itching to get a Down in Puerto Rico -Gov. ship that feeds as well as his last one, the Globe Progress. Edward Munoz has recently signed_^a bill sailed on the Progress coai run that authorize? the Pwts Author­ to Holland and is hoping to go ity to take out $300,000 of its own back on the first one available. funds for dredging in front of the Planning to ship again very shortly new San Juan Tourism pier. A four week seminar on co­ is Charles C. Fritz. Charles has high praise for his last vessel, the operatives jointly sponswed by Mt Vernon Victory, on which he the - Caribbean Organization and sailed for over a year in- the International Labor organization ended recently. Representatives Persian Gulf. . from U.S., British and Frendi Sees Russia Caribbean islands and Briti^ Russia ha§ changed quite a bit, Honduras attended the meeting. according to Roosevelt Robbins, Old timers seen around the who came in to teli about his last voyage on the Norina. Roosevelt union halls were Joe Reyes, who spent 60. days in Odessa in 1943 is hanging around for awhile after and says that the people were very spending six months' on the San freindiy then. Now everyone seems Francisco. This was Joe's second to be afraid to talk, and he doesn't time on' this ship, and he has nothing but compliments for all want to go back. bands. Shipping in Baltimore, as it ap­ Although Roberto Principe is pears to be in most ports for the holding down the Steward's job next period, is doing well. Nine vessels have paid off and there seven days a week on the dredge have been 9 sign-ons and 32 in Cartagena, he manages to get transits. Only complaint is that around the hold to keep in touch there'are not enough middle rat­ with the boys. Johnny Galdinez, one. of our finest old timers has ings to fiii all the jobs. just completed a five month trip On the beach in Baltimore is on the Steel Worker. He dropped Jiles Wbamm, a 12-year man with SIU who last sailed aboard the by the hall with Mrs. Galdinez. Penn Carrier to Russia. Jiles left It's always a pleasure to know that the Carrier on the West Coast and Johnny is available to "cherang' returned here to register. He will a ship. Jooe Suarei, another old timer take any ship going any place but from the engine department, was India. . The Port of Norfolk has seen explaining to a few of the boys good shipping during the last that 30 years ago the "good old period and expects mm-e of the days" were not so good as com­ same for the next couple of wceics. pared to conditions, wages, wel­ There are exceptionally good op­ fare and pensions of today. portunities for all rated men. It was a busy time in the area with the grand opening of the new union hall. Many SIU members and their families attended this affair, as is.evident from some 800 meals served at the opening cere­ monies. Everyone is very well pleased with the building. Clyde Mariner is taking a little While his wife Susan loolcs on with approval, veteran rail -tugman Jacobin F. Niiveistyii (center) accepts his first retirement check from SlU-Railway Marine Region director G. P. McGinty. Nuvelstyn retired after 37 years service on Erie-Lackawanna railtugs. Two RMR Men On Pension List / NEW YORK—^The joint Union-employer panel of the SIU pension plan has added two veteran rail tugmen to the everincreasing number of SIU-Railway Marine Region members who have been able to retire"*" to live in comfort with the than 23 years on th« railroad's tugs as a deckhand. He took bis aid of a $150 monthly pension last trip as a rail tugman on the check. The action of the trustee panel brings to 17 the total number of SIU-RMR members who have re­ tired this year. Sixty-five rail tugmen have been awarded pensions since the plan was started. The two railtug veterans are Andrew Carcich, 65, and Jacobus F. Nuvelstyn, 65. Both are ErieLackawanna Railroad veterans and have been awarded disability pen­ sions which will pay them $150 per month for the rest of their lives. Nuvelstyn Is a veteran rail tugman with over 37 years service with the Erie-Lackawanna. A mem­ ber of the deck department, he last sailed on the Utica. Nuvelstyn was born in Holland and now lives In Jersey City with his wife, Susan. He plans to spend his re­ tirement by "taking it easy" and working around his home. Carcich is another -Erie-Lacka­ wanna veteran who worked more Erie - Lackawanna railfug veteran Andrew Carcich (left) accepts best wishes for the future as he collects his first pension check from SlU-Railway Marine Region director G. P. McGinty. After more than 25 years of service with the rail­ road, Carcich plans to spend his retirement fish­ ing, gardening and taking care of his home. Hernell. Carcich owns his own home in Astoria, N.Y., where he lives with his wife, Mary. His family includes two married daughters and six grandchildren. Commenting on his plans for the future, he says, "I'm going to retire in dignity and live like a gentleman." Unemployed Youth To Get Aid From U.S. WASHINGTON — A nationwide plan to train 2,000 men and women as shock troops in an attack on the problems of unemployed youth has been launched by Labor Sec­ retary W. Willard Wirtz. After intensive recruitment and training as counselor aides and youth advisers, they will staff youth opportunity centers for as­ sisting young people without skills or jobs which Wirtz described in testimony before the Senate Labor Committee. The crash program is necessi­ tated by a shortage of qualified personnel. Eligible for training are college graduates or those with ex­ perience in counseling, psychology, sociology, educati(Hi, the social sci­ ences, social work or related fields, and who are at least 21 years of age. They will receive eight weeks of training, beginning July 13, in some 20 universities and colleges in all parts of the country, and must be unemployed at the time training starts. Wirtz appealed to AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer William F. Schnitzler for aid in finding volun­ teers. "Your help in getting people to apply who have empathy for and collegiate training or experi­ ence in services for disadvantaged youth would be deeply appreci­ ated," he said in a telegram de­ tailing the recruitment program. Unemployment among teen-agers has been high for. years and is expected to become worse as post­ war "baby boom" children grow up and enter the labor force. Fewer than six per cent of Amer­ ican white collar workers follow in their fathers' occupational foot­ steps, according to statistics re­ leased by the U.S. Department of Commerce, At the other end of the scale are professional and. tech­ nical workers, who follow along family lines 41 per cent of the time. This pattern points to the fact that, while in the past^ sons fre­ quently chose the occupation of their fathers, only one fourth of the workers in the United States today has the same kind of job as did his father. The Commerce Department's re­ port reveals that 23 per cent of American men 25 to 64 years old follow in their fathers' footsteps. After professional and technical workers come managers, officials and proprietors with 35 per cent, craftsmen, foremen and similar workers nearly 30 per cent, and operatives and other like workers with 26 per cent. Sons of clerical workers, sales and service workers and laborers followed their fathers' occupation only between 3 and 15 per cent of the time, while farmers showed and unusual pattern. Only 20 per cent of younger fanners descended from farmers, while about 40 per cent of older farmers were the sons of farmers. Almost one in every four of the older farmers began as such, while one in nine of the younger men started work on a farm. Great Lalces Cargoes Up Water" carriers on the Great Lakes are enjoying their best traf­ fic in four years, with grain, coal and iron-ore movements running eight million tons ahead of last year's movements, the Lake Car­ riers Association announced re­ cently. More grain was shipped over the lakes last month than in any other May on record, with cargoes totaling 2,791,872 tons. The great bulk of the cargoes. 66.8 per cent, was transported in Canadian-flag ships. Overseas ships moved 24.'7 per cent of the grain and United States carriers had 8.3 per cent. Oliver T. Burnham, vice presi­ dent and secretary of the associa­ tion, credited thd heavy grain movement to increased export de­ mand. Shipments of iron ore in May amounted to 9,068,540 gross tons, an increase of more than 750,000 tons over the amount carried in May, 1963. This brought the total movement this year's season to June 1 to 13,028,259 tons, highest for the period since 1960. Coal shipments dropped slightly, to 6,597,578 tons. The combined total of the three commodities moved this year to June 1 totaled 31,533,878, the highest since 1960. Quitting Ship? Notify Union A reminder from SIU head­ quarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hail in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replace­ ment. Failure to give notice be­ fore paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning re­ quirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your ship­ mates. �". ssuKaxjneFBnKT'T' SEAFARERS Pace Elsht. Newspaper Publishers Hit Tug Line Sues In Agricuiture News Service Collision ' — JI J rtll OV/^AC* OVlH WASHINGTON—Already under attack from all sides and undergoing a probe of its legality, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Market News Wire Service was scored recently by the American Newspaper Publishers Asso­ Department, was footing the bill the cost of gathering and edit­ ciation which recommended for ing the market news while AT&T to Congress that the services be terminated immediately. ANPA representatives have spe­ cifically asked the Senate Agricul­ ture Appropriations Subcommittee to deny the Agriculture Depart­ ment the right to use federal funds for the news service. The House has already passed an amendment to a National Food Commission resolution which Termits the commission to study the constitutionality of the USDA wire. Criticism Growing Criticism of Agriculture Depart­ ment incursions into the realm of private industry has been growing ever since the government agency began competing against a private ferry line between Orient Point on Long Island, NY and the USDA's Plum Island laboratory. The pri­ vate ferry line was eventually forced to suspend its operations because of the USDA competition. The Market News Wire Service followed soon after. Speaking before Congress, rep­ resentatives of the newspaper pub­ lishers association charged that through the news service, "the government has gone into the business of news dissemination in combination with the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., by­ passing the regular news media." They also charged that the gov­ ernment, through the Agriculture is reaping the benefits. "Under this new plan the bene­ fits flow first to AT&T and the few subscribers to the new wire service," ANPA spokesmen charged. "They are given privi­ leged status and all others are rele­ gated to second class status because the important market news goes first only to those who can afford and choose to buy the privilege from AT&T. All other farm or­ ganizations and news media get the information later." Senators Karl Mundt (R-S.D.) and Roman Hruska (R-Neb.) both joined ANPA representatives in characterizing the Agriculture De­ partment wire service as a poten­ tial news censorship threat. The attack was continued with the charge that the news service was begun in spite of very limited customer demand and in the face of disinterest and outright critic­ ism from many state farm agencies connected with USDA's original federal-state market news service, which they felt better served the interests of the nation's farmers. The USDA-AT&T wire currently enjoys a preferred position on ex­ cise taxes, the ANPA charged, but added that according to reports, the Internal Revenue Service is currently investigating the situ­ ation with an eye toward possible action. MOBILE — SlU-Inland Boat­ men's ' Union contracted-Sabine Towing and Transportation Com­ pany has filed suit in federal court seeking $100,000 for dam­ ages sustained by its tug, Vulcan, in a collision near here May 5, with the cargo ship. Prospector, owned by Lib-Ore Steamship Company. The petition claims that LibOre should be forced to pay the damage cost because of negli­ gence. The Prospector's radar, Sabine charged, was inoperative and "she had failed to provide a lookout." "Furthermore, the cargo ship entered a smog bank or area of restricted visibility when she either could have returned to dock or dropped anchor in a place of safety," Sabine asserted. Sabine contended that the Vul­ can, which was pushing three barges at the time, was "properly manned and equipped and had her radar in operation." Sabine filed the suit shortly after Lib-Ore asked U.S. District Judge Daniel H. Thomas to order Sabine to pay it $275,000 for dam­ age to the Prospector. At the time of the accident, the Vulcan was towing three loaded gasoline barges from Smith Bluff, Tex., destined for the Pure Oil Company and Cities Service here. The lead barge caught fire, throw­ ing flaming gasoline about the harbor. A U.S. Coast Guard investiga­ tion was inaugurated the day after the collision to determine the cause. Introduced By SlU Company Modern Refrigerated Barges Increase Ammonia Shipments HOUSTON—SIU Inland Boatmen's Union members were participants in a revolution in the transportation of ammonia recently when two gigantic refrigerated barges completed their maiden voyage up the Mississippi River, filled with a total of 5,000 tons of liquid am­ monia. This represented the'*^ ; largest single delivery of the of more than 100 vessels, includ­ ft. in length and carries two lowproduct at atmospheric pres­ ing towboats, barges and tankers temperature steel tanks of 1,250sure ever attempted. The barges, incorporating the most advanced design systems for the transport of anhydrous am­ monia or propane, are the latest additions to the IBU-contracted National Marine Service fleet. National Marine operates a fleet on the Mississippi River, Great Lakes and inland waterways of the Gulf Coast and East Coast. Advanced Refrigeration Designed by Breit Engineering, Inc., of New Orleans and built by Port Houston Shipyards, Inc., at Houston, each barge is over 280 Consumer Prices Remain Unchanged WASHINGTON—^Declines in the cost of food and housing offset small increases in the prices of most other goods and services and left the May Consumer Price Index Unchanged from April's record level of-*107.8, the Labor Dept.'s Bu­ clerks will get 8-cent boosts reau of Labor Statistics re­ based on the annual change in ported. June Rise Seen The reading was 1.5 percent higher than in May 1963, with food prices up 1.2 percent over the year and housing 1.1 percpnt higher. Sidney A. Jaffa, BLS as­ sistant deputy commissioner, pre­ dicted a slight rise for June. Under union contract escalator clauses about 90,000 aerospace workers and 80,000 meat packing employes will receive wage in­ creases of 1 cent ah hour on the basis of the national index. Some 2,500 Los Angeles drug./^tore { that city's index, while 2,600 Washington, D.C., transit workers will get one-half a cent because of the quarterly change. A separate but related BLS survey showed that the takehome pay of factory production workers re.ached new all-time highs in May of $92.18 for those with three dependents and $84.40 for those with none. The rise from April was 75 cents and 72 cents, respectively. This represented a clear gain in purchasing power, as the cost of living remained un­ changed. ^ IV. ItN LOG ton capacity. Cargo vapors and freon are used in an advanced refrigeration sys­ tem to maintain the ammonia at a constant temperature of minus 28 F. Each tank is insulated with six inches of foam glass to contain the ammonia at the low tempera­ ture, and is' carried within the barges in saddles cushioned with foamed polyurethane. The fioatiifg ammonia craft each carry two identical refrigeration systems, one as a standby for the otjier. A third refrigerated barge for ammonia and propane, as well as a new towboat and two additional chemical barges with coated tanks, is under construction. National Marine carries the am­ monia from Houston to Marseilles, 111., for Tenneco Chemical Com­ pany, a subsidiary of Tennessee Gas Transmission Company. The ammonia is converted to nitrogen fertilizer at the Illinois plant. David A. Wright, president of National Marine, predicts that new methods of transportation will revolutionize the nitrogen fer­ tilizer industry. "The entire industry is under­ going a revolution in transporting ammonia in large quantities to reach broader markets at a dis­ tance from the ammonia produc­ tion plants." Wfight said. ,, By LIndsey WilliamSi Vice-President, Gulf Area Kudos For Del Sud Crew The Del Sud returned from its Pan-American trade promotion voyage and everyone concerned had nothing. but praise for the contribution of the SlU crew to the success of this unusual venture. The crew did a bang-up job in traditional SlU style and certainly deserves to be commended. This is just another example of how Seafarers alwaye meet the challenge when faced with a difficult assignment. On another front, maritime unions in New Orleans gave moral sup­ port to longshoremen who refused to load cargo on a Brazilian ship which was destined for Tampico, Mexico, but scheduled for trans-ship­ ment to Cuba. Arqund the Gulf the various port councils have been assuring the ILA of the full support of the many MTD affiliated unions in the Long­ shoremen's current negotiations with the employers. In Houston, Judge Jack Pope was elected as Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Judge Pope had the support of the West Gulf Port Council and has visited the SlU Hall on several occasions and ap­ peared before a meeting of the Council. Other good news to Houston trade unionists was the action of the National Labor Relations Board in ordering the noanagement of the Ben Milan Hotel to negotiate with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union in a good faith effort to conclude a collective bargaining agree­ ment. In another decision, the Board ordered Mirapak, Inc., a Houston manufacturer of packing machines, to stop discouraging its employees from joining Sheet Metal Workers Union 54. Mirapak also was or­ dered to reinstate two employees wj^th payment of lost back wages after they were found by the Board to have been fired for union activities. The news from Mobile is that this port is still enjoying a mild ship­ ping boom and having difficulty filling jobs on ships bound for India. Beginning of operations at the new California Standard Refinery at Pascagoula, Mississippi, has stimulated tanker shipipng through the Mobile branch. The outlook in Mobile as well as in the rest of the Gulf is for continued good shipping in the immediate future. Frank Pastrano is on the beach in New Orleans. This reminds us that two of the world's top light-heavyweights, both of whom have an SlU background, have signed to fight an over-the-weight bout soon in San Francisco. The boxers in question are Bobo Olson, who once shipped as an AB in the Sailors Union of the Pacific, and Frank Pastrano's son, Willie, who is the world's champion in this division. Joe Powers is vacationing in New Orleans after a trip to Russia. Rufus "Eddie" Stough, Jr., was discharged from the New Orleans USPHS Hospital, slimmed and trimmed by about 40 pounds, and is look­ ing for a ship. Norman DuBois is working as business agent with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees in which he maintains nvembership along with his SlU book. It was like old home week when the Del Sud was in port with Tom Garrity, Whitey Lanier, Dominick DiGiovanni, Bobby Garn, Hans Spiegel, Henry Ponson and several other crew mem­ bers visiting the hall. Among the familiar faces on the beach in Mobile are Johnny Hunter, who has been sailing out of the Gulf since 1940 and is registered in Group One after leaving a deck maintenance job on the Wairior to take a vacation with his wife and children; Edwin C. Craddock, who got off the Whitehall after spending several months on the European run; James A. Cole who left the Council Grove to shop for a Group Two job on an air-conditioned supertanker; Carroll E. Martin, who has been sailing out of the Gulf for the last 20 years and left fihe chief cook's job on the Penn Exporter to spend some time with his family in Silver City, Mississippi, and Henry L. Laired,' who has been working as a welder in the Mobile Ship Repair Yard since getting off the Tamara Guilden. Johnny "Bananas" Zieries is waiting to throw in on any bosun's Job Uiat hits the board in Houston. Gene Taylor is sweating out an AB's job on a coastwise tanker. Others who have been on the beach in Houston who may have shipped out by the time the LOG goes to press are George McCurley, Nevil Ellis, C. C. Lyle and Ben Ladd. R. L. "Red" Fer­ guson checked in at the hall the other day after resting for a while at his home in Arkansas and shipped almost immediately on the Hurricane bound for northern Europe. Tampa Loads A Brewery Bouiid For Nicaragua TAMPA—A "once-in-a-lifetime" shipment—a complete brewery i —took to the sea from this port June 9, en route to Nicaragua, aboard the Nicaraguan vessel El Salvador. The shipment, which departed from Southport Terminal here, was "one of a kind," according to John Imparato, owner of Southport. "1 don't expect ever to see another one," he said, "and I've never seen one before this." Coordination of assembly at dockside and the actual loading of the vessel was accomplished through a monumental sheaf of papers detailing size, weight and general shape of each piece of equipment. Although not heavy, the brewing tanks were bulky and pre­ sented a problem because of the small hatches of the El Salvador. Southport, however, is equipped with several 45-ton cranes that operate on tracks, hence the crane operators were able to maneu­ ver the tanks into the hatch,openings. Originally, the brewery was set up and functioning here by the National Brewing Company. When National sold it, it was dis­ mantled and removed from the three-story building that housed it. The building was completely stripped, with every existing con­ nection, pipe, brewing tank and storage vessel removed, marked and taken to Southport Terminal for storage until it could be loaded aboard the El Salvador. S �•y r :.: . •:_ ' skJPAk^kir Loa^ Pdgt) Nia Lifeboat Class 112 Earns Tickets By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Vegetables Come With High Price Tags That man on television keeps asking: "Why should vegetables be the quiet corner of your plate?" We have discovered why. It's because the noisy vegetables cost actually two to three times as much as the quiet ones. And that Is what the Green Giant really is ho-ho-ho-ing about. The noisy vegestables, in case you haven't observed the latest tele­ vision campaigns, are frozen vegetables already creamed, or with butter sauce added, or additional ingredients like bits of mushrooms or green peppers, or all mixed up and almost ready to serve, like rice with peas. As shown on TV, when you serve these to your family, orchestras play in the background and you draw admiring glances. But wait till you see the glance you get from your husband when he sees how much your food bills have gone up. Nor will the sounds you hear be those of an orchestra. The new, almost ready-to-serve vegetables are one of the most revealing examples yet of the drive of food manufacturers to convert inexpensive ingredients into costly processed foods. For example, Seabrook's chopped broccoli an gratln costs yon 9 ounces for 31 cents, or 3.4 an ounce. Ordinary frozen chopped broccoli costs you 14 cents for a 10-ounce package, or 1.4 cents. Seabrook creamed spinach is 9 ounces for 29 cents, or 3.2 cents an ounce. In contrast, ordinary frozen leaf spinach costs as little as 10 ounces for 11 cents in stores' own brands, or 1.1 cents an ounce. Green Giant broccoli spears in butter sauce are 39 cents for 10 ounces; 3.9 cents an ounce. Ordinary frozen broccoli spears cost Just Graduating members of SlU Lifeboat Class 112 have big smiles for the camera after suc­ 1.8 cents an ounce. cessfully completing the Coast Guard course which has earned them lifeboat tickets. The Birds Eye cut green beans in butter sauce come to 3.4 cents an graduates are (front, l-r) Juan R. Colon, AH Le Sold; middle row, Jim Quinn, Theodora ounce; ordinary cut green beans, 2.1 cents. Cotheiine, Chris S. Cipriono, John J. Ashley; rear, instructor Dan Butts, Michel S. Somech, Or take frozen beans. Birds Eye peas in butter sauce come to 3.1 Roiph W. Poiiodino, D. A. Gognen, Don Butts, Jr. and Abe Hondiemon. cents an ounCe; ordinary frozen peas in 10-ounce cartons, 1.6 cents; frozen peas in two-pound polyethylene bags, 1.4. The same doubling and even tripling of price occurs in all the other versions. Ordinary frozen eut corn or mixed vegetables are about half the price of the same, items prepared with butter sauce and packaged in foil bags, and even less than half the price in the twopound poly bags. < You can make it a mpdern shopping law, that the more manufac­ turers mix things together, the disproportionately more they cost you. When Birds Eye mixes rice and peas and adds a sprinkle of mush­ BOSTON—The reappearance of a big Russian fishing fleet 50 miles east of Cape Cod rooms, the package costs you 35 cents for 7 ounces, or 80 cents a pound. Or when Birds Eye mixes peas and potatoes with cream sauce, the has drawn a hot protest from local SIU fishermen who want the Soviet vessels kept 200 result costs 55 cents for an B-ounce package. That's $1.10 a pound. miles from U.S. shores. Even if you don't want to cook, you can buy canned cooked potatoes At the same time, it was ing everything in sight, the Amer­ sians to use this type of pump for as little as .12-14 cents a pound. ican catch is bound to be down." outside the continental limits," Nor is the cream sauce as expensive as at least one manufacturer's learned the U.S. Bureau of Ackert disclosed that John Ackert stated. "But the fact that package seem to indicated Seabrook Farm advertises on its frozen Commercial Fisheries is in­ Skerry of the U.S. Bureau of they may be using such equipment creamed-spinach package that "Choice spinach is expertly blended with vestigating the possibility that the Commercial Fisheries at Glouces­ is bound tu increase their catch, heavy cream, farm fresh butter and the perfect touch of seasoning." Russian fishermen are using "a ter is now in the process of in­ possibly even double it. And this* But on the side panel, the legally-required list of ingredients shows suction pump" to better their vestigating the reported use of a won't help our fisherpien and the that in order of relative amount, the ingredients are "Chopped spinach, record catch in local waters of a "suction pump" by the Soviets-off U.S. industry." . reconstituted whole milk, vegetable shortening, wheat flour, heavy year ago. Explaining the Soviet suction the Cape. cream, rice flour, butter, salt, sugar (and other spices)." Thus there This type of pump is used by pump, Ackert said a light is The Coast Guard in Bc^h re­ fishermen of foreign nations in plac^ in the ocean to attract is not as much heavy cream as plain milk or even flour, and not as ported that the Soviet fie^ had Europe, but not locally as far as schools of fish. When the fish get much "farm 'fresh butter" as vegetable shortening. doubled in size in the waters off near the light, the pump dis­ Your best buy in ordinary frozen vegetables is the two-p.ound poly the Cape during the past week, it's known. It's perfectly legal for the Rus- charges an eleotric shock and the bags .now sold by many stores. These are not only cheaper than frozen now numbering 125 or more catch Is sucked up into the vegetables in the familiar small boxes but even more convenient. You trawlers and large fish-processing vessels. can pour out the amount you need for a particular meal and return ships. A week ago, n Coast Guard The big Russian stern ramp the rest of the bag to your freezer compartment, thus eliminating left­ check showed 65 of the Soviet trawlers can take up to 40,000 overs. fleet in water 100 miles from Cape pounds of fish in their nets aut Watch the weights marked on the packages, when buying packaged Code. one time, mora than most U.S. Larger Than Ever frozen vegetables. You can't assume that all are 10 ounces. Some are trawlers can take in an entire trip only 8 or 9. In fact, some of the 9-ounce packages may look bigger "We're afraid the Russian fish­ PORTLAND, Ore.—The "needle of four or five days. The largest to you than the 10, because they have a larger face but they are ing fldet will be greater than ever in the haystack" problem took on of the Red ships wei^ up to 15,narrow in depth. Too, some of the packages have the net weight 'this summer and will exceed the new meaning for firemen here 000 tons and are over 500 feet printed against a dark background which obscures the figures. 300 ships they had in waters off when the SlU Paciflo District-con­ long. The same law that says prices increase In disproportion to the num­ the coast last year," reported tracted Hawaiian Planter docked Huge Catches ber of ingredients added, applies of course to many ^)ther modem James Ackert, president of the recently with a fire "somewhere" Ackert said the first reports of processed foods. As One of many examples, the recently-introduced SlU-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ aboard. last year's Soviet catch in flavored cottage cheese, which has vegetables added, comes to 52 cents men's Union here. The vessel was some two hours George's bank, off the Cape, a pound compared to ordinary cottage cheese at 32-39 cents in cartons, Ackert said the Soviet buildup south of the Columbia River light­ showed they caught between 90,or as little as 24 cents in bulk. in recent weeks has been gradual. ship when fire was discovered in 000 and 95,000 tons of whiting but You can also expect to see more and more processed foods in "But," he said, "there's no ques­ the No. 2 hold area. At first the a revised report now ups this various convenience packages to lure your eating dollars. Now under­ tion they Intend to fish as close to fire was thought to be in the 2,500 catch to between 160,000 and going marketing tests is frozen boneless roast turkey packaged in a our coast as the government will tons of grain In that hold. 170,000 tons. The Russian herring catch, he disposable aluminum roasting pan. The prices at which this item are let them." The ship headed for Portland being tested range freni $3.G0 tu $4.23 fur 2 pounds, S ounces, in The uuloii president said the where she was met by nreboats said, was even larger. Last year's record Soviet oatcti comparison, a small turkey providing about the same yield of meat, U.S. fish industry is hoping that aiid Coast Guard vessels. At the costs you about $2.40 If you cook it yourself. Congress will pass Senate bill dock, Portland firemen took over, off the New England coast com­ pares with 68,000 metrio tons of Even If you don't use the fancy versions of frozen vegetables but 1988 which would establish a 12- and the search began. fish caught by them in 1961 and stick to the staple forms are frozen vegetables as good valne as fresh mile limit on idl foreign fisher­ They started digging out the or canned? Most often, fresh produce in season is the best buy, fol­ men, replacing the three-mile tons of grain to get at the fire. 207,000 in 1962. During these periods, the Soviet lowed by canned vegetables and fruits, while frozen tend to be the limit now in effect. Many, hours and many tons of "But for the good of the fishing grain later, the source of the fire vessels have been spotted, also in more expensive. The relatively best buys in frozen vegetables usually industry in New England, we need was discovered. It wasn't the the Gulf of Maine, along the Con­ are reported. to be" peas and lima beans. tinental Shelf and in the big The U.S. Senate has authorized an investigation of food marketing a 200 mile limit," Ackert said. grain burning at all. It was the mackeral bed off the coast of "H things keep going like they refrigeration insulation In the costs. The high cost of modern processed foods should provide at least New Jersey. one revealing answer to the growing spread between the prices farmers have, we won't have an industry bulkheads that was burning. In 1963, the U.S. catch taken In another five years. are getting and those consumers pay/ Sometimes it doesn't pay to slide from George's bank dropped down the firehouse pole when the drastically, with the Boston Fish Fish Dwindle It is also interesting to see how different manufacturers manage to charge exactly the same prices to the penny for the same processed ^The banks produce only so bell rings, many firemen decided. Pier reporting last: fall that the catch was down 10 million pounds spinach, or other items of this type. They can't, of course, have mUoh fish in a season and with Oh yes, damage was slight. exactly the same costs. compared with 1962. those big Russian trawlers catch­ SlU Fishing Union Protests New Russian Trawier invasion Damage Small In Fire Aboard Hawaiian Planter �Pagre Ten By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall. Headquarters Rep. SEAFARERS JtOj U, MM LOG Fringe Benefits Bill Is Passed By Senate WASHINGTON—The Davis-Bacon fringe benefits bill, a QUESTION: What remedy do major legislative goal of the AFL-CIO, has been passed by you suggest for anyone suffer­ the Senate and sent to'the White House to be signed into law. ing from sea sickness? O.T. For Sleepless Nights^ • It requires contractors on Headquarters recently received an interesting question from Joe Jeff Gregorle: Sea sickness large­ Similar bills had been introduced Scaramatz on the Alcoa Mariner concerning the payment of room allow­ federally - financed construc­ in every Congress since 1955. ly Is a state of mind; however, I ance. He reports that crewmembers were not able to get much sleep tion projects to match prevail­ because of the use of air hammers from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM while the vessel is at sea. Question: The Beef is the deck department has a practice aboard this ship of chipping with the "air hammers" from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM at sea. So far we have been unable to get much sleep. I am on the 12-4 watch. Is the section of the agreement dealing with chipping, welding, riveting and hammering in the vicinity of the crew quarters applicable at sea as well as in port? Answer: Yes. If this work is performed between 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM, in or about the crew quarters, the crewmembers affected would be entitled to room allowance in accordance with Article II, Section 43 of the Standard Freightship Agreement. Reference: Article II, Section 43. ROOM AND MEAL ALLOWANCE. "When board is not furnished unlicensed members of the crew, they shall receive a meal allowance of $1.00 for breakfast, $1.50 for dinner, and $2.00 for supper. When men are required to sleep ashore, they shall be allowed $6.00 per night." and— Article II, Section 47. CREW'S QUARTERS. "All quarters assigned given the Steward Department for the use of the unlicensed per­ when the meal hours are to be sonnel are to be kept free from shifted, and in no event shall this vermin insofar as possible. This is notice be less than two hours in to be accomplished through the advance. In the event the two hour use of extermination facilities pro­ notice is not given the meal hour vided by the Company, or fumi­ shall not be shifted." gating the quarters every six Question: "Ship is at sea, com­ months with gas. Room allowance as provided in Section 43 shall be ing from foreign ports or inallowed, when . . . work such as transit between coastwise ports. chipping, welding, riveting, ham­ Can meal hours be changed be­ mering, or other work of a sim­ fore ship's arrival in port (dock or ilar nature is being performed in anchorage)?" or about the crew's quarters be­ Answer: Yes. tween 8 PM and 6 AM. Reference: Standard Freightship "Such work as outlined in the Agreement, Article V, Section 4— above is being performed in or last paragraph and Section 12. around the quarters of the men "Section 4. WORKING HOURS. who stand donkey watches, such When meal hours are changed for men will be provided with other Deck ind Engine Department in quarters or room allowance will be accordance with Article II, Section allowed." 44, the Steward Department's Several questions on the chang­ working hours may be changed ac­ ing of meal hours have been re­ cordingly provided, however, that ceived from C. E. Turner on the they be given 2 hours' notice prior Alcoa Runner. The questions deal to the time necessary to prepare with the changing of meal hours meals." on sea and in port as well as the "Section 12. SHIFTING MEALS. payment of overtime resulting When meal hours are extended for from changes in chowtime. any reason Snd all of the Un­ Question: Proper notice of meal licensed Personnel are unable to hour has been given to everyone. eat within the required prescribed The change is to be 4:00 PM to 5:00 time, all members of the Steward PM for the supper hour. Department required to stand by (a) Can the meal hour be to prepare and serve the meais changed again back to the original shall be paid at the regular over­ and regular meal hour? time rate for the time the meal is (b) Can the meal hour be extended. As much notice as pos­ changed while ship is in port at sible shall be given the Steward 1:30 PM? At this time all of the Department when meal hours are Steward Department is off duty. to be shifted, and in no event shall Answer: (a) Yes, provided the this notice be less than two hours Steward Department is given suf­ in advance. In the event the twoficient notice on the preparation hour notice is not given the meal of the meal. In no event can the hour shall not be shifted." notice be less than two (2) hours Question: "Home Port Overtime. prior to the meal hour. Most Chief Cooks start their days (b) Yes, the same applies. work before 8:00 AM. Are the Reference: Standard Freight- Chief Cooks entitled to Home Port ship Agreement, Article V, Sec­ Overtime for turning to before tion 4—last paragraph and Sec­ 8:00 AM?" tion 12. Answer: The Chief Cook would "Section 4. WORKING HOURS. not be entitled to overtime unless When meal hours are changed he was required by the Steward to for Deck and Engine Department turn to prior to 8:00 AM. in accordance with Article II, In submitting questions and Section 44, the Steward Depart­ work situations for clarification, ment's working hours may be delegates and crews are reminded changed accordingly, provided, once again to provide as much de­ however, that they be given 2 tail as possible setting forth the hours' notice prior to the time circumstances of any dispute. Be­ necessary to prepare meals." sides those mentioned, some of "Section 12. SHIFTING the members who were sent clari­ MEALS. When meal hours are ex­ fications on various subjects dur­ tended for any reason and all of ing the past few days included the the Unlicensed Personnel are un­ following. Leo Calderon, Chief able to eat within the^ required Steward, Steel Traveler; James J. prescribed time, all members of Boland, ships delegate, Robin the Steward Department required Kirk; Paul Arthofer, Del Oro; Al­ to stand by to prepare and serve fred H. Duggen, ships delegate, the meals shall be paid at the reg­ Topa Topa; Bernard Swartz, The­ ular overtime rate for the 4ime tis; C. J. Quinnt, ships delegate, the meal time is extended. As Olga; F. L. David, engine delegate, much notice as possible )ihall be Transfaudson. ing area standards of fringe bene­ fits as well as wages, or add the cash equivalent to hourly pay. The Administration-backed meas­ ure was approved by voice vote as the Senate dug into the backlog of bills which had piled up during the three-months civil rights fili­ buster. The House passed the bill in January by a 357-50 vote. President C. J. Haggerty of the AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Dept. hailed the fringe benefit bill's final passage as "the greatest legislative victory for the building trades in the past decade." Tube Hill Sails From Baltimore BALTIMORE — The British freighter Tulse Hill left this port recently for th» Bahamas after standing idle for 137 days while longshoremen refused to work on the Cuban blacklisted ship. ^ The departure of the Tulse Hill followed a ruling by a Federal Court last month upholding the right of International Longshore­ men's ^Association Local 1355 here to refuse to work the vessel. Rules For ILA The '4th Circuit Appeals Court at Richmond, 'Va. handed down a 2-to-l decision which denied the National Labor Relations Board a cease-and-desist order requiring the Longshoremen's Local to end their refusal to work the ship or face unfair labor practices char'ges. The Appeals Court hear­ ing on the case arose when the State Department lifted a black­ list against the vessel in Decem­ ber, 1963, when the vessel's owners promised to end their trade with Cuba after the existing charters expired. . The Government's decision to lift the ban on ships in the Cuban trade brought a strong protest from the Maritime Trades Depart­ ment of the AFL-CIO. . Moral Right In upholding the longshoremen's right to refuse to work the ship, the majority opinion stated that if the union members wish to voice their moral revulsion against Castro by refusing to as­ sist a vessel that trades with him, they are at liberty to do so. Nothing in _our labor laws speaks to the contrary. It is not within our province or that of the Board (NLRB) to require the men to en­ gage in work they find obnoxious because the ship has trafficked with a political regime they con­ sider loathsome." The case was originally brought to the NLRB by the Maryland Ship Ceiling Company after the ILA refused to send carpenters to prepare the Tulse Hill for a grain shipment. Type Minutes When Possible In order to assure accurate digests of shipboard meetings in the LOG, it is desirable that the reports of shipboard meet­ ings be typed if at all possible. AFL-CIO President George Meany wrote each senator before the vote that the bill "is essential to protect local wage rates and local community living standards." Meany pointed out that in 1931, when the Davis-Bacon Act was adopted, "fringe benefits such as health, welfare, insurance and pension plans scarcely existed." Currently, he said, there are "more than 5,000 health, welfare and pension funds covering more than 70 percent of the building and construction trades workers . . . These fringe benefits are as much a part of the wage structure as the cash wage payment itself." Meany stressed that the em­ ployer who does not pay fringe bene:fils "clearly has an unfair ad­ vantage in bidding on federal con­ struction contracts over a con­ tractor who does provide such benefits for his workers." Under the new legislation, which takes effect gradually over a year, the Secretary of Labor is in­ structed to include in prevailing wage determinations the pattern of employer costs for benefits in­ cluding: medical or hospital care; pensions; life, disability, sickness and accident insurance; vacation and holiday pay, unemployment benefits, and apprenticeship or similar training programs. Other benefits may be included if they are the pattern in the area. If benefits are not matched In kind, their cash vaiue is added to the hourly wages for straight time, although not overtime, work. The bill had been sponsored in the House by Rep. James Roosevelt (D-Calif.). Its Senate sponsors in­ cluded Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) and Repub­ lican Whip Thomas H. Kuchel (Calif.). Humphrey told the Senate that the existing law was "an open invitation to outside contractors to bring low wages and cheap labor into higher wage communities be­ cause these lower labor costs give them a successful bidding advan­ tage on government work." En­ actment of the fringe benefits bill, he said, "will place all construction contractors on equal competitive terms and protect local contractors from unfair competition." New Tug For SlU Company BALTIMORE — The Hawkins Point, a 1,750-horsepower tugboat considered one of the most power­ ful in the harbor, has been placed in service her# by SlU-Inland Boatmen's Union-contracted Curtis Bay Towing Company, The tenth tug in the Baltimore Fleet of Curtis Bay, which also operates tugboats in Philadelphia add Norfolk, the Hawkins Point is powered by diesel electric engines and equipped with a new, very high . frequency radio-telephone which permits it to talk directly with ships far down the bay. Capt. H. C. Jefferson, Curtis Bay president, said the acquisition of the Hawkins Point is another step forward in providing safe, economical handling of the in­ creasing numibers of huge ships calling at Baltimore. would recom­ mend liquids and plenty of rest. Also avoid lots of greasy ^oods. I understand from old timers that the Pacific is the worst place for becoming sick, probably because of the surround­ ing mountain ranges. 4" 4" Enoch "Buster" Collins: The best way is to ride it out, just wait until you're feeling better. I remember once off Bermuda in 1933, we had to lay off the coast for a whole night. I got pretty sick, the only time that it's ever happened. Bermuda is one of the worst places for sea sickness that I've ever been, and that in­ cludes Europe too. 4" 4" 4" Yaswant SomanI: I would say that fresh air is one of the best cures — get out in the open when you start to feel ill. There's noth­ ing better than a big whiff of cool sea breeze to wake you up when you're feel­ ing low. 'Walk around the deck until you feel bet­ ter. I don't know too much about the pills for sea sickness — I've never been sick in- the years that I've been sailing. t> ti ti Regino 'Vasquez: Some people, I understand, use lemons and chew­ ing gum to help themselves out. Me? I've never been sick in all my 23 years of sailing. I think this is due to the fact that I was born on the beach in Puerto Rico. This has helped me out quite a little. I don't feel that I need anything else to cure sea sickness. 4" 41 4" Tom Embody: I can't remember ever being -sea sick, even on short voyages before I first started shipping out regularly as a seaman on all types of vessels. I didn't get sick then. The best advice that I could give to anyone suffering sea sickness, would be to get up topsides to the rail as fast as you can. John Abrams: When you get sea sick, the best thing to do is to ride it out until you get used to the feeling of the sea. Fresh air and lots of of wind will usu­ ally do the trick. Once you've be­ come adjusted to sailing and the ocean waves, you seldom become sick. • . '-• ' • �1*, 1N« SEAFARERS LOO "No Hard Pag* Eferea If a REDISTRICTING. Nine more states have been ordered by the Su­ preme Court to elect both houses of their legislatufes solely on a popu­ lation basis, giving further impact to the High Court's recent "one man—one vote" decision. A total of 15 states have been told to reap­ portion on an equal population basis, reducing the disproportionate voting power of rural citizens at the cost of voters in the more populous cities and suburban areas. The Court referred the nine cases back to lower courts for more proceedings, anticipating a settlement of the issue on the "equal protection of the laws" clause of the 14th Amendment. States involved are Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and Washington. "FOOT SOLDIERS" NEEDED.^ i^Jexander E. Barkan, national director of the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, urges all unionists to get into the political swing by promoting COPE registerand-vote programs, supporting COPE-endorsed candidates and building support for them in the general community, giving their dollars to icOPE and collecting dollars so liberal candidates can get financial help. Barkan stresses the need to elect from 20 to 25 more liberals to the House of Representatives—^regardless of party—to assure passage of progressive laws beneficial to working people and their families. The COPE director warns that right wing extremists and business and medical political organizations loom as potent political forces that wiU be working to elect reactionary candidates. 4" 4" t EQUAL PAT LAW. Only one third of the 23.3 million women in the national work force will benefit from the new law banning wage dis­ crimination because of sex, says its author. Rep. Edith Green, liberal congresswoman from Oregon. Rep. Green urges that the law be extended so that it will have meaning for those women on the lowest rung of the economic ladder. The equal pay law will affect some 7.4 million working women who previously had been paid less than men doing the same work—in some cases from $8 to $20 per week below the wages of their male counterparts. The act orders equal wages for women "doing equal work on jobs requiring equal skill, effort and responsibility and which are performed under similar conditions." A training program sponsored by Local 2125 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is turning out qualified workers for Southern Callfomia'a booming electronics Industry. Two classes of women are undergoing instruc­ tion in the union's headquarters in Santa Ana in the mysteries of electronic wiring and soldering— a program which got imderway last November. The union pays the full cost for each trainee who takes the full 40 hours of academic and mechanical instruction. 4> 4> today (July 10). Negotiatiooa on the agreements began M^. 31 wiitb an April 30 or May 1 expira­ tion date. The union has reported that no great progress had been adiieved when the talks were re­ cessed eight weeks ago. 4 4 4 The National Labor R^ations Board has ruled that a New Eng­ land pipeline company must give backpay at union rates rather than its own lower wage scale to 50 workers the company refused to retain when it took over a gov­ ernment contract and hired non­ union employees. The NLRB or­ der awarded more than $165,000 in backpay to the former em­ ployees. of New England Tank In­ dustries, Inc. who were members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers and an independent guards' union. Lodge 1142 of the American Federation of Government Em­ ployees has obtained exclusive recognition as ooiiective bargain­ ing representative for civilian em­ ployees of the U.S. Army Engi­ neers at the Cape Cod (Mass.) canal. The Union is negotiating a 4 4 4 general agreement and will com­ Raymond Clark, a member of plete additional contract details within 30 days, according to the executive board of the Stone William Pires of AFGE Lodge and Allied Products Workers of Carlsbad, N.M., has been appoint­ 1142. ed to the New Mexico State Wel­ 4" 4- 3^ fare Board by Governor Jack M. The jobs of eight members of CJampbell (D). A long-time resi­ the Aluminum Workers were dent of Carlsbad, Clark is also a saved and a month-long strike of district representative for the 2,400 membem of The AWIU at union. He succeeds Mayor Henry Alcoa's Massena, N.Y., plant was G. Hutson of Carlsbad, secretaryhalted when the strikers ratified a treasurer of . Machinists Local settlement that preserves all work 1?65. Clark's term will expire Jan. crews and jobs. The agreement 1, 1967. calls for reclassification and re­ 4 4 4 assignment of some workers in the Backpay for wages lost in a , union bargaining unit, but guar­ strike 10 years ago was ordered for antees that no jobs will be lost. 166 employes of a New Orleans Union negotiators at the St. Louis clothing manufacturer by a Na­ mediation meeting were headed tional Labor Relations Board aide. by AWIU President Eddie R. Stahl. Workers of the J. H. Rutter-Rex 4 4i Mfg. Co., Inc., are entitled to col­ Negotiators for the Rubber lect $160,849 in backpay, aver­ Workers who are attempting to aging $969 per employe. Execu­ ' get agreements on pension and tion of the order, however, may be welfare contracts at Goodyear, delayed by appeals to the board General and Firestone Tire plants and the courts. The strike by •have returned to the bargaining Clothing Workers ended officially table armed with strike authority in 1955, and the backpay claim if agreement is not reached by has been under study since 1857. > The American maritime industry is very much like the weather—everyone tallu about what bad shape it's in and how des­ perately it needs hrip, but no one does any­ thing about it. The latest description of the sad plight of U.S. maritime came from no less a personage than the head of the Maritime Administration, Nicholas Johnson. Speaking before a meeting of the Pro­ peller Club in San Francisco recently, John­ son ^numerated many of the obstacles the maritime industry must face to maintain itself in the U.S. today. His talk covered both the domestic shipping industry and off­ shore shipping. The Maritime Administrator demonstrated very well his grasp of the problems faced by U.S. maritime. He cited railroad rate cutting practices as the major contributor to the decline of the domestic fleet, for instance. This is undoubtedly true. The SIU and many others have said the same thing on many occasions. After pointing to the difficulty however, the Maritime Administrator then proceeded to "cop a plea" by explaining that the Mari­ time Administration has no regulatory au­ thority over the railroads and therefore can­ not do anything about the unfair rate cut­ ting. On this and other occasions, the MA chief has shown clearly that he also knows very well what is wrong with the offshore indus­ try. Abuses of the 50-50 laws by govern­ ment agencies, sidetracking cargoes which should go on American vessels to foreign bottoms in the name of "expediency" or "national interest," the tremendous growth of foreign fleets since the war, the passage of bills allowing foreign vessels to compete in the American lumber trade, etc. We know all this. Everyone involved in any way in the shipping industry knows all this. But when it comes time to do some­ thing about it, everyone with the authority to do something to alleviate the situation "cops out." "We dont* have the regulatory power" says one. J'We have other problems to consider,' says another., "We must pro­ tect the national interest," say a third—ad nauseum. And the American maritime in­ dustry continues its decline. The voices of the SIU and other maritime imions have been raised often and loudly to spur some action to save the U.S. merchant fleet from complete desication. The unions' demands for action have met with much suc­ cess in the past and are being listened to much more seriously as time goes on. The question now is whether the necessary ac­ tion will come in time. More lip service will not help the merchant marine or the country. A nation unable to maintain its own supply lines in time of emergency is a helpless nation, and that is what the U.S. is rapidly becoming. And a helpless nation in this day and age is prac­ tically doomed. Yes, Mr. Johnson, we know what the prob­ lems of the maritime industry are. We told you, remember? And we told your prede­ cessor—and his—and Congress. We've been telling everyone who would listen, for years. What we would like to know now is whatis going to be done about them. Medicare Shelved All hope for passage of the Medicare bill during this session of Congress went down the drain when the proposal was shelved recently by the House Committee. Thus, the Congress of the United States con­ tinues its crass and cruel disregard for the needs of the nation's elderly for at last another • year. With elections coming up, every American voter should let his or her congressman know once and for all that the American voter will not stand for this neglect of important and much needed legislation forever. Let him know by letter, wire or any method available that if he expects the continued support of his^ constituents, he must reflect their wishes in Congress. Make your support of Medicare clear to him and demand favorable action. on this proposal immediately. . �t--r-7r~if7rgiitfar Page Twelve SEAFARERS Jnlr 10. 1084 LOG PORT OF NORFOLK The Porf of Norfolk wos the scene lost week of several events of- interest to Seafarers and other maritime workers in the Hampton Roads area. This included the dedication of the new Seafarers' Hall in Norfolk and the Semi-Annual Eastern Regional Area Conference at the new hall of unions in the Maritime Trades Department (oppo­ site page). A separate occasion (below) was a dinner given by the Hampton Roads MTD Port Council in honor of David D. Alston, vice-president of the International Longshoremen's Association and a veteran trade unionist in the Norfolk area. * New Hall For Seafarers Dedicated * MTD Unions Hold Area Conference * Honor ILA Vice-President Alston |1 Norfolk NAACP Pres. Robert D. Robertson ad­ dressed , MTD dinner for David D, Alston of ILA. -f| David D. Alston, guest of honor at Hampon Roads Port Council affair, expresses thanks. In foreground (l-r) are Clyde Dodson and Ray McKay of Marine Engineers, Bill Armstrong of the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, and Frank Drozak, SlU Port Agent for Philadelphia. Dais guests listen as Harold B.-Boyd, President, Virginia State A1FL-C|6, offers remarks to guests at Alston dinner. The MTD Port Council affair brought together more than 600 guests representing the trade union movement, government and civic groups. 1 Guest of honor David D. Alston, vice-president of the In ternational Longshoremen's Association (center), with ILA iai �Jolr If. IfM Virginia Stata AFL-CIO pres. Harold B. Boyd gave dedica­ tion address. SEAFARERS State legislator Henry Howell, Jr., was among honored guests at ceremonies. LOG Fva Thirteea Anchor chain links Norfolk SlU agent Spencer, Nat'I. MTD Exec. Secy-Treas. McGavin, Eastern Area MTD Dir. Mennella, Philadelphia SlU agent Drozak, Pres. Pierce of Hampton Rds., MTD and Pres. Kirchhoff of Baltimore MTD. Delegations representing maritime ports councils throughout the Eastern Regional Area attended the semi-annual conference held in the new SlU hall. ILA delegate Raymond Williams rises to discuss items of conference business while fellow Longshore delegates from Hampton Roads Port Council, Brothers Gill, Goldstein and Jones note his remarks. Area conference brought delegates from Boston, N.Y., Phila., Balto., and Hampton Rds. In foreground (l-r) are V. Motzel of Operating Engineers; B. Durkin cf Carpenters, Pres., Phila. Port Council; and F. Drozak of SlU. Coordination of Port Council activities with Eastern Regional Area was the major topic of discussion at the MTD semi-anntial.conference for the ; delegates from the variQiis ports. . t , Eastern Regional Area Dir. A. Mennella gives report to semi-annual con­ ference. On rostrum (l-r) are MTD Exec. Sec. P. McGavin, Hampton Roads Port Council President M. Pierce and MTI> President Paul Hall. �SE AFAR Bits Pare Foartem Many Maritime Woes Cited By MA Chief SAN FRANCISCO — Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson reviewed many of the serious problems being faced by the U.S. merchant marine in a speech here recently before the Propeller Club, covering• everything from the steady to the threat of the Russian mer­ decline of domestic shipping, chant marine, and the tremendous Two More IBU Men On Pension NEW YORK — The names of two more veteran tugmen have been added to the growing num­ ber of members of the SlU-Inland Boatmen's Union who have been awarded life-time pensions. The action of the joint Union-em­ ployer trustee panel of the SIU pension plans assures both IBU oldtimers that they will receive $150 per month after their retire­ ment from a life of hard work. Both IBU veterans have been awarded normal $150 per month pensions. They are Dewey Q. France, 65, of Baltimore, Md., and William C. Bruce, 65, of Houston, Tex. France is a tug veteran who has been employed by the Baltimore growth of the Japanese fleet since World War II. He pointed out that it will be very difficult to revitalize the do­ mestic shipping industry "so long as It remains possible for the rail­ roads to cut water rates to a point where it becomes uneconomic for even the most enterprising water carriers to stay in business. He quickly pointed out, how­ ever, that "the Maritime Adminis­ tration has the responsibility un­ der the Merchant Marine Act to promote domestic water carriers, but we have no regulatory author­ ity over either the water or the competing land carriers." In gen­ eral, this is a function of the In­ terstate Commerce Commission. New Proposal? Again on the subject of domes­ tic water carriers, the MA chief said the Agency has before it "an imaginative proposal" for solving the problem faced by Pacific Northwest lumber producers. Johnson did not say, however, what the "imaginative proposal" presently before the MA for solv­ ing the Pacific Northwest lumber problem was. A bill allowing the use of for­ eign-flag ships to move lumber in the U.S. domestic trades was passed in October 1962, for one year. That bill, which expired in October 1963, was tlie first time that the laws restricting the coast­ wise trade to American-flag ships had been suspended to allow for­ eign-flag ships to participate In the trade since 1920. The Maritime Administrator was optimistic, however, on the future of the off-shore segment of the U.S. shipping industry, for which a great potential exists, he asserted. After outlining the progress made by both Russia and Japan in building up their merchant ma­ rines after World War II, he said. What I am saying, in effect, is that if other nations can do this job, so can we. Indeed, we should be able to do it well or better than any." July If. 1964 LOR Matson Adds Japanese Touch SAN FRANCISCO — The SlU-Pacifio District-contracted Matson Steamship Company, has added a special Japanese touch to their Hawali-toCalifomla cruiseshlp, the Lurline. Due to the fact that in­ creased numbers of Japanese are expected to be traveling between Hawaii and California now that Japan has eased travel allowance restrictions, a Japanese menu has been added to the regular cuisine aboard the Lurline. Another homey touch for Japanese voyagers aboard the Lurline will be the distribu­ tion of complimentary kimo­ nos and slippers for all Japa­ nese passengers boarding the ship in Honolulu for the trip to San Francisco or Los Angeles. SIU Company Asks Bids On 3 Containerships By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Roprosonlativo S.F. Host To Republican Convention San Francisco will be the focal point of all eyes when the Republloans have their convention here on July 13. Welcoming speakers wUI be San Francisco Mayor John F. Shelley, and the former Mayor George Christopher. Also attending will be Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, Rep­ resentative William Malliard, San Francisco; and J. Arthur, San Mateo. Governor Mark Hatfield of Oregon is also expected to attend the convention. In the San Francisco Labor Council, the big Issue was the Typo­ graphical strike that we're having out here. The Labor Council had a special meeting on June 26 and the international representatives of this body were well represented. There were two outstanding issues on the floor—^the Typographical and Pressman's strike and the labor scabs that were imported into the San Francisco area. The San Francisco Labor Council has given its full support to the strike. Shipping in San Francisco has been fair and the outlook for the future is for fair shipping. Some of the ships that were in-transit here last month were the Robin Hood, Montpelier Victory, San Fran­ cisco, Steel Navigator, Flomar, Northwestern .Victory, Eiizabethport, Kenmar, Coe Victory and Transeastem. The Wild Ranger and the Iberville paid off in San Francisco recently. Several SIU Pacific District members are hospitalized in the San Francisco area. Ed Cronin, one ot our retired members, expects to be out in the near future, and Bill Lovett, another oldtimer who sails in the steward department, was drydocked for a while but expects to be able to ship again in the near future. Charlie Gedra has also been in the hospital for quite some time and he expects to get out shortly. On the beach here and ready to ship is C. Harper from Baltimore. He and two other former easterners, Amado Diaz and Kenny Singh are crazy about the weather here and may decide to 'make their homes here. Representative Glenard P. Lipscomb of California has asked the Department of Commerce whether Russia is reselling American-sup­ plied wheat to Rumania at a profit. In a speech prepared for delivery on the House floor recently, Lipscomb said that a Commerce Depart­ ment report disclosed the fact that $12.5 million worth of American wheat was reexported from the Soviet Union to Rumania. Shipping for the past few weeks in Wilmington has been on the slow bell with the Eiizabethport, Montpelier Victory, Kenmar, Transeastern and Steel Worker in transit. The outlook for the next two weeks is also on the slow side with five ships scheduled to arrive in transit. Mike Ohanneslan is registered on the beach in Seattle and is in no particular hurry to ship. He got off the San Francisco and is taking a short vacation before shipping again. G. A. Allen registered in Seattle this week and plans to stay on the beach for a couple of months for a much needed vacation after 27 months on the Steel Navigator. Arloe Hill is on the beach and just received a fit for duty after having to be repatriated from the Penn Challenger a few weeks ago and is hoping that a steward's job will eome up soon. SAN FRANCISCO — The SIUPacifio District contracted-Ameri­ can-Hawaiian Steamship Company has asked for bids on the con­ struction of three 24-knot contain­ erships for intercoastal service. The company said that it was also seeking bids for a large number of van containers and companion chassis. However, the ultimate construc­ tion of the vessels hinges on the approval by the Maritime Admin­ istration of American-Hawaiian's application for Federal mortgage insurance covering 50 percent of the construction cost of the ships. In 1961, American - Hawaiian asked for Federal ship mortgage Bruce France insurance covering 87Vi per cent of the ship construction costs, but Towing and Lighterage Company Secretary of Commeice Luther since 1960. He began his sailing Hodges upheld the MA's rejection career on tugs in 1939 and sailed of the company's application. with a fireman's rating. A native of Virginia, France now makes his Blames Railroads home in Baltimore where he lives At the time, a spokesman for the with his wife, Loretta. company attributed the rejection France worked on tugs for the of the mortgage insurance appli­ G & H Towing Company in Hous­ cation to the railroads, who he said ton, Texas from 1924 untU he had effectively marshalled their retired this year. He sailed with a opposition to the application be­ DETROIT—-Procedures for the biennial election of officers chief engineer's rating. Born in cause they were fearful of losing of the Great Lakes SIU are now underway under the terms Galveston, he now makes his home a substantial share of their busi­ in Houston. ness to the more-economical, high of the Union's constitution. The procedures require the comspeed containerships. The com­ letion of nominations by*" pany spokesman added that there uly 15 so that actual voting members, except oarferrymen. is sufficient traffic moving be­ can be held during the month The oarferrymen will use the sec­ ond ballot, which will carry the tween the East and West Coast of August. Seven Great Lakes posts are to names of nominees for Frankfort areas for the survival of both WASHINGTON—The American Merchant Marine, as accustomed oontainership operations and the be filled by a secret ballot vote of Port Agent, as well as for Secre­ as it is to the neglect of the Federal Government, never expected the Lakes SIU membersihip in ac­ tary-Treasurer and Assistant Sec­ transcontinental railroads. this neglect to extend to the World's Fair in New York. After the rejection of their appl- cord with the Secretary-Treas­ retary-Treasurer. As in 1962, since the SecretaryBut Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson said here recently cation in 1961, American-Hawaiian urer's pre-ballotting report. The that he is making a personal investigation to detremine why the applied for 50 per cent federal report recommends the number Treasurer of the Lakes SIU is nation's merchant marine is not represented in the Federal govern­ mortgage insuranee. A new appli­ and locations of ports and the stationed in Detroit, no position of ment's exhibit at the New York's World's Fair. cation was submitted in March of nuniber of Assistant Secretary- Port Agent for Detroit is included this year, but a spokesman for Treasurers and Agents to be on the Lakes SIU ballot. His comment was prompted by a report by members of his staff A credentials committee of the MA said that processing has elected. who had gone to the Fair in hopes of seeing a governmentA notice spelling out the offices three rank-and-file members will been withheld pending further ac­ sponsored exhibit telling the story of the U.S. merchant fleet and tion by the line. The MA spokes­ to be voted on and the eligibility check the qualifications and were appalled when they found nothing. requirements for nominees was eligibility of all nominees and see The exhibits at the Federal Pavillion were assembled and| man added that once American- sent to all Great Lakes members. to the preparation of the ballots. Hawaiian has up-to-date cost esti­ arranged by the Department of Commerce. Although the Maritime| The actual voting will take mates, the MA can then study It provides for a July 1-15 nomin­ Administration is a branch of the Department of Commerce, it ations period during which nom­ place throughout the month of the application. Secretary of Com­ did not rate a mention among the exhibits at the pavilion. || inations can be made by maU, in August at Lakes SIU halls in However, another Federal agency, the United States Coast Guard,|merce Luther Hodges has the final person or at the regular port Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleve­ say on whether the present appli­ was favored with a $200,000 exhibit by the Department of Com-1| meetings of the Lakes SIU during land, Detroit, Duluth and Frank­ merce. The Coast Guard opened the first of their three World's i cation is approved or rejected. the first haH of July. fort between the hours of 9 AMThe proposed vessels would be Fair exhibits at the Hall of Science recently. It will shortly open Posts to be filled during the 5PM, Mondays thru Saturday. In about 900 feet long and 101 feet other at the World's Fair marina and at the Transportation Pavilion, in the beam. They are designed election are those of Secretary- addition, the constitution estab­ depicting the Coast Guard search and rescue work on the high ses. to carry 888 40-ft. highway trailer Treasurer and Assistant Secretary- lishes a specific procedure for The 1936 Merchant Marine Act calls upon the Maritime Admin- p vans. Treasurer and for Porf' Agent in shipboard balloting during the istration to develop and promote the American merchant marine. % Four years ago the 20,000-ton Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Du- voting period in August. The failure to do this at the World's Fair exhibit was explained 1 container ships could have been luth and Frankfort. Accordingly, all members are thusly by an unidentified source. He explained that the govern­ Two ballots will be used in the urged to carry their membership built for a total of $20.8 million ment only wanted to exhibit those projects in which it is making || each, or a total of $62.4 million. election. The first one will be for books with them at all times dur­ progress. The U.S. merchant marine has been allowed by the gov- ' Today it is estimated that the all offices except the post of ing the month of August and to ernment to deteriorate. The Motto: Always advertise your success; lowest bid will be about $23.3 mil­ Frankfort Port Agent, as provided inform themselves on the constitu­ never your failures. lion each or an estimated total in the constitution. This first bal­ tional .procedures covering ballot­ lot will be used by all Lakes SIU ing. of $70.1 million. , 4I •. .! »' i' U.S. Exhibit At Fair ignores Roie Of Maritime Lakes SIU Sets Balloting On Officers For August Jr " �If, If 64 SEAFAKBK8 Seafarer Officiates LOG Pactt nflec* |W So/»fy D/rgffof Attends Aleetingf Experts See Technologies Needing New Safety Standards WASHINGTON—^The problems of protecting workers from becoming victims of today's complex industrial machines and processes occupied the attention of 3,500 labor, manage­ ment and government safety experts here recently. The representatives included SIU safety director Joe Algina, who attended both the AFL- agreement on a need for broad re- stepping up job safety efforts to CIO Conference on Safety examination of current safety turn back a rising tide o.f •workand the President's Conference on Occupational Safety which followed. In the one-day AFL-CIO Con­ ference on Safety and In the Pres­ ident's Conference on Occupa­ tional Safely there was general Seafarer Louis Cirignano (center], a former student, offi­ ciated recently at a dinner for Dr. Philip S. Cohen, Profes­ sor of Social Studies at Montclair (N.J.) State College (right). At the left is Dr. Daniel Jacobson, chairman of the geography department at the college. FMC Extends Deadline On Filing Dual Rate Info. WASHINGTON—The Federal Maritime Commission has extended the deadline by which steamship conferences must disclose their printed form dual rate contracts until Septem­ ber. The previous deadline^ agencies to review and pass on had been July 3. The FMC is seeldng docu­ freight rates in U.S. trade. The FMC deadline- Extension ments from the foreign shippers concerning freighC rates in trade was the result of what the com­ with the U.S. The documents are mission described as "telegraphic needed to enable Federal shipping requests from some eight major steamship conferences requesting the extension." The commission said it was complying with the deadline extension requestiS^ be­ cause of complications resulting from changes made by the FMC in the ^so-called "jurisdictional clauses" Jh the contracts, clauses which the foreign shippers had considered objectionable. Contracts Modified OTTAWA—The United States Much language stressing the and Canada have agreed to a two- control of the FMC and the 1916 year postponement in any change Shipping Act, which protects U.S. of tolls that are levied on ships shipping, was eliminated com­ and cargoes moving through the pletely from the dual rate con­ St. Lawrence Seaway. tracts. Then the conferences Both countries will wait until claimed it would be physically July 1, 1966, to take any action impossible for them to have the en a possible change in the St. contracts printed in final form, Lawrence Seaway toll structure. distributed to local and overseas The Canadian St. Lawrence Sea­ shippers, have lists on contract way Authority and the United shippers prepared and distributed States St. Lawrence Seaway De­ to member lines and their agents velopment Corporation have been by the July 3 deadline. negotiating for several months on A steamship conference is a a common proposal for a new toll voluntary association made up of structure—with the Canadians urg­ American and foreign lines serv­ ing a 10 percent increase and the ing on the same trade route and U.S. trying to maintain the present interested in maintaining the same level. rates and practices. Dual rate con­ Under international agreement, tracts provide that signers of dual both U.S. and Canadian Seaway rate contracts pay'rates up to 15 authorities are pledged to pay off percent lower than those paid by the multi-million dollar indebted­ shippers without such contracts. ness for the seaway within a 50- Not all shippers are conference year period. While it generally was members. agreed that a toll hike was neces­ Outcry Raised sary to meet the joint debt, it was The requests by the FMC for also felt that to increase tolls by information on the dual rate setup even as much as 10 percent would created an immediate outcry from not only discourage use of the 10 leading European maritime na­ Seaway by shipping lines, but tions and Japan, which accused would wipe out some of the ad­ the U.S. of trying to regulate and vantages Seaway backers claim the control what was not its business, waterway has over deepsea ports. interfering with international af­ An encouraging sign. Seaway of­ fairs, and brought threats of re­ ficials said, is the 10 percent rise taliation against U.S. ships calling in general cargo which up to now at their ports. has lagged far behind estimated The nations involved are Bel­ forecasts. Shoul(| this tonnage gium, Holland, the United King­ pace continue, both Seaway groups dom, Italy Sweden, Norway, Den­ w:ould be able to wipe out much mark, West Germany, France, of the financial problems Greece and Japan. Seaway Tolls To Hold Firm For 2 Years practices, particuarly in view of the growing use of new materials, machines and methods. Speaking before the AFL-CIO conference, Hunter P. Wharton, president of the Operating Engi­ neers, said America's unions are By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer. Great Lake^ Calumet Dredging Gets Approval The big news in this area is that one of the most Important pieces of legislation affecting the maritime industry on ttie Great Lakes got the green light in Washington last week. The House of Repre­ sentatives finally gave'its approval to spend $2.5 million to dredge the Calumet River in the port of Chicago. Approval of the project by the House Appropriations Subcommittee means that when the job is completed, grain carriers and ocean­ going freighters will be able to sail the Calumet with full loads for the iirst time. At th'e present vessels heading for Calumet Harbor must come in with a half load because of the river's low level. Officials of the Greater Chicago Port Development Association were gravely concerned oyer the growing demise of Calumet Harbor be­ cause of the poor draught situation on the river. A total of $4.8 million had originally been requested, but the appropriations subcommittee only recommended the $2.5 million figures. The total cost of the project to deepen the channel to 27 feet is estimated to be $6 million. When the work is completed in 1970, it is expected that ships will be able to carry 40 percent more cargo than they are now carrying in the present 21-foot channel. A sharp decline in shipping activity at Lake Calumet this yOar was probably the biggest reason V for the appropriation. All the grain men registered on the board for elevators in the port are located shipping at this time. on the river. A previous dredging Alpena reports shipping is very project in 1959 which cost $18 good with no let-up in sight. A million ran out of funds before it number of men registered there was completed. That job was per­ are waiting for the John W. Boardformed by the SlU-contracted man to fit out again which is ex­ Roen Steamship Company. pected to be in the very near Dredging is schedu)pd to begin future. this month when two SIU-IBU Cleveland is another port where companies, Merrit-Chapman' and rated men have no trouble in Scott and Fitzimmons-Connell picking their jobs. In town to try Dredge and Dock Company, begin his luck recently was George operations. The Maritime Trades Stevenson, one of Chicago's reg­ Department, Port Council and ulars. Jim Gibson just got off the other interested maritime unions Lakewood to try catching another all played an important part in ship, preferably a "straightgetting the appropriations form decker" so that he can get to the Congress. All-out assistance from head of the Lakes again. city and state officials also helped The number of men shipped to get the project rolling. from the port of Detroit is run­ When completed, Chicago should ning far ahead of this period last begin to take its place again as year. In addition to the many the number one inland grain port. Lakes jobs, we recently shipped a We have been bragging about crew to the deep-sea Morning the excellent shipping situation on Light which will be hitting portsthe Lakes this year, and we are of-call in the Mediterranean Sea happy to report that the job situa­ and India. tion continues to look extremely good, particularly for those men with ratings. Chicago reports a shortage of rated men in all departments with very few book men registered on the beach. SIU oldtimer Herb Rostock recently signed on as a porter on the Richard Reiss. Kane Brush, who was recently released from the hospital after a bout with ulcers, has returned to his old job on the Milwaukee Clipper. Duluth reports a shortage of AB's, with many relief jobs being offered. Shipping in the port is expected to reach an all-time high in the coming months. According to Floyd Hanmer, Frankfurt port agent, shipping has been tremendous since the carferry Ann Arbor No. 5 fitted out. Frankfort reports only two book connected deaths and injuries. Finding the best approach is the first hurdle, he said. Wharton, who was a conference leader in the AFL-CIO meeting and vice chairman of the Presi­ dents' Conference, said the prob­ lems of industrial use of nuclear energy, the rising problem of noise and outdated workmen's compensation laws are major safety issues to be resolved. "In most states there are a great deal more game 'wardens to protect animals than there are safety inspectors to protect our citizens," Wharton stated. In a panel discussion of the Walsh-Healey Act's safely stand­ ards, which affect contractors who provide government goods, there was strong objection to "farming out" inspection duties to the states. Delegates at the opening of the President's Conference o^n Tues­ day were told by President John­ son that "there is a common denominator between your work and mine." His number one job, he explained, is to preserve human safety in the nation and in the entire world. Among those to address the President's Conference delegates was Cornelius J. Haggerty, presi­ dent of the AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Dept., who scored the "apathy and dis­ interest of the public in prevent­ able accidents. The entire nation was shocked by the Alaska earthquake and rushed immediate assistance, he declared, yet by contrast Ameri­ can workers face a far more serious loss of life, injury and property destruction each year which could be prevented by an interest in planned safety. Haggerty told the conference that little is being done to prevent the continued high accident toll in bridge, dam and building con­ struction. He urged joint em­ ployer-union safety programs, to be recommended to workers by the union. He also urged pre-job safety conferences where the entire job is mapped out and every participating worker briefed. The AFL-CIO Conference on Safety and Occupational Health. Chairman is Richard F. Walsh, president of the Theatrical Stage Employes. Moderator for the con­ ference was John D. Connors, executive secretary of the com­ mittee. �fait* SizieM SEAr'ARER3 Iflir !•; tHU 109 Liberian 'Hell Ship' Crew Has High Praise For SlU Lathe Man HONOLULU—Crewmembers of the beleagured Liberian freighter Pomona have ex­ pressed gratitude and appreciation to SIUNA President Paul Hall and" Executive VicePresident Morris Weisberger for a continuing battle for better conditions and a better life at. sea. •*" On many occasions, the SIU because the ship was greatly wish to conunend Paul Hall and Morris Weisberger, SIU, leaders In has thrown it's support be­ undermanned. The attorney representing, the the gallant flght for us men for hind seamen of all nations in their struggle for decent wages and crew of the rust encrusted Liberty better conditions and a better life at Honolulu said that crew mem­ at sea. working conditions. "Dated at Honolulu May 81, The statement was Issued just bers told him he should "make before the crew left for home, certain the Coast Guard makes a 1964." More Troubles leaving behind the unsolved axe safety survey of the Pomona be­ murder of the Pomona's skipper, cause it has only two lifeboats, After the Pomona left Honolulu Jacob Natvig, at sea. Remaining rotten to the core, that wouldn't with her new crew of 25 Chinese with the ship is a new captain— last an hour." recruited in Hong Kong, the ship Crew Statement former first mate Alf Olsen—and caught Are about 100 miles east of SIU man William Weodsix other officers. Just before 17 members of the the Islands and all but three of IngtOR is shown abova turn­ The owner of \ the vessel have unlicensed crew left Honolulu for her crew abandoned ship. A re­ ing a new tug shaft at the hired a new crew through a crew their different homes around the porter flying over the sgene said SIU United Industrial Work­ world, they issued the following that one lifeboat was so full of broker in Hong Kong. men it appeared swamped. The ers Union-contracted Curtis The Pomona's crew had refused statement: "We, members of the crew of the Chinese crew were sitting on the to work further aboard the under­ Bay Shipyard at Norfolk. manned vessel and had sued in SS Pomona, appreciate everything boat's gunwales, he said, while the Federal Court for loss of wages, done for us by the United States, lifeboat's oars were floating in the transportation home and damages State of Hawaii, and the City of water nearby. for shock and confinement. The Honolulu, and do state that having The three crewmen who re­ entire $2,500 court award for dam­ experienced a terrific ordeal be­ mained aboard extinguished the ages went to the attorneys who cause our Captain was killed on Are, and later tugs arrived at the negotiated an out-of-court settle­ the high seas, and hardship by scene and hauled the Pomona back ment to the satisfaction of all sailing under foreign flag registry, to Honolulu. concerned. The murder case aboard the ship has been complicated by inter­ NEW YORK—Russian shipping national law. Whether the United strength is growing steadily and States had jurisdiction was ques­ is expected to jump ahead at un­ tionable, as the slaying took place paralleled speed, it was reported on the high seas in a Liberianregistered freighter owned by here recently by authorities on the By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Norwegians with headquarters in Soviet economy. Headquarters Representatives Brazil. The case was further com­ As the Soviet's present "sevenplicated by the fact that the crew year plan" goes into its final two was made up of nationals of many years, ap increase in the number nations. The Seafarers Appeals Board has announced that chief stewards who of ships for foreign trade as a step Fonled-Up Ship have completed refresher courses under the Steward Department Re- toward reduction of the flow of "Not everything was run right on foreign currency to charter foreign certification Program will be given preference in shipping out of the the ship," said one crewman in un­ ships, has been seen as inevitable. derstatement. There were no life­ Port of New York. Soviet vessels will be used to the boat or fire drills, no medicine or It has been nearly two years-since the refresher school for SIU chief maximum in carrying Russia's for­ equipment in the ship's hospital, pay was irregular, and the crew stewards started as part of the Steward Department Recertification eign trade, with a goal of 90.4 per­ cent of all cargoes for this year had to work excessively long hours Program. Among the qualities of the trained, certified stewards are; and 93.1 percent by 1965., In the • The ability to estimate the required quantity of food preparation next two years, Soviet merchant for a given number of men. marine planners expect Russian • The ability to supervise the preparation of well planned menus. shipping to compete in the world trade market. (Continued from page 2) • The knowledge and ability to judge the capabilities of the men Increased Trade Seen James D. Ackert, president, Atlan­ in his department. tic Fishermen's Union; George Increased trade with Asia, Afri­ • The ability to estimate the quantity of space in the storeroom, cold Issel, Pacific Coast director, SIU ca, and South America, refiecting storage, chill boxes, linen lockers, the proper methods of storage and United Industrial Workers and Fish the growth of Soviet Industry, is Cannery Workers of San Francis­ the requisites of cleanliness and orderliness. anticipated, along with grain from co; George Johansen, secretary• Knowing how to handle requisitions properly. Canada and various raw materials treasurer, Aiaska Fishermen's from other areas. • Keeping proper inventory records. Union; Austin Skinner, secretaryShipping is expected to total 6.1 • The ability to supervise all preliminary planning of foods so that million tons in 1964 and seven treasurer, New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union; John Hawk and Ed the menus include savory combinations of nutritious foods. million in 1965. Increased traffic Wilson, SIUNA International rep­ • The prevention of spoilage and excessive food wastage. is expected to produce increased resentatives; Phil Carlip, legisla­ financial returns. Import-export Following step-by-step planning'^ ' tive director for SIUNA fish and traffic is predicted to produce rev­ enables the qualified steward to such a fuss about this because, cannery workers, and Duane enue up almost 20 percent this Vance, of Seattle, counsel for execute good management and ac­ they say, if anything runs short year and 23 percent in 1965. By curate preparation of food. Using they can always fill their needs SIUNA fish and cannery workers' careful planning, varying recipes, in some other port. Unfortunately, the end of the "seven-year plan," unions. portion sizes, etc, will keep left­ this doesn't work out well for a the total increase will be threeCongressmen Attend overs to a minimum. If leftovers variety of reasons. For one thing, quarters of all revenues from Members of the Senate and seem excessive, the reason is the ship purchasing in some transport in 1958, with profits in House of Representatives who at­ usually that too many portions are foreign port is a one-shot buyer. convertible currency rising to al­ tended the Conference and dis­ being prepared. If the correct Chances are the supplier will most four times those of 1958. cussed various fishermen's prob­ amount of portions are prepared never see that steward again, so lems and legislation were Sen. E. and the food is interesting, varied he will stick him with inferior L. Bartlett of Alaska, Congressman and tasty, leftovers will be no quality merchandise. Thomas Pelley of Washington, Con­ problem. Recipes, of course, should Secondly, despite the great gressman Edward Garmatz of be accurately followed and the strides made in many foreign Maryland and Congressman the raw materials of the meal countries, the selection available Charles Wilson of California. should always be of top quality. can't compare with what the ship TAMPA—Tampa's municipal Others who addressed the Con­ A good steward should be able buys at home. Further, methods docks, once owned and oper­ ference were Joseph Lewis, secre­ to know with reasonable accuracy of packing, storing and preparing ated by the city, have been tary of the AFL-CIO Union Label the quantities of stores remaining foods are not what Americans are transferred to the Tampa Port Department; Samuel Meyers, vice on board ship at any stage of a accustomed to. The cuts of meat, Authority, thus placing under president. Retail Clerks Interna­ given voyage. He should also be for example, are probably entirely one jurisdiction the control of tional Association; Lonnie Young, able to produce facts and figures different from what cooks are ac­ all the city's public Water­ vice president. Brotherhood of at the end of the voyage to show customed to handling. The results front footage. Boilermakers shipbuilding division; where the food went. Proper in­ can hardly be satisfying. The move, hailed as a war­ Peter McGavin, executive secre­ ventory controi sounds like a The Steward Recertification ranted one by Authority Chair­ tary, AFL-CIO Maritime Trades mouthful, but all it means is that Program offers a vast amount of man William Foe, will allow Department; William C. Foster, he knows exactly how much of good substantial knowledge to the for eventual improvements of each item he has in stock and staff counsel to the Senate Com­ interested, ambitious steward who mittee on Commerce, and Charles what he will need to order stores is willing to learn the proper way : the city's dock facilities, he Butler, of the Department of In­ for the next voyage. of doing things and is willing to I said. Some men don't see why we stir follow through on what he learns. terior research sta£f. Soviet Fleet Power Rising Steward Refresher Courses Pay Off Fish Conference Port Agency Rules All Tampa Docks Urge Lakes Subsidy Bill NEW YORK—The future of the Great Lakes shipping Industry lies in the enactment by Congress of such leglsiatlon as the pending Bartlett Bill, declared Vice Ad­ miral James A. Hirshfleld, Presi­ dent of the Lake Carriers Association, as he addressed the Marine Historical Society here recently. The Bartlett Bill, S. 1773 in­ troduced by Senator E. L. Bart­ lett of Alaska, calls for a construc­ tion differential subsidy for Lakes vessels, the right to set aside earnings before taxes in a construction reserve fund, and authority to trade in obsolete ves­ sels to the government as a down payment on new construction. Found Wanting Addressing the Historical So­ ciety, Admiral Hirshfleld, said that the Maritime Administration's present practice of using reserve government vessels to upgrade the lakes fleet, has been found wanting after years of testing. "Vessel owners have concluded that easy make-shift substitutes will in no way take the place of a serious government effort to assist the industry," Admiral Hirshfleld said. "They (the owners) insist th{;t only a sound long-range building program, such as envisioned in the Bartlett Bill, could restore the fleet to its for­ mer proud position in which it demonstrated time and time again an ability to deliver emergency cargoes promptly, efficiently and safely." Norfolk Hall (Continued from page 2) ditional floors oan be added at a later date if expansion of the facility becomes necessary. In his dedicatory remarks. Pres­ ident Hail charged that "Every day our enemies are trying to destroy our living . . . We have to have a union capable and rigged to fight ail the time." Speaking of the past, he said that this new building was made possible through the sacrifices "of sailors, some put in jail, some killed and some who, literally starved to death ... If 25 years ago you had suggested that we would have all this people would have thought you were out of your mind." The new hall in Norfolk is just the latest in the SlU's continuing building program in the major ports. In addition to the Norfolk facilities, buildings opened in re­ cent years for the use of Seafarers in various ports include Houston,, which was opened in 1962; the New Orleans hall which opened in 1961, and the Philadelphia building launched in 1960. Be­ sides these, a number of tempor­ ary locations have been estab­ lished over the years for organiz­ ing and servicing the membership in several areas. Actually, Seafarers began ship­ ping out of the new Norfolk hall in November 1963. This was just a year after ground was broken on October 29, 1962, right in the middle of a Norfolk Housing Authority project. In addition to Seafarers, mem­ bers of various SIU ailiates in the Hampton Roads area will utilize the services and facilities (ff the new hall. 'Telephone numbers for the new location are 622-1892 and 622-1893. �SEAFAJHERS fiOr f, 1964 Pace SeTcntecQ LOG SeO'lovel Route Wanted U.S.-8ovlet Maritime Pact Would Protect Seamen, Shipe WASHINGTON—The U.S. and the Soviet Union are preeently negotiating a pact designed to protect each othera' aeamen and alhipping interests while ahiipe of one nation are in porta or other territory belonging to the other nation. A Senate Consular Convention containing articlea which mutually protect the maritime interests of both nations has been referred to the Senate Committee on Foreigh Relations by President Johnson. The pact would apecifically exempt warships and apply only to merchant vessels. It provides that when the courts or authori­ ties of the receiving nation plan action against vessels sailing under the flag of the sending state, the consular officials of the sending state are to be notified so that they may be present when the action is taken. Consular officers would be given permission to provide assist­ ance to such vessels and conduct investigations into any incidents which occurred during the voyage. Another article of the pact would deal with natural disasters such as sinkings, strandings and shipwrecks. The pact provides: "If a vessel sailing under the flag of the sending state suffers shipwreck, runs aground, is swept ashore or suffers any other accident within the territorial limits of the receiving state, the competent authorities of the receiving state shall immediately inform a consular offer and advise him of the measures which they may have taken to rescue persons, vessel and cargo." US, Action Hits Fake Labor Paper WASHINGTON—A bogus newspaper that claimed to be in the higher echelons of the labor press will be stripped of all its phony labels by order of the Federal Trade Commission. Joseph Lash and Eugene Serels, co-partners of the torial Excellence Award"), na­ Trade Union News of New tional advertising awards ("Win­ York City, were told by the FTC to st*^ representing their publdcation as being endorsed by, af­ filiated with, or an official organ of a labor union. The order also will apply to any other periodical falsely claiiming labor's backing. Fake Representation The FTC charged that the Trade Union News was falsely represented as the winner of international editorial awards ("Winner of International Edi- Hydrofoil Speedster Comes Back FUGET SOUND, Wash.—Fresh I, the world's fastest hydrofoil vessel, soon will begin a new series of tests here, the U.S. Navy has announced. Out of operation since last July 18, when she capsized during a high-speed run, the $1.5-million craft is designed to attain a speed of 115 miles an hour.. She now is undergoing final installation and checkout of equipment. The vessel's name. Fresh, stands for "foil research supercavitating hydrofoil." The 15-ton, 47-foot craft is equipped with foils-winglike planes attached to the hull by a strut system-^which, at certain speeds, lift the vessel free of the water's surface. Limited Damage The Navy said las^ summer's mishap had not affected the craft's cabin, her two hulls or the foils. Electronic equipment and machinery sustained some damage from salt-water immersion, how­ ever. These items plus a .iet engine have been replaced, the Navy said. ' Fresh I also has undergone some modifications as a result of the accident, the Navy said. Small stabilizing fins have been added below the aft foils, and the control system has been modified. She was built for the Bureau of Ships by the Boeing Company. ner of the National Trade Union Advertising Award") and that both Lash and Serels placed un­ authorized advertisements in the publication and then sought to take payment from such adver­ tisers. False, Misleading Five "cease and desist" recom­ mendations were adopted In the FTC's order: • "Representing, directly or by implication, that said newspaper is endorsed by, affiliated with, or an official publication of, or otherwise connected with a labor union or trade union. • "Representing that said news­ paper was the 'Winner of the National Trade Union Advertis­ ing Award' or 'Winner of Inter­ national Editorial Excellence Award,' or otherwise misrepre­ senting that any of respondents' publications has been presented with an award or distinction as a result of a competitive contest. • "Misrepresenting in any man­ ner that a survey had been conructed by impartial and qualified individuals to determine the rela­ tive quality or merits of any of respondent's publications in com­ passion with competing publica­ tions. • "Placing, printing or publish­ ing any advertisement on behalf of any person, firm, or corpora­ tion, in any of respondents' pub­ lications without a prior order agreement . . . • "Sending bills, letters or no­ tices to any person, firm, or cor­ poration, with regard to an ad­ vertisement which has been or is to be printed, inserted or pub­ lished fin behalf of said person, firm, or corporation, or in any other manner seeking to exact payment for any such advertise­ ment, without a bona fide order or agreement to purchase said advertisement." The order places into action a decision made last year by Hear­ ing Examiner Loren H. Laughlin, and climaxes a case brought to the Commission by the Inter­ national Labor Press Association. The ILPA campaigns to protect the reputation of legitimate labor papers and to combat unscrupu­ lous competition. Spot Happy Sea Serpent NANTUCKET—Tha crew of av New Bedford fishing boat has re­ ported seeing a "friendly sea ser­ pent" splashing about in the At­ lantic nearly 30 miles east-southcast of Round Shoals buoy here. When ffie crew first spotted the creature, according to engineman Alf Wilhelmsen, they thought it was a whale and gave chase. "But when we got close enough, we could see it was not a whale," he said. The crew described the serpent as black, at least 50 feet long, weighing 35 to 40 tons, with an alligator-like head rising some 26 feet above the water. Its body had several "humps" and a blow hole on top of the head, they declared. The fishermen said that for about five minutes the serpent skimmed along the top of the water, keeping pace with the boat about 50 to 100 feet starboard, at about eight miles an hour. The creature then swam away to the north, according to Mr. Wil­ helmsen. The weather was clear and the sea calm, he said. Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and tbelr families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against Various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) 4i 4" Eastern Ait Lines (Flight Engineers) Urge Congressional Study To Replace Panama Canal WASHINGTON—CJongress has been tirged to author­ ize a study of possible sea-level alternatives to the present lock-type Panama Canal which rapidly is becoming obsolete. The proposal, made by Ad--*^" ministration officials at a suggested elimination of the dead­ hearing of the House Mer­ line as a final point making it a chant Marine & Fisheries Commit­ tee, encountered unexpected criti­ cism as well as a different proposal from a long-time critic of the pres­ ent operation, Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D., Pa.). Attacks Approach Commenting on a Senate-passed bill (S-2701) to authorize such a study. Rep. Flood said the bill's approach, which would have the President name a seven member commission, including the Secre­ taries of State and Army and Chairman of the AEC, "will not do it properly." As an alternative, he urged that the President name a "predom­ inantly civilian" 11-member com­ mission to include persons with ex­ perience and training in engineer­ ing, administration, transportation, international trade, shipping law, geology and nuclear sciences. Includes Military His plan, embodied in various pending legislative bills, also would include specific provision for ap­ pointment to the commission of an officer of wide experience from the Navy, the Army and the Air Force. Army Secretary Stephen Ailes, speaking for his department and the State Department, said the bill's January 1, 1966, deadline for studies and recommendations to the President was too short and any results by that time could only be "preliminary." He subsequently agreed to a benchmark by which time prelim­ inary reports should be made, fol­ lowed as soon as possible by a final determination. In prior Senate hearings, these same witnesses, including Assist­ ant Secretary of State Thomas Mann, submitted cost estimates for five possible routes which have been examine'd cursorily in the past. Three Possibilities In the House hearing, however, they said present intentions were to examine only three: the SasardiMorti route in Panama; the AtratoTruand in Colombia, and the pos­ sibility of a sea-level canal virtual­ ly alongside the present lock canal through Panama. Mr. Mann said nothing definite concerning the touchy political sit­ uation in Panama and gave no idea how the U.S. might avoid a similar embarrassment in the future. He did say, however, that he had had "soundings" that private sources might be interested in fi­ nancing a sea-level canal. He also said unspecified "foreign interests" had also been reported as inter­ ested in the sea-level link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. No decision had been made on how a new canal would be fi­ nanced, he said, but added, with­ out specifying, that he would ex­ pect any future sea-level canal built would be amortized in a "very short time" and that the venture "could be a very profitable operation." By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Never Aggravate A Shark Many years ago, it was a moot question whether sharks actually made attacks on swimmers unless the swimmer was injured, the shark apparently being attracted by the blood of the injured victim. In re­ cent years, there have been many authentic cases of unprovoked 4> 4 attacks on swimmers by sharks. H. I. Siege! The advice to "never swim or dive alone" should be rigidly observed. "HIS" brand men's elothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) It's pointed out that five out of a total 12 bathers attacked by sharks were swimming alone or at considerable distance from their com­ panions. It also has been well-established that sharks are attracted 4 4 4 to wounded or bleeding fish speared by skin divers, even that the "Judy Bond" Blouses shark danger zone is near the surface, where movements are less (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) likely to be rhythmic and coordinated. 4 4 4 The following guide has been recommended for bathers and swim­ mers based on the best information available. It must be remembered Sears, Roebuck Company that sharks are unpredictable and relatively little is known about Retail stores & products their behavior pattern and the conditions that stimulate them to (Retail Clerks) attack. 4 4 4 Advice to bathers and swimmers. Always swim with a companion. Stitzel-Weller Distilleries Do not become a lone target for attack by swimming away from the ^'Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" general area occupied by a group of swimmers and bathers. If dan­ "Cabin Stiii," "W. L. Welier" gerous sharks are known to be in the area, stay out of the water. Bourbon whiskeys Since blood attracts and excites sharks, do not enter or remain in (Distillery Workers) the water with a bleeding wound. Avoid swimming in extremely turbid 4 4 4 or dirty water where underwater visibility is very poor. Advice to survivors of sea and air disasters. Do not abandon your J. R. Simplot Potato Co. clothing when entering the water. Clothing, especially on the feet and Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) ^ legs, is your only protection against the rough skin of a shark. Place wounded survivors in a life raft. All should use the raft if there is 4 4 4 room. Remain quiet and conserve energy. If you must swim, use Kingsport Press regular strokes, either strong or lazy, but keep them rhythmic. "World Book," "Childcraft" Do not trail arms or legs over the side of the raft. Do not jettison (Printing Pressmen) blood or garbage, for this attracts sharks. When sharks are nearby, (Typographers, Bookbinders) do not fish from a life raft. Abandon hooked fish if shark approaches. ^ (Machinists, Stereotypers) When a shark is at close range, use "Shark Chaser" (U.S. Navy re­ 4 4 4 pellent) if it is available. The black dye will repel many species. If your group is threatened while in the water, form a tight circle and Jamestown Sterling Corp. face outward. If approached, hit the shark in the snout with any in­ Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. strument at hand, preferably a heavy one. Use your bai'e hands Furniture and Bedding only as a last resort. (United Furniture Workers) �Paf» ElKfateea SEAFARERS LOG loly 1% INt Text of President's Pre-Balloting Report "I quired tinder Article X, Section 1 (e) of our Constitution, that the following offices be placed on the next refer­ endum ballot of the Union for the election of the officers and other elected representatives of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Districts, The President's pre-balloting report, sub­ mitted in advance of this year's union elections in accordance with the requirement of the SIU Constitution, is in the process of submission to the membership for its action at the July regu­ lar membership meetings in all constitutional ports. The report, which specifies the number of union officers that are to appear on the bal­ lot, the requirements for candidate eligibility and other balloting details, was adopted at all port meetings in June, as recommended in the Secretary-Treasurer's report below. The report will be submitted and acted on at July regular membership meetings. HEADQUARTERS: 1 President 1 Executive Vice-President 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters 3 Headquarters Representatives The text of the report follows: PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT Under the Constitution of our Union, the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, Article X, Section' 1 (el, the President shall submit a pre-balloting report at the regular meeting in July of every election year. The Constitution of our Union also calls for seven (7) Con­ stitutional porU of the Union, which -are; New York, Philadelpiiia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. As your President, In consultation along with the Ex­ ecutive Board of the Union, a careful appraisal has been made as to what- we feel will be the needs of the organization in all the Constitutional ports, including the port of New York and Headquarters, for the coming term of office of the officers and other elected representatives of our Union. Since the Constitution provides for seven (7) Constitutional Ports It was felt that it was advisable to place on the ballot the elective jobs of those ports. Where necessary, the personnel for other than the Con­ stitutional Ports may be assigned as needed from those Constitutional Ports, where possible. As the membership is aware, it is necessary for the Union to keep abreast of the changes in the shifting of the job requirements of the companies with whom we have contracts, as well as in being prepared to meet the opportunities for ex­ pansion through the means of organizing. This will enable the Union to maintain maximum services to the member­ ship, and to meet the needs of the organization resulting from the changing character of the industry. As a result of the foregoing, it is the recommendation •f your President, in this, the Pre-Balloting Report, re­ NEW YORK: 1 Agent 10 Joint Patrolmen PHILADELPHIA: 1 Agent 2 Joint Patrolmen BALTIMORE: 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen MOBILE: 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen NEW ORLEANS: 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen HOUSTON: 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen ' DETROIT: 1 Agent Vour President also recommends, pursuant to Article X, Section 1 (e) and Article XIII, Section 4 (e) of the Union's Constitution, the depository to which the Polls Com­ mittee's shall deliver, or mail, by certified or registered mail, the ballots after the close of each days voting in the coming Union election, be as follows: Mr, Harold Bach, Chairman of the Board The Royal National Bank of New York 20 W. 48 St. N.Y., N.Y. It will bt the function of the depository to receive aU' the envelopes delivered, or mailed in, as aforesaid, to safeguard them properly, in the bank, and to surrender them only to the duly authorized Union Tallying Com­ mittee In accordance with Article XIII, Section 8 (d), of our Union Constitution, on or about the first business day in January, 196S, Proof of authorization shall be a certification by the Vice-President in charge of the Min­ utes, Robert Matthews. The Union Tallying Committee shall be authorized to sign a receipt for the said envelopes. The depository shall be requested to certify that all the envelopes received by the depository have been properly safeguarded, have been surrendered only to the said Tallying Committee, and that no one, other than appro­ priate bank personnel have had access to them. The Polls Committee is especially urged to insure that, whether delivered or mailed, the envelopes are properly addressed, properly stamped if mailed, and certified as per the Constitution. / It is the further recommendation of your President that, in addition to the regular Constitutional requirements, each candidate for office be requested to furnish a regula­ tion passport picture of recent taking as well as a state­ ment of not more than one hundred (100) words, giving a brief summary of his Union record and activities, such picture and statement to be run In the Seafarers Log Just prior to the commencement of voting. This is' to be done in accordance with previous membership action to familiarize the memibership with the names, faces, and records of all candidates for office. As provided for In Article XIII, Section 1, nominations open on July 15th, 1964 and close August 15th, 1964, All documents required for eligibility of candidates for Union office must reach Headquarters no earlier than July 15th, 1964 and no later than August 15th, 1964, Your President wishes to point out that this PreBalloting Report provides for one of the largest number of elective posts to be placed on the ballot since the inception of the Union, It is strongly recommended that the maximum number of qualified members, who feel they can be of assistance to the Union in an official capacity, should submit their credentials. In this connec­ tion, the membership is reminded that the SecretaryTreasurer, A1 Kerr, is available to assist them in properly filing their credentials for nomination to Union office, if th^y desire such assistance. Fraternally submitted, Paul Hall Secretary-Treasurer's Report To The Membership: FORTHCOMING ELECTION OF OFFICERS-ADDITfONS TO VOTING PROCEDURES (The following is the text of an excerpt from the Secretary-Treasurer's report to the regular member­ ship meeting at SIU headquarters on April 6 and again on May 4 entitled, "Forthcoming Election Of Officers —Additions To Voting Procedures," The report was also forwarded to other constitutional ports for action at their meetings in April and May. The report was concurred in at all meetings.) Article XIII, Section 7 of our constitution reads as follows: "The Secretary-Treasurer Is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such Other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union." Therefore, in accordance with the above-mentioned sec­ tion and after consulting with and being advised by coun­ sel, it is found that additions to our voting procedures for the election of officers are required by law. Therefore, under the powers delegated to me by our constitution. In the aforementioned section, I am setting up the follow­ ing additions in our balloting procedure for officers. President's Pre-Balloting Report. Article X, Section 1, "The President," Sub-Section (e), provides that the President's Pre-Balloting Report shall be eu.imitted to the membership at the regular meeting m July of every election year. It is recommended to the membership in this connection that such Pre-Balloting Report be made both at the June and July meetings so as to give more than adequate notice to any prospective nominee fur office. Provision for Nomination bf^ Others. Article XIII, Section 1, "Nominations," provides for selfnomination to office. In order to squarq any ambiguity as to the meaning of this section, it is recommended that a member may place his name in nomination or havo his name placed in nomination by any other member and further, that in either event, such member nominated must comply with the provisions of the constitution, as they are set forth, relating to the submission of creden­ tials, This change is an amplification of the existing pro­ visions of the constitution and sliould not be construed to be an alteration of same. Absentee Ballot. Article XIII, Sections 3 and 4, "Balloting Procedures" and "Polls Committee," of the constitution, provide that balloting shall be manuals in naturb. It is now recom­ mended that the following absentee ballot procedure be presented to the membership upon advice of counsel as an amplification of such provisions: Full book members may request an absentee ballot un­ der the following circumstances, only. While such member is employed on an American-flag merchant vessel which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to touch a port in which voting is to take place during the voting period provided in Section 3 (g) of our constitution, in that event, the member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be^the case. Such request must contain a designa­ tion as to the address to which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. Such request shall be received no later than 12:00 PM on the fifteenth day of November of the election year and shall be directed to the Secretary- Treasurer at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York. Upon receipt of such request, the procedures as established In Section 3 (d) of our constitution, shall not apply. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for deter­ mining whether such member is a member in good stand­ ing and further whether such member has,-in fact, voted previously. He shall send the processed ballot by Regis­ tered Mail-Return Receipt Requested to the address des­ ignated by such member in his absentee ballot request. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to such member with his ballot, instructions for returning the ballot, which Instructions must be complied with exactly. The Secretary-Treaurer shall further maintain a record showing the name, book number of the member, his ballot number and the date upon which such' ballot was sent, which in­ formation shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, when elected, in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5 (c) of the constitution. The member, after voting, shall return his absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mall, or the equivalent maiiing device at the location ~ from which such absentee ballot is returned, if such be the case, to the depository named in the Presi­ dent's Pre-Balloting Report. These absentee ballots must be post-marked prior to midnight of December 31, 1964, and must be deceived by the depository named in the President's Pre-Balioting Re­ port, prior to January 10, 1965, regardless of when post­ marked, for them to be counted as eligible votes. Such ballots will bo maintained separately by such depository and shall then be turned over to the Union Tallying Com­ mittee, as provided in Section 5 (d) of Article XIII of the constitution. �•w •<f- A V •» • /. . Mr 1#^ MM SEAfARERS Tmgm Nioeteca LOG Hits The Deck LOG-A-RHYTHU: • World's Fair Seafarers on the beach soon get used to being hit for a donation for particular charities and other worthy causes. A Seafarer who stays at home for any length of time is sure to be hit by fundraising appeals by mail, phone, doorbell solicitors and an occasional friend. At sea, however, the quickest way to get some cash is to set slon to resign at a recent meeting, man). The iniftallation of a new they felt he was doing such a great washing machine has done wonders up an arrival pool. ____ By Boy Fleischer J traveled to many countries In many parts of the world On the World's Fair grounds Where these words were often heard: "Peace through understanding" —The hope of the human world. And there they were—the people— Displaying what they could do. Their friendship and achieve­ ments, Their relationship to you —Peace through understanding —A better world for you. They were all put on this earth To get along as best they -can And yet, be true to themselves In a brotherhood of man —Peace through understanding —The hope of every man. DEL CAMPO (Oalta), April 3t— Chairman. Joiaph Woolay; Sacratary, Roland Habarl. Some disputed OT in steward department. Brother Joe Zeloy was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Steward extended a vote of thanks to crew for helping to keep crew messroom clean. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), May 24—Chairman, J. H. Morris; Sec­ retary, E. Delaney. One man was Seafarer Harry Banner teek the microphone during the good and welfare portion of the last regular month­ ly membership meeting at the Port of New York to give his views on the mat­ ters under discussion. Brother L. Dooley waa elected to serve aa new ship's delegate. PANOCEANIC FAITH (Panoceanle Tankers), April 23—Chairman, Sam P. Drury; Secretary, None. Motion made that new coffee urn be placed In crew pantry. Discussion on check­ ing stores before signing on. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. hospitalized in Bremerhaven. Ger­ CLAIBORNE (Waterman), Marcli 2* many. No heefs were reported by —Chairman, Homer Starling; Secre­ department delegates. Vote of thanks tary, James Pursell. No beefs were extended to the steward department reported by department delegates, for a Job well done. .•brother W. N. Rollins was elected to serve as ship's delegate. A new washing machine was received this TRANSCLOBE (Hudson Waterways), May 2*—Chairman, J. Balmy; Secre­ trip. tary, H. R. Dombrowskl. No beefs were reported by department dele­ YUKON (Amarlcan-Asla), May 10— gates. Donation given to a crewmem- Chairman, Richard Nelson; Secretary, ber for the death of his mother and John Mercer. No beefa were rean acknowledgement was received. LOSMAR (Calmer), May 19—Chair­ man, Jiggs Jeffers; Secretary, Larry Hill. $3.65 in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT was rencrted. Vote of thanks to the «tiward department. TADDEI VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), June 2—Chairman, C. C. Gates; Secretary, Chuck Demers. No beefs and no disputed OT was re­ ported. Motion was made to install new water fountain aa the old one is totally gone.) Motion was made to have ship fumigated. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. DE SOTO (Waterman), March 28— Chairman, J. Conrad; Secretary, J. Castronover. Captain reported that he enjoyed sailing with the crew. Steward requested to put out more canned fresh milk. Vote of thanks to the steward department. HERCULES VICTORY (Marine Man­ agers), May 30 — Chalrmgn, John Carey; Secretary, Paul L. Whitlow. Brother Carey was acting ships' dele­ gate and the crew voted that he con­ tinue the Job with a vote of thanks. Motion was made to have the draw­ ing on legitimate OT included in the contract as part of wages which crew can draw on. Negotiating committee to see that this is included in the contract so that there will be no further question in the future. No beefs or disputed OT was reported by department delegates. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), June 7— Chairman, J. Pose; Secretary, Bill Stark. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. Everything is running smooth­ ly. Brother W. McChesney was elect­ ed to serve as new ship's delegate and a vote of thanks was extended to former ship's delegate. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), May 10—Chairman, G. T. Bacon; Secre­ tary, W. W. Bickford. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything is fine. $25 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Crewmembers of the Transylobe (Hudson Waterways) are offering their prayers for the survival of their washing machine. In the opinion of one Seafarer, although the ship's washer is servicable now, there is no guarantee on how long it wiil continue to operate. Since it was two years old, the crew thought it was time to start think­ ing about getting a new one, writes H. R. Dombrowskl, meeting chair­ man. Success can sometimes be pain­ ful. When John J. Harty, ship's delegate on the Volusia (Suwan­ nee) requested the crew's permisSecretary, John W. Butler. Ship's delegate reported that allowance for failure to have fresh water in lavato­ ries and showers would be settled at the payoff. The personal effects of Brother J. Gardner, who failed to Join ship at New Orleans, were In­ ventoried by the chief mate and wiU be turned over to the Union at the payoff. Motion made that the patrol­ man be asked to hold a shipboard meeting before payoff with a view to getting various repairs made and unsanitary conditions corrected. S4.30 In ship's fund. TRANSHARTFORD (Hudson Water­ ways), May 10—Chairman, Lyle L. Hipp; Secretary, R. LaBombard. Two men taken off ahip in Kandla. Indie, due to illness. Hen to put in for no shore leave In Bahrein as Govern­ ment there allows shore leave but ship's agent says the Company as­ sumes no responsibility for crewmembers going ashore. Delegate re­ ceived no letter furnishing proof of orders by Government for no shore leave. Lodging for all crewmembers to br, put in for , certain number of days in Kandia,' as chipping and scraping took place after 8 PM and before 6:00 AM. AXALIA CITY (Sea-Land), May 17 —Chairman, Fred C. Oestman; Secre­ tary, R. Funk. No beefs reported by department delegates. Repair lists turned in and repairs are in progress. ported by department delegates. Brother A. Henderson was elected to serve as ' new ship's delegate. MONTPELIER VICTORY (Victory Carriers), April 2<—Chairman, J. Dixon; Secretary, J. S. Burke. Broth­ er Darley wished to resign as acting ship's delegate and Brother I. Wilson was elected to serve in his place. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Darley. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. PENNMAR (Calmer), April 19 — Chairman, J. FurtOn; Sacratary, J. Bond. $36.07 In ahip's fund. Couple of hours disputed OT In engine de­ partment was made good at payoff. One man missed ship in Baltimore. Brother Martin Yager waa elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of ANTINOUS (Waterman), May 1<— thanks extended to the steward de­ Chairman, Ronald Stough; Secretary, partment for fine service and food. . Donald Forrest. No beefs reported by department delegates. Most of ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), May 14 the repairs have been completed. —Chairman, Oscar. B. Smith; Sacra­ $2.45 in ship's fund from last vo.vage tary, William Turpln. It was sug­ was turned over to present crew. gested that two lOKVA MG sets A.C. Vote of thanks was extended to the sets be put aboard to operate air ship's delegate and the steward de­ conditioners when ships are in Per­ partment for fine performance. sian Gulf or similar climates. Vota of thanks was extended to the stew­ ALDINA (Harrison Traders), May ard department for the good service L. P. Hagemann; Sec­ rendered to crew. No beefs were 19—Chairman, retary, Robert Hamelett. No beefs reported by department delegates. were reported by department dele­ gate. Brother Mack Fortner was ST. CHRISTOPHER (Destiny Car­ elected to serve as ship's delegate. riers), No data—No beefs were re­ Steward thanked the 4-8 deck ported by department delegates. Vote watch for leaving messhall in a clean of thanks extended tp the steward and orderly condition. Ship's dele­ for giving milk to the Children's gate wiil make check on salty con­ Home in Southampton, England. dition of water in Freeport, Bahamas. NEVA WEST (Bloomfield), May 10 —Chairman, V. D. Gibson; Secretary, W. R. Geis. $16 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department. PENN TRADER (Penn Shipping), May 12—Chairman, G. G. Parker; VENORE (Venore), May 9—Chair­ man, Browning; Secretary, Jakubsak. Some disputed OT in deck and en­ gine department to be taken up with patrolman. Motion made to find out why ship has not received any mail from Company office. Brother J. Walsh was elected to serve as ship's delegate. for the morale of the crew. Re­ membering past wash day hard­ ships, crewmembers have vowed to take especially good care of the new machine, reports Ralph Taylor, ship's delegate. 4« 4» 4« Still on the subject of mess halls. Seafarers aboard the Steel Director (Isthmian) seem to be having their Dombrowskf Harty own problems. A good and welfare motion at a recent meeting urged Job that he was overwhelmingly that the ships officers quit using re-elected. In case he waff disap­ pointed, crewmembers gave him a big vote of thanks to let him know that his efforts are really being appreciated. The gang on the Beloit Victory (Marine Managers) recently put an arrival pool to an especially orig­ inally use. Crewmembers have set up an arrival pool to peg the time they land in San Francisco. Pro­ Evans Carey ceeds will be used for a gigantic shrimp boll to climax the end of the mess hall for their poker the voyage, reports Marcus Evans, games, writes ship's delegate Frank R. Martin. ship's delegate. 4> i Smooth sailing has also been the byword on the Columia (U.S. Steel). Describing a recent satis­ factory trip, ship's delegate Wal­ ter LeClair says that men in the deck department have been kept busy with plenty of overtime, which everyone thinks should last for one more voyage. Although Retired Seafarers have been the Columbia's steward had to known to put their old sea skills leave the ship on the West Coast to many uses, but only a very few because of sickness, the chief cook have tried to turn a dollar by rely­ stepped into the breach and took ing on a seaman's traditionally care of both jobs to the whole salty vocabulary and unique sense crew's satisfaction. of humor which can only le devel­ 4« 4" it oped during those long nights at The steward department on the sea. Hercules Victory (Marine ManUtilizing a fertile and whimsical agers) also has a problem in the i imagination, a retired SIU memgalley, now that the hot weather ber who goes by the pen name of has arrived. A suggestion made "Dr. Rutherford B. Flinn" has during the good and welfare sec- produced a book called "Strained tion of a recent ship's meeting was Relations," which has just been that perishables should be put back | published by the Carlton Press in into the refrigerator after they' New York. The Seafarer-author, were used, and not left to spoil | who was a LOG contributor for in the heat, according to "John J.'many years, does not wish his Carey, ship's delegate. identity to be disclosed to save J. 4. t his family embarrassment from Both the crew and the steward 1 the treatment it receives in his department are happy on the Oce- book. anic Spray (American Oceanic). The short, hilarious book conAfter receiving a vote of thanks tains a series of essays about varifor a job well done from the i ous eccentric members of the aucrew, steward Frank J. Foley thor's family and his wildly impointed out that as far as he was • probable experiences as a youth, concerned, everything in his de- all told in the explosive language partment was A-OK. The mem- of an uninhibited,^ articulate Seabers of Foley's department decided i farer. There are side-splitting acto get into the act by tendering ^ counts of mis-adventures of such him a big vote of thanks as a | family characters as Uncle ^nniit "nice guy to sail with and work Snarlfrocket, .^unty Misery and for," writes B. Moradilla, steward Lady Alfred Crotchworthy. "Strained Relations" is available department delegate. ; at local bookstores throughout the 4 4 4 The clothes cleaning problem ap­ country at $1.95 per copy, which pears to have taken a turn for the is a fair price to pay for the laughs better on the Clairborne (Water-[ it gives. Salty Essays Published By SIU Oldtimer wALxee., soo'Rs THE A REAL TEAM HAS EVER HAPgEST CATCHERJHIS SHiPSr AND AT THE NEST fDRT { CATCHSa'S WE'RE SONMASETVlX)' V. iiiii Siiiill —> i ^ 1 �pare Twenty SEAFARERS LOG July It, ItM In Th« Tradition Of Th# 8oa Steward Finds Letters Pay Off In Washington Seafarer John Jellette is an excellent example of why it pays to write to your representatives in Washington. Having written officials in our nation's capital on legislative matters ranging from Russian wheats shipments to the tnedical care Magnuson (D-Wash.). The SIU for the aged program, he can letter writer had contacted the display a sheaf of replies from the senator on the Russian wheat sales office of the President, a senator and legislation setting up certain physical requirementa for U.S. and a congressman. In a letter to the LOG, Jellette seamen. One of the most important rea­ declares, "Many people scoff at the idea of writing their congressmen, sons for Seafarers to write their saying 'What's the use? They congressmen, according to Jellette, won't answer. But, as is clearly is that their letters help back up demonstrated by my pile of replies, the views presented by the Union our representatives do take no­ in Washington. "Legislation *such as the Bonner bill, medicare and tice and answer other proposals that affect us as promptly'." Following the timeless traditions of the sea, crewmembers and officers of the Alcoa Explorer Seafarers must have the support of Jellete says the Union as a whole and of its (Alcoa) stand at attention on the stern to pay their last respects to the wife of a company that his reason membership. The best way a Seaemployee. Following a brief service by the ship's master, her ashes were scattered at sea, for writing to his •Ifarer can let his representatives according to the wishes of her family. H. L. Lanier, ship's steward, snapped the photo representatives is in Washington know how he feels to let them know above which shows brothers Rlgney and Brlghtful at the right. on an issue affecting him is to his feelings on write a letter," he declares, bills before Con­ Jellette has sailed as a member gress that will of the steward department since have an effect on Jelletts 1942 when he joined the SIU. the maritime in­ dustry as well as the rest of the Five months after becoming a mem­ ber, he was torpedoed on the Alcoa nation. Among the replies which Jellette Pathfinder (Alcoa) and was later received was one coming from a hospitalized in Durban, South special assistant to the President Africa. A native of England, he A tale of service and devotion to duty far above the work normally required from a about some suggestions the Sea­ now makes his home In Brooklyn where he lives with his wife, Olsa. ship's steward department unfolded as the Del Sud (Delta) returned to New Orleans farer had made for Improving the country's economy. on June 23 after completing her first voyage as United States Trade Exhibit Conference One piece of Congressional cor­ ship. The SlU-manned Delt" respondence to Jellette is a letter Sud, operating as a floating thousands of Latin American busi­ visitors came aboard to see the from Rep. John J. Rooney, Demo­ nessmen and government officals latest products ahd developments trade fair in which over 40 at cratic Congressman from Brook­ each of these ports. in U.S. technology. U.S. companies , displayed their lyn's 14th Congressional District. Products on display aboard the Equal to Task products, toured the major ports Rep. Rooney informed him of his vessel included oil rigs, television The large number of guests that of three Latin Amerlan countries. support for the medicare bill and equipment, farm machinery, visited the ship to view the ex­ The sea-borne trade exhibit met civil rights legislation about which paints, furniture, candies, drugs an enthusiastic response at every hibits meant that the Del Sud'a and many of the special services Jellette had written him. steward department was con­ suP'paRr port of call, including Buenos Jellette's folder of Washington of the ports of Jlew Orleans and Aires, Rio de Jaheiro, Santos and fronted with a gigantic task which Houston. correspondence is rounded out by it proved more than equal to. For Montevideo. It played host to two letters from Sen. Warren Q. First of Many instance, when the trade ship "This Is the first of what we docked in Rio de Janeiro, crowds of visitors came aboard where they feel sure will be many other Nursing Home in New Orleans home are on Thursdays, Satur­ were served hors d' oeuvres and mobile trade fairs," an organizer after a very long stay in the days and Sundays. fancy french pastries as well as of the enterprise stated,' pointing Marine and Charity Hospital I want everyone In the Union cold buffets and special luncheons to "the enthusiastic and warm­ here since November first. I to stay steady as sihe goes, as I To the Editor: hearted reception it'has received for visiting digni­ I am writing a few lines to was drydocked there after an say "adios." everywhere." taries. Dusha "Spider" Korolia tell what a great Union the SIU accident on my last voyage. The Del Sud stopped for two Commenting on is. Even though I'm no longer I'm still considered unfit for days each at Rio, Santos and how members of t sailing, it still gives me a great duty after all these months. Montevideo, and for three days the steward de­ The medics here have just deal of pleasure to recall the at Buenos Aires, receiving busi­ partment stood many pleasant memories from finished putting another cast ness and government leaders of up under all the the days I shipped with my SIU on my left leg and foot. This the countries. demands which brothers. As far as I'm con­ makes the third one they have To the Editor: U.S. exhibitors indicated they were mads on I wish to express my thanks cerned; it was the one union given me since I entered the feel the exhibit helped strengthen them, Anthony for any man who follows the hospital. I had to use a wheel for the check I received from business and commercial relations Rodriguez, ship's Rodriguex chair for a while, but I'm now the Seafarers Welfare plan sea. with the Latin American nations, delegate, writes, and the very nice letter which I was a Seafarer for five on crutches. "The way they performed their and that whil* the technique is According to the sawbones accompanied it. years, sailing in the steward duties under abnormal and strenu­ now in its infancy, it will undoubt­ department with a night cook The death benefit check ous conditions was really unbeliev­ edly grow. and baker's rating. It always which has come to me has able. The morale of the cooks, made me real happy to see how really been of great help to me, bakers, waiters and ship's butcher pleased my fellow crewmem­ especially after the passing of never broke down despite the fact bers were when they saw the my husband, Harris C. Smallthey had no shore leave and were baked goodies I set out for wood. under severe tension throughout them. I always worked extra Mrs. Rose Smallwood the trip." hard at coffee time, since that Not only were members of the 4» t was when the boys really All letters to the Editor for Del Sud's steward department able To the Editor: appreciated that special some­ publication in the SEAFARERS to meet these unusually stiff re­ I would like to express my thing. LOG must be signed by the quirements, but the standards they deepest appreciation to the SIU Although I haven't shipped writer. Names will be withheld maintained were of the highest for the wonderful kindness and since 1953, I still wish and upon request. SIU traditions. "I have never seen the timely assistance on the hope to take one more short in all the time I've been saiiling trip. But, until that moment here, I may have made my last death of my son, William J. so many Seafarers working so comes, my thoughts are with voyage, but I'll know for sure Moore. harmoniously together. I really Mrs. Ernestine Moore everyone in the SIU, especially sometime this month. I sure congratulate them with all my when I'm reading about the hope that he doesn't know ^ heart. I must say that their ac­ Union in the LOG. I always get what he's talking about, since To the Editor: complishments are something the a lot of enjoyment from read­ I want to make two more I would like to thank the Union should really be proud of," ing the Union newspaper, voyages before calling it quits Seafarers International Union Rodriquez declares. especially when I find out what with the sea. for the time and assistance I All Pitched In my old friends and shipmates I have two requests for my received at the time of the SIU men who were members of are doing these days. former shipmates in the SIU. death of my mother. The other departments on the ship Arthur Brazil First of all, if any of my old gracious help which was ex­ also performed their duties ad­ J, i t friends are in the area, I wish tended to me in the hour of my mirably, according to Rodriguez. they would drop in to say a few dire need helped take care of "I want to thank these men for the many bills caused by her words. However, if they can't their cooperation in working so come in person, I sure do hope illness. faithfully and at top speed so that To the Editor: they write to me. The address I am really proud to belong the exhibit was always ready for I'm writing this to send my is Coberts Nursing Home, 2445 to an organization which is visitors. personal greetings to every Esplanade Avenue, New Or­ willing and able to take care Some idea of the magnitude of leans, La. brother in the SIU. of the welfare of its members.. the trade fair opeartion can be Right now I'm in the Coberts Visiting days at the nursing M. Eurisa gained from the attendance statis­ tics wiiieh show that over 25,000 Trade Fair Ship's Challenge Doesn't Faze SIU Stewards A GOOO ISA GOOD , CmZBN/ gPAD Recalls Happy Days In SIU Welfare Help Brings Thanks iijiiil^lllill Laid-Up Seaman Wants Visitors �SEAFARERS jilr 1*, im Tag* Tfrenlar-lta* LOG Steamers Couldn't Sway Sailor's Loyalty To Clippers By Fred Harvey, Hook H-120 EDITOR'S NOTE—The LOG is presenting the second part of SIU oldtimer Fred Harvey's account of his days aboard the clipper ships at the turn of the century. In the first installment which appeared in the June 12th edition, Harvey described his experiences on the whaler Andrew Hicks and a trip to China on the clipper W. F. Babcock. Even though there were plenty of jobs open on steamers back in 1904, I never even considered signing on one after my experiences on sailing ships. After you've stood on a foot rope in a gale with nothing • around you but the angry sky apprentices and three mates. They used the old two-watch above and the roaring sea system. Every day your provisions below while trying to control a big stretch of white sail which is trying to slam you off your peroh, sailing on a steamship • sounds pretty tame. After returning to San Francisco from China in 1904, I decided to get a ship for Europe. A local agent got me a berth aboard the British four-on-bark Crown of Ger­ many which was bound for Antwerp. Foreign ships always had a problem of losing several sailors in West Coast ports. Euro­ pean seamen were always apt to jump ship when they founds that wages on Ameri­ can vessels were at least seven to ten dollars per month higher. U.S. seamen at that time were getting around $25 per month or Harvey higher on the West Coast. European sailors got from $15 to $18 per month. As I have said before, sailing life was hard and wages were low back in those days. In addition to the bad pay, you had to carry your own "donkey's breakfast" (mat­ tress), blankets and eating uten­ sils. V I Joined the Crown of Germany with alwut six seamen. She sailed with a crew of_22 sailors, 11 to a watch. There were also four would be weighted out for the next day's use. Provisions that we got on a once-a-week basis were sugar, marmalade, lime juice, canned milk, margerine and a few other items. Since there was no re­ frigerator on board, we had to eat up the margarine as quickly as possible. British ships, or "lime juicers" as we called them in those days, didn't have a reputation as hard ilforkers, but you often went to bed hungry on them. Bark British Barques Trhe Crown of Germany be­ longed to a British line which ran regularly between^ the West Coast and Europe. It was, a nice, big steel four-masted barque with a main shysail yard. We called them Bark British Barques in this coun­ try. Around the 20th of May we weighed anchor and sailed through the Golden Gate for Europe. The ship had a fairly fast passage down to Cape Horn and. our time was spent mostly in the rigging. There was quite a bit of work involved in changing our sails before we got down to the Cape. The weather around there is not very pleasant, even in the summer, and when we arrived, it was July and the middle of the winter. When we hit those cold, stormy latitudes, we were mostly on stand-by. We rounded the Horn, passing through a few snow storms and Notify Union On LOG Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, and minutes forms are then airfailed to the agent in the next poirt. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. The clipper ship Crown of Germany, her projd sails furled, rides at anchor off the coast of California. SIU oldtimer Fred Harvey took his first trip around Cape Horn on the British vessel which made the voyage from San Francisco to Antwerp in 138 days in 1904. Harvey describes the Crqwn of Germany as a big steel four-masted barque with a main shysail yard. After gaining all his early knowledge of the sea on sailing ships, such as the one above, he spurned the idea of shipping on steamships high gale winds. This is the kind of weather when sail canvas gets pretty tough to handle. It takes strength, guts and will power to beat that canvas down in a gale. Usually the call for "all hands on deck" came just when the sailor had dropped off to sleep after an exhausting day in the rig­ ging. Picking up our still-soaking wet oilskins, we would go topside and up into the rigging for an­ other battle against the wind. By the time we were finished, it was about time to go back on watch again. There were life lines stretched fore and aft, but despite this safe­ guard many a poor sailor was washed overboard when a deep loaded ship wallowed in the sea and the water poured over the low-lying bulwarks, sweeping everything before it. "Holy Stoning" We sailed until we reached calmer weather in the Atlantic and then proceeded to change sail again. Once this was accomplished, it was time to get down to the business of cleaning up the ship. This meant using "holy stones"— working on your knees with a hunk of sand stone, along with a supply of sand and water. After the first holy stoning got most ard department. No beefs reported by department delegates. CHATAM (Waterman), May 10 — Chairman, Oscar H. Manifold; Secre­ tary, William H. Newson. Some dis­ puted OT in engine and steward de­ partment. Took up collection for flowers for deceased member. Brother Jessie Joy. Vote of tlianks extended to ttie steward department for a job well done. A A J MERCURY (Pacific Saafar•rt); May 17—Chairman, John Kucharskl; Secretary, Leo E. Movall. Ship's delegate reported that three men were hospitalized in Calcutta and later sent home by the Company. $13 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT In each department. Crew would like to have fresh milk in all ports. CATHY (Sea Tramp), May 2S — Chairman, C. Wrgiht; Secretary, L. Santa Ana. Ship's delegate reported that exterminator, washing machine and new mattresses were put aboard. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Crew request clarifi­ cation on draws in foreign ports or Suez Canal. OMNIUM FREIGHTER (Suwannee), May 17—Chairman, S. Holden; Secre­ tary, D. Owen. Ship's delegate re­ ported there were somb minor beefs only. Some disputed OT in each de­ partment. Vote of thanks extended to the messman and pantryman. ST. CHRISTOPHER (Destiny Carriers), June 7—Chairman, Wm. Bllger; Secretary, P. Devlne. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Bill Koltonuk was elected to, serve as ships' delegate. Brother John Chaplinsky, former ship's dele­ gate was extended a vote of thanks for a job well done. Vote of thanl f also extended to the steward depart­ ment. MASSMAR (Calmar), May 24—Chair­ man, John Sullivan; Sacratgry, Edwin Brown. $6.35 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Edmund Abualy was elected to serve as ship's delegate. VOLUSIA (Suwannee), May 17 — Chairman, W. Ferwood; Secretary, J. J. Hardy. Ship's delegate, John J. Harty had requested to resign but was denied. He was re-elected and extended a vote of thanks. Vote of thank^also extended to the steward depar^ent. YAKA (Waterman), May 14—Chair­ man, Lawrence P. Contlcello; Secre­ tary, Frank Allen.' Brother: Bob Sigwart was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in stew- VENORE (Marvin), June 1—Chair­ man, B. Browning; Secretary, P. Jakuluk. Two men were repatriated due to injury in deck department. Some disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Crew requested to cooperate and report all beefs to delegates. ' SAN JUAN (Sea-Land), June 4 — Chairman, Edward Caudlll; Secretary, John Coyle. A very happy crew aboard ship. No beefs and ever.vthing is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the stewarcJ. department for fine job, good food and fine service. PENNMAR (Calmar), May 24 — Chairman, T. Frailer; Secretary, J. ' S*i|iSSS of the dirt off, we washed the ship down and began painting her. By this time we were in the Doldrums where there was lots of rain, but little wind. After a while we were able to catch the North East Trade winds, which meant that it was about time for another holy stone session to get the ship ready for port. Approaching the English Chan­ nel with a fair wind behind us, we began passing steamer after steamer headed the same way. We entered the North Sea at the end of September and dropped anchor in Antwerp, ending my first trip around the Horn. James R. Prestwood. $26.73 in ship's fund. A few beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Motion was made to see if a pantryman and third cook can be put aboard. Vote . of thanks extended to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. TAMARA G U I L D E N (Transport Commercial Corp.), May 10—Chair­ man, C. Pressnall; Secretary, R. Vilorla. Brother H. Hammond was elect­ ed to serve as ship's delegate. $13 in ^ship's fund. One O.S. mis.sed this voyage in New Orleans and a replace­ ment was picked in Haifa. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for preparing and serving gool chow. PUERTO RICO (Motorshlps), May 24—Chairman, J. Mucia; Secretary, A. Aragones. Brother William Seltzer was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. $4.75 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks lo (he steward de­ partment for good menus and good service. . ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Landi, May 21 — Chairman, Alfredo Carmoega; Secretary, W. W. BIckford. Brother L. B. Dooley was elected to serve as ship's delegate. All repairs are under way and will be taken care of at sea. $15 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. Bond. Ship's delegate reported that all repairs have been completed. $34.96 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Motion was made to contact head- R GLOBE CARRIER (Maritime Over­ quarters to see If transportation can seas), April 24—Chairman, T. Drzebe obtained to and from Fenwood wlckl; Secretary, Ralph Tindell. No dock to bus line. beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made to have time off TRUSTCO (Commodity Transport), for all departments, put in contract. May 14--Chalrman, B. Padgett; Sec­ Brother T. Drzewicki was elected to retary, L. Melanson. Ship's delegate serve as ship's delegate. Vote of reported that everything is running thanks extended to outgoing ship's smoothly and the crew really did a delegate. Vote of thanks to the good job. Some disputed OT in the steward department. engine department. TRANSHARTFORD (Hudson Water­ ways), May 31—Chairman, James T. Walker; Secretary, Ray LaBombard. NATIONAL DEFENDER (National Transport), April 24—Chairman, E. Anderson; Secretary, D. B. Garrod, INGER (Reynolds Metals), May 2— Chairman, Santos Garcia; Secretary, ANTON BRUUN (Alpine), May 3— Chairman, Jack Dolan; Secretary, Paul Willis. $81 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates.' Beef on lodging and restricted shore leave will be taken up with patrol­ man. Discussion on ice machine which is inadequate for ship's needs. A new automatic cube machine is needed. Crew request that all re­ pairs not taken care of as promised to be taken up at payoff. Discussion on -manning scale for this type ship. . It was recommended that port offi­ cials be questioned on this matter. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment. One hundred dollars was donated by officers and unlicensed personnel for flowers for deceased brother, George Zalen.sky. Fifty dollars will be util­ ized for flowers arid the remaining money will be sent to relatives. A speeial vote of thanks was extended by the crew to the captain for his outstanding interest in all matters coricerning the crew. �Par* Tireiitr-Tw« SEAFARERS July 1*. M«4 LOO Speedy US Cargo Ships Face Foreign Competition American steamship lines which have pioneered the use of super-fast cargo ships on world trade routes may soon be John Jenkins, born August 31, experiencing sharp competition, according to reports from Nancy Wax, bora December 13 Mark Andrew Scroysins, bom 1963, to the Jessie Jenkins,' Har­ overseas shipbuilders. February 5, 1964, to the Evelle 1963, to the Gerald Wazs', Detroit vey, La. Michigan. Reports from European and and In the African services, and Scroggins, Houston, Texas. U.S. lines are hoping to receive 4 4 4 4 4 4 Japanese shipyards indicate Government i approval for even All of the following SlU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Dawn Sharon Thomas, born Jan­ that foreign shipowners plan to faster ships. Lisa Marie Cross, born February Thomas George Shepeta, bom January 9, 1964, to the Henry She 22, 1964, to the Glen Cross', Caho- uary 26,, 1964, to the Wilson G. give U.S. operators a run for their A number of European yards Thomas', New Orleans, La. kia. 111. money in the area of fast passage, petas, Baltimore, Md. are understood to be working on not to mention newly-developed 4 4 4 4 4 4 4" 4" i designs that compare favorably Carolyn Frances Hall, born Janu­ automated features. Carl Collins, born January 18, Terry Lenn Broadus, bom De­ with the fast American vessels, ary 12, 1964, to the Francis J. 1964, to the Robert H. Collins, Vir­ However, American operators and Japanese shipbuilders, who cember 14, 1963, to the Johnnie Halls, Superior, Wise. ginia, 111. have a head start in the construc­ are obtaining an increasing share Broadus', Mobile, Alabama. 4 4 4 tion of speedy cargo vessels. The 4 4 4 4 4' 4< Ken Chrlstensen, born February 20-knot-plus U.S. cargo vessel had of European ship orders, have Connie Marie Dash, born Janu­ Dianne Carol Weaver, born Feb­ been approached to build similar ruary 14, 1964, to the Gus Weavers ary 25, 1964, to the Freddie W. 27, 1964, to the Christian A. Chris- its origins in the 1950's when the vessels for the Europeans. tensens, San Francisco, Calif. Dashs, Abita Springs, La. SIU West Coast District contracted Mobile, Ala. Japanese and European opera­ 4 4 4 American President Lines intro­ 4 4 4 4 4> 4' tors, aiming" at speeding up their Colleen Ann Eastman, bora Steven Anthony Alfonso, born duced its mariner class vessels on KIrt Alan Gaspard, born Febru­ ships, appear to be attempting a ary 13, 1964, to the Jeronie Gas- January 15, 1964, to the Salvadore March 15, 1964, to the Bernard the round-the-world route. This compromise between speed itself Eastmans, Jr., Cheektowgh, N.Y. Alfonsos, New Orleans, La. type of vessel also was put into pards, Netairie, La. 4 4 4 service by several other lines and economy of operation which 4 4 4 4 4 4 is being fostered by the use of Rochell Louise Alexander, born Patricia Deviin, born April 8, shortly thereafter. Brenda Thatcher, born February diesel propulsion. The fast new March 9, 1964, to the Cecil Alex­ US Leads 19, 1964, to the James D. Thatchers, 1964, to the Rovert Devlins, Brook­ American ships that are already anders, Fruitport, Mich. lyn, New York. New Orleans. La. American vessels are presently built, and those that are still in 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 by far the fastest in the Far East the drawing board stage, are all Lisa Butts, born November 3, Gricelda Villagran, born March Suzanne Gauthier, born Febru­ trade, on the trans-Atlantic route steam tufEine vessels. ary 13, 1964, to the John A. Gau- 1«, 1964, to the Ruben Villagrans, 1963, to the Herman Butts, Hous­ ton, Texas. New Orleans, La. thiers, Chicago, 111. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Renee Frary,- born February 18, Michael Gaines, born January 10, Margaret O'Connell, born Febru­ 1964, to the Frederick D. Frarys, 1964, to the Ellis B. Gaines', Moary 14, 1964, to the Lawrence biie, Ala. Alpena, Mich. O'Connells, Bklyn, N.Y. 4 4 4 Candice Saunders, born Febru­ Sandy Taylor, bora February 29, Sandra Murray, born February ary 26, 1964, to the Windell Saun­ 1964, to the Gene Taylors, 21, 1964, to the Robert Murrays, Daphne, La. ders,' Baltimore, Md. Darby, Pa. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Jerold Scott Ferrell, born Feb­ Dana Richards, born February 2, James Reeves, born February IS, ruary 28, 1964, to the William B. 1964, to the John Richards', Man­ 1964, to the James Reeves', Mobile, istee, Mich. Ferrells, New Orleans, La. Alabama. 4 4 4 Sharon Venita Paylor, born April Robyn Ann Barrlal, born Febru­ • Jute Smith, born December 9, 1963, to the Earl J. Smiths, New ary 4, 1964, to the Pablo Barrlals, 15, 1964, to the Frank S. Paylors, New Orleans, La, Houston, Texas. Orleans, La. 4 4 4 The dealhd of the following Seafarers have been reported Melinda Place, born August 29, to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment 1963, to the Melvin Places, Sault of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary Ste. Marie, Michigan. card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t 4 4 4 Thomas Everett, born February Alvin Joseph Whitney, 58: Benjamin J. Martin, 64: Brother 28, 1964, to the Louis R. Everetts, Brother Whitney died of natural Martin died Septemiber 29, 1963, Norfolk, Va. of accidental causes on No­ 4 4 4 causes In Hous­ vember 19, 1963, Kenneth Joseph .Quails, bom ton, Tex. He had aboard the Del January 17, 1964, to the Joe B. been a member Norte (Delta) at Quails', Ecorse, Mich. of SIU since 1952 sea. He joined 4 4 4 and sailed as a the Union in -Dara Mallory, born February 8, member of the 1952 and sailed 1964, to the Albert Mallorys, Nep­ engine depart­ in the steward tune, New Jersey. ment. Surviving department. Sur­ 4 4 4 is his wife, Fior- viving is his Darrell Dodd, born March 1, ence Martin, of wife, Mary Grace 1964, to the Curtis M. Dodds, Covina, Caiif. Buriai'was at Ar­ Whitney, of Marrero, La. Burial Chesapeake, Va. lington National Cemetery, Arling­ was at Lestlawn Memorial Park, 4 4 4 ton, Va. Jefferson Parish, La. Ronald Marcus, born Febmary 4, 4 4 4 '444 1964, to the Robert W. Marcus', Wallace O. Burnett, 37: Brother Gustar A. Nicholson, 62: Brother Baton Rouge, La. Nicholson died of pneumonia on Burnett was killed accidently on 4 4 4 April 25, 1963, October 28, 1963, Leigh Anna Hartley, born Janu­ aboard the Choc­ at his home in ary 22, 1964, to the Thomas Hart­ taw (Waterman) New Orleans, La. leys, Mobile, Alabama. in Kunsan Har­ Sailing in the 4 4 4 bor, K u n 9 a n. deck department, Agustin Vazquez, born February Korea, Sailing in ha had been a 27, 1964, to the Agustin Vazquezs', the deck depart­ member of the Bklyn, N.Y. ment, he joined Union since 4 4 4 the Union in 1937. Burial was Daniel Lee Zervas, born Febru­ 1962. Surviving at Metairie Cem­ ary 21, 1964, to the George Zervas', is his son, Mietery i n Me­ Toledo, Ohio tairie, La. William P. Hagerty of cjhael O. Burnett, of Inglewood, 4 4 4 Solomon Gleaton, born March 10, New Orleans, La., was legally ap­ Cal. Burial was at Inglewood Park 1964, to'the James Gleatons, Bklyn, pointed administrator of his estate. Cemetery, Inglewood, Cal. New York. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Willie A. Wells, 52: Brother Vladislavs Kelpss, 54: Heart 4 4 4 Anthony Gutierrez, born Febru­ disease was fatal to Brother Wells died of heart failure on ary 18, 1964, to the Tomas Gutler- Kelpss on Dec­ Septemiber 6, rezs', Houston, Texas. ember 15, 1963, 1963, en route to at his home in Naval Hospital at 4 4 4 Cliff Johnson, born January 23, Brooklyn, N.Y. Gulf of Mexicof 1964, to the Hazel Johnsons, Bronx, Joining the Un^ Fla. A member ion in 1952, he New York. of the Inland was a member of Boatman's Union 4 4 4 Byron James Bumstead, bora the deck depart­ and an SIU tugFebruary 2, 1964, to the Roger ment until placed man since 1957, Bumsteads, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich­ on pension In he was employed 1957. He is sur­ by Coyle Lines igan. vived by a sister, Waleria Kelpss, of New Orleans. Burial was in 4 4 4 Brenda Zimmerman, born Janu­ of Latvia, SSR. Burial was in St. Augusta, Ga. John D. Goff of ary 5, 1964, to the Richard A. Zim- Mary Magdaline Cemetery, Easton, Tampa, Fia., was legally appointed Pa. administrator of his estate. mermans, Cleveland, Ohio. Membership Meetings SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York August 3 Detroit July 10 Philadelphia August 4 Houston July 13 Baltimore August 5 New Orleans Jul/ 14 Mobile July 15 4 4 4 West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through August, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmington San Francisco Seattle July 20 July 22 July 24 August 17 August 19 August 21 4 4 4 Great Lakes SIU Meetings Regular membership meetings on the Great I,akes are held on the first and third Mondays of each month in all ports at 7 PM local time, except at Detroit, where meetings are held at 2 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit July 20—2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, 6REAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memters are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will be; Detroit July 13 Milwaukee July 13 Chicago July 14 Buffalo July 15 tSault Ste. Marie July 16 July 20—7 PM Duluth July 17 1 4 4 4 Lorain July 17 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union (For meeting place, contaci Har­ Regular membership meetings old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. for IBU members ajre scjieduled Sandusky, Ohio). each month in various ports. The Cleveland July 17 Toledo July 17 next meetings will be: Ashtabula July 17 Philadelphia ..Aug. 4—5 PM (For meeting place, contact John Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed).'.. .Aug. 5—5 PM Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). Houston July 13—5 PM Norfolk Aug. 6—7 PM 4 4 4 N'Orleans .. .July 14—5 PM United Industrial Workers Mobile July 15—5 PM Regular membership meetings 4 4 4 for UIW members are scheduled RAILWAY MARINE REGION Regular membership meetings each month at 7 PM in various for Railway Marine Region-IBU ports. The next meetings will be: New York August 3 members are scheduled each Baltimore August 5 month in the various ports at 10 Philadelphia August 4 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings tHopston July 13 will be: Mobile July 15 Jersey City July 13 • Meetings held et Laeor Temple, New­ Philadelphia .July 14 port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Baftimore ..' July 15 Ste. Marie, Mich, *Norfolk July 16 t Meeting held at Galveston whSrves. �My i9, 19M SEAFARERS tv Twenty-nrM LOG Know Your Rights PINANCIikL RBPORTS. Tbe conatitution of the SlU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakea and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU AtUntic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get, to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able In all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your •hipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall, • return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is: Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Aopeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obUgations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional porta. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt Is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or' if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obiigation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.. as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities. Including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In ail rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights ef Seafarers Is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union, To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute this funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. Eldon CuUerton Your mother would like to hear from you as quickly as possible about an important family matter. ^ 4 Del Rio Crewmembers I would like to extend my thanks and graditude to the entire crew of the Del Rio for the kind attention and thoughtfulness shown to my husband, Leon J. Perton, following his injury aboard ship. Mrs. Leon J. Perton it $• William A. Kirby The above-named is asked to contact Avnet and Avnet, attor­ neys, 602-3 Knickerbocker Build­ ing, 220 East Lexington Street. Baltimore, Md,, 21202, as quickly as possible. 4" it it W. E. Hart You are asked to contact your father immediately about an urgent matter. ^ it Tax Refund Checks Income tax refund checks are being held for the following SIU members by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco 5, Calif.: , Julian B. Arzaga, Vasco M. Barros (3), Morris Berlowitz, Marjarito Borja, Roy C. Bru, Eugene L. Castano, Jr., Orlando Frezza, Waldo M. • Oliver, Potenciano Paculba, Jorgen G. Pedersen, Sammy Rogamos, Michael Romalho, Henry R. Smith, Charles E. Switzer, Bernardo Tombocon, Ray­ mond A. Triche and Willie Walker (2). 4 4 t Cottonwood Creek Crewmembers The following crewmembers of the Cottonwood Creek are asked to contact Levinson and Friedman, 1602 Northern Life Tower, Seattle, Wash.,. concerning a back injury sustained by Edward Cichorek on March 27, 1963 when he fell from a ladder while chipping a forward boom: Arturo Villamar, Edward F. Mullin, Jr., Billie J. Koontz, Rob­ ert Blako, Kenneth D. Douglass, Darrell DeWhitt, and James T. McDevitt. Any of the above having infor­ mation about Cichorek's injury is asked to telephone collect to MA 4-8844, area code 206. 4 4 4 Jim Davis You are asked to get in touch with Norma at 5546 Little Lake Street, Bellaire, Texas about an important matter as soon as possible. 4 4 4 Samuel C. Lawrence Your brother is fatally iU. You are asked to get in touch with Mrs. John Lawrence at 306 North New Jersey Ave, Tampa, Fla. All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible, The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Salvator* Alpedo G. lUhalopoulo* Erasmo Arroyo Irwin MUler C. Bonefont «A. Minori John Buenday Frank Nelion Juan Burgoa Harold Nelson Henry Callahan N. Palantzoglou Raoul Cabrera Pedro Plnott Clifford CampbeU SanUago Pena Ronald Christian Tom Ranley Edward Cleary James Ray John Culllnson Miguel Reyes Hamilton DaUey William Sargent Herbert Dierking Frank Schandl AUen Durgin ' -"is Schimmer PhiUip Frank Henry Sieber Lynwood Gregory uobn Skuba Ctaarlea Haymond Elbert Solomon Martin Homer Walter StovaU Edwin Jenningi A. Stracclollnl Walter Kowalczyk Evelic Temes Derek Lamb Tonis Tonisson N. Lambert Carl Wayne Walter Lacter John Wbltted George Meltzer Robert WUllami USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA James Allen Robert Merrltt James Boring. Jr. Cleon Mixon WUbert Burke George Neyrey George Burleson John O'Hern. Jr. Oscar Cit\g Troy Pardue Edward FarreU Kenyon Parks John Flinn Leon Penton Theodore Fortin Theodore Phelps Audley Foster Calvin Rome John Geisey Arthur Smith Otis Harden Austldes Soriano W. A. Johnson Carlos Saavedra Fred Klein Adolph Stitzfaden James Lala Alvin Turner Claude Lomers Roosevelt Walker Henry Maas. Jr. Howard Waters Charles Matthews Robert Weeks Mont McNabb Fred Witt USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Pastor Ablin Gordon Marbury Charles Cook Wm. Oppenhorst Howard Fowler Richard Zaragoza Charlie Gedra USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Frank Buck Joseph Perry R. Gregory. Jr. Lloyd Roberson MaxweU Hudgins McDonald Slada Raymond MUler Hildred White Jessie Painter USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Bernard Beavers C. Foster. Jr. Walter Bzman Ferdinand Forte Ralph Bradshaw Edgar Gore Grover Cobbler Charles Hippard Friedof FondUa Lafayette Howard Chas. Forgerson Jacobus Huisman Wirtz Speaks At ILO Parley GENEVA — The worldwide "drive for human dignity cannot succeed without full development of human resources," U.S. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz told the annual conference of the In­ ternational Labor Organization here. Addressing the 48th session of the ILO conference, Wirtz ob­ served that "history has taught that unless there is development of a nation's resources for all its citizens there will be economic discrimination which leads to social discrimination." He urged the government, worker and employer delegates to the 110-nation organization to ap­ prove a U.S. resolution calling on the ILO "to take the lead" in de­ veloping human resources. The resolution calls for a study of work being done in the field by all the United Nations agencies, in-: eluding the ILO, to arrive at a "co-ordinated strategy." AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany and the federation's European economic representative, Bert Seidman, are members of the con­ ference committee dealing with the proposal. In other developments, the en.tire slate of worker candidates backed by the International Con­ federation of Free Trade Unions was elected to the conference's key steering committee, despite an attempt by Soviet bloc delegates to bargain for seats on the com­ mittee. The conference elected Andres Aguilar of Venezuela as president, without opposition. Worker dele­ gates chose British trade unionist Harold Collison as their confer­ ence vice president John Jones John Ross. Jr. Charles LoveU William Sawyer John McDanlel R. Sheiffleld James MltebeU John Stone Donald Murphy Robert Twlgg Orlando Rosales Joseph Williams USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON Robert Beevers Harry Silversteltt Joseph Brazden CecU WalUck John Clapp USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Homer CampbeU Barney Majjesie Ulyss Crlder James Mossinger Patrick Healy David Newlin Clarence Lenhart F. Priraeau. Jr. Joseph Mrkua GUlls Smith USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Alfred Duggan Harold Robinson GUbert Edwards USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Grover Maddox Angel Garcia N. Blanchard Dan Brannen Ralph King John MitcheU . USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS William Aplin James DiUon Alexander Becker Harry Glrolr Thomas Clough Hugh Grove Walter Cutter MUburn Hatley Jerome Jaskolskl Frank Reese Ernest Kolenowsky Hamilton Seburn Archie Naone John Shamel James Parker Patrick Stevens Peter Frokopuk F. Szohlik USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Thomas Cassldy BiUy Lynn Charles Cobum George McKnew Arthur CoUett Samuel MUIs Benjamin Deibler Raymond Ruppert Abe Gordon James Webb Thomas Lehay Willie Young SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen A. Gutierrez • William Kenny Edwin Harriman USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE Joseph Berger James HcGee VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY, MASS. Raymond Arsenault PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin VA HOSPITAI. NORTHAMPTON. MASS. Blanrice Roberta US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON. DC William Thomson DIPScTSFy oi UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1316 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10223 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ... .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn HYacinth 0-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak. Agent ..^... WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2606 Pearl St.. SE. Jax WUllam Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence-St. Louis Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent ..622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchik. Agent .. DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. McAuley. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR ..1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowskl. Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. CaUf 505 N. Marine Aye. Frank Boynq, Agent TEi-minal 4-2528 Great Lakes GREAT lAKES TUG t DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon ^. BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MUler, Agent .-...TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden, Agent ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park. Mich. Ernest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman JoUcoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brlmley, Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent.. BRimley 14-R 8 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Bums ASHTABULA. 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 PorUand St. Tom Burns. Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing. S. Chicago Robert Affleck. Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Heams. Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin. Agent Southgate. Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson. Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN. 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky. Ohio Harold Ruthsatz, Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph MiUer. Agent . .SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent ..MElrose 2-8847 SECRETARY-TREA SURER Fred J. Farnen Rivers Section ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER ST. LOUIS. MO 805 Del Mar Roy Boudrcau CE 1-1434 ALPENA 127 River St. L. J. Colvis. Agent 1348 7th St. EL. 4-3616 PORT ARTHUR. Tex BUFFALO, NV 735 Washington Arthur Bendbeim, Agent TL 3-9259 RAILWAY MARINE REGION CHICAGO 6383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago. IlL SAginaw 1-0733 HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. Jersey City 2. NJ HEndcrson 3-0104 MAin 1-5450 REGIONAL DIRECTOR DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. G. P. McGinty RAndolph 2-4110 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS R. H. Avery FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. E. B. Pulver MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 BALTIMORE.... 1216 E. Baltirriure St. EA.=trrn 7-.inno HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. 115 Third St. River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 NORFOLK 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 NATIONAL DIRECTOR " Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. BALTIMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St EAstern 7-4900 • EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. BOSTON 276 State St Richmond 2-0140 .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HYacinth 9-6000 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAInut 8-3207 WAinut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 ELgin 3-0987 744 W. Flagler St. MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St MIAMI FRanklin 7-3564 FRanklin 7-3564 ........I S. Lawrence St. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St MOBILE HEmlock 2-1754 HEmlock 2-1754 630 Jackson Ave. NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave NEW ORLEANS Phone 529-7546 Tel 529-7.540 115 Third St. NORFOLK 115 Third St. NORFOLK Phone 622-1892-3 Tel. 622-1892-3 2604 S. 4th St. PHILADELPHIA 2604 S tt i St PHILADELPHIA DEwey 6 3818 DEwey 6-3828 TAMPA 312 Harrison St TAMPA 312 Harrison St Phone 229-2788 Tel. 229-2788 Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers »! �SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, S AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO AFL-CIO Department Of International Affain At$9$$0$ Russian Policy What Is Khrushchev Really Up To? The following article by Jay Lovestone, director of the AFL-CIO Department of International Affaire, appeare In the July ieeue of the AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News, published by the AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs. The department keeps a sharp eye on inter­ national developments and assists the Federation's officers in their analyses and statements expressing the policies of the AFL-CIO on inter­ national affairs. ,4. ^ • The Soviet publication Kommunist of May 1964 features Khrushchev's preface to an Italian edition of a collection of his speeches published in March, 1964, by Einaudi Giulio under the title, "Prob­ lems of Peace." This preface sheds much light on Khrushchev's real inten­ tions in his campaign for "peaceful co­ existence." At the outset, he tells usi "Peaceful co-existence presupposes re­ jection by states of attempts to use force to solve international disputes—of the very idea of destruction by military means of another socio-economic sys­ tem. We can see a gradual approach to an understanding of this requirement by certain ruling parties and leaders of ma­ jor capitalist states, who are beginning to realize the absurdity of the concept of repelling Communism." This policy statement cannot be viewed in a vacuum. Within the last two decades, the Soviet rulers annexed their Baltic neighbors and part of Germany. They turned a number of East-Central European and Balkan states into Russian satellites. The annexations and aggres­ sions were in violation of agreements solemnly arrived at by the Soviet and Allied governments at Yalta. When Khrushchev now proposes that no "mil­ itary means" be used for the "destruc­ tion ... of another socio-economic sys­ tem," he seeks to have the very govern­ ments with which he signed the afore­ mentioned agreements accept as legal and final the fruits of Soviet aggression after World War 11. Khrushchev knows that no Western state is proposing to use "military force" in order to compel the Soviet govern­ ment to carry out any of the many treat­ ies it has violated. He knows very well that neither NATO nor any of its mem­ bers is planning the "destruction by military means" of what he calls states with "another socio-economic system." Khrushchev, more than any other world statesman, remembers how the West­ ern democracies stood idly by when the Soviet government suppressed by "mil­ itary means" the Hungarian revolution, imposed military occupation in Hungary, and soaked the streets of Budapest with the blood of those who fought for the national independence and freedom of the Hungarian people. And all of this under the flag of "peaceful co-existence" as planned and practiced by the world's foremost Communist regime! Deep Discontent More than any other world states­ man, Khrushchev realizes that the peoples of the satellite and annexed lands are deeply discontended with the fruits served them in his "so­ cialist paradise." He, therefore, in­ sists that the Western democracies should again stand idly by in the event that another satellite 'nation revolts against Soviet domination. Actually, the Soviet dictator waves the flag of "peaceful co-existence" in order to get even more than that. He wants Western help, through trade and longterm credits, to facilitate his wielding of dictatorial power and capacity for aggression at a time when he is in seri­ ous economic and political difficulties. He wants particularly the United States to sustain and maintain in power the sundry satellite regimes that were con­ ceived and born in consequence of the Soviet rape of the East European na­ tions. After being defeated in his confronta­ tion with the late President Kennedy over the Soviet-Cuban missile adven­ ture, Khrushchev tried to make the best out of his badly-bungled reckless adven­ ture. The first thing he did was to claim that ho retreated not because he was impressed by Amer&an power but be­ cause he was a great lover of peace. Then, on this assumption, he sought more considerate and friendlier treat­ ment—as if to be paid for the failure of his adventure by the very country which he hoped to destroy with his Cuban-based missiles. Greatly encoiu-aged by the fact that some American and Western molders of foreign policy have swallowed hook; line, and sinker his evaluation of the events of October 1962, Khrushchev has more recently been acting as if he, and not the late President Kennedy, was the victor in the Caribbean confrontation. Thus, in his Italian preface, Khrushchev insists that the United States and its allies must speedily realize the "absurd­ ity of repelling Communism." To him, "peaceful co-existence" means that the free peoples, the democratic societies and states, must give up every idea of repelling Communism. Wars Not Excluded Of course, in his entire afore­ mentioned preface, Khrushchev never fair a moment excluded the resort to wars of so-called national liberation or the use of "military means" by his agents for subver­ sion and sabotage. The "peaceful co-existence" Khrushchev preaches and practices provides for his right to foment devastation and chaos In Cyprus and Laos, support increas­ ing gueirrilla warfare against Viet­ nam, foment the flames of hatred and war in the Middle East, per­ petuate the enslavement of Cuba and train and organize gangs of arson­ ists, kidnappers and murderers in Venezuela. This great "lover of peace" seeks to hide his own crimes against peace and national freedom by resorting to the time-dishonored tactics of the burglar crying "Stop Thief!" He goes on to blame the United States for propagan­ dizing and waging local wars. He writes: "This is not understood by the propa­ gandists of local wars . . . They are still being waged by the American military in South Vietnam. In the United States, the 'wildmen,' as they are called by the Americans themselves, are propagating plans for the forcible suppression of revolutionary Cuba." In the same vein, he reproaches our country and its allies for continuing world tensions by block- , ing general disarmament and the uni­ fication of Germany, because they do not accept the Soviet position on those vital issues. The Soviet dictator says; "Not infre­ quently, the question is raised whether the strengthening of the Soviet Union's defense does not contradict our line of struggle for peace. No, it does not." And why? Pursuing his "stop thief" tac­ tics, Khrushchev answers: "As long as aggressive forces exist in the world ws shall maintain our defenss on « high level. .. But for the might of the USSR war would have flared up long ago throughout the world." Hera it is signifioaiit to note that while making this claim, Khrushchev finds it necessary to stress that "in strengthening peace, a large role belongs to International trade." In this connection, the Soviet dictator recognizes that the "necessity of main­ taining" what he calls "the defense of the USSR at the present level" does "constitute an obstacle to improving the people's well-being . . . Rockets and guns are not butter, milk, meat, bread, or porridge. Were it not necessary to furtheir the might of the armed forces, we could raise tremendously the living standard of our people and very quickly make it the highest in the world." Bluff and Bombast Boasts, bluff and bombast are fre­ quently used in the Soivet arsenal of "peaceful co-existence." While strain­ ing every effort to "further strengthen the might of the armed forces in the Soviet Union," he has been compelled to buy wheat from our country and to beg throughout the Western world for long-terra credits for the development of the Soviet chemical industiy. Despite the serious agricultural and other eco­ nomic difficulties gripping the USSR, he does not hesitate to brag that: "It is the peculiarity of current Soviet devel­ opment that we now have resources at our disposal that allow us to simultane­ ously develop the national economy, re­ tain our defense might at the necessary level, and insure, the well-being of the people." The AFL-CIO punctured this Communist claim when its Execu­ tive Council declared on May 19, _ 1964 that "Khrushchev wants the West to help him satisfy the con­ sumer needs of the Soviet people while he continues to build up the Russian arsenal of missiles and nu­ clear weapons. He wants the free world to do for his dictatorship what the Communist system can not do." In this preface for the Italian pe<9le, Khrushchev really has his shrimps whistling, as can be seen from the fol­ lowing bombastic claim: "We are as confident of the world-wide triumph of Conununism as day- follows night . . . The principle of peaceful co-existence and the practice of developing relations on the basis of this principle excludes any understanding of it as preserving the status quo and preventing further development." This is the Soviet dic­ tator's concept of a modus vivendi with the democracies. Those who would build bridges to him as a modus vivendi had better do some re-thinking about some new and odious myths. No matter how much Khrushchev em­ phasizes that "peaceful co-existence" is only "a form of class struggle" and that it even "assumes intensification of the struggle of the working class," some ex­ perts in wishhful thinking as a guide to national policy persist in peddling the fallacious notion that nobody in the West should take seriously or-attach any significance to these words. These experts use their heads like ostriches. Burying their heads in the blinding sands of self-deception, they are incapa­ ble of seeing any meaning to the Soviet rulers consistently emphasizing loyalty to their basic aims. What is more, these ostrich-minded analysts of Soviet intentions and behav­ ior stubbornly refuse to attach any seri­ ous meaning not only to Soviet words but also to Moscow-directed deeds and operations in countries like Cuba, Cy­ prus, Vietnam and Venezuela. To Khrushchev, such Soviet deeds constitute "an active struggle for the reduction of tension." No matter what the Soviet rul­ ers say or do, their words and deeds are of no consequence and have no evil ef­ fects on world tension — according to these analysts. Clearly, those who seek an accommoda­ tion with Moscow at all costs shut their ears to all Soviet words and close their eyes to all Communist deeds. It is pre­ cisely such a deaf, dumb and blind ap­ proach that encouraged Hitler to perpe­ trate his worst crimes against mankind. Soviet Premier Nilcita Khrushchev put on this display of unbridled aniger at a press conference in Paris in I960. Similar outbursts followed later that year at the United Nations in New York. At Khrushchev's left, above, is Soviet Defense Minister, Marshal Rodion Malinovsky. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource July 10, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MA SWITCH ON C-4S CRIMPS U.S. SHIPPING NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 45 SIU POSTS SIUNA CONFERENCE SPURS FISHERIES, CANNERY PROGRAM NEW NORFOLK SIU HALL DEDICATED IN CEREMONIES NOMINATIONS OPEN ON JULY 15 FOR 45 SIU ELECTIVE OFFICES MA BUDGET CUT HIT BY COMMERCE DEPT. BUILDING SUBSIDY EXTENDED 1 YEAR LOW GREAT LAKES WATER RAPIDLY BECOMING CRITICAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS HIT AGRICULTURE NEWS SERVICE MODERN REFRIGERATED BARGES INCREASE AMMONIA SHIPMENTS SIU FISHING UNION PROTESTS NEW RUSSIAN TRAWLER INVASION FRINGE BENEFITS BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE MANY MARITIME WOES CITED BY MA CHIEF EXPERTS SEE TECHNOLOGIES NEEDING NEW SAFETY STANDARDS LIBERIAN ‘HELL SHIP’ CREW HAS HIGH PRAISE FOR SIU URGE CONGRESSIONAL STUDY TO REPLACE PANAMA CANAL WHAT IS KHRUSHCHEV REALLY UP TO? 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JULY 11. 1947 ^ No. 28 'f, iSeafarers Wins Another; Wyandotte Fleet Goes Sill By 68 Percent Majority The AFL conference of union heads to outout­ line an offensive against the vicious Taft-Hart­ ley Act was held on Wednesday, July 9, in Washington, D. C. Attending the meeting for the Seafarers International Union were Paul Hall, First Vice-President and Acting President in the ab­ sence of Harry Lundeberg, and Morris Weisberger, Second Vice-President. Brother Lunde­ berg is out of the country on business. The conference adopted a fighting program, one which will require the cooperation of every union and every union member. A story on the meeting, plus the full text of the policy statement which was unanimously adopted, appears on page 16. 7 DETROIT, July 8—The Seafarers steamroller in the Great Lakes gath­ ered momentum today as the unlicensed seamen of the Wyandotte Transpor­ tation Company completed balloting on their four ship fleet and hung up an mpressive two-to-one victory for the SIU. A total of 47 votes, or 68 percent •f those^ cast, were counted in the SIU column. This marks the second victnrv victory on the Lakes since the 1947 season started, with Huron Transportation Com­ pany voting for the Union during the month of June. * Field Examiner Ruth Green-t berg conducted the election for the NLRB and Assistant Organi­ zational Director Paul Warren acted as observer for the SIU. Due to the fact that they had al­ ready begged olT the ballot •• • Somewhere, perhaps hidden in who realize that the Gorman' This bill is a stab in the back through fear of an overwhelming defeat, no representatives of thej P|||^ |U||MA|^A one of the Congressional sub­ and Japanese people are suffer- fo American merchant seamen, NMU were present as the Wyan- lUI Iffllllvl O committees, is a bill "To author­ ing from a lack of protein in I By threat of economic action, dotte crews voted. WASHINGTON, July 9 —Ap­ ize the President of the United their diets, and that having fish- the transfer of ships to PanamStarting on June 30, crewproximately 75 percent of the members of the SS Conneaut Honduran registry has States to direct^the United States ing vessels available will aid , . X u.u . been halted, but now comes a were the first to cast their ballots bituminous coal industry yester­ Maritime Commission to charter these people in catching the vast . . , . . , ® bill to make such transfers legal, for the SIU. This ship was voted day signed a contract which certain vessels to persons not quantities of fish which can be under the mask of helping while docked at the Peninsular granted the United Mine Work­ citizens of the United States, and found in the North and Baltic out starving Europeans. ers, AFL, pay raises of 45 cents Salt Works in Wyandotte. for other purposes." Second ship of the Wyandotte an hour, and contained two pro­ Seas. W. D. LOBBYISTS fleet to be voted was the SS Hu­ visions to protect the union from These &re to be chartered un­ But, hidden in the bill, is a Much of the pressure to pass ron. Crewmen on this ship reg­ Taft-Hartley law penalties. der "such terms and conditions x)kor; in fact, two .jokers. this bill is coming right from istered their preference for the The two protections stipulate: as the President shall approve," One of the first provisions the War Department. But, in SIU on the morning of July 1, first, that the miners shall work and ar^ to be confined to states that "the Secretary of War the lobbying to gain support, the while their ship was docked at only "during such time as they "Liberty-type vessels (other than and the Secretary of the Navy, bra.ss hats conveniently neglect the North Plant of the Wyan­ are able and willing to work;" collier and tanker), and vessels respectively, shall be authorized to mention that the others be­ dotte Chemical Corporation at and second, that it will be a vio­ lation of the contract for any op­ designed or convertible for fish­ to transport, in vessels chart­ sides Germans and Japanese will Wyandotte. be allowed to charter the ves­ Then, on the evening of July erator to take court action ing purposes which the ered under the provisions of this sels, and that supplies and equip­ 3, SS Alpena seamen added their against the union. P'resident shall determine are not •ct, supplies and equipment be ment may be transported abroad ballots to those already cast for The first provision defends the necessary to the defense of the longing to the Army or Navy." for American troops in such the Seafarers. Their ship was union against penalties for wild­ transferred ships. United States, or to the promo­ berthed at the North Plant m cat strikes, and the second nulli­ SAFETY ENDANGERED tion and maintenance of an No, the W.D. is puting all its Wyandotte. fies a large section of the newly If this isn't bad enough, fur­ emphasis on the humanitarian Finally, crewmembers of the passed "slave labor" act. American-owned merchant ma­ ther along the bill reads, "The aspects of the bill, and saying fourth Wyandotte ship, the SS rine." The signing of the Mine Work­ Commandant, United States nothing about the consequent Wyandotte, did their share in the On the fact of it, such a bill Coast Guard, is authorized to weakening of the American mer­ ers contract is a clear cut vic­ election by balloting at 10:00 cannot be combatted by those waive compliance with the nav­ chant marine, at the same time A.M. today. They also voted at tory over the Taft-Hartley Act, and proves that the miners were igation and vessel-inspection laws that foreign powers will be the North Plant. right when they walked off the administered by the Coast Guard strengthened and U. S. capitalists Altogether, there were 83 elig- job, declaring, "Let the Senators to the extent and in such manner! allowed to pile up greater promine the coal." (Contimied on Page 6) and upon such terms as may be fits by operating under foreign deemed necessary by him insofar wages and conditions against Almost 500 delegates from as such laws are applicable to which the SIU has battled for American and Canadian ports vessels chartered under the pro­ so long. will assemble Monday, July 14, visions of this Act." American operators can no in New York for the first Inter­ Nowhere does the bill state The Masters, Mates and Pilots, ing holidays, except those fall­ charter-hire Maritime national Longshoremen's Asso­ that vessels chartered to "per­ longer AFL, has negotiated a 5 per ing on Sunday. Commission vessels, but here is ciation Convention since 1943. sons not citizens of the United The new agreement was neg­ cent wage increase for its mem­ a way they can get around the The ILA, which meets in con­ States," cannot then be rechartbership aboard vessels of At­ otiated last week by Capt. Will­ situation, and even turn it to vention every four years, will ered to those people in the U.S. lantic and Gulf operators. iam C. Ash, MMP national vicetheir own_^ advantages. have high on its agenda discus- who would use this as a way of president, following conferences The wage rise, which was an­ The idea of assisting the Ger­ nounced by Capt. E. W. Higgin- with the head of the American sion and plans for a course of ac-, getting around maintaining detion on the new Taft-Hartley cent wages and conditions on man and Japanese people to at­ botham, national president of Merchant Marine Institute. tain a better standard of living the deck officers union, is re­ Act. American owned ships. Negotiations are now under is a good one, but this bill is troactive to June 16 and will way between the union's West The ILA contracts, like those Nowhere does the bill state of the SIU, expire on September that these ships are to charter- only a coverup for further ex­ be made part of the existing con­ Coast representatives and Pacific 30, h month after the August' ed only to those who would use ploitation of merchant seamen, tract. operators. Capt. Ash said he ex­ 22nd Taft-Hartley Act deadline! them to help out the German and and the Seafarers International In addition, the new contract pected an agreement soon simi­ on the signing of closed shop Japanese diet, which is admit­ Union is proud to unmask it as provisions calls for overtime pay lar to the one signed by the such. contracts. tedly low in protein. for work at sea on nine stand­ East Coast companies. New Maritime Bill Is Definite Threat To U.S. Merchant Marine New Contract Big Victory ILA Convention Begins On Juiy 14 MM&P Wins Wage Increase �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 11, 1947 • and'thdts SEAFARERS LOG 9 90 Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District a Qoat Affilialed v/ith Ihe American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. * HAnover 2-2784 / International Officers HARRY LUNDEBERG President 105 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. PAUL HALL First Vice-President 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. .MORRIS WEISBERGER - Vice-President 105 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. CAL TANNER Vice-President 1 South Lawrence St., Mobile, Ala. EDWARD COESTER Vice-President 86 Seneca St., Seattle, Wash. JOHN HAWK Secy.-Treasurcr 105 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. District Officials J. p. SHULER - - - Secy.-Treas. Atlantic & Gulf District P. O. Box 25, Bowliiig Green Station, New York, N. Y. HARRY LUNDEBERG - Sec.-Treas. Sailors Union of-the Pacific 59 Clay Street, San Francisco, Calif. FRED FARNEN - - Secy.-Treas. Great Lakes District 1038 Third Street, Detroit, Michigan HUGH MURPHY Secy.-Treas. Canadian District 144 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, B. C. Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. GEORGE K. NOVICK, Editor 26/ It's No Gag In the closing moments of debate, after which the Senate oveA'ode President Truman's veto of the TaftHartley bill, Senator Taft answered a question. Here is the gist of his reply: Hospital Patients A iinicn owned newspaper could not print the record and news and opinions about a candidate for federal office, but an incorporated newspaper can. When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card,, giving your name and the number of your ward.. In other words, a man running for federal office cannot be criticized by the nation's labor press, even though his previous record may show him to be viciously opposed to the best interests of the people whose vote he is courting. No such muffler exists for the newspapers These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, which are owned by the bosses, which can be depended as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging upon to be on the side of big business as opposed to Labor. Men Now In The Marine Hospitals heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ 'We in the Seafarers International Union have never ing to them. played with the politicians, on one side or the other. We STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL do not intend to start now. But this issue goes deeper N. NEILSEN than just the SIU. J. A. DYKES Other unions have tried to influence the politics of this country by supporting one or another of the two major parties. To date, this has not done them too much good, but they should have the right to continue favoring certain candidates if they wish to do so, and if the mem­ bership is in favor of such a course of action. Men who run for public office should be willing to stand or fall on their records. When they try to protect themselves against this democratic procedure, it becomes obvious that they are hiding something that they are ashamed of. The men who passed the Taft-Hartley Act certainly should be. There is not much chance that any section of the new Slave Labor Act will stand up. Both the AFL and the CIO have gone on record to fight the law all the way up to the Supreme Court, if necessary. But it's a sure thing that the section dealing with the labor press hasn't the chance of a .snow ball. There are too. many labor edito.'"s who will risk going to jail to see whetlier this unconstitutional limitation of the rights of free speech can be forced upon the free labor movement of the United States. It's fortunate for this country that such men exist! E. J. SIDNEY E. E. CASEY J. HOSTEN C. B. O'NEAL M. J. DELANEY ^ ' T. J. KURKI C. IBRAIN A. DUDDE M. PlSkUN W. E. STORVIS A. FELICIANO H. SELBY S- S. S. NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL A. BUCHENHORNER C. PEDERSEN J. HARRISON G. CARUSO P. STOFFEL A. SANDY R. CHRISTIAN A. R. GUIDRY J. AMAYA H. DAUGHERTY P. La Cicero R. WRIGHT G. GREY H. HAMOND C. CASE F. HAMON J. O'NEILL W. BROSE C. MASON A. WALTERS 4. 4, t BALTIMORE HOSPITAL M. PLYLER F. O'BRIEN J. WYMOND E. CAIN JR. J. TARQUELLOS F. MILLER D. COPPAK P. PODOLSKY R. GORDON M. FINDELHURST H. GREEN % X X. ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL W. MORRIS W. B. MUIR D. MCDONALD C. RASMUSSEN J. KOSLUSKY XXX NEPONSET HOSPITAL L. CLARK J. S. CAMPBELL E. FERRER J. R. HANCHEY St at en Island Hospital You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing tiems: Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—- 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) C. L. J. L. C. J. R. H. J. LARSEN L. LEWIS R. LEWIS TORRES SCHULTZ HAMILTON A. BLAKE BELCHER T. EDWARDS XXX BRIGHTON HOSPITAL E. WHELAN J. CALHOUN (SUP) R. BAASNER W. PARIS R. LORD E. JOHNSTON A. BONTE E. MOFIENE E. DELLAMANO E. HAMATY R. GRALICKI H. WALSH J. WHEATON (SUP) R. HUNT . . ; J. MCDONOUGH G. BLACK H. SMITH tk -• �THE Friday. July 11. 1947 SEAFARERS LOG PageThree SIU Wyandotte Victory Is Sign Of Maritimo Sentimont On Lakes By PAUL WARREN By PAUL HALL Things are getting tough for the performers in the Seafarers. In the past few months the membership has shown that it has had enough of these characters and is now, bearing down on them. This attitude is a good thing for all hands and will certainly strengthen our organization. Up to now the membership has been mighty lenient with these guj'S and none of them can say he wasn't given enough rope. Despite the fact that the performers were a tiny minority, they did harm to their shipmates far out of pro­ portion to their numbers. Nothing can louse up a ship as quickly as a couple of gas hounds. Besides ducking out of their share of shipboard work, they toss another hook at their Union brothers by attempting to freeload. Throughout the entire trip they make nuisances of them­ selves. People like these have no right to belong to a Union which the membership has fought so hard to make strong. Union condi­ tions are continually in jeopardy when these guys are around. The Union had a tough enough time getting gear aboard ship and no gashound will be allowed to damage or ruin it. The smoke the performers and gashounds spread around hits your nostrils wherever you go. Whenever the Union negotiating committee goes in for a try at getting wages raised, the first thing the shipownei's want to talk about is the actions of the few screw­ balls. They raise the old cry: "What's the use of putting decent gear on a ship if the crew is going to destroy it?" The performers are not the crew, they aren't even good Union men. But the dam­ age they do is paid for by their shipmates. Luckily, actions like these are at a minimum. But the fewer the better. Every member of the Union should make it his busi­ ness to put in line any bum who may try these stunts aboard his scow. If he doesn't stop his stuff when he's been asked—then stop him the best way you can. Then when the ship gets in have the Ship's Delegates bring it to the attention of the boarding Patrol­ men. You owe that much to yourself. Blowhards At Work A short while back a fellow was up on charges in the Port of New York for conduct unbecoming a Union man. It seems the guy had continually stuck his shipmates for watches. When told by the rest of the Black Gang that he was off base and would be brought up on charges, hq told the Engine Delegate that it couldn't be done because he "knew some of the New York officials." His hot air spiel went right up the chimney. His shipmates brought him up on charges despite his claim that it couldn't be done—and the trial committee handled him in the right way. The essence of what they told him is well worth repeating: "We don't care if you knew Andy Furuseth in person much less some of our piecards—you're wrong and this committee finds you guilty!" They fined this phony 50 bucks. Although it sounds pretty funny,.this incident typifies a cer­ tain type of blowhard,. who loves to tell a crew that he knows a piecard, that they arc great buddies and that he can, therefore, do anything. After paving the way he goes around breaking all the rules, dishing out dirty deals to his shipmates, meanwhile claiming exemption from the rules governing the rest of the crew. This type of guy is strictly a phony. In the first place, what the hell if a guy does know a piecard or all the piecards? He's a member of the same.Union as his shipmates. He has the same obligations and duties as anybody else. If he should know a pie­ card it doesn't make a damned bit of difference. A piecai'd is no different from any other member of the SIU. Not only does the guy who shoots this line hurt himself, he makes the piecard in question look off'base as well. If you should run into one of these "I-know-so-and-so" guys, tell him pronto what the facts of Union life are. * Ship Meetings A Necessity Although most SIU ships hold meetings at sea, some do not hold near enough. As soon as possible after the sign-on every crew should make it its business to hold a meeting and elect the ship's delegates. After that, meetings should be held at regular inter\[als, so that all hands can act on shipboard and Union problems. It is very important that the younger members of the SIU be educated to the necessity of being good Union men. Too many of our oldtimers are not taking enough, interest in this matter. Re­ member, the better Union man a guy is, the more likely it is he will be standing picket duty with you in our next beef. And, ac­ cording to the way the Taft-Hartley bill shapes up, this possibility might not be as far off as some people believe. So the educational value of our shipboard meetings can't be too sti'ongly emphasized. We must be prepared to use economic action to defeat this bill if a situation calls for it. It might mean hitting the bricks. The position taken by the SIU at the last regular meeting to combat the threat of the Taft-Hartley Act is a militant one. Our stand to regard as a lockout the use of this vicious law by anyone in an attempt to harm our Union hiring hall means that we had better be prepared to back up our statement, when and if t .ecessary. V.'t DETROIT — Well, the second step of the Seafarers 1947 organi­ zational drive on the Great Lakes has been accomplished with the winning of the four-ship Wyan­ dotte fleet. Wyandotte crewmembers gave the SIU a nice vote of confidence with a smashing 68 percent victory. First, crewmembers of the two Huron ships gave the SIU a 58 percent vote, with the NMU re­ ceiving a total of two votes! Now, the Wyandotte crewmembers reg­ istered a 68 percent vote for the Seafarers. This is "only the beginning, as crew after crew on the unorgan­ ized Lakes ships have stated that they, too, want the SIU. One big disappointment in the Wyandotte election was the fact that the NMU sneaked off the ballot at the last minute. After stirring up all the trouble in the world for the Wyandotte seamen, and thereby delaying the elec­ tion for several weeks, these phonies were definitely afraid of the shellacking that they would have taken had they remained on the Wyandotte ballot. Now, with the Wyandotte elec­ tion out of the way, we only have to wait for NLRB certifica­ tion before beginning contract negotiations with the Wyandotte Transportation Company leading to an SIU contract. POINTING THE WAY phonies spend union time and union money in fighting personal battles. How can they devote any time to the legitimate de­ mands of their members? How can they find any time to repre­ sent those same members in a beef with the operators? As a direct contrast, go through the SEAFARERS LOG from front page to back. The LOG is strict­ ly a membership organ for the express purpose of printing news of and about Seafarers, import­ ant items concerning the welfare of the seamen, information for the use of all seamen, pictures, stories, letters and items by and for the members. SIU STRENGTH Comparison of the LOG and the Pilot is only one item which reveals the strength of the SIU as compared to the NMLb Cer­ tainly, it's a strong argument for the program, militancy, and the many gains which have been achieved by the fighting mem­ bership of the SIU. Lakes seamen just have to look at the record and, apparent­ ly, many of them have been look­ ing at the record if the results of the Huron and Wyandotte elec­ tions are any yardstick. Men With The Required Time Urged To Get Higher Rating With the results of the Huron By AL and Wyandotte elections now in, it's easy to see what way the The organizing staff has, in wind is blowing on the Lakes. Unorganized Lakes seamen are the past, called upon the mem­ all for the Seafarers. They real­ bership to give a helping hand ize now, as they never realized in several unorganized steam­ before, that the SIU is the only ship companies. Never has the Union on the Lakes with a pro­ membership refused our requests to take one of these unorganized gram, come hell or high water. scows, no matter where the ship Lakes seamen want nothing to was going, when she was leav­ do with the weak sister outfit, ing, or what condition she was the Lakes Sailors Union, because in. they realize that this outfit is too weak and too closely tied to the Now, we have found that in operators to do any good for the several of the unorganized com­ seamen. panies where we are trying to What good could the LSU do get a foothold, there is a short­ their members in case of a lock­ age of experienced Pumpmen out, or in the event of a prolong­ and Machinists. In view of this ed strike? It takes manpower, situation, it would be of great strong union support and strong advantage to the membership financial backing to get any and to the Union as a whole, if place in this man's world, especi­ every man having the necessary ally in the maritime field. time would get the next highest And that's what the SIU has. endorsement in his department. We have 91,000 members in the At the present time there is a five Districts of the SIU. We large number of men sailing as have a strong treasui'y in the OS and Wipers, who could qual­ SIU, and we have the backing ofj ify for endorsements as ABs and the powerful AFL Maritime FWTs. Men having the required Trades Department. In addition, time for these ratings, but who we can always count on the do not get the endorsement, are backing of almost 8 million AFL depriving their fellow members, Brothers. who lack the required time of NMU WEAK jobs. What has the weak, strife-torn, commie-domminated NMU got to offer the Lakes seamen? Their leadership spends two-thirds of their time in constant bickering among themselves, name-calling and political maneuvering in or­ der to gain the balance of power. Also, the NMU leadership, al­ though part of them now dis­ avows commie tendencies, has been tied to the Moscow kite for so long that they don't dare take an independent breath without consulting the party hacks. Read the columns of the NMU propaganda rag, the Pilot, and see for yourselves how these The SIU is the only union on the Lakes today which stands against the organized strength ol the operators as exemplified by the Lake Carriers Association and any of their stooge outfits, and the SIU is the only union on the Lakes which has set those same operators back on their hind ends time and again in a fight for decent conditions on the Great Lakes for all seamen. Who won the first forty hour week back in 1942 for fitout and layup on the Lakes? Who won the forty-four hour week for the passenger and ex­ cursion boats on the Lakes? Who won the forty hour week with other substantial gains for the Lakes sandboats? Who won the first forty hour week for the bulk carriers on the Lakes with the Midland agree­ ment? Who has a record in the entire maritime industry of never hav­ ing lost a legitimate beef? There's only one answer to this series of questions. That is the Seafarers International Union, AFL. And the SIU is the only bona fide Union on the Lakes for the seamen to join. That's for sure! Men lacking required time can't sail in the higher rating and the men who have the time thereby are taking up their jobs, besides losing out. on the chance tc make more money. So how about geting those endorsements. If you have the required time in the Black Gang, especially, go get Pumpman or Machinists endorsement. Contact the or­ ganizers and see if they have any unorganized companies where you can apply for a job. KERR that we were able to win cer­ tification in that outfit. Now we are trying to get an election in the Cities Service and Sun Oil fleets. It will again be necessary for the membership to come forward as they did in the Isthmian drive, if we expect to come out on top in the same way we did on these other un­ organized companies. Under the Taft-Hartley Act it is more important than ever be­ fore that the membership get onto these unorganized scows and ride them. Don't forget, the shore-side organizers can't do as good a job on an unorganized ship in the short time she is i.n port as a good seamen can do on the ship at sea. Sa'l those Cities Service and Sun Oil ships to bring them under the Seafarers' banner. AVC Progressives Beat Commie Attempt To Capture Outfit The American Veterans" Com­ mittee. the only national veter­ ans organization that accepts sea­ men into membership, has just emerged victorious from a pitch­ ed battle that threatened it with being taken over by the com­ munists. Since the inception of AVC, connnunists have been very ac­ tive within its ranks. Last year fijf'y gained control of two of its regions and were threatening greater control this year. With the conclusion of its convention Remember, it was only through at Milwaukee this week, a prothe voluntary efforts of the mem­ labor, anti-communist slate swept bership in sailing Isthmian ships all offices. �T HE Page Four S EAiF A HE RS -«• ' Friday. July 11. 1947 LOE GIVING OUT WITH THE FACTS bive Too Wellv Says Gohimnist Obviously, to Mr. Ruark, jeal- cause the seaman, with a heavy ousy has reared his ugly head, hangover, refused to turn to." During the past war, Robert In the days when seamen worked | If that is the comradeship he C. Ruark, who had been for a for $40 per month and worked admired in the old days, then he brief _timc a merchant seaman, e.xtremely long hours with bum and Hansom Balwin are the was aboard a merchant ship as chow, the unions were non-e.x- only ones who possess it. a Naval gunnc.ry officer. After istant. For some unknown reason, the the war, he returned to his desk Because the men who go to Navy has done an excellent job as a newspaper man for Scripps- sea banded together and fought in turning out men who will Howard and began to write little the conditions that even Ruark prostitute themselves by attacktales a-la-Peglcr about subject^, disliked, and bought conditions j ing the merchant marine which upon which he could vent his and wages aboard ship up to a aided tremendously in making wrath. par with civilian jobs they are the many naval victories possible. Recently .he went back aboard now "plain no damn good." Both Baldwin and Ruark, haya merchant ship, this time as As for the claim that mer- | ing spent time in the Navy, now Two crewmemmbers of the Caleb Strong. Waterman. a passenger, and began a chron- chant seamen were not allowed.set themselves up as authorities James Moore. AB. (seated) and Dan Alvino.. give a LOG Staff _icle of his trip. His first dis­ to man the guns becau.se of on maritime. patch dwelt on the romance of their lack of patriotism, he ne­ member the story of what took place on their ship. As with the case of Baldwin, being out at sea aboard ship, glects to mention that before Ruark, too, should take a Pan­ The men. representing the majority of the crew, tell how but his second and succe.ssive the Navy and guns were put on 'amanian ship if he is so rnuch in they found that a Union disruptor aboard their ship gave them articles were of a different na­ the ships, the seamen took .the love with the "good old days.' greater cause for worry than the bucko mate. ture. ships unarmed through the war He soon lore into the crew of zones, and when guns were first the ship, attacking and criticiz­ put aboard, 30 caliber machine j ing, them for having gained good guns at that, the seamen man­ conditions and wages. Being ned them alone. | aboard an NMU ship, he aimed Finally, v.-hen greater arma­ his verbal blasts at the N.MU ment was put aboard, the man­ crew in particular, but attacked ning scale was insufficient to all seamen in general when he man the guns and the seamen Reports about intolerable con­ strategy of the Isthmian cam- Mr. Westcott seemed to imagine made such statements as; wore not sufficiently trained to duct and .harsh action of ships' paign. the crew the "goals," and the "The jion-Iicensed personnel u.se • the guns. officers toward their crews are coffee can a "football," as he who go to sea today are the His claims of "pull" and "inTheir job was to sail the ships most incompetent, disintere.sted, and see that they reached their not out of the ordinary; in fact, fluence," and hfs knowledge of Phiased it highly paid, best fed, most lu:-:- de.stination: the actual protection I such reports occur with regular- "inner workings" merely serves TORRENT OF ABUSE uriously quartci-ed, and plain no of the ship was up to the Navy. : jfyto cause dissention in the Union's This was the prelude to a voci­ <iamn good of any seamen ever Even after the Navy was put j Slcrics of union brothers work­ ranks. ferous torrent of invective and jto sign on a ship." aboard, seamen always as.-isted ing again.st their own union and CLAIMS DISCOUNTED profanity, whether intended for Trying to out-do Han.son Bald­ in manning the guns. This, he creating dissention aboard ship, win, who attacked seamen last conveniently forgets. however, ai'o" much rarer and are Although his phony claims real or imaginary foes, it is dif­ spring, he goes even further by more dangerous, inasmuch as were discounted and blasted by ficult to say. Having been an officer in the stating' tliat during the war the evei-y union membei' is expected the crew aboard the Strong, such As crewmembers, wo can well Na'.'v. Ruark looks with distaste pro-Russion feeling was so strong to be working for the common men as this are a greater threat visualize the consequences had and so general that the Navv i practices as tne men good of his brother unionists. to the Union's .strength than all: any of the unlicensed personnel having the same facilities as the own gunners had to place it; Aboard the Caleb Strong, Wa­ the -tyrannical ships' officers repeatedly performed in such a officers, such as a lounge room, aboard our ships. fashion during working hours. terman Steamship Company, the thrown together. According to Ruark, the Mer­ ice-cold water and showers. He This type of men always shows ^ou may be assured that Coast crew found cases of both types: chant seamen could have fought, even finds it unusual that the censure, loggings and the Chief Mate and a member of his true color when the chips are I men should eat the same food and serviced those guns, but down, and this one is no excep-1 appendages of modern the unlicensed crew. as the officers. Such things, of Navy men were necessary be­ The actions of the officer were tion. When the crew attempted ma"time discipline would move cause of the "possibility that a course, never happened in the to take a course of action in the ff^'ckly into full operation, abusive and agressive. He sub­ change of relationship with the name of the crew, he refused to In addition, Mr. Westcott is Looking back on the "good jected the crew to displays of Russians might result in our go along claiming that it would strictly a "blue pencil" boy conold days", he claims that in the drunkedness, during which time entire armed merchant fleet sailhurt his status—and he was the cerning legitimate overtime. dear, dead past "there was a he challenged crewmembers to - - • ing happily off to Murmansk, to ships' delegate! Overtime, according to a stipul­ certain camaraderie between the fight with him. These perform­ join the red brethren." ated agreement, doesn't seem to officers and the men. We weren't ances were noted and a letter of As far as his first point is con­ Thus, instead of impressing the faze him, for he has his own pri­ buddies on the ship, but ashore protest drawn up which appears cerned, Mr, Ruark, through his crew with his ability and im­ vate interpretation of what overown contradictions defeats his we were equals and on the ship below. portance, he thoroughly discred­ ited himself in the eyes of -his't'";® ^e, regardless of a point when he tells of the days the Second Mate and I were POOR UNION MAN duly constituted contract. conversational chums." ' when he went to sea. fellow crewmembers. He writes, "I used to manicure He immediately does a switch The crewmember aboard, how­ OWN JUDGE In the matter of the ship's of­ holds all day long, and paint on himself by stating only six ever, was even more distasteful ficer, the crew sums up its case His niggardly protestations on over the side, and then shift paragraphs later "A few years to the men of the Caleb Strong. against him in the letter of pro­ this subject are beyond the scope ship all night on my own time, ago, I saw a ham-handed mate Ho, a member of their own test which follows; of this document, and are amply for a lousy $40 monthly, and bounce a seaman off the bulk­ Union, worked completely con­ I the food stank." head for 1,5 minutes, merely be- trary to the principles of the ' We, the undersigned, desire to dealt with elsewhere. Needless Union; thus his actions were register our most emphatic pro- to say, Mr. Westcott, with his test in regard to'the past actions grandiose total of 470 odd hours, more unforgivable. and conduct of Chief Officer Her­ is the infallible and omniscient This man is the type who in bert Westcott. judge of his own essential over­ the name of unionism sows dis­ time. The deportment of this wopldsention among the crew, and Briefly, this pale imitation of causes more trouble than the be "quarterdeck caesar" during most vicious whip - .swinging the recently ^concluded voyage is a brass hat, by his petty stagea complete negation of the con­ door antics and exhibitions, has Mate. Charges of operating and or­ heavy strain to the already weak Aboard the Caleb Strong he ventional ideas of decorum that created only strife and discord ganizing a black market within Austrian economy and threatens attempted to bulldoze the men are compatible to the licensed amongst the entire deck person­ Austria were leveled at the Rus­ to wreck any plans of stabiliza­ nel to the extent that everyone into bowing before, his will by personnel. sian occupation forces by the tion, is impossible to be counter­ is in unanimous favor of paying stating that he had "pull" with On one memorable occasion Austrian Cabinet, this week. ed since the produce is carried union officials, and with his "in­ while in Liverpool, totally intox­ off rather than endure once more The Austrians, in making pub­ in trucks and rolling stock of fluence" could have anyone he icated, he stumbled into the 4 the assinity and incivility of this lic their charges, pointed out the Russian occupation author­ v/islred brought up on trial. to 8 foc'sle. For no apparent potential "Captain Bligh," that Russian trucks manned by ities and manned with Russian Possibly the man is more to be He also told them that he was reason, in an incoherent har­ Russian soldiers and railway personnel. aboard as a special delegate of angue, he let it be known that pitied than reprimanded, but freight shipments under Russian the Union to observe the new "I am a tough SOB," and pro­ then again, we are merely sea­ orders are bringing in fruit from claimed a zealous will to prove men and know only objective contract in operation. Yugoslavia that is being sold on facts, not psychological explana­ Not content with this, he tried it. the black market at high prices. This incident was followed by tions. to impress the crewmembers If you don't find linen James Moore with his importance by saying several other alcoholic sprees FOR MACHINERY when you go aboard your Walter Gustavson that he knew all the "inner while supposedly on duty. The ship, notify the Hall at once. The purpose of the Ru.ssian's workings" of the Union and had climax of this tragic comedy ocJesus Araya participation in the black mar­ A telegram from Le Havre or aided on occasion in laying down cured when he kicked and heav­ J. Galindez ket, the report relates, is to use ed an empty coffee can at sev­ Union policies. Singapore won't do you any Chee Mohat the money to buy Austrian good. It's your bed and you Some of his achievements, ac­ eral members of the Deck De­ machinery for shipment to Yugo­ Salleh Dall cording to his modest claims were partment who were painting at have to lie in it. slavia. ' William Scott taking part in the Agents Con­ the time. This activity, which lends a In his liquor-soaked illusions. Dan Alvino ference, and assisting in the By WILL IVA HARDY Bucko Mates Are Less Of A Threat Than The Disrupters From Within Russian Forces Foster Black Market In Austria • I- ATTENTION! �Friday. fJtUy 11., 1947 Now Agent in the Port of Nov/ Orleans is Ervl "Bull" Sheppard, ebovo. Bull, who was in charge of all field work in the Isthmian Organizing Campaign, succeeded Steely White THE SEAFARERS The ports along the Gulf are once more taking their rightful place as 8. strong'spot in the SIU Atlantic and Gulf struc­ ture. Some Halls in Texas have been closed down, E.nd these Ports are being serviced by the Galveston Hell. A LOG Editor has just re­ turned from a tour of the Gulf ^'orts. and in this issue and for a few weeks to come, the LOG v/ill present pictures and stories of the activities in New Orleans. Mobile, and Galveston. We lead off this week with N. O.. where Bull Sheppard has recently taken office as Agent. Bull was. first sent into the Texas area and when his job was finished there, he was appointed to his present post. Past issues of the LOG told of Bull's activities in cleaning up the situation which had deyplcped in the Texas area. In both the servicing of the membership, and the organi­ zation of new companies, the Gulf is hitting a steady clip. Much of the credit belongs to the efficient elected officers, the appointed organizers, and the militant SIU rank-and-file. - ! -s Page Five Plenty of jobs on the board, for all types of ships end to all corners of the v/orld. Joe Marlello. Dispatcher, calls them out, and the p ocess of rotrry shipping, the democratic way. starts. Shipping is very good in New Orlens, rs it is in nractically rT SIU Ports at this time. And -it's the man with the oldest shipping card who gets first crack at the job he wants. Every hour on the hour, the Dispatcher calls the available jobs, and as soon c" a man hears the one he wants, he throv/s his card in. If his ce*d ii not superceded bv en older one he gets the job. Nothing could be fairer, and SIU memb rs are prepared to fight to defend that v/ey of shipping fhe Union Hiring Hell and Rotary Shipping. The New Orleans Hall is used for something else besides watching the board and collecting mail. Here a few of the men while away the time ashore by playing cards. This is a hot game, with the losing team setting up the "cokes." No gambling in SIU Halls, but the. players concentrate as if their last dollar WES at stake. "; LOG Just sitting end waiting and thinking. In between calls, these Seafarers heve time to sit and think of the last trip or of the one to come. The New Or­ leans Hall used to be large enough, but now better quarters are needed, and the Union is on the lookout for a bigger Hell. Always expanding; that's the SIU v/ay! " ( Collecting his mail from Dispatcher Joe Martello is oldtimer Frank Shomelfenig. Bosun. Frank holds Gulf Bock number- 276. so .he has been around for quite a long time, and has helped many newcomers. Pointing into the new safe is Ar^nur M. Espey. who lost money, when the old safe was taken out of the New Orleans Hall. Standing to the left of Brother Espey is Chris Hansen, janitor of the Hall. The New Orleans Hall is right in the center of the old French Quarter, and the SIU men can step right around the corner to lift a glass cf thrt cooling brew. Here are a few Brothers doing just that. �[/ THE Page Six Unemployment Benefits Cover Men On WSA Ships In 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July II. 1947 JUST OFF A HUNGRY SHIP By JOSEPH VOLPIAN Epecial Services Representative Seamen who Eailcd on War Shipping Administration vessels in 1946 became eligible this week for unemploj-ment insurance benefits with President Truman's signing of a bill appropinting funds to cover the payments. Virtually all seamen who sail­ ed in 1946 are now entitled to unemployment benefits, since personnel aboard privately-own ed ships had been made eligible previously. Application are now being ac cepted at state unemploymeni insurance offices throughout ,the country. Seafarers may applj anywhere, however, due to s reciprocal agreement among the various states. In New York, the state un­ employment insurance field office at 277 Canal Street has been designated as the central agency for handling the cases of unem­ ployed seamen and anyone may apply there, regardless of where (Continued from Page 1) he resides. They don't look so gaunt now, but while they were on the SS Thomas Sim Lee, Isthmian ible voters on the four ships of Prompt action is advisable on •Lines, they lost plenty of weight. See story on this page. Left to right, Henry Johansen, Frank the Wyandotte fleet. Of this to­ the part of those men for whose E. Hughes, organizer Whitey Tannehill, who spoke to these Brothers before they caught the ship tal, 1 void ballot was cast; 47 j ratings, there is a scarcity of jobs registered their preference for in New Orleans, Rudy Rice, Weldon Smith, and Joe A. Silva. Although the trip was a rough ..XTT J: T.r TT • 1 foi" whom a period of a the SlU; 22 for No Union; mak-A f x , one, these fellows are prepared to continue sailing on unorganized ships—passing along the SIU ing a total ol 69 valid ballots S! » message. It's fellows like these who have built the Union and made it strong. the beach appears likely, counted. men should go to the nearest A number of crewmen off the state agency — or, if in New SS Wyandotte expressed them­ York City to the Canal Street selves as being well satisfied by address — immediately after the results of the election. How­ their ship pays off and file claim, ever, they were disappointed that .... the NMU had managed to crawl off the ballot and avoided a pub- eligibility under provisions of the lie licking. It did give them some law may begin right away. A few days ago five thin Sea­ way back to the United States, a of oranges, grapes, beans, and It is expected that checks will personal satisfaction that, after causing a delay of several weeks be forthcoming within three to farers came strolling into the little OT was permitted for lettuce." Brothers Hughes and Silva -in the Wyandotte voting, the I four weeks after application has LOG office with a real tale of cleaning out the holds. But that's only part of the ' summed it all up when they said woe. It would be a lie to say NMU was too yellow to face the been filed, but all payments will story. Here's what the men that practically every man in the that they were too weak to talk, be retroactive, Payment will be music of a very bad beating. themselves had to say about the crew lost weight during the trip. but the spokesman for the group, At the conclusion of the vote made by the state wherin the food; "1 lost more than 10 pounds my­ Frank E. Hughes, Carpenter, said counting. Brother Warren stated principal offices of the appliself," said Silva, "and Hughes that when the ship first came in­ that "With the heavy vote regis-j cant's amployer are located, IN ONE WORD here lost more than 1 did." to Port, they would have had a tered by Wyandotte crews for| Payments will not be made, "There's only one word to des­ According to the hardy Broth­ hard time making themselves the SlU, we are very pleased to however, unless the government cribe the food on that ship," de­ ers who survived the trip, th^ heard over the roar of typewrit­ welcome them into the Seafarers agency is convinced that there clared Johansen, "and that word only good to come out of it was ers. family on the Lakes. is no job available in the ap­ is 'lousy.' In five and a half that the whole crew came back "Just as soon as we are certi­ plicant's rating and that his un"But now we've got a few good fied by the NLRB," continued employment is 'a result of that meals under our belts," he said, years of going to sea, that was to- the States resolved to make the worst feeding ship 1 was ever sure that Isthmian signs a Sea­ Warren, 'we'll get together with reason alone. "and we're ready to give out with on." farers contract damn quick. the men on the Wyandotte ships Should there be any doubt -in the whole story." "He's right about that," chim­ "Those men who weren't too and draw up their contract de­ a Seafarer's mind as to his el­ The men accompanying Hughes ed in Rudy Rice. "The food was sure about the SIU when we mands. Then we'll open contract igibility for unemployment pay­ of poor quality and it was badly were Henry Johansen, AB, who started, are now certain that only negotiations with the manage­ ments, he can make inquiry at also was Ship's Delegate; Rudy prepared. We very seldom had through our Union can si^ch con­ ment leading to an SlU contract any state unemployment insur­ Rice, AB; Weldon Smith, OS; anything fresh to eat." ditions be squared away," stated for the Wyandotte seamen. That's ance office, which are now equip­ and Joe A. Silva, OS. Ay except "Even wh'en we were in Haifa," Hughes. "It was worthwhile for what they all want. ped to handle all questions re­ Rice made the ship in New Or­ stated Smith, "and had a chance us to go through what we did in "It won'.t be too long now be­ garding the status of merchant leans on February 19, and he to buy fresh fruits and veget­ order to impress the crew with fore we have elections on the seamen. joined the crew at Houston a lit­ ables, the Skipper wouldn't al­ the advantages of belonging to Hanna, Wilson, Shenango and tle later. low it. It got so 1 would dream the Seafarers." Steinbrenner (Kinsman) fleets. The SIU is fully confident of The Thomas Sim Lee made a winning these fleets just as we typical Isthmian trip, touching at did Huron and Wyandotte. Haifa, Bombay, Ras Tamura, "Lakes seamen want a new Bahrain, Aberdan, and others too deal, and that's why they're go­ numerous to mention. ing for the SlU in such a big In other ways, also, the ship The fourth week of picketing way. They want SlU contracts, By RAY SWEENEY was typical of Isthmian scows. with SlU working and living neared for the CIO Shipyard First of all, overtime was just a GALVESTON — The 49th an­ of Mr. Meyers' speech was made, conditions and providing SlU Workers without a break being ^ word in the dictionary. The only seen in the solid wall of employ­ nual Convention of the Texas and we have one copy in this security." er resistance to the thirteen cents time the crewmembers were al­ State Federation of Labor came Branch which we will be glad to SECOND VICTORY per hour wage increase demand- lowed to claim OT was for tying to an end on July 3, after out­ lend to any other Branch which up, or for weekend work. On the lining a fighting program to com­ lequests it. When informed of the Wyan- ed by the union. dotte results. Great Lakes SecreMeanwhile, the strike which bat the vicious provisions of the GOOGE ADVISES tary-Treasurer Fred Farnen de- cj^aj-^ed with approximately 70,Taft-Hartley Act. Brother George Googe, head clared, "This makes the second OQQ men leaving their jobs, The meeting was held in Dal­ of the AFL Organizing Campaign SIU victory during the 1947 sea-^ broadened this week when 4,000 las, and the writer of this article in the South, also addressed the son on the Lakes. First, the two members of the union, employed was elected by the Branch mem­ Reporls have been coming convention. Green ships (Huron) smacked at Mobile, Alabama, walked out in citing dirty deals given bership to attend the convention. He informed all AFL unions to down the NMU with only 2 votes Monday, July 9. Practically all the speakers seamen by several laundries, make ho move until after the while the SIU garnered 28 votes mjj ouJ i-i. who took the floor had one thing which profess to "cater to , -T ,T • J -.n mi.- • Todd Shipyards, which were and No Union received 18. This „ , in common—and that was the meeting of AFL International men of the sea." CO , , X X, oiTTTinot struck, offered a wage mwas a 58 percent vote for the SIU.' „x u t same thing that brought Dele­ Presidents in Washington, and Roland Velasco of the SS , ,, i crease of eight cents an hour, but Now, Wyandotte seamen reg- ... • , j u gates from all parts of Texas to then to follow the recommenda­ Arch Hopkins reports that . x this was rejected by the union, tions set down at that time. istered their preference for the T,T ,-•v• i. the Convention. Ungar's Laundry of St. John. CTTT -xioo X , . Negotiations arc continuing, howSIU with a 68 *percent vote. They were there to discuss It was a shame that ,Googe N. B., picks up laundry Ipvpr Farnen .concluded, "The SIU is ways and means of combating could not give his talk on the aboard ships in that port, really on the march on the Great' union's- policy committee the anti-labor bill passed in Con­ radio. He made a fighting state­ with the promise that it will Lakes, and nothing can stop us ^ meeting gress, and the various measures ment, and should have been returned by the weekend. until all unorganized Lakes seaW,ednesday, July 9, at Manpassed in the State which also heard by - every workingman i.n The promise is never lived men have a-chance-to enjoy the <^^"ter in New York City, up to. limit the rights of organized la­ the United States. benefits of SIU membership and ® Several new officers were in­ "They don't say in which bor. contracts. Lakes seamen want no details were released. year it will be returned," says Sewell Meyers, who is an AFL stalled during the Convention. the SIU, as proven by the Huron The locals represented at the Attorney, made quite a lengthy Brother O. S. Howe, of the Car­ Velasco, warning Seafarers and Wyandotte elections, and meeting were all in the region speech, and gave the Delegates penters Union in Galveston, was to keep their laundry out of v/e're going to see that they get extending from Perth Amboy, N. good information to take back to elected 10th District Vice-Presi­ Ungar's hands. v/hat they want!" j.J., to Stamford, Connecticut. their local unions. A recording dent. Wyandotte Goes To Seafarers By 68 Percent if Here's Another Hungry Isthmian Ship: This Time It Is The Thomas Sim Lee CIO Ship TIe-Up Still Effective Texas AFL Convention Maps Fight Against Taft-Hartley Act Keep Your Shirt On �THE Friday. Jaly 11. 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Philly Hotel Bills Go Sky High; Anti^abor Bills Flood State By E. S. HIGDON PHILADELPHIA — I see by hang the hook on these birds the papers that all hotels in this and send them back to mow city, or practically all of 'em, their lawns or pick their pota­ have boosted their rents sky toes or whatever they ' have to high overnight so the five per­ do because it is quite evident cent raise won't go very far for that they have failed to. do the the seamen who hit the beach job for which we sent them to here. Of course milk has taken Wa.shington. 1 see by the last issue of the a one cent jump but this won't affect many seamen, will it?"'* LOG that drunks and perform­ Silence this week from the By KEITH ALSOP Construction of 1561 rental ers are going to be checkmated. Branch Agents of the follow­ Well, this is a damn good idea units at a cost of around $11,000,GALVESTON — .Since the re-| smoother payoff.s now that the ing ports: 000 will bo undertaken by Phil­ and it is about time the mem­ organization program was put trouble makers have headed else­ adelphia builders under the Fed­ bership took some kind of action JACKSONVILLE into effect here in Te.xas a short where. eral Housing Administration. against these performers. BALTIMORE Once again I'd like to issue a I notice by the financial re­ time ago, drunks and perform­ Mayor Samuel moved to insure MARCUS HOOK warning to all .Seafarers who the city's revenue from Federal ports of ' other branches, the ers have been almost as hard hit Galve.ston or Port Arthur to NORFOLK Housing projects now in opera­ Agents have fallen right in line to find as icebergs. Those few avoid lepresentatives of the with the economy program as SAVANNAH tion here. .still circulating around these Merchant Mariners of America Four new state labor bills, in­ laid down by tfe Agents Con­ NEW ORLEANS paids are keping a lot of space and not allow these phonies cluding a ban on strikes by pub­ ference and approved by the SAN FRANCISCO hetween them and the Galves­ aboard their ship.s. lic employes, were signed by membership. This in itself is DULUTH Governor Duff. The new law commendable. ton Hall, whidt i.-:. ol;ay with us. NO AUTHORITY BUFFALO We are still looking for a new provides for secret balloting on The membership jrer''' is stiactRecently a formoi' SIU member CLEVELAND wage offers and sets up still more Hall here. We had our eye on a '•[' in accord with the motion got on board an SIU ship here building at 617 Chestnut Street, penalties for violations. It in­ MONTDEAL passed m ali ports to get r id of and tried to sell memberships cludes stoppage of unemploy­ but that "fell through." The deadline for port re­ th"se charac'ei's who are trying in tins ph.'-iy outfit. These men ment compensation benefits to ports, monies due, etc., is to phony things up for the union do not havi' the endorsement of strikers. Picketing of a struck the Monday proceeding pub­ and make ''te unhappy for the the SIU as they sometimes claim; plant by non-employes is an un­ lication. While every effort membership. in fact, they have been condemn­ fair labor practice according to will be made to use in the ed by us at meeting after meet­ the ndw law. With the absence of gashounds. current issue material re­ ing. I wonder how many seamen everything is moving along more ceived after that date, space have over stopped to analyze the Don't let these phonies up the smoothly. The Patrolmen hitting commitments generally do political situation. 1 know 1 gangway of your ship. If they the ships hei'e report excellent not permit us to do so. never have until just recently. cooperation from the crews and attempt to come aboard; run By HERBERT JANSEN For instance, we have a two them off. party system, so according to the CHICAGO — Shipping is still With never an idle moment American way of thinking, you slow in this Port with quite a here in this busy port we got are either a Democratic or a few Brothers around the Hall on a little diversion the other day Republican. Ynii register as the waiting list. In Port during v.'hen ve had an injunction such, go to the polls once every the week were the Carmi Thomp­ thrown against us. The AFU year or so to choose who you son, Sultana, and the regular marhinists at the Brown ShipBy MAURICE DOLE want to vote for. Chicago ships. yaid are on strike, so we, as But the funny thing about the ASHTABULA — Now that the bankrupt from the points of we always do in cases of legiti­ still on The SS Michigan is whole thing is that the one for mate unions having a legitimate fitout, with no definite date as SIU has won the forty hour week program and leadership. Lakes seamen also realize that 'oeef. refused to cross their lines. yet set when she will go into with higher wages and higher operation. She still has only a overtime rates for the Midland the NMU is torn wide open with Out came an injunction against seamen, unorganized Lakes sea­ (Jissension among theii' leaders, part of her crew on board. us because we were good enou'gh Not a day passes but what you men can see for themselves once the avowed commies and the unionists to respect a picket.see some unorganized Lakes sea­ again that the SIU is the only former comies who have since line. We went round and round men in either this Hall or the Union on the Lakes which maps gotten religion. for awhile with the local author­ As for the LSU. this outfit one in South Chicago. They make out a program for the seamen, ities and in the end- the injuncinquiries about the SIU, and and then goes out and wins that has only one contract on the tio.n was set aside. nine out of ten want to join. program along with its many Lakes, covering the ClevelandThis injunction business gives Clifl's Companj', and certainly There is no doubt that the popul­ gains. the membership a first hand must be regarded as a weakThe SIU has never made a arity of the SIU on the Lakes is view of what will happen under policy of promising the seamen sister outfit with extremely close growing by leaps and bounds the Taft-Hartley Act, with its that they will get "pie in the company ties. every day. pow'er of injunction for almost sky" just as the old wobbly Huron seamen voted SIU be­ These SIU newcomers are off any reason whatsoever. cause they realized the SIU was whom you vote is someone you unorganized ships, and in a few song goes. The membership here is great­ However, we do set a goal — the only union with a program scarcely know anything about, instances were formerly in the ly aroused and all are of the and a fighting membership to like the forty hour week for what he stands for, or what NMU. They've found out the opinion that we are in for a win tliat program. the sandboats, bulk carriers and type of individual he is. score, some the hard way and rough road; but. likewise, they And Wyandotte seamen voted tankers — and then go out and some by comparing notes. Now HAND-PICKED JERKS all feel confident that we have SIU for the same reasons, and achieve that goal. That's our they want the SIU to bring them the united strength to beat off so will the other Lakes com­ record. If you're at all skeptical, SIU wages and conditions, job In fact all you do knckv is panies' seamen who won't take all attempts to weaken our str­ that he is a hand-picked jerk security and union representa­ check it and see for yourself what Union leads in maritime! less than the best — the SIU! ucture. when the time comes. selected by his particular party tion. Remember, the Lake Carriers and avowed to go down the line FAVOR TO SIU Association and 'their stooge with their principles, be they "union"—the Lake Sailors Union During the past couple of years light or wrong. While I am on —don't give a damn about you. 'the subject, I don't ever recall when the NMU has used every One is a ship operators union (Exclusive to the LOG) ever hearing of a seaman being trick in the book in their efforts and the other its tool. Together to forestall the SIU from winning elected to Congress or the Senate The mystery of the flying discs which has thrown the or holding a responsible politi­ any new fleets, they have done!^h^y represent a menace to all country into bewildered speculation, has finally been exploded us and the unorganized seamen'Lakes seamen, and should be cal position. with the receipts of eye witness accounts of seeing the discs Possibly that accounts for the a service by exposing themselves regarded like anyone else who the bread out of at close range. tries to take fact that a seaman is in the for the phonies that they really your mouth. One of the first reports, now discounted, had it that four status of where he is today. are. discs were seen flying over Detroit. Upon closer examination Lakes seamen, as well as salt­ I see where a couple of guys SIU SECURITY it was found that they were merely the four NMU pledge that I voted to send to Washing­ water seamen, realize that the It's only when the seamen cards that the NMU managed to get from seamen of the ton to represent me gave me the SIU is the only maritime Union have a union of their own, run Wyandotte fleet. dirty doublecross via the Taft- that really represents the unli­ Hartley bill, now law. But at censed personnel and constantly by and for the seamen, that they Another report stated that hundreds of discs were seen the polls on next election day, I battles to achieve gains for them. can be sure someone is going flying in scattered procession over New York. A chartered We have no political ties to to look out for their interests. as an individual, am going to plane pursued them and found them to be NMU overtime any foreign countries, and fight ^ provide job security and comvote against these double crosssheets—thrown away in disgust. ers and I hope that by that time for the seamen, first, last and al- petent. union representation. Undaunted, a third report was tracked down by Seafarer Tfiat's wfiy oll seameii should the labor folk will be politically Ed Larkin, and found to be the real McCoy. The mystery has To US' in the SIU, our tasks is join the SIU! minded enougli to pick a man been solved. All those flying discs you've seen or heard of Whenever the NMU is men­ simple. We don't believe in any they think will honestly repre­ are really the white Seafarers' caps that were thrown in the save-the-world philosophy. Our tioned in an open group of Lakes sent labor. air when the results of the Isthmian election were announced. As the present setup is, labor job is to win the best possible seamen, they laugh just like Discount anything to the contrary that you may see or cannot expect to 'get a square wages, hours, working and living they do when you mention the LSU. These men know the score, conditions for the seamen. That's hear. deal from the majority who are and realize that the NMU is now in Washington. So let's our job! 77 Galveston Is Running Smoothly Now That Gashounds Are Scarce SlU Popularity On Lakes Gram WithUnorganiied Seafarers' Gains On Great Lakes Proof Enough For Working Seamen Flying Disk Mystery Soived �THE SEAFARERS Page Elgiix t JOHN MOGAN BOSTON — Shipping and busi­ ness slacked o.T a bit during the past week, so that for the first time in many weeks we felt that we could crew up a ship com­ pletely if the occasion demanded. Many of the local boys who left this section a couple or three months ago are now find­ ing their way back to their old haunts, and the Dispatcher is commencing to feel a bit easier. Unfortunately, the records will show that it was necessary here to issue altogether too many permits; but shipping really hit a high spot and remained there "for seven or eight weeks and the issuing of permits could not be avoided. Some of the tankers which, have been out from 5 to 9 months are beginning to show up now. Most of these tankers crow­ ed up in this area, and the reg­ ular seamen around the port have been out on them for quite a spell. ONE MORE TRIP From time to time we receive, letters from the boys stating that after just one more trip into the Persian Gulf they will be head­ ed homewai-d, but always it seems that just one more trip will do it. The first tanker to show up around hei-e was the SS Pipe TT'LI TAKE rmf Govs To CARUT YOUR , I ^ Springs which paid off and crewed up Ih Portland right after the General Strike. The boys sweat­ ed out the full count on the art­ icles, and in nine months could only count four good liberty ports. Somebody — and it wasn't a member of the imlicensed per­ sonnel — gave the phony infor­ mation to the Portland gazettes that the crew of the SS Pipe Springs was going on strike in order to get their retroactive wage increases at the payoff. This caused no little excite­ ment, both in Portland and in the Boston Branch, for the crew members had not been contacted by the Patrolman before this news was in print. Despite some persistent sleuthing, it could not be learned where the Portland papers got the false report. Anyway, the gang paid off at t!i^ scale of wages on the articles Inst October with the provision thai both of their retroactive in­ creases would be mailed to them within 10 daj's. And being rea­ sonable men, when they found out that it would take the two paymasters present at the pay­ off a minimum of five days to make up the payroll with the increases, they readily consented to wait 10 days for their retro­ active money. REALLY OKAY Brothers Sweeney and Goggin headed for Portland the night before the 4th fully expecting a hectic holiday, what with a gang out nine months on a really tough run and arriving in a U.S. port just in time for the 4th of July celebration. On the contrary, the boys were 100% okay for the payoff and all legitimate beefs settled satisfactorily on board. The old familiar "open road­ stead" beef, usually encountered on tankers coming in fimm a for-i oign run, was the big issue here also, chiefly because the Pipe Springs couldn't tie up to the mooring buoys on schedule. It developed that the buoys had been blown out to sea with another tanker, which got caught in a sudden blow while loading. Where t'ne agreement clearly states that port time in an open roadstead does not begin until the vessel is moored to the buoys and the hose lifted out of the sea, the time spent waiting to get moored could not be classi­ fied as "waiting for berth" in' the usual sense. This was the only real beef, and otherwise everything was lovely. A nice bunch of men. half SIU and half SUP. Everything else around the port proceeding as smoothly as usual; plenty of in transit stuff to hit and the excursion fleet to cover. Above is a meeting ot Riggers, employed at the Gull Shipbuilding Corporation, Mo­ bile, Alabam- They all hold cards in the Marine Allied Workers,' SIU, and they are pressing hard for a bargaining election. They're confident of winning, and why shouldn't they be? All of the Riggers in the yard have joined the union, and that means more than 50 men waiting for SIU repre­ sentation. The meetings axe held regularly in the Mobile Hall of the siu. The lower picture is of the men who sparked the drive to organize the Riggers. Left to right, F. H, Sanders, O. Blackwell, Crl Tanner, SIU Mobile Agent; and Vernon Hayes. Blackwell and Hayes; are former SIU members, and they have done e. bang-up job organizing in the yards. Quite a few of the Riggers carried books in the SIU at one time or another. Brother Tanner was instrumental in organizing the Riggers. AFL Broadcast WASHINGTON, D. C. — Beginning July 5th, the Am­ erican Federation of I,abor inaugurated a brand new se­ ries of radio broadcasts over the nationwide network of the American Broadcasting Company. The first nine programs, devoted to completely ex­ temporaneous and unrehearsed round table discus­ sions of major topics in the news, will originate each Saturday at 6:45 P.M., EDT, from Washington, D. C. Since some local stations, because of earlier commit­ ments. may be forced to rebroadcast the programs at some later time, be sure to consult your local newspa­ per for the exact time of the broadcasts. Taft Hartley Act Boomerangs With Unorganized By JOE SHIMA Friday, July II. 1947 THEY'RE IN THE SIU, TOO Boston Manpower Shortage Eases, Tankers Out Since Strike Back By LOG are going to have a diTicult this ship he has to paint, chip time to keep thoir heads above or St v-;-" o-i -f- • •V Thm action TOLEDO — P.ocently, things around here have been quite tile Bood-wnters of this vicious annareoPv fo"o'v- *'-.0 UGA line laid dov,fn si-^"'"- ca.ssate of the stagnant. A lot of it, I'm sure, anti-labor legifJation. We in the SIU have never de­ Taft-Hartlev Bill. _is due to the Taft-Hartley Rill pended upon any politicians for ! Back in the 'ean vears of having the unorganized seamen any handouts. The SIU has al­ shipping on the Lakes, these in a dither. Now that organized ways relief! upon the strength of sa.me Hutch boats were the ones labor has been giving this "Slave the membership for militant di­ I which laid o'f most of their Labor" Act a sound shellacking, rect action at the point of pro­ I crewmembers' if tiie ship was the unorganized seamen are sit­ duction. docked for more than 24 hours ting up and taking notice. j If this new law, even though at one port. Then, with a bigA number of them have drop­ I not tested legally, means that hearted gesture, they re-hired ped into the Hall in the past I we have to fight that much hardtheir men when ready to sail. couple of days. They're really , er, tlien that's what we'll do. My message to unorganized interested in the effect that this I The SIU never shirks a fight, seamen sailing on the Hutch Act might have on them. At and this is one time that John ships and others is to hold tight the present time, this can't be ,Q. Politician will find out how and not let it get you dov/n. The answered until certain sections I strong the united strength of the SIU is on the Lakes now, and of it are tried in court or through Seafarers actually is. we're here to stay. It's our economic action. HUTCH ACTIVITY fight, and your fight too. To­ Certainly, strong unions like Recently, I received a letter gether we can win through. the SIU will be able to keep on from a member of the deck crew Then we can all have SIU going forward. However, weak- on the John Stanton, a Hutch contracts with SIU wages, hours, "er unions like the strife-torn sh^. He stated that in order to overtime, working and living NMU and the one-company LSU collect overtime for Sunday on conditions on all ships! Congressmen Pull 'Big Pay' Gag To Pave Way For Ship Transfers By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK — I haven't re­ Things have como to a pretty ceived my check yet, but accord­ l^ass when the government starts ing to k congressional sub-com­ ' looking around for cheap labor, mittee, you and I are now receiv­ ^ so they won't have to hire their ing a government subsidy. We're ^ own citizens. all in on it to the tune of $500 i Conveniently enough, no menmillion a year, they tell us, so j '.ion is made of halting the "sub­ I'm watching my mailbox for the sidy" paid to American operat­ ors to handle these shipments. lettuce to start pouring in. With that off my chest, 1 can I got the straight dope from a newspaper item which stated that report more cheerful events on maritime unions are being en­ the waterfront. Here in New and riched by a $500 million a year York the weather is fine subsidy for carrying relief cargo shipping is excellent, especially for rated men. to Europe. We've had some good payoffs Thejf figure that the cost of transporting relief shipments in the big city this week. The costs the government about $1 Simmons Victory, Waterman billion a year with the maritime Steamship Company, and the Jef­ ferson City Victory of South At­ unions geting half. What the hell are they crying lantic showed up here in fine about? A guy can't be expected shape. Both ships deserve credit to take this stuff across for noth­ for being a real credit to the ing. He has a right to earn a de­ Union and to the crew aboard. cent wage for doing his job just BEEF HANDLED as much as the men who milled the flour and the people who The Enos Mills, Bull Line, manufactured the garments that came in after a trip to Europe. are part of the relief shipments. The payoff came off in good style except for a beef in the DOUBLE TALK What the writer might have Stewards Department which was meant is that the seamen are get­ handled by Patrolman Gonzales. Eastern's pride and joy, the ting decent wages in their jobs Evangeline, paid off here this and this hurts. The boys in Congress won't do week and the old business of re­ much about the guys who make instatements reared its head. the stuff to be sent abroad, but Several men in the crew had they come up with this double • been reinstated in the Union af­ talk as a smoke screen for cut­ ter being as much as five years in arrears in their dues and as­ ting the throats of seamen. Their real purpose behind all" sessments. These men were re­ this howling is to get across a funded the money they had paid proposal to turn our idle ships in back dues and were replaced over to foreign governments to by men from the Hall. operate with lower paid crews. The SIU has gone on recoid Our fair haired boys want to as being against reinstatements give away the ships that you and after men have fallen 12 months I paid for with our taxes, so for­ in arrears, and any men who eign countries can operate them manage to get reinstated in spite at a big saving to our govern­ of this rule will be replaced, and ment. their money refunded. �Friday, July 11. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Lakes Seafarers On Luxury Cruise The SS South American, Georgian Bay luxury cruiser, docked at Duluth, at the head of the Great Lakes. This ship is under SIU contract, and the crewmembers enjoy the outstanding conditions and wages which axe standard in all SIU agreements. As you can note if you look closely. Seafarers crewmembers are completing boat drill. Here's a real SIU veteran in action. Firemen Tony Peandol has been a member of the SS South American crew for more thn tv/enty years, and is shown here at his duties in the boiler room. Like ell other hands, his pay is higher and his conditions better since the company signed with the Seafarers International Union. These are the SIU Brothers who keep the passengers and crew well satisfied with the type of chow they dish up. No complaints here. The galley is spic-and-span, and the food is well prepared and of the finest quality. The LOG photographer saw some of the meals served to the crew and wanted to sign on. but fast. Here's luck to him. A couple of belly-robbers on the South American pictured in their castle. Although neglecting to mention the names of the Brothers, the LOG photographer did give their ratings. Reading left to right, the Baker and the Assistant Baker. lets Leak At The Record' A couple of Seafarers all togged out in their best high-pres­ sure outfits. On the left. Watchman George Schultz, end next. Wheelsman Ellis Lamb, Deck Delegate and crewmexnbez of the South American for several years. IT WAS SAID, and real loud too, thut <he seamen along the Great Lakes couldn't be organized. "The season's too short," was one reason. "The NMU made such a bad name that those men won't go for any un­ ion," was the way another guy put it. Well, the Seafarers went in there, ajid in a pt.-iad cf a few months have rolled up some major victories. This is what the picture looks like to date: After a long tussle, the Midland St amship Company h.is signed an agree­ ment providing the first 40-hour week for bulk carriers. The ships of the Huron Transpor ation Company have voted for SIU rep­ resentation, and negotiations for a con ract are now in progress. Now, voting of the ships of the Wy andotte Ste.amship Company has been completed, and with the overwhelming SiU victory this company will soon come under the SIU banner. Petitions have been filed for bargaining elections in the ships of the M. A. Hanna Steamship Company, the Wils m Transportation Company, the Red Ar­ row Steamship Company, the Snyder Transportation Company, and the Steinbrenner Steamship Company. And besides all this, the SIU has been able to gain for its members the best passenger ship contract ever seen on the Lakes, and a sandboats agreement better than the seamen themselvs thought possible. The record speaks for itself—^^that's why the Great Lakes will be SIU, too! A •ji �THE I-cige Ten SEAFARERS Friday. July II, 1947 LOG SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS A STITCH IN TIME SAVES SHIP Seafarers Rescue French Craft Adrift 2 Days In Mediterranean iiiiiliiiilliiiii Edilor's nofe: The following account of a rescue at sea —a fairly frequent occurrance with Seafarers — is by the Stewai'd of the SS Mayo Brothers, which responded to the call of a French vessel in distress. By THOMAS DE FAZIO As is its custom both at sea and ashore, the Seafarers went to the rescue again recently. \\ While plowing through the Mediterreanean seas about a day and a half from Gibralter one dark morning, our ship, the SS Mayo Brothers, received an SOS message for help. The distress call was from a small French cutter, which was adrift off the Spanish coast near the Baltic Islands. ^ ' Sail rigged on No. 1 hatch of SS Frederick Geiuraiih when she lost her propeller recently narrowly averted disaster for her Seafarers crew. The sail enabled ship to clear mountainous isle off coast of Italy. Our Skipper, Captain Hallman, a former -member of the SIU, immediately altered the ship's course and proceeded toward the helpless craft. Lifeboei cerrying crswmembers from the SS Mayo Brothers makes its way toward French cutter, whose engines conked out leaving craft slrandod off Spanish coast. FIRST TO ARRIVE Although the message for aid was picked up by two other American ships in the vicinity, we were the first to arrive at the location of the helpless vessel. The French cutter was bound for Oran when her engine broke down, and she had been adrift for two days without fresh water. There were precious little sup­ plies aboard by the time we arrived. The tiny vessel had gone through some heavy weath­ er and had taken on much water. She was partially floundering when we reached the scene. The disabled French craft as she was being towed to Cart­ agena by the SS Mayo Broth­ ers, whose quick response to call for aid drew considerable praise from the French crew. At right. Captain Kallam, skipper of the Mayo Brothers, who is a former member of the SIU. ^ After maneuvering into posi­ tion, we ?hot a line over to her with the Lyle gun. Captain Hallman sent a party over to her to ascertain lier condition. I went along with the group to serve as an interpreter. *1 Getting all the details of the vessel's plight, we returned to our ship. A tow line was then shot over to the French craft and we proceeded to tow her to the port of Cartagena. We had already sent a message for the The Skipper, not content to Navy base there to pick up the confine his remarks and orders disabled cutter. to the overtime sheets, has threatened to log the Chief Mate, The operation was successfully Second Assistant and the whole completed and we continued our crew for talking while on watch. voyage to Genoa, Italy. The as­ To the crew, this was the last sistance rendered by the Sea­ straw. farers and officers aboard the Mayo Brothers was greatly ap­ PROTEST ACTION preciated by all hands of the At their shipboard meeting stranded vessel. They thanked they immediately drew up a let­ us very heartily for having ter of protest to be presented to been so helpful and considerate the American Consul in Bombay, in effecting a quick rescue. India. If nothing is done there to stop the abusive tactics of the Skipper, the crew intends to give him a hot time when- the ship reaches the states. Isthmian Crew 'Red-Pencils' Skippers Sense Of Humor (?) The Skipper aboard Ihe James I). Trask evidently thinks the "remarks" column on overtime sheete is there for him to ex*"press his sardonic sense of humor, at least that's how the ,crew feels. The crewmembers have found that when they submit legiti­ mate overtime to him for his ap­ proval he delights in penciling in little sarcastic remarks, such as: "Why weren't you sober?" or "You owe the company mon­ ey," and "Wipers can be work­ ed all day Saturday without paymeat of overtime." J: - Although the Trask is an Istiimian ship, overtime payment for Saturday work was included in the sign-on agreement, but that to the Skipper means noth­ ing; he must get in his digs against the crew. TOW JOB Fed up with the Captain's little game, the crew hopes to see that his vocal cords and little red pencil get a long rest when the ship hits port they don't want the poor boy to get laryingitis or^ writer's cramp. Smiling faces on some Galbraith crew belie hectic series of incidents experienced after screw went swooshing to bottom off African coast. Photos forwarded from Norfolk by Ray White. IffmUTES OF SIU SHIP MEETINGS DIGESTED FDR EASIER READING closely the procedure at shoreside meetings so they will know union procedure and will not get fouled up on their standings and rights. New Business: Crewmembers re­ ported on needed equipment for next trip. Good and Wel­ fare: Discussion on USS clubs and warning to members to stay away from them as they are being converted to fink halls. Vote of thanks to Stew­ ards Department for the good chow with a special bouquet to the cooks. Members urged to procure and study copies of the Union Constitution. S, t 4 The 10,000-ton freighter SS NAMPA VICTORY, May 9— Marymar, which ran aground in Chairman J. LeBrasse; Secre­ Bridgeport Harbor (Conn.), was pulled free by an LST vessel per- tary C. Tobias. Reports of de­ manantly stationed in Bridge­ partmental delegates accepted. New Business: Motion carried port. that no one pay off until Pa­ The Marymar went aground at trolman straightens out the 6;15 a.m. on a recent morning Mate. Decision to refer to Pa­ and was released shortly before trolmen problem of who takes 4 p.m. as the tide came in. Own­ care of master gyro. Chief ed and operated by the Calmar Electrician has been told to do Steamship Company, the Mary­ it, but he holds no gyro ticket. mar had just arrived from Van­ Suggestion that all of ^he re­ couver, Wash., with' a cargo of pair list for the next voyage be 5,000,000 feet of lumber for a carefully scrutinized as showBriddeport firm, when she went (Continued on Page 11) aground. DESOTO, May 3—Chairman Kirbach; Secretary H o u c k . Ship's Delegate reported that bonus for penalty cargo would be settled in Mobile. He also discussed the double overtime for international "date line crossing which has been okay­ ed for the "Engine Department but not for the Deck and Stew­ ards Departments. Delegate al­ so urged members new to the union to attend r.nd observe SS Manmar Runs Aground �Friday. July II, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Digested Minutes Of Sill Ship Meetings ^(Continued from Paf^c 10) ers are in bad shape and ihey have noi been handled on for­ mer repair lisls. Good and Wel­ fare: Requesl Ihsl crew leave a clean ship for the next crew. Steward asked thei all dirty linen be turned in before leav­ ing the ship. One minute of silence for lost Brothers. 5. A' PORT CLATSOP. May 11— Chairman D. Casey Jones; Sec­ retary Dale Lamberson. New Business: Deck Delegate in­ structed to contact shore pa­ trolman concerning retroactive pay from Pacific Tankers. Mo­ tion carried to order six new electric fans for replacement aboard ship. Motion carried to make a complete check on locks and keys for all foc'sles. Motion carried to have telemotor and complete steering gear examined for the safety of the vessel. Good and Welfare: List of fines drawn up for dirtying of messhall—not concurred in. % % QUEENS VICTORY. June 23 —Chairman Daniel Hanshew; Secretary James K. Sleesser. Chairman urged Stewards De­ partment to elect a delegate and hold a private meeting as soon as possible. Motion car­ ried to have the three dele­ gates talk to the Chief Mate and see if thejy can get a schedule for the time of using and cleaning the laundry by the three departments. Motion carried to not allow crewmembers to soak their clothing in the laundry tubs. Motion car­ ried to have delegates see Cap­ tain and procure a notice to be placed in saloon informing the licensed personnel to stay out of crew and PC pantries. J- about handling cigarettes and clothing at tho same time. Mo­ tion carried to permit animals aboard ship, but that person bringing animal aboard will be entirely responsible for its care. XAVIER VICTORY. May 3 —Chairman Alex J. Janowski; Secretary William J. Wilburn. Motion carried that on arrival in first U.S. port sufficient sup­ ply of cots, mattresses and other needs be ordered by Chief Steward. Motion carried that the departmental dele­ gates accompany the Chief Steward if he is requested to take inventory of the ice box­ es. Motion carried that dele­ gates see the radio' operator concerning the repair of the crew's messroom speaker. Mo­ tion carried that crewmembers be fined 25c for leaving dirty cups or spoons in the messroom. Fine to go to SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. 4. i. JAMES D. TRASK. May 15 —Chairman William Lindelof: Secretary Eugpne Ladriere. Discussion on Captain's con­ tinually disputing legitimate overtime. Motion carried that upon receiving ^raw in Bom­ bay. crew to donate money for union purposes. Motion carried to have minutes sent to SEA­ FARERS LOG. 4. 4. 4, RAPHAEL SEMMES. May 4 — Chairman Bradley; Secre­ tary Williams. Motion carried to have delegates take repair list to Captain.. Mate and Chief Engineer. Motion carried that menu be written on board in understandable English end not in burlesque procedure. Motion carried that anyone tampering with machines on repair list be fined at the fol­ lowing meeting. S. S. J. GATEWAY CITY. April IC —Chairman Don Rood; Secre­ tary A1 DeForest. Deck and Stewards Delegates reported all okay. Engine reports short­ age of cleaning gear. New Business: Motion carried that Steward contact Captain to liave wooden dish rack in crew pentry end menu blackboard placed in crewmessroom. Good and Welfare: Suggestion that sample of drinking water be given to health authorities in New York. 4» 4* 4 SIMMONS VICTORY. May 17 — Chairman John Bilkoa; Secretary C. W. Hallengan. Departments reported no beefs. Suggestion made that the Deck Department heads be checked and proper repairs made be­ fore next trip. Motion carried that crew messman be warned of his conduct toward rest of crew. Motion carried that the radiators and fans be checked before the next trip and prop­ er repairs be made. 4. 4> 4> SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. May 26—Chairman Bill Wil­ liams; Secretary George Swift. Old Business: Question of milk raised again. Contract calls for not more than 80 or less than 40 gallons. Crew complains of aJways getting the minimum and the milk iS^ of poor quality. Repair list made up and ap­ proved by crew. New Business: Request that each man rinse out any cups. etc.. he has used to keep messhall shipshape be­ tween meals. Matter of small fines to enforce this discussed. Crew decided to first try the honor system. Good and Wel­ fare: Crewmember volunteer­ ed to notify Merchant Marine Library Association that a re­ placement library is desired. Crewmembers also requested to turn to to help box old books and take them off. JEAN LAFITTE^ April 27— Chairman R. S. Young: Secre­ tary Eric Moe. Department Delegates reported all in order except disputed overtime which will be referred to shore Patrolmen. It was agreed to have delegates make out repair lists and requisitions to be giv­ en to department heads and Patrolmen, and to inform crewmembers about such lists so as Honors are due the crew of the SS Colabee, American to insure action being taken. Particular attention was called Hawaiian Steamship for being the first to submit its minutes to the booms and the fumigat­ to the LOG on the new official minutes form now available ing of the ship. It was also * agreed to replace all books in on SIU ships. The Colabee is first under the Right on the ball, the Colathe library and to clean up all wire, but as more ships hit port rooms to be sure of leaving a bee's crew reported the ship­ and take aboard the new form. board meeting which took place clean ship for the next> crew. on June 29 at sea, and mailed SULLYS HILLS^ March 3— the minutes to the LOG .from a Chairman Sullivan; Secretary Canadian port, via airmail. O.K.!STI^6mBNi;P The new form, which was J. L. Parsons. New Business: AWDFIY RIGHT-TO I Request that American money drawn up for the convenience of Si BFAVgRSr., meetings, be supplied in draw in next. reporting shipboard port. Motion carried to get has been available to SIU crews fresh vegetables and fruits in for the past ten days. The Col­ first port contacted. Motion abee, in port at that time, took that a complaint be made to a batch of the new forms aboard American Consul in Aruba and put them into immediate concerning' beatings administ­ use. The June 29 meeting was ered to seamen by police. Also chaired by Brother William A. decided to send same complaint Vabis and recorded by E. Cinto Dutch Consul in Washing­ tron. Keeping things smooth in ton. Motion carried to have the number of minutes mailed to their departments are E. Larsen, slopchest investigated upon ar­ the SEAFARERS LOG should rival in U.S. Motion carried Deck Delegate; T. E. McHenan, that slopchest be opened at 2 Engine Delegate; and E.'Cintron, take on avalanche proportions. How about it fellows? P.M. and to speak to Captain Stewards Delegate. Colabee Is 1st Under Wire With New SIU Minutes Form i^WTlCRS WHO BfAT fOR ^AlONTHS LiKf MOTHlfJB BeTTERTHAN/ A COPyOFinE SEAFARERS LOG TO KEEP THEM UP WITH WHAT IS HAPPEM" 1M0 IN THE UNIOM AND ASHORE. SAVE YOUR COPIES OF THE LOG TOR THE WEWSHUNSRY SEAFARERS YOU MEET IN FOREK3N PORTS. CUT and RUN By HANK Every Brother should take an anxious and serious interest into becoming a better union man as well as a better shipmate and sailor. While in port he should read everything which is" printed in his weekly union paper, the LOG. There are other important things to do, too: Writing letters to the LOG: Studying your shipping rules until you know you understand them. Lots of Brothers get the wrong understanding of the rules by reading them too fast or just some of the rules—and this gets them fouled up occasionally. Study" your Constitution—it's for you—not for'the guy on the corner fying to pick horses for a living. Those shipboard meetings are one of the most important things in your sea life. They shouldn't be just mechanically routine habits. From them you get those kinks, beefs and minor misunderstandings explained and ironed out or clearly written down for the port Patrolmen to settle—instead of dragged out for the whole trip or just forgotten about, which is not the SIU way. 4. 4, 4 Here's a letter from "Big Frank" Radzvila. the Chief Cook aboard the SS Victory Loan: "Well, here I am dropping a line letting you know I'm feeling fine on one of the Pacific Tankers which I joined up at Port Arthur after I got off the SS Maiden Creek in Beaumont. Of all the people I had to run into when I climbed aboard the Maiden Creek was Brother Mike Davis. He happened to be walking in the passageway and he stopped and kept looking at me. Then he says. Tor heaven's sake, is that you pollak?' He really couldn't believe it after not seeing me for five years. Well, Hank, my cooking is really hitting the hot spot down here in the Gulf. They sure love my garlic. I'll bet it makes your mouth water just remembering how the food tasted with it. And this isn't like the cooking I had on the SS Delaires, either. "Well, it sure was hard leaving some of the boys on the Maiden Creek after three trips. Even Brother "Rough Neck" Morgan Hiles came around showing me what a big pot belly he got when I was on there. He sure hated to see me leave him. He said he starved until I climbed aboard. Well, I'm sending my best regards to every­ body and I'll be coming up to New York after this trip to Italy or according to where we wind up in the States. It might be the West Coast." We have another swell lelfer from "Red" H. Braunslein aboard fhe SS Fairporf in Gatun Lake. Panama Canal: "We lefl Charleston after taking on 1750 bales of cotton for China and we're on our way through the Canal to San Pedro to take on bunkers before sailing for Shanghai. Manila and Cebu. We have a swell gang on here. The Old Man is an ex-SIU man and a swell guy. It is a pleasure to sail with him. Some skippers should sail with him and learn how to be master of a vessel and a swell guy instead of a Captain Bligh. Our ship sure is a swell feeder. The Steward gives dictionaries with his menu so we can figure out what we're eating. It's like eating in a high class hotel. No beefs to report on the food—we're all gaining weight. We have a good crew with some oldtimers and some new men but all militant SIU. We got four shots a few days ago. Boy, was I sick. The Chief Mate is giving the shots. We hB.ve two more to go." . . . Say. Red. if you see 'any "flying saucers" over the Pacific Ocean, then we'll believe what the people say they saw in the States! I �T H E S E A F^A RBR S X^ge'Twielve Fate Of All Trade Unions Rests In Hands Of Workers LOG Seafarer make the early struggles of unions and companies look like I've been talking to my brother Sunday school picnics. unionists lately about the new Budd Tobias labor law, born in the twisted bi-ains of Taft and Hartley after a transfusion from the bosses, and so many of us have express­ ed ourselves by merely saying, "I'm sorry it happened." Just being sorry, however, doesn't stop it or help the situation. Instead of crying in our beer, To the Editor: let's start looking for* ways to Here are a few lines of help­ To the Editor: decapitate this monster. After I am the wife of a merchant all, weren't the men who voted ful hints for the membership seamen and I enjoy the LOG should they be bound for for the law put into office by us? vei-y much. Enclosed you will Georgetown, British Guiana, on Didn't we trust them with our find a snapshot of my husband, the Alcoa run. Here in B. G. • future security both at home and James D. Malicoat, Oiler, taken things have • changed a lot, es­ abroad? pecially for the fellows who like when he was aboard • the SS $64 QUESTION to make a little spending money Council Crest from July 2, 1946 unitl Nov. 28, 1946. on the side. How can they believe that by He has been a member of the First of all, . when you go taking away our rights they can SIU for four years, and he ashore, keep an eye out for the "rejurn the worker his freedom" customs. They'll clip you quick thinks it is a great union. as Senator Taft put it? These as a wink. Cigarettes in court Mrs. J. D. Malicoat things we fought for during the cost $10.00 a carton; ashore you Rogers, Texas past decades and were so vigor­ only get $2.00—if you get by. ously opposed by the bosses have Whatever you have that is not suddenly emerged as curses and you- property will land you in REST CAMP Congress is being very good to "Atlanta, Ga.," if you are nailed. HELPED HIM us by removing all of these "re­ The operators of bumboats and a PICK UP QUICKLY strictions on the freedom to certain Mr. Jones, who is follow­ •work." ing the occupation of laundry To the Editor: MUST MEET TEST man, will also give you the busi­ The care and treatment of sea­ Many men sweated and bled to ness. men in the various Marine HosI've been in and out of this pitatls has been blasted by the build unionism in America. We are the ones who are going to port many times and I can tell Seafarers International Union on have to show that they did npt that it has changed a lot, so take many occasions. All of the com­ labor in vain. We are being heed and keep your doors locked plaints that we have made have given the real test and we must when discharging cargo. been justified, as far as my own On the whole we've had a good personal experience goes, but not fail them nor the men who will become union men after us. trip. We loaded in Montreal and there is something further that If this law can be fought in were the first to come in contact should be said about convalescent the courts, then fight it in the with Robert Matthews and Gene care for seamen who have been Montreal discharged from the hospital. courts; if it takes money, then Markey, who is rtow we'll spend it. The union treas­ Agent. The crew is well con­ On June 13 I was discharged ury isn't the only source of funds tented with plenty of overtime from the Brighton Hospital after to fight this vicious thing. As from the eleven ports we visited. being there for a full month. I Now our nice .argo is gone, wasn't ready to ship out since long as there is a union man in and the payloa:! of bauxite we I was still weak, and still wonder­ , this country,.he must take it up­ on himself to throw everything all dream of is coming true. ing what to do next, the hospital A good word must be said foi' social service worker told me he has, including a good slice of the Skipper, J. M. Castro, with about the rest camp operated by his cabbage into this battle. I know that a worker doesn't whom I've been sailing a long the United Seamen's Service at have much money when he is time and find as square as any Gladstone, New Jersey. compared to a big industrialist, man can be. When she saw that; I was dnJ. O'Sullivan but all of us together can give ferested, she made arrangements SS Benjaniin Fisher for me to enter there, and- I got him one hell of a fight that will there on June 14. To the Editor: Steer Straight When In B.G„ He Advises VESSELS OF SIU'S NEW AFFILIATE ^ Some of the craft belonging to members of the Mobile Bay Seafood Union as they tied up at Bayou: Le Batre, Alabama, home of the newest affiliate of the SIU's Marine Allied Workers. Before sun-up boats are chugging out to the Gulf for start of day's fishing operations. GOOD CARE During the next" two weeks I enjoyed the best of care. The food was'good and plentiful, and those of us who were patients in the camp were able to get com­ plete rest. There was entertain­ ment every night, and the staff went out of its way to make our stay very comfortable. It's not common knowledge, but merchant, seamen are eligible for admission to the camp if they still need rest after being dis­ charged from Marine Hospitals in this area. That -means- hospit­ als in Boston, New York, and Baltimore. For those fellows who are in the hospital now,? or go in the future, here's a tip. Have - the Social Worker get in touch with the USS, 92 . Liberty Street, Ne-w York City, and all arrangements can be made. You'll come away from the camp ready to ship out, and with a good rest behina you. George Mee.ney Friday. July 11. 1947 SIU Branch In Puerto Rico Stamped 'Okay' By Seafarer j I have been informed that a I big wave of strikes is hitting the I'm back in the Island of En- I Island right where it- hurts. The chammcnt enjoying the rum and I strike wave will probably conbeautiful scnoritas while grab­ I tin-jo once it begins for the cost bing a s'vvim at the Escambion of living here is about the same Beach Club. Here is whe-re all as Now York City yet the em­ the queens of beauty meet and ployers insist upon keeping sal­ manage 1o make you forget the aries and wages much lower than heat, whicli at the moment is tho.se paid in the States. terrific. During my stay here I paid a visit to our Hall and its new Agent, Salvador Colls. I found him busy on the telephone and up to his ears in work so I didn't bother him. The general impres­ sion here is that he is doing very well. The port itself is very busy with the sugar crop now at its To the Ediior: highest point of production. The American fascists who use CHOW TOPS their front organization, the Republican party, along with The SS Elizabeth, aboard their fellow travellers, the Dem­ which I'm FWT, is a good feed­ ocrats cannot attain rc.spectabiling ship with Julio Ray as Stew­ ity simply because Abe Lincoln ard and .Alphonso Riviera as was a Republican. They have Chief Cook. Even on a week day, at last shown their hand. menus like the one I've attached With the passage of the Taft- were offered and served to the Hartley Slave Labor Bill, they crew. For a short run like this have proven beyond a shadow of I've never had better chow. a doubt that their aim is the We had a meeting at sea on regimentation and enslavement Friday the 13th of June. I chair­ of the American workingman. ed the mooting and found the We who are organized must crew, in all departments, was in stand together and fight this complete harmony. We only have plague which is engulfing this one small beef concerning the land. We mu.st stand united, not splitting of overtime which we'll only to pi-otect our rights, but settle soon. also the rights of millions of un­ Luis A. Ramirez organized workers who are going San Juan, P. R. to suffer needlessly at the hands (Ed. Nole: A week day menu of those wielding the power. Remember Brothers, although submitted by Brother Ramirez the going will be rough, we must beers out his boast of fine chow stick- together. For "divided we aboard < the Elizabeth. Here's fall, united we conquer." We an example: Supper—Radish­ must conquer this attack on our es, Celery, Cheese Canapes, freedom. Yes, we have lost our Chilled Tomato Juice. Mexican guaranteed security and many Cole Slaw. Fried Filet of Cod of our hard-won gains, but if —Tartar Sauce, Chicken Asopo we are united, tho:c who attack —Puerto Rican style. Breaded us cannot win. They must not Veal Cutlets — Tomato Sauce. win! Fresh String Beans, Sweet Remember, "don't give up the Corn, O'Brien Potatoes. Chill­ ship!" ed Peaches, Danish Pastry. -John rW. iSnaden Coffee, Tea. Milk.) Sir. Greater- Detroit To lha Editor: Lakes Brother Urges Fight On Labor's Enemies • In this bit of camera artistry by Seafarer Gene Dauber. Bosun aboard the SS Arizpa. crewmemberi-Paul Belous, AB. is pictured, looking out over the broad-expanse of quiet water. Though scene is peaceful, crew had rugged lime as a result of foul conditions rampant on ship. �Friday. July r11. 1947 TUB SEAFARERS LOG MEN OF TEE SEAFARERS Ship's Minutes Forms Will Be Big Aid To the Editor: The new minutes form now being distributed aboard our ships is something we have long needed. Since I aided in set­ ting the form up, I guess I am somewhat prejudiced in favor of it, but 'from the way it has been laid out it should correct a lot of mistakes and lead to better meetings and more of them. On too many ships the crews do not hold enough meetings. If they now follow the suggestions and notes listed on the forms there is no reason why every ship should not hold regular meetings and send the minutes to the LOG. The suggestions on the back of the form mention certain things v/hich should be covered carefully in shipboard meetings. Education is very important and there is no better place for union education than aboard ship. Push education and your meetings will be more interesting and will pay off in the blue chip.s. When Rry ETurbin, Deck Maintenance, sailed aboard the SS James Duncan recently, he "shot" more pictures than a Hollywood press agent's cameraman. Above is his print of the vessel's Chief Cook (left) and "Woody," the Deck Engineer. 'Blown Top' Only Casualty Sustained On O'Gara's Trip To the Editor: We've made it again. The Francis J. O'Gara, Waterman scow, has bumped into port once again after a trip to Antwerp with everthing okay, except me —I blew my top. Cause of my woe is the Chief Engineer, a queer sort of a char­ acter who walks around with a Wiper's cap on and appears to be very friendly, even goes ashore with the boys for a few beers, but underneath it all he's a company stiff at heart. He claims to be a former SIU mem­ ber, although he never showed us a book. Overtime during the past trip was at a minimum. None was worked that the Chief could, .squirm out of. As Delegate I asked him about the Wipers painting the foc'sles, but nothing doing. He claimed the same old crap, that we were going to the To the Editor: STUCK VALVE The Chief has kept the ma­ chine .shop closed since we left the States. While we were in Antwerp, ji came aboard one evening about five oclock and found the deck steam line blow­ ing off. No wrenches were left below to close off a stuck valve so I went into the machine shop under my own power. The Chief heard about it and told me that I had screwed myself up, and he was going to bring me up on charges before the Coast Guard. He then took me topside and demanded that the Second Mate, a good Joe, write the charges in the Log. This the Second Mate refused to do. While the Chief was bellowing at the Mate to write up the charges, he turned to me and said, "You're not sup- posed to associate with the ofncers." Some liow wc squared that away. The First Assistant had the Wipers painting the boilers, and one morning the Chief-spotted a Wiper painting on top of the super-heater. He told him \o get off and asked him who told him to paint. When he was told, he turned and bawled out the First Assistant. He then posted this notice in the Engine Room: Overtime will be worked only in an emergency, unless okayed by the Chief Engineer. There is an old saying about union papers, which I think is very true: The Union paper is the window through which the public sees the union. Lets make our paper one that really shows everyone that reads it just how fine a union we have. Colucci Says Seamen Should Qualify For Ratings shipyard when we hit port. OASOALtieS- Personally, I think that the part of the LOG carrying the ships' minutes is very important and shows what is happening on our ships. If every ship would send in its minutes regularly, every member will know what is going on aboard SIU ships throughout the world. Blackie Page Thirteen Brother Durbin rightly believes that Seafarers make good subjects. To bear this out he photographed one of the men at work patching up the deck (photo left). Later, using the rough sea as a background, he got Jack Hartl3y, (photo right), OS, wearing a broad grin and rubber boots. Can't we, as a union body, do something about our inexper­ ienced seamen? As a Bosun have had a few inexperienced men during the war, the same as To the Editor: many others. At that time, it I recently paid off the South was to be expected, but now Atlantic ship, Cornelius Gilliam, that the war is over, there still in Philadelphia with Agent Eddie seem to be as many. Higdon handling the affair. A short time ago, a man going Wo had quite a time on this out as Bosun had to pass a com­ ship. First there was the old mittee and show three years of man, an ex-Navy man who is discharges as AB in certain ports. no slouch. He checked all over­ This, I believe, was the result of time for the Deck Department a motion passed at meetings up personally. The Chief Mate had and down the coast. Now that no say in the matter. He didn't was all right for the seamen be­ believe in the six per cent cost cause it protected them from of living increase we won, nor being directed by a man who practically the whole agreement. didn't know what he was doing. He refused to maintain gang­ But how about the serang? way watches in port and de­ There's nothing to protect him manded that the Mate work on from men who ship from the hall deck, which he did. All the under false pretenses and do not Mates turned to on deck on his know the duties of their ratings. orders. The Chief really took the On this ship, the SS Franklin Skipj^er at his word and boy K. Lane, I have a crew shipped did he work. Painting, chipping, from the hall and half of the soogeeing, splicing, sewing and ABs are first trip nien, formerly all the work that sailors are sup­ with the navy. They are afraid posed to do. The Mate rigged a to go up to the top of the tele­ scope mast to paint their ex­ flag staff and stenciled all over cuse being that it is "their first the ship. crip." CUT SHORT Now in my humble opinion this Then there was "Stumpy," the does not help the Union at all. Chief Engineer. He put his H. Mitchell hand into a moving < part of an d Guys On SS Gilliam Take Stock Of Beefs air pump and halved his right index finger. His own words, when this happened were: "I served in two wars with the Navy and never got a scratch. I come aboard a Liberty and lose a finger." I, and a few other guys dis­ agreed and felt sorry it wasn't his head. After his accident. WHEW!! SO MAMYBEEfSI! his pay was split so the first and second Assistants must have had a Wells Fargo truck down for the payoff as their overtime was more than the Master's wages and bonus. The Skipper had the Second Assistant out sewing canvas. What a phony the Second was. NO FRATERNIZATION One crack he made was to the effect that one thing wrong with the ship is that the Engineer of­ ficers are too friendly with the Black Gang. Remember, this from a former SIU member. So you see why I'm minus a top. This guy has got me talking to myself. He needs straighten­ ing up and perhaps if some of the SIU members read this and happen to sail with him they'll know how to get along with him —I never will. C. B. Bregg Engine Delegate He had a nice smile for every­ one but would screw you as soon as you turned around. "Stumpy," infected with the crap from topside told one of the Black Gang men not to use too much water brushing his teeth. "Stumpy" also started conserving fuel oil. He'd sneak gang, collected $100 for the down below at night to see if hours the Mate worked on deck his boys were being careful on and for the gangway watches. the oil., WORD OF ADVICE I want to tell every union NOT HERE membci that if they see a Mate The two Assistants are ex- or Engineer doing work that sail­ NMU men and everything they ors or firemen and oilers should did they said "That's what we be doing, they should put it do on an NMU ship." But they down as overtime. It's good time, learned rather quickly that this and we got it. Don't let these wasn't an NMU scow. stiffs, who are company con­ Overtime on the ship aver­ scious, destroy our hard earned aged 150 hours in all depart­ conditions. ments for a six weelc trip. The We've got to be on the ball Black Gang had only week end every minute. The company watches as everything else was goes over every thing with a disrupted. fine tooth eomb, and we've got The deck gang worked until to do the same. This agreement 8:30 P.M. every night and tuim- of ours is our bible. We must ed to at 6 A. M. while at sea. live up to our end of it and so The Skipper wanted his battle long as we do we're keeping up wagon painted; he got that done our reputation as a democratic and straight-forward union. too. John Tobin At the payoff, we, the deck • �THE Page Fourteen 'Local' Line Just Hogwash, Held Back Union, He Says I real international union, the SIU started jnaking headway. In the Remember the old cries we la.st two or three years the SIU used to hear — "New York for has got to be one of the greatest New Yorker.s" — "Boston • for trade unions in the country. We Bostonians" — Mobile for Mo- wouldn't have that reputation if bilians" — "Savaryiah men for we let some of the former pieSavannah ships." etc'.' cards in the Union keep on tryWell, I was thinking about! jj^g J-Q up their own jobs by inem the other day when I read telling the membership in their .Paul Hall's article where he says j ports that he (the piecard) was any official or member who',making a "one man fight" to tries to pull this kind of stuff ^ keep the rest of the union from is really giving the membership "pushing the local boys around." a boot in the pants. .• T u No, Brothers, everytime I hear I think he put it mildly. What anybody even trying to go Hall should have said was that ^ baloney, before the Union really got inakes me plenty sore. We strong it had to knock down that g^uff go on again, phony attitude of local paits j^gcause if we do, we're goingfor local men'. And another being a little two-bit thing, if it hadn't been knocked to -^e down, there would be no SIU ^ught as well not fool ourselves today. about that. HOT AIR STUFF ALL PORTS FOR ALL SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS HONOR WAR DEAD To the Editor: Quite a few of the guys will have no trouble remembering what used to be one of the big­ gest reasons why the SIU was held back from being a big union. That was the phony hot air put out by former officials ?" •}•• • that the membership from their particular port were getting the •short end of the stick, so "to hell with everybody else." What the hell, we're the Seafarer^' hit^rnationar Union"'of North America, aren't we? It's not the SIU of such and such a port. It's one big international union and every port is a mighty important part of the whole set­ up. Why these guys couldn't understand this beats me. Any­ way, ideas like that kept us in a hole. When we first started being a I usually ship out of whatever port I payoff in, and I like to feel at home in any port. But just because a guy likes to ship from one port all the time it doesn't mean that he isn't as ^ Union guy as some one else. It does mean that when­ ever a guy has an SIU. book he is entitled to everything the SIU has to offer in every port. Lucky enough for us, we liaven't had to much of that late ly and that's why I kinda blink­ ed when I road what Hall said in the LOG a couple of weeks ago. Last time I heard of any­ one pulling crap like that was when the former Agent in Phil­ adelphia tried that same old gag last year. The result? The membership didn't fall for it and ^^ppp^^ p^ We're not a union of "locals," but 'we are an International Union. This is the only way we can have a union — by having it so all the members in all the ports can act and vote on the problems we all have. So, Brothers, once again I say whenever you run into this stuff stop it, and stop it quick! It's for your own and the Union's good. William (Red) Morris Notice To All SIU Members The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ farers International Union is available to all members who wish to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every SIU branch for this purpose. However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION To the Editor: I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the address below : Name Street Address Xity State. Signed Book No. Crewmembers of the SS Edwin D. Howard with the wreath they placed in the military cemetery in Bari, Italy, during Mem­ orial Day services honoring merchant seamen and army and navy men who died as a result of enemy action in World War IL In the Howard's 12-man delegation above are, kneeling (left to right): Joe Klepacki, OS: Frank Beck, AB; Felix 'Vaschstti. Bosun, and C. S. Scott, AB. Standing (left to right): R. Foster, AB; Ed Krombel, OS; Leon Curry, AB; Heimo Riuttal, FWT; Oscar Payne. Messman; Rolf Mumy, John Petriger, AB, and Steve Kaolac, OS. Isthmian Crew Awaits Pact To the Editor: This is ju.st a few lines from the gang on the Steel Recorder, one of the usually phony Isth­ mian scows. Even though every­ thing is strictly Isthmian, we still ifiave a pretty good gang aboard. We have quite a few ex-Navy men aboard and contrary to most Navy men they are a swell bunch of guys, all of them mili­ tant believers jn unionism. As always we are only wait­ ing for the day when we can climb on board an Isthmian scow with an SIU agreement in our pockets and say, "Listen here, Mr. Mate, The agreement doesn't Call for that." What a day that will be, and what a joy it will be to meet up with some of the Mates and so- ladies who so tactfully and pleasantly entertained us at the dance which was thrown for us, and also for the enjoyable Sunday on Stanley Beach of Alexandria. J. Wunderlich and 12 others Reminds TC Men Of .Future Role In Union To the Editor: I would like to talk about Trip Cards. The TC men are just as much a part of the Union as a book man. The main differ­ ence is that they are not al­ lowed to vote, and have no choice of staying on ships as long as they like. However, in years to come these same men will have books and will run this great Union of ours. The TC men have helped a lot in ' organizing the Isthmian and Cities Service Lines. These are just a few of the things they have done. I don't mean to say they should have the same priv­ ileges as a book man, for we all have to work for that. However, I do believe that the book men should encourage and preach the SIU laws to them, so they will called Officers I have had the know what a great Union we misfortune to sail with during have; then they won't get dis­ my days aboard Isthmian. couraged and stop shipping just because they don't understand. HAS SOME GOOD GUYS This action would be wrong, and But don't get me wrong, Isth­ I hope NO one will resort to mian, like all other companies ' measure. has its good men and their "Po MUST PROVE WORTHY Haus." I have sailed v.dth many real seamen who are Mates and The SIU doesn't sell you a Skippers on Isthmian. Men who book right off the bat, because did their utmost to make it a you must first prove that you are pleasant voyage for the crew worthy of it. When you do re­ and all concerned. I take my ceive .your book, you will know hat off to them and I can only what it means and how to use it. say it's too bad that a companj^'s You have to work for every­ officers are judged by the act­ thing you get in this world, and ions of a few rotten ones. that applies to the SIU book This trip has been pretty good and the Union itself. No dne so far except that it is hot can stop and play and expect as hell and we are hitting most the Union to run by itself. of the out-of-the-way places. You MAKE the Union your­ "Even though I never consider­ self each and every one of you ed the USS to be worth anything is a part of the Union. A great I must recommend them for their man once said, together we stand wonderful set-up on Alexandria. and divided we fall. Don't ever Never has a crew enjoyed them­ forget that, because it is the selves so much as we did there. damn truth. Frank J. Schulz I wish to. thank all the young Friday. July 11. 1947 Port Meetings Must Spotlight Organizing Work To Ihe Editor: Why don't the membership meetings in most of the ports devote more time to discussions about the Union's organizing work? Only by discussing this important matter at shoreside meetings can we be sure of get-' ting enough SIU men to ride un­ organized ships as volunteer or­ ganizers. I have sailed on Isthmian ships Cities Service scows and other unorganized companies' ships for the Union since it started its or­ ganizing drive. I can say from personal experience that if all the membership could see what's going on on those unorganized vessels, they'd really understand pronto why we need more SIU men aboard to speed up the drives which mean so much to every Seafarer, as well as the unorganized men themselves. NO TALK ON DRIVES I have attended meetings in different ports and it seems that the meetings are over so quick that we never get around to talking about conditions on un­ organized ships. And that's v.Tong, because we're missing out on a one big chance to acquaint all hands with the real score on these scows. I would like to suggest, there­ fore, to both the officials and the membership that it be made a point on the agendas of each port meeting to deal with noth­ ing but the organizing question. TALKS WILL HELP If we can't get all of our men aboard unorganized ships to see just how conditions sfte, maybe by talking about it at our meet-. ings they will really understand just what the score is. We won the Isthmian fleet the hard way but it would have been easier if we would have had more book men in that fleet, men to pitch in on the next orLet's hope we get more book ganizing job the Union starts so that the job will be easier. Bill Brown SUGGEST BROTHEJIS TAKE THEIR ULCERS TO C. Z. HOSPITAL To the Editor: We have noticed in recent ed­ itions of the LOG beefs about conditions in the various hospi­ tals where our members have been confined. There has been enough of a turnover of SUP and SIU mem­ bers here at the Margarita Hos­ pital in the past month to com­ prise a full crew, and not one of these men has given anything but praise for the very able and courteous staff of the hospital. The food is tops here, so if any of the boys plan on turning in with ulcers or Athlete's Foot, this is the place to come. Even the penicillin needles are cushioned. At present there are but five of us here, but with the ships moving again, we're dusting off the empty sacks in our ward. The people in charge have even stretched the rules a little to give us coffee time at ten and three, so let's put Margarita Hos­ pital on the list as tops. Pop Kaiser Ken Bailey Red Conroy Jim Finelli Margarita, Canal Zone �Friday, July - THE 11. 19d7 SIL.fFAK�RS Page Fifteen. LOG Real ·union Man Calls On Nation's Labor To RaUy Forces i ht To Finish' On Taft-Hartley .Act ·For 'Fg J. A really effective fight, which have got to look squarely W this new law and recognize it would guarantee a clear-cut vie.. Everyone remembers the At- for \Vhat it is and what it is tory would include the fotlowin.g lantic Charter,. t�at · illustri�us meant to be-'-a union-busting, i:)0ints; statement of prmc1pals for wh 1ch wage _smashing p r 0 p 0 s i t i 0 n . I. Immediate calling of a were supposed to b e fight mg w hich if applied unchecked to ference of Labor with representhe last "war for .democra_cy," our �aritime industry', would I tatives from the AFL, the CIO . h was lia11ed as the, 2nd wh1c of st:: n d us back to the days . sea and all indepen de nt unions to . . 1 e d o:ume�t m the 1 slavery and the fink hall, in short g eatest smg : map out wiited action against history of Mankmd smce the· order. the Slave Law. I Magna Charta of 1215 A.D. rrectl recogThe S e farers y � � · . u ! 2. An orga'niz.ed, pla nned ge nh Incl ded in t e list of aims of h se de.n"' ers when we ' mzed L1:: · . eral strike of all labor which the Charter ' right alon�side of . . . . .� . \vent on record m favor of a would have as its obJect1ve , the such noble promises as freedom· ,, 1 st r1.ke of a11 1ab or to , , 1 1 repea of the Taft:..Ha rt1ey Law. f rom want, , "freed om from f ear, , pro test the Slave B'll 1 severa .. . . . . . is one calling for "improved etc . 3. The designation of a weeks before it became law, and 1 • • • 1 • • d a economic or stand ard s ab' ,, ·sent a telegram to AFL President candidate to run m this coming . . vancer-._:1 t, and ' socia1 securi. ty. . G reen requesting h'1m to organ- pres1·dent'ial e1ect"ion for Pres 1· . · T o f thousand s of American . · aent of th e United States on a . 1 ize such a general str1ke. work €l'S to.::, 1,;: th . ese pr o�I.Se � at \Ve were United Labor ticket. E!' Party ly u not th · nion on . f ace value and gave th e1r l ives saw that coming. what g was 1. The foundin of a United l·n w·hat they thought was a fight r en says he received hundreds Labor Party with a slate of Lato dest�·oy fascism and preserve G e of . suel1 reque�ts for a general bor candidates directly from the ciemocracy. btnke from umons all over the unions to run against these ConThe Taft-Hc.rtly Slave Labor I country. gressmen who voted for the Bill is the reward labor gets for To !he Editor: PERSONALS a e I, at 1 l en3 labpr 1' I l I Unfortunately, President Green Taft-Hartley Slave Law. t h es pleas for a ge ner al political representatives of Big Benny Goodman k but pledged a laI'ge scale 1 e stri labor The "improved Business. I · • • standards" turned out to be the campaign to rep�al the putting its faith and trust in the e rej�cted Slave · , Kearney, N. J. I j , Fo11owmg · · · month trips a.ragua two on Victory five !ong I:>thm.ian's Nica nd effort-a to aboard l}is new ! organi.Ht'on.al fields. he unionism that no\ib Watts, Califcmia. t i � Pictures ·you crewplembers ordered on the SS while Arthur you by are being held for Jim Golder, care of the Golder Minnesota. Madelia, Hatchery, ·He requests that you write for Now i cffeciive�y 50 � WELLS Yot<.r family wishes to you that they have moved fro� 9925 South Olive Street, Los Angeles, to .2405 E&st 112 Place, Pamp�r.,. Cities Sex,1ice 'ves:cl is passing the word of SIU a to C. L. WEATHERBEE J. A. GERRITY aue:r,;:t·:r.n Remau d• Jr. En91noer. · has tu;ned ;t. :M:. CJ\.RL ' Dobos them· before August 1. 71,.Ji------Finking Role Of ,... Communists ..if.I.likes 'Unity'· . I n,,AJj,.,..,.il>. �. ' e di-, With NMU JmAAssible Broth er .L.lf:...., ff,I, ' '.I:'.....,. - biggest kick in the face in Am-:Law and to defeat every member of Congress who voted for it. erican Labor History. -.----- . This is the first step in th rection of national politics that PUPPETS OF BUSINESS � news of Brother Hicki can get in touch with his mother. Mrs. LeCain at 31 Grove Street having broughi Isthmian into th� SIU. I � ROBERT HICICS Important you contact you1 mother immediately. Brothen � genera l· ,.. Con.. we SANC�Z Your book has been mailed ·,•c Ute Mobile Hall. You c n get i· from Patrolman J. Morrison. � ; F •. � the A L as a whole has made. I To lhe Editor: commie Palazzi to ask us to sit bility just as long as they allow In my opinion.' th� step is okay, acknawlfinks like Palazzi, in on so-called "unity" read the telegram a short with them. What kind of dopes edged member of the greatest . I ut the direction is wrong. They sure have a lot of brass. b · N.Y. the AFL d�es organ- wh le back from the do they think we are? The SIU's scab outfit in the world - the faces 1. straight perfectly With I 1 Poi t Agent Paul Palazzi to the, a on scale politically ize I national position is very clear. We refuse Communist Party-to hQld down they twist the promises of the . I to defeat t�ese c ongressmen, and 1 SIU wherein he reques�ed SI� to sit in on any so-called "unity" key positions in the NMU and Atlantic Charter into the Taft. . I to have this vicwus law repeal-. suppo � for the NMU . m their meetings when there are mem- make strategy for their Uni<>ns. H artle y Sla� Bill, and then add � . m the same manner th�t bers of the Communist Party i d Who are �hey o�ng to �am-. beef Joe Curran hi�elf, in his arinsult to injury by putting a ! e ? � ? Otner ..friends ot la-, the SIU supported the NMU m pr . for· paign ticles in the NMU paper the esent cl{luse in the Bill which makes • · ' · · ?'' Repu.bricans ?. 1946" De�ocrats · · I bor· We refuse to do so because we Pilot. take s the position that the . it a crime for any labor orgam· . . later on a ji . The passage of Palazz This same union:-bust, l i 1 know they are the all time finks Communist Party is a ttempting zation to spend any money in a for, ter the NMU beef was o�er, sent of the labor movement. We do to destroy tl!e NMU. He further Fc<l�ral election, and for any mg law dem-0nstrateS' he Repubhe;an apd another message thanking the Union newspaper to comment all that both so because they were the great points out that around. 1�5 of­ the parties Democratic ow�- f3IU greatly for the support an d betrayers of the seamen during flcials out of a total of 150 irr . favorably or unfavorably upon 1 a ed t · . 1 �d body and soul hat through the SIU I.the last War when t ey sold the NMU, are active members o"f tbe · es i n t'onal E! 1 g Busi- st t . elections. · ,�:"tM'ri_.W<' �mmunm Party. . . . 1 The �nswer 1s tbe Gov.ernment, all in the name 1 · How in hell can any Q�ite a proposition. Why don't · • of · hese t�o of "patriotism." The own· pQlltlcal party. with such bastar .they just pass a law making it needs it� e�egrams com aris n · Th ese same Communist Party; ille�al fur any member of a Just as simple as th t. Lest any member gets any· . his co�mie 8 p evious activitie� ong ideas about this letter, it' WANTS LABOR SLATE Un�o:i (or anyone who w o ks finks w er th e same scabs who wr . This same Palazzi is amazmg. should be stated that the SIU a hvmg) to at all? during the war stated that the . . . . If the AFL is going to mobilize. (who, mctd _ entally • 15 an active Of c�urse, we must not forget p Coast Guard should be made a does not dislike the Communist olitically, why can't we get' to-! emb r f e w at rfr t sec that friend of labor, Harry Tr11tpermanent set-up· of the Mari- Party because they are so-called � ; rest of organized � gether with . tion o mm�is t t arty 0 time Industry because they the "radicals." man, who in his veto message to lab or and put up a 'whole slate wlw woWd America) m the middle of the Coasil1ttard "were just and l ib-I The actual. matrer of fact is: Congress called the bill unwork- of labor . 1946 Stnkes actually put out ?l . a e veto ough:t to bring be pledged to. the that they wouldn,t mak� a g()bd immedia� �e- press releases to' all ne wspapers era!.' ' him quite a few votes m the next I Let them tell the average sea-' si·ze pimple on a radical's neck. ; peal of this law?· to the effect that the "SIU was m , w h · Presidential elect'ions from those I - Aa ether he be SIU or an COMMIE t.INE · . d while we a!'e about it why trymg . . . t0 cripp · 1e the . NMU t.0 NMU, hat politically nearsighted dupes w ho th t C oast Guard, es� .. e . not put up a c andidate for Presi- keep them from wmnmg . . Those finks are su.per mil.it.ant therr still think in terms of Democrats I peciallY in their persecut.ion of . dent of the United in 1948 strike." . oday and 100% scabs tomorrow •. t . and ReP'ublicans. • seamen during the war, ".were . . for intJtanee ? ' hn L · bewis -sa y Jo It Just depends on which way · The recent te�egram to the SIU Mr. Truman however says 1 would. a lot rather vote for, · just and libttra1,, . . . the. Communist Party Line readS. from the NMU that the SIU supthat n the 'B'll ha s This same Union, when refus. � . 1 i.n:come sa y Harry Lundeberg as . senator . pass1ble for the · We know these same commies. . . port had made it Law he will make every effort I from that noble State of ee s or . e mem..... .1 h i'ng to se tle b f f th . Call - NM . to 1ook . tvua y w are trying to wm their beefs shows . ' to carry out its ("unworkable") . the NMU f or "Patriotic . bers of u· · . . forma ' or Paul Hall as Senator w-bat a hypocrite and a 1Ulr this comnue itant are the same , � m · provisions faithfully· Seems to . Reasons , branded the S IU a ;) from the State of �w Yo k ' or member of the Commumst seabs who screamed for a noParty • me Labor ought to prove that our 1 . anti-war and "not patriotic" I John L. for the President of the really is· . strik e pledge not :only durinct "' . · 11 f nend Harry was right when he u · n'ed to settle the SIU t mted States a running on a . the w ar• bu.t after the war· The y Obviously then' this commie u... · ca11e d the B 111 unwork able. ·ng the embersh1" p beefs dur1 m 1abor partY t'icket • than t° have that line only after MOs-' changed . fink's story during the 1946 . strike . War, throu.gb the use of econom4-.J..J / ·, to cast my vote for �<::Orne Repub- was an outri�� . ....1.. t 1ie. SOME.FACTS cow 1.-.'111. them to. . . ic str. ength · lican or democratic friend of laAll SlU members should read' r . Here are just a few facts in On the question of umty itself, CP SMEARS ,. . t-or," who doesn't belong to a of the SIU 0 connection with the law: and a Why was it necessary that this the �IU's record . is very clear union and who probably bC:s read Employers are now permitted n never done a lick of work in his guy, supposedly a responsible and is a lot healthier record the 1 finkY tact.i. cs th ese peop1e h ave, to sue labor unions in the cour ts. NMU official in a key position, the NMU pos sesses. entire life · gone through. (Strikes could be effectively blasted the name of the SIU with WHERE WAS NMU? Every SIU man should consider, I suppose that under this new crippled by court suits which statements that he and the NMU fa i cist his duty to talk to the NMU O law C expression of this t the I with s We hit the bricks funds.) lip tie would strike knew to be outright lies? The ers and tell them just what political opinion in a Union memb h;lped and workers shipyard Suits brought against unions answer is very simple-because them win their strike in New kind of reputation the commie would be long, drawn-out affairs newspaper constitutes a crime. the �ommunist Party Line Wf!S . York City when· the NMU by finks have given their Union. Well, if the LOG editors are which would result in draining and is to smear the SIU at every V[e should tell these NMU. · their actions didn't even know willing to risk :"'printing this I am the treasuries of the unions. · chance it gets! the scor e so that they can't guys exist� workers the CIO shipyard Most union welfare funds are more than willing to take the Al Lannon, the Chief Commis- ed. Why did the NMU, a CIO say we are "red baiting. " Don't rap. made illegal, and the dues checksar in the Waterfront· section of Union, not support these people 1 let anybody kid you on this is-, off system used by some big My opinion is that 16 million the Communist Party; lays down when the SIU, an AFL Union, sue. Celling a scab what he is-­ unions to ensure union control is organized workers can't be wrong the line as given him by Moscow did support them? A SCAB. is not red bdting. that, outlawed. In a few weeks from nnd that what is completely to smear not only the SIU, but It is very simple-because the Brothers is truth telling-in a now the most vicious provisions wrong is this vicious attempt to every AFL M a r i t i m e Union CIO shipyard workers, although big way. . of the bill will go into effect. smash the organized labor movewhenever it is possible. This, in a CIO Union, is strictly anti�he t�me is nea: w�en ,an That is the section outlawing the ment. spite of the fact that t�� policy Communist. They are anti. -Com- umons m the marme industry closed shop and clamping 're- _ It is absolutely right for labor i . of some of the NMU officials and munist for the same reason we are gom g to have a battle-so to fight this Slave Law to a finstrictions on the Union sh op. · r ctically all f its members are. Because they,• too, reco.gnize' the quicker the NMU kick s out � You can see now, in these few ish, using every means at its dis- � � isn t the same thmg. them as the sell-out artists of the shipowners stooges, the CP� abstracts from the Slave Law, posal-mass economic action at then the quicker we can see eye the the working class. Yet these people have that all of tne gains made by la- the point of production, in the to eye on cot\),mon problems� blasti so�called of of question e fa th ·NO-the auda it ng c e c y in bo r in the last decade are wiped law courts and on the political 1 Frenchy BUI • impossi.e u l o s ke is ab an "unity" li by people made statements front. of! the books. You can say one thing for these Big B usiness puppets in Congress.: j Supp.o�e �r �. / vote r for � I · �Y. �nee SUJ?� hyp�racy ! 1? � � gi � � � � o ;° h have unity . ��th f ' ;_,.. . I j jI I I Stat� , t.he e j , an meetings I I the Cl!ndidatvts l : a�e a /I N�U 1 0,b�i�ushLabor I : �hat I I r U t o whe.....,. ver . . j I I I � i � �°f:ook soX::!a:�z��=. �S-, .r-"} Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG v?-''^'">!'= Friday. July 11. 1947 AFL Adopts Six Point Program To Wage Fight On 'Slave-Labor' Act strength so that they may sub­ a woeful lack of cooperation "%e- their fixed bitter determination procedure to the Supreme Court stitute collective action for indi­ tween management and labor. te destroy them if possible. of the United States. We shall vidual action. The material, edu­ President Truman emphasized exhaust every legal resource at The National Association of cational and cultural well-being this fact in his , veto message Manufacturers and other employ­ our command in the efforts we of all'Classes of people depends when he stated: er organizations may function put forth to test the validity of upon an adequate financial in­ i "I find that the National Labor and serve their respective mem­ this Act. come. To workers that means Relations Act would be converted bership without an/ substantial 2. The repeal of this notorious wages, high enough to enable from an instrument with the ma­ interference on the part of gov­ legislation shall be our fixed ob­ them to maintain themselves in jor purpose of protecting the ernment. They are practically jective. We shall never be rec­ decency and comfort and to es­ lights of workers to organize and free from legislative restraints onciled to the acceptance of this tablish a standard of living com­ bargain collectively into a maze and limitations. The attorneys legislation. We shall oppose it— mensurate with the requirements of pitfalls and complex proced­ who serve the National Associa­ fight it at every step and every of American citizenship. ures. As a result of these com­ tion of Manufacturers and who opportunity — until we succeed plexities employers and workers prepared and wrote the Taft- in our efforts to bring about its NOBLE OBJECTIVE would find new barriers to mu­ Hartley Bill saw to it that their repeal. Our action in this respect This is a noble objective. It tual understanding. clients were exempt from many will be based upon the fact that The all day discussion approv­ squares with the American way "The bill time and again of the provisions of the Act to we regard the Taft-Hartley Bill ed unanimously the resolution of life. Workers everywhere would remove the settlement of which unions and their members as a slave measure, Un-American, brought in by a committee com­ should be encouraged, not hamp­ diffez'ences from the bargaining are subjected. vicious and destructive of labor's posed of five Vice-Presidents and ered or hindered in their efforts table to courts of law. Instead of constitutional rights. The Taft-Hartley Act is a to realize such a high and lofty learning to Hive together, em­ Secretary-T r e a s u r e r George 3. We will organize, units and purpose. Such an economic and ployers and unions are invited strike and strife-provoking Act. Meany. social order would serve to per­ to engage in costly, time-con­ It should be properly classified concentrate our efforts toward While the i-esolution refrained petuate our free democratic form suming litigation, inevitably em- as such. It will serve to prevent bringing about the defeat of every the workers from agreeing to member of Congress for re-elec­ from urging all unions to boycott of government, to prevent th--) bittering both parties, incorporate a no-strike pledge tion who voted in favor of final spread of Communism, or the ac­ the National Labor Relations EVILS DESCRIBED in written contracts. It means enactment of the Taft-Hartley ceptance of any totalitarian phil­ Board, as many have indicated osophy and to serve as a guaran­ the end of sound labor manage­ Bill. Here the President set forth they would do, Joseph Padway, tee of the preservation of our ment relations and the substitu­ in simple language the evils of 4. To protect our organizations tion therefor of distrust, suspic­ AFL general counsel, declared free cnterffi-ise system. against possible suits for dafnthe new National Labor Rela­ that "if unions can by-pass the Apparently the authors and tions Board and the great dis- ion, and class hatred. ages and other vexacious and law and do without it, 1 am here suppoi lers of the Taft-Hartley service to human relations in destructive litigation under this LABOR'S PLEDGE to state that they would be bet­ anti-labor law ignored all these industry which is bound to follow law, it is recommended that noter off." And now, we, the representa­ strike provisions be omitted from facts. Their actions must be in­ the enforcement of said amended terpreted as meaning that strong National Labor Relations Act, as tives of seven million five hun­ all future agreements, written or NLRB NO FACTOR serviceable labor unions must not Because the amendments to the dred thousand members of the oral. Most of the repre.sentatives be permitted to exist within our Notional Labor Relatioils Act, as American Federation of Labor, 5. In order that the workers of stated privately that it would be economic and social life, that set forth in the Taft-Hartley Bill, after giving solemn considera­ the Nation may be accorded a their policy to ignore the NLRB, only weak and impotent labor are susceptible of varied inter­ tion to all the facts herein stat­ full and complete opportunity to unions shall be allowed to sur­ and to depend entirely on collec­ pretations and are confusing to ed, the provisions of the Tafttive bargaining, with the alter­ vive and that labor may have a the highest degree, we would Hartley Act and its legal ana­ vote in National elections, we native of striking if direct nego­ shadow of a labor movement but prefer no National Labor Re­ lysis prepared by the Legal De­ recommend that our organizations set aside this day as-a holiday to not the substance. tiations failed. lations Board than the National partment of the American Fed­ be devoted solely to election This fact is refiected in every Labor Relations Board with its eration of Labor herewith de­ On their return from the purposes. meeting. Seafarers International word, line, sentence and para­ administrative authority as set clare that the following shall be our pledge and uncompromising 6. We recommend that the Ex­ delegates, Paul Hall and Morris graph of the notorious Taft-Hart­ forth in the Taft-Hartley Law. ley Law. It seeks to weaken, The Taft-Plartlcy Law is fill­ purpose. ecutive Council of the Ameri­ Weisberger, warned that the SlU 1. Because we believe many can Federation of Labor give must now be ready for an all-out render impotent and destroy la­ ed with "Thou Shall Not's and bor unions. It does so by strik­ "Thou must's" to the officers and of the provisions of the Taft- full and complete, consideration fight against the new law. ing -a vital blow at free collective members of labor unions. The Hartley Bill are unconstitutional to the declarations of this con­ "Now is the time for all SlUbai-gaining and substitute a pro­ supporters of the Taft-Hartley we will challenge the validity of ference and in addition, prepare SUP members to prepare for the cess of government domination future," they said. "We must over employer - employee rela­ Law virtually declare "Labor said sections in the courts. In for the consideration of the next Unions in the United States must doing so, we shall avail our­ convention of the American Fed­ keep our apparatus in good shape tionships. The negotiation of be made weak and ineffective. selves of the opportunity to ap­ eration of Labor a program giv­ so that we can spring into action closed shop agreements are for­ at a moment's notice. Our Union bidden and the regulations, limr Their ability to serve working peal in accordance with court ing full effect to these purposes. people, to preserve economic is built on a solid foundation, itations and prescribed methods freedom and to establish higher and it will take more than a which must be followed regardstandards of living for the wage phony la-w to force ,. .us to go , back ing union membership are all de- earners of the nation must be to the poor conditions that we impossible for successfully fought for so many labor unions to live and function limited and defined." years." NO FREE SPEECH effectively. The full text of the policy The provision of the TaftINJUNCTION LAW statement, adopted by the dele­ All along the line this past ^ His clothing added still angates, follows: In addition to the classification Hartley Bill which provides that year the American worker was other 20 per cent to the price it shall be unlawful for any Your committe submits the of Unfair Labor Practices in this labor organization to make a an unwitting participant in the last year; beverages were fnllov/ing declaration for the con­ Act, some stated and other vague, contribution or expenditure in . , up 50 per cent; sugar and sweets which employers charge against modern industry version of the , , sideration of this conference: , . . labor unions, the Act provides connection with the election of old shell game with big business 32 per cent, and on and on. A strong moving desire on the may be insti- Members of Congress, strikes a No ceiling was in sight as the part of working men and women violation of vital blow at freedom of speech — as usual — slickly manipulat­ abused money-boys continued to for the realization of higher, and freedom of press. This sec­ ing the shells. bloat themselves with unprece­ standards of living has served to I ji^j^ed the abhorrant principle tion must be interpreted as "Now you see it, now you dented profits. Sample of the .estabish and stimulate the!^^^ government by meaning that the supporters of don't," was the theme as capital sad situation endured by big growth and expansion of labor injunction. The purpose of those the Taft-Hartley Bill sought to business last year is pointed out unions., The , , , progress . and , devel- I who supported the Taft-Hartley make it a crime for labor to ex­ thoroughly sucked back every by the financial report released opment of labor unions have run effectively destroy labor ercise the right of freedom of nickel of wage increases — and by the Great Atlantic and Pac­ parallel to the steady ever in- unions, is made crystal clear in the press and freedom of speech in most cases more. ific Tea Company, which is sup­ ceasing demand of the workers provision of it. in order to prevent them from While big business screamed posed to operate at a "small for higher wages, improved con­ The revision and reconstruc­ being reelected to Congress. profit." ditions of employment, security tion of the National Labor Rela­ The vicious feature of this and hollered "murder" every and social justice. The company's earnings for thei tions Board has created confu­ section is reflected in the fact time a union demanded a reason­ Time and experience have sion and uncertainty. Its real that it provides any officer of able cost-of-living increase, prices past year went up a clean 150 per cent, from 12 millions to shown that the labor union is meaning will neve' be clearly a labor organization or any labor — rigged by big business — better than 30 millions of dollars. the instrumentality which served understood until it has been de- organization who exercises the to^promote the economic, social ^ fined by the courts. Employers %ight of freedom of speech or zoomed to all time highs in the Sales, however, only increased and industrial welfare of the and employees will vehemently freedom of the press in opposing nation's history. Even the rec­ about 27 per cent, indicating a workers everywhere. Even non- differ as to the real meaning of a Member of Congress who voted ord prices, of the 1919-20 post­ widely disproportionate zoom in union workers have been the ^ the provisions of the revised and for the Taft-Hartley Bill for re­ war period were cheap by com­ their profit margin. beneficiaries of the gains made newly created National Labor election, shall be guilty of a The downward trend in liquor parison. by the organized labor move- J Relations Board. All of this will criminal offense punishable by For the worker, pork cost 78 consumption might have a tie-in ment. .serve to promote strife between a fine or imprisonment, or. both. here. Big business apparently is The organization of working employers and employees — the Here in this section is reflected per cent more than it did a year men and women means the mo-1 expenditure of large sums of the hatred of members of Con­ ago; beef 62 per cent more, and finding very little to. make it, r bilization of their economicimoney in court proceedings and gress toward labor dhions and still going up. resort to drink. . WASHINGTON, July 9—Stat­ ing that the Taft-Hartley Act igr-ored the true worth of labor unions, and was designed so that only "weak and impotent labor unions shall be allowed to sur­ vive," the meeting of 200 top of­ ficials of AFL unions today adopted a fighting program to • combat the new law. One liundred and five unions, consisting __ of more than 7,500,000 members, were represented. . i' Worker Loses In Sheii Game, Capital Snatches His Gains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource July 11, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 28 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEAFARERS WINS ANOTHER; WYANDOTTE FLEET GOES SIU BY 68 PERCENT MAJORITY AFL ACTS ON TAFT-HARTLEY LAW NEW MARITIME BILL IS DEFINITE THREAT TO U.S. MERCHANT MARINE NEW CONTRACT BIG VICTORY FOR MINERS ILA CONVENTION BEGINS ON JULY 14 MM&P WINS WAGE INCREASE IT'S NO GAG MEN WITH THE REQUIRED TIME URGED TO GET HIGHER RATING AVC PROGRESSIVES BEAT COMMIE ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE OUTFIT SEAMEN GET TOO MUCH, EAT TOO WELL, LIVE TOO WELL, SAYS COLUMNIST BUCKO MATES ARE LESS OF A THREAT THAN THE DISRUPTORS FROM WITHIN RUSSIAN FORCES FOSTER BLACK MARKET IN AUSTRIA IN AND AROUND THE NEW ORLEANS HALL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS COVER MEN ON WSA SHIPS IN 1946 HERE'S ANOTHER HUNGRY ISTHMIAN SHIP: THIS TIME IT IS THE THOMAS SIM LEE CIO SHIP TIE-UP STILL EFFECTIVE TEXAS AFL CONVENTION MAPS FIGHT AGAINST TAFT-HARTLEY ACT PHILLY HOTEL BILLS GO SKY HIGH; ANTI-LABOR BILLS FLOOD STATE GALVESTON IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY NOW THAT GASHOUNDS ARE SCARCE SEAFARERS' GAINS ON GREAT LAKES PROOF ENOUGH FOR WORKING SEAMEN BOSTON MANPOWER SHORTAGE EASES, TANKERS OUT SINCE STRIKE BACK CONGRESSMEN PULL 'BIG PAY' GAG TO PAVE WAY FOR SHIP TRANSFERS TAFT HARTLEY ACT BOOMERANGS WITH UNORGANIZED LAKES SEAFARERS ON LUXURY CRUISE SEAFARERS RESCUE FRENCH CRAFT ADRIFT 2 DAYS IN MEDITERRANEAN ISTHMIAN CREW 'RED-PENCILS' SKIPPERS SENSE OF HUMOR SS MARYMAR RUNS AGROUND COLABEE IS 1ST UNDER WIRE WITH NEW SIU MINUTES FORM AFL ADOPTS SIX POINT PROGRAM TO WAGE FIGHT ON 'SLAVE-LABOR' ACT WORKER LOSES IN SHELL GAME, CAPITAL SNATCHES HIS GAINS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/11/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1728d6cf27d2abfa892e9ef6a38deba0.pdf 7e41c8eea40f29f630c54ff1ff0d755b PDF Text Text VOL.  XIV  No. 14  SEAIFMERS  LOG  • w.  >  OFFICIAI  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  >  AFL  •   I  ll  Ir'''­^'^"  •  CONGR^  PASSES  m  • V> 1  :i  Story On  Page 3  Story On  Page 3  I .*'  _  I­  —  All eyes  are on  the man  of  the moment, Seafarer  John A. Spring, OS, as he learns his SIU vacation  check rep­ MnhOnrDmtOf  Teoin.  resents the  nUHion­dollar  mark for  vacation  pioney collected  since  payments  began  bwely  four  months  ago.  vWith Spring  is the Vacation  Plan staff  at headquarters, which has processed over 14,000 checks so far  and wm pay out more than $2.5 n^hon to ^afarers  ­check for  over the million­dollar figure.  ­(Story on Page 3.)  :l  �^lday^^ufy^i^;'i95S­**'•   Welfare Fund 2 Years Old; 50 Get Birtli Pay  LV.  _  V'  rp.'  t  Richer  by  $225,  Seafarer  John  Clamp  and  his  wife. Ana, show  off their son, Texas Will  Rogers  Clamp,  in  the  yard  of . their  home.  Seafarer  John  Rivera's  wife,  Gloria,  holds  their  newest  arrival,  Emallnda,  while  their  six  older  children  pose  with  her.  Their  father is  electrician aboard  the Robin  Mowbray.  PlanLooksAhead  To More Benetif^  How to Apply  For Birth Pay  Applications  for  the  mater­ nity benefit  must  be supported  by  the  following  documents:  • Y   our  marriage  certificate.  • Baby's    birth  certificate  dat­ ing  birth  after  April  1,  1952.  • The    discharge  from  your  last  ship.  Processing  of  all  applica­ tions  can  be  speeded  up  by  at  least  three  days  if  photostatic  copies  of  the  three  documents  are  sent  im  Applications  should  be made to  Union  Wel­ fare  Trustees,  c/o  SIU  head­ quarters,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  H'klyn  32,  NY.  Frank  Anthony  Aabusson  looks happy  with  his  father.  Seafarer  Ernest  Aubusson,  and  his  mother,  Antoinette.  Birih Pay  10 Cs  In First  Month  .  . I  .J.1;  .«•  en  'f4  t lil  Having provided  seafaring men  with  a  considerable  meas­ With  news  of  the  SIU's  new  maternity  benefit  barely  a  ure  of  security  never  before  enjoyed,  the  SlU­administered  month  old,  50  Seafarers  and  their  families  have  already  Welfare  Fund  looked  ahead  to  broader  vistas  on  its  second  shared  in the $10,000  paid out  under the program  so far.  birthday, July 1. The complete  New  parents  qualifying  fort  '  success  of  the  Plan  and  its  $2,500  death  benefit,  a $15  weekly  a  $200  check  from  the  SIU  represent  an  exact  40  percent  of  excellent financial  condition  hospital  benefit  of  unlimited  dura­ Welfare  Plan  plus  a  $25  US  the  total.  open  almost  unlimited  possibili­ tion,  a  $200  maternity  benefit  and  bond from  the  Union  in  the  baby's  .  The  past  two  weeks  have  added  ties  of  additional  benefits  for  Sea­ a  $15  weekly disability  benefit.  In  name  have  expressed  deep  satis­ the  following  Seafarers  to  the  addition  a  hotel  for  Seafarers  will  farers and  their families.  faction  at  this  latest  boon  for  Sea­ growing  list  of  parents  receiving  Starting  in  a  modest  way  oh  be  constructed  with  funds  pro­ farers  from  the  forward­looking  the  dual  maternity  benefit  of  $200  July  1,  1950  with  a  25­cent  daily  vided  by  the  Welfare  Plan.  Welfare  Plan, itself  only two  years  plus  a  $25  bond:  contribution  by  shipowners,  the  Negotiation  of  an  additional  25­ old  and  already  heads  above  other  Allan  S.  Thome,  Walpole,  Nk;  Plan  has  grown  tremendously,  in­ cent  shipowner  contribution  in  plans  operating  a  decade  or  more.  Ernest  F.  Aubusson,  NYC;  Andrew  creasing  and  expanding  benefits  last  summer's  contract  talks  paved  The  idea  behind  the  birth  bene­ D.  Junkins, Tarrant, Ala.;  Clarence  the  way  for  the  present  level  of  considerably  since tlmt  date.  fits, wliich  cover  births  since  April  Thibodeaux,  New  Orleans;  Simon  benefits  as  well  as  the  recent  ad­ In  Excellent  Shape  i;  1952,  is  to  assist  Seafarers  in  Gutierrez,  Houston,  Texas;  Ru­ A  review  of  the  status  of  the  dition  of  maternity  and  disability  meeting  costly  hospital  and  medi­*  dolph  J.  Schmidt,  Pass  Christian,  fund,  one  of  the  very  few  admin­ payments.  cal expenses  which today  put quite  Miss.;  Glenious  C.  Lawson,  ilr­ No  Red  Tape  istered  directly  by  a union  instead  t  a  dent  in  any  family  budget.  In  Win,  Tetm.;  Amund  Pettersen,  S.  of  by an insurance company,  shows  Thanks  to  the Upion  administra­ most cases, the $200  covers all bills  Norfolk,  Va.;  Demos  T.  Whealton,  it  to  be  in**  the  best  of financial  tion  of  the  fund,  the  SIU  Welfare  Cash  Comer,  NC;  James  E.  Grif­ and  will  mean  less financial strain  shape.  Where  benefits  were  lim­ Plan  is  one  of  the  few  plans  in  fin,  S.  Norfolk,  Va.;  Osbome  M.  when  a  newcomer  arrives  in  the  ited  in  the  beginning  to  $500  for.  maritime  which  operates  in  the  Brooke,  Mobile;  John  L.  Rivera,  family.  ;  death  and  $7  a  week  for  hospital  black.  Operating  costs  have  been  NYC;  WUlic  E.  Dillon,  Pasadena.  The  retroactive  feature,  unique  benefits,  the  fund  now  pays  a  kept  to  a  minimum  by  cutting out  in  set­ups  of  this  kind,  took  in  all  Md.;  Raymond  M.  Hynes,  Brook­ the insurance  company take.  Union  but  a  half  dozen  of  those  in  the  lyh;  Richard  Q.  Randolph,  Nor­ NEW  ORLEANS.—Visibly  administration  not  only  saved  the  first 50  to  collect  the  benefit.  Of  folk;  John  Clamp,  Brooklyn;  Ches­ affected  as  he  voiced  his  ap­ Plan a  considerable sum,  but made  the'  infants,  the­  boys  have  the  ter  A.  Kmpinski,  Bayonne.  NJ.  for  far  speedier  payment  of  bene­ preciation  for  the  boon,  SIU  Also,  Robert  W.  Thompson,  Jaly 11.  1952  Vol. XiV.  No.  14  fits  with  red  tape  held  to  a  oldtimer  James  "Paddy"  Crone  slight  edge  over  the  girls,  27­23.  became  the  first  Seafarer  in  this  Every  SIU  port  from  Galveston  to  NYC;  Furman  P.  Hipp,  Baltimore;  As I See It  ..  Page  13  minimum.  Boston  is  represented  in  the  list  Angel  Feliciano,  NYC;  Faustino  Burly  Page  16  Further  income  has  come  from  port  to  receive  benefits  imder  the  so  far,  though  men  shipping  Pedraza,  Edgewater,  NJ;  James  H.  newly­instituted disability program  Crossword  Puzzle  Page  12  investment  of  over  $1  million  of  through  the  headquarters  branch  (Continued  on  page  17)  Did  You  Know  Page  18  the  Plan's  reserve  in  US  Govern­ of  the SIU  Welfare  Plan.  Editorial  Page  13  ment  bonds,  most  of  which  pay  One  of  the  Union's  original  Foc'sle  Fotog  Page  19  better  than  2Vi  percent  interest.  members, "Paddy"  Crone  is  a  vet­ eran  seaman  in  Galley  Gleanings  ..... Page  20  Unlimited  Hospital  Pay  every sense of  the  Inquiring Seafarer  ..!.  Page  12  Since  the  Plan  got started  it has  word.  His  career  • In The  Wake  Page  12  paid  out^ $177,756  to  hospitalized  began  almost  53  Labor  Round­Up......  Page  16  Seafarers^  Some  men  who  are  years  ago,  about  Letters  .Pages21,  22,  23  chronically  ill  have  been  receiving  the  turn  ­ot  the  Letter Of  The  Week  Page  13  their  hospital  benefits  for  two  century, as a very  Maritime  Page  16  years now  and will  continue  to get  young  boy  in  Mary.Celeste  Pages 14,  15  them  for  as  long as needed.  Prac­ Ireland.  His  re<­ Meet The  Seafarer  Page  12  tically  all  other  Welfare  Plans  corded  age  is  63,  "Oak  Island 'Treasure* " Page 11  have a  cutoff  date on  such benefits,  but  he  acknowl­ On The  Job  Page  16  usually  after  13  or  26  weeks  so  Crone.  edges,  though  a  Personals  Page  26  that  the  man  who .suffers  from  a  Quiz  Page  19  chronic  illness  is  left  out  in  the  little  hesitantly,  there  may  be  a  "slight"  variation  between  his  re­ _  "Saltwater Studies"  ..  Page?  10  cold.  corded  and  actual  age.  Ship's  Minutes....  Pages  26,  27  Death  benefit  payments  to wives  Sinking of  Portland  ..  Page  11  and  families  of  Seafarers  who  "Paddy"  was  lately  discharged  SIU History  Cartoon...  Page  7  passed  away  have  totaled  $322,­ from  the  hospital  and,  in  view  of  Sports  Line  Page  20  226.85  providing  badly­needed fi­ his­ inability  to  return  to  sea,  was  Ten  Years  Ago  Page  12  nancial  aid  to  families  who  had  confronted with the expected finan­ cial  problems.  The  timely  an­ Top Of The  Nigjvs......  Page  6  lost  their  breadwinner.  tfouncement of  the  brand­new  dis­ Vacation  Pay  Pages  23,  24  The  newly­instituted  maternity  ability  benefit  greatly  lessened  his  Wash.  News  Letter...,.  Page  4  and  benefits  haven't  dilemna.  Welfare  Benefits  Page  25  been  disability  in  effect  long  enough  to  When  he  received  his  initial  Publlthod  MwooKiy  w ttio  fioatfoutrtoro  of  tho  Soafarort  Intornatlonai Union,  At­ make  much  of  a. change  in  the  $15  weekly  benefit,  he  spoke  .  lantic  a  Ouir  District,  AFL,  «7S  Fourth  totals.  However,  the  maternity  oenem,  Seafarer'Raymond'^^;^^!;.^,^^^  seaiarer  Kaymonn ;/,  ^  maternity  benefit.  wifii  feeling  about  how  he'd  Recipient  of  the  new  SIU  maiemiiy  Avonvo,­  Breefilyn  32,  NY.  Tal.  STorllng  • ­4a71.  'Entorod  as  second,  class,  matter  benefit  in  particular'isr paying  out  live  to  see  the  SIU"rise  and  Hynes'  Wife,  Dolores,  holds  their  youngest  dmifhte^  Unda,  at  tho  Fast  Offico  In  Brooiilyn,  NY­,  •  loent­­$^4it. be««de­hefc'­'"  iCdntiubiued  on  page  17)  i  under  tho  Act  of  Ausvst  24>  <1311,.  ((^miinded' On  i>age  11) •   ­'  Raymond,­ 2, 'fmA Kt^thlomh  New Orleans  Pays First  Disabled $  SEAFARERS  LOG  ¥•   E  ,  lit!/'it t  �rridar. July 11.19!f«  :« • Faye  Tim*.  SEAFARERS  LOG­ ­V­ r"  •  r­ Bill Given  Congress OK  •  •   ­i­Q •   .'X:  A  greatfy­modified .  Long­Range  Shipping  Bill  squeaked through in the closing days of  the 82nd Con­ gress  and  is  now  awaiting  signature  by  President  Truman.  While the bill fell far short of what both labor  and management the maritime industry wanted, backers  felt that any bill was better  is  not  considered  as  vital  to  th«  than  none  in  light  of  the  it  industry  as  the  tax  deferment  fea­ current  weak  condition  of  tures  that  were  knocked  out  of  it.  Sealanir  John  Sprlny,  riyht, looks on  at headquarters while Claude  Fisher changres the fiyures to show  that  vacation  payihents  topped  the  $1  mUlioh  mark.  Sprine's  vacation check  was  the  one  which  put  payments  Into  seven  figures.  Vacation Pays $1,000,000  The  tax  deferment rfeatures,  they  the merchant marine.  argue,  are  necessary  to  operate  in  Supporters  of  the  hill  had  competition  with  foreign  shipping.  almost  given  up  hope  of  (Continued  on  page  17)  passage  when  the  House  passed  a  version  th^t  cut  out  the  all­impor­ tant  tax  deferment  features  of  the  measure  as  passed  by  the  Senate  last  August.  With  only a  few. days  left,  the  bill  was  bottled  up  in  a  joint Senate­House  conference  committee.  Finaily,  the  Senators  on  the  committee  yielded  on  the  tax  deferment  issue,  realizing  that  it  would  be. impossible  to  get  any  sort  of  bill ^ssed  this  year  other­ wise.  The  House  version  then  went  through  quickly.  Construction  Subsidies  In  its  present form,  the  bill  pro­ vides  construction  subsidies for  all  operators  including  tramp  ship  owners.  Previously  only  a  hand­ ful  of  operators serving certain  se­ lected  shipping routes  were  sub­ sidized  in  this  fashion.  Whiie  this  feature  i$  regarded  as  a  step  for­ ward  by  the  backers  of  the  bill,'  July. 3  was "Million  Dollar  Day" for  the SIU  Vacation Plan.  Sometime around  11 o'clock  that morning,  vacation  payments  to Seafarers  passed  the  million  dolldr  mark  by  26  cents  when John "Moose" Spring, OS,  collected a  vacation  check  for  $126.  Spring became the Vacation  ^  :  Plan man  of  distinction  when  February.  Payment  of  over  $1  der the old  system.  "By  instituting  the first  Union­ he  came up  to the  office  with  million  in  benefits  in  those five  his  discharges  from  the  Cecil  N.  months  means  that  the ^ Plan  is  operated  Vacation  Plan  in  the  Bean.  A  native  of  Brooklyn,  the  sticking  pretty  closely  to  predic­ maritime  industry,"  a  headquar­ 24­year­old  Seafarer has  been sail­ tions  that  it  would  pay  out  $2V^  ters  spokesman  stated,  "Seafarers  are  now  receiving  the direct  bene­ ing  with , the  SIU  for  the  past  two  million  in  benefits  every  year.  Up to  the  time  that  the SIU  Va­ fits of  money that  ordinarily  would  years.  As he  put  it, happily finger­ ing his  vacation check, "thisMs  just  cation  Plan  got  underway,  very  have  remained  in  the  pockets  of  one  of  the  good  things  that  have  few  seamen  ever  collected  under  the  operators.  In  the  long  run,  come  my  way  since  I've  been  go­ company­paid  plans since  they  had  this  is  going  to  amount  to  many  to  work  for  one  company  for  a  more  millions  of  dollars."  •   ing  to sea  with  the SIU."  By  '  collecting  for  sea  time  full  year  before  they  would  be  Seafarers  became  eligible  for  earned,  Spring  received  the  13,­ eligible.  .  Consequently,  the  mil­ paid  vacations  on  June  1,  1951.  623rd  vacation check  issued  by  the  lion  dollars  paid  thus  far  repre­ All  contracted  shipping  operators  SIU. Vacation Plan  since  payments  sents Tnoney  which Seafarers  prob­ started  just five  months, ago  in  ably  would  never  have  gotten  un­ Under  the  rules  of  the  Va­ cation  Plan as  set forth  by the  trustees,  A  Seafarer  must  ap­ ply  within  one  year  of  the  payoff  date  of  his  oldest  dis­ charge  in  order  to  collect  his  full  vacation  benefits.  If  he  presents  any  discharge  whose  payoff  date  is  more  than  a  year before the  date­ of his  va­ cation  application, he  will  lose  out  on  the  sea  time  covered  Coming  negotiations  with  by  that  particular  discharge.  Don't  sit  on  those  discharges.  the  operators  and  other  mat­ Bring  them  in  and  collect  the  ters  of  Union  policy  are  now  money  that  is due  to  you.  being discussed  at  a  conference  of  all  elected  SIU  Atlantic  and  Gulf  contribute  50  cents  per  day  per  port agents  in Union  headquarters.  man  for  each  day  of  sea  time  or  In addition  to contract  questions  port  time  worked  into  the  Union  the  agents  are  reviewing  the  oper­ Vacation  Plan.  Payments  under  ations  of  the  various  Union­oper­ the  plan  began  in  February,  1952,  ated  funds.  Plans  for  Union  oper­ the delay  being due  to the  need  to  ations  in  the  forthcoming  year  are  get  Wage  Stabilization  Board  ap­ also  under  scrutiny.  proval for  the system,  and to  build  Local  problems  facing  the  va­ up  the  necessary  reserve  in  the  rious  ports are  coming  in  for thor­ fund  with  which  to  make  the  ough  examination  along  with  dis­ payments.  trict­wide  matters.  Sat Eve  Post  Prints  LOG  Security  Expose  Crewmembera  walk  off  the  Panamanian  ship  San  IPedro,  which  LOG  reporter  boarded  and  photographed  wittiout  being  checked.  Photo was used in LOG exclusive  on nation's lack  of  Port security.  LOG Story  Nets Offer  Of  4 Homes  Port Agents  Meet, Ready  Pact Talks  Little  Sean,  right,  and  his  brother  Fat  sit  on  the  lap  of  their  father, ^ Seafarer  Robert  Nicolai.  Four  families  in  the  New  York  area  have  offered  to  open  their  homes  to  the  two  small  children  of  Seafarer  Robert  Nicolai.  The  offers  followed  upon  the  story  appearing  in  the  June  27  LOG,  which  told  of  the  death  of  Nicolai's  wife  in  childbirth  and  his  problem  of finding  a  home  for  (Continued  on  page  27)  Bare Ship Giveaway  Plan  Ambitious plans  involving  the aid  of  at least  one  US  Government  agency  to  help float  a  50­ship  Japanese  merchant fleet  of  Libertys  directly  competing  with  US  shipping  were  learned  exclusively  this  week  by  the LOG.  The  loopholess  in  this  country'^ security  program first  ex­ Information supplied  by thej  posed by the  SEAFAKERS LOG  in a copyrighted  article four  LOG'S  Washington  reporter  Administration,  is  opposed  to  the  which  would  enable  the  Japanese  months  ago,  will  be  the  subject  of  a  feature  spread  in  the  indicated that  a newly­formed  sale  or  lease  of  these  vessels,  the  organization  to  handie  48  Navy  coming  issue  of  the  Saturday•   Japanese  organi­ Department  of  Defense  is  known  LSTs  to  carry  US  Government  zation  known  as  to  be  studying the matter  to deter­ cargo  within  the  isiands  of  Japan  a  LOG  reporter  boarded  a  Pana­ Evening  Post.  manian  flag  ship  in. New  York,  the  ^American  mine  whether  it  should  sponsor  and  to  Korea.  The  LOG  series first  Japanese  Crews  Ship  "Operating  legislation  empowering  the  ship  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  walked  freely  about  the  vessel,  Company,  Ltd.  is  switch  at  the  next  session  of  Con­ It  is believed  the  American  Ship  nation  the  gaping holes  in  the  wa­ took  pictures  of  the  European  iooMng  toward  gress,  which  convenes  in  January,  Operating  Company,  Ltd.  will  ac­ terfropt; tiecurity  program  as  it  is  crew  and  left  .the  pier  without  the  acquisition  and  close  the  deal.  quire  the  LSTs  when  the  Navy  now  iet  up  and  pointed  out  how  once  being  stopped.  of  up  to  50  In  the  light  of  these disclosures,  declares  them  "obsolete."  Under  saboteurs,  eiiemy  agents  and  fugt  .  In  the  Saturdaiv  Evening  Post  Liberty ­  type  ar  earlier  agreement  between  the  the  agreement  with  MSTS,  the  tives  Icpuld  come  and  go  aboard  article  the  SeSfarers, International  ships  owned  by  Japanese  corporation  and  the  US  ships  will  fly  the  US flag,  but  wiU  foreign  flag  ships  touching  US  Union  is.given  full  credit'for­exi  the  US  Govern­ Military  Sea  Transportation  Serv­ be  manned  by  Japanese  crews.  ports.  Tlie  articles were  given na­ posing  the  situation,  one  which  tionwide newspaper  coverage  when  is  still  wide  open.  Writers  as­i  ment  and  now  held  in  reserve  ice  has  also  come  to  the  attention  SIU  heMquarters  has  issued  a  of  the  Union.  Under  the  present  strong  protest  against  both  plans  they  appeared.  The  LOG  demon­ sigped,  by  Uie  Post  worked  with  fleets  on  all  coasts.  strated  .t|ie .«ase  with, yirhich  sub­ the LOG  and headquarters officials  Although,  the  Department  of  set­up,  still not  made  public,  there  which,  in  the  aggregate,  would  (Continued,,vOn  page .17)  .  versives could rater our ports j^eq  ,  >  ,  .tCQPtiMied.on  page  ..v.  (Commerce,  ,thr9^)|i;h  .^e . l^arLtime  is  already  existing  agreement  Mi  �SEAVAItKKSrvM^  Switches Shio At Sea  Far  m^­.s  &­.i.;:  ffe' •"  ®i^:'­:'  • •   5  •  ^  :  SIU  NEWSLETTER  from WASHINGTON  Four maritime  conventions, recommended by the International Labor  Organization,  and  designed  to  encourage  the  development  of  minimum  working  standards  for  seagoing  personnel  throughout  the  world,  have  been  ratified  by  the  US  Senate.  Briefly,  the  conventions  deal  with  (a) food  and catering  for crews  on board  ship,  (b) certification .of  ships'  cooks,  (c)  medical  examination  of  seafarers,  and  (d)  certification  of  able  seamen.  ­  '  Since  the  maritime  industry  is  essentially  highly  competitive  in  nature,  the  Senate  agreed  with  the  proposition  that  established  and  improved  international  labor standards  will  serve  t6  protect  the­stand­ ards  of  the  most  advanced • countries, such  as  the  US,  from  the  lower  standards  of  countries  that  lag  behkid.  •  00  $>  Three American  companies have lost  their battle to get Congressional  sanction,  through  mortgage  aid,  to  convert  their  ten  C­4's  into  ore  carriers.  Although  the  need  for  additional  American­flag  ocean­going  bulk  ore  carriers is very clear if  this country  is to be  able  to control  a  sub­ stantial Share  of  the import  of  ore from  overseas, Government  agencies  will not  budge from  their stand  that legislation favoring  the three  lines  would  amount  to highly  preferential  treatment  for a  very  small  group  of  ship  owners.  The  lines involved  are  American­Hawaiian  Steamship  Co.,  Luckenbach  Steamship  Co.,  and  Joshua  Hendy.  At the  end  of  June^ the  400th  NSA  ship  was  put  back  into  the  re­ serve  fleet  since  the  reduction  in  foreign  aid  program  and  military  requirements.  During  the  course  of  that  month,  118  ships  were  re­ turned to reserve  anchorages, 104 of  which  were  Libertys,  13 "Victorys,  and  1  C­1.  4"  i',V  p/.  i'  k  ^'•   Seafarer Mario  Reyei  (foreirroiuid  with hat)  climbs  aboard  the  Puerto  Rico  during a  two­way  transfer  with  the south­bound  Beatrice.  He  was returned  to  New  York  for  his  youneest  soft's  funeral.  At  the  same  time  a  stowaway  on  Puerto  Rico  was  switched  to  the  Beatrice.  4"  The 82nd  Congress,  which  adjourned  on  July  7,  failed  to  give  final  action  to  a  very  important  maritime  bill.  It  is  HR  Res.  457,  which  would  have  provided  uhemployment  insurance  coverage •  to  seamen  employed  on  vessels  operated  for  the  account  of  the  US,  through  the  National Shipping  Authority.  Under administrative  policy of  the Mari­ time Administration,  these seaiften  are accorded,  with a  few exceptions,  the  same  rights  they  would  have  If  privately  employed.  Oiie  of  the  exceptions  is  unemployment  insurance  coverage,  which  this  resolution  was designed  to  provide.  ,  Since  the  first  of  this  year,  about  400  vessels  of  the  538  operateid  in the NSA program  have  been laid  up resulting  in  the  uftemployrnent  of  a  large  number  of  the  seamen  formerly  eihployed  on  those  vessels.  The  Puerto Rico  and  the  Beatrice  broke  their  schedules  as  they  met  along  "BuirLine  Boulevard," on  their last  trips so  that  a bereaved Seafarer could be  transferred and get back  to New  York  in time  for his  son'^s  funeral.  At  the  same  tinie,  the  liner"*'  unloaded a stowaway who had  act—^the.  breaking  of  the  schedule  The  Puerto  Rico  arrived  in  New  hoped  for  free  passage  to  of  a  passenger­mail  ship ­and  a  York June  30,  the same day  set for  freighter  to  enable  Brother  Reyes  the  services  for  Reyes*  son.  New  York.  *  t  »  Seafarer  Mario  Reyes  who  was  to  be  home  in  time  foj  the  last  The  crews of  both  ships,  as well  rites of  his youngest  son—is some­ as all  members of  the  SIU,  extend  During  the  past  year, 1,579  Individual  ocean­going  tolls­paying  ves­ aboard  the  Beatrice  got  a  wireless  we  Seafarers  appreciate  to  Brother  Reyes  their  sincerest  sels,  representing  29  nationalities,  passed  through  the  Panama  CanaL  message  at  10  AM  June  28  telling  thing  sympathy.  In aggregate they  made a tptal of  5,593 transits.  The number of  transits  him  that  his  son,  John,  12,  had  greatly."  made  by  individual  ships  varied from  1 to  66, and averaged  3.54.  The  drowned at  Midland  Beach,  Staten  greatest  number  of  transits,  66,  was  made  by  the  Ecuador,  a  vessel  of  Island.  Ecuadorean  registry,  engaged in  the  banana freight  service....  The  Beatrice  had  just  left  New  Vessels  of  British  registry  led  in  the  nuniber  of  individual  vessels  York  and was bound for  San Juan,  transiting  the  Canal  during  the  year  with  490,  but  ranked  second  in  so  Captain  Homer  Callis  of  the  the  number  of  transits  With  l.,004;  those  of  US  registry  were  second  Beatrice  contacted  Captain  Alan  in  number  of  individual  vessels  transiting  with  461,  but  ranked  fifst  Bellhouse of  the Puerto Rico, which  in  the  number  of  transits  with. 2,203.  was  bound  from  Sail  Juan  to  New  York.  WASHINGTON—Opponents  of  US­supported  maritime  The  two  vessels,  bound  in  oppo­ It's in  the  records of  the  Office of  Naval  Records  and Library  that:  schools scored a victory in Congress when Congress sliced ap­ site  directions,  met  about  an .hour  Every  candidate  selected  for an  officer's  billet  in  the naval  service  in  and  a  half  later  at  29 degrees,  20  propriations for the  Kings Point  Merchant Marine  Academy.  1794  had formerly  served  in a  ship  of  the merchant  marine;  :  ——  minutes North  Latitude  and  69 de­ The  SIU,  like  most  maritime­*—^—  grees,  32  minuiss  West  Longitude.  unions,  has  always  opposed  nient  of  $500  for  each  of  the  Almost  every  naval  officer  from  midshipman  to  captain  in  the  US  Navy  in  1798 had  been  trained and  served  in  the  merchant  marine;  The passengers on  the liner were  such academies and fought for  school's  several  hundred  cadete.  Almost every early naval hero—John Barry. John Paul Jones, Thoma~s  treated to a display of  a real heads­ the  appropriations  cut.  Waste  of  Funds  TruxtOn,  Joshua Barney,  Edward Preble—was  an ex­merchant  inaiiher;  up  SIU  crew  as  the  Beatrice  The  cut  came  in  the  face  of  a  The SIU's  position in  the drawn­ launched one of her  boats and took  vigorous  campaign  by  I^ng  Island  out  Kings  Point  battle  has­  been  and  Every  commanding  officer  of  the  first  six  vessels  built  for  the  US  Reyes over  to the  Puerto Rico.  The  Congressmen  (the  Academy  is  that  any  kind  of  Government­sup­ uea  was  moderate,  and  both  crews  located  on  the  island)  to  secure  ported training school is a  waste of  Navy  had  previously  held,  a  command  in  the  merchant  marine.  give  the  captains  credit  for  the  passage  of  the  full  $3,990,000  ap­ taxpayer's  funds  in  that  it  tends  way  the  ships  were  handled.  propriation  for  maritime  training.  to  turn  out  graduates  without  re­ The Puerto Rico, meanwhile, had  The  Congressional  group  applied  gard  for  the  employment  needs  of  Let's look  at the record—The  US permitted  its shipping  to go  down  • stowaway    in  her  brig.  The  un­ the  ax  to  the  monthly  allowance  the  industry.  The  Union  has  held  before  World  War  I,  found  itself  forced  to  build  more  than  $3  billion  welcome  "passenger,"  Salvatores  which  the  Kings  Point  cadets  had  that  merchant  marine  officers  can  of  merchant  ships,  most  of  which  were  completed  too  late  for  use  in  Berries,  had  boarded  the  liner  in  been  receiving  in  addition  to  free  more  properly  be  trained  out  of  that war.  Again  in the  twenties and  thirties, a  nation  that  allowed  its  San Juan  in hopes of  a free  trip  to  board and  tuition, replacing  it with  the foc'sle  when the need  for addi­ shipping to  die was forced to  correct that  mistake, and in  World War  II  a $200 annual figure for  books, uni­ tional  manpower  arises,  without  spend  over  $12  billion  for  ship  construction.  How  much  simpler  it  New  York.  would  be  to  encourage  private  enterprise  to  do  in  peacetime  what  He told the  ship's officers he had  forms and  laundry.  This will  mean  the  necessity  of  going  through  a  later may be  forced­upon a  government in  war, with  the attendant  high  an  annual  saving  to  the  govern­ four  year  college.  roamed  around "B"  deck  for some  The  SIU  argued  that  the  great  costs, waste, and  even, peril to the  nation itself.  hours  after  the  vessel  sailed  wait­ majority  of  ICings  Point  graduates  ing  for  someone  to  discover  he  never made a career of  maritime as  This  montli,  all  the  major  American  intercbastal' steamship  lines  wasn't  a  passenger  so  that  he  shown  by  employment  figures  in  will  band  together in  an  appearance before, the ICC  to attempt  to keep  would  get  something  to  eat.  He  the industry. In practice,  the Union  two  more, lines  from  entering  the  trade.  This  opposition  fight  will  got  the  brig  and  bread  ana  water.  said, a  large number of  cadets used  be  carried  on  by  Luckenbach,  American­Hawaiian,  Waterman,  Pope  &  Usually  he  would  have  gone  Kings  Point as  a  means .of  getting  Talbot, and  Pacific­Atlantic Steamship  Companies.  The two  companies  hack  with  the  Puerto  Rico  on  her  return  run,  but  since  the  Beatrice  After  striking  for  almost  two  a  free  college  education or  else  as  attempting to  get  into  the intercoastal  trade are  the  Isbraiidtsen  Com­ was  bound  for  San  Juan,  he  was  months,  some  80,000  AFL  carpen­ a  back door  to a  Navy  commission.  pany,  which  wants to^ handle  lumber,  particularly,  shipments  from thfe  sent  over  to­  the  Beatrice  in  her  ters  in  46  northern  California  This  viewpoint  was  heid  by  all  • US Pacific  Coast,  and  the  West  Coast Trans­Oceanic  SS Line, which  is  boat  after  Reyes  had  been  trans­ counties  finally  forced  employers  maritime  unions  up  until  recently,  interested  in  operating  six  vessels  for  the  carriage  of  commodities  to  agree  to  a  welfare ,fund  to  be  when  the*NMU  about­faced on  the  generally.  fered.  financed by  a  seven  and  a  half  question  under  pressure  from  the  The  Puerto  Rico's  crew,  u^on  cents  an hour  contribution  by  the  United  States  Lines  and  half­ P  4)  learning the Reyes had had  to  qiiit  employers.  The  same  benefits will  heartedly  joined  supporters  of  the  Proposed  legislation  on  St.  Lawrence  Seaway  was  effectively  his job as  oiler on the  Beatrice and  go  to 47,000  non­striking  construc­ full appropriation.  killed  for  this  session  of  Congress.  The  Senate,  on  June  18,  was returning to his youngest  son's  tion  workers who  observed the  car­ The  recent  action  on  kings  adopted a motion of Senator  O'Cpnor, Democrat of  Maryland, to recom­ funeral,  demonstrated  their  Broth­ penters' picketUnes.  Point  is  the  first  time  that  op­ mit, the  measure  to the  Senate  Foreign  Relations  Committee,  where  it  erhood  of  the  Sea.  At  a  special  The  settlement  also  included  a  ponents  of  maritime  training  were  will remain  until revived  again next  year.  meeting  the  nesft  day,  the  Puerto  IS­cents  an hour wage  increase.. In  successful  in  cutting  the  allow­ Rico  crew  voted  to  ^Ve  $100  to  New  York  City, 100,000  workers in  ances,  In  the  forefront  of  the  bat­ Reyes.  17  crafts  also  got  a  15­cents  an  tle,  along  with  the  SIU,  were  the  Both crews also said, "this grand  hour  wage  hike. ..  Masters, . I^tet  and  Pilota  (Af L).  Congress Dumps Pay  Of  Unneeded Cadets  '• '• V '  f/:  ft"  Carpenters  Win  2­llllontli  Strike  •  •   t  ^  •  �SHI Gets  2nd Mariner,  Will  Crew  First  Soon  Steel  and  parts  shortages  even  be^re  the  month­old  na­ tionwide  steel  strike  began  have  slowed  up activation  of  the  first  postwar  Government­built  Mariner  ships  but  Seafarers  will crew  at least  one of  them^""  ^  Corporation's yards  in  Chester,  Pa.  by  mid­August.  The newest assignment  was to Seas  Two  of  seven  Mariner  ships  Shipping,  which  has  been  notified  already  launched  have  been  as­ Comhusker  Mariner  should  be  Signed  to  SIU  ­  contracted  com­ the  ready  for  them  by  the  middle  of  panies,  with  the  probability  that  conditions  permitting.  another  pair  will  be  chartered  to  October,  Six  more  Mariners  are  expected  SIU  operators  by  the  end  of  1952.  to come  off  the  ways this  year,  but  The  Maritime  Administration's  assignments  will  be  held  off  until  latest  assignment  was  the  Com­ October  17,  according  to  the  Mari?  husker  Mariner  to  Seas  Shipping  time  Administration,  which  is han­ (Robin  Line).  Earlier  the  MA  had  dling  negotiations  for  the  Gov­ assigned  the  Keystone  Mariner;  ernment.  Work  on  all  35  of  the  prototype  for  the  class,  to  the  ships  was  held  up  last  year  pend­ Waterman  Steamship  Company.  ing Congressional  appropriations to  Allotted  Equally  get  the  program  go^ig,  as  wClI  as  Seeking  equitable  distribution,  adequate  stocks« of  short­supply  the  MA  is  taking  into  account  the  steel.  abilities  of  individual  unions  to  Pioneer  Postwar  Fleet  A determined group^ of SUP  pickets stand  by  to make  sure  the  Hawaiian  Fisherman  stays  tightly  tied  man them,  as well as  the considera­ The  Mariners,  all  scheduled  to  to  her  San  Francisco  pier.  The  SUP  strike  has  firmly  put  a  lid  on  operations  of  at!  its  contracted  tion  of  dispersing  them  on  differ­ be  completed  by  the  end  of  1953,  companies,  allowing  only  military  cargo on  MSTS  ships  to  move.  The  strike  was  47  days  old  today.  ent  coasts.  As­  the  assignments  are  pioneer  vessels  for  a  new  US  now  stand,  the  SUP  on  the  West  merchant  fleet.  Designed  as  high  Coast  will  crew  two  of  them.  Old  speed  cargo liners  with  special  de­ Dominion  Mariner  for  American  fense  features  not  made  public,  President  Lines  and  Tarheel  they will  be among the largest  gen­ Mariner for Pacific­Far East  Lines.  eral cargo ships in  the world.  They  The  NMU  on  the  East  Coast  will  will  run  about  12,900  deadweight  With  the SUP  standing firm  in its strike,  West  Coast  operators  desperately  casting  about  man  the  Buckeye  Mariner  for  tons  at  speeds  expected  to  exceed  for  a  weapon  to  break  the  47­day­old  walkout have  linked themselves  in a  strange alliance  States  Marine  Corporation,  Free  20  knots,  way  outclassing  any  of  with Harry  Bridges.  ^  State  Mariner  for  Farrell  Lines  the  war­built  ships.  lashing  cargo  and  the  hauling  and  instead  of  a fight  for  bread  and  The  SUP  Strike  and  Ne­ and  the  Old  Colony  Mariner  for  SIU officials are currently  v.'ork­ shifting  of  ships. the  shipowners  butter.  VS  Lines.  ing  out  a  manning  scale  for  the  gotiating  Committee  declared  are  taking  steps  which,  in  the  SIU  Pledges Aid  Indications  from  Waterman  are  ships  in  advance  of  the  August  that the PMA was using every  As  previously  reported  in  the  words  of  the  Committee,  "could  tfiat  the  Keystone  will  be  crewed  date wh^ the  first of  them should  LOG,  the  SIU  &  A&G  district  has  mean  the  same  things  the  Com­ by  August  15,  although  the  date  take  on  a  crew,  and  may  have  to  possible  maneuver  to  pit  the  long­ gone  on  record  pledging  its  com­ mies  tried  to  put  over in  1935 and  hat already been  pushed up  almost  draw  up  special  working  rules  to  shoremen  against  the  Sailors  Un­ plete  support  to  the  SUP.  The  1936;  namely,  that  Sailors  leave  two  months.  She  is  presently  be­ take  into account some  of  the radi­ ion  and  make  it  appear  that  the  West  Coast  imion  has  been  told  the  vessel  as  soon  as  the  ship  is  ing  fitted  at  the  Sun  Shipbuilding  cal  operations  of  the  new  ships.  walkout  is  a  jurisdictional  dispute  by  the  SIU  to  "just  name  the  tied  up  and  come  back  when  she  ticket"  whenever  it  needs  help.  is  ready  to  sail."  As  the  SUP  Committee  put  it,  With  the  shipowners  showing  no  the  shipowners  are  apparently  disposition  to  negotiate  a  settle­ playing  along  with  the  Bridges  ment,  the  SUP  is standing  fast  on  group  and  making  much  of  the  its  demands  for  wage  increases  question ~bf  jurisdiction  over  the  and  other  contract  improvements.  loading  of  stores  in  the  hope  that  Meanwhile,  SUP­manned  steam­ the  NLRB  will  step  into  the  pic­ schooners  and  tankers  continue  to  ture  and  call  it  a  jurisdictional  sail  although  all  ships  of  the  24  strike.  Loading  of  stores  had  dry  cargo  companies  in  the  PMA  been  written  into  the  SUP  con­ have  been  tied  up  as  soon  as  they  tract  previously  so  that  the  ship­ hit  port.  Essential  military  car­ owner's  attempts  to  reopen  the  goes  are  being  moved  on  Gov­ question  were  obviously  designed  ernment ­ owned  ships  operated  to­play  up the  jurisdictional  issue.  througlb the  Military  Sea  Trans­ portation  Service.  Refuse  To  Negotiate  In  contrast,  the  SUP  Committee  said,  the  PMA  negotiators _ have  consistently  refused  to  consider  the  dollars  and  cents  demands  made  by  the  SUP,  concentrating  all  their fire  on  the  loading  ques­ tion.  By  attempting  to  give  Bridges'  union  jurisdiction  over  loading  of  stores,. cleaning  holds,  •   .'i­ •  PMA Squirms In SUP Vise  MID. SIU Back Pa.  Engineers' Beef  Foto  Fading?  Check  Book,  Get  New  One  Experimental  On  checking  membership  rec­ ords,  headquarters  has  found  that  some  of  the  photographs  taken  when  the  new  membership  books  were  issued  are  fading.  Therefore,  PHILADELPHIA.—Seafarers  and  segments  of  organized  labor  from  every  waterfront  it  will  be  necessary  for  the  mem­ union in  the area's Maritime Trades Council have  thrown  their  full  support  to  4,000  AFL  operating engineers involved in  a  citywide construction strike.  bers  involved  to  send  their  books  Entering  the  picture  with>'  Waterman,  an  SlU­contracted  into  headquarters  with­four  new  the strike alreadjy seven weeks  going  on," he  noted,  with  business  to the  SlU in  the past,  particularly  company, has  been named  to oper­ passport  photos,  or  come  up  and  old,  members  of  the  MTC  af­ agents  and  rank­and­file  members  during  the  campaign  aimed  at  or­ ate  the  Schuyler  Otis  Bland  on  an  have their  photos taken  over again.  filiates  beat  down  a  management­ from  all  participating  unions  ganizing  ships  operated  by  the  agency  basis  for  MSTS.  The  Gov­ Any  member  who  sees  that  the  inspired  "back­to­work"  movement  marching  and  carrjTing  picket  Southern  Trading  Company,  by  ernment's  experimental  type  ship  photo­in  his  book  is  fading  should  attempted  by  a  few  ex­piecards  of  standards detailing the cause of  the  taking  cranes  right  off  the  dock  has  been  operated  by  American  do  the  same  as  it  means  that  the  and  crippling  ship  loading  efforts,  President Lines on  a charter  basis;  photos  on  record  in  headquarters  the  engineers'  union  to  break  up  dispute.  •   the  strike.  Members  of  the  Inter­ "This  is  really  the first  time  and  had  likewise  "consistently"  but  no  companies  bid  to  charter  are  similarly  affected.  national  Union  of*. Operating  En­ everybody  has  gohe  out  together  aided  ILA  officials  in  coastwise  the  vessel  when  the  APL  charter  When  it  was  discovered  that  the  gineers,  who  handle  dockside  in  A  solid  demonstration  of  the  and  deep­sea  beefs.  photos  were  not  holding  up,  ran  out.  cranes  and  pier  hoists,  are  seek­ strength  the  MTC  can  bring  to  Unity  Pays  Off  The  Schuyler  Otis  Bland  is  one  changes  were  made  in  the  photo­ ing  payment  oI  back  wages  due  bear.  We  have  officials  and  mem­ "The  best  way  to  show  our  ap­ Of  the  many  variations  of  the  C­4,  graphic  process.  These changes as­ from  an  earlier  dispute.  bers  of  the  ILA,  MM&P,  boiler­ preciation  for  their  past  help  is  and  has  been  said  to  be  the  fore­ sure  that  photos  taken  from  now  makers,  'wood­butchera'  who  han­ to lend  them a  hand  now  that  they  runner of  the present Mariner­type  on  will  be  permanent.  Every  Jqh Stopped  A  list  of  members  whose  photos  SIU  Port  Agent  Steve  Cardullo,,  dle  ship  maintenance,  and  in  fact  heed  it.  The  way  the  unions  in  vessels now  under construction.  also  heading  the  local  maritime  every  single union  working  on  the  our  port  Maritime  Trades  Council  The Bland  is equipped with  new­ are  fading and should  get  in  touch  trades  body,  reported  the  engi­ waterfront  on  the  job  to  aid  these  have  turned  out to  help  shows  the  ly  developed  cargo  handling  gear,  with  headquarters  is on  page  26.  way  waterfront  unity  can  pay  off  and  is  designed to  cruise  at  about  Members  on  the  list  should  take  neers  have  every  building  job  in  strikers,"  Cardullo  stated.  the  city  stopped  cold  over  the  full  Aided  SIU  for  all  hands.  We  intend  to  stand  18 knots.  The  Mariners,  which  the  care  of  the  matter  as  soon  as  pos­ 60  days  the  beef  has  dragged  on.  He  pointed out  that  Roy  Under­ by the  engineers in  eveiy way  pos­ Maritime  Administration  says  arc  sible  so  as  to  keep  the  Union rec­ Picketlines  formed  daily­  at  6  wood,  one  pf  the  lUOE  strike  sible until  they finish this thing  off  refinements  of  the  Bland,  will  be  ords  straight  and  avoid  any  possi'  ble  confusion  In  the future.  able  to  make  20  knots.  AM  look  like  a  "unipn  meeting  is  leaders,  had.  lent  his  full  support I  properly,"  Cardullo  added.  In  keeping  with  its  stated  policy  cd  helping  other.unions  who  have  legitimate  economic  beefs,  the  Philadelphia  Port  Council  of  the  bolsters  a  plcketline of  the  Philadelphia  Operating  Engineers.  This $8,000,000 construction job was  Just one of  many  that  were shut  down all  over the  city.  The  MTD  '  threw  its support  behind  the  engineers  beef  after  being asked  for assistance.  Ship  Goes  To  SIU Company  • • I  1  �Pitc six  wMw.Jiar it, iut  SEAF^Itt^iS  t&G  Robin Trent  A  'Zetrain' 43 Days  Latest  Seafarers  to  join  a  growing  group of  SIU specialists who've  bieen  riding herd on  shipments of  animals are a  trio  who took  care of  a mixed herd of  zebras during a 43­day  trip  CONVENTION  FIGHT  DOWN  TO  THE  WIRE  —  The  nation  was  treated  to a  cldseup  of  the  Republican  convention  in  action  this  week  on  the  Robin  Trent.  (Seas Shipping).  via  TV  and  radio  as  Taft  and  Eisenhower  factions  battled  fiercely  for  The  shipment  of  39  zebras  advantage  in  a  series  of  complicated  parliamentary  maneuvers  that  on  consignment  to  a  .New  baffled  most  Americans.  Taft  held  an  early  lead  but  Eisenhower's  York  importer,  is  the  larges  forces gained  steadily  as the  days went  by.  While  no other  convention  ever  to come  to  the  US.  ever received  such  wide  coverage  night  after  night  over  all  television  Monkeys  In  Savannah  stations, the "smoke­filled room" was very much in business.  Important  A  few  weeks  back,  SIU  crew  decisions  were being made as usual  behind  closed  doors and  the horse*  members  pulled In at  Savannah  on  trading for  delegates was  going on'within  the hotel rooms.  There were  the  Steel  Director  (Isthmian)  some  serious  differences  over  aid  to  Europe  between  the  two  factions  after  wetnursing  a  load  of  500­600  but  otherwise  they  stood  pretty  much  on  the  standard  Republican  monkeys  all  the  way  from  Calcut­ policies of  past  years.  The big show  will be  repeated two weeks hence  ta.  The  chattering  of  the  banana­ when the  Denfiocrats  gCt  their turn.  loving tree­dwellers could  be heard  i  ilf  almost  clear  down  to  Jacksonville.  DRAFT  CALLS  GO  UP—The  Army  has  announced  that  it  is  in­ The  Seafarers  who  kept  up  a  creasing  the  number  of  drafted  men  this  fall.  It  plans  to  call  up  'round­the­clock  vigil  over  the  30,000  men  in  September and  54,000  men  a  month  after  that  until  the  black  and  white  stripers  brought  end  of  the  year.  The  reason  for  the  increased  draft  calls  is  that  a  back  on  the  Robin  Trent  were  great  many ­men  called  into  service  after  the  start  of  the  Korean  War  Emil  Gretsky,  bosun;  Alfonso  Cas­ will  be  discharged  shortly.  Army  draft  calls  do  not  cover  manpower  saro,  AB,  and  Philip  Adkins,  AB.  sought  by  the  Navy,  Air  Force  and  Marine  Corps.  Adkins  had  been  a  cattle  raiser  some  years  ago,  so  the  job  was  a  natural  to  him.  MALIK  VETots  'GERM  WAR'  INQUIRY—A  US  proposal  in  the  Captured  by  lasso­wielding  na  United  NatTons  Security.Council  calling  for  an  investigation  of  Com­ lives  somewhere  near  Arusha  in  munist  China's  charges  of. "germ  warfare"  in  Korea  has  been  vetoed  Tanganyika  Territory,  the  zebras  by  Jacob  Malik,  the  Soviet  representative.  The  US  called  for  the  were  taken  on  at  Mombasa,  Kenya  inquiry  by  the  International  Red  Cross  to  disprove  charges  that  the  Colony,  last  port  of  call  for  the  US  Air  Force  was  spreading  disease,  epidemics  among  Chinese  and  Robin  Line  ship  before  it'headed  North  Koreans.'  The  Russian  veto  was  made  on  the  grounds  that  back  to the  States. They  were kept  North  Korea  and  Communist  China  were  not  invited  to  participate  out  on  deck  all  the  way  across  the  in  the discussion.  Other Council  members charged  that  the  veto meant  Atlantic  in  individual  stalls  with  that  the  Soviet  Union  did  not  want  an  investigation  because  it  would  sliding  tops.  disprove  the  charge^  The  animals,  most  of  them  18  Seafarer  Robert  Colder  hides  his  face  behind  the  arm  of  long­ :  '  z­  t  '  months  to  two  years  old  and  prac­ foreman Elmer Cufberton while the latter feeds one of the  Zebras  NEW  CONSTITUTION  FOR  PUERTO  RICO—The  US  Congress  has  in  a  shipment  aboard  the  Robin  Trent.  tically  fully  grown,  subsisted  sole­ approved the  recently­drafted constitution  converting Puerto Rico  from  ly  on  hay,  oats  and  water.  Some­ a  territory  to a  commonwealth.  The  change  went  into effect, on  July  4.  time  during  the  trip,  one  of  them  Approval  of  the  constitution  means  that  Congress  gives  up  its  veto  fell  ill  in­his  stall  and  eventually­ power over  the  Puerto  Rico  legislature and  the  Governor  of  tfie  island  died  of  what  was  described  as  a  will  now  make  appointments  to  executive  and  judicial  jobs.' Up until  heart  attack.  All  the  rest,  22  fe­ now  these  appointments Jiad  been  made  by  the  US. President.  male  and  17  males,  arrived  safely.  Seafarers  Praised  *  t  Z.  All  the  parties  connected  with  Canada h^s begun work  designing a new­type ship that will  MERRY­GO­ROUND IN  ACTION AGAIN—The  endless list of  purges  the  shipment  were  loud  in  their  fit  its needs  in  either  war  or peace.  The government  has set  and  shakeups continues  in  East  European  countries.  Latest  Victim  was  praise  for  the  manner  in  which  a  committee  to  wo^ on  the  specifications  for  the  proposed  Ana Pauker,  once Foreign Minister of  Rumania and  herself  a spearhead  the  Seafarers  handled  their  stew­ of  previous purges and  trials of  Rumanian  political leaders.  As in other  ardship  of  the  beasts  who,  at  vessel,  but  whether  any  will^  cases  of  this  kind,  the  procedure  was  gradual. ­First  she  was  dropped  This time,  the  Canadian  Govern­ times,  are  particularly  omery.  be  built  right  away  has  not  ment figures  it  wiU  design .the  from the Rumanian Politburo. "Then  she was accused of  rightist and  left­ After  being  cleared  by  the  Ani­ been  decided.  type  of  ship  it  needs,  f d  then  if  ist deviation and apologized  for her misdeeds.  Now she has  been ousted  mal  Industry  Bureau  of  the  US  the  Rumanian  government  altogether  and called  a  traitor^  with a  Department  of  Agriculture,  the  The  Canadian  Government  says  anything  breaks,  the  designs  will  I'rom  trial  and  execution  likely  to  follow.  be all  ready  and  the  shipyards  can  the  project  stems  from  its  exx>eri­ zebras  were  loaded  onto  trailer  trucks  and­  taken  to  the  Quaran­ ence  in  the  last  war  when  the  bat­ swing right  into action  without any  •   4.  ,'Z.  Z­ tine  Station  at  Clifton,  NJ,  for  tle  of  the  convoys  put  a  severe  loss  of  time.  PRICE  CONTROLS  UNDERCUT—A  greatly­weakened  price  control  further  observation.  Once  cleared  straim  on  the  country's  shipbuild­ At  the  same  time,  the  govern­ law  was  passed  by  Congress  in  the  last  days  before  adjournment.  The  there,  they'll  head  for  the  Cat­ ing  program.  Too  much  time  was  ment, found  that  the  vessels  built  bill  removed  ceilings  on  fruits  and­vegetables  and  further  weakened  skill Game  Farm  Inc., located  near  lost,  says the  government,  in  wait­ during  the  last  war,  mostly  slow  rent  controls.  Present  limits  on  wages  remain  although  the  Wage  Catskill,  NY,  where  the  public  ing  for  designs  before  the  badly  ships  of  about  10  knots,  were  of  Stabilization Board's  powers to  pass on  labor disputes has  been reduced  will  be  able  to  get a  look  A them.  needed  vessels  were  started.  little  use  following  the  war.  considerably.  At  the  same  time,'the  legislators  approved  the  $5  min­ imum  monthly  increase  in  social  security  benefits  and  l­aised  the  monthly  earnings  ceiling  from  $50  to  $75.  Seafarers Escort 1,400 Kids On A Day­Long Outing  Canada Designs  A Ship  To Use In Peace Or  War  X,  K";  P'­ X  X  MORE  TROOPS  IN  INDO­CHINA—The  Indo­Chinese  Vietnam  gov­ ernment  has  announced  that  it  is  going  to  draft  an{i  train  another  20,000  men for its  Army  to  help  in  the  war  against  Communist  rebels.  At  present  the  Vietnam has  130,000 regular  and  irregular troops  in  the  fighting which has been  going  on for  several  years.  These  are  in addi­ tion to  French armies  in the  field.  The additional  two divisions  are  be­,  ing  equipped  through  American  financial  and  arms  aid  with  another  two  divisional  groups slated  to be  added  in  1953.  X  '  z  '  z  •  .  ;V:  IRAN  PREMIER  REELECTE&r­The  man  who  threw  the  British  out of  Iran, Priemier Mohammed Mossadegh,  has been elected  to another  term  as  head  of  the  government.  This  signals  approval  of  his  policy  of  taking  over  the  property  of  the  Anglo­Iranian  Oil  Company  and  virtually  eliminates any  chance  of  settlement of  the oil  dispute.  Mean­ while,  two  American  businessmen  claim  they  have  made  a  deal  with  the  Iranian  premier  for  delivery  of  a  considerable  amount  of  Iranian  oil.  XXX  ARMY  HIT  ON  MANPOWER  WASTE—A  Senate  preparedness  sub­ committee has  issued a  report highly  critical of  the  waste of  manpower  in  the  US  Armed  forces.  The  committee  accused  the  Pentagon  of  "using  five men  to  do  the  work  of  one,"  calling  it  an  old  Army  game.  The  committee  called  for  a  careful  survey  of  the  armed  forces  man­ power situation  pointing out,  as an.example, that  a  Navy  oiler  uses 282  men  while  a  wmmercial  tanker  can ;get  by  with ^43'; The  cdipmittee  said  that  this  is  a  disproportionate  number  of­ men  even  though  an  oiler  has  to  refuel  ships  at  sea.  In  addition,  the  committee  reported  a huge  "chair  corps" oi  non­fighting  men  and  an  excessive; number  of  officers.  ;  ;  i  .  |\V­ DEGAULLIST  PARTY  SPLITS  UP—General  DeGaulls's  long  fight  for  supremacy  in  French  politics  suffered  a  severe  setback  when  28  deputies  in  the  French  legislature , quit  him  and  announced  they  were  '  forming a new  political  party.  DeGaulle has  long  been trying to  amend  ^  A  Seafarers  delegation  stands  by  as some  of  the  1,400  orphaned,  underpriviledged  and  handicapped  children  they  escorted on  a  day's outing go  aboard  an  excursion  boat  in  New  York.  The  Seafarers  the  French  (Institution  so  as  to  reduce  the  number  of  parties  and  helpted  escort the group  to a beach and  amusement  park  during the  day.  international  Representative  : ,  strengthen  the  central  government  in  the  hopes  of'becoming  premier­'  A1  Bernstein  (Wearing  hat) led  the  SIU  group.  Standing at  his right  is Ed  25eltner,  New  York  Mirror  ­ himself.  The  newest  split  means  another'party  faction  added  to  the;^^,  ;  .  .  columnist  Other  Seafarers .include  William  Thompson, Ed.  Glazdner, Larry  M«ckHn and  Red Nielsen,^  already excessive  number of  political  groups in Wrmat  '  liii  �f  c.­v;,. Triday. Jwr  >a^flfeVf  ' sdAk A i ERm  l^G  Urge Venezuela  CabR acket Probe  A  strong  protest  against  the  mistreatment  of  Seafarers  in  Venezuela has been  made to the US ambassador in Caracas by  the SIU.  The protest was  made after  Seafarer  David  Archia  reported  he was  swindled  and­*­ pushed  around  by  cab  drivers  cabbies  refused  to  pick  him  up,  and  police  in  the  port  of  Las  laughing  at  him  when  he  spoke  to  Pedras  with  the  result  that  he  them  in  Spanish.  After  trudging  nearly  missed  his  ship.  along  for  over  four  hours,  he  was  Archia,  a  veteran  of ,30  years  at  fortunate  to  meet  an  American  sea  with  a  100  percent  spotless  who  was  driving  a  pickup  truck.  record  (he  has  never  been  logged  The  American  gave  him  a  ride  for  or fined  in his  life),  was  serving  as  a^short  while  until  he  found  a  po­ chief  steward  on  the  Montebello  liceman  and  instructed  him  to  get  ^  Hills  (Western  Tankers)  when  Archia  a  cab.  the  incident  occurred  on  June  19.  At  4:55  Archia  got  a  taxi  and  Archia  was  on  shore  leave  with  started  the  journey  back  to  the  The  United  States sails proudly  througrh  New  York  Harbor with  just a  few of  the hundreds of  tugs and  the  ship  scheduled  to  sail  at  3:30  ship.  It  was  6:30  when  he  got  to  sniall craft  which escorted  her shown here.  Within  minutes  after  this picture  was  taken  she  begap  the  the  docks.  Fortunately  the  tanker  record  breaking speed run  on  her maiden  voyage  that ended  by  making  her the  new queen  o^the seas.  the  next  morning.  At  10:30  PM  had  been  delayed  in  sailing.  It  he  decided  to  go  back  aboard,  giv­ ing  him  plenty  of  time  to  get  on  was  just  pulling  away  and  Archia  as it was  just  a  20. minute cab  ride.  managed  to  get  aboard  by  going  out  on  the  pilot  boat.  .  Taken  For  Ride  Previous  Incidents  He  hailed  a  local  cabbie  and  Once  aboard,  he  was told  by  an­ For  the first  time in  over  a  century, an  American  ship  has  brought  home  the  mythical  gave  him  instructions  in  both  Eng­ crewmember  that  the  same  blue  ribbon  which  goes  to  the  vessel  that  breaks  the  North  Atlantic  crossing  speed  record.  lish  and Spanish  to  take  him  down  other  racket  had  been  worked  on  him  on  On  her maiden voyage,  the liner  United States  snatched  the  record  from  England  and  to  the  docks.  Instead,  the  driver  a  previous  voyage.  When  he  got  took  him  40 miles  back  to  Philadelphia,  the  port  of  the Queen Mary by a resound­­^  out  in  the  coun­ payoff,  he  learned  that five  sea­ ing  10  hours  and  2  minutes.  try.  While  rid­ men  had  been  picked  up  in. the  ing,  Archia  saw  ,.The  53,000­ton  liner  made  the  same  port  on flimsy  cnarges,  im­ that  they  were  2,942  nautical  miles from  Ambrose  prisoned  for  three  months  and  getting  nowiiere  fined  $500.  Light  to Bishop  Rock in  the record  near  the  destina­ When  the  Union  learned  of  the  time  of  3  days,  10  hours  and  40  tion  and  protest­ way  Archia  was  pushed  ­round,  a  minutes.  She  averaged  35.59  knots  ed  to  the  cabbie  letter,  of  protest  was  sent  to  US  that  he  v/as  tak­ for  the entire  trip.  Ambassador  Fletcher  Warren  in  More  Communist  propaganda  leaflets  have  been  received  in g  him  the  Archia  Caracas,  Venezuela.  The  letter  In^ 1938,  when  the  Queen  Mary  in  recent  days  by  crews of  SIU  ships.  The  latest  set  comes  wrong  way.  He  set  the  now­shattered  record,  she  via the Maryland Peace Council and the Maritime Peace Com­ told  him  that  he  v/ould  pay foi  the  urged  the  Ambassador  fS  investi­ gate  this  matter  and  see  if  steps  covered  the same  course in  3 days,  mittee,  both  being  Com­­"  mileage  if  he  would  take  him  di­ can  be  taken  to  prevent  repetition  20 hours and  42 minutes at an  avei­­ munist­front  org^izations  in  the industry is  played  upon heavily  rect  to the ship.  of  these incidents.  in  the leaflet.  Seamen are  told  the  The  driver  continued  riding  In  the  meanwhile,  as  Archia  put  Baltimore."  age  speed  of  31.69  knots.  Since  early  in  the  year,  SIU  Libertys  are  being  laid  up  as  coal  around  aimlessly  stopping  from  it,  "I'd  advise  anybody  going  While the  United States  was get­ ships  have  been  the  targets  of  an  and  grain  shipments  dwindle  and  time to  time  when  he saw^local  po­ ashore in Las  Pedras to  make  sure  ting  the record for  the US,  Cunard  Irregular  barrage  of  crudely­ report  that  China  and  Russia  are  licemen  and  conversing  with  them  that he  has a  group of  seamen with  Line  officials  were  busy  denying  mimeographed  propaganda leaflets.  ready  to  sell  and  buy  "Jiuge  in  whispers.  After  a  while,  he  him. Otherwise  he is liable  to wind  rumors  that  the Queen  Elizabeth is  found  a  local cop  who  ordered  Ar­ up  in  the  same fix  that  I  did."  While  tiie  names  of  the  organiza­ amounts"  of  goods.  being  readied  for  a  speed  run  of  chia  out  of  the  cab,  struck  him  tions  have  varied,  the  theme  has  Peace Conference  her  own.  4>een  the  same.  "They  all  call  for  After  exhorting  seamen  to  help  with  the flat  of  his sword  and  took  The  English  company  explained  peace  in  Korea  on  Communist  open  up. world  trade,  the  leaflet  away  all  his  money,  $25,  giving  that  new  fuel  tanks  and  a  1­day  terms  and  hold  forth  the  bait  of  suddenly^  switches  to  a  different  him  $1  back.  speed  run  on  the Queen Elizabeth's  vast  trade  with  China  as  assuring  theme.  It  quotes  demands  for  a  All  the  while,  Archia  protested  last  trip  were  just  "routine,"  and  prosperity  for  American  merchant  five  power  peace  conference  and  that  he  wanted  to  get  back  to  his  Bosuns  and  stewards  receiv­ denied  any  plans  to  try  to  recap­ seamen.  ing  the  new  membership  book  suggests  that  Truman  and  Stalin  ship  and  that  he  would  miss  it  if  ture the  crossing crown.  Iberville  Gets Set  get  together  to  settle  the  world's  they  didn't  get  him  a  cab  to  go  now being  issued  by the Union  back,  but  the  policeman  and  cab­ The last day of  the United States'  The  crew,  of  the  Iberville  (Mis­ problems.  are  cautioned  td" rt^a k e  sure  tr^,  froni_noon  to  noon,  covered  sissippi)  turned  the  latest  leaflet  The  leaflet  technique  was  evi­ bie  merely  laughed  at  him,  with  that  their  ratings  are  stamped  some 833 miles at an average speed  over to the LOG  with a note signed  dently  decided  on  as  the  result  of  the  cop  telling  him,  "You  will  be  into  the  book,  if  of  36.21  knots.  If  the  book  is  not  stamped  .  by five  crewmembers  declaring  declining  Communist  influence  on  here  a  while."  accordingly,  the  dispatcher  Started  Walking  She  arrived  in  LeHavre  a  full  "we  resent  the fact  of  anyone  now  sea­going  unions.  With  their  pres­ day  ahead  of  schedule  and  had  to  living being  stupid enough  to place  tige  and  power  at  a  low  point  the  Since  it  wias  after  11:30  PM,  will  not  ship  the  man  for  that  wait  until  the  next  day  for  the  this  sort  of  matter  on  board  any  party  has  had  to  resort  to  the  Archia  had  no  other  recourse  than  rating.  As  a  result, some  men  holding  those  ratings  might  welcoming  ceremonies  that  had  SIU  ship."  mimeograph  machines  instead  of  to  start  walking  back  in  the  gen­ been  planned.  eral  direction  of  the  ship.  Several  lose  out  on  jobs.  The  threat  of' unemployment  in  approaching seamen  directly.  US Snares  Atlantir Speed Prize  Seafarers  Wary  As  CP  Leaflets Flood  Ports  Have Your Rating  Listed In Booh  r'  /  Cartoon  History  Of  The  SIU  The  Paeiiic  And  Gull  Federations  lAo.  IS  ;  j  t  •   .  ­ •  \  '  The  'Maritime  Fsdcration  of  the  Pacific,  a!­'  though  it started  off  with  all waterfront  unions  represented,  regular  meetings  and  a  .weekly  newspap'^er,  was  used  from  the  beginning  as  a  political  football  by  the  Communists,  and  their  ­'  f  waterfront  stooges  led  by. Harry  Bridges,  who  ,  "  ,l  was  the^^Jn fho  otatment  ^  The  Gulf  Maritime Federation  was  sn orsfahizai"  '.tion  within  all  waterfront  organizations.­  The­ .  sale  of  buttons,  which  constituted  inembershlp,  \vas  the  way  funds  were  collected.  The  Com­"  munists and  the IWW  gashounds soon  took over­ ­  the Federation,  and  it  became  a  club of  screw­ j Jloose, self­styled  leaders.  Seamen,  who  were  In  no  inc­od  to  repeat  the  mistakes  of  1915­1921  and  let  self­seekers  take  over  their  unions,  soon  withdrew  from  both  Federations.  Once  the  legitimate  organizations  pulled  out,  the  Federations  were  left  impotent^  without  authority  or  funds,  making  their  ulti­ mate  dissolution  Inevitable.  :>]  • jl  yj  • vl  .• ;S|  • aJ  �AF:AnE^RS  Lac  li  =5r­ Fridart Jal7 11, 195il  PORT MEPORTS  Service);  Dpi  Valle  (Mississippi);  Baltimore:  and  Del  Sud,  Del  Valle  (Missis­ Mobile:  Trinity  (Carras);  Seatrains  New  sippi).  York,  Texas,  Georgia,  Louisiana,  Business  was  helped  considerab­ New  Jersey  (Seatrain);  Seagarden  ly  ­by  4  heavy  load  of  in­transit  (Orion)  and  Maiden  Creek  (Water­ ships including:  The  Cabins  (Math­ man).  iasen);  Margaret  Brown  (Bloom­ Shipping  and  the  weather  for  Shipping  was  only  fair  the  last  field);  Cantigny  (Cities  Service);  It  looks  ­like, shipping  for  the  The  membership. here  is  pretty  two  weeks.  Since  they  just finished  Southern  Counties,  Southern  Dis­ coming  two  weeks  will  continue  at  pleased  the  way  the  voting  on  the  this  port  are  at  opposite "ends  of  the  "Miss  Universe"  beauty  page­ tricts  (Southern  Trading);  Alcoa  a  slow  pace,  as  there  seems  to  be  Baltimore  building  assessment  the  plank—the  weather  is  much  turned  out  becau^  this  means  ant  in  iJong  Beach,  many  of  the  Patriot,  Cavalier,  Corsair,  Polaris  no relief  from the  slow­up.  too  hot  and  shipping  is  cold.  boys  hung  on  the  beach  to  get  a  (Alcoa);  Steel  Advocate,  Steel  ^Taying  off  here  were  the  Alcoa  they'll  be  seeing  the  beginnings  of  Flyer (Isthmian);  Del Valle  (Missis­ With  aU  ten  of­the  ore  carriers  Patriot,  Cavalier, Polaris  and  Clip­ a  real  SIU  hall  in  this  port  before  view  of  it.  laid  up  pending  settlement  of  the  It  has  indeed  been  a  long  time  sippi);  Seatrains  Louisiana,  New  per (Alcoa),  plus the Maiden  Creek  long.  Just  to  show  how  eager  they  steel  strike,  three  Bull  Line  bulk  since  so  many  beautiful  gals  got  Jersey,  Georgia  (Seatrain);  Clai­ and Mongrch  of  the Sea for  Water­ together  and  it  was  really  some­ borne,  Maiden  Creek,  StoneWall  man.  The  Patriot;  Polaris,  Maiden  were,  a  couple  of  them  tried  to  carriers  laid  up  temporarily  for  thing  to  see.  As  far  as  shipping  is  Jackson,  Monarch'  of  the  Seas,  Creek  and  Monarch  of  the  Sea  jump  the  gun  and  pay  their  signed  on  again.  In­transit  ships  double­sawbuck right  after the  bal­ lack  of  cargo  and,  by  a  nasty  co­ concerned,  we  expect  three payoffs  Morning  Light  (Waterman).  included  the Chi­ lot was  completed.  You  can't  hold  incidence,  other  ships  coming  in  SUP  Doing  Okay  coming  up  and  couid  use  some  casaw  and  .  De  down  some  of  these  Texas men.  for  shipyard  work  or  completely  steward  department  and  ­black  The  SUP  has  two  ships  tied  up  Soto  (Waterman)  Keith  AIsop  gang  men  to  help  us along.  here  and  is  doing  okay  as  the  bypassing the  port,  it's  easy  to  see  and  Isthmian's  Galveston  Port  Agent  One lone  payoff, the  Jean Lafitte  strike  continues.  The  longshore­ why.  Steel  Flyer.  (Waterman),  broke  the  monotony,  men  are  on  record  to  back  the  Council  Meets  During  the  along  with  the­  Fairport  (Water­ Sailors'  beef  so  there  is no  chance  shipping' lull  we  Boston:  man),  Alamar  (Calmar),  Steel  De­ of  the  ships  getting  out.  The  Baltimore  Port  CSumai  of  had  a ­chance  to  signer  (Isthmian)  Another  MTD  affiliate,  the  the  Maritime  Trades  Depaftmeht,'  talk  things  over  and  Seamonitor  MMP,  had  a  beef^with  the  Algiers  after. several  informal  meetings,  with  a  couple  of  (Orion),  ^hich  Public  Service  Co.  and  tied  up  has  been  officially reactivated.  Al­ the  boys  who  called  in  trans­ their  ferries  over  wage  demands.  Byers  qualified  for  that  though  we  have  always  been  able  it.  All  ferries  operating  between. New  Everything  on  Orleans  and  Algiers  were  shut  $200  plus  $25  ­  bond  Maternity,  Business continues  at a fair pace  to  get  the  support  of  the  various  the  payoff  of  the  down,  so the  other ferries  at  Gret­ package.  One  of  them,  James  F.  here,  as  a  glance  at  the  shipping  AFL  waterfront  unions,  and  vice­ Lafitte  came  off  na  and  Harvey  had  a  whale  of  a  Byers,  remarks  time  and  time  figures  will, show.  smoothly,  with  jam  with  all  the  traffic  headed  again that  it sure  was a  "fortunate  Several brothers  who had retired  versa,  a permanent  and  formal  or­ special  commehd­ their  way.  The  strike  was  short­ day  when  I  got  the  opportunity  to­ their books  cpme  in this  past  week  ganization  was  necessary.  We  »»  join  the  SIU."  ation  from  the  lived  though,  as  the  men  got  positive  that  the  to  take  themselves  out  of  retire­ Munz  grew  for  Stew­ raise  plus  a reduction  in  the  work­ Byers, who  joined the Union  dur­ ment.  'One  of  them,  Al.Page,  re­ port  council  will  '  ing  the  Isthmian  organizing  drive  tired  in  1947,  and  couldn't  believe  ard  W.  Brown for  doing  a  bang­up  week  from  48  to  40  hours.  pay  off  ip,  divi­ job  with  his department  both here  This  will  be  a  pattern  for  us,  in  January,  1947,  k  the  father  of  all  the  things .that  have  happened  dends  for­. ;­all. ,,  and~ abroad.  since  the  §IU's  Marine  Allied  three  children,  the'youngest  being  since  then.  He  did  a  little  quick  affiiliated  qnions  Larry  Nelson  Byers,  hom  April 5,  The  ILWU  and  the  Mp&S  have  Workers  will  soon  be  negotiating  figuring  on  how  much  ahead  he'd  as  it  has  in  the  been flooding  the harbor^'area  with  with  the  same  company  for  the  1952.  He  recalled  that  when  his  be  if  he  hadn't  checked  out  when  past.  all  sorts  of  crummy  propaganda  deck  hands, firemen  and oilers.  We  wife  received  the  issue . of  the  he did, and  decided his stockbroker  Lately  we  have  sheets  blasting  the  SUP.  It's  a  sad  expect  we  will  get  at  least  a five  LOG  announcing  the  new  birth  will never forgive him.  Bill Blake­ had  a  few  Alcoa  state  of  affairs  when  other  labor  percent  pay  increase  and  the  40­ benefit  and  showed  her  neighbors  ly  is  another  one  who  retired  and  how her husband's Union  was prac­ is going right  back  to ­duty.  ships ,  here  .  in  groups  will  back  the  shipowners  hour  week.  transit  ' with  •   a  against  a  striking  union,  but  it's  a  Bus  drivers  in  Algiers  are  also  tically  footing  the  bill,  they  were  Just  a  light  turnover  this  past  Siiipley  .  few  men  paying  typical  commie  trick,  It  seems  striking,  causing  the  tie­up  of  all  amazed.  period  in  payoffs  and  sign­ons,  Bridges  and  Bryson  have  quickly  bus  jines  across  the  river.  Cab  "It  sure  makes  a  man  feel  good  with  the  Tagalam  (Seatrade)  and  off  under  mutual  consent.  In  the  forgotten  their  own ­1948  strike  drivers  were really  raking  it  in for.  to  know  that  hisJUnion  is  always  Yarmouth  (Eastern)  in' and  out  case  of  a  mutual  consent  sign­off,  when  they  were  out  for  three  a  while  when  both  the  ferries  and  on  the  lookout  for  the  welfare  of  again.  We  had  four ships  in tran­ the  man  wishing  to  leave  the  ship  months  and  the  SUP  respected  buses  weren't  working.  The  bus­ his  family  whether  he's  at  sea  or  sit,  the  Robin  Trent  and  Robin  must  naturally  wait  for  his  re­ their  battle  for  decent  conditions.  men  have  been  out  since  June  29  ashore,"  Byers  added.  Kirk  (Robin),!  Republic  (Trafalgar)  placement,  who takes  the  job  with  Cat  Tanner  understanding  that  he  is  picking  Phone  Strike  and  are  expected to  come  out okay  and  Steel  Artisan  (Isthmian).  Mobile  Port  Agent  up  the  articles  and  copd^tiops  Elsewhere  on''^he  labor  scene  on  their  demands.  Beef  Held  Off  agreed  to  by  the  man  signing  eff.  the  telephone  workers  in  Long  Auto  Workers'  Test  There  was  a  little  internal  beef  Therefore,  it  the  original., s^­on  Beach  have hit  the  bricks for high­ on the  Robin Trent, which  the  crew  was  in  Mobile,  a  replaedmeht  er wjages  and  better conditions.  We  • The CIO­UAW  put  on  a demon­ Galveston:  stration  for  a  couple  of  days  tliat  is  carrying  to  the  payoff  port  of  comes  on  in  BMtimore,  and  the  have  pledged  our  support  to  them  closed  down  the  (Chrysler  plant  in  New  York.  An  overtime  beef  on  ship  pays  off  in  Mobile,  no  trans­ in  any  way  we  can. help  out.  the  Tagalam,  paid  right  on .board,  portation  is  due  the  man  signing  A  recent  addition  to  our . Broth­ New  Orleans.  They  walked  out  involved oilers  doing  wipers' work.  on  in  Baltimore.  ,  erhood  is  T.  .V.  Munz,  no  relation  last  Thursday  and  ;^tumed  to,  work Monday  as a sliow of  strength  This is an  item which  should never  to  "Madma% Muntz"  of  nationwide  Transportation  Rule  fame,  but  certainly  well­named  for  for future  talks. The  1,100 workers,  Non­rated men will find  shipping  be  disp.uted,  but  some  of. the com­ in  the  plant  went  out  protesting  panies  get  confused  between  our  very  slow  in  this  port,  but  ratings  Of. course, if  the man  signing on.  his  job  as  an  electrician.  A  Sea­ in  Baltimore  was  called  to  replace  farer for  the'last  six  months  Munz  their wages  being lower  than those  are  always  welcome  and  much  in  ships and  those of  other unions.  paid in  other plants  under contract  need.  Lake  Charles  even  had  to  Some  of  these paymasters  get so  a  man  leaving  the  ship  to  be  hos­ has nothing  but  admiration for  the  to the  auto  union.  call  in  here  for rated  men  for two  confused  on  OT  that  they'd  dis­ pitalized,  then  he  would  be  en­ organization.  No  matter  where  he  Their committee  is now  working  tankers  because  he  was  cleaned  pute the  bosun making  up  the  cap­ titled  to  transportation  back  to  '  worked  ashore,  he  says  he  never  tain's room  If  you  can't  show  them  Baltimore in  the  event of  a  Mobile  came  across  a  Union  that  has  car­ on  a  contract in­ Detroit.  Only the  out.  ried the  banner for its  membership  production  work  of  the  plant  We  paid  off  the Margaret  Brown  where  he  can't  do'it  in  the  agree­ payoff.  so. consistently  and  secured  condi­ stopped  as  there  were  no  picket­ (Bloomfield),  Taddei  (Shipehter)  ment.  Some  tankers  can  pay  off  The  real  reason  behind  alj  this,  tions  and  benefits like  those  in  the  lines  established.  All  other  work  and  Royal  Oak (Cities Service)  and  in  two  hours,  but  some  it  takes  is  to  remind  Seafarers  that  under  was  carried  on,  since  installation  signed  on  the  whole  lot  all  over  seven  for  just  such  reasons,  which  SIU.  no  conditions  are  they  to  allow  jind  machine  work  does  not  come  .again.  costs  our  brothers  some  valuable  the  company  "^to'  deduct  money  While  he  hasn't  any  idea  of  under  the  UAW."  In­transits  provided  the  bulk  of  hours  ashore  and  creates  unresi.  from  wages  as  transportation  conditions  as  they  existed  a  few  Lindsey  J.  Williams  the  activity.  These  included  the  James  Sheehan  years  ago,  Munz  stated  he  joined  money  for  a  replacement.­The  re­ New  Orleans  Port  Agent  Cantigny,  French  Creek  (Cities  Boston  Fort Agent  placement  should  understand  the  the  SIU  because  "it  won't  stand  still  but  constantly  keeps  moving  conditions  under  which  he  is  tak­ up."  A  native  Californian,  he  likes  ing  the  job.  Furthermore,  there  is  the  Yokohama shuttle  and  intends  no  proof  that  the  company  or  the  to keep  sailing as  long as  he can.  captain  will  turn  this  money  over  Sam  Cohen  .  to  the  replacement  at  the  end  of  Wilmington  Fort  Agent  the  trip  anyway.  ti  t>  t>  Shipping  from  June  19  to July  2  Wilmington:  •  SI;  '  •   %  ;  r. '/  «»­V.  v  EveryUiiag's Slow Bui  Line For Baby Bonofit  Unions Blasting SUP  Forget Own Struggles  Local MTD Coanell  Is Back la Business  Ex­Brolbers Flocking  Qui Of RellroinonI  Memlwrs Can't Wail  TpSa(itha|liawHall  A & G  SmPPJOfG  RECORD  lis':  Two  DCaffis  New  Orleans:  Sea Paliern For MAW  h MMP Ferry Pact  m  |p?V  0'  P&'­:  i|P^="\  All  is  well  down  here,  with  a  couple  of  jobs  open  for  practically  all  ratings.  Beefs  that  have  come  up have  been  settled  in fine  order,  as  the  ships  coming  in  have  lieen.  in  good shape.  • The following  were  paid  off  dur­ ing tiie  last  period:  Steel  Surveyor  (Isthmian);  DeSoto,  IbeFville  (Waterman);  Alcoa  Runner,  Puri­ tan  (Alcoa); Del Sol,  Cape­Romain,  Citadel  Victory  (Mississippi).  Sign­ ons  were  the  Wanda  (Epiphany);  Chrlstos  "M"  (Mercador);  Alcoa  Runner,  Roamer,  Puritan  (Alcoa)  POET  Boston  New  York  Philadelphia  Baltimore  Norfolk  Savannah  Tampa  Mobile  New  Orleans  Galvestm  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  DECK  ENGINE  STEW.  REG.  34  192  47  180  71  29  11  41  96  25  185  ^  33  ,  132  72  23  12  r.65.::  94 •  42  58  41  51  .  Totals, A,  801  70r  W«t  Coast  39  98  184  561  33  113  85  " 3  97  68  211  25  77  8 '  67  163  75  265  22  31  105  120  The  past  week  witnessed  the  SHIP.­ SHIP.  SHIP.  TOTAL  DECK  RNG.  STEW. SHIPPED  passing  of  two  of  our  brothers,  Elias Telan  and Miurvi  ''Mel" Ship­ ley.  was  a  newcomer  to  the  26  25  81  132  SIU, Telan  having  joined  about  15  223  185  179  587  pnionths  ago.  He  generally  sailed  34  82  98  in  the  stewards  department  as  32  third  cook.  46  59  88  138  Shipley,  well  known  to  most  of  81  155  the  oldthners  around  Baltimore  65  89  he  hadn't  been  shipping  19  18'  81  although  ­14  out  of  here  recently,^  had  sailed  9  8  21  with  the  SIU  since  1944  in  the  60  66­ 169  deck  department.  A  candidate  in  4ft  the  ­SIU  electlona last year, he  was  78  89  253  active  in all  strikes  and  organiza­ 25  '32  79  tional  beefs,  since  be  became  a  22  60  :64.  48  177  member.  Eaii  Sheppard  ItattfaBOip  rvei  Agent  648  614  .1,860  iw  �Sn  ;i^­­ ­  y  .J  ,  Friday. July It IMt  Page ma*  SEArARERS  IOC  l>Oftr ttEPORTS  *  flfeld;  General  Patton,  formerly  Son  Franciseo:  the  operators  are  trying  to  claim  Lake Charles:  Harry  T.  (Palmer).  jurisdictional  disputes  between  Some  of  the  crews seem  to  have  Harry  Bridges'  longshoremen  and  become  lax  lately  about  leaving  a  the  SUP  as  a  main  reason  for  the  clean  ship  for  the  next  crew.  We  strike.  have  been  receiving,  quite  a  few  However, everyone  on  the watet­ Things  are  moving  along  Me  complaints  from  the  new  men  go­ .  Over 100  men shipped  to regular  front  knows  it  is  purely  an  eco­ ­  Business  is  cracking  along  at  a  out  here  with  problems routine  all  ing  aboard  some  ships  on  this  jobs  aiid  an  additional  40  to stand­ nomic  strike  dealing  with  wages  right  smart  pace  here.  Shipping  along  the  line.  We've  been  help­ score,  so  boarding  patrolmen  have  by^nd lay­\ii)  jobs have  kept ship­ and  working  conditions,  so  so  one  for  rated  men  is  still  excellent,  ing  out  the  SUP  any  way  we  can,  been  instructed to  hold  up  all pay­ is  fooled  by  the  PMA's  charges.  but  we  must  woefully  report  that  while  the  party­line  characters  offs  until  the ship  has  been  clean­ ping  here  pretty  much  on  an  even  What  really  did  happen  in  this re­ the  non­rated  jobs  are  almost  non­ keep  on  yapping  and  smearing  ed  up.  We  have  always  had  the  keel.  However, the lay­up of  three  gard  is  that  the operators  stupidly  existent.  them  locally  every  way  thUy  know  reputation  that  an  SIU  ship  is  a  Delta  Line  ships  is  in  the  works.  signed  contracts  covering  certain  Causing'this influx  of  rated  jobs  how.  The  MTD  has  also  gone  on  clean  ship  and  we  want  to  keep, it  These  include~the  David  B.  John­ types  of  loading  work  with  both  were  tbe  Paoli,  Lone  Jack,  Bents  Fort,  Chiwawa,  record  100  percent  behind  the  that  waj^  son,  Justo  Arosemena  and  the  St.  the  SUP  and  ILWU,  tind  are  now  Govern­ Agents'  Conference  Sailors.  '  trying  to  cover  their  mistake  by  Augustine  Victory.  ment  Camp,  We  paid off  the  We  now  have  an  agents'  confer­ Ships paying  off  in  the twd­week  claiming  they  are  the  victims  Archers  Hope  Seavi^l  (Orion),  ence  going  on  here  in  headquar­ period  were  the  Maiden  Victory  caught  right in  the middle.  and  Winter  Hill,  which  signed  ters  with  all  of  the  elected  port  (Mississippi)  Md  Simmons  Victory  H.  J. Fischer  all  of  the  Cities  right  on  again  agents  from  Boston  to  Galveston  (Bull),  both in  good shape,  and  the  West  Coast  Representative  Service fleet.  The  attending  to  represent  their  re­ for  another  trip.  Fairisle  (Waterman),  clean  except  X  X  x  Federal  (Trafal­ In­transit  . were  spective  areas.  A  lot  of  work  has  for  a  water  beef  which  was settled  gar)  has  also  the  Fairport  been  done  at  these  meetings,  and  to the satisfaction of  the crew  prior  Savannah:  been  ferrying  in  (Waterman),  Al­ we  feel  we  will  have  some  very  to  the  payoff.  here  regularly.  amar  (Calmar),  good  reports  and  recommeixda:  Alexander  Signing  on  wei^  the  Simmons  Things  don't  Alaska  Spruce  tions  to  present  to  the­  memMr­ look  too  bright  for  the  coming  (Ocean  Tow)  and  ship for  its consideration  when  we  Victory,  Fairisle,  Madaket  (Water­ McBride  man)  and  the  Burbank  Victory  weeks,  as  jnany  of  the  oil  wagons  Irenestar  (Tri­ are finished.  (Eastern).  In  transit  to  the  poiit  are in  the shipyards for  25­35 'days  Everything  is  moving  along  ton),  which  was  laid  up  the  last  The  expiration  date  of  our  old  were  the  Aiamar,  Seamar  (Cal­ fairly  normal  for  this  port,  with  having  strengthening  braces,  put  contracts  is  drawing  near  so  we  two  weeks.  mar);  Steel  Designer  (Isthmian);  'enoii^h  men  on  the  beach  to  meet  on.  This  repair  job  is  to  forestall  We  ran  into  brother  William  L.  will  have  to  set  a  deadline  very  Bienville,  Fairport  (Waterman).  future  cracking  of  some  of  these  shortly  for  suggestions  and  ideas  any  rush  of  jobs.  McBride on  the Spruce, where  he's  welded  tankers,  two  of  which  split  One  good'piece  of  news  along  for  the  new  contract.  The  Southport  and  Southland  in  two  just  a  few  months  ago  in  working  as  crane  operator  and  the  coast  is  that  the  MV  Gadsden,  Claude  Simmons  (South  Atlantic)  both  paid  off  in  serving  as  ship's  delegate.  Mc­ Asst.  Sec'y­Treas.  the  heavy  lift  ship  owned  by  Jacksonville  and  both  are  laying  the  Atlantic.  Bride, a family  man with one child,  American  Eastern  which  had  been  up for a  while for cargo  to pile  up.  Cut  Payload  ir  t  Xi  has  been  sailing  as  a  Seafarer  for  chartered by a  West Coast  operator  These­ braces  weigh  about  180  The  Southland  will  be  around  quite a  while and  is a  popular man  Philadelphia:  the  past  year,  is  again  back  under  about  30  days,  and  the  Southport  tons,  so  of  course  they  will  cut  out­here.  the  SIU  banner.  down  on  the  payload  by  about  a  He  had  high  praise  for  the  lat­ The  Ocean  Tow  about  ten.  The  Strathbay  (Strath­ thousand  barrels  per  trip.  It's  a  more)  called  in  transit  and  took  est  benefits  achieved  by  the  Union­ Company  has  considerable loss,  but  we  guess the  in  the  field  of  welfare  gains,  as  chartered  her  for  a few  replacements from  us,  wdiile  shipowners  can  stand  it  without  well  as  for  the  Vacation  Plan  and  the  Alaskaa  the  Marina  (Bull)  is  due  in  this  having  to  sell  more  than  two  or  what  if  means  to  the  seaman  who  . Shipping  is  holding  up  pretty  trade,  with  an  week­*­ three  of  their  yachts.  On  the  labor  front  here,  the  On  the  labor  front  things  are  was never  before able  to collect on  well in  the City  of  Brotherly Love.  option  to  buy  E&W  leupdry  strike  is  still  going  just  about  as  they  were  at  the  this score  under other  set­ups. The  We  wish  the  political  conventions  later  on.  on,  now  past  the  16­month  mark,  last  writing.  Fire^one is  still stall­ new  maternity  and  disability  gains  Wei's  being  held  here  again  as  in  She  is  now  on  reailly  top  off  a  healthy  helping  1948,  since  then  we  might  at  least  the  Alaska­Seat­ but  the  pickets  are  still  holding  ing  on  a  new  contract,  but  the  of  benefits  enjoyed  by  SIU  men,  have  a  little  of  this  "brotherly  tle  run  a 1 p n g  the  fort. They've  been  out  all  this  Metal  Trades Council  is  just  about  love"  that figures  to  be  missing  Pappadakis  McBride  asserted.  with  some  other  time  for  recognition  and  a  decent  ready  to  shut  them  down  since  from  the  wrangles  out  in  Chicago.  Jeff  Morrison  smaller  Diesel  jobs  operated  by  wage. Some  of  these  workers  were  it's  apparent  the  company  doesn't  Seattle  Port  Agent  Statistics  for  the  past  two­week  Ocean  Tow.  She  took  a  full  SIU  making  a  fancy  34  cents an  hour.  want  to  settle.  period  showed  nine  payoffs,  eight  On  the  political  scene,  labor  is  »  »  »  Yellow  Cabs  'Unfaif  sign­ons^and  six  ships  calling  in  crew  from  the  various  polls  on  backing  the  only  man  in  the  Sev­ NM  York­.  this  coast  and  after  a  few  days  in  transit.  In  case  anybody  down  here  for­ The  item  of  major  interest,  how­ the  shipyard  ­in  Seattle  will  be  gets,  Yellow  Cabs  are  still  on  our  enth  Congressional  District  race  who  will  give  us  an  even  break  ever,  is  a  citywide  strike  of  AFL  ready for  her first  trip.  "unfair"  list  so  if  you  have  to  do  operating  engineers  which  we  and  A  few  of  the  oldtimers  on  the  any  riding  around  town,  steer  out  of  the  seven  men  eyeing  the  the  Maritime  Trades  Department  beach  at  the  present  time  are  Ed­ clear  of  them.  Garden  City  cabs  post.  Although  he  has  never  held  have  taken  part  in  for  the  past  die  Mulholland,  M.  Chapman,'  R.  are the  only  union  outfit in  Savan­ a  big  public  office,  John  W.  Clark  (no  relation)  of  Eunice,  La.,  is  The  past­  two  weeks  have  seen  two  weeks.  Already  seven  weeks  Schlager,  H.  D.  French,  R.  Cow­ shipping  and  business  booming  at'  old  when  we  entered  the  picture,  drey,  D.  Calarin,  Paul  Gay,  Simon  nah,  under  contract  to AFL  Team­ said  to  have  a fine  labor  record,  the  headquarters  branch,  as  we  the  beef  has  stopped  every  con­ Dezee, Sid  Ghale  and  Mike Pappa­ sters  whose  business  agent  inci­ according  to  the  various  AFL  dentaily  is  a  chap  named  Paul  councils  in  the  area.  • witnessed the  greatest  number  of  struction  job in  the  city  cold.  dakis.  Mike,  the  oldtime  chief  Among  the  boys  who  have  been  Jobs  shipped  since  before  the  A  phony  "back­to­work"  move­ steward  who  remembers  the  old'  Hall.  ...  Christmas  holidas^.  ment  started  by  some  ex­piecards  days  too  well,  wants  to  say  hello  .  Although  the  brothers  in  this  honoring  us  with  their  presence  I  guess  most  of  the  boys  were  of  the engineers'  union  hasn't  pro­ to all his friends around SIU  ports.  branch  were  a  little  disappointed  are  A.  G.  'Tex"  Alexander,  that  that  this  port  was  not  included  in  big  oil. man  from  West  Texas,  and  glad  to  get  away  as we  also  broke  duced  any  result since  we  and  the  SUP  Beef  Going Strong  the  ports  recommended  for  new  that  native  of  the  Sunshine  State  ail  records  for­hot  weather  too.  MTD  stepped  in  to  back  the  pick­ That  woq't  be a  problem "sifter  this  etlines.  Officials  and  members  of  On  the  maritime  labor  scene,  halls,  they  went  all  the  way  on  of  Florida,  Jimmy  Chesire.  These  week since  we  are now  in the  pro­ every  waterfront  union  in  the area  the SUP  strike against  West  Coast  the  reeent  assessment  vote.  Many  two  were  quietly  enjoying  them­ cess  of  air­conditioning  the  head­ are  joining  to  aid  these  people  operators  is  moving  into  its  sixth  figure  that  by  the  time  the  lease  selves  outside  the  city  limits  one  quarters  building.  who  are  seeking  settlement  on  week  with  the  Union  in  a  stronger  in our  present  building is  up three  night  about  11  p.m.—the  poor  years from  now, we  can start  dick­ souls  thought  they  were  safe  out^  We  paid  off  a  total  of  33  ships  back  wages  owed  them. They  have  position  than  ever  determined  to  ering  for  a  place  of  our  own  in  in  the  woods—when  the  need  been  good  friends of  ours through­ see  the  beef  through  to victory  re­ in  the  New  York  area  and  signed  arose  for  two  ABs.  Since  they  left  —  gardless  of  the  time  it  takes.  In  Savannah  too.  12  on  foreign  articles  during  the  out  the  years.  an  easy  trail  we  had  no  trouble  £.  B.  Tiller  A. S.  Cardulio  attempting  to  confuse  the  publip  past  period.  There  were  also  quite  Savannah  Port  Agent  tracking  them  down.  Soon  after  Philadelphia  Port  Agent  and  make  their  position  look  good.  a  few  in­transit  jobs,  so  all  in  all  they  nobly  "volunteered"  for  jobs  everyone  was  kept  jumping  Jto  on  the  Chiwawa  and  have  since  cover  them.  '  gone  north  to  visit  their  yankee  Payoff  List  cousins.  'Phone  Shy  The  following  were  the* payoffs:  Lone ­ Jack,  Chiwawa,,  Bents  Fort,  We also  had  brothers J. F. Mapp,  Archers'Hope,  Ldgans'  Fort  (Cities  103  Durham  St.  Jesse­  Maloney  and  Donald  Lee  Sam  Cohen.  Agent  Terminal  A3S74  PORT  COLBORNE  Service);  Seatralns  Texas,  New  SIU,  A&6 District  Ontario  Phono: 9581  Smith  calling on  us the  past  week,  HEADQUARTERS  678  4tlK>  Ave..  BUyn  /  TORONTO,  Ontario  86  Colbome  St.  but  they  seemed  a  bit  shy.  You  SECRETARY­TREASURER.  14  North  Gay  St.  ­  Jersey,  Georgia,  Savannah,  New  BALTIHORS...  Elgin 9718  4>anl  HaU  Sheppard.  Agent  liolberry  4S40  York  (Seatrain);  Coe  Victory  (Vic­ Earl  VICTORIA.  B.  C  817% Cormorant St.  don't  have  to  run  off  when  the  ASST.  SECRBTARY­TREASURERS  BOSTON  .. m State  St.  Lloyd  Gardner  Empire 4931  phone  rings,  boys.  It  might  not  tory  Carriers);  Milton  H.  Smith,  James Sheehan, Agent  Richmond a­0140  Robert  Matthews  Claude  Simmons  VANCOUVEk,  EC  969  HamUton St.  Dispatcher.  Richmond a­0141  '  HEADQUARTERS  REPRESENTATIVE  Steel Artisan, Steel Traveler, Steel  GALVESTON  PaclBc 7834  be  a  job  after  all.  Anyhow,  we  SOSM  33rd  St.  Joe  Alging  SYDNEY.  NE  304  Charlotte  St.  always  allow  everybody^t  least  12  Advocate  (Isthmian);  Frances^  Keith  Aliop. Agent  Phone  3­8448  Phone 6348  LAKE CHARLES.  La  14U Ryan  St.  Edith  (twice),  H.  T.  Rainey,  Puer­ LeRoy  BAGOrrviLLE.  Quebec  ...  30 Elgin SL  hours  in  this  fair  city,'since  any  SUP  Clarke,  Agent  .  Phone  S­3T44  Phone: 949  more  time  would  Just  spoil  them.  HONOLULU  18  Merchant  St.  to Rico,  Ines, Susanne, W. Stratton,  MOBILE  1  South  Lawrence  St.  37  Ormont  St.  Phone 3A777  THOROLD.  Oaterio  Phone  3­11S4  It  was  a  big  day  last  week  for  Elizabeth  (Bull);  Lucile  Bloom­ Cal  Tanner,  Agent  Phone:  3­3302  Ill  W  Bumside  St.  NEiW . ORLEANS  SSS  BtenvUls  St.  PORTLAND  ...  .  113  Cote  De  La  Montague  one  of  our  brothers,  Steve  Stak­ .  Beacon 4336  QUEBEC  field  (Bloomfield);  War  Hawk,  Wa­ Undsey  WUUama.  Agent  Quebec  Phone:  3­7078  397  9th  St.  '  MagnoUa 611M113  RICHMOND.  CALIF. .  costa,  Choctaw  (Waterman);  Cata­ NEW  YORK.......STS 4tb Ave..  '  PhinsTSiW  SAINT JOHN.....  177  Prince  WUllam  St.  hovsky,  when.  "Ski,"  swapped  the  Brooklyn  N.&  Phone: 3­3049  horizon  blue of  the U. S. Air  Force  .dSO  <son  St  houla  (National  Nav);  Marymar  STerUng 8­4671  SAN  FRANCISCO  DoughiS 3­8363  . .137­138  Bank  St.  for  the  white  cap  and  dungarees  (Calmar);  Cecil  N.  Bean  (Dry  NORFOLK  3706  1st  A^  Ben  Reel.  Agent  Phone 4­1083  SEATTLE  Groat Lakos  District  of  the  Seafarers. One  of  the  early  Main 0390  Trans);  The  Cabins  (Mathiasen);  PHILADELPHIA  337  Market  St.  WILMINGTON..  440  Avaloh  Blvd  ALPENA  133  W  Fletcher  organizers  in  the  Cities  Service  S.  CarduDo.  Agent  Market 7­1639  Robin  Trent  (Robin).  Terminal 4gl31  Phone: 1338W  SAN  FRANCISCO:  480  Harrison  St.  NEW  YORK  ..  S79  4tb  Ave.  Brooklyn  BUFFALO.  N.  Y  180 Main St.  fleet,  he  never  was  able  to  enjoy  We  signed  On  Uie GatewaylClty,  H.  J.  Elscher,  Aaent  DvuglSi  S­S47S  STerlIng 8­4871  Phonti:  ClevelaniT  7391  the* benefits  of  his  efforts  since  SAN  JUANi  PR  393  POhce  de  Leon  Citrus V  Packer,  Choctaw  JWater­ Sal  CLEVELAND  734  Lakeside  Ave.­NB  Colls.  Agent  .  Phenei  Main  1­0147  he  was  called  by  Uncle  Sam. He'll  Canadian District  man);  Coe  Victory;  Robin  Gray,  SAVANNAH  .. .'V  3  Ahercom  St.  DETROIT  .  1038  3rd  St.  be  shipping  again  now, as  he  just  463  tIcGUl  SL  E.  B.  TlUey.  Agent  Phone 3­1738  MONTREAL.  Robin  Mowbray  (Robin); Steel  Ad­ SEATTLE...  Headquartera  Phone:  Woodward  1­6897  MArquette 5908  3700  1st  Ave  .  .  DULUTH  931  W  Michigan  St.  got  bis  discharge.  ,  138% Hollls St  vocate,  Milton  H.  Smith,  Steel  JeS Morrison.  Agent  ­  Seneca 4970  HALIFAX.  N.S  Phone:  Melrose  3­4110  Phone; 3­8011  Leroy Clarke  Surveyor  (Isthmian);  William  Car­ TAMPA........1800­1811  N.  Franklin  St.  FORT  3361  E 83nd  St  ..  Syndicate  Ave  SOUTH  CHICAGO  .  Lake  Charles  Poii  Acenl  ,  Fhoqes  Esses  9;^0;^  • ;  Phonet.. 3­3331  . ; V .  i  >  ruth  (Transfti4>;  ^iicUe .  Rlnmit­ Seattle:  MTD Behind Sailors  In West Coast Beel  Strengtlieiilng Program  Keeps Tankers In Yard  Gadsden Again Sailing  SIU Gnt Gf Sealtie  M\  ­  'r'Al  '­?^1  Laundry SIrIke Going  Sirong In I Bill Monih  Seafarers, MTB Aid  Cperaling Engineers  Will Hold Up PsyoH  Till Ship Is Gleaned  SrU  HALL  DIRECIORY  ,  J,,  X,  j;  • ii  �mkr:  liu­ •   •   •  #.v  W''*  '  ft.  Sf/.' ^­''­ t' 'V ­'  M'y­ I  The  photographer,  Seafarer  Sal  Terracina,  poses  with  his  camera  aboard  the  Steel  Maker  on  his  last  trip. \tl  5S­3'  .  ­ •   p|­  •   • .  i'­'• • ­f­.­ny  ^• • • • ' i'nk'  T<lf:ie  i  .  •   Miff  .•   •  $•:  Philip  Korol,  wiper;  John  Burford,  messman, and  John  Kennedy, PWT  (left to right)  relax  on  the Steel  Maker's  deck.  Note  the .facial  expressions.  •   \­:r*  ;  r  Here's  some  bnusuolly  excellent  character  studies  made  aboard  the  Steel  Maker,  Isthmian, by  Seafarer­ Sal  Terracina.  Of  course,  he  had  the  advantage  of  professional equipment,  but if you watch ydur  lighting  and Try  for  "natural"^ and  action  shots  almost  any  camero  will  produce  limilor  results.  ^Another  fwlJ  page of Terracina's work  will appear, in the next LOG.  •  s  •  fl  •   "iP'V­fc; .  r;j|||;  ir­'  I  .  |fi,­ li  '  t '  l"­­rl')'. '• • ­•r':' •    Paiges  Toomey  and  Cullfen  Barnet,  both  OS, were snapped  in the  midst  of  a' naintinc  Second  Cook  Andrew  Biagtan  is  caught  ir/ his  galley  in  the  i good:  'humona;hei«i<'had  alji jtiimwagfeU  th»»#toip.:  \  �•  ' ' • *•   •   •'  '*• >  r^r :i:i,:?:  .v.;,­:  Mday, Ifdy M> IMt  QUCISIAKD  fr$5TS9rAfTPU$  HEKBimscoimxeo  mr£R$fiAfT  PAMiiet  SHAfT­­—  •  SEATARERS  ZOC  mTBR  ­n­:­ Kir* Sieves  When  Death  Took A Cruise  '  •   •!|%|  I c;  The  290­foot  cruise  ship  Portland  was  always  a  stirring  sight  in  the  1890s  as  she  steamed  past  on  her  regular  runs  "­ 'T' • •   between  Boston  and  Portland.  SHAfTLBAVm  a.;­ Always  painted  a  gleaming­^  TOkMTER  OAVE/Af  white, trimmed with sparkling'  pitching  badly—and  the  incident  ^4  gold,  she  was  a  well  known  happened  about  12  miles  S  by  E  ship, and  a  fast  one  with  her  side  of  Thacher's  Island,  way  off  her  paddies  clmrning  the  smooth  war  regular  course.  Pl\m INLETS, ALL  TdE^VlEW  ters.  When  her  end  came,  it  was  Other  vessels  also  sighted  the  SELOV^ HIGH  an  end  that,shocked  a  whole  na­ Portland  during  the  night.  Each  incident  was  miles  from  the  Port­ tion.  mTERMAR/C.  TREAst/RB smpr\  The  Portland  had  weathered  land's  regular  course,  ­and  each  many  a  storm  before,  and  there  said  she  was  pitching  and  rolling  Thie :«;i|t­awiiy  diafram  of  the  island  shows  the, intrenioiis  way  that  the  treasure  was  buried  and  pro­ seemed  to  be  no  cause  for  alarm  heavily.  Headed  Toward  Sea  tected^. The  horisontal  shaft  ieadiny  from  the ^ore  of  the  island  served  to  flood  the  main  treasure  on  Friday,  November  26,  1898,  shaft!; The top  view shows  the  way  the  boriMntal  shaft brimches  out  into  five  inlets.  when  her  paddles  propelled  her  We  can  only  guess,  but  it  seems  away  from the  India  Wharf  in Bos­ likely  that  as  the  storm  got  worse,  ton. Some  176 persons  were aboard  the  Portland  headed  out  to  sea  to  when  Captain  Hollis  H.  Blanchard  ride  out  the  Iieavy  gale  that, was  roaring  across  the  area.  At  Boston,  gave  the  order  to cast  off.  the  wind  reached  72  miles  per  A  Mystery  Since  that  day,  there  has  been  hour  during  the  night.  a  controversy  about  whether  Cafl­ At  5:45  AM  the  following  day.  tain  Blanchard  sailed  against  com­ Keeper  A.  C.  Fisher  of  the  Race  Oak  Island, a  small bit of  sand off  Nova Scotia,  Imlds  what  is probably  the  world's  best  pany  orders  despite  storm  warn­ Point  Life  Saving  Station,  heard  "protected  treasure—if  if  is a  treasure at  all.  For,  although  nobody  knows  what  is  buried  ings,  or  whether  he  sailed  against  repeated  blasts  of  the.  steamer's  his  better  judgment  because  the  whistle; coming  out  of  the  storm.  there, various expeditions have tried to dig up  whatever  it is for  the  past 157  years.  By  this  time,  the  storm  had  company  ordered  him  to  go.  The  story  has  all  the  ele­­*^  Almost  as  the  Portland  churned  reached  hurricane  proportions.  ments  to  §xcite  the  imagina­ formed.  It  tried  a  parallel  shaft  been  physically  impossible  for  away from  the dock  at 7:30 PM  the  Storm  Calms  tion  of  the  treasure  seekers,  which  was flooded.  Then, with  the  them  to  have  buried  it  in  such  a  seas  began  to  kick  up.  The "eye,"  or calm  centre  of  the  however,  with  mysterious  lights,  a  aid  of  pumps  it  got  workmen  more  manner  within  one  night  or  even  At  11  PM,  Captain  Reuben  storm  reached  Cape  Cod  at  about  deserted  island,  subterranean  tun­ than  half  way  down  the  treasure  one  weCk.  Cameron  of  the  schooner  Grayling  10:30  AM  that  Sunday  morning,  nels  and  "probdble"  proof  that  shaft,  and  probed  with  a  long  So,  if  there .ever was  a "Treasure  sighted  the  brightly­lit  Portland  and  several  persons  reported  see­ auger.  there  is  buried  treasure.  of  Oak  Island,  it  is  still  lying  at  steaming  directly for  him.  Captain  ing  what  looked  like  the  Portland  The  story  started  way  back  In  The  result  was  something  like  the  bottom  of  a  water­filled  shaft  Cameron  said  the cruise  ship  came  wallowing  in  the  heavy  seas  about  1795,  when  three  boys,  on  a  day's  this:  at  98  feet  the  auger  went  more­ than  100  feet  below  the  sur­ so close  he  lighted  a flare to  warn  eight  or ten  miles out.  It  was  hard  outing,  saw  that  the  limb of  a  tree  through  another  log  platform.  It  face of  the  island.  her  off.  He  said  the  Portland  was  to  tell  at  that  distance,  but  she  on  the  deserted  island  had  been  went  12  inches  through  earth  and  looked  badly  battered,  and  in  bad  sawed  off  and  apparently  used  as  then  went  through  four  inches  of  shape.  ;  ^  some  sort  of  hoist.  A  spot  about  oak  (presumed  to  be  the  top  of  a  No  rescue  bokts had  a  chance .to  12  feet' in  circumference  directly  chest).  Theii  through  22  inches  go  to­her,  for  within  15  minutes  under the limb was  softer than sur­ of  metal  in  pieces  (presumed  to be  the  "e/e"  had  passed,  and  the  rounding earth, so the  boys' started  coins),  and  then  through  8  inches  storm  struck  with  renewed  fury.  to do  some digging.  of  oak  (presumed  to be  the  bottom  Nothing happened  until  7:45 PM,  .Qontlnue  Diggiifg  of  one  chest  and  the  top  of  an­ when Surfman John Johnson  of  the  They  kept  coming  back  almost  other),  and  then  through  22  inches  Peaked  Hill  Bars Station  was walk­ every  day.  When  they  reached  a  more  of  metal  in  pieces  (more  Among  the  fayorite  tales  of  the  sea,  right  from  the  time  ing  his  lonely  patrol  along  the  depth of 40 feet„the, shovels struck  coins), and  Anally through  4 inches  when  Carthage  ruled  the  waves  of  the  Mediterranean,  have  beach.  He saw  an object  in the surf  which  turned  out  to  be  a  life  pre­ wood.  They  thought  they  had  hit  of  oak  (the  bottom  of  the  second  the  treasure,  but  it  turned  out  to  chest).  The auger also  brought  up  been  the  stories  told  of  sea  serpents,  monsters,  and  denizens  server  marked  "Steamer  Portland  • of  Portland."  be a  platform of  logs.  what was  reported to be three links  of  the deep that  only few per­­*^  sons  have  had  the  honor  of arms  as  they  slid  over  the  bul­ During  the  night,  doors,  bulbs,  At  the  same  time  they  found  from  a  gold  watch  chain.  mattresses,  deck  chairs,  spars,  and  that  people  on  the  mainland  re­ But the  water couldn't be drained  seeing and living  to tell about.  warks  and  across  the  deck.  membered  on  the  strange  lights  out  of  the  shaft,  and  the  company  «Many  of  the  stories  have  the  Ohe  of  the  tentacles  pinned  a  other  items floated  up  onto  the  on  the  island  in 1720.  Two fisher­ weht  broke.  ring  of  terrible  truth  about  them,  member  of  the  crew  against  the  beach.  men  who  went to  investigate never  A New Tunnel  while  many  others  are  plainly  the  mainmast  and  crushed  him  as  if  .  Most  of  the  debris was  from  the  returned.  .  In  succeeding  years  a  new  shaft  overworked  imagination  of  the  he  were  paper.  The  other  ten­ Portland.  At  a  depth  of  20  feet,  the  boys  118  feet  deep  was  suiik  and  then  persons  involved.  The  few,  how­ tacles quickly  encircled  the hull  of  No  survivors  or  bodies  were  hit  another  i>latform ,of  logs,  and  a,  tunnel  dug  directly  under  the  ever,  that  do  sound  like  the  truth  the  vessel.  Then  the  monster  found  on  the  beach.  Three  Wrecks  then discontinued tiieir  digging for  treasure  pit.  The  whole  thing  col­ are enough  to make  for interesting  hauled  its  ugly  body  up  on  the  Along  with  the  wreckage . from  side  of  the  ship.  a  while.  When  one.of  them  grew  lapsed and was flooded.  Apparent­ and  awe  inspiring  story  fare,  just  older he  interested Dr.  John Lynds  ly  the  treasure  had  dropped  into  as  the stories  of  overgrown species  It  hung  there  a  moment  while  the  Portland,  however,  was  some  into  forming  a  company  and  went  the  tunnel as  well.  of  the  known  types  of  marine  life.'  all  aboard  were  frozen  in  their,  debris  from  the  96­foot  schooner  back  to  the  spot.  In  1863  several  smaller  tunnels  Perhaps  one  of  the  most  awe­ tracks  by  fear.  Then,  the  monster  Eddie E.  Snow.  Later,  the  schoon­ The  digging  continued,  and  plat­ were  dug,  but  each flooded.  In  some  of  the  tales  involves  the  gave  a  lurch  and  capsized  the  er  Pentagoet  was  reported  miss­ forms of  logs were  found at  depths  1893  a  horizontal  tunnel  was  dug  schooner Pearl,  and one  of  the rea­ Pearl.  The men  aboard were flimg  ing  in  the  vicinity.  A  search  of  the  vicinity  later  of  30  feet,  40  feet,  50  feet and. 60  a  111  feet,  but  that,  too,  was  un­ sons  for  this  tale's  survival  is  that  into  the  water  and  fantically  be­ showed  that  the  hull  of  the  Snow  gan  swimming  toward  the  Strath­ feet, apparently  put  there  to  make  successful,  ^  it  is completely  documented  by  all  was on  the  a  short  distance  sure  the  surfr«ce  wouldn't  sink  and  It  was finally  decided  that  a  the  persons  aboard  two  different  more  which  had  started  over  to  away  from  bottom  the  upper  cabin  of  the  help  them.  give the spot away.  horizontal  tunnel,  leading from  the  vessels.  The  upper  cabin  of  the  More  riatferms  sea to the  treasure shaft  must have  The  incident  happened  back  in  The  monster  didn't  bother  the  Portland.  Pentagoet  was  found  bur­ .  Throughout  the  years  the  dig­ been  dug  originally  so  tharThe  1874,  while  the  150­ton  Pearl  was  men  in  the  water,  but  within min­ steamer  ied  in  the sand  on  the  beach,  right  utes  it  had  a  death  hold  on  the  near  ging  continued,  and. at  depths  of  treasure  would  be flooded.  where  the  Portland's  wreck­ sailing  within  sight  of  the  steamer  bow  of  the  Pearl,  and  before  the  70  feet  and. 80  feet,  platforms  of  An  examination  of  the  shore  of  Strathmore.  age  washed  up.  startled  eyes  of  the  men  on  the  strange fibrous  material  was.  dis­ the  island  showed five  entrances,  Bodies  Recovered  covered.­  Putty'Was  found  at  an­ all  below  the high  water  mark  and  Captain  James  Floyd  of  the  Strathmore  and  the  men  in  the  Some  36  bodies  were  eventually  Pearl, along  with some  of  the crew,  water,  the  huge  octopus  dragged  other  tier.  Finally,  at  90  feet,  a  cleverly  concealed,  which  led  to  a  recovered  from  the  Portland.  The  huge flat  stone  was  found  with  a  tunnel  that  went  to  the  treasure  spotted  a  huge  black  mass  rise  to  the  Peari  below  the  surface  of  the  other 140,  along  with  the bodies  of  the  surface  of  the  sea.  Thinking  water.  coded  message Carved  on  it.  The  shaft.  All attempts to stop the flow  the  persons  aboard  the  Snow  and  message  ­was  deciphered  to  mean  of  water, however,  Were  unsuccess­ it  might  be  some  sport,  he got  his  The  Strathmore  picked  up  the  the  Pentagoet,  were  never  found.  rifle  from  his  cabin  and  fired  a  survivors  of  the  Pearl,  except  for  ' Shortly  after  the  Portland  sank,  "forty  feet  below  two  million  ful.  two  men,  one  who  had  been  the  engine  room  clapper  of  the  pounds  are  burled."  More attempts  were made in  suc­ shot  into  the  black  mass.  crushed  against  the  mast  and  an­ proud  ship,  which  was  mounted  on  ­  On  a  Saturday  the  diggers  ceeding  years,  and  o;ne  expedition  \Beast  Enraged  other  who had  been  pinned  to  the  wood, floated  to  the  surface.  Most  reached  95  feet  and  quit  for  the  was reported  to be  in  tbe planning  weekend.  Oh  Monday  they  found  stage only'a  little more  than a  year  He  scored  a  hit,  for  the  sea  deck  by  another  tentacle.  experts  took  this  as  proof  that,  swirled  and  the  mass  turned  to  When  the  Strathmore  pqt  back  sometime  the  shaft flooded to  within  35  feet  ago.  in  the  midst  of  the  hur­ of  the  surface.  Efforts  to  pump  However,  to  this  day  nobody  show  the. large  eves  r.nd  horrible  into  port,  all  the  men  aboard  ricane  and  huge  waves,  the  Port*  it  out  proved  tfultiess,  since  the  knows  what—if  anything—^lies  green  beak  of  a  giant  octopus.  signed  sworn  ­statements,  because  land  and  the  Snow  were  hurled  to­ water seemed  to run  into the  shaft  buried  on  little  Oak  Island,  and  Crewmembers  later  estimated  that  of  the  nature  of  the  incident,  tes­ gether.  They  said  the  hull  of  the  at  better than­500  gallons per  min­ nobody has any  idea of  who buried  t£ie  monster  would  have  measured  tifying that  the  story  was  true  and  Portland  would  have  to  have  been  ute.  Apparently,  removing  the  it  there; l)uried  it  so  completely  well  over  180  feet  from  tip  to  tip  that  they  had  all  been  witnesses  split  open  in  order  to  allow  the  if  the  tentacles  had  been  spread  to  it.  rock  had  dperied  a flood  gate  de­ and  protected  it  so  wrfl.'  clapper  to float  free,  and  this  in­ The  case  of  the  Pearl  is  one  of  dicated  a  collision.  sighed  to  protect) the  treasure.  •   It  seems  unlikely,  at  best,  that  out.  Efforts  were  stopped  and  then  any  pirates  would  have  taken  the  The shot had apparently  EuH the  the  many  undoubtedly  true  stories  What  really happened  when  bet*­ resumed  some  time  later.  A  new  time, trouble and effort to bury any  beast  and  put  it  in  a  rage,­for  it  which  help  lend  a  certain  truth  to  ter than 200 persons lost  their fives  shaft  was  dug  next  to the  treasure  treasure  that  completely,  even  if  threshed  about  the  ocean  and  the  many  other  "unbelievable"  in  the  midst  of  a  howling  hurri­ pit.  It was  110 feet deep when  the  they had  the engineering skill  nec­ then  headed, for  the  Pearl.  The  stories  of  sea  serpents  and  mon­ cane  while  almost  within  sight  of  water.^ushethb} an^^floaded  J  essary) \foc\SUCfa  a  projofct. 3") )  iS;  crewmen  frantically  grabbed  axes  sters  which 'sailots have  been  tell­ sliore,  is ' some^ing  nobody ' wiO  ^  In  lff^. :^hpther  company  was  At  the  same  time , it  would  have  and hacked  at  the slimy grey­black  ing  since  the  begiiming  of  time.  ever  know.  m  • Ml  Oak Island's ^Treasure'  I  H7auqht in The iirip  Of  A  Giant  Octopns^  ..• ?  I  1  �Vare  T#elT«  iiln  'i'kx  tm  •  ' • v'­'v  k.  ISEAPAREttS  LOG  I­ I  iP'i''­­ I.  ?;'V:'.  i  B  ;  Jn^f 1i; 195t  MEET THE  SEAFARER  IN  THE  WAKE  ji^  >  EDWARD BLAHA,  messman  The  custom  of  performing:  an  mal  sniffs  the  air,  notes  the  wind  elaborate  but  burlesque  ceremony  direction, smells  the  roots  of  grass  These  days  any  youngster  who  Another  bit  of  excitement  was  off  ­at  sea  when  the equator  is crossed  and apparently seeks  other sources  quits school  and  runs off  to sea  is  the  coast  of  Cuba  when  his  ship,  of  inspiration  unknown  to  humans,  dates  back  many  centuries'  and  probably is a survival of  a  religious  then  unerringly  proceeds  to  a  Question: Why  do yon  prefer the  bound  to  be  a  sort  of  romantic  the Norwalk, rammed a  Norwegian  vessel  in  dawn  hours  mixed  with  ship's  department  you  sail  in?  exercise.  Ancient  Greek  sailors  stream or  water hole.  sensation  in  his  hometown  or  fog, and  one  man  from  the  engine  often  stopped  their  vessels  at  cer­ neighborhood.  But  when  he's, got  department was lost.  i  i  tain  points,  particularly  off  capes,  an  uncle  who's  been  feeding  him  Owing  to  the flattened figure  of  LU7S  A.  Polanco,  DM:  It's  good  Oldtimer Lost  and  offered  sacrifices  to  appease  to  be  working  on  deck,  especially  the  earth,  the  length  of  a  degree  sea stories  since he  was knee  high,  "I  remember  we  were  just  get­ the  gods  who  were  in  centred  of  weather  like  well  then  it  couldn't  have  turned  ting  up  that  morning  when  we  the seas.  By  the  time  of  the  Mid­ of  latitude varies from 69.407  miles  in  this,  even  with  near  the  poles to 68.704 miles near  dle  Ages  the  ceremony  consisted  out  any  other  way.  bumped,  and  this  oldtimer,  about  the  sun  baking  of  a  visit  from  Neptune,  although  the  equator.  Thus  the  width  of  you.  It  was  just  about  ten  years  ago,  68, ran  back to get a  picture album  At  least  if  the  torrid  zone  is  about  3,225  it was  performed  upon entering the  there's  any  cool  when  he  was  barely  16,  that  Ed  of  his  family.  He  never  made  it  tropics as  well as  crossing the Arc­ miles,  and  the  frigid  zones  are  air blowing, you'll  each  slightly  more  than  half  that  Blaha first  succumbed  to  the  web  back." Landed in Cuba, they stayed  tic Circle.  width  .  . .  Though  half  a  dozen  be sure  to feel  it.  of  adventure tales spun  by his  sea­ a  month  on  a  wild  Company­fin­ /  ^  ­ American  Presidents  were  army  I  can't  see  being  spree  because  there  was  no  Port  as  the  name  of  a  kind  of  generals,  and  several  others  had  hot  all  the  time  going  relative,  known  to  him  and  anced  transportation available for several  wine  is a  shortened form  of  Porto,  varied  military experience, none  of  in  the  engine  many  hundreds  of  other  Seafarers  weeks.  the  seaport  in  northern  Portugal  them  had  any  navy  experience  or  room  or  roasting  as "Uncle Otto" Preussler.  Follow­ Then  in  1945  the  Army  got  its  which  ranks second  only  to  Lisbon  connection  with  ships.  The  clos­ in  the  galley  nursing ,a  pot.  ing  in  the  tradition  of  his  uncle,  hooks  into  him,  and  he  wound  up  in  population  and  irnportarice.  The  est  any  of  them  came  was  in  the  he  started  in_the  stewards  depart­ ^  a.  a  transport  unit  for  a  year  in  Portuguese  refei  to  the  city  as  O  case  of  both  Roosevelts,  Theodore  ment, a field in which "Uncle Otto"  in  Porto,  literally  "the  port,"  but  in  and  Franklin  D.,  each  of  whom  H.  D.  "Rebel"  Fouche,.  FWT:  had  held  sway  for  some  35  years  Korea.  Ed  made  a  lot  of  native  friends  around  Kunsan  during  English  and  certain  other  lan­ served  as  Assistant  Secretary  of  I've  been sailing  in  the engine  de­ up  untilthen.  those 12 months,  but once  when  he  partment, for  20  guages the  article O  is made  a part  tlie Navy  at one time.  Broke  In  With  Otto  was out of  the service and returned  years  because  it's  of  the  name  itself.  The  name  of  On  his first  ship,  a  coastal  coal  there  on  a  ship  in  1949,  a  lot  of  t  4"  4^  the  only  depart­ the country  is derived  from that  of  ment fit  to  work  batge  named  the  Rineridge,  he  changes  had  been  made.  This,  the  city  . .  .  Madeira,  another  fa­ The  sailor's "peajacket"  took  its  in.  In  the  black  sailed  under  the oldtimer  to  break  was  during  the  Communist  build­ mous wine, originated to  the south­ name,  not  from  the  garden  vege­ gang  at  lea'St  in  properly,  but  after  a  few  trips,  up  which  eventually  produced  the  west  on  the  Portuguese  island  of  table,  but  from  the  Dutch  word  for  woolen,  which  is  identical  to  you've  got  your  "Uncle  Otto"  pronounced  him fit  Korean  war  in  June,  1950.  that  name.  The  island  was  called  choice,  hot  or  for  deep­sea  sailing  and  sent  him  In  the period since  the Army  up  Madeira  because  it  was  so  thickly  it  in  sound... Since  the  greater  cold.  When  it's  off  on  his  own.  He  then  threw  in  to the  present, Ed  has neeh' S^iling  wooded  when  the  Spanish  and  part  of  Greenland  is  covered  cold,  you  warm  for  a  job  on  the  Robin  Locksley,  SIU  ships  continuouslyV  both  Portuguese first  visited  it. Madeira  with  ice  and  snow  "Whiteland"  up by  the boilers.  heading  for  Africa,  Ascension  Is­ freighters and  passenger Yuns.  He  would  have  been  a  more  appro­ actually  means  timber  or  forest.  priate  name  for  the  island­eonti­ When  it's  hot,  you  can  cool  off  land  and  nearby  ports.  did  make another trip with "Uncle  4.  by  the  ventilators.  It's  as  simple  Another'reason for sailing in the  Otto,"­this time on the old Seatrain  Use­of  the. name  Enoch  Arden  nent, but  according  to legend, Eric  as  that.  galley, he  noted, was  that he'd got­ Texas,  but  their  paths  haven't  for  a  law  providing  for  a  divorce,  the Red  named it Greenland  in the  ­ ten  just  a  little  taste  of  it  from  crossed  since.  annulment  or  exemption  from  lia­ year  985  to  induce  colonists  from  4^/4"  4*  bility'on  the  ground  of  an  unex­ Iceland  to  settle  in  the  new  coun­ 'Vincent  Genco,  AB:  Well,  I  training  in  a  New  York  City  high  Settling Down  plained  absence  of  a  husband  or  try.  Evidently  the  ruse  paid  off,,  started  sailing  during  the  war  jmd  school  with  a  specialty  in  food  Married  now  over  a  year,  he  trades.  wife  for five  to  seven  years  was  for  the  old  Scandinavian  naviga­ it  seemed  to  me  figures  he's  had  enough  of , travel­ tor  had  no  difficulty  getting  peo­ "When  I got  back  after  my first  ing around  just the  way he pleased  suggested  by  the  story  of  a  ship­ a  good  place  to  ple . to  go  with  him  on  his  next  long trip  on the Locksley,  I had  to  and  really  has  to  begin  thinking  wrecked  sailor  in  a  poem  by  Ten­ be  was  in  the  make  peace  with  the  folks  as  well  of  a  family.  "Otto talked  me  right  nyson  published  in  1864.  In  the  voyage there.  deck  department,  as the  truant officer  who  was mak­ off  poem,  a  sailor  called  Enoch  Arden  4.  t  i  since  being  out  the  altar  twice  before  because  ing me  his number  one  boy.  After  he  said  if  a  sailor  got  married  it  returned  home  after  being  ship­ Japanese  merchant  ships  usually  in the open would  that  I  went  back  to  the  SIU  hall  was  his  downfall;  but  things  are  wrecked  for  several  years  to find  have the  word  maru added  to their  be the fastest way  and  continued  shipping  regularly  different  his  wife,  who  had  supposed  him  names  to  distingpish  them  from  to  the  lifeboats.  now.  Everybody's  pretty  right  through  the  war.  I  sailed  well  used  to  the idea  of  my  going  dead, happily married  to his friend.  warships  and  other  craft, as  in  the  got  a  release  with  the  Union  from  the start  be­ right  on  sailing  and  with  the  SIU  Rather  than  wreck  the marriage  of  Awobasan  Maru,  one  of  Japan's  from a  war  job to  cause  my  uncle  made  it  plain  that  a  his  wife  and  friend,  he  goes  away  newest  freighters,  the  Fujiharu  sail as a  cook, but  man  can't  do  anything  better.'"  was  the  only  way  a  man  should  without  making himself  known  and  Maru,.Masashima Maru and  others.  couldn't  see  doing  that  at all.  Ed's  been  on  the  beach  for  a  sail,  and  how  right  he  was."  Isn't  heard from  again.  There  is  considerable  dispute  as  ­  4f  t  t  while  studying  under  the  GI  Bill  to  how  the  word  came  to  gain  its  In  the  war  years,  he  made  a  4*  4'  4*  *  Natives  of  South  Africa  use  a  significance.  In  both  Chinese  and  Jim  "Whitey"  Cann,  AB:  The  couple  of  convoy  runs, winding  up  because  he eventually  wants to  try  captive  variety  of  baboon  as a "di­ Japanese it means something round  deck  department  is the  best in  the  in  England  in  '43  during  the  Lon­ his  hand  at  being  a  cook.  "If  I  SIU and I've been  don  blitz and  in  Murmansk  in  '44.  keep sailing  and  put  my schooling  vining  rod"  foiflocating  water.  In  or  circular,  so  that  one  belief  is  to  work,  I'll  be  able  to  build  that  sailing  with  the  arid  regions, it  is  said,  the  natives  that  it  may  have  been  originally  "They  didn't  have  any  special  nest  egg  for a  house  that  the  wife  SIU since 1 start­ deplrive  captive chacma  baboons of  I  applied, in the  sense of  a  circle^ to  ed  going  to  sea  trouble  mort  of  the  way  to  Russia,  and  I  have  our  ?ye  on.  One  water  for  several  days  while  giv­' ships  which  started  from  and  re­ except  a  few  times  when  Gei^an  of  those  Far  East  runs  with  SIU  six  years  ago.  ing  them  salty  food  to  make  them  tumed  to  a  given  point,  making  planes  tried  to  scatter  the  convoy  pay  and  conditions  <fught  to  get  it  like  working  out­ thirsty.  When  released,  the  ani­ a  complete round  trip.  doors  and  you're  and  pick  ojf  special  targets.  going  in  grand  style."  always  sure  of  plenty  of  fresh  air  when  you  work, in  the  deck  gang.  You're  not  cramped  into  ACROSS  DOWN  11.  Lightweight  34.  Seatraders  ship  light  places all  the time  either.  champ,  1902  37  «  ,jo„­ 1.­ SlU  contract  Thq 18 to 20­year­olds  registered  ... Russia  admitted  that  Sevasto­ 1.  Slow  —  —  16.  Clock  sound  B.  Waterman  cargo  2.  So  be  it  for  the  dr^t  throughout  the  na­ pol  had  fallen  to  the  Nazis.  . . .  20.  Label  Cleans  cotton  t  t  4.  out of San Pedro  3.  Low  reefs  22­.  —  Burr,  3rd  VP  41.  Legal  papers  tion. ... Some  800  refugees  ar­ 8.  Algerian  port  H. Ekker, oiler: You  can take  my  rived  in  New  ITork  aboard  the  The SIU  hit  Collier's  magazine  for  4.  Student  recruits:  Pert,  to  prisons  43.  Bark  used  as  25.  Cow's  stomach  cloth  12.  Gen.  Bradley  abbr.  word  for  it  that  the  black  gang  is  Drottningholm  and  were  put  printing  an  article  which  con­ 26.  Friend,  in  Paris  44.  Sharp  demned  American  seamen  as  13.  Puerto  Rlcoi  5.  British  ship,  the  best  gang  oh  27.  Cloth  used  in  46.  Region  product  20,186  tons  thrllirgh  the  most  intensive  cus­ physically  and  morally  unfit.  . . .  ­work  clothes  47.  Leave  out  the  ship.  I've  6.  Magic  14.  Atop  —  side  48.  Constructed  toms  and  immigration  examina­ Tola  Rose  beat  Whlrlaway to  break  7.  Grinding  wheel  28.  been sailing down  30.  Our  union  49.  Again  is. —  Mariner,  new  8.  Fly  tion  in  history.  A  small  acmy  of  the  Empire  record. ... US  subs  31.  Tracks  over  51.  Sea  eagle  cargo,  ship  there for 13 years  9.  Not  in  the  government  men  took  four  days to  sank  three  Japahese  destroyers  streets  53.  Owns  17.  Bird  seen  at  sea  States  and  I'm  not  one  clear  the  passengers  off  the  ship,  and  damaged  another  in  a  raid  in  Puzzle  Answer  on  Page  27.  18.  Printers*  meas­ 10.  Roman  ruler  bit  sorry.  The  ures  and  even  then  300  were  held  for  the Aleutians.  engine  depart­ 1  2  3  9  10  II  15.  Lifeless  further investigation.  . . i The  SIU  ment  gives  you  31.  Fish  eggs  •  4^  4­  t  filed a  request foV higher and  more  12  the  best  chance  32.  Part  of  play  inclusive  bonuses.  The  28  top  leaders  of  the  Bund  of  advancement  33.  Complains  15  were  indicted  and  a  wholesale  4^  4>  t  38.  Waterman  ship  too,  and  that's no  The first  group of  women  to  join  roundup  of  leaders  and  members  39.  Water  birds  small consideration  as far as wages  IB  (2.1  the new  WAAC  were sworn  in  and  took  place  with  well  over  200  ar­ 82.  River  in  China  are  concerned.  33.  Distress  caU  made  prepiarations  for  their  train­ rests.  ... The  Nazis  announced  24  3S.  Fix  4f  4!'  4f  ing.  The  Navy  began to talk about  that  they  had  sunk  22 ships  out  of  Drunks  25  26  27  28  setting up  a  women's auiliary  simi­ a,33­ship  convoy  headed  for  Rus­ 129  30  3t  Abdul  Hassan, galley  utilityman:  iss.  Flying  horse  I've been  sailing 20 years, half  of  it  lar  to the Army's  WAAC. . •  . The  sia.  The  great  majority ef  the  20  40.  Chew  32  135  42.  Trouble  in  the  SIU,  and  American  League  won  the  All­Star  American  ships 1:^ the  memorable  43.  Chinese  pagoda a  I've  always  stajf  Game  3  to  1 with  the  homers  of  "July  Fourth  Convoy"  were  SIU­ 36  '45.  It  looks  like  a  39  •   shrimp  r­  .  ed  with  the stew­ Boudreau  and  York. . . . The SIU,  manned. . . . the American League  47.  He  fought  140  ards  department.  by  fast and  strong  action,  stopped  All­S^rs  trampled  over  the  All­ 1^  Charles  in  '51  80.  Palestine  port  Of  coiirsf,  some  the  plans \bf­ the  Carpenter  Steam­ Service  All­Stars  5  to  0.  . . . The  43  44  46  62.  Sailor  from  |47  48  49  men  in .the  crew  ship  Company  to  import "  Fiji  SIU ­told  seamen  to  be  sure  they  Dublin  84.  Where  to  tie  up  can  makd  : you  Islanders to  man its ships for slave  made  clear  their  status as  seamen  50  152  53  85.  A  number  sweat  a  bit some­ weges. . . . Over 1,000  bombers  hit  if  tjiey  were  captureiF  by  the  86.  Helper  54  155  times, but  I've al­ Bremen. ,  enemy  since  the  prison  catnpg  87.  Port  near  Red  |S6  Sea  •   ways ­  thought; it  maintained for Seamen  were usual­ 88.  —  Sack  158  JNizzle  TEN  YEABS  AGO  •  1  57  O'y  1  9­ "tc' ;  1  159  I'll  Yfas,  a*Dreto  im­ portant  de^nmll^Dt' h'n  campa*  �FrWay, Jnly  ll, 1$5»  ~"'  .  ThiiieeB  SEAFARERS  LOG  SEAFARERS # LOG  'We Need  Every  Man'  :1  Vol.  XIV  No.  14  Jily  11.  1952  thiblished  biweekly  by  tbe  Seafarers  International  Union.  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District,  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  NY.  Tel.  STerling  8­4871.  PAut  BALL,  Secretary­TTeaswrer  Sdiior.  HERBERT  BRAHO;  Managina  Editor.  RAT  DENISON;  Art  Editor.  BERMARI)  SEAMAN:  Pftoto  Editor.  DAnva  NttvA­  Staff  Writer*.  HERMAN  AarBtm.  IRWIN  SnVAcat  ART  PERFALL:  Gulf  Area  Reporter,  BILL  MOODY.  •   Maritime Booby­Trap  .  It  is  no  secret  that  the  maritime  industry  is  disappointed  •  with  the  final  version  of  the  Long­Range  Shipping  Bill,  Jt  Disability Pay  falls  well  short  of  what  the SIU  and  others  in  the  industry  ^Is WonderfuV  had  hoped  for  after  kicking  around  for  a  year  in  the  house.  To  the  Editor:  But  no sooner  had  the  bill  passed  than  the  LOG  learned  of  I  have  read  "Uncle  Otto's"  copy  new  plans afoot  to  booby­trap  our  merchant fleet  by  giving  of  the  SEAFABERS  LOG  and  I  away "50  Libertys to  a  Japanese company.  These would  be in  am  astonished  at  the  good  deeds  addition  to 48  LST's which  wUl suddenly  become "obsolete."  the  Union  does  The sponsor  of  this deal,  which  wbuld  involve special  leg­ for  the  members  and  their  fam­ islation by­passing the ship sale ban,  may be none other  than  ilies.  "Uncle  Ot­ the  Defense  Department.  to"  stays  with  us  It  has long  been  known  that  powerful  groups in  Washing­ at  our  place  and  ton  oppose  "the  development  of  a  strong  US  merchant fleet.  is  living  in  his  The State  Department  for  one feels  that  foreign  nations are  trailer  home.  entitled  to  increase  their  dollar  earnings  at  the  expense^ of  appreciates  the  American shipping.  The Treasury argues against shipping tax  help  he  gets  , deferments  but is silent  about deferments in other  industries.  through  the  Wel­ Preussler  fare  Plan.  Since  It is  a shock  to  learn  that  the Defense  Department, which  should  realize  the  importance  of  oilr  merchant fleet,  might  that  time  his  physical  and  mental  sponsor this  latest giveaway.  For obviously,  all its prepared­ condition  is  greatly  improved  be­ j  ness ,pilans  for  a  possible  emergency  will  be  useless  unless  cause  he  gets  his  weekly  benefits  regularly  on  Monday.  . there is a  modern merchant fleet  to carry  them out.  Needless  to  say  the  SIU will  make  every  effort  to  defeat  Now  "Uncle  Otto"  waits  for  the  mailman  every  Monday  morning  '.J ^  ?•   T  this proposal,  and  believes that  the Defense  Department  has  for  his  check  and  then  he  walks  a lot  of  tall explaining  to do.  to  town  which  is  a  mile  away.  '  ­  ji  • 31  As I See It  by  PAUL  HALL  t­ Somehow  he finds  his  way  there  and  sometimes  someone  that  is  a  'T'HROUGHOUT  THE  NATION  helping  their  ovra  is  the  case  of  good­natured  citizen  of  Port  this  past  week,  interest  .was  Brother  Robert  Nicolai.  As  re­ .  When the SIU Welfare Plan reached its second anniversary,  Orange  picks  him  up  and  takes  ported  in  the  last  issue  of  the  spotlighted  on  the  Republican  Na­ LOG,  Brother  Nicolai  was left  with  July 1, it could  boast of  two notable  years.  But  more impor­ him  home.  tional  Convention  in  Chicago,  the  problem  of finding  a  home  for  tant, the Plan  is in such excellent shape  that the way is  wide  Lives  In  Trailer  open for expansion  into new  and  untouched fields.  where  delegates  are  meeting  to se­ his  two  small  boys  when  his  wife  In  those  two  years  the  Plan  aided  great  numbers  of  Sea­ "Uncle  Otto"  lives  in  an  18­foot  lect  the  party's  presidential  can­ passed  away  in  childbirth.  We  are  farers, as well as families of  men who passed on.  It gave hun­ trailer  which  has  lights,  water,  a  didate  and  to  draw  up  a  platform.  happy  to  say  that  four  families  dreds of  hospital  patients $15  a  week  every  week  as long  as  refrigerator  and  a  two­burner  With  many  serious  matters  oc­ who  have  sons  or  relatives  in  the  they  have  been  hospitalized.  Among  them  are  patients who  kerosene  stove.  He  does  his  own  cupying  the  nation  on  the  labor  industry  have  offered.  to  open  their  homes  to  his  children.  have  been on  the benefits'  list ever since  the Plan started.  It  cooking  and  housekeeping.  front,  such  as  the  steel  strike,  it  was  the  Welfare  Plan Jhat ^aved a  widovv  and  four  children  Sometimes  he  misplaces  his  would  seem  that  the  Republican  4  4  4  from  eviction  with  a  $2,500  death  benefit  check.  This  same  foods  and  I  have  to  come  over  party  leaders  would  have  taken  a  A  FTER  A  GOOD  DEAL  OF  Plan  took a  blind Seafarer out  of  a poorhouse and  put him  in  to  his  trailer  and find"  them  for  position  on  labor  problems.  battling  back  and  forth  Con­ a  decent  home.  him  because  he  can't  read  the  But  in  a­wbole  week  of  speech­ gress  has  passed  some  kind  of  making,  interviews  and  arguments,  Seafarers .are  usually  pictured  as  hard­boiled,  rough­and­ labels  on  his  canned  goods.  Long­Range  shipping  bill.  It's  not  ready fellows.  The operators in years past used  this aji­as ex­ "Uncle Otto" is felling better iftw.  not a  single  word  was said one  way  exactly  what  your  Union  felt  was  or  another  on  the  question.  It  is  cuse  for  denying  the  men  protection  and  security.  Rough­ His  nerves  are  quieted  down  a  lot.  also  noteworthy  that  an  outstand­ best  for  the  industry  and  the  na­ and­ready  or  not,  the Seafarer  is still  vulnerable  to  disease,  His  artificial  eye  keeps  him. busy  ing  Republican  liberal  such  as  tion,  and  there, is still  much  to  be  fixing  it  straight.  When  he  tries  injury and death, and has to pay his bills like the next fellow.  Senator  Wayne  Morse  of  Oregon,  to  look  at  those  beautiful  Florida  done  in  the  way  of  legislation  be­ When  the Plan  picks up the  tab for his baby's birth or  helps  beauties  the  eye  just  won't  stand  is  apparently  out  in  the  cold  inso­ fore  the  maritime  industry  is  on  him  w:hen  he  is  ill,  it  is  giving  him  aid  he  was  denied  all  for  that.  Sometimes  he  looks  too  far  as  having  a  say  at  the  conven­ a  sound  footing.  tion  or  in  the  development  of  its  through  the years.  hard  and  it  just  jumps  out  in  his  While  some  people  in  Washlngf­ This  Plan  is  Union­run  for  the  Seafarer.  There'^  no  in­ lap  and  he  has  a  hard  timq find­ policies.  ton  can't  see  their  way  clear  to  Sidestepping  is ho  substitute  lor  surance outfit  taking a  big chunk of  the income and  tying up  ing  it  again.  build  the  American  merchant  mar­ dealing  squarely  with  issues  that  seamen  in  yjurds  of  red  tape.  The  big  savings  from  Union  If  I  had  enough  wi­iting  paper  ine  subsidized  foreign  ships  sail  operation  show  up  as  substantial  reserves  which  are  assur­ I  would  copy  some  of  his  stories  ^e  so  vital  to  many  millions  of  into our  harbors in increasing num­ ance  that  the Plan  will  be able  to add  more  benefits for  the  out  of  his  diary  while  he  was  in  the  citizens  of  this  nation.  bers  every  day,  and  subsidized  A,  it  the  merchant  marine  and  send  Seafarer and his family.  agriculture  and  industry  continue  them  to  you.  jyjUCH  HAS  BEEN  WRITTEN  to  strengthen  their  positions  for  ir  4­  4*  Live Like  Citizen  and  said  about  the  brother­ the  country's  best  interests.  I  think  it  is  wondeeful  what  hood  that  exists  among  men  who  It's  hard  to  see  the  logic  in  the  The  subject  of  Union­administered  Plans  brings  to  mind  the  Union  is  doing  for  the  dis­ go  to  sea.  While  the  shipping  in­ arguments  used  to  weaken  tne  that  the first  Union­operated  Vacation  Plan  in  maritime  has  abled  Seafarers  and  also  Seafarer  dustry  is a  business  like any  other,  Long­Range  bill.  It  would  surely  be  a  tragedy  if  tomorrow  we  have  paid  over $I  million  in  benefits since  February.  seafaring  men  have  a  habit  of  go­ to turn  around and  look  for  a  fast,  When  the  Union  ventured  into  this  untried field,  there  Joe  Germano  to  let  him  know  that  ing  out  of  their  way  to  help  each  modern  merchant fieet  were  skeptics who said  that it  was impossible for  a vacation  he  can  live  like  a  civilifed  citizen  other  out.  TPhat's  one  of  the  tradi­ to  serve  American  the  country  fn  an  emer­ instead of a  bum  or a  tramp before  plan  to work  in  vjew of  the irregularity  of  maritime employ­ gency  and  the  ships  just  aren't  tions of  the game.  ment.  The skeptics are silent  now because the SIU Plan  has  he  passes on  from this  world.  This  It  was  like  that  last  week  when  available  to  do  the  job.  worked  with  remarkable  efficiency  and  each  day  pays  cash  could  have  happened  to  "Uncle  Brother  Mario  Reyes  on  the  Bea­ 4  4  4  Otto"  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  trice  learned  of  the  tragic  death  to  Seafarers  who  never  had  paid  vacations  before.  good  brothers  of  the  Seafarers  of  his  son  back  in  Staten  Island.  TN A  MATTER  OF WEEKS  NOW,  4­  4  4>  Union.  Many  thanks  to  you  and  The Beatrice  was on  its way  to San  your  Union  will  start  negotia­ your  brothers  in  the  Union.  Juan  at 'the  time  but  the  skipper  tions  with  its  contracted  operators  The  March  7th  LOG  carried  a  story  charging  that  the  I  hope  you  enjoyed  the  4th  of  of  that  ship and  of  the  cruise  ship  for  a  new  agreement.  A  reminder  nation's  ports  were  wide  open  to  potential, spies  and  sabo­ July  holidays  and  enjoy  a  cool  Puerto  Rico  heading  back  to  New  is  in  order  that  all  hands  should  as  it  is  pretty  hot  here  in  York  arranged  to  meet  in  mid­ teurs  who  could  come  and  go  on  foreign  ships  because  of  spot  this  section  of  Florida.  "Uncle  Ot­ ocean so  that Reyes could  be  trans­  keep  on  the  ball,  so  that  the  com­ loopholes  in  our  port  'security.  This  story  attracted  a  great  to"  goes  around  in  his  short  pants  ferred  and  come  back  home.  i  mittee  can  keep  the  negotiating  deal of  attention  in  the press and  in Congress.  and  sweats  like  a  steam,  boiler.  When  the  'crew  of  the  Puerto  sessions  pin­pointed  on  the  issues  Now  the. Saturday  Evening  Post  is  making  the  security  1  will  close  for  now  hoping  to  Rico  learned  of  Reyes'  loss  they  and  not  have  to  dissipate  any  of  expose the major  feature of  its July 19th  issue which  will be  hear  from  you  soon.  did  something  that  has  become  its  energies  in  dealing  with  oper­ on  the  newsstands  next  Wednesday.  Mrs.  June  Kovpr  natural  among  Seafarers—held  a  ators'  squawks  about  isolated  in­ The security  story is  just  one way  in  which  the LOG  tries  stances  of  a  guy  fouling  up  here  {Ed.  note: "Uncle  Otto"  Preuss­ tarpaulin  muster  and  raised  quite  and  there.  to give  its readers a. picture of  what is going  on  in  maritime.  ler,  a  veteran  of  AQ  years  bt  sea,  a nice chunk  of  cash  to help  Broth­ By pointing out  these conditions  frona  time  to time the LOG  was  compelled  The  best  way  to  push  ahead  in  to retire  because  of  er  Reyes  get  back  home  imme­ contractual  gains  is­  by  observing.  ill  health.  He  is  now  receiving  the  diately.  '  Ainotl^er  , A"""  the'i>r«Sehftjsj^efthaent  Welfare Plan  Birthday  Solid Success  More On Security  • W'  i'''  �te:  •:  Vagc  FonrtccD  . •   • : 11  ­  n  Fridagr,  July  )ll, 1958  SEAFARERS  LOG  •  vS:'",  v­v.­'  V^­ ­•  ft­ ••  ­:.­ ".•  .­   .••••   '• •  ­•• ';• "•  "  "­.  .  '• '  ^^•   •   •  ­.  : .  ­­i;.  .1  •   • »•   •  Iv^H:  J  •  ,.•   fe' • •   ;  A­AAA;E^A V,;AE .  '  '  A  SE­'­V" '  ­,• /  m^: ^• •   :  (Illustrations  Courtesy  of  The Feabody  Museum,  Salem,  Mass.)  I  •   f­ The Mystery Off  The  Mary  Celeste!  The  ship  without  a. crew.  Of  all  the  stories  told  about  ships  and  the  sea  probably  none  have  captured  the  imagination  of  people everywhere  more than  the case of  this brigan­ tine  that  was  found  sailing  in  seaworthy  condition  with not a soul of  her complement  on board.  Mary  Celeste  was  built  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1861  and  named the  Amazon until  she  was  transferred  to  American  registry  • and re­named  Mary  Celeste  In  1868.  Typical  small  windjammer ^f  her  time,  she  made  long  voyages  to  Europe,  South  America  and  the  Caribbean.  Overall,  she  measured  99  feet,  with  a  25­foot beam.  Being a  brigantine, Mary Celeste  was  square­rigged  on  the  fore  mast  and  fore  'n  aft  rigged  on  the  main.  In  1872  this  little  vessel—dest'ned  to  become  the  number one,  all­time mystery  of  the sea—was  loaded  by  her  owners,  the  J.  H.  Winchester  Company  of  New  York  C!lty,  with  a  cargo  of  alcohol  for  Genoa,  Italy.  As master for the  voyage, the owners engaged  Cap­ tain  Benjamin  Spooner  Briggs,  a  38­year­old  captain  of  considerable  experience  from  Wareham,  Mass.,  who  had  acquired  a  one­third  interest  in  the  vesseL  MARY  CELESTE  The  voyage  being  to  waters  in  which  he  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  had  sailed  on  their  honey­ moon,  he  took  her along,  together  with  their  little  daughter,  Sophia  Matilda.  A  son,  Arthur,  was  left  at  home  because  he  had  to attend  school.  A  Good  crew  Before  leaving  New  York,  the  captain  said  in  a  letter  home  that  he  seemed  to  have  a  good  crew  and  was  ,glad  they  did  not  appear  to  be  trouble­ makers.  As  was common  in  American ships  of  that  period,  the fore mast  hands were  aliens. The  four  ABs were  Boz  and,  Volkort  Lorenzen,  brothers;  Arian  Martens  and  Gottlieb  Gpodschaad.  First  mate  of  the  mystery  ship  wlas  Albert  G.  Richardson,  a  native  of  Maine  and  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War.  Sailing  as  second  mate  was  Andrew  Gilling, a  Dane.  Steward­cook was  Edwafd W.  Head,  a young  bridegroom from New  York. He  was married  just  before  the voyage.  Mary  Celeste  loaded  1,700  barrels  of  alcohol  at  .pier  50,  East  River,  and  cleared  New  York  Nov.  7,  1872.  A  Nova  Scotia  brigantine,  the  Dei  Gratia,  left  New  York  just  eight  days  later  with  a  cargo  of  bar­ I;  M—  '  wr  Bf  iZ^, hc/rfra,j(mc  " m'7/*  jr,'  t  vAtth,  'hiw'hjif­x,  y.  'CijpxAtJ^^ j  ^  f  a fa J  latyfu  Typical early vessel  record is the Atlantic  Mutual Insurance Company's registry  of  the  Mary  Celeste.  It  notes she  was for­ merly the  Amazon, launched  May,  1861, at  Parrsboro,  NS, and describe^  her as  a ''half­brig," in  contrast to  earlier registra­ tton  ag  ."hrigantine­rigge(L"  The  record  also  shows  changes in  ownershij^  apd  mgg^r^ j^.weU.gjg^varioua.rpAa^ .  ,  relied,  petroleum,  scheduled  to  stop  at  Gibraltar  for  orders.  From  the  time  that  the  New  York  pilot  took  let­ ters  ashore  for^ Captain  and  Mrs.  Briggs,  nothing  ..  has  ever  been  heard  of  them  or  their  crew.  Their  fate  still  remains  a  puzzle  that  will­probably  never  be  solved.  On  Wednesday,  December  4,  1872,  the  Dei  Gratia  was  heading  toward  Gibraltar,  sailing  on  a  course  SE by  IT from the  Azores, when  Captain David  More­ house  and  the  man  at  the  wheel  sighted  a  sailing  vessel  several  miles  away  on  a  course  that'  would  cross  their  own.  ^  Sailors are  always attracted  to another ship  at sea,  and  they  looked  at  the  vessel  through  the  glasses  to  isee  who  she  might  be.  Yawing  About  Even' a  quick  glance  showed  Captain  Morehouse  that  the  stranger  was  acting  erratically,  Rawing  about  and  with  only  three  sails  set,  despite«the  favorable  weather.  This  historic  meeting  was  at  30  degrees,  20  min­ utes  north  latitude;  17  degrees,  15  minutes  west  longitude.  s.  No signals of  distress were  visible on  the stranger,  and  when  they  came  up  to  her,  no  one  answered  their  hails.  Not  a  person  was  on  her  decks  and  no  one  appeared  from  beloW.  The ship seemed  to  be a  derelict.  (^aptain  Morehouse  ordered  a  boat  over  to  inves­ tigate  under  first  mate  Oliver  Deveau  and  two  seamen.  •   Strange  indeed  was  the  sight  that  greeted  these ,  men  as  they  made  a  painter  fast  to  the  low  rail  of  the  brigantine .and  climbed  onto  her  deck.  No one  did they see on  deck, in  the after cabin,  the  galley, the  foc'sle  or  the hold.  Deveau  and  his  companions  from  the  Dei  Gratis,  according  to  testimony  given  before  a  British  ad­ miralty  court  in  Gibraltar,  saw  oilskins,  boots  and  even  pipes,in the  foc'sle as  though the  crew had  left  in a  big hurry.  Personal  effects  of  Captain  Briggs,  his  wife  and  child  were  found  in  the  after  cabin,  along  with  an  harmbniHin,  sewing  machine  and: ^desk  containing  �Friday, July ii, 195S  seemed  to  be  missing  were  the  chronometer,  sex*  tant  and  ship's  papers.  A  child's  toy  lay  scattered  on the  cabin floor as though  the young daughter bad  been  playing  there  at  the  time  the  crew  vanished.  Pots and  pans from  the last meal had  been washed  i  and  hung up  in  the  galley.  Contrary  to flights  of  fancy  Indulged  by  many  writers over  the years, including one that  told about  an  egg  and  two  cups  of  tea  nn  the  saloon  table,  Mr.  Deveau  asserted  before  the  court  that  they  saw  no food  on  the  tables  or  being  cooked  in the  galley.  This  seemed  to  be  evidence  that  the  vessel  was  desNted  about  midway  between  the clean­up  of  one  me.al  and  the  preparation  of  another.  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pare  Fifteea  The  year 1872,  of  course,  was  long  after  the  age  of  pirates  In European  waters and  this theory  does not  explain  the  missing  ship's  boat  or  the  fact  that,  ac­ cording  to  the  men  from  the  Dei  Gratia,  there  was  no  blood  or  other  signs  of  conflict  on  her  deck.  In  1918  an  article  was  printed  in  a  British  maga­ zine  purporting  to  be  an  interview  with  a  man  named  Abel  Fosdyk,  "sole  survivor  of  the  Mary  Celeste."  Platfi.rm  for  Girl?  Sailor  Fosdyk  said  that  Captain  Briggs. had  the  bosun  build  a  kind  cf  platform  on  the  bow  of  the  ship  so  the  little  girl  could  play  around  the  bow­ sprit as  the vessel coursed  over the  Atlantic.  Differences  In  Stories  Later,  he  said,  the  captain  and  mate  decided  to  have  a  swimming  race  around  the  vessel  during  a  Some  writers  tell  of  the  derelict's  sails  being  all  calm.  As  they finished  the  race  at  the  bow,  all  set  and  in  perfect  order,  whereas  Mr.  Deveau  and  hands  crowded  onto  the­  platform  built  for  the  Captain  Morehouse  testified  that  only  j^b  and  fore  little  girl  and  it  collapsed,  throwing  them  into  the  topmast  staysail  were  set,  with  the  lower  fore  top­ sea.  sail  hanging  loosely  and  the  mainsail  laying  on  top  Only member of  the family  who did  not make  the ill­fated voy­ This  is  an  improbable  story  and  does  not  explain  of  the  forward  deckhouse.  Several  sails  had  blown  age, Arthur Stanley  Briggs. then seven,  is shown  with his  mother  away  and  the  others  were  furled.  where  Abel  Fosdyk  was  all  the  years  between  1872^ •   some  time  before  the ship  saiied.  Arthur was left in school to  be  abd  1913.  Moreover,  the  ship's  articles  show  no  A  complete  arid  factual  expositiim  of  the  testi­ cared  for  by  his  grandmother  until his  parents  returned.  Abel  Fosdyk,  although  there  being  no  discharge  mony  at  the  court  of  admiralty  is  set  forth  in  the  books  used  by  seamen  in  those  days,  there .was  best  book  on  the Mary  Celeste  case:  "Mary*Celeste,  nothing  to  prevent  a  man  from  using  an  alias  in ^  the  Odyssey  of  an  Abandoned  Ship,"  by  Charles  siiriing  on  for  a  voyage..  Unexplained,  too,  is  the  Edey  Fay,  a  book  that  should  be  in  every  maritime  absence of  the ship's boat  library.  The  element  of  fact  backing  this  story,  which  has  The  boarding  party  found  the  binnacle  damaged  been  widely  quoted,  is  that  two marks  were visible,  and  compass  destroyed.  Both  the  fore  hatch  and  one on each  bow  of  the. Mary  Celeste,  when  she was­ the  lazarette  hatch^ had  been  removed.  There  was  discovered.  The  Admiralty  court,  however,  did  not  plenty  of  food and Vater  on  board.  «  seem to find these  marks significant  or interesting  in  Soundings showed  three and  one­half  feet of  water  its  investigation.  in  the  hold,  and  the  forward  deck  house,  which  in­ Fosdyk,  incidentally,  says  he  clung  onto  some  cluded  the  galley,  had"water  in  it  up  to  the  coam­ debfis  from  the'broken  platform  and  drifted  to  the  ings.  coast  of  Africa  (hundreds  of  miles  away).  This seemed  alanning at first,  but  when  the  Mary  That a  maniac killed  the crew  is still  another sug­ Celeste  was  pumped out and  no more  water showed  .  gestion  and  one  which  is  certainly  not  impossible,  during  the  voyage  to  Gibraltar,  it  seemed  evident  for  crazy  men  have  run  amuck  on  many  vessels  at  that  the  water had  come  in  from a  heavy  sea.  When  he  look  command  of  A  playing  platform  built  for  sea,  killing  their  mates  until  being  subdued.'  the  Mary  Celeste  in  1872,  After  a  long  and  protracted  taking  of  testimony  two­year­old  Sophia  Matilda  As  the  outstanding  authority  on  the  Mary  Celeste  Captain  Benfamln  Spooner  and  surveys  of  the  derelict  at  Gibraltar,  the ^men  Briggs figured  in  one  of  the  case and  one  who  has  taken great  pains to  assemble  Briggs  was  already  well­ of  the  Dei\3ratia  were  allowed  salwgc  money  for  theories  offered  to  explain  the  facts  from  the fiction  about  this  mystery  ship,  known  as a  master­mariner.  finding and  bringing  iff  the  Mary  Celeste  and  her  the  mystery.  Mr.  C. E.  Fay  advances this  possibility  for her  aban­ cargo.  The court expressed  itself  as being reluctant  donment.  to  grant  the  claim  and, hinted  that,  somehow  or  He  points  out  that  the  Mary  Celeste  had  encoun­ other,  the  crew  of  the  Dei  Gratia  were  involved  in  tered  stormy  weather  touring  her  crossing  to  the  the  Mary  Celeste's  being  found  derelict.  Azores  and  there  had  been  no  opportunity  to  ven­ But  no  evidence, was  found  to  substantiate  this  tilate  the  hold,  which  was  desirable  procedure,  es­ feeling and  the salvage  claim  <vas  authorized.  pecially with the  type of  cargo she  was carrying.  The writer  has looked  up many stories  and articles  And  so,  when  warm  weather  off  the  Azores  was  j  written  about  this  mystery  in  literature  of  the  sea  finally  encountered.  Captain  Briggs  had  the  men  f  extending  over  the  past  50  years.  ^  remove  the  fore  hatch  to  let  air  down  below.  Aside  j  Many  theories  about  the  derelict  have  been  ad­ from  ventilatinj^the  cargo,  sailing  ship  rnen  often  '  vanced.  ,  did this  to  ventilate  the ship itself,  it being a  knowii  One  theory  is  that  the  crew  either  mutinied  or  fact  that  good  fresh  air  and  plenty  of  it  is  the  best  sampled  the  alcohol  and  did  away  with  the  Captain  antidote for  rot  in damp timbers.  and  Mrs.  Briggs,  their  child,  and  the  mates,  after  It  has  always  puzzled  sailing  ship  men  that  the  which  they  left  the  ship  in  the  small  boat  hoping  court  took  testimony  that  the  "fore  hatch"  was  to  reach  the  Azores.  One  of  the  crew  of  seven  takgn  off  and  was  discovered  lying  on  deck.  Even  Master of  the British  brigan­ signed  on  for  the  voyage.  Fata! Malady  Theory  in  small  windjammers,  the  hatch  usually  consisted  tine  Dei  Gratia,  Captain  First  Mate  Albert  G.  Rich­ of  a  strong  back  and  several  hatch  boards  rather  David  Reed  Morekouse  was  Another  idea  is  that  all  hands  may  have  suc­ ardson  had  previously  sailed  than  one  piece.  one  of  the first  to  sight  the  cumbed  to  some  fatal  malady.  The  last  mari  to  under  Captain  Briggs.  abandoned  ship.  survive,  it  is  suggested,  threw  the  bodies  over  the  Gas Theory  side  and  somehow  then  disappeared  himself.  However,  when  the fore  hatch  was removed,  gases  Last  log  entry  was  Nov.  25,  and  last  position  accumulated  from  leaking  alcohol  in  the  hold  gave  marked  on  the  charts  found  aboard  the  brigantirie  forth  with  a  rumbling  sound  which  convinced  Cap­ was  Nov.  24,  which  leaves  quite  a  gap  in  time  be­ ^ tain  Briggs and  his men  that an  explosion was about  tween  what  was  probably  the  date  of  abandonment  to  occur.  They  launched  the  ship's  boat  from  the  and  the time she  was found  by  Dei  Gratia.  On  Nov.  main hatch,  probably  by  all  hands "hoisting  her  oyer  25 the  log recorded  the M^ry  Celeste as  six miles  oft  the  side, .and everyone  piled  into  her.  the  island  of  Santa  Maria,  Azores.  _  .  .^He  also  suggests  that  they  then  trailed  astern  at  Because  of  the  water  in  the  hold  and  galley,  the  the  end  of  a  line,  intending  to  reboard  the  ship  if  the  explosion  they  feared  did  not  take  place.  Per­ damage  to  the  binnacle  and  sails  and  the  fact  that  haps  the  line  chaffed  through  or  the  boarmay  have  there  was  evidence  of  a  sea  having  gone  into  the  beeh  swamped,  leaving  them  to  the  mercy  of  the  after  cabin,  one  theorist  has  it  that  a  water  spout  sea  while  their  ship  sailed  on  without  a  crew.  No  hit  the  little  ship,  frightening  the  crew  Into  leaving  explanation  is made,  however,  of  the fact  that  Mste  Deveau  of  the  Dei  Gratia  does  not  mention finding  her  when  they  sounded  the  pump  well  and "found  a  line  trailing  astei^i  from  the  Dei  Gratia  as  though  more than  three feet of  water.  it  might  have  served  as  a  towing  line  or  elongated  This  theory  is  worthy  of  some  thought  because  painter for  a small  boat.  water  spouts  are  not  uncommon  in  the  vicinity  Whatever  theory  you  choose  as  iiie  most  plausible  of  the  Azores  and  they  have  been  known  not  only  explanation  for  the  Mary  Celeste  being  a  derelict,  to  badly  damage  ships  but  to  occasionally  throw  selling  alone  upon  the  seas  with  her  crew  com­ pletely  vanished  from  her  decks,  there  are  improb­ them  on  their beam  ends and  wreck  the/n as  well.  .  abilities in the explanation that  plunge you back into  Still  another  suggestion  is  that  pirates  came  A visitor  to  the  Peabody Museuin studies  Mrs.  Briggs'  early  de­ the deepest  mystery.  aboard  the Mary  Celeste and did away  with the crew,  sign  sewing  machine,  udiiclt  was  salvaged  when  the riiip  was  ­  Perhaps  sometime,  somewhere,  a  clue  will  be  then  left  her  when  they  discovered  a  cargo  full  of  found  to  explain  this  puzzle.  Until  then,  Mary  found.  Probably as a result of previous experience  of not having  b^feUe4  they were(jnot  able torhandle­.  Celeste  will be  the  number ode  mystery  of the sea^ >  t  s>anKh?to4o'alM«idik'iiMvt«ok On,mehlne piiM a smaU piano along.'  a  m  ­^1  M  I  • ­s.  ­a  ^  �Pare  SM^ea  SEdFAHERS  LOC  Friday,  July 11.  I95t  y ­  ­ •   THE  LABOR  ROUND­UP  .• &'v  p:­;  |g;­­ :iv  Ti'lth  the  sweltering  summer  season  here,  it  is  a  good  time  to  talk  The  skipper  of  a fishing  trawler  who  defied  superstition  and  sailed  about stowage and  refrigeration  of  food.  Proper handling of  this prob­ on  Friday  the  13th  with  13 men  aboard  died  last  week  when  his  ves­ lem  can  save  the  steward  department  many  a  headache,  as  well  as  sei collided  with  a  tanker east  of  Cape  Cod.  The  other 12  men in  the  avoid  spoilage  and  consequent  beefs  on  the  part  of  the  crew  because  crew  of  the  Albatross  got  off  the  trawler  safely  and  aboard  the  Esso  the  perishable  foods  taste  bad  or  are  in  short  supply.  Ill  addition,  proper  food  stowage  is  an  important  Unitary  measure  Chattanooga, *but  the trawler's  captain  refused  to leave  and  went down  which  if  neglected,  could  encourage  the  spread  of  rate,, roaches  and  with  his ship.  The big news  in labor  is the steel  other  undesirable  company aboard  the ship.  This might  lead  to serious  t  4i  .  4.  strike,  for  although  the  "Big  Six"  outbreaks  of  disease, among  ship's  personnel.  American.water­borne  commerce  is  growing  rapidly,  according  to  a  still  stubbornly  refuses  to consider  Food  Temperatures Vary  recent  report,  and  most  ports  are  expanding  their  facHities  to  handle  settling  the  strike,  the  effects  of  While  all  perishabre  foods  need  refrigeration,  the  temperature  at  the  growth.  In  the  ports of  the  US, over  $300  million  in  work  is now  the  shutdown  are  being  felt  in  which  various  types of  foods  are  best  preserved  varies  considerably.  under way  to improve  port facilities, while  much  more wori^is planned.  other  industries.  Some  36  com­ That's  why  qn  modern, ships  there  are several  storage  boxes  for  meat,  panies  have  signed  contracts  with  .  . . Philadelphia  has  asked  Congress  to  okay  plans  to  have  a  40­foot  the  Steelworkers  under  the  WSB  vegetables,  eggs  and  cheese, fish,  and  dry  storage,  each  one  kept  at  '  channel  dredged .in  the  Delaware  River  for  the  38  miles  between  the  terms,  but  the  "Big  Six"  and  their  different  temperatures.  Temperatures  in  the  meat  box  should  be  as  close  to  zero  degrees  Philadelphia  Naval  Base  and the  Trenton  Marine  Terminal.  The chan­ large  satellites still  stand  fast.  Fahrenheit  as possible, and  never mpi^  than  ten  above, nor  below zero.  nel  is  needed,  says  the  city,  to  handle  shipping  to  keep  up  with  the  Congress  has  officially  "re­ Here  are  stowed  all  beef,  pork,  veal,  lamb,  ham  and  bacon,  sausages,  industrial  development  planned  for  the  shores  of  the  river.  quested"  President  Truman  to  use  poultry  and  corned  meats.  Here  also  should  be  kept  butter,  yeast,  a  "iaft­Hartley •  injunction  against  ice  cream,  frozen  foods  and  non­sterile  canned., meats.  If  bread  has  4­  4<  4­ the  workers,  and  the  Senate  has  Passengers  aboard  the  Queen  Mary  got  some  unexpected  excitement  passed  a  resolution  asking  that  been  purchased ashore  for a  long trip, it too  should  be kept  in the  meat  box.  The fish  box should  be  kept  at  the same  temperature as  the meat  as they crossed  the English  Channel and  the big  liner answered  an SOS  bargaining be  resumed.  The Steel­ ­storage space.  *  ^  .  from  the  Belgian  freighter  Mahenge.  The  liner  arrived  after  the  workers,  meanwhile,  have  an­*  Somewhat  higher  temperatures  are  required  for  eggs,  cheese,  milk  crew  had  already  been  rescued  but  the passengers'  cameras  kept  click­ nounced  that  they  are  considering  ­  ,  , ;  ing  as  the  big  freighter  sank  in flames.  The  Mahenge,  carrying  a  filing  anti­trust  charges against  the  and  vegetables.  STOW  MEATS  FROM  cargo of  matches, had collided  with  the French  freighter Granville  and  "Big  Six."  TJie  union  says  the  Shell  eggs,  fresh  PREVIOUS  VOyAQ it  HEfcE­ HI  milk  and  mild*  went  up  in flames.  "Big Six"  has conspired  to  prevent  ANO  use F//^ST.  packaged  cheeses  •   ^  ^  X  the  settlement  of  the  strike  and  PORK  are  kept  in  the  ANO VEAU  The  number  of  vessels  using  the  Panama  Canal  during  the  year  has  prevented  many  individual  egg  and  cheese  ending  June  30  made  an  all­time  record.  Some  6,524  ships  used  the  companies  from  signing  contracts.  box at  30 degrees  canal  during  the  12­month  period.  The  previous  record  had  been  set  XXX  Fahrenheit.  The  in  1929  when  6,289  vessels  passed  through  the  locks. . . . The  new  Some 2,700  AFL  truck  drivers in  vegetable  cooler  Danish  vessel  Birgitte  Torm  arrived  in  New  York  on  her  maiden  voy­ St.  Louis  have  walked  off  their  functions  best  at  age.  She's  th? second  of  three  fast  vessels  planned  for  service  from  jobs after  two  associations of  dray­ between  32  and  Denmark.  age firms  have  refused  to  meet  34  degrees.  Its  their  wage  demands  . . .  A  contents  'should  X  X  X  The fish  around  Scotland  Lightship  had  plenty  of  spuds  witt)  their  24­hour  transit  tie­up  in  Baltimore  include  all  fresh  meals  last  week  as  three  full, shiploads  of  Spanish  potatoes  were  ended  after  the  AFL  Street,  Elec­ fruits  and  vege­ dumped  into  the  sea.  The  shipments  were  rejected  when  signs  of  tric  Railway  and  Motor Coach  Em­ tables, dried  Beer  Golden  Nemotode,  a  dangerous  malady  which  spreads­­throughout  po­ ployes  won  a  "haberdashery"  dis­ fruits,  all  leftr  tato­fields,  was  discovered. ... The  Navy  has  begun  construction  of  pute.  The  company  ordered  the  overs, dehydrated  the first  submarine  to "use  electronic  controls  instead  of  the  usual  men  to  wear  only  grey  shirts  and  eggs,  lard,  the  refus^  to let  them  take  out  buses  stronger  cheeses  pneumatic type.  and  trolleys  when  they  reported  and any  packaged  X  X  X  for  work  in  their  usual  white_  bread that  will be  Passenger  traffic  to  South  America  has  been  heavier this  year  than  shirts.  The  Public  Service  Com­ used after a  short  in  any  year  in  the  past  quarter  of  a  century. . . . The  new  Japanese  mission  termed  the  order  "unrea­ time.  .  ship, Awobasan  Maru, arrived  in  New  York on  her  maiden voyage.  She  sonable."  Keep Air  made the crossing from Yokohama, including stops in San Francisco, Los  With  7,000 cars  of  grain  clogging  Circulating  Angeles  and  Christobal,  CZ, in  28  days.  sidings in  Kansas City,­and  another  The  remaining  X  X  X  '  5,000  cars  on  the  way,  15  elevator  box,  used  for  dry  MAKE STACKS SAME HEICHT  SECURE WITH  BATTENS  Work  has  begun  to  raise  the  charred  hull  of  the  tanker  Hayes  from  operators settled  a  one­day  strike  storage,  does  not  the  Chesapeake  and  Delaware  Canal,  where  she  sank  after a  collision  by  agreeing  to  a  wage  boost  of  have  to  be  kept  Diagram  of  meat  layout  in  the chill  box.  that  took  four  lives. ... An  Italian  military  rescue  party  has  taken  12Mt  cents  an  hour  how  and  2ii  within  any  par­ 35  crewmen  off  the  British  freighter  Marvis  Hill  which  went  aground  cents  more  on  Sept.  1  for  3,000  ticular  temperature  limits,  but  should  be  reasonably  cool  ahd  have  a  union  members.  fan  going to  circulate  the air.  All canned  and  bottled foods  go  in  here  on  the coast  of  Somaliland  and  is  considered  beyond  salvage.  as  well  as  coffee,  flour,  cereal,  salt  and  sugar,  dried  beans and  peas,  •   XXX  4­  4«  4­ The  International  Ladies  Gar­ and  dried  and  evaporated  milk.  Aside  frorq  putting  food  in  the  proper  boxes,  the  manner  in'which  Some lines slated  to get  the new  Mariner class  vessels have said  they  ment  Workers  has  blamed  a  short­ ;  are  seriously  considering  converting  the  speedy  freighters  into  small  age  of  romance  for  unemployment  the  supplies are  stowed  is an  important  factor  in  keeping  them  fresh.  passenger,  or  combination  freighter­passenger  vessels.  The  conver­ in  the  industry.  It  says  that  with  Ideally,  the  refrigerators  should  not  be  crowded,  although  this  condi­ sions,  they  said,  depend  upon  the  amount  of  vibration  caused  at  high  the  number  of  men  in  the  service,  tion ^an't always  be helped.  But  if  the meats  and  poultry  are stacked  speed  by the  single screw  The  Pocahontas Fuel  has gone into serv­ women  have  fewer  men  to  attract,  too tightly,  there will  be  no free flow  of  air and  the food  will not  keep  as  well  even  though  the  box  is  cold  enough.  ice  after over  $1 million  In alterations for  her  job as  a  collier.  A self­ and  thus  buy  less  new  clothes.  ­  trimming cargo device  has heen  installed, the cargo  booms taken  down,  In  stacking  meat  in  the  box,  the  pork  should  go  in first,  farthest  ^  X  X  X  away  from  the  door  because  it  tends  to spoil  more  quickly  'than  other  and  the  deckhouse  made  lower  and  smaller.  She's  the  former  SIU­ Robert F. Le'^s, president of  the  meats.  Following  the  pork  come  veal, .lamb  and  beef  in  that  order,  contracted  Algonquin  Victory.  St.  Louis  Brewery  Workers  Coun­'  the beef  being last  because it keeps  best and is  usually used  more often.  X  X  X  cil,  has  announced  that  the  2,000­ Of  course  any  meat  that  is  left  over  from  a  previous  trip  should  be  Cunari  Lines  has  announced  that  three  of  its  vessels  will  add  Ber­ member Brewers and Maltsjters  Lo­ stacked  nearest  the  door  so  that  it  will  be  used  up first  before  the  muda  to  their  ports of  call  during  the  present  season  The  tanker  cal  6  has  voted  to  quit  the  CIO  fresh  supplies.  This  is a  standard  rule for  all  leftover  supplies  which  F,  E.  Berdon,  loaded  with  kerosene,  hit  some  submarine  rocks  in  the  Brewery  Workers and  affiliate with  should  be marked  or  tagged  for  easy  identification.  Hudson  River at  Staatsburg, NY,  but  proceeded  to New  York  under her  the  AFL.  He  predicted  the  two  Any  food  product  like  butter,  that  tends  to  absorb  odors from  other  other locals  would  follow  the same  foods, should  be  stowed  separately  if  at all  possible^  Otherwise, it  will  own  power  after a  few  emergency  repairs.  pattern.  taste  rancid  when  it  is  actually  still  wholesome.  4­  4­  X  XXX  Proper  securing  of  the  supplies  once  they  are  stowed  is  also  im­ The  United  States  Government  settled  out  of  court  a  lawsuit filed  All  future  printing  for  GOP  portant.  If  crates  and  packages  get  damaged  when  the  ship  starts  to  by  the  Oceanic  Steamship  Co.  of  San  Francisco  involving  claims  for  conventions  will  bear  the  union  roll,  the  damaged  supplies  will  contribute  to  spoilage  of  other food  in  wartime  use  of  the  Mariposa  and  Monterey,  two  of  the  company's  label.  The  International  Typo­ the box.  Consequently, the stacks of  food boxes should  be stowed at  ap­ liners, as  troopships.  The settlement  was for  $2,826,203,  and  the  Gov­ graphical  Union  won  this  promise  proximately the  same  height  and generous  use should  be  made  of  duiT­ ernment  will  buy  Die  Monterey  for  $3,097,203  for  conversion  to  a  after  it  discovered  that  some  con­ nage  and  lashings  to Tceep  the  stacks  frond  toppling  over.  It  is' also  troopship .  . . The  Navy  transports General  J. Pope  and  General  A. E.  vention  printing  was. done  in  a  advisable to  make the food  stacks run athwartship so  as to minimize the  Anderson  arrived  in  San  Francisco  with  troops  from  the  Far  East.  non­union  plant.  effect  of  the ship's  roll.  Burly  Follow  Burlfi  Everu  isano  in  The  Seainrera  Lorn'  �­  ­;;'^/VrVi',"'':'  • • •'. '  Friday, Jidy  11,198t  '  SEAFARERS  LOG  Welfare Plan 2 Years  Old; 50 Get Birth Pay  DonHSend Your  Baggage COB  Seafarers  have  aMin  been  warned  not  to  send  Meir  bag­ ^gage  COD  to  any  Union  hall.  No  Union  hall  can  accept  de­ livery  of  any  baggage  where  express charges  have  not  been  pre­paid.  Men  who send  baggage COD  to  Union  halls  face  the  pros­ pect  of  having  to  go  to  a  lot  of  trouble  and  red  tape  with  the  Railway  Express  Co.  All  COD  baggage—regardless  of  the port—goes to the  local ex­ press  office,  where  it  is  held  by  the  express  company  until  claimed.  Seafarers  who  .want  to  be  sure  of  getting  their  baggage  when  they want  it, can  send it  to  any  Union  hall»provided  they  pre­pay  the  shipping  charges.  Pace  8«Tcnteea  Congress Waters  Down Ship Bill^  Finally Okays It  (Continued  from  page 3)  If  US  shippers  cahnot  compete  in  daily  operation  with  foreign flag  ships  then there is no incentive for  them  to  use  the  construction  sub­ sidy  features  to  build  new  ships  with.  The  major  opposition  to  the  tax  deferment  feature  came  from  the  White House,  the Treasury Depart­ ment and  the Budget  Bureau.  The  argument  used  by  President  Tru­ man  and  other  members of  his ad­ ministration  against  the  bill  was  that  it  was  not  proper  for  hidden  operating  subsidies  to  be  paid  to  American flag  shipowners  through  tax deferments.  House and  Senate backers  of  the  bill  promptly  pointed  out  that  many  other segments  of  US indus­ try  and  agricultnre  receive  hidden  and  indirect  subsidies.  Senator  Magnuson,  who  sponsored  the  bill  in  the  Senate,  declared  that  Ched­ dar  cheese  manufacturers  in  Wis­ consin  alone  receive  more  indirect,  subsidies  through  price  supports  and Commodity  Credit Corporation  loans than the entire merchant  ma­ rine.  Other Subsidies  It  was  also  pointed  out  that  air­ i­f­ lines  receive  heavy  indirect  sub­ sidies  from  the  Postoffice  Depart­ ment  both  on­overseas  runs whefe  they  face  foreign  competition  and  on  domestic  runs  where  they  do  not.  Further,  supporters  of  the  bill  argue  that  the  administration  (Continued from  page 3)  an  already­declining  American  in  the  past  year  had  been  hand­ ing  out  "certificates  of  necessity"  build  up  a  100­ship  Japanese  mer­ merchant  fleet,  i  Seafarer  Ivan  Usera  and  his  vlfe, Jennie,  proudiy  look  over  their  chant  fleet  at  thb  expense  of  the  The  information  that  the  Japa­ to  large  steel  corporations  and  first  offspring,  Ivan,  Jr.,  who  brought  them  a  8200  check  and  US  u^aritime  industry  and  Ameri­ nese  corporation  hoped  to  acquire  other fiVms entitling them  to  build  started out with  a 825 savings bond  of  his own right from the start.  can  seamen.  Representations have  the  50  US  Libertys  came  out  at  new  plants  for  defense  and  vwite  been  made  to  officials  in  Wash­ a  Washington  cocktail  party  given  off  the costs  through a  high  rate of  wanted  him  named  'Tex'  after  me,  ington  that  the  SIU  cannot  look  by  the  company.  This  was  the  tax  depreciation,  a  procedure  sim­ and  I  wanted  to  name  him  'Will  with  favor  upon  any  agreement  first  time  anyone  had  any  knowl­ ilar  to  that  suggested  in  the  ship­ Rogers.'  Don't know  how we could  which  would  act to further  cripple  edge  of  the  existence  of  the  new  ping  legislation.  Although  the  Long­Range  bill  manage  today  without that  8200 to  corporation,  as  well  as  any  agree­ passed  the  Senate  last  August  in  help  out  on  the  bilis,  but  one  ment  pending  to  lease or  buy  sur­ the  form  desired  by  its  support­ thing's sure.  Texas  Will  is  the  be­ plus  Government  ­  owned  ships  ginning of  a  real SIU family."  which  have  been  withdrawn  from  ers, it  ran into  rough  going all  the  To  apply  for  the  benefits.  Sea­ service  for  lack  of  cargo  or  ear­:  way  in  the  House.  It  was  bottled  farers must  present their  marriage  marked  for  scrapping  as  "obso­ up  for  months  in  the  House  Mer­ (Continued from  page 2)  chant  Marine  Committee  before  a  lete."  Costigan,  Philadelphia;  Welling­ certificates,  the  baby's  birth  certi­ revolt  of  committee  members  ficate  and  a  discharge  from  their  Approval  of  the  Department  of  brought  about  hearings  on  the  ton  E.  Duke,  Darby,  Pa.;  Wilburn  last  ship.  Processing  can  ­be  Defense  to  a  deal  providing  50  measure.  H.. McKini^y,  Santa  Rosa,  Fla.;  speeded  up  at  least  three  days  by  Libertys  for  Japanese  use  was  Competition  Rises  George  0. Hoffman,  New  Orleans;  sending  in  photostatic  copies  of  blasted  by  SIU  officials  as  show­ In  the  meanwhile,  the  industry  each  document, since  this must  be  Eusebio  M.  Velazquez,  New  Or­ ing. "wholesale  ignorance"  of  the  argues  that  its  competitive  posi­ nation's  maritime  plight.  It  was  tion  is  rapidly  deteriorating  as  leans;  Tommy  R.  Fillingim,  Chick­ done  for  the  record  before  pay­ ments  can  be  made.  Applications  pointed  out  that  Liberty  ships  other  countries  add  new  ships  (Continued  from  page  3)  saw, Ala.;  Allen  R. Nauman,  Roan­ should  be  sent  to  the  Union  Wel­ were  the backbone  of  the US cargo  (whose  construction  and  operation  oke,  111.;  Robert  Beach,  NYC;  fare  Trustees,  c/o  SIU  Headquar­ in  ironing  out  details  and  ac­ lifeline  to  all. battlefronts  during  is  subsidized)  to  their  merchant  cumulating  background  data  in  Theodore  Martinez,  Galveston;  Ju­ ters,  675  'Fourth  Ave.,  Bfboklyn  the  war  and  remains  the  "work­ fleets.  With  the  return  of'rela­ the  case.  lio C.  Ruiz,  Catano, PR;  Guillermo  32,  NY.  horse"  of  the  merchant  fleet  even  Ortiz,  Brooklyn;  Edmundo  G.  Se­ The  Post  article  (July  19  is­ today  . Barely  a  half­dozen  Mari­ tively  normal  conditions  the  obso­ pulveda. New  Orleans;  Ivan  Usera,  sue)  ties  into  one  complete  ar­ ner­type  ships,  representing  the  lete  American  merchant fleet  will  NYC.  ticle  the  half  dozen  articles  car­ only  postwa^'  ship  program  aimed  find  itself  less  and  less  able  to  ried  in  the  LOG  which  in  addi­ at  rebuilding  the  US  merchant  meet  competition.  Good  pay,  work  conditions  and  tion  to  revealing  the  nation's  lack  fleet,  will  be  ready  for  service  by  all­around  security  on  the  job  and  of  security,  pointed  up  several  in­ 1953.  off  it  have  steadily  boosted,  the  stances  of  loopholes  whereby  percentage  of  family  men  in  the  known  Communists  were  allowed  Attention  was  also  focused  on  SIU  membership  almost  to •  the  to  enter  the  country  and  foreign­ the  assurance  of  the*'Maritime  Ad­ point  where  it  is  the  exception  flag  ships  were  allowed  to  use  ministration  during  the  emergency  rather  than the rule  to find  an  un­ piers  denied  to  US  waterfront  ship  break­out  for  the  Korean  married  man  shipping  as  a  Sea­ (Continued from  page 2)  War  that  every  ship  that  could  farer  today.  Union  welfare  gains  at  present  at  the  rate  of  $2,500  workers  not  haying  security  clear­ practically  be  used  had  been  ance.  'The  articles  also  showed  like  the  birth  benefits  theniselves  taken  out  of  reserve  for  use  in  a  week  or  a  $125,OQO  ^^year.  the  ease  with  which  a  fugitive  or  represent  awareness  of  this  con­ None of  these benefits were avail­ subversive  could  leave  the  coun­ ferrying  military  cargoes  to  Korea  dition.  or  aid  supplies  to  friendly  na­ It  is  evident  the  benefit  will  able  to Seafarers  prior to  the start  try  as  a  crewmember  of  a  Pana­ tions.  Putting  a  dent  of  50  in  the  prove  a  considerable  inducement  of  tbe SIU  Welfare Plan and  there  manian ship, inasmuch  as the coun­ reserve  fleet  now,  particularly  (Continued from  page 2)  to  men  once  reluctant  to  marry  is no  question  that  they  have  done  try  does  not  require  seamen's  pa­ when  they  would  be  used  in  open  pers or  identification  of  any sort.  of  nowhere  to  become  the  finest  or  to  have  large  families,  since  a  great  deal  to  help  Seafarers  and  competition  with  American  ship­ seamen's  union  in  the  business.'.^  Could  Bomb  Us  the  costs  will  no  longer  be  pro.­ ping,  was  characterized  as  an  "ex­ The  Post  article  develops  the  tremely  peculiar  way  for  a  Gov­ Since  he started  his career on sail­ hibitive.  Duplicate  payments. and  families  in  time  of  need.  Broad Eligibility  points^ made  in  the  LOG  articles  ernment  to  foster  its  own  mari­ ing  ships,  witnessing  the,gradual  bonds  are  given  in  the  event  of  multiple  births.  Another feature  of  the Siu Wel­ one  step further  and  shows  how  it  time  industry  and  safeguard  its  and  then  complete  transition  to  steam and diesel, "Paddy" had seen  Typical  of  the  Seafarers  who  fare  Plan  which  is  not  contained  would  be  possible  for  saboteurs  to  defense."  many  changes  in  the  seamen's  leave  a  foreign  flag  ship  in  New  have  collected  the  benefit  is  John  in  other  plans, is  the  broadness  of  union  movement.  L. Rivera,  who  has  been  sailing  as  the  eiigibility  provision.  It  takes  York,  journey  to  key  civilian  and  'Used  to  the  Best'  military  installations  and  destroy  an  electrician  with  the  SIU  since  just  one  day's  service  aboard  an  "In  the SIU  we  have grown  used  1942.  Boasting  seven  children,  SlU­contracted  ship  in  the  previ­ them without  being Mletected.  to  having  the  best  while  ashore  though  the  newest,  Emelinda,  up^  ous  year  to  make  a  man  eligible  The  expose  was first  undertaken  or  afloat.  The  benefit  for  disabled  set  the once  even  balance  between  to  collect  all  but  the  disability  by the LOG as a check of  the secuiv  Seafarers  who  applied  for  oldtimers  like  myself  is  recogni­ girls  and  boys,  Rivera  called  the  benefit.  Eligibility  for  that  bene­ ity  program  inaugurated  by  the  new  membership  books  in  tion  by  the  Union  that  we  who  maternity  ptpgram  a  "wonderful  fit  is  determined  in  each  indi­ government to  verify  the loyalty of  New  York  but  are  now  sailing  have given  our lives  to the sea  will  help for  the  family  man.  The  ex­ vidual  case  by.,  the  board  of  America's  waterfront  workers.  from  outports  don't  have . to  not  be  abandoned  when  our  work­ While  the  study  revealed  that  the  penses for  our six  other  kids  were  trustees.  come  to  this  city  to  get  their  ing  days  are  over.  My  thanks  to  :rtally something,  but  this time  the  With  the  fund  in  such  excellent  government  had  done  a  thorough  new  books.  all  those  who  have  maua  this  iiost  didn't  even,  hurt  a  bit.  It's  shape  and  Seafarers  accorded  the  job  of  checking  Americans,  the  grand  thing  r ossible,"  he declared,  If  the  men  involved  will  a  great  thing  when  a  union  does  fullest  possible  security  through  door  was  being  left' wide  open  ta  Generally  sailing  as  a  bosun,  ^  write  to  headquarters  and  tell  "Paddy" has  confined every day of  this  for  its  members."  the  Welfare  Plan  and  their  con­ foreign  flag  ships.  the Union  which  port they  are  his  career  to  sailing  in  the  deck  Brooklyn  Seafarer  John  "Tex"  tract,  further  additions  to  the  The  LOG'S  suspicions  were  di­ sailing  of,  the  Union  will  department.  A  staunch  Union  Clamp  is­  a  long  way  from  the  Plan's  list  of  benefits  will  concern  rected  particular]^  toward ships of  forward out  the  book  in  care  of  member  down  through  the'  years,  countries  which  :have  no  regula­ Lone  Star  State  now,  but  his, first  themselves  .with  the  Seafarer's  the  port  agent.  child,  'Texas  Will­Rogers  Clamp,  family.  No  definite  steps  have  tions  governing  seamen  and  have  he  wiP  spend  the  remainder  of  Undor  no  circumstances  his  years,  resting  from  a  life  of  bom  April  6,  will  be  a  constant  been  taken  as  yet  since  the  addi­ been  known  to  dp­  business'  with,  "however,  will  the  books  be  toil. The  eommente from  hik  many  reminder  of  :his  former  stamping  tion, of  the  ma'ernity  benefit,  but  iron  curtain  nations,  grounds.'. . ."Texas  WUl,"  Clamp  proposals are Jiow under study  and  .  The  Union  is  securing  reprints  sent  through  the mails  to  any  acquaintances  in^cate  his ^  happy  article  and  will  put  them  en' fiw>^4nfb add L  She  po^ble.  "  iP». .  aEOBSSBSaSSB  See Pentagon Behind  Ship Giveaway  Plan  Is#  Month's  Total  Birth  Pay $10,000  Post Prints  LOG Expose  On Security  Broad  Cains  On Welfare  Seen  Ahead  New Orieans  Pays First  Disabled $  Get New Books  Through Agents  �• • m  m­­ ilri:  ,v  Far* SiditMa'  ^;g.  SEA^PkREHtS  rAibtT^  jiar^ti^i^  Seaman'*  Son  \auli Champ  Seafarer  H.  C.  Wertz,  who  sails  as  cook  on%IU ships,  can  boast  of  That  the figure  of  "Uncle  Sam"  no  more  romantic  meaning  than  as  a  symbol  of  the  US  had  a  pre­ stanaz  or  verse?  Rubaiyat  means  one  high flyer  in  the  family.  His  decessor  in  "Brother ^Jonathan,"  son  Jim  walked  off  wth pole  vault  who  symbolized  the  American  col­ four­line  stanza,  so  that  the  full  honors  at  a  local  high  school  con­ onies  throughout  the  world?  The  name of  the  piece actually  is "The  ference  track  meet  back  home  in  name "Brother  Jonathan" probably  Four­Line  Verses  of  Omar  Khay«  yam." Khayyam incidentally, means  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  stemmed  from Jonathan  Trumbull,  tentmaker,  the  name  Omar  took  Jim, took  the  prize  in  this  dif­ Governor  of  Connecticut  diudng  probably, because  of  his  father's  ficult 'competition  with  a  vault  of  the  American  Revolution.  occupation.  10  feet  8  inches,  which  is  consid­ 4"  4  it  XXX  ered  quite  good  in  high  school  ranks.  He  then  tried  for  11  feet  That  when  people  believed  the  That  there's  a  lot  of  difference!  but  knocked  down  the  bar  at  that  world  was fiat,  they  said jt  rested  between  a mosquito  and a  Mosqui­'  height.  on  four  elephants,  and  'the  ele­ to?  The former  is the  insect,  whilef  Young  Jim  is  attending  Carrick  phants  on  a  turtle?"  Columbus  the  Mosquito  is  an  inhabitant; of  High  In  Pittsburgh.  His  school  changed  all'that  ifi  1492.  the  Mosquito  Coast  region  in  Cen­ took  the  honors­in  the  three­team  tral  America,  named­ after  a  tribe  it  competition  for  the fifth  straight  of  Indians  in  the  area.  That  Seafarers  in  the  crew  of  a  year.  X  X'  X  shipwrecked  vessel are  given  pref­ Dad  didn't  say,  but  he probably  That the faces of half  the "ji cks"  Jim W^rtz sails hieh  into the  air as he  whips himself  over the  bar  has  hopes  fbr  the  Olympic  games,  erence  over  all  others  to  join  the  iii  an  ordinary  deck  of  playing  in  pole vault  competition at  a hifh  school track  meet.  ship  taking  the  place  of  the  one  four  or eight  years  hence.  (Photo  couriet]/  PittMburgh  Preat)  that  was  lost?  This  rule  applies,  cards  are  shown  in  profile?  The  however,  only  when  the  replace­ "jacks"  of  spades and  hearts  show  ment  vessel  goes  into  commission  the  profile.  No  one  has  come  up  with  a  reason  for  the  differmce  within  15  days.  though.  i,  ^  The  roach­scarred  crew  of  the  Royal  Oak,  long  at  war  with  the  enemy  multitudes,  is  *  X  X  still  looking for  a  tried  and  true  method  of  exterminating  the  imwelcome  guests  once  and  That the movement of  a cat's jaw  That  msny  of  the  crew  sugges­ for all.  But  ever since  a  bomb of  insecticide  was accidentally  punctured,  the  roaches seem  differs from that  of a  dog's? A  cat's  tions  for  the  new  SIU  agreement  jaw  moves "up  and  down,  not  side­ udll  be  .presented  when  negotia­  i  to have developed an immuni­^'  ty  to  the  chief  weapon,  DDT.  smelled  the  stuff)  he  began  spray­ and  one at  the head  of  the ladder.  ways.  A­dog's  moves  in  either  di­ tions get underway in a few weeks?  The SIU  is probably the only union  It  was  a  mystery  how  the  ing. Sure  enough the roaches made  Both  would  start  spraying  at  the  rection.  where  the  members  were  fully  i.  ii..  i  roaches  still  prowled  aroimd,  but  for  the  ladder.  ­This  caused  some  same  time.  The storeroom  roaiches  polled on their  ideas for  their  own  a  messman  named  Chico  obtained  commotion  in  the  galley  where  would  run  up,  the  galley  roaches  That  the  expression  "not  giving  two  spray  guns  and  a  few  gallons  supper  was  cooking.  run down.  Then  they  would  bump  a  rap"  ori^ated  from  a  small  working  agreement.  ,  ­ of  bug  juice  (insecticide)  aiid  the  A  third  messman  came  to  the  each  other  into  unconsciousness,  English  coin of  little  value? Some­ 4  t  whole  crew,  after  each  meal  made  rescue.  He  suggested  a  number  of  be swept  up and cast over  the side.  one  who  didn't  like  an  idea, or  That  the  white  chalk  thai  artists  an attack  in every nook  and corner  foolproof  methods to  get rid  of  the  didn't  think, it  was  worth  much  and  students  use  originally  wa*s  Perpetual  Subject  alive?  Chalk  is  composed  of  the  of  the mess  hall and  pantry.  Occa­ roaches  for  good.  For  one  he  pro­ When  the  subject  of  roaches  is  would  remark  that  he  "wouldn't  sionally  the  galley  was  gone  over  posed  a  sling­shot  brigade  to  be  taken  up  in  meetings  (who  knows  give  a  rap"  for  it,  indicating  that  shells  of  minute  marine  animals  too.  Within  a  few  weeks,  there  recruited from  volunteers.  Ammu­ how  many  of  them  are  under  the  the suggestion  was  worth  even less  who. lived  centiuries  ago.  One  of  was  not  a  single  pest  in  sight—a  nition  would  be  beans  from  the  tables listening)  it is  just taken up.  than  the  slight  value  of  the  coin  the best­known deposits is the­cele­ brated White Ciiffs of  Dover on the  roach,  that  is.  storeroom.  They say  that ships  won't  be fumi­ itself.  English  Channel.  Unhappy Discovery  A  question  was  raised  as to  who  gated  unless there  are rats  aboard.  it  t  X­ Everybody  looked  happy  until  would  clean  up  the  discharged  X  X  X  At  one of  these  meetings  it  was  That  the representatives meeting  That  Paul  Revere  was  not  the  another  messman  was  assigned  to  beans.  Because  of  thd  legal  pro­ clean  a  corner  of  the  storeroom.  cedures  involved  that  method  was  proposed  to  designate  a  certain  ships  with  samples­of  gear  from  only  patriot  who  made  a  midnighf  Immediately  he  retreated  to  the  voted  down.  Then  somebody  else  date  and  hour  when  every  crew­ the  Sea Chest  at SIU headquarters  ride  to  warn the  colonists the  Brit­ messhall  and  accused  Chico  of  asserted that since  the roaches had  member would start spraying.  This  are. Seafarers,  not  outside  canvas­ ish  were  coming  on  an  expedition  chasing the entire roach  population  trained  themselves  so  well  (they  event  was so  momentous that  even  sers?  These  members  of  the  SIU  which  proved  to  be  the  start  of  below  into  the  storeroom.  So now  could  sneak  up  into  your  shirt  the  captain  came  down  to  see  if  are  part  of  the  Union's  shore­ship  the  American  Revolution?  Two  '  service  offering identical  work  and  other  patriots  rode  forth  with  the  he  would  chase  them  back.  pocket, steal crunibs and run away)  he  could  help.  shore  gear  as  that  obtainable  for  news,  but  Revere,  who  wai^ 'cap­ Armed  with  several  bomb  type  the best  strategy  was  to  beat  them  It  was  apparent  from  the  start  low  prices  at  the  Sea  Chest  to  tured  and  escaped  from  his  cap­ that  nobody  knew  exactly  how  to  insect  killers  (one  ready  in  each  at  their  own  game.  those  unable  to  make  their  pur­ tors  the  same  night,  is  the  nnly  hand  because  the  bugs  became  He said  that one  messman  would  .spray.  All  they  did  was  to  spray  chases on  the  beach themselves.  promiscuously  around  comers  and  like  wounded  lions  when  they  station  himself  in  the  storeroom  person  usually  connected  with  the  under  beds,  thinMng  they  had  ^  X  X  X  events,  pa^kularly  because  he ^  killed all  the  roaches.  But  a  mere  That  the  title  word  Rubaiyat  in  was  immortalized  for  his  ride  in *  sprinkling  is  not  enough.  You  "Rubaiyat  of  Omar  Khayyam"  has  poem  by Longfellow.  have  to  wait  a  few  minutes  until  the  insecticide  evicts  the  i­oaches  out  of 'their  hiding  places.  When  We had  quite a  bit of  excitement  15  years  of  age  and  were  running  they  do  come  out,  then  you  douse  ­ on  the  Seagate  when  we  were  in  away  from  home  to  see  America—  them.  Repeat  Performance  Liverpool  on  our last  trip.  We  had  maybe  a  few  cowboys  and  Indians  boot.  All  they  got  out  of  their  A  day  or  two  later  you  repeat  just  left  that  port  when two  young  to  adventure  was  a  little  ride  in  the  the  procedure  in  case  any  rugged  boys  who  had  stowed  away­oni  Seagate's  lifeboat  which  is  not  ex­ individual,  a  female  in  particular,  Some  curiosity  has  been  expressed  from  time  to  time~as  board  were  discovered  on  deck.  actly  the  same  as  crossing  the  survived  the  assault.  (We  don't  to how  the term "ship's  log book" originated  as the name  for  Fortunately, we  were  still  within  ocean  and  coming  to  the  United  know  how  to  recognize  a  female  the diary_of  the ship's daily movements and all events  taking  calling  distance  of  shore.  Just  off  States.  roach  ypt  as  our  experinients  the  coast  of  Scotland.  The  captain  Otherwise it was a  quiet trip with  haven't  reached  that  stage.)  This  place aboard her.  The follow­"^"  got  in  touch  with  the  authorities  nothing  unusual  happening  to  goes  on  day  after  day  until  what­ ing  information  gotten  from  ing the  time at  which  it  passed the  and  then put  the two  boys into one  break  the  monotony  of  the voyage.  ever  roaches  are  left  become  so  Funk  and  Wagnall's  Encyclo­ stern.  The speeds  were  chronicled  of  the lifeboats  in which  they were  We did get  a  little bit  of  a  kick out  lonely ,  that  they  come  out  in  the  pedia should do much  to clear  in  a  'log  book'."  Mine  of  Information  taken  ashore.  .  up  the  facts.  of  these  two  kids  though.  open to  surrender.  From  this  we can  easily see  how  It  seems  they  were  about  14  or  As  the  encyclopedia  puts  it,  "A  Evarlsto  Rosa  ,  If  you  don't  want  to  try  any  of  it  happened  that  in  describing  the  ship's  speed  was  originally  reck­ the aforementioned  methods,  there  speed  of  a  ship  it  is customary  to  oned  by  throwing  a  log  of  wood  is  one  sure  way  to  keep  the  bug  say  it  "logged"  so, many  knots.  overboard  at  the ­bow  and  record­ population  at  a  minimum.  This  is  Traditionally,  the  log­book  is  a  to  examine  the  stores  that  are  notebook  in  which  the  captain  en­ taken  aboard  because  they are  the  ters  much'more  information  than  sodrce.  Brooms,  mops,  bananas,  the speed of the vessel. In  there are  and corrugated  paper boxes  should  recorded  the  courses  steered,  the  be  checked.'  You  will  usually find  distances  run,  the  state  of  wind,  some  eager,  homeless  roaches  in  weather and  sea, leeway, daily  em­ them.  ployment  of  the  crew  and  any  in­ This  particular  breed  of" stow­ fractions  by  crewmembers,  per­ away  has  been  well  fed  in  ware­ formances  of  the engines,  the  ob­ houses.  Or  they  may  have  been  served  latitude  and  longitude,  and  .  put there by some  Russian saboteur  other  incidents  which are  recorded  from  a  germ  warfare  outfit.  Thej^  at  the  time  they  happen  in  the  are  usually  very  particular  about  bridge book or deck  booki  In turn  what  they  eat.  these facts  are entered  into the  log  We  discovered  that  fact  on  the  book  every  day.  Royal Oak  when it was proven  that  The  official  log  book  is  kept  by  one  of  the  missing  pies  mad^by  the  commanding  officer  in  charge  a  certain  2nd  cook  was  too  heavy  and is  initialed by  a member of  the  for  the  entire  roach  population  to  crew.  An  engine  room  log  book.  ^  carry.  Even  if  they  could  have  is also  kept  to cover  all  the  doings  ­  ;  Their  adventnres cut  short,  two  English  stowaways  settle  them­ taken  it,  they  Wouldn't  have  eaten  in  that  department.  selves up  forw;ard in  the Seagaie's, lifeboat  as crewmen  prepare  to  it.  Some  crewmember  must  have  But  the  term  all  goes  back  td  ?  take them ashore. Boat crew included (front, left to right), J. Kehoe,  been  very  hungry  that  night  and  Seafarer  Harry  Kroninel  admires  that  chunk  of  wood  by  which  thci  OS; K.  Puchnlsid, AB; fl)em;.Ricallef,  deck engd­ the  fancy^jgetup t  Of;  a  .idcksbaw^  it ,wa&4<dU>i^^.­'not  a  roach.  specd,vw»»:^'lqgged.?  • eer, rear  left. Chktt jMe la  ai  driver tin xjurban^ ^ufiiAff"  Royal  Oak  Roach  A  Tricky Foe  '.  . S  f  English Stowaways' Ocean  Voyage Jnst A Ferry Ride  ^  Method  Of  Timing  Spoed  Gave  Log  Book  Mis  Biame  J  t''  Qulte A  Rig  It,  sis;­. •  ;^,'y  r:!  • • '  |;'fe  ^  /  ,  �IW  ••••  PridiT, July  11,  U8t  SEAFARERS  LOG  Payc  Ninetcea  Ship Is Floating Maternity Ward  By  SEAFARERS  LOG  Photo  Editor  Seafaring  photographers  undoubtedly  feel  that  processing  their own  film  is  a  very  complicated  business.  Actually  it  is  a  rather  simple  matter  to  produce  negati*&es  that  will  match  the  best  of  any  commer­ cial  house.  If  you follow  directions and  do things  in their  proper order  you  won't  have  any  trouble.  With  a  tank,  a  bottle  of  developer  and  a  bottle  of  hypo,  you  no  longer  have  to  wait  until  you  reach  a  port  to  have  your  film  developed  and  printed.  Much  of  the  film  coming  into  the  LOG  office,  both  developed  and  undeveloped  is  very  much  over­exposed.  Maqy  SIU  shutter  fans  are  not  shooting  fast  enough  or  not  closing  the  aperture  of  the  lens  small  enough.  In  other  words,  you're  letting  in  too  much  light.  De­ veloping  a ­few'rolls  of  your  own  film  and  making  a  batch  of  contact  prints  will  soon  show  you  what  a  good  normal  negative  is.  Only  One  Chance  Many  a  beautiful  photo  owes  a  large  share  of  its  success  to  careful  development  of  film,  and  paper.  There  is  one  important  fact  to  re­ member  about  developing  a  piece  of  film—although  you  can  make  any  number  of fine  prints  from  a  good  negative—you  can  develop  the  negative  only  once.  If  you  spoil  the  negative  by  poor  development,  you've  lost  the  picture.  So  take  care  if  you  are  going  to  take a  crack  at  processing  your  own  film.  The  first  time  is  the  last  time,  the  only  Doinr  double  duty,  Bill  Sean, deck  enclneer  (left),  beeps  two  pups  happy  at  once  while  a  third  waits  chance you  will  get.  impatiently.  At  riyht,  Don  Heriihy,  bosun,  struyyies  to  line  up  all  eleven  puppies  for  the  photog­ When  a  film  is  exposed  in  the  camera,  the  light  sensitive  layer,  rapher.  Pups  were  turned  out  by  the  Hilton's  mascot,  Cunoa.  called  the  emulsion  undergoes  a  chemical  change,  and  an  invisible  image is  produced.  The  physical appearance  of  the film  is not changed,  When  it  comes  to  emergencies  even  the  maternity kind, there's nobody  like a Seafarer,  however,  until  it is  immersed  in a  chemical  solution  known  as a  photo­ To  prove  the  point,  witness  the  way  the  men  of  the  Hilton  (Bull  Line)  pitched  in  and  graphic  developer.  After  developing  the  film  for  a  specified  time,  usually  several  minutes,  a  visible  image  is  produced.  served as  nursemaids  to a  family  of  eleven  new­born  babes  aboard  the  ship.  The  structure  of  the  photographic  image  consists  of  silver  grains,  Before  anybody  gets  con­"*^  and  if  the  negative  image  is enlarged  sufficiently, the  individual  grains  fused, let it be known that the  ceived  more  care  or attention  than  is  proud  of  its  sea­going  record  become  visible.  Modem  high  speed  film  emulsions have  a  much  finer  those  eleven  puppies."  Rawlings  of  animal  births,  and  until  some  family of  eleven were  born to  grain  than  the  materials  which  were  used  before  1940,  so  the  neces­ the  ship's  faithful  mascot  "Cunoa"  echoed  the  statement  declaring,  ship  comes  up  with  an  even dozen  sity  for  using  a  developer  that  will  give  fine  grain  is  not  as  urgent  "I  would  appreciate  it  very  much,  pups  bora'at  sea,  are  claiming  the  (pronounced  Koon­yoa),  Cunoa  today  as  it  was  formerly.  When  extreme  enlargement—^more  than  10  seemed  to  have  caught  some  of  if  you  would  compliment  the  swell  title  of  "The  Doggonest  Ship  times—is  required,  a  negative  <vith  very  fine  grain  is  necessary.  Fine  fellows  aboard  the  Hilton  for  giv­ Afloat."  At  the  same  time  they  the  SIU  spirit  ing  up  their  spare  hours  to  save  were  curious  to  know  if  they  were  grain  developers  usually  need  extra  developing  time  but  the  results  because  she  went  the  lives  of  the  few  weak  pup­ eligible  for  the  new  birth  benefit  make  it  worth  while.  out  and produced  Factors  in  Developing  Time  pies."  allowance,  which  with  11  offspring  a  bigger and  bet­ The  time  of  development  with  various  developers  is  influenced  While  Cunoa  is the  official  mas­ would  come  to  a  tidy  sum.  ter  family  than  chiefly  by four  factors—the  strength  and  composition of  the  developer,  cot  for the  Hilton,  Rawlings  didn't  Incidentally,  there's  a  bit  of  a  most  dogs  before  the  amount  of  agitation  during  development,  the  degree  of  exhaustion  say  what  the  crew  planned  to  do  disagreement  about  the  meaning  her.  Incidentally,  of  the developing solution,  and  the  temperature.  Negative development  with  her  offspring.  Possibly  they  of  Cunoa's  name.  Rawling  quotes  the  females  had  could  be  spread  around  the rest  of  2nd  cook  and  baker  Don'Juan  as  times  vary  from  about  two  minutes  with  rapid  developers  to  an  hour  the  edge  in  the  the  Bull  Line  fleet  so  that  each  saying  it  means  "brother  m  law,"  with  some  special  types  of  solutions.  Average  times  for  roll  films,  litter  by  a  count  vessel  could  have  a  mascot,  bom  while  Shackman  says  it's  the  film  packs,  sheet films  and  plates  vary  from  5  to  25  minutes  in  a  tank  of  six  to five.  Rawlings  and  bred  aboard  the  company's  Spanish  word  for  "cousin."  In  at  69  degrees  F,  depending  on  the  amount  of  contrast  desired.  When  According  to  ship.  either  case  it  might  be  a  go6d  you  are  developing film  in  a  tray,  you  naturally  are  agitating  the  filnl  Seafarers  Charles  c. Rawlings  and  almost  constantly,  but  when  you  develop  in  a  tank  you  have  to  shake  Harold  Shackman  who  supplied  Naturally, the  crew of  the Hilton  idea  to  rechristen  her  "Madre."  up  the  tank  every  couple  of  minutes for  a  few  seconds.  If  you  take  a  the  information  about  Cunoa's  look  at  the  literature  packed  \yith  the film  you  will  note  that  with  breath­taking  achievement,  the  the  same  solution  the  time  for  tray  development  is less  than  for  tank  event  took  place  while  en route  to  development.  The  advantage  of  the  tank  is  that  once  the  film  is  in  Philadelphia  from  Baltimore.  the  tank  the  rest  of  the  process  can  be  carried  on  in  the  light.  Lack  Cunoa  nonchalantly  strolled  into  of  a^tation  will  produce  objectionable  streaks  on  the  negative.  Nega­ the  deck . department  4­8  foc'sle  tives must  be rinsed  in  water for  several seconds .between  development  and  gave  birth  to  eleven  puppies'  and  fixation.  This  rinse  dilutes  the  developer  in  the  film  and  lowers  • w  under  AB  Clem  Bairstow's  bunk.  Greetings  from  the  good  ship  jury  but  his  car  was  pretty  badly  the  amount  of  developer carried  into  the  fixing  bath.  Although  water  Faced  the  Floor  is  the  simplest  type  of  rinse  bath,  an .acid  solution  which  chemically  Del  Norte.  I'm  ba£k  on  board  her  smashed up. ...  While  all  this  was  taking  place  again  after  a  long  absence  work­ neutralize  the  developer  is  better,  since  the  acid  stops  the  progress  Bairstow,  Don  Heriihy,  bosun  and  ing  as  linen  keeper  (rag  picker).  Before  I  came  to  New  Orleans  of  development.  Willie  Sears,  deck  engineer,  nerv­ I've  lost  eight  pounds  already  .  .  .  I spent  five  days  in  Havana.  They  Anti­Fade  Procedure  ously  paced  the  alleyways  like  ex­ The  crew  here  likes  the  LOG  very  have  fine  shows  at  the  Shanghai  The  purpose  of  the  fixing  bath  is  to  dissolve  the  silver  salts  in  the  Theatre  there  .  .  .  From  there  I  pectant  fathers.  film  after  development.  In  the  developing  solution,  only  those  por­ much  and  three  copies  are  just,  Since  nature  did  not.  endow  right.  There's  one  in  each  depart­ went  to  Tampa  and  paid  a  visit  tions  of  the  film  that  were  exposed  to  light  will  be  acted upon.  There  to  the  hall  ...  Cunoa  with  sufficient  facilities  to  ment  lounge.  ...  still  remain  portions  of  the  film  that  light  did  not  strike.  If  these  feed  her  entire  litter,  one  of  the  remain  in  the  film  they  will  darken  on  exposure  to  light  and  spoil  Havana  Vacation  Seafarers  hit  on'the  bright  idea  the  negative.  The  chemical  sodium  hypothiosulphate,  commonly  callee  of  drafting  a  baby's  nursing  bottle  Hugh  Dick, 67  years old  and  still  "hypo"  is  used  for  fixing.  Hypo  will  clear  the­film  of  milkiness  and  to  feed  the  weaker  pups.  This  going  strong.  He's  bedroom  stew­ "you  can  now  view  your  negatives.  After  a  wash  they  are  hung  up  to  proved  to  be  a  success  from  the  ard  on  here.  When  hais  not  sail­ dry.  The  purpose  of  the  wash  is to  remove  all hypo  in  the  film.  Hypo  start.'  •  ing,  he  has  the  sandwich  conces­ left  in  film  or  paper  is  usually­  the  culprit  guilty  of  causing  film  and  Regular.  Feedings  sion  along  the  docks  of  New  Or­ prints  tp  fade  after  a  few  years.  The  gangway  was  no  sooner  leans  .  . \  Leroy  Rinker  always has  down  in  Philly  before  fhe  boys  the  camera  handy  to  take  a  few  were  ashore  buying  bottles  and  shots  of  his  shipmates  whenever  nipples  to  feed  the  pups  with.  On  he  get's  a  chance  ... "Razor"  the  way  to  Puerto  Rico  the  pups,  Nassor  had  an  i  unfortunate  ac­ were  fed  via  the  bottle  route  three  cident  a  little  while  ago  when  his  (1)  John's  sister,  Betty,  married  Tom's  father,  Paul.  What  is  the  times  daily.  "No  babies  any­ 1950  Mercury  collided  with  a  taxi­ relation  of  John  to  Paul?  where,"  Shackman  wrote  're­ I  cab.  He  escaped  with  a  slight  in­ (2)  In  going  from  tKe  Pacific  to  the  Atlantic  through  the  Panama  Canal,  does  a  ship  sail  (east),  (west),  (north)  or  (south)?  (3)  A  man spent  $1  more  than  half  of  his money,  then  spent  $2 more  LOG­A­RHYTHM;  than  one­seventh  of  what  remained.  He  later  spent  four­fifths of  what  he  had  plus  $4,  and  found  he  had  one­twenti­fifth  of  what  he  started  with.  How  much  did  he  start  with?  Hugh  Dick,  veteran  bed­ (4)  In  what  country  is  the  Portuguese  language  spoken  by four  times  room  steward  at  work  in  a  as  many  people  as  there  are  in  Portugal?  By  Carl  Hicks  passenger  cabin.  Leroy  Rinker  (5)  If  aqua  and  hydro  are  both  woi'ds  uieaning  water,  what  is  the  photo.  difference  between  an  aquaplane  and  a  hydroplane?  (6)  From  what  date  is  the  age  of  race  horses  calculated?  ­ Zeke  Joblonski  is  still  on  the  Hey  look!  See  that?  The  snow­ J  wonder  why  my  stupid  mind,  (7)  A  group  of  youngsters  on  a  hike  walked  L8  miles  in  a  certain  Alcoa  Clipper  and  doing  well.  His  flakes  fall.  .  Thinks  thoughts,  that  puzzle  me.'.'  big  Chrysler  always  cafches  the  time.  If  the time  had  been  three hours  less,  their rate  would have been  Poor  vine,  dies  on  the  tree.  For  instance,  that  poor  jiying  vine  Just  death,  why  wtirry,  but  after  eye  when  he  drives around  in  New  one  mph  more.  How  long  did  it  take  them,  and  at  what  rate  were  —  Orleans  .  .  .  Frank  Smith,  from  they  walking?'  That's  growin'  on  yonder  ti'ee.  all  (8)  What  is the  largest  state east  of  the Mississippi  River?  Is it  (New  Washington  County,  Va.,  was walk­ You  know,  this  bothers  me.  ing  around Jn  a  daze  the  last  I  York),  (Georgia),  (Pennsylvania),  (Qhio)?  .  From  just  a  weed,  I've  watched  it  For  all  goes  Up  must  come  back  saw  of  him.  Reason?  He'd  been  (9)  While  George  Washington  was. President  of  the  US,  did  he  live  groib,  in  (Philadelphia),  (Washington),  (Boston).  (New  York)?  dowUf^  married  just a  couple of  weeks and  'Till  now,  'tis  way  up  high.  (10)  Wind  velocity  is  measured  at  weather  bureau  stations  by  an  in­ Yes  even  you  and  I,  couldp't make  up his  mind whether  The  climb  was  hard, 'successful  Frpm  dust, through  life,  then back  to  ship  out  or  return  to  home  and  strument  called  the  (anemometer),  (barometer),  (ceiling  balloon),  (baro­ though..  graph)?  to  ground.  bride.  .  For  what?  Tb­miiit  and.^diet.Ku  ^  Ti*  strange,  t­u^ndSf iohy.­.­'"  • •    ­sfe'rv  lAitswers On  Pace 27.)  ­ j..  .  ,  Salty"  Dick  f ­  .talltl  H « • s.iscPl  • Km /.«««  ,  •  . .'pl'­lfi. tttcOliW  ,  .  Married Men's  froblem...  Ship Or Go Back  Home?  Quiz Corner  The Withered  IH  m  �• •    ;.|^'jt?i;^|i.r­»­r­:...  "• ..^.i­y^':­;:';'  Face  Tmn^.  SiEAFARERS  Lae  All Ready  For  A Dip  Friday, daly 11/ i»8t  LOO­A­KHrrHM;  faith. Brother  By  Spike  Marlin  On  July  19  in  Helsinki,  Finland,  than  not  the  loser  hollers  "foul."  By  Jesse Watkins  muscular  young  men  and  women  The flag­waving  is  sure  to  be  representing  77  nations  that  enjoy  much  in  evidence  this  summer  Monthly  payments  coming  due.  various  degrees  of  comradeship  since  these  are  the first  Olympics­ Jobs  are  scarce  and  very  few.  ­ from  reasonable  friendliness  to  in which  a  Russian  team is  partici­ All  hands  wait  for  something  hew  downright  hostility  will  open  the  pating.  As  in  other  situations  in  13th  Olympic  games.  which  the  Russians  are  involved  C  the  board  at  SIU.  It  was  in 1984  that a  Frenchman  the  attitude  will  be  "No  payoff .on  Monday, all  day  one  ship  due;  by  the  name  of  Pierre  de  Couber­ place  and  show.. You either  win­or  Days 'til  rent  day  very  few.  tin first  got  the  idea  for  these  in­ else."  •   .  Hope  next  call  there's  something  ternational  sports  competitions.  In  We.are  reminded  of  a  couple  of  I:  new  those  optimistic  ­days  it  was  quaint  incidents  along  these  lines.  Oh  the  board  at  SIU.  thought  that  the  Olympics  would  One  was  an  international  weight­ Tuesday.  Wednesday  three  ships  promote  international  understand­ lifting" competition  in  Paris  a  ing.  There's  been  some  question  couple of  years back  where  a  pick­ due;  since whether or not  they were suc­ up  team  of­  Aiperican  musclemen  Spending  dollars  very  few.  shellacked  a  full  dress  Soviet  en­ Won't  you  please  put. something  cessful.  ^  In  the  last  twenty  years  that the  try.. The  Soviet  weightlifters  had  new  nations  of  the  world  have  been  special  medals  cast  for  them  after  On  the  board  at  SIU.  flexing their artillery  at each  other  the  brawl  was  over  so  that  they  Thursday,  Friday  ten  ships  due,  the  games  have  been  conducted  in  could bring  something back  for the  Frovfns  on  faces  very. few.  the  harsh  glare pf  national  rivalry.  home  folks.,  .  Dressed  up  in  life­jackets,  crewmembers  of  the  Lone  Jack  line  up  on  the  deck  of  the  Cities  Service  tanker  for  lifeboat  drill.  Photo  Brothers  Look!  It's  loaded  new.  Instead  of  engaging  in  friendly  Then  there  was  the  Soviet  bas­ competition,  the  iCMhetes  are' car­ ketball  team  that  visited  Peiplng,  Hold  your  faith in  SIU.  was taken  By Seafarer Dave  Singleton.  rying  the  whole  country's  reputa­ China,  last  winter  with  its  own  tion  on  their,  shoulders.  To  lose  referee.  He  called  all  the  fouls  means  disgracing  the flag.  against  the  home  team,  of  course.  Off  Witt  Their  Heads  Test  Of  Prestige  For  example,  after  the  1936  Hot. that  Russian  athletes  neces­ As far  as  the  crew  of  the Transatlantic  (Boise  Griffin)  is  concerned,  the  captain  and  Olympics the  Japanese tried  tp  put  mate  of  the  ship  are  men  of  a  few  thousand  well­chosen  excuses.  For four  trips now,  the  a  ceiling  of  6 feet 2 inches  on the  sarily  have  to  have  things  rigged  They have  shown a  great  crew  has been  after  the old  man  to okay  the painting of  crew's quarters, showers and head,  height  of  Olympic  basketball  play­ for them.  deal  of  talent  in  European  track  and each  time he has come  up^  ers  because  they  took  a  bad  beat­ and field  competition  and  are  sure  with  another  reason  why  the  seemed  that  the  wheat  dust  was  a  it's been a  fairly good ship. There's  ing  fi'om  the  US  entry.  Come  to  to  put  a  strong  showing, in  Hel­  .  respecter of  the licensed  personnel  quite  a  bit  of  disputed  overtimfe  in  think  of  it,  they  had  some  kind  of  sinki.  What  it  adds  up  to  is  that  job  can't  be  done.  When  the  men  signed  on  the  aboard  the  ship  and  didn't fldat  deck  and  _  engine  departments  argument  there.  this  Olympics is  slated  to  become  ship  in  New  Orleans  for  a  south­ past  the  thresholds  of  their rooms.  which  has  to  be  cjeared  up  but  There  have  been >4uite  a  few  a  test  of  prestige  of  the  US versus  bound  trip  with  a  load  of >  wheat  Finally  the  load  of  wheat  was  there's'  no  complaints  as  to  the  other disputes  in which the friendly  Russia  with  political  repercussions.  they  found  the  quarters  bearing  a  discharged  in  Europe  and  no dusty  chow.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  competitors  became  enraged  at  To  add  to  the  feeling  of  sporting  crew  went on record  as saying  that  each  other.  The  soccer  matches  rivalry  the  Soviet  entrants  will  be  slightly  rust­eaten  aspect.  Upon  cargo  was  brought  aboard.  being  approached  by  the  delegates  This  time  the  crew  was  told  the  this  steward  department  was  tops.  are  always  good  for  vociferous  quartered across the border instead  to  have  a  few  gallons  of  paint  company  had  issued  orders  that  Representing  the  crew  on  the  complaint  about  the  quality  of  the  of  living  together  with  all  other  slapped  on  where  they  would  do  expenses  had  to  be  reduced.  The  Transatlantic  are  M.  C.  Gaddy  as  refereeing.  The  boxing  tourney  competitors.  the  most  good,  the  mate  sh<mk  his  old  man  was  sorry,  he  would  have  ship's  delegate;  Paul  Turner,  deck  has  contributed  Its  share  of  ill  All  in  all  we  wouldn't  be  sur­ head  sadly  and  said  words  to  this  JUked  to  see  the  crew's  quarters  delegate;  J.  E.  Fisher  in  the  en­ feeling  because  of  differences  in  prised  to  see  a  few  verbal  brawls  effect:  "How  can  we  paint  with  painted, but  paint costs money  and  gine room  and W.  C.  Fisher for the  scoring  between  American  and  and  propaganda  blasts  before  the  ­ all  this wheat dust flying  around?"  then there  was all  that overtime  to  galley  crew..  European  judges.  More  often  whole thing  is over.  reckon  with.  Still  Dusty  By now  the crew  was pretty  well  The cargo  of  wheat was  duly dis­ posed  of  and  a  load  of  bauxite  steamed  up.  The  quarters  had  taken on. Once  again the  mate  was  been  in  bad  shape  to  begin  with,  approached,  but  he  came  back  and  the  trips since  then hadn't  im­ One morning last month as the good  ship  Del Oro (Mississippi)  ­was on it^ course hpaded  readily  with  a  new  excuse,  "How  proved their condition any.  So the  for  West  Africa,  Brother  Mike  Davis  who  was on watch spotted  something waving up and  can  we  paint  with  all  this  bauxite  men  decided  that  the  only  way  to  down frantically.  On  closer inspection  he saw  it was  a small fishing  boat, 22  feet long, that  get  any  action  was  to  have  the  dust flying around?"  —  ^^—  Back  home  to  the  States  with  Union  let  the  company  know  that  was  in  trouble.  As  a  result,  eight persons who were in the  nobody  was  interested  In  taking  on  a  special  diet  to  which  they  re­ a  nearby  Island. Their thanks  were  bauxite,  the  ship  discharged  cargo  more  than  could  be  expressed  in  and  picked  up  another  load  of  the  ship opt  again  until  something  boat and were drifting around  sponded  with  very good  results.  wheat.  Very  dusty  wheat,  too.  So  was  done  to  clean  the  foc'sles  up.  on  the  verge  of  complete  disaster  The next morning, when they had  words.  D.  F.  Kelly  dusty  in  fact  that  the  mate  threw  As  one  crewmember  put  it,  "It  were  brought  ashore  safe  and  recovered  a  little  bit  from  their  experience,  we  put  them ashore  at  Engine  Delegate  his  hands  up  in  horror  at  the  seems  like  the  company  is  waitipg  sound.  thought of  painting in all  that dust.  to  get  a  cargo  of  war  brides,'  or  The  crew  of  the  Del  Oro  is very  The  crew  felt  that  there  was  have  the' ship  converted  into  a  proud  of  Brother Davis,  oiie of  our  something  odd  about  it  when  the  troop  carrier  before  painting  the  oldtimers who holds book  G­73, for  mate  broke  open  a  couple  of  cans  crew's  living  quarters."  being  on  the  alert  and  spotting  of  paint for  the officers' rooms.  It  Otherwise  the­  delegates  report  this small  craft.  It  certainly  made  us  a  happy  bunch  of  Seafarers  to  • T   he  LOG  opens  this  column  as  an  exchange  for  stewards,  cooks,  know  that  we  had; saved  the  lives  bakers and  others who'd  like to share  favored  food  recipes, Uttlc­lcnown  of  aU  these  people.  cooking  and  baking  hints, dishes  with  a  national  flavor  and  the  like,  Boat  Taken  Aboard  suitable  for  shipboard  use.  Mail  in  your  suggestions.  Here's  Chief  When'Mike  spotted  the  boat  he  Steward  Elmer  Hansen's  recipe  for  "Lobster  Newburg."  called  the  2nd  mate  who  was  on  Summertime calls  for something  watch.  The  mate  put  his  glasses  a  little  out  o/  the  ordinary  to  and it's  been called that  ever since.  "  on the  boat and saw  that they  were  delight  the  eye  .and  the  palate  Or so  the story  goes anyway.  while taking  the mind  off  the heat.  Here's  all  you  need:  M  pound  in  bad  trouble.  He  notified  the  "Quickie"  meals  shouldn't  be  butter,  2  cups flour,  2  small  cans  captain  who  issued  the  necessary  frowned  on  if  they're  up  to  par  milk thinned­with an equal  amount  orders  to  pick  up  the  boat  and  its  and  can  give  the  galley  crew  a  of­ water, 10 egg yolks,  small quan­ crew  right  away.  Within  a  short  breather.  tity of  sherry flavor (the wine itself  time, the boat and its crew of  e'ight  That's  why Chief  Steward Elmer  will  do),  salt  and  pepper  to  taste,  '  were  on  board 'our  'ship  through  Hansen, with  30 years of galley ex­ and  10­12  pounds  of  lobster,  crab  capital handling of  the lines by  the  perience,  considers  a  shelUbsh  or  shrimp,  since  either  can'  ,be  deck  gang  aboard  the  Del  Oro.  "Newburg" ­ an  all­around  pleaser  used.  Melt  the­ butter  in  a  saucepan;' v  summer  At  the  time  that  the  rescued  during,  add  the flour,  then  after  beating  months.  The  men  were  brought  aboard, it  was  name  for  t b e  the  egg  yolks  well  with  the  milk,  found that  they  were in  bad shape.  dish,  by  the  way,  add  that  in­ with  the  seasoning  Their  boat  was all  out  of  drinking  seems  to  have  until the  mixture reaches a  smooth '  water,  and  had  become  water­ originated in New  consistency.  The shrimp or lobster  logged  and  was  riding  very  low  York's  famed  needs about  20 minutes  of  cooking  with  disaster  <dose  oh  hand.  before  it  feels  soft,  and  when  it  Delmonico's  Res­ As  a  result­of  their  experience  taurant  where  a  does,  just  before aerving  pour  the  ;  the  master  was  a  very  sick  man,  particular  lobster  sauce and  the sherry flavor over  it.  and the Other seven men in the boat,  sauce  caught  the  It  can  be  served  on  toast  or  in  Hansen  three  of  them  young  boys  in  their  ­fancy  of  a  Mr.  pattie.s and  takes all  of  a half  hour ­ teens,, were  ?n  need  of  care.  "  Wenburg,  a  wealthy  patron  who  to  prepare.  (Feeds 46.)  Had  Given  Up  Hope  consistently  showed  a­  preference  With  it,  JHansen  suggests  a  French  onion  soup  with  cheese  When  they were  brought  aboard,  for the  dish.  they  declared  that  they  had  given  Following  the  custom,  the  dish  croutons  as. a  sure  hit.  The  trick  ~  up  all  hope  of  being  saved  and  was  named  after  him,  but  the  with  the  onion  soup  is  in  having .  gentleman  tired  o'  hearing,  his  the  beef  stock, ready for  use at  any  were  prepared  for  the  worst;"  Once  we  got  them  on  the  ship  name  repeated  so  often  by  other  time,  so  that  the  whole  job  is­ the  master  was  taken  to  the  sick  diners so that he finally appealed to  browning  the  onions  for  about  2(1  bay  where  he  was  put  under  the  Delmonico's to change it.  They did  minutes.  To  enhance  the flavor,?  special  attention  of  the  pufsef.  so,  reversing  the  letters  WEN  In  make  sUre  the  croutons  are  In  the  ' ;  iwNcufh^g.i : plate •  'soupi­te^ popr^H^  • Thd" rest.:^'! tte­ as«sv|y<«i r  •  [Hl^nbufg; tp  Why  Paint ?  Sait  Air ^oiis it  Del  Oro Saves  Eight  FIshiBrmen  :'6AtiisigigL£A  ^  �rmrnr. July  11. 1952  *JDnUm Brothers^  &ot ^ust Words  Pac« TwaKy  SEAFARERS  LOG  L  M  T  T  E  MS  TJ  the  Editor:  A few  days ago  while aboard  the  SS  Beatrice  (Bull),  I  received  the  barflys  or  other  sharks  on  the  terrible news  that my  son had  died  waterfront,  but  is  a  clean  saloon  in  an  accident.  As  a  result  of  the  which  some  US  seamen  already  treatment  which  I  received  aboard  know.  Paul  doesn't charge  "foreign  that ship and also  on the  SS Puerto  seamen"  special  prices  but  treats  Rico  (Bull),  to  which  ! was  later  everyone  alike,  and  will  gladly  transferred,  I  have  really  come' to  hand  out  the  LOG  to any  Seafarer  ^  know  the  true  meaning  of  the  coming  to  the  port  of  Bremen.  His  saloon  is  located  near  the  Weser­ words  "Union  brothers."  My  Union  brothers  aboard  the  bahnhof,  or  near  the  Europahafen.  Beatrice  did  everything  within  Anyone  whose  ship  comes  into  their  power  to  help  ease^the  pain  Brake,  Nordenham or Bremerhafen  may  send  a  letter  to  Paul  and  he  that  such  a  loss  will mail  the  LOG  to the  given ad­ means to a father.  dress. In other words,  any Seafarer  Since  we  were  who  wants  the  LOG  sent  to  the  still  on  our  way  above  ports  can  write  to  Paul  to  Puerto  Rico,  Holte,. Bremen,  Auf  der  Muggen­ Captain  C allis  burg  5.  was  kind  enough  Franz  Pietzak  to  arrange  with  (Ed. note:  LOGs  will  be  at  the  Captain  Bell­ "Muggenburg"  in  Bremen  from  house  of  the  PR  now  on.)  for  my  transfer  Beyefe  t  t  t  .  to  the  PR,  whieh  was  bound  for  New  York.  '  The  transfer  was  effected  and  I  found  myself  the  recipient  of  all  the kindness  possible from  my Un­ To  the  Editor:  ion  brothers  aboard  that  . ship.  Thanks  to  the  headquarters  of­ When  my  case  was  made known  to  fice  for their  quick  action  in  send­ the  crew  of  the  PR,  they  voted  at  ing  me  the  vacation  check  for  their  regular  meeting  to  give  me  $67.28.  $100  out  of  their  ship's  fund  to  I  have  been'going  to  sea  for  26  help  me  further  in  my  time  of  years and  In  that time  I have  been  torpedoed  (both afloat  and  ashore),  need.  1  regret  that  my  knowledge  of  shanghaied,  shipwrecked  and  won  English Is  not extensive enough for  the  championship  of  the  merchant  me to  state in words my  feelings at  marine  playing  bridge.  But  this  is  having  received  such fine  treat­ the first  vacation  pay  I  ever  re­ ment.  My  heartfelt  thanks  to  the  ceived.  Thomas W.  King  masters  of  both  vessels  for  the  courtesy  they  extended  to  me.  1  shall  never forget  their  actions.  Mario Reyes  the  baloney  and  looking, for  the  first  chance  to  li^t  a  butt  for  a  few  quick,  tasteless puffs  when  the  mate  turns  around.  It's  a  ridicu­ lous  situation.  The  following  is  the  latest  Now that  new fire  regulations are  available  listing  of  official  ex­­ set  up,  the  companies  probably  don't mind  if  a guy  smokes,  though  change  rates  for  foreign  cur­ maybe  a  few  officers  will.  Hell,  if  rencies.  Listings  are  as  of  a.  taxidriver  can  smoke  and  drive  July  9,  1952,  and  are  subject  through  New  York  traffic  at  night  to  change  without  notice.  with  no  troubles,  why  can't  a  England,  New  Zealand.  Soutii  Africa:  .  helmsman  at  sea  with  miles  and  $2.80  per  pound  sterling:  miles  of  space  In  front  of  him  do  Australia:  $2.24  per  pound  sterling.  Belgium:  50  francs  to  the  dollar.  it?  Denmark:  14.43  cents  per  krone.  No  one  likes to  smoke  in  a  tight  France:  350  francs  to  the  dollar.  Holland:  3.80  guUders  to  the  dollar.  spot or  while  taking  orders from  a­ Italy:  625  lire  to  the  dollar.  pilot,  especially  in  a  foreign  port  Norway:  14  cents  per krone.  Portugal:  28.75  escudos  to  the  dollar.  where  most  of  them  don't  speak  Sweden:  19.33  cents  per  krone.  English at  all. But  on the  sea,  with  India:  21  cents  per  rupee.  Pakistan:  30.2  cents  per  rupee.  everything  running  smooth,  let's  Argentina;  14.2  pesos  to  the  dollar.  all  smoke  or  make  the  wheelhouse  Brazil:  5.4  cents  per  cruzeiro.  Uruguay:  52A3  cents  per  peso.  "off­limits" for everyone by putting  Venezuela:  29.85  cents  per  bolivar.  up  "No  Smoking"  signs.  Frank  Caspar  Ship's  delegate  Money Exchange  Bates Listed  His Vaedtion Pay  End ^TwO'Pot^  1st In 26 Years  Smoking Bale  X­  X­  X  Pay Mondy Owed^  Labels Pals Ask  Not Enough OT  For Stewards  To  the  Editor:  There's  a  general  resentment  here  on  the  Gateway  City  (Water­ man)  following  the  recent  raise  given  day  workers,  with  the  stew­ ards  department  left  out  in  the  cold.  The resentment,  of  course,  is  on  the  part  of  men  in  the  stewards  department  gen­ erally,  who  insist  they  are  day  workers. The only  real  overtime  they  are  allowed  •   to make, now that  Watts  most of  the paint­ ing  and  sougeeing  is  in  the  hands  of  the deck  department, is  compul­ sory OT  on weekends and  holidays.*  This  OT  is forced  on  them  so  it  is  unlike  the  set­up  for  the  deck  and  engine  departments  which  gives  them  the  chance  (in  port)  to  refuse  to  work  it  if  they  feel  like  it.  But  the  stewards  department  has  to  function  regardless.  Incidentally,  this  feeling  isn't  only something  on this  ship.  I have  talked  to  many  chief  stewards  and  men  in  the  department  on  several  other  ships  in  various  ports  and  they  all  agree  they  are  the  forgot­ ten  men.  E.  M.  Watts  Chief  Steward  To  the  Editor:  «.A  few  months ago  in  the LOG,  I  noticed  some  complaints  from  one  To  the  Editor:  of  our  brothers  about  smoking  on  Many  of  us, members  of  the  SIU  the  navigation  bridge  while  on  and  SUP,  are  going  to  lose  our  home,  the  Wilmington  Hotel,  un­ lookoiit.  Since  I'm  a  steady  reader  less  the  members  who  owe  money  of  the  LOG,  I  have  been  looking  to  Lube  Plant,  owner  of  the  above  XXX  for any other beefs  of this kind  but  hotel,  pay  their  bills  and  also cash  nothing  has  come  up so far.  given  them  by  Lube.  As I'm  a heavy  smoker, I  believe  Lube  not  only  carries  the  boys,  the  brother  in  question  was  100  gives them cash  and food,  but picks  percent  right  and  that  it's  time  to  them  up  at  the  ships,  takes  them  To  the  Editor:  The  Afoundria  is  returning  to  end  the  unfair  system  we  now  to  the  ships  all  hours  of  the  night  New  York  from  a  Far  East  run  to  haye.  There  are  several  reasons  and  day,  takes  care  of  the  boys  Hawaii,  Japan,  Okinawa,  Korea  why  the  wheelsman  in sailing  ship  when  they  are  sick,  etc.  ^  X'  and  the  Philippines.  We  expect  to  days  was  not  allowed  to  smoke  in  To  the  Editor:  ':^l  arrive  in  New  York, around July 30.  Send  in  Dough  the wheelhouse  or on  deck, such  as  Its  been a  long  trip and  we'll  all  I  just finished  reading  a  copy  of  the danger  of  a  cigarette  or sparks  Don't  the  boys  who  owe  her  the  LOG  and  have  a  confession  to  being  carried  by  the  wind  and  money  think  Lube  should  be  paid?  be  glad  to  get  back  to  the  States.  To the  Editor:  make.  All  the  time  I  was  at  sea  I  burning the sails  or even the  whole  Please,  wherever  you  are,  send  Everything  has  been  running'  We  had  a  poker  game.going  all  never appreciated reading the LOG  ship.  her  whatever  monies  are  due.  smoothly  though,  with  very  little  the  way  over  to  Greece  on  the  as  I  do  now.  ^  Otl^erwise  Lube  will  be  compelled  disputed  overtime.  Bet  Rules  Prevail  W.  L.  Hammond  Cecil  Bean as  the  ship  Iwcame  the  I  had  just  completed  seven  to  give  us the  names  of  those men  Ship's  delegate  Monte Carlo  of  the Atlantic  Ocean.  months  on  the  Alcoa  Pioneer  in  But  the  time  of  the  sailing ship  who  owe  her  money  which  will  go  is long  past and  there are set rulefs  We were playing "jaw  bone­poker."  August,  1950,  when  I  received  my  4­ through  the  grapevine.  In  other  words,  we  played  owlngs  "greetings"  and  in  October,  I  was  where  to  smoke  and  where  not  to  At  the  present  time  with  the  on  the  ship.  As  everyone  knows,  and you  pay at  the end  of  the trip.  called  into  the  army.  1  sailed  SIU  strike on.  Lube  is helping  the  boys  there  aren't  any  "No  Smoking"  What a game  It was.  Fifteen dol­ for­just about  six yeais and  It real­ lars  a  card  In  stud  was  a  sociable  ly  hit  hard  when  I  had  to  retire  signs,  in  the  wheelhouse.  Further­ out  and  we  do not  want  to  see  her  To  the Editor:  *  bet.  Some men  were playing  a few  my book and  don these  OD clothes.  more,  ships  carrying  quartermast­ out  of  business.  ­ I  would  like  to  thank  the fine  .  You  will  remember  the  writeup  hundred  dollars  behind.  What  a  I guess  that  I  was  pretty  lucky  in  ers allow,  them to  smoke there'and  men listed below  for acting as pall­ shock  it  was  when  all  called  It  a  way  though,  because  I  Was  as­ on some  Lakes ships  they  even  get  Lube  had  in  a  previous  issue  of  bearers  at  my  wife's  funeral  May  a  chair,  which  is  not  a  good  idea  the  LOG  which  showed  what  a  27  last  month  while  I  was  away  at  quits and  no  one  paid  off.  signed to  the engineers.  My knowl­ for deep­sea  sailing.  fine  place  she  runs  for  the  mer­ John  Morris  sea. They  were all  out of  the  Balti­ edge  of  rigging  helped  me  to  get  chant  seamen.  '  But  so  far  as  the  smoking  goes;  Ship's  delegate  more  hall:  Ed  Miemiller.  Charles  the­ breaks.  Signed  by  7  Seamen  let's look  at  it  this  way.  The  quar­ •   X­  4.  X.  Gill,  E.  HoUde,  G.  Worham,  Wil­ I am sure  looking forward  to the  termaister  has  a  XXX  liam  Ward.  day  when  I  can  get  out  of  the  four­hour  wheel  I  would  also  like  to  thank  the  watch,  but  gets  a  agent.  Earl  Sheppard,  for  giving  half­hoi^'s  relief  me  a  list  of  the  names,  and  also  To  the  Editor:  in  between  for  the  crew  of  the  Marie  Hamill  for  The  chief  engineer  on  the  Ala­ To the  Editor:  cdffeetime.  Since  the fiowers  they sent  from the  ship  mar  (Calmar)  is  a  very  loyal  and  First,  we. all  know  that  the  SIU  while  we  were  on  the  way  back  to  he  is  clean  al­ noteworthy  company  man.  .Having  is  not  just  one  of  the  best,  but  is  the  States.  ready,  he  has  the  come  aboard five  days  before  her  the  very  best  for  all  it  has  done  full  time  to  rest  Charles V.  BedeU  maiden voyage  and still  around, he  for  us.  To  keep  it  that  way,  all  up.  and family  thinks he practically owns  the ship.  members should give their^opinions  This  is  not  the  This ambitious Individual mislaid  Ga^ar  4"  4"  4"  to  the  editor,  which  I'm  sure  he  case  with  the  AB  a  pair  of  pliers  and  accused  the  wh^t stands wheel  watch.  He  works  won't  mind.  steward and his department  of  pur­ out on deck  before .going up  to the  Even  the  committee  can  see  loining  same,  at  the  same  time  wheel  doing  all  kinds  of  routine  much better and get  a better agree­ To  the  Editor:  '"J  calling  the  unlicensed  personnel  a  jobs, painting  and so  on.  He  usual­ ment  for  us  all  by  all  members  The  Bluestar  is  just  about  at  its  lot  of  sundry  obscene  names.  :  ly  can't  knock  off  until  15  minutes  writing  to the  editor.  We  are  contemplating,  at  this  destination for  this trip  and  I  want  before  going­  on  watch,  during  I believe  that a  lot  of  arguments  to  say  that  this  crew  can't  be  beat  writing,.  whether  or  not  to  pur­ .which time  he ^as to  wash,  possib­ in  the  steward's  department  could  or even  compared  with  in the  next  chase  a  new  pair  for  him  before  ly  change  into  clean  '^nts  and  be  stopped  by  changing  working  five  years.  Any  of  the  oldtimers  he  has  a  stroke.  In  ahy  event,  we  shirt,  drink  his  coffee,  grab  a  hours  for  a  messman.  At  present,  aboard  would  echo  what  I  say  if  are going  to make  an  issue  of  this  smoke  and  prepare  a  couple  of  their  hours  are  from  6:30  AM  to  they  were  asked.  when  the  opportunity  develops.  cups of  coifee for the bridge. There  10  AM,  11  AM  to  1  PM,  4  PM  to  The  ship  has  just  gotten  a  time­ David  Barry  Frank  Vemer' en joying  some  isn't  much  time  to  spare  there,  if  6:30 PM  as the  agreement reads.  Ship's delegate  charter,  so  it  looks  like  a  top  pay­ of  that classio German brew  at  any."  Not  Enough  Time  off.  We  will  more  than  likely  wind  Two­Pot'  System  ,  a  roadside  spot  near  Heidel­ The  dinner  hour  is  where  most  up on  the  West  Coast,  as  the  char­ burg,  Then,  on  the  wheel  for  his  two  of  the trouble  lies.  They have  only  ter  covers  Yokohama,  Japan.  Need  hours  he  can't  smoke  while  the  one­half  hour  to  set  up  ^d  most  I  say  more?  arn^  and  return  to  the  smooth  officer in charge Md  several bridge  of  the. men can't  do  it,  which  I'm  By  the  way,  I can't see  why  peo­ To  the  Editor:  To  be  sure  that  SlU  ships  com­ sailing  in the BIU.  I would  like  to  visitors  smoke  continuously.  Some  sure  quite  a  few messmen  feel the  ple  use  an  organization  in  labor,  or any organization for that matter,  ing  iiito  the  port  of  Bremen,  Ger­ take  this  opportunity  to  say  hello  officers  try  to  tell  you  smoking  same  way.  to  all  of  my  shipmates,  especially  while on  the  wheel  interferes  with  just  for  the purpose  of  being  able ,;  I suggest  that  the  new hours  for  many, get  the LOG  I suggest  mail­ your  visibility.  That's  big  joke.  all ­messmen should  'oe  6:30  AM  to  to say  to a  casual  friend, "You  see  about ;30  copies  each  Issue  for  around  the  port  of  Mobile.  a  start  to  the  owner  of  the'^loon  I have  always had  the LOG  sent  There's  sometimes as  manjr as five  9:30  AM,  10:30 AM  to 1 PM;"4  PM  that  union.  That  is  my  union."  "Muggenburg."  His  name  Is  Paul  to  my  home  in  Ocean  Springs,  officers  on  the  bridge  all .smoking  to  6:30  PM.  As  you  can  see  that  What  good  does  it  d»  just  to  say  Holts,  and  hd's  a  former  German  Miss.,  and  my  mother  has  been  and  using flashlights  to  read  the  gives  messiAen  one  full  hour  to  you  belong?  set up and  time to  take care  of  his  We  should all  devote  ourselves to­ seaman  who  sailed  foi­  about  20  sending  it  to  me  while  I've­ been  beU  book, etc.  understanding  Die  high  values  yeanr from New  Oiieans as an AB.  in  the  army  in  Germany.  Here'­s  Then we have  modern ships run­ business.  the  Union  before  any  of  us  start  I'd  like  to  hear  some  other  ning ­automatic  most  of  the  time  Hit  wife  is  a  former  reiddent  of  hoping  that  I'll toe back  with  you  popping  off.  and  the­  AB  on  the  wlieel  stays  opinions  on  this  matter.  Newark,  N.  J.  real soom  Rooky  MtltMir  ,, , ,  Chet  Oawycb  Frank  Li  Vemer  there  for  two  hoixrs,  listening  to  Tho^ pl«»»  is  not  a  hangout  for  Afoundria Comes  From Far East  GICanH%eOut  01 OBs Too Soon  Jaw Bone Poker  Purely Amateur  Thanks Men Fftr  Aid  At Funeral  Anybody Found  ChieFs Pliers?  Asks Change In  Messman^s Hours  CanH  Beat Crew  On The Bluestar  JA0GS  Avadable  In Bremen Now  c  .  '' '  • 'i­'  �,;»  • • »  ­  ... r ...­/• «•   I­?­'  Thanhs MarCreMv  War Helping Hand  X  E  T  'if^day, 3fa^y  11; 1951  'fe­,  E  n  s •   Banghter Heedlls  Father^s Career  To the  Editor:  I would  like to  call  to the  atten­ a fine  bunch  of  cooks  with  him  to  of  the first  things  they  throw  at  us  tion of  Seafarers  some  facts'about  make  the  boys  happy.  is,  '.'How  many  men  signed  on  a  I  would  like  to  say  something  my  late  father  Frank  S.  Mitchell,  certain sMp  and how  many men  re­ about  everyone,  but  that  would  be  steward,  who  passed  away  August  turned  to  the  States  on  her?"  So  like  writing  a  book.  Say  hello  to  18  of  last  year  at  the  Mpine  by  not  sticking  with  your  ship  and  To  the  Editor:  Hospital  in  San  not  bringing  her  in  SIU  style  you  This is  the first  time I've  written  the  boys  in  Galveston.  I  hope  to  Francisco.  not  only  hurt  your  shipmates  for  to  the  LOG  but  I  thought  I  would  see  them  soon.  My  father  was  M.  Boyd  Davis  the  one  voyage  but  also  the  Union  give  it  a  try  as^everyone  has  to  a  seafaring  man  which  is  getting  us  better  Wages  make  a  start.  First  I  would  like  to  4  4  4  long  ^before  my  say  the  SIU­has  really  made  a  lot  and  conditions  all  the  time.  of  progress  since  I first  came  into  time and  a  Union  Brothers,  when you  ship, do  your­ member  for  as  self,  your  shipmates  and  your  the  Union  in  1946.  I  really  didn't  long  as  I  can  re­ know  much  about  unions  at  that  Union  justice.  Finish  the  trip!  To  the  Editor:  member.  At  the  time,  but ,  t hrough  the  help  of  the  We  have  a  setup  on  here  that  All  hands aboard  the SS .Potrero  time  of  his  death  oldtimers and  good  Union  brothers  might  be  passed  on  to  other  ships  Hills,  on  which  brother  John  we  found  he  had  that  have  the  same  circumstances  I  learned  how  the  SIU  works  and  Grams  was  a  crewmember,  very  Mitchell  discharges  ,  ilU.l.  from  3 J  as Qurs.  We  have  16  aliens aboard.  what  it  stands  for.  sorrowfully  regret  the  announce­ ships date(|  as far  back  as 1910.  It  Some  of  them  have  been  with  us  I  have  talked  to  .members  of  ment that  he passed  away ih Rio de  for quite  a  while.  Others come and  other  unions  and  1  don't  think  Janeiro,  June  9,  1952.  Arrange­ is  my  belief  that  he  was  one  of  the first  Union  members.  go.  We  have  a  fund  set  up  where  ments  were  made  by.the  crew  to  Commended  During  War  each  one  can  make  a  donation  to  have Mass said for him for a period  Several  times  during  his  career  the  LOG.  This  is  voluntary  and  of  one  year,  which  consists  of  21  his  ship  was  commended  for  serv­ you  find  most  all  of  the  men  want  4  4*  it  prayers.  to  give.  We  have  explained  how  John'  was  always  an  inspiratior,  ices  rendered..»When  he  was  on  the  LOG  is  operated  and  that  we  boosting the  morale  of  the  weakest  the  John  Banvard  he  received  a  also  give  to  keep  the  LOG  coming  at  all  tjines.'  He  never  allowed  personal  commendation  from  the  to  us  with  all  the  latest  shipping  himself  a dull  moment.  His ability  master  of  the  ship,  while  he  and  To  the  Editor:  news  and  current  events.  will  long  be  remembered,  plus  the  other  crewmembers  were  cited  by  We  have  been  out  of  the  states  Many  of • them  read  the  LOG  fact  thai  he always  conducted  him­ the  Air  .Corps  for  displaying  a  for  seven  months  now  on  the  with much  enthusiasm as the  mem­ self  as a  gentleman and  was a  per­ "high degree  of  courage  and  coop­ Camas  Meadows and there  are only  bers and remark  about what  a great  eration."  fect  shipmate.  .  14  of  the  crew  we  left  with  still  Union  we have  and  are  glad  of  the  His Gulf  number 53.  booknumber  During  the  war  he  held  a  com­ with  us.  The  reason for  this  letter  privilege  of  riding  an  SIU  ship.  places  him  high  on  the honor  roll  mission and  was aboard  two  of  the  is to  try and  point  out some  of  the  Applaud  Assessment  of  oldtime  Union  brothers  who  ships  mentioned  in  "Seafarers  In  facts about  a  run  out  here  into the  have  served  so  faithfully.  He  will  World  War  II."  Persian  Gulf. This  run  is  different  The menfibership  here is 100 per­ Also in  the February,  1951,  issue  be remembered  by all.  from most  others. Most  of  the crew  cent  for  the  new  building  assess­ of  the  LOG  on  page  one,  there  John  A.  Reed  that  we  left  the  states  with  have  ment.  Most  of  us  ship  from  Balti­ appeared  a  letter from  the  Deputy  Ship's  Delegate  more and  Philly so it  will really  be  never  been  on  a  tanker  or  a  long  Commander  of  the  MSTS,  Navy  a great  thing for us.  I haven't seen,  •  •  '4  4  4  trip.  Captain A.  F. Jnker  congratulating  the  new hall  yet  but  as  soon as  we  On  deck  of  the  Christine  Three  Questions  the  crew  of  the  Seawind  of  which  get  back  I  am  going  to  pay  it  a  are  M.  Boyd  Davis,  deck  engi­ I  would  like  to  say  to  men  who  my  father  was  a  member for  their  neer  (left)  and  D.  K.  Nunn,*""  throw  in  for  a  job  on  a  tanker  visit.  services  during  the  Korean  cam­ I  want  to  pick  up  my  new  book  steward.  Photo  was  taken  in  To  ^e Editor:  that's  not  coastwise  or  nearby  paign.  and some  of  that  good old  vacation  Japan.  I am  a  Swedish  seaman.  I  hope  foreign  to  ask  themselves  three  Last  Voyage  green.  So long  for now  and  broth­ you  will  send me  your  newspaper.  questions:  v  This  trip,' lasting  about  seven  ers  keep­ up  the  good  work.  there  is  any  other  union  that  has  It's  perhaps  very  difficult  to make  "Do  I  wapd  to  make  a  long  trip?  months,  was  my  father's  last  Donald  N.  Dickson  made  as much  progress as  our  Un­ it  because  Sweden  is  on  the  other  Will  I  stay  with  the  ship  until  she  voyage.  He  became  ill  aboard  ship  Ship's delegate  ion  has  in  such  a  short  time.  Be­ side  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  returns  which  is  eight  "to  ten  lieve  me,  that  is  something  to  be  I like  the SEAFARERS  LOG.  It  but  ­Avas  able  to  attend  to  hjs  4  4  4  months  or  longer?  Do I  want  a  lot  proud  of.  It  goes  to  show  that  is  very  interesting  to  read  at  all  duties.  After  his  discharge  he  be­ of  time  in  foreign  ports?"  came  seriously  ill  since  he  was  every  man  in Jthe  Union  is  solidly  times.  ,  I  may point  out  that  a  lot  of  the  suffering from  lung cancer.  behind  our  officials  and  that  the  Stig Lindersott  time  you  are  at  sea  for  about  40  ­  At  the  time  of  his­death  he  was  officials  have  the  interest  of  the  days  and  then  when  you  hit  port  4  4  4  68  years  old.  He  was  a  native  of  membership  at  heart.  you  are  there  foe  only  24  hours.  To  the  Editor:  Norfolk,  Va.  Would  you  please  send  me  a  Proud  of  Membership  So  if  a guy  likes a  lot of  port  time  S.  Spurgeon  copy  of  the  booklet  "Seafarers  In  it's  best not  to  take  a  tanker head­ : ,  I  know  that  I  am  proud  to  be  World  War  II."  I  am  an  ex­SIU  ing for  the Persian  Gulf.  an  SIU  member  and  proud  of  the  ,To  the  Editor:  4  4  4  In our case  we took  our first load  man  now  working  ashore  in  De­ men  behind  me  for  I know  I  will  Greetings  from  Firlaiid  Sanitar­ troit.  from  Puerto  La  Cruz  to  Haifa.  So  always  get  a  square  deal  in  any  ium  out  in  Seattle.  My first  hospi­ when  we got  to Has  Tanura  to load  I  receive  the  LOG  regularly'and  beef  at  any  time.  we  were  not  allowed  ashore  there.  enjoy  reading  it  very  much.  It  is  .  1 have  lialled  out  of  most  of  the  tal  benefits  were  '  Not that  there's anything there, but  beyond  a  doubt  the  best  union;  Sltr  ports  but  most  regularly  out  just  like  a  ship's  To Jthe  Editor:  the  few  beers  and  the  movies help  paper  printed  anywhere,  just  right  of  Galveston  and  they  have  a fine  payoff  as  I  was  The office 4>{ the  USCG Shipping  almost  out  of  to  kill  the  monotony  of  the  trip.  to  go  with  the  best  Union  in  the­ bunch  of  fi^lows  down  that  way to  Commissioner will,  in  the next  few  smokes. But, right  world.  The  reason  for  no  shore  leave  at  days,  move  from  its  present  quar­ sail  withi  in  the  nick  of  Ras  Tanura  is  that  we  have  been  I hope  to get  to NY "soon  and see  ters  in  the  Failing  Building,  Port­ At  the  present,  I  am  on  the  time  the  SIU  the new  hall as all  the pictures  and  to  Haifa  taking  oil  to  the  Israelis,  land, Oregon, to  201 Lincoln  Build­ Christine  as  deck  engineer.  Our  saved the day  and  stories  about  it  in  the  LOG  are  and  the Arabians  dont' like  it.  ing,  208  SW  5th  Avenue,  Portland,  last  crew  came  out  of  Norfolk  and  I  am  once  again  swell.  Keep  up  the  good  work  and  —  Tough  Conditions  and  we  would  like  to  receive  the  they  are  a  good  grout>  of  Union  in  {he  chips.  plenty  of  good  luck  in  the  future.  men.  We  have  Carl  Carlson  as  LOG  there  from  now  on.  Brother,  if  you  aren't  prepared  If  things  go  Lloyd  J. Campbell  to  meet  conditions  such  as  this  bosun  who  knows  and  does  every­ well,  there  is  a  May  I  take  this  opportunity  to  (Ed.  note:  A  copy  of  "Seafar­ thing  the  SIU  way.  Eddie  Burton  Austad  don't  ship on  a  job  and  then  leave  thank  you  for  your  kindness  in  good  chance  I'll  ers  in  World  War  II"  is  on  its  your shipmates stranded.  Get a  guy  is deck  maintenance and  ship's del­ be  back  at sea  again  sailing on  one  sending us  the LOG  and to  compli­ way.)  that  knows  the  score and  what he's  egate.  He  is  doing  a fine  job  all  of  those  smooth­running,  well­fed  ment  you for  a fine  job of  publish­ ^444  in  for  and  can  stick  it  out.  No  one  the  way  around.  In  tlav  engine,  SIU ships that  can't be  beat. I  hope  ing. You  and all  Seafarers can  well  knows  what  it  is to have to  pick  up  room  we have  Billy  Kohl  and  L.  B.  that  I  will  soon  be  able  to  hold up  be  proud  of  the  LOG.  It  not  only  replacements  over  here.  Bryant  who  are  really  on  the  ball.  my end  fbr the  best Union  there  is.  gives  excellent  coverage  to  news  Then  too,  when  the  Union  meets  A. Good  Feeder  Until  then  hello  to  all  my  friends  and  affairs  of  your  Union  and  its  with  the  company  to  negotiate  one  To  the  Editor:  members,  but  it  also  provides,  D.  K.  Nunn  is  our  steward  and  and  shipmates.  Emil  Austad  through  its  well­written  articles  Greetings  and  salutations  from  boys,  she's really  a  feeder.­ There's  and  good  pictorial  work,  items  of  the  rust  bucket  run.  The  Archer's  real  interest  to all  who are  affiliat­ Hope  looked  anything  but  hopeful  ed  with  our  merchant  marine.  •   when  I  joined  her  in  Houston  but  .  M.  W.  Tomlinson  now  we  are  about  to  rename  her  Shipping  Commissioner  the  "Homesteaders'  Hope."  We  (Ed,'  note:  You  will  receive  have  a  skipper,  mate,  bosun  and  the  LOG  at  your  new  address  steward  who  will  do  to  "drop  the  from  now  on.)  ,  pilot  with."  To  the  Editor:  Recently  I  have  run  into  some  very  unfortunate  trouble.  '  On  March  18  I  lost  my  brother  in  New Orleans,  and  since  we  have  been  in  Buenos  Aires  I  received  word  of  my  mother's  death  on  the  17th  of  June.  I  am  writing  Lee  this  letter  to  thank  ail  the  brothers  on  the  Del  Mar,  Pat  Thomson  and  the  rest,  who  so  generously  aided  me  4n  my  time  of  trouble  in  true  SIU  style  as  I  would  have  done  in  the  same  kind  of  situation  for  some  one  else.  J.  T.  Lee  i'i/N  iS';  ':PsEUFl'^'i']is  ^tVc  ­rare Twenty­tw*  Feels SiV Gains  Pass All Others  Mourn Passing  Of  SiU  Brother  Long Tanker Hun  Ms Tough Grind  Swedish Seaman  Asks For LOG  Has To See it  is Like Photos  Got SiU  Benefit  inNiekOtTime  CG Commissioner  Likes The LOG  ­ly  ]Vew Book is Too  Nice in 'A Way  Dockslde Tour  Chief  Steward  A.  Valentine  stops  for  a  snapshot  while  on  the  way  to  show  off  ;his  ship,  the  Massmar,  to  Mrs.  Valen­ tine,  Whippins  I  have  one  objection  to  the  new  book  tliat  tile  office  issued  me.  On  my  way  back  to  the  ship  Friday  AM,;  I  was  loaded  with  cleaning,  laundry  and  new  shoes.  So  while  waiting for a subway at 86th  Street,  some  discerning  person  of  the  sec­ ond  part  liked  the  book  also.  So  now. I  will be  the first  to apply  for  a  duplicate.  I will  pay up and re­apply  in Bal­ timore  next  week.  But  will  a  reg­ ular  passport  photo  be  enough?  A.  Saint  Claude  Ship's delegate  (Ed,^ note:  The  passport  photos  Some Chow  4  4  4  "  Urges Keeping Hq  in Top Condition  Alciok  Pioneeir's Cookis  are hard at  work in the ship's galley as they  Jt)rcpjir« ,<linner fQP,Jhe  To  the  Editor:  I was at  the new  hall in Brooklyn  for  the first  time  a  few  weeks' ago  ari^  have  to  add  my  few  words  to  the  many  glowing  opinions  of  the  place.  y  I  think  it is  a  beautiful  hall, one  which all  members should  be  proud  of, .as  L wai3  the  moment  I  walked  in.  Let's  be  sure  we  all  take  good  care  ot  it  to keep  it  that  way..  ­ •   W­ ^ ­ Comp^n  �• ­• '  Friday, July  11, l»5t  y­­'­''  •  ­;/­'  • •"•  "'  ^/.'w \  'v"  :  SEAtAjiisns  £&^  LETTERS  Terry CanH  Stay  Ott Seaeoral  Faff* Tweu^­Uit**  .  S  E  A  FA  R  E  R  S  tating  overtime.  The  whole  ques­ tion  of  fireman's  overtime  will  be  thrashed  out  in  coming  negotia­ tions.  Question  2:  There's  no  To  the  Editor:  standing  rule on this.  A man  takes  Hello  Again.  1 made  it  back  to  any  available  bunk  when  he  gets  the  old  Asiatic  homestead,  Yoko­ on  board.  If  two  men  are  on  the  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  A.F.L.  hama.  It's  a  wonderful  life.  ship  the  same  time  they  can  work  After  paying  off  the  Jean  La­ the. watch  and  bunk  question  Vacation  Plan,  June  23—July  3  fitte,  one  of  Waterman's  prize  mis­ out  $83,246.21  between  them.  Question  3:  The  Welfare  Plan,  June  13—June  28  fits  in  Wilmington,  CA.,  a  few fi­ SIU  is' against  this  practice  and  nancial performances left  me ready  hopes  to clarify  it  once  and  for  all  to ride  anything that  put out three­ in  coming  negotiations.  Question  a­day  and  a  draw  in  port.  Robert  ElUott  13058  115.50  4:  The, answer  is  no.  The  fellow  Robert  Landry  13059  68.08  With  nothing  in  my, pocket  but  who  is  promoted  has  to  go  back  Billy  Walker  *13060  109.67  a  sweaty  shipping  card,  I  made  a  to  his  original  job  unless  other­ William  J  Joe  13061  45.89  Herbert  Atkinson  13062  101.11  job  on  the  Sea­ wise  cleared  through  the  hall.  He  Marcelino  Garcia  13063  ­ 147.39  boral.  This  ship  stays  aboard  however.)  Joseph  Schwabas  13064  90.23  Jose  Marques  13065  104.61  is  better  known  Nee  Sun  13066  138.83  i  i  j.  as the. tired  grey­ William  Frank  13067  38.50  REPORT  NO. 11  John  Nash  13068  117.83  hound.  When  all  laannis  Stratakls  13069  124.83  BJ/  Lloyd  Gardner,  Asst.  Secretary­Treasurer  the  barnacles  on  Theodore  Christiansen  ..  13070  39.28  Period  Covered  By  This Report—June  23­July  3  Leopold  Wareham  13071  106.58  the  bottom  kick  Raoul  Walladares  13072  SJ0.94  their  feet  she  13073  96.06  Cash  on  Hand  $170,508.24  Tsu  Ah  Ylng  .'  Ralph  Armstrong  13074  64.94  makeF  a  weird  To  the  Editor:  Estimated  Accounts Receivable  .  210,000.00  James  Dodson  13075  109.28  It was  agreed  by resolution  at the  eight  knots.  13076  101.50  56,482.69  Thomas  Murphy  13077  membership  meeting  June  22. on  Vacation  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  73.11  After  pulling  Lyons  David  Donovan  13078  49.78  1,005,998.35  Void  three  months  on  the  SS Hurricane  (Waterman)  that  Vacation  Benefits  Paid  Since  February  11,  1952.  13079  Void  WlUlam  Holloway  .....  13080  114.72  this  bucket  and  swearing  by  all  in  negotiating  the  new  contract  Harvey  McQuage  13081  135.72  that  is  holy  never  to  even  look  at  with  the  various  operators  a  spec­ ' We're  really  putting out  the vacation  money, that  no  qne can  dispute  John  Haggerty  13082  38.50  13083  it  again,  the  ugly  duckling  makes  ial  repair  item  be  included  in  the  after  the  achievement  of  this  week  when  the  SIU  sailed  past  the  mil­ William  Morris  121.33  Void  13084  Void  agreement  applying to  all steadily­ lion  dollar  mark.  Every  dollar  of  this sum  was  handled  right  here  in  Wioczyslaw  Chipkowski.  13085  port  and  saves  my  life.  148.56  Leon  Kane  It  made  me  feel  kind  of  sorry  operating  vessels.  13086  48.61  SIU  headquarters  and  went  either  directly  into  the  hands  of  our  men  Cash  Vac.  Checks  ..  1.3087  4,000.00  for  all  the  bad  things  I  ever  said  The resolution  recommended that  here  or  to  the  men  in  the  outports  by  check.  Speedy  payments  and  To  Jose  Lopez  13088  117.44  Isidore  Valles  aboard  this  rapid  relic.  13089  43.56  the  present  type  locks  for  rooms  John  Lynch  13090  ease  of  application  throughout  the little  less  than  five  months  that  the  50.94  on  this  ship,  the  Captain  Annoyed  ­ Walter  Compton  13091  37.33  plan  has  been  operating show  that such  a  plan can  be  put  into  practice  Once  on  board  the  captain  was  ones  with  the  with  little or  no  red  tape  to hamstring  operations.  One  thing  the SIU  quick  to  inform  me  that  he  was  long  brass  key  Gerald  Erlin­ four  and  a' half  another  ardent reader  of  the SEA­ has always  prided  itself  on  is the  simplicity  of  all operations  it  under­ ger,  AB:  This  is  FARERS  LOO!  It;  seems  the  ar­ inches  long,  be  takes.  No  flowery  language  or  fancy  piano  roll  forms  for  usi  The,  the  best  time  of  removed  and  ticles I sent in concerning the ship,  vacation  fund  shows  that  a  simple  operation  is  the  best  way  and  the  the  year  to  col­ trip  and  chow  rather  upset  the  standard  Yale  way  the  SIU  operates.  Let's  see  how  long  it  takes  us  to  make  the  lect  vacation  locks be installed.  gentleman.  money,  particu­   he Yale lock  is  five million  mark.  We  had  a  good  crossing  with  • T larly if  the weath­ the  type  ~that  such  guys  as  "Old  Lady"  Tommy  Stanley  Daunoras  112.00  er  gets  too  hot  12995  Check  Lyons  as  bosun.  It's  good  to  have  must  be  used  No.  Amounb  Raymond  Long  Nam*  Colder  19996  145.44  and  you  feel  like  bim sailing again.  Also there's  Bill  With  a  key,  hot  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks...  12941  $5,000.00  Robert  Derosia  ........ 12997  80.11  taking  off  to  the  Parks  who  has  quit  again,  except  the  type  that  snaps shut  automati­ Wirnam  Kumke  40.06  Eugene  O'Mara  12943  12998  67.28  beach  for. a  few  cally  when  the  door  is  closed.  We  38.50  Stanley  Johnson  for coffee;  "Deadeye" Young,  deck  Kasimlr  Puchalski  ,.x.. 12943  12999  47.83  days.  realize  this  type  of  lock  doesn't  Void  13944  Void  ........a  engineer,  whose  winches  resemble  Anthony  Balchus  .13000  69.61  44.33  Carlos  Ponce  12945  13001  49.39  a  Japanese  lumber  yard  with  completely  safeguard  the  contents  August  WUUams  12946  125.61  Thomas  Burgos  40.83  13002  wedges  jammed  all  over  them;  of  the  rooms,  but  it  will  at  least  13093  74.28  Void  Francis  Brown  Void  13003  ­59.50  GuiUermo  Garcia  Louis  Romero  and  Red­Saunders  provide us  with safer quarters than  Michael  Ian  Cumming  49.00  13093  43.94  John  Kovol  ............ 13004  D'Esposito  ...... 12948  65.33  Robert  Moebus  wq  now  have.  13094  87.50  who  both  are  oiling  this  three­ 13949  6563  Joseph ftialinowski  Jose  Sanches  35.78  Roberto  Hannibal  ......  13005  143J50  13095  legged  .sweetheart  with  profane  A complete checkover of  the keys  William  Holbrook  ...... 12950  135.33  13096  45.50  Homer  GUbert  ........ 13006  40.44  Sam  Ching  ..  To Cash  Vac.  Checks  ...  13097  2.923.68  caresses.  aboard  the  Hurricane  showed  that  Robert  Puckett  12951  64.56  Victor  LlUrdi  13007  115.11  James  )viullin  13098  39.67  Thanks to  an on­the­ball  steward  the  average  crewmember's key fits  Rodolfo  Gatica  12953  91.00  Helnrich  Sterling  13008  66.11  NeweU  Keyes  13099  145.83  Londn  Burczy  13100  77.06  44.73  Clarence  Baker  department,  the  chow  has  been  from  two  to four  doors other  than  Donald  Brock  12953  13009  101,11  Arthur  Colbum  13101  117.06  108.89  Kenneth  Winters  great.  13010  101.89  Leon  Ryzop  his­ own.  Ten  keys  were  found  to  Thomas Chapman  ..... 12954  13102  52.11  44.73  Albert  Hedges  12955  107.72  .Tames  Balmy  .13011  13103  39.28  While  on  the  beach  I  captured  fit the 8­12  deck  department  room,  Charles  Greer  Frank  Adkins  13104  43.56  George  Scanlon  13013  39.67  a  room  in  Miss  Lube  ^nt's Wil­ though  only three  should  have fit,  William  Grabenauer  ....  13105  98.39  Joseph  Duffy  13013  39.67  .Toseph  DiGrazia  13106  75.83  mington  H^tel.  She's  a fine  lady  and  eight  keys fit  the chief  cook's  Everett  Ford  13014  39.67  Cleveland  HoweU  13107  147.00  Ernesto  Ruiz^  an<Lgoes  all  out  for  seamen.  room  while only two should be  able  messman:  Work­ '  James  Thompson  13108  56.39  George  Nlemczyk.  13015  39.67  Marcos  Medina  13109  86.72  This  is  all  from  a  ^ast  crew,  on  to open the lock, "fhese rooms were  13016  44.72  wmett  Connors  Clyde  Kreiss  . .  .  13110  ing on  a ship sev­.  117.44  a  mighty  slow  ship.  chosen  at' random,  by  the  way.  Donato  Barrelli  13017  80.89  Dominick  ChiricheUa  ..  13111  112.00  en days a  week is  13112  45.50  Terry  Paris  Nick  Papademas  ....... 13018~  57.56  Albert  McCabe  Pass Keys  Available  Paul  Dolhanccy  13113  96.83  not  eaisy,  so  it  is  Eugene  Martin  13019  123.67­ Albert  Packert  13114  82.06  Various crewmembers  have what  nice to  know  that  134.06  Grady  Kneece  Olgerda  Blues  13020  13115  68.83  are  evidently  . "pass  keys"  since  you  have  the  13116  94.89­ Stanley  Pacewlcz  13021  98.39  Dorwood  McKeel  129.50  Harold  Arllnghaus  13022  114.72  Jorge  Marrero  ........ 13117  they fit  90  percent  of  the locks  on  money  to  take  a  13118  44.33  Roslndo  Mora  13023  38.11  Newton ' Domaho  one or  both sides of  the ship.  little time  off  and  13119  56.39  13024  110.44  Thomas  Mercado  Isaac  Gromala  4.000.00  Millard  Bryon  13025  43.56  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  .. .13120  Five  crewmembers  had  articles  enjoy yourself.  To  the  Editor:  13121  50.17  Lee  BrUey  13026  42.39  Louis  Johnson  stolen from  their rooms  during the  ­Toseph  Fonenot  13122  50.94  13027  42.39  Paul  Dew  Would  you  please  clarify  the  past  voyage  of  slightly  more  than  13123  53.28  Jeremiah  McNelce  13028  ,  35.39  Herman  Clavier  following:  13124  95.67  Alfonso  Surles  13029  35.39  George  Boroski  .  12956  49.39  John  a  month.  Their  losses  varied  from  Thurman  Broylea  Walter  Migaud  13125  69.61  Lavery  13030  52.11  ­1.  How  is  overtime  to  be  di­ $300  cash  to  two  pairs  of  pants  Cleo  Brown  12957  13126  48.22  Malvln  NUsen  117.83  13031  101.50  Frank  Moskol  13127  38.11  36.56  Frank  Bamberger  vided  among  FWT's  working  car­ hanging  up  to  dry.  The  company  AUpio  TrujiUo  ..........  12958  13032  126.39  James  Turner  13128  150.11  Melvln  Keefer  121.72  Walter  Brown  13033  ;...... 12959  49.78  John  go?  We  know  this is  to be  divided  has  been  notified  of  this condition  Roger  Beck  James  ShorteU  13129  43.56  Hatchell  13034  36.17  63.78  Frank  Clhlar  13130  66.11  13035  43.94  Edward  Borg  equally  but  how  is  this  done?  Do  and  has  definitely  refused  to  have  Charles  Neumaiar  ..... 12960  13131  41.22  Arden  Haigley  13036  Theodore  Douglass  12961  39.67  Robert  Mulholland  62.22  you  have  the J.2  hours  on  and  24  anything  to  do  with  this  situation.  Niclos  Bjorgum  13132  60.28  WlUord  Mclntyre  ...... 13037  35.39  Edward  Saxton  12962  40.44  Franklin  Leroy  Bewing  13133  39.67  off?  Does  the  8  to  4  FWT  work  We  feel  something should  be  done  LesUe  Price  13038  50.17  Shattuck  12963  ....  13134  45.89  Juan  Rlnodulla  64.94  13039  110.66  George  ParneU  nights?  What  if  one  of  the fire­ about  it  soon.  13135  •  112.00""  13040  Frank  Prezalar  12964  99.56  Eldon  Froese  70.78  Thomas  MeUse  Ygnacio  Pedraza  38.50  Tnen  doesif t  want  to change watch­ 12965  39.28  James  A.  Colder  Herman  Luhrs  Thomas  Fleming  13137  96.83  es so  that  the  other  two  can  make  James  Davis  12966  Thomas  Pilgrim  45.11  .13138  124.44  Ship's  delegate  John  Stark  13139  107.33  overtime?  Leroy  Hennls  12967  93.17  Antonio  In­ Gordon  Boehner  13140  43.94  t  t  t  Moses  Coleman  12968  72.72  fante:  FWT:  The  Gilbert  Edwards  13141  120.17  2.  In  the  deck  and  engine' de­ Floyd  Savant  12969  Benjamin  Boudreau  ....  13142  87.50  108.50  thing  I like  is af­ partments,  does  the  man  who  has  Loh  Chao  13143  135.33  James  Stephens  12970  43.56  Talmadge  Barbour  ....  13144  ter  you  get  paid  been  on  the ship  longest  have first  45.89  MarcU  Lafargue  12971  38.89  John  Buck  13145  53.28  choice  on  bunks  and  watches or  is  Carroll Qulnnt  .......... 12972  104.61  for  your  work  on  Chester  Shivery  13146  56.39  this  to  be  done  by  cutting  cards  To  the  Editor:  Margarito  Borja  ....... 12973  37.33  the  ship  you  can  (Continued  on  page  24)  each  trip or some other  way?  Robert  Graf  12974  106.17  come to the Union  I  read  with  interest  the  article  Michel  Meguissoglon  ... 12975  92.94  office  and  '  get  3.  When  in  a  foreign  port,  is  it  on  the  proposed  building  fund.»  I  Jack  Wheeles  ......... i  '12976  43.94  some more money  okay  to  have  a  shoreside  worker  think  it  would  be • w   onderfifl  if  Jesse  Fredericks  ....... 12977  65.33  which  you  never  do  work:for  you  provided  you  pay  every  port  coilld  haVe  a  hall  a^  Vaughn  Har.ringt9n  12978  109.28  got  before.  the  man  yourself?  12979  134.83  swell  as  the  one  in  Mobile  which  Wrniam  Hooks  Seafarers  qualify  under  149.33  JohnTarmer  12980  4.  When  in  a  foreign  port  and  is  my  home  port.  I'm  very  much  the SIU  Vacation  Plan  every  12981  43.56  one man  is taken  sick  and  another  in favor  of  the building  assessment  Herman  Carter  Clarence  Collins  ....... 13041  time  they  can  show  90  days'  149.73  Robert  Musselwhite  12983  43.94  takes  his  place,  is  he  allowed  to  so  that  soon  a  new  hall  in  every  Michael  Loretto  ........ 13042  95.28  discharges  for  worktime  at­ Donald  Brownlee  13983  139.61  Anastacio  Oucnones  13043  137.94  keep  the  job  after  the  ship  re­ port  will  be , a  reality.  Joseph  Richey  sea  or  in  port  after  June 1,  George  Luke  .  13044  147.78  13984  98.78  turns  to  the  States,  provided  he  I  notice  with  Interest'the  LOG  Fred  Baldwin  August  Thompson  ..  13045  102.38  12989  ­  1951.  Vacation  pay  can  be  36.17  Clifton  Clark  .......  13046  96.06  has  the  endorsement?  If ­he is  not  is getting larger  and  more­inform­ George  Warren  ...ii.. ^3986.  80.89  John  Mehalon  collected  four  times  a  year  13047  106.17  allowed  to  keep  the  job can  he  re­ ative  which  wiU  bring  every  Sea­ Aycock  Brown  12987  13048  53.67  64.17  Bernard  Lavnes  ....  in cases of  men with  continu­ 13049  103.44  .  turn  to  his  old  job  or  must  he  get  ifarer  up  on  current  eyients.  :  LaseU  Mldgett  51.73  William  Lawton  ...  13988  ous  sailing  time.  Your  dis­ Haskell  Copenhaver  13050  66.50  off  the ship?  45.11  Edward  Granderson  .  12989  •  1 hope  toxbe  released  from  ac­ Fray  Wert  13051  128.72  charges  from  an  SIU  ship  87.89 !  J oseph  Cave  Ernest  wiler  13053  35.00  139^  Engine  delegate  tive duty  with  the  Army  soon  and.  are  the  key  to  guaranteed  42.39  76 61  • • • • • • •13053    12M1  SS Jean Lafitte  I  expecf  to  resume­my  role  as  AB  Nicolas  Valabus  „ "!wiUUm  Doyle  13054  38.11  vacation  pay  —  another SIU  ­Lawrence  Czorfcowsfct  12993  Lacklln  Oxley  '.  13055  71.17  ,  It's  tip  with  an SIU hook in  my  pocket.  first  in  maritime!  JiiUus  ^ekete  91.39  Floyd  Cumminss  ­  91.00  13056  13993  «^ iprlpilmiembef«  to  decide  on  Cp.' Russell  N.  Giaiuthaifia  .  Richard  Perelrk  . .*.;V. .V­13894  5764  William  Turner  ....... 13057  62.23  CASH  BENEFITS  TOTAL  VACATION  Gear Unsafe Due  To Present Uoehs  n  t  *  Some Questions  On Work  Rules  Hails Proposal  To Bull4 Halls  Vacation Every  « 90 Worftdays  ' •   TaK,.lNV5.t':S«i  • ;,'t •   :  i  'fl­:  •  .3  •  I  �Miiil  • fVlAtfWlSir  5r­ S  E  A  F  A  R  E  R  S  "i­Ky  CASH  BENEF'ITS  •  TOTAL  $83,246.21  *  Vacation  Plan  June  23—July  3  Welfare  Plan  June  15—June  28  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF­DISTRICT  *  A.F.L.  om  (Continued  from  Andrew  Ponzio  ... 13266  * * •  13267  Richard  CariUo    Torras  ...... •  •  •13268  Amount  Ernesto  Norrls  Leglui  • *  •  13269  83.22  Charles  13270  Wactor  .....  •   •   •   77.00  23)  •   No.  Name  •  1 3147  Norman  Lynch  ....  > • •  13148  , Julian  Wade  David  GUmore  .... •  • •    13149     13150    Vinston  Annis  ....  1 ••• 13151  Ning  Dong  ... r....  . s  • s   13152  Alfred  Lord  Michael  Talianis  ..  * • *  13153  • 13154    Herbert  Brounstein  1 * *  William  THiggins  ..,  •  •*   13155  • .  *  13156  Max  Byers  •  •   13157  John  Hurd  13158  Tung  Hsing  Stephen  Burskey  ..  p • *  13159  13160  Phillip  Gibeau  ....  • *  •     13161  George  Antus  .....  • s *  Abelardo  Ruiz  ....  • •  « 13162  * •• 1 3163  Earl, Grube   3164  Willard  Francie  ....  * ••  1 13165  Eric  Norden  ......  , •  • 13166  •    Edward  Duea  James  Crocker  ....  •  ••  1 3167  • 1 3168 ­­  Walter  Detrick  ....  • *   George  Gomez  ....  • •  • 13169    13170  Frank  Campbell  ..  13171  William  Franquiz  .. ,9 • *  •St   13172  ling Shin  Clarence  L.  Graham, mess*  man:  There's  no  question  that  va­ cation  pay  for  seamen  is a  good  deal and that  goes  also  for  the  new  benefits  that  the Union has  for  men  who  can't  work.  13271  44.72  Leonard  Johnston  ,.  ,....... # •*   13272  124.44  Joseph Ricks ..  s *  • 13273    Leonard  Garbemal  ..  113.56    99.94  Samuel  Tolecha  .... • •  • 113274  •  •   3275  120.17  Edward  Chant'  13276  .  •  •   54.44  Jose  Spina  .  • «   13277 >  38.89  Edward  Delcoure  ....  13278  s  • s   Moses  Mathews  48.61  13279  121.33  Dow  Nye  13280  • .    •   135.72  Void  117.83  Thomas  Robinson  ..  13281  • *  •  13282  39.67  Otto  McLean  • • •  1 3283  43.17  John  Murray  .'.  13284 ^  Leif  Sveum  60.28  !!, 13285^  38.89  Sam  Florence  •  •  •13286    39.67  James  Moore    39.67  Michael  Gottschald  .. • •   • 13287  1 3288  .  *  •   Edward  Gryb  39.67  39.67  Stafford  McCormick  . • # •   13289  13290  38.11  Clarence  Lobax  38.50  David  A.  Ramsey  ... !!! 13291  13292  39.67  George  Chropowicz  .  .  ••   13293  35.39  Mai  Pi  Kali  • •   •    13294  45.89  Harry  Zirkel  13295  ^To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  .  ••  1 3296  'Claude  Davis  «• *   13297  ­ Antonio  Solis  • • •  1 3298  Antonio  Sorignano. ..  13299  Edwin  Vieira  13300  John  Booth  George  Howard  • •   •13301    13302  Amund  Djuve  13303  Paul  Cassidy   13304    Ernest  SmaUwood  ..  • • •  • 13305   •   William  Feil  13306  Joseph  Schmolke  ...  13307  Alvin ­Selico  13308  Jesse  Krause    Vernon  Lemoint  . • * *  .  • 13309  13310  Edwin  Cooper  1 Anargyros  Dokeris  • *    ••   3311  * • • 13312    Edward  Drcha  13313  Vincent  Lisa  WUUam  Koflowitch  . •   13314  Earnest  Shearer  .... • •   13315   •   George  Lecher  * * • 1 3316  * •• 13317    Vance  BaUey  * •*  13318  Carl  Erickson  13319  BUly  Mason  40.06   3320  42.39  Alexis  Ben­Kori  ..... • *  • 1 13321  131.83  Aldo  Perini  13322  59.89  Victor  Alcaraz  1 3323  Richard  Price  50.94    77.78  George  Vlckery  .... * s • 13324  »* •  13325  42.78  LiUs  Figueroa  > ••  1 3328  40.44  Tonis  Toniassgn­  ....  Arthur  Cunningham  • • •  1 3327  61.06  13328  66.11  David  Archia  13329  86.33  fsaac ­ McKenzie  ....  13330  Walter  MitcheU  .....  • •     •   42.39  13331  99.17  Ebbie  Markin  > * •  13332  128i}3  WUUe  Vickers  • • 4      St*  •# * • B  •     SB*  S  •8   Evangelo*  Karatzos  13173  John  GowUng  13174  t  ••    Albert  Oromaner  13173  AUredo  Perez  13176  Lynn  SnUth  13177  Harold  Walker  13178  William  Faust  13179  Paul  Romage  13180  BiUie  Bryant  13181  1 ••     Charles  Huneycutt  .... 13183  WUUam  Doran  13183  George  Coleman  13184  Jesse­Lewis  13185  Julius  Scheidel  1318S  John  McDavitt  13187  119.78  Eugene  Carhart  13188  , 142.72  Frank  PasquaU  13189  103.06  Edward  Korzon  13190  77.00  Evaristo  Alda­ AUchael  Birrane  13191  75.06  Frank  StreUtz  13192  68.06  hondo,  deck:  All  Leonard  Grzeck  13193  38.89  the  time I've been  Amado  Albano  ......... 13194  46.67  WUiiam  Colboume  13195  102.28  sailing  the  Union  Ernst  Eklund  13196  65.22  has  been  making  Frank  Crupi  13197  80.89  James  Russell  13198  106.56  things  better  lor  Charles  Dyer  13199  12.06  the' m'e m b e r s.  Chin  Yuan  Ming  13200  125.61  Roland  Pouliot  13201  59.89  This  vacation  pay  Michael  Griffin  13202  116.67  is one  of  the  best  Walter  Eckhardt  13203  40.06  Jose  Bellaflores  13204  49.00  |:hings  that  has  ]  Herbert  WUliams  ,­.  13205  43.17  happened.  Otis  Townsend  13206  70.78  Zoilo  Oliveras  13207  49.78  Francisco  Peres  13208  144.28  Benjamin  Tingley  13209  44.72  13333  Martin  Prisament  13210  109.28  Heath  Oarke  13334  Charles  Clark  13211  70.39  John  Powlok  CarroU  Harthousen. ...... 13335  Erbie  Smith  13212  91.78  13336  Riley  Bell  13213  57.56  Thomas  Clarke  13337  George  Chandler  13214  44.33  Ray  Kelly  13338  Kenneth. Humphrey  .... 13215  89.83  George  Cflock  ;  Edward  Huizenga  13339  To  Cash  Vae.  Check....  13216  4,000.00  13340  Ernesto  Serra  ...." 13217  58.72  David  Clarke  13341  Raymond  Smith  13218  57.56  Jacob  Buckelew  James  Gatwood  ....... 13342  Charles  Bauer  13219  57.56  13343  Thomas  Pierce  13220  39.07  Murry  Wilkerson  Spencer  Smith  13221  39.67  Charles  Dondridge  .... 13344  13345  William  J.  Benish  13222  37.33  Tom  Danzy  Joseph  Mainella  13223  65.33  George  Huguley  ....... 13346  13347  Wilfred  Lomothe  ....... 13224  74.28  Garvis  Hudson  13348  David  Fischer  13225  38.50  Adolf  EUasson  John  Leskun  13349  • ikWilliam* Gonzalez  ....... 1.3226  35.00  13350  Leo  Movall  13227  145.06  TaUvaldis  Jansons  Harold  Holmes  13228  141.17  Mariano  Arrgyo  ....... 13351  13352  Santiago  Ferro  13229  131.83  Gilbert  Homan  13353  Daniel  Boatwright  13230  35.78  John  BaUman  James  Malone  13231  77.78  CUfford  Lockwood  .... 13354  13355  Roan  Ughtfoot  13232  73.89  Void  13356  Elbert  Lott  13233  87.11  Manuel  Torres  Carl  Brutom  13234  122.11  Antonio  Russo  .. i...... 13357  13358  Anton  Perme  13235  95.67  Michael  Toth  13359  Leonard  Jones  13236  70.78  Vincent  Kane  James  Buggy  13360  Frank  Lockwoo'd  ....... 13237  82.44  13361  MUton  Awoll  13238  124.44  Frank  DevUn  Samuel  Howard  13239  134.94  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks....  13362  Miguel  Velez  1336!!  Karl  Peterson  13240  40.06  13364  Reece  Oliver  13241  152.44  Lionel  Chapman  13365  John  Oszdja  1­3242  40.06  Albert  Nash  /  13366  RoUan  Teets  13243  38.11  Edgar  Johnston  Albert  Wright  13244  47.83  Fredrick  Osborne  ...... 13367  Leon  Joworski  13245  46.67  Edward  McEihinney  .... 13368  ixisg  Robert  «aU..  ...... 13246  96.06  James  Don.ahue  13370  Charloa  Shaw  13247  35.39  Frank  Huttlck  133T1  Nemesio  Publico  '.  13248  52.50  Juan  Medina  13372  RusseU  Shelton  13249  40.06  Roy  Johnson  13373  WUIlstn  Ryan  13250  42.00  Wong  Feng­  Charles  Burris  13374  Peter Goodzuek  13251.  40.83  13375  James  Gentry  13252  40.06  Dale  Hibbs  Lloyd  Linthieum  ..;.... 13253  81.67  Marcel  Jette  ........... 13376  VirgU  Rogers  13.377  Bobby  Mangold  13254  44.72  13378  Walter  Adlam  1.3259  126.39  George  Schulze  13:179  Vincent  Lucas  ......... 13256  108.50  Salem  Cope  1.3380  Nick  Fernandez  13257  134.16  Louie  HoUiday  Harold  Henry  13.331  Void  13258  Void  13382  Francisco  C.alascione  ... 13259  40.83  Charles  Wahl  13.383  JPurward  Story  ..... 13260  36.17  Joseph  Chapelle  1.3.384  ' Vincenzo  Glgiocomo  ... 13261  41.22  Louis  Van  Evera  1.3385  Orlando  Lopez  13282  50.96  Clyde  Still,  Jr  13386  Harry  Nicholson  13263  147.39  WUhelm  Pieters  Frank  Ostrom  13264  40.06  Norman  Golland  .....;. 13387  La^ence  Siverly  1.3388  Francis  NapoU  13265  57.94  46.28  ,. 13491  141.56  Joseph Wilaszak  13389  49.78  43.89  .  13492  62.22  Leo  Lomey  13390  88.28  Leon  Reynolds  ......  45.89  .  13493  36.56  Connor  AUen  13391  35.00  Robert  Berrj'raai^  ..,  36.94  .  12494  13392  . 105.78  James  WaUace  50.94  Ernest  Goodwin  4.'!.g4  ,. 13495  Jesse  Griffith  ...'  40.83  68.83  FrankUn  Taylor  .....  '18393  39.28  .  13496  151.78  WUUam  Sharp  s  • 13394    52.89  Clyde  Garner  134.17  . 13497  43.17  Yue  K.  Jah  13395  35.00  Prescott  Spinney  ....  5.000.00  .  13498  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  .  49.39  13396  42.78  Guy  Langley  38.11  .  13499  38.11  Louis  Miranda  13397  62.22  Lloyd  Richardson  ...  56.00  .  13500  Julian  Isaac  73.50  13398  Alvin  Olander  98.78  90.22  13301  ' .  145.44  Curtis  Aycock  13399  44.72  Ah  Pao  Chang  Void  I.  13502  Void  118.22  13400  41.22  John  Jung  55.61  .  13503  146.61  A.  G.  Alexander  13401  69.61  Chen  Shew  Ah  .  13504  121.33  45.11  PhUip  Adklns  13402  77.39  Jan  Sidor  .  13505  39.28  Eric  Johnson  150.11  Void  Sheffield  Nerkltt  ...  13403  38.11  i;i506  ,  . 13404  83.22  James  Allen  .... v.. •   .  145.83  Donnie  Nettles  . 13507  150.39  Frartk  Glod  140.39  40.83  Angel  Cabrera  .......  .  13508  131.06  61.83  Ernesto  Martinet  ...J.. .  13509  139.61  56.00  Arthur  WiUiams  .......  .  13510  103.83  Newtoi^Edrlng­ 84.00  .  13511  Nicolas  Nomlcos  ......  114.72  124.44  ton, o i 1 e r:  If  John  Giordano  .  13512  43:94  Fred  Schraggs  .  13513  88.67  71.94  you've  ever  tried  134.56  Mclvin  Wallace  .  13514  101.50  to  collect  any  va­ 152.83  WeU  Denny  .  13515­ 146.61  Fred  Goff  .• 13516  94.11  42.78  cation pay  from a  Samuel  Bowden  .......  .  13517  98.39  $50.94  shipping company  Wnilam  Lewis  .  13518  96.83  50.17  132.61  Donald  Johns  .  13519  135.33  then  you  can  re­ David  Ikirt  .  13520  110.83  4,000.00  alize  what  a fine  Som  Wang  ...........  .  13521  122.11  126.39  87.89  Lester  Wyman  . 13522  63.78  thing it  is to have  ­|  96.44  Fernando  La  Guardia  .  13523  43.56  the  Union  '• han­ Louis  Rlzzo  .  13524  134:56  107.72  Richard  Garrison  .. i.  .'  13525  115.50  76.22  dling  it.  RusseU  Sypher  .  13526  47.06  36.94  Antonio  Da  Costa  ...,  .  13527  128.72  .  37.72  Quentin  Rewaul  .  12528  43.17  39.28  Carious  Bolton  13529  • 109.28    42.00  Francis  West  13405  43.56  John  Jordon  .  13530  61.83  87.69  Albert  Imhof  13406  104.61  Donald  Scanlon  .  13531,  49.00  49.78  Roy  Tune  13407  128i33  John  Breen  .  13532  66.50  136.89  Drew  Gay  13408  59.89  Antonio  Rivera  .  13533  82.83  42.78  Voldemar  Rannamae  ... 13409  45A9  Nicholas  Stathonpouloa  .  13534  38.11  95.28  Henry  Williams  13410  106.56  Alexis  Thoodos  ........  .  13535  111.22  48.61  Robert  Menser  13411  41.61  Edgar  Carlson  154.00  .  13536  119.39  Henry  Kowalski  13412  43.94  Charles  W.  HaU  ......  .  13537  129.11  39.28  James  Constantaras  .... 13413  142.72  Benjamin  H.  Balcer  ... .  13538  107.33  • 44.33 GUbert  Perry  13414  42.78  Robert  M.  Denton  .....  .  135.39  86.33  38.50  Jerry  Carl  13415  Frederick  Lewla  .  13540 .  t54.00  38.89  Alton  Moore  13416  Ray  Sweeney  .  13541  154.00  79.72  AUen  Dunn  13417  43.58  Thomas  Bryan  .  13542  $134.00  40.06  Hubert  Lanier  13418  ­ 36.94  Void  .  13543  Void  82.44  Oliver  Cresw  ........... 13419  118.61  Robert  Carrigan.  .  13544  128.33  39.67  George  ZizzI  ............ 13420  43.94  Louis  Decklemann  ...  .  13545  36.94  58.33  Jbseph  Patient  13421  89.44  Narwood  GasklU  .....  .  13546  108.11  135.33  George  Tucker.  Jr  13422  71.17  John ­  Papa  94.89  .  13547  56.78  Austin  Powers  13423  91.00  Thomas  Rowe  .  13548  96.39  85.94  Arthur  MacLeod  13424  92.56  Robert  Anderson  .  13549  43.56  41.22  Stefano  Schlavone  .7.... 13425  72.33  Alfred  Tberrlen  .  13530  59.89  37.33  Harvey  Richardson  13426  103.44  WUliam  Stark  . 13551  50.94  41.22  .  13352  4,000.00  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  .  65.33  Robert  Connor  J3427  43.17  .  13553  40.06  Korolia  42.39  Harold  Wagoner  ....... 13428  35.39  Duska  41.61  Michael  Kalpii  . 13554  112.39  Daniel  Sheehan  13429  38.89  William  Burke  39.28  .  13535  86.33  John  Galvln  13430  42.39  63.78  Theodore  Simonds  .....  134.31  117.83  91.00  Casimir  Rinuis  13432  129.50  t  •   Wong  H.  Nee  13433  117 06  AH jo  Seraga,  WUUam  Poe  13434  44.72  Thomas  King  13435  67.28  utilityt  I  don't  Walter  Gustavson­ .......  13436  59.11  Carlton  Wiegand  134.37  3.5.,39  have  anything  Robert  Burch  13438  48.22  special  in  mind  Void  13439  Void  Floyd  Covington  ....... 13440  65.33  on  how  I'm  going  DeLoss  Harman  l:!441  51.72  to  spend  the  Richard  BusBjr  13442  142.72  Floyd  Foster  13443  151.28  money,  but  it's  \Orie  WUson  13444  49.00  very  good  to  be  Ralph  Guito  13445  110.83  Herman  Werneth  13446  61.44  able to get  it just  Floyd  Starkey  13447  149.72  the same.  Coy  Morrow  ».*.  13448  83.61  Eugene  Linch  13449  106,94  Daniel Browning  13450  70.00  Franklin  Strickland  13451  63.78  13556  154.00  eWitt  Goodrum  13452  60.28  Enoch  Pringle  58.33  John  Morris  13453  88.28  WUUam  Dixon  ........ 13557  '......,..13558  128.33  Edward  PoweU  1.3454  44.33  Roy  Jones  Cleo  Copeland  .'.  13559  124.83  WUUam  Jones  13455  138.44  13560  59.89  44.33  Ernesto  Rubio  13456  49.00  Therbn  Dickerson  13561  133.39  38.89  Daniel  J.  Nalan  13457  36.17  James  Davis  13562  56.00  40.83  Joseph  Sadler  13458  45.50  Benny  Foster  13303  49.39  45.11  Anthony  Pinchook  ...... 134.59  84.00  Iverson  Hester  Ross  Hebert  13564  42.00  42.78  Bernard  RUcard  ....... 13460  38.50  13565  .60.28  50.17  Grant  Wilson.  Jr  13461  .  45.89  Millard  Busby  41.22  122.89  Cloyd  Mclntyre  13462  47.44  Moses  RothschUd  ...*;..  13566  Peter  Mondy  13567  41.61  44.33  Manuel  Abreu  13463  129.50  Carlo  BUIo  13368  52.50  39.67  Gordon  Wheeler  13464  78.94  Harry  Hastings  13569  94.50  49.78  Paul  Andersen  13465  138.44  13570  108.89  35.78  Leopoldo  Colon  13466  45.50  John  CaldweU  BUi  Gross  13571  94.83  38.50  Nicholas  Llahoff  .;k...  13467  47.44  13572  151.67  44.33  George  Djiam  13468  50.17  Alfredo  Palacio^  James  Biehl  13573  76.22  85.17  James  KeneaUy  13469  52.11  McElveen  13374  62.22  127.17  Arthur  Ohler  13470  47.44  Donald  13575  35.39  40.06  Roland  BeU  13471  57.72  Newton  Huff  WUUam  Foley  13576  43.56  139.22  Xvar  Kalroth  13577  47.44  106.94  AureUo  Martinez  13578  41.22  74.67  Richard  McGuinn  13579  60.67  57.56  W.  Edwards,  Clarence  Graham  .....  13580  147.39  56:78  AUjo  Seraga  13381  141.56  43.94  me98man:  I'm  Anthony  Roznlak  ......  13382  66.11  Void  very  pleased  with,  Antonio  Infante  13583  51.33  76.22  Ceroid  ErUnger  ....... 13584  V  149.72  $73.89  the  speedy  set­up  Raymond  Jones  13585  143.50  47.44  they  have  here.  MUledge  StrlckUnd  .... 13586  106.94  152.44  LisUe  Deam  13587  40.8.3  38.50  I'll  be  getting my  Robert  Graf  13588  11.00  45.50  money  in  just  a  John  J.  Yendral  .  13389  38.50  4.000.00  Ernesto  Ruiz  13590  113.56  89.06  couple  of  min­ Evaresto  Aldahondo  13591  36.56  47.06  utes.  No fuss,­no  Eug^nlo  Nune;e  13592  110.78  58.33  Newton  Edringtba  .... 13593  39.28  37.72  bother.  Mario  Reyes  13994  85.17  117.83  WUUe  Edwards  13595  35.39  35.39  FiUip  Madsen  13596 ,  36.94  43.17  13397  40.44  13472  83.61  Albert  Sacco  61.06  Julius  Smith  Samuel  ErUtz  .......... 13998  49.78  13473  *^'5?  47.83  Joseph  Schenk  13999  49.30  >  38.w  Isaac  Antonio  38.50  Mclvin  FlannagM  '• • • • •13474  136.11  13473  61.44  Seward  ContreU  ...... 13600  148.17  Raymond  Phelps  1360F  43.94  13476  66.50  John  Bashom  92.17  Emilio  Pardo  13602  84.39  13477  W.M  Richard  Thorp  65.72  Edward  Burton  .  John  Morris  13603  127.94  W.94  71.56  Walter  Ammaiin.  Jr.  • . . .  13478  92.11  ...13479  M.Ol  Frank  Tamburrino  .... 13604  116.28  Edwin  Danback  Harry  Gaunttett  ...... 13609 ­  40J(3  87.11  Warren  Lowery ......... 13480  Robert  Brennan  ^  13606  44.72  13481  128.33  49.39  Claude  Jessup  13607  120.17  13482  •"   '­g'  John  Kruic  37.33  Vyrl  WUliams  13608  60518  13483  121.33  Leon  White  55.22  Ahan  Reese  .13«4  M.56  To  Cash  Vac  Checka  ..,1^9  $9,000.00  125.61  JuUus  Rosen  Isidore  Dongen  .....  t...  1 3610  39.39  13485  . 144.28  106.56  James  Curry  13611  74.67  42.00  Lawrence  Edwardr  38.89  Lawrence  Reed  ........ 13486  Raymond  Buckley  ...... 13612  .,97,86  139.22  James  Peterson  52*22  vArthur  Paul  ..  13613  40:83  13488  • 45.89  101.50  John  BerkenKemper  Jessie  Bryant  ........v.  13614  «.94  >  52.50  Carlos  Velez  ...... 13^ ^  «• "  63.00  43.11  Georgios  Mastoraf  .... 13819  142.72  Crowder  Storey  .i..­.. 13490 »  *  George  Howard  13616  Harvey  Maris ^ee  13617  Robert  McDonald  ...... 13618  Deri  WUson  13619  Bernard  MatulewicT  ... 13620  William  WUliams  13621  WUUam  Aycock  ... 13622  John  A.  Spring  13623  William  LeVetn  13624  Frank  Kubek  13629  George  Meltzer  13026  William  Hightower  13627  Luciano  Coticchlo  ...... 13628  John  Clark  13629  Jimmie  Beem  .......... 13630  John  Moore­.•   13631  Pierson  Marsh  13632  Macon  Welch  136.3:1  Nicholas  Swokia  13634  Jerry  Broaddus  13639  Warren  Whltmer  13636  Mauel  Perez  13637  Frank  BobattfRl  13638  Rafael  Saldana  13639  Abraham  Balzman  ..... 13640  Luis  Moreno  13641  Leo  Mannaugh  ......... 13642  WUUam  McCabe  13643  108.90  147.39  127.17  42.39  38.11  84.78  116.28  126.00  38.89  47.83  35.00  77.39  128.72  43.17  104.61  36.17  41.01  130.11  132.22  146.22  124.83  91.39  55.61  48.61  47.44  42.39  42.39  57.17  Albert  Sacco,  OS:  This  is : th$.  second  time  I've  collected.  The  money is going to  come  in  handy  because  I'm  painting  our  apartment  now  and  this  will  cov­ er  the  cost.  WUUam  Johnson  ...... 13644  97.17  Lawrence  Owena  13649  99.50  Joseph  Fagan  13646  117.44  Cheung  Won  13647  75.08  Elmer  Hancock  13648  96.08  TUoihas  Cassidy  13649  83.22  Lavoiscla  Pickett  .«..... 13650  120.17  Francis .Kostohyz  13651  44.72  BUly  Lynn  13632  102.67  George  AltschaiH  13653  103.44  Vance  Reese  13634  36.17  James  Bradley  ......... 13659  4:!.94  Carl  Jensen  13656  36.17  Harry  Dossett  13657  57.94  Charleb  Lambert  13658  98.33  Allen  Bosarge  13639  38.50  George  Barlow  13660  73.11  Richard  WiUUmion  .... 13661  39.67  Edward  McGaffigan  .^..  13662  120.36  Mark  Buchanan  13663  60.61  Leroy  Schmidt  130G4  49.39  James  Hall  13065  88.67  Apollos  Parker  ;.. 1.3666  142.72  Stephen  Kamlnskl  ...... 13667  62.61  George  HarneU  13668  40.83  IThomaS  Simmon*  ...... 13669  40 44  Robert  Perry  13670  37.33  Robert  Hunsucker  .,... 13671  89.83  John  Evans  13872  93.67  Judson ­Palmer  13673  74.28  James  Warren  13674  40.06  Arthur  Kinser  13675  108.89  John  HoweU  13676  133.78  Vemer  FrederUcsen  ... 1.3677  133.61  George  Perkins.,  13678  42.39  Hlllman  Patrick  13679  45.50  Clarence  Dyer  13680  41.22  Willis  Hubbard  13081  ,  35.00  Charles  Bennett  ........ 13682  66.11  Thomas  Garrity  13683  42.00  Russell  McLish  13684  39.28  Bobby  Smith  13683  39.67  FeUmon  BarUzo.  13686  •   38.50  Vincent  Secgna  13687  52.11  Swords  Walters  13688  68.44  Ragnar  Erickson  13689  .  39.67  Gilbert  Trosclair  ...... 1H690  124.06  Joseph  Mury  13691  75.44  Jose  Garcia  13692  152.83  Joseph  Carender  13693  124.44  Void  13694  Void  Leroy  Doty  13695  119.39  Michael  MUler  13696  43.89  Alexander  Serra  13697  47.06  Clarence  V.  Cone  , 13698  72.72  Angus  CampbeU  13699  131.08  Steve  Mousakas  13700  37.33  Chester  McDonald  137(1|  91.39  Richard  Weaver  13702  31.03  WUUam  Crosby  .*  13703  147.78  Raymond  Lopez  .. 13704  ­  42.78  BaslUo  Veiga  13705.  131.44  GetThatPort  Time Discharge  Seafarers  on  the  payroll  of  a  ship  while  in  port  should  make  sure  to  get  discharges  from the  skipper for port  time,  as  well  as  for  the  time  spent  at  sea.  Failure  to  get  such  dis­ charges^  will  mean  that  the  Seafarer  won't  he  able  to  get  credit for the  port time toward  his vacation  money. This couM  mean  that  a  man  would  lost  out  on  some  of  the  vacation  dough.  Such  being  the  case,  every Seafarer owes  it to  him­ self  to get a disch.arge for  port  time  worked.  �f  ^  ^  I^MtkRRSi iL­^C  SEA FA  R  E  R  S  CASH  BENEFITS  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND GULF  DISTRia  •  A.F.L.  TOTAL  $83,246.21  Vacation  Plan  June 23—July  3  Welfare  Plan  June 15—June  28  Joseph  Lucas  Moses  A.  Lucas  C.  A.  Markell  Charles  G.  MiUer  John  Miller  Harold  Moore  Alfred  Mueller  Kurt  A. Nagel  ....................  William  F.  Owens  i..  Alexander  Peffanis  George  Peltonen  Robert  E.  Quinn  Ernesto  Ramierez  John  Roberts  Jose  Salgado  VirgU  Sandberg  Aaron  Sasser  .... ................  Antonio Schiavone  Stanley  Swienckoskl  Frank  Tamburrino  Thomas  Tomiin  Edward  P.  Voltz  ...  Francis  D.  WaU  ....  Richard  L,  Welch  .,  Joseph  H.  Wilkin  .. • • • • • • • • William  W.  Young  15.00  Jackson  E.  Myer  200.06  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Manfredo  V.  Ciampt  200.06  BRIGHTON.  MASS.  30.00  Robert  O.  Nicolal  200.06  830.00  19.00  Richard P.  Bowman  Waiter  G.  Butterton  200.06  30.00  James  M.  Byers  ..'  49.00  Pasquale  A.  Carbone  200.00  200.00  15.00  John  T.  Koval  30.00  Edward  Cooley '  John  Clamp  200.00  15.00  30.00  Christopher  Oacey  Richard  Q.  Randolph  200.00  ~.  30.00  Raymond  M.  Hynes  30.00  Stanley  R.  Greenridge  200.00  200.00  30.00  WUUe  E.  DiUon  30.00  Raymond  Harris  REPORT  NO.  32  200.00  45.00  Osborne  M.  Brooke  45.00  WUliam  E.  Lake  John  L  Rivera  200.00  30.00  James  E.  Griffin  By  Lloyd  Gardner,  Asst.  Secretary­Treasurer  30.00  Lawrence  Myatt  200.00  200.00  .'....  15.00  Demos  T.  Whealton  30.00  Lincoln  E.  Smith  Period  Covered  By  This  Report—June  15­June  28  Amund  Pettersen  200.00  30.00  r  $240.00  15.00  $4,400.00  Cash  on  Hand  $162,617.59  USPHS  HOSPITAL  15.00  SAN  JUAN,  PUERTO  RICO  DISABILITY  BENEFITS  US  Government  Bonds  ....... ^  1,393,648.44  »fooo«06oa6a4  30.00  $30.00  $90.00  George  M.  Arnold  30.00  WUbert  L.  Bush  ...  Estimated  Accounts  Receivable  210,000.00  45.00  30.00  James  Crone  15.00  Alfredo  Cedeno  Joe  Germano  30.00  Hospital  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  7,905.00  Leo Koza  ...­.  15.00  John  Hopkins  30.00  15.00  Cruz  Negron  15.00  Otto P.  Preussler  30.00  Death  Benefits  Paid  in  P^od  14,293.52  30.00  60.00  30.00  Edward  Smith  $165.00  Disability  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  165.00  30.00  $210.00  Maternity  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  4,400.00  15.00  SAILORS  SNUG  HARBOR  BosNtal  Benefits Paid  Since  July 1, 1950  177,756.00  30.00  STATEN  ISLAND.  NY  45.00  Death  Benefits  Paid Since  July 1. 1950  322,226.85  Joseph  Koslusky  $120.00  30.00  • SS8S  Disability BeneHts  Paid  Since  May  1, 1952  .............  360.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  49.00  NORFOLK.  VA.  Maternity Braeflts  Paid Since  April 1, 1952  5,000.00  $1,945.00  Elbert B.  Brown  $19.00  JuUan  M.  CuthreU  30.00  USPhS  HOSPITAL  Maurice  A.  Gillespie  30.00  FIRLAND  SANATORIind­ OUver  A.  Hess  15.00  BALTIMORB.  MD.  AH  of  the  following  SIU  families  SEATTLE.  WASH.  Stephanos  Glares  .................  ,19.00  John  N.  HuU  15.00  have  collected  the  8200  maternity  John  Abraham  SIS.OO  Walter  C.  Gray  30.00  EmU  Austad  $79.00  LesUe  M.  Jackson  15.00  Chester  Antl  ...;  19.00  WUliain  C.  HaU  30.00  benefit  plus  a  $25  bond  from  the  Charles  H.  Jones  150.00  ^rl  A.  Bink.  30.00  James  E.  Hillary  USPHS  HOSPITAL  19.00  Union  in  the  baby's  name.  Joseph  Knox'  30.00  SEATTLE,  WASH.  Ffbnk  J.  Bradley  19.00  Nicolas  Kalias  19.00  Shirley  E.  Roundtree  15.00  Louis  A.  Brown  30.00  William  A.  Kammerer  $19.00  49.00  Joseph  Falasca  Emellnda  Rivera,  born  April  2,  30.00  ArdeU  Burkett  19.00  Richard  Kavanaugh  45.00  Henrich  SterUng  '...  19.00  Henry  Gilikin  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  George  C.  Warren  30.00  Henry  K.  Callan  30.00  Clifford  Kilgus  .19.00  $60.00  Robert  R.  White  49.0Q  L.  Rivera,  374  Pearl  Street,  New  Manuel  Cotty  ...;  30.00  Anthony  A.  Klavins  19.00  Albert  L.  WUUs  19.00  York.  George  F.  Crabtree  19.00  Samuel  S.  LaPorte  .;......  19.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Harry  J.  Cronln  19.00  Philip  C.  McBrlde  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  .'.....  30.00  $409.00  Robert  Morton  ' 30.00  Lloyd  T.  Bacon  ,.,..  $30.00  Linda  Marie  Ciampi,  born  April  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Catalino  Ombao  30.00  Walter  CampbeU  15.00  FORT  STANTON,  NM  4,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  waiter  C."PaschaU  ....V  19.00  OUver  Celestine  30.00  Charles  Burton  $60.00  Manfredo  V.  Ciampi,  8  Upland  William  Reinhardt  30.00  Jessie  A.  Clark  30.00  Francis  L  Gibbons  75.00  Road,  Somerville, Mass.  Arthur  S.  Reinholdt  19.00  R.  Cruz  ......'  30.00  Thomas  Isaksen  .'.  60.60  Ruperto  Rivera  19J)0  James  DeHaven  30.00  Donald  McDonald  ;  60.00  4  4  4  John  G.  Robinson  30.00  J.  Fitzpatrick  15.00  Archibald  McGuigan  60.00  EUas  S.  Tebm  30J)0  E.  E.  Gross  Larry  Nelson  Byen,  bom  April  120.00  Renato  A.  VUlaU  60.00  WilUe  C.  WUUams  19.00  Herman  Kemp  15.00  5,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  •   The  deaths  of  the  following  $375.00  James M.  Byers, 566  Surrey Street, ^  30.00  $690.00  Leo  H.  Lang  Seafarers  Tiave  been  reported  to  Clyde  H.  Lanier  30.00  MobUe,  Ala.  DOCTORS  HOSPITAL  USPHS  HOSPITAL  the  Seafarers Welfare  Plan and  $2,­ Bernard  E.  Lannes  19.00  WASHINGTON.  DC  SAVANNAH,  GA.  500  death  benefits  are  being  paid  Alfredo  Lopez  '.  19.00  Anthony  D.  Browne  $19.00  444'  Terrell  D.  Adams  $30.00  W.  L.  McLellan  30.00  to  beneficiaries.  Texas  Will  Rogers  Clamp,  born  USPHS  HOSPITAL  William  E.  AUmon  15.00  John  E.  Mayrbat  30.00  CHICAGO.  ILL.  30.00  April  6,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  William  Alton  DUbury,  46:  Warner  W.  Allred  S.  D.  Newman  15.00  CUfford  Womack  $60.00  Francis  H.  Coggins  15.00  tDaUo  Perez  Mrs.  John.  Clamp,  232  Garheld  19.00  Brother  Disbury  died  as  a  result  Eugene  Gardner  30.00  Raymond  Perry  COLON  HOSPITAL  Place,  Broiddyn, OT.  .'  30.00  •   of  injuries  received  aboard  the  Vincent  J.  Hartung  CANAL  ZONE  15.00  Frank  Pieczykoln  '  ,  15.00  Beacomet  on  March  11  when  he  Louis  C.  MiUer  Cesar  Laboy  $19.00  30.00  4  4­4  Alton  E.  Porter  19.00  iell coming  down  a  ladder.  He  is  J.  T.  Moore  30.00  Joseph  S.  Preshong  30.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Edward Lee Meyer, born  April  9,  30.00  K.  Raana  Burvived  by  his  wife.  Hazel  Dis­ Jack  O.  Morrison  MANHATTAN  BEACH.  BROOKLYN  30.00  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and Mrs.  Jack­ John  F.  Murphy  30.00  Tiury;  his  daughter,  Alicia,  and  a  $60.00  A.  A.  Sampson  15.00  Robert  Atmore  son  E.  Meyer,  811  Henry  Street,  Frank  F.  Nelson  30.00  60.00  'brother, Gordon  S. Disbury.  Burial  Sedrick  P.  Schleffler  60.00  Carl  S.  Berra  Savannah,  Ga.  J.  T.  Spivey  19.00  Weldon  Smith  Rupert  A.  Blake'  60.00  15.00  .'was  in  Flagler  Cemetery,  Miami,  60.00  15.00  Claude  F.  Blanks  $300.00  Wilfred  C.  Sonnier  Fla.  4  4  4  60.00  Andrew  Stauder  30.00  Edmund  C.  Blosser  John  Richard  Randolph,  born  60.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Herman  E.  Thompson  30.00  Paul  CanneUos  FRANCISCO.  CAL.  75.00  April  10,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  J.  E.  Ward  30.00  Wilson  O.  Cara  >  George  Paul  Ryninger,  61:  One  Alphonse SAN  Bosuge  $15.00  Watter  ChaUc  60.00  Mrs.  Richard  Q.  Randolph,  131  W.  of  the  veterans  of  the  SIU,  Ry­ Frederick  Brown  $810.00  EmiUo  Delgado  30.00  60.00  10th  Street,  Norfolk,  Va.  ninger passed away on June 9 of an  Malcom  Minton  45.00  James  R.  Downie  60.00  SOUTHERN  BAPTIST  HOSPITAL  .ulcerated  esophagus.  Ryninger  Peter  Smith  30.00  John  J.  DriscoU  ^  60.00  4  4  4  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  30.00  sailed  as chief  electrician  and held  David  Sorenson  John  T.  Edwards  60.00  Richard  Simms  $30.00  Lynda Ann  Hynes, born April  11,  :  30.00  Jose  Espmoza­ °  75.00 |  Gulf  Book number  7, having  joined  William  Timmerman  ~  45.00  19.00  Fred  G.  Farmer  E.  Ferrer  60.00  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ray­ . the  Union  in  New  Orleans  in  De­ Lawson  Trussell  45.00  $75.00  Leonard  Ffanks  60.00  mond  Hynes,  472  Columbia  Street,  cember,  1938.  He  is  survived  by  George  Vesagas  Sylvester  Walker  19.00  Robert  E.  GUbcrt  60.00  Brooklyn,  NY.  • his wife,  Mrs.  Ethel  Rj'ninger  of  Robert  Wiseman  USPHS  HOSPITAL  30.00  Bart  Guranick  60.00  MEMPHIS.  TENN.  '2519  Canal  Street,  New  Orleans,  4  4  4  John W.  Keenan  60.00  $285.00  Bomar  Cheeley  La.  ^  $60.00  Leo  Kulakowdd  60.00  William  Edward  Dilloii,  bora  Clarence  D.  Shiveiy  15.00  Frederick  Landry  60.00  April  5,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  andl^  USPHS  HOSPITAL  VirgU  E.  Wilmoth  .  60.00  James  J.  Lawior  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY.S  60.00  ^^.5  Millie  E.  Dillon,  Box  46­C,  Emilio  P.  Collazo,  62:  Arterio­ Leo  AUcn  $30.00  60.00  $135.00  Francis  F.  Lynch­ RFD  4,  Rugby  Road,  Pasadena  PO,  sclerosis  and  resultant  complica­ Victor  Areylao  SO.OU  David  Mcllreath  T.  6n oo  Maryland.  CUfford  Middleton  60.00  19.0(  tions  took  the  life  of  Brother  Col­ Victor  A.  Artman  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Vic  MUazzo  60.00  MOBILE.  ALA.  '  19.00  lazo  on  June  17  in  the  New  Or­ Wm.  Atchason  Lloyd  Miller  60.00  49.00  WiUiam  Anderson  ,  830.00  John  R.  Murdoch  60.00  leans  USPHS  Hospital.  Collazo  Raphael  Babiani  Carol  Butterton,  born  May  1,  Pedro  O.  Peralta  60.00  Edward  Barron  • »« a 6 •     •   30.00  Barthold  A. Christensen­  15.00  sailed as butcher and  cook and  had  George  G.  Phifer  60.00  1952.  Parents, Mr.  and Mrs.  Walter  Maurice  Bernstein  30.00  James  H.  Jones  15.00  R.  A.  RatcUff  60.00  been with  the SIU since  May, 1947,  Ray  E.  Brault  t  ...19.00  Waiter  T.  .Noel  15.00  John  R.  Richters  60.00  G.  Butterton,  150  Seaboard  Ave­ sailing  out  of  the  port  of  New  Or­ Richard  Broomhead'  60.00  nue,  Portsmouth,  Va.  19.00  Fred  O.  Swendsen'  19.00  G.  E. Sciiumaker  Robert Sizemore  60.00  leans.  He  is survived  by  his  wife.  Frank  Cardoza  19.00  Charles  WUlard  15,00  Timothy  SuUivan  60.00  Burial took  place in  St. Vincent De  George  N.  Clarke­  4  4  4  30.00  Albert  Thompson  60.00  $105.00  Charles  W.  Cothran  ..............  30.00  Paul Cemetery, New  Orleans.  Patricia  Marie  Griffin,  born  May  $2,130.00  Raphael  Diaz  19.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  2,^1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  4  it  4.  GALVESTON.  TEX.  M.  A.  Dodge  30.00  DEATH  BENEFITS  James  E.  Griffin,  2136  Heather  Leo  Dwyer  ."  $15.00  R.  Edmond^n  ....................  30.00  Herbert  R.  Burke '  $929.82  Joseph O'Malley,  45: A  fractured  19.00  Jimmie  M.  Heifer  '30.00  EmiUo  P.  CoUazo  2300.00  Road,  South  Norfolk,  Va.  «skull  caused  the  death  of  Brother  Samuel  ErUtz  WiiUam  A.  Dlsbuiy  2500.00  P.  FarreU  ..  ­.  30.00  30.00  James  F.  Kane  Robert  F.  Larsen  947.60  4  4  4  Joseph  O'Malley  on  June  24,  1952,  Joseidi  30.00  Margaret  Wm.,  Girardeau  .;..  6ss­e*st6*s  30.00  Joseph  Neubauer  Morsette  1.717.60  in. the  Jersey  City  Medical.Center.  Robert  F.  Gribben  .,  e60«a06«a»  30.00  Eddie  D.  Smith  Eddie  Eugene  Brooke,  bora  May  30.00  Gunvald  E.  NUsen  69850  Joseph  O'Malley  2500.00  11,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Malley had  been sailing  with  the  Charles  O.  Ories  ...  60.00  Joseph  L,  Springer  ..............  15.00  George  P.  Ryninger  2500.00  SIU  since  1946  in  the  engine  de­ Wladislov  Groholski  19.00  19.00  Charles  B.  Young  Osborne  M.  Brooke,  128  Colvin  partment,  He is survived  by a  sis­ Halim  Y.  Hambouz  814593.52  45.00  Street, Mobile,  Ala.  $169.00  30.00  ter,  Mrs.  Julia  Williams  of  New  WUliam  M.  Herman  MATERNITY  BENEFITS  USPHS  HOSPITAL  t  4  4  4  York;  a  brother,  William.  Francis  Sabino  Intigro  ....0..........;....  .30.0  Alfonso  Rivera  $200.00  PORTLAND.  ME.  60.00  Anthony  Timas  200.00  O'Malley  of  Bound  Brqok,  NJ,  and  Louis  F.  Johnson  Geraldine  Ann  Koval,  born  Mas^^  $19.00  Vincent  Bavlrsha  200.00  Raymond  E.  KeUer  6o«'•  1S>00  Ernest  P.  Belkner  a son  who resides  in Ohio,  Burial  George  27,  1952...  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  T.  John  H.  Hunt  200.00  KXtdtien  a S  OS • • • •no's So O'S*  • •   19.0d  CAMBRIDGE  SANITARIUM  Patrick  I.  Rogers  200.00  Koval,  1445  Bedford  Avenuo,  was  in  Gate  of  Heayeh  Cemetery,  p.',R.  Lea^  90.00  CAMBRIDGE.  MASS.  Sigwart  G.  Nielsen  200.00  Hawthorne,  NY.  .  James  R,  l.ewis  ,.>«i.30.00 Anthony  Leva  • *a*ess8«se­«ss«s«4**    $75.00  Dolor  F.  Stone  »s ee eee8.8««*4««***'  20050  Brooklyn.  WELFARE  4.  4  4.  FINAL  DISPATCH  .  t  t  ^  i  4.  4  4  4  ...  '  .  �Fridan July 11,  195F  SEAFARERS  LOG  Face Twenty­iriz  ... DIGEST Of SHIPS' MEETINGS »..  IIS.  its  YAKA  (Waterman),  June  1«—Chairman,  Blackle Martin; Secretary, Terence  White.  Each  delegate  should  prepare  a  repair  list  for  arrival  In  port. Ship's  fund stands  at  $68.25.  Men  agreed  to  fold  up  cots  when  not  In  use.  Washing  machine  wUl  be  cleaned  after  being  used.  STEEL  FLYER  (Isthmian),  May  90  —  Chairman,  Ralph  Wllklns;  Secretary,  p.  C.  Rollins.  Shlplr delegate  will  see  the  captain  about  painting  decks  In  engine  department  foc'sles.  Ship's  delegate  will  aee  patrolman  about  a  new  washing  ma­ chine  for  the  crew.  Steward  asked  aU  bands  to  turn  In  cots  and  linen  before  the  payoff.  Stewart  department  got  a  vote  of . thanks.  >•  ROBIN  LOCKSLEY  (Sea*  Shipping),  June  0—Chairman,  K.  Roberts;  Secretary,  E.  J.  Plersen.  Captain  did  not  order  milk  at­  Durban  because  the  dairy  was  closed  for the  holiday.  Motion  was passed  to  have  the  ship's  delegate  see  the  cap­ tain  about  painting  the  deck  and  stew­ ard  department  foc'sles.  Engine  depart­ ment  quarters  were  already  painted  tms  • 'trip. Menus  have  not  Improved  since  the  last  meeting.  Deck  department  Is  out  of  disinfectant.  Voluntary  contributions  for  the  ship's  fund  wlU  be  accepted  at  the  first  draw  In  the  States.  room  should  also  be  painted  and  keys  should  be  made  for  each  room.  ^  STEEL  ADVOCATE  (Isthmian),  June  3  ­Chairman,  Charles  Martlnex;  Secretary  W.  J.  Gilllck.  Motion  whs  passed  to  have  the  ship's  delegate  Intercede  for  the  wiper  In  case  he  Is  discredited.  Inci­ dent  between  the  engine  delegate  and  the  engine  department  utility  has  been  satisfactorily  settled.  June  S—Chairman,  VIncenze  De  61a­ conio;  Secretary,  Bill  Sutherlln.'  Ship's  delegate  thanked  the  crew  for  Its  good  work  and  cleanliness.  Steward  depart­ ment  did  a  good  Job.  All  previous  beefs  have  been  settled  satisfactorily.  Steward  will  accept  donations  for  the  ship's  fund  at  the  end  of  the  trip.  Dirty  linen  should  be  turned  in  then  and  foc'sles  cleaned.  Since  the  repair  of  the  old  washing  ma­ chine  would  be  very  expensive,  the  crew  has  decided  to  have  the  patrolman  get  a  new  one from  the  company.  ^Can'Shakers*  Have No OK  The  membership  is .  again  cautioned to beware of  persons  soliciting funds on ships in  be­ half  of  memorials or any  other  so­callfed  "worthy  causes." "  ­  No  "ican­shafcers"  or  solici­ tors. .have  received  authoriza­ tion, from SlU. headquarters to  collect  funds.  The  National  Foundation,  for  Infantile  Pa­ ralysis  is  the  only  charitable  organization  which  has  re­ ceived'  membership  endorse­ ment..  Fupds  for  this  cause  are.  collected  .through  normal  Union  channels  at  the  pay­off.  Receipts ere issued on the spot.  FRANCES  (Bull),  June  22—Chairman,  M.  GroHschslk;  Secretary,  M.  Zslenks.  Ship's  delegate  asked  membership  for  library  fund  donations.  Chief  electrician  made  a  motion  that  the  chief  engineer  stop  using  sarcastic  remarks  toward  him.  Laundry  and  washing  machine  should  be  kept  clean.  turned  over  to  chief  mate  and  chief  en­ gineer.  Motion  was  passed  to  donate  to  the  library  fund.  Motion  was  passed  to  give  the  washing  machine  to  whoever  wants  It.  MARVEN  (International  Navigation),  June  8—Chairman,  Herman  Whirnant;  Secratary,  Frank  Van  Dutin,  All  hahda  SEATRAIN  GEORGIA  (Seatrain),  June  5—Chairman,  Robert  Brock;  Secretary,  H.  are  to  keep  the  messroom  clean  after  Peeler.  Ship's fund  now  stands at  $25.60.  (Continued  on  page  27)  Donations  will  be  accepted  at  the  pay­ off.  Two  men  who  missed  ship  were  re­ ported  to  headquarters.  Question  of  the  dollar  deposit  for  foc'sle  keys  will  be  re­ ported  to  the  patrolman.  Ship's  delegate  wUl  speak  to  the  chief  engineer  about  reversing  the  blower  In  the  messroom  to  The  following  men  listed  below  blow  In cold  air. Cooks  asked  that fans  be  Installed  In  the  galley.  Dishwasher  was  have  retroactive  wages  due  from  criticized  for  his  poor  work.  Steward  was  asked  to  order  spray  guns  for  Robin  Line.  Wrife  or  cqll  in  per­ mosquitoes.  son  at  39  Cortlandt  St.,  NY.  MONEY  DUE  CARRABULLE  (National  Navigation).  NORTHWESTERN  VICTORY  (Victory  ROBIN  TUXFORD;  June  17—Chairman,  A.  T.  Arnold;  Sec­ Carriers),  May  2S—Chairman,  Frank  W.  Van  Der  Bauk. Jacob'us;  Burgos,  Angelt  retery,  A.  Gsldmilt.  Chief  officer  gave  Maissonet, Leoncla;  Gsraun;  Secretary,  net  listed.  Sugges­ Monte,  Vincent; Dedl­ warning  that  he  will  not  allow  anrtne  tion  was  made  that  each  department  .Julian;  Johnson.  John;  Leon.  under  the  Influence  of  liquor  to'  turn  tb  catorio.  clean  the  recreation  room  and  laundry  Donahoe,  Robert;  McArthur.  on deck.  A. T.  Arnold  was elected  ship's  Alexander;  before  turning  them  over  for  cleaning  to  WUUaih; Grady.  Edward  Hogan,  Robert;  delegate  by  acclamation'. ' '  A'.' G'oldmill  •Sinclair,  the  next  department.  Francis;  Priola,  Edward:  Cortes.  was  elected  ship's , treasurer  by  Acclama­ June  4—Chairman,  E.  S.  Game;  Secre­ tion.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  the  Donald:  Perry,  Chester,'  tary,  not  listed.  Men  were  reminded  to  ci"  clean  and  rinse  the  washing  machine  Dogs  around  pert  lights  that  are  frozen  delegates  check Jn  slopchest  prloes­  Each  ROBIN  SHERWOOD:  R  department  should  take  charge  of  keep­ OR  SOTO  (Waterman),  June  IS—Chair­ after  use.  $1  will  be  donated  to  the  up­ WlU  be  freed  where,  necessary.  Hinnant.  George  H.  jr.:  Longtuoe,  Nor­ ing  the  recreation­  room  ­  clean ­  for  ­ a  ship's  fund  by  each  man  after  the  pay­ man,  A.  Danne;  Secretary,  Philip  Reyes.  Reyes,  Carmelo:  Hassan,  Taib:  week.  Suggestion  was  made  to  insUU  a  man;  Llanez,  BacUlo;  Smith.  Warren  K.  jr.:  Beet  about  the  chief  will  be  taken  up  off.  CAMAS  MEADOWS  (US  Petroleum Car­ O'Rourke,  John;  Houde,  EmUe:  AvUes.  with  the'patrolman.  Roberts  was  elected  riers),  June  15—Chairman,  Donald  N.  AZALEA  CITY  (Waterman),  June  15—  Dickson;  Secretary,  T.  W,  Carmlchael.  Luis; Gable.  George: Medvesky,  John: Lo*  Sihlp's  delegate.  Repair  list will  be  turned  makln.  Serge:  Maldonado,  Ramon;  Qui­ over  to  department  delegates  before  ar­ Chairman,  L.  Do  Ganga;  Secretary,  C.  S.  Ship's  first .  aid  kits  have  been  filled.  nones,  Felix;  Carr,  Paul;  Undertajlo.  rival  In  ports.  When  there  are  no  beefs  Sansoma.  Two  men  missed  the  ship.  Crew  was  reminded  to  take  cots  off  the  Basil;  Cotty,  Manuel;  Tlnlnlreck,  Frank:  and  all  men  are  In  good  standing,  ship's  Ship's  fund  sUnds  at  ST.  Motion  was  deck  when­ not  In  use;  Motion  was passed  Terry,  CecU;  VUlaciau.  Vincente:  Amett.  delegate  wU  contact  the  hall  and  obtain  passed  to  add  to  this  sum.  Discussion  to  have  the  captain  change  the  ship's  GUbert:  SapU.  Ralph:  Harris,  Walter;  permission  to  pay  off  without  the  patrol­ was  held  on  the  unsatisfactory  slopchest  chandler  In  Naples.  Steward  advised  on  and  the  scarcity  of  ^arettes.  Steward  purchasing  stores  in  Naples.  Captain  will  Vaughn,  Alfred:  Day,  Sidney;  Jensen.  man,  since  this  Is  a  coastwise  ship.  led  for  the  fine  advise  the  ship's  delegate  and  steward  'hot  water  line  in  the­  washing  machine  Helman,  department  was  thanfed  food.  .  at  earliest  time  ship  will  reach  the  next  and  an  electric  fan  in  the  laundry.  Dirty  BEAURE6ARD  (Waterman),  June  ROBIN  MOWBRAY;  Chairman,  Joseph  A.  Ryan;  Secretary,  R.  MLTON  H.  SMITH  (Isthmian),  June  1—  port  ot  call  so  that  the  steward  can  coffee  cups  ahould  not  be  left  on  the  Ross,  John:  Fair,  David;  McDanlel.  A.  Eden.  R.  C.  Sheppard  was  elected  Chairman,  L.  I.  Saguelel;  Secretary,  Dan  estimate  the  amount  of  stores  needed.  messhaU  tables  and  aU  over  the  deck.  Paul:  Robert;  Logan.  Jerlmiatn  steward  delegate.  Membership  was  re­ Stasevleh.  Ship's­  delegate  and  deck  First  assistant  engineer,  who  has  had  a  Do  not  throw' cigarette  butts  ­through  Purdy. Sipsey,  Jchn;  Wendt,  Robert;  GalUos,  Ha­ quested  not  to  take  guards  off  bunk  delegate  had  a  talk  with  the  captain and  good deal  of  experience  In  grading meats,  open  portholes;. use. the  ash  trays.  merto;  Gordon,  Jamas;  Funk,  Richardt  Ughts.  New  mirrors  for  deck  department  reached  an  agreement  a*  to  what  should  volunteered  to  accompany  the  steward  Spradley.  EUU;  Rddl.  Joseph;  Bonltto.  when  he  selects  meat  in  Naples.  DEL  ORO  (Mississippi),  June  S—Chair­ Henry;­ TorblriU,  heads  and  showers  vfere  requested.  John:  Fisher,  Louis.  be  done.  Che  ordinary  and  one  wiper  man,  Geerge  Borck;  Sacfatary,  Rodger  will  keep  the  laundry  clean:  steward  de'  Baker. ­  ­  ­B.  AUison  was  elected  ship's  DEL  VIENTO  (Mississippi),  April  10—  ROBIN  LOCUCSLEY:  partment  will  clean  the  recreation  room.  not  listed;  Secretary,  George  driegate . by  acclamation.  AU  but  ship's  Dupdrit,' Emll;  Wmisms,  Roger;  Ander­ Steward  department  was  complimented  Chairman,  L.  Kaufman.  Acting  ship's  delegate  re­ personnel  should  not  be  in  amidship  son,  Charles;  White, ­Donald;  Counts.  Wil­ on  their  good  work.  ported  on  repairs  which  were  ­Hot  at­ house.  Ship's delegate  wUl  hold  the ship's  Uam;  Brunton,  John:  Edwards.  Francis:  tended  to  in  New  Orleans;  they  will  be  fund—which •  now  stands  at ,  81.35.  Each  Glondano,  John;  Barnes.  Grover;  MouUer.  .  RAPHAEL  SEMMES  (Waterman),  June  put  this  trip's  repair  list.  Ship's  dele­ department  WiU  dean  the. laundry  for  a  Amald'o;  RusseU,  David; De  Leon,  Carlos:  IS—Chairman,  A,.  Slstrunk;  Secretary,  gate on  will  write  to  the  negotiating  com­ week  In  rotation.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  Parrett,  Thomas;  ­Maldonado,  Francisco:  P.  Reed.  Replacenient  df  the  life jackets,  mittee  to  ask  them  if  the  butane  gas  inquire  Into  penalty  cargo.  Sanders,.  John;  Richardson.  John;  Kel­ which  are  very  dirty,  will  be  put  on  MARINA  (Bull), June  4—Chairman,  Wil­ the  repair  list.  Brothers  were  asked  to  which  this  ship  carries  as  part  of  Its  ClTRU$  PACKER. (Watsrman),  Junt  21  log,  Charles;  Weenls,  Albert;  Gaudy.  cargo  comprises  penalty  cargo.  Mate  will  John;  SUck,  Charles;  GUI,  MarshaU:  Wad­ liam  J.  Morris;  Secretary,  Stan  Wills.  keep  the  washing  machine,  to  clean  It  WlUlam  J.  Morris  was  elected  ship s  out  after.use  and  not  to  let  It  run  when  Install  library  shelves as  soon as  possible.  —Chairman,  Garland  H.  Higa;  Secretary,  dington,  William;  Schram,  Rayford;  Gor­ delegate,  Howard  Gllsson,  engine  dele­ not  in  use.  Members  should  not  play  Cups  should  be  returned  to  the  mess­ Claud  N.  Johnson.  Repair  list  has  been  don,  James;  Pierson,  Schuyler;  Frederick.  Walter;  Walls.  WlUlam;  Pomerlasse.  Rob­ gate.  New  coffee  um  was  requested.  dice  aft,  as  this  keeps  the  off  watch  room.  Ice  box  In  the  dry  storeroom  VHll  ert:  Clnquecciasco,  Angelo;  Fox.  Denton:  Screen  doors  should  be  locked  while  the  awake.  Pantry  and  messhall  should  be  be  repaired  Immediately,  as  well  as  the  lock  on  the  meat  box  door.  Gromek,  Henry;  Thomson,  John.  ship  Is  In  port.  kept  cleaner  at  night.  Deck  depart­ June  IS—Chairman,  J.  Meeks;  Secre­ ment  head  should  be  fixed.  ROBIN  KmK:  tary,  Stan  Wells.  Water  was  left  running  Rush,  Vernon;  Cruz,  Fabian;  Ulrlch.  in  the  laundry  and  soap  boxes  were  SWEETWATER  (Mar­Trada),  Jun*  IS—  Henry:  Dacaney,. Fernando;  Makko,  Vic­ Photos  of  the following  men  are  thrown  on  deck.  OS  and  wiper  wlU  al­ Chairman,. Paul.  D.  Love;  Secretary,  Al­ tor;  Serra,  Alexander;  Stevenson,  Alex­ ternate  emptying the  trash  box.  All  mem­ bert  L.  Peves.  Crewmembers  were  fading,  both'in  their  new  member­ ander:  Consentino,  Mario:  Ministerl.  Gao­ (i bers  win clean  up after using  the laundry.  asked  to  stay  out  of  officers'  messhall,  ship  books  and  in  headquarters  tano.  More  variety  was  requested  In  the  and  officers  will  keep  cut  of  crew's  menus.  Not  so  much  pork  should  be  hall.  Dispute  with  engineers  has  been  files.  They  can  either  send  theit  ROBIN  KETTERING:  i  Served  and  the  meat  should  not  be  settled.  Members  voted  to  buy  a  new  burned.  Recreation  hall  should  be  kept  washing  machine,  with  all  hands  con­ PAOLI  (Cities  Service),  June  $—Chair­ book  with  four  passpcirt  photos  to  Hansen.  Eivar:  Langston,  John;  Lltch­ clean  and  keys  provided  for  the  foc'sles.  tributing $6  towards  its  purchase.  Money  man,  Norman  MSble;  Secretary,  Anthony  headquarters  or  stop  in  for  hew  Held, Lester;  Karlak, Steve;  Getes, Edwin:  Boles,  Bernard;  Hewson,  Donald;  Olsen,  left  over  will  go  into  the  ship's  fund  P.  VIelanto.  Engine  room  head  and  Einar;  Everhart,  Henfy;  Scraggs,  Fred:  TAGALAM  (Seatrade),  June  10—cktalr­ to  buy  reading  matter.  Ship's  delegate,  washing  juaclUne  are  going  to  be  fixed;  ones:  Svenningsen,  George;  Broughton,  Lewis;  '.  man.  King;  Secretary,  Rob  Lee.  Ship's  will  see  the  chief  engineer  about  hav­ fans  are  needed  by  the  cook  and  mess­ delegate  reported  many  repair  beefs  ing  the  wheelhouse  and  foc'sle  fans  man.  .  Lee  R.'  Arnold,  AllO;  James  C.  Blake,  Fuciu,  George: Kirby,  Walter; Guild,  Roy: *  have  been  cleared  up  and  he  Is  now  fixed.  Recreation  hall  will  be  locked  In  June  22­^halrman,  R.  J.  JopskI;  SecJ  B44;  Christopher'  Bobbe,  B53;  Robert  B.  Swetstka,  Franclszek:  Oaire,  Clarence;.  working on  the rest.  Ship's fund  stands at  port.  retary,.  Anthony. Pasquale  VIolanto. 'One  Carry,  043;­ Rufus  Carrington,  C47;  Pru­ Ferrandlz,  Robert,  $31.  C.  Moss  was  elected  ship's  treas­ brother  put  off  for  sickness  and  one  dencio  De.. Jesus,  D49;  George  Dlnass,  ROBIN  HOOD:  —  urer  and  unanimously.  Motion  was  GOLDEN  CITY  (Waterman),  Jun*  missed  ship.  Fix  settees  In  recreation  D164;  Joseph  F.  Fiesel,  F9:  JuUo  Hudkins,  Robert:  Erlcksson,  Nils:  passed  to  buy  an  Iron  and  magazines.  Chairman,  Callahan;  Secretary,  D.  Plc­ room  and  8­to­12  foc'sle.  'Ventilation  Figneroa;  F77.  Dauire,  John;  Rigney.  George;  Da  Costa.  cerelll.  Messhall  should  be  kept  clean  system,  should  be  instaUed  in  passage­ Angel  Cortez,  CS;  Robert  Gresham,  Brown, Melvin: Qrll­ ANNISTON  CITY  (Isthmian),  June  9—  at  all  times.  Ironing  board  and  Iron  ways  since  the,  doors  are  shut.  Motion  Gil;  Arvld  GyUand,  G38;  WUmer  E.  Jose; CoUiers, Elmer:  fith,  John;  Mason,  Francis;  McKenzie.  Chairman,  John  Kulat; Secretary,  Michael  should  be  Uept  In  the  steward's  room  was  passed  to  make  up  a  repair  list  for  Harper.  .Hll:  Alfred  Hanstuedt,  H36;  Avery;  Elverum,  Bjoru; ­­Cardoso.  Noe:  J.  Dembnowtkl.  Captain  told  the  ship's  when  not  In  use.  Since  the  company  all  departments.'  Cuthbert  Hlnkson,  H38;  Charles  Haug­ Strickler,  Charles;  Webb,  John;  Ombaa.  ­ delegate that  the  crew  would  have  to  put  supplied  a  new  washing  machine,  the  hey,  H42;'  Edmund  La'rkin,  L36:  William.  Catallnlb;  Patzer.  Harold;  Kltesky.  Peter:  the  poop  deck  awning  up  on  their  own  old  one  was  sold  to  a  member  for  $15.  GATEWAY  CITY  (Waterman),  May  25—  Lewis,  L38.  Baker,  WlUiam;  Everett.  Louis;  White.  time.  Ship's  delegate  will  see  the  cap­ Patrolman .will  be  notified  that  the  hos­ Chairman,  C.  Greane;  Secretary,  E.  M.  Earl  P.  Larson,  L39; Kenneth  J,  Lewis,  Chester;  HoweU, WiUlam;  Burchinal, John.  tain  about  radiograms,  as  sparks  wiU  pital  was  used  for  cargo  space.  Ship's  Watts.  AU  repairs  that  were  not  taken  Wallace  Lowther,  L47;  Moses  A.  not  accept  messages  unless  overtime  Is  delegate  will  See  the  chief  engineer  care  of  In  New  York  are  now  being  1,40;  Lucas,  L48;  B.  F.  Lowe,  L74;  John  J.  ROBIN GRAY;  paid  to  him  for  it.  Brothers  were  re­ about  repairing  the  crew's  pantry  steam  taken  care  of  as soon  as  possible.  George  Lawton,  L79:  Islac  MlUer,  M55:  Acosta  Goldfarb,  Abraha'm;  Wallace,  Ward:  aU  hours  Inside  and  on  deck,  and  that  table.  If  this  matter  Is  neglected.  It  McAlpine  was  elected  engine  delegate.  J.  Soto,  S79;  Wm.  Singleton,  S81.  Russo,  Antonio;  WandreL  Earl;  CU,  Jose:  they  should  refrain  from  making  too  will  be  reported  to  the  patrolman.  Paul  Tassin,  T30;  Fabian  Cruz,  C77;  Thomas.  William.  much  noise.  Brothers  were  urged  to  Benigno  Cortez,. Cl36;  Steve  Deri,  D33;  cooperate  .In  keeping  all  but  ship's  per­ MAE  (Bull),  June  12—Chairman,  E.  V.  ROBIN  GOODFELLOW:  BilUe  Doyle,' D77:  John  Durma,  D160:  mlnded  that  men  are  trying  to  sleep  at  Smith; .  Secretary,  H.  P.  Bluhm.  Ship's  Thomas,  Lloyd;  De  Havers.  Leonce:  Anthony  Beiider,  B172;  JuUua  Bocala,  sonnel  from  the  messroom  and  crew's  fund  stands  at  $40.  Ship's  delegate  read  Warffeld.'Van;  Hauna,  Anthony:  Buzalew­ B173;  BacUlo  Bonafont,  B174.  quarters.  The  steward  department  was  a  statement  by  the  captain  stating  that  skl,  Stanley;  ElUott,  WilUam;  Whitley.  praised  for  good  work  and  the  brothers  the  video  set  belonged  to  the  crew  and  Nicholas  Brancato,  B180;  Edison  Conrad  Shlreley  Bennie; MartinelU,  Albert; Malsonet,  Jose:  were  reminded  that  the  galley  is hot  and  to the  SlU  and in the  event  that  the  ship  Brown,  ­B181;  ­Floyd  Crumpler,  CIS;  Steve;  Grutes,  Joseph;  Phifer.  that  cooks and  messmen deserve  coopera­ lays  up,  the  set  will  be  removed  by  the'  I  have  been  anxious  to  hear  Idelfoqsq  QalinUez,  G126;  Jort  A.  Grif­ KoUna,  Robert;  Curtui,  George:  Zlegler,  Elmer:  tion  and  consideration  at  nil  times.  port  agent  or  someone  authorized  by  from  you  for  over  a  year.  Write  fith,  G127:  Alton  Green,  G128;  Genaro  Anderegg,  Frederick;  Walker,  John;  him.  A;'Bokan'was  unanimously  elected  Gonzales,  G129:  Joseph  GUliad,  G156;  Schroeder,  Elmer;  Rohrlng,  George;  Wer­ SEACOMET  (Orion),  June  19 — Chair­ new  ship's.delegate.  Suggestion  was  of­,  me  at  Hillside  Lake,  Wapplnger  Hulet  Higginbotham,  H75.  ner,  Frederick;  Rogers,  Charles;  Green.  man,  H.  Workman;  Secretary,  L.  Santa  fered  to  have  a  screen  made  by  the  Domingo  LaUave,  L44;  Jose  Lopez,  L49:  EUiott;  Goodman.  Elvin:  Lyons,  Edward:  Ana.  Ship's  fund  now  stands  at  $17.81  deck  department  to  cover  the  store's  Falls,  NY.  Leo  Mo vail.  FeUpo  Lugo,  L73;  Ture  Sandstrom,  S191;  MenviUe,  John;  MlUtar,  Diossoro;  Davis.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  the  three  hatch  Oil  the  stern.  Delegates  will  check  James  Shiber,  S190;  Raymond Torres, T31;  James; Sisk,  Loonie; Pou,  Oscar; Sullivan.  delegates' get  together  about  the  nec­ foc'sles  to  see  where  port  Ught  screens  Daniel  Tlcer,  T32;  Alberto  Trevino,"  T33;  James;  Hobson,  Frank;  Squires,  Roland:  ssary  repair  work.  All  quarters  should  are  needed.  They  wUl  then  tell  the  Wm.  W.  Wells,  W36;  Robert  F.  Walker,  Hoare:  PhUips;  Hurley,  Louis;  Kaminskl.  Thomas  W.  Blevins  painted,  messroom  and  recreation  chief  mate  where  screens  are  needed.  Marion;  MasineUi,  Pasquale;  Gvozdick.  W39:  Jtoseph  Wa^er.  W40.  Peter;  Boles,  Richard;  Laken,  Charles:  Get  in  touch  with  your  wife  at  Claude,  Albert;  Matonte,  Mauro;  Leonard.  J  i .4t  4"  once.  Urgent.  Eugene; Hafley,  John;  Cefarattl,  Rudolph.  iL  NOTICES  PERSONALS  t  4  Edifor,  SEAFARERS LOG,  675 Fourth  Ave.,  Brooklyn  32.  NY.  *  Seaman's  papers  are  being  held  ROBIN  DONCASTER:  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St,i.Bo$tqi^  ­•   .ii­i kli.ij:.,.­  V  •   7,etidW  '  ai  ­''i  �• »%­».'f^f• ­^:'>'*,.(i^f  ­  Face Twenty­sevca  • ­  :.r^|  'JiMl  ­ym}  ... DIGEST Of SWS' MEETINGS...  • TEEL CHEMIST  (Isthmian),  June  It­ (Continued  from  page  26)  Chairman,  Willie  Walker;  Secretary,  R.  night  lunch.  Department  delegatei  will  Anderson.  Any  member  who  comes  on  check  on  fans  that  need  fixing  before  board  gassed  up  and  makes  trouble  for  the  weather  gets  hot.  the  other members  will  be  brought  np on  charges  In  first  port  of  payoff.  Coffee  urn  has  been  tampered  with  and  the  SEA  OARDEN  (Penln.  Nav.),  Juna  15—  has  trouble  making  coffee  In  Chairman,  John  Bracht;  Secretary,  Ken­ messman  the  morning.  Discussion  was  held  on  neth  Coliint.  One  man  jumped  jhlp  in  day  man  coming  aboard  gassed  up  and  New  York.  Department  delegates will  see  striking  the  chief  cook  while  he  was  the  department  heads  since,  according  because  he  could  not  get  to the  minutes  of  the  last  crew, 4he  com­ sleeping,  Juice  at  one  o'clock  In, the  morn­ pany  has  done  nothing  about  the  repair  tomato  ing.  lists  handed  in 'at  that  time.  Suggestion  was  made  that  Argentine  butter  be  used  for  cooking  and  baking.  MoUon  was  SEA  STAR  (Msrcador),  April  27  —  passed  to  have  the  delegates  Inspect  the  Chairman,  Louis  W.  Pappar;  Sacratary,  cigarette  supply  and  see  If  It  is  pos­ B.  L.  Owans.  Patrolman  should  get  some  sible  to  get  a  library  on  board.  action  on  the  repair  list  before  the  sign­on.  since  many  repairs  were  prom­ ised  after  the  last  trip  and  were  not  OLYMPIC  CAMES 'tWeslern  Tankers),  Chief  engineer  will  permit  the  May  11—Chairman,  L.  Baldwin;  Secre­ made.  black  gang  to  paint  aU  foc'sles.  Sugges­ tary,  Donald  Forrest.  Ship's  fund  stands  tion  was  made  that  the  ship's  delegate  at  $8.76  after  several  purchases.  Motion  see  the  master  about  having  the  crew  wax  passed  to  press  charges  against  any  messhall  painted  and  the  patrolman  about  member  fouling  up  at  the  next  port  of  getting  aa  adequate  slopchest  next  voy­ call.  Members  were  asked  not  to  grow  age.  Deck  engineer  would  like  the  over­ lax  In  leaning  washing  machine  after  head  leak  in  the  foc'sle  repaired  Immedi­ use  and  keeping  the  messroom  orderly.  ately.  Steward  department  got  a  vote'  of  June  1—Chairman,  Paul  Jamas;  Secre­ thanks  for  the  good  service  and  chow.  tary,  Den  Forrest.  Doctor  was  brought  June  13—Chairman,  F.  W.  Langley;  aboard  to  examine  suspected  contamin­ Secretary,  Louis  W.  Pepper.  Very  few  re­ 'ated  water.  He  ordered  the  tanks  pairs  were  taken  care  of,  as  requested  pumped  out  and  flushed.  Joe  Meyerchak  at  the  last  meeting.  CaptalA  refused  to  was,  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclama­ have  the  hideous  green  color  of  the  tion.  J'oul­ups  will  be  referred  to  port  messhall  changed.  Foc'sles  have  not  officials.  been  painted,  as  promised  by  the  chief  engineer.  All  hands  were  asked  to  be  sober  at  the  payoff.  MILTON  H.. SMITH  (Isthmian),  Juna  17  —Chalrihan,  Benny  Vallas;  Secretary,  T.  THE  CABINS  (Cabins),  June  24—Chair­ Thompson.  Ship's  delegate  saw  the  cap­ man,  A.  Sehrote;  Secretary,  R..  Malone.  tain:  many  things  were  accomplished  and  It  was  suggested  that  the  steward  get  more  repairs  will  be  done.  Ship  needs,  DDT  bombs and  that  doors and  lockers  in  fumigation.  There  is  not  enough  hot  the  steward  department"  foc'sle  be  re­ water  for  baths.  paired.  Keep Droit  Board Poeted  SIU  Headquarters  urges  all  draft  eligible  seamen  to  be  sure  they  keep  their  local  Se­ lective  Service  boards  posted  on  all  changes  of  address  through,  the  use  of  the  posv  cards­  furnished  at  all  SIU  halls and  aboard  ships.  Failure  to  keep  jour  draft  board informed  of  your where­ abouts  can  cause  you  to  be  listed  as  a  delinquent  and  be  drafted  into the  services  with­ out  a  hearing.  The  Union  in  such  cases  can  do  nothing  to  aid Seafarers who  fail  to com­ ply.  port  and  the  key  given  to  the  electrician  on  watch.  Crew  should  take  care  of  the  new" washing machine.  steward  department  for  the  swell  Job  that  they  have  done  this  trip,  and  we  all  hope  to  sail  with  them  again  some  time.  and  linen  keeper  work  ig  needed.  Del­ egate  should, find  out  whether  or  not  e  crewmember  can  be  notified  that  he  le  fined  by  customs  before  leaving.  I  LOGANS  FORt  (Cities  Service),  no  HURRICANE  (Waterman),  June  22—  Chairman,  Augic  Lazzaro;  Secretary,  AA  date—Chairman,  not  listed;  Secretary,  Sterne.  Deck  department  rooms  and  recreation  room  will  be  painted  this  trip.  Crew  rooms  need  new  locks.  Old  maga­ zines  will  be  donated  to  the  seamen's  club  In  Bremerhaven.  Motion  was  passed  to  donate  $3  to  the  AMMLA  whenever  they  service  the  ship,  plus  the  same  amount  to the  ASFS  library  service.  Fif­ ty  cents  will  be  donated  to  the  ship's  fund  by  each  member  this  trip.  Ship's  delegate  will  see  about  getting  new  buckets,  stores  and  cool  drinks  (Includ­ ing  papaya  Juice).  Company  has  been  notlAed  that  in  future  crew  will  not  sign  on  until  coast­wise  pay  has  been  com­ pleted.  Ship's  delegate  reported  that  someone  sneaked  into  the  steward  de­ partment  head  and  sougeed  grease  from  engine  room  workers  off  the  bulkheads  during  the  annual  Inspection,  to  save  overtime.  ALAWAI  (Waterman).  June  16—Chair­ man,  Louis  M.  Hcnriquez;  Secretary,  W.  A.  Perry.  Louis  M.  Henriquez  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  June  22—Chairman,  F.  S.  Crumpler;  Secretary,  Robert  Benlamin.  Repair  list  was  adequately  taken  care  of.  although  silver  trays  for  the  crew  messroom  were  not  received.  Complaint  was  made  on  the  absence  of  soap  powder  in  the  laun­ dry.  where  the  pump  was  clogged  up  due  to  the  .failuie  of  the  crew  to  maintain  cleanliness.  Each  individual  should  clean  thw laundry  whgn  he uses  it.  with  refuse  placed  in  trash  cans  which  should  be  emptied  periodically  by  the  sanitary  men  of  the  respective  departments.  not  listed.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  the  fihip's delegate  take  care  of  the  ship's  fund,  which  now  stands  at  $21.42:  each  crewmember  will  contribute  $1.  Cook  asked  for  a' fan  in  the  galley  and  said  that  the  galley  back  door,  which  does  not  shut  completely  should  be  repaired.  Crewmembers  were  asked  to  get  to  their  fire  and  Boat  stations  promptly.  ATLANTIC  WATER  (Metro),  June  14  —Chairman,  Steve  Deri;  Secretary,  G.  E.  Goodwin.  Steve  Dori  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Motion  was  passed  that  the  ship  should  not  sail  again  until  all  repairs  have  been  eoni­ pleted.  A  vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  steward  department  for  their  good  work.  The  three  departments  will  rotate  the  cleaning  of  the  laundry  and  recreation  room.  Ship's  delegate  asked  for  the  crew's  cooperation  in  keeping  the  wash­ ing  machine  in  good  order.  He  also  requested  that  the  captain  be  made  to­ produce  the receipt  for the  money  turned  over  to  the  Union  for  the  washing  ma­ chine  which  the  crew  bought.  New  York  will  be  notified  about  the  captain's  ac­ tion  in  signing  for  all  stores  for  this  ship  without  the  steward  seeing  any  bills  of  • l  ading  or  receipts:  the  steward  did  not  sign  for  anything.  ISuggestlon  was  made  that  the  delegate  see  the  chief  engineer  about  the  pantry  fan.  STEEL  DESIGNER  (isthmian),  Juna  IS  —Chairman,  Joseph  Poturalski;  Secretary,  Henry  Bearse.  Each  delegate  will  draw  up  a  repair  list  and  give  it  to  the  ship's  delegate  for  action  in  West  Coast  ports.  $37  from  the  previous  ship's  fund _wa8  handed  over  to  the  ship's  delegate:  It  wlU  be  used  for  the  chrew's  recreation.  Variety  of  salads  should  be  served.  New  washing  machine  has  been  instaUed  by  GREELEY  VICTORY  (South  Atlantic),  ABIQUA  (Cities  Service),  May  *  —  the  company:  one  of  the  old  ones  wiU  Chairman,  Steve  Senak;  Secretary.  R.  M.  be  kept  for  washing  dirty  work  clothes.  June  11—Chairman,  Pat  Fiannagan;  Sec  STEEL  ARTISAN  (Isthmian),  Juna  22—  rotary,  Pat  Ryan.  Man  who  suffered  in­ Lafferty.  Ship's  treasurer  reported  a  ROYAL  OAK  (Citlas  Service),  June  7—  juries  is  in  the  hospital.  Frank  Kon  was  Chairman,  Leonard  Bugaiewski;  Secre­ balance  of  $11.96  and  $10  ip  US  stamps.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  see' the  chief  mate  Chairman.  Davis  Gilbert;  Secretary,  A.  M.  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation:  tary,  H.  C.  Hart.  One  man  was  sent  to  about  sougeeing  the  foc'sles  and  painting  Wilburn.  Messhall  will  be  painted  this  Rosarlo  LaParl  was  elected  deck  dele  the  hospital  in  Port  Said  for  eye  treat­ the  heads.  Vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  trip.  One  wiper  is  getting  off  due  to  gate.  Motion  was  passed  to  send  a  let­ ment.  (Hiief  steward  reported  that  the  Ulness:  he  will  go  to  the  hospital.  Mo­ ter  to  headquarters  about .getting  fresh  preservative  used  in  the  fresh  water  FAIRISLE  (Waterman),  June  1—Chain­ steward  department—especlaUy  the  sec­ tion  was  passed  to  get  a  shore  radio  milk  for  ships  on  the  shuttle  run  out  in  tanks  is  a  black,  oily  substance  which*  man,  C.  J.  Quinnt;  Secretary,  William  ond  cook  and  baker.  Charles  Cantwell—  repair  man  to  check  the  crew's  radio.  the  Far  East: a  letter should  also  be  sent  turns  all  food  cooked  in  water  black.  Stark.  Chief  engineer  asked  crew  to  he  for  exceUent  food.  Request  was  made  No  more  ttian  $5  will  be  spent  on  this.  to  headquarters  and  to  San  Francisco  Use  of  this  substance  should  be  discon­ careful  with  the  water, as  ship Is  running  that  the  slicing  machine  in  the  galley  It  was  suggested  the  agent  be  con­ about  the  captain's  attitude  towards  the  tinued  at  once.. Ship's  delegate  will  con­ short.  Each  department  delegate  will  be  left  alone.  "Washing  machine  should  tacted  to  see  if  that  ship  could  get  a  flat  crewmembers  in  regard  to  hospitalization  tact  the  mate  about  shelves  for  the  li­ turn  in  a  repair  list.  Large  number  of  be  cleaned  and  turned  off  after  use:  rate  on  transportation  Galveston  and  medical  attention  in  Japan.  Steward  brary  and  the  first  assistant  about  the  overtime  beefs  will  be  turned  over  to  suggestion  was  made  that  a  red. light  to  Houston.  Pantry  and from  crew  messhall  was asked  to  Improve  the bread  situation:  extremely  hot  water  In  the  shower.  Laun­ the  patrolman.  Gear  of  washing  ma­ be  put  on  the  machine  as a  reminder .to  should  be  kept  clean;  aU  cups  should  be  the  baker  will  make  smaller  batches,  so  dry  will  be  locked  up  while  In  board.  chine  which  burned  out  cannot  be  fixed.  shut  It  off.  Ship's  delegate  reported  Patrolman  will  be  contacted about  a  new  back  In  the  sink.  that  It  will  be  more  edible.  Crewmembers  are naked  to  cooperate  In  that  the  captain  wiU  give  out  two  car­ put  washing  machine:  if  this  cannot  be  Juna  26—Chairman,  D.  Gilbert;  Sec­ keeping  machine  clean: crew  will  request  tons  of  cigarettes  to  each  man:  If  the  retary.  A.  M.  Wilburn.  Ship's  delegate  supplied,  the  old  ene  must  be  repaired.  a  new  one  from  the  company.  Delegates  ship  is  fined,  as  in  France,  for  unde­ suggested  that  aU  members  clean  their  CITRUS  PACKER  (Waterman),  May  25  Laundry  faucets  need  fixing.  cigarettes.' the  fine  will  be  di­ will  ask.  the  patrolman  to  check  the  clared  rooms  before  leaving  the  ship  at  the  pay  —Chairman,  Garland  H.  Haga;  Secretary,  vided  up  among  the  crew.  Slopchest  medicine  chest  for  the  next  trip.  Steward  Suggestion  was  made  to  buy  games  Claud  N.  Johnun.  Steward  reported  that  department  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  should  be  opened  on  one  day  a  week  at  off.  from  the  ship's  fund,  which  now  stands  all  stores  are  aboard  except  fresh  straw­ a  convenient  time.  good  chow  and  servlca.  berries.  Garland  Hoga  was  elected  ship's  at  $34.  treasurer.  Coffee  cups  should  be  put  Juna  2—Chairman,  Quinnt,  Secretary,  back in  the  ship's  sink.  All  hands  should  ARCHERg  HOPE  (Cities  Service),  June  W.  Stark.  Meeting  was  called  to  discuss  MARYMAR  (Calmer),  April  30—Chair­ keep  feet  off  the  chairs  and  tables  and  water  rationing,  with  the  vessel  four  26—Chairman,  Frank  Vincent;  Secretary,  days  from  Okinawa.  Several  brothers  Thomas  Smith.  Washing machine has  not  m .n,  A.  Nicholson;  Secretary,  Harry  L.  put  dirty  linen  in  the  linen  locker.  reported  this  same  condition  has  existed  been  received.  Av­rnlngs  are  off  and  there  Franklin.  E.  C.  Ruley  was  elected  ship's  for  the  last , two  years.  Water  now  Is  too  Is  no  place  to  stay  In  hot  weather.  The  delegate,  ship's  delegate  will  inquire  ALCOA  PIONEER  (Alcoa),  Juna  4—  hot  to  use.  Members  must  take  a  firm  ship  needs  fumlgaUon.  Ck>ts  have  been  about  spare  fans  for  the  foc'sle.  He  wiU  Chairman,  Frank  Sullivan;  Secretary,  J.  stand  and  stick  together:  no  man  Is  to  Issued  to  all  members:  they  should  be  also  try  to  get­  tablecloths  for  crew's  W.  PIcou.  Ship's  fund  stands  at  $21.  tables,  a  coffee  urn  for  the  pantry  and  pay  off  ship  until  some  definite  action  put  ajvay  after  use.  Washing  machine  will  be  raffled  and  shelves  for  lockers.  is  assured.'Department  delegate  will  col­ June  16—Chairman,  D.  C.  Gay;  Secre­ money  donated  to  the  ship's  fund.  Cots  lect  $1  from  each  man  to  pay  for  a  and  mattresses  should  be  reported  to  tary,  Harry  L.  Franklin.  Motion  was  telegram  to  the  west  coast  representative  passed  to  have  the  delegates  go  over  the  port  agent.  explaining  the  situation  and  asking  for  stores  received­ with  the  steward  before  representation upon  the ship's  arrival.  Ex­ (Continued  from  page 3)  sailing  on  the  next  voyage,  and  report­ tra  money  will  be  put  In  a  ship's  fund.  ing  results  to  the  crew.  Repair  lists  his  two sons, Sean,  three, and  Pat­ turned  In  to  the  ship's  delegate  wlU  be  rick,  two  years  old.  ARLYN  (Bull),  June  14  —  Chairman,  given  to  the  patrolman,  chief  engineer,  Steven  Bargerls;  Secretary.  Robert  L.  and  one  copy  retained  by  the  crew.  Men  At  present,  Nicolai  is faced  with  Andersen.  There  should  be more  silence,  WARHAWK  (Waterman).  June  22  —  on  watch  should  have  places reserved  for  the  happy  choice  of  picking  one  out  of  consideration  for  the  rest  of  the  Chairman,  George  Engelhard;  Secretary,  them  at  meals:  the  crew's  refrigerator  crew.  Letter  on  crewmember  refusing  Ruth  Jordan.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  needs  new  ice  trays.  There  have  been  HASTINGS  (Waterman),  June  $—Chair­ of  the  four  offers.  For  the  time  to  work  will  be  given  to  the  agent  at  the  deck  department  head  fixed  before  many  complaints  about  the  food:  stale  the  port  of  the  payoff.  signing  on  for  the  next  trip.  WaJhlng  and  raw  potatoes  have  been  served:  too  man,  L.  L.  Stone;  Secretary,  W.  L.  Car­ being  he  sent  the  two  boys  to  a  machine  should  be  kept  cleaner.  Vote  much  or  too  little  garlic  Is  being  used:  raway.  Ship's  delegate  reported  one  man  summer  camp on  the advice  of  the  of  thanlcs. was  given  to  the  steward  de­ unsatisfactory  night  lunch  and  dinner  Is  got  off  the  ship at  the  last  moment.  Deck  partment.  Dollar  contributions  will  be  served  and  there  Is  not  enough  milk.  delegate  reports  that  the  company  has  family  doctor.  This  has  left  him  Quiz  Amswerz  These  conditions,  however,  seem  to  be  the  right  to  hire  the  shore  gang.  The  with  time  to  make  the  necessary  made  to  the  ship's  fund.  siopcbest  and  repairs  were  not  com­ Uuprovlug.  (1)  Brother­in­law.  pleted.  Vie  D'lndla  was  elected  ship's  arrangements  for  the  boys.  ­HENRY  T.  RAINEY  (Bull),  June  1—  delegate  by  acclamation.  Suggestion  was  (2)  North, or  actually northwest,  Chairman,  No  Place For  Boys  MARY  ADAMS  (BloomfTcId),'  June  22  made  that  each  man  turn  In  keys  at  the  H.  J.  Robins;  Secretary,  Au­ not  east  as commonly  supposed.  Up  until  the SIU learned  of  the  gust  Felkenhour.  V.  A.  Held  was  elected  —Chairman.  Red  Fink;  Secretary,  Robert  payoff  and  that  the  patrolman  be  shown  ship's  delegate.  Steward  department  will  M.  Douglas.  Chief  engineer  will  have  the slopchest.  Vote of  thanks  went  to the  case,  Nicolai  had  been  taking care_  (3)  An  even  $100.  take  care  of  the  recreation hall: deck  and  an  oiler  shipped  in  San  Pedro  for  the  steward  department  for  the fine  chow  of  both  children  since  his  wife's"  departments  will  keep  the  laim­ man  who  missed  ship.  There  is  $31  in  and  service.  (4)  Brazil,  originally  founded  by  engine  dry  clean.  the  ship's  fund.  Some  repairs  have  been  No  data—Chairman,  Jeff  Gillette;  Sec­ death,  approximately  nine  weeks  Portuguese  colonists.  June  22—Chairman,  W.  T.  Strlcklin;  neglected.  They  will  be  taken  up  with  retary,  W.  L.  Carraway.  One  man  who  A.  Fetkenhour.  All  delegates  the  chief  engineer.  Ship's  fund  wlU  he  fouled  up  in  the  engine  room  will  be  ago.  His  infant  daughter,  Kath­ (5)  An  aqua  plane  is a  platform  Secretary,  will  make  up  repair  lists  and  turn  these  used  for  pocketbooks  in  San  Pedro.  brought  before  the  shore  patrolman.  Mo­ leen,  is  being  cared  for  by  his  to  the  ship's  delegate  who  will.  In  Store  list  will  be  turned  over  to  the  tion  was  passed  that  no  one  touch  the  attached  by  ropes  to  a  powerboat  over  turn,  give  copies  to  the  chief  mate  and  captain  In  Panama  so  that  stores  can  heating  unit  but  the  deck  engineer.  sister,  but  there  was  no  place  for  on  which  a  person  rides;  a  hydro­ chief  be  waiting  In  San  Pedro,  since  the  ship,  Ship's  delegate  should  discuss  with  the  the  two  boys,  whom  Nicolai  was  engineer.  will  not  be  there  long.  captain  and  patrolman  the  purchase  of  plane  is  an  airplane  built  to  rise  June  26—Chairman,  Harry  Mooney: Sec­ milk  in Germany.  Men  getting  off  should  determined  to  keep  together  come  from  or  land  on  water.  PUERTO  RICO  (Bull),  June  15—Chair­ retary,  Robert  M.  Douglas.  Members  leave  quarters  clean,  turn  In  soiled linen.  what  may.  man,  Alan  Lake;  Secretary,  Jim  Murphy.  were  informed  by  the  steward  that  the  (6)  From  Januaiy  1.  A  rdce  Two  pien  missed  ship  In  New  York.  To­ captain  All of  the offers came from  LOG  has  received  a  letter  from  tlie  tal  of  $10  was  donated  to  the  ship's  home  office  with  instructions  to  buy  AFOUNDRIA  (Waterman),  June  21—  horse  born  in  July, 1950, is said  to  fund.  Pete  Gonzales  was  elected  ship's  nothing  but  milk  and  bread  in.  the  Chairman,  Dan  H.  Wood;  Secretary,  Wil­ readers  who  have  family  members  be, two years  old  January 1, 1052.  delegate.  It  was  suggested  that  the  life­ transit  port  of  San  Pedro.  Since  It  Is  liam  G.  Moore.  Deck  engineer  julssed  or  relatives  in  the  maritime  in­ boatman  class  take  a  written  exam  30  days  since  the  ship  has  been  stored,  ship  in  Manila  and  rejoined  it  on  its.re­ (7)  It  took  them  nine  hours  at  aboard  ship  before  going  before  the  the  crew  has  voted  that  the  ship  should  turn  six  days  later.  One  member  was  dustry.  One  woman  wrote  that  two  mph.  coast  guard,  to  find  out  bow  much  they  have  fresh  fruit  and  vegetables  as  per  fined  for  failure  to  do  sanitary  work  she  would  be  only  too  h^py  to  know.  properly.­­  Second  cook  was  pUt  in  galley  agreement.  (8)  Georgia.  at steward's  request  and  captain's  orders.  take  in  the  boys  as her own  father  June  20—Chairman,  no name; Secretary,  Deck  maintenance  who  left  in  Honolulu  had  died  when  she  was  very  no  name.  Ed  Gaudill  was  elected  ship's  .  (9)  New  York.  ,  was  replaced  In'Manila.  Several  men  in  delei[ate  by  acclamation.  the  deck  and  engine  departments  have  young.  Anothei  couple  wrote  that  (10)  Anemometer.  June  29­r­Chalrman,  Steve  Carr; ^  Se<­ been  logged.  Captain  says­  he  will  get  their  own  children  were  grown  retary,  Jim  Murphy.  $17  was  donated  to  fresh  stores  and  meat  In  Honolulu.  Cots  the  ship's  fund.  F.  Vega  was  elected  should  be  stored  when  not  In  use.  Del­ up and  they  would  like  to  take  the  steward  department  delegate  by  accla­ egate  will  see  the  captain  about  painting  two  small  boys  into  their  home.  mation.  There  have  been  eomplalnta,  messroom  and  engine  department  show­ about  the  messmen  putting  their  hands  Thanks  To  Union  TRANSATLANTIC  (Pac.  Waterways),  ers  and  heads.  inside­the  glasses  while  putting  out  the  Nicolai,  who  was  much  relieved  no  data—Chairman,  T.  R.  Tarringtah;  setups.  Sacratary,  John  FIthar.  Mate  has refused  STRATHBAY  (Stralhmore),  June  26—  by  the favorable turn  of  events, ex­ the  request  to  have  departmental  quar­ Chairman,  FInnell;  $ecretary,  Johnson.  LUCILE  BLOOMFIELD  (Bloomfleld).  ters  cleaned  and  painted.  There  Is  a  lot  Brother  Neally  was  elected  ship's  dele­ pressed  his  thanks  to  the  Union  June  15—Chairmdn,  Mike  Sikorsky;  Sec­ of  disputed  overtime.  One  wiper  failed  gate.  Motion  was  passed  to  see  the  cap­ for  the  aid  he  had  received.  As  retary,  George  Schmidt.  Suggestion w.ns  to Join  the  ship  when  It  left  France.  Men  tain  about  getting rid  of  all  old  meat  made  that  the  delegates  see  the  patrol­ were  asked  to  be  sane  and  sober  at  the  and  replacing  It.  Discussion  was  held  he  said  at  the  headquarters  mem­ man  about  getting  Innersprlng  mat­ payoff.  Living  quarters  should  be  left  on  the  poor  quality  of  food  and  the  way  bership  meeting,  "I  don't  know  tresses.  or  at  least  new  mattresses.  clean  and  soiled  linen  turned  in.  The  It  is  prepared.  Steward  will  check  all  Ship's  delegate­  reported  no  results •  in  erew  went  on  record  as  saying  that  this  stores  on  arrival  and  not  sail  short  of  how  to  put  it,  but  I  want  to  thank  speaking  to  the  captain  nout  mat­ was  $  steward  department  that  was  tops  milk  In  the  future.  Steward  department  the  Union  fo^  the  great  help  tresses  and  painting  steward  department  In  evft­y  way.  The  steward  department  will  clean  the  recreation  room:  deck  and  foc'sles.  Painting  was "net  done  although  thinks  the  crew  was  well  behaved:  it  was  engine  sanitary  men  wUl  clean  the  laun­ they've  given  me.  I  walked  up  here  with  a  dol­ it  has  been  mentioned  many  times.  a  pleasure  to  serve  them.  dry.  Member  who  got  off  In  Mobile  will  More  care  shoiild  be  taken  of  Ae  wash­ be  reported  to  the  patrolman.  Repair  ROBIN  TRENT  (Seat  Shipping),  June  22  list  will  be  made  up  by  each  department  lar  and  a  half  in  my  pocket  and  ing  machine.  —Chairman,  John  Read;  Secretary,  John­ delegate.  I  left  the  office  with  $200.  And:  ny  Haggle.  Captain  refused  to take  back  if  that  wasn't  enough, the  Union  is  • TEELMAKER  (Isthmian),  Jung  2$  —  the  poimds  left  over  from  the  draw  In  ALCOA  CLIPPER  (Alcoa),  Juna  29—  now  helping  me find  a  place  for  Chairman,  J.  Burns;  Secretary,  G.  Hag­ Capetown,  so  sqme.  members  got  stuck  garty.  More  bight  lunch  should  be  prs­ with  a  lot  at  South .  African  money.  lairiqan,,  .E, . J. .Riviere;. .SecreUtyj. Bob  my two  children."  White.  Clarification regarding  storekeeper  Hearty  vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  the  vlded.  Pantry  ihotad  be  locked  wl^e  In  Seafarer's Two  Sons  Offered  Foster  Homes  iL  :1  Puzzle  Auswer  QQ9Q  SQS  (DSBDS  (SSHSDSISS  ilSIilQD  SdS  OGSSBD  BSD  QQQ .  S3!ZaQ  QSQS  DQDSiaiZQIZ]  DillS  Q|g]Il(2]  gjOdSS'  •• mi  ­• fl  �V­ SEAFARERS »LOG  •  OFFIOAL  ORGAN  OF  T H E. S E A F A R  E R  S  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   •  e .„ ­/U..  ,  ; •« •  .  •  •. ­ •  • I:''""  • ;• ' •  ­ •  •,    ­­iK ­­'  ­w­i^ • • ­>•'  • • •   '  '  :  '  .  •  • •   •; •  .  •'" •< ' '• ^^• ;.^;­­'r;  "  .  ...  t  ^  ' ••:  :  V  •   s,  /^SSSA'":;  ',  ­ ^  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Title A name given to the resource July 11, 1952 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIV, No. 14 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONGRESS PASSES CUT-UP SHIP BILL WELFARE FUND 2 YEARS OLD; 50 GET BIRTH PAY PLAN LOOKS AHEAD TO MORE BENEFITS BIRTH PAY 10 GS IN FIRST MONTH NEW ORLEANS PAYS FIRST DISABLED $ WEAK SHIP BILL GIVEN CONGRESS OK VACATION PAYS $1,000,000 PORT AGENTS MEET, READY PACT TALKS LOG STORY NETS OFFER OF 4 HOMES BARE SHIP GIVEAWAY PLAN SAT EVE POST PRINTS LOG SECURITY EXPOSE SWITCHES SHIP AT SEA FOR FUNERAL CONGRESS DUMPS PAY OF UNNEEDED CADETS CARPENTERS WIN 2 MONTH STRIKE SIU GETS 2ND MARINER, WILL CREW FIRST SOON PMA SQUIRMS IN SUP VISE MTD, SIU BACK PA. ENGINEERS' BEEF EXPERIMENTAL SHIP GOES TO SIU COMPANY FOTO FADING? CHECK BOOK, GET NEW ONE ROBIN TRENT A 'ZETRAIN' 43 DAYS CANADA DESIGNS A SHIP TO USE IN PEACE OR WAR URGE VENEZUELA CAB RACKET PROBE US SNARES ATLANTIC SPEED PRIZE SEAFARERS WARY AS CP LEAFLETS FLOOD PORTS SALTWATER STUDIES PART 1 WHEN DEATH TOOK A CRUISE OAK ISLAND'S 'TREASURE' - SOUGHT FOR OVER 157 YEARS 'CAUGHT IN THE GRIP OF A GIANT OCTOPUS' WELFARE PLAN BIRTHDAY SOLID SUCCESS MORE ON SECURITY THE MYSTERY OF THE MARY CELESTE WELFARE PLAN 2 YEARS OLD; 50 GET BIRTH PAY CONGRESS WATERS DOWN SHIP BILL, FINALLY OKAYS IT SEAMAN'S SON VAULT CHAMP ROYAL OAK ROACH A TRICKY FOE ENGLISH STOWAWAYS' OCEAN VOYAGE JUST A FERRY RIDE METHOD OF TIMING SPEED GAVE LOG BOOK ITS NAME SHIP IS FLOATING MATERNITY WARD WHY PAINT? SALT AIR SPOILS IT DEL ORO SAVES EIGHT FISHERMEN Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/11/1952 1952 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3e8ddca7f86f5ef13737280b463cc921.PDF b06381dc972de7b20281549eebc56be3 PDF Text Text mmm • • I , »• ii*- T^.-I-":--, "MM> Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America V U l'K « L/ Vol. vin. Operators End Stalling, Talk Turkey NEW YORK, June 10—The first rdys of hope for mutual under­ standing and an equalitative agreement appeared on the hori­ zon today as the shipowners got down to brass tacks with the SIU negotiating committee and seem­ ed prepared to iron out oceanwide differences between them. The murky atmosphere of the previous meetings was dispelled as the committees settled down to working out a hard and fast agreement between the Missis­ sippi Shipping Company and the SIU. It was the first time that the committee had been bargaining for Mississippi and not the indus­ try as a wiiole. Previously, the Mississippi Committee, composed of representatives from several major shipping companies, had tried to bargain for all of the Atlantic & Gulf District opera­ tors. The repeated waUcouts by the Seafarers Committee evidently had had its effect. Today the com­ mittee seemed to be bargaining in good faith for Mississippi and Mississippi alone. LONG MEETING Indicative of the seriousness with which both sides were' con­ ducting the meeting was its length. Today's meeting lasted from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. It was by far the longest as well as the most constructive meeting so far. This may have been a reflec­ tion, on the part of the shipown­ ers, of the spontaneous rank and (Continued on Page 3) SIU Action Forces Changes On Ft.Winnebago The crew members of the SS Fort Winnebago, Pacific Tankers, had to build a fire under the Skipper before he v/ould agree to okay the minimum improve­ ments necessary to make the ves­ sel fit for human habitation. The fire was militant Union action. Main charges against the Cap­ tain were that he failed in his duties to the men, and that he allowed intolerable conditions to continue without going to bat with the company. When the boat arrived in New York on June 13, the Steward, Ray Ringo, immediately sent in a requisition for fresh stores. These stores were brought on board, but that was the last fresh food that the crew saw until they (Conttpjied ott Page 4) NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1946 A Stab In The Back No. 28 AFL Picketlines Answer Bridges' Raid On SIU-SUP In gratitude for the support offered by the SIU-SUP wjien the member unions of the Committee for Maritime Unity were being threatened by Government seizure of ClO-contracted ships, Harry Bridges has started to try to raid the SIU and the SUP. This is the type of thanks that honest labor unions have- always received from dishonest, Coniniunist-dorninated, unions. This is the reward which the ILMS^U is offer­ ing to the AFL Maritime Unions for having made possible the gains, slight though they were, which the CMU was NEW YORK, July 10—Harry Bridges and the other finally able to wring from the shipowners and Government members of the communist-dominated Committee for bureaucrats in Washington. Maritime Unity now know that the Seafarers InternationIt is a matter of record that the concessions which al Union, and the AFL Unions which comprise the AFL were made by the operators at the last minute were forced, Maritime Council of Greater New York, will not countout of them by their fear that the AFL Maritime Unions ^enance union raiding. This was proven conclusively would tie up all shipping along every coast if the Govern­ when the New York AFL Mari­ ment tried to operate the shipping lines contracted to time Unions threw a mass pickthe CMU. etline around the Staten Islan^ At the present time the SIU-SUP is locked in a strug­ docks where there are approxi­ mately 10 ships contracted to the gle with the shipowners. And this is the time that Harry NMU and West Coast CIO Unions. Bridges picks to raid the seamen's Unions that came to the The picketline, which tied up assistance of the CMU. The first trip that the motor all three entrances to the docks, All during the war, Bridges, Curran, and other Com- vessel Floyd Gibbons made to was manned by thousands of munist-inclined maritime union officials did the dirtv work Islands had as much excite- AFL Maritime workers, and their number was continually aug­ of the bosses, because it aUo coincided with the jobs they Gibbons Beats Storm, Thieves In Exciting Trip (Continued on Page 2) Coast Guard Beef Goes Before Senate Vote WASHINGTON, July 10—The issue of whether American sea­ men will be perennially shackled to the Coast Guard will be de­ cided on the floor of the Senate within the next five days. The Senate Judiciary Commit­ tee yesterday recomm ended against the President's Reorgani­ zation Bill by a vote of nine to six. Plan 3, Part 1 of the Bill would shift the Bureau of Ma­ rine Inspection and Navigation to permanent jurisdiction under the Coast Guard. The Bill was expected to come upon the floor of the Senate to­ day. It will automatically be­ come law unless the Senate de­ feats it before July 15. The House defeated the Bill last week by an overwhelming majority, and the Administration forces are mustering their strength for a last-ditch stand. If they can keep it in debate on the floor until the deadline has passed, it becomes law. PATTERN SET But the Administration is not content with stalling tactics to prevent defeat of the Bill. It is using election support action to keep party members in line in the event it comes to a vote. The vote in the Judiciary Committee sets the pattern for the Senate action, since the party line was followed there. Seven Democratic members of the Committee are up for re-election. Six of them voted for the Bill, despite personal feelings against certain portions of it. The Administration had promised them support in primaries and elections if they voted for it. Under the command of Cap­ tain Tancrel, a veteran of 45 years at sea, 27 being spent as a master, the Gibbons left New York on May 14, bound for Ha­ vana, Santiago, and Kingston. On May 18, the boat ran aground off Tennessee Reef, near Miami, and was not taken off until four days later. ^ The crew members blame this happening on the ineptitude of the Second Mate, but later hap­ penings could not be laid at the same door. mented by the longshoremen who left their jobs, and by members of the Teamsters Union, who joined the picketline when they were prevented from making de­ liveries to the picketed wharves. REAL STRENGTH "This is just a demonstration of what we can do," said Paul Hall, Chairman of the AFL Mari­ time Council, "but if Harry Bridges doesn't stop raiding us,.. (Continued on Page 6) SIU Leaflet Tells Score On CMU Raid REAL BLOW Early on Sunday morning, The Administration has prom­ June 8, when the vessel was on ised support for all Democratic the way from Santiago to Kings­ Senators in upcoming elections ton, a sudden electrical storm who go down the line for it. Thus, sprang up, and lightning struck the fight on the floor now hinges the Gibbons three times in quick on how the Democratic legisla­ succession. tors feel about their chances for Slight damage was done to the NEW YORK—In a leaflet, re­ re-election, with or without Ad- foremast, mainmast, and bridge, leased jointly by the SIU and the SUP, the raiding activities (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) of Harry Bridges, West Coast Communist maritime leader, are analyzed and a plea made for unity of all honest maritime unionists against further raiding and treacheiy by the commun­ ists. The main theme of the leaflet, MOBILE, Ala., July 10—Nin%- ides. A Seas Shipping Company which was distributed to water­ teen SIU men of the ci'ew of the official will be in Mobile Friday front workers, is that Bridges' SS Frances Lee have befen burn- morning to pay off everyone ex- refusal to allow his ILWU memed by German poison gas in the cept a Cook and a couple of bers to load or unload SIU-SUP cargo of the ship and treated at standbys. Previously, the com-' contract ships in Coos Bay, Orethe Naval Dispensary here for pany had refused all requests of gon, is a deliberate betrayal of mustard gas burns. All were re- the crew to be released from the the Seafarers at a time when the leased after treatment. | dangerous proximity to the lethal Union is IS engaged in a tough struggle with the shipowners. The crew, backed by the SIU, is demanding a 100 percent bonus ^ total of 52 persons have been This, the throwaway points from the company for the entire burned by the gas bombs, most of out, is in return for the recent time it was exposed to the noxi- them Mobile longshoremen, suppqrt tendered the CMU when the SIU and the SUP called na­ ous fumes. The lethal cargo was ALL EXPOSED loaded in Germany. i George Swift, spokesman for tion-wide stop work meetings to The SIU already has won for the SIU crew, said that the crew' protest President Truman's plan (Continued on Page 4) the crew a release from the art(Continued on Page 5) SIU Seamen Burned By Gas; Demand 100 Percent Bonus m �THE SEAFARERS Page Two Friday, July 12. 1946 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Vitblisbcd Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated uifh the Americau Fedcrafioit of Labor At n Reaver Street, New York, 4, N. Y. HAnovcr 2-2784 1 4, S. 4- 5- HARRY LUNDEBERG - President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. iiox 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 1 5, 1945, at the Post Office in New York. N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 A Stab In The Back (Continued .jiont Pt'g'' D hacl^to do for Joe Stalin. Today they continue in their his­ toric role of betrayers of the workers, and again they serve the shipowners and the Comrnunist Party well. There is no excuse for Bridges' action at this time. When one section of organized labor is engaged in a fight to the finish with employers, it behooves other unions to help, not hinder. Jurisdictional quarrels should be set aside so that all energies can be expended against the common enemy. But perhaps Harry Bridges does not want the SIU to - win its battle for better wages and working conditions. If we succeed in gaining the conditions for which we are now negotiating, it will decisively show up the bankrupt lead­ ership which Bridges and Curran provided for the CMU. As true trade unionists we know that there is little use to appeal to the leadership of the CMU, blind followers of the Communist Party line. We appeal instead to the uruon solidarity of the rank-and-filers of the NMU, the II.WU, the MCS, the IBU, the ACA, the MEBA, and the MFOW\X^ All worker know that only the bosses win when unions fight among themselves. The membership and the honest officials of the unions which comprise the CMU must be fed up with the treachery and double-dealing that Bridges has shown himself capable of pulling. Now is the time for them to strike a real blow for 'union solidarity against the shipowners, and the labor These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, leaders who are more concerned with doing the bidding of as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging the Communist Party than they are in the reasonable de­ heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ mands and just aspirations of the working man. ing to them. As a story in this week's edition of the Log very well T. L. KEITH STATEN ISLAND HOSP. illustrates, our cooperation is always available to any union R. A. YOUNG which is fighting for better wages and working conditions. G. A. SMITH M. FELICIANO V. HAMMARGREN A letter from District 6, United Packinghouse Workers of T, J. DAWES America, CIO, expresses appreciation to the SIU for the E. H. ENYART S. T. PATTERSON J. E. TUCKER help given them at Carteret, N. J. The letter states, in H. NEILSEN i It i. part, "Your actions are a lesson in labor unity that each of GALVESTON HOSPITAL A. NELSON us is learning very fast. In these days, when labor has to L. KAY R. V. JONES fight every part of the way in order to maintain a decent L. A. CORNWALL KELFORD R. G. MOSSELLER SPINKS standard of living, we can succeed only by cooperating W. B. MUIR WEST with each other." J. M. DALY WALDROP The SIU knows that, as our actions during the CMU J. L. WEEKS HAYES BROWN negotiations and the UAW strike have proven. It would L. R. BORJA LARSON be very fine for organized labor if Harry Bridges learned L. L. MOODY, Jr. HULL the same lesson. In the fight for decent wages and condi­ G. P. RAEBURN C. A. MILLER BENAVIDO tions for merchant seamen, there is no room for traitors. M. J. FORTES Men Now In The Marine Hospitals There is still time for the CMU to take its rightful place as an honest organization of trade unions. Additional delay, or allowing themselves to be used in the furtherance of Harry Bridges' grab for power, may lead to the weaken­ ing or break up of°all maritime unions. We will not idly stand by while Bridges does his best to wreck the American labor movement. We have fought pur way up from economic slavery, and we will not re­ turn to the days of bad conditions, hellships, and starva­ tion wages without first putting up an almighty struggle. And if we have to, we will fight Harry Bridges and any other labor wrecker at the same time we take on the shipowners. '' W. J. GEIGER W. G. ROBERTS E. WEINGARTEN G. KUBIK C. KUPLICKI E. B. HOLMES R. SAVIOR G. JANAVARIS C. G. SMITH R. MORCIGLIO G. H. STEVENSON C. T. DYER • A. M. HAM J. S. SEELEY, Jr. L. L. OWENS M. C. BROOKS t x- NEPONSIT HOSPITAL . E. VON TESMAR P. CORTES B. BRYDER J. SPAULDING J. S. CAMPBELL E. CARRILLO 4, 4, 1, SAM JUAN HOSPITAL R. GAUTIER P. PAGAN B. DEL VALLE P. PEDROSA T. C. LOCKWOOD J. VANDESSPOOLL Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 5lh and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL D. MCDONALD J. W. RUBEL M. BAILEN H. KARLSON X s. s. BUFFALO HOSPITAL THOMAS DUFFY J. PEMBROKE ART JEPSON J. LA BONTE XXX NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL HAROLD CLODIUS LAMARR PALMER W. P. FOLSE ROBERT HAUS ROBERT RAMLER MORRIS KERRY EMERY SIMMS JESSE LOW WILBUR MANNING J. W. DENNIS EDWARD CUSTER R. M. NOLAN W. F. LEWIS JOHN R. GOMEZ GLEN CURL JAMES LEWIS WILLIAM BARGONE �z»"i.'T';;.V' THE SEAFARERS VO G Friday- July 12. 1946 GEORGE M, BIBB CREW Page Three Bridges' Raid Turns Isthmian Men To SiU Isthmian seamen, who have been expressing llieir preference for the SIU by a vote of more than 2 to 1, are now convinced more strongly than ever, as a result of the recent raiding at­ tempt by commie ILWU leader Harry Bridges and his CMU af­ filiates, that the Seafarers Inter­ national Union is the Union for them. Numerous Isthmian men com- These Isthmian seamen from the George M. Bibb were snapped on their ship while docked at Pier 5, Staten Island. Seated (reading from left): Tallborg. Wilkins. Edsvake. and J. White. Standing; Olsen, new Second Cook. Trust. Butch, Steve, Serraga. Bandle. Vazquez. Johnson and Hicks. 1 Bibb Called Good Isthmian Ship Paying off in New York on June 27tii, crewmembers of the Isthmian Lines ship, George M. Bibb, declai-ed that it was a good Isthmian ship. They asserted that not only was it a good SIU ship, but it also had a good Skipper. That's an unbeatable combina­ tion on any ship—a good crew and Skipper! When the Bibb left this coun­ try on its last trip, 3 NMUers were aboard. However, Chief Cook Jacobs and AB Clark, with some able assistance from other crewmembers, succeeded in con­ verting them to the SIU way of Union life. Chief Steward Vincente Orencio' was one of the NMUers who turned in their books, and he stated that if he'd known how much better the SIU was than the NMU, he would have turned in his old book a long time ago. Jacobs was forced to leave the Bibb at the payoff, even though he wished to stay, due to his need for hospital care and treatments. Chief Cook Randle, who replaced Jacobs when he went to the hos­ pital, was another new man con­ verted to the Seafarers. Jake asserted, "The George M. Bibb was the best Isthmian ship I was ever on. It shows how even a non-Union company like Isth­ mian can have a good ship when they have a swell crew and a good Skipper. We'll make all Isthmian ships like the Bibb when the SIU negotiates a con­ tract after NLRB certification." HERE TO STAY Strike news and dispatches from various parts of the country on labor's battle to keep prices and rents from skyrocketing were crowded out of many dailj' news­ papers last week. There was good reason for it. The papers had to find room for the following United Press story from Hollywood: "Fashion focus on the bosom is going out of date. Designer How­ ard Greer declared today. But he's got something to take its place—'the fanny', he says, is the big focal point of his fall collec­ tion." There were five additional paragraphs ending with a solemn pronouncement by Greer that "It's a great year for sex." These boys from the George M. Bibb helped do the job of making the Bibb a 100 percent SIU ship. Left to right: Second Cook Randle. Clark. OS. Chief Cook Jacobs, and Wilkins, AB. Operators Get Down To Business; Contract Talks Begin To Shape Up (Continued from Page 1) file walkoffs from ships in vari­ ous ports, which tied up ships for various lengths of time. The pro­ test walkoffs were without sanc­ tion of the SIU; in each case, however, the crew members ex­ pressed disgust at the way the negotiations were dragging along. sides trying to reach the middle ground of understanding. Today, for the first time, the shipownex's appeared in the role of businessmen, trying to iron out a business problem. They spoke rationally, and even though they didn't sympathize with the problems of the men who make it possible for them to run their Today's meeting was conducted ships, they appeared to be trying with Commissioner Maggiolo of to understand them. the Conciliation Service, Depart­ PROGRESS ment of Labor, present. This, also, may have had some effect on the Every member of the Seafarers shipowners. His presence assured Committee felt that it was a good that they couldn't pull any fast meeting and that progress had ones on the outside without being been made. They felt that the called by the umpire. shipowners were on the ball at last, and were awake to the seri­ NO STALLING ousness of the strike threat, posed In addition, previous meetings by the voting going on in every had been characterized by stall­ SIU Hall in every port in the na­ ing and wrangling over niggeling tion. They were arguing, true, details by the shipowners and but they were arguing as man-to­ their labor-baiting attorney. To­ man, not as high-pressure smooth­ day's ran smoothly. True, there ies trying to put something over. was plenty of batting the negoThings may take a turn for the tiational ball back and forth—as worse, of course, but today's there is in every such negotia­ meeting seemed like an auspi­ tion conference — but it was a cious augury to the men of the constructive batting, with both Seafarers who attended it. ii Pioketline Proves SIU Strong Outfit By EARL SHEPPARD The picketline is the main thing right now and the real organiza­ tion of the Seafarers has been proven by the 100 percent turn­ out. The ships that are tied up now is just a beginning unless Harry Bridges pulls in his horns and stops his thieving raids on AFL jurisdiction. The best feature of the whole action was the complete support given by the Longshoremen, Warehousemen, Teamsters and other AFL maritime workers. j Trucks stopped a block away and j when the drivers found out wRat i it was all about they let the I j trucks sit there. Crews of ships tie9 up honored the picketlines and the generally noisy and busy Staten Island docks were as quiet as a grave'yard. Every man on the line conduct­ ed himself in an orderly manner and the picket Captains stayed on the job. Many a seaman walk­ ed more Wednesday afternoon than he has done in many years. GOOD ORGANIZATION The picketline and entire ac­ tion was the result of a well planned campagin. Everything was laid out in advance, and as a result everything moved smoothly. This is the kind of or­ ganization that has built the Sea­ farers, is winning the Isthmian Line, and will make the SIU the biggest, strongest and best mari­ time organization in the world. A large number of unorganized Seamen, including a few visitors from the nearby Marine Hospital, visited the scene and were im­ pressed with the solidarity of the AFL maritime unions. These men have expressed the intention of going back on to their unorgan­ ized ships to swing them over to the SIU. TOMORROW ALSO A DAY This action is just a step in the march of the Seafarers. The end of the first World War found the seamen unprepared and, although belonging to the union, they did not know the score. It is a differ­ ent picture today. The member­ ship knows why they are in the Union. They know that they are the Union and that their future depends upon organized, decisive action. They have proven, every time action was necessary, that they will go to town and fight to the finish. This is organization, or­ ganization of the strength of the membership in the Union, on the job and on the picketline. This is organization that will win the future battles of the Seafarers, as it has always done in the past. mented very unfavorably on the CMU action. Their consensus of opinion was that any Union or group of Unions such as the NMU-CMU which could sink so low as to play the shipowners' game by their raiding attempts on another Union which had re­ cently supported the CMU in their hour of need was certainly no outfit for Isthmian men to join. In addition, numerous rank and file members of the NMU, MCS, MEBA and MFOW were very strong in their condemna­ tion of Bridges and the other commie CMU misleaders. Militant action by the SIUSUP and other affiliates of the AFL Maritime Council quickly showed Commissar Bridges that they accepted the challenge of the commie stooges, and that they would battle his shipowner aiding and Union raiding to the last ditch. As far as voting was concerned, things were very quiet this past week with 12 Isthmian ships still remaining to be voted. However, 2 or 3 of these vessels are ex­ pected in port v.dthin the next few days, and will be voted im­ mediately. LOW ISTHMIAN INCREASE Dated June 21st, a Western Union wire was sent by Isthmian to all ports where their ships dock, and copies posted on the bulletin boards of various ships as they arrived in port. A copy of this wire, which explains the low wage increase granted by Isthmian and in line with that secured by the CMU, was for­ warded to the Log office, from in­ terested parties aboard an Isth­ mian ship. According to the posted wire, changes for the unlicensed per­ sonnel were as follows: "First: Effective June 15—such persons whose basic week at sea is fifty-six hours shall receive overtime for hours worked at sea in excess of forty-eight hours per week. Second: Effective June 15— wages are increased seven­ teen dollars and fifty cents per month. Third: Effective June 15—the work week in all ports is re­ duced from forty-four to forty hours per week, and Fourth: Effective June 15—the overtime rate is changed to one dollar per hour." HOLD TIGHT Concluding statement in the wire was; "There may be some adjustments in rates to others than those specifically mentioned herein, but we do not know what the changes will be." It was signed by Cresap, Isthmian SS Co., New York. All Isthmian men are urged to hold tight as these wage and hour conditions granted by Isth­ mian are similar to those given the CMU Unions. However, the SUP has recently concluded ne­ gotiations with the West Coast shipowners for a monthly in­ crease of $22.50 plus numerous other gains to specific ratings, and the SIU Negotiating Com­ mittee is conducting similar ne­ gotiations in New York. The SIU is certain that whatever gains are achieved in their negotiations will be won by the Isthmiein sea­ men when the SIU negotiates with that company. �Page Four SlU Leaflet Tells Score On CMU Raid (Continued from Page 1) to use Naval personnel to break the threatened maritime strike. Dwelling further on the West Coast trouble which touched off the present situation, the leaflet goes on to state that Bridges is definitely weakening all mari­ time unions by his jurisdictional raid at this time. t SHIPOWNER STOOGE "II the sliipuvviicis didn't pay Harry Bridges for this (inky stunt," the flyer states, "then he should sue them for money due for he has served the shipowners well." Right now the SIU and the SUP are fighting for demands that will, in the long run, bene­ fit all seamen. It is obvious that any gains made by the Seafar­ ers in the present negotiations with the shipowners will event­ ually be passed on to the seamen of other unions. Therefore, the leaflet reiterates that by bringing up a jurisdic­ tional quarrel at this time. Bridges is playing right into the hands of the shipowners. The pamphlet bitterly charges that Bridges' intra-union warfare is being waged for his own per­ sonal ambition, and has no con­ nection with any economic de­ mands that his union is making. The leaflet closes with an ap­ peal to the affiliate unions of the CMU to repudiate Harry Bridges" finky activities. It points out that SIU conditions and wages have been won through year.s of constant struggle, and that in the present fight, the Seafarers will not yield one single inch. In conclusion, the leaflet calls upon the honest officials and membership of the CMU to take immediate and decisive action to stop Bridges in his attempts to become dictator of all waterfront unions. Gibbons Beats Storm, Thieves In Exciting Trip (Continued from Page 1) before the ship was tossed on the rocks between Port Antonio and Morant Point. Eventually the Ship was pulled off t'ne rocks, and she made port safely on the same day. Captain Tancrel claimed that in his entire experience, this was the worst electrical storm he had ever encountered, and native Ja­ maicans spoke of the storm as being the worst to hit the island in over 25 years. CROOKS THWARTED As if what had already hap­ pened was not enough, the crew was beset by a few native thieves while in port in Kingston. In forcing them away from the ship, a crewmember, William Harrison, threw a five gallon paint can and injured one of the fleeing thieves. This resulted in a logging in the amount of $50.00. However, when the crew returned to New York, through the work of Patrol­ men Ray Gonzales and Salvador Colls, the log' was reduced to $20.00 at the pay off. This money will be used to pay the hospital bill of the injured Jamaican. THE SEAFARERS LOG VICTORY W .45 REWARD FOR THESE MEN Friday, July 12, 1<)46 SIU Forces Changes On Pert Winnebago (Continued from Page 1) took matters hands. These men touched off the action that forced the Skipper of the SS Fort Winnebago to clean up the ship and provide better food for the crew. Their story is a lesson to all Seafarer crews. Left to right, Walter Addison, FOW, and militant Black Gang Delegate; John Stombaugh, Messman, the man who backed Addi­ son's play to the limit; John Scialpi. Messman. another who saw the fight through to the end; and Ray Ringo, the Steward who wanted to serve good meals and fought to get supplies so that he could do so. m into their own To add to the beefs, the ship was filthy and crawling with roaches and red ants. The store­ rooms were cluttered up with condemned and spoiling food, in­ cluding bags of beans three to five years old. This food was to have been thrown overboard on the way up from Mobile, but the Captain would not give his con= sent to have this done. No milk was delivered to the boat after the first shipment on June 14, and the same story held true on bread, fresh vegetables, meat, and other needed foods. The bread became moldy but the company i-efused to replenish the stock until it was entirely used up. Matters came to a head on June 27, when the Steward, and Walter Addison, Black Gang Delegate, went to the Master to complain that the food was in­ edible. The Skipper's classic an­ swer was, "Is that so? I'm eating it, ain't I?" Seeing that their own efforts to "settle the situation were not meeting with success, four mem­ bers of the crew came up to the New "^ork Hall to report the hor­ rible conditions existing on the Winnebago. The four were Rin­ go, Addison, John Stombaugh, Stewards Delegate, and John Scialpi, Messman. The delegation had other beefs to report. The ship needed fu­ migation; there had been no hot water for showers for quite .some time; the Purser disputed over­ time even after it had been okay­ ed by the Skippei;; and the com­ pany was making no effort to keep the crew supplied with food and milk. In the person of Johnny John­ ston, Patrolman, the Union went immediately to work. Arrange­ ments were quickly made for the ship to be fumigated, and fur other improvements to be start­ ed. And then, just when every­ thing was starting to move smoothly, the Old Man threw a monkey wrench into the works. On Monday, July 1, he fired the Steward, without cause. ON AGAIN To which the two Delegates Again Johnny Johnston had replied, "Captain, what you eat to get on the ball. This time he is up to you. The crew will not went directly to the Captain, and eat that kind of slop." although the discussion was amicable, he let him know that the Union would not stand for such tactics. The upshot of all this was that Ray Ringo was ta­ ken back. The question of overtime had not yet been settled, and so on July 6, Jimmy Sheehan, another Union Patrolman, was sent down to-the ship to discuss the situation with the Purser. He met first with the crew and received a record of all beefs. Then he went into conference with the Purser, and before the discussion was ended, the entire matter had been straightened out to the complete satisfaction of the crew. So now things are looking up on the Fort "Witmebago. The ship has been fumigated; the rotten food thrown overboard; fresh food has been supplied; the over­ time squared away; and on Here are fhe militant crewmembers of the Fort Winnebago giving Patrolman Jimmy Sheehan Tuesday, July 9, the vessel left the lowdown on the overtime which the Purser refused to pay. even after it had been okayed by for other ports of call. the Skipper. Their solidarity and courage won for,them a real victory. Johnny Johnston and Jimmy Sheehan say that they don't reaU ly deserve any credit. All the credit, as far as they are con­ cerned, goes to the militant men who fought the battle through by themselves, with only a little in­ cidental help from the Union. Some of the crewmembers of the Winnebago could be lured away from the chow table to have their pictures taken. 'The other hands who were off watch were too busy enjoying Stew­ ard Ray Ringo's menu of corned beef and cabbage. They'll be sorry when they see this picture. Seafarers Fight Against Coast Guard Gontrol Of Seamen Goes Before Senate (Continued from Page 1) ministration support. Republicans can be expected—with one or two exceptions—to stand solidly against the Bill as a matter of party principle. PRIME HOPE / Thus the opponents' hope of defeating the Bill lies in mustei'ing Democratic opposition to it. If the vote follows strictly party lines, the Reorganization Bill stands virtually assured of pass­ age. The big stumbling block in the defeat of the Bill is that portions of it are good constructive legis­ lation. The National Housing Re­ organization Plan, for instance, would place all housing agencies under one central authority and facilitate homes for GIs, alloca­ tion of building material priori­ there seems to be about an even chance that it will be—there is no cause for seamen to be jubilant immediately. The BMIN remains under the Coast Guard until an executive order sends it back to the Department of Commerce or some other agency. The Coast Guard is extremely anxious to retain control of the Bureau, and the President will hardly issue an executive order transferring the bureau back to STRESS DEFEAT Commerce without making an­ Thus, telegrams or letters to other attempt to push that por­ Senators should stress defeat of tion of the plan through Congress the Reorganization Bill in its en­ in some other form. tirety, but should contain special So the vote in the Se.nate this reference to Plan 3, Part 1—the week can mean either a tempor­ portipn which deals specifically with the transfer of the Bureau ary victory for the Seafarers— of Marine Inspection and Naviga­ and all U. S. seamen—or total defeat and continued military tion. If the bill is defeated — and control of all seamen's activities. ties, etc. But under the bloc vote that seems to be upcoming, there is little chance that some parts of the Bill will be defeated and others will survive. If the vote comes to niggeling debate on which portions of the Bill to keep alive, and which por­ tions to defeat, there is a good chance that the whole damned thing won't come to a vote before the deadline. Let Us Have 'Em The Log wants at once the names and addresses of bars, clubs frequented by seamen, particularly in foreign ports, so that they can be put on the Log mailing list. "With the postal delivery to ships snafued, this remains the only practical way of getting the Union paper into the mem­ berships hands. So do it today—send us the names wd correct addresses of your favorite places all over the world, with an esestimation of the number of Logs they can use. �Friday, July 12. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fira The CMU Shows Its Comnile Hand In Raiding Move Against SUP By ROBT. A. MATTHEWS Up until 1942 every steamship rompany opptating on the Pacific Coast was organized with the ex­ ception of the tanker companies. As the unorganized tankers were a direct threat to all unions, the Sailors Union of the Pacific ini­ tiated a move to organize them. P Harry Lundeberg invited the Marine Cooks and Stewards, and the Marine Firemen to participatp in organizing the tanker companies. This invitation was declined by the Cooks and Fire­ men since, as they stated, they were not interested in expansion, and besides it would cost too much dough. CONTRACT EXTENDED Thereupon, the Sailors Union of the Pacific single-handedly went in at great expense, and knocked over every tanker com­ pany on the West Coast. Since that time the SUP has held sign­ ed contracts with all the com­ panies, and they are the best tanker contracts in the industry. On May 14, 1946, one of the SUP contracted companies de­ cided to start operating dry cargo vessels in addition to their tank­ ers, so they changed the com­ pany name from Los Angeles Tankers, Inc., to American Paci­ fic Steamship Company. The SUP immediately went in and extended its tanker contract to cover the dry cargo vessels. About 14 vessels of this company were manned by SIU and SUP crews, and have been loaded on the West Coast without incident. On June 29, 1946, the SS Mello Franco, American Pacific Sfeamship Company, went into Coos Bay, Oregon, to load lumber, and lo and behold! the CIO long­ shoremen, acting on orders from Commissar Harry Bridges, re­ fused to work the ship. They have told the SIU-SUP crew that it will have to leave SIU Seamen Burned By Gas; Demand 100 Percent Bonus (Continued from Page 1) .had been aboard the vessel nine weeks, since she loaded the 4000 ton cargo of gas bombs at Ant werp, exposed to the fumes. The crew has been living in a gas contaminated atmosphere 24 hours a day. Belgian longshoremen who loaded the ship in Antwerp, de manded and received a 100 per cent boost in pay after some of them were burned handling the bombs. Local longshoremen pulled a complete work stoppage when they discovered the lethal nature of the cargo. They went back to work after a 100 percent boost in pay had been guaranteed. They now work, Swift says, in gas pro­ tective outfits, which cover their entire bodies. They are allowed to work in the holds only 15 min­ utes at a time. DANGER. GAS I Blowers have been installed in the holds to blow out the noxious fumes, leaking from the gas bombs. These fumes sweep over the decks and into the crew's fo'csles. Swift says he personally has smelled the fumes pouring down the ventilators into the en­ gine room. "Army officials have told me," Swift says, "that phosgene gas is particularly dangerous, since it gives off little odor. Therefore, when its scent is apparent con­ siderable gas is in the air." Food stores on the Lee were contaminated by the gas, and Army officials ordered removal of the food. The crew" has lived in that at­ mosphere for 24 hours a day; while they have all been provid­ ed with gas masks, it is impos­ sible to wear these continually. Biggest danger is from after­ effects of the gas. It is one of the features o.f both phosgene and mustard gas that effects do not show up immediately. In addi­ tion to breathing the gas, it is not certain that the crew did not eat contaminated food before its impregnation by the fumes was discovered. y The crew has been in port, four weeks, and has tried to get paid off ever since it arrived. Until John Hawk went to work on the Seas Shipping Company in New York, the Mobile Compan.y Agent refused to discuss the pos­ sibility of the men being paid off. All of the crew members who are released from the ship Friday arc expected to go immediately to New York, where they will ap­ pear with SIU officials at com­ pany offices to press claims for the bonus. It is significant that the poison gas in the bombs was considered too terrible for use, even by the Nazis, during the war. Ashtabula Busy With Midland By CHARLES F. MEYER ASHTABULA—We finally had a hearing with the Midland Steamship Company and the NWLB, and the election to select a bargaining agent for the men on those ships should t.ake place within the next thirty days. These ships are pretty well lined up solid for the SIU, thanks to the good work of our brothers from the Coast and the Great Lakes region. We have a great many men from the Coast now on these ships, doing a fine job of organizing the unorganized. The crew of the Williams, a Midland vessel, signed on ii^ De­ troit, and when they got on board, they tried to have the watches changed to coincide with Coast watches. The Skipper and the Chief would not have any­ thing to do with this scheme, so the crew, represented by Brothers Boddy and Neilson, started to walk off. This action brought the Old Man around in a hurry, and he offered to compromise. Now that Coast watches have been instituted, he likes the set­ up very much. Even the crew now rates tops with him. the .ship, and that it would be replaced by a crew supplied by the Committee for Maritime Unity member unions. PURELY POLITICAL There is no economic issue at stake here—it is purely political. The reason for the formation of the Committee for Maritime Unity, CIO, becomes increasingly apparent. The Communist Party of America is right now making its bid to take over and control the American Merchant Marine. If it cannot control, it would de.stroy. Its desire to drive the AFL Maritime Unions from the water­ front is the sole motivating fac­ tor in this thieving raid. Their plan is clear—first, to take over the SUP by raiding SUP-contracted ships. Then, the SIU and other AFL Maritime Unions would be next in line. Thus, instead of being merely a local beef between the Sailors Union and the CIO longshore­ men, this is really a beef between the AFL and CIO. It is, in fact, an open declaration of war by communist czar Harry Bridges and his controlled CMU against all AFL Maritime Unions. QUESTION; What i.s your opinion on the present Strike Referendum being taken by the Union? JOSEPH Steward: MALONE, Chief I think that a strike will prob­ ably be needed before the ship­ owners give in the least bit. We will have to show them that we mean business and that we will not be frightened as was the NMU. Our present wages and conditions prove that we have al­ ways fought for the seamen, and if we have to fight again this time, we will win. From what I hear from my friends, it seems that most of the men in the SIU are in favor of calling a strike if no other way can win our points. That's the way I feel about it, also. OUST COMMIES This challenge must be met with all the means at our dis­ posal, and, inste'ad of resting when this beef is won, we must drive the communists from the waterfront definitely and finally. If we are to survive as demo­ cratic trade unions, these political parasites must be eradicated once and for all. What makes.this raiding tactic so ironic is the positive position taken by all AFL Maritime Unions in the recent beef of the CMU in their negotiations with the Government and ship own­ ers. When the CMU was striving for increased pay and better working conditions, and the Gov­ ernment threatened use of the Navy and Coast Guard to move struck ships, the SIU, of its own WILLIAM WURZLER, Oiler: volition, declared that this move would be regarded by us as a The companies think that work­ lockout, and we threatened tp ing seamen do not have the right call a general strike to back up io live decently. At least, they the CMU. act that way. If thed is their at­ This, then, is the CMU's answer titude, we will have to change to our pledges of assistance to their minds by a strike. Certainly them in their beef. While accept-' we have tried every possible ing eagerly our offers of aid, I means to settle the question of sneakthief Harry Bi'idges and his j wages and conditions without re­ commie henchmen are plotting a I sorting to strike action, but if the virtual "Pearl Harbor" on the' shipowners are not willing to membership and jobs of all AFL meet us halfway, what else can Maritime Unions. we do? We can't be expected to I can only pledge Harry Bridg­ starve without raising some kind es one thing. He will be a much of a fuss. wiser and sadder Harry when this fight is over. N. 0. Hospitalized Give Their Thanks From the men confined in the Marine Hospital in New Orleans comes a note this week thanking the crew members of the SS Jul­ ian Poydras for their "kindness and generosity." The hospitalized Brothers also want the anonymous donor of the cigarettes to know they appreci­ ate his thoughtfulness. The note was signed by the following: J. W. Dennis, W. F. Lewis, John R. Gomez, Edward Custer, Wilbur Manning, Roy D. Lusko, John "Scottie" Clark, R. M. No­ lan, Emery Sims and E. Ladiner.' THOMAS FIELDS, Chief Cook; The way prices are shooting up every day, we have to make more money or else we will sit by and watch our families starve to death. I, for one, won't stand for that. Sure, I voted for strike ac­ tion because it looks to me like the only way we can get the ship­ owners to stop stalling. Nobody looks forward to a strike, but this one is necessary. If the operators think that we are fooling around, they have another guess coming. They should see the way the men line up to vote, and a big major­ ity of the men vote for strike action. ROBERT YATTY, Messman: I am definitely in favor of such action. Does that answer the question? How can any one in his right mind be against a strike vote, and strike action, when the operators show that they are waiting for the Government to step in so that we can be treated like slaves instead of free men. If the shipowners really wanted to settle this matter in a fair way, I am sure that the Union would agree to some sort of re­ spectable compromise. But the shipowners want to settle on their terms, or not at all. We sea­ men in the SIU are just not hav­ ing any. �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG AFL Picketlines Answer Bridges' Attempt To Raid The Seafarers F?i I'i '"/ (Contimied from Page 1) v/e'll tip up pvery NMU ship on every coast. And we can do it The longshoremen won't load or unload, and the teamsters won' deliver or remove goods from the piers." Bridges started the whole sit uation when he ordered his longshoremen, members of the International Longshore and Warehousemen's Union, to refuse lu load or unload any ships of the SIU-SUP contracted Ameri­ can Pacific Steamship Company He demanded that the AFL crews get off the ships, and be replaced by CIO seamen. And that was the sentiment on the entire line. The seamen are determined to stop Harry Bridges before he makes himself the dictator of the waterfront. Amer­ ican seamen do not trust Bridges, and they know that his every ac­ tion and word is dictated by his By ERIC UPCHURCH Governor Ellis Arnall did not bother to turn the threats of the Bridges' treachery was partic­ Ku Klux Klan against his phys­ ularly disheartening to the SIU- ical welfare over to the police of SUP in view of the fact that they Georgia. Well, I agree with our had pledged the two unions to honor picketlines of the CMU, and to walk off the ships if the "Government made an attempt to man CIO contracted ships with Navy personnel in the event of a strike. OTHERS JOIN Communist masters. If this is a fight to the finish, the AFL Mari­ time Unions, and the rest of the AFL is ready to defend the dem­ ocratic rights of seamen. AFL seamen think that this time Harry Bridges has bitten off more than he can chew. At last, and to the great relief of his poor mother, he absorbed himself into a katatonic stupor, a more or less self-imposed hyp­ notic state. He failed to acknowl­ edge any attempt toward conver­ sation, turned food away, and wouldn't budge from the chair in which he sat. This lasted for three days. Then, as sun plays warmth upon the earth after a cold rain, it hap­ pened. His mother returned from the mail-box holding a package. At the sight of this his face brightened, he resumed living once again. All was well! He said to his mother: "I thought they had forgotten me. As a result I leaped into the darkest corner of Hell. I felt as though I was encased in a huge block of hardening cement; or rather, I was standing on a great bar of quicksand, and with my every thought sinking me into the fathomless depths. Thank Heaven, they finally mailed me my first copyof the Log." (Editor's note: The curative powers of our publication should never be underestimated.) The picketline in front of the Staten Island docks formed at about 12:30 P.M. As-soon as the longshoremen who were at work on the docks heard about this, they immediately walked off the Governor that it would have piers and joined the SlU-SUP on been senseless to turn the threats the line. of the KKK over to the KKK for investigation. Arrangements were made for the teamsters to take their trucks The meaning of this is clear if off the piers, but no other trucks one is familiar with the police were allowed to cross the line. tactics in Georgia. For some rea­ And none attempted to do so. son these people have a psycho­ Squads of seamen, with Union pathic craving for floggings, cut­ literature, giving the reasons for tings and general beatings. Could the picketline, ranged the streets you call it mass sadism? It is really a case for a good near the waterfront, and distrib­ uted thousands of leaflets. The honest psychiatrist to probe. I'm solidarity displayed by the mem­ sure heads and tails could be bers of the AFL Maritime Coun­ made of it. And I'm sure, since cil was an effective block against the police in Georgia don't care any attempt by the police to in­ for my way of thinking, that I'dj terfere with the peaceful picket- be an unwelcome sight down line formed in answer to Harry there, especially if some ex-SIU Bridges' unjustified raiding of man on the force came across this article. the SIU-SUP. Unless a man has a legitimate When the line first formed, a reason for being ex-SIU he few NMU seamen requested per­ shouldn't even ' be allowed to mission to cross the line to re­ breathe the purified air exhaled VANCOUVER—An angry SIU turn to their ships. The reason from the lungs of present SIU membership flatly rejected the for the line was explained to men. Why, if it wasn't for the ex­ Canadian National War Labor them, and they readily admitted halation of this pure air, people Board's ruling and called for im­ that the AFL cau.se was a just would be keeling over left and mediate reconsideration of the one, and made no further at­ right, what with the NMU and Union's demands for improved tempt to, pass. Harry Bridges' gang. The air they wage, working and overtime con­ NMU GETS SCORE so contaminate we sterilize. ditions. Said one, before departing, At the June 25 meeting the It was to be my policy never "We didn't know anything about to t.o.ss brickbats at these people Seafarers heard a report of the this, but now that we know, we publicly, but the impulse is over­ NWLB's denial of five of the think Bridges is pulling a dirty powering. Union demands and a watered trick. You guys sure came By the way, the cable address down offer on another, which through for us when we needed of NMU is ENEMU. Change the called for wage increases ranging help." "U" to "Y", and you have an ac­ from $12.50 to $50.00 monthly. curate one-word picture of that The Government agency granted only a $12.48 monthly flat wage conglomeration. increase for all classifications. Description of Abnormality: At The Board turned down these the mere age of 20 he appeared to SIU demands: be an eccentric old crab, sitting 1. Recognition of all legal holi­ around waiting for someone to • speak to him so he could literally days. 2. Two weeks' annual vacation snap their head off with his vi­ cious tongue. He had developed after one year's service. All members—retired mem­ 3. The eight hour day on all an art of insulting that far sur­ bers and former members— passed all marks of degradation, ships. of the Seafarers Internation­ 4. Overtime pay increases from his language being vile to the point of horror. 50 cents to 65 cents an hour. al Union who are now sailing 5. Longshoremen's pay rates He had grown a fuzzy red as licensed Engineers: Please for seamen when they handle beard, and allowed his hair to report as soon as possible to bang loosely across his face. He caigo. the Seafarers Hall at 51 Bea­ Involved are the men on the refused to brush his teeth, clean ver Street, New York City. lis nails, bathe, or even remove 25 passenger-freight vessels op­ Your presence is necessary in his clothes. On several occasions erated by the Canadian Pacific he had found cold coffee in the Steamship Co., the Canadian Na­ a matter cf great importance. pot, poured it into a cup, and tional Steamship Co., and the Union Steamship Co. a.' threw it against the walL Canadian SIU Rejects Weak Wage Offers Attention Members! Seafarers Sailing As Engineers r Friday, July 12. 194? Reginald Gooden - The men who have helped to i build the Seafarers International Union, and make it strong, are not publicity hounds. In fact, they go to the other extreme and actually shun the limelight. We know what we are talking about because this department is charg­ ed with the responsibility of in­ terviewing one oldtimer each week for this column. Take this week, for instance. It took us three days to persuade an outstanding Seafarer to have his picture taken and to tell his story to the Log. And Reginald Gooden's story is well worth tell­ ing. Reginald, who now sails as Chief Cook, was born in Costa Rica in 1898. He first went to sea REGINALD GOODEN in 1917 as messboy and has work­ ed his way up through the years. He has even sailed as Steward, when the Fairport, Waterman but he likes to cook and prefers Lines, was sunk off Bermuda. to-sail in that capacity. HEROES. NOT BUMS Gooden is a firm believer in "During the war," he recalls, the power of organized labor. "A "the best was none too good for man by himself can't do much," us. We were heroes. Now that he says, "but a bunch of men, all our country doesn't need us as working for the .same ends, can badly as they did then, they are do practically anything they set trying to forget all about us. their minds to do." "Ask the shipowners for better WORDS AND ACTION wages and working conditions," He puts his words into action, he continued, "and they say no. too. The big strikes of 1921 and Ask the Government to give us a 1923 found him active on the decent* Bill of Rights, like the' picketline, doing what he could GIs have, or to get the Coast to better the lot of the seamen. Guard off our necks, and they say And when the 1941 Bonus Strike no. That's no way to treat us." rolled around, he was again ready Gooden has an almost propri­ and willing to show the ship­ etary interest in the Union. He owners and the Government that feels that when any of the Union seamen were not slaves, and must officials say anything, they are be paid for their work and the speaking for him, and the rest of extreme risks that they are the rank-and-filers. forced to take as part of their "Harry Lundeberg, or John normal routine. Hawk, or Paul Hall never say Gooden left the sea for a few anything about Union policy un­ years prior to 1941. He worked less we make the decision first," in various restaurants and hotels, he says. and he also found time to get Like all the rest of the militant married and sire a family, of six: Seafarers, Reginald advocates job five boys and one girl. action or a general strike, if the "When the war started, how­ shipowners show no willingness ever," he said, "I answered the to come to terms, with the SIU President's call for experienced in the present negotiations. His men to sail the merchant ships." attitude is that with prices going His experiences during the war up, and wages being held down, are echoes of what happened to the standard of living is sure to other merchant seamen. He lost suffer. two ships from under him; once He doesn't like that, and he is when the Penmar, Calmar, was prepared to do something about torpedoed off Iceland; and again it. Abridged Seamen's Bill Of Rights Due To Hit House Floor Soon WASHINGTON, July 10 —The Seamen's Bill of Rights, in some­ what abridged form from that envisioned by the SIU, is due to hit the floor of the House if its author Rep. Carl Petersen (Dem.Fla.) is able to push it through the Rules Committee tomorrow. Tfie abridged Bill, which treats seamen as civilians rather than as military personnel, will face some opposition in the Rules Committee, because ranking Re­ publican members, Welsh of Cali­ fornia and Bradley of Michigan, who favor the Bill are absent. That leaves Rep. Weikel of Ohio, reactionary opponent of the Bill, as ranking Republican mem­ ber. Rep. Petersen said WeikeTs op­ position stemmed from the senti­ ments expressed by the national commander of the American Legion. He said he believed that the construction of the revised Bill, which gives seamen civilian rather than military status in all phases except the educational benefits portions, would lessen opposition. William Hushing, AFL Legis­ lative Representative in Washing­ ton, is expected to appear before the committee in support. The SIU-SUP made many rec­ ommendations for revisions in the Bill. The only major victory for the Seafarers was the inclu­ sion of the clauses giving seamen, regardless of age, the rights to the educational benefits provided under it. This' will be especially important for seamen who want to attend upgrading schools and will be given Federal mainte­ nance grants while they are at­ tending such schools. , �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12, 194B Page Serea Merchant Marine Laws Are Called Obsolete; Should Be Changed Now By JOE ALGINA Wartime Boosters Now Criticize; Suggestion Made They Get Facts NO NEWS?? By LOUIS GOFFIN I Ph JACKSONVILLE —In reading a recent column, by Ed Sullivan, we ran across an item which went as follows: "The Coast Guard is burning at Senator Pat McCarran's attempt to take away the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, shabby reward for the magnificent Coast Guard war record." If memory serves me right,. I can remember when this same Ed Sullivan, along with other columnists, was praising the mer­ chant marine for its glorious war record. But none of them have complained that our treatment since the war ended was shabby treatment or a poor reward for our sacrifices. We have never claimed that the Coast Guard did not have a great war record, although a lot of the brass hats ran up their best scores pulling papers of in­ nocent seamen. We are of the opinion, however, that if the Coast Guard control of merchant seamen was a wartime necessity, the necessity no longer exists. The type of work they did be­ fore the outbreak of the war is what they should engage in now. We have no objection to that. NOT FOR KEEPS The CG never was given the BMIN for keeps. They were en­ trusted with it as a wartime measure, and were to keep it only until six months after hos­ tilities ceased. The BMIN was originally under the Department of Commerce, and was to revert back after the war was over. In this matter the CG officers are trying to act like small-time dictators. They have the idea that they are best equipped to handle peacetime business that really belongs in the hands of a civilian agency. We wonder whether Ed Sulli­ van, and the others who are agi­ tating for CG control of the BMIN, know what the Coast Guard did to seamen while we were under their control. Do they know about the kangaroo courts, the spying, the pulling of sea­ men's papers, and the all around nastiiiess which made the CG known to all merchant seamen as the "American Gestapo." SOME REP! That's a fine reputation for an agency of the Government to hang up! The merchant seamen played a big part in the winning of the war. They will play an even big­ ger part in the postwar era. We hope that Ed Sullivan, being a fair-minded man, will also pre­ sent our side of the story. Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: BALTIMORE NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK — The Merchant Marine Laws which govern the lives and actions of the men who go to sea for a living are out­ moded and definitely in need of being brought up to date. With the laws as they stand at present, seamen are punished out of all proportion to the offense committed, and with little or' no recourse to the powers that charge them, try them, and then carry out the sentence. Besides being unfair, this sort of treatment is certainly undemo­ cratic. Through the years we have im- proved our living and working conditions by economic action, usually at the point of produc­ tion. But the merchant marine lav/s, unchanged since the days of the four-masted .sailing ships, still have the last say over the actions of the civilian worker who labors as a merchant sea­ man. NO LONGER NEEDED It may be that when the laws were first instituted, there was a very slight reason for them. Many seamen, still active today, can remembei- when merchant mariners were a rough bunch of men with little sense of responsi­ bility. But now things liave changed. Today most seamen are respected members of the communities in vate account, so there could he which they live. They have fam­ extenuating circumstances. But it better not happen in the future. Shipping will probably be good in the months to come, and we will need all ratings. If you want to sail in the state where shipowners pay for your hack fare when you ship out, come to the heart of Texas. Houston Hall Moves Closer To The Waterfront By CHARLES HAYMOND HOUSTON—I guess the most important news from this port is that our Union Hall has been moved from 7137 Navigation Boulevard to 1515 75th Street. Now we are situated within three city blocks of City Docks num­ bers 1 to 5, and right near Longrcach Dockgate number 2. The past week has been slow for Houston, but the two weeks prior were the busiest of the year for Houston and Baytown. Baytown is strictly a tanker port, with the Humble Oil Company operating the major docks of the place. We have had, and still have, several ships from the Pa­ cific Tankers, Deconhill, and Los Angeles Tankers running coast­ wise and foreign from Houston and Baytown. WORK APLENTY This situation should keep us plenty busy although Los An­ geles Tankers have reorganized into the Pacific American Steam­ ship Company to operate cargo freighters only and wiU rapidly withdraw from the tanker field. The tanker representatives in this area are the most reasonable of the lot, and even if they are WSA General Agent,?, I don't like to see them go. They are decent to settle a beef with, and most of their ships come in with very few beefs. One recent beef was on the SS Coquille Hills, Pacific Tankers, and this is a continuation of a situation that has been going on in the past, the present, and we wonder about the future. The membership here feels that the crew of the Coquille Hills had a legitimate beef, and that other Pacific Tankers crew had good beefs, also. Brother Bill Gries, Wilmington Agent, is down here now to size things up and iron out the kinks. We all wish him loads of luck. PAYROLL BEEF In paying off the SS Warrior, a Waterman Company privately operated, scow, the major beef was that the crew payroll was not itemized. ^Not so long ago, in the days when seamen sailed be­ fore the mast, a large percentage of seamen could not read or write. One of the duties of the Shipping Commissioner was to see that the proper wage was paid to each seaman for all the time worked, less slops, draws, and logs. It is still one of his duties. Today, however, although very few seamen have legal, mindsj most of us can read and write, especially anything concerning our wages and conditions. We III want everything itemized; wages, overtime, transportation, subsist­ ence, lodging, extra meals, and linen money. We will not stand for a rooking from the shipown­ ers or company stooges. The Waterman Company has only small offices here, and this was the first one of their scows to pay off here classified as a pri­ The Patrolmen Say... Seamen Remember BOSTON—This traveling Pa­ trolman just got back from a jaunt way up yonder to the rocky coast of Maine for the payoff in Portland of the SS Samuel Walk­ er, a Bull line scow. Everything came off satisfac­ torily, it is pleasant to report. The bc^s coming off the vessel took up a collection for the SIU members confined to the Balti­ more Marine Hospital. The money is to be distributed equal­ ly to tho.se entitled to it. The donations totalled $28.00. Ted Thomas contributed $2.00, and one dollar was received from each of the following Seafarers: Brothers Kennedy, Sinclair, Curzi, Ball, McKenna, Hasse, Floojl, Otreba, Walker, Sharp, Anuszewski, Owen, Lanham and Burkltl. Also Brothers Hicks, Atkins, Hendricks, Pope, Otis, Navarra, Figeroa, Archibald, Curtis, Hay, Schnee and Gomez. J. E. SWEENEY. 4 i. t Missing Food Explained The SS Diamond Hitch, Alcoa Lines, blew into town last week after a 54 day trip to the Islands. The first beef I got was from the ^mpany and concerned food which was missing from the store rooms. • The company claimed that the ship was stocked for 120 days, and that she was only gone for 68, but came back with most of the food gone. When I got to the ship, I called the crew together to try to find out the score. Before I had a chance to tell them about the beef, they wanted to know what right the Chief Engineer had to change the locks on the store rooms, and keep a key for him­ self. DIFFERENT ANGLE Well, this changed the entire situation. I therefore went to the Chief Engineer and asked him by what authority he had acted as he did. He told me that he always carried a key to the store rooms of every ship he was ever on, and he intended to con­ tinue doing so. I then told the Company rep­ resentative that if the Chief, or any other officer, is going to carry the keys to the store rooms, under no circumstances will the Steward be held responsible for any shortages. The official agreed 100 percent and warned the Chief that in the future he must not handle keys that do not concern him. The store rooms can be opened for him by the Steward if there is any ne­ cessity to do so. On the whole, however, the ship had few beefs, and it was clean as the well known whistle. It was easy to see that the crew wei'e all good Seafarers. William Hamilton Gulf Coast Fishermen Now In New Quarters The Headquarters office of the Gulf Coast Fishermen's Union, was moved on July 1, to Room 6. 417 Ninth St. North, St. Peters­ burg, Florida. This move was made because of the poor telephone .service. Western Union, and mail service on the Beach, which is about ten miles from St. Petersburg. In the futui-e all correspond­ ence and telegrams should be ad­ dressed to the Gulf Coast Fish­ ermen's Union, Room 6, 417 9th St., North. The telephone num­ ber will be changed to St. Peters­ burg 2784. However, the home telephone of the agent will still remain Gulf Beaches 99071, until further notice. ilies, and do not spend their wak­ ing hours ashore in a gin mill. It is therefore not unreasonable of us to want some changes made in the laws. The first law which cries out for modification is the one con­ cerning desertion. This one has been interpreted by Skippers in such a manner that a man who misses a ship in a foreign port, through no fault of his own, is usually charged with desertion, and made to suffer the full pen­ ally. According to the law, however, it is supposed to be proven that the man drew all his money, took all his gear, and willfully left the ship with the intention of desert­ ing, Unless the law is modified so that it can be more generousliy interpreted, we should have in all our agreements a provision that if a man fails to catch his ship in a foreign port, he cannot be charged with desertion unless intent to desert is also proven. RAW DEAL Another law which is unjust is the one giving the master the right to log a man two for one for each infraction of the rules. In no other industry does an em­ ployer have the right to penalize a worker by making him forfeit' an extra day's pay for missing work, or any other violation of the agreement. On top of this, the money re­ verts bade to the company, so that they get one day's work at no cost to them. It is easy to see why eome company-minded Skip­ pers dish out the logs for little or no reason. And it is easy to see why the companies and the bossrninded government backs them up each and every time. In fact, the Coast Guard goes out of its way to dig up possible reasons for logging members of the crew. There are many other unjust and unwarranted laws in exist­ ence. Now that we have improved our wages and working condi­ tions, it is about time we do something about the "Captain Bligh" laws which makes sea­ men into virtual slaves. V • �• -/^^tvA-K. :'.H ' THE Page Eight 1 :^T: SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 12. 1S46 Boston Seafarers Organizes Excursion Boat Outfit Into SlU By JOHN MOGAN K t • B I • i' By HUGH MURPHY the conference: the recommenda­ deck chairs; handling the freight; tion of world-wide adoption of cleaning the boilers; nursing the BOSTON—Another slow week We planned to hold the meeting VANCOUVER—The Coastwise for shipping and business has July 3rd at the new building, and S.S. & Barge Company, James 4he wages and working condi­ engines; doing all the jobs from just passed. Although there were still hope to at this writing; but Griffiths and Sons, Inc., has an­ tions of U. S. seamen. Opposition the messroom to the engine room, faint indications of a return to the plumbing is coming along nounced the inauguration of a developed from every possible and from the engine room to the normal shortly, with the SS slower than expected, and un­ new ship service from British source, the shipowners, the U. S. staterooms — by the day, week, Thomas Robertson (Mississippi) less the "heads" are ready, we Columbia and Puget Sound ports Government, European countries, month, and year. paying off in Boston, and the may have to postpone our "open to ports in Mexico, Centra spearheaded by the British. They HELLSHIP CONDITIONS Plattsburg (Deconhil Tanker) house" until the next meeting— America, Panama and Columbia contend that the standards of liv­ We wonder how these men paying off in Portland, Me. But after all, there was a motion It will be known as the Inter- ing of the Oriental seamen can­ would react to a life confined to it will take a lot of ships to make passed to have some beer on American Line—service will be not be brought up to that of the freight deck and whatever Americans, and hence oppose any jobs for the number of men now hand for the members! started by two of the Griffiths space is allowed to us to live in forward step at all. The outlook for this week is a on the beach up this way. Company ships, the James and after the automobiles, freight, little better. Presently there is a After a couple of days of or­ FOUR HOUR DAY the Stanley Griffiths, with addi­ livestock, baggage, express, dirty ganizing last week, the Nantas- ship in Portland, the SS Samuel tional vessels later. In a recent speech before the linen, etc., has been carefully kct Steamboat Line Co was Walker (Bull), which will prob­ annual conference of the Chemi­ stowed and secured. This Company has agreements signed up with Seafarers. A ably pay off tomorrow. And we with the SUP and the new Com­ cal Institute of Canada, Dr. E. H. Even the companies agree that short-lived strike of one and one- hear that a Mississippi and a pany will be under contract to Land, President of the Polaroid the wage scales were set 20 years half days aided considerably in South Atlantic are also expected the SIU as were the vessels of Corporation, Cambridge, Mass., ago. This proves that we are not helping the owners to make up io arrive in Portland during the the Coastwise S.S. and Barge said that four hours a day is an impatient lot, acting prema­ week. their minds. enough on the production line turely. We believe that this 20 Addendum to the Nantasket Company. When the boats (two were run­ and that the other four hours year record of sweat and toil for Boat walkout: on one of the ships ILO CONFERENCE ning at the time) pulled in, the should be spent increative activi­ the same wage level deserves was a certain Captain McGowan Canadian seamen were fortu­ ties. crews T.nade them secure and more consideration than this soand son. Even after the other li- nate at being represented at the walked off. The Company scraped called "finding and direction." How much we agree with the aensed men walked off with their International Labor Conference up a "crew" somehow or other Frankly, wc think that this good doctor, and fervently wi.sh crews, McGowan took out the in Seattle by Brother Morris and sailed one of the boats for board is nothing more than a rubthat there were many others in scab ship, taking along his son Weissberger, SUP New York one trip to Nantasket; but when the country with his ideas. Too ber stamp for the monopoly inas quartermaster. Then, with ev­ Agent, who is American alter­ she returned to Boston it also bad that our members as well as' terests on this coast. erything settled, the son walks nate at the conference. was tied up. By the record, we are a reason­ our shipowners did not attend into this office to request a per­ Brother Weissberger made the able bunch of men. For 20 years this conference. They would have GOOD MEN mit! M-m-m-m. only really progressive step at we have worked at the same gotten some good ideas on how Worthy of commendation are to create peace and harmony on wage rate, we continue to do John Nelson, Captain; James work which as-seamen we are the job. Goodwin, Chief Mate; Elmer not required to do by law, and Keep up the good work. Doc­ Purdy, Pilot; Bill Simmons, Chief we continue to remain married tor! We seamen are in definite Engineer, and Tom Beliar, Asst. to the ship in one way or another. accord with your contention. Engineer. These men were asked While the rest of the organized to sail the "scab" ship in unliworkers in Canada are working J, 4, 0, By WILLIAM STEVENSON a forty hour week, we continue By WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN to average twice that much, as a DETROIT—We have been kept ] in diameter, and • I'll bet they general rule. VICTORIA—The "findings and very busy shipping men and try­ created a windstorm in the small rooms. direction" of the Natio.nal War TIME FOR CHANGE ing to get enough Firemen, Oil­ Labor Board, made in regard to Our wages are a disgrace, and MORE BEEFS ers, and Coalpassers for the new our application for changes in even the Board's suggested in­ schedule on the D and C Lines.. Then the J. P. Wells refused to wages and general working con­ crease of $12.48 per month is only At the present time every ship pay overtime for all time over 40 ditions of the British Columbia a drop in the bucket. And add hours spent in port while await­ seamen, has now been duly con­ is completely manned, but to do to that the crowning insult. All ing orders. We had a little to-do sidered by us all. Their decision, newcomers are required to pay a this we had to supply 22 Fire­ about this, but it was finally and a bad one it is, comes from physical examination fee of $2.00 men, 9 Oilers, 18 Coalpassers, 4 squared away to the complete men who are not on the business for the privilege of joining us in Watertenders, 14 ABs, and 17 Or- satisfaction of the crew. end of an oil can, a fuel valve, or our dilemma. Rip Van Winkle dinarys, for a total of 84 shipped. Just as soon as we got settled a freight truck. had nothing on us, but even he Last week was one long beef. down from that one, the Chief censed capacity by the Company As a matter of fact, it would woke up eventually. First off, one ship complained Steward of the North American officials; they refused, and walk­ give us great pleasure to extend The membership here is of the that the washing machine motor, was threatened with being kick­ ed out with the men. to this group of "finders and di­ same mind—another 20 years at sent out for repairs two months ed off the ship. We had to go to rectors" an invitation to forsake this rate is not a happy prospect. The contract finally won and ago, had not yet been returned. bat for him, and in the end the their comfortable chairs in Otta­ signed is perhaps the best excur­ We went and got them a used Company backed water so the wa and spend the summer with (Editor's Note: Another story sion line contract on the Coast, motor, and at the same time Steward is still on the vessel. concerning the findings of the us who have to keep these ships with 20 to 30 dollar wage in­ Canadian National War Labor And then came the final beef— operating come hell or high creases—and, for the first time, Board, and the reaction of the for the week, that is. The Skipper water, high-Mip or low; doubling provisions for the payment of Canadian seamen, appears else­ of one of the moonlight boats at on excursions; keeping the ship overtime. Formerly the crews Put-In-Bay would not allow the clean; stacking the thousands of where in this issue of the Log.) worked all day every day, with crew to leave the ship after the a couple of moonlight sails a moonlight cruise was cancelled. week, without the payment of This was a hurry up call so Fred overtime. Needless to say, the Farnen and I went right down crews of these boats were much there and found that the Captain pleased with the final result of wanted to be sure that all men their action of signing up with the Union. would be on board when the boat pulled out at midnight, and he NEW BUILDING Crewmembers of the Alcoa Committee. Steady as she goes. therefore refused to let them go We have given our present Crew Alcoa Partner." ashore at all. Partner notified Paul Hall, chair­ landlord notice of our intention picked up four fans for them. The Contract negotiations are pro­ We told the crew not on watch man of Strike Preparations Com­ to move not later than August 1. only fans we could find were 18" ceeding apace as an article ap­ to go, but to be sure they return4 mittee, by cablegram, that they pearing in a different section of ed by midnight. The rest of the unanimously support any neces­ the Log will testify. However, the crew was warned that if the Cap­ sary strike action to force the Negotiations Committee needs tain tried to pull a fast one and shipowners to negotiate a con­ the strike authority which a fav­ sail before midnight, they were tract suitable to the SIU Nego­ orable referendum vote will give NEW YORK—The Progressive tion, and they are making an ap- to walk off the ship. tiations Committee, subject, of them in order to force the ship­ Book Club, a new organization peal for support from progres­ So much for our beefs. Ship­ course, to membership approval owners to comply with the rea­ that will market worthwhile sives, trade unionists, and others ping appears to be picking up, or disapproval. sonable SIU demands. and if the trend continues, we books which deserve to be read with advanced social views. This cablegram'is in line with Under no circumstances, says will be able to use some of the Expressions of support such as by trade unionists, is this month other favorable expressions of the Club prospectus, will they those received from the Alcoa men from other ports. Right now making its advent into the book opinion which are coming from follow a party-line. A high stand­ Partner and other SIU ships we could use more Firemen, but publishing field. ard of liberal thought will be the situation might change over Seafarers who are voting on the show that the average Seafarer 5"he Club will feature low maintained, and the Club will strike referendum, and who are is well aware of the problems night. The best bet is to wire us overwhelmingly in favor of strike confronting the Committee, and prices for all books selected, and not allow itself to be used as a before catching a rattler for th^ will offer its members an elab­ cover-up for Communist or reac­ action according to those com­ are backing them to the hilt. For port. orate system of free book divi­ tionary propaganda. ments. too long, the seamen have been dends. Only important books of The message reads as follows; treated as the stepchildren of the For seamen who like to read, significance, stressing an inde­ this sounds like a good deal. The "Brother members, at recent labor movement. Now, seamen pendent liberal slant, will be se­ books will be sold at a low price, ship's meeting motion made, sec­ want what should be coming to lected as choices of the Club. onded and passed by crew of Al­ them, and are willing to fight by and one free book will be given The director, and the top offi­ for every book bought. The ad­ coa Partner unanimously endors­ any methods necessary to secure cials of the Club are all well dress of the Club is 111 West 90th' ing strike if necessary. Wish decent wages, hours and condi­ known figures in workers educa- Street, New York 24, New York. complete success to Negotiating tions. '/• Detroit Shipping On Upgrade; Many Beefs Settled in Busy Week Alcoa Partner Crewmembers Endorse Maritime Strike Action New Book Club Hits The Scene �'' .f THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12. 1946 Page Nine Isthmian Seamen Learn From Examples; Seafarers Now Planning New Drives By WHITEY LYKKE Three oldtimers who have taken part in plenty of SIU job action discuss the strike vote. Although their vote is secret, they make no secret of the fact that they voted for the strike. Left to right, Charles (Carioca) Benway. FOW; Frank Rossi, Chief Cook; and Thomas Di Fazio, Chief Steward. measure up m an emergency when real seamanship is re­ quired. Here the other day, a new crew boarded a modern ship with all of the facilities for cleanliness, only to find that the quarters they were moving into looked like pigsties. Lockers were broken; all mirrors were smashed; and mat­ tresses, washstands, toilets, bulk­ heads, even overheads, were splattered with filth. Old linen was left all over the ship; water stagnating in the corners; and old clothes, shoes thrown around with scraps of food and paper. Sailing under about a dozen different flags at various times, I liave seen lousy ships and good ships. And I have found out one thing: A real seaman always keeps himself and his quarters as clean as possible. I have seen old rustbuckets carrying coal, where the crew had to furnish every­ thing themselves from mattresses to soap, and where they had to heat their bath water in a bucket on the galley stove. But the men would keep lliemselves and tlieii quarters clean because they were seamen. CREW BURNED UP Take a guy who is filthy in his The new crew was naturally habits, and you will -find out soon or later that he doesn't burned up, and anxious to find what kind of a crew could be that filthy. At first, they thought that Isthmian had picked up a bunch of bums off the street in some port where they rnuldn't get any seamen to sail a non­ union ship. To their surprise, they found and their families are admitted out that Isthmian had just taken the ship over from .some company at anytime."—Henry Snider. We could print hundreds of let­ under agreement to the National ters based on the above, but we Maritime Union. They were as­ feel those mentioned is enough to tounded that these guys who had give the reader some of the rea­ turned their living quarters into sons for the hardship meted to garbage dumps were supposed to seamen, because of the 60 day be Union seamen, shipped from NMU halls!! It was plainly evident that these guys had been anything but seamen. And, it occurred to this Isthmian crew that these guys who couldn't even keep their own quarters in shape were, as members of the NMU, able to .influence the policy of that Union. Merchant Marine Hospitals Do Not Serve Seamen-Dutslders Seem To Get First Call (Editor's note: The following article was written by an otlicial of the SIU's New Orleans branch, and originally appear­ ed in The Federationist, official organ of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor.AFL.) The merchant marine hospitals from their inception in 1790 has in a small measure ministered to the needs of the sea. Each sea­ man was required to contribute one dollar per month until 1899 when the payments were reduced to fifty cents, or the seaman was privileged to contribute as much as he wanted. to. This contribu­ tion was voluntary, but if no contribution was made he usu­ ally found that he was out of work, from 1899 to 1906 fifty cents of the scamens' salary was used to build other hospitals. These hospitals were built to fill a long needed service to the seamen; the catch is that from the inception of the hospital a seaman had to apply for medical treatment within sixty days from the date of his last discharge. This is true even today. Many times a man is injured and does HOTBUSIBIS not know that he needs hospital­ ization under after a lapse of the 60 day period, and when he goes to the hospital he finds that he is denied treatment. 60 DAYS If a seaman goes to the Charity Hospital in New Orleans he is promptly told that he should go to the Marine Hospital, and if he has been discharged more than the sixty day period he is out of luck. If he should lose his papers he is denied treatment until he gets new papers, and if 60 days lapse he is. still out of luck. In 1941 the Marine Hospital was opened to the members of the Coast Guard, as well as the families of the Coast (auard. The marine hospitals have always been closed to the families of the "men of the sea." The Seamen are not protesting the extension of hospitalization to the families of Coast Guardsmen, but do pro­ test the denial of these benefits to the families of the men to whom the hospitals were orig­ inally intended to serve. Many men who lost legs as well as other injuries at and dur­ ing World War I and II, are de­ nied the right to treatment in marine hospitals. This also ap­ plies to men of World War II. We are sure that all fair-minded men and women as well as gov­ ernment officials will have ^o ad­ mit that if a seaman is on- the beach sixty days or more he should not be denied hospitaliza­ tion. COAST GUARD RATES It is hard to reconcile the fact that the Coast Guard, their fam­ ilies and civil service employees receive hospitalization, in hospit­ als established for the men of the sea, and these same men of the sea are denied these facilities. The following are statements from a few men of the sea. "I have contributed to the Ma­ rine Hospitals and was refused admittance to the New Orleans because of the 60 day clause."— Thomas Gisseno. "I had tbe misfortune to lose my seamens papers, and while waiting for their return, or re­ ceive duplicates from the Coast Guard, my chances of getting in the Marine Hospital at Staten Island on March 9th were smash­ ed."—Benno Zelinski. "After being in the drink (water) receiving many injuries in various battle zones in the past world war and on docking at the nearest home port, I went to the Marine Hospital for treatment. The treatment I received was not for my type of injuries, but for a drunk like the one in Lost Week­ end."—E. G. Walker. NO MEDICAL CARE "During the past world war I lost a leg on the high seas while serving in the Merchant Marine, and because of this injury I am unable to serve again, because of this I am not entitled to medi­ cal care, as it has been more than 30 days from the date of my dis­ charge." "It seems unfair that I should be denied treatment especially since civil service employees, their families, the coast guard • 15.1 fi clause. We ask our readers to write their congressmen, protest­ ing this discrimination to seamen, and send copies to .the nearest Seafarers International Union so that something may be done about the grave injustice to the heroes in dungarees (merchant seamen). ALL JOIN SIU This Isthmian crew made the obvious - conclusion that any Union, whose members acted so contrary to the traditions of real seamen, couldn't possibly be in­ terested in improving their (Isth­ mian) conditions. So, after cleaning up their ship to make it fit for seamen once again, the crew of the Minot Vic­ tory unanimously decided to join Port Of Philadelphia is Humming With Activity; Future Looks Good By JAMES "RED" TRUESDALE PHILADELPHIA—We shipped quite a few men last week, and it looks even better for the fu­ ture. Plenty of ships are coming here in transit for foreign ports, and the old waterfront is sure humming again. Most of the ships load with coal or grain and leave as soon as possible, but some stay here for a few days for repairs. This gives the boys a chance to sam­ ple and appreciate Philly hos­ pitality. Speaking about repairs, the time to get them done is before the crew signs on. After that, it is just too bad. If all crews will co­ operate, we can clean up all the rustbuckets in short order. What we have to do is make up a list of needed repairs be­ fore the ship reaches port. Give a copy of the list to the Patrol­ man, and another copy to the Skipper, Then, before articles are signed again, the repairs have to be made—or else. Last week we had a Captain up on charges, and as a result of a trial before the Coast Guard, this man had his papers lifted for thirty days. As far as we were concerned, he deserved to be sus­ pended for at least ninety-nine years. But the Coast Guard is the Coast Guard, and they are strictly pro-Skipper. We all hope that we won't have to put up with the Brasshat, fwHYNClUTAKEA COUfLe OPJOfUKS OFF, OLOeoY 9 Brass-brained bureaucrats much longer. If the members keep sending letters and telegrams to Congressmen, we should be able to chase the CG out of the picture pretty fast. The foundation is already laid, the rest if up to us. the Seafarers International Union. When she finally sailed from New York, both the crew and their quarters were shaping up in the tradition of the SIU; Clean Ship, Real Seamen. ISTHMIAN DRIVE We are now on the home stretch of the Isthmian organiz­ ing drive. About 10 more ships remain to be voted, and then we will start bargaining for an agreement with the company. During this nego­ tiating period, it is of course im­ portant that all SIU men stay on the ships, to stop the company and the NMU from filling the ships with disrupters. Isthmian was the last of the big freighter (fcmpanies to be organized. In organizing their 100 ships, we proved that the SIU still is THE progressive Union on the waterfront, and that we can take on any company and any dual union ^d beat them. With this established, we now have to keep the ball rolling, looking for uumpaiiies that are most in need of a real Union. What fields remain unorganized?EAST COAST TANKERS The most obvfous answer is the east coast tankers. All west coast tanker companies but one have been organized by the SIUSUP during the last year or two. On the east coast, however, only a few small companies have closed shop agreements with the NMU, and even these agreements are so inadequate that the NMU can't get their members to sail the ships. They were the usual sellout .deals by the NMU lead­ ers, who don't care about the con­ ditions of the - men, as long as they can spread the influence of the communists a little further. So, the whole tanker field is badly in need of a union like the SIU, and by going in like we did in the Isthmian drive it is only a question of time before every east coast tanker will be SIU. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED All hands who want to become active in this drive, volunteer at— the organizers' office in the New York Hall, or to the Union of­ ficials in whatever port you are in. We are on the move, and every member should lielp speeding it up by voluntering. A volunteer organizer's stamp in your union book is your proof that you have the interest of the Union at heart. NMU Loses Isthmian, Joe Ciirran Admits! Joe Curran tacitly admitted that the Isthmian election was lost to the NMU in his plea for support at Manhat­ tan Center recently. He said Vice President Black Myers (an avowed communist) had packed the organizing staff with com­ mies to campaign against him in the NMU election. These men were much more inter­ ested in organizing commie support than they were or­ ganizing the unorganized. Curran said: "Myers used paid union organizers to campaign for the Commuilist machine. Organizers were sent even to ports where there were no Isthmian ships." �"mi Pa^e Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS RELAX ON THE BEACH AT SAN DOMINGO EHant'd H. Is Paging S. Holmes The Patrolman who boards the Diamond Hitch is going to be riddled with some key questions. And if he cracks the case to the satisfaction of the* crew, Sherlock Holmes is on his way out as num­ ber one sleuth, but quick. Passed at a recent shipboard meeting was a motion calling on the Patrolman to solve some shennanigans in whic^ the ship's officers seem to have their fin­ gers—right up to the shoulder, rhaybe. Steady now, lads. Here's what the Diamond Hitchmen want to know: 1. Why do the Engineers have keys to the iceboxes? 2. Why does the Chief Engi­ neer have keys to the iishbox? 3. Why was the Chief Cook's lock on the fishbox gone? 4. Why did the Chief Engi­ neer put his beer in the icecube maker, and put his own lock on the fishbox? That's the lash-up, and that Friday, July 12, 1946 Shortages Hit Ships: Burgess If you slabsided Shoreside civ­ ilians will stop crying in your beer about shortages of meat and butter, etc., for a minute, we'll tell you about some shortages as are shortages. This one concerns the SS John W. Burgess, and the revelations of shortages come to light in her May 5 meeting minutes. Turner Blagg chaired the session, and Bill Hahn did the recording of the sad news. "All ships leaving the USA," the minutes say, "had six months supply. Our Steward put in a requisition for food, was inform­ ed that it was on its way; but it never arrived." There was enough aboard for two months, but the ship was laid up for seven weeks. That would seem to leave about a week's supply. NO CHIPS The Captain signed a food or­ der, but when the Steward gave it to the company agent, the agent marked off half the order and gave it back with his "best wishes." After a couple of days, the minutes say, the Steward received a two months supply from the SS Homer Winslow Homer. That meant that the Homer just barely got by. The crew charges that the Ship's Chandler could have filled the order, but the Agent refused. The crew decided to get in touch with the Patrolman by cable. (Pardon us while we snaffle a sandwich before we finish.) The crew of the Burgess couldn't even fill that empty void where they thought their stom­ achs were by smoking extra cig­ arettes between the meals they didn't get. There was a shortage of smokes, too. Rationing. Trouble was, they said, that they weren't rationed evenly. The officers seemed to be receiving more. The crew decided this was a matter for the Patrolman's attention, also. Crew Of Pillar Helps Islands Stevedores Chalk up a credit for militant unionism for the crew of the Cape Pillar, with special refer­ ence to Bosun Tex Suit, Chief Electrician Frank Bose and Chief Steward Harry Collins. When the crew of the Pillar went ashore at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, the members figured it for just another good-time port of call. But when they left they were acclaimed as liberators, as men who had opened the eyes of the natives to real unionism. It was along about May 16 that the crew went ashore. In the course of visiting some of the more inspiring spots on the wat­ erfront, Brothers Suit, Bose and Collins learned that the long­ shoremen and stevedores were working for 40 cents an hour un­ der an independent union. smell isn't coming from the "baackerel even if it was locked out of the fishbox. Right on top of this comes an­ other cry of help from the Dia­ mond—and we mean. Hitch. The minutes almost shout, in an SOS vein, that "Bugs are about to take over the ship." The piratical pest invasion is practically imminent on all flanks. In a hurried defensive strategy against the threatened envelopment the crew passed a UNGOOD motion urging an immediate allout fumigation to wipe out the The trio talked to them some winged enemy. more. They found out more about Meanwhile, all hands to battle wages and working conditions. stations. And, Henry, for cripes None of them good. sake, make with that flit gun! The next day the longshore­ men called a meeting, at the in­ stigation of the Seafarers, in the market square. Some 2500 men showed up. Brother Collins gave them the old what-for. He told them what longshoremen in the States were paid, and how conditions were. Two days later another meet­ ing was held in the same place. Other Seafarers spoke, including Bose. When it ended the long­ shoremen were ready to march on the Governor's Mansion to protest the dirty deal being hand­ ed to them. TEU. HIM OF THE 4DVS4HTAGeS Here's why. Dues in the union OFSiaMeMBERSHiP — / are 20 cents a week. Yet the 'BUILD THt SlU / "union" is $16,000 in debt, with 1028 dues paying members. The MORE BEEFS It isn't all sweat and soogey. these runs down to the rum and coke islands, nor is it just waterfront bistros and lively ladies—as these photos will at­ test. They were made by Jock R. Simison on his recent run down to San Domingo, Domini­ can Republic. At top is the gang (no names) of the MV Coastal Stevedore, Bull Lines, at their hotel at San Domingo. The lads sure enough look hap­ py. Lower is a shot of a couple, of the boys horsing around on the diving board of the hotel pool. president, Ludwig Harrigan, is collaborating closely with the shipowners, the Pillar crew mem­ bers say. He declined to attend both meetings. The vice presi­ dent, Pedro, and the Bull Line representative attended both meetings as observers, but de­ clined to speak. The Seafarers see salvation for the islanders under the direction of a- Professor Crabbe there, whom they say is enlightened and is fighting for improved con­ ditions and wages. Alcoa and Bull run approxi­ mately two ships a month, be­ tween them, to St. Croix. All Seafarers who hit the port are urged by the Pillar crew to get in touch with Professor Crabbe and help the longshoremen as much as possible to realize real unionism. Under Good & Welfare, the crew had some beefs, too. There was a little matter of a hole in the deck of the oilers' fo'csle. Lost more damned Oilers that way! Anyhow, they want it fixed. Also in need of repair were the iceboxes. The company had better fix the fans, too. The boys are burned up. The fo'csles need paint. Here are a few other items list­ ed: new supply of linens, electric hot plate, coffee pots, toasters, drainboard for dishes and fumi­ gation of the ship. In reference to the latter, the boys say: "Thanks for the buggy ride." �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 12. 1946 Page Eleven Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings EDWARD G. JANEWAY. May 1—Chairman Hazen; Sec­ retary W. A. Strahle. A pelilion of five full book members be drawn up before anyone's Iripcard is pulled or he is pre­ vented from shipping. Molions carried: to have delegates check overtime accounts with Purser not later than Friday; that delegates inform Purser he's not .entitled to disputed overtime and members will not sign back on ship with him aboard. Good and Welfare: the followAig things are to be JOSEPH I. KEMP. April 20— procured for the crew: new Chairman Bill Silva; Secretary seats for derlc dept., mattresses Joseph A. Caldeira. Disputed for unlicensed personnel, stop­ overtime in Deck and Stew­ pers. wringer and washboard ards department for anchorage for ship's laundry, lockers, might be okayed, since it was loasters. coffee pot and iron. approved for Engine dept. This Recreation room chairs to be is to be referred to Patrolman. repaired. Motion carried to Good and Welfare: Motions contact Union for glass port­ carried for icebox containing holes and new lifebelts. night lunch to be left unJocked X X t and for one man from each de­ partment to be appointed to clean library weekly and former gunner's mess to be The crew of the SS William used for card playing. Wirt is quick and ready when it XXX comes to giving credit where ALCOA MASTER. April 7— due. So when the Steward turn­ Chairman Paul Ligtell; (Secre­ ed to in commendable fashion by tary not noted). Minutes of dishing it out in good and suffi­ previous meeting accepted. Mo­ cient quantity they put it in the tion passed to contact Patrol­ record. man to see how many men Copy of a recent shipboard Stewards department should meeting's minues say, in large have when there is a 37-man type, that the "Steward is doing crew aboard. Good and Wel­ a good job pf taking the wrinkles fare: Motions carried: that out of our stomaches." Steward assign one man to But the Wirt crew is as sud­ clean toilet 'midships and keep den in its denunciation of inade­ it clean throughout voyage; to quacies aboard the vessel. The rejpair drinking water system ship's helm has been in bad need in engine room and messhall; of repair for sometime. So they that each member of crew give passed a motion pronto to see messman cooperation in keep­ that the proper officials do some­ ing mess clean at coffee time thing about this cockeyed course and between meals. of affairs. XXX "When you.think you have it JOSEPH I. Kemp. May 5— amidships," the minutes say, Chairman Bill Silva; Secretary "you have it a half or quarter Joseph A. Caldeira. Minutes of wheel either way." previous meeting accepted as Sort of like when you want to read. Captain disputed over­ zig, you zag. And that ain't good. time for changing quarters in XXX Deck and Steward depart­ LAWTON B. EVANS. April ments. Motion carried to refer 11 — Chairman Robert Cartthis matter to the Patrolman. wright; Secretary Earl Doug­ Discussion held on the four las. Minutes of previous meet­ watch system. An alternate ing read and accepted. Good discussion made: a 44-hour and Welfare: a motion carried week with overtime for Satur­ calling for more ice cream every day afternoons, Sundays and Sunday with the Steward agree­ holidays, both in port and at ing to comply. It was recom­ sea. Motion carried to con­ mended that steaks should be tinue discussion at next meet­ on the menu more often plus ing. more fresh vegetables. Dis­ XXX cussed was matter of dishes FELIX GRUNDY. June 15— being left in the messhall; slop—Chairman Joseph McKay; chest not being opened in port Secretary Fred Shaia. Good for sale of cigarettes. Coffee and Welfare: Motion carried to urn and bag are to be washed order new elements for toasters. out by each watch. There Cups after use at night to be should be less pepper in the placed in sink. Men to coop­ food, napkins on the table, and erate in keeping messhall clean Ihe galley boy should wear by keeping butts off deck. jacket on dufy. Three delegates to see Captain about increasing amount of cigarettes from one to two car­ tons per week. Purser to post slopchest price list in crew's mess; Captain agreed. XXX Some New Wrinkles On the William Wirt ALCOA PAINTER. May 5— Chairman Jimmie Prestwood; Secretary Hiram Barron. All department delegates to see Purser about pay vouchers not received at Mobile payoff. No disputed overtime. Member of Deck Dept.. paid off because of wife's illness. Fireman also paid off suffering with a bad case of heat rash. Passenger overtime cut out. 2nd Electri­ cian bringing charges against .'A r t , Ist Asst. Engineer because of drunkeness in Engine room. Good and Welfare: Keep mess clean and change table cloths twice a week. There is un­ necessary noise in passageway. Rooms to be kept neater. Only company officials and guards are to be fed. XXX RAPHAEL SEMMES. (no date)—Chairman Leon Moore; Secretary Charles J. Hartman. Patrolman to adjust misunder­ standing in Deck Department. Good and Welfare: Engine De­ partment to furnish a list of tools needed. Following repairs necessary: Unstop scuppers in Deck and Engine toilets and showers; install steam line and scrub board in laundry; screens and windchutes for ports aft in crew quarters; repair toilets in all quarters and supply spare parts; install awning on poopdeck. towel and soap rack in Electrician's room, mirrors in crew's quarters. Patrolman to be contacted with regard to Deck Engineer being removed from Bosun's room, which is too small for two men. XXX What They Ridingr, A Ferry Boat? We trust you will pardon your editor if he starts off this short story with a "tssk," not to men­ tion a "tush," and maybe a "pish." No, we have not reverted to second childhood, yet; at least we won't admit to it, though others may have their suspicions. It is merely that we have just come across the minutes of some unnamed ship, on which Brother DeBarroso was chairman and Brother Manning was Secretary. We offer them without further comment, except the advice that after you read them you take another look at the head. "Beef: Officers got "Sweet­ heart" soap; crew got "Ivory." XXX CHARLES W. STILES. May 4—Chairman Paul Kenl; Secrefary William Prince. Elec­ tion of officers. Reports made by delegates. Good and Welfcure: Ship left Philadelphia with insufficient stores for a foreign voyage. Motions car­ ried: Anyone caught throwing debris on deck will be fined, proceeds to go to Log; anyone improperly dressed in messhall will have to donate $1.00 to Log. Each department to use their respective heads and showers. More cleanliness of quarters heads and library. Repairs to be made on coffee urn and more steam to the gal­ ley kettles. Utility m^n to bring up tea and coffee before meals. BBSE ARE IMPORTAKiT PAV5 FOR IME SEAFARERS. EVERV !AAU f^UST BE READY To PRO­ TECT TWE SIU AGAINST SHIP­ OWNER. AND CMU ATTACK . KBBP lisJ CONrrANT* TOUCH WITH THE UNION HALL. CUT AND RUN By HANK We thought we were somebody important last week when Brother Willis Butterfield, Chief Electrician, shocked us with a handshake, a cigar from the half-empty box under his arm, and told us he's getting spliced. Congratulations, Willis, lots of happiness to you and the wife—and smooth sailing to you on those milk-runs dov\rn South America, which are keeping you busy right now. . . Hit us with a boom if it isn't going to he some trip to South Africa on the Cape Hibbons with the following atomic Brothers as shipmates: Rum and Coke Willie West, the Seattle Spirit Survivor; Ceaser Ser­ rano, George Brown; Rocky Benson as Bosun and Johnny Marciano who will no doubt sit on those rubber winches—wishing for some guys to bend his ears the wrong way. . . Gilbert Huddle just got his Third Engineer's license. Congratulations and good luck. Brother Huddle. ^ ^ ^ Frank Bosc and Tex Suil came in from a short Latin run with ihe Cape Pillar, arguing with each other who got the most •.hots—from the heat. . . Harry Collins enjoyed himself electing himself as water-boy when the weather got too hot for the crew —and Frank Hall came back on her after being anchored down on the Puerto Rican beach. . . Marvin Mellvin is now a First Assistant Engineer, we heard. . . Mucho tatooed Joe Wolf is sure glad he's in town with his ship—because he met his two old shipmates. Red and Frenchy. Frenchy kept talking about shipping out soon while Joe and Red. who were hit and soaked in the Arabian Sea. gabbed about someone getting engaged down in Miami. X X X X Looks like Tommy Massey will be sailing many more long years with his old shipmate, "Rebel Melton," who lost his Hollywood mustacne in a recent close, dreamy shave. . . Tex Ringold, Baltimore oldtimer, drank a few memorable beers with Andy Anderson—and then took a little landlubbing train ride down to Baltimore, of course. . . One of our friends was asking where Alfred "Whitey" Jutchess, the oldtimer, was right now. Well, as far as we know, he was in Baltimore in February. . . Frank Blues is back from a trip on the William Pepper. . . Richard Taylor just came back from a 11-month voyage over in the Pacific. Bring back any atom bombs or heroic goats, Rich? X X X X A thousand apologies to Vince Kane for misspelling the name of his romantic friend. "Dum Dum." It's really named Dumbo—and she looks like Lena Home! Vince's shipmate. Woody Lockwood. has an equal friendship with someone named The Headhunter. . . Steward Richard Schwartz says that when he was down in the Land of Rum and Puerto Ricans on the William Harper. Nancy Cruz, who looks like Shirley Temple, was a kind friend to him. . . We notice Dutch Bolz in town— but where is his pal. that Irish Polack. Pat McCoskey? Wasn't he on the same trip with you. Dutch? . . Claude Gautreaux lost his book in some philosophical cafe recently. Then he inquired on the sixlh floor and was he tickled pink when his worn out book was handed back to him—like some souvenir a shipmate had lost, indeed! W6AI3 Vouft SIU P/A — THe BAtce OF A FKSWMS UNION ... UNION ! Martin O'Connor, one of our best and most humorous pinochleplajYing shipmates, said hullo to us recently and will be sailing soon for another hysterically funny trip, indeed. {Continued on Page 13) �/ W" -'' THE Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12, 1946 THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Marine Hospitals: Political Footballs What is the matter with our Marine Hospitals? Why arc these dadblasted Seaman always squawking about them? Are they not supported by our dear Government? Isn't it the richest Government in the world? Yes, Brothers, seamen are always squawking abtrnt Log 'A' Rhythms All's Well By S. J. FLAHERTY the Marine Hospitals and you are* fecting Seamen that could be im­ •dead right they are supported by proved. our Government, the richest in You also hear another squawk the world. The squawking is at from seamen about are Marine The boys aboard the SS James S. W^ne, part of them at the administration and the way Hospitals filling up with Coast least, lined up to have this picture made at some unidentified port of doing things in our Marine Guard and postal clerks, etc. Hospitals — little petty, insignifi­ Your reporter took this ques­ by some unidentified photographer. It was sent in by some uniden­ cant annoyances which could be tion up with the Director of Spe­ tified Seafarer. Left to right, standing, are: Wehunt, AB: Miller, eliminated in ten minutes by the cial Sei*vices of the SIU—Brother OS; Anderson, AB; Dalia, OS; Pasinosky, Bosun; Paulsen, Deck application of a little common Joe Volpian—as to the policy of Maintenance; Ramies, AB; W. Gonzalez, Deck Delegate. Sitting the Union regarding these Gov­ are Smitty, Mess; A. Tosado, OS; Espinosa, AB; Nicodemo, Stew. sense. Delegate, and P. Carlino, AB. Take the food problem ^t the ernment employees. Brother Volpian said that the Staten Island Hospital, discussed in these columns several weeks Marine Hospitals is under the HERE'S BROTHER ago by Brother Bause. Since that U. 8. Public Health Service as ANTiNOUS TOOK authorized by Congress and that time the food has improved more WHO IS REALLY REAL JOB ACTION than 500 per cent. Yet by just a GIVING UP SEA AND IT WORKED little application of the old rule of common sense it could still be Dear Editor: Dear Editor: improved some. The militant crew of the SS Say how's about installing a Antinous took job action in Phil­ full book member on your mail­ One thing that could be applied adelphia to get rid of the Fii-st ing list. After going to sea for to improve the food situation, Assistant. We were aided by the past seven years have at long would be a closer supervision of Blackie Cardullo -who represent­ last saved enough of my pay the galley and increase in the manning and pay scales of the ed us in real Union style. (which the shipowners will be Marine Hospital's Stewards De­ The First thought our Union sorry to learn) to enter a small partment. (If they was a joke, but he found out dif­ business for myself. find this out they will want to ferently. He made several cracks ADMITTANCE to the Philadelphia Pgitrolman to cut the seamens pay instead of a The system of admittance is the effect that he would take his measly 15 per raise.) It took a another beef that you hear from orders from the company. He lot of saving and missing of good this service is instructed to give seamen all of the time. When a was going to run things his own liberty ports throughout this medical and hospital aid to per­ seaman gets into a condition way and said that if the Union world. You know what I mean. sons holding certain Civil Seiwice where he has to be admitted to was going to tell him what to do So my book is paid up in full, jobs. the Marine Hospital, he has a and I shall try this shoreside life he would get off the ship. UNION BACKS IT sense of dread—he thinks of the Right then and there, the ac­ for a while. But as you can see long dreary hours of waiting and He said that the policy of this tion was taken. The whole crew from the address I'm not too faxwaiting, while young bureaucrats Union was not to prohibit any walked off. away from the smell of salt air. buzz around and ignore his pain person from receiving medical Then off went the First As­ But it will help and keep me in­ and misery, doing seemingly no­ aid rightfully entitled to it or to sistant. Back to the ship went formed on the ways of my first thing except giggling and ogling prevent them from using the Ma­ the crew. This is the SIU way love, who said "there may be the pretty nurses that pass in rine Hospitals .so long that giv­ of taking job action. other loves, but your first will and out. ing such services did not exclude John Marciano always be the best remembered," which I'm finding to be all too - We will admit that emergency merchant seamen. cases, where a man is about.to true. So help me along with the Our Marine Hospitals are staff­ pass on to the happy hunting ed with the most skillful and BUNKER LIKES paper each issue. And the very grounds right quick, are taken highly trained doctors and nurses RECENT EDITION best to all the Brothers in OUR care of immediately. But the av­ in the world. They have access fight with the mutual enemy, OF LOG, PICTURES erage seaman who is able to nav­ to every kind of instrument and "the shipownei-s." igate himself out to the hospital drug. The fault of the Marine Dear Editor: Clifford Albert Renlz is going to drop anchor a long Hospitals does not lie with them, I have just received and fin­ Book No. 68, Pac. Dist. time befox-e he is finally admitted. it lies with the political nincom­ ished going through the latest It would be no trouble at all to poops who are appointed by the edition of the Seafarers Log. It's SICK BROTHERS improve the system of admit­ powers that be, that dish out the good. I think it's one of the news­ GIVE THANKS FOR tance to our Marine Hospitals, funds for their operations. The iest issues I have ever seen. situation will only be remedied simply by designating a doctor That spread of pictures on the SMOKE DONATION or interne to make an immediate when the seamen themselves put Aiken were swell. If you could inquity upon the entrance of ev­ up a squawk that can be heard send me the one of the schooner Dear Editor: ery prospective patient, as to down on "Circus Hill" (Washing­ framed in the lifeboat gear, I We, the undersigned, wish to whether he is in pain and needs ton) where the clowns that are could probably use it with my thank the Brothers for the kind immediate attention and the elim­ performing under the guise of Saturday ishipping column. donation of $10.00 which we ination of so much paper work being Congressmen become fear­ I'll stop by for a cup of jamoke have received. It sure came in (red tape). The idea is, when a ful of losing their well paid jobs. with you the next time I get mighty handy to us brothers man is sick, get him to bed- Then and only then will there down. whose sick benefits have expir­ anyone with the brains of a ten be major changes—ROPEYARN. ed and are bed patients with no John Bunker. year old kid can fill out forms incomes. anytime. Even if a guy kicks off We also wish that our Broth­ SEA DAWN about all a doctor has to do is to ers, when they take a ship, would fill out a death certificate. By JOSEPH F. FERREN post a notice in the messroom telling all our more fortunate The prying fingers of the day send shadows io and fro; 'LOG ACTION' members to remember their The night, reluctant with its stay—reluctant still must go. The question has been posed Brothers who are down with T.B. Another day's begun. many times by our membership at Neponset Marine Hospital. —what can the SIU do about this Around the edges of the world Thanking you all again and— appalling situation. The fact of The flags of light are now unfurled— smooth sailing! the matter is this: The SIU has Behold the rising sun! James Campbell no contract with the Marine Hos­ Joseph Spaulding pitals and hence is in no position Across the sky's unending space. Harry Edwards to use "job action". However, the She struts the glamor of her face membership may rest assured that the columns of the Seafar­ er's Log is going to continue to comment upon any conditions af­ And looks not back to scan Beyond the fringes of her light The still pursuing, stubborn night Fall on another land. Make isthniaii SIU! Merchant ships are old to the sea And old to the ports of the land; Ours was a calling of commerce Long before navies were plan­ ned. Then came the wars: The watch was long; Constructive sailings halted. But still to us it was daily work; We didn't look to be exalted. A consolation we knew as we stood the long watch: That the day was bound to be When naval ships would be obsolete And forever removed from the sea. The storm is over, the sea is calm; The final peace is made; Godspeed to the ship as she makes her way On the voyage of peaceful trade. » t t A Union Poem By B. H. LOWDERBACK How we do love the SIU. Few words exist to express For you are foremost in members' thoughts And our thoughts shall ne'er grow less. So let our Union grow just as strong As the love of God so great And praise the name of the SIU And its members, true and straight. DEAR BROTHERS: WHY DON'T YOU WRITE THE LOG Here's a chance to do a little loggin' of your own, only no­ body is going to get hurt by if. In fact, the 62,000 Seafarers and countless other readers who read these pages every week will probably eat it up. They want to know what you and your shipmates are doing, thinking and saying. Pictures, poems, stories, let­ ters make good Log material. Ideas for Union action, or trouble-saving tips for your Brothers—send 'em in. No matter how often it is said. Seafarers and ships— where they go, and what they do, their laughs and tjieir beefs —are news. So, whaddya say? Let's Log iti /' �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 12, 1946 Page Thirteen Brothers Asked To Remember Experiences With Coast Guard And Write Congressmen Dear Editor: Did you hear that—We are about to Saddled with the COAST GUARD for LIFE. This is about the worst thing that could possibly happen to a bonafide .seaman and brother if you have been to sea for just one trip—you are a bonafide sea­ man. Before the war our license and certificating was done under the United States Dept. of Com­ merce, Bureau of Marine Inspection and Naviga­ tion. We had real Inspectors to examine us for our various grades of endorsements. They were kind and congenial. These men knew what the score was aboard •our merchant ships, because they themselves at one time on another sailed as licensed or certificated men, later advanced to the honor of being the examining inspector. Only this type of man could give us an intelligent examination for our advancement. And only he, would be able to determine whether or not we have shown enough knowledge to gain the en­ dorsement we have applied for. Have you ever tried for an upgrade in New York? Try it sometime, and you are liable to be examined by a well decorated and abusive Chief Bosun's Mate, for a BLACK GANG RATING. You may answer all of the questions and show a good all round knowledge of the plant, necessary to cover that rating you have applied for. But this guy will have his own ideas aoout that plant which he has probably never seen or learned anything constructive about about. And just because you are a seaman (of the merchant type) he will be bilge you. Saying you don't know enough and should go to school. Meaning of course the Maritime Service school. This is located out at Sh— Head Bay. This means that they back up the fink joint there and. Brother, if you are dumb enough to go out to that concen­ tration camp—May God Help You. This Coast Guai'd was made Uncle Sam's star bureaucrat at the beginning of the war and as of that date they got away with some of the dirtiest deals imaginable against the seaman. Any oldtimer will tell you about the kangaroo court af­ fair the Coast Guard held. Lord they must have made our past shipmates turn over in their graves and scream. Your Union had to fight like hell to save some of us and believe me brother without the representation we had, we would be driven so crazy, we would all be up coconut trees, throwing coconuts at each other. Who brought about that phony physical exam, we were all subjected to before we were allowed to board a ship? Do you recall the kid pharmacist mates that did the examining of your frame work? Remember the long hours you waited, to go through and abuse you had to take going through. Remember all those unnecessary shots you had to take. And most of all, the more unfortunate guys, that these quacks found something wrong •with. Near-ly all of them had been going to sea for years and were turned down for some little thing like wearing glasses. Well, they had to go through a whole lot more hell than you^an imagine, they were coming back to our various halls in droves, for advice and representation. Sure they eventually got through after several days and a lot of hard work for our able officials. Most of these men needed jobs bad and wound up busted before they could get aboard ship. For the sake of our past shipmates and our future—LETS ALL GET TOGETHER—against the Coast Guard in the merchant marine and run them back to their little pigie boats and beach combing. If we don't they will be on our necks like so many crabs or scabies and I'"'OR LIFE. Get yourself a piece of paper and write out a telegram to your Congressman and Senator op­ posing the idea of turning the Merchant Marine over to the Coast Guard or the WSA in its en­ tirety. Any official at your hall would word it for you. Then see to i. that your buddy does the same, and tl you have ever sUfiered any raw deals with the Coast Guard, USMS or WSA and RMO see to it that all of your shipmates know about that deal. NOW is the time to smoke them buzzards out and lower the boom on them. Our well and able Secy-Treas. Mr. John Hawk has let the House of Representatives Committee understand BROTHER WANTS TO KNOW: 'WHY ALL THE SECRECY?' Why don't our contracted steamship companies cooperate with our dispatchers by giving more particulars about the ships for which they are ordering crews? On ships marked "Unassigned" half the time you can get the destination by simply calling the company olficc-. It's wasting the lime of the dis­ patchers, not to mention shoe leather of the men dispatched, going out to the ship just to find out where she's going. The war is over. Why the secrecy? Five to one if these companies want the crews bad enough iney will find walys and means to supply this information. How about serving notice to them, all and sundry, that only companies cooperating with us to that extent can expect lo get prompt and satisfactory service. The others will have to take pot luck. Carl CaneL No. 70006 'TAIN'T SECRECY, BROTHER: COMPANIES USUALLY DON'T KNOW that we will entertain no notions of having the Coast Guard on our necks for life. Now its up to us to cinch and close the deal, by letting them hear "directly" from each and every one of us. There is only a few days left SO GET ON THE BALL. While I am sounding off I'd like to wise you guys up on that Sh— Head Bay Upgrade School and QMED training as well as the deck training. You wiU find that if we can get the USMS out of the FINK business, we will be much better off. Take a look around your hall, then the shipping board and notice the number of ships due and operating. Then ask yourself: DO WE NEED TRAINEES? The answer is definitely not. And your taxes are going to remain high, just as long as the appropriation goes through for that pur­ pose. Before the war, when the training idea first came into effect our union opposed it. In fact many of us spent long hours on the picket line, pacing up and down in front of the recruiting places for these trainees. But our Union was still a baby then and we were fighting politics of the shipowner type. Nothing came of this because the war came about that time. And now that the war is over I would like my name to go on record as opposing the training program of the War Shipping Administration and every­ thing else that office is concerned with. They are all breeding places for finks and strike­ breakers. Run them out along with the Coast Guard and may God give us peace and tran­ quility as long as we sail. Chas. E. Bums We did a little checking on this. Brother, and the answer, though negative from your standpoint, isn't shipping com­ panies' soft soap. It is just a fact that when we get a ship on the board marked "unassigned" the shipping company doesn't know ivhere the hell she's going. Later on, cifter the WSA assigns her, they do know, and that's how you're able to find out when you call. Sure, the war's over, and there's no occasion for secrecy, byt the shipping picture is constantly changing, so that even the WSA can't tell ahead of time where it will assign a ship. Once all ships are free of Government control and back on their regular runs, you can be sure that destinations will be posted on the board. CUT and RUN (Cotit'nuced from Page 11) Blackie Cardullo, our acdPPhilly correspondent, waves his ears in the wind and comes up with the following secret info: The good old summertime is here and that is an excuse for the boys to wear their new togs. We saw Red Healy wearing a new racetrack-striped suit. He is rapidly becoming the Casanova of Seventh and Markets Streets . . . Jimmy Judge has been picking a lot of good ones and we wish that he would let us in on a winner —we could sure use one ... P. Stilley is another oldtimer who is getting ready to go back to sea. Or is he being forced back on ac­ count of the rings he sells turning green. S> i- i t Broiher Reedy is waiting for a stewards' job. The boat he » snips out on will be in luck for he is one of the best around. We wonder if he will make good his threat to make mess boys out of Jimmy Judge and Red Healy . . . Walt Gardner and Charley Wenskie seem to be spending a lot of time in Soma's. What is the attraction, the food or the two new waitresses? Oh, well, maybe with all these romances, someone will get mar­ ried and we can all celebrate. i. J. 4. Most of the boys down here are interested in Frenchy Michelet's crab canning business, but we wonder what J. P. Shuler will start canning now . . . Here is one for the book. Last week some fink called up the Union Hall and asked for the telephone number of the non-union shipping hall as he was a non-union seaman . . : It takes all kinds to make up the world, even finks and scabs. Rationing Of Stores On Long Trips Is Unfair To Seamen, Brother Contends So long as the WSA has this authority it is just another way Do we or don't we have ration­ of rationing. ing on ships? This is the ques­ Many ships of the two major tion. About a year ago I heard maritime unions have left Amer­ an official of the Union state at ican ports on voyages that lasted one of our meetings that there is for six months and over with no rationing for ships. This is only 60 to 90 days' supplies. The certainly in conflict with the ac­ fact that ships get supplies in tual facts of the case. A ship foreign ports is no solution to getting ready for a voyage, signs this problem. The supplies in a year's articles, and has its these foreign ports are limited stores put on by the WSA. The and inferior and are a source of WSA determines the stores and graft between the Captain and the number of days they are to the ship chandler. last regardless of how long the This all adds up to the fact voyage is to be. Anyone wishing to check on this a.s the writer that the seamen are made to suf­ has done will find this to be the fer from this setup. It is natural­ ly the duty of all Union men case. Dear Editor; n when they go aboard a ship to see that they get what they are entitled to but, if they are kept ignorant on the duration of the voyage, how are they to know whether a ship has enough stew­ ard stores and slop chest to last out the voyage. In the light of this situation it seems the remedy rests with the officials of the union once it is brought to their attention. This situation of sending out ships with limited supplies leads to many blind alley beefs where blame is placed on the wrong shoulders, usually the Steward's. I am not sticking up for the Stewards Department, and I am of that department, but I've seen where members have accused the Steward of not having this or that when the supplies of the ship were definitely prescribed by the WSA. As one who has had the experience of being on a ship that was short on supplies for seven months I wish to bring this to the attention of the Union as a whole so that it can be dealt with at its proper source. As to suggestions to deal with this problem I take a stand that we should do away with all ra­ tioning on ships, to do away with the WSA authority to supply ships, and to compel every ship signing a year's articles to carry at least six months' stores of those that will not spoil, and six months slop chest supplies. Let's be definite on whether seamen are to be rationed or not. W. J. Bradr �•JSPP?:"-: Friday, July 12, 194S Page Fourteen ISTHMIAN SHIP ORGANIZERS CIO Packinghouse Strikers Hail SlU Support As Example To Labor Seafarers solidarity and coop­ house workers were informed Dear Mr. Hawk: eration with other sections of the that they would not be paid by - Please accept our deep appre­ labor movement was once again the compai// for their lunch ciation for the splendid coopera­ shown in the support given by time. This brought to a head the tion you and your members have the crew of the Alcoa IVTaster to Union's accumulated beefs and given our members in Carteret, the striking members of the list of contract demands, and the New Jersey. As a result of your United Packinghouse Workers, men decided that they might as cooperation, you have helped well strike to force the company tighten the lines of our strikers CIO. to settle the grievances and ne­ and build their morale. In a letter from Meyer Stern, gotiate the conlraul demands. So, Your actions are a lesson in director of District 6, UPWA, the leaving the Alcoa Master with labor unity that each of us is SIU action was hailed as "a les­ only 700 tons of her cargo un­ learning very fast. In these days, son in labor unity that each of us loaded, the woi'kers immediate­ when labor hn.s to fight nvory part is learning very fnst." ly sti uck. of the way in order to maintain The letter also states that, "As Deciding that it was a legiti­ a decent standard of living, we a result of your cooperation, you mate strike, the SIU members can succeed only by cooperating have helped tighten the lines of of the Alcoa ship agreed to honor with each other. our strikers and build their mo­ the UPWA picket line, and other­ rale." Here is what the solid SIU Let me assure you that it will wise support their stidke. In ad­ crew did to merit such warm be a real pleasure should the oc­ dition, crewmembers of the praise: Master saw that the pickets re­ casion ever arise to reciprocate. Carrying a cargo of phosphate ceived coffee, douglinuts and We congratulate you upon your rock from Florida to Carteret, sandwiches. They also visited a spirit of solidarity and we shall N. J., the Alcoa Master ran into couple of UPWA strike meetings make that spirit known to all the These three volunteer organizers aboard the Cape Catoche CIO unions in this country. a strike shortly after docking at pledging aid. have done a good job of lining up their ship for the SIU. They the. Jersey port on June 5th. In­ Fraternally yours, are: T. W. Call, Bosun, (left). Chief Steward John Aydlette (cen­ When the Alcoa SS Company volved in the strike were em­ MEYER E. STERN, ter), and Eric Upchurch who occasionally writes some zany tried to have the Master moved ployees of the American Agricul­ District Director. articles for the LOG. to another port for unloading tural Chemical Company, organ­ purposes, the SIU crew declined ized into Local 246, United Pack­ to move her. However, they re­ inghouse Workers of Americamained aboard so that the com­ ClO. pany could not try to have a scab These CIO workers—approxi­ crew move the ship. mately 100 wero involved—were Despite continuing Alcoa pres­ sent home after five hours of sure, the SIU crew is holding tight work, because the Alcoa Master in supporting the striking Pack­ didn't dock on time. They were inghouse Workers Union. Cer­ instructed to report for work at tainly, this crew of Seafarers de­ midnight, and be prepared to serves a real hand for proving work 12 hours unloading the ship. again that the SIU always sup­ It was agreed by the company that the men would have time ports strikers in their legitimate off for lunch at 6:00 a. m., and demands against the bosses. The text of the letter addressed that they would be paid for that to Secretary-Treasurer John time by the company. sinter, $2.00; C. A. Coat, $2.00; Paul SS CLAYMONT VICTORY PHILADELPHIA After working the required Hawk from the CIO union fol­ C. A. Cavallo, $1.00; G. F. Camp, Waldon, $3.00; Horcen, $2.00; La Petak, $2.00. Total—$26.00. number of hours, the packing­ lows: $1.00; C. Allen, $1.00; W. C. I logantorre, $16.00; C. Barb, $2.00; O. Field­ HOUSTON Isthmian Sea Lynx Reports Again, And This Time It's From Manila Latest report from James M. "Red" Fisher, volunteer organ­ izer aboard the Isthmian Lines ship Sea Lynx, reached the Log from Manila recently, and Red reported fairly smooth sailing aboard that ship. Aside from signing up a couple of new members in Manila, the NMU has made little progress on the Lynx, and by the time she returns to this country to vote the Seafarers should have a sub­ stantial majority of the crew signed up for the SIU. The Sea Lynx is one of 12 Isth­ mian ships which haven't as yet voted, but will upon their return to U. S. shores. In fact, there is a slight possibility that she will be voted in Honolulu in the event that she is unable to return be­ fore the election deadline. While at Manila, crewmembers of the Lynx visited back and forth with the men from other Isthmian ships in that port. Both the Bells of the Seas and Steel Ranger were docked nearby, and numerous Isthmian men had an opportunity to exchange notes and compare conditions between various ships. Red wrote, "We are expecting to go to Davao, P.L. and then to Honolulu. If we go that route, there is a strong possibility that, the Sea Lynx might be balloted in that port rather tha»i wait un­ til arrival in-the U. S." Accordicng to Fisher, "Having just come back from visiting the Steel Ranger and speaking to Deck Engineer Doty as well as several other crev/members I found out that the Ranger is largely for the Seafarers. They should vote better than 75 per­ cent for the SIU, when they re­ cord their choice of a Union to represent them in collective bar­ gaining with the Isthmian Lines. ing, $1.00; A. Dziendzielewsa, $2.00; R. A, R. Roska, $2.00; A. P. Day, $2.00; Nagle, $5.00; C. J. H. Adams, $1.00; P. W. Driggers, $1.00; A. E. Taylor, Paul Stilley, $3.00. Total—$35.00. $2.00; v. S. Riddle, $2.00; C. C. Hunt­ NORFOLK er. $1.00; E. L. Gartman, $2.00; C. I. W. S. Watkins, $2.00; K. H. Price, Wiley, $2.00; J. S. Thompson, $2.00; E. $2.00; C. W. Sandersok, $2.00; E. L. L. Koranek, $1.00; J. Jimenez, $1.00; Cope, $2.00; R. L. Stephenson, $2.00; W. F. Parker, $1.00; J. Rankin, $1.00; T. W. Burnette, $2.00; M. L. Owen, Napoleon Clark, $2.00; I. McCants, $2.00; S. D. Midgett, $2.00; C. Story, $2.00; M. R. Mills, $2.00; C. Dollar, $2.00; J. L. Hodges, $2.00; J. P. Mc­ $2.00; C. Brown, $2.00; B. W. Moore, Coy, $2.00; D. Patterson, $2.00; H. Getz, $2.00; T. Clavell, $2.00; O. R. Richard­ $2.00; R. L. Williams, $2.00; J. W. son. $2.00; J. Hall, $2.00; R. Rousseau, Phipps, $2.00; D. Smith, $2.00; C. O, $1.00; C. E. Grantham, $1.00; Earl Saunders, $2.00; J. Anderson, $2.00; Sheffield, $5.00; Harvey Rock, $5.00; D. J. Brescia, $2.00. Total—$38.00. F. Barlizo. $5.00; F. Unkoltz, $1.00; V, W. Bryant, $1.00; B. J. Harris, $1.00; GALVESTON L. C. Harper, $5.00; E. G. Averson, T. Gonzalez, $1.00; N. N. Denton, $1.00; $2.00; G. Killgrove, $5.00; C. G. Ferriss, J. W. Marrs. $1.00; J. E, Lee, $1.00; C. $1.00; S.. H. Fulford. $2.00; W. W. D. Low. $1.00; J. M. Skinner, $2.00; A. Christian, $2.00; J. A. Hammond, $5.00; F. Nottage, $1.00; C. C. Richardson, T. L. McCullott, $2.00; N. J. W. Ren- $2.00; J. D. Denaon. $1.00; J. H. Rlaninger, $3.00; A. O. Nail, $5.00; W. H. famme, $2.00; R. P. Penson, $2.00; D. Hamby, $5.00; A. Sawyer. $5.00; T. M. J. Lebianc, $2.00; J. Upchurch, $1.00; Holcombe, $4.00; J. R. Davis, $5.00; F. A. Kokowski, $1.00; J. Randazzo, $1.00; J. Yowirians, $5.00; C. S. Carper, $2.00; R. S. Russak, $1.00; W. H. Nunn, $'l.OO; G. Swenson, $5.00; J. D. Saxon, $5.00; L. L. Sagaria, $1.00; W. R. Holloway, W. E. Griffin, $5.00; M. A. Havens, $1.00; E. L. Knowles, $1.00; A. Step$5.00; A. D. Henderson, $2.00; G. Mes- anian, $1.00; A. Sebastiano, $1.00; J. M. Morris, $1.00; R. Romanick, $1.00; sarifts, $5.00. Tptal—.$85.00. T. E. DeMontel, $1.00; S. R. Jones, E. E. Howarth, $1.00; J. T. Rentz, $1.00; $2.00; P. M. Goldrich, $5.00; J. E. E. S. Lema, $1.00; E. JsCitts, Jr., $1.00; Naylor, $5.00; J. F. Socokac, $1.00; C. E. Flanders, $1.00; R. J. Honey, L. E. Walker, $2.00; C. O. Gross, $2.00; $1.00. Total—$93.00. NEED MANILA HALL "We should open a hall in Wm. Newland, $2.00; S. Karlson, $2.00; Manila," declared Red, "as there M. J. Mundine, $5.00; D. M. Lively, $2.00; John A. Tonazzi, $3.00. Total— is a real need for an SIU Hall in $117.00. this port. It's impossible to get BALTIMORE any Logs at the USS in Manila, A. Lorier, $2.50; R. Ferron, $2.50; A. as the NMU has complete use of Balchus, $1.00; C. Borman, $1.00; R. W. their facilities, and apparently Gaither, $2.00; T. Cumberland, $2.00; tosses away the Logs which are E, Brocedes, $5.00; E. Sauer, $2.00; J. -sent there." the Seas included a postscript in Concluded Fisher, "1 have all Fisher's letter. He stated, "After the faith in the world that the 1 wrote my last letter, I came SIU will be the overwhelming aboard the Sea Lynx to see Red choice of Isthmian seamen in the Fisher and some of the boys BELLE FOR SIU election to select a Union bar­ whom I knew. They're doing a The Second Electrician from gaining agent. When the last few good job on the Lynx. And I the Belle of the Seas was one of .ships have voted, and the ballots want to add my support to Red's the visitors who came aboard the are counted, then our efforts in suggestion that we open an SIU Lynx. According to him, the organizing this last great unor­ Hall in Manila. We need it to Belle is lining up fairly solid for ganized cargo carrier—Isthmian carry on the swell job that the the SIU, and with few exceptions Lines—will be fully rewarded, Seafarers members are doing, es­ the entire crew is pro-Seafarers. and Isthmian men will reap the pecially as a contact place in the That's the way the vast majority reward in better wages, shipping Far East nvhere we can secure of Isthmian ships are lining up— and living conditions." Logs and current SIU material, for the SIU! I Ben Taflewitz of the Belle of' and service our membership.". NEW YORK SS R. FETCHNER E. Savastani, $3.00; A. M. Weems. $2.00; J. M. Coonce, $2.00; H. C. Ber­ nard, $2.00; D. F. McDonald, $1.00; R. B. McDonald, $2.00; A. C. Parker, $2.00; W. E. Sullivan, $4.00. Total— $18.00. SS FALLEN TIMBERS P. J. White, $5.00; D. F. Wilson, $1.00; J. Kerrigan, $2.00; G. Noonan, $1.00; Fred Lane, $3.00; J. Bolz—Crew of SS Fallen Timbers, $11.50. Total— camp, $1.00; S. DeMarche, $1.00; J. M. Schierenbeck, $1.00; M. Ochs, $1.00; P. Winisnczyk, $1.00; A. Caricllo, $1.00; E. Gatmaitan, $1.00; J. J. Nagler, $1.00; B. Viano, $1.00; V. Romolo, $1.00; D. L. Trickle, $1.00; J. Torres, $1.00; J. J. Newcomb, $1.00; R. J. Yatty, $1.00; P. Squicciarini, $1.00; W. J. Newhoff, $1.00; J. L. Swawn, $2.00; E. Pf;ommer, $1.00; S. A. Weiss, $1.00; O. M. Martinson, $1.00; F, Paul, $1.00; J. E. Teehan, $1.00; Otto Sarkan, $_L00; C. Dobrovolsky, $1.00; H. R. Yate^ $1.00: T. J. Rezevete, $1.00; J. Zahil, $1.00; T. Wohilled, $1.00; J. F. Whitehouse, $1.00; J. E. Barringer, $2.00; I. H. French, $1.00; Harold S. Irwin, $1.00; J. Lukas, $1.00; S. Zavadcson, $1.00; W. T. Ashmore, $1.00; M. G. Whale, $1.00; F, T. Moore, $1.00; S. Maggin, $1.00; D, Wagner, $1.00; L. D. Rollock, $1.00; R. Price, $1.00; J. Toro, $1,00; J. A, Rosa, $1,00; M. Cordova, $1.00; E. A. Bishop, $1.00; N. M. Nomlcos, $2.00. Total—$52.00. SS EMERSON C. Barker, $2.00; W. McDonald, $1.00; B. Wigfall, $2J)0; D. Warters, $2.00; W. Edwards, $2.00. Total—$9.00. SS CAPE FORDA G. Rivera, $2.00. Total—$2.00. SS CECIL BEAN Henry Patton, $2.00; SS Cecil Bean, $28.00. Total—$30.00. SS B. RODMAN ^ Ossie D. Drawdy, $1.00; B. Kulikowski, $1.00; George A. Thompson, $1.00; Donald G. Snive, $1.00; Howard E. Rice, $2.00; Charles Kull, $1.00; D. Markell, $1.00; C. R. Begley, $1.00; J. F. Bergstrom, $2.50; Juan Mariano, $1.00; W. Smolinski, $1.00; G. Owens, $1.00; V. Makko, $1.00; R. Thompson, $2.00; R. Roales, $3.00; E. Stockman, $2.00; D. Boyne, $2.00; V. DeTomasso, $2.00; F. Johnson, $2.00. Total—$28.50. $23.50. SS R. JONES S3 COASTAL LIBEJtATOR E, Malstrom, '$1.00; F. X. Keelan, J. Burke, $1.00; M. Joao, $1.00; B. Stalsworth, $1.00; G. Bareford, $2.00; $2.00; Thomas Byrnes, $2.00; George W. Roberts, $1.00; J. Dale, $1.00; F. Marcia, $1.00. Total—$6.00. Nowakowski, $1.00; E. C. Kroll, $2,00; SS PICKENS A. B, Bryan, $2.00, Total—$12.00. A. Simmons, $1.00; P. Bron, $1.00; P. L. Shanger, $2.00; B. Rebolledo, SS AIKEN VICTORY H. C. McClain, $1.00; C. Osinski— $3.00; R. H. Drake, $2.00; F. Cessario, Crew of SS Aiken Victory, $6.00; A, G. $10.00; E. B. Jensen, $2.00; G. E. DeMazzone, $2.00; J. Korosac, $1.00; J. Greve, $2.00; R. C. Cavender, $3.00; L. F. Glnvitch, $1.00; L. W. Brickman, Schulte, $1.00; C. X. J. Majewski, $4.00; $1.00; P. J. Jablonski, $1.00; H. L. H. Carbone, $1.00; E. J. Rondn, $1,00; Drung. $1.00; U. R. Wiitainoja, $1.00; C. W. Price, $2.00; E. Huff, $2.00; H. C. William J, Moise, $1.00;' D. A. Scripa, Callahan, $2.00; P. R. Eastman, $2.00; E. Gross, $2.00. Total—$43.00. $4.00. Total—$20.00. �v>>; r Friday, July 12, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOC Page Fifteen BIIUJETIPT^ Unclaimed Wages Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc. Gilligus, Churchill E 12.88 Gilligus, Churchil Ed 103.12 Gillis, Leo 1.84 NEW YORK SI Beaver St. HAnover Z-27B4 Gillis, W. H 2.00 BOSTON . .• 330 Atlantic Ave. Gilmore, Steven L 2.25 Libertjr 4057 .... 14 North Gay St, , .33 Girhesko, Matthew . This list comprises unclaimed wages as of December 31, 1945, some of BALTIMORE Calvert 4539 98.75 Giordano, GUiseppe PHILADELPHIA » South 7th St. which may have already been paid. If you still have a claim, write to Mis­ Phone Lombard 7651 GioretU, Louis A. 5.15 127-129 Bank Street 6.20 sissippi Shipping Company, 339 Chartres St., New Orleans, La., enclosing NORFOLK Girnuis, M 4-1DS3 7.44 Gil^son, Michael .. CHARLESTON 68 Society St. your z-number, social security number, date and place of birth and present Phone 3-3680 1.42 Gjerpen, Kaau A. NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. Gladin, James F 8.26 address. Canal 3330 5.92 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Glad.stone, John E 3-1728 .74 Gomes, R, J. Gloason, John J 3.00 Hall, Gone V. . 3.77 MOBILE .45 j Han.sen, Au.sten 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 8.02 Gomez. Aurelio Gleghorn, James T 64.00 4.18 Hall, John O. . 4.94. Hansen. A. H 45 POBce de Leon Glioschc, Julius 6.93 Gonzales, Alphonso 5.92 SAN JUAN, P. R .89 Hansen. Erling A 10.52 Hall. Lawrence J. San Juan 2-5990 Gliggni, H 4.50 Gonzales, Antonio ... .89 Hansen, Harold J 1.91 GALVESTON 3.03 Hall. Mason 305 V, 22nd St. 2-8448 Glover. Joseph B 53.86 Gonzales, George W. 41.35 1.98; Hansen, Helger 2.82 Hall, Nimrod J. TAMPA 1809-1811 Franklin St. Gluck, Murry B .41 Gonzales R 19.28 .45 Hall, Robert A. . .69 1 Hansen^ John W M-1323 920 Main St. Graham, James F 4.90 Gonzales, S. M 27.97 JACKSONVILLE .01 Hansen, Joseph Le Roy 3.33 Hall, Sam P Phone 5-5919 Graham, James J 1.48 Gonzales, Wm 9.40 Hansen, E. B .14 PORT ARTHUR 2.23 Halle John F. . 445 Austin Ave. Phoiie: 28532 Grajalis, Eladia 59 Goodncr, Leon P. 1.42 j Hanson, Carl B. D. 1.32 .71 Hallcbough, Charles HOUSTON 7137 Navigation Blvd. Grenade, Louis 52.44 Goodrich, Matthew J 3.65 Hanson. C. B 8.21 Halleran, John A Phone Wentworth 3-3809 Grande. J. D 4.26 Goodwin, Esker M. Jr 1.27 RICHMOND, Calif 1.63 Hanson, Nikolai M. 257 5th St. 115.59 Hallett, Walter B. .. 59 Clay St. Gi'ani, Oliver P 14.74 p 8.81 SAN FRANCISCO 3.76 Hallman, Hugh R. .. 7.90 Hanson, Roger M. Garfield 8225 1.42 I Hardeman. Earl T. .. Grant, Donald Lamb 3.96. Qoodwin, William R. Jr., 1.58 SEATTLE 4.13 Hals, Johannes 86 Seneca St. Main 0290 Grant, John 3.62 Gordins, Marino 29.00 Hardeman, Stanford 9.90 3.22 Halsey, G. K PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. Grantham, Carl E 69 Gordon, Brownley C 1.78 Hardgrove. Lloyd H. 5.79 WILMINGTON 24.79 Halstead, Chas. F 440 Avalon Blvd. Grauer, Alan M 89 Gordon, Robert E .59 Hardy, Bob J Terminal 4-3131 8.26 44.88 Ham, Alvin M 16 Merchant St. 3.63 HONOLULU Graves, John T .35 Gordon, S. B 1.75 Hamby, Clyde 8.77 Hardy, John E 10 Exchange St. 1.79 BUFFALO Graves, W 2.25 Gorgai, John 2.23 Hamby, David M 34 Hardy, Merwyn C. Cleveland 7391 Hare, Fix'derick P. 4.78 CHICAGO Gray, Edward C 1.24 Gorham, Arthur J 7.09 Hames, Joseph H. Jr., 2.64 24 W. Superior Ave. Superior 5175 30.11 Gray, Gljidstonc J 198 Goriup, Erminio 94 Hare, J 1.82 Hamilton, B CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. 2.25 Gray, Gordon H 12.37 Gosselin, Louis C Main 0147 1.65 Hamilton, Harry A 1.48 Harkens, Paul .. DETROIT 1038 Third St. Harm, M 11.25 Gray, Homer W 9.90 Gottshall, Robert M Hamilton, Harvey D 1.48 7.42 Cadillac 6857 .43 DULUTH Gray, Jackson D 50.97 Gould, Thomas E 14.93 Hamilton, Paul E 1.48 Harmmand, J. J. 531 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 33.00 Gray, John V 33.47 Goulden, Bernard 4.50 Harmon, Arlhie 117.50 Hamilton, Ray 18.03 CORPUS CHRISTI 1824 N. Mesquite St. Gray. Lawrence 1.46 Gourdain, L 16.32 Hamm, C 35.53 Harmon, Daniel J VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. 7.60 VANCOUVER 1.42 Harrell, James M Gray. T 1.19 Gouen, Louis 2.47 Hamm, Frederick J. 144 W. Hastings St. 20.00 41.00 Harrell, Paul Grayson, Alvin J 11.75 Grabasik, Marion 63 Hammett, F. A. .. 7.11 4.13 Harrigan, Milton J Greaer, Edmond G 2.23 Grabbe, Maurice R 8.91 Hamot, Eugenicd, J. 2.25 3.33 Hatton. L. A 5.10 Harris, C. H 163 Grace, James 1.24 Hand, James M. .. Green, Alexander Haukeland, Ingold S 2.67 Harris, Elwyn 2.93 5.49 Grace, Robei't B. Jr., 7.24 .75 Handley, B. F Green, H 45 89 Hauptman, E 6.09 Harris, Howard R 3.12 Hans, John 1.53 Grady, James H. Jr., Green, Oscar Haussell, John C 2.64 Harris, James E 1.48 3.53 1.98 Graham, Austin P. Jr., .... 5.94 Hang, Tam Green, Roy J 89 5.94 Hauler, Dale W 2.64 Guaron, Leo 13.68 Harris, Morgan A 5.00 Hanlon, Edmond F. Green, Vincent P. Harris, M. D 2.25 Hancock, Alfred A 1.69 .89 6.76 Hannah, Chas 73.64 Guerin, J. T Gribin, Morris 3.46 Harris, Robert 11.25 Hawkins, G. R. 9.24 Guidry, Albert R 3.23 Greenbaum, Joseph G 8.03 Harris, Robert S 6.68 Hawkins, John .50 Guill, Chas. M 2.25 Greenlin, C. R 5.25 .79 ! Hawks, D. E. Harris, T 4.27 Guke, D. L 2.:iD Greenlree, C. 5.50 , 5.^9 I Hayden, Dan W. Harris, Theodore F. 4.57 Gulbransen, Thorleif 12.32 Greenway, Kenneth 4.58 10.50, Hayes, Geo. R. 5.16 Gulielt, Flint C 40 * When in New York please Harris, Warren C. Greenwood, Chas. O. . 6.59 2.39 i Haylock." Claude Harris, Walter H. 69.27 Gumren, Ed. Gregory .... 2.77 bring your book lo Headquarters, Green, James M B 52.47 Harrison, Bonnie 2.47 j Haymond, Chas. 8.95 Gundcrson C .45 Sixth Floor. Gregory, Benjamin F. .84 Haynes, C 01 1235 Harrison, Edward 9.60 Gunning, W 25.25 William Blakley Gresham, Robert L. . Ha.vnes, Herbert B 15.34 Harrison, John H 13.11 2944 6.75 E. Judy Grey, Erdmann, W 25.60 Gunuge, Walter 3.94 32.27 Hajmes, Woods M 3419 Hart, Harry 9.26 j Andrew Robbins Griffin, Chas. L 5.37 Gupton, George R Hayta, Lewis 1.37 Hart, James 6.34 Harry Lacy -. 23390 1.34 Griffin, J 8.95 Gurganus, Jay 10.03 - 33.19 Hayton, W. N 30783 Hart, Ralph W. 44.59 James A. Winn Griffin, Ralph 4.55 Gusskie, Alexander Healy, Eugene 6.49 2.89 204 Hart, Robert S. 15.47 J. Guerra Griffith, Cecil R 2.56 Gussies, John H Hcaly. Timothy 24'.98 1.98 30875 Hartenstein, L. L. 1.65 Rex Manley Griffith, Claude G 7.13 Gustin, Joseph 5.15 Harth, R .45 Heard. Fred G George Bates G230 Guthrie, J. P 2.23 Griffith, Phonzo E 12.78 Heard, J 4.21 .69 50052 Hartlej', Jack 16.50 George Nutting Grohmann, Harvy F 6.88 Gutdeg, Calvin Heath, Charles G 22 Hartline, James G. ... 4.95 37452 10.66 John C. Elliott Grondin, Lorenzo J 11.57 Gulzwiller, William A Hebert, W. L 7.50 Hartmann, Walter G. 2.75 720 3.75 Jose Garcia Gronemeyer, Frederick C. 1.34 Gutzwiller, Clyde 3.55 .59 Hedges. Gaines 4041 Hartnctt, Michael J. 4.50 William Jenkins Gi'o.se, Chester G 4.21 Gwathing, G Hedler, Clarence F 25.60 Hartsell, T. E 2.23 26183 2.23 James V. Forden Groth, Carroll Clayton .... 6.20 Gwartney, 1 10.82 10.45 Heider, John F 1679 Hartsuiker, Aveno 16.50 Arthur Mansfield Grout. Quentin N 3.12 Gwiaddrinski, C. F Hcil, Clarence E 59 Harvey, George 4.13 George Vikery 33369 5.16 Grover, Bruce C 59 Gwisdala, Andrew J. Heimbrecht, L. J 6.75 3.17 -. 28702 Hartwig, John E 4.62 Ignacio Montanez Gruckel, J. L 6.75 Gwyn, Robert L Heitmeyer, Henry Donald 9.40 Hartz, J. J 42.00 William Stephens 45929 3.23 Grundmeyer, A 15.33 Gynikisnya, S Helium, Kennth 5.00 2.25 Robert Phillips 37138 Harvath, M Guarascio, J. C 2.25 Helvin, Milton S 2.82 H Harvey, Zol b 3.71 Raleigh Ballard 39691 Godrey, Edmer 14.25 Hemstead, William 7.13 2275 Harzold, Henry Joseph .... 1.48 7.30 Henry Pruitt Godhemmer, C. V 6.75 Haag, John E 19.28 Ha.ssard, Howard Wm. . 2.75 Henderson, Donald A. Jennings 4336 7.50 Haalund, S. R Godin, Robert 59 Henderson, F. W 5.32 4.20 27253 Hassen, A 9.15 Emil Auslad Gogg, Roger A 1.37 Haas, Joseph Jr., Henderson, Gordon B 3.38 3.31 36104 Hatch, Clifford 31.20 Miles McGhee Gogue, L. 0 1-80 Hackney, Warren G Henderson, Leland B 19.28 Hatch, Henry D. 1.72 3112 1,34 Jas. Downie Godsey, Joseph 3.56 Hadley, Norman W. .69 : 21952 Hatcher, John A .01 Hack Oosse, Jr. Godwin, Edw. B 3.23 Hagner, Wm. B. 45522 14.85 J. R. Trawick 2.23 Hahn, Geo. H. .. Godwin, George Ed 31410 .01 James C. Campfield 3.29 Hahn, W. R Godwin, James A 7019 1.48 James A. Frutton 6.91 Hahne, D. A Goes, Dewitt W SS COUNCIL CREST 50112 7.57 Henry Rowe 5.08 Haigh, Dames R. Goelting, Paul K. PETER F. HUME Members of crew of the SS 23518 2.75 Ira Van Wormer 7.65 Haindl, John K. Goff, John Jr., Council Crest who paid off in A letter from your sister, Mrs. John Smith 29933 .69 Goldsborough, John 11.88 Hakos, Alex New York on May 24th, 1946, can Robert J. Sharp, states that your Thomas H. Buban 29437 39.42 Halcomb, L. S. .. Goldsborough. F. S 1.22 42816 Mother passed away on June 30. collect disputed overtime and un­ 3.79 G. F. Clark Goldstein, David 1.98 Halk, Shelton T. Jr., 7573 Burial was on July 2. Mrs. Sharp claimed wages by writing to the^ 10.28 Julio Evans Goldstein, Robert 4.90 Hall, Donald F. G7 would like you to know that the American Pacific Steamship Co.,'" 3.42 Edwin N. Hooke Goldsworth, J. F 18.07 Hall, Edgar A. .. 24616 re.st of the family was at home 265 W. 7th Street, San Pedro, 117.87 Clarence Herman Goldyn, John 1.37 Hall, Edward J Calif. 7537 at that time. 19.65 Paul Arthofer Golen, Alfred J 1.04 Hall, Frank J SiU HALLS NOTICE! PERSOMALS Money Due I- " ; �V . / • ''•-< ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource July 12, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 28 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource OPERATORS END STALLING, TALK TURKEY A STAB IN THE BACK AFL PICKETLINES ANSWER BRIDGES' RAID ON SIU-SUP GIBBONS BEATS STORM, THIEVES IN EXCITING TRIP COAST GUARD BEEF GOES BEFORE SENATE VOTE SIU LEAFLET TELLS SCORE ON CMU RAID SIU ACTION FORCES CHANGES ON FT. WINNEBAGO SIU SEAMEN BURNED BY GAS; DEMAND 100 PERCENT BONUS SIU LEAFLEFT TELLS SCORE ON CMU RAID BRIDGES' RAID TURNS ISTHMIAN MEN TO SIU PICKETLINE PROVES SIU STRONG OUTFIT BIBB CALLED GOOD ISTHMIAN SHIP THE CMU SHOWS ITS COMMIE HAND IN RAIDING MOVE AGAINST SUP ASHTABULA BUSY WITH MIDLAND N.O. HOSPITALIZED GIVE THEIR THANKS CANADIAN SIU REJECTS WEAK WAGE OFFERS ABRIDGED SEAMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS DUE TO HIT HOUSE FLOOR SOON WARTIME BOOSTERS NOW CRITICIZE; SUGGESTION MADE THEY GET FACTS MERCHANT MARINE LAWS ARE CALLED OBSOLETE; SHOULD BE CHANGED NOW HOUSTON HALL MOVES CLOSER TO THE WATERFRONT BOSTON SEAFARERS ORGANIZES EXCURSION BOAT OUTFIT INTO SIU DETROIT SHIPPING ON UPGRADE; MANY BEEFS SETTLED IN BUSY WEEK NEW BOOK CLUB HITS THE SCENE ALCOA PARTNER CREWMEMBERRS ENDORSE MARITIME STRIKE ACTION ISTHMIAN SEAMEN LEARN FROM EXAMPLES; SEAFARERS NOW PLANNING NEW DRIVES MERCHANT MARINE HOSPITALS DO NOT SERVE SEAMEN--OUTSIDERS SEEM TO GET FIRST CALL PORT OF PHILADELPHIA IS HUMMING WITH ACTIVITY; FUTURE LOOKS GOOD NMU LOSES ISTHMIAN, JOE CURRAN ADMITS SHORTAGES HIT SHIPS: BURGESS DIAM'D H. IS PAGING S. HOLMES MARINE HOSPITALS: POLITICAL FOOTBALLS CIO PACKINGHOUSE STRIKERS HAIL SIU SUPPORT AS EXAMPLE TO LABOR ISTHMIAN SEA LYNX REPORTS AGAIN, AND THIS TIME IT'S FROM MANILA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/12/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a1c159900addbcd455bb71d926bd1076.PDF 53c3d917d185ea05d0bf0052d8331c04 PDF Text Text Time For Action AN EDITORIAL For the past couple of weeks, the President of the National Maritime Union has been kicking up a public relations dust storm from which he obviously hopes to emerge as a symbol of unity and stability in the maritime industry. Only a short while before, the NMU President had reached a high-water mark in disruption and irresponsibility in the SS Maximus dispute with the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. The Maximus is a former Grace Line vessel which was manned by the NMU, the Masters, Mates & Pilots and the MEBA. However, wheji the ship was recently sold to a new owner, the NMU President succeeded in having the MEBA engineers replaced by NMU engineers. MEBA therefore began to picket the vessel to protect the job rights of its members. The NMU President retaliated by tying up vessels indis­ criminately, threatening to picket every American-flag ship, even his own, although only the Maximus was involved in the beef. It was at this point that the NMU President was advised by certain individuals, in view of this demonstration of hys­ teria and irresponsibility, that he had better alter his image. A plan was offered to him which would present him as a crusader for unity and stability. In rapid succession the NMU President then made two announcements, the first of which dealt with a program of unity between the NMU, its satellites and the MM&P, and the second of which stated that the NMU would extend its contracts until 1969 with no strikes, provided certain issues were resolved. These public relations gimmicks are meaningless and are quite obviously merely a facade for the NMU President's activities, which puncture the possibility of unity at every turn. The only way to evaluate this profession of responsibility and unity is to look at the NMU President's record: • He has consistently refused to abide by the rulings of the AFL-CIO machinery for resolving disputes within maritime under the terms of the AFL-CIO constitution— machinery which he himself helped to draft. In fact, his defiance of the rulings has led to the imposition of AFL-CIO sanctions against the NMU on several in­ stances—which still stand. • Independently, and jointly with Jimmy Hoffa, the NMU President has been conducting raids on AFL-CIO unions. He has used NMU engineers to raid the jobs and jurisdiction of the established AFL-CIO engineers' union, the MEBA, and he has also assisted Jimmy Hoffa in his attempts to set up a Teamster-controlled licensed engi­ neers' and deck officers' union on the rivers, in an effort to destroy the MEBA and MM&P jurisdiction, and which led these organizations to take action to protect the jobs of their members. • The NMU President has for years been making con­ sistent efforts to assist Hoffa in his plan to take control of maritime. When Hoffa first conceived of the Con­ ference on Transportation Unity, which was Hoffa's vehicle for realizing his scheme, the NMU President was the chief drumbeater and supporter of the idea. His anger and frustration over the fact that the Hoffa plan failed to command necessary support was even greater than that of Hoffa, but the two have never ceased to push for the eventual realization of the Hoffa apparatus. Despite his position in the Federation, and the fact that he has participated in the establishment of Federation policy, the NMU President has been Hoffa's chief appologist and champion at every opportunity. At the Teamsters' last convention, the NMU President professed his loyalty to Hoffa and stated: "Even a mouse can help a lion." Later that same year he waged a vigorous de­ fense of Hoffa on the floor of the AFL-CIO convention. And just a couple of months ago, he journeyed to Detroit to appear at a Hoffa-sponsored rally as a prelude to their joint organizing program on the Great Lakes. In virtually all of his actions, the NMU President has shown the same contempt for AFL-CIO policy that he did when he visited Krushchev in Moscow in 1960. The AFL-CIO official policy called for no exchange visits to the Soviet Union. The NMU President was the only union official to head a delegation to the Kremlin. The record is difficult to ignore. No amount of rantingand raving about the persecution that he is suffering can justify the means which the NMU President is using to achieve his ends. He self-righteously proclaims that he is guided by trade union principles, but he steadfastly refuses to accept the (Continued on Page 2) Gov't Group's Ship Program Misses Mark -Story On Page 3 Collision Kills 3 On British Ship; SlU Crew Safe -Story On Page 2 SlU Strikers Win Pay, New Pact in J-K Beef •Story On Page 2 DOMESTIC SHIP BILLS URGED IN CONGRESS -Story On Page 3 COMPLETE TE^m^ SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKHS AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT CONSTITUTION �rue TWO fi i! SEjlF:iRERS LDO July 12. ISU SlU. British Vessels Hit; 3 Britons Lost In Gibraltar Sinking Bull Line NEW YORK—Three British officers were reported missing after a collision between a British freighter and the SIUmanned Santa Emilia (Liberty Navigation) in which the British ship sank Monday, July 8, near the Straits of Gibraltar. All hands aboard the SlU-manned ship were reported safe, company officials said here. The Santa Emilia rescued crew, including two injured crewmen, during the accident in 34 members of the British heavy fog. The British captain, Urge Support To Philippine Dock Strikers MANILA — The International Transporlworkers Federation has urged a show of solidarity by all unions in support of a strike by some 3,000 dock workers of the Philippine Transport and General Workers' Organization, which has been on strike since May 7 in this port. The SIU has pledged its fuU support of the striking workers in their fight to get the Philippine Bureau of Customs, which is re­ sponsible for certain port opera­ tions here, to honor back-to-work agreements reached after previous strikes. An attempt by the Customs Bureau to block recognition of the Philippine Transport and General Workers' Organization as bargain­ ing agent for the port's longshore­ men was an added cause of the strike. In its effort to break the union, the Customs Bureau has also been hiring strikebreakers to aid some of its own personnel who have been loading and unloading vessels. Many Philippine and foreign shipping lines are already bypass­ ing Manila because of heavy cargo congestion brought about by the strike and have been discharg­ ing cargo elsewhere. Jay«Kay workers check text of negotiating committee's chief mate and radio operator were report and new agreement during mass meeting of strikers reported missing after the 3,604ton freighter Patrician went down. In Queens, NY, July 9. In foreground (i-r) are Manuel KimpBound for the Persian Gulf sen. Vera Gibbs. Chester Wright and Robert Ronuell. when the collision occurred off Tarifa Point, just west of Gibral­ tar, the 7,251-gross-ton Santa Emilia was holed above the waterline, suffering some damage to her bow. She was able to proceed into Gibraltar to receive temporary re­ pairs, however. Company officials here said a LONG ISLAND CITY—Members of the SIU United In­ survey would have to be made to check whether the ship would be dustrial Workers at the Jay-Kay Metals Company here began able to continue on to her Persian heading back to work late this week after a hard-fought Gulf destination. strike victory won after 981 APL Ship Grounded days on the bricks. In con­ vacation pay and an important Meanwhile, in a minor incident on the same day a quarter of the tract negotiations that wound breakthrough on welfare that will way around the worid, the SIU up Monday, July 8, the company lead to expanded coverage for Pacific District-manned freighter bowed to Union demands and members and their families. The dispute with Jay-Kay arose President C o o 1 i d g e (American signed a new three-year contract President Line) ran aground on a that calls for a three-step wage when the company refused to mud bank in the Gulf of Cutch increase, tight seniority clause, ex­ agree on an improved contract for near Okha, India, about midway panded welfare coverage and many its 700 workers during contract renewal negotiations. Picketing be­ between the Indian port of Bom­ other gains. gan April 2 at the main plant here Pact Ratified bay and Karachi, Pakistan. Company officials reported none The new pact was overwhelm­ and at a subsidiary in the Bronx. of the crewmemhers from the ingly ratified on Tuesday evening, It continued until June 21, when Sailors Union of the Pacific, July 9, when Jay-Kay employees a preliminary injunction barring Marine Cooks & Stewards and the packed Volkerts Hall in Queens, all picketing and strike activities Marine Firemen's Union were in­ New York. The vote on the con­ was issued. jured. A Union appeal of the injunc­ tract and the negotiating com­ With assistance from a tug, the mittee's report was conducted by tion was set down for immediate 9,277-ton freighter was refloated secret ballot. trial late in June by Queens and continued on to her destina­ Supreme Court Judge Harold Terms of the new agreement tion, the new port of Sikka. In­ Tessler, but negotiations started call for a substantial wage boost spection by divers showed no dam­ over the three-year contract period again before the trial proceeded. age to her hull. Union strike activities included that will apply to all workers, re­ gardless of status, and will be picketing of several New York separate and apart from pro­ City employment agencies which gressions in the starting rate of attempted to send scabs into the pay. struck plants. Three agencies. In addition, the Union gained a Atlas, Goodwill and Signal, all of new system of departmental and 80 Warren Street, were penalized plant-wide preferential seniority, by the Department of Licenses a guarantee on payment of accrued for these tactics. J-K Workers Win 98-Day Strike GfllSIUHAU imEnAmV/ An Editorial (Continued from Page 1) Pigs prisoners." obligations and responsibilities which he must shoulder as Aside from the fact that the NMU President's complaint, a member of the trade union community. as he well knows, is based on a phony contention, he is ren­ To say that he cannot accept the rulings of the AFL-CIO dering a disservice to the entire trade union movement when Internal Disputes Plan, because it is not suited to maritime, he employs an anti-trust gimmick against another AFL-CIO is simply another way of saying that he cannot accept any union as a public relations maneuver. ruling which does not satisfy him. It is interesting to note that labor's enemies have been The AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan, as a matter of fact, attempting to employ the anti-trust device as a means of has been accepted by every one else in maritime as a fair weakening the labor movement. and proper system—even by unions which do not, as a gen­ In short, the NMU President's activities are hardly those eral rule, believe in arbitration. of a man genuinely interested in promotmg unity, stability, The NMU President is the only person to question the and peaceful relations among maritime organizations. The integrity of the Plan, or its effectiveness, in the hundreds hard, cold fact is that there is a vehicle by which disputes of cases in which it has been employed in the year and a half can be resolved—the machinery which the entire trade union since its inception. movement supports as the best means available to dispose Certainly, as one who helped to draft this machinery, the of inter-union problems. NMU President would be expected to accept the decisions of For such machinery to achieve its purpose, however, re­ the Federation, while he sought to bring about a change. The quires an acceptance and a willingness to abide by its terms. fact that he will not, puts a big question mark on his good To date, the NMU President has chosen to bypass the faith. available instruments for resolving disputes and instead con­ There is no end to the lengths to which the NMU President centrates on promotional and public relations schemes to will apparently go in pursuing his public relations objec­ protest his concern with "unity, stability and responsibility." tives. His latest move to win space in the daily papers oc­ Against his record, these utterances have a hollow ring. curred last week when the "New York Herald Tribune" of In view of the NMU President's continual repudiation of July 6 reported: "In what is believed to be the first instahce AFL-CIO policies and his contempt for its constitutional pro­ of a labor union initiating an anti-trust complaint against cedures, his anti-union activities and vigorous support for another, the National Maritime Union has begun an action avowed enemies of the Federation, the SIU believes it is against the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and the imperative for the Federation to immediately review the NMU Seafarers International Union. President's activities for the purpose of bringing him into "The complaint asks the United States Department of Jus­ compliance with the constitution of the AFL-CIO or, that tice anti-trust division to investigate the dispute over man­ failing, to cause his removal as an Executive Council member ning ship last month to • O the cargo O — r Maximus, • -""J used —— — vvr carrv V>«IXXjr the and Vice-President T VJk the AFL-CIO X JkJ.' CUAVb as a M member of VA the I of and last of the ransom payments; p Cuba for the freeing of Bay; AFL-CIO EthiQ^.,?ractigqs Qomfnitte^.,.. r; I»t < 11 «^ .ti.J v:'- t'n^ ; On Deek W TWf «C6P/r41.P. Time For Action -:vi rraxj. -.sfo NEW YORK—Two more ships In the Bull Line - Kulukundis American-flag shipping operation have been scheduled for sale lata this month, the freighter Emilia and the tanker Titan. Meanwhile, a hearing in Federal Court this week before a bank­ ruptcy referee was adjourned to July 24, allowing court-appointed trustees further time to try and secure the necessary financing for reorganization of the Americanflag operation of Manuel E. Kulu­ kundis under a trusteeship ar­ rangement. Unloading operations have be­ gun on the Emilia in Brooklyn so that she can be sold as an empty vessel. An attempted sale in June was unsuccessful when there were no bids on the ship because of an estimated $1 million in cargo still aboard. The ship has been tied up at Bull Lines' Brooklyn pier for six months, and holds a 9,000-ton car­ go bound for Middle and South­ east Asian ports. A minimum price of $250,000 has been set for the vessel. In Philadelphia, the 47,422-deadweight-ton tanker Titan is sched­ uled for public auction on July 22. The Titan is one of three modern Kulukundis tankers built with mortgage funds guaranteed by the Maritime Administration and seized by the Government. Monies derived from the sale of Bull Line-Kulukundis ships will be used to pay creditors, which in­ clude the SIU and other shipboard unions apd SIU crewmembers with liens against individual ves­ sels. ' ..fiT ^rv:, ^ i <•, .r: c roi - • • ' , ^ r Seafarers Mareeiino San­ tiago (fop) and Jim Mor­ gan were among those who hit the deck at regular SIU membership meeting in New York this week during discussion on union pension benefits Pension issues �•fee#', "t< >v 'i; - 'a »_*, > July 12, 1988 Ask Probe Of Curran By AFL-CIO The SIU has called for an Imme­ diate probe by the AFL-CIO of the activities of Joe Curran, presi­ dent of the National Maritime Union, for the purpose of bringing him Into compliance with the AFL-CIO constitution or removing him as a Federation vice-president, a member of the Executive Coun­ cil and a member of the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee. The probe is necessary In view of the NMU president's continued repudiation of AFL-CIO policies and his contempt for its constitu­ tional procedures, his anti-union activities and vigorous support of avowed enemies of the Federation. In numerous instances the NMU president has violated AFL-CIO policy by raiding other AFL-CIO maritime unions, by supporting Jimmy Hoffa's various activities. Including joint raids on AFL-CIO maritime unions, and by generally showing contempt for AFL-CIO constitutional policies and pro­ cedures. Curran's raiding activities have led to the imposition of AFL-CIO sanctions against his organization in a number of instances—sanc­ tions which still stand. The basis for the SIU request Is detailed in the editorial entitled "Time For Action," beginning on the front page of this publication. SEAFARERS ^ LOO Pag* Three Biz Rqhd Backt Runawayty No-Strike Law New Ship Study A Dud WASHINGTON—The expected "new look" for ecast for US maritime policies and programs via the long-awaited "Maritime Evaluation Committee" report failed to materialize when the Commerce Department finally released the document last week. The committee was composed of an advisory group of business leaders which conducted an "intense assessment" of the industry during 1961-62. Its 100-page report and accompanying documents, covering 37 separate recommendations, was largely devoted to a call for greater "efficiency" and "cost-cutting" to promote US maritime expansion. The MEG also moved fort 20-month study in a special trans­ but was held up for six months be­ The committee also declared its special labor legislation to portation message last year in fore being released on July 1. support of the idea of industry­ deal with maritime labor April, 1962. The committee was In the labor area, the maritime wide collective bargaining in mari­ a year earlier. disputes, which would be sim­ established Interestingly, its report was com­ ilar to the anti-strike bill now pleted and sent to the Secretary being studied by the House of Commerce on January 23, 1963, Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. One of the major features of the MEG'S recommended program for maritime was what it called "purposeful Federal leadership to a genuine national team effort directed at renewal of the mer­ chant marine." In this area, it called for addi­ tional studies and research groups within Government, and by joint panels of management, labor and public representatives. Despite its stress on the "competitive neces­ sity" of a strong US merchant fleet for trade and defense purposes, it found no need for urgency in dealing with maritime problems. The committee's final recom­ mendation was a special "Presi­ dential maritime message" which would first be presented to the next Congress. President Kennedy touched on many of the Issues cov­ ered by the committee during its Gov't Group Hits Tax Aid For Shoreside Runaways WASHINGTON — An intergovernmental advisory group has put the spotlight on shoreside runaway plants in calling for a ban on the use of industrial development bonds to pirate industries ' away from other communities. It recom­ bonds, the commission noted. The mended strict safeguards to 26-member study commission in­ curb these and other abuses. Unless the states do a better job of regulating these bonds, the Advisory Committee on Intergovenimental Relations warned, Congress may have "to stop the abuse by Federal legislation." Hundreds of cities and counties, many in the South, have issued tax-exempt bonds to finance new plants for lease at low cost to com­ panies which move into the area— including firms which are "running away" from union organization or higher tax rates elsewhere. The bonds are often coupled with other "inducements," including low wage rates. The industrial bond report termed "particularly offensive" the use of development bonds to finance plants for fiscally strong national firms which "have access to adequate financing through con­ ventional channels." The "abuse," the commission said, "is especially glaring when the firm itself ac­ quires the tax-exempt bonds issued to finance the plant it occupies, thus becoming also the beneficiary of tax-exempt income." To end this "special abuse of Federal tax exemption," the com­ mission urged Congress to amend the tax laws "so that the firms which buy the tax-exempt bonds themselves cannot deduct' as a busi­ ness cost the rents paid for the use of industrial plants built with these bonds." Thirty-four states have indus­ trial development bond programs and local goverhinentli bkve issiied some $500 million of industrial V^ ^ cluded Federal, state and local officials, legislators, members ^of Congress and public representa­ tives. evaluation group endorsed the run­ away-flag ship principle, stressing the value of . these operations "from a business point of view." Congress Gets First Domestic Ship Biiis WASHINGTON—Hopes for a breakthrough on Government aid for the US domestic shipping industry came alive during •the past two weeks, with the introduction of similar bills in the Senate and House to pro--^ vide assistance on construc­ merchant fleet in the coastwise, tion of new tonnage for all intcrcoastal and Great Lakes trade types of domestic operations. Sen, E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D.­ Alaska) led the way on June 25 by introducing two measures allow­ ing for construction here or abroad. Similar bills sponsored by Rep. Thor C. Tollefson (R.-Wash.) reached the House last week. The companion measures to aid the halrd-pressed domestic ship­ ping industry have been referred for action to the merchant marine committees in each chamber. One proposal calls for a direct Federal subsidy on construction of new vessels for domestic opera­ tions. Subsidies are now provided only for operators in foreign trade on specified trade routes. The second bill would allow construction in foreign yards if common carriers in the domestic trade are denied direct subsidy or if no action is taken on their applications within six monthSi The bills calling for direct sub­ sidy on new vessels for domestic operations are intended to provide incentives for modernizing the US SIU Training Session without resorting to foreign con­ struction. They would provide: • Credit allowances for obsolete vessels to be applied to the cost of new construction or recon­ struction. • Construction differential aid equal to the difference in the "fair and reasonable cost" of build­ ing or rebuilding a ship in the US and the cost of similar work in a foreign yard. • Permission to establish con­ struction reserve funds in which shipowners would deposit, before taxes, a part of the earnings of vessels, depreciation and certain other monies for use in defraying the costs of building replacement ships. Vessels built in a foreign yard in the event a subsidy application was denied or no action was taken on it for six months would still be docummented under the US flag with all privileges domestic car­ riers now have. In introducing the new con­ struction bills, Sen. Bartlett stated he knew of "no other industry so fraught with the dilemma the domestic shipping industry faces." He noted that domestic ship oper­ ators must build their vessels in the US while domestic airlines and railroads can buy equipment from abroad. The Senator was particularly critical of Government inaction on the problems of the domestic shipping fleet and said that the Congress had waited "long enough" for some recommendations from Federal agencies. "The Adminis­ tration will have to come in and either support the legislation or suggest an alternative means of solving the problem," he added. Norfolk SIU Wins Fourth In A Row NORFOLK—The SIU United Industrial Workers gained its fourth straight victory in this area last week, winning exclusive bargaining rights for workers at the Moon Shipyard & Repair Company. Engaged primarily in the busi­ ness of drydocking and repairing small vessels, such as ferries and tugs, the Moon yard employs an average of 45 workers. It is the fourth ship repair company to come under the SIU-UIW banner here this year. The company officially recog­ nized the SIU-UIW as bargaining agent for its workers on July a, after a pledgecard count showed that employees were overwhelm­ ingly in favor of the Union. Negotiations are already underway on a first-time contract. The three other previously-un­ organized ship repair plants here July 12, 1763 Vol. XXV, No. 14 which recently joined the union fold are the Colonna Shipyard Company, McAllister Brothers and the Curtis Bay shipyard. Contracts have already been signed with PAUL HALL, President HERBERT BRANU, Editor; IRWIN SFTVACK, these companies calling for sub­ Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art stantial wage hikes, health and Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, welfare coverage and many other ALEXANDER LESLIE, HOWARD KESSLER, improvements. JOE GIBSON, Staff Wrlf«r». The victory at Colonna Ship­ Publishtd blwaekly at tha haadquartart yard was an impressive ice-break­ of tha Saafarara Inlarnatlonal Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakat and Inland Watari ing win, due to the fact that the Dlitrlet, AFL-CIO, (75 Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn lyn GZ# 3S, NT* NY. TAi* Tal. ifTscinTn HYaclnth t-MOa company had been existing for 85 Sacond I data poatata paid at tha Foat years as a non-union operation and Offlea In I Brooklyn, NY^, undar tha Ad had resisted tlie organizing at­ of AUB B. S4, 1513. 130 tempts of many other unions un­ til tha UIW won recognition. SEAFARERS LOG Close-vp features trainee Jerry W. Morris, OS, with veteran SIU bosun Don Biitfs (right), instructor for SIU lifeboat and upgrading school at headquarters. Enlarged photos on wall (left) illustrate procedures for setting up inflatable liferafts certified as optidhal life-saving equipment on US ships. Training classes in New York start every two weeks. time, expressing a preference for a single labor organization and a single management group to con­ duct all negotiations. In the same manner, it echoed the view that labor-management issues in maritime are the cause of most of the industry's problems. However, it did call for some new approaches in Federal shipping aid programs to allow for upgrading both the offshore and domestic fleets. It would keep the 50-50 cargo law as is, but said that if the policy were changed, the cargo split for American-flag ships should be In­ creased, not cut. First established in April, 1961, the MEC included eight business leaders, only two of whom had a maritime connection. These were Admiral Emory S. Land, former Maritime Commission chairman and War Shipping Administrator, and Eugene Holman, former chair­ man of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (Esso), who partici­ pated in its work until he died in 1962. T. V. Houser, former chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company, was head of the committee. �SEAFARERS Pace Foar Jnir u, INS tOQ (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic^ Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) Report Period: June 16-June 30, 1963 SIU shipping posted a slight gain during the past two weeks, in rising to a total of 1,206 jobs dispatched in all ports. All of the small increase from last period's report was in the engine and steward departments, since deck gang shipping fell off a bit. At the same time, registration for the two-week period declined slightly. "The number of men registering for jobs was 1,323, but in this case the deck department and steward department both showed higher registration than before. The only drop was in the black gang. These fig­ ures all combined to boost the registration on the beach at the end of the period. Among the ports, only Boston, Mobile, New Orleans and the three West Coast ports showed gains in jobs shipped this period. Philadelphia and Jacksonville remained un­ changed, while the rest, including New York, listed small drops in job activity, ^e general outlook is reported to be better for the upcoming period, however. Reports on ship activity showed a further lull in vessel payoffs, sign-ons and in-transit visits (see right). The total here dropped below the figure of 200 for the first time since the longshore strike in January. But the de­ cline was all in the in-transit column, since the total of payoffs rose a small amount and the sign-on figure this time matched the last one. New York and Houston re­ corded 35 visits each to pace all the rest of the ports. On the up side as part of the overall shipping picture, the number of class A men dispatched increased this period to 54 percent of the total shipped. Class B shipping showed the only loss, dropping to 31 percent, and the, class C portion of 15 percent was unchanged. Ship Aefivily Pay SlfiH la Olh Oat Traat. TOTAL •oitoa 3 0 2 B Now York.... 21 2 12 35 Philodelplila 4 3 7 14 iaMoiora .... 3 8 7 15 Norfolk 1 0 4 5 Jacluoavllio ..11 7 9 Tampa 0 0 0 0 MoUlo 5 4 4 15 NowOrfooat.. * 3 17 24 8 3 24 35 Wilmlogtoa ..11 3 5 Soo Franclico.. 14 8 15 Soottio 5 1 3 9 TOTALS ... 59 29 IN 188 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston ~ New York .., Philadelphia. Haitimore .. Norfolk Jacksonville.. Tampa Mobile ,... New Orleans. Houston Wilmington . San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROITP 1 3 ALL 2 3 6 11 26 48 10 84 2 11 4 17 19 16 5 40 2 5 0 7 4 11 0 15 1 0 0 1 16 12 1 29 17 27 5 49 17 30 6 53 1 3 0 4 11 14 0 25 10 14 5 _29 129 197 38 1 364 Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL . 1 2 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 56 2 34 3 3 30 18 22 17 11 43 19 14 0 0 9 2 0 3 3 3 0 5 5 19 1 3 0 9 2 10 14 24 7 1 4 3 0 J 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 10 0 4 6 1• 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 30 0 0 15 6 10 3 6 9 3 7 3 0 11 19 30 19 25 12 56 1 10 11 22 48 2 33 25 21 2 30 1 15 17 15 13 2 0 5 0 1 0 3 4 1 1 1 2 13 0 1 7 6 6 1 2 5 4 2 3 0 20 0 7 10 12 4 4 6 10 17 4 7 74 98 ! 179 99 140 34 1 273 7 54 60 1 121 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROITP 1 3 ALL A 2 B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 20 35 0 6 3 9 12 1 12 16 29 56 30 29 115 101 141 38 280 5 32 72 109 0 0 1 1 14 5 1 20 13 13 -8 34 0 3 10 13 2 0 3 19 1 4 3 26 44 71 11 126 1 14 32 47 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 18 30 1 1 3 11 15 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 7 16 1 7 24 0 18 8 10 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 2 10 2 14 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 30 10 2 42 38 40 10 88 0 3 15 ' 18 1 1 0 2 56 22 80 58 2 93 13 164 1 96 22 73 0 5 48 2 3 30 83 53 5 64 18 135 1 24 26 51 1 0 1 5 0 2 1 8 5 11 1 17 2 2 3 7 0 2 13 1 1 5 2 20 26 43 8. 77 1 13 14 28 7 20 1 4 2 10 7 37 22 20 7 49 2 15 11 28 8 22 25 1 55 273 121 55 1 449 389 560 124 1 1073 14 143 287 1 444 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port oosion New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 3 1 12 39 1 6 3 20 2 3 0 3 0 3 6 14 7 28 10 20 1 1 5 8 5 11 53 159 Registered CLASS B 3 ALL 0 4 8 59 3 10 24 1 2 7 0 3 1 4 1 21 6 41 34 4 1 1 14 1 17 a 29 1 241 Shiooed CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 3 ALL 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 20 2 15 10 27 15 4 46 1 8 36 2 6 0 5 5 0 0 6 8 0 0 7 1 10 16 10 27 2 3 4 1 12 3 8 2 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 6 3 3 0 4 0 5 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 19 16 1 0 9 7 7 0 8 0 35 20 14 2 17 11 30 9 44 1 31 4 13 15 28 0 27 9 32 0 15 12 21 2 6 3 1 0 0 4 1 6 8 2 4 1 4 1 2 2 16 1 T 4 3 12 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 10 0 11 1 60 1 i 156 8 88 37 141 18 1 196 11 68 59 1 138 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered O n The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A C ALL 1 B 3 ALL 123 ALL 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 2 4 13 10 0 1 4 8 3 30 46 20 30 96 45. 131 23 199 18 1 14" 15 48 54 120 3 8 5 3 16 0 2 1 3 19 4 26 6 1 2 9 6 12 1 2 3 10 6 28 7 83 2 67 9 50 29 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 20 4 28 3 8 5 16 0 10 3 10 1 0 1 5 4 1 7 0 10 1 6 3 0 1 0 6 1 0 13 0 1 1 3 9 1 1 1 2 0 8 19 2 29 14 1 -1 2 37 55 0 4 13 14 27 35 0 3 44 3 82 23 1 2 69 9 101 3 35 64 102 0 5 28 85 9 32 9 69 16 4 61 8 4 29 32 65 0 8 6 14 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 12 0 7 4 3 0 6 16 6 26 12 58 5 1 4 42 4 0 7 7 14 0 6 11 6 20 8 4 2 3 28 6 42 0 4 8 4 3 34 30 1 196 138 67 1 401 145 503 77 1 725 33 190 215 438 1 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Bos .. NY ... Phil Bal Nor.... Jac ... Tam.... Mob.... NO ... Hou ... wa ... SF .... Sea A'r Registered Registered Shipped CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 1-9 12 3 ALL 123 ALL 1-9 1 2 3 ALL 0 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 10 12 14 35 71 5 0 9 14 9 15 5 14 43 0 2 2 3 7 0 0 4 4 0 2 14 7 5 6 35 1 5 19 0 12 13 0 0 2 4 6 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 4 1 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 6 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 12 23 0 0 5 5 0 3 14 8 4 2 2 37 45 0 0 34 34 4 11 8 28 51 3 16 6 12 37 2 2 19 23 4 10 3 11 28 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 2 12 0 1 4 1 2 6 6 15 0 0 5 5 1 2 2 10 15 0 0 3 3 4 0 1 15 20 0 3 1 7 11 24 63 34 136 | 257 13 3 110 I 126 19 51 23 89 I 182 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 0 20 1 3 16 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 0 3 0 2 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 33 1 31 1 18 0 17 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 6 1 4 1 7 104 I 115 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS GROUP 12 3 ALL ABC ALL 3 1 .2 0 1 0 0 1 83 20 20 20 43 3 4 13 10 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 7 6 20 7 7 0 0 9 3 0 2 2 4 0 13 5 3 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 22 14 0 0 0 0 8 0 85 33 1 0 1 51 1 0 61 18 15 15 28 1 0 14 8 1 3 3 4 3 0 0 24 5 4 2 4 15 1 1 17 6 0 0 11 0 0 0 6 Registered On CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 1-9 12 15 7 2 3 3 28 39 41 99 207 27 3 11 6 7 91 14 29 17 31 13 4 5 2 2 9 3 2 3 1 17 3 3 11 0 66 9 20 12 25 19 25 19 84 147 76 13 28 15 20 7 2 2 2 1 61 10 18 11 22 22 2 8 8 4 5 48 I 59 182 115 59 | 356 107 191 143 317 | 758 The Beach CLASS 8 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 1 5 8 8 6 54 68 15 1 1 13 2 24 3 19 12 2 1 9 1 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 21 4 61 4 53 4 1 28 33 2 0 5 7 9 0 1 10 9 5 29 43 33 32 243 308 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS GROUP 123 ALL 129 197 38 364 53 IM , "87 3tl36|257 '269 390 203 | 862 Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 7 74 98 .a. 88 6Q 13 3 110 28 165 268 ALL 1 179 1 156 1 126 ] 461 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 99 140 34 37 .141 as 70" 23 89 206 304 141 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS GROUP GROUP 2. 3 ALL ABC ALL 1 2 3 ALL ALL 1 55 273 121 55 1 449 22 25 54 60 121 8 1 273 7 =67 196 -138 67 ^ 1401 84 r 30i 138 68 59 196 ,! W 11 1 59 182 115 59 1 356 5 48 7 104 115 6 1" 182 4 61 103 181 651 374 181 J1206 1 651 22 129 223 374 17 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 389 560 124 |1073 145t (503 ^77<^72!S 298 143 317 j 758 832 1203 518 12556 GROUP 1 2-3 14 143 287 831^100 215 33 '32 2¥3 80 365 745 ALL 1 444 i 438 1 308 jJlOO �Jidr U, IMt SEAFARERS LOG Pare Five Fleeing Cuban Stowaway Makes IIS Via SlU Tug F'^hermen Seek Pay Bill JACKSONVILLE—SIU ships have been picking up Cuban refugees in the waters around Castro's island for some time. Now an SIU tug, the Gatco Delaware, has gotten into the act by carrying a Cuban refugee stowaway back to the In May the SlU-manned New States from the Guantanamo Yorker (South Atlantic & Carib­ Naval Base in Cuba. The Delaware, operated by the Gulf Atlantic Towing Corporation, was two days out at sea towing a barge loaded with construction equipment when crewmembers first noticed the Cuban on the forward end of the barge, trailing behind an 800-foot tow line. The tug's captain, Earl Cannon, noti­ fied the Coast Guard and then dropped back alongside the barge while crewmen passed the stow­ away some canned food for the remainder of the trip. When the tug and barge arrived here June 24, the Cuban told of his narrow escape and months of hiding until he finally was able to stow away on the barge. The 35-year-old man asked that his name be withheld to protect his wife who is still in Cuba. He escaped from Cuban terri­ tory by swimming through sharkinfested waters to the Guantanamo base seven months ago, he told US Immigration officials after landing. Four other men attempt­ ed to escape with him, he said, but were captured and shot. After hiding out around Guan­ tanamo for seven months, he climbed inside a water tank truck while it was being loaded on the barge and finally made good his escape. Crewmen on the Gatco Delaware said he was just lucky the hatch was not dosed before the barge left the base, or he would have suffocated. bean) made a record haul of 24 Cuban refugees, men, women and children, from a crowded and floundering sailboat Other SIU ships have racked up many other rescues of people escaping from Castro's unhappy land. WASHINGTON—SIUNA fishermen are-pressing support of a proposal in the Senate Commerce Committee which would give commercial fishermen a voice in the sale of their catch. The price boat owners get for the catch has a direct relation to fishermen's wages, which are determined on a''""" where SIUNA representatives in­ ulism from a single can of tuna percentage basis. cluding Lester Balinger, executive in March, and sales of tuna imme­ The union drive for the new secretary of the 2,000-member diately dropped about a third from legislation has been opposed by spokesmen testifying at hearings here on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, and the Labor, Interior and Justice Departments. Previously hearings were held at San Diego and San Pedro, High Court Backs Jury Trial in Jones Act-Maintenance Suit WASHINGTON—The US Supreme Court has ruled that a seaman has a right to trial by jury on a claim for mainte­ nance and cure when it is joined with a suit for Jones Act negligence and both claims arise out of one set of facts. The decision came on a case which dates back to a 1954 injury. In 1960, a verdict went against the seaman Involved when the trial court judge heard evidence on the maintenance claim without allow­ ing it to go to a jury. A Federal appeals court later upheld the ruling although, as was pointed out in the successful petition to the Supreme Court, the question of a jury trial in maintenance proceedings is handied differently from one Federal jurisdiclion to another. It is even disputed within the same jurisdiction. The Supreme Court decision last month notes that the lower court judge granted a jury trial on the Jones Act and unseaworthiness issues, but held the question of recovery under maintenance and cure in abeyance to try himself although all the issues arose out of a sin­ gle incident. In reversing the Court of Appeals, the high court ruled that the seaman should not have been deprived of the jury trial he demanded. It added: "He is entitled to relief from this error by having the kind of trial he would have had in the absence of error." The seaman had sought damages based on negligence, and the unseaworthiness of his ship, and on the company's failure to provide medical attention, maintenance and cure, and wages as required by law. Fishermen's and Cannery Workers Union in San Diego, strongly sup­ ported the legislation. A delegation of fish and fish cannery union representatives at­ tending the SIUNA convention here in May also took the occasion to visit members of Congress to urge backing for the proposed biil. The canneries have generally opposed the proposal, Balinger pointed out, because existing law permits the canners, who buy most of the fish, to set prices arbitrarilyThey thus can dictate the wages paid to fishermen. "Although fish cutters, dockmen and other workers involved in the processing of fish are allowed to bargain for their wages, our fish­ ermen are not allowed this priv­ ilege because of anti-trust laws," Balinger argued. Fishermen Ruled Out Federal law now limits fish price negotiations to the buyers and boat operators. Unions and other fishermen's organizations are ruled out of the bargaining as "third parties." The question of fishermen's bar­ gaining rights over their own wages has added importance due to a situation in several California areas where SIUNA fishermen and fish cannery workers are caught in the middle of a price dispute growing out of last March's botul­ ism scare. Two Detroit women died of bot­ ' ritAr-- i: I).». , 1 i: «. t .i s in • ;i.''si;! i la-;, .i WASHINGTON—Salaries of big business executives are still on the rise, according to "US News and World Report," which compiled some pay facts based on statements fi.ed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The magazine's study showed that the top-paid execs worked for the auto in­ dustry, with the board chair­ man of General Motors top­ ping the list with a salary of $643,975 for 1962. Other top salaries break down this way: 6 were paid more than $500,000; 8 received $400,000 to $500,000; 11 were paid $300,000 to $400,000; 60 were paid $200,000 to $300,000; 309 grossed $100,000 to $200,000, and 192 received $41,000 to $100,000. Job of cleaning up from previously-reported cargo fire was still going on at a Yokohama shipyard when the Choctaw (Waterman) was visited. Among those pictured (l-r) are chief cook, chief pantryman, Malcolm Cross and "Red" Dean. Part of the deck gang on the John B. Waterman sends a smiling greeting from Japan to all hands near and far. Included in this grouping (l-r) are Seafarers "Red" fWalsh, J.. Barbot, bosun Johnny Morris, "Chico" and "Willie". 1J. : iWJ.; ii."- Big Biz Pay Haul Rising The Japanese port of Yokohama is practically a "home port" for Seafarers and a number of SIU ships sailing regularly to and from the Far East, as these photographs show. They were among a variety of pictures sent bock to the States by an SIU representative after a threeweek visit to square away beefs on various SIU ships last month. GREETINGS from YOKOHAMA Aboard the John B. Waterman (Waterman), Seafarer B. Parker, deck maintenance, pauses In {ob of securing gear on the winch platform to pose for the cameraman. last year's levels. The poisoned food was found to be the product of a San Francisco cannery since closed. However, canneries in San Diego, San Pedro and Terminal Island were affected by the scare, causing layoffs and shutdowns in some plants. The re­ sult was a drop in tuna prices offered by the canneries and an idling of a number of fishing boats whose owners refused to sell at the cut prices. • • • ^ ' > f All's well with Seafarers Martin Dale, wiper (left), and Birger Rasmussen, AS, on the Duval (Suwannee). This ship is the tormer Bull Line-Kulukundis vessel Mount Rainier. (. \ "• V •' r > 1 t .. % k ' % fi B r ^ »jer • 4r �SEArARERS Six SUP Sailor-Swimmer On Whale Of A Dip LOS ANGELES—A 38-year-old member of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, Issac (Ike) Papke has gone overboard: he has switched from sailing deep-sea to swimming it for distance. The Hawaiian-born father pace Papke during the long Chan­ of four holds down a shore nel swim. job presently as bosun of the Matson Steamship Company shoregang in San Francisco while he trains for a 28-mile swimathon on September 19 from the Farallones to Frisco's Ocean Beach. Papke tuned up for the event by dashing off a 26-miler June 30 across the Catalina Channel in 12 hours and 45 minutes—part of the trip with the "companionship" of a whale. The swimmer commented on the 30-foot playmate: "It was kind of nice having a companion, but, well, you know, they swallow people!" The flirting whale kept pace with the SUP swimmer from the fifth to the tenth hour of his water jaunt, coming closer and closer, but never touching him. In the recent endurance test, Papke's speed was slowed from his initial two and a half knots to one by strong winds and a choppy surf in the tricky cross-currents of the Catalina Channel. May 18, Papke swam 16 miles in 57-degree watdr of San Francisco Bay. Then, on June 9, he swam 24 miles from Aquatic Park in San Francisco to San Mateo. The 65degree channel water was like a bath, the SUP mariner said. He's a member of the San Fran­ cisco Dolphin Swimming and Row­ ing Club, whose members helped Vermont Nips 'Work' Bill In Fair Job Law MONTPELIER, VT. — Vermont became the 24th state to adopt an enforceable fair employment prac­ tices law, as Gov. Philip H. Hoff (D) signed a labor-sponsored bill which bars job or pay discrimina­ tion because of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. An attempt in the House to attach a so-called "right-to-work" amendment was soundly defeated. The bill makes it illegal for any employer, employment agency or labor organization to practice dis­ crimination in "any matter directly or indirectly related to employment or labor organization membership opportunities." Employers, employment agencies and unions are prohibited from in­ quiring into the race, religion or place of birth of applicants; em­ ployment agencies are specifically barred from refusing to list or refer for employment members of minority groups, and unions are forbidden to discriminate on these grounds "against any individual or to limit, segregate or qualify its membership." The effort to ban union shop agreements was beaten 178-46 in the House, with both Republicans and Democrats taking the floor to oppose the amendment. One GOP legislator warned that "right-towork" legislation would discourage desirable industry from moving to Vermont and termed the proposed ban on the union shop "more obnoxious to industry than to labor." Two years ago, a similar effort to amend a fair employment bill was beaten 147-67. ^aur U, ItM LOG Notify Union On LOG Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each Issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous cluhs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the agent In the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. Question: Do you try out the local foods when you'ro in a foreign port? • Norman Du Bois: No sir. I'm Just a little too careful about what goes into these foreign foods. Certain foods are all right, but Hot salads or most vegetables. This has been my long-time policy and It's worked out fine. NEW YORK—Seafarers who have shipped aboard Alcoa Steamship Company vessels 1 will drink for­ recently may be among those sharing in an $1,169119 bonanza of unclaimed wages listed eign liquor, though. No ham done there. I'll just watch what I eat. below. Endurance feats like these show that seafarers can be equally at home in the water as on it. His brothers wish him luck in his coming attempts. Money Due From Alcoa The listing covers 104 names with money due in amounts ranging from $1.02 to $126.37. One out of every three Seafarers on the list has $10.00 or more coming. Six of the amounts are over $50.00. Seafarers whose names appear on the money due list should send a correct forwarding address plus their Social Security numbers and Z-numbers to the following ad­ dress: Paymaster Alcoa Steamship Company 17 Battery Place New York 4, NY The following is the listing, with the amounts due alongside each name: NAME Ardoin, Evit Atkins, Edw. L. Bengert, Benj. C Barnett, John D Bennett, Lorenzo Barbara. S. A Brewster, Hugh D Bennett, Denzil J. Bailey, Joseph E Collins, James E Corrcnt, Charles J Chestnut, John A Calebaugh, Paul H Carr, Joseph G. Coffey, Louis V., Jr Carpovlch, Philip J Cajiao, PhUip M Callahan, Michael J Cooper, Charles J Costelio, Albert J Conner, Justin H Dunn, John DiNino, Pasquale Danguvich, Mike Elarriaga, Antonio Evitt, WiUiam E. Ellis, Glenn R Evans, Norman Fee, John Green, Jesse L Graham, Bernard F Gretz, Michael, Jr Goodnick, Robert K Garay, Ru6no G Gonzalez, Ivan Gedra, Charlie A. J Hammac, Albert Havelin, Wm AMOUNl S 11.98 2.80 18.68 2.32 8.81 2.80 126.31 19.54 41.77 3.60 1.16 1.34 7.90 57.39 10.92 9.05 2.72 1.45 11.26 10.00 13.37 10.62 7.73 3.16 2.09 13.27 39.77 10.63 2.00 3.58 5.20 16.00 S.T 6.87 11.26 2.80 3.91 9.22 , Hanson, Lonnie C. NAME Morris, Thomas E. .... Martinez, EmUio MacDonald, Norman R. Matthys, Philemon .... McCoskey, Maurice P. . McLees, Thos. H McLemore, John D. ... McCadtey. Earl P McCloskey, Andrew A. McCauley, John W. ... Olsson. Rune G. Plahn, Eugene G Pinchook. A Poe, Edward Lee Perez, Miles R PhUlips. Lacey L Powers, WiUiam J Richardson, Roy R. .... Rlos, Juan Ringo, Homer L 3.5.'3 2.8O 2.8O i.sg 3.62 10.82 9.R2 8,46 2.80 50.08 2.71 8.44 1.02 3.91 Laciair, Walker T lo!24 Lambert, Robert K Lafleur, George Lott, Leon B Lebans, Wesley E Lavelle. W. P. Jr Lane. Ernest G 21.77 54.45 5.41 2.6O 60..3n 13.99 Maneino, Sal 2.47 Mitchell, James A Morris, William D Mandick, Arthur J silO 7.67 I.95 SBAFAKERS PORT o'CALL dAOlMORS Setllff, Samuel B Theiss, Roy S. Thomas, Houston. Jr. Wsntzel. Henry J Warrington. Duane L. White. William D 1.9* 3.94 11.77 Wheeles. Jack E ij* Hector Herbas: Native foods are part of foreign life. It wouldn't be the same visiting a foreign port if you didn't sample the cook­ ing. Since Sea­ farers travel all over, we should become inter­ national f o o dtasters by sam­ pling the flavor aad cooking of each nation. Food is food, and it's all good. t i ^ 3» 4» 4" ^ 4 4> 4 4 4 James Mijares: I enjoy foreign foods. Each nation's cooking is dif­ BXJIalaETIN" BOiVBD ferent, so I ex­ periment when­ ever I'm in a dif­ ferent port. The wines are varied and all tasty, the Cash Benefits Paid -May, 1963 salads are color­ ful, highly sea­ AMOUNT PAID CLAIMS soned and deli­ $ 61,296.37 Hospital Benefits 7,255 cious. The main courses are 64,247.34 26 Death Benefits 60,900.00 usually done up much differently 406 Pension-Disahility Benefits than what we serve and eat here 8,610.50 too. 45 Maternity Benefits SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans 655 347 4,189 1,384 85,129.50 4,055.62 34,911.00 439,240.82 14,307 $758,391.15 Dependent Benefits . i Optica! Benefits Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... SIU Clinic fxoms—AW Ports May, 1963 Houston • • • • Mobile New Ofteans New York • • Philadelphia Seamen 107 105 49 289 374 47 Wives Children 16 32 5 7 '2 8 18 23 30 38 14 23 TOTAL 971 131 Port 85 TOTAL 155 117 59 330 442 84 Frank McKenney: 1 eat foreign food occasionally. The special­ ties of each country are what 1 go for. In India, curried food is the na­ tional dish, so I try some each time I'm in an Indian port. I do try to stay away from some Far East dishes where you know the food itself isn't prepared properly or is grown in areas where disease is common. Domingo Gordlan, Jr.: It de­ pends on the place you go. I eat foreign food at times, but you have to beware of food In some 1,187 places where there is a poor system of storing and where disease occurs often, In general, foreign foods are just fine with me as long as I TOTAL know It's grown and cooked cor­ ON HAND rectly. SIU Blood Bank Inventory May, 1963 Previous Balance Port Pints Credited Pints Used Boston New York .... 19 Philadelphia Baltimore .... •..a,....*, 16 Norfolk 25 Jacksonville .. ........... ........... 6 Tampa Mobile ........... 12 New Orleans . Houston ..r.6 WUmington San Franc:SCO Seattle . 15 4 38 4 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2rf5 55 11 TOTALS r'J'Jii i.ilH * NAME AMOUNT Reyes, Felipe H., Jr. ...... 1.18 Rodriguez, Anthony 1.03 Rival, George E. Roberts, John C. Rojas. Angei D ' .....-.. 1.99 Sauls. Ernest J. ...: ....... 10.26 Scott. William C 2.47 Szanto. Steve. Jr. . 2.24 SuUivan. John V. .......... 1.95 Schwartz, Bernard 4.00 Salinas. Jose P . '. . 9.14 Hommel, Robert E Hester, John F Hertzog, Lewis Hamlin, Howard Horn, Eugene A Hudson, William M Hammond, Martin M. Haggerty, Joseph W Henry, WiUiam Ingebretsen, A. K Jackson, James 0 Jennings. Francis M Kelly, John M. Jr Lowe. Robert D OUNT 14.48 4.96 2.65 3.58 1.45 1.85 9.00 11.48 1.35 7.09 14.41 20 74 884 248 13.01 13.57 1.43 987 42.29 1.86 •>i; "• -iAi ik. i 7 107Vis 23 53^6 16 25 6 12 41 6 1 6 15 319 ,I ts John Japper: When you're hungry and away "from home any type of food looks and tastes good. I'm part Oriental, so for­ eign food doesn't bother me at all. It's all nutritious and healthy if you're as used to it as 1 am. Cur­ ried and spicy dishes are what 1 really like best. �•4 ty y •- ^ C'<J '. -i" i -4 '. SEAFARERS LOG */, Inlr IS. 196S > .- ' »¥ F- i .«. - r 'Homecoming' For Sill Passenger Ship Pava Seven British Find Reason For US 50-50 Law LIVERPOOL—British shipowners who are among the most vigorous opponents of the 50-50 law covering cargoes financed by the US Goverment may develop a change of heart when they notice that Britain's ex­ port trade slipped below the will not deviate much from the 60 percent-mark in 1962 for 8.8 percent achieved in '61. Making first visit to the Port of Pasagoula, Miss., since she was built there in 1947, the SlUmanned passenger liner Del Mar {Delta) passes Ingalls yard whose giant building cranes are seen in the background. The Del Mar was in Pascagoula to take aboard a cargo of bagged cornmeal for shipment to South America. She and her two sister ships were all built by Ingalls. US Jobless Top 4,8 Million But Strikes Get Headlines WASHINGTON—Much of the clamor here for anti-strike and compulsory arbitration legislation loses its impact as soon as anyone takes the trouble to examine the record. With the total unemployment figure rising to 4.8 million persons, creating a national jobless rate of 5.7 percent for^ of Labor's Bureau of Labor Sta­ In postwar years, only May 1961 June, joblessness due to tistics. According to preliminary had fewer man-days of strike idle­ strikes continues to get the estimates, the total number of ness and accounted for a lower biggest headlines. Yet all measures of strike ac­ tivity in May were significantly below the levels for a year ago, based on the latest figures released last week by the US Department workers directly idled by May strikes amounted to 165,000. Strike Idleness in May, at 1.75 million man-days, accounted for but 0.17 percent of total estimated working time across the country. REPORT Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director ratio of time lost to time worked. (See chart.) Approximately 425 stoppages, in­ volving 125,000 workers, began in May. These stoppages were equally divided between manufacturing and non-manufcaturing, with about a third in the construction field. Another 175 stoppages continuing from April brought the total num­ ber of workers directly idled by May strikes to 165,000. The latest study, as charted by the Labor Department, shows that AFL-CIO Cites Lagging State Laws ,1 i .The "traffic record" of the states in providing workmen's compensa­ tion protection for on-the-job injuries and occupational illness dem­ onstrates the need for Federal benefit standards, according to an analy.si.s in the .June is.siie of the "American FederationLst," The article is entitled "The Crisis in' Workmen's Compensation." A half-century ago, when most state workmen's compensation laws were adopted, tfie average weekly wage was about $13 and the average benefit about $10. Today, the article points out, "the average state benefit is between $35 to $45 a week, the national average wage of a factory worker is about $97 a week" and only three.states have maximum benefits for an injured worker with a wife ana two children equal to two-thirds of the state's average weekly wage. As recently as 1940, all but ten states had benefit ceilings equal to at least two-thirds of . the average state wage. In six states which finance workmen's compensation benefits through exclusive state funds, only 6.5 percent of premiums paid go towards the cost of administering the program. The average cost for private insurance in the other states is so much higher that if overhead ex­ penses could be held down to 25 percent of the premium dollar, benefits could be increased by about one-fourth. Few states cover all workers, supervise medical treatment or pro­ vide adequate rehabilitation services for injured workers. The AFL-CIO analysis lists 11 recommended standards for "a good state workmen's compensation law" and noted that no state law presently meets all 11 standards and "one state does not meet any." These are the recommendations: • Compulsory coverage with no numerical exemptions. • Benefits sufficient to maintain "a decent standard of living" for Injured workers, with maximum benefits not less than two-thirds of state average wages. • Reciprocity of benefit rifihts between jurisdictions. • Full statutory coverage' of all occupational diseases., • Full compensation protection under second injury funds. • Continued benefits during rehabilitation. • Administration by a state agency rather than the courts. • An exclusive state compensation fund. • Benefits for the totally disabled for the entire period of disability. Calling for a Federal workmen's compensation act or minimum standards for the states, the AFL-CIO analysis concluded; "The states have not met their responsibilities. Unless there is action on the Federal level, the nation's first social insurance is likely to remain last in terms of performance." (Comments and suggestions are invited by tnts Department and can be submitted to this column in COM of the £EAFARERS LOG.) WORK STOfPAOa Mon Days Mia ai Parcanl of Total WorVino Timo Annual A«araBat« I9J9.4S yWvi I92» 1733 174(1 1745 1750 1753 1760 1763 US Labor Department chart shows tiny fraction represented by strike-time in comparison to total man-days worked all over the country. In contrast, joblessness due to unem­ ployment amounts to 5.7 percent of total US work force. joblessness due to strikes has been nowhere near the one percent mark, as compared to total work­ ing time, since 1947. Since total employment was up to 70.3 million workers in June, there is far less job idleness due to strikes, based on time worked today, than ever before. Only two major strikes, each in­ volving more than 5,000 workers, were in effect in May—construc­ tion strikes in the Detroit and Flint, Mich.j areas. The Detroit area strike continued into June. the first time in 25 years. The "disappointing" figures, ac­ cording to the Liverpool Steam­ ship Owners' Association, show that last year British ships car­ ried 58 percent of the United Kingdom's export trade, as com­ pared with 61 percent in 1961 and 59 percent in 1938. In the import trade, the British shipowners' share declined from a level of 50 percent in 1961 to 49 percent in 1962. In 1938, British shipping handled 56.9 percent of the country's imports. The British situation contrasts sharply with figures for US-flag shipping in foreign trade. A re­ cent Navy staff report submitted to the Senate Commerce Commit­ tee in Washington cited the fact that "only 8.8 percent of US total ocean-borne commercial foreign trade" was carried by US-fiag ves­ sels in 1961. It added: "The requirement that at least 50 percent of our foreign aid material be carried in US-flag ships is a major factor in achiev­ ing even the 8.8 percent figure." There are no complete figures yet on the percentage of US for­ eign trade carried in Americanflag ships for 1962. However, it's safe- to assume that the amount Sears' Fight Holds Fast, Clerks Say CHICAGO — Organized labor's three-year war on the anti-union policies of Searg, Roebuck & Com­ pany continues to have an affect on the sales and expansionist dreams of the large mail-order house. Sears, which is now looking to exploitation of European markets, is the target of a nationwide con­ sumer boycott waged by organized labor since the company fired and used discriminatory tactics against almost 300 San Francisco members of the Retail Clerks International Association because they respected a picketline set up by strikers from the Machinists union. Though subsequently ordered to rehire its discharged employees. Sears then began to undermine the position of other unions with which it had signed contract agree­ ments. The boycott grew as news of a company-established spy sys­ tem and other anti-union practices became known. Due to enter its fourth year this month, the union boycott against Sears will be directed against ex­ isting stores as well as 27 others that the chain is opening this year as part of an attempted domestic expansion program. Seventeen of the new stores are being set up in areas where the company has no other retail outlets. The AFL-CIO Executive Coun­ cil, at its August 1960 meeting, endorsed-the Clerks' boycott, urg­ ing all trade unionists and their friends not to patronize Sears stores "until management ceases to interfere with the self-organi­ zation of employees and until it demonstrates good faith accept­ ance of the union security clauses in its contracts." In its 1962 report, the Liverpool group found some comfort in stat­ ing that the percentage reduction in export-import cargoes hauled on British ships last year was not due to any appreciable falloff in British-flag shipping tonnage. Ac­ tually, British ships in the import trade increased by nearly a million tons, while the export tonnage was about the same as in the previous year. The increase in the percentage of British import-export trade handled on foreign-flag ships was said to have developed because an additional 2.5 million tons of for­ eign shipping entered the British trade last year. There was also a sizable increase in the amount of cargo moving in the trade for 1962, the report added. MA Studying Assist Device For Look-Out WASHINGTON—A $39,000 con­ tract to study the feasibility of developing a look-out assist device that would be able to detect with a high degree of certainty objects located 5 to 20 miles from a ship, has been awarded by the Maritime Administration. According to the MA, the pro­ posed device should also be able to detect objects moving toward the ship, and indicate their bear­ ing within 10 to 15 degrees. It would have to be suitable for use aboard a cargo ship of about 10,000 deadweight tons and require minimum servicing. The study for a look-out assist device was prompted by the many limitations of radar. Radar per­ formance is at times unsatisfactory because of natural phenomena or Internal causes within the machine itself. Frequent radar observations over long periods also have been known to reduce the watch of­ ficer's night vision. Radar detec­ tion of ships and objects has been found superior to visual and sound detection methods only at ranges permitting ample time for ship maneuvers. The MA has allotted eivht months for the study by the Sperry-Piedmont Company, of Charlottesville, Va., which was awarded the contract after bids were submitted by more than 30 companies. Get Polio Shots, PHS Urges The Public Health Service urges Seafarers who have not already done so to get their polio shots as soon as possible. The shots can be gotten at any PHS hospital without charge. Plenty of vaccine is available so there is no delay in the admin­ istering of the shots. The few minutes a Seafarer takes to in­ sure himself against the crip­ pling disease by getting the shots are well worth the saving of lime, money and. most of all, the avoidance of suffering and po.s.sible disability. �SEAFARERS Pare Eirbt SlU Go's Queried On Boston Run July It, 196S LOG Payoff Time in Baltimore jsea.farer'a Rulde to Better Buyin« By Sidney Margolius Average House Price Booms Co-Ops BOSTON — Three SlU-contracted companies on the Puerto Rico run have been contacted by the Massachusetts Port Authority in its hope to obtain regular vessel service between here and Puerto Rico. The new run would give a big lift to shipping in the area. The three companies, Alcoa Steamship, Sea-Land and Seatiain, were approached after the MPA got an enthusiastic response to a questionaire sent to firms in the upstate New York, Eastern Canada, Boston and New England Company paymaster gets all the attention aboard the Over­ areas. seas Eva (Overseas Carriers) in Baltimore, as Seafarers About 75 percent of the firms Bill TafFner and James King wait to pick up voyage payoff which expressed interest in the after offshore run. The ship signed on again for a trip to service are located in Massachu­ Turkey. Both men sail in the black gang. setts. They pointed to the prospect of considerable savings on inland freight costs. More than half of them indicated the economies would amount to at least $10 a ton, and some gave estimates as high as $20. •Virtually all the Puerto Rico traffic from the area surveyed is WASHINGTON—The burdensome cost of medical and now dispatched through New York. Boston has been without dental care was pointed up again by the Health Insurance Puerto Rican service since 1955 Institute's recent report that taxpayers itemizing health exwhen Alcoa briefly operated a penses in their 1960 tax re-:^" monthly run. The port agency .turns spent an average of $578 payers spent more than $8.6 bil­ wants sailings at least every two for this item. US taxpayers lion for medical needs. They were weeks. deducted an average of $351 for allowed to deduct $5.2 billion. The MPA pointed out that Sea- health expenditures that year. No deductions are allowed a tax­ Land officials have already men­ An analysis of tax figures re­ payer who spends less than one tioned the possibility of a shuttle leased by the Internal Revenue percent of his total income for service which would tie in with its Service revealed, that of 61 mil­ drugs or less than three percent intercoastal service at Puerto Rico. lion tax returns in 1960, about for medical and dental needs. This would make it possible for 14.3 million showed such excessive These sums are considered by the the vessels to take Boston cargo medical costs that the expenses Federal Government to be noi-mal not only to and from the island, were itemized. and must be absorbed as ordinary This fourth of the nation's tax- expenses without special provi­ but also to the West Coast. sions. Taxpayers whose expenses ex­ ceed these sums can itemize their health costs on their annual re­ turns and receive a tax break. Internal Revenue data shows that taxpayers who deduct health Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director costs claim an average of three percent of their adjusted gross in­ come. They .also list an average My mother once confided that she felt guilty about the care her of 3.7 percent of income deducted children had received. I thought we'd been well-supplied with life's for contributions to charity, 4.7 necessities, but Mother was convinced that we'd never had enough percent for interest payments on vitamins. We hadn't had cod-liver oil or vitamin supplements that mortgages and loans and 5.8 per­ seem so essential today. Maybe it's just as well, according to Dr. cent for taxes and fees. William A. MacColl, writing in "MD Column". The data shows that taxpayers The American Medical Association's council on foods and nutrition with incomes under $2,500 who points out that a reasonably healthy individual eating a reasonably itemized deductions in 1960 spent varied diet has little or no need for supplemental vitamins. an average of $360 for health During infancy, 30 milligrams of vitamin C, 400 units of vitamin D, needs and were allowed to deduct and 1,500 units of vitamin A are needed each day. During childhood $300. these needs double, and during adolescence they triple. The only For oiher income brackets, the one that's not readily obtainable from ordinary foods is vitamin D. As for the other vitamins, there is little evidence that deficiencies average health expenditures and occur except under conditions of severe or prolonged illness, very deductions were: $2,500-$4,999, spent $455, deducted $324; $5,000poor eating habits, excessive dieting, or pregnancy. $7,999, spent $523, deducted $300; Older people need more vitamins because they eat less food and $8,000-$9,999, spent $639, deducted fewer'foods; however, probably not more than a growing child. Most vitamin preparations have impressive labels. Each tablet is $330; $10,000-$14.999, spent $811, likely to contain all the known vitamins and 12 essential minerals. deducted $424; $15.000-$19,999, It must require no small measure of ingenuity to get them all in. spent $1,112, deducted $622; $20,Yet unless you know you need all these items, it's enough to admire 000-$24,999, spent $1,392, ded«cted $845; $25,000 and up, spent $2,830, the product from afar. AMA points out that excess amounts of water soluble vitamins, deducted $1,288. The American Medical Associa­ such as B and C, are excreted rapidly. However, larger than normal supplies of A and D may result in loss of appetite, bone pain, skin tion, which carried a story on the rashes, disturbed kidney functioning, weight loss, and anemia—espe­ analysis in its own publication and has been opposing a system of cially in children. Using B-complex vitamins may provide enough anti-anemia sub­ health insurance for the aged un­ stance to mask any anemia, yet it may also result in neurological der Social Security, offered no symptoms. It may delay the proper diagnosis of anemia, cause un­ comment on the findings. necessary pain, suffering, and expense, and allow the disease to inflict permanent injury. These supplements are expensive. The ordinary child's dose of vitamins A, C, and D preparations cost 2c to 8c a day. Adult capsules may cost 4c to 25c a day. Vitamin fadding can be very expensive. There is no evidence that extra-large doses of vitamin C have any effect whatsoever on preventing or curing the common cold. Your body can only use 30 to 80 milligrams of vitamin C daily. The rest is excreted in the urine very promptly. The extra money you spend on super-vitamins might better be spent on better food. It does more good. And be.sides, it tastes better. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this rjcpurunent and can be submitted tc this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Tax Returns Show Health Cost Burden Vitamins Often May Be Useless After a decade of purported boom times and almost-fuU employment, the average American worker still can't afford the average American house. While wages have gone up, prices of houses have risen even faster, a survey by this department finds. Wages rose 38 percent in the past decade but construction costs jumped 50 percent. The average industrial worker today earns about $5100 a year. The usual yardstick is that a family can pay about 2Vi times annual income for a house. Thus, today the typical working family can afford a home that costs no more than $12,750. But this year the average new house carries a price tag of $22,500. The average older house which went up for sale this year brought $17,300, the Federal Home Loan Bank reports. To buy the typical house offered for sale today, you really need an income of $7,000 to $9,000. Prices of houses are especially high in the North Central and New England states. Costs are a little less in the West and South, except in Southern Florida. There, prices have been running close to the highest in the country, and significantly, so have foreclosures. Despite the somewhat easier mortgages and lower interest rates this year, the current high tags on houses have made down payments so high they virtually forbid many working families from buying houses today. While some new tract houses can be bought with mod­ erate FHA or VA down payments, buyers typically are required to put down 25 percent on new houses. With closing costs, that means the average down payment on a new house now is close to $6000. On older houses, you usually have to pay down about 30 percent. If you're home-hunting this year, there are three possible oppor­ tunities to reduce the cost. One is the stabilized tags on existing houses, with even some reduc­ tions reported by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Most of the price paring has been on houses built between 1940 and 1950, but some built after 1950 also have been marked down, except in the West. There they are still rising. Another potential help, especially for recently-wed young couples and senior citizens, is the increasing supply of rental apartments. Al­ most half the cities surveyed by the real estate association now report ratios of over 5 percent, and somewhat more rent reductions are being reported than increases. Thus, while rents are still high, you at least have a chance to wring more concessions from landlords than you could a year ago. Unfortunately, the greatest number of vacancies are at the extremes —in unrenovated or poorly-located older buildings on the one end, and luxury apartments on the other. Luxury buildings aren't filling up as fast as builders had hoped. Your chances of finding reductions are better in apartment houses than single-family rentals, which are still firmly-uriccd. How much rent can you afford? Th>. usual rule of thumb is 25 percent of after-tax income. Third and most-successful effort to solve the present steep cost of housing is the middle-income and limited-income cooperative housing projects which have boomed in New York especially, and now are springing up on the West Coast, in the Midwest and other areas. Co-ops have been encouraged recently by a provision of the Na­ tional Housing Act of 1961 for direct Federal loans at below-market interest rates to limited-income co-ops. Roger Schafer, co-op housing expert, recently explained that a family of four, for example, would be eligible if it had no more than $7750 a year income. It would pay no more than 20 percent of income for carrying charge.?—a maximum of $129 a month. The big boon in this program—called Section 221(d) (3)—is the special financing rate of 3 and one-eighths percent. An article in "Cooperative Housing Quarterly" reports that the Park Town Cooperative in Cincinnati formerly had an average monthly charge of $91.30. But when Park Town was refinanced under Section 221(d) (3), the average was reduced to $71.10. Another helpful feature is the low down payments which can average as little as $120 per family. Already over 30 cooperatives have been started in various parts of the country under this program. But this program has its limitations. The more-usual nonprofit housing cooperatives often require larger down payments but also can permit a wider range of incomes, and more freedom in where and how they can be built. Currently the world's largest housing cooperative is being built on the site of the old Jamaica race track in Queens, New York. Spon­ sored by United Housing Foundation, Rochdale Village will house 20,000 people. Unions have been the main backers of housing co-ops, and besides the large number they have sponsored in New York, recently have helped finance successful co-ops in San Francisco; Washington; in Milpitas near San Jose, Calif., and other towns. Co-ops and credit unions also have become active in sponsoring housing co-ops in Min­ neapolis; Detroit, New York, and other cities. One of the most active efforts to provide housing for middle-income families is being made by the Association for Middle Income Housing in New York. In association with the Fund for Urban Improvement and the Middle Income Housing Corp., this group already has helped develop several large cooperatives in that city and in neighboring suburbs. A useful idea developed by the Middle Income Housing Corp., is a loan plan to help families get the down payment for a co-op, typically $2,000-$3,000. The loan is arranged at a low rate of interest, and is repaid over a period of five years. Thus, the family doesn't have to wait until it saves up the down payment to move into a co-op. �JUy It, 19«t SEAT ARERS LOG Page Nine "Business as usual" prevailed on the Alcoa Polaris (Akool when she leaded in Port Newark recently. The ship soon headed out for Baltimore and the Virgin Islands. PORT-TIME SS ALCOA POLARIS Seafarer Edward Cannon (left) decided to shave before going to the messhall. for lunch Robert Kyle was already there, waiting for pantryman Julio Marciol to serve dessert. .. • ""I'""'"' - ••••• V--; •: • There's plenty of work aboard ship in port. Here, John Moytum, AB, clears deck of wire rope hazard. Mealtime found Seafarers Adam Quevodo, P. Gonzalez and Joseph Nozario, all wipers (l-r), polishing off mid-day meal with gusto when photographer dropped in. L J. Beale, chief steward, who gets credit for fine food on Polaris, keeps weather eye on soup kettle. Catching up on news, Joseph Nozario, wiper (left), and ship's delegate William E. Lance* FWT, turned to the latest LOG as the best source of information on maritime. Bosun Jimmy Long (right) and Joe Algino, director of Seafarers' safety plan, chat about conditions on deck. �'•• '-"^ J ^ 5. I >. .•* J" SEAFARERS ravt Tea LOG My 12, I26S T-Men Boom Boof/ng Biz Yachting Still Deductible WASHINGTON—The Government's official tax guide for expense accounts is out and, from the looks of it, the new tax rules won't be as tough on businessmen as they feared Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitalion Director when the original clampdown was first announced. Special Shipboard Care For Eggs As of August 1, when the fication for a variety of entertain­ serve hot dogs to business execu­ There are several Ideas about egg storage aboard ship which though new rules go into effect, ex­ ment expenses. tives when you take them out on untrue, are still generally held by those not up on the latest findings penditures for yachts, night Under the entertainment ex­ a yachting trip, or treat them and of scientific research in food handling. club tabs and country club mem­ bership will still be tax-deductible, but businessmen will have to go into greater detail on their tax return to prove that business, not pure pleasure, was the major pur­ pose of the expense. According to the tax guide, the rules have been loosened con­ siderably since they were first pro­ posed. The cost of buying and op­ erating a yacht is still deductible, for instance, if its use can be proven to be for a real business purpose. There were a lot of long faces for a while around some of the country's plush marinas and yacht clubs while the exact text of the rules was still in doubt. '3::s!ness Costs' The amount of the total costs that can be deducted depends on how much of the time the vessel _is .used lor business purposes. Busi­ nessmen who use company yachts or cabin cruisers almost entirely for entertaining clients and wives, with refreshments, can deduct most of the cost of the boat—deprecia­ tion, operations and maintenance. If it is used for business purposes CO percent of the time, 60 percent of the cost is deductible. The businessman's family can still get into the act also. If the family wes along to enjoy the ride, on a day when dad said he used the yacht to conduct some serious business discussions with a client, this will have no effect on the de­ ductions. The same goes for use of country club facilities and the like. In general, the rules remain much the s.ame as they were, ex­ cept that the Government wants more proof that business was the major topic of discussion as justi­ SIU MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS DETROIT, May 10—No meeting was held due to lack of a quorum. if & it HOUSTON, May 13—Chairman, Lindsay Williams; Secretary, Bill Doak; Reading Clerk, Paul Drozak. Minutes of previous port meetings accepted. Executive Board minutes of March 25 presented. Port Agent reported on shipping, upgrading school. Cities Service transportation, or'ganizing, blood bank. Report accepted. President's April report carried. Report of credentials commitee and polls com­ mittee accepted. Auditor's reports pre­ sented. Motion carried under new busi­ ness that headquarters explore the pos­ sibility in next contract negotiations of having companies pay transportation on excess baggage up to 100 pounds on travel b.v air back to port of engagement. Total present: 397. ^ pense rules, a client is supposed to be treated in the style to which he's accustomed, although the en­ tertainment cannot be "lavish" or "extravagant." However, you don't their wives to dinner at a ham­ burger stand. If your guests live well, treat them,, well—and it's all deductible. Anchors aweigh! Contrary to popularly-held beliefs, eggs require storage at tempera­ tures much lower than are usually maintained. Research by the US Department of Agriculture has shown that eggs keep best at tem­ peratures of between SCF. and SS'F. Since the freezing point for eggs is 28''F., there isn't much leeway allowed if you want the very best stoTage temperature, which must be kept just a bit higher than this freezing point. In these summer months, the proper storage tem­ perature becomes critical for keeping eggs fresh and tasty. - Another outmoded theory about eggs which is untrue is the idea that eggs must be turned regularly for proper storage. Forget it. Mod­ ern food science proves it is undesirable to turn egg cases. Eggs are always placed in a case with their pointed ends down, and they should stay that way for a good reason. First of all. the pointed end is the strongest and the least likely end to break. Second, the DULUTH—^US Senate approval of a bill calling for" a study rounded end has an air cell which should not be disturbed. If this of possible year-round navigation on the Great Lakes and cell is shaken up and broken, the yolk of the egg may stick to the St. Lawrence Seaway is not expected to make too much of shell and cause the egg to spoil more rapidly. Although they are one of the"*"" a hit with American seamen ^ most important food Items aboard • Don't let eggs become here and in other Lakes bill adopted by the Senate June ship both from the standpoint of smashed while being loaded on the 25 has gone to the House for ports. nutritional value and popularity, One of the chief reasons was further action. The bill calls for a steward department members ship. final report to be submitted to • Don't let cases, or the eggs pointed up last month when the must remember that eggs are also 1000th deep-sea vessel to arrive in Congress not later than two years one of the most fragile food items themselves, get wet. -this- sort since the Scsway s-pe-sed after funds are Dimyided. for, the, a'bcard. The watchword must be » Never turn-egg cases. in 1959 was greeted in special study. • Don't store egg cases on their The investigation would include 'handle with care!" whenever eggs sides or ends. Always store them ceremonies. Symbolically, the are aboard. honored vessel was an American- waterway de-icing systems and top side up. Some good rules to remember built ship—the SS Transporter— methods in use by private con­ • Don't store eggs together with cerns and foreign governments. for handling eggs are: now flying the Liberian flag. strong odor foods. • Don't let eggs stand on the Duluth is the farthest US inland Estimated cost of the study is • If possible, don't let tempera­ pier longer than necessary. port on the Lakes, some 2,100 $50,000. tures fall lower than 30 degrees or miles from the Atlantic. Foreign go higher than 33 degrees. ships have monopolized the deepA few additional rules for eggsea trade on the Seaway since it handling and storage stem mainly opened. from the make-up of the shell The Transporter, a World War 11 itself. Although this looks hard, it Liberty ship, arrived here along is actually full of tiny holes or with 15 other vessels which passed pores. The air goes through the through the ship canal when an shell as it would through a screen, all-day fog lifted. BOSTON—US Air Force and airline pilots are finding some and this Is the primary reason why Others in the running for the truth in the old sea superstition that a woman's presence on eggs pick up odors from other honors were an American, a a ship may bring bad luck. foods and cannot stand much heat Norwegian and a British vessel, or cold during storage. They A new airplane warning ferred by the Air Force for its should but official nod from the Port be kept separate from any Authority went to the Liberian system features a recorded warning system because a wom­ food with strong odors, which female voice, which informs an's voice stands out sharply in might otherwise give them an un­ vessel. While most Great Lakes citizens a pilot of a dangerous mechanical contrast to male crew voices. pleasant quality. look upon the Seaway as a boon condition in his plane, and then Northeast is experimenting with Products like roquefort, blue to their port cities, the average offers a possible antidote to a modified system, using both male cheese and other strong cheeses Lakes seaman has watched since remedy the situation. The system and female voices so that effective­ should not he kept in the same box 1959 the gradual loss of jobs and is now being tested by a com­ ness of each can be gauged. as eggs. These strong cheeses can The Northrop Corporation, he well wrapped and put in the vessels to the ever-mounting tide mercial airline. It is already being used as op­ which manufactures the new vegetable box. The dairy box must of foreign-flag vessels, particularly those of the runaway-flag nations erational equipment-on Air Force system, attests that the principal always he clean and odorless to advantage of a voice warning preserve the quality of the eggs of Liberia, Honduras and Panama. B-58 bombers. The new warning system, which system is that vital information is stored in it. In these instances, the vessels are generally acknowledged to has been tabbed "NORVIPS," for transmitted directly to the pilot's If possible, the wrappings en bear ownership by Americans who the Northrop Voice Interruption brain without the delay en­ eggs should be kept on to help have registered their vessels in Priority System is now being countered in visual alerting sys­ retain their freshness and moisthese countries to escape the tax, tested commercially aboard a tems. ittre. Good packaging of eggs helps safety and wage requirements of Northeast Airlines jet on the Twenty separate recorded mes­ to promote cleanliness and pre­ Boston-Miami run. American-flag operations. sages are part, of the system, and vents the spread of odors. Recorded female voices are pre- can be used in any number of Meanwhile, the Seaway study Since they are extremely perish­ combinations to cover the most able, eggs must he given special attention both in storage and hazardous situations. A "logic network" selects and handling. The high standards on plays the warning of greatest food quality for all SlU-contracted urgency, which is repeated until ships must he maintained, espe­ the message is . superceded by a cially where eggs are concerned. warning of higher priority or the {Comments and suggestions are original condition is corrected. invited by this Department and Each message lasts 15 seconds and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) starts with a different word. 1,000th Ship Into Duluth Since Seaway-A Runaway Lady's Voice Means Trouble In The Air Last Man Out ^ rn-wtrwB-vwwwmwnmwMmitiwmiKm NEW ORLEANS, May 14—Chairman, Lindsey Williams; Secretary, Clyde Lanier; Reading Clerk, Buck Stephens. Accepted minutes of previous meetings in ail ports. Minutes of Executive Board meeting March 25 presented. Port Agent's report on shipping accepted. President's report for April accepted. Reports of credentials committee and polls committee accepted. Meeting ex­ cuses referred to dispatcher. Auditor's reports accepted. Report given under good and welfare by Homer Workman, alternate SIU delegate to .SIUN.A con­ vention on business conducted at con­ vention. Total present: 310 iS» it 3» MOBILE, May 15—Chairman, Lindsey Williams; Sacrefary, Louis Neira; Read­ ing Clerk, Robert Jordan. Minutes of previous meetings in all poits accepted. March 25 Executive Board minutes pre­ sented. Port Agent's report covering shipping activities, SIUNA convention and blood bank was accepted. President's April report accepted, Credentials com­ mittee report and polls committee re­ port accepted. Meeting excuses referred to the dispatcher. Auditor's reports HCcepted. Total presentt ZIS, Mission accomplished, SIU oldfimer Tony Pisonl, the "Duke of Bourbon Street", sits amidst a sea of empty chairs and mugs for the LOG photographer at the end of a recent -SIU membership meeting in the New Orleans hall. Tony took the occasion to say "hello" from the Crescent City to his many friends and shipmates around tho world; �MKr sir |Mi SEAFARERS eopg KSPORT Page Eteren LOG 'Ho-Hum ••• RIGHT WING IN ACTION. It is no secret in Wyoming that the John Birch Society is in the saddle. It seems to control the reins on a state legislature that has passed a phony "rlght-to-work" bill; adopted three right-wing sponsored resolutions calling for a curb on the US Supreme Court, altering procedures to amend the Constitution, put through a re­ apportionment plan to strengthen rather than diminish rural control of state government; urgeil Congress to kill foreign aid and to get the US out of the United Nations and vice versa. There are only 23 radio stations in the state of Wyoming, and 15 of them are on $1,000 a month retainer of a coalition of rightists groups. Every day, hours of taped programs produced by extremists Billy James Hargis, ex-Gen. Edwin Walker, Dan Smoot and other ultras, foul the airwaves and brainwash the citizenry. Three John Birch organizers have entered Wyoming from outside the state to help mastermind the attack against Sen. Gale McGee and liberal programs. McGee is one of the Senators elected in 1958 who is targeted for defeat by the rightists next year. For months, the John Birch crowd has swung into action with mid­ night phone calls to leaders and members of any organization consid­ ering inviting McGee as a speaker. Matters reached such • preposterous extreme that McGee was tempo­ rarily denied permission to speak recently at the University of Wyo­ ming. Ironically, before he was elected to the Senate he taught history and political science for 12 years at that same university. Meanwhile, McGee's office in Washington has been deluged with hate mail from rightists. • CAMPUS CAPERS. Colorado Springs, Colo., Is a lovely community at the foot of towering Pikes Peak. It enjoys an ideal climate. Its charms are many, its attractions varied. Unhappily, it also is a hot-bed of right-wing activity stemming from the presence of one of the most horrible examples of a daily newspaper this side of Pravda. The paper, the "Gazette Telegraph," is owned by R. C. Hoiles, whose pufalishfrig empire stretches from California through New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Ohio. Hoiles, 84 and rich, thinks the National Association of Manufacturers is too left wing, hates the public school system, opposes taxes of any kind. He is a right-winger's right-winger, an all-American arch-con­ servative. He also puts his money where his mouth is. He has under­ written an academic venture called Freedom School which offers short courses in right wing theory and practice. He now wants to expand this into a full four-year school called Rampart College. A lot of folks in Colorado Springs are np in arms over this, and un­ derstandably. Rampart College would be like Freedom School, only more so. A tip-off on what it might be like is available by studying a roster of the "faculty" now at Freedom School. Among the "faculty" are William Grede, John Birch Society endorser and former NAM presi­ dent; writer Frank Chodorov. leader of several rightist groups; James Doenges of "We, The People;" Percy Greaves, of Christian Freedom Foundation, and about a dozeu other exlreiriist big-wigs. The titles of some of the eourses have a flavor all their own; "A Comprehensive Course for People Willing to Work and Apply Them­ selves in the Pursuit of Philosophic and Economic Truths" (the course is over before the title has been memorized) and "Explorations in Hu­ man Action" (for business executives). Hoiles plans to put up $5 mil­ lion to launch Rampart, just another indication that rightist leaders have money and are willing to use it. An employer's alleged fear that his wife will divorce him is not a good excuse for canceling a union contract and firing four electri­ cians. A National Labor Relations Board examiner said the firing of members of Local 453 of the In­ ternational Brotherhood of Elec­ trical Workers in Springfield, Mo., had no merit, since the employer promptly signed with another un­ ion. The original discharges were based on the boss's claim that he "either had to go non-union or lose his wife." t 4" The Board of Aldermen has voted 24-3 for approval of a laborsupported bill to bar the use of professional strikebreakers in New Haven. The city became the first in Connecticut to adopt such an ordinance, which prohibits any in­ dividual or company from hiring or furnishing anyone who custo­ marily works as a strikebreaker to replace a\ striking worker. The maximum penalty is 60 dkys in jail and a $100 fine. 4 4 4. The United Steelworkers Union is suing Copperweld Steel in Pitts­ burgh, Pa., tft, compel payment of $6.5 million in pension benefits for 900 laid-off workers. Local 171 of the USW says that pension, in­ surance, vacation and other bene­ fits are due to workers who lost their jobs when Copperweld bought out Superior Steel and then shut down its operations in the Carnegie (Pa.l area. The com­ pany later set up a trust fund, but the union says the fund only covers the pension rights of work­ ers who retired before the plant was closed. The suit is to protect the employees who were closed out of their jobs. Another dreary study of the US maritime industry has come off the pre.^ses, and will probably cause as much of a stir as all the others that preceded it. The final report of the "Maritime Evaluation Committee" was released to the ptiblic on July 1, although it was completed six months ago. This is perhaps the tipoff on the lack of concern within the committee and in the Federal Government itself for the basic prob­ lems confronting maritime, and worsening as days go by. For here is a report which speaks in such terms as the "bonus values" available through effective use of the US-fiag fleet and then gives off with 100 pages of platitudes, including a call for more studies! Obviously, a maritime study group com­ posed of businessmen who are largely remote from its problems could not be exoected to come up with anything startling. There cer­ tainly is little that is fresh and new in the committee's findings, after 20 months of study since 1981. 4 4 4 Bottoms Up! Next time you quaff your ale or scotch or any other kind of spirits, take a pause and remember that you may be doing a disservice 4 4 4 to the US distilling industry and are respon­ A first-time contract with an em­ ployer In the southern tufted rug sible, in part, for the- continued loss of gold and carpet industry was signed by flowing out of this country into foreign lands. the Textile Workers Union with In a report to the Commerce Department, Dixie Belle Mills of Calhoun, Ga. US distillers recently noted that one-quarter The big breakthrough in the South of the total US gold loss last year could be was scored by the TWUA last No­ vember when it won a National attributed to America's thirst for imported Labor Relations Board election by alcoholic refreshment. In 1982, they point a 2-1 margin. The vote win broke out, the US imported $295 million more in the ice ofv Dixie resistance to alcoholic beverages than it exported. TWUA unionism in Georgia, and Bourbon producers particularly have future NLRB elections are pend­ strong objection to this trend, which seems ing. The contract with Dixie Belle to affect their market more than that of other covers 650 workers and grants wage boosts and improved life,' domestic producers. They blame the liquor hospital, surgical insurance and export deficit on tariff barriers and other dis­ other benefits. criminatory practices which exclude bourbon from foreign markets while foreign producers face no such barriers here. An industry spokesman cited examples of foreign booze prejudice such as France's re­ fusal to permit advertising of spirits distilled from grain. "If we prohibited the French from advertising cognac here, they'd scream," he noted. Issuing thinly - muffled cries themselves, distillers feel the Federal Government hasn't backed them up enough at tariff and trade talks. They charge the US with failing to nromote domestic liquor as many foreign governments do, and sadly comment that the US doesn't even endorse the use of bourbon— "the traditional American beverage"—at dip­ lomatic functions. All of the above has a familiar ring to it, of course, from the standpoint of US shipping and its battles with cut - rate foreign-flag tonnage. Our Government approaches the idea of boosting American-flag shipping ever so gingerly, almost reluctantly, in fact, even where Government-financed cargoes are con­ cerned. A good deal of prodding is required ^before some agency head issues an announce­ ment that he will start living up to the law— to statutes that have been on the books for 60 years in some cases—and encourage use of American-flag shipping. This is one way, incidentally, to ease the balance of payments problem for the US that Washington talks about, since the American maritime industry is a means for reducing US international payments by at least a bil­ lion dollars each year, according to sorne estimates. And while increased use of Ameri­ can-flag shipping and domestic-made booze may not so've our complex balance of pay­ ments problems, it does help. American seamen have been doing their bit in these areas for some time, so all we can do now is remind the distillers that they can return the favor next time they mark a shipment for export. We're all in the sam° boat, it seems. ^ �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Jnly It, IHS Baltimore handled everything, and saw to it that I had every assistance possible. I would also like to continue To the Editor: I'm now employed on the getting the LOG, as I always Bcinville of the Sea-Land fleet, enjoy reading It very much. and have a few suggestions to Thanks again to all of you. Mrs. Lena G. Ison make, I would like to see our nego­ tiations committee come up with a "time-off" clause for the Welfare Benefits Sea-Land vessels in the coast­ wise, intercoastal and Puerto Draw Thanks Rico opefations. We have had To the Editor: such a clause for many years Allow me to thank the of­ with Seatrain and I see no ficials and men of the SIU, now that I've almost recovered from my recent illness. I certainly would have been in a sad situa­ tion had it not been for the SIU sickness and accident benefit. The sickness and accident To Tlie Editor benefit program certainly helped bring about my re­ All letters to the Editor for covery, as it is real security for publication in the SEAFARERS SIU members. To me the S&A LOG must be signed by the benefit is the greatest benefit writer. Names will be withheld outside of our constitution and contract. upon 'request. Eddie J. Caravona SeeksTime Off On Containerships The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare plan and a total of $11,000 in benefits was paid (any apparent delay in payment of claim is normally due to late filing, lack of a beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): P m':- George A. Sexton, 52: A heart Moines, Iowa, survives. Burial was ailment proved fatal to Brother in Creston, Iowa. Total benefits: Sexton on April $1,000. 28, 1963 at sea All of (he following aboard the SS Chatham. He SIU families have re­ joined the SIU in ceived a $200 maternity 19 5 8 and had benefit, plus a $25 bond shipped in the from the Union in the engine depart­ baby's "name, represent­ ment. His wife, ing a total of $1,600 in Eleanora F. Sex­ maternity benefits and a ton, of Balti­ maturity value of $200 in more, Md., survives. Burial was at Moreland Memorial Park Ceme­ bonds: tery, Baltimore. Total benefits: it 4. t Ricky Earl Clark, born Decem­ Donald E. Van Alstine, 35: $4,000. ber 6, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Brother Van Alstine died of a head Tommy E. Clark, Berwick, La. William Guilford, 70: Brother injury at Sasebo, 4> 4> Japan, on March Guilford died of a heart ailment Virgllia Bonefont, born Febru­ at his home in 12, 19 6 3. He shipped in .he Pritchard, Ala. ary 7, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. engine depart­ He signed on Gabriel Bonefont, New York, New ment and had with the SIU in York. joined the SIU in 1938 and sailed 1946. His mother. in the steward Erin Olson, born May 20, 1963, Bertha Van Al­ department until to Seafarer and Mrs. Floyd D. Ol­ stine, of North he went on pen­ son, Duluth, Minn. Readingf-M ass,, sion in 1355. His i i survives. Burial was at First Parish son, William John Chaplinsky, born May 17, Cemetery, Needham, Mass. Totai Guilford, of Mo­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John benefits: $500. bile, Ala., survives. Burial was at Chaplinsky, Philadelphia, Pa. Catholic Cemetery in Mobile. ' ij' 4» t, t, iS> Leo C. Hannon, 63: Brother Han- Total benefits: $1,000. Wesley Watts, born March 28, non died of a heart attack at the i, t, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Harry USPHS Hospital, Darwin Jessup, 72: Brother Watts, Halifax, Va. New Orleans, La., Jessup died of cancer at Good 4< on March 7, 1963. Samaritan Hospi­ Lorae Winfield, born September An SIU member tal, Phoenix, 15, 1962, to Seaferer and Mrs. Bert since 1953, he Ariz,, on May 27, Winfield, Norfolk, Va. had sailed in the 1963. He had 4, 4, engine depart­ shipped in the Patrick Flaherty, born May 5, ment, Surviving steward depart­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John are his children, ment since join­ M. Flaherty, Wolliaslon, Mass. Timothy, Rodney ing the SIU in 4> 4" and Jeri Hannon, 1938, and went of Seattle, Wash. Burial was at on pension in Jerry Ange, Jr., born May 16, Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, La. 1957. His daugh­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jerry L. Total benefits: $4,000. ter, Lela Mae Fleming, of Des Ange, Norfolk, Va. John Ally, 66: Brother Ally died of natural causes at Kings County Hospital, Brook­ lyn, NY, on May 17, 1963. He had shipped in the deck department after joining the SIU in 1941. No next of kin was designated. Bur­ ial was at Heav­ enly Rest Ceme­ tery, Hanover, NJ. Total benefits: $300. reason we shouldn't have the same with Sea-Land. On another subject, regarding some added security for our families, it might be a good idea to work out something so that all weekend overtime ' wbiiid be included in our ' monthly wages. This would make it possible to set aside a larger portion of our wages as an allotment to our families when we sign on for foreign voyages. The other item I'd like to bring up concerns a pension after 20 years of service regard­ less of age. I am certain our organization can attain this for the membership at some time in the near future. I certainly would like to see the comments of other Seafar­ ers oh these things, as they are of importance to us all. "Van Whitney 4> 4^ it Widow Lauds Union Services Seafarers are urged at all times when in port to visit their brother members and shipmates in the hospitals. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals around the country: USPHS HOSPITAtGALVESTON, TEXAS J. •. Barnes S H. Mills L. W. Carr Tom Miller EJward Douglas H. S. Milstead L. A. Dean Joseph Pawlak W. L. Forest Ernest Russell Adelin Fruge John Rawza J L. Gales M. E. Schifanl 1 nomas Guilerrez Ellis M. Watts VVilliam Liwl..'ss ^ VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS J. E. Butter J. P. Williamson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. H. L. Baum F. A. Lagremas C. H. Boutwcli D. Maley George Champiin W. H. Millison P. E. r.ildny F. Reimolt J. E. Higgiiis J. M. Walker D. R. Hampton C. J. Wilson Y. E. Kin.g USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Oliver S. Ange Jessie B. Voliva William II. Mason Gus Ward Carl M. Olson Julian R. Wilson Carroll J. Rollins USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA I. D'Amico J. Leslie A. Henning F. Mapstone C. Johnson J. Miller USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Joseph Aslin Charles Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Oscar It. Bii'd Herbert L. Jackson Ellis A. Bi.sho,j Thomas A. Jenkins Telipe Bosaldn Walter A. Johnson Arthur Botelho Alfred K. Keeiium John G. Brady Steve Kolina James C. Brown Eddie LeBlanc E. N. Constantinr) Theodore I.ee John J. Crosswell Kenneth MacKenzie Robert Cumberluiid Josuph Murccllc John Do.vle Anthony F. Maxwell Ilarves L. Dyas Carl M. McDaniel Anton M. Evensen George McFall Raymond Franklin Hurless Minkler F. W. Fullbright Jobe E. Muller Eugene Gallaspy Billy J. Orbach Manuel L. flomino William H. Padgett Leon J. Gordon George A. Perez Mark B. Ilanelson Junius Qulnn, Jr. Albert Hanimac ' William E. Roberts Herbert C. Hart Calvin A. Rome riuward C. Herring Aubry L. Sargent • J V Carrie Shartzer Rullin R. Thomas H. Leonard Shaw Robert Trippe Louie C. Storie William A. Wada Finis M. Strickland James F. Walker Adolph Swenson John J. Ward Harvey L. Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Frank B. Cake Russell E. MeLeod Arthur A. Furst William L. McRaa R. Johnson Thomas C. Pias Francis H. Mason R. H. Shaftner USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Charles Adams, Jr. Daniel Hill Andrew Flaherty William F. Jordan Gorman Glaze Frank Kumiega Union Tonic Seafarer Bert Dawson's spirits got a big lift when an SIU representative paid him a visit while he was drydocked at the US Navy Hospital, Sasebo, Japan. Dawson was former 3rd cook on the tanker Atlas. » t, V C 1 . ; ^' t. j• f * .I . J,. 1» * t • r 1• ,1 eE ^ » o a •i V. Makko Carl Smith Henri Robin Stanley Vernui , USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK P. C. Arellano W. Jordan J. Bailey P. Korol C. Belarosa A. Longuera C. M. Bragg O. Olson A. L. Crabtree G. O'Rourke W. Denny O. Paschal D. Di Sei T. Ramirez M. Farrulla M. A. Reyes M. Fingerhut P. Reyes S. Ginsberg E. P. Rosenquist J. Givens J. Scully E. Godfrey J. J. Shiver J. Gonzales M. A. Silva R. M. Goodwin T. Tighe F. Hannacheck L. F. Sturtevant E. Hansen F. Vargas T. Hickey C. S. You R. Haskin, Jr. B. Zeller USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Willie A. Young Burl Haire Gerald Algernon Leneard Higgans Robert Banister Erwin L. Jennings Benjamin F. Deibler Thomas Lehay Adrian Durocher George McKnew Abe Gordon Arthur Madsen J. M. Grantham Max Olson Joseph A. Gross Charles Slater SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR S-TATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK A. Gulterrez William D. Kenny Thomas Isaksen USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE Joseph Bergcr Billy Russell James McGee VA HOSPITAL OSTEEN, NORTH CAROLINA Arnold L. Midgctt VA HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Robert W. Ramsdcn VA HOSPITAL NORTHAMPTON, MASS. Maurice Roberts US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON, DC Wm. H. Thomson PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY, MASS. Raymond Arsenault < A f. V .•>\0 13 ...-.••r e.* i-* To the Editor: My many thanks to the SIU and all those who had a hand in forwarding the welfare bene­ fits check to me after the death of my husband, Charles F. Ison. I think it is grand the way you treat all your union broth­ ers and their families at such times. All I can think of is praise for the way the SIU and its welfare representatives in 4i 4> 4^ To the Editor: My husband and I would lik? to express our deep-seated and heartfelt thanks to SIU headquarters and your officials in the Port of Houston, to the W "Pian and 'its repre­ sentatives for the truly great amount of help extended to us during my recent illness, opera­ tion and convalescence. May God bless each and every one of you. Every de­ pendent of every Seafarer should be truly grateful for the protection afforded us by the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Mrs. Charles M. Silcox 4^ 4" 4" Staten island PHS Director Retires To the Editor: On June 30, 1963, I will retire from the Public Health Service. Dr. Thomas L. Shinnick will report to this hospital and assume the duties of Msdisal Officer in Charge on July 1, 1963. I would like to take this op­ portunity to thank the SIU for all courtesies extended to me and members of the staff dur­ ing my assignment to the US Public Health Service Hospital, Staten Island, New York. Please accept my very best wishes for your future endeavors. Daniel J. Daley, MD Medical Director, USPHS Medical Officer in Charge EVERY THREE MOHTHS If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY .1 J �r,'. -I, ••-^i -'_^..-- -> •• » '•« i- ^ SEAFARERS Mr U. INS Life' ^ %» Pare TlilrtceB LOG Iby Jim Mofet Trying to keep everything shipshape on the safety front, the SIU crew of the LaSalle (Waterman) reported at a recent ship's meeting that the general alarm bells In the recrea­ tion room didn't ring during the last regular fire and boat drill. One Seafarer reminded the other hands that if this should occur again, the failure must ities and the problems they pre­ films to cover the duration of its be reported immediately so sent to Seafarers trying- to get to voyage. The screen and projector, "This is just something I got together tor medicinal purposes, Captain ... 1 DETROIT (Sta-Land) Juna 12— Chairman/ O. Lowa; Sacratary, J. Rlghattl. Ship'* delazrate reported that one man missed ship In Baltimore and one man missed ship In France and Joined again In Germany. tS.OO in ship's fund. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Vote of thanks to entire steward department for Job well done. MONTPELIER VICTORY (Victory Carriers), June •—Chairman, Martin Hitchcock; Secretary W. Mitchell. Ship's delegate reported crew re­ stricted to ship. One man hospitalized In Poland. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Saatrain), June IS—Chairman, A. Smith; Secre- tary, C. Taliman. Engine department beef regarding fireman having to change 42 burners, tend three Doners and being required to chip, sougee and paint station. This is dangerous as the firehold Is undermanned and three boilers are too much for one man. Engineers went to Coast Guard about this matter, with no results. The crew wants something done about this. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for a Job well done. engineer. Company agreed to check and see about port holes in deck and steward department head* and 4-8 sailor's rooms. Question of an awning on the fantall will be checked. LONO LINES (isthmian), June 11— Chairman, Edward Martin, Jr.; Secre­ tary, George Gorton. OT beef in deck department will be taken up with . patrolman at Baltimore. Delayed sailing dispute in engine department. Ship's delegate will contact company regarding washing machines. Engi­ neer will be asked to check cooling system for water fountains. Additional water fountains should be installed on upper decks and in cable working area. Patrolman to speak to captain regarding duties of ship's surgeon. Shoreside workers are to be kept out of crew's living area and mess hall. Room allowance claims to ho taken up with patrolman.' First-Aid kits should be placed in galley and cable areas. Cooperation asked In cleaning messroom. Vote of thanks to steward department. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin), May It—Chairman, Otto R. Hoepner; Sec­ retary, Hani P. Wuehlna. Safety meeting held. List of safety sugges­ tions given to iiie master arid copy gent to headquarters. Motion that steward be allowed to buy fresh milk in South Africa in addition to the canned milk aboard ship. Water aboard ship was very rusty for the trip back. S20.21 In ship's fund. Various deck department beefs will be taken up with patrolman. FLORIDA STATE (Everglades), May 29—Chairman, O. Price; Secretary, D. Molter. S13.28 in ship's fund. A few hours disputed OT In all departments to be taken up with patrolman. Mo­ tion to accept SIU Food Flan 100%. Carried unanimously. LONGViEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), May 19 — Chairman, R. D. Schwarz; Secretary, J. J. Gaspard. . SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), June S—Chairman, Carl Johnison; Secre­ tary, J. Marshall. Company failed to supply ship with wind scoops. Motion to lower the time required for wel­ fare and pension benefits, regardless of sea time. Motion that transporta­ tion be provided by company to carry crewmembers to and from ship to bus stop at Port Elizabeth. Motion to in­ stall ship-to-shore telephone on gang­ way when at dock. It was suggested that mirrors be installed in all bath­ rooms. Bob Beliveau was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to former ship's delegate R. Leverne. ROBIN GRAY (Robin). May SO— Chairman, R. Wendell; Secretary, A. McCall. Ship's delegate reported there was no launch service available in Trinidad. Crew was advised that they would be able to draw on week­ end OT.. Crew requested to make less noise in passageways. Vote of thanks to steward department for Job well done. ANTINOUS (Waterman), May ItChairman, N. Merrick; Secretary, P. L. Shauger. Ship's delegate reported that American money is to be Issued in Korea. Fresh water tanks were cleaned in Son Francisco. Since crew candot use fidley to dry clotiies due to Coast Guard regulations, and there is no other place to dry clothes, it is requested that the Union contact the company about having a clothes dryer placed aboard this ship. DEL SUD (Dslta), May 24—Chair­ man, Harold Crane; Secretary, George E. Annis. Dispute over delayed sailing from Rio to be taken up at payoff. Ship's fund. $68.21. Total in movie fund. $275.01. Motion made that any man having to go into the ship's hold should be paid OT for such work. This motion will be referred to head­ quarters. Motion to have ship's dele­ gate check at New Orleans regarding penalty cargo. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), May 31 —Cha'irman, Y. A. Tobin; Secretary none. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Discussion on having the siopchest checked as cigarettes are stale. First aid kits need to be checked and replenished. Crew re­ quests new washing machine and dryer.. FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic), May 30—Chairman, Waldo Banks; Secre­ tary H. Bryant. Motion made to have all SIU ships on tropical run airconditioned, and to put the Florldian and New Yorker under the tanker agreement as to port time. Ship's delegate to write headquarters asking to reopen Miami hall. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), June 9—Chairman, M. E. Sanchy; Secretary, M. E. Beaching. TADDEi VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), May 27—Chairman, J. A. -Dunne; Secretary, V. L. Harding. No beefs reported by department delegate. Everything running •smoothly. H. Meacham v;as elected to serve as ship's delegate. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), June 7—Chairman, William E. Ander­ son; Secretary, Edward J. Wright. Matter of rusty drinking water and wash water to be taken up with chief Shin's delegate reported that every­ thing Is running smoothly. Chief cook to see patrolman about getting stove fixed properly. Vote of thanks to steward department. Ship's delegate contacted captain in regard to draws. Captain will only give draws on base pay less allot­ ments and taxes. Motion made that all repairs be taken care of before ship leaves the States for next trip. Screen doors to be kept locked whUe ship Is in port in-Japan and Korea, except the one on gangway. Vote of thanks to steward department. that necessary repairs can be ar­ ranged. This time the alarm bells were fixed up right away and are in good working order again. ii> if A 13-item set of motions and suggestiions at a meeting of the Long Lines (Isthmian) was noted by meeting chairman Edward Mar­ tin on that vessel. As on many other SIU ships, a lot of talk was spent on the status of the vessel's washing machine, with special at­ tention given on how to avoid overloading the dryers with wet clothes. Other remarks concerned repairs to be made aboard the special cable-layer in the air-con­ ditioning unit and to the water coolers. To end the productive session, a round of "hurrays" was voiced in praise of the steward de­ partment generally. if i if Seafarer G. Gi!he-«i. aboard the Antinous (Waterman) made a mo­ tion at the last gathering of the crew that since Coast Guard reg­ ulations say clothes cannot he dried in the fidley and there is no other place to set out the wash to dry, the company should be asked to place a regular clothes drier aboard the ship. This would he a great assist to all Seafarers' work-a-day, wash-a-day routine, and also would keep the Coast Guard from raising a row all the time. if if i The lack of transportation facil- and from their vessels was the the film fan continued, could be subject of a motion made by M. purchased out of the ship's fund Jones and R. Leverne, now on the or through some other means. San Francisco (Sea-Land). Both if i if Suggestions on how to avoid be­ ing tripped with fines and having to wait long hours at customs in­ spections in Saigon and Bangkok come from ship's delegate J. Gonde on the Steel Vendor (Isth­ mian). He recommends that all Seafarers going ashore in these Asian ports he completely truth­ ful by declaring all purchases in advance. In order to avoid fur­ ther trouble, Goude says, it's best Goude Gilbert to declare everything—"especially asked that the company provide money." i i i some form of transportation to and from Port Elizabeth (NJ), when Seafarer H. Huston on the Wal­ the vessel is hack in that port. ter Rice (Reynolds) reports a fine Chiming in at the busy ship's voyage in what he calls a "Gulf meeting was Brother Bob Beli­ first." Huston says all hands en­ veau, who wante(i to know the joyed a "tropical Hawaiian" run chances of getting a ship-to-shore cooled by comfortable air-condi­ phone installed on the gangway tioning. The chow, lie says, was for use in port for calls on the fine and fresh and all SIU men, including a few oldtimers soon to sailing time, etc. retire, had a bang-up trip. 4" 4" 4 The different ways to solve the lack of leisure-time activities aboard many ships was the sub­ LOG-A-RHYTHM: ject of some discussion on the Overseas Joyce (Maritime Over­ seas) not long ago. One Seafarer icame up with the idea of having headquarters investigate setting up a motion picture film library By M. C. Kleiber in each port. Under such a pro­ Listen to the sounds at sea gram, each vessel leaving port When winds and wave unite would draw a specific number of To form d symphony. Above And Below Decks Orchestra At Sea Insistent slap of a line that's slack. Rattle of a chain in the house; They blend in perfect harmony— First line, then chain, then pause. There's the snort and splash of porpoise As they frolic and they play. In the wash that is created By a ship underway. Hiss and beat of propeller blades Slicing through the deep, Producing perfect harmony As turbines whine and weep. Indignant trill of a gooney bird The gentle cry of a gull; There's the growl of gray white water As it clutches at the hull. Pity the landlocked men ashore Who have never known the sea. Never to hear the orchestra Reserved for you and me. Scenes taken on the Bethtex (Bethlehem Steel) picture some of the goings-on while the ship was docked in Baltimore recently. At top, Seafarer George R. Foote, in foc'sle, catches up on his reading and makes out if he-doesn't know somebody is coming around with .a camera. Above (l-r), wipers Robert Meodowcroft and Martin O'Toole team up on a job in the engineroom, while up topside, James Ireiand gives the deck a clean sweepdown. �Asian Seamen Rescued By Barbara Frietchie m I •t X-#'. •«..» SE'AP:}IRERJS LOG Pagre Fonrteen Your Gear.. for ship • •. for shore Many are"the times that SIU ships rescue some hapless souls adrift at the mercy of the sea. Many are the times Sea­ Whafever you need, in work or dress farers throw caution to the winds and perform an heroic act gear, your SIU Sea Chesf has it. Get top of bravery. This tale of an> quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ assist at sea stars the SIU Portland, Ore., with a cargo of crew of the Barbara Frietchie grain bound for Calcutta. India. ing at your Union-owned and UnionWhen the ship was nearing its (Liberty Navigation). operated Sea Chest store. Seafarer Dick Schaeffer reports destination in the Malaca Straits, the chain of events this way. The one of the crew spotted a vessel Sport Coatt SlU-manned vessel was out of apparently in distress. Slacks Word was rushed to the captain, Dress Shoes who immediately gave orders to Pieman maneuver near the stricken craft Work Shoes and investigate. Socks Sure enough, the gO-ton Malay­ Dungarees an ship. Lam Liang 24, was in Frisko Jeens trouble. There was no food CPO Shirts aboard, the radio was dead and, to Dress Shirts make matters worse, the tail shaft Sport Shirts had broken in two. Belts Close To Starvation Khakis Bound for her home port of Ties Penang, Malaya, the crippled ship Sweat Shirts had a 14-man crew that was close T-Shirts to starvation from a three-day fast. Shorts Without further word or request, the Frietchie's captain ordered Briefs steward John Hauser to break out Swim Trunks some provisions of fish, rice, jel­ Sweaters lies and other delicacies. These Soufwesters "caused smiles of happiness and Raingear cheers of joy to issue forth from Caps the hungry Malayans. Writing Materials Following the feast, the Asian Toiletries seamen asked that a messsage be Electric Shavers sent to the nearest port so that an escort vessel could tow them Radios Baker Carl Johnson slices home. This, along with a dona­ Television up some of that old-fash­ tion of food, was gladly provided. Jewelry ioned pie like mother used The owners of the Frietchie, Cameras once word of the deed was re­ to make for the gang on Luggage ceived, wired a "well done" com­ the Overseos Evo (Mari­ mendation to the captain and his time Overseas). If the big crew of Seafarers. Like all sea­ smile on Johnson's face is men, they had responded in the any indication, the SIU tried and true SIU tradition of crew must be in for a taste "brotherhood of the sea" to help treat. others in distress. fH. SEACHEST WALTER RICE (Reynolds Metals), May 19—Chairman, E. Fischer; Sec­ retary, E. M. Watts. Some disputed OT and contract clarification to be taken up with patrolman. Suggestion made to collect money for ship's fund. Ship stayed in Blythe, England, seven weeks. Stay was so long that many of the brothers became expert dart players and some learned to speak English. PANOCEANIC FAITH (Panoceanlc Tankers), May 5—Chairman, Jesse J. M. Krause; Secretary, H. J. Sieber. One man hospitalized in Casablanca and returned to port of engagement. Contact boarding patrolman and re­ quest a new water cooler in recrea­ tion room before ship sails. New agitator for washing machine needed. Vote of thanks to steward department for job weU done. MADAKET (Waterman), May 19— Chairman, John Moggie; Secretary, Albert G. Espeneda. No beefs re­ ported. S4 in ship's fund. Request for small donation from each member at payoff. Motion that members with 20 years of seatime on SIU ships re­ tire with full pension regardless of age. Motion to have contract amended with reference to state of Hawaii. ROBIN HOOD (Robin), May 19 — Chairman, W. Wallace; Secretary, R. Sadowski. Ship's delegate reported agreement that fresh mUk will be purchased in foreign ports where available due to the fact that ster­ ilized milk in No. 10 cans is not available on tb» West Coast. $36.14 In ship's fund. D. Iklrt was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. ELIZABETHFORT (Sea-Land), May 19—Chairman, W. W. Bickford; Sec­ retary, F. J. Johnson. Whltey John­ son was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Deck delegate to discuss the use of electrical chipping gear with patrolman on other than flat surfaces. Motion for the foUowlng contract changes: A time-off clause in port on a rotary basis, with pay. A minimum of 2 hours for all caUouts after 5 PM and before 8 AM at time and one-half per hour. A minimum of 2 hours OT at time and one-half for docking and undocking the ship be­ tween 5 PM and 8 AM. All work in port should be paid at time and onehalf between 5 PM and 8 AM. All OT to be computed to the nearest hour to eliminate the one-half hour times. headquarters regarding meatbox. Will see patrolman about subsistence dueDiscussion on repairs. Several Items aboard ship should he checked. and having to pay his own way will be taken up with the boarding patrol­ man. Captain refuses to cooperate on this matter. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), May 2« —Chairman, J. Coude; Secretary, F. Shala. Most of the repairs have been taken care of. Crew told that Saigon and Bangkok customs are very strict and to avoid trouble they should de­ clare everything, especially money. $42.92 In ship's fund. Motion to re­ open baggage room In New York hall and to have all companies issue Amer- LOSMAR (Calmar), Juna IS—Chair­ man, Emil Cratsky; Sacratary, John C. iii SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), May 27—Chairman, E. A. Stan­ ton; Secretary, F. B. Kritzler. T. Forsberg elected to serve as ship's delegate. $4.91 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Motion to have bigger cleats placed on both gangways as the ones now are too small and are not con­ sidered safe. GLOBE EXPLORER (Maritime Over­ seas), May 26=Chalrman, A. Paige; Secretary, Cyril A. Scott. Everything running smoothly. Ship's delegate to see chief engineer about salt water in showers. Unsafe conditions aboard ship to be reported to ship's delegate. NIAGARA (Transport Inc.), June 9 —Chairman, L. E. Ellison; Secretary, James B. Brant. Ship's delegate re­ ported that a letter was written to liillil . lean money Instead of travelers checks. Ship's delegate requested all members to write letters to Congress­ men opposing proposed Coast Guard pliysical examinations and compulsory arbitration. TADDEI VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), June 16—Chairman, Ken­ neth R. Bryant; Secretary, V. L. Harding. $17.70 In ship's fund. Motion to write to headquarters regarding draws In American money. The mat­ ter of a sick man getting the runaround before going to the hospital DKAT IT/ SOTTA ©ST MY SAIR aJTA^lNj Vi '.:iu V Xaljr 12. 1968 Raad. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Will sea patrolman about fans in the washroom and dry storeroom. Resolution sent to head­ quarters regarding welfare benefits. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), Juna IB — Chairman, Pater Sernyk; Secretary, Frank Kastura. Water on this ship is still rusty. Engine depart­ ment working on water tanks. Dis­ cussion on shortage of milk. Crew asked to have fresh milk put aboard on East Coast and Gulf. All crewmembers requested to dress properly before coming into messroom. Bosun asks aU to cooperate in keeping vessel clean. See patrolman about getting more variety of fresh fruit. AFOUNORIA (Waterman), June 1— Chairman, none; Secretary, Joseph V. Whalen, Jr. Ship's delegate reported that one man was logged for eating breakfast on watch. Request that patrolman check all foc'sles and see that they are cleaned and painted. Motion made regarding ship's articles. Vote of thanks given to the ship's delegate and steward department for doing a good job. WALTER RICE (Reynolds Metals), June 16—Chairmen, H. Huston, Sec­ retary, 1. A. Jackson. Brother Ban­ ner was reelected to serve as ship's delegate, with a vote of thanks. Mo­ tion made on shipping of all jobs. HallOldtlmer's Twenty Years As SIU Man A trio of fellow Seafarers took time out a short while ago to offer some highly laudatory comments about a brother Seafarer who has just marked his 20th year of shipping with the SIU. The subject of their letter was Seafarer Evaristo (Varo) Jiminez. a well-known SIU oldtimer around the Port of New York and in other ports from which he's shipped during the past two decades. Jiminez drew their kudos when he entered into his 21st year as an SIU member on May 16. Sailing in the engine depart­ ment, Jiminez signed on at New York and has been on "ac­ tive duty" since then, as a gogetter aboard ship and on land. His friends E. JImfnei and shipmates Paco JBayro^ JuUo . Rivera and S'teve' DiGi^^^^ tagged him a real "man of action." They cited Jiminez as having a record of be­ ing a ship's delegate or engine department delegate on 90 per­ cent of the ships he's sailed during these many years. "We would like him to know that his efforts have been appreci­ ated by all," they added. A sidelight on the activities of 'Varo" Jiminez is the fact that he's not the only member of his family shipping with the SIU. His brother, Willie (El Jockey) Jiminez, also ships in the black gang. That's what you'd call "brotherhood of the sea" two times over. A working agreement for this com­ pany should be forwarded to the ship's delegate. Discussion on situa­ tion aboard this vessel, until things can be worked out by company In regard to manning scale, duties, etc. Good TV aboard, plenty of fresh chow and a good bunch of oldtimers. TRUSTCO (Commodity Transporta­ tion), May 26 — Chairman, Charles Rice; Secretary, Charles O'Nell. Every­ thing running smoothly. Discussion on disputed delayed saiUng. All delegates requested to meet wth patrolman. Steward thanked crew for its coopera­ tion. April 28—Chairman, Charles O'Nell; Secretary, none. Ship's delegate re­ ported that all is running smoothly. Motion that transportation be furni-shed to any member who accepts a job. Steward requests crew to try to take better care of linen. TRANSHATTERAS (Hudson Water­ ways), May 11 — Chairman, V. C. Smith, Secretary, P. S. Holt. $1.53 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck de­ partment. Motion to have a patrolman on board at payoff and sign-on, both coastwise and foreign. TRANSINOIA (Hudson Waterways), June 9—Chairman, John Mehaov; Sec­ retary, Robert R. James. Ship's dele­ gate reported everything is running smoothly, Good crew aboard. Motion made to keep pedlars and longshore­ men out of crew quarters. Crew re­ quested to keep door in passageway closed and latched in port. A sug­ gestion was made to lock rooms In port and pUt locks on laundry door and .pantry. �SEAFARERS Julr 12, 196S LOO Pare Fifteen being held for the SIU members B^tcheU X4)i Bernardo Tombocon; Baylisted below by Jack Lynch, Room mond A. IMcbsi tec Willa OB. 4 4 4 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Tony Tinoco Street, San Francisco 5, Calif.: V. R. Lfanon Morris Berlowltz; Charles H. Bush; sible at 229 Robert Street, West Eugene L. Castano Jr.; John W. Curlew; Get in touch with J. R. Batson, Mifitlin, Pa. Anyone knowing the Ernest K. Dias; Robert J. Edwards; Domi­ ship's delegate, SS Panoceanic nic Graziano; Michael N. Hamre (2): whereabouts of the above-named Charles R. Hummel Jr. (2); Ho Yung Faith, c/o Panoceanic Tankers, 17 Kong (2); Steve Krakovich; Frank La Battery Place, New York 4, NY, is also asked to write. Rosa; Potenclano Paculba; Jorgen G. Pedersen; William Saltarez; Marvin E. as soon as possible. t 4" 4" Capt. Fred Fredrlckson Whity Horton would like to get in touch with the above-named as soon as possible at 2019-24th Avenue, West, Bradenton, Fla., telephone 745-0603. He is also Claude W. Pritehett anxious to have any former ship­ The above-named or anyone mates contact him at the above knowing his whereabouts is asked address. to get in touch with his brother, J, J, . Harvey E. Pritehett, Alberta, Va., Horace S. Sikes, Jr. by letter or by calling collect to Your wife announces the birth Kenbridge 676-5560. of your daughter, Lori Maureen, t 4i on June. 16. Get in touch with her as soon as possible concerning Y. R. Tallberg bills for the doctor and the hos­ Contact your wife at once at the pital. new address, 4427 Brookfield Drive, Houston 45, Texas. tf Rex O'Connor 4» • 4 The port steward at Sea-Land Joseph Zitolt terminal has your laundry. Pick it The Records Department at up as soon as possible. SIU headquarters is holding your t 4" 4" membership book, seamen's pa­ James Bruce Elliott pers, etc. In the lost property file, Get in touch with your mother, pending receipt of a forwarding Mrs. Minnie Elliott, as soon as pos- address. 4 4 PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cat Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard LIndsey Williama Al Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BiU HaU Ed Hooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. BaiUmore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON . 276 State St John Fay, Asent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jeiierson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS .. 675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 6804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAInut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Morria, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St Ben Oonzaiea, Agent FRanklin 7-3584 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louia Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackaon Ave. Buck Stephena, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 0 6600 NORFOLK 416 CoUey Ave Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent 625-6505 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4tb St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Frank Boyne, A^nt DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCB, PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos. Stop 20 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep. Phone 724-2848 SEATTLE 2505 let Ave. Ted BabkowskL Agent MA In 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette. Agent 229-2788 WILllUNGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave George McCartney. Agent TErmlnal 4-2528 im 4 Gulf Liner Runs Eyed By Cunard " !/, . Vliiivva 'mmm ® COTTRACTS, Copies of all SIU contracta are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard •ship; Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for or on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. Ii} addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. 0 EDITORIAL POLICY—SE.AF.UiEllS LOG. The LOG has traditionally_ refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union or its .collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membersliip action at the September, 19G0 meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circirastance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given •uch receipt. If in the event'anyone attempts to require any such payment be Bade without aupplying a receipt, or If a member is required to make a payment and l£ given an official receipt, but feela that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, thla ahould immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. pi CONSTITUTKRCAL RIGHTS AND 0B1.IGATI0N3. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS.LOG a verbatim.copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All aembers should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarlsa themselves with its contents. Any time you fesl any sembar or officer Is atteaptlng to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any aethods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well SB all other details, then the member.so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. ' iii-iii RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meetings.. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Bscause thaae oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing UAlon policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. July 16 July 17 West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued an advance schedule through Novem­ ber, 1963, for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle," or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wllmlnglon San Francisco July 22 yuly 24 August 19 August 21 September 16 September 18 October 21 October 23 November 20 November 18 Get In touch with me by mail or phone as soon as possible. Im­ portant message. J. Bennett. .qNTPPTwr, RTGHTS. YouT thlpping rights and seniority are protected exclus­ ively by the contracts between the Uhlcn and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted end available in all.Ubion halle. 11' yoii feel there has be m any vlolatioh bfyoiir ship­ ping or aenlcrity rights as contained in the contracta between the Union and the shipowners, firat notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified jnall, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Max Harrison, Chainnan, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite.I63O, New York k, NY Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at Uhion headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. Pull copies of contracts as referired to are available to you at all times, cither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. NEW ORLEANS—Cunard Lines is presently discussing plans to operate a winter cruise service out of this port in direct competition with US domestic lines which service the Gulf area. One company wnich would be af­ fected by the British move Is SIUcontracted Delta Lines which has three passenger ships in the yearround cruise service to South America. Prompted by the profits to be attained in grabbing a larger per­ centage of winter cruise traffic, Cunard has been mulling over the idea since the completion of ship­ yard work on the newly-converted liner Franconia. This vessel is the former Ivernia, whose tonnage has been upped from 21,717 to 22,600 gross. Another Cunard vessel which would be placed on a Latin Ameri­ can run is the Carmania, sister ship to the Franconia, which went into service last month. Both British passenger liners are equipped for the dual pur­ pose of serving the Atlantic pas­ senger trade during the summer­ time and then cruising out of the Gulf the rest of the year. New Orleans Mobile 4 TRUST FUNDS, All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Waters Dlatrlct are adnlnletered in accordance with tha provisions of various trust fund sgraeBenta. All theaa agraaaenta specify that tha trustees in charga. of theaa funds shall consist equally of union and Banagenent repreaantativaa and their alternates. All azpandlturea and dlsburseaente of trust funds ara lude only upon approval by a BSjorlty of the trustees. All trust fund financial racorda are available at the headquarters of tha various trust funds. If, at any tlae, you ara denied inforaatlon about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified Ball, return receipt raquaated. SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: .July 12 July 15 4 "R. S." FIHANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of ths SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District nakes apacific provision for safeguarding the nenberahip'g •oney and Union finances. Tha constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three nonthe by a rank and fila auditing comaittea alectad by tha nanbarahip. .'All Union racorda ara availabla at SIU headquartars in Brooklyn. Should any Benbar, for any reason, ba rafused his constitutional right to inapact thaaa racorda, notify SIU Praaidant Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. Schedule Of SIU Meetings Detroit Houston 4 , Income Tax Refunds Income tax refund checks are SiU Atlantk, Guif Lakes & Inland Waters District Jerry Green Send a forwarding address for your extra gear and papers left aboard the ship in New Orleans, I have It at home. Jimmy. HftUAL RIGHTS. All-Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as atenbers of the SIU. These rights ars clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in ths contracts whlcll ths union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, ao Seofmr may be discriminated against 'because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that be is denied tbe equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, ntum receipt requested* Seattle July 26 August 23 September 20 October 25 November 22 iill i , is*; iiiil iiiiliiiii iiiiiiiiiiiil:; silliiiiiil i? rsA3 �US Wage Base Rises 8 SlU Veterans OK'd For Pension On Sept 3 Vol. XXV No. 14 SEAFARERS^LOG July 12 1963 • OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE 5EAFARER3 INTERNATIONAL UN ION • ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • NEW YORK—Eight SIU oldtimers are the latest seagoing veterans to join the ranks of members now enjoying life and leisure, as a result of last month's trustee action approving their applications for lifetime pensions of $150 monthly. The approval of this groi^ brings the total niunber of SIU men qualified for retirement benefits this year to an even 40. During their long working career at sea, the new pensioners accumulated a combined total of over 300 years of service on the job. Those just qualified for pensions Include 'the~following; Herbert Allman, 66; Harry J. Cronin, 60; Hugh Dick, 76; Walter H. Hoepfner, 67; Kobert P. McQueene, 47; Charles Micallef, 67; Joaquin Miniz, 63, and Jan R. Mucins, 65. Heading the alphabetical list covering the roster of new pen­ sioners is Mississippi-born Allman who journeyed to Mobile, Ala., in 1939 where he signed on with the SIU. Shipping in the engine de­ partment, the veteran of over 30 years of time at sea last sailed aboard the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa). He and his wife, Estelle, make Mobile their permanent head­ quarters. A native New Yorker, Cronin sailed in the steward department Allman Cronin Hoepfner for over 43 years, the last 20 of them as an SIU member. His last ship was the Pan-Oceanic Faith (Panoceanlc Tankers). He lives In Baltimore and lists his sister, Mrs. Cathleen Kanko, of New York, as next of kin. Sailed 40 Years The oldest pensioner in the group, Dick amassed over 40 years in the steward department. Born in Kearney, NJ, he Joined the SIU at New Orleans in 1940. He paid off the Short Hills (Waterman) in McQueene Micallef WASHINGTON — Increases In minimum wages scheduled to go into effect this year will boost the income of more than 3 million ' workers by $500 million. The boost, growing out of amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1961, coincides with the 25th anniversary of the act. Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz estimated that more than 3 million of the 24 million workers covered before 1961 will benefit by an increase in their minimum wage from $1.15 an hour to $1.25 effective September 3, 1963. He also pointed out that an overtime standard will go int.* effect September 3 for jobs brought under the act by the 1961 amendments, mostly in retail and service establishments. This will result in either addi­ tional employment, or added in­ come for about 3.6 million workers. They will receive pre­ mium pay of one and one-half times the regular rate for over­ time after 44 hours a week. This provision is the first step toward establishing a 40-hour overtime standard for all workers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act. By the fall of 1965, the'law's requirements of at least $1.25 an hour and one and one-half times the regular rate of pay after 40 hours a week will apply to more than 28 million workers. The over­ time provisions of the law again exclude merchant seamen, al­ though the 40-hour week at sea and in port has applied to seamen for many years. April and, with wife, Margaret, looks forward to some rest and relaxation at his home in South Toms River, NJ. Born in Germany, Hoepfner spent nearly a half century at sea. Sailing in the deck department, he joined the Union at New York in 1950 and now makes the big city his year-round address. Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain) was his last MInii Mucins ship. McQueene, born In Georgia, signed on with the SIU at Savan- spent 30 years plying his trade in nan in 1938 and sailed on deck the deck department 61 many an during his 25-year career at sea. SlU-manned vessel. He started Now residing in Chickasaw, Ala., sailing with the Union in 1942, with his wife. Aster, and their signing on at New York where he children, his last trip was spent now makes his home. He com­ aboard the Clairborne (Waterman). pleted his last tour of duty aboard A long way from his birthplace the Jean (Bull). His brother Felipe, on the island of Malta, Micallef of Manila, is listed as next of kin. Joe Algina, Safety Director now makes his home with his wife, Sailing in the engine depart­ Mary, in the Bronx, NY. He joined ment for 42 years, Latvian-born Teaching Youngsters How To Swim the SIU in 1946 and sailed in the Mucins journeyed to New York in Every year about 6,500 persons drown In this country. 2,200 of them engine department during most of 1943 and joined the SIU at that the 45 years he spent deep sea. time. The Emilia (Bull) was his children. Drowning is the fourth most common cause of accidental He paid off the Steel Traveler last ship, which he paid off in death. (Isthmian) in May. January. He now makes his home Born in the Phiiippines, Miniz with a son in Chester, NY. A surprising statistic, according to the National Safety Council, is that most of thse victims are not playing in the water at the time of the accident. They fall in unexpectedly from river banks, docks and boats. This surprising fact is highly important for water safety, •because it means that if people were able to swim even a little, a mere 15 feet in most cases, they would have been able to reach A proposal for an inter-American container pool that would link the East and West safety. Coasts of South America with the East and West Coasts of North America was advanced Seafarers and everyone else should note these statistics and apply at the second inter-American Port and Harbor Conference, which was held at Mar Del them to their own water safety needs. Teaching a chUd to swim, Plata, Argentina last month. The conference, arranged an international organization. Contalnerization has primarily even a little, as soon as possible, is the best insurance you can take under the auspices of the The only container service in the been a US development, led by out on his life in or near the water. Organization of American States, Americas right now operates out such SIU companies as Sea-Land, With hot summer weather already upon us, the National Safety received the container pool pro­ of US ports to and from the East Waterman and Seatrain. Last Council is urging a special water safety program designed specifically posal In a document offered by and West Coasts, via the Gulf and month. Waterman was also re­ for children which it calls "Operation Waterproof 4th Grade." Its John L. Eyre, chairman of the Puerto Rico. One company also ported to be considering an off­ purpose is to see that every 4th grade student in America receives research committee of the Ameri­ has containerships running to shore all-container service to Eu­ instruction in water safety. The 4th graders were singled out spe­ can Association of Port Authorities. Venezuela. rope out of the Port of New York. cifically because children in this age group are the youngest able Basically, the pool would consist to learn effectively in a swimming class. of a group of ships running from Visitors View The LOG The aims of the drive are described in a recent Safety Council the East and West Coasts of the bulletin. "We don't want merely to teach children how to swim. We United States and the East and want to waterproof them, make them safe while in, on, or near West Coasts of South America to the water." the Panama Canal. Containers In addition to the actual instruction In the art of swimming, a would be transferred from one complete water safety course for youngsters includes rescue and ship to another at the canal. The container pool was dubbed self-rescue techniques. For parents anxious to teach their youngsters to swim the CouncU offers these pointers to make the instruction The Big H" because the plan visualizes an "H" superimposed easier and more fun for all concerned. over the map of the Americas with Wait until the child is ready to learn. Forcing won't do any good a cross in the "H" at the Panama and may do considerable harm by creating a fear of the water which Canal. will be difficult to overcome. Would Switch Cargoes According to the document pre­ Be patient. Don't push him to new steps until he wants to try. at the conference, "vessels Praise him. A pat on the back will go a lot further than a gruff sented traveling between Buenos Aires "thaFs all wrong". and Panama might handle cargo Let him stop when he is tired. A child can't keep an adult's pace. consigned to or shipped from San Instill trust. Don't play tricks. If ho knows you are there to help, Francisco, Callao, Guayaquil, New he gains the confidence to try anything. York or Montreal. Similarly, a You don't have to make an Olympic-quality swimmer out of your vessel traveling only between Val­ child to still make him a "safe bet" in the water. The best way to paraiso and Panama could handle get youngsters started is to first talk up swimming and how much Rio De Janeiro, Vancouver or Barfun it can be. Ease him into shallow water gradually and play ranquilla cargo." The paper said that "... a large with him. Always be there to offer firm support if needed. The child's pool of containers should exist so fears will soon evaporate. that shippers, steamship compa­ With all fear gone, the youngster can be taught first to float, and nies, railroads and truckmen could then can learn the arm and leg movements necessary for a strong Recent issue of LOG provides item of interest to Dr. Herman have access to these units with­ swimming stroke. Before you know it, he will be swimming and can all D. Bloch, of Cornell University's School of Industrial Rela­ be shown proper breathing procedures. From that point on all that's out having to pay for them or to manage them." The proposal did tions (left), and Mahmoud Swailly, public relations director needed is practice. not mention specifically who would for the Maritime & Dock Workers Union of the United Arab (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can operate the pool, but implied that be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) r Republic* They were on a joint visit to SIU headquarters. it would have to be operated by URGES US-LATIN CONTAINER POOL ' V t . '• 7 V'V *'• . ,r H - �.• - y/-:! ' ^'fi. -J'.,A, •r'Ji'.f*'3.'i '•' ;•• -y ,/• -^4^^""'- :*'••••• Vi:--)jF .-, y. ..t Ai ».4-,^. 1,. •" -*"••• *'-• ••' "J- •(«if . ^ ...^ .-^ • -v.;, • ,-• "-i? ^ .? V • .'- • - A' '*"-A'' i , • -H"" :4- ^ ' '••. 1 4 AI T / ' ' ii I -•:,'i'-. ,;,A i- •'. •' " t: . I n TEXT OF r' .:. sill (IISTITUTIOI For SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District 'VI, n;- -i ,:»i , " • >. Jio'i':* ii:w '- ._ ^ .»» •*'L - ,. f , - , T w - • • V^.' i ;i. ;. ' ,;..t. - • V V, i 4t V vi , •-•>« ». p -J's 'if- .r- .• �•oipplemeiit—Paff« Two SEAFARERS LOG July IS, 196S inents duly promulgated pursuant hereto, ao person shall become « full book member unless and . until he has attained the highest seniority rating set out in the said collective bargaining agreement; Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or elective job, except as otherwise specified herein. All mem­ bers shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entitled to vote on Union contracts. Sactien 2. No candidate shall be granted membership who Is a member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies, of this Union. Saciion 3. Members more than one quarter In arrears in dues shall be automatically suspended,, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically " dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: THE SEAFARERS JNTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA(a) "While a member is actually participating in a strike OC lockout. ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT (b) "While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or "other acaedited hospital. Afflliatad with Amtrican Faderalien of Labor — Congrott of Industrial Organixatlona (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the Union. (AtAniandadMay12,1960) (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entery into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the process of the law of this Union." No member shall be compelled armed forces. PREAMBLE to be a witness against himself in the trail of any proceeding in (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because Ai maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and which he may be charged with failure to observe the law. of this necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the form­ Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound p uphold and of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel. ing of one Union for our i«ople, the Seafarers International Union protect the ri^ts of every member in accordance with Pe princi­ Section 4. A inajority vote of the membership shall be sufficient of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ ples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. to designate additional circumstances during which the time speci­ trict, based upon the following principles: fied in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member All members shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and IV to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any guarantees as set forth in this Constimtion, and such rights, privi­ Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his qiiestion with regard to the application of Section 3, in accordance leges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and A majority vote of the membership shall be necessary to decide employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union such questions. or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. members. _ Section _5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and V time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assess­ just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely ments may be excused where a member has been unable to • mental cultivation and physical recreation. dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and We proclaim the ri^t of all seamen to receive healthful and on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare VI We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and respectful manner by those in command, and, A niilitant membership being.necessary to the security of a free defend this Constitution and shall be goverhed by the provisions of We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly irrespeaive of nationality or creed. Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. made. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are con­ Section 7. Any member, who gives aid to the principles and VII scious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, policies of any hostile or dual organization shall be denied further our craft and our country. The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Execu­ membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious tive Board by die Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations relations with those in command by exercising due care and dili­ the members. are dual or hostile. gence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employers in caring for their Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the CONSTITUTION gear and property. Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Mem­ Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our bers may be required to show their evidence of membership in order Article I influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintain­ to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. Name and General Ptmers ing and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a change in die maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union Article IV equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and Reinstatement To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of mari­ shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, sub­ time workers and through its columns seek to maintain their ordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the forma­ Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accord­ knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. tion of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enter­ ance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of orgaiii- prises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. This from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. zation and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies of the Sea. and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of admin­ Article V To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organi­ istration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assisunce, the zations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. Union may make its profierty, facilities and personnel available Dues and Initiation Fee To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to for the use and behalf of such subordinate bt^ies and divisions. make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any .Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calendar calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that'our work Union action, unless otherwise specified in the Constitution or year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except takes us away in different directions from any place where the by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended jurisdiction. the date of adoption of this Constitution and- may be changed only by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, by Constitutional amendment. who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from Article II Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by Affiliation membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. Section 1. This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ . ($300.00) dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Section _3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for national Union of North America and the American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affilia­ . organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights tions by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be by a majority vote of the Executive Board. In order to form a more perfect Union, we, workers In the made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity Executive Board. Article VI of uniting iti pursuit of our improved economic and social welfare, Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are contained have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers Inter­ herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from Retirement from Membership national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and affiliation with this Union, shall be required to adopt, within Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the fol­ aand/or Section 1. Members may retire from membership by surrendering time period set by the Executive Board, a constitution containing lowing principles: their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution In promoting our economic and social welfare, we.shall ever be and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted by such unpaid dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines inindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obliga­ subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall and other monies due and owing the Union. "When the member tions as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our be inconsistent therewith. No such constimtion or amendments surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies not thereto shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring Executive Board of this Union, which shall be executed in writing, therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters,' men dedicate ousselves in this Union. on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by .any other upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes We shall affiliate _and work with other free labor organizaitons; officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ these payments, and shall be given to the member upon his pre­ we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. senting the aforesaid receipt. we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all "Where a subordinute body or division violates any of the fore­ Soction 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with and, in particular, seeks to effecmate any constimtional membership shall be suspended during the ]^riod of retirement, our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individ­ going, so authorized and approved, or commits acts in except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union ual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor provision ofnot its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of violation herewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed its _charter_and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms or color. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters M it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercis­ To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that ing or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, any and all rights it may have pursuant to any applicable agree­ most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments all over the world, that their rights must and shall he protected, ments or understandings. accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be . Section 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required pay­ inalienable. its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trustee­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of ship upon any subordinate body , or divisions chartered by and retirement, including those for the current quarter, and all assess­ I affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. ments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. Article III and his membership book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Membership II Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to membership Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be admitted to mem­ Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself bership in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quartets for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. time, by a majority vote of the membership. Membership classifica­ only by majority vote of the membership. tions shall correspond "to and depend upon seniority classifications Section 5. The period" of retirement shall be computed from the III established in accordance with the standard collective bargaining first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement No member shall be deprived of his membership without due agreement of tliis Union. In addition to meeting the other require-. card was issued. CONSTITUTION �Mr IM, im SEAFARERS LOG ArtkhVU Sytltm off OffltnlzaHon (f) Tht Rresideat ahall bt chalnnaa of Ae Encntlve Boerd and may out one vote In Aat body. (g) He ahall be responsible, wiAin Ae llmlti of hit powers, for Ae enforcement of Aii Constitution, the policies of the Union, SMIIM f. This Union, and all offioert, headqutrtet't ropfcseii^ all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and port apents. patntoen. and memberi (hall be rorrerned in and those duly adopted by a majority vote of the membenhip. WiAin diia order by: .these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and (a) The Constitution; prestige of Ae Union. (b) The Executire Board. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to Aose oAer (c) Majority rote of dte membership. duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated, Saction 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be located In but Ae President may delegate to a person or persons the execution New York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a President, and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject Cohtracu and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer,' one to the limitations set forA in Ais Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or Ae job of Headquarters RepreVice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge senutive. Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President by temporary appointment of a member qualified for the office of the Lakes and Inland Waters. or job under Article XII of Ais Constitution, except in Aose Saction 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such personnel cases where the filling of suA vacancy is oAerwise provided for as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the by this Constitution. city in which the Union's port offices are located. (k) The President is directed to uke any and all measures and Sactioii 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered In one employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards depart­ protect Ae interests, and further Ae welfare of the Union and its ment. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or majority vote of the membership. No member may uansfer from one department to another except by approval as evidenced by a Union representative to attend any regular or special meeting if, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary. majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Exoeulivo VIco-Prosidonf. Article VIII Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Saction 1. The officers of Ae Union shall be elected as otherwise provided in Ais Constitution. These officers shall be Ae President, an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Con­ tracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one VicePresident in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Saction 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrol­ men shall be elected, except as oAerwise provided in Ais Constitution. Article IX Other Elective Jobs Section 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in Ae manner prescribed by this Constitution: A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. B. Committee members of: (1) Trial Committees ( 2) Quarterly Financial Committee! ( 3) Appeals Committees • (4) Strike Committees ( 5) Credentials Committees (6) Polls Committees { 7) Union Tallying Committees (8) Constitutional Committees Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by S majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be ap­ pointed as permitted by Ais Constinition. Article X Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and Miscellaneous Personnel Section 1. The' President. (a) The President shall be the executive ofTicer of the Union and shall represent; and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as oAerwise specifically provided for in the Con­ stitution. (b) He shall be a member cx-officio of all committees, except as oAerwise herein expressly provided. (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting Union action, the President shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, Ae President shall designate the number and location of ports, Ae jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open' such ports, and may re-assign ViCe-Presidents and the SecretaryTreasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. Where ports ate opened between elections, Ae President shall designate the Union personnel thereof. The President shall designate, in Ae event of Ae incapacity of any Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any officer other than the President, a replacement to act as such during the period of incapacity, provided such replacement is qualified under Article XII of the Constitution to fill such job. At the regular meeting in July of every election year, the Presi­ dent shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend Ae number and location of ports, Ae number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrol­ men which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other similar depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed or delivered at Ae close of each day's voting, except Aat Ae President may, in his discretion, postpone Ae recommendation as to Ae depository until no later than the first regular meeting in Oaober. Tltis recommendation may adso specify, whether any Patrolman and/or Headquarters Representative, shall be designated as depart­ mental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approved or modification by a majority vote of the membership. The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the President shall be unable to carry out any of his duties by reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President shall take over such duties during Ae period of such incapacity or unavailability. Upon the deaA, resignation, or removal from office for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall immediately assume the office, duties and responsibilities of the President until the next general election. The Executive Vice-Pre_sident shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cSst one vote in that body. Saclion 3. Vica-Pratidant in Charga af Conlradt and Contract Enforcamant. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ ment shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In addition, he shall be responsible for all contraa negotiations, the formulation of bar^ining demands, and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements to the membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14 (d) (1), for strike authorization, signing of new contracts, and contract enforce­ ment. He shall also act for headquarters in executing the adminis­ trative functions assigned to headquarters by this Constitution wiA respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or par^ thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive Board. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ ment shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. 8aMeai«iit—Fare Hire* Ae ports, tad the personnel Aereof on the lakes and lalsntl Waters, indnding Aeir organizing activities. Ja order that he may properly execute hit responsibilities he If empowered and authorized to retain any tedinit^ or professional assisance he deems necessary, subject to approval of Ae Executive Board. Soctien 8. Diraetor of Organizing and PublicaHont. The Director of Organizing and Publications shall be appointed and may be removed at will by Ae Executive Board of Ae Union. He shall be responsible for and supervise all publications and public relations of the Union and shall serve as co-ordinator of all organizational activities of the Union. In addition, he shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by Ae Executive Board. Section 9. Hoadquartort Roproaontalivos. The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any and allduties assigned them or delegated to Aem by Ae President, Execu­ tive Vice-President or the Executive Board. Section 10. Port Agents. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of Ae administra­ tion of Union affairs in the port of Jiis jurisdiction subject to the direction of Ae area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiaion of his port, be responsible for Ae enforcement and execution of the Constitution, Ae policies of the Union, and Ae rules adopted by the Executive Board, and by a majority vote of Ae membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting port aaion, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof." (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or oAerwise, for Ae activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President,. Ae Vice-President of Ae area in which his port is located, or by Ae Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to Ae SecretaryTreasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly, income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to suA duties as fall wiAin Ae jurisdiction of Ae port, regardless of Ae departmental designation, if any, under which the Patrolman was elected. (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at Aat port may serve as representatives to oAer organizations, affiliation wiA which has been properly authorized. Section 11. Patrolmen. Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by the Agent of the Port to which Aey are assigned. Section 12. Executive Board. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Contracts" and' Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, Ae Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters, and the National Director (or Aief executive officer) of each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 members and has maintained that member­ ship for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the respeaive subordinate body or division and must be qualified to hold office under the terms of the Constitution of such' division or subordi­ nate body. Saction 4. Secralary-Treasurar. The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less Aan The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible once each quarter and at such other times as the President or, in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The Presi­ for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound dent shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless accounting and bookkeeping systems; the sening up, and mainte­ absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President shall assume nance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the chairman's duties. Each member of Ae Executive Board shall the proper collection, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum each quarterly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's finan­ of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to cial operations and shall submit simultaneously therewiA, the develop policies, strategies and rules which will advance and Quarterly Financial Committee report for Ae same period. The protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. &cretary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an independent It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence, an appointee of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible all Executive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall appoint one person who shall be designated Director of Organizing and for the timely filing of any and all reports on the operations of the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax Federal or state laws. In order that he may properly execute his • to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board may any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or otherwise, direct the administration of all- Union affairs, properties, policies and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically pro­ subject to approval of the Executive Board. "The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive vided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive Board may act without holding a formal meeting pro­ Board and may cast one vote in Aat body. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the vided all members of the Board are sent notice , of the proposed Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall action or actions and the decision thereon is reduced to writing and make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly signed by a majority of the Executive Board. In the event that death, resignation or removal from office for Financial Committee. any reason should occur simultaneously to the President and Execu­ Section 5. Vice-President in Charge of Ae Atlantic Coast. tive Vice-President, Ae Executive Board by majority vote shall, The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a name successors from its own membership who shall fill Aose member of Ae Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vacancies until the next general election. If the Executive Vice-President duly assumes the office of the vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is incapaci­ Ae ports, and the personnel thereof on Ae Atlantic Coast, includ­ tated for more than 30 days during the remainder of. the term, the ing their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed Executive Board shall elect a successor for the balance of the term from its own membership. to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and shall also include Ae Islands in the Caribbean. In order that he Section 13. Delegates. may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected in deems necessary, subjea to approval of Ae Executive Board. accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend Ae convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Section 6. Vice-President in Charga of Ae Gulf Coast. (b) Each delegate shall attend Ae convention for which elected The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one and. fully participate therein. vote in Aat body. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and oAerwise, support Aose He shall supervise and be responsible for the aaivities of all the policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the Convention. Ports, and the personnel thereof on Ae Gulf Coast including their organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or State of Florida, all Arough the Gulf, including Texas. division that number of delegates to which this Union would have In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional of members of Ae subordinate body or division. In accordance assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers Board. International Union of North America, except that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to Sactlon 7. Vice-Preti.danl in Charge of Ao Lakot and Inland Walert. which this Union would otherwise have been entitled. The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters Saction 14. CommlHeat. Aall be a member of the Executive Board and Aall be entitled (a) Trial CommittM. to cast one vote in that body.He shall supervise and be responsible for Ae activities of all The Trial Committee shall conduct Ae trials of a person Aarged^ �Snvplement—Page Fonr and diall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in diis Constitution. It shall be the s^ial obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constimtion •with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recom­ mendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (b) Appeals Committee. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. 2, The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of_ this Con­ stitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an examina­ tion for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, separate recom­ mendations and separate findings. 2. Th6 findings and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All officers, Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. The committee shall also have available to it, the services of the inde­ pendent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One member from each of the following ports: New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ more, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee members shall be elerted at the regular meeting designated by the SecretaryTreasurer. In the event a regular meeting cannot be held in any port for lack of a quorum, the Agent shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the purpose of electing a member to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. Such committee members shall be furnished transportation to New York and back to theif respective ports and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties in New York. Com­ mencing on the day following their election and continuing until they have been returned to their respective ports each committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay but in no event shall they be paid for less than eight (8) hours per day. • (d) Strike Committee. 1. In no event shall a general strike take place unless approved by A majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the mem­ bership the Port Agents in all affected ports shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike committee. This committee shall be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectu­ ate all strike policies and strategies. Article XI Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Holders, Union Employees, and Others Section 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives - Port Agents Patrolmen The term of four years set forth herein is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article XIII, Section 6(b) of this Constimtion. Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated Ijy a majority vote of the membership or segment of the Union, which­ ever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the membership. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venmre in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such simations, instructions conveyed, by the Executive Board shall be followed. Article Xli Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representa< fives. Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Hwdquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an unlicensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at tlie Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records. Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and . (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good stand­ ing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to bis nomination; and (c) He has at least four <4) months of sea time, in an un­ licensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or SEAFARERS LOG vessels, covered by contract with this' IJnion, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any ofiice or job of, the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective obs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Soctien 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Consti­ tution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. Article XIII Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in person, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the SecretaryTreasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candi­ date, including the name of the Port in the event the posi­ tion sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. _ . (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for can­ didates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. Ibis shall be done alsn if he ships subsequent to forwarding his cre­ dentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violation of title II or III of the Landrum-GriflSin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated: Book No Signature of member ! Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nomi­ nees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason pf the_ restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed statement of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the latter's request. Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port where head­ quarters is located. It shall consist of six full book members in attendance at the meeting, with two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No OflScer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candi­ date for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Executive Vice President, or the SecretaryTreasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquartess is located in order to elect a replacement. The Com­ mittee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a niajotity vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each appli­ cant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified", the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. - The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Committee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of credentials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the addresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualification by air mail, special delivery, registered, to the mailing address desig­ nated pursuant to Section 1 (b) of. this Article. A disqualified appli­ cant siiall have tlie riglit to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the committee. He shall forward copied of such appeal to c.ich pott, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the committee's election. It is the responsibility of the appli­ cant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, widiouc Inly M, IMI prejudice to his written apMal, the applicant may appear in. person before the committee within two dap after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his quali­ fication. The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time sec forth in this Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so pre­ viously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifi­ cations of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candi­ dacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1 (a) of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive com­ ments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon aplhabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and job^ to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so per­ forated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. « (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding para­ graph and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be iwaintained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or ihall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any. event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspec­ tion of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall be secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distin.guishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appro­ priate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Committee of the port in which they are voting. The voter's book number shall be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space opposite the proper ballot number, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall proceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fart of voting shall be placed ta the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the establishment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sun­ days and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the city in which the port affected is located. If November 1st or December 3lst falls on a holiday legally recognized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all' ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M., except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. Section 4. Polls Committees. (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and notwith­ standing the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for eacb port, with the said meeting to be held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice thereof required. It shall be the obligation of each member wishing to serve on a Polls Com­ mittee, or to observe the election thereof, to be present during this time period. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the Secretary-Treasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and amounts of ballots used with the verifies- �j .. Jidy U. 1963 tlon list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused Ballots, both serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Committee may make what separate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as com­ pleted, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A ma­ jority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Constitution, the Executive Board shall not make any determination in these matters. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only , to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve gotxi order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Committee shall there­ upon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or enve­ lopes, with their book numbers next to their signatures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the envelope or envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope or envelopes dated for that day and voted in that jPort. The Polls Committee shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board, official envelopes may be pre­ pared for the purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying the fore­ going inscribed thereon, in which event these envelopes shall be used by the Polls Committee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper or envelope, which, at the discretion of the Executive Board, may be furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or registered mail, by the said Polls Committee, to the depository . named in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall-not be discharged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after sealing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shaM deliver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or regis­ tered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving or provide meals in lieu of cash. S«<tion 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Preceduro, Pretests, end Special Votes. (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to terminate, the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their tjther duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the Commietee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the Committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forward to headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all members of the committee, that all the stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to the right of each member of the committee to make separate com­ ments under his signature and date. The said Polls Committee members shall not be discharged from their duties until the for. warding called for hereunder is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's electien records or files. (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot be elected or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, . the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the material specifi­ cally set forth in Section 5(a) (unused ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Committee to execute those functions. SEAFARERS Snpplemeni—Pace Fire LOG All certifications called for under diis Arucle XIII shall be deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of those required to make such certification. (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, and Detroit. The election shall be held at the re^lar meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board other­ wise determines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Pa­ trolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Rep­ resentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties hereinbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, which they may require to be forwarded for ins^ction at its discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these dis­ crepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3(c) of this Article and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Section 5(c), these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Union Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. The committee shall take all reason­ able measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5(c) to be com­ pleted within the time herein specified. No closing report shall be made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and tallied. (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall pro­ ceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possi­ ble after their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in which headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expense occasioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subse­ quent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from, which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Con­ stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository imme­ diately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe custody during the course of the committee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immedi­ ately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Com­ mittee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this Article, the committee shall be reconstituted except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies shall be sent by the committee to each Port Agent and the SecretaryTreasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meeting applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be referred to as the' "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. "This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this Article and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution, shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the Election Rpeort Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three or more members, of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the con­ tingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report shall be accepted as final. (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Seciton 5(f) must take place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies so acted upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Agents in each such port shall have the functions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5(c), insofar as that Section deals with the terms of such special vote. The Secretary-Treasurer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immediately avail-i able to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Imme­ diately after the close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Traesurer, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means practicable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 5(g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report containing a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its closing report. The form of the latter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results set forth in the pertinent segments of the Tally­ ing Committee's closing report shall be deemed accepted and final without modification. If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the Union Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the membership at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union "Tallying Com­ mittee shall be required to continue its proceedings correspondingly. Section 6. Installation into office and the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number 'of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determina­ tions shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) "Hie duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meeting, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meeting the results as to Mch of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as pro­ vided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume ofl^ce the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. Article XIV Other Elections Section 1. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day following the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall constitute a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be electd to serve on a Trial Com­ mittee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing disqualifications apply to him. The members of this committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Seclisn 2. Appeals Committee. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, five of whom shall constimte a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located. The same disqualifications and duties of members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. Section 3. Delegates. As soon as the President is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. These facts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a haajority vote of the membership during that meeting, the election cules shall apply. These rules shall not prohibit any full book member from nominating himself. The results of the election shall be communi­ cated to each Port Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and an­ nounced at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election hereunder may include provisions for automatic election of all qualified nominees, in the event the number of such nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be elected. Article XV Trials and Appeals Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Constimtion. These charges shall be in writing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting. The accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting takes place. �fWPlement-ftff* Six iNileii a. After presentation of the charges and the request to evideooe to support sudi t finding and. In such case, die die Port Agent, die Port Agent shall cause those charges to be read Committee thw not make its own findings as to tlie cridence. : at the uid meeting. If die charges are rejected by a majority Tote of the port, no , (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recommended. further aaion may be taken thereon, unless ruled oriherwise by « ' majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, he shall ^ automaticdly on notice that he will be ttied the fol­ lowing morning. At his request, the trial shall be pos^n^ until the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made against him. If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immediately cause to be sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a noti­ fication, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Committee will be elected. In the event a majority of the membership of. the Union shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of the charges. At the truest of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his witnesses. Sactien 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts of law but may receive all.relevant testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accu*d, to enable him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, provided, (a), the said member is available at the time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adetjuately inform him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and dis­ posed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. Saction 5. The Trial Committee shall make finding as to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the committee, and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The committee shall forward its findings and recommendations, along with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last ' known addresses. The findings shall include a statement that the L rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ guarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date ; of the.trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and each witness: shall describe each document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations shall be m^de.a part of the regular files. Sedion 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to. each Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall be dis­ cussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the mem­ bership of the Union shall; (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommendations, or (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transportation and subsistence. Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punishment so decided upon shall become effective. Headquarters shall cause notice of the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or who is under effective punishment, may appeal in the following manner:' He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to Headquarters within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of .the membership. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the port where Head­ quarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice shall be presented, and shall then become part of the minutes. An I Appeals Gsmmittee shall then be elected. The Vice-President in charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the before-mentioned proceedings and all available documents used as evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any written statement or argument submitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at head­ quarters in time for such presentation. Section 12, The Appeals Committee shall decide the appeal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair consideration. Saclion 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings and recommen­ dations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions and dissena shall be in writing and signed by those participating in such decision or dissent. In nuking its findings and recommendations, the committee shall be governed by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there Is substantial jxir u, ifa SEAFARERS tOG (c) A new trial shall be recommended if die Appeals Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Committee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adequately informed of the details of the charged offense, which resulted in his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend that the charge on which the finding was based be dismissed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punishment. Saclion 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its d^ision and dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last known address, or notify them in person. Sactian 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If .there is no dissent, the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in Seaion 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as will insure k fair hearing to the accused. Saclion 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing addressed to their last known address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. Saclion 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the pro­ visions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all members of the Union. Saclion 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union to take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Saclion 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postponemeiK, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. Article XVI Offenses and Penalties Sociion 1. Upon proof the commission of the following offenses, the member shall be expelled from membership: (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against the interests of the membership or the Union; (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to destroy the Union. Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following offenses, the member shall be jienalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of the value in excess of $50.00. (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or functions or other serious misconduct or breach of trust. The President may, during the pendency of disciplinary proceedings under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without pay, and designate his temporary replacement. (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boSes, or election files, or election material of any sort; (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges are false; (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports or communications which fall within the scope of Union business; (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to Join one's ship, or mis­ conduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Union or its agreements; (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, ot deliberate and malicious villification, with regard to the execution of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the order of those duly authorized to make such orders during time of strike. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within the time limit set therefor cither by the Constitution or by action taken in accordance with the Constitution. Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a sus­ pension from the rights and privileges of membership for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both; (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of the value under $50.00; (b) Assuming any office or Job, whethOr elective or not with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifications required therefor; (c)' Afiscooduct durlnX MW sneettof or etlier oflkU Ualox praoiBdinA or bringing M Um'oo into disrepotti by ooodnct ooc provided tor clsewhett in this Article; (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of tiiOM duly audiorized to snake sudi orders at any tinse; SacilM. 4. Upon proof of the comtnission of any of die fol _ .. offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including t fine $50.00; (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-oA; (b) Wilful failure to submit Union book to Union representa*' tives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dis­ charging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; (f) Gambling in the Union hall;(g) Negligent failure to Join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penallud by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution subject to the provisions of Article XV, Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representative of the Union. Section 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, of personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Aritcle XVII Publications This Union may publish such pamphlets. Journals, newspapers, magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Article XVIII Bonds Officers and Job holders, whether elected or appointed as well as all other employees handling monies of the Union shall be bonded as required by law. Article XiX Expenditures Saclion I. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur such expendimres and expenses as are normally encompassed within the authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. Saclion 2, The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Saclion 3. The provisions of this Article shall supersede to the extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. Article XX Income Saclion 1. The income of this Union shaM include dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Saclion 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall be given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person auth­ orized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the duty of every person affiliated with the Union who makes such payments to demand such receipt. Saclion 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, provided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast. Saclion 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied suc­ cessively to the monetary obligations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. Article XXI Other Types of Union Affiliation To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individ­ uals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capaci­ ties or affiliations. These rights and obligations may include, but are not limited to (a) the applicability or non-applicability of all' or any part of this Constitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) tlie fees required for such affiliation. In no . event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. Article XXII Quorums Saclion 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwi^ specifically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a port shall be six full book members. Saclion 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be fifty (50) members. SacHon 3. Unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other functions of any; �July n, 196S SEAFARERS segment of the Union requiring a ^onun to set offidally, shall ht Article XXV a majority of those voting, and shall not be official or effective Amendmenfs unless the quorum requirements are met. .This Constitution.shall be amended in the following manner; faction 4. Unless otherwise indicated herein, where the require* ments for a quorum are not specifically set forth, a quorum shall taction 1. Any full book member may submit at any regular be deemed to be a majority of those composing the applicable meeting of any Fort proposed amendments to this Constitution segment of the Union. in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Article XXIII Meetings Port approves it, the proposed amendment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma­ jority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitu­ tional Committee in the Pott where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Com­ mittee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substimtions or recommendations and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the President. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it -^hall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3(b)-through Section 5, except that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote,"the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made avail­ able at the voting site in all ports. Section 3. If approved by a majority of the -valid ballots cast, the, amendment shall become effective immediately upoit notifica­ tion by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the President that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The President shall immediately notify all ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. Section 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the followinjp; times: During the week following the first Sunday or every month a meeting shall be held on Monday^—at New York; on Tuesday—at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday" at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership meetings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the authorities of the state or municipality in which a port is located, the port meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall' not be deemed business days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular nfeetings in ports in thier respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend.a regular meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairman of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the port bulletin board. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. Article XXVI The contents of this Section 2 are subject to the provisions of Transition Clause Article XIII, Section 4(a). Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all tegular Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide meetings shall be governed by the following: for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the "Constimtion in effect prior to the adoption 1. The Union Constitution. of this amended Constimtion, to operations and activities conducted 2. Majority vote of the members assembled. in accordance with this amended Constimtion. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effecmate the foregoing purpose and intent. Article XXIV Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar Dermitions and Miscellaneous Provisions procedures. and processes of this Union, in effect immediately Relating Thereto prior to the adoption of this amended Constimtion shalt-'jje deemed Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with to be permitted heruender and shall continue in effect unless or herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing than 30 days, provided that this does not, result in a vacancy. Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, rules of order However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to generally followed, bonding procedures, reinstatement procedures, prohibit the execution of the functlbns of more than one job and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof.incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, including those Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the with regard to admission into membership, in effect inimediately term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the functions of any prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or suspension from to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to until changed in accordance with the-provisions hereof. appeal in accordance with the provisions of Article XV. of this Section 5. All officers and other jobholders elected as a result of Constitution. the balloting held by this Union during November and December Section 3. When applicable" to the Union as a whole the term, of 1958, who are serving at the time of the adoption of this "majority vote of the membership", shall mean the majority of all amended Constitution, shall continue to serve, without reduction the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of in salary, in the office most closely related to the one held prior to those ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail not­ that adoption, and for a term not to exceed that for which he withstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because was elected in the balloting held in 1958. For this purpose the of no quorum. For the purpose of this Section, the term "meeting" -following table sets out the new office and job, the present nearest shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period equivalent in terms of functions presently performed, and the within which a vote must be taken in accordance with the Con­ identity of" the person occupying it. The adoption of this amended stitution and the custom and usage of the Union in the indicated Constitution shall constitute ratification of this table. priority. OldTitle . Individual • Section 4. When applicable solely to port action and not con­ New Title Secretary-Treasurer PAUL HALL cerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not forming President part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the mem­ Executive Assistant Secretarybership", shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the •Vice-President Treasurer CAL TANNER full book members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Vice-President in . Section 5. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, charge of Contracts shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership". and Contract Assistant SecretaryTreasurer CLAUDE SIMMONS Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder Enforcement thereof, is set forth in this Constitutifln, all references thereto and Vice-President in the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally charge of the Assistant Secretaryapplicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Treasurer EARL SHEPPARD Atlantic Coast Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean Vice-President in that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected offi­ charge of the Assistant Secretarycials and- other "elected job-holders are required to assume office. Gulf Coast Treasurer LINDSEY WILLIAMS The first election year hereunder shall be deemed to be I960. Boston Port Agent Vice-President in Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended charge of the Lakes and Administrative Director of Great Constimtion", shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall and Inland Waters AL TANNER refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted Lakes District by the Union in 1939, as amended up through August, 1956. (To be filled by the Section 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall mean a President in accord­ member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in arrears' ance with Constitu­ for thirty days or more,-or who is not under suspension or expul­ Seaetary-Treasurer VACANCY tion) sion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless other­ Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters wise expressly indicated, the term, "member", shall mean a member Treasurer BILL HALL Representative in good standing. Assistant SecretarySection 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the cotitext of Headquarters Treasurer ED MOONEY their use, the terms "Union book", "membership book", and "book", Representative Assistant Secretaryshall mean official evidence of Union membership. Headquarters Treasurer JOB VOLPIAN Representative Section II. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall mean only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union "menlbership Since no elected officer or jobholder currently performs the which, can be attained only by those members "who" have first functions of the new office of Secretary-Treasurer, that office shall acquired' the highest seniority rating set forth in the standard be filled by the President pursuant to Article X, Section l(j) of collective bargaining agreement. this Constitution. From the date of the adoption of this Constim­ •Section 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a inember tion, the officers, as above described, shall execute the powers and to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entided to functions, and assume the responsibilities of the said offices as set retain it in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. forffi ia this Constitution. SnM^lement—Paye Sevea LOG EXHIBIT A Minimal requirements to be contained In Constitutfen of subordinate bodies and divisions chartered by or affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. 1 All members shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Constimtion, inUuding secret election, freedom of speech, the right to hold office, and the right of secret votes on assessment and dues increases, all in accordance with the law. If No member may be automatically suspended from membership except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reasonable time to pre-, pare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constimtion. III This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constimtion and any amend­ ments thereto, shall not take effect unless and until approved as set forth in the Constimtion of thaTTJnion. IV An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the. welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. VI No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the membership in a secret referendum-conducted for that purpose. In, any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any amendments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance with Article II of the Constitution of the' Seafarers International Union of North America •—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District is first made. VII The Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the right to check, inspect and make copies of all the books and records of this Union upon demand. VIII This Union shall not take any action ts-hich will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized accounting procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America-^—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, unless approved by that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives to this Union who shall have" the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the duty of assisting this Union and its membership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers International Union of North America —^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebtedness of any sort, is owed by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written approval of the Seafarers International Union of North AmericaAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in accordance with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. XII This Constimtion and actions by this Union pursuant thereto are subject to those provisions of the Constimtion of the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, disaffiliation, trustee­ ships, and the granting and removal of charters. XIII This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that District to the Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Con­ stimtion of the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Disuict. �rn»e-t7ir:r'K.*' • • - "• v.- --V- • ^ ,,,;' ••,•...••,• •'^- •-•&'••• Ji t-.-:,' I • ••"••. r.^ " '.j.'.. 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' ^ • Protection of the rights and privileges gUWW^^ him under the Con^itution of the Utiiolt, ^ The right to vote, • The right Jo nominate himself for, Wid fd KoJii any office in the Union, • That every official of the Union shall Be Bound to uphold and protect the rights of every meniB^t and that in no case shall any member Be depnVed af his rights and privileges as a member ivithoul. ^due process of the law of the Union. • The right to be confronted by his accuser and fa be given a fair trial by an impartial committee "of. his brother Union members if he sKouVd Be charged with conduct detrimental to the Welfare , of Seafarers banded together in this Union, ^ The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee, • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in def ense of the democratic prirh ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union, k- I m,. II , ' Tiv:^ «?•* ... : •• • •• . v>. I • -• 1^. 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Title A name given to the resource July 12, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GOV’T GROUP’S SHIP PROGRAM MISSES MARK COLLISION KILLS 3 ON BRITISH SHIP; SIU CREW SAFE SIU STRIKERS WIN PAY, NEW PACT IN J-K BEEF DOMESTIC SHIP BILLS URGED IN CONGRESS BULL LINE SHIP PLAN UNCHANGED CONGRESS GETS FIRST DOMESTIC SHIP BILLS GOV’T GROUP HITS TAX AID FOR SHORESIDE RUNAWAYS FLEEING CUBAN STOWAWAY MAKES US VIA SIU TUG HIGH COURT BACKS JURY TRIAL IN JONES ACT-MAINTENANCE SUIT BRITISH FIND REASON FOR US 50-50 LAW US JOBLESS TOP 4.8 MILLION BUT STRIKES GET HEADLINES SIU CO’S QUERIED ON BOSTON RUN 1,000TH SHIP INTO DULUTH SINCE SEAWAY – A RUNAWAY US WAGE BASE RISES ON SEPT. 3 TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUTION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/12/1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXV, No. 14 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8291c62494aecaf1d6672073bfad8fab.PDF 07912278494581484576b59c0f55b615 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1945 Fighting Colin Kelly Another eventful chapter in the story of a fighting Liberty came on June 4th near Belgium when the famous SS Colin Kelly hit a mine and was badly damaged. Bound up the Straits pf Dover for Antwerp on her way from Boston, the. Kelly was nearing the river when an oyster type? mine made contact*: with the hull at the engine room bunch of officers, and an engine and blew a hole in the ship big that ran like a clock." V^nough to drive a truck through. Nine Nazi swastikas were Fortunately, none of the men be­ painted on the Colin Kelly's stack, a record of action-packed low was lost or injured. voyages to the Mediterranean. Like many Liberties which She took part in the invasion of have had holes blown in them Sicily and her gunners shot down which would have sent other five planes in one day of heavy air ships diving to the bottom, the raids. Subsequent events in the Colin Kelly stayed afloat, some Kelly's career included a heavy of her crew remained aboard, and storm in the Atlantic last Decem­ she was towed to Tilbury. ber when two men were washed With the vessel scheduled for overboard from her deck and lost. an indefinite stay in England, the Members of her crew crew Was repatriated on the SS who stopped in the New York William Patterson, enjoying the hall before shipping out again luxurious accommodations' of were John M. Fassett, AB, Henry S. Odom, Oiler, John Gorgei, Or­ number three hold. Said the first group back: "We dinary, Joseph W. Carey, Oiler, really hated to leave that ship. Edward P. Malley, OS, and W. H. •She fed well, she had a swell. McDonald, Wiper. , COLIN KELLY CREW TELLS No. 29 NMU Marches Phony Picket-line Te Cover Past Bonus Sell Outs By JOHN HAWK This week the National Maritime Union threw a phony "picket line" around the Maritime Commission offices in New York, Washington and the other major ports. It was a phony picket line because it was merely a publicity stunt to cover up the real facts of the bonus struggle. It was phony because while the NMU men were marching in front of the RMO in.New York, NMU dispatchers continued to call for replacements from that very agency. It was* phony because the line could not, who has sabo- gles of the SIU-SUP which won the various bonus increases. possibly effect the course of the taged them, bonus struggle, but could only Since the bonus is part of the To begin with, in September, serve to confuse the rank and seamen's wage, let us first look 1939 there was an industry-wide file seamen as to who was really at the record of wage increases meeting in Washington to con­ responsible for winning the bonus over the past years, and see what sider the bonus rate. At that in the beginning, and who would union was responsible for win­ meeting the AFL maritime unions be responsible for increasing ba­ ning the present standards. went after the operators and won sic wages to compensate for the from them an admission that the The SlU-SUP is directly re­ seamen deserved a 50% bonus loss in take-home wages. sponsible for the present mari­ rate. That afternoon Joe Curran In this complicated picture it time wage scales—and all rank double crossed the rest of mari­ Is best that we let the actual and file seamen know this to be time labor, and accepted a 25% record speak for itself. In doing a fact. bonus. This sabotage temporar­ this we will be able to see just Let's start with 1940—May, to ily kept the bonus rates down. wba_has,. alw^i _fou^t for the be ex^ti In that month the SUP But the SIU-SUP immediately led fhi^ industry in winning a $10 won $5,000 life insurance for its increase in the basic wage, and members. OF MINE 10 cents an hour increase in over­ Throughout 1940 the SIU-SUP time. That was for the West membership hammered away, Coast. striking a ship here and a ship On the East Coast the NMU be­ there, and by militant waterfront gan to sbream, and wanted to get action increased the bonus grad­ in on the increase won by the ually from $30 to $40 to $50 and SUP, and finally got the $10 in­ finally to $60. crease, but settled with no in­ The militancy of the SIU mem­ crease in overtime. Despite this bership finally resulted in the precident, which was used by the Washington politicians again call­ shipowners as a weapon against ing an industry-wide conference us, the SIU walked out and won (Continued on Page 5) the $10 increase plus the 10 cent increase in overtime. This meant that the SIU led in winning the highest wages in history on the East Coast. In February, 1941 the SIU-SUP won another $7.50 increase in ba­ sic wages. Again the NMU rode in on the gravy won by the mil­ PRINCETON, N. J., July 6 itancy of other unions, and got The weight of opinion in the the $7.50 boost. This time it final­ country today is overwhelming­ ly won the 10 cent increase in ly on the side of including the overtime. Thus, from May, 1940 members of the United States to February, 1941, NMU men had Merchant Marine under the GI been forced to give up the 10 Bill of Rights—a proposal em­ cent overtime increase simply be­ bodied in a bill which has the cause the phony policies of the support of Admiral Emory S. NMU leaders had failed to win Land, head of the Maritime Com­ for them what all other seamen mission, and is now before Con­ gress. •mjoyed. MERCHANT MARINE INCLUSION IN 61 BILL IS BACKED In October, 1941 the SUP won another $10 basic boost and a 5 cent increase in overtime. The SIU won $10 basic boost and a 10 cent increase in overtime. Afler much wailing and moaning, the best, the NMU could do was to get the SIU basic boost, but only half of its overtime boost. i'] Back again in New York aftre a short but eventful trip on the Colin Kelly are these members So much for the recent history . of her crew, the first to arrive. Left to right, standing, are J. P. Morris. Deck Maint.. Leonard R. of wage increases. Now, how Johnson. Messman. and Malcolm E. Rahn. Messman. Seated, left to right. Meyer H. Black, Messman. about the bonus rates? Here . Aubrey R. See. FWT. and Henry G. Quirk. AB. again it was the militant strug­ The public has always had a" rather hazy idea of the relation between the merchant marine and other branches of service in wartime. A survey by George Gallup shows, for instance, that about one person in four believes that the merchant marine is ac­ tually a part of the armed forces today, and nearly one in five be­ lieves that the GI Bill of Rights already applies to men in the (Continued on Page 5) cz::\ crry �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG By BUNKER Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated vnth the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, .New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 HARRY LUNDEBERG S. ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas* P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washingtor^ Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Entry As Second Class Matter Pending >267 Slave Labor Labor throughout the country has been vehemently protesting the practice of using prisoners of war to take jobs from the American working man, particularly at a time when layoffs and cutbacks are steadily building up a growing list of unemployed. Seamen know how these POWs have been assigned to do work aboard ships, taking needed dollars out of their pockets. Labor is opposed to this practice, because it is opposed to slave labor in principle, not only in this coun­ try but abroad. Demands are being made by several European coun­ tries to use the German civilian as well as the military popu­ lation in slave battalions to repair the damages of war. It is well to remember that slave labor is bad not only for the slave but for the man he supplants. No lasting progress can be made in building a stable economic econ­ omy in Europe, if the European worker will be tied to the subsistence level of an industrial slave—and an unworkable economic system is the forerunner of the next war, despite all the pious phraseology of Breton Woods, Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco. The European war has ended. There is no need to keep these POWs in this country. They should be sent back as soon as arrangements can be made, to rebuild their warbattered cities, and to rebuild their free trade unions as the only practical bulwark against their own fascists and war makers. A free Europe cannot exist without free unmol­ ested trade unions, composed of free workingmen who want only peace, security and freedom—even as you and 1. The Delegates School A motion for a school to train the membership in the duties of ships delegates has been passed unanimously by the New York membership meeting, and has been sent to the other ports for action. Long a recognized need, the delegates school proposes courses in the history and principles of trade unionism, SIU contracts, public speaking, duties of delegates, the settling of beefs and other subjects. Conspicuously absent from the courses of study is a political line, which in the case of the NMU turns com­ munist politics into porkchops for Joe Curran and his Moscow mates. The proposed school will mean the strengthening of the union. An informed and active membership is the best hope for the future of the SIU A strong union is an in­ formed. union jealous of its rights and prerogatives. Make way for the delegates school! Make way for a stronger, streamlined SIU, which will lead the waterfront to postwar jobs, higher wages, and better conditions! W'l FORE 'n AFT SEAFARERS LOG S, %. Friday, July 13, 1945 ^, "I JUST DARE you 1" TRIBUTE (To Seamen of the SIU-SUP) They sailed on deathtraps through the years; They gave their lives, their blood and tears! Through calm or tempest, steel or flame. They sailed the ships and played the game. The Nation's peril their only thought; What price the wonders that they wrought? Through day and nights, through months and years Grim courage rode o'er human fears. Sail On! SaU On! Into the night To beard foul tyrants in their might; And some returned and some went down Where wild seas swallow ships and sound. Oh silent ships, and silent men Who ne'er may see Home kin again! Who man our shuttles on oceans wide . And leave their mother or their bride. Like ghosts they vanished from our shore. And some our land will ne'er see more; As ghosts they came—as silent go: The sinews of red wars ebb and flow. Our merchant heroes in dungarees Who brought the tyrants to their knees! No need have these of speech or pen Who've earned the tribute of all men. Yet—somewhere—through this mighty land Each seaman dead is near at hand As loved ones pray with empty heart To honor men who played their pari. Yes, in the seaports of the world Where ships are gathered—flags unfurled— Shipmates will speak of those who've gone And rise in toast—"We'll carry on!" Old Glory's there! It flies on high. The colors billowing to the sky! Our hope—our future—from the brave Jlnd warning to the power drunk knave. So stranger, plying trade on shore. Safe from all dangers, wrecks and gore. Give thought to men who sail the sea Whose lives and cause were spent for thee. -Bard of Avonport^ Last week I went over to the Marine Hospital with Joe Volpian, the Patrolman who hands out the happy cabbage, dispenses the Logs and talks over beefs with the men at the various hos­ pitals. i X Many of you men who sailed out of Baltimore will remember Zack Cullison, one of the boys who made the run to Russia in that hard-luck convoy of July, 1942. Zack won the Mariners Medal on that trip. His story, ty­ pical of many, SIU heroes who took the ammunition over in the early days, will be told in a forthcoming issue of the Log. i 4- 4. The "splint and cast" deck at Staten Island looks more compli­ cated than the cargo gear and standing rigging of one of those old Luckenbach ships, with booms, toppin' lifts, block and tackle and stays enough to rig a skysail yarder. Recently out of this deck, and ' now following the pretty nurses around in a wheel chair, is Jack Johnson, who made a rough trip on the Russell R. Jones this past April. All the hazards of the sea are­ n't from bombs or torpedoes, as Johnson can well te.stify. When three or four days out of Southhampton the Jones hit a storm that rose to howling fury in a few hours time, scattering the convoy and conpelling the ship to heave to. George Kane of, Tampa was bos'n on this ship and on the 8th of April, with the vessel rolling her bulwarks under and taking seas fore and aft, the mate called him out to lash some steel pipe that had broken away from its lashings on the fore deck. ^ While trying to wrestle with this dangerous deck load^in the dark, the bos'n was smacked by a piece of rambunctious pipe and almost knocked overboard. ^ On the second day of the storm, with the ship still hove to, John­ son went on deck to secure a loose fire hose and was caught by a heavy sea which threw him against number five hatch, break­ ing his leg. He says "hello" to Blackie Hall and other friends in Mobile. » » » The TB patients at Staten Isl-_ and are shortly to be moved to' a new hospital at Rockaway Beach, which will be run as a convalesceht home, with ;the pa­ tients spending part of the time on the beach. % % % Best joke of the week is at the expense of two New York Pa­ trolmen who went down to pay-^ off a ship in Weehauken, Getting on the right pier but the wrong ship, they listened to a flock of sad beefs, let some of the lads cry on their shoulder about bum food and overtime and were all ready to beat up the Steward when one of the crew threw in his book and said, "Here, howmuch do I owe?" One of the Pa­ trolmen looked at the book. He looked again. Then, very quiet­ ly he packed his brief case arid Vfrli beat it. ^ You guessed it . . . they were on an NMU ship. �Fddar, July 13, 1945 THE SEAFARERS Pag* Tfas** LOG Observer Finds NMU Convention Far From Democraticaiiy Run At this writing the NMU con-* vention is still going on, and it is too early to offer a comprehen­ sive repcHl and analysis of what was done — and more important, what was not done. That will have to wait until the next issue. However, we offer the following By PAUL HALL story written by a visitor to the convention, on the typical NMU GOOD CLEAN FUN lack of democracy and the bu­ There are good beefs and bum beefs and just plain beefs. AH reaucratic way in which the of­ iSeamjBn are going to beef about something. That's OK, the business ficials ran the convention, effec­ of beating your gums is a damn good practice so long as it doesn't tively stifling the voice of the rank and file. reach the stage of flipping your lid. Getting back to the point of The NMU convention is one of beefs, however, it is well to illustrate a few classics that have come the most amazing conventions I |ip recently. have ever attended. The conduct A ship came in a while back and the ABs had an overtime of the chairman, Joe Curran, and claim for burying the Bos'n at sea . . , now by the widest stretch the subtle intimidation of dele­ Of the imagination that's a bum beef of the bummest sort. An­ gates who refuse to fall into line, other ship came in and the Steward, who incidentally was a trip would be hard to beat. nji card man, had an hour a day down for figuring out his overtime . One of the basic principles of <No comment). Just so we won't skip any departments let's look at parliamentary law is that the black gang beef that popped up last week. Three oilers put in chairman of a meeting is sup­ overtime for keeping the bell book on the grotmds that they were posed to be impartial, and refrain doing engineer's work. from comments on motions. If he Fortunately, however, the good beefs outnumber the bad by wants to comment, he must relin­ far. AI Stansbury and Blackie Mobley, old SIU men, came in quish his chair to the vice-chair­ short while back, on a Mississippi wagon with a Bell-to-Bell Chief man before he can take the floor. and First. This First was a wise guy who spent his watches with This is done every so ofteri by< ^ a paint brush in his hand. The result was that Al and Blackie had most chairmen—but not by Joe overtime they hadn't even put in for. Curran. Joe speaks on just about every FOULING YOUR SHIPMATES motion that's made. If he likes it, Some "upgraded" cadets got tickets and^ shipped on a Robin ship he tells the delegates what a fine Being typical wise guys, they put the oilers and firemen on the motion it is and how necessary it butterfly and spent their time in the machine shop manufacturing is that it be passed. If he doesn't Bouvenirs in typical cadet style. The result was that the boarding like a motion, he not only speaks SIU Patrolman collected a bunch of overtime that hadn't even been against it, but insults the maker and acting against the best inter­ of the motion, and makes him feel ests of the NMU. On other mo­ claimed. There are stiU plenty of good A helmsman on a Morgan Tug got sentimental on Christmas like two cents. Frequently he tions, amendments were made and said, "Merry Xmas Captain" to his rum pot skipper. The skip­ fails to bring it up for a vote, which, though they received sec­ Samaritans in this world if the per logged him two hundred and fifty bucks, for talking at the even though it is a legitimate mo­ onds, Joe completely disregarded pile of seamen's wallets and other and failed to put up for a vote. personal papers in the New York tion with a second. VrheeL Needless to say that log was beat in a few seconds. It is not at all unusual for Cur­ This convention is also charact­ hall is any indication. Another ship came in with the deck engineer cooking, the cook ran to stand up as chairman and erized by a most amazing record Picked up on the streets, in wiping and the wiper serving meals. This was all straightened out tell the maker of a motion that of unanimous votes — something on the payroll in short order, to the men's satisfaction. he's a jerk, making a lousy mo­ you only see in controlled meet­ subways, bars, restaurants and Tlie point of all this is that bum beefs have a tendency to kill tion, holding up the convention. ings. I have spoken to several other places, these personal ar­ ticles have been sent in over a good beefs. For example any AB, mess boy or fireman, might have delegates who disagree with var­ period of several months by peo­ several hundred hours of border line overtime that is collectable. ious motions, but failed to vote ple who received no remunera­ The company paymaster and persoimel department look it over against them for fear of reprisals tion for the effort other than the searching for just one flaw. The WSA phtyieys do the same. If these from the entire officialdom of the satisfaction of doing a good turn. bunas find that one flaw they hit the ceiling and use that as an NMU and their loyal hacks. Occasionally, the finder enclos­ excuse to protest all the good legitimate claims. Some delegates who voted es a letter, expressing the wish We have printed agreements. These agreements are our con­ against official resolutions, got that the loser will find them. Most tracts with the company. Naturally these agreements can't cover nothing but cold stares after that often the articles arrive in the everything, if they did they would have to be the size of an ency­ from old friends who had shipped mail without any explanation. clopedia. The use of plain common sense is the answer to most of out and been very close to them The following men can pick up ©in: problems. In many cases it's a point of give and take and the for long periods of time. In other personal effects belonging to side that uses the best logic does the most taking. cases, loyal NMU men, who voted them by calling at the New York in a minority on certain ques­ hall, 51 Beaver Street. RECORDS ARE IMPORTANT tions, were called "fifth column­ ists" by delegates who learn their Andrew Ahlstrom, Allen Bry­ Time and time again we have pointed out that overtime payant Workman, Edmond Belkofski, slogans in the Daily- Worker. tnent is a protection against overwork, undermanning and bulldoz­ John S. Sweeney, Wm. E. Giebel, This intimidation of a delegate ing. When we can reduce our working hours, put extra men on the Norman Dukes, John Untich, who disagrees with a motion that ship and raise the base pay scale then we have achieved another Graydon Rawls Suit, Wm. Chas. Curran favors is so great that the gain for the industry. G. Lingard, James Patnick New dissenter is forced to keep his si­ An Eastern wagon came in a while back after nine montiis on man, Theo. Harrette, Joseph B. lence and refrain from voting. the Normandy shuttle. The crews overtime sheets were clean and Glovier, Philip O'Conner, Robert The tie-up between the conven­ iaccurate, but they didn't jibe with the ship's log. The result was Bryum McCorkel, Wm. Chas. tion and the communists (called that an investigation prompted by the pay-off Patrolman proved the Leitch, Paul L. Yancy, Frank a fink outfit by the Buffalo CIO ^log phoney. A few midship tickets fell in the ensuing controversy Council for their recm-d of strike­ Kolk, Thos. P. Korol, Victor B. »end the overtime records were accepted as the bona-fide log and breaking) is very obvious. The Cooper, Joseph A. Spaulding, Ed­ these boys are collected all they had coming. This is a perfect ex­ Daily Worker lies on almost every die F. Holec, Chas. Colletti, Ja­ ample of why a crew should keep complete overtime records. table. The Press Committee of­ cob F. M o s e r, Lyle Wesley This Eastern beef is also a good example of good clean cut ficially hailed the Daily Worker Krause, Henry Foy, Harry C. unionism. On this beef just a few phoney hours could have meant for its coverage of the convention King, Frank Plum, John Stever, the loss of thousands of dollars to the crew. The Patrolmen reprein a manner that was obviously Laurence Makowska, John B. Wilkes, Alfred McDonald Robert­ Benting you aren't supermen. In almost every case they take your "inspired." son, Adrien Cloutier, Edward word and fight for what you claim. You are doing yourself, your The postwar no strike pledge, Burke, Jose Manuel Castell, Hen­ shipmates and your union, a service when you make your claims a recent commie favorite, was not ry Paul Jandrys, Edward Apel, genuine and keep your records accurate. brought up even once at the con­ John Henry O'Brien, A. E. An­ In the meantime this-war isn't gojng to last forever and with vention. The CP line is being derson, Henry Fulton Talbot, Pe­ the end of the war comes the end of bonuses. Our job for the future changed but Curran and his Mos­ ter Edward Fember, and James is to get larger crews, shorter hours and increased base pay. Four cow mates won't know just how Lester Chalfant. •watches are worth fighting for . . . Even though we know the ship­ The swim suit Frances Vome far to turn imtil the Commies owners would like to see the two watch system back ..again. Three models is made of spun glass. It's hold their convention at the end Keep In Touch With hours on and nine in the sack makes life a hell of a lot sweeter reinforced with opaque cloth of this month. though to quiet objectors. jand longer. Your Draft Board, — PAPERS RETURNED U / �J Page Four THE SEAEAKERS LOG Friday. July 13. 1945 Ship Casualties In The Atlantic Loss of 1,554 United States flag balance of 984 was lost in marine stroyed by German or Italian lantic where wolfpacks of Umerchant ships of 6,277,077 dead­ casualties resulting from convoy submarines, air attacks and boats prowled against convoys to weight tons from war causes and operations, reduced aids to navi- • the British Isles and North Rus­ marine casualties largely due to gation, blackouts, etc. Marine sia until curbed by fast-expand­ war conditions, was announced losses include those lost in U. S. ing Allied naval and air power, last week by Vice Admiral Em­ inland waters. • including the use of escort car­ ory S. Land, Chairman of the The destruction of ships by the riers. United States Maritime Commis­ enemy has, of course, been ac­ The dark days of 1942, .before sion and Administrator of the companied by heavy loss of life. new methods of combating enemy War. Shipping Administration. The latest Merchant Marine cas­ attacks on shipping had been The losses occurred diming the ualty list reports merchant sea­ perfected, witnessed the height of period from September 1, 1939 to men 5,579 dead and missing, and the German and Italian attempt May 8, 1945. 487 prisoners of war, a total of to halt the transport of troops The bulk of the tonnage was 6,066 as of May 1, 1945. mines, with 68 lost in Japanese and munitions to the European accounted for by the 570 ships An overwhelming percentage areas. The most extensive de- war theater. In the five months lost from direct war causes. The of the merchant vessels were de- struction was in the North At­ from March through July, 204 Date Name of Vessel 1940 Dec. 8—CITY OF RAYVILLE Area Dale .Pacific 1941 May 21—ROBIN MOOR Caribbean Sept. 7—STEEL SEAFARER....Red Sea & Indian Ocean Oct. 19—^LEHIGH .Approaches to Mediterranean Nov. —^i\STRAL Undetermined Nov. 17—TURECAMO BOYS Northwest Atlantic Dec. 3—SAGADAHOC ....Approaches to Mediterranean Dec. 8—NISQUALLY Pacific Dec. 12—LAHAINA Pacific Dec. 12—VINCENT Pacific Dec. 17—MANINI Pacific Dec. 19—PRUSA Pacific Dec. 20—EMIDIO Pacific Dec. 23—MONTEBELLO Pacific Dec. 31—CAPILLO Pacific 1942 Jan. 1—MALAMA Pacific Jan. 2—RUTH ALEXANDER Pacific Jan. 18—^ALLAN JACKSON Northwest Atlantic Jan. 19—CITY OF ATLANTA Northwest Atlantic Jan. 20—FRANCES SALMAN Northwest Atlantic Jan. 21—^NORVANA Northwest Atlantic Jan. 23—^VENORE Northwest Atlantic Jan. 26—^FRANCIS E. POWELL Northwest Atlantic Jan. 29—FLORENCE LUCKENBACH Red Sea and Indian Ocean Jan. 30—ROCHESTER Northwest Atlantic Feb. 2—W. L. STEED Northwest Atlantic Feb. 4—INDIA ARROW Northwest Atlantic Feb. 5—CHINA ARROW Northwest Atlantic Feb. 5—MAJOR WHEELER Northwest Atlantic Feb. 16—^AZALEA CITY Northwest Atlantic Feb. 16—WEST IVIS Caribbean Feb. 19—LAKE OSWEYA ....Northwest Atlantic Feb. 19—MAUNA LOA Pacific Feb. 19—PAN MASSACHUSSETTS..Northwest Atlantic Feb. 20—DELPLATA Caribbean Feb. 21—J. N. PEW Caribbean Feb. 21—REPUBLIC Northwest Atlantic Feb. 22—CITIES SERVICE EMPIRE Northwest Atlantic Feb. 22—LIHUE Caribbean Feb. 22—^W. D. ANDERSON Northwest Atlantic Feb. 22—WEST ZEDA Caribbean Feb. 24—NORLAVORE Northwest Atlanitc Feb. 26—MARORE Northwest Atlantic Feb. 27—R. P. RESOR Northwest Atlantic Feb. 28—OREGON Caribbean Mar. —P. A. F. NO. 11 ; Pacific Mar. —STEEL AGE South Atlantic Mar. 3—MARY. :. Caribbean Mar. 4—ALBERT F. PAUL Northwest Atlantic Mar. 5—COLLAMER Northwest Atlantic Mar. 6—MARIANA Northv/est Atlantic Mar. 7—^BARBARA Caribbean Mar. 7—CORDONIA ; Caribbean Mar. 10—GULFTRADE Northwest Atlantic Mar. 11—CARIBSEA Northwest Atlantic Mar. 12—OLGA Caribbean jMar. 12—^TEXAN Caribbean Mar. 13—JOHN D. GILL Northwest Atlantic Mar. 13—NUMBER FOUR Pacific Mar. 13—NUMBER TWO Pacific Mar. 14—^LEMUEL BURROWS Northwest Atlantic Mar. 15—^ARIO Northwest Atlantic Mar. 16—^ALKALINER Gulf of Mexixco Mar. 16—^AUSTRALIA Northwest Atlantic Mar. 17—MUSKOGEE Northwest Atlantic Mar. 1&—^E; M. CLARK .....— Northwest Atlantic Mar. 18—^PAPOOSE Northwest Atlantic Mar. 18—W. E. HUTTON .— Northwest Atlantic Mar. 19—^LIBERATOR Northwest Atlantic k,: Name of Vessel Area Date Mar. 21—OAKMAR Northwest Atlantic Mar. 23—^NAECO Northwest Atlantic Mar. 26—^DIXIE ARROW Northwest Atlantic Mar. 27—CAROLYN Northwest Atlantic Mar. 28—^EFFINGHAM Northeast Atlantic Mar. 30—CITY OF NEW YORK Northwest Atlantic Mar. 31—^ALLEGHENY Northwest Atlantic Mar. 31—BARNEGAT Northwest Atlantic Mar. 31—MENOMINEE Northwest Atlantic Mar. 31—T. C. McCOBB Caribbean Mar. 31—TIGER Northwest Atlantic Apr. 2—DAVID H. ATWATER Northwest Atlantic Apr. 2—OTHO Northwest Atlantic Apr. 3—^BYRON D. BENSON Northwest Atlantic Apr. 3—^WEST IRMO Approaches to Mediterranean Apr. 4—COMOL RICO Caribbean Apr. 5—CATAHOULA Caribbean Apr. 6—BIENVILLE Red Sea and Indiarrt Ocean Apr. 6—EXMOOR Red Sea and Indian Ocean Aiir. 6—SELMA CITY Red Sea and Indian Ocean Apr. 6—WASHINGTONIAN Red Sea and Indian Ocean Apr, 9—^ATLAS Northwest Atlantic Apr. 9C—ESPARTA Northwest Atlantic Apr. 9—EUGENE V. R. THAYER South Atlantic Apr. 10—GULFAMERICA Northwest Atlantic Apr. 10—MALCHACE Northwest Atlantic Apr. 10—^TAMAULIPAS Northwest Atlantic Apr. 12—DELVALLE Caribbean Apr. 12—^ESSO BOSTON Caribbean Apr. 12—LESLIE Northwest' Atlantic Apr. 15—MARGARET Northwest Atlantic Apr. 15—ROBIN HOOD Northwest Atlantic Apr. 16—^ALCOA GUIDE Northwest Atlantic Apr. 19—STEELMAKER —".Northwest Atlantic Apr. 20—CONNECTICUT South Atlantic Apr. 20—WEST IMBODEN Northwest Atlantic Apr. 21—PIPESTONE COUNTY Northwest Atlantic Apr. 22—SAN JACINTO .....Northwest Atlantic Apr. .23—^LAMMOT DU PONT .....' Northwest Atlantic Apr. 26—^ALCOA PARTNER Caribbean Apr. 29—MOBILOIL Northwest Atlantic Apr. 30—FEDERAL Caribbean May 4—EASTERN SWORD ; Caribbean May 4—JOSEPH M. CUDAHY Gulf of Mexico May 4—MUNGER T. BALL Gulf of Mexico May 4—NORLINDO Gulf of Mexico May 4—TUSCALOOSA CITY ^ Caribbean May. 5—AFOUNDRIA Caribbean May 5—JOHN ADAMS Pacific May 6—ALCOA PURITAN Gulf of Mexico May 6—GREEN ISLAND Caribbean May 6—HALSEY ....J ...Northwest Atlantic May 6—^LAIDA Pacific May 8—OHIOAN Northwest Atlantic May 12—ESSO HOUSTON Caribbean May 12—NORLANTIC Caribbean May 12—VIRGINIA ....: ..........Gulf, of Mexico May 13—DAVID McKELVY Gulf of Mexico May 13—GUFPENN Gulf of Mexico May 15—^NICARAO '-...Northwest Atlantic May 16—GULFOIL Gulf of Mexico May 16—RUTH LYKES Caribbean May 17—CHALLENGER Caribbean May 17—FOAM Northwest Atlantic May 18—ISABELA Caribbean May la—MERCURY SUN Caribbean May 18—QUAKER CITY Caribbean May 18—WILLIAM J. SALMAN Caribbean May 19—HALO Gulf of Mexico May 19—HEREDIA Gulf of Mexico May 19—OGONTZ .Gulf of Mexico May 20—CLARE Caribbean May 20—ELIZABETH , Caribbean May 20—GEORGE CALVERT Caribbean May 21—PLOW CITY ....Northwest Atlantic May 23—SAMUEL Q. BRQWN Caribbean t r ' American merchant ships were sunk, an average of more than one a day. In June of 1942, the highest point of losses of the war was reached, the enemy sending 49 U. S. vessels to the bottonx in 30 days. Starting with the sinking of the SS City of Rayville, November 8, 1940, after striking a mine, seven American merchantmen were sunk before Pearl Harbor. Before the end of that December, eight more had been "sunk. A complete list of the ships sunk follows: Name of Vessel Area Caribbean May 24—BEATRICE Caribbean May 26—ALCOA CARRIER Gulf of Mexico May 26—CARRABULLE Northeast AtlanticMay 27—ALAMAR Northeast Atlantic May 27—CITY OF JOLIET ~ Northeast Atlantic May 27—MORMACSUL Northeast Atlantic May 27—SYROS ; Caribbean May 28—ALCOA PILGRIM .-. Caribbean May 28—NEW JERSEY Northwest Atlantic May 30—ALCOA SHIPPER Caribbean June —L. J. DRAKE Caribbean June —TILLIE LYKES .......Gulf>of Mexico June 1—HAMPTON ROADS Caribbean June 1—KNOXVILLE CITY Northwest Atlantic June 1—WEST NOTUS Caribbean June 2—CITY OF ALMA Caribbean June 2—ILLINOIS Northwest Atlantic June 3—^AEOLUS June 3—BEN AND JOSEPHINE....Northwest Atlantic ' ...Caribbean June 3—M. F. ELLIOTT Northeast Atlantic June 3—STEEL WORKER Caribbean June 4—VELMA LYKES Caribbean June 5—DELFINA South Atlantic June 5—MELVIN H. BAKER South Atlantic June 6—GEORGE CLYMER , -..Pacific June 7—COAST TRADER Caribbean^ June 7—EDITH Caribbean • June 7__SUWIED ..:...?.^i.v...Garibbean June 8—FRANKLIN K. LANE : ; Caribbean June 10—HAGAN ....Caribbean June 11—AMERICA N Northwest Atlantic June 11_F. W. ABRAMS 12—CITIES SERVICE TOLEDO..Gulf of Mexixco June Caribbean June 12—SIXAOLA ...Caribbean June 13—SOLON TURMAN Caribbean June 14_SC0TTSBURG Caribbean June 14—LEBORE Northwest Atlantic June 15—CHEROKEE Caribbean" June 15—KAHUKU Caribbean June 15—WEST HARDAWAY : Caribbean June 16—ARKANSAN Mediterranean-Black Sea June 16—CHANT Caribbean June 17—MILLINOCKET Northwest Atlantic June 17—SANTORE Northwest Atlantic June 18—SEATTLE SPIRIT , Caribbean June 19—CHEERIO Northeast Atlantic June 21—^ALCOA CADET Caribbean . June 21—WEST IRA Caribbean June 22—E. J. SADLER Gulf of Mexico June 23—RAWLEIGH WARNER Northwest Atlantic June 24—^OHN R. WILLIAMS Northwest Atlantic 7 June 24r—MANUELA Caribbean June 26—^POLYBIUS Red Sea and Indian Ocean June 27—EXPRESS Caribbean June 27—^POTLATCH Northwest Atlantic June 28—RAPHAEL SEMMES Caribbean June 28—^RUTH Caribbean June 28—SAM HOUSTON Caribbean June 20—SEA THRUSH Northwest Atlantic , June 28—WM. ROCKEFELLER Caribbean' June 29—THOMAS McKEAN June 30—CITY OF BIRMINGHAM-.Northwest Atlantic Gulf , of Mexico July 1—EDWARD LUCKENBACH : Caribbean July 1—WARRIOR July 3—.ALEXANDER MACOMB....Northwest Atlantic Caribbean July 3—^NORLANDIA July 4^HRISTOPHER NEWPORT July 4—^WILLIAM HOOPER Northeast Atlantic Northeast Atlantic This list will be continued next week, and run until completed. Many seamen have announced their inten­ tion of clipping these pages to save, for this list is - a capsule history of the seafarers' coxitribution to the wair efiort. and a monument to the memory of their ship)* mates who have given their lives for their country. , �THE Friday, July 13, 1945 mmm I THINK SEAFARERS LOG Page FIT* NMU Marches Phony Picket-line t" i. not fight any cuts. Said "Blackie" not surrendered the bonus itself, {Continued from Page 1) to discuss the bonus question. Myers at that meeting: as did the NMU. We recognize Curran again sabotaged a united "... we know that this bonus that the bonus is part of the takefront of labor by saying, "I'm not thing is a pot of gold in the long home wage, and we fight every here to pull anybody's chestnuts run and we are not going to beat inch of the way to retain it. a dead horse to death." out of the fire." Just what is this "picket-line" This was just what the oper­ In other words, the bonus was going to win for Curran & Com­ ators wanted, a division in the already a "dead horse" to the pany? Some publicity in the ranks of labor. And so the Mari­ NMU over a year ago. No won­ Daily Worker, but little else. QUESTION^: What, for you, are the most time Commission then proposed der the Board felt *ree to chop What will it lose for them? It that bonus rates be tied to cargo hell out of it. The Board knew may jeopardize their cases before attractive features of sea life? insurance rates. When the SIU that the NMU would make no the WLB, and result in their discovered that the Maritime fight. members again getting a hosing. Commission had the power to And further at the same hear­ control insurance rates in the ing Myers said, "We don't expect For our part, we say to the LEONARD POLLACK, FOW— first place, • it refused to become from the Board any relief as far NMU rank and filers, we intend to lead the industry in the matter Getting a good payoff and the a party to this swindle and in as the bonus is concerned." of wages and conditions—just as chance to spend it after the trip September, 1941 launched the There is defeatism on the we always have. But our task is is over is mighty attractive to me. famous bonus strike. The SIU waterfront, if I ever heard it. During a three or four months' made harder by the constant sell­ was soon followed by the SUP, Despite the NMU's supine ac­ outs from the CP clique. We in­ trip you plan all the time what and AFL ships on both coasts ceptance of the Board's autocrat­ you will do with your payoff vite you to study the record, and ic and illegal actions, the SIU were tied up. to reach your own conclusions as when you get back, and during Here again the NMU leaders continued to denounce the de­ to who best represents the sea­ this time you have to do without acted as company agents, and cisions as illegal. The SIU con­ men on the waterfront. many ordinary pleasures. , When failed to join the strike. Curran tinued to consider the bonus rates you work ashore you get so used called the strike a "phony" and a living issue which had to be do amusements and conveniences defended at all costs. a "bum beef." don't appreciate them, that you y For two weeks the SIU-SUP Finally, on June 6, 1944, the Bein^ at sea makes you look for­ strike held solid, receiving much Board again called an industry­ ward to the things that a land (Continued from Page 1) support from rank and file men wide meeting in order to defend worker just takes for granted, of all unions, despite the sell-out itself from SIU-SUP attack. merchant service, whereas neith­ and you really enjoy them when tac ics of the Commie leaders in Again Joe Curran became the er of these f;wo things is the case. you hit the beach. apologist for the JBoard. He said When the opinion of "inform­ the NMU. The strike ended in the Na­ at the meeting: ed" voters is analyzed — that is, tional Defense Mediation Board, "Let us make use of this Board. the voters who know the status which promptly boosted the bon­ Let us accept the fact that we of the merchant marine in rela­ JOE DE CARLO, Oiler—What us to $80. Needless to say, Joe cannot always be winners. We tion to the other forces and who the hell, why not admit it? The Curran, who had done his best to must sometimes lose out . . . know that the GI Bill of Rights main feature to me of this sea break the strike, went running "Our union stands unequivocal­ does not apply to merchant sea­ life is meeting plenty of pretty to Washington to beg for the ly on a continuation of this Board men now—they are found in fagirls in foreign ports. Sometimes sitme rate. He got it. We continue to respect the' vor of extending the bill of rights it gets you into trouble, but what In December 1941, when war decisions of the Board." to include those seamen. is trouble if you have a lot of fun? broke out, all operators and There you are. It was Curran The vote is: Should the GI Bill I i^member one gal in Glasgow. unions joined in the creation of who made it possible for the Board of Rights be extended to include She was pretty, but she had three the Maritime War Emergency to continue, despite the unani­ all men in the merchant marine? children and . . . well, I'd rather Board. This Board's authority mous rank and file opposition to Yes, 60%; No, 33%; Undecided, forget that part of it. Brazil is was specifically limited to . the it on all coasts. It is Curran, 7%. People supporting the pro­ the best place, though. Besides "arbitration of disputes' between therefore, who is directly respon­ posal give many reasons, of which w6men there are other good fea­ unions:' and operators ovei? sible for the present slash in (he following are typical: tures of going to sea. You meet creases in bonus rates." bonsu—in take home pay. "Men who deliver the goods of good shipmates and see many Despite this limitation, the And so today Curran & Com­ war deserve just as much as men parts of the world. But I still Board has ever since (with the pany, with great fanfare, throws who have to fight . . . Those men think that the haybags . . . aid and connivance of the . NMU) a picket line around the Maritime on the high seas go through just juggled the bonus rates around Commission and the RMO (two as much danger as any man in in the most capricious manner agencies, incidentally, which had the armed forces . . . The merch­ whether or not any disputes ex­ nothing to do with the bonus cut). ant marine boys aren't going to This great show of militancy is, have any easier time than the isted in the industry. HOMER TONER, Oiler—There From the very beginning the I repeat, phony. It is phony in rest finding jobs after the war . . . - are enouc^h pleasant features SIU-SUP denied the Board had the first place because Curran about going to sea that I'd like „ Battle casualties are very high in merchant marine . . . They've any authority to gratuitously in­ himself IS largely responsible for to do it all my life. Sometimes terfere in the bonus rates. But the bonus cuts; and it is phony in the work is hard and gets mon­ the NMU upheld this meddling, the second place because this so- try, and they're volunteers, too." otonous but with a good crew and and made it possible for the called picket line will accomplish On the other side, reasons given good officers, life on board ship Board to usurp authority to the nothing—except some cheap pub­ for opposing the idea of putting is okay. Engine room experience point where it could finally today licity. is^educational and gives a man merchant seamen under the GI slash the take-home wage Of the Without fanfare and breast Bill of Rights include: "They can something he can use ashore, seamen. The Maritime War Em­ beating, the SIU has been taking join up and quit as they please such as mechanics, pipe fitting, ergency Board is a Frankenstein, concrete steps to meet this threat , . . They're not entitled to special boiler work, electricity and so the creation of Joe Curran and to the seamen's living standards. benefits because they're not call­ forth. I like plenty to eat and I his machine in the NMU. Any These steps were not undertaken ed on to fight . . . They get big don't have any kick coming about wails from the NMU over the last week, or last month — but bonuses for everything they do." chow on the ships I've been sail­ bonus cut are so much hyprocrisy last year! ing. —for it was their own policies In July, 1944 the SIU open­ which made these cuts possible. ed its contracts with all ship­ Had the NMU leaders joined owners and demanded substan­ the other maritime unions from tial boosts in basic wages. We DON CARROLL, OS — I like the beginning, and conducted have been fighting these cases outdoor work, so being on deck with them a joint struggle in the day in and day out ever since. suits me fine. Working in an of­ defense of the seamen's living The cases have been heard by the fice or being cooped up in some standards, no bonus cut would War Shipping Panel of the War factory wouldn't agree with me. have been possible today. Today Labor Board, and we have now Before the war I worked on the the seiimen face a cut directly received notice that they will be Lakes, but deep water is better and solely because of the crimin­ heard by the National War La­ because you travel more and hit al policies of the Communist bor board on July 19, 1945. We understand that the bonus more interesting ports, which is Party on the waterfront. rates must be absorbed into the In case there are those who one feature about going to sea which will keep me sailing after doubt what I say is true, let me basic wages of the seamen. And we have fought for that for tfie the war. A seaman gets a chance quote from the record. for an education that other peo­ In the meeting of the Advisory past nine months. We challenge ple don't get. If he keeps his Committee of the National Mari­ Gurran to show when he opened eyes open and travels beyond the time War Emergency Board on his contracts for wage adjust­ waterfront bars, he can leam a April 12, 1944, the NMU had al­ ments. It Was not last year, of lot about life in other countries. ready given up on the question that you can be sure. of the bonus rates, and indicated But while we have been fight­ to the shipowners that it would ing for a basic increase, we have Gl BILL IS BACKED m :,^V. �f ,• THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 13, 1945 SHIPS' MINUTSS AMD MEWS Job Action On Mitchell Frank Barbaria Shanghaied "Bell System" On Biddle On 12 Month Shuttle Run A good example of job action According to Johnny "Slim" Johnson, Oiler and engine dele­ in regard to the recent beef on sailing short handed on troop- Brother Frank A. Barbaria, ranean on this tanker, the Owy­ gate of the Robin Line Liberty carrying Liberties, was the John electrician, was feeling very pa­ hee, during the past eleven Nicholas Biddle, the last run of that crate to the land of the P. Mitchell of the Robin Line. triotic one day last year when he months. This ship fitted out in New arrived in Frisco from Hawaii Although they carried high test happy Soviets was spiced by the gas and called at Naples before antics of Chief Engineer- J, L. One of the most enthusiastic York, then moved to Boston for after a six weeks' shake down the war ended, Frank reports the Walker. boosters for the Seafarers Log in cargo. When it came time to sail run on a new C-2. An electrician most excitement of the eleven and it was obvious that only nine Like numerous other charact­ the SIU is Steward David Hen­ was needed at once and no soon­ months occurred when the old ers who have been in the news men were to be carried in the derson of the SS George W. Alsteward department, the crew re­ er had the C-2 hit the dock than man got periodically "gun happy" lately. Chief Walker ran a bellther, Mississippi Liberty. fused to^sign articles for the trip. Frank was "shanghaied" by the and took pot shots at anyone he to-bell ship and made the en­ Before making the last trip on Seeing that the crew insisted Frisco agent to take out a new didn't like. gineers very unhappy by camp­ the Alther, Brother Henderson on signing only with a full com­ T-2.that was held up waiting for Returning from the Mediter­ ing on the floor plates all of the came into the Log office and took plement as argued for by the an electrician. ranean last. trip, the Owyhee trip. a big bundle of papers back to union, and not content with as­ Throwing his gear into a sea came within about 20 feet of hit­ the ship. He reports distributing surance that "it will be remedied bag, Frank took a few minutes to ting a fioating mine. Several The third, says Johnson, en­ them at various places m Brmdisi before the ship sails," the WSA call his family, and then made other mines were sighted near joyed the Chief's company on every watch and wasn't even and Ancona, where they were^j^jg^ ^ sqeeze play and sent 19 the tanker on a pierhead jump the Straits of Gilbralter. eagerly read by British seamen men down to the ship without just before she pulled into the Repatriated from Aruba after a trusted to count the revolutions and NMU men, as well as SIU clearing them through the hall. stream. That night she sailed on spell in the hospital there. Broth­ by himself. The Chief also got a bang out of peeking from the crews. This didn't scare the crew into what the Frisco agent promised er Barbaria rode the Esso tanker fidley to see if the firemen were The Alther, which paid off in signing on, however. They mere­ Frank would be "just a few Esso New Orleans, one of the ships the NMU is trying to or­ sitting down on watch. Feeling Galveston, arrived at Bari shortly ly packed their bags and walked weeks' trip." It would have been a few ganize. If all the Esso fieet is as the engine to check on the oilers after the second big explosion off the ship, letting the WSA boys weeks' trip all right except that much anti-NMU as this crate, was another favorite passtime of there. take the Mitchell out. this boss spanner. Chief Steward John Jellette, after they unloaded in Australia Frank says they are throwing who stuck with the crew on this the ship was ordered to Aruba. away a lot of good Moscow mon­ . During this four months' trip, beef, was relieved by a WSA In the New York hall the other ey. "Those Esso men may be the Chief had the engine apart day, on his way home, Frank told company stiffs," says Frank, "but so many times the oilers knew Vincent San Juan, hospitalized steward. about making four shuttle rurfs they know what a phoney out­ how to put it together blind­ folded. after an accident in France, sends between Aruba and the Mediter­ fit this Curran set-up is." Almost a match for Chief Walk­ best wishes to the crew of the er, according to the Biddle's crew, SS George G. Meade and would was old man "Bluenose" McCorStill afioat and going strong like to have his shipmates of the mack. Not to be outdone by after continuous service ever Mead send him some letters. His since the start of the war, the Del The freezers didn't have a li­ "Blood and Guts" Patton,, old address is: Sud pulled in last week ^and paid cense and they didn't wear gold Bluenose packed a couple of rods Hospital Plant 4388 off with few beefs. Delegates on After paying off recently in braid, so the officers of the Bull himself. 189th Genetcd Hospital this trip were William G. Os­ New Orleans, the crew of the Al- Line Hilton didn't think it was When round the tip of Scan­ APO No. 513 . wald, Oiler; D. De Jesus, AB; and exander Stephens, Mississippi sea going etiquette that these en­ dinavia, the Biddle went through c/o Postmaster, N.Y.C. William Delvin, Messman. Liberty, still had 63 hours apiece gineers should eat in the saloon several days of sub attacks, with coming to them in the way of with the hoity-toity, according to one near-by ship being sent to disputed overtime for carrying freezer J. R. Wallace, who made the bottom. .. penalty cargo and standing se­ the last trip on this old Hog. curity watches. But aside from this beef and But Agent Ed Higdon at this the fact that the freezing equip­ port went to bat for the crew at ment was pretty old and run the pay-off and although this down, the trip to Antwerp was The Julian Poydras returned overtime wasn't paid on the spot, smooth, says brother Wallace. last week from a Russian run, with the crew reporting an un­ The SS Del Norte arrived in the Coast Guard in England, giv- each man collected 61 hours out The Hilton has four refrigerated eventful trip except for several port last week after spending'en a summary trial, and depriv- of the 63 later at the company of­ holds and carries a good sized minor beefs. seven months on a shuttle runjed of his papers for ninety days fice. "That," says AB Jack O'Brien freezing uotfit. between England, French, and|The only offense the Coast Guard of Philadelphia, "is what I call Brothers David Crow and A riequest that the showers and Belgian ports. Of her original Gestapo could prove against him real shore-side action. We all James Purcell were the other heads be painted was turned down by the Chief, and it is the crew, fourteen were left abroad was "talking back to the Chief thank Higdon for doing a good freezers on this trip. job on that beef." opinion of the crew that this for various reasons and she re­ The Stephens was out nearly should be done before another turned with men picked up in Engineer." In addition the Chief crew takes her out. six-months, with a load for India, logged this wiper three times for England and Belgium. and a return cargo of coal from Delegates S. Jankowski, AB; A. Although the Del Norte experi­ different so-called offenses. Lorenzo Marks to Santos. Another old crate that was on E. Beavers, Oiler; and William enced no trouble herself, she was The crew were worked on all The Steward on this ship was the trans-Atlantic run before the Alvaro, Messman, complimented in several cross-channel convoys holidays in foreign ports, but this knifed and killed during the voy­ Liberties, C-2s started taking the Steward of this ship for good which lost one or two ships on practice didn't turn out so good, age home by a probationary book over, was the City of Montgom­ feeding and a well run depart­ each run. The crew witnessed man named CosteUo, a "perform­ ery, a Waterman rust bucket. as the Patrolman at the pay-off ment. action with German E-boats and er" who was taken off the ship The Montgomery is now on the collected overtime for their work­ saw other vessels sunk by mines. in Santos. South American run, a good bet Thanks to Chief Engineer Wil­ ing on legal holidays for steve­ for the lads who have been a liam (m report you to the Coast dores. long time away from those dark Guard) Risher, the black gang Deck delegate was John Bilko, eyed senoritas with the stream­ Steward and engine depart­ did not have a happy trip on this AB. Eldor Peterson, BR, was lined hips. A sure sign that these ment meetings were held on the "bell-to-bell" scow. With the war over in the steward department delegate. South American runs are getting last trip of the Calmar Liberty, According to George Saucier, Atlantic, and many security popular is the fact that no trip Arthur Dobbs, with beefs about Deck Engineer, and black gang irestrictions being lifted in re­ carders were needed to take this overtime and working rules V>eing delegate Leslie Kolb, Oiler, the straightened out okay. Engine gard to shipboard activities, ship out on her last trip. Chief made life unpleasant for Delegate Walter Wnarowski, Oil­ crew members will likely be Delegates for the voyage were er, and Ed Bialon, OS, helped to engineers as well as unlicensed toting cameras before long. C. Nelson, Jose Garcia, and N. men. He didn't trust the officers smooth out beefs before the The Editor invites the mem­ Davis. and liked to pop up below at odd Dobbs arrived home, but report­ bership to submit pictures ta­ times during^ the day"* or night, ed dissatisfaction over, feeding on ken on ship board for publi­ trying tc-Taurh one of the black this ship, with little variety in cation on this page. Mail j-gsetii doing something wrong. Keep In Touch With meats and vegetables. photos to SEAFARERS LOG, Because he had the audacity to 51 Beaver Street, New^York The Dobbs had a breakdown Your Draft Board. talk back to this would-be tyrant, City. and was delayed at Gilbralter fof one of the wipers was taken to three days. ^ Steward Shows How To Plug Log Sends His Thanks Del Sud Back Quick Action Settles Beef Freezers Frozen Del Norte Returns Home After Seven Month Voyage SS Julian Poydras Senorita Run SS Arthur Dobbs PHOTOS WAHTED t -'Mi.*'-: f �iMM "x-t::...:' Friday, July 13, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven TBE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Lowers Boom On Paid ' Passengers I A great many men of all de­ partments think they are passen­ gers and don't have to do any­ thing, except gold bripk and pass the work along to some one else. " A lot of men on deck will refuse overtime, thinking'^hat thereby J they are giving the mate a head­ ache. The same goes for the way > they treat the Chief Engineer and the Steward. I think there should be a fine for any union member refusing overtin^e if it is possible for him to work, and not let a few do the job when all hands should take their turn. I suggest that a provision be made in the Constitution provid­ ing a fine for members who re­ fuse overtime just to make it bad for the steward or other depart­ ment heads or because they don't want overtime they have to work for. Of course, everyone likes easy overtime,. such as gangway watch, or serving extra meals. There are jobs which come up at sea which have to be done. The men who refuse these jobs be­ cause it keeps them out of their sack for a few hours are merely destroying the good that was ac­ complished by hard-fought union organization. How about some brother help­ ing us out on this and making such a motion as we have sug­ gested before a meeting. CHARLES J. HARTMAN, JOHN D. McLEMORE, SS Raphael Semmes Oldtimer Has Beef I have been sailing as Steward all through the war but now I'm in the Staten Island Marine Hos­ pital for a little dry dock atten­ tion. A Steward has a tough job these days. He can't please any­ body and a man is crazy to sail Steward when he can go Chief Cook without any worries. I w^is oh the Texmar for 18 jjionths and on the Bellingham for more than 9 months, so I have had some experience. But a lot of new men on the ships now who don't know how to boil water blame everything on the Steward. How can a Steward give the men steaks when the companies don't put them aboard? You can fry meat "LL. •.|hat doesn't mean you can chew it and when the meat is old and tough why blame the Steward? On one ship I disrated the Chief Cook because he wouldn't take orders and he wasted food. This kind of a man shouldn't be al­ lowed to join the union. How can a Steward run his depart­ ment right when the crew brings him up on; charges every time he tries, to use his authority? I'i. / "OLD TIME STEWARD" Ex-GI Seamen Bewildered By Ship Full Of Gold Braid I went down to Philadelphia not long ago to join a ship, with my sea bag on my shoulder and my Marine Corps (over-age) dis­ charge in my pocket. Man, was I glad to be out of the ranks and back in the merchant marine again. Then I saw my ship. Or at least it was supposed to be my ship. But I thought I must have wan­ dered into the New York Yacht Club regatta or the annual An­ napolis cruise. There was enough gold braid leaning against the rail, wandering around the decks and decorating the bridge to out­ fit a cruiser of the Omaha class. I felt surprised that the bos'n didn't call out his gang to pipe rhe on board. I saw one man loaded with gold braid and thinking he was the captain I asked him when the ship would sign on. But it turned out that this individual was only the third cook, better known as the galley boy. The purser? He was really a dilly. He looked like the admiral of the Philadelphia Navy yard on an inspection tour. After we were at sea for a few days it got hot and some of the lads broke out in civilian clothes, which made nie feel at home. Having overlooked outfitting my­ self with a high pressure I felt very lonely until I painted some gold braid on my black fireman's cap. One of the oilers had a very fancy single screw design on his cap, with one gold bar. When I asked why he didn't have at least twin screws on his hat he didn't like it a bit. I was glad to get off this ship, for I felt rather naked all trip around this splendor and sartorial elegance. But seriously, brothers, there is danger in sporting all this gold braid. It will lead to the day when we shall be saluting and piping, clicking heels, doing cal­ isthenics on the quarterdeck, and forming guard mount when the 8-12 goes below. NEIL FITZGERALD, Oiler. Ed. note: Brother Fitzgerald was in the Bougainville fighting and other Pacific campaigns be­ fore being released as over age. He put in two hitches in the Ma­ rine Corps before the war, once serving in the marine guard of honor on the Presidential yacht Mayflower during Harding's term. Bassett Crew Restricted We would like to protest the action of the ships agents in stop­ ping shore leave on this vessel when there was no reason for it. The Richard Bassett of the Bull Line was at pier 22, Brooklyn when shore leave was stopped at 11 A.M., June 30. As the ship was not fully loaded, the captain extended the shore leave to 8 A.M., July 2. Then the Customs guard came on board with a no­ tice restricting all men from 8 P.M., July 1. Bu this time almost all of the crew were ashore. The night mate called the port director and explained it was impossible to have the ship load­ ed before 4 P.M., July 2. The port director said the re­ striction would be lifted if the ships agents agreed, but A. H. Bull refused, thus making a small group of men stand watch for the benefit of the rest of the crew who were ashore. Nothing can be done about this now, but how about reminding the agents that such stringent regulations which were all right in '42 and '43 can be relaxed a little now with the war over in Europe. EDWARD J. KELLY. DWIGHT CARROLL PLUGS BIGGER LOG In picking up an NMU "Pilot" down in New Orleans last week, I was interested to see their dem­ agogic, swindle campaign in re­ gard to seamen's wages, in which they take credit for everything that has ever been done or ever will be done for the seaman. The technique of this NMUcommunist propoganda is simple and no seaman should be fooled by it. Briefly, it is this: to start a slogan campaign such as "$200 a month for ABs", then, if the other unions raise a skeptical eye about it, the NMU rakes them over the coals for not being in­ terested in the seamen. And when other unions, when the time is ripe, also go in for more practical wage increases, the drum-beating commies from 17th Street can say that they were only following the lead of the NMU. Always the NMU technique has been the same: the use of slogans to make the membership think the leaders are doing something for them. Keeping the members hypnotized is their policy. During the past few years we have had a constant parade of NMU causes, which get the membership all hepped up and excited but which in the end do absolutely nothing for the seamen. These rabble-rousing "causes" included "Down with the Fas­ cists", "Elect Marcantonio", "Aid for Tito", "Aid for Red China", "Relief for Russia", "Keep 'Em Sailing", "Picket Pegler", etc., etc. Demagogy is the art of becloud­ ing the real issues and that ia what the NMU leaders thrive on. While good old-line seamen in. the NMU are sickening of this political skuU-duggery, Curran and his henchmen will be think­ ing up a new slogan for them. They will keep promising the membership the moon made out of green cheese, and then launch­ ing a tirade against the SIU and Harry Lundeberg's SUP if they don't get it. As for me, I woke up to this nonsense long ago. As far as I'm concerned it's all just a lot of phony "Moscow Music". Old N.O. NMU'er. Glad to hear you are going to improve the sheet. It doesn't need to be the Pilot's size and be full of baloney. Take it easy and buij^d well. Now if you are sincere citizens of the United States, you can slay the Pilot and carry a big headline across the bottom of the page something like this: "Al­ ways anti-fascist and anti-com­ munist." The following leter was sent to Your bonus map will probably New York by a west coast SIU keep the Log in more hands long­ man riding a War Emergency er than anything else published for seamen's information. tanker: PHIL McCANN This outfit would much rather have SIU men than others that ride these ships and I think that now is the time to stuff these ships with SIU men for they are the best shipmates and workers. It seems like most of the let­ We belly robbers do a good job ters written to the Log by crews on these tankers and they won't are beefs and gripes about ships or skippers and engineers. have any kick coming about the The SIU h3s a lot of ships and chow. they aU aren't like you might as much good to write a letter to think by reading some of these the Log giving a big hanq to a This is my fourth trip with this letters. good skipper or a good Steward outfit and I never see enough SIU I remember one ship I sailed or Chief as it does to be giving men aboard. With the foolish which was damn good and there these quarterdeck performers heU way the NMU stopges act , on are • plenty of other crates like aU the time. Let skippers like these ships trying to educate the her. She was the William B. Murray know that they are ap­ newcomers, a good SIU crew Giles, with C. C. Murray as Cap­ preciated and we may get a lot could sew up these tankers in no tain and Worsham Chandler as more like them. Chief. Both of these men were Among some other good men time. If we want to do anything tops and you couldn't find a bet­ I might mention old man Good­ with these tankers, now is the ter old man than Murray. Some man, formerly of the Dynastic, time to act. of you old timers may remember and Cjemey, Chief on the Calhim from the Clearwater, which mar Line; also Blackie Smith, Sincerely, ran out of New Orleans back in who sailed Chief Mate with the PJIJ. (Steward) the '20s. Bull Line. Bk. No. 17751 It seems to me that it does just J. a- WSA Has School Tankers Need On The Brain SIU Seamen The WSA has school on the brain. They would start a school to teach wipers how to clean heads if they had any instruct­ ors who ever cleaned a head. Their latest brain storm is a school for "Stewards .Training Mates." Fancy title, isn't it? But take it from me the name is aU there is to it. On an order from the company I went to this school, which consists of a nineday course to teach steward de­ partment men how tp handle troops. We studdied from a sheet of mimeographed papers and af­ ter it was over I ddn't learn any­ thing that I hadn't known after my first trip as a messboy. I think it's foolish that trained cooks should be subjected to this kind of phony schooling. HENRY MARTIN, Chief Cook. Calls NMU Line 'Moscow Music' Good Officers Deserve Boost �:r Page Eight •' 1^7 THE SEAFARERS LOG. Friday. July 13, 1945 French, Swedish Seamen Make Gains, Prepare For New Fights (ITF) The French Merchant Swedish Seamen's Union finallyFor a voyage U.S.A.-England Marine Officers and Seamen af­ signed, on June 9, a new collec­ the total earnings a month of an filiated with the CGT (French tive agreement effective from AB would be approximately: War risk bonus 4 days 40% zone Federation of Labor) and the ITF, June 5. When it started negotiations in War risk bonus 5 days 125% zone held a joint general meeting at Webster Hall in New York on January, the Union had based its War risk bonus 5 days 175% zone June 26th. About 450 officers, demands on conditions laid down Total war bonus approx ....$ 32.94 71.90 and seamen were present at this in the International Seafarers* Monthly wages Charter. The negotiations event­ meeting. Unanimously they adopted a ually became so deadlocked that Total earnings $104.84 motion condemning the activities strike notice was given for June Seamen sailing out from U.S. of certain shipowners, which 6, after a ballot among the mem­ ports on voyages exclusive of Eu­ were opposed to the recovery of bership. The day before the strike ropean waters receive a compen­ France and demanded that the was to begin, a last minute con- sation of 105 kr. a month or $25.00 public authorities take the nec­ cilliation proposal was put for­ for higher cost of living, thus essary measures to purge and ward and although it did not bringing their wages up to $96.90 reach the seamen's expectations, or approximately equal to the punish the guilty. Other motions passed called they were unwilling to bear the American seamen. responsibility of a conflict at a for: The nationalization of the time when shipping is so badly French merchant marine as the needed to relieve the distress in only way to assure the restora­ Europe. The new collective agreement, tion of a merchant fleet worthy By J. E. SWEENY however, brings the Swedish sea­ of the French nation. A wage hike of 70% on their men a step forward towards the BOSTON—This little warning basic wages to become effective application of the minimum de­ should be given to the member­ mands stipulated in the Interna­ ship, in the event they hit Searson August 1, 1945. The unification of their pension tional Seafarers' Charter. port, Maine. The basic wages of Swedish fund, in order that seamen may The first night ashore, and if look forward.with confidence tO| seamen were increased by 35%. you are one of those who take a the day that they will have to The 20.7% cost of living index few, you are lucky to get back to remains in effect. War risk bon­ ship without hitting the hooseleave their tedious trade. The right for all seamen to vote uses are paid according to zones; gow. And remember, it's just a while away from their country. 25%, 40%, 80%, 125%, 175% and few. You haven't made a rumpus. The International Seafarers' 200%. The 200% bonus, is applic­ Just ask any of the brothers who Charter sponsored by the ITF to able to the zone ranging between have paid off the $12.70 they be elaborated by the Internation­ West of longitude 160° West and hang on you. al Labor Organization, and quick­ East of longitude 60° East. If you go ashore the second ly put into application so that the The wages per month of an AB night, they'll be spotting you. International competition will no on a Swedish ship are now as And it's thirty days the second longer be permitted to be carried follows: time, and all the lawyers in the out to the detriment of the sea­ Basic wage Kr 250.county cannot save you. Ask any men. Cost of living index 52.of the boys. Even the skipper's (ITF) After six months of long Total Wage Kr 302.plea of sailing shorthanded means and tedious ' negotiations, the or $71.90 nothing. WARNS OF RACKET IN SEARSPORT Men In Marine Hospitals This Week STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL P. GALLATLY L. R. BURCH W. B. MUIR F. SARMENTO H. V. WILSON J. M. JOHNSON L. G. GRAHAM SALVATORA BIONDA EMIL VON TESMAR L. M. MOODY, Jr. K. E. OLSEN R. C. BURNS B. B, LENOIR L. C. KATES , BERTEL BRYDER J. A. SPAULDING • Z. W. CULLISON L. L. LEWIS L. R. BORJA RAMON BURGOS J. S. CAMPBELL R. A. BLAKE E. V. FERRER H. W. E. FREDERICKSEN ROBERT POWELL H. S. TUTTLE DAVID NORDSTROM R. GILBERT B. CUCUTA S. RIVERA O. STENMO L. MELANSON W. C. WAGNER EVERETT KNOWLES PABLO ORTIZ JOSIAH MEGILL A HARD FOUGHT GAME OF DARTS SALVATORE LACORTE EDWARD J. KARKELL JOHNNEAL SOL R. DURRETT _ A. M. DUCLCS DEAN WHEELER A. R. (ONE ROUND) KING OSCAR F. HEIL F. PALERMO I R. L. HUNTER A. MOULTON V. A. KENNY R. A. LYNN F. E. SALLINGER B. KLIMINSKY H. STILLMAN SAVANNAH HOSPITAL B. R. PETERMAN ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL D. MCDONALD FORT STANTON ARCHIBALD McGUIGAN N. GAMANIN REMBERT G. GOODLOE m BRIGHTON HOSPITAL . The following members of Bos­ ton Branch are in Brighton Ma-r rine Hospital: F. ALASAVICH JOHN DUFFY PETE KOGOY JOHNBARR •v..! TOM MCCARTHY The Jewish Welfare Board of Brookline, Mass., called the Vicory ,9, is doing a good job of help­ ing the boys at the hospital, giv­ ing up their time and money, and coming up to the hospital giving out cigs, candy, and fruit. They go to the Army, Navy, Marine Hospital each month and do-what they can for the boys. As all tfiis money is their , own . spending money they deserve a lot of credit. JOSEPH E. LAPHAM, Boston Patrolman. SAVANNAH HOSPITAL RUBIN HUBBARD r-. li;-' . Sf 1. "v. 1 If real dough was bet on this game we doubt if there would be such big smiles on the faces of these brothers in the New York hall's new recreation floor. But it is a far cry from the old hall at 2 Stone Street ... the enlarged piano box with the hard benches . . . and it is something to smile about. In this friendly argument are left to right, Thomas Athey, Jr. Eng.. J. F. Long. FOW. and G.,B. Palmer. FOW. NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL We've got some men in the Marine Hospital here in New Or-; leans who would appreciate a littli; attention. How'd you feel if you were stuck in bed (even though there are Sjime damned good looking blondes and red-r heads nursing you) an* you didn't get some dope on how the outside world's doing without you? Get out the pencils and paper or an old battered typewriter and write at least one letter today to one of these guys if you know him. Even if you don't know the guys, they're brothers and it won't take too much time to write a note on a card, or to buy one of those special "get well cards" just to let someone know he's still important and that the crews still sailing are thinking about him. Address letters for the follow­ ing men to 210 State Street, New Orleans, La. JAMES E. WARD JAMES W. DENNIS J. DE FARGE JOHN E. McCREADIE . �; -i;';'A:- • •.*•• •'••• ,' "i. ,1 Friday, July 13, 1945 ' ' — THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Signed Charges Against Himself 1^- School For WSA Bureaucrats By W. PAUL GONSORCHIK NEW YORK — Shipping has been rather hectic for the' past two weeks, and it will probably continue so, especially in the steward department. Manning these Victory, C-2 and Liberty scows that are being converted into troopships is a job, and the WSA is doing its damnedest to make it more difficult. The WSA claims that for cer­ tain key jobs in the steward de­ partment aboard the Victory ships, the men must go to that up-grading school for several weeks. I wonder when they will learn to stop wasting taxpayers' money (which means your money and my mine)? What can they teach an ex­ perienced baker, butcher, chef or cook of long experience, when their instructors are men who are not even capable of making good messmen? To listen to the tech­ nical bull they throw yOu, you'd imagine that they've had years at sea, when a good many of them have not been out more than six months. These are the boys that are to teach^ the oldtime bakers and butchers how to do their jobs. It beats all hell the way some of these Government agen­ cies can find to spend money fool­ ishly. What did some of you fellows learn at the Hoffman Island school, outside of drill? You've learned more at home setting the table, cleaning up around the house, and keeping the garage tidy, before you came to sea. How about some of you fellows writ­ ing in and pointing out just what you did learn at these scho'ols, and how much it helped you when you went aboard ship as a green hand — particularly you feUows who went to that Hoff­ man Island school. Personally, to me, trying to force experienced men go to a school that is handled by, incom­ petents is hash for the dogs. Why not send all these WSA bureau­ crats to "a retraining school to teach them how to run the WSA? Red Truesdale got a letter from Blackie Gardner, from way down under. He, McCuistion and Peg Leg Anderson are all on the same T-2 Tanker. From what I can understand, Blackie shanghaied a kangaroo into McCuistion's bunk one night, and now the kangaroo is chasing Mac all over Australia. Those of you members who are really interested in helping in the organizing drive, contact Paul Hall or the organizers on the fifth floor of the New York hall. The organizers are doing a fine job, but the work could be done much quick-'r if everyone coop­ erates with them. If you are bringing any of your friends to join the SIU please be sure that they have a spare pass­ port .photo, so that it can be at­ tached to the permit card. It's Hot Shipping In Gulf City By JAMES TUCKER she has been converted to a troop MOBILE—Shipping has been carrier. Anyone wanting to go very good in this port with quite back to see some Madamoiselle a few jobs -being called to New just drop in. Orleans, and at the end of-the We now have Brother Tucker, week we still have forty-five jobs the Charleston Agent, in town to still to be filled. So any one wish­ relieve Brother Bales as Agent, ing to get out in a hurry just drop temporarily. We wish Brother ;/ in on Mobile; we run out to all Bales a nice vacation. parts of the world. In the past week we have paid off five ships with all overtime By D. L. PARKER beefs settled to the satisfaction of the crews. The ships that were TAMPA —Things in this port paid off are Alcoa Cutter, Alcoa are on the boom again. We just Pilot, Falmouth, all Alcoa scows; finished crewing up two Water­ the Governor John Lind, Bull man scows—that is, almost. We Line, and the Unaco, Waterman. had to call about four different Besides crewing up these ships, ports and were still two men we also crewed up two new ships, short. One of them was the the SS Topa-Topa, Waterman C-2 SS Northern Adventure, and the out of Mobile; the SS Francis other one the SS William Lester. O'p^xa, Calmar Line tank carrier The company changed the name gr ^ of Panama City, Fla., and the of the Adventure to Francis BurSS Cody Victory, Alcoa, which fiey — wonder where that one has been converted to a troop came from. I have completely exhausted carrier. the supply of seamen power here The SS Dolmar took a crew tor the Sunshine run down to Brazil. in this port, with only four men Quite a few of the fellows were on the beach now. I suppose that getting homesick for the senor- we will be getting more of these itas that abound in the cities of baby Liberty greyhounds.. of the sea in the near future. South America. , We are needing men for the Brother Joe Lopez went out stewards department, as we will Serang on the William Lester have the Hagerstown Victory out with all Tampa boys, and one of el the shipyard just as soon as our retired members, Perice NO MEN ON BEACH NO This week we received sil­ ence from the Branch Agents in the following ports: PHILADELPHIA CHARLESTON JACKSONVILLE SAN JUAN HOUSTON By CHARLIE STARLING BALTIMORE — Business has slowed down a little here, but that does not mean you can't get a job. We would like to see some old time stewards department men come this way, as we have some blow-up Liberties that will crew up in the next two weeks. We had one of the Bull Line's old tubs in last week and there was a beef thereon with all hands signing a statement that a certain Messboy was dirty, lazy and so forth. Looking over this signed statement I came across a name that looked suspiciously familiar, and on checking what do I find but that the unclean Messboy had also signed the petition. That's just another proof of the old say­ ing that people will sign any- Chief Electrician Hides Books By E. S. HIGDON NEW ORLEANS — Shipping is not so good—^not so bad—^just fair. Most of the ships coming to the port are still in transit, but we've had several payoffs this past week—the SS Calvin Austin, SS Babcock, and the SS Leona Polk. The beefs on these scows have all been simple ones—easily set­ tled, as usual, to the satisfaction of both crews and companies. And since both Mobile and Tam­ pa have had a scarcity of men on the beach, New Orleans has sent brothers to these ports to help out. Some guys just never learn. There's a finky chief electrician aboard the SS Memon who, though asked to produce his books, hands the crew the old line of "mind your own business and I'll mind mine." The ques­ tion is asked—do those books really exist—if so, where are they? Mr. Richards of Mississippi SS Co. is going after the electrician today to clear up the case and also he's forcing the buckaroo skipper to let the men use the laundry room. Seems the skipper preferred dirty or dingy clothes on his crew up to this time. And when it comes to an open and shut case like the SS Blue Island Victory with its transpor­ tation beef of last week — we can't get any action. The WSA White, went out as chief slave driver. I am sure that there will be no disputed overtime when she pays off at the end of the voyage. Information for all the P&O stiffs: There is a rumor that the company is going to revive ship­ ping again, with one passenger from here to Havana, one from Miami and a passenger car ferry from Key West to Havana. Won't that be a day for the bean pick­ ers? I was sitting in the hall the other day, wondering where I was going to get enough men to crew these ships up, when some one came in and asked how ship­ ping was and, by George, the old cock of the walk. Sonny Sim­ mons, came in. First thing that he wanted to know was how are all the squabs, and where were they now. I gave him a telephone list about two feet long, and now I don't supppse that I will see him for a week or so. still won't discuss the beef. But the crew feels they're getting a raw deal and are beefing for some quick action. They've got rights and this transportation money is right—especially when "licensed" -personnel are given the thing the unlicensed men are asking for. Discrimination is a thing of the past and the union's job is to keep it there. New Or­ leans is batting for a home run. TWO NEW SHIPS TO BE CREWED SOON By D. STONE GALVESTON—The 16th and 17th we will crew up two new ships for Waterman, the M. S. Cable I. out of the Houston yard and the Blackwall Hitch out of the Beaumont yard. These vessels are Cl-M-AVl Diesel type vessel. We also have two Victory ships in the Galveston yard being con­ verted and these should be ready in the next two or three weeks and calling for crews. This past week shipping has been very slow. We have now over a hundred men on the beach here. The draft board recently has been grabbing off some of our members who have stayed ashore too long. Five of the local boys just last week received their preinduction .notices. All five of them are now aboard ship and I doubt very much if any of thme will again over stay their leave. thing in the way of a petition. A word of thanks is in order to the crews of the ships that have been in this port recently, for their cooperation in keeping the proper manning scale. Brother Dickey and myself had two good beefs from a Miss­ issippi ship involving high slop chest prices and the breaking of the 2nd Cook and Butcher down to Messboy. The slop chest beef is getting fairly common and needs cracking down on. In this case the crew were refunded $43 in overcharges. The other beef was certainly a raw deal. Our man was shipped as 2nd Cook and Baker, but when he got to the ship the captain said what he wanted was a 2nd Cook and Butcher. The man told the captain he was no butcher, but the captain told him to sign on anyway and it would work out okay. However, when they got to sea the Steward broke this man to Messman because he had a man that was a much better butcherThen when the ship got back to Norfolk the Coast Guard put the man up on charges of incompe­ tence as a butcher and they took his papers for three months. The case is being appealed and we shall push it as much as we can, and show them they can't do just as they please. This sort of thing is the limit, and shows we have good reason for not wanting those people to have anything to do with us in peace time. Shipowners' Love Song Curran is a friend of mine: He will do it any time. For a nickle or a dime; Fifteen cents for overtime. Psyco-Sawbones Hold Up Shipping To Stow Grub By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON—Shipping and busi­ ness is slow. We have had several payoffs in Searsport and Port­ land, Maine. This coming week will be much better from reports. Several ships will hit this port within four days as of this writ­ ing. We are having the same old trouble with the WSA psychodoctors here in Boston and at least two ships have been delayed due to their actions. There are two of these misfits here in Bos­ ton and when the clock strikes twelve (mealtime), they both walk out for chow and leave the joint (it's rather crummy and dirty) in charge of an office girl. Consequently all shipping stops from twelve to one. The NMU has given a story to the Boston Globe stating that the bonus is being cut 33 1/3 per cent. By their statements it is obvious that they have been col­ laborating with the WSA in re­ ducing the take home money of the seamen. Incidentally, several NMU members scabbed in our recent tiff with the WSA over a proper manning scale for the Stewards' Dept. on converted troop carriers^ SOLIDARITY! „ r.. • i �TME SEAEARSES LOG Fa9» Ten Friday. July 13. 1945 Slave Bill May Take A Beating f.' r WASHINGTON (LPA)—Labor that they would be offered if the their anti-union campaigns. Since' ? leaders this week saw a good proposed law ever comes to the the right of employes to organize AKRON RUBBER WORKERS STRIKE chance that the notorious union- floor of either the Senate or is a fundamental right, any en­ jHjsting B2H .Bill, authored by Kcuse. However, it was pci: croachments upon liiis right does Senators Burton, Ball and Hatch, out that after hearing testimony violence to the concept of a free may never reach the Senate floor of representatives of labor and trade union movement. The right intact. The legislation, designed liberal groups the Senate Educa­ to strike will be curtailed," he to create a new Federal Indus­ tion and Labor Committee may concluded, "in that this measure trial Relations Act but denounced report out a greatly modified bill. encompasses compulsory arbitra­ by all sections of organized labor There is a possibility even that tion. This measure sets up a com­ as a bill to enslave and strait- the committee would refuse to plicated set of machinery which jacket unions, has been sent to report it out. will be resorted to for the pur­ the Senate Education and Labor "One thing is fairly certain," pose of interfering with and de­ Committee. declared one Congressman. "That laying the processes of collective Chairman of the conunittee, bill is going to find damn tough bargaining." w^hich is known as the nearest sledding in the Senate Commit­ Donald R. Richberg, real au­ thing to a pro-labor committee in tee. Remember it was that com­ thor of the B2H biU, made head­ the Senate, is James Murray (D, mittee that turned up the mul­ lines when he offered to debate Mont.) author of the full employ­ titude of civil liberties violations the presidents of the AFL, CIO ment bill. No amendments have and the detaUs of how anti-union and UMW and forfeit $1000 to the yet been offered to take away the employers hired professional Red Cross if he was not judged bill's more pernicious provisions strike breakers and built up ar­ a winner by "impartial judges. but labor leaders were confldent senals to shoot down their own The challenge, branded as "cheap publicity" by one labor leader, workers." was not. answered and expecta­ New NLRB Chief He predicted, however, that tions were that it would not be. B2H would probably not reach CIO, AFL and UMW officials will even a conunittee hearing before undoubtedly give their view­ September or October. Its only supporters outside of Congress, so points at the Senate committee far have been the reactionary hearings. newspapers and columnists. Westbrook Pegler who has long sought the destruction of the Wagner Act and the Nat'l Labor Relations Board contended that the intro­ duction of the B2H bill proves By ARTHUR THOMPSON his contentions up to the hilt be­ cause B2H would undermine the There was very little shipping Act and the NLRB. In addition in Savannah last week. Only AU rubber production stopped in Akron, Ohio when members it would practically outlaw the pleven men in all three depart­ closed and union shop and make ments. We now have a shipping of United"Rubber Workers (CIO) struck the Goodyear and Firestone it almost impossible for a union list with mostly ABs and Oilers plants and the remaining two tire companies closed for repairs, as we had before our recent ship­ Goodyear workers expressed willingness to return to work after to caU a strike. ping spree. We did not have The Workers Defense League enough full book members, how­ Navy seizures of the plant. Here workers picket ttop) Goodyear, and (bottom) Firestone plants. (Federated Pictures) Paul M. Herzog, appointed by last week joined other liberal or ever, to form a quorum. President Truman to head the ganizations in condemning the I spent a good deal of time on National Labor Relations Board, bill as a threat to the existence of the various ships in port straight­ was sworn in on the same day the trade unions and the democratic ening out small beefs and I also NLRB celebrated its 10th birth­ way of life. The WDL's national had a few which were sent from day. A former chairman of the counsel. Max Delson, said that other ports to be straightened out New York State Labor Board, the legislation is "a definite threat with the South Atlantic. After Herzog at 39, heads into the to the organized labor movement squaring these away I asked stormy reconversion and postwar in the U. S." He asserted that "if them to supply me with a list of WASHINGTON (LPA) — For were considered sound for the battles between the CIO and AFL it is enacted into law it wiU not unclaimed wages and they agreed the first time since 1881 the AFL holding of our convention.**' Sec­ on jurisdictional issues the NLRB only impair the functioning of to send it out as soon as possible. tions of the AFL laws and con­ has never before had to confront. the Nat'l Labor Relations Act, but Our Assistant Secretary Treas­ may not hold its annual conveU' stitution provide that conventions But almost all organized labor will afford recalcitrant employers urer asked me to get this list so tion. President Green has advised shall be held annually and that approved his appointment. (LPA) the opportunity of intensifying that he can complete his records. all AFL affiliates that the Office officers must be elected by deleBrother Peteiman is still in of Defense Transportation "re­ ^tes in attendance at conven­ the hospital and last week Rubin jected the application filed by the tions were presented. Probably IN 10 VEARS Hubbard, who makes more noise officers of the AFL to hold the the council will re-elect Green 65th annual convention of the and its other officers to carry on in the Savnanah Hall than the the administration until a con­ combined membership, fractured AFL next October." HAS HELD 2R000 ELECTIONS ODT's travel ban has prevent­ vention is possible. his leg while skating. We're not sure how long he'll be there but ed practically all unions from Two results of the convention hope he will be out soon. The holding national conventions in­ ban on the AFL are the possibil­ nurses in the hospital will have volving more than 50 out-of-town ity that it may keep the United their hands full while he is there delegates. The August meeting of Mine Workers out and the Int'l because nothing short of two the AFL exexcutive council in Ass'n of Machinists in. Prediction broken legs can keep this boy in Chicago wiU consider what to do has been that the convention place for more than five minutes. about the postponement of the would create a new executive There is no sign of anything convention and such questions as council position for John L. Lewis new coming in at present but we the election of officers. who has insisted on that as a pre­ hope to have a few more ships Green declared that ODT was requisite for the reaffiliation of given "facts and reasons which the 400,000 UMN members. The before this gets to press. lAM, with 600,000, has threatened, m to withdraw from the AFL be^ cause of the executive council's failure to settle a long-standing MONTREAL, July 1 — Harbor sengers form the outer wall of jurisdictional fight to the lAM'fi -•It workers got a look at something the big stack. Even the wireless satisfaction. shack, chart rooms, and other new in cargo liners this week with the arrival of the 15,000 ton auxiliary cabins are all complete­ distance due to their brilliant col­ LampOTt & Holt ship Defoe m ly housed in the smokestack. from Liverpool and Belfast on The Defoe carries the very lat­ ors. Her builders have also looJcest type of lifesaving gear. Her ed after the safety of^the crew her maiden voyage. Less than three weeks out of lifeboats are unsinkable, are by making it possible to turn off the shipyard of Harland-Wolfe, equipped with special wireless the ship's engines without going Belfast, the Defoe is the first ship sets with a range of 600 miles, below. Whoever happens to be passing along the main corridor if to aiq?ear in port with her navi­ and with nu»tor£ gating bridge, living accconmoda- The Defoe's crew is also equip­ the ship is hit by bombs or tor­ tion and dining room all inside ped 'With apedal lifiejackets pedoes merely moves a lever and the big streamlined smcficestaek. which, should the crew be forced the motors immediately come to y < J Her entire cabin space for 24 pas­ into the sea, can be seen for some a stop. SAVANNAH SHIPPING HITS A LULL AFL's 65th Convention Blocked By TravelBan NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Novel Ship In Montreal If:?' fiS':- / ' �:* r-rvy ; -Jf Vi, Friday. July 13, 1945 TFE SEAfARERS Page ElevMI LOG BUrXETIN r.U ri i( 1' [ \ I' »E Walberg, Leonard C Wald, Leon Y Walker, Alton B Walker, Elmer R Walker, G f Walker, Gus Walker, H. T Walker, John E Walker, Thomas D Wallace, Elmer L . Wallace, Harvey E Waller, Edward E ...., Walls, Edward Walowitz, Harry Walsh, J Walter, William F WannaU, William E., Jr. ... Ward, Admiral D . Ward, E. W Ward, Willis Warner, William S Warup, Charles P Warren, Paul Warren, William Washington, Wilfred Wasteney, Richard Waters, Eugene Waters, William V Watkins, Edward W Watkins, Wayne W Watson, A Watson, A. L Watson, F. M Watson, John J Watson, James L Watson, Tellis L Wayson, John W , Weathersby, John E Weaver, J. W Webb, John R Webbs, John R Weber, Charles Weber, Carl F Weber, John C Weber, Charles E Weber, M. E Webster, William P Wedge, Primus L Weickgenannt, Albert Weigand, J Weinker, William J Weinreich, Frederick O. .... Weiss,. Harold Welch, Francis J Welch, Joseph Unclaimed Wages Mississippi Steamship Company 14.10 17.72 15.10 2.79 23.78 .98 Welsch, Joseph 63.39 Williams, Alfred C 4.69 Wendel, George R .04 Williams, Arthur L 1.42 Wendell, A 26.67 Williams, Charles 3.96 Werhan, George J. 7.34 Williams, Clarence 98.75 Wery, Edgar J 6.00 Williams, Enos E 2.23 Wessels, L. E 21.16 Williams, George G 24.98 Weseltier, Richard 82.36 Williams, George R 2.00 West, Howard E 7.82 Williams, J 5.02 West, Lewis F 2.96 Williams, John L 143.17 West, Norman 2.84 Williams, Lindsey 2.80 Westhoff, Robert 9.72 Williams, Ralph L .71 Weston, B. A 9.72 Williams, O 21.46 Wheaton, Alexander .74 Williams, ThdS. R. 10.72 Wheeler, Fredric A 82.04 Williams, Wilbert 4.32 Wheeler, George M 2.32 Williams, William J .39 Wheeler, George 5.65 Williamson, Samuel W. 3.71 Wheran, G .59 Williamson, W. P 1.05 Whitaker, Lane E 9.86 Williamson, William .87 White, Amos L 13.40 Williford, J. E 2.11 White, Charles C 42.18 Willik, Mikal .'. .74 White, F. J 1.20 Willis, George B .99 White, F. S '7.51 Willis, .Gordon L .80 White, George A 5.69 Willis, J 2.64 White, Herbert 98.75 Williston, Joseph V 3.77 White, John E 5.92 Wilma, Raymond 3.52 White, Louis M 19.51 Wilson, Bena E 1.98 White, Paul B 38.39 Wilson, Bennie 11.63 White, Robert 61.68 Wilson, Ernest L 2.23 Whited, Elmer W 5.72 Wilson, Harry P .69 Whitney, Chas. J .01 Wilson, John Banker 20.09 Whitney, Ivan 3.40 Wilsop, John H 71.41 Whittier, C. .57 Wilson, John' M 8.89 Whiltier, W. E 3.00 Wilson, John W. 70.39 Whitting, C. H 13.03 Wilson, Melvin 4.27 Whittington, Clyde W., Jr. .79 Wilson, O. H 1.63 Wibbleman, Roy L 20.38 Wilson, Robert C .99 Wickstaud, E .99 Wing, L. S 15.75 Wiegand, J. A 17.80 Winnick, Anthony, Jr 2.54 Wify, L ... 1.65 Winter, Henry M 65.58 Wiggins, Gerald W 9.10 Wipe, Max 39.59 Wiggins, Willie O 2.23 Wittkope, Ernest D .74 Wilborn, C. J 6.67 Wittlesberger, W 16,36 Wilce, H 3.00 Wolff, Justin T 16.93 Wilcox, R. W 22.52 Wolfe, John R ; 15.82 Wilce, Horace D 1.98 Wolf, Moffett L 11.47 Wilde, Guenton 5.69 Wolford, Woodrow 11.84 Wilder, R 2.47 Wolinski, Theodore 1.42 Wilder, Roy 2.51 Woo l, Leland L 11.36 Wilding, Emil L 28.00 Wood, P. E. 1.48 Wilkins, C. T 3.80 Wood, R 23.25 Wood, William E Wilkins, Oliver G 114.59 Woodby, Dewey Wilkerson, Walter J 13.97 Woodall, George M Wilkinson, Winston P.2.89 Wood, Carl F Will, John PACIFIC TANKERS 15.84 Woodly, Edward S Willey, Virgil W MONEY DUE The following men have over­ time coming to them: Snyder 71 hrs; A. Satbal, 46 hrs; Reynolds, 46 hrs. Write to Pacific Tankers, Inc., 433 California St., San Fran­ cisco 4, Calif. ^ & SB JOHN BLAIR Ray .Rife, who paid off in Bos­ ton, hf ^ three hours due. Collect at Ca!.ri^r, 44 Whitehall St., New York City. X % % SS T. BROWN C. Tinney has 8 hours and % day's pay of galley man coming. W. Repsher has three days' pay due for doing sick man's work Collect at Mississippi, 17 Battery PI., New York City. . X X X SS COCHRANE R. Riley, Oiler, has $3.65 due him. See Patrolmen Algina or Volpian on 5th floor of the New York haU. 11.17 5.94 2.88 14.53 .99 2.08 5.13 .50 8.06 32.46 3.57 2.84 11.81 13.06 1.33 .... 17.30 12.47 4.90 2.23 6.40 5.94 2.13 14.17 ' 3.13 14.82 2.82 6.65 .. 7.19 17.10 61.62 2.11 4.98 5.46 2.17 .. 10.00 .. 7.11 145.49 8.53 29.12 17.79 5.25 .23 3.40 .35 .. 26.46 1.90 30.59 36.89 5.69 2.75 3.55 1.50 2.64 12.56 13.60 BAGGAGE AT NEW YORK The following men have old baggage in the New York check room. Pick it up. R. Beach, L. Cobb, O. Emberg, W. Hogan, E. E. Bailey, C- H. Toler, L. Carey, W. E. Girard, J. Hart, P. Craw, E. Crowey, F. Nitchell, Coloors, W. Foley, A. Banis. D. Laine, McDonald, A. E. Brandstake, J. P. FuUen, J. Dougherty, L. H. Thorp, Tyler, L. M. Enright, C. E. Halgrow, V. Lopez, V. Walrath, H. Mallony, R. Cunningham, A. Coti, J. Doris, C. Glovier, O. Soranson, H. E. Meisling, R. Tharp, Richardson, H. West, G. Braden, N. O'Loughlin. N. Stern, R. Mason, young, R. May, Whidden, J. Bugyi, W. B. Jones, W. A. Morse, A. R. Phaneuf, R. W. Foster, E. Janeway, E. Manni, 'B. R. DeForrest, J. Fan- cutt, E. L. Penn, S. Wise, P. Barrello, I. Veney, J. J. Williams, G. L. Scognomiglio, W. F. FuUbright, F. P. Schwerdt, Gardeneo, D. L. Delarie, F. La we, S. W. Johnson, Nagle, A. Zavacky, J. W. Jame­ son, A. Thurston. Packages are in the baggage room for the following: James R. Tucker, Robert Burns, .Chas. T. Gaskins, Fred H. Riedel, James E. VanSant, C. B. Pack, Jr., Joseph Joseph, Richard K. Boyler, T. J. Weber, M. E. Me­ dina, John A. Ruhley, Claude A. Ray, Wm. Morris, Sam C. Trager, and Edward M. Brown. An influx of draft classification cards are coming in to the bag­ gage room — if you haven't re­ ceived yours directed to this ad­ dress, please check. Woods, Herbert Woods, Richard N? Woods, Richard Woods, Thomas Woodward, Rufus Woolf, Max S Woollard, John R Workman, Charles H Worrel, Clarence T Worth Wread, J. M Wright, Arthur Wright, Geo. W Wright, Glen Dale Wright, John Wright, Robert Burton Wright, Swayne Wuartz, Clifford T Wunsch, A. F Zanco, John Zaniewski, Walter Zastrow, Robert W Zanrowski, Harry Zavrowski, H. Zelenske, Edward P Zelligs, Mendel Ziereis, John A Zierio, J. A Zimmerman, John 0 Zook, Donald Milton Zurich, Stephen Zvnda, Vincent W Zwicke, Stanley F Zydel, Stanislaus H Zynda, Vincent W 4.74 18.72 2.00 11.85 8.53 15.64 4.22 3.38 18.18 3.16 2.23 7.10 4.27 36 26.14 23 1.07 Abston, M 2.80 Abston, Max A 60 Ahearn, T. F Allen, B. L Anderson, E. J 7.69 Xidias, Dimitrios Arnold, Earl W Auburn, Donald E Yadanza, Peter A 15.00 Aumann, C. B Yadaya, Peter 9.75 Yantz, Robert J 5.69 Yarborough, Henry 3.28 Bakkerod, Bertran Ballard, E. A Yarick, James W 1.98 Barnes, J. V YeUin, Sidney 6.95 Beiter, F. C Yenna, Lucas L 42 Bell, Chas. O Yeoman, S 45.34 Benson, E. L., Jr Yettaw, Cecil LL 5.07 Bergstad, Sigurd Yorio, Dominick 1.48 Birch, Oscar Young, Emil 9.85 Blair, Paul Young, Harry M 5.64 Boddeau, R Young, Herbert 2.40 Bohn, Wilbur J Young, Jas. M 8.56 Bowden, Jay C Young, Wm. F 4.50 Bowman, M. H Youngberg, Lawrence A. .. 6.11 Breedin, Newton Youngblood, William F 11.38 Brett, Stanley T Yuknis, Alton J 99 Brockman, Wm 04 24.15 4.98 .20 8.89 9.04 3.33 2.06 82 114.71 1.07 1.88 2.38 10.59 8.53 1.87 Waterman SS Corp. $ 1.80 16.83 12.06 12.06 3.39 7.23 10.24 12.06 25.15 17.90 29.55 25.91 9.02 4.70 65.40 36.97 59.01 10.55 5.63 5.75 2.68 12.23 17.90 1.37 17.90 12.06 1.37 8.26 12.06 Brown, W. J Bullock, John Zacala, Loyola J 5.36 Burman, V. M Zaeicski, Mike 17.77 Bur, John Z Zahari, Z 14.00 Burns, N Zalesky, Joseph 8.53 Zane, Victor 2.13 Cantor, T 2.13 Casey, Soloman 4.22 Candell, Don D 13.56 Coulia, E 12.06 ALFONS SHINKUS Chadez, C 12.06 2.30 Who joined the SIX! in Wil­ Chavez, J 39.92 mington, your books are ready CCook, Lawrence D for you. Call for them at the 6th floor of the New York hall. S/U HALLS XXX SS PHINIAS BANNING NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. BOSTON 330 AtlanUc Ave. Will any of the former mem­ BALTIMORE 14 North Gajr St. bers of the crew who were on PHOADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. 25 Commercial PL that vessel in July, 1944, when NORFOLK 339 Chartres St. Joe B. Walton was lost at sea, NEW ORLEANS CHARLESTON 68 Society St. please communicate with Sol C. SAVANNAH .... 220 East Bay St. Berenholtz, 1102 Court Square TAMPA 842 Zaik St. Bldg., Baltimore 2, Maryland, as JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. 7 St. Michael St. promptly as possible. He repre­ MOBILE SAN JUAN, P. R. 48 Ponce de Leon sents the widow and surviving GALVESTON 305 H 22nd St. infant child. HOUSTON 6605 Canal SL RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. XXX SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. SS PIERCE BUTLER SEATTLE 86 Senecr St, 111 W. Bumside St. Will any of the former mem­ PORTLAND 440 Ayalon Blvd. bers of the crew who were on WILMINGTON HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. this vessel in November, 1942, BUFFALO 10 Exchaat* St when she was sunk by enemy ac­ CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Av». tion, at which time Felix Gtiffin SO. CHICAGO .. 9187 So. Houston Ave. was injured, please communicate CLEVELAND ;... 1014 E. St. Clalr St. 1038 Third St. with Sol C. Berenholtz, 1102 DETROIT DULUTH 831 W. Michifan St. Court Square Bldg., Baltimore 2, VICTORIA. B. C 602 Boughton St. Md., as promptly as possible. VANCOUVER, B. C., 144 W. Hast^ga St. PERSONALS �Page Twelve I • THE SEAFARERS Friday. July 13. 1945 LOG ; • •.. '• ,:-:'y': '^'::'l/r-''••?••••'-''••y'r'-: ' - r •x ,•.<• 'W, •^t,: .. •'V » V MySTFRl<>kL WAVINS OF TWF /\MFRICAN FMG To C<^R. saL-0(JTX)Ei4lS vv/iTfJ rMFSMlPoM^Afg??S. 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Title A name given to the resource July 13, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 28 Description An account of the resource FIGHTING COLIN KELLY NMU MARCHES PHONY PICKET-LINE TO COVER PAST BONUS SELL OUTS MERCHANT MARINE INCLUSION IN GI BILL IS BACKED SLAVE LABOR TRIBUTE THE DELEGATES SCHOOL OBERVER FINDS NMU CONVENTION FAR FROM DEMOCRATICALLY RUN PAPERS RETURNED SHIP CASUALTIES IN THE ATLANTIC FRENCH, SWEDISH SEAMEN MAKE GAINS, PREPARE FOR NEW FIGHTS WARNS OF RACKET IN SEABOAT SLAVE BILL MAY TAKE A BEATING SAVANNAH SHIPPING HITS A LULL AFL'S 65TH CONVENTION BLOCKED BY TRAVEL BAN NOVEL SHIP IN MONTREAL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/13/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c75f32be854437203bf84e2643617e24.pdf ab70357a1d564be97285ac43f2653135 PDF Text Text *  GROUPS  BLAST  CS  The  failure  of  the  Cities  Service  Oil  Company's  Marine  Divi(gii!l"Ctrmstitute  any  perceptible  change  in  its  labor  policies  toward  seamen  personnel,  in  the  ten  mont^  since  it  promised  a  Senate  Labor  subcommittee  that  it  was  going  to start  with  a  clean  slate,  is  causing  consider­ able  concern  among  sections  of  organized  labor  having  relations  with the  company.  Evidence  that  the  company  is  still  showingg  the  same  disregard  for  the  legally­  and  contractually­guaranteed  rights  of  its  tanker  personnel  are  accumulating  in  the  Official Organ, Atlantic & Golf  District, Seatarera International Union of  NA  SIU's files.  Because  the  Marine  Division  actions  have  de­ NEW  YOHR  N.Y..  FRIDAY.  JUtY  13.  1951  No.  14  veloped  into  a  pattern  that  is  so  strikingly  similar  to  that  VOL.  XIII  • • which prevailed  in  the  pre­con­ tract  period,  trade  unions,  not­ ably  in  the  Lake  Charles,  La.,  area,  site  of  the  company's  majbr  refinery,  have  registered  sharp  protests.  The  SIU  was  informed  this  week  that  among  labor  groups  Aided  by  the  powerful  support  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union  and  its  seagoing  sections,  through  the  AFL  protesting  the  company's attitude  Maritime  Trades  Department,  2,300  Alaskan fishermen  and  cannery  workers  in  the  Bristol  Bay  area  won  a  bitter,  33­ in  dealing  with  issues  between  day  strike  in  which  they  faced  the  combined  opposition  of  industry  and  communist­led  scabs.  The  successful  strikers,  it  and  the  SIU,  were  the  Lake  who  recently  became  affiliated  with  the  SIU,'came  away  with  a  contract  granting  them  union  recognition,  higher  Charfes  AFL  Central  Labor  Un­ ion,  the  Lake  Charles  Building  wages  and  an  employer­paid  and  Construction Trades  Council,  welfare  plan.  and  the  Lake  Charles  Metal  Agreements  signed  by  the  two  Trades  Council.  groups  on  July  3  cleared  the  Representatives  of  the  various  affiliates  of  the  AFL  Maritime  Trades  Depart­ The  protests  were  addressed  way  for  full  operations  in  the  ment  will  confer  in  New  York  shortly  with  the  seagoing  sections  of  the  Seafarers  to  C.  Storey,  vice­president  of  area,  which  produces  about  $20,­ the  CS  Marine  Division,  with  International  Union  to  discuss  j.oint  action  on  the  question  of  wage  increases.  000,000  worth  of  salmon  aimual­ copies  being  sent  to  W.  Alton  ^y­ Both  the  SIU's  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  and  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  Jones,  president  of  the  parent,  i  The fishermen,  who  are  mem­ adopted  a  policy  of  "watchful  waiting"  several  weeks  ago.  in  view  of  the  contusion  company;  J.  R.  Adkins,  marine  bers  of  the  Bering  Sea  Fisher­ men's . Union,  won  payment  of  existing  in  the  maritime  industry  as  a  result  of  the  unsettled  policy  of  the  Wage  superintendent;  L.  D.  Mann,  Stabilization  Board.  general  manager  of  the  Lake  40  cents  for  each fish.  The  can­ Charles  refinery;  E.  Maddock,  The  SlU  and  SUP  have  been  withholding  wage  demands,  for  which  they  have  nery  workers,  members  of  Local  acting  manager  of  the  Marine,  46,  Cannery  Workers  Union,  won  already  received  authorization  from  their  req>ective memberships,  until  the  WSB  sets  Division,  and  Senator  James  a  15  percent  wage  increase  and  the  pbsolujle  ceiling  on  pay  hikes  in  maritime.  Murray,  chairman  of  the  Senate  a  welfare  fund  to  which  the  em­ Because  of  the  indefiniteness  of  the  agency's policy  in regard  to certain  industries,  Labor  Committee.  ployers,  the  Alaska  Salmon  In­ Among  the  specific  issues  dustry,  Inc.,  will  contribute  20  shipping  included,  the  eight  percent  pay  rise granted to the  NMU by  contracted  oper­ evoking  the  labor  protests  are  cents  on  each  case  of  salmon  atora at  the expiration  of  its contracts  two  weeks ago  cannot  go. into effect.  the  Vacation  Plan  agreement,  canned  this  year.  Should  the  government  agency  rule 'that  the maritime  industry  is subject  to wage  which  the  company  has  openly  Both  groups  voted  to  affiliate  controls,  maritime  observers  predict  that  it  will  be  sometime  until  the  NMU  can get  refused  to  discuss  at  all,  in  spite  with  the  SIU  about  two  weeks  any  action  on  its  demands.  of  its  professed  intention  to  de­ ago.  The  International  office  of  While  the  operators  and  the  NMU  have  agreed  in  principle  to  the  wages,  it  has  velop  a  smooth  and  amicable  the  SIU,  the  Atlantic , and  Gulf  relationship  with  the  Union  rep­ District  and  the  Sailors  Union  been  pointed  out  that  nothing  can  or  will  be paid  until  the WSB  renders  a  verdict.  On  that  score,  then,  the  NMU  increase  is nothing more  than a  paper gain  at  the  resenting  its  unlicensed  seamen.  Darrell  H.  Blair,  Secretary  of  present  time,  with  NMU  members  unable  to pick  up a  single  penny  of  it.  the  Lake  Charles  Building  and  The  SIU­SUP  viewpoint  has  been  that  until  the  agency  sets  up  some  definite  Construction  Trades  Council,  de­ policy  as  to  whether  there  is  a  ceiling  for  maritime  wages,  or  whether  the  industry  clared  in  a  letter  to  W.  Alton  BULLETIN—Word  was  re­ Jones  that  "as  members  of  this  is  subject  to  any  controls  at  all.  any  action  would  be  premature.  ceived  as  the  LOG  went  to  community  (Lake  Charles)  we  press  that  five  men  of  those  As  a  matter  of  fact,  there  is  belief  in  some  quarters  that  the  shipping  industry  have  watched  in  recent  weeks  with  ­unfair  labor  practice  is  exempt  from  the  wage  ceilings,  inasmuch  as  its  prices  are  not  restricted.  the  continued  persecution  of  charges  against  the  Cities  If  this  proves  to  be  the  case,  the  SIU  will  not  by  any  means  be  bound  by  any  Cities  Service  seamen.  .  ."  Service  Oil  Company  have  so­called  pattern  for  wage  increa^  set  by  the  NMU.  but  shall  use  its  economic  Blair  said  that  in  face  of  the  received  their  back  pay  strength  to  set  proper  wage  scales  in  keeping  with  the  present  high  cost  of  living.  •   awards.  (Continued  on  Page  15)  The  following  men  receiv­ ed  checks,  in  the  amounts  .noted,  from  Charles"M.  Douds.  Regional  Director  of  the  NLRB's  Second  District:  Needless  to  say,  Ellery  got  his  great  police  work  throughout  the  By  LINDSEY  WILLIAMS  man,  an  unsuspecting  stevedore  world  but  Sam's  work  was  still  James  McDevitt,  $>1,136.66;  NEW  ORLEANS—Most  of  the  who" picked  up  the  apple.  J^fow  unfinished.  Alfred  Kasaistis.  $1,589.07;  Steve  Warielsky.  $1,412.77;  SIU  members  are  well  acquaint­ Ellery  is  not  the  ordinary  type  Last  week  the  SS  Del  Norte  ed  with  the  super­sleuthing  of  of  sleuth,  as  you  have  probably  was  loading  stores,  the  weather  Rudolph  Matura.  $1,756.71.  "Dick  Tracy,"  ''Fearless  Fosdick"  guessed  already.  was  hot  and  humid,  and  only  the  and  John  Orosz.  $1,762.15.  and  "Kerry  Drake,"  but  only  After  being  thoroughly  repri­ whirring  of  the  electric  winches  ­  Checks  made  out  to  men  members  sailing  the  Mississippi  •   unable  to  appear  at  the  scows  out  of  New  Orleans  have  manded  and  lectured  at  great  was  breaking  the  monotony  on  length  on  the  evils  of  apple  the  peaceful  New  Orleans  water­ ,  Board's  office  will  be  for­ had  the  privilege  of  meeting  filching,  the  unlucky  stevedore  front  when  suddenly  Sam  shout­ warded  to  them Jby  register­ Supbr­Sleuth  E.  A.  "Sherlock"  was  allowed  to  go  home  to  his  ed  "Eureka!"  .  ed  medl.  Franklin  Libby  will  Williams.  wife  and  babies.  By  now  Ellery's  Winning  the  World  Series,  a  ""get  the  highest  sum—$3,466.  District  Attorney  Mc  Donald,  reputation  had  been  established.  hole­in­one,  pitching  a  no­hitter,  A  full  li^ of  the awards  will  of  Brooklyn,  Governor  Dewey  FAMOUS  CASE  peace  in  Korea—all  seemed  triv­ appear  in  the  next  issue  of  and  Senator  Kefauver  have  all  Ellery's  next  big  job  was  solv­ ial  that  day.  Sam  had  hit  the  the  LOG.  had  their  day  as  crime­busters,  ing  the  case  of  the  stolen  dish­ jackpot!  but  the  good  citizens  of  New  rag.  The  dishrag  thief  was  a  Walking  down  the  gangplank,  of  the  Pacific  had  given  the fish  Orleans  brush  aside  their  ac­ canny  one  but  he  made  one  mis­ eating a  tomato  in full  view,  was  and  cannery  workers financial  complishments as small­time stuff  take,  he  had  take  our  Hawkshaw  the 2nd  Electrician,  DeUman  Wil­ support,  and  SUP.  ships  operat­ in  comparison  with  the  work  of  too  lightly.  lett. Sam  got his  man,  and  before  ing  in  the  area  refused  to  cross  Captain  K i n n e y' s  waterfront  While  going  through  the  cul­ the  Mate  could  yell  "Fore­N­Aft"  the floating  picketlines  put  up  "Sam  Spade."  prit's  suitcase,  Ellery  found  two  the  culprit  was  lodged  in  the  by  the fishermen.  Here  is' a  real­life­  Sniff­N­ dishrags  carefully  secreted  in  the  second  district  hoosegow  and  The  strike ^rted  on  June  1,  Snoop  who  will  xmdoubtly  be  folds  of  his  shirt,  and  again  old  charged with  the theft of  a three­ when:  the  Bering  Sea  Fisher­ acknowledge'd  as  :the  greatest  Hawkshaw  had  his.man..  cent tomato. Sam. was made! The  nieh%  Union  went  put for  a  con­ thing  to  happen ­to .the­.nurlthne  By  now, criminals .were .fleeing  New  Orleans  i)apers  had  scream­ tifact  and  union  recognition.  ,  industry  since ­^he  discovery  of  from  New  Orleans  in  droves.  ing  front  page  headlines,  "Sea­ . yits  members  established float­ sli(%d'  bread  arid fiie  round  Four  big­time  racketeers, ignored  man  charged  with  theft  of  a  ing  pibketii^S^aibtmd: ship>s  bn­ jVheeL  subpoenas,  frbin  the  Kefauver  three­cent • t  omato."  At  last  re­ r­:  ­O,  tdfihg' AlaskbrtVai^ifS.'''^  Oommittee;­­to  , escape  scrutiny  port  E.  A.  Williams*, employers  '. T^e bx^its'; of' BUery  bhd­  atin^  S^tsixted.  phe  wh^ . air ^dom 4hiSvWateffFont\Sainr^»ede^  were  unhappy;  He .  would fprol^  Uie  welite«t,' a^  frclm ­ a  crate 4oai|^'  i; ­tThe^above­ineii4iatted:>.> e.a a eis aUy  be •  a) holdbut^ for .i^hiiher  abikud^ship  by  stevedores;. ' .)  will  oto  doub.ti;4sft'i.;$KO^^  Waies,:^:  •  ••  •  Bering  Sea  FisKermen^  Cannery  Workers  Win  33­Day  Strike;  Both Join  Seafarers  SIU  Districts  To  Meet  On  Wage  Reopening  CS  Pays  Off  Gumshoe Nabs Culprit  With — 3c  Tomato  |(  r.  I  .­=fi  J­;.:• • • •   �Page  Two  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  FtidtY.  July  13.  1951  SEAFARERS  LOG  Published  Every  Other  Week  by  the  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  o: >iPULrH  AMERICA  Atlantic and  Gulf  Distrix,!,  Afiilialed  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor  • S'­.  At  51  Beaver  Street,  New  York  4,  N. Y.  HAnover  2­2784  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  August  2,  1949,  at  the  Post  Office  in  New  York,  N.Y.,  under  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912.  267  No  Compromise  Before  winning a  contract  with  the Cities  Service  Oil  Company  covering  the  tankers  operated  by  its  Marine  '  Division,  the  SIU's  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  was  forced  to  wage  a  four­year  battle  that  has  few,  if  any,  parallels  .  in modern  labor  history.  The  Union's  determined  fight  to  bring  genuine  col­ lective  bargaining  representation  and  security  to  the  men  of  the Cities  Service fle.et  against  odds that  were seemingly  insurmountable  and  which  were  without  precedent  in  maritime  was  regarded  by  experienced  observers  as  some­ what  of  a  miracle.  Against  every  conceivable  anti­union  weapon,  both  fair and  foul,  the SIU held  fast  to its course,  which finally  led  to  a  contract  covering  unlicensed  personnel  in  the  CS  fleet.  In  its mad  campaign to halt  its seamen  from obtain­ ing  the  representation  which  they  so  sorely  needed  and  which  they  overwhelmingly  selected  in  free  and  secret  I  balloting  conducted  by  the  National  Labor  Relations  I  Board,  the  Marine  Division  pulled  out  all. the stops.  Mass  ^  firings,  crimps,  labor  espionage,  radio  silence,  and  com­:  pany  unionism  were  among  the  scores  of  illegal  devices,  . employed  by the  company in  seeking its  ill­fated objective.  Based  on  testimony  at .hearings  in  Washington  and  investigations  by  staff  members, ^e.Senate  Labor  sub­ ' committee  probing  labor­management  relations  in  the  ­tanker  field  last  fall  summed  up  the Cities Service  case  in  Ithese  words:  "It  is almost  unbelieveable  that  any  union could con­ tinue  in existence  in  the  face  of  this  combination  of  legal  Stalling and  violent  anti­union activity.  Certainly  a  small­ er,  poorer  and  less  persistent­union  would  have  been  des­ troyed."  58BBT  LESKXIM  ED  SIMMS  KENNETH  THOMAS  Your  mother,  Mrs.  Adele  Les­ Will"  this  Brother,  formerly  Get  in  touch  with  your  draft  kun,  writes  that  ypur  family  has  Baker  on SS Citrus  Packer,  send  toard.  As  the  hearings  ended,  company  officials  testified  moved  to  38  South  Catiio­iile  his  address  to  Jack  Fitzgerald,  AAA  that  its  sordid  anti­union  record  was  a  thing  of  the  past  Street,  Shenandoah^  .Pesmsyl­ c/a­  SiV  HaU,  459  Harrison  JOSE  REYES  iand  that  the  future  would  see  a  new  attitude  on  labor  vania,  and  wants  yOu, 'to  Write.  Street,  San FrancLsco,  California.  Contact  Benjamin  B.  Sterling,  .relations in the  Marine  Division.  42  .Broadway,  New  York,  im­ X  %  %,  AAA  RAMON  LOPEZ  mediately.  rWNERTY  The  SIU  expressed  concern  on  this  score,  however,  See  your  who  has  a  MART^il  and  raised  the  point  that  the  same  vicious  labor­hating  cheek  m settiemeBt  of your  ease.  BERNANDINO  PUGA  (Ek­Sleel  A&toesie}  '  Get  in  touch  with  yotu  at­ philosophy  would  break  out  anew  when the hearings  were  Get  in  touch  wiUi  Hennessy  &  A  A  A.  HOY  R. 'WHITE  torney  as  soon  as  possible,  con­ over.  Here  are  excerpts  from  the  official  Senate  record,  Hennessy, Citizens  Bank  &  Trust  Get  la  touch  with  Doc.  cerning  settlement  of  your  case.  Buildmg,  Savannah,  Georgia,  re­ jRrith  SIU  A&G  District  Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  Hall  garding  the  case  of  Dennis  H.  ^testifying:  BrazelL  Mr.  Hall.  .  .  .  But  unfortimately,  when  we  go  back  WILLIAM  A  €3^00  New York—and  that is what  really has  us concerned—  Get  in  tocKh  witlt  Sdas  B.  you  must  remember  that  Mr.  Farrell  (CS  counsel  who  AxteU,  15  Moore  Street  New  represented  company  in  final  negotiations)  will  step  out  York  4,  New  York,  who  has  4)f  the  picture.  And  we  will  probably  be  forced  to  do  beea  a^ed  to  handle  your  ease  The  men  listed  beloW'  have  Thomas C.  Lockwood,  Adolph  W.  business  with the  same  group of  guys  that  you have  heard  by  your  Seattle  att(«neys.  ItUed  out  their  Welfare  Plan  Sadenwater,  James  F. Thompson,  SO; much discussion about. . .  *  S­  *  beneficiary  card  improperly  and  John  L.  Keflan,  Dominic  W.  FRsa> jmcAir  Senator Murray.  Are you going to stay in the  picture,  Yotur  mother,  Ingeborg  M.  must  fill  out  a  new  one  as  sorni  Pasqua,  Keith W.  Forster, Ramon  Aquiar,  Harold  Cahen,  John  Mr.  Farrell,  imtil  you  make  sure  that  this  contract  is  Nyman,  who  passed  away  re­ as possible:  Early,  Francis  E.  Perry  Sflcl  John  Kuezynsbi,  John  Mat­ • uecessful and  these  good  relations  made  permanent?  centfy,  left  you  one­fifth  of  her  Frederick  J.  Durham.  koski,  George  Pia^dakis,  John  estate  Get  »»toUeli  with  George  Mr. Farrell.  Absolutely, Senator ...  A.  Hetzell,  William  HaroM  Row­ E.  Darling, 507 Main  Street, Fort  Mr.  Hall. ... It may  be  that  we have  graduated  into  Jefferson,  New  York,­lea: further  ley,  Chambers  Orr  Winskey,  G^ge Smith­ and  Jc^n  Bnnach.  jft mmre pleasant  atmosphere,  but  this octopus  is still  alive,  information.  AAA  AAA  Under  no coaditioii, is  anf  ­ Jind even  though it is  mighty  pleasant  at  tlus  time,  when  Cheeks  are  bcdng 'held  for the  man  to. leave  his  ship  until  E. (Hap)  HAiti>ClfEiieOK  ye  m  back  to  work  we  don't  know  but  what.jwe  will  feUhwing men  en  the  6th  ftoer  he  is  replaced.  Cases  have.  tSa  Jkrixpa.  t944­iAiSr  mstve  to do  battle  with  that  same  octopus  all  over  again.  E.  Suflhran,  who.  was  Iftremait  «ff  Rw  Jfew  York  M.  Please  been  sepoEted where replira­.  It is not  a  pleasant  thought.  on the  saitte^^hip,  says it is  very  call for them  as soon as  poarifole;  merUN  did  not  report  and.  important  that  you  contact  him  Albert Ruck,  Erich Borgh, John  Senator h^ray. I  wmild advise you to  try, to assume  at  587  West  191  Street;  New  F.  Dixtifi,  Raym<«id  Dqnway^  men  had  to  stand  tern  watchMi.  Ee  c«ntidsKata  of  Irfiat  this  contract  was  nnide  m  good  fai^^  torltCJty.  Carlin  Dennis,  Clyde  Finney,  jeaif  shi|unates. and  do  ncd ^  Kenneth  J.  Gelz­ hdm  off  untiT  you.  aasr  suga.  ibompany intends to carry  its  out, Atid  you  have l^a asr  A  A  A  • • • • ­'• Juan Delggdo,  '  hiser, PhiHg  P.  Giuhpond;  W.  A.  jewt  watch  wUl  ­  AHWO^  •  tsAWA  «ur^ by ' Mh  Farmll  that aa  far  lu bii  ia csfetter^  he  b  . "Ctmtact  me  at  mice,  aakmii  Neifitey.  J?.. Ronald: E. Nose,.  • eam­'Ot  fCmHiaieJ  swne  pet;sMiai^gearr: Veya;*' ^  ­ neth  "SinfiSf,. Joseph:  I*.  [ Lewis?  I­­:,".­ Tankermen  v/V;'' .. 'I  I  �Fkidar<  July  13,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  An  Example  Of  Seagoing  Chicken  '  •  Notice  .  i  Since oyertlme  ie charged  for bringing cigarittee  onboard for  your own convience the overtime  charged for same Pag* ThM*  CS  Company­Stiff  Deck  Officers  Foul  Things  Up­But  Good  The  following  report  was  writ­ no  action  was  taken.  All  the  ten  by  a  Brother  currently  on  a  tanks  we  did  Thursday  with  the  Cities  Service  tanker.  The  name  exception  of  two  which  had  to  the  ship  and  of  the  writer  be  done  over.  Friday  morning  cents  more  per carton. Also this will be the last cigarettes  of  have  been  deleted,  to  prevent  they  really  beg'an  to  get  excited.  possible  reprisals  and  hardtim­ We  went  over  the  tanks  we  ing  from  CS  ships'  officers.  carried  it is not  required to carry same coastwise.  Price washed  Thursday  again  for fif­ Having  sailed  on  two  other  teen  minutes  each.  Cities  Service  ships  since  the  The  Captain,  the  Mate  and  of cigarettes  Lake Charles, about $3.00 a carton plus taxi» contract  was  signed,  I  was  un­ Bosun  were  all  on  deck  giving  der  the  impression  that  CS  was  orders.  The  three  daymen  and  going  to  be  an  exception  and  one  AB  were  shifting  hoses  and  we  would  have  harmony  between  machines,  raising  tank  tops,  se­ the  supervisory  personnel  and  curing  buttcrworth  plates,  rig­ the  Union  seamen  in  record  time.  ging electric  blowers,  wind chutes  ^  •  u.  Hunter,  ir  Master  As  most  of  you  members  know,  and  were< chipping  the  catwalk  it  takes  a  few  months  for  Union  at  the  same  time.  >  The  above  nolice  was  posted  on  the  Bulletin  Board  of  the  Cities  Service  tanker.  Cantigny,  and  company  to  straighten  out  • While this  ten­ring  circus  was  by  her  Skipper,  H.  C.  Hunter. Just  how  silly  and  petty  can  a  guy  get?  the  working  conditions  when  a  going  on  I  was  working  the  contract  has  just  been  signed.  valves for  butterworthing,  pump­ The  department  heads  on  my  ing  up  tanks  to  test  the  bulk­ two  previous  CS ships  were  very  heads  and  trying  to find  time  cooperative  and  we  had  very few  to  repair  a  line  which  had  bro­ beefs  and  most  of  the  minor  ken  on  one  of  the  stripping  beefs  were  settled  on  the  spot.  pumps.  The  Mate  and  Captain  were  also  turning  valves  and  EFFICIENT  PERSONNEL  Please  notice  that  seven  of  from  the  telephone exchange and  By  STEVE  CARDULLO  giving  orders;  things  were  so  My . next  and  present  ship  these  ships  belong  to  three  com­ the  waitresses  come  in  there.  fouled  up  that  we  were  actually  PHILADELPHIA,  July  6  —  panies  —  Gities  Service,  Carras  In fact, it  doesn't any  difference  runs  coastwise.  We  have  a  very  working  against  each  other.  Shipping  for  the first  week  of  and  Trafalgar  —  which  were  at  all.  The  boys  just  happen  to  efficient  engine  and  stewards  de­ this  past  two­week  period  went  brought  under  contract  compara­ sail  their  ships  right  up  against  partment  on  this  ship  with  all  We  knocked  off  at  5  PM  Fri­ hands  including  the  department  day  and  started  again  Saturday  at  a  terrific  pace.  tively  recently,  the  result  of  our  the  bar,  and  it's  only  a  coinci­ heads  and  men  cooperating  and  morning,  the  daymen  knocked  Eleven  ships  paid  off  here  and  extended  organizing  drive.  dence  that  the  pretty  girls  are  doing  a  damn  good  job.  off  at  noon  Saturday  and  didn't  we  had  seven  ships  in­transit  there  while  the  big, dashing sail­ work  again  until  Monday.  At  The  deck  department  is  the  KEEP. IT  IN  MIND  that  took  some  men.  ors  spin  those  fascinating  tales  most  fouled  up  that  I  have  ever  noon  Saturday  I was  discharging  The  payoffs  included  the  Win­ This, is  something  to  keep  in  of  the  briny  deep.  seen.  In  the  last five  voyages  some  ballast  with  the  pumps  so  ter  Hill,  Council  Grove,  Bradford  mind  when  approached  by  the  However,  everytime  our  Dis­ forty­three  men  have  been  re­ J  the  Mate  told  me  to finish  the  Island  and  Government  Camp  Organizers  and  asked. to  try  to  patcher  walks into the  door, these  placed  with  very  few  replace­ ^  tanks  I  was  working  and  then  (Cities  Service);  Robin  Doncaster  bring an  unorganized outfit  under  brave' seamen  disappear,  because  ments  in  the  engine  room  or,stop  the  pumps,  open  the  sea­ (Seas),;  Trinity  (Carras);  Repub­ SHJ  contract.  Sure,  shipping  is  they  know  he's ^ out on  a shanghai  .stewards  department.  With  these,cocks  and  the  valves  for  the  lic, and  Federal  (Trafalgar);  and  good  now,  but  don't  forget  that  job.  figures  alone  you  can  definitely, ballast tanks  on  deck. and  let  the  the  Hilton,  Evelyn  and  Emilia  a lot  of  it  will  vanish  again  after  Also  in  port  is  John  (The  tell  something  smells  in  this  de­ ballast  gravitate  out.  He  told  me  (Bull).  this  Korean  thing  is  settled,  jpid  Wheel)  Hetzell,­  who,  in  our  es­ partment.  to knock  off  as soon  as the  valves  it's  going  to  be  nice  to  have  timation,  is  one  of  the  finest  This  is  my  third  voyage  and  were  open.  some substantial  outfits,  who  are  Union  men  and  shipmates  we  I  would  like  to  go  back  and  give  SWEAT  SHIPS  not  strictly  wartime  babies,  list­ have  met.  He  is  always  ready  you  a  play  by  play  description  ed  on  our  shipping  board.  to  promote  the  Union's  interests,  of  how  the deck  department  men  I  have  been  sailing  as  Pump­ man  on  T­2  tankers for  over five  •   The  in­transit  vessels  line  up  whether  it's  walking  the  picket­ are  driven.  this  way:  the  Robin  Mobray  line,  serving  on  committees  or  I  signed  on  as  Pumpman  years  and  there  is  less  overtime  (Seas);  Calmar  and  Marymar  serving  as  Delegate  aboard  ship.  and  we  sailed  early  Wednes­ on  this  ship  than  any  other  I  The  one  million  known  dia­ (Calmar);  and  four  Waterman  We  need  more  like  him.  day  morning.  Wednesday  being  have  ever  been  on.  It  isn't  the  . betics  of  the  United  States  were  ships,  the  Gateway  City,  Raph­ a  holiday  none  of  the  day  work­ money  involved  that  matters  so  warned  that  a  diabetic  remedy  ael  Semmes,  Lafayette,  and  the  ers  worked.  Thursday  the fire­ much,  it  is  the  amoimt  of  work  ­•   being  mailed  from  Mexico  is  Chicasaw  with  Captain  Morgan  works  really  started., The  Mate  they  expect  me  and  the  deck  L  worthless  and  extremely  danger­ Hiles,  that  Old  Devil  of  the  Sea.  tqld  me  we  had  to  butterworth  gang  to  do  and  the  number  of  ous  if  employed  as  a  substitute  While  shipping  slackened  off  all  tanks,  test  all  tank  bulk­ jobs  they  expect  you  to  do  at  the last  of  these  past  two  weeks,  The  Federal  Maritime  Board  heads  and  repair  any  leaks  we  one  time  to  prevent  working  •   for  insulin.  The  Food  and  Drug  Adminis­ we  were •  kept  busy  with •  draft  has  recommended  approval  of  j found  before  reaching  Lake  after  hours  or  on  weekends.  the  South  Atlantic  Steamship  Charles  on  Monday  afternoon.  Sunday  morning  I  was  sup­ •   tration,  with  the  cooperation  of  board  cases.  Company's  application  for  two  posed  to  work  for  the  Chief  En­ Customs  and  Postal  authorities,  It  seems  as  though  the  only  SKIPPER  SAID  SO  gineer,  repairing  leaks  in  the  •  has been  able to  prevent  delivery  men  the  army  wants  are  in  the  government ­ owned,  dry ­ cargo  The  stripping  lines  are  a  little  ships  for  bareboat  charter  on  tanks.  As  I  was  receiving  my  in­ of  about  20  individual  packages  SIU.  Of  course,  we  know  we  different  on  this  ship,  so  the  Trade  Route  No.  11.  structions  from  the  Chief,  the  of  the  nostrum,  which  is  adver­ have  the finest  jnen  in  the  mari­ Mate  and  I  went  to  the  pump­ According  to  the  Board,  the  Mate  told  me  to  pump  some  time  industry,  but, we  hope  that  tised  and  labeled  as  "Cacalia  room  to  line  the  pumps  up  for  application  is  in  the  public  inr  more  ballast  out  so  I  asked  him  they  leave  us  some  seamen  So  ­  Composita,  Mexican  Indian  butterworthing  and  the  way  he  what  job  I  was  supposed  to  do:  terest.  In  recommending  ap­ that  we  can  Carry  their  supplies  ­Root;'  proval  of  the  application  to  the  lined  them  up I told  him  J  didn't  pump  ballast  or  work  in  the  It  is  being  offered  by  "Mexi­ and ammo  for  them.  •  Secretary  of  Commerce,  the  think  they  would  keep  two tanks  tank. He  told  me  to do  both  and  can  Indian  Root  Co.,  Mexico  HEAVY  VOTING  agency said  that  the  route, which  dry  at the  same  time.  The  Mate  I  told  the  Mate  that  I  thought  City." Circulars give  the name  o]f  ^embraces  the  South  Atlantic,  said  he  didn't  think  they  would  "Dr.  Miguel  C.  Martinez,  general  Up  to  this  date  more  than  a  United  Kingdom  and  Atlantic  either  but  the  Skipper  told  him  this  would  be  too  much,  going  from  tank  to  pumproom,  turn­ hundred  votes  have  been  cast  manager."  ,  to  line  them  up  this  way.  After  ing valves  and  getting  the  neces­ service,  would  not  be  adequately  One­inch  advertisements  for  in  the  constitutional  referendum,  served  without  the  two  ships  washing  fdur  tanks  and  the  the  remedy  have  been  showing  and  we  should  have, many  more  sought  by  the  SlU­contracted  pumps  weren't  keeping  up  and  sary  tools  from  the  engine  room  for  the  tank  job.  I also  told  him  up  in  large  and  small  newspa­ by  the  time  that  the  voting  ends.  company.  I  reported  this  to  the  Mate  and  that  my  feet  and  legs  were  sore  pers  and  magazines  throughout  From  what  the Brothers  say  in  from  walking  so  much  the  other  conversations,  the  overwhelming  the  country.  two  days.  The  Mate  told  the  Cities  where  the  ads  are  majority  have  voted  "yes"  on  Skipper  and  the  Skipper  asked  known  to  have  been  published  this  proposition,  which  is  de­ me  what  was  wrong.  I  told  him  are:  San  Francisco  and  Sacra­ signed  to  prepare  the  SIU  for  Report  of  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  Page 6 the  same  story  I  had  told  the  mento,  New  York,  Cincinnati,  the.  days  when  the  stormy  seas  Dope  Pushers  Get  Deep  Six  Page 6 Mate,  so  he said  start  the  ballast  Detroit,  Pittsburgh,  Philadelphia,  come.  Page 7 Here's  What  I  Think  out  and  the  Mate  will  turn  the  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania,  and  One  of  the  local  bistros  has  News  From  the  Ships  Page 8 valves.  To  keep  peace  in  the  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  changed  hands  and  has  been  re­ Page 9 family  I  did  this.  The  Mate  dis­ Minutes  of  Shipboard  Meetings  Direct  mail  advertising  is  also  decorated,  and  has­  been  doing  Letters  From  the  Membership  Page 10 charged  the  ballast,  which  is  a  being  used  to  promote  the  re­ a  rushing  business  with  the  SIU  Seamen  and  Customs  Regulations  Page 12 contract  violation,  so  the  Deck  men.  At  night  they're  all  con­ medy.  Page 15 Delegate  put  in  overtime.  Roundup  of  Maritime  News  FDA  officials  said  the  mailings  gregated  there:  Hose  Nose  Gard­ Reports  From  Branch  Agents:  Monday  morning  we  still  had  were  heavy  in  the  Vermont  area,  ner,  Reds  Healey,  Bill  Carney,  Lake  Charles  Page 5 several  tanks to  butterworth  and  Page  4  New  Orleans  but  the  packages  which  were de­ Joe  (Overtime)  Brooks,  Come  on  WUmington  Page 7 the  pilot  station  was  just  a  few  Page  4  Baltimore  nied  entry  were  addressed  to  all  the  Dock  Moriarty  and  others.  Galveston  Page 7 hours  away.  The  circus  got  un­ Savannah  Page  4  sections  of  the  country.  The  Of  course,  we  don't  attribute  Boston  Page 14 der  way  early and  as soon  as  the"  Page  5  Seattle  remedy  has  been  priced  at  $15  their  hanging  around  there  to  Mobile  Page  5  the  fact  that  the  pretty  girls  and  $23,  cash  in  advance.  (Continued on Page 14) will be added  to the price of the cigarettes  or about two M Recently Organized  Companies  Boost  Shipping  in  Philadelphia  Diabetes Victims  Are  Warned  Of,  Dangeroos  Remedy  South Atiantic  Gets  Okay For Two Ships  IN  THIS  ISSUE  V­; ,w  J.,.  �^  Page Fovir  T fl  E  SEA F. A ,R  E R  S  L O Q  Machinists  May  Strike  CS  Refinery  In  Lake  Charles  Pxida;y.  July  13,  19^1  The Union Word  Pick  Up  Gear  Left  In  Beaver St.  HaU  The  Headquarters—New  York  Branch  issued,  another  reminder  this  week  to  Seafarers  who  still  have  not  claimed  baggage  left  in  the  baggage  room  on  the  fourth  floor.  With  the  new  building  in  Brooklyn  being  readied  for  ocr  cupancy,  it  is  essential  that  all  baggage _ be  picked  up  at  the  Beaver  Street  Hall  as  soon  as  possible.  While  most  men  have  responded  to  the  earlier  notices '  to  this effect,  there are  still some  items  that  have  not  been  called  for.  The  baggage  room  must  be  cleared  tq  facilitate  the  vast  job  of  transferring  all  gear  to  the  Brooklyn  quarters.  The  call  to  pick  up  baggage  has  been  re­ peated  throughout  the  past  sev­ eral  months,  By  KEITH  TERPE  LAKE CHARLES, July 5—Well  the  Local  UPLC,  and  Darre!  this port  was  not exactly swamp­ Blaire  a  member  of  the  commit  ed  with  Cajuns  since  the  last  tee  all  gave  some  very  inspir­ report, when  the shipping  picture  ing  talks.  was  painted  in  French—but  a  .Whitey  Tradewell  and  James  few  non­French  speaking  souls  Collins  are  still  on  the  beach  showed  up  and  asked  if  it  was  here.  Whitey  is  awaiting,  with  okay  for  them  to  grab  one  here.  considerable  pain,  the  arrival  of  The  answer?  —  Yes!  And  we  a  son  and  heir  (he  hopes)—anc  shoved  them  out  the  door  with  we  are  waiting,  too,  so  we  can  a  shipping  card  in  their  hands.  ship  Whitey  out.  Jimmy  is  the  living,  breathing  The sun  is  bright and  the ship­ (barely)  proof  .that  it  pays  to  ping' good  in  old  Lake  Charles,  ­  I  hang  onto  your  papers.  He  lost  so  any  of  the  membership  that  Cliff  Fonlenot.  of  the  Seafarers  (left)  and  Paul  (Tiny)  craves  a  regular  coastwise  run  his  on  a  trip  to  France  recently,  and  so  far  has  been  here  six  Teague,  Inlernational  Repreaentalive  of  the  Operating  En­ is  urged  to  make  tracks  for  weeks  waiting  for  the  Coast  gineers  (right),  hard at  it  giving out  the "Union  Buyers  Guide"  southwest  Louisiana.  Guard  to  reissue  them.  prepared  by  the  Lake  Charles  AFL  Central  Trades  Council.  Contributing  to  the  general  3.000  "Guides"  passed  out  in  a  matter  of  minutes  as  Ted  Weaver  dropped  into Lake  shipping  boom  here  for  the  last  'the  shift  changed.  (See  story  below.)  Charles,  and  hopes  to  be  here  a  two  week  period  were  the  fol­ day  or  two  before  shipping.  lowing  ships;  Government  Camp,  Cantigny,  Winter  Hill,  Abiqua,  Ted  was  one  of  the  original  Royal  Oak,  Lone  Jack,  Paoli,  CS  volunteer  organizers  and  has  Chiwawa  and  Fort  Hoskins  (Cit­ stuck  with  it—which  every  one  ies  Service);  the  Bull  Run  (Pet­ should  have  done.  Ted  expresses  rol  Tankers);  and  several  ships  the  belief  that  this  company  . in  Texas  ports  also  called  in  for  could  be among  our  top  contract­ ed  companies  if  the  company  at­ men.  Although  the  manpower  sit­ tempted  to  get  along  with  the  By  .^F MORRISON  uation  here  is  critical,  and  the  Union  in  the  interests  of  smooth  number  of  replacements  needed  and  harmonious  relations.  WILMINGTON, July 8—There's  for the above ships high,  we were  "If  these  people  didn't  have  no  kick  from  this  port  on  the  able  to. supply  all  hands,  and  the  the  rottenest,  blackest,  record  on  current  state  of  shipping.  In  ships  sailed  right  on  schedule.  anybody's waterfront,  and  if  they  fact,  everything  is  running  Some  of  the  non­union fink  gave  us a  fair shake  I know  they  smoothly  and  in  the  past  two  ("independent")  outfits  that  run  wouldn't  have  the  big  turnovers  weeks  some  good  clean  ships  down  here  into  the  Gulf  were  in  men  and  there  would  be  a  lot  came  into  Wilmington.  not  so  fortunate,  however.  Sev­ less  friction."  The  San  Angeld  Victory  (Sea­ Nolan  Fontenoi  (SIU).  Tiny  Teague.  L. A.  Morrison  (Busi­ eral  cases  of^ ships  being  tied  up  A  member  since  1947,  Weaver  traders)  established  some  sort  of  ness  Mabager  of  the  Lake  Charles  Metal  Trades  Council).  because  of  lack  of  crews  in  the  has  participated  in  numerous  a  record  when  she  paid  off.  Op­ Texas  tureas  have  been  reported  shoreside  beefs  of  the  SIU  while  erating  in  true  SIU  style,  this  Jimmy  Collins  (SIU)  and  George  Kr.abs  (an  operator  in  the  in  the  last  week.  ashore,  and  has •  been  active  al  ship  was  one.of  the  cleanest  to  Cities  Service  refinery)  line'  up  lor  their  photo  just  before  Even  the  NMU  in  Port  Arthur  the  way  through  our  CS  drive.  hit  this  port  in  a  long  time.  4.500  members  of  the  Operating  Engineers  and  the  Metal  Trades  Council  left  the  rqfinery.  All  hands  were  given  a  copy  is finally  approaching the  position  There  Were a  few  beefs  on  over­ Of  the "Buyer's  Quide."  where  they  have  jobs  for  their  lime,  but  outside  of  these  there  membership,  and  their  contract­ Appreciates SIU  were  no  complaints.  The  ship  ed  companies  have  on  several  .signed  on  again.  occasions  called  us  and  asked  for  We  had  a,  pretty  good  sample  an  AB  or  so  to  clear  the  ship.  of  SlU­contracted  ships  in  port  Needless  to  say,  we  are  more  on  in­transits  status.  There  was  concerned  with  getting  our  own  the  Y'aka  (Waterman);  Maiden  ships  out,  but  we  feel  for  the  Victory  (Mississippi);  Las  yegas  L.AKE  CHARLES,  La.—Local  are  listed  in  the  "Guide,"  mak­ dear  old  NMU—even  though  we  Victory  (Isthmian);  Barbara  Pri­ Seafarers  have  taken  an  active  ing  j^hadeS  onq  of  the  can't  reach  them  when  it  comes  etchie  (Liberty  Navigation)  and  most  solid  union  cities  in  the  to  shipping  our  people  to  their  the^  Penmar,  Seamar  and  Cal­ part  in  assisting  the  Lake  country.  sJiips.  Charles  Central  Trades  Council  All  plants  and  refineries  in  mer  (Calmar).  ­  Action  here  on  the  labor  front  in  distribution  of  "A  Buyer's.  this area have  been  covered  and  The  Yaka  vied  .with  the  San  promises  to  be  fast  and  furious  Guide  For  Members  of  Organiz­ several  hundred  "Guides"  have  Angelo  Victory for  honors. She'd  In  the next few days, in the event  ed  Labor."  been  placed  aboard  SIU  ships  meet  the  standard  of  anyone,  that  the  AFL  Machinists  in  the  insofar  as  a  clean  sip  is  conr  This guide,  as  recently  report­ that  hit  this area  regularly.  Cities  Service  Refinery  cannot  cerned.  Her  stewards  depart­ ed  to  the IX)G,  is a  unique  cata­ To  quote  from  Mr.  Walter  come 4o  an  agreement  with  the  ment  was  especially  clean  and  loging  of­  ajd  of  the  nyany  busi­ Mayo's  preface  to  this  guide:  company  on  certain  contract  dif­ a large  measiure of  credit for  this  nesses,  services  and  sbops in  this  "Our  objective  is  good  will  and  ferences.  condition  must  go  to  Steward  area ­that  are  either  union  shops  a  better  relationship  between  They  have  already  formed  a  strike  committee,  and  are  hop­ Chandler  for  his  successful  ef­ or  favorable  to  the  union  move­ business  and  union  members  in  ment  locally.  forts. '  ing  the  Company  will  see  the  this  community  and  we  realize  light  before  they  have  to  go  the  We  were  unable  to  hold  the  It  is  estimated  that  over  90  that  thw  is  obtained only through  Charles  W.  Thompson  knows  last  regular  membership  meeting  percent  of  gll  such  places  in  a  better  .understanding  of toe  route.  So  far  this  is  still  in  the  talking  stage,  and  we  hope  that  the  value  of  ah  SIU  contract  at  this  Branch,  because  of  the.  Lake  Charles  and  surrounding  problems  of  each  in  cooperative  .a  satisfactory  agreement  can  be  —he sailed  on  non­union  ships.  lack  of  a  quorum.  ,  areas  fall  into this  category  and  action."  reached  soon.  Seafarers  have  been  active  lately  here  in furthering  policies  of  the  Central  Labor  Council.  By  E.  B.  TILLEY  One  of  the  programs  which  we  There  was  only  one  beef  in  .enough.  Some  of  these  birds  Talking  about  a  strong  Union,  assisted  with  was  the  distribu­ the  whole  batch,  and  that  was  think  nothing  of  the  $50,  as long  the  voting  oin  the  constitutional  tion  of  "Tbe  Union  Buyer's  SAVANNAH,  July  S^For  the  on  the Wanda,  which  paid  off  in  as  they  are  able  to  go  out  and  amendments  won't  roll  up  a  big  Guide"  along  with  members  and  last  two  weeks  we  had  pretty  Charleston.  For  some  reason toe  gas  up, and in  their irresponsible  total  in  this  port,  but  those  who  officials  of  the  Operating  En­ good  shipping,  but  the  next  two­ Master  didn't  give  a, hoot  what  way  they  continue  to  make  it  are  casting  their  vote  here  all  gineers  and  the  Metal  Trades  week  period  looks  like  it's  going  the  galley  looked  like,  and  toiigh  on  their  shipmates.  seem  to  be  in  favor  of  it.  to  be  kind  of  weak.  The  only  would  not  gLye toe  okay  to  have  This  is  one  offense  that  cer­,  Cotmcil.  We  certainly  hope  that  the  No  meeting  could  be  held  in  ship  due  in  is  South  Atlantic's  it  paipted.  tainly  merits  more  severe  pun­ other  ports  feel  the  same  way—  '  this  Branch  this  evening,  due  to  Southwave.  However,  the  weath­ It  was  so  bed  fhat  the  Ship­ ishment.  'What  it  should  be,  I  and  reports  would  seem  to  in­ the  lack  of  a  quorum.  However,  er,  which  has  been  hot,  looks  as  ping  Commissioner  got  on  his  leave  to  the  membership;  but  dicate  that—^because  unless  we  I have  attended  the  Central  La­ if  it  will  continue  to  be  sizzling..  tail about  it. We  had a  talk with  think  it  over.  Brothers,  and  see  prepare  now  for  the  future,  we  bor  Body  meetings,  both  regular  But,  as  the  man  says,  you  can't  the  new  Skipper,  a"nd  it  looks  as  if  you  don't  agree  with  me.  may  find  ourselves  behind  the  and  special  sessions,  as  well  as  have  everything.  if  everything  is  going  to  be  all  One  of toe  eleven  men  who  well­knoWh  eight­ball.  meetings  of  the  Building  Trades  Four  ships  paid  off  here  since  right.  have  registered  is  Charles  W.  Six  men  are  currently  in  the  Council,  Metal  Trades  CquncU  the  last  report,  and  signed  on  Nobody  arotmd  here  has  any  Thompson,  who  got  his  book  in  Marine  Hospital  and,  I  am  sure,  and  the  Machinists  Local  all  again.  These  were  the  Monroe  particular  beef—^m^ybe  one  rea­ 1948,  by  virtue  of  serving  as  a  will  enjoy  hearing  from  their  (Bull);  Wanda  (Epiphany),  and  son  is  that  there  are only  eleven  volunteer  organizer  on  a  Liberty  shipmates.  L.  L.  Lfofley,  H.  L.  held  in  recent  days.  the  Southwind  and  Southstar  bookmen  on  the  shipping  list  at  tanker  out  of  this  port.  A  special  meeting  of  the  Rogers,  G.  F.  Johnson,  S.  L,  Southwest  Louisianna  United  (South  Atlantic).  In­transit  were  this  time—^but  I  sure  enough  Previous  to  that  time,  he  had  Dennis,  P.  S.  Lanier  and  G.  W.  T^hnr  Policy  Committee  was  the  Raphael  Semmes  (Water­ have.  sailed  on  munerous  unorganized  Newman  are  th^ laid  up  Broth­ called  and  Brother  Mayo,  Chair­,  man);  Robin  Doncaster  (Seas),  And  this  is  it:  I  don't  think  ships, and  now  he says  he knows  ers,  so  4rop  them  a  line,  or  p|iy;  man  of  the State  ULfC, as  well  and toe  Steel  Chemist  and  Steel  that  the  $50  fine  slapped  on  what  it  means  to  be  in  a strong  them  a  visit,  if  you're  around  as  Harry  Roach,  Chairman  of  Vendor  (Isthmian),  these  parts.  those  guys  who  miss  ship  is  Union  like the  SIU.  Accolades Given  To  Glean iihjps  By  Wiiiniii|(ten  Seafarers  in  Uriie  Charles  Help  Bistribute  'Uiiten  Buj^ag  Guide'  Savannah  Expecting  Period  fir.  ? • :  •   i.  Slow  Shipping  �• '  • ­:.'  ­..­...J ,.­  .  FriUHy.  July  13,  1951  *^­­­  '.,• irimFH­r­zr.iJ    THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  €oed  Shot  Of  SHI  Hill liv  Mdbtie  It  11^  . • '  Page  Five  MohHe Bttftsts Of  Good Shipiriiig;  Gtrfke May End  Soon  ^y  CAt  TANNER  IK  •   MOBTLEi^^K  aiibars  that  the  Runner,' Clipper,  Corsair,  Maiden  good  shipping  prevailing  in  this  Creek,  the Del  Alba  (Mississippi).  port  will  continue  for  quite  a  In­transits  were  the  Steel  Flyer  while,  at  least.  (Isthmian),  De  Pauw  Victory  The  principal  item  of  interest  (South  Atlantic)  and  the  Iber­ on  the  local  labor  scene  is  the  ville  (Waterman).  strike  of  the  AFL  Teamsters  On  these  sign­ons  and  in­tran­ against a  Coca­Cola  bottling plant  sit  ships,  the  story  was  the  same  here.  This  beef,  which  has  the  —no  beefs.  full support  of  the SIU,  has  been  FULL  CREWS  in  effect  for  several  weeks  now.  However,  there  are  hopes  that  a  settlement  will  be  reached  At  the  last  regular  member­ ship  meeting,  we  reported  that  within  the  next  few  days.  full  crews  will  be  furnished  to  As  for  shaping  activity,  we  had  the  Allison  Houghton  (Alcoa)»  seven  payoffs  in  the  past  two­ Clearwater  Victory  (Isthmian),  week­shipping  period. They  were  and  the  John  Lind  (Isthmian).  the  Pilgrim,  Corsair,  Runner,  We  also  reminded  all  hands  to  Clipper  and.  Cavalier  (Alcoa),  apply  for  their  validated  papers,  and  the  Maiden  Creek  and  Mon­ as  the  deadline  for  this  occurs  Iliere  dbe«ri't  seem to  be  very  many  Seafarers  around  Ihe  Mobile  Ifall.  and  for  two  very  arch  of  the  Seas  (Waterman).  on  August  1.  good  reatons:  First,  they  are  dispatched  almost  as  soon  as  they  hit  the  port,  and  second  those  There  were  no  beefs  on  any  ­  At  the  meeting,  the  Head­ still  on  the  beach  are  too  smart  to  stand  in  that  hot  Alabama  sun. They're  all  inside  enjoying  of  these  ships.  the  blessings' of  aSr­conditioning.  (Wish  we  could  say  the  same  about  the  LOO office.)  quarters  report  to  the  member­ Sign­ons  were  the  Pilgrim,  ship  was  read  and  concurred  in,  as  was  the  Secretary­Treasurer's  financial  report.  There  were  150  members  present  when  the  ses­ sion  adjourned.  Louis  Nqira  act­ At  the  meeting  last  night,  ed  as  Chairman,  J.  Carroll  as  By  L'INDSEY  WILLIAMS ~  and  AlcOa  RunneT;  Seatrain  New  Jersey  arid'  Seatrain  Texas;  Del  there  was  a  motion  under  New  recording  secretary  and  R.  Jor­ NEW  ORLEANS, July 6—Ship­ Viento,  Del  Alba,  Lawrence  Vic­ Business  to  try  to  get  some  fans  dan  as  reading  clerk.  ping  in  the  port  is  still  very  tory  and  Del  Sol  (Mtesissippi);  in  order  to  help  cool  the  Hall  Among  those  present  at  the  god^d  for  ABs,  and  rated  engine  Morning  Light  and  Monarch  of  off  for  the  meetings.  meeting  was  Brother  E.  D.  (Ciu­­ department  nlen  can  have  a  the  Seas  (Wateririan);  Steel  Fly­ All  reports  and  minutes  were  ly)  Moyd,  who  has  been  a  mem­ choice  of  any  and  all runs. Ship­ er  and  Steel  Vendor  (Isthmian),  accepted  with  the  excepfion  of  ber  of  the  SIU  A&G  District  ping  will  continue  to  be  very  and  Spartanburg  Victory  New  Business  from  Frisco  which  since  its  inception.  Moyd,  who  good  for  weeks  to  come  with  9  (Bloomfield).  was  non­concurred  in  (Ed.  note:  holds  book  No.  10829,  feels  that  scheduled  payoffs  for  the coming  On  the  sign­on  side  of  the  to  allow  90­day  voting).  There  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan  is  one  of  two  weeks  in  this  port.  was  no  Good  and  "Welfare,  as  the greatest  accomplishments ever  ledger  were  11  ships:  Alcoa  Since  the  last  report  we  had  Roamer;  Del  Viento,  Del  Norte  the  Brothers  were  trying  to  secured  by  any  maritime  union  the •  following  payoffs:  Hatties­ and  Del  Sol  (Mississippi);  Car­ dodge  the  94  degree  heat.  because  of  what  it  docs  for  Sea­ burg  Victory  (South  Atlantic);  rabule  and  Catahoula  (Cuba  Dis­ On  the beach  for  a while,  until  farers  and  their  families.  Oceanstar  (Dolphin);  ­  Fairland  tilling);  Fairland  (Waterman);  he  recently  shipped  on  the  SS  (Waterman);  Catahoula  and  Car­ Joseph  Pulitzer  and  Tuskegee  Del  Norte  as  Chief  Baker,  was  This  oldtimer  says  that  things  rabule  (Cuba  Distilling);  Del  Victory  (South  Atlantic);  Pecon­ like  the  Welfare  Plan  are  among  Brother  Stanford' Smith.  Viento,  Del  Campo,  Del  Norte,  ic  Bay  (Seatrade),  and  Ocean­ Brother  Smith  is  well­known  the  reasons  he  favors  the  dues  and  Del  Mundo  (Mississippi).  on  the  passenger  ships  for  his  increase.  He  has  been  telling  star  (Dolphin).  In­transit  were  these  vessels:  There were  very few  shipboard  baking  ability,  and  all  members  shipmates  that  continued finan­ Alcoa  Cavalier,  Alcoa  Corsair  beefs  in  these  last  two  weeks,  who  have  sailed  with  him  will  agree  that  he  knows  his  cream  and  those  were  all  squared  away  STANFORD  SMITH  puffs,  chocolate  eclairs,  etc.,  at  the  payoff  or  the  sign­on.  On  the  Carrabule  we  had  a  on  board  all  of  their  privately­ when  it  comes  to  whipping  them  up for  both  crew  and  passengers.  beef  with  the  Chief  Mate.  From  owned  ships.  all  indications  this  bird  hates  to  Voting  is  going  on  at  a  rapid  Brother  Smith  has  all  stew­ see  a  smooth­running  ship,  and  clip  in  this  port  with  545  cast  at  ards  department  ratings,  and  has  been  sailing  steady  with  the  SIU  is  continually  trying  to  keep  the  this  writing.  crew  in  an  uproar  so  he  can  There  is  a  great  trend  toward  since  it's  inception—^with  the  have  his  way  in  working  the  yes"  voting  on  this  issue  and  exception  of  the  war  years  when  By  BEN  LAWSON  men  and  not  have  to  live  up  to  the  Brotliers  who  are doing  their  he  joined  the  Seabees.  BOSTON,  July S­^^You  can  tell  the  agrefemerit.  utmost  to  get  as  many  to  vote  He  has  taken  part  in  many  •   "anybody  you  meet  that  shipping  He  was  squared  away  this  as  possible  themselves  deserve  a  SIU  beefs  and  has  been  active  is  good  in  this  port—^so  good  trip,  and  the  company  in  New  in  the  strikes  that  the  SIU  has  vote  of  thanks.  that we  didn't  even have  enough  York  stated  that,  if  his  actions  been  taking  part  in  since  its  A  great  many  of  the  Brothers  members  around  to  make  continued,  they  would  have  to  on  the beach­ are­ getting  out  and  start.  quorum  for  the  regular  schedul­ replace  hirh,  aS  they  at€  in  ac­ scouring  about  in  order  to  see  Brother  Smith  has  been  a  sea­ ed  Branch  meeting.  cord  with  the  union  arid"  want  that  all  bookmembers  ­vote.  All  faring  man  for  many  years  and  Four  ships  paid  off  here  dur­ smoQth­runriing  ships  arid riot  a'  Delegates  have  been  instructed  says  "The  Welfare  Plan  and  the  ing  the  two­week  period,  two  bunch  of  beefing  at  all  times.  to  get  their crews  up  to  vote  on  Vacation  Plan  are  tops—the  big­ signed  on,  and  six  were  here  This  crew  should  be  commend­ gest  things  that  ever  happened  this  vital  issue.  in­transit.  Paying  off  were  the  ed  on  a'  job" well  done,  by  keep­ for  the  betterment  of  seamen  •   Frdfri  the  number  of  members  Ann  Marie  (Bull);  Julesburg  ing  their  nose  clean  arid  seeing  and  their families. I  am  proud  to  Whio  have  eix|riessed  themselves  (Mathiasen);  Royal  Oak  (Cities  the  beef  through  without  jump­ belong  to  the  SIU,  as  it  is  def­ E.  D.  MOYD  on  this. issue,  it  should  carry  Service)  and  Yarmouth  (East­ ing  up  and  quitting  while  the  initely  the  best  Union,  and.  the  Well  over  the  tWo­third  vote  cm).  beef  Was  in  progress.  that  is required  by  the  constitur  first  in  all  of  the  new  deals  in  cibl  strength  means  continued  The Julesburg  and  the  Federal  Speaking  of  the  SS Carrabule,  power  for  the  SIU.  And  tha^  tidri.  For  a  stronger ^  SIU,  all  advancement  for  seamen."  (Trafalgar)  signed  on.  While  the  she  will  get  innerspring  matreS­ members  are  urged  to  vote  and  In  the  hospital  are  the  follow­ he  points  out,  assures  Seafarer®  ;  visiting  ih­transits  were  the  seS  oh  her  next  voyage.  The  SS"  ing  Brothers;  J. C.  Kueider, Fred  of  top  protection  for  the  future^  to  vote  "YES."  Steel  Artisan  and  Steel  Naviga­ Catahoula,  her  sister  ship,  was  (jarretson,  L.  T.  Link,  R.  C.  Ar­ About  the  only  beef  among  nold,  S.  McDonald,  G.  A.  Wil­ ACTIVE  IN  BALLOTING  tor  (Isthmian);  Robin  Mobray  equipped  with  innerspring  mat­ the  membership  in  this  port  is  (Seas)  and  the  Chikasaw  and  tresses  today.  After  several' beefs  liams,  C.  E.  Wallick,  L.  Tickle,  And  speaking  of  voting,  the  ­ Gateway  City  (Waterman).  with  the  crew,  and  officials  in  a  beef  that  the  piecards  can't  F.  J. Momdesire,  E.  C. Simonson,  following  ships  took  an  activfr"  •   There was a  beef  on the Chick­ New  York  and  here  trying  to  square  away  but  have  to  go  H.  H.  Hamilton,  W.  C.  Pairs,  L.  part  in  balloting:  Alcoa  Pilgriri^  asaw  about  the  Mate  running  sell  the  idea  to  the  company,  along  and  bitch  and  beef  the  L.  Rigaud.  Alcoa  Corsair,  Monaich  of  thd  the  gang,  but  it  Was  straighten­ they  have  finally  agreed  to  place  same  as  the  membership—and  R.  Cruz,  E.  E.  Gross,  W.  O.  Seas,  Alcoa  Runner,  Maideik  ed out  okay,  and  the  deck  gang  these  mattresses  on  board  their  that  is  the  damn  heat.  Cara,  D.  D.  Kelly,  L.  Lang,  K.  Creek,  Alcoa  Cliper,  Alcoa  Cav­ The  temperature  has  run  well  Raana,  O.  Celestine,  J.  Mayrbat,  alier,  Del  Alba,  Steel  Flyer,  Ddf  left  happy.  ships.  There  is  nothing  much  else  to  Let's  hope  that  they  are  well­ over  the  90  mark  for  quite  some  C.  H.  Summerett,  G.  J.  Peirsall,  Pauw  Victory  and  the  Iberville.  report  from  this  neck  of  the  taken  care  of  and  appreciated  time,  with  little  or  no  letup  in  Gregory  Morejon,  T.  L.  Dugas  This was accomplished  through,  woods,  except  to  call'  your  at­ by  the  crews  of  these  ships.  If  sight.  All­  hands  that  sweat  it  and  W.  H.  Butts.  the fine  cooperation  and  the  ef—  ^  out  here  in  the  Hall  agree  we  tention  to  the  fact  that  we  have  so  it  will  make it  much  easier  to  On  the  beach  here,  in  the  old­ forts  of  the  various  department  need  the  extra  dough,  so  we  can  four  Brothers  in  the  Brighton  sell  the  same  idea  to  other  com­ timer  class,  we  have  these  Bro­ heads,  in  seeing  that  the  men.  get  the  New  Orleans  Hall  air­ Msdine  Hospital:  F.  DirksmOyer,  panies.  thers: ­Louis  O'Leary,  Bob  Car­ Ollie  Purdy,  R.  Dunsmoof  and  "With  the  placing  of  inner­ conditioned  along  with  the  Hall  ter,  "Piggy"­  Sahaque,  Philip  were  given  time  off  to  come  t<>  G.  Vdorloomis.  If  their  frientfe  spring  mattresses  oh  bbafd  the  in  Mobile.  Maechling,  "Whitey" Lewis,  Alex  the  Hall  and  cast  their  ballots.  and  old  shipmates  take  a  little  Cuba  Distilling  ships,  we  ali^o  "With  the  Hall  air­conditioned,  WitChins.  Thus, almost all the men aboard,  tiifid  Out  to  drop  them  a  line,  it  golf  word  that  Alcoa'  l^eafnship  we  rftay  be  able  to  entice  a  few  Bobby  Welch,  Leonard  Munria,  these  ships  were  able  to  express  •   would  make  their  timfe  t^ere  a  Coriipany  will  start  vefy'^  shortl!^  ritidre  ABS  to  coma  around  arid  Al  Ballard,  Gus  Bertlett,  Ed  thCfir  views  through  the  mediumc  • 'm  little  brighter.  to  place  innerspring  nlatfreSses i  ship  during; the  hot  weather.  Blai^kirian  and  Paity  Driscoll.  of  the  secret  bttllot.  ;  Shipping,  Voting, Wenther Set Hot Pate In NO  Shipping  Takes  Branch  Meeting  From  Boston  • ;s:  I  I  ­S  ;3  �"" •   •  .  •   "'­  f»  i  V  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pa«*8ix  ­ Fzidmy.  July  13*  18S1  tr...vi  Dope Pushers  Get  Deep  Six  From The SiU  REPORT  NUMBER  SIX  The  nation  has  been  reading  By  PAUL  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurery  SIU,  A&G District;  SIU Welfare  Plan Trustees  with  horror  the  details  of  the  vast  narcotics  traffic  that  are  be­ Each  week  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  will  make  its  report  to  tne .membership  of  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  ing  disclosed  in  the  probes  cur­ through  the  SEAFARERS  LOG.  Included will  be  the names  of  the men  receiving hospital  benefits,  the  amounts  paid,  the  rently  being  made  by  various  hospitals  in  which  they  are  receiving  treatment,  and  the  total  amount  paid  out  since  the  inception  of  the  plan  on  July  government  agencies.  1,  1950.  Also  included  in  the  report  will  be  the  names of  the men who have died and the amounts paid their  beneficiaries.  Of  particular  concern  is  the  extent  of  the  traffic  among  June 17 ­ June  30  school  children  and  juveniles,  Period  Covered  By  This Report  who  appear  to  have  been  singled  Cash On Hand  $280,536.07  out  as  a  major  source  of  income  by  the  operators  in  the  illegal  US  CoveYnment  Bonds  $506,137.54  trade.  $160,000.00  The  shocking  disclosures  made  Estimated  Accounts Receivable  at  recent  hearings  painted  a  Hospital Benefits  Paid in This  Period  $3,167.00  picture  that  has  grim  overtones  for  the  country  as  a  whole.  The  Total Hospital  Benefits  Paid  Since  July  1950  $50,490.00  narcotics  racket  is  being  pushed  on such  a  gigantic  scale  in  grade  Death Benefits  Paid  This Period  >5.500.00  and  high  schools  that  an  alarm­ $49,000.00  ing  percentage  of  the  nation's  Total Death Benefits Paid Since  J*uly ­1, 1950  youth  is  being  exposed  to  addic­ The figures  cited  in  this  report  of  the  Seafarers  Wel­ the  June  17­June  30  period  were  paid  to  Seafarers  in  hos­ tion  to  the  various  forms  of  nar­ fare  Plan  cover  the first  year  of  operations  insofar  as  the  cotics.  pitals  throughout  the  nation.  The  Public  Health  Service  Consequently,  fear  has  been  payments  of  benefits  are  concerned.  It  was On  July  1,  1950,  Hospitals  in  Staten  Island  and  in  New  Orleans  were  neck  expressed  in  many  quarters  that  that  our  Welfare Plan  began paying  the hospital  aftd death  and  neck,  with  25  SIU  men  in  the  latter  institution  re­ the  nation  will  be  forced  to  ac­ benefits.  The  Fund  itself  began  collecting  contributions  ceiving  benefits,  and  24  hospitalized  Seafarers  being  paid  cept  the  fact  that  many  of  its  from the operators  six months earlier,  however.  in  the  New  York  hospital.  youth  are  helpless  victims  of  the  As  will  be  noted  above,  the  Fund  disbursed  a  total  of  The'  Manhattan  Beach  hospital  in  Brooklyn  was  a  dope  pushers  and  will  require  approximately  $100,000  in  benefits  in  the first  12  months  treatment  at  public  expense.  close  third,  with  22  men  eligible  for  the  weekly  $10  bene­ Testimony  by  government  of  operations.  Hospital  benefits  paid  out  in  the  period  fits.  Baltimore  had  13  SIU men  eligible. Savannah  12,  San  agents  reveals  that  the  narcotics  came  to  $50,490.00,  with  death  benefits  paid  to  the  bene­ Francisco  11  and  the  rest  were  scattered  throughout  12  trade  in  New  York  and  other  ficiaries  of  deceased  Seafarers  reaching  $49,000,00,  other  institutions,  as  a  reading  of  the  list  below  will  areas  is  part  of  an  international  It  should  be  noted  that  the figures  above  showing  the  indicate.  ring  with  headquarters  abroad.  There  has  been  a  slight  change,  in  name  only,  in  the  Charles  (Lucky)  Luciano  has  Fund's  investment  in  US  government,  interest­bearing  been  mentioned  as  a  possible  bonds  do  not  include  the  recent  purchase  of  an  additional  Marine  Hospitals,  From  now  on  they  will  be  known  as  the  head  of  the  operation.  $250,000  of  the  government  securities,  the  transaction  hav­ US  Public  Health  Service  Hospitals.  Dr.  Leonard  Scheele,  While  the  public  has  only  ipg  been  concluded  in  the  period  immediately  following  Surgeon  General  of  the  Public  Health  Service  has  inform­ lately  become  aware  of  these  the  one  closed  out  in  this  report.  Actually,  therefore,  the  ed  the  Union  that  the  change  in  names  was  made  to  pro­ shocking  facts,  the  Seafarers  In­ investment  in the  government  bonds  is  over  three­quarters  vide  a  uniform  designation  for  all  hospitals  operated  by  ternational  Union  recognized  the  the  Public  Health  Service  and  to  aid  in  correcting  a  pre­ problem  several  years  ago—1947,  of  a  million  dollars,  the  interest  from  which  will  go  to  in  fact.  Taking  the  view  that  reducing  the  cost  of  the  Plan's  administration.  vailing  inisconception  among  many  shoreside  people  that  water­borne  transportation  can  Thus,  one  year  after  payments  were  begun,  the  Sea­ the  Marine  Hospitals  are  associated  with  the  US  Marine  be  a  vital  link  in  the  interna­ farers  Welfare  Plan  is  in  an  extremely  sound financial  Corps.  *  tional  dope  traffic,  the  Union  Actually  the  name  Marine  Hospital  has, been  in  use  called  for,  and  received,  approval  condition.  From  the  standpoint  of  service  to  the  member­ ship,  the  Plan  is  in  an  equally  sound  condition.  The  wis­ for  over  150  years,  ever  since  the  institutions  were  set  up  from  the  membership  for  a  dom  of  setting  up  a  self­administered  plan  of  operation  is  strong  policy  against  any  crew­ to  care  for  seafaring  men  only.  However,  Congress  has  member  in  any  way  involved  very  clear  in  light  of  the  efficent  and  prompt  manner  of  broadened  the  list  of  beneficiaries  so  that  today  about  half  with  narcotics.  payments  to  all  beneficiaries  everywhere.  Throughout  the  of  the  patients  are  made  up  of  groups  other  than  seamen.  As  a  result,  the  SIU  cracked  entire first  year  of  operation  the  payment  of  benefits  has  At  any  rate.  Dr.  Scheele  assurred  us  that  the  same  down  on  all  violators  of  the  been  accomplished  smoothly  and  with  practically  no  beefs,  "quality  and  quantity  of  service,"  will  be  continued.  policy  that  called  for  expulsion  of  weedhounds  and  purveyors  of  if  any,  from  any  quarter.  As  many  men  will  recall,  in  the  period  immediately  dope  wherever  they  were  dis­ Where  attention  has  been  called  to  any  existing kinks,  following  the  war  the  Seafarers  waged  a  strong  campaign  covered  aboard  contracted  Union  they  have  been  quickly  ironed  out.  Inasmuch  as  the  Sea­ to improve  service in  the hospitals. At  that  time  there  were  ships.  In  implementing  this  pol­ farers  Welfare  Plan  is  a  pioneering  project,  the  success  many  complaints  about  service,  lack  of  personnel  and  so  icy,  the  Union  also  strove  to  ed­ on.  Thes  natters  were  subsequently  cleared  up  to  the  ucate  the  membership  on  the  that  has  been  scored  in  every  phase  of  its  operations  dangers posed  by  individual  dope  stamps  it  as  a  rehlly  remarkable  advance  for  organized  point  where, today. Seafarer patients  in all  ports have  been  pushers.  seamen,  one  in  which  all  of  us  may  justifiably  take  pride.  commending  the  quality, of  service  and  courtesy  given  The  membership  realized  that  As  in  practically  every  period,  the  hospital  benefits  of  them  in  the  various  Public  Health  hospitals.  the  dope  addict  or  purveyor  in  their  midst  was not  only  a  threat  Listed  below  are  the  Brothers  who  have  received  hospital  benefits  during  the  period  covered  by  this  two­week  to  the  nation  as  a  whole,  but  was  an  extreme  danger  to  the  report,  the  hospitals  they  were  in  and  the  amounts  they  were  paid.  •   • /  Union,  their  own  welfare  and  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  Swienchoski,  S.  "  10.00  Larsen,  R.  F  40.00  Waterman,  Elton  30.00  the  safety  of  their  vessel.  GALVESTON,  TEXAS  40.00  Dyczek,  Karol  ...  Motus,  F  !  17.00  Lopez,  E  10.00  In  the  several  years  since  the  Lewis,  Joseph  F  40.00  20.00  Jastrzebski,  W.  10.00  Mcllreath,  D  policy  was  instituted,  the  drive  Thomas,  William  N.  20.00  Rios,  A  .....^  .:  10.00  Makris,  C  37.00  244.00  has  been  waged  relentlessly  and  Mclsaac,  H.  C  10.00  Sanchez,  Charles  40.00  10.00  Milazzo,  Vic  ST.  AGNES  HOSPITAL  offenders  have  been  placed  on  Thomas,  B.  E  30.00  Pilutis,  Joseph  33.00  10.00  Murphy,  B  PHILADELPHIA,  PA.  charges  and,  where  the  evidence  40.00  Bargone,  William  Muller,  A  10.00  Sullivan,  T,  10.00  so  •   warranted,  were  expelled  10.00  Vorke,  Peter  30.00  80.00  Dacey,  C  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  from  the  organization.  Johnson,  V  10.00  Dalton,  Jack  47.00  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS  While  the  incidence  of  hop­ Moore,  George  47.00  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY  Slowik,  Adam  24.00  heads  aboard  SIU  ships  has been  320.00  Nankivil,  B  7.00  Mohann,  George  54.00  reduced  to  the  point  where  they  854.00  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  McGuigan,  A  13.00  are  practically  negligible,  the  US  MARINE  RO^PITAL  MANHATTAN  BEACH  31.00  10.00  SIU's  program fchas  not  been  Remahl,  E  BALTIMORE,  MARYLAND  BROOKLYN­.  NY  Lawlor,  James  10.00  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  slackened  one  bit,  and  the  mem­ 10.00  20.00  Ashurst,  James  H  20.00  Brown,  Claude  A.  SAVANNAH,  GEORGIA  bership,  has  been  repeatedly  Lomas,  A  34.00  Porter,  James  R  40.00  Randolph,  Claude  H.  20.00  Atmore,  Robert  10.00  aj^erted  to  the  problem  posed  by  Barron,  John  20.00  Lofley,  L.  L.  :.  40.00  Plahn,  Eugene  10.00  Blake,  R.  A  20.00  this  type  of  union­wrecker,  as  Craig,  Frank  10.00  Newman,  Guy  W  40.00  Pickur,  Andrew  10.00  Bruno,  M  30.00  they  have  been  labeled  by  the  Prescott,  Jack  20.00  Musgrove,  T.  C  Koslusky,  J  13.00  Driscoll,  J.  J  40.00  Gill,  Joseph  20.00  SIU,  McKenzie,  Ralph  20.00  Buckley,  M.  40.00  10.00  Edwards,  J.  T  lO.OO  The  membership  and  officials  Dixon,  Earl  20.00  Homan,  J,  40.00  Vaughan,  William  .—  10.00  Espinoza,  J  lO.OO  of  the  SIU  are  continually  re­ Blomgren,  J  20,00  Shedd,  R.  C.  40,00  Reier,  George. F,  10.00  Ferrer,  E.  lO.OO  minded  of  their  obligation  to  Feliciana,  A.  Dean,  Clinton  ....i,,...,....,...,  20.00  Grimes,  F.  ......—  40.00  Callisto,  J  13.00  Hiers,  Gi  F  20.00  place  the  possessors  of  dope  on  *10.00  Lanier,  P.  S.  40.00  T.vson,  James  10.00  Lancaster,  J,  M,  lO.OO  charges  whenever  they  run  Qi!9ary,  A.  Foy,  Henry  20,00  Landry,  F.  ;4BM  Aines,  Omar  .................  10.00  (Continued  on  Page  14)  across  such  characters.  ­  i'!­ �Fxidar.  July  13.  18S1  •  • • • ­h,.,>;: "v.­:  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  .QUESTION:  TTie  SIU  has  been  urging  its  crews  to  told shipboard  educational  meetings  to  help  integrate  the  new  men  into the Union. Have  you  found  these meetings  effective in  teaching newcomers  how  to  think and act as good  SIU unionists?  .  PHIL  JORDAN,  Cook:  PARTHA  JERNIGAN,  DE:  GUILLERMO  NUNEZ,  Elec.:  H.  KELLY,  Bosun:  TONY  SKILLMAN,  AB:  Yes,  Ihey  are  effectiTe  be­ cause  they  help  pew  men  who  do  not  know  the  score.  And  that's  what  the  Union  is  for  —to  help  them.  Some  of  these  newer  men  don't  know  any­ thing  about  the  part  organiz­ ed  labor  has  played  in  raising  the  standards  of  workmg  men,  seamen  especially.  The  meet­ ings  help  to  show  how  we  won  the  conditions  we  now  enjoy.  Besides,  these  meetings  help  train  men  to  take  Dele­ gates'  jobs  and  to  be  active,  responsible  Union  men.  We  held  educational  meet­ ings on the Peconic  Bay, a  new  ship  under  the  SlU  banner,  and they  went  over fine.  There  were  seven  or  eigU  new  men  and  the  meetings  helped,  be­ cause  an  informed  Seafarer  is  an  asset  en any  ship.  At first,  these  men  didn't  ev«i  know  fiisy  got pvcKlime fhr ovecfime  work.  In  addition  to  postii^  agreem^mts,  we  dkcvssed  the  agreement provisions fully. The  mMtings  and  educational  lit­ erature go a long  way  in help­ ing  these  new  men.  These  meetings  were  getting  into  full  swing  on  the  Chick­ asaw  just  as  I  paid  off  last  month.  Portions  of  the  regular  meetings  were  devoted  to  ed­ ucational  sessions  and  they  were  very  useful.  We  had  three  or  fotu  new  men  aboard  and  they got  a chance  to leam  how  the  Union  is  run,  and  what  is  expected  ^ them  as  Beafazers.  These  meetings  are  effeisfive  bwause  ihey  show  new  men  that  conditions  they  come into were  not enjoyed  by  seamen  until  very  recently,  and  had  to  be  fought  for.  They  certainly  do.  These  meetings  help  the  new  men  understand  the  agreement  and  the  rules­under  which  we  sail.  There  are  lots  of  men  who  are  interested  in  the  Union,  how  it  operates,  its  contracts,  history  and  so  on,  and  these  meetings  are  the  best  way  for  them  to leam these  things  and  to  discuss  them  with  their  shipmates.  In  fact,  the  meet­ ings  are  also  helpful  to  the  oldtimers,  because  they  keep  them  up  to  date.  These  meetings  help  the  newer  men,  the  oldtimers  and  the  Union.  I  think  it's  better  to  work  alongside  a  good  Un­ ion  man  who  knows  the  score  than  the  guy  who  doesn't  know  what  it's  all  about.  One  of  the  best  ways  to  educate  the  new  man  to  Union  ways  is  through  the  shipboard  meet­ ings  because  it  gives  him  a'  chance  to  know  how  his  ship­ mates  have  strengthened  their  position  through  the  Union.  It Seems Eyery SIU Ship Hit Port Baltimore  One  of  our"  oldtimers  hi^re,  this  rule  is' very  important  and  If  you  do  not  give  proper  no­ of  the  day  you  are  sailing  to  John  La  Foe,  passed  away  dur­ the  officials  in  this  port  will  en­ tice,  and  a  replacement  is  not  give  your  notice,  and  then  ex­ BALTIMORE,  July  9  —  The  secured,  and  you leave  the vessel  pect  your  replacement  to  be  ing  this  report's  duration.  The  force  it  to  the  hilt.  Port  of  Baltimore  continues  to  without  waiting  to  be  relieved,  there  in  an hour  or  two.  ­  If  you  intend  to  payoff  a  ship,  match the  weather  with  its ship­ membership  in  the  port  went  you  are  guilty  of  failing  to  join  Speaking  of  hiring  procedure,  be  sure  that  you  give  at  least  on  record  at  the meeting  to send  ping  and  business.  your  ship  and  are  automatically  we'd  also  like  to  let  you  know  twenty­four  hours  notice  to  the  a  wreath  to  Johnny,  who  "was  If  there  ever  was  a  ship  built,  fined  fifty  dollars  for  the  of­ that  aU  hiring  should  be  refer­ head  of  your  department  that  weU  liked  around  these  parts.  it  tied  up  in  Baltimore  during  red  through  the  office.  In  that  you  intend  to  terminate  your  fense.  the  last  two­week  period  or  the  In  the  hospital  we  had  Ralph  Don't  wait  until  the  morning  manner,  if  there  is  a  duplication  emplojnnent.  period  before  that.  From June  20  McKenzie,  John  Klemowicz,  Eu­ of  jobs,  the  company  can be  held  through  July  5,  we  paid  off  and  gene  Plahn,  Walter  Ostrowski,  responsible.  George  Espalla,  Edmund  Blosser,  signed  on  the  following  ships:­ .  A  good  percentage  of  the  men  the  Santore,  Baltore,  Marore,  Robert  Gilbert,  Wm.  Mc  Ilveen,  aboard  SlU­contracted  vessels to­ Bill  Derol,  George  Reier,  and  Venore,  Cubore  and  Bethore  day  are  new  in  the  industry,  the  (Ore);  Portmar  (Calmar);  Golden  Clinton  Dean.  Union,  or  both.  It  is  up  to  the  McKenzie,  Klemowicz,  Espalla,  City,  Hurricane,  War  Hawk,  Raf­ oldtimers,  and  the  more  educat­ ael Semmes  (Waterman);  and  the  and  Mc  Ilveen are  now  discharg­ By  KEITH  ALSOP  ed  young  bookmembers' aboard  ed.  A  Brother  not  mentioned  tUl  Legion  Victory  (Bloomfield).  ship,  to  not  only  preach  but  to  GALVESTON,  July  6­­Ship­ In  addition,  we  paid  off  the  now  is  "Uncle  Otto"  Preussler,  practise  good  labor  policies,  so  Edith,  Inez  and  Mae  (Bull);  who  has  over  one  hundred  dis­ ping  has  slowed  down  somewhat  that  a  good  example  will  be  set  from the  dizzy pace  we had  been  Robin  Goodfellow  and  Robin  charges  to  his  credit.  Otto  holds  for  these  new  men.  travelling,  but  it  is  by  no  means  Mowbray  (Seas),  and  the  Lafa­ book  2957,  and  is  well  known  to  Let's  remember  that  a  per­ yette  (Waterman). We  also  signed  all  hands  up  to  eighty  years  of  bad,  as  a  glance  at­the  shipping  centage  of  them  will  remain  in  figures  will  show  you.  on  the  Azalea  City  (Waterman);  age.  the  industry  even  if  the  boom  John  Sturgess  (Seas)  and  the  Unfortunately,  however,  he  is  We  had  five  payoffs  during  ends,  and  the  maimer  in  which  Salem  Maritime  (Cities  Service).  now  in  the  Marine  Hospital suf­ this  past  period,  which  included  they  are  broken  in  now  will  de­ the  High  Point  Victory  (Sea­ To  make  things  a  little  hot  for  fering  from  the  loss  of  his  right  termine  what  kind  of  a  Union  trade);  Francis  E.  Warren  (Mis­ the  Dispatcher,  these  ships  made  eye I from  an  unusual  accident.  you  will  have.  sissippi);  George  Kulukundis  Baltimore  a  port  of  call  and  He  was  struck by a porthole  fan.  Your  piecards  can  make  the  The  last meeting  was a  routine  (Mar  Trade);  Strathcape  (Strath­ took  replacements:  Hilton^  An­ proper  recommendations  and  do  more)  and  the  Harry  T  (Palmer).  one,  All  Branch  minutes.  Head­ gelina  and  Dorothy  (Bull);  Chic­ a  job,  but  without  a  healthy,  asaw  and Hurricane  (Waterman);  quarters  report,  Secretary­Treas­ The  last  foiu:  of  these  signed  on  active  and  wised­up  membership  Alcoa  Pilgrim,  South  Star  and  urer's  Financial  reports,  were  again.  your  chances  of  success  over  any  South  Wind  (South  Atlantic);  accepted,  with  the  exception  of  Coming  into  Galveston  in­ expended  period  of  time  are slim.  Steel  Chemist  and  Steel  Naviga­ the resolution from  Frisco where­ transit  were  the  Del  Alba  and  Educate  your fellow  crewmem­ tor  (Isthmian);  Calmar  (Calmar),  in  it  was  proposed  that  balloting  Del  Mundo  (Mississippi);  Bents  bers  as  weU  as  you  are. able  to.  and  the  Southern  States  (South­ on  important  issues  be  extended  Fort  (Cities  Service)  and  the fol­ If  there  is  little  interest  in  your  lowing  Seatrains:  New  York,  to  three  months.  ern  Trading).  first  conversation  or  meeting,  We  were  also  asked  by  our  AU  hands  agreed  that,  if  such  Havana  and  New  Jersey.  don't  stop there.  Call  a few  more  There  were  a  few  minor  beefs  Brothers  to  the  north  and  south  a ruling  went  through,  we  would  meetings  and  you'U  find  out  that  that  popped  up,  but  all  of  them  to  send  a  few  rated  men  their  find  ourselves  constantly  voting  there  is  a  gradual  increase  in in­ not  be  wrong.  were  settled  at  the  payoff.  and  possibly  having  two or  three  way,  which  we  were  able  at  terest.at  the  meetings,  especially  Also  oh  the  beach  at  this  time  Around  for  awhile  was  John  balloting  committees operating  at  times,  to  do.  To  their  everlasting  if  you  pick  your  topics  in  ad­ are  A.  Ellis,  J.  Phillips,  U.  Bey­ Reilly,  who  sails  Steward  out  the  same  time.  The  meeting  was  credit,  we  also  received  a  rated  vance  and  prepare  your  discus­ eler  and  K.  Kristensen.  In  the  of  this  port.  Johnny  joined  the  attended  by  174  members.  man  or  two  from  our  aforemen­ One  point  that  this  port  would  SIU  in  1943  and  has  been  active  Marine  Hospital  at  this  writing  sion.  tioned  Brothers.  If  you  wish  to  make  friends  like  to  remind  aU  book  and  per­ in  Branch  activities  around  here  are  H.  M.  Bomar,  J.  F.  Lewis  Regardless  of  the  attitude,  al­ ways  hold  your  meetings  and  with  the  officials  in  this  port,  mit  holders  about,  is  the  paying  and  in  all  Union  l^eefs  when  and  J.  Ward.  elect  your  Delegates.  Don't  ever  Since  there  weren't  enough  come  in  during  one  of  these  off  rule  of  the  Union,  which  re­ ashore.  During  the  Isthmian  fail  to  do  that.  Who  would  the  men  around  to  make  a  quorum,  hectic  weeks  and  kiddingly  say,  guirles  that  proper  notice  be  giv­ strike  he  was  in  Marcus  Hook­ Captain  have  to  growl  at,  .if  tliere  was  no  regular  Branch  and  pitched  iri  there.  You  could  "'Gee,  I  wish  I  had  your  Job."  en.  you  don't  have  a  Delegate?  meeting  in  this  port.  call  him  a  typical  Seafarer  and  ­  With  shipping  on  the  boom,  You  are  liable  to  g^t  it] v  By  EARL  SHEPPARD  Galveston  Shipping  Slows  A  Bit,  But  It's  Still  Pretty  Good  �I  Page Eight  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Passage On  Freighter  Tops  Luxury Liners, Author Finds  Friday.  July  13.  1951  Up  The  Grand  Canal  : .v.!.v.!.v 'V.v  y.'.v  H  .v . • •  <.. .  The streamlined  vessels  may offer  loads of  luxury but  they  can't  give  the  ocean  traveller  the  full  flavor  of  the  sea  that comes with  a  trip on  a. freighter, says Wilfie  Snow  Ethridge,  author  and  wife  of  the  former  chairman  of  the  UcJ  Advisory Commission  on  Information.  Mrs.  Ethridge,  accompanied  by*  into  the  evening  we  listened  to  her  12­year­old  son,  Mark,  sailed  music  from  the  innumerable  ra­ to  Greece  in  May  aboard  the  dios  and  victrolas.  (I  waked  up  SIU ­ contracted  SS  Algonquin  practically  every  morning  to  the  Victory  on  what  she  described  lilting  notes  of  the  Tennessee  as  "the  happiest  trip  we  have  Waltz.)  ever  known."  "But  even  above  the  radios  and  victrolas  there  was  the voice  NOTHING  LIKE  FREIGHTER  of  Johnny Cruz  in the galley  lift­ 'There  is  nothing  like  a  ed  high  in  what  I  suspected,  freighter,  no  matter  what  sailors  knowing  Johnny,  was  the  latest  sing  in  the  South  Pacific  about  Puerto  Rican  munber,  though  it  a  dame,"  Mrs.  Ethridge  said.  could  have  been  an  Italian  aria.  "From  now  on  when  I'm  fortun­ Johnny  served  the  meals—and  On  deck  as  the  St.  Johns  Victory  moves  up  the  Grand  Canal  in  Venice,  Italy,  are "Legs."  ate  enough  to  have  time  and  such  meals.  Nothing  like  home.  Louie  O'Leary.  Finn.  Pete  and  Tommy  and  some  unidentified  shipmates.  Photos  by  Mike  Papio.  money  to  travel,  if  ever,  I'm  TOP  CHOW  choosing  a  freighter  over  the  Queens."  "Some  days  we  had  fried  chic­ Mrs.  Ethridge,  who  has  author­ ken  for  dinner  and  broiled  steak  ised  several  books,  the  most  re­ for  supper.  And  always  the  most  cent  of  which  are  "This  Little  dee­licious  creamed  soups  and  Pig  Stayed  At  Home,"  and  "This  breads  and  pastries.  The  Cook  Is  Greek  To  Me,"  said  there  was  a  Belgian  with  a  French  were  many  reasons  for  the  first­  flair,  but  Johnny  had  his  hand  Twenty­six  days  at  sea  rate  trip  she  and  her  son  enjoy­' i"  th®  pastries,  too,  and  as  he  and  not  a  single  beef  about  .  ed  on  the  SlU­manned  vessel.  confided  one  noon;  'Where  I  put  my  big  hand  it  turns  out  good.'  the  food  or  service—that's  HAPPY  SHIP  "And  there  were  those  long  the  proud  boast  of  the  Sea­ „  "First,  it  was  a  happy  ship.  leisurely,  long  hours  for  walking  farers  crew  aboard  the  SS  The  officers  and  seamen  were  th^deck—a  freighter  has.plenty  friendly,  kidding,  easy ­ going  of  deck  room—for  sleeping,  for  Seacoral.  And  the  lads  owe  people  and  we  were  accepted,  gazing  at  the  sim­spangled  sea  it  all  to  the  first­rate  stew­ thank  goodness,  as  just  two  and  for  doing  many  of  the  other  more  members  of  the  crew.  At  things  that  you  always  dream  of  ards  department,  says  Ship's  meal  times  we  talked  knots, cur­ doing,  but  never  have  the  time  Delegate  H.  L.  Brandies.  Enjoying  coffee  lime  as  the  Bloomfield  vessel  navigates  rents,  winds,  radar,  stars,  the  for  at  home  or  on  a  Queen.  Yes,  ,  Brother  Brandies  seems  to  loading  and  unloading  of  freight,  it  was  a  good  trip.  The  very  the  canal  are  Charlie  Dueitt.  Arlen  Jones.  Butch'Wheat.  Nor­ think  that  the  absence  of  beefs  man  and  Bob  Batson.  The  trip  was  the first  for  the ship  under  the  imions  and  what  great  im­ best."  (and  abundance  of  beef)  in  the  the  SIU  banner  and  the crew  said  it  was  "a  good  outfit."  provements  they  have  brought  Mrs.  Ethridge,  her  son  and  first  26  days  of  the  voyage  es­ about  in  the  lives  of  those  who  husband  live  in  Prospect,  Ken­ tablishes  some  sort  of  record.  sail  the  seas,  the  personal  pecul­ tucky.  Mr.  Ethridge  is  the  pub­ iarities  of  ports—Genoa,  Piraeus,  "Ask  and  you  shall  receive,  is  lisher  of  the  Louisville  Courier  Volos,  Istanbul ....  the  motto  of  our  Steward,  Journal and  the Louisville  Times.  George  Midgette,"  writes  Bran­ "And  at  night  after  supper,  we  He  was  recently  chosen  by  Pres­ dies,  "and  the  Cooks'  and  Mess­ played  canasta  in  the  Chief  En­ ident  Truman  to  head  the  Phy­ In  order  to  provide  uniform  names  for  all  hospitals  boys  slogan  is  'we  aim  to  gineer's  room,  the  players  rotat­ chological  Warfare  Board  but  ing  almost  as  regularly  as  their  was  forced  to refuse  the  appoint­ operated  by  the  government's  Public  Health  Service,  the  please^."  watches.  And  all  day  and  far  ment  for  reasons  of  health.  US Marine  Hospitals have  been officially designated  as  US  Brother  Brandies'  letter,  which  was  dispatched  from  Yawata,  Public  Health  Service  Hospitals.*  Japan,  says  that  the  Seacoral  The  change  went  into  effect  on  come  from  groups  other  than  (formerly  the  Coral  Sea)  is  seamen."  July  1.  "scheduled  to  shuttle  'over  here  In  a  letter  to  A&G  District  Dr.  Scheele  assured  Secretary­ in  the  100  percent  zone  for  the  III  Secretary  Treasurer  Paul  Hall,  Treasurer  Hall  that  "the  change  next  four­months,  and  could  you  >  advising  him  of  the  new  design  will  be  one  of  name  only."  He  think  of  a •  better  time  to  have  '  I . 7'.' > : "At  nation.  Dr.  Leonard.  A.  Scheele,  said  that  it  would  In  no  way  such  a. .solid  . stewards  departT­ :  r  alter  the  quality  or/ddantity  bf  Surgeon  General  of  the  US  Pub­ ment?'*­'''!  '  'i.  lic  Health  Service^  wrote  that  the  service,  or  tile  pwditions  (The :  Delegate  sub.­;  "We  feel  it  is. more  appropriate  under  ­  which  patients  !  receive  milled  a  sample  menu  'wilh'  .  .  that  all  of  our  hospitals  carry  cafe  his  letter  but  space  limita­ I  ­­ the  name  of  the  Federal  organ­ In  closing  Dr.. Scheele  told  the  tions  prevent  its  publicalion.  ization  that  operates  them—the  A&G  District official  that "speak,  Il^s  a.humdinger.  thoUgh­r­Ed.)^  Public  Health  Service.  ing  for  the  Public  Health  Ser­ In  his  letter.  Brandies  says  While  American  seamen  and  vice,  I  wish  to.  assure  you  that  that  the  Seacoral  crew  would  other  Service  beneficiaries  know  we  are  very  proud  of  our  close  jike  to  express ­its  appreciation,  and:  iinderstand  ; the,% mission  of  association  ­with  the  Seafarers  to  Wilmington  SIU  Agent  Jeff  the  Marine  Hospitals, tiie:;  public  International  Union  of  North  Morrison  for  the  smooth •  payfaff  frequently  associates  th.em  with'  America.";  and  sign­on  in  Long  ­  Beach,  the  US  Marine  Gorps,".  Dr.  Service "and  treatmerit  in' the  Cplif.,  on  May  8.  And  a  Word  Scheele, said  in  explaining  the .Marine  Hospitals,  or  Public  of  thanks' was  expressed  to  Cap­ reasons for  the decisioui to change  Hfealth  Service  Hospitals  as  they  tain • R.­V. Tallin  "for­his­out­ the  hospital  names.  r  lare ­  now.  known,­  has  ahown  standing  discretion­ and ­  coopera­ Hi^orically,  the  name  "Marine  marked  improvement  over ­  the  tion. with  the­  crew,  and  for  ­his  Hospital":  dates^  back:  OVCT  •  l50  past  few  years,  a  distinct­change'  understanding  of Union ­matters.'':  years  to  the  time  when  ­ they from  the  period  immediately ­foLr *  "Tm­ sure,"  'i m­  sure, "  conciuaea  urotner'7  '  concluded  Brother"  cared  for  seafaring  meii  only.  lowing  the end of tije­war  when  Brandies;  'fthat  every  SIU  Since then,"  Dri. Scheele pointed  the  SIU'campaigned­ for corree­  trolman  would  appear  much  ; .  6«org«  Libby,  Boi^n,  and  Georga  M^alL  Lizienkeeper.  out, ."Ckingr^ has­added'to­the. tion^  of­ a  ­number  of­ inscfequa­r  younger  iin  a  week's,  t^c ri  .v  v.  ^ab p  Ufa­ring! on  only. as..^  list  bt ServkevbenefiOiaTieSi: and'desVand ishdrtoondi^s in  the ser­­  every­ SHJ* ship"ran  as ' sniooth  /!  Chowhounds  Find  Heaven  On  Seacoral  'US  Public  Health  Service  Renames  Marine  Hospitals  Del  Mar  Shipmates  I  •  :  �Friday.  July  13.  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  PUse  Nine  Digested  Minutes  Of SlU  Ship  Meetings  MAE  (Bull),  May  27—Chair­ CHIWAWA  (Cities  Service).,  man,  Charles  Starling;  Secre­ May  6—Chairman,  Berkey  Shy­ tary,  Richard  Gailing.  Discussion  ler;  Secretary,  Alfred  Arroyo.  on  the  Cities  Service  article  in  Delegates  reported  number  of  "Fortune"  magazine.  Motion  car­ books  and  permits  in  their  de­ ried  that  money  collected  for  pai^tments.  Messman  told  to  the  ship's  fund  at  the  end  of  the  serve  entire  crew  before  giving  trip  be  turned  over  to  the  March  out  seconds.  Union  literature  on  of  Dimes.  Hiring  Hall  brought  to  crew's  BETHORE  (Ore).  May  27  —  attention  and  posted  on  bulletin  4  4  4  Chairman  (not  given);  Secretary,  ROYAL  OAK  (Cities  Service),  board.  N.  Dunbar.  Delegates  reported  May  27—Chairman,  William  Dat­ number  of  books  and  permits  in  June  14—Chairman,  C.  W.  Ely;  zko;  Secretary,  Richard  Heeler.  Secretary,  W.  Giroud.  Delegates  their  departments.  Request  made  Ship's  Delegate  reported  that  a' reported  on  number  of  books  for  tablecloths.  volume  control  would  be  put  on' and  permits  in  their  departments.  It  %  %  loudspeaker.  All  hands  were  urg­ Suggestion  made  that  Engine  STEELORE  (Ore),  May  20  —  ed  to  study  Union  literature.  Delegate  see  Engineer  about  re­ Chairman,  Leon  Gray;  Secre­ Motion  carried  to  have  the  ship  pair  of  poop deck  lights and  hav­ tary,  Philip  Korol.  Delegates  fumigated.  Suggestion  made  to  ing  boat  station  numbers  painted  asked  to  press  for  payment  of  have  salt  tablet  dispensers  placed  on  engine  gang  foc'sle  lockers.  money  for  ho  breakfast  and  no  at  the  water  fountains.  4  4  4  linen  one  day.  Ship's  Delegate  May  28—Chairman,  R.  Brind­ SALEM  MARITIME  (Cities  asked  to  contact  AMMLA  for  THAT  amous;  Secretary,  Harry  Zuckel.  Service),  June  3  —  Chairman.  a  new  library.  Vote  of  thanks  CANKn"  "Fortune" magazine  article on  the  Steve  Deri;  Secretary,.  Warren  given  stewards  department  for  BMIF  ANY  Cities  Service  case  read  and  dis­ Mendow.  Ship's  Delegate  report­ the fine  work  they  have  done.  HAU.  cussed.  Discussion  on  three  men  ed  that  request  for  awning  will  4­4  4.  who  had  been fired  in  the  stew­ be  taken  up  with  company.  Mo­ BALTORE  (Ore),  May  27  —  YAUOAYBD  . IF YOU  MA\/£A'r YST  ards  departmeijt.  Crew  voted  to  tion  carried  to  have  a  repair  list  Chairman,  D.  DiMaio;  Secretary,  AFPLiBP Pae Youes, DOSC? .  keep  the  three  men  aboard  and  ready  for  shipyard;  Ray  Shields.  Delegates  reported  censure  the  Steward  for  poor  4  4  4  no  beefs.  Vote  of  thanks  given  food.  YOUNG  AMERICA  (Water­ stewards  department.  Discussion  4  4  4  man),  (date  not  given)—Chair­ on  gear  stolen  from  crewmem­ ABIQUA  (Cities  Service),  May  man,  W.  O'Connor;  Secretary,  bers  in Sparrows  Point.  27  —  Chairman,  Clarence  Phibi­ John  Burke.  Ship's  Delegate  4­  4'  4'  doux;  Secretary,  J.  Hancock.  stressed  the  importance  of  main­ ALCOA  PATRIOT  (Alcoa),  May  19  —  Chairman,  Trawick;  WESTERN  FARMER  (Western  TADDEI  (Shipenter),  May  27  Delegates  reported  all  in  order.  taining  a  gangway  watch.'  Dis­ Secretary,  Paul  Wilkins.  Ship's  Navigation),  May  S­r­Chainnan,  —Chairman,  Red  Brady;  Secre­ Ship's  Delegate  reported  $36  had  cussion* on  transportation  along  Delegate :  reported  that  he  had  M.  Sanchez;  Secretary,  J.  Castel­ tary,  George  Bauer.  Delegates  been  donated  to  the  March  of  the  west  coast.  talked  with  Captain  concerning  lon.  Repair  list  made  up.  and  reported  all  in  order.  All  hands  Dimes.  Short  talk  given  new­ 4  4  4  the  logging  of  a  Wiper.  The  approved.  Captain  told  Ship's  told  to  keep  messhall  cleaner,  comers  on  the  SIU  constitution  ANGELINA  (Bull),  June  10—  Captain  stated  that  he  wanted  Delegate  that  ship  was  clean  and  assist  in  allowing  the  Pan­ and  by­laws.  Chairman,  W.  Walker;  Secretary.  to  talk  to  the  Patrolman  about  and  no  one  had  been  logged.  tryman  the  freedom  of  starting  4  4  4  C.  .Bairstow.  Delegates  reported  the  Wiper's  conduct.  Discussion  Crew  asked  to  leave  quarters­ a  day's  work  without  a  sink  full  STEEL  ARTISAN  (Isthmian).  no  beefs.  Discussion  and  voting  of  dirty  dishes.  about  charges  against  crewmem­ clean  when  leaving  ship.  June  24—(Chairman  not  given);  of five  issues  sent  to  the  ship  by  ber  who  fouled  up.  Discussion  Secretary,  S.  GotowickL  Dele­ Headquarters.  Discussion  on  the  4  4  4.  4  4  4  on  the  benefits  for  new  members  WESTERN  TRADER  (Western  WINFIELD  S.  STRATTON  gates  reported  some  disputed  set  up  and  operation  of  the  Wel­ Navigation),  May  28  (Chairman  (Bull),  June  6—Chairman,  Ma­ overtime  in  all  departments.  Mo­ fare  Plan  and  the  new  Vacation  and  their  Union  duties.  and  Secretary  not  given).  Dele­ chele;  Secretary,  M.  Cruz.  Crew  tion  carried  to  make  ship's  hos­ Plan.  4  current  issues,  pital  serviceable.  Beef  raised  PURPLESTAR  (Triton),  May  gates  reported  on  books  and  acted  on five  4  4  4  13  —  Chairman,  Julian  Lelinski;  permits  in  their  departments.  which  were  all  adopted  unani­ about  Djakarta  and  Belewan  DEVILS  LAKE  VICTORY  Secretary,  R.  Niedermeyer.  Dis­ Short  talk  given  new  men  on  mously.''' Crew  passed  a  vote  of  Deli  where  Captain  breaks  sea  (Bloomfield),  April  24  —  Chair­ cussion  on  keeping  ship  clean.  the  functions  and  operation  of  confidence  to  the  committees  v/atches,  though  crew  is  convinc­ man,  A1  Stephens;  Secretary,  D.  that  are  undertaking  the  nego­ ed  that  they are  in an  open  road­ Allbright.  Stewards  department  Crew  voted  thanks  to  stewards  Die  SIU.  tiations  with  the  companies.  stead.  department  for fine  work.  4  4  4  cooperation  asked  in  disposing  DANIEL  LOWNSDAI.E  (Isth­ of  garbage.  Crew  asked  to  coop­ 4.  4.  4  SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY  mian),  May  30—Chairman,  Tom­ erate  fully  in  bringing  ship  in  (Seatrain),  May  20  — /Chairman, [ mie  Tucker;  Secretary,  Clarence  clean.  Leonard  Bro­wn;  Secretary,  Nor­ Hamby.  Delegates  reported  on  June  8—Chairman,  A.  Steph­ SAN  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  ens;  Secretary,  Frank  Hughes.  man  Power.  Delegates  reported  the  number  of  books  and  per­ Douglas  2­6363  all  in  order.  Ship's  Delegate  re­ mits  in  their  departments.  Dis­ 86  Seneca  St.  Ship's  Delegate  stated  that  Cap­ BALTIMORE  14  North  Gay  St.  SEATTLE  ported  that  guarantee  for  wash­ cussion  on first  a.nd  second  meats  Earl  Sheppard.  Agent  Main  0290  tain  reported  crew  was  best  he  Mulberry  4540  WILMINGTON  440  Avalon  Blvd.  had  seen  in  40  years  of  sailing.  ing  machine  be filed  with  ship's  m  the  stewards  dw'partmer.t.  BOSTON  276  State  St.  Terminal  4­3 13 I  Stewards  department  thanked  papers.  Discussion  on  keeping  4  4  4  Ben  Lawson,  Agent  Richmond  2­0140  NEW  YORK  105  Broad  St.  Dispii­cher  Richmond  2­0141  CARRABULLE  (Cuba  Distill­ messroom  clean  through  coope­ BOwling  Green  9­3436  for  the fine  job  it  is  doing.  SOBi/j—23rd  St.  ing),  May  20  —  Chairman,  W.  GALVESTON  ration  of  all  hands.  Keith  AIsop,  Agent  Phone  2­6446  June  10—^Chairman,  Bill  Fred­ Butts;  Secretary,  M.  McCoskey. i  STEEL  DESIGNER  (Isthmian).  beefs  tl­AKE  CHARLES.  La  1419  Ryan  St.  ericks;  Secretary,  A1  Power.  Del­ Delegates  reported  no  May  27—Chairman.  G.  Brown;  ASHTABULA  1036  W.  5th  St.  .  egates  reported  number  of  books  Letter  from  Headquarters  Phone  4­8831  Secretary,  Hector  Conrad.  Dele­ MOBILE  I  South  Lawrence  St.  and  permits  in  their  depart­ March  of  Dimes  read  and  ap­ Cal  Tanner,  Agent  10  Exchange  St.  gates  reported  no  disputed  over­ Phone  2­1754  BUFFALO.  N.Y  Phone  Cleveland  7391  time.  Ship's  Delegate  to  see  Cap­ ments.  Motion  carried  to  act  on  proved.  Motion  carried  to  take  NEW  ORLEANS  .523  Bienville  St.  CLEVELAND  2602  Carroll  St.  the five  subjects  sent  to  ship  by  action  against  crewmember  who  Lindsey  Williams,  Agent  tain  about  having  crew's  quar­ Phone  Main  0147  Magnolia  61 12­61 13  missed  ship  two  times  in  four  ters  painted.  Steward  reported  Headquarters.  DETROIT  1036  3rd  St.  .51  Beaver  St.  months.  Suggestion  made  that  a  NEW  YORK  Headquarters  Phone  Cadillac  6857  beef  concerning  overtime  work  HAnover  2­2764  DULUTH  531  W.  Michigan  St.  in  the  iceboxes.  Messman  told  to  SEATRAiN NEW*^ YORK  (Sea­ definite  clarification  be  made  of  127­129  Bank  St.  Phone  Melrose  4110  NORFOLK.  stay  out  of  saloon,  except  during  lr<Bin),  'April  27—Chairman,,: F.  the,  cooti­act  clause  Wiferring  Hp  Bch ' Bees.  Agent  Phone  4­1063  MILWAUKEE  .... .  663  S.  2nd  St.  his  working  hours.  Berthold; Secretary,  C,. Goldstein.  launch  service  in  Cuba.  Phone  Broadway  2­5017  ...337  Market  St.  PHILADELPHIA  3261  E.  92nd  St.  Delegates repprted  some disputed  • • • ,i4­., 4  •  4 ­  •  4  4  4  Market  7­1635  SOUTH  CHICAGO  ,S.  Cardullo.'  Agent  Phone  Essex  5­2410  STEEL  FABRICATOR  (Isth­ overtinje'.  Clfi'ef  Engineer  to  be  STEEL,  APPRENTICE  tlsth­ SAN  FRANCISCO. .. . .450  Harrison  St.  mian),  May  6—Chairman,  W.  seen  about  sougeeing  and  paint­ mian).  May  27 — Chairman;  T.  Lloyd  Gardner.  Agent  Douglas  2­5475  SAN  JUAN,  PR  252  Ponce  de  Leon  Whelan;  Secretary,  J.  Merkel.  Tipoldos;  Secretary,  R.  Mitchell.  ing  the  quarters.  Men  coming  to  Sal  Colls.  Agent  Delegates  reported  everything  MONTREAL......  463  McGill  St.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Mo­ ship  .after  having  time  off  are  SAVANNAH  2  Abercorn  St.  MArquette  5909  okay.  Phone  3­1728  asked  to  leave  the  men  working  tion  carried  to  donate  to  .  the  E.  B.  Tilley.  Agent  .­...126/2  Hollis  St.  2700  Ist  Ave.  HALIFAX.  N.S  March  of  Dimes  at  the  payoff.  SEATTLE  alone.  4  4  4  Phone  3­8911  Ray  Oates.  Agent  Seneca  45 70  STEEL  FLYER  (Isthmian);  Delegates  to  be  queried  .  about  TAMPA  4  4  4  1609­1811  N.  Franklin  St.  FORT  WILLIAM. . H8!/2  Syndicate  Ave.  Ontario  Phone  3­3221  June  S^Chairman,  Orlando  PL  NASHUA  VICTORY  (Triton),  repair  list.  Ray  White.  Agent  Phone  2­1323  103  Durham  St.  Lopez;  Secretary,  H.  Gibb^  WILMINGTON. Calif.. .440  Avalon  Blvd.  PORT  COLBORNE  May  19—^Chairman,  Eddie  Lamb;  •  ­  4  4  4  Sliip's  Deleg.'.tc  reported  one  Secretajy,  Jean  Clouteau.  Ship's  DEPAUW  VICTORY  (South  Jeff  Morrison.  Agent  Terminal  4­2874  TORONTO,  Ontario  86  Cclborne  St.  ^  ,  .  .  .  Elgin  5719  man  had  failed  to  join  the  ship  Delegate  reported  that  Captain's  Atlantic),  May  20  —  Chairman,  HEADQUARTERS ..51 Beaver St..  N.YX.  SECRETARY­TREASURER  VICTORJA,  B.c!...617M  Cormorant  St. 1  in  New  Orleans.  Stewards  Dele­ inspection  showed  everything  to  Victor ­Miora.n'a;  Secretary,  P.  W,  Paul  Hall  Empire  4531  reported  minor  beefs,  to  be  be  okay.  Crew  decided  to  let  Lusk.  Ship's  Delegate  reported  HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES  VANCOUVER.  B.C­.. .565  I  referred  to  Patrolman.  gangway  watch  use  own  discre­ that  crew  has  subsistence  for  Joe  Algina  ­  Robert  Matthews  four meals  and  lodging due  them.  tion  in  admitting: ;guests  to  ship.  SYDNEY.  N.S  304  Charlotte  St.  4  *4  4  Joseph  Volpian  Phone  6346  STEEL  SEAFARER (Isthmian),  Discussion  on  painting  of  foc'sles.  •  4  4  '4  BAGOTVliiLE.  Quebec.... .20^ Elgin  St.  May  27—Chairman.  R.  Guild,  K,  : ELIZABETH  (Bull),  May  27­^­  Ship's  Delegate  given  a  vote, of  Phone  545  Oborski. Delegates  reported  num­ •  Chairman,  Kosta''  Halgimisios;; thanks' for. fine  work.  Crew  went  HONOLULU....  I*  Merchant  St.  THOROLD.  Ontario. ... .37  Ofmont  St, i  •  Phone  5­8777  •  •  phone"  3­3202  ber «f  books and  permits  m  their  Jv :v  B€ic*®tary,  Pedro;  Reyes.  Dele­  on  record  to.  confine. all  games  .:  'gateiS  reported, no  beefs;  Motion | to  unlicensed  personnel.  Discus­ PORTLAND....... Ill  w.  Bvrneiae  St.  QUEBEC.... 113  Cote  De.  La  Montague  departments.  Cleaning  of  recrea­ Beafson  4>J6  Quebec  ^­7078  tjon  j­Qona  put  on  a  weekly  basis  v­'. :,,carried  lo put  awnings  back  aft.' sion  on  fouled­up  books  of  RICHMOND.  Calif.. .v..,...2^^tl^^  SAINT JOHN,. ..J 77  Prince^ia^^  department.  ;  r^..>:Motk>n : caririied ­to  lock .Tip'night  Steward,  which  will  have  to  be  Phone  2­3049  N.S.  UMoze SJilpe  Minutes , oil Page  19)  • ­    /  :  |  okaycd  by  the  company,  .  :  ROBIN  HOOD  (Robin)i  May  20  —  Chairman,  Donald ­ Hilton;  Secretuy,  J.  Barnette.  Delegates  reported  some  disputed  over­ time.  Ship's  Delegate  to  ask  for  shore  leave  in  Trinidad  to  buy  a  part  for  the  washing  machine.  .  !•   ATO^C^/  Directory  Of  SIU  Halls  SIU, A&G  District  Great  Lakes  District  :  SI  Canadian  District  S UP  :li  �IWWPII^W^i  Fridxr.  julr 13,  1951  THE SEAFARERS LOG Page T«i«  THE  MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS  fS3v ft  Seaman's Wife Lauds SIU's  Vision In Welfare Program  Busy Men At Sea  Don't Let Book  Get In Arrears,  .  Brother Advises  you  are  on  yoim  own  and  with­ out  funds  in  a  crisis.  The  new  To  the  Editor:  For  the  past  couple  of  months  increase  in  the  Welfare  Plan's  I've  been  meaning  to  write  death  benefits  now  provides  us  One  very  importmit  thing  is  letter  letting  the  Union  know  with  adequate  protection.  to  keep  your  dues  paid  up  and  how  I  feel  about  the  wonderful  be  in  good  standing  all  the  time,  things  it  has  been  accomplishing  Let  me  say  again  that  I'm  for  if  you  do  not  live  up  to  the  sorry  I didn't  get  around  to  say­ for  the  men  who  are  fortunate  above  rules,  you  will  suffer  the  ing  these  things  before.  I  think  enough  to  belong  to  it.  But  with  same  as  I  am  today.  the  Union's  good  work  deserves  three  children  and  a  home  to  I  am  behind  in  my  dues  and  care  for  in  the  absence  of  my  encouragement.  I cannot  blame  anybody  but  my­ .  Mrs. T.  J. Harding  •  seafaring  husband,  I  just  kept  self,  though  this  is  the first  time  Cleveland,  Ohio  putting  it  off.  since  1946  that  I  have  been  be­ Reading  over  the  last  issue  hind.  of  the  SEAFARERS  LOG,  which  I  made  my  last  trip  around  just  arrived  at  our  house,  I  de­ the  world,  returning,  in.  March  cided  that  here  is  one  wife  of  an  of  1950.  I  was  paid  off  with  SlU  man  who  is  going  to  "hit  $1,250.  At  this  time  I  paid  my  the  deck"  and  say  what  she  dues  up  to  July  1,  1950.  Since  thinks  without  fimther  ado.  then  I  have  not  worked,  besides  First,  let  me  say  that  I  think  To  the  Editor:  having  bad  luck,  for  I  was  rob­ the  SIU  has  shown  that  it  has  Ernest  Skipper,  OS,  lakes  a  A  broken  cigarette  holder  is  bed  of  $660.  vision  by  steadily  building  wel­ From  what  I  have  read  and  If  I  had  paid  my  dues  for  fare  benefits  for  seamen,  who,  from what  my friends  have  writ­ moment  to  check  his  brush  put  back  in  commission  by  T.  one  year  and  eight  months,  to­ until  the  SIU  started fighting  ten  to  me, I see  that the  govern­ while  painting  bn  the Seatrain  Spencer, Deck  Engineer. Photos  day  I  would  not  suffer  in  the  by  Lester  Moore.  for  them,  were  far  behind  work­ ment  has realized  the  mistake in  Havana.  hospital.  I  have no  one  to  blame  ers  in  industry  on  shore.  drafting  active  seamen.  I  also  but myself.  I could  have paid  my  I  think  the  way  the  Union  hear  that  in  New  Orleans  news­ dues,  but  I was  too  proud  to ask  has  buUt  its  Welfare  Plan  in  the  paper  ads  are  being  run for  sea­ my  brother  to  lend  me  the  diort space  of  a  year is  a  magni­ men.  money.  ficent  accomplishment.  No  won­ It  s^ms  to  me  that  if  you  In  August  of  1950,  I  was  to  der  it  is a  model for  other  mari­ were  to  put  pressure  enough  on  To  the  EditOR  crew  is  well  pleased  with  the  ship  on  one  of  the  Isthmian  time  tmions.  Congress  it  would  see  the  light  Vacation  Plan.  I  myself  have  ships  and  got  turned  down  by  Well  here  we  are  in  Rio  after  And  the  Vacation  Plan  is  just  and  discharge  us.  been  sailing  for  a  number  of  the. doctor.  In  October,  T  Was  Also,  if  om  Brothers  who  are  a  disastrous  trip from  Mobile  to  years  and  have  never  collected  one  more  example  of  the leader­ turned  down  again  by  the sami^^  ship  the  SIU  has  shown  in  in­ sailing  now  were  to  write  t6  Boston,  and from  Norfolk  to  the  vacation for  I never  stay  on  one  doctor.  ^ituting  improvements  for  sea­ their  respective  Representatives  ™>i­TrWdad. The  only  ship  that  long.' Under  this  new  On  December  24,  I  got  lye  in  men.  I  would  say  that  what  in  ConS^^"tem^*'S"wtat  Vacation  Plan,  I  see  that  I  can  my  left  eye  and  I can  thank  pu?,  marks the SIU  as a  superior rep­ hardship  was  placed  on  the  mer­ trouble  we  had  after  leaving  collect  a  few  extra  dollars  now.  Dispatcher,  Paul  Gonsorchik, !(«;  resentative  of  seafaring  men  is  chant  marine, I am sure  it would  Norfolk  was  with  the  galley  As  for  my  part,  I  think  that  getting  me  immediately  to  th.e  that  it  has  ideas,  ideas  that  it "help  our  case.  range  but  by  the  time  we  got  to  was  a  great  piece  of  master  hospital,  where  I  have  been  RODE  AMMO  SHIPS  puts  in  action.  Trinidad,  the  engine  must;  have  work  for  the  Union  to  have  treated  ever  since.  '  I'm  speaking,  of  course,  from  I  think  that  I  was  doing  my  been  brewing  trouble  for  we  come  up  with  the  Vacation  Plan  Then  the  doctor  on  Jay  St.  the  viewpoint  of  a  woman,  a  duty  riding  those  ammo  ships  sure  had  it.  idea  and  win  a  Fund  like  that  found  a  cataract  on  my  left  eye  wife  and  mother,  to  whom  se­ dining  the  last  war  but  it  seems  from  the  shipowners.  I  think  and  sent  me  to  Staten  Island  We  laid  at  anchor  in  Trinidad  curity is  a  very  important  thing.  that  our  great  and  glorious  lead­ everyone  in  the  SIU  will  agree  for  an  operation.  Now  I  feel  ers  have  forgotten.  Remember  While  I  naturally  hope  that  how  they  used  to  rave  about  us.  for  one  week  waiting  for  some  with  me,  too.  better  again,  and  hope  to  ship  no  such  tragedy  befalls  any  of  parts  from  the  States.  And  by  out  as  soon  as  I" get  out.  I'll  sign  off  now,  hoping  that  Heroes  in  dungarees—that's what  oim  seafaring  families,  it  is  nev­ They  used  to  caU  us.  I  am  69  years  old,  have  been  ,  the  way,  they  should  have  sent  every  SIU  member  has  good  eriheless  most  comforting  to  I  am  sure  that  all  the  rest  of  a  new  stove,  too.  The  stove  is  a  sailing.  a  seaman  over  52  years,  and  know  that  if  anything  should  us  active  seamen  who  were  have •  seen  plenty  of  hospitals  C.  L.  Stringfellow  happen  to  our  husbands,  or  fa­ drafted  feel  the  same  way  as  I  coal  burner  cmd  I  think  that  a  around  the  world,  but  the  treat­ SS  Edward  L.  Grant  thers,  the  Union  has  seen fit  to  do. We have  been scuttled  by  our  ship  coming  out  of  the  boneyard  ment  which  I have  received  here  protect  us  against  the  panic  that  own  political  leaders.  with  a  coal  burning stove  should  cannot  be  bettered  anyvyhere.  comes  with  the  realization  that  Here  is  an  idea.  The  Army  have  it  replaced  with  an  oil  The  doctors  are  the  best,  and  burner.  the  nurses also.  They  are  all  too  and  other  military  branches have  pleased  to  do  something  good  This ship was  laid  up for  quite  a  reserve.  We  should  have  the  for  one,  espi­cially  for  a  seaman.  awhile  and  everything  about  the  same  thing  for  inactive  seamen.  Vincent  Kapor  stove  was  rusted,  so  that  the  Then  when  an  emergency  comes  time  the  heat  hit  it,  well,  the  along,  all  a  draft  board  would  have  to  do  is  notify  each  beach­ stove  just  couldn't  take  it.  We  To  the  Editor:  ed  seaman  who  is  registered  are  doing  the  best  we  can  with  with  his  local  board  to  "shape  it  to  turn  out  meals  but  I  hope  I  would  like  to  take  this  op­ smnething  is  done  on  arrival  in  portunity  to  write  a  little  note  tq)  or  ship  out."  in  praise  of  the  Captain  of  the  John  Turner. 17852008344  the  States.  COL  35,  R.C.T.  APO  25  .Jill  We  just  received  the  May  18  SS John  Hanson,  William  Travis,  c/o PM,San  Franosooy CaL  issue  of file  LOG.  The  whole  with  whom  we  have  just  com­ pleted  a  voyage  from  San  Fran­ cisco  to  Canada  to  load  and  then  on  to  the  United  Kingdom.  Captain  Travis  rates  with  the  best  of  them  going  to sea  today.  He  was  very  considerate  of  his  men—one  and  all—and  deserves  the  highest  praise  possible  from  this  crew.  We  would  like  every­ There is  little ceremony;  one  in  this  Union  to  know  that  ;.^l  it  is  a  great  pleasure  to  have  Not many prayers are said;  been  able  to  sail  with  this  man  For  flowers,  the  phosphorous  ray;  among  men,  who went  out  of  his  way  many  times  to  satisfy  the  I  Four ­ months ­ old  Stephen  The mourning hymn, wind across the waves.  ^• ii)  crewmembers.  James Hunt  believes in  looking  at  a  situation  squarely.  He's  We  hope  that  you  will  give  Down  to  his  coral  tomb  he  glides,  to,rest;  him  a  very  good  name  among  the  son  of  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Thi^ petite  young  lady  ans­ His marker,  a star, the sailors know;  John  Hunt  of  Dorchester,  the members  of  our  Union, as  he  wers to  the name  of  Ruth. The  is  100  percent  and  one  of  the  niece  of  Seafarer  Luis  Rami­ Mass.  A  member  of  the  SIU  And  for  this  lonely  seaman  best  to  sail  with.  for  11 .years,  John  is  presently  rez,  she  says  she  wants  to  be  We  know  there is  a  Heaven  down  below.  Deck  Delegate on  the Gateway  Pat  Ryan  an  SIU  stewardess  when  she  City.  '  —Anonymous  SS  John  Hanson  .Sfowsiip.  :  To  the  Editor:  Ask  Congress  To  Release  Men  In Army, He Says  Grant  Crewmen  Warmed  By  News  Of  Vacation  Plan  Hanson Skipper  Impresses Crew  As 'One Of  Best'  Bright Open Face  She Looks Ahead  Log-A-Rhythm Heaven Down Below  �Friday.  July  13.  1851  T  HE  St AF  ARERS  LOG  Paga  Elaran  a a  Thay Rede A Coed Feeding  NMU Patients In Galveston  Find ^Welfare' Tough To Get  To  the  Editor:  gotten  man  as  far  as  the  NMU  plan  was  concerned.  When  you  hear  squawks  from  With  all  the  NMU  guys  dead  NMU  members  in  the  Marine  broke  and  without  cigarettes  or  Hospital  that  their  Welfare  Plan  other  •  items  that  men  in  the  setup  is  not  near  as  good  as  the  hospital  need,  the  Seafarers  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan,  they're  would  help  them  out  when  wo  not  kidding.  It's  real  rough  on  got  our  hospital  benefits.  those  guys.  I  recently  was  a  pa­ tient  in  the  Galveston  Marine  You've  got  to  see  a  situation  Hospital  so  I  know  what  I'm  like  this  to  really  appreciate  it.  It  certainly  made  me  understand  talking  about.  why  the  NMU  guys  were  beef­ I  was  in  the  hospital  just about  ingf  plenty  about  the  treatment  one  month,  from  May  7  to  June  they  were  getting  from  their  8,  and  every  week  without  fail  welfare  setup.  the  SIU  Patrolman  came  around  Donald  Mease  and  paid  me  and  the  other  SIU  men  our  weekly  benefits,  and  guess  I  don't  have  to  say  how  handy  that  money  came  in.  For  the  NMU  men  it  was  a  Members  of  the  Aspinwall's  crew  gather  far  group  pboto  during  trip  to  Ancona.  Italy.  completely  different  story.  Many In­,  v  v  ­W  Ship  paid  off  last  month  in  Norfolk.  Photo  submitted  by  6eor^e  Liebers.  Steward  (third  from  guys  that  I knew  had  been  there |M0(l6l l! OF  Lratt  left  standing).  for  several  weeks "hadn't  receiv­ ..  .  t  :  ed  a  dime  in  any  benefits.  First  To  the  Editor:  of  all,  to  be  eligible  for  the  $5  I  am  writing  you  to  tell  you  weekly  benefit  a  guy  had  to  be  how  much  I  enjoy  reading  the  hospitalized  for 17  days.­The  av­ SEAFARERS  LOG.  My  son,  who  erage  man  whose  period  of  hos­ has  been  shipping  for  six­and­a­ pitalization  ran  from  10  to  12  half  years,  has  gotten  his  license  days  could  get  nothing  under  and  is  now  Third  Assistant  En­ To  the  Editor:  this  arragement.  gineer  on  the  Topa  Topa.  I  was  "  I  think  Seafarers  should  know  In  all  the  time  I  was  in  the  wondering  if  I would  continue  to  of  a  good  deal  that  exists  in  the  hospital,  not  one  NMU  man  had  receive  the  LOG,  since  he  has  Port  of  Naples,  Italy.  It's  the  gotten  a  penny  from  their  Wel­ shipped  in  a  different  classifica­ Seamen's  Club  run  by  Mr.  and  fare  Plan.  Those  who  were  elig­ tion.  Mrs.  Sette  and  it's  got  every­ ible  for  benefits  had  to fill  out  (Editor's  note:  Until  your  son  thing  in  town  beat.  an  application  and  send  it  to  asks  us  to  take him  off  the  mail­ First  of  all,  there's  good  food  New  York.  Several  guys  had  and  at  reasonable  prices.  Good  done  that  when  I  was  in  the  ing  list,  or  until  he  changes  the  entertainment  is a  feature during  hospital  but  as  of  the  day  I  left  address,  the  LOG  will  continue  the  evenings.  Besides,  Mr.  and  none  had  received  any  response.  to  go  to  your  address.)  I  really  enjoy  reading  the  Mrs.  Sette  will  help  you  out  There  were  a  couple  of  real  LOG  and,  since  I  have  been  a  with  any  personal  needs.  pitiful  cases.  Like  one  NMU  guy  union  man  for  years,  I note  with  These  people  visit  the*  Ameri­ who  had  been  in  the  hospital  for  great  satisfaction  the  progress  can  seamen  in  the  Naples  hospi­ two  years.  The  NMU  Welfare  you  have  made  in  the  last  two  tals  and  bring  them  cigarettes  Plan  agreement  didn't  take  care  years,  especially  with  the  Cities  and  other  items  that  help  make  of  him  like  the  SIU  did  with  its  their  stay  a  bit  more  pleasant.  special  list  and  he  couldn't  ever  Service  tankers  and  your  Vaca­ I  discovered  the  place  while  g^t  anything.  He  was  just  a  for­ tion  Plan.  I am  a  member  of  the Brother­ Four  happy  Seafarers  on  the  Aspinwall  on  first  voyage  I  was  a  patient  at  the  Interna­ hood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  after she  came out  of  boneyard  were  (left  to  right)  Lbu  Nehin,  tional  Hospital,  where  I  stayed  of  America,  Local  286,  Great  Ship's  Delegate;  Corsiaca.  Wiper;  unidentified  Fireman,  and  for  three  weeks.  When  I  got  out  Falls,  Montana.  Your  Vacation  G.  B.  Davis.  Night  Cook  and  Baker.  I  stayed  at  a  hotel  but,  since  I  ATTENTION!  Plan  is  one  that  could  easily  be  couldn't  speak  the  language,  If  you  don't  find  linen  made  to  work  with  our  craft,  someone  suggested  that  I  try  the  Seamen's  Club.  I  did  and  I  when  you  go  aboard  your  as  we  too  usually  work  for  sev­ got  a  good  room  at  a  decent  ship,  notify  the  Hall  at  once.  eral  different  contractors  during  •   A  telegram  from  LeHarve or  a  year's  time.  price.  And  the  food  was  tops.  I  intend  to  show  this  Plan  to  I  think  all  hands  ought  to  in­ Singapore  won't  do  you  any  our  Local  soon,  and  see  if  we  To  the  Editor:  prunes  and  dried  apricots.  Also  vestigate  Hie  place  when  their  good.  It's  your  bed  and  you  can't  work  out  something  like  it.  canned  corned  beef,  etc.  ships  call  at  Naples.  In  a  recent  issue  of  the  LOG,  have  to  lie  in  it.  Joseph  Houser  And  the  whole  waterfront  was  J. (Lucky)  Asmont  Z  noticed  that  one  of  the  readers  monopolized  by  "shipping  Gl.  Falls,  Mont.  is  very  anxious  to  see  more  sharks,"  who  hung  around  and  stories  about  the  "old  days  at  when  you­paid  off,  brought  you  sea."  I  think  I  can  supply  some  to  a  clothing  store  and  got  a  information  by  going  back  a  lit­ rake­off  on  the  purchases  you  ATBAV  Of  Tf?OP(CAL  fPUl"^  tle.  made.  VOO  EVERY  MOPN.NO  MARIO  REVfS,  CONSTAIvr  DIAZ,  ­ I  have  my  ISU  book  and  all  I  could  go  on  indefinitely  tell­ 5«ip  DELEGATE  IN THE  riE5.5ROOM,  CHIEF  COOK,  C^\  discharges  since  1917.  I  joined  ing  of  experiences  like  these  and  HAS  HELPED  SZ  '/  IMPROVE  THE^  /'  my first  ship  in  England  in  1916.  other  rotten  conditions  that  pre­ WORKING  POLE'*  ­ I  was  given  a  few  dollars  in  vailed  on  the  waterfront,  until  To  the  Editor:  advance  to  provide  myself  with  we  got  an  organization  together  Please  send  me  a  copy  of  "The  Seafarers  in  World  War  a  donkey's  breakfast,  pillow,  like  the  SIU.  some  cigarettes  and  whatever  We  had  plenty to contend  with,  II."  Also  please  send  me  the  other  necessities  I  might  require  including  the  IWW,  shipping  LOG  to  my  new  addiess­at  Fort  Devens,  Massachusetts.  I  really  for  the  deepsea  trip.  masters,  and  stinking  shipping  enjoyed  receiving  the  LOG  at  MESSROOM! WHAT'S  THAT?  companies.  But  now  we  are  real­ my  home,  and  will  enjoy  getting  There  was  no  such  thing  as  a  ly  getting  places.  So  hold  on,  it  at  this  post.  messroom  aboard  the  ship,  nor  Brothers,  lest  we  have  another  I  retired  my  book  three  years  was  there  any  such  thing  as  ham  desperate  struggle.  ago  (my  last  ship  was  the  Steel  Paddy  Farrell  Navigator), and  have  been  work­ and  eggs.  You  sat  on  the  deck  and  when  you finished  eating  ing  in  the  hard  coal  mines.  I  you  washed  your  own  dish  in  belong to  the  United  Mine  Work­ Cronin Pallbearer sea  water,  which  you  pumped  up  ers  of  America,  headed  by  John  At Slifker Rites yourself.  L.  Lewis.  Perhaps  you'll  say  "Ah,  well,  Brother  Harry  J.  (Popeye)  In, comparing  the  good  and  this  was  not  an  American  ship."  Cronin  served  as  a  pall­ bad  points,  I  still  rate  the  SIU  Right,  but  things  were  not  too  bearer  at  the  funeral.  of  as  the  best  Union  I  ever  came  THE  5.VFtOeiDA  much  different  in  those  days,  'IWhltey"  Slifker  in  Balti­ IS  A  HEAVEN  FOR  into  contact  with.  Seafarer­carloon­ STEWARDS  AND  even  on  American  ships.  When  I  more recently.  A letter  to the  Just  a  little  advice:  If  any  of  POSUNS­  NO  ist  sketches pen and  GASHOUNDS,  got  to  the  States  I  joined  the  LOG  from  another  of  the  you  fellows  are  waiting  to  be  NO  PERFORFV  ink  comments  on  E«5...CRtvY  ISU  and  shipped  on  my first  four  SIU  men  who  acted  as  '  snatched  by  the draft  board,  you  personalities  and  (OO %  OH  American­crewed  ship,  the  El  pallbearers  incorrectly  spell­ had  better  join  up,  as  the  enlis­ • THE  OOB.  life  aboard  his  Sud,  operated  by  the  Morgan  ed  Brother  Cronin's  name.  tee  has  a  much  better  deal  in  present  ship,  tho  Line* in  1917.  What  a  slave  ship  Cronin,  now  .aboard  the  the  Army.  SS  Florida.  she  was.  SS  Venore.  asksd  the  LOG  Pvt.  John  Paulus.  13402054  :  We  got  Morgan ­ Line  "straw­ to properly  recdrd  his  name.  Rocopt.  Del..  ASA  Tag. Hgl.  hemes"'e v e r y­trip  —  that  is,  Fort  Devens.  Mass.  E.  Reyes.  Artist  J  Union Carpenter  CallsVacationPIan  'Lucky' Asmont  Recommends Good  Deal In Naples  The  Deck  Was  Your  Table,  The  Sea  Your  Sink  In  '16  Wants Seafarers  War Story, LOG  At Army Post  Caricatures Of Shipmates  �^fHPi  Pa^e  TweHe  THH  S  B  Af  AH  6 R'S  id G  Friday,  July 13,  1951  If  you  bought  a  set  of  dishes for  Aunt  Matilda  and  take his  goods" off  the ship in  the second  US  Customs  men  suggest  that  for  convenience,  Ion  your  last  trip to  a foreign  port, and  ran  afoul  port.  where possible,  the duty  receipt should  be  pasted  ^jof  customs  regulations  because  you figured  you  somewhere inside  the item.  If  the foreign­manu­ What  is  the set­up  of  a  bonded  lo^er?  jiwere  entitled  to  bring  in  a  certain  amount  of  According  to  customs  men,  the  bonded  locker  factured  item  was  bought  here,  keep  the  bill  of  ] goods  duty  free,  take  heart  —  it's  a  common  is  not  something  for  seamen  to  be .concerned  sale.  How  abeut  bringing in  a  pet  dog?  rstumbling  block  for  seamen.  with. Sometimes for  security reasons the  customs  Even  Seafarers  who  have  enough  discharges  inspector  will put certain items into a  locker  and  Customs  men  frown  on  bringing  in  certain  !  to  paper  a  room find  at  times  that  their  beliefs  seal  them  up.  These  items  are  already  listed  on  fruits,  plants,  vegetables  and  animals.  The  ani­ as  to  customs  regulations  are  more  fancy  than  the crew  list  and  have  been  checked  by  customs  mals  allowed,  among  them  dogs  and  gorillas,  must  be inoculated  and  passed  by  the  US  Public  fact.  men.  Health  Seiwice.  ij  Queries  received  at  SIU • Headquarters    from  What  should I do  if  I buy  something in  a  for­ 'Seafarers  and  crews  as  to  customs  regulations  eign  port  and  want  to fcdlow the  proper  customs  Animals, it seems,  have given  the customs men  some  bad  moments  at  times  and  have  also  been  jshow  that  many  seamen  are  not  familiar  with  procedure?  '  i  the  law,  and  a  lot  of  fables  have  been  built  up  When  buying  an  article,  get  a  bill  of  sale..  the  source  of  a  few  laughs.  One  time  in  New  5  as  to  the  rights  and  privileges^ of  seamen  in  When  the  Purser  or  the  Skipper  is  making  up  York  when  customs  men  were  checking  a  crew,  bringing  goods  into  the  country.  the  crew  purchase  list,  the  seaman  should  be  ohe  of  the  seamen  seemed  anxious  to  be  on  his  In  an  effort  to  clear  the  air  of  misconceptions,  sure  the  items  he  purchased  are  added.  Later,"  way.  He  showed  the  inspectors  an  empty  bird  i  th6  office  of  the  US  Customs  in  New  York  was  when  he  leaves  the  vessel,  the  seaman  should,  cage  and  told  them  it  was  for  a  canary  in  his  i consulted.  The  answers  customs  men  gave  to  the  show  his  purchased  ifienis  and pfoc&iee  his  Bill  home,  ^iie  inspectors  were  about  to  pass  him  questions  raised  by  SlU  men  are  as  follows:.  of  sale.  He  then  pays  duty  on  his  purchases  and  when  the man  tipped  his  hat  to scratch  his head  and  a  parrot flew  out  and  off  into  the  blue  How  much  can  I  bring  into  the  country  duty­ is in  the clear.  yonder.  free?  According  to  custotha  rnen,  the  dfite­  hitch  in  In  another  situation  a  customs  inspector  re­ '  The  law  allows, a  seaman  to  bring  into  the  this  is  that  a  seaman  sometimes  tells  the  ship's  members his brush  with  a member  of  the animal  cotintry  the  clothing and  personal effects  he took  officer  to  add  his  purchase  to  the  list,  but  later  with  him,  plus  the following:  one quart  of  liquor  finds  out  the item  was not  added, and  he faces  a  kingdom.  While  checking  a  crew  he  asked  one  (opened),  300  cigarettes  or  50  cigars  or  three  possible fine  in  the  amount  of  the  value  of  the  of  the  men  what  he  had  in  the  bag  he  was  lug­  "  pounds  of  tobacco,  or  a  proportionate  amount  of  goods  and  must  go  to  the  Custom  House  to  get  ging.  The  man  shrugged  and  said,  "Not  much.  Go ahead,  take a  look." The  customs man  opened  each.  These  items  do  not  have  to  be  declared.  the  matter  squared' away.  the strings a  bit and  stuck his hand  in. He quick­ Anything  in  excess  of  these  which  is  not  on  Ohe  failure  of  seamen  at  times  is  to  see  that  ly  let­out  a  howl  and  jerked  his  hand  out.  He  the free  list is subject  to  duty. (The  free list  has  the  cigarettes  they  are  carrying  in  excess  of  15  |i  himdreds  of  duty­free  items  but  all  must  be  de­ packs are added  to the Hst.  Some men  think that  had  put  his  hand  square  in  the  face  of  a  very  ll  dared.  Antiques,  for  example,  are  duty­free.) *  if  the  cigarettes  are  stuck  iii  with  the  slopchest  strong  and  belligerent  baby  gorilla.  Miore  important  to  customs  men  than  shaking  Seamen,  as  a  rule,  are  not  allowed  to  bring  in  a  stores  they  are all  set. But  this is  not  the  case.  hands  with  the  animals  seamen  collect  in  their  ;  specific  amount  of  goods  duty­free  as  are  tour­ Customs men  suggest  that seamen  can expedite  travels  around  the  world,  is  the  constant  battle  i  ists  and  passengers.  The  situations  where  they  their  clearance if  the  crew  puts all  purchases  to­ they  wage  against  the  smuggling  of  illicit  goods,  I  are  allowed  this  privilege  are  explained  beloW.  gether  in  one  place, so  customs  men  can  go  over  primarily  narcotics.  According  to  customs  men,  Ar©  there  different  regulations  in  different  them  all  at  once  and  not  have  to  jump  around  it's a  rare seaman  who is involved  in  such  goings  US  ports?  from  bag  to  bag.  After  checking  off  all  the  pur­ on.  However,  where  seamen  learn  that  narcotics  Overall  the  regulations  are  the same.  The  cus­ chases  the  customs  men  can  then  go  through  the  are hidden  aboard  ship,  they  are  urged  to report  [: toms  service  maintains  a  school  in  New  York,  rest  of  the  crew's  luggage  quickly.  the  fact  to  the  Skipper  immediately.  I  where  inspectors  from  all  over  the  country  are  What  if  I Waiif  ib  take  from  the  US  a  foreign­ There's  no  question  of  protecting  anyone  or,  taught  uniform  enforcement  of  the  law.  There  made  item,  such  as  a  Germjan  camera?  being  a "squealer,"  as  the presence of  such  goods  I  may  be  slight  differences  in  some  ports  where  When  joining  the  ship  go  to  the  customs  in­­ are  as  dangerous  to  all  aboard  as  a  bomb,  and  I the  handling  of  problems  calls  for  somewhat  spector  and  get  a  registration  certificate  for  the  can  cause  ­a  lot  more  damage  in  the  long  run.  I  different  methods.  The  handling  of  such  situa­ item.  The  certificate  is  good  for  two  years.  If  Incidentally,  customs  men  invite  anyone  intef­ ; tions  is  at  the  discretion  of  the  customs  officer  the  seaman  has  brought  the  camera  into  the  US  ested  to  stop  in  and  see  their  exhibit  of  seized  in  charge  of  that  port.  after  a  previous  trip  and  has  declared  it,  the  narcotics  at  their'  training  school  at  54  Stone  How  much  in  value can  I  lake  ashore  if  I am  duty  receipt  from  that  time is  all  that  is needed.  Street,  New  York.  not  returning  to  sea?  In  this  case  a  seaman  is  considered  the  same  as  a.  passenger.  He fills  out  a  "Declaration  and  Entry  of  Crewmember  for  Imported  Articles"  and  writes  on  it "I  am  leaving  the vessel  and  do  not  intend  to  reship  immediately."  •  The  Skipper  or  Chief  Mate  then  signs  the  de­ claration  to  the  effect  that  he  believes  the state­ ment  to  be  correct.  The  seaman  may  then  bring  in items  amounting  up'to $200  in  value if  he has  been  out  of  the  country  at  least  48  hours,  and  has  not  had  a  previous  exemption  within  30  days,  pliis  $300  additional  if  the  trip  has  been  lohger  than 12  days.  The  law  on  this is  as follows:  "An  officer  or  seaman  leaving a vessel  arriving  from  a foreign  port  shall be considered  a  return­ ing  resident  of  the  United  States,  provided  he  is  a  resident  and  (1)  leaves  the  vessel  without  in­ I  tention  of  reshipping  on  a  vessel  touching  at  foreign  ports,  or  (2)  remains  on  or  transships  to  a  vessel  which  is  to  proceed  to  another  port  of  the . United States in  a movement  in  which  entry  of  the  vessel  will  not  be  required."  Crewmembers  not  intending  to,leave  the  sea  can,  in  certain  circumstances,  bring  in  items  up  l td. $500  in  value  by  following  part 2  of  the above  J;;_lwhich  means  that  if  a  ship  returns from  a for­ [rei^  trip  and  docks  at,  say,  Boston,  discharges  I all of  its  foreign  cargo  and  then  proceeds  down  the  coast  to  another  US  port,  the  ship  is  not  cleared  again  by  customs  in  its  second  US  port  because  it  was  already  cleared  in  Boston.  Men  .  W<ilter  DumkiskL iiMtru^r ^ tBd  U& G^otns ^cBobl Sa  Hew  York, looks over  an opium  wishing  to  take  advantage  of  the  law  in  this  jAtie  and! sanQiiles'ol^ ^umr selmd< 1>7  the geveritma^ai,  wliteh  are  among  tbe  exhibits  dlBplayed  case  would fill  out  the  "Declaration  ahd  Eritfy  in  the Curtom  Schoef  cIa«8ro6in3K'V:''  of  Crewinember for  Imported  Articles" M  Bostofi  �Friday,  July  13,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Thirteen  Digested  Minutes  Of  SiU  Ship  Meetings  STEEL  NAVIGATOR  (Isth­ books  and  permits  in  their  de­ ^an).  May  27—Chairman,  G.  partments.  Men  asked  to  take  Smithers;  Secretary,  A.  Mosher.  better  care  of  washing  machine.  Communications  from  Union read  4  4  4  and  accepted.  Engine  Delegate  ABIQUA  (Cities  Service),  June  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  TOTAL  . reported  53  hours  of  overtime.  PORT  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  SHIPPED  17—Chairman,  W.  Kane;  Secre­ Suggestion  made  to  fumigate  tary,  A.  Smith.  Delegates  report­ ship.  Boston  31  22  13  66  17  18  16  51  ed  some  disputed  overtime.  Mo­ New  York  145  144  114  403  189  198  126  513  tion  carried  to  draw  up  a  repair  4  4.  4^  JEAN  LAFITTE  (Waterman).  Philadelphia  50  25  32  107  75  47  55  177  list.  Beneficiary  cards  were  dis­ May  4—Chairman,  Ray  Queen:  Baltimore  162  103  105  370  133  109  98  340  tributed  to  crew  and  the  SIU  Secretary,  Clyde  Still.  Delegates  Norfolk  22  4  4  30  57  45  47  149  Welfare  Plan  was  explaineci.  reported  numlper  of  books  and  Savannah  12  .12  14  38  15  15  12  42  June  24—Chairman,  W.  Kane;  permits  in  their  departments.  Tampa  (No  Figures  Received)  (No  Figures  Received)  Secretary,  Samuel  Curtis.  Dele­ Discussion  on  repaying  Engineer  Mobile  61  55  51  167  40  41  36  117  gates  reported  no  beefs.  Vacation  money  advanced  to  buy  washing  New  Orleans  108  104  94  306  99  83  93  275  Plan  discussed  and  approved.  machine.  Galveston  53  37  36  126  34  32  26  92  4  4  4  West  Coast  ­33  32  22  87  10  13  19  42  ARCHERS  HOPE  (Cities  Ser­ CITRUS  PACKER (Waterman),  vice),  June  17  —  Chairman,  J.  677  538  485  1,700  669  601  528  1,798  April  8—­Chairman,  C.  Aubert;  GRAND  TOTAL  Schuler;  Secretary,  H.  Young.  "  Secretary,  H.  Cordes,­  Delegates  Educational  bidletin  "Our  Obli­ reported  some  disputed  overtime  SEACOMET  (Colonial),  June  departments  reported  some  dis­ ed  up be  turned  over  to  Patrol­ gation"  read  and  accepted.  Beef  in all departments  except  the  en­ gine  department.  A  vote  of  17  —  Chairman,  Sol  Cohen;  Sec­ puted  overtime.  Steward  thank­ man.  Bulletin  "Our  Obligation  raised  on  engine  men  doing work  of  deck  department.  thanks  givdn  the  Baker  for  put­ retary,  Frank  Volto.  Special  ed  the  crew  for  its  cooperation  read  to  crew  and  discussed.  meeting  called  to discuss  the five  during trip. .Vote of  thanks given  4  4  4  ting  out  good  pastry.  4  4  4  issues  sent  to  the  crew  for  dis­ 1st  Assistant  for  the  aid  he  gave  OCEAN  C  (Ocean  Transporta­ QUARTETTE  (Standard),  June  WILLIAM  W.  HARPER  (Wa­ cussion  and  vote.  Entire  crew  in  installing  the  wasjjing  ma­ tion),  June  24—Chairman,  Eddie  10  —  Chairman,  D.  Parker;  Sec­ ' ierman).  May  20—Chairman,  Lee  went .on  record  in  praise  of  the  chine.  Albinski;  Secretary,  Gaetano  Bu­ retary,  P.  Cassidy.  Deck  Dele­ Snodgrass:  Secretary,  George  Vacation  Plan  and  the  increased  June  23—Chairman,  Jan  Fouls;  sciglio.  Delegates  reported  all  in  gate  reported  approximately  250  Foley.  Delegates reported  all  benefits in  the  Welfare  Plan.  The  Secretary,  Richard  Huff.  Dele­ order.  Ship's  Delegate  to  see  hours  of  disputed  overtime.  Mo­ '  okay.  Crew  asked  to  conserve  other issues  raised  were also  giv­ gates  reported  number  of  books  Captain  about  cereal  at  every  tion  carried  that  sprinkler  sys­ and  permits.  Discussion  on  the  breakfast.  Members  asked  to  co­ tem  be  put  into  working  order.  water  as  many  leaks  have  not  en  full  endorsement.  five  current  issues  sent  to  the  operate  in  cleaning  dishes  at  Discussion  on  contribution  to ­be  4  4  4  yet  been  fovmd.  FEDERAL  (Trafalgar),  June  16  ship for  action.  All were  adopted.  night.  made  to  March  of  Dimes.  4>  it  4>  Discussion  on  proper  care  of  —Chairman,  Bill  Anderson;  Sec­ 4  4  4  MOBILIAN (Waterman), April 12  4  4  4  the  washing  machine.  retary,  J.  Melvyn  Lundy.  Dele­ WILLIAM  A.  M.  BURDEN  —Chairman,  Harry  Reynolds;  GRENVILLE  M.  DODGE  Secretary,  Joh^  Kalmick.  Dele­ gates  reported  the  number  of  (South  Atlantic),  May  23—Chair­ (Pacific  Tankers),  June  17  —  books  and  permits  in  their  de­ agates  reported  no  beefs.  man,  J.  Williams;  Secretary,  C.  Chairman,  Gene  Flowers;  Secre­ partments.  Educational  meeting  May  20 — Chairman,  Leonard  Wynn.  Beef  raised  over  Wiper  tary,  Charles  Murphy.  Delegates  Spivey;  Secretary, John  Kalmick.  held  for  the  new  work­permit­ not  being  allowed  to  make  cof­ reported  no  beefs.  Ship's  Dele­ /=  Discussion  held on  dispute  in en­ men  on  the  ship.  Vote  of  appre­ fee  in  the  afternoon.  Motion  car­ gate  reported  that  money  had  gine  room.  Discussion  on  dirty  ciation  given  the  stewards  de­ ried  to  have  officers'  rooms  been sent  to  the March  of  Dimes.  partment.  water  tanks.  checked  for  linen,  as  crew's  Suggestion  made  that  mail  sit­ :  4  4  4  quarters  have  already  been  uation  on  Suez  Canal  be  im­ 4.  4.  it  proved.  Men  who  bought  liquor  Recked.  BIENVILLE  (Waterman),  May  F&TRpUTE  ^cdhiasen),  Juqe  in  Suez  Canal  were  reprimanded  14—Chairman,  John  Santaniello;  .2p  —  C^i^n.  (iieoige  4  4  4  Secretary,  Ralph  Homocker.  Secretary, S^ley  Schuyler.  Dis­,  SPARTANBURG  VICTORY  for  their  conduct,  and  told  they  4  4  4  cussion  on  putting  up  awhipg  Delegates  reported  on  number  REATRIC^  VICT^OTY  (Traiw­ (Bloomfield),  June  3—Chairman,  would  face  charges  if  they  re­ back  aft.  Number  of  books  and  .  of  men in  their departments.  List  Fud),  ­May  21  —  Chairnian,  R.  Blackie  Rose;  Secretary.  W.  peated.  permits  in  each  department  re­ 4  4  4  of  repairs  readied  for  when  ship  GT.an,t,j  jS.eczeta)ry,  .J.  EUiptt,  Walsh.  Ship's  Delegate  Reported  ported.  Motion  carried  for  eacfr  Ship's  Delegate  asked  the  crew  that  purchase  of  a  washing  ma­ BULL  RUN  (Mathiasen),  April  takes  its  annual  inspection.  man  to  donate  $1  to  ship's  fund,  to  cooperate  and  not  delay  the  chine  in  Buenos  Aires  was  im­ 29  —  Chairman, F.  Johnson; Sec­ at  the  payoff.  Steward  given  a  ship  when  she  stops  in  Algiers  practical.  Discussion  on  advance  retary,  S.  Eullison.  Delegates  re­ vote  of  thanks  for  doing  wash  for  bunkers.  Ship's  Delegate  to  in  South  American  ports  to  be  ported  beefs  on  water  tanks  and  to  meet  the  linen  issue.  Discus­ see  about  new  deck  chairs  and'  made­ in  dollars.  Few  beefs  on  disputed  overtime  in  deck  de­ sion  on  the . five  issues  sent  to  cots  for  crew.  Crew  warned  to  chow  raised.  Stores  to  be  check­ partment.  Discussion  on  repairs  the ship;  entire crew  voted to  ac­­ keep  recreation  rqom  and  laun­ ed  in  future  before  ship  sails.  needed before  crew signs  articles.  '  4­  4*  4­ cept  all five.  W.  E.  DOWNING  (Malhi^n),  June  10—Chairman,  J.  John­,  Agreement  made  that each crew­ dry  clean.  4  4  4  .  jMay  20  —  Chairman,  John Lsme;  son;  Secretary,  Dresley.  Deck  member  is  to donate  $5  to­ship's  June  17—Chairman,  J. Lawton;  ,Secretary,  D|ui  Sheehan.  Dele­ Delegate  reported  some  disputed  NATHANIEL  B.  PALMER  Secretary,  J.  Elliott.  Delegates  fund. ^  gates  reported  on  number  of  (Paliqar),  June  10—Chairman,  J.  reported  no  beefs.  Suggestion  overtime.  Discussion  on  welfare  4  4  4  books  and  permits  in  their  de­ Doris;  Secretary,  M.  Hauf.  Dele­ made  that  repairs  be  listed  in  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (Cities  and  death  benefits.  partments.  Discussion  on  excesp  gates  reported  no  beefs.  Motion^  triplicate.  Patrolman  to  be  con­ Service),  June  14  —  Chairman,  June  20—Chairman,  Blanchard;  moise  at  meal  hours  making  it  carried  for  no  one  to  payoff  sulted  over  question  of  delayed  Mark  Oliver;  (Secretary  not  giv­ Secretziry,  F.  Johnson.  Delegates­:  impossible  for  the  Messman  to  until  all  disputed  overtime  is  sailing  in  Algiers.  en).  Delegates reported  some  dis­ reported  all  okay.  Motion  carried  settled.  Discussion  on  Chief  En­ ­hear  orders.  puted  overtime.  Treasurer  re­ that  $10  be  taken  from  ship's '|  4  4  4  June  3—Chairman,  E.  Calla­ gineer  breaking  watches  when  SEA  CLOUD  (Seatraders),  ported  $21.60  in  ship's  fund.  ]|p­ fund  for  purchase  of  magazines.  .  han;  Secretary.  L.  Arnold.  Dele­ ship  is in  port  less  than 24  hours.  (date  not  given)—Chairman,  R.  gineer  to  be  told about  poor  per­ Suggestion  made  that  all  meat  gates  reported  no  beefs.  Dis­ 4  4  4  McCullough;  Secretary,  W.  formance  of  crew's  refrigerator.  be  checked  and  that  foimd  bad  cussion  led  by  Ship's  Delegate  SEACOMET  (Zenith),  June  14  Geary.  Delegates  reported  num­'  June  26  —  Chairman,  T.  Mc­ be  taken  off  ship  in next  port.  ;  on  the  responsibilities  of  work­ —  Chairman,  Lyons;  Secretary,  ber  of  books  and  permits.  Mo­ • Henan;  (Secretary  not  given).  4  4  4  .  permitmeh.  Discussion  on  soap  Anderson.* Special  meeting  called  tion  carried  that  men  who  foul­ Delegates  reported  number  of  SOUTHERN  CITIES  (Southern,  and  match  shortage,  in  engine  to  discuss  and  vote  on  the five  Trading),  Jtme  11  —  Chairm^  department.  Spencer  Arent;  Secretary,  L.  issues  sent  from  Headquarters.  White.  Delegates  reported  4  4  4  All five  points  explained  to  crew  okay.  Ship's  Delegate  discussed  |  SEAWIND  (Seatraders).  June  and  the  members  voted  unani­ The  SIU  is  on record  that  charges  will  be  placed  against  performing  by  crewmembers  and  16  —  Chairman,  Tony  Martinez;  mously  to  accept  and  endorse  men  guilty  of  being  the  following:  missing  watches.  Crew  told  tO;  Secretary,  E.  Williams.  Delegates  all five  issues.  Crew  was  praised  notify  department  heads  when  reported  number  of  books  and  for  bringing  in  a  clean  ship.  PILFERERS:  Men  who  walk  off  ships  with  crew's  equip­ permits  in_  their  departments.  4  4  4  ment  or ship's  gear,  such  as  sheets,  towels, ship's  stores,  cargo,  switching  watches.  Discussion  on  possible  purchase  SEAPEARL  (Colonial),  June  2  eta.  for  sale  ashore,  4  4  4  ALCOA  RANGER  (Alcoa),  of  new  washing  machine  in  S^n.  —Chwmim, M. Anderson; Secre­ WEEDHOUNDS:  Men  who  are  in  the  possession  of  or  June  19—Chairman,  R.  Kelly;;  Francisco.  Three  men  commend­ tary,  P.  Wilkins.  Delegates  re­ who  use  marijuana  or  other  narcotics  on  board  an  SIU  ship  Secretary,  Louis Moore. Delegates,  ed  for  their  work  in  the  stew­ ported  number  of  books  and  or  in  the  vicinity  of  an  SIU  HalL  reported  all  okay.  Motion  carried  permits  in  their  departments.  •  ards  department.  GASHOUND  PERFORMERS:  Men  who  jeopardize  the  to  stop  buttermilk  and  have  a'  Motion  carried  that  anyone  hav­ 4  4  4  safety  of  their  shipmates  by  drinking  while  at  work  on  a  ship  ALEXANDRA  (Carras),  June  ing  a  beef  is  to  see  his  Delegate  or  who  turn  to in a  drunken  condition.  Those  who  disrupt  the  better  grade  of  ice  cream  put  9  —  Chairmsin,  H.  Wirtz;  Secre­ and  let  the  Delegate  take  the  operation  of  a  ship,  the  payoff  or  sign­on  by  being  gassed  up.  aboard.  Five  issues  discussed  and  J  voted  on.  j  tary,  E.  Reyes.  Delegates  report­ mattet  from  there.  Crew  in  All  Seafarers,  members  and  officials  alike,  arev  under  ed  no  beefs.  Suggestion  made  agreement  that  ship  is  one  of  CANTIGNY  tciries  Service),  that  receipts  for  washing  ma­ the  cleanest  they  have  ever  beem  obligation  to  place  charges  against  these  types  of  characters.  June  13—Chairman, Keith  Terpe;  on  despite  the  fact  that  ship  This  Union  was  built  of.  by  and  for  seamen.  Seafarers  chine,  iron  and  ironing  board  be  Secretary  J.  Kovachic.  Special  has  been  out  of  boneyard  only  fought  many  long  and  bloody fights  to  obtain  the  wages  and  sent  to  Headquarters  to have  the  meeting  called  to  act  on  the five  i  six weeks.  Discussion on  painting  conditions  we  now  enjoy.  For  the first  time  in  the  history  of  property  recorded  as  being  that  issues  raised  in  the  SE.AFARERS  1  the  ship  while  at  sea.  the  maritime  industry  a  seaman  can  support  himself  and  his  of  the  Union.  Educational  dis­ LOG.  All  issues  were  approved |  family  in  a  decent  and  independent  manner.  The.  SIU  does  4  4  4  cussion  on  the  rules  and  regula­ unanimously  and  thanks  extend­  J  AMBERSTAR  (Traders),  June  not  tolerate  the  jeopardising  of  these  conditions  by  the  actions  tions  of  the  SIU.  Men  assigned  ed  to  the  SIU  Headquarters  staff  of  irresponsibles.  .  j  ­ to  sanitary  work  were  told  to  do  10  — .Chairman,  H.  Carney:  Sec­ for  the fine  work  done.  retary,  H,  Iliff.  Delegates  in  dl  i  J  • better in  the  future.  A&G  Shipping  From  June 20 To  July 4  Unjon  Wreckers  Warned  �THE SEAFARERS Page  Fourteen  LOG Friday.  July  13.  1951  No  Compromise  '  Company  Seattle  Seafarers  Hail  Victory  (Continued from Fsge 2) Of Bering Sea Fishermen, Canners  going  to stay  with  it  until  the  relationships  become  very  On  CS  Tanker  satisfactory.  Foul  Things  Up  It is  ten months since  that  testimony  was  given. Des­ By  RAY  GATES  SEATTLE,  July  7—^The  Bering  the  Coast  Guardf  the  other  day  (Continued  from  Page  3)  Sea  Fishermen's  Union  won  its  about  the  clearing  of  two  of  our  pite  his assurances,  Mr. Farrell  is  no  longer  in  the  picture,  Pilot  boarded  I  secured  the  but­ men  who  ran  afoul  on  the  SS  3­day  strike  against  the  Alaska  and  the  relationship  between  the  company  and  the  union  terworth  system.  During  this  Choctaw. 1 would  like  to  warn  Salmon  Industry. It  was  a  bitter  fight,  with  the  Seafarers  Inter­ the  men  who  are  fouling  up  that  .has  not  improved.  In  fact,  a  pattern  has  gradually  evolv­ time  we  also  had  boat  drill,  national  Union  giving  full  sup­ the  Coast  Guard  is getting tough,  ed  that  is  shockingly  similar  to the  labor  relations  policies  changed  linen  and  the  Captain  port  to  the  Bering  Sea  Fisher­ and  that  if  they  continue  to  foul  employed  by  the  Marine  Division  in  the  sordid  pre­con­ put  out  a  draw.  I  was  so  busy  that  they  excused  me  from  boat  up  they  will  find  themselves  on  men.  drill.  I  didn't  have  time  to  the  beach  for  three  months  or  tract  days.  The  fishermen  won  payment  In short,  the  fears expressed  by  the SIU  at  the Senate  change  my  linen  and  was  too  of  40  cents  per  fish  and  welfare  longer.  tired  to  go  ashore  so  I  didn't  hearings  have  now  become  a  reality.  TOUGH  ON  SHIPMATES  contribt iions  by  the  employers  a  draw..  The  reason  is  simple  and  clear.  The  same  ignorance  take  based  on  20  cents  per  case  of  These  guys  not  only  foul  up  Taking  my  experience  on  the  salmon  packed.  Full  details  of  themselves,  but  create  a  hard­ and  bias,  the same  irrational  hatred  of  unionism,  the  same  other  CS ships  into consideration,  the  story  will  probably  be  cov­ ship  on  their  shipmates  by  de­ neurotic  refusal  to  accept  the  modern  concept  of  labor  and  talking  to  some  of  the  CS  ered  elsewhere  in  the  LOG,  but  priving  them  of  the  services  of  relations  which  produces  efficiency  and  good  will  on  seamen,  I  don't  believe  the  offi­ we  want  to  say  that  the  com­ their  shoreside  officials,  who  are  cials  at  70  Pine  Street  are  put­ mies  have  been  dealt  a  severe  kept  busy  running  to  the  Coast  both  sides  in  the  maritime  indutry  today,  is  directing  ting  this  much  pressure  on  their  blow  by  this  victory.  Guard  to  defend  the  foul­ups.  Marine  Division  policies.  supervisory  personnel.  I  believe  While  this evidence of  diseased  thinking still  pervades  the  Captain  and  Mate  of  this  Here  in  Seattle  shipping  is  No  meeting  was  held "  as  we  good,  with  two  ships—Mankato  lacked  the  quorum  necessary  to  the  Marine  Division,  there  obviously  cannot  be  any  pro­ ship  are  responsible  for  the  poor  Victory  (Victory  Carriers)  and  conduct  business.  gress  toward  attaining  the  smooth  labor­management  working  conditions  we  have  on  the  Purple  Star  (Triton)—paying  Brothers  Joe  Rudolph,  Gene  relations  that  exist  elsewhere  throughout  the  organized  this  ship.  P know  this  situation  off  in  the  shipping  period  just  O'Mara,  Ed  Carlson,  Berger  Jo­ will  be  cleared  up  sooner  or  . ..  ended.  These  vessels  held  sign­ hannsen,  and  Carroll  Quint  are  sections  of  the . maritime industry.  .  '  .  the  sooner  .,  the  ,  better  ons  and  port  activity  was  height­ among  those  on  the  beach  here.  Tne  SIU  is  anxious  to  reach  a  sound,  healthy  rela­  off  the  company,  ship  super­ ened  by  the  arrival  of  the  Las  Only  one  of  our  Brothers  is  in  tionship  with  the  Marine  Division.  But  both: parties  must I  visory  personnel and seamen  will  Vegas  Victory  (Isthmian)  and  the  hospital.  He's  C.  W.  Shivers.  show  good  faith and  a  desire  to <ieal honestly  with mufual  the Seamar  (Calmar),  which  call­ Any  of  his former  shipmates  and  problems.  However,  the  prospects  for  a  normal  approach,  At  present  this  is  the  third  ed  in­transit.  friends  who  drop  him  a  line  or  to  these  problems,  so  long  as  the  Marine  Division  is  bog­ voyage  for  me.  Voyage  No.  2  was  considerably  better.  I  lined  pay  him  a  visit  will  be  doing  a  LOGS  DROPPED  up  the  pumps  myself  and  we  ged  down  by  a  perverted  perspective,  is  mighty  dim.  good  turn.  had  trouble  butterworthing.  On  the  Purple  Star,  the  Skip­ In  face  of  this  situation,  the  SIU  is  once  again  doc­ The  no  With  the  big  salmon  starting  Mate  stayed  in  his  room  per  has  a  bookfull  of  logs.  Some  to  run  in  this  immediate  area,  were  good  and,some  not  so  good  anybody  who  wants  to  get  some  umenting  its  case.  The  relentless  fight  that  marked  the  most  of  the  time  but  the  deck  and,  after  wrangling  awhile,  the  good  fishing  while  waiting  for  a  first  phase  of  the  relationship  with  Cities  Service  will  be  department  was» still  driven  like  Skipper  dropped  all  of  them.  On  ship  should  head  for  Seattle.  renewed  until  the  men  in  that  fleet  enjoy  the  full  pro­ a  bunch  of  prisoners.  They  still  the  Las  Vegas  Victory,  in  the  And  the  weather  is  fine  since  tection  and  representation  to  which  they  are  entitled  by  insist  on  them  doing several  jobs  Gulf  to  West  Coast  trade,  there  the  big  rains  have  disappeared  virtue  of  their  agreements  and  the  laws  of  this  land.  On  at  once.  I saw  one man  on  another ship  were  three  men  in  the  stewards  for  the  summer—we  hope.  this  there  can  be  no  compromise.  seriously  injured  while  butter­ department  who  apparently  were  worthing  and  will  probably  see  out  for  the  ride  and  wouldn't  another  if  the  working  pace  on  perform  their  jobs.  this  ship  isn't  slowed  down.  I  After  talking  to  these  men  it  have  put  the  plates  on  several  was  decided  that  the  best  thing  butterworth  holes  myself.  This  was for  them  to get  off  the  ship.  is  not  my  job,  but  to  prevent  We  shipped  replacements  from  someone  from  stepping  into  one  the  Hall.  One  of  these  birds  of  these  holes  I Ijave  been doing '  thought  it  was  quite  an  accom­ this  of  mjj own  free  will.  If  the  plishment  for  him  to  have  sailed  Celestine,  Oliver  20.00  FT.  WORTH,  TEXAS  (Continued  from  Page  6)  Bosun  didn't  drive  the  men  back  on  three ships  in as many  weeks.  Dennis,  S.  L  10.00  Wise,  Joseph  ...".  68.00  to  the  chipping  hammers  and  10.00  Chahoc,  P.  T.  .;  Inasmuch  as  he  had  fouled  up  Johnson,  G.  F.  20.00  10.00  Cruz,  RogeHo  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  paint  brushes  so fast  they  would  on  all,  he  was  sent  pac^g.  20.00  Rogers,  H.  L.  ...  270.00  Gross,  E.  E  MEMPHIS.  TENN.  have  time  to  secure  them.  We  spent  a  few­  hours  with  Desoso,  S.  M.  ,  .20.00  Ratcliff,  R.  A  40.00  I  heard  one  man  ask  the  Bo­ 10.00  430.00  Garretson,  F.  H...  sun  if  he  could  get  a  drink  of  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  Hackett,  J. J,  10.00  FT.  STANTON,  NEW  MEXICO  water  and  go,  to  the  head.  Of  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  ...i  20.00  McDonald,  Donald  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.  Kelly,  Daniel  D  40.00  course  this  man  is  new  in  our  Kuschke,  W  20.00  Pritchard,  E.  L  Thurman,  Henry  •   40.00  40.00  Union,  but  he  is  driven  so  hard  10.00  Shively,  Clarence  D.  Rivera,  Ruperto  30.00  Kueider,  Joseph  .•   40.00  he  is  afraid  to  take  a  break  on  Here's  one  big  reason  prices  Harris,  J.  G  20.00  Woods,  Gidlow  7.00  Lang,  Leo  40.00  his  own  without  receiving  a  . must  be  controlled:  Martin,  A  10.00  Maasik,  J  .­...  10.00  tongue  lashing.  The  cost  of  living  jumped  10  Mitchell,  Frank  10.00  21.00  Mauffray,  A.  160.00  On  several  of  my  many  trips  percent  between  April  1950  and  Jarvis,  L.  E  ,  20.00  20.00  Mayrbat,  J  past  the  midships  house  tMs  LOS ANGELES COUNTY April  1951—and  they're  still  go­ Rogers,  "William  H  McKay,  M.  .;  20.00  20.00  trip  I  have  heard  loud  reports  ing  up.  GENERAL HOSPITAL 10.00  Sadowski,  P.  10.00  Mondesire,  F.  J.  like  the firing  of  a  pistol  or  How  they  rose  during  the  Haim,  C.  F  10.00  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA rifle  and  after  being  shot  at  sev­ 20.00  Patterson,  E.  A.  37.00  Korean  war  is  shown  by  the  Moats,  C. L  20.00  Neumaier,  Charles  J  20.00  Raana,  Karl  eral  times  and  hit  once  during  table  below.  The  table  is  taken  Smira,  G.  M.  20.00  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  ;  20.00  Ray,  Claude  World  War  II,  I  usually  jump  from  the  consumers'  price  in­ Tickle,  Lonnie  20.00  NORFOLK,  VIRGINIA  ,  when such, blasts occur. I thought  dex  published  by  the  Bureau  of  20,00  Piatt,  Elijah  C., ..•   • .  28.00  the Captain  might  be target  prac­ 218.00  Wallickj  C.  E.  . Labor Statistics  (BLS)  and shows  ticing,  but  I  am  told  by  more  how  various  items  of  the  budget  BRIGHTON  MARINE HOSP.  390.00  than  one  crewmember  that  the  BOSTON,  MASS.  of  moderate­income  families  in  Death Benelifs Bald­ supervisors  are  celebrating  Hie  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  10.00  18  large  cities  have  increased  Marques,  J  Fourth  of  July­with  firecrackers.  Pedersen,  Sverre  ...............  500.00  MOBILE,  ALABAMA  '  10.00  between  April  15,  1950,  and  Cabral,  E.  I  have  heard  the  reports­  and  Burke,  Tim  20.00  Sofianos,  Dimitrios  1,000.00  10.00  April  15,  1951.  Those  are  the  Brown,  A.  G  at  least  three  men  saw  them  Shepherd,  B.  10.00  Holden,  Hubert  1,000.00  10.00  latest  dates  for  which  figures  Krotenberg,  A  use  them.  I  don't  think  an  oil  Gray,  William  E  1,000.00  Ashurst,  James  10.00  Campbell,  L  10.00  are  available.  Birmingham,  J.  .­.  20.00  Smith, William  C  1,000.00  tanker  which  usually  carries  Dirksmeyer,  F  31.00  The  table  shows  how  costs  1,000.00  gasoline  is  the  proper  place  to  10.00  Thompson,  Robert  W.  14.00  Slay,  Jam6s  compare  with  the  1935­39  period  Gardner,  E  use firecrackers  in  celebrating  of  100  points.  5,500.001 the  Fourth.  70.00  95.00  April 15,  April 15,  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  1950  1951  SEATTLE.  WASHINGTON  All  items  168.5  184.6  42.00  All  foods  197.3  225.7  Shiver,  John  10.00  Meats  224.6  272.5  Schmidt,  George  shore  union.  Last  April,  it filed  picketlines  at  the  Ekuk  cannery  (Continued  from  Page  1)  Beef  and  "Veal  246.4  309.5  manned  Sailor's  Splice  arrived  unfair  labor  practice  charges  in  Alasl^a.  52.00  at  Naknek  she  refused  to  unload  against  the  industry  because  it  The  Cannery  Workers  Union  Dairy  products  179.6  204.1  Clothing  184.9  203.6  DEERSHEAD  STATE  HOSP.  the  cannery  cargo.  signed  a  contract  with  the  AFU­ joined  the  strike  late  last  month  Rent  130.1  135.1  SALISBURY,  MARYLAND  and  switched  its  affiliation  from  After five  days,  the  company  COMMIE  SCABS  Housefurnishings  ..185.4  211.8  Lucan,  Michael  J  40.00  ordered  the  vessel  to  return  to  the  CIO  to  the  SIU.  Miscellaneous*  154.7  164.6  US  PUBLIC  HEALTH  SERVICE  ,eattle  with  her  cargo.  The  commie­dominated  group  Representing  the  new  SIU  af­ US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  The  Bering  Sea  Union  broke  tried  to"  smash  the  strike  and  filiates" in  their  successful  con­ * Includes  medical  care,  drugs,  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  iway  from  the  communist­dom­ were  reported  transporting  com­ tract  negotiations  was  Jim  Dow­ household  operation;  recreation,  Arnold,  R.  C  10.00  "nated  Alaska  Fishermen's  Union  munist  sympathizers  from  West  ney,  who  served  as  chairman  of  alcoholic  bevereages,  tobacco  Buckley,  E.  R.  lO.OC  ast  January,  when  a  move  was  Coast  waterfronts  to  the  strike  the  joint  committee  that  niet  products,  personal  care,  trans­,  CaldweU,  J  lO.OC  nade  to  merge  the  AFU  with  area  for finking  activities.  The  with  representatives  of  the  sel­ •   portation,  etc.  ,  .  Cara,  W.  O.  20.00  Haxry  Bridges'  West  Coast  Ipnig­ AFU;  kept  working  behind  the  mon ""industry.  Living Costs Rise  10 Percent  In Year  Alaskan  Affiliates  Win  Beef  ,,  t'  �Friday/  July  IJ,  1951  The  Indian  government  has  set  up  its  own  hiring  halls  for  seamen  in  a  move  to  stamp  out  waterfront  bribery  and  cortruption.  The  men  will  be  registered  and  shipped  under  the  rotary  sys­ tem. .  .  . Dredging  operations giving Port Newark  a 35­foot  channel to the Atlantic Ocean  was  com­ pleted  on  July  10.  Newark,  which  has  no  lines  serving 'Europe  or  the  Mediterranean,  hopes  to  attract  some.  .  .  .  AFL  International  Longshore­ men's  Association  charges  that  high  pier  rentals  demanded  by  the  city' of  New  York  are  driving  shippers  to  other  ports,  and  is  launching  a  cam­ paign to  bring  the rentals down.  Waterman  has  received  permission  from  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  to  expand  its  intercoastal  service.  It  can  now  move cargo  from  California  eastbound  to  Baltimore  and  Atlantic  ports  south  of  Baltimore.  The  ICC  also  granted  the  company  the  authority  to  carry  passengers  between  Miami,  Florida,  and  the  various  Pacific  and  Atlantic  ports  it  already  serves.  . . .  Moore­ McCormack  will  continue  to  operate  its  three  "good neighbor"  liners,  the  Argentina, Brazil  and  Uruguay,  having  submittedr a  bid  of  $22,000  par  ship  per  month  for  the  charter  of  Ihe  fleet.  In  addition,  the  company  must  construct  (with  the  aid  of  a  construction  differential  subsidy)  two  combination, vessels,  when  required  to  by  the  Maritime  Administration.  The  new  ships  will  be  $46 ­feet  long, have  a  speed of  23 knots,  and  will  carry  650  one­class  passengers.  The  dry  cargo  capacity  will  be  3,450  deadweight  tons,  and  refrigerated  cargo  45$  deadweight  tons.  US  has  granted  another  $17,235,000  to  Japan  for building new  merchant  vessels, in addition to  the  $14,450,000  granted,  previously.  Japanese  in­ ^rnational  class  shippings will  iptal 277  ships  of  1,683,000  gross  tons  by  March  3i,  1952,  according  to the  Japanese  government.  ... J.  Lewis Luck­ enbdch)  chairman  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  American  BiureaU  of  Shipping,  died  on  July  rAS'  SEArARERS  LdC  4,  at  the  age  of  67.  A  member  of  the  board  of  governers  of  the  Propeller  Club,  and  a  member  of  other shipowner  organizations, he  was  a mem­ ber  of  the  unlamented  US  Shipping  Board  dur­ ing  World  War  I.  A  bill,  HR  4544,  introduced  by  Congressman  Anfuso of  New York, would  establish  in the  Bur­ eau of  Customs  the  US  Customs  Port  Patrol  and  the  US  Customs  Border  Patrol,  in  order  to  im­ prove  the  enforcement  of  the  anti­smuggling  laws.  Customs  Port  Patrol  officers  would  be  as­ signed to every  pier  and dock  where  any  foreign  vessel  or. any  ship carrying  cargo  from  a  foreign  country has  tied  up, or  where passengers are  dis­ embarking  from  any  vessel  which  has  arrived  from  a  foreign  country.  These  officers  would  be  authorized  to  make  searches,  and  make  seizures  and arrests, in accordance  with the law*  15  more  Liberty  ships  were  allocated  to  gen­ eral  agents  on  July  2,  it  was  anounced  by  the  National  Shipping  Authority, five  of  which  went  to  SIU  companies.  Two  were  allocated  to  Alcoa,  while  one  each  went  to  Bloomfield,  Bull  and  Eastern.  The  total  allocations. under  GAA  now  total  187,  of  which  175  are  Liberties,  11  Victories  (one  assigned  for  repairs  only)  and  one  C­4,  also  assigned  for  repairs.  .  .  .  Leading  American  oil  companies  have  made  plans  to  pool  their  over­ seas  supplies,  tankers  and  other  facilities  on  a  world­wide  basis,  to  lessen  the  effect  of  ar  shut­ down  of  Iranian  oil,  now  being  nationalized.  Legal  clearance  from  the  D^jartm'ent­ of  Justice  is  being  awaited.  The  Coast  Guard  has  <9oai|ileted  setting  up  of  appeal  boards  to  bear  eases  of  those  who  have  been  screened  odt  ss  poor security  risks.  Local  appei^rbpards  wiU  have  11  JUdxir  six  opexmioT  mmnhM  and  one  ahemate  for  the  operators.  The  naddonal  appeal  board  in  Wash­ ington  consists  of five  labor  and five  manage­ ment  membera  and  two  aUernalives, plus  Coast  Page  Fifteien  Guard  members.  Local  boards  are  located  in  New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Nor­ folk,  New  Orleans  and  San  Francisco.  L  is  ex­ pected  that  all  US  ports  will  have  boards  in  the  near  future.  . . .  The  Maritime  Commission  has  given  its  approval  for  the  building  of  nine  new  foreign­flag  tankers  in  American  shipyards.  ^ The  CIO  Marine  Engineers  and  the  AFL  Mas­ ters, Mates  and Pilots have  announced a  program  for  joint  action.  They  have  notified  the  operators  that  they  will  work  together  for  imiform  expira­ tion  dates for  their  contracts.  They  will  also  col­ laborate  more  closely  on  legislation  that  affects  the  maritime  industry.  Tliey  are  taking  under  advisement  the  question  of  merging  both  or­ ganizations,  although  it  was  stressed  that  a  mer­ ger  is  "not  in  the­immediate  thinking"  of  the  officials of  either organization. The  MEBA  claims  14,000  members  and  the  MM&P  8,000.  The  unity  talks  were  initiated  by  the  MM&P.  Another One  Big Union  is due to hit  the water­ front  one  of  these  days,  this  one  composed  of  shipowners  and  operators.  The  National  Feder­ ation  of  American  Shipping,  the  principal  group  of  shipping  interests,  is  behind  the  move  for  a  single  agency  to  strengthen  industry's  voice  in  Waidiinglon and — of  course —  to present  strong­ er opposition  to  demands of  the  maritime  unions  .... Senator Warren  G. Magnuson  (Dem., Wash.)  rapped  the  excessive  use of  foreign­flag  ships by  State  Department  officials  and  employees.  Al­ though the  Merchant  Marine Act  of  1936 requires  them  to  use  American  ships  when  available,  ibis  provision has  been exempted  in every appropria­ tions  bill  since. 1947.  State  Department  statistics^  showed  that  last  year  811  employees  travelled  to  and, itopl  Northern  Europe  in  American­flag  vessels,  while  926  went  aboard  foreign  liners.  All  in all,  in  travel  to  and  from  all  parts of  the  world,  2,002  went  on  American  shq>s,  and  1,^8  used foreign  ships.  Louisiana  Labor  Groups  Rap  6S  For  Anti­Union  Poiicy  Of  a  malignant  and  evil  condi­ ised  scrapping  of  the  anti­labor  necessity  suffer  as  much  in  the  same  stalling  technique^ flie,  (ConHmud  from  Fagt  1)  event  of any  unpleasantness," he  same  scheme  to  avoid  accep­ tion  that  exists  in  your  Marine  viewpoint  Was  fortibicoming.  "brutal  record  . already  written  said, "as any  of  the  other  parties  tance  of  the  fact  that  it  must  Walter  R;  Mayo,  president  of  Division."  into the  annals of  the  US Senate  deal  with  the  Union  in  good  to  the  disagreement."  Here  Morrison  was  r^erring  the  Lake  Charles and  Southwest  by  the  Cities  Service  Marine  Mayo  asked  that  the  company  faith  in  order  to  build  a  sound  to  the  irrational  anti­labor  phil­ Louisiana  Central  Trades  and  Division,"  his  organization  was  "take  any  and  all  steps"  neces­ relationship,"  the  SIU  oSmal'  osophy  of  certain  Marine  Divis­ Labor  Council,  declared  in  a  "shocked  and  alarmed  to  dis  sary  to  "effect  a  smooth  and  said.  ion  officials,  whose  policies  pre­ communicatiua  to top level.com­ cover  the  current  stand  that  the  Cities  Service  Oil  Company  is  cipitated  the  overwhelming num­ pany officials that, in  view of  the  happy  labor  policy,"  in  the  Ma­ "Ten  months  have  gone  by'  taking  in  respect  to  this  union  ber  of  unfair  labor  practices  Marine  Division's  sordid  record  rine  Division  similar  to  that  and  the  company  has  failed  to.  filed against the company during  in  labor  relations,  "it  seems  in­ which  exists  "throughout  the  convince  anyone  that  its  plea  (SIU.)"  the  SIU's  organiang  drive,  and  conceivable  that  such 'a flagrant  rest  of  your  operations."  for  time  was  genuine,"  he  add­ He  expressed  the  fear  that  for  which  the  company  will  disregard  for  the  welfare  and  ed.  "We're  still  confronted  with  nfCmENTS  MOUNT  failure  to  resolve  the  issues  in  shortly  begin  paying  out  the  interest  of  your  employee's  in  the  same  problem.  However,  the  question "might  conceivably  lead  first  $150,OOa  awarded  to  claim­ the  Marine  Division  should  still  As  the  SIU  contmued  to  ac­ Union  is  prepared  to  continue  cumulate  documentation  of  inci­ to  serious  trouble  in  this  area."  ants  by  liie  National  Labor  Re­ prevail.  the  fight,  and  is  carefully  docu­ Stating that "the  economic  and  lations  Board.  "The  Organized  Labor  move­ dents  throughout  the  CS  fleet  menting  its  case  much  aS  it  did,  moral  status  of  the  citizens  and  These  company  policies  also  ment  here  in  the  Lake  Charles  involving  discriminatory  treat­ in  the  pre­contract  phase 'of  the  Workers  of  this  area  is  woven  led  to  the hearings  held last  fall  area  is dumbfounded to find that  ment  of  seamen,  vi^ations  of  We  are  soundly  convinc­ far  too  closely  and  intimately  before  the  Senate  Labor  sub­ the  Seafarers  are  sdll  being  op­ the  agreommxt  and  statement  of  battle.  ed  that  the  Union  position  is  with  the  marine*  phase  of  the  committee,  headed  by  Senator  pressed  and  persecuted  at  every  compstny  intentions,  and  other  ccorect  and' justifiable. Th^e­ are  to a lack  of  Cities  Service  operations  to  per­ Murray,  at  which  Ma^e  Divis­ opportunity  by  your  Marine  evidences adding  fundamentals  that  scone.  mit  any  conflict  or  strike  to  ion  officials vowed  that with  the  Division,"  the  AFL  officii^  con­ good  faith  on  the  part  of  the  certain  Marine  Division  people  must  comi^any,  A&Q  District  Secre­.  exist  without  definite  harm  be­ signing  of  the  SIU  cmttract  they  tinued.  learn  are  necessary  to  accept  in  big  done  to  all,"  the  building  wore  going  to  turn  over  a  new  "CuDsidering  our  ex^lent  re­ tary­rTreasurer  Paul  Hall,  in­ our  way  of  life."  Vice­President  Storey  of  trades  official  ­urged  the  oom­ leaf.  lations  here  vdth tiae  Tutwiler  formed  Meanwhile,  it  is »»xpeeted  that  pany to make  every  effort  to  ef­ Refinrar  ei Citiea  Serviee,  it  is  the  paralld  existing  between  payment  of  the individual awards  mcOKSiSTEm  y<»JCY  the  company's  present  labor  re­ fect  a  smooth  relationship  with  hard  tor  us to ,believe that  any  Morrison  said  that  the  Marine  but  the  best  and  most  harmon­ lations  policy  today  and  that  to  Citiesx  Service  seamen  who  the SIU.  In  his protest,  L.  A.  Morr^ni,  Division's  pofieiet  are  "wholly  ious  rdiatioBS  are  exparMBCed  whl€&  was  employed  at  the  filed  the  first  group  of  tuxfhif  height  of  the  company's  infam­ labor  {Haetice  charges  agahist  Jr.,  Businsss  Manager  of  the  inconsisteat"  with  those  ctf fiie  throughout  your  corperatiott.  the  company  win he macte short­ ous  anti­union  campaigning.  Lake  Charles  Metal  Trades  refineiy  secttens  of  the C$  om­ "Yet  the  facts siieak  for fliem­ ly.  The  amounts  have  already  GauuniaUBag  en  the  incidents  Council,  struck  hard  at  die utib  pke,  who­  ee^ hmmotem  re­ ^Ives,"  Mayo  asamtei,  '|aad  the  been  determined  by  the  Nli^  which  have  been  pyramidiiig  oi  the  problem  that  is  prevent­ lations  and  era  to  situation created  by one  division  and  the  names  ef  the  men  wid  throui^ut  the  CS  fleet.  Hall  ihg  the  company  frmn  enteriiig  ndsKK  di£b«meee  cpddkLp.  In  Of  . your  ctanpany  is  serious  their {NTOirated shares of ^  $lgO,­­ said "The record WiIl»dei»onstrate  into  any  relationship  with  the  the  Marine  DivisiOtt^*  Mhrrisbn  enou^  to  disaster  for  aU  000  agirced  mpm.  in  the  settle­ that  contrary  to  an  assurances  mi di­ Sio  based  on  good  faith  and  saM,  "the  mc«t  verse  m«fld>d8  are  usetb to  ffie­ phases  of  your  operafions  here."  made  1^  company  officials  to  ment  s|flp!ulation­heve  bieen  fbr­'  itaieete  intent  The  iheAss  qffieial  the  US  Senate  Committee  last  .warded io file  company.  "Apparently  the  inquipition  is.  vent'­ a' amoetbc''  pointed  otrt>  thet­ all  crafts  are  SeptmtdMr^  the  Marine  Division  As seon  as the  cempaEny  eomc  not  yet  over,''  Morrison wrote  to  fioaHilp:  ­twowefltt .  <and:  ,uBunaha^  affaated  by  the  labor  has mwt  hitd lk* ghgbteat  chttbge  pletes  ataariag  eat tiM  chedcs  YiccHFreOident  Shoreyi­  "AnRmrr  of  ike company wflk amy  et heart  with:  to  its  at*  and ImiWazda them  tn the ­NUUS,  eotly  not  only  sqanuM^  hut  ibo  The  AR, Mufak TrWtos :o«ic«  titede  toward unsKmzation af  its  the  BtWsd  Win  notify  codt  n£  entire labor movemeni. oopcern led^aleo  Aomemm  ­the­ the  men  inveiieg  can  w'ih  yc»yr  corypany  must  bs  serious  •  trouble  '  all  ,.,"The ,  erafta  employed  ,|S„ the  seamen.  persecuted ; still  furtterbecause^ skills and crafts unleBS:rihie prom­ Tutwilm­  Refinery  here  would  of  "The  company  is  using  the  pick  up­4heir  bat^ ^pay  awards.  �THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Sixteen  Friday,  July„13,  1951  I  ^  ~  ,  J  ||;|p|p|^||p||||  m  |||;|::pipS«s|S;;^^  Sporting  bandages  on  their  arms  after  receiving  first  aid  at  a  New  Orleans  hospital,  the  Deck  Maintenance  and  an  AB  pose  on  deck  of  the  Steel  Maker.  They  were  injured  when  a  cable  broke  as  a  boom  was  being  secured.  Crewmen  on  the  SS  Florida  amuse  themselves  in  a  friendly  card  game  in  the  Port  of  Ha<  vana.  Left  to  right:  Frank  Femandes,  A.  Chaves,  an  unidentified  man,  Iglesias,  R.  Brito,  M>  Roque  and  E.  Reyes.  Photo  by  Hector  Reyes.  Crewmembers  of  the  SS  Northwestern  Victory  attend  celebration  at  USS  Club  in  Kobe,  Japan,  on  reuniun  of  their  shipmates,  James  Santiago  (seated  at  center  of  table)  and  lus  soldier­brother,  Arnold.  With  them  is  Jane  Gallagher,  USS  representative,  who  helped  bring  the  two  brothers  together  in  Kobe,  Japan.  Seidarer  James  Santiago  (right)  with  his  brother  Arnold  (center)  and  their  brother­in­law  Agustin  Diets,  whom  the':  Santiagos  met  in  Kobe  for  the  first  time  in  eight  years.  /;j|  ­p.'p­;,  John  Holoboski,  a  member  of  the  SlU  since  1945,  recently  received  his  Third  Assistant  Enflfoeer's  licei)se,  John  holds  SIU  BOpl^  No.  48713.  A  former  shipmale 9f .1^, jtidbe^ Barnss,i  •   Seafarer  James De Vito and  his hfidor Ihe fanner  Cardlinfr  ;;aiso/ .goi^' hiC' Third^Bagifaieer^s:  Jennings ,  posa ­  shortly ^ter . lhMr ^marriage  on  Jutoe  11  in .  'Mefcet,'  'Bofh­men^^  '  FaIndoth.^C!di»f^C^^ea  Sha  8te4!''  Capeid'tra,.  Alrica.; ASi^hahds  airo­­wirhlng>l^  ;  getlMr  AB  the  SS ScKithstar­fir  ^^^  ilde.'efMteurs­ ai.llie eUr owhas^'her way­thr^itt|#te^^  sefl  iha besS  of  luck.^^.  1949.  •  .  •  .  CiniL  yI  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource July 13, 1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIII, No. 14 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: BERING SEA FISHERMEN, CANNERY WORKERS WIN 33-DAY STRIKE; BOTH JOIN SEAFARERS SIU DISTRICTS TO MEET ON WAGE REOPENING CS PAYS OFF GUMSHOE NABS CULPRIT WITH - 3C TOMPATO NO COMPROMISE AN EXAMPLE OF SEAGOING CHICKEN CS COMPANY-STIFF DECK OFFICERS FOUL THINGS UP-BUT GOOD RECENTLY ORGANIZED COMPANIES BOOST SHIPPING IN PHILADELPHIA DIABETES VICTIMS ARE WARNED OF DANGEROUS REMEDY SOUTH ATLANTIC GETS OKAY FOR TWO SHIPS MACHINISTS MAY STRIKE CS REFINERY IN LAKE CHARLES SPREADING THE UNION WORD PICK UP GEAR LEFT IN BEAVER ST. HALL ACCOLADES GIVEN TO CLEAN SHIPS BY WILMINGTON SEAFARERS IN LAKE CHARLES HELP DISTRIBUTE 'UNION BUYING GUIDE' SAVANNAH EXPECTING PERIOD OF SLOW SHIPPING GOOD SHOT OF SIU HALL IN MOBILE MOBILE BOASTS OF GOOD SHIPPING; TEAMSTERS' STRIKE MAY END SOON SHIPPING, VOTING, WEATHER SET HOT PACE IN NO SHIPPING TAKES BRANCH MEETING FROM BOSTON DOPE PUSHERS GET DEEP SIX FROM THE SIU IT SEEMS EVERY SIU SHIP HIT PORT BALTIMORE GALVESTON SHIPPING SLOWS A BIT BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY GOOD PASSAGE ON FREIGHTER TOPS LUXURY LINERS, AUTHOR FINDS CHOWHOUNDS FIND HEAVEN ON SEACORAL US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE RENAMES MARINE HOSPITALS SEAMEN AND CUSTOMS REGULATION SEATTLE SEAFARERS HAIL VICTORY OF BERING SEA FISHERMEN, CANNERS ROUND UP OF MARITIME NEWS SEAFARERS REPORT FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/13/1951 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1951 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/0bfefafb9a6e254cc3042ef1d25675a5.PDF bd753823daf5a6c08d26323261253cad PDF Text Text JOQ SECSRITV IN UNITY (xmoiAL oBcuuf or THI AgMsraig ^HB mir imfsmi, SEAFABEBS' IKTESHAXIOKAL WnSS OF V<»IB AKEBaOA VoL VI. NEW YORK, N.Y« FRIDAY JULY 14. 1344 No. 20 II Washington Flash !! New The following: telegram was received from Washington regarding the bonus: WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM July 13, 1944. JOHN HAWK, Seafarers International Union Of North America 2 Stone St. NYK . To all parties signatory to the Statement of Principles: Effective 12:01 AM August 1, 1944, as to all vessels whether at sea or in port, Maritime War Emergency Board has amended Decision 2 B as follows: Quote 1. Paragraph C of Classification I of Article II is amended to change the west­ ern boundary line of the Pacific area in the Ba,y of Bengal and Indian Ocean from 90 degrees East Longitude to 80 degrees East Longitude. It should be noted that this amend­ ment to Classification I of Article II likewise extends the Pacific area with regard to payment of area bonus under Paragraph A of Article V. 2. Paragraph B of Article V is amended by adding at the end of the first sentence the following: Or (3) which is otherwise subjected to extreme and immediate danger of destruction as a result of enemy attack or other direct war hazard. Unquote, Alkother recommend­ ations and suggestions are the subject of further study and consideration. By direction of THE MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD (D&Al y8-7D-20) ERICH NIELSEN, Secretary Rehabilitation Of Sick Merchant Seamen Speeded Up By WSA WSA Rules On Medical Exams For Merchant Seamen Definite directives regarding bareboat charter to the War Ship­ the medical examinations which ping Administration. seamen must go through to ship (b) Experienced seamen shall on vessels of the War Shipping not be disqualified for age or dis­ Administration have been issued abilities due to age and occupa­ by the WSA. tional wear and tear. The pur­ They are as follows: pose of the program is protection to others and remedial action for TITLE 46—SHIPPING those needing it, the hospital fa­ Chapter IV. War Shipping AdministratioB cilities bf the United States Publice Health Service and the hePari 304—Labor Medical Examinations for Crews habilitation program of the Fed­ Of War Shipping Adnunistration eral Security Agency being al­ ready available for seamen re­ Vessels quiring such services. 304.41 Purpose and fcope ^ medical examination program. (c) Nothing in this order is ap­ (a) In order to safeguard the plicable to medical programs of health of crew members and shipping companies which al­ troops, and the safety and effici­ ready have such programs in op­ ency of the vessel itself, there is eration. This General Order instituted the practice of requir­ (Sees. 304.41 through 304.49) is ing regular annual, as well as applicable only to facilities and signing-on, medical examinations programs of the United States and-'the -basic -immunization of Public Health Service, and the all licensed and unlicensed personnal employed on all Ameri­ War Shipping Administration can, Honduran, and Panamanian which either are available or will flag vessels owned by or imder be made available to carry out Every Dollar Helps When It Is Invested In War Bonds. the purposes of this order (SeocL 304,41 through 304.49). 304.42 Supervision and control of examination in accordance with Administrative Order. In ac­ cordance with Administrative Or­ der No. 51, medical examinations shall be tmder the guidance and control of the Medical Director of the War Shipping Administra­ tion, who shall be an officer of the United States Public Health Ser­ vice detailed for the purpose by the Surgeon General of that Ser­ vice. The Medical Director will be represented in each port by a Port Medical Representative, who at ports where the Public Health Service maintains a First or Sec­ ond Class Relief Station, shall be the Medical Officer in charge of the Public Health Service Relief Station at that port. The Port Medical Representatives shall have supervisory charge of these ^ examinations in their respective ports. 304.43 Signlng-on examina" (CoTttinued on Page 3) Cigarette "Bums Up Coast Guardsman Brother William Taylor, Book ; followed the CG topsides, where More rapid certification of dis­ An amendment to the rehabili­ 22053, of Indianapolis, Indiana, is the chief was tearing his hair. abled seamen and officers of the tation law provided Federal funds mighty glad he's a union mem­ "My oh my," said the chief, "what U.S. Merchant Marine to voca­ for vocational rehabilitation will I do for a F-WT. My oh my." ber. Here's why ... tion rehabilitation centers has training of certain civilians, in­ Several days ago brother Tay­ But he didn't say anything about bieea arranged by the War Shii)- cluding seamen and officers of lor was on watch in the fireroom Taylor being led off to the local ping Administration, it was an­ the United States Merchant Mar­ of a Liberty tied up along New gaol. ine provided they were disabled nounced today. assistant, however, York's North River. He had just The first and handicapped in line of duty. Disabled men, who received come aboard an hour before and was of sterner stuff. He demanded 'y • their disability in line of duty, Officials of the WSA expect at had agreed to help out the chief to see any signs posted on the may receive surgical and medical least 5,000 seamen to apply for by standing a 12 hour watch. The ship saying smoking below was treatment, hospitalization, ther­ rest of the crew were paying off. {Continued on Page 4) apeutic treatment, artificial ap­ certification for vocational re­ "The SIU at War" is the tenta­ On deck stevedores were shift­ pliances, vocational guidance and habilitation within the next few tive title for a booklet now ready ing ballast and Taylor had just for publication and soon to be training, maintenance during months. available to the union member­ lit off another boiler. training, and placement, at Fed­ Relaxing for a few seconds, he ship. eral expense, WSA pointed out. lit a cigarette. But he had only ' Speeding-up of the procedure Telling the story of the SIU in taken a few puffs when there was by which disabled seamen obtain the war and the part SIU men a step behind him and a Coast rehabilitation benefits was made have played in moving the car­ Guardsman in full regalia seized possible thi'ough Service Division goes of war to the fighting fronts, him by the arm. of the WSA. Applications are this booklet will be a souvenir "You're under arrest," said the SAN FRANCISCO — Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, processed by Service Division A new type of lighted gong that every union member will CG. received a second rebuff in his and forwarded to Federal Secur­ buoy has been introduced into want to have and keep. Printed "Yeah?" said Taylor, "For Federla Court fight to avoid de­ ity Agency. Qualified seamen the United States buoyage sys­ on the best paper obtainable and what?" portation to his native Austi'alia and officers are then certified by tem and is herewith brought to well illustrated, it will also make "For smokin' that cigarette," as an undesirable alien who had FSA to the man's home State for the attentoin of mariners so that a wonderful gift for friends and said the vigilant CG. "Don't you been a member of the Commun­ vocational training and rehabili­ no confusion will result. This relatives. know there's no fires allowed on ist party. tation. buoy has only one gong, four (4) Included in the booklet are a ship in port?" The Ninth Circuit Court of Ap­ Delay previously encountered tappers are suspended from the stories of SIU winners of the Taylor looked at the fires roar- peals in a three-to-two decision, by a seaman in establishing elig­ tower, the gong is sounded by the Merchant Marine Distinguished ng inside the boilers—they were ibility for vocational rehabilita­ tappers when the buoy is set in Service Medal, stories of tori>e- lot enough to roast a ham in five upheld a District Court decision tion has been eliminated. The motion by. the action of the sea; doings and air attacks. Many seconds. He figured the thing was of Feb. 8, 1943, in which Judge Martin I. Welsh denied Mir. new procedure makes possible thereby differing from other autlientic Navy, Coast Guard and just a joke and took another puff. the rapid check of a man's rec­ lighted gong buoys in service by News Service photos of the war But the CG was serious. "Put Bridges' petition for a writ of habeas corpus. ord through office of the WSA not having a varied tonal char­ at sea are used to illustrate this out that cigarette!" Attorney General Francis Bidand U. S. Maritime Commission. acteristic. * • book. / Taylor crushed the stub and die ordered the deportation. New Booklet On Press- "The SIUAtWar" New Tjnpe Of Lighted Buoy Deportation Order For Bridges Upheld By Court /• •ii .. J';.-' 'J •iiai J �SEAFAMMRS Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAIi ^JNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated^ with the American federation oi Lahot HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VreMeni 110 ]^ket Street, San Francisco. Calif. JOHN HAWK -------- Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 2?. Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Waslmgton Rep, 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. G. Directory of Brmch^ffi ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (41 BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH.. TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28. P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON PHONE 2StoneSt... 33# AUantloAve 14 North Gay St. 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PL 324 Chartroa St 2l8Ea8tBaySt. 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St BOWUDK Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 ..., C:anal 3336 ;.. Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Juan 1865 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 215, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Facts vs Delusions AAf EDITORIAL Never a meeting of the NMU but its "leaders" fulmin­ ate at great length against the SIU-SUP. The Master Mates and Pilots are also included in these tirades since the above Unions, by their stand on the Bonus question before the Maritime War Emergency Board in Washington, exposed and forced the CP-NMU "leadership" into the open. The NMU leaders are silent on the fact that the MEBA of the West Coast also went down the line with the AF of L. Even the Standard Oil Company Union (ETMA) took a progressive stand against the Bonus cuts. The parasitical nature of the CP - NMU "leaders" coupled with their political aspirations and designs, in which the Good and Welfare of the NMU membership and the seamen as a whole have no consideration, were confronted by the hard rock and solid core of Progressive Unionism having the interests of the American seamen at heart. They were utterly defeated and tvere forced to reverse their stand M subsequent meetings forced upon the MWEB Chairman Capt. Edward Macatdey by these developments^ Being political .opportunists par excellence the change of stand did not shame them. They made the shift easily and brazenly and attempt to adopt the progress made as their own, heralding the results as an adoption of CP-NMU •'leadership's" suggestions. This they peddled to their mem­ bership and the world at large. The Hitler technique of momumental lies told brazenly in the hope that they will be more easily believed is a copyright of the Stalinist strat­ egy through which these agents of a foreign power operate on American shores. ,, . ^ The facts remain that the CP-NMU political leaderfihip supported the Bonus cuts and the MWEB to the limit. They "preferred wage increases" they stated. Now, we can see by the decisions of the National War Labor Board where this stand has led them. The decision re the NMU demands, being hailed as another of their great "Victories" actually shows a Defeat upon analysis and even where gains were made these were previously won and pioneered ^ the SIUSUP and had long been a part of their contracts. i [The incorporation of the temporary wage increase of r^r I (Continued on Page A)' I • ed to make no difference to the Coast Guardsman at all. We have just started getting He probably read somewhere the survivors in from the Inva­ that a man was not supposed to sion. According to their stories smoke on board the ship. Some they had a rugged time and no of the gMg on board tried to doubt, as soon as the censorship show him how unreasonable he is lifted, the people will know was—but to no avaiL Brother just what part the Merchant Sea­ Taylor, the man who was arrest­ ed, was turned over to the City men played in this event. Among the men returning were Police an<i was thrown into the Virgil Willey, 25180, Philip L. Tombs. We later got him out of Huss, 27646, John Lydon, 29671, hock for $25. Jack McCranie, 79. From what It was either that or let him the boys say, this was about the go to the workhouse for 5 days. toughest thing that they have nm In my opinion, such affairs as into since the "Suicide Convoy" this are unjust and the Coast in July, 1942 to Murmansk. It's Guard should be a little more only one more big job that the reasonable in their attitude when Merchant Seamen have done in an occasion of this sort occurs." this War and it won't be the last Launch Charges one. We are continuing to have com­ Coast Guard plaints from our members with We had an unusual case here reference to tlje $2.80 fee they are last week of first-class "super-ef­ charged for making a round trip ficiency" on the part of a Coast on a launch when their ship is at Guardsman. This guy was "on anchorage. The same trip costs the job" so well that he arrested the Navy Seamen a half a buck. a fireman off one of our ships in We have registered a complaint tliis port for lighting a cigarette with the proper authorities and in the fireroom. The fact that this are supposed to attend a meeting man had just lit a boiler and had on the 15th of this month with a lighted torch in his hand seem- reference to securing lower rates for our men. We have pointed out to the parties responsible for this high launch service that $2.80 is prac­ SB CHARLES CONRAD. Robin tically all a seaman makes for a Line—112 hours due for OTertime day's work while in port after for weekends. Collect at Com­ deducting taxes from his wage. pany office. This is for wiper that This has long been a sore spot for stood fireman's watches. ALL Merchant Seamen who lay at anchorage in port and in my SS ARTHUR M. HUDDELL— opinion this should be changed. Engine Dept.: Robert Jackson, SO We shall take the necessary .steps hrs; Walter Nelson, 4V^ hrs; V. E. to try and get this change made. Wilderson, 42 hrs; WilUam Seale, Transporlalion Riders 50 hirs; Walter Mahoney, 16 hrs. There were a couple of dis­ Deck Dept.: C. C. Comett, L. putes here lately involving Rid­ Rue, C. Dasher, each 80 hrs; R. ers 64 and 72 wherein vessels Fiore, 48 hrs; C. Huff, 45 hrs; M. Bozard, 40 hrs; W. Bowden, 49 hrs; W. Layton, 51 hrs; J. Miller, 35 hrs. Write or call at Bull Line office. NEW YORK Money Due »: « have left the Gulf, made a trip to the Indies, back to New York breaking and resigning of ar­ ticles, then making a trans-At­ lantic voyage. We maintain that the men who signed on the ship at the beginning of the voyage in the Gulf Ports are entitled to transportation upon the comple­ tion of the Atlantic, voyage, Mr. Wycoff, of the WSA iri Washington, however, has placed a different interpretation on this and has ruled that in his opinion the men are not entitled to this transportation. This is a direct conflict with the original inten­ tion of the 64 and 72 riders. They were originated for the sole pur­ pose of returning seamen back to the port of their employment, and this is only ANOTHER screvrball interpretation by the WSA. It appears that if these riders, 64 and 72, are to be so. shot full of holes due to small tecl^calities, the only thing we, as union men, can do is go on record to throw both of them in the wastebasket and come out with an en­ tirely different rider wherein our men can be protected and not ba game for these monkeys who seem to have only one thing in mind, to wit—"Hook the Sailorl" Ships' Payoffs I attenc^ed several ships' pay­ offs this week. Among them the Wm. Sturgiss of the Calmar, the Golden Fleece of the Bull Line, and the Cramm of the Smith and Johnson, From all indications, it appears that our educational pol­ icy for our younger members is now beginning to show effect due to the manner in which these vessels are brought in. We are not getting near as many bum beefs as we used to {Continued on Page 3) i m SS DEL NORTE — Men who stood Security Watch July 4 have money coming. Also entire crew has money due for 2 meals. Col­ lect at Mississippi SS Co. office. • • • SS ANDREW PICKENS—Dan­ iel Henehan, Steward, 5 hrs; Frank Benson, St. Utility, 15 hrs; Leonard Patient, G.C. Mess, 32 hrs; Donald Gilchrist, Saloon Mess, l5 hrs; Chief Cook, 15 hrs. Money can be collected at South Atlantic office. • * » SS RICHARD ALVEY —Emie Pariseau, Wiper, has 60 hours coming to him at the Bull Line Office. • » • SS WALKER TAYLOR —Lomas Vega, Deck Engineer, 28 hrs., collectable at Bull Line office. * • • SS JAMES MILLER — Glide Finney, 68 hrs; Jerry Goldman, 53 hrs; S. Kohl, 8 hrs. Collect at Bull Line office. • • • SS HOWARD E. COFFIN — James A. Proctor, 2nd Cook for­ merly employed by So. Atlantic SS Co. Paid off in Zfew York, There is money coming to you— just settled — inquire at Now York Hall. Waterman Line The following is a list of un­ claimed wages due to menibers of the SIU from the Waterman Steamship Co. All members are urged to pick up their money at the earliest opportunity: C. G. Troy, Jr« Dk. Main. $ 10.31 Oliver L. Booth, Cook 95.67 John Merckle, AB 24.97 C. Dennis, M.M 18.24 E. Trembley. Wiper 11.07 J. Armstrong, C. Steward 28.38 Victor Bennett, 2nd Cook 27.02 A, Conway, 2nd Cook ........ 98.12 G. A. Vandepopulier, Util. 69.68 Frank J. Kross, Messman .. 11.14 P. Huseby, MJM 13.44 Otto Stegar, AB 98.75 Harold W. WesthalL Steward 98.75 Melvin L. Olsen, Oiler 16.68 Wm. Fields 15.33 H. piesen, AB 69.06 Robl. P. McAUister, AB .... 117.50 John C. Powers. OS 117.50 Vito W« Paglionlo, OS 117.50 Frank MitchelL Steward .. 43.84 James Hamilton, Bos'n 16.33 Stanley Stark, AB 16.33 Jan Bani, *AB 16.33 I. CardeaL AB 16.33 F. Zuccolillo, Deck Eng. .. 61.44 J. L. Weedon, Jr^ Oiler .... 151.62 C. W. Nelson, Oiler 11.46 M. G. Whale, Steward 18.38 M. G. Whale, Steward 16.99 M. Plytas, AB 117.50 H. Aleson, AB 117.50 F. J. Grohs, AB 117.50 A. Ignacio, Oiler 117.50 A. Vaisin, Oiler 117.50 O. Eckert, F-WT 117.50 J. J. Martinez, Wiper 117.50 W. D. Weise, Wiper 117.50 J. O. Phillips, Steward 117.50 J. J. Farrely, 2nd Cook & Baker 117.50 F. Padilla 17.50 Geo. Schultz, Dk. Main 16.33 Maurice Vensonhalles, OS 16.33 Michael Peych, OS 16.33 Harold Werner, Dk. Eng. 16.33 Horhert CroweU, Oiler .... 16.33 Ralph Halcomh, Steward .. 16.33 Linier Shafto, Utility 16.33 John Abraham, M.M i 16.33 Harold Werner, Dk. Eng. „ 11.29 Ralph Halcomh, Steward 14.45 Mohamed A. Halem, M.M. 21.70 Chares S. Stawinski, Utility 22.73 J. A. Hudgins, AB 98.75 J. P. Gibbons, AB 98.75 J. J. Brig^nce, Oiler ......... M.75 J. H. Ferguson, Wiper 98.75 Antonio Vasquei, Ch. Cook 98.75 Ik- �; t!if;J(T; TUB Friday, July 14, 1944 er [American Seamen's Role In Invasion ai ^ (Reprinted from Bournemouth. England) Men of all nations, from Occupied Countries, from all parts of America, from the Far East> from the j^ddle East, frpni India, men whose homes are to be fotmd in the four quarters of the Globe, were in Christ Church last Sunday afternoon, when the Borough was honored by a visit from =;contingent of men of the of the residente of Christ chant Navy who, during a brief Church I thank you. You have period of shore leave, were being our admiration for all you are do­ taken on a short tour round in­ ing in this war." teresting places, "We are fighting to preserve - His Worship the mayor (Alder­ peace in this world. I hope and man D. Galton) and the Deputy pray that it wiU not be long be­ Mayor (Councillor T. Markham) fore you will be able to return to who had received extremely your homes and those you have short notice of the visit, were out left behind. to meet these seamen who had "I wish you God speed in your been engaged on a special jpb in work and on your journeys, and connection with the invasion of may it not be long before you re­ Normandy. Both the Mayor and join those you love." his Deputy addressed the men in. Councillor Markham, the Dep­ the Town Hall. Afterwards they uty Mayor, said: went down to the Quay and were "You fellows of eyery colour, later conducted round the Priory caste, creed and country, are very Church ... When the story of welcome here. You must admit "D" day and of Normandy can that from 10:00 this morning we be told, many strange tales will had no chance or arranging any be told. Until then wo can only programs. Had the public known, ponder on the fact that the Mer­ half of Christ Chm-ch would have chant Navy has performed some been out to give you a hearty of the most remarkable deeds in welcome. connection with this great ex­ "But I know that isn't what pedition. you look for. Some of you are In the way they do things in wearing a small badge, some are the Merchant Marine, these men not even wearing that, and I ex­ came to Clirist Church quietly, pect you have been in public without fuss and almost com­ houses in various places (I enjoy pletely unheralded. Whilst here, a pint of beer myself now and they looked around quietly and again) and have heard people say with interest. Now they have 'Why the devil isn't he doing gone again, j u s t as quietly, doubtlessly within a very short something for the war?' "But we know you are doing a time to get on with their next job very valuable job of work," con­ of work. tinued Councillor Markham. "I The 96 men came to Christ understand that you have been Church in buses. doing more than a man's job dur­ In the Town Hall they were welcomed by his Worship, the ing these last few weeks and I Mayor, who addressed them as feel proud to have met you and to have rubbed shoulders with "friends." you. We appreciate what you "I call you friends," said his feUows have been doing. Worship, "because we are all I hope we can aU settle down friends and brothers. It was not sOon to our ordinary work in until this morning that I had any peace and happiness amongst all intimation of your intention to pay a visit to Christ Church; «^ankmd on the face of the earth. Good luck boys." otherwise we should have made some arrangements to have en­ tertained you more fittingly and in a way which you so richly de­ serve. But, I am very pleased to have this opportunity as May­ or of Christ Church of extending to you all a very warm and sin­ cere welcome to this ancient Borough. WASHINGTON, D. C. — The "I have just heard," the mayor War Shipping Administration an­ continued, "a little of what you nounced early this week that have done and are doing. On bethey had received a cablegram fron General Dwight B. Ei^nhower at the headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Al­ lied Expeditionary Forees in the (Continued from Page 2) and the men are beginning to un­ European Theater of Operations. derstand more about the correct The cable lauds the heroism manner in which to put in an shown by American seamen dur­ overtime claim. This is resulting ing the D-Day invasion activity in much quieter pay-offs and'in and later war operations. Follow­ much more dough for all hands. ing is the text of the cable: We intend to keep our education­ "In behalf of the men of my al policy up and no doubt, within command, I thank the men of the the next few months, this policy Merchant Marine for their pledge should aid materially toward the of full co-operation in our com­ progress and expansion of our mon effort to destroy the forces Qrganization because of the fact of tyranny and darkness. The that we won't have as much lost huge quantities of supplies that n^otipn as we have in the past, in have been brought across the At­ attempting to iron out disputes lantic are a testimonial to the jpb which have been improperly sub­ that has already been done. EISENHOWER." mitted. PAUL HALL * \ Eisenhower LaudsSeamen In Invasion New York i SEAFARERS LOG Faga Hue* New WSA Rules On Medical Exams For Merchant Seamen NOTICIilS Will fha holder of receipt No. 34464 and the holder of receipt No. 34465 please call at headquar­ ters office, or write in and gtate what dues and assessments were paid. These receipts were issued by (CcvMir.icd from Page 1) C. Hnymond aboard the SS Finley P. Dunn. Waterman Line, Hons, immunixalions. and annual examinations. The signing-on which paid off in Norfolk. Va. (1) examinations are designed to dis­ cover cases of tuberculosis, ven­ John S. Bryant will you please ereal disease, communicable and communicate with your mother infectious diseases, epilepsy, in­ at 300 Brannan Street. San Fran­ sanity, and acute surgical condi­ cisco 7. c/o J. Theo. Erlin Co. She tions. Special immunizations shall be arranged for when vessels are is extremely worried. proceeding into pestilence areas, * • • Will the Brother that received Annual physical examinations Receipt No. 39515 get in touch providing the basis of individual with Patrolman McCaulley at the treatment and cure, shall be in­ earliest opporlimity. This receipt stituted as rapidly as facilities permit.^ was issued July 1. 1944. B. E. DICKEY. Act. Agt. 304.44 DesignBtiou of ports and Baltimore. organizations for cEurrying out examination program. Examina­ will be instituted at each Help Yourself to Help tions port where maritime activity jus­ Yourself — Buy tifies it on the effective date of War Bonds and Stamps, this General Order (Sees. 304.41 through 304.49), or as soon thereafter as possible. Instructions will be issued setting forth the organization which will be avail­ able in each port for carrying out these examinations and immuni­ zations and the procedures to be Washington, July 12—Passport followed, requirements were laid down by the State Department today for 304.45 Standards for medical American merchant seamen ship­ examinations. Standards for med­ ping out for foreign ports, accord­ ical examinations shall be set by ing to recent decisions of State the Medical Director of the War Shipping Administration, under Dept. Beginning Aug. 15, they must the requirements and with the have American passports or evi­ approval of the United States dence that they have applied for Public Health Service. them in the preceding six months. 304.46 Information to be fur­ Valid passports will be required nished examinee. Each examinee, after Nov. 15. if he so desires, shall be fully ad­ The passport requirement, pro­ vised orally regarding the facts vided in regulations issued by the disclosed by his examination. If Secretary of State nearly three he further desires a written state­ years ago, has not always been ment, it shall be furnished to him enforced during the war because in conformance with established of the need of getting seamen regulations and practices of the aboard ships as quickly as pos­ United States Public Health Ser­ sible. vice. Today's ruling, approved by 304.47 Seamen's appeals. If a military authorities and the War seaman who has failed to pass a Shipping Administration, was is­ medical examination questions sued "in order that the interest of the correctness of the decision, the United States and its mer­ he may appeal in accordance with chant marine may be safeguarded the provisions of his collective by every possible means." bargaining agreement. If the sea- All Seamen Need Passports Nov. 15 The Telegram Brigade V By J. B. I. Call oul Ihe Postal Telegraph! Notify the Western Union! We must get out some telegrams On our newest resolution. n About the issues no one knows But it gives us satisfaction For NMU politicos Want ACTION, ACTION. ACTION! III When the battlefronts are lagging We work up to a passion And telegraph the generals For ACTION. ACTION. ACTION. IV We telegraphed to Eleanor, to Tydings. and Barucfa To Chang-Kai-Chek and Churchill, to Wally and the Dake We endorse and we protest: Oh, what a stir we've made We can even change the weather with our telegram brigade. V WeTl soon dispense with Congress, Senate and President as well Well rule the hosts of heaven and storm the gates of helL And if the yellow blanks hold out well be the great I AM. From dowm on 23rd Street well nm the world by telegram. man's collective bargaining agree­ ment contains no specific provis­ ion relative to physical condition, or no collective bargaining agree­ ment exists, the dispute shall be settled by a doctor satisfactory to both parties. If such arrange­ ment is impracticable, the case shall be decided by the Public Health Service officer who has been appointed as Port Medical Representative. A seaman if re­ jected may appeal the decision to the Medical Director, represent­ ing the United States Public Health Service and the War Ship­ ping Administration, whose de­ cision shall be final. 304.48 Report of examinations. All reports of signing-on medical examinations are to be made on a form approved by the Medical Director of the War Shipping Ad­ ministration. A report of each medical examination shall be re­ tained by the examining medical officer; a copy shall also be for­ warded to the Medical Director of the War Shipping Administra­ tion as he requires. Reports of physical examinations shall bo treated as confidential in accord­ ance with the regulations of tho United States Public Health Ser­ vice. 304.49 Effective dale. The ef­ fective date of this order is Jan­ uary 1, 1944. (Signed) E. S. LAND, Administrator War Shipping Administratioa Waivers On Defects In addition to that Brother Matthew Dushane, Washington Representative of the Seafarers International Union reports that many of the seamen whom are turned down by the doctors for such defects that are uncommicable such as broken bones which might be a hindrance to them in carrying out their duties aboard a vessel may be able to sign waivers and deny themselves the right of legal suit for such de­ fects within the scope of employ­ ment they wish to enter. This opinion was derived from Dr. Fuller of the Medical Division of the WSA in Washington. It is suggested that aU agents should clip this general order re­ garding medical examinations and post them on the bulletin board, as well as keep a copy in the files for future reference. When instances arise of mem­ bers being turned down and re­ fused the right to sail that a let­ ter be immediately written to CapL Edward Macauley of the Maritime Conmiission and the WSA giving the facts of the case and that a copy be sent to Mat­ thew Dushane, Washington Rep­ resentative. ATTENTION! Agents in the Brsmches are asked to please post the vaHous Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment, Bond Buying, and Paymexit of As­ sessments to Keep in Good Standing, etc. on the Bullet­ in Boards. —SEAFARERS LOG �Page Four Cigarette "Bums Up" Coast Guard (Continued front Page 1) not allowed. With tlie CG he went below and looked under pumps, behind the boilers, in the shaft ^ey. There were no signs anywhere. "He's the only F-WT bn the ship," said the first "Are you going to let the fires run them­ selves?" The CG was adamant He shook his head sadly. "No smoking on ships." After spending an hour or so with a variety of winos and flop hounds in the nearest cooler, Tay­ lor was brought before a magis­ trate. Taylor tried to tell him what it was all about but before he could open his mouth the lo­ cal law had slapped a "five or twenty-five" on him and remand­ ed him to the Tombs, New York's super-duper .skyscraper jail. The first assistant, however, had called the union £ind explain­ ed Taylor's plight Within an hour Agent Paul Hall and a dele­ gation of patrolmen were on the way up town with bail. Released, Taylor staked the boys to a beer and thanked the union for its interest in his trouble. "This sure is a happy surprise,' he said. "Tomorrow they were sending me to the workhouse. "Say! anyone got a cigarette?" THE SEAFARERS Friday, July 14, 1944 LOG Seamen's Voting Relax Cable Messages To Regulation Canadian Seamen WASHINGTON—The WLB de­ approximately 1,150 employes Ail masters, first bfticers and Lake Carriers Fay Scales To Prevail nied salary increases for em­ ployes of certain Great Lakes shipping operators which would have brought the monthly rate of such employes above those ap­ proved by the board for the Lake Carriers A s s o c i ation. Increases were directed in some job classi­ fications to bring the rate in line with those paid by the associa­ tion. In the cases, which involved represented by the Seafarers' In­ ternational Union of North Am­ erica (AFL) Great Lakes District, the board approved the companie.s' proposals to pay a 10 percent bonus to unlicensed personnel on vessels from or before August 1. until lay-up time. Industry mem­ bers dissented. The same bonus is being paid by the Carriers As­ sociation. / chief engineers of vessels docu­ mented under the laws of the United States and all pursers of any such vessels have been auth­ orized to administer and attest such oaths as are required by the act to facilitate voting by mem­ bers of the Merchant Marine of the United States, Emory S. Land, War Shipping Administrator, has advised. r • I. " 'i. MONTREAL, June 29.—ArthM Randies, director of merchant seamen, aimounced today that cable messages now may be sent to Canadian merchant seamen on the same low charge basis as "expeditionary force messages^ to members of the armed forceSL • Mr. Randies said such messagoi must be sent to Post Office Box 9,000, Montreal, where they will be forwarded through offidai channels to the nearest port oi call of the designated ship, pro­ vided it is within the British Bni9pire. Shipbuilding Totals Reach New High WASHINGTON, D. C. — Tha Maritime Commission reported that between Aug. 1, 1937, and June 1 of this year, American shipyards produced 4,441 carga vessels and special craft of 35,694,153 deadweight tons. Emory S. Land, commission chairman, noted that three ship­ yards have completed conversion from Liberty ships to the faster Victory vessels, and disclosed that 31 of the 719 ships built dur­ ing the first five months of 1944 were Victory ships. The 719 ves­ sels, he said, totaled 7,247,551 deadweight tons. r Facts vs Delusions AN EDITORIAL (Coutinued from Rage 2) $17.50 into the basic wage structure is mean­ ingless in view of the fact that:— 1. This was already being paid and is not an increase. 2. Taxes and deductions, as well as the rise in the costs of living have wiped out the differ­ ential. Result; Nothing has been gained. Yet this is hailed as a great victory by these slimy misleaders of labor. The same is true of the 15 cents an hour rise in c /ertime rates of pay. The rest of these con­ cessions are in line with standards set by the AF of L Unions through organized power. I' • Furthermore, the pressure from the "West I. Coast Unions forced the NWLB to stop and I consider the problem of seamen's wages and barI red further cuts in the interests of the war effort. In this drive to uphold the wages and living standards of the American seamen the NMU Cook no part, as witness their stand before the MWEB on the Bonus cuts—yet—they demand that these concessions won through organized strength be extended to them because of their POLITICAL EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE INCUM­ BENT BUREAUCRACY OF THE WSA. A truly parasiticaL role, typical of the Stalinist "leadership." "Stabilization of the Industry will result," ; is the joyous ? ? ? report of the NMU-CP "leaders." Yet, only a short time ago they insisted that Equalization of Wages and Contracts with the AF of L Unions was the only goal that would insure "stabilization." "Equal Pay for Equal Work," screamed the Pilot's headlines. THE NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD DID NOT GRANT THE NMU AN EQUALIZATION OF CONTRACTS OR WAGES WITH THE REST OF THE UNIONS IN MARINE. They "equalized" on the surface only some clauses in the NMU con­ tract BUT NOT THE CONTRACTS THEM­ SELVES. Obviously the CP-NMU viewpoint and standards re equalization have suffered a revaluation DOWNWARDS and this objective was scutted. Price of future "cooperation" with tl^e shipowners'? Real Stabilization for the NMU leadership meant more than this—it meant the granting of the Checkoff for all NMU ships. This, wasdenied. Such are the CP-NMU "Victories." Not one cent has been added, except under certain con­ ditions of travel costs, to the seamen's earnings in the OVERALL PICTURE. The loss of 5% on the explosive Bonus rate offsets any losses to the shipowners on these limited "concessions" in certain clauses. And these were granted only because THEY EXISTED IN SIU-SDP con­ tracts as a PRECEDENT. Yet, they were de­ nied overall equalization of contracts even on the face. Under the surface the CP-NMU contracts are something else again for CP officials who cater to the shipmOners will not break their, necks to collect overtime regardless of thf Clauses in the "Contract" in line with their^ stated policy of making Capitalism Work, Their publicity-propaganda service is work­ ing overtime, however, to Sell this Glorious ? ? ? Contract to the membership and the Public aH large. The rubber stamp "NMU Council" of CP stooges from the ports has arrived in town for instructions on h^ to sell the contract to. the seamen and make them see the "victory"— which surely is no small job, for it is hard to see. They are to stage a Special Broadcast from the session at CP-NMU headquarters (on 17th Street and not the real headquarters at 50 E. 13th Street). "Prominent persons in GO"VERNMENT and INDUSTRY are expected to ad­ dress the Council. Acceptances have been re­ ceived from Adm. Russell R. Waesche, Com­ mandant U. S. Coast Guard, Commander; Combs and Capt. Bernard, also of the Coast Guard. Word is awaited from Frank Taylor, American Merchant Marine Institute (shipown­ ers, ed.) Captain Edward Macauley, Chairman, Maritime War Emergency Board, Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, WSA, and H. Chas. Stone, Asst. Deputy Administrator WSA." The broadcast will be heard over most of Mutual's 210 stations. (Paid for by the mem­ bership money. No doubt from the "gains" de­ rived from the new NMU contract?) WC/FE SAID. FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES. /; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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'I,  SECURITY  IN  UNITY  VOL.  IV.  j:Af!AKERS JOQ<  OFFICIAL ORGAN  OF THE ATLANTIC  AND  GULF DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION  OF NORTH  AMERICA  214  NEW YORK, N.Y., THURSDAY, JULY !<{, 1942 No. 24 Joint Maritime Commission Asks Improved  Safety Rules; Fails To Act  On Larger Issues  U­BOATS TIPPED  OFF ON  SHIPPING  Ca^t. Gunar Gjertsen, of Brooklyn, ^ told a story about the sinking of his Panamanian ship that indicates U-boats In American Waters are being well informed of U. S. ship movements. Gjertsen, whose ship was torpedoed in the Caribbean on June 23, said that when the U-boat commander asked him the name of his vessel, "I told him and he pulled a book from his pocket and fingered it with a puzzled expression on his face. I guess he didn't find our ship listed. We had changed her name just before we left port." One crewman was killed. He was Chief Engineer Harry Hovland, of Staten Island. RELIEF ASKED FOR  FISHING INDUSTRY  Wx\SHINGTON, July 10. — Mandatory legislation requiring the Maritime Commission to procure 100 or more fishing vessels to replace the 427 requisitioned by the Government for war use was advocated today by Representative James C. Oliver (Rep., Me.), member of the important House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. DOMINATION OF CONFERENCE BY BRITISH SHIP  OWNERS  NOTED  BY  SEAFARER'S  DELEGATE  by  MORRIS  WEISBERGER  VICE  PRESIDENT,  S­I.U.  —  NEW  YORK  AGENT,  S.U.P.  Brothers: I have just returned from the 12 th Session of the Joint Maritime Commission, held in London June 26th to June 30th, 1942. My report to you has been delayed due to the fact that censorship prevented my forwarding it from England and I had to wait until arriving back in this country to prepare it. This conference, which was attended by both unions and employers of the maritime countries of the United Nations, was supposedly C^alled for the purpose of improving the economic and social conditions of the seamen throughout the world. While I consider it a privilege and honor to participate in this conference, and while there were certain gains made, I feel it is my duty to also report the shortcomings of the Joint Maritime Commission. The following are what I would consider as gains made by the unions at the session just ended: First, good resolutions were passed in regard to life saving equipment aboard ships. This is, of course, a vital question in war time and the concrete suggestions made by the conference should help cut down the high seaman casualty rate. I must report that both the shipowners and the union delegates were unanimous in. their opinion that no cost should stand in the way of affording the seanien the best possible life saving equipment. At the end of my re- port is listed the concrete suggestions in this regard made by the Commission. The second gain was that during the detailed discussion of seamen's welfare, the workers' group urged the elimination of all ideas of "charity" from the treatment of seamen in ports. This principle was supported by the owners' group. Both groups emphasised the need for treating the seamen on shore as a citizen equal in every respect to all others in the community. The third gain was that the marked inequalities of treatment of seamen of certain nationalities, including Chinese, Indian and others, was noted and condemned by the Commission. Althoagh the final resolution adopted was not as forthright as the werkefs' group had hoped that it would be, still it was a step in the right direction and was approved by the Chinese and Indian delegates, TThe International Labor Office is primarily a fact finding body. The Commission, therefore, went on record requesting the I.L.O. to intensify its study of the wages, hours .and working conditions of maritime workers and to present to the next conference practical suggestions for the general improvement of the lot of all seafarers. One  thing  should  be  kept  in  mind  by  all  seamen  ^Conthiiu­J  on  Page  2)  Representative Oliver, who introduced a bill whieh would authorize the Maritime Commission to make loans to fisliermen desiring to replace craft requisitioned by the Governrae'nt, and which is now under consideration by the Bland committee, said he has become convinced that something more drastic than permissive legislation is needed to relieve the situation caused by! a threatened loss of one-fourth the annual fish catch of the United States." Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the United States Maritime dlommission, yesterday announced that Paul Manship, outstanding medal designer, has been requestedto create a design for a distinguished service medal to be awarded merchant seamen who show outstanding conduct or service in the line of duty. A committee within the Maritime Commission was established several weeks ago under Vice Admiral A. P. Fairfield as chairman to examine reports of heroic and outstanding deeds of merchant seamen who have braved enemy attacks. TWO LINES AGREE  TO PAY SlU SCALE  Two steamship companies operating out of Detroit agreed Tuesday to pay the Great I.4ikes .Seafarers' wage scale of $178.00 for rated men and $138 monthly for unrated men and 9Jc per hour for overtime, with the proviso that if the War Labor Board directive order awarded the Seafarers a higher scale, they would make up the difference. However, if the WLB order is for less money, the above rate will be maintained. The two companies are: Bob-Lo Steamship Company and the Ashley-Dustin Steamship Company. Negotiations are in progress now with the other passenger vessel operators, with the view of reaching a settlement on the same basis. NOTICE ­ STEWARD  OF ALCOA CARRIER  Will the Steward of the trip ending May 14, 1942 please get in touch with W. L. Hartley, U. S. Maritime Officers Training School, Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn. NOTICE!  • LCCKSLEY  CREW OF ROBIN Bonus  money  is  due  you.  Ctiiect  at  Robin  Line  office,  39  Cortland  Street,  New  York  City,  .or  if out  of  town  send  address so  check  can  be  forwarded.  CREW  OF  CITY  OF  BIRMINGHAM  Two  days'  pay  is  due  you.  Collect  at  Alcoa  office,. 17  Bat­ tery  Place,  New  York  City.  SEAMEN'S MEDAL  BEING DESIGNED  BULLETIN  THESE  UNION  DELEGATES  TO  THE  JOINT  MARITIME  COMMISSION  MEETING  IN  LONDON  WERE  PHOTOGRAPHED  ON  THE  STEPS  OUTSIDE  THE  MEETING  HALL.  THEY  ARE  (LEFT  TO  RIGHT):  C.  JARMAN  (BRITISH),  J.  fuDEHOPE  (AUSTRALIA),  H.  F.  CHU  (CHINA)  AND  MORRIS  WEISBERGER  (U.  S.  A.)  '  • ­'V  A J  Seafarers  win  representation  election  over  Independent  Union  on  Pere  Marquette  Railway  Car  Ferry.  Fleets  on  Lake  Michigan  and  Detroit  River  involving  ap­ I proximately  350  men.  Vote  by  ;  152  to  118.  MARDY  POLANER,  Seafarers  Int'l  Union  Great  Lakes  Distriot.  •  J  >(  �Paige Tw> I  THE SEAFARERS' LOG Thursday,  July  16,  1942  J^lUhea  by  th9  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATtDNAL  UMEON  OF NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic and Guli District  Ignores  Vital  Problems  AfUlUxtea wUh  th9  American Federation of  Labor  HAHRY LUNDEBERG, Intomatloncd PresIdBnt 110 Markst Strest, Room 402, Son Francisco, Calii. ADDRESS  ALL  00RRE8P0NDEN0B  CONOERNINO  THIS  PVBLIOATION  TO:  "THE SEAFARERS' LOG P. O. 25. Station P. New York. N. Y. Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 r  1^  Out  of  tho Foosl  by  S- • iP­'­'  A porpoise seemed to be the cause of a sinking recently. Joe Lupton, looking off the stern, asked the gunner what that object was and he replied that it was a porpoise. A minute later a torpedo hit the ship. It was on the same ship that we lost the first woman in our organization, Stewardess Kimbto. Mfs. Kimbro was popular with all the boys along the Coast, and her many friends will sure miss her. (Continued from Page 1) when they read the resolutions adopted by this conference: they are recommendations and only that! The Commission has no power to enforce these suggestions upon any government or any individual or shipowner or union. The concrete improvement of scv-^^en's conditions still remains with the various labor Unions and will be accomplished only when the unions are strong and militant. This does not mean that the Joint Maritime Commission serves no purpose, for it does spotlight certain wrongs suffered by the seamen. But the actual correction of those wrongs remain in the arena of direct collective bargaining betweeii the men and their individual employers. The fact that more thorough reforms were not forthcoming from the conference, was due to the composition of the body itself. The Joint Maritime Commission is composed of both shipowners and unions, each group having equal voting strength. This meant, in effect, that no reform could be adopted which met the opposition of the shipowners. To correct this evil and alter the balance of ,"power, the union delegates from the United Nation countries (with the exception of myself) wanted to make the Commission a tri-partit body. That is, they wanted equal representation for shipowners, unions and government. Their reasoning was that in the past they had adopted many platforms at the con"erences, only to have the individual governments refuse to ratify them. Once the governments were a part of the conference, they reasoned, they would ae morally bound to accept its decisions and to en'orce the suggested reforms. AAA On one ship we lost 29' brothers. Thok that were saved were blown ofif the deck into the sea, and were able to swim over to the raft. Harold Dayse who couldn't swim, was picked up by the Sub creW^ and placed on the raft. He was the only survivor of the Stewards department. AAA Survivors of one ship that was shelled and sunk back in April have just arrived in New York. Some of the boys may feel that the old man was a niurderer, but Jim Trumbauer feels that the Captain made an honest mistake. Believing an approaching cruiser to be British he Before leaving the United States for the conferput up a flag. The cruiser swerved around, and suddenly gave them a ence, I received very defiiute instructions from my broadside with all guns blazing. It was too late for the old man to do union. Paragraph three of those instructions read, as anything then. Those that were saved jumped over the side. Jim Trum- 'ollows: bauer put a mattress over his head and saved himself from the flying "We (SIU-SUP) are opposed to joint boards of shrapnel. It sure was a tough experience, labor, operators and government. We firmly beAAA lieve that the disputes and conditions relating Some of the brothers were amazed at the heroism of the gun crew to merchant seamen should be directly handled on one ship as the vessel started to go down stern first—they strapped between the shipowners and the unions. With themselves to the gun and kept firing away, and never left their pothe three-cornered boards composed of governsitions, even though it was a hopeless effort. Such loyalty should bring ment, operators and unions the seamen have two victorious dividends in the near future. strikes against them because, in the final analyAAA sis, invariably the government will take the side John (Tarzan) Gibbons and his brother Bill, have had their first of the shipowner. Furthermore, the seamen do experience with torpedos. They're ready for the next show. Blaisdell not want to be serfs or wards' of the govern(Willie) Willis, former AB aboard the Azalea City, is now sailirtg out ment. Seamen are free men and should be allowed to maintain their status as such." of New Orleans as a 3rd Mate. Andy CoflSll is also a 3rd Mate. Charles Ck)oper has retired, and has joined the officers training school group. It is obvious that the suggestion for a tri-partit We are happy to report that the Log erred in listing Emil Janke, John body ran directly counter to these instructions which Hanks and Fred Sweder as being lost. They came to New York to in- have been one of the guiding principles of the form us of that in person. Abraham Rider has two letters awaiting SIU-SUP. him in Headquarters. I had no alternative, therefore, but to oppose the move to bring government into equal partnership in In Union There Is Strength  I'll rise up in my humble state, I'll go to any length, To give voice to the adage that, "In Union there is strength." And the reason for my argument is very plain to see. For the strength that is in union is no mystery to me. You'll see the light, my brothers, and you'll realize it is true. When you've real or fancied troubles and it goes to bat for you. When it rubs out all your headaches, and runs your trouble down. For, there's always something doing when the union "goes to town." Time was when I was headstrong, ere 1 had wiser grown. And thought to win my battles, and to win them all alone, It all sounded heroic, but when all is said and done. They were as few as hen's teeth, the battles that I won. So in these times of storm and stress, I've come to see the light, And glad to have substantial aid beside me when I fight. For what I deem should be my lot In my remodeled mind, ' It's comforting to know there's help beside me now I find. I  Just take a tip from one who knows, in Union there is might. The only thing they ask of you, is that your cause be right. Then when the battle's over, and your headaches are no mora. They only say, "Bud, what the heck? That's what the Union's for." — from the MMP the Joint Maritime Commission. Mine was the solii dissent on this question as far as the union delegates were concerned. While the union delegates presented and supported this proposal, the conference finally tabled the entire question with the plan to bring it up at the next session of the Commission. It is my opinion that much of the inability of the Commission to solve the vital issues facing the seamen, was directly due to the domination over the Commission of the British shipowners. They have, in the past, succeeded in"nuhfying much of the good work of the Commission and the International Labor Office. For instance: The 19}6 meeting of the I.L.O. passed certain resolutions in regard to hours of work, manning, etc. Although these resolutions were adopted by the majority of the delegates, the shipowning interests succeeded in preventing ratification by the British Government. At the 1942 meeting, the same interests continued to oppose ratificatidn of the 1936 resolutions. However, in spite of the many shortcomings of the Joint Maritime Commission, I have the conviction that the 1942 meeting was worth while and that certain progressive steps were taken, however few. In the past years the ISU delegates made decisions that were never refered to the membership or ratified by them. This lack of democratic proceedute left in the hands of the ISU leadership the power to make important decisions entirely on their own. It is my opinion that this practice, which was also followed by other unions, has led the Commission to expect that all delegates will come armed with complete authority to make decisions that shall be final and binding without ratification by their own members. It is also my opinion that this is contrary to the established proceedure of the SIU-SUP where the power of ratification of all binding decisions rests with the membership. It should be clearly understood by the Joint Maritime Commission that our delegates to all future sessions are bound by this principle. In conclusion, it must be kept in mind that since the departure of the I.S.U. from the maritime field, this is the first time the SIU-SUP has sent a delegate to the I.L.O. conference. I believe that future con- . ferences should be attended by delegates from our Union. Although this conference has not lived up to my expectations as to positive benefits for seamenj nevertheless, they are steps in the right direction^' because of the opportunity of closer cooperation witli the seamen of other maritime nations. Respectifully submitted, MORRIS WEISBERGER, New York Agent, S.U.P. Vice President, S.I.U. Safety Rules Adopted By Joifit Marititxie  Commission —  London, June' 1942  The Joint Maritime Commission, Having examined the measures now in force in a number of countries for the protection of seamen against the dangers tol which they are exposed in time of war, and having noted with satisfaction the great progress made as a result of the war in devising effective safety measures, Expresses its conviction that the paramount consideration should in all caees be the safety of the seamen and that considerations of expense sliould nOt be allowed to be a barrier to the adoption of the most effective measures of protection. The Corhmission further considisrs that evOry effort should be made to secure the adoption by all maritime countries of the safety measures which experience has shown to be practicable and effective. (a) to communicate to. Governments as soon as possible, on the basis of the existing practice in the countries having the widest experience in this niatter and of the suggestions for further improvements set out in the'Appendix t6 this Resolution, vVhich have been approved by the Conimiseion, a summary statement of ths life-saving measures best calculated to protect- merchant seamen in time of war,,and to urge them to review and revise their existing regulations on the matter in the light of the information thus given in order that a high and reasonably uniform standard of safety may be ensured' for all seamen; (b) to continue its study of the question of measures for the protection of seamen in case of shipwreck, fire and other perils in order that the requisite information may be available and unnecessary delay be avoided when conditiona permit consideration of the pusaibilily of adopting ah International Labor .Convention on' safety measures for seamen; (c) to recommend Governments to consider enter-v ing into reciprocal arrangements under which a national authority, will be authorised to ^ (Continued on Page 4) �T'ir­"­  —y  .­,'  r  :  •  / '  Thursday, July 16, 1942 THE SEAFARERS' WHarS  DOING  L>?L  li  Arouttdi  the  Ports  SAVANNAH  By CHARLES WAID them—all is forgiven and come on back home. The S.I.U. doesn't believe in plugging or advertising anything outside of the Union, but this book "How to Abandon Ship" put out by the Cornell Press is really worth while having. No use kidding ourselves but a lot of our brothers could be alive today if it wasn't for someone losing their head; someone not knowing just what to do. The book is full of good ideas as to what a man can do to keep himself alive and we don't believe it would be such a bad idea for the Union to get a supply of them and make them available to the membership at cost. TAMPA  By D. L. PARKER LOG Page HUW?. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA jfTLAKTlC xhA GULF DISTBICT S0CFOt€cr7­Trea9urmf'a 0£Bce  Boom 213 — 2 Btom Siroat Navr York City R O. Box 2S, StctSoa P Phonai BOwling Green DJRECTrORy OF BRANCraS BHANCH NEW  YOBE  ADDBESS PHONE a  Stone  St  BOwling  Green  €SS!6  DiBpotcher'i Offlca _.._BOwllng Green 9-3M0 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 St ...^.Manning 3572 St -.^Calvert 4539 ® B*- Lcjmbord 7651 -....Norfolk 4-1083 ~o?o St- MAgnolla 3962 Savannah 3-172« 206 So. Franklin St Tampa MM-1323 ^ Conception Sl....D8Xtar 1449 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tlerra 2014 Market Street Galveston 2-8043 Things have been very quiet here in this port as the submarines have chased the ships away. We had two transports in last week, and then shipping picked up a little. From what I can understand, the The South Atlantic Mail Line Bull line at the present time is has a new Liberty-type ship comGALVESTON. turning quite a few of their ships ing out the end bf this month and over to the Navy, so that won't if any of you Savannah boys want ers can be met" were voiced at the leave so many to come in here. But Plea For Unified  a little vacation come on home there are a few stragglers coming Rail  Labor  Movement  annual convention of the National and we will ship you out the end Union of Railwaymen of Great in now and then. of this month. NEW YORK—^Fervent pleas to Britain at Blackpool, England. The There has been a number of torThat's about all for now. Steady Patrolman Dickey and Kupta, pedo survivors coming in here and the British railwaymen's unions to National Union of Railwaymen as she goes. who took a leave of absence until from what they tell me it must be learn the lesson of cooperation and has a total membership of 376,355. business picked up in this port, are Hell on the seas with all the sub- unity and form a unified railway and is an affiliate of the InternaBALTIMORE  labor movement "so that any re- tional Transport Workers' Federastill afloat and should be back in a marines at large. actionary moves from the employ- tion. month or so. Ex-agent (the shadBy It is a damn shame that the seaow) McKay has also shipped out. men have to sail for so small a D. D. STORY Mac said he needed a rest and left bonus when the ship owners are states that the sailors are getting this port in the Steward's depart- reaping an enormous amount of impossible, they can't even sleep example. When I slip a Mickey to a young seleptee, I never take all ' Liberty ship launchings are hit- ment of a C-2. profit. But they don't care for a aboard while a little work is being his money. Not me, I split with ting full stride in this area with the life as long as they can get the done. Tish, tish. Asked if he would him." local yard sending three down the PHILADELPHIA  gravy and one or more lives doesn't like to sleep while a couple of airPERCIVAL PAWNTICKET: ways in one day last week. The mean a damn thing to them. guns would work in his ear, ? (Sentenced to hang as aij incurable By full effect of the 8-a-week launchI have noticed in the various pa- Wonder how these birds sleep after punster) "I still maintain, No ings has not touched us yet because JOSEPH FLANAGAN pers that we seamen are getting a clipping the old coupons and real- noose is good noose." only between three and five are gosmall amount of recognition, which izing that they were made through ABE SCARNEI: (Slot machine ing into service weekly. However, Shipping practically at a stand- has been due the seamen since ships the blood and guts of the men that king of Chicago) "If I catch any by the end of August we can look still at this port, and just the right first began to sail. In the general can't sleep when a little work is Goddam Germans or Japs musselfor calls for at least four S.I.U. time for a vacation. So our astute public's opinion a seaman was going on. ing in on my territory, I'll blast "" ships weekly. patrolman, Ed Lynch, has taken something that had fallen to the We have back with us again our hell out of 'em . . . just like I ' The shipping of 112 members one. Incidentally, astute doesn't wayside and was unfit for the so- ex-dispatcher, a gent known as the would anybody else." this week while only 67 registered imply that he ats too much beans. called elite class to associate with. "Goon." He got off a Waterman SENATOR T. WARDHEELER is a good indication of what lies David (Sharkey) Jones is pinch- But now they can see where the summer cruise and booked passage BLOPS: Dec. 6, 1941 — "The ahead of us. This heavy shipping is hitting in the office while I wend merchant marine is the secondary for the city of light,' laughter and worst criminal element we have in being done with the business of the my weary way on the waterfront defense of our nation, and without cheap beer. On his way he put on this country is the merchant seaport at the lowest point in its his- in search of ships that never come ships and seamen we would be in paper a few random notes about man and the crooked labor tmions tory. Only one S.I.U. ship has home. Talking on the subject of one hell of a fix. The old saying outstanding American heroes. I that guide him. They should be in paid .off in this port during the ships, whether they come home or that it is a long road that never thought the boys might get a kick Alcatraz." past two weeks. Any return to the not, we were checking up on the has a turning is quite true in this out of them ... so here are a few June 5, 1942 — "The most paI'll send more from time to time. port of its formei shipping status casualty lists here and find that not case. triotic, brave and unselfish element It is so damn hot here that the MISS BEULAH SMALL- we have in this country today is would call for a beach list turn- one of the men who were shipped by us were amongst them. Howtypewriter keys are almost melting SPROCKET: (Prominent "B" the merchant seaman and the inos'er of around 200 men. ever, many of our well-known so I will let them cool off until Drink girl of tlie Vieux Carre) telligent labor unions that guide Most beefs these days are from brothers who usually do ship from next week. "We must all make sacrifices if this him. They should all be given the Liberty ships and they usually here are on it. Maybe our Godsends war is to be won. Now take me for! medals." involve alterations in construction have something to do with it. NEW ORLEANS 'that are the devil to get rectified. Anyhow 'tis true. May Godspeed Lack of running hot water and all our ships home safely .and the By adequate laundry facilities is the devil take the Jap and Heinie ships. "ARMY" chief squawk of the boys sailing The Story is abroad that "Dothe Liberties and we are doing our the-Best-You-Can" Hillman, while The beef of the century has best to get .this corrected. In this his ship was sinking, stood on the squared away on our side. This is respect, many thanks tO the broth- poop-deck, opened his arms and the Steward beef from the Eva. P. CAVANAUGH  n  S  ers who, not only told us what they shouted to the bpys in the life- The Army tried their damdest to PERCIVAL DE  LEON  Messman  thought was wrong, but also took boats: "Do the best you can, fel- prove a man that has 34 years with WM.  McCONNEY  MessmS  time to tell us how they thought it lows; do the best you can. the company was incapable of do"could be corrected. A Waterman's Convalescing Edward March ing his duties. We, meaning the ship paid off here last week and we awaits a goodly sum of the filthy Union as represented by the ship's CHARLES L. MILLER  Winer  were glad to see her come in. It lucre. Ear trouble is his pet ex- crew, and seconded by the Captains JOHN V. PIERCE  A  B  felt like ROBERT L. EARNHARDT  •   A* B*  . old times to go aboard a . planation for still being around, of the company that the man sailpay-off ship and listen to the old ^ ed with, proved otherwise. There JOSEPH D.  RODGERS  A. B  familiar overtime, bonus b^fs, etc. I ^^.^,^^16. was justification insofar as the conGEORGE F. WEST  A  B*  The ship had her troubles But they ^ Seaberger's mother-in-law ditions were cited but the thing ALTON R. O'BERRY  .. A! B!  vtrere straightened out m good that hung the goose was the fact Mrs. M.  C. KIMBRO  Stewardess  dfer. ^raybe it's the same in all pprts that the stewards department CHARLES  JONES  Firenian  Jb'ut it seems as if the Baltimore Matt Lynn and "Get Going aboard the vessel was putting out JAMES GREEN  Butcher  °Btfits^^'e really been taking it Sa^pson are on their merry way to 2 '/2 times as much from the galley ROY J. SAUNDERS  Oiler  ofi the chin in the way of sinkings. ^ j as the ship was built for. Ship was LEWIS J. DION  WiDcr  "There's been times when we've come back safely. Our hall is very rigged for not more than 2000 JOSEFH  B. BOYLE  Oiler  meals a day while now the score is Wished we could wisli that famous peaceful without them. MARTIN LUDWICK  Fireman  between 5 and 6 thousand. That's Iteltimore headache—-the Ore Line j Dishing dirt « about all the news JAMES J. JUDGE  V/iper  —into some other port. For most ^ this port can giVe to our patient not hay Brother. One of our crews stating they 1 of the bid rust buckets it's too lat6, meitabership, but we have hopes of CHARLES  BERCHEM  Fireman  they won't come back to this pbrt having something better to report can't sleep due to the noise being D. O.  RANK  Oiler  made by the repair gang. Called of any other port but for those soon. THEO.  MORGAN  Pantryman  the Company rep. and the gent I that are still afloat we'd like to tell^ Adieu sorrellos. This last week has been a busy One. A boat of the Mississippi Steamship Company and one of the Robin Line here. Had to call for 10 replacements out of New Orleans. In Memory of These  Brothers Lost At Sea  R. F. BELVIN  SH  �r  rtr <. HS71.11 >'­£«>?;K5755an5i5^Sn'i T^tiJ MMJua  ­  •  •  .  .  ,•  ;•  ­fc­­./. ­v'  .  Page Four \ ii;  THE  SEAFARERS*  LOG  The Maritime Commission  Ignores  Vital  Problems  {Continued  front  Page  2)  carry  out,  on  its  own  initiative or  on  the  rep­ resentations  of  the  crew  concerned,  inspection  of  the  safety  equipment  of  a  ship  of  foreign  registration  lying  in  a  port  within  the  juris­ diction  of  that  authority  and  to  issue  an  in­ ternational  certificate  of  inspection.  1.  On  vessels  of  not  less  than  300  tons  gross  the  lifeboats  provided  should  include  one  motor  lifeboat  on  each  side  adequately  provided  with  fuel.  2. The  use  of  the  radial type  of  davit  should  be dis­ continued  at  the  earliest  practicable  opportunity  and  all  new  tonnage  should  be  fitted  with  davits  mechan­ ically  operated  for  the  purpose  of  swinging  lifeboats  outboard.  3.  On  new  vessels  pumps,  particularly  main  and  circulating  pumps,  which  discharge  above  the  light  load  line  should  be  fitted  with  remote  control  valves  for  shutting  them  down.  These  controls  should  be  lo­ cated  near  to  the  remote  control  for  the  main  engines  The  same  arrangements  should  be  applied  to  existing  ships  as  and  when  practicable.  4.  On  tankers  carrying  inflammables  all  lifeboats  should  be  of  steel  and  some  life­rafts  should  be  car­ ried  aft  in  the  ship.  5. Expeditious  investigation should  be  made  into the  design  of  the  best  hull  form  and  weather  protection  for  lifeboats.  6.  Nails  should  not  be  used  in  the  construction  of  wooden  life­rafts.  7.  Expert  consideration  should  be  given  to  the  ad­ visability  of  equipping  lifeboats  with  radio  transmis­ sion  sets  capable  of  transmitting  on  short  wave  lengths  as  well  as  on  600  meters.  8.  Definite  and  adequate  arrangements  should  be  made  for  the  position  of  an  abandoned  ship  to  be  WASHINGTON, July 14 — President Roosevelt has signed an 9.  Every  lifeboat  should  carry  a  waterproof  chart,  or  alternatively  a  chart in  a  waterproof  container,  for  use  in  the  vicinity  in  which  the  ship  is  sailing.  10.  Adequate  visibility  of  the  lifeboat  compass  should  be  ensured  by  the  use  of  luminous  compass­ cards  or  by  effective  illumination.  11.  Every  lifeboat  should  be  provided  with  signal  pistol  equipment.  APPENDIX  SHIP TRAINING  HAS SEEN SWITCHED  communicated  to  those  in  charge  of  boats.  12. The  greatest  possible  use  should  be  made  of  the  space  available  in  lifeboats  for  the  carriage  of  water  and  every  care  should  bo  taken  to  see  that  the  water  supplies  are  replenished  when  necessary.  13.  Buoyant  containers  with  supplies  of  fresh  water  should  be  carried  on  board  ship  in  close  proximity  to  the  lifeboats  and  so  arranged  that  they  will  readily  float  free  of  the  ship.  14.  Every  lifeboat  should  be  provided  with  a  unit  type  first­aid  kit  in  a  weather­tight  metal  container.  15.  Before  a  vessel  leaves  its  first  port  of  departure  fire  and  boat  drills  should  be  held  and  all  life­sav­ ing  appliances  should  be  inspected.  Drills  should  also  be  held  before  leaving  any  port  at  which  any  im­ portant  change  has  been  made  in  the  crew.  Every  drill  and  inspection  should  be  entered  in the  log  book.  The  Joint  Maritime  Commission  agrees  that  it  is  important  in  war  time  in  the  interests  of  safety  that  officers  and  ratings  should,  where  practicable,  have  reasonable  rest  before  going  on  watch  prior  to  sailing.  Having  agreed  to  many  improvements  to  the  ex­ isting  standard  and  methods  employed  in  the  saving  of  life at  sea  and  in  view  of  the  urgency  of  their  im­ mediate  application,  members  of  this  Joint  Maritime  Commission  further  pledge  themselves  that  they  will  immediately  do  all  in  their  power  to  ensure  that  such  decisions  become  operative  at  the  earliest  possible  date.  ministration of the Merchant Marine training functioiis from the Administration. An Executive Order on Feb. 28 had transferred the Coast Guard to the War Shipping training program from the Maritime Commission to the Coast Guard, The training program is being rapidly expanded to provide about 100,000 officers and men for the 2,300 new ships contemplated in 1942 and 1943 under the President's war program. Officials said the transfer had been agreed to by Secretary Knox and Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, WSA Administrator. Seatrain To Continue  Coastwise Runs  AUSTIN, Tex., July 11—^Uecp in the heart of Texas a noisy new anti-labor campaign is making its bid for national recognition from foes of unions. Texas and Oklahoma constituted the scenic backdrop for last spring's phony "grass-roots" crusade against unions, collective bargaining and labor's wage standards. Set back on their heels by the united front of labor, the sponsors of that campaign are apparently beginning to feel their oats again. SPREADS POISON In recent weeks an organization called the Christian Americans, which features anti-labor and antiminorities propaganda, has been spreading its activities. Sen. Lee DO  NOT  SHIP  SIDNEY  HOWARD  EDWARD  F.  McGUY  of the Seatrain CLIFFORD  F. HINCKLEY  certificates of pub-j W.  C.  BOYD  and necessity, auth-' EDGAR  R.  BUTLER  •   i::/  •  ¥• ­,  K'  P 6847  P 6591  Applications Lines, Inc., for lie convenience orizing continuance of operations as a common carrier of commodiPAT ON THE BACK  ties by water between New York and New Orleans and New Itork^ The record of our merchant and Texas City, Texas, have been seamen in this war is an outstandgranted by the Interstate Com- ing one. It is a record of courage merce Commission. An application and heroism. It is the story of men by Seatrain for a certificate auth- who have stuck to their posts in orizing the transportation, of pas.-, the face of insurmountable obsengers between, New York .aod, stacles. New Orleans was denied. j On Clothing Benefits ... /  IF  YOU  ARE  TORPEDOED  AND  LOSE  ALL  PERSONAL  EFFECTS  AND  ATTEMPT  TO  COLLECT  FROM  THE  SHIP­ OWNER,  REMEMBER  THE  FOLLOWING:  1.  IF  YOU  HAVE  FAILED  TO  MAKE  OUT  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST  AND  FILE  IT  WITH  THE  SKIPPER  BEFORE  SAILING  IT IS  POSSIBLE  TO  COLLECT  ONLY  UP TO  $150.  2.  IF  YOU  HAVE  MADE  OUT  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST  OF  YOUR  PERSONAL  EFFECTS  AND  PLACED  THE  VALUE  BE­ LOW  $150,  YOU  CAN  COLLECT  ONLY  THE  AMOUNT  AL­ READY  SET  BY  YOU.  3.  IF  YOU  HAVE  MADE  OUT  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST  AND  SET THE  VALUE  ABOVE $150,  YOU  MAY  CLAIM  UP TO  AND  INCLUDING  $250.  YOUR  LIST  IS  SUBJECT  TO  CHECKING  BY  THE  SKIPPER.  Seafarers' Log­ HONOR ROLL  DONATION  —Senator  Alexander  Wiley  $  1.00  CREW  OF  S.  S.  ELDENA  13.64  CREW  OF  S.S.  LA  SALLE  9.00  G.  GRIFFIN  L.  FROMM  CREW  OF  S.S.  ALCOA  PATRIOT  ,  STEWARDS  S.S.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON:  J.  DARIGAN  J.  KAVANAUGH  \  E.  McCAN  2.00  34)0  13.00  10.00  10.00  5.00  uy  war  onds  B  Steel Strike  Spreads As  Company Stalls  Ji  \ LACKAWANNA, N. Y., July 3—strike at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Lackawanna plant spread to a second open hearth furnace unit today. W.S.A. Hints At  Diverting  Shipping  To San Francisco  of Texas here refused to reappoint four instructors who had sought to place the viewpoint of labor before a reactionary "grass roots" meeting in Dallas last March. Says Scrap  Dealers  f  $66.64  Edward F. Entwisle, the general manager, said that shop stewards of the union in No. 1 open hearth. O'Daniel, seeking re-clectioxi from No. 2 open hearth, blast furnaces poll-tax voters, plans to key his and ore docks "served notices on campaign on hatred of labor. the superintendents early in the And  in a  number  of  Texas  cities,  day that the men would quit work businessmen,  corporation  officials  late this afternoon and tomorrow . and  foremen  have  been  busy circu­ The War Shipping Administra- morning unless demands were met lating  a "declaration  of  way by  the  immediately." unarmed  forces  of  America."  Prin­ tion has advised the San Francisco He reported that the crew in. cipal  objects  of  attack  arc  the  Marine Exchange, which has been working  rules  and  provisions  found  fostering a program for the diver- No. 2 hearth struck at 4 P. M. today. Workers in the No. 3 unit in  almost  every  union contract.  sion of shipping from lower Atlanwalked out yesterday. An estiFIRE  INSTRUCTORS  tic and Gulf ports to South Amermated 300 employes have stopped The campaign against labor ican destinations to the West Coast, work. burst into full bloom when the Lome H. Nelles, international Board of Regents of the University that its suggestions are under con- Si'  ;v-j7 Thursday, July 16, 1942 Texas Labor Haters Renew The Same Old Propaganda Blitzkreig Executive Order shifting the Ad- • '^  sideration, according to advices re- representative of the union, attribceived in New York. Making no uted the walkout to the "comcommitments, officials stated that pany's failure to discuss many grievances which have arisen' strategic considerations must be the throughout the plant." He added determining factors in any diver- that the men in No. 3 hearth had sion decision. notified the superintendent Monday Profit on  Rubber  Drive  Unions Score  Heavily  In  Bargaining  Polls  WASHINGTON — Elliot E. Simpson, counsel of the house subWorkers are breaking records irt committee investigating the rubber the rate at which they are choosing situation, said last week that scrap dealers were making huge profits unions to represent them, the Naout of the scrap rubber drive. tional Labor Relations Board revealed this" week. Simpson declared some unidentified dealers who bought scrap for During May, tfie board said, $20 a ton proceeded to sift it for 107,000 workers marched to the finer grades of rubber which they polls, double last year's number, resold for as high as $1J0, ^250 and 88 per cent, of the elections and $400 a ton. were won by unions. that several men in the unit must lecame members of the^ union or they would stop work. 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Title A name given to the resource July 16, 1942 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: JOINT MARITIME COMMISSION ASKS IMPROVED SAFETY RULES; FAILS TO ACT ON LARGER ISSUES U-BOATS TIPPED OFF ON SHIPPING SEAMEN'S MEDAL BEING DESIGNED RELIEF ASKED FOR FISHING INDUSTRY TWO LINES AGREE TO PAY SIU SCALE NOTICE - STEWARD OF ALCOA CARRIER SAFETY RULES ADOPTED BY JOINT MARITIME COMMISSION -- LONDON, JUNE 1942 PLEA FOR UNIFIED RAIL LABOR MOVEMENT TEXAS LABOR HATERS RENEW THE SAME OLD PROPAGANDA BLITZKREIG SHIP TRAINING HAS BEEN SWITCHED SEATRAIN TO CONTINUE COASTWISE RUNS PAT ON THE BACK SAYS SCRAP DEALERS PROFIT ON RUBBER DRIVE W.S.A HINTS AT DIVERTING SHIPPING TO SAN FRANCISCO UNIONS SCORE HEAVILY IN BARGAINING POLLS Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IV, No. 24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/16/1942 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1942 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/893b13a90f056d19afb8dca6fdc52f20.PDF 630961ff803db8efdbc66dbc4ce525fe PDF Text Text Curran Bankruptcy Is Revealed At NMU Convention OFFICIAL OEGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA During this past week the Na­ gether by a deal with the bosses tional Maritime Union held its rather than by fighting the in VOL. V. NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1943 No. 16 annual convention in New York bosses. City. ^For six days hand-picked Echoing the boss slander delegates dutyfully applauded about discipline aboard the as a seemingly endless parade of ships, Curran declared that speakers discussed everything those guilty of "misconduct" but the real problems which should not only ibe expelled from face the seamen today. This the union but have their certifi­ convention - served only to fur­ cates suspended and be brought The SIU-SUP has voted on both coasts to accept the ther expose the criminal betray­ before the Coast Guard for dis­ Draft Board Refuses al of maritime labor by Curran cipline. RMO registration cards. This -was done after months of To Reclassify Strikers & Company, and to reveal the battle against the phoney WSA set-up, and only after it AIMED AT SIU-.SUP McKEESPORT, Pa.—Here's Stalinist trade union line for became clear that the best interests of the rank and file sea­ Should such a program be one draft board that isn't what it is—pure finkery! shoved through, no militant men demanded such a step. afraid to stand up against At a time when the shipown­ union man would be able to go ' Not only the WSA was lined up anti-labor state and federal ers control the government's to sea. The mere questioning of against us on this issue, but administrators. maritime apparatus and use the Stalinist sell-out tactics the full power of the Army brass The board refused to re­ their new authority to slash at would be sufficient for the NMU hats and their allies in th^ fink classify three striking bus union security and conditions, at leaders to finger a man. This led NMU. The Army was threat­ drivers. a time when union seamen are would conceivably affect the SIU ening to draft our members if Said John T. Walsh, board dying by the hundreds at sea and SUF as well as the licensed they failed to accept these cards^ chairman; "This is a labor only to have the bosses sit safe­ officers' unions. For with the and our union was simply un­ dispute and it isn't our job ly - at home and pile up profits NMU in the role of stool-pigeon, able to settle it. We won't stand WASHINGTON, July 13—Es­ Lssue.to buck the military on this and plan for the fink hall after the security of any individual for intimidation of workmen tablishment of the War Ship­ their war has been won by the union man would be endangered because they will not do NMU SABOTAGE ping Panel to consider and make workers, the Stalinist leaders of for alleged "misconduct." If any what employers say." Had maritime labor been recommendations on applica­ the NMU spend six whole days government board accepts the tions^ for voluntary wage and 'united on this issue from the beating their guns without ut­ NMU recommendations, they salary adjustments and on labor first, it would have been a dif­ tering a single word of militant would be in a position to sap disputes involving the shipping ferent story. Then the fuU eco­ unionism. the strength of the AFL sea­ industry was announced today nomic strength of all seamen CURRAN'S GUESTS men's unions through individual by the National War Labor could have been decisively mobil­ The platform at the conven­ suspension of certificates. ized against the Washington Board. tion* was practical^ ononopollFurther, any individual NMU union-thaters. But this was not All personnel, both relief and ized by such anti-union charac­ man suspended by Curran for the case. The Stalinist leaders regular crews, employed on all ters as Captain Edward Macaul- anti-Stalinist opinions, would be in the NMU, acting in accord­ ships, including dry cargo, tank­ ey who lectured and scolded the prohibited from joining the AFL NEW YORK CITY—President ance with the finky sell-oiit line ers, barges and towboats engag­ seamen for their failure to hop, because his certificate would be William Green called upon the peddled by 13th Street, not only skip and jump every time a la­ lifted. In short, only finks at six million members of the ed in off-shore, coastwise har­ accepted the cards but actively bor hathig mate or brass hat heart would be safe from the American Federation of Labor bor, and inland waterways ac­ campaigned for them through­ tivities will be considered under barked at them. And each, time purge. ^ to defeat for re-election every the jurisdiction of the JW.ar_Ship- out the waterfronts of America. the men were insulted in this member of Congress who voted ping Panel. POST WAR PLANS FUiUM STRUGGLES manner, the Stalinist leadership for the anti-labor Conn allyThe panel will consist of six We frankly admit that in this would jump up and endorse the Fortunately the Stalinists are Smith Act. members, with two representing case the combined power of the slanders and call for "remedial not sufficiently strong to shove such a program down the sea­ Addressing the delegates at the public, two representing in­ shipowners —WSA — Army and steps." men's throats. But they are a For it was obvious that the resourceful enemy of the work­ the convention of the Interna­ dustry, and two labor. The their NMU stooges was too great NMU leadership was not inter­ ing class, and they will not be­ tional Longshoremen's Associa­ members, who will be appointed to buck in time of war. The ac­ later, will serve on a per diem ceptance of the RMO cards is a ested in Conditions for the men come discouraged easily. In fact, tion, Brother Green declared: —they were interested only in one of the principal demands of "Get ready for the fight in basis. Alternate members may defeat for the union movement •make no mistake about that. imposing upon the waterfront the convention was for "an in­ 1944. Go back home and organ­ also be appointed. their own finky line and collect­ dustry-wide labor, management ize, Let the members of Con­ The chairman and vice chair­ But it is by no means the de­ ing dues for the Stalinist appar­ and government set up in the gress know that labor never for­ man will be a public member. cisive or final battle with the atus. All the convention talk merchant marine following the gets. Let them know that they Industry members and their al­ enemy. Following is the SUP resolu­ about the cheqjc-off system was war." In other words, they hope are going to be defeated if they ternates will be appointed by tion on the acceptance of the not because the leadership was to continue to act as thejaosses' trample upon the rights of the the board from nominees sub­ cards. It wa.s concured in by concerned about giving union finger men after "the war as well working men of our country. mitted by industry members of the SIU Branches voting up and security to the seamen, but.^ be­ as during it. They don't even inthe board. Similarly, labor mem­ down the coast. "Six million members of our cause the bankruptcy of the vision a struggle against the bers and their alternates will be American Federation of Labor NMU is becoming clear to an in­ shipowners once the Axis has recommended by the board's la­ RESOLU'nON creasing number of its members. been defeated. If their fink pro­ have been penalized and insult­ bor members and appointed by WHEREAS, the SUF on a coast­ Finding it difficult to collect gram flops now—they will at­ ed by the action of Congress in the board. * wise scale in the month of enacting the Connally - Smith dues without giving the men tempt it again in peace time. The panel's findings and rec­ March 4vent on record almost Bill over the President's veto." representation, without settling ommendations will be filed with unanimously as being opposed UNION UP-SERVICE their beefs land fighting for con­ Mr. Green charged that Con­ the national board, which will to signing the RMO fink cards, ditions, Curran hopes to keep On the very final day of the gress "wrote a page of shame make a final decision in the them in line with the check-off. Convention the NMU leaders did for the party in control of the cases. The panel's headquarters the so-called "deferment" cards, as being a move to drive a wedge He hopes to keep the union to­ {Continued on Page 4) Government" by passage of the will be in the offices of the na­ against our hiring halls and to tional board. bill. establish a black listing system BRASS HAT SQUEEZE FORCES ACCEPTANCE OF RMO CARDS ,r . ' • — W.L.B. SETS UP MARITIME PANEL Green Calls For Purge 0^ Labor' Haters In Congress GROWTH of the U S. MERCHANT MARINE tcmpMt ff^r»s*srt t frtii fMi . fi' < AMrcAdAf MtrriN 4et f 1929 l*3« i thttlmi mri»4 tut 01$3* »>7 <£<£%£££% 0 13 .S 1 \7 1,44^ I o I ? I ? ! ? I ? I ? ! ? I ? 1 ? CGMMIUION -OWI 'K ^•9f9 Radio Play Salutes S.U.P. Men For Unusual Courage The SUP crew of the S.S. Coast Farmer which ran a Jap­ anese-naval blockade from Aus­ tralia to the Phillippines to de­ liver high test gasoline and ex­ plosive shortly after Pearl Har­ bor, was the subject of a radio drama entitled "The Plow that Broke the Sea." Heard over the National Broadcasting Company network on July 4, the program was the first of a series of 8 which wfil tell of the wartime shipbuilding program and ship operations as conducted by the Maritime Com­ mission. k The program paid high trib­ ute to the SUP men, pointing out the fact that it takes the competent seamanship of ex­ perienced men to handle ships in war time. The rest of the programs, scheduled for each Sunday eve­ ning at 6:30, will probably fall far short of the first, for they are advertised as "telling the story of the Recruitment and Manning Organization." Such material could make an inter­ esting broadcast, but not in the way it will probably be present­ ed over NBC. on the spme line as the old Shipping Board fink halls, and WHEREAS, at that time the MC&S and the MFOW&W a^ went on record to fight this vi­ cious blacklisting system, but at a later date these union officials reversed themselves and recom­ mended to their membership to sign these fink cards, the same as the comics in the NMU, and WHEREAS, recently conniving politicians in the RMO, sub-di­ vision of the WSA, are working hard and in cahoots with the Selective Service and Draft Boards, to put the finger on SUB men and refusing to give them their deferments unless the re­ quest for the men's draft defer­ ment card comes through the RMO, and (ContinueJ on Page 4) �THE SEAFARERS' L O G* Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the Friday July 16, 1943 - RfpoTiT orv SEAFARERS' iNTERNATiONAL UNION QF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY ments' that our members may His great achievement is that when colored persons are dis­ BOARD: have on this matter. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President In my last report on The director of Maritime In­ patched to vesels, the whitd 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. the advisory committee's meet­ surance, Mr. Percy Chubb, has crews are compelled to slqpp in ing, I stressed the point that the issued Supplement No. 1, of War­ the same room with the colored JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treas, board should set some definite time Insurance Instruction No. persons or else they are expelled P. O. Box 25, Station P„ New York City rules and set limits to "cover 4, and effective July 15, 1943. from the Union. This is the 'Hwhen the attack bonus is pay­ The rate of $7.50 per $1,000 of philosophy preached by the MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. able. insurance for each month of great Joe, and he attributes the 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. In checking on the bonus dis­ coverage, regardless of the voy­ sailing of NMU ships to this putes that have been submitted age involved, is reduced hereby philosophy, and boasts of how; this contributes to the War ef­ to the board by the SUP and to $4.00 per $1,000. Directory of Branches fort. SIU, my record here shows that - This is for any additional in­ PHONE ADDRESS the board has ruled over 50 per surance that seamen may care Joe now wants to make a fur­ BRANCH cent of our claims out. This, to to take. The original $5,000 that ther contribution to the' war ef­ NEW YORK 2 Stone St Dispatcher's Office BOwliing Green 9-3430 me, is ample proof that the covers seamen is part of our fort in his fight against discrim­ Agent BOwling Green 8-3437 BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 board's decision is either not be­ agreement, as per the boards de­ ination. Not content with color­ BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Caivert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 ing properly administrated, or cision, and is still supplied by ed men and white men sleeping NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-10S3 they lack ample proof that there the employer to every member together in the same room on, NEW ORLEIANS 309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St. Savannah 3-1728 was lan attack, or if there was of the crew without any cost to NMU ships, he now wants to TAM^ ::: 423 East Platt St. Tampa MM-1323 include that there shall be no MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 an attack, they still haven't set the seaman. PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tterra discrimination because of SEX, up any specific rules whereby GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 All seamen are hereby cau­ Joe and a few NMU men who FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .Ft. Lauderdale 1601 claims can be properly judged. tioned to be on their guard if My feeling on this matter is they take out this additional in­ were torpedoed, met with Presi­ that the board should set up surance, and they must state dent Roosevelt, and the great PUBLICATION OFFICE; rules which will clarify when an that they v/ant this additional emancipator asked the President ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET attack occured, and in my last insurance to cover disability. why women were being discrim­ New York City , BOwhng Green 9-8346 report I defined what I feel Otherwise the additional" insur­ inated against by not being em^^ should coyer an attack. I would ance will only cover them in ployed on board vessels. The President' agreed with Joe that appreciate comments from the case of death. women should. be employed on members. My opinion is that the board American vessels. INTERNAL REVENUE: membership .should overhaul all The NMU is n6w holding its the questions that Agent Weis- Some: companies have jjeen annual convention and the dele­ berger asked the board and sub­ deducting Victory tax on men's gates are flooding, the WSA with mit what they feel would adequ­ transportation. Have requested telegrams demanding that -vyornately cover the confused situa­ a ruling from the director of tion of defining the limits under the internal revenue, and' ex­ en be employed on board Ameri­ The Belgian seamen's movement, though hard hit by can vessels. which port attacks should be pect an answer soon. the war and having lost close to 900 men through enemy myablo. i am of the opinion that As the NMU. policy is that, all THE BAITLE AGAINST persons are created equal re­ action, has made considerable strides in recent years and oc­ Agent Weisberger's letter fully DISCRIMINATION: cupies today a leading position among the Allied nations so covers the questions. What we Joe Curran, President <of the gardless of race, color or creed, and that segration is discrim­ far as union organization of the seafarers is concerned, an now need are the answers to his National Maritime Union, Is a ination, and that all persons re­ etter, which I'll quote. TTF survey of Belgian merchant^ man to reckon with these days. gardless of race, color or creed, ers and the officers and men's 'A vessel is anchored within According to tjie PILOT he is shall work, eat and sleep to­ inarine conditions states. organizations, grants substantial The report was furnished by improvements with regard to the confines of a river, bay, har­ the outstanding leader in the gether, we can probably all see Omer Becu, Belgian seafarers' waiting pay, death and accident bor, etc., awaiting orders as to fight against discriipination, what the great Joe is visualizing. representative in the United compensation, and, old age pen­ what shall be done with the land .as an emancipator for the So we can look forward to the States, and was madie public by sions. Though wages remain the ship; whether to proceed to an­ peoples rights, regardless of day when the NMCIJ ships will be the American office of, the In­ same, the daily pay allowance in other anchorage or pier, or leave race, color, or creed, he ranks manned as follows: ternational Transport Workers' foreign ports has been raised for some other port in some the topis. Bosum's room (certified two Federation, with which the Bel­ from 10s to 13s for men and other body of water. Or the ship The NMjU PILOT also boasts persons to a room by U. iS. gian Seamen's Union is afl^- from 12s to 17s for officers. Ad­ remains at -anchor within a that through his valiant courage Steamboat Inspectors) givbn body of water considered ated. ditional free food and lodging as inside or outside of the bar, and leadership the NMU is the Lower bimk, Joe Curran, bosun only union that has adopted, the —upper bunk, Elsie Doublebotfacilities are provided in Ameri­ jetty, breS-kwater, etc. 33% OF MEN LOST policy of no discrimination, and tom, 'carpenter, » With loss of life amounting to can and Canadian ports. A vesel is at anchor outside or that laU the NMIU members have Sailors' Foc'sl (certified four nearly one-third of the Belgian inside the bar, breakwater, etc., equal rights, work, eat, and peraons to a room by tl. S. merchant seamen sailirig for the or tied up to the docks, or under sleep together just like one big Steamboat Inspectors) Allied cause, the Belgian sea­ way from the docks to an 'an­ happy family. {Continued on Page 3), men's movement has neverthe­ chorage, or from ah ahciforai^ less been able to hold its own to a dock.' To Fight Again arid to reorganize its forces scat­ If an attack is made by sub, MiMON HENRY FORGETTE: tered all^ over the globe, it was Your union book, Australian surface ship, planie, or forces siaid. registfation and as^rted papers ashore, what woiild be the ai'ea to be defined as .port or anchor­ , The Belgian seafarers abroad arc in the Norfolk SIU Hail. age?" ' " are organized nearly 100, per J. H. WHI'TEFIELD There are other questions that cent, thus marking the best pro7 portion of seamen's unionization ' Picket cards, photognpaphs and would involve the claim for pay among the Allied nations, Mr. papers are in Norfolk SIU Hall. ment on an attack bonus. It is nigh impossible to list all of Bpcu observed. A. MICHLEAU them. My opinion is that the Wages and working conditions Your sbirts were removed from membens should give a little Dynistic and are now in are superior to those of the Brit­ the thought to the different prob­ ish seamen, the report pointed the New York hall. Please call lems that come up regarding out. An A.B. seaman receives for them. their claims, and submit them in monthly wages and war to their respective headquarters bonus and £2 monthly contin­ so that the Union can bring uous service allowance, a total them before the membership for of £27. The monthly wages and action. war bonus of a second mate or INSURANCE: third engineer amount to £35 At the last advisory board plus £3 continuous service allowmeeting, I made an attempt to ^ce and £6 Ids for stipulated cover some of the problerhs of overtime work. The men are^aid THEODORE STEINC^ I?'"?' ii''^'B»^l^'S,l^avypholinr^hpi^-i}rfrPB::l^rP^ JOE COUREY our members in their claims for at, the rate of 2s an hour for PETER JACKSON .... P8017 attack bonus, and made certain B The barnacled deck of the battleship QI^AHOIVIA,* capsizijd overtime. ••'If EDWARD BIRCH recommendations to the board. «unk at her moorings m the Japanese sneak attack od Pmrt Harbof i NEW AGREEMENT SIGNED J SCORTINO However, my opinion is that the December 7,1941, breaks water in tfie first step in the now well-ad? vanced pi-ocess of returning her to Active dul^/ Fire bf her An agreement recently con- J. B. PILGRIM ihen who are actually undergo­ guns appear as she is slowly righted in a diodern miracle of ealvagb 4;luded in England between rep^ 6. BpUCHIE ing the attack aire more qualified op^atio^, wUob will eventuk^ bee all,but tbiee Oi .Ibo N^ftvy wiftpf resentatiyes of the Belgian Gpy- GEORGE H. ALDRIDQE to make recommendations, arid" dkinagea on tbkt taVetvH day bak la aciibn. ^ ofnment in Exile, the shipown­ B6YCE BARTON ' I would appreciate' any coitiAffiliated with the American Vederation of Labor Belgian Seamen's Union Marks Gain In New Pact .. • 5- . �Friday, July \6, 1943 THE SEAFARERS* LOG WHArS DOING Around the Ports NORFOLK 500 hours overtime for the boys land the ones that were nonUnion decided that we had something and wanted to join up. It seems that the ship had been run as the officers wanted to run it. It is DAMN queer to me why men that are sailing ships that are non-union can't see where a union will be of benefit to them On that one trip alone the non-union and what is left of the NMU collected more over­ time than they had iii the last six months. I received a cablegram from one of the crew on the Pan Or­ leans that Bro. Walter Smith, Book No. 100 had died in Ha­ vana this past week. He had been Boatswain on there for al­ most one year and was well liked by all the crew and officers. He was one hundred percent union brother and ship mate and we regret his passing awiay. We also extend our sympathy to his family. Steady as she goes between the anchors. D. L. PARKER, Agent Page Three Washington Report (Conthui^d from Page 2) Lower bunk No, L, Blackey Mey­ ers, able seaman. Upper bunk No^ 2., Maggie Deeptank, able seawoman. Lower bunk No. 3., Joe Stack, able seaman. Upper bunk No. 4,^ Julie Shaftalley, able seawoman. Watertenderg' Foc'sl (Certified for 4 per:;ons, U. S. Steamboat Inspectors) •Lower bunk No. 1, Howard McKenzie, watertender Upper bunk No. 2„ Sadie Breasthook, watertender. Lower bunk No. 3., Bevo Mil­ ler, Watertender. Upper bunk No. 4., Sophie Scupper, watertender. Wipers' Foc'sl ^(Certified for 2 persons, U. S. Steamboat In­ spectors) Lower bunk No. 1., Jack La wrensen, wiper. Upper bunk No. 2., Effie Bilgediver, wiper. Cooics' room (Certified for 2 persons, (U. S. Steamboat In­ spectors). Lower bunk No, 1., Ferdinand Smith, chief cook. Upper bunk No. 2., Jane Chopingblock, 2nd cook. FLASH —Been advised thiat all the skippers are going to make a trip to Washington to see the President, and demand that their quarters be certified for two persons—and that they do not want a hairy chief mate on their vessel. They are going to demand that progress be made, and that they are all in favor of having their chief mates, pretty and petit with cruiser sterns and fairly trimmed beast plates. I can see a scowl on the face of some of the old timers, but brothers the days are over when a decent sailor could join the Chileano navy, get* three good meals a day and a boy and a blanket. So let's up the anchor and heave away for RIO with the NMU new battle cry,' "We will keep them sailing if the WSA allo%vs us to take our haybags along." There is a rumor around here that Ckjmrade Stalin has con­ demned Admiral Land as an enemy of the people, because he refuses to allow women to sail on American vessels and has vio-^ latcd the President's, executive order on discrimination, and thereby is classed as a counter revolutionist. standing sea watches in Oran= You are paid, in addition to 100% bonus, $5.00 per day for Business is booming in Nor­ being in an unsafe harbor, and folk with quite a few old time you cannot have both your $5.00 faces showing up for a day or per day for danger, and your so, then in the usual course overtime for standing watches moving on, either aboard some in a safe harbor. You cannot outward bound wagon or up or have your cake and eat it, too. down country to some other The harbor was either safe—or Port. Main Street hospitality it was unsafe; and what ever (with the accompaning copper was done or wasn't done about supervision) is of course respon­ shutting the steam off the main sible to some extent but some­ engine, cannot alter that fact. thing else must be wrong. Only •The ship was always ready to today soliie Ave or six guys piled move by the time she could have off ships with barely enough been un-moored. We could have pay for bus fare to the next port gotten her to rolling by the time and although the board was full we got the lines in, of the an­ of jobs, they promptly took out. chor up; whichever it might Another bad factor is the oc­ have been. Furthermore: it is casional "Bomb shy" guy that not necessary for the Chief Engr. discovers he doesn't like the car­ to ask anyone except the Cap­ go after he has signed on and tain or the Ipcal authorities wants help to get off articles. A about whether he shall shut the regular flood of letters arrives steam off the main engine or from draft-near sea career as­ not. Shutting the steam valve pirants in the hinterland who doesn't make the harbor safe, now desire to serve their coun­ and opening it won't make it try on the high seas. One aspir­ unsafe. It simply has nothing ant was willing to do the union to do with it; so don't harp too a favor of making a thirty day long and often on that jioint. It trip if we could arrange to let won't get you anywhere. The him work lashore for six moiiths argument about whether or not after that trip so he could make OrS.n was safe or unsafe, was up with his wife. PHILADELPHIA settled long before this ship was The RMO, USS, WSA, USMC, built,' and the best thing you can and the rest of the bureaucrat Well' here we go again doing do is be glad you are getting alphabet are busy as usual but business at the siame old place. are receiving little encourage­ Banvard of the Robin line in $5.00 a day and let it go at that; otherwise you can, and' probably ment around here. last week. This ship was carry­ win, lose the whole works. Beefs are becoming more difficult to settle through the WSA MARTY TRAINOR, ing troops, so that put her in and most of Jack Hawk's correspondence receives the silent treat­ Agent the category of an army trans- I might also add that there is ment in Washington. The only letters he receives from Hubert no such thing as double overtime pnart, so her name for that trip —or if there is; nobody has ever Wyckoff are complaints about alleged lack of discipline aboaiti was in reality the United States collected it, yet—and you won't SIU .ships. TAMPA Army Tr an.sport John Banvard either. This is the general line, pursued by the WSA and was followed Things around this port are (U-S-A-T). Naturally having a Be sensible: Don't try to get by Captain Macauley when he appeared before the NMU Conven­ tion. He knew it was safe to slander the men in the NMU, because piclflng up a little. We have title like this the crew is subject rich in one trip! Curran would back him up. Macauley, no doubt, boycotted the shipped quite a few men- to Sa­ to army rule, especially when RICHilRD J. BORDEAUX, SIU Agents Conference because he knew he would not receive a vannah, Charleston and Wil­ the .ship happens to be in Oiran, C5h. Eng. very cordial reception for his anti-union line. mington this past week. The South Africa. As you can see this individual Brandywine has been in and It seems that the chief en­ possesses a very high mentality, AAA have almost completed putting gineer aboard was a very lovely just like the baby after each fellow, in fact the entire black all SIU men aboard her. To McKay . . . your friend Pop Eye wants to say Hello. Rob­ sentence sticks out his tongue at 1 had a run in with the Chief gang to a man fell madly in you. As you read the above bul­ ert Diamond, your son was in Headquarters trying to locate you. Engineer the last trip. (He is love with him. This dignified letin you can analyze the man Contact us and we will forward you his address. Wallace Royial is known las a 1st class Scab from personage bore tjie title of Mis­ that has written it, you can see now sailing from the West Coast as Third Mate. His friends in the Bro. Wallace's report). It seenis ter (heavy on the Mister) Rich­ that ihe is very vindicitive. Yes, East wish him well. ^ that the M.E.B,A. in Galveston ard J. Bordeaux, Honorable you might even h^ave the im­ will npt supply any more En­ Chief Engineer (and he doesn't pression that the five dollars gineers to that ship until he gets forget to let you know his title). per day and the one hundred Harry Collins wishes to remind Thomson that his oflf. Well, this is the pay off; one It seems that this gentleman is per cent bonus was coming out classification has been changed from 4H to 4F. Joe Penta foimd very handy with a typewriter as of our men who was a flrenaan of his pockets. Ope thing, that Aileen interesting company at the Woman's Republican Club the he had a typewritten bulletin on there gave the Chief three really caught my eye was on the days notice that he wanted to posted daily for their benefit. above bulletin he stated "be other night. Carroll Quinnt will soon be leaving for the' West get off in Tampa. So on arrival One that was very interesting is sensible, don't try to get rich in Coast and his girl, Friday. Geo. Bunch and (Carroll gave the girls a break from Reading, Pa. So Seari and Andy Bailey saw the pre­ tlie Chief told him that he as follows: one trip." Can you imagine a view of "For Who the Bells Toll. would put the FBI on him if he June 23rd, 1943. guy^ getting ,the rnoney that he quit. S.S.I John Banvard is getting telling a thing like called before the Mast and the formed the Captain of the ship So on the day of arrival that to a wiper! charge is read to him by the in regards to the matter and he NOTICE "boarded her and he tells me the Some stuff I calls it. skipper who in turn asks the became very indignant over the same thing. I told him to go The first Asst. Engr. hgs been ahead and notify all the gov­ annqy^ enough and has haid One of the highlights of this man in question what he has to whole affair. He wanted to know ernment oflBcials as this man enough of his time taken lip bird's career was when one of say for himself. Whatever his who was the master of the ship. hiad been sailing steady for the with iionsensical overtime the oilers went ashore and miss­ answer is, is put in the log the He stated that the oiler in ques­ past two years and had. been claims, ' recently, to make up ed a watch and when the oiler skipper generally has someone tion was a very good man and torpedoed once and I thought more overtime than tire claimers came back the. Chief Engineer, there to witness the procedings he was personally going to de­ that if he would get off the of said overtiriie have worked without consulting the Captain, then the man is told that he is fend him in front of the Coast Shallow water run and try the during the entire trip. In several complained to the Army officials logged (2) two days pay and he Guard and see that his certi­ deep sea for a while he would instances, two or three men are ashore and the oiler in question is given a written copy of the ficates were given back to the change his mind. He stated that claiming overtime for the same was taken ashore and tried for charges. This procedure has oiler in que.stion. Well, there the NMU never complained job at the same time. This is direct disobedience of orders and been adheared to in most cases isn't much more to say as things about overtime or anything else. obviously silly, and unless you being absent without leave and for years, but low and behold are about normal around here. Then I infornied him that the straighten it out among your­ was fined the neat little sum of this being an army transport Brothers Hodge, Gelak, Alleva, SIU and the SUP had fought for selves, I shall, refuse ^to sign any seventy-five dollars.^ All this, and the chief engineer being and Do-the-Best - you-can-Hlllovertime and better wages and overtime slips whatever,, I am mind you, without the knowledge such a lovely personage, natur­ man. have all .shipped out on conditions and that we lived up willing that a man should have of the Captain. So beware of ally he chose the method best the John Banvard. Shipping is pretty good here, we are short of to hur, union agreemept. and, everything that is coming to this type of man that would do suited to himself. When the ship arrived in A.B. for the first time in four that if he did, not like Union him, but he certainly can't have a trick like that. It might be men or unipri ships to hit, the everything that is coming to that he dislikes the Union and Philadelphia, the Coast Guard months. Well here's to a bigger dock as there was a union (ihief, him, and to everyone else, too. he may be trying to start trouble. intelli'gence officer came aboard and better union, steady as she here on the beach that, would Tfie captain tells me that he The correct procedure in cases to investigate the man further, goes. HARRY J. COLLINS, more than fill his shock The Will positively resist any and all like this is when a man is not and after a lengthy discussion Agent deck delegate on there collected attem.pts to collect ovei^ttjme for aboard to stand his watch he is he lifted the man's papers. I in­ Out of the Focs^l by X. - 'I'l 'Ar - ft' t.1 �Page Four THE SEAFARERS' LOG Friday July 16, 1943 ACCEPTANCE OF RMO CARDS Curran Bankruptcy Is Revealed At NMU Convention {(ymtinued from Page 1) WHEREAS, these same politi­ cians have now openly stated that no seaman will get defer­ ment iiniess his RIVIO eard is sent to the RMO when he ships out, and WHEREAS, this phoney move is just in line with, the unionbusting policy of this fink out­ fit called the RMO, and a move to finger SUP and SIU men to the Army because the SUP will not take their finky program now, therefore be it RESOLVED: That the SUP is still utterly opposed to this finky lash up, but for the protection of our membership and union take the following action: NO. 1—CARD NO. 47. When a member of the SUP and SIU sign on board a ship, let the clerk or skipper fill out Card 47—and that we give them the information necessary to fill but these cards, but that we do not sign them. NO. 8-UARDS 48-A WhCn a member-of the SUP and SIU signs off a ship, he will take care No. 43-A is filled out by the clerk or skipper, (but not to Sign It himself.) Nb. 3. IVhen a member of the SUP-SIU ships out again, he gives his 48-A card to the dispatcher who will then forward same to the local RMO office. BUT HE DOES NOT SIGN HIS NAME AS A UNION OFFICIAL, nor the name of the UNION. And be it finally RESOLVED: That we publicize this widely among our members.: (Concured In By Coastwise Membership.) no real intention of fighting for {Continued fram Page 1) present a list of post war "de­ their realization. mands." Even the hardened PHONEY METHOD Stalinists seemed embarrassed The NMU method makes im­ over the rankness of their sell­ possible the winning of any con­ out program, and decided to give cessions from the shipowners. lip-service to wages and condi­ You can not, at one and the tions. same time, embrace labor-man­ The NMU demanded that the agement -government commitseamen receive, at some future tees as the sole means of strug­ date, the following benefits; gle and expect to win wage in-( 1. The 40 hour week. This creases and job security. You great, revolutionary demand by can not act as the finger man the sui>er-militants on 17th for the > bosses and expect to street is already a part of the lead the workers in struggle SIU program. It was adopted against the bosses. A stool by the SIU Agents Conference pigeon commands the respect of held month before last. The neither ^the employer nor the NMU now attempts to get on victim. .the bandwagon before it is too The seamen know from long late. and bitter experience .that the 2. Pensions for wounded and only way to get higher wages disabled seamen. This demand and shorter hours is by con­ is pure fraud, and the records ducting relentless and uncomwill prove it. This spring when promising struggle aboard the the SIU was fighting for pen­ ships and on the waterfront. sions, the Maritime War Emer­ But to the Stalinists, "strike" Cooperation of Navy and Coast Guard planes, blimp and ships gency Board presented its 2nd is a horrid word. They have po brought quick rescue for these merchant seamen after they were war risk insurance policy which plans for imion struggle. They torpedoed off the East Coast. The dramatic scene was taken actually decreased the benefits have, therefore, no plans for from a Navy blimp which first sighted the survivors and dropped a payable under its 1st policy. The winning better wages and con­ rubber life raft to them. The survivors landed in Miami, Florida. NMU, contrary to what it js now ditions. To the principles of preaching regarding life pen­ unionism, to the welfare of the sions, introduced to the Mari­ seamen, they give lip-service time War Emergency Board for and nothing else. adoption a policy which was USUAL FANFARE nothing more than a compensa­ The convention was greeted tion act calling for a ceiling of $10,000 for total disability or loss with the fanfare of publicity WASHINGTON — American of life. It was Dushane, SIU which usually surrounds NMU workers in shipyards through­ Washington Representative, who projects. The capitalist press, out the country built and deliv- demanded at this same meeting recognizing the fact that the ed more ships in the first six that Congres be asked to pass NMU leaders are the bosses' months of 1943 than were con­ legislation which would pension lieutenants, gave the clambake disabled seamen lor life and in­ a real buiid-up. But the time structed in all of 1942. when the rank and file seamen A new member of the SIU When he tried to get the NMU With the'delivery of 168 cargo crease the death benefits. When could be sucked in by printers' turned in a membership book in to take up his beefs, they told vessels totaling 1,676,500 dead­ the NMU now belatedly raises the "Pan American Department him "we have no jurisdiction" weight tons in June, production SIU demands as its own, it re­ ink has passed. The seamen of the NMU" and upon ques­ and the same delegate then pro­ of ships for the first half of 1943 veals its double bookkeeping. It have learned that there is no tioning revealed that he had ceeded to tell the other members totaled 879 ships aggregating has a phoney militant line which relationship between what The been forced into the crummy of the crew that they had to 8,818,622 deadweight tons. In it passes, out to the membership Pilot and New York Times writes outfit by the NMU who had an sign up or get off. The major­ the entire year 1942 the yards when lyings get too hot, but: in and number of pork chops on "agreement" with the operators. ity of the crew were Alien sea­ produced 746 vessels totaling 8,- ts back-door dealings in Wash­ the table. ington it sells the men down the The seamen have learned that When he joined he was told men. 089,732 deadweight tons. hey have few real supporters in river. that he would enjoy full privil- The NMU used this to levy a June construction brought Washington and that the way Idges of a union member. toll upon them without giving other new records in the record- 3. $250 monthly war risk to get conditions is not by cock­ On board the Panamanian them any representation. breaking feats of the nation's bonus. Ah, their chickens come tail parties uptown, but by pick­ flag 'ship he found that his wages lome to roost. $250 bonus is shipbuilding industry. were some twenty per cent be­ This is nothing more or less what the SIU struck for in the et lines on the waterfront. low the American scale. Over­ than simple and plain crimping. A new record for ships deliv­ fall of 1941. Curran and com­ time was sixty cents an hour When a so-called union recog.,^ ered by an individual yard was pany finked on that strike and and try and collect it. The food nizes two different wage scales set by AFL workers, when the called it "a bum beef." Now, two was lousy and the crew was they have two standards. Thus California Shipbuilding Corpor­ years later, they raise the cry as told that they were .subject to the NMU openly admits and ation sent 20 Liberty Ships Ihto if it were something new that Panamanian laws which meant practices wage cutting within service compared with 18 deliv­ they had just thought up, No. Editor: the industry. Seafarers Log ered in May and 19 in April. that they were bound to the the SIU didn't get a $250 bonus 2 Stone Street AFL .workers in the former Who gets the piece-off from ship, regardless of the duration out of that strike, but it won an New York City Richmond Yards No. 1 "and 2, the operators and how much?. of the voyage, for the term of now merged into one yard oper­ mcrease, and has won several Dear Sir and Brother: the articles. —NORFOLK PATROLMAN ated by the Shipbuilding Divis­ increases since — ail of which I would like to congratulate ion of the Permanente Metals were passed on to the NMU by Corporation of California, turn­ the shipowners. The present the SIU men on the way you are bonus rate is the direct and ex­ carrjring on the transportation ed in a total of 25 Liberties. clusive result of the -SIU strug­ of arms and troops in all parts Crew of SJB. Charles B. Aycock Deck Department which made As was announced last week have $125 coming. Collect Miss- last voyage on S.S. George Gale in the Seafarers Log the major­ gle. Any future boosts will be of the world. The LOG reaches l^ippi Shipping Company, 17 has overtime coming from Mississ­ ity of construction from now on due to the same cause, and not me regularly and gives me great Battery Place, New York City. ippi Line. will be of "Victory Ships" rather to any wind from Curran. pleasure in reading the true than the old "Liberty Ships." Curran and Company give lip- news of true men. * * * The new freighters will be cap­ service to these demands, but it Oilers on last trip of S.S. Del When my outfit crosses to Entire Deck Department of S.S. able of 17 or 18 knots. is only lip-service for they have comT)at duty, it's my prayer that Norte have overtime coming. Col­ Josiah Parker has overtime due. lect from Mississippi Line, 17 Bat­ the SIU men are at the helm to Collect Mississippi Steamship Com­ tery Place, New York City. steer a good outfit safely to'the pany, New Orleans. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR fight which we all share. * * * Crew S.S. John Stevens and S.S. I can think of nothing more JULY ITO 10 Deck & Engine Dept. S.S. Samuel to say except keep up the good Pan 'Giilf have attack bonus com­ ^ DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL work and remember what we are ing. Collect Waterman Line, 19 Griffin having personel effects claim see Robin Line claim agent, fighting for. Rector St., New York City. SHIPPED 246 153 190 589 39 Cortland-St., N. Y. C. • » < Sincerely yours, ;! REGISTERED 183 201 97 504 Firemen on S.S. Richard Afvey Steward Dept. S.S. 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Title A name given to the resource July 16, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: CURRAN BANKRUPTCY IS REVEALED AT NMU CONVENTION BRASS HAT SQUEEZE FORCES ACCEPTANCE OF RMO CARDS DRAFT BOARD REFUSES TO RECLASSIFY STRIKERS W.L.B. SETS UP MARITIME PANEL GREEN CALLS FOR PURGE OF LABOR HATERS IN CONGRESS RADIO PLAY SALUTES S.U.P MEN FOR UNUSUAL COURAGE BELGIAN SEAMEN'S UNION MARKS GAIN IN NEW PACT TO FIGHT AGAIN CURRAN BANKRUPTCY IS REVEALED AT NMU CONVENTION NMU PANAMANIAN DIVISION IS FOUND TO BE PHONEY 1942 SHIPBUILDING TOTAL SURPASSED IN SIX MONTHS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/16/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/de2114817fa0eace0538ac3286f17d95.PDF 1306953bea81e7364ff4e0a8afbcc093 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District^ Seafarers International Union of North America Seatrade Enters tanker Field, Signs SlU Pact Seatrade Corporation, an al­ ready SlU-contracted dry cargo company, which has now en­ tered the tanker field, signed a full tanker agreement with the Seafarers International Union this week. Announcement of the signing was made by Director of Organization Lindsey Wil­ liams. The new addition to the everlengthening list of SlU-contracted tanker companies first came^ into the SIU fold last Novem­ ber when the company signed a regular dry cargo agreement. Now the company has entered tanker operations with the pur­ chase of the SS Ramapo, a pre­ war tanker. The Ramapo, presently on the West Coast, will sail to tlie East Coast the latter part of this month. It is expected to operate from ports along the Atlantic Coast. No. 29 NEW YORK, N. Y« FRIDAY. JULY 16. 1948 VOL. X CG To infora Law (h ABs On July IS. the Coast Guard commenced rigid en­ forcement of the legal qualifications for signing ABs on American ships. Under the law. two-thirds of the ABs on any ship must hold green tickets. In other words, two-thirds of the ABs must show three years of deck time. The remaining third may hold blue tickets which require only a year of deck time. On the average ship calling for six ABs. four will have to have green tickets after July 15. All ABs are urged to check their tickets. If you hold a wartime AB ticket, terminating six months sifter the end of the war. you should go to the Coast Guard and get your blue ticket, or get your green ticket if you have the three years. And if you have a blue ticket and the three years, you should get it upped to green, whether you got your papers during the war or some time earlier. CG Cuts Alien Quota For Subsidized Ships By JOSEPH VOLPIAN Special Services Representative Labor Board Hearing Doflnes Voting Unit For Cities Service NEW YORK — The first in­ formal hearing on the SIU's petition for a collective bargain­ ing election on nine Cities Ser­ vice vessels was held this week at the regional National Labor Relation Board office here. -Although formal hearings are to follow, one of the most impor­ tant matters—the composition of the voting unit—was settled sat­ isfactorily to the SIU. At the hearing, held on July 9, the NLRB examiner and the Union agreed that the same con­ ditions applied to the other elec­ tion held in Cities Service would apply to the coming election, except for the wording of the clause covering the voting unit. Instead of naming the ships to be voted, the clause calls for the polling of all unlicensed per­ sonnel on vessels of the com­ pany's marine division, except those on vessels already certified by the NLRB. In other words, the new tei-minology makes clearer the SIU's position in the event the com­ pany acquires more vessels once the election has been called. The clause reads: "All unli­ censed personnel on board ves­ sels owned or operated by the marine division including deck, engine and stewards, excluding radio operators, pursers and un­ licensed personnel aboard those vessels of which the Union has been certified by the NLRB." Absent from the discussions on the voting unit was the com­ pany's attorney, who walked out when told he was not allowed to ha\;e his own stenographer take notes. According to Ben Sterling, at­ To bolster their case, the CG On July 15, the proportion of can also point to the fact that aliens permitted in crews of sub­ man.v more aliens have obtained NEW NEGOTIATIONS sidized American ships was re­ visas legalizing their entry into Representing the company at duced from 25 percent to 15 per­ the United States, permitting the signing was Mr. James Pohl, cent by the Coast Guard, which them to sail coast-wise or work Director of Seatrade Corpora­ tion. The Seafarers was repre­ is gradually moving toward ashore. Certainly the pressure sented by the regular SIU Ne­ stricter interpretation and en­ has been eased. gotiating Committee. The Com­ forcement of federal statutes The point ought to be made pany's offices are at 44 White­ governing aliens and other mat­ again right here, though it has been made many times before, ters within its jurisdiction. hall Street, New York. that when an alien is trying for In announcing the signing of If the Coast Guard were to in­ a job on a subsidized, ship he Seatrade, Brother Williams also terpret the law exactly, ho aliens must have at least one discharge disclosed that the SIU will at all would be permitted to sail covering service on an American shortly enter into negotiations subsidized ships except the 10 vessel during the war to get it. with the New London Tanker percent allowed in the Stewards He must have sailed under the Company, a new outfit at present Department of passenger vessels. having one tanker, the T-2 New The Coast Guard for a number American flag at some time be­ tween Pearl Harbor and V-J London. of good reasons has waived this Day. law in some degree. HAVE MAJORITY URGES STEPS Following a brief, but con­ However, on unsubsidized centrated, organizing drive on ships, the CG says that aliens The trend of Coast Guard pol­ the New London, the Union pre­ may still constitute 25 percent icy proves that the SIU has been sented the company with evi­ of the crews. Since only a few correct in urging its alien mem­ dence of having SIU pledges of the ships contracted to the bers to take every possible meas­ from a majority of the crew and SIU are subsidized, the CG's new ure to. improve their legal status asked the operators to enter in­ restriction on aliens may net be (Continued on Page 15) to contract talks covering wages quite so bad as it sounds, but the trend should be a warning. and working conditions. The company has signified its The Coast Guard has been willingness to begin negotia­ waiving the law to some extent tions, which will probably com­ in this alien question, because mence shortly. The New Lon­ it long ago. recognized that there NEW ORLEANS—A clear-cut SIU walked away with better don Company's home offices are were so many aliens in the victory for the Seafarers Inter­ than 75 percent of the total in Philadelphia. American merchsmt marine that national Union was predicted by tally. The rapidly-increasing list of it rrfight be hard to find enough Union observers, following the The other Cuba Distilling ship, tanker companies contracted to men experienced in the proper voting of the SS Carrabulle, the Catahoula, voted late this the Seafarers is especially note­ ratings to keep the ships crewed. Cuba Distilling Company, in a week in Deepwater, New Jersey worthy when it is recalled that National Labor Relations Board —too late for details to be car­ PRESSURE EASED a little over a year ago not a election held in this city this ried in the SEAFARERS LOG. single tanker outfit was operat­ During the war, aliens were week. An equally strong vote for the ing under an SIU agreement. allowed to constitute as much as The voting of the Carrabulle SIU was expected on this ship. The progress made since the 50 percent of a crew. After the took place Monday, July 12, Announcement of the voting SIU organizing department be­ war the percentage, was cut to and was witnessed' by Director results on the two ships is _ of Organization Lindsey Williams expected from the NLRB with­ gan devoting its attention to the 25. tanker field points up the effec­ Meanwhile, so many aliens, and New Orleans Port Agent in a couple of weeks. With an SIU victory in Cuba Distilling, tiveness of this phase of the have become naturalized that the Earl (Bull) Sheppard. Although the vote count was negotiations with the company Union's program, in addition to CG feels that it is justified in aiding the emplojnnent situation cutting the percentage allowed not announced, both observers for a contract will only await expressed confidence that the certification of the SIU. on the subsidized vessels. for Seafarers. torney for the Union, the formal hearings on the SIU petition will begin in about two or three weeks. The SIU's present petition be­ fore the NLRB was made neccessary when the board ruled that the SIU represents only those seven ships voted in a previous election. The company acquired eight more after the election was underway and one ship, the Lone Jack, was not voted. In order to represent all the seamen in the Cities Service fleet it was necssai-y for the SIU to petition for an electiori on the remaining nine ships. ; In the meantime, progress is being made toward securing a contract covering the crews of the seven ships for which the SIU has been certified. Company representatives are now studying the Union's de­ mands and a meeting of both the Union and the company is ex­ pected shortly. Miners Win About 50,000 striking coal miners, representing 10 per­ cent of the bituminous coal­ mining industry, went back to work in the "captive" mines when the owners fin­ ally signed a contraxt with the United Mine Workers of America on July 13. The miners struck on July 6 when the steel companies, which own the captive mines, refused to grant the union shop that the UMW had wrung from the commercial mines. SIU Victory Seen In Cuba Distilling Vote s. This week's elections on the Carrabulle and Catahoula, both Liberty type tankers, came two weeks after an NLRB order for the elections was handed down. The SIU first petitioned for an election on March 18, after securing sufficient pledge cards from the seamen of the com­ pany's two ships. When a contract is^ signed with Cuba Distilling it will bring this company under the banner of the SIU once more. The company had a contract with the Union untili all its ves­ sels were lost to enemy action during the war. �Two ARER 5 V EO G Friday. July 1948 M' SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly ^ the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 191^. 267 Saving Seamen's Lives In a Tampa hospital this week are three Seafarers painfully recuperating from scalding burns suffered when live steam shot from what was obviously a faulty line aboard, the SS John Bartram. One of the men is in a critical condition. A fourth victim was already beyond the reach of medical aid. He died in agony shortly after being scalded from head to foot as he sought to escape from the spraying inferno. •. It is believed that a faulty elbow and excessive • pressure in the line was responsible for the tragedy. So far, no official reason for the accident has been advanced. ' Regardless of the verdict, however, it will be of little comfort to the sufferers and their families. It will ,sound just as hollow as the thousands of other postaccident reports that have been filed before. " Some will say that seafaring is a tough life, and that ..accidents like those aboard the Bartram this week are part of the risk a man runs when he goes to sea. j Sure, seafaring is tough. There are mighty few occu­ pations that are more. hazardous. Many of the hazards, however, can be traced to negligence, inadequate inspec- tion regulations, and outmoded construction and equipimeAt, none of which is pardonable. On the John Bartram, for example, in addition to the' faulty line, another hazard was discovered—one that gt any. time might prove to be loaded with tragedy. "" As on other early Liberties and prewar-biiilt vessels^ the portholes are too small to serve as an escape for ^ nprmal-sizcd man. Many of the occupants of rooms off iherBartram's steam-choked passageway tried to pass through these ports and failed. They were able to keep the steam from seeping into the rooms by packing mat" Cresses" and other materials against the doors. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Mimeographed postcards can be obtained free at^the Social Service desk. JUeo Now In The Marine Htapitals Stat en Island Hospital If fire had been licking at the doors, it would have You can contact your Hos­ been a different story, written off with an even greater These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, pital delegate at the Staten cost of life. It would have been ironic that men of the as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: U.S; merchant fleet, which prides itself on the fact that hWvily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Its standards are far and away the highest of any in the writing to them. (on 5th and 6th floors.) iW^orld, would have been helplessdly trapped and doomed MOBILE HOSPITAL RALPH PIEPHET Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. because a few inches of porthole prevented their escape. V. R. NORTH A. C. McALPIN (on 3rd and 4th floors.) V. P. SALLINGS Certainly all the life-saving appliances advocated by JOSEPH BENNETT C. GREEN Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. the recent International Convention of Safety of Life at CHARLES R. VORN C. R. GRIMES (on 1st and 2nd floors.) Sea, which the U.S. attended, would have been worthless. JOSEPH BLANCHARD W. H. COLBOURNE O. M. RAYNOR M. C. GADDY Immediate steps should be taken by the Maritime 4* 4» 4* ' H. L. SEYMOUR Commission, the steamship companies and the government SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL JAMES FARRIOR inspection service to see that the potential threats to the J. HODO E. MULHOLLAND A. JENSBY lives of seamen, such as the one pointed up by the Bar­ W. WATSON A. SYLVERA F. NERING tram tragedy, are removed from American vessels. EDWIN MAXWELL R. J. CAVANAUGH E. MELLE V* FRANK WAGNER F. O. FONDULA D. P. GELINAS Resolutions and protests are not enough to eradicate P. TRASMIL P. E. CUMARE J. E. BURNS these unnecessary perils. H. FERDRICKSSON E. BULIK ^ a. H. MASON G. D. FINKLEA SAVANNAH HOSPITAL The only way to demonstate a sincere determination G. L. DUXWORTH S; HEIDUCKI to reduce the hazards of shipboard life is by action. No TROY THOMAS ED MILLER C.E.BRADY amount of talk or good intentions can substitute for more F. T. ALKOFER J. McNEELY S it R. BROWN Stringent construction regulations and the much-needed M. T. TARING J. L. ROBERTS BALTIMORE HOSPJTAL D. DeDUISEN overhaul of the ships now sailing with standards far short W. ROBERTS LOYD E. WARDEN J. BONYEA of reasonable protection for the crews aboard. E. CAHOON M. J. LUCAS , J. PRATS 4. -4. E. T. JANASJAK Whatever monetary costs might be involved in mak­ NEW ORLEANS 4. 4. 4 » HOSPITAL HAROLD H. SPENCER . ing our comparatively safe merchant marine even safer GALVESTON HOSPITAL STELLY C. FORMAN GEO. H. SkEBERGER would be insignificant, when measured in terms of the E. LIPARI THOS. A. BENSON A. E. MOULTON • I saving in human lives. R. F. BLACK EDWARD L. PIERCE WARREN W. CURRIER JOSEPH WING J. M. DOONER To those who hold the power to provide greater J. DENNIS L. C. MASON LAPERHOUSE WILLIAM T. ROSS shipboard security for American seamen, the Seafarers A. LOOPER FOSTER MATTHEW LITTLE say, "Get going!" C. ANDERSON COMMANDER BYRON C. BARNES �Friday. July II. IMt ERP Ruling Aids Panama Tanker Ships TBE SEAF AHEBS tOG Say Your Say! Now that the Hiring Hall issue has been hurdled, the SIU Negotiating Committee is preparing for discussions with the operators on clari­ fications in the Union's standard freighter agree­ ment. So that the membership can actively participate in Although there is still a joker or two in the picture, it looks as if the people running the Marshall Plan are going to ad­ here pretty closely to the provi­ sion calling for half the ship­ ments to go under the Americarr flag. Arthur G. Syran, Marshall Plan transportation director, an­ nounced the other day that Am­ erican carriers of bulk cargo clarifying the working rules, would be paid higher rates than the Committee urges all Sea­ their low-cost foreign- tramp farers to submit their views. competitors, thus assuring them Any member wishing to their rightful 50 percent of the make suggestions for changes bulk business by permitting in the working rules for any them to operate at a profit. of the three Departments There has been some legitimate should write them out and fear among American ship ope­ mail them immediately to rators that they wouldn't get the SIU Negotiating Com­ much of the grain, coal, phos­ mittee, 51 Beaver Street, phate and other bulk business— New York 4, N. Y. because the law reads that half This is your opportunity to the cai-goes are to go in Ameri­ help clarify any section of can ships when they are avail­ your working rules. able at the market rate. If the "market rate" for bulk cargoes were lower than the American rate, U.S. bulk cargo carriers figured they might lose all the bulk business. As it now appears, shipping will be checked at six-month in­ tervals, so that U.S. officials will be certain that Americans are By JOE getting at least their half of the cargoes. The biggest and most obnox­ In last week's LOG, there was ious joker is in the manner in a mighty good article on a Bosun's which tanker space will be al­ duties. What is said about let­ lotted. ting the crew do crew's work Tankers under the Panamanian is particularly true when all flag which are judged to be un­ der "effective American control" hands are turned to, or on a pas­ will be considered to be Ameri­ senger ship or other ship with a can ships. number of day workers. This means that, while at But it is a cinch that on a least 50 percent of the liner and Liberty which only carries one" bulk cargoes yill assuredly be carried in American ships, any Deck Maintainence, and has only American who owns a Pana­ one or two watchmen on deck at manian tanker wiU be able to sea, the Bosun has got to pitch muscle into the American half in and do a little work himself. of the tanker trade with his low Furthermore, as the most ex­ standards of pay and bad con­ perienced man, there are lots of ditions. Who thought this one jobs coming up—such as sewing up has not been revealed. canvas, and special splicing jobs, or going aloft in bad weather— that most Bosuns feel better doing themselves, and really ought to do themselves unless there is an oldtimer in the crew who is equally capable of doing it. P«f»^ThNa Break In Steam Line Kills Bosnn; Three Other Seafarers injured One Seafarer was killed and three others were injured when a steam line connected to the deck machinery blew up aboard the SS John Bartram, a Water­ man vessel, as she lay in the Port of Tampa early July 3. The injured men are still in the hospital, one of them in critical condition. The dead Seafarer was Mo­ hammed A. Elsayed, the Bartram's Bosun, who was scalded when the steam shot from a break in the line directly outside his foc'sle. He died shortly after being admitted to a Tampa hos­ pital. In critical condition is George Griffin, OS, who is suffering from Because his home is in Tam­ first, second and third - degree pa. Nevin Ellis, Deck Main­ burns of the body. The other two tenance (above), escaped the men, Arthur W. Baker and A recent photo of George casualty list. He occupied same James L. Jones, both Firemen, Griffin, OS. who was badly room as the man who was were burned less severely and killed, but had spent the night their condition was described at burned when a steam line burst aboard the SS John preceeding the accident at the hospital as "not serious. home. Bartram in Tampa last week. POSSIBLE CAUSES Disaster also resulted in the Although no official version of death of one Seafarer and in­ the tragedy has yet been issued, it is believed that a faulty elbow jured two others. and excessive pressure may have been the causes. The broken line had been left ajar when Walker had left about five minutes ear­ was repaired immediately. An eye-witness account of the lier. Griffin, like Jones and Ba­ tragedy was related to the LOG ker, was burned by steam and WREAD by Frederick Walker, AB on the scalding water, when he made done right, or to make sure that Bartram, which arrived in New his escape through the allyway. The men in the adjacent foYork this week. no one gets hurt. c'sles packed mattresses and bed Then, too, once in a while you Walker, who occupied the same clothing against the doors of run across a Bosun who will let foc'sle as Griffin, had stepped out their rooms to keep the steam a couple of men strain on a line just a few minutes before- the from seeping throu^. blast. He returned to find the and won't jufnp in and give a Attempts to escape through the passageway choked with live hand himself. steam shooting from the broken portholes failed as the trapped In general, though, we have line mider 200 pounds of pres­ men could not squirm througl • a mighty good bunch of men i sure. the small openings. Most prewarsailing the SIU ileet in all rat­ Walker said what probably, built vessels and early Libertys, ings. And the Union's require­ happened was the following: jbke the Bartram, do not have ments for men shipping Bosun ports large enough for a normalto have three years out of SIU SCALDED I sized man to pass through. Halls, give us a mighty high When the blast came, Elsayed Shortly after the explosion standard. opened the door of his foc'sle to steam was cut off in the fidley Now, if the registration ruling see what was going on. Steam by the First Assistant and the is established up and down the shot through the doorway and Deck Engineer. Meanwhile an coast whereby men shipping as filled his room. He then ran ambulance, which had been sum­ Bosun must register as Bosun through the steam-fiUed passage­ moned by other crewmen, arriv­ and not AB-Bosun, only men way and was fatally burned by ed. The injured were taken to the hospital immediately. who can handle the job are the time he got out on deck. apt to go on the Bosun's list and Steam also poured into Grif­ LUCKY MAN fin's foc'sle, the door of which wait for that job. But for the fact that he makes his home in Tampa, Nevin Ellis, Deck Maintenance, probably would have been included in the If the railroads serving the Philadelphia will retain the half- casualties. Ellis, who shared ElU.S. East Coast have their way, cent per 100 pounds advantage, sayed's foc'sle, spent the night at there won't be many cargoes of which makes them more econ­ home and reached the Bartram bulk graiii leaving North Atlan­ omical to ship through at pres­ just about the time of the ex­ tic ports .for Europe this fall. ent than New York and the plosion. The cargoes will move, all rest of the East Coast outlets. Elsayed, who carried Book No. right, but they won't be going - In addition, the railroads wish ,'26123, had been a member of the from New York, Albany, Boston, to raise the basic freight rates'siU since June 22, 1943, when Philadelphia and Norfolk. They'll on shipments to the East Coast he joined in New York. He was be going from Gulf ports in­ for rye, wheat, oats and barley^bom in Egypt March 2, 1909, and stead. to the level charged for more Wived his citizenship papers It looks as if the eastern rail­ expensive products sueh as sorg-'after serving in the U.S. Army roads are preparing to cut their hum, although this is not re-during the late war. own throats. They have called ported to be on the agenda of Funeral services for the late a meeting in Buffalo on July 20 the Buffalo meeting. Seafarer were held in New York to consider freight rate increases So far as the SIU is concern­ Bartram crewmembers contribut­ of 20 to 30 percent on grain be­ ed, the only difference would ed a floral wreath. ing carried to East Coast eleva­ be that there would be more bulk cargoes of grain moving tors. If the railroads get what they from Mobile, New Orleans and want, the cost of moving wheat the Texas coast as most of them from Buffalo and Erie to New now are than from the northeast If you have a beef or a York will be upped five cents ports — imless grain shippers for each hundred pounds. The decided to send their cargoes problem when you're on the same increase would apply on down the St. Lawrence River West Coast, contact SIU. AftG District Hq.. 105 Mar­ corn, rye and oats, and a smaller under the Canadian flag. The Port of New York Au­ ket Street. The tel^hone increase to barley. The same raises would be thority and New York shipping number is. DOuglas 2-5475. tacked "on rail shipments to other interests have asked the rail­ Drop in between ships, and eastern ports, if allowed. How­ roads to equalize grain export get acquainted. ever, Albany, . Baltimore and rates to all North Atlantic ports. >liiy Good Bosun Must Pull His Own Weight Abourd Ship Philadelphia is Second Port In Total Tonnage GREEN MAN PHILADELPHIA — This city Take the character who sent has i-egained its old position as fairly green men up the mast the nation's second port in the to lash the booms to the crosssheer tonnage of commerce hand­ treee during the war. It was an led, according to figures released old ship, and didn't have boomr by the Department of Commerce. collars attached, so it took a In March, the latest month for which figures are available, Phil­ pretty good job to hold them. adelphia handled about 100,000 "You guys shipped AB," he more tons of import and export said, "Now go up and lash it!" cargo than Baltimore, which They wound a lot of manila knocked the Quaker City from around the booms and the top­ its traditional second place last mast, but it came loose on a wild year. New York is still first. day in the North Atlantic with One spokesman explains Phil­ ice- all over the mast, and the adelphia's temporary lapse into ship pitching and rolling. third place last year as follows: '"Philadelphia's temporary loss The Mate called the Bosun and of its second position was due the Bosun called out all Deck entirely to the vast unnatural hands. movement of relief coal and "Two or three of you ABs grain which flowed through the chip the ice off of the ladder and other ports in greater volume." lash those booms right," he said. However, when the value of "I told you to do it right in the shipping is considered instead first place." of the tonnage, Philadelphia is definitely third, trailing New Of course that's an extreme York, which is first, no matter; case, but still there are a lot of how you figure it, and New jobs a Bosun has pretty much got to do to be sure, they are Orleans. Rail Hike May AiJ Cuff Ports On The Coast �?• • -;;: -» Page Four THE S£AFARERS LOG Friday. July 16. 1H8 Seafarers And Their Ships Are News Aboard Tbe Rdbin Kirk... vv^X;:-:; -y-l^y- Robin Kirk crewmen secure the gangway for sea. Crouching is B.o^un Ostling; Arnold is at the davits, while A. Smith watches operation. Man with back to camera is K. Petersen. Aboard most SlU-cOntracted vessels plying the sev­ en seas are scores of alert Seafarers with noses for news and eyes for interesting shipboard shots. Each week the LOG receives evidence that these Union-news minded men are on the job, jotting down and sending in reports and stories of Seafaring activity. The LOG is anxious to receive reports—in words and pictures—^from all SIU crews. Seafarers and their ships are news. Perhaps at the first shipboard meeting a re­ porter may be elected to handle this function. Many men will be glad to handle it voluntarily, as were Seafarers on the Robin Kirk and the Meseck tug Dorothy Ann, pictures of which appear on this page. Crewmen who were on the Robin Kirk when it left New York for South Africa recently, were destined for a first-class trip^ according to the three department dele­ gates, P. Sudia, Engine; A. T. Arnold, Deck, and Michele Amato, Stewards. They gave much of the credit to Joe Miller, Chief Steward, whose sumptuous menus were ably prepared by three crack SIU cooks. Chief Cook J. Bove, Baker D, E. Jessup and Second Cook F. G. Rocafort. The delegates also happily reported that the Skipper was cooperative and not one logging was aiecessary throughout the three months. A view of the ship-shape Robin Kirk, one of several Robin Line vessels which make the South African run. She's a good feeder, too. In Dar es Salaam. Tangan­ yika. Robin Kirk men saw this sailboat setting out for on evening saiL The South Afri­ can run includes calls at some of the ^world's most 'Coloriul spots. In Durban. Seafarers J. Micjunas (lefl). OS. and J. JFlynaC AB. pose with local steve­ dores. who earn seven shillings, a day. Food and clothing costs there axe as high as in U.S. A -crewmember photographed this scene of Capetown harbor. In the background is the famed Table Top Jdountadn, a brequent -i^jiration to Seafarer cameramen and artists. ...And The Tug, Dorothy Aim I b', K Chester Chezna turns to on /'the winches aboard the Meseck lug Dorothy Ann. This shot and others of Dorothy Ann crewmen were submitted to ^ LOG recently by John A. Bersen, Oiler, after he paid ' the seagoing tug. He liked working aboard the small craft/ he said^ Here are three Seafarers who were shipmates of Bersen's. They are Kenny Wright (left), E. Brown, and «a crewmember whom Bersen was imable - Proof that fishing was good off the Dorothy Ann is held up by crewmen. They're tuna, hauled in off Cape Hatteras. Weight was John Bersen takes ' his turn before the lens. He hails from New. Jersey and is a pretty capable artist. Several sketches of vessels he's sailed on have appeared in recent issues of the LOG. Bersen was inspired to submit his work after see— of other Seafarers �Friday, July 16, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Book Members Find That Shipping fs Quite Fair In Port Tampa TAMPA — Shipping in this Florida port remains fair this week, with job prospects best for the bookmen, who can always make a job within a few days. Things are a bit rough for permitmen, however. Baltimore Continues Ups-Downs: Shipping Is Fair — This Week Unclaimed Gear By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ BALTIMORE — Shipping re mains a little better here than it was a while back but don't get the idea that things are booming, because they are not. We paid off seven and signed on the same number. In addi­ tion we had a number of ships in ti-ansit and we had a few stillto-be-contraeted tankers to hit. SIU way before long, if he doesn't already as the result of what we told him the other day. One ship whose topside is more than willing to see that things are done SIU style is the Nathaniel B. Palmer. The Cap­ tain, the Chief Mate and the Second Mate all carry SIU books, and "Dutchy" Moore is a member of the crew. Members whose gear has been held for more than three months in t^ fourth floor baggage room of the New York Hall are advised to call for it immediately, or notify' the Hall where they wish it sent. Crowded conditions make it impossible to hold gear longer than three months. All effects remaining unclaimed after three months will be lent to the owner's home via express collect. Gear without addresses will be disposed of otherwise. We still get several ships in here on coastwise runs. The SS Robert McBurney was scheduled to arrive on July 12 for a pay­ off and signon. This vessel is op­ erated by Overlakes. The Bull Steamship Line still has a few phospha(f ships touch­ ing Port Tampa and Boca Grande. Waterman Steamship Corporation is the big noise on the, coastwise runs, however. MAIN TOPIC As is natural, the Hiring Hall agreement our Union won is the main topic of conversation here. All hands are very happy* and are thankful that our negotiating committee was able to go ahead with things before some irre­ sponsible union fouls things up. All hands were saddened by the death of Brother M. A. (Turk) Elsayed, Bosun, who was killed in the explosion aboard the John Bartram in port here last week. The blast that took his life also severely, injured three others—^George Griffin, OS, and James L. Jones and Arthur Baker, Firemen, and they are still in a local hospital. The steam line running to the deck machinery exploded right outside the Bosun's focsle. A faulty elbow and too much pres­ sure were believed to be the. 'causes. On the local laboi- scene, there was a beef between the ILA in Miami and the P&O Steamship Company. However, everything has been ironed out to the satis­ faction of everyone concerned. The beef never got to the stage where real trouble was expected. The sailing of the SS Florida wasn't halted. The payoffs were on the Na­ UPS AND DOWNS thaniel B; Palmer, the Marore, There still are too many men the Cubore, the Monroe, the on the beach, since we haven't Robin Kettering, the Edith, the been able to dispel the rumor Minot Victory, and the Cape that shipping is easy here in By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER Baltimore. Of course it's easy REPAIRING HALL to catch a ship in Baltimore— PHILADELPHIA — Shipping There are plenty of big doings some weeks. But, like all ports is still on the slow bell here. scheduled in Philadelphia. Right A contractor is now at work these days, we are having our We paid off one A&G ship, the rejpairing and modernizing our now the Democrats are putting ups and downs. And some weeks SS Angelina, Bull Lines, and on their pow-wow in the wake building here. Work has been Baltimore is plain dead. So don't one SUP ship, the McGarner. of the Republicans. Hank Wallace progressing for the past few come in here counting on a job We signed on the SS Bessemer and the comrades aie due in days and the noise is terrific, but right away. well-worth bearing. Victory, a Waterman ship which shoi-tly. Everything will have the New One thing that is heartening had been lying here on idle ALL SPORTS PROGRAM Look in a few days. The Dis­ hei-e is the way the boys go for status. And we also shipped a those tanker jobs. Thej"- know cx-ew to the SUP ship whose Moi'e important, this week patcher's office has been "moved we need those jobs to maintain Skipper boasted that he seldom sees Beau Jack try to regain from the front io the back of the Union's strength and they're had sailed with such a fine crew the lightweight title from Ike glad to take them. as the one that paid off. Williams. They are fighting at HARDEST WOOD X JI That was a good payoff, even Shibe Park, home of Connie Getting that Hiring Hall set­ E\/ER CAME ACROSS// Mohican. We expect still more tled in tirst-rate style set pretty if wc did have to handle it in Mack's "Amazing Athletics," and in the week to come. well with the men around this the evening. There were no they will have to put on one The Monroe, the Edith, the port, you can be sure. They send beefs at all, and the Old Man hell of a fight to satisfy those Cubore, the Nathaniel B. Pal­ their thanks to the Negotiating asked us to be sure and send sport fans who have been fol­ mer, the Marore and the Cape Committee for winning it and him as good a crew as he had lowing some of the ball games Mohican signed on again and keeping the SIU a mile ahead before. We obliged him, yoq can we've had this summer. (Ed. the Calmar also took a crew. of the rest of the maritime un­ bet. note: Williams won in six The ships in transit were Wa- ions. But there are plenty of men rounds.) tefmans and Alcoas which had The members do quite a bit on the beach here, which means The labor front is about as crewed up in the Gulf. of speculating on how the NMU that we couj^use a few more quiet as we've seen it around There was nothing much in is going to make out. And we payoffs and complete crew re­ the Quaker City. There are no the way of beefs on any of guess that the members of the placements. Of course, we've had major beefs at all in town that a few ships in transit, namely we've heard of. We don't mind the building and things are shap­ these ships, but we ought to NMU are wondering, too. ing up nicely. In general, the labor scene in the SS John Bartram and Winmention that the Chief Engineer a little quiet in that direction, We had Brother Shuler down on Isthmian's Minot Victory still Baltimore is very quiet these slow Homer, both Watermans, here last week to check out but we sure hope we can report thinks he is pretty high and days. To make things still better, Bull's SS Jean and the SS Robin Agent Simmons, who is retixdng, mighty. However, we are going the weather cooled off enough Trent. Naturally we hit them an upsurge in shipping pretty and to check in a new man. soon. all. to get him to see things the to let a man sleep at night. Shuler i-an into the streak of hot weather, which sent the therhiometer up to 92 degi-ees for a 15day stretch. Now we ax-e in the middle of our rainy season, with The Cavaliex-—first of the Al­ out. A bookman in Mobile can Among the oldtimers to be the skies opening up and re­ By CAL TANNER coa passenger ships to hit this usually get out in a week, but it found on the beach at the pres­ leasing as many as a dozen MOBILE—Shipping in the Poi-t port under the new schedule, takes permits considerably long­ ent are J. Jones, R. Bunch, J. downpoui's a day. of Mobile for the past week can came in Julj' 4. She took only er, now that shipping is slow. Sure is a good thing we had W. Demouy, T. Bernsee, F. be described as fair. There were one i-eplacement, owing to the x-epaix's made to the roof, after Swendson, J. E. Baker, G. J. The Towboat Division of the nine payoffs and six signons for fact that she had crewed up in Espalla, M. Shipley, M. H. Caten. it was struck by lightning a few the seven-day period, with 128 New York. On her next trip, we Marine Allied Workers here is C. Jowers, W. E. Simmons, F. L. weeks ago. bookmen and 63 permitmen be­ are expecting to get the usual beginning to feel the i-esults of Bartlett, Leroy Nicholas, C. R. slow shipping, too. A' couple of ing shipped out. turnover. The Cavalier operates tugs from each of the companies Simmons and L. Williams. Ships paying off were the .on a 17-day schedule. are laid up because of a lack of OLDTIMERS AROUND Beauregard, Bienville, Morning The Clipper, another of the business. Light and Ponce de Leon, Water­ Alcoa passenger cruise ships, is Some of the Brothers in the lo­ To all members who have However, the companies seem man; the Cape Romaine, Pointer, due here Monday. She will be cal Marine Hospital who are re­ checks held for Ihem at Diamond Hitch and Roamer, Al­ followed by the Corsair the fol­ to think things will be back to ceiving their SIU benefits are A. branch mail rooms: normal in a very short time. C. McAlpin, Joseph Bennett, coa; and the John Wanamaker, lowing Monday. Port Agents will not give out Isthmian. As these ships are coming in When this happens, the tugs will |Chi-les Vorn, Joseph Blanchard any mail containing checks, The payoffs for the week were I from the islands we expect to again be placed in operation. and O. M. Raynor. unless the addressee shows mostly smooth, with only I9ie have some jobs on them. Several Meanwhile, repairs are being Conversation around the Hall sufficient evidence of his usual run of small beefs that of the men on the beach inspect­ made on the tugs in idle status. indicates that the membership is idratity. such as Union book, were easily settled by the Patrol­ ed the Cavaliei* while she was Prospects for the coming weeks now intex-ested in what the ship­ seaman's papers, discharges, men. Of the nine ships paying hei-e, and all of them appeared appear pretty fair. Both major ping rules committees, elected by etc. off, two of them are slated for to be anxious to get aboard. companies are expecting from the various branches, will do An instance has been re- ' the boneyard, which won't be five to seven payoffs and signons. when they bleak down the sug­ ported of an envelope con­ MAW HELPS OUT helping shipping at all. Waterman has thi-ee C-2s and gestions for registration of men taining a check being picked SIGNING ON Our affiliate, the Marine Al­ thi-ee Libei;tys undeigoing re­ in all departments. by a phony who later A good many members have forged a signature and cashed The signons took place aboard lied Workei-s, helped the boys on pairs at the moment, because of it. To prevent a recurrence, the Beareguard, Morning. Light, the beach quite a bit this week the lack of cargoes, which should expressed their views to the com­ checks will be given only to Bienville, Pointer, Roamer and by shipping about a hundred men be arriving in the near future. mittee elected here, and are now the person to whom it is the-Patroit, another Aldba ship. to clean-up jobs during the week. Alcoa, however, has the usual awaiting the final recommenda­ This part-time work takes up bauxite ti-ade for the coming tions that are to be submitted addressed, and the only after Reports were made prior to the full identification is made. signings and all slopchests were the slack for the permitmen week, so all in all, we should to the membershin for a x-eferwhile they ai-e waiting to ship have a fair week ahead. endum vot^. likewise checked in advance. Shipping Still Shw In Philly Tt Mobile Manages Satisfactory Week As MAW Lends Hand Prove Identity I: ' • J' ' 1 , 3 : 1 t-.l.i i...: ^t ) :.x , D.', i J..I 3.1 -I t i : 1M » V 'I . : i : . J X f a c ' V 1., j .. £ ii . ^ t t i-'.ix .1 ^ ' '?.i ^ i E i.x.il �r«* SEAFA R EES LOG Pag» Six fMdar, Julr l«4f HA Demands Monkey Quits Seafarer When *Jungle'Goes Texas Shipping is Fair And Wage Increases, Should Stay So iDther Changes Two souvenirs of the Far East voyage which crewmember Jose Reyes, AB, proudly dis­ played when the SS William Tilghman retiuned to Frisco last week were a spreading growth of whiskers that would have made Rip Van Winkle seem hairless by comparison, and a pet monkey. Joe's pride in his facial foliage was matched only by his fondness for his young sirhiam charge, which he adopted during a stopover in the Isthmian ship. Both By KEITH ALSOP In a meeting with the New were short-lived. .York Shipping Association, the Joe decided to throw GALVESTON — Shipping con­ negotiating committee of the In­ attend the payoff and then tinues to be quite fair, and we" ternational Longshoremen's As­ step off to see Frisco's famed sights and let Frisco expect it to continue that way. sociation (AFL) presented the for a while. L , . ^ . see him and his monkey. tmion's demand for a 50-cent an However, we actually paid off Aided by billowy blobs of soapy lather and hour wage increase and a new only one ship, the SS Bull a brand new razor blade. Brother Reyes chopped method for calculating overtime Run, a Mathiasen tanker. She's ' " . ^ ~; avfay his wilting whiskers. That marked the pay. going into the shipyard, but ' 5. parting of the ways—in more respects than one. The ILA is also asking for just for a month. For when Joe stepped up to his monkey Iwger vacations, a welfare fund What beefs we found aboard friend, who had never seen his guardian stripped and other improvements to be the Bull Run were minor and down to his bare face, there was an explosion of written into a new contract. The we settled them rather easily jungle gibberish. By the time the echoes died present contract expires Aug. 21. on the ship at the payoff. down. Joe's pet was long gone. And he hasn't been The ILA committee repi-sents There's a good bit of talk , .- - . seen since. come 45,000 longshoremen on the about the SIU's new Hiring Hall ~ But sturdy Seafarer that he is, Joe Reyes Atlantic coast in all ports from clause. The papers in Galveston ^ takes such setbacks in stride. Portland, Maine, to Hampton and Houstoh gave the story a ' Jose is one of the original 14 Reyes brothers pretty impresive play. Roads inclusive. ssiiii who carried full books in the Atlantic and Gulf The demand for a new method Naturally the SIU story broke ^ ' District. One of the Reyes boys was lost during of calculating overtime pay is while the ruckus between the World War 11 and two have retired their booksthe result of a recent Supreme commies and the anti-commies but the remaining 11 are still carrying* on the Court decision granting a group in the NMU was co'ntinuing. family's seagoing tradition. of longshoremen what the bosses Our story looked a lot better in Once during the war, the entire comple­ cay is ovei'time on overtime. the papei-s than did the NMU ment of Seafaring Reyes attempted to ship as the Further talks between repre­ story. Deck Department aboard an SlU vessel, ' with sentatives of the unon and the The membership reaUy went Jose as Bosun. companies will be scheduled The U.S. Shipping Commissioner, acting un­ for the Himg HaU clause. They shortly, ILA officials said. Jose Reyes, beardfore he shaved der the regulation adopted after the loss of the know what a great victory the The ILA is a member of th,e powerful AFL Maritime Trades five Sullivan brothers aboard a Navy warship, prohibited the Reyes boys from shipping out on Negotiating Committee gained. They know what that clause one vessel. Department. means for the Union collectively and individually. As usual, the SIU is setting the pace in the maritime in­ dustry. That's the way it.'s been the Governor Kilby and the sound like a lot of giun beating They know we will abide byi for a long time and that's the By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK-^Thanks to the Topa Topa, both returning from but a look at the record will the agreement and we will see way it always will be. that they do likewise. arrival of several Isthmian, Wa­ trips to Europe. Both ships paid show otherwise. , ^, off in good shape and what min­ The SIU is now in its tenth terman and Bull Line scows FOR A REASON or beefs that cropped up were year (I feel the rheumatism shipping in this port maintained dealt with right there aboard the creeping up on me) and is now Whenever a word of advice a fair pace, just about the tempo ship. or caution appears in the LOG its held for the past two or BuU Line's Evelyn and Suz­ it's for the good of the entire By an overwhelming vote three weeks. anne, too, were found to be membership. No rating or in­ on the Referendum Ballot, Isthmian's James Turner and dividual is singled out for a the membership of the Sea­ Steel King tied up here during clean and sweet by the Patrol­ tongue-lashing, unles he is foul­ the past week and made for men. farers International Union, A couple of lone wolves, the ing up the gains of the rest of rather smooth payoffs. The King the Union. That's the one way A&G District, went on rec­ settled up at the payoff in short Russell Alger (South Atlantic) and the Algonquin Victory (St. of keeping our contracts on the ord to protect itself in the order; the Turner had a few Lawrence Navigation) paid off top of the heap. hard days to come by build­ beefs which were held over to| Last week's accident on the ing up a strike fund and the next day, but they, too, were in this port with but few beefs and happy crews aboard. These, John Bartram, where one man settled with little trouble. along with several other port was killed and three others se­ by providing shoreside oper­ Worth pointing out about Isth­ verely . burned (See story on ating bases. mian ships is the fact that there callers, were the Patrolmanpleasers of the week. page three), points up a long Thai means a $10.00 Strike is a different contract on these To do a quick switch from standing need on these Liberties. Assessment and a $10.00 ships. While it isn't too much If the portholes had been just Building Assessment. Al­ different from the General ships to those who sail them, a enjoying the best contracts ^ in word of caution is in order for a little larger, chances are that the industry. We have set the Agreement, there are some things I ready many members have pace time after time. This may no one would have been injured. paid these sums. which cause a lot of confusion Stewards. Although Stewards ship off the sound like breast beating, but All of the men were trapped in and bitter feelings. The operators will move boards in the SIU, this does not it is all true. their foc'sles and were unable Some crews dissatisfied with without warning. It is our mean that the Union protection to escape until the steam was A good reason for'our leading the contract just ignore it and duly to be prepared. proceed according to the Gen­ given them extends to covering the field and gaining these con­ 4;umed off. Pay the assessments im­ eral Agreement. Instead of being up for them when they foul-up tracts is due to the fact that we If the portholes had been the dui-irig a trip. mediately. It is our insur­ size of those on Victory ships, aU have not tolerated performers, militant they're screwing up the Once in a while a ship comes ance for the future growth could have piled out through gashounds or foulballs trying to works. This agreement was signed by in where the Steward is found push a bum beef. The companies the side. Maybe this accident and strength of the Union. the Union and ratified by the! to be short on stores and linen. have come to respect the SIU. will wake up those responsible. member^ip. It should be lived Naturally, he wants the Union up to. The next time the Nego­ to go to bat for him, but what tiating Committee locks horns can be done for a guy where with Isthmian, they'll bring the the records show he's short contract as much in line with thousands of items? ed short an AB and an OS you quorum together we have had to By SAL COLLS HE'S RESPONSIBLE the regular agreement as possi­ can be sure we handled her cor­ pass our last three regular meet­ ble. There are times—this would SAN JUAN — Not only has rectly. The boys on her were ings. But, in special meetings In the meantime, to strengthen be one of them—when the Un­ shipping picked up a bit here, looking forward to the election and gatherings between calls, the the Committee's hand, obey the ion can do little for a man. A but last week we actually had wh^h they figured would go the members have really cheered present agreement. It's, hard for Steward must remember that he a payoff—the SS Ponce. SIU way. the SIU for helping to organize the Negotiating Committee to re­ has responsibilities aboard the In fact, shipping is* good the Port Council here and for HAIL HIRING HALL but the company when they ship and the company has a enough to permit us to complain winning the Hiring Hall. The say, "What's the use of signing right to hold him accountable of a real shortage of ABs, OS The news of the Hiring Hall day we lose the Hiring Hall will victory sure tickled the mem­ a new contract, the crews don't for shortages. and Deck Maintenancemen, and be a dark day indeed, and every­ pay any attention to it any- There's only one way to keep to say that we just don't have bership in this port. We're hit­ body knows it. in the clear. When stores come any rated men around in either ting every ship with the good -way." We have contacted the Marine TRANSPORTATION TIP aboard, he should check every the Stewards Department or the news,- handing out the broad­ Hospital, and we are glad to re­ sheets reproducing the stories Incidentally, here's a tip on item before signing a receipt. Engine Department. port that the SIU patients say that appeared in the New York the Isthmian transportation rid­ Special vigilance should be ex­ There were a few routine beefs newspapers. The crews read the that they are getting fine treat­ er: If you're going to actually ercised when in a foreign port. ment. We hope some of the travel, take the ticket instead Also, when linen is being count­ on the Ponce concerning disput­ reports and feel better. ed hours for the Deck and Black Brothers who are over there will The new Maritime Trades Port of the money. By taking a ticket ed the Steward should be there gangs, but we managed to settle be looking for ships soon. Council is a going concern now, you receive subsistence while to supervise. He's signed for them without much trouble. and two groups of longshoremen Oldtimer Loncho Calderon is traveling — you don't get this them, and it's his neck if there On the organizing front we are working harmoniously. It still waiting for a ship, but Vila when you take a cash settle­ is a shortage. Beating out these words of ad­ had one of the Cuba Distillery looks as if things in the port Angel, the Seafarer who never ment. goes to sea, caught his first ship Waterman's gifts to the Port, vice, caution, warning or what­ ships in and we naturally took wUl stay that way. of New York this week were ever you want to call them, may a look at her. Although she sail­ Becautie we couldn't get a in two years. Old Standbys Keep New York Shipping In Fair Shape Do It Now San Juan Seafarers Find Shipping is Good •n. '• �Friday, July 16, 1948 T H £•• S EAPARERS L OQ Page Seven Seafarers' Guide To The Far East 4 By ERNEST BOSSCRT children in their teens. ^ They A.t one time the body becam^s. also have women working on jammed against the rudder of al!| Aboard the Isthmian Steamship Company's SS The Steel Architect is now the docks as draft animals, pull­ small boat. A woman in the homeward bound from its first Steel Architect on her first voyage under the SIU ing freight around in carts or boat pushed it clear with a .stick Union voyage around the world, to go floating on its way to the,, f contract was Seafarer Ernest Bossert, a careful much of which you already know sea and the sharks, no one pay-,. about from previous articles sent observer of social and economic detail. Among the ing anymore attention to it than to the LOG. In this article it vice-ridden, poverty-stricken peoples of the Far if it were a piece of driftwood might be interesting and inform­ floating along. jJ! Eastern ports he visited Brother Bossert had ample ative to give you a brief sketch Incidentally, we were bring4 of the places we have been, and opportunity to record some striking observations, ing home the corpse of an Amer- TS: the conditions we found. which begin on this page. ican woman, who is one of two a At Manila, our first, foreign Americans murdered in Saigon. port, conditions at least on the The LOG feels that in addition to the general These two women were assui'face, seem prosperous. Of interest of Brother Bossert's report, it should have sociated in secretarial capacities a course, they have by no means with consulate offices in Saigon, yr recovered from the destruction much practical value because it exposes many of They were riding in a jeep which of the war, but the people are the pitfalls awaiting^ unwary Seafarers who make carrying it between two of them was riddled by machine gun fire, well-clothed and well- fed and on a pole over their shoulders. then set fire to. The bodies were. the Far East run. apparently happy. The adults are most likely out almost burned beyond recogniThings are expensive there, the^ hills, fighting with the Brother Bossert's revealing roundup on his re­ in tion. fr but the city is clean, orderly, and rebel army. well governed, and a seaman can cent ports of call will be continued in a subsequent i A revolution has been going NATIVES IMPOVERISHED have a fairly good time ashore issue of the LOG. on here for three years and, al­ Makassar, onr next port, is in v/ithout being robbed—too much. though there is no fighting in There is no black market in the immediate vicinity of Saigon, the southern part of the Dutch- j About the best place to get it is dangerous to be out alone Island of Celebes, one of the- >) money there. The exchange is were kept out entirely, or kept Netherlands East Indies group. - rj. steady at two pesos to one Amer­ under control. Today it is un­ souveniers in Shanghai—in all after dark. We were there only a few hours,^^,. 3; safe to be on tKe streets, day or the Far East, in fact, is the Army ican dollar. However, under the From what could be learned, it PX. But don't try to walk from seems that during the Jap oc­ consequently there isn't much surface, one feels that there is night. . something mysterious going on, Mobs of hoodlums roam the the PX to the docks or you will cupation, the natives were treat­ to write about. As we came to the dock, we 1' other than what appears-on the strefets all over the city. They ed far better by the Japs than surface. Nearly everyone carries will attack you and kill you for they were treated by the French again saw natives picking lice i a gun either openly or concealed, a dime. Young ruffians—mere when they re-occupied; and the out of each others hair. Most and you can hardly brush up children—will surround you and rebellion is a fight to the finish of us were ble to get ashore: for'- i a short time at least. We found I against anyone in a crowded try to get into your pockets. for their independence. the conditions of the natives thoroughfare witliout feeling a All the natives are for the If you sock one of them they weapon. From conversations held all pile on you, and even chil­ revolution, either openly or sec­ deplorable, but the Dutch, who*with longshoremen-and checkers dren can inflict serious injury retly, and they kill all French­ rule the place, live a compara-; on the docks, and with taxi driv­ when they pile on like flies. men they catch alone and un­ lively luxurious existence. ers, bartenders, prostitutes, busi­ Their main purpose is not to armed after dark. The Dutch section is clean and ness men, etc., it was learned injure you particularly, but to orderly, with nice hotels and WELL ARMED that Manuel Roxas, the first rob you. dining places. Here, as almost president of the Philippines Re­ everywhere, there is the black Except in the main part of the They pick a quarrel with you >;• public, was a former guerilla market in money. The legal rate and, while your attentions are lose jmur souveniers ta the hood­ city, which is well guarded, all who was elected to office by a distracted fighting some of them lums. Go in groups and use cabs Frenchmen go in groups, armed is 2.60 Guilders to the US dolpolitical organization of former with pistols in hand, ready for lar. The black market rate is off, others are into your pockets —not rickshaws. guerillas under his command to instant "use. The French Foreign from 13 to 15. stealing your wallet, fountain There is sure to be serious Legion is here, also many other whom he made all sorts of prom­ There is very little In the way '^^ pen, and anything they can get trouble in Shanghai sooner or ises, before election, of war bonof souvenirs and everything is ^.. French military units. The their hands on. As soon as they later. American seamen are not tises, etc. After his election he expensive. They have a silver"\^ French go in for elaborate mili­ have you cleaned out, they scat­ going to submit passively to be' was either imable or unwilling ornament industry there which" tary uniforms and you can see ter in all directions. ing pushed around by these about everything conceivable in is world famous for its fine' •t to fulfill these promises, and Other hoodlums, usually grown­ hoodlums. Eventually, a whole the former guerillas were organ­ handwork. We saw some of it ^ military dress. ups, make a practice of following crew will go ashore in a body, izing in the mountains and a at other places, but did not have/^^ The first day I went ashore, I revolution was expected momen­ you wherever you go, and no armed, and prepared to take got tangled up in the native time to do much looking around matter what yoii do, you cannot care of themselves and they will tarily. section of the town and the filth at Makassar. The stores "W'ere get rid of them. If you stop to clean up these fellows and there Since that time, Roxas died and squalor I found so disgusted closed when we arrived" in of a heart attack and his sue- shop to make a purchase, they'll will be trouble. me that I had no further desire town, and we left early next cessor, Mr. E. Quiruio, vice pres­ tell ' the shopkeeper that the3' morning. There are over a million pros­ to go ashore again in Saigon. ident, has tried to reconcile these guided you there and demand a titutes in Shanghai — most of Thei-e is an officers club there ] ' However, some of the boys forces and to promote harmony, commission on your purchase. and, if you can get in there, the'"" them diseased—A word to the went to the French section and and avoid, if possible, the impen­ charges for beer and refresh"-^", wise is sufficient. found things far different—in POLICE INADEQUATE ding revolution. From what little ments are about half as much"'^ At Hong Kong, our next poi-t, fact, delightful. Fine, wide streets All the shopkeepers are in­ we were there only a short time, and boulevards, beautiful parks, as at other places in town. news we are able to get, his eflorts have been fairly successful. timidated by those hoodlums and had only one night's shore leave, fine hotels, beautiful modernisticRATA VIA CLEAN say that if they refuse to pay the consequently could not learn ly decorated sidewalk cafes t .1 SHANGHAI JEST commission their places of busi­ very much. with dance bands, fine dance Batavia, our next port, is just. , • At Shanghai, our next port, ness are wrecked. across the Java Sea from Mak-. Hong Kong is under British floors and beautiful girls. The police force is inadequate, "we all became miDionaires over­ There are also man>' fine hous­ assar, and is the capitol of the , rule and is a nice clean city, night. Inflation is rampant there. and what police there are just with many fine hotels, dining es, many of which have been island of Java. This also is n The legal rate of exchange was look, on with indifference or and drinking places, many nice commandeered and used as mil­ Dutch possession. The seaport for 190,000 Chinese dollars for one amusement and do nothing. itary barracks. Batavia, however, is some ten The Second Mate on our ship shops and stores-where souven­ American dollar. The black mar­ i"nilcs from Batavia at a small . There is not much to buy there iers may be purchased, but at ket rate was from 400,000 to was born and raised in Shanghai considerably higher prices than in the way of souvenirs, and al­ village called Tandjoeng Priok.,,. 560,000 to one, and since that and still h^ a family there. His at Shanghai. There is a black most everything is expensive. Batavia is a nice city: clean,, .. time, I understand it has gone brother came dov^n to the ship market,- but not nearly as bad The legal rate of exchange is 12 orderly with nice shops, picture to visit him, and was attacked Up to about 1,300,000 to one. piastres to one US dollar. The shows, hotels and restaurants. by a gang of these hoodlums, as Shanghai. If you change $20 or $30 US Again the Dutch have it very > The legal rate is four Hong black market rate is 30 or 40 nice, while the natives have very . F for Chinese money, you need a held up, beaten and robbed. piastres to one US dollar. There is s Seamen's Club in Kong dollars to one US dollar. You can have a nice time poor conditions. Shanghai which we found to be The black market rate was 5.50 The shops at Batavia have a ; about the only place in Shanghai or 5.60 to one US dollar. The there and things are not expen­ large variety of beautiful souven- • .HEpe.KiPnot ready to clip the seamen. British, at least, maintain order sive if you can get the black irs but prices are prohibitive. (So Bw/iO(JRYou can get good American beer and it is safe to walk the streets market rate of exchange, but SEIF SDMB, At Tandjoeng Priok, the small there and soft drinks, coca cola at any time without fear of being when you have to accept the village where the ships dock, . dAfWY"/ etc., at 100,000 per bottle, which molested except, perhaps, from legal rate, you pay two or three you can do just as well and the . is about fifty cents and compar­ an occa-sional harmless beggar. times as much for everything you price.s are much lower. They - • And where can yuu go without buy. atively very moderate. have some fine wood carvings ... While we were there, on two They have dances there, and encountering beggars—eveq in here at reasonable prices. occasions, dead bodies of natives hostesses and free coffee and our o3vn prosperous country? A Dutch Seamen's Club is near came floating down the river lunches. Also a Canteen, where SAIGON SOCIETY the docks and semen of all na- past the ship, in and out be­ souveniers may be purchased at tionalities are welcome. Here ' moderate prices. They also give Saigon, our next port is in tween hundreds of small boats the seaman gets the best deal ' suitcase to carry it around. honest and reliable advice about French Indo-China. When we in the river. in town. They have a restaurant Change $100 and you need a the best places to do your shop­ arrived there, the longshoremen The thing that impressed me with good food at moderate • horse and wagon. ping. They sell postage stamps were sitting along the dock, as remarkable was not tlie body prices, music, beer and refresh--' Shanghai, when it was an in­ and have some arrangements many of them busily engaged in itself, but the indifference and ments at about half the prices ' ternational settlement, was an or­ with the US Armed, Forces to picking lice out of each other's unconcern with which the people at other places in town. r-'" derly and well-governed city, miail liters for us at the US hair. in the small boats beheld the and the undesirable elements mail rate. The longshoremen were mere scene. (Continued next week) "-'I-. �4.. Page Eight THE SE AF AREHS LOG Friday, July 16, 1948 SHIPS' MINVTES AMD MEWS Seafarer's Cool Seamanship Saves Vessel Cleared By Customs; Bremen Army Cops Run Wild, Boatload Of Crewmen Throw Book At Webster Crew It was a "fine display of seamanship and cool thinking by Able Seaman The port of Bremen is fast becoming a distasteful Walter Perry" that saved a dozen of the crew of Waterman's SS Wacosta from disaster one afternoon in mid May, according to Donald Rood, Deck place to American seamen. Hard on the heels of a report by Brother Philip Reyes of vague and costly military Maintenance. When the forward releasing gear on one of the ship's boats januned as five stowaways were being transferred to the SS Raphael Semmes, Perry worked at it until he got it loose while the 50-pound after block was swinging past his head. The stowaways were discov­ ered a day out of Le Havre when the Wacosta was ploughing through the North Atlantic tow­ ard New York. The Master ra­ dioed New York and the return message ordered the Wacosta to stop off at New York beyond the three-mile limit and wait for the Raphael Semmes which would take the Frenchmen back across. That's when the trouble be­ gan. In the first place, there was a heavy sea running when the Wacosta arrived at the ren­ dezvous, In the second place, the Mate fouled up the launch­ ing of the lifeboat. rules in Bremen (LOG July* guilty of having cigarettes in 2) fomes a similar warning his possession. Naturally, the from the crew of the Noah crew reports, the Army men found several sets of prints on Wehster. the cigarette cartons. The crew of the Waterman The CID search and finger­ vessel reports that when their printing took three days. At the ship arrived in Bremen on June end of their search they took 13, the ship was searched anc all shore leave passes from the cleared by the Geiman Customs. crew. However, they report, two days Two days later arrest reports later the U.S. Army CID (Crim­ arrived at the ship and the men inal Investigation Department) accused were held over for trial boarded the ship and confiscated by a military government court. several cartons of cigarettes. Both licensed and unlicensed Military rules governing the personnel stood trial. But, state port of Bremen, published in the Webster men, it appeared the SEAFARERS LOG April that partiality was shown the 23, state: "Maritime personnel ship's officers. are authorized two hundred cig­ In several cases men of the arettes or one pound of pipe to­ unlicensed departments were bacco or fifty cigars per week fined and the officers acquitted. while they are in the Bremen In one case" a bookmember of Enclave. the Stewards Department was "All excess tobacco will be sentenced to eight months in a put in bond aboard ship by the Bremerhaven prison. German Customs. German cus­ The Webster men, in con­ toms' seals wiU not be broken cluding their report, urge that ' until the vessels are past the crews hitting Bremen take no Weser pilot vessel going to sea." chances. They point out that if According to the military rules, the German Customs overlook the limit of tobacco which may undeclared goods, the CID men be carried ashore for personal will cover the ship with a fine use in any one twenty-four pe­ tooth comb and impose very TOO QUICK riod is 3 packages of cigarettes strict pehalties. While the Wacosta was circl­ or 5 cigars or 1 page of pipe ing so that the boat would drop It was a near thing for the dozen men in this lifeboat tobacco and 3 bars of candy and Member's N.O. Inn in the ship's lee, the Mate let dropped from the SS Wacosta when the forward releiuiing gear 3 packages of chewing gum. FINGERPRINTED CREW jammed and the 50-pound after block swung free the length her go. The after releasing gear Caters To Seafarers of the boat. Seafarer Walter Perry is working on.the jammed Following the confiscation of worked fine, but the forward Seafarers on the beach in New gear froze. - The 50-pound after gear at the forward end, while Donald Rood, who told the the Webster men's cigarettes, the Oi-leans are invited by Seafarer block began swinging from the story to the LOG, reaches for the swinging block amidship. CID men then proceeded to L. E. Wessels to make their home the entire crew, at the Wessels Hotel, 226 Bour­ davit up and down the boat's The picture was snapped by the Second Assistant Engineer. fingerprint length. Meanwhile, the boat and The Wacosta was transferring five stowaways to the SS Raphael claiming that by this metho< bon Street, which is, he points the ship were under way at Semmes outside the entrance to New York harbor. they would find out who was out, only two and a half blocks about four knots and the boat from the SIU Hall. was plunging madly in the while the boys worked on the motor. Brother Wessels, the proprietor heavy seas. Finally they got it running and an oldtime SIU member still All in all, t^e situation was and headed for the Semmes "Three girls to every man!" the cowboy type. Young_ re­ carrying book No. G-1, says, remini^ent of some of the quick which took the stowaways reported Brother Frank T. vealed. "When in need of a place to stay getaways from torpedoed ships aboard. But the whole transfer Young, who is operating Mooser If you have your own car and while waiting to ship out of the / dining the war. The difference process which should have taken pac, a woods and lake resort are in New York, drive out on port of New Orleans, this is the was that in this case there was half an hour consumed an hour near Oak Ridge, N. J. "What Route 23 to Newfoundland, N. J. place to hang your old white no excuse for dropping a boat and a half instead. I need is some virile SIU men Otherudse grab a Northeast cap," in a heavy sea while the ship What really annoyed every­ to lend a hand! As paying guests Coach Line bus from the Dixie Following up his invitation was still under way. body, however, was the fact of course!" Bus Depot, 241 West 42nd St. with a short speel on the hotel's "Everybody was getting out that the transfer took place on He looked as though he was and get off at Newfoimdland, qualifications. Brother • Wessels from under that block," Rood Saturday afternoon. The result bearing up pretty well under where Brother Yoimg will ar­ points out "We keep our hotel on says. Perry, however, moved for­ was that the Wacosta didn't the Strain, though, when he blew range to pick you up and take the up-and-up—)-and no monkey ward to release the frozen gear reach quarantine until after six into the New York Hall the you to the resort. business. It's a place where a and stuck to his job as the big o'clock- and the real disaster was other day to tell his old friends But you'd better make res­ Seafarer can make hi^elf at , blodc swung perilously close. To that nobody got ashore until 11 about it, and incidentally to ervations well in advance by home." . make matters worse, if they o'clock Sunday morning. leave a pack of folders in the calling Newfoundland 9-4936, as According to Brother Wessel's could be worse, the boat's motor "We lost a weekend," Rood Baggage room giving aU parr the pack of office girls currently jusiness card, which, incidentally says, "and that's what hurt." ticulars. had conked out. vacationing out there keeps the jears the printers union label. For Perry it was the second Things are run strictly SIU Moosepac's log cabins and bun­ Seafarers checking in will find Finally, the sailors with a brush with danger this year. In clean, airy rooms and, what's little help from the stowaways, Januai-y, he was Bosun on the style. Young said, with no per- galows pretty weU filled up. who were a mighty worried five- SS Adrian Victory, an American- forniing allowed. But if you'd There is a three-piece orches­ more, if you like a romantic some by then, caught the block Hawaiian ship, carrying bulk like a real vacation m the lakes tra and dancing in the messhall. sounding mailing address — the Wessels Hotels is in the heart of with a rope, holding it until phosphate loaded by the Army and woods, all you need is a Perry got the forward gear un- in Tampa for Germany. It was bathing suit and old clothes for Yoimg insists that life ashore the Vieux Carre^ is wonderful. Except for a hikmg, he added. * fouled. a bum loading job and when the The fare is from $42.50 to spell working in the mines out Even with the danger of the Adrian ran into a storm 700 $45.50 per week, but it includes of Jo-berg, South Africa, before swinging block averted the boat­ miles at sea the cargo shifted room, meals, boats on the lake, the war,. YOung sailed from load of Seafarers and stowaways and she developed a 50-degree hay-rides and picnics. 1929 until embarking on the Check the slop chest be­ was not much better off, since list. Situated on fourteen square Moosepac venture. He sailed out fore your boat sails. ' Make it took another half hour to get Heroic measures by the crew miles of vh-gin hardwood tim­ of SIU halls £is a Bosun after sure that the slop chest con­ the motor going. The tiller got saved the ship which finally ber-land, and fronting on three 1944. tains an adequate supply of away from the Mate and he limped back into Charleston. lakes, Moosepac has good fishing "If I can just get some guys all the things you are liable tried to steer with a sweep oar Perry got 33 hours overtime on right now, hunting in season, up there to help me take care to need. If it doesn't, call the which was too short for the that occasion—and a letter of miles of hiking trails, bridal of those women, everything will Union Hall immediately. heavy seas. The boat jiist drifted thanks from the company. paths and horses, if you are be all right," he declared! Offers Gay Times At Jersey Camp Cheek It—But Good �PHday, July 16, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings (came aboard ship. He reported M. V. DEL VIENTO. April 4— that the Captain had changed Chairman Bill Mitchell; Record­ men around in the Steward De­ ing Secretary Fred Miller. En­ partment and he requested that gine and Steward's Department the Patrolman be contacted in Delegates reported plenty of dis­ next port tp see about putting puted overtime. New Business: men back on the jobs in which Motion by Fred Miller, second by they had shipped.^ Engine Dele­ Bill Olney that the company be gate, J. Sullivan reported all in requested to install cooking faci­ order. Under Education, Brother! lities and water fountain aft ior Grice spoke on the meaning and use by native crews in West importance of the motto: "An Africa. Also that locks be put 'SIU ship is a clean ship." on all doors on main deck. Mo­ ft ft ft tion by Miller, second by Doug­ lass Dominque that the Company M. V. DEL SOL. June 12 — be instructed to put on stores for Chairman. * Lassiter; Recording at least four months when ships man would not get it, have his lecrelary. Bradley. No overtime are sent on the West African permit revoked. Carried. One beefs reported by the Delegates. run, as the Del Viento has twice minute of silence for Brothers Old Business reguarding electric run short of food down there. lost at sea. washing machine, new refriger­ JOLD OM TO YOUR U/V/ON RECEIPTS, 4. t 4. Motion by Kelley, seconded by ator, and potato peeler was dis­ ^DISCHARGES, PAlP BILLS,^SIMILAR Douglass Dominque that exhaust CORAL SEA. May 22 —Chair­ cussed, and it was decided to re­ PROOF OF MOA/EV PAID OUT OR JOBS fans be installed in all foc'sles. man not given); Secretary. James fer it to the Patrolman in New Armstrong. Delegates reported HELP . IM MAMW CASES -jue ?A,?£RS Motion by Duffy, seconded by Orleans. Under Good and Wel­ Bill Olney that Delegates accom­ everything in order. Reports ac­ fare it was decided to ask the CAA/AJOT BE DUPLICATED AAID GAN pany patrolmen when contacting cepted. Under New business First Assistant to have the coffee CAUSE AAUCM TRCUeLE IF LOST OR, ship's officers. Good and Wel­ time was taken for the Engine urn fixed. The Messman was in­ AAlSLAID . fare included recommendations Department to elect a new Dele­ structed to remove coffee bag by Brothers Miller. Binnon. and gate^ Brother Singer. In Good from urn after making coffee. Olney that foc'sles be left clean and Welfare there was discussion The StewarcJ agreed to put out and the bunks stripped, that the on the necessity of making less more night lunch. The Mates on Pursers be required to familiarize noise in the passage way in or­ watch would be asked to keep themselves with the tropical dis­ der to let the watch below get the ship's radio tuned in. One eases and their treatment endemic some sleep. Also' discussion on minute of silence for Brothers to the West African ports, and cleanliness of the laundry. One lost at sea. that the Patrolman instruct the minute of silence for Brothers By HANK Chief Mate to have the gear lost at sea. 4 ft overhauled before another trip as With all these pillars of high finance around us not one OLIVER LOVING. June 13— the guys and blocks are unsafe. half-way decent ocean breeze (poets call it the tang of the sea) Chairman, J. L. Grimes; Re­ familiar to the brothers ever sails through our Beaver Street cording Secretary. P. J. Wilkin­ ft ft ft home. And this town is sure getting heated up something awful, son. Engine Delegate reported too. Must be because of all that political hot air cooking down in that Lindseed Oil had been found BESSEMER VICTORY. June convention-town Philadelphia. in the deck-lacquer used in the 13 — Chairman. F. Gibbons; Re­ ft ft ft 8-12 black gang foc'sle, and that cording Secretary, R. Weaver. GOVERNOR MILLER. AprU Well, last week a happy, big-sized Seafarer sailed into two bunks were missing from the Under Old Business the Ship's 25—Chairman Bankston; Secre­ same foc'sle. Motion made by town. Waving his cigar and laughing heartily. Brother "Straw­ Delegate reported that the Chief tary Ballard. Delegates report J. Oliver, and seconded by J. berry" Hutchins. the Steward, merrily barked away eibout Engineer had given his okay for all beefs ironed out with Captain. O'Sullivan that any member strawberries, watermelons, conditions while he's on that the crew to hang their gear in New Business: Motion 'by Bank­ caught molesting company prop­ "ferryboat" (as he calls it), the Seatrain Havana, shuttling the fidley to dry. The matter of ston that everyone be in sober erty be put in the 99- year club. between New York and Gulf ports. painting out crew's quarters was condition at payoff. Motion by Carried. ft ft ft to be referred to the Patrolman Bankston. and amended by BarOldtimer Roderick Smith (this time we didn't forget his first in Coos Bay. The Steward Dele­ barin that five copies of repair gate reported a dispute in over­ name), the Bosun, sailed into town recently from a trip ... Steward list be made up and the crew time for the shift to Alemeda. Vic Milazzo writes he'll be up in Brighton, Massachusetts for press for their completion either The Union Constitution and By­ hospitalization for a few months. Smooth recovery, Vic, and in Houston or the following port. laws were discussed under Ed­ we hope some shipmate of youi;s in any port writes a letter or A 23-item list was submitted. two to cheer you up. It helps a lot. ucation. ft ft ft Good and Welfare: Donations ft ft ft ft ft ft OLIVER LOVING. May 1— will be accepted by Brother Sam Lulfrell, another Seafarer with a sense of humor and Spahn to be forwarded to SIU Chairman. J. L. Grimes; Re­ ROSARIO. May 30 — Chair­ a, portable slopchest of huiitorous incidents, is drydocked in Delegate at Fort Stanton, New cording Secretary. Paul Wlkin- man. Harry H. Spurlock; Record­ town without any "heaves ahead" for awhile. Those LOGS are Mexico. It was suggested that son. Ships Delegate reported the ing Secretary. Robert L. Brain. on the way to you. Sam... Brother John Ward and his mus­ crewmembers not take sides in Captain had asked for draw No overtime beefs reported. tache is on a ship right now down around the rum and top-sided arguments where dog- lists. Department delegates re­ Motion carried to have Delegates calypso islands. eat-dog arguments are in prog­ ported all in order. Motion un­ make up repair lists. Under Good ft ft ft ress. One minute of silence for der New Business to have alley­ and Welfai'e the Steward Depart­ Here are most of the oldtimers in town: Chief Cook F. Guinways sougeed. Brother Grice ment was complimented as being paya, Juan Arroyo, John Flynn, Abe Sprung, A. McRobertson, departed Bi'others. talked vmder Education upon the best feeding ship afloat. It Steward L. D. Neill, Steward G. A. Allen, J. De Gilberto, A. the responsibility of the mem­ was suggested that the minutes Sanchez, J. Sotomayor, V. J. Tabarrini, A. Partner, Sykes O'Neal, bership in taking care of the be sent directly to the LOG. One R. McQueen, John Mikalnonas, E. P. O'Brien, W. Renny, Bosun equipment put aboard by the minute of silence observed for J. Patrick, Eddie "Skippy" Guszcynsky, K. Korneliosen, J. T. company. He explained that most Brothers lost at sea. tighe, A. Remijn, M. R. Dorfman, Ed Robinson, Fred Lukiv and s, i i of this was put aboard through J. J, Flynn. 01IEENS VICTORY — Chair- the efforts of the Union, through­ ft ft ft man. Jack Green; Recording out the years, to improve con­ Still looking for that shipmate? Here are some more: Secretary. John Risbeck. Motion ditions. A repair list was made A. Armand. J. A. Morris. Bosun 'Tex" Suit, M. Landron. V. under new business .to elect a up from suggestions of the Gustaaf, H. V. Nelson, M. Confusione. E. Greaux. R. Butler •- V ^ P committee to draw up a fine list membership under Good and (from the Gulf). J. J. Murphy. M. C. Jensen. V. Aviles. J. for messroom cleanliness. Motion Welfare. GEORGE D. PRENTICE — Sharp. W. De Long. J. Denopra. G. P. Thurmer. J, H. Pape. carried to bring men on chai-ges Chairman, McMillian: Recording ft ft ft R. Teets. John Bigwood. N. Gilligan, W. A. Beyer (from the who missed ship in Baltimore. ZEBULON PIKE. April 19 — Secretary. Bkraes. Deck Delegate Gulf). Walter Pritchett. C. Jurewicz. Fred Travis. V. McMahon. One minute of silence for de­ Chairman. Walter Patten; Re­ reported all full books except C. Torres. A. Amelia. T. F. Waller. J. Clamp. parted Brothers. cording Secretary. James Clinton. one GS picked up in Panama: ft ft ft ft ft ft Delegates reports accepted—all Engine and Steward Delegates The weekly SEAFARERS LOG will be sailing free of cost OREMAR. June 27—Chairman. in order. Motion that one head reported all full books. Motion all over the nation to the following brothers: Charles Schrunk of W. Fields; Reco/ding Secretary. be assi^ed to the longshoreman, that a fine list be drawn up cov­ Florida, George Raby of Ohio, Norman Adams of Georgia, Henry L. Garabedian. Ship's Delegate, and that they be exclude(^ from ering infractions of orderliness Gillikin of Georgia, Louis Paul of South Carolina, Lee Harvey of E. Thompson reported all mem­ the messhall. Cax-ried. Motion and cleanliness, and that moneys Louisiana, Joseph Mesta of Pennsjdvania, John Michaelis of New bers ip good standing. C. Omo- to elect a ship's Delegate did collected be sent to Brother Joe York, George Knox of Mississippi, Wilfred Dunlap of New York, Lightfool at the TB -Hospital in Daniel Fitzgerald of New Jersey, William Lamb of Maryland, hundro. Deck Delegate, reported not carry. Arizona. Carried. A. E. Thomp­ Galen Arey of Maine, Chester Wilson of West Virginia, Ralph that the sanitary work was not ft ft ft OLIVER . LOVING, June 10— son elected Ship's Delegate. Mo­ Stahl of Ohio. being paid for on Sundays and holidays, and recommended that Chairman, J. L. Grimes; Re­ tion that a better brand of soap ft ft ft the time be turned in to the cording Secretary. P. J. Wilkin­ be obtained in Honolulu. Motion Brother John "Bananas" Ziereis is back in town again— Patrolman. Engine Delegate, V. son. Ships Delegate, J. Oliver, that the Captain be asked, to this time without thtit big beard. John says he met Bosun Rackley reported all in order, as and Deck Delegate D. Chestnut have the quarters painted. Mo­ Mike Rossi and lots of other brothers while ashore in Rouen. did the Steward Delegate, E. reported everything running tion that anyone found carrying France when there were about five SIU ships in port... Troy. Motion by E. Thompson smoothly. Steward Delegate, O. tales to the Skipper be brought Tommie "Beachie" Murray sailed into town this week as that the Brother who tried to S. Scheuermann reported that up on charges of action unbe­ Bosun... Brother Frank Waller should be in New York one ship aboard through a "fink every man shipping out of an coming a Union man. All. mo­ of these hot days... Brothers, keep your ship clean and happy— herder" on the excuse that he SIU Hall was expected to know tions carried. One minute silence and have those big beefs settled at the payoff with the patrol­ took the job so that a non-union his job ahd to do it when he observed for Brothers lost at sea. man aboard. Don't foul up the contract or the SIU! 440LD Oti TO / -''f YOUR RECEIPTS.' CUT and RUN '• ^ ^ �Pe^e Ten T B E S B AF ARE RS Friday. July 16, 194a . LOG tHE MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS fi- •i; Found Excellent Crew On Edwin Markham, ButCharges Topside Played CompanyGame To the Editor: Mere are a few words to let the membership know that there still are some good ships and Amazed Seafarer Finds Own Rescue Pictured In Log To the Editor: r am one of the 18 survivors of the Richard Caswell shown being rescued from a raft in the picture you ran on page seven of the LOG for July 2nd. I remembered seeing the Navy taking pictures of us as they pulled along side to pick us up; and I have often wondered since how I could get hold of some of these pictures. it would mean a great deal to me if I could in-ocure this pic­ ture and any others that were made at that time. Could you tell me whom I could write for copies? You can imagine how sur­ prised I was after all this time to see the picture of my rescue aiipear in the LOG! Any as­ sistance you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Douglas J, Acker, Jr. (Ed. Note: A copy of the picture printed in the LOG is on its way to you. For in­ formation concerning other iHctures of the rescue, contact Mr. Imlay. South Atlantic Steamship Company. Savannah Bank Building. Savannah. Georgia.) good crews afloat. Believe me. shipmates. The galley force has Brothers, this bunch on the SS been tops. The Messmen have Edwin Markham, South Atlantic, been right on the badL Most of the crew are from is a good one. I mean that it's a good bunch Norfolk. We have visited Le with the exception of two char­ Havre and Rouen, where we are acters—^the Master and the Mate, now, and soon will be headed of course. Both of them are com­ for Dingwall, Nova Scotia, to load gypsum. Watch for a good pany men. The Captain just doesn't put payoff in Baltimore around the any stock in the SIU slogan, middle of July. "An SIU ship is a clean ship." To put this whole thing in a nutshell, let me finish by say­ He holds the opposite view. ing this crew is tops with me. Moreover, he says "If it's ov­ Fred R. Hicks ertime, don't do it." Chief Steward The crew's passageways have not been painted in over a year, at least. The Bosun says maybe SUP Member two years. Wants The LOG As for sougeeing! The Captain Sent To Home says if we are good boys we might be allowed to do a little To the Editor: sougeeing on the way home. But I would like to have the LOG painting is strictly out. mailed to me, but being as I am a member of the SUP I do WILL SEE ABOUT IT not know whether I can re­ We'll see about aU this when ceive it or not. I usually sail we hit the States sometime in SIU ships and enjoy reading the July. It is very possible that we LOG when and if I am able to will go into Baltimore for the pick up a copy. However, I'd payoff. If we do I'm sure the like to receive it at my home Baltimore Agent will straighten so I can catch up on numbers out these two South Atlantic I've missed while being away. stiffs—^just as he did that Mas­ John Washburn ter on the SS Joshua Slocum (Ed. Note: All members of last year. I guess he remembers the Seafarers International Un­ that one. Well, so much for the bad ion, be they members of theSUP, Great Lakes Dislricf or parts of the voyage. I would like to express my Marine Allied Workers, are en­ gi-atitude for the cooperation this titled to receive the LOG at crew has given me throughout tfaeir homes free. Brother the entire voyage. I can say Washburn's name has been truthfully that I never have added to the LOG mailing mailed with a better bunch of Ust.) Log'A-Rhythms If She Could Talk By CARL WILSON Out of Baltimore and down Chesapeake Bay, Sailed the John Hanson on a wintery day, With her holds full of coal she rounded the Cape, And bid farewell to the last landscape. With a brand new bottom on her for'd peak. She was sound as a drum and had not a leak. She pushed her nose into the deep ocean brine, As she rose and fell with a smooth even rhyme. Across the ocean and through the channel. She humped along like an old desert camel, While most of her crew were still dreaming, alas, About their fun in Baltimore with some unsavory : lass. While her Third Assistant was trying to learn. Why the God-damn light on her stern wouldn't burn, The First and the Second would sit by-a beer. And would hunt and kill all the black bear and deer. Then into Goteborg one morning she steamed, And moored to some buoys out in the stream, The agents informed us, "you're not wanted here," But to Malmo you must go when the ice is clear." . No one seemed to mind that part, in fact, They were perfectly willing to leave the city intact; We sailed from there and everything was nice. Until we encountered some floating ice. Two days of this and the fog set down, Then one day we heard a deep-throated sound. At first we thought a fog horn we were meeting. But later we learned it was only porn porri's greeting. * The Pursej: and Sparks to a dance did go. And by their return they were not so slow, For three belles they had, with eyes full of love, And Sparks strutted around like a turtle dove. ' | , ; The Third Ass't found a place very soon, Where you could bend your elbow till like a flower you'd bloom, TTien he and a "friend" to the ship would saunter, • And the first thing he'd ask, "Have you got any Kroner." Our Chief Engineer not to be outdone. Bought radios, watches and Ughters by the ton; When the ship returns to the payoff port. He can walk up the street like a Broadway sport. .4 • V I don't know what our skipper did, For to me he was under a very tight lid, But I'm willing to bet he wasn't so idle, When he got ashore with that high-pressure title. |r . ,' ) ' T• The First Engineer some French walnut wanted. And around town every place he haunted, Till by hook or crook he gathered some sticks, To make a fine stock for his 30-06. • f These smiliiq Seafarers are from the Stewards and Deck Department of the SS Edwin Markham. Soutb Atlantic. Front row (left to right): Fred Hicks, the Chief Steward who wrote the accompanying letter and who seems to favor fancy sweaters; Dikens. AB. with head in lifering; Eddie Anderson, Crew Mess; Mike Prochak. Night Cook; Smitty. AB; and Vincent KuhL Ship's Delegate, Back row: Bruce, AB; Kenneth Rice, Chief Cook; Foster, AB; Chicko, Officers Mess; Gus Kuknuas. Bosun; Jim Maness, AB; Curley Jordan, OS; and Wright, AB. in front of Jordan. Picture was snapped on a sunny June day in Rouen, France, while the Black Gang was ashore. The First Mate, poor boy, he seems very sad, As he looks over the payroll that is to be had, He's wondering now if love really pays, But he knows the price of a few gay days. ' This ship is only a few years old, My God, if she could talk what stories would be told. But from now until the day she will die. She'll have more such times, and that's no lie. V �THE SEAFARERS Friday. July 16. 1948 Late Seafarer's Kin Thank Union For Aid And Sympathy (This letter was addressed to pathy has been emphasized by Ben Bees. Norfolk Agent, who the cold attitude of others who are no doubt opposed to your forwarded it to the LOG.) Union. To the Editor. In regaid to the $150 which the Union allows a member for I received the American Flag under which my son, Paul Hunt, burial expenses; Mr. Joe Volwas buried in Nevitas, Cuba,, pian. Special Services Represen­ tative in New York, informed from the SS Noah Webster. I also received the check for me that the company paid for $225, which Paul's shipmates the funeral in Cuba, so the Un­ Bent me aftei' they deducted the ion cannot pay this money un­ cost of flowers and other funeral less we decide to have the body arrangements from the money returned for interrment here. This seems very fair to us. collected. We feel that you and his ship­ A full statement of eN^erything that happened in connection with mates and the SIU have done my son's death has also been all that you possibly could. If I could see all of you who received. My wife and I, and have been such real friends in Paul's brothers and sisters wish our time of trouble, I would like to extend to you, the SIU, and to personally thank you. It has his shipmates on the Noah Web­ ster, our sincere thanks for the done me and my family a lot Wonderful way in which you of good to know that my son have considered us in our time associated with such real people. We wish to thank you again of bereavement. We will never for all of your trouble. forget what you have done for Louis E. Hunt us. 4128 Linden Ave. No wonder Paul thought so Deer Park. Ohio much of the SIU! Your sym- Ship's Skipper, Engineers Laud Coral Stewards To the Editor: In reference to the SS Coral Sea and 1)he Stewards Department carried, those of us who have signed our names below wish to give our thanks to the Stewards Department (namely the cooks) for a good feeding ship and one hell of a fine gang. Special praise is due Steward J. JeUette. His fine cooks are H. Kahn, Add Gilham -and B. Tombosun. Signed by Master. Four Engineers and Radio Operator Waiting His Turn Brother Robinson stated in the LOG for July 2nd that men should pile off a ship' if given travel pay. I believe that is- already taken care of by the ruling that calls for permit men to get off after one trip or sixty days. So far as full book members are con­ cerned I think a man who has duly shipped under our rotary shipping sy.stem, which is fair to all, should be able to stay on or get off as he pleases. Why take the rights from a man that he now has? W. Gentry. Chief Cqpk on the Tulane Victory, shows im­ patience as an unidentified fellow crewmember takes his time in scanning the LOG. It looks- like the Brother is read­ ing the details of the SIU's signing up another tanker company. After a short trip a man may not have money enough to wait around the beach for another ship—especially when shipping is tough. Another thing: When a man writes to the LOG he should put down his book number. John R. Word (Ed. Note: Book numbers usually accompany articles re­ ceived by the LOG. These numbers are not printed, but the Headquarters files are checked in each case to see that the writer is a member in good standing.) The Mystery Of Minas Basin — Or How The Drain Was Plugged This is a notice to Mariners: Beware of Mimas Basin! I have just returned from a fabulous voyage up there. Short­ ly before our arrival a ship, for­ ever unknown, went down the drain with all hands. It happen­ ed like this: After sailing in circles for forty days and forty nights in a pea-soup fog, she finally drop­ ped the hook. When the fog lift­ ed she hove up anchor and un­ wittingly pulled the plug. Down the ocean-drain she went in a gigantic whirlpool! Though not far off, we evad­ ed the same fate by a miracle. The tide was dead low, and the water in the Bay of Fundy drained down the hole so rapidly that we were stranded high and dry in the tracks of a calm cart. The Captain rang full ahead. The twin-screws dug into the mud and we steered a course through the ooze as slick as an eel, right past the yawning hole but of which a great updrift of wind was carrying fish and spray high into the air with a dread­ ful roar. Finally we docked alongside a deck of logs (back issues, I think.) Almost at once the na­ tives of this inhospitable shore ran out onto the logs, and began throwing rocks down our hatches. They threw them so fast, that very soon there was no room left for cargo. The Mate explained it this way: These people feel thenbarren shore to be a holy place, and themselves without sin; so they feel that they, alone among men, are privileged to throw i-ocks. Besides, they don't have windows in their huts—^let alone glass houses. After sinking us to the plimsoli line in mud, these charming little people skated out to the BE USE.THE ?UiHG£R.T - hole and covered it with hatchboards to keep the incoming tide from running out. The water flowed around us and lifted us out of the mud with just our deck-housing above water. But as we cleared the dock, another fog set in. The Old Man figured he'd sail with the current, confident it would carry us out. But an­ other ship had entered the bay in the fog and she chose to sail against the current, sounding her fog horn. We answered with shipping. And there ai-e many thousands like me. You can as^ While spending a few days sure Elinore Herrick of that. .g with my wife here in Canada I In regard to her very wron^ received a copy of the LOG in statement that jobs can be pur; which was published an account chased in the hiring halls, 1 of Elinore Morehouse Herrick's might say that it would be pos­ ideas on how the maritime in­ sible—for a few million bucks a job—on the theory that every dustry should be run. man has his price. But the price Please, let me get my two in such an instance would be cents in. To put it in a nutshell, right out of every union seaman's Mrs. Herrick is off her nut if pocket. she believes what she wrote. I confess that I have seen one How anyone can make such or two attempts by phony punks statements is beyond me. It is to buy jobs, but they found it,, very obvious that she doesn't mighty costly. They are now know the first thing about unions hanging around fink halls look-r. or union hiring halls. I think ing for jobs and telling other that it would be a very good birds of the feather that union idea to send Elinore Herrick a hiring halls are no good. weekly copy of the LOG and let Mrs. Herrick is doubtless her see for herself just how far very happy woman since thej^ off the ball she is. say that ignoi-ance is bliss. (Ed. note; -A copy of the LOG I. 'W. Magarvy i for July 2, the Hiring Hall is­ sue, was sent to Mrs. Herrick.) T 'V- I To the Editor: Says Critic Of Hiring Halt Wants End Of Trade Unions To the Editor: Feds Bookmen Have Job Rights To the Editor: Page Eleven LOG ours as we passed. Soon there was another whistle ahead, "We must be going places," said the Captain, gleefully, "by the traffic we're passing!" We kept this up "for a week, and when the fog lifted we saw that we had been passing the same ship all the time, for the current was going around and around in a big circle—us sailing with it, and he against it. "Oh well," said the Skipper, "we've learned something about great-circle sailing." How long that jury-rigged plug will hold I can't say. I hear an international conference is draw­ ing up a plan to plug it with mud. But whether they do or they don't; my notice to Mariners is: Steer clear of Minas Basin! Joe Grimes Montevideo Nurse I I haven't been a m(?fiiber ever Wants To Contact since 1938 the way some of the u rest have, and I certainly can't Seafarer Husband JI say that I know first hand what conditions were in 1922 and 1923. To the Editor: But I can say that today seafar­ Many SIU members are treated ing is a pi'ofession which ranks in my ward in the British Hos-, as high as any in cleanliness and pital here. Fiom them I have respectability. learned of your SEAFARERS CG BRASS-HAPPY LOG, and would like to have it sent to me here where I could Our merchant marine today is what it is only because *\ve have i-ead it and pass it on to my fought and won against people Seafarer patients. like Elinore Herrick. The day But especially I would like ta that merchant seamen are put ask you to help me get in touch, under a hiring hall run by the with my husband, Michael Mich-, brass-happy Coast Guard will be old, who is an SIU member. I the day we start a backward have been out of touch with trend to where we were years him, for a couple of months and ago. That will be the day when think he maj' be on a long trip. thousands of men who believe In any event I know he will-, in democratic trade unionism see it if j'ou publish it in th®, will start looking for shore-side LOG. jobs. Mrs. Michael Michold i British Hospital f I'for one would not tolerate Montevideo, Uruguay £ any such bureaucratic rule over IN THE LAND OF RUM AND COCA COLA Membership Rules I Membership rules require every man entering the Un­ ion Halls to show his Union book, pro-book, permit card or white card to the Door­ man. Nothing else will be recognized. This is for the membership's protection. Don't waste the Doorman's — or • your own — time by arguing this point. Observe the rules you make. After a refreshing swim at Maxacas Beach, Trinidad, three Alcoa Cavalier crewmen partake of coke and sandwiches from the trunk of a cab they hired for the occasion. Left to right— Arne Bonner, Bob Larsen and Frank Boyne. .: ••'.r .i �THE SEAF ARERS Page Twelve Patrolmen, Heads-Up Crew Put Seaton In A-1 Shape LOG Frida?. July 16. 1948 FINAL RITES FOR A DEPARTED SEAFARER IN DURBAN 1 "Attention! All performers are hereby invited to membership in i^iWhen I joined this Alcoa scow, the famous 99-year club. Rum the SS Williani W. Seaton, in and Coke will be served till eter­ i^Itimore, I fbund the deck nity. Your names will be printed ^ng in a big beef with topside. in whisky on the social register. The Patrolman was on board No tripcards, permits or books straightening things out. And he are required. All super-per­ ^d a good job, too. We are 22 formers will have special privi­ d^ys out, and there hasn't been a leges. The address is 99 West single word of trouble. Fink Street, Crimpville." But we can understand now As a result, we are having no what. was the matter before: trouble with performers this trip. There wasn't a guy-block in Once again, let me say "hats working order, the tools had off" to the Baltimore Patrolmen bipen lost, and all the gear was for the swell job they did in run-down. The Mate explained straightening up this wagon. these conditions by saying that V. Perez he had not had a compatent crew for three trips. Anyhow, we have this old "rustbucket" in A-1 shape now. Plenty of overtime for everybody (about 100 hours), and some time-off. Everybody is lending a -hand and we are keeping things "steady as she goes." Here is what was Posted on To the Editor: the blackboard a few days ago: Thanks very much for the LOG. And, especially, for the MEMBER'S MOM NOW issues that I had missed. The entire crew of the Governor Houston, Waterman, shown at the funeral for Seafarer I read every issue from cover Reginald Bordeaux. Brother Bordeaux, Decic Engineer on the Houston, was killed: when he fell UNDERSTANDS SEA, to cover, and there is never any­ from the ship's gangway while the ship was in Durban. Flowers and the headstone were paid SHIPS VIA LOG for by the Houston crew. thing dull in it. Incidentally, many of my buddies here in col­ To the Editor: lege find the LOG interesting and My son, Harold W. Simmons, educational reading too — even has the LOG sent to our home though none of them is a seaman. weekly. I'd like to tell you how could pay my own transportation 'misery without any improvement J] Many who wei'e prejudiced to­ To the Editor: much we enjoy it. to the hospital. aboard ship, I finally obtained an, This is another episode in the Before getting the LOG I was ward unions, have changed their Captain Hiles refused, saying X-ray which showed that my often at a loss to rmderstand minds after reading the LOG. career of "Warden" Morgan Hiles, that I would only get drunk and skull was fractured. An Army things about the ships and the The LOG is an ambassador of the infamous Skipper of the try to lick the whole town. That Doctor put me in the hospital. sea that he would tell me on good wiU for labor wherever it Maiden Creek, who is digging his is an example of the sarcasm I So that is the last I saw of: my visits to New York; but now, goes. own grave on the Waterman endured from him during the "Warden" Hiles. No money. No I am enclosing $30.00 to cover ships. through reading the LOG, I am days my head was bursting with ship. But the payoff is yet to the strike assessment, the build­ able to keep up with him. I am in St. Paul's Hn.spita], pain untjl I finally got to this come, both for me and for Cap­ My husband, who works for ing assessment, and the hospital Iloilo, Philippine Islands—thanks hospital. tain Hiles. the New York Central, is a assessment. to God and not to Mr. Hiles, who Finally, after thirteen days of Frank Ploppert great Union man. We are both I wish to comment on the 1948 thinks a fractured skull and very proud that Harold is a Assessments— other head injuries are big jokes member of the SIU. I think that the Building As­ that can be treated with aspirin. Mrs. W. H. Simmons After being robbed and beaten sessment has already proved its Reading, Ohio worth quite well. But the Strike iit Manila, I was only permitted Assessment was the most im­ to go to a hospital in Negros portant of the two, in my esti­ after an urgent request; and then was provided no transportation mation. The SIU may have to fight for by the Captain. I had to walk By AUSSIE SHRIMPTON the rights of all seafaring men four miles in the blazing sun, If you don't find linen in the near future. It is good with my head splitting, only to when you go aboard your sound logic that we be prepared find that the "hospital" was a ship, notify the Hall at once. 1. for any eventuality; therefore, I first-aid station with no X-ray A telegram from Le Havre or endorse the 1948 Strike Assess­ equipment. Singapore won't do you any I shall "get a new contract to give to the guys, When we got to Iloilo, I asked ment 100 percent. good. It's your bed and you And thus earn their vote as 'Curran the wise;' for a five Peso draw so that I Jack S. White have to lie in it. For in these dark days of Hartley and Taft, Farragut. Idaho To the Editor: Log Breaks Down Union Prejudice In Idaho School Injured, Denied Aid Brother Raps Skipper Log-A -Rhythms 'No Coffee Time JeeV Dilemma ATTENTION! THREE HAPPY EVELYN CREWMEN To work with no contract rhost surely is daft. FARM STRIKERS THANK SIU MEN FOR DONATIONS 2. To the Editor: m:-' IllPf:.' l->.- •' irs;:;' Out on declr for a breather between meals, three of the Evelyn's Stewards Department manage a smile for George Swift's camera. Left to right—^Bob Beavers, Bill Bridewell and Larry Langan. In last week's LOG Brother Swift described the enjoyable time had by. the crew when the ship stopped at Boca Grande. . v' J . 1 C * J f J A,ei?i I.ij M.iA,., i - In behalf of the strikers at Di Giorgio Farms I wish to extend our thanks to the crew of the SS Kelso Victory for the dona-J tion of $65.00 and to the crew of, the SS San Angelo Victory for $50.00. We wish to thank both crews and to state that with such people back of us we can't possibly lose, and have no in­ tention of losing the fight we are in. Jim Price, our president of Local 218, has not fully recovered from the shooting, but he is coming out of it all right. Again we thank you people for your kindness and generosity. W. A. Swearigen. Sec.-Treas. Kern County^ Farm Labor Union Local 218 (Ed. Note: The shooting mentioned- occurred in May when anti-labor elements raid­ ed a meeting of strike leaders and shot Local President Price.) >•: \ t } • i r i ' A 3 ,1, , 1J ; , ' J (,-:l .i, Yet this is a course that's most hard to pursue, For I'm paddling around in political stew. And Smith of the commies says, "Peddle your bike. To hell with Taft-Hartley, we're going to strike." 3. Yes I'm paying the price for trade union sin. And have lost all control to the reds from within, When I rise at a meeting to give with a speech, They pelt me with pennies and holler and screech. 4. We are running around like a lot of stray goats. The 'commies' and 'caucus* fly at their own throats. There's murder, mayhem and rebellion too; . Oh, wharhas become of my loved N.M.U.? 5. We are scrapping ourselves as^ the shipowners grin; Ac the gosh-darnest, awfulest mess^ that we're in; They have issued injunctions and called out the law. To crack down on my union as never before. 6. Perhaps- King Solomon could explain upon oath. How a much worried guy is to satisfy both; If things get much tougher there's nought I can do^ But grab noe a trip card and ship S.I.U. .1 i .. I ) ' I : i �THE Fritiay, July l«. 1948 1947 Bound Logs On Band Bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LCXJ for the six-months from July through December 1947 have just arrived from the binders. Members may purchase them— as long as they last at the cost price, which is $2.50 per copy. Also available are some copies of previous bound editions at the same price. Bindings on all volunics are of sturdy buckram with dates lettered in gold. All Seafarers who wish to set up a permanent file with a minimum of effort should act promptly. The bound volumes may be purchased at the Headquarters baggage room, 4th floor, 51 Beav'er Street, New York City. Makes For Noose, Bosun Maintains To the Editor: You've had a number of stories about what we Bosuns should do, and shouldn't do in recent issues. I can go along with most of what you've printed; but there is one thing you've not touched at all. And now that the working copditions of the agreement have come up for review, I think now is the time to say it; for there is a loop-hole in the agreement that is a hangman's knot. Rofoin Trent Sports A Merry, Merry Crew; Homesteaders Invited To Stake Out Claim To the Editor: Claudi "The Wheel" Fulcher has recovered from the wounds he received while looking for his woman; it seems that he stuck his head in the wrong room. Yet George "The Champ" Harris, Well Seafarers, have you ever seen, heard of, or been aboard a yacht with 21 booms and plenty of keel? No? Well then, if you haven't you should get aboard the Robin Line ship, SS Robin CMIPP/AJG- AlbPeTrent, special-built C3. pAiAir? •STAICJAJG; Everyone from the Skipper, Kenneth "Playboy" Simpson, down to yours truly, had a won­ derful time and couldn't have had a better trip if we had been passengers ourselves. In fact, we had such a nice voyage that Ferola "Boston Blackie^' Spata promised all hands a ride in his 1948 Buick that he bought in 1946. . But then there were sad mo-, ments too, when Huddle "Black­ who is in damn good shape, will smith" Newbaker shed tears stage a comeback on his return, when he found that they had no in or about Norfolk. mules to shoe on board ship. OFF TO YUKON Back to Carolina with you, Incidentally, Arnold "Super "Blacksmith." And then there was the time Electro" Lucas who operates on when John "The Mad Russian" high frequency was sued for Treilibs lost his can-opener and breach of promise when he de­ we had to eat cold-cuts. They clined to marry in Durban, the didn't know that David "The city of love. Last heard of, he Beer Barrel" Gilmore was open­ was on his way to cool off in Alaska. ing beer. LOOKS LIKE A OCCrAL FLUSH Probably one of the reasons the crew described the Paul Shoup -as being a good ship is the cabbage being displayed by crewmembers Herb. Oiler and D. C. R«afro. Wiper. Page Thirieeu SEAFARERS LOG Warren "One Dish" Woodill got his orders straight as long as you ordered a full-house and you know what we mean. But that doesn't compare with Raymond "Aussie" Bell, who "can ring the Engine room telegraph to Stop and then Full Ahead for the hell of it and think nothing of it. Perhaps you might know that Jack "Pretty Boy" Hoi-ton had all the women till he lost that five pound note sewed in the lapel of his coat. Ah, such is love. George "Shickshinny Red" Leidemann, not to be outdone, went swimming in the East River after stxbjecting himself to the contagious influence of Singa­ pore Slings, clothes and all. Time and space will not allow to give each and every one his credit due, but in closing I would like to say that under the able supervision of Mr. Richard Ford, Chief Mate, and Brother Claudi Fulcher, Bosun, the deck depart­ ment brought in one of the clean­ est ships that Robin Line has seen in a long tjme—and that goes for New York Harbor as well. GOOD TEAMWORK How can it be to the benefit of the membership — Deck De­ partment, of course, I'm talking about—to have the agreement written in such a way that the Mate is practically invited to put the Bosun painting inside pas­ sageways, etc. at night, when this same work would otherwise be overtime for the men on watch in the daytime—or any­ body else doing it during reg­ ular working hours? It all centers around the highman overtime clause for the Bosun. On a good ship that is not too tight on overtime, with a good Mate, and a Bosim who knows his job, things usually work out okay. The Bosun does his job; and necessary work on week-ends, and is written in for the rest. But we are facing tough times; and here's what happens when the company puts the heat on the officers to cut overtime to the bone: About the middle of the trip the Mate tells the Bosun he hates to see him running so far behind in his overtime. "I'll tell you what you can do," he says. "You can paint the messroom, the rec­ reation room and the inside pas­ sageways going home. Work a few hours every night, and it'll just about bring you even with high man overtime." Of course that gives the Bosun a mere eleven or twelve hour day—^but the important thing is this: It puts him in the position of practically scabbing on his own crew, for aU of that would be overtime -for the men in the daytime doing the work on their regular watch! It undermines basic conditions all around. And if the Bosun re­ fuses, he loses all claim to higly man overtime which often rurc} to a hundred hours or more, j I think it ought to be cleared up now. Bill Caxringlon 1 PUTTING THE LUMPS TO TOP" iiiiiiiiiliifr "Pop" Kapor must have been up to one of his shipboard "kapors" (Yipes, bad pun) to draw this skull thumping by fellow crewmen on the John Hansen. "Pop" survived, however, and completed the trip to Greece, where the Hansen delivered her grain cargo. Others in the picture are; standing in front—Cecil. MM. Seated, left to right—Dave Hockaday. AB; Jack Arellanes. AB; Walter McLaughlin. Oiler and Ship's Delegate; Cliff. FWT. Nick Francos. OS and Philip, Wiper. Of course, all departments worked together, and that's the policy that has always been the byword on SlU-manned ships. There has ben no recfnt Home­ stead Act that we know of, but if you Brothers want to stake a claim, stake it now by throwing in your card for the Robin Trent Then you will find yourself settled down for life, liberty Arrow Passengers ashore, and the pursuit of over­ Praise Ability time. Well be seeing you. Of Ship's Baker Arnold Lucas. Ship's Delegate George Leidemann. Deck Del. To the Editor: We wish to do honor to the services of one of your members, BACKS SUGGESTION F. W. Brandenberg, Night Cook ON TRAVEL PAY and Baker, aboard the SS Marine Arrow en route to Capetown, To the Editor: South Africa, through the chan­ I am one Member that is in nels of your fine newspaper, the favor of Brother Henry Robin­ SEAFARERS LOG. son's letter in the July 2 LOG, We have all traveled exten­ in which he asks that the ship­ sively and have not yet found ping rules should require a man the equal of this baker on any paying off with transportation to ship upon which we have been register and get another job off privileged to travel. Particulai-ly the board. to be recommended are his In fact, I think that all mem­ pastries and bread. bers who have had a good trip We would be grateful if you should be willing to stay off a would print this in your SEA­ trip in order to give otl^er FARERS LOG, as we believe in Brothers on the beach a chance giving credit where credit is due. to get back to sea. Thank you. Don't forget that many Broth­ • Mr. & Mrs. H. Garber ers have families to take care of, and all of us have necessary ex­ S. Steinleuf penses. So when shipping is H. Daneman slow, if everyone gives and takes Charles Fiierstenberg a little, everyone will have a (Passengers) UNION THANKED FOR STRIKE HELP BY FOUNDRY MEN To the Editor: Local No. 164 wishes to thank the SIU for its donation which greatly assisted our members in winning the eight-week strike in the San Francisco Bay Dis­ trict. Your donation, and the dona­ tion from other sister locals, •materially helped in keeping up the morale of the members and winning the strike. All minimum rates were rais­ ed one dollar per day and the other fringe items, vacations and holidays, improvements were. conceded by the employers. We finally got negotiations with our outside towns settled June 21. It was a tough battle but thanks to the cooperation we had we made a satisfactory set­ tlement. Thank you again. This donation will help clean up the expenses; but we will not need any further donation now. A. T. -Wynn. Financial Secy. Inf. Meldeys and Fcwindrv �'Paig9 Fourteen TH E SE AE ArRE R S I O C Hiring Hall Victory Must Be Followed Up Frider. Julr 16. IMS FRANCIS BRENNAN BURIED' AT SEA Says SIU Win Will Inspire Other Unions ions on actual fact. What they To the Editor: '< say depends on the current ' I am not in the habit of commie line. .One of the biggest thrills of writing to the LOG, but I feel So it is no wonder that they my life came when I picked up that I have to say something don't like the SIU Hiring Hall a copy of the LOG and saw about our wonderful success in clause: it gives the commies one where the Union had saved the obtaining the new Hiring Hall less excuse to deliberately ci-eate Hiring Hall (LOG, July 2.) clause. beefs in the industry! For awhile it looked like the 'In my humble opinion, the Another thing I noticed was anti-labor gang had the unions SIU managed to pull something this. The waterfront section of on the ropes. After seeing other out of the fire that future his­ the communist party went out unions lose strikes, get stuck tories of the maritime industry of its way to twist the SIU Hir­ with injunctions and slowly start Tfrill paint as one of, the great­ ing Hall clause by leaving the toward ruin, the SIU Hiring Hall est victories ever obtained by all-important Section 7 out of victory comes out as the one any seaman's union. the version they published in clear-cut victory of the labor I read with great interest last the NMU Pilotmovement. week's issue of the LOG, in Section 7 allows the SIU to Not only does the SIU victory which iWwas stated that every­ re-open any part of the Hiring mean the preservation of thE body was greatly impre.ssed by Hall agreement at any time. The Hiring Hall, our one guarantee the victory except those mem­ commies left this out to pre­ Shipmates of Francis Brennan, who died aboard the SS of good working conditions and bers and stooges of the commu­ vent the average NMU reader Algonquin Victory on April 30, held funeral service on deck wages — it also stands out as a nist party who do their dirty of their sheet from knowing before committing his body to the waters. Burial took place guide for trade unionists all over work disguised as the National exactly what the SIU has won. as the ship was a day out of New York. Blackie Martin and the country who have been losCouncil of the NMU. Enough said about those bums, Aussie Wright. Algonquin crewmen, brought photo to LOG. ,ng heart. This is amazing when I con­ and now for a little more dis­ This, I'm sure, will give them sider the fact that among my cussion of the SIU contract. the boost to battle for the pres­ acquaintances are many NMU It looks to me as if the Un­ ervation of their unions. We've members who know their way ion established a precedent showed them that it can be done. aroimd. whereby this big issue, the Hir­ These men, rank-and-filers all ing Hall, can be settled with SOLID UNION of them, have read the new SIU all the remaining companies con­ drank and never took time off j t^ere was no reason Twin Beefs Hiring Hall clause carried in tracted to the SIU. during _ the four and a half ^^e SIU was the LOG, and they would do As the Negotiating Committee Two recent payoffs resulted in months trip. in for a tough battle on the almost anything to get the same pointed out, this will allow the practically the same beef. Here's But when the ship got to waterfront. After all, we went deal. Union to spend more time and the way it stacked up on one of Shanghai, China, _ he asked for a'^^t from scratch buUt a True to their past record, the energy preparing for the fights them: commies do not base their opin- that unquestionably are ahead The Mate insisted on doing little time to visit his parents solid Union. who were living there. He fur­ Surely nothing they throw at of us. Deck Department work during ther explained that he had not us from Washington could be It will also allow us to put the trip, which the Delegate been back to China for the last any tougher than the struggle more time and energy into the quite rightly put down on the nine year^. we went through to take the Organizing Program, which has overtime sheet. Nevertheless, the Mate refus­ hiring of seamen out of the SIU, A&G District been so successful in the past Then the Skipper took excep­ ed to give him the time, and the crimp joints and off the piers. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. three years. tion to the Delegate's actions and Skipper backed the Mate. Then Twenty years ago nobody William Rentz, Agent Calvert 4539 held it against him as a ^personal when the sailor took a day and could forsee that the Union Hir­ REAL PRIVILEGE BOSTON 276 State St. Walter Siekmann, Agent Bowdoin 4455 issue. Shortly after, the ship a half off, he was logged three ing Hall would come into being I might add that it is with was laid up for a few days, and days pay. GALVESTON 308 Vi—23rd St. —but it did. If we managed to Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 a feeling of great pride that I Considering the man's reliabil­ get the Hiring Hall in the face MOBILE I South Lawrence St. recognize what a real privilege the Mate and the Skipper fig­ ured this gave them an oppor­ ity, and the fact that he had of all that opposition, there is Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 not taken the time off deliber­ no reason why we can't survive NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. it is to belong to an organiza­ tunity to get even. E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 tion that works continually for ately, without first asking the these days of anti-imion hysteria. When a crew was called for, NEW YORK 51 Beiver St. the benefit of its membership. Mate's permission, we asked the In closing I want to express Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 Our achievements, and our the Delegate re-shipped, and was Skipper to ^ift the log. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. the thanks of this Seafarer to the policy of the membership mak­ refused by the Mate on a phony He refused flatly. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 excuse, though it was obvious members of the Negotiating PHILADELPHIA. ..614-16 No. 13th St. ing the decisions in all matters, It is our opinion that such a Committee for the fine job they that he was being discriminated Uoyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 give us our greatest asset—our Skipper and such a Mate rate did. against for Union activity. SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. internal unity. no respect as men, and that they fiteve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 The SIU can tackle a program Needless to say, they didn't live up to the mark of being The Hiring Hall is still ours SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce de Leon and the Union is still as strong get away with it. When the beef Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-5996 as a Union, dealing with a Union the meanest men on earth. as ever. Well done!SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. problem for the benefit of the was settled, the Delegate was Louis Goffin Bill Scheran Charles'Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 Union's members, without re­ still on the ship. TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. sorting to name-calling and backJust remmbe'r, your Union or­ R. H. Hall, Agent Phone M-1323 HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St., N.V.C. stabbing among ourselves ganization will back you all the In an organization of our type, way on a beef arising over legiHAnover 2-2784 SECRETARY-TREASURER the members should take every Paul Hall opportunity to discuss maritime ROBERT MYERS. St., Mobile, Alabama, is anxious DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION problems with members of other Cook and Baker to get in touch with you. Lindsey Williams Please get in touch with your maritime outfits such as the ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS tit Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler mother as soon as possible. NMU, the MCS and the rest. MAURICE BENAMOU Joseph Volpian As a Union man, I frequently t t. Your wife is anxious to hear talk unionism with members of GEORGE H. MESEROLE from you, at 507 N. 87th Street, SUP other maritime unions as well Your father, H. E. Meserole, is East St. Louis, 111. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. as with members of shoreside in bad health and very anxious tit Phone 5-8777 unions and I find it very ento hear frcwn you. He asks that PORTLAND... 111 W. Bumside St. CHARLES ENGLISH Beacon 4336 lightening. you write him at 265 So. 67 Get in. touch with John G. Invariably the people to whom RICHMOND, Calif 257 Sth St. St., Birmingham, Ala. Luplin, Inspector, 197 Clarendon Phone 2599 I talk express amazement at i 4 * St., Boston, Mass. SAN FRANCISCO. 59 CUy St. what they read of our policies ALSON ET. SMITH Douglas 2-5475 tit CJet in touch with your father SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. and programs in the SEAFAR­ WILLIAM HOUGHTON Main 0290 ERS LOG. timate Union activity. But if it's as he is anxious to hear from WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. "I find it hard to believe," one Your friend William Bickowyou. Terminal 4-3131 of them said, "that any union a bum beef, it'll get you nowhere. sky, 13 N. Stiles Street, Phila­ 4. 4 S. When you are in doubt, see your can and does operate in the delphia 22, Pa., would like to CURTIS G. DOWDY Union official and you can't go Gt. Lakes District wide-open, democratic manner wrong. have you contact him. Contact your wife. BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. in which the SIU does." tit tit. Cleveland 7391 I might add, however, that MEANEST MAN RICHARD JOSEPH GRANT JOHN R. PALMER CHICAGO, III 3261 East 92nd St. Phone: Essex 2410 'you won't find any CP member Your brother, John, is anxious On the SS LaSalle, a Water­ to hear from you. Write him at Call or write your wife: 1904 CLEVELAND 2602 Carroll St. of any union saying anything Spring Garden, PhUadelphia 30. Main 0147 favorable about us. After all, man scow, we had the misfor­ P.O. Box 8| Walkill, New York. Phone: LOcust *7-4620. DETROIT 1038 Third St. what other position could the tune of running into what we betit Cadillac 6857 4" t i. commies take but blast us- — liev to be the lowest and mean­ DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. SANTO PANEBIANGO RICHARD P. BARROW est Mate and Skipper that we Melrpse 4110 when the CP says that the SIU James G. Smith, Dornsife, TOLEDO 615 Summit St. is "the worst enemy of the have ever met. You have heard Penn,. is anxious to hear from Your moUier asks that you Garfield 2112 communist in maritime?" or read about the so-called you. write her at Frederick, Okla­ homa. meanest man. Well listen to a We should all continue our tit Canadian District 4> 4> 4> efforts in the direction in which little tale about these two guys: WILLIAM FRANK BISHOP MONTREAL 1227 Philips Square we are heading. If we do, we There was a Chinese AB on Get in touch with your mother. JACK BUNCH BICTORIA, B.C 602 Boughton St. Write your aunt, Mrs. Paid Empire 4531 wiU have a better and stronger this wagon and, according to the tit VANCOUVER 565 Hamilton St. SIU. CHARLES L. MEYERS crew (and -even the Mate), he Bunch, 207 Rodgers Ave., Fox Pacific 7824 Red Hallinger was a good worker, who never John S. Johnson, 1560 Luling Hall, Norfolk 2, Va. To the Editor; SIU HALLS PERSONALS �"Pridayi Jiily 18, 1948 T Hjs A F Anie n s ^L OV Page Fifteen Marine Hospitals Now 150 Years Old by the ,Diyision of Marine Hos­ The Federal system of Marine pitals and Relief, the predecessor hospitals is 150 years old today. of the Hospitals Division of the It was on July 16, 1798, that Public Health Service which John Adams, the second Presi­ runs them today. During World War I, the Pres­ dent of the United States, ap­ ident opened the hospitals to proved an act of Congress "for Army and Navy personnel.,^ In the relief of sick and disabled 1919, the treatment of benefi­ seamen." Under this act the first ciaries of war risk insurance, a hospitals were established. program compensating sick gnd Today the Marine Hospitals disabled veterans of the first are operated by the Public world conflict, was assigned; to Health Service which is, in the Public Health Service. , " turn, a part of the Federal Se­ A number of Army hospitals curity Agency. Historically the were also turned over to the Marine Hospitals are the foun­ Service at that time. But,, in dation on which all public health 1922, the Public Health Serv­ - activities in the United States ice transferred 57 of its hospi­ • have been built. tals to the brand new Veterans The present day Public Health Bureau, keeping only the Mar­ " Service is charged with the ine Hospitals themselves, whjich 6iany-sided functions of preserv­ already numbered 24, ing and pi-otecting the health The dental section was organ­ -of the American people. But ized in 1919, and projects in the Marine Hospitals constitute physiotherapy and occupational •one of its most important and therapy were commeflced '.at , most vital sections. about the same time. The spe­ There are 24 Marine Hospitals cial hospital at CarviUe, Louis­ now in operation. Of, these, 21 iana, for the treatment of lep­ are general hospitals, two are The U.S. Marine Hospital at Stapleton on Staten Island in New York Harbor is a far cry rosy was opened in 1921, and tuberculosis centers and one is from the first Marine Hospital which opened in 1799 in a barrack building on Castle Island, in the 1930's a large-scale build­ entirely devoted to the treat­ ing program was undertaken. Boston. Today the Marine Hospitals are celebrating their 150th anniversary. ment of leprosy. BIGGEST YET Most of them are located in his wages and turned over to major American seaports and In 1939, the "Public Health a collector of customs. along the most important in­ This 20-cent tax was assessed Service itself was transferred' to land waterways. On the aver­ against seamen until 1870—with the Federal Security Agency, the age, the hospitals have been the exception of one 12-month biggest organization yet to deal On this page appears a brief history of the Marine Hos­ taking care of about 6,000 men period in the late 1830's—and with public health and welfare pitals, which celebrate the 150th anniversary of their found­ a day including patients in all ing today. about half the time it carried the in the United States. It stems categories. full cost of rurming the hospitals. in a direct line from the first Nobody is more interested in the Marine Hospitals than When the tax was not suffi­ Marine Hospital in Boston. FIRST IN BOSTON the Seafarers Internationid Union, since the health of its cient, some additional monies Spokesmen for the Hospital members is largely dependent on the hospitals' efficient ope­ The Marine Hospitals were were obtained from the Govern­ Division of the Public Health ration. Accordingly, SIU Headquarters and Port Officials main­ founded to provide medical care ment's general funds and, after Service, one of whose major tain an unceasing watch on the hospitals t.o be sure that all for seamen regardless of their 1841, a number of deficiency ap­ jobs is running the Marine Hos­ Seafarers receive every care and treatment to which as seamen immediate financial condition, propriations were voted by Con­ pital.s, declare that the agency they are entitled by Federal law. and to provide an effectve gress. Money was also appropri­ hopes to furnish the best medic^ In addition, the SIU, through its Washington Representa­ quarantine for seamen suffering ated to build new hospitals. care possible to everyone eli­ tive, is constantly pressing for liberalization of hospital regu­ from contagious diseases. Their gible. To carry out its plan, the lations. At present, the Union is urging Congress to do away TAX DOUBLED history should interest all Sea­ Division has 7,000 employes with the restriction prohibiting a seaman from obtaining treat­ farers. who man the 24 Marine Hospitals In 1870 the tax against seamen ment if he has been away from the sea for more than 90 plus 120 out-patient clinics. .• The first Marine Hospital was days. The Union believes that there should be no such time was doubled to 40 cents a month. set up on Castle Island in Bos^ The monthly assessment, plus According to its spokesm^, limit on any man who is still in the industry. ton in 1799, Treatment was giv­ special funds voted by Congress, the Hospital Division ke^s en in an unimpressive barrack financed the hospitals until a abreast of all advances in medi­ building. The next one, the first and down all the coasts, along only providing medical care for tonnage tax- against all vessels cal science including medicine, real hospital, was at Norfolk the rivers of the west and on seamen, but they had taken on entering the United States re­ surgery, orthopedics, pathology, and was purchased from the the Great Lakes. Water-borne responsibilities concerning mari­ placed it in 1884. dentistry, physiology, neurolo^, state of Virgiiria by the Federal commerce increased rapidly and time and interstate quarantine, By the middle of 1906 the ton­ pharmacy, nursing, dietetics, Government in 1801. proved so hospital administration and re­ sometimes ho.spitals had to be the examination of immigrants nage tax finally Navy personnel received treat- set up in a hurry in boarding and surveys of public health. In thoroughly inadequate that it lated fields. at these and other hospitals in houses and private homes—and short, the whole public health was abandoned and, since then, The Seafarers Internatiori^ movement was beginning to the hospitals have been com­ Union, too, will continue its the early years including the even in lighthouses. period of the War of 1812. Dur­ During the War between the grow from the seamen's hospi­ pletely dependent on annual ap­ constant checking of Marine propriations by Congress. ing that war, British prisoners States, 1861-1865, military auth­ tals. Hospital operation, and wiU keep orities of both the Union and were also cared for. After the Public Health Serv­ pressing for liberalization of The Fort Stanton Hospital for As the United States expanded the Confederacy took over , the seamen and other Marine Hos­ ice was established in 1912, the hospital regulations for the ben­ in the 19th century. Marine Marine Hospitals then in exist­ pital beneficiaries 'suffering from Marine Hospitals were managed efit of the SIU membership. Hospitals were established up ence, but when the conflict end­ tuberculosis was just getting ed they were returned to civil started in 1900, and the studies control. on the origin and prevalence of As time passed. Congress as­ leprosy were beginning to ap­ The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ signed new responsibilities to the pear in the annual reports of the Marine Hospital Service, as it Surgeon General. In 1901, there farers International Union is available to all members who wish was then called, a trend that were 23 hospitals including one to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of finally resulted in the .Public at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to hav« the LOG sent j:o you each week address cards are on hand at every (Continued from Page 1) Health Service. Many of these 13,500 patients were treated. SIU branch for this purpose. responsibilities were devised to with the United States GovernHowever, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU control communicable diseases. NEW NAMES ' . - ment, « hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Aliens with five years of seaSERVICE NATIONALIZED In 1902, in recognition of the which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 time on US ships are eligible to increased and diversified duties Beaver Street, New York 4 ,N. Y. In 1870, Congress for the first apply for immediate citizenship. of the service, its name was PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION If they want to stay on Ameri­ time put the Marine Hospital changed to the Public Health and Service on a national instead of can vessels they should apply Marine Hospital Service. At the a local basis. A Supervising Sur­ To the Editor: ^ow and not wait. geon, later to be called the Sur­ same time, the President was , Other aliens should apply for geon General, was provided for empowered to use the service I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the •visas. Hf these ineii obtain visas and, in 1872, the first overall during war in any way which address below: would benefit the general public they are legally within the Unit­ regulations were issued. ed States and find more jobs In the years immediately fol­ without impairing its basic Name open to them since they can sail lowing the above step, a regular function. In 1912 the name was oh coastwise runs, or work corps of medical officers who changed again—^to the U.S. Pub­ Street Address ashore. Moreover; they are no' had to pass examining boards lic Health Service. longer restricted to 29 days oh to be appointed was organized. From the begirming, the Mai-State the beach. Provision was also made for the ine Hospitals were imder the City The Union has been urging Surgeon General to be appointed jurisdiction of the Secretary of Signed alien members to take one or by the President and confirmed the "Treasury. Under the original another of these steps. The soon­ by the Senate. act of 1798, each seaman paid a Book No er alien members heed this ad­ By • the turn of the century, federal tax of 20 cents a month vice the better off they will be. the Marine Hospitals were not which the Skipper withheld from For Still Better Medical Care CoastGuardCuts Quota Of Aliens Notice To All SIU Members �: IM Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS WHAT ttWNIC... :?5. •v J LOG Friday, July 16, 1946 New York City Reveals Plan For New Docks NEW YORK — This week. Mayor O'Dwyer made public a, 10-year program to modemizo and generally improve the NeW York waterfront. The progrant QUESTION: The SIU Negotiating Committee is presently preparing for discussions with was drawn up by the Commis­ the operators on clarifications in the Union's standard freighter agreement. What clarifica­ sioner Minetti of the Department tions do you recommend for your Department? of Maritime and Aviation. The Comnlissioner's plan ia HJALMAR V. NIELSEN. AB: GEORGE A. ALLENI Ch. St. admittedly much more limited in scope than previous plans sub­ Right now. I can't think of For one thing, the duties of mitted by the Port of New York any of the rules in the Deck i the Night Cook and Baker Authority and the World Trado should be clearly defined. An­ Corporation ., Department that need clarificaother thing that may need clari­ . tions. I believe the contract now fication in the Stewards Depart- However, city officials includ­ in effect covers the iield very , ment centers around the pulling ing the Mayor are believed t(^ well. I remember very clearly of ice. which I consider to be favor it, because it leaves tha the situation in maritime in the the duty of the Messman. With waterfront under direct city sup­ pre-Union days when we got the exception of the Night Cook ervision and because each of the 45 bucks a month and no over­ and Baker's. I think the hours other plans was opposed by so time. And we had "field days," of all Department members many influential and interested teo. When I compare those days should be clearly set forth. On groups. with the SIU contracts covering the whole, there is little to be Hearings on the plan have been •every phase of our work today. clarified in the present rules. scheduled to begin next weel^ I'm very satisfied. Another rea­ I think most of the Stewards are and when a final decision is son I don't see much need for oldtimers and familiar with the made the LOG will carry the dlarification is that most beefs rules. If all hands would live details. ' • \' are minor ones and easily settled to them, there'd be no prob THREE-PHASE PLAN by the Patrolman. lem. In its present form, the plaai falls into three phases—new con­ TRINIDAD VIGO. Utility: A. L. MILTNER. Wiper: struction, modernization of ex­ isting piers and rehabilitation of The Stewards Department I think that we ought to cleax existing piers. Over the 10-year rules should be clarified so they up the Engine Room rules so period, it would cost neai'ly $60 are clear to all. Something that I know what I'm supposed million. should be done to eliminate the to do and no questions left The plan calls for 11 brand possibility of confusion and ar­ over. We've got the best agree­ new piers or platform structures guments in the Department, which would J)e completely firewhich I believe aje caused most­ ment there is. but a couple of ly by the men not knowing who proofed. Another three piers things are cloudy. For instance, is to perform a particular job— would have new sheds or other painting the steering engine additions. and whether it is to be done on room is supposed to be the Deck regular time or on off time. One Department's job. But if the Other improvements are mostly of the Steward Department rules Deck doesn't do the job. is there those which have been suggested that should be further clarified any good reason why the Wipers by New York officials in recent is that concerning the pulling months. ^ shouldn't get the overtime? Once of ice. Personally. I think this two of us were spraying paint, I job should rate overtime when­ one man holding the can. They ever the Steward wants ice tried to make us split the over­ right away and there is none time claiming that one man in the box. However, this job could do the work. These things should be done well in advance. should be clarified. Boneyard Cuts Into US Fleet P. J. THOMPSON. FWT: There are a lot of misunder­ standings in the Engine Room rules about little things. For instance, should an FWT sweep down or not. It doesn't make much difference to me, but some say a FWT is stealing the Wip«r's job if he sweeps down. This ^ould be made clear. In port, a FWT has to run the evapo­ rator while watching the fires and the steam if the winches are run by steam. Maybe this should be changed. and cleeuly written that either an Engineer watches the Evaporator in port, or the FWT gets overtime for doing two tough jobs at once. But the agreement is okay in general. . :y. ••••• • m E. R. ASMUSSfiN. Wiper: We need more specific word­ ing in the agreement on what a Wiper can and cannot do. Cer­ tainly what is a Wiper's over­ time ought to be stated more clearly. On one ship we painted the steering engine room when the Deck boys didn't do it. The Patrolman said we could not collect. He said the day men in the Deck department were to do the painting if possible, the Deck watch men on overtime were to do it if the day men were unable to do it. It should be clear in the agreement that Engine men can't paint the steering engine room. But the agreement is a pretty fine agree­ ment right now. A. VALENTINE, Chief Steward: - The privately-owned Americem merchant 'fleet now consists of There are a couple of things 1,175 ships, an increase of 172 that ought to be straightened since the beginning of the year, out. The contract ought to be it was disclosed this week. much clearer on the Night Cook and Baker's duties, especially as However, the grim trek of ves­ regards breakfast. The NCB is sel after vessel to the boneyard, responsible for breakfast rolls, during the spring months, re­ muffins and items like that. He duced the number of Maritime is supposed to make them in his Commission ships chartered to eight hours, not on overtime. private owners to a mere 660 as Also, the contract should be clearer on just what a Utility of July 1, compared to 1,128 on should do under the Chief Stew­ January 1, the sgme report re­ ard's direction. It's not a matter vealed. The net result is a substantial of clarification, but I think that Chief Stewards ought to get decrease in overall shipping, overtime for doing the. highly attributeble partly to the post-f, responsible paper work on re­ war growth of foreign fleets and quisitions. partly to the spring decline in American exports, notably in bulk cargoes of coal and grain. FRED SOKOLOWSKI. Bosun: One basic cause of the decrease' The Alcoa ships are making a has been the dwindling of dollar practice of using shore gangs in accounts held by foreign coun­ the Islands. Not only are 20 or tries which has helped reduce 30 men used to cover and un­ the export volume. cover the hatches, and to paint The 172 ships which .have been outside, but they are doing the added to the privately owned same work inside. The whole fleet include 46 dry-cargo ships practice should be thrown out. and 126 tankers. As of the pres­ for the work they do would ent date, the privately owned mean extra overtime for the fleet consists of 689 dry-cargo Deck Department. But in any ships and 486 tankers. event the Bosun is entitled to extra money when working . Since 660 MC ships are run­ them. There should be a clari­ ning under charter, there are fication on Bosuns standing gang­ now 1,835 ships in the entire way watches. Furthermore. I American merchant fleet. would like to see the Carpenter As of July 1, there were .1,583. put back on the ships instead :hips laid up in the boneyard of^ of carrying only Deck Mainten­ which 1,519 were built during ances. the recent war. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource July 16, 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 29 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES LAB OR BOARD HEARING DEFINES VOTING UNIT FOR CITIES SERVICE SEATRADE ENTERS TANKER FIELD SIGNS SIU PACT CGCUTS ALIEN QUOTA FOR SUBSIDIZED SHIPS SIU VICTORY SEEN IN CUBA DISTILLING VOTE ERP AIDS PANAMA TANKER SHIPS BREAK IN STEAM LINE KILLS BOSUN THREE OTHER SEAFARERS INJURED ANY GOOD BOSUN MUST PULL HIS OWN WEIGHT ABOARD SHIP RAIL HIKE MAY AID GULF PORTS PHILADELPHIA IS SECOUND PORT IN TOTAL TONNAGE SEAFARERS AND THEIR SHIPS ARE NEWS ABOARD THE ROBIN KIRK BOOK MEMBERS FIND THAT SHIPPING IS QUITE FAIR IN PORT TAMPA BALTIMORE CONTINUES UPS-DOWNS:SHIPPING IS FAIR- THIS WEEK MOBILE MANAGES SATISFACTORY WEEK AS MAW LENDS HANDS ILA DEMANDS WAGE INCREASES OTHER CHANGES MONKEY QUITS SEAFARER WHEN 'JUNGLE ' GOES TEXAS SHIPPING IS FAIR AND SHOULD STAY SO OLD STANDBYS KEEP NEW YORK SHIPPING IN FAIR SHAPE SAN JUAN SEAFARERE FIND SHIPPING IS GOOD SEAFARERS' GUIDE TO THE FAR EAST SEAFARER'S COOL SEAMAN SAVES BOATLOAD OF CREWMEN OFF WACOSTA VESSEL CLEARED BUT CUSTOMS;BREMEN ARMY COPS RUN WILD THROW BOOKT WEBSTER CREW MARINE HOSPITALS NOW 150 YEARS OLD NEW YORK CITY REVEALS PLAN FOR NEW DOCKS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/16/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/184b2f41715a08be922daff109467181.PDF 388a21d17df1d6ac74415b7217287396 PDF Text Text , DlSTR.ICT • AFL-C.10 • ). �WASHINGTON-Reflecling the apparent success of its containership operation in the coastwise trade, the SIU-contracted Pan·Atlantic Steamship Corp. is planning tq build four coll'tainerships. to be used._____ . --------in the intercoastal servkes. known as Containerships, Inc., bas The ships would actually be qualified for a loan· and mortgage built by Sea Land Ships Inc. insurance from the Government of Port Newark, NJ, and and is building t~o small conwould · be chartered to Pan tainerships at a cost of $7 million. In ·the hearing which followed The two ships would operate the crash, a Coast Guard examiner Atlantic for operating purposes; between New York and Jacksonfound that La Belle had· operated Sea Land has already applied ville, beginning in the su1J1mer of his 30,-800-ton :vessel "at an immod· for Government-guaranteed con- 1960. The ships will' be ""dieselerate speed'' i~ pOOt viStbillty ~d . struction mortgage loans for the powered and will carry 198 light- · had failed to stop his engines .when four ships, which are estimated weight containers, totaling 21100 to cost almos_t $20 million each. fbns of cargo, somewhat . under Massive shoreside crane . lifts loaded trail•J'I aboard - Matson - he heard the fog signal of an unThe propos~d containerships, half the capacity of Pan-Atlantic's ship in San Francisco. .Matson ships carry trailers on --deck: seen vessel a~ead. 1mlike those presently operating C-2s. C.Qmpany is converting othtr _shi~ f9r .fuU. conta·in•llLip p'rati~n. 111- la:ate June the Coast Guard ·fol< r·!Jl • lowed-up Its. action against La Belle in the coastwise trade, would be built for container purposes from I e ,;al , ' · by fillng almost identical charges 0 the keel up. The presen~ containerships, six in all, are converted · .., Rosa and the-tanker Valchem. C-2s. Huge savings in time, handling ind costs are convincing more and more ship operators ' These collided off tlie Jersey . In addition to being new ships, . . coaSt March 28, brJnging death to the proposed tessels would carry that t~e. way to lower costs and bigger profits is thrQugh co~tainer.ships. lmbated by the SIU-contracted Pan~Atlantic Co. two years ago, containerization has four Valchem crewmen, including more than twice · as much cargo as . three SIU members and one en· the present C-2s. They have a been adopted by a number of capacity of 226 containers, and major operators on b~th coasts leader in container operations with use hi the interco'astal trade. 'These lineer: 4,500 short tons of cargo. The new to some degree, while many. its slx converted C-2's cai'rying ships would hold about 550 conSimilar ~arl'es ships would carry 550 containers others are seriously - considering 226 vans apiece. The company is tainers. (See adJolnln1 1tory.) Ill this case, too;"1he Coast Guard with a capacity of 12,400 short the possibility. hoping to charter four· new .conThe Bluest spm_to the trailer- charted llnproper .navigation at Imtons. Such higher cargo capacity Pan-Atlantic fs ·presently -the tainerships in the near future for carr)ting v~ssela came with the moderate I~. Improper use of would be essential in the longer ddlgn of. 'detachable wheels and ra~ar.· · and failure to .stop •fter intercoastal runs. -. As on · .the existing ships, the and new vessels would carry their own traveling cranes for loading and • _ . .. .'. unloading, making them independconsequently there W!,1 a: hu1e . •captains to maintain speed.m .order ent of shoreside-based gantry waste of stora1e space. . to mee~ ~hedules, are importa~t cranes. Consequently, the ships ' · . Matao. Bua~ contrfbuttn1 factors to ship· accicould call at virtually any pier in . · . The major containershtp operadents. any port. WASHINGTON-A Senate Laltor subcommittee· has rec- tor on the West Coast is Mat15on The hearings on both the ConLonr Esperlmentation ommended sweeping changes in the minimum wage laws .Lines, under contract to the SIU, stitution.Jalanta. and Santa Rosa.The application for mortgage on which for the first time would bring deep-sea seamen tug- Pacific District. Matson. has, been Valchem collisions ess~ntially subnew· ships climaxes several' years .' ' · ' operating six of itl 14 ships as starltiated these' charges. But the of experimentation by the com- boatmen and other workers partial containerships fo'l" the past Coast Guard at the same time pany in the carri~ge of containers. on river, lake and harbor craft ships would be lessened and union· year. The vessela carry about 75 warned skippers that they must Initially, tbe company started under the provisions of the organizing made. easier. . containers. but 011ly ' on the· main obey the .vies o( the road or face carrying 50 containers on spe-· - 'J'he SIU and other maritime deck, Usin1 belpw-4eck space for the pe'naJties. unions bad sti:ongly supported the conventional _· caraoes. However, La Belle's appeal ts subject to r• cially-built decks on four. tankers. law· . _<. ·The tankers carried oil and loaded . The proposal by the the com- proposal to apply the wage mini- the line is planning to add a view by the Coast Guard ·Commancontainers northbound from Hous- mittee would apply • $1.25 mini- mums to runaway-flag ships owned seventh ship next year that will ·dant, who has the i>ower to ·o\/erton, and loaded containers south- mum ~age and ~he 40~hour work by American'" citizens. These ships c~ry iiothliii bu~ ·containers, both rule or reduce the suspension . . If bound, making paying cargo both week to some 100,000 men in the now pay Iii the vicinity of ~ $90 to on its decks and in 'its hol<IS-:.. he does not do so, La Belie will ways. These ships depended on a marine_lndustry over a four-year $100 monthly for a minimum _58- 300 containers in Jtll, automa4canY 1et .his. papers back shoreside crane for loading and period. However, another proposal; hour. week. EveQ at the $1 an hour · ·· Unlike Pan~Atlantfc's set-up, next June 4. / unloading. which would apply the wage mini- level, the .wages of seamen on run- which employs. cranes already Subsequently, the conversion of mums to -foreign-flag vessels owned away flag ships would be almost mounted on the vessel ·- Mation r , the~ C-2s was undertaken, and the by American citizens, is under tripled. . operates with a shoresici'e . gantry: tankers were chartered out to attack by the Department of Labor Consequently, the steainship..,JJI· crane. · , · ,. other companies for pure bulk and may be_dropp~d from tlie bill. dusti;:.v, particulatlY tll.e ~r.ge ·on. Another· -west , Coa~t ~mt>any: "" • cargo or' tanker operation. Would Drop OT and metals companies which o~er- :Ametlcan President " Linei ' "bu When the McLean interests Another comprQmise provision ate runaway shiPJ, have · oppo~ed started usinl l7-foot cpntain~rs on ·. purchased Waterman-Pan · Atlan- would not apply the overtime the minimum wage provision bit- a limited scale. Here too~' the HOUSTON·- Shipping Jn . this tic, they had announced plans to provisions of the act, calling for te.rly and. may be. succentul in van~ are stored on deck, but the port was ~air during.-tbe last:i'eport build roll-on, roll-off ships for the time-and-a-half-for work performed .exc~uding the runaway-ft~g crews company is planning to co~vert period. Three ships wete in for coastwise service. Subsequently, over 40 hours, on the ground that fro!J! its application. · several fiefghter1 to handle con- ,J>&Yoff and there. wefe 20 'l!hi~ ~ studies indicated that container- this would involve a considerable . tainers in- part of .the · below-deck transit. ThRe were J)O sfin-6ni. · "! rea as well. On the '.East Coast, Duiing. the next tWo wee~ only . ships might be more practical, boost in seamen's overtim.e paysince there wasn't any waste space ments under Union contracts. Grace Lines fs converting two of ~ne .•Jiip is ache.!f~ed foc Pl!~otf involved in bringing a truck Even in its present form, ff · ·· . . , •· its ships fot contab)er O}leration. · and the shipping .picture .ti not t(>o o B Sh B C0 S n ox~ . Ip . a~u.Wdgon --------------+ .o :~~!~:t:f~:t~1:c~ :n~~~.~t~ '$125 M1·n1·m-u·'m Proposed~ ::~:~~;: ~~fe'1:oo~:c:~~ n;,~:t!~p:: b,e::'~::tes::.u:tes ' Pil~tl t:i:~~tb!fa~:st::ici ~:;:..~1:fu~e~:!~~;e~~~~::: ·~: 100 ooo· I M ·1· . . n ar1 1me FOr ff.o usto·.n 'H as A .B.real-h.e' r Payoffs · Are ~::::~1~~~t!~:~:,:;i;-::,; :.;~!~:~::=~~~1t: SF':Sliprise " containership in ·which the trailer box is lifted ·Off the cha.ssis and stored in the ship's hold. as a large cargo box. In another development in the eontainership fiel.d, a ·corp . oration or non-union seamen- on hundreds of tugs,· barges, towboats and other craft which are presently payJng well below the $1 hourly minimum. As a consequence, the gap ·between ni th k d th ese wor ers an .,ose on u on r-----5-t---p-------------,----. ' ay ..ut. For Jobless Pay Se~farers who are collecting state unemployment bene.ftts while on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid ' . , changing their mailing addre8ses ff · they want to continue re.ceivin~ t~eir checks regula~y. Several Seafarers have already e~perienced interruptions of from three to ·ave weeks in getting their next check after they notified the state unemployment ~ ...ffices that they bad moved and changed their malling address. ~ ~· ~An avera,e delay of a month is r.e_ported !n most cases, causing ' "' ;consf.derable';' hardship' tp tbe men involved. " . · l r sa.'u_AU,Rs"tOG ~~ti:.r~~W:/;,;7::.ie:~~: ' S:AN , F~~CJSCO - · Althbugh July J7, f959 Vol. XXI, No~ 15 · · PaYliig off_ Ji~re ,w;e te ~Jte Valley none . lj,a d tieen expected, three ( Forge <PenblSular Navigation>, ships tUJ'.Ded up here for payoffs · . ,.. • ' Texas ·- ~cer <M8!'ine , · Carrier~> during the last .. repqrt period · and . ·. . . ·and Paclffc Vehture' ~(Pacific Velf• then lfgned on again. As a result, - · i . -~ • ture). . -.. ..... ·,.. · shipptn1 ."ln this por.r. was , 1ood, · ,. , · · · · · · In .transit • 'Were lhe Mermaid says MartY Brelthoff, · port agent. P•n ~ ••af'•torr·Tr!llrnr~ · (Metro ·Peh:oleum>; ·Jean LaPltte. The ships J;iaying oft . were the ,~ f::.Xi. ·f:l::'f..t= De ~to and Hastings <W.'tltermart>; Producer <M.rtne Cartlers>; Al- Snv~AL JIMKDJ, JO'IDf a..uu,; Ax.v seatralnl New Yorlf, New :J~rsey, mena JClo~~t Carriers~ and John =Ar-ca"r{;p,.~:!:t::',. Bu.r. 11oon;• Savann~ · "'llld · 'l'exa• .t. (Seatra~>: If. Kulukundls ' <Martis). . • . · · · -1 • · Steel Navigator «Isthmian>: Paclflc ;Besides : th~se ·three s~les.. the .~ . · ·· _ ·: · •· · . BUiger "«P~nn »; Shipplnt); . ~tlaa _Ctty of Alina . <W.Ue~p> als~ ,=::.~W:.i-.,•~~1::!"1~ •<T~nfen· and ·TI:amp)~ !.er~Gb,m signed on. ·'-, "· · ;. · 11nflc·1t ovN Dldrlct, APL.Clo. '71.f.ourtll «Valentine); Fort Hos&1ns, Brad· In van1if ·were the Steel "KinJ •ry:::11,,..c:~· J:h~. ford tsi~nd/ ·Bebts Fon ~nd .GS ,U&.ilupJ~);, ~o~· ·~d1 Penmar et t'rleaf fflce ln '8~klYl!' ~Y. Uftdef. No~olk ..'(€itfe1Se!crice1; /;Re1Ji!Na ~Calniar).. r Ro,1-al Palt (C}tjes . Se~-~ ~~··~~': 1' 1,. . . -::;· ., . .. ; . (lnterc_gntinent.ql; "-Blenvllhf!l <PQ,fee), Wil,d ·Ranger. <W.a~a:aiJ>. ~nd~ . ,. · : ~ 1 ~ '" , Atlantlc); .M~.garett•BfoWti· <'Blooftl1fleld). and •De1 ~s (~itjf). Alcoa resasqs (Alcoa).,, . ,· .. . ' ~ ·.. ' ,.,, ... t/ t ~;.i;;;«~;~· !.·~;,;{;,:·~ .(,;~ .; n·v-~ 1t·· .•• , , ~ t- ~,11-·~ '."' c . 1~-: .l ~ :;11" :t .r~:·~·!!' ~.. ~. . \~1 1 _ . • - • .JJ.:t::" !r'd!."T.. •,c= :.Le:.,. ,.t; "!. ;-.· . : -.. I i1-.,.. It" '. ,.. 1 ' I i ,. \o ·ii ). - '°" ••' ! I I ;:" 0 J <:: ~ ~ . • '( .. £ 1 �.. Plreftne " :• ·1.-u. · Fo•·::.1·:; · wASJUNaro~~!!~:._~J!',I : .-.lr·.·e ~ · ..~,~~~-.-:-~ - i.I~_· ~i:;=.,~t=C:t~~~~f~ '. .·. • :..~...: .~~-· - ~·c~. . all ~QiaJo_ ~: ~ .· vU . . : ·r ·o ·g i·a m . .overs All_ ·u·n·1.·,on..·'v-e·ss eI s. the btdclhrg of the rallroad1 ' on A_·1toey.1nrtlie , .. ,. . · . . ·.. · ' ·. · 8 "·Wall Street ol'ournal" by the .,neWJta~f?i'tlf,'u~tton otrl~e quotes ,~ ... )'eterlli'"' Govemm~t. trultbJ&ster·~- followst ~- 4 .. - . . - . . ·~h- aienclea" tii:idependent re1Ul"tory; agencies] "started out . ~ ' . . . . • • · · 1imple 'administrative a1encle1 to look after' the pu~llc interest. Then · . , the industries toot over, and DOW tht ,a1e~cte1 ·took. 1fter ~he· t?du1r • . • trf l.ilterest. Tab the ICC. I'cl lo'fe ·to ~Me the. .._J', wb~ theJ' set ~ that aseilcJ' baelt Jn .the US (;CJver1-.ent. It~ 10..-~pped up with · .· . , .· . . . -the Alloclatlon of. Ainerlcan Bdlrbac11 It'• terrlb!e1 Ancl the other . · · ·. · _ . . apnolea are .ceUins just u 'b.ad." · '· . ~ · , . . 'l'he business new11l>al>er;1 feature· story pointed gut that ..the Antl. An -expanded and strengthened SW food program covering ships of all SIU· 1rust Division of the Juat~ce Department-. has· ~en at loggerJ!eads. - - -~_.,-.I · • fs · in ~ "th • hi f ds With the ·· ICC th•· Federal Commtfnicattons Commission and other· C!OD1.an:;wu C.,Omparues now operation, -WI SIX C e stewar working 8S full _Oovernment aiencies· ~including thejfiritiine ~4.Qiin~atlon OD .Some time field representatives in major SIU ports. The program officially known as issues) over actions taken by these agencles. to permit monopolistic . · C • · ' ~ . SJi'acttcel to cQnt_inue. . , . - ' ,-. .· the Atlantic and Gulf· om· - . · Al has been reported ii) prevlQus issues of tlie SE~FARERS L.O.G, .• .1 n.; , • day operators' contribution to cooked to order, roasts would be the ICC has been ,u ndef attack from maritime unions and the shipping pames Fvuu c ...-ogram, IS a central fund. The contribu- sliced . to order, and indvidual tndustry for favor.Ing , tile railroads at· ~he" exptlnse ·of domestic Amer- being operated- Jointly by tion was negotiated last servings of butter patties, side ic~-ftag shipping. · . . ll d August as part of the SIU contract dishes of vegetables and other im· _ The. last SIU of NA convention charged t~at a conflict ~f interest- th~ SIU an<!_ a . contrac~e . renewal pacJmge, and ·sufficient proved serving practices would be •l~uatton existed ~ the ,ICC wl~h the aae~cy s. commissioners comil)g companies, .and is financed funds have 1now accumulated to put employed. The old mass cookery system, but o~ the railroad Industry before going in.t o_Go~nment service and b fi t the feeding program into operait was found, resulted in heavy then going into plush railroad jobs aft~~ aervinl wlth th, ICC. · , Ya xe-cen S per man per tion. Named by the trustees as direc- 'waste, because the excess food tor of the proaram lt Seafarer that was prepared or sliced ahead 158 Years' Of Seatlme Cliff Wllilon, who in the past had of time had to be thrown away. been consultant steward for Alcoa Family-style serving at the table Steamship Company in establishing also resulted in wastage. Several of the major steamship sound feeding practices on Alcoa companies, notably Alcoa, BuU. shi_p,s. Working with Wilson as ,field <<;ontinued on page_ ~5) representatives are Seaf'8rers Bob Principe, Pete Loleas and William • Jenkins in New York; Ed Smith in Baltimore; Phil O'Connor In New Orleans and Phil Reyes In Mobile. These field representatives will visit SIU-contracted ships as they hit their respective ports and will assist shipboard stewards in setting up efficient · fuventory systems, streQgtheriing - their menu planning, and improving the quality of s~pboard food preparation and seryice while; at the same time, helping eliminate waste. WASHINGTON - The sticky The food program ls also making problem of ·multiple tax withhold· , .available to all .steamship com- ing from seamen's wages seems panies standard storing lists and headed for compromise solution standard 1nventory and requisition in th~ House Merchant Marine forms which simplify th-e- job ·of Committee. .Veteran Seafarers, now on SIU disability-p!nsion program, discuss th, old daytwith Port.Agent Lin~· the steward department in proThe committee wound up a onesey Williams at .Sill mHting Jn N~w Orleans. They are (left to right)·August Steinman: Emory Bar· vldlng ample shipboard variety at day public hearing last week with fiel~~ Nil~~ larsent Willia.!111: . and Erik Ekluhd. - oldtimers h~d a totaf of 1_58 years ·of se~99[1g pxmoderate cost. an apparent decision to write per1e,nce among them. . _ · . _ -= .. The new foo4 program set-up legisJation authorlzlng the withfs an outgrowth of the SIU feed- holding of state, as well as Fedlng plan which got underway in- eral taxes, from seamen's wages. itlally in 1954. At that time, the An existing Federal statute had Union, in cooperation with several raised the question of whether SIU-contracted operators, set out withholding for state taxes was to replace the old "boarding- legal. house" style of feeding on ship by The committee indicated that. it a "to-order" system reflecting the probably . would go along - with practices of better-quality shore.. an industry suggestion permitting side restaurants. wit6holding of state taxes only_ It was felt at the time that sub- . for the state in which the seaman stltuting individual preparation maintained a legal residence, and for mass cookery wherever pos- not for states--where he did not slble, and·- individual '·service as make his home. Such a provision well, WQ\lld greatly improve ship. would protect seamen from multiboard feeding quality while reduc- .pie withholding during the course Ing costs through more economical of the· year, but would allow anfood usage. other type of deduction from Under the new system, for ex- seamen's wages. ample, steaks and chops would be The problem has arisen as a result of recent decisions by states and local governments tCJ withhold taxes from wages, in· stead of permitting residents and non-residents to pay their taxes at the end of the year. An industry spokesman .' pointed ·out · that 23 states now have income tax:· 'Yithholding requirements, and that even one township in Easton, Pennsy_lvania requires withholding from residents of that area who are seamen. · In addition, some states are withholding taxes on non-residents as well as residents, a practice th_a t ls fillttlng more hardship on individual seamep. Since seamen, in the course of their work, are likely to be' employed or paid off in many different states, the exist· ing laws would result in extreme forms of multlple withholding, Whatever solution is worked out, it "Seems certain that seamen will still be required to pay state taxer U they are residents of 11tates that have ID,come tax legislation. r • • • .. . I __ 1 ·w orth States May Get OK To Tax Crews a I �. June 24 Through July 7, 1959 ,, . . . ·Although njne SIU ports reported• greater number of ves- pressed to fill many of the jobs, especlatfy·rated berths in the ~ngine sel calls_ over the past period, ~hipping throughout the 14 department and they h~d to be ft.lied from the outPorts. . ports dropped slightly, staying just above the 1,200 mark Clau A men ac~ounted for over~ per.cent of fhe to~l number of There was a total of 1,206 in.en shipped during the last two weeks as compared to 1,260 for the prior period. The decrease was felt mostly in Ne~ Orleans and ·Houston, while four.. other ports, New York, San Francisco, Tampa . and Savannah, reported gains. There was a total of 226 vessels ser_viced during the past period. Of' this total, 61 were payoffs, 30 sign-ons and ·the remaining 135 were in transit. New York continued to lea4 the Iist in payof{s, with 19 during the period. All of ~e increased activity was the result of 8 larger number of in~lransit sl;tips, and not vessels signing on. In fact three ports, Boston, Tampa and Houston, had no ships signing on during the period, while four other ports, Philadelphia, Savannah, Lake Charles and Wilmington, only had one each. ~n the. sh.ipping side, New York bounced back over the 300 mark agam, sh1p~mg a total of 337 men during the period, a gain of 83 over the prior two weeks. Also showing noticeable gains were Boston, Savannah and Tampa, each shipping almost three times the number ·of men shipped p;:eviousl~. 'Frisco's increased shipping came toward the end of the period when three unexpected ships hit the port, callIng for a number of replacements. The dispatcher there was hard~ I Port - ' ' • . Boston . .........••• ; . New York ...•••• ••••• Philadelphia ..•••••••• Baltimore .. •••••••••• Norfolk . ...•••••••••• Sav. .annah ....••••••••• Tampa . .....••• •••••• Mobile .. .....•••• ~ ••• New Orleans .•••••••• , Lake Charles ..••••••• Houston ... ....••••••• Wilmington .. .•••••••• San Francisco ..••••••. Seattle . .....•.••.••.• 2 24 3 10 2 ·2 2 8 15 1 17 6 6 1 TOTAIC 99 205 65 5 44 9 1 17 2 8 3 34 7 8 6 ' 1 14 6 27 11 4 5 24 1 6 7 9 3 7 1 8 85 - -- u 52 12 10 - Shipped CLASS· A ,,, Shipped , CLASS c. Shipped CLASS 8 - - - - 9 28 53 10 42 19 18 - - - - 9 369 -. -- - - - sr - ·• - " Regllfered' On Th.e leacl~ CLASS" A cµss 8 _ 101~ SHIPPED - GROUP miouP GROUP GBOIJP CLASS 1 z 3 ALL l z 3 ALL 1 - 2 I ALL 1 2 I ALL A B CALL 4 3 2 1 9 ~ 1 9 2 1 1 2 2 1 12 .2 - 12 ,H 23 51 19 2- 6 93 1 8 12 3 8 93 12 8 113 - 131 -1 7 :224 -8 1'14 -6 1 17 13z 61 5 7 181 374 132 · 181 '( 1 5 19 61 - 2 ,1 11 5 1 1 1 3 8 1 .2 1 5 2 5 5 1 H 1 1 2 1 5 8 1 l 1 1 ,_ 10 1 8 - 1 r 6 .4 4 1 1 .z 2 4 - - · s2 3 1 1 z 7 7 4 18 1 1 2 Zl 3. 23 11 3 2 8 f5 1 · 2 7 2 3 8 11 . 11 80 . 8 . 2 ! 1 1 2. 2 .2 2 8 3 8 7 Z5 ii z 25 9 . 42 16 7 2 t 2 1 101 10 4 6 5 3 3 1 1 5 15 2 u 51 4 ' 15 5 . 6 2 -2 1 15 2 3 7 9 · 33 1g 1 •.. 2 '· 2 3 -~ ·~V : 3 · 8 42 13 1 5 3 7 . 29 49 '11 1Z 16 SI 85 '16 180., 3ttl lf Z6 3' 58·1ff 7' 18 43Z GROUP 2 3 ALL i ' • laltf••r• ••• DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS s· Tr••· Offs O• TOTA&: Jobs shipped while clau B men filled approx~atel~ 23 percent and clitss C cards t~e remaining 17 p~rcent< 'l;'~I! is almost . the same. htto• ••••• ; ·'· ' breakdown as _had been reported in- the previous period. . New York .... n 43 3 While slJipp~ for the period stayed slightly ahead of ~egis~a- ·;.llildel;W• • 3 1 13 tton, a number of- ports r~ported more men on ~he beach tlian they 21 s would ~d. Philadelphia reports plenty of JDen on the beach there t ' 1 3 because of a local ,longshore beef. Other ports wltb growing lists Norfolk • • •• • · 4 10 I ~e Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and TamJ?a . . San Francisco . has no Sava1i1.n a• • • • • 4 4 c.ass B .m en registered in .the deck department rand Savannah has ta~pa • • • • •• ·13 4 2· none in the steward department. Five ports, ~ost~n. Norfolk, ~avan- Mobile •. •. • • 7 nah, Lake Charles and Wilmington, reported less than 50 ~lass A New Orleau' . • SI 7 23 men ob their lists. . · J.oU c•arles •. 1 n 1 The ~ollowing is the forecast port by port: _ Hout• •••• · 3 20 23 Boston: Steady ••• New York: Good ••• Philadelphia: Slow, no sign Wll•l•tte• •• · 1 5 1 7 of improvement ••• Baltimore: Slow ••• Tampa: Slow,. only in-transit Salt Framcslco J 1.J ,4' ' 6 ships expe~ted during the coming week ••. Mobile: Should pick up .. ·• s 2. ... New Or!ea~: No change .•• Lake Charles: Steady .•.. Houston: Stattft • • • • · · 2 Fair ... Wilmln~n: ·Good, need rated men/; •• San Francis~: Good · • . • SeaUle: No change. Totals • • • • • 61 30_ 135 226 ' Registered . CLASS A .,., 1111 •• . - - - --- -- - - - - -- - -- i: ~ .' - GROUP ·GROUP 1 . 2 3 ALL · 1 2 3 ALL 2 'I 5 14 3 5 Ii f9 85 149 36 Ht ~ 18 29 1 1 11' 18 9 38 42 73 19 lZ9 1 13 27 fl ·10 6 7 13 10 3 Z3 3· 3 s 5 10 18 5 35 ~2 1 24 .7 •••.u.15 11 10 .57 56 14 51 3 18 -'7 12 8 13 3 3 4 ,9 ·oz 111 jj " lto Zl IS IS H it ---3 -2 - --4 -13 - 3 - - Iii 4 ' ,6 8 11 4 2· 10 2 2 ts - I 4.. 3 · 7 67 99 1'1f 8 lHGINt DE~ARt#ENT Registered· CLASS A p ort . B oston ... . ............ N ew Yprk .. .••••••••• p hiladelpbia .......... B altimore ...••••••••• N orfolk . . ~ ••••••••••• . s avannah .•••••••••••• T anipa ..••••••••••••• M oblle .. ·.............. · N ew OrleanB .••••••••• L ake Charles . •••••••• H ouston . . ....••••••••• wilmington ...•••••••• s an Francisco .•••••••. s eattle . ....... ~ •••••• l OTAL~ Registered CLASS 8 GROUP I ALI.. 2 1 -18 -1 3 1 2 2 14 2 7 2 4 8 37 15 19 7 4 _6 18 28 1 1 5 2 .6 60 17 Z8 -1 10 5 9 4 5 24 -7 -12 14 8 1'1.2 9 2 f'1 3 ·t 10 .· zo --56 29 I 251 Registered CLASS A 8 { GROUP . 1 z I 1 ' 2 ·5 16 10 1 .4 8 '7 4 1 3 - 1 -- -3 7 --28 131 1 -1 36 6 ---1 3 65 2 3 6 4' 1 -5 -2 ts . Ship~ - CLASS A Sllip~ .: CL~SS . 8 : Sitloped CLASS C, . ltNl•t«ecFOn 1he "Beach 101.AL SHIPP.ED CLASS _A CLASS 1 . ... . --GB011P ·GROUP . , - GBOVP GBOVI' . 'GBOUP CLASS B .CALL · 1 ... ·1' .a ALL l z a ALL · 1 z 3 . :ALL . 1 z 3 -ALL . 1 z 3 ALL ·.·_ 11_ -3 7 · · 2 · 7 1 2 3 1 8 1 5 _2 ~ . ll 7 13 6 •< Zl 13 · 11 73 21 . 13 117 48 137. 23 11 27 22 u 18 45 10 .:: 73 2 17 ·g ! 1 20 ·3 - IS 1 if 6 ·2 1 -1 11 I 5 · i·o 10 ·, 27 69 7 '67 11 . 85 1. 13 13 15 5 . 25 5 35 - . 6' 8 . l( . 9' 1 11 . 3 - 3 2 8 8 i: 2 lt 1 9 8 1 11 t 1 7 , .. 2 c 11 1 24 1 z 3 2 7 1. 1 8 ,, 2 11 "· 2 - 2 -,5 4 10 1 ·1 ..:.. " - '2' ~ . ,. 11 3 4 ~ -. 4 :4 .-~ ~-2 I 13 · . 7 1 ' ,21 :a 52' 8' 6 9 - 15 8 3 . 13 88 ·.....- " 1 9 2 -~L z 36 .,, 2 45 17 52 4• :. '3 ·1 5 .7 - 12 f 1 6 23. -7 . i . a~ 4 -3 1 7 . -'1 6 . 2 1 .,2 z 7 1 1 4 8 ·2 10 2 1ti · ~ _, 19' 10 ~ . 13 l5 s· 3 10 4· 11 3 1 39 "" 3 r, 17 1 . 11 17 48 2 It -1 . I 2 ·u 3 -1 12 1 1 2 5· 15. 2 : zz .. 2 9 ·2 ' ' 13 r , ~ 7 1. 4 l ·4 2 7 5 .. 12 8 . _8 12 H ·-'_z 1 2 5 2 28 H . 28 ' 1 . 8 ,.2 8 8 1 3 1 8 9 - - 1 1 .,. 2 9 4 2 15 : 3 ur · ~ . 11 2 1 3 ' 1 u;o co 164 31 j Ht 8 58 s5 I 99 - - 21 ss 1 80241 lH - 59 I 490 lZO - 453 56 b• 13 74 78 j HI , . '· ' ~ ~ ---- - -- - '., - ---- - - - ---- - - - - - . •• l: ' - - ~! 2~ - - ALL - - ' - - . ·--- - - - - - - -• • Registered CLASS 8 Port Boston . . . . •••••••••• New York . . . ••••••••• _ Philadelphia .••••••••• Baltimore ...••••••••• Norfolk .. ..•••••••••• .Savannah . . • •• ·•••••••• Tam.pa ~ . ...•••••••••• Mobile . .. . .. • •••1••••• New O.rleana . ..... .... . Lake Charles. ·· ••••••• Houston .. ....••••••••• Wilmtngton . ..•••••••• San Francisco ..•••••• . Seattle ... ·. ..... ._•••• .' - TOTAL$ --~ SUMMARY Registered C'iASS A . GROUP . legist,red . CLASS 8 GKOUP Shipped , ' . cws.A- Sltlppe~ . Shipped · ·• CLAS$ ·B· ,CLA$5 ·C - · . •, --;:""7"' -2 z 15, 19 15 20 11 1a �..... PIYe P.:r;OPOse.~ Gre.afer Surplus Sales, Plus Ove·rseas Gifts · WASHINGTON-Congress and the administration are still wrestling with the problem of surplus farm sales overseas as the result of a disagreement on the length of time tha program is ·t o be extended. The outcome of the debate on the farm surplus issue is of cru• cial importance to the 'US 1 merchant marine since in re.. posala before the Senate. One of- milllon out of the defense support cent years, the farm surplus fered by Senator Hubert Hum- program. .. phrey <Dem.~Minn. ) would aet up a five-year "Food-For-Peace" bill and would call for sale at bargain prices for local currency of $2 billion worth of "farm surplus each year. The program would be aimed on her last hip. The trouble? No at strengthening US a 11 i a n c e s abroad by use of food surplus as ice cream aboard. It seems that a foreign policy weapon. the ice cream was put aboard at The other proposal calls for conHouston but the reefer boxes went tinuation of the present program dead and all Of the cream melted. B)( this time tt was Saturday afteron a one-year basis with alloca11oon of saili.rie day and the stewtion of another $1.5 billion worth ·ard waa unable to get action ~n of crops. This proposal seems likely to go through while the Humreplacements. As a result the phrey proposal Is debated. ship'a minutes noted th~t "Ice' Several related bills are in the cream is to ·be procured in Rotterdam." House of Representatives with one Bill Mitchell, ship's delegate, recalling for expansion of a prosigned after spreading the bad gram whereby farm surplus is news about the ice cream, but the swapped for foreign-produced stragang eave him a vote of thanks tegic minerals, in addition to the anyway. straight sales of such surplus. The House is also discussing a Government "food for peace" proposal which would include oµtright gifts of surplus -foods to foreign nations. Another Government program upon which shipping depends heavily, foreign aid, bas been cut back heavily iii. the Senate. The upper house voted to slice ~Uitary aid NEW BEDFORD, Mass.-In their first election under their $300 million fr om the $1.6 billion new constitution,· the New Bedford Fishermen's Union has proposed and cut another $83.5 .SIU SHIPS AT SEA lVhaddya ·do when you have 27 men on board and only two watermelons to divvy Up, among them? That was the quandary facing the galley gang on ' the Petrocheril <Valentine) where it was cited as an example of the steward's difficulties in obtainHoggie tng proper stores. "But It was ·also brought out," the report noted, "that the steward feeds very well with what he has." He must have divided those watermelon1 with finesse. The .steward who rated this pat on the back was John Honie. Delegates on the ship are. Richard B. Jones, ship's delegate; J. E. Townsend, deck; F. LeBorde, engine and Julian Dedicatoria, steward. I t t t · "Handle with care" is the word -on the foc'sle fans aboard the Seastar. It seems there are no spare paf ts and consequentlt everybody ~board ts urged not to !burden the ·fan motors ·with un~ecessary labor. Delegate J. Keavney is hoping that they last all trip and give him one less beef to turn -in. · cargoes have been a major bulwark of American-Dai shipping. At present, the Agriculture Department fl selllng $1,500,000 worth of agricultural surplus overseas on bargain terms tbll year under authorization voted by the last CongreBS. Earlier in the yeaF; a special study recommended that the program, 1Vhich had been operating OD a year-to-year basis, be put on a long-range schedule in an effort to get rid of the inounting pile of Government-owned farm · surplus. Amendment Oftered However, an amendment offered in the Senate by Republican Senate leader Everett Dirksen, calling for a three:year program, was de.teated in the general debate on farm legislation. , At pr~sent, there are two pro- Fishermen Elect Officers; Hail SIU 'Splendid Help' elected Howard W. Niclterson, secretary-treasurer and Robert Swain and George Edwards as delegates. . With five candidates in the New Orleans Expects Slack Cargoes shipped under these programs travel in whole or in part on j\merican-flag vessels and are another important factor ·1n keep. fng American shipping going. MEBA To Seek Lakes Job Security AFL-CIO marine engineers on the Great Lakes are making addi~ tional job security the top demand in their current contract negotta· tions with Lakes shipping companies. The engineers will also push for improved working conditions and welfare and pension protection, says Great Lakes Local 101 of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. - The 1,100-man local was recently created after merger of MEBA and the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, with Ray McRay as its pro-tem president. The Seaway, the engineers point out, has thrown open thl'l_ gates to the foreign flags and many of these are now competing with US ships .even in the bulk trades, on which most American seame.n on the Lnkes depend for their employment. Th\ls, the matter of fob security has · become a primary concern. Faced with the same situation, the SIU Great Lakes District ·on June 26 negotiated an agreement with 14 of its contracted companies which provides an iron-clad program of job security and seniority protection for its unlicensed seamen. _ The engineers' local said it would press vigorouslY, to obtain an effective seniority clause, to extend the union shop provision throughout it<; contracts, and to establish a preferential hiring program for all job openings. The operators, the local said, wiJl also be asked to provide better pensions for engineers as well as an industry-wide welfare program. In negotiating its job security program, the SIU Great Lakes Dis• triCt also signed the 14 operators to tne Great Lakes Seamen's Welfar~ Plan. . The engineers' present ~ontx:acts with bulk carrier operators were slated to expire at midnight, July 15, but have been exten.ded subject to 30-days' notice of cancellation. The extensions cover the Pittsburgh, Bethlehem, Brqwn, Tomlinson, International Harvester, Midland, -ore Navigation, McCarthy and Browning lines. .field, Nickerson received 366 votes out ~f a total of 909 cast. His near¢. $ ¢. est riv.al was Edward P. Patenaude . NEW ORLEAN~Port Agent Want to keep in trim? It's sim- who received 303 votes. Nfokerson Lindsey;William$ reports that shippie, according to Willlam Mapard, had been an interim delegate in the ping was very good during the last recording secretary· on the Steel reorganization period. · report period, but the outlook for Designer. When asked for sugSwain and Edwards ran one, two the next two we.eks is uncertain as -'- gestions at a recent shipboard for the ·o pen delegates' posts in a only.four ships are due in for paym'eeting, Magnard, in tire .true 'tone field of ten candidates. off and one of these, the Del Monte, of a physical culturist, said,."a seaThe fishenµen'1 election was is elated to go Into temporary man should touch the toes of his under the provisions of a constitulay-up. ahoes every morning at least tion adopted in February by a H . Qn the brighter side of the pietwenty times. to 1 majority. The constitution ture is the crewing of the MV..Del "Then," h e.J concluded, i'he estab.liShed the group as an autonoOro and the SS Penn Vanguard. 1hould put on hls shoes and turn mous union of fishermen affiliated These ships have been in tempoto.", End of exercise. directly with the Atlantic and Gulf rary lay-up. · t ·i t District but retaining control over Paying off during the last reThe last meeting .aboard the SS its -own ·membershiP" and finances, port .period were the Alcoa PartHoward Nickerson, delegate Almena ·was called a "good show" and electing its own officers. ner (Alcoa); Del Oro, Del Aires and of New Bedford fishermen, according to WilllaJP Soude·r, Following the certification of the Del Norte (Mississippi); Alice meeting chairman. In addition to . month-long secret ballot election, shown at SIU of NA conven· Brown <Bloomfield); Hastings · handling the regular business and Nickerson wrote to SIU Secretary (Waterman); Penn Vagguard (Penn tion in Montreal•. reading of all the·reports, the crew Ti'ea.s urer Paul Hall thanking the Marine), and Valiapt Explorer also due into all of the .old annoy- SIU "for _your Union's ·splendi<J tection for the pil>fessional fisher- (Ocean Wind). Ing squabbles that...have been put help and cooperation in helping us man in New Bedford." The Alcoa Partner and Del Norte establish a permanent autono~ous Although the union now bas con- signed on, as did the Margarett One fuember reported about the organization of fishermen in New eluded Its first election and has Brown (Bloomfield>; Steel Sea. .:. permanent officers and full. au- farer (Isthmian); Antinous and De 1alley range, and then the · hot~ Bedford. - "Not one of ul here can ever tonomy, Nickerson wrote, "SIU. Soto (Waterman), and Rebec~a l\'&ter. heater and finally it tu~ned Into a "general overall verbal clam bop.e to repay the SIU for its gen- representatives have remained on (Intercontinental). ' that all of ll;ine assistance and support in oUJ:! call at. all times to assist in any bake." However In transit were tlie Alcoa Ranger, t he beefs have been reviewed, time-of need, ••• Now on our own ,way possible in settling probleIIJS Corsair, Pioneer, Roamer and ,S.o~der noted, · they. will remain feet ... we recognt~~ that we cou~d ~hich may develop because ~! the Cavalier °(Alcoa); Seatrains Georgia · 4'board arid will n~t come out · in never have come. as far. a9 we have ·newness·' of our or.ganization . . ~ · ~nd Louisiana · (Seatrainl; Dei the .first ginmill asliore. without~the moral and physical su~"All.of these significant changes Campo and Del No,rte (Misslssippi); ' t t .t port of the SIU behind us. '. • • represent an outstanding contribu- Margarett "'-Brown <Bloomfield); "The result is that today we have flon to the welfare and. security Steel-Navigator, Steel Seafarer and • "l\fanana" ma)l be ~ nfc·e leisureJy wa · to live, bµ.t it caused the the· "f inest -contracts ·and benefits of New Bedford Fishermen. I know Steel Traveler <lsihmian); Kathryn; ~!ew of the John B. Waterman no· ~in the industry .... Our ineinbers I .speak for all of our members Carolyn and Beatrice <Bulll; Anti~n~ of. trouble recently. Tbey re- and thei,r .families are fully · pro- when !,. say· we ~ co~ld not ~ave nous, Monarch of the Seas, De Soto ported that one of' the members tected ••• by a no~ost Welfare achieved all this ·without the wlU- and Claiborne"cWaterman>;.Raphael of the black gang .was taken ill "Plan ••• We h~ve a~ constitution ing and able assistance of·the SIU Semmes and· Gateway City (PanSign Name On and ~the ship r.uslled 'him .'to. . . t.lfe guaranteeing . full trade union and its repreSentatives who worked Atlantic), and Ames Victory (Vicnearest port;· which happened to rights to all our members ~ •• --'.' long, .hard hours to.,help our small tory CArriers). · : LOG Letters J>e S'1fnaS"," ?tfexico. 'They dropped "'Of primary .importance . to our org~nizattori' get set up..on its own For obvious reasons the LOG cannot> print any letters or ihe hook a~ 7 PM, in. the e~l)ing, members," Nickerson noted, "is the feet." : · ·· · · ,.- - - - - - - - - - -. .• other communications sent in· l>ut ha~. to wait until. 9 A~ t~e ' job secur-!ty. '»,rQt~Uon wliich has . The N~w Bedford Union has ap-· Zil4I ~llow~n! morning befor~ ,:rne~ical been ·establisljed on their behalf, p~oximately 1,100 meinber8 tn the · . I tO O.B ! · b y Seafar-ers unless the author .;attentfoJ'i could b' gotten AAlior.e. thereby~nsing. with the loose; fishing and scallo~ragging indussigns his name. Unsigned ~allnas, It s~-eiris, ls n~ place ,to'"'get unwritten' procedures .of the past. try out of the Mass~chusetts pprt. anonymous letters will - only , . Cjt· in ~fter~e <!'cl~c}' --jn the ~W~ 'jare. a~o wo~.king ou.t !ll -even Under ..the terms of th~ Union's wind up in the waste-basket. e y_enlifg, . _. _ 1 . . ' · , more ctetalled, iron-clad f.eniority;r constitution, the ;current offi~ers If circumstances justify, the ·i.. ~~· .. -1 ot. • oto....."'· .¢. · ., iitrfug , pi:_~eaure ··io;' be lnco~ · WiIMiold ' office~uiltII)>.ec'ember 31', LOG will withhold a signature :· , r Th , L1:1cpe ; BJoo~eld head a rate<t 0.ur c:optraclfl in ·the near 19~0, wlth · elect~on11 .to be held at on request. t~ "lto . e~ ·OD 'a '10urilful note future. Thia~ me~ fm:ther ~fO· two ¥eat-1nteJ'Vlls. , ' off. - ' · now Tt 11 ··•t · ·t.h..t L fu . . -t •• • ., . .,.. •~ I ' �to various fundS: and all costa of $AN FRANClSCO "'":::" Member unto~ of the ~IU Paclflc, Distri~ the .railroad's supervisory forces. 1 Under the insurance program, a . EaCb ·particip~ting railroad-Will are now w king out p~a for .tlie struck railroad -could collect as pay premium!' which will depend establl11h'ment of a Paclflc District mecUcal cllnic 1n this city. The regmuch as $600,000 a day in benefits. on the fr~quency of strikes and wilf ,ular' meeiings of ,t he .S.ailors Unl~n - The insurance policy is being un- be requi~d to_make ~ tnltlal dederwritten by a British insura11ce po~it, a~!>'l,lDtipg for the. industry · of the Pacific, :Marine Firemen's concern in . the Bahamas which- is- to· some $6 mllllon. T·he railroads ,Union and Marine Cooks ancl supposedly associated· with_Lfoyds will a:lsp pay an estimated .$150,000 Stewaras Unlon ·tiave approved tlie proposal and a joint committee Is of London. · a ~ear, to the Insurance compl!JlY p FII d 'Ch which will go for admtnlstratlve now ·working out the details. ays e arges costs ' IJ'he clinic; and subsequent onc1 All these details were revealed la other West Coast ports, are beThe policy says ~at a railroad Ing financed by five-cent daily would be covered for all its f~ed in the July 13 issue of the "Wall contribution made by the operators overhead charges during a st~ike, Street Journal" in a lead story such as property taxes, -pensions, which commented "Tbe railroads . for each crewmember. ·interest on borrowings, payments have endeavor.ed keep- th~ inThe • propos~ clinlcs would surance plan secret. The bluep I · Jeff G.11 (I ft) · *....._l · • provide free examination and,'diagjacketed, eight-page policies mailed atro man · : 1 ette . 8 · presents ........., •25 vacation pQyment· nostlc services for . members of · to sqme 300 roads which are memto Seafarer Troy Savage at headquarters. -:: C'heck covered-vacaWest Coast SIU -atftliates and their hers ·of the ·Association of Amerition benefits for 506 days, fr~m1 Feb. 1-958 to June ' 1959, for families, similar to the facilltiei · • • • • • ~ • available to Seafarers on the At· can R!lilroads, are stamped 'conse.rVic' on . on• ·SIU ~ip. · .r fidential.' A :rpemo that pl'eceded 1-..-----------~------...,-..__._...,.....,. .lantic a~d Gulf . Coasts. A, in the SW A&G clinics, seaBALTIMORE-The hall here has mailing of the new policies Inbeen put ·back into shape, reports structed rail officials how to brush 'men found to be iii need of treatPort Agent Earl Sheppard, with new_smen off with a few general • ment will be referred to the Public completion of .repairs to the roof statements about the plan, in case Health ~r:vfce hospitals, and_mem, bers cif their families-.'·to family they learned of It." and other repairs apd painting. The insurance program is not physicians.· . Shipping ·has continued fair with yet It will become . so in effect a large number of C men shipped ' , and few takers for the Ore boats. when railroads accounting for at least 65 percent ot the industry's ' · · ' The Cabins, undergoing rebuildUp 'Shot• · ~t the age_of 11, Rajrmond Munna, son of Se~farer ,LeQnud ing, may be ready for crewing business have signed up. And the around August 1, but so far no cla~s will noi be paid when a Munna, is set to embark oQ 1 a career in the new "glamour dates have been set for crewin-g strike becomes so widespread as field,, physics with the help Of his Andrew Furuseth.ScholarSeafarers who nave taken the .' . ' _. . _ series of tnoculatlons required the Valiant Freedom and Shinne- to affect more than half the inprove his ihinking. Loyola, he for. ceJ'tafn foreign voyages are dustry. However, the . industcy ls ship Awar~. cock Bay. Sheppard urges all me,n wlto confident _that the railroads will Muruia has been . accepted says; Is a school which ·~jnvestlgates remind~d to ~ sure to pick up have not had recent physical sign up. · . . at the college of ,his choice, the past, extends the present hori- their .inoculation cards from the check-ups to get them-also to Other industries which have set Loyola University of New Orleaqs, zons of knowledge and, most im- · r:aptain--or ·the pur.ser when they · send their wives and children, now up strike instirance programs ate and will begin stu«Jying. ihere this portant of all, ·teaches one to think pay off at the end _of a voyage. that school is out. ,clearly.V · _ · The card ~li'ould be--pfcked up the American ' Newspap~i' Pub- September. The Paying off here during the last Ushers Association and the na- $IU scholar5hip ~ot :wasting any time planning by the $eafarer and >held so th11t report period were the Emilia, tfon's. major airlines. The airlin·es will help · cover · . ahead, Munna hopes to go to sthool it can be presented wnen sign-_ Mae, Jean and Edith <Bull>; Beth- recently shared ·revenues.. m the tuition, books and summers lor extra.credits, provided Ing on for another voyage where · coaster ·(Calmar), and Feltore, San- course of strikes. · other expenses. A· the clemands of ROTC don' t con- the 11shots" ate reqUtred . ., Tl)e tore, Marore and Oremar (Marven). - - - - - - - . . , . . - - - - - - - - student who often fllct. lnocQlatlon card · Is "your only The four Ore ships signed on, delved Into sub. Raymond's high school grades proot of bavhig taken _the reas did the Alcoa Polaris. . jects deeper than ~ were outstanding, seldom dipping ·qulreil shots._ In transit ·were the Oremar, the coursei rebelow 90 1n any subject, and he ' Those men -who forget to _pick Cubore, Chilore, and Baltore <Mar-: quired · w h • l • · · hopei to maintain an equally-di!"' · up· their Inoculation card when . ven); - Bethcoaster and-' Marymar studyinl · at .<Cor tinluished acor~ in his coil~e they pay .oft may ft.Pd. that they (Calmar>; Alcoa Patriot <Alcoa); Jesu Jngb School Munrta stucue~. are required to . take aU the· CS Norfolk <Cities Service); and in New ~0r1elip8, Munna ·believes Baymond's father•. LeoJlard Mun;: · "shots" again when· they ·want Steel Seafarer, Steel Trav~1er, that Loyola ii_thl, type ~f unlver'.'" ...na, Sr., bu ~een. an SIU man since. 1 .to .sign on tor ·another such ·voy· Steel Scientist, Steel Admiral and ll'ty where he-'ban find the proper 1942. He 1a a chief steward and is /ge ' Steel Navigator (Isthmian). • "· ' · stimuli to ,. ltu~,~ _ancl ·to · im- pr.esently on the Del .Campo. · a to Bait. Gets An Overhaul . -PiCk C,ard ·"t Pay.off : ·~ On the ma1ket f~r use on ship.s' decks is a "skid-prooP1 ~int - which:. , ; /t. -· . . when _applie~, makes''J~ re~ative,ly .diffi~ult J~ · slip .~n .th~ ~e~k•. But_even if ~ 1 • ·: you do not· hGve-,·~ucli-· a_paint':9n bo~rd, ther~-. artt ·v~rio.us ways. to treat . . ordinary paints to make them -~lip-res~~tan•. ~ ~ ·~" ~ O~~ eaJy system .is . io 'l}·f { IQnd~, in,~: the ·w~.r . ~i~t ~ft~~. it :fi~i .~~-+~ applie/d to J,he deet W~en ·the .parntJ:.lr1es, the:SC1f!CI· helps -.Jotm ~ :graft:(. · ~ ~ ;,, ..! - surf~ce v.:hi~~, g_ive~ ..:~e.tte.r footin~· 1 than a ·sm(Kj~-~ - d~~k iJwovld~ ~ · , . ·~~--1-i ~\•...:~? ~ ' ,Of ci)un~·- it is.,alio .important ·to keep' · decks ~C:J..Y w_),enQver.. -hll,'!'fln~t: ..._' ~ ·~; . ;;.' po,ssJ~~~•...-~~d,Jre~ -~,, .oi~ Of,. 9J8Ci!e,. ~rippin~~ !"- ~;, ·, -'t < . / . ~ , <~ ~. ,1 • ;'jl: • . ;. : .' i/ • ~ I j, -,, ,_ ' .. ' - ''." ";;( _ . ., '. 1 ,1 ' ,,• II • ;.;<1i • ~ r" ·- . • ' • ~ ,.;.? ,- C I ·~ ' • .! ~ J ,,.... ~~of... , 'f. • t j" ~ .. • "f . J4l ,. •\, ;;.P, - '·"r , . • . ...-rr · p~~l ·r-· f 1"" I -;". - .! • .. ~• ', J "' l~/ .• Jr. 1: ~ .,:· 1 .. -~· ~ . ,,{ 1· • f �I j • ' s~:...,, ••• , _£00 . Paie lffea · -DOitAt& ~Weith?:: ·~:";/;cf;' . fi:r:~,Ue,n, 1'B c~urs,s ftf Union :Training Progrtitn .•. ; . .. .. .: . .. , - ·<· -::' ,., :-.·.- .·: seafarers Guide T~ ~-r Buyjng_. 'I : I : - '. -Having 'been singularly successful in itl training of lifeboatmen, the SW Train~g Pro- gram' lii New York has now expanded to include ABs and firemen as well.' Ten ABs hav• . . . .. . already taken the course at the school down at the Bull Line pier and have passed, th_e Coast Keeping The Family Buggy Going- Guard examination for an · 'American families are riding· their cars harder a.:i'd longe·~. Tod~y· AB.'s ticket. The ten successthe .~verage car . is 12~ years old and has gone 110,000 niUes befor(! ful ABs 'are in addition to 75 BJ/ Si4ne11 Mari10.H11.' · · it's scrapped, says the Automobile Manufacturers Association. In 192}, Seafarers who have successfully the ll'\ierage vehicle hit the scrap heap when it was only 6¥.& years old passed their lifeboatmen'• exam· ' ·' ' · ination since the school got underwJth just under 26,000 miles on ·the speedometer. Tfiat's testimony to (1) the fact that modem cars acUlalJ,y do last way hi May. . longer, and· (2) they've gone .up so much in price-42 pel'cent since To ·provide for . the · additional 1951-that as far as many families are concerned, they'd b'e tter last training, Artie Harrington 18 aslonger. . ·· · · ." sisting · Pete Drews as instructor. The program for firemen will inThere's· no doubt that people are spending heavy money on keeping ibeir cars in operating con~ition. One authority says -th~ average . volve . use of Bull Line ships in owner now spends .$587 a year on car and re~aJr. This sounds very port, to familiarize candidates with high, but parts especially have become expensive. A. repair specialis~ the duties of the firemen under reports t~at parts now cost about t~ree times more than ten years ago. actual operating conditions in the Even ordinary ignitU>n points which used to cost 65 cents. a set now engln'e room, as well 85 cl~ssroom cost ·$1.65, he says. . . . instruction. One. way car ow~ers Jtold on to their vehicles is bY. ~eplacing motors As a result of the procram, well and transmissions with rebuilts. The· idea of trading a motor instead · over haH the candidates for Cont o.f the whole car, if the body and chassis are in good condition, is Guard tests. In the New York area logical enough. But the lncl~ence of misleading advertislbg in this are comlnc out of the SW school and theJ' are scorhis a far hi&her l!usiness makes it advisable to · shop with -care and knowledge. There are many reputable motor ·and transmission exchange shops percentac.e of successes than m~ performing a valuable- service, but a few .cause continual complaints, taklns the Cout Guard teat froin the St. Louis Better Business other sources. · SW applicant. for Bi.geau reports. Among the com- lifeboat tickets have been .Uceessplaints are misleading ads, mis- fol In 75 of 76 cases. Total appllSeafarers C:faranto (left) and P. Roshka (center) team up to splice quoted prices, keeping ·cars longer .cants for CG cerilflcate1 In tlie •l.' wire rope at SIU's AB training school in New York. Seafarer H. after promising one-day -service, same period have been H5, of 1 and '10,000-mile guarantees" with whom 53 failed. B. Whit~ looks on_. no mention of the time limit. One Year. on Deck In Atlanta; one rebuilding shop Candidates for an AB ticket are working days, which means that ' dry run demonstrations and class• even was indicted by the grand required by Coast Guard rules Seafarers who wish to enroll for room work on a lifeboat rigged in the courses do not have a lengthy the room, plus aclual boat operajury, and the BBB there reports persistent complaints against a to have at least one year's dis- wait to get in. tion off the dock from a second ·number of firms. One widespread charges on deck as an ordlllary The lifeboat training includes lifeboat. seaman. In addition, when they 6 practice ~as beef! · to advertise take their AB test at· the Coast . priCes as -lqw a~ $119.50 for re- Guard, they will be given an eye :~~~d ~~!t c:~!:i~:~~ h:;:u~::r: examination and a test for color e· lzed work often is done and the perception as· per the requirements bills in reality may .run. over $250. for an AB's ticket. Canc;lidates for firemen need 0 . If you do get into this . kind r six months' discharges as wipers to . ~tu_ation, and... your lo,cal BBB qualify for the Coast Guard examcan ·t . force the shop to make lln . lnatlon · adjustment, your only remedy Is The ·training program is geared MOBILE-Although shipping -in this port wa~ slow for a to have a lawyer file a civil action, ' . couple of weeks, the prospects for · the next two weeks are or make a complaint to your city's ~o handle ten to 12 men at a tt_me. district •attor.ney 0~ ~ounty gra~d jury for investigation. It_ is usuEJllY completed in eight much brighter, according to Harold Fischer, Acting Agent. :Preventive care at the right time can lengthen the life of your . Due to hit the port during motor and save large repair and rebuilding cos~ later. One authority . the next two weeks are the ·usts four dan·g er zones Jwhen an engine gives tell-tale clues . . If. you • Monarch of t_he Seas, De Soto, · know these you can provide tbe care ,required at, that point: · • · ' Hastings; Afoundria, Claiborne. FIRST' DANGER. z 'oN'E. Symptom: Your e~gine se.ems to be lo.sing Young America and Jean LaFitte . pep. RemedJ': See if a major tuneup . wi~} revlv~ it )?efore you try A $ZSO,OOO gift bas been pre- troduced by industry, . suffered <Waterman); Alcoa's Corsair, Roamcostlier remedies, The · tuneup includes cleaning, adjusth_lg and ret d b th H0 t 1 d R t t th bl with th er, Cavalier, Ranger, Pegasus and e ;Y e e an es auran ano er severe ow e antlm,ing i·gnition·, clean·ing and adjustln· g carbqretor,· and possibly valve sen Workers Union to a medical re-. nouncement by Armour & Co. that Pilgrim; Jefferson City Victory repatrs. . ' . search center on children's ail- it plans to shut down seven of its <Victory Carriers), and Elizabeth . SECOND DANGER ZONE. Symptom! Engine. begins to smoke; arid ments sponsor e d by Danny plants currently . employing 4,500 and Fr~nces <Bum. tou are using noticeably more o,i L Remedy: ··Have the compression .Thomas, television entertainer. Of men. The heavy loss of jobs is Hitting port during the past two tested. At thi:s time you mv- .be able to save your engine -with com- the. total, $50,000 came from the ~ated to be the main subject of weeks were the Jean LaFitte, Monparatlvely minor repairs, including repla·c ement of piston rings, ·align- international union's funds, and negotiations between the µnions arch Of ~he Seas, Claiborne, An• ment ·and adJustment of rods, reseatjng. and refacing valves, pit.ts a the remainder from fund-raising .and industry when present three- tinous and Madaket (Waterman>:. · . · · , drives by union members plus con- year contracts expires t~ August. the AICoa Cavalier, Roamer, and i\aneup. · ' · ·· ,.. · ·' ·· · · t lb i · Clipper; Wang Juror (North Atlan:. ~ THIRD DANGER ZONE. -~~ittom: · ~rigine pump~ oil badly, you r ut o~s b~ employers, ;\;. ;\;. t. ti M . ) K h ( 11 d need -to add pll freqt,1tmtlY wlth no sigri".it'.s merely lea\ing. out. Rem;.t. ;.t., ;t. The ·11£-ternatlonal · Ladies Gar- s~ee.l a~::iiato:t [isr:i.r!~n>~' ~ ..,: Yqu n$>w may ·req~e Di'jor repairs,' including new piston rings . · ment Workers Union and three we·re in good shape. · · an d .quite poss iblY, rep l aceThe AFL-CIO membership has othex.· labor union. s are. sponso_rln _ g . A lot of favorable comments,· and. pins, a dJUstment of' iiod s1 va 1ve repa irs, ment of· main bearings and ro<I bearings: These repairs . are costly ~ut increased about 380,000 since· the h g oje ts 10 fdanhattan tliat ean give you thousandi of additlonal' miles of engine life. ·-' Executive Council met last Febru- ~usm ~r c · · . Fischer says, 'a re being heard fr9nj _ · . l · . ,\ · ary, Federation President George will provid~ homes for 4 •548 fallll- the members regarding the SIU'i ~OURTH DANGER ZONE• .sympto~: Yqur ·engine hH little power Meany declared. Part of the -in- lies in former slum areas. The building program; . and the mem-· . . .left, .ts noisy, ~efuses .to idle evenly a~d.. shows other signs of destruc-. crease was due to increased em- ILGWU was recently given title to hers f~l that the ports involved . t)ve .wear. N~w ~t~~ay_ need to .b_e r~b1,1ilt,_at a cost of possibly $125- plo~ent"and -part to progress iri a ..huge ~ea on ltfanh~ttan's West . definitely need ·t he new facilities • ..200, dependmg o~ }'Our model, the condition of the engine and loc~l · organizing campaigns!. . Th~ coun- Side and is soon to begm constru~- They 'are also In favor of mbvinlf ~~tes. · . .' • ~ " · , / · '; · · .. ' : . · · cil also reported that mor.e than ti~n of 8 2·Q20-unit developlne~t. the Savannah hall to Jacksonville• ..' Whethe~ the e11:gine . is worth reJnlildinJ depends. prlmarily on 100 aUi\iated . unions increased ~he const~~ction cost is, $3& milFischer also reports' that several ~h!ther the cylind'r wall !llust be ~ebored. The ot~er alternative is their per capita payments to the hon, of which t~e unions pension of the state's anti-labor laws are ~ exchange yoµr._, qgine for • fa~tOI'f·~ebutlt ,r~placernent, w~ich ~ay Federation ... in the first . three fund is .supplymg a .$20,000,000 continuing .to make organizing dif- . not cost' muc~ more than re~ullding. But you need first to ascertain .months of this year. mortgage. Another proJect, on the ftcult at the Alabama Stat Do k · whether the b(;dy and other components ·are in 1ood enoug4 condition · · east ~Ide, is be~ suppo!1~ by th_e The most important of th:se I~\'~~· ' .. ,, warrant rP.placin& tBi' engiile. ' ·. ·~ . '· · · . · .;\;. ;\;. - ;\;. Hatters, .Painter-s D!&trict C~>Uncil is the Solomon Act, which in effect· " A '.{'ood rebuilt . idx-cylln.cter ..engine·, costs· In the neighborhood of· The ~L-CIO's te~evised "Amer- 9.. and the . International J:lrother- prohibits state . dock · employees · f21W~•soC),. '1nclulting~wtallation -tJu the ·credit. for your old en1lne., icans. At Work" series is now being hood of Electrical Workers ~ocal 3• from Joining a union while on the •ome shops do a cheaper job using lQwer-gr~de rebullts. These often presented coast - to - coast and in · ;\;,. t i\. state dock payroll. A number of "· 4J«>- n1>,t include JYllndel'.~ · ~eads, oil , ~~~s or . Installation · 1~skets, ·b ut Alaska~ Hawail and ·P uerto Rico by Labor anti manqement in th~ ~ateifron~~ unions are working tQ9 ·.' , l~o~ld'.includ~ 're~µUt oil pumps. ~or ~o;the sllea~r rebullts have as . 100 televis.ion· stati~ris. Local newc:- inen!s clothiiig incjustry In Phih- gether to ·eliminate this unfair many ne'r. ·or,.recondltioped pa~ as· th.' r bett.e r st•~!· -M~ke sure the .pa~ers will in.!llcate the. day an4. delphla have'·jolned to establJsh a i>iece oUegislation, and meanwhilit ~plac~ril'e~t . ~nglpe . u '-Q.t,\la~ re:-n:u~t,uf~~.ur~~ · and· not Just an time of the showing; !f~bqligsb_ip'· 'flinc;I .lrt ."memocy of they ·ar, ..,Planning to tes! the law 1 v~~,UL .. - .. ~· . . : ' -: . -'.~ ... -~ · -~ . ;to , ' ·.. Charles Weinstein, vice-preSl.dent'of 1~ .court. . _, · M'.~n}' c9stly. rep~ltf· and' t eplaceme.n ts .c ai ..... avpided 1f car owners-. ;\. . the Amalgamated Clothing~Worters . Meanwhile, the Sh,eet Metal ....... ·1r~~~ic,e :Cll'e~- J:Q~tenllic,1 _ese!!°'~li,. ~~~111 - o!i ~ 1requent1Y: T~ M.ea• CuHer•.:anct the ·Pack- and .the _m~n~ger o.f , the u,n io.n 'a W.9rker1 _have. gone en strike for . .·no:~. ~ .Mot~dst~ ~wKo .~Y.~•.~ona.t !~~ ·hi i.~~ ~tr,ic ..Dj&Jl!, ~ave ~to ~p~ous• W~rkers ~ U.niom, w h ~ .Phila~elphia JQin.t· Board, w~o dled .hlghe1 wages, and . the SW · has : . .. ,'.. h e ...oll . v " . -~~~ile1; · ~ppe&I!l · jp !t)e· -~te.f.. ,'!,119nths~ jlave. -:a~~d1 ·i l0st. SO;~ tob~•'. ~~- 1 ~ar~e~ · this,,;>:~8!~1,rhe. ~d ....w.ill o~~r.e~, the use o~. tt.1, hall an~ ~Y _.., .... :~a~"':· .... ..~ 10icl' ~on, Jt~.-.:W,Ortbrti1Jlinl ••t .~tli~{middle.;,. 18 ·peree.-~ ot'tht.lii lla,~r,~fo~e•..Jn. fiqance colle1e;.ed~~ons for. ,the_ oth~r.: 8$Sistan<:e which mieht . b• -·· ~ ·-:!:··· . ~c,~- .-:'~e :.~OJI,,: ~Alf"~~~-·~ ~·d~.,,~wllJch .~u. ;.det~en.ta . and~ :·~be -pa~·~~e11 ye~r..s-,due~to. automa-, cb~~en.- ·oh the ..... workers in ·-the, iieeded . t~ brlnl' tl)is •trite to · a -. . ' ·:: cll~~ - ad~~ to -~~,~·b•~e,,enl,lu,;:de~ , ,., . · ~;· ,,,i,.4-.. . ..... tloQ"· ~nd 1~d·~ll ,t~h~q,u,es ,,!Jl~ .men-a c~othlna ~d~. · . _. ~, 1u~~ful · conelus~op. , .... :.~ • · M .ob•II e un1on· • s Plan-.. T St Of Ala. An·1I•· Strl•k-e.Law" 1 LABOR ROUND UP ......_!.. .): 1,;f I, • \~ ·I ' ;,... It ~ .,_ • t 1 f l • \, • ' .. ' �-~ ...... ITllL ICllNTl•T . <llfhml1n), June ' 14-Ch1lrm1n, A. K•uen, l1cr•t1ry, ARIZ'A CW1term1n>, 1une 21 P. om..1, Held meetlnr re1 Water concl1Uon1. ~ilp'1 llmd •• , Some OT C!l•lrm•P• C. '•rker1 SecrJt•ry, J, 411Quted. dk. II eq. dept. Evei'ythibf Gu•rcl. Steward taken. oU in NO ho• pltallzed Iii. St. 1Nazaire. - Porthole 10.m. unoot~ ID ltew. dept. <. • Aprll 21-Ch1lrm1n, A. Kalien,- lee-. acreena to be obtaliled at llrat 'port Jn. US. New deleaate elected. F1n1 ln ret1ey, P. Om ..1, Dele1.ate reported crew ~uarter1 ~t -to .be cleaned. Quesre: c!Marette deal, two urton1 iuued' tion re OT for wlpel'I 'eleaillng perl· lnlt~d ' of one. He wa1. deleaatea; .t,o acope ln · fldley at · 1ea wee'k .. d•Ys & • weell:end1. Requelt more nJcht lunch . New~'macblne roller required. ~ Digest ~.. •j ,.._._.._ ., ._Of SIU Shilt . COEUR .D'ALENI VICTORY <Victory), June 2f-Ch•lrm1n; R. L•ndry1 lecrlt•ry, D. lrylne. QueiUon re promotion of wJper. lniufflclent fruit ln_ . · SF, allo lrult juice and bread. Re· quelt 10ugeem. PU8af1ewa:v. Repair list. not completed. One man logged four time.. ·Soihe OT dlaputed, Bee.Cito be talten up wl,t b patrolmen. . ,Meetings· Cci'pt. George Taylor (top) . presents $250 safety award ·~ Seafarers aboard Alcoa Corsair. SIU delegates · wer~ not Identified. Photo by Daniel Marine, ship's dele-: gate. In photo at right Ma.. riano Vega, OS; pr~udly displays safety record made by crew of Alcoa Roamer. • o't ' • ROBIN IHIRWbbD <Ro,bln), June 14:-Ch•lrman, J.. F1rrancl1 Secretery, '· · Devl11e• . One man . missed khJp Jn . · Trinidad. SbJp'1 fUnd -112.25. No beets. Some Q'D cll1puted. · Stiagest not ustnc laundry after 9 Bl'tf. ~and before 8 AM, · New relrlaerator · obtained for crew pan~. · • ·- ,.NH l~"LORIR <P.enn .lhlppln11>, . ·June 21-Cb•lrm•n, D. Dfsel1 Seer.. -tary, c 1 Ma&ult. Moat repair• · donefew t.o be taken care +0f. Steward elected tre~surer. No beefs. Request ringer on walhilfa ~achlne be re· paired. Launch 1ervice dJ1cu1111ed. ' ' TIMBllt HITC,H. <IUW•Jlnff), Jun• .214hlilrm1n, W. Newsom; Secretary, D. Gl ..fo.,, Slllp'1 fund 118.115. One abort hi lte!l'A,rd dept. ·S ome OT ~cUs· PIJ,.ted in enl. ·i!ept. Vote of thl!nU to man>1hon -tu. ena. ~ dept.; thiee me11 1teward ;dept. for 'exceue,_t improve, ment iii tood ' and , iservtc;e. Vote- of thanQ to Clele•ate, w)io J1 'leavJnr, for Lie.. Charles .Short-. Men -LAKE CHARLES-Shipping held up very well in this port during the past two weeks with more men being ·shipped- ·than . were registered. Port Agent Leroy Clarke re-. ...:....__.::___________~--.:------------------ r:a~~::•;.~~;n1.:.~~~ali1: :i:: Heavy. SUIDiner:Turb~•·· .Ma.k·es·.."N .•.·.g_-H ' _., ,. . _'. y·_.s·.·h.Ip_.pin ·: No ships paid off during the - ,. period. One, tp.e Del Campo (-Mis- ' sissippi) signedThey on were and the seven· ·_.J were in transit. C.5 · ' · · ·· . . _ ~ Baltimore, CS 'Norfolk, CS Miaini, ' ·• · Winter Hi11, Chiwawa · <twice> -~nd - NEW YORK-~he usual heavy su:rritnertb.J1,e tlirno:ver pl~~ ­ the Bents ~Ort, all- Cjties ~erv1ce. the crewing up _ of. the SS Suza~e ' accp~ntedJot: bx:i~k shiP::. _ The . co~mg gubernator1a1 ~ace ping in this port during the two weeks ending,,J uly 8. A tot.al ts begmmng to .attract atte~tion! _ of .337 men· took berths ·as 19· . Clarke reports, with the man· m the h" · "d ff ·t h. · d · ·is as -specified In - the SIU agreeheadlines, Earl Long, up for -his s Ip~ pa1 P 1 . ree ~1gne ~n . ·· ., . , . . fourth term . .Five ·oth~rs have an- · foreign and 21 we:e ~n ~r.ans~t .. i;?~~ips · payln~ ~oft iin the port lnnounced th~ir intention_ to run, · The t~p-notc~ shipping In the eluded the A:lcoa. Pa!riot ap~t ,;Aland there will probably be another port _h as resulted . in ~any jobs coa Pennant <Alcoa).; Atlantic h~lf dozen before the September hanging on the shipping _b oard· to (Banne~)· Steel' Admiral" Steel Tra15 filing ~eadli~e. The r!ght-to- the point ~hat . th.ey have been veler, SfeeL Sctentlst . 'c1stbfuiaii>; wo~k ~uesh~n w~ll probably be a taken by new r~g1strants 11;1 the Ocean Ev~_lyn (Ocean ·rra~J; John · maJo~ ~ssue m this ~ace, _and labor class C _group. Bill Hall, a~sistant . 'B:: Watermaif <-Waterma1;1); Robin is w~ibng for _commitment~ by the secretary-treasurer, noted that , the Trent and . Robin · Gray (Robin); · can?1dates before making its class B men ~ho ha~e be.e n pass- Coetir · D':Alen'e - Victory (Victory choice. ,_ ing. u~ these Jobs will f~ce com- Carriers>; · flleat~ins .... L~!J~ia~a,- · petition in the future shoul~ .the Texas and savanpah csea(rain); ne~comers acpumulat~ . ~uff.1c1ent, Gateway· City (Pan Atlantl~J,;~ Elw T~nker Crew-Up seru?rity oyer a two-year pe:r;1od to abeth ·and Fi'anceJJ (Bull).. the He1; · at.tam "B" status. .. · r · Boosts Savannah ' ., Money Dt,te SAVANNAH - Shipping here was good during - the last report A,so - hanging on the boar.d, so . Slgn'-ons~~;:re jb~ !to~ ~ock­ period, with 31 men dispatched· in to speak, has been money due Or~y <Rotiip) ,n~. all departments, says Pott Agent William Morris. The Co u n c i l Grove (Cities Service) took a _full crew and the Wang Archer <North ~tlantic Marine) should take a full crew around the end of this month. '.rhe Wang Archer is .still in Jacksonville, as . is the Wang Dispatcher. ·· lri transit during .the period w..ere ;the Fairland and Azalea City (Pan-Atlantic); Ste e 1 Seafarer, ·steel Navigator and Steel Travel(lr · (Isthmfan), and Seatrains Georgia, Ne~ · :Y ork and· Louisiana (Sea~ train). -, 0 ·~ ' 1 ~- �'. .~~:{HUtfiCO.De-: Steir:. ~.Fmas:; · '·se.awav< ~~:_1~umpy. :1oaa .., ( ' . . , ... After· sailing jauntily about the . wide- stretches of ocean . for so many years, the SS Hurricane found itself converted into a canaHer over- . . ., . ·as .far as Montreal, we tied up to the moorin1 system used on the ~n empty dock. Seaway, "Usin1 the winches on "Next day, a gang came aboard Numbers 1 and 2 hatches on both arid started worlc. Lights we never sides for mooring, the same for .heard 'of befor~ were installed, numbers 4 and 5 was indeed novel, booms that wouldn't lift cargo and bu~ mighty easy and handy, Men night on the St. Lawrenc;e Seaway. blocks we didn'~ need were all being swung over the · side on a The Hurrfcane was the fir.st SIU- .myste11Jes t~ us. ~ , 30-~oot boom, the!} lowered to the manned ship ·to fransit the Sea"On Wedne.sday morning, we left dock to handle 11~.~s sort, of mad~ way and· crewmembers are unani- · Montreal and headed up the Sea- monkeys of them. , mous on one point-it was a tight ~ ' · Subsequen~ly, the ship was noti1queeze all the way, fled by radiotelephone that Detroit was its next· _port of call. "T\\'..O Seafarer Joe Wehe said the f;9p' had some of the- elements of Col: <Jays after we entered the first Sea- WaY: lock we anchored !n Lake umbus' voyage to the New World Sn 1492-the · crew liidn't :know . Ontario at. the entrance to the ·where they were going and neither _ Welland Canal. There we stayed did the skipper..:and when they for three ~ys hi a fresh breeze, while_hardie~ squ_Is ~nd ships tried got there, they were1ft sure it was worth It. At that the ~pt:ifcane to mak~ it. .You c;an t make ~t in a fared ·far better than oth~r- deep- , light ship with anything more than a ~entle _br_e~zei s~ tJ:!ey ~~!ll~_limpsea shii>i; which accumulated a se,;; ries of bumps and bruises in Ipg back, some with a bent bow, transit. others a bent rudder and till "When we sailed from La Pal: others with a~ ~eQt prop. lice, "France, on May 29:•. Wehe · . "Finally on June· ·16 we started wrote, "someone said 'you may go , thi:ough the Welland Canat _}falfto Monfrear; so we headed for . w.ay UP:.. the apJ?roacti .to the ··firs~ New York. . lock, · something fouled up .. in the "On the mornf.nl of June 7 we prop, but bein~ 'dauntless we we~t picked up· a pilot for ,the St. Lawon - thl'ough ·- to Thorold, 0ntario, where we sp~~t the night getting . rence ·River. He didn't know where - Seafarer Joe Wehe w:rites bf his ' 'maiden voya_ge" on th~ blades straighte~ed." . . we were ·gouig, nor did anyone ~lse, a_Itboug}l b~ h~d exp~ted a _ the Seaway. · 1 From ther.e . ti . ::was relatively , smooth sailing _tq Detroit except tllJlker. -we changed pllo~~ at Quebee af:td s~~ Ute new . . one didn't way s~!ll wondering where we were that "some s_c9w _had tried to come . · down the Detroit River sideways know, . while .the skipper· blew hi' going. . top. - When the ·third pilot got -"'us The biegest novelty though, was and it didn 'f work. Reslllt-one · channel blocked.· and the Burri. cane on the li_'ook for six hours." From Debooit, -the ·Hurricarie sailed up through Lake Huron and into ~ake Michigan, headed for the Chicago area. Its Clestination was Calumet City, Illinois. " "With a tug fore and aft we started up ·the Calumet River. Brt.dges· o~ al~ sorts .barred our way. There · .were lift bridges, draw bridges, and bascule bridges . • .• Ahead . we could see, ·at long last, the· grain elevator Y1e were looking ~or • • • We slid. hito the berth, got our lines ashore and heaved her along~ide. . ·At last the long voyage was over; we were safe agains~ the dock. Now why, will . · you '- tell D)e, did. lhat· tug have to back into a slack headline and foul it in. his prop?" Wehe cited, two incidents wlifCh typified the kiild of situation the HurJ,".ican~ was· up against. In one instance, a pil,ot hit a bridge twice and had to be.. taken off the wheel. In another, -the maneuvering got ;ao complex that ~there· were 1~8 bells on ·one ~watch. Nothing like that ever happened out on the deep blue sea. ��....Zin• ."Pacific Disti'i~t -·Opens . ' More Pensioners' Homes ~ • I J .- I 0 --·SAN FRANCISCO-The SIU P-acific · District unions are- ·hqlding open house this weekend to celebrate the completion ·ot 18 new homes for retired seamen on the site of the Stewards Training and Recreation Cen-~----------­ ter in' Santa Rosa, Calif. meals. The t ost to retired mem• The new homes, each fully bers Is only $90 a month, meals in- / equipped with attractive furniture and all modern conveniences, h~ve been constructed for retired mem:bers of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen's Union. Numerous homes of the same type are already occupied by members of the ?ttarine Cooks and S.t ewards Union. ·The celebration wijl be held on July 17, 18 and 19. Members of all thre·e unions and their families have been invited to attend. Free bus travel has been arranged to carry the visitors to the site, which is located 12 miles fi:om Santa Rosa. Unique ProJed The housing project for old time seamen, the only one of its type in the world, is the latest -result of the close cooperation between the· SUP, the MFOW and the MCS through their affiliation in the SIU Pacific District. Oldtimers of the three unions also receive numerous benefits from the Pacific District-Pacific Maritime Association Welfare and Pension Plans, which cover members of all three unions. Each of the 18 homes is comfortably and' tastefully decorated, with fiberglass curtains, vinyl tile floors, formfca table tops and new furniture. Each is supplied with an Intercommunication system by the bed so that the oldtimer can Sf'nd a message at any time of day or !light. In case of lllness, he can summon help. Eaah home has a separate bath. ' Washing facilities, with the lat·est automatic ~quipment, are nearby. .· T!te messhall at the Cente~ ~rovldes regular, tasty, nutritious cluded. Three oldtimers already have moved into the new facilities and the rest of the homes are expected to be occupied by the end of July. The training center also contains a swimming pool, recreation baU and a lake, as well as training facilities lor West Coast cooks and stewards. No-Strike Act- ~aces. T_e st In NY OSWEGO, NY. - New ·York State's controversial no-strike act -the Condon-Wadlin Law-may be due for another court test as the result of a dispute between t he Oswego Port Authority and the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen. The dispute broke out early this month when the Port Authority invoked the law and fired 15 IBL members who, the Authority alleged, failed to report to work at the Authority's grain elevator after • 6 their lunch hour. Some well-worn cliches about European wages and living The Condon-Wadlin Law proh rA -l _J ~O vides for the automatic dismissal 1 1 HfU, . ,2 standards are ev~porating as a resu t of .t e current wordot public emplOyees who go on wide strike ol Italian seamen. For yearsj t's been known that strike. However, Edward v. Mathe- wages on ·Etiropean-flag ships were considerably below honey, Gr eat Lakes representa,IP~- those on American ships, but th~se inferior wage scales were tive for the IBL, denied that. the , justified on the' grounds that they matched the "standard of men had gone on strike. What they living" in those. countries. _ More important, the myth was did, he said, was to hold ·a long ·· ._ · . ~ · . . · spread that. the .Eur9pean shipowner and the European busimeeting to di:icuss tlieir economic conditions. WASllUlGTON - A .- blll that nessman ashore could not afford to pay more. . . . would . provide • for Government .. , -""h It t ik h uld"h l dem Ii h th b an official of the -• • .L e a1ian seamel} s s r e· s o ep -o s ose est Meanwhile M aubslcpes for the construction. and· liefs. For one thing the seamen's wages of $2 and up daily are ate ediation Service in New operation ; of privately-owned nu- . l . - " * ' bl . k" d f d York _said that that agency had elei,u- ships ·lias beea introduced ID ~p 'Y .msuffi~ent. to ~na e them to have any m. e ecent not entered the picture and could the senate ·by; Senator John But.:· hvmg m the _ltahan economy. Second, -the Italian seamen not do so, under the law, unless Jer <Rep.-Md.). suffer from overlQng hours, excessivelx_':'punitive disciplinary requested by the Port Authority. The bill goes beyond calling for methods and .other inferior shipboard conditions which are No such request has been made. ttie usual subsidies in, that 'it of- not jus'tifiable jD. ~my. eeonomy. ~ : ' be said. . fers , _shi.P!luµders and operators Mo.s t important ·though·is the fact. that EtJropean shipown- ~ Should the IBL decide to carry direct payments to. offset ~he highff d . f b t _ h h d d h · the matter to court,' as has been er developmental and ' construction ers ~an a or to pay ar ·e_ter wa~.e~ t an t ey o, an t. at IZMIR, _, Turkey-The captain of indicated, it would be only the eosts of a nuclear-powered .. vessel undoubtedly appbes to moder~, eff1c1ent E!uropean shores1de an American merchant ship has second court test since the law was as again.i a jlonventloneI ship. concerns as well. . · . . ·-" been sentenc~d to five months 1n _passed in 1949 over ·the vigorous _ The Government aid :would ·last .. Here are some examples .of .shipboard conditions that Italian ·jail by 11 Turkish court as the· re- protests of organized labor. suit ~f a collision · 'in the harbor · 'The first test came that same .Ive Y~ars, ~~l}.I ,.~1$!1 tfDJe, it is seamen oh the PllSSenger shi~s have to·contend with: hoped,,~substantlal P~ll'ess, would ~ • Crewmembers .. have to pay for their own ·uniforms and here in_1~57. T\\_o Turlds~ mer- year, 1949, and . involv~d 500 ~ inade in .indu~~g .P~.Y~te o~- laundering of ·same. , cha~t. manne of~icers received a 'Yonkers garbage collectors. A year eratoJ!s to ti.Ulld nuclear merc~nt " e Waiters pay all breakage costs plqs all pilferage charges similar sentence for t~e accident after their. eight-day sti:ike, the 1hlp!'. At, pr~sent, t~ere 111 only ~ , - 1 h' · t " . L 1• b · ·. · in which two persons _died. . Appellate Division held that the one s uch ~P.' ID. 't he counti)r today~ .1.or ev~ry sp?on or ot ~r. u ens1.1 WlAen y a customer as a '!'.he accident took place on ~eb- law had been improperly invoked t)Jat be~g the Government-built souvem~. Thi~ am~unt~ m many inst(lnces t? ,3 to $7 month~y. ruary. 3, 1957. w~en the Howell in their case since the purpose of SavP,l)l.h• .The,, Savannah, due to • N9 ove~time is . payable when the s~1p s passe~ger hst Lykes collided witlr the Turkish their strike was not · one of those be launcnea· sho~lf. cost $42 mil- falls below a cert~in minimum, even though workdays may passen.g er ship 1!Jnir. .~s a result enumerated in the law. lion: as . ag,lnst JU iqllllon .for i :be 11 hours-or more. N91'. is any weekend overtime paid. of the collision tlie 1~ ,ank and If the Jaw fs now put to a new 25 eonventlonal vessel of similar , di• .§~gn-c;m~ are.fqr as. lon~ _as 1~ months. ~eamen getting o!f ~:eas:~=~b h~~d ton!te :::::e~i test, th.e cotlrts could also be asked before tl1at time m~y .forfeit employment ~1th the company m clear whefiier the American skip- to pass on a four:year-old. ch~nge mensfoi:tl!· , the future. . . per. Captain Hans G. Beet of Hous- in the State Civil Practic.e Act. ·· • A, five-pot systetii is jn force on· the passenger ships wlth , ton, was present at the trial or This gave the courts ~he ~ight to feeding of seam~ii atjhe poorest level. . . ' whether be was sentenced in ab- deci~e whet~er penalties imposed Th· · b d ;;;:.. . h d · - t B t •t · t sentia . -on civil service employees in dis;g ~ ·~· ';& is is a 'uot1g un er "'~ny c.ircums ance~. .u 1 mus :, _ clplinary proceedings were unduly _,i~!~, fj :U be remembered \hat the Italian L~e passenger ships enforce harsh, and the power to modify NOafOLlfl...:_ Thet~ were . fo~ ~u~ht·hwages and . w:orkindg' 1conditiotns. whAmil~_.t~~Y . are coh~~ct: . them. J>uolt~:',Jre'f.e .:.d~g , tlie la&t ~~.:. mg,: e.s~me .Passage. ~ - c~r_go ra ~~as. . er1~an-.11ag s ips.. ~SIU·AAG' So , far the courts have never · Hit "Perie>d' and ·· 40• men sbtpp,t!d, ..._ The . same h9lds_.true fp~ sho~eSide . ll_ld?str1es m Europe. l>ffn a§ked to decide whether thi1 -reports p l)J:'f'Ageiit Jame( Bulioci .· .l!.iW:~pe today 1S no~ the Europe of th~ Pc;>stwar years, stag: Seafarers m8ning in checks: power to .modify severe penalties r.l)e affaliS 0~ the ~rt are ail' m, geri*' under the bill'den~ o~ war destruction. By and .large :; ~~~~rs P~1:t~°!: applies to those specified in the goocf ihal>e-wlth{fi.o ~f1-~banghig j.t is a · boo~g, pr(>spe.rQ!IS .area, bu-t t he European workers'· urged to-be .s_u re. to make all .of _con9on-Wadlin La,\\'. Are. : .. ,f . ··,,, / · ..-._ ,, .. : ·Wil'ges .and CQnditi()~ have not ~~erl iif proportion. ' .t hem payable ,l!> the SIU·A&G The law, while it does r equire P~ ; "~« •,\Vi!rJ :· -the ~~ .. S~tb . :t!l'here is anot~er':lesso~ in~ the ltaJian .ship strike. 'rhos.~ l)Istrlct:. _ . 1 the automatl~ dismissal oi strikina Pt.:••p>~i' ¥2:1lant I Enterprt,i~ who oppose Government aj,d to US, shippi!lg, ·.complain about' ' :-SQme Seafarers have ID publi~ employe'es, also set's up ma· (lnte~~ . ~'- ~orlolk (pi~es. 'tl!e'high -cost-of siil>Sia•es-because' Amerfoari seamen's ~~· aiui m'o ney_orders lo the chfnery for their reinstatement• .sentce>'_, ~d ' ~un~ .. w. h t.t _n , Y are.. ~·t09 }li~'.'" , Bµ~ \American 'ships could never ._pay, :wages - names. of tn.divldual HeadquarHowever;- :those r einstated lose <Ametia - ~amp S~p~in~) ~ . f· •~ 1'0 $80• . th +· ...... e·t cli ·+i.. , fti , !I'h .. . br . ters dfficlals. Tbis ' makea for a seniority rights; are placed on pro. 1 , Tll '. $C;t0~ ..a&l! ,eSi: Noiifolk, ? ._,"'fV , ~ · ~• ni~n_ ~9· u~.. tue compe ~- ,?n. '. , e pro em probJem- ln booUe~plng wlilcb - bation for ~ve years, ~d cann_ot . . ·~ :D~f-.iJ~;'dld .~ft '$eat~li..<e~ ~ . , .P~t, ~~at. (~ !ti.~~ ~tg.~are I too .high~1t._ IS -tl~at. European can . be .av~fded if ·cJiecks are be promoted within that ~.. 1 ''~e ~4ate& ·'.<W.&tennaiil yvag,~ ,~~,.tQ.O lo.w .4114 . __ tJl~p~e increasea ·{no~t· th~ $1:25 ·a ,..made out ·1o .the Union dlreetly•.. They are also ~ed. from ge~~ " · 1n}lraiul~"<t '.,. 1' :" inon~~;yatie~)Afe;long. o .erd(J.tt~""'·,::.._4 ·.i-;-..'.. . ~"· · ~ ~- ·i, " · .. apypaylncre'5eafor .tmee1ean. . t1• . . 'lt'- . 4o ""' ~~ ., ...-<,. ~ i . ' ~ •. $' . . om ·Sh• Af Pro.· no•s.'e d - TU-k ·r s"J-ug: us Sk•1ppe·r •1:-;;J ·spU · ,t ·1: Make Checks "To _ 1::!: wageS f' ~ -- ' " •• .. • .. l". ~I·; · ". ' . ~~\ .. · I. . ~ ~ • ·~~ l '.,;r...~;. ~ '": . ,j·f" l, .. ;" ; t4_· i·~ :·iti:.;.jS:. .. . . . ~ .... '"!_... .. ' ,.c 1~ . " . ,.,_ , , ... .. " ~ • f sent �I .... Twelve . ' .... If Roaches Were. Mo_ney. - .··. -- •, Husband At·.Sea,.. . Union Pays Biii Mate Johns. Stone. Jt., at 8:8Cf ' AM .June 21, 1959. · ... T. lb-de . Sblp'• delesate .on ''Little money,- lots of bugs," that's . the plight of,the er~w of the SS Valiant Faith ac- · To ·the Editor: _ I wo.uld like· to take time to ~ t ~ t cording to ship's delegate Cliff Martin..t and it's a sad tale to he~_r him tell of it. - ' "Well to start off we caught this rustbucket in N_ew Jersey and took her to Baltimore," aend thanks toi the Seafarers .. Sign Language WeHare Plan for the way they N S r· Martin said. "After laying ·handled my bills during my . 0 . olut.on To the E41ltor: idle for six or seven days get~ money, the Valiant Faith could and were disputing his claim to a recent atay in the hospital. claim to have the largest single slice of bread." It ls wonderful to know that Everything fs · going along · ting shifting boards put in for collection of roaches of varioUs and .-- a load of grain, we received the news that the ship was signing foreign articles." It was a happy day, he noted, with all of the gang aboard looking forward to a week's coastwise payoff, with East Baltimore only a stone's th r o w away. But our dreams were shortlived, Martin complained, as it was sub s e q u e n t 1 y learned that, the articles were being back-d a t e d Martin six days. A hurried call to the Union hall In Baltimore brought about a meeting between an SIU patrolman and topside to see what could be done about this. However, while the company reported they did not have port payoff, they said they had put a sufficient draw aboard to cover everything. "Well this sounded OK to all hands," Martin said, ''and the crew signed on." Then came the rude awakening. There was only a small amount of cash aboard, and it had to be handed out in that manner too. None of the gang blame Captain DeBozy for this mix-up, be noted, as he had told the crew if the company would send him more cash, he would gladly put it out. In addition, he and the chief mate had been very cooperative with the crew's requests in trying to get the ship back into shape after ·.going to ruin under a runaway-flag for some time. They also loaned out most of their own pocket money to the crew going ashore in the various ports. Two weeks after they left, the company came up with an additional $1,500 for the trip. After giving everyone a "limited" draw, $15.00 per man to be exact, the ship sailed the next day for Egypt, with the grand sum of $1,000 in the safe for a two-and-a-half month trip. Anyone with a pencil and paper could figure out that this amounted to about $25 per man, Martin groaned, and this ship with 'stops In Italy on its itinerary•. "Oh well, I didn't want to go ashore anyway," he claimed. While the ship wa1 low on a \ After settling for- some crackers, your husband belongs to such pretty good here, but it will · Nelson walked away muttering a Ane union as the SIU, and sure feel good to get back statesomething about these blank-athat they will help the folkfl at side. I don't think I mentioned blank Libertys. However the home while their husbands are it before, but this ls ·an Italian crew admits that the steward deat ae~: . hospital, and the workers here partment is battling bravely In the I would also like to mention do not understand any Eqglish ' ~ -. face of such overwhelming odds. at all. , . -----------------------------. .Once in a .while · it happens "Gad, and to think I left dear old Robin Line· for this job," Marthat a patient who can speak some. English comes in and tl~.e·y tin moaned. do some explaining-for ~e. I've While the bugs are getting the been here six weeks now arid best .of the crew of the Valiant they sun don't Faith, an uninvited cargo of live know what to snails meant sev- · feed me. How en days' vacation would you feel in :r.;:ew Orl~an_s All letters to the edUor for On Course havHig the ... for the gang on pubtication in 1 th·e SEAFAR· iame thing the Alcoa Planter. ERS LOG mu.~t be dgned every day for In a report by b11 the writer. Names unU a two-week be withheld upon t'equest. · s h i p' s delegate per;lod? Th11t Zee Young Ching, is the way I , the Planter had - that my husband has been a have been 'go. just come out of member of the SIU since it first-' tng-, until I the yards after started, and I. am quite proud finally get around to getting .Ching her annual ·Inof it. · Mrs. AU1'118t Droste through to them that I ·am tired spection and was headed for New ~ - it. . • Orleans when they ·discovered the t ;\;. t If . there is anything wrong live snails. "This meant fumigatcan be flxed by moving me ing the .entire ship," Ching said, Wants Stu.dy that · a little, or adjusting a pillow or "and the crew got four days off Homestead Issue something, by the -ume they get in New Orleans with full subsistTo the Editor: to understand what I" want, I've ence." ·I have been reading all-. of the usually forgotten what it was. · After making a second trip to _pros and cons about .the "homeI would advise any of the the Mediterranean, with a stop off , steading" iss~e and would like fellows _that )l they have a_ny:at Tripoli, the Planter arrived to say that I agree with Brother thing ·wrong with them, while back ln New Orleap.s, only to find Francis E. McCall's request for beading here, do their best to out it had picked up some more a study of this situation. get by here unless theY ca~ · snails. On all of the ·ships I have speak Italian. Don't get ·me sailed, whJch has been quite a wrong, the workers here try "4.nother three days off with" few, the largest number of their best, and are good, but subsistence," Ching added. homesteaders~ I found at any with the -1-anguage bard~r; it · !!9t to be too monotonous about the whole thing, the Planter is no'\iv . one time was on the Steel Age, makes it ~retty tough to get with four aboard, myseH in- · across to. them. ·.. heading back from her third trip eluded. That was some six or The ,crew from the SS Nataile on the Mediterranean run "with seveq years ago. ·- sen~ me some, magazines and more sna~· he sa~d ~opefully. books and · cigarettes and I wish Since th a t time I have to thank them very much. I have just received bad s·aned on almost all of the news ·that I .shall. be ·here an. . Clties Service other month yet. The cast will . ' tankers b u t not be taken off my legs for anothel! flft'een ·· days. I am have -·f 0 u n .d I Steering a ship _is a serio1.1s th + I tempted · to walk out of here, ~~~~d ~8 but they have the casts anchored. job as is s_een · by the look on the face of Seafarer George stayed'' aboard down. ~ year ~xcept bb ·(!barlea Bums Chance, an OS on the Steel Going down toward Trinidad?· the Royai Oak, McNa . · (Ed. note: Th• LOG f'egret1 King. Chan~e. was photo~ .Then stop, in 11t the "Bau,xtte Cll,ib'" and sh~ went" into the ahipyard. tfuzt cinothef' photo ~ au.b· graphed while doing his tour· at Carenage, writes Fraser Falt, Pn all of them.there were not 1tiiuted -fO'f Brother Burns' in on the wheel, keeping the vesa recent usue. The photo above a crewmember of the- missile ship more ~a~ two "ho~eirteaders" u the correct one.) 1839. . , - . . sel on an even keel wMle she at any one time, while some of heads for the Panama Canal, While this is a favorite spot for them did not have any. tlo· ·¢. t enroute from Honolulu, homemany of the' crew oi the 1839, Falt If this ·study is undertaken' I' Says said, otJter. crews · among 'SIU-conward bound. think' that the ships that are Dl$8bfll.t y .M ·o ney . 1 tracted companiea calling In the expected to'' be out a year ' or . . . area, make it their stopping off · longer should not be counted· To tlie Edltor1 spot too. ·~ .as being homesteaded. : I w!Sh to offer my thanks. ' For one thing · the ,,.. oWfier and All of the •hips are not the more times than words caii say~·-. same at all times, even If on for my 'dtsnbWty payments . . _ I manager, Mr. Humphrey Malllard, i11e sa1ne run. A ch~nge of skip· want to extend my thank"B·to tlie ·is a good friend to SeafareJ.'s, F.'l!lt pers, mates, engineers or stew- trustees of the Weltare· ~Ian for said. It is for this reason they would like the Club put on the · · ards can 'change sliip so that . my receiving- the b~n~fit. Th!! LOG maillttg Hit al it Will be a the next trip .- man wm want to ~ receipt of · thi1 very convenient place. for Seafarers get oil whereas he ;would , have ' in . rth• port, e~cially those . oii stayed on before. ' Alcoa ships who onlY, have a few · In conclusion I would like 'to say that· u a man wants to · stay hours ashore, to pick thein JJp; . on his ship· a year, let him stay. The Club neve~ ~losecCFalt said, · and all of. the men, even thole who '· -' Mont McNabb liave very litnitejf shore time leav.e, . ' ~ . ·~ t manage tO' nin over and say hello" Retired 'M embeir to Humphrey. Ne•t '. time : down . here,- h~ ·wggested, ju~ hop into · Has-Sea. Funer,at · any cab, 't ell the.. driver the Bauxite To the ·Editor: . ·. ' Club, and prepare to enjoy your- · We,. the crew· of the SS .Gate:. self In nice surroundings. way City, would"- like you to publllb t hl;. letter of· thanks to show our a))preclatlon to Cap- numerous types. "We have them all sizes, shapes and colors," Martin swore. "It got so bad that one night as I stepped into the messhall, I saw deck delegate Cliff Nelson madly swinging and jabbing with the bread knife. "At first I thought he was P:l'acticing som~ new maneuvers for cutlass fightlilg, but after· a second look I saw he was battling a family that had moved into the breadbox Letters To The Editor To the Missilemen ·· :"ind /fa Ven In Trinidad ;i -rh•nkS ,f pr " -------------------------=---·· a . �Pqe Tlalrtffa , , r 1 ·' . r "' Mate Makes·:Like·.AB; . . .. AB Piles Up That OT Mercha:rtt Marine ... • ••Hfgbly pleued" II the reactiOp of the men In the UIP"i Jiospltal1 to the movie program• ipoilaored br the Seafaren Welfar.· J»lan ac• ~ord1n1 to Welfare repre1entat1vea. Under the program, the Welfare l>lan allowa each VSPBS hOJpltal $50 a month to ftnanct the rent1n1 of STATEN ISLAND, NY Jullan I. Autenclo Herold Laird Robert W. BllDDer Herman Meyer Ben L. Bone Henry Lanier Enoch B. Colliu Bernard lllll'Ph7 Ba:vmond Bo1ten Georie Litchfield Jultln Burdo Kenneth w. Miller JlGb!!! (;:qwdry . Albert Pafle _ JUii Clirlf &.--if•. Pale Gold.mil Papoutu · olH Grona · f\drJan Rem:ra Heeter L. Duarte Abner Raiford . _eber Gu:vm11n 1oH Reye1 ·_nqrmail T . Glaze .roae9h llobert1 WUUam Ha..-aa JON loarea Onille ll. Bolmes' luan Reyet Everette A. Bord lose Rod.rip.. · WWlam A. HoUH Samuel Tate Anton Huykman 0-. W. lloaenbe~ Emanuel D." Jonea WlWe Whit• lVUllAm Kane Cbarlea Slneere · USPBS HOSPITAL Paul Kronbei:fa Stefan TnclneJd ' BOSTON. MASS. Fidel Lullban Ramon Vila Samuel Jonu Maurice Jloberta M. JlefU,Wlo1lou A. Wllllam1 Jolm T. Kee1an ·John c. Jloblee · .- USPHS HOSPITAL . DoJP}nlo Newell Jonph Thomu SEA'ITI.& WASHINGTON USPHS HOSPITAL · U1u .G. Coffman · Arthur Furat GALVESTON. TEXAS Clarence Edwaru .Jo•ph Prallleck Thomaa Bowere ·Francitl Rea1an Kenneth Elvin' . Carl. Carlton .John Spearman USPHS HOSPITAL Jlill:e Chan!foa SAN FRANCISCO, CALill'. VSPHS HOSPITAL William B. Brown .Toban T. Kismul . NEW ORLEANS. LA. . Michael J . Coffey Arthur J. Schevln1 Sidney Anderson · .Jamea C. GlisaoD lllk• Golna · Edward '3. Smith JamH IJ, Bales Albert Hammao M. qrochow1Jd . .Jo1epb Neubauer Robert G. Barrett -Wayne HarrJa Carrol :&. Harper Claude Bianka Raymond Hodfea .USPHS HOSPITAL Victor BQnura • Arthur R. Kini MANHATl'AN BEACH .John G• .Brady Bdward Kllapp . BROOKLYN, NY Vincent .r. Call Leo H. Lan• .Joseph Bau Thomu LehaJ' Carter Chamber• David I:. McCetlum Matthew .Bruno Leo Mannau1h .Fea T. Crawford WIUJam JlarJenlloff Grelorlo Caraballo Prlmitlvo llUH WWo.w L. Crawford William Nelao11Leo Carreon . .feremlah O'Byme :SU,ene Crowell - Loula W. Peed· Wade CbandlQ' · Geor1e Phlf,r Joeeph Fibpatricli: Alcle J . Pontiff .ToaepI:a Co• Winston Rellliy Clarence Fontenot Winford Powell Manuel· Silva .John Drlacoll ' Owen L. Fotter ltaroid R. Wellh Almer Vlckere Otta Gibb• Bart Guranlch Luther Wins SAILOR SNUG llAJlBOR / Tatb Hauan Pon Wtns ' , STAtEN ISLAND, NY Frau Hernandea Boyce Yarborou1h Victor B. • Cooper Thomaa Iaaben , Wllllam· Kenny Pacllico Yuaon MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL LudwJ1 KristtanH n MT. WILSON. BALTlllOJUr. llD. USPHS HOSPITAL . Geor1e Davia G. Jr. Richardton SAVANNAH. GA. VA HOSPITAL Jl. w. Centchovlch WWlam s. Hanium KECOUGBTAN. VA. Clarence A. P "a Geor1e A. Pease .Joseph GUI ' USPHS HOSPITAL · VA HO$PITAL rr. WORT& T~s ~ . HOUSTON. TEXAS Lawrence·· Anderaon Jolua c. Palmer HalTJ' KcClernon Jamee Lauer · Joaeph P. 'MM TRIBORO HOSPITAL Wooclr.o• lleyere B. ~. Deibler • JAMAICA, NY Jiu Olaon , Jamea Ruaell • tfSPJiS HOSPITAL VA HOSPITAL ,, < BALTDIORS, MD. DSNVBR, COL(). Antonio Alcahi Joaepb ArdJll• Clifford C. Womack •. staTI"o• ,___ _Buy "Everyone wants to get into the act" is the motto ·aboard the Seatrain Savannah according to Seafarer Ray Sasseville, AB maintenance on the ship. Although he is normally not tired .and he might go back' to one to complain, the circum- being a chief mate." To make the story short, Sassestances leading up to his put- ville said, the day he put in for of movies. A mu1cle 1trafn In the lower part hl1 back suffered while punching carbon on tl;le SS Bobin ·Locksley laJd up lleafarer Samuel Jonas bi the Brighton USPHS hospital ting in for eight hours overtime Tlie latest word ls that they m.Y recently are worth passing on, he transfer Jonaa, who 11U1 In the said, not because be did not do Enilne Department, to Staten the work, but because ti.le ship's Island. for further treatment. chief mate decided to try his hand . Also In the Brighton hospital is at being .an AB again. John "Chet"' Roblee, former chief .,,I iiTst noticed bis attempt to cook on the Winter Hill, having. get into the act about a month ago," an infection -:(rom a previous Sasseville s a i d, pneumonia cleared up. Roblee is when: he started reported making good progress going around Roblee · Jonas _..,and should be discharged in a with a chipping couple of weeks. -hammer In his A dysentery condition which caused him to eet oft the Penn Trader ban~, '!> a n g l n g for checkup and X-raya ls Improving and Seafarer Joteph Thomas, away at different deck mainteµance, ls expected to be discharged from the Brighton spots of rust, "<ff hospital in the near future. which we have In New Orleans Joseph 'Fit&Patrlck is doine as well as can be ex- plenty on this pected, recovering from a torn cartllege in bis foot. Fitzpatrick was rustbucket. Sasseville admitted to the hospital after pay"I didn't pay ing off the- Rebecca early last too much attention to his efforts month. to eliminate rust," the AB reAlso In the hospital with a leg marked, "because there is enough injury incurred while on board rust on here for everyone, includ1blp is RIJJDond Hocl&'e.s, formerly ing all of the efficiency experts, on the SS Wacosta. Hodges was at the company offices." down .forced to get oft the ship in Gerafter the mate learned However many late in May and was transhow to use the chipping hammer ferred to the New Orlean1 hosproperly, he would then come pital for further treatment. Fitzpa·triclc Fonte.notaround and .instruct the members Stomach aihnents laid up a number of Seafarers in the New Orleans hospital within a touple of of the deck department, whose months. Among them ls Clarence Fontenot, formerly on the Winter average seatime was in the 20-year class, in the line art of busting rust. Hill. Fontenot is having a complete' check-up. Although hints .were dropped While it fs · too soon to determine his condition.,, Seafarer Victor •·Zeke" Bonura thought it best to . get oft the Alcoa Corsair and sign here and there, be stuck to his guns, even picking up some knowin the New Orleans hospital to have stomach trouble checked. The following ls the latest available listing or-1iospltal patients. how with the scraper, paint brush, Try to visit tl>:em when you can,· or drop them a line. .et al. "I though to myself that be needs the exercise, so let him get USPHS HOSPITAL . Jamea Arm1tron1 A. W. Keefe .C11ram LOG·'A-RHYTHM: Here'• to the men of the merchant marine, Unsung heToes of t he War. They 1erve their country very well, And win forever more. the eight hours overtime started like this. , "We bad started a 'real big' job. I guess it was the most important piece of rust on the ship. It WdS the top deck of the flying bridge. "It was a high-priority job too," Sasseville said, "because all 6f the brass was there from the captain on down, and every one with their own opinion on how to bust rust. They didn't ask the bos'un, as h<''s only a young fellow with about 45 years seatime. "Well they finally decided that to bust that rust you really had to bust it •. . . the dust rose and the rust flew, and the noise was like thunder; and .there was the captain ~d 1he ·mate fn the thick of it, chipping hammers in hands leading the attack on that tough old rust." This went on through the morning and late in the afternoon, he rioted. "Then, when I was putting on a coat of red-lead primer, I stopped to light · a cigarette," Sasseville said. ".Before I could even get it lit, the mate had snatched up my paint brush and started ·prfbting away, hardly missing a stroke, Just like· a deekhand. _ "I decideil then ·and there that if these guys want to play sailor they ought to go to the SIU ·hall and ship out as sailors. The only way for them to' underntand . that lir to charge them a little overtime for doing a sailors' work." So here's to the m en of the meTchant marine, The men who go to sea, A vita! link i n our defense To help keep our country free. Clipper Crew Donates To 'Dimes' Drive 1 In response to their' donation of the ship's fund to the National Foundation of the March of Dimes, the crew of the Orion Clipper was commended for their charity in the expanded fight against crippling diseases. "Armed with knowledge and experience gained in the fight against polio, the National Foundatjon pledges itself to ;meet the new and greater challenge with traditional dedication to the health needs of the American people,"' the Foundatfon wrote . The crew had authorized ship's delegate Beltran Pino to turn over the ship's fund of $12.44 to the March of Dimes as part of their contribution in the fight against the many crippling diseases, for which no cures are yet known. . Mlsslles and Fishes Skipper's Letters Do -Not Col(nt NIJTS'/, DO YOIJ K~OvJ . WHETHE:R MURC.lllS·ON CAt-1 S·WIM ~ . ·• 1 When not busy watching the sky for a falling missile, most of the .crews on the Suwanee Steamship Company's missUe-tracking ships spend their time either swimming or fishing~ However, bec;ause they live in a world of electronics, when the gang on the Sampan Hitch had a fish to boast of, they made sure they could back it up with good documentary proof. Pictured above with 6Vrfoot shark caught by the crew o~ the Hitch is Seafarer Angelo Vennzenella. The other member is not identified. According to tl.e report, it took seven men to haul the fish aboard. , Down to the sea in ships they go, Summer, winter and fall, Can·ying cargo and US aid To many ports Df call • w. Geor•• David Grossman, _ ___. It has been called to the attention of headquarters that some skippers have been claiming that they have "clarifications" on various sections of the standard agreement in the form of a letter from the Union or ·some other communication. The only official clarifications are those which have been approved by the joint Union-empJoyer clarifications committee ~nd have been printed up as such as clarifications to the contract. All other so-called "clarifications" have no contract status whatsoever. As previously reported, the clarifications committee is currently in the pr ocess of rewriting and condensing th~ existing clarifications, but until official notice is received from the Union all ships are to proceed on the basis of the existing documents. 4-IE JUST.Ml~ED iHf SI-II P!! , �While rummagini through an " old trunk, Richard Clark ~of At· lanta; .Ga., came up witlf these oid photographs of some of · the crew of the South Atlantic ss. Co. Hog Island freighter SS Liberty Glo enroute to Liverpool back in June, 1927. According to Clark, the top photo _Is of part of the black gang, taken after a long tour of duty below,- while· on · the left, one of th~ ~Liberty Glo's crew stretches ~s _ muscles on an overhead ~.eam on the poop deck. Recreation facilities on ""the Hog Island freighter were . limited to calisthenics, exercising with a make-shift punchlrig bag, . crap games and black-jack. , . · On the right, "Georgia Boy" Mertz, an AB on the vessel, strikes up a Scottish pose for the phot~ grapher during a morning break. If the pictures strike .a familiar , chord with any Seafarer, ClJ!rk sald, he would. appreciate hearing from him. His address is_ 1449 Blvd., SE:, Atlanta. · SIU, A&G DistridBALTIMORE . . •... . . 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sbeppard, Acent £Astern 7-4900 BOSTON ..... ... .. . ........ . 276 State St. G. Dakin. Acting Annt Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4202 Canal St R. Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; '3-4080 LAKE' CHARLES. La .. .. .. . 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Acent BEmlock 6-57f.f · MIAMI .. .. . .. ... . . .... 744 W. Fla1ler St. Louts Neira, Agent FRankliD 7-3564 SEAFARERS LO.G, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn ~2, NY �SE.4.F.4.RERS LOG ·- , .. . -" . . Shortbinclid?~ ' .. (' ~. If a cre'.wm~mber quit• whJie, a ship la in port, delegates are asked to · contact the ·hall 1mmedJatel:Y~ .. ?or a ' _ repl.ac~ . ~ent~ Fast action on their part , will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and eliminate the- . chance of the ship · sailing shorthanded. Revised Rules Meanwhile a 15-man SIU steward dt!partment: committee worked up a set of revised' steward de~ partment working rules to· rede. be the function:i and · qualifica:: tions of .each man Jn t.he · ,galley. The working rules included a ,,.guide for food preparation · and service b.ased on the "to order" system. ·.These rules were adopted by the membership and put into e.ffect. · ·· However, wtlle the feeding program was working well through cooperation with iridividual companies, nQt all companies and ships were participating, and mllnY of l 11 . · th e sma "'iti er tcompan b i es were not ln a po., .on o o ta n the services of consultants, even though all , pe tin . d th 'hips . ,Were o ..!a g un er e revised · unron . working rules 'for the steward departments. ,Conseque_ntly, · in renewing· the . SIU contract last fall, the Union negotiated. the five-cent daily contribution from the operators to flnance the establishment of a fulltime group of consultants who would service all SIU~ontracted · ships. The full-time consultants would not be working for indivdual· .. . SIU BABY ARRlV ALS All of ,t he foii~tng SIU families have ·received a ·$2oO maternity benetlt plus .a $25 bond_fri>m the Union in the. baby's name: . BJarne Bauiebo, born Ma:u 12, " 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Bjarne Haukebo, ~ng B.:~ch:._~alif. "" "" "" . ·sanilra ·Gay Lishtell, b.om 'June 13, 1959, to Seafarer and]tlrs. Paul Lighten, N~w Orleans, La. . ot- o\:. ;t. o.Ph71U1 ·L)'lle~ Ma~ett, boi:n June 14, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Grant Marzett,· Mobile, Ala. t ;t.- born ot- M 21 G recol')' M08h er, ay , 1959• to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert .Mosher, Baltimore, Md. t ~ 't Evelyn Ramirez. born May 15, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Tomas Ramirez, .Brooklyn, NY. ; t t t Jeffrey Armatron&' born June 16, 1959, to Seafar~r and Mrs. James R. Armstrong, Jarvisburg, NC • t ;t.' t Pamela Doris Sanders, born May 5, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. ·EVERY I I DIRECT VOICE I BROADCAST .. .I SUNDAi _. I ,,, .I TO SfUPS IN ·ATLANTIC ·EUROPEAN AND SOlt'rH AMERICAN WATERS ..... . . '. "T~E VOICE OF THE MTD" EYHY SUNDAY. '620 GMT (11:20 EST Sunday} ; . \ WFK-39, 19850 KCs Ships in Caribbean, East Coast · of South America, South Atlantic and Eaflt Coast ' of United • :• I ..: w.FL-61. ·15150 1 States~ KC• Ships in Gulf' Of Mexico, Carib. b~an, West <;oast of South Amer.lea, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast. !FK-95, 157.00 KC1 Ships · in M,ed.iterranean area, · · North Atlantic, European and US East Coast. Union H. Sanders, Bay Minette, Ala. t t ./ t Rosemary Talbott, born June 4, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Elwood Talbott, Houston, Tex. ;\'. t t Dennis Mark Ro7al, born June 12, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Carl Royal, Ellaville, , Ga. t t t Je&!;e Youns Chapline, b-0rn June 1, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert L. Chapline, Youngstown, Ohio. Jenifer Devine, born June 16, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul A. Devine, Galveston, Tex . .... ~ .to ~ Joseph _Gebbia, · liorn May 15, 1959, to Seafarer an~ Mrs. Peter Gebbia, New Orleans, La. t t t . . Helen Goldman, born May 27, 1959, to Seafarer- and Mrs. Kenneth Goldman, Ridley Park, La. t t t t. t ot- Sabrina Hennin&'er, born May 11, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert Henninger,· Baltpno're, Md. Zanie Camille Milne, born June 17, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ar· thur Miln.e, Moblle, Ala. ~ ot- t t t ot- ot- Pedro Moreno, born April . 13, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pedro Moreno, Galveston, Tex. " Brett Allen Nelson, born June 23, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank Nelson, Maplewood, La. t · t t Steven O'Toole, born April 10, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. John O'Toole, Baltimore, Md. t . ot- t Thomas Sorenson, born June 12, 1959', to Seafarer and Mrs. Ejvind Sorenson, Tottenville, SI. N~rmatward, ~SJS·' StiH .·competing ~. For · ~a$Senger Business . WASHINGTON:--When is . a Government "secret" not a Goverhment secret? According to the SIU Washington office, it's only "secret" for those who don't know tlie street address of the Library o! Congress . In the past, the office reports, it's been the ROlicy of the Mili~ Sea Transportation Service not to &ive out infOl'Jilati'on OD the number of° seamen working in the fleet. , But a little digging in the library stacks 'tur~ed up the information" that the agency has 11,505 employees, of whom 3,218 are military and 8,28-7 civilians. Just how many of these are seamen is still not known. Othe~ .int~restlng facts are' that MSTS, ll$ of April 30 of this year, still had 120 of its own ships as against 27 charters and four ships owned by other Government agencies. In 1958, MSTS handled 605,000 passengers, over half of whom were military personnel. The additional passengers were the dependents of military personnel and "others approved by the Department of Defense"-in other words, people who were not in the armed forces and were not military men'.s dependents. The maritime unions would be interested in getting a detailed breakdo.wn on these others and why they were traveling on Government ships. On the cargo side. commercial ships handled approximately 3Aths of the MSTS cargo lift and received 78 percent of the $425 million expense incurred, but a breakdown of the companies receiving MSTS contracts is not readily available. All cargo and passengers moved by MSTS, the report notes, are paid for ·out of appropriations for the Army, Navy and Air Force; consequently, the same payments could be ·made directly to private industry for the same functions. The Washington office review notes that MSTS has a new boss, Vice Admiral Roy A. Gano, and expresses the hope that "a change in command will mean a change in the policies of MSTS." G0 v f A~ Ir • 1In • e .GefS f·n· Acf I Fin,al Dispatch The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the SIU Welf(I.Te Plan and the death benefit ll(J.S been paid to their beneficiaries: Paul Smyth, 44: Brot~er Smyth, an SIU deck department member since 1955, aied - - ·' - - June 6 of an internal h e m o rrhage in Doyle, M a r y 1 a n d. He leaves a cousin, Charles Woods, of Seattle, Wash. Burial was In Glen B u r n I e ,, Cemetery, Md. t t t t i t Harry Henze, 67: Brother Henze died on June 13 while a patient at the Pinecrest Nursing Home, S a v an :i;i a h, Ga. Henze was a member ri n c • 1938, sailing in the steward de· partment. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gather Henze of · Savannah. Place of burial was not indicated. Andrew Sudol, 47: Brother Su= dol, a Union member since 1947, died in his home town at WilkesBarre, Pa., on May 27 when hit b)' a train. He had worked in the engine department. Mrs. Josh Thomas, his sister, survives him. Place of burial was not indicated. Personals · William J. Keenan Ex-Timber Hitch Anybody knowing his where'• abouts please contact John Hawryshko, Travelers Insurance ·co., 6th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia 6, Pa. · Francisco M. Mateo G. .Miranda, Las Casas #1'1, Ponce, PR, wants to contact you urgently. Cyril A. Scot& Ex-Steel Kine Your wife is very anxious to hear froin you. Write 1571 Union St., Brooklyn, NY, or call President 4-8475. born 1 Norman !.d June ·21, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Norman Ward Manteo NC. WASHINGTON -The Military · ' ' Air Transportation Service is proposing that Government passengers and defense business move overseas by ·air instead of by ships. A statement to that effect was made by Lt. Gen . . William H. Tunner, the commander of the' MATS. - ' The proposal. was made because of a dispute between MATS and privately-operated airlines over the. carr~age of passengers and cargo, a dispute which is identical to that between private ship operators· and Paul Hunlns MSTS. Tunper's move was seen as Please contact H. F. Holmes at a means of appeasing the airlines 7020 North Clark Ave., Tampa, Fla. by giving -them more business at James J. Gorman , the expense of ships, without rePl~ase get in touch with your ducing the activities of MATS. The proposal has been attacked mother, Mrs. Marcy E. Gorman, at by representatives of the Ameri- 21-57 33r.{l Street, Astoria, LI. can shipping industry as involving Federico Reyes Please contact your wife, Bea· a - further . weake.ning of the merchant marine. The ship opeFators trice Reyes, 621 Union Ave., Bronx, declared that it '.' disregarded • . . 'NY, about a very important legal the nee'd for sea-lift capacity _re- matter. cently reaffirmed by the GovernFrank Mason ment ancf the Department of De~ ex-Valiant Hope (ens~."-Your gear has been deposited at the Boston Hall. . Wllliam ·Glick Important you co:i;itact Mrs.· Josephine Clinar.d, 3565 NW 12th Street, Miami 35, Florida, concern• ing watch you bought. SIU Aiding · Italy .Stri~e , �• .OFFICIAL;_ ORGAN Engineers Win SeVerarice.Pay _ In Flag· Switehes " An impartial arbitrator has ruled that the ,PrinCiP,le of severance pay appli~s in the maritime inP,us~ry to crewm~m­ bers whose s.hips. are transferred to a foreign flag. . 11te decision, made in connection . tract, bad- agreed with the ship. with the .Marine Engineer~ operators to submit the severance. Beneficial Association agree- pay claim to arbitration to determent represents an important mine if sucli a clahn Ifs suitable in maritime industry .an~. ~f so. b rea k'th rough in obtaining protec- ·the what kind of. terms should be aPtion for seamen on ships µ-ans- plied. · _ ferred foreign. The severance pay progi:am bad The SIU; negotiating_ its new been accepted in principle .last wage and vacation benefits last year in the MEBA contract neg~ fall has not completed an agree- tiations: ·· me~t on severance pay and job Nerotlated Last Year . security demands. A large '°!Jmber The arbitrator's award provides of meetings have been held since then with SIU-contracted operators severance pay for all P~rmanentlf­ in an effort to reach agreement on assigned engineers aboard a transdi - ions are ferred ship. The severance will these clauses an d scuss amount to one month's pay for still going oil on the issue. each four months' service at the As was pointed out at the time .minimum, for engineers · With the of last fall's settlement, the agree- company less tlian a ~ull year. Engineers with one full year of ment in wages and other money ite~s did not constitute a full con- service will get fotµ' months' t~act settlemen~, bu~ these pr~".i- wages. Those with up to eight · s1ons were put mto· effect pending years' service will get the basic resolution of the job security pro- four months' ~ages' plus ·an addivisions. tional month's pay for each addiThe MEBA, in settling its con- tional year. Those with more , than - eight years with the company, will get 11 months' severance pay, plus an additional half-month for additional y~ars. Those with over · ten years' service will get one year's severance. Covers Mates Too The same provisions will apply WASHINGTON - New regula- automatically to members of the tiobs requiring subsidized dry car- Master~. Mates and Pilots Union, go ships to have heavy-lift booms since th~y, und~r th~ terms of and "washdown" systems to fight .their contract settlement', w.ere to radioactivity have been announced be entitled to afiy se:verance pay by the Maritime Administration. awardt:d to the ~gineers. . Over and· ~have th~ mo~etary All ships built in the future for operation under subsidy contracts benefits provided .~~ ~ngmeers, will have to have one 60-ton heavy the severance pay provision would lift and three ten-ton lifts as part tend to diScourage American-flag of their regular gear. The heavy operators from , !rao,sferring ship11 lifts_ have long been regarded by ~oreign because of th~ ~osts , lnthe Gover.n ment as essential items mvolve_d .i n making the t:t;yerance which have been :acking on virtu- payments to their crews. · ally all American-flag cargo vessels. - - - - - -.---~---------...........- - - . - -,-. -~ 'New Ships · Need Atom 'Wash' Gear D k o·· . t SI ' nh·I ~s~!;~ ~h~~::r:~~;~;~~~:g ~e~~~ oc ISP·.u e , . ·,~w.s.·:~;. \., a."'~: ~ . The washdown system will 0 in- Its· function' is to provide a film of seawater on all exposed decks and topside structures should a ship enter an area contaminated by radio.active fallout. Ships equipped fo.;- washdowns will have combination solid streaµi and fog spray nozzles on existing hoses, to be installed in clips about 5Q feet apart and pointed straight .up. Consequently, when all the hoses are tur11ed on, lifeboats, weather decks and other areas will be covered with· SPU\Y. Navy tests have -shown that such washdown systems are effective protecfi~n for .ships! crews against radioactivity. Ships of the Military . . . � http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8c49abf1c9e1cda2f3917e6cf5da3cb7.pdf 8acfdceac90f89445bf2a24f71878ec5 PDF Text Text XXI  ^  fte.  IS  LOG  »  OFFICIAL  0R6AN  OP  THI  SIAFARIRS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  • ATLANTIC AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL­CIO  •   )•   .•   • .Ti  •  ­ •   "J  1:1  1  Stoiy  On  Page  2  "^4  GrouD  of  Seafarcrs  gathers  at site  of  new  Philadelphia  hall  WrOIInwOrCOKJfly* for groundbreaking ceremonies.  That's Port Agent Steve Car­ dullo at  the wheel.  New building  will be modern structure with all facilities on one floor for  Union and Welfare Plan needs.  (Story on  Page 16.)  Lobanese­flag  Taxiarhis  got  vaSlfUfffX*  holed­throu^  in  collision  after owners  tried  to save  pilot's fee  and  navi­ �race 'i'wo  July  17,  195t  SEAFARERS  10^  Plan 4 Giant  Box­Ships For  'Coastal Trade  In'Sjieeiling'  Suspension  The  case  of  the  Coast  Guard  vs.  captains  entered  a new  phase  ear­ lier  this  month  when  Captain  James  W.  La  Belle,  skipper  of  the  American  Export  liner  Constitu­ WASHINGTON—Reflecting  the  apparent  success  of  its  tion, appealed the  one­year  suspen­ containership  operation  in  the  coastwise  trade,  the  SlU­con­ sion  of  his  master's  license  and  tracted  Pan­Atlantic  Steamship  Corp.  is  planning  to  build  other  Coast  Guard  papers.  four containerships  to be  used'^  The  suspension  was  ordered  in  the  intercoastal  services.  known  as  Containerships,  Inc.,  has  June  5­after  La  Belle  was  found  The  ships  would  actually  be  qualified  for  a  loan  and  mortgage  negligent  in  the  collision  of  tho  built  by  Sea  Land  Ships  Inc.  insurance  from  the  Government  Constitution and  Norwegian tanker  is  building  tWo  small  con­ Jalanta  last  March  1.  of  Port  Newark,  NJ,  and  and  tainerships  at  a  cost  of  $7  million.  would  be  chartered  to  Pan  The  two  ships  would  operate  In  the  hearing  which  followed  Atlantic  for  operating  purposes.  between  New  York  and  Jackson­ the crash,  a Coast Guard  examiner  found  that  La  Belle  had  operated  Sea  Land  has  already  applied  ville,  beginning  in  the  summer  of  his 30,500­ton  vessel "at  an  immod­ for  Government­guaranteed  con­ 1960.  The  ships  will  be  diesel­ erate  speed" in  poor visibility  and  struction  mortgage  loans  for  the  powered  and  will  carry  198  light­ had failed to stop his engines  when  four  ships,  which  are  estimated  weight  containers,  totaling  2,100  he  heard  the  fog  signal  of  an  un­ to  cost  almost  $20  million  each.  fbns  of  cargo,  somewhat  under  Massive  shoreside  crone  lifts  looded  troiiert  aboard  Matson  seen vessel ahead.  half  the  capacity  of  Pan­Atlantic's  The  proposed  containerships,  ship  in  Son  froncisco.  Matson  ships  carry  trailers  on  deck.  In late June the Coast  Guard fol­ unlike  those  presently  operating  C­2s.  Company is  converting other ships  for fuH  containership operation.  lowed up its action against La Belle  In  the  coastwise  trade,  would  be  by  filing  almost  identical  charges  built  for  container  purposes  from  against  both captains  and  both sec­ the keel up. The  present container­ ond mates  of  the Grace liner Santa  ships,  six  in  all,  are  converted  Rosa and  the tanker  Valchem.  C­2s.  Huge savings in time, handling and costs are  convincing  more  and  more  ship  operators  These  collided  off  the  Jersey  In  addition  to  being  new  ships,  that  the way  to lower  costs and  bigger profits  is through containerships.  coast  March  26,  bringing  death  to  the  proposed  vessels  would  carry  Initiated by  the SlU­contracted Pan­Atlantic  Co.  two  years  ago,  containerization  has  four  Valchem  crewmen,  including  more  than  twice  as  much  cargo  as  •  three  SIU  members  and  one  en­ the  present  C­2s.  They  have  a  been  adopted  by a  number  oft  capacity  of  226  containers  and  major operators on both coasts  leader In  container operations with  use in  the intercoastal trade. These  gineer.  4,500 short  tons of  cargo.  The new  to  some  degree,  while  many  its  six  converted  C­2'8  carrying  ships  would  hold  about  550  con­ SUnilar  Chargee  ships  would  carry  550  containers  others  are  seriously  considering  226  vans  apiece.  The  company  Is  tainers.  (See  adjoining  story.)  In this case, too, the Coast Guard  with  a  capacity  of  12,400  short  the  possibility.  hoping  to  charter  four  new  con­ The  biggest  spur  to  the  trailer­ charged improper navigation at  im­ tons.  Such  higher  cargo  capacity  Pan­Atlantic  Is  presently  the  tainerships  in  the  near  future  for  carrying  vessels  came  with  the  moderate  speeds,  improper  use  of  would  be  essential  in  the  longer  deflgn  of  detachable  wheels  and  radar,  and  failure  to  stop  after  Intercoastal  runs.  chassis on  the vans,  making  it pos­ hearing  fog  signals.  As  on  the  existing  ships,  the  sible  to  stack  them  one  atop  an­ The  Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots  new  vessels would  carry  their own  other.  In the "piggy­back"  system,  have  charged  that  over­reliance  on  traveling  cranes  for  loading  and  the  vans  cannot  be  stacked  and  radar,  plus  company  demands  on  unloading,  making  them  independ­ consequently  there  was  a  huge  captains to maintain speed in order  ent  of  shoreside­based  gantry  waste  of  storage  space.  to  meet  schedules,  are  important  cranes.  Consequently,  the  ships  contributing  factors  to  ship  acci­ Matson Expanding  could  call  at  virtually  any  pier  in  The  major  containership  opera­ dents.  thy  port.  WASHINGTON—A  Senate  Labor  subcommittee  has  rec­ tor  on  the  West  Coast  is  Matson  The  hearings  on  both  the  Con­ Long  Experimentation  ommended  sweeping  changes  in  the  minimum  wage  laws  Lines,  imder  contract  to  the  SIU  stitution­Jalanta  and  Santa  Rosa­ The  application for  mortgage  on  which, for  the first  time,  would  bring deep­sea  seamen,  tug­ Pacific  District.  Matson  has  been  Valchem  collisions  essentially  sub­ operating  six  of  its  14  ships  as  stantiated  these  charges.  But  the  new  ships  climaxes  several  years  partial  containerships for  the  past  Coast  Guard  at  the  same  time  of  experimentation  by  the  com­ boatmen  and  other  workers  pany  in the carriage  of  containers.  on river, lake and harbor craft  ships  would  be lessened  and  union  year.  The  vessels  carry  about  75  warned  skippers  that  they  must  containers  but  only  on  the  main  obey  the rules  of  the  road  m: face  Initially,  the  company  started  under  the  provisions  of  the  organizing  made  easier.  The  SIU  and  other  maritime  deck,  using  below­deck  space  for  the  penalties.  carrying  50  containers  on  spe­ unions had  strongly  supported  the  conventional  cargoes.  However,  La Belle's appeal is subject to re­ cially­built  decks  on  four  tankers.  law.  The tankers  carried oil and  loaded  The  proposal  by  the  the  com­ proposal  to  apply  the  wage  mini­ the  line  is  planning  to  add  a  view  by the Coast  Guard  Comman­ containers  northbound  from  Hous­ mittee  would  apply  a  $1.25  mini­ mums to  runaway­flag ships  owned  seventh  ship  next  year  that  will  dant,  who  has  the  power  to  over­ ton,  and  loaded  containers  south­ mum  wage  and  the  40'hour  work  by  American  citizens.  These  ships  carry  nothing  but  containers,  both  rule  or  reduce  the  suspension.  It  bound,  making  paying  cargo  both  week  to  some  100,000  men  in  the  now  pay  in  the  vicinity  of  $90  to  on  its  decks  and  in  its  holds—  he  does  not  do  so.  La.  Belle  will  ways.  These  ships  depended  on  a  marine  industry  over  a  four­year  $100  monthly  for  a  minimum  56­ 300 containers  in all.  automatically  get  his  papers  back  shoreside  crane  for  loading  and  period. However, another  proposal,  hour week.  Even at the  $1 an hour  Unlike  Pan­Atlantic's  set­up,  next June  4.  which  would  apply the  wage  mini­ level, the  wages of  seamen on run­ which  employs  cranes  already  unloading.  Subsequently,  the  conversion  of  mums to foreign­flag vessels owned  away flag  ships  would  be  almost  mounted  on  the  vessel, ~ Matson  operates  with  a  shoreside  gantry,  the  C­2s  was  undertaken,  and  the  by  American  citizens,  is  under  tripled.  tankers  were  chartered  out  to  attack by  the Department  of  Labor  Consequently,  the  steamship. In­ crane.  other  companies  for  pure  bulk  and may  be dropped from  the bill.  dustry,  particularly  the  large  oil  Another  West  Coast  company,  and  metals  companies  which  oper­ American  President  Lines,  has  cargo  or  tanker  operation.  Would  Drop  OT  ate  runaway  ships,  have  opposed  started  using 17­foot  containers  on  When  the  McLean  interests  Another  compromise  provision  the  wage  provision  bit­ a  limited  scale.  Here  too,  the  HOUSTON — Shipping  in  this  purchased  Waterman­Pan  Atlan­ would  not  apply  the  overtime  terly minimum  and  may  be  successful  in  vans  are  stored  on  deck,  but  the  port was fair during the last report  tic,  they  had  announced  plans  to  provisions  of  the  act,  calling  for  excluding  the  nmaway­flag  crews  company  is  planning  to  convert  period.  Three  ships  were  in  for  build  roll­on,  roll­off  ships for  the  time­and­a­half­for work performed  from  its  application.  several  freighters  to  handle  con­ payoff  and  there  were  20  ships  in  coastwise  service.  Subsequently,  over 40  hours,  on  the  ground  that  tainers  in  part  of  the  below­deck  transit.  There  were  no  slgn­dns.  studies  indicated  that  container­ this  would  involve  a  considerable  area  as  well.  On  the  East  Coast,  During  the next  two  weeks  only  ships  might  be  more  practical,  boost  in  seamen's  overtime  pay­ Grace  Lines  is  converting  two  of  one  ship  is  scheduled  for  payoff  since there  wasn't  any  waste space  ments  under  Union  contracts.  its  ships  for  container  operation.  and the  shipping picture  is not  too  involved  in  bringing  a  truck  Even  in  its  present  form,  if  bright.  However,  cnis  port  has  had  engine,  chassis  and  wheels aboard.  adopted,, the  revised  Fair  Labor  more than its share  of  hot shipping  The  roll­on  idea  was  then  aban­ Standards  Act  would  make  for  in recent months.  doned  in  favor  of  the  "lift­on"  considerable improvement in  wages  containership  in  which  the  trailer  of  non­union  seamen  on  hundreds  SAN  FRANCJSCO  —  Althbugh  July 17,  1959  Vol. XXI, No.  IS  Paying  off  here  were  the  Valley  Forge  (Peninsular  Navigation),  box  is  lifted  off  the  chassis  and  of  tugs, barges,  towboats and other  none  had  been  expected,  three  Texas  Ranger  (Marine  Carriers)  stored in  the ship's  hold as  a  large  craft  which  are  presently  paying  ships  turned  up  here  for  payoffs  and  Pacific  Venture  (Pacific  Ven­ cargo  box.  well below the $1 hourly  minimum.  during  the  last  report  period  and  ture).  In  another  development  in  the  As a  consequence, the gap  between  then  signed  on  again.  As  a  result,  In  transit  were  the  Mermaid  containership  held,  a  corporation  these  workers  and  those  on  union  shipping  in  this  port  was  good,  PAVt.  HAU.  g«erAtary­TrMimr<M>  says  Marty  Breithoff,  port  agent.  EteMon  niiAifs.  gdttor,  BnNABa  8IA.  (Metro  Petroleum);  Jean  LaFitte,  The  ships  paying  off  were  the  AUif.  Art  Editor.  HSUCAN  AaxHim.  Iswni  De Soto  and Hastings  (Waterman);  Ai.  HAAXtN,  JOHN  BRAEIL.  ANA­ Seatrains  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Producer  (Marine  Carriers),  Al­ SnvAcx,  Stay Put For Jobless Pay  xou isvKon, Staff  Writart.  BILL  MOODT.  Savannah  and  Texas  (Seatrain);  mena  (Clotev  Carriers)  and  John  Gut/  Aroa  Reprtuntatiot,  Seafarers who are  collecting state  unemployment beneflts  while  Steel  Navigator  (Isthmian);  Pacific  B.  Kulukundis  (Martis).  on  the  beach  waiting  to  ship  are  urged  to  stay  put  and  avoid  Ranger  (Penn  Shipping);  Atlas  /Besides  these  three  ships,  the  changing  their  mailing  addresses  if  they  want  to  continue  re­ iHWMKiy  at  ifia  huilquBrt*rs  (Tankers and Tramps); Petro­Chem  City  of  Alma  (Waterman)  also  PwbiliiiMl  ceiving  their  checks  regularly.  Several  Seafarers  have  already  of  tho  SoAfaror*. Intomational  Union,  A^  lantic A auif aitfrlcf, ASL­CIO, *75 fourth  (Valentine);  Fort  Hoskins,  Brad­ signed  on.  experienced  interruptions  of  from  three  to five  weeks  in  getting  Broolilyn SL  NV.  Tol.  HVacinth  ford  Island,  Bents  Fort  and  CS  In  transit  were  the  Steel  King  Avonyo.  f­MOe.  Soeoncl  clan  pottago  paid  their  next  check  after  they  notified  the  state  unemployment  at tho­Post  Otfleo in Brooklyn,  NY, undar  Norfolk  (Cities  Service);  Rebecca  (Isthmian),  Yorkmar  and  Fenmar  offices  that  they  had  moved  and  changed  their  mailing  address.  (Intercontinental):  BienvUle  (Pan­ (Calmar),  Royal  Oak  (Cities  Serv­ HM Act  of  Aug,  >4,  Ifia.  An average  delay of  a month  is reported  in most  cases, causing  iao  Atlantic); Margarett Brown (Bloom­ ice),  Wild  Ranger  (Waterman)  and  considerable  hardship  to  the  men  involved.  field),  and  Del  Aires  (Misiiasippl).  Alcoa  Pegasus  (Alcoa).  r­T"  .....  .•   ...  .  ­ v.  •  .  f T.» ­'.j'ititt  'it. Til ft"}  I'd'} 'tt'H fiti •  'n t:*Mj  K C If  roM'  t  HI  BFI:  »•   biov  t j  IJ  E I  10  ISJlMo)  I  u 7  ,H » \ f It "  Co's On Box­Ship Bandwagon  $1.25 Minimum Proposed  For 100,000 In Maritime  HoustonHas  A Breather  Payoffs  Are  SF  Suprise  P'­­'  m  KXs.',.­ tefc ;,•  • .  ''J­  .r>"^,­\*'.'.,  •  c­t.r.  SEAFARERS  LOG  • '  • ;V'.'• • jJ.;'':  !\­L^  �r*f ntrca  BEdPARKRS  LOG  fair IT/UW  ':  :f7  Ann­TRUST MAN RAPS ICC  WASHINGTOK—An unnamed Juettce Department offiolal  has backed up the StU position that the Interstate Commerce  Commission Is biased toward the railroad industry and  does  Revised  5IU  Food  Pro gram Covers  All  Union Vessels  the  bidding  of  the  railroads  on  all  major  issues.  A  story  in the  July  8  "Wall  Street  Journal"  by  the  newpaper's  Washington  office  quotes  "a  veteran  Government trustbuster"  as  followst  "These  agencies" [independent  regulatory, agencies]  "started  but  as  simple  administrative agencies  to look  after the  public  Interest.  Then  the  industries  took  over,  and  now  the  agencies  look  after  the  indus­ tcy  interest.  Take  the  ICC.  I'd  love  to  see  the  day  when  they  set  ^t agency  back  in  the  US  Government.  It's  so  wrapped  up  with  the  Association  of  American  Railroads  it's  terrible.  And  the  other  agencies  are  getting  Just  as had."  —  The  business  newspaper's  feature  story  pointed  out  that  the  Anti­ An expanded and strengthened  SIU food program  covering ships of all SIU«  Trust  Division  of  the  Justice  Department  has  been  at  loggerheads  With  the  ICC,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  and  other  contracted companies is  now in  operation, with six chief stewards working as full  Government  agencies  (including the Maritime  Administration on some  time field representatives in major SIU ports.  The  program, officially  known  as  issues)  over  actions  taken  by  these  agencies  to  permit  monopolistic  practices  to  continue.  the Atlantic and Gulf Com­"*  ^  day operators' contribution  to  cooked  to  order,  roasts  would  be  As  has  been  reported  in  previous  issues  of  the  SEAFARERS  LOG,  the ICC has  been under attack from maritime  unions and  the shipping  panics  Food  Program,  is  a central fund.  The contribu­ sliced  to  order,  and  indvidual  industry  for  favoring  the  railroads  at'the  expense  of  domestic  Amer­ being  operated  jointly  by  tion  was  negotiated  last  servings  of  butter  patties,  side  ican­flag  shipping.  August as  part of  the SIU  contract  dishes  of  vegetables  and  other  im­ the SIU and all contracted  The  last  SIU  of  NA  convention  charged  that  a  conflict  of  interest  renewal  package,  and  sufficient  proved  serving  practices  would  bo  situation  existed  in  the ICC  with  the  agency's  commissioners  coming  companies, and  is financed funds have now accumulated to put  employed.  but of  the railroad Industry  before going into Government  service  and  feeding  program  into  opera­ The  old  mass  cookery  system,  by a five­cents per man  ner  the  it  was  found,  resulted  in  heavy  then  going  into  plush  railroad  jobs  after  serving  with  the  ICC.  tion.  waste,  because  the  excess  food  Named  by  the  trustees  as  direc­ that  was  prepared  or  sliced  ahead  tor  of  the  program  is  Seafarer  158  Years'  Worth  Of  Seatime  of  time  had  to  be  thrown  away.  Cliff  Wilson,  who  in  the  past  had  been  consultant  steward  for  Alcoa  Family­style  serving  at  the  table  Steamship Company in establishing  also  resulted  in  wastage.  sound  feeding  practices  on  Alcoa  Several  of  the  major  steamship  i^ips. Working with Wilson as field  companies,  notably  Alcoa,  Bull,  (Continued  on  page  15)  representatives  are  Seafarers  Bob  Principe,  Pete  Loleas  and  William  Jenkins in  New York; Ed  Smith  in  Baltimore;  Phil  O'Connor  in  New  Orleans  and  Phil  Reyes in  Mobile.  These  field  representatives  will  visit  SlU­contracted  ships  as  they  hit  their  respective  ports  and  will  assist shipboard stewards  in setting  up  efficient  inventory  systems,  strengthening*  their  menu  plan­ ning,  and  Improving the  quality of  shipboard  food  preparation  and  service  while,  at  the  same  time,  helping eliminate waste.  WASHINGTON  —  The  sticky  The food program  is also making  problem  of  multiple  tax  withhold­ available  to  all  steamship  com­ ing  from  seamen's  wages  seems  panies  standard  storing  lists  and  headed  for  a  compromise  solution  standard  Inventory  and  requisition  in  the  House  Merchant  Marine  forms  which  simplify  the  job  of  Committee.  >ility­pensIon program,  discuss  the  old days  with Port  Agent Lind­ Veteran Seafarers,  now on  SIU disabili  the  steward  department  in  pro­ The  committee  wound up  a  one­ w  Orleans.  They are (left  to right! August  Steinman; Emory Bar­ sey  Williams  at  SIU  meeting  in  New  viding  ample  shipboard  variety  at  day  public  hearing  last  week  with  • ik Ekiund.  Oldtimers  had  a  total  of  158  years  of  seagoing  tux­ moderate  cost.  field;  Nils  Larsen;  Williams;  and  Erik  an  apparent  decision  to  write  The  new  food  program  set­up  legislation  authorizing  the  with­ perienee among  them.  is  an  outgrowth  of  the  SIU  feed­ holding  of  state,  as  well  as  Fed­ ing  plan  which  got  underway  in­ eral  taxes,  from  seamen's  wages.  itially  in  1954.  At  that  time,  the  An  existing  Federal  statute  had  Union,  in cooperation  with  several  raised  the  question  of  whether  SlU­contracted  operators,  set  out  withholding  for  state  taxes  was  to  replace  the  old  "boarding­ legal.  house" style  of  feeding  on  ship by  The  committee  indicated  that  it  a  "to­order"  system  reflecting  the  probably  would  go  along  with  practices  of  better­quality  shore­ an  industry  suggestion  permitting  side restaurants.  withholding  of  state  taxes  only  The strike of Italian merchant seamen is now  well Into its second month  with no imme­ It  was felt  at  the  time  that  sub­ for  the  state  in  which  the  seaman  diate  prospect  of  major  concessions  from  shipowners in sight.  The strike, which broke out  stituting  Individual  preparation  maintained  a  legal  residence,  and  June 8, has tied  up more  than 100  vessels aroimd  the world, including  three ships  in  New  for  mass  cookery  wherever  pos­ not  for  states  Where  he  did  not  sible,  and  individual  service  as  make  his  home.  Such  a  provision  .Vork—the  liners  Giulio  Ce­ well,  would  greatly  improve  ship­ would  protect  seamen  from  multi­ Twenty­six transatlantic steam,  jumped  ship  or  stayed  behind.  It  sare  and  Vulcania,  and  the  ship  companies  have  agreed  to  was  at  this  point  that  the  SIU  in­ board  feeding  quality  while  reduc­ ple  withholding  during  the  course  ing costs  through more economical  of  the  year,  but  would  allow  an­ freighter  Punta  Alice.  To­ increase  passenger  fares  next  terceded  in  the  men's  behalf.  food usage.  other  type  of  deduction  from  The  Union  emphasized  the  re­ gether,  the  tlu­ee  ships  have  over  year eight percent.  The increase  seamen's  wages.  Under  the  new  system,  for  ex­ sponsible  behavior  of  the  crew­ will affect year­round rates both  1,000  seamen  on  them.  off­season  and  high­season,  ex­ members  thus  far,  none  of  whom  ample,  steaks  and  chops  would  be  The  problem  has  arisen  as  •   Meanwhile  the  strikers, who  cept  result  of  recent  decisions  by  that  passengers  going both  has  run  afoul  of  the  law  in  any  have  declared  that  they  intend  to  way  by  ship  in  the  off  season  respect,  states  and  local  governments  to  and  urged  that  the  com­ hold  fast  in  their  demands,  have  will  be able  to get  a  10  percent  pany,  in  light  of  this  behavior, ex­ withhold  taxes  from  wages,  in­ been aided  by  the  SIU,  which  has  discount.  stead  of  permitting  residents  and  tend  them  leeway  to  get  off.  If  flupplied them  with cigarettes, han­ non­residents  to  pay  their  taxes  On  the  run  to  the  Mediter­ necessary,  the  SIU  said  that  it  dled  their  mail,  and  Interceded  ranean  at  the  end  of  the  year.  An  indus­ on  American  Export  would  accept  responsibility  on  be­ with  the  Italian  Line  to  obtain  ships,  for  example,  the  mini­ half  of  a  certain  number  of  men.  try  spokesman  pointed  out  that  shore  leave  for  them.  23  states  now  have  income  tax  mum  off­season  charge  for first­ Also interceding  on behalf  of  the  withholding  requirements,  and  Permits  Expired  class  passage  will  be  $385;  for  crew was  Rep. Victor Anfuso (Dem­ that  even  one  township  in  Easton,  The question of  shore leave came  cabin class  $291  and  for tourist  Brooklyn).  As  a  result,  company  Up  earlier  this  month  when  the  class  $233.  officials  agreed  that  there  was  no  Election  of  a  slate  of  officers  to  Pennsylvania  requires  withholding  crews'  29­day  landing  permits  ex­ The  same  type  of  fare  sched­ harm in letting all the men  ashore.  take over from the existing trustee­ from residents of that area  who are  pired. The US Immigration Service  ule  will  apply  to  Italian  Line  The  essential  demands  of  the  ship  is  scheduled  to  take  place  in  seamen.  informed  company  officials  that  ships,  whose  crews  are  current­ strikers,  according  to  spokesmen  Local 88,  Masters, Mates and  Pilots  In  addition,  some  states  are  withholding taxes  on non­residents  thsy would be required  to keep the  ly  on  strike  for  an  increase  in  for the Cesare  and Vulcania  crews,  this fall.  Under  plans  worked  out  by  the  as  well  as  residents,  a  practice  crews  in  custody,  but  that  they  their  $60  to  $80  monthly  wage  are  as follows:  would be allowed,  on their  own re­ scale  plus  a  grievance  proce­ • Negotiation    of  a  new  contract  National  Organization,  the  New  that  is  putting  more  hardship  on  sponsibility,  to let  any or  all  crew­ dure and  proper overtime  rules.  to  replace  the  present  40­year­oId  York  local  of  the union,  which has  individual  seamen.  Since  seamen,  men go ashore pending the comple­ agreement  which  has  brought  no  been  under  a  trustee  since  March,  in  the  course  of  their  work,  are  tion  of  repatriation  arrangements.  appreciable  gains  to  the men  since  1958,  will  hold  its  election  imder  likely  to  be  employed  or  paid  off  the  supervision  of  an  outside  im­ in many  different states,  the exist­ The  action  was  one  of  several  could  have  ordered  the  men  Indi­ the  end  of  World  War  I.  ing  laws  would  result  in  extreme  that the Immigration Service might  vidually to leave.  It could also have  • Wage    increases  of  15  to  20  partial  arbitrator.  have  taken  under  the  circum­ extended  the  29­day  time  limit.  percent.  (The  owners  have  report­ Present  plans  call  for  nomina­ forms  of  multiple  withholding.  tions  to  begin  August  15,  voting  Whatever  solution  is  worked  stances.  It  could  have  decided  to  Although company officials were  edly  offered  6  to  8  percent.)  put  guards  on  the  ships  and  kept  given  the  option  of  allowing  the  • Recognition    of  shipboard dele­ to  get  underway  under  the  arbi­ out,  it  seems  certain  that  seamen  the crews  on  board;  it  could  have  men  ashore,, they  were  apparently  gates  or  committers  to  present  trator's  supervision  on  September  will  still  be  required  to  pay  state  15  and  to  continue  for  a  period  taxes  if  they  are  residents  of  ordered  the  company  to repatriate  reluctant  to do  so, since  under  the  crews'  grievances.  the  men;  it  could  have  arrested  law  they  would  be  subject  to  a  • Renewal    of  the right  to strike  of  two  months.  The  new  officers  states  that  have  Income  tax  legis­ would  be  installed  on  January  1.  lation.  the  men  and  deported  them,  or  it  $1,000 fine for every  crewman who  (Continued  on  page  15)  ^1'  States May  Get  OK  To  Tax  Crews  NY  Italian Ship Strikers  Hold Firm; Get  SIU  Aid  NY  Mates  Local Will  Vote  In Fall  • 1  �ffV«FMr  11, im  SEAFARERS  LOQ  SEAFARERS  ROTARY SRIPPINO  BOARD  1 • «  > .Ai: ^  ''M>  June 24 Through July 7, 1959 Although nine SIU ports reported a greater number of  ves­ sel  calls  over  the  past  period,  shipping  throughout  the  14  ports  dropped  slightly,  staying  just  above  the  1,200  mark.  There  was  a  total  of  1,206  men  shipped  during  the  last  two  weeks  as  compared  to  1,260  for  the  prior  period.  The  decrease  was felt  mostly  In  New  Orleans  and  Houston,  while  four  other  ports.  New  York,  San  Francisco,  Tampa  and  Savannah,  reported  gains.  There  was a  total of  226  vessels serviced  during the  past  period.  Of  this  total,  61  were  payoffs,  30  sign­ons  and  the  remaining  135  were  in  transit.  New  York  continued  to  lead  the  list  In  payoffs,  with  19  during  the  period.  All  of  the  increased  activity  was  the  result  of  a  larger  number  of  in­transit  ships,  and  not  vessels  signing on.  In  fact  three  ports,  Boston,  Tampa  and  Houston,  had no  ships  signing  on  dur­ ing  the  period,  while  four  other  ports,  Philadelphia,  Savannah,  Lake  Charles  and  Wilmington,  only  had  one  each.  On  the  shipping  side.  New  York  bounced  back  over  the  300  mark  again,  shipping  a  total  of  337  men  during  the  period,  a  gain  of  83  over  the  prior two  weeks.  Also  showing noticeable  gains  were  Boston,  Savannah  and  Tampa,  each  shipping  almost  three  times  the  number  of  men  shipped  previously.  'Frisco's  increased  shipping  came  toward  the  end  of  the  period  when  three  unexpected  ships  hit  the  port,  call­ ing  for  a  number  of  replacements.  The  dispatcher  there  was  hard­ pressed  to fill  many  of  the  Jobs,  especially rated  berths  In  the  engine  department  and  they  had  to  be filled  from  the  outports.  Class  A  men  accounted  for  over  60  percent  of  the  total  number  of  Jobs  shipped  while  class  B  men filled  approximately  23  percent  and  class  C  cards  the  remaining  17  percent.  This  is  almost  the  same  breakdown  as  had  been  reported  In  the  previous  period.  While  shipping  for  the  period  stayed  slightly  ahead  of  registra­ tion,  a  number  of  ports  reported  more  men  on  the  beach  than  they  would  need.  Philadelphia  reports  plenty  of  men  on  the  beach  there  because  of  a  local  longshore  beef.  Other  ports  with  growing  lists  are  Mobile,  New  Orleans,  Houston  and  Tampa.  San  Francisco  has  no  class  B  men  registered  in  the  deck  department  and  Savannah  has  none  in  the  steward  department.  Five  ports,  Boston,  Norfolk,  Savan­ nah,  Lake  Charles  and  Wilmington,  reported  less  than  50  elass  A  men  on  their lists.  The  following  is  the  forecast  port  by  port:  Boston: Steady ... New York:  Good ... Philadelphia: Slow, no  sign  of  improvement  . .. Baltimore: Slow  . . . Tampa: Slow,  only  in­transit  ships  expected  during  the  coming  week  . .  .  Mobile:  Should  pick  up  .  .  .  New  Orleans:  No  change  .  .  . Lake  Charles:  Steady  . .  .  Houston:  Fair  .  .  . Wilmington:  Good, need  rated  men . . . San Francisco:  Good  . .  . Seattle:  No change.  Ship  Activity  rv  Sign  In  OffS  Ons  Trans. TOTAL  6  Boston  1  5  43  Now York  .... 19  3  21  9  13  PhilodolpUa  .  3  1  26  5  14  Bolrimoro  ...  9  i  3  1  Norfolk  .....  4  9  10  Savannah .... —  1  4  4  Tampa  —  —  13  4  2  Mobile  7  38  23  7  Now Orleans .  B  11  9  1  Lake Charles .  1  20  23  Houston  ....  3  _  5  7  1  WllnilH«ton  ..  1  13  6  4  Son Franc ilco ,  3  9  6  2  Seattle  2  Totals  61  30  135  226  DECK  DEPARTMENT  Registered  CLASS  A  ^f#  Boston  New  York....  Philadelphia..  Baltimore  Norfolk  Savannah  Tampa  Mobile  New  Orleans..  Lake  Charles.  Houston  Wilmington...  San  Francisco.  Seattle  TOTALS  Shipped  CLASS  A  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  On The  Beach  CLASS  B  CLASS  A  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  CLASS  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALT.  1  2  8  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  C  ALL  1  2  3  —.  2  4  3  9  2  2  5  1  1  2  1  12  5  14  3  8  1  1  2  2  1  9  24  44  17  85  3  8  12  2  6  2  12  14  23  51  19  93  1  8  93  12  8  113  85  149  36  3  9  2  14  4  —  1  1  2  1  _  —  1  4  2  1  7  11  18  9  1  1  4  10  34  8  52  1  5  7  18  37  13  18  68  42  73  19  5  13  19  7  22  8  37  6  —  7  13  6  2  7  3  12  1  5  1  8  1  2  2  5  —  —  1  1  3  5  2  5  1  14  10  10  3  1  8  _  .  1  2  8  1  2  5  1  8  1  —  10  1  —  1  1  10  5  10  3  1  1  8  —  _  4  2  6  1  3  4  3  —  4  —  1  1  2  —  2  9  6  5  10  —  1  7  4  18  8  14  6  28  2  1  1  —  1  1  2  21  35  57  7  2  7  2  18  15  27  11  53  3  7  2  3  3  2  6  11  11  23  11  45  1  2  4  8  45  7  8  60  32  56  12  —  1  2  2  6  2  —  —  2  —  —  —  6  8  1  14  6  1  4  5  10  1  2  2  _  8  7  25  6  3  9  2  —  —.  9  2  36  24  51  13  7  2  10  10  17  24  1  42  I  2  25  6  5  15  2  3  —  5  —  3  1  4  1  5  4  24  7  3  3  6  7  6  19  5  4  4  15  2  2  6  3  9 .  2  7  6  9  3  18  9  15  9  9  33  15  18  3  4;  4  10  1  15  1  7  1  9  2  13  1  1  2  3  13  9  4  9  5  3  8'  2  4  3  20  11  *  —  —  3  99  205  65  369  7  29  49  85  76  160  64  300  14  26  34  74l  12  16  30  58 300  74  58  432 288  492  116  —M  ALL  22  270  38  129  23  18  15  99  100  21  88  13  36  24  896  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  7  5  2  2  18  29  49  1  1  —  1  13  27  41  —  6  7  13  —  —  3  3  —  4  4  —  —  6  6  3  4  4  11  —  2  2  2  13  10  25  —  3  2  5  —  —  —  —  7  4  3  8  67  99  174  ENGINE DEPARTMENT  TOTALS  Shipped  CLASS  C  Shipped  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered On  The Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  12  3  ALL  128 ALL  6  1  2  2  4  7 48  137  23  268 27  22  67  20  3  23 1  4  5  7  67  11  85 1  13  13  27  1  8  —  9 1  2  6  9  —  2  1  8  .  2  11 2  5  10  15 4  4  6  9  15  8  52  66 73 5  7  12  17  52  7  10 2  1  1  2  57 15  11  4  16  13 3  1  2  9  .4  34 2  11  23  2  1  3  6  3  15  16 GROUP  CLASS  GROUT  1  23 ALL  123 ALL  ABC ALL  8  1  —  1  —  II  7  —  13  13  73  21  13  167  13  21  2  1  —  8  2  1  11  1  10  10  20  35  14  20  69  14  6  3  11  3  —  14  1  7  4  2  13  2  4  —  1  1  4  6  2  7  1  13  21  5  7  Z  1  7  —  7  4­  3  45  1  2  36  —  2  2  8  6.  2  10  —  33  6  3  1  4  19  10  15  —  1  2  5  15  22  1  12  7  8  12  28  2  4  8  —  12  8  1  4  2  15  3  4  —  2  9  60 241 106 59 490120 453 56 6  58  35  99  — 27 S3 GROUP  123 ALL  5  2  7  18  45  10  73  6  2  8  5  25  35  9  1  11  2  7  4  4  4  2  13  8  6  23  36  1  6  1  2  17  19  1  4  5  5  2  8  8  9  40  164  37  241  fev  Registered  CLASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  Port  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  Boston  4  __  1  5  3  3  New  York  18  10  21  49  3  5  24  32  Philadelphia  5  1  7  13  —  3  3  Baltimore............  10  2  10  22  1  11  12  Norfolk  4  1  2  7  _  1  3  4  Savannah  3  1  4  A  Tanrina  ....  1  2  2  X  X  Mobile  >  10  4  14  28  —*  7  7  New  Orleans  8  4  24  36  1  13  14  Lake  Charles  1  1  1  3  4  4  13  Houston  •  1  14  1  1  Wilmington  '  4  2  3  9  1  7  8  2  12  23  San  Francisco  9  3  3  7i  1  3  1  3  1  2  Seattie  4  94  30  100  2241  5  9  82  96  TOTAL?  at  et  Shipped  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  TOTAL  SHIPPED  S/iippeif  CLASS  C  •  a  STEWAKD DEPARTMENT  Registered  CLASS  A  629 13 Registered  0  CLASS  A  •.  .  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  CLASS  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  C  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  —  4  7  17  5  10  3  1  1  1  4  18  6  28  52  1  2  20  23  2  1  39  42  52  23  42  117  90  34  94  218  _  —  —  1  7  9  23  5  1  —  6  7  2  1  2  1  5  —  14  14  2  —  13  15  22  14  15  51  44  14  20  78  3  10  22  9  2  2  12  3  4  3  10  2  1  1  4  1  3  8  2  —  2  8  —  6  2  —  8  6  1  3  10  3  2  1  1  1  6  2  •   1  11  t  3  3  8  20  2  Arv  o  5  2  31  27  15  41  83  5  2  5  5  2  24  16  24  6  53  86  11  11  _  —  17  17  27  T1  17  55  27  4  1  22  27  ...  —  6  —  2  5  3  9  1  8  2  6  1  3  1  —  5  —  1  —  _  7  10  40  1  2  16  23  2  13  2  1  10  13  1  2  3  3  10  6­8  24  4  6  —  —  8  1  4  8  10  5  1  4  10  1  —  2  5  12  31  2  6  24  14  6  16  3  3  10  16  2  —  —  6  8  —  13  10  2  5  17  3  4  3  —  2  5!  1  8  —  —  —  —  5  8  70  82  6  1  87  94 198  82  94  374 274  101  276  651  65  22  111  198  4  1  At  1  •  r  A X  S3  74 78 166 —• —  1  Ir;  Registered  CLASS  B  GROUP  123 ALL  2  1  3  16  10  31  1  4  5  8  7  15  3  4  8  1  2  3  3  3  9  7  11  1  2  28  13  46  6  —  7  1  1  1  —  3  2  6  36  65  49  160  •   Port  Boston  New  York  Philadelphia  Baltimore  Norfolk  Savannah.  Tampa...............  Mobile  New  Orleana  Lake  Charles  Houston  Wilmington  San  Francisco  Seattle  Registered  CLASS  A  GROUP  123 ALU  9  8  60  18  37  15  17  26  1  19  10  7  3  4  1  5  6  2  9  2  18  24  47  14  28  2  1  3  7  9  2  7  10  20  4  14  8  8  56  172  29  257  CLASS  B  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  —  6  «  4  7  35  46  —  —  5  6  2  1  18  21  1  8  9  —  .»  2  At  —  15  15  1  19  26  1  8  16  1  3  1  6  16  1  —  6  7  —  —  3  3  —  —  2  8  11  12  133  156  At  SUMMARY  Registered  CLASS  A  11;!?? • ^.^•   DECK  ENGINE  STEWARD  GROUP  123 ALL  99  205  65  1  369  56  172  29  1  257  94  30  100  1  224  Registered  CLASS  B  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  7  29  49  1  85  36  65  49  1  150  5  9  82  1  96  i^mAND mABSSU ? ^  m A07  186  I  850  48 . m 189 ,1  Shipped  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  Shipped  CLASS C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  C In  The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS B  GROUP  CLASS  GROUP  GROUP  123 ALL  ABC ALL  123 ALL  123 ALL  12  16  30  58 300  74  58  1  432 288  492  116  896  8  67  99  174  —  27  33  60 241  JOO­  59  1  400 120  453  56  629  13  74  78  165  6  1  87  94 198  82  94  1  374 274  101  276  651  11  12  133  156  789 t:54,»82||9,  h9Sp 118; i  ,ii ,m  9Vli 789  .miUi \m9i 862  1*46  liAS  !»*« ^2  653 316'  GROUP  12  3  ALL  76  160  64  300  40  164  87  241  65  22  111  198  GROUP  12  3  ALL  14  26  34  1  74  6  58  35  99  4  8  70  82  �iifir  17.  195t  Pare  FIT*  SEAFARERS  LOQ  Propose Greater Surplus  Sales, Plus Overseas Gifts  iMi  WASHINGTON—Congress and the administration  are still  wrestling with  the  problem  of  surplus  farm  sales  overseas  as  the  result of  a  disagreement  on  the length  of  time  the  program is to  be extended.  The outcome of  the debate on  the farm surplus issue  is of  cru­ cial  importance  to  the  merchant  marine since  in re­ posalg  before  the  Senate.  One  of­ million  out  of  the  defense  support  cent  years,  the  farm  surplus  fered  by  Senator  Hubert  Hum­ program.  cargoes  have  been  a  major  bul­ phrey  (Dem.­Minn.)  would  set  up  Cargoes shipped under these pro­ wark  of  American­flag  shipping.  a five­year  "Food­For­Peace"  bill  grams  travel  in  whole  or  in  part  At  present,  the  Agriculture  De­ and  would  call for  sale  at  bargain  on  American­flag  vessels  and  ar®  partment is selling $1,500,000 worth  prices for  local currency  of  $2  bil­ another  important  factor  in  keep­ of  agricultural  surplus  overseas  lion  worth  of  farm  surplus  each  ing  American  shipping going.  on  bargain  terms  this  year  under  year. The program  would be  aimed  Whaddya  do  when  you  have  27  on  her  last  trip.  The  trouble?  No  authorization  voted  by  the  last  at  strengthening  US  alliances  men  on  board  and  only two  water­ ice  cream  aboard.  It  seems  that  Congress.  Earlier  in  the  year,  a  abroad  by  use  of  food  surplus  as  melons  to  diwy  the  ice  cream  was  put  aboard  at  special  study  recommended  that  a foreign  policy weapon.  tip  among  them?  Houston  but the  reefer boxes  went  the program, which  had been  oper­ The other  proposal calls for con­ That  was  the  dead  and  all of  the cream  melted.  ating  on  a  year­to­year  basis,  be  tinuation  of  the  present  program  quandary  facing  By this time  it was Saturday after­ put on  a long­range  schedule in  an  on  a  one­year  basis  with  alloca­ the  galley  gang  noon  of  sailing  day  and  the stew­ effort  to  get  rid  of  the  mounting  tion  of  another  $1.5  billion  worth  on  the  Petro­ ard  was  unable  to  get  action  on  pile  of  Government­owned  farm  of  crops. This  proposal seems  like­ Chem  (Valentine)  replacements.  As  a  result  the  surplus.  ly  to  go  through  while  the  Hum­ where  It  was  ship's  minutes  noted  that  "Ice  phrey  proposal Is  debated.  Amendment  Offered  cited  as  an  ex­ cream Is  to be  procured in  Rotter­ However, an  amendment  offered  Several  related  bills  are  In  the  ample  of  the  dam."  in  the  Senate  by  Republican  Sen­ House  of  Representatives  with  one  steward's  diffi­ Biil Mitcheli, ship's  delegate, re­ ate leader  Everett  Dirksen, calling  calling  for  expansion  of  a  pro­ Hoggie  culties  in  obtain­ signed  after  spreading  the  bad  for  a  three­year  program,  was  de­ gram  whereby  farm  surplus  is  AFL­CIO  marine  engineers  on  ing proper stores.  "But It was  also  news  about  the ice  cream,  but  the  feated  in  the  general  debate  on  swapped for foreign­produced  stra­ the  Great  Lakes are  making  addi­ brought  out,"  the  report  noted,  gang  gave  him  a  vote  of  thanks  farm legislation.  tegic  minerals.  In  addition  to  the  tional Job  security the  top demand  "that  the  steward  feede  very  well  anyway.  At  present,  there  are  two  pro­ straight  sales  of  such  surplus.  in  their  current  contract  negotia­ with  what  he  has,"  He  must  have  The  House  is  also  discussing  a  tions  with  Lakes  shipping  com­ divided  those  watermelons  with  Government  "food  for  peace"  pro­ panies.  finesse.  The  steward  who  rated  posal  which  would  Include  out­ The engineers  will  also  push  for  this  pat  on  the  back  was  John  right  gifts  of  surplus  foods  to  improved  working  conditions  and  Boggle.  Delegates on  the ship  are  foreign  nations.  welfare  and  pension  protection,  Richard  B.  Jones,  ship's  delegate;  Another Government program up­ says  Great  Lakes  Local 101  of  the  J. E. Townsend, deck;  F. LeBorde,  on which  shipping depends heavily,  Marine  Engineers  Beneficial  Asso­ engine  and  Julian  Dedicatoria,  foreign  aid,  has  been  cut  back  ciation.  steward.  heavily  in  the  Senate.  The  upper  The 1,100­man local  was recently  house  voted  to  slice  military  aid  created after  merger of  MEBA and  tit  NEW BEDFORD,  Mass.—In their first  election imder  their  $300  million  from  the ^$1.6  billion  the Brotherhood  of  Marine Engine­ "Handle  with  care"  is  the  word  on  the foc'sle  fans aboard  the Sea­ new  constitution,  the  New  Bedford  Fishermen's  Union  has  proposed  and  cut  another  $83.5  ers, with Ray McKay  as its  pro­tem  president.  star.  It  seems  there  are  no  spare  elected Howard W. Nickerson, secretary­treasurer and Robert  The Seaway,  the engineers  point  parts  and  consequently  everybody  Swain and George Edwards as  out,  has  thrown  open  the  gates  to  aboard  is  urged  not  to (burden  the  the foreign flags and many of  these  fan  motors with  unnecessary labor.  delegates.  are  now  competing  with  US  ships  Delegate J. Kearney is hoping that  With five  candidates in  the  even  in  the  bulk  trades,  on  which  they last  all trip  and  give him  one  field,  Nickerson  received 366  votes  most  American  seamen  on  the  less  beef  to  turn  in.  out of  a total of  609 cast. His  near­ Lakes  depend  for  their  employ­ t  t  t  est rival  was  Edward P.  Patenauda  NEW  ORLEANS—Port  Agent  ment.  Thus,  the  matter  of  job  Want  to  keep  in  trim?  It's sim­ who  received  303 votes.  Nickerson  Lindsey Williams reports that ship­ security  has  become  a  primary  ple, according to William Magnard,  had been an interim delegate In the  ping was very  good  during the last  concern.  recording  secretary  on  the  Steel  reorganization  period.  report  period,  but  the  outlook  for  Faced  with  the  same  situation,  Designer.  When  asked  for  sug­ Swain and  Edwards ran one,  two  the next two  weeks is uncertain  as  the  SIU  Great  Lakes  District  on  gestions  at  a  recent  shipboard  for  the open  delegates'  posts  in  a  only four ships are due  in for  pay­ June  26  negotiated  an  agreement  meeting, Magnard, in the.true tone  field  of  ten  candidates.  off and one of  these, the Del Monte,  with 14 of  its contracted companies  o'f  a physical culturlst, said, "a sea­ Is  slated  to  go  into  temporary  which  provides  an  iron­clad  pro­ The  fishermen's  election  was  man  should  touch  the  toes  of  his  under the  provisions of  a constitu­ lay­up.  gram  of  job  security  and  seniority  shoes  every  morning  at  least  tion  adopted  in  February  by  a 14  ,  On  the  brighter  side  of  the  pic­ protection  for  its  unlicensed  sea­ twenty  times.  to  1  majority.  The  constitution  ture is  the crewing  of  the MV  Del  men.  "Then,"  he  concluded,  "he  established the group as an autono­ Oro  and  the  SS  Penn  Vanguard.  The engineers' local said it would  should  put  on  his  shoes  and  turn  mous  union of  fishermen affiliated  These  ships  have  been  in  tempo­ press vigorously  to obtain  an effec­ to." End  of  exercise.  directly with the Atlantic and  Gulf  rary lay­up.  tive seniority  clause, to  extend  the  District  but  retaining  control  over  ^  Paying  off  during  the  last  re­ union  shop  provision  throughout  The  last  meeting  aboard  the  SS  its own  membership  and  finances,  port  period  were  the  Alcoa  Part­ its  contracts,  and  to  establish  a  Howard  Nickerson,  delegot*  ner (Alcoa); Del Oro, Del Aires and  preferential  hiring  program  for  all  Almena  was  called  a  "good  show"  and  electing  its  own  officers.  according  to  William  Souder,  Following the certification of  the  of  New  Bedford  fishermen,  Del  Norte  (Mississippi);  Alice  job  openings.  meeting  chairman.  In  addition  to  month­long  secret  ballot  election,  shown  of  SIU  of  NA  conven­ Brown  (Bloomfleld);  Hastings  The operators, the local said, will  handling  the  regular  business  and  Nickerson  wrote  to  SIU  Secretary  tion  in  Montreal.  (Waterman); Penn  Vanguard (Penn  also  be  asked  to  provide  better  reading of  all the reports, the crew  Treasurer  Paul  Hall  thanking  the  Marine),  and  Valiant  Explorer  pensions  for  engineers  as  well  as  also dug  into all of  the old  annoy­ SIU  "for  your  Union's  splendid  taction for  the professional  fisher­ (Ocean Wind).  an  industry­wide  welfare  program.  ing  squabbles  that4iave  been  put  help and  cooperation in  helping us  man  in  New  Bedford."  The Alcoa Partner and Del  Norte  In  negotiating  its  job  security  off.  establish  a  permanent  autonomous  Although the union now  has con­ signed  on,  as  did  the  Margarett  program, the SIU  Great Lakes  Dis­ One  member  reported  about  the  organization  of  fishermen  in  New  cluded  its  first  election  and  has  Brown  (Bloomfleld);  Steel  Sea­ trict  also  signed  the  14  operators  galley  range,  and  then  the  hot­ Bedford.  permanent  officers  and  full  au­ farer  (Isthmian);  Antinous  and  De  to  the Great  Lakes  Seamen's  Wel­ water  heater  and finally  it  turned  "Not  one  of  uk  here  can  ever  tonomy,  Nickerson  wrote,  "SIU.  Soto  (Waterman),  and  Rebecca  fare  Plan.  into a "general  overall verbal clam  hope  to repay  the SIU  for its gen­ representatives  have  remained  on  (Intercontinental).  The engineers'  present  (johtracts  bake."  However  now  that  all  of  uine  assistance and support  in  our  call  at  all  times  to  assist  in  any  In transit were the Alcoa  Ranger,  with  bulk  carrier  operators  wer#  the  beefs  have  been  reviewed,  time  of  need . . . Now on  our own  way  possible  in  settling  problems  Corsair,  Pioneer,  Roamer  and  slated  to  expire  at  midnight,  July  Souder  noted,  they  will  remain  feet... we recognize that we could  which  may  develop  because  of  the  Cavalier (Alcoa); Seatrains Georgia  15,  but have  been extended  subject  aboard  and  will  not  come  out  in  never have  come as far as we  have  newness  of  our organization.  •  and  Louisiana  (Seatrain);  Del  to  30­days'  notice  of  cancellation.  the .first  ginmill  ashore.  without the moral and physical sup­ "All of  these significant  changes  Campo and Del  Norte (Mississippi);  The  extensions  cover  the  Pitts­ port  of  the SIU behind  us... .  t  4"  represent an  outstanding contribu­ Margarett  Brown  (Bloomfleld);  burgh,  Bethlehem,  Brown,  Tom­ "Manana" may  be a  nice leisure­ "The result is that today we have  tion  to  the  welfare  and  security  Steel Navigator, Steel Seafarer and  linson.  International  Harvester,  ly  way  to  live,  but  it  caused  the  the  finest  contracts  and  benefits  of  New Bedford  Fishermen. I know  Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Kathryn,­ Midland, Ore Navigation, McCarthy  frew  of  the  John  B. Waterman  no  in  the industry  . . . Our  members  I  speak  for  all  of  our  members  Carolyn  and  Beatrice  (Bull);  Anti­ and  Browning  lines.  end  of  trouble  recently.  They  re­ and  their  families  are  fully  pro­ when  I  say  we  could  not  have  nous, Monarch of  the Seas,,De Soto  ported  that  one  of  the  members  tected  ... by  a  no­cost  Welfare  achieved  all  this  without  the will­ and Claiborne (Waterman); Raphael  of  the  black  gang  was  taken  ill  Plan  . . ,  We  have  a  constitution  ing and  able assistance  of  the  SIU  Semmes  and  Gateway  City  (Pan­ Sign Name On  and  the  ship  rushed  him  to  the  guaranteeing  full  trade  union  and its representatives who worked  Atlantic),  and  Ames  Victory  (Vic­ nearest  port,  which  happened  to  rights  to all  our  members ..  .'  long, hard  hours to help  our small  tory carriers).  LOG Letters  be  Salinas,  Mexico.  They dropped  "Of  primary  importance  to  our  organization" get  set  up  on  its  own  For  obvious  reasons the  LOG  the  hook  at  7  PM  in  the  evening,  members," Nickerson noted, "is the  feet."  cannot  print  any  letters  or  but  had  to  wait  until  9  AM  the  Job  security  protection  which  has  The  New  Bedford  Union  has ap­ other  communications  sent  in  following  morning  before  medical  been  established  on  their  behalf,  proximately 1,100  members  in  the  by  Seafarers  unless  the  author  attention  could  be  gotten  ashore^  thereby  dispensing  with  the  loose,  fishing and scallop­dragging  indus­ signs  his  name.  Unsigned  Salinas, it seems,  is no place to gef  unwritten  procedures  of  the  past.  try  out  of  the  Massachusetts  port.  anonymous  letters  will  only  sick  in  after five  o'clock  in  the  We  are  also  working  out  m  even  Under  the  terms  of  the  Union's  wind  up  in  the  waste­basket.  bvening,  If  circumstances  justify,  the  more  detailed,  iron­clad  seniority  constitution,  the  current  officers  hiring ^procedure  to  be  incorpo­ will hold  office until December 31,  LOG  will  withhold  a  signature  : t The  Lucile  Bloomfleld  headed  rated  in  our  contracts  in  the  near  1960,  with  elections  to  be  held  at  on  request.  to  Hotterdjim  on  a  mournful  note  future. This will mean further pro­ two  year intervals.  ¥  SlU SHIPS AT SEA  MEBA  To  Seek Lakes  Job Security  Fishermen Elect Officers;  Hail SlU 'Splendid Help'  I  J  New Orleans  Expects Slack  ^ I  '  ­K  I  \\  ­al  Ttll  it  to  tilt  1,05!  a,  %  J  M  �rve Bu SEAFARERS  LOG  British Firm Selling  RB 'Strike Benefit'  Ready For  Long Vacation  The nation's  railroads are  setting up  a  gigantic "strike  in­ surance"  program  to  fight  demands  for  new  contracts  by  the rail brotherhoods.  The strike insurance plan provides for  pooling  industry funds  in  the  event  major  railroads  are  to  various  funds  and  all  costs  of  the railroad's supervisory  forces.  struck.  Under  the insurance  program, a  Each  participating  railroad  will  struck  railroad  could  collect  as  pay  premiums  which  wUl  depend  much as $600,000  a day in  benefits.  on the frequency of strikes and will  The  insurance  policy  is  being  un­ be  required  to  make  an Initial  de­ derwritten  by  a  British  insurance  posit  amounting  for  the  Industry  concern  in  the  Bahamas  which" is  to  some  $6  million.  The  railroads  supposedly  associated  with  Lloyds  will also  pay an  estimated $150,000  a  year  to  the  Insurance  company  of  London.  which  will  go  for  administrative  Pays  Fixed  Charges  costs.  The  policy  says  that  a  railroad  All  these  details  were  revealed  would  be  covered  for  all  its fixed  in  the  July  13  issue  of  the  "WaU  overhead  charges  during  a  strike,  Street  Journal"  in  a  lead  story  such  as  property  taxes,  pensions,  which  commented,  "The  railroads  Interest  on  borrowings,  payments  have  endeavored  to  keep  the  in­ surance  plan  secret.  The  blue­ jacketed, eight­page policies mailed  Patrolman  Jeff  Gillette  (left)  presents  $441.25  vacation  payment  to Seafarer  Troy Savage  at headquarters.  Check  covered vaca­ to some  300  roads which  are mem­ tion  benefits  for  505  days,  from  Feb.  1958  to  June  1959,  for  bers  of  the  Association  of  Ameri­ service  on  one  SlU  ibip.  can  Railroads,  are  stamped  'con­ fidential.'  A  memo  that  preceded  BALTIMORE—The  hall here has  mailing  of  the  new  policies  in­ been  put  back  into  shape,  reports  structed  rail officials  how  to  brush  Port  Agent  Earl  Sheppard,  with  newsmen  off  with  a  few  general  completion  of  repairs  to  the  roof  statements  about  the  plan,  in  case  and  other  repairs  and  painting.  they learned  of  it."  Shipping has  continued fair  with  The  insurance  program  is  not  a  large  number  of  C  men  shipped  in  effect  ydt.  It  will  become  so  and  few  takers  for  the  Ore  boats.  when  railroads  accounting  for  at  The  Cabins,  undergoing  rebuild­ least  65  percent  of  the  industry's  the age of 17, Raymond Munna, son of  Seafarer Leonard  ing,  may  be  ready  for  crewing  business  have  signed  up.  And  the  claims  will  not  be  paid  when  a  around  August  1,  but  so  far  no  Munna,  is  set  to  embark  on  a  career  in  the  new  "glamour  dates  have  been  set  for  crewing  strike  becomes  so  widespread  as  field," physics, with the help of his Andrew Furuseth Scholar­ the  Valiant  Freedom  and  Shinne­ to  affect  more  than  half  the  in­ dustry.  However,  the  industry  is  ship  Award.  cock  Bay.  prove  his  thinking.  Loyola,  he  Sheppard  urges  all  men  who  confident  that  the  railroads  will  Munna  has  been  accepted  says, is a school which "investigates  have  not  had  recent  physical  sign  up.  at  the  college  of  his  choice,  the  past, extends the  present  hori­ check­ups  to  get  them—also  to  Other  industries  which  have  set  Loyola  University of  New Orleaqs,  zons  of  knowledge  and,  most  im­ send  their wives  and children,  now  up  strike  insurance  programs  are  and  will  begin  studying  there  this  portant of  all, teaches  one to  think  the  American  Newspaper  Pub­ September.  The  that  school  is  out.  clearly."  Paying  off  here  during  the  last  lishers  Association  and  the  na­ SIU  scholarship  Not  wasting  any  time  planning  report  period  were  the  Emilia,  tion's  major  airlines.  The  airlines  will  help  cover  ahead, Munna hopes to go  to school  Mae,  Jean  and  Edith  (Bull);  Beth­ recently  shared  revenues  in  the  tuition, books and  summers for extra credits, provided  coaster  (Calmar), and  Feltore, San­ course  of  strikes.  the  demands  of  ROTO  don't  con­ other expenses. A  tore, Marore and  Oremar (Marven).  flict.  student who often  The  four  Ore  ships  signed  on,  delved  into  sub­ Raymond's  high  school  grades  as did  the Alcoa  Polaris.  jects deeper  than  were  outstanding,  seldom  dipping  In  transit  were  the  Oremar,  the  courses  re­ below  90  in  any  subject,  and  he  Cubore, Chilore,  and Baltore (Mar­ quired  while  hopes  to  maintain  an  equally­dis­ ven);  Bethcoaster  and  Marymar  studying  at  Cor  tinguished  score  in  his  college  (Calmar);  Alcoa  Patriot  (Alcoa);  Jesu High School  Munna  studies.  CS  Norfolk  (Cities  Service);  and  In  New  Orleans,  Munna  believes  Raymond's father, Leonard Mun­ that  Loyola  is the  type  of  univer­ na, Sr., has been an SIU man since  Steel  Seafarer,  Steel  Traveler,  sity where  he can  find  the  proper  1942.  He is a  chief  steward  and  is  Steel  Scientist,  Steel  Admiral  and  stimuli  to  study  and  to  im­ presently on  the Del Campo.  Steel  Navightor  (Isthmian).  Bait.  Gets  An Overhaul  Scholarship Goal:  Career In Physics  a- i:;^'  lal7 17. Ura  PacfficSIUi  Plans Clinic  In 'Frisco  SAN  FRANCISCO  ^ Member  unions  of  the  SIU  Pacific  District  are now  working  out  plans for  the  establishment  of  a  Pacific  District  medical clinic in this city.  The reg­ ular meetings  of  the Sailors Union  of  the  Pacific,  Marine  Firemen's  Union  and  Marine  Cooks  and  Stewards Union  have approved  the  proposal  and  a  Joint  committee  is  now  working  out  the  details.  The  clinic,  and  subsequent  ones  la  other  West  Coast  ports, are  be­ ing financed  by  a five­cent  daily  contribution  made by  the operators  for each crewmember.  The  >  proposed  ^  clinics  would  provide free examination and diag­ nostic  services  for  members  of  West Coast  SIU affiliates and  their  families,  similar  to  the  facilities  available  to  Seafarers  on  the  At­ lantic  and  Gulf  Coasts.  As  In  the SIU  A&G clinics,  sea­ men  found  to  be  in  need  of  treat­ ment will  be referred  to the Public  Health Service hospitals, and mem­ bers  of  their  families  to  family  physicians.  Pick Up 'Shot'  Card At Payoff  Seafarers who  nave  taken  the  series  of  tnoculations  required  for  certain  foreign  voyages  are  reminded  to  be  sure  to  pick  up  their Inoculation  cards from  the  captain or  the purser  when  they  pay  off  at  the end  of  a  voyage.  The card  should  be picked  up  by the Seafarer and  held  so that  It  can  be  presented  when  sign­ ing  on  for another voyage where  the  "shots"  are  required.  The  inoculation  card  Is  your  only  proof  of  having  taken  the  re­ quired  shots.  Those  men  who forget to  pick  up  their  inoculation  card  when  they  pay  off  may find  that  they  are  required  to  take  all  the­ "shots"  again  when  they  want  to sign  on  tor another such voy­ age.  Make It Skid­Proof!  '  r­.'  fe­.::  |:iA- y  t ( t­ On the  market  for  iise  on ships*  decks  Is  a  "skld­proojF"  point  which,  when  applied, makes It relatively difficult to  slip on  the  deck.  But  even if  you do not  have  such  a. paint  on  board,  there  are  various  ways  to  treat  ordinary  paints  to  make  them  sllp­resistant.  One  easy  system  Is  to  sift  sand  Into  the  wet  paint  after It has  been  applied  to  the  deck.  When  the  paint  dries,  the  sand  helps  form  a gritty  surface  which  gives  better  footing  than  a smooth  deck  would.  J,'  .­.vs  Of course,  it Is also important  to  keep  decks  dry  whenever  humanly^  possible, and  free  of  oil or  grease  drippings.  I  ;  (S'l  K  • ^  �Mr 11,  1959  Palis Serea  SEAFARERS  lOG  Add  Firemen^ AB  Courses  To Union Training  Program  Urer's Guide To  Better Buying  Having been singularly  successful in its  training of  lifeboatmen, the  SIU Training  Pro­ gram  in New  York  has now  expanded  to  include ABs and firemen as well.  Ten ABs have  already taken  the course at the  school down  at the Bull Line pier  and have passed the Coast  Guard  examination  for  an  Keeping The Family Buggy Going  American  families  are  riding  their  cars  harder  and  longer.  Today  AB's  ticket.  The  ten success­ the  average  car  is  12'/i  years  old  and  has  gone  110,000  miles  before  ful ABs  are  in  addition  to  75  By  Sidney  Margolim  It's scrapped, says  the  Automobile  Manufacturers  Association.  In  1925,  who  have  successfully  the average  vehicle hit  the  scrap  heap  when  it  was  only  6^ years  old  Seafarers  passed  their  Ufeboatmen's  exam­ with  just  under  26,000  miles  on  the  speedometer.  ination since  the school  got under­ That's  testimony  to  (1)  the  fact  that  modem  cars  actuaHy  do  last  way  in  May.  longer,  and  (2)  they've  gone  up  so  much  in  price—42  percent  since  To  provide  for  the  additional  1951—that  as  far  as  many  families  are  concerned,  they'd  better  last  training,  Artie  Harrington  is  as­ longer.  sisting  Pete  Drews  as  instructor.  There's  no doubt  that  people  are  spending  heavy  money  on  keeping  The program  for firemen will in­ their  cars  in  operating  condition.  One  authority  says  the  average  volve  use  of  Bull  Line  ships  in  owner  now  spends  $587  a  year  on  car  and  repair.  This  sounds  very  candidates  with  high,  but  parts  especially  have  become  expensive.  A  repair  specialist  port, to familiarize  the  duties  of  the  firemen  under  reports that  parts now  cost about  three  times more  than  ten years ago.  actual  operating  conditions  in  the  Even  ordinary  ignition  points  which  used  to  cost  65  cents  a  set  now  engine  room,  as  well  as  classroom  cost  $1.65,  he  says.  instruction.  One  way car owners hold  on  to their vehicles  is by  replacing  motors  As  a  result  of  the  program,  well  and  transmissions  with  rebuiits.  The  idea  of  trading  a  motor  instead  over  half  the  candidates for  Coast  of  the  whole  car,  if  the  body  and  chassis  are  in  good  condition,  is  Guard  tests  in  the  New  York  area  logical  enough.  But  the  incidence  of  misleading  advertising  in  this  are  coming  out  of  the  SIU  school  business  makes  it  advisable  to  shop  with  care  and  knowledge.  and  they  are  scoring  a  far  higher  There  are  many  reputable  motor  and  transmission  exchange  shops  percentage  of  successes  than  men  performing  a  valuable service,  but  a  few  cause  continual  complaints,  taking  the  Coast  Guard  test  from  the  St.  Louis  Better  Business  other  sources.  SIU  applicants  for  Bureau  reports.  Among  the  com­ lifeboat  tickets  have  been  success­ plaints  are  misleading  ads,  mis­ ful  in  75  of  76  cases.  Total  appli­ quoted  prices,  keeping  cars  longer  cants  for  CG  certificates  in  the  Seafarers C.'Faranfo (left) and P. Roshka  team up to splice  after  promising  one­day  service,  same  period  have  been  145,  of  wire rope  at SlU's  AB iraining  school in  New  rork.  Seafarer H.  and  "10,000­mile  guarantees"  with  whom  53  failed.  B. White looks  on.  no mention of  the  time  limit.  One Year  On Deck  In  Atlanta,  one  rebuilding  shop  Candidates  for  an  AB  ticket  are  working  days,  which  means  that  dry  run  demonstrations  and  class­ Seafarers  who  wish  to  enroll  for  work  on  a  lifeboat  rigged  in  even  was  indicted  by  the  grand  required  by  Coast  Guard  rules  the  courses  do  not  have  a  lengthy  room  jury,  and  the  BBB  there  reports  to  have  at  the  room,  plus  actual  boat  opera­ least  one  year's  dis­ wait  to  get  in.  persistent  complaints  against  a  charges  on  deck  tion  off  the  dock  from  a  second  as  an  ordinary  The  lifeboat  training  includes  lifeboat.  number  of firms.  One  widespread  seaman.  In  addition,  when  they  practice  has  been  to  advertise  prices  as  low  as  $119.50  for  re­ take  their  AB  test  at  the  Coast  buiits.  But  customers  have  com­ Guard,  they  will  be  given  an  eye  plained  that  additional  unauthor­ examination  and  a  test  for  color  ized  work  often  is  done  and  the  perception as  per the  requirements  bills  in  reality  may  run  over  $250.  for  an  AB's  ticket.  Candidates  for  firemen  need  If  you  do  get  into  this  kind  of  six months'  discharges as wipers to  situation,  and  your  local  BBB  qualify for  the  Coast  Guard  exam­ can't.force  the  shop  to  make  an  MOBILE—Although  shipping  in  this  port  was  slow  for  a  adjustment,  your  only  remedy  Is  ination.  training  program  is  geared  to have  a  lawyer file a  civil action,  to The  couple  of  weeks,  the  prospects  for  the  next  two  weeks  ara  handle  ten  to  12  men  at  a  time.  or  make  a  complaint  to your  city's  It  is  usually  completed  in  eight  much brighter, according to Harold Fischer,  Acting Agent.  district  attorney  or  county  grand  jury  for  investigation.  Due  to  hit  the  port  during  Preventive  care  at  the  right  time  can  lengthen  the  life  of  your  motor and  save  large repair and  rebuilding  costs later.  One  authority  the  next  two  weeks  are  the  lists  four  danger  zones  when  an  engine  gives  tell­tale  clues.  If  you  Monarch of  the Seas, De  Soto,  know  these  you  can  provide  the  care  required  at  that  point:  Hastings,  Afoundria,  Claiborne,  FIRST  DANGER  ZONE.  Symptom:  Your  engine  seems to  be  losing  Young  America  and  Jean  LaFitte  pep.  Remedy:  See  if  a  major  tuneup  wilj  revive  it  before  you  try  A  $250,000  gift  has  been  pre­ troduced  by  industry,  suffered  (Waterman); Alcoa's Corsair, Roam­ costlier  remedies.  The  tuneup  includes  cleaning,  adjusting  and  re­ sented by the Hotel  another  severe  blow  with  the  an­ er,  Cavalier,  Ranger,  Pegasus  and  timing  ignition;  cleaning  and  adjusting  carburetor;  and  possibly  valve  Workers  Union  to  and Restaurant  a  medical  re­ nouncement by  Armour &  Co.  that  Pilgrim;  Jefferson  City  Victory  repairs.  search  center  on  children's  ail­ it  plans  to  shut  down  seven  of  its  (Victory  Carriers),  and  Elizabeth  SECOND  DANGER  ZONE.  Symptom:  Engine, begins  to  smoke, and  ments  sponsored  by  Danny  plants  currently  employing  4,500  and  Frances  (Bull).  you  are  using  noticeably  more  oil.  Remedy:  Have  the  compression  Thomas,  television  entertainer.  Of  men.  The  heavy  loss  of  jobs  is  Hitting  port  during the past  two  tested.  At ttis  time  you  may^ be  able  to  save  your  engine  with  com­ the  total,  $50,000  came  from  the  slated  to  be  the  main  subject  of  weeks were  the Jean  LaFitte, Mon­ paratively  minor  repairs.  Including  replacement  of  piston rings,  align­ international  union's  funds,  and  negotiations  between  the  unions  arch  of  the  Seas,  Claiborne,  An­ ment  and  adjustment  of  rods,  reseating  and  refacing  valves,  plus  a  the  remainder  from  fund­raising  and  industry  when  present  three­ tinous  and  Madaket  (Waterman);^  (uneup.  drives by  union members  plus con­ year  contracts  expires this  August.  the  Alcoa  Cavalier,  Roamer,  and  Clipper; Wang Juror  (North Atlan­ .  THIRD  DANGER  ZONE.  Symptom:  Engine  pumps  oil  badly,  you  tributions  by  employers.  4'  4>  3^  tic  Marine);  Kathryn  (Bull),  and  need  to  add  oil  frequently  with  no  sign, it's  merely  leaking  out.  Rem­ The  International  Ladies  Gar­ Steel  Navigator  (Isthmian).  All  3^  4"  it  edy:  You  now  may  require  major  repairs,  including  new  piston  rings  ment  Workers  Union  and  three  The  AFL­CIO  membership  has  other  labor  unions  are  sponsoring  were  in  good  shape.  and pins,  adjustment of  rods, valve  repairs, and  quite possibly, replace­ ment  of  main  bearings  and  rod  bearings.  These  repairs are  costly  but  increased  about  380,000  since  the  housing projects  in Manhattan that  A  lot  of  favorable  comments,  Executive  Council  met  last  Febru­ will  provide  homes for  4,548 fami­ Fischer says, are  being heard  from  can  give  you  thousands  of  additionar miles  of  engine  life.  ary,  Federation  President  George  lies  in  former  slum  areas.  The  the  members  regarding  the  SlU's  FOURTH  DANGER  ZONE.  Symptom:  Your  engine  has  little  power  Meany  declared.  Part  of  the in­ building  program,  and  the  mem­ ILGWU  was recently  given title  to  left, is noisy,  refuses  to  idle  evenly  and  shows other signs  of  destruc­ crease  was  due  to  increased  em­ a  huge  area  on  Manhattan's  West  bers  fdei  that  the  ports  involved  tive  wear.  Now  it  may  need  to  be  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  possibly  $125­ ployment  and  part  to  progress  in  definitely  need  the  new  facilities.  $200,  depending  on  your  modei,  the  condition  of  the  engine  and  local  organizing  campaigns..  The  coun­ Side and  is soon to  begin construc­ They  are  also  In  favor  of  moving  tion  of  a  2,820­unit  development.  the  Savannah  hall  to  Jacksonville.  rates.  cil  also  reported  that  more  than  The  construction  cost  is  $38  mil­ '  Whether  the  engine  is  worth  rebuilding  depends  primarily  on  100  affiliated  unions  increased  Fischer also  reports  that  several  whether  the  cylinder  wall  must  be  rebored.  The  other  alternative  is  their  per  capita  payments  to  the  lion,  of  which  the  union's  pension  of  the  state's  anti­labor  laws  ar«  io exchange  your engine  for a  factory­rebuilt  replacement,  which  may  Federation  in  the first  three  fund  is  supplying  a  $20,000,000  continuing  to  make  organizing dif­ mortgage.  Another  project, on  the  ficult at  the  Alabama  State  Docks.  not  cost  much  more  than  rebuilding.  But  you  need first  to  ascertain  months  of  this  year.  east side, is  being supported  by the  The  . whether the  body  and other  components  are  in  good  enough  condition  most  important  of  these  laWs  Hatters,  Painters  District  Council  is the Solomon  i 4"  3^  warrant  replacing  the  engine,  Act, which  in effect  f  A  good  rebuilt  six­cylinder  engine  costs  in  the  neighborhood  of  The  AFL­CIO's televised  "Amer­ 9  and  the  International  Brother­ prohibits  state  dock  employees  f250­$35(>,  including  installation  and  the  credit  for  your  old  engine.  icans At Work" series  is now  being  hood of  Electrical Workers Local  3.  from  joining a  union  while  on  the  t  4­  4­ Some  shops  do  a  cheaper  job  using  lower­grade  rebuiits.  These  often  presented  coast ­ to ­ coast  and  in  state  dock  payroll.  A  number  of  do  not  include  cylinder  heads,  oil  pans  or  installation  gaskets,  but  Alaska, Hawaii  and Puerto  Rico by  Labor  and  management  in  the  waterfront  unions  are  working  to­ lihould  include rebuilt  oil pumps.  Nor  do. the cheaper rebuiits  have  as  100 television  stations. Local  news­ men's  clothing  industry  in  Phila­ gether  to  eliminate  this  unfair  many  new  or  reconditioned  parts  as  the  better  grade.  Make  sure  the  papers  will  Indicate  the  day  and  delphia  have  joined  to  establish  a  piece of  legislation, and meanwhile  replacement  engine  is  actually  re­manufactured  and  not  just  an  time  of  the  showing.  scholarship  fund  in  memory  of  they  are  planning  to  test  the  law  Overhaul.  Charles Weinstein, vice­president of  in  court.  4  t  t  the Amalgamated Clothing Workers  Meanwhile,  the  Sheet  Metal  1  Many  cQstly  repain  and  replacements  can  be  avoided  if  car owners  practice  careful  maintenance,  especially  changing  oil  frequently  The  Meat  Cutters  and  the  Pack­ and  the  manager  of  the  union's  Workers  have  gone  en  strike  for  ||»nough.  Motorists  who  drive  ponstantly  in  heavY  traffic  may  have  to  inghouse  Workers  Unions,  who  Philadriphia Joint Board,  who died  higher  wages,  and  the  SIU  has  phi^e  oil  every . SOO^l^fiOO.^: miles,  especially  in  the .winter  months'.  have  already  lost  30,000  jobs,  or  earlier  this  year.  The  fund  will  offered  the  use of  its hall  and any  a car in fairly good  condition, it's worth buying at least the middle­ 18  percent  of  their Jabor  force, in  finance college., educations  for  the  other,  assistance  which  might  be  price  grade  of. oil,  called c"MM"<  grade,  which  has.  detergents  and­ the past three years due tb automa­.  children  of  the  woricers  in  the  needed  to  bring  this  strike  to  a  successful  conclusion.  .  ^  chemicals  ad^ed  to  help  keep the  engine.^ dean.  tion  and  speed­up  techniques  in­ men's  clothing  industry.  •  ^  • 3  "  *n  Mobile Unions Plan Test  Of Aia. Anti­Strike Law  lABOR  ROUND­UP  ­­9.  -i A.  �race  Eicht  '  :  July 17, 1959  SEAFARERS  LOG  Alcoa  Ships Press  Safety Campaign  • ATIWAV  CITY  (Pan  Atlantic),  June ai.ACIialniiM#  i. Hawierj Mere­ uiy, V.  Sanehai Jr.  Bepilr  u^ oou*  ylatad.  HoUoB  w  raquait  ratlrament  at  eo  years  wlui  la  years'  aeatima.  Naw  delegate  elected.  PINK  TRADIR  (Pann  shlpplna).  May  17—Chairman,  W.  Browning; Sec­ retary,  H.  Wectphall.  See  Captain  re:  repair*.  No  beef*;  everything  going  amoothly.  New  delegate  elected.  tTEIL  SCIINTIST  (lithmlan),  June  14—Chairman,  A.  KetMn,  Secretary,  P.  Omega.  Held  meeUng  re;  water  condition*.  SlJp'*  fund  SS.  Some  OT  disputed,  dk.  A  eng.  dept.  Everything  going  smoothly  in  stew.  dept.  April  21—Chairman,  A.  KesMn,  Sec­ retary,  P.  Omega.  Delegate  reported  re:  cigarette  deal,  two  cartons  issued  Instead  of  one.  He  was  delegated  to  Urich.  lliBd  • 10J)A­­pald  $R  customs tas.for eisarfttes  to  member  m  imspltaL  No  besff  in  deat  dept.  Few  hnkOY  dispttted.  One  man  hos­ pitalised  ia Nagoya,  Japan.  New  dele­ gate  elected.  Keep  pantry  clean.  Re­ quest  variety  In  menu.  Keep 'feet  off  messroom  Ohalrs.  FLOMAR  (Calmar),  June  22—Chair­ man,  T.  Fralzer;  Secretary,  C.  Clll.  New  delegate  elected.  Some  OT  dis­ puted.  Discussion  on  baker  work,  not  up  to  par.  ARIZFA  (Waterman),  June  21  —  Chairman,  C.  Parker;  Secretary,  J.  Guard.  Steward  taken  off  in  NO  hos­ pitalized  in  St.  Nazaire.  Porthole  screens  to  be  obtained  at  first  port  in  US.  New  delegate  elected.  Fans  in  crew quarters  aft to  be  cleaned. Ques­ tion  re  OT  for  wipers  cleaning  perl­ scope  in  fidley  at  sea  week  days  A  weekends.  Request  more  night  lunch.  Ne\^ machine  roller  required.  COEUR  D'ALENE  VICTORY  (Vic­ tory),  June  21—Chairman,  R.  Landry;  Secretary,  D.  Irvine.  QucsUon  re  pro­ motion  of  wiper.  Insufficient  fruit  In  SF,  also  fruit  juice  and  bread.  Re­ quest  sougeelng  passageway.  Repair  list  not  completed.  One  man  logged  four  times.  Some  OT  disputed.  Beefs  to  be  taken  up  with  patrolmen.  ROBIN  SHERWOOD  (Robin),  June  14—Chairman,  J.  Farrand;  Secretary,  P.  Devlne.  One  man  missed  Ship  In  Trinidad.  Ship's fund  $12.25.  No  beefs.  Some  OT  disputed.  Suggest  not  using  iaundry  after  9  PM.  and  before  8  AM.  New  refrigerator  obtained  for  crew  pantry.  Copl.  George  Taylor  (top)  presents $250 safety  award to  Seafarers aboard  Alcoa Cor­ sair.  SlU  delegates  were  not  identified.  Photo  by  Daniel  Marine,  ship's  dele­ gate.  In  photo  at right  Ma­ riano  Vega, OS,  proudly  dis­ plays  safety  record  made  by  crew  of  Alcoa  Roamer.  buy spare  parts for  damaged  washing  machine,  and  according  to  report  $10.80 was  expended including  transp..  ete.  Ship's  fund  SS.  Everything  going  amoothly in  dk. A  eng. dept.  One  man  hospitalised  at  Salgen  from  stwd.  dept.  Contribution  of  $1  was  asked  from  crewmemhera  to he  coUected  at  Halifax  to  cover  expenses.­ Lk. Charles  Short  Men  LAKE CHARLES—Stripping lield  !?,;>*•   1;^  m  p;­­ ]•   li''.  i'  i,  I'  h>'­:  up  vei­y  well  in  this  port  during  the past  two weeks with  more men  being  shipped­  than  were  regis­ tered. Port Agent  Leroy Clarke  re­ ported  that  the only  trouble in  the  port  was  getting  men  to  take  the  jobs.  No  ships  paid  off  during  the  period.  One, the  Del Campo  (Mis­ sissippi)  signed  on  and  seven  were in  transit. They  were  the  CS  Baltimore,  CS  Norfolk,  CS  Miami,  Winter  Hill,  Chiwawa  (twice)  and  NEW  YORK—The  usual heavy  summertime  turnover  plus  the  Bents  Fort,  all  Cities  Service.  the crewing  up of  the SS Suzanne  accounted  for  brisk ship­ The  coming  gubernatorial  race  ping in this port during the two weeks ending July 8.  A total  Is  beginning  to  attract  attention,  Clarke reports, with  the man in  the  of  337  men  took  berths  as 19  is  as  specified  in  the  SIU  agree­ headlines.  Earl  Long,  up  for  his  ships paid off, three signed on  fourth  term.  Five  others  have  an­ foreign and 21 were in transit.  ment.  nounced  their  intention  to  run,  The  top­notch  shipping  in  the  Ships  paying  off  in  the  port  in­ the  Alcoa  Patriot  and  Al­ and  there will  probably  be another  port  has  resulted  in  many  jobs  cluded  coa  Pennant  (Alcoa);  Atlantic  half  dozen  before  the  September  hanging  on  the  shipping  board  to  (Banner); Steel Admiral, Steel Tra­ 15  filing  deadline.  The  right­to­ the  point  that  they  have  been  veler,  Steel  Scientist  (Isthmian);  work  question  will  probably  be  a  taken  by  new  registrants  in  the  pcean Evelyn  (Ocean Trans.); John  major  i.ssue  in  this race,  and  labor  clas,s  C  group.  Bill  Hall,  assistant  B.  Waterman  (Waterman);  Robin  Is  waiting  for  commitments  by  the  secretary­treasurer,  noted  that  the  Trent  and  Robin  Gray  (Robin);  candidates  before  making  its  class  B  men  who  have  been  pass­ Coeur  D'Alene  Victory  (Victory  choice.  ing  up  these  jobs  will  face  com­ Carriers);  Louisiana,  petition  in  the  future  should  the  Texas  and  Seatrains  Savannah  (Seatrain);  newcomers  accumulate  sufficient  City  (Pan  Atlantic);  Eliz­ Tanker Crew­Up  seniority over  a two­year  period to  Gateway  abeth  and  Frances  (Bull);  the  Hel­ Boosts Savannah  attain  "B"  status.  en  (Olympic),  and  the  Mermaid  Money  Due  SAVANNAH  —•   Shipping  here  (Metro).  ­ was  good  during  the  last  report  Also  hanging  on  the  board,  so  Sign­ons  were  the  Robin  Lock­ period,  with  31  men  dispatched  in  to  speak,  has  been  money  due  sley  and  Robin  Gray  (Robin)  and  all  departments,  says  Port  Agent  crewmembers  of  the  Valchera  and  the  Suzanne  (Bull).  In­transits  in­ William  Morris.  The  Council  two  other  tankers,  the/ Arickaree  cluded  the  Bienville,  Azalea  City,  Grove  (Cities  Service)  took  a  full  and  the  Stony  Point.  In  the  Val­ Beauregard,  Raphael Semmes  and  crew  and  the  Wang  Archer  (North  chem's  case,  a  number  of  crew­ Fairland  (Pan  Atlantic);  Seatrains  Atlantic Marine)  should take a  full  members  who  lost  thfcir  gear  when  New  Jersey,  New  York  and  Geor­ crew around  the end  of  this month.  the  ship  collided  with  the  Santa  gia (Seatrain);  Steel Admiral, Steel  The  Wang  Archer  is  still in  Jack­ Rosa  have  $300  coming  to  them  Seafarer  and  Steel  Director  (Isth­ aonville,  as  is  the  Wang  Dis­ as  per  the  SIU  contract,  but  have  mian);  the  Jean  and  Emila  (Bull);  patcher.  not  yet  come  to  headquarters  to  Cities  Service  Miami  and  Cities  In  transit  during  the  period  sign  the  necessary  papers.  Money  Service  Baltimore  (CS);  Alcoa  Pi­ were  the Fairland  and  Azalea City  is  also  due on  the  two  other  tank­ oneer  (Alcoa);. Marymar .(Calmar);  (Pan­Atlantic);  Steel  Seafarer,  ers  because  they  transferred  for­ Wacosta  v Waterman),  and  the  Pa­ Steel Navigator  and Steel  Traveler  eign  20  to  22  days  after  signing  cific  Navigator  (Compass).  (Isthmian),  and  Seatrains  Georgia,  articles,  forcing  the  crew  to  leave  New  York  and  Louisiana  (Sea­ the ships before  the month  was up.  Union Has  train).  Consequently,  some  of  these  men  are entitled  to additional  pay,  Cable Address  three weeks  to  be  exact, which  the  Seafarers  overseas  who "want  Union  obtained  in  a  settlement  to  get  in  touch  headquar­ with  the  company  for  transferring  ters  in  a  hurry with  can  so  by  the  ship  while  it  was  on. articles.  cabling  the  Uniom at do  Its  cable  Some seven  or  eight crewmembers  r­d'iress,  SEAFARERS  NEW  are  involved  and  should  contact  YORK.  headquarters on  this  matter.  Use of  this address will assure  Hall again  noted  the importance  peedy  transmission un  all  mes­ of  crewmembers  submitting  over­ sages and  faster  service for  the  time  to  their  department  head  men  lnv'»lved.  within  72  hours  of  the  work.  This  Heavy Summer Turnover  Makes NY  Shipping Hot  HATRAIN  LOUISIANA  (Seatrain),  June  22—Chairman,  J.  Collins;  Secre­ tary,  F.  Ryder.  One  man  missed  ship  in­NO.  Ship's  fund  $40.01.  Two  men  getting  off  in  Savannah.  Gear  to  he  sent  ashore  in  Edgewater.  NJ.  Some  OT  disputed.  See  about  air  condition­ ing in  messhaU  and  painting  of  heads  and  showers.  Discussion  re—vegetable  situation.  Use  side  dishes  for  watery  vegetables.  SEAFAIR  (Colonial),  April  *—Chair­ man,  F.  Hicks,  Jr.  Secretary,  J.  Cal­ houn, Jr.  New delegate  elected. Every­ thing  running  Smoothly  in  dk.  A  engine  Dept.  Few hrs.  disputed  OT in  steward  dept.  See  capt.  re;  draw  at  Ceuta.  Request  painting  deck  A  stew­ ard depts.  Chief  engineer check  galley  stack  A  clean  exhaust  fan.  June  21—Chairman  F.  Hicks,  Jr.  Secy.,  J.  Calheun.  A  few  hours  OT  disputed.  Paying  off  in  Norfolk.  Mo­ tion  that  patrolman  see  captain  re;  having  sufficient  American  money  aboard  next  voyage  to  give  out  draw  in  foreign  ports.  Checked  repair  list  before  arrivaL  SEATRAIN  TEXAS  (Seatrain),  June  IS—Chairman,  .J.  Rawlins;  Secy.,  S.  Karlak.  One  man  missed  ship.  Lodg­ ing  for  men  on  starboard  aide,  sand­ blasting Texas  City,  also  delayed  sail­ ing  for  aU  hands  off  watch.  Request  Seatrain' agreements  and  OT  sheets.  Ship's fund S13.  No beefs.  Few hours  OT  disputed,  delayed  sailing.  New  delegate  elected.  Discussion  on  "burners"  working  while  unloading  oil  cargo..  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for'prepaiwtibn  and  serving  of  meals,  aiso'  to  cardackman  for  keep­ ing  TV  serviced  and  repaired.  Re­,  quest  cots  and  linen  be  left  out­  on  deck  overnight.  Complaint  on  sour  milk  from  Texas  City  to  be  handled  by  steward  through  company.  PENN  EXPLORER  (Fenn  Shipping),  June  21—Chairman,  D.  Disel;  Secre­ tary,  C,  Mazuk.  Most  repairs  done­ few  to  be  taken  care  of.  Steward  elected  treasurer;  No  beefs.  Request  ringer  on  washing  machine  be  re­ paired.  Launch  service  discussed.  TIMBER  HITCH  (Suwannee),  Jung  28—Chairman,  W.  Newsom;  Secrstary,  D.  Gibson.  Ship's  fund  S18.55.  One  short  in  steward  dept.  Some  OT  dis­ puted  in eng.  dept.  Vote  of  thanks  to  man  short  in  eng.  dept.;  three  meq  steward  dept.  for  excellent  Improve­ ment  in  food  and  service.  Vote  of  thanks to  delegate, who  is leaving,  for  job  well  done.  Clarification  requested  by  wire  from  hq.  re  number  of  men  short,  length  of  time  required  for  re­ placements  to  arrive  after  requesting  replacement.  ELIZABETH  (Bull),  June  28—Chair'  man,  C.  Cowl;  Secretary,  H.  Kauf­ man.  Two  men paid  off  at  PR.  Purser  requests  clinic  cards  at  payoff.  See  patrolman  re  change  of  Isrzg  of  cigarettes  A  draws.  STEEL  ADMIRAL  (lithmlan),  Jung  21—Chairman,  M.  Burns;  Secretary,  R.  Hunt.  Pleased  with  cooperation  of  crew,  especially  steward  dept.  Menus  up  to  par  and  everything satisfactory.  Repair  list  submitted.  Ship's  fund  $22.63.  Few  hrs.  OT  disputed.  One  man  missed  ship In  Subic  Bay: rejoin­ ed  in  Manila.  Situation  of  domestio  water  tanks  to  be  referred  to  patrol­ men.  'Washing  machine  to  be  sent  ashore, and  spare  parts  to  be  kept  In  stock.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.,  especially  to  cooks.  Box  for  crew  mail  to  be  Installed  in messhalL  SANTORR  (Marven),  June 21—Chair­ man,  H.  Gasklll;  Secretary,  D.  Mur­ phy.  Ship's  fund  $4.73.  To  try  and  have  s  watch  to  foc'sle.  One  man  short.  Request  cooler  bo  repaired,  water  hot.  FELTORR  (Marven),  June  2»—Chain­ man,  Clymar;  Secretary,  O'Neill.  Five  men  missed  ship.  No  beefs.  MARYMAR  (Celmsr),  May  10—  Chairman,  O.  Walter;  Secretary,  I.  Johnston.  Motion  made  to  table  elect­ ing­ delegate until  beef  on  deck  taken  care  of  by  boarding  patrolman  in San  Francisco. Repair  lists to  be given  out  CHIWAWA  (Cities  Service),  June  21  and  turned  In  before  reaching  Pan­ —Chairman,  R.  Manuel;  Secy.,  E.  ama  Canal  eastbound.  Discussion  on  Wright.  Request  fumigation  jtl  ship  galley  range  motor  interferfing  with  for  roaches.  Disputed  OT  (eng.  dept.)  radio  reception.  One  minute  silence  Request  screen  doors  for  messhall.  for  departed  brothers.  June  10—Chairman,  G.  Walter;  Sse­ Discussion  re  coke  machine  and  retary,  F.  Beyn*.  Some  OT 'disputed.  menus.  No  beef*.  Discussion  re  broken  lad­ MAXTON  (Oceanic  Fetreleum).  June  ders  and  more  night  lunch.  Make  up  1—Chairman,  C.  Todora;  Secy.,  R...  repair  lists.  Perry.  No  beefs.  New  delegate  elect­ ALICH  BROWN  (Bloomflald),  June  ed.  Request  mere  night  lunch.  See  V.  Frtdariksan;  Sacre­ about  sfereens  for  portholes  and  27—Chairman,  fary,  R.  McNeil.  Request  paint.  Ship'a  screen  doors..  fund  $24.  Few  hrs.  OT  disputed,  no  One  man  requests  getting  off  ORION  CLIFFER  (Colonlsl),  June  4  beefs.  ship  in  NO.  Suggest  list  be  made  up  —Chairmen,  ­J.  Themai;  Sacy.,  R.  for  bad  mattresses  and  pillows.  Re­ Barker.  Beef  on stores.  One  man hos­ quest  fumigation  of  ship  for  roaches.  pitalized  at  Balrein  Island.  Crew  re­ Vote  of  thanka  to  steward  dept.  for  quested  to  clean  their  foc'sle  before  food  and  service.  paying  off.  Ship's  fund  S12.44  to  be  given  to  March  of  Dimes,  Three  men  BARBARA FRITCHIE  (Liberty  Nay.),  short.  Some  disputed  OT.  Motion  to  April  12—Chairman,  V.  Monte;  Sec­ report  to  hq  re  blowers  on  ship.  Re­ retary,  J.  Fatusky.  Minor  beefa  to  be  quest  repair  of  doors  in  er.?.  room.  ironed  out  among  delegates.  Ship'a  One  minute  of  silence  for  departed  fund  $19.68.  No  beefs.  New  delegate  brothers.  Discussion  on  storas  from  elected.  Suggest  pots  and  pans  be  re­ Japan,  moved  from  recreation  room  after  each  meal.  June  4—Chairman,  KIrchner;  See­ FLORIDA  STATE TFonee),  June  24  —Chairman,  H.  Wills;  Secretary  O.  retary,  Karczawskl,  Ed.  Ship's  Atnd  Lee.  Ship's'fund  $10.77.  No  beefs.  Re­ 824.82.  Few  hrs.  OT  disputed.  New  delegate  elected.  No  beefs.  Steward  pair  list  to be  turned  in.  ^  to  check  on  stores  A  recorder  in  ALCOA  FATRIOT  ^Aleos),  June  24  Singapore  for  ong^  month,  then  re­ —Chairman,  W.  Rhore;  Secretary,  C.  store  for  trip ­home.'  Rest.  No  beefs;  everything  running  JEAN  LAFITTB  (Waterman),  June  smoothly.  Ship's  fund  $85  paid  $82.30  for  movie  film  projector  assessories.  13—Chairman,  E.  I^resi;  Secretary,  N.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  Hatgimlslcs.  Ship  paying  off­ln  Gulf.  job  well  done,  and  to  electricians  for  Keys  to  be  made  in  NY  for  crew  operating  movies.  quarters.  One  man  missed  ship  in  Hamburg.  Germany.  Few  hrs.  OT  dis­ ALCOA  CLIFFER  (Alcea), June  17—  puted  in  eng.  dept.  Chairs  to  be  Chairman,  Ri  Msluten;'  Secretary,  F.  ordered, fbr recreation room.  Unen to  Blalack.  Sailed  short  ens  msn  from  be  turned  in  and  not  kept  in  lackers.  NO—failed  to  loin  ship  in'  Trinidad.  Vote  of  tbUnks  to  steward  dept.  for  .  Movie  fund  A  equipment­ discussed  job  well done.  and  procedure  of  echeduling  movlea.  PANDORA  (iplphany),  June  1—  COR  VICTORY  (Victory),  June  If­­ .  Chairman,  C.  Heuchlni;  Stei'etory;  R.  . Chairman,  L*  Curry;  Snretary,  a,­ Vaughan.­. New. delegate  elected.  �17,  195»  Pace  Nia«  SEAFARERS  LOG  '. ­iii.'str.­ii­iss  Hurricane Crew Finds  Seaway A Bumpy Road  After sailing  jauntily  about  as  far  as  Montreal,  we  tied  up  to  the  wide  stretches  of  ocean  an  empty  dock.  "Next  day,  a  gang  came  aboard  for  so  many  years,  the  SS  and started work.  Lights we never  Hurricane  found  itself  con­ heard  of  before  were  installed,  verted  into  a  canalier  over­ booms that  wouldn't lift  cargo and  the  mooring  system  used  on  the  Seaway,  "Using  the  winches  on  Numbers 1 and  2  hatches on  both  sides  for  mooring,  the  same  for  numbers 4 and 5 was indeed novel,  but  mighty  easy  and  handy.  Men  being  swung  over  the  side  on  a  blocks  we  didn't  need  were  all  night on  the St. Lawrence Seaway.  30­foot  boom,  then  lowered  to  the  The  Hurricane  was  the first  SIU­ mysteries  to  us.  manned  ship  to  transit  the  Sea­ "On Wednesday morning, we left  dock  to  handle  lines sort  of  made  way  and  crewmembers  are  unani­ Montreal  and  headed  up  the  Sea­ monkeys  of  them."  Subsequently, the  ship was noti­ mous  on  one  point—^it  was a  tight  fied by radiotelephone that  Detroit  squeeze  ali  the  way.  was  its  next  port  of  call.  "Two  Seafarer Joe Wehe  said  the trip  days after we entered  the first Sea­ had  some  of  the elements  of  dol­ way  lock  we  anchored  in  Lake  umbus'  voyage  to  the  New  World  Ontario  at  the  entrance  to  the  In  1492—the  crew  didn't  know  Welland  Canal.  There  we  stayed  where they  were going  and neither  for  three  days  in  a  fresh  breeze,  did  the  skipper—^and  when  they  while hardier souls and  ships tried  got  there, they  weren't sure it  was  to  make it  You  can't make  it in  a  worth  it  At  that  the  Hurricane  light ship with anything more than  fared  far  better  than  other  deep­ a gentle  breeze, so they came limp­ sea  ships  which  accumulated  a se­ ing  back,  some  with  a  bent  bow,  ries  of  bumps  and  bruises  in  others  a  bent  rudder  and  still  transit.  others  with  a­ bent  prop.  "When  we  sailed  from  La  Pal­ "Finally  on  June  16  we  started  lice,  France,  on  May  29,"  Wehe  through  the  Welland  Canal.  Half­ wrote, "someone  said "you  may  go  way  up  the  approach  to  the first  to  Montreal',  so  we  headed  for  lock,  something  fouled  up  in  the  New  York.  prop,  but  being dauntless  we  went  "On  the  morning  of  June  7  we  on  through  to  Thorold,  Ontario,  picked  up  a  pilot for  the St. Law­ rence River.  He didn't know where  Seafarer Joe Wehe  writes  where  we  spent  the  night  getting  we  were  going,  nor  did  anyone  of  his "maiden voyage" on  the  blades  straightened."  else,  although  be  had  expected  a  the Seaway.  From  there  it  was  relatively  tanker.  We changed  pilots at Que­ smooth  sailing  to  Detroit  except  bec  and  still  the  new  one  didn't  way still wondering where we were  that "some scow  had  tried to  come  know,  while  the skipper  blew  hitf  going."  down  the  Detroit  River  sideways  top.  When  the  third  pilot  got  us  The  biggest  novelty  though, was  and  it  didn't  work.  Result—one  channel  blocked  and  the  Hurri­ cane on  the hook  for six  hours."  From  Detroit,  the  Hurricane  sailed  up  through Lake  Huron  and  into  Lake  Michigan,  headed  for  the  Chicago  area.  Its  destination  was  Calumet  City,  lilinois.  "With  a  tug  fore  and  aft  we  started  up  the  Caiumet  River.  Bridges of  all sorts barred our  way.  There  were  lift  bridges,  draw  bridges,  and  bascule  bridges  . . .  Ahead  we  couid  see,  at  long  last,  the grain  elevator we  were looking  for  . . . We  slid  into  the  berth,  got  our  lines  ashore  and  heaved  her  alongside.  At  last  the  long  voyage  was  over;  we  were  safe  against  the  dock.  Now  why,  will  you  tell  me,  did  that  tug  have  to  back into a slack  headline and  foul  it in  his  prop?"  Wehe  cited  two  incidents  which  typified  the  kind  of  situation  the  Hurricane  was  up  against.  In  one  instance,  a  pilot  hit a  bridge twice  and  had  to  be taken  off  the wheel.  In  another,  the  maneuvering  got  so  complex  that  there  were  128  "Tiny" Holt« ship's 300 pounder, tested bosim's chair be­ bells  on  one  watch.  Nothing  like  fore  Ricky  Meyvantssoh,  OS,  swung  over  the  side.  that ever happened out on the deep  blue  sea.  Bosun B. Maxwell  (with coffee)  supervises.  I­  • ^1  I'A  Roy  Nichols,  Russ  Ltis­ combe and Walter Cieslak  take Detroit shore leave.  B.  C.  Jones  (left)  stands  Detroit  gangway  watch,  with  Henry  Starck.  *^1  American  Export's  Exan­ thia  dented  bow,  lost  an­ chor  in  Seaway  accident.  Ricky  Meyvantsson,  as­ sisted  by  Cliff  Cliffton,  makes landing  on  dock.  ­'­Tt  ;  River bridge Is background for carload  of  Army  "  '  j i  trucks  Hurricane  took  aboard  in  that  city.  Ship  also  X.|>icked. ]up  additional  cargo at Kenosha  and  Chicago.  Threading  through  channels  such  as  these is all in a day's  work on  the Seaway and  Lakes, the Hurricane crew found.  Worst spot on trip  was Calumet  River in Chicago  area whore ship ran gamut  of  bridges such as pictured above.  �SEArARKRS'  LOG  Pa^e Tea  En­floiit« Ti> Hospital  Fire  Sears  Belgian Ship  After  Blast  CAMERON,  La.—A  Belgian  car­ go  ship  went  up  in  flames  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico last  week near here  after  an  explosion  in  the  engine  room.  All  of  the  ship's  40  crew­ members  escaped  safely,  two  suf­ fering  slight  injuries.  A Coast  Guard fire­iighting team,  along  with  six  of  the  crew, fought  the flames,  but  could  salvage little  of  the  vessel.  The  ship  was  en  route  from  Freeport,  Texas,  to  Lake  Charles,  La.,  carrying  rosin,  cotton,  lumber,  iron  ore,  rice  and  other  goods.  The  presence  of  the  rice  consti­ tuted  an  added  danger  for  the  fire­fighters  because  its  swelling,  from  the  water  used  to fight  the  blaze,  could  have  resulted  in  an­ other  explosion.  •  _  S ...  No  boofo.  I.ack  of  variety  in  night  lunoh.  Inquiry  roqnostod  as  to  when  water  cooler  la  to  ho  Inatalled.  also  acrean  doors.  Suggest  doors  in  show­ era  ha  removed  and  shower  curtains  placed.  One  minute's aiience  observed  for  departed  brothers.  ROBIN  HOOD  (Robin),  June  SO  —  Chairman,  W.  Reck;  Seeratary,  J.  li­ wall.  No  shore  leave  in  Ascension  Is­ land,  Request  variety  In  food,  Stores  to  be  put  ut  out.  ALCOA  CORSAIR  (Aicot),  June  If  —Chairman,  I.  Origgers; Secretary,  M.  Cox.  New  washing  machine.  Won  S250  JACK3R  HAUSI  (Marinut),  May  31  safety  award.  Beef  re  air  condition.  —Chairman,  M.  Korchak;  Secretary,  Ship's  T.  Rainey.  Money  draw  in  India  to be  puted.  fund  $453.30.  Few  hrs.  OT  dis­ in  rupees.  Ship  to  be  painted  during  voyage.  Delayed  sailing  in  Djibouti  '  KENMAR  (Calmar),  Juna  It—Chair­ man,  F.  A I b e r a;  Sacratary,  L.  Oaraghty.  Washing  machine  repaired  —do  not  overload.  Repair  lists  to  be  made  out.  New  delegate  elected. Deck  A  engine  depts.  to  take  care  of  laun­ dry  and  stwd.  dept.,  recreation  room.  .Bequest  variety  of  cigarettes.  FRANCES  (Bull),  July  5—Chslrman,  J.  Craven;  Secretary,  V.  Hall.  No  beefs.  Request  being  on  board  one  hour  before  sailing.  Two  men  short—  no  replacements  in  San  Juan.  One  man  missed  ship  in  NO.  Seafarer Ed Adams,  AB, is  shown as  he was taken off SS  Adgniie  at  Southampton  for  medical  treatment.  Ship  was  westbound  to  US  at  the  time.  Ports Feel Seaway Squeeze  American  deep  sea  operators,  who've  loudly been complaining about foreign­flag cotn­ petition,  now seem  to  be facing  a new  competitive  headache  as  shipping  through  the  St.  Lawrence  Seaway  gathers  momentum  and  diverts  traffic  from  ports  on  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coasts,  where  US  ships  that such a look­see at  the picture,  of  course,  but  they  are  large  normally  call.  For  these  operators  the  an­ through  rose­colored  glasses,  is  enough to convince many business­ swer  would  seem  to  lie  in  getting  largely a process of whistling in the  men in the Midwest that they ought  in  on  the  Seaway  trade  them­ dark  and  trying  to  make  believe  to  use  the  Seaway  and  skip  the  deep sea East Coast and Gulf  ports.  selves, and attempting to reap some  that  the  spooks  aren't  there.  Nor  is  New  York  the  only  port  Facts  Clear  of  the  bonanza.  So  far,  a  half­dozen  US  lines  For,  as  time  goes  on,  a  number  that  will  be  affected.  A  Chicago  —including  ccHnpanies  like  Water­ of  facts  about  the  Seaway  are  Volkswagen  distributor,  for  in­ man, T. J.  McCarthy and  American  emerging  with  increasing  eiarity:  stance,  is  now  getting  his  little  President  Lines—have  bid  for  (1)  the  predicted  traffle  potential  German  cars  through  the  Seaway,  Federal  operating  subsidies  for  is there; (2)  the foreign­flag  opera­ where  formerly  they  came  into  Lakes  service.  tors, who began to make their plans  Baltimore,  and  he  estimates  he  However,  many  other  lines  have  long  before  the  Seaway  actually  saves  $50  a  car  this  way.  apparently  adopted  an  apathetic,  opened, are the ones who are cash­ This importer figures he will still  or  at  least  more  cautious  policy,  ing  in  on  that  potential:  (3)  these  use  Baltimore  during  the  winter  and  seem  to  prefer  to  "wait  and  foreign flags are  proving that  they  months, when  the Seaway  is closed  see"  if  the  Seaway's  loudly­her­ can carry  cargo between  the Lakes  by  ice.  But  as  far  as  Baltimore  is  alded  traffic  potential  actually  and Europe a lot more cheaply than  concerned,  this  still  means  a  loss  materializes,  before  making  a  if  this cargo were transported over­ of  business­8­9  months  a  year.  move  in  that  direction.  land and trans­loaded  at some East  All  of  this  adds  up  to  the  fact  Meanwhile,  many  of  these  lines  Coast  port,  and  (4)  that,  as  a  re­ that  the  Seaway  is  posing  a  real  are  consoling  themselves  with  the  sult,  US  deep  sea  ports  and  US  threat  to  US  deep  sea  ports  and  thought that the Seaway  may, after  deep sea  operators could get hurt.  American­flag  ships.  all, turn out  to be a  white elephant  As is pretty generally known, the  which  will  not  really  divert  much  foreign flags have been diuninating  cargo from the deep sea ports.  the  trade  ever  since  the  Seaway  Arguments  Advanced  was unofficially opened at the start  In  New  York,  for  instance, ­the  of  the  navigation  season  late  last  Port  of  New  York  Authority  has  April.  During  May,  for  instance,  predicted that the Seaway will take  which  was  the  first  full  month  of  away  no  mqre  than  10  percent  of  Seaway  operation,  foreign  indus­ New  York's  trade,  and  probably  trial firms, using foreign­flag ships,  less.  Others  have  pointed  to  the  flooded "Great  Lakes  ports  with  Seaway's  kinks—to  the  narrow  785,200 tons of  cargo or 71 percent  locks  and  ship  jams—and  to  such  more  foreign  cargo  than  was  factors  as  better  cargo  handling  shipped  into  the  Lakes a  year  ago.  facilities  in  the  deep  sea  ports.  Two­Way  Street  to support their belief  that the Sea­ WASHINGTON—On  top  of  pro­ These figures represent only for­ way  will  turn out  to be  a  dodo.  posals by  the Atomic  Energy Com­ eign  imports.  But  the  Seaway,  of  However, it's becoming more and  mission  for  the  dumping  of  radio­ more  apparent,  as  Seaway  traffic  course,  is  a  two­way  street,  and  active wastes from  shoreside plants  gathers  speed  and  as  the  "bugs"  the same foreign flags which  bring  at  various shallow  water points off  in the  new system  are  worked  out.  in cargo can take out cargo at com­ the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coasts,  a  parable  costs—^which  means  costs  considerably under those  for trans­ committee  of  scientists  has  sug­ via the  old overland­ gested further radioactive dumping  Prove Eligibility  porting cargo  at  sea,  this  from nuclear­powered  and­deep sea route.  For Hospital $  Some of  these cost figures which  ships.  Seafarers being admitted  to a  have  emerged,  since  the  Seaway  Predicting  that there  might  be  Public  Health  hospital  are  opened,  have  proved  very  inter­ 300 nuclear­powered ships  in oper­ urged  to  carry  with  them  their  esting,  and  point  up  the  situation  ation  by  1975,  both  military  and  Union  book  plus  proof  of  eli­ which the deep sea ports now  must  commercial,  the  committee  of  the  gibility  for  SlU  benefits;  buck.  National  Academy  of  Sciences  namely, a record that  they have  A  representative  of  a  Chicago  called  for  dumping  of  "low­level"  at  least  90 days seatime  during  importing  firm,  for  instance,  has  wastes  100  miles  or  more  at  sea,  the  previous  year  and  at  least  reported that  to import 10  cases of  actually,  at  the  200­fathom  depth.  one day  during the  previous six  kitchenware  from  West  Germany  In  the  case  of  the  Atlantic  Coast,  months.  Failure  to  have  the  cost him  $81.13, including trucking  this  would  generally  be  100  miles  proper  credentials  will  cause  a  charges  from  Calumet  Harbor  to  or  more  offshore,  outside  of  the  dday  in  payments  to  the  Sea­ the  firm's  warehouse  on  Chicago's  commercial fishing  grounds.  South  Side.  farer.  However,  It  would  be  necessary  Earlier  this  year  the  firm  im­ to  continue  to  dispose  of  "high  If  the Seafarer  is admitted to  a  hospital  which  is  not  a  PES  ported  a  shipment of  kitchenware,  level" wastes, that is from  the fuel  ' institution,  he  Should  contact  of  the same  size, via  New  York  in­ elements  proper, by  burying  them  the  Union  inunediaitely.  The  stead  of  the  Seaway.  It  cost  only  underground  In  steel drums.  .  Union  will  arrange  with  the  $47.18 to ship  this from Bremen to  "Low  level"  waste  consists  of  USPHS for a  transfer to a PUIK  New  York.  But  then  it cost  $64.50  various  secondary  materials., that  lie  Health  hospital  in  his viohi­ to transport this by rail to Chicago,  Ity.  The  PHS  wili  hot  pick  up  plus  $2.52  in drayage  and  $9.50  in  have  become  contaminated  In  the  the  hospital  tab  for' p^ate  forwarder fees—a  total of  $123.80,  course  of  the  operation  of  a  nu­ =hos|htai' oare,' uhiess ft  l«>hotl­ or  nearly  50  percent  more. than  clpar­power .plant  as compved^  to  the  left­overs  from  the  actual  through, lite. Seaway.  fied:in^advancei­:'­r­^;^­­:^  .uranium  fuel.  ­ . ^Not  alT  savings  are  that  Sea  To. Get  Waste  From  Atom Ships  •   t':­\  '  h'­;  miL TRAVILIR (Irthmtan), April  BialUng  at  Ruoa.  niroo  men  logged.  i—dMlrinan,  J.  Wardi  Saaralaryt  R.  Sim^na. N«« law F#  mtniaa ahlo  Sv  Coast  Gttard­wams  craw  not  to  loavo  la Calcutta  after  pasalng  dootor.  Iwator  leak  ropaalred  in  Houston,  p'a  fund  S4,  Few  beefs  in  deck  New  dalegata  elactad.  June  SI—Chairman,  J.  Ward;  Sac­ ratary,  W.  Borrasen.  Soma  OT  dis­ ite&  Request  starboard  domestio  nk bo  cleaned. Ship'i  fund 14. Short­ ago  of  handaoap.  Quality  of  night  lunch  dlacuaaed.  Cooperation  re­ quested  in obtaining  health  certificate  for  ahlp.  Request  crew  turn  in  all  coll.  ANTINOUS  (Waterman),  July  4—  Chairman,  F.  Travis;  Secretary,  M.  Wiiisy,  No  beefs;  everything  running  smoothly.  Ship's  .  fund  t24.30.  Food  and  service  up  to  par.  New  delegate  elected.  disputed.  Ship's  fund  $5.  Soma  dla­ senalon  in  enilne  room.  Diacuasion  ra  sanswap  watches.  ROSE  KNOT  (Suwannee).  June  14—  Chairman,'  Cempten;  Secretary,  P.  Batas.  New  treasurer  elected.  Ship's  fund  $17.60.  No  beefs.  Some  OT  dis­ puted.  One  man  hospitalised.  Possible  installation  of  guard  rail at  boat  land­ ing  at  Recife.  Revise  launch  schedule  for  accommodation  of  three  watches  and dayworkers.  Keep pressure  up for  adequate  slop­chest  —  situation  im­ ALCOA  CAVALIBR  (Alcoa),  Juno  proved  but  still  not  up  to  par.  Pos­ SI—Chairman,  C.  Strinsfsiiowi  Sacra­ sible  repairs  for  waNilng  machine  to  tary,  M.  Pabrfeant.  27  hours  OT  dis­ be  checked.  Return  crockery  to  puted  for  storekeeper  from  last  pantry  and  keep  messhaU  clean.  voyaga.  Fireman  left  engine  room  in  NO  without  relief.  No  beefa.  Request  DEL  MAR  (MlulttippI),  Juna  31  —  more  fniit.  Suggest  washing  machine  Chslrman,  H.  Mass;  Sacratary,  6.  Me­ lie  rinsed  after  use.  fall.  New  washing  machine  obtained  —don't  overload.  Beef  re  call  outa  STSBL WORKIR  (Isthmian),  June  S7  and rest  periods satlgfactdrily handled.  —Chairman,  J.  Kramar)  Sacratary,  J.  Ship's  fund  98.00.  New  delegate  Oaissiar.  Ship's  fund  «3a.9«.  Some  OT  elected.  Proper  attire  requested  In  disputed  in  deck  dept.  Bxcess  ice  to  meishall.  Discusaion  re  functioning  of  bo put  in reefer  box. Proper  attire re­ ship's  and  movie  funds. $90  donations  quested  in messhaU.  See  patrolman ro  to  men  hospitalized  in  foreign  porta  crew  quarters,  screens  for  pantry  discussed.  Request  being  on  board  galley.  one  hour  before  sailing.  ,  PACIFIC  WAVI  (World  Tramp),  April  IS—Chairman,  Brezsllu  Jtutr—  tary,  Wlllay.  Repairs  made.  No beefs.  Some  OT  disputed  in eng.  dept.  Draw  In  Ceuta;  American  money  in  Baifa.  PENN  VOYAOER  (Pcnn  Trans.),  ROBIN  LOCKSLEY  (Robin),  May  S  June  14—Chairman,  F.  Leonard;  Sec­ —Chairman,  W.  Heme;  Secretary,  J.  retsry, D.  Heberksmp. One  man short.  One  man  hospitalized.  Welfare  Ser­ vices  Dept.  notified.  Dquando.  Most  repairs  taken  care  of.  No  beefs.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward­ dept.  for  job  well  done.  Refrain  from  ban^g dryer  doors  In  laundry  room..  DEL  VliNTO  (Delta),  Juna  CImirman,  J.  Precsli)  Sacrataiy,  L.  TEXMAR  (Calmar),  May  17—Chair­ Oaluika.  New  delegate  elected.  man,  O.  Stone;  Secretery,  J.  Furton.  Handle  wadilng  machine  with  care.  beefs  to  be  taken  up  with  bq.  Coffee  grounds  to  he  put  in  garbage  Two  Reouest  glaisea  be  not  left  in  sink.  can.  not  sink.  One  minute's  silenca  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  departed  brothers.  June  14—^Few  hrs.  OT  dlapute^d.  No  beefs.  One  man  paid  off  sick  in  San  WALDO  (World  Tramping),  Juna  SI  Pedro while  taking bunkers.  Delegates  —Chairman,  J.  Laphami  Sacratary,  R.  to  get  repair  Usts  ready.  Discussion  Andarmn.  Unable  to  get  American  on  quality  of  mattresses—to  be  taken  money  for  draws  in  foreign  ports.  up  with  patrolman.  New  secretary­reporter  elected.  No  beefs.  Request  laundry  room  bo  kept  LONOVIEW  VICTORY  (Victory),  clean.  t  June  »—Chairmen,  T.  Jackson,  Secre­ tary,  P.  Graham.  No  beefs.  New  dele­ WM.  H.  CARRUTH  (Panri  Shipping),  gate  elected.  Keep  passageways  clean.  IMarch  SS—Chairman,  T.  Lovahardti  Request  new  washing  machine  or  re­ Sacratary,  J.  Oiivar.  Request  mora  pair  present  one.  pressure  on  water  fountain.  July 2—Chairman,  F.  Puibright; Sec­ May  Sl'^hairman,  J.  McCann;  aac­ retary,  J.  Wagner.  New  washing  ma­ ratary,  R.  Otto.  One  man  paid  off  in  Honolulu,  lava  soap  and  aick. Few  hrs.  OT  diaputed. To  aecuro  chine  glames.  No  beefs.  Fireman  promoted  new  refrigerator  for  crew  mess.  Re­ to  engineer;  wiper  to  fireman.  Ship's  quest  fumigation  of  ship.  Suggest  fund  on  voluntary  bails  in  catches  ha  put  on  doori  in  paange­ charge sUrted  of  dept.  delegates.  Return  ways.  glasses  to  pantry.  LUeiLB  BLOOMFIELD  (Bleemfieid),  NORTHWESTERN  VICTORY  (Vic­ June  21—ChairnMn,  J.  Thompson;  tory),  Juno  21—Chairman,  F.  White;  Secretery,  J.  MeDevgail. Some  OT dis­ Secretary,  J.  Thomas.  New  delegate  puted—letter  to  be  sent  to  hq  for  elected.  Repairs  be  taken  care  of.  clarification.  New  delegate  elected.  No  beefs.  Dump  to  garbage,  aft  and not  Check,  with  chief  engineer  re  air  outside  of  messhaU.  Turn  oft  wash­ ducte in  galley and  sanitary  system  in  ing  machine  after  using.  of  deck  and  engine  heads.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  Vote  job  weU  thanks  to  retiring  delegate.  done.  JOHN  E.  WATERMAN  (Waterman),  USAF  R­4t­1l3i  (tuwannae),  June  M  Juno  27—Chairman,  M.  Robinson;  C.  Pardy;  • scrctary, W.  Soerotary,  C.  Riizoy.  No  beefs:  every­ —Chairman,  Dean.  Radiogram  from  hq.  read  to  thing  running  smoothly.  One  men  In  meiiibership  re  payoff  and  beefs.  engine  d(ipt.  taken sick, and rushed  to  thing  running  smoothly.  Air­ nearest ^rt, Salinas.  Mexico.  Request  Bvery  conditioning  unit  being  rapslred.  Alp  be ^  fumigated  for  roaches',  Mess­ MUk  shortage  discussed.  Suggest  man's  hunk  springs  to  be  fixed.^  patrolman  talk  to  company  repre­ ATLAS  (Cargo  A  Tankship),  Juno  senUtlves  re  cooperation  with  stew­ 24—Suggest  patrolman  bo  caUod  at  ard.  Houston  ro  milk  beef.  SuggesUon  STIRL  MAKER  (lifhmlen),  June  21  made  that  delegates  and  steward  get  —Chelrman,  Brenner;  Secretery, T.  together  ro  ships  fund  and  coke  ma­ eatper.  One J. man  ship  halt  chine,  etc.  One  minute  sllenco  oh­ hour  before  aalUng missed  from  NY.  Shlpv,  served  for  departed  brothers.  r  fund  15.17.  No  beeft.  To  see  ebottt  draina  In  galley  and  drinking  water  MARYMAR  (Calmar),  May  II—  not  cold.  Refrain  fMm  elam­ ­Chairman,  O.  Walton  Soerotary,  R.  mlng being  whUe  others  are  asleep...  Jghiiitoii.  Motion  made  to tablo  elect­ Return doors  cupa  and  glaMee  to  imntry.  ing dilp's  dologato  until beef  on  dock  Keop  longshoremen  out  of  pssaage­ tiSen care  of. Repair  llste  to bo  Ittvon  out  and  turned  In  before  reaching  way  on  main  deck.  Complaint  re  Panama  Canal;  One  mlnnte'a  'aiience  haker'a  work.  Ibr  departed  broUiera.  ALAMAR  (Calmar),  July  S—Chair­ WILD  RANDBR  (Waterman),  June  man,  J.  Farriera;  Secretary,  J.  M<­ Fhaul.  Shlp'a  fund  S1.S9.  No  beofa.  :  IB—eiMirman,  M.  HInten;  Becretw,  Soma  ono  stealing  from  crew's  fore­.,  N.  Lambert.  Some  OT  diluted.  castlee.  Increase  water  from  fountain  euealm re  aeeonds on  speeial  demme  or  make  suitaUa  repairs.  All  dry.  —rsHssed  became  Only  enoush  for  clothes  wiii.  bo  placed  in  box  when  ene  p«r  man.  not  romoved  from  line  In  laundry.  WAND  KNIOHT (Marino  Bulk)/Juno  WAND  WeilRIR  (Nei^li  Atlsnllcj/,.  Jum  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<;ii,­vU,..i,v5.­­l'"''.­i". V  ,vov'..  •  ••  Pace  Elevea  SEAFARERS  100  •  •   ­^r*  j; •   Pacific District Opens  More Pensioners' Homes  • ^1  SAN  FRANCISCO—The  SIU  Pacific  District  unions  are  holding open house this weekend  to celebrate the completion  of 18 new homes for retired seamen on the site of the Stewards  Training and  Recreation Cen­^^—  ter in Santa  Rosa,  Calif.  meals.  The  cost  to  retired  mem­ The  new  homes,  each  fully  bers is  only $90  a  month, meals in­ equipped  with  attractive  furniture  cluded.  and all modern  conveniences, have  Three  oldtimers  already  have  been  constructed  for retired  mem­ moved  into  the  new  facilities  and  bers  of  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  the  rest  of  the  homes  are  ex­ Pacific  and  the  Marine  Firemen's  pected  to  be  occupied  by  the  end  Union.  Numerous  homes  of  the  of  July.  • '!  V­  T'  ­­:  V  ­ ''fc "  yv: •   same  type are already  occupied  by  The  training  center  also  con­ • ^" • 'b'H.'; OTni­­r'• ,*• ..  ;4;  •   ! •   S;  •   ^  members of  the  Marine  Cooks  and  tains  a  swimming  pool,  recreation  Stewards  Union.  hall and  a  lake, as  well  as training  The  celebration  will  be  held  on  facilities for  West  Coast  cooks  and  July  17,  18  and  19.  Members  of  stewards.  I  T«'  '  I  all  three  unions and  their  families  . i­.'.  have  been  invited  to  attend.  Free  bus  travel  has  been  arranged  to  carry the  visitors to the  site, which  .. ill.  is  located  12  miles  from  Santa  Rosa.  Unique  Project  ^­g­f's;  .  The housing  project for  old time  seamen,  the only  one of  its type  in  the  world,  is  the  latest ­result  of  the  close  cooperation  between  the  OSWEGO,  NY  —  New  York  SUP,  the  MFOW  and  the  MCS  State's  controversial  no­strike  act  through  their  affiliation  in  the  —the  Condon­Wadlin  Law—may  SIU Pacific  District.  Oldtimers  of  be  due  for  another  court  test  as  the  three  unions  also  receive  nu­ the result  of  a  dispute between the  merous  benefits  from  the  Pacific  Oswego Port  Authority and  the In­ District­Pacific  Maritime  Associ­ ternational  Brotherhood  of  Long­ ation  Welfare  and  Pension  Plans,  shoremen.  which  cover  members  of  all  three  The  dispute  broke  out  early  this  unions.  month  when the Port  Authority in­ Each  of  the  18  homes  is  com­ voked  the  law  and fired  15  IBL  fortably  and  tastefully  decorated,  members  who,  the  Authority  al­ with  fiberglass  curtains,  vinyl  tile  leged,  failed  to  report  to  work  at  floors, formica  table  tops  and  new  the Authority's  grain elevator  after  furniture.  Each  is  supplied  with  their  lunch  hour.  intercommunication  system  by  The  Condon­Wadlin  Law  pro­ Some  well­worn  cliches about  European  wages and  living  an  the  bed  so  that  the  oldtimer  can  vides  for  the  automatic  dismissal  standards  are evaporating as  a  result  of  the current  world­ send a  message at  any time  of  day  of  public  employees  who  go  on  wide strike of Italian seamen.  For years it's been known that  or flight.  In  case  of  illness,  he  strike.  However,  Edward  V.  Ma­ the  wages  on  European­flag  ships  were  considerably  below  can  summon  help.  Each  home  has  honey,  Great  Lakes  representa­ those on American ships, but  these inferior wage scales were  a  separate  bath.  tive  for  the  IBL,  denied  that  the  justified  on  the groimds  that they  matched  the "standard  of  Washing  facilities,  with  the  lat­ men had  gone on strike. What  they  living"  in  those  coimtries.  More  important,  the  myth  was  est  automatic  equipment, are  near­ did,  he  said,  was  to  hold  a  long  meeting  to  di:;cuss  their  economic  spread  that the European shipowner  and  the European  busi­ by.  conditions.  The  messhall  at  the  Center  pro­ WASHINGTON  —  A  bill  that  nessman ashore could not afford  to pay  more.  ivould  provide  ,  for  Government  The Italian seamen's strike should  help demolish  those  be­ vides  regular,  tasty,  nutritious  Meanwhile  an  official  of  the  State  Mediation  Service  in  New  subsidies  for  the  construction  and  liefs.  For one thing, the seamen's wages of $2 and up daily are  York  said  that  that  agency  had  operation  of  privately­owned  nu­ not  entered  the  picture  and  could  clear ships has  been  introduced  in  simply insufficent  to enable them to have any kind of  decent  not  do  so,  under  the  law,  unless  the  Senate  by  Senator  John  But­ living  in  the  Italian  economy.  Second,  the  Italian  seamen  requested  by  the  Port  Authority.  suffer from  overlong hours, excessively­punitive disciplinary  ler (Rep.­Md.).  No  such  request  has  been  made,  The  bill  goes  beyond  calling  for  methods  and  other  inferior  shipboard  conditions  which  are  he  said.  the  usual  subsidies  in  that  it  of­ not  justifiable in any. economy.:  Should  the  IBL  decide  to  carry  fers  shipbuilders  and  operators  Most important though is the fact  that European  shipown­ the  matter  to  court,  as  has  been  direct  payments to  offset the  high­ er developmental  and  construction  ers can afford to pay far better  wages than they do, and that  IZMIR,  Turkey—The  captain  of  indicated,  it  would  be  only  th«  costs  of  a  nuclear­powered  vessel  undoubtedly applies  to modern,  efficient  European shoreside  an  American  merchant  ship  has  second court  test since the law  was  concerns  as  well.  been  sentenced  to  five  months  in  passed  in  1949  over  the  vigorous  as against  a  conventional  ship.  The  Government  aid  would  last  Here are some examples of shipboard conditions that Italian  jail  by  a  Turkish  court  as  the  re­ protests  of  organized  labor.  sult  of  a  collision  in  the  harbor  The first  test  came  that  same  five  years,  during which time,  it is  seamen on the passenger ships have to contend with:  hoped,  substantial  progress  would  • Crewmembers    have  to  pay  for  their  own  uniforms  and  here  'in  1957.  Tvm  Turkish  mer­ year,  1949,  and  involved  500  chant  marine  officers  received  a  Yonkers garbage  collectors.  A year  be  made  in  inducing  private  op­ laundering of  same.  similar  sentence  for  the  accident  after  their  eight­day  strike,  the  erators  to  build  nuclear  merchant  • Waiters pay all breakage costs,    plus all pilferage  charges  in  which  two  persons  died.  ships.  At  present,  there  is  only  Appellate  Division  held  that  the  for  every  spoon  or  other  utensil  taken  by  a  customer  as  a  The  accident  took  place  on  Feb­ law  one such ship in  the country  today,  had  been  improperly  invoked  that  being  the  Government­built  souvenir.  This amounts in many instances to $3 to $7 monthly.  ruary  3,  1957,  when  the  Howell  in  their  case  since  the  purpose  of    overtime  is  payable  when  the  ship's  passenger  list  Lykes  collided  witir  the  Turkish  their  strike  was  not  one  of  those  Savannah.  The  Savannah,  due  to  • No  be  launcned  shortly,  cost  $42  mil­ falls  below  a  certain  minimum, even  though  workdays  may  passenger  ship  Izmir.  As  a  result  enumerated  in  the  law.  of  the collision  the  Izmir sank  and  lion  as  against  $11  million  for  a  be 11 hours or more.  Nor is any weekend overtime paid.  250  passengers  had  to  be  rescued.  If  the  law  is  now  put  to  a  new  conventional  vessel  of  similar  di­ • Sign­ons are for as long as 14 months.    Seamen getting off  The  dispatch  did  not  make  it  test, the  courts could  also be asked  mensions.  before that time may forfeit employment with the company in  clear  whether  the  American  skip­ to  pass  on  a  four­year­old  change  the future.  per, Captain Hans G. Beck of  Hous­ in  the  State  Civil  Practice  Act.  • A five­pot system is In force on    the passenger  ships with  ton,  was  present  at  the  trial  or  This  gave  the  courts  the  right  to  whether  he  was  sentenced  in  ab­ decide  whether  penalties  imposed  feeding of  seamen at the poorest  level.  on  civil  service  employees  in  dis­ This is  bad enough imder any circumstances.  But it  must  sentia.  ciplinary  proceedings  were  unduly  be remembered  that the Italian  Line passenger  ships enforce  harsh,  and  the  power  to  modify  such  wages  and  working  conditions  while  they  are  collect­ them.  Make Checks  NORFOLK — There  Were  four  ing the same passage and cargo rates as American­fiag ships.  So  far  the  courts  have  never  payoffs  here  during  the  last  re­ To 'SlU­A&G'  been  asked  to  decide  whether  this  port  period  and  40  men  shipped,  The  same  holds  true  for  shoreside  industries  in  Europe.  Seafarers  mailing  in  checks  power  to  modify  severe  penalties  Europe  today  is  not  the Europe  of  the postwar  years,  stag­ reports Port  Agent  James Bullock.  or  money  orders  to  the  Union  The  affairs  of  the  port  are  all  in  gering  under  the burden  of  war  destruction.  By  and  large  to  cover  dues  payments  are  applies  to  those  specified  in  the  good  shape  with  ho  beefs  hanging  it is a  booming, prosperous area, but  the European  workers'  urged  to­be  sure to  make  all  of  Condon­Wadlin  Law.  The  law,  while  it  does  require  fire.  wages and con(litions have not  risen in proportion.  them  payable  Jto  the  SIU­A&6  the  automatic  dismissal  of  striking  Faying  off  were  the  De  Soto  There is  another  lesson  in  the  Italian  ship strike.  Those  District  public  employees, also  sets up ma­ (Waterman),  Valiant  Enterprise  who oppose  Government aid to  US shipping, complain  about  Some  Seafarers  have  srat  in  (Enterprise),  CS  Norfolk  (Cities  the high  cost of  subsidies because  American seamen's  wages  chMks and  money orders in  the  chinery  for  their  reinstatement.  Service)  and  Mount  Whitnpy  However,  those  reinstated  lose  are "too high."  But American ships could  never  pay  wages  nai^s  of  individual  Headquar­ seniority rights,' are  (American  Tranip  Shipping.)  placed  on pro­ ters  officials.  This  makes  for  a  ,  The  De  Soto  and  CS  Norfolk  of $60  to $80 a month to match the competition.  The problem  probleni  In  bookkeeping  which  bation  for five  years,  and  cannot  signed  on,  as  did  the  Seafair  (Ce­ is not that American wages are too high—it is that European  can  be  avoided  if  checks  are  be  promoted  within  that  time.  lonial).  The  Madaket  (Waterman)  wages ate too low and that sizable increases  (not the $1.25  a  made  out  to  the  Union directly.  They  are  also  barred  from  getting  v|ui  in transit.  any  pay  Incresses for  three  years.  month variety) are long overdue^  Ttrrr  .. . ...rli'  Y­ ­  •  •   •  •  ­ "  "  ­ • No­Sfrike  Act  Faces  Test  In NY  $  Aid  For  Atom Ships  Proposed  Turks Jug  US Skipper  Norfolk Has  Mild Spurf  Vh;v,;S|  �Twelve  . If Roaches Were Money..  "Little  money,  lots  of  bugs,"  that's  the plight of  the crew of  the 88 Valiant Faith ac­ cording to ship's delegate Cliff  Martin^ and it's a sad tale to hear him tell of it.  "Well to  start off  we caught  this rustbucket  in New  Jersey and  took  her  to  Baltimore,  Martin  said.  "After  laying ^  were  disputing  his  claim  to  a  idle for six  or seven days  get­ money,  the  Valiant  Faith  could  and  slice of  bread."  claim  to  have  the  largest  single  ting shifting boards  put in for  a  load  of  grain,  we  received  the  collection of  roache.q of  various and  After settling  for some  crackers.  news  that  the  ship  was  signing  numerous  types.  "We  have  them  Nelson  walked  away  muttering  foreign  articles."  It  was  a  happy  all  sizes,  shapes  and  colors,"  Mar­ something  about  these  blank­a­ blank  Liberty's.  However  the  day, he  noted,  with  all of  the  gang  tin  swore.  crew  admits ttat  the  steward  de­ "It  got  so  bad  that  one  night  as  aboard looking forward  to a  week's  partment  is battling  bravely  in the  I  stepped  into  the  messhall,  I  saw  coastwise  payoff,  with  East  Balti­ m o r e  only  a  deck  delegate  Cliff  Nelson  mad­ face of  such overwhelming odds.  stone's  throw  ly  swinging  and  jabbing  with  the  "Gad,  and  to  think  I  left  dear  old  Bobin  Line for  this  Job,"  Mar­ bread  knife.  away.  But our dreams  "At  first  I  thought  he  was  prac­ tin  moaned.  were  shortlived,  ticing  some  new  maneuvers  for  While  the  bugs  are  getting  the  Martin  com­ cutlass fighting,  but after  a  second  best  of  the  crew  of  the  Valiant  plained, as  it was  look I  saw he was  battling a family  Faith,  an  uninvited  cargo  of  live  sub sequently  that  had  moved  into  the  breadbox  snails  meant  sev­ en  days'  vacation  learned  that  the  In  I'^ew  Orleans  articles  were  be­ On  Course  for  the  gang  on  ing  back­d a t e d  Martin  the Alcoa Planter.  six days.  In  a  report  by  A hurried  call  to  the  Union  hall  ship's  delegate  In Baltimore brought  about a meet­ Zee Young Ching,  ing between  an SIU  patrolman and  the  Planter  had  topside  to  see  what  could  be  done  just  come  out  of  about  this.  However,  while  the  the  yards  after  company  reported  they  did  not  her  annual  in­ have  a  port  payoff,  they  said  they  spection  and  was  headed  for  New  had  put  a  sufficient  draw  aboard  Orleans  when  they  discovered  the  to  cover  everything.  "Well  this  live  snails.  "This  meant  fumigat­ sounded  OK  to  all  hands," Martin  ing  the  entire  ship,"  Ching  said,  said.'^'and  the  crew  signed  on."  "and  the  crew  got  foiur  days  off  Then  came  the  rude  awakening.  in  New  Orleans  with  full  subsist­ There  was  only  a  small  amount  of  ence."  cash  aboard,  and  it  had  to  be  handed  out  in  that  manner too.  After  making  a  second  trip  to  None  of  the  gang  blame  Captain  the  Mediterranean,  with  a  stop  off  DeBozy  for  this  mix­up,  he  noted,  at  Tripoli,  the  Planter  arrived  as he had  told the  crew if  the com­ back  In  New  Orleans,  only  to find  pany would send him more cash, he  out  it  had  picked  up  some  more  would  gladly  put  it  out.  In  addi­ snails.  tion,  he  and  the  chief  mate  had  "Another  three  days  off  with  been  very  cooperative  with  the  subsistence,"  Ching  added.  crew's requests in  trying to get the  Not  to  be  too  monotonous  about  ship  back  into  shape  after 'going  the whole  thing, the Planter is now  to  ruin  under  a  runaway­flag  for  heading  back  from  her  third  trip  some  time.  They  also  loaned  out  on  the  Mediterranean  run  "with  most  of  their  own  pocket  money  more  snails," he  said hopefully.  to  the  crew  going  ashore  in  the  various ports.  Two  weeks  after  they  left,  the  company  came  up  with  an  addi­ tional  $1,500  for  the  trip.  After  giving  everyone  a  "limited"  draw,  $15.00  per  man  to  be  exact,  the  ship sailed  the  next day  for Egypt,  Steering  a  ship  is  a  serious  with  the  grand  sum  of  $1,000  in  job  OS  is  seen  oy  the  look  on  the safe for a two­and­a­half  month  the  face  of  Seafarer  George  trip.  Chance,  an  OS  on  the  Steel  Going  down  toward  Trinidad?  Anyone  with  a  pencil  and  paper  King.  Chance  was  photo­ Then stop  in at the "Bauxite Club""  could figure out that this amounted  graphed  while  doing  his  tour  at  Carenage,  writes  Fraser  Fait,  to  about  $25  per  man,  Martin  a  crewmember  of  the  missile  ship  groaned,  and  this  ship  with  stops  on the  wheel, keeping the  ves­ In Italy  on its  itinerary.  ."Oh well,  sel  on  on  even  keel  while  she  1839.  I didn't want to go ashore anyway,"  heads for  the  Panama  Canal,  While  this  is a  favorite  spot  for  enroute  from Honolulu, home­ he claimed.  many of  the crew  of  the 1839,  Fait  While  the  ship  was  low  on  ward bound.  said,  other  crews  among  SlU­con­ tracted  companies  calling  in  the  area,  make  it  their  stopping  off  spot too.  For  one  thing  the  owner  and  manager,  Mr.  Humphrey  Maillard,  is a  good  friend  to  Seafarers,  Fait  said.  It  is  for  this  reason  they  would  like  the^Club  put  on  the  LOG  mailing  list  as  it  wiU  be  a  very convenient place for Seafarers  in  the  port,  especially  those  on  Alcoa  ships  who  only  have  a  few  hoims ashore,  to pick them up.  The Club never closed.  Fait said,  and all of  the men, even those  who  have very  limited shore time  leave,  manage  to  run  over  and  say  hello  to  Humphrey.  Next  time  down  here,  he  suggested,  just  hop  into  any cab, tell the driver  the Bauxite  Club,  and  prepare  to  enjoy  your­ self  in  nice  surroundings.  Missilemen  Find Haven  In Trinidad  lis \  hiw­ r­ fait  Yovn  Wk::  "I said  i w« going on  my  diet TOMORROW  I  JalT  17, mt  SEAPARERS  LOG  SEA CHEST  Husband At Seap  Union Pays Bill  To  the  Editor:  I  would  like  to  take  time  to  send  thanks  to'  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  for  the  way  they  handled  my  bills  during  my  recent stay  in  the hospital.  It  is  wonderful  to  know  that  your  husband  belongs  to  such  a fine  union  as  the  SIU,  and  that  they  will  help  the  folks  at  home  while  their  husbands  are  at  sea.  I  would  also  like  to  mention  Mate John  S. Stone,  Jr., at  8:30  AM  on  June  21,  1959.  T.  Hyde  Ship's  delegate  4  4"  4"  Sign Language  No Solution  To the  Editor:  Everything  is  going  along  pretty  good  here,  but  it  will  sure feel  good to get  back state­ side.  I  don't  think  I  mentioned  it  before,  but  this  is  an  Italian  hospital,  and  the  workers  here  do  not  understand  any  English  at  all.  Once  in  a  while  it  happens  that  a  patient  who  can  speak  some English  comes in  and they  do some  explaining for me.  I've  been  here  six  weeks  now  and  they still don't  know  what  to  feed  me.  How  All  letters  to  the  editor  for  would you feel  h a V i h g  the  publication  in  the  SEAFAR­ same  thing  ERS  LOG  must  be  signed  by  the  writer.  Names  will  every  day  for  a  two ­ week  be  withheld  upon  request.  period?  That  is  the  way  I  that  my  husband  has  been  a  have  been  go­ Burns  member of  the SIU  since it first  ing,  until  I  started,  and  I  am  quite  proud  finally  get  around  to  getting  of  it  through to  them that  I am  tired  Mrs.  August  Brosig  of  it.  If  there  is  anything  wrong  4^  $  that can  be fixed by  moving  me  Wants To Study  a little,  or adjusting a  pillow or  something, by  the time  they get  Homestead Issue  to understand  what  I  want,  I've  To  the  Editor:  I have been  reading all­ of  the  usually forgotten  what  it was.  I  would  advise  any  of  the  pros  and  cons about  the "home­ steading"  issue  and  would  like  fellows , that  )i  they  have  any­ to say that I  agree  with Brother  thing  wrong  with  them,  while  Francis  E.  McCall's  request  for  heading  here,  do  their  best  to  get  by  here  unless  they  can  a  study  of  this  situation.  On  all  of  the  ships  I  have  speak  Italian.  Don't  get  me  sailed,  which  has  been  quite  a  wrong,  the  workers  here  try  few,  the  largest  number  of  their  best,  and  are  good,  but  homesteaders  I  found  at  any  with  the  language  barrier,  it  one  time  was  on  the  Steel  Age,  makes  it  pretty  tough  to  get  with  four  aboard,  myself  in­ • a  cross  to them.  The crew from  the SS Natalie  cluded.  That  was  some  six  or  sent  me  some  magazines  and  seven  years  ago.  books and  cigarettes  and  I wish  Since  that  to thank  them very  much.  time  I  have  I  have  just  received  the  bad  sailed  on  al­ news  that  I  shall  be  here  an­ most all  of  the  other  month  yet.  The  cast  will  Cities  Service  not  be  taken  off  my  legs  for  tankers  but  another fifteen  days.  I  am  have  found  tempted  to  walk  out  of  here,  none  that  I  but they have the casts anchored  would  have  down.  stayed  aboard  Charles  Bums  a  year  except  McNabb  (Ed. note:  The  LOG  regrets  the Boyal Oak,  another  photo  teas  sub­ and  she  went  into the  shipyard.  that  ­for  Brother  Bums'  in  On all of  them there  were not  stituted  a recent  issue.  The  photo above  more  than  two  "homesteaders"  is  the  correct  one.)  at  any  one  time,  while  some  of  4>  4^  4>  them  did  not  have  any.  If  this  study  is  undertaken  I  Says Thanks For  think  that  the  ships  that  are  expected  to  be  out  a  year  of  Disability Money  longer  should  not  be  counted  To  the  Editor:  I  wish  to  offer  my  thanks,  as  being  homesteaded.  All  of  the  ships  are  not  the  more  times than  words can  say,  same  at  all  times,  even  if  on  for  my  disability  payments.  I  the same run.  A change of  skip­ want to extend my thanks to the  pers,  mates,  engineers  or  stew­ trustees of  the Welfare Plan for  ards  can  change  a  ship  so  that  my  receiving  the  benefit.  The  receipt  of  this  the next trip  a man  will want  to  payment  bene­ get  off  whereas  he  would  have  fit cannot,  and  stayed  on  before.  will not be for­ In  conclusion  I  would  like  to  gotten.  say that  if  a  man  wants  to stay  I  had  saved  on his  ship a  year, let  him stay.  Mont  McNabb  my  money  during  my  %  t,  years  of  ship­ Retired Member  ping,, but after  five  years  of ^  Has Sea Funeral  Trottie  drawing  a  lit­^  To  the  Editor:  We, the  crew  of  the SS  Gate­ tie  here and  a  little there  from  way  City,  would  like  you  to  my  savings,  and  putting  noth­ publish  if?l;  letter  of  thanks  to  ing  back,  the  figures  started  to  show  our  appreciation  to  Cap­ show  it.  In  addition  to  this  I  tain  J.  M.  Dunn  for  permitting  still  have  my  81­year­old  sister  and  added  to  us  to  have  a  burial  at  sea  for  Wilbur  Hollihger,  a  retired  my  own  expenses^  it  is  costly.  I would  feel it yery  keenly it  member  of  the  SIU.  ! The burial  at  sea  was held  at  it' were  not  for  the  farsighted*;  the request  of  the family  of  the  ness of  our trustees in regard .td ^  deceased Seafarer  and the  serv­ us  oldsters.  Thanks  again.  /  Ben jamin Trottip ^  ices  were  conducted  by  Chief  letters To  The  Editor  �SEAFARERS  IPG  |Bly n, Ifl»  SEIFilREIS II ilTIOC  Mate Makes like AB;  AB PUes Up That OT  Par« Thfrteea  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  Merchant Marine  .By  David  Grossman.  "Highly pleased"  Is the  reaction  of  the men  In the  USPKS hospitals  "Everyone wants to get Into the act" is the motto aboard the  to  the movie  programs  sponsored  by  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  ac*  Seatrain Savannah according to Seafarer Ray Sasseville, AB  Here's to the  men of  the  merchant  cording  to  Welfare  representatives.  Under  the  program,  the  Welfare  maintenance on  the ship.  marine.  Plan allows  each  USPHS  hospital  $50  a  month  to finance the  renting  Unsung  heroes  of  the  War,  Although he is normally not  tired  and  ho  might  go  back  to  of  movies.  They serve their  country very  well.  A muscle  strain in the  lower part of  his back  suffered  while  punch­ one  to  complain,  the  circum­ being a  chief  mate."  To  make  the  story  short,  Sasse­ And  will  forever  more.  ing  carbon  on  the  SS Bobin  Locksley  laid  up  Seafarer  Samuel  Jonas  stances leading  up to his put­ in  the  Brighton  USPHS  hospitaL  ting  In  for  eight  hours  overtime  ville  said,  the  day  he  put  in  for  The  latest  word  is  that  they  may  recently  are  worth  passing  on,  he  the  eight  hours  overtime  started  Down  to  the  sea  in  ships  they  go.  transfer  Jonas,  who  sails  in  the  said,  not  because  he  did  not  do  like  this.  Summer, winter  and  fall.  Engine  Department,  to  Staten  the  work,  but  because  the  ship's  "We had  started  a  'real  big'  job.  Carrying  cargo  and  US  aid  Island  for  further  treatment.  chief  mate decided to  try his  hand  I  guess  it  was  the  most  important  piece  of  rust  on  the  ship.  It  was  To  many  ports  of  call.  Also  in  the  Brighton  hospital  is  at  being^an  AB  again.  the  top  deck  of  the flying  bridge.  John  "Chet"  Roblee,  former  chief  "I first  noticed  his  attempt  to  cook  on  the  Winter  Hill,  having  get into the act about a month ago,"  "It  was  a  high­priority  job  too,"  So  here's  to  the  men  of  the  mer­ Sasseville  said,  "because  all  of  the  chant  marine.  an  infection  from  a  previous  Sasseville  said,  brass  was  there  from  the  captain  The  men  who  go  to  sea,  pneumonia  cleared  up.  Roblee  is  when  he  started  on  down, and  every one  with  their  reported  making  good  progress  going  around  Roblee  Jonas  own  opinion  on  how  to  bust  rust.  A  vital  link  in  our  defense  and  should  be  discharged  in  a  with  a  chipping  They  didn't  ask  the  bos'un,  as  To  help  keep  our  country  free.  couple  of  weeks.  hammer  in  his  he's only a young fellow with  about  A  dysentery  condition  which caused  him  to  get  off  the  Penn  Trader  hand,  hanging  45  years  seatime.  for  checkup  and  X­rays  is  improving  and  Seafarer  Joseph  Thomas,  away  at  different  "Well  they finally  decided  that  deck  maintenance,  is  expected  to  be  discharged  from  the  Brighton  spots  of  rust,  "of  to  bust  that rust  you really  had to  hospital  in  the  near  future.  which  we  have  bust  it  .  the  dust  rose  and  the  In  New  Orleans  Joseph  Fitzpatrick  is  doing  as  well  as  can  be  ex­ plenty  on  this  rust flew,  and  the  noise  was  like  pected,  recovering  from  a  torn  cartilege  in  his  foot.  Fitzpatrick  was  rustbucket.  thunder, and  there was  the captain  Sasseville  admitted to the hospital  after pay­ "I  didn't  pay  and  the  mate  in  the  thick  of  it,  ing  off  the  Rebecca  early  last  too  much  attention  to  his  efforts  chipping hammers in hands  leading  month.  to  eliminate  rust,"  the  AB  re­ the attack on  that  tough  old  rust."  Also  in  the  hospital  with  a  leg  marked,  "because  there  is  enough  This  went on  through  the  morning  In  response  to  their  donation  of  Injury  incurred  while  on  board  rust  on  here  for  everyone,  includ­ and late  in the afternoon, he noted.  the  ship's  fund  to  the  National  ship is  Raymond  Hodges, formerly  ing  all  of  the  efficiency  experts,  "Then,  when  I  was  putting  on  on  the  SS  Wacosta.  Hodges  was  Foundation of  the March of  Dimes,  down at  the company offices."  a coat of  red­lead primer,  I stopped  the  crew of  the Orion  Clipper  was  forced  to  get  off  the  ship  in  Ger­ However  after  the  mate  learned  to  light  a  cigarette,"  Sasseville  many  late  in  May  and  was  trans­ how  to  use  the  chipping  hammer  said.  "Before  I  could  even  get  commended for their charity in  the  ferred  to  the  New  Orleans  hos­ properly,  he  would  then  come  it  lit,  the  mate  had  snatched  up  expanded fight  against  crippling  pital  for  further  treatment.  Fitzpatrick  Fontenot  around  and  instruct  the  members  my  paint  brush  and  started  pdfiit­ diseases.  Stomach ailments laid up a num­ ber  of  Seafarers  in  the  New  Orleans  hospital  within  a  touple  of  of  the  deck  department,  whose  ing  away,  hardly  missing  a  stroke,  "Armed  with  knowledge  and  ex­ perience  gained  in  the fight  months.  Among  them  is  Clarence  Fontenot,  formerly  on  the  Winter  average seatime  was in  the 20­year  just like  a  deckhand.  class, in the fine art of  busting rust.  "I  decided  then  and  there  that  against  polio,  the  National  Foun­ Hill.  Fontenot  is  having  a  complete  check­up.  While  it  is  too  soon  to  determine  his  conditionj.  Seafarer  Victor  Although  hints  were  dropped  If  these  guys  want  to  play  sailor  dation  pledges  itself  to  meet  the  ' Zeke"  Bonura  thought  it  best  to  get  off  the  Alcoa  Corsair  and  sign  here  and  there,  he  stuck  to  his  they  ought  to  go  to  the  SIU  hall  new  and  greater  challenge  with  guns,  even  picking up  some know­ and  ship  out  as  sailors.  The  only  traditional dedication  to the  health  in the  New Orleans hospital to have stomach trouble  checked.  The  following  is  the  latest  available  listing  of  liospital  patients.  how  with  the  scraper,  paint  brush,  way  for  them  to  understand  that  needs  of  the  American  people,"  et al.  "I  though  to  myself  that  he  is to charge  them a  little overtime  the  Foundation  wrote.  Try  to  visit  them  when  you  can,  or  drop  them  a  line.  The  crew  had  authorized  ship's  needs  the  exercise,  so  let  him  get  for  doing  a  sailors'  work."  USPHS  HOSPITAI.  James  Armstrong  A.  W.  Keefe  delegate Beltran  Pino to  turn  over  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY  Julian  I.  Autencio  Harold  Laird  Ben  L.  Bone  Henry  Lanier  Itobert  W.  Buiiner  Hennan  Meyer  the  ship's  fund  of  $12.44  to  the  Raymond  Boston  George  Litchfield  Enoch  B.  CoUina  Bernard  Murphy  Missiles and  Fishes  March  of  Dimes  as  part  of  their  Justin  Burdo  Kenneth  W.  MUler  Robert  Cowdry.  Albert  Paige  B.  H.  Pule  Jesse  Clark  Abram  ^bram  Goldamlt  Starroa  Papoutsla  contribution  in  the fight  against  Hector  L.  Duarte  Abner  Ralford  Polea  ilea  Grorea  Adrian  Ramyn  the  many  crippling  diseases,  for  Gorman  T.  Claza  Joseph  Roberta  Heber  leber  Guyman  loie  Reyei  William  Hauaamas  Joae  Soarea  OrrUIe  R.  Holmes  Juan  Reyea  which  no  cures  are  yet  known.  WiUlam  A.  House  Samuel  Tate  Kverette  A.  Hord  Joae  Rodriguec  Clipper Crew  Donates To  'Dimes' Drive  Anton  Huykman  D.  W.  Rosenberg  WUllam  Kane  Charles  Sincere  Paul  Kronberga  Stefan  Trzclnski  ­ Fidel  Lukban  Ramon  Vila  M.  Megultaoglou  Seorge  A.  WiiUams  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SEATTLE.  WASHINGTON  Ulaa  G.  Coffman  Arthur  Fnrat  Clarence  Edwarda  Joseph  Prabeck  Kenneth  Eivin  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAUF.  WiUiam  B.  Brown  Johan  T.  Kismul  Michael  J.  Coffey  Arthur  J.  Schevlng  Edward  3.  Smith  Mike  Goins  M.  Grochowskl  Joseph  Neubauer  Carrol  E.  Harper  USPHS  HOSPITAL  MANHATTAN  BEACH  BROOKLYN,  NY  Joseph  Bass  Thomas  Lehay  Matthew  Bruno  Leo  Mannaugh  Gregorlo  Caraballe  PrlmiUvo Huas  '  Leo  Carreon  Jeremiah  O'Byme  Wade  Chandler  George  Phlfer  Joseph  Cog  Winston  Renny  John  DriscoU  ^  Manuel  SUva  ,  OtU  Glbbs  Aimer  Vickers  Bart  Guranich  Luther  Wing  Taib  Hassan  Pon  Wing  Frank  Hernandes  Royce  Yarborough  , WilUam  Kenny  Pacifico  Yuzon  Ludwig  Kristiansen  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SAVANNAH.  GA.  R.  W.  CentchoTich  William  S.  Man gum  Clarence  A.  Deea  George  A.  Pease  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FT.  WORTH,  TEXAS  Lawrence  Anderson  John  C.  Palmer  James  Lauer  Joseph  P.  Wise  Woodrow  Meyers  B.  F.  Deibler  ' Max  Olson  USPHS  HOSPITAL  BALTIMORE.  MD.  :  Antonio  Alcaih  Joseph  ArdiUe  Emanuel D.  Jonei  WlUle  White  USPHS  HOSPITAL  BOSTON.  MASS.  Samuel  Jonas  Maurice  W.  Roberta  John T.  Keegan  John  C.  Roblea  Dominic  NeweU  Joseph  Thomas  USPHS  HOSPITAL  GALVESTON.  TEXAS  Thomas  Bowers  Francis  Reagan  Carl  Carlson  John  Spearman  Mlka  Chandoa  USPHS  HOSPITAL  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  Sidney  Anderson  James C.  Glisson  Jamea  H.  Bales  Albert  Hammao  Robert  G.  Barrett  Wayne  Harris  Claude  Blanka  Rartnond  Hodgeg  Arthur  R.  King  Victor  Bonura  John  G.  Brady  Edward  Knapp  Vincent  J.  CaU  Leo  H.  Lang  Carter  Chambers  David  E.  McCallum  Fesa  T.  Crawford  WUUam  Marjenhoff  WiUow  L.  Crawford  WilUam  Nelson  Eugene  CroweU  Louis  W.  Peed  Joseph  Fitzpatrick  Aids  J.  Pontiff  Clarence  Fontenot  Wlnford  PoweU  Owen  L.  Foster  Harold  R.  Welsh  SAILOR  SNUG  HARBOR  ,  STATEN  ISLAND.  NY  Victor  B.  Cooper  Thomas  Isakseu  MT.  WILSON  STATE  HOSPITAL  MT.  WILSON.  BALTIMORE.  MD.  George  Davla  G.  E.  RlchardaoB  VA  HOSPITAL  KECOUGHTAN.  VA.  Joseph  Gill  VA  HOSPITAL  HOUSTON.  TEXAS  Harry  HcClemon  TRIBORO  HOSPITAL  JAMAICA.  NY  James  Russell  VA  HOSPITAL  DENVER.  COLO.  Clifford  C.  Womack  Skipper's Letters  Do Not Count  When not  busy  watching  tho  sky  for  o  falling  missile,  most  of  the  crews on  the Suwonee Steamship Company's missile­tracking ships  spend their time  either swimming or fishing. However, because they  live in a world of  electronics, when  the gong on  the Sampan Hitch  hod a  fish  to  boost of,  they mode  sure  they could  bock it up  with  good  documentary  proof.  Pictured  above  with  61/2­foot  shark  caught by  the  crew  on  the Hitch  is  Seafarer  Angelo  Vennzeneilo.  The  other  member  is  not  identified.  According  to  the  report,  it  took  seven  men to  haul the  fish  aboard.  It  has  been  called  to  the  at­ tention  of  headquarters  that  some  skippers  have  been  claim­ ing  that  they  have  "clarifica­ tions" on various  sections of  the  standard  agreement  in  the form  of  a  letter  from  the  Union  or  some  other  communication.  The only  official clarifications  are  those  which  have  been  ap­ proved  by  the  joint  Union­em­ ployer  clarifications  committee  and  have  been  printed  up  as  such as clarifications  to the con­ tract.  All other so­called "clari­ fications"  have  no  contract  sta­ tus whatsoever.  As  previously  reported,  the  clarifications  committee  is  cur­ rently  in  the  process  of  rewrit­ ing and  condensing  the existing  clarifications,  but  until  official  notice  is received  from  the  Un­ ion  all  ships  are  to  proceed  on  the  basis  of  the  existing  docu­ ments.  �m  Jnlr IT, i»5t  SEAFARERS  LOG  Fare  Fonrteen  LOO HGlps KGGP  AbrGast Of News  To  (ho  Iditon  t  would  Uko  very  much  to  havo  tho  SEAFARERS  LOG  forwarded  to  mo  at  my  new  address.  As  I  have  been  a  seaman  In  the past and sailed on SIU ships.  I  would  like  to  keep  in  touch  with some  of  my old  shipmates.  My last trip  was  in 1957  on  the  Northwestern  Victory  which  paid  off  in  Oregon.  Whila I am unable to sail  just  ChlnatoTm.  These  people  were  very  decent  to  me,  and  made  • vary effort to sea that I  got by  reasonably.  They  certainly  did  not try  to take advantage  of  the  situation,  and  for  that reason  I  think that  people who  treat sea­ men in foreign  ports as they did  should  have  this  fact  called  to  the  attention  of  the rest  of  tha  membership.  Tony  Petrillo  »  »  Crew Suggests  Time­Off Rule  To  the  Editor:  In the  past, the Seafarers  In­ ternational  Union  of  NA  has  obtained  many  benefits  which  we,  members  of  the  SIU,  have  taken  advantage  of.  The  crew  of  the  SS  Azalea  City  wish  to  send  thanks  to any  and all  con­ cerned  for  the  advanced  condi­ Alt  letters to  the  editor  for  tions  existing  aboard  SlU­con­ publication  in  the  SEAFAR­ tracted  ships.  ERS  LOa  must  he  signed  N 0 w  how­ by  the  writer.  Names  will  ever,  we  are  be  withheld  upon  request.  confronted  with a problem  now,  1 hope  to  be  back  at  sea  which  con­ in  the  near  future  aboard  one  cerns  all  Sea­ farers  and  we  of  the SIU's contracted  ships.  As  I said I  am asking  for this  request  that  paper  to  I  can  keep  in  touch  deep  consider­ with the  news  of  what  is  going  ation  be  given  on in the Union as my heart lies  this  by  the  negotiating  DAngelo  in this  work.  committee  and  the  officials  of  Bernard  Kaufman  the  SIU.  ^  The  theory  or  statement  that  Asks Instructions  "it  you  want  time  off, "get  off"  should  be  dispensed  with,  for  For'Delegates  many of  us feel  it is a  necessity  To the Effltor:  to  have  time  off  in  a  US  port.  .  I  am  in the­same  old  routine  One  major  reason  for  this  is  of  ship's delegate  on  the  Bent's  personal  business  which  cannot  Fort.  Although I  have had  this  be  taken  care  of  after  regular  thankless  job  on  numerous  working  hours.  Another  is  to  ships 1 am  still  confronted with  enable  a  man  to  spend  more  the fact  that 1 am  not  sure  just  time with his family after a trip.  what  a  ship's  delegate's  com­ There  are  others,  but  they  are  plete job  is.  There always  seem  too  numerous  to  mention  here.  Therefore a motion was made,  to  be  a  couple  of  brothers  on  every  ship  who,  although  they  seconded  and  passed  by  the  always  refuse  to  take  a  dele­ crew  of  the  Azalea .City  that  a  system  be  adopted  by  the  SIU  gate's job, find  membership that time  off  in US  the  role  of  a  ports  be given  without  any loss  sea  lawyer  is  of  wages  by  the  crew.  okay for them.  We. request  that  this  motion  Couldn't  we  be  read  at  all  SIU  halls  at  the  have  aome  next  meeting  and  opened  for  type  of  in­ discussion  by  the  rest  of  the  struction  di­ membership,  rected  to  the  Yito D'Angelo  brothers  who  Deck  delegate  do  accept  Wallace  (Ed.  note:  This  motion  was  these  ship­ board  jobs  with  tha  best  of  in­ acted on  at  the  July 8  hq  meet­ tentions  in  mind?  We  had  a.  ing.)  lb  few  ­beefs  here  in  the  past  month  and  I  went  to  Ted  Bah­ Couer d'Alene  kowskI,  Seattle  agent,  for  in­ structions as to what  to do.  But  Rates Thanks  some  of  the  sea  lawyers  were  To the Editor:  dissatisfied  with  what  he  told  to take  this opportuni­ me.  Fortunately,  Reed  Hum­ ty I want  to  convey  through  the  SEA­ phries  was  able  to  straighten  everything  out  when  he  came  FARERS  LOG  my  family's  ap­ preciation  for  the  kind  expres­ aboard  in  Wilmington  and  now  sions of  sympathy from the crew  everyone  seems  to  be  happy  of  the SS Couer d'Alene Victory  again,  thanks  to  the  good  old  ever  the  loss  of  our  father,  SIU  way  of  having  the  patrol­ Joseph  Barbara.  man decide matters on the spot.  1  would  also  like  to  thank  1 hope to be seeing  something  Capt.  T.  Jablonski for  the kind­ in  the  LOG  in  the­near  future  ness and gentleness he displayed  concerning  instructions  to  dele­ in  breaking  the  news  to  my  gates as  to  their  duties  and  au­ brother,  Sal  Barbara,  who  was  thority.  a crewmember aboard the vessel  Walter Wallace  at the time  of  our father's pass­ ing.  Mrs. Francis Curto  Yokohama Bar  letters to  The  Editor  Whiltt  rummaging  through  an  old  trunk,  Richard  Clark  of  At*  lanta,  Ga.,  came  up  with  these old  photographs  of  some  of  the  crew  of  the  South Atlantic  SS.  Co.  Hog  Island  freighter  SS  Liberty  Glp,  enroute  to Liverpool  back  in June,  1927.  According  to  Clark,  the  top  photo  is of  part  of  the black  gang,  taken  after  a  long  tour  of  duty  below,­  while  on  the  left,  one  of  the Liberty Glo's crew stretches his  muscles  on  an  overhead  beam  on  the poop  deck. Recreation facilities  on  the  Hog  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companies as in  the  past,  with  in­ Shorthanded?  MSTS Still Competing  For  Passenger  Business  If  a  crewmember  quits  while  a  ship  is  in  port,  delegates  iu­e  asked  to  contact  the  hall  immediately  for  a  replace­ IVaterman,  Seatrain  and  Isthmian,  dividual  points  of  view  on  imple­ ment.  Fast  action  on  their  part  participated  in  the  program.  They  menting  the  feeding  program,  but  will  keep  all  jobs  aboard  ship  WASHINGTON—When  is  a  Government  "secret"  not  a  employed  food  consultants  to  ride  would  operate  under  a  joint  Un­ filled  at  all  times  and  elimi­ Government  secret?  According  to  the  SIU  Washington  of­ nate  the  chance  of  the  ship  ion­company  undertaking.  This  is  their  ships  and  institute  the  Im­ fice,  it's  only  "secret" for  those  who  don't  know  the  street  proved  feeding  system.  The  re­ what has now  been  put  into effect.  sailing  shorthanded.  address of  the Library of  Con­f  sults  proved  very  satisfactory  both  gress.  to  the  crewmembers  and  the  com­ panies.  In  the  past,  the  office  re­ Revised Rules  ports,  it's  been  the  policy  of  the  Meanwhile  a  15­man  SIU  stew­ Military  Sea  Transportation  Serv­ ard  department  committee  worked  ice  not  to  give  out  information  on  up  a  set  of  revised  steward  de­ the  number  of  seamen  working  in  All  of  the  following  SIU  families  have  received  a  $200  rrtatemity  the  fleet.  But  a  little  digging  in  parjtment  working  rules  to  rede­ fine  the  functions  and  qualifica­ benefit  plus  a  $25  bond  from  the  Union  in  the  baby's  name:  the  library  stacks  turned  up  the  tions  of  each  man  in  the  galley.  BJame  Haukeho,  bom  May  12,  Union  H.  Sanders,  Bay  Minette,  information  that  the  agency  has  The  deaths  of  the  following  Sea­ The  working  rules  included  a  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Bjarne  Ala.  11,505  employees,  of  whom  3,218  farers  have  been  reported  to  the  guide  for  food  preparation  and  Haukebo,  Long  Beach,  Calif,  are  military  and  8,237  civilians.  SIU  Welfare  Plan  and  the  death  i.  benefit  Has  been  paid  to  their  service  based  on  the  "to  order"  Rosemary  Talbott,  born  June  4,  Just  how  many  of  these  are  sea­ beneficiaries:  t  it  system.  These  rules  were  adopted  1959,  to Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Elwood  men  is still  not  known.  by  the  membership  and  put  into  Sandra  Gay  Lightell,  bom  June  Talbott,  Houston,  Tex.  Other  interesting  facts  are  that  Paul  Smyth,  44:  Brother  Smyth,  13, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul  effect.  MSTS,  as  of  April  30  of  this  year,  an  SIU  deck  department  member  $•   4"  However,  while  the  feeding  pro­ Lightell,  New  Orleans,  La.  still  had  120  of  its  own  ships  as  since  1955,  died  Dennis  Mark  Royal,  bom  June  t  ^  gram  was  working  well  through  against  27  charters  and  four  ships  June  6  of  an  in­ 12, 1959,  to Seafarer  and Mrs.  Carl  Phyllis  Lynette  Manett,  born  cooperation  with  individual  com­ owned  by  other  Government  agen­ ternal  h e m o r­ Royal,  Ellaville,  Ga.  rhage  in  Doyle,  panies, not all  companies and  ships  June 14, 1959,  to Seafarer and Mrs.  cies.  4>  4>  4>  Maryland.  He  were  participating,  and  many  of  Grant  Marzett,  Mobile,  Ala.  Jesse  Young  Chapline,  born  In  1958,  MSTS  handled  605,000  leaves  a  cousin,  ^  $  the  smaller  companies  were  not  in  Gregory  ^  Mosher,  bom  May  21,  1,  1959,  to Seafarer  and  Mrs.  passengers,  over  half  of  whom  Charles  Woods,  a  position  to  obtain  the  services  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Albert  June  Robert  L.  Chapline,  Youngstown,  were  military  personnel.  The  ad­ of  Seattle,  Wash.  of  consultants,  even  though  all  Mosher,  Baltimore,  Md.  ditional  passengers  were  the  de­ Burial  was  in  Ohio.  ships  were operating  under the  re­ pendents of  military personnel  and  Glen  B u r n i e  t>  it  3P  4"  vised  union  working  rules for  the  Evelyn  Ramirez,  born  May  15,  "others  approved  by  the  Depart­ Cemetery,  Md.  Jenifer  Devine,  bom  June  16,  steward  departments.  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Tomas  1959,  to Seafarer and  Mrs.  Paul  A.  ment  of  Defense"—in  other  words,  4  4  4  Consequently,  in  renewing  the  Ramirez,  Brooklyn,  NY.  people  who  were  not  in  the armed  Harry  Henze,  Devine,  Galveston, Tex.  67:  Brother  Henz*  .SIU  contract  last  fall,  the  Union  »  ^  forces and  were  not  military men's  died  on  June  13  while  a  patient  '  4"  4"  4P  negotiated  the  five­cent  daily  con­ Jeffrey  Armstrong,  born  June  at  the  Pinecrest  tribution  from  the  operators  to  fi­ 16,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Gebbia,  born  May  15,  dependents.  The  maritime  unions  Nursing  Home,  nance  the  establishment  of  a  full­ James  R.  Armstrong,  Jarvisburg,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Peter  would be interested in getting a  de­ tailed  breakdown  on  these  others  Savannah,  Ga.  Gebbia,  New  Orleans,  La.  time  group  of  consultants  who  NC.  and  why  they  were  traveling  on  Henze  was  a  would  service  all  SlU­contracted  4  4.  4  ^  ^  ^  member  sine*  ships.  The  full­time  consultants  Pamela Doris  Sanders, born May  Helen  Goldman,  born  May  27,  Government  ships.  1938,  sailing  in  On  the  cargo  side,  commercial  would not be  working for indlvdual  5,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Ken­ the  steward  de­ neth  Goldman,  Ridley  Park,  La.  ships  handled  approximately  %ths  partment.  He  is  of  the  MSTS  cargo  lift  and  re­ 4  4  4  survived  by  his  Sabrina Henninger,  born May  11,  ceived  78  percent  of  the  $425  mil­ wife,  Mrs. Gather  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Robert  lion expense incmred, but a  break­ Henze  of  Savan­ Henninger,  Baltimore,  Md.  down  of  the  companies  receiving  nah.  Place  of  burial  was  not  in­ MSTS  contracts  is  not  readily  4  4  4  dicated.  Zanie  Camille  Milne,  born  June  available.  4  4  4  17,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Ar­ All  cargo  and  passengers  moved  thur  Milne,  Mobile,  Ala.  by  MSTS,  the  report  notes,  are  Andrew  Sndol,  47:  Brother  Su<°  paid  for  out  of  appropriations  for  dol,  a  Union  member  since  1947,  4  4  4  Pedro  Moreno,  born  April  13,  the  Army,  Navy  and  Air  Force;  died  in  his  home  town  at  Wilkes­ 1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Pedro  consequently,  the  same  payments  Barre,  Pa.,  on May  27  when  hit  by  Moreno,  Galveston,  Tex.  could  be  made  directly  to  private  a  train.  He  had  worked  in  the  4  4  4  industry for  the  same  functions.  engine  department.  Mrs.  Josh  Brett  Allen  Nelson,  born  June  The  Washington  office  review  Thomas,  his  sister,  survives  him.  23,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  notes  that  MSTS  has  a  new  boss.  Place  of  burial  was  not  indicated.  Frank  Nelson,  Maplewood,  La.  Vice  Admiral  Roy  A.  Gano,  and  TO SHIPS IN ATlANTie EUROPEAN  4  4  4  Steven  OToole,  born  April  10,  expresses  the  hope  that "a  change  AND  SOUTH  AMERICAN  WATERS  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  John  in  command  will  mean  a  change  in  the  policies  of  MSTS."  OToole,  Baltimore,  Md.  SIU  BABY  ABBIVALS  EVERY  SUNDAY  DIRECT  VOICE  DROADCAST  MTD"  "THE VOICE OF THE  EVERY  SUNDAY,  1620  GMT  (t1;20  EST  Sunday)  VYFK­39, 19850  KCs  Ships  In  Caribbean,  East  Coast  of  South  America,  South  Atlan­ tic  and  East  Coast. of  United  States.  VFFL­65,  15850  KCa  Ships in  Gulf  of  Mexico,  Carib­ bean,  West  Coast  of  South  America,  West  Coast  of  Mexico  and  US  East  Coast.  WFK­95,  15700  KCs  Ships  in  Mediterranean  area,  North  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Francisco  M.  Mateo  posing that Government passengers  and  defense  business  move  over­ G.  Miranda,  Las  Casas  #17,  seas  by  air  instead  of  by  ships.  A  Ponce,  PR,  wants  to  contact  you  statement  to  that  effect  was  made  urgently.  by  Lt.  Gen.  William  H.  Tunner,  Cyril  A.  Scott  the  commander  of  the' MATS. ~  Ex­Steel  King  The  proposal  was  made  because  Your  wife  is  very  anxious  to  (Continued from  page  3)  of a  dispute  between  MATS  and  hear  from  you.  Write  1571  Union  to  r '.tain satisfaction of  grievances.  privately­operated airlines over the  ('1­...S  is  a  right,  the  crews  say,  carriage  of  passengers  and  cargo,  St., Brooklyn, NY,  or call President  which  has  been  taken  from  them  a dispute  which is  identical  to  that  4­8475.  sinc^  the  end  of  Warld  War  II.)  between private  ship operators and  Paul  Hoggins  • Improved    living  conditions  MSTS.  Tunner's move  was seen  as  Please  contact  H.  F.  Holmes  at  and  improved  feeding.  (Many  of  a  means  of  appeasing  the  airlines  7020 North  Clark  Ave., Tampa,  Fla.  the  Italian  ships,  the  mejq.  say,  by  giving  them  more  business  at  James  J.  Gorman  have  a five­pot system.)  the  expense  of  ships,  without  re­ Please  get  in  touch  with  your  • The establishment  of  controls  ducing  the  activities  of  MATS.  over scab  seamen who are working  The  proposal  has  been  attacked  mother,  Mrs.  Marcy  E.  Gorman,  at  for  far  less  than  minimum  union  by  representatives  of  the  Ameri­ 21­57  33rd  Street,  Astoria,  LI.  wages—a  situation  aggravated  by  can  shipping  industry  as  involving  Federlco  Reyes  the  Italian  unemployment situation  a  further , weakening  of  the  mer­ Please  contact  your  wife,  Bea­ which  has  driven  many  non­sea­ chant  marine.  The  ship  operators  trice Reyes,  621 Union Ave., Bronx,  men  to the  waterfront.  declared  that  it "disregarded  .  .  .  NY,  about  a  very  important  legal  • A   n increase  in manning scales.  the  need  for  sea­lift  capacity  re­ matter.  (Italian  ships,  the  crews  say,  often  cently  reaffirmed  by  the  Govern­ Frank  Mason  carry  one  crewman  for  14  passen­ ment  and  the  Department  of  De­ ex­Valiant  Hope  gers, while  the liner United States,  fense."  Your  gear  has  been  deposited  at  which  carries  1,8()0­1,9U()  passen­ the Boston  Hall.  gers, has  a crew of  about  1,200.)  William  GUck  • Freedom    from  military  re­ Important  you  contact  Mrs.  Jo­ strictions.  (Under  present  Italian  sephine  Clinard,  3565  NW  12th  law,  the  men  say,  they  are  con­ Street, Miami  35,  Florida, concern­ sidered  part  bf  the  Italian  Navy  ing  watch  you bought.  and  subject  to  its  regulations.)  ,  U  I  .t  i • }, i  •   ; I."  .  .......  • .«*. wfil'it­ • s a I u .0 tt  SIU  Aiding  Ifaly Strike  Cov'f  Airii  Gets In Act  .4 �Vol.  XXI  No. 15  SEAFARERSALOO  July  If,  1959  'H:  • • ^  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UN ION »  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  >  AFL.CIO*  Engineers Win  Severance Pay  in Fiag Switches  On Land  And Sea  ITF Holds  Meeting On  Runaways  An  SIU  of  NA  delegation  left  An  impartial  arbitrator  has  ruled  that  the  principle  of  early this  week for  Geneva, Switz­ severance pay  applies in the  maritime industry to  crewmem­ erland, to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  bers whose ships are  transferred to  a foreign flag.  The deci­ Fair  Practices  Committee  of  the  International  Transportworkers  sion,  made  in  connection  tract,  had  agreed  with  the  ship  Federation. The meeting  this week  with  the  Marine  Engineers  operators  to  submit  the  severance  dealt  with  the  ITF  attack  on  the  runaway­flag  problem,  reviewing  ^  Beneficial  Association  agree­ pay  claim  to  arbitration  to  deter­ action  taken  thus  far  and  further  mine if  such  a  claim Is suitable  in  ment,  represents  an  important  steps  to  be  taken  to  implement  the  maritime  industry  and,  if  so,  breakthrough  in  obtaining  protec­ what  kind  of  terms  should  be  ap­ previous' resolutions  on  organizing  tion  for  seamen  on  ships  trans­ plied.  these ships.  ferred  foreign.  The  severance  pay  program  had  Attending for the SIU  of  NA are  The  SIU,  negotiating  its  new  been  accepted  in  principle  last  President  Hall  and  Vice­President  wage  and  vacation  benefits  last  year  in  the  MEBA  contract  nego­ Hal  Banks,  representing  Canada.  fall,  has  not  completed  an  agree­ tiations.  President  Joseph  Curran  is  head­ ment  on  severance  pay  and  job  ing  a  Nation^  Maritime  Union  Negotiated  Last  Tear  security demands.  A large  number  The  arbitrator's  award  provides  delegation  at  the  conference.  of  meetings  have  been  held  since  severance pay for  all permanently­ State  Dep't  Action  then with SlU­contracted operators  assigned  engineers aboard  a  trans­ Among  the  subjects  up  for  re­ in an  effort to reach  agreement on  ferred  ship.  The  severance  will  view  at  the  conference  is  the  re­ these  clauses  and  discussions  are  amount  to  one  month's  pay  for  cent meeting between  the US State  still  going  on  on  the  issue.  each  four  months'  service  at  the  Department and  representatives of  As  was  pointed  out  at  the  time  minimum,  for  engineers  with  the  European  maritime  nations;  at  of  last fall's settlement, the agree­ company  less  than  a  full  year.  which  the  runaway  issue  was  dis­ »  ment  in  wages  and  other  money  Engineers  with  one  full  year  of  cussed,  among  other  matters.  Also  items did  not constitute a  full con­ service  will  get  foiu:  months'  under  discussion  are  recent  trans­ tract  settlement,  but  these  provi­ wages.  Those  with  up  to  eight  fers  of  runaway  tonnage  to  mari­ sions  were  put  into  effect  pending  years'  service,  will  get  the  basic  time nation  flags.  resolution  of  the  job  security  pro­ four  months'  wages  plus  an  addi­ Undoubtedly,  ways  and  means  visions.  tional  month's  pay  for  each  addi­ of  organizing  the  runaways  under  The  MEBA,  in  settling  its  con­ tional  year.  various  unions'  jurisdictions  are  Those  with  more  than  eight  Britain's "Hovercraft," a new machine that rides on an artificially­ being  discussed at  the  conference.  years  with  the  company,  will  get  created  cushion  of  air,  goes  through  its  paces  on  land  and  at  A farther report on  the outcome  11  months' severance  pay,  plus  an  of  the  conference  will  appear  in  sea.  In top  photo  7,500­pound  oval­shaped  craft hovers  above  additional half­month  for addition­ the  next  SEAFARERS  LOG.  .  al  years.  Those  with  over  ten  ground, while below, it rides over water.  years'  service  will  get  one  year's  severance.  Covers Mates  Too  The  same  provisions  will  apply  WASHINGTON  —  New  regula­ automatically  to  members  of  the  In an echo of  the two­year­old  beef  of  the SIU Canadian District against Canadian Nation­ tions  requiring  subsidized  dry  car­ Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots  Union,  al Steamships, it now appears a Cuban government bank may have to pay damages for being  go  ships  to  have  heavy­lift  booms  since  they,  under  the  terms  of  unable  to deliver  the eight strikebound ships.  The  vessels  were  purchased  by  the Batista  and  "washdown"  systems  to  fight  their  contract  settlement,  were  to  regime  from  the  Canadian­*­ radioactivity  have  been  announced  be  entitled  to  ahy  severance  pay  government  in  the  midst  of  In a $71^  million suit filed in Balti­ bank's  breach  of  contract  caused  FloU  Maritima  to  lose  $31^  mil­ by  the  Maritime  Administration.  awarded  to  the  engineers.  the strike beef, and unsuccess­ more  District  Federal  Court  by  All  ships  built  in  the  future  for  Over  and  abov^e  the  monetary  ful  efforts  were  made  at  the  time  the  Flota  Maritima  Browning  de  lioh  dollars,  the­suit  says.  Cuba.  This  is  the  Cuban  shipping  Another  contract,  the  suit  operation  under  subsidy  contracts  benefits  provided  the  engineers,  to  man  them.  the severance  pay  provision  would  outfit  headed  by  Troy  Browning  claims,  gave  the  Browning  outfit  will  have  to have one  60­ton heavy  The  present  premier  of  Cuba  a  15­year  lease­purchase  arrange­ tend  to  discourage  American­flag  whose Great Lakes ships are under  lift  and  three  ten­ton  lifts  as  part  has promised  not to  have the ships  ment  on  six  ships  being  built  in  operators  from  transferring  ships  to  the  SIU  Great  Lakes  contract  of  their  regular  gear.  The  heavy  Britain and  Japan.  The default of  lifts  have  long  been  regarded  by  foreign  because  of  the  costs  in­ manned  behind  the Canadian  Dis­ District.  picketline.  A  few  days  after'the  suit  was  this contract, it is  claimed,  eaused  the  Government  as  essential  items  involved  in  making  the  severance  trict  The  damages  are  being  sought  filed,  it  was  announced  that  the  Flota  Maritima  to  lose  $4  million.  which  have  been  lacking  on  virtu­ payments  to  their  crews.  Cuban  bank  had  made  a  down  The  suit,  under  admiralty  law,  ally all American­flag cargo vessels.  payment  to  Canada  on  the  struck  asks  the  entire  $7^  million  plus  The  washdown  system  will  in­ costs and interest.  It also asks that  vessels.  '  volve  a  minor  modification  of  ex­ the one  ship tied  up in  Baltimore,  When  the  Cuban  bank  bought  isting  shipboard  firefighting  gear.  the  Ciudad  de  la  Habana,  be  auc­ the  eight  Canadian  ships—which  Its  function  is  to  provide  a  film  tioned  off  to  satisfy  as  much  of  had ­been  tied  up  in  a  wage  dis­ of  seawater  on  all  exposed  decks  the  claim  as  possible.  pute  of  the SIU  Canadian  District  and  topside  structures  should  a  —^Browning's  Cuban  outfit  was  ship enter an area  contaminated by  supposed  ­to  operate  them  with  radioactive  fallout.  Cuban  seamen.  PHILADELPHIA—Port  Agent Steve  Cardullo reports  that  Ships  equipped  fo^  washdowns  However,  vigorous  protests  by  will  have combination  solid stream  work on  a new SIU  hall for this port  is progressing at a good  the  Canadian  District,  backed  by  and  fog  spray  nozzles  on  existing  pace.  At  present  cement  piers are  being added  to withstand  the  SIU,  including  demonstrations  hoses, to be  installed in  clips about  the added  weight of  construe­ at  the  Cuban  consulate  in  New  SIU  membership  meet­ 50  feet  apart  and  pointed  straight  tion.  All  members,  Cardullo  doldrums  because  of  the­dispute  York,  kept  the  strikebreaking  up.  Consequently,  when  all  the  says,  are  invited  to  take  a  between  the employers  and  the In­ move  from  becoming  effective.  As  ings  are  held  regularly  hoses  are  turned  on,  lifeboats,  look  at  the work. Already  many of  ternational  Longshoremen's  Asso­ a  result,  the  entire fleet  has  re­ weather decks  and other areas  will  them  have done so and  are looking  ciation.  A  few­replacements; have  mained  immobilized  in  Halifax,  every  two  weeks  on  Wed­ be  covered  with  sptay.  forward  eagerly  to  the  building's  been  shipped  on tankers  but there  with  the  exception  of  the  Ciudad  nesday  nights  at  7  PM in  Navy  tests have  shown  that such  completion.  have  been  few  other  job  oppor­ de  la  Habana  (the  former  Cana­ ad  SIU  ports.  All  Sea­ washdown  systems  are  effective  The  new  hall,  located  at  2602  tunities.  The  ILA  beef  broke  out  dian  Challenger)  which  has  been  farers  are  expected  to  protection  for  ships'  crews  against  South  Fourth  Street,  will  provide  when  longshoremen  balked  at  un­ tied  up  in  Baltimore.  Cuban  sea­ radioactivity. Ships  of  the Military  facilities  for  both  Union  functions  loading a cargo of  sugar because  of  men  have refused  to  participate in  attend;  those  who  wish  to  any  effort  to  man  the strikebound  be excused  should  request  Sea Transportation  Service already  and  those of  the Seafarers Welfare  unsafe  working  conditions.  have  such  systems  functioning.  Plan. It will be a one­story  building  The  port  had  three  payoffs  dur­ ships.  permission  by  telegram  The  new  regulations  covering  in  modern  architectural  style,  of­ ing  the  last  period—the  Petro  Actually,  Browning's  suit  covers  (be  sure  to include  regis­ two  lease­purchase  arrangements,  heavy  lift  capacity  provide  that  fering ample space and  comforts to  Chem  (Valentine)  and  the  Mary­ mar  and  "Texmar  (Calmar).  The  both  of  which,  he  claims,  the  Cu­ tration  number).  The next  • '.w/fc jV:.  they  are  not  to  be  treated  as  na­ the membership.  ban  baiik  broke.  tional  defense  features  for  which  The  SIU  is  also  continuing  its  Marymar  signed  on.  SIU  meetings  will be:  In  transit  were  the  CS  Miami  Under  the  arrangement  on  the  the  Government  pays  the  entire  organization v/ork  in this port, Car­ July  22  i  cost.  The  reasoning  is  that  such  dullo  says.  Meanwhile  the  beef  and  Winter  Hill  (CiUes  Service);  Canadian  siiii­s,  iUe  Cuban  bank  heavy  lifts  are  needed  for  normal  with  the  Graham  Transportation  Robin  Gray  (Robin);  Steel  Scien­ agreed  to  give  Brow  ng  a  seven­ .Augusts  commercial  operations  because  of  Company  is  still  tied  up in  Labor  tist and  Steel Seafarer  (Isthmian);  year  lease  on  11 shipt­ ­the  eight  Canadian vessels  plrs thi:ee  others  Jean  and  Edith  (BuU),  and  Alcoa  August  19  ^ t  the large amount  of  military  cargo  Board litigation.  —with  an  dptloQ  to  buy.  The,  Shipping  here  has  been  in  the  Runner  (Alcoa).  carried  by American­flag vessels.  New  Ships  Need  Atom  'Wash' Gear  Sue Cuba For Struek Ships  Dock Dispute Slows Phila.;  New Hall Makes Progre^  f  SCHEDULE  OF  SIU  MEETINGS  • ;  ./­'i  • •   � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 17, 1959 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ALL SHIPS TO GET SIU FOOD PROGRAM SIU CO. TO BUILD FOUR BOX-SHIPS FILE APPEAL IN ‘SPEEDING’ SUSPICION $1.25 MINIMUM PROPOSED FOR 100,000 IN MARITIME REVISED SIU FOOD PROGRAM COVERS ALL UNION VESSELS NY ITALIAN SHIP STRIKERS HOLD FIRM; GET SIU AID PROPOSE GREATER SURPLUS SALES, PLUS OVERSEAS GIFTS FISHERMEN ELECT OFFICERS; HAIL SIU ‘SPLENDID HELP’ MEBA TO SEEK LAKES JOB SECURITY BRITISH FIRM SELLING RR ‘STRIKE BENEFIT’ PACIFIC SIU PLANS CLINIC IN ‘FRISCO ADD FIREMEN, AB COURSES TO UNION TRAINING PROGRAM MOBILE UNIONS PLAN TEST OF ALA. ANTI-STRIKE LAW HEAVY SUMMER TURNOVER MAKES NY SHIPPING HOT PACIFIC DISTRICT OPENS MORE PENSIONERS’ HOMES MSTS STILL COMPETING FOR PASSENGER BUSINESS ENGINEERS WIN SEVERANCE PAY IN FLAG SWITCHES ITF HOLDS MEETING ON RUNAWAYS SUE CUBA FOR STRUCK SHIPS DOCK DISPUTE SLOWS PHILA.; NEW HALL MAKES PROGRESS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/17/1959 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXI, No. 15  1959 Periodicals Seafarers Log